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a Wonderful Invention.

We copy as follows from the New
York Times of a recent date, which can
but excite a deep interest among manu-
facturers "AbePs new combination
loom, now on exhibition, is one of the
most wonderful and beautiful of recent
inventions. It occupies but one-tenth
the space of, and accomplishes ten times
more work than any other loom. A
boy can furnish enough power for sew
eraI machines. The old needle is used,
but the bobbins are so free from tension
that delicate threads can be knit and
woven into a fine strong cloth. The en-
tire operation is viewed at glance
The warn passes direct from the bObbin.
Knots are smoothly sheared, and fresh
bobbins are supplied without any inter
ruption. There is no dressing, beaming,
spooling or warping; in fact the old
method is entirely revolutionized. The
machine makes twenty-five yards OF
cloth per hour. 1t takes its own warp
or filing from the same bobbin as the
weft threads. It weaves a cloth that can
not be raveled, of jute, fax, wool, cot
ton and silk, and can produce fine
blankets, strong carpets, wool sacks,
gunny cloth, bagging, cotton, linen or
silk textures-indeed, any thing that
can be woven or knit. The operation is
more noiseless and beautiful than that
of the sewing machine. The introduc,
ton of this invention into general use
has already commenced, and it bids
fair to greatly reduce the price Of good
and durable homemade cloth. Many
persons possessing small water anC
steam powers heretofore unavailable
will now be enabled successfully tt
compete with the larger manufacturers
who, by the old process, required mucI
more power and room. No printed de
scription can do full justice to this IN
vention, which must be seen to be ap
preciated."
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The Three Sieves.

"Oh, mammal" cried little
Blanche PhilpOt, 81 heard such a
tale about Edith Howard! I did
not think she could be so very
naughty. One"
"My DEAR" interrupted Mrs. Phil
pot, "before you continue, we will
see if your story will pass through
the three sieves."
"What does that mean, mamma ?"
inquired Blanche.
81 will explain it. In the first
place, is it true ?'
"I suppose so; IgOt it from Miss
White, and she is a great friend Of
Edith"
"And does she show her friendship
by telling tales Of her? In the next
place, though you can prove it to be
true, is it kind?"
"I did not mean to be unkind,
mamma, but I am afraid I was. I
should not like Edith to speak of
me as I have spoken Of her"
"And is it necessary ?''
"NO, of course, mamma, there
| was no need for me to mention it at
all"
"Then put a bride on your tongue
dear Blanche, and don't speak Of it.
! If we cannot speak well Of our
friends, let US not speak of them at
| all ."-TSeL
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beef than she IL for theoretick
milk.
[ hav worked on a pharm just
long enuff tew kno that thare il no
prayers so good for poor land az
manure, and no theory kan beat
twelve hours each (sundaze ecsept-
ed0 ov onnest Iaber applied tew nu
sile.
I am an old phashioned phelIOw
and hartily hate most nu things,
bekauzo have been beat by them
never knu pharm that woz
worked pretty much bi theory, but
what woz for sale, or tew let, in a
fu years, and never knu
pharm that was worked bi manure
and muscle, on the good old ignor-
ant way ov our ancestors, but what
woz handed down from father to son,
and alwus woz noted for razing
brawny-armed boys and buxom
lasses and fustrate potatOze.
What kno about pharmin, il
nothing but experience, and expert
ense (now daze) amt wuth a kuss.
had rather have a good looking
theory tew ketoh fats with, than
the experie6se even ov Methusaler.
Experience IL a good thing to lay
down and die with, but yu kant du
no Dizziness with it-Cnow daze) it
amt hot enuff.
Give me a red hot humbug and
kan make most ov the experience
in this world ashamed ov itself.
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Anecdote of Webster.

A correspondent at Galveston,
Texas, sends the following to Har-
per's Monthly: In looking over a
notebook of my fathers, written
many years ago, I came across an
anecdote, which, if it has never ap-
peared in print before, is too good
to be lost. While John Branch, of
North Carolina, was General Jack
sons Secretary of the Navy, he,
Tazwen, and Daniel Webster were
walking on the north bank of the
Potomac, at Washington. Tazwell,
willing to amuse himself with
Branch's simplicity, said:
"Branch, I'll bet you a ten-dolIar
hat that you are on the other side of
the river"
"Done," said Branch.
"welI," said Tazwell, pointing to
the opposite shore, "isn't that one
side ?"
YES"
"Then, as you are here, are you
not on the other side ?"
"Why, I DECLARE" said poor
Branch, $50 it is. But here comes
Webster. III win back the hat
from him."
Webster had Jagged behind, but
now came up, and Branch accOsted
him:
"Webster, I'H bet you a ten dol
lar hat that 1 can prove that you
are now on the other side Of the
river"
"DOne!"
"WelI, isn't this one side?"
"Yes."
"Well, isn't that the other side ?''
eyes, but I am not on that side!"
Branch hung his head, and sub
mitted to the loss of two hats al
quietIy as he could.
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Good Story on Beck.

Congressman Beck tells the fol-
lowing "good one" on himself;-
"WhiIst crossing the Kentucky
river on a trip to Mercer county,
the wind blew violently, and our
congressman not accustomed to q
sea-faring life, was somewhat doubt
full Of the ferryman's S ability to "cross
the stormy water" the bOatman
being a sharp, shrewd youth, named
Crouch. So Mr.. Beck asked if he
could do anything to help him.
eyes," said Crouch, stake hold Of
the railing and pull the boat up
stream all you can" Whereupon
the stalwart lawyer laid hold Of the
railing and pulled and tugged with
all his might, till the boat touched
the landing. After receiving the
ferriage, Crouch said: "YOu'rt
Mr.. Beck, the Congressman, ANTI
you ?" eyes" answered Mr.. Beck
in a friendly way. "Then," sale
the young rascal, "yOu're the dds
fool for a smart man l ever saw. Pull
ing at the railing to move boat ?
It was too good to be lost, and Mr.
Beck told it as soon as he got tt
town.
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Whole No. 1882

lets out whatever is mean and ugly
in q man. A man in a state Of so
briefly may control hisself, but when
he hez whisky down him, wat there
is in him is certain to come out. 1t
wuz so in this case.
Issaker Gavitt after the fifth drink
he'd the ugliest glare in his eye I
ever saw; McPelter, Pennibacker,
and Pogram become suddenly re-
served. At this juneter Bigler sung
OFF,
"Another gallon, Bascom ?' and
that gallon went quickly as the
other.
There wuz a sudden, change. The
'nOO departure" wuz fargOtten. Is
saker and the rest Nv em found
there wuz niggers and Northerners
in the room, and that wuz all they
saw. The whisky had revived their
dormant DimOerisy, and brot to the
surface their actual selves. They
wuz Dimecrats agin, Nv the old
stripe.
"Wat the merry hell are you dOin
here with white men, 700 black
scoundreI!' sed Issaker to the most
spectacle nigger we he'd been able
to sekoor.
"Why-why-I'se here beeoz-"
Issaker heerd no more, but struck
a well-directed blow and that nigger
spread hisself onto the floor. I he'd
too much down me to hev prudence,
and from sheer force Nv habit I
knocked another one endways. The
entire Corners followed SCOT, and
with cries Nv "kiIl the id niggers!
kill the id carpet-baggers," and
so on, there was the liveliest shindy
agin in a mint I ever participated
in.
The exershun sobered me a trihe,
and over the oaths and exelama-
shens, 7 heard the jeering Iaff Nv
BigIer and the fendlsh chuckIe Nv
Pollock. Then Iseed it all. It he'd
all been put up by those twin devils
to spile the plan I he'd laid to cap
cher the niger vote.
"It only cost Pollock and me 80
to see how sincere you wuz," said
Bigler to me the next day, sand it
wood hev bin cheap at twice the
money"
I don't think we shell git the "nOO
departure" to work very we'll. To
keep our people actin decenty to
z ward the niggers, we must keep
whisky away from EN-. Five keep
, whisky away from the DlmOcrlsyi
the older ones Nv the party viii die
and the younger ones will learn to
read and finally drift into Sunday
r skools, and from thence inevitably
into the Republican party. The
conundrum is a perplexin one, and
I confess my intellect amt ekal to
! the solvin Nv it. We must hev,
wat from the very nacher nv things,
we can't git. Wat the end is to be
I don't know.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, P. NJ,
= (Wich Wuz POstmaster.)
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HeaIth of scIlooI CIEiIdren.

The Medical College of Middle
sex, Massachusetts, having for a
long time considered the influence
Of public schools on the health of
children, authorized the publication
of the following facts as the opin-
ions of its members:
/. No child shall be allowed to
attend school before the beginning
of his sixth year.
2. The duration of daily attend
ance-including the time given to
recess and physical exercises-should
not exceed four and a half hours fOr
primary schools; five and a hall
for other schools.
3. There should be no study re
ouired out of schooI-unless at high
school, and this should not exceed
one hour.
4. Recess-time should be devoted
to play outside the schOol-room-un
less during stormy weather-and a!
this time rightfully belongs to tht
pupils, they should not be deprived
of it except for serious offences ; ant
those who are not deprived of it
should not be allowed to spend it il
study. No child should ever be con
fined to the school-room during al
entire session, and in primar.
schools there should be more thai
one recess in each session.
5. Physical exercise should be us
ed in school to prevent nervous an
muscular fatigue, and to relieve me
notony, but not as muscular tran
ing. II should be practised by bot
teacher and children in every hou
not broken by recess, and should /
timed by music. In primary schoo
every half hour should be broken b
exercise, recess or singing.
6. Ventilation should be amp
provided for, by other means tha
by open windows, though the
should be used in addition to speci
means during recess and exerci
time.
5s Z. Lessons should be scrupulous
apportioned to the average capaci
of the pupils; and in prima
: schools the slate should be us
3 more and the book less; and t
instructions should be given as mu
- as possible on the principle of &C
? ject teaching"
~
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Amintfo Consumptives.

A physician of no little experience
saws he has known several con-
sumptive patients cured by observing
the following rule Live temper
ately, avoid spirituOus liquors, wear
flannel next the skin, and take every
morning half pint of new milk,
mixed with a wine-glassful Of ex'
pressed juice of green hoarhOund.
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1T NEVER PAYS.

1t never pays to fret and growl
When fortune seems our fOei
The better bred will push ahead
And strike the bravsr blow,
For luck is work,
And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom,
But yield the play,
And clear the way,
That better men have room.
It never pays to wreck the health
In drudging after gain,
And he is sold who thinks that gold
Is cheapest bought with pain.
An humble lot,
---S cosy cUrs
Have tempted even kings,
Fer station high,
That wealth will buy,
Not of bntentment brings.
Tt never pays ! blunt refrain
Well worthy of a song,
For age and youth must learn the truth,
That nothing pays that's wrong.
The good and pure
Alone are sure
To bring prolonged success,
While what is right
In Heavens sight
Is always sure to bless.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-07-06

The TRANSMISSION of blood as reme-
dy for impaired vitality was recently
attempted with complete success in
a Berlin hospital. The subject was
a soldier on whom an amputation
had been performed, and who be-
came so weak from the consequent
loss of blood that his life was des-
paired of. As last resource one
of the attending surgeons selected a
healthy Bavarian and took from
him the proper quantity of blood
which, being freed from albumen
by fltering, and raised by artificial
means to blood heat, was injected
into the veins of the dying soldier
He began at once to recover.
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Select Miscellany.
THROUGH N1GgT TO LIGHT.

Ont Of the shadow intothe sun;
Out of tine winter into the spring;
The world wheels on, and the air is filled
With the wind-of-the-south low whispering.
The waking heart ef the mountain thrObs;
The valley, under the pallid SHOWS,
Feels at her breast the soft, sweet stir
Of baby-yioIet, lily and rose.
Under the ice the brook laughs on,
Under the snow the crocus dreams,
And that is but warmth and gentle sleep
Which cold, and rigid, aud deathly seems.
Sweetheart, a winter infolds eur days
A winter Of dark ness, and grief, ald pain
Yet never winter was braveIy borne
But there came, in time, the April rain.
Under the ice the brook laughs on;
Under the snow tn q crocus dreams;
And that may be Wisest, tenderest, best,
Which hard, and cold, and hopeless seems.
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AJOke on Old Abe.

