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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
QUICK SHOOTING.

A Montana Mans Story Of How . Dsnvsr
sheriff Was Dropped Suddenly.
Have you any idea how fast . man
could shoot pistol in the border days9"
said j. w. Delany, Montana ranch
man, as he continued the serial yarn he
had been spinning for Washington
News reporter. "A man who couldn't
pull trigger so fast that you couldn't
distinguish between the successive shots
was slow. When they emptied their
gums it sounded like one long report.
And pull Why, I've seen men that could
kill you before you could shoot If you
had a gun leveled at them. Fact. Take
the time when Doc Hamilton, the noto-
rious bad man of Colorado, killed Sher-
If Harrity in Denver. Hamilton had
been wanted for several killings and
was dead shy. When he turned cor
ner he'd walk away round near the edge
of the pavement Afraid somebody
would get the drop on him ifohe turned
too sharp, You know. One day he was
in hurry, however, and ran around
corner and looked square into Win
chester held by Harrity.
We'll, doc, I got you,' says Har-
rity.
"'You've got too stro ng hand, Har-
rity, and can't call you,' says Hamil-
ton, taking it cool and easy as you
please.
"'Yes, full house, doc; guess you bet
ter travel on in 'front.'
Hamilton was standing with his UNI
brella on his hip, leaning on it. He
looked the sheriff square in the eye.
Mind you, the rifle wasn't four feet from
him, and leveled straight for his head.
just as doc started to move runaway
horse came down the street. Involun-
tarily Harrity glanced in that direc-
tion. Doc saw his eyes waver for an
instant, pulled his gun-you see he had
his hand on his hip-and shot Harrity
stone dead before he could pull the trig-
ger of his rifle
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
ORIGIN OF LIFE INSURANCE..
Yousdsd About 1850 ~ the Result q II
vostigating Games Of Chance.

Younded About 1850 ~ the Result q Kr-
vostigating Games Of Chance.
II is . curious fact that the doctrine
Of probabilities, or the scientific basis
upon which all insurance rests, had It's
origin In game Of cardA That is TO
say, the foundation upon which this
great economy depends and upon
which IL owes its claims TO the conf
dence and patronage Of the community
originated from investigations regard
ing games Of chance. AS related by
the North American Review, IL hap
pened In this way. About the year
1850 Chevalier de Mece, Flemish
nobleman, who was both a respectable
mathematician and an ardent gamester,
attempted to solve the problem Of divid-
Ing equitably the stakes when game
of chance wss interrupted. The problem
was too difficult for him and he sought
the aid of the famous Able Blaise
Pascal, q Jesuit priest, author of
"Night Thoughts" and one of the most
accomplished mathematician Of any
age. Pascal solved the problem and in
doing so enunciated the doctrine of
probabilities or laws governing So
called chances. Upon this depend not
only the laws governing insurance of
all kinds, but also the laws governing
the motions of planets in space and, in
fact, all astronomical science. This
doctrine or theory Pascal illustrated by
the throwing of dice. When single
die is thrown the chance of turning up
an ace is precisely one out of six, or one
out of the total number of sides or
faces. But If large number of
throws are made it viii be found that
each face will be turned up an equal
number of times. From this Pascal
laid down the proposition that results
which have happened in any given
number Of observed cases will again
happen under similar circumstances,
provided the numbers be sufficient for
the proper ,rking of the law of aver
age. Thus the duration of the life of
single individual is one of the greatest
uncertainties, but the duration, or rate
of mortality, Of large number of indi-
viduals may be predicted with great
accuracy by comparison with the OBJ
served results among sufficient large
number OF persons of similar ages, oc-
cupatiops and climatic influences.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

l have not used all of one bottle yet.
l suffered from catarrh for twelve years,
experiencing the nauseating dropping in
the throat peculiar to that disease, and
nose bleed almost daily. tried various
remedies without benefit until last April
when Isaw Ely's Cream Balm advertised
in the Boston Budget, l procured a bot.
tie, and since the first days use have
had no more bleeding-the soreness is
entirely gone.-D. G. Davidson, with
the Boston Budget, formerly with Boston
Journal.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
THE WHiSTLlN0 GIRL.
She Does Not Always Come to . Bad
End.

