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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-05-16

or Tram young mnn up in the way
he shall 60. and the way he goes it,
Parents and guardians who believe in this
aphorism, and are disposed to contribute
theif hundreds Of thousands to add to the
increasing stock OF fast young man, are
respectfully requested to read the following
" Anolher fraess has occurred at the nj
ver,iy OF Virginia. Two students were
out ate at night, and wanting drink of
liquor, called a. Nanuoui's saloon. which
wa. closed, and commenced rafting the
door Mannoni rushed to upper wins
dow and discharged g. dcm. wound
ing botu in tho face. Next morning the
other students undertook to lynch Manno
nj. but were finally persuaded, by one Of
the professors. to deliver him over to the
authorities.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-05-16
MARSHA ALI.

sl7TRpir. .......- WAY ld. 1857
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23
Gdlit auO YUmOr.
Ugly Men.

A correspondent of the Aberdeen
Miss Conservative states it as a singu-
lar fact, that ugly men have been almost
invariably successful suitors, Whilo pret-
ty little figures, scented like the rose, and
attired like the lily, too frequently
meet with disappointment. In support
of his theory, he instances the success
of Vulcan and Venus, Eneas with Dido,
Ulysses with Penelope, and crooked
backed Richard with Lady Anne; but
adds: "Ugly men, however, sometimes
entertain the erroneous opinion that
.heir uglipess is disagreeable to the op-
posite sex. Such delusion lost a friend
Of mine wife, and with her a corpu-
lent fortune. His good sense, elegance,
native wit-nay, his very ugliness-had
so won upon her tender heart that the
prize was almost ready for his grasp
The stars were shining and soft winds
we're breathing, when our ugly man pre-
pared himself for the fnal act--"pop-
ping the question He had consulted
his mirror prior to his departure for her
residence, and found to his chagrin, that
MS piObObClo WIS unusually mucous
This threw him into considerable trepi-
dation. Goose! he should have gloried
in the longitude of the organ. He ar
rived at the home of his beloved; he
was with her in the same parlor. He
looked into the fair ones smiling face,
and began his suit. But unwelcome
thoughts will intrude themselves at un-
seasonable moments. He thought of his
n~se and became confused He looked
at that member, and its hue was of
fiery red. To his excited fancy it seem
ed like a comet
THAT fires the length OF ophucus huge
In the Arctic sky"
As he looked the organ so increased
in size that he could tarry no longer
He murmured incoherently, and saw the
heiress no more. However, one Of my
red headed, freckle faced cousins marri-
ed her. He is now the happy. father of
seven healthy, ugly children; and grows
apace in ugliness himself. "-Er.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23

without being seen, and there covered
myself over, like babe in the woods,
with leaves.
Presently my Lucy came down, a tri-
fie more carefully dressed than usual,
and looking all grace and modesty; the
dog began to howl as she drew near; she
saw him and she saw my clothes, and the
notion that was drowned II could see
it in her expressive countenance,) fash
ed upon her at once; for one instant she
looked as though about to faint, and the
next she sped off again to the hotelwith
the speed of deer. Gracious Heav-
ensl L decided upon rescuing portion
Of my garments, at least, or upon per
isting in the attempt, and rushed out
of the thicket for the purpose; but
my courage failed me as | noared the
savage animal, and 1 found myself lin
some confused and palpitating manner)
back in my dry ditch again, with the
sensation of loss of blood and pain:
but my . treat had not been effected
(perhaps, because there was nothing to
cover iD without considerable loss. and
the beast had bitten me severely. I
protest, that from that moment. FRIGHT
full as my position was, it did not move
me so much as the reflection of the
honors that would be showered down
upon that vile creature. l knew that he
would be considered by Lucy and the
rest as sort of dog Of Montargis, an af-
fectionate and sagacious creature. watch
ing patiently at his appointed post for
the beloved master that would never
again return to him.
Presently, they all came back, Lucy.
and her mother, and all the maid-ser-
wants from the inn, besides nv fellow
students and fishermen, with drag-nets.
and medical man with blankets and
brandy Chow I envied the blankets and
the brandyD As 1 expected, neither
the women's cries nor the mems labor
ip vain distressed me half so much as
the patting and caressing of Towser; l
could not repress a groan and indigna-
ton: "Hush, hush, said Lucy, and
there was silence, through which l could
distinctly hear Towser licking his chops.
1 was desperate by this time, and hal
loOed out to my friend Sanford-"San-
ford and nobody else, to come into the
copso with blanket
l remember nothing more distinctly.
Immediately peals of laughter, now
smothered, now breaking irrepressibly
forth; expressions of thankfulness, Of
affection, of sympathy beginning, bu
never finished, burst in upon, as it were
by food of merriment; and the bark.
ing, the eternal barking of that exc.
cradle dogl-I left Killarney that same
evening; Lucy, and the mother of Lucy,
and my fellow-students and the abom-
Unable Towser; l left them all, for
good. And that was how my engage
ment was broken off, and why there is
no Mrs. Peony Plush, concluded the
curate, who had turned from rose col
or to deep carnation, and from that
to almost black during the recital.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23
cts He RichP"


