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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
Miscellaneous.
VEomen as Physieians.

In the January number Of the Galaxy,
Chas. A. Lee, n. D., former professor in
the Geneva Medical College, New York,
and now connected with the Buffalo Uni
versitX, in alluding to Miss Elizabeth
Blackwell, presents the following highly
valuable testimony. BY way of intro
ductiOn, however, it may be proper to re-
mark that one of DR.. Lees statements
might convey an erroneous impression
namely, that the movement to secure the
medical education of women grew out of
Miss Blackwell's graduation. She gradu-
ated in 1919, and was the first lady to take
a medical degree; but the Female Medical
School in Boston, after Il year or two of
public discussion and preparatory labor,
was opened in I84S The Philadelphia
Female Medical College commenced in
1880; .Onein New York in 1868, and a sec
ond in 1853. Dr. Lee writes as follows:
"The year succeeding that when Miss
Blackwell received her diploma from
Geneva Medical College, numerous appli-
cltions were made to me as Dean for the
admission of other females. Some of
these were young, giddy girls, who were
chiefly actualed by a desire for notOriety,
and it became quite apparent that the case
of Miss B. would have to be regarded as
exceptional, and not as a precedent. This
necessarily led, as 1 supposed it would, to
the formation and establishment Of 'Fe-
male Colleges aud it was not many years
before such schools were created in Phila-
delphia, Boston and New York, with
full corps Of accomplished medical teach
ers. These schools have already graduated
over three hundred female practitioners,
wEo will not suffer by comparison with an
equal number of male practitioners, and
they supply a want long and extensively
felt and lamented by the more intelligent
portion Of our cOuntry-wonlen.
'-When I look back can see no act of
my life which gives me more sincere pride
and Self-congratulation than the humble
part have borne in initiating this great
and important reform. The code of ethics
of the American Medical Association, the /
code which regulates the professional con- ]
duct of all American practitioners Of med
icine, makes no distinction of sex, but al
lows-eveTy physician to consult any 're-
s s0ectabIe, regularly educated practitioner
This subject has been fully discussed at
the two last annual meetings, and decided
by nearly an unanimous vote that qualifi-
cation and not sex should determine the
question.
alt is true that sonae members of the
medical profession still take very narrow
views regarding this subject,
and talk learnedly about the sphere Of
woman, forgetting that her sphere is what
ever she can fill creditably and usefully.-
Woman is naturally a nurse and physi-
clan; for a good nurse is nothing more or
less than a physicians; nature has fitted
her in many respects for this vocation; all
she needs is the necessary knowledge and
training, and she will be universally
as the sister of charity is now,
an angel IF mercy"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
Moral SignifIoanee or the Ne
publican Vrsfu7mnmF4


Moral Signifloanee or sfs Ne
publican Triumph.
The moral Significance Of the strup.
gle which has just closed Is thus fouhsi-
IN the fact that the good cause was
best served By its bitterest enemies
A bad institution, like slavery, gener-
ates a bad type Of character ia its sups
pOrters, and urges them blindIy on to
tne adoption Of measures which, in
tended for its defence, result in its ruin.
Inc immense achievement Of emanci.
pating four millions Of slaves. and
placing them on an equality of civil
and political rights with their former
masters, is due primarily tOsueh men
as Calhoun and McDufie, Davis and
Toombs, Vallandighan, Pendleton.
Belmont, Johnson, and Seymour.
Ihe- prejudice In the United States
against the cOlOred race was strong
enough to overcome everything bat
their championship Of it. These per-
sons taught the nation that its safety
depended on its being just. The most
glance over the chief incidents
IN the long contest shows that ali the
ene1Sies of human freedom needed for
was little moderation and
good sense, but moderation and good
sense are fortunately not the eharac-
teristics Of men engaged ia doing the
DEVILS work for the DEVILS pay.
.'Ehe Lord reigns, "a simple propo-
sition, but one which politicians and
1t hard to accept, and which they Of
ten waste immense energies in the I'M
potent attempt to Overturn.-IE. P.
in Atlantic Monthly for Jan.
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Union Of the Presbyterlans.

