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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
Exchanges" in En- gllsh Journals.

"A peculiar feature of the English
woman's journals is the Exchange"
column, wherein the woman who has o.
''silver fox muff, boa and NIedici COL
lar" and on account of going into
mourning desires to exchange it for a
Persian lamb collar and muff, makes it
manifest. One lady offers in this col
umn ''lovely Persian kitten; exchange
to the value of one pound; honey want
ed" Another offers to exchange pair
of exquisite Dresden china candelabra
for anything useful" Magazines and
reviews are also proffered in exchange
for other magazines and books The
woman who is tired of her parrot will
give it in exchange for the pug that
some other woman is equally tired of
petting. Plants are offered to obtain
poultry in return, and everything but
husbands and deformities are adver-
tised
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
TOYS OF PRINCES SOLD.

They Ering High Prices at Auction, Es.
peclaily Napoieon's Wooden Horse.
Old toys so very seldom survive the
rough work their youthful possessors
give them that if any do weather the
storm they become extremely valuable.
A collection of old playthings. many of
which belonged to royal children, was
lately sold at the Hotel Drouot.
Some of them brought high prices.
For instance, a little doll, rather less
than foot long. but clad in q panoply
of steel and armed cap-a-pie, perfectly
modelled, and made at the period when
Louis XIII. sat on the throne of France,
sold for 615 francs.
Even this price was exceeded by that
paid for tiny set of carriages carved
in wood and accompanied by an escort
OF little wooden soldiers, made when
Napoleon I. was first consul, which
brought 1000 francs. A miniature
kitchen was interesting as being an ex-
act model of those in use in the time of
Louis XVI. A little iointcd doll, six
teen inches in length, and dressed in q
broche silk Vatican costume, brought
110 francs, while the kitchen was only
valued at $40 francs. A doll, still
dressed in the original faded brocade
silk, which had belonged to Marie An
toinette as child, was sold for 1, 500
francs. A roughly made wooden horse,
with broken nose and one leg miss
ing, authenticated as having belonged
to the great Napoleon when he was a
baby, went for 1000 francs.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10

LEAP YEAR.
Legends and superstitions Connected
with That Particular Period of Tirne.

Legends and Superstitions Connected
with That Particular Period of Time.
The advent of ''leap year and atie
break in the regular order of days make,
anything in regard to the "bisscxtile-r
or leap year" of r1orc than ordinary
interest, says TIE st. Louis Republic
Leap year has always been regarded
with awe and superstition by the pco-
pie Of all countries. The pcasnnt~Y Of
England affirm that peas and bea:lss
grow the wrong way in their pod3.-
that is, the seeds are set contrary to tho
way they arc IN ordinary -cara t,u
belgium the rural folks maintain that
leap year is not Only unpro2;tious for
all farming operations, but ttaS
throughout the year the young of the DO
mestic animals will not thrive as at,
other times. similar fatalitv, they
argue. extends to every kind cf grass
and plant, which becomes 8t,tnted or is
blighted before attaining its normal
size. Tho same peculiar ideas prevail
in Russia. Turkey, Tartary. India ana
Arabia. The Russian proreib SAYS
"lf st. Cassian (Fcbruary 29) looks ON
COW she will wither' In Arabia they
say: "As weak as u bissextile causel.''
and in Turkey and TGrtary they Gala
all hunchbacks, dwarf, and other
deformed men, women and chill
dren ''leap-vear freaks" but there
are exceptions TO this as well as to- ala
other rules, for we find that in Italy.
Greece and Sicily the rural proverls
says, referring to leap year: Plant,
much corn and vine, it's [thc ycarl good
for bread and wine" The ancient
Romans considered February 80 a mast
critical season, always reckoning it
among their unluclSy days That this
belief has not by any means lost ground
is evidenced by n deep-rooted dislike,
parents have to child being born Or
leap day. it being popular notion thaS
to come into the world at such an oda
time is ominous as signifyirg the babes.
speedy exit. a variety of this superSsi-
ton exists in Tuscany, and according
to piece of the foli,-iore of that cortu-
try when child is born on ieap-Iay
either it or its mother viii die before
the end of the year. !Iamp&on in hiss
"Medii Qvi Kalendarium' quotes thes
following from an old Saxon trcatisc.
Some assert that the bissextus or luarD
day, comes through this, that Joshua
prayed TO God that the sun might st&na
still for one days length that he might
sweep the heather from the land. Etiss
true that the sun did stand still. but the.
bisseXtus is not through this, as sotun,
do Think
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
HAPPINESS IN A WOODEN SHOE.
a Chicago Elevator Mans Scheme to Pre-
vent His Toes Being Hurt.

