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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02
Sound.

The financial strength Of the coun-
! try was never more clearly exhibit
( ed than in the manner in which it
has met the shock of the great Chi
cago fire. That calamity was. ma
tional. So extensive were the ram
ifcations of the immense business of
Chicago that the great losses there
affect directly or indirectly every
section of the country.
How thoroughly interlaced are the
credits and interests of the whole ma
ton, is seen in the widespread de-
probation of all corporate securities
which Immediately followed the
Chicago disaster, extending even to
Government bonds. It is estimated
by careful and cautious authority
that the depreciation of stock and
bond values caused by the fire was
more than equal to the value Of the
property burned.
| If the destruction in Chicago
amounted to four hundred millions
of dollars, as is now estimated, and
the depreciation of other values to
as much more, we have the enor-
nous sum of eight hundred millions
of dollars of values literally destroy
ed in a days time
1t is true that the depreciation in
stocks and bonds, will be, in a meas
ure, if not entirely, recovered from
in time, but that is only another ev-
fdence of the financial strength and
soundness of the country.
There never was, apparently, a
combination of circumstances more
favorable to a general panic and f.
nancial crisis. Eight hundred mil
lions of property practically destroy
ed rumors apparently well authen-
ticated that the strongest Insurance
Companies were ruined, and the air
full of reports of the failures ofheavy
business houses as well as banks.
Looking back now over the past
week it seems almost a miracle that
a crisis was averted.
But the financial strength of the
country was so great as to easily
withstand the trial, great as it was,
and the reaction commenced almost
as soon as the shock was felt.
The Insurance Companies, with
) very few exceptions, promptly noti'
fed their agents that they would al
once pay all losses, and some of theil
representatives were on the ground
! doing so as soon as the spread of the
fire was stopped. The Banks, with
a single unimportant exception, have
been entirely unaffected, while the
people of the country have sent il
millions for the relief of sufferers.
If any doubt had been entertain
ed as to our financial soundness, j
must certainly have been removed
S by the manner in which we have
: passed through the trials of the pas
), week. - Toledo Blade.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02
THE NORTHERN FIRES.
Urgent Appeal 10 the Country
for Aid,
Fires Still Burning and
Spreading.
DETROIT. Mich, Oct. q.

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. "a.
In view of the urgency of imme-
diate and copious aid from people
outside of the State, the following
circular of appeal to the people of
the United States has been issued by
the Michigan State Relief Commit
tee:
't70 the People of the UH5ted States;
awe need instant and plentiful
aid. From $4,000 70 $4,000 people
at least in the State of Michigan
lhave lost their homes, food, cloth
ing, crops, horses, and cattle. On
the night of the Chicago fire two
thousand people on the east shore of
Lake Michigan, and five or six
thousand on the west shore of Lake
Huron, were reduced to almost abso-
lutte destitution. Within two or
three weeks other small villages and
settlements have been blotted out.
The number of individual farm
houses, barns, and frontier dwellings
which have been destroyed by the
all pervading fire cannot, from want
of information, be accurately ealcu-
lated. The aggregate we know to
be enormous.
"The fires are still burning, and
new ones spring up. The area of
ruin and devastation is daily increas-
ing. The intensity and dramatic
magnifcence of the calamities which
have overwhelmed other cities and
villages are lacking here, but the
suffering exists. A long, hard, cold
winter is approaching, and large
numbers Of these people are access
ible only by water, and navigation
will soon be closed. Scarcely a
month or six weeks now remain in
which to feed, clothe, and shelter
them for the winter season, which
extends far into the months of
spring. They must be helped now,
or they will perish. They will need,
too, in the early spring, seed and i'm
plements for the harvest of next
year. The greater portion of them
must commence life entirely anew,
without preparation, and at the be-
ginning of winter. Their isolation
from the centres of commerce and
the means of communication makes
the problem of relief the more diff.
cult and all the more urgent. The
people of Michigan have nobly re-
sponded to the appeals which this
misery has made to their sympathy
and generosity; but they are severe
ly crippled, indirectly, in their bust
ness by the Chicago fire, and direct
ly by the assistance they gave to the
sufferers from that calamity before
they were aware of the demands
which would be made upon them al
home. Many of them, too, have
lost their resources by the fires
which have occurred in this State
In their name and in behalf of the
victims already known, and of many
whom we fear are yet unknown, we
ask prompt and efficient aid from
our benevolent fellow-citizens every.
where.
"Money and supplies may be sent
direct to the Michigan Relief Com.
mittee, at Detroit or Grand Rapids
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02
ALMOST BURIED ALIVE.
Narrow Escape Of a Pitts
burger.

