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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-08
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

advertising ia the oil which wise men put In
their lamps, Modern Prop.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-08
LIMPIKK MI1.L AND MINING.

ONCE Room d Hsyward's Building, III
California street. Sap Francisco. Cal. 1n23
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07

Printers DEvn.-The origin of the
term Printers De0a, and why the
youngest apprentice in printing Of
flee is thus called, is thus accounted
for:
When Aldus Manutius set up in
business as printer in the city of
Venice, he came in possession of a
little negro boy. This boy was
known all over the city as the little
black deyI who assisted the myster-
ious bibliofactor; and some of the
most ignorant people believed him
none other than the embodiment of
Satan, who helped Aldus in the pro-
fession. One day Manutius, desiring
to dispel.this hallucination, publicly
displayed the young imp to the poor
er classes. Upon this occasion he
made this short but Characteristic
speech:
'Be it known to Venice, that I,
Aldus Manutius, printer to the Holy
Church and Doge, have this day
made public exposure of the Printers S
DevH. All those who think he is not
flesh and blood may come and pinch
him"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
Home and Foreign Markets.

Foreign markets can never be re-
lied upon as trustworthy source
for disposing of our farm products.
The demand is fuctuating and vary
ing, and besides is but small. Of
late, particularly, a sort of catching
at straws instinct has induced many
to lay special stress upon them as a
relief to our agricultural embarrass-
ments. A few statistics from the
report of the Treasury Department
will show the fallacy of such views:
Between September 20, 1921, and
July 1, 1860, period of 80 years, the
total value of breadstuffs and provis-
ions exported from the United States
amounted to 81, ,O06, ,951, ,235 or S253-
400, 495 less than the total value of
the corn crop for the two years pre-
ceeding 1872. This is small show
ing for expectations, and it can be
seen at once that to rely on foreign
markets to any great extent is mere
folly. A few figures more will Illus
trate the same thing. In 1860 the
total value of the various products of
agriculture reached S1,S56, 100000.
The exports for the same year
amounted to $272, ,282,S73. The
home consumption was, it will be seen,
seven times greater than the exporta-
ton. In this sum is calculated the
amount of cotton exported to the val
ue OF $191, ,606,15 Take this out and
it leaves the home consumption twen-
ty times greater than our exporta-
ton. In the same year animals
were slaughtered in the United
States to the value of nearly $213,-
100000, and of these, only S19,500,-
635 were bought in foreign markets.
Our flour production was valued at
$206, 100000, of which $15,448, ,507
worth was exported. None of our
hay was purchased, although we
raised it to the extent of $191, ,291, ,29O.
Our orchard and market garden
products reached the sum of $685.
800, ,343; our expectations were but
S6OO,5S9. What is true of these
years will be found true of the other
succeeding years, and the result of
it all is to enforce the conviction
that foreign markets cannot be re-
lied on by the American farmer.
The moral of all this is short
one, and needs no establishment.
1t appeals directly and urgently to
the pocket of every producer. De-
wise a means to foster home markets
and widen their scope, for in them
alone can be found anything to de-
velope our domestic wealth and pros
perity.-[I Iowa Homestead.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
The Richest Man In the World.

n nv ASaSAAScN UAebhA III INV W VI ANA'
When people talk about million
aires they usually mention Roths-
child first, but there is man in Eng
land by the name of Ward, in com
parison with whom any Rothschild is
a pauper. This man Ward inherits a
vast property, with accumulated in
vestments and estates, which give
him an enormous income he has the
most magnificent house in London,
the finest country seat in the King
dom his wife is celebrated for her
beauty, and her display of diamonds
at the recent festival given by the
Emperor of Russia, in Vienna, made
all the other ladies, the Empress,
Queens and Princesses, look poor.
What the income of this British Cree
sus is we have never seen any state
ment of, but a Manchester paper gives
an account of his annual profits de-
rived from his coal mines, which
amount to the enormous sum of e.
100000. So the income from one
source alone of this inordinately
wealthy person is not much short of
twenty-five million dolls rs year.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
Our Public SchOOIs-And the
Health Ofour Children.

