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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20
Commissioner Wells Report.

The annual report of Special Commis-
sioner Wells on the subject Of the general
revenue of the Government is just pub
lished, and contains much valuable infor-
nation. The report occupies a pamphlet
of one hundred and thirteen pages, and is
the most exhaustive report on the question
of tariff yet produced.
The Commissioner recommends the fol-
lowing notifications of the tariff: lst.
That all hides, skins and feathers, except
morocco, japanned and patent leather, be
hereafter admitted free Of duty. I'd. The
free Importation of hemloek or other barks
for tanning, sumHc, lasting and serge, when
cut for shoes alone. Sd. Reduction Of duty
on pig iron from SO to So per ton. Attn.
Abatement of duty on salt, coal and man
ufactured lumber. 5th. A removal Of ali
duties on the importation Of foreign woods
and dyestuffs, and general reduction Of the
duties on manufactured wooden fabrics TO
25 per cent. ad gGtoTeH. 9th. On copper
ore, an entire removal of all duty. Tth.
On bronze or Dutch metal, or Florence
Leaf, in leaf, or powder; on crude sulphur,
soda ash, chloride Of lime, waste paper, es-
pertO, barley, hatters' and cut furs, silk
plush, silk Innings and hat bands, an en-
tire removal of duty is recommended. The
duty on gunny cloth and bags to be reduc-
ed from cents per pound to l. 8th. On
all wines, irrespective Of quality, (cham-
pagne and other sparkling wines excepted)
special duty.tO be imposed Of so cents
per gallon. An entire removal Of duties
on made drugs and chemicals.
Mr.. Wells proposes a repeal Of the tax
on gross receipts of railroad, steamship
and all transportation companies, and urg-
es that the Income Tax be reduced to three
per cent.
Among the statistics of the country, he
estimates the population of the United
States at SO, 700, 900, with an increase of
about l, 100000 per annum. 352,569 for
eigners have come to the country during
the past year, of whom 1854 were Chi
nese. In the year 1869, 5000 miles of new
railroad were laid; the receipts Ofthe inter-
nal revenue, in excess of the expenditures
were S5O,OOO,0OO. S23, 400, 900, 600 is the es-
timated value Of the property Of private
individuals.
! During the past year 100000 bales Of
cotton were raised, valued at 1903, ,750, 600;
/ 100000, 900 bushels Of corn, valued at $780,
! OOO, 600; 300 900, 600 bushels of wheat, val
ued at 1875, 900, 900; 275, ,OOO, 900 bushels Of
oats. valued at Sl37 100000; 177,000,00C
pounds of wool, valued at SIS, ,225, 900, and
I5O,OOO,0OO bushels of potatoes, valued a
S9O,OOO,OOO.
/ The value of the leading industries o
the country he estimates as follows:
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Sunken Lake.

The great natural curiosity known
as Sunken Lake is situated in the
Cascade Mountains, about IS miles
northeast of Jacksonville, Oregon
The walls are 1000 feet high, and al
most perpendicular, running down
into the water and leaving no beach,
The depth is unknown, the surface is
smooth and unrufled, and it lies SO
far below the surface of the mountain
that the cir currents do not affect it.
It's length is estimated at II miles, and
its breadth at 10. No living man has.
it is said, ever reached the waters
edge. Tho lake lies "silent, still and
mysterious in the bosom of the ever
lasting hills, like huge we'll scooped
out by the hands of genii."
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Select Miscellany.
COOKING AND ooURrINe.