Many a sigh is heard-many heart
is brokeu--many life is rendered mis-
erable by the terrible infatuation which
parents often manifest in choosing a
life companion for their daughters
How often is the first question which is
asked respecting the suitor of the daugh-
ter, this-''is he rich?"
as he rich2" Yes, he abounds in
wealth; but that does not afford any evil
denee that he will make kind and af-
fectionate husband.
"Is he rich2" Yes; his clothes are
purple and fine linen, and he fsl sump-
tuously every day; but can you infer
from this that he is virtuous2
ais he rich2" Yes; he has thousands
floating on every ocean; but do not rich
es take to themselves wings and fly
away2 Will you consent that your
daughter should marry man who has
nothing to recommend him but his
wealth? All, 5ewarel the gilded bait
sometimes covers the barbed hook
Ask not, then, "Is he rich1" but, "Is
he yirtuous?" Ask motif he has wealth
but if he has honor-and do not sacri.
fee your daughters happiness for mon
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23
That's the AIlegory.

A miser being dead, and fairly in
TERED, came to the banks of the river
Styx, desiring to be ferried over along
with the other ghosts. Charon demand
ed his fare, and was surprised to see
the miser, rather than pay it, throw
himself into the river and swim over to
the other side, Notwithstanding all the
clamor and opposition that could be
made to him.
All Tartarus was in an uproar, and
each of the judges was meditating some
punishment suitable to a crime of such
dangerous consequences to the internal
revenues.
"Shall he be chained to the rock
along with Prometheus? or tremble be-
low the precipice in company with the
Danaidcs? or assist Sisyphus in rolling
his stone?"
ono" said Minos, "none of these;
we must invent some severer punish
ment Let him be sent back to see the
use his heirs are making of his riches. "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23

SENSIBLE REMARK.-The Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, in his remarks at the
anniversary of the Five Points Mission,
said:
"When Christ went where there were
sick, He healed them; where there was
actual want, He created bread, and
came down to their physical condition.
Take the gospel to the miserable outcasts
Of our city, and no man can preach it,
unless he does more.
at as though he made a mark in the
sand, and the first tide washed it away.
Preach the Gospel, and the hunger Of a
man makes him forget it. There is a
great deal more gospel in a loaf of bread
sometimes, than in an old dry sermon.
If l go to a man and bring to him in his
want ever so much philosophy, he will
not hear it. If I come down and bring
him bread and clothes, and medicine,
this will give him a correct idea of the
Gospel, one which he can appreciate and
understand"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23

MORAL CoURAGE.-Have the courage
to own your altered opinions-you have
no occasion to be ashamed of the change.
Have the courage to hear what your
enemies say of you. You will learn Sc
crets worth knowing.
Have the courage to tell the truth;
you will find it much easier in the end
than Talsehood
COOP PRACTICAL ADvICE.-Be con-
tent as long as your mouth is full and
body covered; remember the poor: kiss
the pretty girls: don't rob your neigh
bor's hen roost: never pick an editor
pocket, nor entertain an idea that he
is going to treat: kick dull care to the
deuce: black your own boots: sew on
your own buttons: and be sure to take a
paper and pay for it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23
DOMESTIC ECONOMY

