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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
A Great Fortune.

The huge fortune of the late Mr..
Hugh McCalmont, which for seven
years has been accommodating at COM
pound interest, will pass into the
sole control of the heir, Mr.. Harry
Leslie Blundell McCalmont, the we'll
known owner of Isinglass. The amount
is believed to be not much, if at all,
less than four million pounds sterling,
and the bulk of this enormous sum
was accumulated by the testator while
a member of the once prominent firm
of McCalmont Brothers. Rumor has It
that the amount to which Mr.. Mccall
mont will succeed exceeds that at the
absolute disposal Of any other single
person in this country, and this is not
improbable. OF course larger amounts
are owned by some Of the great city
magnates, but probably in most cases
their wealth is not entirely unfettered;
it is either subject to heavy charges,
or else is invested in business from
which it could not be easily olsen
gagged. The largest amount of person
atty recorded in recent years was that
of Baron de Stern, which amounted,
we believe, to some seven million
pounds sterling, acquired largely
through Portuguese finance operations.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06

But when a man in the act of over
hauling last winters garments to see
IL they will do" for another season
carelessly slips his hand into trou-
sers pocket and draws out half dollar
then is there surging emotion of un-
alloyed bliss To all intents and pur-
poses that half dollar had been ex-
pended, wasted, dissipated many
months before. 1t had been omitted
from all small calculations of daily
expenses. Through all the summer
months it has lain there in the dark
closet planning this pleasant surprise
for October. How large and valuable
it seems as it is brought into the light!
The owner wouldn't trade that half
dollar for any two-dollar bill that he
ever earned He tells everyone the
story, and seems to take credit for
much cleverness in making the dis.
covery Furthermore he continues the
search through all last years clothes,
and every time his fingers touch soft
wad of lining or crumpled play bill
he catches his breath and wonders if
this can be roll of paper money. hid
den there by the same good fairy that
brought back to him his beloved half.
dollar.
That half-dollar incident puts him
in such a good humor and increases
his assets to such an extent that he
feels justified in spending at least one
dollar and half by way of celebra-
ton
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
A Kentucky Indictment.

A few years ago a Kentucky grand
jury brought in an indictment in which
it stated that the defendant "did un-
lawfully. willfully and maliciously kill
and destroy one pig, the personal prop
erty OF George Pigg, the said pig being
OF value to the aforesaid George Pigg.
The pig thus killed weighed about
twenty y-five pounds and was mate Of
some other pigs owned by said George
Pigg, which left George Pigg a pig less
than he (said George Pigg) had Of pigs,
and thus ruthlessly tore said pig from
the society of George Pigg's other pigs
against the peace and dignity Of the
commonwealth OF Kentucky"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
MoNocLEs in EUROPE.

Believed tn Have Originated In the British
Army-Favored by Continental Oficers.
In every capital Of Europe the mono
Gle Is common enough, says the New
York World. 1t attracts no attention
theater considerable proportion are
sure to have it. Perhaps half the off,
GERS in the Ger man army wear mono
cles. They are seen in abundance at
any meeting of the French academy.
Even socialist deputies in France are
not ashamed to go among their con-
stituents wearing them. A session Of
the English house of commons glitters
with solitary eyeglasses. The single
eyeglass is said to have originated
among the officers of the British army.
About the beginning of the century an
order was issued that army officers
should not wear eyeglasses or spec
tacles 1t was supposed that they gave
the wearers an unmilitary appearance.
The order caused severe inconvenience
to many short-sighted officers, and one
of them belonging to o crack regiment
invented the single eyeglass; It's use
was no contravention Of the order
which prohibited spectacles and eye
glasses. It soon became very popular
In the army and was afterward adopted.
On account probably Of this origin the
single eyeglass Is very generally worn
In Europe by army officers. II e by
some thought to give an aspect OF de-
Termination and ferocity to the wearer,
whereas Eyeglasses lend ~ air Of
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
Vastness of Some of the Greater Stars q
the Pleiades.

