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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
Content and Disoontent-

at really think" said the donkey, as he
trudged on discontentedly and sullenly,
"that this great bag of cotton on my back
is altogether too large and heavy for a
creature of my delicate size and strength
to carry. My master is very incOnsider-
ate and unjust. 1t is so provoking to see
this great horse trOtting so cheerfully by
my side, with his bag of salt, which, even
though it does seem so much larger than
mine, 1t is no doubt great deal lighter,
or he would not be so satisfied"
"Indeed, you are very much mistaken,
Mr.. Donkey" replied the horse. "Our
master is very wise and kind one; and
fits the burden to the back of his creatures,
lie knows l am stronger than you; and
has loaded US accordingly. My load is
just about double the weight of yours, no
matter how it may seem to you. The cot
ton in your bag is not packed in very
tightly. 1t is only flied lightly"
81 should like to see all this proved by
actual weight before I can believe it, and
be satisfied" said the donkey.
"FOr which you will have to wait until
the end ofthe journey, you foolish fellow"
replied the horse, ''when you will find that
the master was right; and that it was your
envious, suspicious disposition that makes
C'OA y IAlH5 SG0ul WTOuSs buG even II II
does seem ever so wrong, shall make the
best of it. It is very warm day; and I
think it will refresh me to take drink,
and stand up to my neck awhile in this
little stream of water we are coming to-
So here goes ?' suiting the action to the
word.
No sooner said than done; but wonder
full to behold The horse comes out from
his bath with an empty bag on his back,
the salt having all melted away in the
water! Surprised and delighted to be
thus happily rid of his burden, he pranced
off with a heart as light as his load, and
was soon out of sight, leaving the donkey
more provoked than ever
"What am standing here for, like a
fOol?" said the donkey, at length; al
am determined to do exactly so, too, and
be a match for that over-bearing fellow"
dOggedly into the stream, until
the water reached his long ears. But what
a different result The load is strangely
growing heavier; and, after a while, the
poor donkey comes out of the water, with
a bag of soaked, dripping cotton, pressing
him down with double the weight he had
before.
Little folks, do you see the moral of the
story ?-[H. NJ. s., in Missionary Echo.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

Hints 10 writers and Speakers
William Cullen Bryant gave the
following excellent advice to a young
man who offered him an article for the
New York Evening Post:
"My young friend, 1 observe that
you have used several French express
sions in your article. / think, if you
will study the English language, that
you will find it capable of expressing
all the ideas you may have. 1 have
always found il 50, aud in all that L
have written 1 do not recall an in
stance where L was tempted to use a
foreign word, but that, on searching, L
found better one in my own Ian
.guage.
Be simple, unaffected be honest in
your speaking and writing. Never
use a long word when a short one will
do. Call a spade a spade, not WELL
known OblOng instrument of manual
industry let a home be a home, not
a residence ; a place a place, not a To-
cality; and so Of the rest. Where a
short word viii do, you lose by using
a long one. You lose in clearness
you lose in honest expression of your
meaning, and in the estimation Of all
men who are competent to judge, you
lose in reputation for ability.
"The only true way TO shine even.
in this false world, is to be modest and
unassuming; falsehOod may have a
very thick crust, but in the course of r
time will find place to break through.
Elegance Of language may not be in
the power of all Of US, but simplicity
and straight -fOrwardness are.H
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
Advice to Girls.


Somebody gives the following adj
vice to girls. It is worth volumes Of
fiction and sentimentalism: -.5. r... &
Men who are worth having want
women for wives. A bundle Of geW-
gaws, bound with a string Of flats and
quavers, sprinkled with cologne and
set in a carLnine saucer-this is no.
help for man who expects to raise a
family of boys on veritable bread and
meat. The piano and lace frames are
good in their places, and so are rib
bOns, frills, and tinseIs; but you can
not make a dinner on the former, nor
a bed blanket of the latter-and awful
as such an idea may seem to you, both
dinner and bed blankets are necessary
to domestic happiness. Life has its
realities, as well as fancies; but you
make it all decorations, remembering
the tassels and curtains, but forgetting
the bedstead. Suppose a man of good
sense, and of course good prospects, to
be looking for a wife, what chance
have you to be chosen You may
cap him, or you may trap him, but
how much better to make it an object
to catch you. Render yourself worth
and you will need no shreWd
mother or brother to help you find a
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
The Use Of Wealth.

