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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
Kills His Thves Assailants.

BRAzoNIA, Tex, Jan. Monday
evening man named Walker was re-
turning home, when no was fired upon
by three men in ambush. ue immedi-
ately returned tho fire, and succeeded
in killing al three, but in Ito conflict
was severely wounded, and is not ex-
pected to recover.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
Steamer Persia ASHORE.

LONDON. Jan. 3.--The Italian steamer
Persia is ashore on the island OF Corsica.
She had 139 passengers ON board whom
she went ashore. Six of them have been
rescued, but the fate of the others is
uncertain. Boats from the shore are at
tempting to reach the vessel to render
what assistance may he required.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
National Einauc,s.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The public
debt was reduced So, IFS. .O93.33; the total
debt, principal and interest, is S1,81O,-
0,o53.9l; total available for reduction
of the public debt, S427, 7,0a1, ,OOO.O OF; total
cash in treasury, as shown by the Treas
urer's general account, 1918, T88, ,9l1.30.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
Russian Crops Short.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2.-There is
great anxiety and commercial depres-
sion in Southern Russia owing to the
scanty crops. The British grain trade
in the Black Sea for the year is only half
that of 1883.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
La Grippe Kills a Printer.

PITrsBuRGH, Jan. S.-Dispatches from
Connellsville, Pa, report the death
there yesterday Of George w. Seaton, a
well-known printer, OF influenza. This
is the first death from la grippe in this
vicinity Over 100 cases arc reported in
ConnellsyillG.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
wyphoid Endemic.

READING, Pa, Jan. 2-An epidemic OF
typhoid fever has prevailed in Northern
Berks County, for some weeks. Many
deaths have occurred. The disease is
attributed to the pollution of the waters
of Maiden Creek by carcasses of cattle
that have died of contagious cattle
now prevalent
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
Prince Murat Comes TO Terms

LONDON, Jan. 2.-The Star says that
the marriage between Miss Gwendoline
Caldwell, of America, and Prince Murat
has been again arranged. Prince Murat,
tho Star says, will accept any allowance
that Miss Caldwell may grant him.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
Boiler Explodes, Killiug TWO Mem.

CARMI, III, Jan. 2.-About Z O'clock
yesterday morning the boiler at the saw
mill of Wyatt Williams, ir., seven miles
below Carmi, exploded, killing John
Moore and Sam Cozart and injuring two
others.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
Mortality Abnorlnally Great.

PARIS, Jan. 3.-The mortality is still
abnormally great. On Tuesday there
were $50 deaths, and on Wednesday 8s4.
The reopening of the schools already
closed is postponed, and others are about
to close.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09
Stanley start, for Cairo.

/ ZANzIBAR, Jan. s.--Stanley and his
stan have started for Cairo. The Sultan
has decorated him with the Order OF the
i'iazing Star OF the frst-clsss set In
brilliants.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-09

A SPECIALIST PHYSICIAN SINCE Is4oIN
IA the diseases and weaknesses of men will mail
book free, sealed, giving the remedies which cure
abandoned and hopeless sufferers privately at
home. Address Specialist, Room A, 81 Reade
street, corner Broadway, New York
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-01-02
THE ARCTIC CURRENT.
Oamming 1t SO rs to Temper the CIimat
of Labrador and Newfoundland.

Osmming 1t SO rs to Temper the Climate
of Labrador and Newfoundland.
The announcement that E. J. Bender
has succeeded in making arrangements
in London for the purchase of the Que
bee & Montreal railway and its extern
sion to the Straits of Belle Isle revive3
the proposal of General Sir Selby Smyth,
laid Before the Dominion Government in
1879, for diverting the Arctic current
from the Gulf of st. Lawrence by fill
ing i'll the Straits of Belle Isle, which
would serve as a bridge connecting New
foundland with the mainland for rail-
way purposes. General Smyth's idea OF
constructing dam across the straits
does not appear to have been original
with that gentleman, as Lieutenant
Maury, it is understood, laid a similar
proposal before the British Government
over thirty years ago. In his report
to the Dominion Government Gem
eral Smyth draws attention to the
fact that the Straits of Belle
Isle are open to the northeast, thus re-
ceiving the direct flow of the polar cur.
rent down Bat1ins bay. This icy stream,
at from two to four miles an hour, pours
its way into the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
overcoming by its greater density the
warm gulf stream from the southern
latitudes. The cold stream, he says
divides into two branches near Cape
LAmour-one running westward up tho
gulf and the other southeastward, dis
charging into the ocean again between
wfoundland and Cape Breton. The
General explains that this branch then
sweeps along the eastern coast of Nova
Scotia and shoulders off the warm water
further out to sea, which would other
wise find its way along the shores of the
continent and into the gulf. If, there
fore, the polar current could be excluded
and detected eastward of Newfound-
land into the open ocean the climatic
effect, by the exchange of cold and
warm, would be very marked in the
gulf and adjacent shores. Ottawa (Ont.)
Letter.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-01-02
THE GREAT EASTERN.
The Leviathan Broken Up for Old Iro,
After Thirty Years Service.

