The Cedarville Herald, Volume 34, Numbers 27-52

•M* m OWN BLAC ifKrW } V f > a n r r ^ u r JL X T k M, & » 5 T H E cry day lhealth, U what s nth lurk jb sold* the boat vto cost, lot high JSEf Hill* of South Central Ohio, Funuah Many Sights of Inter- eat—Natural Scenery Beauti- ful and People of Qualities Different From General Run of Buckeyes —. Unsuspected ^Beauties, ( (By O. N, Potter.) Ed. In rU.S* 'ebster lodera toLit- eceral ubled. *V iter t V * ee . ilOTEL STAIRS ■ N T S . lor 1 e CUl- - ! ;h’ « * ‘•V'4 ^ . ' ; Bsafll You yellows on that catarrh- sgrlous rhoumatlgrnally level, toko rosiem and river bottom land, that have about ceased tp jtbtok. except In terms of wheat and corn, do you know you're getting the cereal germ, and,' u not taken m time, your cage la likely to develop Into a malignant , , form, of graln-atosus elephantiasis, with, maybe, complications, who knows. , ■ ■ ■,.■;■ ....... ' Supposing ypu cerebrate a little, for a change. Slough Off the Idea you've gotten, that your piano country was 1 about all the Almighty made during business hours, the rest being, a t most, but a skimp job tossed off after .the whistle blew. . Here, too. For but yesterday wo might have passed fop a thorough, In-bred fellow, chump of yours. Our thought of hilly country, In general, scarcely rose higher than that of Its ’ , being a species of creative Junk, eojn- ’ Ing under the head of unfinished busi­ ness; a sort of monument of miscal­ culation, as to thp amount of material needed—^Hke th e gob of dough which ' mother used to .shear off the 'rim, when ■ she clapped the lid on one of <■ those old-fashioned, orthodox, hunt­ ing-case, dried apple pies. B u t. by the grace of a ' camp life quting In the hills country of south­ eastern’ :Ohio, the scales have fallen from our eyes, In witness whereof we hereby rend our wuumua; yea, smite upon our manly breast, and pray the ther&putic g&all of that region' for his ' forbearance for the grevious ml»- judgmeht of a poor, pr'esumptous ofes. Rests the Work-Worn, ' For In the first place, the great Divine Economist'seehis to have made ■this apparently waste land one vast t sanitarium. There seems to be in the atmosphere a balm-like principle' which like a ’bread and milk poultice ■‘soothes to rest the ’work-worn, nerVc- torij spirit; and a buoyant something about It that makes the tenderfdot feel like he had thrown ou t abou t a, ’dofcen sacks .of ballabt. . “Probably for the reason that thp altitude, is above ,„the fog level, we noticed rjoo barndoors demoted, to, Emancipation^ proclama­ tions by one Dr.^Chronloua Roomatto,- nor; in dll, our sauntering*,' did we see a single crutch, except a couple 00 - , caslphed by 1 the recent reciprocity monkey, business, which were in use ' by a pair Of political lame ducks. . Also* owing perhaps to 1 the marked •freedom f of the .atmosphere from i moisture,'* breathing as executed by the typical Hlliiepn, still corned under the »p}ossification accorded,' It In the , old district school phyiiialogy, of One Mr. ’Brown "involuntary action." So ‘f a r as-ywa. eould pbserye, If ba&-ajj* ’ ^ •’*» >■kQ - " * * ~+* ** , Berry Crop of Wonderful Pro­ portions and Shipments Are Made to Entire Section of the Country Surrounding — Clim­ ate Delightful, and Region Adapted for Playground Vacationists, l* o f possibility a. Nasal Twang were- tp get off the reservation and meander up hero It would no t be recognized:. Without Its Identification card. And the catarrhal-, note, so familiar on the lower levels of Ohio and other states, like Addle proctor's "sound of a great amen," in these pa «, still belongs to Earth’s lost chords, g u t of course, .it is unnecessary to state, there Is no rdward up for Its recovery, * /The scenic beauty of this section of the state, albeit as yet largely an un­ discovered treasure, is, we are con­ vinced, one of the state's g reat assets.