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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01
HOTTEST spor ON EARTH.

Bahfin in psnsis bAiA to Posssss rhss
Unenviahta Distancttou.
The hottest region on the earth's
surRAce is On the southwestern coast of
Persia, ON the border Of the Persian
gulf For forty consecutive days in the
months Of July and August the mer-
curry has been known TO stand above
onehundred degrees in the shade night
end day, and to run up az high as one
hundred and thirty degrees in the mid
die Of the afternoon.
At Bahrin, In the center of the most
torrid part Of this most torrid belt, as
though it was natures intention to
make the place as unbearable as posi-
BILE, water from wells Is something un-
known.
Great shafts have been sunk to O
depth of one hundred, two hundred,
three hundred, and even Ave hundred
feet, but always with the same result
no water. This serious drawback not
withstanding, comparatively numer-
Gus population contrives to live there,
thanks to copious springs which burst
forth from the bottom of the gulf more
than mile from the shore. The water
from these springs is obtained in most
curious and novel manner.
"Machadores," whose sole occupation
is that of furnishing the people of Bah
rim with the life-giving fluid, repair to
that portion of the gulf where the
springs are situated and bring away
with them hundreds of skin bags full OF
water each day. The water of the gull
where the spring bursts forth is nearly
two hundred feet deep, but these
''machadores" (divers) manage to fill
their goatslSin sacks by diving to the
bottom and holding the mouths of the
bags over the fountain jets; this, too
without allowing the salt water of the
gulf to mix with it.
The source of these submarine foun
tains is thought to be in the hills of Os
mand, four or five hundred miles away
Being situated at the bottom Of the
gulf it is a mystery how they were eve,
discovered, but the fact remains tina,
they have been known since the dawr
| OF history, 3fr ii Sat
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01
PAGAN TEMPLES IN FRISCO.

Story Of the Goddess Now worshiped In
the Oldest Of Them.
The oldest josshouse in San Francisco
is the Temple of the Queen Of Heaven,
on Waverly street. It was erected over
forty years ago, and, according to the
Californian, Is the property Of the Sam
Yap company. The goddess worshiped
at this temple was Chinese young
lady who lived hundreds Of years ago.
She was born in the province Of Fokien
and was the daughter Of merchant Of
the Lum clan. In her sfrlhood she is
said to have displayed remarkable In.
telligence. and was above all renowned
: for her prophetic insight. Her father
and four brothers frequently left their
home on trading voyages mp and down
the coast. One day whilo two Of her
brothers were at sea she fell into o
trance. Her parents thought her dead,
and their lamentations were so loud as
to awaleen her. She told how she had
tust been in the midst Of Violent
typhoon and had seen her brothers
tossing shout ON the wild waves.
A few days elapsed and the youngest
son returned home, reporting the loss
OF his brother at sea and telling how In
the height OF the storm . lady appeared
in mid-heaven who let down o rope
and towed tho ship 10 safe anchor
age. He was just relating the sad news
of his brothers death when his sister
came into the room and congratulated
him on his escape. She recounted with
exactness the events of that fearful
night and told how she was just
fastening to her brothers rescue when
she was awakened by her parents
cries. Years passed and another calam-
ity befell the family. This time the
father was drowned at sea. The legend
tells how the devoted daughter, on
hearing the news, hastened to the sea-
shore. She called in vain for her fa-
ther's return. Louder and louder came
her walls of sorrow, until, frantic with
grief, she threw herself into the waves
and was drowned
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01
THE MARriALS.'

