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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-09
A Perfect Toilet Soap.

First among the requisites Of the toilet Is a good
article OF Soap, but 10 procure it il always an
easy matter Many OF the most expensive Soaps in
the market are made from coarse and deeterous
materials and their delicate colorlng and fragrant
perfume too often conceal the most repulsive I'M
pufl1les. The disclosures recently made public
regarding this subject positively startling, and
deserve serious consideration. Scented Soaps are
now known to be extremely t,iit,ctioua ble
ly If applied to the head inurine the hair irrta
ting the scalp, and inducing severe headaches. The
character of the ingredients may be inferred from
the statement of gentlemen who makes the scent
ing of Soaps his business he recently declared that
persons engaged III this employment short
HVed; from seven TO ten years being the longest
period during which the occupation could bc fol-
lowed
The difficulty Of procuring perfectly pure arti-
Gle of toilet soap is at last obviated, however
thanks to the enterprise and chemical skill of Mr.
B. 7. Babbitt Of New YORK, the w0rld-renowned
Soap Manufacturer, whose immense establishment
is by lar the greatest of the kind in the United
States. The renown Of Mr. Babbitt's various pro-
auctions has for many years been widely dissem-
mated, but this latest success Is the appropriate
crown to the numerous victories already achieved
After years of patient labor and scientific expert
ment, MIR. Babbitt has succeeded in perfecting the
composition of the hrest toilet soap ever intro
0ueed The principal ingredients are the purest
vegetable oils; the manufacturing processes are
entirely new and original, and the result is simply
unparai leled in this department of industry.
q b. I. Rabbits Toilet Soap is the trade mark
by which this elegant toilet luxury is designated,
and for applications to the delicate skin Of infants
children and ladies' 1t Is altogether unequaled in its
emOllient properties. This Soap is not perfumed,
the ingredients being of such absolute purity to
require aid from chemistry to disguise inferior
materials. The most refined taste considers the
absence of artificial perfume the perfection of
sweetness, and this peculiar characteristic of B. 7.
Babbtt's Toilet Soap renders it the most healthful
and agreeable article of the kind ever mannfac-
tured.
Though specially desirable for the of ladies
and children, this Soap equally appropriate for
gentemen's toilet, and as 1t makes heavy lather
1t is also one of the finest soaps for BARRIERS use.
1t is just being placed upon the market, but the
demand for it will soon become general.-N. Y,
Tribune.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-09
THOMAS YATES.

Is PREPARED TO Do PLUMBING IN ALL ITS
branches also, Gas and Steam Fitting.
Call and have estimates made before orderingyour
work doEe by other parties.
THOMAS YATES, (Levee. Rock Island
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
Perfumes.

Scents appear to influence the smell
ing nerve in certain definite degrees.
There is, as it were, an octave Of odOrs,
like an octave in music. Certain odOrs
blend in unison like the notes of an in
strument. For instance, almond, hell
OtTOpG, vanilla and orange blossoms
blend together, each producing differ
ent degrees of a nearly similar impress
sion. Again, we have citron, lemon,
veTbena and orange peel, forming a
higher octave of smells, which blend
in a similar manner. The figure is
completed by what we call semi-OdOrs,
such as rose and rose geraniums for the
half note; petty grain, the note; neroly,
a black-key or half note; followed by
feur d orange, a full note. Then we
have patchOUly, sandel-wOOd and viii
vert, with many others running into
each other. From the perfumes already
known, we may produce, by uniting
them in proper proportions, the smell
of almost any flower. When perfumes
are mixed which strike the same key of
the OlfactOry nerves, no idea Of a differ
ent scent is produced as the scent dies
off from the handkerchief; but when
they are not mixed on this principle
then we hear that such and such a per-
fume becomes ''sickly, or ''faint" after
it has been in use a short time.-Septi-
mus Tiesse.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
.esheep Day, in New Jersey.

