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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-06-23
DR.. HUMPHREYS SPECIFICS.
Directions with each yIAiin Five Languages
English German, Spanish, Portuguese and French


No. FOR Price
1. Fevers, Congestions, Infammations. ......25
2. Worms. Worm Fever. or Worm Disease. .25
3. Collie. Crying and Wakefulness OF Infants.25
A. Dinrrhea. of Children and Adults. ....s.....25
d. Dysentery. Gripings, Bilious Colic........25
q. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis. tls...................26
q. Toothache, Faceache, Neuralgia. ..........25
o. Headache, Sick Headache, Vertigo.
10. Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Weak Stomach. ....25
IL. Group. Hoarse Cough, Laryngitis. ..........25
II. Salt hheun. Eruptlons, Erysipelas. ........25
rs. Rheumatism. or Rheumatic Pains. .........25
10. Fever and Ague. Malaria. ................. rs
H. Piles. Blind or Bleeding, External. Internal. rs
1S. Ophthalmin. Weak or Infiamed Eyes .......25
10. Catarrh, Influenza, Cold In Head. ........,.25
30. WhOoping Cough. spasmodic Cough. .......25
FL. Asthma. Oppressed, Dinicult Breathing. ......26
~. Kidney Disease. Gravel, Calculi. ..........25
20. Nervous Debility. vital Weakness .....1 90
10. Sore Mouth, Fever Sores or Canker. ........25
80. Urinary Incontlnence, Wetting Bed....".25
"a. Sore Throat. Quinsy and Dlphtheria.
81. Chronic Congestions. Headaches. ..........25
IT. Grippe, Hay Fever and Sumner Colds. RS
A. small bottle OF Pleasant Pellets. ats the vest
pocket Sold by druggists, sent ON receipt OF price,
Medical Book sent free.
HUMPHREYS HoMEo. MEDICINE co. Corner
william and Ann Streets. New York.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-06-23

A German expert says that there is
less prussic acid In 25 cigars than In
one bitter almond.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-06-23

She ION liner)-So you've crossed
the ocean quite often
Hundreds of times. Why, do
you know, actually recognize about
half the waves we meet.
She-Indeed BY their crests, /
suppose. Boston Transcript
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-06-23

Gyer-That fellow Pufkins reminds
me Of ball of twine.
Myer- What's the answer?
Gyer-He's completely wrapped up
in himself.-San Francisco Star.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-06-23

Impresario-Mr. Westchester fell In
love with that beautiful soprano.
Tenor-I thought he hated women.
Impresario-He does; it was her
voice that charmed him:
Tenor-And did he marry her?
Impresario-No, he had some records
made Of her songs and then bought a
phonograph. Town Topics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22
'artners for Years But Never Speak

each was a specialist who did his part
to perfection. Their separate inter-
ests in the firm so interlocked and
they worked together so harmonious
ly that within five years they were on
the high road to fortune. 1t was just
at this time that these two partners
fell out. 1t arose from a trifling dit.
ference their wives had. Naturally
each partner, through loyalty to his
spouse, took her side, and the quarrel
grew so bitter that it eliminated in
blows being exchanged. Then they
vowed they never would speak to each
other again. The other three partners
saw that if this course were pursued
it would spell ruin. After a lengthy
conference, in which the two dis.
putants were called in separately, tho
proposition was put to them that they
should agree to remain with the firm.
OF which they were essentially i'm
portant parts, and should hold COM
munication with each other only Oh
business matters and then either in
writing or by telephone.
This is the plan that has been fol-
lowed to this day and is likely to be
pursued to the end. When these two
enemies talk over the telephone they
converse with all the polite amiability
of old business associates; they dis
cuss prices, business propositions and
the various problems with which they
are mutually concerned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

