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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-12-20
TNblAs eaeAr sun DIAL
That at Delhi One Of the Worlds Re
markabe Antiquities.

Among the remarkable antiquities
of India is the great sundlal at Delhi
1t is 5S feet high, the length of the
oblique edges being 116 feet and the
radius of the circle about 10 feet.
Its construction is unlcue. A mar.
row fight of stone steps. parallel 10
the axis of the earth. towers upward
The walls which support ii are Of
marble.
The shadow falls upon huge marble
arcs, built out 20 The ri-at and ,ett.
and accurately indicates The time.
Broad galleries and steps ere con.
structed on all sides T-c ,latforms
of the structure were once used. it is
supposed, for smaller Astronomical in.
struments, which have crumblei away
with the passing years. Before the
year 1900 English tourists found the
building used for horse stalls.
The s1n dial Is the largest in the
world aad IS supposed to have been
erected by Jai Sing H., who built great
observatorics in many places in India,
and their present massive ruins give
silent testimony to an unsurpassed
knowledge of the science of astron.
omy.
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contrived to take out the cigars and
slip In the loaf, and then had set the
customs official on the intending
smuggler.
Sir ! told you there was nothing
to declare!" said Tommy. stormy. az
the man deftly retied Tie parcel and
pushed It from him
We presently discovered him loc';ed
N first-cass carriage. quite by him
self, apparently intending to cut us.
at, of course. Csu. Int be permit
ed 50 some one produced key, and
We troored in, cla-.;ably bent on
reconciliation.
Tommy sat in a corner grim and
Jnyieiding.
only a bit of holiday fun, you
nov, Traddles. Don't take it too
seriously, old man." pleaded Dick
son.
You admit, then. that you took
them out of my parcel?" said Tom.
my opening his mouth for the first
time. and speaking with an offended
air.
81 don't deny IT," said Dickson.
but YOU know, Traddles, you might
saye--"
And you we're all parties to the
.heft?" he interru"ted.
Hang it all, Tradd.cs." urged Dick.
son. you can't say we stole your
cigars. when the worst we've done has
been to get EN- through the GUS
toms for YOU"
Well" replied Tra'ales. quite
implacable. and g. a.E.ng in his
sternest manner. "i wont say any.
thing further on the score of theft.
but I'll show you what I'll do"
And to our ama2emont he dropped
the window and shouted to a customs
officer who stood on the other side OF
the platform. The man came prompt
ly to his call, and Tommy addressed
him.
Officer" he said. this man admits
having brought these cigars ashore
in his handbag without having Off
cially declared them" Having said
this, he dropped into his corner with
the air of a man who had accom-
plished painful duty.
For the first time in our knowledge
OF him. Tommy. the hospitable. So
ciable old joker, had done a really
malicious thing.
The officers manner was very quiet
and very serious. Taking possession
OF the cigars. he intimated that Dick.
son must accompany him to the su.
pervisor, and with something like a
groan. the culprit departed. We all
trooped after him. and as we left the
carriage every one of us, except King.
stone hurled reproaches at the grim
figure In the corner who went on to
town by the train, which started very
soon after we left IL.
We tried to make the supervisor un.
derstand what had happened; to show
him that the real cuprit was the In.
former himself. But although the
officer looked sagacious enough. he
seemed extremely dense, and could
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a'gin; reckon It's all one to me what

a'gin; reckon It's all one to me what
Lizbeth does. 'Tis'nt of Lizbeth | think
tits Of you
She won't never come between US
agin.
Between us--no, that she shan't;'
and Mary laughed
81 stood an look'd at her, a.feein'
bitter in my heart. 'Tis the way o.
man to be shy o. ownin himself in
the wrong
81 never cared for any other
woman same as | do for you. so what
do you want to punish me for?'
I'm no Judge o others, she says.
with that obstinate way O woman as
drives men wild
I'm goin', Mary. Do you mean to
send me away in anger? BE sure
what you are about Kiss me just
afore ] GO said
And take the taste o. Lizbeth
from your lips?, she answered.
Don't you see"-David turned in
vchemence to his listener--"that I
had to pluck up a spirit after that,
so ! took ner face between my hands
her eyes didn't blinch, she was so
hard-as hard-as only a soft woman
can be. | caught her to me an, tho
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-12-20
Thatched Roofs In EnqIand.