Dear Ned no doubt you'U be surprised
When you receive and read this letter;
Iverailed against the marriage state,
But then, you see, knew no better.
I've met love1y girl out here,
Her manner is-weIl-very winning;
We are soon to be-well, Ned, my dear,
III tell you all from the beginning.
went to ask her out to ride,
Last Wednesday-it was perfect weather.
She said she couldn't possibly,
The servants had gone of together
(Hibernians always rush away,
At cousins funerals to be looking);
Pies must be made, and she must stay,
She said, to do that branch Of cooking.
''Oh, let me help you" then cried,
"IH be 8 cooker, too, how jOllyr'
She laughed, and answered, with a smiIos
Gan right but you'll repent your follyi
Tor shall be a tyrant, sir,
And good hard work you'll have to grapple'
So sit down there, and don't you stir,
But take that knife and pare that apple"
She rolled her sleeve above her arm
That lovely arm, so plump and roundedi
Outside, the morning sun shone bright
Inside, the dough she deftly pounded.
Her little fingers sprinkled -four,
And rolled the pie-crust up I'm masses
passed the most delightful hour
Mid butter, sugar and mOlassos.
With deep reflection, her sweet eyes
Gazsd on each pot and pan and kettle;
She sliced the apples, filled her pies.
Aud then the upper crust did settlei
her ripping waves of golden hair
In one great coil were tightly twistedi
But locks would break it here and there,
And curl about where'er they listed.
And then her sleeve came down, and
Fastened it up-her hands were doughy;
Oh, it did take the longest time,
Her arm, Ned, was 50 fair and snowy
She blushed and trembled, and looked shy;
Somehow, that made me all the bolderi
her arch lips looked 50 red that l.
WsIl-found her head upon my shoulder.
We're to be married, Ned next month;
Come and attend the wedding reysls.
really think that bachelors
Are the most miserable dsvilsi
You'd better go for some girI's hGHd,
Aud if your are uncertain whether
Ysu dare t6 make due demand,
Why, just try cooking pies together.
Harvard Advocate
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EXPLAINING TO THE CHILDREN.
A gentleman on board steamboat
with his family, on an excursion the
other day, was overheard to give the
following very lucid description of the
machinery and its principles: "Hou
see, my dear, this thingumbob here
goes down through that hole, and
fastens the jigamaree, and that con-
meets with the crinkum-crankum, and
then that man, the engineer, kind q
stirs up the what-dO-yOu-call-it with a
long poker, and the boat goes ahead u
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

A few days ago very starchly dressed
individual called at an out-of-the-way shOI
on Howard street, over which swung the
sign of DIR. Jiffries.
ais the Doctor in ?" he inquired of di
lapidsted dsrkey who answered his sum
mons.
"He am dat, sar," was the smiling re-
jOinder.
"TeIl him I think have got the small
pOx and wish to consult him."
The whites of the darkey's eyes grew in
tense, and his dusky complexion assumed
rapidly a creamy hue.
"GOllY, boss, what you say 2"
t'Tell the doctor I'm sick with the small,
pox. and wish to see him"
The astonished African gave a wild leap
and darting through an inner door, slam
ming it in the visitors face, cried out:
"Leave dis yer house, don't want nC
smallpox! -
"But the Doctor"
"Golly, boss, I'se the doctor, but I ain
good at smallpox" Orleans Picayune
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Interesting Relic Of Early Days
iB Ohio.

