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, 1878-12-26
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Mr.. Blaine's resolution of inquiry
into Southern bull.dozing presented
on the first day of the session, and
Fernando Woods gratuitous and ILL
timed assault upon the Presidents
reference to the same subject, have
cast gloom upon the unfortunate
Democrats once more. Ii was their
policy to prevent all discussion of
their transactions in the South, hav-
ing enough to shoulder already in the
cipher dispatches and other disagree
able affairs. What was their aston.
ishment, therefore, when Wood in
vited the frebrand on the fsst day
Of the session, thus illustrating what
Mr.. Lincoln said he relied upon for
success in politics, the unvarying
stupidity of the Democratic party.
Both Houses will now probably in.
v.s;igate sn their own way the out.
RACES in South Carolina and else
where. The caucus of Republican
Senators took . stalwart turn. decid.
edly. 1t voted to push Senator
Blaine's resolution for investigation,
and then added proposition to re-
duce the representation of the South
in Congress and in the electoral col
lege just in proportion to the disfran
chisement which the Democrats
forced. This is in accord with the
Constitutional amendments. The
committee appointed to shape and
enforce the policy Of the caucus is
as follows: Senators Blaine, Ed
munds, Dawes, Christiancy and
Howe. The programme is for Mr..
Blaine to call up his resolution, have
it amended as above, and make a
short speech upon it. Senators Ed
munds and others will follow in the
same line. That the Democrats will
be forced to make a defensive and
weak fight is very true, but who will
como to their rescue is not so clear,
although it is said that Ben Hill is
ready to eat FIRE again. The debate
will be a very interesting and able
one and may have grave political re-
sults--for the Democratic party.
OF course not much business has
yet been transacted, the session hav.
ing continued only four days. The
House passed two appropriation
bills, those for West Point and Fort.
i6cations, and several others are
ready for action. But these are
mostly unimportant and they are
rushed through to give an impres.
sion that the Democratic House is q
business body. This bubble will be
pricked when the session draws to 9
close and the buncombe economy o.
the party managers is exposed t.
view. 1t has come to be pretty
widely known now, and will not hell
the Democratic party in future
that its pairing down is chiefly for tn,
purpose of embarrassing the Govern
ment, and only little for economy
The Senate has not Of course got a
any of the appropriations. The onl,
important measure it has had unde
consideration is the Texas Pacific r
r. aid bill, in favor Of which Stanle,
Matthews made the only set speech
yet made in either House. The bill
will come up for action in a few
days, and since the corrupt and op
pressive transactions of the presen
Pacific r. r. monopoly have disgust
ed the country and the Government
the friends Of this Southern line ar
confident Of its success. Mr.. Mat
thews argued strongly for it as frs
and competing highway, which woul,
be great relief to trade and efficien
aid to the transaction Of public bust
III. NJ. nrl.oDp,nr 81,
, 1878-12-26
SALE OF BOATS
Belonging to the
ReUenUe Marine Service.

CUSTOM HOUSE,
PORT TOWNSEND. w. T.
COLLECTORS OFFICE, Dec. 16, 1873.
WILL be sold at public auction to the
w highest and best bidder for cash, at
II O'Clock noon of Monday, the 3Oth
day Of December, 1878,
At the Custom House, Port Townsend,
w. r.,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02
The Use Of the Diamond.

