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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
Hair In Church History.

The custom of clerics of the Roman
Catholic church not wearing beard
is supposed to date from the earliest
history of the church. The early Chris.
tians, to manifest their dislike of pagan
vanity in the effeminacy of long and
curling hair and carefully cultivated
boards, shaved their faces and kept
their hair cropped close. In the time
of Tertullian this was a mark Of the
Christian. The early tonsure, known
q st. Peters, Of Rome, had the entire
head closely shaven, leaving but mar
yow rim. Custom nowadays takes but
Q small lock of hair from the head.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
RARE AS A WHITE eLAckBlRD.
Real English Mistletoe seldom Finds 1T
Way to This Country.

Real English Mistletoe seldom Finds Its
Way to This Country.
"But mistletoe-English mistletoe!
Surely that will never lose it's hold!'
some reader may exclaim.
Not in name, perhaps, but in sub
stance, says Agnes Carr Sage in. Har-
per's Bazar, for you must know real
English mistletoe is as rare in this coun-
try as white blackbird; and that so
called by florists. and supposed to pos
sess all the properties with which the
black art of the middle ages endowed
the mystic parasite, because grown on
British soil, comes principally from Nor
mandy, where it flourishes in such mad
profusion as to be veritable nuisance,
while it has so embraced and strangled
the roadside poplar trees that the
French government has ordered 1T to be
entirely destroyed. If this edict is car
ried into effect, we shall see very little
of the true mistletoe, viscum album, but
will have to content ourselves with its
American cousin, the phoradendron
flavescens, which abounds in some of the
southern states, is really far prettier
and bears more berries, but lacks the
romantic associations clustered about
the "AllheaP' of the Druids. We may
venture to predict, however, that so
long as there are merry hearts and fond
lovers on the earth, some sort of mis-
tletoe, ancient or modern, will be hung
up each recurring December, for, as q
sweet poetess of England sings:
Under the mistletoe peace and good will
Mingle the spirits that long have been twain;
Leaves of the olive branch twine with it still,
While breathings Of hope ill the long caro-
strain.
Yet, why should this holy and festival mirth
In the reign of old Christmas tide only bt
founds
Hang up loves mistletoe over the earth,
And let us X iss under it all the year round
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
Marketing In Spaia.

1t is not the custom for ladies to go to
market in Madrid and even the first
cook in the great houses disdains to ex-
pose herself to the jokes of the market
women. 1t falls to the place Of the Sec
ond cook to do the marketing and she
prefers to pass her life in the position,
for 1t has many perquisites. II Is un-
derstood that she expects her commits
sion on all she buys and a. prices vary
this 10 easy without detection. "She ID
too dear" IL sometimes said when q
servant Il discharged. but no imputs-
ton II made against her chsraoter.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
A GUESS At THE GREEN ROOM.
why Green Cloth Was Laid in British
TRAGEDIES.

When I was a lad in the painting
room of the old Princess theater, A. d.
1s46, says a writer in the London
Times, whenever tragedy was per-
formed there used to be laid down on
the stage a huge carpet Of green baize.
Often and often have asked the
stage carpenters, the property men, and
even the mighty proprietor himself
what was the meaning of this theatrical
board of green cloth. But could never
obtain satisfactory solution of the
mystery.
Long years afterward I was enabled
to solve the riddle. The meaning of
the green cloth was simply this: In the
English tragic drama the heroes and
heroines are mournfully addicted to
dying in sight of the audience.
Now, In the latter part of the seven
teenth century, and during the first
fifty years of the present one, the no
bility and gentry were in the generous
habit of presenting their cast-off
drawing-room and birthnight dresses,
often made of the richest silks, satins
an d brocades, profusely embroidered
with gold and silver, to the most con.
spicuous among the players; and the
dramatic artists, when it was their
business to give up the ghost in pres
ence Of the audience, very sensibly OBJ
jected to having their fine clothes
spoiled by coming in contact with the
not always clean boards of the stage.
So it occurred to some thoughtful
manager to lay down a green cloth or
which kings and queens could expire
with due dignity, but without soiline
their gay apparel.
have theory-only theory-tha
the green room" at a playhouse de
rived its name from the tragedy, greer
cloth being kept there rolled in case O
need.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
A Hot water slot Machine.

