The Cedarville Herald, Volume 25, Numbers 1-26

r £ocal ant fonsonal. V)»WI >W Mr. JB. W, H^*r left* Monday tight to* New York City on busiaaw. W*m» IJiirbep line au aftaefc ^ f j I s tube psid wtratbeyeraicriirreir- lUHudes, The house-» quarantined. MeacUraea Ju lia and IL M, Reid, of Miuueapotis, Mbm** left last. Sat* * Urjay for their home. They stopped for a. short visit a t Anderson, -Ind, • There was ho school a t the college, Thursday*-owing to the funeral of Robert Gray. J)r* 3 , M , Stewart, father o f Dr. J , 0 . Stewart, held the remarkable record of being the attending physi­ cian a t over 3.000 births during hia career as physician, The Court House Buildinj: Cora*, mission, arrived home-Taesdsy morn* ing after a week’s visit in the East,, inspecting different makes o f wood and metal furniture. The board was the guest of the different manufactur­ ers during the tour of inspection. \ John. McCorkell, the noted Belgian Hare breeder o f tbia placer left for Chicago Monday. John was the guest of a wealthy Belgian Hare breeder of the \Vindy C ity .' —Several houses and lota for sale or rent. Inquire oi ,A. -Bradford. Library Benefit Concert next Fri* housed day night a t tbo opera novy open a t McCollum’s. 20 cents. "Plat Admission i p p i s ' The college'boys have prepared .the . Ervin hall and are, practicing basket l- ball. ‘ This game was very popular here a year or„ao ago and it is to be hoped, that the sport wilt be revived. W. F . Trader, administrator o f the ‘estate of Isabella .‘Hopkins, reports the sale of 105 acres of land to George W„ Harper a t ,$23 per acre. Theapr praisement was $27 per acre. . ’ Wore has been received ,here that M r and Mrs Carl Kyle are rejoicing over the arrival o t , au eight- pound girl/ - The parents formerly 'were res­ idents of this place, but are now lo­ cated in Dayton. ■George Shroades, who for ,several / « - ' / years has been working a t the tinning' .fa ■T?,..i ,■■ . a i . . i. ■ A •• .. ■ a art.A **J ' jrt M V*A t I *W 7*■V W% . ' H t g , trade, .has rented the vacant room' in '.the Grouse block and will open a shop ' for repair and .outside work, in that- lipe*. v i Sirs I r a Filson died a t hBrhome . ’near Vienna Cross Beads, Monday, of . consumption. She1was the wife .of > Prof, Ira Filson, who a t one time had ■charge o f the tpwnship schools, - The women of the R, P. church ' will serve'meals a t Ervin’s^ Hall dur ing the Farmers’ Institute, - - Mieses/pelia and Kellie Davidson; two young ladies of Monmouth, 111,, have announced the gift of a fine pipe Organ to Monmouth College in mem cry. o f their mother, Mrs, Nancy .Da* , yldson. I t will he ready .for .com*, mencemeht next spring. Squire James. Anderson, of near Springfield, who was granted a divorce With the agreement that he give his wife property to the value ot $20,000 and $5,000 in cash, has made .the transfer to the divorced wife and. turned Over the money. He gave a mortgage on 160 acres of land to the Springfield . Savings Society for tho . amount of $5,000, Brother Whiteman, of the Xenia Herald, offers 150 rewwrd t* toy . per­ son or persona who will furnish the evidence necessary to cause, the arrest and conviction o f any . one violating the prohibitory ordinance,, H ie money. dered, Tb* brother can feel assured that he will no t have to pay the sum offered, especially if the .case cornea up before Mayor Linkbart for: trial. - Mr and Mrs Will McMillan and Miw Addia Wylie entertained last Thursday evening a t the country home of the former, ' • ■ Jasper Chapman, of .Washington C. II., was circulating among bis old friends and. acquaintance®.the first of the week. Mr. Chapman has sold his farm north of town on the James- town pike to Samuel Sanders, of Jamestown, who will take possession this, spring. The New Jasper Stone' 3s Brick company has been incorporated for *30,000. . i D» E . Crow has been elected super- tendent of the Greene county work, house. ; J ,.W . Pollock and daughter, J u n ia / leftJ e s t Saturday for Washington, Pa., where they will