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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-04

mel You know how / detest in my
SOUL the heart whose God is gold how
I prize delicacy, purity, even in such as
Mrs. Lee, though her robe be Of tatters,
her home a cabin"
"Ah, my sweet friend, you have new
er learnt the lessNu which I have, even
in my score Of years There are some
who pass me now, ooldly and oarelessly,
who were once proud to acknowledge
their acquaintance with Elsie Neal
When father, through misfortune and
sickness, lost his wealth, and we moved
TO our little cottage, just saving o small
income, enough to support as humbly, ]
knew then how little they loved me fol
myself and how much they priced my
fathers riches and station in life
The tears came to her eyes. ooh, Mel
lie, she murmured, "my true friend
how love youl how I bless God, thai
there are some rising up, after the simil
itude Of our Savior, the same, yesterday
to-day, and shall I not say, forever
Nellios heart was full, and her voice
tremulous. 81 feel glad" she said
that l have never turned away from
any child Of humanity, on account Of
poverty. Are they not all Gods child
rem, rich in faith, heirs Of the King
dom Of Heaven
They parted. There were tears or
Elsie's hand-the hand which had beet
pressed to Nellio's heart, then lifted t.
her lips.
Leaning over the gate, Elsie fixed he
eyes far in the distance, upon a singl
star, that had come in the twilight, {
the winter sky. "Oh, when, she mui
INJURED, "when shall that bright morn
ing come, whyn those rich in intelle,
tual powers, great in noblenoss an
goodness Of heart shall no more I
trampled in the dust, because the
/, possess not that sordid treasure, value
e in the eyes of many above all thin,
r else, gold"
(7o be Coutinued)
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Habits Of Orators.

Rufus Cboate, it is said never made
a speech of any kind without having
first written it out and committed
It to memory. His legal arguments are
subjected to the same labOrious prepa-
ration The same thing is said to be
true of Edward Everett All his ora
tons bear marks Of the most careful
finish, especially in language and the
formation of their sentences. Both
these gentlemen are gifted with an ex-
traordinary power of memory. 1t is
said that Mr. Everett will read over
long address twice, and then repeat it
nearly rerJatim. Mr.. Calhoun prepar-
ed all his speeches with a wonderful
degree Of labor, and seldom said any
thing in the Senate Chamber, which
he had not FIRST carefully considered
and shaped in his study. Mr.. Webster
generally spoke from full notes, in
which the skeleton Of the speech was
carefully developed, and all statistical
statements, quotations, &C., distinctly
set down. lie relied upon the momeut
for language, but generally it was
written out at full length.-TN. y,
Mirror.
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NAMES OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
1T is not strange that Christians
should have been found in the univer-
sal use of names of days Of the week,
first employed in honor Of pagan de
ities-as the following interesting items
of history show.
In the Museum Of Berlin, remarks a
writer in a Newark cotemporary, in the
hall devoted to northern antiquities,
they have the representation of the
idols from which the names Of the days
Of our week are derived. From the
idol of the Sun comes Sunday. This
idol is represented with his face like the
sun, holding a wheel, with both hands
on his breastsignifying his course around
the world The idol of the Moon, from
which comes Monday, is habited in a
short coat, like a man, but holding the
| Moon in his hands. Tuisco, from
which cometh Tuesday was one of the
most ancient and popular gods Of the
Germans, and is represented by his
/ Igarment'of skin, according to their Pc
culiar manner of clothing. The third
day Of the week dedicated 20 his wor.
ship, Wooden, from whence Wednesday
who was a valiant prince among the
Sazons. His image was prayed to foi
victory, Thor, from whence Thursday
is seated on a bed with twelve start
overhead, holding a hammer in th,
right hand, Frigs, from whence W,
! have FRIDAY, FeDresented with drawr
sword in his right hand and bow in hi
left, He was the giver Of peace an,
plenty. Scatter, from whom is Saturday
has tho appearance Of perfect wretched
nessi he is thin-visaged, long haired
with a long beard. He carries PAL
Of water in his right hand, wherein ar,
fruits and flowers
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}loutBs department.
ne Dumb Boy,g ExamInation.

