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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
ONE MILLION A YEAR
REMARKABLE RECORD MADE BY
ALIEN JEW.
Fortune Of Enormous Proportions
Built Up From Most Humble Be
ginnlng-Truly This Is Land
Of Opportunity.

A Jewish boy came to this country
but a boundless ambition in his heart
He had determination, courage and
physical strength. He was honest and
trustworthy He had been taught by
virtuous parents and he brought their
benediction with him when he landed,
stranger in strange land.
| Beginning as a humble errand boy
| in a shop, he rose to place behind
the counter and speedily to the own
ership of little establishment. Small
1t was, but it was the day Of opportu-
nifty and he made the most of his.
Fifty years have passed. The mon
ument to his zeal and integrity is a
magnificent business block, one of the
largest of it's kind on the most fash
ionable thoroughfare of trade in the
greatest city of the land. Here the
little Jewish boy reached the culmina-
ton of his aspirations.
His goal had been success. He
achieved it beyond his widest dreams.
Wealth poured in upon him in a cease
less and increasing stream. He de-
voted much of it to the care and COM
fort of an army of employees. He be-
came fascinated with the love of art.
For a bit of porcelain $1,000 was a
common price, $4,000 for rare vase,
and $250,000 for beautiful painting.
Thus he enjoyed the fruits of his
labor.
The surging crowd on the city's
royal highway on weekday morning
saw with surprise every iron shutter
prince drawn to the sidewalk. The
rich display of priceless goods In the
show windows was hidden from sight.
Upon the door the passing throng ca
gerly read the little write placard
"Closed on account of the death of the
proprietor"
Fifty million dollars in fifty years
million a year Shall we begrudge
it to the Garner? Shall we denounce
him for his success? Shall we spurn
his money as "tainted?" Shall we
revile the Jew for his riches?
The immigrant boy became a mer-
chant prince, lover of mankind, and
generous dispenser of help Tor the
needy. 1t is not tale of one great
city in our favored land. 1t is an oft.
told tale in many American cities and
of many a noble-minded Jew.
This is a land of opportunity for all
Let envy rest!-Leslie's Weekly.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
MUST ALWAYS BE A HEAD
Well for Worker to Remember That
Obedience to Orders Should Be
First Consideration.

II you are working for concern, re-
member there must be some head,
some one to give directions, and some
one is responsible. Your duty Is to
obey them. Your value lies in doing
what you are told, says writer in the
Philadelphia Telegram. Get the habit
of listening attentively to whatever
your employer tells you. If you think
he is making mistake, go to him and
tell him, and If he tells you he knows
he is right, then carry out his instruc-
tions. You will find in most cases
the man who thinks for you is right,
for he at least is making an honest
effort to carry you and your fellow
workers along the road toward sue
cess.
Mirabeau once said, "if there was no
honesty, it would be invented as a
means of getting wealth"
In the beginning of a country's civ
ilzation sturdy, fearless men go out
into the wilderness to battle with ma
ture. With axe and gun they fight her
into subsection, tame her and lay the
foundations for communities, for fu-
ture cities. In that early period, when
mans battle is with nature, the best
law is that of the survival of the fit-
test" or each for himself" Later,
however as lone settler in section
is Joined by newcomers, they build
their cabins in groups they huddle
their homes together for mutual pro-
lection against the outside common
foe.
So a road is needed to guide the
worker through the wilderness of
workout the worker must, as Emer-
son states, Finish every day and be
done with it. You have done what you
could. Some blunders and absurdites,
no doubt, crept in. Forget them as
soon as you can. Tomorrow will be a
new day. Begin it well and serenely,
and with too high spirit to be cum
bered with your old nonsense. This
day is all that is good and fair. 1t is
too dear, with it's hopes and invita-
tions, to waste moment on the yes
terdays."
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
Shin Struck In a haydeId.