The Boston COUTier, in speaking Of
the use of the diamond, says, the ser
vices of the diamond as an ornament,
are so conspicuous that few people ever
think of it as an article of usefulness.
With the one well known exception of
the glaZieT, no tradesman or mechanic
is supposed to put it to any practical
purpose, or to estimate it by any other
standard than that Of beauty and rari-
ty. A scientific gentleman, well ac-
quainted with mining operations, points
out a very important use which is made
Of the diamond in sinking shafts and
piercing rocks. Experience has shown
that the employment of an instrument
so costlyis amplyjustifed by the saving
in time effected by substituting it for a
cheaper and blunter weapon, and the
consequence is that in a great many
mines and tunnels it is already used for
boring the hardest rocks. The inVen-
tiOn is by no means new, but few peO-
pie know the exact nature Of the m0dus
operandi or its extreme simplicity. A
cylindrical tube Of steel is fitted at one
of its ends with a number Of stones set
at regular intervals round its rim, and
arranged to resemble a row Of teeth so
that when the tube is made to revOIve
on its axis these teeth act as a circular
saw, and rapidly cut their way into even
the hardest granite. At the end of the
tube first setin motion may be attached
by welding them firmly. any humber of
similar tubes, and the spinning move
ment is communicated to the whole of
the long gimlet by an engine applied to
its further extremity.
The perfOratOr travels with marvel
Gus rapidity, and the rock, as it is cut,
pushes its way into the tube, from
which it is afterward extracted, some
times in lengths Of as much as six feet.
At Bohmisch BoOd, in some difficult
workings through the quartz rock, a
passage of 40 feet in length was cut
with one of those instruments in q
hours, whereas, with any other tools,
it would have taken five or six times as
long, with little or no economy of eX-
pense. The diamonds do not, Of course,
last forever, and the loss of one gener-
ally destroys for the time the efficiency
of the machine. But they can be re-
placed, and thatmOre readily, inasmuch
as stones of an inferior kind seem TO
act as well as those of the first water.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02
One Woman not Afraid Of a Rat.

There isa wide spread belief amount
ing almost to a certainty, that when a
woman sees a mouse she will utter q
piercing Shrek, and either faint or
mount the nearest chair. A woman in
Sacramento, California, is endeavOring
to lead public opinion imam OppOsite.di-
reCtion. She sweeps out the NIechan-
ics' Exchange Hotel. She saw rat.
She saw him, went him one better, and
sailed after the vicious little rO-
dent in real earnest. Out the door he
went with the broomstick tapping the
pavement close behind him. Reaching
the sire, t, he lodged into a hole under
the sidewalk on the other side Of the
alley, and lOokers-On thought the sport
was ended. Not so, however; the
plucky woman ran her bare arm into
the hole and drew the rat forth in tTi-
umph, and dashed him forcibly to the
ground before he had chance to turn
and bite. Here she deliberately dis
patched him with the brOOmstick,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02
SMift ami lis SarHnnt.

Dean Swift, while on a journey, and
stopping at a tavern, desired his ser
want JOhn-who, by the way, was as
eccentric as his master-tO bring him
his boots. John brought up his boots
in the same state as they were in the
evening previous. "Why didn't you
polish my boots?" said the Dean
There's no use in polishing them, "
said the man, ''for they would soon be
dirty again" VERY true" said the
Dean, and ne put Oh the boots. Imme-
diately after he went down to the land
lady, and told her on no account to
give his servant any breakfast. The
Dean breakfasted, and then ordered his
horse out. AS he was ready to star
John ran to him and said: ''NIr. Dean,
haven't got my breakfast yet" 30"
replied the witty divine, there's no
use in your breakfasting, for you would
soon be hungry again" John, finding
his theory thrown back on himself,
submitted to the PTiYatiOn with the
same stOicism as did his master with
the boots. On they rode, the Dean in
front, reading his pfayer-bOOk, and The
man behind at respectful distance,
when they were met 10y gentleman,
who, after cycling the Dean very close
Iy, accOsted the servant with: Il say,
my man, you and your master seem to
be a sober pair; may ask who you are,
and where you are gOing?" We are
going to heaven" said John, my mas
ter is praying and am fasting" The
gentleman looked again in wOnierment
at the master and man and rode off.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02

"a Grill Well, 1 should say you
were, " said the Judge. You must be
full of grit to marry. What do you ex-
pect to do these hard times with large
family coming on, a hard winter before
you, labor scarce and money scarceP
How much money have you got to in
vest in this business?"
"Only one dollar, sir" said the young
man, pulling out two halves.
Lord bless me, they look as big as
cart wheels. Square round. Here, you
fellow, get on the other side, elevate
your heads, hold up your right hands,
look me straight in the eye and be
sworn"
''Do you solemnly swear in the pres
ence of this assemblage and the Free
Press reporter that you will live togeth-
er as long as you do live, die together
when the time comes, love, protect,
cherish and respect; that you, young
lady, will try and support that young
man, mend his shirts, darn his stock
ings, look upon your husband as the
best-lOOking man in the country, let
him monopolize all the grit about the
house when he's at home, and run the
house when he's away; and you, young
man, will never get to fOOling around
With anybody else's wife, or play sweet
with any one else; that you denOunce
fraud and corruption, that you will not
accept any Office you are not elected to,
run for a justice of the peace, Or COM
promise your rights as an American
citizen if you should ever become one.
All of which you sOlemnly swear"
kiss the book, sir. I'll kiss the
bride. Launch out the halves. Good
ness, they are larger than cart-wheels.
Good day, sir. A long life-happiness
twins. Call again. Send your cOu-
sins, or any one else. Farewell"
The couple backed out of the door
after upsetting the spittoons, knocking
the compiled laws from the table, and
overthrowing two or three chairs.
Another man made miserable, "
cried the Judge, and commenced writ
ing on a writ of reDleVin.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02
CoIrvu TabrIcs In India.