BY reports given in the Old School Pres
Jyterian journals, we find that one hun
dred aud one Presbyteries have taken ac-
tiOu on the subject of union. or these,
thirty-One adopt the basis Of the Joint
Committee, expressing, however, prefer
ence for the Standards; three adopt the
basis without any qualification; twO-Dr.
Breckinridge's and California one-vOte
against reunion unconditionally; six
refused to approve the Committees basis,
without sgnifying their wish in the way
of amendments; and .fifty-nine disappFoye,
but express their willingness for reunion
uDon the basis of the Standards. Of the
New School Presbyteries, thus far forty
five Presbyteries vote aye, of which eight
have expressed readiness or preference
to unite Oh the Standards.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

SELECTING FOWLs.-The famous
Platt Evens, Of Cincinnati, had an
original mode Of selecting fowls, which
did him good service on one occasion.
Going to market one morning. PIatts
attention was caught by pile OF
dressed geese, in a market wagon.
Now, Platt was very fond Of geese but
liked them tender. He had been de-
ceived in his selections, and resolved
not to be fooled again. Approaching
the farmer, Piatt asked the '.p-price Of
your g-geese'' Platt stammered a
little; the farmer replied, when quoth
Platt: 'I see you We gotjust a d-doz-
en-. k-keep BIB bOarders, and they
are the blamedest eaters you ever
saw. Are these geese though? I
want some though ones to feed my
b-b-bOarders. The farmer said there
were several young and tender ones
in the lot. "W-W-well," d" said Platt,
y-y-yOu pick out the though ones anil
lay them in a p p pile" The farmet
obliged him, placing all the tough to-
gether, when Platt suddenly remark
ed, "I-I'll t-t-take these three, 4" seizing
the three young and tender fowls
which had been so carefully cuIIed by
The farmer.
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Docs Advertising PnTq

Let business men who doubt, read
what Mr.. Parvin, of Cincinnati, the
oldest Advertising Agent in the West,
says of his experience in the matter;
The necessity of a thorough but ju-
dicious system of advertising was
never so forcibly impressed upon my
mind as it has been within the past
few weeks, although I have studied
advertising closely for eighteen years.
With my customers, those that have
advertised largely and hare not cur
tailed the amount Of their advertising
through this stringency ofour money
market, have, to my surprise, paid
up in full promptly as accounts be-
came due, but not so toitb those that
hare curtailed and advertised sparjng-
Ly they find it difficult to settle small
accounts.
S. Fl. PARvIN, Pioneer Advertising
Agent.
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Movements in the sick Room.

A firm, light, quick step; a steady,
quick hand, are the desiderata-not
the slow, lingering, shutting foot, the
timid, uncertain touch. Slowncss is
not gentleness, though it is often ia
ken for such; quickness, lightness and
geutIeness, are quite compatible,
Again, if friends and doctors did but
watch, as nurses can and should
watch. the features sharpening, the
eyes growing almost wild, Of fever
patients who are listening for the en-
trance from the corridor of the per-
sons whose voices they are hearing
there, they would never run the risk
again ofcreating such expectation or
irritation of mind Such unnecessa-
ry noise has undoubtedly induced or
aggravated deIirium in many cases.
[ have known such-in one case
death ensued.-[ Florence Nightin-
gale.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
''GaBrieI, Blow Your HOrn.''

