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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-01

Picnic AND WHAT CAME OF Ir-James
Stokes, colored man, was arrested Wednesday
by officer Price on q warrant issued by Justice
Wall on the oath OF Oliv0~kreeman charging
him with the larceny Of basket, table cloth,
dishes, &c. 1t appears that Olive Freeman,
Miss Kelly, and another female, last Sunday
went out In the woods near Rock Creek Church
to have little picnic, and engaged Stokes to
carry their basket. On arriving at the Scheut-
zen Park on their return Stokes was told to re-
main at the gate while they went inside. He
was driven away by the gate-keeper, and after
waiting for his employers until ten O'Clock he
took up the basket and went home with it. The
women on coming out not finding the man or
basket procured warrant and Stokes was ar
rested, as before stated. The justice having no
Jurisdiction In the case was obliged to turn him
over to the marshal, and he was committed to
ls'i, but Yesterday morning he was brought into
the court room, and Lit. johnson having Inform
ed the District Attorney of the facts that officer
In the absence Of Judge Humphreys ordered his
release. The festive picnicers were ut court
anxious to prosecute the case and get possession
OF their basket, which has been turned over to
the property clerk Of the Police Board, with its
contents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-01

SUDDEN DKATH.-Mr. Robert M. Combs, a
well known citizen Of East Washington, died
very suddenly last evening. II appears he was
taken iii while sitting In front Of his store and
was assisted to a chair in which he sat down and
immediately expired. He had been complain
ing for some time, and feared what WAS really,
the cause of his death-apoplexy. Deceased
was hfty-fve years Of age, and was native of
St. Marys county, Nd, but has been resident
OF this city for nearly forty years.
GOING TO SPEND THE FOURTH IN GOTHAM
Councilmen Holden, Bassett, Barton, Palmer,
Robertson and others, will leave here tonight
for New York, to see how they spend the
glorious Fourth In that village.
MARSHALL HALL AND GLYNQNT will be the
popular resorts on the Fourth, as the Wawaset
and City of Alexandria will make hourly trips
there during the day from the Potomac Ferry
Company's wharf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-01

PAuA0A HATS
Bleached and Trimmed.
At A. T. Whiteney's, ga Pennsyivapia avsrn.
south noe, bet. 9Th and 10th streetv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-01

fAfNe THE INTEREST ON THE FUNDED DEBT
sY THE CITY-Mayor Emery has made ar.
rsngements with the First National Bank TO paw
me interest on the funded debt Of the city, in
sIoung the ten year bonds. The interest on the
Omce, at the City Han, from and after TODAY,
F;r. ne interest ON the stock viii be paid ut the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-01

THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL,
Il. LONG BRANCH,
w,, NEW JERSEY, VEA0
This MAGNIFICENT hotel has over op ROOMS
Piazza fronting the ocean 700 tset long. As
For rooms apply at the Everett House, New York.
w. ~. B. BORRows, Proprietor.
WIN. WILKINSON, Superintendent. jelo In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-01

THx baltimore and Ohio Railroad conn.rv
nave made arrangements TO run a thrpant
southern passenger car through this city. oo,si
msnclng to-day, for the convenience OF throonus
kSsssengers, which win enable persons passisn
LII Po.nt en- route TO make connections witS
tne southern Trans without ch ange of ears VI"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07

