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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29
The School Room. !.

A teacher giving to the Ohio Edu-
cational Monthly her experience in d
public school, makes some suggestions
that should be needed by other teach
els, and by those interested in the
schools and the children. Taling the
place of another teacher for week in
primary school she found the pupils
thoroughly drilled in ''show exer-
cises," but sadly deficient in real
knowledge of reading and spelling.
The secret was revealed when the
regular teacher explained her prac-
tice to be the interruption of the ordi-
nary routine ofrecitation when visitors
were present, that something more
Interesting and amusing" might be
taken up. In this way the real work
of the school was interfered with and
teacher and pupils placed more i'm
portance on the elegance than on the
essentials of education And in this
way too, the visitor was preeluded from
gaining any satisfactory knowledge
of the real workings of the school
system or of the progress of the pu-
pills in the several branches of study.
The writer says-and we heartily in
dorse her suggestions
1t is a great mistake to allow the
entrance of company to interrupt the
regular work of school Visitors
should enter-no matter when-with-
out knocking and with the under
standing that the usual order of ex-
ercises will be continued. Let the
teacher proceed with the reading and
spelling and the general exercises,
and, if her heart is in the recitations,
they will not fail to be interesting and
attractive.
| Another grave mistake had been
made in the public examinations. II
had been the teachers custom (toc
general a practice, of late, in oul
schools) to spend great part of the
time in rhetorical exercises, theatrical'
dressing, ETC., and the real examin
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29
School Commissioners Report
Some Good Suggestions
School Exhibitions, &c. Lrs

Ed. - TEACHERS DEPARTMRNF: =
Through the courtesy of the State
School Commissions, we received a
copy ofhis 18th Annual Reportin ad-
vance of the County Auditors distri-
button. 5lk.g6E is5o5i-os sui s.it
The Commissioner makes some
very good suggestions to School Ex-
aminers. Forty-one county boards
have furnished list of questions
our county failed to have list pub
Hshed. He says: ''Well deserved
censure may be avoided, ~ by stat
ing questions and problems in clear,
precise, and definite language (2)
By testing an applicants knowledge
of subjects, rather than his remem-
brance of facts and unimportant de-
tails. (3) By requiring the applica-
ton of rules to be clearly indicated,
and arithmetical processes to be ex7
pressed in full, (4 By, avoiding all
puzzles, and not requiring an appi-
cant to conform, in language or meth
cd, to the peculiarities of particular
authors. (5) By determining the per-
centage of correctness in orthogra-
ply from an inspection of examina-
tion-papers, rather than from the
number of words spelled correctly in
a selected list. (6) By attaching due
importance to known success in teach
ing and management"
The teachers generally will sane
ton these suggestions Perhaps a
few may make well sustained objec-
ton on the point of orthography.
Spelling geographical names is, as all
teachers know, a difficult task Au-
thors differ in pronunciation and spell
ing of the same. As one of the pro-
fession, we would favor suggestion 5
if the geographical manuscript were
not included
In regard to School Exhibitions,
through ten years experience we ney-
er had one at the close of our school,
though we favor committing ''pieces"
and speaking the same, but do not
think Exhibitions "pay,' taking into
consideration the valuable time ex-
pended. FRANK.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29
The Laae e,hler Jus,.ce Chase

