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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
BIG HAlLsToNEs IN TEXAS.

Lunpa Six inches In Diameter Said to
Have Fallen In = Recent Storm.
A recent hailstorm near Gay Hill oc-
CURED about 4:80 p. m. About two
p. m. heavy clouds appeared in the
west, and as they slowly approached
q roaring sound was heard, such as
usually indicates q coming hailstorm.
Lightning, accompanied by distant
thunder, suggested an unusual storm.
About six miles distant from the Gal
weston News mans point of observation
the clouds divided. A light-colored
cloud passed out from the more dense
cloud toward the southeast, while the
latter continued its course toward the
east, but far above it at a high altitude
was another cloud of pinkish cast,
which moved also toward the east. A
few minutes after the rain commenced
small hailstones fell, and each moment
larger ones fell than the preceding,
until they reached the size Of small hen
eggs. After falling for about fifteen
minutes the hail and rain ceased for
probably two minutes. Then it COM
menced again to rain heavily and con-
tinued for probably ten minutes, with
higher wind, and it was during this in
terval that the wonderfully large hail
stones fell.
This remarkable hail fell in large
Jumps, ranging from three to six inches
in diameter. heard of one piece eight
inches in diameter, which weighed four
pounds. They were, as rule, spheri-
cal In form, but some were somewhat
dat, and nearly all were covered with
oval knobs. They fell in small areas
about two feet apart, while in other
places only one would fall in space
twenty feet square. The average un-
der my observation was about one
hailstone to every three feet square.
The earth was thoroughly saturated
with water, and some of the large
pieces penetrated the ground in soft
places about three inches gathered
about bushel of the largest pieces af-
ter the rain ceased and in very little
while placed them In a sack, which
put in box and packed hay around
without special care. Some of the
pieces exhibited in Brennan, for the
reason that | preferred to give ocular
demonstration in proof of the state
ment | made in relation to the size of
the hail. After forty-two hours several
of the pieces were seven inches in cir
cumference. At this date eleven days
after it felD about quart of the hail
remains. Its density is SO great that
believe it will keep should you wish a
sample. A most remarkable fact in
connection with these large hailstones
is that some of them have particles of
dirt in the center. The question is:
How did they get there?
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that petition will be
presented to the Commissioners Of Highland
county at their next session, March 9Th, A. d.
1893, praying for the location Of county road
on the following line, to-wit:
Beginning OF the road leading from Sinking
Spring to Louden at gate east Of j. f. Gar.
mans house, near Bakers fork of Brush Creek I;
thence with road up the creek to the first
crossing thence crossing the creek to the east
side through gate on the land Of Issac Over
holtz; thence on the east size of the creek
through the lands Of W. T. Simmons, passing
the house on the west side; thence mp the creek
on the east side far enough from the creek to
make good road. crossing the creek to the
west side as soon as a road can be got on that
side thence through the lands Of F. M. Gar
man just east Of small orchard, passing the
house and barn thence straight across the
road leading from Sinking Spring to Belfast |;
thence straight, or winding the hill on W. 3.
Oonway's land to make the best road, to stake
near culvert in the pike No. IA, distance Of
one mile more or less.
J. F. GARMAN AND OTHERS
Hillsboro, o., January 26th, A. D. 1898.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
Canine Courage.

Animals, as a rule, understand who
their friends are. The Washington
Post tells the story of dog whose eyes
had been treated by an oculist, to his
great relief The trouble returned, and
the dogs master determined to take
him to the oculist's second time.
Film Flan seemed to know where he
was going, fer, on entering the square
where the oculist had his office, he
raced ahead of his master and up the
steps, where he had been once before,
and on the door being opened bolted
straight for the treatment-room, in
stead Of waiting his turn downstairs,
As two-legged patients learn to do to
their sorrow and impatience. This time
the treatment was zinc solution that
was very severe and brought the water
in streams from the patients eyes, but
he took it with his nose in the air,
never wincing, and the only sign Of
feeling he made was to hold out one
paw pathetically for his masters hand.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
RIGHT-HANDEDNESS.
No Knowing Whether the Preference II
the Result of ORIGINAL Condition.

