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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17
Importance Of wholesome Beds.

Sleep TO the working man is emphat.
icnlly Natures sweet restorer, re-invjg-
Grating the physical system, which
through much toll has become weary.
and keeping up that flow Of life and
spirits which is necessary to the per
formauce Of the arduous duties Of farm
life. A comfortable bed, as We are oil
aware, oouduces greatly to ones rest.-
On this subject, recent writer says
OF the eight pounds which man
eats and drinks in a day, it is thought
that not less than Eve pounds leave his
body through the skin, And Of these
Eve pounds, considerable per centage
escapes during the night while he is in
bed. The larger part of this is water,
but in addition there is much eifete and
poisonous matter. This, being in great
part in gaseous form, permeatos every
part Of the bed. Thus all parts, mattress,
blankets, as well as sheets, soon become
foul, and need publication.
The mattress needs renovation quite
as much as the sheet. To allow the
sheets to be used without washing or
changing, three or six months would be
Regarded as bad housekeeping but I in
sist if a thin sheet can absorb enough
Of the poisonous excretions of the body
to make it unfit for use in few days, a
thick mattress, which can absorb and
retain a thousand times as much OF
these poisonous excretions, needs to be
purified as much as once in three
months
A sheet can be washed. A mattress
cannot be renovated in this way. In
deed, there is no other way of cleansing
a mattress but by steaming it, or pick
ing it to pieces, and thus in fragments
exposing il to the direct rays of the
sun, As these processes are scarcely
practicable with any Of the ordinary
mattresses, I am decidedly of the opin-
ion that the good old.fashioued straw
bed, which can every three months be
changed for fresh straw, and the tick
be washed, is the sweetest aud healthi.
est Of beds.
If, in the winter season, the porous
ness of the straw bed makes it a little
Uncomfortable, spread over it a comfort
CT, or two wooden blankets which should
be washed as often as every two weeks
With this arrangement, if you wash all
the bed-coverings as often as once in
two or three weeks, you will have a de-
| lightful, healthy bed
Nov, If you leave the bed to air, with
open windows during the day, and mol
make it up for the uight before evening
you will have added greatly to the
sweetness Of your rest, aud, in conse
queuce, to the tone of your health |
heartily wish this good change could be
everywhere introduced. Only those
who have thus attended to this import
ant matter can judge of its influence on
the general health aud spirits.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17
HOW nndias shonld Dress.

We find in "All the, Year Round"
the following views expressed in regard
to ladies dress;
As you look from your windows, In
Paris, observe the FIRST City womW who
pass; forty have noses depressed in the
middle, small quantity Of dark hair,
and swarthy complexion, but then,
what a toilet Not only suitable for the
season, but the age and complexion Of
the wearer How neat the feet and
handsl How well the clothes are put
on, and more than all, how we'll thoy
suit each other
Before English women can dress per-
,fsct,y they must have the taste Of the
French, especially in color One rea-
son why we see colors ill-arranged 10
English is, that tho different articles are
purchased each for its own imagined
virtues, and without any thought Of
what is to be worn with it, Women, while
shopping, buy what pleases the eye on
the counter forgetting what they have
at home. That parasol is pretty, but it
will kill, by its color, ono dress in the
| buyers wardrobe, and be unsuitable for
the others. To be mognidcently dressed
costs money; but to be dressed with
taste, is not expensive 1t requires
good taste, knowledge and refinement
Never buy an article, unless it is suita-
bic to your age, habit style, and the rest
of your wardrobe. Nothing is more
vulgar than to wear costly dresses with
a common delaine, or cheap lace with
expensive brocades
What oOlors, it may be asked 90 best
together2 Green with violet; cold with
dark crimson or lilac pale blue with
scarlet pink with black or white; and
gray with scarlet or pink. A cold color
generally requires a warm tint to give il
life. Gray, and pale blue, for instance
do not combine well, both being cold
oolors. White and black are safe wear
but the latter is not favorable to dark OF
pale complexions. Pink is, to some
skins, the most bccoming not, however
if there is much color in the cheeks and
lips, and if there be even o suspicion Of
red In either hair or complexion. Peach
color is perhaps one of the most elegant
oolors worn. Maize is very becoming
particularly to persons with dark hair
and eyes. But whatever the colors Of
materials Of the entire dress, the details
are all in all; the lace around the bosom
and sleeves, the aowers--in fact, all tina
furnishes the dress. The ornaments in
the head must harmonic with the dress
II trimmed with black lace, some of tn,
same should be worn in tho head, anC
| the flowers which are worn in the hal
should decorate the dress.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