Salmon Portland Chase was born
in Cornish, New Hampshire, january
13, 1908. His father died when he
was 8 years old, and when he was IL
he went to Werthington, Ohio, to re-
side with his uncle, Philahder Chase,
then Bishop, of Ohio. He graduated
at Dartmouth College in 1925, and In
1929 was =admitted- to the bar of the
District of Colslnbia, HAVING studied
with William Writ. In I83Dlhe re-
moved to Cincinnati, and resided there
except when called away by public
duty. At this time Mr. Chase pre-
pared an edition of the statntes of
Ohio, which soon became standard
authority, and he gained a large prae-
tice. He was conspicuous at the bar
for hisspart in opposing legal obstruc-
tions to the naturalization of slavery,
and in 1841 he entered political life
with the same end in view. In that
year he wrote the call for the Colum-
bus Convention, which organized the
Liberty Party of Ohio. In 1S45 he
projected the great Southern and
Western Liberty Convention in Gin
cinnati, and prepared its address to
the people. In 1S4S he prepared the
call for the great Free Soil State
Convention at Columbus and was
President of the National Convention
at Buffalo, which nominated Van
Buren, for President. February %,
1849, he was elected to the United
States Senate from Ohio by the Dem
ocrats. In 1852, he withdrew from
that party because it favored COM
promise, andsuggested a platform for
the Independent Democratic, Conven-
tion st Pittsburgh. In 1856 at the close
of his Senatorial term, he was elected
Governor of Ohio as Republican
and in 1857 was reelected. Then he
was again elected to the United State,
Senate from Ohio, from March 4,
1861, to succeed George E. Pugh, but
was appointed Secretary of the Treas
ury upon the organization of Mr.
Lincoln's Cabinet. He held this place.
until The 30th of June, 1864, and on.
the 9Th of December of the same year
President Lincoln appointed him
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States, to succeed
Roger B. Taney.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29
Teachers Department.
IN SCHOOL DAYS.

stih sits the school-house by the road, .-i P.
Aragged beggar summing; "a n. r Ell.
Around It still the sumachs grow,
And'biackberry vines are running. '-r
Within, the masters desk is, seen, i'' '-''-~
y Deep Scared b. raps official; bTE viz
The ysrping floor, the battered seats,
The jack-knifes carved initial;
The charcoal frescoes on its walls;
It's doors worn sill, betraying1 @ Il1F
The feet that, creeping slow to school,
Went stOrming out to playing!
Long years ago winter sun
Shone over it at setting; -i4--
Litnp its western windOw.panes, -- p
And low caves icy fretting.
1t touched the tangled golden eurls,
And brown eyes, full of grieving,
, of Que who still her steps. delayed, .aH.t
~ When all the school were leaving.
For near her stood the little boy sr
Her childish favor singled.
His cap pulled low upon face
5 Where pride and shame were mingled.
Pushing with restless feet the snow f.
.-,, 4. To right and left he lingered;- .-
As restlessly her tiny hands
The hIue-checked apron fingered. .-..t
He saw her lift her eyes, he felt RI
The soft hands light caressing,
And heard the tremble of her voice,
As if fault confessfng:
A1'm sorry that spelt the word:
hate to go above you, .B .AHfIlts
Because, the brown eyes lower feIl,-.T
Because, you see, love YOU"
Still memory to a gray haired man
That sweet chiid-face is showing, ls
Dear girl the grasses on her-gra1e ..a T..., ri
Have forty years been growing.
He lives to learn, in life's hard school,
p How few who pass above him -.th .i--
Lament their triumph and his loss, ...-.s
Like her,-because they love him.
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National Anniversaries.

Fora young nation, we are aceumu-
iating very neat little stock Of ami
versaries. The 17th of June, prox-
mo, for instance, viii be the two
hundredth anniversary of the discoY-
cry OF the Mississippi River by Mar
quette and Joliet. With five other
Frenchmen and a couple Of Indians,
they left Green Bay for the South
West, ascending Fox River to the
dividing ridge between it and the
Wisconsin. Their companions all
returned to Green Bay, but Marquette,
the priest, and Joliet, the merchant,
the canoes having been carried across
the ridge to the Wisconsin, descend
ed that river, and on the 18th of
June, 1913, they emerged from the
Wisconsin upon the waters of the
Upper Mississippi The st. Louis
Republican says pertinently: sand
now, after lapse Of 200 years, after
the wilderness they found has been
converted into fields and gardens;
after the wigwam villages have faded
away, and the shadows of mighty
cities fall upon the waters of the
stream they found flowing through
traekless wilds, it is proposed to re-
-Viye the half-forgotten memories of
Marquette and Joliet, and erect some
suitable memorial which shall preserve
their fame until the latest times"
And very properly. Eu I'D
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29
The.Lanisiana TronIIes