She Does Not Always Come to . Bad
"The whistling girl does not common
ly come to q bad end. Quite as often as
any other GIRL" says Harper's Maga-
zine, "she learns to whistle q cradle
song, low and sweet and charming, to
the young voter in the cradle. She is
girl Of spirit, Of independence, of char
scter, of dash and flavor; and as to lips,
why, you must have some sort Of pre-
sentable lips to whistle; thin ones will
not The whistling girl does not come
to bad end at all (if marriage is still
considered good occupation) except q
cloud may be thrown upon herexuberant
young life by this raseany proverb.
Even If she walks the lonely road of
life, she has this advantages that she
can whistle to keep her courage up. But
in q larger sense, one that this practical
age can understand, it is not true that
the whistling girl comes to bad end
Whistling pays. It has brought her
money; it has blown her name about
the listening world. Scarcely has
non-whistling woman been more IA
NOUS She has set aside the adage. She
has done SO much toward the emancipa-
tion of her sex from the prejudice
created by an ill-natured proverb which
never had root in fact.
"But has the whistling woman come
to stay? Is 1t well for women to whis-
tie? Are the majority of women like
ly to be whistlers2 These are serious
questions, not to be taken up in light
manner at the end of a grave paper
Will woman ever learn to throw a
stone? There it is. The future is in
scrutable. We only know that where
as they did not whistle with approval,
now they do; the prejudice of genera
tions gradually melts away. And wom-
ans destiny is not linked with that of
the hen, nor to be controlled by a
proverb-perhapsn not by anything"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
the ORACULAR HAIR.
An Ancient Experiment for Telling 9
Horses or Wsman's Age.

An Ancient Experiment for Telling .
Horses or Wsman's Age.
II, perchance, at any time during the
past week, you have seen man stealth
lily pull hair from . horses tail By
the curbing, you may know that he has
the experimental stage Of the latest
neighborhood fad. The idea, according
to the London Journal, is this: Suspend
Q gold ring from piece of hair over
glass Of cold water and the ring Will
begin to swing to and fro until II hits
the sides Of the glass. Furthermore, IL
will strike the exact age Of the horse,
or, II IL be q persons hair, of the person
upon whose head It grew.
In certain tailoring establishment
this has been the feature for some time,
and with such a surprising success
that If accidental, as probably IL Is, IL Is
simply marvellous. One day horse
stood by the door. A hair from his tail,
tied to the gold ring and duly suspended,
swung twice only, the ring striking out
the two clinks audibly against the side
of the glass;
"Ho, ho!" quoth the skeptic, ''that
horse is eleven years old"
"Not so," said the owner of the horse,
who was hunted up. "That's two
year-old colt"
A hair from the head of a very inter-
esting young lady was kindly abstract
ed by her from among its companions.
The same thing was done and the ring
struck twenty (well, no matter just
how many, but she said:
"Well, that's mean; that's my very
age"
Another lady was agreeable and this
time the ring clattered along until 1t
struck fifty-one. 1t was her age.
A horse on hack was unaware of
the exact moment when hair was
pulled or of the experiment that rung
out seventeen times on the glass of
time. "That said wrong" said Lew
iston man present at the experiment
''That horse is only seven years old"
Going home to dinner one of the gen.
tlemen overlook the driver Of this horse
and asked the age of the horse. The
driver laughed and said:
"He's most old enough to vote"
81 heard that he was only sevcn."
"Well, he is twice seven and three
mora"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
AN ODD OCCUPATION,
The Collector of Tin Cans Has a Larger
Income Than Most Persons Think,

The Collector of Tin Cans Has q Larger
Income Than Most Persons Think.
The lot of the tin-can collector, whose
livelihood depends practically upon the
rim of solder which holds the different
pieces of the receptacle together, is by
no means sinecure, says New York
paper. At all seasons it is unpleasant
enough, but to go jangling about dur
ing the burning days of summer upon a
cart loaded with tin, every square inch
of which is drawing its share of the
SUMS rays, requires more energy than
some might imagine. The tin cans are
broken, rough and rusty, besides being
hot to the touch and often foul-smell-
ing. The collectors have to prowl
about at unreasonable times and in all
sorts of strange places. They "stand
in" with servants of large hotels and
households, the men who have charge
of garbage dumps, janitors of asylums,
hospitals, and all sorts of queer people,
and their compensation is simply the
permission to cart away the old cans,
which nine-tenths of humanity are glad
to get rid of.
The can collectors start on their
rounds as early as four o'clock every
morning, and keep going from place to
place until their wagons are full. If they
are fortunate they usually get load
by noon or thereabouts, and the rest of
the day is devoted TO burning. The
cans are heaped high in lot, and the
patient horse and much-abused cart
started out once more to some sawmill
or carpenter shop for shavings 1t does
not require a great amount of heat to
set the solder running, and when there
is nothing left Of the fire but the en-
bers the tin is swept away, the embers
raked away and the solder colle,ted. 1t
is heated once more in the kettle and
run into bars. 1t Is now ready for sale
to some local plumber, and the days
work Is done.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
Tn. Chimes. Almanac.

