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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-03-28
The OrIglhaI Clothes. Wrlnger.

In September, 1S48, the forerunner of
the clothes-wringer appeared in a wash
ing-machine patent which claimed sim
ply ''the combination of the conical
rollers with the hinged platform, for the
purpose of rubbing clothes and squeezing
the water out of them as herein de-
scribed." The patent expired in 1862,
but the Commissioner, under the law as
then existing, in 1862 gave it q seven
years extension, which carried it down
to 1859. In 1861, however, the holders
of this patent surrendered it for a re-
issue, which restated the original claim
and added two new ones, the more im-
pOrtant being "the combination and use
of elastic rollers which shall readily
yield to any inequalities of the clothes
passing through them and thereby pre-
vent injury" etc. Here, as will be OBJ
served, the idea of elastic rollers came
in for the first time. In 1868, only
eighteen months later, this reissued
patent was itself surrendered in ex-
change for another, which went further
and introduced a new and broad claim,
thus: "The application of india-rubbel
or other elastic gum impervious to
water, substantially in the manne r
and for the purposes described, to the
rolls of machines for washing and
squeezing clothes" This, as will readily
be seen, is a claim covering broadly and
fully the foundation of the modern
clOthes-wringer and if it could be sus-
tanned and have anumber of years to run
itwOuld be worth a large fortune. But
there was not even hint of an elastic
IN, kba al 4.ET 4
that was for a washer, and not a wringer;
then a reissue got in a claim for elastic
rollers, and the reissued reissue "tOOk
i'm the substance of the wringer without
even a grimace. Congress has recently
been asked, Ostensibly ia the interest Of
the heirs of the original patent, to revive
and extend IT, Congress has not done
so, and if it had there can be little doubt
that, in the light of Supreme Court de-
cisiOns on dishonest reissues, the parties
concerned would soon lindthemselves set
back to the ground covered in l848.
IL is, of course, aggravating to human
nature to think of what we lost in Wall
Street last month by not doing what
would have been done had foresight been
equal to hindsight, and it is not to be
supposed that men Will'refrain from eX-
panding their patents to cover desirable
things which they certainly would have
claimed at the time if they had only
thought Of them, provided the Patent
Office viii only be accommodating
enough The case related herein is a pat
Illustration Of one of the mischiefs Of en-
couraging invention which has now TO
be restricted and reformed Scientific
american.
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RenOYatlng old Gardens.

After a garden has been maintained in
the same place for many years it sOme-
times loses its productive power, in spite
Of repeated and heavy manuring. Many
kinds of vegetables refuse to thrive, and
t becomes necessary to change the
garden plat, or infuse new life into tho
9loyed soil by period of rest and a
partial return to a state of nature.
The location of the vegetable garden
is not always a matter of choice, and
frequently there is but one place which
unites the different requirements of sOilS
exposure and convenience, and after this
has been permanently inclOsed it is
annOyingtO arrive at a period when the
garden becomes unable to meet promptly
the demands upOnit.
1t has long been known that heavily
stocking an old garden with red clover,
and allowing it foreman two years with
out plowing, will bring the soil back TO
its fertility and vigor. This is sOme-
times done by farmers, but it is hard to
persuade a village resident to adopt q
remedy so far outside of his usual course.
AS a substitute which, under certain
conditions, iH even better than clover, 1
would recommend planting straw
berries. One-half of the garden may ba
planted at time, leaving the other
half for the raising of such vegetables as
still continue 70 flourish.
Plow at the usual time, and in April
plant strong plants of any very vigor-
GUS variety, with perfect blossoms and
desirable fruit, in rows thirty inches
apart and fifteen inches in the row. Keep
clean and allow the runners to cover all
the ground, Late in the fall mulch
lightly with chopped straw, and in the
following spring pull up any weeds that
show themselves. Under anything but
extraordinary circumstances-suc as a
very late frost or peculiarly unfaVOrable
weather at blooming time-YOu will in
June pick large crop of berries, which
viii be q trife more difficult TO pick than
if they were in separate rows. After
picking remove all large or tall growing
weeds that may have grown and leave
the plantation for another years fruit
ing, mulching again in winter. The re-
suit will be a crop Of berries nearly as
large as the first.
Immediately after bearing, the heavy
crop of old and newplants which covers
the land should be beplowed under and the
ground planted to late cabbages or Swed-
ish turnips. The following spring it WiH
be in condition TO grow very large crop
Of early potatoes, followed by celery.
After this the ground viii be fit for any
garden crop, and the other half of the
garden can be subjected to the same rO-
tation. The result Of treating a garden
once in ten or twelve years to a change
Of this kind viii be eminently satisfactory
and profitable. -ABlerjcan GandsHeh
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August after a pleasant stay with the
Rev. Griffith at Ruanda, near Tanganyl.
ka, and who treated him TO two bottles
of champagne. After visit 60 the
French missionaries at Tabora and to
DIR Bohm and to Dr. Beichardt at Con.
da he enjoyed some good shooting, and
on November 17g1882, he embarked for
Suez at Zanzibar.
OF DR.. Pogge's safe return to King
Mukenge we have heard nothing as yet,
but the Berlin Geographical Society is in
hopes that he has founded a station
there, and that we may any day hear Of
his arrival at LOanda on his way home
ward.
Wissmann arrived in Cairo on New
Years day, on the very same day as Mr.
Joseph Thomson, who had proceeded tc
Zanzibar at the request of the London
Geographical Society. Berlin Cor. Lon.
don Daily Telegraph.
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THREE ladies.

