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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31
The weight may be summed up as
Thus 1900 pounds will be allowed

Thus 4,3O0 pounds Will be allowed
for passengers and ballast,
The car will be covered with duck,
of which so yards will be needed.
Attached to the side of the car will be
light iron windlass, from which the
boat and trail rope can be raised and
lowered as may be desired. From
pulley attached to the concentrating
rings heavy Manila rope will fall
down through the car, and thence to
a sling, attached to which will be the
life-boat. This boat will be of the
most approved and careful construc-
ton; it will have water-tight compart-
ments, sliding keel, and will be self
righting. The boat will be provided
with complete outfit of oars and sails,
and to it will be lashed instruments,
guns, etc. .,and provisions for thirty days
all in water-tight cases. The trail
rope, by which the aeronants can
maintain any desired altitude without
resorting to ballast, will be Manila
rope, II inch thick and 1000 feet
long. .
The car will be fully provided with
instruments, provisions, etc, indie
pendent of the boat It will be so
constructed that it can be taken apart
piecemeal and disposed of as ballast.
1t will carry about five thousand
pounds of ballast, which will consist
of sand, each carefully weighed and
marked. Among the instruments to
be carried in the car there will be a
galvanic battery, with an alarm, two
barometers, two chronometer watch
es, compound thermometer, wei
and dry bulb thermometer, a by
grometer, componer, quadrant, chart,
parachutes with fre-balls attached
and so arranged as to explode wher
striking the water, so as to indicate
the direction traversed; marine glass
es, two vacuum tubes, a lime stove
etc. A number of carrier pigeons
will be taken along and dispatched
: at intervals on the route with intelli
gence of the progress of the expedi
ton.
Many scientific men have expressed
the opinion that the proposed voyage
: is practicable, and the result will b,
! awaited with great interest. The ex
istence of a rapid and constant east
ward current of air, at an elevation o
4 one or two miles above the earth
u seems to be almost certain, and if tn
t aeronauts can strike this current AM
4 keep their balloon afoat long enough
y we do not see why they should no
q reach the other side of the ocean il
l. safety. .
. Prof. Wise once travelled from s.
1 Louis to New York, in balloon,
distance of nearly 1900 miles in 1
hours, and at that rate he ought t
,e cross the ocean in less than taoO day'
The greatest danger to be apprehenc
is ed, is that the balloon may be caugl
De in sudden storm or gale, and iniu
g. ed or destroyed, as it would be a
most unmanageable under such CT
: cumstances. Let us hope, howeve
nt that in this instance "fortune wi
ne favor the brave" that the daring vo
IN ayers will meet with only gent
IL winds and clear skies, and that the
% ~ courage, skill and self-reliance W
et be rewarded with a triumph whit
will hand down their names to Il
latest times, among the brightest {
a the scroll of fame.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

The colored show bills which Bar
mum will use up this year cost $780,
600. His small bills, circulars, &c,
will cost $4,000. His advertising
in the newspapers will cost s25O,OOO.
Total, 100000, the whole Of which
is expended in printers ink. What
is the result of all this tremendous
advertising Receipts exceeding
$4,000 day, with a net profit OF
$4,000 a week, 100000 per monh.
OF $84O,OOO for the entire season
So says the st. Louis Republican
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

MEXICO AND JUAREz,-The proverbi-
al ingratitude of Republics does
not belong to Mexico. She has vot-
ed for $50, 900 for monument to the
late President Juarez. The National
flag is to be run up every time his
birthday comes around, and each Of
his daughters has been voted a pen
sion of $4,000 while single, and ST.
500 after marriage. The best biog
rapher of Juarez will be rewarded
with $4,000.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

A western man of curious turn of mind
recently examined the hind heel of a mule
of moderate size, and found it extended
quite against the barn floor to the haymow
opposite 1t also possessed sufficient area
to shut out the light of heaven completely
for several minutes. This refutes the pop
ular idea of mules hoof being small.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

