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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
HAVING A HEADACHE.
Ono of the Great Differences Eetweerrs
Men and Women.

Ono of the Great Differences Eetweerns
Men and Women.
It's funny the different ways men an6ls
women have headaches, says the Phuu--
delphia Inquirer. A woman has a head
ache and she walks around the house,
with it wrapped up in a handkcrchie&
dipped in bay rum, and she scolds the
servants, administers punishment to the7
child that don't need it, and wondsrss
what in the world she ever got married.
for, and wishes she were dead, and them
has a cup of tea about every three
quarters of an hour. She says she d.
letting it wear Off; but it's the family
who endure the wearing process, anfN
until headache has become nothing
but a memory the entire establishment
endures it. When a man gets head
ache he comes home and announces.
that he is going to die; and then he goes
to bed, has the doctor sent for, takes
whatever he gives him, groans anGa
makes great time generally, gets the-
sympathy of the entire household, and
day after tomorrow is quite well and
ready to go down town and tell hnyN
near he came to dying, what close.
call he had, and how only the skill of
the doctor and the nursing Of his wifea
saved him. Now the man is decidedly
the best. He gets rid of the cause of the
headache, and as the entire householdA
has been moaning 'Poor papa he has
their sympathy. The woman just letsa
the headache go away, irritates and up
sets everybody, and it is certain that it,
will come back another day. Why arc
the women such geese? Why. when
they feel i'll, don't they just have it out
by going to bed and making the best OF
it? 1t is much more sensible way au6a
much more satisfactory. Headaches arc
absolutely skeletons in some houses be-
cause they bring SO much terror with
them
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
EARLY DAYS OF TELEoRAptsy,,
Tho Wonder with Which People ReGartfssS
the 0sest Discovery.

the 0eeet Discovery.
I was Mt Baltimore when the CIau
convention met. / participated in The
whig national convention of ratification
at Baltimore, May Q, 1914, says q writer =
in the San Francisco Chronicle. Erss
company with the delegates fronzl
Maine we left Baltimore on either yhs>
3D. or 4th of May for Washington. Oras
our arrival at the station, twenty mikes
from Baltimore, the train stopped for-
wood and water. There was Il grnalE
building opposite the train. man III
nounced from the door that. IL the pas-
sengers would gather around the build
ing, in less than Eve minutes he woafcE
give us the first message from Wastt--
ington over the telegraph wire.
He adjusted the instrument, whicfiss
was in front of the window, which was
open. We soon heard the ticking Of the
instrument, and then the operator rea1G
from the strip of paper the message
which l do not remember. We gave
three cheers for Henry Clay crd ther
telegraph.
The operator said he would send thiHs
dispatch:
''The cars have just arrived from Bal
timore. The passengers gave threes
cheers for Harry Clay and the tele---
graph"
We then proceeded to Washington
On our way telegraphing was the gen.
eral topic. The writer remembers weip
that one delegate. who has since been.
a member of the cabinet, remarlred..
''They may make it work this distance,
but it will never reach Baltimore" Ar
other delegate said it was all bosh; they
could not make him believe any suclp.
trash. On reaching Washington theres
was crowd at the capitol. The writer
as we'll as most of the passengers, went
there. Some one read from the front
of the building several kilograms frourD
the other end of the line.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
A hoAR,sle SNAKE STORY.
Experience Of q Travelling Salesman Whflel
Down in Missouri