a Chicago Elevator Mans Scheme to Pre-
vent His Toes Being Hurt.
Several of the boys and men who run
passenger elevators in various Office
buildings in the city have lately been
noticed wearing big wooden shoe on
one of their feet while on duty, saws the
Chicago Tribune.
rs that the badge of the order of
elevator conductors?" one of the boys
was asked.
"Hardly-can't you guess what I
wear that relic of old Dutch days for?"
1T might be to kick the people who
swear at you for taking them beyond
their floor
'But it isn't-so guess again"
"Give it up!''
well, sir, a few of the brighter ele-
vator operators in Chicago have come
to the conclusion that they've had their
feet, and particularly their toes,
tramped upon and in many instances
broken, just as frequently as is agree
able. Indeed, the point Of comfort and
endurance was passed some time ago.
Lately one of us hit on the idea of wear
ing a big wooden shoe on the foot
nearest the door, which is the one that
always gets stepped on. 1t works like
charm. No other shoe that's made
could possibly give us the necessary
protection. People may step on that
and fall over and onto it as often as
they please, and where we used to grind
our teeth in pain we now smile and
keep comfortable. It's not generally
known, but from two to ten elevator
men in this city have toe or two
broken and mangled every day by peo-
pie tramping on them. But our millen-
mum has come in the big wooden shoe"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
CALLED FORTH THE EVIL ONE,


, Row Convivial Company lid ItseH Of
an Objectionable Member.
One night not long ago a group Of
kindred spirits were gathered in an ur,-
per room at the house of one Of the.
number, the women of the household
being absent for the evening. The tide,
of ofmerriment was flowing geniallv vf,er,
they were joined By an undesirable.
young man who may be called Brown.
as that was not his name They cast,
about among themselves as to how tl,,.v
could get rid of him without givfn1-
o1fense, and one of the number suddenly
bethought himself of n masquerade CPS
tune he had constructed with much
labor and thought, to represent the,
Father of Darkness. Hastily whisper
ing his plan to his friends, continues the.
New York Tribune, he quietly slipuec;
away from the house, and hurrvfnrr
home donned the suit and returned.
Knocking at the door, he inquired of the,
person who answered the summons if
Brown" was within.
'Ies; step upstairs and you will ffua
him" was the reply. With much claftk-
ing OF chains and gathering of hoofs be
slowly mounted the stairs and entered
the room where the company was gath
cred, inquiring for Brown. There was
scene of indescribable confusion, the
well-simulated terror of the rest ren-
dering the uninitiated young man al
most helpless from fright; all he was
able to do was to roll under the table.
At last the others made a rush for the
window and, one by one, dropped totss.
ground below. AS the last one climbed
through the window Brown, who Clid
not desire to be left alone with his sss-
tanic majesty, made 4 dash at him.
caught him in his arms, and with sFse,
strength of terror drew him back guea
flung him across the room. Then leysr,-
Ing himself from the window he started
for home at rate of speed whic:ts IA
sprinter might well envy. At every
stride he would cry out until his voSge
was lost in the distance:
"Please, Mr.. Satan, don't take TIC. ye.s:
please don't take me just yeti"
The jokcrs returned to the room weak
with laughter, and they have prre.-
since been troubled by u call fror-a
Brown, who still persists that the eYil
one in person had sought him on te.ae
occasion
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
A MAMMOTH NEWSPAPER.
1t Was 10 by 100 Inches In Size, and It's
Columns We're AS Inches Long.

