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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
A TIMELESS WORLD.
What Would Happen " We Were En-
tireiy lnelosed by Clouds.

tlrety lnCloSed pV Oiouuss
If astronomers are right In ascrib-
lug the wonderful brightness Of Venus
to the existence Of un atmosphere con
tinually filed with clouds, then she
must be word without time-at
least there can be no measurement of
time there such as we have here
1t Is because we can see the sun and
the stars that we are able to traverse
the oceans aud run railroad trains
across the continents
Surround our earth with an unbro'
ken shell of clouds and what would be-
come of all our clocks and chrvnom-
etcrs? Not ship could safely cross
the sea: not railrcad would he able
to run its trains without II series of
frightful wrecks. In Il few weeks
every clock aud watch would he hope
lessly wrong and all exact timckecp-
ing would cease.
Probably there are few who stop to
think of the way in which our every
day life depends upon Astronomical
observations. Our great primary time
keeper is the earth rotnting on Its
axis. If we could not see the sun
and stars because of clouds we should
net know that the earth rotates and
there would be no standard To which
we could refer our tlmepleces and by
which we could correct them. In fact.
we should probably have no time
pieces.
There could be no hours and ain
utes. for they are exact divisions Of
an ideal day based upon celestial OBJ
servations which would he impossible
TO us.
They could not be based upon clocks
or other mechanical devices, because
the most exquisite ChronOmctcr that
can be constructed will not keep time
indefinitely and must he continually
corrected by means of observations or
the stars made In the observatOrlcs.
/ There could be no accurate maps Of
countries or charts of the seas, for
such maps and charts can be made
only by the aid OF Astronomical obrer-
vatlons.
! There could be no parallels of lati-
/ tude or meridians Of longitude. fvr
/ they, too, are based or celestial OBJ
servations which would be impossible
to us.
We should not know with any GER
tainty where we were upon the earth.
We could not measure the distance
from New York to London nor from
New York to San Francisco.
Poetical minds. moved by the spec
tacle Of Venus I'm her glory, have
drawn brilliant pictures Of the delights
OF life In that radiant world, but there
Is another side to the question of
which we may well think ms we gaze
admlringly upon her electric splen
dor Garrett +. Scrviss in New York
American.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
A MONSTER PL0W.
Designed For Ten Horses, Il Took Fifty
to Move II.

to Move II.
Whet is said to he the largest pillow
I'm tbc world was lde some years
ago at bakersfield. Cal This plow
was the result of the ingenuity of
ranch superintendent who had authOri-
ty to make improvements. but not to
introduce steam pluws. The superln-
tendent had grown very tired of pre-
pairing 5000 acres of land for wheat
with ordinary nine or twelve inch
pows drawn by two horses.
lie argued that If two horses could
pull twelve inch plow six horses
could pull plow thirty-six inches
wide and that eight horses could pull
plow fOrty-eight inches wide He
made the calculations carefully, and.
being clever with his pencil. also made
drawings and sent for blacksmiths and
machinists to construct plow On his
principle.
Some simple folk told him that his
great plow would not work. but they
contented themselves with saying this
dogmatically without giving any math-
ematical reason therefor. So the SUI
perintendcnt went on with his plans.
The bl0cksmiths and machlnists fin
ished the plow in due time. The share
was made to cut fifty inch furrow.
The top Of II reached FIVE feet above
| the ground to give room to throw the
earth. The beam was more than n
| foot thick. but the machine was con
structed to run between two great
wheels. so that 1t could he turned
around easily, and on the axle between
these wheels was the seat for the man
who was to drive the ten horses which
were htChed to II.
The pillow was brought to the great
field, the ten horses were attached to
It, the handles were raised. the driver
mounted his seat. and the team was
started. But as soon as the share
struck well into the ground the horses
stopped short. They were stuck fast
And yet the plow had not gone too
deeply into the earth. But II was evi
dent that they could not pull the plow
More horses were brought out but not
until fifty were attached did the plow
move along.
Even then 1t required four men to
a'ld the handles in order to keep the
plow In the furrow. 1t was an eco
nomic failure.
Then the superintendent, through
the Intervention of some one who was
a better mathematician than he, learn
u A
pacity of his twelve inch plow every
time he doubled the width Of it.-Har
per's Weekly.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
AnriI FooIino.