OneOf the ablest men in this country,
President Anderson of the Rochester
University, in a recent address gave
a significant hint to our men of wealth
which it is to be hoped they'will at
tend and act upon. He remarked that
the only permanent record they can
make of their ability and success in ac-
cumulatiOn is to devote their wealth
to benevolent and especially to educa-
tiOnal ends: can institution of learn
ing, when it has once taken root, is
the most permanent thing on earth ex-
cept the Christian Church. The great
seats of learning beyond the Atlantic
antedate every great state in Europe.
Since Bologna, and Oxford, and the
University of Paris, were founded,
how many wars, cOnquests,. revolu-
tiORs, and dynastic changes, have
passed over European society," Like
the unchanging ocean, amid the up
heavals and subsidences of the earth's
crust, these institutions remain as land
marks of benevolent action amid the
surging waves of political, and social,
and religious progress and reaction"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
Warnfng to Ladfes.

The Great Falls (New Hampshirp)
Journal says that young lady Ofthat
place, who had a beautiful head Of
hair, was obliged to have it cut off
close to the head on account of the in
sects that had got into the head from
switch that she had been wearing
The Rochester Courier says q similar
case occurred at Milton a short time
since, and every week we hear of bugs
or insects destroying the natural hair.
The switches are made from the bark
of a tree, and contain these little bugs
that are so fatal to the hair.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

Somebody woman Of cOurse-in-
quires why Eve was manufactured
from the spare rib, and a servant was
not made at the same time to wait on
her? Somebody else-a woman, we
imagine, replies in the following
strain "Bocause Adam never came
whining with ragged stockings to be
darned, collar strings to be sOwed on,
or a glove to mend. He never stayed
out till eleven o'clock at ward meet
ings, hurrahing for an Out-and-Out can
didate, and then sColding, because
poor Eve was sitting up crying. He
never played billiards, rolled ten-pins
and drove fast horses"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

Col. Halstead, father of Murat Hal
stead, ESQ, of the Commercial, died
at his residence, in Butler county, re-
Gently, from injuries received at the
hands of Lawrence Brown. Some
days since a Mr.. Smith was hunting
harvest hands, and seeing Mr.. Hal
stead, told him his business. Mr.. H.
said he would be through harvesting
in a few days, and got into Mr.. Smiths
buggy and went to Mr.. Halstead's to
see the hands. They went to
New London, near by, and stopped to
get a glass of beer. While there
Brown pushed Mr.. HaIstead out of
the house, and struck him with brass
knuckles OF stone. The old gen
tleman fell senseless. Brown then
kicked him several times, uDjointing
his ribs. From the effect of these
wounds he died. Col. H. was a man
of so years of age, and was the oldest
citizen of Butler county. He was
highly esteemed and beloved by all
who knew him.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
The Beautiful Woman.

a beautiful woman is one who has
something in her face that a picture
cannot express. This is Lord Bacon's
idea, and he who does not recognize
its truth has emo nice perception of
the fitness of things" A true woman
is "something midway between a
flower and an angel" and is she in
the perfection Of beauty to be express
ed in simply a pretty face in form
and coloring? Why, intellectual re-
finement, feeling, meekness, sweet
ness, nobility and other real beauties,
may be allied to very plain features,
and remain to give pleasure long af-
ter the picture has faded. Faces of
'pink and white" often vanish into
nothing in the presence of some
"plain" women, frequently to be met
with in society, every movement of
whose features is instinct with inteIli-
gence, animation, warm-heartedness,
and who have voices and eyes of love,
and who certainly become more and
more beautiful, the longer and the
more intimate is your acquaintance
with them.
"Women are the poetry Of the
world, in the same sense as the stars
are the poetry of heaYen. Clear,
Iigbt-giving, harmonious, they are
terrestrial planets that rule the desti-
MES of mankind"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

A young man who carried cOllec-
tiOn plate in service, before starting
took from his pocket a five-cent piece,
as hesuppOsed, put it on the plate,
and then passed it around among the
congregation, which included many
young girls. The girls, as they looked
at the plate, all seemed astOnished and
amused, and the young man taking a
glance at the plate, found that instead
of a nickel-fve cent piece he had a
conversation lOzenge with the words,
"Will you marry me?" in the red let
ters, staring everybody right in the
fare
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
Can Presence of Mind be Ac-
mmTrnH p


a writer in Chambers Journal, after
relating a number of instances Of pres
ence Of mind, says:
The question naturally presents it.
self to US: Seeing the advantage to be
gained by the retention of presence of
mind, is it possible to be acquired p
The answer may safely be: Certainly,
practice and education tend to pre-
serve the equilibrium of the brain,
which constitutes the presence of mind
The sailor, the rope walker, the sports
man, the dplOmatist, are all examples
of presence of mind induced by train
ing. But, it may be justly objected,
presence of mind is really only needed
in sudden emergencies, which it is i'm.
possible to educate for. Yes, that is
true; but calmness and deliberatiOn
once established as a habit, become
constitutional and respond whenever
required. 1t therefore, ,behOOves US, in
the most trihing as well as the most
actions, to act, think and
speak calmly and with deliberatiOn,
to do nothing in a hurry or furry,
and, above all, to keep our tempers.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
Select Miscellany.
"FHANK GOD FOR sUNpAY.n