The matched roof. which makes
the English cottage picturesque. is
doomed" said an architect. For
some years 1t has been going gradu.
ally. Soon 1t will be altogether thing
OF the past. Fire insurance ia the
cause Of the matched roofs disap.
pearanee. No company will insure a
cottage or It's contents II the roof Is
matched. They who want insurance
must substitute for the roof of thatch
tiled one. AS long as the English
cottager remains very poor SO that
his house and furniture are not worth
insuring he keeps matched roof over
his head. AS soon as he begins to
prosper and lays in household goods
Of value he takes out fire policy and
away then goes his matched roof"
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SETTLING A DAMAGE SUIT.
Looked Suspicious When the "snitch"
Lawyer Showed a Quarter.

Among the damage suit lawyers
sometimes designated in derision
"snitches"-at the Kansas City bar is
one who has been particularly fragrant
In his operations in time past. He
has the reputation of bringing suits
against corporations merely to harass,
knowing that even II the foundation be
ever so slight the corporation will
usually settle for small amount rath.
er than go to the trouble to fight the
case.
The other day this lawyer suddenly
burst in at the door OF the working
room of the clerk of the court and
shouted as he held up a small coin.
"oh, Dave. have you got change for
a quarter?"
David McClanahan. the chief clerk,
glanced up from his work and saw
who 1t was. and saw the quarter In
his upraised hand.
"Ho! ho!" yelled Dave" you must
have been settling another damage
suit."-Kansas City Star.
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have got to get out Of this" He gave
the order to lower away and the small
boats vanished into the night.
Twenty miles east of Point On.
tonoggin the lake shoals to depth OF
so feet, and it so happened that II
was at this point that the Senator
made her final plunge. There she lay,
with her head upon the bottom and
stern afloat, submerged to the waist
and with the seas broaching over her.
An hour passed and the girl awoke.
Half bewildered and merely seeking
to get out of the dark den in which
she found herself. she got upon hands
and knees and crawled across the
floor that slanted almost like a roof.
A moment later she came across the
PROSTATE form of man, and after
her first instructive recoil approached
him again and found that he breathed.
Then she searched his vest pocket,
found matches and struck one into a
flame. She saw that his head was
bleeding and without hesitation took
1t in her lap, and strove to staunch
the red flow with her handkerchief.
The gray dawn filtered through the
windows and Ken. opened his eyes
and stared blankly at her until re.
turning memory tcld him who she
was. Next he smiled bit and got
upon his feet wita 4 good deal of
trouble. The girl was sitting with
hands clasped AMI face averted, and
without addressing her nc scrambled
into the vcstibule and from that out
TO the slant deck.
The wind had dropped to half a gale,
and the seas. although still plenty
high enough, ran smoothly and no
longer broke over the floating stern.
He called to her. telling her to get a
rug, and when she had dore that he
half dragged her up the steep incline,
wrapped the rug about her and to-
gether they sat upon the deck in the
lee Of the cabin with their backs
braced against 1t.
Silently they watched the gray roll.
ers race into the west, and the low
flights of the scurrying storm clouds
each knowing what the other thought.
I'VE have stood hand in hand upon
the Brink and gazed as deep as NOR.
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see nothing but the fact that Il was
not the informer who was actually
guilty of smuggling.
We had worked ourselves to a cli-
max of evaporation, when a lad came
in and handed the supervisor a note.
He opened the note, and as he read
we saw that II contained a surprise.
He hastily turned to Tommy's
Petits Bouquets that lay on the
table beside him, eagerly exam.
ining first one and then another,
finally extracting a cigar; he broke
it in two. then suddenly seizing
both bundles he came out to us in a
towering rage.
Take your rubbish and go to the
devil" he said.
What's up? What's the matter
now?" we broke out, each in his own
way.
Clear out, | tell you" roared the
furious official; I've had enough of
this foolery."
What do you mean?" calculated
Dickson, and as he spoke he drew out
one of the Petits Bouquets and broke
it as he had seen the supervisor do.
and then we saw what Tommy had
done, They were mere dummies of
cigars, and of course were not dutia.
BILE at all.
I'VE shall just catch the 4:2S," said
Kingstone In his driest manner. I'VE
shall find Tommy on the platform
with the luggage. | believe he expects
us to dine with him at the Criterion
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she struggled, kissed her" Davy
took OF his hat In act of reverence.
II thank the Almighty.
1.-The boats will be OF unless I 60
now, yut I'll come back to you, Mary,
an things'll be the same as ever?' I
asked.
she sort O. coiled herself together.
but said nothin'. tho she follered me
to the door. She had a shawl over
her head, and her dark hair. blowed
loose by the wind was tangled about
her head and face-she looked like
nothing but a child, holding another
child-mine---in her arms.
"The boys was calm me, so hur-
ried down the path and away to the
shore. listened, listened, and didn't
quite know for what. From up along
came q cry that sounded like 'Davy!
Davy!' Twas as though some one
were terrible put out. | was most at
the shore then. and the others was
tellin' me to come. an | was always
slow to see what | should do-slow
in the up-take, as Mary used to say.
1T was May when we went north,
and June we was there, and July we
as there, too.
How | longed to come back!"
Davy dropped for a moment his mar.
rative to question his companion.
Have you ever felt homesick? It's
l!ke-like-like nothin' else but a
sort O. mother feelin'. guess, some
thin stretches out its arms an calls
to you. / was fair crazy with Joy O.
life the mornin' we got back; can't
explain; but you, you're young, an
maybe you'll understand.
Il came up that hilr'-he stretched
an indicating hand. 1T was early
when we got In, so l made my way
up here without seein' any o the
boys. The air-I took a fill o II as !
stood at that gate-was crisp yet
soft; II tasted cold upon my lips, like
a draught of water from our we'll.
"A curious, holy feeling seemed to
rest about the place; the sun thread
the mist with strings o gold, and
great grey gulls played over the creep
in waves. I'd brought home all my
share of the fish, and was countin'
what could buy for Mary an the lit
tie ones. Ostrich feathers! Women
love ostrich feathers-meringues. and
zinc kettles for the bread. I'd thought
O. 'em all. But when l got to the
door, was afraid-sudden.like a feel
ing O. fear gripped me. | was most
terrible afraid. My hand grew cold
an clammy, my breath come short. |
seemed not to see the way, an disre'
member how | got in"
Davy paused.
Paul, stirred to interest, had given,
from time to time, by attentive eyes
and inclinations of the head, that hui
man punctuation which arrests, and
without which a recital becomes but
a stringing together of meaningless
words He now asked, anxiously:
"Mary-what of Mary?"
Davy raped the ashes of his long
empty pipe, then looked at him
whilst the easy tears of cherished
grief trickled down his checks.
II was too late even to see her;
but 1t won't be long now afore do"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-12-20
His DaY Off.

