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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
DWARF DIES AMONG DOLLS
Little Man Passes Forty-Two Years
of His Life in Play Like
Child.

Nursing his dolls like little child,
James Welsh, dwarf three feet three
inches tall. recently died at the age
OF AZ, at his home in Ansonia, Conn.
Welsh practically remained q child
IN actions during his whole life, and
his bedroom, which he used as q play
room, was filled with dolls, jumping
jacks. rattles, and such like.
When away from his toys he would
become lonesome. On such occasions
he would cry for his favorite colored
dolls until some members of the fam
lily procured them tor him.
He would wear only blue cloths, be-
cause his father was a soldier. He sell
dom went out of doors, and when he
aid, he would not go out Of sight Of
his home.
He had an enormous head for his
size, and enjoyed good health until q
few weeks ago. when he contracted a
cold. His father and mother swers
both robust people.
When p. T. Barnum was alive he
made frequent visits to Welsh's home
for the purpose Of influencing his par
ents to allow him to travel with the
circus at a salary of $3.50 a week, but,
although the members of the family
always worked in the mills, they re-
fused the offer.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
SHERLOCK HOLMES RETIRES
Conan Doyle Announces That Famous
Detective Will Devote Time
to Bee Keeping.

1t will be a matter of great regret
to many that next December will
mark the final retirement from public
life of the eminent detective, Sherlock
Holmes.
Despite his iron constitution and
nerves of steel, Mr.. Holmes is at last
feeling the strain of his great achieve
ments. The bald announcement of his
retirement is chronicled in a London
magazine as follows:
We hear that Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle has written for the Christmas
number of the Strand Magazine the
last adventure of the famous Sherlock
Holmes which he will ever chronicle
II is said to be "The Adventure of the
Second Stain"
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was
asked for the reasons and circum-
stances of the famous detectives re-
tirement, he said:
"A man must retire some time. He
can't go on forever. Yes, his retire
ment is now absolute and final. So far
as | know, there Is not the slightest
intention of his ever again entering
the work Of the detection of crime
His last adventure will be a strenuous
one, and will, think, be on a level
With some of his higher achievements
After it he retires for good
For long time he has nursed the
idea of a country life, with its simple
delights. He will take a little place
and will go in for bee-keeping."
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
CLAIMS MILLIONS IN LAND.
Texas Business Man Begins Suit In
volving Real Estate Valued
at $500, 900, 900.

Joseph T. C0wan, a well-to-do busi-
ness man of Dallas, Tex, is about to
bring suit against New York city for
the recovery of 100 acres of land worth
In the neighborhood Of $500, ,OOO, 900. 1t
Is north Of Seyenty-Fifth street and
extends northerly as far as One Hun
dred and Twenty-Fifth street. It runs
from river to river in spots, and takes
In part Of Central park.
Suit Is to be brought because of tho
finding Of lease covering a period Of
SO years. said to be now In the possess
sion of United States Senator Murphy
J. Foster of Louisiana. one of the
counsel for Mr.. Cowan.
Mr.. Cowan said: THE records In
Albany, which we have searched.
show that this land was granted to
Andrew Hartsfeld by Great Britain.
After his death 1t became the proper
ty Of Andrew Hartsfield H., my great
grandfather. On March IL, 1895, he
leased the land thus described to New
York city. The lease was for one dol
lar per acre, and was to run for 50
years.
This lease expired about ten years
ago, and consequently has ten more
years, within which time 1t can be re-
newed."
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
THINKS HIS PLANTS MOURN
French Professor Relates Story of a
Missing Pot Of Lobelia-Rider
Haggard Outdone.

