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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11
To Bring up Children.

Until it has completed its third year,
the child should be kept in doors, in
high, airy, dry, warm, sun-lighted
apartments, during the whole Of the
twenty-four hours of every day, sum-
mer and winter, except from ten until
four, during which time it should be in
the open air, every second possible,
practicable and safe.
From entering the fourth year until
entering the seventh, children should
be compelled to keep out of doors, from
soon after breakfast until within half
an hour of sundown, and from sundown
until after breakfast they should not
be allowed Except on special occasions,
to go outside the doors Of the family
residence.
Until entering the seventh year, no
child, boy or girl, should ever be al
lowed to enter o school room, for any
purposes of secular education, beyond
learning the names Of letters and fg-
ures.
When the seventh year is entered, and
until the thirteenth year is entered, the
following regulations should be strictly
adhered to.
The school-room should be large,
high, warm, dry, on the second or third
story, with windows on all sides.
The school hours should be from nine
until twelve in the forenoon, and from
three until four in the afternoon.
All that is TO be learned should be
learned during scbool-hours only; for
while not in the school-room, they
should be romping playing, recroating
in the open air, or some sheltered place,
from after breakfast until sundown.
But one branch of study should be
learned at a time.
That branch should be we'll learned
before proceeding to anothor-not only
we'll learned in itself, but in all its more
direct bearings.
From entering the thirteenth year,
until they cease to so to school, three
hours should be spent in the forenoon
in study, and two hours in the after
noon, with no studies to be pursued out
of the schoOl-room; for more necessa-
ry is it than ever that the little remain
ing time from breakfast until sun-down,
taking out five hours study, and one for
dinner, should be employed in the
open air, or large open rooms, in some
form of activity, involving hilarious
muscular motion.
From sun-down until after break
fast next morning, the best place for
children who have not completed their
education, is under tho parental roof
not to sew or read a moment beyond
eight o'clock, but to be employed in
cheerful pastimes, in lively amusements,
or in learning some of the numerous
domesticities, the knowledge and prac.
tice of which will exert such a control
ling influence on after life. For that
man or woman who is not happy at
home, has made sad failure as to the
largest portion of a lifetime.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11

might live again;-if those, whose lives
are SO inseparably blended on earth,
might meet in Heaven, and love there
still;--then would these trembling fears
be gone-this darkness Of my soul sub
side Then, remembering that beyond
Deaths solemn river no parting comes,
and that we should surely meet on the
green shores beyond, what earth-ca-
lamity should I fear, from what life
suffering should shrink back?"
The newly-written page received a
holy baptism true woman's tears
Rising from her seat, Alice sat down
by the window, and looked out earn
estly at the star-lit sky; and as she gaz-
ed, she felt that beyond and above those
shining orbs is the home, which only
can satisfy the intense yearnings Of the
Immortal Soul.
Oh! in the stiffness Of the night, how
often to the world-worn heart, do mys-
terious aud solemn thoughts Of that
eternal, but shadowy future como Is
it the Spirit, or somepuro Angel, mourn
fully chiding the soul for its vain dreams,
and whispering gently, earnestly, Of the
only true good-the only true life?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11

With quick step and joyous air,
John Wennor walked up to his home,
after the absence of a week.
He had been away to the great, busy
city. After mingling in the impetuous,
hurried life of the metropolis for a
week, everything about his own home
seemed unusually calm and still Where
was Alice? He had brought her a let
ter from Philip, and he thought he
would surprise her by his return oarli-
er than usual.
NOiselossly he passed to her room
door; but at the threshold he paused
for he heard her voice, breathing tones
sweeter and softer than he had ever
heard it before
She was proyingl-praying for the
two men who were dearest to her Of all
on earth. That low, pleading voice
how it touched the husbands proud
heart-he who, in the excitement and
hustle Of life, seldom paused to knee
and prayl His head bowed, and he re.
poated, in a low, earnest tone, those ez.
quisitc lines Of the poet,
ooh, Cod II souls unsoilsd as these,
Need daily mercy from Thy throne,
If She upon her bonded knees
Our holiost and our purest one
Must daily kneol and pray to Thee,
What far, far deeper need have We!
How hardly, If she win not Heaven,
Will our wild errors be forgivon!"
Alice heard and at once recognized
that voice, so dear and familiar, and
opening the door, went to meet him
with a smile, and tears Of gladness dim,
ming her eyes.
"Surely it is a great privilege, to give
such joy to the loving human heart
as it is ours to give each other, is il
not, dear one?" we're the husbands frst
words.
"Doos my glad welcome make you
happy"
every happy" he replied. "Hov
grievod I would be, after being ab.
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GBe Yomr Clrtle.
Practical Preaching.