I
In Coles county, Illinois, there liy-
ed a man named Isaac Dodson, and
his wife, who were both very firm be-
levers in the prophecy Of Father
Miller; and not doubling for mo-
ment the correctness Of their proph-
cts calculations, they set about max
ing active preparations for the event
fol day that was to terminate the ex-
isteRce of all sublunary things. Af
ter setting their house in order, the
following conversation took place: q.
Husband-My dear wife, [ believe
l hRve male every preparation for
to morrow. I have forgiven all my
enemies, and prayed for the forgive
ness OF all my sins, and feel perfectly
calm and resigned.
Wife-Welf, husband, I believe
am ready tor the sound Of the trum-
pet be
Husband-T am reioieed to hear it;
but my dear wife, l have no doubt
there are many little domestic secrets
which we have kept hidden from each
other, which, had they been known
at the time Of their occurrence, might
have produced unpleasant feelings,
but as we have one day more to live,
let us unbosom ourselves freely to
each other.
Wife-Well, husband, you are
right, there are some little things
that L never told you, and which
intended should remain but between
me and my God, but as we have one
day left, reckon it is right to make
clean breast to each other. I'm ready
begin.
Hlsband-No, dear, you begin
first.
Wife, No, husband, you begin, for
1 cannot.
Husband-Nol You know, my
love, that Paul says husbands have
the right to command their wives. It
is your duty as a Christian woman to
obey your husband and the father of
your children; so begin at once, my
love.
Wife-In the sight of God, reck-
on it's right So 1 tell you, dear hus-
band, our eldest son, William, is not
your childl
Husband-Great Godl Mary, I new
er dreamed of your being untrue 10
me. Is thatso?
Wife Gin tears)-Yes, God forgive
me, it is true. l know I did very
wrong, and am sorry for it; but in an
evil hour l fell, and there's no help
for it now.
Husband-William not mine! In
the name of God, 10ho8e child is he?
Wife--He's Mr.. Graham's, the con-
Fhe Lord be near your poor
wife
Husband-So William amt my
child! Go on,
Wife-Weli, our daughter Mary,
named after me, ain yo1T'n neither.
Husband-Oh! SaJUdtion! Talk
on, talk right out. Who is Mary's
father?
Wife-Mr. Carpenter, the man that
built the Westinghouse, and went to
the lower country.
Husband (resigncd)-Wel as there
is but one day more, I'll bear it; so
go on fyou have any thing else to
telt me.
Wife-Well there is our youngest
child. {
Husband-Well, I suppose Tommy
is mine2
Wife-No, my dear husband, Tom
my, that we both love SO we'll, amt
yO1r'n neither!
Husband-Mercym Lord! is that
20? In the name of the blessed Sa-
7ior, whose is he?
Wife-He's the one-eyed shoemak-
,r's that lives at the forks of the road.
Husband-Well, by Jehosaphat! If
hat don't beat mel Gabriel, blow
7our horn! a1dnt to go nOlO!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

A celebrated French preadher, in
sermon upon the duty Of wives said;
81 see in this congregation a woman
who has been guilty Of disobedience
to her husband, and in order to pOiLt
her out I will fling my breviary at
her head" He lifted his book, aud
every female head instantly ducked.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

OEC~G "a e-ag uCA0CA YGACa
The speed attained by the swifter
kind Of French veloeipedes, says ths
American Artisan, averages from
from twelve to thirteen miles an hour.
and adopts find no difficulty whatever
in accomplishing fully fifty miles
within five hours without once alfght.
ing from their vehicles. A couule OF
amateurs, making q tour through
a part Of France, challenged each
other as to which could perform the
greatest distance within fOur-and.
twenty hours. One gave in after hav-
ing accomplished eighty-seven miles:
the other went on an additional six
and thirty miles, making one hundred
and tWenty-three miles in all. On
the 21st Of last September, a party Of
nine quilted Rouen early in the morn
ing, mOunted'upOn velOcipedes, and
arrived in Paris in time for dinner the
same evening, having performed the
distance of eighty FIVE miles, exelu-
sive of stOppages, at a rate Of speed
averaging between ten and eleven
miles an hour.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

A subscription paper for some re-
ligious object was handed to zeal
ous church member, when be re-
marked, "Well, 1 can give five dol
lars and not feel it." 'Then," said
the solicitor, "give ten and feel it."
The point was seen at once, and the
money was forthcoming
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

Work with a WILL and also with
your hands and head. 1t is such that
achieve the great things of the world.
Nothing is easy that has value. Laz-
iness and slOth never raised a man
above the grade of Il monkey. Work
does the thing, the right thing, and
the whole thing.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

The San Francisco Bulletin says
that the cash appraisement of damag-
.es in those portions of the city most
affected By. the recent earthquake,
does not exceed s271,0OO in round
numbers; while the most liberal esti-
mate that can reasonably be made for
miscellaneous minor damages, not
especially reported, will not make
the grand total for the whole city and
county exceed S35O,0O0.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
Hoohand,s German Tonic

