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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
THE CHISHOLM TRAIL.
Bleaching Skulls Mark the Most ramou
of Old Cattle Roads

OF Old Cattle ROADS
The most famous of the old cattle
roads was, according to Scribner's Mag
azine, the chisholm Trail" 1t was
named after John Chisholm, an eccen-
trio frontier stockman, who was the
first to drive over it. Chisholm lived at
Paris, Tex, was a bachelor, and had
many thousand head of cattle on the
ranges in the southern part of the state.
From two hundred to four hundred
yards wide, beaten into bare earth, it
reached over hill and through valley
for over six hundred miles (including
its southern extension), a chocolate
band amid the green prairies, uniting
the north and the south. AS the march
ing hoofs wore it down and the wind
blew and the waters washed the earth
away it became lower than the sur
rounding country and was flanked by
little banks Of sand drifted there by the
wind. Bleaching skulls and skeletons
Of weary brutes who had perished on
the journey cleaned along its borders,
and here and there was low mound
showing where some cowboy had lit
orally ''died with his boots on" Occa-
sionally dilapidated wagon frame told
Of the breakdown, and spotting the
emerald reaches on either side were the
barren circle-like bedding grounds" !"
each record that a great herd had
there spent night.
The weight of an empire passed over
the trail, leaving it's mark for decades
to come. The traveller of to-day sees
the wide, trough-like course, with
ridges being washed down by the rains
and with fences and farms of the
settlers and the more civilized red men
intercepting it's track, and forgets the
wild and arduous life of which it was
the exponent. 1t was life now out
grown and which will never again be
possible
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
BRIDAL BLUSHES.
Not Always Caused by the Emotions OF
the Occasion.

Not Always Caused by the Emotions OF
the Occasion.
When you see in the paper a nice lit
tie story about blushing brides, don't
think the bushes are always canscd by
the emotions of the occasion. ! thought
so once, but | discovered secret the
other evening at a wedding that is real
ly too good 70 keep
The wedding party was in the vesti-
bule of the church awaiting the strains
of the wedding march, when they
should advance to the altar. Then it
was that the bride, anxious about her
hair, her veil or her train, was very
pale, says the Boston News. Her maid
of honor noticed this, and playfully, as
thought, pinched the fair ones cheek.
But what seemed a careless action was
evidently premeditated. for no sooner
did the brides cheeks show tinge of
pink than the maid of honor proceeded
to manipulate her own fair features,
and her action was initiated by all the
bridesmaids. Then the organist played
and the party proceeded to the altar.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
THE MIDDLE GAR is SAFEST.
How - Commercial Traveller Secures q
Minimam of Risk.

How - Commercial Traveller Secures q
Minimam of Risk.
A commercial traveller tells the Wash
ington Star that he is very particular
as TO the car he selects. 81 travel thou
sands of miles year." he says, sand
have made 1T a rule to observe in the
accounts Of railroad accidents which
cars of the trains are most often de-
molished. The result of my experience
for i have been in a dozen smash-ups
and observation is that the middle
cars are the safest. | never under any
circumstances ride in the rear car.
avoid the car next to the baggage car,
though this is selected by many as the
safest. The greatest danger at present
in railroad travelling is telescoping
When u man has been in q wreck and
afterward seen the engine of the col
lidipg train half way inside of the rear
car, or rather what's left of it, it i'm
presses him most foreibly. The baggage
car is usually heavily loaded, and in
the collision its weight, together with
the ponderons engine, generally
smaShes the next car to splinters,
while the central cars are comparative
ly ,uninjured. When the train il de-
railed the baggage car and next coach,
asa rule, go over. The roadbeds OF our
great transcontinental lines are so
solid, each section is SO carefully cx-
amined, the rolling stock is so much
improved that broken rail, broken
wheel or axle and like mishaps are re-
duced to a minimum"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
AusRETs HISTORIC RIDE.
Eight Miles IN Hour on Horseback fos
10 Consecutive Hours.