No Knowing Whether the Preference IL
the Result of Original Condition.
The causes of right-handedness have
given anatomists much material for
speculation, and more than one curious
theory has been advanced to account for
the fact that men habitually use the right
hand in preference to the left. Some
have attempted to explain the differ
ence on anatomical grounds, declaring
that the course of the artery to the right
arm, being more direct from the heart,
admits the blood in greater quantity to
that member, SO conducting to it's SUI
perior strength. This, however, is as
signing q cause which, on close examin-
ton, seems inadequate, for the causes
Of phenomena have often a deeper
source than the mechanism Of means.
In considering the subject the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat thinks it should not
be forgotten that the preference for
the right hand is, save in exceptional
cases, UNIVERSAL the accounts of trav-
elers stating that right-handedness
is as general among savage nations
as among the civilized, a fact which
goes to indicate that there NAV
be some constitu tional tendency toward
the use of the right hand in preference
to the left. In this connection it should
not be forgotten that there is marked
distinction between not only the right
and left hands, but also between the
two sides of the body, the right being
larger and stronger than the left, the
superiority extending even to vital
properties. as the left is more frequently
attacked by such diseases as paralysis.
The right foot is almost as superior to
the left as the right hand, for in the
case of dancers, not only are the more
difficult feats of agility performed by
the right but a double amount of train
ing is required to give the left foot and
limb degree of efficiency that will
prevent contrast being seen by the
spectators. Few people walk evenly
and the greater strength of the right
side is the cause of persons lost in the
woods travelling in circle, always
turning to the left. These facts, with
many others that may be cited, lead to
the conclusion that nature is the guide
in the more frequent use of the right
hand, but whether the present prefer
ence is the result of an original condi-
ton or of hereditary training will al
ways be an omen question
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
PRINCE OF OFFICE BOYS.
An Editors Guardian Who Was Worth
IIia Weight In Gold.

His weight In Gold.
He was an office boy worthy Of a
place among heroes, albert his lot was
cast In the newspaper Office of west
ern town, where enduring fame is
crowded to Che wall, says the Detroit
Free Press. He occupied place
at the foot of the editorial stairs, and it
was his duty to give warning to the
editor when an irate visitor came with
gun to correct an item appearing in
the paper. With a polite bow and a
gracious smile he was wont to inform
the visitor that he would go and see if
the editor was in, and then if the editor
concluded, from the boys description of
the caller, that it was safe to see
him he was in; otherwise he crawled
into fire-proof safe in back room
and waited until the danger was past
One day man came who was particu-
larly ugly. He was q lawyer-politician
in the neighboring town, and the editor
had not filtered the language he used
in describing his moral turpitude.
81 want to see the editor" he growled,
as he started upstairs.
'I'll see if he is in, SIR" smiled the
boy, innocently getting in his way
"Well, / guess not" exclaimed the
visitor, grabbing him by the coat col
lar. I've heard how the chump has a
way of turning people down when he
doesn't want to see them and I won't
have it. You stay right where you are
and I'll attend to this business myself"
And he slapped the boy down hard in q
rickety chair.
The boy gasped, but he didn't lose his
wits.
"That's all right, mister" he said,
showing pad Of paper and pencil at
the man, but before you go up them
stairs won't you please write out an
ante-mortem statement for use at the
coroner's inquest?"
The man stopped moment in his
headlong career.
TITS favor to me, SIR" pleaded the
boy; "for the coroner gives me dollar
apiece for 'em, and the five or six week
get barely supports my poor sick
mother and me-" and he wiped his eyes
Oh his coat sleeve.
The boys pathetic earnestness affect
ed the visitor visibly.
"Um-er-er-" he hesitated. as he
started for the door, ION the whole, l
guess I'll postpone my visit until this
afternoon" and then he disappeared,
and the boy drew long breath and
chuckled away down in his honest little
heart.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
Fell Dead.

