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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
CONFEDERATE COATS.
History of the One Recently Placed in tn
.. National Museum.

History of the One Recently Placed In the
National Museum.
A gray coat has been hung in case
at the National Museum near the col
lection of relics of the Confcderacy.
This coat was q Confederate officers
coat, and though such garments were
worn by thousands of men less than
twenty-five years ago, they are regarded
as rare curiosties. What became of all
the old gray and butternut suits after
Appomattox is one of the mysteries
which those only can explain who have
made deep study Of the average life
and the final destiny Of suit of clothes.
This coat was presented to the museum
by o. w. Barron, of Danvilie. Va,
formerly Captain of Company H, Twen-
ty-fourth regiment Virginia infantry.
1t is the coat OF a Captain of infantry,
and is in a fair state of preservation.
Captain Barron, in d note which he
sent with the coat, said: Il bought
this coat early in the year 1868 in
Petersburg, Va. for $l3O in Confederate
currency, and kept the coat constantly
AA UhC "a hy "iUu AAC lh L lChCCt . ulNlo-
ion until that command was nearly all
captured at Five Forks, Just a short
time before the final surrender, and my
colored servant, who took care of my
clothes, thinking was killed, burned
the remainder of my baggage and car
ried this coat home to my father in
Henry County, this State, where got
it on my return from prison at John
sons Island. l seldom used the coat
except on occasions of dress parade
and reviews, or when sitting on courts
martial" The cloth, which is gray, is
not of very fine texture. 1t is frock
coat, with cuffs and military collar
faced with blue. The sleeves are en-
broidered with gold braid. There are
no shoulder-straps, but instead three
bars on the collar indicate the rank of
the wearer. The buttons are similar
to United States buttons, except there
is no lettering upon them. They have
embossed upon them the American
spread eagle, with the union shield
upon its breast, and surrounded bv a
galaxy of stars. Mr.. Howard Clark,
who has charga of the historical collec.
ton, expects soon to obtain possession
of coat of an engineer officer in the
Confederate service. Washington Star.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
A GREAT PROJECT.
An English View Of the Hudson Bay
Route from Canada to England.

An EnRllan Wow OF tine Hu08ON my
Route from Canada to England.
The commencement of railway
which will run northwards, from the
heart Of the Canadian Dominion to
Hudson Bay, again raises the question
of shipping route by way of Hudson
Bay and Strait to England. DR.. Bell,
of the Canadian Geological Survey.
when the matter was being discussed
some years ago, said that the proposed
route by rail from Winnipeg to Fort
Churchill, on Hudson Bay. thence by
steamer to England, would be twelve
hundred and ninety-one miles shorter
than the Montreal route, and abou'
seventeen hundred miles as compared
with the New York route.
Port Nelson, at the mouth of the
Nelson river, has been finally chosen
as the terminus of the proposed rail
way from Winnipeg. The mouth Of
the Nelson is reported to be open all
winter for twenty or twenty-five miles
up. owing to the tide. Its average
width for that distance up is about
three miles. At Seal Island. twenty
five miles up, there is capital harbor,
and water enough for any ocean
steamer. .
Hudson Bay forms the central basin
for the drainage of the northern portion
of North America; and of the many
rivers which flow into it from all sides,
about thirty are of considerable size.
The Albany and the Churchill are the
longest on the western side; but the
Nelson, with course of only about
four hundred miles, carries the largest
body of water down to the sea, and
may be assembled by small steamers for
about seventy or eighty miles. Before
the navigation of the bay was under.
stood, it was usual to take two seasons
for voyage from England; and the
Captain who was fortunate enough to
return the same year was awarded a
prize of fifty pounds. Since 1884, the
Canadian Government has received re.
ports from observers stationed along
the coasts of the strait and on the
islands as to the navigable nature Of
the bay and strait. Lieutenant Gordon,
in 1884 and 1885, seemed to be of
opinion that the bay and strait would in
ordinary seasons, SO far as ice and
weather considerations are concerned, !,
be practicable for Northwest trade by
tolerably well-built vessels for foui
months. The bay is reported rs navig.
able at all times, as it never completely
freezes over; nor does the strait, the ice
met with there being floe-ice from Fox'a
Channel.
The report of the select committee of
the Manitoba Legislative Assembly in
charge of the question, in 1885, was to
that effect that ports on the shores OF
the bay are open on an average from
four and half to five months in each
year to ordinary vessels, and that both
bay and strait seemed to be singularly
free from obstruction to navigation il
the shape of shoals or reefs, and during
the period of open water from storms
and fogs.
Should this shipping route by way o1
Hudson Bay and Strait to England
prove a practicable one, even for few
months in summer, it win enable the
Canadians to send US grain and produce
from the great Northwest ut even +;
cheaper rate than they they have been
doing hitherto. - Chambers Journal.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
PLEASANT WORK.
Why the Washington Fish Reservoir b
Cleansed with Unusual Thoroughness.

