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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
French and German Artillery.

In a long article ON the reorganiza-
tion OF the German artillery the
Deutsche Heeres Zeitung makes an
interesting comparison. Tho French
artillery" 1t says, ''has ten thousand
more horses than the German artillery
In time Of peace. Its officers are
numerically superior. A longer time
OF active service enables the French
artillerymen to acquire a more COM
plete instruction. The French possess
a shrapnel similar to that of the Ger
mans, and they have powder that ex-
plodes almost without noise and with
out smoke. The secret of this powder
Is difficult to get at, because 1t rests in
the method Of its manufacture and not
In the composition OF It's substance.
Finally, The ballistic qualities OF the
French cannon render 1t superior to
the German cannon. The French mate
rial Is heavier than the German, and,
although the horses are more numer-
ous the German horses are more
vigorous" s4 ls7 Il
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
The Presidents Mess.re.

The inaugural address of the Great
Rock Island Route, tt.c Chicago, Kansas
and Nebraska Railway, is to announce
that on November 18th solid vestibule
trains will be run between Chicago and
Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo,
without change, making close connection
at the above point with all trains for
SAT- Lake, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
fortiand, Oregon, and all points west
and at Kansas City and st. Joseph east
ward for Chicago, st. Louis and all points
east, north and south. These royal
trains, consisting of Pullman sleeping
cars, restful reclining chair cars and
magnificently furnished day coaches,
were built expressly for this service by
the Pullman Company, and are without
question the handsomest ever turned
out by that famous establishment. The
reclining chair cars spoken OF are free to
all holders of first class tickets, and q
courteous attendant will be found with
every car to attend to the wants of our
patrons. Ask your nearest ticket agent
for ticket via the Great Rock Island
Route, or write to
JOHN SEBASTIAN,
Genl Ticket and Pass. Agt.,
Topeka, KaS.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
Largest Flume in the World.

The fume that conveys the water
from the mountains to the reservoir at
San Diego, CAL, is So miles long. and
is made OF redwood. In the course Of
the aume there are 3l5 trestles, the
longest OF which is 1,7OO feet in length
and 80 feet high. This is the Los
Cochos trestle. The Sweetwater
trestle is 1900 feet long and s. feet
high. The main timbers used in these
trestles are l0x10 and 8x8. They are
put together on the ground and raised to
their positions by horse power. There
are eight tunnels In the course Of
the fiume, the longest of which is 2,100
feet In length. Tho tunnels are 6x8
feet In size with convex.shaped roof
ing. Each mile of the fume required
on an average $50, 900 feet Of lumber
for its construction, and the red wood
used In the box is all two inches thick.
The San Diego hume is pronounced by
men experienced In such enterprises to
be the largest ever built In the world.
So stupendous was the undertaking
that at its conception many declared
that 1t could not be built - Mechanical
NetUs.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
MOORISH AGRICULTURE.
How xand-Rents and Farm Labor Az
Paid in Morocco.


How xand-Rents ana Farm Labor A.,
Paid in Morocco.
In the course Of o report recently
laid before Parliament on the agricult-
ure Of Morocco, the British Consul at
Tangier remarks on the prejudice OF
the Government against the exporta-
tion of grain, which is carried to such
an extent that shipments between two
Moorish ports are not allowed. The
ground Of the prohibition is that the
price Of bread, which forms almost the
only food Of the poorer classes, would
rise so as to bring the people to the
verge of starvation. There are no
roads properly so called, and there
fore the transport of grain by land Is
very expensive, so that the price varies
greatly in districts comparatively close
to each other. The quantity of seed
sown in each district is only what is
judged sufficient for the wants Of the
immediate neighborhood, and when
the season is good the crop will some
times not repay the cost OF cutting.
Within sight Of Europe, and only four
or five days by sea from London. the
consul has seen fields Of corn aban-
doned because they would not be worth
the cost Of harvesting. In the Tangier
district much Of the land is govern
ment property, being held by a
kind of military tenure; near the
towns and among the hill tribes,
mosques and other religious institutions
have considera BILE endowments in real
property which have been bequeathed
to them; many Moors also own large
properties, but a considerable portion
Of the land is held by small farmers on
description Of metayer tenure, one
quarter Of Il Q crop being paid to the
landlord. Labor is paid on the same
system, the plow-man receiving fifth
Of the crop, q certain quantity of corn
for food while working and pair Of
shoes. For this pay he plows the land,
tends pair of oxen, sows, reaps and
threshes. When there is heavy yield
Of corn, and speed in harvesting is de-
sirable, the custom is to call all the
villagers in for one day to do the work
without pay. The price Of agricultural
labor is about ninepence day for men
and half that for women. Native farm
ers are averse to manuring the ground,
alleging that it only causes the crop to
be choked by weeds. Rotation of crops
is practiced, barley, peas, beans and
lentils alternating in dry ground;
wheat, beans, millet and maize on
colder ground. In formeryears Moors
used to take pride in breeding good
horses, and certain localities were eel
ebrated for the excellence of their
breeds. But the art appears to be now
lost. The ideal barb is scarcely to be
met with, but there are still numbers
OF really good horses in the country.
Wealthy Moors will pay higher price
for fine mule than for a good horse.
Camels are the pack animals and dom
keys for lighter loads.-Frank Leslie's
Weekly.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
A wIDE-oPEN SECRET.