In the New Jersey calendar Tuesday
was sheep day, $50 called because upon
one day in each year the township COM
mittees are in. session to receive com
plants from farmers and sheep-owners.
These complaints state the number and
value Of the sheep which have been
killed by dogs during the year. These
losses are paid, according to an act
passed in 1916, from a fund obtained by
taxes upon dogs owned in the township.
Should this fund be insufficient to pay
these damages, it is divided among
those injured in equitable proportions,
according to their respective losses
Persons are taxed fifty cents for one
dog above the age Of six months, and
one dollar for every additional dog
owned by them; but the people may at
their annual town meeting levy any ad-
ditionaI tax Oh dogs, not exceeding S.
on each.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
Wnndsrs of Mechanism.

Some wonderful accounts are handed
down Of mechanism so constructed as
to resemble the figure and initiate the
actions Of mankind. ArChytas, Of Ia
rentum, about four hundred years be
fore our era, is said to have made a
wooden pigeon that could fly. AIbertus
Magnus constructed an aUtOmatum to
open his door when any one knocked.
The celebrated Regiomotanus mad .
wooden eagle that flew forth nom the
city, ,saIuted the emperor, and returned.
He also constructed an iron fly, which
few out Of his hand and returned, after
flying about the room. In 173S, an aU-
tOmaton flute-player was exhibited at
Paris that played on the flute in the
same manner as a living performer. In
I71, VaUcansen produced a fageOlet
player, which played the 1ageOlet with
the left hand, and beat a tambOrine
with the right. He also made a duck,
which dabbled in the water, swan.
drank, and quacked like a real duck
A Frenchman exhibited a duck in this
city, seven or eight years ago, which
went through several Of the same Ope-
ratiOns. AutOmatOns have been con
sTUcted which wrote, played on the pi-
anO-f0rte, etc. During the present cen
tury, a Swiss named -MaTardes con-
stTUcted a figure representing a female,
which performed eighteen tunes on the
piano, and continued in motion an hour,
He also made another figure, represent
ing a boy that could write and draw
Journal Pour TOlls.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
Obscurs Men Hanniest In MedInck

No woman will love a man the better
for being renowned or prominent.
Though he be the first among men she
will be prOuder not fonder; as is often
the case, she will not even be proud.
But give her love, appreciation, kind
ness, and there is no sacrifice she would
not make for his content and comfort.
The man who loves her well is her
hero and her king. No less a hero to
her, though he is not to any other; no
less a king though his only kingdom is
her heart and home. 1t is a mans own
fault if he is unhappy with his wife in
nine cases out Of ten. 1t is a very ex-
/ CeptiOnal woman who will not be all
she can be to an attentive husband, and
a very exceptional one who will not be
very disagreeable if she finds herself
willfuly neglected. 1t would be easy
to hate a man who, having bound a
woman to him made no effort to make
her happy; hard not to love one who
is constant and tender, and when a
woman loves she always strives to
please. The great men Of this world
have always been wretched in their do
nestle relations, while mean and com
mon men have been exceedingly happy.
The reason is very plain. Absorbed in
themselves those who desire the worlds
le,pplause were careless to the little
world at home, while those who had
( none Of this egotism strOve to keep the
hearts that we're their own and were
happy in their tendeness.-Alabama
! BanIisi.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
4 Cloud Of Ants.

One Of the strange phenomena in in
sect migration is mentioned in the
Elmira, n. Y. Gazette which says that
recently persons in the lower part Of the
town were astonished at seeing a crowd
of ants flying very closely to the ground,
extending fifty or sixty feet. They
were about the size of sugar ants, hay
ing wings. They were flying from the
northeast, and when-seen by our infOr-
mant were passing between the CathO-
lie church and the Sisters Academy on
Market street. Many a family wash
ing hanging in back yards in the path
of the swarm was literally covered with
the little creatures, which had alighted
to take a rest. TLey were easily shaken
off when they would pick themselves
up and again join the band, which
moved along at moderate pace. Where
they came from, what they came for,
or where they went, is a mystery. 1t is
certain, however, that they passed over
the city. There is an old superstition
that when arss Ay, cholera NAV be ex-
pected. Perhaps the ants know their
business in this respect and are on their
warning rounds.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
Town and HilIsboro P. o. Sub
ScrlbeTs.

