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The New York herald., 1869-05-29

cases against some of the alleged swindling claim
agents, and has hit upon some highly damaging
testimony. IL is said what information he has
gathered, in connection with that obtained by Mr..
Harman OF the Treasury, will constitute rich er-
pose The claim agents for four or five years reaped
rich harvest but now the season OF their adversty
has arrived and they will suffer much.
Washjurtou Bellies Becoming Lachrym0se.
The ladies' of washington have Just done shedding
tears over the departure OF General Adam Badeau.
He was not handsome, they say, but had such pretty
fascinating ways. In taking his departure the GEN.
eral contrived sweet farewell OF his lady friends
by leaving card on which was printed in pretty
type the words, "Bye, bye" The ladies hope Mr..
Motley viii take good care Of their ''Bad o" while
in London, and not let him develop any Of those
infrmities peculiar to English society.
The Public Debt Statement for May.
washington May 2S) correspondence OF the Evening
POst.]
The public debt st'.emenL when VIII oe EN-, .sSusu @
hibit a condition OF affairs most gratifying to the
country at large. and demonstrate the fact that
revenue is faithfully collected and the enormous
debt of the nation rapidly diminished. An exami.
nation Of the o. TIM e c Sa 20 May
2s inclusive the receipts for the present
month from customs amounted to so, ess,
smountlsp in the aggregate to $35, 073. The
total expenses OF government for the same time,
inciu1n0 several millions of interest paid bonds,
amcinted to little over SIC, 1000 thus showing
a reduction on the amount Of the debt up
and expenditures for the remaining four
days of May are to be included in the above
statement, hut these, 1t ia thought at the
department Will add to the reduction of the debt
several hundred thousand dollars. The receipts from
internal revenue and customs alone were very heavy
Yesterday: which NAV be accepted as an indication
OF what they will be during the remaining three
days, the former amounting to s1,079,0Oo and the
latter to t632 900.
The fact also appears that the amount OF coin in
the Treasury has not been diminished anv since Mr..
Boutwell, began to sell one and two millions weekly.
The hooks show this mOrnno that there rs coin In
the Treasury TO the amount of 800 900, while there
is a currency balance OF $135s1, ,OO0
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
Housewives Corner.
Cooking Receip:s,

Egg Corn Bread cup Of sour
milk, two eggs, one tablespoonful Of
butter, one half teaspOOnful Of soda,
one tablespoonful of sugar, two cups
Of corn meal, add Il tie salt.
Nice Plain Cake.-Two cups Ofsu-
gar, one cup of butter, four eggs, three
cups Of flour, flavor with pineapple.
Raised Cake-Six cups Of raised
dough, two cups Of sugar, two cups Of
butter, four eggs, one pound Of raisinsi
spice to taste.
Steamed Cottage PHdldnC.-One pint
of flour, one cup of sweet milk, one
egg, one half cup of sugar, one tea
spoonful Of soda dissolved in the milk,
two teaspoOnfu5 Of cream tartar rub
bed in the flour; serve with wine
sauce.
Aol0sses COoEies.-Two cIIs Of mo-
lasses, one cup Of sour milk, two tea-
spoOHfuls Of soda, one and one half
teaspOonfuls Of ginger.
Sytrch C1Ee.-One cup Of butter,
GWO CApo VI CA5oIg NhO CNko VI noAA .
one cup Of sour cream, one and Ont-
half cup of starch, whites Ofeight eggs
a little soda. ~
Pound Cake.-One pound of sugar,
one pound of -four, three-fOulths Of q
pound Of butter, ten eggs.
Rice Soup.-Steep some 6ne rice in
cold water for an hour, say four Ounc-
ces; then boil it, add three quarts of
gravy, add a pinch of cayenne, a little
salt, and boil five minutes,
apple Cake.-One pound and a half
Of white sugar, two pounds Ofpp les
pared and cut thin, the rind Of Urge
lemon +; put a pintOf water to tie ST.
gar, and boil it to a syrup; put the
apples in it, and boil it quite thick
put it into a mould to co j, and serve
it cold with a custard or cream poured
over it. a4 o
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
Cure for Piles.