1t is very common for physicians
to give parents the following advice
when their children are below the av-
erage standard of health: '1f you
want your children to regain their
health, you must take them from
school. 1 can do nothing for them
while they breathe the impure air of
the school room"
Thus large per cent. of our youth
are denied the privilege of school be-
cause they are not quite so robust as
their neighbors.
When so many of our youth are
growing up without an education be-
cause they are advised by physicians
to stay away from the school room,
why will boards of education contin-
ue to build school houses without any
arrangements for ventilation, and
crowd two or three pupils in the same
seat7 There is usually no means Of
ventilation except the doors and win
dows, and the window stops are so
arranged that the sash cannot be
lowered less than six or ten inches.
This allows current of cold air to
blow directly upon some pupils. As
this will not do, the window must be
closed and all change of air prevent
ed. ~
With very little expense the rooms
can be arranged so that the air can
be constantly changing without en-
dangering the health of any pupil.
Every school room should~be well
ventilated, have wide aisles and sin
gle desks. This Will cost. a very few
dollars more, and we will have in lieu
of the few dollars, better health and
attendance of pupils, more system,
and better order, which always re-
suits in more complete success.
Some of our school rooms should
be labeled, Smoked, dirty, uneOm-
Portable and unhealthy prison pens
for the young" rather than public
school buildings"
No man other than practical
teacher is competent to plan a school
building. Stoves should be blacked,
walls whitewashed, at least once
year, and everything about the build
ing and grounds kept in the best OF
order. The people demand it Through
respect to their children) and are
ready and willing to ayfor it.-[Xen-
Ia Torchhght. Tax PAYER
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07

With the accession of McMahon to
the Presidency, the Bonapartes have
returned to France, and the indica-
tions are that they will soon make
trouble. The deposition of Theirs
was an intrigue brought about by the
temporary union ofall factions oppos-
ed to Republic it was planned by
the Bourbons and for the purpose of
placing one of their family on the
French throne. McMahon is q LIE
gitimist, but is no better than a Re-
publican in the estimation of the
Bourbons if he does not favor their
schemes, and any toleration of the
Bonaparte faction by him is likely to
be followed by demonstration that
Will hurl him from his seat as sudden
ly as he was elevated to it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
What Ear Wax Is For.

DR.. Dio Lewis, in one of his lee
lures to the boys, singled out red
headed little fellow, and asked him
what the wax was in the ear for. He
said he selected a red-headed boy
because red-headed boys are gener-
ally the smartest. The boy stood up
and said he did not know. The doc
tor would not take such an answer.
If the boy didn't know, he must tell
at least what he thought the-wax was
in the ear for.
"Well, said the boy, "the wax is
in the ear Observation-Disclosures
it wants be in the ear.
He questioned another little boy
who claimed distinction by having a
red head, and his answer was that it
kept the passage to the drum moist.
This was correct; but it has further
uses. Ear wax is deadly poison to
insects. It some times accunulates
and becomes hard, causing partial
deafness; but a little warm castor
oil, mixed with spirits, would remedy
that, or an injection of lukewarm
soapsuds.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
Teachers Department.

We understand that the communi-
cation published in this Department,
a week or two ago, under head Of
"Lords of the intellectual Kingdom"
has been construed by some persons,
to refer to the Board of Examiners
of this county. This, we feel conf
dent, is a mistake, and that the writer
had no such intention. On careful
reading, we think it Will be evident
that the officials who are shit" do not
belong to this county, although their
locality is (no doubt purposely) some
what mystifed by the writer.
We consider this explanation due
to our worthy Board of Examiners,
none of whom certainly could have
sat for the portraits so skillfully
drawn by our correspondent.
Ed. T. D.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07

