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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
HIIsborough Highland County, Ohio, May
No imprisonment for Life.

When it is proposed to substitute
imprisonment for life, for death as
the penalty of murder, it should be
distinctly understood that practically
there is no such thing as imprison-
ment for life in this country. The
Nation says: "We have before us a
medical report made in 1868 on the
Auburn State Prison, which has for
fifty years been one of the glories
of New York Between 1918 and
1868, 214 persons were committed to
that prison under life sentences. Of
these, "a died from natural causes; 8
went mad; 2 committed suicide; l es-
capped; and 10 were transferred to
other prisons; leaving 259 to be ac-
counted for. Well, of these 159,
twenty-five remained in prison at the
date of the report, and 134 had been
pardoned. Perhaps, however, they
were pardoned after long years of suf-
fering, and were discharged when age
or confinement had made them harm
less? Nothing of the kind; their av-
erage period of servitude was six years
and six months. In other words,
when a man is sent to jail forlife in this
State, he-has over sixty-three chances
in one hundred of liberation inside of
seven years. This experience is very
much that of all the States. In Mas
sachusetts, so per cent. of the life
prisoners are pardoned; in Pennsyl-
vania, 13II of the whole number i'm
prisoned for all periods; in Ohio, 40
per cent of the life prisoners; in Wis,
consin, 33 per cent. In short, we re-
peat that imprisonment for life is, to
all intents and purposes, an unknown
punishment in this country, and the
machinery for inficting it does not
as yet exist"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
Cleaning Old Clothes.

Grease spots should first be
taken out with liquid ammon-
ia, and then you apply the
remedy of some of the Chat
am street dealers in old clothes
namely, one or two ounces OF
common tobacco boiled in a
half gallon of water. In the
decoction you dip stiff brush,
and rub the clothes thorough
ly in all directions, no matter
what color of cloth. When
the liquid is well penetrated,
rub in one direction and sus-
pend the cloth to dry; by this
treatment it becomes clean
and lustrous, and singularly
enough, no tobacco smell will
remain.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
Knocked Aboutin the world.

It is good thing for a young man to
be "knocked about in the world, though
his seft-hearted parents may not think
so. All youths, or if not all, certainly
nineteen-twentieths of the sum total,
enter life with a surplusage of self-con-
ceit. II, ia measuring themselves with
wiser and older men than they re,they
discover that it is unwarranted, and get
rid oft gracefully of their own accord,
we'll and good; if not, it is desirable, for
their own sakes, that it be knocked out
of them.
A boy who is sent to large school
soon finds his level. His will may have
been paramount at home; but school
boys are democratic in their ideas, and
if arrogant, are sure to be thrashed into
recognition of the golden rule. The
world is great public school, and it
soon teaches a new pupil his proper
place. If he has the attributes that be-
long to leader, he will be installed in
the position of leader; if not, whatev-
er his own opinion of his abilities may
be, he will be compelled to fall in with
the rank and file. If not destined to
greatness, the next best thing to which
he can aspire is respectability; but no
man can either be truly great or respect
able who is vain, pompous and over
bearing.
By the time the novice has found his
legitimate social position, be the same
high or low, the probability is that the
disagreeable traits of his character will
be softened down or worn away. Most
likely the process of abrasion will be
rough, perhaps very rough; but when it
is all over, and he begins to see himself
as others see him, and not reflected in
the mirror of selEconceit, he will be
thankful that he has run the gauntlet,
and arrived, though by rough road, at
selfknowledge. Upon the whole, what
ever loving mothers may think to the
contrary, it is good thing for youths
to be knocked about in the world-it
makes men of fthem.-TCasket.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
How They Did 1t.

