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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
v,,, Tos Yia1 seoea1 7iad,..

wAsHiNeToN, July 6-Mr. G. B. Her.
mans, recently appointed Assistant Dis.
trict Attorney for the Northern District
Of Virginia, has written letter to the
Attorney-Geners declining to accept
the appointment He says in his letter
that he thinks he was entitled to the
District AttorneYship.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Army Signal Code.

WASHINGTON, July S.-By general
order issued from Army Headquarters
the American Morse Code will hereafter
be used by the army for all purposes Of
signaling whether visual or acoustic, and
the use Of the English Morse or Conti-
mental Code will be discontinued.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Bitten by O Rather.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, July 6.-Mrs. E.
w. Barber, an old lady living six miles
out, was bitten by rattlesnake yester-
day while out in her garden gathering
plums. She immediately became very
sick, and has since laid totally blind
and swollen beyond all recognition.
She has been heavily dosed with whisky
and all other known remedies, but her
life Is despaired of.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Delaware Powder Works Explode.

WILMINGTON, DEL, July 6.-Two roll
ing mills in the Dupont Powder Works,
about three miles from the city, ex-
ploded last night with terrific force. No
one was hurt. The mills were demol-
ished, and all the glass broken in houses
in the neighborhood.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Keg of Powder Yxplodes,

OMAHA, NEB., July 6.--Just as tho
celebrators at Kennesaw, Neb., finished
firing the national salute on the 4th. .
keg of powder exploded In Emil Schultz's
blacksmith shop, instantly killing
Schultz and wrecking the building.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
The Persian Minister a Mad.

WASHINGTON, July G.-Hsdje Hassein
Ghooly Khan, the Persian Minister to
the United States, will shortly leave this
country for Europe. In an interview to.
day he told reporter that he would not
come back and that he had been driven
oufQf the country by the unkind and un.
generous things which had been written
newspapers. i,t.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
wants Part Of 81, PAM.

sr. PA0r4 MINx., July h--Goorge w.
Ewing, of ~ Wayne, Ind, has made q
claim. throQoh an attorney, to one-fif-
teenth intcest in property in various
parts 0f the city estimated to be worth
about " e,00e, 1000 Notices OF this claim
have been served on all the owners
Affected.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
An Item for Sportsmen.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, July 8.-Indian
Agent Bennett has issued 8 proclama.
tion prohibiting non-residents from
hunting In Indian territory. The
penalty is $500 fine and confscation of
firearms. The matter excites great in
terest among sportsmen.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Pension Warrants.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-The Secretary
of the Treasury yesterday issued war
rants in payment Of S16,OOO,O0O on
account of pensions, being the first pay
ment on this account for the new fiscal
year.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
The Green ny Has Reached {

The 0re01 ny Has keached Canada.
TORONTO, OCT, July 6.-Reports re.
ceived from the southwestern portion Of
this province, aApounces the discovery
Of small, green ", which is infestina
the heads Of the fall \whest, and believ-
ed by some to be the Midge hy. Fears
are entertained that the crop, which for
luxuriance and quality has not been
equaled In many years, Will be light
one. i.fI1ffH w tfI M H4tl 8is
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Murder In Louisiana.

ETHEL, La, July 3.-Herman Prae-
torius, white man, was murdered near
here last night by four negroes, In the
public road with shotgun. Praetorius
was unarmed; he was shot from his
horse and in the back. Two Of the mup,
derers were arrested. sal
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Board Of CHARITIES called upon.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July b,--At the re-
quest Of delegation Of striking miners
from the Braidwood and Streater Dis
tricts, Governor Fifer has instructed the
State Board of Charities to endeavor to
terminate the strike.
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seventy -pive leople poi.orsd

ApAIR' Ia, July 5-Seventy-fve peo-
PIC were seriously poisoned, by eating
Ice cream which was made in vessels
shat had not been properly cleaned.
several will die, and all are suffering
badly
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Slave Trade Abolished.

LONDON, July 6.-The Governor Of
Tripoli has issued decree abolishing the
slave trade, and forbidding any one to
engage in 1T under pain of severe pen
alties
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Pour Business Blocks.

CHICAGO, July ga special dispatch
to the Daily News from HALEY, Idaho,
says: -Four business blocks burned here
yesterday morning. The loss is estt-
mated at $500, 1000.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Heavy Mortality.

PARIS, July 6.-The victims of the st.
Etienne mine disaster number 213. The
figures include the missing, OF whose
safety all hopes are abandoned.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Southern Teachers aoinr 70 xurops.

NEW York, July 5.-A party Of ono
hundred and twenty-five teachers Of the
North Carolina Teachers Association
have chartered the steamship State Of
Nevada for trip to Europe. The
steamer sails on Saturday. The party
will visit Glasgow, Belfast, Edinburgh
and Paris, and return on August 90.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
Foreign syndicate Buys Iron Mines.

STAUNToN, VA, July 5.--Prof. r. W.
Pool closed the sale Of the Ferrol iron
property, containing six thousand acres,
to foreign syndicate for $4,000 cash.
The parties purchasing will take pos
session at once, and mine and ship ore.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
To Reinstate Maiistoa

SIDNEY, N. s. w., July 5.--Advices
from Apia, under date of June 25, are
that the German gunboat Wolf was GO
ing to the Marshall Islands to bring
Malietoa back to Samoa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14
FRANKS OF SPIRITS.
Strange Doings Bordering on the
Supernatural in a House Near
Ottawa. Ont.
Workings of Mysterious Agencies
That Are Making a Peaceful
Farmers Life Burden.
Hidden Hands Apply the Torch to
the Dwelling of George Dagg
and Perform Other Mirac-
ulOuS Things.

OTTAWA, Ont-The neighborhood of
Clarendon has been thrown into state of
great excitement over the dCings of some
hidden, and it is believed supernatural
hand. The mysterious agency has wreak-
ed the full force of its vengeance upon
the household of George Dagg. A few
days ago boy named Dean was discharg-
ed from the Dagg family, and in taking
his departure invoked the vengeance of
the spirits upon the household of his late
employer. Shortly after his departure the
window sashes commenced to shake and
nearly every pane of glass in the house
was broken. Mr.. Dagg states that his
first impression was that an earthquake
was passing, but on going into the gable
end of the house he discovered it to be on
fire. This fire was extinguished. That
night after the family had retired Mrs
Dagg was awakened to find her bed on fire.
This was put out, when it was found an
other fire had just been started down
stairs, which was also put out The
strangest part of the affair, Mr. Dagg
states, is the miraculous removal of arti-
Giles from one part of the house to another
A spinning-wheel upstairs was taken
apart and the portions placed in opposite
corners of the room An ink bottle locked
in cupboard changed its location and
was found on table in an clubhouse. 1t
was restored to its place in the cupboard,
and although the latter was guarded
closely by one of the parties presently the
bottle took wings and again transported
itself to the clubhouse. The boy Dean was
taken into custody, charged with being the
author of the mischief, but the evening of
his arrest Mr.. Dagg returned from Plum
Hollow, from whom he had learned sufi-
Gent to convince him that young Dean
was innocent. He accordingly appeared
before the magistrate and Withdrew the
charge. The boy says he has not been
near Dagg's since the tricks began, but
has during the interval since been engaged
with Mr. Olmstead of Litchfeld Dagg
says he was told by the old lady at Plum
Hollow that the mischief was being done
by woman and her two children through
the medium of ''black art and that it is
to cease in November.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14
Light in the Sick-Room.

Still custom prevails, despite all our
sanitary teachings, that the occupant OF
the sick-room in the private house should
be kept at all hours in a darkened room.
Not one time in ten do we enter a sick
room in the daytime to find it blessed with
the sun. Almost invariably before we can
get look at the face of the patient. we
are obliged to request that the blinds NAV
be drawn up, in order that the rays of
a much greater healer than the most able
physician can ever hope to be may be adj
mitted. Too often the compliance with
this request reveals a condition of room
which in state of darkness is almost in
evitably one of disorder everywhere:
foods, medicines, furniture, bedding mis-
placed; dust and stray leaves in all direc-
lions.
In brief, there is nothing so bad as a
dark sick room; it is as if the attendants
were anticipating the death of the patient.
and if the reason for it be asked, the an
swer is as inconsistent as the act. The
reason usually offered is that the patient
cannot bear the light; as though the light
could not be shut off from the patient by a
curtain or screen, and as though to darken
one part of the room it were necessary to
darken the whole of it. The real reason is
an old superstitious practice, which one
prevailed SO intensely that the sick suffer
ing from the most terrible disease. small
pox for instance, were shut up in darkness,
their beds surrounded with red curtains,
during the whole of their illness. The
red curtains are now pretty nearly given
up, but the darkness is still accredited
with some mysterious curative virtue
A more injurious practice really could
not be maintained than that of darkness in
the sick room. 1t is not only that dirt and
disorder are results Of darkness, a great
remedy is lost. Sunlight is the remedy
lost, and the loss is momentous. Sunlight
ditfused through room warns and clari-
fes the air. 1t has a direct influence on
the minute organic poisons, distinctive
influence which is most precious, and it
has cheerful effect upon the mind The
sick should never be gloomy. and in the
presence of the light the shadows of gloom
fly away. Happily the hospital ward, not
withstanding its many defects, and it has
many, is so far favored that it is blessed
with the light of the sun, whenever the
sun shines. In private practice the same
remedy ought to be extended to the pa
tients of household, and the first words
OF the physician or surgeon on entering
the dark sick room should be the dying
words of Goethe: more light, more
light B. W. Richardson, M. D.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14
The Science of Popcorn.
St Nicholas.

In what condition is the starchy interior
of the grain just before it explodes? The
common experience of the kitchen and
laundry will bel p US here. In making up
the mixture for stiffening clothes, the
laundress put starch into water and boils
it, and we all know that in this process the
starch loses It's powdery character and be-
comes blended with the water into pasty,
translucent mass. The effect upon the in
dividual tarch-granule is softening and
considerable increase of its bulk and. finally,
is defnsion through the water While we
cannot see the inside of the grain at the
critical moment when it has all but burst,
we may, in view of what we now know,
probably surmise the truth 1t is not very
likely that as the grain gets hotter and
hotter, the moisture present In the cells, or
in the starch-granules themselves, softens
them first, and then, when the heat be-
comes too great to permit its remaining in
the fluid state, it suddenly turns to steam,
and the now plastic starch expands in
every direction, forming the little visicles
shown in the figure, losing at the same
time, of course, the moisture and thus be-
coming firm and brittle again? This is the
conclusion to which | have been brought,
and think of the wonderful physics of
popped corn with great satisfaction when
ever ! shake my pepper over the glowing
GOALS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14
MuIhatton is No Myth.

Many people suppose that Joe Mulhat-
ton is as mythical as the wonderful stories
that are accredited to him. | know Joe
well says Mr.. Zimmerman, of St. Louis.
He Is a commercial tourist of the first
water, and has travelled for W R. BeIlnap
& Co., of Leadville, for many years. He
has just resigned to become general man
ager, secretary and treasurer of an Ari-
IONA mining company in which a syndi
cate of prominent Kentuckians are inter
ested Joe is a wonderfully energetic
fellow, of diminutive figure, black beard
and hair, and bristly eyebrows that meet
above a prominent nose. He always wears
a Prince Albert coat and does not look like
a travelling man. He is very quick talk
er, with a familiar, jerky way of bringing
out his syllables that once heard is never
forgotten. He is, with all his romancing,
Woodworking member of the Baptist
church, and clever and genial fellow He
is a fine business man and one of the
best paid drummers on the road. | will
look for some tall stories about gold dis
coveries in Arizona when he gets settled
down to his new business
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14
ALL THINGS ARE OLD.
We Are Nothing After All But Poor, Weak
Imitators.
San Francisco Chronicle