Mr.. Lincoln was exceedingly aston
ished one day as he was inspecting
the prison in Washington by a pris-
oner who said to him, "How are
you, Mr.. President, I am glad to
see you. I believe that you and /
have been in every Jail in the
Union"
"This and the Jail in Springfield
are the only ones that I was ever in
in my life" said Mr.. Lincoln.
every likely" responded the
rogue, "but I'VE been in al the
rest!"
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A letter from Valparaiso, Chill,
giving an account Of the recent
earthquake shocks at that point,
says: "One young lady, living
near Plaza Victoria, was in the
bath when the shock came, and
rushed into the square entirely
naked. After the shock had passed
and subsiding terror permitted her
to realize her situation, she found
herself standing near q man who
had nothing on but his shirt. In
an agony Of shame she clutehed at
the mans shirt, tore it from his
back, and, wrapping it round her
waist, rushed into the house, leav-
ing the man as entirely naked as a
moment before she had been her.
self"
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Somebody that claims to know
gives advice about dressing for pho
tographs. Dark brown, dark green
maroon and plain black goods with
out gloss, he says, will make a rich
drab color. Silks Of the same color
will take considerably lighter. Snuff
brown, dark-leather, dark-drab
scarlet, cherry, dark-orange, Grim
son aud slate will also take a rict
drab color. Violet blue, purple
pink and magenta will take very
light, and should be avoided. Tht
hair should not be very wet o
glossy.
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Geographical Puzzle.

city in Italy went to visit her friend city IN
vevoaa Each were dressed in sea of Europe
trimmed with sea of Asia, with river Of Missis-
sippi cIasped upon their arms and t"ined IN lhelr
hair On going to dinner, they found the 'aOie sci
with country Of ASIA on which was placeu
country of Europe, also baskets tillo"ith large
cane Of South America aud river Of Michigan
plent1 of city in Ceylon foreach, of which large
share was laid aside for Ler sister, seine islands
/ Pvivnesia.
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During the recent tornado at
Scranton, Green county, Iowa, the
residence of Samuel Huntington
was taken up and carried full ten
rods and demolished. There were
eight persons in the house at the
time. Huntington was instantly
killed and his son James W. Hunt
ington, and his daughter Mrs. Rue,
severely injured.
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Cheap Farms! Free Travel!
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Rail
road Company.
100000 ACRES
Choice Iowa Lands


This Company is now offering for sale abOut six
hundred thousand acres Of the finest agricultural
lands in the West. The Company sells only to ac-
tual settlers aud the prices exceedingly reason
able, ranging from IS 70 Sl5 per acre-the average
being about IS The greater part of these lands
situated along the line of its railroad between the
city Of Des Moines and Council Bluffs, and are in
the most accessible aud fertile region the State.
sales made for cash or on credit long enough to
enable any industrious to pay for the land out
] Of its crops.
These lands are held under title direct from the
General Government, ami are not mortgaged or en-
numbered in any way. Full warranty deeds given
to purchasers.
| For maps pamphlets, or any other Information
respecting them, address EBENEZER COOK, Land
Commissioner, Davenport, Iowa.
! EXPLORING TICK ETS sold at the Compa-
ny's ticket offices at Chicago, and all other priuci
pal stations its line, and if the purchaser buys
laud the amount paid for the ticket is applied on
the pnrrh haze money.
! TTVHE VOCAL GLASS BOOK, by d. b. MUNsON.
! D New and enlarged edition for singing classes.
] Price Soc 81 50 pei dozen. Send SOC. for sample
copy to D MUNS0N, Music Dealer and Publish
| er, Zane-vilie, Ohio.
Apple Pearer, Corer and Slicer. Price 50.
Does a n at once. Warranted Satisfactory.
D Il. WHITTEM0RE, Worcester Mass
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Youths Department.

Es-OriginaI Euigmas, oharades' Problems etc.
oro respectfulIv solicited. The answers must al
wavs accompany them. together with the real name
of tbe writer
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Charade.

