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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
Papa, Punishment of an Archbishop.

The pope has sentenced to degrade
ton from the rank of prelate, and to
deprivation of all ecclesiastical digni-
ties and Offices, Archbishop Folchi, vice
camerlingo of the Roman Catholic
church, and one of the most important
and influential members of the papal
court. This sentence, almost unique in
modern times, is attributable to his
conviction by court of inquiry of bad
Judgment, negligence and dishonesty
in connection with the administration
of the funds and revenues of the pa
pacy. For years past he has acted as
secretary and treasurer of the board
of cardinals who are intrusted
with the administration of the pa
pal revenues and of enormous sums
besides, including almost the entire
amount of the obolo di San Pietro, or
Peters pence, much Of which is sub
scribed in the United States. The arch
bishop, who gives one the impression
of being man of the world instead of
priest, was allowed a free hand with
regard to the disbursement of the
money, and the result 10 that an alarm
Ing deficit has been discovered In tho
papal treasury. 80. q.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
POISONED BY FINE HAIRS.
Spikes on Young Bamboo Shoots Kill
When Administered Food.

Spikes on Young Bamboo Shoots Kill
When Administered as Food.
One of tho most famous and fatal
poisons used in Japan and Java is OBJ
tanned from the bamboo. The young
shoots of the cane, when they first push
through the ground, are covered with
fine, brownish hairs, which, under the
microscope, appear to be bayonet-lil1e
spikes of crystals of slick, infinitely
sharp and hollow.
Small quantities of these hairs ad-
ministered daily in the food bring on
liberation of the whole alimcntary
canal, stimulating malignant dysentery.
The action must be Of mechanical
rather than of a chemical nature, just
as the spores of the common puff ball
act upon the eyes.
The bamboo crystal is greatly dreaded
by all the European residents of Java.
A Dutch official report says that scores
of deaths among European planters are
due to the bamboo hairs and to the
jealousy of native women, who, when
ever they take fancy to white man,
will either have him or poison him on
bamboo hairs if it taxes months to ac-
complish the job.
The infnitesimal hollow through
these hairy crystals is the most re-
marlSable thing in connection with
them, they being the only known hol-
low vegetable or mineral thorns or
CRYSTALS.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
HOnely Women.

Some of the most fascinating women
in the worlds history, as well as men,
have been exceptionally ugly, says the
American Register. TO encourage the
plain sisterhood a kind-hearted French
man recalls the fact that the duchess of
Burgundy, who divided with Nine. de
Maintenon the old age of Louis Qua
torze, had a frightful neck and decayed
teeth; Marguerite de Valois had heavy
cheeks like monkey, two prominent
eyes ano thick, hanging under lip, the
duchess de Berri, mother of the comte
de Chambord, who drove the Britons
wild, had trumpet-shaped nose and
the complexion of bilious blonde, her
eyes squinted and while one was blue
the other was gray. 1.-THE most sue
cessful captivators of modern Paris, I" he
adds, have been the Princess Lisie
Troubetskof, the Princess Metternich
and Theresa--all very homely." The
French gentleman might have added:
"And very bad" If one must be very
wicked to counteract the disadvantages
OF plain looks the gentleman's lesson is
not SO encouraging as it might at first
glance seem.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
I A GIRL WHO COULD SHOOT.
Tier True Aim Saved Her Father from =
Terrible Death.

''In my recent trip to New Mexico in
the interests of the Omaha stock ex-
change | witnessed an act of hcroism
that l shall never forget" said w. f.
Skinner to an Omaha Bee reporter.
"Thc central figure was beautiful and
refined young lady, the daughter of %
banker, who owns extensive cattle
ranches in northcrn New Mexico. Dur
ing the vacations she had passed on the
ranch she had acquired q wonderful
proficiency with the rifle and could
shoot with the accuracy of an old ranch
man. One day We were startled by see
ing q cinnamon bear, and large one at
that, near the edge of q gully but a
short distance from the house. Both
father and daughter rushed for their
rifles and made for the ravinc. The
wild beast was on the opposite side and
unable TO get at us.
"The banker in his excitement got
too close to the edge of the ravinc and
tumbled in, falling distance Of twelve
or fifteen feet. He lay stunned by the
force of the fall, and we feared he had
been seriously hurt. IL another second
down tumb'ed bruin into the gully,
whether Intentionally or accidentally
don't know. But the awful danger Of
my host Immediately flashed upon me.
He was too stunned to help himself,
and the savage beast, iufuriGted by the
pain Of his fall, rushed toward the
PROSTATE man. was frozen with hor-
ror. In twinkling heard the report
of rifle at my side, saw puff Of
smoke, and the bear dropped dead
almost on the helpless form of the
banker. turned and saw my fair COM
panion just dropping her rife from her
shoulder. Her face was pale, but her
eyes lit up with q look of mingled joy
and triumph. She had saved her father
from a terrible death by her presence
| of mind and unerrinG aim"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
ORIGIN OF AN OLD SONG.

