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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
I he Treatment of Cancer by
Pressure aud Icon.

To the Editor Of the Scientific American,
Pressure is supposed to act bene-
fcially in cases of cancer by dimin-
ishing the supply of blood, and con-
sequently of nourishment to the tu-
NOR. by preventing the growth of
the cells by depriving them of the
necessary space, by injuring them
from direct violence, and by promot-
ing absorption The credit of this
discovery is due to the writer of this.
Although there were many who
doubtless had some vague glimmer-
ings of the truth, yet none ever put
their ideas into practice. The num-
Der OF cases subjected to the press
ure :gystem alone was nineteen. OF
these, seventeen were cancer, of the
breast;' and two, ulcers of the cheek
and upper lip. Twelve cases termin-
ated by cure, and FIVE were consider
ably benefited, the two eutaneous
ulcers being somewhat improved
The minority of the tumors were
hard, irregular, differentiated, and
the seat of great pain. Six of them
were ulceratel and discharged icho-
orus pus. Even in the worst cases
the tumor diminished in size. but the
patients fell victims of constitutional
disorder. -
So favorable results attracted but
little attention, and almost all my
resources were exhausted, and / was
afraid that / would have to give up
farther experiments, when I attracted
the attention of NJ Lecamier of the
Hotel Dieu, Paris, who consented to
go on with my experiments. One
hundred cancerous patients were Sc
lected, on whom the pressure system
was employed; sixteen appeared IN
durable and underwent a palliative
treatment. Thirty were completely
cureI by compression alone, and
twenty received considerable benefit
from it; fifteen were radically cured
by extirpation and pressure combined,
and six by compression and cauteri-
zation. The compress used was
made by using strips of soap plaster
and adhesive plaster. Since then. 1
have used soft rubber balls, three
quarters full Of air or water, binding
them on the ulcer with common
form ofbandage. The artery feeding
the cancer must be compressed by g
spring truss, and great care must be
taken that no liberation of the art
cry ensues. A caustic plaster may
be used to advantage under the ball,
where the cancer is small.
Give the pltient carbonate of iron,
of which the dose is from 6 to II
grains. Keep the bowels open; and
if suffering great pain, use hydrate
of chloral. The diet must be care
fully attended to, and stimulants
may be freely employed. In every
place where this treatme ent has been
pursued, every case has been cured
with but one exception Iron has
been cried down, and been as little
used as possible of late years; but it
exerts greatinfuence on cancer, and
kills the cancer cells that may exist IN
the blood, and allows no other cells
to gather. I have just received a
letter, from a gentleman OF high
standing in medical circles, in which
he assures me that he has used iron
in the form of the carbonate, and that
in every case it has efferted a cure.
GEO. W. BAILEY, M. D.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
THEROLL0F HONOR.
List Of Senators aad Rppresen-
faIiVas Who Have Returned
their Back Pay.

The following is the full and COM
plete list of Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress who have covered
their back pay into the Treasury.
1t is a transcript from the official
record in the office of Treasurer
Spinner. The record is chiefly re-
markable for the names which do not
appear upon it. Out of IA Senators
only 10 have removed the temptation
and placed the money out of their
reach in the Treasury; of 252 Repre-
senta5ives only AZ have done the
same--a little moreSsAan g5 per cent.
of the Senate and little less than
00 neT cent of the House:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

1t must be rather serious thing
to own a hog in West Virginia. The
Legislature has just passed an act
Ito prevent the owners of hogs from
running at large"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

A gentleman who recently ad-
dressed Newton Sunday School,
said, that he should 'confne his re-
marks principally to parents who had
lost their children or never had any"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

500 you remember the time the
stars fell, some years ago?" ''Yes,"
said Mendax. II have heard it was
all a deception-that the stars did
not actually fall" ''Don't you be-
lieve it, returned Mendax, with a
knowing look, ''tley fell in my yard
as big as goose eggs. I've got one
of them yet-only the children play
with it so much they have worn the
shiny points off"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