Vastness of Some OF the Greater Stars of
the Pleiades.
If our sun were removed to the
Pleiades it would hardly be visible in
an opera glass with which nearly 100
stars can be seen in the cluster. Sixty
or seventy Pleiades surpass our sun in
brilliancy, Alcyon being 1000 times
more brilliant, Electra 500 times and
Maia nearly 400, says Longman's Maga-
zine. Sirius itself takes subordinate
rank when compared with the five
most brilliant members of group the
real magnificancc of which we can
thus in some degree apprehend. If we
Geek to know the dimensions, not of
the individual stars, but of the cluster
itself, we are met with many diff
culties, but, on the assumption that it.
is approximately spherical in shape,
we can calculate it's diameter to be
over 10000, ,OOO, 900 miles. If we think of
the dimensions of our solar system by
themselves or in relation to terrestrial
matter they appear stupendously enor-
nous. Neptune, the most distant
known member, has an orbit over s.
000,000,000 miles across, but the solar
system is to the Pleiades but Lilipu-
tian to a Brobdingnagian-is but a
microbe to mountain-for sphere
the size of the solar system would, if
it were spherical and it's diameter that
of the orbit Of Neptune, be relatively
SO minute that it could be contained
more than 100000, ,OOO, 900 times in
sphere the size of the Pleiades; in
other words, the limits of the Pleiades
could contain $50 solar systems as
many times over as there are miles be-
tween Neptune and the sun. 1t must
not be forgotten that though there are
1880 stars in the cluster. yet with such
dimensions for the entire group vast
distances must separate the stars from
one another. In fact, 1900 spheres.
each with diameter of 5000, ,OOO, 900
miles, could be contained in the limits
assigned to the group, and assuming
equal distribution Of the stars in the
group, each would be at the center of
a sphere 1900, 600, 900 miles across, and
therefore light journey of 1877 days
from its nearest neighbor.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
Treasured Presents from the queen.

Jewellers to Queen Victoria have q
soft snap since her craze for theatrical
performances at Windsor. 1t is opined
that diamond brooches and bracelets
must be bought by the gross, as her
majesty always pays the artists in
these tokens Of her consideration and
appreciation of the show. Many are
the favored stars who now own a
queens brooch, and who look on the
gift as lucky piece ever after. 1t
speaks well for their loyalty and the
beauty of the jewel that the recip-
lent always says it shall never leave
the family, but become an heirloom
from that time forth. Tho worth of
these souvenirs rarely varies in price,
but they vary in design, and the artist
who receives a crown in diamonds and
rubies with the initials 'V. r. l." from
the royal hand deems the honor worth
living for. Nine. Sigrid Arnoldson re-
ceived one of these brooches when she
sang in "Philemonet Baucis' recently,
and Mrs. Kendall has one like it which
she told some friends was placed in her
dress by the queen herself, when the
Kendals were commanded to play at
Windsor seven or eight years ago.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
How We Get Canadian CoIn..

Post office regulations against accept
ing foreign coins are disregarded along
the Canadian border, where the Capa-
dian twenty-five-cent piece has wide
and free circulation on this side the
line and is accepted without hesitation
by postmasters They accept even
Canadian bank noteE, and there seems
to prevail thorough international
comity as to money. Postmasters and
merchants are astonished whom vis3tora
from reeions further south hesitats u
acceptln9 Canadian money n ehapgo.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
DOCTORED CHEESE.
tt Was Fixed Up After the Fashion Of
fraudulent Gold Bricks.