"The Old Oal.cn Bucket" " Said to Have
Been Composed In a Saloon.
There have been several versions of
the origin of "The Old Cahen Bucket"
says George NJ. Young in the January
New England Magazine. The most
widely circulated and popularity be-
heved is as follows: When Woodwork
was journeyman printer in an Office
on the corner of Chatham and Chambers
streets in New York, near by in Frank
fort street was saloon kept by man
named Mallory, where Woodworth and
several particular friends used to re-
sort. One afternoon the liquor was uD-
usually excellent, and Woodworth
seemed inspired by it. After taking a
draught, he set his glass on the table
and, smaclling his lips, declared t!lot
Mallory's eau de vie was superior to
anything he had ever tasted "No,"
said Mallory, ''you are mistaken; there
was one thing which in both our esti-
nations surpassed this in the way of
drinking" 'What was that?" asked
Woodwork, obviously. 1.-THE drought
of pure spring water that we used to
drink from the old oaken bucket that
hung in the well, after our return from
the field on hot day in summer" A
teardrop glisteued for moment in
Woodworth's eye. True, truew he re-
piled, and shortly after quilted tho
place. He immediately returned to the
Office, took pen, and in half en- hour
THE Old Oaken Bucket" YVES Tcady in
manuscript to be embalued in i.ie mem
ories of succeeding generations.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
THE MAXIM GUN.
It IL Terrible in Battle, Eu. Easily Put
Out of Octler.

It II Terrible in Battle, Du. Easily Put
Out of Order.
The African traveller, Eugene Wolf,
who took part in the Kilimanjaro ex-
pedition under Maj. Won Wissmann, has
some hard things to say against the
Maxim machine gun. According to his
statement, which appears in the 'Zeit-
geist," feuilleton to the Berliner Tage-
blatt, apart from the large quantity of
ammunition which must be carried with
it, and the necessity for keeping the
jacket filed with cold water, the Maxim
gun has q mechanism as sensitive as
that of a chronometer, and requires to
be looked after on the march and in
camp as carefully as petted darling.
A slight blow or a jolt against stone.
small grains of sand, or even dust alone,
suffice to make it unavoidable, while
the slightest damp prevents the proper
working of the endless band which
feeds the cartridges. Maj. Won Wiss-
mann intrusted the care of the gun to-
one of his most reliable officers, who
had to keep incessant watch and ward
over it, and it was served by non-com-
missioned officer who was a frst-rate
mechanic. The porters had to be spe-
cially selected as the most trustworthy
men among some hundreds of coolies.
Finally every night the gun had to be
swathed with touching care in woolen
wrappers with an external waterproof
covering. The object of the last state
ment is not understood. All rapid-fre
guns are cared for by being covered
first with blanket and second with
waterproof hood. 1t preserves appear
ance and prevents rust.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
AN UNExPLoReD COUNTRY.
Vast Area Which Has Never Been Salts
factorily Examined by White Men.

Vast Area Which Has Never Been Salts
factorily Examined by White Men.
The Labrador peninsula, or northeast
territory, contains two hundred and
eighty-nine square miles. This is more
than equal to that of Newfoundland.
Several lines of exploration and survey
have been carried for certain dis
tance into the interior of this great pen.
insuln, among which may be mentioned
those of Prof. Hind, a. p. Low and Il.
L. Holme. The limits of the unexplored
area have been drawn SO as to exclude
all these. The area regarded as still un-
explored has, however, it is true, been
trnversed in several directions at differ
ent times by officers Of the Hudson Bay
Company, particularly on routes lead
sng from the vicinity of NIingan, on the
.,ulf of st. Lawrence, to the head of
Hamilton inlet, and thence to Ungava
bay. These routes have also, according
to Mr. Holme, been travelled by a mis-
sionary, Pere Lacasse, but the only
published information which have
been able to find is contained in a book
written by j. Mclean, and in brief
account of journey by Rev. E. j. Peck,
says n writer in Goldthwaite's Geo
graphical Magazine. Mr.. Mclean made
several journeys and established trading
posts between Ungava and Hamilton
inlet in the years 1sS9-1s41, while
Mr.. Peck crossed from Little Whale
river, on Hudson bay, to Ungava in
1884. Something may be gathered as to
the general nature of the country along
certain lines from the accounts given
by these gentlemen, but there is little of
a really satisfactory character, while
neither has made any attempt to fix po-
sitions or delineate the feature of the
region on the map. In all probability
this entire region consists of rocky
plateau or hilly tract of rounded arche-
an rocks, highest on the northeast
side and to the south, and sloping grad
ually down to low land toward Ungava
bay. 1t is known to be more or less
wooded, and in some places with tim
ber Of fair growth, but if it should be
possessed of any real value this may
probably lie in it's multifarious depos.
its. In this tract of country particular.
ly there is reason to hope that ore like
those of Tilt Glove, in Newfoundland,
or those of Sudbury, in Ontario, may
| occur.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
New Kind of Porcelain.