A clergyman once paid a visit to a
deaf and dumb asylum in London, for
the express purpose Of examining the
children in the knowledge they pos
sessed of Divine truth Alittle boy, on
this occasion, was asked, in writing,
"Who made the world?'
He took up the chalk, and wrote un-
dorneath the question, "In the begin
ming God created the heaven and the
earth.
The clergyman then inquired in a
similar manner, "Why did Jesus Christ
come into the wOrld?"
A smile Of delight and gratitude rest.
ed on the cOuntenance Of the little fell
low as he wrote, "This is faithful say.
ing, and worthy Of all acceptatiou, that
Jesus Christ came into the world to
save sinners"
A third question was then proposed,
ominently adapted to call his most
powerful feelings into exercise:
"Why were you born deaf and dumb
while i can hear and speak?"
"Neyer," said an eyewitness, "shall
/ forget the look Of holy resignation
and ohastened sorrow which sat on bis
countenance, as he took up the chalk
and wrote, Even so, FuJaor, for so il
seemed good in thy sight - Band
of Hope Review
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Important to School Teachers,


A case was tried last week at Al
bauy, which has an interest to parents
Of children at school. A teacher was
in the habit Of keeping children in
school after dismissal, until they could
learn imperlectly recited lessons. The
father Of one of these little prisoners
called at the school and demanded his
child, which the teacher refused TO give
up, and an assault was the consequence.
The case came to a trial, when the court
ruled that tho keeping Of the child un-
til the lessons Of the day were perfect
ed was legal; that the parent in at
tempting to take the child away from
the sohool-room, in opposition to the
will Of the master, was wrong that a
child placed at school by the parents,
is under the control of the master,
until regularly dismissed; and that
parent cannot withdraw the child
from school during the day, against the
masters will, except through the inter
yention of an officer and the school
committee, The defendant was fined
82O and COSTS Hampshire Gazette.
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GBG 8ome Cirtlr.-
AVOID sIang Words.


There Is no wit, says the author of
the Behavior Book, in q lady saying
"snooze" instead of sleep-in calling
pantaloons 'pants," or gentlemen
agents" and saying Of a man whose
dress is old, that he looks "seedy," and
in alluding to an amusing anecdote or
divorting incident to say that it is
erich" All the slang words are de-
testable from the lips Of ladies'. We arc
always sorry to hear a lady say such a
word as "polking," when she talks Of
having engagedin q certain dance, too
fashionable not long since, but now
happily going out, and almost banished
from the best society,
We have no tolerance for young la
dies who, in reality, having neither
wit nor humor, set up for both, and
having none Of the right stock to go
upon, substitute coarseness or imper.
tinence, and try to excite laughter
and attract the attention of gentlemen
by talking slang. Where do they pick
it up2 From low newspapers or yul
gar books? Surely not from low com.
panions, We heard one Of these la.
dies say, when her collar was awry
that it was pinned on drunk When
disconnected, she was "aoored" When
submitting to things, unwillingly she
was brought to the scratch. Some
times she did things "on the sly. "-
She spoke Of a certain great yocalis
"singing like beast" She believed i
very smart and piquant to use these vii,
expressions. 1t is true when at partie.
she always had a half dozen abou
her, their curiosity being excited al
to what she would say next. An,
yet she was woman Of many goo,
qualities, and boosted Of having al
ways lived in the best society," Ladies
Paper,
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Tho French Hoir-Apparont.

The way the little son Of Louis Ma
poleon takes his airing is a show for any
one to see, although all may not regard
it in the same way. lie rides in a large
coupe carriage, drawn by four horses,
conducted by two postillions, and the
nurse holds him up at the window, that
the people may see this really fne-look-
ing baby. Two liyeriod servants, on
horseback, precede the carriage about
two hundred yards and are followed by
half-a-dozen lancers, bearing Of course
the small uniform flag upon each lance,
as if to amuse the youngster Imme-
diately in front Of the leading carriage
horse is another mounted servant, and
two others are seated in the rear. AT
the side Of the carriage rides a gentle
man in plain clothes, called in English
an equerry, and in the rear is a dctoch-
ment Of lanoers, perhaps ten or twelve
in number, under the charge of an Off
cer-the whole cayalcade moving at a
rapid pace.
To one who has had several boys
quite as promising as this Prince, and
escorted at his age by a single nurse
this expensive show seems useless, IL
not ridiculous; but it is not so cousid.
cred by the French people.
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Paragraphs about tha Weather.