lie the guests' of Bev, Pressley Thompson and wife. Health Officer McFarland recently ■received a letter from - th e . Health Officer ,a t Richmond, Ind „ stating that a member’lof the Hamiton fam ily had come tb that city with what was sain to he chicken-pox,- but. tliat from it there has developed over thirty cases of small-pox. ; The city officials lay the blame1to Cedarville. - Judge Scroggy oh Monday sen fenced Charles Justice to twenty years in" the penitentiary for cutting to’ kill. Justice attempted the-fife of bis father-in-law, -and dashed Mr. Anderson with a knife. H e has served three terms in the pen. and a. number of terms iu tbe work house. Messrs. Charles Galbreath and Roy Btomagem, of -the Ohio State Has pita! a t Dayton, spent Sabbath here the-gueats of- relatives. • <i , A t a meeting,of the Ohio Poland- Ohioa Record Association held re­ cently in Dayton Mr. J . H . Lackey, of near Jamestown, was elected tress urer, ' MUTUAL PITT. Mark Twain’*-humor is h o t quite understood by the British working- man. .' Andrew Lang in -.a- current English magazine article tell* how he* made this discovery. I f seem*, th a t he liad lent, * copy o f JTvan- hoe” tb tho workingman, who duly returned it with the candid remark: tha t he hadn’t read ft through be­ cause there were so many characters he couldn’t remember them all. The workman then offered to lend Mr, Lang a hook which he said be was sure he would like. This proved to be a; volume of alleged .-W it and Humor-/’ which, so fa r from amus­ ing him, caused Mr, Lang to feel sad and discouraged. Mr, Lang in his tu rn then, read -aloud to , the workingman what he considered a very choice extract from one of l a r k -Twain’s best books. B u t the workingman smiled in a wintry, per­ functory way, and Mr, Lang knew th a t the man, whom he pitied, pit­ ied him. So they parted i n mutual .commiseration. ■- . The Canals on -Mars. . . The.sO called "canals” on M ira / discredited as* such of late years, are, according to Sir Robert, canals a fter all. He says th a t they are hot the work of nature, because natu re does no t work on straight lines. These canals, with the assured ex­ istence' .Of arctic and tropical re­ gions/ Sir Robert'' says, are indica­ tions th a t human life is existent op Mars. No permanent water and no river can be discerned in Mars, iWhat astronomers-sec -alb -straigh t - lines, or, rather, lines falling in, straight circles along the globe. These are undoubtedly canals in a, great state of development. I t -is no t knovta th a t these'canals carried off the ice and ,'gnow th a t melted-, during the summer season, hu t it is a fact t h a t -the -observation of the canals is, clearer" a t the season of th e year when-itJmay he assumed th a t the snow and ice are melting. . Mrs. *B, W, Nickcus, of Decatur, 111., and G. W. Bilvey, of Cincinnati, were the guests of Mrs. J . D. Bilvey on Monday., There promises to;be a good' erowd next Friday evening at the Library Benefit* Concert. The entertainment warrants a good house, as the proceeds will go to help a good cause. Mr;-S. L . Stewart and wife have, concluded to quijb housekeeping and have taken a suite of rooms a t the hotel. . .. . . .’ Fame Is 'F leeting ., Berry Wall 'drifted into-w cafe of the Waldorf-Astoria the other even­ ing wearing a -top-coat of Scotch plaid tha t was as startfing^as. any­ th ing he ever affected in«his palmi­ est days as "the most, original dress-- er in-New York,’’-says a^New York paper. , At one of- tHelableS was a party of men,' among whom . was . an qlcT time editor.' As’-Wall iamb in and- the attention of-the men was cen­ tered on him the editor said after the momentary silence-the co a t had caused; ' , . 