- However, that is sometimes difficult to bring down to the comprehension of one who has mostly been accus­ tomed to 'measure values by the bushel. And perhaps worse:yet is, in addition, Infected with an Ingrowing soul, whose horlson ■ is bounded by a well-filled wallet. ' The outline of the hill's, escalloped on the, distant sky-line; the play of the shifting shadows which they cast; the gracefbl/ roads that wind, and wind, about their, wooded slopes; and, above all* the delicate blue, dreamy haze of (he distance, which like a bridal veil depends from th e ir' brdws, softening the somber Jutting rock, or charred trunk until, like the 'moles on the cheek of the fair one, In place of the disfigurement, IS seen the. witching "complexion ap t.” “ Riches of the HUla, But there's a commercial resource In the Hills, the actual—to say noth-, ing' of the potential—riches of which one, would scarcely- credit. It lies a lo n g , berry- vegetable and fruit lines, iriany of these products being exceptionally proltfii, and of suprlaipg fllivor. - We, saw a' potato’vine on or­ dinary hSU clay which bad attained a height of over eight foe. Beaches and' trees spring from cftslaway seeds* or "can be propagated from 'twigs stuck In the ground, and vines (Spread like scandal. AmiOff the wild 'grapes airy alt up ‘<attd fake notice—Ja mighty Interesting tb the students of human­ kind, nmby o f ..their self-evolved ox* ' jiediettta being besides, of .practical- value, i t adopted In other .sections of the country,; • A Kean Wl.tte P*opte» Being Isolated from ., othefs, and compelled to use their Own Wits, has,; mode them unnaturally keep, as i f did the sight and hearing of tho J3oero on the.; wide yeldt .'isf. South .Africa,-, They seems 'tahava.. jjj ; their own per*,: ponat noggin,’ and always on tap, the knowledge for fvery emergency In their wants, Requiring little help-’ from the doctors in getting Into the world—and out of It, to 6 ;.;f 0 r;.' th a t matter—ihoy -are, H.\t .course, of them­ selves, equal to the occasion, a t other times. . you can't lose them -■■$*&'- woods..' They . have, apparonUy. the instinct, of locality, like animals, * except-they seem:.,to tell the points' of ■ the ram pass, by tlie bark of trees, 1 The chicken crop .Jown^jjon’ is as sure ns the porn on the Miami' hot- , .ten's, a solution of (-operas, and some- t thing,'soon making life not wortl> Hying for the pip gevsn—which- la sup- phT*d;' to-be -insuraBto^ any girl, in tho hills, above the {>th lV, ',,, ~~' 'grade, in anlmal-etics, who can the hill country, too, Is Us folk, who | a stving of traps. Is supposed ure little less picturesque, in those , to be more than a match, In cunning— times, when everybody seems to be in 'In his* poultry depredations—for Mr. a scramble to become a'member in i Fox, to say nothing of such amateurs good standing of the Mutual Imitation as B’.cr, mink and weazri. T h e P ic tu re sq u e .H ili-Polk, A piquantly Interesting feature o f ; is a blue variety reminding ond of the "fox" grape of Pennsylvania, which is almost as large as the do­ mestic Delaware. . And berries, especially the wild,, blackberry, run rldt. The traffic In It alone is becoming a matter of Inter­ state commerce. Shipments this year were made as far as Cleveland and Muneie, Ind. And the industry which It is developing Intp is almost incred­ ible to one who has his Ideas of the wild variety guaged to the patch where. In distributing the crop, little Johnny’s head-piece and the maternal apron constitute the transportation facilities,. The product which Is worth more than her wheat and corn crops, en­ ters Into the livelihood calculations of l.O'OO to 1,500 persona In and about Balnbridge, which la only one of many pdirtts from which It Is shipped, -The yickLfrom the almost unnbtlcable openings In the woods, where • the- .vines can get A hold, .reaches 30 bushel to the acre. The amount* ware they given sufficient opportunity, woul& he something astounding* Hand Society and become. ' three-fourths somebody else, how refreshing it is to find a people so •little trammeled with conventionality. The women in their table manners, might be' a little rusty, as regards Hardeo's Tactics, on -the employment of tho knife and fork, or t.he proper rotation. of spoons in Neither do the Hills people, as do those In supposedly .more agricultural­ ly enlightened sections, plant any-- thlng over, on account of the destruc­ tion of the seed, by Insects. They plant the Insects. One pld-tlmer, who hag go far followed Solomon’s advice to- "consider her ways and we wise” ownera sell their crop to pickers- at two cents a gallon, or the latter get from $1,00 to $1.00 per buehCl as' the season advances, a- day?