We have lately been reminded at
the scarcity of old landmarks and tha
gradual wipiug out, by the progress Of
time. Of all the traces Of pioneer la5Ut
in our immediate vicinity, by the ron.
ovation and remOdeling Of building
well known as the residence Of OhiO's
early Governor, Return J. Meigs. We
refer to the house on Main street, near
the corner of Mulberry, now owned
by w. J. Vincent It was the resi-
dence of Governor Meigs in 1903, aHd
a few incidents relative to his election
and Inauguration may not be out Of
place IN this connection. II will be
seen that Meigs came very near being
defeated by having his name in diff
ferent form on different tickets.
The first of the Sixth General AZ
sembly of Ohio, under the Constitution
of 1902, assembled in the town uG
Chillicothe, on Monday, the seventh Of
December, 1907. Adams and Scioto
counties were represented by Philip
Lewis Jr., Andrew Ellison and Alex
auder Campbell. These two counties,
at that time, had three representatives
and Hamilton but twO-O. LOCKER
and ZebulOn Foster. Thomas Worth
fngton. Elias Langham, jeremiah Nc
| Lane and William Lewis, represented
Ross, Franklin and Highland.
The vote for Governor was contested
and stood AS follows:
For Nathaniel BIassie.-..-...........442 ABS
! For Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr..-l,7}a
( For Return J. Meigs.......... -.......3 1914
! For r. j. eigs.........-.-........-- $50
/ For Return Jonathan Meigs. .....~ 10
Thomas Ffrker, Speaker of the Sen
ate, elected as Governor in consequence
of the resignation Of the late Governor
The Joint Committee on Elections re-
ported after canvassing the returns,
| that Meigs had 3,299 and Nathaniel
| Massie 2,3l7, "such as the committee
consider legal :" and that Meigs had d
majority Of 9S2.
NIrigs was sworn into office; NIassie
gave notice of contest, dated December
| Is, 1897, on the grounds that the
former was not an inhabitant Of Ohio
for four years that he had for that
| time exercised the Office of Judge for
| the United States, in the Territory of
! Upper Louisiana, and for other causes.
| Meigs, in reply, stated that he had for
eighteen years resided with his family
at Marietta, Ohio, except while absent
in Louisiana on q colonial commission
The Legislature decided on the Both
of December, that Meigs was eligible
, Charles Hammond acted as counsel Cot
The Governor elect.-[ChiIlIcothe Ad-
vertiSer.
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sugared Death.

The adulteration of candies in New
York has become of late years alarm
ing, and in order to produce cheap
articles, manufacturers are adultera-
ting with various extracts and sub
stances which are either injurious to
consumers, or a deadly poison. Many
children are doubtless yearly sacrificed
by the absorption into their systems
of these denominations inadvertently
given by parents. Terra alba, or
white earth, costing but II cents a
pound, is extensively used instead Of
sugar, and lozenges are produced by
cheap dealers at from two to five cents
pound less than the cost of sugar at
wholesale. In the manufacture OF
gum drops, glue is used in lieu Of gum
arabic, the former costing but a few
cents per pound, and the latter about
forty cents. Verdigris, Tonka beans,
Paris green, chrome yellow, Berlin
blue, anaine, and subIimate Of msr-
curry are all used, each of which is
either a deadly poison, or very inju-
TiOus TO the system.
The common method of davoring
candies, in order to produce them
economically, can be readily account
ed for. Poisons are much cheaper
than genuine extracts. Peach favors
in candied almonds and sugar plums
are obtained from fusiI oil, which is
very poisonous. The bitter almond
flavor is created from unauthorized
prussic acid; pineapple is procured
from very rotten cheese and nitric
acid. Candies are made purpOrting
to be favored with fruits from which
no extracts can be obtained. The
limitations are all poisonous. Cheap
candies are a means Of desolatiOn in
Inumberless households New York
| Sun.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

Nantucket has gone backward with
in the last sixty years. Her period
of greatest prosperity was from 1880
to 184O, when the town had a Popu-
Iation of 5000, with over 800 vessels.
Now there are but 4,300 persons in
the town, and LAP of these are over
sixty years Of age.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20
THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