Here is a capital paragraph from
Henry Ward Beecher:
awe have no doubt that a rigorous
landlord, having sharked it all the
the week, would be better pleased on
Sunday, to doze through an able Gospel
sermon on Divine mysteries, than to be
kept awake by practical sermon that,
among other things, set forth the duties
of a Christian landlord A broker who
has gambled on q magnificent scale all
the week, does not 90 to church to have
his practical swindling analysed and
measured by the New Testament
spirit A merchant whose last bale of
smuggled goods was safely stored on
Sunday night, and his brother mer-
chant, who, on that same day swore a
false invoice through the custom house
they 90 to church to hear a sermon on
faith, or angels, or the resurrection |!
They have nothing invested in these
subjects they expect the minister to be
bold and orthodox. But if he wants
respectable merchants to pay ample pew
rents let him not vulgarize the pulpit
by introducing commercial questions
A rich christian brother owns largely in
a distillery, and is clamorous against
letting down the pulpit to the vulgarity
of temperance sermons. Another man
buys tax titles, and noses about all the
week to see who can be slipped out of a
neglected lot. A merchant that plies
his craft with Unscrupulous appliance
of every means that wins, he too wants
doctrine on the Sabbath, not those
secular questions. Men wish two de-
partments in life the secular and re-
ligious Between them a high wall and
opaque is to be built. They wish to do
what they please for six long days
Then stepping the other side of the
wall, they wish the minister to assuage
their fears, to comfort their consciences,
and furnish them clear ticket and as
surance for heaven. By such shrewd
management, our modern fnanciers are
determined to show that Christian can
serve two masters, both God and Nam
mon aJ the same time.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11
Don't be a Bachelor.


Young man don't live a crusty bache-
lor; it is not good for you.-It will
neither improve your morals, health, or
your beauty. Marry as soon as you
can make it convenient, and can shape
your affairs to support a wife But
when you marry, don't fall in love with
a face instead Of a woman. Remember
common sense is rare virtue, much
better than silver and gold, and fash
ion. Don't court and marry crinoline
and money bags, simply because it's
crinoline and gold in plenty; but
look for sound practical sense in a wo-
man frst;--that is the touchstone to
try her other qualities by.
When you have that, all else comes.
Your wife, that is to be, if she's full
of common sense, will grow to your
way of thinking and make you grow to
hers. A woman that has womanly love
in her heart will find a way to make your
love toward her grow as the years go
over you both And another thing
needs to be needed, and that is--a com
mon sense woman is not to be found
where fashion insists upon dragging
young females into a whirl, where there
is simply idle gossip and little brain
Young man! don't stand looking af,
ter that young woman who has the dis
tinguished air, the reputation of firt
and a belle, whose father has heaps of
cash; for it is not impossible that while
you are straining your eyes, you may be
turning your back upon some unobtru-
sive little damsel whom nature has cut
out as your other half, and who may be
just that pleasant faced, placid temper
ed, lovable little creature who will think
enough of you to 60 with you to the
end Of the world, and stay by and com
fort you when you get gray-headed
and fdgety.
Marry, young gentlemen, and keep
yourselves out of scrapes Have some
thing to live for. A man alone in the
world isn't more than half a man,
and the world wants men. So mend
yourself, and be happy, And you
shall have reason to say that it was a
good thing you resolved to marry, and
refused to be a solitary, beer-drinking,
pipe-smoking bachelor, if you sue
ceed as we'll in your efforts as he who
once a young man like you, is now
simply old, contented and comfortable.
m Life Illustrated.
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to the further end, when the Dean
started, as if recollecting something.
81 must step in, said he; "stay here
till [ come back"
Then he ran out of the garden, lock
ed tho door, and put the key in his
pocket.
Bamcrick walked about till IL grew
dark, and, not seeing the Dean, he at
last vontured to follow him, but found
the door locked He knocked and call
ed several times to no purpose; he per-
ceived himself confined between high
walls, the night dark and cold in the
month of March However, he had not
the least suspicion Of his being inten.
tj0Hally confined. The deanery ser.
wants went to bed at the usual hour
and the Dean remained in his study
until two o'clock in the morning. Hl
then went into the hall and drew the
charge out Of a biuuderbuss and other
firearms, then returned and rang his
bell He was Immediately attended by
one Of his servants.
Robert" said he, "T have lem
much disturbed by a noiso In the gar
dcn-sidc; l fear some robbers have en-.
tered; get me a lantern, and call up
Saunders"
Then the Dean took the lantern, and
stayed by the arms until the men came
"Arm yourself" D." said he, "and follow
me."
BE led them into the garden, where
the light soon attracted poor Banner.
ick, who came running up to them
Upon his approach, the Dean roarec
out:
"Thcre is tho robbor! Shoot himr
Saunders presented, and Bamcrick
terrified to death, fell on his knees anC
begged his life. The Dean held tn,
lantern up to the man face, and grave
ly said
"Mercy on us ! Mr.. Bamorick hov
came you here?'
"Lord, sir," said Bameriok. adon'
you remember you left me here las
evening""
"Ah, friendl' ..said the Dean, 81 Jor
got it, as you dill the Joots" Thci
turning round to Robert, who was th.
butler, he said "Giyo the man SOM
warm wine, and see him safe home"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11