Mr.. Schindler is the latest addition
to the list of persons who have under
taken the treatment and cure of eX-
cesstve fatness in the human race
this condition being considered by him
as a disturbance Of the animal 'ecOnO-
my, in consequence of which the car
bon taken in is accumulated in the
form of fat. Diet and exercise, as
might be expected, constitute the ba-
sis of his treatment. As in the method
of Mr.. Banting, which some years ago
was so much in vogue, the diet adj
vised for fat persons consists Of food
containing a large percentage Of nitro
gen, to which some vegetables with
out starch, and cooked fruit, are to be
added, for the purpose of moderating
the excitatiOn due to animal nOurish-
ment. This diet is 10 be varied, ac-
cOrding az individuals are of a SAN
guine or lymphatic temperament.
The use Of certain wines is permitted /;
beer is, however, entirely forbidden.
Coffee and tea are allowed, with as
lllllG sugar lis pOSSIbtC' CilSG5CJ IOto1-
toes, rice, beans, pease, maize, macca-
roni, tapioca, arrOwrOOt, and soups are
not allowed. The use of sulphate of
soda is recommended, as moderating
the transformation of nitrogenous ma
terials and stimulating the oxidation
of fat; and the use of mineral waters
containing the sulphate Of soda in So
luton is considered of the greatest i'm
portance in this respect. The waters
of 0Iarienbad, which are especially
rich in this salt, are stated to have,
usually, the mOsthappy effect. Their
use, together with that of some aka
line pills, and a strict adherence to the
conditions above mentioned, caused a
decrease in weight Of from twenty
five to sixty pounds in different indi-
viduals in the course of a few weeks
II EDITORS Scientific Record, in Har.
per'5 Magazine for July.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07
The Highest Flight ever Made
by Man.

The most remarkable balloon as
censiOn on record was made in 1904,
by Blot and Gay-Lussac, in Paris
By this enterprise they endowed sci
ence with a series of new and impor-
tant facts, questionable before that
time, as they carried with them com
pIete set of suitable apparatus, and,
moreover, an unsurpassed knowledge
Of observation and experiment. They
ascended to a height of 1900 feet,
and observed that at 5000 or 5000
feet the animals they had taken with
them, in order to observe the effect of
the rarifed air. and cold upon them,
did not appear to suffer any inconven-
fence. In the mean time, the pulses
Of the two experimenters were much
accelerated; that of Gay-Lussac, other
wise slow, 81 beats per minute, was
80; and that Of Blot, naturally rapid,
70 beats per minute, was Ill. At a
height of 1000 feet, a pigeon was
liberated; it dropped down whirling
through the air as if it had been a
stone. The air was too thin, too much
raritied, to enable it to fly.
Three weeks later, Gay-Lussac went
up alone, and attained Il height of 3d.
900 feet, four and one sixth miles, or
1000 feet higher than the top of
Chimborazo mountain. The barome-
ter was only thirteen inches high; the
thermometer Is degrees Fahrenheit
below freezing point, while at the sur
face Of the ground it was 80 degrees.
He left the courtyard Of the C0l1SerUa-
t0ire des Arts ct Netjers, in Paris, and
after an aerial voyage Of six hours, de-
scended near Rouen, one hundred
miles distant. The result of this as
cension on Gay-Lussac's health was
very injurious, partially by want of
air for respiration, combined with
sudden cold, but chiefly by the alb
sence of the accustomed pressure. At
the extreme height OF $4,000 feet, his
face and meek were swollen enormous
ly, his eyes protruded from his head,
blood ran from the eyelids, nose, and
ears, and also came from his lungs by
vomiting; in short, his system receiv-
ed a shock from which he never fully
recovered during the rest Of his life.
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slicIk fo One Thlne.


"Unstable as water, thou shalt not
excel" is the language of the Bible.
Whoever expects to succeed in any
undertaking, must enter into it with
a hearty and earnest will to do his
best. When a trade or profession is
chosen, obstacles, be they large or
small, must not be allowed to stand
in the way Of mastering that trade or
profession. However much we may
deprecate the old-time custom of in
denturing apprentices, the system in
its practical results operated almost
always for the lusting good Of the app
prentice. Generally, It insured to
him a good trade and a wholesome
discipline, that ft,ed him for success
in business. Al the present time,
very many young men undertake to
acquire a trade, and after a brief trial
abandon it, because there are unpleas-
ant duties to be performed and OBJ
sLacles to.be overcome. They consid-
er themselves accountable to no one,
and GO and come at the bidding of
caprice, or an uneasy; unsettled mind.
The result of this is to send out into
the world young men who have not
half learned their trades, of unstable
character, who drift from post to pill
lar, and who succeed in nothing but
strolling along the highways Of life,
melancholy wrecks of men. We
would earnestly entreat every young
man, after he has chosen his profess
sion, to stick to it; don't leave it be-
cause hard blows have to be struck or
disagreeable work performed. The
men who have worked their way up
to wealth and usefulness do not be-
long to the shiftless and unstable
class, but may be reckoned among
those who took off their coats, rolled
up their sleeves, conquered their pref
udices against labor, and manfully
bore the heat and burden of the day.
Whether upon the old worn-out farm,
where our fathers toiled, diligently
striving to bring back the soil to pro-
ductiveness; in the machine shop or
factory, or the thousand other busi-
ness places that invite honest toll and
skill, let the motto ever be: Persever-
ance and industry.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07
"WAsHINGToN, Feb. 5, 1868.