When I mention the beautiful girl,
I mean simply the sort of girl a man
refers to when he says, "There is a
pretty girl" Her chief fault is that
she overrates the value of personal
beauty in this world, and undertakes
everything else. 1t will be a wonder
if such a girl does not get an exagger-
ated estimate of such claims, and give
her whole attention to enhancing her
attractivensss by superficial and arti-
fetal means. OF all girls in the world,
this girl is the most difficult to advise,
for she knows her power. If you tell
a girl that sensible men do not care for
pretty face, you close her ears at
once. She knows better. You might
as well tell her sensible men do not
care for Strawberries and cream.
But, girls, l must tell you the truth
about this matter. In the first place,
l want to assure you that l am on
your side. 1 never see a downright
pretty girl but 1 want to take her in
my arms and kiss her. Applause J
You can fancy how 1 feel at this mo-
ment. Laughter. My experience
teaches me that sensible men do care
for the pretty faces just as truly as
they care for Strawberries and cream.
There is something about those over
which sensible men smack their lips.
! Laughter But 1 will tell you
something more, while Lam about it.
You would not have me tell you one
half the truth in this vital matter OF
course not. Well, the other half is,
that neither sensible men nor fools can
live on Strawberries and cream alone.
The Strawberries on your rosy lips and
the cream on your fair cheeks are ex
cellent, so far as they go, but they
won't 90 far. Ten to one, the straw
berries will be more talked about than
any other dish on the table. They
will get all the compliments and all
the praises; but though they bear of
all the vocal hOnors, take my word fol
it, it is the roast Eeef which does the
solid work of the occasion. Laugh
ter
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ALECTURE TO
zonNG MEN

=
JEst Published in Sealed EHreIops. PT'oo siz CENTS
A LECTURE ON THE NATURE, TREATMENT AND
RADICAL
gre Of SpermatorThOea, or Seminal Weakness, Invo-
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MARRIAGE generally. Nervousness, Consumption, Ep-
e1-v and Tits Mental and Physical Incapacity re-
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TFPyFFT,T- NJ D. Author Of the ''Green Book &C.
The worId-renowned author, IN TINS samlrahle &c
tre clearly proves from his own experience that the
awful conseduenoes of SslfAbuse may 6eeectuay re-
moved without medicine, and without angetous surg-
fcaI operations bOugies, instruments FuEs ~ Cot
dials pointing out mode Of cure at once ~
esctUal, by which every sufferer no nettT
- md radina4lv THIS LECTURE WILL PROfE A
BOON 70 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS.
Sent Hnder seal 70 any address, in plain enveoPei
On the receipt Of six cents, two postage siam
Also Dr. Culverwel's marriage Guides price % CTS
CHAs J. @. KLINE, CO.,
l27 Bowery, New York, Post once Box 1856
BevlIm3sBPEOO
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It was an Irishman who wrote to his son
in the could cOunthry:" "COme till Amer
ky, Mike. 'Tis fine country to get a
living in. All ye have to do is to get a
three-corGored box and fill it wild bricks,
and carry it till the top of a three-story
building, and the man at the top does all
the work" It was another OF the same
nationality, who hearing that his widowed
mother had married again since he quilted
Ireland, exclaimed: "Murther l hope
she won't have q son oulder than me ; If
she does, I shall lose the whole estatel"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

There is a time when thou mayest say
nothing, and a time when thou mayest say
something, but there never will be time
when thou shOuldst say all things.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

Mental pleasures never clog unlike
those of the body, they are increased by
repetition, approved by reflection, and
strengthened by enjoyment.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swal-
lows all virtue, and the self-made sep.
ulcher Of a living man.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

To preserve equality of temper.
when goaded by the shafts ofcalumny
and malice, requires such an extraor
dinary degree Of fortitude and passive
courage as few individuals possess.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20
Problem

What is the height of an inaccessible object on
plain at two stations
GiTen:-
Angle at the nearest station to the top, $50.
Stationary distance 81 feet backwards.
Hi1IsdsIe, O. SANS.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

He that is good will become better,
and he that is bad, worse, for virtue,
vice and time never stop.
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s4,223,OOO,OOO

BY the notifications Mr.. Wells proposes
in the revenue taxes, he thinks the relief
to the people in reduced prices would be
equivalent to $50, 900, 900, and the indirect
gain much larger.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

Many persons have quickness to
discover their faults, with not energy
enough to eradicate them.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

The greatest Of men live unseen to
view, while thousands are not quail
fed to express their influences.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