A clergyman, not a thousand miles
from Auburn, N Y, was lately suspect
ed by his clerical brethren Of preaching
hcresy. lie asked and obtained leave
to set forth his views in a sermon, which
was read, and unanimously pronounced
hcreticaI and absurd and the poor cler-
gyman was about to be expelled, when
he arose, and with very long face pro-
ceeded to olectrify his brethren with tho
announcement that the sermon they had
listened to was none other than DR..
Chalmers thirty second lecture on Ro-
mans. That clergyman is not yet Gin
contempt.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11

a large number Of unpublished let
ters of GENERAL WAsHINGToN, written
to his private Secretary, Col. THOMAS
LEAR, are discovered by a suit for their
recovery, in the Supreme Court of New
York by William Eyre and Louisa Lin
coin Eyre his wife, VS. Edward J. Hig-
bee and Fanny L. Higbee. The let
ters were written during a period from
the month of September I77O. and en-
ding in 1879. The historian Bancroft
is said to be anxious to examine these
letters, as they are held to be both Gu.
rious and important.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11
Consumption

There is no fact in pathology more
certainly established than that common
consumption Of the lungs can be perma-
nently arrested, if in tho advanced
stages, and wholly eradicated from the
system, if but in its beginnings, by the
persistent habit Of spending at least
8 out Of every successive "a hours
in out door activities, regardless of all
t5oatker5. The colder the weather, the
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11

The Government Of Netherlands is
just taking steps to secure the aboh-
ton Of slavery in the Dutch Colonial
possessions. The project of law has
been submitted to the States General,
proposing to emancipate the slaves in
the Dutch West Indies, paying their
owners an indemnity Of about thirty
four million guilders-equiyalent to
very nearly thirteen million dollqrs.--
The number Of slaves in the Colonies
is not large, and most Of the owners
desire to have their slaves freed, pro
vided they can be indemnifcd for tho
loss Of their services.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11
The Secret of Longevity.

