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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

FASHIONABLE FoLLY.-The Boston
journal, speaking Of the long dresses ot
present in vogue, says: Unnecessarily
long as ladies' dresses were the past sea-
son, an extra tuck seems to have been
let out this spring Any one walking
up Washington street on a pleasant af-
ternoon, will meet crowds of fashiona-
bly, dressed women with the extra orna-
ment Of a couple of inches of dust and
dirt around the bottom Of their dresses.
-Four founces Of silk, and one of street
dust and ashes may be fashionable but
the latter is anything but ornamental or
in accordance with good taste"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

A Quaker, Of very good character heard footsteps
around his dwelling night, after he had gone TO bed
He got mp and out, and man standing by the
window Of cellar under clubhouse receiving the
contents of his pork barrel from another within the cell
lar The old man stepped quietly up and the thief ON the
outside He'd lie stepped TO the window and received the
piorps of pork the thief Within who, after little
while asked the supposed thief in awhisper, "5hall we
take itul?n The Of the pork satd yes take It
ali 20 when theman handed the remainder mp and then
came up himself But be much surprised o hnd instead
of his friend the Quaker himself The thief proved 90 De
"a near ncishbUr, whom would have suspected Of
such conduct lie pleaded for mercy and begged the old
man not 90 expose him. spoke of the necessities Of poverty
hud promised never to steal again. " thou had5 asked
aAmcat" said the Quaker, "it would have been given
FORA pity thy poverty and respect thy hmily-thuu
thee Niycu" The man greatly reioired, and was
for 20 away when te Quaker said, "tke thy pork
about tvM But the man said, "no don't want your
ueighboupuld not eat mOuthnl Of ith did But the
pork Ade him take half Of TO- put 10 iu bng put 1t
Quaker ul. irudcr, and started him for home. He
on MS sl rcqurntly after that, the families visited
met fha rli n IL was kept secret Had hc been ar
each ot w., ~ court Of justice for this, aud been tn-
rsa or tty hcit, perhaps he would have turned out
Trse9e' ~, @ e hut kindness is the best punishment
o thief 80 y"" 7o- j. NJ. ELLIS.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

We will furnish the LaIv's Book. Att,rti,
hniokerbockcr Blacywo0d, the British %
any Of the SO periodicals with our-s
annum; or 90 % fsIosy red
A'n'' wiz Ry mPbor knitting.
Nor ootd he guess what thoughts Of him
d. Werato her bosom hockiug,
lhs hor G,ir fingers, swim and slim,
n Flew round and round the stocking.
while. au for Joshua, bashful youth,
His words grew few and iewer,
! no ush an the time, TO tell the truth,
\ Ills chair edged nearer TO her.
Meantime, her ball Of yarn gave out,
She knit so fast and steady,
And he must give his aid no doubt,
To get another ready.
To held the sycin Of course the thread
Got tangled, gnarled and twistcd
"Havs Patlcncew cried the artle5s maid,
To him whoh assisted.
Good chance was this for tonguo-ticd churi
To shorten bis palayori
"Havo Patencew cried he, "deorost girl
And may / really have hor2"
Tho deed wus done no more that night
Clicked needles In the concri
Aud she Is Mrs Joshua White
That once was Patience Warner
columbus Gazette
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05
n. ". SrARauR. Nan--
itf Of our COUNT, entered

Va DuA NNuHI'i entered N..
charge 81 pezcee ,ial dutis new
% DO on say anyth .lll tend
to mortify the feeling Of your wives in
company. Here, if possible, show them
more marked attention than when
alone.
Give your wives to understand that
you esteem them above all others
make them your cOnfdants confde in
them, and they will confde in you; con-
fdonco begets confidence, love begets
love, and sweetness begets sweetness.
Above all sympathise with the wives
Of your bosom in the hour Of affection.
Rejoice with them when they rejoice
and weep with them when they weep
Who, if not a bosom companion, will
wipe from tho cheek the falling tear Of
soFrow2
Finally, husbands remember that
death will soon sever the connubial
chord When you behold her with
whom YOU lived, and toiled, and wept
and rejoiced, cold, lifeloss, laid in the
coffin,
,.Think Of the happiness 80 deep and tender
Tbot 6Icd INV bead when wandering by hor s.dei
F'bnk now her fintcst smilo had power 20 render
The darkest moment one Of love aud pride
And now that this fii form n deat. grows colder
o. 4 sweet calm rapture hlls the parting hour
st.t ttor, ,rt MN hsr, though a sad bohOlderi
"A Wines Of the doir REDEmEns power"
Will YOU then regretthat you studied
ALWAYS 20 promote her happiness 2 that
Itbe law of love and kindness dwelt on
lgour Iips evermore 2--Oh, think, and be
now her ministering angel.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

