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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-18

ooh, no, no, she answered. che is
always good TO me, and oh, We were SO
happy oncol II hurts him 10 see me
grievo, but I cannot help but weep over
the change in him. When we were
married, he had a good practice as a
Physician; but somehow--oh, I don't
know how it came-but he had friends
he loved who were intellectual but they
drank; and he loved their society, and
drank with them. You see what we are
now, and how sadly he has fallen OH
my heart is breaking, for love him, in
spite of his faults and misfortunos.'
Tears Of sympathy dimmed the old
mans eyes. He sat still for some min
utes. Then rising to depart, he said:
"Daughtor, weeping may endure for
a night, but joy cometh in the morning,
"Ah, sir," she replied solomnly, II
fear no joy will ever dawn with my
mornings in This world; but I know that
Joy will come to me hcrer
He bado her goodnight, and left
her, with her eyes still hopefully look
ing upwards.
10 be ConaaueH)
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Gbr 25omr CjrtIc.
The Chances Of Life in the Pro-
fessiOns,

We have an old document in our
possession which contains some interest
ing information unknown to many, and
rarely encountered in the papers
Among other things it contains a table
exhibiting the average ages attained by
persons employed in the various popu-
lar professions of the day. In this
particular, as in most others, the farm
ers have the advantage over the rest of
mankind, as their average age is sixty
Eve. Next upon the docket come the
judges and justices of the peace, the
dignity of whose lives is heightened out
to sixty-four. Following, then, imme-
diately in the category Of longevity, is
the bank-oficer, who sums up his ac,
count at the age of sixty-three. Pub
lie officers cling to their existence with
as much pertinacity as they retain their
places hey never resign the Offices
but life f0rsakes them at ifty-six.-
Coopers, although they seem to stavC
through life, hang on until they are ff.
ty-cight. The good works of the cler-
gyme follow them at ffty-fve. Ship
wrIghts, hatters, lawyers and rope-mak-
ers (some very appropriately 60 to-
gether at the age of ify-four TIL,
"Village Blacksmith" like most Of hil
contemporaries, dies at ffty-one.-
Butchers follow their bloody career fol-
precisely half a century Carpenter
are brought to the scaffold at forty-nine
Masons realize their cry Of "Morg" a
the age Of forty-seven. Traders ceas
their speculations at forty-siz Jewel
ers are disgusted with the tinsel Of lif
at forty.four. Bakers, manufacturers
and various mechanics die at forty-threo
The painters yield to their cholic a
forty-two The brittle thread Of th
tailor's life is broken at forty-ono. Ed
itors like all other beings who come uu
der the special admiration Of the gods
die comparatively young-they accom-
phsh their errand of mercy at forty
The musician redeoms his last note am
plays his dying fall at thirty -nine.-
Printers become "dead matter" at thirty
eight. The machinist is usually blow.
up at thirty-six. The teacher dismisse
his scholars at the early age of thirty
four and the clerk is even shorter lived
for he must needs prepare bis balance
sheet at thirty-three. No account
given Of the average longevity OF
wealthy uncles; the inference is fair
therefore, that they arc immortall
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seemed as though we we're to have o
Kilkenny fight on a magnificent scale
Barksdale had hold of Grow, when
Potter struck him a severe blow, sup
posing he was hurting that gentleman.
Barksdalo turning around, supposing
10 was Ehhu Woshburno who strucl;
him, dropped Grow, and struck out at
the gentleman from Illinois. Cadwal-
lader Washburnc peroeiving the attack
upon his brother, also made O dash at
Mr.. Barksdale, and seized him by the
hair, apparently for the purpose Of draw
iug him 'into chancery" and pummeling
him TO greater satisfaction. Horrible
to relate, Mr.. Barksdolcs wig came of
lin CadwolIaders left hand-and his
right fist expended itself with tromen-
dous force against the unresisting air.
The ludicrous incident unquestiona.
bly, did much toward restoring good ma.
ture subsequentIy,-and its effect was
heightened not a little by the fact that
I in the excitement of the occasion Borks
dale restored his wig wrong side fore.
most.