\ 4 "a 4
Now God be thanked That he has given
Blest boon to saint and sinner
A day Of rest-ons day in seven,
Where toll is not the winner;
Rest for the tired and jaded brain,
The wearied hand, on Sunday,
That they may gather strength again
For toll renewed on Monday.
The merchant, in his cOunting-roOm,
The clerk, DER desk and ledger,
The artisan, at forge or loom,
The ditcher and the hedger-
The labOrer, who must toll and slave
From early dawn Of Monday,
Until the week sinks in its grave,
Ali cry, ''Thank God for Sunday p
The day that lifts the weighty chain
Which all the week hath bound US;
That respite gives to heart and brain,
From thousand cares around US;
That in the toilsome march Of life
That bids Us take, for one day,
Rest from the battle and the strife;
OIL God be thanked for Sunday
If thus by all one day of rest
Be hailed, as respite solely,
How to the Christian dOubly blest
Must be the Sabbath holy;
As, in faiths light, be lifts his eyes
To that bright world where, one day,
He longs to spend beyond the skies,
One blest, eternal Sunday
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
Crime and InteInperance In
Ohio.

Crime and InteInperance In
Ohio.
Thirty per cent. of all. crimes in this
State are Immediately due to intem
perance. In 1867, out of 433 cOnvic-
tiOns for crimes of violence, E67 were
committed under the influence of
liquor. So says Hon. E. D. Mansfield,
one of the ablest statisticians we have.
The percentage of crimes, not appear
ing in judicial returns, is not given
If it were possible to get full and
fair computation, we would undoubt-
edly find at least 75 per cent. Of all
the crimes, outrages, and disorders Of
our State to be traceable to intemper
ance and the drunkard-makers traffic.
Who foot the bills?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

The new route from Australia and
New Zealand, via San Francisco,
seems likely to prove by far the most
popular mode of reaching tho British
antipodes. At present the service is
somewhat meanly conducted, the
steamers being far too small for the
work, but this will be remedied in
August, when boats affording really
commodious accommodations will be
put on the line. AS yet, the supply
Of cabin accommodations is quite une-
quail to the demand. The cost of the
journey, irst-class, from Melbourne to
London, need not exceed 9lO0, if the
traveller goes through without stop
ping.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

You've LADIEs.-Harper's Weekly
truly says: "After all, if young ladies
would only believe it, there is nothing.
more likely to please a sensible man
than to see in woman not only an
ability to do common things well, but
a graceful willingness to turn her
hands to what ever circumstances rem
der necessary" a
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

"Ah, my dear fellow" said an old
man once to friend, 81 am quite
weak and broken down with age. l
used to walk entirely around the park
every day; but now 1 can only walk
half way round and back again"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

There il nothing in man woman
admires more than his reddyness and
ability to smash another fellow, and it
il jiss so with a hen. When a rooster
gets licked, the hens all march Oph
with the other rooster, if he amt half
so big or handsOme.-[J Josh Billings
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

The bill recently passed by Con-
gress appOrtiOning members of the
House of Representatives for the next
decade will probably give Ohio three
additional members, who will have to
be nominated by a State Convention
and elected 10y the people at large.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

A girl hearing the lady of the house
at dinner ask her husband to bring
"Dombey and Son" with him when
be came homo to tea, had two extra
plates on the supper table for the sup
posed visitors.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

The precious story that Lady
Franklin travelled to Alaska in hopes
of recovering certain papers, said to
have been found there in a cast-away
bottle, turns out 10 be pure fiction.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

An Irishman fell in love with a lady,
but she, instead of reeiprOeating his af-
fectiOns, fell in love with another man,
and married him, which caused Pat to
exclaim, in the fullnass of his heart.
"Och, would that you had been twinsS
so that I could have had half of you ~
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

An cpitaph on a husband and wife,
in a country churchyard, concludes
with a quotation, meant to bo polite,
but which may certainly be construed
in two ways. 1t is the following
"Their warfare is accomplished.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

S. S. L'Hommedieu retired from the
presidency of the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton and Dayton railroad, which he had
held for over twenty years, on the 4th.
The employees made him recipient
of a gold watch, and sundry valuable
presents, as a testimonial of their re-
sDnof
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

The familiar quotations, "Consis-
tency, thou art a jewel, and, "ThougIr
lost to sight, to memory dear" are
both said to be without any known
father. All attempts to discover the
authors have failed. .--
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

Aunt Susan says: "SupPose all the
men were in one country, and all the
women in another, with a big river
between them. Good gracious ! what
lots Of poor women would be drown
ed y
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

ANECDOTE.-"BOy, the corn which
you are hOeing there appears quite
small"
"Yes, sir, we planted little corn"
"But it looks yellow"
ayes, sir, dad had to go all the way
down to Uncle Mats to get yaller corn
to plant"
81 shouldn't think you. wO uld have
more than half a crop"
"NO, sir, we don't expect but half a
CrOp-We plant on shares"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
BE OF GOOD CHEER.