All of the congressman who voted
against the salary steal were no saints
in politics or morals, by a great deal.
If the votes of some of them had been
needed to make sure of the extra five
thousand they would have been forth
coming. As it was, they voted
against the increase and then pocket
ed the extra back pay. This is illus
trated by an anecdote told of Con
gresham Dunning, of Minnesota,
who voted ''no," and took the money.
"After casting his vote he was
walking about the aisles, when he
CHANGED to meet a member who knew
how anxious he was to have the bill
pass, and who had noted that on
all the preliminaries he had voted in
favor of it. Wishing to alarm and tan
talize him little, the member said:
"'Well, Dunnell, the vote is close,
and you've killed the bill
'Oh, no; that can't be possible,
replied Dunnell, with manifest serious
ness and anxiety. Tn sure you're
mistaken, for they told me when 1
voted i; had ten majority.
This is the same gentleman the
Minnesot9 papers tell the story on,
that the day the ''grab' passed tele-
graphed home to the builder of
proposed new dwelling to commence
hauling sand and stone at once"
There was an in innate connection
between the construction of his new
house and the back-pay. The dis
patch leaked out, and it is safe to
say the honorable will be remanded
to his old occupation as "deestrict'
schoolteacher.- CEx.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
Teachers Department,
Music in schools Again-RepIy
10 sc. +. Re- >

Music, sweet music, thy praises VIII sing, A
And tell of the pleasure and joy thoH tlost bring
At morning and evening and in the silent night, "a.
music, sweet music, thou art my hearts deIightlo
sc. F. B." pours his ''grape and cam
lister" on my shoulders, with bounti-
ful hand. I'm glad to see him ~sfiek
up" to what he thinks is right. 1 like
TO see man"hoe his own row. But
fear tfrom the way he writes) he thinks
| am opposed to music. Now that is a
sad mistake. presume am as great a
lover of music, and probably greater,
than &C. f. BIZ -T3
Igreatly enjoy listening TO music, and
enjoy helping (although poor help to
make music. But am not in favor of
taking advantage of the public, by us
ing the money which is furnished by
the public, for something that is rather
superficial--1 mean that which is not
really necessary. say shame be on the
neighborhood that can't raise enough
money to employ regular music teach
er. Let day school be day school; and
singing school be singing school.
Now What kind of school would it
be, if, after a term of six months of
school was ended, they were no better
than they were the previous winter? A
thick headed set, to be sure.
Mr.. &C. F. B." thinks that in the In
stance which I mentioned, "either the
teacher was incompetent, or the scholars
very thickheaded." Now sir, 1 will re-
peat what l said before, that the teacher
is very accomplished musician; and as
to the scholars presume they were as
smart as the scholars at the "hub." As
friend, 1 will tell you 1 have been at
the "hub." There is nothing extraor-
dtnary about it in regard to smartness.
Besides, it does not require smart per-
son to learn music. BY no meansI
&C. F. B." thinks he would leaUe a
place where they could not sing. Please
remember, sir, did not say they could
not sing; said they werenotreaIly ben
Gifted. To be sure they could sing.
and learn tune quickly, but they die
not, Il don't say they could not) learn to
sing readily the round notes.
should like for sc. F. B." to put
one hours study of Music against one
hours study of Arithmetic, Grammar,
Geography, &C., and see which is the
more profitable. Let's hear other opin-
ions. II.
Sicily. o.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
PRAYER ANSWERED IN DIsAP-
o. POINTMENT

ae3 SIS 7---1a ~- e-
"one jewel more" asked, ''to make me glaJ.''
He took the one I,had.
"Come, quickly, Lord, and heal this wounded heart
G1 .Stiltmore He made it smart Tf'a
"At length from trouble bid my soul repose"
Yet thicker came the blows.
."Grant mes.lffe.of active zeal said. .-
49,. 4 Helaid me on sick bed. -
~ asked to soar in sunlight as the lark
So But gnoped on, daI snd'dark. Ia.z.-sz
"At leastgiye peace in victory, over SIM e -
More loud grew battles din.
"oh, let me rest with Thee in pastures greenl'
sus. Only steep erags are seen.
1ttWhy, with keen knife, dear Lord, dost prune me
so?" ss Axa 1&g cE 80
- ,,.ss stsThat grace may quicker grow, ,-.-s
''Why in my portion mix such bitter leaven7"
''To fit thee more for Heaven" .i-s
rt'Lord, take Thy way with me, Thy wey, not mine
'cMy child, ." .hings are thine.
An in the end, though grievous shall prove best,
.=EEE And then--eternal restD IL q . On,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
The New school Law.