A new kind of porcelain made from
asbestos has been brought before the
Academic des Sciences, Paris, by NJ.
Garros. He grinds the asbestos to a
fine powder and frees it from oxide of
iron by sulphuric or hydrochloric acid,
then makes it into paste, molds it,
dries it slowly and finally bakes it for
seventeen or eighteen hours at tenn
perature Of 1900 degrees G, 1t is very
translucent and has been used success
fully as filter and sterilizcr.
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Special.

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The American Farmer is large l6-page
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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
CHEATING CHEATING
0RSE
Blankets

Nearly every pattern of "a Horse
Blanket is initiated in color and
style. In most cases the imitation
looks just as good as the genuine,
but it hasn't tile aOarp THREADS, and
SO lacks strength, and while it sells
for only a little less than the genu-
inc it isn'tworth one-half as much.
The fact that "a Horse Blankets
are copied is strong evidence
that they are THE STANDARD,
and every buyer should see that
the "a trade mark is sewed on
the inside of the Blanket.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
Stronger Than Steel.

Steam pipes have been made in Eng
land from the ramie fiber. The materi-
al is subjected to tremendous hydraulic
pressure, and, having the property of
being unaffected by moisture, will
neither shrink nor swell, besides being
a nonconductor of heat. The pipes
have twice the tensile strength of stee;
pipes.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-25
Road Notice.

yTyO the Honorable Commissioners of High
Iamd county, OHIO: Asking your Hon
orable body to locate county road as ioi.
lows: Begin ming in the oil Whisk road :
the corner of the lands OF q, orge Hook. de-
ceased, and Matthew Collins; thence with
john A. Long; thence with their line TO the
county road leading past the said John a.
Long. j. N. THOMPSON AND oTHEhs'
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30

DRESSED FOWLS. VEGETABLES, aa,
y. j. AKERS, City Market
j. w. SIMCOE, City Market.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30

ChevrOn weave, broken chevrons. floral
brocades, serge diagonal and several other
styles of such figure black goods are seen,
among them sort of twisted rope pat
tern, and one with stripes and rings Of
satin weave. There are also several pat
terms of all wool basket and matelasse
weave, some Illuminated by having Il
brocaded surface of vicuna wool over dead
black Sleeps wonl some in wavy linc,
and another like; /; coat of mail There is
one OF Show crystals OH II MORE ground
that is superb when you consider that ALI
that variety OF shade is produced by The
cunning of the weaver from black alone
noticed one pattern that looked like
cumulOus clouds in MORE effect Another
appeared to have an elaborate braided rat
tern, and still another crocodile cashmere.
with an overthrow of figures and flowers
or blazing sunburst. There are zigza.
patterns, geometrical figures, diagonal
stripes with twists, plain wool cords, double
and triple, and several styles of corded
effects where the cords run lengthwise-
for the bedford cord is decidedly "out."
MORE, with heavy cords running through
it, is another novelty, and there are dead
fine biarritz cloths with two or three
heavy horizontal stripes. They are seen in
20 many styles that it is almost impossible
TO mention them all. There is some bro
caded biarritz cloth which is superb
Bristol reps are another variety and very
rich rs also are the Paris cords, some of
them having cords and crepon in stripes
and then there are wool diagonals with
alternate crcpon stripes, and stripes of
'noire and diagonal; others where the
stripes are of armure and biarrtZ cord
The armures are very refined. All these
goods are in black and double width.
l nearly forgot to mention a beautiful
velvet street and visiting dress of Billion
velutina garnishcd with beaver, which
makes 1T n most elegant costume without
being overweighted. MATE LEROY.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30

even Intimate friends knew their friends
husbands, sons, brothers or fathers. The
hours for chilling being generally those
when the men of the fumily were Mt their
business, they never met, unless perhnps
once in year or so ut some formal rather
ing which seldom permitted more than II
casual acquaintance. The men who have
the leisure to go to teas are not tho mel,
that the ladies' would prefer to have il
they had any choice in the matter So
they make the best of it. and look as be-
witchingly rs they can, and make tea for
those who call
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30
CITY MARKET.