Eight Miles an Hour on Horseback Tor
110 Consecutive Hours.
The ride OF the German officers from
Berlin to Vienna recalls to the Wash
ington Post much more remarkable
one made by F. X. Aubrey, native OF
st. Louis, Mo-, about thirty-six years
ago, in the far west. He bet five thou
sand dollars that he could ride from
Santa Fe, N. NJ, to Independence, No.,
within five consecutive days. According
to the terms of the wager he was al
lowed only such remounts as he could
procure en- route; that is, he was not to
arrange for any in advance. AS the
country to be traversed was then q per-
feet wilderness to within score or two
of miles of the finish the only chance of
obtaining fresh horses was from some
rowing band of wild Indians he might
encounter, who were as likely to take
Aubrey's scalp as to swap horses with
him. But fortune favored him, and he
did obtain a fresh horse at the Gross
ing of the Arkansas" and at Council
Grove, and won his bet in four days and
fourteen hours-distance eight hundred
and sixty miles-so that he covered an
average of nearly eight miles an hour
for one hundred and ten consecutive
hours, feat of endurance that seems
truly marvellous.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
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Al beginners succeed grandly, and more than
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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
THE STONE STAR.
It II One of the Most Curioas Products
of the Mineral Kingdom.

Ie IL Ono Oh the MOgt CURIOUS PRODUCTS
of the Mineral Kingdom.
The asterias or star stones are among
the most wonderful productions of the
mineral kingdom. They are conun-
drums, the star sapphire being a gray
ish blue, the star ruby bright red, the
star topaz straw yellow. The star ap-
pearance in the stone is caused, accord
ing to some mineralogists, by foreign
substance in the gem; others say it is
due to peculiarities of crystalization.
Whatever it may be, advantage is taken
of it by the lapidary, who cuts the stone
In the shape of a dome, beginning at
the center of the star and making the
points radiate to the circumference.
The stone has six points, and as the
light plays on the surface of the stone
the bright lines Of the star change with
the position of the gem, and produce q
singularly beautiful effect.
These stones, says an exchange, are
very valuable, the hest specimens be-
ing, 1t is said, worth as much as dia-
monds of the same weight. Burton,
the great Oriental traveller, had . star
sapphire, which he always carried on
his person; and in the heart of Arabia,
or In the deserts OF Africa, the sight Of
this wonderful gem always inspired .
respect that was akin to reverence.
The wild Arabs and negroes would gaze
at the stone, then at its possessor, and,
concluding that he had talisman Of
unexampled power, would render him
all possible assistance for fear of in
curing his vengeance.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
WOMEN BORROWERS.
The Trouble Is They Never Return Any
thing You Lend Them.


What! You remember to return my
pencil? Marvelousl Surely, you ought
to be set on a pedestal as model for
the rest of your SEX"
Thus spoke a man of whom a little
blonde creature had borrowed Faber
No. Q, says the Philadelphia Times.
swell" she laughed, 81 don't know
whether I would have been any more
thoughtful than the rest of womankind
If had any place to put it."
"Ah! that accounts for it. then, for
] thought there must be some good rea-
son for that unusual honesty" went on
that horrid man.
What woman borrows, whether it
is money or mucilage, never expect to
see the loaned commodities again.
When she says May ! borrow so-and-
SOP 1t is only polite way of asking for
it, and the man who thinks he will ever
get 1t back knows nothing of feminine
human nature. Umbrellas are common
property for all mankind, but masculine
rapacity stops right there. Not SO with
the members of the fair sex.
''They look on everything as borrow
able, which is synonymous for possess
able. They don't think it wrong to ap-
propriate others property SO long as
they have prefaced its transference by
the polite: May I borrow?' Books 60
for day and remain for lifetime.
Money is never once mentioned after
the primary transaction, and the small
things of life, such as scissors, pens and
pencils, are gobbled up with an uncon-
scious naivete that staggers the lender.
If return is even limited at one would
suppose mortal offense has been given,
and the only way to keep in your pos
session anything you really value is to
swear you haven't such a thing when
the dulcet: May borrow, just for a
short time please? falls on your ear"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
SEVERE PENALTIES.
Punishment Inflicted Upon the Lawless
in Ancient Pennsylvania.


