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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-12-06
Optical Illusions.

The naturalist, Chevreul, famous by
his recent investigations On the subject
of color, explained before the Academy
of Paris a few weeks ago the nature of
a supposed miracle, which at one time
caused the inhabitants of Louvre no lit
tie anxiety.
Several days previous to the evening
of Saint Bartholomew, as Henry of Ma
varre Cat one time King of France) was
playing dice in Louvre with the Duke
Of AlencOn and the Duke of Guise, one
had given the latter the nickname of
g le Balafre," on account of his SCARED
face Suddenly the dice appeared to be
covered with blood. This, added to the
already close and sultry atmosphere,
gave rise to dark and dismal fOrbodings.
1t was supposed that this occurrence
was the fOTeshadOwing of some dire
event.
In reality it was only an illusion that
one can have at any moment.
VOltaire recognized the fact that the
dark spots on the dice played an import
ant role in the illusion. He stated that
if the dice were held at a certain angle
the dark spots would generally appear
red.
One evening, in the year 177O, as the
sun was just sinking below the horizon,
Beguelir, professor of the Academy at
Berlin, observed as he was engaged in
reading the newspaper, that the type
suddenly appeared to be of bright red
color He explained this as he remem-
bered the incident related by VOltaire,
attributing it to be the red color the
light assumes in passing the half closed
eyelid.
This explanation is, as Chevreul found
it to he, false; for if person is seated
on chair in such a position that the
rays of the sun strike the eye at an angle
of from twenty to twenty-five degrees,
keeping the other eye closed, and in the
space of a few minutes opening the
blindfolded eye and looking in the direc-
ton of a table, which the rays of the
sun strike Obliquely, upon which one
has placed white and black pen on a
gray support, the white pen will appear
emerald green, and the black pen red ;
but the closed eye does not perceive
these coIOrs on being opened.
Chevreul concludes by this that the
red color seen in the dark spots is only
the supplementary and contrast color to
the emerald Iuster, in which, to the eye
dazzled by the sun, white Objectsappear.
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A Hearen.Insnired Miser.