The remains of an excursion steam
er may be seen in a bayfield, three
hundred feet above the lake of Loen,
in Norway This oddly placed wreck
is the sole relic of terrible land
slide which took place in 1906, when
the whole side of a mountain sudden
ly slipped into the lake, raising a
great wave more than 300 feet high,
which drowned everybody living along
the shores, more than 60 people per-
ishing. The steamer, which was
moored on the lake at the time, was
carried on the crest of the wave over
perpendicular cliff and deposited,
as already stated, more than 300 feet
above the normal level of the water,
more than quarter. of mile away
from its anchorage. 1t is torn and
battered wreck, every bit of wood.
work has been wrenched off, and the
twisted steel work testifies to the
force of the wave which cast 1t
ashore.-Wide World Magazine.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
"Baby Nine"

"Baby Mine'. Margaret Mayo's
laugh play, which ran for one solid
year In Newly rk at Daly's Theatre
comes to Bells Opera House Jan. 13.
AS laugh producer "Baby Mine"
is said to be the greatest success the
stage has ever known. The play,
unique inlorigin and mission, fulflls
the part it setsfout TO, as an instru-
ment of roaring comedy.
"Baby Mine" tells simple story Of
a young wifeIwhose propensity for hb-
bing finally drives her husband to
another city, from which place he is
coaxed back by the story of "a baby in
the house. The skill with which the
complications fare handled, and the
farcical humor and rapidity of the
development, are all features which
form the success OF this delightful
comedy.
The presentation :of baby Nine"
will be peculiarly interesting, because
It brings the we'll known players who
have been identified only with the
long runs in.NewlY ork and Chicago
Sophia Allen will be seen In the
original role of "Zoie" in the cast to
be seen here. adv
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
Bells of st. Paul's.

The bells of St. Pauls Cathedral,
according to writer in the British
Workman; are rung on Sundays
holy days, and special occasions by
twelve members of the Society of the
College Youths. To become a mem
Der of this society very severe tests
have to be passed in campanology.
The duty of Ginning the bells for the
weekday service falls upon Mr..
George Harrison, who, by passing the
ropes through series of pulleys and
bringing them together, is enabled to
chime six bells by himself. He
chimes the bells for the 8 o'clock
service, starting at 7;45 with two
bells for ten minutes, then ringing
one bell for five minutes. For the 10
and o'clock services he chimes six
bells for ten minutes, then one bell
for five minutes. "The ringing Of the
twelve bells on Sunday morning and
afternoon" says Mr.. Harrison, SIS
done by the members of the Society
of College Youths, which society has
been in existence since 1887, There
Is no doubt it is one of the finest
peals of bells to be found"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
SILK Came From Persia.

Wrought silk was brought from Per
ia to Greece in 325 b. G. 1t was
known in Rome at the time of Tiber-
ius, when the senate prohibited the
use of plate of massive gold, and for
bade men to debase themselves by
wearing silk, fit only for women. Hell
ioga balus first wore a garment of silk
in 220 A. d. Silk was at first of the
same value with gold, weight for
weight, and was believed to grow on
trees. Silkworms were brought from
india to Europe in the sixth century.
Charlemagne sent Offa, king of Mer-
cia, gift of two silk vests. The man
Gfacture was encouraged by Roger,
king of Sicily, at Palermo, when the
Sicilians not only bred the silkworms,
but spun and wove the silk. The man
fracture spread into Italy and Spain,
and also into the south of France a
little before the reign of France l.,
about 1910: and Henry propagated
mulberry trees and silkworms through
ut the kingdom about 1900 In Eng
and silk mantles were worn by some
women of the nobility at a ball at
%enilworth Castle in 1886.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
MADE EFFECTIVE cARoM SHOT
Remarkable Feat Of Workmanship
That ls Credited to a Texan
Of Kentucky Descent.

Shooting to kill is notoriously fine
art both in Kentucky and in Texas. No
wonder, then, that the best shot of
that sort on record should have been
made by Texan of Kentucky descent.
We may call him Hank. His enemies,
however, had other names for him. 1t
was, in fact, because a particular one
Of these enemies, commonly known as
Torn, had been indiscreet in this mat
ter of nomenclature that Hank had
extra-oiled his six-shooters and gone
out to take a walk in the cool of the
evening.
Torn was warned and with his six
shooters also extra-oiled, intrenched
himself behind one of the solid
Lrick pillars of the courthouse porch.
1t was past dusk and the swing
ing kerosene lamp in the porch
failed to illuminate the gloom of the
village street where Hank was with
his battery, while it made an easy
target of human head poked from
behind the pillar, as it must be if the
owner were to do any effective shoot
ing on his own account. Torn wisely
stuck behind the pillar. Hank maneu-
vered in vain. Wherever he stood, the
pillar was between him and every
bit of Torn. At last he gave vent to
his disgust in these words, distinctly
overheard by listeners well under
cover across the road:
81 see I've got to try carom shot
or I'll never get the coyote"
He carefully selected his position,
took aim at certain spot on the brick
wall behind the pillar, and pulled the
trigger. The bullet went true to the
mark, ricocheted, caught Torn in the
side of the head, and killed him where
he stood.
The story Is vouched for by men,
ber of the Republican party in Texas.
New York Evening Post.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
Not Much Doubt.

