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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
A PerpIexed Frenchman.

7 The perplexities of our language
to foreigner are shown in an anus
ing sketch which sets forth the chang
ing meanings of the word break.
with different propositions.
guage better" said my French friend,
Il begin to understand your Ian
Mr. Arcourt, to me; ''but your verbs
trouble me still, you mix them so
with your propositions.
Il am sorry you find them trouble
some, was all I could say.
Il saw our friend Mrs. Jones, lust
now, continued he. sShe saws she
intends to break down housekeeping.
Am right there7" $50 - q
i&Break up housekeeping she must
have said.ellJy 4at - Gn ga.
30, yesI 1 remember. Breaking
up housekeeping"
''Why does she do that?" 1 asked.
Because her health is SO broken
into" -...-
Broken down, you should say
"Broken down; o, yesI And, in
deed, since the small -pox has broken
up in your city " 4
Broken out" -
'She thinks she will leave it for a
few weeks"
'1ndeedI And will she close her
house?"
''No; she is afraid it will be broken
How do [ say that?"
Broken into"
Certainly; it is what I mean to
say"
''Is her son to be married soon?"
No; that engagement is broken,
broken"
'Broken off. "
"Ah! I had not heard that. She
is very sorry about it. Her son only
broke the news down to her last
week. Am right? I am so anxious
to speak the English we'll"
''He merely broke the news; no
proposition this time" @
''It is hard to understand. That
young man, her son, is a fine fellow;
a breaker, 1 think" -
ga broker, and a fine fellow.
Good-day.' sG fCNe
$50 much," thought I, "for the
verb 'to breaks. >"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
WINDFIELD S. WRIGHT


The Graphic informs q country
correspondent what the Clearing
House is. CAS- to the Clearing
House it will not take much space to
inform our correspondent that it is
a sort of bank exchange, where at
the close of the day, the various city
banks offset the checks that one holds
against another, and pay only the
balance that remains. For example,
if the Park Bank holds checks drawn
on the Bank of New York to the
value of $55,0OO, and the Bank Of
New York holds checks drawn upon
the. Park Bank to the value of $50, 900,
instead of cashing each one of these
checks, they are exchanged at the
Clea, ing House and only the balance
of $4,000 is paid by the Park Bank.
In tlis way business of millions is
transacted by the actual payment of
only few thousands"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

STARVING A MINISTER. Chi
cago Tribune indulges in sensation
al story of minister clergyman
of the Episcopal church, breaking
down in his pulpit, in consequence
of starvation. Unable to preach, the
reverend gentleman informed his con-
gregation that he had not been to
market the day preceding, for want
of The wherewith to purchase meat;
AMI that bread and tea had been the
most substantial subsistence he had
received for several days. If such be
the fact, it is a great shame for Chi
cago, and argues a gift of endurance
on the part of the clergyman unex-
ampled, we think, in this country.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
WOIlRpnsa Lama

Mark Twain says, when womer
frame laws the first thing they dc
will be to enact:
1. That all men should be at home
at ten p. m., without fail.
2. That married men should be.
stow considerable attention upon
their own wives. Eli.
8. That it should be a hanging
ofense to sell whisky in saloons, and
that fines and disfranchisement should
follow it in such cases.
4 That the sn, oking of cigars to
excess should be forbidden, and the
smoking of pipes utterly abolished.
5. That the wife should have the
title of her own property when she
marries man that hasn' any.
"Such tyranny as this" says Mark,
1--WE could never stand. Our free
souls could never endure such degrad-
ing thraldom. Women, go awayl
Seek not to beguile us of our imper-
lal privileges. Content yourselves
with your little feminine trifes-your
babies, your benevolent societies and
your knitting g-and let your natural
bosses do the voting. Stand back
You will be wanting to go to war
next. We will let you teach school
as much as you want to, and pay you
nalf price, too; but beware! we don't
want you to crowd us too much"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
TdE ONLY AvOmN MEHICINI
P,~ges, Porifes, and Strengthens
the ,N7Lsfe117