A postmaster posted the following
notice on his shutter recently:
"All parties exroctin' mail are here
by notified to git all that's comm to
'em in advance--any time before next
Thursday, that bein' the day we have
app'inted to go huntin-not havin' had
holiday from the government since
July 4, and the said government
seemin' to forget that bein' only hu.
man, we ned rest and recreation oc.
casionally. There's some little mail
here for the Joneses and the Tomp.
kinses-but It don't amount to much,
as it's all got one-cent stamps on 1t.
There amt nuthin much in the bust.
ness nohow!"
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tails can into eternity" he said, grave
ly. Are you glad we got no further?"
She turned her face towards his own,
looking steadily into his eyes.
Yes" she replied, 81 am glad"
Then after a moments pause:
Have you, too, changed your mind?"
He looked across the waste. YES"
he said at length. when I saw you
trying to gain that deck and realized
why you wished to gain it-well,
forgot about myself. only wanted
to reason you back to sanity"
"And except for that?"
Except for that should have
found way to. the deck" He drew
his coat closely about him, budding
In It to escape the chill.
The planks beneath them heaved
and sunk, the spume fell about them
in spatters and above their heads the
gulls wheeled and cried.
A hoarse roar came across the
waters and Kent springlng to his feet
scrambled to the rail and waved his
arms frantically. A quarter of a mile
away. the smoke whipping from her
tunnels in black streamers, a lake
liner was wallowing.
They are lowering surf boat
they are coming" said he with a
laugh as he turned upon the girl
Together we have walked to the
mouth of the Pit-and together we
go back to new life, new work, new
hope-yes. perhaps even to a new
love-"
He helped her to her feet and hand
in hand they stood upon the deck
watching the life boat as 1t came
steadily towards them over the crests
of the heaylng seas.
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Polite Ceylonese.