There seemed to be very little meth
cd in the struggle, and it was hard tc
tell who was in for earnest, and who
tried torestore order. The Speaker yell
ed and raped for order without effect
| The Sorgeant-at-Arms stalked to the
scene Of battle, mace in hand, but his
American eagle" had no more effect
than the Speakers gavel. Owen Love.
|joy and Lamar Of Mississippi, were
Ipawing each other at one point-each
probably trying TO persuade the other
to be still. Mr. Mott, the gray-haired
Quaker Representative from Ohio, was
seen going here and there in the crowd
Davis, of Mississippi, got a severe but
accidental blow from Mr.. Grow, and va
rious gentlemen sustained slight bruises
and scratches a Virginia Representa-.
tive, who thought Montgomery, Of
Pennsylvania, was about to 'pitch in,
laid his hand to restrain him, and wa
peremptorily ordered to dcsist or bt
knocked down. Mr.. Coyode, of Penn
sylyania, caught up a heavy stone-warJ
spittoon, with which to "brain whoeve
might seem to deserve it, but fortunate
ly did not succeed in getting far onougI
into the excited crowd to find an appro
pirate subject for his vengeance; and al
over the hall everybody was excited 70
the time.
Fortunately, it did not last long, an
no weapons were openly displayed
When order was restored, several ger
tlemen were found to present an excel
/ 5ivoly tumblod and disordcred appeal
auce, but there remaiaed little else
recall the excitement Gentlemen O
- opposite parties crossed over to oac
, other to explain their pacific dispos
tions, and that they got into fgl
where their only purpose was to prcUc
: a fight. Mutual explanations, and
= hearty laugh at the ludicrous points O
. the drama, were followed by quiet al
! a return to business.
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An Important Bin.

Mr. Van Vorhes has introduced in the
House a bill for the settlement Of es-
tates Of deceased persons, which cod
ifes the whole law on that subject.
The statutes now in force are contained
in t0o hundred and seUeag-fUe sections
Of acts, and acts amondatory, and fur
ther to amend and supplementary to,
and supplementary to act further to
amend, and so forth, through the cata-
logue ofstatutory nomenclature.
The original act on our statute books
"for the settlement Of the estates Of de-
ceased persons" was passed March 23d
1910, Many acts are referred to by il
which have been repealed by the code
and some of its provisions have been su.
perccded by the creation Of probate
courts, under our uewconstitution. The
adoption of the constitution itself sug
gests the necessity Of modification auc
rearrangements Of previous enactments
The bin proposed by Mr.. Van Worries
makes few changes in the matter of pre-
yious laws on the distribution Of estato
$50 far as the principles and loorkin,
arc concerned. Itseems to be the in
teution Of the bill to consolidate or cod
lily laws now in force, rather than expert
ment with new principles. AS befor
stated, the present laws are oontinueD
lin number Of enactments, numberiu,
two hundred and seventy-fye section
! in all, This matter has been consoli
dated into sections, in a clear and con
else manner, and the whole subject !
complete in one law-[O S, Journal
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How Keitt Looks.

The Evening Post correspondent says
Of Keitt:
Once seen he is never forgotten He
is probably one of the vainest men in
the House; he keeps his seat but few
minutes at a time, and is as full Of antics
and grimaces as any monkey in The
London Geological Gardens. Is there a
pretty lady in the gallery? Be sure that
Mr.. Keitt is looking at her, and pleas
antly stroking his whiskers. Wait a
few minutes, and if he knows her, you
will see him at her side. When taking
his daily exercises on the floor, he has a
gait peculiarly his own-like that of a
spawned mare. He throws up his chin,
brings a soowl upon his face, and covers
the open space in front of the Speaker
chair. This is the member who repre-.
sonts the fre-aaters in the Houso-tbC
disunionist par excellence
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THE Broken HEABT--Samuel King
Of Rising Sun, Indiana, died very sud
denly on Tuesday last He became iu-
volvod in financial difficulties, and his
creditors from New York came on with
large claims, made, Mr.. King alledged,
BY his partner without his knowledge,
and closed his store. On Tuesday NOR
ming he rowed his children across the
creek to school, and returning remark
ed to his neighbor that it was the last
time he should cross. He told his wife
ho should not live, aud wished to tell
her all about the business. She listen
ed patiently, from deep sympathy, but
not dreaming Of such an event as his
death. He however, shortly laid down
aud died, from no apparent cause but
deep grief and modification caused by
bis peouniary troubles.-TEx.
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ny j. G. WHITTIER,
Pipes Of the misty moorIaud.,
Voice Of the glen aud bill
The drone OF q iEhland torrent,
The song OF Lowland riIl!
Not the brace Of broom aud heather,
Nor the mountains dark with rain,
Nor maiden hover, nor border tower,
Have hcurd your sweetest strain!
Dear 10 tho Lowland reaper
Aud plaided mountaneor,
To the cottage aud the castle
The Scottish pipes are dear.