A PREVENTIVE AGAINST MoTHs.-Take cloves,
caraway seeds, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, and
tonq uin, of each one ounce; then add as much
horentine orris root, as will equal the other
ingredients put together. Grind the whole
well to powder, and then put it in little bags
among your cloths, &c. II is pleasant per-
fume, and will keep away moths, although
camphor gum will accomplish the latter object
equally well.-Sei. Amer.
To REMOVE BAD ODoRs.-The Boston Medi-
ca Journal mentions the following simple and
economical apparatus for overcoming bad odors,
and purifying any apartment where the air
is loaded with noxious materials. Take one
of any Of the various kinds of glass lamps
for burning camphsne, for example--and fill
il with chloric ether and light the wick. In
a few minutes the object will be accomplished.
In dissecting rooms, in the damp, deep vaults,
where drains allow the escape of offensive
gases, in out-buildings, and in short in any
spot where it is desirable to purify the atmos-
phere, burn one of these lamps. One tube
charged with wick is sufficient.
DRoPPED EGGS are probably the most health
Gul form ia which they can be prepared for the
table. Break the eggs very carefully into pan
of scaldng water, and let the water come grad
ualy TO a boil, removing the eggs with a skim
mer as soon as the white is set. Serve on
hot platter with little salt, pepper and butter,
or Law the eggs on hot buttered toast. For in
valds, use cream instead Of butter.
FRIED EGGS are commonly cooked too much
They should not be turned, but the hot fat
should be constantly poured over them with
a spoon till the white is set, when they are
ready to be served.
OMELETTE.--Beat six eggs, add little mine
ed boiled hSm or other meat, or Ii preferred,
a little chopped parsley and oRion, with salt,
pepper and two ounces Of butter. Turn II
into CREASED frying pan over slow fire, or
over boiling water, and stir till II begins 10 set
When brown on the under side, 1t Is dOnei
then lay plate over the top and turn your pan
upside down II should be cooked slightly,
and eaten quickly
COOKING HoMNY.--I viii give you a recipe
for cooking hominy with one fourth the labor
of the old way Put your hominy over the
fire as usual, and boil one houri take Il off and
Tut blanket over It, then tern tub over that
and let il stand tll cool, and II will be perfect
lly cooked. MARY WHlTEsIDEs
johnson Co., Ind, Feb, 1870. Gull.
Com CAKE.--Six cups Of good buttermilk,
] one egg, salt enough, and tablespoo ninl o.
saleratns; make thin as batter for frying, beat
quick ly and only long enough to free from
! Jumps pour into buttered pans, aud bake hall
an hour, This is light, with nice tender
crust. MINNIE
! Alliance. Sd mo-, lsi7.-it
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23
9Oetrg
From the National Era.
THE FIRST FLOWERS.

For ages on our river borders,
These tassels in their tawny bloom,
And wilowy studs Of downy silver,
Have PrOphecied Of springto come.
For ages have the unbound waters ...us
Smiled on them from their pebbly hem,
And the clear carol Of the robin
And song Of bue-bird welcomed them
But never yet from smiling river,
a'l lOr song Of early bird, have they
Been greeted with gladder welcome
Than whispers from my heart to-day.
Tbev break the spell Of cold and darkness,
The weary watch of sleepless pain;
And from my heart, as from the river,
-.f The Ice OF winter melts again. rr
Thanks, Mary! FOR this wildwood token
or Freya's footsteps drawing near;
Almost, as in the rune Of Asgard,
The growing of the grass | hear
It's as II the pine trees called me -
From ceiled room and silent books,
To see the dance of woodland shadows,
And hear the song Of April brooks!
-As.in the old Teutonic ballad e 9 f. -
81 or Odenwald, live bird and tree,
+ orever live in song and beauty, ...
So linksmy thought these flowers andthee
. The small birds track, the tiny raindroP,
Forever mark the primal rock;
Who knsws butthat these idle verses
May leave some trace by Artichokof
And nnaidens in the far-oif twilights
Repeat my words to breeze aud streami
And wonder if the old -time Mary
- yere real, or the singers dream!
Amesbury, LIST of Sd mo-, 1851. ]. O. W.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23