Experience Of Travelling salesman whilsi
Down in Missouri
A travelling salesman who Is in the
employ of an eastern medicine firm has
had an experience that he will not soon
forget He was driving along IN the
timber which skirts Grindstone Creek,
| Mo. The warm weather had made him
drowsy and he had fallen into doze,
when his team suddenly stopped and
snortcd, rs If in fear.
He was awake in a moment, says the
Marysville (Mo.) Republican, and
looked to see what excited his team.
he could see nothing except large log
that was lying across the road ahead Of
him some thirty or forty yards. He
urged his team forward, but the ani-
mails refused to move and showed that
they we've thoroughly frightened. He
was puzzled.
Finally he became suspicious that
probably some men were lying behind
the log waiting for him to drive up,
when they would rob him. Getting out
Of his vehicle he turned his team
around in the road and securely fastened
them. Then, taking from under the
seat heavy revolver, he advanced to-
ward the log, expecting each moment
to see gun pointed at him. But he
kept on advancing until he was close
enough to look over the log and see
that there was nothing to fear. The
peculiar appearance of the log attract
ed his attention, and, stepping up, he
put out his hand to feel the bark.
Horror of horrors! The supposed log
was nothing else than monstrous
snakel Springing back some twenty
steps he fired upon the reptile. The
ball struck it and glanced off and went
whizzing through the leaves. With an
unearthly hiss the serpent dashed off
through the weeds and underbrush
with rapidity and roar that could have
been heard at considerable distance.
In its lnaddened speed it broke off
bushes as thick as q mans wrist and as
it dashed through the creek the water
went churning and boiling into the air
as if sent by cyclone.
The medicine man stood awe-struck
for awhile. but, finally recovering his
senses, he began to investigate matters
for his own satisfaction. He concluded
|
must have been not less than twenty
five feet long and rs large around the
belly as an ordinary sack Of flour. The
color was of an ashen hue, with slight
mixture of green. Near the place
where the head of the reptile lay the
medicine man found short pencil and
a small piece of paper, on which was
scrawled something that could not be
read.
The supposition prevails that this
monster caught and swallowed some
unfortunate person, and that while the
reptile was covering him with slime las
all serpents do) preparatory to the act
of deglutition the poor victim tried to
write upon piece of paper the awful
fate that befell him. Our informant
stated that it was the most thrilling and
exciting episode in his life, and that he
would not repeat it again for all of De-
Kalb county,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
A SKELETON IN A TREE.
Strange Discovery Made by Some Wood
choppers in the Indian Territory.

choppers in the lndian territory.
A strange discovery was made by
some woodcho oppers who were working
in the hills west of .Tushomingo, I. T.,
a few weeks ago. They have brought
to that town q skeleton and the section
of a tree to bear evidence of the truth
fulness of their story.
They cut down large oak tree which
was partly hollow, but the entrance to
the hollow portion had almost entirely
grown over, leaving only narrow slit
in the outside of the tree. When the
tree fell to the ground it was split open
by the shock, and there lying in the
center of the broken wood was the
skeleton of 4 man.
On one ankle of the skeleton was a
band of iron attached to piece Of
chain, evidently from the manacles
which had been upon his person when
he sought refuge in the hollow tree.
From all indications the skeleton had
been cntombed for at least hundred
years, for the tree had grown sufficient
ly to almost cover the opening through
which he had crawlcd to hide.
Two of the ribs were broken in such
q manner as to lead to the belief that
it was done with bullet. The suppo-
sition is that the man had escaped from
some prison and had fed with a portion
of his manacles; and, being shot and
hard pressed, had sought refuge in the
tree, and there died. AS there is no
record kept Of the past criminal history
of the nation, his identity will ever re-
main mystery.
One popularity about the skeleton is
that the tree had grown partly around
one of the legs, and it was solidly in
cased in the wood. This specimen is
now on exhibition at the court house at
TuShominpo
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
Tho Color of Snakes.

From observations made it would
seem that the color of snakes will al
ways partake more or less OF the natur-
al tints around them. Thus when the
soil is of a reddish color the diamond
rattlesnalSe is reddish in his markings
and of far lighter view generally than
the snake found in the dark woods OF
Demerara. The puff adder gives us an
other example of the colors coinciding
with local tints, for when this deadly
creature finds its home upon the lower
lands near the sea it is pale and dirty
looking. Not SO, however, when it
comes from the, higher ground among
more brilliant surroundings, for here
he appears in the brightest yellow and
black which can be conceived. The pat
tern upon the skin of each species
seems to be preserved, and it is the
coloring only which varies with local.
ity.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
EARLESS EZEKIEL EAOS,
A Freak Of Nature, Eorn Ear,ess - His
IIair Was Piebaid.