SENSIBLE ADVICE Let all young
men. looking out for wives, follow the
counsel We give below. II will save
tbsm a world Of trouble: eff you ever
marry" said my uncle, ''let it be a wo-
man Who has judgment enough to SUI
por'ntend the work Of her house; taste
eno IN 10 dress herself pride enough
10 sh herself before breakfast and
sen enough to hold her tongue when
IN Las nothing 70 say"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05
mn PRINTHRIB DnVTTa

a"1H HunJug Miuw."-Tlc Poetaster here has waded
into the PriaH Puddle quito beyond his dcpth for
by the word AH he Is not quite whether he an
or only part And tho true import Of this word has
not yet been FULLY agreed upon by Thcoogians, he will
not attempt to settle the hequesdon, give opinion
Good broad Is made su more palatablo by proper apple
cation Of buttor SO, perhaps the better way Of doing
good business d to season it with little Humbug.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

A Frenchman thinks the English Ian
guagc very tough "Dare is lookout"
he says, "whioh is to put your head out
and see; and lookout, which is to haul
in your head and not to see--just con.
trarie.n
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

Running into debt often tempts peo-
ple 10 tell lies This made great wit
Saw. "Lying rides on debts back" When
@ vcu have contracted a debt you may
ibink little Of payment, but creditors
have better memories than debtors
superstitous sect, they are great OBJ
sbrvers of DAYS aud times.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

The steamer Anaoosta, which hastily
left Washington several days ago, has
nothing to do with the Maryland oyster
difficulties as surmised, but is on secret
government service, the nature of which
cannot be ascertainod, She is fully
armed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

Lieut.. General Scott arrived at New
York on Monday, the 18th, in the At
lautic, The Times says, with regard
TO the results Of his mission ho chooses
TO be silent"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

IF four dogs with sixteen legs, can catch twenty-nine
rabbits, with cightyseyen legs In nrty.our minutes
how many lcgs must the rabbits have TO get away
from eight dogs with thirytwO legs, In seventeen min-
ute5 and half
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

MISCELLANEOUS Enigma,

am composed Of la letters:
,ryl2345i isa river iu Wrgin"
~ 67sgisu county In ONO;
NJ iO3 3I2G isa weed or bl o.
SIy iiS7 Ii is county lnhnolsi ~, p,o rn,to5
My Whole WI" DUDLIE COLLIER.
shEmg 7rung, o.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

pE- Answer to Enigma in last weeks papcr;-Martho
llulis5a Kcrns.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

walking balloon. More children have
been killed, however, by the extension
Of the absurd petticOat fashion to them.
Ror many months past, it has been a
rare thing to sec child under the tunio
age duly clothed. The petticoats are
merely for show; and the actual cloth
ing, from the waist downward, is moth
ing more than thin cotton drawers and
socks, leaving a bare space between
For older boys there is a great improve
ment in dress-the tunic and loose trow-
sers being preferable in every way to the
stiff, mannish, tailed coat and tight trow-
sers of half a century ago. But the
younger children are at present scarcely
clothed at all, below the arms; and the
blue legs ofchildhood are painful sight
whether in a beggar boy Or citizens
son.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05
KINDNESS THE BEST PUNISHMENT.