L a souiBinafon Of al ne fngrsdieHs ef ne BfttsFs
o5i1 PuRE Sdhta CTliE Rum Orange, &c. u Is used
for le same dsedses fe ierS, IN cases tDfe
pure alcoholic stimulus Is required You tyH bear in
liad That these remedies entirely different from
anu Others QdUeissd for The Of he diseases named
ess beng scieltc preparations medicinal extracts
s5EIs De Others are decocioHS Of IN some
forT The TONIC Is decidedly one Of ne uoa plea
~ and agreeable remedies cUeT offered to ne pu5lie.
~ fasls &c ezqtss pleasure 70 take d igils is
EJegtuilg, cShiarat8g and medicinal qualities ha1i
rEsd & . D krDalI as he greatest Of al lollics
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
Horace GreeIeH PURPOSES to writo.

Horace Greeley purposes to write,
during the year 1869. an elementary
work on Political Economy, wherein
the policy Of Protection to Home In
dustry will be explained and vindi-
Gated. This work will frst be given
to the public through successive is
sues of The New York Tribune, and
will appear in allits editions-Daily,
$40; Semi Weekly, ST. Weekly, So per
annum. ..--
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

7lero q no mediciHe equal to Roof1nds GeTaiGa
Bitierg o. Tonic IN cases qf Debility.
They iHlport a tone 80 Hand BigOr 70 he s7h0ls
system, SlrengtheB The appsiiie, cause
an enjoyment Of fheuu food, enable the st0-
mach % digest Il purify ne blood, giUe good sound
hodbV c0mplezi0H eradicate EC gel0l0 tgs from ths
81 ip1Tt bloom 10 ne beeEs and change ie patient
from Sh0Tt-breatied e1aaeiatGd weak, aad
tHyaLid 70 1itiJdosd, s0lt and Uig0y0Es person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong BY using the Bltters or
EOmics In fact, they are Family NJ Ledf-
elmess They can be administered with.
perfect sufety TO child three months
old, the most delicate female, or man
Ofmimetys
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

Ono ofthe largest and best plan
tations in Decatur county, Georgia,
of over 1000 acres, sold a few days
ago at less than So per acre; and an
other gentleman is now Offering a
large body of river bottom lands at
s2.45 per acre. On the contrary,
lands in the middle part Of the State,
are selling at s8 to $40 per acre.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

"Wife, wife, what has become Of
the grapes?" "I suppose, my dear,
the hens picked them off, was her
moderate reply. "HeRs-hens-twO
legged hens, I guess said her hus-
baud, with som4impetuosity. 10 which
she calmly replied, "My dear, did
YOU ever see any other kind?"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

a lady passing along the street one
morning last winter, noticed a little
boy scattering salt upon the sidewalk,
for the purpose Of clearing the ice.
''Well, Pm sure," said the lady,
"that'sr real benovolence."
"No, it amt, ma'am, - replied the
boy, "it's salt"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

A doctors wife attempted to move
him by her tears. "Ann," said he,
'tears are useless. I have anaIyzed
them. They contain a little phos-
phate Of lime, some ehlorate Of sOdi-
uln and water"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

At a religious meeting among the
blacks, colOred preacher requested
that some brother should pray A
halfwitted fellow commenced a string
of words without meaning. At this
the pastor raised his head ard in
quired, tsWho dat praying? Dat you,
brudder Nose? You let somebody
pray dat's better acquainted wid de
Lord
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

There is no better test of the
strength Of affection, than the ready
turning of the mind to the little CON
Germs of a friend, when preoecupied
with important interests Of our own.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

"May ifI should die. and 90 to
Heaven, should I wear my moire an
tique dress?" "No, my love; we can
suppose we shall wear the
attire of this world in the next"
"Then, ma, how would the angels
know l belong to the best society"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

An Irishman was once asked to de-
fine an Irish bull; to which he replied,
tWhenever you see two cows lying
down in field, the one that's stand
ing up is a bull" This very lucid
explanation will do.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

A wounded Irishman wrote home
from the hospital, and finished up by
saying, 'Tm for this country; I've
bled for it, and 1 shall soon be able to
say I've died for il.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

In an advertisement for a young
gentleman who left his parents, it is
stated that "if Master Jacky will re-
turn to his disconsOlate parents, he
shall not be sent back to school, and
he shall sweeten his~own tea"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

"Do you think that raw oysters are
healthy" asked lady of her physi-
clan, eyes" herepled, ET never knew
one to complain of being out of health
in my Iife."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

A gentleman said to his Hibernian
servant: "Pat, here comes a funeral, do
you know whois dead?" "Faith, 1
guess, sir, it must be the man in the
coffin, WAS the reply.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
Youths Department.

