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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-08
Salt for Destroying Insects.

1t has long been known that salt
operates fatally upon nearly all cold
blooded animals that live upon land
or in fresh water. Sir John Sinclair
many years ago said that in Scotland,
where the oats crop was frequently
destroyed by grubs, it had long been
the practice to mix salt with seed in
the proportion of one to thirty-two,
but sometimes one to sixteen. If we
scatter salt upon land infested with
vermin it destroys them, and their
bodies become the food of plants.
Great care should be taken in apply
ing salt upon growing crops, as too
much is sure to beinjurious. One to
five bushels per acre may be spread
broadcast upon meadows early in
spring, or upon land at the time of
sowing grain.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-08
Value OF Good Writing.

A good handwriting is not merely
a great accomplishment, it is posi-
tive help to success in life. One of
the least Of its advantages is that it
secures the perusal and publication
of articles sent to newspaper. We
omit scores of contributions simply
because we have not the time, pa
tieuce, and ingenuity to decipher
them. Their authorship leads US to
believe them good; but we must. read
them to know if they are what we
want, and as life is short, we neglect
to read them, and they are lost.
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Clean Hands.

The world moves. It is not SO re-
spectacle as it was a few years ago to
be.a rascal People are learning the
lesson that clean hands are desirable,
both for personal comfort and pleas
ant social intercourse. They really
seem to be learning that purity pays,
and thatpersonelhonor and incorrup-
tibleness are good investment.
Rogues and rings are having tough
time Of it, and it is their own fault if
the young and ambitious men who
are now coming upon the stage Of
action do not learn to place so high a
price upon themselves that neither
wealth nor power can buy them. The
pscalities of the New York Ring are
lezpn6sfhsana ths members of that
Ring have either run srzy cor are
staggering before public opinion and
the law, disgraced and degraded men.
Bribery in Congress stands exposed
and rebuked, while names that were
pure have received tarnish that can
never be polished away Men who
have held their heads high in the
nation, bow those heads in shame,
over hands which are soiled beyond
cleansing. We call no names, butt
scattered up and down the land, great
regulations lie IN ruins. Men who
had wealth which they stole, and men
who had positions which they bought
and men who used their public Office
to push their private schemes, are
thrown high aud dry out of infu
ence, and lie exposed upon the
rocks of disgrace, where they are
sure to rot OF go to pieces.
If the young politicians of the coun-
try will learn the lesson that the facts
which we have recounted are so well
calculated to teach, better times for
the country iein the efuture. Personal
advantage is mean motive to ap-
peal to, when SO vital a question as
personal purity is concerned, but, as
there is no. danger to morals from
any other appeal, it is well to meet
temptation on its own ground and
fight it with its own weapons The
lesson of the recent exposures is real
ly needed by none but those who
fancy that they can compass their
ends best.by base means and if these
shall learn from it that, In the long
run, nothing pays SO well, in wealth
and power and safety and comfort, as
virtue, they will learn that which will
be of incalculable benefit to them and
to the country. No money was ever
won by treachery to trust that did
not harm the winner. No power was
ever achieved by bribery or retained
by falsehood, that did not scorch the
palm of him who held it. The con-
sciousness of Ill desert, the loss of
self-respect, the fear of exposure and
the selfcommitlnent to a life of decep-
ton, which gosalways with posses
sions unworthly won, are poison in
the blood and the exposure, sooner
or later, is as sure to come as death.
Il [Scribner's for April.
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Two Centuries Hence.

Scene-Library In the house Of an
elderly gent, somewhere in Australia
Old gent telegraphs to the kitchen,
and waiter ascends in a balloon.
Old gent: John fly over to Calcutta,
and tell Mr.. johnson that 1 shall be
happy to have him sup with me.
Never mind your coat now, Col
John leaves and at the end of five
minutes returns. Mr.. John
son says he viii come; he has got to
go to ST. Petersburgh for moment
and then he will be here.-OEd Gent:
Very we'll, John. Now start the
machine for setting the table, and
telegraph to my wife's room, and tell
her that Mr.. johnson is coming /;
then brush up my balloon, for 1 have
an engagement in London, at twelve
o'clock.-John flies, and the old
gentleman runs over to the West
Indies to buy fresh orange.
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An Illinois girl, having $4,000 of
herown, recently refused to marry a
clergyman because she thought her
self not good enough to be clergy
mans wife. He gave up his sacred
calling and proposed again, and then
she refused him because she thought
herself too good to marry man who
would abandon his high profession to
gain woman's- hand.
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Enigmas.