The School Bill, revising and cod
flying all the laws of the State in re-
lation to the public schools, and max
ing them uniform in their operations,
has at last been passed by the Legis-
lature. The bill has been under con
sideration in the Senate during the
most of the present session, and it
has been so amended and altered that
it is difficult to determine in what
features the law has been changed.
1t covers seventy pages and has one
hundred and fifty-six sections, and it
will be several weeks before it print
ed for distribution, and until chat
time it will be impossible to get q
copy, unless some of the leading dai-
lies should publish it. 1t is an en-
bodiment of great labor, and viii GER
tainly lessen the labors of those
whose duty it is to look after schools
and schoolmatters.-[ Clinton Repub.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
A Hint to Wine Drinkers.

I
If young wine drinkers only knew
how wine is made, when it comes
from the pure grape, and understood
what gives It the peculiar aroma Of
which amateurs have 50, much to say,
they would reform at once. a writer
in Portugal says:
Portugal has long been famed for
its wine. At Lisbon I witnessed the
process of manufacture, and. I must
say not to the increase of an appetite
for the article The grapes are
thrown into await, and with bare feet
trampled into pulp. Tc. see these fat,
pussy people almost knee deep in
grape juice, putting and Blowing un-
der their task till their grape stained
legs arezstreaksd with sweat rolling
down and intermingling with the
embryo wine, is not particularly ap-
petizing. I have sometimes sat at
the table and been not little disgust
ed to witness how the wine-wise
smack their lips and talk knowingly
and most wisely of the aromatic
flavor of this wine, the rich bouquet
Of that, and the nutty oiliness of the
other. I am rather inclined to think
that these finely drawn and exquisite
shades of fragrance that connoisseurs
discover depend somewhat upon the
temperature of the day when the wine
was made, and perhaps as much upon
the leanness or fatness, and the filth
or cleanliness of the persons who
made It. I have no question that if
work about our barnyards and farms
was done barefootedas it is done here,
and the good housewife was to use
the evenings footbath to make tea
for the next days party, there would
be general adjusting of spectacles,
a peculiar sniff of noses, and perhaps,
quite as sage remarks by the old
ladies on the rich aroma of the delec-
table beverage before them as you
hear in a company of wine snobs, who
measure a mans gentility by the num-
Der of brands of wine he can distin-
guish, and the fippant fuency with
which he can discuss their nice shades
of differences.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15

News has been received from Japan
to the effect that the edict against
Christianity, which has been in force
in that country for centuries, has been
formally revoked by proclamation.
The Mikado has also released the
Christians who have been imprisoned
since 1870, in whose behalf repeated
efforts have been made by Christian
nations. Japan, with its forty mil
lions of people, population equal to
that of the United States, is now
wholly open to Christian effort, and
the people are free to embrace Chris
tianity.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
Select Miscellany.
GUILDS SIGNAL.


lMr. Bret Harte celebrates William Guild, the eI
gineer of the train which on the 18th of April plunG
ed into Meadow Brook, ON the line of the Stoninl
ton and Providence Railroad. 1t was his customs
often as he passed his home, to whistle an 'all
welD to his wife. He was found, after the disaster
dead with his hand on the throttle-valve of his Ell
gine.l
Two low whistles, quaint and clear,
That was the signal the engineer
That was the signal that Guild, It's said
Gave to his wife at Providence,
As through the sleeping town, and thence,
Out in the night,
On to the light,
Down past the farms, lying white, he sped!
AZ husbands greeting, scant, no doubt,
Yet to the woman looking out,
Watching and waiting, no serenade,
LOve-song or midnight rOundelay
Said what that whistle seemed 10 say:
"To my trust true,
So love to youi
Working or waiting, Good nightlp it said.
Brisk young baglaen, tourists fine,
Old commuters along the line,
Brakemen and porters glanced ahead,
Smiled as the signal, sharp, intense,
Pierced thro the shadows of Providence
''Nothing amiss-
Nothing!-iti is
Only Guild calling his wife, they said.
Summer and winter, the old refrain
Rang DER the pillows of ripening grain,
Pierced through the budding boughs o'erhead
Flew down the track when the red leaves
Like living Goals from the engine spurned;
Sang as it flew,
f'To our trust true,
First of all Dnty-GoOd night" It said.
And then, one night, It was heard no more,
From Stonington over Rhode Island shore,
And the folks in Providence smiled snd
said,
As they turned in their beds, ''The ems i
neer
Has once forgotten hi s midnight cheer"
One only knew,
To his trust true,
Guild lay under his engine, dead!
IN Y TPihuue
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
To Remove Ptmples on the
Face.