SpuTgeOn, in a recent speech at an en-
tertainment in London, told the follow
ing: When he was a very young man OF
sixteen he was minister of i chapel
Rather young to begin, yet he had a fine
large house, full of between five hundred
and six hundred, besides those who used
to be outside the doors and windows
His salary was G45 a year, not "aII
found" but you found yourself lie
had to find himself a good suit of black,
90 about like a gentleman with nothing
in his pocket, yet he never wanted, foI
be was Gods servant. The other day he
was down in that village where he
preached, and was told that the biggest
/" screw" who ever lived had recently
died This man came down from up
stairs TO die, in order that no one could
earn sixpence by removing him. He di-
rected that he should be buried in his
own garden to save expense, and was
never known to give anything away in his
life. He interrupted his informant and
told him this man on one occasion gave
him money. He wanted a new hat to
look decent in on Sundays. In the
country, if one did not wear a respecta-
bic hat his reputation was at tstake; but
enever wore a tall hat now, for hisrepu-
tation was establishedand he could wear
any hat he liked
Well, upon this occasion he wanted to
buy a respectable hat, and where the
money was to come from he did not
know. One day this screw" of man
squeezed intohis hands sthreehalf-crowns,
and accordingly the hat was bought
On the following Sunday this monster of
coyetousness said to him: am afraid
of being covetous, but the Lord told me
to give you half asoyereign, and I stopped
half a crown out of it. Pray, take the
other half a crown" He took the other
half crown to ease the mans conscience,
and God, who knew that he wanted the
hat, made that old gentleman fork
out that ten shillings.
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! This falsehOod to be started, and had aided
in giving it currency and securing belief
Tor it, to retaliate upon Butler for pre-
venting the Conservative Democrats from
! supporting Chamberlain for the DemOs
cratic nomination. Soon after Mr., Pat
tersOn closed his remarks a vote was
reached on Sahlsbury'S motion to recommit
Kellogg, and it was lost by one vote, Patter-
son, giving it no help. The result was a tie,
and SO decided by the Vice-President As
the vote was ordered upon the directmOtlOn
to swear Kellogg in, Mr.. Bayard obtained
the floor, and gave way for motion for an eN-
ecUtive session, which was lost Then
another for recess till seven and a half. In
the evening session speeches were made by
Bayard, H0ar, Hill, Thurman, and others,
which lasted till 1 :45, when a vote was
taken on KellOgg's case, and he was
seated by a vote of 30 yeas. Is nays,
Patterson and COnover voting in his favor
Mr.. Thurman then moved that M. c. But
Ter be sworn in as Senator from South Caro-
lnR, WhiSh was agreed tO-2S nays; 3Oyeas
kellogg and Bntler were then escorted to
the Vice Presidents desk and the oath of
Office administered to them, the latter taking
the modified oath. The Senate then, at 10,
went into executive session, and when the
doors reOpened adjourned until two clock
Saturday,
DECEMBER t-Srdtg=Mr WRdieigh pre-
sented a resolution declaring Mr. Eustis en-
titled to a seat in the Senate from Louisiana
Placed on the calendar. Mr.. Sargent called
up the House bill to provide for the def
ciencies in the appropriations for the ser
vice Of the government for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1873. He said the bill as
it came from the House appropriated $685.
4S2, and reappropriated iiRe1pended bal
ances amounting to SRSf,R97 THE Senate
Committee added new matters, amounting
to sl,054,542, but 100000 was for the Star
mail service. The various amendments
reported by the committee were
agreed to without any discussion.
A bill for the relief of sufferers by the
wreck Of the United States Steamer Huron
was referred. d..,..s...H H5Us6-A resolution of
Mr.. Baker instrueting the Committee on
Patents to report bill which shall prohibit
the bringing or maintaining of suit for
damages for the infringement of patent
against any person who purchases for his |
own use, and not for sale or barter any ar
hcle or implement in market, Unless |
at the time he purchased he knew |
it infringed some existing patent |
was adOpted-yeas 1l3, NAYS 49, |
Mr. Knott moved 10 SUSPEND the rules and !
pass bill appropriating to each surviving /
officer Of the United States steamer |
Huron one thousand dollars, to each sur /
7lving seaman one hundred dollars, and to |
the widows and children of the lost an al |
owance equal to a years pay of their re- |
ipectiYe relatives The bill was uuaDi- |
noUsly passed, with an amendment making |
! provision for Captain Studdard, of the |
lie saving service, and the crew of the /
steamer Baker, lost making the attempt to .
ave lives from the Huron.
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THEouaIities of fowls are thus min