speculations In Regard to the Probability
Of Ccspmunfoatme with fhsnA
We know that the tribes upon our
earth which uSe under the most un-
favorable conditions as regards heat
the. Esquimaux, for instance, and the
Patagonians--are far behind the inhab-
itants Of the temperate regions in civ
ilization, and therefore, says the Spec
tator, II we msy draw any inferences at
all as to the Martials from our own con
dition, the more probable inference is
that, II they exist under circumstances
at all like our own, they are, consider
ing their great distance from the sun,
centuries behind us rather than at the
same stage of evolution, or, still less,
centuries before ua.
And il we have no right to draw such
an inference, then we have still less to
reason with the smallest confidence
from our own circumstances to theirs.
They may, of course, have senses such
as we have not even dream of; they
may be perfectly well acquainted with
all that happens not only on our globe,
but on all the other planets, and yet
quite unable to let us know that they
are familiar with our conditions of life,
and how they have acquired that
knowledge. But if that were SO, it
would be only too obvious that our
conditions of life furnish us with no
basis for forming any conjecture at all
as to theirs; and in that case it would
not only be sanguine, but quite ira
tional, to attempt to open communica-
tions at all. The only shadow of justi-
fcation for making such an attempt
rests on the assumption that we may
reason from the analogy of our own
condition to theirs, and on that as
sumption we think it would be only
prudent to assume that, if such facul-
ties as ours are already developed on
the surface of Mars at all, they are like
ly to be far behind instead Of far before
| our own.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01
"PUTTiNo UP A FRONT"

Plans and Specifications for tho Success
ful Utafixstioa Of ssNerve."
Youth in its apringtime often asks:
"How shall succeed In life?" and this,
momentous question has been answered
many times and variously. Still the
same cry comes from insipient man
hood, and an aching void appears not to
have been filed To consider and
elucidate the,problen presented in de-
tail would require many pages, and,
after all, no suck elaboration of the sub
ject Is necessary.
A young man who would succeed
must first possess himself of good
"front," says an exchange. There may
not be much Of consequence behind the
front, indeed, one has to concern him
self but little about imbabing informa-
ton or experience. A Ane cold nerve
throws merit into the shade every day
in the year, and is sooner recognized.
A "front" consists Of nonchalant
swagger, q pretended knowedge OF ev-
erything under the sun and superior
air. To this must be added an alert
ness to avoid dhscxHdons where latent
idiocy might disclose itself, necessitat-
ing o swift dismissal Of all subjects
with brief and smphatia opinion that
cannot be said 10 eomudt the author. To-
gether with q dsstdsdIy oynicalnttitude
howard eve1ythiAg In general.
It is just possibls that q young man
with such an equipment may not last
long, but, duringssAeJszio4 Of his bonn.
bastic triumph, he can easily secure and
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01

1t is related that in 149S mermaid
swimming in the Snyder Zee during a
period of tempest and very high tides
was carried through a hole in a broken
dyke and could not find her way out
again. She was captured and taken to
the town Of Edam, where she was
washed and cleansed Of the SEQ moss
which had grown about her. She then
appeared like any woman Of the land,
adopting proper dress and partaking OF
ordinary food
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01

Dynamite has been superseded in Swe-
den for blasting purposes. Electric wires
are introduced in the rock and then
heated. The sudden heating of the rock
rends it in pieces, quietly and effective
ly, without peril to human life.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01

The Utica IN. " Press says. that a
novel bet was made in alboarding- house
in that city The boarders were about
equally devided between Democrats and
Republicans, and they had had numer-
GUS heated discussions at the table and
elsewhere. Finally they agreed among
themselves that if Harrison we're elected
all the Democrats would leave the house
and if Cleveland won the Republicans
would leave forthwith. Both sides were
apparently little shaky as representa-
tives OF both were quietly on the look
out for good quarters even after the
agreement. was made. Just where the
landlady came IN is question.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01
u CHILD KILLED.

Another. child killed by the use OF
epiates given in the form of Soothing
syrup. Why mothers give their children
such deadly poison is surprising when
they can relieve the child of it's peculiar
troubles by using DR.. Acker's Baby
Soother. It contains no opium or NOR.
phine. Sold by Garrett Bros.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01
The Grea test 1ob.ooo Users.