Bob Burdette Breaks . Lance in Defense
OF Everyday Intelligence.
The London Ne,os prints long ar
ticle on ''The Secret of Long Life"
Gammoa; there's nothing secret about
that. If you live to be hundred
years old, the fact will be in every
paper in America as long as you live
and for q century after you die. It's
about us much Of secret us cam
paign song or diplomatist's letter.
And speaking Of diplomats. isn't it a
comfort to plain, common people, who
haven't much sense and manage to get
along fairly we'll with so little, to
learn, after all, that these great states
men and diplomats, who are supposed
to be the sole custodians of great and
weighty secrets and whom we have
been taught to revere as beings some-
what little lower, in intellectual de-
velopment and general knowledge, than
the angels, but immeasurably superior
to comrncn people, are only great so
long as they stand on their pedes-
tails, with one hand in the breast
of their coats, and look wise, and
shake their heads solemnly, and smile
with an air OF superior but patient
wisdom, and say nothingP All,
brethren, after all, If we should take q
notion to kill of all the wise and great
people one Of these days when we have
nothing else to do, don't you know the
plain people, who haven't much sense,
and who don't know much, and who
can't assume the attitude OF q states
man, or a diaplomat-you've seen the
attitude in portrait galleries, it's the
Portrait Of o Gentleman" petrifaction
don't you know they would sit in the
high places and sit among the elders
in the gates, and Judge the people quite
as we'll and make as few mistakes, and
no more foolish ones, than do the wise
menp Come to look at it, don't you
think-honestly now, don't you think
we would get along ever so much bet
ter, in every way, II the wise men
didn't kick the fat into the fire
every now and thenp It's easy
enough to get along with a fool; he
can't do much harm, because we sus-
pect him and watch him all the time.
But the wise man, who assures us that
he knows every thing, and never did,
and never will, and indeed never can
make mistake, he is the fellow who
commits the big blunders when we are
least expecting 1t, and the rest Of us
have to smart for 1t, while the wise
man continues to look as wise, and in
fact to be as wise, as ever. Away with
the wise man. Give us a fool who
knows something. For "the wise
mans eyes are in his head; but the fool
walketh In darkness, and myself per-
ceived also that one event happeneth
to them all. Then said in my heart,
as 1t happeneth to the fool, 30 it hap
peneth even to me; and why was then
more wise."-Robert v. Bu,oette. in
Brooklyn Eagk.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
cHINA's FIRST RAILROAD.