Several Americans in London re-
Gently applied to an agency for an
automobile in which to s. sightsee-
ing. There was difficulty in getting
one on such short notice, but when
the hour arrived luxurious limou-
sine car was placed at their disposal
The chauffeur proved very informed.
When they returned they remarked
that they had never had such car
or such a driver.
well, it is not often that one like
this is for hire" was the reply. did
you notice the coat of arms on the
door? That automobile belongs to
Lady -" naming one of the wealth
lest American heiresses married to an
English peer, "but she is out of
town"
The Americans who had the use of
Lady IS car are wondering wheth-
er she or the chauffeur enjoyed the
profits.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
Kept Accounts by Strings.

It was the custom of the Aztecs to
keep their accounts by means of
strings. A single knot was ten, two
single knots twenty, and SO on. The
hundreds were indicated by double
knots. The color of the string indi-
Gated what the numbers referred to.
Soldiers we're red, gold yellow, silver
white and corn green. This method
is still in use on the Sierras of the
Argentina, where the herdsmen keep
tale of their charges in a similar way.
Several strands depend from one, the
3rst of these strands being reserved
FOR bulls, the next for cows, the milk
and dry being differentiated, the next
FOR sheep and so on. Knots were
probably among the first methods of
man to record figures-the knot or the
mark on bit of stick. In the Eng
lsh hop gardens the tallyman (gen-
orally the local schoolmaster) goes
around with the tally and it's mark
and the most civilized Chicagoan still
ties a knot in the handkerchief when
we are asked Ito be sure and remem.
ber."
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
pahIla GROWING In Eavor.

Dahlias, probably the dearest of all
fall blossoms to the amateur grower,
are increasing in popularity.
Every year, the growers say, the
dahlia is coming more in demand.
Partly because it grows in such a
variety of types and partly because
Il lends itself equally well to garden
decorations and cut flower purposes,
the amateur suburban horticulturist
constantly finds new use for it,
AS the demand has grown the flower
has received increased attention from
growers until this season the number
of varieties developed reached 500
For long time the castus dahlia
has been developed to the neglect OF
the small densely lowered variety oi
other years.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08

Two tramps were crossing a bridge
over a river one day, when they saw
notice which read: Five dollars
will be given to anyone saving life
from this bridget"
you jump in, Bill. and I'll come and
rescue you," said one.
"Right-ho" said the other. "And
then we'll share the quid." Accord
ingly one of the tramps plunged into
the river and began to yell for help.
Mike. safe on the bridge, turned to his
friend struggling in the water, and,
with an excited countenance called
out:
Sorry. Bill. but I've just seen no
tice that says ten dollars will be paid
for dead ody!"-Pearson' Weekly
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
Choose Your Reading Carefully.

Don't trust your reading to some
thing that you can pick up. Have a
book of good writing that deals with
,eal topics of knowledge and wisdom.
t should be family law that only
he instructive and uplifting things
ihould be read in the home. Reading
goes directly into persons life, MAX
.ng him what it is-empty, frivolous,
witless or vain. OF course, one must
have some lightness and humor, but
hese should be the exception. There
IS nothing that so weakens the mind
as this continual joking the everlast-
ing laugh over trivial things. The
true rule Is to mediate upon what
one has read, but what sort of medita-
tion will one get out of lot of jokes ?
Reading that doesn't inspire thought
of a serious nature would better be
omitted. 1t would be infinitely better
if one would lounge about on the
grass and the porch and watch the
English sparrows than read only what
tickles the empty mind.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
Teaching the people.