o sailors sailing north,
Where the wild white surges roar,
And fierce winds and strong winds
Blow down from Labrador
Have you seen my three brave laddies,
My merry, red-oheeked laddiesi
Three bold, adventurous laddies,
On some tempestuOus BhOrol
% sailors sailing south,
Where the seas are calm and blue,
And light clouds, and soft clouds,
Are floating over you,
Say, have you seen my laddies,
MY three bright winsOme laddieG,
Ny broWn-haired, smiling laddiea,
With hearts so leal and true2
o sailors sailing east,
Ask the sea-Rulls sweeping by;
% sailors sailing west,
Ask the eagles soaring high,
~ they have seen my laddies,
Ny careless, needless laddies,
Three debouair young laddies,
Beneath the wide, wide sky7
o sailors, If you find them,
Pray send them back to me:
For them the winds go signing
Through every maple tree
For these three wandering laddies,
NY tender, briEhteyed laddies,
The laughter-lOving laddies,
Whom they no longer see.
There are three men who love me,
Three men with bearded lips;
But oh We gallant sailors
Who sail the sea in ships
In elf-land, or I'm cloud-land,
Or on the dreamland shore,
Oan you find the little laddiea
Whom I can find no more?
Three quiet, thoughtful laddies,
Three merry, Winsome laddiea.
Hhree rOllicking, frOllcking laddies,
On any far-On shOre2
Julia &. r. DJrr, IN Christidn linton.
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Mr.. j. P. Bradlee, who owns large
woolen mills at Ballardsyille, Mass, sup
ports at that place a free public library,
a ten-pin alley and temperance pool
room He also maintains a fire engine
company of fifty members, and every
winter furnishes funds for a course Of
public lectures and entertainments.
These are held in a hall given by him to
the village, and admission is always free.
Boston Herald,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-03-28

Egypt is to have a large police force
composed mainly of Europeans. Active
recruiting for this body has been going
on in Switzerland, Germany and Bel
gium. Natives of those countries are
deemed equally eligible. French and
Italians are, for political reasons, ex-
cluded. The recruits are not to be under
twenty, nor over forty years of age.
They are to get from thirty dollars to
sixty dollars amonth, from which about
eight dollars a month is to be deducted
for the cost of ratiOns. The Egyptian
Government is to pay the expense of
conveyance to Egypt, and there is a
special agreement with the Swiss re-
cruits that, in case their country should
become involved in war, they are to have
the privilege of returning Immediately
to their homes at the expense of the
Egyptian treasury.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-03-28

One Of the many strange episodes Of
the recent Western floods was the find
ing of an infant near Louisville floating
in a cradle in the river. A man who was
rowing aroundin search of wreckage saw
the cradle and on rowing up to it was
surprised to find a beautiful infant, about
three months old, gazing up to the sky
in Open-nouthed wonder. The little
waif was comfortably and warmly
dressed and had rot received the slight
est harm. Chicago Tribune,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-03-28

Whales are becoming common of
the coast Of Long Island, They seem
anxious TO be taken.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-03-28

Not one Of the Presbyterian churches
in Nebraska Is encountered with q mort
rage debt,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-03-28

-Angela's father wrote to Adolphus
that his presence at the house was not
especially desired; but AdOlphus would
not take the hint, and was helped out by
the paternal boot. Moral-No letter is
complete without a foOt-nOte Chicago
Times.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-04
l.tahIIItIea and Aseets.