The Austrians con sumo more tobacco
than any other nationality or race on
the globe, civilized or savage Recent
investigation by eminent statiptietsna
gives the number Of pounds cpnsqH6d
annually by each 100 inhatitants u the
different Nuropeap oogniF iF8ss Sako1ptss;
Spain, no pgands; ISely, ~ HSesS
gxitain. iaai h~qfN al h< "a 5
Noswex ~ ~ - 6M!$ i
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01

Experiments show the German rifle to
be the most merciiul weapon in use in
the European armies while the. Lebel
rifle, used by the French in Dahomey,
makes q very ragged wound. The new
English magazine rife seems to be the
cruelest of the three,a as it's bullet smashes
bones and tears flesh at distance OF
1 900 yards.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01

DISEASES OF WOMEN.-wc have special de-
partment, thoroughly organized, and devoted ex-
clusively to the treatment Of diseases OF women.
Every case consulting our specialists, whether by
letter or in person, il given the most careful and
consderate attention. Important cases (and we get
few which have not bafled the skill of al the
home physicans) have the benefit Of fall council
Of skilled specialists. In treatment of diseases
peculiar to females, our success has been marked.
over two-thirds Of our patients being ladies, old,
young. married, single, rich and poor. Oar method
entirely free from Objectionable features OF the
general practitioner, namely, Local treatment"
We seldom find it necessary. We prepare rene
dies, constitutional and local, the case demands.
and instruct ladies how to treat themselves.
MARRlA6E.-Married persons or young men CON
templatng marriage, aware of physical weakness,
loss Of procreatve powers, impoteney, orany other
disqualification, speedily restored.
PRIVATE DiSEASES,-Blood Poison, Venerest
Tant elect, Structure, Seminal Emissions, Loss OF
Sexual Power, Weakness of Sexual Organs, Want
of Desire in Male or Female, whether from impru-
dent habits OF youth sexual habits Of mature
years. any that debilitates the sexual func
tons, speedily and permanently cured. Consulta-
ton free and strictly confidential. Absolute cures
guaranteed. Medicines sent free from observation
to all parts of the United States.
EPILEPSY, OR FiTS-Positively cured by new
and never-failing method. Testimonials furnished.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01
Grave Mistakes.

Physicians frequently make mistakes
in treatment Of Heart Disease. The rate
of sudden deaths is daily increasing.
Hundreds become victims Of the igno-
rance OF physicians in the treatment OF
this disease. One in four persons has q
diseased heart. Shortness Of Breath,
Palpitation and Fluttering, Irregular
Pulse, Choking Sensation, Asthmatic
Breathing, Pain or Tenderness in Side,
Shoulder or Arm, Weak or Hungry
Spells, are symptoms of Heart Disease.
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure is the only
reliable remedy. Thousands testify to
its wonderful cures. Books free. Sold
byS eybert & Co.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01
WE CAN AND DO

Guarantee DIR. Acker's Blood Elixir, for
it has been fully demonstrated to the
people OF this county that it is superior
to all otherx preparations for blood dis
eases. 1t is positive cure for syphilitic
poisoning, Ulcers, Eruptions and Pimples.
It pumfies the whole system and
thoroughly builds up the constitution.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01

Forty,eight prizes from $1,000 to $l00,
in all 100000, are offered for Poems on
Esterbrook's Steel Pens. Send postal
for Circulars for particulars to 28 John
st., New York.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01

For pain in the stomach, collie and
cholera morbus there is nothing better
than Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrh@a Remedy. For sale by Seybert
4 90.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01

There is an eighty.four-ton ingot in
the furnace at Bethlehem, Pa, which
will soon be converted into an armor
plate for the battle ship Indiana. 1t will
be the heaviest plate ever made in this
or any other country.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01

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FRANCE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE,
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1t is said that Gen. Lew Wallace in
tends to write book on Mexico.
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STOMACH, LIVER AND KlDNE


physicians this well the ladies of Germany and Eng
know skill sympathy expert mother
this opportunity of consulting Mrs DR.. Hakey Adams
doing Gods nobt wives, sisters
o S
Rev Dr. Kohendorfer said Ladies angen
work by her lectures with and in the hospital
knife
honest and based on knowledge experience Address with
MRS. Or. hARKEY ADAMS, GAINESVILLE, 0.
W. ADAMS, Secretary.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-01