DIR. TUTr's PILLS are composed of many ingredi
enfs Prominent among them are Sarsaparilla anC
Wild Cherry, united as to act together; the one
tbroach its admixture with other substances, puri
fing and purgng; while the other is Strengthening
ti,e system. Thus these Pills at the came time
a tonic and a cathartie, desideratum long sought
for by medical men, but never before discovered
In other words, they do the work of two medicines
e1d do il much better than any two we know Of fol
fhey remove nothing from the system but inpuri
ties 90 that while they purge they also strengthen
aud hence they cause no debility and are followed
by no reaction.
DR.. TUTT's PILLS have wonderful influence Oh
the blood. They not only purify without weaken
i1g II, bat they remove all noxious particles from
the cyle before il is converted into fluid and thus
makes impure blaoi an utter imposslblllty. Al
there = no debiitation, there is no nausea ol
sickness attending the operation Of this most excel
lieut. medicine which never strains or tortures the
digestive organs, but causes them to work in per
fectly natural manner; hence persons taking then
do not become pale and emaciated, but on the con
trary, while al impurities are being removed, the
combined action OF the Sarsaparilla and Wild Cher.
ry purifes and invigOrates the body and robust
state OF health IS the result of their united action
Price, 25 cents box. Sold by all druggists Depot
IS Cortlandt ST., New York. D6Sconov6y4
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13


A Republican Supreme Court in
the State of Iowa has struck down
and cleared away another obstruction
and limitation of human rights. A
colored lady of education and culture
on one of the Mississippi River
STEAMBOATS, was elected from the
cabin and refused seat at the com
mon table by the Captain, only be
cause she was, as he said, "a nigger.
That captain boasted, no doubt
truly, that he had been "a member
of the glorious Democratic party
which had governed the country for
forty years" The lady very properly
sued the vulgar tyrant and black
guard and recovered damages. The
Supreme Court of Iowa afirms the
decision of the lower Court. Judge
Beck says:
1. A rule or custom of steamboat,
as common carrier, requiring pass
engers of color to occupy seat at
the table in the pantry or on the
guards of the boat is not reasonable
and cannot be enforced.
2. A person of color is entitled to
the same rights and privileges when
travelling upon steamboat as white
person, and cannot be required by
any rule or custom, based upon dis,
tinction on account of race or color,
to accept other or different accommo-
dations than those given to white
passengers.
Thus step by step the work of po-
itical regeneration goes forward.
The colored voters of the land are
well aware by what organization their
rights have been secured.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
That Problem Again.

OAK GROVE, Now 3, 1873.
Mn. ]. L. BoARDMAN-In order to prove my an
swer, will substitute the values which l sent
last week: Then we have the following equations:
(A) sl43H plus (B) sS15 plus (C) 1ls4-s35O
(B) SsS15 plus (C) 11s95 Plus (Dl 13SH-s345
&C. $l1sI5 plus (D) 1888 pL1rs GAY 1i3]5-$4O0
Cd sl3s1l plus (A) 143H plus (B) ss11-s37O
which proves my answer to be correct.
Yours Respectfully, NOAH.
RlNARKs.-on referring to the original manu-
script of the problem, we find that there mis-
take of a single figure in printing the last clause,
which accounts for 'Noah's'answer being incorrect
His gJrk is all right but it does not bring the right
answer, simply because the problem was not cor
rectly printed, which of course vas not his fault.
The mistake was this: As printed, the last clause
of the problem stated that d, A and had s37O 1t
should have been S9:s This little error of an in
stead Of an u, made all the trouble in "Noahs" fig
uring The correct answer was printed in last
weeks issue.-[Ed. Y. D.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

dress.
Why should one be distrustful of butcher? Be-
cause he is such scer (sly sir).
When is it right to take one in? When it rains.
Who is the Oldest lunatic on record? Time out
of mind.
What is the difference between a farmer and a
seamstress2 Farmers gather what they SOW, while
seamstresses sew what they gather.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

When Abernethy, in passion at
finding his door blocked up with
paving stones, told one of the labor
ers to "remove them instantly, and
take them to hell, if he liked" the
Irishman quietly replied:
Hadn't I better take then to heav-
en-? Sure they'd be more out of your
honors way!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
Youths Department.
To Our Young Readers.