SPRTNGFIELD, MASS October A.
The statement OF the Glenn Wooden
Company, recently failed, shows the
liabilities to be SGs,OOO and the assets
alQ 1nn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-04

The action OF the Legislatures Of
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia in
prohibiting the sale and circulation Of
obscene literature is heartily recon-
mended by the foreign as we'll as the
local press. The Chicago Iuter 0ceau
admits that the Southern States fur,
nish the North wholesome example
in banishing indecent books, periodi.
calls and pictures, aud congratulates
the law makers upon the suppression
OF weekly publications that deal exclu
sively in news Of a criminal character
and worse. The Inter-0 Ocean observes
that hundreds of thousands Of copies
Of these illustrated sheets are sold
every week at the newsstands and on
railroad trains. One can scarcely find
q asalooD or barber shop or an hotel in
the country without its regular supply
Of this vicious literature. The society
for the suppression Of vice is doing
good work iu persbadiug railway man.
ayers to prohibit their sale by train
boys, and at the depot news stands,
aud on some Of the roads, the Penn
sylvania, New York Central aud, the
Northwestern and other systems, they
are not to be found" And the Nash
vile Banner adds: The press can do
a great deal toward waking up the
Legislatures Of the different States to
a sense Of their duty in the matter Of
the suppression Of Objectionable
prints, and with persistent efflrts the
good results secured in certain South
ernStates can be obtained elsewhere T"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-04

According 10 the Figuring Of the
COurier.JOurnal.
sn.ninl 70 IN. cnurier.Journal.

special 70 the Oourier-Joufhh.
WASHINGTON. October 2--ThC
Capital says. "Ex-Speaker Randall
who has been here for few days look
ing over the ground, went home yes.
terday for month with the quiet con-
fidence Of a man who sees victory in
his grasp" Mr.. Randall may be quite
sure Of success, but | wouldn't want
to wager money on it. The statistics
Of the situation are against him.
There will be 325 members 10 the next
House, instead Of the 1893 in the last
House The Eastern States have the
ninetysfye they had in the last House.
The Western States have lO9 instead
ot 92. The Southern States l2l
j stead Of l06. The Democrats will
nave majority Of sixty four,
or twice the number Of new
members. There will be l9l Demo
Gratis in all. The East sends 46, the
West 50 and the South So Mr.. Ran
dali, the Eastern candidate, cannot
get all the Eastern votes any more
than Carlisle, the Southwestern can.
didate, can get oil the Southern and
Western votes. 'Chere are some men
in New York aud some in New En-
gland who will never vote for Randall.
He will do we'll il he gets 80 of the
46 votes 1t is quite likely that Car
Isle will get two-thirds Of the South.
erD votes, or 66, and half of the West
ern votes, or 25 So Randall will
start with 80 and Carlisle with 81. 1t
seems more probable that Carlisle will
get what he needs in the East than
that Randall will get what he needs
in the West.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-04

CARTER Harris, a glib.toHgued
oOlyred politician, has been appointed
Deputy Revenue Collector for this end
Of the State in place Of Mr. Henry G
Harrington, removed The change
must have been made forpurely polit.
ical reasons, as no complaint had ever
been made public against the late TO-
cumbent, Mr. Harrington is a North
ern man, life long K publican, and a
thorough gentleman He made an
excellent deputy under Frank F Pat.
terscn, and in that capacity led many
raid against the mOonshiners Of Car
roll, Henry, McNairy and other river
counties. Perhaps this newly pledged
deputy will distinguish himself in the
same service The moonshiuers would
no doubt be glad to see him
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Pnner Will Rnrned.

PITTsFIELD, Mass October 4 -
John A. Dickan's paper mill at Lee
burned night, Loss $4,000.
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FOWRIGN AFF,IRs.