Il Was Fixed Up After the Fashion Of
fraudulent Gold Bricks.
The found spectacle" trick is pref
ty old one, but is worked every day Of
the year, says the New York Herald.
i was talking with IN egg and butter
merchant q short time ago when q
tough-looking citizen jumped of of
passing truck and rushed in with
pair of gold spectacles, or what ap-
peared to be, In his hand, and glibly
said:
Scents, here's pair of spectacles
Two picked up-use glasses? What'll
you give me fur 'em? Can have 'em
cheap. don't use specs, and I'm in an
awful hurry-quiclsl''
"What do you ask for them?" In.
quired bystander, looking at the pair.
''They look like gold, man."
Maybe they are" says the man,
hastily snatching them away, as if he
had suddenly conceived the idea.
Anyhow" says he, "they ought to be
worth dollar and half-I'll give 'em
to you for fifty cents, say"
He passed them to me. I saw at
once they were the commonest kind of
ordinary glass in a brass frame.
"They are worth just one dollar a
dozen," said l.
And the man looked daggers at me,
but sneaked out without word. This
is an old trick, played usually in a
crowded street.
That's nothing" said the egg and
butter man, laughing, ''to the trick
played on me some time ago Two
men stopped in front of my store with
light delivery wagon, and one Of the
men rushed in and called me by name,
asked me how business was, and SO on.
81 didn't recognize the man, and
looking out Of the window to get some
clew to him from the wagon, just
caught a glimpse of the latter being
slowly driven up street. Still sup
posed it was some fellow had had
business dealings with.
"'Look here says he, I've got a
couple of fine cheeses in my wagon
two more than our list calls for deliv-
cry. Now, don't say anything, but you
can get them dog cheap
81 told him didn't do that kind of
business. But he says: All right
your neighbors WILL And I knew
they'would, too, and says: Hold on
And he came back. Bring 'em in,'
says I, and I'll see.' He brought 'em
in.
"They looked all right and weighed
all right, and ought to have been worth
eight dollars each. took one and
gave him four dollars. Without my
asking it, he had thrust in his knife
and twisted it around and brought out
the center of the cheese, and it was
sound and good
"But the man was In such a hurry,
and the more thought Of it the more
singular it looked. And guess my
conscience priclked me a little, for be-
gan to think it was the same as buy
ing stolen goods. Still, l wanted a
good cheese.
81 sent out for tester and thrust it
through the cheese and brought out
we'll, the worst stuff you ever sawl It
wasn't worth anythingl Then 1 saw
that this thing had been plugged and
the center filed with good cheese SO
nicely you couldn't see it unless you
were looking forit Itwas the regular
gold brick game"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
cataract Victims.

Four Of the most eminent men in
Europe are at the present timo suffer
ing from partial blindness. In all
cases the nature Of the ailment is the
same, namely, cataract, and all the
illustrious patients are hopefully seek
ing relief in the resources of medical
science. Mr.. Gladstone has had sew
eral operations performed upon one Of
his eyes, the result Of which. It Is be-
heved, will be almost fully to restore
his vision, while the other eye is still
sound enough to enable him to read
and write. Sir William Harcourt's
eyes are both much obscured. and must
soon have relief or be altogether dark
ened. He will prese ntly place himself
in q surgeons handC- M. Jules Simon
is in q like plight, but hopes to have
the Opaque veil entirely removed. And
Sig. Crispi, in whose case the ailment
has not proceeded quite 20 far a in the
others. has already sought the services
Ct . skilled oculist
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
A Tablet for : King.

A tablet recently set up at Naples
commemorates the bravest act done by
g king In this century, the visit of King
Humbert to the cholera sufferers In
1884. 1t stands near the spot where
the accommodated king, Cardinal
6sn Felice and the archbishop Of
Naples met while passing through the
hospital In the performance Of thar
duty.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
A Cinder Policeman.

A conversation heard in State street:
do you see that policeman over
there?"
"The one leaning against the cor
ner?"
"Yes. Well, he's called the cinder
policeman"
'Why SOP"
Because of his job. Every stranger
in town and about half the people who
live here stop at the corner every day
to gaze up at the Masonic temple and
count the stories. 1t takes them some
little time to do it, and about one per-
son out of four, while he is standing
in that awkward attitude looking
straight upward, catches cinder in
his eye. AS soon as he, or especially
as soon as she, begins to rub the eye
and show signs of distress the police
man steps up and says: Here, I'll take
that out for YOU He does it, too, for
he has had much practice and is really
expert. Some of us around the corner
have watched him day by day and are
thinking of sending in petition to
have him promoted because of his val
liable services"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
no in one year.