* picking ruh- nlng from ope, to fwp bushels; ft cost as cents a per bushel to? .express them as far a* Columbus, and -they bring at times, a*, puch -points $4.i)0 per- bushel. -■ ‘ ’ Some “Patch." , Tlie patch-comprise*; about a doien counties, extending ffhm Cfiucinnuti to the Virginia line, hnU from the Ohio river as fk r north *sf Balnbridge, openings In the woods running ax' «at- ’ *’ ' lJi i 1- ... | LO C A L A N D P EW O N A L. | FOB SAIiFTCHEAP: Goodphae- ■' tori buggy. Itiquire at, tbid office. WANTED; Boarders by the weak, day or meal. ' Call arid seo Plume 94. Mrs, O, JMI. Harris The paper mill was closed down the first of the week owifig to the failure of coal shipments to arrive. Mrs. Jeannette —Eskendge haaj Mr. Fred Fields of JUima waa a t moved into, the house vacated by home overlSabbath. Mr. H. B. Hitchcock, ... Miss Mary Bastings le ft / this j inortilngfor New Conco rd io rav isit and two With relatives. r . \ . fnitpre Yemeni (Hiding Mr. Joseph Brotherton and wife ofOCehia spent Sabbath with friends here. Mr. Wm* Blair and wife and Mrs. James McMillan and sons spent Tuesday near London with Ml*. Eeal Caldwell and wife. Bev. W. J< Sanderson, wife daughters, left today for a Weekis visit a t Utica. „ . . . . . . Miss' Alberta Creawoll has heen Mr. Charles Gilbert, and wife of jx, attendance a t a Y . W. C. A. con* South Charleston spent Sabbath ferenco in Granville, with Mr. J . W f Johnson and family, j __________ _ j Miss Wilmah Spencer returned Mrs. John Benham returned to home Monday evening after a visit hh t home iu Dayton this morning in Dayton, after a visit of several weeks with 1 relatives. —LOST; A robe between the cov ered bridge.and town. Finder please notify this offlee. • Mrs, J . F. Puffer and s6ri, May­ nard, are visiting In Washington V. H . Miss Helen Puffer is the guest of Springfield relatives. ^. tarn. B 1 OHIO Mr. D. S, Collins,( afte r a visit of several weeks with hts many rela­ tives and friends, returned to his home in Alamosa, Colo., Monday1. The teachers of this vicinity havo bfeen attending the annual teachers' institute in Xenia this week. Both the town and townsllip schools open ntxfc Monday. Mr. Charles Coulter arid wife of Oxford have been guests of Mr. B, B. Barber and family for several days, the forntor returning home Tuesday* . 4 relia* in, lit- f-J Jg Siitato ♦ tb ari ih to fa-i large# [i k n Mrs, Arina Morton, accompanied by h e r, daughter, Miss Grate, and Miss Bertha Anderson,, le ft'W ed ­ nesday for Detroit, Mich,, where they Will enter a domestic science school in th a t city. .Mrs, Morton has a position In the school while the two ladles will take the regular course,. 'tfK■?» LAZYLIVER «I*#4dM«Ml* to «oM tout 1 wwldwolk » WrilicrSt IWMttojblbd m*M»* aeitwltk tenik 1 ltM *x4 heto*«i«. XoV *lne» C mm UM*ctwdrC«thkttl« I tMl ■ttirtanehUltit I »h*ltMHtixto neammilto »h*ui to m# tiUrni* ««fti tott h*»* «»»*«■" ^ , A*»**Mt*(rt,Osbonmu go, t, r*u riir»r,KWfc wamnwK *9 0 * S'.“Rr Stnn«ybMS, , ftodlsg MmtHtif C«»,Chi«»*ee* W ttimtmwt MtuoK «xt* Mr. Samuel Rankin and wife of McKeesport, Pa., are being enter­ tained aj: the home- of Mr. C. N. Btuckey.u Mrs, Win. Marsh, nee Minnie Hill, and daughter of Miami, Florida, who have been m New York City, visited Mr, nnd Mrs. J . H . Mllburn and Mrs. G. \V. Harper, Wednesday., SCHOOL SUPPLIES Pens, pencils, slates, tablets, sponges, book straps, lunch boxes end baskets e t Bird’s Mammoth Store* Bonano is ju s t the appetizing good ness of fully matured tropic-ripened bananas—the choicest tha t grow ~*drledTroasted, lragrant beverage. No adulteration, no artificial color­ ing or flavor. Try Bonano a week or two, You Will enjoy Its good effects from., the first. You will like i t better and botterwheri you find ths true flealtli vfclue of the