H. Rider Haggard's curious story of
telepathic communication with q favor.
lite dog Is outdone by tale sent to a
French periodical by Prof. B. LIE Fevre,
a French teacher IN a high school at
Sunny, In the province of Kharkoff,
Russia.
He relates that as he was watering
the plants in his garden one morning
he approached window Of his draw.
ing-rooom and was suddenly impressed
with a feeling of acute sadness. On
the two succeeding days the same feel.
ings possessed him whenever he ap.
preached that window, and he was at
q loss to account for it,
On the third day he noticed that one
Of several pots of lobelia was missing
from among others at that window. He
spoke to his wife about it, and she then
told him that she gave it away four
days before.
M. LIE Fevre believes that the other
lobelia plants in that window were
mourning over the departure of the
plant given away and that the laura
of sadness emanating from them com
municated itself to his own spirit. He
confesses that he is extremely sensi.
tive to psychic conditions.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
COLLEGE BOYS EARN $4,000
Students at Columbia University In
crease Earnings Of Year by $16,-
244-Law School Leads.

Working their way through college,
students at Columbia university last
year earned in various ways $74,021.17,
against $57,77657 The year previous. a
gain of s16,244.60.
Since the students aid committee
was organized ten years ago the earn
ing ability of the college boys has
shown remarkable increase. In the
first year 67 earned $2,411; last year
sos gathered together S74,02l.17. The
total earned with the aid of the COM
mittee was s24 ,452 10; without it's aid,
Si6,56907. Of the sos who applied for
aid only 800 made reports of their
work; about 40 said that they had
earned nothing; while 81 made no re-
port OF specific earnings.
The ways in which students earn
money are as various as their abili-
ties. The S5 different occupations re-
ported varied all the way from bell
boy, driver, laborer, conductor, clerk
and stenograDher TO electrician,
oraughtsman, teacher and lay reader.
The most remunerative employment
was tutoring, life insurance soliciting
and directing gymnasium work. The
embryo lawyers made more money
than students in any other course.
The committee is anxious to have
some one come forward and establish
O loan fund, the interest of which is
tc be applied to the relief of deserving
students, as supplementary to the
work of the committee. The value OF
this, in cases where immediate relief
is imperative, would be great.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
CHARM SPIRIT OF MOUNTAIN
Superstitious Workmen in Alps Tun-
mel Carry Blessed Herbs to
Drive on Evil.

The engineers of the Simplon tun-
mel, through the Alps. are duplicating
the cooling and draining machinery,
and hope to be able to resume boring
early In November.
In spite Of the great difficulties to
be overcome through hot springs, they
predict that the remaining 200 yards
Of rock will have been pierced by the
end Of the year.
Ever since the first serious thrush Of
water three years ago the workmen
engaged ON the Domo a'Ossola, or
Italian side. have had superstitious
dread that the spirit of the mountain
was averse to the desecration of it's
home. Many Of them have in conse-
Quence been In the habit of taking
little punches of blessed herbs and
sacred palm, small TASKS of holy wa
ter. and tiny images Of their patron
saints to their work.
Though boring is at present sus-
pended, the work Of preparing the
tunnel for rail lying is being energeti-
cally carried on.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
HUNT WILD DESERT CAMEL
Party Of Kansans Have Organized Ex-
pedition to Invade Haunts
Of the Animal.

William Hood, chief engineer OF the
Southern Pacific company, who has
made a study of the Colorado desert
and its counterpart In Arizona and
northern Mexico. says the scheme of
a party Of Kansans to go on a camel
hunt in those desert regions is no
FOOLS errand There are wild camels
in the desert. He has seen them, but
is not in position to say whether
there are 1000 or 1900, young and old.
running wild.
Back in the '70s," continued Mr..
Hood, "a number of wild camels scared
the life out of horse was riding 1t
became unamanageable and backed me
up mountain side fully 100 feet high.
have seen them at different times. I
am told that there are many Of them in
the southern parts of Yuma and Mari
copa counties, in Arizona, but do not
know that of my own knowledge"
The wild camels in the southwestern
deserts are the descendants Of animals
brought to this country by the Wash.
ington authorities about 35 years ago
to be used as an experiment It was
found that there was too much noun.
tain climbing to make the use Of the
animals practicable and they were
turned loose to shift for themselves.
Later on a Frenchman brought q
small herd to use across the Arizona
deserts and was fairly successful in
his business until the transcontinen'
tai roads were built. He then had NO
other alternative but to turn his cam
els loose in the desert. They are said
to live very far away from water, SO
in order to get close to them water and
provisions to last several days have
to be carried. Native horses are OF
no use in hunting them, as they cannot
be made to go near the camels. There
is absolutely no doubt that these ami
mails have been acclimated.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
nav CABINET HosressEs
Mrs. Morton and Mrs. Hetcalf to Fig
ure Prominently In WASH
ington Society.