1, L , * “Fame .is sorely-.fleeting/ There is Berry Wall with an overcoat th a t would have been worth three-quar­ ters of 'a column in any newspaper ten years ago, and improbably won’t get even a paragraph now " ■ , A young man wanted to herd Bbeep in Wyoming, at $10 -per month. :En- quire of.Alex. Turnbull, Mr. Alex Turnbull this week sold a number, of high bred sheep to Lee R» Scott, of Washington county,”Pa., one of the greatest sheep breeders in the state. Turned the Tables. . A certain society, woman in New,. York who had taken offense a t Hari ry Lehr oh some trivial .grpund tm-: dertook to humiliate him in the presence of - some _ fashionable friends.' She waited f o r her oppor­ tun ity and thep femarkedj with,.a eneer: / “Mr.- Lehr, will you please Send a ,case of wine to our house ? We are all anxious to help you, along, you know.” "Same as last?” queried Mr. Lehr, calmly., “ If you please.” / . The squire of dames turned to his valet. ~,‘.‘Alako, q mote of some wine fo r Mrs. X"/Aih!ersaid; £ "One .dozen sherry—dollar hinety-flve.” D r. *F. R . Madden, P rac tice lim ­ ited t o EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT* Glasses! Accurately Ad­ ju sted . Allen Building, Xenia, O. Vctepfione.—'Office Ho. J 2 , Residence Jfo. }>, m A recital will be given in Philo Hall at the college next Thursday •■evening, by the pupils of the ejocu- ‘ tiou rind musical departments. Profs. Briizell and Coat have arranged a good program. The admission will bri free rind rin invitation is extended tr a il. ' E. G, Lowry has made arrange­ ments with the two literary societies' for lighting thsir hall with electricity, He has a new cable to pu t up Main street, the present one not being large enough. —There is more Catarrh Til this section of*the country than all other . diseases pu t together,aud until the last few years was supposed to be incur­ able. For a great many years doc­ tors pronounced if a local disease, and *' prescribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to mire with local treat ment, pronounced it incurable. Scl* ‘ enCelifts proven catarrh, to be* con­ stitutional disease, and therefore re* *’ quires * - constitutional treatment. . Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F , J , Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on tho ' market, I t w taken internally la doses from 1 0 drops to a -teaspoonful. I t fecia directly on tho blood.-aud mu- coo* sttrfttets of the system, They • offer nno bundled. loHara for any case i t fftllri to cure. Sehil for: Circulars and testimonials. Address, JF, J , CHENEY db Cm, Tofehr, 0 ; Mr. John Hartiison, who kuns the milk wagon, was taken ill tbia morn­ ing while on his rounds, John Ross took his place rind finished the trip. Another meeting of the newly or­ ganized fire company was held a t the Mayor’s office last Monday evening The work Of organization ha* not been fully completed, but in * short time everything will be in running order. New members rire still being- taken in. ■ -f ' xl*- - . . . To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab­ lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to pure." E.-W. Groye's Bignatnfejsibqvnich| box. ]|2§S.’; , H ; . / . Excursion to Cincinnati. January 27 and 26, excursion .tick­ ets to Cincinnati, account Convention Union Association of Lumber Dealers will be sold via Pennsylvania Lines, valid; returning until January 31st For particulars see agent of Pennsyl­ vania Lines. Ollio Dodds, of Xenia, had a nar' row eacape from death by fire, Friday night.. H e bad left * lafnp burning beside the bed on a chair find it is thought that in Borne way he threw some of the covering over the lamp during his sleep. Hi* mother noticed tlie odor and finally located it in Ollie’s room where she iound the bed clothing burning vigorously and' her son sleeping in perfect oblivion, low Fore South. Excursion tickets to New Orleans, La.,Mobile, Ala.,and Pensacola, Fla.,, for Annual Mardi Gras Festivities, will be sold via Pennsylvania Lines, -February 3 to 9, inclusive*, good; re­ turning leaving thos^r points not later than February 15. For particular* see-ticket agent* Petitions^ have been presented -to the Xenia Township Trustees for a special election March 22, for local option. There are no saloons in the township outside o f Xenia city, b u t. the people are taking Steps- to block anything that might bring* about a saloon .in the township, A special election is preferred fie it is feared the proper attention would do t be given the question a t jhe election’this coin­ ing tyring. No, there will he no time tor that; the public lias about decided to -give its attention to the -'t.