Why the Washington Fish Reservoir is
Cleansed with Unusual Thoroughness.
Immediately in front Of the Capitol,
on the west side, is large fish reser-
voir. 1t is probably sixty feet long by
thirty-five feet wide on the average, and
is probably eighteen feet deep at the
upper end and fourteen feet deep at the
lower end. 1t is shaped like an egg, is
built of stone, and catches the surplus
water from the springs beneath the cap
ital which supply the inhabitants with
drinking water. An iron spout pours
the surplus water into the reservoir in
constant stream. There Is a large
variety of fish in the reservoir, and lean
ing against the rails which surround it
may be seen, at nearly all times of the
day, crowd of spectators, for the water
is SO transparent that the fish may be
seen at any depth. During the past
week a body of laborers were engaged
for two or three days cleaning out this
reservoir. The water was turned off
and the fish taken out and placed in
vats. The bottom of the reservoir is
covered with stone and cement, but
on top of that was found mucous, a
slime of mud. moss and leaves, proba-
bly, three inches deep. The architect of
the hospital said that during the process
of cleaning the reservoir, although the
work was very heavy and unpleasant,
none of the duties about the hospital
were performed with greater zeal and
pleasure by the workmen. The reason
Of this was, he said, that the man who
cleaned out the filth often found good
deal of valuable treasure in it. Sena-
tors and Representatives are often seen
to throw dimes and nickles and fancy
buttons and scarf pins into the pool to
see the fish dart after them. The
reservoir is cleaned out about every
three months and there is found depos-
tied at the bottom of it almost a peck of
these little trinkets which are thrown
into it. and occasionally the workmen
receive very valuable "tips" for their
extraordinary labors. On one occasion,
it is said, a diamond ring and three or
four tive-dollar gold pieces were found
among the valuab'es. They had evil
IDENTIFY been cast into the pool by mis-
take. Washington Cor. Chicago Herald.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

Recently Albert Isaac, an Indian,
was hanged at Alturas, Cal, for muir
der committed about year ago. He
made no confession while in the Jail,
and said up to the last that he didn't
known anything about it. He rather
seemed to like the idea of being hanged.
In conversation with Rev. Griffiths he
said: "If l live have to work hard to
make my living; If die no work any
more" He was engaged most of his
time during his confinement in playing
SOLITAIRE" and said when he got on
the other side he would teach the game
over there. He ate harty dinner be-
fore being led to the gallows.-San
Francisco Call.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

The English court for crown cases
reserved has just decided curious point
in criminal law. One man aimed blow
at another, but missing him struck and
wounded woman. He was tried for
striking the woman and found guilty by
the jury. 1t was admitted that he did
not intend to strike her, and that the
blow was purely accidental. The court
sustained the conviction. Lord Cole
ridge explained that the prisoner Gin
tended to do an unlawful act, and in
doing it he inflicted the injury. The
intent to injure particular person is
not required" That is, the otfense is
made out if the assailant purposely and
maliciously strikes at one person but
hits anotu.r.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
LINCOLN MEMORIALS.



