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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
nhsbOFOug County Thursday, July H. 1870 rWboe No. II
Hot Weather.

The following statistics of the wealth
er in by-gOne years will read quite re-
freshingly In these warm and sunny
days. 1t clearly proves that what has
been will bej and that our present
heated term is not specially caused by
spots on the sun or apparent perturba-
tions of its atmosphere. The facts stat
ed below are gathered from records
kept at Nuremberg, Germany:
In 1l32- the earth cracked by reason
of the heat, the wells and streams in
Alsace dried up, and the bed of the
river Rhine was dry. In 1852 the
heat was SO great that the sand expos
ed to the SUMS rays was hot enough
to cook eggs. In 1160 great numbers
of the soldiers in the campaign against
Bella died from the heat. In 1876 and
1877 crops Of hay and oats failed COM
pIetely. In 1903 and 1904 a man
could have crossed, dry shOd, over the
rivers Seine, Loire, Rhine and Dan
ube. In 1893 and 1894 a multitude of
animals perished by the heat, which
was so great that the harvest dried up.
In 1440 the heat was extraordinary,
In 1888, 1889, 1910 and 1541 all the
rivers were nearly dried up. In 1856
there was a great drOuth, which ex-
tended over nearly the whole of
Europe. In 1915 and 1916 there was,
in Italy, France and the Netherlands,
an overpOwering heat. In 1913 there
were fifty-eight consecutive days Of
extreme heat. 1878 was very hot, and
so were the first three years of the
eighteenth century. In 1718 it did
not rain a single time from April un-
til October! The growing grain was
burnt, and the rivers dried up, the
theaters (but wherefore is not stated)
were closed by command Of the police.
The thermometer showed one hundred
and thirteen degrees Fahrenheit; in ir-
rigated gardens the fruit bloOmed
twice. In 1923 and 1924 there was
great heat. The summer of 1746 was
hot and dry, the growing grain being
caIcined. 1t did not rain for months
I1748, 1854, 1850, 1867, 1778, and 1888
were years in which the summers
were extremely hot. In the famous
comet year-I811-the summer was
warm, and the wine produced that
season was very precious. In 1878 the
theaters had to be closed on account oil
the heat, the highest temperature be-
ing one hundred and twelve Fahren.
heit. During the three days of the
revolution of July, in 1880, the ther-
mometer stood at ninety seven Fab
Irenheit. In 1882, during the uprising
of the 5th and 9th of July, the tenn
nerature was about the same.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
Particulars Of the Death Of AEr
Dickens.

The following more accurate partic.
ulars of the sudden attack which term
mated in the death of Mr.. Dickens,
have been obtained by your CORES
pOndent. Mr.. Dickens was talking 10
Miss HOgarth, his niece, at the table,
when he started suddenly, and re-
marked that he felt twinge or pain
as if from toOthache. Miss Hogarth
took him by the arm and led him from
the room, thinking the air might re-
vive him. He had taken but two or
three steps forward when he suddenly
staggered and fell heavily upon his
right side, becoming Immediately un-
conscious, in which condition he was
borne to his couch, and a physician
mmOned. He remained speechless
and insensible until his death, which
occurred in twenty four hours after the
attack. The physician who examined
Mr.. Dickens reported that the pupil of
the right eye was dilated, while that
OF the left eye was cOrreSpOndingly
contracted. His breathing was stertO-
rOus and his limbs remained flaccid
until about half an hour before his
death, when a slight nervous cOnvul-
sion occurred. The symptoms were
cOnclusively those of apOplexy.-EDis-
patch to the Boston Sunday Times.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
Taking the Census.

