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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-18
Close of iIne-Indian War.

The st. Louis Democrat says, we
learn from an unofficial source, to
which we are disposed to give credit,
that the Indian war is considered by
Gen. Sheridan and the officers of his
command to be at an end, and that
within a few days, the troops which
have been operating in the field viii
be withdrawn, leaving of course, suf-
f1cient garrison at the several forts and
supply camps. "A aA .ii.-- -+'
The large. body of Indians claiming
to be friendly require to be. ifOstered
and fed and 10atched, and this. service
will require a considerable number Of
troops. Fhe "noble savage Wasnev-
er so completely subjugated by, or de-
pendent upon, his white brother, and
no further trouble is anticipated, even.
at the coming of grass. -,,-
General Sheridan is expected in st.
L6dls by every train. 1t is understood
that he VIII report to the Lieutenant
General and the two will proceed at
once to Washington to enlighten those
needing light upon the state of affairs
on the great plains, and give them a
few facts not dreamed of In their phil
osophy. A great number of the saw
ages have gone the on reservations al
lotted to them, with the determination
to- settle down and behave themselves.
Their prayer is ''Let us have peace. "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-18
To Purify R,Rooui.

Set a pitcher Of water IN a rooms
and in few hours it will have ab-
sorbed all the respired gases in the
room, the air of which viii begUfhs
purer; but the water utterly filthy.
The colder the water is, the greater fhe
capacity to contain these gases. At
ordinary temperature a pail of water
will contain a pint of earbOnic acid
gas and several pints Of ammonia
The capacity is nearly double for re-
ducing the water to the temperature
of ice. Hence water kept in a room u
while Is always unfit for use. ..aH--
q For the same peasen the water from
pump should always be pumped up,
in the morning before any of it is used.
1n1pdre water is more injurious than
impure air. t;. II -a. H5- ''''- o 2
The above, If true, proves how ex I
Ceedingly careless many Of US are as
regards our health, for we venture to
say that large majority of the peo-
pie use water for drinking which has
"absorbed'' for hours the noxlous
gases of their rooms. Much care Is
requisite to preserve health,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-18
WAWs Funr ETrRRMR.
Miscellaneous.


The blind boys in school know the
step Of their school fellows with ;uner-
ring certainty. Thus, boy having
missed his friend at play, he watches
for him as the ranks file past, walking
round the green sward, or marching
into dinner. He hears the tramp OF
his friend amid the din and scufie OF
the boys long ere he has reached him,
and pOunces upon him with the same
certainty as though. he saw him, In
deed, the blind speak Of hearing and
seeing. If from the sound, they
know that the master has left the
room, they say, 81 saw him go out. .
II is 3 curious fact that blind people
never run up against each other.
Thus, when playing prisoners base
a game Vlfi6lt leads to- some rough
iOstling, even amongst boys gifted
with their eyes-thOse sightless little
fellows rarely come into. collision with
each OtlTeF. Each boy when he enters
the work shop in which he is employ
ed in basket making-a room twenty
feet wide by one hundred and fifty in
length--marches up to his own seat
and box, never by any chance mistak-
ing his place. If they are in search OF
q friend, and they happen to call out
/ mis- name in an empty room, they
never stop fOr-an answer, their sense
Of hearing telling them that there is
no one in if. Mr.. Anderson, of Elin-
Burgh, tells tale which well Illus
trates this point: ''I had occasion,
he says, ''to send out a blind man with
a unattressj / gave him the bill with
it, that he might receive payment.
But, to my surprise, he returned with
the account and mattress too. I've
brought back bath, We see, sir said
he. How sep Indeed, sir, I did ma
like to leave it yonder, else 1 am sure
we wad ne'er see the siller-there'f
iae1z stick pfs furniture within The
doorlTT s3QWrt0 you Eeene to know
that?' ooh, sir twa taps on the door
wi my stick soon tell't me that;' "
and the mans estimate proved to be
correct, .......
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-18
Simple BuIe for Preserving
EIl Il. l.

