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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27
CASE OF MIND CURE.
An Imaginary Disability Speedily
Removed by an Exercise of
Imagination.

"Nothing is stranger than the way
in which the body and mind may be-
come dominated by what is called a
fixed idea,'" said a physician of this
city who makes speciality of diseases
of the nerves, reports the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. "What reminded me
of the subject" he went on, twas a
very curious case that came to my at
tention not great while ago. A 12-
year-old boy, the son of very respect
able family in moderate circumstances
who lives on the lower side of Canal
street, had slight attack of inflam-
matory rheumatism last winter, and
upon recovery, some months later,
found himself unable to straighten his
right arm. 1t was bent in such po-
sition that the back of the hand al
most touched the shoulder, and, while
there was no particular soreness about
it, the boy simply insisted that he
could not move the elbow and hold
the limb straight. I saw no reason
why there should be any such a result
from his slight rheumatic attack, and
was persuaded from the outset that
the boy, while no doubt perfectly hon
est, was simply victim of self-decep-
tion. During his illness he had prob
ably found the arm more comfortable
when bent, and gradually his mind had
become dominated by the fixed idea
that it was impossible for him to ex-
tend it. In such cases 1t is useless to
argue with the patient. but frequently
some lucky accident will dissipate the
illusion.
"One day last fall l dropped in to see
the boy. and while / was in the house
an old negro auntie remarked in his
hearing that somebody done put a
charm on dat arm and that she knew
how to take it off, How would you
do it?' replied. I'd use red charm
stone I have at home she said; I'd
rub it on his shoulder an dat arm
straighten out, shore!' could see the
boy was deeply impressed. and ! gave
the old woman a quarter and told her
to be around with the charm-stone
next afternoon. / was on hand my.
self before the appointed hour, and
told the child, with great show OF
telling him in confidence. that rather
expected the charm was going to cure
him. The magic stone turned out to
be a piece of common red flint. but
after the old auntie had mumbled sew
eral incantations, rubbed his shoulder
vigorously and worked him into q
state of high excitement I took his
wrist and suddenly pulled the lint
straight. why, she's done it. sure
enough!' l shouted. working the el
bow vigorously before he had time tc
object; try it YOURSELF! Your arm is
as good as ever!' He moved it. eau
tiously at first. and then more freely
and finally declared he was all right
The last time saw him he was perfect
| ly sound.
"It was merely a case of mind cure
that was all. As the trouble was i'm
aginary in the first place, little i'm
| agination was needed to remove it
The old darky, by the way, got all the
credit, and she built up considerable
clientele on the strength of the epi
sode."
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27
EGYPTIAN MEN AND WOMEN.
Interesting Description Of Marked
Pecuiiarities Of an Antique
People.

In face the men and women were
very much alike, but there Is subtle
charm about the female faces that is
replaced by placid dignity In the
male. In both the features are deli
cate and of somewhat squiline type,
and the figures are tall and slight.
There is very little indication of mus
Gle, but the men are broad shoul-
dered and thin fanked, while the
women, in spite of their stiff atti-
tudes, are graceful and refined. In
both the forms are soft and rounded.
The resemblance between the men
and the women Is, of course, in
creased by the men being always
cleanshaven, says Nineteenth Cen
tury.
In the paintings and bas reliefs
there are certain conventions which
do not apply to the statues, and for
these due allowance has to be made.
In early times, all drawing and
painting on the fat land bas relief
is but a form of this) had to serve
two purposes. One was to convey in
formation, the other to be ornamen-
tai. 1t is doubtful which is the earlier
of the two. The man of the stone
age, when he scratched his realistic
mammoth on piece of reindeer bone,
either wanted to convey to his broth
er man that he had seen fine speci-
men of this interesting animal, or
else he did it because he thought it
pretty, or he may have had both mo.
tives. In any case, we have here the
common origin of art and writing.
The information picture dwindles
down through hieroglyphics to mere
symbols of sounds, the pictorial ori.
gin of which is entirely lost. The dee.
orative picture gradually loses al
wish to convey information, and sub
sists entirely for it's pleasure to the
eye. But the Egyptians had not got
so far as that; when they drew q
man. there had to be no mistake what
it was. He had all to be displayed
as it were, to the best advantage
The legs were shown sideways. so a:
to give the whole length of the feet
and one leg was put in front of the
other, so that neither should be con
cealed. Then there came a difficulty
about the body; if that were side
ways. too, one shoulder would be lost
so that the body must be seen front
ways. The arms. again, are best see1
sideways; fortunately, as both shoul
ders are shown, they do not interfer
with one another. Again, profile i
more characteristic than full face
but profile eye is a poor, fore
shortened thing. So in this profit
we insert an eye seen to its full ex
tent, and then we really have don
the man justice. This eye, seen full
face while the head is profile, give
naturally peculiar expression. whic'
makes people talk of the long, nal
row eyes of the ancient Egyptians
They very likely had nothing of tn
kind. Then, again. the twisting O
the body makes the shoulders seer
too broad. The ideal is certainl
broad shouldered, but not so muc
so as this would make It appear.
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Didn't Work.