Mr.. N. Pruden, Of Jersey, Licking
county, Ohio sends US the fJllOWi g
recipe for the cure of the piles, which
he desires US to publish for the bene-
fit Of the afflicted. 10. S. Journal.
Take half a pound of new made
butter, free from salt, one pint Of the
juice of the POke-rOot, which some
call Garget, and one common table
spoonful of gunpoWder; put them to-
gether and simmer the compound
over a slow fire until the water is all
out. Then, as it is cooling, stir it
little at intervals, to keep the powder
fom sinking.
Directions.-Anoint the parts affec-
ted twice day for a few days. This
has cured ninety-nine out of a hundred
of all kinds of piles. If the disease is
not at the surface a swab must be
made to reach it if possible. This is Uf,en
necessary with bleeding piles. The
month of May is the best time TO
make the saIve, as the root is then
the most juicy, and can be easily gra-
ted and strained; but if made in the
winter the root can be bcIed, and
use the tea according to the strength.
Mr.. Pruden adds: "This has been a
cure in New Jersey for more than fif-
ty years, and never known to fail of a
cure but twice" .....
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20

A WARNING TO THOSE WHO USE
INK.-A very peculiar case of sickness
has recently been developed in one of
the members of family residing in
West End-a little girl aged about four
teen years. The child is a member of
the First intermediate School, and has
been in the habit of cleaning her pen
by sucking the ink from it, and then
swallowing the saliva thus poisoned.
And it has not been an unfrequent
thing for her to take a bottle of ink
and drink from it as she would drink
water. Every remonstrance of teach
ers and parents was disregarded, till
now the poisonous fluid has permeated
her whole system and created a dis
ease which, if it does not finally battle
the best efforts of medical men in this
city, will require long siege OF sick
ness and suffering.
The habit of cleaning pens with the
mouth is not an uncommon one, and
though the saliva may be Immediately
spit out, yet there remains enough ink
in it, if the practice is continued, to
gradually and surely pass over the sys-
tenn, and being poisonous, must do
harm. A word to the wise should be
suficient.-lCin. Chronicle.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
A StrangIed Joke.

A young man seated at dinner, the
other day, said to his wife:
"Ellen, if you are good at guessing,
here is a conundrum for you: If the
devil should lose his tail, where would
he 90 to get another onc?"
After some time spent in guessing
she gave it up.
"Well," said he, "whero they re-
tail bad spirits"
Eager TO get it off, she FASTENED to
a lady FREUD, with:
ooh, Marian, l have such a nice
eonundrum! Joe just told me Of it
I know you can't guess it. If the
devil should lose his tail, where
would he go to get another one?'
Her friend Marian having given it
up, she said:
"Where they sell liquor by the
gIass!"
Marian couldn't sec the point OF
the joke.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
A House Of Your Own.

Next to being married to the right
person, there is nothing so important
in ones life as TO live under ones
own roof.
There is something more than pO-
etical charm in the expression Of the
wife: "We have our coy home, it is
thrice dear to Us, because it IS our
own, We have bought it with the
savings of our earnings. Many were
the sOda-fountains, the confectionery
saloons, and the nieeties Of the mar
ket we had to pass; many times my
noble husband denied himself the
comfort of tobacco, the refreshing
draught Of beer; wore his old clothes
and even patched-up boots; and 1, o
me! made my old bonnet do, wore the
plainest clothes and did the plainest
cooking; saving was the order Of the
hour; and to have "a house Of our
own" has been our united aim.
"NOW we have it; there is no land
lord troubling Us raising the rent and
exacting this and that. There is no
fear harbOring in our bosom that in
sickness or old age we will be thrown
cut Of house and home, for it is our
own, and the money we have paid to
save rent is sufficient to keep US in
comfort in the winter days Oflife."
What a lesson do the above words
teach, and how well it would be if
hundreds Of families would heed them,
and instead Of living in rented houses,
which take a large share Of their cap
ital to furnish, and a quarter OF their
earnings to pay rent, dress and eat
corresponding, would bravely curtail
their expenses and concentrate their
efforts for the sake of having "hOuse
of their own" Better a cottage Of
your own, than a rented palace.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
Miscellaneous.
Walking ErectIy.

