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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13
Useful Information.

USE common salt to remove egg stains
from silver spoons.
LEAVES of the common walnut tree
placed over doors, windows, mantles, or
in wreaths or punches about the house,
will drive flies away.
If an edge tool is so hard as to crumble,
grind it on dry stone until the edge
turns blue; it will then cease to break,
and the temper will generally prove to
be about right.
WHEN large pasture is fed with cat
tie, it is a good practice to put on the
pasture two sheep for each head of cat
tie. The pasture is thereby improved
and additional profit gained.
To remove warts from a horses leg,
West India molasses or kerosene, moist
ened on, night and morning, is recon-
mended. Common pine tar mixed with
dry ssiit is also suggested; during cold
weather the tar will need warming over
fire and the salt stirred in while warm.
ONE of the best methods for cleaning
white lace is to wash :. nd rinse carefully
through two or three changes of strong
suds of soft water and fine toilet soap.
1t takes considerable time, for after
pressing as dry as possible with the hands,
it must be patiently pulled into shape,
being careful to put each little point and
figure in place, until almost dry, then
fold and lay between heavy books.
IT would be a great convenience if
farmers, generally, would have their
names printed upon the gates in front of
their residences. Strangers often have
much difficulty in finding the residence
of persons of whom they are in search,
which would be obviated by this course.
Besides, nice gate, with the name of the
occupants, adds greatly to the appear
ance of place, and looks as though the
inmates were not isolated from the out
side world.
No better advice can be given farmer
or fruit grower, dairyman or a stock
breeder, than to make an effort to estab-
lish a reputation for producing some
special product in perfection-to get his
name known in the market as sending
thither the best product of its class, al
ways of uniform quality and superior ex-
cellence-to make his brand an index,
well known to all buyers, of the article
or animal furnished. This is the effort of
all ambitious manufacturers, and it pays
well in the beginning and largely in the
end
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13
The Lost Art.

A great deal of nonsense has been ut
tered by sensation lecturers and maga-
zine writer's about wonderful arts which
perished with the ancients. To trust in
the lamentations of these wiseeacres over
the lost arts" one would think we had
fallen upon very degenerate times indeed.
But one of the doleful stories are true.
Cleopatra, no doubt, was fine woman !;
but she never dissolved pearls in wine.
Archimedes was a great man in his day !;
but he never set fire to the Roman ships
with burning glasses, as the fable relates
The ancients had no useful arts which we
do not understand better and practice
more skillfully than they did. The
humblest English mechanic could teach
the polished Greek, and the cunning
Egyptian, sciences and arts of which they
never dreamed. The ancients, indeed,
did many wonderful things which have
not been repeated, but they are only such
things as are not worth doing over again.
If we had occasion to build such fool
ish thing as pyramid, we would i'm
prove our own model in every respect; (;
and instead of keeping hundred thou
sand half-starved slaves at the work for
twenty years, we should turn it out in a
few months. If any people, nowadays,
lived in condition like the ancients,
they would be objects for sincere pity,
and it would be our duty speedily to send
missionaries among them. What a
lamentable sight would be a nation Of
great mental vigor, half-clothed, and
poorly fed, tilling the earth with wooden
plous; without soap, pins, friction
matches, or india rubberl How queerly
would one of our factory girls appear to
them! How magical the art of clock
maker! Beggars, nowadays, with re-
gard to the substantial comforts Of life,
fare better than ancient kings.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13
RepOse the Secret of Power.

A peaceful life is most likely to be
full one, with finer and keener sensibill-
ties; better related to beauty and poetry
and all higher matters; more dignltied
and selfrespecting.
Repose is the secret of power IN per-
sons, pictures, statues, architecture,
books, and nature, as if it were means
of retainining as well as disclosing life;
and health demands frequent pausing
to restore the balance Of the system, and
keep up perfect circulatiOns.
The night, if spent in healthy sleep
after proper evening hours, reduces the
worlds chaos, and we are new every
morning.
Who does not know the magic of
brief pause in the midst of the worst con-
fusion? A calm of five minutes will in
vite back our vagrant ideas and powers;
So the home should be like hush and
a lullaby in this headlOng, whirling,
noisy, furious and distracted world of
the nineteenth century-a nook apart
from the thoroughfares--a grot oor bower
under the sky, where the beautiful
spirits of the air will hover and dance.
Its atmosphere should be little orlen-
tai and cheering, as if exhaled from pop
pies and balsams.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13
TOOth-Pulling Illustrated.