"DEAR SIR * x Your reference
to my dear friend, Washington IrV-
ing, renews the vivid impressions re-
awakened in my mind at Baltimore
the other day. l saw his fine face for
the last time in that city. He came
there from New York to pass a day
or two with me before [ went west
ward, and they were made among the
most memorable of my life by his de-
lighttul fancy and genial humOr.- Some
unknown admirer of his books and
mine sent to the hotel a most enor-
nous mint julep, wreathed with flow
ers. We sat, one on either side of it,
with great solemnity Git filled a re-
spectacle sized round table,) but the
solemnity was of very short duration.
1t was quite an enchanted iulep, and
carried US among innumerable people
and places that we both knew. The
julep held out far into the night, and
my memory never saw him afterward
otherwise than as bending over it with
his straw, with an attempted gravity
(after some anecdote involving some
wonderfully droll and delicate obser-
vation of character,) and then, as his
eyes caught mine, melting into that
captivating laugh Of his, which was
the brightest and best have ever
heard.
"Dear sir, with many thanks,
faithfully yours,
CHARLES DICKENS
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07

Experiments were recently male at
Iron Mountain, No, to test the power
of 'Iithofracture, new blasting ma
terial, lately invented in Germany
The inventors representative for
America is the mining engineer, Mr.
Lewis Schanti, who, in person, showed
the great advantage Of this new in
ventiOn in the following: He filed
up two bore-hOleS of twelve and
twenty-seven inches depth, respect
lively, with scarcely two pOunds Of
'lithOfracture," which is in appear
ance a black substance that can be
kneaded like dough. After the spec
-tators had run for secure places, the
fuse was lighted, the explosion en-
sued, and the effect was tremendous.
About twenty-five tons OF ore were
shattered to pieces. Mr.. Schanti de-
clared the bOre-hOles entirely unneces-
sary, and illustrated that in a second
experiment, by putting about three
and a half pounds of the !ithofracture
on top of a solid block of ninety-eight
cubic feet, containing about eighteen
tons Of ore. To show how free from
all danger the handling of the mate
rial is, he did not even take his burn
ing cigar from his mouth. After the
terrible explosion, the enormous iron
block was changed into a heap Of lit
tie fragments-not scattered about
but all lying in one pile, that could be
removed on wagons without difficulty.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07
Farewe11 10 America.

Dickens Farewell 10 America
Atthe close of his last reading in this
country, Mr.. Dickens spoke as follows!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN The shadow
of one word has impended over me all
this evening, but the time has at length
come VIXEN the shadow must fall. It is 6
short word, but its weight is not measure
BILE by its length. Last Thursday evening,
while read the story of "David Copper
field, - I felt that there was another mean
ing than usual in the words Of old Mr..
Peggotty, "My future life lies over the
sea-" And when L read from this book
tonight referring to the Piczwick Pa
pers), realized that I must shortly estab-
lish such an abb as would satisfy even
Mr.. Weller, ST. The relations set up in
this place between US have been to me Of
the most satisfactory character. There has
been on my part the most earnest atten-
ton to the work of preparation to enter
tain you, and on your part the kindest
sympathy, which cannot be forgotten for
ever. I shall often recall you by the win
ter fire of my home. in the pleasant sum-
mer of Old England-never as a public
audience, but always as dear personal
friends, and ever with the tenderest sym
pathy and affection. In bidding you a
final farewell, pray, God bless US, every
one, and God bless the land in which [
leave you'll
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07
ABrOther Mason.