rHICAGO.-"Come home-twins! "
~ A mandatory order to a police
man of the Hyde Park station flashed
from his home to the station at mid
night. The policeman obeyed, Just as
he has done each year at the sum:
mons to come home" upon the ar.
rival of new members of the family
ten Of them-during the last ten years.
Sergt. Bartholomew Cronin, the
father, left his desk duties at the DO
lice station and rushed to his house
at 7019 Indiana avenue. Within were
signs of activity; lights flashed and
above the din of excitement. could be
heard the wall Of several of the small
Cronins. Even Polly, the red Durham
COW, which furnishes milk for the
group, seemed affected and mooed in
unison with the crying children.
The police sergeant hesitated at the
threshold-then doffed his helmet and
entered. He sought first the physi.
clans, two of them, who talked disin.
terestedly with some of the children,
One of them said:
Sergeant, this case is one most un-
usual. 1t should be brought to the
attention of dairymen throughout the
country. A full-sized male and fe.
male. Mother and offspring doing
nicely. You might drop word to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22
Senate "Chair" Calls Himself to Order

ator Bacon was going to speak, was
engaged in conversation with his COL
leagues. Senator Kean of New Jersey
was also talking to Senator Warren of
Wyoming. Senator Bacon wanted to
get the attention of the senator from
Vermont before speaking on his bill,
and hesitated moment, which Sena-
tor Curtis took as a sign for him to
get busy. So he began pounding that
little marble cube until the senate
chamber fairly rang. BY the time he
had worn off little sharp edge the
senator from Vermont sat up and took
notice, and Senator Kean of New Jer-
sey woke up and returned to his seat.
Finally Senator Bacon, who was get
ting pretty hot under the collar and
pretty red in the neck and face, man
aged to make his voice heard. "Mr.
President" he said, II did not seek
the attention of the senator from New
Jersey. When you had secured the
attention of the senator from Vermont
l was satisfied and was ready to pro-
coed, but you kept on banging the
gavel so that it was impossible for
me to begin. l now yield the floor"
Senator Curtis, who Is nothing If not
polite. with merry twinkle in his
black eyes, apologized for his undue
exertions with the ivory cube, and
said: THE chair will now come to
order. The senator from Georgia is
recOgniZed."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

NEW YORK.-In one Of the large
~ wholesale houses in this city
there are five partners. Two of them
have not spoken to each other except
over the telephone for twenty years
Their private Offices are not more
than twenty feet apart and they see
each other score of times day, but
they meet and pass without the slight
est sign of recognition. If it becomes
necessary in the course of business
for them to communicate with each
other they do so either by calling a
stenographer and debating a memo
randum or else by being connected
on the telephone over their private
line. They never speak face to face.
A quarter of century ago these
five partners were young men with
small capital. All of them had been
employees of the same concern, but
they had their own ideas and believed
in them. So they put their money to-
gether and formed a partnership. The
new business was successful from the
very start. Each man had his own
particular branch to look after and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

Observation-Disclosures under
W the family desertion and non
support law in Washington has proved
that it is possible to bring deserving
husbands to time and make them sup
port their families, however much
they may want to skip out and leave
wives and children to shift for them
selves.
Punishment in itself profits nobody.
The law aims not to punish but to Sc
cure support. The man decides
whether he will work in confinement
or out of it, and Judge William H. De
Lacy of the juvenile court sees that he
does work in one way If he will not in
the other.
When man brought up for nom
support promises to furnish it he is
put on probation, and ordered to pay
specified amount of his wages each
Saturday night at the police station
nearest his home. The sergeant turns
the money over to the juvenile court,
and then the wife gets it in full on
Monday morning, her pay day. The
money is pretty safe here, and the
plan heads off many Saturday night
spree. The man is kept at work,
which is mighty good thing OF itself.
and the family is kept together.
Men who are not willing to furnish
support under this arrangement and
those who default in payment or de-
sert second time are promptly sent
to the workhouse. There they are
made up into gangs and put to work
in Rock Greek park, where Mr.. Roose.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22
Furnishing Wife Deserters in Nations CAPITAL

