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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-31
HANDY LITTLE GRAPE PICKER
Device ls Artificial Thumb Nall, Held
on BY Means Of Plate and Makes
Picking Simple.

The thimble device shown In the II.
lustration is In reality an artificial
thumb nail with which to pinch
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-31
HARRISBURG.
August %, 1911

| auBusI Goi loll
The farmers are rejoicing over the
fine rains that fell last week.
Ruce Roberts and G. II. McCon.
naughey, of New Market, were here
last week buying stock.
Grant McConnaughey, Miss Clara
Harris, Miss Nora Faubers and Miss
Grace Eakins attended the Babtist
Association at Westerville last week.
w. W. Vance and wife, OF Gas City,
Ind. and ]. r. Vance and wife, of
Dayton, returned to their homes last
week, via. Cincinnati.
Several from this place attended the
S. S. Convention at Millers Chapel
last sunday.
Homer Sanders, wife and baby were
the guests of d e. Vance and family
last week.
Albert Shelton is having a we'll
drilled.
Miss Mary Custer spent last Sun
day with her parents at Point Vic
tory.
Several persons from here attended
the Gall Reunion at Belfast, :Satur-
day.
Rev. Stratton, OF Georgetown,
filled his regular appointment at Mil
lers Chapel Sunday.
@. e Robins purchased a Car load
OF cattle in Adams Co. last week.
j. o. Harris and wife visited their
children at Wilmington last week.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-31
WELL KNOWN PASTURE GRASS
Found in Most Parts Of North Amer.
ca and Thrlves Best In Moist
Soils-Valuable as Hay.

Red top is well known grass and
is found in most parts Of North
America. II was introduced into cul
tivation from Europe. but was prob
ably native in the northern areas of
his country as well II thrives best
in moist soils. and while valuable as a
hay grass, its greatest usefulness is as
pasture grass. especially when
grown with other kinds. 1t yields an
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-31

abundance of smooth, soft stems and
leaves which give rather light
weight hay. In rich, moist soils II
becomes two to three feet high. but
in dry situations It is much shorter.
The open, spreading head is usually
reddish or purplish in color when
young, but becomes green or pale
when older
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-31

The longest canal lock In the world
is under construction at st. Mary's
Falls at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. This
longest lock In the world Is in process
to measure 1850 so feet, with low
water clearance of 25 feet.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-31

Mrs Quackenness--Amyo' daughtar
happily mard, Sistah Sagg
Mrs. Sagg-She sho' is Bless good
mes, she's done got a husband dat's
skeered to death Of her Western
Christian Advocate.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-31
Over Century.

Humphreys Specifics have
been used by the people with
satisfaction for more than 80
years. Medical Book sent free.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
Railroad SIana.

From the Fender. Neb., Republic.
Some people tell us that slang is all
wrong and hat it should never be used
and should not III any way be encouraged.
This is true. And yet the fact remains
that the great majority of people use
slang and probably will continue to do so.
There is something fascinating about it
which makes 1t difficult to avoid. We
heard a man the other day reel off a lot
of lingo used by railroad men. Some of
IL seemed to us to be far fetched and yet
it is the language frequently used by
these men in talking about their own
work. 1t ran like this:
The hoghead was greasing the pig; the
tallow pot was cracking diamonds; the
con was in the commy rustling the TISSUE
the head shack was soldering tin in the
bucket; the tail shack was bending the
raj.
Being interpreted it means: The engi-
neer was oiling his engine; the fireman
was breaking up the coal; the conductor
was in the caboose reading his orders; the
head brakeman was cooling a hot box; the
rear brakeman was throwing a switch.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
MR. YSp AND HIS WIFE
BY Helena Smith Dayton
HER OLD FRIEND, GHERKIN.
BY Helena Smith Dayton