field House and Law-Omce.
John w. Keyes, formerly of Spring.
field, ILL.,, but now of this city, has
fitted up room which he calls tbe
''Lincoln Memorial Room" All of the
furniture was used by Abraham Lin
coin, either in his house or his law
Office in Springfield prior to his de-
parture for Washington, D. c., to be
! inaugurated President Of the United
States. In the collection there is the
old Office desk and bookcase, the old
inkstand. ten well-thumbed law-books;
one volume Of the statues of Indiana,
the first law.book that Lincoln ever
read, and which belonged to David
Furnham, his friend and compan ion in
Indiana from 1919 to 1881; one leaf
from his exercise-book and his boy
hood signatures; six hair-cloth parlor
chairs; one marble-top table; one
mirror set in q gilt frame; one hearth
rug; one walnut cupboard; the old
mahogany-veneered sofa which was
made by hand at Springfield iii 1887 by
Daniel E. Ruckel, on Mr.. Lincoln's g
order. and used by him until February,
1861; the old hickory chair in which he
was seated when informed OF his Il omi-
nation to the Presidency; one carriage
cushion and D photograph taken of
him in May, 1858, during the cele-
brated campaign between him and
Stephen A. Douglas. The photograph
represents him with his hair very much
rumpled. and the story in connection
Herewith is to the effect that when in
the photographers studio one of his
ffiends observed that his hair was
combed remarkably smooth. That's a
fact, he replied, "and the picture
won't look like me-" With that he
ran his hand through his hair and
made IL look natur al. 49,
Mr.. Keyes only began his purchases
some months back and has already
gotten together n creditable collection,
which he takes great pleasure in ex-
hibiting to his friends. Several letters
from William H. Herndon. Lincoln's
law partner, attest the genuineness of
q number of the articles Chicago
Tribune. ~l.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
One wholly failed to explode.

: "One wholly falled to explode.
But it is especially with reference to
transportation with an army that wood
powder possesses remarkable advan-
tages. 1t is well known what prccau-
tions are essential in order to protect
dynamite cartridges in pack trains from
projectiles which might strike them
and cause explosion. With cartridges
of wood powder this danger need not
be feared, since when they are placed
against iron plates, and struck by
bullets fired at distance of fifty
metres. they do not explode. Quar-
terly Journal Of the U. S. Military Serv-
ice
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
WOOD POWDER.
eaw-Dust Treated with Acids More Row.
erful Than Dynamite.

erful Than Dynamite.
Dynamite, long used as an explosive
in the engineer corps of the Belgian
army, has lately, on account of the
numerous difficulties attending its use,
been replaced by wood powder made,
at Canbille, near Peer, in the province
of Limburg, Belgium
The powder is simply aw-dust,
treated with mixture of nitric and
sulphuric acids, and afterward formed
under powerful pressure into cylindri-
cal or prismatic cartridges. These cart
ridges are prepared for commercial use
by covering them with paraffined paper,
which protects them from moisture.
The instantaneous production of the
gases arising from the primer and the
explosive, and the simultaneous action
of these gases in every direction, cause
the air in contact with the face surface
of the cartridge to act to some extent
as light tamping. and the power of
the explosion is directed to the other
face.
In comparative experiments made
upon rail with wood powder and dyn-
mite with cellulose, it was ascertained
that for equal weights charges of the
first substance were at least as po wer-
full as those of the second, and that the
results were more constant, more
regular.
In the experiments of rupturing
doubled beams. the maximum effects
were produced when the cartridges
were placed in the angles upon one
face of the beam.
Below are the results of the different
experiments in the rupture of double T
beams of wrought iron, with equal
weights of wood powder, of dynamite
with cellulose. of gun cotton and of
paleine of forty per cent:
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
A Juvenile Tilt.