The means known, so fur, of promo
ting longevity, have been usually con-
centrated in short, pithy sayings, as,
"Koep your head cool, and your feet
warm '-"Work much and eat little, "
ETC. just as if the whole science Of hu-
man life could be summed up and
brought out in a few words, while its
greatest principles were kept out of
sight. One of the best Of these say
ings is given by an Italian in his 10th
year, who, being asked the means of
his living so long, replied with that inn
provisation for which his country is
remarkable.
"When hungry Of the best eat,
And dry aud warm | keep my feet;
screen my head from sun aud rain,
And let few cares perpIsx my brain"
The following is about the best the
ory of the matter:-Every man is born
with a certain stock of Vitality. which
cannot be increased, but NAV be hus-
banded. With this stock he may live fast
or slow--may live extensively or inten-
sively-may draw his little amount of
life over a large amount of space. or
narrow it into a concentrated one but
when his stock is exhausted, he has no
more. He who lives extensively-who
drinks pure water, avoids all inaama-
tory diseases, exercises sufficiently, but
not too laboriously, INDUCES in no ex-
hausting passions, feeds on no excl
ting material pursues no debilitating
pleasures, avoids all laborious and pro-
tracted study, preserves an easy mind,
and thus husbands his quantum of Vi
tality--will live considerably longer
than he otherwise would do, because he
lives slow; while he, on the other hand,
who lives intensively-who beverages
himself on liquors and wines. exposes
himself to inhammatory diseases or
causes that produce them, labors be-
yond his strength, visits exciting scenes.
and INDUCES oxhausting passions, lives
on stimulating and highly-seasoned
foods always debilitated by his pleas
ures.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11

Why DON'T HUSBANDS WRITE
WIEN AWAY FROM HoME?-A few
days ago, a man returned to Lowell.
after a four years absence in Austria
liza, and found his wife married again,
and with a child by her second husband
The wife justiies her second marriage
on the ground Of the supposed death
of her first husband, to whom, now
that he has made his appearance, she is
ready to return The second husband
has taken possession of the babe, and
the other parties will take legal pro-
ceedings for its recovery.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11

The New Central Park Of New York,
now being laid out, has an area Of
over 100 acres. 1t is two and half
miles long, and nearly two-thirds q a
mile wide, and when completed, which
will not be for some years, will equal
the Parks Of any European city. The
cost Of the land was S51ll,42G but
there has been assessed on property
benefited by it, S1,GOO,0O0
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4outB's department.
For the News.
Enigma.

Enigma.
! am composed Of ID letters:
My 9, 5, 6, 3, are troublesome animas.
My /, 10, 4, -, 8, is spoken Of in the
Scriptures.
Ny 9, 10, ., 3, is a city in Europe.
Ny 7, 8, 8, 10, is girls name.
My IL, 3, 8, 10, was a Grecign teacher.
My Ia, 5, 8, is what we should all abb or
My whole is but little used by fops, and
whoever uses me, finds that am very ex-
pensive article, GINGER.
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The Slave Traffic i'm the goptb
HoVnn AholitinniaH nrrn.l. -.

The Slave Traffic in the goutt
seven Abolttionist Preachers.
During the sessions of the Mississ;D
pi Conference at Brandon. Bisb6p
Early presented the resolutions of tbe
Alabama Conference, recommepding
the striking out Of the general rule
against selling men, women and chill
dren," etc. The Conference eopcurroJ
in the amendment by vote of 10 10 y
a correspondent Of the Mississippian
wishes to know who were the seven
dissenting.-T Momphis Apnaal.
We join the correspondent Of bo
Mississippian, in asking who we're Tho
seven dissenting. We want TO know
the names Of the seven abolition preach.
ers, who live and fatten upon he peonIo
of Mississippi Tt is due the biob
standing and character Of the Methodist
Church, that the seven negro-worsbip.
pers should be exposed and held up to
the scorn and condemnation of every
honest man. We have no use for abo-
litionists in our State: there is no room
for them, and their presence should and
viii not be tolerated five can -et the
names Of the immortal seven, we will
promise to give them an advertisement
tree Of cost, which will make them
known all over the country. We bavo
fully determined to show no favor to
any aDolitionist, no matter what position
he may hold, and we should alwavs de-
nounoe in unmeasurable terms, such
characters as vile reptiles, who ought to
be driven from the land. We ask our
brethren Of the press throughout tho
State to Join with us in calling for the
names Of the seven dissonters.-rOz.
ford Mercury.
We add our feeble voice to yours.
brother Mercury, and would like to see
/ the seven names in full "bold face ~
Ferret them out, and expose them, that
the people may know who arc opposed
to buying and selling slaves in Missis-
| sippi.-L Pamela CNiss) Star, Jan. l3.
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Forlhe Newa
For the N
GeOpraphical Enipma.