These words are very familiar to our
readers, as not day passes without the
report of the sudden death of some prom.
inent citizen. The explanation is Heart
Disease" Therefore beware if you have
any OF the following symptoms: Short
Breath, Pain in Side, Smothering Spells,
Swollen Ankles, Asthmatic Breathing,
Weak and Hungry Spells, Tenderness
in Shoulder or Arm, Fluttering of Heart
or Irregular Pulse. These symptoms
mean heart disease The most reliable
remedy is DR.. Miles New Heart Cure,
which has saved thousands of lives.
Book of testimonials free at Seybert &
Co.'s, who also sell the New Heart Cure.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02

Rheumatism Cured in q Day.-"Mys
tic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neural.
gia radically cures in to 8 days. Its
action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. 1t removes at once the
cause and the disease Immediately dis
appears. The first dose greatly benefits.
75 cents. Sold by w. r. Smith 4 Co..
druggists. Hillsboro, @.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
Every Man to His Trade.

A Yarmouth captain thought himself
a handy fellow with paint brush He
decided to put the name of his schooner
on her bow, and as he could not reach
high enough from Aoat and did not
wish to swing stage, he leaned over
the bow and thus did the lettering. He
went ashore. after doing the work on
one side, to view the effect from dis
tancc. and this Is what his astonished
eyes beheld = aIDDvN"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
Each Man HIS own Chandelier.

A curious scene is witnessed during
the winter months in the parish church
of Cspel-le-Ferne, Kent, England.
There are no means of lighting
this church, so that the worshipers
are required to carry their own lights,
and it il no uncommon sight to sec
member Of the congregation standing
during the singing Of the hymns with
book In one hand and candle or lamp
IN the other.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
Tn. Balm or GiIead.

The real balm of Gilead is the dried
Juice of low shrub which grows in
Syria. 1t is very valuable and scarce,
for the amount of balm yieldea ny one
shrub never exceeds sixty drops day.
According to Josephus the balm or bal
sam OF Gilead was one of the presents
given by the queen OF 6heba to King
Solomon. The ancient Jewish physi-
eians prescribed II evidently tor dys-
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
THE FIRST SYMPTOMS OF DEATH.

Tired feeling, dull headache, pains in
various parts OF the body, sinking at the
pit of stomach, loss of appetite, feverish
ness, pimples or sores, are all positive
evidence of poisoned blood. No matter
how it became poisoned it must be puri-
fed to avoid death. DR.. Acker's English
Blood Elixir has neuer failed to remove
scrofulous or syphilitic poisons. Sold
under positive guarantee.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02

Happy the young woman nowadays
who has middle name with sonorous
sound. Susan @. Nipper looks common.
place, but Susan Cholmondeley Nipper
is too fine for anything.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
Cheap Excursion to Florida. a.-Balti.
more & Ohio Southwestern r. r.

The B. & o. s. w. R. R. will sell ex-
cursion tickets at one fare for the round
trip from all stations to DeLeon Springs,
Florida, January 25th, 1893, good going
fifteen days and returning to and includ.
ing May 3lst. The National Spiritual
and Liberal Association will hold its
convention at DeLeon Springs, Florida,
January 10Th, but the excursion tickets
will be sold to all applicants.
Any one contemplating trip to Flor.
ida should address B. & 0. s. w. Ticket
Agents, w. E. Reppert, Division Passen.
ger Agent, 270 North High street, Co
lumbus, Ohio, or o. P. McCarty, Gen'l
Passenger Agent, Cincinnati, o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02

A bill has been introduced in the
Wisconsin Legislature to forbid the sale
of cigaretts under penalty of fine Of
$25 or prisonment for thirty days.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02

The heart of a Greenland whale is a
yard in diameter.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
WHAT OILERS SAY
WHAT OILERS SAY
BLOOD POISON
BODY COMPLETELY COVERED
WITH A RASH AND RED
BLOTCHES.
EVERYTHING ELSE FAILED But
llvURA CURED.