Some young men of the town of B.
having "cut up" one night to the det-
riment Of some windows and belI-pulls,
were lodged in the calaboose, and in
due time next morning, confronted
with a Police Magistrate, who fined
them each So and an admonition. One
of the three foolishly remarked-
Judge, 1 was in hopes you would re-
member me; 1 belong to the same
Lodge with you" The Judge, appar-
emily surprised, replied with brother
ly sympathy: "Ah, is it SOP Truly
this is brother B. 1 did not recog-
nize you: excuse ne for my dullness.
Yes, we are brother Masons, and
should have Thought of that. Mr..
Clerk, fine our brother B. $40. Be-
ing a Mason, he knows better the
rulesOf propriety than other men,
Fine him So You will pay the
Clerk, brother. Good morning, BROTH
er B. Call the next case"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07

I Whole No. 1850.
How Dickens Studied his sub-
iecis.

How Dickens Studied his su5-
jecls.
As he completed a book he seemed
to himself to be "dismissing some .por-
tion of himself into the shadowy
world, when the crowd Of the creatures
of his brain were going from him
forever" When he had written the
chapter describing the death OF little
Paul DOmbey, be wandered i9r a
whole night re5tlessly and with
heavy heart about the streets Of Paris
To the acutene55 Of his observation
every page Of his novels bears witness
His eyes seemed to photOgranA the
scenes of cities, the traits Of people
casually met, the ways of ania Is,
and his memory held aud re2rc Qee3
them. FheTB Is acs . ehazae. eI il all
his books that is not drawn from life A.;
and if the color is filed in so warmly
that Mrs. NickIeby does not know
herself and the brothers Cheeryble
Rave no suspicion Of their identity,
the skill of the artist is no less great.
10 the care OF his workmanship his
biographer must testify. From the
time when he went down into York.
shire in a bleak winter to look for a
school for an imaginary orphan, and
was warned away by a real John
BrOwdie,-tO the night last October
when he explored the opium dens Of
London to obtain material for the
opening of edwin DrOod," reproduc-
ing in the first number word for word
the very dialogue to which he listen
ed,-he always studied from the life.
And though the historical novel was
not his forte, his tales of the French
Revolution and the Gordon Riots
were based upon as careful study, and
were as faithful in detail, as anything
done by Scott or Thackeray.-[ Boston
Advertiser.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07
Attention in Children.

It is often said that children have
very little power of attention, and in
a certain sense this is true. But watch
a juvenile group around Punch and
Judy, and mark their cOuntenances as
they trace each successive phase of that
exciting domestic drama from its COM
mencement to its close. I think we
shall be obliged to admit that under
some circumstances, children are ca
pable Of vigorous and IOng-sustained
attention. Nor can we find a better
illustration of mental absorption than
the schOol-boy engaged in a match Of
cricket or football.
The facts seem to be these Il. The
attention of children is not much un-
der the control of the lgiH, but depends
on the interest which they feel in the
subject. From this it follows that, as
a rule, the attention of our younger
scholars is not to be secured by beg
ging or scOlding, or reasoning, or eX-
postulatiOn, but by presenting that
which will interest them. Other meth
DDS may enforce quietude, but nothing
else will gain attention.
2. A child's attention can not long
be kept upon one subject. The rattle
or drum is soon exhausted of its inter-
est, and cast aside, to the unreasonable
annoyance of the donors. The box or
bricks, or the dolTs house, affords
much longer enjoyment; while Punch
or cricket is a 'joy forever" Hence we
must beware of mOnotOny in our in
structiOns.. "IIere a little and there Il
little" must be our motto; and the
"liltle" here must be as different as
possible from the "little" there. And
the younger the children, and the
feebler their power Of sustaining the at
tentiOn, the greater the variety Of sub
ject5 and manner required to teach
them ["Our Work." by W. II. Gro
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07
Dickens and irving ever a Mint
Julep.

Mr.. Charles Lanman, of George
town, D. c., has written very inter
estihg account of the genial and friend
ly intercourse between Dickens and
Irving, and among other incidents
gives a refreshing story about "a ju-
Iep in Baltimore" which is embodied
in the following extract from a letter,
written to Mr.. Lanman by Mr.. Dick
ems during Ms last visit to this coun-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07

Ayoung man in Nevada had court
ed a young lady Of New England by
mail and exchanged photographs. An
engagement was made, and the young
lady started over the Pacific railroad
to meet and marry her afianUed. On
her arrival, however, she promptly
declined tho alliance, avowing that
while his face looked we'll enough, she
"would never we'd with such a little
spud Of a fellow as him"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07
Perils in Cosmetics.

