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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
The Glove Crop.

Nine-tenths of all the cloves used
in the entire world are grown on the
island Of Zanzibar, but the people Of
that country are 80 Indifferent that
1t is impossible to secure the labor
necessary to gather the crop. The
wants Of these people are very few
and they are generally without ambi-
ton above the qualification Of their
most immediate wants. There are
few tribes In the world whose men,
bers are not at least spurred on by a
desire to possess few personal orna-
ments, but not so with the people Of
this island, for they are satisfied to
make use Of the commonest shells for
this purpose.
In order to take care OF the Glove
crop II Is necessary to make use Of
the prisoners which are hired out by
the government. These men work In
gangs Of Is and are chained together,
with o sergeant In charge of each
gang.
A man can live In luxury for a
month for the sum equal to one dol
lar, while the natives can exist In
their own way for few cents for the
same period.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
Height at Which Birds FLY.

A singular method Of determining
the height Mt which birds fly when
they are migrating is recorded In
the Morning Post Two observers
watched the moons disk at night
through small telescopes placed some
distance apart, and from the different
paths Of the birds which were seen,
projected against the moon, from the
two stations. 1t was possible to COM
pute the height and direction of fight
of each bird
This method has been employed
and further developed this year by
Joel Stebbins e. A. Rath OF the Uni
versity of Illinois, and has been used
to estimate not only the height at
which the birds fly, but to find with
much greater accuracy than has been
possible heretofore the speed of their
flight The average height at which
migrating birds fly Is not more than
$500 feet from the ground, but the
speeds at which they travel appear
to be greater than has OF late years
been believed to be the case The
minimum speeds of the birds observed
varied from 80 miles to 1870 miles an
hour. II should be said, however,
that the birds were flying with the
wind.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
BLUE scHooNsRs HIS Hoopoo.
Skipper Even Objected to Bringing
Blue sIop-Chest Aboard.

When the weather is contrary and
ugly and fog blanket hangs closely
over the water the old salts of this
coast look around to see If there is a
blue schooner in sight, says the Ban
gor tMe) correspondent of the New
York World. Should a vessel painted
any shade of blue be in the harbor.
then the old-timers grunt and remark
that it is no wonder that the weather
is bad. The blue schooner is consid-
cred a rank hoodoo and is cussed
roundly every time she puts in an
appearance.
The schooner Djnna T. Briggs is re-
garded as a sure enough herald of bad
weather. for not only is she painted
blue, but she is also a three-master,
and when she appeared in Portland
harbor recently. on passage from
Bangor to New York. all hands in the
fleet already anchored there concluded
that they might as well turn in and
have good sleep. They knew what
was to follow, and it came-easterly
winds, cold snow and fog. Said Capt
Pigeon, when he made out the color
of the Donna T. Briggs
There's a blue schooner. That's
what's making OF this weather. and
you won't see no change till she gets
outer here
"A blue schooner Is a hoodoo any.
way, and you won't find one cap'n in
hundred that'll paint a vessel that
color. Once in a while you will see
some blue hatch-combings or a little
blue stripping, but It amt poplar.
member once that Cap'n Eben Lewis
of Boothbay harbor was going to take
new schooner, built somewheres
down east. and when he went aboard
he found they'd painted the matches
blue.
Here he says to the managing
owner, you turn to and paint some
other color on to them matches, or
you'll get another man to go in this
vessel
They painted them hatches a good
Fourth O. July red, and the vessel al.
lers had good luck. Mother cap'n was
standin' on the poop of his vessel
watching a crew come over the side.
The last man to show his head over
the rail had blue chest, and when
the cap'n see 1t he yelled:
"'Here! you leave that blue box on
the wharf or get back there yourself; ;
blue don't go on this vessel That
man had to go ashore ag'in and shift
his dunnage into a bag, and then he
was all right"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
Two Meanings to Sign.