IL was 10 Dy 100 inches In Size, and It's
Columns Were 4s Inches Long.
The Paper World has among it's "odds
and ends" q copy of what is supposed to
have been the largest single-shect nows-
paper ever published in this or any
other country.
1t was entitled the Illuminated Quad
ruple Constellation, and was issued at
New York, July 4, 1850, by one George
l.obcrts. The edition was to have been
$4,000; but 1t is reported that the press
broke down before the full number was
run. 1t sold at so cents copy.
The size of t;iis niastodon sheet was
20 by 100 inches, or almost fortytnine
square feet, eight pages, thirteen col
umns to the page. OF a total of 104 col
utnns each forty-eight inches in length.
1t was Illustrated with good portraits
of President James buchanan, Edward
Everett, Henry Ward Deecher, N. p.
Banks, Edwin II. Chaplin, Horace Gree
ley, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Alex
ander Won Humboldt, James Gordon
Bennett and several others.
The paper contained thirty-six differ
ent poems entire, among them Brad
docks Defeat or the Battle of Monon-
gahela," poem of sixty-four eight-line
verses, occupying one column and a
fourth, or exactly five feet of space.
Among other articles of especial note
published in that leviathan -sheet was
the celebrated moon Hoax"
The weight of the paper required for
the edition of $4,000 was equal to that
required for printing 100000 copies of
the Morning Journal. The paper cost
the publisher $50 . ream and each ream
weighed 800 pounds. 1t required the
work of forty persons ten hours per day
for eight weeks to set up and publish
this gigantic edition
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
NIrRo.oLycERINE HEADACHE.
What Causes It and the General Effects
of a Single Whiff OF Nitro

What Causes 1t and the General Effects
of a Single Whit OF Nitro.
"a nitro-glycerine headache will
mako man about as uncomfortable
under his hat as anything I know Of"
said an oil producer from Bradford Pa,
ton group of men who were discussing
the sensational attempts upon Russell
Sage's life, among whom was Phila-
delphia Record man. "a single Whit
from can of the explosive will make
man imagine he is just getting over
the effects of a night with the boys.
Nitro-glycerinc, as yon may know. is
utilized very extensively ia the oil
country for shooting oil wells. Hun
dreds of tons of the explosive are used
every year, and the men who manu-
facture it and torpedo wells would make
small army If they were all turned
loose together. The business they fol-
low, too, is about as dangerous as the
military business in war times, for not
year passes that dozen or more
shooters, as the men who torpedo the
wells are called, do not get blown up.
Nltro-glycerine goes off at a very slight
shock, or at contact with fire, and in the
Oil country the man who handles gly-
cerine is looked upon as an unfortunate
being with one foot in the grave. The
chances are ten to one that if he sticks
to the business long enough he will be
blown up.
"a nitro-glycerine headache is caused
by the smell of the nitric and sulphuric
acids which are used in making the
explosive. Sweet glycerine oil, as
everyone knows, is a very harm
less liquid, but when subjected to
the action of the two acids named the
resulting milli-lilSe fluid is the most
deadly explosive agent known. Men
who make nitro-glycerine are at first
subject to these terrific headaches, but
after few days in the factory they be-
come acclimated to the smell, if such
an expression be permissible. But if
they knock off work for a day or two
they are compelled to undergo the ac-
climating experience again.
"A single drop OF nitro-glycerine ex-
ploded upon an anvil with sledge-
hammer would probably blow the ham
mer thirty feet in the air. l know of a
blacksmith who was repairing nitro
glycerine wagon in the oil country one
day, when there was loud explosion
and the wagon was literally taken all
apart and scattered about his shop. A
few drops of glycerine had leaked from
the cans and lodged in the framework
OF the wagon. Strange to relate. the
blacksmith escaped injury, but he at
once hung mp in his window a little
card upon which was written in a
sledge-hammer hand: No nitro-glycer-
inc wagons need apply
zone day in the Titusville oil field
a nitro-glycerinc manufacturer was
standing in front of hotel, absent
mindedly kicking the flagstone walk,
when there was report about as loud
as the snap of a cap. The man flew up
in the air about foot and let out q veil
that was heard block away. When
he got back on terra firma again and
looked at his feet the shoe was torn all
to pieces. In working about his glycer-
inc manufactory he had evidently satu-
rated his shoe with few drops of the
explosive, which were set off by the
stamping of his foot
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
HE MET THE EMERGENCY.
How Admiral Semmcs Repaired Ills
Cruiser Out of Dry Dock.

