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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19
Electric Bitters.

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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19
SCORED THE EDITOR.

How . Poetess Was Moved to Anger
Against Magazine Autocrat.
( A well-Enown literary. woman not
long ago sent poem to one of the
prominent New York magazines, says
the Boston Journal. She had repeated
" done SO before, but in such cases she
received back her efusion with the
customary editorial declination blank.
After two or three weeks this particu.
lar poem followed it's predecessors.
The poetess did not happen to be at
home when the letter came, but her
husband was, and, as is his custom, he
opened the letter upon seeing the maga-
Aine imprint upon the envelope. His
wife had told him how often this same
editor had returned her poems, and find
ing the same editorial blank in this lot
TER which he had frequently seen, he
became impatient, drew out pencil
and wrote across the face Of the blank
The single but striking word, 'Rats."
He placed tho blank and poem in the
envelope, which, absent-raindedly, he
sealed, the mucilage not having ad-
hered when sent from the magazine
Office. The letter was not opened by
The poetess until after supper, when her
husband had gone out for the evening.
Mechanically she opened the envelope
and was about to tear up the editors
blank when the word written across the
the face OF 1t struck her eye. She be-
como furious.
Not recognizing the handwriting, and
thinking that some one in the magazine
Sfhce had written 1t with application to
Aer poem she sat down and wrote tho
editor letter which must have opened
SS eyes. A spirited correspondence
took place, tho editor disclaiming, while
She poetess accused
The interchange Of letters ceased,
out firm "a ever is the conviction Of the
posai0nate poctess q tho editors intent
- Insult her poem. Only two persons
Eocognized TIE hand ziting, bat nslthes
- - 2 poeitsau 70 explain mstters
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19
Could Not See Beyond Hs Ne.s.

volkhovsky. Russian exile, while
lecturing at Hampstead, Eng, related q
desperate artifce to which he once no
sorted. A police official once searched
his homo for compromising papers. At
the time there was in his possession q
certain document the discovery of
which meant serious danger. not only
70 himself, but also to his friends.
Volkhovsky was desperate, for It was
quite certain that the document would
be found. But daring trick saved
him. He ooolly handed the document
to the official, who scarcely glanced n
It and handed 1t back. Thus, after the
most minute search, tie official, his
nose blackened with SCOT and his hair
decorated with festhers--for he had
even examined the stovspipes and the
bedding-had to depart empty-handed.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19
A DEPARTMENTAL PICTURE.

jEae Pleasant Situation of q Chief Of .
Government Bureau.
!; saw a picture in one Of the bureaus
sDf the customs divisions in the treasury
department yesterday, a picture which
iexplains, perhaps, the chief charm Of
Official existence, says a Washington
correspondent Of the New York Tribune.
Here was great, rotund, portly, COM
,fortable-loolxing chief of bureau. He
WAS in q large, elegantly-furnished
room, well lighted and ventilated A
bright wood fire sparkled under broad
toaix mantel ct one side of the room He
lHat in a great leather-cushioned chair, at
lone side of o blue-covered desk, Uttered
with papers. Upon the opposite side Of
ffhis broad desk sat blonde-haired, reg
tsular-featured, ladylike looking typo
fwriter secrets y. She was neatly
Hfessed in black. She sat with her
Notebook in front Of her, pencil poised,
;nnd a look Of earnest devotion 10 duty
In her eyes, as she gazed into tho rug
Aed-featured face Of her chief, ready to
take down every word he should utter.
tAt his left, in response to call Of an
electric bell, stood colored servant.
6dfessed in black, in an attitude OF re-
t9pcctful attention. At his right was .
schief of division, also bowling low q he
presented a knotty point involving some
fnumstruction of the tariff law for the
|cOnsideration Of the mighty intellect Of
phis chief. At the doors on the right and
the left stood messengers and clerks in
iA&titudes Of frozen attention gazing at
fta,e dignitary who sat enthroned In the
iosnter Of the room, not daring to ad-
4vance until he should nod his Jovelike
fhead. At the moment of my call official
iaHty for the moment had relaxed. The
tdignitary turned from the mighty task
vi Oiling the wheels of the government
ipf the United States and was relating a
Rasasant story. Every face was turned
with a prepared smile which foreshad-
towed the hearty laughter sure to come
~ the end of the story. 1t was an in
tsresting picture, and perhaps explains
ehe happiness that men have in official
i6e and their reluctance to retiring to
the rude buffets and cold disrespect
toeten found in the transaction of private
Uur3nose
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19
COLLEGE NlckNAMes.