and acted like an old silly-but Isabel
was a woman n she hated seeing hel
little romance turned into a farce. Mr..
Gherkin had left her life a Hamlet
and q returned q Falstaff.
You haven't changed a Bit" de-
clared Gherkin, meeting her eyes sud-
denly. There was a twinkle in his own.
II suppose you wouldn't have known
me, though. if we'd met unexpectedly.
AS the song says: My architectural
plan is far more Gothic, but l used to
be in the ~Chippendale class"
But Isabel knew that the change that
had so disappointed her in Gerald was
not a matter OF av~oirdupois.
Somehow, thanks to Henry, the even
ing passed off a success as far as their
guest was concerned. When he came
to take his leave he was beaming. Hen
ry was called TO the phone and for a
moment Isabel and Gherkin were left
alone for the first time. It might have
been a little balm to IsabePs vanity if
Gherkin had looked just a bit self con-
scious, il into his eyes a crept some
thing beside that everlasting twinkle,
If he had just said Isabel in a visit
full 1~0-year-ago voice. Instead:
81 like this wall coyering-what
d'you call it? Just what / want to
have on our wallsi"
Japanese grass CLOTH" informed
Isabel. 1T zones in charming, soft
colors."
"In make a note of that. Always
make q note OF everything" He was
writing Japanese grass cloth in q
memorandum when Henry returned.
When the door closed behind Cher
kin, Henry said: Hes a mighty fine
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
IN WOMAN'S WORLD
TIM
For Baking.

For Baking.
Beans Or prepared by soaking and
boiling), three TO four hours.
Beef sirlOin or rib, rare, weight five
pounds. hour, five minutes,
Beef sirloin or rib, well done, weight
five pounds. one hour 40 minutes.
Beef runp. rare. weight 10 pounds,
one hour. IS minutes.
Biscuits, raised. II to 20 minutes.
Biscuits, baking powder, u TO Is min
utes.
Bread. white loaf, As to GO minutes.
Bread, graham loaf, 50 to As minutes.
Cake, layer, IS to % minutes.
Cake. loaf. 40 TO GO minutes.
Cake, sponge, 50 10 60 minutes.
Chicken, three to four pounds, one
and one-half TO two hours.
Cookies, six to 10 minutes.
Custard (baked in cups), 20 to %
minutes.
Duck. domestic, one to one and one
half hours.
Duck. wild. 90 to 30 minutes.
Fish, thick. three TO four pounds, As
to 60 minutes.
Fish. small. 20 TO so minutes.
Gingerbread. % to 35 minutes.
Lamb leg, well done, one INT one
half to two hours.
Mutton, one and one-haIf to two
hours.
Pork. well done, four pounds, two
hours.
Potatoes, 35 to so minutes.
Puddings, rice, bread, As to 60 min
utes.
Veal leg, well done. per pound, 20
minutes.
For Boiling.
Asparagus, 20 To 30 minutes.
Beans, shell, one to one NJ one-half
hours.
Beans, string. As to 60 minutes.
Chickens, young, three to four
pounds, one to one and one-Quarter
hours.
Beets, young, IS to so minutes.
Beets, old. three to four hours.
Brown bread, steamed, three hours.
Cabbage, 80 to so minutes.
Carrots, one hour.
Caulifiower. 20 to 30 minutes.
Corn, green, Is minutes.
COrned beef, gentle simmertng, three
TO four hours.
Eggs, soft cooked lin water which
does not bold, four to six minutes.
Eggs. hard cooked lin water which
does not boil), 35 to 40 minutes.
Ham, weight II to ii pounds, four
to five hours
Onions, As to 60 minutes.
Rice in fast boiling water, 20 min
utes.
Smoked tongue, four hours.
For Frying.
Bacon. three to five minutes.
Fritters OF doughnuts, three to five
minutes.
Croquets, three to five minutes.
Dreaded chops, 10 to 20 minutes.
Smells, three TO five minutes.
Small fish, one to four minutes.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
HOUSEHOLD LINENS
SHOULD BE UNIFORM
Pillows and Sheets of Standard
Size Save a Good Deal Of
Trouble.