LONDON, October 4.-The Paris
correspond mt Of the Times says ut
is now positively known that illness
was not the cause OF the absense Of
General Thibandin, Minister OF War,
from the reception of King Alfonso at
the Palace Elysee, Sunday. He vol
UNFAIRLY and ostentiously held alooi
from the banquet that the gap ocea-
stoned by his absence had to be filled
by the ad interim Minister Of War
Prime Minister Ferry then thought
himself bound to inform President
Grevy Of the dcplOrable effect Of Thib-
audin's conduct in political circles aud
upon European opinion. Ferry, who
is backed by all the Ministers, declares
General Millot will never, with his
consent, become Chief General Of
Staff, as the whole army acknowledge
he is unfit for the posi-"
Bullion 10 the Bank Of England dc
creased six hundred thousand pounds
the past week. Proportion of bank
reserve to liabilities 43 l5nl6 per cent.
The steamer Melbourne, which ar
rived at Marseilles yesterday from
New CALEDONIA with Maalshead Smith
on board, one of the iniormers in the
Phoenix Park murder trials, and who
was not permitted to land at Mel
bourne on the 9th of August. Smith
was recognized upon the arrival Of the
steamer at Marseilles, when he sud-
denly left the vessel and it is believed
that he has taken passage for China.
DUBLIN, October 4.-Michaled Da-
witt presided at the meeting last night
held for the purpose Of raising funds
to erect a monument to the men sent
to penal ssrvitude for their connection
with the Fenian movement in 1867,
Considerable sums we're subscribed.
OHRIsTIANIA, October 4.-The Su-
preme Tribunal Of Norway having
impeached the whole Ministry Of that
country, their trials begin to-day with
the case Of the Prime Minister. Each
Minister will be tried separately.
LONDON, October 4.-0wing to the
reported anti Jewish disorders at
Ekalerinslar and other districts in
South Russia, marshal Law has been
proclaimed At Tureen.
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but have no doubt that the same will
apply 10 Others
Now one more point and am done
All the cotton storage warehouses have
plenty Of doors Why is il that they
never open but one door 10 receive and
discharge coton2 II they were COM
pslled 10 deliver from one street and re-
ceive from the other the streets wou d
wear more uniformly, and one street
would not have to stand the blunt Of all
the heavy hauling. Steam whistle ordi-
nances should be enacted and enforced
where it is consistent with the business
requiring them. Yours,
WUOoP EN UP.
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Was He murderede

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, October A =
Thomas Palm, grocer at the corner
Of Tenth and Butterwood streats, was
found last night on West Logan
Square with a bullet hole in his brain
and near by him was a revolver with
one empty chamber. The police are
in doubt whether Palm committed
suicide or was murdered. He had
neither family or financial troubles so
far as known.
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STREET SPRI CLING AND
OTHER MATrEKS.
Some Pertinent Suggestions By
a ihOughtfnl and ObserV.
ing Citizen.

EDITOR LEDGEK--Some few DAYS ago
you were good enough TO call the attention
to suggestion TO make tax for street
sprnkling purposes. This calls for very
sensible article by Enterprise in the
Appeal and on yesterday the Avalanche
took up the thread and l believe in keep
ing it moving until our authorities take
hold Of it. believing they will see it like
Enterprise and the Avalanche.
Enterprise" in his remarks, called the
attention TO Adams street dust and pre-
dicted that the first rain would wash this
in the cutters and the street would be in
almost as bad fix as though II had no
gravel on il. How true were his conjec-
lures. Look at II from above the Christ
ian Brothers to Orleans street, although
put down for several years and not Of the
same nature as luks gravel was sprinkled
all this summer has held It's top dressing
pretty we'll, but from the college down
where they never sprinkled II has washed
away until there is scarcely any dressing,
and between the shed It is getting in the
same 1x, and this sand Is going in the
sewers under the shed. On the slope
from Fourth street TO the bayou there has
been a reasonable amount Of rolling and
sprinkling, and what is the result7 Il is
hard and the street has not washed par
Gle.
Go along this street and you can see,
since the rain, that that portion which
has been sprinkled catches where the in
cline Is any at alD all the sand from that
which has not been sprinkled. In large
cities where paving is not only expert
mented In in large way but is one Of the
leading topics Of economy, they never put
down a rock paved street, no matter how
laid, but they cit or sprinkle II, or, in
most instances, food IL with water in or
der TO settle the rock before there Is heavy
driving, and TO have the sand underneath
TO settle, as well as 10 have the sand on top
get down between the rocks. How Is II in
Memphis2 just look at Second between
Court and Jefferson stfeets--the last rain
took the sand 10 kingdom come Still
II the rock was laid reverse to what Il was
the wash would not have been as bad.
don't write the above as a chapter on
street paving, for don't claim
10 know enough about Il, bul
III do maintain that were q
tax levied and the ordinance passed
as Enterprise remarks, making street
sprinkling obligatory we would econo,
mize greatly on the immense outlay o
street paving II would be six month
ere Amams street from the Christian
Brothers College 10 the bayou will. Il
there Is not top dressing put on o
Iuka pretty soon there will be no street a
all. Where, oh whore, Is the econom.
in this, your most honorable city com
missioners. speak Of Adams street be
cause sec Il more than | do other streets
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-04