Before the days of chloroform there
was quack who advertised tooth-draw-
ing without pain. The patient was
placed in a chair, and the instrument ap-
piled to his tooth with wrench, fol-
lowed by roar from the unpleasantly
surprised sufferer. "Stop," cried the
dentist; compose yourself. I told you
Iwould give no pain, but only just gave
you that twinge as specimen, to show
to you Cartwright's method of operat-
ing" Again the instrument was ap-
plied-another tug, another roar. " Now
don't be impatient; that is Dumerge's
way; be seated and calm-you will be
now sensible of the superiority of my
method" Another application, another
tug, another roar. "Now pray be quiet,
that is Parkinson's mode, and you don't
like it, no wonder" By this time the
tooth hung by thread, and whipping it
out, the operator exultingly exclaimed; ;
"That is my mode of teeth-drawing
without pain, and you are now enabled
to compare it with the operations of
Cartwright, Dumerge and Parkinson"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13
Household Helps.

PIE CRUsT-One and a half pounds
of lard, two ounds of flour, one and a
half cup of water = ice water is the
best.
PRUNE PE.-Stew the prunes, take
out the pits. Sweeten to taste, and, if
liked, add little lemon. Cover plate
with nice paste; when cool put the
prunes in, and cover like an apple pie.
WINE JELLY.-One pint of cold water
to be poured on paper of gelatine; let it
stand an hour; add II pounds of sugar,
the rind of one lemon and the juice of
two, one pint of wine, two-thirds of
quart of boiling water. Strain it and
set it away in the dish you want to place
on the table, with the birds nest in
it.
SPONGE CAKE PUDDING. - Butter a
mould well and ornament with dried
cherries or sultanas, then three parts fill
it with sponge cake, and fill up with Gus
tard. -Four sponge cakes, half pint of
milk and two or three eggs, sweetened
with loaf sugar, make a nice small pud
ding. Boil or steam for half an hour,
and serve with sweet sauce or wine
sauce.
To Color BUTTER.-Take one ounce
of turmeric and half pound of annattO,
and put them in two pounds of melted
butter, and keep very warm for six
hours; then strain it through a fine
cloth into a stone jar; add little salt;
cover and keep in cool place. When
used, melt a small quantity of this mix
ture and add to the butter until the
desired golden tinge is obtained.
To CLEAN CARPETs.-Dusty carpets
may be cleaned by setting pail of cold
water out by the door, wet the broom in
it, knock it to get off the drops, sweep a
yard or so, then again wash the broom as
before and sweep again, being careful to
shake all the drops off the broom, and
not sweep far at time. Change the
water once or twice during the process.
Moistened corn-meal sprinkled over the
carpet and swept off, is used with good
effect by some house-keepers.
INDIAN FRTTTERs-Put three tea
spoonsfll of corn flour and one of wheat
into basin, and pour over it sufficient
boiling water to make into a stiff paste,
taking care that it is perfectly smooth.
Leave it a little time to cool and then
break into it without first beating them
the yolks of four eggs and the whites OF
two; stir and beat all together. Have
ready some boiling lard, drop into it a
dessert-spoonful of batter at time, and
fry light brown. They should rise so
well as to look almost like balls. Serve
with preserve or mamalade.
CAsOMINING FLUID.-The following
is commended as good calsomining fluid
for walls: White glue, one pound; white
zinc, ten pounds; Paris white, five pounds
water sufficient. Soak the glue oyel
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13
A Palace of Justice,

A Paris correspondent of the Cleve-
land Leader, writing ofthe Palais Justice,
says: In this fine structure, which is
fast being restored, are held the sessions
of the high courts of France, and here
have been enacted some of the saddest
scenes of the mad revolution that turned
France topsy-turvy in 1889, and sowed
the seeds of restlessness from which her
mercurial people have never recovered.
Beneath the shadows of those two black
towers that have gazed down on the
river and over the city for hundreds of
years, has been gathered more of human
wretchedness and despair than has ever
haunted all the combined prisons of
earth, for it was from the portals of the
prison in the Palais Justice that the vic
tins of the guillotine set forth on their
last ride amidst the jeers of the filthy
mob, over the bridge and up along the
quay by the Louvre and the Tuileries,
to the Place de la COncOrde, where the
red obelisk from Egypt towers upward
from the spot that has soaked the gore
of 10000 victims. 1t is fitting monu-
ment for such a spot, and seems bloody
uONCI VI dl9 lllStb SIOhn
nourished by more gore than was ever
shed on so small a spot of earth before Or
since. Within those walls, Danton, the
fiery orator and man of action, who alone
could curb the mob, spent his last night,
and set forth at sunrise the victim OF
Robespierre's envy. And with him went
that talanted young journalist, Camille
DesmOalin. who used to haranrue the
people across the river, then in the
garden of Palais Royal. From thence
rode forth to death Madame Roland, the
grandest and most heroic figure in that
bloody drama. l can see the look on
her noble face, unstained with tears,
unblanched with fear, as she gazed in
pity on the misled people who surged
about her cart, untouched by her majes-
tic womanhood, unable to comprehend
her courage or that beautiful utterance
as her eyes fell on the figure of liberty
on the church of Madeleine"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13

Forty years ago there existed and still
exists, near the corridor which leads to
the Theatre Francais, flower shop,
known as the best in that quarter of
Paris. 1t was kept by one Mime. Pro-
vost, an obliging and intelligent woman,
who understood marvelously well how
to assort her fragrant wares, to blend
their colors, and to prepare bouquets for
special occasions. She died in 1888,
and Jules Janin honored her by writing
her obituary with all the vigor and flu
ency of his fertile pen. The day after
its publication a well-dressed young man
called upon the celebrated author. "Sir,"
he said, "I am the son-in-law and sue
cessor in business of Nine. Provost. The
honor which you have conferred upon
that worthy woman can hardly be esti-
mated at its true value. Permit me,
however, to show my appreciation of it
as best | can. Once a week hencefor-
ward, all the year round, in winter as in
summer, you will receive, as token of
grateful remembrance, a bouquet from
our establishment" And for thirty-six
years the promise has been faithfully
kept. The last bouquet was a funeral
one, and was destined for the writer's
coffin.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13
Mental Labor.

As a marvellous instance of what one
man may achieve by doing Systematically
and thoroughly whatever he undertakes,
we cannot do better than consider the
life of Alexander Won Humboldt, the
author of " Cosmos" There was no part
of the world he had not visited, and he
had been nowhere without acquiring the
most exact knowledge of the whole
country, all its physical characteristics,
as well as the language, habits, customs,
laws and religion, and history of its peo-
pie. He led this life till he was ninety
years of age; and even then 10 facts, in
any part of the world, that had any bear
ing on scientific truth escaped his notice.
His mind was a museum, where all the
knowledge that had been brought into
the world was placed in order, carefully
guarded, and always ready for use. We
are not wrong in attributing the bound
less learning and prodigious memory OF
this great man to his habit of systymatiz-
ing his mental labor, and to his power OF
selfconcentration, and to his belief in the
wisdom Of God.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13

An Oriental Tale.