Probably none of the p%lenishing OF
the new home gives the pride and her
feminine friends greater pleasure than
laying in the supply Of household
linens. The experienced h~ousekeeper
takes equal pleasure in keeping her
linen closet properly stocked and in
utilizing to the best purpose linen that
Is partly worn, for no n throws even
worn linen away lightly as worn cot
ton; there are so many things you
may do with it.
The better parts Of worn towles may
be cut down INTO wash cloths or dish
cloths. The worn strips through the
middle of a Sheet may be cut out, the
two outside edges sewed together for
the new middle, n you have from
your big sheet n that will endure
another long term Of service for a mar
owe bed. The best of the worn table
cloth can be cut down into service
able stand covers or traycloths or nap
kins for everyday use.
The veriest Old linen rag may be
utilized as a scTubbing cloth, for linen
is far more absorbent than cotton. That
is why IL Is SO advisable for dish tow
els, particularly for fine china. glass
and silver. drying them quickly and
without any Of the lint often deposited
by the cotton towel. 1t is softer and
pleasanter to use. Moreover, linen
crash outwears cotton crash.
The linen closet should receive at
tention regularly. At the annual bar
gain sales all manner OF linen supplies
are offered at decided reductions. BY
improving the opportunity the far
sighted ~housekeeper accomp!ishes two
things at once. She supplies the in
evitable need as economically as pos
sible and Obviates any disconcerting
shortage, q dearth Of presentabIe tow
els, etc, when the unexpected guest
arrives or in a household emergency.
Before setting out to buy, il is wise to
take stock of the supplies on hand and
make out a definite list of what is
needed, says the Delineator.
Women often fail to recognize the
practical advantage of having the &
lation household linens uniform. They
are often led astray by a craving fer
variety even in the matter of hens.
woman wasted a great deal of time
every Saturday morning for years
sorting out the correct sheets and pill
low cases for the different beds of her
household. She had so many sizes of
pillows. so many varieties of Mattress
es.
Suddenly she realized the futility of
this. She has had all her pillows made
TO conform to standard size. She now
has just two styles of mattresses, one
for her big and one for her single beds.
She "a buy her bedding without diff
ficulty. The giving Ii out on Saturday
has become a simple matter.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
BAGS MATCH COSTUMES.

Everybody is making bags to match
suits n coats and for every purpose.
The Japanese bag with ~celluloid or
metal slides across the front is a pop
ular one for house fPOCks. and h plain
bag drawn at the top with celluloid
rings through which the ribbon or cord
threads is another. Envelope bags,
plain or elaborate. according to the
costume with which they are to form
a part. are always in order. The metal
lie laces and the jeweled trimmings
work into bags which are TO be used
for dress occasions and for the thea
ter. Remnants of brOcades, handsome
velyets. even velvet ribbon with bro
cadcd ribbon. ali lend themselves 10
such reCeD:aCles. The size Of bags has
visiGly diminished TO t-.e satisfaction
of most women. Embroidery Is being
looked at somewhat askance because
il has been SO commonly and often so
poorly used, and. too, because it
trims so many work and house bags.
Beading and jewcling are liked better
for woods and silks. One girl has
made an effective bag TO go with a
blue wool gown. 1t is q rather large
corded silk Tag, the shade of the
dress, with rounded bottom corners
and a flap oyer front and back. The
flap and the corners have short tas-
sells. The top or mouth is boned and
is smaller than the bottom and has
two rings through which the cord
handle is fastened.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
WASH GLOVES POPULAR.

The washable gloves are largely re-
placing the glace kind in white and all
the light chamois shades. While cha
mols remain in favor, the dCsskin is
preferred by many. 1t is heavier and
is said to wash even better. A hint
may be given to those who invest I'M
these washable gloves. They should
never be rinsed in clear water, or in
cold water. Lukewarm, sudsy water is
used for h actual washing process,
and exactly the same should be pre-
pared for the Observation-Disclosures water
with enough soap in it to make it quite
sudsy. The gloves must not be wrung.i
1t is better not to squeeze them tight
~, even, but to hang them up very wet
and TO pull them on the hands while
they are still damp, so that the shape.
may be retained Inc that they may not
shrink unduly.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
The Golf Ground BY the Town.

The clover blooms are fading
From the golf grounds by the town;
The greens they are shading
Into something of a brown.
The ummer Winds are shifting
From the regions of the south,
And the honey bee is drawing
Down the corners OF his mouth.
He knows the frost is coming,
When the honey days are past;
That the murmur OF his humming
Soon will vanish on the blast;
And he works a little harder
Round the blossoms. gettin' brown;
And he stays a little later
On the golf ground by the town.
/ am sorry for to see it.
The wind is shifting west
Sorry that the snow is coming;
Bat the bee II needs a rest;
For the toll OF making honey
Amt the easiest, you know:
Like the work OF making money
1t is dreadful hard and slow.
SO goodby, sweet clover blossom,
An goodby, old honey bee;
You have made the breaf OF summer
Sort Of musical to me.
I shall think OF you with Kindness
Wen the nov Is comm down
on the dead and faded green
OF the golf ground by the town
Contributed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
A TOUCH OF FUR is
REGARDED AS SMART
Trimmings for Fall and Winter
Hats Show Considerable
Originality.