CHICAGO Press: There is something
thrilling in the eArnestness with which
the New York Repubheas papers
insist on the necessity and pFOpriety Of
wars being declared against Tsmmsny
by the other New York Democrats.
Anxiety for Democratic success from
that source drops below the grade Of
the regulation Trojan horse" and
becomes a veritable Stalwart ass.
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Paris PnIIfIcn.

PARIS October 3-It is stated that
Ferry yesterday resigned as Prime
Minister. Grevy, however, refused
to accept. The greatest confusion ex-
lists among Ministers and their sup
porters. The Paix declares that the
Ministry alone are responsible for the
future visit Of Alfonso
1t is rumored that the German gov
ernment has addressed an energetic
note to France concerning the trelt
ment in Paris Of Alfonso.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-04

On the appearance Of the first sym.
toms, as general debility, loss Of appe
tite, pallOr, chilly sensations, followed
by night sweats and cough, prompt
measures Of relief should be taken
Consumption is scroiulous disease OF
the lungs; therefore use the great anti
scrofulous or blood purifier and
strength restorer, DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery" Superior TO cod
liver oil as a nutritive, and unsur
passed as a pectoral. For weak lungs,
splitting Of blood, and kindred affec.
tons, Il has no equal. Sold by drug.
gists. For DR., Pierce's treatise on
Consumption send two stamps,
Worlds Dispensary hbdical Assocla.
ton, Buffalo, N, Y.
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ADDITIONAL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, October 4, 200 pm
Cotton in good demand freely met at
dprevious prices. Uplands, SID; orleans,
Ga. Sales to-day, 1900 bales Receipts,
200 bales; American, 100. Futures are
quiet.
NEW YoRK, October 4, 1873 am.-
Cotton quiet and steady at previous prices.
Ordinary. SIC; good ordinary, 99Sci low
middling, 10 7-l6c; middling, l09sci good
middling, llc middling fair, llAo; fair,
l2lxc Futures are barely steady at |
10 2 points above last evenings closing
prices.
NEW ORLEANS, October 4, 1850 m.
Cotton unchanged. Middling, l0Ac,
Receipts to-day, sl4G bales, against 5i7g
same day last year; at Galveston Dbl
bales, against 2i25 same day last year;
Mobile 432 against l783 Savannah 7i0O,
against 575 Charleston 1874, against
EOFN
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Lot---Blocl1----on
--street, and listed to
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

PETROLEUM.
Cleveland, October 4. = Petroleum
unchanged, 8. W. ll00, Sc.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
Liverpool, October - Bacon; short
rib duh, 40s Cd; Cumberland cut dull,
45s Cd, long clear dull, 39s; short clear
steady, las. Lard; prime western dull
89s6d. Corn new mixed steady, Is SID.
Wheat; spring No 2, new, steady, s. 3D.
No white, steady, s. Cd; new western
winter, drmer, IS l0d; spring No 2 old
dull, 9s. Turpentine spirits dull, 9ls 3D.
at London steady, but dull, S0s Cd
Tallow prime city dull, Ais. Beef
prim mess dull, 70s. Chee e; American
choice steady, 56s. Pork: prime mess
eastern, steady S5s. Shoulders dull, ~
Cd Hams. long cut dull. Cos.
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Look Out for Titles 20 YOur
Property.

Yesterday citizen who rested in the
satisfactory delusion that he owed nc
taxes for the present, save small sun
held up under an arrangement with tn,
authorities, received the following motto,
by postal card
CLERKS OFFICE, CIRCUIT Court.
DEAR SIR: