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1T Might Have Been. ,

We hear great deal about this phrase,
1T might have been"
Sentimental youths and love -lorn Iassies,
growing oil bachelors. and "picky," old
spinsters. all join in this contemptible
whine. ut might have bsen;' but the
words have another meaning well worth
locking for. too.
Instead of mourning over the irretreva
bic past, and signing. ut might have been
better," we should do far more sensible
SAID, 'It mIght nave Deen morse.
Taking time through. there isn't more
cause for sorrow than joy. and all bitter com
planning only brings US SO much the more
speedily to that place which is the quintes
sence of everything doleful.
1t is not very likely that any of us will
be called to endure more than good old job
When earthly blessings were taken from
him. he did not mise great hue and cry,
but patieutly said. ''The Lord gave, and
the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the
name of the LOn1.r
II ever we sre 20 happy as to get to
Heaven. then - may see that much which
we call sorrow nov. ore really our creates,
blessings and eur utter ruin might have
been wrought IL soul and body if circum-
stances had beea as we SO often blndIy
wished they migkt have been.
Then skalI " ESQ that. of all glad words
of tongse Or pen. the gladdest are these
lit might have beea.
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the whole night in that cursed dead house
1t is near day; the door has been open this
two hours, and Derby and King have been
asleep. was getting on my boots to look
for you
"Why. in the name of common sense.
did yon let this dog out after me ! Will
you tell me that -
why. he howled like maniac. and
clawed at the door till thought you were
in some danger. and could not keep him
i'm
danger! Well, we can't talk now.
Rouse yourself; have had an interview
with maniac, and he is prowling round the
grounds after me now. Call up the men.
/ must 20 after Philip Immediately"
You don't say SO -
Yes; don't waste a second"
In five minutes the whole force of The
hospital waa out in the grounds. We took
him in the angle of the greatdoor. crouched
behind the juttng wall. waiting for me
He drew his lips back over bis teeth. in the
dumb ferocity of mad brute, as he saw
me, and his eyes settled into dull. lurid
glare. Impossible to describe. as he hissed
out. ..Ha! THE is twice-twice you triumph;
wait till the third time"
Around the blazing CRATE. in the closing
hour of the tempest tossed night. we shook
hands over the gladness of our reunion ;
and after the story was over. aud the horror
first. and the laughter after lat the close Of
my adventure,l and Derby and King had
left. and Harry Leigh and | stood at the
window Watching the young winter day
rise ovei the hills, there was something
very like tears over the bold, bright blae
of his eyes as he pointed to the granite
walls of the madhOuse. and said. "COn
stance would have gone there. Keene. o'
died. and mine would have been heavy,
heavy life AFTER" So t..,>A.sw
The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1871-08-09

LlGHTNING.-During the storm on the
evening Of the 20sh instant lightning
struck tree in the grove near the resi-
dence Of the Ridg6sld plantation. the
steeple on the African church on President
street and the .pfe Of 81. 5ospk ! Catholic
church has been struck BY lightning. n"
serious damage was done.
The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1871-08-09

Cheering reports of the crops come to
US from all parts of the parish, The cotton
is doing well and promises large yield.
Many of our planters will commence pick
ing cotton about the middl, of August.
Mr. Jameson has a splendid crop and can
boast of having brought the first open boil
of cotton to town this year.
The cane still continues to improve We
were shown two stalks of cane Yesterday
that were really beautiful, one coming from
MIR. d. A. Cochrane's place having twelve
joins and measuring four and a half feet in
length; the other was from Mr. Wm Camp
bells place. it had ten red joints aud was
four feet long these stalks of cane weighed
three pounds each.
L IVermiliOnyille Advertiser
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be told his dream. aud concluded to go to
the pasture. and there, bs side the path at
the foot of the rotted tree. lay coi'ed a
large rattlesnake. seizing a stick he struck
at the snake. but his foot shipped AMI he
fell and the reptile bit him "p"" the check.
He hasfened home. nenrly II J'hrtrf of
nile ..i-tunt. ,ns! there. l. hoore iisri', he
died in grent ascry. 7
The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1871-08-09

When the newsboys in Detroit wish to
''raise the wind" they get under dry
goods box and howl until they attract the
attention of some pedestrian. to whom they
intelligence that their father 'wlll maui hell
out Of them if they don't bring home Just
so much money, aud they lack ten cents of
the required ,monnt. SymPathizing pedes-
trian gives him ten cents. and as soon as he
is out of hearing. the howling commences
again. Some Of them have made two and
three dollars a night in this wav,
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NEW ORLEANS CARDS.
HARDEE's OFFICIAL
NIP OF LOUISIANA.