BE OF GOOD CHEER.
Be Of good cheer, y soul
Angels are nigh;
Evil can-harm thee not,
God hears thy cry. ....
Into no void shalt thou .-.-. d.
Spring from this clay
His everlasting arm
Shall be thy stay.
Day hides the stars from thee,
Sense hides the Heaven
Waiting the contrite soul
That here has striven.
Soon shall the glory dawn
Mixing earth dim;
Be not disquieted,
Trust thou ia Him
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
Youths Department.

RB-Orignal Enigmas, Charades, Problems, etc, are
respectfully solicited. The must always ac-
company them, together with the real name of the
Writer..
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

Two men, and B, bought 95 acres Of land for SEQ,
of which paid $3.50, $50. On account Ot differ
euce in the quality Of the land, paid 81 per acre
more than A how much land did each get, aud what
hn INV NJ ncra2
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
as A BLOOD PURIFIER,
It Has NO Equa1.
BEING POSITIVELY
The Most Powerful Vegetable AItera-
tive s-
YET DISCOVERED.
YET DISCOVERED.

''Ths life Of the esh is IN the Blood is seriptur
al maxim that science proves to be true. The people
talk Of bad blood, az ss cause Of many diseases, and
like many popular opinions this Of bad blood is found
ed in truth.
Symptoms Of bad blood are usually quite plain-bsd
Digestion imperfect nutrition and consequent
y the circulation is feeble, the so Tissues loose their
tone and elasticity, and the tongue becomes, broad
and frequently covered with pasty, white coat. This
condition shows itself in rouglHes Of the skim
then in ERUPTIvE and UJCERATIVE diseases, and when
long continued results in serious LESSONS Of the Brain
Liver, Lungs, or urinary apparatus. Much, very
much, suffering is caused by impure blood. It is esti
mated by some that one fifth Of the human family are
affected with sorofula IN some form.
When the blood is pure you are not liable to any
disease. Many impurities Of the Blood arise from i'm.
pure diseases Of large cities. Eradicate every impurty
from the fountain Of e and good spIrits fair skin and
vital strength will return to you.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

Josh Billings says: "The mewl is
a larger burd than the guse or tur-
key. 1t has two legs to walk with,
and two moar to kick with, and it
wares it's wings on the side Of its
he'd"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

The STANDING ARMY-Under the
act which went into effect on the first
day of July, the regular army is re.
duced to thirty thousand men. 1t is
estimated that the annual saving to
be effected by this measure will be four
million dollars. An important pro-
vision prevents army officers from
holding civil Office.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

A poet wrote of his departed love,
"We haIIow her grave with our tears"
but the wicked printer set it up: "We
will harrow her grave with our
steers"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

DEPARTMENT OF JUsTICE.-Gen.
Schurz' bill establishing a Department
of Justice, has passed both Houses,
and is now law. 1t creates but one
new office, viz Solicitor General, at
a salary of $500, and gives him two
Assistants at $4,000 each. The At
torney General is the head of this de
partment, and to it all questions Of
law will be referred. 1t is claimed
that it win be a saving to the Govern
ment.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21

"Have you heard of the fellow who
got shot ?'' said one fellow to another.
"Got shot? mol" exclaimed the 9TH
er. "HOw did he get shOt2" VIIe
bought 'em." -- --. r.-r ---
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
Hollands German Bitters

is entirely vegetable and contains no lquor. It is
O compound Of Fluid Extracts. The Roots, Herbs,
and Baris from which these Extracts are made, are
gathered from Germany an the Medical virtues
extracted from them BY scientific chemist. These
extracts are then forwarded to this country to be used
expressly for the manufacture of these Bitter5 There
is no alcoholic substance of any kind used in com
pounding the Biers hence it is the only Bters that
can be used in cases where alcoholic stlmulahts are
not advisable
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-07-21
ConundrumS.

Why is a solar eclipse like a woman whipping her
boy Because it's hiding Of the sun.
Whv Is a lawyer like a sawyer7 Because, which
ever way he moves, down must come the dust.
Whv have widows right to dirt Because the
Bible says the widows mite.
When is blow from a lacy welcomed When she
strikes you agreeably.
When does a cabbage beat beet in growing When
it getsa head.
Wbv is horse the most curious feeder in the world?
Because he eats best when he has net bit in his
mouth.