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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-08-06
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

PRESERvING FRuITs IN CANS Some persons
in putting up prefer covering them in the cans
with light syrup, instead Of sweetening at the
time of using them. 1t is quite desirable TO
do so; the fruit is improved by il. To make
the syrup, add one pound of crushed sugar to
ons pint of water, and boil two minutes.
Persons who have used any kind of Fruit
Cans, and have succeeded in keeping the Fruit,
are advised to follow their own recipes, and
not regard the printed directions.
BLACKBERRIEs Use from half to three quar-
tsrs of apound Of sugar to pound OF fruit
Sugar the blackberries and let them stand for
ten minutes; then put them in a preserving
kettle, and let them boil fol three or four min
utes. Fill the cans or jars, and seal quickly,
while the contents are hot.
PLUMs.-Make a syrup, using from half to
three quarters Of pound Of sugar for every
pound of fruit. After taking off the skins.
boil the pluns in this syrup for ten minutes, or
until the fruit is tender. Then fill the cans or
jars and seal up hot. These are very fine.
RHUBARB, or PIE-PLANT.-Cut up tho stalks
without peeling. Stew with sugar, as for pies
and seal up hot.
ToMAToEs.-Tsks off the skin; put them In
preserving-kettle, or other convenient yes.
sci, without salt, and boil them a quarter of
an hour. Fill the cans or jars, and seal up
hot.
CURRANT WINE.-ons quart of juice,
Two quarts Of water,
Three pounds Of brown sugar,-all to be put
together in a cssk-let il remain with the bung
out for six weeks-then bung it up.
HINTS For THE SEASON The weed well
known as the "water pepper" or "smart
weed" tpolygO mum hydropper,l which may bs
now found in abundance along bitches, roads
lanes and barn-yards is an effec tual and certain
destroyer of the bed-bug. A strong decoc-
tiOn is made ofthe herb, and the places infested
with the insect we'll washed with H. Tho
plant may also, with much advantage, be stuff
ed in the cracks and corners of the room
Elderberry leaves, laid upon the shelves Of a
safe or cupboard, will drive away ants end
reaches.
PREsERvING GREEN Com "A Mr.. Rowe, of
Lancaster, Pa, has obtained letters patent on
a newly discovered process for preserving green
corn. II consists in removing the pith from
the cob while yet green, and then drying the
ear. 1t is stated that this prevents the aceu-
mutation of mould, and renders the work of
preparing the corn very trivial. Corn thus
preserved is said 10 retain all its pee uar sweet
ness.
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Education of Boys.

A merchant lately had occasion for
a young lad as a clerk. He advertised,
and several presented themselves, among
them a well-dressed, handsome youth,
who favorably impressed him, and whom
he thought he would take on trial But
when he asked the lad to write, the awk-
ward chirography convinced him that,
however else the boy might suit, his
penmanship would not answer. He then
called up another, whose appearance
likewise betokened comparatively veal
thy parentage, and gave him a calcula-
tiOn to make. But the fractions were
too much for this aspirant. At last he
picked out a neat, but economically
dressed lad, who said he had been edu-
Gated at the High School, and who was
evidently the child of parents in but
moderate circumstances. This boy
promptly passed the ordeal. The mer-
chant has now had the youth in his en-
ployment for a considerable period, and
says in commenting on the occurrence,
che will probably, in ten years, be on the
high road to fortune, while those TWO
other lads, with their originally superior
advantages, will be getting poorer and
poorer continually"
Now whose is the fault? To some
extent doubtless it is the lads; but their
parents are not entirely blameless either.
Man is naturally a vagrant animal
Not one out of five loves work, in the
first place, for works sake merely. 1t
is necessary to take the child, almost as
soon as he ceases to be an infant, and
begin to educate him for the part he has
to play in life. Parents cannot incul-
cate on their offspring too early, that, if
they would be prosperous and happy,
they must learn to depend on their own
exertions for making or even retaining a
fortune. The boy who grows up, pet
ted and INDUCED; who thinks that his
father is so rich that he need not work
like other lads; who is not disciplined
to study, to labor, to self-denial gener-
ally; such boy, no matter what his ad-
vantages Of capital, or connexion, will
run the greatest risk of final bankrupt
cy, if he does not, as too many do, turn
out utterly worthless, even before he is
olu enough 10 Degln DuslhebS. mere Is
an ancient proverb, that to make gen
tleman, you must begin in the cradle
The adage would be truer and more use
full, If it was that to make a business
man, you must begin with the boy.
OF the three candidates for clerkship,
whom the merchant examined, two had
started in life with every advantage.
They had been sent to choice schools,
they had been furnished literally with
books, they had been able to give their
undivided attention to study. But
not feeling the necessity of exertion,
and not having it impressed upon
them by their parents, they trifed
away their privileges. The other lad,
from childhood, had had to struggle.
It was only by great self-denial proba-
bly, that his father had been able TO
elothe him deoently enough to go to
school. From the FIRST, he had realized
the worth Of education, the value of
time, and the necessity Of relying on
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KEEP YOUR SABBATH.-Be jealous
on this point. Whether you live in town
or county, resolve not to profane your
Sabbath, or in the end you will give
over caring for your soul. The steps
which lead to this are regular. Begin
with not honoring Gods day, and you
will not honor Gods house; cease to
honor Gods book, and by-and-by YOU
will give God no honor at all. Let any
one lay the foundation with no Sabbath,
and l am never surprised if he finishes
with the top-stone of no God. 1t was
a remarkable sayingof Judge Hale, that
of all persons convicted of capital
crimes while he was upon the bench, he
found few who did not confess that they
began their career of wickedness by
neglect of the Sabbath.
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Original.