The origin Of the custom OF April
foOling cannot he traced with any de-
gree Of certainty. In the literature OF
the last century there are found many
references to 1t, and yet beyond that
it is scarcely possible to go. One sug-
gestiOn is that the custom Of playing
tricks on the first day Of April was de-
rived from some ancient pagan Gus
tom, such as the Hull festival among
the Hindoos or the Roman feast Of the
fools. One fact, however, we do know,
and that Is that the practice prevails
In many countries under various
names which would seem to indicate
that It dates away back 10 the early
history OF the race.-BrOOklyn Eagle.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
M,1M,-Ms7;asI
Sssses ~ AEQ
TO TRANSFER BEE COLONIES
Easily Done " Simple Directions Given
Below Are Foliowed-lmple-
ments Needed.

CBy w II. WRIGHT, oklahoma Expert
ment Statlon)
Many persons who desire to trans
fer their bees do not understand the
best method to use to make the oper'
alton a success, hence detailed direc.
tions are given below
Secure bee veil, n smoker, long
tladed knife, the wire from an old
lrCom or two, pair of wire pliers
end cutter, two or three rolls of old
co on cloth. some matches, piece
OF Jout string, an ax or hatchet. and
n ir of gloves, II you wish to protect
oar hands from possible stings
I ace the new hive near the colony
&C. g transferred and have about half
OF ne frames full OF foundation, the
re aiming four or Ave frames are to
| p .,-~.yeI !oi L0.G.as cOaho taken.
a little later. from the old hive.
The wires may be passed around the
frames lengthwise. but such an ar
langement will make It necessary to
remove the frames from the hive nj
q later date, after the combs, which
have been held In place by the wires.
| we been securely fastened to the
frames
After starting n good smoke in the
bee smoker, putting on the bee veil
and gloves. tying down the trouser
legs, one is all ready to make the
trey fer An assistant Is desirable
but not necessity.
Take from the new hive the frames
that are TO contain the combs to be
cut from the old hive. and place them
on a wide board or n small table
Now go to the colony and pun I'm
some smoke AT the entrance. then Jar
the hive by light blows, then pun In
y ore smoke end jar the hive again.
This should be done four or FIVE
! tI..es to cause the bees to I'LL them.
selves with honey. Bees with we'll
filled honey sacks are not inclined to
ting forenoon hour Of some pleas
ant day should be chosen for this OPP
Grafton
There are some advantages In wrap
ing strings about frames instead of
ing wires, for the bees will remove
'ne strings, while the wires will re.
inain until removed by the apiarist
small whisk broom or turkey
'eather will be a great aid In encour
aging the bees to travel In the right
direction.
After the preliminary smoking and
drumming the hive should be turned
c'tom up and an empty box put on
top, and the drumming and smoking
continued until most OF the bees have
rassed up into the box.
The new hive, now standing where
u old hive stood, will soon have re
( ling workers rushing In and out, sc
the new hive should be supplied witt
combs from the old ones as quickly al
} Jssible; then the box OF bees SHOULD
bc shaken into the top or onto boarC
or paper In front Care should b'
taken that not many bees are crushed
and that nearly all get into the new
hive, or the queen may be lost, bring
Ing about failure. Scraps of hone!
should be carried to the house ant
honey drips carefully washed up, o.
there may be bad case OF robbing
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21