My first is in apple, butnot in plum.
by second 10 in brandy, but not in rum
NV third is in bridal, but not in marriage.
My fourth is in ponies, and also in carriage.
Ny fifth IS in cider, aud also in beer.
NV whole is the name oRny mother dear.
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When does a man imposs upon himself When
he taxes his memory.
What is the difference between an entrance TO a
barn, and a printing office Iolfer2 Ono is barn
door and the other darn bore.
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TOWN SUBSCRIBERS.
mr. 7. W. ELLIS.

entail 9TTS . Q n
OFFICE-In aibben's Block, Hlsn S5'i
BILLsBORO, OHIO.
SUPERIOR Artificial Teeth in style, quality apo
- fnish put up at as reasonSole piloes a. ~. =
obtaiusd eiss,rbere 4 large assortment Of Aruhcia
Teeth always on hand, Of the latest and most i'm
proved patterns, which for natural form color Hio
beauty cannot be surpassed Teeth niied ana eA'
trncted Am work warranted. JuotL
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WELLERIsMs.-''HoId your jaw"
as the man said when his head was
in the lions mouth.
"You'l break my heart" as the
oak said to the hatchet.
"I blush for YOU" as the rouge
pot said to the old dowager.
"You'I split my sides," as the
oak tree said to the flash Of light
ming.
"Pm dreadfuIIy cut up" as the
crimped cod said to the fish
monger.
"Why don't you hit one of your
own size," as the tenpenny nail said
to the sIedge hammer.
"You're TOO hard on me-" as the
corn said to the tight boot.
"Come in out of the wet," as the
shark said when he swallowed the
nigger boy.
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German Family Life.

A good German home is the best in
the world. I say this peremptorily.-
Ger9an mothers are thoroughly mater
nal and extremely affectionate Geman
fathers are generally forbearing and
moderate, and singularly inclined to
demonstration :" German children gen
orally grow up, as by instinct, with an
admirable mixture of fIiaI reverence
and affection.
The Germans love large families the
more children, the better, according to
their philosophy of life and they gener-
ally have abundance of them. They
despise the French and American mis-
anthropy in this respect, and justly
point to it as a proof of demoralization,
unknown in their own better land. In
their home-life they seem continually
but unconsciously to be contriving
/ agreeable surprises for each other, and
this good feeling overflows the bOunda-
ries of home, and reaches all the inti-
macies of. their lives-their kindred,
their neighbors, their pastors, and their
schoolmasters. No people make more
pleasure out of fete days, birthdays,
wedding anniversaries, etc.
None know better how to make ''pres-
ents' or to invent souvenirs. For a
German not to know the birthdays and
wedding anniversaries Of all his init
mate friends, and not to commemorate
them by some token of affection, how
ever slight, (for the value is nothing
compared to the sentiment is a barbar'
| ism, a sacrilege.
In large families, these eOmmemora
tions, reaching from the grandparent tC
the yearling baby, and extending out tt
all dear friends, keep up, of course, al
almost continuous exercise Of kindl!
attentions and forethought; and tn
Germans have quite universally pc
cuLar tact OF closing these beautiful
| little things with dramatic surprise
so as to render the "manner" infinitel.
more precious than the "matter. IRE
DIR. Stevens.
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It is hard to believe that in the heart
of an acorn is incased the germ Of q
giant oak, which shall bafiie the storms
of a century but no harder than to be-
lieve that in all men lies the germ Ofan
angel.
A negro in Bridgeport, Connecticut,
arrested for adultery, was asked what
he was taken up for, and he replied be
'beIieved it was idolsry."
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Answer to Enigma in last weeks News; Leroy
ST. yens and Martha Barr Answer to ChGrade: Iowa.
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DIR. A. EVANS,

aurEeon ID n tt ST.
Once Corner Main and High Stress. uI stairs, os6r
Evans & Ferris's Bank. AL WORK Wan
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n W. yANNAMEE, N. D., successfully treats
q al classes Of Chronic and Acute Diseases
send stamp for circular containing particulars and
testimonials Address Box 5l20, New York.
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"a Gard,

A Clergyman, while residing in South America as
A missionary discovered a safe and simple rene
dy for the Cure Of Nervous Weakness, Early Decay,
Diseases Of the Urinary aud Seminal Organs, anu
tbe whole train of disorders rought on by bane-
fDI and vicious habits Great numbers have been
cured by this noble remedy. Prompted by desire
to benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, will send
the recipe for preparing and using TINS me1lclhe
in a sealed envelope to any one who needs, free Of
charge Address JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station
Bible House, New York City. JuZzw4Gsh&co