Washington. n.---Mrs. Paul Morton and
Mrs. Victor Metcalf are destined to
figure prominently in capital society
this winter, and will be among the
most popular of the cabinet hostesses.
Mrs. Morton, the wife of the secretary
of the navy, will occupy the house on
X street, which Is known to all WASH
ington as the home Of the late Senator
Quay, of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Metcalf,
wife of the new secretary Of commerce
and labor, will reside at the Arlington
hotel. where she has spent each winter
since her husband was first elected to
congress.
Both Mrs. Morton and Mrs. Metcalf
are well known in Washington, and
are, therefore, not strangers TO their
new sphere in life.
While her father-in-law was secre-
tary Of agriculture under Mr.. Cleve-
land, Mrs. Morton was q frequent Wis
itor here and always took lively in
terest in the ofIicial round OF gayety.
A debutante daughter. . handsome
new residence, with plenty OF money at
her command to keep open house, are
reasons upon which the navy contin-
gent is building the hope that the
regime of the new secretary's wife
will be equal, II 1t does not surpass,
the brilliancy Of those seasons when
the first Mrs. w. c. Whitney inaugu-
rated a new standard for hospitality
for the secretary Of the navy and his
family.
Mrs. Metcalf succeeded Mrs. George
B. Cortelyou in the oflicial catalogue,
and is the youngest cabinet hostess in
point Of rank, though she Is veteran
In social life at the capital. Tall and
fair, she possesses also that frankness
Of manner which has endeared many
Of her sisters Of the west to their sis-
ters of the east Coupled with this,
she has another characteristic which is
well nigh indispensable to success
ful Official hostess-the ability to con-
meet names and faces of those one sell
dom meets.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
CRAZY MAN STEALS ENGINE
Demented Stranger Takes Locomotive
from Roundhouse and Sends It
Speeding Over Tracks.

Ray Raymond. a stranger In Eureka,
Cal, and an apparently demented in
dividual. aged %. entered the round
house of the San Francisco & North
western railroad at Arcata the other
day, where he took possession Of To-
comotive that had some steam in the
boiler and, firing up, opened the throt-
tie and ran ii through the closed doors
of the building.
He continued the mad ride around
the bay, through the city of Eureka,
and was only stopped by the machine
becoming stalled after having reached
distance OF IL miles south of this
place.
When the engine would go no fur
the bell until j. N. Adams. station
agent at Salmon Creek, and his as
sistant, ]. H. Still, answered the sum-
mons. They found but one man in The
cab. who, when asked where he was
going, replied: "As far as | can"
They judged they had lunatic to
deal with, and humored him until he
was induced to leave the cab, when he
was placed under restraint. An ex-
animation of the locomotive shows
that the jacket had been entirely de-
stroyed. the woodwork on fire, and no
water in the boiler.
At considerable risk to himself Still
drew the fire from under the boiler
and put out the flames. Ray has been
committed to Jail in default Of 81 900
bail and is charged with obstructing
a railroad track.
The damage to the engine is 81, 500.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
NEW PERIL IN FOOD.
pHEsERvATIvEs DECLARED IN
FURIOUS TO DIGESTION.
Or. Wiley, Chief Of Bureau Of Chem
istry, Gives Results Of Borax and
Bcric Acid Experiments-says
They Are Harmful.