lust Published and now ready for delivery emofac-
ing all the Parishes and everything else OF
in the State Every of business and every nesd o
Z family should have this Map
sKsPrice el2 90 per Copy.
Liberal discounts made to energetic eanvassers, VINO
can Hnd profitable employment, by addressing
EDGAR STEEL PUBLISHER,
% St. Charles Street,
p O., Lock Boz 46e, VIEW O"AAA"S'
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A AQUAKER PRnTER's PROVERBS Never
send then an ssticls for publication without
giving the editee thy name. for thy name
often times seooess publication to worthless
"';ii,ss' Thos sbo.I1 tsos rap !. the door Of a
printing oGio~. for he that answereth the
rap. sneeseth Il his sleeves aud looseth
time.
Neither do thon loaf about, ask questions,
or knock down type. or the boys will love
thee like they d. shade trees-when thou
Ieaveth.
Thou shouldsst never read the copy on
the printers case, or the sharp and hooked
container thereofs q he may knock thee
down.
Never inqajn thou Of the editor for the
news for behold. Il Il his business at the ap-
pointed tins. 70 give i thses without asking.
1t is not right that th0u should'st ask him
who is The aalhof Of an article, for his duty
requireth HIN g keep ssch things to him
self
Whom thou 1eDe sntsr info his office, take
heed unto ihyDslf 1hat thoe dost not look at
what mag bs l1inE open and concerneth thee
not, for I'M i not nleee in The sight Of good
e',ys: Ts;.2.s - - - The proof sheet, fo'
Nei!lzz@s 5-l11 ~ Ahius eye. that thou
mayest u9oosnlnhd.
Prefer tojno &Wn toWo pspss to any other
and subscibe ~ 4 iulediatsly.
Pay for Il i s1sancs. and il shall be wei
with thee lnd dine.
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At club Of which Jerrold was member.
fierce Jacobite and friend, rs fierce. TO
the cause Of William the Third. were argu-
ing noisiiy and disturbing exctablc conyer-
sationalsts. At length. the Jacobie.
brawney Scot, brought his fist down heavi-
ly upon the table and roured at his a.Iler
sary: IL tell you what it is. sir. spit upon
your King William The friend Of the
Prince Of Orange was not To be outmsstercd
by mere lungs. He rose and roared back
to the Jacobite. 'And /, sir, spit upou your
James the Second :" Jerrold. who had been
listening to the uproar in silence, hereupon
rang the bell aud shouted, WAITER, spit-
toOns for two
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VermiliOnville Advertiser.

An old weather beaten trapper was saun-
tering along the main street of one of our
western villages on recent Sunday.
Passing in front of meeting house. for a
moment he went in and took a seat among
the congregation. The minister was then
preaching sermon on the text of he
sheep and the wolves. and had evidently
been drawing a contrast between the two
subjects. He said: I'VE who assemble
here from week to week to do duty and
perform our part. are the sheep; now, who
then are the wolves! :" A pause, and our
friend the traPper rose to his feet. ''Waal.
stranger. rather than see the play stopped.
will be the wolves" The preacher pro-
nounced the benedictiOn at once.
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A comic story is told of Dean Stauley's
parrot, which was great pet of the whole
family. One day Polly managed to open
her cage and get away 10 the CONSERVATION
of the whole household After great search.
some one found Polly i'm the garden on the
top of an spple tree. The welcome news
was communicated to the dean, who, With
the whole of the inmates, rushed oai at
once. accompanied by DIR. Vaughn. who.
with some friends. was then on n visit to the
dean. Polly was found swinging herself on
e p'A,qest t,fnht 5sIow her. she IooEed
gravely dSwn on them. aud said, "Let us
pray"
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Having located in Frapklin, respectfully offers his pro
tssional the citizens of town and vicinity
Ofic, next door to Smith & Co., fey TN
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-16
I kinds Of grain

From the same statistics, we find
that the farm products of Kansas for
1869 amount to $24,35I.584. Allow.
ing 10000 to be the population at the
time the crop was produced, (and I
think that estimate large) we have
product equal to $81.83 to the man,
woman and child. Nearly One-third
of this population live in cities and
villages. Computing five persons to
the family, we have 10000 families
producing the necessaries of life. Sup
posing each family to occupy farm,
and we have S601.78 to the farm, as
the product of one year.
But it is very reasonable to suppose
that in a new country like this, nearly
one-half the labor of the settlers would
be applied in improvements, and not
to producing provisions for the mar
kets. Then we have for the result of
one years labor, over 5000 as the pro-
ducts of the soil, and as much more in
the shape of Improvements, to each
farming family, amounting to $1,000
year, which is, certainly, a most sat
isfactory result. Merchants, meChan-
les and manufacturers, have done as
well as farmers, if not better. Then
who can doubt the prosperity Of our
young State?
There are other evidences of thrift.
The growth of our cities, the large in
crease of public schools, the additions
to our railroads, the large amount of
money paid for farming implements
and machinery manufactured in other
States, the sinking of a large State
debt, &C., are unmistakable evidences
of life and success.
In my last letter to the "News" I
said Kansas had 900 miles of railroad
completed, to which we have added
over 800 miles, during the last year.
The number of school houses has been
increased by 288, and the increase in
value is S488, ,147.4O. This also shows
something of the character of the
school houses Kansas builds; the av-
erage value of the increase being about
$I7OO. The increase of school chill
dren during the year is 1921.
The census returns show the value
of agricultural implements to- be ST.
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TuHe POIiteness.