The latest inducements thrown
around new comers to secure their
presence has beenmade in the In Ian
Nation. There they will give you a
farm if you marry squaw.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

A milk pitcher thrown by his wife
at High street man, on Monday
noon, missed the aim, and ruined a
handsome frame which enclosed the
words God bless our home.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

The Washington correspondent Of
the n. Y. Tribune calls attention to
'little leak that might engage the
attention of any committee on re-
trenchment.
The item has reference to supplies
furnished the last Senate and paid
from the contingent fund Among
the articles so furnished was
Envelops furnished Senators 34S, 900
Senate Com. sc, 200
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
.445,100


Total. :. :. ;. .445, 100
or COLA envelops for each Senator.
Again: Of writing paper there was
furnished
To Seniors. .293 reams
To Senate Committee. .4401 "
or l4,730 quires; giving about 200
quires to each Senator.
Again: There was furnished to
Senate Committees 39,360 metallic
pens; or 382 pens for each Senator
and Committee clerk. In addition to
this, 249 boxes of quill pens were
distributed, "a number of gold and
rubber pens and a few thousand
lead pencils"
Among other articles furnished to
Senate Committees, the Tribune
writer, enumerates 157 packs printed
visiting cards, lat packs plain visit
ing cards, 126 pocket books and 219
ink stands. What the honorable
gentlemen want with visiting cards
and so many ink stands is a conun-
drum the Tribune writer does not
answer. Why, on the other hand,
they should want pocket books, is a
matter very easily understood.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

Good morning, Mr.. Pecksnif,
said printer IN search of fem lie com
positors. "HAve you any daughters
tnat would make good type-setters!'
"No: but l have wife who would
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

BEoKER-"How are you off for
money this morning!" Cashier
am off with what little there was in
the bank. Good by"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
County, Thursday %, 1874
AFTER TIE FUNERAL.

By 2. n. BT0DDARD.
Never any more,
Till my broken dream of life
Is swallowed up in death,
Shall look upon my wife.
Iprayed that she might live,
But my prayers could not save:
For here am, alone,
And she is in the gravel
1t seems an age to me
Since saw the coffin there;
The lid was of, and 10,
The face within the square!-
A pale, but happy face
Sweet lips without breeth;
How beautiful if Sleep,
How terrible if DeathI
lifted up the child,
In her little morning gown,
But she turned away her eyes
Until put her down.
They took the coffin out
In the binding light of day;
The black hearse moved on,
And the coaches crept swayI
We stood around the grave
While the hollow prayers were said,
And the heavy, wet earth
Was shoveled on the dead;
As it struck the coffin-lid
With dull and dreadful sound,
1t seemed to strike my heart
They led me from the ground.
But all is over now,
And it almost soothes my pain
To think, whatever comes,
She cannot die again
The blow has fallen-l know
The worst that death can give;
The worst of life's to come,
For must learn to live
What must do to liver
Twill play my part
Ply my subtle brain,
Forget my stricken heart;
Go again on Change,
Buy, and sell. and scheme;
Fit my ships for sea -.
Anything but dream!
l know the day will pass,
In the stir and light;
But how can I e ldure
The coming home at night?
No watching at the pane,
No meeting at the door,
No loving, wifely kiss
No Alice any more!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
PuzzleS.

What kin Is that child to its own father, who is
not its fathers own sonH r--
Enough for one, too much for two, and nothing
for three. What is it7
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
Enigma.

am composed of twenty-seyen letters.
My59 Il II is place OF residence,
My Is IS l 81 is lady's name,
My 22 u 10 10 s is well known bird,
My s 20 is boys nick name,
My Is 2 II 6 12 is sharp end,
My a5 2i 81 is to purchase,
Ny % 3 3 is the noise of bees,
MY IS II IS is worn on the head,
My IS is small drinking vessel,
Ny : 2l 5 is a wound.
My whole is good advice given by q mother 10
her son. PAP'S BOY.
Marshall, o.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

Seventy-fve students have entered
the Massachusetts Normal Art
School. More than half this number
are lldies.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