It not only adds to manliness of ap-
pearance, but develops the chest and
promotes the general health in high
degree, because the lungs being reliev-
ed of the pressure made by having the
head downward and bending the chest
in, admit the air freely and fully
down to the very bottom of the lungs.
If an effort of the mind is made to
throw the shoulders back, feeling of
.tiredness and awk wardness is soon ex-
pPrienced, or it is forgotten. The use
Of braces to hold up the body is neces-
sIrily perniciOus for there can be no
brace that does not press upon some
part of the body, more than is natural,
hence can not fail to injuriOusly i'm
pede the circulation of that part. But,
were there none of these objections,
the brace would soon adapt itself to
the bodily position, like a hat or shoe,
or new garment, and would cease to
become a brace.
To maintain an erect position, or re-
cover it when lost, in a manner which
is at once natural, easy and efficient,
it is only necessary to walk habitually
with the eyes fixed on an object ahead,
a little highe; than your own, the cave
of house, the top of a mans hat, Or
simply keep your chin very little
above horizontal line. Or, it will an.
swer to walk with your hands behind
you i; if either of these things is done,
the necessary, easy and legitimate eff
feet is to relieve the chest from pres
sure, the air gets in more easily, devel-
Opes it more fully, and permeates the
lungs more extensively, causinga more
perfect publication of the blood. i'm
parting higher health, more color to
the cheek and compelling a throwing
out of the toes. To derive the highest
benefit from walking, hold up the
head, keep the mouth closed, and
move briskly.-[Hall Journal of
Health.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20


TIE BEAUTY OF AGE.-Ladies, es-
pecially married ladies', are more Civ
en-, think, than men, to neglect
their personal appearance, when they
are conscious that the bloom Of youth
is gone. Then, however, is the time,
above all others, when the wife must
determine to remain the pleasing
wife, and retain her affections to the
las, by neatness, taste, and appropri-
ate variety Of dress. .- li
That a lady has fat growing
daughters, strapping sons, and hus-
band at his office all day long, is 20
reason why she should ever enter the
family circle with rumpled hair, soil
ed cap or unfastened gown. The
prettiest woman in the world would
be spoiled by such sins in her toilet.
The mornings duties, even in the
stove room and kitchen, may be per
formed in fitting, tidy costume, and
then changed for parlOr habiliments
equally tidy and fitting. l honestly
protest, whatever her age, natura'-
" good looking woman is always
handsome. For, happily, there eX
lists more than one kind of beauty
There is the beauty of infancy, the
beauty ofyouth, and the beauty Of
maturity, and, believe me, ladies
and gentlemen, the beauty Of age, if
you do not spoil it by your own want
of judgment. At any rate woman
may be becomingly and pleasingly
dressed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20


clGl.
PRoMoNToRY SUMMIT, UTAH, May TO-
The long and anxiOusly loOked-fOr event,
the connection of the Atlantic seabOard to
the golden shores of the Pacific, was final
ly accomplished at noon to-day. The ever
memorable ceremony was witnessed by
the principal officers of both companies
and about two hundred invited guests
Among them were Generals ConnOr and
Thrie, Fl. G. Nottingham, Superintendent
of the Cleveland and Erie, and Governor
Stanford, of Arizona. The entire number
of employ ees and guests did not probably
exceed one Thousand.
After exchanging congratulations, while
the laborers of the Union Pacific and the
Cinnamon of the Central were employed
in arranging the tracks for the last rail,
and before proceeding with this ceremony,
the Rev. DIR. Todd offered up prayer, ask
ing the favor of Heaven upon the enter
prise.
This was followed by the speech Of DR..
Hardness, of California, in presenting
Governor Stanford with the spike of gold.
This was replied TO by Governor Stanford
in few appropriate remarks.
Governor Stanford of Arizona, then pre-
sented similar spike to the officers Of the
Union Pacific Railroad.
The response was made by General
Dodge.
Then the two last rails were laid, eppo-
site each other. Wires were so arranged
that the City Hall bell at San Francisco
was struck at every stroke of the hammer,
and the last stroke discharged a cannon
connected at San Francisco in electrical
circuit. The lines east were also placed
in connection, to report every stroke at
Omaha, Chicago, New York and Boston.
About I2 o'clock the work of driving the
last spike commenced, amid the deafening
shouts of the multitude. In less than two
minutes the great continental highway
from ocean to ocean was an accomplished
fact
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
BIessedDay.