welt when president used to take his
afternoon gallop. They have q hard
days work in the open air, with good
food, and for this the law requires the
government to pay so cents day to
the wives, as for any government en-
ploye. The work in the park would
cost $3.50 day II not done by prison
ers, so one dollar is left to pay for
boarding and guarding the men, after
the wages have been taken out. Con-
gress appropriates $4,000 year for
this purpose.
1t pays to do so. A man who can get
out at any time will not work long in
this way. Last year only one man out
of nine had to be sent to the work
house, and he got out after an average
of six weeks. The government paid
$3.50 for work, but the men outside
earned $38,81965, which was collected
by the police and paid to the families
through the juvenile court.
Beyond the money value of the la
Dor, however, is the moral effect OF
the work and its compensation on the
man in his relations to his family. In.
stead of escaping the punishment
which he deserves, and so failing to
realize that he has done wrong, the
issue is squarely made and the work
house sentence, if inflicted, reveals his
conduct to him in it's true character.
Many men have reformed after this
experience, and it is due in large part
to the compensation provided that the
Judge is able to inflict the punishment
without hesitation where he thinks it
necessary.
Judge DeLacy's execution Of the law
is effective because it is certain. Fam.
lily desertion is a misdemeanor or
felony in almost every state and is
punishable with hard labor in many.
But to punish the man in Jail the Judge
must also punish his wife and children
by cutting of his wages.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

D OSTON.-An outdoor school for
- making musical rag men, hawkers
and street vendors is the latest educa-
tional novelty established in this city.
Miss Caroline E. Wenzel, fair set
Element worker and a graduate of
Vassar, is the originator of the idea
and sole instructor. Miss Wenzel be-
lieves that if the voice Of the rag man
and peddler must be tolerated It
should issue forth from the threats in
f1ute-like tones. She confidently be-
lieves that once her method becomes
a fixture person, instead of feeling
obliged to slam down the window on
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

IT is quite against all the rules of
l propriety to make a noise in the
United States senate, even with the
little bit of an ivory cube which the
president of the senate once in awhile
touches gently upon the marble desk
to call the attention of the senators to
some little thing.
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas,
the only aboriginal American who ever
sat in senatorial chair, was presiding
in the senate the other day. having
graduated over there from the house.
AS is we'll known, the gavels on the
speakers desk in the house do not last
very long. One session usually splint-
ers them. Even if they were made of
cast iron they would wear out, and on
Senator Curtis presiding hangs a
tale.
Senator Bacon of Georgia, grave
dignif1ed and somewhat dictatorial
was trying to address the senate
Senator Dillingham; Of Vermont, who
had the bill in charge upon which Sen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

&c EVERAL times recently, when
y the name of the American ex-
president-sportsman has been men,
toned, have been asked: You've
heard the dog story, of course?" says
Joe Mitchell Chapple in the National
magazine.
Il like to hear all the variations on
dog stories, so I asked, Which dog
story?'
That one, you know, that Buffalo
Bill" tells about Roosevelt hunting
bears in Colorado. It seems that he
hired a man and dog, but neither
seemed to be very successful in get
ting him the desired bear. At last he
lost patience and inquired: isn't
country"
"'Oh, yes-Smith down below here
has the best bear dog in the noun
tains.'
Well, go down and get him. urged
the presidential hunter. Let's see if
we can't have some sport with a bear
Smith won't hire his dog
""Tell Smith to come along and Join
the party for hire or on any terms he
likes The story runs that the guide
departed and returned with a report
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

PEDESTRIANS who are out Drawing
/ the disagreable weather, and who
happened to be in the vicinity of the
New Willard hotel in Washington re-
Gently, were struck with wonder when
they saw the upper portion Of the no.
tel obscured by rapidly moving
cloud.
And the moving mass which created
all this Standardization within
as we'll as without the hotel-proved
to be a flock of swallows gone astray
in their aerial fight. Within the hotel
10 end of trouble and Inconvenience
we're experienced, for many of the
,irds flew in through the open win
ows and were ousted with a great
cal of difficulty.
The feathered cloud went astray,
probably through the miscalculation Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22
Col. Roosevelt in a New Dog Story