Fellows" Have Them.
I, College nicknames are queer things,
anyway. A student is, as the phrase
2oes, 'no good" unless he has q nick
nme, and professor has no place in
She college world unless he has q label
sDf tfis sort. Nicknames for the under
graduates are generally fixed early In
abe college career, and often express
Tho sophomore idea Of freshman's
characteristics. With the professors 1t
d different, for their niclnames are
tbased on traditions dear to the college
heart, says writer in the New York
Tribune. Thus, q professor goes along
from year to year with the label
s3astencd upon him way back in the if
ties it may be, and, queerly enough.
time, which changes all things, never
sees fit to question the appropriateness
'of these nicknames or to change an old
one for new one.
The president is sure to have handle
to his name. He may be ''PreXy," as
Mt Yale; Jimmy" as every graduate
of Princeton loves to call ex-President
McCosh, or Charlie" as they dub Pres
ident Eliot at Harvard. For the pro-
snnmes suggested by personal character
,istics, affiliations, duties, habits, etc. A
college in New Jersey, where nick
names are as thick as leaves in Vallom-
brosa, has it's ''Dcan," its Duff" its
Charlie" gray-haired reverend: its
f'Eeneral," an old army officer; its
s'Daddy,'' fatherless teacher; it's
i*sPat," from Erins Isle; it's big Mac"
iso called because there is no Little
Mac there; its "Sistcr,'' its Baby"
Its Granny" its FATTY" its MARY"
its 'Billy," etc, etc, and go on through
all sorts of ludicrous names suggestive,
;at least to the student, of some we'll
known popularity OF the person whose
name has been taken in vain. Of course
the professor is aware of the fact that
he is dubbed in this undignifed way,
but nothing he can do or say can change
the sanction of tradition, and the nick
name sticks.
With tho students the range of sobri-
qrets is wider and more varied, q con-
sdition due to the close relations be-
tween the nicl-naner and the nick
named. Some well defined rules OBJ
tain, however, which show there is some
method in this phase Of undergraduate
madness. Surnames often carry the
same niclxnames, although the persons
may not be related, and may be separ-
,ated by five or ten years in the time of
their residence at college. For instance,
Jones, 70, is dubbed Buck" and the
.chances are excellent that Jones, 'S9,
will receive the same nickname. Why,
mo one knows, but it is curious in
stance of persistent personality. Again,
nicknames received previously at school
ior at home count for naught, for the
icollogian is no respecter of traditions
outside of the college word.l So o"Billy"
becomes ''Sister," Jack" is trans
formed into Freddy" Joe" is elevated
into Senator" etc.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19
Cotton In Bombay.

In Bombay, as in Lancashire, Got
ton is king" says the Pail Mall Ga-
zette. The boats plying in the harbor,
the wharves OF the splendid docks, the
picturesque bullocls-carts that throng
the streets, arc all cotton" After New
Orleans Bombay is the greatest cotton
port in the world. Four million cwt.
are shipped abroad every year, and
100000 more are spun and woven in
the eighty-two mills of the Bombay
presidency. The value of all this cotton
Is about a12,000,00 The old Cotton
green, o vast space devoted to dealers
in the raw material, is one OF the show
places of the city, and forms striking
picture Of busy native life.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19
Ts-Night and To-Morrow Night

Ts-Night and TO-Morrow Night,
And each day and night during this
week you can get at all druggists Kemp's
Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, &C.
knowledged to be the most successful
remedy ever sold for the cure of Coughs,
Group, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough,
Asthma and Consumption. Get bottle
today and keep it always in the house,
so you can check your cold at once.
Price 80 cents and 81. Sample bottles
free.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19

The above name Is given to q subter-
raneous passage on the coast Of Banff-
shire, one hundred and ffty yards long
from sea TO sea, but through which 9
man can, with difficulty, creep. At the
north end OF the Needles Eye there Is
. cave twenty feet high. thirty broad
and one hundred and fifty long. The
whole OF this passage and cave IA sup
ported By immense columns OF roelca
msking : grand sccne which has . sur
prising eject en- one who has crept
through the narrow passage.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19
Winter In Finland.

Firms have to battle with the hard
ness OF Arctic winter from November
until May. and the Ice during this dark
period blocks all trade with foreign
countries. To remedy this the Finnish
government has ksd an ice-breaker
specially constructed strong enough 70
force she severest of ice, and, ss.houQh
y cost upwards Of 1000. 600 marka, -
|ssns do nv psgrst ths money.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19
Scotch Sarsaparilla

Is the greatest of all medicines for the
kidney and liver. Works slightly on
the bowels, gives good appetite, and in
vigorates the entire system. For Rheu-
matism it has no equal. 80 cents per
bottle, 80 doses. For sale by all drug
gists.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19

Hiram McConkry, ,oi Springport, Mich
has awakened from an eightmonths'
sleep. The clotting of blood On the
brain is supposed to be the cause of his
rather lengthy siesta.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19
OUR VERY BEST PEOPLE

Confirm our statement when We say that
DR.. Acker's English Remedy is in every
way superior to any and all other prepa-
rations for the Throat and Lungs. In
Whooping Cough and Group, it is magic
and relieves at once. We offer you q
sample bottle free. Remember, this
Remedy is sold on positive guarantee.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19

Mat Hawkins, farmer near Mechanics
burg, confessed forgery and fed.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19

An incendiary fire destroyed the cot
ton mills at Pacelot, N. @. Loss, $1,000.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-19

Fresh mica mine discoveries have been
made in Connecticut.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-11-20
A Joke That Failed.