stantly exposed to insult from the hart
less among her old acquaintauOes. Her
uncle wished to adopt her after her faith
er's roverses; but she said it was bcttor
for herself TO bo independent, as she
wished if possible, to encourage others
by her example. l always thought her
one Of the most cultivated and lovely
girls that I know, but I did not give her
credit for so much dignity Of character.
ut is great and rare pleasure" con
tinued Miss Willard, "tO End O person
acting out her own convictions, aud liv-
ing according to her ideal. There is so
little individuality among as Americans.
We dress, aud furnish our houses, aud
live, in a certain way, because our
Ineighbors do, without consulting our
own circumstances or even our own
tastes The English with whom have
lived the past year. err perhaps on the
other extreme; but in so doing, they show
at least o selfrespect which Americans
in general cannot boast off,
"Yet, said Julia, cone does not like
TO be entirely different from other peo
IpIe. We all judge of others by those
outward things"
"I confess" replied Miss Willard,
"that my pride would take that direc-
ton. When see all those vulgar poo-
1 pie striving to be fashionablo-loo looking
as if they carried all their possessions
on their backs-haying no higher aim
than to have their silks, and furs, and
laoes as expensive as their neighbors-I
feel like dressing in serge and hair
cloth. My soul is sick of this vain am
bition, this paltry vanity, this self-in-
diligence and self-assertion. How little
they know Of the true value of money
Of the true meaning Of life"
COnciBded neDt 1oeeb
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

DREstBN - CONTINUED during two
days. )--The Allies lost in killed and
wouuied, 10000 men, besides 5000
prisoners; the French lost between 10
aud 10000.
LEPua.-The battle lasted three
days Napoleon lost two marshals,
twenty generals, and about 10000 men
in killed wounded and prisoners. The
Allies lost 100 officers, aud about 40,-
0CO men.
VIrTomA. The French lost 6,OOO
in killed and wounded, and about 900
prisoners; and the Allies $40 killed
and wounded
ToULoUsE.-Th French lost 460O
in killed, wounded and prisoners; tho
Allies $3.50 men.
PARIS. The Allies lost 0093 men
and the French $500 men.
LIGNY-Tho Prussians lost $4,000
men in killed, wounded and prisoners,
and the French 6,8O0.
QUATRE BRAs.-The Allies lost $50
men, and the French Ala.
WATERLOO.-The total loss Of the
Allies was G,G36 men; Napoleon's was
about 10000 men, and almost all Of
his guns, ammunition, Sc.
These battles show total loss Of
889,OOO in battles, which is less than
half the loss by these campaigns.
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portrr,
AUTUMN AND WINTnR.

ny rHoNAs nucH,yAN READ.
Como thou, my friend-thc cool nutumnol cyos
About tho hearth have drawn thClr magic rinEH;
There, while his song Uf peace tho cricket wonyus,
Tho smmoring hickory sings.
Tho winds unkcnnelod round the easements whine,
The sheltered hound makes answer iu hi8 dr1um,
And In tho hayluit, harN the cock at ulhU
Grows from the dusty BEAM
The lsanous branches chafs the roof an night
And through the house the troubled u1iHCH 60,
While, like q ghuglly presence thin aud white,
The frost iorotells tho SNOW
The muGll owl within the swaylng clint
Thrills nll the air with sadness ns Ice SWINGS
Till sorrow 5ucms Co spread her 8hadowy realm
yAboutall outward things.
Come them my liend and this shall scanl no nioro--
Come when October walks his red doiuaiHi
Or vhcn November from his Windy floor
Winu0ws the snow aud rain:
And whom old Winter through hls fingers numb
Blows tillhg broathlnrs ou the windows CLEAN
And when the mll.whcel spiked with Ice is dumb
Within tho uoighbUring streams
Thon come, for nights like these have powor 70 wake
Tho calm delghtno others may inpart
Whom round the nro true souls CUmmunng mako
A summer I'm tho heart.
And I will weave uthwart tho mystic gloom,
with hand grown weird in strange romhuco, for The
Bright wcb5 Ut fancy from tho golden loom
OF charmed POcsy.
And let no censure iu thy looks be shown,
That I, with hands adventurous and bold,
Should grasp tho enchanted shuttle which was throw
Through mghtor warps Of old.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17
Work for the Lyoeum.