Ladies are often anxious abOut,keeps
ing furs free from mUtHs, ddrIhg th5
summer months. Some one adyer7
tises to send the requisite information
for one dollar.
Darkness is all that Is necessary.
The "miiler, the eggs from which
moths are hatehed, only moves in
light; the moths themselves Work Hi
darkness. Hang the furs In a very
dark closet and keep the doors shut
keep it always dark and you can have
no trouble. But, as the closet doors
are sometimes left open, the better
way is to enclose the articles loosely
in a paper, put this in a pill6Wscase;
or wrap around cloth, and hang it
up in a dark closet. Camphors, spices
or perfumes are of no use. Cdntih hai
darkness is sufficient. And do not
take out the furs in June or July to
give them an caring" for even then
cOmeth the enemy, and it may be
that, in fifteen minutes after exposure,
it has deposited hundred eggs. II
you consider an "airing' indispensa-
BILE, give the .furs a. good switching,
and put them quickly back.
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Fntteninr PnnIfrr.

The London Field states that poul--
try, properly fed, win acquire all the
fatness needfuI for marketing pup
poses in a fortnight or three weeks at
most. Their diet should be Indian,
Oat or barley meal, sealded IN milk or
Water-the former Is the best, Ia It
will expedite the fattening prOcees.
They should be fed early IN the morn
ing, at noon, and also in the evening
just before going to rOost, a plentiful
supply of pure, fresh water--pTentg Of
gravel, sliced cabbage or turnip topsS
If the fowls are required to be very
fat, some trimmings Of fresh mutton
suet may be chopped up and scalded5
with their feed, or they may be boiled
in milk alone and poured over the
meal. This renders the flesh fifmer
than it otherwise would be. When.
fit to kill, feeding should be stopped
for twelve hours or more, that the in
testines may become comparatively
empty.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-18
nc CountrE Editor,s.IVorI6..


The following paragraphs are from an
address delivered stthe recent conven-
ton of editors and publishers, held at
Watkins, New York, by Mr.. Marcus H.
Rogers, OF the Berkshire (Nfass.) Courier.
To make a successful weekly is far more
difficult than to manage a daily Journal;
and the editor Of a country weekly has
more responsibility and larger duty than
| is attached to a city paper. This may
seem strange at first thought, but the as
lsertion is warranted by the facts. The city
editor not only shirks all personal respOn-
lsibility, to the public, by having his in
Individuality lost in the paper, but he has
some single department assigned to him,
to which he can deYOte his individual
care-While the country editor, by having
his. personality known and read by all
men, must not only shoulder the respOusi-
bility Of ell be writes, bat Of ali be pub
fishes; and this, too, among thousand
perp1exities and discouragenlents, Of which
the public have little conception and award
no indulgence. He must read all his ex-
changes, write articles On any and every
Etopic, read proof oversee, and.freqUently
work hin his Office, keep books, collect bis
! dues and pay his debts. talk TO all that
kcall, is expected to be at every show, aue-
ton, fire, fight, or lecture, and dlget cursed
/ if arniss in any Of the multifari6us duties
which the reading public thus place upon
him. sa-' -aia.-a 1., ri ias
r And in, the daily journal there is always
room. Items, rumors, reports, the long
Fdrawn speeulations and sensations of the
day I'LL each their place, and like the hot
rolls from the bakers shop, each succeed
ing day, brings in new batch. But to
make up a. country paper requires constant
care to winnoW the wheat from the chat
of the weekly hsrvests; to Gull that which
is realIV1new and reliabts-thess are tasks
which require some genius and talent, aud
more than all, the ability which comes
from patient and laboriOus training. ,'E7
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-18
On the Tee.
Our skating days are numbered with
the far away Of by7gones, but we can
appreciate still the spirit of