CHOICE MEATS
BREADY lkeeps the best, stall 6, Market Houss.
x. u. GAIT, stall No. 4 Sausage speciality
J. w. HOGAN, Stall 3.
THOMAS NELSON. stall No. 8
w. SALE stall No. IL.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30

With the tea is served u very delicate
luncheon on tiny plates, consisting of
toasted oatmeal crackers, once in awhile
some cheese strawS, very small cakes, and
where they can be obtained delicious crisp
little biscuits made of bean flour and honey.
Dried and sailed shrimps are novelty,
and like s;llted almonds one never seems
to know when one has enough they are so
sweet and tasty. They are boiled in sailed
water, the shells taken off, and the meat is
then dried The bean biscuit are true
Japanese, but l fear the dried shrimus
are Chinese Some ladies fit their rooms
in Japanese style and wear Japanese cos
TUNES at these teas, but the costume is not
becoming to everybody.
Much more heavy Grape is worn now OH
mourning gowns than ever before For
mcrly II few folds were su flicient Now fully
opc-half dress is covered with English
Grape. The silk warp Henrietta continues
TO he the most suitable material for first
mourning, and nothing else shows up the
Grape with the same effect. Wells reach
to the hem Of Tie dress
There are many beautiful new black
goods shown this fall-not necessarily for
mourninE-;,s many of them are decidedly
drcssy. Particularly there is Il line of nov
elites in black that have never been
equaled, and which show that many Gle.
giant Diack costumes Will be worn by the
best dressed ladies. They are expensive,
but beautiful Among them l noticed
wool armurrs in honeycomb and bir,lscve
effects. One had illuminated figures over
MORE ground. and watered ground with
satinlike stripes, and these flgurings were
all obtained by weaving, as the same kind
OF wool is used throughout. Some of them
had Grape stripe, with an alternate chev-
ron stripe. Others had stripes with bow
Knot figures or dots of different sizes.
The barritz cord is an exquisite fabric,
soft and pliablc, but firm rs n rock This
Is mostly plain, bat some of it shows small
set figures i'll satin weave. 1t comes in
several degrees of fineness and will doubt
less he the iavorite.
One pattern had diamond ground with
broken pattern on it in satin weave There
is new wool brocade in stars, half moons
and intricate scroll patterns, which is a
marvel. 1t seems to break up into dozen
shades of gray, yet is all dead black
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30

FRESH FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE,
d. e. ODELL BROS, City Market.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30

CURED HAMS, BEEF, LARD, &C.
z. y. KEMP (specialty beef tonaaesl, stall Il.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30

PRODUCE, FISH AND OYSTERS.
HUDSON DEAL, 10 Salem avenue n. o.
(wholesalo and retaiD.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30
Cold Weather In Euroue.

Wintry weather has set in suddenly
throughout Austria after the severe heal
People are sh;vcring in Vienna. wliic
heaTy sno@ has iail,:i Oh t,.s .Airs.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30

viii w very
RUSSIAN TEA GOWN. large, partly fat.
and with pockets in them for purse hand
kerchicf and poSGer box
Almost as quaint and quite as pictur.
esquc is pink glace silk, with Persian APP
pliquc on the round waist and skirt The
sleeves are those made famous by the En-.
press Josephine, and tho berthe of black
lace, headed by crepe lissc ruching, is in
full keeping with the style, and with the
train of black lace over the glace silk. In
oldcn times this was called tafreta silk.
and it is the veritable frou-frou, which is
the only silk which gives out that raspiny
swish with every move Of the wearer
The mode of dressing the hair follows
the same general idea, and it certainly is
becoming The sleeves come even below
the wrists-and in fact nearly all sleeves
are long, even for balls, unless they are
very grand ones, when the sleeves can he
short. but the arms must he covered with
long gloves This costume is intended for
grand dinner parties. for opera, or for any
occasion when hnppy medium is desired
between II plain dinner dress and q grand
toilet.
few years ago it would have been con-
sidered rank heresy to put green and red
together. no matter what the shade or
material. Now startling contrasts are
often seen, and also some very artistic ar
engagements of red and green that not
only do not offend the eye, but prove
beautiful For instance, there is superb
afternoon gown of moss green velvet and
old rose cashmere, it may have been
faillc, and on the whole ! think it was, hut
cashmere would be quite as elegant. The
under dress was of the old rose, with II
velvet belt yoke and tight sleeves of
velvet, bordercd by narrow bands of white
astrakhan. The overdrcss was of velvet,
scalloped all around and lined with maize
colored surah. The caps to the sleeves
were of old rose. 1t is difficult to imagine
more graceful tea gown.
While it is true that tea gowns are really
''out"-that is to say, those bcruflled and
ribboncd fly away tea gowns of Il year ago
yet such one as this is still quite in
vogue for receiving afternoon visitors vino
drop in for II social cup of tea.
The style is partly Russian, but the day
of the Russian samovar has come and gone
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-30

ROANOKE DRESSED BEEF 90.
n. RENSCH, Stall No. s.