The Kansas Question-A Shot at
Mr.. Buchanan.
The Richmond South, upon hearing
Of the article in the Washington Union,
approving of the Kansas policy of R.
j. Walker, let off the following 1t is
hot shot, but not very dangerous,
perhaps:
If Mr.. Buchanan entertains the idea
that he can trife with the feelings of
the Southern Democracy and may safe
ly defy their vengeance, he is at liberty
to undertake the experiment. But it is
hardly possible that so sagacious a poll
tician can mistake the apologetic tones
of few placemen for The genuine voice
of the Southern people. Though the
Southern members of the cabinet should
incline to disparage the spirit of the
State-Rights Democracy, the distinct
and emphatic utterance Of the Georgia
and Mississippi Conventions would not
allow of so fatal an error as to suppose
that any regard for the integrity Of
Party, or any attachment TO an Admin
istration, will compel a silent acquies-
cence in the Kansas outrage, If Mr..
Buchanan attempts to shield Walker,
he will only expose his body to a NOR
tai stroke There is no divinity about
the person of a President which the
Democracy are afraid to violate. The
instant the Administration assumes tho
responsibility of Walker'a treachery.
that instant will the subaltern sink out
of sight, and the President become the
object of the denunciatiOn which is
now levelled at his appointee. But
there will be no precipitation in the
matter. The Democracy Of the South
are reluctant TO identify Mr.. Buchanan
with Robert j. Walker. They will moi
abandon an Administration which they
brought into power, except upon com
pulsion of the most irresistible and un-
s1uivo.al syidsnee Of its tTeschery 10
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Col, Titus.

This hero is again to shed his benign
ant influence in Kansas. The N, o.
Delta, just received, says:
BY private letter, received by gen
tleman Of this city, we learn that Col.
Titus is about to depart from New York
for Kansas. lie complains bitterly of
the injustice done him by the Nleara-
guam correspondents, and declares his
intention to make good his reputation
for bravery, if occasion arises, in that
territory.
"The Northern abolition papers, he
says, "will have enough to do to keep
track Of me" ErI ceol
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MORAL COSMETICS.


Ye who would have your features horid,
1.-the limbs, bright eyes, unwrinkled forehead
From ages devastation horrld,
Adopt this plan;
Twill make in climate cold or torrid
A hale old man.
Avoid in youth luxurious diet;
Restrain the passions lawless riot;
Devoted TO domestic quiet,
Be wisely gays
So shall ye, spite of ages fiat,
Resist decay.
Seek not in Mammon's worship pleasure,
But find your dearest, richest treasure,
In God, his word, his work, not pleasure!
The mind, not sense,
Is the sole scale by which to measure
Your opulence.
This is the soace, this the science,
Life's purest, sweetest, best appliance,
That dsappon's no mans reliance,
Whate'er his state;
But challenges with calm defiance,
Time, fortune, fate.
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From tho Mexican Republic.