Governor Kellogg, of Louisiana,
has issueda long address to the peo-
pie of that State, setting forth his
version of the means by which he
reached his present position. He says
he thinks he was honestly elected
Governor, and that all of the subse-
quent trouble has been brought about
by the ''Fusion leaders, who live
upon tumult and keep alive dissension
to further their own selfish ends. !"
He thinks the United States Senate
practically approved of his Govern
ment as the rightful one, and that
nothing can save the State but the
enforcement of laws that will insure
to all citizens security in the peaceful
exercise of all their rights. Pros
perity can only come to Louisiana
when laws are enforced, when turbu-
lence Is put down, when hostility OF
races ends, and when all citizens are
willing to accord to each other what
the law and justice and good policy
demand" In conclusion, he says:
'1t is my earnest desire to establish
a just and economical Government,
to restore public credit to reduce the
present taxation, and to promote the
internal improvements which the
State SO much needs. / therefore APP
peal to all good citizens to support
me in the execution of the laws, the
preservation Of the peace, and the
suppression of that lawless violence
which has SO injuriously affected the
interests of the city and State. ! To |
this end, I am determined to employ
all the resources of the State, and to
invokes if necessary, the power of the
General Government"
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alton, the testing of the true work of
public schools, has been placed decid-
edly in the back ground.
These observed faults prevail in
many schools, and the result is that
parents visiting the schools pay little
attention to thereading, spelling, and
other common branches. If it is
understood by the public that the
examinations are to consist entirely
OF Rotations few VIII attend, as these
exercises are not considered interest
ing by parents The schoolroom
must oe turned into a theatre, with its
usual accompanilnents of dress, music,
scenery, etc The responsibility Of
this evil practice rests not only upon
teachers, but also upon the public
CleVe- Herald. ..--.. .-..-.r
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BOIL 1T DOWN,

Whatever voc have to say, my friend, s5lis
Whether witty, or grave, or gay, g.. ,ygs-7
Condense as much as ever you can,
AIS And say It in the readiest way; fl2-s sl2fil
And whether you write of rural affairs,
W Or particular things in town, -
Just take word of friendly advice %
] aset9 u} Boil it down. sai
EG For ii you go splutteripg over page 5.iltgk 8
When a couple of lines would do, rr-
Your butter is spread so thin, you see,
CT0 That the bread looks plainly through; ll
q, So when you have story to tell, ~--
Would like little renown,
To make quite sure Of your wish, my friend, 2
,8y d7IdrT -vig1saa vIa Boil it down. @ fla
t- When writing an article for the press. ise.a-
Whether prose or verse, Just try
-sTo'utter your thoughts in the fewest words,
And let them be crispy and dry;
. And when it is finished, and you suppose .
1t is done exactly brown, go p. .-r-
Just look it over again, and then
Boil it down
.iya s1a ar. -sfsF -E sr + - 81 sF.D
For editors do not like to print
An article lazily long,
And the busy reader does not care
N For a couple of yards of song; sE
= So gather your wits in the Smallest space, =
40 Hyoud win the authors. crown, .,.
And every time you write, my friend,
Boil it down.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

TEMPERATURES OF THE AIR IN MAKING
BUTTER.-Recent experiments indi-
cate that the best temperature Of the
air, as well as of the cream, for rapid
churning of butter, is from "a deg.
to SO deg. instead of the average OF
66 Dig, as generally taken. Acellar,
with temperature regulated by means
of a thermometer, seems most suita-
bic for the purpose, especially in
summer.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

in what direction to swim for help.
She had also five extraordinary boats
one of which is worth describing.
1t was about twenty feet long, four
feet wide and two feet deep; it had
carrying capacity, of four tons,
weighing only $50 pounds, and car
ried with perfect ease and safety
twenty men. It consisted of an in
terror frame built of hickory and ash
woods, over which was stretched o
canvas cover previously soaked in a
preparation to render it perfectly
waterproof, and the boat could be
taken apart and folded together in a
space less than one eight Of its orig
inal size, in about three minutes and
by the assistance Of q couple of men
only. When folded up it, was per
fectly fat and could be transported
on a sledge across the ice without
the slightest difficulty. When open
water was reached the orderof things
was exactly reversed-the boat un,
packed and spread out and the sledge
and its contents taken on board, dog
team and all s,f. r
The accommodations OF the Polaris
for crew and officers were perfect.
The cabin was neatly fitted up and
hadinit am organ Cleveland Herald.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