The patriotiG addresses of such men
as Dickinson, gF. Meaghor johnson,
Holt aud others are found to have
double effect. They not only rouse our
people up to do their duty at the polls
in the coming elections, and to discard
those treachorous politicians who en-
deavor to serve the enemies Of the Union
by introducing discord into our coun-
ellis; but they arouse the patriotic devo.
ton of our young men, and send them
to serve their country in arms. To
many who have noticed these results, it
seems that the lecturers and public
speakers who have, In former years, by
their addresses, diffused general intelli.
genee among the people, could do no
better service now than by delivering,
in all our cities, towns and villages, stir
ing addresses on the one subject which
ougrosses the national mind and heart.
We have received several letters max
ing this suggestion, and we heartily
agree as to its expediency. The Iootur-
ers who this fall aud winter should talk
ofnnything but the Union, and the war
which threatens our national existence,
would gather but slender and lukewarm
audiences. Let then our large corps Of
lecturers spread itself over the country,
and let each man turn all his oloqueuce
to this one purpose, and with such words
as burn into the hearts of mon, urge all
the nation to its utmost effort.
We cannot think of the generous eIo-
queHce Of Curtis, the trenchant wit ol
Beecher, the sparkle Of Holmes, the
brilliant satire of SAKE, or the sharp
common sense Of Brady, being devoted
to any nobler purpose than this There
is but one topic to-day; let the Lyceum
keep TO it, assured that IL can do a no
bic and worthy wOrk.-[N Y. Post.
In A TIaHr PLAoE--We have heard
Of many ght' places, but the one ia
which a little fellow found himself last
Saturday beats them ALL Dr. Dunbar
was called in great haste last Saturday
and when he arrived at the place
he found a little boy with his heaC
( jammed into a hole cut in large stone
for a eistern pump. The little fellow
had conceived the idea of standing OF
his head, aud for this purpose place.
his head into the hole, which was barrel,
large enough to admit it, and as he ole
waited his heels the weight of his bod,
wedged his head into the holo, in sucl
a manner that extrioation was doubtful
The Doctor found the little fellow will
his heels up sustained 10 that position
by the arms Of sister, while there wa
great rush Of blood to the head 4
blow sufficient to break the stone woul,
have caused concusson of the brair
that would have destroyed the child
life. The Doctor raised the stone OF
it's edge, relieving the head from tn
rush Of blood, aud by the movement o
the skull within tho scalp, first 10 from
aud then in the rear, pushing tho seal
through, after some fifteen minutes re
loved the lite fellow with some rougl
graiuing Of the skin - LSpring6ol,
/ News, Oct B.. .. ....
The greatest coward may avoid shak
, ing in his shoes by wearing boots o
going barefooted.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17
Paper Draperv.