am composed of 90 letters.
My first is in rich, but not in poor;
My second is in house, but not in barn;
Ny third is in grape, but not in plum;
My fourth is in finger, but not in thumb;
Ny fifth is in lounge, but not in bed;
My sixth is in yellow, but not in red;
My seventh is In ample, but not in enough,
1 MY eighth is in smooth, and also in tough;
My ninth is in hand, but not in head;
My tenth is in living, but not in dead;
My eleventh is in jaw. but not in heart;
My twelfth is in stand, but not in start;
My thirteenth is in apron, but not in dress;
Ny fourteenth is in great, and also in less;
My fifteenth is in goose, but not in duck;
Ny sixteenth is in hit, but not il struck;
Ny seventeenth is in bay, but not inriver;
My eighteenth is in shake, also in shiyer;
My nineteenth is in snow, but not in rain;
My twentieth is in France, also in Maine;
My ywhole forms the names of young gentleman
and lady. ICHTHYOSAURUS.
Batsville, o.
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A Good Law.

The New York Legislature hal
passed law intended to prevent tn,
frequent accidents that occur from
the careless handling of firearms
1t is now misdemeanor in New Yorl
to point gun, pistol or other fre-arn
at any one, whether the weapon il
loaded or not, and the crime is pun
ishable by fine and imprisonment
This is a wholesome enactment
well worthy of imitatation every
where.
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s0zsEsoul izotcOrresp6ndehcs Of the Nsws.lol
LETTER FROM IOaBA siqOos

|
Des Moihes. the state aeapftaa
smPdbIfc School, ES Skc. q NE.
sPIeasant Salem and WINS
Ser COfIege.oI e u ao1HSs lsiii1zl
BE1R GkotFE, Iowa April 25, 1878,
| MIR, EprToR: The Scriptures say.
'iAss cold waters to a thirsty soul so
lis;good news from far acor1ntry Z
Now, while stalking tour throhehi
the eastern part Of this State, T hap
pened to pick up a number Of the
News and I realized the text quot.
ed6Gl bss sisszzsz s,Ieszs ksaaEEnsoo ssd
sItisnot ny purpose aSd write am
extended account Of my Y travels, but Z
shall notice q few. points which .I
hone VI. ipterest your readers -
My stay at Des Moines was short,
and was more particularly interest
ed in the Public Schools, which are
in fourishing condition. The West
Side Schools, three wards, are under
the Superintendency of J. H. Thom-
son, late of Mattoon, I'll. The High
School is under the charge of A. W.
Ozias, with whom 1 was acquainted
at the National Normal School at
Lebanon, Ohio. The ''New State
House" will become an sold thing" g"be-
fore it is completed, as the foundation
has been three years in building.
However, it viii be a very imposing
edifce when finished.
Mount Pleasant, on the B. & NJ. |
R. R., is thriving town of about
seven thousand inhabitants, and not
ed as being the seat Of the 'Gowa
Wesleyan University" and the State
Lunatic Asylum
Ten miles south of this place is
Salem, town of one thousand inhab-
itants, noted for being the seat of
'EWhittier College" of which our
friend D. S. Wright is Associate Prin-
cipal The school is not large, but it's
lack in size is made up in the interest
manifested by both teachers and pu-
pills, in the work.
During his stay your correspondent
lectured to the school on the necessi-
ty'of teachers as well as pupils exer-
cising their own individuality in
schools, in learning, as well as in
teaching. 1 witnessed the written, as
well as the public oral examination,
and I must confess that l was well |
pleased with their work, as shown by
the examinations, and none the less
by the original orations delivered by |
the pupils in public.
There are many other points of in
terest which I would gladly notice,
but I shall nottax your patience fur
ther this time, in this line. !
/ never saw stern Winter strive so,
hard to renew his icy letters at this
season of the year, andI am almost
a convert to the theory that the earth
is being unduly influenced by certain
planets in conjunction with the sun.
Yours, SCRIPTOR.
P. S. Does "Scriptor Jr" mean to
insinuate by adopting that name, that
he is not so old as I? I would re
mark, that people of an uncertain age
are very easily touched on such
points.
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My first is in man, but not in boy,
My second is in sorrow, but not in joy,
My third is in top, but not in ball,
My fourth is in hammer, but not in maui,
My fifth is in dark, but not in light,
My sixth is in morning, but not in night,
Ny seventh is in fast, but not in slow,
My eighth is in robin, but not in crow,
My ninth is in beer, but not in ale,
My tenth is in head, but not in tail,
Ny eleventh is in one, but not in two,
My twelfth is in nail, but not in screw,
My thirteenth is in give, but not in take,
My fourteenth is in river, but not in lake,
My fifteenth is in new, but not in old,
My sixteenth is in silver, but in gold.
Ny whole is needed in the "Aodsl Torn."
Hillsboro, o. ROB ROY.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-08