u An advance payment preferred in all cases.
Subscribers win be notified Of the expiration OF their
time by cross on their papers, or BY bills enclosed
y. B.-We do not discontinue papers sent to
Town Subscribers unless specially ordered to do so,
until all arrCarages are paid as a general rule. A
failure to order disCOntn nance is considered as
equivalent to ordering the paper continued.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
Pfths

Eat slowly.
BE content.
Love lightens labor.
Never start your fire with oil
It is fashionable to economic.
Try lemon juice on cucumbers.
Fruits are delicious for breakfast.
Use a cloth for washing potatoes.
Quiet workers accomplish the most.
Variety is the very best culinary spice.
Air pillows in the wind, not in the
sun.
Use blue tissue-paper for wrapping
{ up silver-ware.
The wOrk-basket is often a spectacle
for gods and men.
Rub your kitchen table with 4 ripe
tomato to remove the grease.
Make your home as bright and cheer
full as possible on rainy days.
Do not use silver spoons to scrape
kettles, or silver forks to toast bread.
Meyer starch napkins; they were in
tended to wipe the mouth, MOTTO scratch
it.
Wash mating with warm salt water
one pint of salt to twO-thirds of a pail
Of water, and dry with a soft cloth.
To sweeten a sour sponge; rub thor
OughIy in lemon juice, then rinse seve-
raj times in warm water.
First boil ashes in a new iron kettle,
then scrub with soap and sand; fill with
clean water and boil two or three hours.
When servants do not wait upon the
table, let the lady members of the fam
lily take turns in serving. 1t is much
Pleasanter than for this one that one, or
all to jump up every time an article is
needed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
Cgsar's Wealth.

Julius Cesar, like Wilkins Micawbcr,
Esq, was continually incurring pecu-
niary liabilities that he found difficult
to discharge" He set a high value
upon friendship, having purchased that
of Lucius PauIus for 81 100000, and
that of Curio for S2,5OO,OOO. He was a
terrible spendthrift. Before he had
succeeded in obtaining an Office, he had
amused debts to the amount Of Sl4,-
975.OOO. But ofIfcehOlders had good
picking in those days us in our own;
and as soon as julius got his hand into
the public treasury his debts began to
diminish. He soon became rich. lie
gave SeryiIlia, the mother Of Brutus, a
pearl of the value of 500, 600. He would
doubtless have b9en guilty of many
other extravagances had not ''the be-
loved Brutus'' given him that cruel stab
under the fifth rib. On the day of the
assassination, Caesars friend, Mark An
tony, owed 81 100000, which was all
paid thirty days afterwards. This same
Muk Antony subsequently swallowed
a pearl, dissolved in vinegar (which
Cleopatra administered to himl, worth
100000. He also squandered S735. .OOO,-
600 of the public treasure.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
Variety

What inextricabIe confusion must the
world forever have been in, but for the
variety which we find to obtain in the
faces, the voices and the handWritings
Of men! No security of person, no Ger
tainty Of possession, no justice between
man and man, no distinction between
good and bad, friends and foes, father
and child, husband and wife, male ani
female. All would have been exposed
to malice, fraud, forgery and Iu-t- But
now every mans face can distinguish
him in the light-his voice in the dark
and his handwriting cans speak for him,
though absent, and be his witness to all
generations.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
LFor the News.
A Well Known Footstep.

BY A. z. T..
I'm sitting by the Cozy fire, on this o0ld, bleak
wintry night,
The cracking Goals upon the hearth seem alone
to break the spell,
Yet I'm waiting and I'm watching by fts CLEANS of
sparkling light.
For footstep on the pavement, that always
know so well.
Hark! hear the voice Of children, making merry
as they go.
The crisp snow yielding music to their gaHy pat
tering feet,
Then slow and heavy foOtstcp, as If haught
with age or pain,
And Passer-by goes hurrying on with step both
light and feet.
Would you ask the reason Why know this one
familiar step,
While wait and watch and listen, as I've often
done before2
Why its sound disturbs my reverie and awakens
memories sweet,
Tho 'tis not as gay and buthesome as in happy
days OF yOre7
Though this step is firm and steady, yet it long
ago was shOrn
Of its feetness in battle that we all remember
well.
And III uc'er forget tn welcome to the 4lzssholdJf
our home,
That dear step which brings Us gladuess and
face that cares dispel.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
ORGANAL WEAKNESS