"'7Si OuS va DTN DOcks
Ono of the most serious difficulties
that our new steel cruisers have hcd to
encounter is the rapidity with which ;lie
bottoms Of the ships become foul wEcn
nfloat in tropical waters, snys the .;e1v
YorH Times. This has been iliustrs ted in
the cases of vessels on the Pacific station.
which have been compelled to steam to
San Francisco at times VIXEN their scrv-
ices could not well be spared for the
sole purpose of having their bottoms
cleaned. This necessity ms made the
absence OF coaliDg and naval stations
keenlv felt, and if the present strained
relations with Chill lead to a more Sc
rious complication there may be further
reasons to deplore the failure of the
government to secure foreign naval
stations. If the crisis comes and the
presence of an American iiect is re-
quircd in Gillian waters the command
ers of our war vessels will doubtless
find some method to keep the bottoms
of their vessels sufficiently clean
for high speed without the aid of drv
docks. An illustration of what can be
done when necessity demands is afforded
in the case of the famous confederate
cruisers. In his "NIcmcirs Of the
Service Afloat' Admiral Ecrar!cs men.
tions an incident when an injury below
the water line Of his vessel made re.
pairs to the damaged part essential to
the efficiency of his vessel. There was
no port into which the ship dared to
venture and other 1ncans had to be
thought of. The commander hit on
scheme that proved to be successful
lie directed the carpenters and machin-
lists to construct q caisSCn to fit over
the injured space beneath the water
line. The plans OF the ship showed the
curves of the hull, and from these draw ,
lngs a caisSon was built which fitted SO
nicely as to be almost wcter-tight, and
was easily kept free Of water by the !
pumps The result was that the dam
age was repaired as effectively as it
could have been done had the slip been ,
placed in dry dock. IT, with the rough /
material on board, the men Of that ship |
could tit caisson to their vessel, it !
seems reasonable to think that the task !
OF keeping n warship's bottom clean !
when dry docks are not available can
be accomplished by the same means. /
Material for sectional caissons to fit
each part of the ships bottom could be
provided for each skip and put together
on board.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
Horses Acute Hearing.

1t is well known that horses can hear
deep sounds which we cannot. For days
previous to the earthquake in the
Riviera the horses there showed every
symptom of abject fear, which contin-
ued without any change of character
till the fury of the convulsion broke
forth. But not till few seconds before
the earth began to quake did human
beings hear any sounds, while it is ex-
tremcly probable that the horses heard
the subterranean noises for two or
three days previously.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
liOAROS OF RUPEES,
The Accumulated Wealti, of indian Ra
jahs L" beginning to Circnlatc.

The Accumulated Wealth of indian Ra-
jahs III beginning to Circnlatc.
The ancient Oriental passion of hoard
ing appears from an article on the cir
culation of the rupee in the Economic
journal to be gradually disappearing.
and is now believed to be mainly con-
fined to the old wealthy families and
princes.
The original cause, fear of civil tu-
multi, has passed away, and the pres
ence of an increasing market for in
vestment, the sweet simplicity of the
four per cents, or family misfortunes.
sooner or later have the effect of empty
ing the family vault. Notable instances
OF the dissipation of large boards have
occurred in recent years.
The Maharaja of Gwalior, Mahratta
chief, lent the government upward of
thirty million rupees, of which all but
three million were in native coin.
The Maharaja of Burdwan's accumu.
lation principally of sicca rupees) has
disappeared in litigation and invest
ment, and recently large boards of Ar
cot rupees from Madras, and Chillzi
rupees from kashmir, have passed into
English mints.
In Bengal several considerable boards
OF sicca rupees have been found to ex-
ist in the houses of wealthy landlords
on the occasion of their property pass
ing into the control of the court of
wards. Mr.. Harrison estimates tho an
nual quasi-permanent disappearance of
government rupees due to this cause as
now less than five million, and would
put it even lower if there were not rea-
son to believe that in southern India
the priestly trustees of temples still ac-
cumulate the offerings of pilgrims.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10

That popular agricultural journal, the
american Farmer, which has been offered
free in connection with years subscrip-
ton to the News. HERALD, will hereafter
be published at Springfield and Cleve-
land, Ohio, in order to increase facilities
for publication. The american Farmer
has also been considerably enlarged, be-
ginning with the January number, and
many excellent features added which
will make the American Farmer welcome
visitor in every home. 1t is national in
its character and strictly non. political.
We will continue to offer this great paper
to our readers absolutely free. We give
a years subscription to the 4maican
Former free to any OF our old subscribers
who will pay one year in advance, and
also to any new subscribers who will pay
one year in advance. This generous offer
is open TO all. Sample copies can be seen
at our Office.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
watches Growing sma,,er.