Paris is now supplied with novel
sort of fountain for furnishing hot
water to the people. An automatic
machine is used. to which the water Is
conducted by means Of subterranean
pipes. It runs through coiied-up cop
per tubing three hundred feet long, and
Is heated during its progress through
this by gas, which In turned on by q
coin equivalent In value to one cent.
The amount Of hot water supplied 4
about eight qusrtA -
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

A Good Record. 81 have sold Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for ten years" !"
says druggist f, B. LegR, Of Vail, Ia,
"and have always warranted it and
never had a bottle returned. During
the past 80 days have sold twelve doz-
en- and it has given perfect satisfaction
in every instance" 1t does not dry up
a cough, but loosens and relieves it. 1t
will cure severe cold in less time than
any other treatment. 25 cent, so cent
and 81 bottles for sale by Seybert & Co.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
Strength and Health.

If you are not feeling strong and
healthy, try Electric Bitters. This
remedy acts directly on Liver, Stomach
and Kidneys, gently aiding those organs
to perform their functions. If you are
afflicted with Sick Headache, you will
find speedy and permanent relief by
taking Electric Bitters. One trial will
convince you that this is the remedy
you need. Large bottles only SOC. at
Seybert & Co.'s drug store.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
DISEASES OF WOMEN,

DISEASES OF W0MEN.-We have a special de-
partment, thoroughly organized, and devoted ex-
clusively to the treatment Of diseases of women.
Every case consulting our specialists, whether by
letter in person, is given the most careful and
considcratc attention. Important cases land we get
few which have not baffled the skill Of all the
home physicians) have the benefit Of a full council
of skilled specialists. In treatment of diseases
peculiar to females, our success has been marked
over twothrds Of our patients being ladies, old,
young, married, single, rich and poor. Our 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, as the case demands,
and instruct ladies how to treat themselves.
MARRlAGE.-Married persons, or young men con-
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loss of provocative powers impotency, any other
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PRIVATE DiSEASES,-Blood Poison, Venereal
Taint, elect, Structure, Seminal Emissions Loss Of
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| EPILEPSY, OR FITS-Positively cured by new
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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
A DUTY TO YOURSELF.

1t is surprising that people will use a
common, ordinary pill when they can
secure a valuable English one for the
same money. DR.. Acker's English pills
are positive cure for sick-headache and
all liver troubles. They are small, sweat,
easily taken, and do not g,ipe.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
The sword of Cortes will be among
Mexico's exhibit at the Worlds fair.

Ayers Hair Vigor keeps the scalp free
from dandruff, prevents the hair from
beco ming dry and harsh, and makes it
flexible and glossy. All the elements
that nature requires, to make the hair
abundant and beautiful, are supplied by
this admirable preparation.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
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 4 Co., Bos,
ton, Mass.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

People who use arsenical preparations
for their complexion, do SO at the risk
Of their lives. Ayers Sarsaparilla is
guaranteed free from any injurious drug,
and is, therefore, the safest as well as
the most powerful blood medicine in the
world. It makes the skin clear.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
Ugly and Hateful.

But couldn't help it. Everything went
wrong with me, and::I thought hadn't
a friend in the world dyspepsia caused
this, and for months couldn't eat any.
thing, and just suffered in misery till
used Sulphur Bitters. Three bottles
cured med. Le,sis, 2? Boredom Street,
Boston, Mass.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
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 l to days.
rs cents. Sold and guaranteed by w.
R. Smith & Co., Druggists, Hiilshoro, o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
is LIFE WORTH LIVING q?

Not if you 60 through the world dys-
peptic. DR.. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets
are positive cure for the worst forms Of
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, FlatulHncy and
Constipation. Guaranteed and sold by
Garrett Bros,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

A gentleman in Union county, Mo-,
who is too modest "a man to have his
name mentioned in the newspapers,
was cured of rheumatism by Chamber
lain's Psin Balm, after trying other
medicines and treatments for thirteen
years. so cent bottles for sale by Sey-
bert & Co.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
H0W'S
Your Liver 2

Is the Oriental salutation,
knowing that good health
cannot exist without a
healthy Liver. When the
Liver is torpid the Bow
els are sluggish and con-
stipated, the food lies
in the stomach undi-
gested, poisoning the
blood; frequent headache
ensues; a feeling of lassi-
tude, dependency and
nervousness indicate how
the whole system is de-
ranged. Simmons Liver
Regulator has been the
means of restoring more
people to health and
happiness by giving them
a healthy Liver than any
agency known on earth.
It acts with extraor-
dinary power and efficacy.
NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED,
As general family remedy for dyspepsis
rpid Liver, Constipation, etc, hardly eve
G anything else, and have never been dis
pointed in the effect produced; 1t seems I
almost perfect cure for all diseases Of tn
omach and Bowels.
W. j. McELRoY, Macon. Ga.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

A. E.
FRANCE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE,
New nknowna
iMPSRraGT s % S @
Harmless an ca
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

Pendant ear rings are seen more fire.
quently now than at any time during
the last twenty years.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