The assembly that convened at Ches-
ter December 4, 1852, enacted code of
laws that made the people IT the new
colony live up to the mark, and while
many of the severe penalties of the
duke of York's code were softened, yet
the unfortunate deemed them harsh
enough. The man or woman who used
profane language was punished by
fine or imprisonment, and more than
one person had reason for regret for
expressing their feelings in public with
too much emphasis.
The severest punishment was meted
out for licentious conduct A public
whipping and one years imprisonment
were the penalty for the graver degrees
of this crime, while second offense
was punishable by imprisonment for
life. This law was amended in 1T05,
the first offense being punishable by
the infliction of twenty-one lashes and
imprisonment for one year or fine of
fifty pounds. A second convection sub
jected the culprit to seven years i'm
prisonment and letter "a was
branded on his forehead.
The man that had more than one
wife, instead of being an object Of
commiseration, was liable to be sent to
Jail for life, while the man who broke
into house and stole was sent to Jail
for four months. He had to work like
beaver, however, and unless he re-
stored four fold to the party the court
sent him up for seven years to give him
time for reflection.
Murder was punished with death and
the forfeiture of half the estate Of the
felon.
Theft was punished with public whip
ping and various terms of imprisonment,
while restitution had to be made from
three to four fold.
The minor regulations prohibited all
persons from taking part in stage plays,
revels, Mosques and kindred worldly
pursuits, So that any troupe that had
CHANGED to drop into Pennsylvania with
the ta-ra-ra- -boom-de-ay would have
been sent higher than Gilderoy's kite.
Drinking of health was punishable by
a fine of five shillings, or five days i'm
prisonment, and horse-racing, shooting
matches and sports of like character
were interdicted. If the offenders hap
pened to be slaves they were whipped
and imprisoned instead of fined.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
They Arc Like Mules.

A sea captain who was demonstrated
with for violent language said: II be-
gan as cabin boy and worked my way
to the quarter deck, and have followed
the sea all my life, so claim to know a
little about sailors, and tell you that
you can't be easy with 'em and make
'em'work. They have to be sworn at
or they don't think you amount to any
thing. A foremast hand goes about
business quicker and does his work bet
ter if You damn his eyes few times
than he does If you merely tell him
what you want done. I'm not specially
fond of swearing, but tell you have
TO make practice of 1t to make those
beggars work"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
plo pRAlales in MANITOBA.
Ous thousand Miles Of Level Land Lies
Straight West of Winnipeg.

Vus Ihousnuu mlIee OF Lovel Land Lies
Straight West Of winnipeg.
"1f the horse could stand it," said .
well-known resident of Winnipeg, Man.
itoba, to Washington Star reporter,
"a man could leave Winnipeg and ride
one thousand miles west and northwest
over level prairie before he would be
obstructed by the mountains. This
gives an idea of the great territory lying
west of Winnipeg, which, to the eastern
man, seems way out of the world. The
soil of this prairie produces the finest
spring wheat grown anywhere and this
enormous plain I've just mentioned will
in few years be the great granary Of
the world. Eastern people have a misty
idea of our expansive territory. We are
just commencing to grow wheat COM
pared to decade hence, though our
crop two years ago was thirty million
bushels. We have but little snow, and
the many years I resided in Manitoba
never saw the tops Of the bright prairie
grass covered. Cattle fairly roll in fat
and we are becoming a great cattle
country. While most of our settlers
are from across the water, yet the num-
ber from the western states is yearly in
creasing. We have no wild west from
tier scenes. There are no settlers killed
over disputed claims, as has been an
everyday story in the west for years.
Our homestead laws require a three
years residence of six months EACH.
Land may be preempted, too. Gold has
been discovered in wonderfully rich
quartz deposits few miles east Of
Winnipeg, and paying mills have just
been erected by Minneapolis capitalists.
I predict rush to the Lake of the
Woods district next year. Winnipeg has
thirty-hve thousand inhabitants and is
thriving city. Our winters are cold,
but we do not mind them. The atmos-
phere is dry and the days are clear, fresh
and sunny, murky weather being al
most unknown"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-23
School Examiners.