N~EAOW escape OF q Plus
burger.
Last week James Hickey, a work
man in one of the Pittsburg mills,
died (as was supposedly from small
pox, and was very soon after put in
his coffin to be taken to the ceme-
terry. The Pittsburg Gazette gives
the sequel, as follows:
The churchyard, with its silent
tombstones, was reached, tho gate
passed, and the hearse drove up be-
fore q yawning grave, presided over
by a yawning sexton. As the hearse
halted, the noise in the hearso grew
louder and louder and louder, and
the driver, with fright depicted on
his face, called on the pall-bearers to
hurry along, as the dead man was
alive, else a ghost was in the coffin !
The quartet of bearers were sOrely
frightened at the announcement, but
/ the coffin was soon drawn out of the
hearse and the lid broken off, and
horror James Hickey, the sup
posed dead man, sat up and surveyed
the scene in a bowildermont more
easily imagined than described. The
driver, the pall-bearers, and the old
grave digger were thoroughly un-
nerved and in utter astonishment-
hardly willing to believe their eyes
or trust their senses, they looked
with awe and superstition on the
terminated corpse. In a feeble
voice James asked, as he viewed his
wooden overcoat, the hearse, the
becraped bearers, the tombstones,
and the grave prepared for himself,
what it all meant, and if he was not
a lively corpse from the smallpox.
The terrible truth soon broke upon
his auditOrs-they had narrowly,
though very unknOwingly, come
nigh burying their friend alive =
Hickey being too weak to remove
I from bis coffin, he was at his own
request permitted to rest in it, put
into the hearse and hauled back to
the house of mourning. The sur
/ prise created by his return can bet
ter be imagined than told. There
were those who refused to believe
that ho was alive even aftor they
heard his voice, so deep was their
conviction that be was dead. He is
rapidly convalescing, and in all
probability will live long to tell oI
his own death and half way burial
His was q very narrow escape, and
when we'll he will have a second,
hand coffin to sell quite cheap. The
case points a moral by which all
should profit, viz be sure youl
corpse is dead before the funeral
takes place.
Mr.. Hickey remembers nothing in
torvening from the time he fell into
the deep sleep until aroused by the
rough riding in the hearse, and then
returning to consciousness, imagined
that he was being suffocated under
the clothing of his bed His frs
impression on realizing that he was
in graveyard and in coffin was
that he had died and was resurrect'
ed, and he wondered where he had
been the meanwhile, for he could
neither recall pain nor pleasure, but
be was quick in comprOhending the
situation, and shuddered to think
how he had escaped a death most
horrible from being buried alive.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

DIDN'T Go UP.-Mr. and Mrs.
Calender, residents Of Delaware,
sowed themselves up in white gar
ments a few days ago, to make their
ascension to happier climes accord
ing to the belief of Millerites. They
went on the wood-shed roof in order
to be ready to take the first train.
"It was a calm still night" but the
train didn't come; and finally Mrs.
Calender rolled off the woodshed
and disloeated her ankle. All it
cost these folks was the Doctors fee.
Nobody was diseommoded by their
making tarnatiou fools of them
selves, and nobody will object to
their repeating the experiment at
their leisure.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02
Salt and the Tariff:

The Free Traders have seasoned their
harangues with salt, until they have
almost persuaded many people that it
is really a sin to- eat American salt made
under the protection of the present duty.
A simple statement OF fact shows how
that duty does burden the people. In
1869, under a ''revenue tariff, - so called,
while no domestic salt was sold in New
York city, and but $2I4,67O of duties
were received from all the foreign salt
imported into the country, the price of
that foreign salt was tlrelty-tlree cents
per b1,sheL ia gold. In 1870 foreign salt
paid into the Treasury S1,3OO,OOO, and
2,O3S, ,125 bushels of Onondaga salt were
sent to New York city, while the price
of the foreign and domestic salt in that
market was bat 'tlgenty eentspe 51ssheE IN
0Old
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02
Conundrums.