AS 4 rival for chenille fringe, says
the Millinary Trade Review. speaking
Of hat trimmings, we have silk fringe
and fringe of tiny beads, such as adorn
the edges OF a lamp shade. In just
the same way is 1t used on the hats,
although silk and chenille fringe app
pears around and over the crowns as
we'll. Then. too, there are worsted
fringes for the worsted fad. While IL
has mad no strides toward the ranks
of fashion, II Is still a fad. White
worsted as a trimming for black veil
vet hardly seems appropriate, yet 1t
is used. .
Wide silk braid used as a binding
as well as trimming is also in evidenceI
White silk braid, the kind usually as1
ISOLATED with the dressmaking instead
of the millinery trade, is used on veil
vet and velour hats, white on black
or deep purple, blue or green being
smartest. Sometimes a band of braid
is put over a high crown, giving 1t
the appearance of being divided. This
is a curious effect on one Of the po-
lice helmet crowns, which by the way
is q popular crown; buttons are a ma
tural accompaniment to this braid and
are usually used right in h braid. !
Soaking of crowns, while of course,
high crowns lead, it is not at all un-
likely hat the dress hat of the bet
ter grade will be large and COMPARE
lively low. Crowns in II event are
important and are ~curiously shaped
being rounded for the most part, ali
though some go to an extreme point
like a Ounce cap. Brims are not very
wide and roll UP at front and back on
else form a decided peak at either of
these points, pokes being very we'll
liked, that is, the close-fitting poke Of
the first and second empire which PEI
RODS are being freely borrowed from
for the up to date hat. :
1t is time for fur to put in an ap-
pearance If 1t is to be worn, and the
indications are that it is bands Of fox
and other long haired furs that are in
trOduced on many hats and turbans.
Mole and sealskin are also used. There
are not many all fur hats being shown
however but a touch of fur is regarded
as a smart touch and is frequently in
troduced.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
Syrian Peasants Not lIIisera.e.

Louise Seymour Houghton. IN the Survey.
A caution may be in order here.
American travellers In the Levant usu-
ally go thither by way Of Egypt and
Palestine, and before they reach Syria
their notion of the ~peasantry Of the
nearer east has been formed by what
they have seen of the fellahin Of the
former countries. So far as SYRIA il
concerned. nothing can be more err
roneous. The Syrian peasant Is a fell
lah neither IN name nor in fact. Usu-
ally he owns his land. and though the
victim OF excessive and arbitrary taxa
ton. he is subject 20 none Of the ills
which the Palestinean fellahln " 10
absentee landlords, nor TO the condi-
lions which from time immemorial
nave weighed upon the Egyptian fell
iahin. Furthermore, the latter are al
most invariably iliiterate, which is not
the case In Syria. The comfy az mis-
sions gives Syria to the American
P~reabyterians, Palestine TO the Engifsh
and German established churches. Th
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
Deadly Fog IN Glasgow.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
The queer superstition still exists
that somehow smok is good for the
health. Perhaps ii is the Londoner's
way Of consoling himself for having
black instead of pink lungs. But Glass
gov runs London very closely in the
matter of Opaque atmosphere.
Statistics show that during the aut-
umn fogs In Glasgow in 1909, 1868 per.
sons died from fog. From being Is in
the 1000 the Glasgow death rate went
up to 20 in the 1000 during the fog
season. When the nation lost about the
same number of men during the "blacE
week in the Boer war the people werd
panic stricken. but not much notice Is
of 1000 persona N the Glasgow black
weeks
Sir william Richmond, an expert In
fog facts, has recently a something
to say about the way the sulphuric acid
which is eve present in small guam
titles in the smoke, bites into pictures,
a fact first discovered by F~araday when
he reported upon the proposed removal
of the n%ational gallery. The Elgin
marbles appear TO be suffering, too.
The bits Of color are gone and the sur
face has lost it's old transparent look,
Sir william Richmond compared the
present surface to Opaque putty
The number of passengers trans
ferred from the immigration station
on Ellis island in New York harbor
20 the mainland averages now about
2, 500, 900 each year.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
AN ARTIFICIAL CAT.