DR.. w. H. Wiley, chief of the bureau
Of chemistry of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, whose poison
squad" attracted general notice several
months ago, delivered lecture recently
on the effect ON health and digestion of
the use of presefvatives in foodstuffs
under the auspices of the Franklin in
stitute.
After discussing various means OF
preservation, DR.. Wiley spoke Of expert
meuts conducted at Washington short
time ago and their object. He said:
IN these experiments borax and boric
acid we're added to food. beginning with
small and gradually increasing to large
doses each day. These experiments were
carried on during period of about nine
months
'Boric acid and borax in gradually in
creasing doses with maximum of three to
ive grams a day" said he, caused dis
turbance of digestion and health, mani
Tested in loss of appetite, loss of weight,
q feeling of uneasiness, and sometimes
illness in the stomach. fullness In the
head. which often developed into dull
and persistent headache. and general
disturbance of the metabolic functions
Of digestion and other disturbances.
When borax and boric acid are admins
tered in small doses-namely: one-half
gram (7H grains) day over a long pc
Rod of time similar symptoms in less
acute form developed in the majority OF
cases.
'Borax and boric acid are regarded
by experts as the least harmful of anti
septicsemployed. Miscellaneous and pre-
meditated use of these antiseptics in food
Is reprehensible.
1T is evident that eating small guam
titles of borax in food occasionally would
not prove of any lasting injury to the
ordinary citizen in good health, but the
weak and feeble must be protected, and
it is entirely within the grounds Of
reason that even small quantity Of an
tiseptic of this kind would prove harm
full to a disordered stomach"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01

"Granma," says George, "you gave
me a awful little piece of pie ~
"Why, Georgie !" cries the dear old
lady, ~ gave you an extra large piece.
] remember cutting an enormous
piece for you"
"0ran'ma"--the small boy rumi-
mates few minutes before speaking
again-"Gran'ma, your glasses mag.
nifty good deal, don't they ?"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
Freak French Paper.

Paris has another freak newspaper,
which will probably disappear as
quickly as its countless predecessors.
It is q bi-monthly publication, "LIn-
visible" printed on black paper with
white ink. So well is its title adhered
to that II Is almost impossible to read
1t. It costs q cent, and quite Q num-
Der of prominent journalists are on its
stan.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
New Airship Invented.

Col. Kenard, of France, has submit
ted toIthe Academy Of Science new
aerial propeller two meters and fifty
centimeters In diameter, absolutely
rigid. resisting wonderful degree of
pressure in the air and weighing only
three kilogrammes. or less than half
of anything yet discovered. The ex-
trardinary lightness 10 obtained by
novel use of centrifugal force, which
helps the rigidity OF the propeller.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
Too Much Fresh Air.

The University Of Wisconsin 10 in.
vestigating the discovery-testified. to
by dozens Of miners"-that q live
toad was found on October 10 In the
coal mines at Newton, six miles from
Seattle, in a solid stratum Of ooal, 300
feet below the surface. It was carried
to the surface and lived several hours.
It is said to have been of unusual size.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01

Election Paradoxes.