The long evenings have come again, and the boy,
and girls have now more time for reading and writ
ing. We want them all to try to contribute some
thing to the youths Department" of the News
which is intended for their special benefit. Let u
have original Enigmas, Charades, Puzzles, Prob
lens, Refuses, Anagrams, Conundrums, &c. &C
Be careful to make no mistakes in spelling, and al
ways send the correct answers, together with you
real name, which will not be published, unless yoU
desire it, but the editor wants to know ho the con
tributOrs are.
We know there is talent enough among the bright
wide-swake young people who read the News tC
make this Department interesting, and keep it sup
piled with original matter Let all of them put or
their thinking caps" at once, and send us theiI
productions.-[Ed. Y D.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
Select Miscellany.
TaE LITTLE ONES.

l sometimes look beyond the gate-ways golden,
When sleep comes lightly,
And there within the Savior's arms enfolden
The little ones see
The little ones that in the glad time olden
Were kissed by you and me.
see no longing in their tender faces;
Upon their dimpled cheeks
No touch of care has left its fearful traces,
No pain for pity speaks:
They laugh and sing in happiest of places,
Through all the Sabbath weeks.
wonder if, amid their gleeful singing,
Perchance they ever miss
mothers soft caress around them clinging,
Her frequent, loving kiss;
Or if they wait her coming for the bringing
Of yet sweeter bliss.
And then when sleep has fed, and with II dreaming
lie with open eyes,
And weep to find so real thing was seeming,
In sorrowful surprise,
Till through the darkness comes blessed cleaning
From out the smiling skies.
And softly then voice saith to my weeping,
"'Twas not a dream you had,
Your little ones are safe within my keeping,
So, wherefore, then, be sad?
And Der my heart holy joy comes creeping,
That makes me strangely glad.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

TIE French residents of California
are about to present to Theirs a
beautiful gift as testimony of their
appreciation of his public services.
It is an album twelve inches by nine,
and is made of gold, silver, diamonds,
quar5z and agates, set in ten kinds of
California wood. On one side is dia
mond monogram of the letters A.
and 7. and on the back is a shield,
inscribed "Gratitude-1873." D." The
clasp represents two hands clasped
in friendship, and the volume is open
ed by pressing little diamond but
ton. Inside is plate on which are
inscribed the most memorable acts of
Theirs since 1870. The cost of the
album is S1,64O, and it is presented
by twenty two hundred persons.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
A good lady, who, on the death of

A good lady, who, on the death Of
her first husband, married his broth
er, las a portrait of the former hang
ing in her dining room. One day
visitor, pointing to the painting
asked, as that member of the
family?" ''Oh! that's my poor broth
er-in-law," was the ingenious reply.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

The great fortune of $1,000, 900 left
twenty three-years ago to the cities of New
Orleans and Baltimoreby John McDonough,
who died in the former city, has been so
wasted in lawsuit brought by McDon-
oughs heirs, on account of flaw in the viii,
to recover the amount, that not more than
$2,5, 900 of the whole is said to remain.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
APImcky conductor.