What is the difference between girl and night
cap? One is born to wed, and the other is worn to
bed.
wit says that life is the greatest Of comm drums
because everybody has to give it ~.
What can be wetter than woman with olta
ract in her eyes, waterfall on her head creek II
her back, forty springs in her skirts aud high-teC
shoes2 Why, one with notion in her head, au'
swimming in tears.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

A little boy was washed and
dressed, one morning, and sent to
Sabbath school, being warned not to
pass the smallpox hospital. During
the exercises, the teacher asked
George if he had ever been baptized.
Small Pox and vaccination happened
to be uppermOst in Georges mind,
and being rather too young to know
the difference between baptized and
vaccinated, and being ashamed to
be thought ignorant, he promptly
and somewhat pOmpOusly answered:
''Yes, sir; 1 have been baptized five
or six times, but it never took 81
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

General Butler expresses the opinion
that the Democrats will make no Presi-
Dental nomination next year, but that
two Republican candidates, one repre-
senting the conservative wing of the
party, will be in the field. This is sub
stantially the policy recommended by
the Louisville Ledger and the st. Louis
Republican, the latter one of the most
influential Democratic journals Of the
country. What says the Enquirer? Is
the Democratic party ready for final
dissolution after this fashion2
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

The Hearth and Home says: HThe
oracIes of the human soul speak in
favor Of the purity and perpetuity
of marriage. Men may fOrsake the
oracles and build sOcialisms out Of
their own fancies. It is all the worse
for them. But the Institutions, the
loves, the moral impulses Of the race
are on the side of marriage"
Ninety-one and one hundred and
six were the respective ages Of a we'd
ded couple out in Indiana. They
were married without the consent
of their parents.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

Full and explicit directions accompany the medi
ciHes. .,,,.
cbornoter furnished on application, with hundreds
~ thousands Of living witnesses, and upward Of 5O
OOO unsolicited certificates and rrc"mmeHdatnry let
tiers, many Of which are from tie highest sources
i,I,,5ipe, eminent Phy sciaus. Crrgymen, Stitts-
men etc The proprietor has never escorted to their
rubIicltion in the newspapers; he does not DO this
rom tie f,ct that his articles rank rs standard
Pr. aratious and do not ueeI to he propped mp by
certificates.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

NOBLE WoMEN-A private letter
from Chicago states that the ladies
of wealth there, are sending what
remains of rich wardrobes and jew
elry to New York for sale, to roiso
money to help the sufferers.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02
Henry Il. HeImbOId'S Genuine
Preparations. A

Delivered to any address. Secure from Observa-
tiun. - . .. - ~,
sad by Druggists cverywhPre. Address letters iot
Inflammation, in confidence, to HENRY I. HELM
BOLD, Druggist and Chemist.
OnIy Dep1ts: H. T. uELMBOLD'S Drug and
rIsn,jral Warehouse. No. 5g4 Broadway, New York
or 4" H,T.H HELMB0LD'S Medical Depot IO4 South
Tenth street, Philadelphia, Pa.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS.
Ask for HENRY 7. HELMBOLD'S. TAKE NO
OTHER. apomS
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

IN MANY AFFECTIONS PECULTAR TO Ia
DIES THE EXTRACT BUEIIU IS UNEQCALED
BY Any OTHER RE1fEDY-AS IN CHLOROSiS
OR RETENTION. TRREG ULARITY, PAINFUL
NESS OR SUPPRESSION or CUSTOMARY
EVACUATTONS CLCERATED OR SCHIRRUS
STATE OF THE UTERUS, LEUCORRHEA OR
WHITES, STERTLITY, AND ALL COMPLAINTS Incl
DENT TO THE SIX, WHETHER ARISING FROM INDls-
CRET1oN or HABITS OF DIssTPATlOS It is prescribed
extensively by the most eminent Physicians aud
MidEivrs for enf'rhled and delicate constitutions
Of b0lh sexes and ull ages.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

Advices from ConstantinopIe state
that the cholera has again made its
appearance in that city and its sub
urbs. In two days sixty persons
died from the epidemic, ten of whom
Were EngIishmen.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

uELMBOLD's EXTRACT BUCHU Is DTURETIC
AND BLOOD PURTFYTNG, AND CURES ALL
DISEASES ARISING FROM HABITS OF DlSSI-
PATTON, EXCESSES, AND IMPRUDENCES IN
LIFE, IMPURITIES OF THE BLOOD. ETC, SU-
PERCEDING COPAIBA IN AFFECTIONS FOR
WHICH II IS USED, AND SYPHILIrIC AFFEG.
TIONS-IN THESE DISEASES USED IN CON
NECTlON WITH HELNBOLD'S ROSE Wash.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02
Humanity Akin.