ASKING TOO MUCH-Ayoung couple
were sitting together in romantic
spot with birds and flowers about
them, when the following dialogue
ensued = ..r- .-.
''My dear, if the sacrifice of my life
would please thee, most gladly would
I lay it at thy feet"
"Oh! sir, you are too kind! But it
just reminds me that I wish you'd
stop using tobacco"
"Cant think of it. It's a habit to
which I am welded"
''Yery well sir, since this is the way
you lay down your life for me, and as
you are already welded to tobacco,
I'll take good care you are never wed
ded to me, as it would be bigamy."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

The Truckee Republican says that
there is a rumor to the effect that
Captain Jack has divided his army Of
fifty men into three divisions; tie
first, under the Captain, is to capture
and hold California; the second is to
sweep northward and subdue Oregon,
while the third forces its way over
the mountains and sage-brush and
devastates Nevada and Utah
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

The new jury law of Illinois pro-
vides "That it shall not be cause Of
challenge that juror has read in the
newspapers an account of the COM
mission of the crime with which the
prisoners charged, if such juror shall
state on oath that he believes he can
render an impartial verdict according
to the law and evidence"
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Enixms.

I. -
am composed of % letters.
My firstis maple, bat not in ounce,
My second is in long, but not in since,
Ny third isin boat, but not in ship,
Ny fourth is in step, but not in slip,
Ny fifth is in read, but not in spell,
Mysixth is in steal, but not in sell,
Ny seventh is in old, bat not in new,
My eighthis in snow, but not in dew,
My ninth is in boil, butno in fry,
My tenth is in run, but not in fly,
Myeleventh Is in reel, also in stagger,
My twelfth is in gun, but not in dagger,
My thirteenth is in link, but not in chain,
My.fourteenth is in loss, but not in gain,
Ny fifteenth is in style, but not in fashion,
My sixteenth is in trouble, but hot in passion,
NJ seventeenth is in white, but not in black,
Ny eighteenth is in horse, but not in rack,
My nineteenth is in great, but not in small,
Ny twentieth is in reel, but not in fall,
Ny twenty-frst is in ice, but not in snow,
My twenty-second Is in fast, but not in slow,
Ny twenty-third is in froth, but not in rage,
My twenty-fourth is in bird, but not in cage,
My twenty-hfth is in trouble, also in tease,
Ny twenty-sixth is in them, also in these.
My whole is the names of young gent and lac
of the Union School. PAP'S % GAL.
Hillsboro,-o.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

A GOoD MovE.-A society has been
lately formed in Cincinnati for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals. j. r.
Pye, Esq. who seems to be at the head
of this organization, is backed by all the
leading men of the city. In addition to
looking after the welfare of horses and
mules, great pains will be taken to see
that the cattle which are butchered for
the market are not in a fevered or dis
eased condition by being abused In
transportation or in the stock pens.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

A neat, clean, fresh-aired, sweet,
cheerful, well-arranged house, exerts
a moral influence over its inmates,
and makes the members of the fam
lily peaceable and considerate of each
others feelings. On the contrary,
a filthy, squalid, noxious dwelling,
contributes to make its inhabitants
selfish, sensual, and regardless of the
feelings of others.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

KENO AND FARo.-These two choice
games of itinerant and stationary
gamblers are now suppressed by law.
Let officers of the law, everywhere,
keep, a lookout for the establishments
and the scamps that live off of these
villainous modes of Aeecing the un
wary.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

A horseman suggests to us the
following: 'It has been discovered
that to make balky horse travel, tie
a string tightly around his ear, near
the end, let him stand until he begins
to shake his head, when he will for
get about baking and go without
further trouble. It never fails. The
Tanimile' walks off on his ear. >"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

To REMOVE WARTs.-Tincture of
cantharides, with some drops of tine
ture of iodine; apply to the warts
with a small brush or a little stick
three or four times a day. In few
days the warts will disappear.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29
Late foreign dispatches announce
that'G GkRIBsLDf, the great italian patri'