The qualities of fowls are thus pithily
summarized by a canny Scotch farmer.
For chickens for the table-hothihg like
the Dorking. For size of nothing
| like the Spanish, but they don't Law
verv regularly. For number of eggs
nothing like the Hamburghs, but the
eggs are small, compared with those of
the Spanish. They lay about eleven
months in the year but don't sit. For
eggs amid frost aid snoW-nothing like
the Brahmas. Hard weather doesn't
seem to affect them, and they always
look well and saucy-like," let the
weather be ever so severe.
SAYS a correspondent of the Utica
Herald. One of the most intelligent and
successful farmers informed me that
when he took possession, some years ago,
of the farm which he now works, he
found it impossible to raise good oats
Thirty bushels of poor, light oats were
all he could get from an acre, while his
straw was dull or rusty. Acting on the
advice of a friend, he salted an acre
literally, as an'expPriment.. The result
was the grain nearly doubled on that
acre, and the rust disappeared, while the
unsalted portions of his Oatfeld were
rusty, and the crop hardly worth har-
VeStlng.
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| CINCIENATL-F Quotations range az fol-
lows Patent, s. 51gs50 fancy Sc 25a7 y; spring,
% z7g5i family, S5 5D9Gi EXTRA, IS 3595 60 super
/ nne, - 2594 70; low grades, e3 ZJgtA Grain
I w heat strictly choice white 81 IS: prime 81 &.
| prime TO choice hill and amber, 81 82al So prime
10 choice red, 81 25aG1 80. Com, 36Q45c rye 53a
6Oc.; oats, z6g32c barley, spring, 4OG7Oc fan 10
| $1,000.
INDIANAPOLIS Flour-Fancv. Sc 5na7 25.
family, s. 75g6 %. Grain Wheat, No. red
winter, 81 25. Corn, new Western mixed, Ssa89c
oats, mixed ;25gz7sg Bye, lY3854g. Bulk meats
pcEled hams, g1aglOc. Lard, prime steam 7.9O.
LOUISVILLE.-F Flour Extra, 81 25G4 5O;
extra family Sjg5 25; A No. l. S666 25;
fancy S6 259T. Wheat-Red, 81 2S6l 30; white
81 3891 IS; amber, 81 30d1 3S. Corn old white
5Oc.i old mixed, 4jC. Shoulders, DC; clear rib
sides, &C.; clear sides, $50. Sugar-cured hams are
steady at 14C. Lard, choice leaf, in tierces 9I5c
2 So 2594 66i 5dpgrhhe State and Western State
"a 5000 35i common to good extra Western and
State, s5 4095 75 good to choice Western and State
50 SOG6; common to choice white wheat Western
extra, Sc O596 75; fancy white wheat Western extra
s6 6O98 25; common to choice extra Ohio, IS 4OG
5Oj common to choice extra st. Louis, s. 5O6S 25;
Minnesota patent process extra good to prime, and
choice to double extra, 81 4O99 IS. Rye -four,
SO 6584 35. Grain-Whe1t 81 5291 Al. Rye West
ern, 7l@74c Barley, twO-rOwed State, 75@78c
Corn, 64c. Oats, 85645C. Mess pork, Sl4 25. Lard,
prime steam, S,5712. Cotton, IGl1Ac.
PHILADELPHIA .-F Flour is Steady and un-
changed. Grain Wheat, amber Pennsylvania,
yellow Western, 63c,; mixed Western, 621zc. Oats,
Western white, 35G37c.i Western mixed, 34g35c.
Rye zoe. Petroleum. refined 11s4812<c.; crude, in
barrels, 1O1&91O5lc.
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TOPICS FOR THE FARM.


How and When to Apply Fertilizers
"A " Working Farmer writes ON this
sibiect: Professors Of chemistry and
Heads Of Agricultural Colleges in the
several States are expected to give
| valuable information through the agri-
cultural press, and it viii be exceed
( ingly Instructive if they should tell us,
! the farmers of the States, how and
when to apply fertilizers so as to make
it pay to use them. 1t is thOughtit it will
pay to buy some kind of stimulant for
about one hundred acres of meadow
land lying in a valley, but it has not de-
cided what fertilizers to obtain and as
chemists who teach in State Institutions
ought TO know all abOtt such matters,
the writer will give an outline of par
ticulars.
In the valley there is a brook which
once or twice each spring OverfOws a
portion of the meadows, and there are
numerous springs which run freely in
April and May, but which dry up in the
summer: There is some very high
mountain land on each side Of the val
ley and iron is supposed to lie in great
quantities in the heart of the vast hills
on both sides, and as even in the valley
there are great quantities of rocks and
loose stones and gravel, it may be that
some brands of phosphate, etc, would
not be of much Use; as iron probably
would heutralize their effects. There is
a good variety of grass growing, and if
it could be obtained on a moderate
freight, etc, twenty tons of good farm
yard manure, per acre, would give life to
the whole mass; but it cannot be had
here, and the soil is. poor because the
hay has been taken off for nearly twenty
years and no return made.
This autumn, in consequence of
drought and the exhaustion of the land,
the cattle have eaten the grass very
short and it is to be feared the whole
herbage will be weak in the spring.
Now the idea is that some suitable
chemical application Would strengthen
the whole mass of weak herbage, so
that by better usage hereafter the blue
grass, clover, red top, ETC., ETC., would
not die out and manure could then be
periodically spread so as to keep up a
good state of fertility.
The information sought IS what kind
of artificial manure will answer the pur-
pose best, and if these gentlemen would
recommend a manure giving particu-
lars and stating why such an article
would tell better than any other, they
would benefit and Oblige not only the
man who applies for the information,
but a large number of the great body
Of agriculturists.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-12-06
THE Cincinnati Breakfast Table is one c

THE Cincinnati Breakfast Table is one Of
the reT,y best humorous papers published
Its witty sketches, showing up the ludicrous
side Of city life can not be read without
danger to buttons. The paper makes friends
wherever it goes, and nt eds only to be seen
to recommend itself. 1t is pure in tone and
healthfuI in influence. Ask any newsdealer
for it. 1t will be sent to any address three
months on triddOr forty cents. Address
your letter to THE Breakfast Table, Cincin-
nati Ohio.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-12-06
Horse Shoeing in Various Countries.