Humanity is akin. There is no
doubt of it. The skoptic can find
the proof written in letters of love
all over the ashes of Chicago
Wherever the story of the great con-
fagration has been told, the heart
of mankind has responded to the
feeling of universal brotherhood.
Men, women and children have test
flied to the sentiment of sympathy.
Even great corporations have felt
the thrill of benevoIence. Bankers
have opened their hearts; beggars
have pawned to give. A man in St.
Louis gave all he had /; a little negro
contributed his uttermost dime
When the Canary Islands were
starving we sent food when Ireland
was famishing we divided our stores
with her hungry people. Aid has
been rendered to the Persians. At
RIGA enjoys oar contributions. Is
there any doubt that humanity is
akin? If there is, the unbelieveI
should be prayed for early and late
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

am composed Of nineteen letters.
My7S II is one Of the heavenly bodies.
My Is G is a kind Of Hquor.
Ny 0 Il Is what we sometimes do.
My Il 10 Is is a quadruped.
Nv IOI5 l8 Il IL is what the country abouRds in.
MyI0 Is I3 is one who foretalls the future.
MyI4 Il Is is what we are commanded to learn wis
dom from.
Ny 10 is II are very numerous.
My I6 is something we do not like to part
with.
My 2ll is a number.
My whole is class of people to be avoided.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02
Select Miscellany.
AN AUTUMN JOY.
BY GEORGE ARNOLD.

BY GEORGE ARNOLD.
It is a fair autumnal day,
The ground is strewn with yellow leaves;
The maple stems CLEAN bare and gray,
The grain is bound in golden sheavesi
Afar hear the specEiled quails
Pipe shriIly mid tho stubBle dry,
AMI muffied beats from the fails
Within the barn near by.
The latest roses now are dead,
Thoir petals scattered far and wide,
The shumac berries, rich and rcd,
Bedeck the lane on either side;
A dreamy calm is in the air
A dreamy echo on the sea-
All, never was day more fair
Than this, which bIesses me
I see the shocks Of ripeuing corn
The yellowed mosses ou the roof,
The diamond dew-drops of the morn,
That string with gems the SPIDERS wOOfi
An azure haze is hanging low
About the outline Of the hills,
And chanting sea fowl southwark go
From marshes, fats and rills.
For many years the autumn brought
solemn sadness to my soul
1t somber'd cen my lightest thought,
And on my gayess moments stole;
Twas sad, jet sweet-a strange alloy
Of hope aud sorrow intertwiued-
This autumn brings me only joy,
No shadow haunts my mind.
And why Is this2 The dead leaves fall
The blossoms wither as Of old;
The winter comes, with snowy pail,
To wrap the earth SO child and coldi
The ses fowl strung athwart the sky,
Still chant their plaintive monotone
And why. when leaves and blossoms die,
Shonld l feel joy alone
Oh, ask me not-I must not tell,
dare not all my heart disclose
fairy wuve magic spell
Around me, when decayed the rose;
Two gifts did fading GUNNER bring
Two symbols of unhding bliss
Upon my finger glows a ring,
Upon my lips-a kiss!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

1t is not work that kills men il
is worry. Work is healthy; you
can hardly put more upon a man
than he can bear. Worry is crust
upon the blade"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

The nearer we live to Jesus, and
the closer our walk with Him, the
less inclination we have for pursuits
and pleasures in which BE is not
the object.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02
Problem.

A bullet is dropped from the top Of builling,
and is found to reach the ground in ~ seconds
Required its height. 34aS.
Hillsdale, Ohio
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Ansmnr to -Vartation ProbIem