|8 T -O fl.iT T E » IS , L ist o f letters remaining- uncalled for in tho Cedarville postoffice for tbe month eliding dan. 24, 1902. - List: No. 4. Hanson, Mrs. H . H .' - * T N . T arbox , P. M A Bio Insect. The biggest iMeet of its kind in la is the hercules beetle of. defeat o f all ‘Ting” candidates for county offices, the worli South America, which grows" to. be six inches in lengtfy It is skid, whether truthfully or not, that g r e a t ,mimhcrs of these erOfttures are sometimes seen on* the mam­ mae* tree, rasping tbe rind from tho slender branches by working around them with (heir horns until they cause the juice to flow, This juice History of if* W- fc Chundu fonUmiea from fi»t page. Bare, wearied with cwtb, yet buoyant with hopes,. .. . . . Tho lights grow dun on ihrir auKaat 'idopea. In tlie waning light, on the .heights they "" Bate -Where .wait the frlend«-oI the long gone days And listen to catch the plash of the oar, And pilot's voice from the farther shore. Not long now, the wait, till life's sands are run. . Not. nlany hours until sets the sqn. Short henceforth tbe years til* the twilight falls; . Not ri-dny modus till the pilot calls- ‘ - * ‘ They reached not the height without rug­ ged sleeps. Not theirs, were sides where no tempest > ftWCCPS. With roses their path was not all bestrewn, Nor always bright were the days n.pw flown. ■A They havft learned,’' a t last, that' which all men must, That crowns of earth arc blit shining dfist, That- heaven is bought at a tcmp'ral loss, And bliss is reacbed'by way of the Cross, (Continued next week.) PHYSICAL CULTURE IN A NUT SHELL OL IN A.- DOBBINS# ■ k AtTO«KkY-Af-hAW, ibejf drink tu intoxication and tbn* fall imMClcas to the ground. Hold by Di'figgisft, 75c, , HaliY family m a < «r* tl^ M ti ftenmt ft#*l Ksww ffuslnws Transacted, Fmriort GJriirn1*1 ftWrilnedl Steps thri Cough And Works oft the Cold, Laxative Bromo-Quininc Tablofs cure s cold In mi* day. No GutA No F*y. * In revfewlngiAbjs tbo second book on physical cul- tUre in as many i Weekft/::W'ilI e n :: deavor to treat it I n a m o r e u u-, hackneyed style— a style ' too little Used by the liter­ ary critic, who, .with n l i m i t e d stock of platitudes, flattering- and adverse terms, must necessarily use the the same terms in treating books -of, dissimilar merit.. To be fair to the author and the pub­ lic, the critic should p u t himself as' much as possjblo in tbe background, rind tins is. what .1,-will try to do in- spepkiug of Prof. Adrian P. Schmidt’s hook, “ Illustrated Hints for Health aud Strength fnr Busy, People.” Sxifcfr—Terse and ,v e ry much, to the point. So careful hits .the author beep in the use of words that a child ■could'readily grasp"!be meaning. - A t»-—To- giye- to the busy ’man a -method-that will keep him in health and h/pds8es8i<)n of a high Order of muscular- pnweri Recognizing ^thaf the busy ninn has but little time for exercise, and the sedentary worker h u t little iuc-lSiation for i{, especially the straining gymnasium kind. the author has succeeded in perfecting a simple, .‘method'thht is yealiy a 'short 6ut to health and strength, .requiring only ten minutes iise a day.' A uthority — .Years of experience ris a teacher of the higher -physical culture and endorsements of officials of swell athletic clubs both -in this country and Europe. / C ontentb — To Stimulate Energy^- For a Power)ul Grip—For Supple, Strong Shoulders—For' Strong,Shtipe t y Ankles—To Produce Good - Circu­ lation—For Strong Lungs and Chest I —Abdomimil Exercises—For Back' Muscles; and .Spine—Natural Mas­ sage for-Exhilaration—The Bath. I llustrations —T here nro twenty large'illnstratlons made from excellent p^n drawings by the author—a