Mrs. DIR. HARKEY ADAMS wonderful
discoveries and great success in the treat
ment of diseases peculiar to her own sex
has created wonder and admiration
throughout the country and stamped her
as the great benefactor to her sex of the
present day. The best physicians and
surgeons are daily sending her cases from
all parts Of the country. Cases which
they cannot cure she
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-09
Figs and Thistlcs.
From the RAMS llorn.l


No matter what appearances may be-,
there is no such thing as real prosperity
to the wicked.
The devil cheats us out Of great
many blessings by teaching us to be
close with our money.
The man who is not thankful does not
know half the time whether he really
has any God or not.
The more house u man builds on the
sand the more he will have to lose when
the storm comes.
Every time we find new promise In
our Bible the angels open the windows
of heaven little wider.
The best places in heaven will be
filed by those who have been the most
faithful to Christ ON earth
1t is hard to find people in misfortune
who will not stick to 1t that somebody
else has been to blame for IL.
The DEVILS first work on earth was to
try to destroy the home, and he has
been at the same thing ever since.
They are not building any mansions
In heaven for people who are neither
hot nor cold In religious matters.
Judas was not the only man who made
a practice of protesting sympathy for
the poor to hide his own meanness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-09

Mrs. Benz. Price is able TO be around
again after II severe Illness.
Rev. Hays preached an eloquent
sermon IN the NJ. r.. church Sunday
evening.
There was political rally In the X
Of l.. hall on Thursday night, Wise
Peter, was the speaker
Services were held In the NJ. h.
church ON Sunday evening at 7.3O
o'clock by the pastor, Rev. Pollard.
DR.. Geo Hughes will receive sub
scription for the best newspaper In
jefferson county-THE STAR subscribe
at once.
Rev. II. G.. Furbay delivered very
interesting lecture on "rhe Philosophy
Of Life" on Tuesday of last week in the
NJ. r.. church.
Several new dwellings are nearing
completion. Among them are Hotel
Wylam containing twelve rooms. II
will bc the largest and most complete
house in town.
A little child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex.
Foster, who died on Tuesday was
Inferred In the Prospect cemetery ON
Thursday. The funeral scrviccsin the
NJ. r.. church next Sunday afternoon at
3. 30 o'clock
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-09
An exchange recently labored throug,

An exchange recently labored through
a column-long article with the seeming
purpose of proving that 1t is no worse
to use tobacco than to wear silk hats.
There seems to be marked difference
in the two things named. Wearing
silk hats do not become habit from
which the victim cannot free himself.
Silk hats do not produce heart disease,
or dyspepsia, or cancer Of the mouth;
they do not besot intellect, or cause
insanity or death in young boys, as We
read of the deadly cigarette doing. Nor
do silk hats smear the floor, or soil the
carpet, or poison the air in every public
vehicle. We are firmly of the opinion
that the silk hat is less hurtful and
dangerous, less offensive to people than
quid or pipe or cigar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-09

There is a great deal of talk about
the duty OF women to make home
happy. But, II the home is not happy,
whose fault is it? Not in one case in a
dozen, it may safely be said, does the
blame rest with the women. II a man
makes his home simply convenient
place where he may take his meals,
and possibly growl or sulk over them,
whose fault is it? II his home is simply
a lodging-place of last resort, to which
he must repair when he is shut out
every place else whose fault is that?
And If, while he is in his home he is
evidently under constraint, preoccupied
with other matters abroad, and fidget-
ing to be gone, who Is to blame for that?
Certainly not the woman who, forgetful
Of past and even Of habitual disappoint-
ment, has looked forward with hope
for his return to enliven her solitude,
and to make care pleasure by dividing
1t with her.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-09

When you see youth who will do
any sort of work, no matter how menial
it may be, rather than be idle, you can
make up your mind that that fellow
amounts to something. The young man
who would starve before he would do
anything beneath what he conceives to
be his dignity, isnot made of the right
kind of stuff to cut much Of figure in
this life. "Any port in storm" is a
good maxim. Don't be afraid of any
sort of work so long as it is honorable.
That is the spirit that wins.-Ex.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-09
The Truth worked.