AVuM 4I0s COss
GENTIx,rHN:-"My
little girl had BLEED Poi.
son, her system was al
run down, her body was
completely covered with
a rash ana horrid red
blotches, owing to the
intense ticking she could
not sleep. Her digestive
organs were in a very
hoI onnAtxfnv,s oI,a oov,n
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02

There are said to be 5l2, 800 telephones
in this country.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02

Notwithstanding the fact that the
Western Union Telegraph company has
over 739,00 miles OF wire and nearly
$1,000 offices, it opens an average of 900
new Offices annually.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02
OUR VERY BEST PEOPLE

Confirm our statement when we say that
DR.. Acker's English Remedy is in every
way superior to any and all other prepa-
rations for the Throat and Lungs. In
Whooping Cough and Group, it is magic
and relieves at once. We offer you a
sample bottle free. Remember, this
Remedy is sold on positive guarantee.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02

VITA C0RBETT. bad condition; she com
planned Of pain in the limbs and we were very
much alarmed about her. We tried everything
we could think Of but nothing had the desired
effect until we found PITCHERS LIvURA. She
had not been taking LIvURA more than one week
when her eyes looked natural again, her appetite
improved, and before the second bottle had been
used, the rash and blotches disappeared the itch.
ing left, and she Is now PERFECTLY WELL and
has gained flesh. An due to
PxTCHER'S LIVURAs
Very sinoerly, MRS. JOHN CoRBErT.
645 Madison st., Huntsville, Ala. 80
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-02

Highest market price paid for good
milling wheat at Model City Mills.
EVANS & M'GUIRE.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-06
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

New churches built in America last
year numbered nearly 10000.
THE Presbyterians have sixty-eight
missionaries and thirty-eight churches
i'll Japan.
Rev. w. I. CHAMBERLAIN has been
appointed superintendent of the Chris
tian Endeavor movement in India.
II the United States and British
America there are l30.107 Sunday
schools. These are attended by over
100000 pupils.
AT the last meeting of the Provincial
synod of Canada Rt. Rev. John Travers
Lewis, LII. d., lord bishop of Ontario,
was elected metropolitan.
THE last census returns present in
tcresting statistics showing that there
arc in New England 100000 more
Roman Catholics than Protestants.
THE Reorganizcd Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints claims u
membership of 10000 people. Most of
it's churches are in the United States.
THE Presbyterian Woman's Foreign
Missionary society of New York has
twenty-five women missionaries in
Brazil, Chilli and Colombia stationed
in half dozen different places and
doing effective work in all.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-06
TRANSATLANTIC LINERS.

PARIsIAy thieves have been detected
stealing boots from a boot shop by
means OF Il !ishing-rod and line.
Ar St. Malo there is an omnibus con
ductor who is marquis, count who
earns his living by making mousetraps
and bathing man who rejoices in n
double title-Count Saoul dc Ia Be
gace, Marquis de Chambery.
AMONG the latest enthusiasts for BIZ
cycle riding in Brussels is Mime. Lam
bert de Rothschiid. who goes regularly
to the Dois dc la Cambro to practice.
Bicycle riding has created quite u
furore in the city among the gentler
sex.
4 FRIEND Of the labor movement has
taken to the house of commons and
left in the hands of the attendants a
black leather bag, engraved with an
inscription to John Burns in gold let
ters: ITO John Burns, in memory of
the great dock strike, 1889"
THE teapot which the princess OF
Wales invariably uses every day at
Sandringham is exceedingly curious,
and is said to be of priceless value. 1t
is very old, in the shape of n stout
DutchmaR sitting astride II barrel of
wine. The old mans cap serves for a
lid and gold tap in the barrel lets
out the favorite five o'clock beverage.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-06
How's This |!