Watches were appreciably reduced in
size after the invention of the fusee to
obviate the Inconvenience of variations
OF power Of the handspring. The
watches made early in the sixteenth
century generally strongly contrasted
in size and portability with tnsse worn
in fobs by men in the eighteenth CEN
tury, and which were thick. round and
heavy.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
JUDGE A MAN sY HIS NOS
The Way q Chicago Merchant ..5s..raaoes
Character.


Character
That was an interesting md true
little item that the Tribune re,>r irasecs
from some horse5reeicr's paper tisllhQc
the character and disposition of q ho,sse,
by his nose" said an old State st,qa6
merchant; but let me tell you tllaH {
can pick out a stingy, srnall-u2irsGea
man or one that is lioeral, big-rnindesl.
etc., quicker by q glance at noses than
most any man can the eXtrelless in
horses. Nine out of every ten men WHO
have a concave nose, and particularly IL
it's small, are stiugy or intensely sell
fish and narrow-m minded and mean. aass
1t wouldn't be necessary for you 10 fsisve
but precious little to do with 'em, esx,e-
cially in a business way, in order to
find it out.
when you see a large or good sizled
nose that is convex in build, and esps.-
clally II 1T has more or less of an intin,i,-
ton of the Roman school about it-as
architects would say-you can depend
that its possessor is liberal, broad
minded fellow, and usually, too, scltol-
arly. | guess I've cleared close onto
one million dollars during the twenty
years that I've been running a storo in
Chicago, and half of that owe to h;sv-
ing always made point of readizA-
people by their noses. And what Fya
said applies to women just as much. as
to men,"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
Rummacing in a Queens yyar,,ro,a,

What delightful day one could spend
rummaging in the great cabinets at
Windsor castle, where are stored away
all the gowns that Queen Victoria ever
wore. For the queens robes are
never sold OF given away, de-
spite the energetic attempts which have
been made from time to time to induce
the attendants to part with some of
these thousands of gowns. which their
wearer has probably forgotten that she
ever possessed. The coronation robes,
bridal gowns, Respondent garments of
stately fetc and royal ceremonial, worn
in the old days before the rlagnifccnce
of queenliness was forgotten in the sor-
row of widowhood, what Will become
of these relics when the long reign is
ended and the enormous cabinets are
made ready for the new queens ar
rival?
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
A Queer Icelandio RelIsf.

According to the ideas of the Ice
landers all waters which flow to the
north are drawn thitherward by sue
tion created by the oceans tumbling
downward through the hollow which
they firmly believe exists at the pole.
Their authority for this curious belief
is the "Utama Saga" semi-sacred
work written early in the fourteenth
century.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
School Examiners.

TJNHE Board of School Examiners of High.
\ a land county give notice that examin
tons of Applicants for Certificates will take
place In ihe Hillsboro Main street school
building on the first saturday of every
ary, February, March, April, August and
September. The Examination fee prescribed
BY law Is so cents.
BY ordet Of the Board
IA SHANNON, Clerk.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-01-26

A curious story is told at the Capitol at the
expense of a member Of congress, who, while
of no small caliber intellectually, has not
been blessed with an abundance Of avoirdu-
pois. He has wife who is much taller than
he is, and who also is well known to her chill
dren as q strict disciplinarian. One evening,
30 the story goes, she heard noise in the
nursery after bedtime. She promptly seized
her slipper and started for the scene of the
uproar. Just as she reached the door the
children extinguished the light. Stretching
out her hand she captured one Of the boys,
and to judge from the outcries he made the
spanking was thoroughly effective.
But the mother was somewhat surprised at
the conduct of the second sufferer. Instead
of sobbing, he yelled protestations in a strong
voice, and at last swore roundly. The mo
Their, astonished, jumped up and letting him
fall from her knee to the floor, exclaimed ten
Derby:
SIS that you, hubbyi"
Overwhelmed with confusion he admitted
that it was her hubby she had been spank
ing. After they had retired amid the muf-
fed laughter OF the children, who were try
ing to restrain 1t by stufiing pillows into their
mouths, explanations followed. He, too, had
heard the noise and with the same object in
view as his wife had gone to the nursery,
where be had been caught by his spouse
New York Tribune.