"What's your age, Miss ?" asked the
census taker of lady in the 5th ward, the
other day, who is known among her ac-
quaintances as having reached forty some
years ago. "What's that you say, sir ?''
said the fair one, drawing up and exhibit
ing formidable cbeUauE de fTize of broken
teeth. SIT is very unpleasant question,
but it must be asked. What shall place
you at-twenty, should think 2" ayes, ,"
said the old gitf, completely Modified, 81
think it was twenty last spring'-and the
gratlfied damsel invited the officer to take
a chair and call again. The lady who was
forty years old at the taking of the census
IN 1860, reports herself at thirty-seven this
Plaindealer.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
Terrible Explosion. .

An explosion of nitro -glycerine took
place in Worcester, Massachusetts,,
June 23d, killing Timothy CrOnan, an
Irishman, % years old, and injuring
about thirty other persOns-nOne Of
them dangerously. Twelve houses
were demolished, and many others
badly shattered. The shock was felt
all over the city. Bells rung, and
crockery and furniture were broken
half mile distant. The cause of the
mischief was nitro-glycerine that. had
been smuggled into a car and address
ed to North Adams, and intended for
the Hoosack Tunnel. 1t is most as
founding that but one life was lost,
and so few seriously injured. The man
killed was walking on the track at the
time of the explosion. The nitro
glycerine was iu the last car of a
freight train, three cars Of which were
demolished. Heavy bars of iron were
thrown a quarter of a mile, and the
shock was distinctly felt at points
twenty miles distant. The damage is
estimated at $500
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
Remembering Nonsense,


1t is sometimes hard enough to COM
NIT a sensible sentence to memory,
but it is harder yet to remember nom
sense. Once when the actor Macklin
was lecturing upon literature and the
stage, he spoke of the wonderful feats
well-trained memory could accom-
plish, and finally boasted that he could
repeat any sentence after once hearing
it, never mind how confusing it might
be. FOote, a celebrated actor and wit,
happened to be among the audience
He at once wrote and sent to the stand
that rigmarole that has since grown so
famous
$50 she went into the garden to cut
a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie
at the same time a great she bear,
coming up the street, pops its head in
to the shop. What no soap? So
he died, and she very prudently mar
ried the barber and there were pres
ent the Pickininies, the JOblillies, and
the Gayrulies, and the Grand Panjun-
drum himself, with the little round
button at the top and they all fell to
playing catch-as-catch-can till the gun
powder ran out of the heels of their
boots"
MackIin failed, and so we believe has
every one else who ever has tried to re-
| peat it, % -.-.1
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
Crop Prospects for 1szO.

The season is now so far advanced
that an approximate estimate may be
made of the results Of the Summer har-
vests. The acreage of Winter wheat
throughout the country, as shown by
the June Report of the Department of
Agriculture, is nearly five pei. cent.
less than last year, while the quality of
the grain is better. The acreage of
Spring wheat is probably not less than
last year. Although very many farm
ers, in Wisconsin, Iowa aud DIinneso-
ia materially reduced the breadth sown
as compared with last year, yet the in.
crease Of land brought under -cultiva-
tiOn, brings the acreage in those States
nearly if not quite as large as in 1869.
The weather, taking the country as a
whole, has been quite favorable, al
though a partial drOuth occurred in
Southern New England, Western New
York, Michigan, and portions of Indi-
ana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, and
Iowa, which will doubtless lessen the
yield considerably. 1t is safe to calcu-
late upon as fair returns, however, from
the entire breadth Of wheat soWn, as
were realized last year from the acre
age, which will reduce the crop about
one fifth below last year.
The advices from Europe are not al
together favorable for a good crop
In England, dry weather has some
what interfered with the growing
wheat crop, but recent favorable
showers are reported, which materially
change the aspect. It is quite certain
that in France the crop is short, as
large orders from that nation have re-
Gently been and are now being filled
in New York. This is an indication
that wheat will not beas low in Europe
after harvest, as it is now in this coun-
try. Upon the whole, the promise OF
better prices for this staple is very
good.
The hay crop will doubtless be
lighter than last year. In many 6Or-
tiOns of the Northwest, the dry wealth
er materially injured it; and notwith-
standing the very opportune rains
which have visited large districts OF
country within the two weeks last past,
the yield per acre, if our information
upon this crop be correct, will not be
an average one. The present weather
is highly favorable to grass, and il
may, before the time for cutting arrives,
bring better results than looked for.
The acreage is assumed to be about the
same as last year.
The acreage of Winter barley is
about the same as last year, while the
breadth of Spring sown is larger. The
crop is quite promising, and the
amount of grain raised this year will
be considerably increased over that Ol
1869. a.
A large acreage of oats is reported
and gives promise of excellent returns
It is too early to form an opinion as
to the corn crop, but present indica
tions point to an abundant yield.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