Openlng Of tho Chlna, Tslsntsln y K,Mp-
- Nd. Railway ~ a Hung Chang.
This railway, the first built by the
Chinese Government and as yet the
only one, was opened recently by H. E.
Ii Hung Chang; this was the official
opening, but the line has been worked
for considerable time on its Tang
shan branch, and within the last month
or two regular trains have been run
ming upon both the Tientsin and Tang
shan branches.
The whole mileage is 86A miles, with
10 miles Of siding, or 20 miles from
Tientsin to Tong-ku, which lies on the
bank Of the Peiho, opposite Taku, and
68A miles from Tong-ku to Tang-shan,
near the city of Kaiping. The rails
are bull-headed fange fastened with
claw spikes to sleepers; these last are
not creosoted, as is the case at home;
it is found that the wood stands rs we'll
in it's natural state as creosoted timber
would, the life Of a sleeper here being
quite equal to that OF those used on
home lines.
The points are worked with the SIM
pie old-fashioned hand switch, COM
plicated system Of interlocking being
quite unnecessary, and, indeed. quite
unsuited for use by Chinese employees;
the signaling is equally primitive, q
red and white hand flag completing
the equipment Of the signal man. All
the carriages and trucks are connected
by American spring buffers and claw
couplers. and the whole makes long
and more or less imposing train.
The whole journey Of about 100 miles
is completed in five and half hours.
The fares are very reasonable, 81. 80
covering the expense of first-class ac-
commodation; the line is evidently very
popular, and large numbers of Chinese
travel by it daily.-North China News.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
Wabash Western Railway.

Shortest and quickest line st. Louis to
Kansas City, st. Joseph, Council Bluffs,
Omaha, Denver, San Francisco and Port
land. Three solid trains daily to Kan
sas City, equipped with free reclining
chair cars and Pullman buffet sleeping
cars. Pullman buffet sleeping cars run
through to Cheyenne via Kansas City
and Denver. For further information
call on or address ED. SWIFT,
Southern Passenger Agent,
SO w. 4th street, Cincinnati.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
HEAoAoHe CURES.
what . sc. Louis Druggist and Chemist
Has 10 Say About Them.


What 3 Et. Louis Drugglst and Chemist
Has 10 Say About Them.
Every body some time or other has
q headache, and as druggist I receive
an ever constant stream Of applicants
seeking relief from this disagreeable
trouble. II Is hard to decide at once
what to do, but as the attention Of ply
sicians and chemists have been directed
to the. relief OF neuralgia and sick
headaches, many simple remedies have
come into vogue. TIE old way Of ty-
ing bandage tightly about the crown
Of the head and trying to grin and
bear the pain has passed out OF us.
Nearly every man and woman knows
that he or she can go to a drug store
and get something that will at least
give temporary relief Most head
aches come from disordered stomach,
for which such drugs as the combina-
tions with bromides are now manu-
factured. In case Of headache from
weakness, or a low state of the
system, antipyrine and several stim-
ulants found at all drug stores are CIV
en-. There is this about these reme-
dies, however, that particular drug
after frequent use loses its effect so
that the dose must be constantly in
creased or some other drug taken.
Thus people who are often afflicted
with headache may begin with and
find relief from bromo-soda. After a
little while they find it ceases to give
relief. Then they go to something
else. Finally they will see the neces-
sity Of placing themselves under q
physicians charge. These headaches
Of which l have spoken are Of the or
dinary kind which all Of us more or
less experience, but there is more
serious kind which these little simple
remedies do not reach, and which con-
tinue even under physician's treat
ment. Some people suffer from deep
seated neuralgia. Their torments are
hoi rible. Such victims find partial
relief by keeping their heads warm.
l know Of one lady, con-
stant sufferer. who sleeps with
her head under her pillow. The pain
isfrequently caused by congestion in the
head, and free circulation of the blood
is the only remedy. Where the seat
of the trouble can be reached through
the nose, a lancet is used and flow Of
blood gives instant relief. Where this
can not be done, leeching and cupping
are resorted to. know Of one instance
where a dozen leeches were placed in
one corner Of woman's eye, and cases
where three and four cups on the
head and neck are applied are common.
l may say in general that where q
headache is slight leave the disorder
to pass off of itself. DO not get into
the habit of using drugs every time
your head throbs. A puragative is
about the best simple remedy OF which
I know. Again If, when you feel a
headache coming on, you drink glass
Of water as hot as you can stand 1t,
you will very frequently avoid the
aOuble.-St. Louis be-Democrat.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
TO-DAY IN NAZARETH.
The Site OF Joscph's Carpenter Shop and
Other Historical Points.