We offer One Hundred Dollars re.
ward for any case OF Catarrh that can,
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
r. J. Cheney for the last IS years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
IN all business transactions and hnan-
cially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
VEST u TRAUx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
testimonials sent free. Price 7sc.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
1901 mo.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-06
FOR STUDENTS OF NATURE

a SPIDERS eyes are not in his head,
but in the upper part of the thoraX.
THE longest animal known to exist is
the rorqual, which averages 100 feet in
length.
IN proportion to its size, the horse
has a smaller stomach than any other
quadruped.
BUsHMES and negroes possess more
prominent and narrow chest than the
white races, whose chest is broader
and fiattcr.
TIE flea is covered with armored
plates, very hard, and overlapping
each other Each is set with spikes and
bends in conformity with the move
mcnt of the body.
DEW is the greatest respecter of
colors. To prove this take pieces of
glass or boards and paint them red,
yellow, green and black. Expose them
at night, and you will find that the
yellow will be covered with moisture,
that the green will be damp, but that
the red and black will be left perfect,
dry.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-06
NOTES ON FOREIGN NorAsLss.

THE duke OF Cambridge takes the
vatc soldiers and is very popular arampug
the men Of the ranks.
THE dui;c OF Westminster has sHcnt
over gi 900, 900 IN rebuilding Eaton hail.
which is now considered to rival Chats-
worth as England's finest house.
THE duchess de Maillc is always
recognized in the Bois dc Bouloguc by
her immense coach. 1t dates from the
last century and is equipped with pos
tilions and outridcrs in livery.
NERVOUSNESS never troubles AIme.
Mclba, the great singer, even on first
night" "The greater and the more
distinguished the audience" she says,
"the more stimulated and braced feel.
There is something that responds to
the eXigcncy of the occasion"
PRoF. MAX MULLER has enjoyed n
unique distinction. On December 3,
1875, at the invitation of Dean Stan
Icy he delivered a lecture in Wcstmin-
stcr abbey on the "RcliQions of the
World" the only address ever dcliv-
cred by layman within the sacred
precincts.
Ir is not often that n royal person
age condescends to act as judge in "A
bicycle contest. The king of the Bel
gians recently did this, however, at
Brussels. Since then he has become
infatuated with bicycling, and has
offered medal TO be competed for by
amateurs in race from Paris 70 Brus.
sells.
THE young emperor Of China has rs
keen n relish for the pleasures of the
table as any cpicurc in his dominions.
Eight plates form the staple of his
dinner menu. The emperor insists on
having bears paws, antelope tails,
ducks tongres, torpedo cells ercs, cam
els hump, monllcys' lipS, cacps tails
and marrow bones served at his table
every day i'm the year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-06
The Lowest Rate Of the Year to Chicago
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
a FURTHER REDUCTION IN FARE FOR
COACH EXCURSIONS.

The rapidly approaching termina
ton of the Columbian Exposition and
the enormous travel now directing it
self to Chicago prompt the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company to still furth
er reduce its round-trip rate on the
popular worlds Fair Coach Excur-
sions The rate from Philadelphia
will be ST.: Lancaster, $r6.S5 Har-
risburg, $G5.75; Altoona, $t4.5o, and
a proportionate reduction from other
points along the main line and branch
es. These rates apply only to special
trains leaving on September 28th,
October ed and an additional one
just arranged for October 9th. The
tickets will, as before, be good for re-
turn passage within ten days on trains
leaving Chicago at 5.I5 and 1880 p.
NJ.
The rate has now reached the low
est possible point, and is within the
means of almost every one, which end
the railroad company has long been en-
deavoring to attain. Early applica-
ton for tickets is urged, in view OF the
increased demand which will undoubt-
edly follow this liberal announcement.
The service for this travel will be
maintained at the same standard for
which the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company is justly worldwide famous