Immediately cured and full vigor restored. This
distressing afliction-whlch renders life burden
and marriage inn Ossible-is the penalty paid by
the victim OF improper indulgence. Young per-
SOILS are too apt 10 commit excesses from not be
ing aware Of the dreadful consequences that may
ensue. Now who that understands this subject,
will deny that prO-CreatiOn is lost eeoner by those
falling into improper habits than by the prudent
Besides being deprived of the pleasure of healthy
offspring, the most serious and destructive symp-
tens Of both mind and body arise. The system
tiOhs weakened. Loss ef provocative power,
irritability, dyspepsia, palpitatiOn of the
heart, indigestion constitutional debility, wasting
Of the frame, cough, consumption, decay and
death.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03

Kentucky's claim to the title 'dark
and bloody ground is attested by the
numerous Notifications and wa1like
Implements to be found on her soil
Cast-metal balls, from the size of a wal
nut to four and siX-pOunders, have fire.
quently been Unearthed, and under such
circumstances as to indicate that they
were used by a civilization long anter-
iOr to our own.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.

Dr.. F. addresses oil those who have injured
themselves by improper induIgences and solitary
habits, which ruin both mind and body uniting
them for business, study, society or marriage.
These are some Of the sad and melancholy ef-
fects produced by the early habits Of youth, viz
weakness Of the back and limbs pain in the head,
dimness Of sight, loss Of muscular power, palpita-
tiOn Of the heart, dyspepsia nervous irritability
arrangement Of the digestive functions, debility
consumption, &C.
P. S.-Those who cannot ca II on the doctor can
be treated by writing and stating symptoms to his
home Office where they will receive immediate at
tention through the mail. Address.
DR.. FISHBLATT,
octlstf Station D.. New York
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
Young Folks, Corner.

Having resumed the printing Of the NEWS at
home, we have decided to resume this department,
which has been suspended for the past two years
or more. for want Of room.
Original or selected Problems, Puzzles, Enigmas,
&C, are solicited from all our young readers,
especially from former contributors.
The answers must in all cases be sent in with
Problems, Eairmas, &C., together with the real
name of the writer, not for publication, but as a
guaranty Of good faith and for the private infor-
nation of the editor.
The answers win be publiSlgd regularly the week
following the publication of the Fr15iema, SC.
Contributions must be sent in By IfsEzs-,-
each week, TO be in time for the paper Of the VI
following. Y
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
DR.. FIsHBLATT

Has discovered the greatest cure In the world for
weakness of the back aud limbs, involuntary dis
charges, impotency, general debility, nervous
.languOr, confusion Of ideas, pslpitatiOn of the
heart, timidity, trembling. dimness of sight or
Piddiness, diseases Of the head, throat, nose or
skin, affections Of the liver, lungs, stomach or
bOwels-thOse terrible disorders arising from soil
tary habits Of yOuth-secret and solitary practices
more fatal to their victims than the songs Of the
SyrenE to the mariners Of Ulysses, blightng their
most radiant hopes and snticipaliOns, rendering
marriage impossible.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03

An amiable and witty French count
ess, Borapartist by conviction, made a
proposition the other day intended to
relieve the governmental the cruel pres
sure it is likely shortly to experience
''DOnt dissolve the Chamber, - said she,
"divide it. Then the r pubIcans can
sit on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri
days, and the MOnaTchists on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays" " ''But, " in
terpOsed a friend, whatever the As
sembly did one day the Assembly Of the
next day would hasten to undo. It
would be like PenelOpe's tapestry. -
Precisely, said the lady; "and while
things were being spun and undOne why
Ulysses might arriveI"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
GIVE NE REST.