Swindler--Madam,I l have called for
the suit of clothes which needs brush
ing and pressing.
Lady of the House-What suit?
"Your husbands Sunday suit,
ma'am. He called at the shop as he
went down this morning"
sand he said was to let you have
them?"
"Yes'm."
"Did he appear in good health and
spirits?"
"Why, certainly"
"Look and act nsturally?"
''Of course. Why?"
"Because he has been dead Is years
and have some curiosity on the sub
ject."
I'll have made mistake, per-
haps!"
"Perhaps you have. The man you
saw go out of here an hour ago is my
brother. Good morning-"-N. Y
World
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"IS PHIL COMING HOME SO SOON?"
cook, 'he and Miss Julia thought lots
of each other"
81 thought she was engaged to Mr..
Green" faltered Miss Scroggs.
"Pshaw! not a bit of it," said the
cook. "She don't care for him."
Miss Scroggs was horror-stricken.
She fled to her room. "What shall 1
do?" she walled.
She did not appear for tea. She was
trying to make plan to get herself
out of her dilemma.
That evening Mr.. Green called upon
Julia. Her Indignation over the sup
posed double dealing of Philip led her
to give her caller a more gracious re-
ception than usual. Encouraged by
her manner, he proposed and was ac-
eepted.
Not only did she consent to marry
him, but in response to his pleading
the wedding day was fixed for the
week following. The morning after.
she said to her seamstress:
II wish, Miss Scroggs, that you
would put in all the time possible on
your work, for am Is be married in
ten days"
Miss Scroggs, frightened, almost
screamed: "Is Phil coming home SO
soon?" and dropped her work in de-
spair.
"What?" said Julia, severely.
"Oh, Miss Logan" moaned Miss
Scroggs, 81 am such miserable sim
ner, such willful liar. am not en-
gagged TO Phil-we are just friends. l
have known him since he was little
boy, and I like him SO much. The re-
port of his death was such a shock to
me that I was almost crazy, and told
you that horrible story. 1 did not
know that you knew him. Forgive me,
please do," and the wretched woman
fell on her knees at Julia's feet.
A great food of joy overflowed Ju-
las heart. Phil was true after all.
She did not stop to inquire why Miss
Scroggs had played such part. She
realized only that Phil was her Phil
after all.
Forgive you? OF course do," she
said, embracing the suppliant. II do
not wonder that Phil's supposed death
should have crazed you, when you had
known him all his life. Dry your tears,
my dear, and let US go to work on these
gowns"
She sent a message to Phil that day
and had painful interview with Mr..
Green that evening, and then she had
to look for another seamstress, for
Miss ScrOgGs told her she must 90
home to rest her shattered nerves.
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when he returned, but --now"-and
again she broke down.
Recovering, she continued her tale
Of woe, and, being well acquainted
with Philip, she described him SO fully
that Julia could not entertain doubt
Of Philips falsity to herself.
She was proud, spirited girl, and
her indignation almost overcame her
grief for the untimely death of the
man she loved, but she slept little that
night.
Miss Scroggs kept her room the next
day, but in the afternoon Julia called
upon her again. She held in her hand
telegram which she handed to the
stricken one, saying:
"This will interest you more than it
does me-"
1t read: Report in dispatches
wrong. Am alive and well.
"Philip Strong"
"Oh!" said Miss Scroggs, in ectasy.
She had actually schooled herself into
believing her own story.
She went downstairs and resumed
her work. All at once a terrible
thought came into her mind. The tele-
gram was directed to Julia. Why
should Philip wire her? What did il
mean? Had Julia, in the kindness OF
her heart, made this inquiry? She
must find out. She found her way to
the kitchen. The cook was preparing
tea. Miss Scroggs greeted her pleas.
antly and soon learned that Mr.. Strong
had been frequent visitor at'the Lo
| gan house.
sand tell you what" continued the
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27
PERSONAL AND rlfpERsoNAL.