What blessed day is Sunday to
a man who necessarily catches but
brief glimpses of home during the
toiling week; who is off in the morn
ing while the little eyes are closed in
slumber, nor back at night until they
are sealed in sleep. What would he
know of the very children for whom
he tolls, were it not for the blessed,
breathing respite of Sunday? What
honest workingman's child will ever
forget this day, when clean and neat:
it is his privilege to climb papa's knee
and hang about his neck, and tell him
all the news which goes to make up
his little narrow world. Narrow, did
we say? We recall the word, for it
widens out into the bOundless ocean of
eternity. Sunday for the working
mans children So he would have it
"a day hallowed by sweet, pure home
influences; when the little band, quite
complete, shall rest from labor, and
love shall write it down the blessed
day of all the seven.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
AtNeR York.

NEW York, May 1O.-News was re-
ceived here, to-day, of the completion OF
the Pacific Railroad. One hundred guns
were fred in the City Hall Park, and May
or Hall forwarded a eongratulatory mes
sage to the Mayor of San Francisco. A
commemOration celebration had previous
ly been held in Trinity Church, at which
a telegram, forwarded by the Chamber of
Commerce to a similar body in San Fran
cisco, was read, and an address delivered
by the Rev. William VintOn. After pray
er and the reading of portion of the
Episcopal service, the organ pealed and
the chimes rung as the large congregation
left the church. Flags on the City Hall
and many public and private buildings
were displayed all day in honor of the
great event.
Dispatches from Washington, Philadel-
phia and many other places, report much
over the news.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20

Why A CAT WASHES AFTER EAT
ING.-PrObably our readers have no
ticed that cats wash their faces after
eating, instead of before, as people do
Now, we will tell yoI the cause Of this,
When the first cat was made, she went
out into the fields hunting for birds,
and one day she caught 3 swallow,
and brought it home. "YOu've got a
very dirty face, said the swallow, "you
should wash it before you eat, +" and
the cat was foolish enough to drop the
bird, so that she could wash her face,
and away few tire swallow. The cat
was vexed at the manner in which
she had been out witted, and exclaim-
ed, WHenceforth 1 viii eat fist and
wash Afterwards" and the vow is
kept faithfully by all cats.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20

A suit against two physicians, for a
piece of stupid malpractice, is on trial
in Worcester. David II. Maynard, of
Clinton, put himself into the hands of
Drs. Benditt and SymOnds, of that
town, to have q stiff finger cut off.
They gave him chIOrOfOrm and took
off a good finger, and he wants $4,000
damages for it. All the doctors urge
is that chloroform stiffened all of May
nard's fingers.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
The Pleasures Of VeIoclpedlng.


In Hornellsville, N. Y, recently, a
velocipede ran away with its owner,
who, unable to manage the critter,
was pitched into a plate glass window,
cutting his face, demolishing his pan
falcons, and frightening a passing
horse into such frenzy as to result
in the smashing of the buggy to which
the animal was attached.
As a sequal to the expedition, the
velUcipede wrecked itself against a
stone wall. The damages resulting
from this experiment at tanning the
''nO-hoss-to feed" were: Surgeons
bill for dressing face cut by broken
glass, So; tailOr's bill for renewing un-
mentionables, S11; broken window,
$40; demolished carriage, $50; used
up veIOcipede, S1O0-total, $216 The
experiment is said to have proven en-
tirely satisfactory to the party inter
ested.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
At Chicago.
Special Telegram to the Commercial.