OF "a4Hs," in News of October 10, 1871. The al
lowauco is 81, consequently the line ia question
bears n. 40 2G' E. A. SHOEMAKER,
Oak Ridge.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02
HENRY T. HELMBOLD's
c@IMPROVED ROSE WASH

cannot be surpassed as a Face Wash, and will be
fouud the only specific remedy In every species OF
Canueous 3fecfiOH II speedily eTadicates PnlpIesr
SDofs ScOrbuic Dryness, hdHraioRs of the CUGneoui
Membrane etc, dispsls Reduces and IRcipieH IEiam-
msfion, Hires Rash, Moth Patches, DryHess Of lie
SeqIp or Skin Frost BssI aud all purposes for which
SgIr or OiutHlenfs are used restores the skin to
state Of purity and sottness, and insures continued
healthy action to the tissues Of it's yesses on which
de1enjs the agreeable clparness and vivaciy Of COM
uleyion SO much sought and admired. But hOweyel
D,ubIa as q remedy for existing defects Of the skin
II T. Helmbuld'5 Rose Wash has long sustained III
yrjnciDa clam. 10 uubouuded patronage, by possess
ipr ounlities which render 1t TOILET APPEND'
ACE of the most SuperlRtive and COngrnlal char
ncter, combining in elegant formula those prom
nent requisites Safely and Egieacy-the inyEriabl'
accompaIiments Of it's use-as Preservative ans
Refrashsr of the Complexion. It is an excellent
I,rior for diseases Of a Syphiltic Nature, aud a:
a. an injection for diseases Of the Urinary Organs
arising from hubts Of dissipation, used IN counec
zion vim the EXTRACTS BUCHU, SARSAPA
RJTIA AND CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS, in suci
diseases as recommended, cannot he surpassed
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

HENRY T. HELMBOLD's
CONCENTRATED
FLUID EXTRACT BUCH ],
80 GPElr nInRErTC

THE GREAT DIURETTC,
has cured every case Of DIABETES in which 1t has
been given. IRRITATION OF THE NECK OF
THE BLADDER AND INFLAMMATION OF THE
KIDNEYS, ULCERATION OF THE KIDNEYS
AND BLADDER, RETENTION OF URINE, Dis
EASFS OF THE PHOSPHATE GLAND. STONE
IN THE BLADDER, CALCULUS, GRAVEL
BRICK-DUST DEPOSIT, AND MUCOUS OR
MILKY DISCHARGES, AND FOR BNFEEBLED
AND DELICATE CONSTITUTIONS OF BOTH
SEXES, ATTENDED WITH THE FOLLOWING
SYMPTOMS: IGDISPOSITI0N TO EXERTInN,
LOSS OF POWER. LOSS OF MEMORY, Diff
Guilty OF BREATHING. WEAK NERVES,
TREMBLING, HORROR or DISEASE. WAKE
FULEESS, DIMNESS OF VISION. PAIN IN THE
BACK, HOT HANDS, FLUSHING OF THE BODY,
DRYNESs OF THE SKIN, ERUPTION on THE
FACE, PALLID COUNTENANCE, UNIVERSAL
LAsSITUDE OF THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM,
ETC.
Uped by persons from the ages Of eighteen to
twenty-five, und from thirty-fvr to fftv-hye or in
the dscline or change Of lie; after confinement or
labor pains; bed-wetting in children.
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NUbbins,

A cure for dissfpatioD-Stay-at
homeopathy.
A two-fOOt rule-Keep your feet
off the cushions.
A bad sign-To sign another
mans name to a note.
Carpets are usually bought by
the yard and worn by the foot.
A rich father is a very poor sub.
stitute for brains and gumption.
A young lady Of our acquaintance
says that the &C. o. D." mark of
express means "Call on Dad"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

The following lines, if they do not rhyme, Ough
to:
Wife, make me some dumplings Of dough,
They are better than meat for my cough
Pray let them be boiled through and through,
But not till they're heavy and tough.
Now, must be of to my plough.
And the boys (when they've had enough
Must keep the flies of with bOugh,
While the old horse drinks at the trough.
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Answer to Chemical Enigma.

For the true laurel wreath, which glory wea7es'
Is Of the tree no bolt Of thunder clsayes.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-02

A grave divine said that God
has two dwellings-One in heaven,
and the other in a meek and thank
full heart.
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HENRY It. HEL1IBoLD's

EzTRAC CIR BU CEU
AND HABITS or DISSIPATION, ETC,
IN all their stages, litlie 1Xpen-e httio or no
change in diet, no incOnyegience, and no exposure
It causes frequent desire. aud gives strength TO
Uriuate, thereby removing 0bslructions, Prevent
ing and Curing Sttctures Of the UrethrA, Allaying
Pain and Infam nation so frequent In this class OF
diseases, and expelling all Poisonous matter.