SWEET sounds the ancient pibroch
Der mountain, loch, aud gladoi
But the sweetest Of ull music
The Pipes al Lucknow played!
Day by day tho Indian tiger
Louder yelled, aud nearer crept3
Round aud round the jungle serpent
Near and nearer circles swept.
"Pay for rescue, wives aud mothorg-
Pray to-doy!" the soldier said,
UTo-morrow, deaths between US,
Aud the wrong and shame we dread"
OH they listened looked, and waited,
Till their hope became despair,
And the sobs Of low bewailing
Filled the pauses Of their PRAYER.
Then up spuke q Scottish maiden,
With her ear upon the ground;
"Dinna ye hear it2-dinuu we hear it7
The pipes o. Havel0cb sound"
flushed the wounded man his groaninR;
flushed the wife her little onssi
Alone they heard the drum roll,
And the roar Of Sepoy guns.
n e0uuda 0f hnrno aud fHiIdn00d
The Highland cur was trues
"Dnua We hear it2-'tis the slogan!
Will you no believe il MOOT"
Like the march Of souudless music
Through the vision Of the seer,
More OF feeling than Of heariug,
or the heart than Of the ear,
She knew the drouing pibroch,
She knew the Campbel's CALI
clark hear ye no MacGregor's-
The graudest o. them allw
Oh, they listened, dumb and broathless,
And they caught the sound at last;
Faint and far beyond the Goomtee
Rose aud fell the pipers blast!
Then burst of wild thanksgiving
Mingled woman's voice and mans;
"God be praised!-The march OF Havelocl
The piping Of the claus"
Louder, nearer, fierce as vengeance,
Sharp and shriIi as swords at strife,
Came the wild MacGrsgor's clau-call,
Singing all the air to life.
But when the far off dust.cloud
To plaided lcgious grew,
Full tenderly and blilhesomely
The pipes Of rescue blew!
Round the silver domes Of Lucknow,
Round red DOwlah's golden shrine,
Breathed the air to Britons dearest,
The air Of Auld Lang Syne!
O'er the cruel roll OF war-drums
Rose that sweet and home.like strain,
And the tartan Glove the turban,
As the Goomtee cleaves the plain.
Dear TO the Lowaud reaper
And plaided mountaineer,
To the cottnge aud the castle
The piper's song Is dear
Sweet sounds the Gaelic pibroch
Der mountain, glen and glade,
But the sweetest Of all music
The Pipes at Lucknow playeH
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aloeJ
Some treasure was ost-uOmo loved ono had
died.
It was New Years eve; drawing near
the hour when the Old Year, tottering
and hoary, should crumblo back into
the past, and give place to the young,
bright one coming, with rapid, noiseless
footsteps.
1t was a sad night in the home Of
James Lee. A great, invisible Pres
ence was there, and you could tell by
the toar-wct eyes, and the heavy groan-
ing, the message brought was mournful.
Little Luly was dying dying with the
Group! The terrible breathing could
be heard above the voice Of the wind,
mingling with the wild snow-storm.
"If it be possible, let this cup pass
from me" fell from the stricken moth
er's lips,
"SureIy God will not take our first
born" faltercd the deep voice Of the
father
Stacy Humes, the preacher, was bend
ing over the dying one. He rose up
and stood by Mr.. Lees side
"Pray that our child may live" tho
father faltercd
A spasm of pain passed over the littl,
form. She threw one tiny arm up, anC
looking around, her eyes wandered ove-
her fathers tall form, and then wcr,
fixed upon his face. A whisper Autter
ed upon the pallid lips He bent dowr
to catch the faint words. They were tn,
last, and full of meaning.
"Popa, why don't you pray2 Is 20,
too big to pray?"
He answered not, but large tears roll
ed down his face. Still those eyes, one
so lustrous, now fast growing CLASSY
were fixed upon his. Her brief lif
was ebbing away, with the last moment
Of tho dying year.
"Speok to me, my darling my treas
ure," sobbed Mrs. Lee.
But her bright eyes, looking as the
never looked in life, so unearthly beau
tiful, turned not from her fathers face
| OH long afterwards, he saw that tender
pleading look, and heard that swoc
voice, lisping those words, in its las
earthly music, "Is you too big to pray?
Once more the little form tremblo
with ogony,-then all was over. Tb
sinless spirit had plumed its wings an
scared away.
A groan broke from tho father
lips, and his powerful frame tromblc
with anguish.
Sadly tho young minister turnc
away praying for the stricken ones
q The few neighbors who had gathere,
I dispersed to their homes, excepting Ii
Girl-Friends, They arrayod the dea
child in its shroud, and gently folde
its white arms on its bosom.