Whatever the business of life, act
well your part, and prove to the
world that the man ennobles the pro-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

It is a notable fact that at only
one or two of the many wedding re-
ceptions in New York City OF late
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

Answer to Fnigmas inlast weeks News:1 l. Lewis
Alfred Kerr. .. John. .Trop. ..-. $50
Answer to CaAE.ds 10 hSs weeks EssE Pe1-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

Bobby, why don't your mother sew
up your pants? Cause she's down to
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

(Seene IN a quiet sitti'ag-roona-Hils-
band reading a neaospoper- Wife
Sea0sng By ece'ai'ag lamp
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Youths Department.

ire lIdies.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
MAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
wa

The New York Nation eondenses from an Eng
lish scientific periodical interesting specula-
lions Of DR.. Alfred Russell Wallace, on the prob
able antiquity Of the human species. They may
well startle, 1t says, even those who have long
since come to the conclusion that 1000 years carry
US but q small way back to the original home In
fact, in DIR. Wallace's reckoning, 5000 years are
bat as day. He reviews the various attempts 70
determine the. antiquity of human remains or
works Of art, and finds the bronze age In Europe
to have been pretty accurately fixed 1T 5000 or
1000 years ago, the stone age Of the Swiss lake
dwellings at 5000 1000 ears, "and an indefinite
anterior period"
The burnt brick found sixty feet deep in the
Nile alluVium, indicates antiquity Of Do 900
years; another fragment at seventy-tWo feet
gives 60, 900 years. A human skeleton found at
depth Of sixteen feet below four hundred buried
forests, superposed upon each other, has been
calculated By DR.. Bowler to haYe an antiquity OF
1000 years. But all these estimates pale before
those which Kent's cavern at TorquSy IsgIti-
mates. Here the drip Of the stalagmits is tho
| chief factor OF our computations, giving an
upper floor which divides the relics of the last two
or three thousand years from q deposit full Of
the bones Of extinct mnmmalia and gIuttons, In
dicating an Arctic climate.
flames cut in the stalagmite more than two hun
dred years ago are still legible; In other words,
where the stalagmite is twelve feet thick and the
drip still very copious, not moro than hundredth
Of foot has been deposited In two osnturiss-s
rate Of five feet in 100 900 years. Below this how
ever, We have thick, much older and more crys-
taline Is. e. more slowly formedl stolagmIte, be-
Lcath which again, sin o solid breccia, very differ
ent from the cave earth, undoubted works OF art
have been found" Mr.. Wallace assumes only
10000 years for the upper floors and about 900
for the lower, and add $1,000 for the immediate
caye-earth, by which he arrives ct the "sum OF
half million years that have probably elapsed
since human workmanship were buried In the
lowest depths Of Kent's cavern.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
ONE MOTIVE OF THE INVEST
q TITO "

One of the witnesses for the memorialists
quite imprudently ''let the cat out of the
bag" yesterday. He wished to tell the
committee of many irrelevant matters, be-
cause it would probably save him from the
expense of going into court. 1t is
true that nearly all the facts, certainly all
pertinent ones that have been made public
through this inquiry by Congress, could
just as well have been developed legiti-
mately through the courts. But such a
course would have involved the memorial
lists in much expense, which, by the inves-
tigation, is thrown upon the Government.
They are neither willing to pay their taxes
nor to bear the expense Of an effort to get
rid of them. The risk involved is too great
for them to assume.
This only affords another instance of the
selfish and grasping character of these COM
plainants. They all profess to be in favor
of improvemenrs-ift they are only made at
the expense of others and are not made too
rapidly. Some of them allege that the
work that has been done by the Board Of
Public Works should have occupied at least
twenty years, but not one of them thinks
that his property should have been twenty
years in reaching its present augmented
value. Again, there is wonderful unan-
unity in their testimony as to the past and
present value of their property. They all
agree as to the low price of property before
the improvements of the board were inau-
gurated, and all complain bitterly of the
increased assessments since the work has
been done. They unite in asseverating that
they do not believe their lots would sell at
their present valuation, but they are equally
agreed that they would not willingly sell at
that valuation; in short, they are not sell
ers. They think 1t good property to keep
and because they desire to hold it unim-
proved for higher rates they think their
neighbors should also be compelled to go
without. pavements, sewers, and sidewalks
around their homes to oblige them. If they
were fit to own city property they should
know that every house erected, every sewer
dug every pavement and footwalk laid and
every grass-plot sodded in the vicinity of
their lots is of quite as much benefit to
them in the way Of appreciation in value as
to those upon which the buildings are j.
ready erected. They do know this. They
must know it through experience. They
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