In the United States, England and
France the hOrse-shOer simply takes the
horses foot on his knee to shoe it. This
depends to some extent on the nature of
the breed of horses, which in some coun-
tries are, on the average, more shy, and
most of them could not well be treated
in this way. Thus in the Netherlands,
and in parts of Germany, the horse is
placed in a narrow stall, where short
chains are attached to the uPrights; then
one of these chains is placed around the
horses ankle and the foot lifted, and
tied up to a convenient height, for the
smith to do his work. In Turkey and
Servia The horses head is held by one
man, another holds the leg on his arm,
while the third operates on the foot. In
Russia the horse Is placed in a square
cage, made Of rough wooden planks, and
/ is strapped around the belly with wide
leather straps attached to cross bars OF
| the frame work; his head is also safely
tied, the foot is fixed to a stake in the
ground and is held by an assistant, whilt
the smith nails on the shoe.
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NoRRIsTOWE Herald: The Lowell
Courier says that a great advance is to
be mad5 in the game Of base ball next
season. The ball is to be pitched with a
small riHed field piece. The next step
IN this highly moral and intellectual
game will be a cast iron batter and
catcher, and one patent man to run the
bases, all worked by steam. This will
permit the members of each nine to sit
on the fence and swear at the decisions
cf the umpire.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-12-06

MILLIONS of bottles of BURNETT's Co.
CoAINE have been sold during the last twenty
years, in every civilized country, and the
public have rendered the verdict that it is
the cheapest and best Hair Dressing in the
world
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-12-06
Rheumnti,n QuicI.Iv Cured.