Only one moment, unfettered By caro-,
flushed as the temple devoted to prayer,
When Heaven is painting the West,
Flooding the sky thTO' its portals ajaF,
Looping the curtain Of night With a star
Give me rest.
Spirit Of power, forever yOul reign,
Tyrant, enslaYing the heart and the brain,
With eV'ry endeaVOr oppressed.
Sick OF the lessons that nature has taught
Weary with burdens Of infinite thought
Give me rest.
Grant me a portion lethean, a draught,
Sparkling with tranquil repOse never QuRflc7
By mOTtals at pleasures behest
r Give me peace the world cannot give
Respite from action; 70 act is TO live
Give me rest.
CeaseIesg the toll Of the spirit distraughE
BoundlesS the realm OF. invisible thought
Where Imagery fingers Caressed,
Waves OF oblivion over me roll,
Welcome fOrgetfulness bring 70 my soul
Give me rest.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
Government Land Patents.

An Iowa correspondent of an Eastern
paper urges the Importance to home
stead-settlers and landowners Of secUr-
ing the United States patent deeds
thereto, and says that the fact is reveal
ed by investigations at the United
States Land Office, that in hundreds,
and probably thousands, Of cases, owing
to the poor ink used in the Offices at
Washington, the descriptions of land in
these patents have entirely faded out, so
as to become perfectly iuegiJle, and it
is only by the filing on the outside, made
in the State Office, that even the name
of the person, and town and range, can
be known. This is a serious difficulty,
as it will require a full research Of all
the records at Washington, and the IS
suing Of a new patent, all Of which only
increases the chances of error.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
Intellect.

i auty gives
The features pcrfcctnCss, and to the form
Its delicate proportions; she may stain
Fhe eye with a celestial hluc-thc check
With caTInine Of the sunset; she may breathe
Grace In every motion, Ii Nc tho play
or the least visible tissue of cloud;
She may give all that is within hcr own
Bright ccstus-aHd one glance Of Intellect,
Like stronger magic, will Uutshine It all.
lTi1ia-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
DR.. FIsHBLATT,

Graduate Of one of the most eminent colleges in
the United States, has effected some Of the most
astonishing cures that were ever known many
troubled with ringing in the head and ears when
asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at GER
tain sounds, with frequent blnshing, attended
sometimes with arrangement Of the mind, were
cured Immediately.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03

A letter from Fort Fettermah tells
the story Of a young hero, who, alone
and single-handed, kept band Of Indi-
ans at bay for two hours in sort Of
natural redOUbt of stone. When found
he was dead, and on his body were thir-
teen wounds. The photograph Of a
handsome young lady was found on his
person, with the name Mamie written
at the bottom. Attached to it was q
lock of hair tied with a bit of blue rib
bon. There was no clue to the young
mans name OF place Of residence, but
the picture Of the lady was taken in
Chicago. The soldiers who found the
body buried it in a nameless grave and
carved on a tree near by, "Nlamies
End, killed May 26, 1877.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
sborough Highland County, Ohio, Thursday January 1875
AMERICAN sEoBs ABROAD.

The Americans would be glad to see the
days Of the Second Empire.return, when
the gay court was open to them and the
leading lady in millinery ruled 1t. Cos
tunes are very handsome now and cost
enough, I am sure, but the show and
the glitter are not the same as then, and,
while the finest taste is seen in certain
places, in others there is q plentiful lack
Of it.
It seems rather funny, however, to
hear Nine. PAmericaine, with r6z en-
Eair and such crushing manner, object
to the manner in which the bOurgeOisie
are pushing themselves into society.
Messieurs Burlanger and Cordonnier are
not at all TO her liking, although the for
tune she inherits may have been made
in that redolent portion of New York
known as the swamp. There Is no one
who hates the smell Of leather as your
true republican, especially when he has
settled in Paris. He likes titles and or
ders, and his genealogical tree invariably
goes back to at least William the Con
querOr's time, albeit at home, his grand
father did not even know where he was
born. However, we all have our
weaknesses, and they develop differently
under differing skies and circumstances.
Certain people are born with aspirations,
and they cannot help It and think
most Of these come 70 Paris.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-03
DIR. FIsHBLATT

Has made the above diseases the special study Of
bis fe and 70 the treatment of these he brings al
his TALENT skill and long experience. 1t will there
fore not surprise those who are intelligent enough
to discern, that physician who treats the diseases
of one organ to the exclusion Of all others, must
be superior to those who pretend to be equally
skilled in the treatment of all diseases.