1t Is a great mistake to assume that
the Republican party is of necessity
intrenched In power for a long period
to come. The voters who elected
Democratic governors IN Minnesota
and Massachusetts this year might
easily elect Democratic Congressman
two years hence, II conditions should
arise to convince them of the dcsira-
bility of changing the party balance
in the House, or the political charac.
ter of the next administration. This
enhanced mobility In the voting mass
ought to yield new zest to politics.
1t helps to break down the tyranny of
mere machines and bossess. It opens
wider the field in which Mr.. Roosevelt
himself has fought his way to the top.
From this point of view, Mr.. Folks
success, quite apart from what he
may be able to do for Missouri, ought
to encourage every young man who
aspires to make his way by courage,
character, and talent m political life.
Mr.. Folk won his nomination at the
hands of the Democrats of Missouri
against the desperate efforts of the
controlling machine of his party. He
has within few months occupied a
series of paradoxical situations. Seek
ing the nomination for governor as
the determined enemy of the ring, he
was in the end accepted by the ring,
but was Obliged to run on the ticket
with men whose names he himself had
publicly listed with those of the hood.
lers and c0rruptionists. He was
obliged, thereupon, to take the stump
and work for a Democratic success
that might have meant his own po-
lItical undoing, since the election of
the full State ticket and a Democratic
legislature would probably have tied
him hand and foot In his proposals for
particular legislature and adminis-
trative reforms. His canvass was
pushed vigorously throughout the
State on the plea made constantly by
his supporters, If not by himself, that
President Roosevelt desired his cleo
tion. Yet, meanwhile, the Parker
managers were basing their serene
confidence OF success In Missouri upon
the certainty that Mr.. Folk would
pull through with him the Parker
electoral ticket. Finally, to complete
the series of paradoxes, Mr.. Folk un-
doubtedly owed his Victory to the Re-
publican votes; and the ablest and
most vigorous of all the efforts that
brought the Missouri Republicans In
to the field and carried the day for
President Roosevelt we're the efforts
of Mr.. Folks honest and able oppo.
nent, Cyrus.P. Walbrldge, Republican
candidate for governor, backed by
Mr.. Niedringhaus, the chairman Of
the Republican State Committee. Al.
though Mr.. Walbridge was himself
defeated through conditions that gave
Mr. Folk so large non partisan vote
In st. Louis, he succeeded In securing
the election Of the rest OF the Repub.
lican state ticket and : majority In
the legislature ,--his efforts being
united with President Roosevelt'a
personal popularity. And It Il q
this general Republican success alone
that Mr.. Folk viii owe hls best oppor.
tunities for giving the State . reform
I-l-a-i-x-~Aa-.-. - ~. - - 49, -.
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Hpbby-If ] should give you d 900,
my dear, and tell you to 60 any place
you wanted to spend the winter, where
would you 20?
Wide--straight to the asylum, my
dear-it survived the shock.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
Not EXACTLY a Crima.

A man in Long Island City was ar.
rested for kissing his own wife. We
protest against this outrage, says the
New York Telegram. Man may have
been guilty Of an error of judgment
or probably displayed shocking bad
taste, but 1t was no crime.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
The Cause.

New York motormen object to TAX
ing jobs In the subway because they
do not want to wiss the dog fights and
shooting scrapes that take place in the
streets. Now 1t is easier to under
stand, says the Chicago Journal, why
so many people get run over by street
cars In New York.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
Evidently Considered = Yoke.

A Beloit, Wis. young man after be.
Ing Joined In wedlock by Q Rockford,
ILL.,. preacher offered hin ten cents
for performing the ceremony. The
Chicago Record Herald remarks that
this is another proof of the fact that
marriage is not always taken a. ssri.
ously as 1t should be.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
Poem Needs Revision.

The man with the hoe turns out to
be professor In an Iowa business
college. and instead of upheaving the
soil with his tool he has killed a man
with 1t. Edward Markham will have
to get out a revised edition.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01
Gam Give the Rest Away.

Prof. Ross, of the University Of Me-
braska. says every family should have
four children. That would give every
father q choice as to which ones TO-
keep.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-01

He-Hss Mrs. Lakefront been mar
ried very long?
she--Wsil-pot % any one man.
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"women are always doing the unex-
pected, " remarked Pa TwaddIes. "If
thsy dos't they % Il more than usual.' =
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Notice to Hunters.

All persons are hereby notified that hunt
ing or trespassing on the property of the un-
dersigned Is positively forbidden and any
one doing so will be prosecuted to the full
The daily tribune., 1904-05-05

The above ~iii eheeffuiiy
be paid in lawful money
Of the United States. by the
undersigned, propfietor- Of
DR.. Pieree's Golden Med
ical Discovery. IL they can
not show the original sf0u.
The daily tribune., 1904-05-05
An Open Letter.

From the Chapln. S. O.. News
Early in the spring my wife and
were taken with diarrhoea and SO
severe were the pains that We called
a physician who prescribed for us
but his medicines failed to give any
relief. friend who had bottle of
Cham berlain' Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea remedy on hand gave each
of us dose and we at once felt the
effects. l procured bottle and be-
fore using the entire contents we were
entirely cured. 1t is wonderful
remedy and should be found in every
household. H. Q. Bailey, editor,
This remedy is for sale by all drug.
gists.