Caroline Hedger, M. D., of the Ken
lucky state board of health, says that
with the cooperation of the womens
clubs of the state, the board will en-
deavor to educate the people in num-
Der of matters, among them child hy-
giene and the medical inspection of
schools. Size says the Sahara is brim-
ming over with water compared to
some homes, where the radiator and
furnace use up all the moisture until
the doctor is sought to remedy the
drought of the body.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
Black Bread the Best DIET.

DIR. Kunert Of Berlin, one of the high
est authorities on food analysis, con-
siders that black rye bread should be
the chief item of. nourishment Of
healthy men and women, and main
tains that, in earlier times, when the
working classes did not eat meat to
any extent, but nourished themselves
on black bread. leguminous food and
groats, they were full of pith, and were
strong and healthy Since meat, wheat
en- bread and sugar became the sta
pies of daily fare their power of re-
sisting disease has sunk. Even for
weak stomachs DR.. Kunert prefers
black bread.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08

LAND For SALE-On easy terms.
Farm of ITO acres miles from Hills.
boro. Plenty buildings and fruit.
Small cash payment. Balance on in
stallment plan. Selman Mack ey !,
Hillsboro, Ohio. 1-15) adv
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08

For SALE Farm of 1O6 acres on G.
q @. traction road IL miles from Hills
boro, on Chillicothe and Milford pike
near traction stop. Would trade for
small property. Can give immediate
possession. Bell phone. B. W. Muntz.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
Peoples
Column
FOR SALE.

Farm and Town property always
for sale. Money loaned on Real Es-
tate. WADE TURNER,
Merchants Bank Bldg.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08

ID. Leadbetter, real estate, fire i'm
surance and pensions. Office 1874 S.
high street.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-08
BALTIMORE & OHIO
SOUTHWESTERN R.R.

Winter Tourists Tickets to Florida
and points in south. Tickets on sale
daily, liberal stopover, long limit
All Year Tourists Tickets on sale
daily to California, Oregon, and WASH
ington. See.your agent for particu-
lars.
Homeseeker tickets to South, West
and Northwest on sale the first and
third Tuesday of each month,
Important change of time.
Trains arrive and depart from Hills
boro as follows:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-22

homelike He rose in the estimation OF
his superiors, became governor OF his
company and president Of the Bank OF
Montreal, one Of the strongest financial
institutions on this side Of the Atlantic,
He was first created Sir Donald Smith
and then Lord Strathcona and Mount
Royal and high commissioner of Can
ada.
All this and much more by sheer force
of character. Canada has many men
in public life who have distinguished
themselves in one way OF another The
death Of Lord Strathcons, however,
leaves gap that cannot easily be filled,
even though the "grand old man" of
The dominion had ceased 90 be active in
the affairs Of stats and had yielded
control OF vast business interests to
younger hands.
The Hudson Bay company, chartered
in 1870, had monopoly of the trade
throughout the whole territory Of North
America whose streams flow into Hud'
son bay, and at one time as far west
as the Pacific. with rights Of governing
and making war, In 1869 its authority
was transferred by act Of parliament to
the crown, and its territories were in
corporated in the Dominion of Canada.
Msny romances, some of them thrilling
and pathetic at the same time, have
becn woven about scenes and encidents
connected with the rule of the Hudson
Bay company, But as truth is ofttimes
stranger than fiction, 80 tho figure of
Lord Strathcona stands ont in bold re-
lief and the story of his life is pos
sesscd Of more charm and will he read
with moro delight than any romance
possibly could be,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-22
THE RADIUM HEARING.