A London bootblack displays this
sign in sight of his patrons: 'Tf you
like my work. tell your friends; if you
don't like it. tell me-"
"a married lady would like work in
a boarding house; one that can go
home nights" This is an advertise
ment from Boston paper.
Once, when twitted on his small size
by q statesman of the strenuous type,
Mr.. Evarts retorted: "That remark
proves what 1 have always asserted
that in your eyes measures were more
important than men,"
The publishers of "Burke's Peerage"
are ardently in favor of the growth of
republican ideas in other countries
than Great Britain, because they find
that they sell more copies of that work
in the United States than in any other
country Of the world.
The late William M. Evarts was fond
of the west, but fonder of the east. In
an after-dinner speech at Omaha he
once said: II like the west. like her
self-made men, and the more I travel
west the more meet with the public
men, the more l am satisfied of the
truthfulness of the Bible statement
that the wise men came from the
east"
John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of
Abraham Lincoln, lies in an unmarked
grave that, except perhaps to one or
two persons, is also unknown. DR..
George L. Porter, of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
who saw both the killing of Lincoln
and the death and burial of Booth
says that Booths body was hidden in
Washington arsenal, in a spot kept Sc
cret. After that it was given to the
family on condition that no monument
nor even a mound should mark its rest.
| ing place,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27
Figs and Thistles.

Idleness is the devils industry.
The ideal determines the real.
Righteousness is the best ritual.
Thunder in the pulpit does not
tighten the world.
He who desecrates his body dishon-
ors his Creator.
Holiness surpasses morality as love
surpasses law.
God gives riches to our hands when
our hearts are not fixed on them.
When earthly goods become our
highest good they become our great.
est evil.
The doctrine of grace fall fat from
our lips except when our lives have
the grace of the doctrines.
The kingdom of heaven Will NOT
come till men come to make its laws
supreme and His will greater thar
the word of ma majorities.-Ram'sH Horn
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27
Notice to Cut and Destroy Noxious
Weeds.

The owners, lessees and agents of
lots and lands within the village of
Hillsboro, Ohio, are hereby notified
and warned to cause all Russian and
Canada or common thistles, oxeye
daisies, wild parsnips, sweet clover,
wild carrots, teasels, burs, wild let
tuce, wild mustard and other noxious
weeds growing on any such lots or
lands within said village, to be cut
and destroyed so that they do not ma
ture seed or spread to adjoining lands.
Given at Hillsboro, Ohio, this 10th
day of June, A. D., 1901.
GEO. B. GARDNER, Mayor.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27

1t will be remembered that we have
been studying the life of Jesus for
the past IS months. We are now
about to take up series of lessons
in the Old Testament. Before doing
this, however, it would be of immense
advantage to take swift bird's-eye
view over the map of Jesus gracious
earthly ministry, and crystallize in
our minds it's essential truths. This
cannot be attempted in paragraph,
but we might suggest the following
points for considerations:
/. The incarnation, or God become man.
as the greatest miracle of the ages.
2. Jesus object in coming to earth; was
It merely to "do good" Uaking that ex-
preston In its more limited and commonly
accepted meaning). or was there also the
purpose of manifesting the power and glory
Of God and the beauty of holiness?"
3. The purpose in the death Of Jesus, OF
Christ's atonement.
Z. The life of sacrifice. as exemplihed by
Jesus,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27