fact unhsuid iil itself, riBbut few physical cu tilfe tenchers possess literary ability and a less nutn.ber draw well* hut it is evident that Prof. Schmidt has these -two talents to a happy degree, So tlior# ough are the*movements pictured that oner cap grrifep. (heir ..meaning a t a gianfce.' The front page Of cover con tiins a lnrge photo-engraving o f ' the author displaying a remarkable *de­ velopment o f ui-ma afM chest/ T he Book—I t is' 7x11 Inches in size, aud in printing and binding is a superb specimen of the A rt Preserva­ tive. I t is as unique in get-up as the text and illustrations fire unusual in .treatment, . A n E xtract — I t is from the de- scriptioii of P la te d ,' giving an inge­ nious rind effective plan for stimula­ ting a mild energy, ip the morning When tho whole, system is sluggish from sleep: Taka in i-ach hand n corner of an 'ordi­ nary newspaper and crumple it up until tile four Corners are brought into ’the palms of the hands, forming balls. Avoid assist­ ing the process by pressing the hnnds against tbe body, The result is surprising, Every muscle will bo brought into sympathy with the muscles of thd forearm in tho effort tee secure the last corner (to completely hide the sheets in your hands), your non our fOrco and blood circulation are thus pleas­ antly stimulated. S umming Hu—I t is astonishing how foolish arc the .majority of people who prefer to go through life with their achosriiid priinft end Weakiieesatirather (hub lake the time and trouble to era braep some natural means o f elimina­ ting them. True, some systems. of physical culture are as trying anil un ­ pleasant as-1 no-ailments, b u t T can sincerely affirm Unit hi this work the a u th o r s tu r p a s s e tl them all by re vcfliing the shortest cut to the gosl-^ Health. , ’ . ; jNevr Yorks Published’by tb f Au llmr, $1.50. .post jpnid.] W. M. it. , The i(eview next week will be that ffi ex-Clflunpferi* Rrhoft ,b<mk* ' Library Benefit Concert Program* 7 ’ v * - r* ' " PART I . ; * u * G h o ru s ............................“ Now Tramp O’er M ob * and Fell" ~ - ------ - — Choral Society,---------- - “------------ - --- , Piapo Duet......tl ...... ................................. ..... "The Aferry Bellif Miege* Lunette aud jBesale Steriritt.' ^ " Quartette,.................. .......................^ ‘The Jubilee" Messrs. ISandersop, Brown, Randall and faiegler. Recitation.................... ......................... ..."O le Bull’s Christmas” Miss Vera Andrew. Vocal ............... .."By tbe Fountain” .......... " ni Prof, R. A. Brown. - , - - Violiu.v..*..,,....... ......................................... "BP Peep"Novelette blaster George Stewart; . Vocal Duet,.,....... .................. -......................... “ Music and Song Misses Lillie Stewart and Lulu Smith; Piano Solo........ . . . , . „ , „ : . . . . „ . . “ Dancing.Butterflies” Mu* Ethel Fields. a • PART II.- - C h o ru s ................... ..................... .“The Miller’s AYobing”.................. . Choral Soeiety* . Recitation . ...............................................“ Me and Methuselah” Miss Nellie Turnbull. ,Gornetand P iano .,.,..,.................... .“Zarplda Polka” M ibs Dora Siegler and Mr. K . E . .Randali, - Quartette...,:........... ................“ TheNightingale’s Song” - * Mrs. Lucy Barber, Miss Mfiria Tarbox,, . Dr.- M. I, Marsh, Mr. Geo. Creswell, piano,............................................................. :......... .: ......“ \Vohin" ; , Mjes Jeunie Morton. Vocal.................................... .v................ ....... “Out on theDfeep" Prof/SV. G, Warner. ’ - Recitation ....,........’.......................... “ As the Moon Rose" •, j._._Miss_\rera Andrew.__ ___ , - * Q uartette,,...*... ............. Medley Messrs. Sanderson, Brown, Randall aud Siegler. ’ Piano Duet........................ ...................... ’’The Wandering Jew” . Misses Jeanette Orr and Margaretta Watt. Chorus...............................................,.,.,“ Good-Nigbt, Beloved" \ ■ ■ Choral Society, V ’ I - ALC OVER THE HOUSE. Conveniences For the Tea .Drinking , English Ladies. New designs, or modifications in the line of household conveniences -possess a perennial interest^ fo r th e housewife, particularly the alert American who keeps.,watch fo r ev- 'e ry tk in g 'th a t will lighten the work of the household ot is calculated to add to the convenience or comfort of the members .of the family, Ingenious as are our Yankee in­ ventors, they do no t enjoy the'com­ plete monopoly jin the way,of' in­ ventiveness, In the land where a ft­ ernoon tea holds such sway as in England it is to be expected th a t some genius -would find a way to make-if easy "for the tea drinker to handle h‘is cup of liquid refreshment and- the accompanying biscuit or cake a t th e same .time. A little con­ trivance has been devised which is attached'by means' p f a clip to the teacup and a° handy and practical resting place fo r the cracker, sand­ wich, etc.> is thus provided. The /tea infuser with its long handle is another convenience th a t will -,ap-4 t eal to the dispenser o f th is popular eVeragA Claret'1find Water jpgs, tea rind cbffce pot*,, cykam and mille ewrifs are appearing nowadays in classfeJ form, and ‘many of-the pew designs a re copies of ojd Roman A Cat afid a Mirror. ‘ A man who owns „a .remartoibly fine cat gave th is illustration of its wonderful intelligence; He put' thereat on a table in fron t of a small glass. I ts first manifes- t tation a fter i t saw: its reflection wris of surprise. I t stared-at it: fo r a moT ' ment and then • went behind •the glass, evidently to find the pother cat. .Then* it returned to its seat in front’ and looked attentively for a minute or two at the image. Sud­ denly it darted around the glass, ' hut, finding no cat there, returned' to the fron t again. * •* , ' i Keeping;its eyes fixed steadily oh its image, i t .began feeling behind ,the glass with its paw, first-in one direction and then in another. See- , ing, the paw of the .image on the •glass-move ju st,n s its" own did, it* was evidently about concluding th a t the; image was its own, and it'th e n began various movements .to fully satisfy itself. I t raised one paw and th e n .th e other, licked them and touched the glass, w ith-them and moved its head about. -Satisfied ap­ parently th a t it had solved the mys­ tery, it presently walked calmly away.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Etruscan and Italian patterns. They are ornamental as' well ris useful. P6Ii*h For Hardwood Table*. Polished tables and -doilies are rapidly replacing the tablecloth, and riny one who has a good hardwood table,may easily adopt, this p re tty custom if, the scratches and stains which defae'e ft arc removed. Nor is -this a-difficult matter. A coat of brown shellac, a thorough rubbing once q week with a purchased polish -or.w ith.raw linseed nil with a few drops of turpentine and a daily pal- ish with an oiled bit of flannel will "Elbow give n handsome table top, grease” is tho secret of a perpetual polish. Doilies are now so varied, so abundant and so pretty—p rettier than any cloth, no mater how beau­ tifu l—as well as much easier laun­ dered, that there is ‘small excuse fo r not dispensing with the large clothe .The best centerpiece for everyday use is a hemstitched damask square. This will last fresh for a week, while* more elaorate designs .may be sub­ stituted for special occasions. Small doilies come in all sizes and a t all prices, from the costly cobwebs of 'Mexican drawnwork and the exqui­ site honiton lace ones to the inex­ pensive torchon lace and linen or simple squares of hemstitched linen. For the Housewife’* P*tk. A series of gayly covered books, bound in scarlet leather, are found in the smart stationery and .leather gOods shops. They make nice pres­ ents fo r the busy housewife, who ,hae to observe* system and order in tho management of her household* as her husband does in the running of his business'. These hooks, are so prettily hound th a t they make a gay