During the rebellion, the staff of Gen
Wise were riding through a rather for
lorn part of North Carolina, and a young
Virginian of the staff concluded to have
some fun at the expense of long legged
specimen of the genus homo, who wore a
very shabby grey uniform, and bestrOde a
worm fence at the roadside. Refining in
his horse, he accosted him:
allow are you, North Carolina ?"
Chow are you, VirginiaP' was the
ready response.
The staff continued: TThe blockade on
turpentine makes you rather hard up,
don't it? No sale for tar now, is there ?"
"Well, yes," was the slow response
ave sell all our tar to JEFF Davis Dow."
"The thunder you do! What on earth
does the President want with your tar?"
North Carolina answered: "He puts it
on the heels of Virginians to make them
stick on the battle feldi Z"
The staff rode [Harper's Magazine
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
Do The Rieht Thing.

Whenever you are in doubt which of
two things to do, let your decision be for
that which is right. % pot waver, do not
parley; but square - thRT mark and do
Che right thing. E4g la you divide
that apple with your sister, be careful not
TO keep the largest half for yourself
Young man do not sneak out of the house
by the back way, because you wish to es-
pc your fathers eyes. Maiden! let not
the most trihing deceit pass current in
those little acts Which make up the sum
of. your life. No matter who you are,
what lot, or where you live, you cannot
afford to do that which is wrong, The on
ly way to obtain happiness and pleasure
yourself, is to do the right thing. You
may not always hit the mark, but you
should, nevertheless, aim at it, and with
every trial your skill will increase
Whether you are TO be praised or blamed
for il by others; whether it will seemingly
make you richer or poorer, or whether no
other person than yourself knows of your
action, still always, in all cases, do the
right thing. Your first lesson in this s'will
grow easier, until finally, doing the right
thing will become a habit, and to do a
wrong seem an absolute impOssibility.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

A rather neat bit ofjuvenile humor
was in reply of boy to his excel
lent mother, when she tried to "point
a moral" He had gratefully admir-
ed the artistic way in which his pants
were mended after a fearful accident,
and she had seized the moment of ad-
vantage to show him how careless be
was, aud how careful be ought to be.
He had heard the little lecture atten-
lively, and then remarke ed, in a re-
proachfuI tone: "Well, mother, you
can't bear praising."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
The Lending Wheat Growing
STATES.

Twenty years have wrought change N
the list of wheat-producing States that are
suggestive aud even startling. Pennsvl-
vania stood at the head of the list in I849;
she was sixth in 1859; and in 1869, of nine
Leading States she stood ninth and last. In
1909, nine States produced less than 20 per
cent. OF an aggregate of l73,OOO,OOO bush
els; In 1869, nine States yielded 19I ZOO, 900
bushels, or 20 per cent. of our 26O, ,OOO, 900
bushels; and California, which was fourth
IN 1869, was not found among the leading
nine Of ten years ago, while Minnesota,
the seventh, was at that time scarcely in
existence as State. The first list is as
follows,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
AS A BLOOD PURIFIER,
YET DISCOVERED.