William Jennings Bryan, describing
his world tour in New York, praised
the Ceylonese.
"The Ceylonese," said Mr.. Bryan,
"are the politest, the urbanest, the
most tactful people you can imag
They have a proverb that gives
some idea of their delicacy, This
proverb says:
1T is safer to pull the tail of a
tiger than to call a lady's attention
70 her first gray hair"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-12-20

"Isn't itawful," remarked Growells,
looking over his gas bill for the last
quarter, isn't II surprising how gas
bills run upP"
"Not 20 surprising" replied Kibber,
Fconsidering how many thousand feet
they have. ."ePhiladelpAia Press.
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Both Troubled by Il.

Inkwirer-What became OF that
queer patient you were telling me
about last spring?
DR.. Price-O. he's got a complaint
now that's giving me a great deal of
trouble.
Inkwirer-Indeed! What ID II?
DR.. Price-Why. complaint about
the amount Of my bill.-Stray Stories
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The searchlight on board the new
British battleship Dreadnought is of
a new type, being double-ended, 90 as
to throw powerful beams of light In
exactly opposite directions, to facili-
tate semaphore signaling. Each light
is of nearly $4,000 caudelpower, and
placed on top of the tripod mast will
be visible 20 miles.
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Don't your conscience sometimes
trouble you about things you have to
do In financial deals?"
"A little," answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax.
What do you do in such case?"
~ send for a lawyer. ashington
Star.
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do you approve of the plan of
women taking husband on trials"
"Nope; if'that practice decame
general the average woman would be
much trouble in keeping husband az
she now does In keeping a servant
Hous ton Post.
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The Silver linlnu.

"Your nephew that's studyin' to be
a DOCTOR"
We'll. now, he amt by any means
as useless as you'd naturally think"
philosophlcally said honest Farmer
Hornbeak. when he comes home on
vacation I make him not only kill
the chickens. as occasion arises. but
dress 'em into the bargain; and what
little knowledge he has already got of
surgery enables him to do q more ar
tistic job than any of the rest of us
can do. In spite Of all the practice we
have had in an unscientific way. A
college education. Enoch. has bright
side. even II II does cost considera.
BILE. Puck.
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KaiekerTs-wheao DO you, take the
4 Rocker when ny wife cooks IT, q
New York oun.
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Exlled Forever.

The gray-haired man, tall. and dig.
nifed. stood on the deck of the out.
ward-bound steamer trying vainly to
control the tears that coursed down
his worn and haggard cheeks. ALAS,
be sighed as the ship moved slowly
from the dock. 81, shall never see this,
my old home. again!"
N what was your. sin?" asked the
sympathetic passenger. that It Is pun
ished by eternal exilef"
: q Str" answered the fearful man. pa
1T was not sin. II was
folly. I was q Judge At the baby
show
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-12-20

OEx-Speaker John G. Carlisle looked
In at the house of representative last
Wednesday and not person knew
him.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-12-20

~ Chprch-A man recently paid $780,
900 for seat in the New York stock
AEA5l&Sf l4k y. 80 ...,sa.... ..sa., 3f
|. 0otham--Aud did he get itp
"'Oh, yee, he got it."as talisss
"fhAGs III Hight then. I'il bet I've
'paid h6is shAA' at n nyfHfstins
for seats n the sssess ears Inst
never got. ."-Yenkers Statesman,
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Stranger-What's that crowd over
there with guns and pitchforkss
Villager-They're hunting for a
crazy man.
Stranger-I shouldn't think they'd
have much trouble In finding one
around here.-New Orleans Times.
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One Sort or Another.