A Freak Of Nature, Eorn Ear,ess - His
IIair Was Piebaid.
Ezekiel Eads, who died in Greene
county, N. Y, in the spring of 1885, was
surely fit subject for dime museum,
level says the Wheeling wv. Va.) Reg
lister. Strictly speaking, Eads was in
several respects most remarkable
creature. He was born without ears,
not even having apertures where the
ears should have been. His defor1nity,
sad as 1t was, may be said to have been
partly alleviated by the curious con-
struction of the inner portion of his
head. which enabled him to hear COM
mon conversation through his mouth.
When addressed he would instantly
open his mouth and readily give an
swers to interrogations put to him in
an ordinary tone of voice. But Ezekiels
lack of ears was not his only distinction.
He had heavy crop of black hair
spotted with white, the spots them
selves being in exact shape of human
ears, feet, hands, etc. When he was
quite small boy it was noticed that
his black hair was interspersed with
oddly shaped spots of white, which,
however, did not take on their dis
tinctive shapes until he had passed his
fifteenth year.
When Mr.. Eads died he left one son,
aged forty-fve, whose hair was as black
as coal, not a single grey hair heing dis
cernfble, anad another son, thirteen
years Of age, whose hair was as gyey as
that OF man OF seventy.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
AN EXCITING TRIP.

A Drummer's Dangerous Ride on the
Rear End of u Fast Train.
The speed of the Empire state ex-
press is responsible for many incidents
which would probably not come to light
in the case of other trains, says the
Rochester Post-Express. The latest is
the exciting ride of commercial trav-
eler from this city to Buffalo. 1t is re-
lated that the gentleman in question
arrived at the station just in time to
purchase ticket and rush to the train
room door to sec the heavy train pulling
out. He ran across the tracks and sue
ceeded in catching the rear platform of
the last coach. He expected of course
to secure an entrance to the coach but
he was disappointed. The vestibulc
platform was secure against his efforts
to get in and as it was the last coach
and there was no occasion for the con-
ductor or other person to enter that
vestibule, his presence was not discov-
cred. The noise of the train prevented
him from making himself heard. The
speed was too great to permit him to
get off and he soon realized that he was
in much the same predicament as the
careless spectator who allows his feet
to become entangled in the ropes at a
balloon ascension. The train does not
stop at Batavia and the commercial
traveller wGs obliged to "hold on for
dear life" for an hour and a quarter as
the fastest train in the world whisked
him across the country in dangerous
prOximity to SWITCH bars SemaDhOreS,
stationary freight cars and passing
trains. 1t was novel ride, and when
he alighted from the train in Buffalo
and caught his breath his only regret
was that he had purchased ticket.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
ANIMALS LOVE THE WEED,
A Mare and Colt That VIII Chew All tho
Tobacco They Can Get.

A Mare and Colt That VIII Chew AL tho
Tobacco They Can Get.
The claim set forth from time i'm
memorial by tobacco haters, that no
animal would touch the weed, that
even the hog felt above it, seems des-
tined to receive serious setback. Eu-
gene Russell, farmer living on the
Post Bay road near Lake Ontario, is
the owner of mare and colt that are
extremely fond of tobacco. The mare
formed the habit long before the birth
of the colt, and in the case of the young
ster the appetite seems to have been in
herited. Three years ago Mr.. Russell
decided that he would cure the mare
of her habit and to do so he gave her
two pounds of fine cut which she de-
voured with relish. This not fazing
her a bit he tried leaf tobacco, of which
he is producer in a small way. After
slowing away a quantity of this she
showed symptoms of distress. She
was dizzy, and wanted to lie down and
think over her sins, about as small
boy might have wanted to do under
similar circumstances. This settled
her, Us far as the plain leaf was con-
ccrned. She has never tasted it since,
though fine cut touches the spot the
same as ever it did.
This was not long previous to the
birth of the colt, and the little fellow
exhibited almost from the first the
''hankering" for a chew. 1t was be-
slowed while he was yet at nurse, and
from that day to this both animals will
follow any stranger all over the lot
who has the smell of tobacco about his
clothes. The colt, strange to say, was
not affected by the mothers aversion
to natural leaf but loves that even bet
ter than fine cut and masticates all of
either that is forthcoming. Both ami
mails are beauties, and no healthier are
to be found in horseAesh in these parts.
Mr.. Russell says he thinks the use of
tobacco has kept them from having in
testinal worms, which so often distress
horses and injure their digestion. The
mare is now eleven years old and the
colt is over two.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKES.