The following Is specimen Of the compositions, which
was written by Of the aboyc-named boys who is 10
Nnnr. of moo.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05
Horse Str

A mottled grey hors !, ..Sl l'&e .,l3. = q a
high, strayod away Mest voyr
Mr.. josiah Stevensoeoy and salts
Wednesday morniuahand
a liberal reward for arse harsh, or
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

Messrs. COLLINS l9er sem
our new State SCI Suu
tives, started for Hps. write
last. Mod.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

The Annoyance Of Modern Fashion.
Harriet Martineau says on this sub
ject:
Do the pettiooats Of our time serve as
anything but q mask to the human form
"a perversion of human proportionsl
A woman on a sofa looks like a child
popping up from a haycock. A girl In
the dance looks like the Dutch tumblcr
that was q favorite toy in my infancy
The ft is so the reverse Of accurate as
to be like a silly hoax-a masquerade
without wit: while, at the same time, ii
is not an easy it, The prodigious
weight Of the modern petticoat, and the
difficulty Of getting it all into the waist
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05

rfeatcs s nec-5ssty for eompresslng
D"c5 the waist in a way most in
tio' health. Under a rational
the dress the waist should suffer
schoght nor pressure-nothing
.,1,o .le girdlo which brings the
sO.o' form and folds. As to the
cold af the hoopod skirts, only
sides b themselves, who are al.
number from fire, or water, or
to,5.. or rails, or pals, or
eo'',OJ S| ~ everything they en-
question nds, fathers, or broth
or againsw they like being cut
and tb,t lme when they enter a
- or being driven into a
W. "o'o at church, or to the
district is.ch, for want of room.
substantiaren-how many have
one wbithways, or foot-bridges
70 fbo v;I5,s by the pitiless erin
kof some unconscious
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-05
-GGG lallaiaato lNlc

other pieoes-sublino
mOrous. Mr.. CANNo
and elocutiOnist, and jaking home
tertainment will draw ~ you have
Go early to get seats.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-10-26
Change in the Meaning of Words.

How many words mon have dragged
downward With themselves, and made par
takers, more or less, Of their own fail !
Having. originally, an honorable signif.
cance, they have yet, with tho deterioration
and degeneration of those that used them,
or those about whom they were used, de-
Perforated or degeneraied too. What a
IN multitude of words, originally harmless,
have assumed a harmful meaning as their
secondary lease; how many worthy have
acquired an unworthy Thus, "knave"
meant once only no moro than lad, (nor
does il now, in German. mean more y q
william" was no more than q peasant; a
"boor" was only a iarmor; a "Ssrlet" was
but a serving. man; q "menial" ono of the
many or household; a "churl" but a strong
fellow; a "minion" a faVorite. Sylvostor
says. "Man is Gods dearest minioD."-
"Timo server" was used 200 yoars ago, as
often for one in an honorable as in n dis.
honorable sense, serving tho tim9." "Con.
ceits" once had nothing conceited in them |;
"officicus" had reference to Offices of kind.
ness and not of busy meddiing; moody"
was that which pertained to mans mood,
without any gloom or sullenness implied.
Demure" (des mseurs-of good manners)
no hint. as now. of an overriding
of the outward demonstrations of modesty.
In "crsfty" and cunning" ,here was nothing
of crooked wisdom implied. but only knowi.
edge and skill: "craft," indeed, still retains,
very often. its more honorable use--a mans
"oraft" being his skill, and then tho trade
in which he is skilled. And think you that
the Msgdaleu could ever havo given US
"maudlin" in its present contemptuous ap.
plication. II the tears of penitental weeping
bad been held In due honor by the world'
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-10-26

The Order Of the Garter.