An English writer says: The mar
veIous delfcacy of touch possessed by
the Indian woman cOunteTbalances the
inferiority of Indian cotton in weaving
the fine and delicate muslins to which
the names Of 'webs of woven ali. "
dew Of night, " running waters, y etc.,
are given by the natives. They now
use the spinning wheel generally for
the ordinary fabrics, but the spindle
still holds its place in the hands Of the
HindOO woman when employed in
spinning thread for the finer muslins.
For these the UindOO woman first
cards her cotton with the jaw-bOne of
the bOalee fish; she then separates the
seeds by means of a small iron roller,
worked backwards and forwards upon
a fiat board. An equally small bow is
used for bringing it to the state Of a
downy fleece, which is made up into
small rolls, to be held in the hand dur
ing the process Of spinning. The ap-
paratus required for this consists Of a
delicate iron spindle, having a small
bali of clay attached to it in order to
give it sufficient weight in turning, and
Imbedded in little clay is a piece Of
hard shell, on which the spindle turns
with the least degree of friction. Very
great attention is paid to the tempera-
/ |ture of the air during the process OF
spinning, and the spmueTs in tie dry
climate Of the northwest of India actu-
dIly work underground in order to Sc
cure a moist and uniform atmosphere,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02
ssTake Your Head Out Of the Light.

1t often happens these days, when
the car-Iights are lit early, that many
of the passengers strive to occupy the
time ridiAg to their homes in reading
the evening newspapers. 1t happens,
too, quite frequently that, thought
lessly no doubt, those who do not care
for reading seem TO care quite as little
for the convenience or comfort Of
those who do, and by the positions in
which they hold their heads, shut out
the faint light from the readers, when
a little attention to ordinary ciyility
would enable them to just as readily
take their heads out of the light Such
courtesy costs nothing, and though the
action be so slight as to be unnOticed,
it may prove quite comfort to the
man sitting beside you, and save him
from some unkind thoughts Of you
which he would hardly care to whisper
into your ear, or to which you would
care to listen. 1t is good rule to go
through this world with, to take your
ledQ out Ol Jl6 llBHG NACAlC'S "a } - LIN
| it casting a shadow over the comfort Of
anyone else, and especially when it
can be of no manner Of service to you
personally to do so.
Every day brings many opportunities
for a man to take his head out Of the
Hght' in business, social, or domestic
life. 1t simply consists in watching
for the chances Of doing unto others
what you would have others do unto
YOU. It is one of thousands of little
| things that 60 TO make up the comforts
and amenities of life. You may exercise
| it if you will fifty times day, and the
oftener you practice it the more you
will ind ''it dOeth good like medi-
cine" And so we end this homiIy to
each of our readers by saving as we
began 'take your head out Of the
| light"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02
Influence Of BENJAMIN Franklin.