OF non-success. Mr.. Roosevelt's impa-
tience took on tinge of vexation, and
he went himself to secure the ada
mantine Smith and his valuable dog.
This is Mr.. Smith. 1 understand
you have fine bear dog, Mr.. Smith,
None better in the Rockies was
the assurance.
"'Can't hire him or buy him?
"'He amt for hire and I wouldn't
sell that dog for no price you could
Offer
We'll, won't you come with the
dog-allow me to hire both you and
the dog?'
No, I amt hirin' out now. 1 got
to go after bacon and flour and some
more things my folks wants for the
house,
Report has it that President Roose-
welt felt trifle nettled at the mans
obstinacy.
"'Look here he said, do you know
who I amp
"'No, I don't know-what's the
odds?'
"I am Theodore Roosevelt, presi-
dent of the United States A pause to
await the desired effect and yielding.
Smith dexterously deposited some
tobacco juice on the ground just
beyond the presidents nearest hunting
boot.
"'Wen,' he said, slowly, I don't
care If you are Booker T. Washington,
you can't hire my dog
And all the little innocent bears
went to bed happy that night; glad
they had escaped Smiths dog"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22
An Old Campaign Medal.

An interesting reminder of the con-
test between the Polk Dallas and Clay
Frelinghuysen forces in 1874 was
found in the west end of Howard
township, Center county, Pennsyl-s
vania. 1t is in medallion form, very.
slightly larger in circumference though
much thicker than a 25-cent piece Of
the current issue, and though 1t had;
evidently lain in the ground a long.
time the gilt with which it was COW.
cred is still comparatively bright. At
tached to It are two small rings, by
which it was presumably suspended
from the clothing, and they, too, are
little rusted. The diverse carries in
fine relief a fairly good likeness of
Clay, with his name. and on tho re-
verse is the inscriptions: "Clay
and Frelinghuysen - Protection and
Union" the whole thing being in IN
excellent state of preservation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22
Practical" Queries That Puzzled Dad

has. He counts them so he will know;
when he has half of them. This half
he puts into pasture. Then he
counts out third and puts it in an
other pen. Next he counts what's left
and finds he has 80. After a little
figuring he finds how many in the
whole flock. Very practical. I guess
dad didn't study that book"
The next book he examined was
Mines Inductive Arithmetic" edi-
ton of 1879. In miscellaneous exam
pies he found the following:
Two ladders will together just
reach the top of a building seventy
five feet high. II the shorter ladder is
two-thirds the length of the other,
what is the length of each?
why didn't he measure each lad
der separately" John asked himself.
THAT problem is not practical. l
guess dad is older than thought. I
want an older book"
The text book written In 1868 was
handed to him. The book was evil
IDENTIFY Influenced by the Civil war, for
1t was filled with problems dealing
with battering down Notifications
and the sustenance of soldiers. One
problem was:
If twelve pieces Of cannon, eighteen
Founders, can batter down a fortress
in three hours, how long will it take
for nineteen twenty-four Founders to
batter down the same fortress?"
"That's fine for a general" John re-
flected, ''but dad says that am going
to be captain of industry"
Another arithmetic of the same date
had the famous fish problem, with
which Johns teacher had troubled him
for six weeks before he himself finally
explained it to the class. The fish
problem is.
1.-THE head of a fish is ten inches
long. Its tail is as long as its head
and one-half the body. The body is
as long as the head and tail both.
How long Is the fish,"
Very handy problem for a butcher.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22
"Old Rags, Old Iron" Set to Music