ELEVEN HAPPY DAYS IN LIFE
TINE. Were offered the choice, ="
said Byron, "either to live my life over
again, or to live as many years more on
ward, 1 should certainly prefer the first;
yet my young days have been vastly
more unhappy than L believe those of
other men commonly are. once at
tempted to enumerate the days had lived
which might according to the common
use of language, be called happy; l
could never make them amount to more
than eleven; and believe 1 have a very
distinct remembrance of every one. /
often ask myself whether, between the
present time and the day of my death,
I shall be able to make up the round
Dozen"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23
SATURDAY NIGHT.

When all our week day toll is ser
And evening softly glideth in,
And hushed is labor's busy hum,
The Sabbath doth begin.
1t matters not what Laws decree,
Or how the doctors wise decide;
We feel that Sabbath is begun,
Our work is laid aside
All other evenings bring their cares,
Our restless thoughts keep laboring on
To-morrow's dawn will wake to toll,
Our rest will soon be gone.
But now, the business Of the week
Is finished And the sweet reposs
or coming Sabbath rest begins,
And thus serenely flows.
We lay our dusty garments by,
Resign ourselves TO balmy sleep;
No visions Of to-morrow's cares
Among our slumbers creep.
Or il a thought of morrow comes,
While floating toward the land Of dreams
1t is a soothing thought, and one
OF Sabbath's golden CLEANS.
What quiet raptures thrill the soul,
When like a whisper soft and clear,
Some strain of distant music falls
Upon the listening ear
So sweetly float among our thoughts
The Sabbath scenes that soon shall rise,
To cheer the Pilgrim fastening on
His journey TO the skies.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23

Some mathematical genius, after a
labOrious research, has just demonstrat-
ed the following facts:
The cost of washing linen that might
have been worn one day longer, just as
well, amounts to enoughin this country,
to more than defray the expenses of the
American Board Of Foreign Missions
The expense of buttpns worn on the
backs of our coats, where they are of,
no earthly use, is equal to the support
ofall our orphan asylumsl
The value of tails to dress coats, F(oi
no value in reality for warmth or con-
venience,) is actually greater than fol
common schools!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23
DlstCItantous.
Amber.

This is a mineral solid. of a veIIov
color, usually found in diluvial soil.
and sometimes in detached pieces on the
seacoast, and is probably an ante.delu.
Wan resin, often containing insects and
leaves. 1t consists Of about equal por-
tions of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
and burns quite away with fame. II
resembles copal in several respects. and
is harder, and does not melt into drop,
when exposed to fame.
1t cIhales fragrant Cd )r whcn burn.
ed, and when distilled yields infamma.
bic gases, and water containing sever.
al acids.
There are but few places where amber
occurs in sufficient quantities to be min.
ed, but.it is often found in small pieces.
1t is often found on the coast of the
Black Sea, in Eastern Prussia. 1t is
collected in the beds of small streams.
and in rounded fragments, and is also
thrown up by the waters of the sea. 1t
| it found in Sicily, in beds of clay and
mari, which lie below the crag limestone
and 1t is accompanied with bitumen.-
1t also occurs in Saxony, Poland, Sibe-
ria and Greenland.
This substance is considered very
valuable, and the best varieties are used
/ for making ornaments. The coarser
kinds are valuable in chemistry. medi-
cine and the arts. Amber becomes neg.
atively powerfully electrical by friction,
and the workmen are often troubled
with tremors in their arms from this
cause.
A durable varnish may be made by
dissolving amber, in drying linsced oil
or oil Of spike.-Sci. Aner.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23
Defalc, tions and Failures.