English actors now In London, after
touring "the states" say that they
have been surprised at the rise in
prices In this country. One was
struck by the high. cost of hair cuts in
the hotels. The story goes: Tired Of
paying 30 cents to be clipped, and
seeing sign exhibited to the effect,
'First-class hair cut, 25 cents he en-.
tered and was attended to. At the
close he casually asked: How much?'
and was surprised to be asked for so
cents. He reminded the barber of
his sign outside. Yes, siree,' said the
latter, the signs all right, but say,
you haven't got first-class HART"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
Dean SNNiff On SneIIInu-

Dean Swift roundly denounced the
poets OF his day who had introduced
the "barbarous custom of abbrevlating
words TO tit them TO the measure OF
their verses" Swift instances "drudg'd"
and "disturb'd" rs mortal offenses.
The custom so introduced had begun to
dominate prose. Another cause-bor-
rowed, Swift suggested. from the clip
ping process-which he held had con.
tributed TO the manning OF the Ian
guage, sis a foolish opinion advanced
Of late years that we ought to spell ex.
actly as we speak which, besides the
obvious inconvenience Of utterly de-
stroying our etymology, would be q
thing we should never see the end Of"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
FALLING OF THE LEAVES.
The Wind In the Autumn Really Has
Very Little 10 do with II.

When the storm clouds gather behind
the brown autumnal woods and cold
winds begin to blow, then the bright
leaves come drifting down in fiuttering,
fast thlckenng showers until 1t almost
seems as II the wind were the active
agent and actually tore the leaves from
the trees This, of course, Is not the
case. The leaf fall only becomes possi-
BILE after long preparation on the part
of the tree, which forms a peculiar
layer of cells in each leaf stem called
the cleavage plate.
This cleavage pfute. or separation
layer consists of a section of loosely
attached thin walled cells with a few
strands of stronger woody fiber In
among them, so, In the early autumn.
although the leaves appear as firmly
attached as ever before. they are really
only held on the tree by these few
woody strands and the outer brittle
skin or epidermis of the stem. Now
only slight shock or wind furry Is
sufficient to break the fragile support
and bring the leaves in showers to the
ground We may see these woody
strands broken through in the leaf scar
of the horse chestnut. where they ap.
pear as little rounded projections on
the broken surface and are often spok.
EN- of from their fancied resemblance
to the nails of a horseshoe. The hick
ory and ash among other trees have
similar markings on their leaf scars
and from the same cause. On the root
of the wild sarsaparilla, which projects
just above the ground, like series Of
little projections will be seen upon the
ringlike scar which surrounds the bud
where the leaf stalk has just separated
Often the leaves separate and fall
even on the quietest days, for their
own weight Is sufficient to break the
frail support. These hushed and SUI
prcmciy tranquil days we all remem-
Der. when our October walks are ac-
companicd by the soft. small sounds OF
falling leaves. by the rustlings and dry
whispcrings of their showerlng multi
tudes. st. Nicholas.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
A Trip Of the ORANGE.

The Orange was the fourth locomo-
tive owned by the Erie, and the first
engine ever seen in Binghamton and
Hornell, the first to cross the portage
viaduct and the first to sound a
whistle to the Genesee valley of At
tica.
. The feat that first brought her
fame was made in January, 1912,
when she was used to draw a special
train from Goshen to Piedmont, car
rying Gov. Stewards message to the
New York Sun. This had been
brought from Albany to Goshen by
ost riders in race between the
sun and the Herald, to see which
could first get the message into
rrint. The Herald relied wholly on
lost riders. The Sun supplemented
these post riders with the service
Jf the railway, and so ran the first
railway news service ever run. The
sun had typesetters on a steamer at
Pied mont, and when the Orange ar.
rived with the document had II put
into type Vh the steamboat, and beat
The Herald by several hours in hav.
ing the message In the hands of its
readers. The Orange had helped en-
able the Sun to have the message for
sale on the streets a full hour be-
fore the Herald's post riders reached
the Herald Office.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
TORCH is' HIS MAJOR.


Every man is his own barber in
Mount Vernon, N. H., as far as shaw.
ing is concerned, for there are no
tonsorial parlors. In many other New
Hampshire towns men are frequently
accommodated by the village postmas.
ter. storekeeper. looksmith or carpen-
ter, who owns a razor or two, and is
barber. when occasion requires.
When Mount Vernon men want a
other large town.
There is one native of the place.
man of Sc years. who has neither a
beard nor heavy growth of hair,
who does not leave town or enlist
the aid of a neighbor in "chopping
off, his locks. He is his own bar
Der, and probably one of the best
known characters in Mount Vernon
Jarvis Smith. or "Jarve." as he is
called. "Jarve" has a unique meth
cd of removing his superfuous hair,
and while 1t is possibly original with
himself, IL is not a secret. He has
no patent upon II, and rather prefers
O'itio W iOiiOW HlS tAdilDit, IL intg
wish to practice economy. The
process can be done anywhere, in the
parlor, on the street, in the field or
on the woodlot. and "Jarve" does II
when he finds It necessary, regardless
of where he happens to be.
Smiths method is by singeing
After dipping a piece of wood into
Kerosene oil and igniting 1t he starts
to work. With the burning torch in
one hand, and using the other for a
ire extinguisher," he singes one
side of his face. then the other, the
upper lip and chin. and in that way
rids himself of all the hair on his
face. and while he crops It down about
as close as the average man does
with razor, he very rarely burns
himself The same sort of torch is
used to remove his superfuous hair.
Burn yourself?" said Smith. mo.
If a man knows how to take his
whiskers and hair off in this way he
needn't be afraid of scorching his
face or head. | conceived the idea
some years ago. and would not take
chances with a sharp razor. Life
is too precious, and / am not ready
to die yet"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
SLEEP AND NERVE REST.
A Necessity That Is Overlooked IN
the Modern strenuous Life.

the Modern strenuous Life.
In the days when eight hours for
sleep were nominally regarded as an
hour too long for any self respecting
individual the exhausting character Of
modern life was unknown. There was
less wealth and more contentment; less
competition and more security; fewer
distractions, but more simplicity.
Work was easier, slower, and care,
anxiety. apprehenslon-ln a word, wor-
ry-did not feed. like the worm / tn
bud. upon the hours exempt from toll.
We are remorseless in overtaYing the
delicate mechanism of our minds and
nerves. The best walker. for Instance.
does not pr, pose to himself to go regu-
larly sixty miles n day or to subject
the same set of muscles In any other
form of physical exercise to intense
and unremltting labor. But that Is
what we do with the immediate agent
of our mlnds-the brain machine. We
cannot watch its operations. We often
assume that Its movements are as light
and endless as the ripples Of the uni
versal air. We know and nevertheless
we forget that the brain Is n substantial
apparatus as liable to depreciation as
the fixed plant In workshop. Now,
nothing Is more certain than thls-that
the potential capacity Of the human
brain has not increased. II at all, In
anything like the proportion Of the i'm.
mensely aggravated demand upon II.
The modern man Is subject 70 a.
much mental and moral wear and tear
In a day as his ancestors In no very
remote generation experienced In q
week. Yet In respect Of sleep we have
hardly changed traditional habit. We
keep later and still later hours. We
catch our trains in the morning as
usual. There Is no doubt whatever that
we burn the candle at both ends with
unprecedented disregard of the laws of
psychological economy, and that the
amount Of rest we allow for nerve and
brain is no longer adequate.-London
Telegraph.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
HAVE COMMON PLACE TO DIE.


II seems from the accounts given
by Darwin and Mr.. w. II. Hudson,
that all the guanacos of the southern
part of Patagonia must resort, when
the hour of death approaches. to
certain spot which has become a per.
feet mausoleum of their bones.
Mr.. Hudson notes that 1t is only
the guanaco of the southern extrem-
ity of the South American continent
4. that has this habit habit restricted
to descendants of forefathers. who
lived In an extremely rigorous eli.
mate. Mr.. Hudson conjectures that
among these forefathers the instinct
grew up, when the stress of hunger
and cold was very dire, of resorting
to this sheltered place in the river
bed, where they might fihd warmth
in their own closely collected num-
bers, and possibly food. BY a con-
tinual survival of those which be-
took themselves to this place of ref
uge the race instinct would be formed
of resorting thither when they felt
the tides of life running low. This
feeling, Mr.. Hudson argues, their de.
scendants are likely to experience
now at the approach of the hour of
death.
But now 1t Is no longer just a pass
ing spell of extreme cold that leads
them thither. The death call has
come, and they must lay their bones
In the common mortuary. IL is not
I'm order to die" that the guanaco
seeks this place; II would be nearer
the truth II we were to say IL was "in
order to live"
But the most true account of all Is
that IL is In mere obedience to the
inherited instinct that the guanaco re-
sorts to this refuge.
Yet another instinct of this mystic
rious guidance is afforded by the
habit of the rattlesnakes i'm the cold
er countries to assemble together for
Information in caves These snakes,
on emerging from the caves, cover
long distances In their wanderings,
their young are generally born far
away. and yet these young succeed in
finding their way to the caves with
thte greatest certainty.
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The Woman with the Hoe.

When THE Man with the Hoe" was
first printed one of the most widely
heard comments as to its fitness to
conditions Of American rural life was
that we had no such conditions in
this country as inspired Millet's we'll.
known painting. Every one who went
out from New York to Nassau coun-
ty to see the automobile races do
their "try outs" had occasion to
change his mind, If he held that opin.
ion, by the spectacle presented by
the women who work in the fields In
that section of Long Island, says a
New York correspondent Of the Pitts.
burg Dispatch. Every morning at
seven o'clock one could see the groups
Of these women on their way to
work in the fields with their skirts
kirtled up to their knees, their feet
and legs innocent of shoes and stock
ings. Many of them trundled baby
wagons with them, and all day long
the babies would lie out in the fields
while their mothers, or temporary
nurses, would be hard at work In the
fields hoeing or wedding the crops.
Although most of these women were
of foreign birth. they did not re.
semble the animal-like women in
Millet's canvases. for the simple rea-
son that they had already absorbed
some OF the brightness Of our country
folk and always had time to show a
keen interest, not only In the flying
racing macines. but also In those of
a more leisurely speed. the touring
cars, and more particularly in their
occupants, for whom they had bright.
eyed glances Of appreciation as bits
of relief from the ordinary monotony
Of their lives.
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PRACTICAL PICTURES.
Odd Parlor Ornaments and n Very
Substantial Dinner.

There Is practical minded million.
aire who has invented a substitute for
valuable pictures which it Is hoped will
not commend itself to others. He has
had a large number of bank notes
framed, and these are hung upon the
wall where the pictures should be-
In the drawing room Is one frame
that contains bank note for 100000.
and he says: There Is the money In
case find picture which Is suhicient~
ly valuable to pay that price f." 1t.
Meanwhile the note tells its own tale
and saves me from explaining to my
visitors that this picture cost so much
as most other rich men do.
"The chief pleasure of these collectors
the work. but from the cost of 1t: then
why not have checks or bank notes for
n large sum hung on the walls, as do?
Besides, find that II Is much more in
terestlng to my visitors. for most Of
them look long and carefully at the
bank notes who would but glance at
the work of art"
This eccentric man gave a dinner on
the same principle. In the soup plates
there was no soup, but soyeregns: for
fish were served five-pound notes, for
game checks and for sweets shares In
thriving company, and there was not
guest who did not enjoy this enter
tainmcnt more than any he or she had
ever before been present at.-London
Truth
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29

On the Riviera line near Ventimiglia,
Italy, the train, after amblng gently
along. stopped suddenly. An impatient
passenger put his head out and asked
crustily, SIS this Bordighera?" No an.
swer. "Guard. is this BordigheraY' p he
shouted again. A voice came from the
fore part OF the train. "No. monsieur,
1t is not Bordighera-lt is a cow"
When the COW had been removed from
the line the train ambled ON again.
Two minutes later II once more came
to dead stop. Another COW. sup
pose?" shouted the testy passenger
wltherlngly. mo, monsieur. 1t Is not"
said the guard placldly. ut Is the
same cow"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
ON BORROWING BENT
MRS. GALLAGHER CALLED ON
HER NEIoHBoR.
Much Polite PhraseoIosy But No
Kettle Forthcoming - Visitor
Finally Retires with the
Honors OF War.

"Sure I've no patience wild the likes
of her." said Mrs. Gallagher, rolling
her brawny arms in her apron and
tossing her head. she may be a
good neighbor, so she may, but I'd
as lief neighbor wild the Chink heath
en-, an that's sayin' strong words.
P'lite Bless ye, butter wouldn't
melt In her mouth no more'n In my
ice box, but to perdition wild her
p'liteness, heaven forgive me!
II went knockin to her dure on
Thursday mornin to get her to lind
me the loan of a kittle to bile up a
mess o. bacon and cabbage for me
mans dinner, an when she opened
the dure an seen who IL was, o, but
she was the pleased woman entirely.
II was An is it you. Mrs. Gala
gher,' an Sure, the sight of you Is
good for sore eyes an Come right
in an set down. an It's grand ye're
lookin' this mornin', mann
"I'll not stay says, 'thankin' ye
kindly, but If yen be so accomydatin'
as to lind me the loan of your iron
kittle I'll be Obliged to you, ma'am,
says. Me own has sprung a leak,
bad cess to it. just as got the
victuals ready to put II in. | hate
to be a troublin' you I says.
AN wild that her ould fiddle face
got longer than ever, but she cracked
a smile acrost It an she says: Sure,
It's proud I'd be to lind ye the kittle,
but mebbe it wudden't be big enough
to hould what yed want to put into
It.. Il ain't much of a kittle,' she
says, though for the matter of that
'tis a good one, barrin tis wore thin
wild the scourin of 1t, me bein'
bein' so long in the fambly.' she says.
Me grandmother had that kittle,' she
says, an she set a sight O. store by
II. an she wudden't have lint II to
Queen Victoria. that was, II she'd
come askin' for It on her bended
knees an promised to bring 1t back
as good as ever the next day. which
is asy promised, but amt done so
often.
"Pm as free as must wimmen is
wild their belongin's,' she says. But
twas only last week that Mrs. Mul.
cahy come around here an borried
fiatiron. She's one OF your Dor.
riers, too. An I haven't seen a
sight of that fatiron liver since, an
it's like niver will, not to speak of
the chances of 1t comm back roosty
er scratched. Sure the life is both.
cred out O. me with people borryin'
Not that you amt free an welcome
to take tn little iron kittle. was
a-thinkin' O bilin' some spinach in
1t myself she says, but guess the
spinach II keep, an IL 1t don't twill
be no great loss, though It's hard to
get good spinach greens this time
O. year Do ye think twill be large
enough, Mrs. Gallagher, maam?'
L do not, ma'am. says. 'Tis my
opinion it's some sizes to small an |
don't know how large II is at that
But things has to be in kapin, ma a'am
| says. an II 1t amt no bigger than
thimble, twill hould all the da
cincy liver your family had, an room
to spare. an good mornin' to ye
Thank the Lord amt polite meself
but ! speak me mind plain. '"-Chi
cago Daily News.
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Between siahs and Tears.

Mr.. Roosevelt has been more con.
siderate Of literary men than all other
presidents Of the United States put
together. There are two or three at
the White House every week by invi-
tation-or the kings command. Blank
and Blank, two youngish authors, are
particular pets. One Is asthmatic, the
other has weak eyes. The president
always sits between them at luncheon,
talking first to one, then the other
and enjoying both at the same time
It reminds me of Emperor Augustus.
who was very fond Of Virgil and Hor.
ace, and invariably sat between them
when they dined with him. Virgil
was asthmatic and Horace had cpl
phora. Augustus used to say, allud-
ing to his situation between these two
poetic invalids: my time is passed
between sighs and tears."-N. Y.
Press.
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NEW YORK CHURCHES.
Trinity ssd the Land II Occupies
valued st R12,5OO,OOO.

Trinity church is valued at S12,500.-
600. This estimate includes the land oc-
cupjed by the cburchyard. 1t is in the
most valuable part of New York, IL not
in the most valuable division of prop
erty In the world.
St Paul's church IL valued at SJ,500.-
900.
Grace church. at what was once de-
scribed as the head of Broadway. Is
valued at S050,000.
The First Presbyterian church, on
Fifth avenue, between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets is valued at S750000.
st. Marks church, on Second avenue.
an old landmark in that neighborhood.
is valued at S275,OOO.
The Marble Collegiate church. Fifth
avenue and Twenty-ninth street. Is
valued at 100000
The Church of st. Paul the Apostle
(the Paulist church,, at Fifty-nnth
street and Columbus avenue. is valued
at 100000.
The West Presbyterian church, on
West Forty-second street Is valued at
S4J0000, st. Thomas ut $1.7O0OOO and
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church.
o and II West Fifty-ninth street, at
81 100000.
The valuation of the Temple Emanu.
FL Is Sl,530,0O0, Of st. Patrick's cathe-
dral $6,000,O0O, of the B'nai Jeeshurun
synagogue 100000. of the Temple
BETHEL. at the corner of Fifth avenue
and Seventy. street $l.3OO.O0O. of
the Broadway Tabernacle Broadway
and Fifty-slxth street, 100000 and Of
the Christian Scientist church. Central
Park West and Sixty-eighth street.
S3000O0.-New York sun