93,4io in two years.
No wonder he lost forty pounds :
Chicago Record.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
STREET STORIES.
Interesting Etchings Gathered In
the Western Mo tropolis.

He had lived in bachelor apartments
in Lake Park avenue for number of
years, but when he married and needed
house of his own he moved to Lake
Forest. 1t was a good move, too, SO
far as can be judged by mere outward
appearances.
Since last spring his face has taken
on healthy bronze and the daily ex-
ercise of long walks to and from the
station has served TO put an athletic
springiness into his step.
There have been other changes even
more remarkable. and, although he is
not conscious of them, they are plainly
evident to those who had been his as
sociates for long time.
When he lived on the South side and
put in his leisure time at club he
would have sacrificed one arm rather
than walk four blocks along State
street with bundle under his arm.
The slightest purchase at any store
had to be delivered. If he bought a
pair of shoes he sent them home by a
messenger boy rather than ride home
with car load of people, who would
think he was some common and ordi-
nary person, from the fact that he had
a shoebox resting In his lap.
He was a stickler for good form" in
other respects. He believed a gentle
man should always wear gloves when
on the street, except he should be in
neglige attire. He believed that no
should carry newspapers in his
pockets, and he had strong prejudice
against anyone who persisted in smok
ing while in public assemblage, such
as might be found in any street.
His friends rather admired him for
his fastidious notions. 1t was crafty
ing to find some one who stuck to his
ideals But all this was before he
moved to the suburbs.
What changed him? Perhaps it was
the fresh air direct from the prairies,
Perhaps it was the open-air life and
the daily contact with rural popula-
tion. At any rate there was change.
He became more sociable, neglected
the creases in his trousers, carried
newspapers in his pockets and lighted
cigar each evening as he started for
his train. He began to talk familiarly
of his neighbors and display an un-
wonted interest in family horses. The
hide-bound city man, with his stereo.
typed rules of form was developing
into q suburban ''good-fellow, known
to all the children along his street.
The fall was complete when he began
to carry things home-dress patterns,
garden seeds, books and pictures. One
day he was met at the approach to the
bridge. Under one arm he carried
cross-cut saw about seven feet long.
The great blade Of flattened steel
swung from side to side, SO that pedes-
trians had to leave a wide path for the
suburban friend, on whose face there
was no expression of hum bled pride, but
rather one of joyous determination.
Hello, there" he said. "You must
excuse me; can't shake hands. I'm
going to lay off tomorrow and help my
hired man clear the small timber off
my new lots That's what I'm doing
with this saw. Good-by-traiu goes in
two minutes"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06
Unalloyed Bliss.


When man works all week and
then goes to the window and gets his
salary in an envelope, he is reason
ably happy over the possession of the
money, but there is no particular ella
tion, as he had known all week that it
was coming.
When man picks upa quarter from
the sidewalk he experiences thrill of
surprised pleasure, hut there is an inn
mediate revulsion and sense Of quiet.
Probably that coin was dropped by
some poor widow who had gone out to
do days shopping.
When a man meets friend and the
friend says; by the way, here's that
five you loaned me that day at the
worlds fair" the soul exults for q
moment But there comes deep sus-
ricion that next time he will ask for
I cad then lose his memory.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-07-30
-
RERLlN MANNERS.
Customs That Proved Rather Notifying to
Two American Girls.