In the New Orleans papers we have
intelligence from the city of Mexico to
the 10th ult.:
The elections for new deputies we're
going on throughout the country, ap-
parently with all success for the Pro
gresista party. Gen. Comonfort SEEM
ed almost the sole prominent candi-
date for the Presidency Of the Republic.
The Santa Anna conspirators, TWEEN
ty-one in number, arrested at the capi-
tai 26th of May, had all made good
their escape. Withdrawn from the
chain gang, as before stated, they were
banished to a small island in the
neighborhood af Acapulco, and imme-
diately put en- route thither, with an es-
oort of fifty men, under command of
Gen. Reyes, aid-de-camp of the Gov
ernor Of the Governor Of the district
No sooner, however, was this determine
ton of the government known, than
secret dispatches were at once sent off
to one John Vicario, who commanded a
band of rebels in the vicinity of the
route which the prisoners must pass
Thus advised, Vicario fell suddenly up
on the insufficient escort with body of
eight or nine hundred men, overpower-
ed 1t, though not till after stout resis-
tance, and set the prisoners free. Gen.
Reyes was taken prisoner, but, on the
intercession of the exiles themselves,
his life was spared.
Serious apprehensions were enter
tained of war with Spain, for which
preparations are being made in all parts
of the country.
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Mlstfllautous.
Fifteen Days from Salt Lake City
News to the I'd of July.

We have news from Salt Lake City to
the 2nd of July. Mr.. John r. Muir
dock left that city at II o'clock of the
2nd of July and reached Leavenworth
on the 10Th, making the distance in ff-
teen days, travelling time. Mr.. NJ.
came in as conductor of the mail, deliv-
cred it at Independence, and then pro-
ceeded on his way to TINS city, in ad-
vance of the mail
Mr.. Murdock brings a favorable re-
port of the condition of affairs in Utah
Territory. General prosperity and un-
interrupted peace prevailed. Some ru-
mors of the military preparations ma
king for the expedition against Utah
were current, but did not excite much,
if any, alarm.
The first train of emigrants was met
at Green river, and the last were passed
at the crossing of the South Platte
They were in excellent health and ma
king rapid progress on their journey
The grass all along the route was very
fine, better than has been known for
many years.
Mr.. Murdock crossed the South
Platte on the 10th of July, and there
learned that the troops under the com
mand of Col. Sumner, had gone up
the South Platte in pursuit Of the Chey-
enne Indians. Only one war party of
Indians, about forty in number, and
claiming to be Sioux, was met, and they
behaved in a very friendly manner.
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4O&trg.
DOUGLAS JERRoLD.
DIED JuNE 9, 1857.

Low lies the lion-like gray head;
The broad and bright blue eyes are glazed:
Quenched is that flashing wit, which blazed
The words that woke It scarcely said.
Those who hut read the writer's word,
Mpht deem him bitter; he that knew
The man, all saw the sword he drew
In tongue fence, was both shield and sword.
That sword, in the worlds battle throng,
Was never drawn upon the meeki
Its skill to guard was for the weak,
Its strength to smite was for the strong
His sympathy was ever given
Where need for IL was sorest felt;
In pity that blue eye would melt,
Which against wrong blazed like the levin.
Not for his wit, though that was rarei
Not for his pen, though ii was keen;
We sorrow for his loss, and lean
Lovingly over that gray hair.
To place the wreath, BETTING those
who like good men and true have strivenj
By God, not man, he must be shriven;
Men guess and grope; GOd sces and knows
Punch.
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John B. Cough delivered his sixty
third temperance lecture in Worcester,
which was his farewell address in Amer
lea, on Thursday evening. 1t was six
teen years since, in that same city of
Worcester, he had been induced to take
the pledge, which has been the means
of lifting him from the deepest degrade
tion and wretchedness to an honorable
position in society-of giving health for
sickness, and happiness and joy for the
most terrible woes. He is now engaged
by the London League and Edinburgh
Temperance League, to deliver four lee
lures a week for three years, or six
hundred lectures. Eight months of
each year are to be spent in lecturing
in England and four in Scotland.
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himself He had hardened the muscles
of his character, if we may use such
a metaphor, by the necessary training
which his circumstances imposed upon
him. 1t depends altogether upon the
manner in which children are educa-
ted, whether they become useful, pros
porous and happy members of society, or
whether they go down, foundered in
character and fortune, on the boisterous
sea of life.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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9 Beautiful STORY.
A Little Child Shall Lead Them
CConcluded,)
| asked hnr