The Japanese paper handkerchicfs
must be coming at last At least paper
ncck kerchiefs, scarfs, or neckties, Gin
every color and pattern, are among the
latest Of those inventions for which, we
suppose, Mr. Gladstone aud his twice
promised removal Of the tax on paper
must be held responsible. 1t is not pa
per neckties alone, however, that are
advertised as the latest novelty ia the
paper drapery line, but "paper bands
for clergymen and members Of the bar"
especially those "members Of the
bar, we dare say, who have plenty of
room in their empty brief bags for stock
Of paper drapcry. There are also "pa-
per shirt frouts, "paper waisttoats,
paper hats Waterproof and "papor
bonnets, of the latest fashion, trimmed
with paper lace and paper aowerS" be-
sides paper lace, and paper lace col
lars, cuffs and stomachers for ladies, -
as previously advertised, and various
other forms Of paper draPery, millinery,
and matchmaking. Of the paper
neckties the Critic says: They are
priutod ia limitations Of silk aRd ging,
ham, with such exactness as to defy de.
lection, save on close iuspection" The
same paper says that at recent meet
ing Of the paper manufacturers, who
have again been stimulated by the
prospect Of the extinction Of the paper
duty, "some extraordinary samples Of
newly Imported japanese paper were
exhibited, one Of which was Of such
| prodigious strength that the material OI
which il is composed might be manufuc
tured into ropes; aud another which /,
ft for bed hangings and wearing appa
rel, so much resembles stuiTs Of WOO
and silk, that tits often taken for them.
Thus, like so many others of our w5st
ern novelties, we see that paper drape
ry, or linen shoddy, as wo lately called it
is an eastern invention, and probabl,
not a new one at oil. There seems t.
be a prospect, too, Of return to tn.
papyrus Of ancient Egypt, as one Of th.
very best materials for the anticipate,
great extension of the paper manuiac
ture
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

Most Of our disasters in the war Of
1912 we owed to the ineffcienoy Of such
old veterans of the Revolution as Hull,
Armstrong, Winchester, Dearborn and
Wilkinson; men who had once done good
service, but were now deficient in eve
rything but the desire to take the field
once more. Il was not till they we're
set aside, and such men as Scott, Wool,
Jackson, Harrison and others appoint
ed, that our armies achieved Victories
Scott himself was Major General az
twenty -oight; aud it is noticeable that in
the present war the eyes Of the people
are turned with most hope upon such
men as Mcclellan, Fremont Butler,
Banks and Rosecrans, men who arc yet
in the vigOr of their days. N. Y.
Post.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

A countrymau had lost his wife and
the COW on the same day His friends
oonsoled him for the loss of his wife;
and being highly respectable, several
hints and offers we're made towards get.
ting another for him. "Ou, ay," no at
length replied, "yopr'e a keen aneuch
to get me anithor wife, but no yin o. ye
offers to got me another COO"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

rI say, Bob, you have been to Can
ton, haven't YOU" eyes" "T"Wen, can
you speak Chiua?" Yes, a littls--that
is, I speak brokon China"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

The Oyster Trade, during the pres
ent season, will be affected by the war.
The principal sources of supply, as re-
poets quantity and quality, are in ViT-
ginia, and these are now effectually cut
off. There will, nevertheless, be oys-
ters enough to satisfy the demand, but
they must come to us from the Mary
land shores and from New York Bal
timore is likely to feel most severely
this interruption of the oyster trade
It has heretofore given employment to
about six thousand persons in that city
and vicinity, over four hundred vessels,
and yielded annually upwards Of one
and a half millions of dollars. IL is
now estimated that the business will
suffer decline Of about fifty per cent.
The great bulk Of the trade, heretofore
done by Baltimore, will find its way to
and from Philadelphia and other Nor
thern oitios.-[ Philadelphia Ledger.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

MAD DoGs.-All who arc in charge
of dog may, by a little attention, dis
cov,r the early symptoms Of rabies, and
prevent any mischief by sequestrating
the animal in time. Is he fdgetty and
sullen? Does he, when i'll, manifest i'm
Fortunate affection? Is he affected with
hallucination? Does he exhibit ardent
thirst? Does he scratch his car violent
ly? Does he paw the corners Of the
mouth, and not keep the mouth psrma-
nently open while doing so2 Does he
misconduct himself in the room, and
pertinaciously lick at the corners where
he has done so? Does he refuse his
natural food, and exhibita depraved ap-
petite? Is he insensible to pain2 Is
his voice strangely altered2 Any one
of these symptoms should awaken suspi.
cion, and a close observation will then
quickly discover the true state Of the
case. We advise all our readers to
commit these symptoms to memory--to
learn them as lesson is learned, which
in after life may be of paramount i'm
portanoe.- Blackwood's Magazine.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