'The life Of the flesh is 10 the Blood, is Seriptur
al maxim that soiense proves TO be true The people
talk Of bad blood the Of many diseases, and
like many popular opinions this Of bad blood is f0und
ed In truth.
Symptoms Of bad blood are usually quite plain-bsd
Digestion causes imperfect uutrion and consequent.
ly The circulation Is feeble the soft tissues loose their
tome and elasticity, and the tongue becomes, broad
and frequently covered with pssty white coat This
condition shows itself in roughness OF the skn
then In ERUPTIvE and diseases, and when
long continued results IN serious LESSONS of the Brain
Liver, Lungs, or urinary apparatus. Much, very
much, suffering is caused by impure blood. Il iV est
mated by some that firth the human family arc
Affected with scrofula in. some form.
When the blood is pure you not liable TO any
disease Many impurities Of the Blood arise from i'm.
pure diseases Of large cities Eradicate every mpuy
from the fountain of life and good spir fair skin and
vital strength will return to you. ....
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
Dickens, Will.

The sermon of Dean Stanley on Mr..
Dickens closed with an extract from
his will, dated May u, 1869. After
the most emphatic injunctions respect
ing the inexpensive, unOstentatiOus,
and strictly private manner of his fu-
neutrality-suspicious. which were carried
out to the very letter-he thus contin-
ues: 81 direct that my name be in
scribed in plain English letters on my
tomb. I conjure my friends on no ac-
count to make ME the subject of any
monument, memorial, or testimonial
whatever. rest my claims to the re-
membrance of my country upon my
published works, and to the remem
brance of my friends upon their expe-
rience of me in addition thereto. 1
commit my soul to the mercy of God
through our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, and exhort my dear children
humbIy to try and guide themselves
by the teachings of the New Testa-
ment, in its broad spirit, and to put no
faith in any mans narrow construction
of it's letter, here or there"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

An important case has just been de-
cided in the United States Circuit
Court, in Philadelphia. General
George CadwaIIader was sued for &c.,
600 damages for seizing the bark a
in 1868, arresting her officers, and con
fining them in Fort Miflin. 1t was
proved on the part of the defense that
the arrest and confinement were by or
der of the President as a war measure,
The. jury found that General Cadwalla'
der acted by express instructions Of
the Secretary of War, that these in
structions came virtually from the
President, and that the plaintiff accOr-
dinghy had no cause of action.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

A Toledo paper gives this as a cor
rect report of a speech recently deliv-
cred by a member of a school board
in that section:
. "Mr. Cheerman, I rise for to-ihat
is to make motion, which it is as
follows: Resolved that there are no
need to build such costive hOuson as
some Of this ere board is proposin to
rect. No, Mr.. Cheerman, Pm posed
to spondin money for more hOusen.-
The old ones are pretty gOOt yit, and
for to go for to build pretty slick
house which will cost ten thousand
dollars, or more yit, its all wasted. It's
no economy to throw away money We
don't need. Taxes cost money, and
money hes to 60 to pay taxes, aud let
US expense with any more school
housen."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

The New York Methodist nPwspa-
per of last week has one Of the Old-time
articles in regard to the neglect of re-
ligiOus duty in summer. "The devil
has no vacation" says this religious
sheet, "and hell gapes for sinners as
widely in summer as in winter. -
Hence, the writer argues, the usual
summer neglect of weekly prayer
meetings, aud especially Of Sunday
services, is objectionable.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

In no country in the world is adul-
terry so severely dealt with as in Chi
ma. Amarried woman near Shanghai
recently had formed a guilty alliance,
and cOnnived at the murder of her
husband by her lover. The crime
was discovered, and the woman nail
ed at full length on her husbands cOf-
fin, and left to die.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

HINTS TO PARENTS AND TEACHERs.-A
very skillful and successful teacher is wont
to express her Indebtedness for much OF
her success to the following rules, which
were first put into this shape by Jacob Alb
bOtt:
When you consent, consent cordially.
When you refuse, refuse finally.
When you punish, punish good patur-
edly.
Commend often.
Never scold.
Some bulky books contain less of Practi-
cal value than these short sentences.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