Paragraphs about tho WeaJher'
The Chatham Canada WesD Planet
Of late date says.
mot only have pansios been seen in
full bloom in this town during the pres
ent month, (January) but Mr.. r.. X.
Payne informed us that on the 14th in
slant strawberry vines were in blossom
in the open air in his garden. Up to
the time we write, we have had no snow
and very little frost.
The Newburyport (Mass) Herald ao-
knowledges the receipt from Mrs Pike,
OF a beautiful bouquet Of flowers gath
cred in her garden from the open air,
on Thursday, 21st of January. They
we're garden Pinks and Ceiandine, in
full grown leaf and as fresh as in June,
with variegated Pansies in bloom.
People are very apt to think that the
weather Of the present season and others
of q similar extraordinary character,
has never been equalled before, but the
records Of past years show that this is
a great mistake. For example, here Is
a paragraph which speaks Of
THE WEATHER TWENTY YEARS AGO
By the Cleveland Herald of Jan. &c,
1888, twenty years ago, we learn Of the
arrival that day of the steamboat Robt
Fulton from Buffalo having on board
! U. S. troops under command Of It, Col
Worth, aud that the boat proceeded on
her way to Detroit. There was some
ice to be seen in the Lake, but moi
enough to prevent navigation.
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Dortrr
MY FATHER.


I'm standing by my Fathers side,
He's bowed, and old and gray
Upon my arm his hand Is laid,
His strength has passed awayi
His brow is wrinkled DER with care,
His limbs move trembling now,
And scattered locks of silvered hair
Are floating round his brow.
My Fathers gone-his aged head
Lies pilIowed In the grave,
His spirit rests not with the dead,
But Him who died to save.
He gently passed from earth away,
Like summers setting sun,
All robed i'm glory's bright array,
When his short course was run.
My Father lod my wandering feet
In chlldhood's rosy hour,
Along tho path where pleasures meet,
Enhancing by their powers
And when he passed these pleasures by,
Grown old from stern decay,
An angel met him from the sky,
And opod the gates Of day.
I seem to see my Father now,
In seraphs' bright attire,
A crown Of glory on his brow,
Which angels might admire.
His hands attuno a harp Of gold
To his Redeemer's praise,
And rausomed hosts, IN accents bold,
With him their anthems raise.
c. d. BROWN
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About Heads.


A celebrated medical gentleman has
examined and measured G23 skulls Of
different races, and concludes thcrcfrom
that
/ The Tcutonic, or German race,
embracing. as it does, the Auglo-Saxons,
Anglo-Americans, Anglo-Irish, etc,
possess a larger brain than any other
people. 2. The nations having the
smallest heads are the ancient Peruvians
and Australians, 3. The barbarous
tribes of America have n much larger
brain than the demi- civilized Pcruvians
Tor Mexicans. 4, The ancient Egyp-
tians have the least-sizod brain of any
Caucasian nation, excepting the Hin
docs. g. The negro brain is nine Gu
bic inches smaller than the Teutonio,
and three cubic inches larger than the
ancient Egyptian, g. The largest skull
in the series is that of a Dutch gentle
man, and gives one hundred and four
teen cubic inches; and the smallest,
fifty-cight cubic inches, belonged to an
old Peruvian; the difference between
these two extremes being not less than
| ffty-six cubic inches. z. The brain Of
the Australian and Hottcntot falls fan
below the negro, and measures precisely
the same as theancient Peruvian. Anc
last, it appears that, whatever may be
the distortion, the capacity is not alter
led. These facts are curious and valu
able so far as they go; the doctors con
clusions have, however, been disputed
so for the present, their true scientific
value is not established How far they
assist the great question of the unit,
of the human species remains to b.
/ DrOved
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EllstCllauCOUS.
The Game Law.