SCOT any medicine" asked a boy, en-
tering the drug store the other day. ''Yes,
lots of it. What do you want?" inquired
the clerk. ''Oh, it don't make any differ
ence, so it's something lively. Dad is fear
full bad" ''What ails him" asked the
clerk. Dunno" said the boy; ''but he's
run down awful. He sits around the stove
all day and mopes; he hasn't walloped
mother since Christmas. Iguess he's going
to 1ia ~
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

am composed of 12 letters.
Ny first is in jug, but not in cork, -.-
Ny second is in hoe, but not in fork,
Ny third is in green, but not in red,
Ny fourth is in hand, but not in head,
My fifth is in dish; but not in spoon,
My sixth is in evening, but not in noon,
My seventh is in give, but not in take,
My eighth is in reptile, but not in snake,
NV ninth is in borrow, but not in lend,
My tenth is in stitch, but not in mend,
Nv eleventh is in four, but not in five,
Ny twelfth is in living, but not in alive.
NV whole forms the name of young lady.
Frogtown, %. POMPE1.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

An Eastern preacher was lately re-
ferring to instances of the special
providence of God, and mentioned
the case of two widows noticed IN the
Scriptures: 'In the one case, said
he, 'sthe widows husband was dead
At this point, he saw a smile upon
some countenances, and the lapsas
Hng,soe struck him, and he corrected
himself by saying, "In fact, both Of
the husbands were deadl'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

SAVINGS BANKs.--There is a remark
by Governor Straw of New Hamp-
shire, in his inaugural address, that
the condition of the savings banks in
any community is fair index of its
prosperity. Measured by his stand
ard the people of the old Granite
State are perhaps as thrifty as any
equal number of people in the world,
The aggregate deposites Of their saw
ings bank is S2S, 100000, an increase
of IA per cent. over the preceding
year. The number of depositors is
100000, which is one-third of the en-
tire population of the State.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

A Boston gentleman who could
not waltz offered a young lady
S4OO if she would allow him to hug
her Just as much as the man did who
had lust waltzed with her. They put
him out of the house so hard that
his ewes we're quite black.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

One in sixteen of the Democrats
in Congress returned their back pay.
Of the Republicans one in five return
ed it. It may also be property re-
membered that a greater number OF
Democrats than Republicans voted
| for it. ..-......
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31
France.

SIGNIFICANT VOTE IN THE ASSEMBLY
VERSAILLES, July 21.-In the As
sembly, this afternoon, Jules Favre
attacked the home policy of the gov
ernment. He wanted to know why
the government, which punished
with severity insulters of the Assem-
bly,, permitted journals to insultex-
President Theirs with impunity. He al
so exposed and denounced the alliance
between the Monarchists and Bona
partists. After a scene of great dis
order a vote of confidence in the
government was adopted by 400 ayes
to 27O nays. This large majority
on the eve of the recess is regarded
as significant, and is contrasted with
vote by which the present govern
ment was called into being on the
oath of May, when President Theirs
was defeated by only Il votes.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

If you want your dogs ears or tail
to stand up stylish, you must trim
them before he is year old, other
wise they will droop. This is the in
teligence sworn to before Califor
MIA court.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

A THOUGHT. Were children accus-
toned from their infancy to hear
nothing but correct conversation,
there would be but little need Of their
learning arbitrary rules of grammar
they would naturally speak and write
correctly. Hence it is that children
of educated parents are generally SO
much more easy and graceful in their
conversation than the children of the
uneducated. Our language, like our
manners, is caught from those with
whom we associate, and if we would
have the young improve in this i'm
portant part of education, we must be
careful that they hear no vulgarlsms
from us. Parents and teachers can
not be too particular in their use OF
language in the presence of initiative
children.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

A man in Steubenville, Ohio, had
a part of keg of powder stored in a
cupboard, upstairs, in his house.
Recently while his wife was absent,
their four little children, it is suppos
ed, got to the powder for the purpose
of playing with it. At all events a
terrific explosion occurred, tearing
the house to pieces, killing two OF the
children almost instantly, and infict-
inc fatal injuries to the others.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