A Danbury paper says: ''The body
of well-dressed man was found on
the Harlem road. There was nothing
about his person to indicate who he
was except three brilliant diamond
rings, which seemed to show that he
was either horse doctor or a negro
minstrel"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-08

A rash carpet-bagger, addressing a
colored audience in South Carolina,
the other day remarked: ''My friends
and fellow-citizens, my skin is white,
but my heart is as black as this audi
encer
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-08

The temperance agitators in Eng
land are going to start comic illus
trated paper, intended to ridicule to-
pers and their weakness, and so laugh
them out of the vice.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-08

An inquisitive chap stepped into the
marble shop the other day, where
Smith was about completing the
sculpture of a lamb.
"Did you cut out that animal" !"
asked the interrogation point.
30 nc" said Smith, "the-lamb has
been there all the time; I only took
the marble from around him, that's all
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Problem.

Required, the height of log heap, consisting OF
IS logs perfect cylinders) placing Son the ground
in row. then placing the others above in rows Of T.
3, and l, they may sit close possible. The
logs are feet over. Answer is requested.
A. SHOEMAKER, Oak Ridge, o.
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A celebrated singer, Madame LIE
Rochois, was giving to young COM
panion in art some instruction in the
tragic character of Medea, which she
was about to sustain. 'Gnspire your
self with the situation, she said,
'.fancy yourself in the poor woman's
place. If you were deserted by low
er whom you adored, what would you
do?" Il would look out for another"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-08

Governor Hendricks denies that he
has recommended the extinction of
the name or organization of the Dem
ocratic party. AS Mr.. Toots would
say, '1ts of no consequence.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-08

o spring-time sweet
Over the hills come thy lovely feet:
The earth's white mantle is cast away;
She clothes herself all in green to-day;
And the little flowers that hid from the cold
Are springing anew from the warm, warm mould.
spring-time sweet!
The whole earth smiles thy coming to greet;
Our hearts to their inmost depths are stirred
BY the first spring flower, and the song of the bird
Our sweet, strange feelings no room can find,
They wander like dreams through heart and mind.
o spring-time sweet
How the old and the new in thy soft hours meet
The dear, dead joys Of the days long past,
The brightness and beauty that could not last
Their fair ghosts rise with the ending of snow
The springs and the summers Of long ago.
o spring-time sweet
How thou once-wert dear and fair and competei
Nor sweetest words nor music could tel
The giadness that once mademy bosom swell;
And thou art not the same as the springs Of yore,
For the beauty and blessings that come no more.
o spring-time sweet
With silent hope thy coming greet;
For all that in winter the bright earth lost
Doth rise, new born, with the ending of frost:
Even so shalt thou bring me at last, at Inst,
An the hope and the joy and the love of the past.
lFrom ''Old and New for May.
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BY JOSH DuLINGs