There was very green Englishman at
West Point, Ga, who was talking about
purchasing land near by for a peach
orchard, and as he strolled around the
depot the half dozen drummers who hap
pened to meet there put up job ON him,
One of them borrowed a coat and hat OF
a farmer, took the cartridges out of his re
yolver, and with the weapon held aloft in
his hand he suddenly jumped into the
waiting room and yelled:
"Whoop! Pm q cantankerqus old fighter
from the headwaters of Fighting creek
Pm half boss and half alligator! Pm down
on everything that walks on two legs, par
ticularly Englishmenl Whar's the bloody.
bIoomin Briton who called me liar2"
"What's the row about?" inquired the
Englishman, as he came to a halt and
faced about.
'sWhoopl I've fit in three wars and kept
q graveyard of my own the rest of the
timei" shouted the terror as he danced
around "Down on yer marrow bones and
beg my pardon if yer want to live two min
Qtes lOngerl'
81 dawn't have to, We knawl' drawled
the Briton, cool as ice, and he squared of
and landed thumper on the drummer's
nose which piled him over among the sacks
of cottonseed meal and dazed him so that
be couldn't speak for the next five min
utes.
We had to hold the foreigner" to KEEP
him from following him up, and when the
drummer had been sponged off and brought
to, he sat down on baggage truck and
held his nose and reflected a long time
Then be slowly remarked:
when you fellows get through being
tickled, perhaps you can explain at just
what stage of the game the belt run off. y
EXCHANGE.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-11-20

Ayoung man came along fremont street,
near the West End side line, eating ba-
nanas. The rain was pouring down, and
the young fellow, to save releasing his
hands from the umbrella, gracefully tore
the skin from a banana with his teeth, let
ting it fall to the sidewalk. An idea seemed
to occur to him, and he stopped to kick the
banana skin into fremont street. But the
banana skin had glued itself to the wet
walk After several Intellectual kicks he
gave up the attempt.
After his departure newsboy, who had
been watching, approached the spot and
renewed the kicking. The obstinate ba-
mana skin, however, had fastened itself
firmly, and the newsboy's attempt resulted
in the spreading of the banana skin over
quite number of square inches, also in
detriment to his Shoes
An old, kindly disposed gentleman next
happened along. He espied the banana
skin, and at once began an animated dis
course to the several people waiting for
the car that didn't come ION time).
'"There," said he, 'there is an instance of
carelessness which should be punished
If we had an ordinance in Boston forbid
ding the throwing of banana skins on the
sidewalk it would be blessed thing. !
will throw it into the street, if nobody else
WILL" and the poor old man waltzed over
to the spot where the innocent looking
banana skin lay, waiting for its prey.
1t resisted his attempts. He lifted one
foot high and brought it down upon the
skin. The yellow skin remained, but the
foot passed by the spot with an annihilat-
ing energy, and the old gentleman and the
umbrella sat down in the muddy water,
the umbrella on top. That was the last
attack on the victorious banana peel 1t
was eyed respectfully by the spectators,
but no one cared to renew the struggle
Boston Journal
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-11-20
Absolutely Pure.

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matter what their name or nature.
It's the cheapest blood-purifer
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Why.9 Because it's sold on a
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Can you ask more?
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The discovery" cures all Skin
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-11-20
Tie Vanishing Tribes,

It is interesting to talk with civilized In
dams and learn from them what they may
know of the present and past conditions of
their race. Speaking of the prevalence of
consumption among the Indians on the
Klamath agency calls to mind that a few
more years will find those Indians nearly
all In their graves
Henry Jackson, of Klamath, assigned a
very plausible reason for their decline. He
says their food is now different from that
Of the wild Indian, and their habits of life
are very changed. Formerly they roamed
at will, clad scantily with rough skins or
naked, just as fancy suited them. Now
they are clothed and housed and often re-
moved to different chimes, and the changes
of temperature at once make themselves
fet and attack the lungs. Mr.. Jackson
talked freely of the old Indian chiefs.
Hconchin, the last chief Of the Modocs
and one of the leaders in the Modoc war, is
still living. He is weak and stone blind,
and must be considerably over hundred
years of age. Choctaw, the last com
mander of the Snakes, surrendered his life
and passed on to the happy hunting
grounds only three weeks ago. He also
was blind, and was a hundred or more
years of age.
Allen Divid, who used to be great
chief among the Klamaths, is still living
although at an advanced age. The light
has also gone out Of his eyes and he has to
depend on his people for food and care. The
tribe relations are all broken up, and from
Mr.. Jacksons words it is seen that very
soon the last of the original chiefs will
have passed to that bourne whence no
Traveller returns. Although not disappear
ing with the buffalo, as it was years ago
said they would do, the American Indian
will not be far behind the beast of the
prairie In passing from view.-Salem Orr
Statesman
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-11-20
WHERE TO SHOOT BIG GAME.
DR.. Hall Advises Hunters to Always Air
at the Brain Instead of the Heart