How some Western gamblers
found their master in a Michigan
conductor is thus told by the Detroit
Free Press OF recent date:
| For the last month a trio of monte
men have been working" the lines
running into Detroit. They have
been put off the Central, chased of
the Detroit and Milwaukee, and kick
ed off the Lansing road, but they
made fresh start the other morning
on the Southern, going out on Con-
ductor Wilsey's train. At the depot
they got in with an old man named
Fremont, who lives in Pittsburg, and
was on his way home. They pretend
ed to live in Pittsburg also, and soon
after getting on board the train
they brought out their cards. Ere
mont is one of those smart old chaps
who think themselves posted, and he
knew the game, and decided to make
some money out of them. He lost
SIS, then $40, and between Detroit
and the Junction he lost $55. This
was all the money he had, but his
blood was up, and he hauled out a
heavy gold watch to stake on the
next bet, when the conductor passed
along. Seeing what was going on,
Wilsey told the man to put up his
watch. At this one of the gamblers
snatched it, saying, 81 have won thisI"
and then looked up to the conduct
or with face full of brass. The
train had been at q stand-still, and
as it started the conductor pulled
the signal to stop, and turned to
the gamblers and demanded that
they give Fremont back his watch
and money. They refused in chorus,
and one Of the gamblers, as the con-
ductor's coat came off, shouted "tbis
is betterl" and pulled out a revolver
and lined it on Wilseys eye. ''Com-
mence shootingl" replied the conduc-
tor, and out came his own pistol, and
for twenty seconds two revolvers were
held up in two mems faces, hammers
up and fingers on the triggers. The
two other gamblers began to feel for
their hip pockets, when Wilsey
said: '1fyou don't holdup your hands
I'll blow the top of your head off"
At that moment a Toledo merchant
and lake captain came up, each with
a cooked revolver At this the gam
blers offered to restore the watch, and
when they had done so the conduct
or made them return the full S55.
''Now then, said he, when he was
through with them, "get off this train.
L shall remember you, and if 1 ever
catch one of you on my train again,
Ill have the engineer run her up to
sixty miles an hour and my brakemen
will pitch you into the first swamp"
The fellows were ready to go.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

The Governor of Illinois recently
pardoned penitentiary convict be-
cause they said he was dying of con-
sumption. The pardon did more for
thnt young man than would have
BEEN done by dozen bottles of cod
liver oil. In twenty four hours, his
lungs were as sound as if they had
-bsen made of brass. ss--5--- -.-..,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

''If the wind blows this way fol
another hour" said a captain OIL
board of a ship in danger of being
wrecked, to a passenger who was 9
clergyman, "we shall all be in heav
en-" "God Forbid" was the prayer
full answer of theadivine.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

The Boston Journal says of social
usances at the "hub," that ''pubhc
dinners without liquors are the
rule rather than the exception.
Many of our military companies have
done away with the use of wine for
several years.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

"Thirty-two cents!" echoed a wo-
man lately, when grocer charged
ler that sum fora pound of butter,
''Yes, 'um," he replied, with a bland
smile. "You see the grocers can't
carry much of a reserve, and we can't
turn out collaterals at a sacrifice.
If the government calls the bonds
lue in 1874, and the imports of bull
lion tend to ease the money market
i little, butter must find its level
with every thing else. Butter is
very panicky just now, but I think
the worst is over" She paid the
money without further grumbing.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

A letter from Minnesota says that
"notes and due-bills out here are
writ ten on parchment, to prevent
them from wearing out by carrying,
as chat is all they are good f0h@
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

"Old age is coming on me rapidly
as the urchin said when he was steal
ing apples from an old mans garden,
and saw the owner coming furiously
with O eowhide in his hand. -,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
Postal Saving Banks and
Postal Telegraph.

Postmaster General Creswell re
Gently addressed a large meeting IL
Baltimore, and earnestly advocated
his postal telegraph anil postal saw
ings bank system, arguing that the
latter afforded the surest means by
which depositors could be protected
from lawless speculation and guard
ed by absolute security. Its sue
cessful establishment and beneficial
working in Great Britain for a period
of twelve years give evidence of the
feasibility and practical Importance
of such a measure.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13
Increa-e of soldier. Bounty.