The bloom had faded from its cheek,
+ The light had left lts soft, dark syesi
, II slept SO sweotIy while they wePt,
Nor wokoned to the sound Of slghs.
lis little heart had ceased 10 beat,
Its snowy brow was Icy coldi
While Ger its bosom sadly sweet,
= ia Tiny arms did meekly fold.
Farewell sweet child! God takes theo nos
Thourt know no sorrow, know no pain, F.,
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}IoutB's department.

For the News.
Miscellaneous Enigma.
am composed Of 81 letters;
My ! 3, s., is beverage.
My l6, 20, 81, 49, 43, 81, is one Of the
seasons.
Nv 4, 70, o5, ls small insect.
My 2, "a, ll. is habialion.
My %, 90. 30, 3, 10. is wild animal.
Ny 10, IS, 81, Is uumeral
My 6. 40, a.. is a weight
My 80, 20t 10, 32i 5, was the goddess Of
hunting.
My 80, n, Is proposition.
My 81. 81. g. g. WIS tho goddess Of youth
Ny 10, 33. a., 50, g., isl aii,or IN Germany
My 2O, "a, 3. %, IS Lake in Lombardy,
My Z, "a. &, Is very useful.
My 8, 90, 6, G., 8, 10, is not large.
My p, g, 4, 9, is a river in Germany.
Ny 5, 49, 10, 10, Al, is an urtlclo much
worn by ladies'.
My l3, "a, Is pronoun.
My 33, 90, 90 l6, 8, 40, A., AZ, so, 9,
l6, II, is the name OF an excellent paper.
My 70, 90, %, As, is an ornament
My IA, "a AZ, means 10 fusien.
My 40, %, 36, Is a conjunction.
My 90, Is, 81 90, 81, As, is one Of the
seasons.
My "a, 81, 26, 30, 80, is numeral.
My 80, On, 81, Is what we all have 10 DO.
My AZ, IS, as, ir a plaything.
My whole is O battle Of the Revolution, anC
the year in which II was fought. KirrY.
GTAnswer to Enigma by "Giuger," in las
week IS paper:-" American Razors."
Answer 10 Enigma by J d. f." In sam,
puper:-"The Territory Of New Mexico"
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Tribute to tho Unsuccessful.

The world too often pays homage to
the successful man, though his triumph
has been gained by stupendous crimes;
while it has no word of sympathy or
praise for the upright, who from extreme
tenderness Of conscience has refused to
acquire aiIluence or position at the sac
rifce Of truth or justice The follow
ing paragraph is worthy Of its accom-
plished author George s. Hilliard He
says:
"I confess that increasing years bring
with them an increasing respect for
those who do not succeed in life, as
those words are commonly used. Hoav-
cp is said TO be q place for those who
have not succeeded upon earth; and It
is surely true that celestial graces
do not best thrive and bloom in
the hot blaze of worldly pros
perity. Ill-suocess sometimes rises from
superabundanco Of qualities in them
selves good--from a conscience too sen.
sitive, a taste too fastidious, a self-for.
getfulness too romantic, q modesty toe
retiring ] will not 60 so far as to say
with living poet, that the world knows
nothing of its greatness, or at least ex.
celleuce, that die and make no sign,
there are martyrs that miss the palm
but not the stake; there are heroes with.
out the laurel, and conquerors without
the triumph" q"
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WEATHER in MAHoNING COUNTY. ~
The Youngstown Register, Of the 28th
ult., says
"The fruit buds are swelling, and the
early shrubs and garden plants are ma
king leaf. Dandelions in bloom are to
be found in the woods Farmers are
tapping their trees and making syrup
! With good success, and others are still
taking advantage OF tho dne weather 10
do up their spring blowing
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No guIIl .haII reslnpon lhy brow,

AH bhstl ADAlSI ~ lGlAiH AShp 81 NloASt
A blossom had faded from their bosoms
Ia link had fallen from their love.
chain
They laid Their darling down to
sleep, on the wHto.shrouded hill. It
looked dark ard droary there, and
yet they knew it rested peacefully,
unmindful Of blight or storm.
But when the day wore on, and the
Light went out in darkness, how it
brought back the dcsolation
"I cannot stay here, where my child
died, said James Lee, and he started
toward the door
ooh, do not leave me tonight" my
husband-this, the saddest night Of all
my life"
81 tell you, cannot stay hore My
darlings eyes are following me. I must
go out in the air-anywhere, anywhere
but here, where death has been"
Often that night, a white face look
ed out into the darkness with tears
streaming over it.