Tn tho account Of tho visit of the Prince
Of Wales to Trinity Church, New York, il 10
said
Tho prayer-book was bound with Russia
brown leather and had two silver claspa,
The edges were beautifully fowerod in gold
and silver. On tho inside of tho cover was
the garter. surmounted BY O crown, with the
motto, 'HOnt soil qui NAL v prnse, around
II. and the royal standard of England in tho
center"
As a garter with that motto is a novel
"mark' for the Book Of Common Prayer"
We beg leave to add a word of comment.
Tho mention of the Garter recalls tho
origin of tho Order of the GaYtor. and its
peculiar motto. Tho traditional origin, at
one time doubted. but now generally DO.
lieved by historical antiquarians, 10 we'll
known to most readers. but there are somo
important circumstances connected with IL
that have strangely beon overlook ed in overy
popular account that We have seen givon.
Tho history Of the affairs is is follows:
In the year 1912 David. king of Scotland
laid siege to the castle of Wark, belonging
to the English Lord Of Salisbury. then a
prisoner in Paris Tho castle was defended
by the wife Of the Earl. a lady Of matchioss
beauty and stainless virtue The siege was
raised by Edward ILL., OF England, who. on
the retreat of tho Scotch, rosted awhile in
Wark castle. During his visit Edward be-
came onamored Of tho Countess of Sails.
bury, and avowcd his attachment TO her
She reproached him In such chaste and
noble language. that the king departed all
abashed." So impressed was he with her
| beauty and her virtue that he ut once on.
| tcred into negotiations for tho release Of the
Earl. and soon after gave a sunptuOus foast
in the city Of London, for tho purpose OF
again soeing the Countess. Froissart, who
| lived in tho days of which his "Chronices"
| treat. says:
IAN ladies and damsels were freshly
beseen according to their degree. except
Alice. Countess of Salisbury; for sho went
as simply as she might. to the intent that
the king should not sot his regard on hcr !;
for she was fully determined to do no man.
nor of thing that should turn to hor dlshon.
or nor to her husbands"
II was probably at this foast that tho in
cident occurred which suggested tho insignia
and motto Of tho new Order of Knighthood.
| The Countess, during the dance, dropped
| hcr garter, causing some amusement to the
courtiers. The King picked it up and ro.
turned it to tho Countess; then, turning TO
tho tittorring crowd. remarkod--" Honi soil
gpi nal y pease"--"Eril bo to him that evil
thinks" Significance is given to tho smiles
of tho conrtiers and to tho reply of tho King,
by the circumstances. asserted BY some an.
tiquarians. that female who had cominitte cd
,Eau1 pas was sometimes said to have
"droppod hor garter
LESS than two years afterwards, Edward
instituted u new Order of Kuighthood, under
tho tutelage Of 81. George, calling tho mem
! bersssof tho Order "Kuights of tho Blue Gar.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-10-26
Military Suicides in Austria,

In the year 1876 two hundred and seventy.
four Austrian soldiers destroyed themselves
Impatient of life. or sick of bearing present
ills, the chauco of destruction by tho sword
seemed too remote or uncertain. OF this
number ono hundred and sovanty.two, or
six:y.six por cent. shot themselves, q mum.
Dor bearing a strict relation to the proper
ton of other years and the observed results
among soldiers. Seventeen per cont. of
military autophonici hang themselves, n
method of voluntary death moro popular
among civilians than soldiers. Among tho
suicides by firearms, soldiers use the musket
sixty times to the hundred, and the pistol
forty times. In so, an Austrian artillerist,
nineteen years old. placed himself before
tho cannon and discharged it. His body
was severed just above the hips. In po-
rod Of eighteen years, four por cont. OF the
suicides were nineteen years old, eight,
twenty-oue; thirteen, twenty-three; eight,
twenty.:our; fifteen. twenty-five; four,
twenty six; six, twenty. seven; sevon, twenty
eight; two, twenty nine four thirty-one
two, thirty-two; three, thirty -four. The
usual causes were foar of punishment, homo
sickness, gambling, wounded honor and
bodily suffering. Sixty per cent! shot them
selves through the head. forty per cent.
aimed at tho heart, (ali did not hit. and two
the abdomen. Some of the suicides loaded
their guns with water and some with brandy
A fluid discharged near at hand causes an
ugly wound the parts are destroyed in an
irregular form. and features blown to pieces,
beyond recognition. A blank cartridge re-.
ceivod directly from the muzzle of the fire.
arm. has tho same effect. Unlike tho Jap.
anese, soldiers rarely effect the "happy
desparch' by the sword. Among tho Mon.
golians tho correct place is tho abdomen.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-10-26
The Syrian Retribution.