Geographical Enigma.
am composed Of % letters:
My J.. Z, 81, Is, g, 4, -, is county In
California.
My ., 8, IS, 6, 70, is county in Ohio.
My 3, II, 81, l6, is one Of the great lakes
My 4, 8, IA, IA, 81, 5, is tho name Of a
river in Ohio.
My IT, s, 6, l, Is tho name Of county in
Virginia
My Is, 10, I7,9, 10, Is, is the namo of a
town In Ohio.
My %, ., 81, 10, is the name Of city in
Ohio.
My IA, 10, 90, is the name of a river in
Wisconsin.
My 10, ., g, 10. is the name of one of the
U. States.
My %, 10, /, 4, %, Is, is the name of a
boy.
My whole is one of the Territories.
J. NJ. e.
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When the Hon. Mrs. Norton was ap-
piled to, on Hoods death, for contri-
button to the fund then raised for his
destitute widow, and headed by Sir
Robert Peel, with the donation Of ESQ,
she promptly sent a liberal subscription
with the following lines, never before
published:]
To cheer the widows heart in her distress,
To make provision for the fatherIess,
Is but a Christians duty, and none should
Resist the heart appeal of Widow Hood.
Poetry, punning and piety, all of the
genuine sort, are not thus often happily
united.
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1t has been satisfactorily ascertained
that ducks enter the water for diuers
reasons, and come out for swl-dry mo-
tives.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-02-11

"OPEN TO THAT OBJECTION" Gen.
D. was more distinguished for gal
Iantry in the field than for the care he
lavishod in personal cleanliness. Com
planning, on certain occasion, to Chief
Justice B., of the suffering he en-
dured from rheumatism, that learned
and humorous judge undertook to pre-.
scribe a remedy.
"You may desire your servant" he
said to the General, "to place every
morning by your bedside a tub three
parts filed with warm water. You will
then get into the tub, and having pro.
vided yourself with a pound of yellow
soap, you must wash your body with it
immersing yourself occasionally in the
water, and at the end of a quarter Of an
hour, the process concludes by washing
yourself dry with towels, and scrub,
bing yourself with a flesh brush"
"Why," said the General, after a
moments reflection upon what he haC
just heard, "this seems to be nothing
more or less than washing yoursolfw
"Well," rejoined the Judge, 'it 4
open to that objection"
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PRINTING BANK NoTEs--According
to Professor Silliman, a new method
Of printing bank notes has been invent
ed in Canada, which oyercomes every
defect found to exist in other pIaps.--
This method is simply thq two
permanent and opaque inks both of
which are insoluble aud indelible.
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Frederick Sala, writing from Russia,
mentions that on a table near him stands
"a largish tumblcr, filed with a steam
ing liquid of a golden color, in which
floats a thin slice of lemon. It is tea
the most delicious, the most soothing,
the most thirst-allaying drink you could
have in the summer time, and in Rus
sia" Tea favored with a slice of lemon
we have never tried; neither are we pre-
pared to recommend at a summer bev-
erage tea, steaming hot, as Saladoes.--
But tea made strong Gas zoe like it. or as
you like it,) we'll sweetenod, with good
milk, or BETTER cream in it, in sufficient
quantity TO give it a dark yellow color,
and the whole mixture cooled in an ice
chest to the temperature Of ice-water,
is "the most delicious, the most sooth-
ing the most thirst-allaying drink" we
have ever treated ourselves or friends
to. Ice cream is the only preparation
ft to be mentioned with our cold tea.
So says Dickens.
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G0jt au0 Yumor.

Orpheus Dimes visited Lake Ontario
lastsummer, during his travels in search
of the picturesque, and has since pub
lished the following "pome"
on LAKE ONTARY.
Green are thy waters, green as bottled grass
Behold them stretched thar;
Fine mOskolonge and Oswego bass
Is chiefly ketChed thar.
Wunst the red injins thar tuck thar delights
Fisht fit and bIsdi
Now most Of the inhabitants is whites,
With nary red