The more the investigators dig into the
buried past, the less and less original and
important we become. A man has just
found in Egypt proofs of trademarks and
signatures in the bottles and brands and
things which were in use !, 900 years before
the Christian era, including alphabetical
writing, which was supposed to be quite a
modern invention. He has even found a
base ball among the ruins, and quite posi-
bly, the next thing will be a record of the
champions and the rules of the game,
which will probably prove that modern
game to be quite in its infancy with US.
Some of the old. buried cities will yet turn
out to have been lighted by electricity, and
cable car tracks in cement and iron viii be
found yet under the tropical forests. The
only thing that seems to be wanting In
those old places is money. There does not
appear to be any cataclysm or catastrophe
sudden or active enough to prevent the
community In a town from getting away
with its money before it is destroyed We
suvious caught few people in its lava
stream in Pompeii and Hurculaneum, bnt
somebody seems to have got away with
the money If they have excayated any
banks, the depositors or the populace seem
to have excavated them before the lava
reached them But so far as we can get
much practical knowledge, we have devel-
oped capacity for enduring troubles, dis
eases and dangers that our ancestors could
never have stood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14
N0mEO from the diary Of touristA
WTI FIN commercial travellers, buG-
ness men and others haa

N0mHO from the diary Of tourists.
WEIFiN commercial travellers, bui-
ness men and others ~
revealed:
That the Wisconsin Centrr, has tAA
unqualified endorsement OF all;
That the Wisconsin Central has today
the most popular line between Chicago
and Milwaukee. and st. Paul, Mime
apolis and the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central is daily
adding to its admirers as the recog-
nized Pullman line between Chicago
and Milwaukee and Ashland, Duluth
and Lake Superior;
That the Wisconsin Central touches
the most prominent points in Wiscon-
sin, and that it his more important
business centers on its through line
than any other railway to and from
the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an enylable reputation with its peer
less Dining Car Service;
That the Wisconsin Central runs faA
trains on which all classes of passen-
gers are carried with commodious and
distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentatives distributed throughout tbs
country, who will cheerfully give any
information that may be desired and
that its terminal agents are specially
instructed to look after the comfort OF
passengers who may be routed via itx
line.
For detailed information apply to yous
nearest Ticket GENT. or To raDracapt~
tives Of the Wisconsin Central.
WIN. 8. MELLEN. JAMES BARKER
General Manager. GenH PasSr & Tkr Ase
LOUIS ECKSTEIN
Asst Gen1 Passr. & Tiki. AT
MILWAUKEE,. WIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14
A Strange Dream.
From the Irwinton CGa.) Appeal.


A very strange thing in the way of
dream by little boy on East Mcintyre
street one night last week was told us on
Monday in this way: In his dream he
thought some one had entered the kitchen
for the purpose of robbing. He rose from
his slumber, as he imagined, took his gun
from the rack, and, on going to the back
door, fired at the robber, who was making
his escape from the kithen to the banister,
leaving blood on the floor and banister
after this he returned to his bed of repose;
and, on rising next morning, thinking of
his dream, he went to the spot where he
imagined the man made his escape the
night before, and. to his surprise, a lot of
blood was found on the floor and banister
at the same place where he had dreamed of
doing the shooting. There's nothing in
a dream, it is sometimes said, but this
case remains yet mystery to be solved.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14

the murmer of the winds in summer trees.
"A little, answered Alicia tenderly.
: know some of the great consultations
the great bear-the-''
Yes, interrupted Edouard. L know
all about the big bear and | can find the
north star. but right over here is a group.
Do you know the name of that?" and
Edouard threw his arm across Alicia 5
shoulder and pointed to cluster of shin
ing worlds in the east,
Alicia leaned toward him. 81 dom
know what that is, she breathed as one
who did not care
And there is another consolation Just
over our heads!" Edouard passed his arm
around her neck, and placing his hand
under her chin so tilted it that it would be
easy for her to see.
And then to Alicia's eyes the heavens be-
came one grand carnival of consultations.
Shooting stars chased each other athwart
the armament, comets played riotous games
among the planets, and finally there came
a soft and radiant blur which hid them
all.
Edouard had kissed Alicia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14
DIMENSIONS OF HEAVEN.
Mathematical Calculations Showing the
Size of Each Persons Apartment.


The following calculation, based on a
text in Revelation, is both curious and in
teresting. 1t is copied from the Charlottes-
vile Jeffersonian, and will be found good
food for reflection: Revelation xxi, 16.
And he measured the city New Jerusa-
lem) with the reed. 10000 furlongs. The
length and breadth and the height are
equal.
Twelve thousand furlongs-7, 900, 900
feet, which being cubed is 943, 0S9, 000, 000,-
600, 0O0, 900, 100000 cubic feet, and halt of
which we will reserve for the throne of
God and the court of heaven, half of the
balance streets, and the remainder divided
by 1905, the cubical feet in the room, Is
feet square and Is feet high will be 80, 043,
50,0O0, 900 rooms.
We will now suppose the world always
did and always will contain 100000, 900 of
inhabitants and that a generation Will last
30L years., zoe, 100000 900 persons
Then suppose there were II go such worlds,
equal to this number of inhabitants and
duration of years-then there would be
a room Is feet long, 16 feet wide, and Is
feet high for each person, and room to
spare.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14
What She Liked.

"Wen, Annie, do you like going to
school?' asked visitor of an amiable girl
who had never been famous for her devo-
ton to her books.
''Ye-es, +" said Annie hesitatingly after
some consideration, Il really think like
it very well. =
That's good. And why do you like
it?"
"Well, there are so many pleasant things
about it, :" said Annie, with smile over
remembered joys. Walking to the school
house in the morning, you know, and
talking with the girls at recess and COM
ing home at noon and night. Oh. yes,
| really think | like to go to school.
The notion jobbing house of NJ. Seleg, &
Co., of Philadelphia, has assigned with
| liabilities of 100000
By the explosion of boiler at the Bel
| laire blast furnaces at Bellaire, o., prop
erty was damaged to the extent of 5000, 600
| No one was injured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14

The Milwaukee, Lake Shore 4 Western
Railway has been well named the Fishing
and Hunting Line of Wisconsin, passing,
as it does, through thousands OF acres OF
but partially explore woods and within
easy reaching distance of lakes and
streams that have never been 6shed by
white men, all well stocked with the game
fish for which Northern Wisconsin waters
are noted. The woods ABOUND with game;
deer, bear, wolf, mink, beaver, pheasant
and other game are quite plentiful.
THE ONLY LINE
From Milwaukee to the new Iron Mining
District in Wisconsin and Michigan that
reaches ALL of the developed Mining
towns; GOGEBIC, WAKEFIELD, BES%
SEMER, IRONWOOD AND HURLEY.
Direct line to ASHLAND and DULUTH
Sleeping cars between [ Inland and
CHICAGO.
The GUIDE Book, and other descriptry,
matter, containing full information, maps
and engravings of the country traversed
by the line, will be sent to any address on
application to the General Passengsr
Agent.
chAs. l. RYDER Gent Agt. ia Clark St..
e VLIET. CITY P. & T. Agr. CHICAGO.
Milwaukee Office IS Wisconsin 81.
d. wHITCOMB. GEO. 8. MARSH.
Gen1 Manager. Gen1 Pass. & Tkt. Agt-
IIwAUKEE, WIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-14
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
FAITH.

Have We faith il one another,
When you meet in friendships name?
For the friend should be brother,
And his heart should feel the same,
What tho your paths in life may differ,
Since the hour when you first met;
Still have faith in one another,
You may need that friendship yet.
Have We faith in one another
When you whisper loves fond vow;
1t will not be always summer,
Nor be always bright as now,
And when winter time comes DER thee,
IF some loving heart should share,
And have faith III one another,
Then you never need despair.
Have you faith in one another,
Nor TO a doubling heart incline;
Doubts will make this world desert
Where the sun will never shine.
Tho you have some transient sorrow
That DER shadows you to-day,
If you have faith in one another,
Sorrow with you will not stay.
Have We faith in one another,
And let honor be your guide;
Let no angry words be spoken,
What else ever may betide,
Grief and trouble may assail us
Yes, have no doubt they will,
But have faith in one another,
For faith will conquer every i'll.