The Boston Traveller has a very inter-
esting letter from its Beirut correspondent,
under date Of Aug. 80. by which il ap.
pears Fuad Pasha is in earnest in his
work Of visiting punishment on the muir
derous authors Of the Syrian massacres.-
The penalty which he is making these
iends in human form pay is indeed ter
rible. The manner OF the execution at
Damascus, on the eOh OF Aug, OF the
Commander-in Chief Of the Bashi Ba.
zoucks, one hundred and nine OF his
officers and men, added not only Bit
terer pang 10 the sharpness Of death for
the criminals themselves. but was shock
10 the intolerant Damascenes which must
have completely humbed them. The
criminals were strangled-a manner OF
death which is peculiarly terrible to the
Moslem, for they never strangle any
living creature. "Beams were thrown
across from window 10 window in the mar
row streets, and the criminals were drawn
up by a rope around their necks, and were
left to daUgle and die in their agony,
without any Of the usual aids and appli.
ances used in America for the breaking oil
the neck and consequently shortening Of
the death agonies Of the victim. Never
was the naughty city Of the Moslems SC
humiliated-never in the days of the Cru.
sades, was the pride of the Moslems
brought so low" And this was not all
three hundred OF the weal;hiest, mos
naughty and aristocratic of the citizens,
who had been adjudged guilty Of partIci'
patton in the massacre, were condemned
TO hard labor for life in the galley, al
Cons.sntinople. Hand-cuffed in gangs,
and guarded by Turkish soldiers, they
passed on their way to their doom, their
wives and relatives tearing their hair and
rending their garments in utter despair.
1t was sight 10 move sympathy, but the
remembrance Of the six thousand victims
Of their merciless fanaticism, and three
thousand women and girls sold By them
into slavery. and worse than slavery, is
sufficient to quell the rising Of pity. The
Travellers correspondent states that Syria
is more tranquil now than it has been for
many months. The day Of retribution
inaugurated with so much terror by the
Faud Pashs, has had good effect.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-10-26
italian Girls.

The idea of girl in Italy is indissoluby
connected with that of being devoid of all
moral sense, infallbly p-oforriug wrong to
right, and who can only be kept from harm
and evil by tho most incessant watchfulness.
A mothers whole ma ernal duties towards
her daughter, seem considered in Italy to
be comprehended in the one act of vigilance
"My daughter has mover been twenty miu-
utes at time out of my sight," said an
Italian countess, boastfully; and by this
declaration she appeared 10 think that she
merited to rank in the worlds esteem with
the mother of tho Gracch.
A g,l belonging to tho uppor ranks of
life in Italy, is practically prisoner until
sno marrcs. Into society she must not
enter: neither in tho morning frte nor in tho
evening dance is sho permitted to display
her charms and graces. An occasional walk
with father or brother is permitted; but
she must not go out of tho house unless &C.
companied by her nearest kindred. To be
seen alonc, oven but few yards from her
fathers door, would entail upon her the
deepest disgrace and beartiest censure
Kept under a perpetual surveillance. every
line she writes, and every limo sho receives,
are subject to rigid scrutiny.
Tho girl belonging to tho humber classes
Of society shares also. in great degree. in
the same restrictions on hor liberty. The
grownup daughter Of woman kocping a
lodging house iu Florence could not proit
by my offer to take her to see thu ceremony
of the Layandr, at the Pitt Palace, solely
because sho was unable to piocure escort to
accompany her in ten minutes walk through
the best part of tho town to tho place where
l resided. A work girl going to her em
ployer's house has to provide herself with
some companion; and. in emergencies.
havo sometimes seen little child do duty
as q duenua for the occasion.
10 tho country the same ruie prevails
no peasant girl is ever TO DO seen alone
and equally in the higher as in the lower
classes of society, would any Infringement
of the social code, in this respect. be fata
to matrimonial expectations. Under these
circumstances, the proceedings of un
married English ladies excite tho wonder
and envy of their sex in Italy. Often have
been amused at the way in which the mos
commonplace exploits hsvo boon magnfieC
into heroic actions; and not unfrequenti,
did find myself elevated to the dignity o.
a heroine, when utterly unconscious that
had in any way merited the name assignee
to mo.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-10-26
THE BABY rs DEAD.
BIT LILLE A BRoss.

Gather pale flowers,
A spirit has fed;
Twine cypress garlands,
The baby 10 dead !
Fold the white fingers,
Close tho soft eyes,
Angels have carried
Tho gem to tho skies.
Sadly and mournfully
Walk to ana fro,
Cover tho statue. face
Whittier than snow
Place the wee coffin
Meath the damp sod,
Leave tho dear lamb
With its Shepherd and God.
Oh the lone hearth stone
No light is therel
Moekly the broken band
Bend low in prayer
All the dark void,
The mournful tears shed.
Tho meal passed. in silence
Tho baby is dead
Lock up the "coaties."
Put by the crib.
Fold tho wee stockings,
Tho blanket and bib
Little "old tea SPOON"
Dainty tin cup,
Rattle box, earthen dog
Put them all up!
Go and plant flowers,
Dewy tears shed
On the small earth mound
Tho baby is dead!