1t IL hard work when we see man ketch
ing fish out of hole, tew keep from bait
ing our hooksand throwingin thare too.
Good natur IL the daily bread ov life.
The wealth ov person should be esti
mated, not bi the amount he haz, but bi th'
use he makes ov it.
It IL wise man that watches himself
and phooTish enc that watches his nabors
Vanity'is often mistaken for wit, but i
IL no more like it than gravity IL like wis
dunn. ss..
Debt IL like emmy other kind oy trap
eazy endf tew git into, but hard enuf tev
git out ov.
Bare necessitys viii support life no doubt,
SO will the works support watch, but they
both want greasing once in while, jist 8
Ieetle.
Lazyness weighs eighteen ounces to the
pound.
The history ov life is tew hope and be
disappointed, the giztO7y IL to never say
die"
The way tew Fame IL like klimbing ,
greast pole; thare aint but phew kan do it,
and even them it don't pay.
1t IL dreadful eazy tew mistake what we
think for what We kroO; this is the way
that most ov the lies git born that are trav-
cling around loose.
Ambishun IL like tired wheel; it knows
no limits; yu no sooner git tew the end oE
it than yu begin agin.
We are never in more danger ov being
laft at than when we are lafing at others
Good breeding seems tew be GO art oy
being superiortew most people, and equal
tew all, without letting them kno it. ss 8
Children are IKE vines; they Will Klimb
the pole yu set up for them, be it krooked
or strate.
Happiness IL not only the choicest pos
seshun, but the cheapest; it kosts nothing,
if yu only think so.
Idleness, like industry, IL ketching
The devil IL the father ov lies, but he
failed tew git out patient for hiz inEen-
shun, and hiz bizzness. IL now suffering
from eompetishun.
A nikname will outlast all mans deeds,
be they good, bad or indifferent.
Plum IL the best phisick kno ov; it is
both cheap and durable.
The three gratest luxurys ov life are,
klear Conscience, good appetight, an
sound slumber.
Plezzure is like mallassiss, tew mutch ov
it spiles the taste for everything.
The most miserable people kno ov are
those who make pleEzure bizzness; it iz
like sliding down hill 25 miles long.
Thare IL no seed SO sure tew produce a
big yield az wild oats, and the krop is re-
pentance. N T. Weekly
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"John," said cruel father to his
son, whom he one day found shaving
the down from his upper lip, "dont
throw your shaving water out where
there are any bare-footed boys, for if
you do their feet may get pricked-"
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Youths Department.

EE-Original Enigmas, harades, Problems, etc.,
are respectfully solicited The answers must always
accompany them, with the real name of the writer.
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As a matter of course, when clergy
men exchange, they preach old ser
mons. That they may do SO is one
of the reasons for exchanging. II
doesn't follow, however, that they
should not look over the MS. to see
if the local points need alteration.
We read of a Somerville Mass
preacher who went over lately to
Andover to preach. In his discourse
was allusion to the Insane Asylum at
Somerville. And forgetting that he
was in Andover, he said, "Soone1
than child of mine should be sub
iected to such influences I would be
willing to have him confined in yon
der institution" And the good man
pointed directly at the Andover Theo
logical Seminary!
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ConundrumS.

Why should all sea captains be goOd-natured7
Because it would not be safe to have can't-anchor
us man to command a ship.
What is the difference between a hill and pin7
One is sometimes hard to get up, and the other is
often hard to get down.
What is better than presence of mind in railway
accident? Absence of body.
Of what nativity was Adam, according to Oar
wins theory? A Germ-man.
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Answers to Enigmas in last weeks News. /.
James K. Howell. 2. John Trop.
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Third Annual Meeting of the
Highland Auxiliary TO the
WOman's Foreign Missionary
Society.