Rose Williams, fifteen years old, of
Martins Ferry, Va, weighs 80 pounds
and stands five feet nine inches in
height
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

Potter Palmer will accept the Demo-
cratic nomination for mayor of Chicago
If he can get it.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

OF the $4,000 Frenchmen who fought
with Napoleon at Waterloo only eight
now survive.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

A black silk watch chain should take
the place of gold when the dress suit is
donned.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

Hard coal loses eight per cent. in bulk
per annum when exposed to the weather.
Soft coal loses twelve per cent.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

Denver is to have bronze statue o.
Burns, the poet.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

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month";, ghn phnousan nd n pplym md dams
WONDERFUL CURES s h p @ ':
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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
KRAM HOUSE
PHILIP KRAMER,

The best known landlord in Southern
Ohio. is still In charge Of this popular
hotel. Stop and see him when you come
to Hillsboro.
s%Livery and Sale Stable attached.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09

A jeweler OF Owosso, Mich, owns
clock that he claims will run year with.
out winding.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
All First Glass Druggists

From present date will keep on sale the I'm
ported East India Hemp Remedies. DR.. H.
James preparation of this herb on its own soil
(Oalcutta), will positively cure Consumption,
Bronchitis, Asthma and Nasal Cata,7'h, and
breaks up fresh cold in "a hours. % so per
bottle, or 8 bottles Sc so. Try it,
CIR ADDOCK & CO., PROPRIErORs,
1O32 Race Street, Phiiadelphia.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-09
PREVENTS PNEUMONIA.
DR.. HOXSie'S Certain Group Cure

Has specific action upon the air passages to
the lungs. 1t keeps them open, hence Pneu-
monia, Congestive Colds, Hoarseness and tight
barking cough yield at once to its wonderful
curative powers. so cents.
Sold by prominent druggists throughout the
State.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
WOMEN AND CANDY,

the sweetest creatures in creation are
the New York women, said the superin
tendent of big factory the other
afternoon to New York World
reporter. Il have met the WON
en- of the world, studied their tastes
and observed their manners, and |
declare that no city on earth has as
many lovers of sweets as New York.
We are acquainted with a few ladies
and do you know how much candy they
eat in a day? Eight thousand pounds.
"Of that quantity, 5000 pounds are
chocolates and the rest Is made up of
taffy, nut bars and butter scotch assorted
bonbons, nugat, tablets aad fruit and
cream almonds. Tle m)Iasses candies
are swallowed by the girls in pinafores,
school girls eat the bonbons aud nugat,
society girls fancy the chocolates and
almonds, ard wives and mothers buy
chocolates and cream lozenges. Lime
tablets are sent to sea to complete the
pantry supplies of the floating palaces
and the tablet OF Glove, lemon, orange,
| laxseed ard licorice go to the candy
counters in the city drug stores.
sit has been roughly estimated by
authorities on the subject that the New
York women eat between ID, 900 and so,
| 900 pounds of fresh candy Cay, or an
average of II, 155, 900 pounds a year.
| This has nothing to do with the output
| for the country or foreign trade; fol
New York candies are the finest in the
world, and they go all over the world"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
ESTIMATES OF YOUR NEIGHBORS,

Begin to be liberal il your estimates
OF your neighbors. Credit them with
sincerity, with good motives, with hon
esty, with liborali5y once ia while
Their actions end their words may ties
tfy against them in spite of good inten-
tions and better motives. Men are not
always as bad as they seem. Say a
kindly word of others oace III a while.
Be liberal in your praise and in your
concentrations of others, even in
speaking of your rivals in trade. The
grocer across the street keeps just as
good butter as you do. All the fair
dealing is not done in your store.
Somebody else's milk is covered with
cream once in a while as we'll as yours
You and your FIRMLY do not constitute
the whole body Of Il e Lords elect Some
who subscribe not to your creed may
yet reach the land of light b liberal
in your judgments, for you are not
quite fitted to be the universe! judge
Not being without sin yourself be care.
full where you throw stones. Do no.
keep on hand a stock of sneers aud
uuerGoes, May Your peck .tGook and
your tongue get converted, so that
your soul may even yet assume happy
avoirdupois, for it is written that the
liberal soul shall be made fat.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
Literary Note.

The interesting story of how Cape
Cod Folks" came to be written is told i'll
October Book News (Philadelphia) and
a portrait of the author, Mrs. Sarah
Pratt Mclean Greene, makes a most
artistic froutispiece to the issue. Por
traits of Mrs. Cole Harris, author of
"Rutledge" and of Maxwell Gray. who
is Miss NJ. g. Tuttiet, of the Isle of
Wight, are accompanied by sketches OF
the literary lives OF these popular writers
In its various Departments ana in the
letters from Berlin, Boston, and with
New Books Book News gives a clear
and complete resume of the month S
doings in the book world. with many
useful hints of what is expected of the
publishers for the coming Christmas
season.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
CANNIBALS OF THE OCEAN,.