at the Brain Instead of the Heart.
Although the sportsman should always
endeavor to cause death as painlessly as
possible. he cannot do So To attain this
end he should, in hunting with the rifle
always strike the brain, but this, whether
with rifle or shotgun, is obviously out of
the question.
bullet striking the bones of the head,
or solid parts connecting Herewith as the
horns in the deer family ordinarily pro-
duces one of two results. 1t may, firstly
stun the animal, causing what surgeons
term conclusion of the brain,'' or, sec
ondly, cause death, either from the severity
of the shock or from direct injury to the
brain substance
The writer has known a large deer to fall
dead from the impact of heavy bullet
against the base of one horn, result anal
ogous to death produced by the sand bag
applied to the human skull. Had the ball
struck near the tip of the horn the deer
would have merely been stunned, probably
recovering quickly enough to escape in
safety Undoubtedly many animals are
reached and slain with the knife that
otherwise with little longer interval
might escape
A missile passing through a portion of
Cne brain substance almost invariably
causes instant death. There are however
many examples of recovery after such an
injury scattered through medical itera-
ture. Even in these cases the patient is
necessarily rendered unconscious for
many hours, SO that the hunter who in
fiicts such an injury upon an animal at
tains his end.
In hunting dangerous game at close
quarters, then, the brain should ordinarily
be the objective point, unless the bullet be
very heavy in proportion to the size of the
animal. 1t is generally accessible, and if
struck invariably renders the game harm
less A grizzly bear with rifle bullet
through the heart may yet live long enough
to kill his destroyer, if at close quarters
Several such instances have occurred
With his back broken, the bear may yet
strike viciously with his paw, but shot in
the brain ends the battle.-J. N. Hall, M.
d., in Scribner's
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-11-20
Styles That Seldom Change.

The cap trade is largely in the hands Of
jobbers who buy from the manufacturers
and distribute. the goods. Every consider
able city west of Pittsburg has large jobbing
houses that that ddea! in caps, and the widest
Rocky Mountain hunter often wears g cap
sent him through jobber and retailer from
the cap manufactures of the French quar-
ter. The taste of western folk does not
easily change, and this fact gives to the cap
trade certain steadiness that it would not
have were it entirely dependent upon the
yagaries of young people on the Atlantic
coast. You may see by the goods in the
cap houses of this town every variety of
frontiersman cap, along with the beretta
of the priest, the shovel hat of the bishop
and the mortarboard of the university
student.
Curiously enough, there is little or no de-
mand for the odd headgear that reaches
this town upon the heads of newly arrived
immigrants. Foreign caps and the pecul-
iarities of attire that thus come in rapidly
disappear. The Italian women cling to
their gay kerchiefs, but men and women
of other nationalities make haste to con-
form to the customs of the country. In a
few western states, where there are large
colonies of foreigners, especially Germans,
living in communities of their own, pecul-
iarities of dress survive, and for those peo-
Pile the capmakers design distinctive head.
gear.-New York World.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-11-20
Specimen Cases,

S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., was troubled
with Neuralgia and rheumatism, his Stomach
was disordered, his Liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bot
ties of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shephead, Harrisburg, ILL.,, had a run
ming on his leg of eight years standing Used
shree bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes
of Bncklin's Arniea SalYe, and his leg is sound
and we'll. John Speaker, CataWba, O., had five
large fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was
inc -rable. One bottle of Electric Bitters and one
box of BuclSlen's Arniea salvo cured him entire
y. Sold by Hughes 4 Bells drug store.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-11-20
ORGANIZED 1892.
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-11-20
It Is Not Always Beauty That Wins.

There's girl up on the hill who always
gets q seat in ear II 1t is just damned.
She isn't pretty nor anything like that,
but she is Essainy and her feet are large.
She wears common sense shoes with heavy
heels. She goes into q car and hangs to
strap In front OF sons man. Then every
time the car jerks she lunges around with
these heels. After few lunges the man
gives her his seat and limps out and stands
on the platform and swears.-St. Paul
Globe.