The Christian Union has, depart
ment devoted to answering ''inquir-
ing friends" To a correspondent
who asked the editors opinion OF
croquet playing, the following re-
markable answer was returned: "We
think it amusing to women, agreeable
to men, and fascinating to ministers.
For all persons who need gentle ex-
ercise it is even better than billiards;
indeed, it is kind of field billiards,
OF billiards gone to grass Any
body that is too pious to play Gro
quet ought to be done up in starcheed
linen, put in bag, and hung up like
a suit of Sunday clothes, and not
let out till meeting time"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07

The New York Court has decided
that the publication of Woodruff and
Clafin's Weekly is not included in
those termed obscene by the law,
and Colonel Blood, Mrs. Woodruff,
and Miss Clafin were declared not
guilty. The ofense, as described
under the Indictment, was very doubt
full. Had the case resulted otherwise,
the judgment would have reached
a large number of newspapers in the
country that pride themselves on
their greatness, responsibility, and
independence, but which publish in
nearly every issue columns of disgust
ing scandal that degrades and pol
lutes a large class of readers.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
Problem.

A made to B his three notes, each for the sum of
$4,000, bearing date the 18th day of November,
1862 and payable with per cent.per annum in two,
three and four years, respectively, after date, the
interest payable semi-annually. On the date of
their issue sold said notes to at SIS cents the
dollar. On the 1st day of October, 1872, A and C
made new contract, wherein it was agreed that A
should make his four notes of that date each for
the of $4,000, payable, with per cent per an
mum, in two, three, four, and five years. respective
y, after date, the interest to be paid semiannuay
The first issue of notes (of which the first was paid
and all the semi-annua nstallLlents of interest as
they became due to be cancelled and delivered up at
that date and is to have the same rate per cent.
of interest the second investment that he obtain
ed on his first.
Query-What rate per cent. of interest did C get
on his investment, and what sum of money did
pay to A on the 1st day of October, 1872?
An answer is requested.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
Select Miscellany.
THE OPEN DOOR.

Within town of Holland once
widow dwelt, tits said,
So poor, alas her children asked
One night, In vain, for bread.
But this poor woman loved the Lord,
And knew that He was good;
So, with her Titles ones around,
She prayed to Him for food.
When prayer was done, her eldest child,
A boy of eight years old,
"Said softly, ''In the Holy Book,
Dear mother, we are told,
How God with food by ravens brought,
Supplied His prophets need"
"Yes," answered she, "but that, my sor,
Was long ago, indeed"
''But, mother, God may do again
What He has done before,
And SO, to let the birds fly in,
will unclose the door,"
Then little Dick, in simple faith,
Threw ope the door full wide,
So that the radiance of their lamp
Fell on the path outside.
IRE long the burgomaster passed,
And noticing the light,
Paused to inquire why the door
Was open so at night.
''My little Dick has done it, sir"
The widow, smiling, said,
'That ravens might fly in to bring
My hungry children bread"
"Indeed," the burgomaster cried,
'Then here's raven, lad,
Come to my house, and you shall see
Where bread may soon be had"
Along the street TO his own house,
He quickly led the boy,
And sent him back with food that filed
His humble home with joy.
The supper ended, little Dick
Went to the open door,
Looked up and said, ''My thanks, good Lord"
Then shut 1t fast once more.
For, though no birds had entered in,
He knew that God on high
Had hearkened to his mothers prayer
And sent the full supply.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07

E1-President johnson has proved too
tough for the cholera. After fierce strug-
gle with the disease, he rallied and was bet
ter. The cholera, not relishing this re-
pulse, and not knowing its man, renewed
the attack. But Mr.. johnson was equal to
the emergency. Having made up his mind
TO live, it is unnecessary for us to say that
he didn't die. He vetoed the destroyer,
and is well again.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
Tie Altitude at which Men Can
Live.