An editor out West, in describing the
homeliest woman he had seen for a year,
says she was "fearfully and wonderfully
made"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

The merit of our actions consist not
in doing extraordinary actions, but in
doing ordinary actions well.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

Some people like to nurse a pet sorrow-
It is so interesting to NOPE about the
house, and imagin yourself victim.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

Good temper is like a sunny day. it
sheds a brightness over every thing, it is
the sweetener of toll, and the sOother Of
disquietude.
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Ani4hmatinn1 Onastion.

board IA feet long, y inches wide at one end and
10 inches wide at the other is be cut in two parts
s that each part shall contain equal area Required
the length of each piece.
A solution is requested.
Oak Ridge, o. A. D
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Circumstances form the character;
but like petrifying matter, they hard
on while they form.
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Youths Department.
Miscellaneous Bnigma.

sB-original Enigmas, Charades, Problems, ETC., are
respectfully solicited.
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A rapid mind continually struggles. the
feeble ones limp, but a great mind selects
the sursst points, aud upon these it stands,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-20

A never-failing receipt-to prevent hair
from coming out-never let your wife
catch you kissing the servant girl.
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THE WOMANLY GIRL.

On this branch of her subject Miss
Logan put in the best efforts Of the
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THE sTRoNG-MINDED GIRL,


Miss Logan said, was her favorite. In
private life, or in public life, if neces-
sary, she is brave and self-reIiant, a
sort of Joan of Arc. You can not
scare her with bugbears. or turn her
one jOt from her course by threats or
by assauIting her. At the cry of dis
/ tress she melts into all a woman's ten
derness and compassion. Where there
is a human being oppressed, where
there is a slave crOuching beneath the
lash, wherever there is any wrong,
thers she considers it to be her place
to labor.
This girl believes in the power of
the ballot, TO set right many things for
women now all wrong. DR.. Bushnell,
that distinguished divine and scholar,
is willing to give women every priv
IiIege except the ballot. John G..
Whittier is a thorough going WOman's
Rights man, and so is that great
scholar and philosopher, Ralph w.
Emerson. The strong g-minded girl is
truly womanly. She does not con-
slider it necessary to stride through the
streets in trOwsers, which are not very
ornamental, even to men. In regard
to this and other things of this kind,
Miss Logan acknowledged herself to
be at variance with Mrs. Stanton, Miss
Anthony, and other champions of
wOman's rights.
The girls being thus disposed of, Miss
Logan spoke at some length of her
own efforts to drive from the stage the
indecent exhibitions of the leg drama
introduced into this country by the
English blondes. For her opposition
to this immoral drama, she was treated
with great cOntumely by the press,
and would have sunk under the load
of OpprobiRm if she had not been sus-
tanned and encouraged by the letters
which she was receiving continually
from all parts Of the country.
At the close of her lecture, she asked
the privilege of saying a single word
to her old Cincinnati friends, many of
whom she was glad to see in the aud
ience, and that word was simply a
hearty and affectionate "GOOd-bye!'
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am composed of 2S letters.
NY q 2 20 is an animal OF the deer kind.
NV l6 Is is an insect.
Ny II l9 IS Z is girls nickname,
Nv 8 10 8 p is part of four mill.
NV D q Is used in spinning,
NV u 9 "a II is a useful animal.
Ny Is 20 is a bird.
t1srn-n of HigbIaDd county TOM.
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Truth should never be bought dear or
sold cheap,
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Answer to Enigma in News of Jan. la: Frank Lei
Benedict
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This Paint s composed Of gums, oils, and resinoul
-,bstsncss combined with distilled tar and best
known dryeru Il contains mineral or pigment and
q prepared ready for u about the consistency OF oTdi
nary mixed paints II costs mueh less' retains l''
elasticity longer and s more Durable.
County rights for sale.
For Circulars and al particulars, address,
MICA ROOFING COMPANY,
70 Maiden Lane,
octl4m6JL NV fOhh'