man with money enough to keep up
tho pace set by Mr.. Reid SO It has
gone on and on until Mr.. Taft has been
president more than a year.
Then came the story that Charles
Warren Fairbanks. former vice presi
d,nt, was the man selected by Mr.
Taft to fill the Reid shoes. The presi
dent Immediately denied it. Then
came the death of King Edward and
the "wiseacres" were sure that Mr.
Reid would have to come back home
and edit the New York Tribune, which
he controls.
King Edward was a great friend OF
the American ambassador. He showed
Mr. Reid. Mrs. Reid and their daugh.
ter unusual courtesies. He attended
the wedding of Miss Reid. He was
a guest at Dorchester house, the Lon.
don home OF the Reids. at various
functions Mr.. Reid was close to the
British monarch and there is no doubt
that he has had a great deal to do
with bringing about the friendly rela-
tions between this country and Great
Britain There used TO be a time when
England turned up her nose at the
United States and men in this country
were saying spiteful things about Eng.
land. You hear little of this kind Of
talk any more. King Edward formed
liking for Americans and showed
them special courtesies. OF course
John Smith, laborer, was not received
at court or wined and dined by the
monarch. but people with money who
were approved by Mr. Reid were re-
ceived by his majesty without ques.
tion. Some OF our American heiresses
who have paid high price for British
titles pleased the kingly fancy, while
others didn't get on so well.
Now that King Edward has gone.
Ambassador Reid may Nell be said to
have lost "a friend al court" II may
be we'll 10 give credence in future 10
stories about his recall King George.
however, may decide that he would
like 70 have his fathers friend remain.
II he does and says so. Mr.. Reid may
continue as ambassador. He has
been ambassador since 1905. II takes
half a page in Who's Who in Amer
ica" TO print the record Of Whitelaw
Reid. diplomatist. journalist, born in
Xenia. O.. October 27. 1887. and the
list includes achievements OF which
the ambassador may we'll be proud.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS.
May Be Measured by Means Of an
Ordinary Thermometer.

Heights Of mountains or Of airships
can be mea Sured by means of an ordi-
nary thermometer. The greater the
pressure of the atmosphere OH the sur
face OF water the greater temperature
IL takes to boil IT, As we rise in the
air less and less pressure Of the air
occurs. and water will boil at n lower
temperature than 100 degrees G. (2l2
degrees F. 1t has been figured out
that for a few miles up for every
thousand feet of ascent water will
boil degree lower Thus If at the
bottom of a mountain water boils at
90 degrees c. (2102 degrees F. and at
the top at 9S degrees G. (2OS.4 degrees
F. the mountain is a thousand feet
high.
In government and other scientific
work extremely delicate thermometers
are used. They are long. so that the
scales may be divided into fractions
OF degree. The entire instrument for
the work Is termed a thermobarome-
ter, or hypsometer. II consists Of a
small metallic vessel for boiling wa
tcIt ol tue VI W IL hit pIA'Sh
these delicate thermometers. Ganot
says that the accuracy of the height
OF a mountain can be obtained within
ten feet by means Of these instru-
ments. 1t IS probably not quite that
accurate, as the pressure Of air docs
not decrease uniformly as we ascend.
Nevertheless II Is a good adjunct 10
the surveyor taking largely variable
profiles.
or course the ordir"ry instrument
for taking heights without actually
measuring them is the barometer.
This Is open 10 the same objection as
the thermometer. for It's height de-
pends on the pressure Of air, which
does not decrease uniformly. How
ever. II can be graduated 10 an EN-
pirical scale 10 tell the heights and in
that case shows Chicago
Record Herald.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
CENSORSHIP In China.

The Chinese censorship is a curious
institution Its Chinese name IL Yu-
shih. or imperial recorder. and ON
cials Of that name are known 10 have
existed In the Chou dynasty (I122-z55
b. c.. but were then recorders pure
and simple rather than censors. Since
z55-207 B. C they have been In full
enjoyment II their rights as censors.
they are called the eyes and ears Of
the emperor They are privileged TO
criticize the dOings Of the emperor
himself: hence their recent anger at
DEGRADATION for zeal OF one OF their
number By Prince Ching
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
A Story Of Charles Rsads.

Charles Mathews was fond Of tell
ing a story Of Charles Reade when the
curtain fell at the old Queens theater
in London on a PRONOUNCED failure
called a White Lie" There was no
shadow Of a call for the author. The
curtain divided the audience from the
author. who stood on the stage shak-
ing his fist at the Invisible foe. still
smiling blandly and In melilhuOus ar
cents saying: Internal IDIOTS. When
shall teach you 10 respect Charles
Readef"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
Has New Cure for Cancer.