A poor Arab, going through the desert
met with a sparkling spring. Accustomed
to brackish water, & draught from this
sweet well in the wilderness, seemed to his
simple mind, present fit to offer to the
Caliph; so he filled his Isathern bottle
aud, after a weary tramp, laid his hum
ble gift at his sovereign's feet. The mon
arch, with a magnanimity that may put
many a Christian to blush, called for a
cup, and filing it, drank freely, and, with
q smile, thanked the Arab and presented
him with a reward. The courtier pressed
eagerly around for draUght of the won
derful water, which was regarded as
worthy of such a princely ackuowledg-
ment. To their surprise, the Caliph for
bade them to touch drop. Then after
the simple-hearted giver left the royal
presence, with a new spring of joy swell
ing up in his heart, the monarch thus ex-
plained the motive for his prohibition
During this long journey, the water in
this leathern bottle has become impure
and distasteful; but it was an offering OF
Loye, and as such accepted it with pleas
ure. I feared, however, that if 1 allowed
another to taste it, he would not conceal
his disgust. Therefore it was that for
bade you to partske, lest the heart of the
Door man should be wounded"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-16

Counting their Chickens before they
are Hatched.

Counting their Chickens before they
are Hatched.
The Frankfort Commonwealth says
some of the Democratic papers have
started and kept going, just as they
did in 1868 and just as they did be-
fore the late Congressional elections, a
calculation showing how they are to
get possession of the one or the other
branch of the general government,
and in this case the executive for 1872
This calculation counts one hundred
and sixty three electoral votes for the
Democrats and one hundred and fifty
seven for the Republicans.
As the Democrats have missed badly
in two former calculations, and as we
have succeeded beyond our expecta-
tions in our own calculations, we claim
by precedent and experience better
and safer ground for correctness, and
therefore state the following table as
likely to be the result of the electoral
vote in the Presidential cleo i'm of
1872:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-16

Here we have, on a very reasonable
estimate, a Republican majority of
sixty two in the electoral college OF
1872. The only States that can we'll
be called doubtful in the Republican
column are Indiana and Texas. They
cast a vote of seventeen in the college,
which would not alter the absolute
result, though reducing the Republi
can majority to twenty-eight On the
other hand, Alabama, Missouri, North
Carolina and West Virginia are as
likely to vote Republican, carrying
thirty-three votes to that side and
making the the Republican electoral
majority for President in 1872 figure
one hundred and twenty-eight, which
is not in excess of reason.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-16
PonuIar Errors about the =,

Popular Errors about the Eyes.
There comes a time when normal ey yes
dnd their powers grown limited, and re-
Iquire more light or assistance from glasses
when looking at small, near objects. When
this period arrives, it is an error to persist
in endeavors to do as formerly with the
leyes; but much use must be avoided, ex-
cept in clear light with the required
auxiliaries. It is also a mistake, as will
hereafter be shown, to suppose that glasses
should not be worn while it is possible to
avoid doing so. On the contrary, they
serve to prevent straining Of the eyes, and
preserve rather than injure vision.
Certain defects of refractive power are
due to malformation of the eyes, either
existing from birth or acquired afterwsrd,
and are not to be removed by remedies or
! BY manipulation. 1t is mischievous err
ror to suppose that the form of an elastic
globe, filed with fluid or semi-huid sub
stance, can be changed, except for the mo-
ment, by pressing upon it with the fin
gers as mas DSeU I0COuluI0AUOu by CudEld-
tans. All the theories that the eye can
have its form favorably modified by rub
bing it always In one direction, or by any
other manipulation, have no foundation in
facts. But while persistent squeezing
according to these methods, can never do
any permanent good, it involves great
risk.
It may lead to congestion and hemor-
rhage within the eyes; or give rise to de-
structive Inflammation, or the formation
Of cataract, by dislocating the crystalline
lens; or cause almost immediate loss of
sight by separation of the retina from its
neighboring parts; or may increase the
giving way of the back part of the globe,
which is already often begun in near
sighted eyes. e.
The same warnings will apply with
equal force against the use of eye-cups
fitted with rubber bulbs, to alter the form
of the eye-ball, as is asserted, by suction.
Valueless and dangerous as they are, per-
sons are often persuaded to purchase and
| try them, sometimes to their sorroW.-[ DR..
Williams, ia Atlantic Monthly.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-16