showing oft the writing table of my lady, although there is nothing friv­ olous,, or flighty about their con­ tents. A largo flat hpok is the difa- n e r record. This is an riido memoirs to the hostess, who ctiiifiot he expect­ ed to remember whom she invited and who declined and accepted her invitations during the dinner giving season^ Tim recipe hook, the house­ hold expense hook, the expense hook mid all the o ther handy and busi­ nesslike arrangements to facilitate the smooth runn ing of the modern hdftie a re t,o be had in convenient •1S « . ' FatHtfrilwfor ttift'lt«r*I<1. ’ Art In Telling Lies. Telling the tru th is an a rt, -but no t nearly so difficult an a r t as tell­ ing lies. „ It is within reach of any man’s power, if he will take time and pains, to relate tli’e thing th a t is. I t take lra .m an of imagination and (strong memory to bring fo rth tlie..thing th a t is not, Besides, the liar cannot carry his lie all over, th e World and back to the creation. At* some point o r other he must piece it On to the universal .truth, ana to do th a t neatly he must be a good work­ man. B u t this is only 'part of thp greater question as to vice and vir­ tue generally. V irtue is for all who love it, In ,o rde r to become an ac­ complished villain a man must have natural aptitude, careful training and immense powers of application,' and a t any time th e villain may be ruined as a villain by the unexpect­ ed coming to life o f conscience.—r- All th e Year Round. There Are No Blind Fish,. There are many animals in the world which pas3 a i l ,their lives in darkness, never seeing a ray of light. Every one has heard of the bund fishes of the Mammoth cave. The latte r is the biggest of 500 great caverns in the United States. All of them .are inhabited by numer­ ous other sort* of creatures th a t have no eyes fo r vision, Literally speaking, there is no such th ing a* a blind fish, since th e most sightless of the finny tribe possesses visual organs in a rndimentaiy condition, hu t through want of use the optie f anglia aud nerves have broken Own- and been absorbed. Ancient Amber Jewelry, • Amber is often seen carved in to elegant forms in ancient Etruscan jewelry. The magnificent necklace known as the Prince de Canino’s, the masterpiece of the Etruscan' goldsmith, has pendants o f *alter-. nate beetles of sardonyx and amber, Jll'ItrAV’lAI IttM -A*.-. amber. Pliny records the fact th a t it was used to im itate all th e trans­ parent atones, especially th e ame* K E . 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INN NewYork Brancb08!ca. St V St, Waablnyton.S. 0. Kod@I D y sp e p s ia C u re Digest* what you eat. N O T I C E . Pursuant to «. resolution of tbe Council of the Village of Odarville, Greene County, Ohio,- adopted January is, 190i notice is hereby given, th a t' The Xenia,- Cedarvilie, . Jamestown and Wilrnington.Traction Com: pany has filed its application with the said villug council, asking the-ng’h t to construct operate and maintain u strett railroad, oyer and upon the fpllowing route, to-wlt: In the ’Village of- Ucdarviile/ - - Greene County, Ohio; Beginning a t the West t orporation line in thy ce-uier of Xenia,Htrect;—thence east* war,I over and upon saidstreet, to its inter- seition with .Main iatreet;—thenefe,souther- , )y over and'upon said Street to tho south corporal ion line, - ,-AnU fiiat said application is now on hie in the office of the Clerk of said' village and nniy’he acted upon l)y •tlie i-ounc-ii at any 1 -thill) after the expiration of three weeks 1mm and after tlie.first pphlicutlan of this n'otiqe j-irid up to Nebruary 10th, 1002 at 12 oc-lock noon, bids will fie received at the office of the village clerk/ the undersigned, for the rates of fare for carrying passengers . over the same and for the construction, o]K‘nition and maintenance of- said street railroad. "" , JOHN G. JlcCORKELL, * » Clerk of the 'Village of '. Cedarville, Ohio. J/nnary 13th; 1002. N o tice o f Appointm ent, . V • • , .. i f r • Notice ie hereby given that W. J, Tarbox has been appointed and quali­ fied as executor of- the estate oh^ffio lute Robert B, Harlnsou. ^ ' . J . N, D ean , Dec, 30^ ’01.. ’ Probate Judge, Notice ,5s hereby given-that Robert Hood bus been appointed and duly qualified us executor- ot the estate of VVm. H. Walker,-deceased., J . N, D ean ,- j Jan . 