First Boy-My pa blows horn in
the band.
Second Boy-That amt nothin'.
F. B.-Mischief it amt; moan your
your ole pa can do. My pa goes to
parties an picnics an your ole pa can't
go there. u.H
S. B.-Yes, an my pa is in the peni-
tentiary an your ole pa can't 60 there,
either. -ArkansaW Traveller. ~
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

There are three kisses in the world
of miscellaneous kisses which may be
counted true-the kiss the mother light
ly lays upon her baby's dewy lips, the
kiss the mother gives her boy as he goes
forth into the world, and the kiss we
press upon the still, pale lips of the
dead. All the rest are like the straw
berries in the bottom of the basket-to
be taken on suspicion. Chicago Jour-
nal.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
"A .tranpe accident hanpene,l !

"A strange accident happened to a
consignment of heavy cattle sold for
shipment to England. Rough weather
was encountered on the voyage. and
the stanchions to which the cattle were
tied gave way, forcing the stock to the
other side of the ship and causing 1T to
csreen so much that TO tighten the
vessel the cattle were thrown 0verboar I'd,
. loss Of $4,000. .a84
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

u-F. Carroll brewster, an eminent
Philadelphia lawyer, In recent letter
says: .'For ten years to come no man
should dream of studying law unless he
sees directly before him . certain OPEN
ing a. partner, helper or successor to
IN established and lucrative practice"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
A medical journal saws that ur

A medical journal says that un-
ventilated hats are great causers of
badness, and adds: "The beard never
falls out, because it has plenty of light
and air." All, well, you don't know
about that. If man began wearing a
beard as early as he wears his hair per-
haps by the time he is fifty his jaws
would be as bald as billiard ball. N
Y. Telegram.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

The main building of the New Or
leans Exposition was put up at auction
the other day. 1t cost over half y
million dollars. but the highest bid re-
ceived was 09.060.-M O. Times.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

Madness in cattle was once sup
posed to arise from distemper in the
internal substance of their horns, and
furious or mad cattle had their horns
bound with straw.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

"What furniture can give such finisA -
Q room, as Q tender woman's face," " askD
George Elliott Not any, we are happy 70
answer, provided the glow of health
tempers the tender expression. TAe pale,
anxious, bIoodless face of the consumptive.
or the evident sufferings Of the dyspeptic.
induce feelings Of sorrow and grief on our
part and compel us to tell them of DR..
sovereign remedy for consumption and
other diseases Of the respiratory system as
we'll as dyspepsia and other digestive
troubles. Sold everywhere.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

PLEASE remember that GLENN's SUIPHuB
Soar presents all the advantages of Sui
phur Baths at a cheap rate. Hills HAIB
AND WHIsKER DYE, Black or Brown, 50c.
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A New YoRK paper says the milk sold In
that city Is . white lie."
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For restoring faded and gray hair to it's
original color, use Halls Hair Renewer.
Sufferers from malarial disorders will find
q specific in Ayers Ague Cure. Try it.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

MusT your kitchen fire be of a dissipated
disposition because it goes out every nights
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

PIsos Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable
to use. 1t is not liquid or snuff. SOC.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

The skeleton man travels on his shape.
indianapolis Herald.
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DELICATE diseases of either sex, however
induced radically cured. Address, with 10
cents in stamps for book, Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

TALK is cheap-except through the tale
phone-NeW Bruns,cick Fredonia.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
Best Goods are Put in Smallest Parcels.

Best Goods are Put in Smallest Parcels.
The old proverb is certainly true in the
case of DR.. Pierce's pleasant Purgative
Pellets" which are little, sugar-wrapped
parcels, scarcely larger than mustard seeds,
containing as much cathartic power as is
done up in the biggest, most repulsive-look-
ing pill. Unlike the big pills, however,
tion-do not produce gripping pains, nor
render the bowels costive after using.
THERE are two things a woman likes to
get into papers-her front hair and her
pama.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

BACK PAY-Kicking book agent ont ef
your office.-Nerchant Traveller.
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=, The Texas SJfings suggests that this 10
the season OF the maiden all for lawn
tennis.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-29
Revs. Sam Jones and Small.