There has been a great deal of discussion
as to the altitude at which human beings
can exist, and Mr.. Glaisher himself can tell
us as much about it as anybody. In July,
1872, he and Mr.. Coxwen assembled in a
balloon to the enormous elevation of 81 900
feet Previous to the start, Mr.. Glaisher's
pulse stood at seventy-six beats a minute :;
Coxwells at seventy-four. At 1900 feet,
the pulse of the former was at eighty-four :;
that of the latter at 100. At $4,000 feet
Glaisher's hands and lips we're quite blue,
but not his face. At 21,OOO feet he heard
his heart beating, and his breathing became
oppressed; at $4,000 he became senseless :;
notwithstanding which the aeronaut, in the
interest of science, went up another 5000
feet, till he could no longer use his hands,
and had to pull the strings of the valve
with his teeth. Aeronauts who have to
make no exertions have, of course, a great
advantage over members of the Alpine
Club, and those who trust their legs; even
at $4,000 feet these climbers feel very un-
comfortable, more SO in the Alps, it seems,
than elsewhere. At the monastery of St.
Bernard, SLY feet high, the monks be-
come asthmatic, and are compelled fire.
quently to descend into the Valley of the
Rhone for-anything but ''a breath of
fresh air." and at the end of ten years
service are obliged to give up their high
living, and come down to the usual level
At the same time, i'll South America, there
are towns (such as PotosD placed as high
as the top of Mount Blanc, tho inhabitants
of which feel no inconvenience. The high
est inhabited spot in the world is, however,
the Buddhist cloister of Hanle, in Thibet
where twenty-one persons live at an altitude
of 16, 500 feet. The brothers Seglagintweit,
when they explored the glaciers of the
Ibi-Gamin in the same country, encamped
at 81 900 feet, the highest altitude at which
European ever passed the night Even
at the top of Mount Blanc, Prof Tyndall's
guides found it very unpleasant to do this,
though the Professor himself did not con-
fess to feeling as bad as they. The highest
mountain in the world is Mount Everest
(Himalaya,) 29,OO3 feet, and the condor has
been seen t'winging the blue air" 500 feet
higher. The air, by the by, is not ''blue, :"
or else, as De Saussure pointed out, ''the
distant mountains, which are covered with
snow, would appear blue also :" its appa-
rent color being due to the reflection of
light. What light can do, and does, is
marvellous; and not the least is its power
of attraction to humanity. -[Chambers'
Journal.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
DARw1NIsM IN THE KITCHEN.

I was takin' oft my bonnet
One AFTERNOON, at three,
When hinseck jumpd upon it,
As proved to be a flee.
Then 1 takes it to the CRATE,
Between the bars to stick it;
But hadn't long to wait
Ere it changed into q cricket.
Says I, s'Surely my senses
Is a-gettin' in fogl" sI
So to drownd it I commences,
When it halters to q frog.
Here my heart began to thump,
And no wonder felt funlzy;
For the frog, with one big jump,
Leap'd hisself into monkey.
Then opened wide my eyes,
His features for to scan,
And observed, with great surprise,
That that monkey was a mani
But he vanish'd from my sight,
And sunk upon the floor,
Jest as missus, with light,
Come inside the kitchen door.
Then, beginning to abuse me,
She says, "Sarah, you've been drinkinT"
says, 'No, mum, you'll excuse me;
But I've merely been thinkin';
But, as sure as I'm cinder,
That party what you see
A-gettin' out the winder,
Have developed from flea!"
Judy.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS.