The Journal Of Applied Chemistry
has an article on Professor ChandIer's
report on Cosmetics to tho Board of
Health. 1t confirms what has often
been said of the exceeding danger of
using indiscriminately the various
cosmetics pressed upon the attention
Of the public. Sixteen hair tonics,
washes, and restoratives were exam
ined. Only one Of them was free
from lead-a majority contained this
metal as an essential constituent
some Of them have as much as six
teen grains of lead to the fluid ounce.
The lotions and washes for the com
plexiOn were nearly all free from in
furious metals, and the probability is
that the purchaser pays dearly for
some dirty water to improve his skin.
Pure would be better and at the same
time cheaper. The enamels for the
skin consist of white powders sus-
pended in clear liquids. This white
powder is generally carbonate of lead;
in some cases carbonate of lime and
zinc are employed. 1t would thus ap-
pear that houses and faces are paint
ed with the same material; houses may
endure, but com mplexiOns are Ultimate
ly ruined by such treatment.
The Journal repeats the advice it
has given before; and says that the
cosmetics now so universally used are
not only hurtful by obstructing the
natural pores of the skin, stopping
up the mouths of the excretory duets
which are designed by nature to
throw off, by sensible and insensiblo
perspiration, the impurities Of the
blood, but also by presenting to the
absorbent vessels a poison which is
taken into the system and penetrates
to every portion of the body. The
effect of such cosmetics is to destroy
the natural texture of the skin, caus-
ing it to become dry, wrinkled, and
imper7ious to the oxygen of the air,
and, by depriving the blood of this
life-giving principle, producing rapid
decay. If the skin be kept in a clean
and healthy condition by the frequent
use of cold water, no cosmetic would
ever be necessary.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07

The Baltimore, Pittsburg C
Western Railroad, Incorporated
in this State recently, and 9th
ers, capital S3,O0O,OO0,is the Ak
ron & Tihn route for a new con-
stitutional trunk line, as sug-
gested to the Chicago Board Of
Trade by President Garrett, of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
and will be pushed through
without delay.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07
BeIieEe The Desf.

He who thinks better of his neigh
bOrs than they deserve cannot be a bad
man, for the standard by which he
judges is the goodness Of his own heart.
It is the base only who believe all men
base, or, in other words, like them
selves. Few, however, are all evil.
Even Nero did a good turn to some
bOdy-fOr when Rome was rejoicing
over his death, some loving hand COW
cred his grave with flowers. Public
men are seldom or never fairly judged,
at least while living. However pure,
they cannot escape calumny; however
incorrect, they are sure to find eulO-
gists. History may do them justice,
but they rarely get it while they live,
either from friend or foe.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07

Philadelphia is somewhat exercised
over a Casper Hauser case occurring in
its midst-at No. 337 Lombard street.
1t appears that Joseph Herrings was
keeping younger brother, John, in
two eight by ten rooms; that he had
kept him therein twenty-five years, or
ever since he was eight years of age.
The object was to secure his portion of
their inheritance. When rescued by
the police his body was clothed only in
a coarse bag he was yellow with un-
cleanliness his face was covered with
a matted growth of hair, and he was
hOpelessly insane. He was taken to
the Aims House, and his cruel brother
held in 1000 bail to answer charges
of creating a nuisance and Of aggrava-
ted assault.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-07
Geegraphical Enigma.


I an composed of 26 letters.
Ny II 10 II p is the of city in Portugal.
NV 10 y 10 Z is river in Russia.
Aiv Il 25 2j 70 IS B p is UfLug UeJrdes Islands
EIy Z 10 y is a large lake.
Aly 3 q I3 o is city In Ohio.
Nv % 8 II 10 Z is a river in Africa.
HIy / Z n y 10 7 is a large division Of Asia.
NV II I8 10 20 is a city in Turkey.
My 20 70 I is range Of mountains In Vermont.
My whole forms the name Of one Of the divisions o
Germany. FANNY.