\
"Is she asleep" l asked her.
"Yes, Lewis. Her little voice is ring
ing in my ears now. Such little. in
nocent voice to utter words like those
Lewis, Lewis what does it mean?"
"She has learned from Kate Lethby
the words she used. The idea is new
to her, and she caught it at once, like
child. That is all. :"
Gay, but it is not all, Lewis; it is not
all. 1t seemed as if the thought had
been sleeping in her mind, ay, before
now. 1t is not newly born; it is only
awakened And II must crush it
back. | could do no more than strike
it away from her. And she cried as she
never cried before in all her life. Her
tears rent my heart"
81 know; | can guess it, Paula"
"You cannot; it is not in man 5
soul to tell the agony of mine. l am
her mother, and l have stabbed her with
her first grief Never in all her little
life before has she shed tears like those.
at is a good sign. 1t renews our
hopes, | said, with resolved cheerful
ness. But my wife turned from me in
bitterness.
A bright June day, 1 went early on
my usual business. said nothing to
Paula about the child, nor did 1 ask if
she was to go again to little Kate
Wish was her own quiet, noiseless self
again that morning. She sat in her
customary place, at that side of the ia
bic whence she could look out through
the window on the garden. Her clear
eye seldom left that outlook, and 1 fan
cied her face frightened, momently, in
the glory of the sunshine that was
flooding earth and sky so graciously.
Her little footsteps followed me down
the garden path; her little hand detain.
ed me at the gate. She lifted her face
with the familiar gesture, and as I bent
down to take her in my arms and kiss
her, she said:
"Wish is glad-so glad !"
"Why is she glad?"
"I don't know" And tho yearning
rose from the depths of her eyes. She
looked round her searehingly at radiant
flowers, trees, and sky, as if seeking the
mystery of their brightness, then flung
her arms around my neck, and nestled
her head in my bosom. "Wish is so
glad, she said again.
What moved the child to this glad
ness, or to utter it in words on that
especial morning? Shall ever know?
The remembrance of her sweet look
the feeling of her dear arms around my
neck, sunk down into my heart. for
got nothing of the brief episode during
the day 1t followed me into my usual
avocations; it made the time beautiful
to me. As / went home l thought oft.
l entered at the open door and passed
into the general sitting-room. No one
was there; but Paula's needle-work was
scattered on the table, and bunch Of
flowers arranged as Wish loved to ar
range them, on the window-sill. 1 stood
in the recess of the bow window for
some time, till the rustic of a robe
sounded in the room, and Paula's hand
was laid upon my arm, and Paula's voice
Husband Wish is i'll! very illl'
L do not know what said, or how
she looked. only remember the sud
den horror Of the shock, the heavy
weight that fell on my heart, crushing
all quiet thoughts away remember,
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JUVENILE DEPARTMENT.

For tho News.
Miscellaneous Enigma.
! am composed Of 2I letters:
My l, 81, l6, 8, l9, 5, is an article mue h
used.
My 2, l3, Is, is a boys nickname.
My 3, IA, Is, 6, l2, is the war-cry OF a Ger
tain European nation.
My 4, 10, 3, l,2l, is one OF the Eve senses
My 5, 20, IL, Ia, is something that belongs
10 a boat.
My 6, Is, l6, 81 10, l, is boys name.
My 7, 9,4, 2, 10, 7, is "a boys name
Mys 3, 10, IL, l3, Is. 10, 6, 10, is a medic l.
nal shrub OF tree.
My Q, 10, 5, is knd Of boat.
My 10, 3, l6, l6, 10, /, 2, is something that
ought TO be We nerated.
My III, 3, Is, II, is a kind Of receptacle.
My whole is the wish Of every true Ameri-
can RALPH.
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The harvesting in Southern Illinois
is now well nigh over, and from every
direction we hear of the most gratifying
plenty. The wheat has proven univer-
sally good, being plump, heavy, without
rust or blemish. Such a wheat crop was
never before realized in all Suckerdom.
The corn crops are healthy, at proper
intervals are refreshed by rains, and at
this time promise most abundant yield,
Mound City Emporium.
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the South They are not governed by
impulse, and will demean themselves
with the dignity and decorum due TO
the gravity Of the occasion. But woe
betide the man who mistakes their for
bearanoe. Though he be President of
the United States, with servile party at
his back, and eighty millions year in,
his pocket, he cannot stiAe the voice Of
tho Southern Democracy. .fatsaf.n
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WHAT'S A FAIR OR NOBLE
IL rtIIO