drink tha t really brace- es—without letting y’ou down again Mr. S. O. Hale, for feovetal years clerk of the Greene County Court, has gone to South San Diego, Cal., where 1m has beett appointed prin­ cipal of the schools in th a t city. The venerable Robert Ford, who has beeri a cripple for Beveral years, was taken worse Thursday after­ noon with a sligh t paralytic stroke, Deputy Sheriff Frank A. Jackson' is taking a week's vacation and is spending p a rt of tho time a t home aud pa rt of it in Columbus, Mayor Bowlus and son of Spring-* field visited the Marshall melon patch Sabbath and took supper tha t evening with Mr. Wm. Marshall and family, ■ -CAB OF POTATOES*. Ifyou need any for winter Use I will have s c a r here about October 1. Lowest market price, Wm. Marshall* Mr.THpward McGaffiok of Bearer, Fa„ is visiting Ernest and Wehdall Foster of Clifton. ‘ Mrs. G. H. Gresweltyafter a visit of several weeks In Colorado and Illinois, has returned home. 'Mr. Fred Barber has returned to New York City after Spending his two week's vacation a t home. ■ Bev. J . S. E . MoMichaal and fam ­ ily left Tuesday morning for Piq.ua Where they Will spend two weeks vacation. . ' * R*infall 4.48 inches, tip to date* 1911, 22,99inohes; percent sunshine, 4>5; clear days 10; cloudy dayB, a; part cloudy, 9; range of tempera­ ture, 18 degreesj average tempera­ ture 80 degrees; highest temperature 94 degrees, 94 degrees; lowest tem- perture COdegrees. This was a very hot month. * - Samuel Creswell, Observer,- ■ For Insomnia; Those who are un­ able to Bleep find a. bstofe-retiring cup of Bonano promptly induces restful, refrestfdl slumber. Mrs. Anna H ill autT Mr. Frank H ill of Bouth Charleston spent Bab- bath with Mr. John MoFarlamd and family. Mrs. W.M. Hatbison went to Cin­ cinnati "Wednesday morning for' a week’s visit with her son, Robert, and family, Mr. Hugh Niabefc •£ Louisville, Ky., has been the gusutof his broth­ er, Mr. J . H. Nlsbet arid family this week, ‘ "■ . Mr, W. L. Olemans and son, Fred, were in Columbus, Wednesday, a r­ ranging for the la tte r’s entrance into the Ohio Stato. University, Where he will study dentistry. Word from M r.H . M,Barber, who is traveling In tho West and has ju s t left Yellow Stable National Park, is th a t he rode in a bus la s t Friday on a thirty-four mile drive through snow and hail. Bush con­ ditions In tlie West mo doubt ac­ counts for the present drop in tern- porature here. The ^ issep McNeill* who have been spending several Weoks vaca­ tion a t their home m Belle Centre, are expected home tlie first of tho week. , Mrs, W,. E . "Putt suffered a sprained atikle Thursday while leaving tho depot in Dayton where sh« had goho to a ttend 'tho M. E. Conference, Dr, Putt having gOrio the day previous. A former ac­ quaintance happened to bo walking “ fisln i* Pickling Vlnogar” re­ quire* no boiling. Prepare your pickles as usual. Pour tho vine­ gar over cold and your work Is done. Price £5 e per gallon, For sale at Bird’s Mammoth Store. A sa matter of'diversion ns well as whatproiitm ight be gained irom i t the E ditor engaged’in the chick* on business some months ago on a With her when the accident hap- /small scale On March 6th eleven period. She was taken to the wait­ ing room where the Injured member was dressed, Dr, Putt was sum­ moned ami accompanied her home, time And again on Thursday. chickens were hatched from thir teen eggs, On Tuesday a pullot from this hatch laid ,for the first Aft Mr, L. H. Wulienberger meeting them in Xsnfa. Dr, Putt returned to Dayton this morning. will be seen this pullet will not be six months old until tho 0th of next month. Mr. 0,L. Smith returned Thursday from Lethbridge, Canada, where he lias been looking After hla Wheat harvest. Mr, Howard Cotry haft the crop this year, about ?Qh Acres and the first cutting was started Monday. Mr. Smith states th a t both winter and aprlhg wheat can be raised Iu th a t section. Ju st as soon as the wheat is harvested a North Dakotian, who has rented the land for next year will sta rt hla steam plows and sow the winter wheat. Mr, Smith brought lamples of wheatand oaf! raided on his land and states tha t land is constantly advancing in value. C A S T O R I A Por Xn&at* and Children. TheKindYouHawAlwaysBot# Bears the Signature of urally jo .briers as a hog lot to Jtm- son. This town of ,1,'OQO.