''See here, old woman" Henry OBJ
served with his eyes intently fixed on a
Poor Wits Almanac" Of 1927.
'Now, what is it?" said Mrs. Archi-
bald, without removing her hands from
the pie dough.
"Why, that great and good man, Ben
jamin Franklin, who writ into this al
manac afore you was OOrn, says, Never
argue at hOme.'"
"OfcOurse not. Any fool might know
that"
But it's a good idea of him, notwith-.
standing"
mo, faint. I knowed that much
afore your old Ben Franklin was ever
thought OF"
Then why don't you try it on once
in a while?"
TRY what On?"
''Not arguing at home"
who's arguing, I'd like to know2"
"Why, you are"
''I amt"
You are"
81 amt; you are; amt; var; amt;
var; hain't-yar-hain't- 't-yar-hain't."
You, Martha" she screamed,
"where's that poker? What on the face
Of the airth's the reason everything in
the hOuseis out Of the road when 1t can
do the most gOCd?"
Henry made a break for the door, but
she saw the movement, and grabbing
up lump of dough as big as a water
melon she brought it down over his
head and gave it a twist around his
neck, as though she was putting the
finishing touches on an apple dumping,
while Henry, blinded by the involun-
tary mask, fed across the front room
only TO fall out Of the open window,
breaking the eggs he had for breakfast
across the sill, and dropping through
the open cellar door into the coal pile,
where the old woman held him at bay
with soft pumpkin pie, while Martha
scrubbed the dough out of his ears and
the smut off his nose with the stove
brush she had been using up stairs.
When Henry got out he ecOnfdentiaIIy
button hOlCd Oxtoby and remarked,
with a cautious look over his shoulder:
Railways thought Ben Franklin was
fool, and now I'm convinced of it."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02
Tbo New French BreechlOader.

The Gras nusket, the new breech-
loader which tie French are putting
into the ha. is of their troops, is in
many respects an improvement on the
Chassepot, as the Chassepot itself was
a superior weapon to the famous Prus-
sian needle-gun. The ChassepOt had
two serious defects. In rapid firing it
grew heated to such an extent as to
blister the fingers of the soldier as he
reloaded, and it soon became clOggsd
and foul with the black residum Of the
gunpowder. N. Gras, preserving the
former gauge, has applied himself to
construct a piece. free from these faults.
He has replaced tLe sonbustible silk
cartridge by neat metal one. For the
easily-broken needle he substitutes a
tiny hammer. a timer claw, the me-
Chanism of which is set in motion as
the musket is cooked, losses out the
shell of the metal cartridge, and leaves
the chamber clear and bright for a
fresh loading. The new musket, more
Certain and more convenient than its
predecessor, carries farther than the
ChassePot, making good practice at
thirteen hundred English yards. The
French army, in case of need, would
embark we'll provided on the erOugh and
J bloody work Of war,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02
BOraCis Acid for Skin Diseases.

Surgeon Major Watson reports in the
India Medical Gazette, that he has late
ly employed bOracic acid with very
great success as an external applica-
ton in the treatment of dermatophyta,
or vegetable paracitic diseases Of the
skin. He was, it appears, induced to
try this remedy from witnessing its en-
plOyment as an antiseptic in the Edin-
burg infrmary wards. The diseases in
which he has hitherto used bOracic acid
have been the various forms Of tinea,
especially that very troublesome form
of the disease which affects the scratum
and inner sides Of the thighs Of many
Europeans in India. DR.. Watson de-
clares that the external application of
a solution Of bOracic acid acts like a
charm in such cases. An aqueous sOIu-
ton Of bOracic acid of a drachm to the
ounce, or as much as the water viii
take up at ordinary temperature,
is employed. The affected parts, he
says, Should be well bathed with the
5OIutiOn twice daily, some little fric-
ton being used, and it should not be
wiped off, but allowed to dry on the
part. Altogether, he regards it as pre-
ferable to all other remedies Of the
same class.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02