Once on a time, in Indostan,
A thief conceived a cunning plan
(SO potent is the voice of HOpe)
To save his throttle from the rope,
Though now the day was drawing nigh
When he by law was doomed to die.
He bade the jail0r tell the King
He fain would show a wondroas thing
A precious secret fairly worth
The ear Of any prince on earth.
And now the culprit, being led
Into the royal presence, said,
: This golden coin which here you see,
If planted, will become tree
Whose fruit-increased hundred fold
VIII be, like this, the purest gold.
pray your majesty TO try
II this be true before die"
With this the King and courtiers went
Into the garden with intent
To plant the curious coin Of gold.
But now, when all was ready, HOLD"
Exclaimed the thief, this hand of mine
Would surely spoil our whole design;
The hand that plants the gold must be
Elise all is naught) entirely free
From stain of fraud and so pray
Your gracious majesty will lay
The seed in earth.' Yes--nO-in sOoth,"
The King replied, " for in my youth
Ipilfered from my sire; some stain,
For all my sorrow, may remain.
NV good prime minister is here;
His hand no doubt is wholly clear
OF any taint." "Nay," he replied,
That's more than 1 can well decide;
As tax-receiver, now, may
Have kept trife. So pray
To be excused for prudence sake,
And let our commisSary take
The coin in hand. Sure that were best,
For he, no doubt, can stand the test"
Faith" said the commissary,
Would rather not Icanit deny
Ny good intent; but ince pay
Large sums of money every day
For soldiers, sailors, and herd
OF spies, / wouldn'tgive my word
have not kept a small amount
Not entered in my book account.
Since then an errOr-e'en the least
Would spoil the charm, pray let the priest
Proceed TO plant the coin Of gold"
Nav, that fear would be O'er bold !"
Replied his reverence, 81 deal
In tithes and sacrifcial dues;
And so beg you will excuse
Ny sharing in a work like this,
Where nothing must be done amiss."
Then" said the thief, "since no man here,
As we have learned, is wholly clear
OF knavish tricks, l ask you whether
We should not all be hung together? ?"
The monarch, laughing, made reply:
Why, yes, if every rogue must die;
Well, since we are five knaves confessed,
pardon you and spare the rest"
--loHN G. SAKE.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13
Tact.

Love swings on little hinges. 1t keeps
an active little servant to do a good deal
of it's fine work. The name of the little
servant is Tact Tact is nimble-footed
and quick-fugered; tact sees without
looking; tact has always a good deal of
small change on hand tact carries no
heavy weapons, but can do wonders with
sling and stone; tact never rests his
head against a stone wall tact always
spies sycamore tree up which to climb
unmanageable on the level ground; tact
has cunning way of availing itself of a
word, or a smile, or gracious wave of
the hand; tact carries bunch OF curl
ous-fashioned keys, which turn all sorts
of locks; tact plants its monosyl!abl,e:s
wisely, for, being a monosyllable itself,
it arranges its own order with the IA
miliarity of friendship; tact, sly, ver-
satile, diving, running, flying tact, gov
erns the great world, yet touches the big
baby under the impression that 1t has
not been touched at all.
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night in three quarts of water, then add
as much again, and heat on water bath
till the glue is dissolved. In another
pail put the two powders, and pour on
hot water, stirring all the time, until the
liquid appears like thick milk. Mingle
the two liquids together, stir thoroughly,
and apply to the wall with with white
wash brush.
BLACKBERRY WINE.-Put the berries
in large tub; to every gallon of berries
pour on a pint of boiling water. Bruise
them with mallet, and let them remain
until next day. Strain through thick
cloth. To every gallon of juice add two
and half pounds of sugar. Drain again
and put into a cask; cover the bung
with muslin; put in cool place. Shake
the cask daily until fermentation ceases; !;
cork it tight, and by September it will
be ready for use, but improves with age.
This recipe has been followed for ten
years and never failed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13