Senor CASTELAR,, the now distinguish
ed Spanish orator, is acquiring popu-
larity as an abolitiOnist. He made an
eloquent address, in the Spanish Con-
gress, urging the immediate abolition
of slavery in all the colonies. He
quoted the proclamation of Abraham
Lincoln amid great applause.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14
Bush. per

With these facts before us, it is not diff
cult to anticipate the time when the larger
portion of our wheat crop will be produced
west of the Mississippi. Facts showing
the decrease of yield in each State would
be equally striking and more sadly sug-
gestive. R. DODGE.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

The following from the writings of Chas.
Dickens is sadly appropriate now: "There
is nOthing-nO, nOthiug-beautiful and
good, that dies and is forgotten. An in
FAINT, prattling child, dying in its cradle,
will live again in the better thoughts of
those who loved it, and play its part,
though its body be burned to ashes or bur-
led i'll the deepest sea. There is not an
angel added to the hosts of heaven but
does its blessed work on earth in those
who loved it here. Dead? Oh, if the
good deeds of human creatures could be
traced to their source, how beautiful would
even death appear! for how much chari-
ty, mercy and purified affection would be
seen to have their growth in dusty
graves"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

A Terre Haute paper reports that a small
boy in that neighbOrhOod, who had seen a
sleight-ofhand performer pass a crooked
wire through his cheek, undertook TO i'm
itate him with piece of telegraph wire
He succeeded in getting the wire fast in
his nose, and was compelled to apply to a
surgeon for aid in removing it. The wire
was extricated with some difficulty, and
the young man returned home resolved to
retire from the show business.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

KNOWING How.-Some soldiers were
digging a we'll. When they came to the
water, the commanding officer went to in
spect progress. "Well, Kelly" said he, to
the Irishman at the bottom of the we'll,
"you have found the water at last" "Ah,
kurnel," replied the other, sit all depinds
upon knowing how the thing ought to be
done. Any other man but myself would
ing to it'll"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

NJ FevaI tells this story about Chas.
Dickens 1T was after a London sea-
son when Fechter found himself in
debted to the management $4,000. AS
he turned the corner to his hotel he
heard, Chow are you, Fechter, my
dear, dear fellOw?" 1t Was the cheery
voice of Dickens. He told him with
some amount of feeling how he was
situated. Dickens expressed no COM
passion, but shook hands and wished
him good night. He thought it hard,
but "such is friendship" Only the
next morning the manager looked
Fechter up. "The matter was not so
pressing as all that, my dear sir" said
he. "What do you mean?" "Why,
about that 93OOO. Charles Dickens
came and handed me the cash on your
behalf at II o'clock last night"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

The poet LongfellOw was on one oeca-
sion at a dinner party at which Nicholas
Longworth was also present. Some one
remarked to Mr.. Longfellow that his name
and that of Mr.. Longworth started out
alike, but made very dissimilar ending.
eyes," replied the poet, "and it affords
only another proof am afraid, that worth
makes the man, and the want of it the
fellow"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

The young man who was ''lOnely
since his mother died'' is all right now.
His father married the "head" of a
large party of girls, and they keep
house for him, and give a party every
night.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

Whisky is the key by which many
gain an entrance into prisons and aims
houses.
Brandy brands the noses of those
who can not govern their appetite.
Wine causes many to take wind
ing way home.
Ale causes aiIings, and beer stretches
many upon their bier.
Champagne is the cause, of many
real pains, and gin-slings have slain
more than the slings of old.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-14

The National Topographic Union,
which has just closed its regular annu-
al session at Cincinnati, has not only
recognized the equality of woman in
the profession by the admission of Miss
Augusta Lewis, as a Representative
from New York city, but has graced
the recognition by an act of gaIlantry
worthy of the craft. They elected her
Corresponding Secretary by acclama-
tion. All honor to the Union.