The Site OF Joseph's Carpenter Shop and
Other Historical Points.
One OF the best views Of the city is
to be had from the campanile Of the
Church Of the Annunciation. In the
distance Is the brow of the hill to
which Jesus was led by the enraged
multitude who attempted to throw him
from it. A modern house in the fore
ground brings to mind the time when
they uncovered roof and let down the
bed whereon the sick OF the palsy lay.
This must be very much the same kind
Of house as that historical one OF
Capernaum. There is the peculiar
roof, and there are the outside stairs
leading to the roof. The Eastern
householder makes his roof serve for
more than protection from the
weather 1t is the piazza, the quiet
place of the dweller, and sometimes it
becomes his summer residence, AS a
rule 1t Is not very heavy or very
strong. Rafters are thrown across
from wall to wall, say yard apart;
then the whole space is covered with
twigs such as we saw the women SELL
ing in the market-place. On these the
slender limbs OF trees are thrown and
thickly coated with mortar. Lastly. q
thick spread Of earth Is thrown on,
rolled to n level; and oftentimes sown
with grass-seed. Thus by care many
OF the roofs become as smooth and soft
as machine-mOwn lawn. They may
be easily broken up and any thing low
cred inside from above. BY some such
process the four bearers of the poor
palsied man managed to enlist the at
tention Of the Great Physician in be-
half of their friend. 1t is not hard to
understand 1t all when viewing such q
house as this one at Nazareth. 1t
would not be difficult for four men to
carry lame friend in hammock by
the outer stairway up to the roof, and,
breaking through, let him down into
the apartment or court below. Not far
from this same house, in a narrow
street, is a little chapel erected upon
the site Of Joseph's carpenter
shop Over the altar is O pict-
ure representing Mary and Joseph
instructing Jesus, and finding that He
knew more than they. Another paint
ing represents the lad Jesus assisting
His father at work. 1t contains no &C
'cessories Of the carpenters shop, but
there are enough of them in the shops
close by. The web-saw, the glue-pot,
the plane, and the hammer are the
principal tools used in such shops, all
without the modern improvements.
Yet whatever the Palestine carpenter
produces is from the fragrant cedars
Of Lebanon or from the eccentrically
knotted and gnarled olive-wood. The
operation of beginning and waiting
for any article Of wood to come from .
Palestine carpenters shop is Il lengthy
one. Articles of wood are luxury
there, and when the carpenter receives
an order for one he usually employs
the next three days OF his life in So
Letting the congratulations OF his
friends upon his wonderful good fort
une in receiving ian order for sene-
thing made of wood. Century
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31
oREENLAND's PlALEAu.
Some Of t1ie Facts Established by Dr
Nansen's Expe erience.

Complete details OF the remarkable
journey which DR.. Nansen and his CON-
rades made across Greenland last sz,m-
mer will not reach us for several
months, as the party arrived at the
west coast too late to catch the last
vessel. The brief letters, however,
from Nansen and Syerdrup that reached
Ivigtut just as the last vessel of the
season was weighing anchor, give some
very noteworthy information which, in
connection with the discoveries of some
earlier explorers. establishes the fact
that inner Greenland is one of the
lOftiest regions in the world.
Neither Of these gentlemen intimates
that in their long journey they saw
any mountains except near the coast.
Their travels and previous journeys
justify the conclusion that inner
Greenland is vast undulating plateau
covered deep with snow and ice. But
no plateau OF equal tremendous alti-
tud is found elsewhere in the world
outside of Thibet. For nearly three
weeks, they tell US. they travelled at an
altitude OF over 5000 feet. AS their
progress was at the rate Of over ten
miles day. they must have journeyed
between $50 and 200 miles at an alti-
tude above the sea OF nearly 5000 feet
higher than the summit OF Mount
Washington. No wonder that at that
immense height, in about latitude 66
deg. north, they found, even In mid
summer, extremely cold weather and
trying winds.
Nordenskiold's two Laps, several
hundred miles north OF Nansen's route,
attained an elevation OF 1000 feet, at a
distance OF 140 miles from the west
coast Mr.. Peary. at 100 miles from
the west coast, reached a height OF 1000
feet DR.. Hayes, 900 miles north of
Nansen's route, pushed inland sixty
miles, where he was 4,500 feet above
the sea, and saw the plateau stretch-
ing away before him. 500 feet higher
than the tallest of the Catskill mount
aims. 1t is these inland elevations.
gradually sloping to the coasts. that,
by the force Of gravitation, push the
ice-cap toward the sea and make Green
land the greatest of Northern iceberg
manufactures.
Such facts as these are we'll worthy
the adventuresome and difficult Jour
neys required to obtain them. But the
secrets OF inner Greenland are not yet
fathomed, and It remains for future ex-
plorers to tell us whether Greenland is
an immense island or really an archi-
pelago, as q few authorities are inclined
to believe. 1t is to be hoped that DIR.
Manson will be able to tell US much
about the great sea Of ice that deeply
covers the region he traversed.-N Y.
Sun.
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"A great hawk swooped down on Q
Lock Haven (Pa.) cat a day or two ago
and carried 1t aloft. The feline soon
caught Its captor by the throat and
choked the bird to death. The cat was
killed by the fall The pair could not
be separated.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-31