Our skating days are numbered with
the far away Of by7gOnes, but we car
appreciate still the spirit of
.a.7 ,f7ra BEAUTY on SKATES.
A pretty girl on skates, if any girl
on skates can be otherwise than pretty
clad in one of those iaunty fur trim.
med pelisses that Cupid himself must
have fashioned, the little form bend
ing to and fro in undulous and
rhythmic motion, the glowing cheeks
and radiant eyes kissed by kindly win
ter into ten-fold beauty, is such sight
as the holiest and hardest of anchOrites
might be pardOned for falling in love
with. And If she be, on the contrary
aspO0r skater, the charm IS, if any
.thingqheightened, at least to her rcava-
lier. There is such an, irresistible fas-
einatiOn iny her, absolute dependence
on his prOtectin yarm; there is such
charm uher pretty IterrOrsy her delic-
ious beIplessness, her graceful tumblesi
such a music in her little shrieks OI
dread and her self7accusingi laughter
then it is so delightful to pick her up
after each eomieal upset, and she is
throughout so good natuFed, and SO
grateful, and so prevokipgly pretty,
that she is, if anything, more adorable
than if she ,skated like a championess,
An ice pond, ,too,U bright sill night,
with the moon and stars all in their
places, to smile encouraging approv val,
is no bad place to make love in.
When the most adOred of her sex
asks you, for example, as you go glid-
ing like the wind over the CLASSY sur
face, ''sif this ison't heavenly, p and
says fIshe could go on 500 forever, "
what is easier orgInOre natural than to
press a little tighter the tiny hand that
is within your own, and suggest that
it is heavenly, and. that it will be her
fault If you do MT go on forever, Oh
Iif she be one Of, the tumbling kind,
she is quite as likely 10 observe to you
when you pick her up-not too quick
flY-fOT the fifteenth time, that you
are q dear, sweet love, and what can
she ever do TO repay you, whereupon
you have only to murmur in her
Iblushing ear that she can be yours,
and the thing is settled at once. TIL N
there is all that business Of 1acing and
-unlacing sixties, and buttOning and
-mbuttoning oftoe-pits, and a thous
and other delights that only the initi'
ated know anddafter all, the brisk
walk home (no sensible skater evel
rides) under the mild benediction Ol
the Starlight If there be any Of oul
readers whose memory does not hold
a better picture of this winter jOyance
than any words can give, he or she
has our eOmmiseration and our cOunsel
to be wiser hereafter. dI #- fHe
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-18

Whether liquor, even in its best
form, is not Injurious TO the human
system when in a healthy state, is q
question by no means settled /; each
side has its advocates. But there is nc
dispute as to the ruinous effect o
poisoned liquor; and this seems to be
the character Of the greater part now
in general use. To such a frightful
OWL has this matter grown, thai
the attention of municipal authorities
is beginning to be awakened to it
Several months ago the Board of Ex-
else of New York, directed theil
Analytical Chemist, Prof. Chandler
to make an investigation of the nature
of the liquors sold by retail dealers in
that city. Prof Chandler made an
analysis of thirty-tWO SAMPLES ol
brandy andsBOurb6n7 whisky, obtain
ed from nearlylas many liquor shops
and has published his report. Accord
ing to this report, nearly all of the
samples contained more or less OF
flsip OLA deadly poison; and the
amount of alcohol found in them
varied only twenty-five to fiftyzsix
per cent. Three. of the samples are
styled good, FIVE fair, seventeen dfe-
rtoq, and six bad. The term bad as
here used, must signify what is inde.
soribabIy and HnenduFably bad. OppO-
site one sample marked bad, is the
note, "haVOred like vinegar and Tati-
cid lamp oil !" opposite another is the
note, 'sfiavored with winter-green,
thirty per cent. below proof" oppO-
site others are such notes as "vile
stuff" ''havor of pine shavings p
"fOrty per cent. below proof" "diluted
with tea ;" ''a poor rum favored with
winter-green ;" &c. This is certainly
alarming information as to the charac-
ter Of the liquors sold in the ordinary
houses. ......l.
But recent examinations have prov
ed that the liquors sold in the most
fashionable and aristocratic eating
houses, and the most popular hotels
in New York, are no better The
! World, which has lately been turning
its attention from politics to literature
and science, procured samples of the
whisky and brandy SOLD by such in
stitutions as DelmonicO's, the Metro
politan, Fifth Avenue, AstOr and ST.
Nicholas Hotels; and placed them iii
the hands of the noted Chemist, Prof,
john G. Draper. Hisanalysis revealed
the fact that scarcely any of these
specimens of liquor were pure, and
that almost all of them were, in a
i greater or. less degree, mere limitations
I-villainOus and hurtful compounds
Yet the World says of these samples,
the price of this brandy was from
thirty to fifty cents, because Of their
supposed superiority
In view of these facts, and of the
mass of evidence daily accumulating
/ why will some men, and alas some
women, continue to pour poison down
their thrOatS which destroys both
body and soul Why will society
continue tortolerate and legalize these
pest houses any longer? No doubt
liquor Of the most villainous kind is
sold in all our cities and villages, In
every roadside tavern. throughout the
land, Its work Ofdeath is going on
all around US. Cannot some effectual
remedy be found, which win drive
the fiehd from among the habitations
of men, and free its miserable cap
tiYes 2-EP Pitts. Banner. seer
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-18