TIME Board Of School Examiners OF High.
land county give notice that examina-
tiOus of Applicants for Certificates will take
place in the II Hillsboro Main street school
building on the first Saturday of every
month, and on the third Saturday of Janu.
ary, February, March, April, August and
September. The Examination fee prescribed
by law Is 80 cents
By ordef Of the Board.
HENRY @. WILLIAMS, Clerk,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-18

Miss Ella Wheeler, No. l9s Seventeenth street,
a "Philadelphia' drossmAker furnished the
following remarkable statement for publication
in endorsement of Drs, Copeland, Bell & Davis's
method of treatment;
My trouble began twenty-five years ago."
says Mlsa Wheeler, with cough, cold, sneezIng
aud feverish spells. have taken a thorough
treatment from fifteen OF our city physicians
aud have swallowed a barrel Of cod liver oil In
the rounds of them all without benefit
"somo OF the doctors told mo my trouble was
hereditary and | would never get We. Of It,
while Others told me l might grow out OF 1t, but
everything l took did me no good, one doctor
told me | had consumption and would never
get well,
FINALLY l read In one OF the papers OF q lady
who had p~reCi,ely the same symptoms as had
and | felt ii she could get cured | could also, SO
| made up my mind to 80 and consult. hrs;
Copeland Bell and Davis aud the first visit |
made To their OlhCe | was so near dead aud so
very weak | had to stop ~ different pieces on
my way to rest, | at once placed myself under
their care, A that time my nose would stop up
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-18
Respectfully Submitted,
rIlE spEAs MuRpER EASE.

The Testimony Closed and the Argument
by Counsel now in Progress.
All the evidence in the case Of the
stato vs.. Mary speas, at Wellsburg, is
now in, and the argument began last
evening, The defense made a good
showing for the prisoner, except in the
ca,ea oil the defendants neighbors.
Their testimony was very similar, Great
inc the impression that it was learned
nv heart. Every doctor in the town
va, on the stand, the defsnse getting
tho opinion OF them all in regard TO
bnia and nervous diseases.
both Mr.. and Mrs, Speas were also
recalled and their testimony was direct
IL contradictory.
The Arguments were opened at 2
o'clock by Prosecuting Attorney r. II.
Cotton. He called particular attention
10 the testimony OF the attending physi-
clans, Drs, johnson and Walkinshaw.
llo claimed the child was always
healthy, showing no evidence OF disease
or nervous disorders,
He reviewed at length the tostimony
II tho defendants neighbor, Mrs,
pongherty, in particular. The defense's
claim that there were no deadly weapons
used was met by references to other
West Virginia murder cases in which
the feet and hands were shown to be
deadly weapons.
DR.. Harden was on the stand for the
defense yesterday morning, and testified
that it would be next to an impossi-
bility Tor a ai~x.year-old child to hurt
itself in the manner Nora Starr WAS
hurt by falling of q chair.
The state recalled several Of their
witnesses, among them being Dr.. john
son,
The testimony adduced yesterday
morning showed that the child Nora
was always in o. healthy condition be-
foro Mrs. Speas took tho care Of her.
Mr.. John Palmer, for the defense, call
ed particular attention TO the fact that
DR.. Johnson, when he first saw the
child on November 80, thought it was
in convulsiona, and was only led TO be-
lieve that foul play had been used when
he saw the fractured skull. This frac.
ture in the skull he claims was simply
u defective a%ssification. He claimed
that the bruises were tropical spots"
and that they existed only on the skin.
The former good character Of the &C.
cused, as testified to by her neighbors.
was also dwelt upon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-18
BELLAIRE.
All Sorts of Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City.