DR.. Rampoldi. professor OF ophthal.
mology at the famous University Of
Pavia. has made a noteworthy discoy-
cry which may have important bear
ings on the search for a cure for can
Ger. He has experimental With a
fluid obtained from the Arbus preca-
toria. or Indian licorice. and has sue
ceeded in curing several cases Of III
NOR, which. according 10 his report
disappear within three weeks without
leaving any scar. So far Professor
Rampoldi mas had 20 successes and a
fair proportion Of failures. the latter
however. beng confined 10 cases oi
tumor Of the tongue. lips or throat. Of
which only half yielded 10 the treat
ment.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
WILL TAFT REMOVE REID?
Ambassador to England, Friend OF
Dead Monarch, Has Done Much
as Envoy.

New York When William Howard
Taft was elected president the slate
makers" got busy at once. They
picked his cabinet and they selected
his ambassadors and ministers to for
eign countries. They all agreed that
Taft would be in Office but few days
before he would remove Whitelaw
Reid, ambassador to England
"Oh. WE'LL" they said, when Taft
had been holding down the Anerican
lid three months and Reid was still
the country's envoy at the court OF st
James, lit will only be a few days
longer and MIR. Reid will be out OF a
Job" When six months had passed
and there was no change they said
it was because Taft couldn't find q
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
Mashlnu,on,. Farewell.

The farewell address Of Washington.
THE military chieftain. 20 his soldiers
stands without parallel in all history,
He does not refer 10 his own sacrifices
or achievements. He simply and com
pletely sinks himself. the great central
figure. eut of sight He sees only bis
country and thinks only Of her vel
fare.-MagaEine Of American History.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21

The coolest place on earth inhabited
by man is Yerkhoyansk, above the arc
tic circle. In northeastern Siberia. The
thermometer there drops 10 90 degrees
below zero in January, but sometimes
rises 10 s6 degrees above zero In the
shade In Jnly, dropping, however, to
the freeing point on the warnest sum
mer nights. The hottest place in the
world Is the interior Of the great Sa-
hara desert. In Africa. where the Their
mOmeter rises 10 122 degrees. The
wettest place Is GreytOwn, Nicaragua,
where the mean annual rainfall Il 26O
inches. The place Of least rain is Port
NOlIOth. in South Africa, where lesa
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
The "Arabian Niahts."

= The collection of tales called the
"Thousand and One Nights" or the
"Arablan Nights" Is Of unknown date
and authorship. Is was first made
known In Europe about the end Of the
seventeenth century by Antoine Gal
land. who was employed by Colbert to
collect manuscripts I'm the east. The
copy Of the Arabic manuscript brought
by Galland from Syria contained a
marginal note dated 1884. and from in
ternal evidence the middle OF the fif-
teenth century has been fixed upon as
the probable period Of the composition
OF the work. Some Of the tales were
evidently borrowed by the writer from
other authors. and Won Hammer iden-
tifies at least the plot and some Of the
stories Of the arabian Nights" with
an earlier collection In Persian called
the Thousand Famciful Stories"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
WHEEL-HOE is HANDY TOOL
Implement is Gardeners Best Friend
and With II One Man Can Do
Three Mems Work.

This implement is the gardeners
best friend; with II one man can do
as much work In two hours as he can
In six with the old.fashioned common
hoe II saves laborious STOPPING.
makes the work easier and does II
better. These hoes have several at
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
The Better PAT.

Mr.. McNabber. says the London
Mail had Just told his pastor that be
vas planning a trip 10 the Holy Land
"ADd WhIles I'm there" be cOntiD-
ued. ''I'll read tile Ten Commandments
aloud fFae the top o Mount Sinai
~McNabbsF." replied the minister
gTavely. TAX my advice. Bids az han0s
an keep them
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
Rs,u;no Hin On.