Our exchanges bring, each day, ac-
counts of failures, defalcations, and
speculations which are taking place in
every quarter Of the Union. These
events are, in eight cases out of ten, the
legitimate result of fast living, and the
reckless desire for display which is a
species of insanity in the American
mind. The mad determination to get
rich at once hurries men into wild ad-
ventures, and breaks down the defenses
of honesty and fair dealing, which
should hedge about the acts of every
business man. American women :
mothers and wives--are responsible, in
great measure, for this unnatural state
of society, for too many of them are
utterly reckless in their ideas of living,
demented with the glitter of fashion, too
proud for anything but Unsuitable ex-
travagance. They squander in dress
and display the fruits of their husbands S
toll, and do nothing towards creating
the means of which they are so lavish.
We believe that many business mon
have been hurried into ruin, or driven
to fraud and peculation directly through
the extravaganza of their wives and
families. The punishment of such a
career comes at last-disgrace, suffering
and broken hearts! Itisa sober thought.
.-Er
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23
THE PLEASURE OF BEING
f..e ....-. YOUNG. ,..

Bulwer, IN sems of his writings, expresses
IL as his deliberate opinion that no enioymen
Of manhood, no realization Of mature years
can compensate for the loss Of youth. Rich
ard Henry Stoddard has given poetic form t
the same truth in the following lines:-
There are gains for all our losses,
There are balms for all our pain;
But when youth, the dream, departs,
Ii takes something from our hearts,
And IL never comes again.
We are stronger and are better,
Under manhood's sterner reign;
Still we feel that something sweet
Followed youth, with dying feet,
Aud will never come again.
Something beautiful is vanished,
And we sigh for It in vain:
We behold il everywhere,
On the earth and in the air,
Bat it never comes again!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23
dumping up and down the sky search.
ing for thy Tummus2" ''u1 aI .Goi
sambo's Description Of an Elephant.

"He's as big as haystack on four
wharf piles, with a head like -four bar.
rel, wild side OBJ sole ledder flappen on
each side OBJ it, and nose six feet long.
a squirmin round like de Inginrubber
hose, an a couple of barber-poles q
sticken out oba basement barber-shop.
"When he walks be rolls from side to
side like a sayler man jis landed; and /
expect the reason am, cause him feet am
berry tender, for he's got corns on all
his toes. His feet am shaped sumthin
like collud mans, only broader, but
like dc darkey's de holler oh it makes .
hole in dc ground.
"When he were made it seems to me
dat dey stood on four of them wharf.
spiles and den pile on all de meat dey
could pile on. Den dey made grady
OF sandstone, gut-ta-persha, brown.
dust, molasses and gray dog, and poured
it all ober de flesh and dare luff it to dry.
When dey come to de tail de stuff eib
out, and dey had to cut it shorH'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23

JOHN BUNYAN.-Lord Campbell, the
present distinguished Chief Justice Of
England, in remarking upon the "PH-
grin's Progress, says;
Little do We know what is for our
permanent good Had Bunyan been
discharged and allowed to enjoy his lib.
erty, he, no doubt, would have returned
to his trade, filing up his intervals of
leisure with field preaching; his name
would not have survived his own gener,
alton, and he would have done little for
the religious improvement of mankind.
The prison doors were shut upon him
for twelve years. Being cut off from
the external world, no eommuned with
his own soul, and inspired by Him who
touched Isaiah's lips with fire, he com
posed the noblest allegory, the merit of
which was first discovered by the lowlv,
but which is now lauded by the refined
critic, and which has done more to ava
ken piety, and to enforce the precepts
of Christian morality, than all the ser
mons that have been published by all
the prelates of the Anglican Church."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-23

HONEY DEw.-Honey dew is a sweet
fluid deposited in Autumn upon the uu-
der surfaces of leaves by very small in
sect called the aphis. 1t is very injur-
ious to the leaves, as it fills the pores
with thick, clammy liquid, on account
Of which the leaves cannot perform their
necessary functions, and in a short time
turn to dingy yellow, Ants are very
fond Of the honey dew, and will crawl
up the loftiest trees 70 obtain Il.