As a schoolmaster was employed, the
other day, in Scotland, in teaching sharp
urchin to cypher on the slate, the youth
put the following question to his instructor;
Where diz al the figures gang till when
they're rubbed out ?"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

Over one-third of the people inhabiting
the United States at this time, are either
born abroad or immediate descendants of
foreigners. The number of Irish in the
United States is just about one-third of the
number in Ireland. This is an exodus al
most without parallel in history.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

SENATOR MORTON and Governor
Hendricks, of Indiana, are considered
by Harper's Weekly to be the most
thoroughly representative men of the
two parties.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

An old woman in Maine crossed over a
bridge that was marked dangerous" with
out seeing the sign. On being informed OF
the fact on the other side she turned about
in great alarm and rsGtossed it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31
Select Miscellany.
1T NEVER PAYS.

1T NEVER PAYS.
1t never pays TO fret and growl
When fortune seems our foe;
The better breed will push ahead
And strike the braver blow.
For luck is work,
And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom,
But yield the play, =
And clear the way,
That better may have room.
1t 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
A cosy cot,
Have tempted even kings.
For station high,
That wealth will buy,
Not oft contentment brings.
1t never pays! a blunt refrain
Well worthy of song,
For age and youth must learn this 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, 1873-07-31

The Ono DEcIs1oN.-The New
York Evening Post, in speaking OF
the decision of the Supreme Court Of
Ohio upon religious teaching in the
public schools, says: ''The decision
is in full accord with the theory and
spirit of our civil institutions, which
leave to the citizens the fullest hber-
ty OF thought and of opinion on all
purely personal questions.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31
Is II Not Profanity?

''Swear not at all !" A word to girls and
young ladies.
You would not swear the thought is hor-
rible, yet you say, perhaps, ssch words as
ss-Merey :" g Goodness :" Gracious ="
Kingdom :" and the ike, in common
conversational have heard many such ex-
pressions fall trippingly from rosy lips.
Mercy, goodness, and grace are attributes
of God. In this view of the case, if it is
not profanity, it is very near it, to use them
as expletives.
At the very least these are idle words, and
idle words are sinful
Let your conversation be simple, straight-
forward, and free from anything which even
threatens to break the third commandment.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

Mark Twain modestly denies that
he. is the man alluded to in the line,
s.Mark the perfect man.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

ConundrumS.

The area of an isoscelcs tri1n@e is 80 acres, and
the other vertical angeis 80 degrees. Required the
sides of the triangle.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

4 Missouri girl washed all day. made a
supper of twelve boiled eggs, and then
danced all night. The funeral procession
was nearly mile long.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31
Youths Department.
Enigma.

sg-Orgnal Enigmas Charades, Problems, etc.,
are respectfully solicited The answers must always
accompany them, with the real name of the writer.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

A clergyman lately said that the modern
young ladies were not the daughters of
Sham and Ham, but hem and sham.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

A man had better be poisoned in his blood
than in his principles.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

What did 10 die Of? Iodide of potassium.
What is it that one must take without hands un-
less he is too stupid to take it at all? hint.
At what season did Eve eat the apple? Early in
the fall.
When is a captain in his heaviest attire? When
he wears his ship.
What goes most against a farmers grain? Ills
resping machine.
Why is the man who does not bet as bad as the
man who does? Because he is no better.
Why is blind mans buff like sympathy? Because
it's feller feeling for feller crittur.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

The national pair o docks-Pub. docs
and Modocs.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

False friends are like our shadows; they
follow US only in sunshine.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

PANN1ER-A ''waist basket" for back
numbers of old newspapers. s-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

Answer to Charade in last weeks News. Rain
bow.
Answer to Enigma in last weeks News Tom
Holiday and Ella Kerr.
Answer to Problem in last weeks News Oldest
sons SHARE s225O. Youngest sons share, $500
Daughters share, sI5d Value of whole estate,
| $3.50. 80 .-- ..
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