A singular report is set afioat, on
the authority of an East Indiaman, to
the effect that the Island of Aurora
has disappeared from the Pacific Ocean.
It has been known as one of the chief
islands Of the New Hebrides group,
situated some 900 miles east of the
Australian coast. It was thirty six
miles long and five miles wide, and
quite fertile but nothing remains, it
is said, to mark its former position, or
give hint as to the time of the catas-
trophe.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-16

The business of Germany has suffer
ed greatly under the war. Consump
tion and labor have been reduced one
half. But while all factories Of ar
ticles of luxury have suffered i'm
mensely, the factories of machines
leather goods and hardware are run
ming twice the number of hands as be
fore. The only sort of articles of lux
ury that are still in demand are Ia
dies and gentlemen's dress goods, al
Berlin and Vienna, besides their OWL
trade, have also the trade which wa'
formerly supplied by Paris.
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Correspondence Of the News
LETTER FROM KANSAS.

Progress of Kansas during the
Past Year-Facts from th e
Census Returns-LaTge In
crease I'm Population, Wealth,
Ec.-RepIy TO J. F. MOberIy's
Letter published in our Paper
about a Year Ago.
GOOD INTENT, KANSAS,
February 3, 1871.
Mr.. Editor: - Nearly a year has
elapsed since I wrote you of Kansas.
1t has been a year of remarkable ex-
tremos, not only in Kansas, but in q
great portion Of the United States.
Extremes of heat and cold; of food
and drought; of scarcity and .abun-
dance; of high prices and low prices,
have been the order of the year. While
this is true, and in many places in the
East business has been stagnated, and
money, as well as water, has been ex-
ceedingIy scarce, Kansas has not ceas-
ed to progress in growth and prosper
ity. The census returns show that we
have a population of 62,3O7, and l
think I may safely say that the 62,3O7
have been added during the last year.
While the month Of July was mark
ed with extreme heat and drouth, that
was fatal to the Corn crop in a few
places, and that shortened it nearly
every where; the season had been
such as to produce an abundant crop
of small grain. The Corn crop is short
compared with other years, but there
seems to be enough for home use, not
withstanding the heavy immigration
last year. Large quantities Of Corn
have been shipped West to supply
those who arrived too late to raise a
crop. A large surplus of Wheat, Oats,
and other grain has been shipped East
during the Last three months, and is
still being shipped. The granaries on
the river and on the railroads are full
to Overlooking. The mills in Atchison
have manufactured nearly 10000
bushels of Wheat into Flour within
the last year, and yet the AtchisOn
grain market has been materially clog
ged for want of facilities for shipping.
Although Atchison has the benefit OF
the Pacific R. R. of Missouri, the Han
nibal & St. 10. r. R., the North Mis-
souri, R. R. and the Missouri river, by
which to transport grain, yet there
was a month during the busiest part
of the shipping season { think, in No
vember and December last, that it
was impossible for the grain merchant
to get means of shipping as fast as the
grain came into market. This may
seem preposterous to some of our High
land county folks, but it is no less true
than strange.
AS 1 aim to give facts rather than
opinions, give few statistics taken
from the United States Census returns.
showing the number of acres under
cultivation, and the number of BUSH
els of Wheat, Oats and Corn, produced
in a few of the older counties. I take
these counties because they have been
pretty thoroughly tried in these sew
eral kinds of grain:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-16

Some idea of the railway travel into
and out of London may be had from
the fact that the total number Of trains
entering and leaving the city in one
day is fifty per hour, or very nearly
one per minute during the whole of
the twenty four hoursOf the day and
this immense business is conducted
with a freedom from accident that is
almost exemption.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-16

Another relic of old times, the Brat
tie street church in Boston, which still
shows in it's walls a cannon ball fired
in the Revolution, is to be torn down,
as the society is building anew in
another locality.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-16

Benjamin, the late Secretary of
State to the rebel Government, went
abroad to practise law: He had the
honor, the other day, to hold brief
against colored lawyer named Ches-
ter, whose argument attracted much
attention and aOon the case. Fancy
Mr.. BeDjamin's ''pheelinks."
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Conundrums.

When does an sditor play singular trick with
Qrammari When he declines article.
WHY'S q mans trademark like certain leading
Prussfsp Because it is ''biz'' mark. tThe author
Of the above leaves wife and twelve children.l
why can't the cook eat her aprOnl Becau's it gOo'
against her stomach.
Wbt are the armies Of France and Prussia Ike Hea'
on hog? Because they make it lively on tins khius