AAAVACsANE Oh SOi0ttG = AbOtlulY.
The following petition, to be pre-
sente1 to the next Congress, was cir
culated at Toledo, by Col. R. NJ
Moore, and was signed by nearly
two hundred men, among whom were
Gems. Sherman, Sheridan, and other
prominent officials: ..,--.-
To the Ssnnte and House of Rep
rese'stGtiUes Of the United States, as
SeaJabEed..
We, the undersigned, realizing the
sacrifices made by those who were
disabled in the service of our COM
mon country, and believing the pen
sions they now receive are wholly
inadequate to the loss they have sus-
tanned, most respectfully but earnest
ly petition your honorable body to
pass a bill giving pensions to those
who have lost both arms or eyes, $50;
both legs or one arm and leg, $40;
one arm or one leg, $50 per month.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

A consequential young fop asked
an aged country sexton if the ringing
of bell did not put him in mind of
his latter end. 'No, sir, replied the
grim old grave digger, shut the rope
puts me in mind of yours.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

Denver is to have a new hotel, and
the public are assured that the walls
will be bullet proof, so that guests
won't run any risks on account of an
affair in the other room.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

A music dealer announces In his
window sentimental song: ''Thou
hast Loved Me and Left Me for eigh-
teen pence"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-13

'.Pa, what can 1 do up here In the
country, unless you get me riding
habit?" "Get into the habit of walk
ing, my dear. ...-.
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Woman Suffrage.


The American Woman Suffrage
Association held a very successful
Anniversary and Annual Meeting in
New York and Brooklyn, Oct. 13 and
and IA. The Convention was large.
The proceedings were spirited and
harmonious. Great enthusiasm pre-
vailed. Col. T. Wentworth Higgin-
son presided and made the opening
address. .Er
Letters endorsing the movement,
were read from Hon. Grorge VIM.
Curtis, VIM. Lloyd Garrison, Lydia
Maria Child, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
Louisa NJ. Alcott and others. Eigh-
ty-six delegates were present, repre-
senting organized societies in four
teen States. and Territories.
The Annual report shows that
Woman Suffrage is established and
works well in Wyoming and Utah,
that it was under discussion last
winter, in 21 State Legislatures, and
received a majority vote in those of
Maine, Iowa and Michigan. Written
reports were read from II States.
Julia Ward Howe was elected
President for the ensuing year; Lucy
Stone, Chairman Executive Commit
tee. Among the Vice Presidents at
Large are Vice President Henry
Wilson, Hon. George WIN Curtis,
Senator Sergeant, VIM. Lloyd Garris-
on and Col. Higginson. The Reso-
lutions adopted are as follows: lG
Resozced, That the primary aim of
the American Woman Suffrage As
sociation is to secure the ballot for
woman; while it includes, in its gen
eral aim, the establishment Of her
equality of rights in all directions.
RssoyUed, That one-half of the
adult population of the United States
who are legally entitled to hold prop
erty, who are assessed for taxes and
punishable for crime, and whose in
terest in the Commonwealth is in no
respect less than that of the other
half, shonld not be deprived of an
equal voice in the government.
Resozosd, That a government of
the people must be a government
composed equally of men and women,
inasrnuch as the equal cooperation
of the sexes is essential alike to a
happy home, a refined society, a
Christian church and a Republican
State.
Resozvcd, That our present polite
al system is not fairly representative,
even of men, being largely eontroll
ed in the primary meetings by rings
of trading politicians intent on pri-
vate gain; that political reform must
enlist a more general interest on the
part of the people in the management
of public business; and that this
would be greatly promoted by COM
bining the social sympathy and CO
operation of women in the primary
meetings, at the polls, and in the
legislation. t
Resolyed, That we advise the
friends of Woman Suffrage in every
locality to promote the movement
morally and politically, by organizing
local societies, for circulating tracts
md newspapers, for holding pub
lie meetings, and especially for help
ing to elect the friends of Suffrage
md to defeat its enemies.
Resolyed, That the Woman Suf-
frage Movement, like every other re-
form of the Age, laments the loss
md honors the memory of its most
powerful advocate, John Stuart Mill.
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josh Billings says: Success don't
konsist in never making blunders,
but in never making the same one the
seckond time"
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What is the value of as many different dozens o
eggs as may be chosen out of 2i, at cent per doz
en-? 34hS
HiIlsdale, o.