Through tickets can be purchased at Cincinnati
,rices of z. Carson at HillsbOro, at our Offices
N Cincinnati 119 Vine Street, and at Depot, foot of
Mill Street.
FRANK VAN DUSEN, Gen. Passenger Agent.
JOS. W. AMBROSE, Travelling Agent.
ap1sT72y1
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31
RARREHrN WQQLEN MILLS,

Near Rainsboro, O., and see what you can get FOR
your Money and Wool.
Those wishing Custom Work done will discover
that they will get Yarn for Wool POUND FOX
POUND, and Satinets of the best quality and
weight, for q of pound. This has been our rule
for the past years, and still adhere to it, while
other Factories have been taking a pound for Sat
inets and giving only 10 lbs. OF Yarn for IL lbs of
Wool.
We have now on hand large stock of Satinets,
FoR Wool at great bargains TO all who may favor
US with their patronage.
Thankful for past tavors, We solicit continuance
Oh iRsaaiuSb0TS, sal o., May, 1873. -myans
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

He that treats himself badly will use no.
body well.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

The Charleston IS. G. } News and
Courier says that that city can point
to scores of young men of gentle
blood and excellent education, who
are making comfortable livelihood
by hard manual labor. They could
not get the sort of work they liked
and they took what they could get.
Throughout the State the whites are
working like goodfellows. 1t is then
only chance, and they know it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

Wear your religion. all the week, and not
as Sunday cloak.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

1t is easier to be wise for others than for
ourselves.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-07-31

He is no wise man who cannot play the
, 1873-07-19

tho vicinity Of wemplotown tho 10y hsminphsrca
in that aoctton will doubtlesa exceed $4,000.
Many Of tho farmers loso everything In the
Bhapo OF growing corn and email gra3nH. Ono
OF them remarked 10 reporter yosterlay: "My
corl1 fields looked Oh thoy would In tho spring
after tho stock had boon wintored in them.
Nothing hut tho baro stalks nre loft" Another
ono. who hal Hown Lis farm to wheat, ycslorday
ro-plowod tho ground to put in Hungarian
grass soed. Among tho mon whose 1olls have
boou ,fuvagel by tie storm, and whoHo IoaBea
will aForago from $4,000 to $1,000 eaol, may DO
Milne, Bennett, Fo1ch and Murphy brothers.
Mr.. Diokonaon Is the man who ls ro-plouing
his wheat f1oldB.
Mr. Wilcox and Mr. Dluoaold Lost heavily, bus
eportion OF their crop le Bafo, or only partlally
damaged,
;Eye-wltnoasos state th.t tho hai1-etonos wero
simply enormous In Bize:;i They were something
tn tho shape Of glasg.blfds' oyog, and ono Of
them weighed ID ounces. They carao through
windows. smashing tho glaBs and sash with
equal case, and, whore tho houses waro unpro-
cred With boartls. At tho Durritt sohool-houso
. . iad "ns nont out by tho toachor to shut tho
pnhas. While closing ono Of thern q hail-stone
Struck him on tho loft hand, knookinn the Bkiu
on and almost breaking thu fore-fnrer. The
lnd now has TO carry his tland In sling.
Iho lightning was eimpty terrific, and many
ffeoa were torn down, hut no have heard Of no
houses being struck.
As firms Wo Gun loarn, the storm was fully "a
aeYefe ail along tho central line Of its track Ita
oqtal has never been Roen In Northern Illinois,
aud VIC hope TINT sol destruction NAV not
County. 'No~
, 1873-07-19
LAWS WITHOUT MANNERS.