Oppo nts of Secretary Lane plans
to withdraw lands in Colorado and
Utah containing radium ores were able
TO make an excellent showing before
the mines committee of the house OF
representatives yesterday. Secrtery
Lane finds warrant for his proposal in
the fear that the radioactive ores will
be shipped TO Europe and the radium
lost to the people of this country He
believes that if the government with
draws the lands it will be able to pre-
serve America IS stock Of radium for
Americans As The Tribune pointed
out Yesterday. however, it would be
necessary for the United States to 90
into the mining business in order to
produce radium, and The Tribune in
sisted that the development might bet
ter be left 10 private enterprise
Now comes Joseph NJ. Flannery, pres
ideut of the Standard Chemical COM
pany of Pitfsburg, saying that his COM
pany has spent S650.O00 to produce two
grams Of rsdium. but that in April his
company will be in position 10 start
production at The rate of one gram a
month, Hc declares that there is enough
radiUm ore in Colorado to supply the
world five times over. As ap expert
who evidently has fsmlieri2ed himself
thoroughly with the entire situation,
Mr.. Flannery says' that the United
States needs only 200 grams of radium
presumably for medical purposes and
the other uses TO which radium can
now be put-and he adds that his firm
will undertake to deliver 200 grams of
radium to the government IN five years
from January /, 1915, at a maximum
price OF $4,000 2 gram. This would
be tremendous decrease in cost, and,
therefore, in the price, and would be a
magnificent triumph for private enter
prise 1t is not likely that the govern
ment would be able to accomplish as
much
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-22
LORD STRATHCONA.

The death of Lord Strathcona, al
though not unexpected, will he generally
regretted throughout the length and
breadth Of the United States, as we'll
as in the Dominion of Canada, which
he aided in developing and which he
loved so well There is something Pc
culiarly fascinating in the career of the
pioneer in any country. Succeeding
generations read of the bardships and
privatious endured, Of the battles with
savages, the clearing Of timber land
the hundred other activities Of these
forerunpers OF civilization with a feel
ing akin 10 awe,
The career of Douald Alexander
Smith. the Scotch immigrant who
crossed the Atlantic iD the storage to
seek his fortune in the now world and
became Lord Stratbcona, high commits,
sioner OF Canada, member of the Brit
ish house OF lords and died at the age
OF nearly "a, possessed OF a fortune es.
timated at Sl25 200 900. serves az An IL
lustration OF what can be accomplished
even under the most adverse circum.
stances
Service in the Hudson Bay company
IN former years usually meant going far
beyond the confines Of civilization into
the land Of almost eternal SHOWS. No
weskling could stand the bardships and
no man not possessed of personal cour.
age could hope TO succeed So the EN-.
ployecs Of the Hudson Bay company in
the far north were rucn of brain and
brawu. pioneers who could battle with
the elements as we'll as with gavages
and wild animals and WIN the fight
Smith, Tie humble employee Of the
great trading company, was one Of those
happily constituted individuals who
could adapt himself TO any circum.
stances IL used to be said that a
'Scotchman is at home where his hat
is off,, BE tbat as it may, Donald
Alexander Smith certainly possessed the
faculty OF making even the wilderness
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-22
WHAT NEXT, JAPAN?

It will be interesting to know the
contents OF the third Japanese protest
Baron Maxine, the Japanese foreign
minister. in the course Of summary
of the Japanese.American negotiations
in his annual address TO parliament,
declared that no answer whatever had
been received TO the third note. EYl-
IDENTIFY it is a hard nut to crack
The Japanese attitude toward the
United States in the last few years has
not given much hope of an easy sou'
tor of the differences between the two
countries. The people of Nippon feel
that the Californians are not controlled
by economic conditions in their dis
examinations against the Japanese, but
sre impellcd by race hatred and
mortal antirathv against assImilatiug
Asiatics. The alien land act is stand
inc insult, therefore, to the Japanese.
They feel that il is & kind of declara-
;ion ON the part Of Americans that the
japanese are inferior and must not be
admitted to an equality with Ameri-
cans.
If IL were merely an economic ques.
tion il could be adjusted without diff
;icultv bu. decp down it involves a
question Of race sntsgoDism, and there
fore. cf race or national honor.
We fiul great section o. the Jap
snsse people iufismed with warlike
spirit as y result Of the quarrel over
,he California alien land act. The To-
sic government has tried to maintain
a correct attitude throughout the ne
co,iatious, but has been harassed by a
mighty faction constantly clamoripc for
more vigorous action.
Japan recognizes the necessity oil
celebrating other plans for the solution
Of the question says Baron Maxine.
The nature Of this plan ! am unable
TO report.
Evidently the negotiations have ar
rived a, al impasse, What turn they
shall :s;;e in the near future will de
pend upou tie patience o. Japan, 1t
is likely, however, that We shall soon
near of serious crisis.