their testimony into shTeds, and hurled
into their faces such terrible inVectiVes
that all trembled like aspens, and two
of them fed from the court house. The
excitement of the crowd was becoming
tremendous. Their united life-soul
seemed to hang upon the burning
tongue of the stranger, and he inspired
them with the power of passion. He
seemed to have stolen natures long
hidden secret Of attraction. But his
greatest triumph was to come.
His eyes began to glance at the assas-
sin Hopkins, as his lean, taper fingers
assumed the same direction. lie en-
closed the wretch within a wall Of
strong evidence and impregnable argu-
ment, cutting off all hope Of escape.
He dug beneath the murderer's feet
bitches of diIemmas, and held up the
slanderer to the scOrn and contempt of
the pOpulace. Having thus girt him
about with a circle Of fire he stripped
himself to the work of massacre.
Oil then it was a vision both glorious
and dreadful to behold the orator. His
actions, too, became as impetuOus as
the motions of an oak in hurricane.
His voice became a trumpet filed with
whirlpoOls. deafening the ears with
crashes Of power, and yet intermingled
all the while with a sweet undersOng
Of sweetest cadence. His forehead
glowed like heated furnace, his eOuu-
tenance was haggard like that Of a
maniac, and ever and anon he flung his
long, bony arms on high, as if grasping
after thunde"bOlt.
lie drew picture of murder in ap-
palIing coIOrs Il at in comparison hell
itself might look beautiful; he painted
the fsianderer so black that the sun
seemed dark at MONDAY when shining
on such a monster. And then. fixing
both portraits on the shrinking Hop
kins, fastened them there forever. The
agitation of the audience amounted al
most to madness.
All at once the speaker descended
from his lofty height. Ills voice walled
out to the murdered dead, and living
the beautiful Mary, more beautiful
every moment as her tears flowed faster
and faster-till men wept and sobbed
like children.
lie closed by a strong exhortatioR TO
the jury, and through them to the by
ISLANDERS; the ranel, after they should
bring a yer ct for the plaintiff not to
OffsE violen to the defendant, however
richly he might deserve it-in other
words, not to lynch the villain, but to
leave his punishment to God. This
was the most artful trick of all, and
was calculated to insure vengeance.
The jury rendered a verdict Of fifty
thousand dollars, and the night after
wards Hopkins was taken out Of his
bed by the Iynchers and beaten almost
to death. AS the court adjourned the
strangersaid: "JOhn Taylor will preach
here at early candle light"
lie did preach and the house was
crowded. We have listened to Clay,
Webster and Beecher, but never heard
anything in the form of sublime words
even approximating to the elOquence
of John Taylor, massive as a mountain
and wildly rushing as a cataract of fire.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02

One by one, says the Ddiryman, the
ieOnOclast smashes our idols. William
Tell and PocahOntas are gone, and now
the cream guage, as a test Of the rich
ness Of milk for butter, is cracked. It
is found that the percentage Of cream
by no means indicates the percentage
of butter. The smaller percentage Of
cream may yield the larger percentage
Of butter. The Churn must be actually
brought into requisitiOn to determine
the amount Of butter. We must come
down to practical work, and judge no
thing by theory or superficial appear
ances, however hOary with prejudice or
superstition. Don't buy or sell your
COWS by the cream guage. Bring every
test right down to the churn. This
henceforth must be the Ultimatum.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02
A Fatal Cellar.

A few weeks ago two travellers, who
were breakfasting in an inn at Little
CoureeIles, near Paris, called for a bot
tie of wine, and the innkeeper sent d
servant into the cellar to fetch it. Al
ter waiting a long time for the girl to
return, the hOusekeeper went down
stairs to find out what was the matter.
She likewise failed to return with the
wine, and as the travellers were now
impatient, the innkesper himself made
the descent into the cellar, but was not
seen again. One of the travellers rose
from the breakfast table in alarm, and
ran down cellar to ascertain what had
happened, and his companion waited
N vain for his temperance. There
vas now only one man in the tavern,
and he was too wise to vanish from the
scene so abruptly as the rest had done.
He ran into the street and called in the
neighbOrs. One of these, a physician,
ventured as far as the door Of the eel
lar, and pushed it open so as to give
egress to the nOxiOus gases imprisoned
there. After the cellar had been pa--
TALLY ventilated the neighbOrs found on
the floor the bodies of the four persons
who had disappeared SO mysteriOusly.
Three of them were restored to con-
sciOusness, but the girl, who had led
the way, died. On the previous even
ing the innkeeper had left vat Of must
in the cellar, and the carbOnic acid gas
emitted from the fermeHting liquid had
poisoned the air.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-02
Jute Culture.

According TO the report Of the De-
partment Of Agriculture, the United
States pays out more than $50, 900 600
annually for imported fbers-HaX,
hemp and jute, and that when no other
country in the world can grow these so
well and cheaply. 1t has been demon
strated thatjuJe can beproHtably grown
in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Louisiana, Texas, and wherever there
is = hot, damp climate and soil Of
sandy clay or alluvial mold, and it is
believed that greater profit would arise
from its culture in many locations, than
from the usual crops raised. It is four
times as productive as cotton or flax,
and requires not more than one-tenLh
the labor to produce it. In its manu-
facture there is not half the loss there
is in hemp and flax, white jute bags are
worth in market One-fOUrth to one-half
| a cent per yard more than fax, and they
last longer.