The third annual meeting of the Highland
Auxiliary to the woman's Foreign Mission
ary Society was held in the NJ. E. Church,
at New Lexington, April II, 1873.
The President opened the meeting by
reading portion of Scripture, after which
the congregation joined in singing the 999th
hymn. Prayer was then offered by Mrs. J..
A. Wright
The music, under the direction of Prof.
Kelly, assisted by Prof. Welch, of Vienna,
added much to the interest of the occasion
The following reports were then read by
the officers for last year:
RECORDING SEcRETARYs REPORT.
GBy Mrs. S. ]. Robbins.l
Our meetings during the year that has
passed have been regularly kept up, with an
average attendance of nine members. And
while we would earnestly urge a more gen
eraI attendance, we are glad to say that the
interest has been nell sustained by those
who do attend
AAOAO AufO DCCA bOLAAC " Jul
membership since the last Annual Meeting
The society has at present SO members, hav-
ing lost a number by removal within the
last year, and one by death.
The finances have been more than equal
to the demand. Our plan for raising con-
tingent fund has been for each member to
pay ten cents per year. This has created
sum sufficient to defray all current ex-
penses. We earnestly hope that all may
join with us in contributing our mite To-
ward the great work of bringing to the light
those who are enveloped in that darkness
which only the Sun of Righteousness can
dispel. They are denied the blessings and
privileges which the Gospel brings to our
hearts and homes.
1t is but little that we can do, yet that
little, in the hands of the Good Father, can
and aoM accomplish great and lasting good.
TREASURES REPORT.
[By Mrs. A. B. Judkins.l
To membership fees s.................$42 90
One life membership ......:............. 20 90
Total ........................$62 OO
Byamount sent to Cincinnati Branch,
in five installments. nts.....................$62 90
1ota ~....................--Soz w
Contingent fund-receipts..........$ 2 25
expenditures 81
Balance in Treasury. 80
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Vol. 37-No. Al
Gbe 1gbIanS Nelns.
=. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. =
oFFIcE-csusr Of Main and Short Streets, Opposite
New Town Hall,
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Select Miscellany.
sPRING-TIME,

TRANSLATED from the Germany
BY Lillian CLARKE.
The Magnolia gazette., 1873-01-04
A. Dime for a Tsicaxunei

A Dime for n Plcayumey
The New Orleans Daily Picayune has
been selling for FIVE cents copy, until re-
Gently, but now the uewsboys, on the jack
son railroad, demand dime for it, notwitb-
standing the proprietors Of that paper an
nounce the price to be only five cents. This
demand seems to be inexorable with the
newsboys, for in reply as to tbe cause Of
this advance, they say they must obey the
"boss." We may conclude, then, that the
Picayune and the "boss are two separate
and distinct persons, for one asks only five
cents for copy, while the other demands a
dime. This little piece Of 6nanciering, i'm
mediately after the calamity that has belal-
len the New Orleans Times, has injured the
sale Of the Pic" to a considerable extent.
A great many persons win pay Ave cents,
daily, for paper, who are not willing to
pay ten cents. We suggest that the man
ayers of the Picayune have the matter
properly arranged, or announce it at ten
cents per copy; then their patrons will not
feel that they are imposed upon.
The Times is also advertised at FIVE cents
per copy, but the newsboys invariably de-
mand q dime for it.
The Magnolia gazette., 1873-01-04
PIKE county Courts.


Chaneerys
This Court coynenes a. Hqmesyille; e on the Third
II. G. Peyton, Jr., Chancellor w. NJ. Conery, Esq.
Clerk.
Circuit,
This Court conyenes at Holmesville, on the First
Monday In March and september. Hon. j. NJ. Snll-
lew Judge Hon. J. II. Deason, District Attorney
WE. Collins. ESD. Clerk.
Hoard OF Supervisors,
This body conyenes at HolmesvIlle. on the First
Monday In every month, and is composed OF the fol-
lowing Representatives . =
First District, $. o. Slmmons
Second District, :. Chauncey COLLINS
Third District. L. Il. Barues-Iresdent
Fourth District, Y. y. Martin
Fifth District, w. l.. C0ney
The Magnolia gazette., 1873-01-04
..Thnt TurIxeYl"

On New Years night a representative OF
our Office, by special invitation, had the
pleasure Of assisting in the demolition OF
that turkey" dressed with oysters, and
cooked in style to make the mouth Of the
veriest epicure water. Twas truly deli
cious, and was accompanied with bumper
of delicate, sparkling Krug. The gentle
man, (which his name is I" Mr.. Oliver I.
Brown, who furnished the feast, has the
kindest wishes Of the writer, for his future
prosperity and happiness.