OF, is dangerously ILL Few men o.
his age-now about &c years-have
undergone more of the hardships and
vieissitudes of flife-and all for his love
OF his country, and persistent oppo-
sition to kingly and monarchical gov
ernments. It is truly said of him,
che is the idol of all liberal Italians,
and honored by the friends of free
dom throughout the world, as one
of the most self-sacrifcing, purest,
and ablest of men.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

To MAKE SHORT CAKEs.-Rub q
quarter of a pound of butter into a
half pound of -four; mix with a lit
tie water-enough to form dough.
Roll it out into thin round cakes,
prick them, lay them into shallow
pans to bake.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

A Coon INK.-Take bichromate of
potassa one part, and extract of log
wood three parts; add water, bring it
to boil, and it is ready for use In
the winter it must not freeze, though
if it does, boil it again and it viii be
ready for use again.
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Conundrums

Why is literature often called fugitive9 Because
many pursue it.
If miss is as good as mile, now much better is
a Mrs.7
A pretty womans conundrunl-What Persian
King do rude young men resemble7 DARIUS.
Would gentleman from Calcutta, no matter
what his circumstances, be considered indi-gent7
What musical instrument does cheap public
house remind one of? Why, vile inn, of cOursel
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

To exterminate caterpillars on trees,
they may be sprinkled with a solution
of one part of sulphide of potassium
in five hundred parts of water. This,
it is said, viii kill the insects, and do
no harm to the trees.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

An item is going the rounds to the
effect that clamp chimneys boiled in
hot water will not break, unless you
fling a fatiron at them, and then
won't if you don't hit them" Boil
ing in cold water, we suppose, would
answer the same purpose.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-29

Gov. Davis, of Texas, Republican,
and theLegisIat,ire, Democratic, have
come to an agreement fora general
election in October, everybody to go
out of Office in order that new terms
may begin at an even date. There is
a new apportionment, and voting is
all to be done in one day at precinct
polls, instead of running through four
or five days at the county seats. p
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OCA L..
INSTRUMENTAL

PoIKAs.-Sunbeam, by Kinkel 35 cents ; Belle
of Saratoga, by Victor, IS cents; May Flowers, by
SimOn 80 cents.
MISUNDERSTANDING of the Birds, 30 cents
Hapry Thoughts, by Walker, 80 cents; Laughing
Wave, by Wilson, 30 cents Sunbeam, by Paeher,
20 cents.
GALOPs.-ChRrlie's and Freddies, by kinkel
| each IS cents.
SHOTTIscHEs.-Fatal Glance, by Young, 20 cents;
| May Morning, by Schmidt 80 cents; Sunbeam, by
Hampel, IS cents; and Willies, by Kinkel, 35 cts.
MARoHEs.-Belle of Saratoga, by Baumbach, 20
/ cents; Mollie's, by KinkeI g. cents.
W1LTzEs.-Clarita, Georgie's, Loftie's Sallie's,
and. Maggie's, by Kinkel, each IS cents; Drops oi
Dew by Allard, 40 cents; Sunbeam, by Muse, IS cts
FoUR HANDs.-Amaryliis, 50 cents: Jocus Polka,
30 cents Loves Chase Galop, IS cents: Praise OF
Woman Poka-Mazurka-all by Dressler
SALON PIEcEs.-Dance of the lawmakers vii.
son, IS cents; loves Caresses, Kinkel 40 cents
May Blossoms, kinkel 30 cents Plainte des Fleurs
Tonel, 40 cents; Whispering BreeEes, Wilson, q
/ cents.
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A Democratic paper says: 1T is
lamentably laughable to see radical
Congressman squirln under the back
pay live Goals shoyeIed upon their
backs, Just SO; but how is itabout
the hardshen Democrats who don't
even squirm under its appliance!
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Problem.

A man sells two horses for sl2o each; for one he
receives per cent. more than its value, and for
the other 30 per cent less than its value Does he
gain or lose in the transaction, aud how much?
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A teaspoonful of spirits of ammon-
la added to the rinse water will make
rusty black goods look as good as
new. ,..