The Leviathan Broken Up for Old Iron
After Thirty Years Service.
We have 50 often been called upon in
past years to announce the last and the
very last, and positively the last of this
magnificent, but generally useless, ship,
which has fingered on, through an OBJ
scure and proftless existence, since her
single voyages to New York, New Or
leans and Melbourne proved a COM
mercial failure, that the stranded hull
on the Mersey shore, ready to be broken
up for few thousand pounds worth of
old iron, may seem but "reminiscences
of the fate repeatedly declared to be i'm
minent and commonly believed to be
past
1t is thirty years since she first put to
sea from the Thames, and her passage
down the channel was marred by a
shocking disaster-from the blow-up of
her steam apparatus, which cost ten
lives but the laborious efforts to launch
this enormous "Leviathan," as she was
at first called, in 1857, from Mr.. Scott
Russell's building-yard at Millwall, had
D6GIl OlllluOuo VI lil-ouISVoo' 4iSh NNio
killed by the breaking of the gear
attached to hydraulic engines that
slowly pushed her, broadside on, into
the comparatively narrow river, and
Mr.. Brunei the eminent engineer,
dying few days afterward,.. was thought
to be a victim of sore anxiety and severe
disappointment.
One serviceable and honorable per.
formance, the laying of an Atlantic tel
egraph cable in 1866, is set down to the
credit of the Great Eastern; but expert
ence has shown that vessels of moder-
ate size can no such work as well. 1t is
a sad chapter in the history of marine
architecture, and:some people must have
lost at one time and another nearly a
million sterling altogether by this i'm
mense mistake. The Great Eastern
might, perhaps, have been converted
into a very commodious floating hotel,
moored in some tranquil bay; she could
never have been a good sea-going ship,
or competed in speed, comfort or safety
with the admirable liners Of recent
construction. Her engines, indeed,
were manifestly of insufficient power,
and she rolled grievously for lack of a
keel. The dimensions of the big ship
were Sol feet length, cighty-three feet
width and sixty feet depth capacity,
22,500 tons burden, London Graphic
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-01-02

Both Of us dispatched a man 10 attend
70 the matter, and, as neither OF them
'nought that there might be more shsn
one corpse, they took no especial pains
70 ascertain whether they got the right
ohe' AS a result of this carelessness
each of them got the wrong one. and as
poVh bodies were those of men the mis-
Jake was not discovered until the lids
were unscrewed at the funeral for the
mourners and friends to take the last
look at the dead. The blunder had ter.
rlple effect, and as the first mourner gazed
upon the features of an entire stranger
she gave one wild Shrek and tainted
dead away in the arms of her escort.
ms precipitated matters, and for a
while every body was panic stricken. I
was dumfounded for moment and al
most speecblss with modification. As
soon as l could recover my senses l Or
dered the removal of the body, and the
minister closed the services with pray-
er' L then set out to hunt up the lost
corpse, and my work was facilitated
considerably from the fact that my COM
pentor had been driven well nigh crazy
by much the same experience at hi
funeral. AS the other body had bee
taken to Jersey City for interment, it
took us over three hours to straighten
the matter out, and the burial services
In both instances had to be postponed
until the following day. l didn't get
over my mad for over week, and the
FIRST thing did was to discharge the
fellow who made the mistake. My COM
petitor's assistant also got his walking
papers at the same time. Neither of us
had nerve enough to put in bill for
our services. IN. Y. Sun,
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-01-02
STORY OF A SPONGE.
IL Lives, and Yet 1t Has No Heart, Mouth,
Stomach or Lungs.