Customs That Proved KaCher hOrtlfy1nS JC
Two American Girls.
Two young girls were made miserable
BY an unwritten law which laid me low
not long ago, writes a lady correspond
ent in Berlin. They were calling upon
German women, and as they entered the
room they saw that the least comfort
able seat was the sofa, where they natu-
rally seated themselves. One after an
other Of the older women surveyed them
until they became intensely uncomfort-
able. not knowing what dire accident
could possibly have befallen them. At
last the hostess rose majestically, say
ing:
young ladies, will you be SO kind as
to get up and give your seats to these
older ladies:'
The poor things were crushed. My
own encounter with the sofa regulation
was funnier han it was crushing. l
went to a musicale given by a countess.
Two daughters of titled houses had been
cordial in their overtures, and | was
having a beautiful time watching little
differences of and wondering if
all young women were expected to
courtesy and kiss the hands Of married
women, as my Tis-a-vis was doing. AS
the evening wore on l concluded what
we'll bred people were, after all, the
same everywhere. When supper was an
nOunced, there was a slight confusion in
the placing of the guests, and l found
myself in a smaller room with a few
others, among them the most important
woman of the assembly. The table had
been drawn to a sofa, and there is where
l made my mistake. Ny new friend,
the-cOuntess' daughter, mOtiOned me to
the sofa, which seemed the best solu-
ton of the ENHANCEMENT into which u
hostess had led US in a moment of furry,
for a German does not approach the ease
and surety Of an American hostess. At
the same time the woman of Importance
took a seat on the sofa also. AS she ap
parently spoke neither English nor
French, and as | had not been here long
enough to have acquired fuency in Ger
man, her attempt at a conversation was
500 given up.
When u hostess came to see if we
were all happy, our lady of Importance
asked who [ was, and on receiving a
whispered reply sat up very straight and
threw herself back on the sofa, exclaim-
ing, "Ah mails c'est trop!' Twas seized
with a horrible fear that my hostess
had told her that | was an American
reporter, and I was intensely uncomfort-
able in spite of my companions friend
illness. After that the great lady was
very stiff, and | fear 1 was even sitter.
Looking again to see if she had tainted,
l saw her calmly eating with her knife
and no longer felt uncomfortable. If she
scorned me for any reason, l certainly
should be ashamed Of her at my own ia
BILE. I learned several days later from
an American woman versed in German
proprieties that my objectionable offense
had been in presuming to sit on the sofa
beside my lady without a European title
of high rank to back me up.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-07-30
Pulling for the Pole.

In February Walter Wellman, the
we'll known Washington correspondent,
started for the north pole. He was bet,
ter equipped for the journey than any
preceding exploring party. But moth.
ing had been heard of him since he
reached the land Of everlasting ice, and
it began to be feared that he had been
crushed in the ice foes of the unknown
sea that washes the icy shores of Green.
land and swishes around the pole. But
news bad been received that Wellman
and all his party are safe and are in
good condition. Wellman is still conf
dent that he will come nearer the pole
than any man who has preceded him.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-07-30
Quickly Arranged,

Foreign terms are apt to occasion con
fusion in the minds of those who are
ignorant of their meaning, because, rs
one old lady who thought mirabiIe
meant a trough, noisy crowd O. folks, >
said, They don't scussly ever stand Ter
what they'd ortcr, jedging by the
sound!'
a western man wished to file a PAPER
for his partner and himself in the cir
cult court and affixed to the firm sigma
ture the words per Sc"
I reckon that won't do, said tie
partner, whose education was somewh. t
more extensive. Per Sc IS sin Ter
and means jest you, and Tiers two Of
us"
"Oh, all right! l can fix that easy
enough" responded the other easily.
Gimme the eraser.
The article in question was passed 70
him, and after some scratching and r.
writing he showed the document over II
his partner with a smile of triumph. It
was signed, Green & Wilson, per ,
c's "-Iouth's Companion.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-07-30
A sport HOrSewhiDDed,

J E. T. Bowden, the Jacksonville, Fla
sport, who had his name in the papers
so much on account of his connection
with the Corbett Mitchell fight, he being
president of the Duval athletic club,
which pulled off the mill, is having his
name in the papers again, but in a new
role. He insulted a Mrs. Brunson, the
wife of a Pullman car conductor, and the
conductor forthwith horsewhipped the
sport. Brunson is a great big man, and
he literary tore Bowden's face to pieces.