4, 1902. Probate Judge.. WANTED! Reliable man' for Manager of a Branch Office xve wish to open in this vicinity. Here is a good opening for tbe right man. Kindly give good reference when writing, - THE A. T. MORRIS WHOLESALE HOUSE, ifitNCINNATI, OHIO, Illustrated catalogue 4 eta stamps m. ftt &xOt»a Our m i n e e s p i r t w o t b f f T l r * t w e n t y - f i f t h We have are cl D e l i v e r e d b y ReT M . H o p p i r SUBJECT TEHP An Able Discourse on "Kil Ox." The Extracts taketf Give an Idea of its Si CASTOR I A F o r Infants* arid Children. HieKindYonHanAlwaysBengal Bears the Signature of i ChariesttmExpos!tlM. Low fares to Charleston, South Carolina, for the Interstate aud West Indian Exposition . am offered vis Pennsylvania Lines. - Two forms of excursion tickets-, season and fifteen day, may be obtained a t special rates. For information about tares aud trains consult E ,8. Keyes Tick**’ Agent. The brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners has nearly 100,000. members. Don’Hive Together. Constipation and health never go together,. DeWitt’s Little Early Riser* promote easy action of the how*, els without "distress. u l have been troubled with eostiyenesa nine years,1 isay* J ’. O, Greene, Depauw, Ind, f'l have tried many remedies, but Little Early Risers give best results ” The first cargo of Texas oil arrived last week in London, > . - - ASflnpte Core. Kra.,.Va Cold Cure, in eapaul* form, is easy to take and does not af-. feet the bead o t hearing like quinine. Try it today, F rite 25n. .Bold by <1, M, Ridgway. A mule named Misrioftriry Ridge died at Batavia, 0*» at the age of -W years, The- following is'froil ' preached by Rev; W aif ping of TJniontown, O .J question. I t is au exce but owing to the length taken extracts. - The* ar fished by request, Text: Exodus 21: 29l I f an ox belonging t<j should gore a . man or w(j they Hied then the ox sb add bis filesh shall not be the owner of the ox shalll -for he did not kubw ttfe| the animal, “But,” tfi goes on to say,. “ If the oij - to push With his born in it h a th , be^en testified 1 aud he hath not kept itl he bath killed a man then the ox shali be kil owner also shall be pil Now I think you vriU^sel of this regulation.^ Oxif i become vicious. In a tb | 1 UVrilhat of the Israelite: what damage a vicious . a.short time. The puil seem a little severe, yeti principle .that We recdg our: criminal laws. I tl guilty of . what might. h | vented I t is on the criminal neglect. I f ' I criminal. negligence a then you are quilty of eyes of the law and I thil mit it is a ju st regulati| known that* these oldi - form the basis of modern -Every law etudentshouj of Moses and lie will I great* principles of ecj them all. I t is said th have given uri our lanJ mans our laws and ths ligion, B u t tbe Jews tributed their share of j it is to one particular! of this principle that l | tentkra this morning this country- today aj running loose and 'thiij damage thrift all the , Israelites combined. Want to apply this p | ated by God through we cannot fix rsspoft^ of the depredations refer to that curse of I libation—the saloon] dertake to do this by propositions, which ' order, . , The first "one istl| ox is a dangerous will agree to this pnl hot half- so daogerovj Ten vicious oxen could not do b a lftl ^ open saloon. Some] that bu t le t us see. ' dollars and .cents mi] basis upon which, An ox running a t] good deal of dams£ ridm lt,, bu t the EigUrai show tha t tlj ishtng the criminal pftftper* and idiots | loons of *Ohio costs 090 every yeas-, P»td into the State t*| The saloon then w| jpe««0 account. of < , 099, This I* actu* ftnthing n f thri cofttl trial* made nrce^ar] ^ , j * a? v [ ' - If . ( hi * aid*'