1t was near the midnight hour-thc
hour in which little LILY had died
the night before, when James Leo came
: back to his homoj not as he went, but
wild with the fiery poison burning in
his brain
d ooh, James, have you come at last?'
murmured his weeping wife
eyes, I've come!" he cried, "Ivc
- come! You've been crying, Lucy
. What makes you cry so much? Let m,
. wipe your tears away;--let me kiss yot
once more. Oh, I love you, I've al
ways loved you, but you see how it is
3 Lucy you see, Tn losH'
Hc staggered towards his wife, threv
~ his heavy arms around her, and claspec
, her to his heart, in an embrace whicl
! made her slight form culver with pain
le James, James, you Will XIII me!
ID she gaSped'
d, lie relaxed his tight hold. "fes,
ne cried, Il Will KIN you! Yes, Lucy
IS you VIII dIej ana on your tombston
h. w., "oL ~ ",.',',.' ..I'.,.,, "'",'' '''
ny nv, - ',O'nU, ~ W O0,'". ~ no
IT. I, ra'a ~ = '-'',A Il','o Lu.y, ana I'll
he '1-' ,o~'" i"p''0I Du,S' in'O tears
20 .,yI,..I - D'DI'-1' '1'I"''
d T1 - -, ~ O0' SoH'0.".ni
p, ~, mo WV s''" "'''' ""u SO pun u
'oh' Lucy! our Hrst-born is dead
he My heart IS broken! 1 loved my dai
ling SO! The rumscller told me, th'
tie some SAID would quit drinking, no
nd that she was gone but he said he kne
'er BETTER and he laughed as he put Il
ire cup to my IiPsi-ho laughed, and m
er, mead swam'-my brain took fire, L
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~ once dreamed, said Pat ~ mas
with the Pope, and he ax'd mo w0d i
drink Thinks wud a duck swim
and seeing Innishowen, and the lemous
aud sugar on the sideboord, 4 ould
him j didn't care &c TUX drap of
punch. Gould on hot, AKA tho Popo.
Hot, yer holiness and be that be siep-
ped down into the kitchen for the bihu'
water, and before he cot back i woke
strait up aud now it's distressing me
that ] didn't take Il c0ici3
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SAD MIsTAKE.-Major Bealo, the
chivalrous Vermonter, has just returned
from his European tour, but his fellow.
townsmen are astonished and Mortified
at his altered appearance. When in
Paris, he challenged a French Colonel
and the weapons being swords, at the
first stroke, the majors nose was sever
ed close to his face, Hastily picking up
and replacing the organ, he tied his
handkerchief over it. After leaving on
the bandage for eleven days he removed
it, when to his CONSERVATION he found
that he had placed it wrong side up
and it was now healed Although il
looks ugly, he finds it very conveient il
taking snuff Augusta Constitutional
ief
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9ortrg

HOur readers will remember the thrilling
account Of tho "Rolief Of Lucknow" recently
published IN our columns. The iollowiua
spirited pocticol version Of the affair Is worthy
Of the theme, and Of the gifted outhori
From the National Era.
THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW.
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ONE oFTHE REASONS During tho an
niversaries in New York, tho following
dialogue was overheard between two Of
the newsboys
81 say, Jimmy, what is the meaning
Of so many preachers being here alto
20 ther,
"Why answered Jim, "they always
meets here once year to exchange ser-
mons with each other
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LIBRAEms.-Henry Ward Bcocher,
in his "Star Papers" thas refers to
some Of EngIands far-amed Libraries:
"Fcw places affected me more than
the libraries, and especially the Bod
leian Library, reputed to have half a
million printed books and manuscripts.
1 walked solemnly and reyerenHy
among the alcoves, and through the
halls, as if in pyramid Of embalmed
souls tt was their life, their heart,
their mind, that they treasured in these
book-urns Silent as they are, should
all the motions that went to their ere,
alton have utterance, could tho world
itself contain tho varied sound? They
longod for fame Hero it is--to stand
silently for ages, moved only to be duss
ted and catalogued, valued only as unit
in the ambitious total, and gazed at,
occasionally, by men as ignorant as I
am of their name, their place, their
Language, and their worth. Indeed
unless a man can link his written
thoughts with the everlasting wants of
men, so that they shall draw from wells,
there is no more immortality to tho
thoughts and feelings Of the soul than
to tho muscles and tho bones A Ii
brary is the souls battle-ground, 1t
| is the land of shadows"