The penalties Of the "Game Law
will obtain against offenders from and
after the 1st prox., until the 18th Sep
tomber. No person is permitted to kill,
except on his own premises, during that
period, any dove, rabbit or hare, yell
low hammer or plover, wild turkey,
quail, rufied grouse or pheasant, pima
ted grouse or prairie chicken, wOodcock
or wild deer, or to destroy or disturb
the eggs Of any Of the birds protected
by the act After the first of May all
persons are restricted from catching OF
killing any wild goose, duck, teal, or
other wild duck, or exposing any to sale
during the season prohibited And il
is unlawful, at any time, to kill or in.
jure,x ecept on ones own premises, rob,
in, blue-bird, martin, thrush, mockiug
bird, swallow, meadow-lark, oriole, red
bird, or cat-bird The penalty for VIC.
lating the law is a fine Of from 50 tc
Sl5 for each offence, with costs Of pros.
ecution. The fines collected to 90 intC
the Common School Fund. The law
is good one, and ought to be rigorous
ly executed.
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The 'learned Selden, the great, wise
and good man, who asserted the peo.
pies rights against the first Stuart kings
with all the force that great learning
and strong patriotism could give, has,
nevertheless, one great blot on his mem
ory, lie lived and died q bachelor, and
was just as musty, rusty and crusty, in
his notions Of women, as the rest of tbat
miserable tribe Of outcasts are. Hear
what he says of the marriage state in
his "Tablo Talk"-(tho idea of "Tablo
Talk" by an old bachelorD
'Tis reason a man that will have n
wife should be OF the charge FOR her
trinkets, and pay all the scores She Sets
upon him. He that will keep mon
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SENATOR GWIN AND HIS SLAVES
Senator Gwin some years ago carried
several slaves with him to California,
who after working about a year sued
him for wages. The case has lately
been decided by Judge Norton Of San
Francisco, who in his decision stated
that no contract had been proved, and
that the circumstances of these ex-
slaves bore an analogy to those Of adult
children who remained with their pa
rents and worked for them. The law
would not imply a promise to pay wa
ges; and some proof Of contract or re-
quest must be given to justify a judg-
ment in favor Of the claimant.
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Language is the amber in which a
thousand precious and subtle thoughts
have been safely embedded and pre-
served. It has arrested a thousand
flashes Of genius, which, un-
less fixed and arrested, might have been
as bright, but would have also been as
quickly passing and perishing as the
lightning.-Trench, on the Study of
words
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THE SIZE OF MANA ridiculous
statement has run through the papers
of Adams being 1913 feet high, Eve
1l8, Noah 103, &c. The Egyptian
mummies, if they are good for nothing
else prove the interesting fact that for
three or four thousand years past man
has not changed in stature. IT, there
fore, no diminution of it has taken
place in the course of all that time,
but the average size Of the race is the
same now as three or four thousand years
ago, is there the least probability that
it was materially different in the two
thousand years preceding? The argu-
meut is strong that it was not.
Newark Daily Advertiser.
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TIE WEST.

"l hear the tread OF Pioneers,
OF nations yet to be-
The first low wash Of waves, where soon
Shall roll human sea!
The elements Of empire here
Are plastic yet and warm,
And the chaos OF a mighty world
Is rounding into form!
Each rude aud josuing fragment soon
Its fitting place shall find,
The raw material Of a State
Its muscles and ilsmind!"-[Whittier.
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Nellie Lyle stood by her window one
morning, looking out upon the earth,
wrapped in a shroud of snow. Her at
tention was directed by footsteps to the
old brown house opposite A tall, fine
looking man entered
The old house had not been inhabi.
ted for a long time; but it was evident
it was to be so, for the gentleman pro.
cured a broom, and brushed down the
wolls, and swept the floor of the only
room.
"Who in the world can it be, papa?'
said Nellie to her father. The old maj
came to the window, and looked out.
"Perhaps there is no one but him
self" he said; Though he looks oil,
enough to have family"
All morning Nellie watched the gen
tloman, and the old house. 1t wa
something more than ordinary, to hay
strangers move to their village at sucI
time, and especially into such house
Towards evening her curiosity wa
gratifed. A wagon was slowly driver
up to the door, with a few necessarie
for housekeeping, and with them, be
sides the driver, a woman and tw
children; a little girl, and babe.
"I can't see the reason of their poy
erty," said Nellie. "Suroly in such
State as Ohio, great, strong-lookin
man like him, ought to do better"
A sadness tremblsd in her father
voice, as he answered, "Ah, Nellie
sickness or misfortune may have visi
ed them"
A few days later, Nellie had learne
their names, and solved the mystery 0
their poverty,
Coming down street, the Saturday a
ter they had moved, she met James LC
staggering home. He was intoxicated
A pang of pain thrilled Nellio's youn
heart
Was that man, with intellect trace
on his brow, and sparkling in the brigl
glance of his eye, victim to the Nigh.
Destroyer? Was that majestic form
be trampled down by the Great Clan
that seems to be walking over all Il
length and breadth Of our land?
Yes, even to that little village Il
blight-the curse-had come; so dar
so terrible, that the mind may hard
comprehend the sufrerings compress,
in that one word, DRAM-sELLER VI
wonder if hey can. We wonder
they are ever haunted by the visions q
starving children, or the sad despair {
desolate wives2 Are their dreams peac
full? Does no mournful wall Of 10
ones, float to them in the darkness p
Do they sec no human brother fall
there no 6endish laugh borne to the
ears from the Great Enemy Of Souls? p
Methinks he must exultingly howl, clio
beside them; for they are his co-wor
p ers in dcspOiling Humanity Of
jewels.
Alas a deep wound was inaiot,
upon another heart besides Nellies;
wound, sharp and piercing to the gent
, woman, his wife
They had movedsome twenty mile
from a small town, north Of Bloomval
"I am not quite lost" said Jam
Lee TO his wife, with a bittor smiI
/ Everybody looks down on US here, L
oy, but We will move away, and G.,
{ helping me, will try to do better"
! But the Tempter stood in his pa
again. OH if the poison had not be.
there to destroy, he might have lived
HAPPY, useful, honorable life. But
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Original Storg
Written for the News.
The Friends.
BY MARY De-
CHAPTER V.
BY MARY r.

CHAPTER V.
"What saith tho voice, to thegifted, who tower
In Gods best endowments above the great
thrOng-
Men who have eloquence, passion aud power,
Hope in the future. aud hearts brave and
strougl
Men who can do and dare
More than their brothers,
Should queIl the wrongs that bar
Blessings from others.
Thus saith the voice.
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THE BIRTHPLACE or WASHINGTON.
Both branches Of the Virginia Legisla-
ture have passed bill providing for the
conveyance to the State of Virginia of
the birthplace of Washington, and the
home and graves of his progenitors in
America The adoption Of this meas
ure may be regarded as prelude to the
cOnsummation Of the noble enterprise
in which the Ladies' Mount Vernon
Association is engaged. The bin ap-
propriatos $4,000 to enclose the places
with an iron fence, and to erect sub
stantiul tablets to commemorate for the
rising generation those notable spots, as
required by Lewis W. Washington in
his offer Of conveyance.
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PACIFIC RAILROAD BML.-The bill
matured by the Pacific Railroad Com
mittee Of the Senate and reported by
Mr. GWyn proposes to locate a railroad
between the big Sioux and the mouth
of the Kansas river to San Francisco /;
that alternate sections Of land on each
side Of the road be granted, and 812,-
500 per mile bo advanced on the com
pletion Of every twenty-five miles, until
825, OO0,0 600 be reached. Tho amounts
thus advanced to be returned ia mail
service and tho transportation Of men
aud munitions Of war Five per cent,
Of the stock 10 bC Issued aud the Pres
ident to receive bids aud make a con-
tract for twenty years, and locate Tho
road having in view economy and tho
best route
The friends Of tbe bilI which bas
been introduced into Cougr applo-
priating public land 10 limited Quana
ties to actual settlers, say that Do
undoubtedly become o Law.
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DEATH OF THE FIR, WHITE PER
SON BORN IN OHo.-The Morgan coun-
ty Herald announces the death Of Rev
Philo Matthews, can able, eloquent and
pious minister Of the NJ E. church '-
Mr. Matthews was the FIRST white person
born In the State Of Ohio. He died al
Richmond, Wis, on the 18Th Of No.
Yember.