are aware that their property Is far more
salable than ever before, even at the higher
rates at which it is assessed. And one rea-
son why they dare not set selling price
upon their most desirable squares now is
that they fear that some enterprising man
or company of men will take them at their
offer and realize an advance upon the pur-
chase. It Is limited that some Of the memo
rialists are now grieving at the haste with
which they parted with some worthless
property three years ago that Is now es-
teemed among the most valuable at the
West End. The cutting. filling, sewage,
paving and sodding has transformed that
portion of the city into sort Of paradise.
What was swamps and gullies, clay banks
and runs ct the close Of the war, occupied
by cavalry barracks and stables, is now the
site of elegant mansions and highly -embel-
lished parks and grounds.
A distinguished Senator recently re-
marked to some Of these grumblers at the
rashness of Governor Shepherd, that che
thought the very best thing that they could
do for the District would be to import into
it forty or fifty more just such rash and en-
terprising men as the Governor if they knew
where to find them" He was right about
it. These obstructionists are an injury to
the growth and prosperity of a city, and can
only be reduced to reason and propriety by
ridicule or the shameful contrast which their
conduct presents to the more spirited
portion of the citizens. Any influx of the
latter class is always welcome $780,.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
THE WORD sCAEARD %

The origin Of the word canard (French for
duck, y when employed to signify some unfounded
story, is not generally known. The following are
the terms in which NJ, Quetelet relates, In the
Aanuafre de Academic, the manner In which the
word became used In Its new sense: ITO give Q
sky LII at the ridiculous pieces OF intelligence
which the journals arc In the habit Of publishing
every morning, Cornelison stated that an inter-
esting experiment had Just been calculated to
prove the extraordinary voracity Of ducks
Twenty Of these animals had been placed to-
gether, and one Of them having been killed and
cut up into the smallest possible pieces feathers
and ALL and thrown to the other nineteen, had
been gluttonOusIy gobbled up in an exceedingly
short space Of time.
Another was taken from nineteen, and being
chopped small like Its predecessor, was served up
to eighteen, and at once deyoured like the other;
and so on to the last, who was thus placed in tho
position Of having eaten his nineteen companions
in wonderfully short time. All this, most pleas
antly narrated, obtained success which the
writer was far from anticipating for the story ran
the rounds Of all the journals in Europe. It then
became almost forgotten for about O score Of
years, when 1t came back from America, with
application which II did not boast Of at the
commencement, and with regular certlhcate Of
the autopsy Of the body Of the surviving animal,
whose esophagus was declared to have been found
seriously injured. Every one laughed ct the hIs-
tory Of the canard thus brought up again, bat the
word retains Its novel Significance"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
A TEMPERANCE .SroRY