There is no other work in the world
of which SO many copies are printed
annually as of the Chinese almanac.
The number is estimated at several mil
lions. The almanac is printed at Pekin,
and is monopoly of the emperor. II
not only predicts the weather, but notes
the days that are reckoned lucky or
unlucky for commencing any undertsk-
ing, for applying remedies in diseases,
for marrying. and for buryins
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
La Grippe.

During the prevalence of the Grippe
the past season it was noticeable fact
that those who depended upon DR..
Kings's New Discovery, not only had a
speedy recovery, but escaped all of the
troublesome after effects OF the malady.
This remedy seems to have peculiar
power in effecting rapid cures not only
in cases of La Grippe, but in all Diseases
of Throat, Chest and Lungs, and has
cured cases OF Asthma and Hay Fever of
long standing. Try it and be convinced.
1t won't disappoint. Free trial bottles
at Seybert & Co.'s
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
Cook Book Free.

On receipt of ten cents in stamps or
coin the O., H. & D. will send copy of
the Martha Washington Cook Book,
post-paid, to any address. The book
comprises over 300 pages and is fully
illustrated. tits the standard authority
on the famous dining cars that run daily
between Cincinnati and Chicago on the
velvet Train" of the O., H. & D. and
Monon Route. Address E. o. McCor.
mick, g. P. and T. Agt. G., H. & D., Gin.
cinnati, O. The G., H. & D., in connec.
ton with the Monon, is the Worlds
Fair Route to Chicago.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
WALES WAS THE DOCTOR"
The Amusing Discovery Unintentionally
Made by q British Guardsman.

The Amusing Discovery Unintentionally
Made by a British Guardsman.
A lady occupying one of the leading
positions in London society and mem
Der of the Marlborough house set, was
on one occasion being called upon by a
very popular and mirth-loving officer of
the Scots Guards, says a writer in the
Philadelphia Inquirer. Suddenly the
groom of the chambers entered and
whispered something to Mrs. 8. s..
She immediately turned to the guards
man and bade him adieu, explaining
that her doctor had just called and that
condolences with doctors were neces-
sarily carried on entire quatre yeux.
The guardsman took his leave, and
was on his way downstairs when a IA
miliar puff and pant aroused his notice,
and looking down he perceived the
prince of Wales coming somewhat la
boriously upstairs. Thoroughly taken
aback and disconnected, and aware,
moreover, that owing to the narrow
ness of the staircase and the rirth of
the prince it was impossible to pass him
on the stairs, he remained standing on
the landing, perhaps unconsciously re-
naming at attention" The prince
eyed him sharply as he said "Good
morning" to him. But the idea that he
should find in the person of the prince
of Wales the so-called doctor of Mrs. 8.
s. struck him as so indescribably funny
that he had to put up his hand to his
mouth to choke sudden irresistible fiji
of laughter The prince noticed it, and
for full year afterward would never
accord the slightest recognition to the
young guardsman, who is now q
colonel
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
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, 1893-04-13

The bar silver now stored in the United
States mint at Philadelphia amounts to
1lO,OO0,000 ounces, the largest quantity
ever deposited in one place in this count
ry. This quantity is equal to $780, 1000
pounds avoirdubois or 8, l25 tons. Load
ed upon wagons carrying one ton each,
and allowing forty feet for each team
and vehicle, this mass OF metal would
make procession over twenty miles
long.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
Ugly and Hateful.

But l couldn't help it. Everything went
wrong with me, and thought I hadn't
a friend in the world; dyspepsia caused
this, and for months could't eat any,
thing, and just suffered in misery till 1
used Sulphur Bitters. Three bottles
cured med. Lewis, % Bowdoin street,
Boston, Macs.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

The twelve-y year old son of W. H.
Wahs of Horner, Flori'la, was recently
attacked by an owl while examining it's
nest in hollow stump. The bird buried
its c'awsin his eyes, putting out the
right eye entirely and probably the left,
though some hope is entertained of saw.
ing it.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

The Florida orange crop this season
will probably be the largest ever known.
The trees are now in blossom and are
so full of bloom that should only half of
them mature the trees would not hold
the fruit without considerable propping
and bracing.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

The winning exhibitors at the Worlds
Fair will each receive a bronze medal
and handsome diploma, setting forth
the specific purpose for which the medal
was awarded. Provision will be made,
it is expected, for $4,000 medals and dip
Tomas.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
Rheumatism Cured in a Dav.-"Mv

Rheumatism Cured in Day.-"Mys.
tic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neural
gia radically cures in l to 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.
rs cents. Sold by w. R. Smith & Co.,
druggists, Hillsboro, o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

Frank Mathes, colored, of Forsyth, N.
O., is probably the oldest citizen in that
county, having celebrated his 1O9th
birthday last October. He tells pretty
straight story about seeing Washington
when he passed through Salem, N. c.,
over 100 years ago.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
Bucklen's Arnica Salye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Seybert & Co.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

Lieut.. Totten now sets next Septem.
the dawn of a "better dispensation )" but
gives the old planet at least another ,OO9
years to roll. On the other hand Char.
les T. Russell of Allegheny, Pa. counts
October, 1924, as the date of the millen.
ium.
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Miles Nerve and Liver Pills.