"Durahg's Rheumatic RcmedY," the
great Internal Medicine, viii positively cure
any case of rheumatism on the face of the
earth. Price, 81 a bottle, six bottles s..
Sold by all druggists. Send for circular to
Helphenstiue & Bentley, Druggists, Wash
inpfOn ID O.
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Dentistry on HOrses.-It is generally
believed, even among the best hOrsemen
in the country, says the EastOn Fret
Press, that glanders is quite prevalent
in horses. Many a valuable animal has
been killed by direction Of his owner
because of an offensive discharge from
the nostrils, which has been considered
as a sure indication that the horse is
afflicted with that dreadful disease,
glanders. The fact is that cases of CLAN
ders are few and far between. Mr.. G.
D. House, the veterinary dentist, says
that in all his experience he has never
known of but two cases, although hehas
known of hundreds of instances when
horses have been killed because they
were supposed to be affected with this
disease. The whole trouble arises from
neglect of the teeth.
Recently Mr. House operated upon
the horses of the Hambletonian breeding
stud, DR.. Flagg, G. NJ. Dyer, Wash
burn & Co., and W. Ct. Strong pulling
or cutting or filling the teeth of nearly
every animal he examined. In one
horses mouth the wolf teeth were dis
covered to be entirely covered by the
gum and detached from the Jaw, so that
every time the bit was moved in the
animals mouth these teeth were turned,
crowded and jammed in the gum, of
course causing the horse to Jump and
run. Another case was found where the
grinders had worn rough and uneven
and were slightly displaced so that the
horse in eating was continually grinding
away upon theinner liningOf the mouth,
keeping it constantly raw and painful
and of course making the beast cross and
irritable
Still another case was found in which
one of a colts temporary teeth, after be-
ing partially forced from its place by
the second teeth, had remained fastened
by one fang and in such a position as to
grind continually on the gum while the
animal was feeding, yet so nicel y had
the decayed tooth been lodged that its
presence was only detected by the often
sive odor arising from it. Several cases
of inflammation of the gums were found
which were accounted for by presence of
tartar on the front teeth, which was
readily removed.
Mr.. Houses operations the other day
were closely watched by large number
of horsemen and many who were unable
to account for sensitive mouths in their
own horses became satisfied that the
trouble was with their teeth. The ami
mails rather appear to like having their
mouths worked upon and Mr. House
says he never had one attempt to bite
him. He runs his hands and arms into
their mouths freely, working away at
the sensitive parts without causing a
horse to exhibit signs of pain or uneasi-
ness.
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CINCTNNATI,-Bee Cattle-COmmon, 2925(c.
lair to mediu, 23z433Ee,; good 70 choice butchers
grades, 31ag41zc; fair to good shippers, 4394s4c;
talr to good heavy oxen, 314g414c tair to good
feeders, 3G4c., for light and heavy grades. Sneep
and Lambs-F0r sheep prices remain steady and
range as follows Common to fair, 21IG3C., and
good to choice, 31{G454c per pound, gross, Lambs
are quoted common to fair, 519G4c., and good to
choice, 41zG434c. per h., gross. HOgs-COmmOn,
60 1904 13 fair to good light, "a 2094 40; fair to
good packing, 81 5OG4 As.
BUFFALO.-Beef Cattle-Market dull Shipping
steers, 81 3I15G5 1T55. Sheep and Lambs-Western
sheep, So 75(G4 10; Michigan lambs, 81 SOFAS 10.
Hogs-Y orkers, 81 "a 8j; good to prime extra
NEW YORK.-Beef Cattle-saIes were made Of
some of the finest steers at 11911c. per Ib strictly
prime lots, 10SSG1O5zc. fHiT to good 91491O1{c !;
some Of the cOmmODest natives, SIC; poor to fair
Texas, Colorado and Colorado cattle, 71%9S55c Ex-
pOrters took 42O head Of fat native steers at g1Oc
per lb. Sheep and Lambs - Ordinary good sheep
SiG5 25; ordinary to good lambs, S5G6. Hogs
Best, 81 35@4 SO; light grades, s. S564 40.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Beef Cattle-Prime, IS 25;
good, s.; common, 81 25. Sheep-S3G4 90. Hogs
YOrkers, 81 1904 25; Philadelphias, 81 1894 S.
WOOL.--1n Philadelphia, wool is in improved
demand supply Light and prices firm. Ohio Penn
sylvania, and West Virginia, double extra
and above, 4494Sc.; extra, 44G45c.; medium,
Aa46c.; coarse S5d37C.; New York. Michigan,
Indiana, and Western, fine, 40943c.; me
dunn, AG45.; coarse 36G3SC.; cOmbing,
washed, 5OG56c. COmbing, unwashed, 36g35c. Can
ada cOmbing, 52G53c.; fine unwashed, 26g36c-;
coarse and medium unWashed, 29932c.; tub
wushed, 42946c.
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Chinese Suspension Bridges.

The most remarkable evidence of the
mechanical science and skill of the Chi
nese is TO be found in their suspended
bridges, the invention Of which is as
signed to the Han dynasty, which
fOurished one thousand six hundred
years ago. According to the concurrent
testimony of all their historical and
geographical writer's, Shang-Lseang, the
cOmmander-in-chief of the army under
Kaou-tsOO, the first Of the Hans, accord
ing TO ThOrnton's 60 History of China"
undertook and completed the formation
of roads through the mountainous prov
ince of Shen-se to the west of the capital.
Hitherto its lofty hills and deep val eys
had rendered communication difficult
and circuitOUs. With a body Of one hun
dred thousand labOrers he cut passages
over the mountains, throwing the re-
moved soil into the valleys, and where
this was not sufficient to raise the road to
the required height, he constructed
bridges, which rested on pillars and abut-
ments. In other places he conceived and
accomplished the daring project Of sus-
pending a bridge from one mountain to
another across a deep chasm. These
bridges, which are called by the Chinese
writers, very appropriately, flying
bridges" and represented to be numer-
Gus at the present day, are sometimes 50
high that they cannot be traversed with
out alarm. One still existing in Shen-sC
stretches four hundred feet from noun
| tain to mountain, over a ehasm of five
hundred feet. MostOf thesefyingb bridge:
are so wide that four hOrsemen can ride
on them abreast, and balustrades are
placed on each side to protect travellers
1t is by no means improbable (as M
Panther suggests) that, as the mission
aries in China made known the fact NOR,
than a century and a half ago, that tn,
Chinese had suspension bridges, and tha
many of them were of iron, the hint may
have been taken from thence for simila
constructions by European engineers.
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