The Hudson Railroad Company has
recently placed twelve of the MsDsell
wooden car wheels on their drawing
room car These wheels cost treble
the priceIdof theGordinaryg cast iron
wheels, but this is regarded as of little
consequence compared With the ad-
vantages gained by their use. They
ride smoothly, making conversation,
reading, and even writing, not, only
possible, but an easy task, on the cars.
They are made. Of thoroughly seasoned
elHa or teak, withqsteel tires; are very
durable, only one accident having oC-
Cured to one of them, and that
tEiFCngh the cafelessUess of:workmen ;
and, viii wear, by reason Of their elias
ticity and durability, over 100000
miles of railway, while the average
use Of the ordinary iron wheel is but
SO, 900 miles, after which it is neces-
sary TO break 1t up.
tits alsoREserteli that this wheel is
50, constructed that it is impossible for
the tire to become displaced, and that
the wear to the track is much less
than by the5cast RR6sl, Which OF itsell
would. make an important saving. .
The Manssll wheel is used on the
Metropolitan Underground Railway
ia London, and there, where the stop
pages and starting Of the trains art
VERT sudden and consequently ex'
tremely trying, no aeeidenthasy yet oc.
CURED with them. -7, % t'.,4ra.7-7 I
If this wheel proves 70 have all ths
merits claimed for It, It Will, we hear
be generally adopted on the Hudson
River Road. The increased first cos
of these wheels should not preven
railroad corporations from adopting
them IF It Is proved by trial that witt
them human life is made more safe
Their greater durability and the saw
ing Of wear and tear Of the track will
It is believed, render these wheels il
the end much the .cheaPest.-LNe7
Herk Po7t, M UE G8tLbEt
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-18
Ha Drinks,

HOw omiuous the sentence fallst
How we pause in conversation and
eiaculateZqIte Q Pitylp How his
mother hopes he will not awhen he
grows older; and his sisters persuade
themselves that it is only few wild
oats that he is sowing. And yet the
old men shake their heads and feel
gloomy when they think of it.
Young men just commencing life,
buoyant with hope, don't drink. You
arefreighted with precious cargo.
The hopes of your old parents, your
sisters, of your wives, ofyour children
are all laid upono you. EIn-J1Ou
the agedlive over again. their young
Edays; through you only can the weary
one obtain a position in society; and
from the level on which you place
them, must, your children go into the
great struggIe.of life. no ..r'a ~,
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Poetry
I D. .sTosY. 1zlI.E 4 lEoRAT.. Z

IA STORY VV1TH a 1EORAE. -
IN Athsul, 1rs IT. Guu Of faIus he'd Het, =.
Midst poup undshou the gsEiHE crowds were net
Intent IoreVer upon -somsthing new,
The mimic wonders Of thssIago 30 view.
50 where The Wide-sxtsuded circus spreads
IN gathered ranks fts sea Of living heads,
Ranged In close order, row and row,
The void arena claims the space below.
Thououtu were alIodi but ere the show began,
AutFauger entsrsd--'tWss an aged man,
"A while be sought plaoe, with aspect mildi
The polished Atheniaus sat an5 smiled
Eyed hls confusion with sidelong glance,
3 But kept their seats, nor rose on his advance.
{ o d fora. .burniur blush Of deeper hue, ..,-...s
Tomark The shame Of that self-gloriOus crew.
f. How poor the produce Of fair learuing's tres,
That bsarl no fruit Of sweet humility
The growth Of arts and sciences how vain
In hrartssthat feel not 81 anothsr's puin.T
RG A "a
Not 90 the Spartan youth, whose simple school
Instillsd hs plain bot aaiutsry rule 5s7 1J
p OF Kindness and whose houest souls preferred g
Truth % display, RsTiormaposs to word. I- a-
These Spartan youths had their appointed place,
Apart from Etti5a's dibuhguished race D.
And rose WITH one accord, intent % prove,
TO honOred sge their dtiy and their lOVei
Nor did a Spartan yOuth his seat resume
Til she Old man found Que and fitting room. g '
Then came the sentence Of reproof and PRAISE
Stamped with the 'Bternness Of the ancient days.
p Fer. standing full amid the assembled crpWd,s7
The venerable stFanger cried aloud: zoe % a- s
A 1rfr f11rf1n IN
he sPartans practise Whst the Athsniana know"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-18
NeW f5tan for YentiIatlllhlg ROOM m