These two noted evangeiists clos
ed their meeting in Columbus, Miss,
last Sunday afternoon, the aggre-
gate number of conversions during
their weeks stay amounting to sew
eral hundred. The special CORES
pondcnt of the N O. Picayunc
makes the following report Of the
last two services held by Mr.. Jones :
On the close Of II o'clock services
an invitation to a who wished to
JOIN the Methodist Church to come
up and enroll their names was given,
and it resulted in eighty three peo-
pie responding, and in addition
some dozen or more who signitied
their purpose TO join the Baptist or
Presbyterian Churches.
AT the 3 o'clock service, for men
only, no foot Of the church, with
seating capacity for $500 people,
was unoccupied. lie preached on,
What is sown will he reapcd." He
poured the hottest shot ever heard
by this reporter into the sins special
to men, and on two occasions ap
plause rang throughout the church.
His familiarity by practice in his
sinful days enables him to reach
every known percuiiar sin. So tell
ing was his discourse this evening,
about one hundred, mostly old men,
gave their names for membership.
On the proposition to assist in the
defeat and the overthrow of whisky,
and again to lead u better life, the
entire congregation Of nearly 5000
men rose in response. There were
not eAct eding hundred unmoved.
Sobs were heard 10y the reporter sew
eral times. His power has never
been seen here before.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-29
The Carrollton Tragedy-Whisky
at the Bottom of 1t.
Cor. N. o. Christian Advocate.

Cor N. o. Christian Advocate.
There is one feature OF
this affair TO which | wish to call
especial attention. ! allude to the
part the demon whisky played in it.
A day or two after the shooting be-
tween the Brown negroes and Lid
dell, the writer met u young man
now living in Memphis, who former
ly lived in Carrollton. He had just
been on q visit to Carrollton, and
was there when the difficulty took
place. He told the writer of the
shooting, and when asked for the
cause, he replied that it grew ont oil
a drunken row between one Bob
Moore, a rather notorious character
among the drinking and sporting
class, and two negroes by the name
Of Brown. He said that Liddell and
his friends were all engaged in a
drunken frolic the night Of the
shooting between him and the
Browns.
Is it not a little strange that in all
The published accounts not one word
has ever been said about the part
whisky played in the difficulty ?
Why not turn on the light and let
the world know the truth? Saloons
have for a long time been the curse
Of the fair little town of Cairollton.
If there had been no saloon those
human lives would never have been
taken, and the name of the grand
old town would never have gone
forth with such a ghastly and indel-
IDLE stain. On the shoulders of the
saloon keepers and their partisans
who signed their license rests the
burden of this guilt that has gone
before the face of civilization. to
stain the fair name OF the great
State of Mississippi. 4.-
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-29
The Only Wlso and Tr,e

The last Summrt ), ntipel cont aims
a private l,t,crfr, IN Hon. H. ). Van
Eaton to the editor of 'ihst paper,
which is rot calculated 10 raise the
mem Der from the 9th district in the
estimation If !air-minded people.
In aLt'Tpting to justify his action
in voting adversely To the Blair Ed
Educational bill On piece of lcgisla-
lion which is of vital Importance to
he educational development 81 Mis-
,issip,i and other Southern states,
and which is supported by all the
rest of Mississippi's Representatives
and both her Senators). he charac'
terizes that measure as the Offspring
Of the brain OF q cunning, South
hating Yankee crank, its intended
evils many" and says substantially
that tie only difference between
himself and the other men who repre-
sent Mississippi in Congress was,
that he voted his convictions and
they didn't. The mean appeal OF
the dcmagogue to sectional prcju.
dices, which Mr. Van Eaton makes
in this letter, comes with all the