THE SKEPTICAL CONyINCED.-Every
advance in medicine, every new remedy
has encountered an opposition, which
is the test of truth. Galen and Jenner
only were believed when they had
proved their discoveries against OppO-
sitiOn. But men are observing, and
benefits always make believers. No in
credulity can stand the silent argument
of good results. When DR.. Walker pro-
claimed that he had produced from the
medicinal herbs of California an Elixir
that would regenerate the sinking sys-
them and cure diseases not organic, the
incredulous shook their heads. Yet his
VINEGAR BITTERs is now the Standard
Restorative of the Western World. The
truth could not be resisted. Under the
operation of the new remedy, Dyspeptics
regained their health, appetite and
strength, the Bilious and Constipated
were relieved of every distressing symp-
tom; the Consumptive and Rheumatic
rapidly recovered Intermittent and Re
mittent Fevers were broken up; the
taint of ScrOfula was eradicated! Who
could gainsay facts like these? Not
even the Faculty Skepticism was
routed. All doubts as to the claims
of the Bitters to the first place in the
first rank of modern medicines were
silenced, and this wonderful prepara-
ton is to-day the most popular Tonic,
Alternative, and Blood Depurent ever ad-
vertised in America. In common with
other journalists, we are free to add our
testimony to this remedy. 1t is do
mestic medicine and no household
should be without it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13

IT appears from the return of the De
partment of Agriculture that an increase
in the corn area of fully two million acres
is apparent, or six per cent. above the
breadth of last year. The per centage
of increase is largest in the South. The
increase in acres is largest in the West.
The condition of corn is generally good
in the West, but elsewhere variable. Only
Massachusetts, of the Eastern States re
ports an average condition. Only Penn
sylvania of the Middle States, and Mary
land, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
and Texas, of the Southern States report
the same. Minnesota is an exception in
the Western States, reporting ninety four,
and California and Oregon fail to give a
full average. The per centage of condi-
tion above the average are as follows:
Florida, Michigan, and Kansas, 102 !;
Maryland and Iowa, 104; Illionois, 10j /;
Texas. 106; Indiana and Nebraska, 109.
The States averaging 100, are Pennsyl-
vania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Missouri.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13

FEVER IN WATER.-The Journal Of
Chemistry warns the drinkers of the water
of wells that are near dwellings to be-
ware of the typhoid poison sure to be
found sooner or later in those reservoirs
if any of the house drainage can perco-
late to them. The gelatinous matter
often found upon the stones Of well is
a poison to the human system, probably
causing, by its spores, fermentation of
the blood, with abnormal heat or fever.
Wholesome, untainted water is always
free from all color and odor. To test it
thoroughly, place about half a pint in a
clear bottle, with few grains Of lump
sugar, and expose it, stoppered, to sun
light in a window. If, even after an ex-
p0sure of eight or ten days, the water be-
comes turbid, be sure that it has been
contaminated by sewage of some kind.
If it remains perfectly clear, it is pure
and safe.
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N''ps''iui'y CHARLES AGsEs J. SMITH.


MANHATTAN, NHlsdsf july y tV'f'
C. c. DIN & CO.:-This is to certify that have
bordering on Bright's disease, for a
number of years. For the last two years have sut
fered much; the doctors could do No lasting good
All the time there were quantities of albumen in
urine. had seen notice in the paper of W9ukesha
Water. Last February thought / would Try the
water, and sent to St Louis and got five gallons,
and while was drinking it l received four gallons
from friend in Illinois. In few days received a
circular which told that the water that was sent
me from Illinois from Mineral Rock Spring;
Since then have ordered two barrels and received
it. and am making free of it.
By the Of the water my health Is better than
il has been for years My wife thinks the water the
greatest boon ever received 1t has its desired and
designed effect. think after using il few months
more, ] shall he all right.
Now, sir. / am no scholar, and if you can change
the style of my writing without destroying its mean
ing, You at liberty to do it.
CHARLES BARNES.
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MORE TESTEaIONY.
Letter from Judge Hiram Barber.
HORIZON, Wis, July


HORIZON, Wis, July Z, 1874.
Mr. c. c. OLIN, Waukesha, Wis.:-Dear Sir-In-
closed please find sI2j for five galens of Mineral
Rock Spring Water-can sent to-day by express
am much pleased with the results from the use OF
your Spring Water. / have used for the last two
Years other waters but have received from the
Tse of others decided results from the use OF
that vOu sent me. 1t may he owing to other causes
operating at the same time, which has aided in the
favorable results from the of yours; still am
not aware of any, my habits have been the same,
making use of no drugs other medical treatment.
Yours IL. BARBER.