Clean your cellars, and distribute
lime in all corners and damp places.
Make sure of your drains, traps,
cess pools and privies, and use lime
and copperas freely.
Clean your yards and streets, and
keep them clean. Use lime in all
doubtful places.
Use whitewash all about your hous-
es, your passage halls, your closets
and then ventilate thoroughly daya nd
night
Keep your skin clean by frequent
bathing, and change your flannel I'M
derclothes frequently.
Let your diet be the usual beef,
mutton, bread, potatoes, and garden
vegetables though cucumbers are not
fit to eat under any circumstance.
Go to bed early and in brief, take
care of yourself.
The cholera is a blessing. During
the cholera years, the general health
of the community is better than usual,
because of the more thoughtful atten-
ton given to personal habits.
I remember that, in a short street
in Buffalo, there was one large old
house occupied by twelve poor fami-
lies. This was at the foot of a slight
elevation, while in the same street,
but little removed, there were four
teen neat cottages, occupied mostly
by thrifty mechanics. During the
cholera season there were thirty-six
deaths in the tenant. house-the larg-
est mortality in any house in the city j;
while in the neat row of cottages !;
there was not single death. Clean
illness and judicious diet saved the
the mechanics Nastiness, whiskey
and q bad diet killed the others.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07
Public Libraries.

A free public library is something
which every town snould have.
Every Que possessed of refined taste
and liberal education appreciates a
book; and though all persons do not
have these requirements, free library
will contribute largely to their attain
ment.
1t may be true, and doubtless is,
that great many people who have
the opportunities for reading afforded
by the libraries do not avail them
selves of them. Indeed, it is said
that the Astor Library in New York,
where one hundred and sixty thou
sand volumes may be consulted
every day in the year, barring Sun
days and a brief vacationlin August,
is patronized by but comparatively
few of the inhabitants of the city.
Still, it is of great value to the pub
lie. The public press draws largely
unon it for valuable information.
Science is greatly aided by the in
formation its tones contain. In
short, its vast stores of knowledge are
of constant utility in very many ways,
which a casual observer would almost
fail to notice. Suppose that the
general public does care very little
for books, is that any valid reason
why the opportunity should not be
given for improvement in that re-
gard? We may not be a "bookish
people, but we are becoming so,
perhaps slowly, but nevertheless there
is progress here. the time will not
always be when our people shall con-
stitute, as a whole, what some unchar-
liable critics have been pleased to
call an illiterate multitude.
Let us have free public libraries,
and by-and by, when the struggle for
wealth which now seems to so nearly
absorb the entire time and energies
of our people, shall have given place,
as it eventually will, to taste for a
better acquaintance with books, we
shall be in a condition to crafty
and healthy demand in
that behalf.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07

We are pleased to see that the Republi-
cans of Iowa, at their State Convention a
few days since, spoke out in denunciatory
terms of the Congressional Salary grab, and
demand the repeal of the law authorizing that
great outrage upon the people. We are in
clined to the opinion-as we said at the time
of the passage of this bill-that those men,
bers of Congress who voted for that law,
might as well make up their minds to retire
to private life at the expiration of their
present official terms.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07

The pioneers of Montgomery county hav-
ing determined to have grand reunion of
pioneers throughout Southern Ohio, Col
Brown, of the Soldiers Home, has tender
ed them the use of the Home grounds for
the purpose. The Cincinnati, Butler, Pre-
BILE, Miami, Darke, and other pioneer socie-
ties, will be invited in form, and as many of
these old folks, as can do SO, will be expect
ed to come. The day has not been named,
but it will be as soon as the hot days are
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07

POSTAL CARD STATIsTICs.-The fol
lowing is the official statement of the
condition of the postal card contract
to June Both: Requisitions on the
contractors to date, $685. 900 cards;
orders suspended at Department, g.
$4,000. Total number ordered by
Postmasters to date, 43,120,000.
Number issued to June Goth, inclu-
sive, 2O,4S0,000.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-07

An old school-teacher in Maine has
been presenting her claims for back
pay. She says that years ago she
kept school for three dollars week,
and boarded herself, and that some
of her scholars, who were hard cases,
and difficult to bring into decent dis
cipline, are now smart, enterprising,
and prosperous citizens, while she,
who aided them efectually in becom-
ing such, is comparatively poor The
old lady seems to have better case
than the Congressman.