InasmUch as warm air always tends to
ascend, the old methods of ventilation
were All founded on the idea of With-
drawing the warm air from. the upper
part of the room and Letting the cold air
In near the floor, and this too, in spil 8
of the fact that carbonic acid, which IS
the principal impurity in tteaif OF IN
habited rooms, is much heavier tftaH
common aiF;and consequently deseends
instead Of rising toward the ceiling.
An ehterprising inventor has lately
patented method Of ventilation IN
which the old system is entirely re-
versed, the cold air being let In at the
upper part of the room, while the
warm air, with its contained carbOhfc
acid and other Impurities, is drawn
into an Outlet,fue through an, opening
near the floor. IN b z-..,
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ADgz.r % ta0 Eiover Bsd Puzzle IN News Of J qlot

Answer 70 the Flower Bed Puzzle IN News Of an 2lSt
We give the following apswsTB to thefhbOys ingeniu
Puzzle:
There were In that garden, let me say,
Que hundred and thiTty-ono flowers gay;
Ten we're roses, red or white, Of beauty rare;
One and forty the number Of lilies fair:
Forty we find the number Of pink8 to be;
And Of Amaranths the number is thirty-three.
n PROPORTION. -EE "a Il
The Amaranths, with three TO spare, -
Three times the plumber Of roses are;
Of lilies, four times the roses and one more;
Of Pinks add seven tOthP rOseS' multiplied hy four
Also we give an answer in other WOrdsi
The enigma's solved, the sum is done;
0ae hUldred flowers / bad and thirty-OBes
IOfamRranths, the bed gave thirty -three,
And seven and forty Pnks It yielded me. ---'-- "A
Than amaranths the lilies we're eight more,
Which guFs me one white blossom and two score;
The were more few and far between;
/ But ten spiod with searching no'or 90 keen.
I Whatever combination else Ttoid,
You may he sure, will in these numbers hold
The riddles answer given, my work is through;
! The task Of solving il l leave to you. ..-...
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GAINESVILLE, in 1912, experienced the
shock Of an earthquake, as appears
from the following in a letter from
Duncan Macarthur to William Creigh'
ton, jr., of Chillicothe, and dated
GAINESVILLE, February 4, 1872: "The
last shock of the earthquake was ter
rible, but no damage done here.
hope none has been done in Ross"
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Fusil oil, of which 80 much is said
in connection with liquor sdultera-
tions, is a liquid colorless when pure,
of offensive smell and burning taste
obtained bylcdntihuing the fermenta-
tion in the distilting process after the
alcoholic portion is drawn. off. Its
action upon the animal system is that
of a positive poison, its vapor produce
ing nausea headache and giddiRess,
, Us breseuoe inSIiquor is highly inju'
rious, and indicates bad distillation OF
the use of damaged grain. = 1t may
be deteeted by sgitating the liquor
with water and leaving it stand fol
the oil to rise TO the surface. One
ounce of fusii oil kills rabbit in fOul
! minutes. = -a-s az ~
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Ameeting of native Virginians was
held in NodaRay county, Virginia,
which induced farmers and profession
al men. Resolutions were adopted in,
-dOrsing the new movement, deprecat-
ing further resistance to the, recon
.struction acts, and resolving the meet
ing into political organization, with
the name of the Republican party
This is the first movement Of the kind
in the State, TO ft.- l4.s.- ...-..s-a- la s-lsr
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SINaULAR.-The San Francisco Times,
gives. some very singular instances OF
smallpox in that city attacking persons
the second. .timo. 1t says;
DR.. Rowell reports. another very import
ant case of a man who was frightfully pit
ted by the smallpox, which he had sever
al years ago. This man was present in
the Doctors office when several persons
were being vaceinated, and, for the novel
ty of the thing, he had the doctor Yaccinate
him. The vaccination, to the astOnish-
ment of all who heard Of the case, was a
complete success, accompanied by all the
Local and constitutional symptoms of the
vaccine disease. The man was confined to
his house. several days, and when be bad
entirely recovered the mark left was what
physicians call .'splendid." About a
month or more after, the man was again
taken sick with the smallpox and carried
to the smallpox hospital. The disease as
sumed the confuent type, and the man
died in a. few days after being admitted tc
the hospital. ...-... -.. ..- -....i fa-
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CHILDHOOD PRAYERS. LIZ Is not
easy to tell what it was in our child
hood did the most to form our Charac-
ters. "But 1 think" said a good old
man, "that the prayers which my
sister and 1 offered up at our mothers
knee made me what am.' Child
hood prayers are treasured up in Heav-
en-, and in answer to them thousands
have gained their home in heaven.