Act on new principle-regulating
the liver, stomach and bowels through the
nerves. A new discovery. DR.. Miles
Pills speedily cure biliousness, bad taste,
torpid liver, piles, constipation. I'm.
equaled for men, women, children.
Smallest, mildest, surest! so doses 25
cents. Samples free at Seybert & Co. g
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For Six Cents

We will send you DR.. Kaufmann's great
Medical Work; 100 pages, colored plates
from life. The most valuable adviser
ever published. To any address on re-
ceipt of three 2 cent stamps to pay post.
age. Address A. P. Ordway & Co.,
Boston, Mass.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

z Suits for $2O7 900 have been fled
against the city of Atlanta, Ga, by people
who claim that their health has been in.
jured through miasma from the city
dumping grounds.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13
Guaranteed Cure for Rheumatism,

The first bottle of DR.. Detchon's
Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neu-
ralgia is guaranteed to benefit or money
promptly refunded. You take no risk.
Try it. 1t usually cures in / to days.
75 cents. Sold and guaranteed by W.
R. Smith & Co., Druggists, Hillsboro, o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
hard, soft, or calloused Jumps and blem-
ishes from horses, blood spavins, curbs,
splints, sweeney, ring-bone, stiles,
sprains, all swoolen throats, coughs, etc.
Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warranted
the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever
known. Sold by w. R. Smith & Co.,
druggists, Hillsboro, Ohio.
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For Headache

Try our Chocolate Troches.
They do the work.
They are pleasant to the taste.
They are the cheapest sold.
Price 20 cents box.
Mr.. Smith just thought his head would bust
He gritted his teeth and groaned and cussed,
But he took Chocolate Troche/
And danced at ball till half-past three.
For sale by Seybert & Co.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

Certain sophomores at Cornell recent
ly raided the quarters of the freshmen
and forced milk down their protesting
throats.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

There will be serious trouble if you
don't overcome those dyspeptic symp
toms. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the medi.
cine you need.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

Knoxville has 10000 school children
and Accommodations for about third
OF them, according to the secretary of
the Board of Education.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

Rome is to be illuminated by electric.
ity generated twenty miles away by a
cascade at Tiber.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

VITA CORBETT. 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 PITCRER'S LLyURA. 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
PITCHER'S LIVURA.
Very sincerly, MRS. JOHN CoRBETT.
b45 Madison st., Huntsville, Ala. 80
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Lake Wrumia in Persia lie said to con.
tain twenty-five per cent of salt.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough
at once.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

An estimate based on official figures
places the receipts OF Paris theaters last
year at $4,000, 900 francs more than the
receipts of 1891.
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I Ut is now said that Col. Elliot F.Shep.
ard had BIight's disease in an advanced
stage.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

Simmons Liver Regulator has never
been known to fail to cure all liver
diseases.
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Lirht Threus. . N.rrew sli..

A slit In . piece of paper, even
though it be not moro than one forty
thousandth of IN inch in width, is suf-
acient to trsnsmit light to the human
eya
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

Mrs. Lot Ewing, twenty.fve-year-
old mother living at Buena Vista, Ca,
gave birth to her thirteenth child one
day last week.
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Miss Day arrived ct Little Rock Thur.
sday from Portland, Oregon, and left>for
Mexico.
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WHAT OTllER0 GAY
BLOOD POISON
BODY COMPLETELY COVERED
WITH A RASH AND RED
BLOTCHES.
EVERYTHING ELSE FAILED BUT
LIvURA CURED.

LrvuHA A'H'a. Co.,
GENrLEMEN:-"My
little girl had Blood Poi.
son 5 her system was all
xan down. her body was
completely covered with
a rash and horrid red
blotches, owing to the
intense itching she could
not sleep. Her digestive
organs were in a very
A. 1sAs
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-13

It Never falls to Cure manners
DOUBLE EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA.
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Room rent for Office is 81 square foot
per year around Madison square, New
York.
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II never fails TO cure-MANNERs double
extract aARsAPARILLA. 6Oe, svery,yhsrs