"Well," said Casey, "shure iv'ry
Irishman is born wild thirst"
"'Tis a lie!" hotly cried Madigan,
who was total abstainer, there's
lots av us has no thirst fur the liquor
at ALL"
"Thrue for ye, but they hov a
thirst fur fightin', or glory, or some
thin like that"
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OF course you pay your money,
But you sc, yorr moneys worth,
Fog what does mruey meap to you
When Rocky Mountain Teas on
earth? GARRETT & AYREs.
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limp and she was slipping to the floor.
Then as he looked about the deck rose
beneath his feet In mighty upheaval
and the dull crash of rent wood and
iron filed his ears. Rendered awk-
ward by his burden Kent's feet
tripped upon threshold and he fell
heavily forward dimly conscious that
something had struck him violently
upon the head. And the next roll OF
the ship banging the door shut left
him and the one he had borne motion
less upon the noor of the smoking
room. n
Capt. Peterson went about the deck
giving his orders with cool precision
The lsshings OF the life boats were
cut. the falls manned and out Of the
bowels Of the ship the half drowned
stokers came: swarhing. h n
q Down 70, ststeroom number ~ where
the only woman passenger should
have been the purser ran and threw
open the door. Her hat and wraps
lay upon the bed. but the girl was not
there. Number II, the stateroom as
signed to the gentleman. was also va.
can't ~ eg5fiiseeis rss sai
ssls.1ZhsHz must have gss aevt aof the
NAhiA.gRmohNy, ~ 4AeeRs eNept over
h bQard.. ual1 the. pApteins ~ ~ man
.of Ill hs took his plaoS n the stern
'sAss<s a . lie boak "AAyvay. @
-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-07

To understand how to rest is of more
Importance than to know how to work.
The latter can be learned easily. The
former it takes years to learn. and some
people never learn the art Of resting.
1t is simply change of scenes and ae-
tiyities, loating may not be resting;
sleeping is not always resting: sitting
down for days, With nothing to do, is
not restful. \ change is needed to
bring into play 4 different set of facul-
ties aud 10 turn the life into new
channel. The man who works hard
finds his best rest In playing hard; the
man who Is burdcned with care finds
relief IN something that is active yet
free from responsibility. Above all,
keep good naturcd and don't abuse
your best friend, the stomach.
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a small French Italian coasting
steamer was proceeding on its way.
The passengers were of various nu-
tlonalitles- English, American. French.
Italian and one large German. Most
of the male passengers were gathered
IN the smoking room when the steward
appeared mt the door and with II bow
announced. Dinner, 1t Is serve"
The English and American contln-
gent arose and started toward the din
Ing saloon The steward. seeing that
his announcement had not been under
stood by ALL continued, "Mcsseurs.
c'est scrvir' and as II portion of the
passengers stIll remained seated. I'll
pranZo servito"
The French and Italians followed the
English and Americans. leaving the
large German in solitary state
"lllmmel" he muttered hungrly. rs
IL dot no German mans gets some
things To eat on dis boat. helm ?"-fIar-
pcr's Weekly
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Applying for Il post in the police of
the central provinces OF India. native
wrote: Il have a good long equilne
nose, piercing eyelashes ON n semy-
slohular face and good physique.
My family has a history that takes my
Imagination back to three pedigrees.
when my grandfather was millioner.
With the vlsslcitudc and times matter
change and my father WAS driven TO
the necessity 10 accept schoolmastcr-
ship Ultimately he enjoyed his well
earned pension by the time he gave up
his ghost In ease my aspirations turn
out reality | shall as matter OF
course be bound To prey God for your
long life and prosperity"
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RELATING TO IRON
Discovery of the Metal, According to
various Authorities.

DiscoNery OF the Metal, According TO
various Authorities.
The Bible speaks of Tubal Cain rs
the discoyerer Of iron aud the father
OF smiths. The Egyptians imputed 10
Hephaestus the same honor. while PHI
ny mentions il having been discovered
by Daetgles on Mount Ida after the
forests on the mountain side had been
destroyed BY lightning This was about
l ,432 years r. {. Jeremiah and Ezc-
kel both mention iron In their Scrip
tural writings. the latter specially men
tloning two qualities Of the I4ctal and
calling one bright iron. which WIS prob
ably steel
Moses mentions IA ron furnace. aHl
Job speaks q Il as being taken out Of
the earth. Thousands Of years before
the opening Of the Christian era the
Egyptians used iron In making sIekles.
knives and such things. Sparta first
used iron for money. Britain also used
II as n medium of barter and exchange
prior to the conquest hy the Romans.
The BritOns before the time Of Christ
used 10 export iron 10 oiaul. and after
the Roman conquest the conquerors es-
tablished extensive smelling works.
which existed at lenst MS late us the
Saxon eonqucst.-St james Gazette.