Some Of the appalling Ddsasters That
Have Visited Japan.
Earthquakes are Of SO frequent oc-
currencc in Japan that they are looked
upon as q matter Of course, and unless
they nre accompanied with serious
loss Of life and destruction Of property,
the outside world hears little Of them.
Some Of the earliest Japanese tradi-
tions, says Harpcr's Weelsly, are Of ex-
tremcly destructive earthquakes, and
many fanciful tales nre told Of those
which happened previous to the times
of trustworthy historical records. But
there are many authentic records Of
earthquakes which destroyed whole
cities. The most serious of these dis
turbances In recent times WINS that of
1855, when, in Icdo, which was the
center of the quake, I4,941 dwelling
houses and 1,G49 flreproof storehouses
were overturned. In the last days of
the past October there was very seri-
GUS earthquake about Gifu and Nagoya,
and there was great loss of life and
property. There were slight earth
qualses on Sunday, October 9th,
and these continued with incrcas-
ing severity until the morning of the
following Friday. During the last. two
days Of the quake, S0s distinct
shocks were felt and recorded. At Gifu
the houses tumbled down and caught
fire, and those people not caught in the
ruins fed to the country and the hills;
but in nearly every house it is reported
that one or more unfortunate victim
was caught. How great the loss of life
has been has not yet boon reported, but
several thousands. When the first
shock was felt at Gifu the up and down
trains on the Takaido railway were
just meeting. The shock was accom-
panied by a rambling sound, and the
people on the train thought that there
had been a collision. On looking out of
the windows, however, they saw the
station in ruins, and the water in o
neighboring pond dashing violently
from side to side. AS the shocks con-
tinued, cracks in the earth were OBJ
served two or three feet wide, opening
and closing. The shipping in the vari-
GUS harbors was very much injured, and
one ship which recently arrived at San
Francisco reported that when seventy
miles at sea q violent shock was felt,
the sea was lashed into foam, the
waves broke over the decks, and the
maintopmust and crosstrees were lost
These disturbances at sea have been
very common in previous earthquakes,
and several times great ships in Japa-
nese ports have had great difficulty in
weathering such unaccustomed condi-
tions.
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strange rhlngs About araaagas car.

The island of Madagascar has twus
distinct climates, two classes of natives
and two classes OF fauna and fora
The island is about the size of France.is
Along the coast it is tropical and mn-
larious, and the natives are darker andf
larger than in the interior. The in-
terror is q high table land and mopn-
famous. There the climate is coolers
and the natives smaller ard lighter inA
color than on the coast. But in tie inA'
terror they are more intelligent Rnd<
they rule the island. ~
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
A Eich Find.

A curious story of lost treasures
comes from Australia. diver engaged
in the pearl fishery in the vicinity of
Torres STRAITS came across in the course
of his work the wreck of large vessel
imbedded in the sand Curiosity and n
hope of finding something to repay him
for his trorble induced him to make a
careful examination Of the ship. The
search was very fruitful of results. The
vessel proved to be an old Spanish
East Indiaman, and part of its cargo
was silver specie in dollars of period
about seventy years ago. So far the
discovery is profound secret, known
only to very few who are now en-
gagged in exploiting the wreck to con-
siderable advantage. A recent steamer
from Australia brought to London a
large quantity of the specie, amounting
in value to many thousand pounds, and
there is more to follow. II is extremely
improbable, however, that the discovery
can much longer be concealed
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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
JULES vERNE's PREDICTION.
What the World Will Ee Like in q Thou
sand Years Hence.