IOrigiuRl Problems, Puzzles, &C.. solicited The real
name ofthe auther and the answer to each must ac-
company all contributionsl
Enigma.
A person to whom St. Peter was sent;
The time most snitabe TO repent;
woman who it will be sten,
After the reapers onre did glpan;
warrfor. that a King had siain, |
So fhtt ie might his wife obtain;
Prophet whom the Lord did call, -
While he vet as very small
The initials join, king you'Il "di kiver,"
Who entered. city by the bed OF a river.
Oekalo0sa, Dec, 1868. SALLIE.
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Poetry.
GONE BEFORE

There's beautiful face in the sile air,
Which follows me ever and near,
d with smiling leyss and amber hair, 30. ai
With voiceless lips, yet. with breath Of prayer,
That feel, but cannot hear.
The dimpled hands and ringlets Of gold
Lis.lOW IN q marble Sleep
stretch my arm for -ths-elasp Of old,
Bot the empty air is strangely cold. .+V
And my vigil alone keep.
There's sinless brow with radiant crown,
And cross laid down 10 tho dust; -l
There's a smile where mot shade comes now,
And tears no more from those dear eyes how,
So sweet in their innocent trust.
Al, we'll and summer.is coming again, .-. p
Singing her same old song
But Oh 1t sounds like a sob Of pals,
As it floats in the sunshine and the rain, .
Ger hearts Of the worlds great throng.
There's beautiful region above the skies,
And long to reach its shUre,
For know shall md my treasure there,
II e laughing eyes and amber hair -1--i-i
Of the loved one gone before, 7fr
NEARER TO LIFE's WINFER.
NeeieI 10 llle'a Wlnlsrs WlIet
We are drawing nearer
-ff Memofies Of our BLESSED spring
Growing dearer. dearsr.
iaH Tbrongh the summer heats we've toiIed,
C- Through the antumn weather
-H We have slmost passed, sweet wifsi
s.i Hand il, hand togsthers %. -..... ....
Time was when hearts we're light as fet, .
- Lighter, remember
AErirs locks Of gold are turned -
Silver this November.
Flowers arc fewer than at first,
And the way grows clearer,
For unsolfs's winter, wife,
We are drawing nearer.
Nearer to lies end. sweet wife,.
Weare driving pearer
The last milestone on the wAy
To our sight grows clearer.
Some whose hands We held grew flins,
u ~ Abd lay down 70 sluuber ~ g. --.--=-l.
Lp,king backward, We to-day,
We their graves may numbsr.
Heightse eve sought we've failed 10 climb,
Frnie we've failed to gather;
But what matter since we've still
Jesus and each otherg
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

CHOW odd it is" said Pat, as he
trudged along on foot, one hot, sultry
dav, "that man never meets a cart
going the same way he isg'
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A person asked an Irishman why
he wore his stockings wrong side out
wards. "Because," said he, "there's
a hole on the other side"
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ComP'e'e I sought office not worthy to OBJ
tain
And yet TO cRies this, goes much against The grain.
Behead ., aud am the place where wild beasts make
their home,
Behead again and DER tine earth free air roam
Transrusc when you first behead, I'm something
very mean;
Tanspgse again, I'm useful and on most Of farms am
Oskaloosa. Dec. 1868. SALLIE.
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evsr IHoi0 and s7i1 cure all dtssasss ressing from
bad blood Keep y0lT0l3 blood pure; beeP gOtsr
Liver in order; keep gOltT digestive organs
s. q sound, healthy UTcylditi0H, bg fbs
4 these rsn8edieS aid no disease tgiH
cDer aSsGI yOu The best ueEfH he country recommend
theHa. Il gears Of honest reputation 90 for anything
goR asas ~ these preparations.
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A country paper speaks of a man
who ''died without the aid of a ply
sician." Such instances are very