The Man-NO: ] don't suppose that
shall ever marry I'm TOO shy. don't
you know. and faint heaF1 ne'er won
fair lady" The Girl Ohelping him on
But TN not fair: Tm dark.-IIlus-
irated Bits.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21

SeIl-ffarTy had such a masterf1l
way about bis proposing that liked
BelIe-D1 yO1s That's queer. for II
was exactly what made most Of us
other girls turn him dOgn.- Baltin0Fs
American
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
Don't hsalset the ossden.

when ths work of planting and egl.
tivatins farm crops "a pressing the
garden Ia apt 10 be neglected. This
shosId never be done. Garden plants
are tender and cannot bear neg.
ieet- The garden should be cultivated
iyegssntly an1 the plants foTes1 70
early maturity.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
A, the Reception.

i hear somebody say something
about Belle Smith yesterday -Oh.
me. WhAtY- Nothing bad enough
TO repeat. dear
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21
All Eor In,L..

"Did you ever know a girl 10 die for
lover
YES"
~Did she just fade away and die be
.zuse some man deserted herr"
mo: she just took ln washing and
worked herself 70 death because the
man she loved married her."--HOnstOn
Post
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21

FalsehOods may be stated under i'm
preston that they are truths. but lying
Is characterized by the tuIsntion to de-
ceiye
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21

CDdsf ne lzw 0f MsEie0 ne nation
al hymn may be Played On occasions
when ths chief executive o. 6Es 6aS
tiOn o. tbS governor a she sesSs Is
present
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21

Puddy-What kind Of a singer IL
Joness Duddy-FiDe, bot rather 700
realistic. FUGdy-HOw fesllstleS Fud~
dy-Why be sang Rocked IN tbs era
de Of the deep" With such feeling
that more than half the audience g0t
sezslck AMI had 20 Leave tfs hall
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21

Live a. though life w&s earnest and
life viii be s0l-Owsn Meredith
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21

tachments such az drills. cHltiyatOrs
and different sired hoes making II
suitable for crops o. all kinds and
sizes u man IA too lazy 10 tend 70
hls own garden. his wife will hnd the
use Of the wheel hoe very comforting
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21

T.s onIy really szeesssfz1 gsx1sE
IL tAs elssn gzf1snL
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-11-25
Vaudeville Needs Toning

A good audience attended the
first regular performance Of the
Missouri Slope Amusement Co.
at the opera house last Monday
evening, but there was a marked
falling off on the second night,
although there was complete
change Of bill. Mr.. Leary, the
manager, presented very fine
moving pictures, but the vaude-
Vile turns, while laughable at
times, were, in the main, a tri.
fle too vulgar for a refined au-
dience. With this Objectionable
feature eliminated, we believe
there will be a decided improve
ment in the matter Of attendance
The opera house has been greatly
improved, electric lights have
been put in, and, on the whole,
the house locks more like q
playhouse than at any time since
it was built. Mr.. Ripley is max.
ing great effort to please the
public and deserves to have his
efforts rewarded, inasmuch a!
there was little opportunity fol
our people to have any entertain
ment previously.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-11-25
Remnant Tackled Onto Stark

1t was reported in this city this
week that a considerable number
of the residents of Billings coun-
ty, from the old portion as left
by the election carvers, would
prefer to disorganize and become
attached to Stark county. The
Press is not in a position to say
how general this sentiment is.
1t was stated, however, that
there would be but a comparative
ly small amount of taxable prop
erty and that the taxes could not
help but be high, and that some
of the settlers at least were ready
to come to Stark if the matter
could be arranged. To this end,
the Dickinson Commercial club
on Wednesday appointed Attor-
neys w. F. Burnett, 7. F. Murtha
and H. c.. Berry committee to
see what the law was in matters
of this kind, and report at a sub
sequent meeting. - Dickinson
Press.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-11-25
Yea, 1t Was Some Dance
That was a swell! dance at

That was a swell dance at the
opera house Thanksgiving eve-
ming, when about 800 persons,
representing the youth and beau
ty of the Golden Valley. packed
the hall to its full capacity and
enjoyed themselves to their ut
most. The music by Attletweed S
orchestra was Of high order,
the hoor could not have been
better, and if there was anything
lacking no one was aware Of It,.
A delicious supper was served at
the New York restaurant, the
proprietors of which eclipsed all
previous spreads. and doing
their share toward making the
occasion one to be long remem-
bered. 1t was easily the finest
terpsichorean event ever pulled
off in Beach.