Such fl cree carnivorouS fishes as exist
in the depths of the ocean are unknown
at the surface. There is BLACK swal-
lower" which devours other fnny
creatures ten times as big as itself.
literally climbing over its victim, first
with one jaw and then with the other
Another species is nearly all mouth, and
having no power of locomotion, it lives
buried in the soft ooZe at the bottom
it's head alone prOtruding, rea9y to
engulf any prey that may wander into
its cavernous jaws. There is ferocious
kind of shark, resembling a huge eel
All of these monsters are as black as ink
Some of them are perfectly blind while
others have great goggling eyes. No
ray of sunlight ever pierces the dark
unfathomed caves in which they dwell.
Each species is gobbled by the species
next bigger, for there is no vegetable
life to feed on.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
SENT ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS,

ferdinand Hassler. the father of the
United States coast survey system, was
once waited on by committee of Con-
gress sent to inquire into the progress of
the work. The committee reached New
York and wended their way upstairs to
the room where Hassler was drilling his
classes and preparing them for work.
Hassler, who allowed no intruders, met
them at the door aud inquired their
business. They answered that they had
come to investigate. What part of the
work do you wish to inspect?' inquired
the Swiss mathematician. Congress had
no definite idea on the point Then
you had better go and find out" returned
Hassler, as he shut the door in the face
of the astonished committee, looked 1T
each other, and, on second sober thought
concluded that Hassler was about right,
and quietly wendell their way down
stairs and and back TO Washington.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
American Rambler,
Cleveland,
Eagle, Victor,

At $s5-the 1893 Majestic Light Roadster
is wonder SIS NOW for % pattern wheel that is listed
at Sis. 1t is fully guaranteed with pneumatic tires, and
can't be beaten anything like the price We with
the great Rambler Tires at SIoo
The Reading Flyer is another good wheel for a
small outlay Last year you bought the Reading Flyer for
the Apollo goes you for but S 70. The wheel is fully
guaranteed Pneumatic Tires and before you pay 500 for
wheel not good, look at Apollo
Good wheels a looo price the T'eatherstones,
which all sizes and grades An investment of 500 paws
well in the Feahersone Duke for gentlemen and 500 in
the duchess for ladies.
These offers only few that we can make vou so
call the Racket Store III Elkon that isn't con-
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the money you have invest and furnish them at all prices
All our goods guaranteed.
Give call at the Racket Store you anything
the cycle line Purchasers taught ride free of charge
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. ELKTOrI, MD.
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
HOW TO MEASURE HAY.

In answer to a number of inquiries the
orange Jadd Farmer publishes few
simple rules for determining the amount
Of hay in stack or NOW, when it is not
convenient to weigh it. Selling by
measurement is not always the most
satisfactory method, but it sometimes is
most convenient Sellers are disposed
to insist that cube ofseven feet is ton.
This is entirely too small, and will not
weigh cut. How many cubic feet will
make ton depends on 50 many condi
lions that no certain rule can be given.
1t depends on the kind ofhay, whether
timothy, alfalfa, or prairie; GA the
character of the hay, whether fine or
coarse; on the condition in which it was
put in the stack, and particularly on the
size, especially the depth of the stack or
NOW. In a very large NOV, well set.
tied, 400 cubic feet of alfalfa or timothy
may average a ton, put Oh top of the
NOW, or in a small stack, it requires 500
or 512 cubic feet, sometimes even more.
1t is not safe for the buyer to figure on
less than 500 cubic feet; but in a well
filled NOW, in selling we would rather
weigh than sell at that Measurement:
To find the number of tons in barn
NOW or Lay shed, multiply the length
depth and breadth together and divide
by the number of cubic feet you think
considering the quality of lay and the
condition in which it was put up. will
make a ton.
To measure a cone shaped stack, find
the area of the base by multiplying the
square of the circumference in feet by
the decimal .0795S, and multiply the
product thus obtained by one third OF
the feet in height. and then divide as
before, cutting off five righthand figures
The correctness of this will depend
somewhat on the approximation of the
stack to a regular cone, and if the
bulges out it makes the product too
small The better way is to estimate
the area of stack up to point of taper
ing in and apply above rule to cone.
shaped top.
The best way is to Weigh. The ex-
perience of weighing a few stacks will
enable anyone to judge quite accurately.
Another appropriate Iule for measuring
a round stack is this: Select place
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
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