What the World Will Re Like in a Thou
sand Years Hence.
NJ. Jules Verne has been speculatipg
as to what will be the daily life of peo-
pie thousand years hence, says the
Pail Mall Budget. AS science extends
her dominions it is noticeable how in
creasingly am bilious such forecasts be-
come. Nothing will satisfy M. Verne
but aerial trains travelling at the rate
of six hundred and twenty-five miles an
hour, transatlantic tubular service
conveying the traveller from London to
New York in two hundred and ninety
five minutes, a " telephote" which en-
ables men living in different hemi-
spheres to dine with each other, or at
least to see and converse with each
other while eating, accumulators for
condensing and radiating at will the
suns rays.
Such are the advantages to be
enjoyed by the inhabitants of a
certain city called Universal City"
the capital of the United States,
in the year of grace 1891. Eng
land by that time will, according to NJ.
Verne, have become province of the
United States. The public will be kept
informed Of the latest political develop
ments, not only upon the terrestrial
globe, but upon Jupiter, Mars and Ven
us. Not that they will read any news
papers.
The newspapers OF the day will be
spoken. Brilliant descriptive writers
will be retained to speak through the
telephone to millions Of subscribers,
and daily installments of novels to be
continued tomorrow morning will be
given by popular authors. Man is to be
fed on the choicest viands, laid on as
New river water is at present, and it
will be sufficient to step into a toilet
cabinet to be tubbed, shaved, dressed
and brushed in the space of two min
utes. Even ney digestive apparatus,
warranted for two years" will be OBJ
tainable. But one thing we, or rather
posterity, are told not to expect: They
must not expect to live forever. A cer-
tain DR.. Faithburn's experiment in
freezing his own body and causing him
self to be kept for one hundred years
turns out a complete failure, SO obsti-
nately does he refuse to be resuscitated.
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THE WORN cARwnEEL.
10 Il q Dangerou. Thing Under Railway

10 II q Dangerous Thing Under Railway
Train.
"Therc's fat wheel on this truck
under this end of the car" said an Erie
official who sat in the back seat of the
rear car of passenger train. THAT
must bc taken out. 1t might wreck the
train"
'What's q fat wheelp" nsled the
scribe.
Listen" said tho railroad man.
"You hear that rapid pat-pat-pat of the
wheel? That's caused by the fat
wheel. On spot on the surface of the
wheel a fat place is worn. 1t may bc
done, and is generally, by setting up a
brake so tight that the wheel slips on
the rail. Let it slip, but the least, yet
a small place no longer than silver
dollar will be worn on the wheel. The
next time the brake is set up hard the
wheel stops with that same place on the
rail, and it is worn larger.
SPY the time it is couple Of inches in
diameter it begins to pound every time
the wheel turns. Instead of running q
true circle as it revoives, the wheel
strikes fiat on the rail when the fiat
spot is reached. The consequence is
that when the fiat spot has grown to be
three or four inches across it is q very
dangerous thing. Every stroke against
the rail by the fiat side of the wheel is
liable to break the wheel and ditch the
train"
Around the shops and at nearly every
cripple track in the railroad world,
says the Bradford (Pa.) Era, these fiat
wheels may be seen. AS soon as one is
discovered the pair of wheels affected
is taken out and sent to the junk track
| to be cast into new machinery. The
fiat spots are plainly perceptible, but
they would hardly be judged by the
uninitiated to be of sufficient impor-
tance to be one of the most dangerous
elements of railroading, yet such is the
| caSa
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Read Notice.

TFNO the Honorable Commissioners OF High
Iand county, OniO: Asking your HON
orable body to locate county road as tol-
the corner of the lands Of o. OrEe Hook, de-
ceased and Matthew Collins; thence with
their line 10 The line OF Peter EDWARDS ana
1uhn A Long; thence with their line to the
county road leading past the said John n.
LoLg, IN. THOMPSON AND OTHERS.