- during th. season, from, four to six weeks, be­ ginning about July jst„ looks like thi otrth-piaqe of the Prophet, a t th. time of the pilgrimage. COmmlsslor men from Cincinnati, Columbus Springfield and .such cities arc here'' dickering buyers sellers, and pickers throng ■ the streets and, camped, along the roads, are- berry-seekers from, a s ’ fa r back ag gcventy-flve miles. I t is estimated that by 'express’, anil over­ land. during the height of the season, the out-put from m tnbrlge alone, to APporxirimtety 400 bushels pm* day. WEATHERREPORT. a several course' spread. And th ey ,that he has out-generalod the ant- wouid be very likely, if. one were of- •the brains of the insect Confederacy— •'ered them,, to side-step the finger’iin its depredations-on hi* seed corn, howl, thinking possibly “it was some; sends them to their long home, by 'jew, conceit In shaving mugs; but jthe 20th Century Limited, , Via the they could mightily quickly—without (solution of May-apple root, route.,But 1 divining-rod—locate the storm cen- j about the slickest and cheapest ex- “er In a colicky baby. Alio, they [pedlent to circumvent the capers of night utterly* default, if called upon ] the late frosts, In the apple orchard •o- tell off-hand most any cube root ] business, 1s that of an Old Hills rou might mention;, hut which to J couple, who opine that anyone who nore to their purpose, they cobid tell ? q \ i ; right off the bat, what 1 s "golden eal" root, and worth $j.B 0 a pound; '*r glngeeng—$ 8.00 per - ■pound—-In athertng -wh'cih a t odd times, some C them realize $150.00, "a ‘year. And which seems to be a feat th a t often puts to sleep thpir wise city ta'unlers—• they have na difficulty In telling you* without eating It to see.- exactly what mushroom will prove*fata), The plant and animal loro of these "brothers, to the Wilderness"—which, is enough to took#* a professor of xoolpgy ar.tl boi­ ls without th is ,fru it every year in this climate, needs to have his head, treated, a* well as lj,s trees. It con- .4 stots in extemporizing a refrigerator 'll about’the roots of the trees, by rolling snow down the hill to them, and cov- . ering It with straws ■ and hoards,. thus keoplng back the blooms. Rather move feasible, on,the score of expense,, af least, wouldn’t you' think,' their, plan, of cooling off the trees, than the agricultural college plan, of heating' up oil put-doors, by putting a' stove between every four trees, t * , " a ir> > 1 * I can give you the best prices on any quantify of Ice cream. Marshall. A jury before Magistrate Jackson last Friday rendered a verdict of $20 In favor of Crouse and Bull against Homer G. Wade of Springfield, as damages bn the rental of a store room in 1909. The jury consisted of D. Bradfute* Joseph McAfee, 0. M. Harris, J . H . Tarbox, J. B. Cooper, J , H. Nlsbot. 1 -POTATOES FOR. SALE*, If you tire in need of potatoes for winter use, engage them early. Car due here about October 1st, at prices the lowest the market affords* Wm* Marshall. HOUSE FOE RENT to fee Mrs. Z. T. Phillips, Miss Irene' McClellan left Thurs­ day tor Xndfanapolis. Mr.. John Stewart accompanied by his mother, went to. Cincinnati last evening where the former will enter the College of Music. Mrs. Stewart oxpects to retrirn home this evening. Mrs. H , H. McMillan'is expecting a vit it from Miss Alfaretta Ham­ mond, who reeeutly returned from Egypt as a missionary. Miss Ham­ mond has bees visiting in Pennsyl- vanin. • ; Mr. Frank Bird, who lias been viBltlng hi» parents for several weoks expects to leave Saturday morning for Los Angeles, Cal., where he has been located for near­ ly five years. The illustrated article lu- this is­ sue, “God’s Own Blackhorr^ Patoli1 by O. N. Potter, was taken from the Springfield Daily News .and gives a complete description of the “ black­ berry country,” We are greatly obligated to the Dolly News io t the Cast and to Mr. Potter