Special IetegTdDl TO t1e CODll1eTclnt.
CHICAGO, May 1O.-To-day has been
the occasion of a grand gala in this
city. The ceremony of laying the last
rail of the great Pacific Railroad was cele-
brated here in an unusually grand man
ner. From an early hour in the morning
the streets were crowded with "sight-
seers, or with those who were preparing
to participate in the general jubilee, and
about 2 O'Clock in the afternoon the tele-
graph announced the fact that the last
spike had been driven into the track, when,
amid the firing of cannon, the ringing of
an innumerable number of bells, and tie
blowing of about the same number of
steam whistles, the grand inaugural pro-
cession was organized and set in motion.
The procession included the police and
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20

Weightier words are rarely used in
formal reports than those in which
the COrOner's Jury on the six victims
of the late Long Island Railroad acci-
dent render their verdict "We find
that they came to their death on the
morning of April %, 1869, by an ac-
cident which occurred on the Long
Island Railroad near Willow Tree
Station, in the town of Jamaica, in
consequence of a car being thrown
from the track by defective rail, and
hold that the Long Island Railroad
Company are responsible for said ac-
cident by neglecting their duty in
keeping their track in proper order. "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
At WasI1inRfOn,
Special Telegram to the Commercial.


WASHINGTON, D. c., May IO.-The com
pletion of the Pacific Railroad to-day, and
the transmission of the proceedings at
Promontory Point by telegraph, to the
principal offices throughout the country,
was the subject of much interest and
amusement. At the principal Office Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company in
this city, the manager, Mr.. Tinker, ad-
justed q bell to the instrument in his pri-
vate Office, and notified the various offices
that he was ready. New Orleans, thirteen
hundred miles distant, instantly respond
ed "ready." New York and a hundred
other offices repeated the word "ready."
Inquiries from every part of the continent
greatly annoyed the Omaha operator, and
he shortly responded: "To everybody:
Shut up and keep quiet. When the last
spike is driven at Promontory Point they
will say "Done." Don't break the circuit,
but watch for the signals of the blows of
the hammer"
After some little trouble in the Chicago
office, and the closing of a circuit west of
Buffalo, the instrument here was adjusted,
and at 2:27 P. NJ. PrOmOntOry Point, 2,4OO
miles from Washington, said to the people
congregated in the various Telegraph Off
C6Ss 'AlulOSG I6duys udLS OLAS pEdy6E Is
being offered" A silence for the prayer
ensued.
At 2:4O the bell tapped again, and the
office at the Point said: ''We have got
done prayer. The spike is about to be
presented" Chicago replied: ave under
stand: all are ready in the East"
"PRoMoNToRY POINT.-All ready now;
the spike will be driven. The signal will
be three dots for the commencement of the
blOws''
For moment the instrument was silent;
then the hammer of the magnet tapped
the ball ne-two-three-the signal. An
other pause of few seconds. The light
ming came flashing eastward, vibrating
over twenty-four hundred miles to Wash
ington, and the blows of the hammer upon
the spike were measured instantly in tel
egraphic accents of the bell here.
At 2:47 P. M, PrOmontory Point gave
the signal "Done!" and the continent Was
hOun0 iron.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20

What did the cat say when she out Of the Ark
ArarAt herel (E'er rat here y
What is the difference between a bird Of one wing
and one with two? Difference Of opinion Ia piniOB.)
What trade would you recommend to short man ?
Grocer (grOw sir
In what respect does cats tail resemble the wOrldl
1t is fur to the end Of it.
why was Eve not afraid Of the measlas2 She had
had EN- (Adam)
Why are WasheTWsmen most unreasonable people7
They try to catch soft wafer When it rains nRrd.
What gives cold, cures Il and pays the doctor!
draft (draught.)
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-05-20
Youths Department.
To Correspondents.

&c. G." correctly answered the Cattle Problem Of
April 20, but too late for publication.
"W. H. H." Buford, sent correct answer to the
Geese problem Of April 22d. You forgot to send the
answer with your Tree problem.
Joun, Dallas sent the correct answer to the Horse
problem Of April o. and also to Puzzle and Enigma Of
May 6 {; but her answer to the Mill problem Of May
9Th was wrong.
90. n. G., = and Laura Grady, both answered Pu1-
Gle Of May 9Th correctly.
SD. S. F." RainsbOro, sent the correct answer to
both Problems Of May 9th.