hot summer day or fret and fums
over the gutteral cries Of the mer.
chants of the thoroughfares. will
throw open the window and be lulled
into peaceful slumber through the
melodious strains of rags and Bot
tles," "Ole 1ron," "Soap Grease" and
Juicy Lemons"
Miss Wenzel has established her
outdoor school at Washington street
and Massachusetts avenue and has
nearly a score of pupils. The young
woman is popular with the vendors.
She got her idea from a trip abroad
last year. Her method is simple. She
finds out a mans business and in
structs him accordingly. She sug-
gests expression to fit his wares and
teaches the correct pronunciation of
these expressions.
Her musical instruction is similar
to what the musical teachers advo-
cate for the production of a good
ringing head Tone"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-was education
II more practical generation ago,
or did Johns father study his books
more thoroughly than John does?
John is a seventh grade student in
the public schools. He asked his
father one day to help him solve the
following problem:
A, asked how much money he has
In the bank, replied: IF I had SO
more would have $1,000 more than
half what !. now have" How much
money had A?
"Such fool problem" said the
father. "Tell that teacher to ask the
cashier. You have been Fostering me
with problems like that for a week.
Suppose your teacher asked you how
old you are. Would you tell her:
IF I were ten times as old as /
am, diminished by AZ, would be 80
years older than dad, and If dad were
one-fourth as old as he now is he
would be my age?'"
What would your teacher do If you
answered in such a manner? In my
days we had practical problems in
our arithmetic"
In order to investigate his fathers
statement John went to the public H.
brary and asked for an old arithmetic.
The librarian gave him Richards
Natural Arithmetic" He turned to
the page marked "Practical Exercises
and read:
A puts his whole flock of sheep into
three pastures; half 60 into one pas
ture, one-third into another and 30
into third. How many in the flock
That's queer" said John. "Prac-
teal exercises, too. Here is a man
who wants to find how many sheep he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22
Washington Hotel Is Stormed Bv Birds

the leaders, and when a few of them,
flying too low, went in the direction of
the hotel windows, the rest followed,
like a flock of misguided sheep. Pell.
nell they struck against the roof and
upper windows, and, where the win
dows were open, in they few and
round and round the rooms. But the
aeroplane landing on the Willard is
not in commission yet and the hotel
management objected strenuously to
any attempt of guests to enter by
means of the roof.
Accordingly, a corps of hotel en-
ployes, including all the volunteers
who could be pressed into service,
made for the upper chambers of the
hosiery and swished and switched
the winged visitors out Of doors. some
dead and some alive.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

The report from Professor Ales.
sandrini of the University of Rome
that he has discovered the bacillus of
pellagra In water will lift a burden of
accusation against moldy corn, which
has long been supposed to be the
source of the disease. The report
from Rome makes the urgency of the
pure drinking water problem more
obvious than ever.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

mi
the outstanding
Il do with majesty" said .
Churcbu
abashed and crestfalen, skunk dejecedy
because he did
seeing
Churchill formerly held
He the late
the late Leonard Jerome New
west having married latter
Churchill Mr. Churchill was born in 1874 and
Sandhurs
time correspondent
for the colonies He is views
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

The killing of five German blue
jackets of the mine-laying division Of
the German navy, while they were
maneuvering for practise, is an acct
dent which reveals the dangers Of
peace for men who must be prepared
for war. Fatal gunnery accidents are
not rare, and even the maintenance
on shipboard of heavy magazines Of
high explosives that are not needed
except during actual hostilities is a
menace to the ships entire compn-
ment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

Edison has a scheme whereby he
proposes to inaugurate the clerklass
store. 1t is his plan to have matters
so arranged that a customer may drop
his money In slot and get what he
wants neatly done up In a package
One of the advantages of the scheme
will lie in the fact that the slot ma,
chine will not be able to recommend
something else equally good.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22

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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-22
Thoughtful.

Esther-Caroline is a most incon.
gruous girl. 49, ,>''' <-tsf@z
Elizabeth-What do you mean? ~
Esther-Why, mean that while she
heartlessly rejects every man who pro-
poses to her, she thoughtfully gets a
pillow for him to kneel upon.