lor tho privi­ lege of using tlie a rtic le / 'Word has been received here o t the death of Mrs. Nancy Stevenson, widow of the late T. P. Stevenson,, a t the home of her daughter, Mrs. Taylor in Indianapolis. The. de­ ceased was 8? years of ago nnd waa a Bister ot the late S. B. Conwell In Xenia. Two Bisters survive, Mrs. G. F. Gowdy, Xenia, and Mrs. Car­ oline Wilson, of t h i r place* The funeral services will he held Friday morning a t ten o’clock froril Trinity church, X en ia., Mr. Clayton McMillan returned from Abbington, Va., Wednesday evening after a short visit with Rev, and Mrs. Jason McMillan. Mrs. McMillan w ill remain some time yet. David Hughes, 72, Civil War vet­ eran, fell from a pear tree last Fri­ day evening a t his home npar Yel­ low Springs, brenkirig hla neck. Death was almost Instantaneous. He is survived by a wife and eight children. The funeral was held Sabbatlf afternoon. , BOY’S SCHOOL SUITS Vila have a largo quttibor of Boy* Straight Cut Knbo Pant Suit* wo *ro *«6riflclng Most of thorn *rA winter weight* Just what you need right now. We offer Boy’* $ 5 Suits* tor $ 3 .7 6 $ 3 .6 0 SUH* for $3 .66 ; $ 3 Suit* $2 .35 ; $2*60 Suit* $1.08. Straight Out Knee Pant* $1 grade, 69c; 75e grade 48o val­ ue, 48c5 SOOgrade 39o Bird’s Mammoth Stor*. «*»W**M9W VffMI mtedNstrV' ,Wn#t 'O* Hi M* to D||«uih*»*H After two years, illness* Mr. Alex­ ander Ferguson, prominent Greene county farmer but of late years a resident of Xenia, died Monday a t midnight a t his homo m that. city. The deceased Was 70 years old and was from a pioneer family, being the son of William Ferguson. H-e was married to Lydia Martha Kyle lit 1801 and a wife and live children survive; Mrs. Charles Turnbull, of this place; Bev. Nell Ferguson, Al­ buquerque; Mrs.’ Lillian Hogue, Springfield; Walter of tlie Fairfield pike and Prof. Fulton Ferguson of Yale. Tho funeral was held a t the second U. P. church, of which he was a life lung member, Thursday afternoon. ISBEIIITI n in tM iw i i i r t VillaCream WUUrely •radical** ftttklto, noics, b l ack beads, seniram_*ndfew r e g t 4 » ri« * dissstod, I blotched, roi«h Midoilf' skin la the m*b»e«s m * deUceo?ofremth. There himeMbSIHttteforthisssp*riori»»m* lsssarMHirsUati, Thelift swrst atthsWtvrM’s srtow*i>kln Speaulst. Atsll Dnuvtswer ntslleA nr Moents, Sj*eol«J t>reMtiUe« snd ^ • a S w * - . - Hungarian Wadding (iuslorn*- Jn Hungary wedding presents aro . only given to poor couples to help them to get their home together* Tho girl friends of a well to do bride show attention by -making cakes for the marriage feast, but of gifts there is none. There is no wedding cake either, but each guest receives a kind of sweet cake of the substance of cracknel biscuits, made in the form of a ring about ten’ inches in diameter. Merely a Temporary Disadvantage. The widow -had just announced her engagement. “But, my dear Maria/’ said her friend, Kyou don’t mean' to tell me- that you intend marrying a man you’ve only known for two -weeks ?” “Oh, yes,” said the happy widow. “I can easily overcome tha t objec­ tion in time. ' I liope to know him tolerably well after' we have been married a couple of years.’31—Har­ per's Weekly. Tha First Carpets. Carpets and ruga arc of eastern origin and are of unknown an­ tiquity. They were made at first for useful rather than for orna­ mental purposes and were em­ ployed for sitting or., reclining ns well «3 f o r ' kneeling in religious devotion. Tho carpet manufacture appears to have been introduced into France from Persia during the reign rf Henry IV,—New York American. Tao Much le Forget. “Why don’t you Marry Miss Fiflyfore?” “I object to her past.” “But surely her past is all right.” “I t ’s all right, but there’s such an awful lot of it.”—Stray Stories. FOB SALE: Anglo reading lamp. ‘ M, W. Goillns. Silverberg’s STYLE SHOP !Gor* Maip & Limestone Sts, Springfield, Ohio* ! !Will open on or about Sep-; > tember with a full line of ; Women’s, Misses and Chib ] dren’s ready-to-wear ga r- ; ments. Send us your name and address ami; I will show you how 10 save money, i D&n’t delay but get aeqainted* ; WM . S ILV ERBERG A , t, 16 , i