Slohidch OF Lungs.
Sponges were at one time living ami
mails. Although they have no nerves,
no heart, no lungs, no mouth and no
stomach, yet they are placed by the
naturalists in the animal kingdom.
Living spongcs consist of jelly.like
mass, supported by framework Of
horny fibers called spicules. This ''jelly
body" covers all parts of the frame
work, or skeleton, with which we are SO
familiar.
During the life of the sponge the flesh
is said to present a beautiful appear.
ance, almost all the colors of the rain
bow, dazzling the eyes with their brill
fancy.
During life the sponge is constantly
drawing water through its pores, and
countless streams are continually fow-
ing through the sponge, bringing in
little PARTICLES of food and all the air
needed to support it. There is another
element in this wonderful circulation
that should not be overlooked. Located
in different parts of these pores are cup
shaped hollows filled with fine thread
like particles, or Celia" which are con-
tinually in motion and assist in keep
ing the water in circula ton.
Every thing that lives must breathe
and eat. And it is one of the curiosi-
ties of nature that an animal without
mouth or a stomach can eat and digest
its food. The circulation of the water
through the pores supplies oxygen for
breathing at the same time that it
brings little PARTICLES of food into con-
tact with. different portions of the
sponge. When the food touches any
part of the body, the soft, jelly-like
flesh sinks in so as to form a cup, whilc
the surrounding parts creep out over the
morsel of food until it is entirely COW
cred. Here it is held until the digesti.
BILE portions are absorbed, when the
flesh assumes its original position, or
any shell or other refuse that remains
from the meal is carried away by the
currents of water. .-Rehoboth Sunday
Herald.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-01-02
WONDERFUL WILLS.


| AostdmtntHry tttefdnces Ihaf hppt LnS
Makers Memory Green.
Oft quoted is the remarkable will of
Solomon Sanborn, of Medford Mass,
who died about fifteen years ago. San
born was great patriot, and specially
gloritied in the part Massachusetts, took
in the revol utionary struggle, In his
will he left his body to DR.. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes and Prof. Agassiz, not how
ever, without imposing some of the most
unheard-of provisions and conditions.
His skeleton he desired prepared in the
most artistic manner known to the pro-
fession, and placed with the many others
in the anatomical department of Harvard
College. While preliminary prepara
tions were being made in carrying out
this request, he desired the surgeons to
be very careful with the skin, so that
1t could be tanned in pieces of
sufficient size to make pair of drum
| heads. Upon one of these drum-heads
the Declaration of independence was to
! be written and upon the other Pope's
Universal Prayer" Fitted in its proper
wooden frame this CHASTITY relic was to
the testator designates distinguished
friend" upon condition that he would
promise to carry it to the foot of Bunkor
Hill monument on each succeeding an-
niversary of the battle, at sunrise and
beat upon it the invigorating strains of
yankee Doodle"
The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham in
the Hospital Museum, London, is there
at the request of its owner, who made
special provision in his will to have it
presented to the curators of the hospital,
who, upon accepting the gift were to
have the skeleton mounted and put in
the presidential chair at each meeting
of the hospital directors.
DIR. Wagner, an American, is up to or
even ahead of the English precedent in
the dismemberment idea. During his
life his relatives had given him but lit
tie thought. When it came time for
them to die-he had little money,
about 81, ,0OO--his brothers became very
kind. After his death, when the will
was read, the following remarkable
clause was disclosed:
''To my brother, Napoleon Bonaparte,
bequeath my left arm and hand; to
George Washington, my second brother,
my right arm and hand; to my other rel
atives my legs, nose and ears. My
money, $1,000 cash, now in the b
bank, | bequeath to the physicians and
surgeons who carry out my request by
dismembering my body and giving to
each of my relatives the portion allotted
to him or her."
Horatio G. Onderdonk, brother Of
the Bishop of New York, made provis-
ions in his will which would have
turned old Draco green with envy.
Draco was strict and we'll understood
the meaning of the expression 'ruling
with rod of iron," but had Mr.. Onder-
donk lived at the time the old man was
preparing his famous code he could have
helped to make it more binding. The
last paragraph in the Onderdonk will
read as follows: "No heir must be an
idler, sluggard, prohigate, drunkard,
gambler; use liquors or tobacco; 60 hunt
ing or fishing on Sundays; attend races;
entera bar-room, or porter-house; neg
lect to rise, breakfast, and be ready for
business by nine o'clock, or get married
before he or she arrives at the age of
twenty-five years. st Louis Republic.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-01-02
Look Out for the Points.