One Of the members OF the regiment
told story Of "Honest Captain Wood"
The incident occurred In very cold
weather, and ut an important crisis.
"At nighttime" said the narrator,
"when we pickets arrived mt the out
posts Captain Wood said, 1T Is too severe
For the men to face this storm all night
There was small house close by, and
the captain directed that we should build
fire In II and shelter ourselves ms best
we might.
Eve did 30, and weary with march
ing and lulled by the warmth we all fell
fast asleep. When the officer Of the
grand rounds came our way he found
regular Sleepy Hollow.
"Of course we were reported, and in
the morning we were summoned TO head
quarters. Naturally we were terribly
frightened, for sleeping on picket is n
serious offense.
ave were ushcred into General Will
charge. Had we been guilty Of sleeping
on our posts? We had. 10 would have
been useless TO attempt any explanation,
but Captain Wood, who was present, an
ticipatcd any that we might have Mt
tempted.
General he said. the blame does
not rest upon these men. am RESPONSE
BILE for IL ALL gave them orders TO
take shelter in that house and build u
fire there, and | am to blame. They
would not have been asleep but for me.
"'How long have you been in the serv-
ice, sirT asked the general sternly.
"'A few months, general.
al thought so. II you had been here
longer you would have come up here
full of excuses and ready TO shift the
blame upon any one ut hand. You can
go. Your honesty has saved you. ~
Lewiston journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-09

The boys Of to-day, who start out
into the world, should not forget that
sharp-eyed men of business take note of
a boys general appearance in making
up their estimate of what he is worth.
A straightforward, manly bearing will
help any lad to get his way in the
world, while the haphazard sort of way
usually suggests to the observer a
corresponding character. Manliness is
not garment you can put on and Off
like your Sunday coat 1t must have
its foundation in the heart, or it will be
q flimsy sham that will deceive nobody
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-09

II am afraid you are not so strong as
you used TO he, John" said fond wife
TO her husband. "I think 10 is about
time you were getting some insurance
on your life"
Insurance on my lifel What are You
talking about2 am as healthy as ever
l was. Insurance, indeedr'
"Well, dear, only mentioned 1t, you
know, out of respect to yourself.
thought you were failing"
"And what in the world put IL into
your head that am failingl ! fail
ing2 Why, | am as strong as horse,
and can run up three flights of stairs
without taking breath"
"Well, that may be so, but am
afraid You are deceiving yourself"
"Deceiving myself! Goodness gra-
cious, woman, what do you meanr
Don't be so impatient. What makes
me think you are failing is this: When
you were counting me you could hold
me on your knee for three hours; now
you cannot hold the baby on your lap
three minutes. London Tit-Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-09
Top Notch OF York Fnrm LIE.

John II. Small, OF Chanceford town
ship, York county, owns three farms in
that township, aggregating 900 acres,
and five other farms In the county. On
the three farms which Immediately sur
round him immense crops Of grain, hay
and tobacco are grown, and the beauti-
ful location and the very high cultiva-
tion which these lands have attained
under Mr.. Smalls personal direction
and care make his premises "garden
spot" In the old county Of York. The
farm buildings are elegantly planned In
the most modern style. He has forty
five acres in tobacco, with an average
yield of 800 pounds to the acre. In one
year he fattens 225 head of cattle-all
sent TO European markets. This part of
his farming industry il so complete that
none Of the cattle is taken out of the
stables until ready for market. Mr..
Small has his own grist mill. where the
feed for his stock is ground. On all the
eight farms his operations ARE super
vised by himself He employs many
men, and everything is done on the most
liberal and extensive scale.-Lancaster
Inquirer.