What's a fair or noble face,
If the mind ignoble bel
What though beauty, in each grace,
May her own resemblance see!
Eyes may catch from heav'n their spell, ,
Lips the ruby light recall;
In the home for love to dwell,
One good feelings worth them all
Give me Virtues rose 10 trace,
HonOr's kindling glass and misn;
Howsoever plain the face,
Beauty is whore these are seen!
Raven ringlets Ger the snow
or The whitest neck may fall,
In the home for love we know,
One good feelings worth them all!
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The First Babyi

Just look at him Do you see that
individual with his hat high on the
bump Of self esteem-his nose turned
up at everything-disting guished by a
frantic disregard of the immaculacy of
his shirt, or the tie of his handkerchief?
Mark with what superciliousness he
views all mundane things With what
scorn does he gaze upon youths and
grown people, and how contemplate
appears everything to his High Dainti-
ness that was so attractive before. He
is father for the first time, and the lit
tie, tiny, whining cherub is at home in
embroidered muslin; and the baby--yos,
the baby-is as fat as butter, and weighs
six pounds and a quarter. An intel
lectual BOY, too-well cred" Think of
thatl Bless his little chubby SOUL
What projects are running in that mans
brain in regard to the new conner
What long way in the future he is
gazing after destiny, and he sees moth
ing less than Governor, and mayhap
President, in the little chubby boy at
home, weighing six and a quarter
pounds. And the wife-the first baby
she ever had-she never thought she'd
be mother; and wild with joy, she is
caressing the shapeless little lump, and
goes mad with happiness at the contem-
plation of her dear little sugar plum of
an offspring, six and a quarter pounds
The first baby is a new link to bind the
welded pair together and cement it
the chain weighing six and a quarter
pounds. We congratulate our friend
upon the hurricane that has befallen
him, and ardently hope he will fall
down no cellar-ways, or into any coal
holes, in his up-gazing pride, at having
assisted to add one more to the numeri-
cal strength of the country.-Eg.
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lie Steele, of Paris, of July :, has the

lie Steele, of Paris, of July :, has the
following;
Mrs Fremont has just arrived, from
New York, at Paris. Col Fremont is
to join her on his return from Califor-
MIA, where he is called on account of
the working of his auriferous proper
ties of Mariposa. It'll known that Col.
Fremont, as candidate for the Presiden-
cy of the United States. obtained a great
number of votes, and acquired, by the
elevation of his views and the frmness
of his principles, the esteem of even his
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Tbe 3Omr Gjrtle.
GOOD WIVES.

Good wives TO snails should be akin,
Always their houses keep within;
But not TO carry, (fashion's hacks)
All they are worth upon their backs.
Good wives like echoes still should do,
Speak but when they're spoken to;
But not like echoes (most ahsurd,)
To have forever the last word.
Good wives like city clocks should rhyme
Be regular and kept in time;
But not like city clocks aloud,
Be heard by all the vulgar crowd.
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OREGON TO BE SLAVE STATE.-A
writer in the New Orleans Delta says;
"Oreeon will be the next slave state.
l was in the whole political campaign,
and nothing but slavery seemed TO be
the 60. Marx my word, her eonstitu-
ton will be adopted with the slave
clause. 1t is one-sided qpespon,--
The inhabitants are all blisspntians or
Kentuckisns, and &c theif deasA on The
old issues y ~