Young people, when they write, no
matter to whom, or for what purpose,
ought to get into the habit of putting in
the stops where they belong. If they
are slovenly and careless in this par
ticular, those they write to will often
make mistakes in understanding their
letters. Printers commit great blunders,
sometimes, just because the authors
they have to deal with either do not
point their manuscripts at all or point
them wrong. The worst mistake result
ing from bad pointing that / ever heard
of was something like this; "a lady in
Massachusetts had husband who was
about making a sea voyage, and she
wrote note and gave it to her minister
to read on the Sabbath, in which she
meant to say: ga member of this con-
gregation, going to sea, his wife desires
prayers for his safety" But instead of
reading it thus, on account of the poinus
being used wrong, it was read in this
manner: "A member OF this congrega.
tion, going to sea his wife, desires pray
ers for his safety. Farm and Firesi 10,
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-01-02
CHARLOTTE BRONTE.
Where the Famous Authoress Passed th
Last Years of Her Life.

Where the Famous Authoress Passed the
Last Years of Her Life.
So great is the growth of population
in the district round Keighley and
Haworth Ito which the railway now ex-
tends) that the desolate loneliness of
Haworth parsonage and the moors be.
yond, SO graphically described by Char
lotte Bronte and her biographer, can
now be scarcely realized. On visiting
the church and looking at the Bronte
tablet, with its pathetic record of eight
deaths, this lady got into conversation
with one of the older generation of
Haworth women, who, though at first
with true Yorkshire caution) little
suspicious of stranger, eventually
spoke freely and in the most
affectionate way of Miss Bronte, men.
tioning as one of her chief character
istics the shyness and reserve of which
the authoress herself was so painfully
conscious. "She never raised her eyes
from her book when in church., said the
good woman. How clearly the picture
rises before our mental vision! The tiny,
but well-proportioned figure; her dress
exquisitely neat but perfectly plain;
her face without pretension to beauty,
but with the light of genius shining
bright and clear through the expressive
eyes. Here, in the old church--plain
and unpretending like herself-where
for so many years her prayers went up
to the God in whom she never lost her
trust, we can most fitly rake our leave
of Charlotte Bronte. --Gentleman's Mag
azinG.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-07

al h,s rcny r1'0ld, you may
rely upoa Dr. Picrcc's Golden
Medical Discovery to purify
the blood and invigorate the
system. It's not Ike the
sarsaparillas, that are said to
be good for the blood in
March, April and May. The
"Golden Medical Discovery !"
works equally we'll at all
times, and in all cases of
blood taints, or humors, no
matter what their name or
nature.
It's the cheapest blood-puri-
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because you only pay for the
good you get.
Your money is returned if
it doesn't benefit or cure you.
Can you ask more?
Golden Medical Discov-
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It's a concentrated vcgcta-
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The discovery" cures all
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-07