Dyspeptics cannot be long lived be-
cause to live requires nourishment.
Food is not nourishing until it is di-
gested. A disordered:stomach cannot
digest food, it must have assistance.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests all kinds
of food without aid from the stomach,
allowing it to rest and regain its nat
ural functions. Its elements are the
same as the natural digestive fluids
and it simply can't help but do you
good. w. r. Smith & Co.
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Notice to contrastcrs.

sss: Ss::' e. ses ;fssi e 5. asss: :: pa:
new one ; bell houss repaired ;heh d rosttvn
10 be removed and foos laid In place Of n
sssts 10 be removed and replaced when othsl
work is completed. Oontractor 10 use I'll o.
TIE old mstsrial that can be ussd and furnish
plstsd BY August 8, 1901. Plans and spsci2
'catione can bs sesn ct O. A. Dukes store 70
Dallas. Ohio. Bids will be opened June -
1901, q : p. N. Committee resesve the right
70 reject any or all bids.
By osdsr Of Oopmittee.
". T. HODGE Chairman.
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Didn't Marry for Money.

The Boston man, who lately mar
ried sickly rich young woman, is
happy now, for he got DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, which restored her to per-
feet health. Infallible for Jaundice,
Biliousness, Malaria, Fever and Ague
and all Liver and Stomach trouble.
Gentle but effective. Only 25c at W.
r. Smiths drug store.
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Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo,
New York.

For this occasion, round trip tick
cts will be sold as follows: Between
May and November l, tickets will be
sold daily at rate of 49, 10 for contin-
uous passage in each direction with
final return limit Is days. On May
I, IA, 2l and 2S rate of $l3.05 cents
will be made with final return limit
of days.
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81 am unfamiliar with American
customs" said one European noble
man to another. "What is the usual
mode of procedure in marrying an
heiress ?"
"It is very simple. You tell the
lady how much you love her and her
father how much you owe."
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27

Nothing resting In It's own completehess
Can have worth or beauty but alone
Because II leahs and tends to farther
Fuller. higher. despsr than its own. !.
Springs real glory dwells not In the mora
Ing,
But is hidden in her tender leaning
: To the summers richer wealth Of flowers.
Dawn is fair, because the mists fade slowly
Into day, which floods the world with
light;
Twilight's mystery Is so sweet and holy
Just because 1t ends in starry night.
Childhood's smiles unconscious graces bor-
row
From strife that in far-off future lies; (;
And angel glances (veiled now by life's
sorrow)
Draw our hearts to some beloved eyes.
Life is only bright when It proceedeth
Toward a truer, deeper life above;
Human love is sweetest when 1t leadeth
To more divine and perfect love.
Learn the mystery of progression duly;
Do not call each glorious change decay;
But know we only hold our treasures truly,
When 1t seems as II they passed away.
Nor dare to blame Gods gifts for incom-
pleteness;
In that want their beauty lies; they roll
Toward some infinite depth of love and
sweetness,
Bearing onward mans reluctant soul.
adelaide Anne Proctor, In Washington
Star
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27

A peasant woman in Vienna is sell
dom seen in winter without her muff
of dilapidated fur, writes a traveller.
She may carry hod of bricks, or q
shovel. or drag wagon with one
hand, but the other will be secure
from the weather. It is not an un.
usual sight in the Austrian capital to
see women working in the street. re-
pairing pavements and making
trenches, swinging pick and handling
shovel in the most masterly fashion
These women wear almost any sort
of costume that may be at'hand. To
their backs are often strapped bas-
kets containing heavy burdens. Or
mayhap the family cherub swung
over the shoulders In shawl.-N. Y.
Sun.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27

It's mistake to imagine that itch
ing piles can't be cured; a mistake to
suffer day longer than you can help.
Doan's Ointment brings instant relief
and permanent cure. At any drug
store, 80 cents.
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No Work There.-Towne-'T hear
our friend Soulger is working now."
Browne-"Oh! No." Towne-"No
I was told the mayor gave him a
place in the city hail. Browne
''Well ?"
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Tiresome Caller-This coat of mine,
by the way, feels as if it were too tight
across the shoulders. Would you mind
looking at the back of it and giving
me your opinion?
Bored Host-I shall be most happy.
Chicago Tribune.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27