An S,rts oP IocnI No,ys nnd GossIn fran
a.. or. CI,,
WV uL"SS Si'S'
Tho C~hautauqua Circle held an interesting
meeting last night, at which the following pro-
sI0iuuio ""S IVnue!uu'
The Theseus or ldcan Hercnles-lrls. On the
Eastern Pediment Of tho PaEthenon ..........
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HnmorsSn I.;'' RcHIInT ''''"'''' '''''' BGcrt iiahra,
Question nv .m,,...J +, Mellott,
w AZ n,nn,, 10 80 annoIn,od 40 ,ouItory
noliceman III tho board az hcNIth. liz was
sworn in Yesterday md viii enter upon the dis.
ch2rge OF ms duty Monday, devoting his entire
time TO the prosecution OF persons who fail to
put t~hclrpremiseS In proper condition.
The baltimore Ohio RailrOad COMPANY nre
making d platform and ruling more than twice
us long as Il was before, The double ttolns now
run on t9iS ulVis!on mauo suLs ncG MS w q" 2
onsIv W. - udSnSGf 81 l. pHS IsnaSS hS,o,S sPP'" ''0"' "
~ r,'" -. Ioo,L ~ "a po.os
ing news oi 0ne S ,In Ell IEpown ~ la, N, mSS
When oCeurred AT DnnLlrk, Ind, was a sad Sur.
prIse 10 Inc many friends OF the family here.
Tho p,aS,workcrs will award A handsome gold
watch 10 tbe fortunate holder OF the lucky nun.
Der nj the tremen's benefit at the Elyslan thea
teNhext Wednesday night.
Colonel Poorman received q now engine yes
terday and has contracted for q new press ior MS
paper, lhS DdnR Ltloune, IN "hloh he Is MuA'us
cohslCetaDIc Improvement
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-18
MARTINS FERRY.
News Notes and Personals from Our Near
Nelghbor.

News Notes and Personals from Our Near
Neighbour.
Tho Republicans OF PeHse township win hold
their primaries at Bridgeport this afternoon
from 8 70 0 O'Clock. Considerable interest Is
manifested In the contest for treasurer, There
nre but two candidates, J. Il. CLARK and Fred Fox,
both OF bridgeport
Rev. Samuel boyd entertained the Old Mems
club at n 2 o'clock dinner at hts residence on
Filth street yesterday, In honor OF his 18th birth
day. Smith Hurst, Of Colerain, and Elwo0d Rat.
ellie, OF MI. Pleasant, were present
Revolutionary wOr-the struggle and making
OF n government was the subject OF the talk OF
Superintendent J. +. ManniX nj the Y. NJ. q. A.
Inst night. There was a good attendance aud
q llculoyed the talk.
Judge John s, Cochran atl wife leave next
Monday for Florida to spend two or three weeks.
They will stop In Tennessee and Georgia on
thClr way down, where tho Judge has some bust.
ness TO look after.
Mr.. Frank Woods and Miss Lizzie Ellefritz
were married at the home OF the brides father,
Okey Fiietrit2, back of Martins Ferry, by Rev.
Roberts on Thursday night.
Kerr 4 Son will erect an clght.roomed house
In ClRrk's addition for Chris Hell aud q five
rooincd one In llucy's addition for Henry D lies,
The cams OF Frank He'll aud James brown
Collidcd at tho corner Of Hanover and Fifth
street yesterday. Little damage was done.
A festival aud cako walk will DO the attraction
At Commercial hall tonight. Tho proceeds Will
go To tho colorod NJ. f, church.
Mr. O., G Cochran, wife aud daughter returned
last night from Il two weeks visit Ut Dalton,
their former home.
Rev. A. b, Marshall, OF East Liverpool, will
exchange pulpitS with Rev. II. N. Campbell TO-.
morrow.
Mr.. Louis II. Smith has resigned his position
as travelling salesman for tho Buckeye glass
works.
james Brand will r]oturuIto Evansville, Pa, to.
day, lle has boon homo on account OF his
hind.
Capt and Mrs, Thomas Moore will celebrate
their golden wedding at TiltonvillO. March 80.
James RalSton has accepted o position rs Cngl.
nccr utthc Belmont Brick md Tile Works.
Miss Jennie Mlllhouse Is entertaining Miss
JCnetIO Colson, OF Morgan county.
Tho Democratic township convention will DO
hold at city Hall this AFTERNOON,
puro fresh Jersey milk aud cream Is received
at FtCdctlck's milk depot daily,
MCDermOtt's tool works WINS of Yesterday, IL
being 81, ratrlck's bay.
Miss Ida Eioylo. sang at a musicale at Portland
on Thursday night
Mrs Georgia Lowe, Of stcubUnville, Is visiting
Mrs j. II, Gillespie.
Mrs s, !; Dean Is quito sick at her homo on
North Fifth street
Mrs, Frank Lupton, Of Mt Pleasant was hero
yesterday.
NJ McDOrmott is at Warrington, w Va.