"Hello Tom. Glad to see you, old fellow
It's almost ten wears since we were married Sit
down; let's have an experience meeting. Hows
"Ohi she's $3.50, same as usual always want
ing something can't afford"
NWell, we all want something more than we've
"Yes but guess want will be my MASTER
started to keep down expenses; and new Lii says
I'm mean,' and she's tired OF saving and never
having anything to show for it. saw your wife
down street, and she looked as happy as queen"
81 think she is and we are economical, too
have to be- My wife can make little go further
than anyone ever knew, yet she's always sur
prising me with some dainty contrivance that
adds to the comfort and beauty Of our little home,
and she's always merry as q lark When ask
how she manages it, she always laughs and says:
ooh that's my secreti' But think I've dis
covered her secret When we married, we both
knew we should have to be very CAREFUL but she
made one condition: she would have her Magazine.
And she was right wouldn't do without 1t my.
self for double the subscription price. We read
1t together, from the tite-page to the last word :
the stories keep our hearts young the synopsis
of important events and scientific matters keeps
me posted so that can talk understandingly OF
what is going on /; my wife is always trying some
new idea from the household department; she
makes all her dresses and those for the children,
Magazine and we saved Joe when he was SO sick
with the Group, by doing inst as directed in the
Sanitarian Department. But can't tell you halfH'
"What wonderful Magazine is IL ?n =
"Demorest's Family Magazine, and"
"What Why that's what Lii wanted SO bad,
and I told her it was an extravaganza"
"Well, my friend, that's where You made a
grand mistake, and one you'd better rectify as
soon as you can. I'll take your sub right here,
on my wife's account: she's bound TO have china
tea-set in time for our tin wedding next month.
My gold watch was the premium got for getting
up club. Here's copy, with the new Premium
Listfor clubs,-the biggest thing outl nyou don't
see in it what you want, you've only to write TO
the publisher and tell him what you want whether
I n hammer carriage.
make special terms for you either for club, or for
part cash. Better subscribe right off and surprise
Mrs Tom. Only $500 year-will save fifty times
that in six months. Or send 10centsdirect TO the
Street, New York, for specimen copy containing
the Premium I.istn
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-07
We Caution All Against Them.

The unprecedented success OF Ely's Cream
Balm-a real cure for catarrh, hay fever and
cold i'm the head-has induced many adven-
turers to place catarrh medicines bearing
some resemblance in appearance, style or
name upon the market, In order to trade
upon the reputation of Ely's Cream Balm.
Don't be deceived. Buy only Ely's Cream
Balm. Many in your immediate locality
will testify i'm highest commentator of 1t.
\ particle is applied into each nostril; no
pain; agreeable to use. Price DOC.
A famous artist once painted an angtl
with six toes. ''Whoever saw an angel with
six toes?" people inquired. ''Whoever saw
ore with less?" was the counter question.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-07

question as to who has really appropri-
ated the treasure seems difficult one,
as far rs the inquiry has proceeded, to
determine, and it is possible that the af.
fair may never be satisfactorily cleared
up. Probably the most natable feat
cre in connection of the affair from a
Hindu point of view, at all events, is
the peculiarly apathetic demeanor OF
the Tirupati god, who should have been
deeply interested in the proceedings.
The 'mantric essence which has cxer.
cised such an omnipotent power over
the Hindu for centuries past appears
to have lain dormant while the temple
was defiled. and the mean trick of sub
stituting few hundred rupees worth
of copper money for two lac's worth OF
gold coinage was done right under the
pillars of the Tirupati sanctum."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-07-17
ELK.
ELK.
Haytng has commenced in earnest.
1O2 in the shade last Sunday.

Haytng has commenced in earnest.
l02 in tho shade last Sunday.
Rye harvest began Monday and will
be finished this week.
Wehad = fiue shower Thursday night
OF last week, that did great amount
good to tho corn and fax.
All crops are In foe condition except
wheat, which seems to be rusted aud
scalded both and bids fair to be any
thing but good crop.
Albert Dohlhine is quite sick. The
hot weather is causing considerable
sickness aud it il to be hoped that cool
lug breezes will become more freunent
for the sake Of health both to people
and crops.
1.-TWO Of the Second Adventists So
jourDiDg in Worthington preached in
the school house in district No. 6, last
Sunday to full house and interested
the audience SO that they were invited
to preach again next Sunday, which
they promised to do ut 2 O'Clock p. m.
IT the day proves 20 excessively hot
thoy will hold f0reth in . grove near
the school house. Come out and hear
them, they are good takers and have q
knack of interesting their hearers,
e. 8. Bond organized q Farmers
Alliance on Wednesday evening of
last week at the school house in dis
trict no. 8, near Guy Fellows. We are
glad to note this as the Independent
farmers of the town have long wished
for it and we Opine they will be heard
from in the near future.
Mr.. Keel was suddenly summoned TO
Illinois last week by the sickness of bis
mother, but to his great sorrow did not
get to her home until after her death
and burial.