How it Will Soon be.-Mr. Subbubs
(pleadinglyeCan't you help me out
for few days until make other ar
rangements ?" Miss O'Rourke (the
cook)-"Not on yer loife!' Me tonne
is booked solid for eighteen months
ahead, all one-wake stands"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27

No need to fear sudden attack of
cholera infantum, dysentery, diar-
re9a, or summer complaint, if you
have DR.. Fowler's Extract of Wild
Strawberry in the medicine chest.
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Its pages are filled by brilliant ar
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GOT HIS PAY AT LAST.
Took Long Time to Get II But II Did
Not Stay by Him Any Great
Length of Time.

II was an enumerator in 1890 down
in Louisiana, and, being down on my
uppers about that time, I was tickled
enough to get the job, said Col. "Sim"
Baston, the Cheyenne (Wyo.) million
aire, to writer in the New York Com
mercial. my bill against the govern
ment was S1Ie and used to lie awake
nights planning how .vould blow the
money in. was terribly disappointed
when the supervisor told me I would
have to wait for q government check.
He said, however, that the remittance
would be along in few days. and Ibe-
gan to haunt the post Office, expecting
to get it in every mail. kept that up
for about 60 days, and meanwhile
missed several good chances Of getting
a job.
"About month later the other boys
received their checks. but mine failed
to arrive. wrote a hot letter to Wash
ington. telling the supervisor general
all about my troubles. and in four or
FIVE weeks got a reply from the ninth
deputy of the fourth assistant clerk
of the acting superintendent of the
bureau of kicks and walls. He said the
records showed that all the enumera-
tors had been paid, intimated, cour-
teously, that was crook and bunko
man. and requested me to fill out the
inclosed blanks. They were forms for
fling claim against the government.
threw the bunch into the waste bas-
ket. l decided not to devote my en-
tire life to the collection of $1l9. I'll
forget this. said to myself, and try to
live it down. -
"In the fall of 1894 was spending
my vacation at Denver, Col, when I re-
ceived letter that had been chasing
me all over the country and was black
with postmarks. 1t contained q check
for $1l9, and brief, cold. typewriter
statement that the census bureau had
found my account. Icashed the check,
took the money to a faro bank around
the corner. put 1t on the ace, and lost" !"
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Beaumont Oil Fields.

Low Rates, Direct Line, Excellent
Train, Service via Queen & Crescent
Route. W. C. Rinearson, G. p. A.,
Cincinnati, o.
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New service, Queen & Crescent, only
% hours Cincinnati to Shreveport.
Elegant service of Pullman Sleepers,
Cafe and Observation Cars.
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After Her share.-Mrs. Galley
"Percy Gadsby has had dreadful luck
at bridge, lately" Mrs. Inswymm
(eagerlyl-"YQp don't say? Dear
me I must invite him up before IL
changes."
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Miss WiIkins-Ah, what change one
Mr.. Enthusiastically! And what
a heap of change she requires while
doing it!-Strange Stories.
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Doan's Kidney Pills

There's not . form of kidney trouble
that this wonderful little remedy will
not cure, and the people stay cured.
DIR. c. A. Jacobs, Of Toledo, Ohio,
whose Office 10 at 141 Main street,
East Toledo, says:
1.-THE use Of gin, buchu and nitre for the
kidneys is unnecessary when Doan's Kidney
pills can be procured at any drug store
Ignorance Of the effects of the drugs 1 men
| tfon on the Kidneys, invariably leads to dis
aster. Doan's Kidney Pills taken as directed
will lead to a cure. had backache for years,
not steadily but coming on In persistent
attacks More out Of idle curiosity than ex.
pecting any result, 1t struck me after reading
some dozen or so statements made through
our Toledo newspapers by people who had
been cured by using Doan's Kidney Pills
that would Just see how that remedy acted
TO my surprise II cured the last attack. II
akes very little stretch of the Imagination
20 reason that what has cured can be relied
ipon II attacks should occur In the future" :"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by al
iealers. Price so cents. Mailed by
.'oster. Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. ".
.ole agents for the U. s, Remembe,
ne name, Doan's, and take no subs
tute.