TO tho Editor qr Tht Chicago T4tune:
61R In Tile TRIBUNE Of this morning il the
Cincinnati Commercials compilation. of tho cas-
unlties Of tho Dangerous Fourth, ,"'based upon
tho number reported in tho City OF Now York.
This gives 1000 victims for tho United States
81 larger number than tho wounded on tho
Amorieun sido in any battlo Of the Revolution"
Burke said, " "Manners aro more important
thGn laws. In great moasuro, the laws depend
on them" Our Mayor issued his proclamation
in due time to warn all against tho violation Of
tho laws prohibiting the burning Of gunpow-
dor in ali its various for1nH; but yot tic man
s1ers Of tho people Bet all lawa at defiance. Tho
reckless uso Of Gre-arms and powder in this
country has become 30 alarming that stringent
lnws hayo lntoly been made to restrict it.. Dut
yet tho evil continues. "Wnilo tho law touches
uB but horo and thore and now and then, mani
nora arc what vex OF aoothe, corrupt or purify,
exa!t or lobase, bnrbarixo or roiins, BY a con-
stant steady, uniform, insensiblo operation like
tint Of the air VIC breatlo. They giyo their
whole color to o1lr lives"
Hero, thon, is work to bo done In every fanli-
IT, Parents must lny at home, in tho famly, tho
groundwork Of good brccding, in. tho infancy Of
their children. And toachers must make it q VI
tai pArt OF MI thoir instruction to imbue tho
minds Of tlloir pupila with tho civilitios and
courtoaioB Of everyday life. It IL only by the
uso OF BucL meanB that We can Bocuro obedianco'
to Inv md government, and tho safety Of lifo
and property. A SUBSCRIBER.
CHICAGO, July Is, 1878.
, 1873-07-19
ENiGMAS Of DEATH.

To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune:
B1B: read with interest tho lottor Of your
correspondent, Lorenzo Rank, on the above sub
joct,; md Wish to cali attention to affect which
think escapes observation to O. surprising de-
groo, which is, that the taking OF life for tho
moro sako Of taking 1t, or for so-callod sport,
does tend to brutahzo those who indulge in it.
Thero is deep truth in tho old saying, - Love
me. loyo my dog" Careful observation has en-
ablod mo to Buy, from personal experience,
that tho man who would ll-trcat or abuse
ono Of Gods creatures, however Au1nb1e, Willful-
~ and maliciouBly, would troat hia brother-mnn
80, also, It ho dared. or had tho opportunity; or
was tempted to do so. I know d man, now horo
IN this city, who had d dog lent him to guard his
place Of business. He took the poor brute there
and tied him up; fod him very inHufaciently,
md often not at ali md would leave him there
how ho suffered. That samo man neglected his
little Guild tho samo why. He and his vito
would leave the child alone, proppod in its little
chair, with nothing to amuso It, nothing to cat,
from morn til eve II THO fro went out. no ono
went to rokindlo it, but the little one sat in tho
cold, and moanod itBolf to sleep or mopod he-
causo, forsooth, 'tho mans business required tho
attendanceof himself and wife constantly" Now,
to get at the principle Of this: IIo who has love
in his heart cannot bring himself to treat dumb
destroy it, The mau who loyea his fellow-mon
must of necessity lovo all Gods creation, bo-
cause 1t Is Gods, and because Ho made it, and
vice versa, tho man who hates or is indifferent
to animals will lato or be Indifferent to lis
brother,-nay, his Maker,
Hence VIC 400 that q man who will kill animals
for Bport docs not 1ovo them in the first plauo,
and tho shedding OF thoir blood will tend to brl-
talizo him more mud more. till he he would not
think it very great sin to shed his brothcr's
blood also ; and. in q moment OF passion or de-
baucl, or what not, the Devil says Kill, aud ho
kills unhesitatingly. lbelieyo We shall yet 500
tho day when euch things, for instance, as pig
eoll-matohes,, Of hoo gonus ommo, will bo dis
countouanced by all respectable men aud then
We shall have made great stride towards re-
garding lifo, human, or brute, as too aaerod a
Thing to be wantonly destroyed Respectfully,
CHICAGO, July Il, 1873. E. w. LATIEY.