An ingenious inventor has made an
artificial cat. The body is composed
of plaster Of paris or terra Gotta, over
which is spread the skin of one that
has left the society of cats at some re-
cent time. The eyes are made of glass
and covered with sulphur OF calcium.
which gives to the artificial eat a more
terrible appearance than the cat of
real life.
Rats and mice behold il with horror
and in a day or two forsake the room
in which their natural enemy Is placed.
The advantages claimed 10 the ar
tiicial cat are: 1t steals nothing. eats
nothing, kills no birds and utters no
unearthly cries at night.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06

policy Of both these last has peen to-
establish schools only in the large
cities; and as the Turkish
maintains none. except where self
preservation compe!s it to oppose a
native Moslem to a foreign Christian
school, the peasentry of Palestine have
no educational opportunities whatever.
The policy of the American mission is
precisely the reverse; it's village schools
are scattered all over Lebanon. and
though the large percentage of Hitter
ate Syrian immigrants (56.42 per cent
Of those over IA years OF age) shows
that not all the Syrian peasants have
enjoyed these opportunities. yet their
superiority in this respect over the gen
eral average of Turkish immigrants
(69.03 per cent?. gives some idea of the
superior advantages enjoyed by Sy-
rians. 1t would indeed be difficult to
find half a dozen illiterates in any one
Of the 107 villages where American
schools exist.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06

"Henry came home unexpectedly and
found Isabel burning something in fhe
open CRATE"
man, Isabel! Don't know when I've
met anyone I like so much. Say. I'm
sorry I ever called him your friend,
Pickle"
You wouldn't have liked him so
much if you'd met him 10 years ago."
snapped Isabel
"Oh, people can improve a lot in 10
years." said Henry.
"Improve!"
Yes. I think he's a lot better look
ing than he was when that lanky pic
ture you've got of him was taken,"
said Henry. 81 was very agreeably
disappointed in him"
~"I-I-suppose l would be very agree
ably disappointed If / saw that Hen
derson girl I've heard you speak off,
said Isabel, with a sudden little giggle.
It's Is years since you saw her. isn't
it, Henry?"
And then they both laughed, appar-
emily for no reason at all.
The next afternoon Henry came
home unexpectedly and found Isabel
burning something in the open CRATE.
1t was a little package of something
that must have been lettcrs-for a bit
OF blue ribbon was still snoldering-
and something that had once been a
photograph. Being q wise man, Henry
made no comment but said briskly:
Get on your bonnet, girl, and come
for a spin. It's such a corking after
noon, it seems a pity to let it go to
waste"
Splendid declared Isabel, giving
the charred mass another poke.
"Oh!' said Henry. as an after
thought, heres an interview with our
friend Gherkins in the paper"
us that tiresome person in the
papers again. asked Isabel, shifting.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
What the "Mona L.isar Really M..n.

Now that he sphinx of modern con-
troversy, the Mona Lisa" is missing,
there has been a fresh outburst OF in
terpretations of her famous smile. In
fact, there are as man readings Of her
-..Saic al there are--or were-visitors
to her shrine In the Louvre. Among
the attempts TO describe and define her
those best remembered are, Walter
Pater's n Oscar Wilde'e. Justus
Miles Forman, In his latest novel, The
Unknown Lady the scene of which in
Paris, makes his two young artist her
oes endeavor TO dismiss the problem
with their youthful levity and omni-
science. They argue heatedly together.
one contending that the cat-like grin
OF Mona Lisa Gioconda was a vastly
over rated facial contortion. and all the
popular cackle about its alleged mys-
terry would astonish the good Leonardo
very much If he could rise from his
grave to hear It." Mr.. Forman was
himself an artist before he turned
novelist. and spent a number OF years
In Paris.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
USE FoR An OLD scARF.

Writing of the coming rage for
fringes, an economical wrinkle worthy
of note is the use of heavy embroidered
and fringed scarfs made OF silk or en-
broidered net for panels and under
skirts Of the new dresses. Such scarfs
are very ornamental and are to be
picked up during sale times at prices
that are considerably under the price
asked for a yard of good ~fringe-which
is n of the expensive items OF
dress today
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-10-06
Roman cosslp.

Mummy (the village banker)-What
do you suppose the young fellows in
ancient Rome did to pass the time?
Phunny 1.-THE village philosopher)-
Oh, don't know. / suppose they used
to hang around and talk about what
a punk town Rome was.-Puck.