maze TO sand-bag and rob w. 8. Van
Horne, assistant cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank at Franklin, the other night
The "ducking tub" will be abandoned In
the Ohio penitentiary after the close of the
present year, and a milder form of pun.
ishment substituted.
WM WEsTENBERaER died at Logan, of
hydrophobia.
THos. Brown was struck by train of
cars at Bellaire, and killed.
Hon. HENRY Dorm, State Inspector of
Shops and Factories, has investigated the
cases of importation Of child labor, at
Fostoria and Findlay, from the BROOKLYN
asylums. As result he will recommend
action by the Legislature looking to the
abolition of the system.
JOHN P. BAILEY, prosecuting attorney of
futnam County, was run over at Leipsic
and seriously injured.
AT Lima, John Brown, while at work ON
an Iron oil tank, was accidentally hit ON
the head by largo sledgs- hammer, In the
hands OF fellow workman, and seriously
injured.
The hog cholera, which erstwhile show.
cd signs Of abating, has broken out afresh,
and is raging with greater severity than
ever In the vicinity of Circleville Its
mortality 10 fearful, seldom leaving
drove until 1t has exterminated it The
loss to farmers alone will reach up into
the thousands.
DAVID RAIvF, OF the firm of Raiff q
Fribley, hardware merchants Of New
Philadelphia, was accidently shot by Q
comrads while hunting three miles west OF
there Christmas afternoon. receivin1
twenty mine shots In his legs. His con.
dition 10 looked upon 80 very serious.
TIE jury In the Myers tally sheet case,
at London, returned verdict Of mot
guilty"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-03

To continue her widespread usefulness.
She would have been 80 years old had
she lived till the 2sth Of next August.
In commenting ON the life and death
Of Mrs. Hayes, the New York Mail and
Express Of the 25th ult says: Mrs
Hayes was in many respects an ex-
traordinaly woman, unlike any other
mistress of the White House, peculiar
in her ways, heroic i'm her convictions
Of duty, with natural ability for lead.
ership of her sex, and with the courage
of all her decided beliefs and principles
of action. Much has been said in jest
or in sarcasm about the decided stand
that she took against the use of wine in
the White House, but there are millions
of the truest and noblest women in the
land who will hold her name and mem
DRY in honor because of her attitude in
this regard. Her example was IA noble
one, and its influences will rather widen
and deepen than decrease, now that her
death has removed her from the com
handing position which her character
and personality kept for her, though in
IA private station and living in a small
country town"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-03

Hon. SIMON CAMERON died at his
home IN Lancaster, Pa, on the evening
of the Goth ult., at the advanced age of
30 years. Mr.. Cameron was President
Lincoln's first secretary of war, and
served in the cabinet until Jan. 1882,
when he resigned to accept the Russian
mission. He was born in the second
year of the administration of President
John Adams and one year before the
death of Washington. He was m the
United States senate when Polk entered
the executive office. His career has
been one of preeminent influence, and
has been associated with the most inn
portant events in American history.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-03

ONO did herself honor on Thursday
last by nominating GOV. Foraker for
governor of that state for third term.
1t is notorious that Gov. Foraker did
not desire n denomination, and ii is
equally as well understood that he does
desire seatin the United States senate.
In consenting to denomination he
says he puts aside "A preferred line OF
political advancement, recognizing the
right of the party that has so greatly
honored him in the past TO command
his services, not only at any time, but
in any station in which it may see hit
To assign him