The Louisville commsreiGI says: There lives
In the vicinity of Jacksonville big, fat man.
We never saw him on Q pair Of hay scales, but
we Judge he would pull down about $50. The old
gentleman Is In the habit Of coming to the city
occasionally, and sometimes gets more aboard
than he Is able to carry conveniently. He had .
fIvorite horse, which he usually brought to town
but, on one occasion, broke loose from his hitch.
ings went home and len his owner at q tavern.
The family of the old man had been busy Of late
trying to induce him to give up his love for beer
To this end prayers were offered up and impor-
tunities made, but they seemed to have little
effect. few days ago he was coming to the city,
and he ordered that his horse should be lett in the
stable and the old fsmIly mare put to the buggy.
Climbing in the old gentleman pursued
his way quietly until he arrived at the
first saloon on the route. Here he msds
an effort to. halt, but the old mare de-
clined to respond TO the pull of the relns. Wnen
urged to halt she tried to kick the front part OF
the buggy out. She was permitted to have her
own way, but, when an effort was made 10 mart neE
ut the next drinking place, she again reSOitso
against authority, and wouldn't stop anu, uur-
tnx his entire trip, he was unable to induce the
oId mara 10 wait IN I'll he could get drink She
,~o,Id ton anywhere except ct . place where
snirIt. we're sold. Being Of . supersdtious turn
Of mind. the old gentleman thought ne saw
varnIne IN the actions Of the old mare, and ne
has resolved to give up drinking. There Is re-
ioicInr IN the family Of the fat man at his happy
turn of circumstances. The mare has probably
caught the temperance foyer."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
AMERICAN HOMES

The strength Of the American republic Is in the
universal desire to own . house. II Is moldlng all
the people, native and foreign born, into one no
mogsneous mass. The ownership Of home l.
something Of which neither the Irish peasant nor
the German laborer has, IN his own country, any
conception, but It is here the goal Of his hopes
and desires. Education comes next; It Is . some
thing the need Of which Is not felt until the adorn-
ments Of home are thought Of. This desire to
own the roof under which one sleeps ID distinct
lively an American characteristic, and seems by
nature adapted to the growth which Is raising rs
In Importance in the scale Of nations Its the link
which connects the man with the governmenti Il
adds to his interest in the making and execution
Of the laws, and idsitlnes him with the usages
and customs Of the people II Is the element
which gives the people Of Switzerland thar unity
and power, and the lack Of It causes nine tentns
Of the unrest In ireland. No feeling Is stronger
than the attachments Of home, and no nation
whose people possess this Is common sentiment
ean lose its liberties.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
WITH THE DEAD.

Alone with the deadl-with one who has
finished that last dread act Of dying-and act
the very thought of which is sufficient to hold
men all their lifetime subject to the bondage!
In what strange new light the world of the
living appears to US nowl Our own life, what is
III GAS dream when one awaketh," the
Psalmist says; and Of the thousand aud one
things to which Life has been likened, none may
compare with this, there is none 80 full of pa
thos, none 90 true. But the words are seldom
realized tell we kneei alone by the body of one
who has Just awakened from his dream. Kneel-
ing thus, we, in partial way, awake also. The
appalling unreality Of the things that are seer
startles us; the truth the nearnsss Of the things
that are not seen, oyerpowers US. Life Is no
more long, weary via dolorosa, but q too
brief hour of watching.
The terrible struggle to reconcile life in the
world with death to the world seems q struggle
no longer. The former things are passed
away. There is light not Of this world upon
the narrow, thornstrewn pathway that lies
before US; there are strange shadows upon the
fowery fields on either hand. The faces, too,
that surround Us are changed. Men and women
that Hau lOr Us no IOrIn uOI cOmotlncsS uOf any
beauty that we should desire them, become
radiant with beauty, new, sublime, unearthly;
from other faces-faces that had been 9 joy to
us-we turn with prayer. The old hopes and
feelings change also, yielding place to new. II
one mans tenderness, one woman's smile, has
been to US a religion, how we shudder thinking
Of such religion now. 80
If any human being has done us . wrong,
how wan and feeble the memory Of the dead Ia
kneeling herei bow intense and searching the
memory Of the deeds we have done ourself
There may have been no act for man to point
out with finger Of scorn, but the hand Of the
Recording Angel has moved against US, and
conscience endorses his record with terrible
readiness now. There is no more thought OF
the things endured, nor Of any endurance to be
exercised in the future. II BY any means we
may escape-that is the only thought. If By
any means we may 50 live that the midnight
cry shall find Us also ready. II BY any means
We may attain 70 the Resurrection Of the
Just.