SAMP-Is made Of new ripe corn,
cracked quite fine. Pour cold water
over the quantity to be cooked, stir it
round so as to have the hulls float; pour
off the water through a siove--saving
the water to repeat the process till all
the hulls are removed then boil in the
same water six or eight hours slowly;
if it becomes too thick, add boiling
water. 1t can be eaten with milk, sugar
or sauce.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

THE METHODIST Church. The
Wheeling Intelligencer attributes a
very large share Of the salvation Of
Western Virginia, so far as it has been
accomplished, to the membership Of
the Methodist church, North. As a
body of men, it says they have been
true to the cause of the Union, and
their pastors have been like so many
Peters the Hermit preaching every
where, in the pulpit md out Of Il, and
in season and out Of it, loyalty aud
devotion to the flag of their country.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

CoTToN.-Col Forney writes from
Washington to the Philadelphia Press
ofthis morning: "Advices by the last
steamer inst received here, prove con-
clusiyely that the English Government
are determined to open cotton fields
wherever the cultivation of that staple is
at all practicable, They have, at last,
made up their minds to the fact that this
war is to go on until the rebellion is con-
quered-that no peace will be tolerated
except upon the basis Of surrender aud
submission to the constitution and the
laws; and that, therefore, the blockade
will he made more efficient than any
that has ever boen known. This may
be called the end Of the cotton monopo-
ly 10 the Southern and slavoholding
States, Ny informant, anAmerioan geu-
tlemau, now resident ia Paris, Of high
distinction, assures me chat in five
years, the end Of the cotton monopoly
ia the Southern States will have been
! lreaohed."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

ARMS TO ABBIvE.-Itis is expected that
the steamer Fulton, which sailed from
Southampton September l8, and is now
full due at this port, will bring several
thousand stand Of arms recently pur-
chased in France for tho Federal Gov.
ernment-TN. Y Post
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

The greatest coward may avoid shak
ing in his shoes by wearing boots or
going bareGooted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-01-15
THE ALL SUFFICIENT THREE.

TR1ESEMAR,1 Ia and S-Protected by ROYAL
Letters Patent OF England, and secured by the
seals Of the Eooe de Pharmacie de Paris, and the
Imperial College of M ediolne. VieunS-
No. Is Invaluable for exhaustion and nato ry hea
and al physical disabilities.
No. completely eradcstes all traces of those
diseases that have been hitherto treated by the nnu
seous ana pernlcl ns use OF cOpaiv6 and oubebs.
No. has entirely supplanted the Injurious use of
mercury, thereby insuTing 70 the sufferer speedy
relief, dlspersing all impurities, and roofing ont
the venom of disease.
TRIEsEHAR. Nos. ]. and are prepared in
the form Of lozense, devoid of taste and smell,
and can be carried IN the walstcoat pocket. Sold
in tn cases, and divided into separate doses s sd
mlnlstered By Velpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord,
60. Prlos IS each. or four cases for S9, which
saves 9S and In S2T cases, whereby there is saw
Ing OF 3d. To be had, Wholesale and retail, of DIR.
BARROW. of 194 Bleecker stceet. New York.
Immediately ON reoeiviDGa remittance, Dr. Barrow
will forward the Triesenhr to any part Of the wor d.
securely packed, and addressed according 10 the in
struchOns OF the writer.
The Book, of oil others, that should be read nv
men with damaged and broken down constitutions
Human Frailty, or Physiological Researches. %
10 beautifully illustrated, and treats minutaly of
al the symp.oms that invariably develop them
Selves sooner or lster resulting from the ftaities
and yitatinE habits Of earl, youth, neapacitatns
snd II t6s SGn On IF shs
e!ing eli the functions of manhood. and brinsIng
sOd 81 sa Bssopsf .sss.t dessh ssaI
doors below Msodougsi, New York. Prloe Is
ington. ID. c. de- 90 Am