For the benefit of those who may
be afflicted, as 1 have been, with pim-
pies on the face, so notifying and
destructive to good looks, I would say
that bathing the face at bedtime
with strong solution of borax and
water is an excellent remedy. Battle
as frequently as you please with it it
is safe and is sure to dispel and pre-
vent pimples from coming again, ]
have experienced SO much benefit
from it that / would wish the remedy
made pubic,-[Reno, in Germantown
Telegraph.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
To Young Men.

Some old genius, who very evidently
"knoYs thing or two," gives the
following advice to young men who
"depend on father for their support:
"Come, Off with yoar coat, clinch the
saw, the plow harmless, the ak, the,
pick-axe, the spade--anything that will
enable; tear your jacket, rather than be
the passive recipient of the old gentle
mans bounty Sooner than play the
dandy at dads expense, hire yourself
out to stop holes, or watch the bars, and
when you think yourself entitled to a
resting spell, do it on your own hook.
Get up in the morning turn around at
least twice before breakfast help the old
gentleman, give him how and then a
lift in business, learn how to take the
lead, and not dependent forever on being
led and you have no idea bow the
principle will benefit you. Do this, and
our word for it, you will seem to breathe
a new atmosphere, possess new frame
treada new earth, wake to new destiny
and you may begin to aspire to man
hood"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
Graded Teachers Certificates.

In Indiana the School Examiners
grade their certificates and number
them one, two and three. When a
teacher goes into district to secure
a school he presents his certificate,
and if it is mo. 1" he gets a certain
sum established by general consent,
say $50 per month, if a ''No. 2" $40
per month, and if a ':No. g." $50 per
month The system begets emula-
ton among the teachers, who are
prompted to move forward by not
only the desire to stand in the front
rank, but the additional incentive of
increased pay, in case they improve
their standing or grade. 1t strikes
us that this system or plan could be
initiated outside of Indiana without
material damage to educational in
terests. .- s-s7 iFHi
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
Plant Forest Trees.


We desire to call attention to the
subject of the cultivation of forest
trees An abundance of good timber
is a very important source of public
wealth. The time has now arrived
when it has become absolutely nee
essary that the cultivation of forests
should be made part of the public
policy of the nation. There are very
many farms in this county which have
been deprived of too much timber.
Those who have given attention to
the subject, attribute the severe
drouths, to which our country has been
so frequently subjected of late years,
to the fact that our lands have, been
denuded of forest trees. The RENE
dy is within the control of individual
farmers. Let every farmer, therefore,
look over his tarm, and plant forest
trees wherever he can find suitable
places for them.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15

SUBSCRIPTIONS have been begun in
Halifax, New York, and number OF
other places, for testimonial to the
Rev. Mr.. Ancient, the heroic clergy
man who risked his life at the Atlantic
disaster. The sum raised in Halifax
amounts to $500. Chicago people
propose to bestow part of the $4,000
raised there on this clergyman, who
showed tie most heroism of any one
that we have heard of in connection
with the Atlantic wreck.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15

Portsmouth sold bonds recently,
through citizen, Mr.. L. c. Damarin,
In Philadelphia, sat par, free of ex-
pense or commission. This is what
the law says shall be done, and what
may be done with eight per cent.
bonds of any good town.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15

One Tainter, a married man of sc
years, of respectable connections and
pure life, as cashier of the Atlantic
National Bank, of New York, turns
up defaulter, and modestly owns up
to the spending of over 100000.
He does not seem to be astonished.
or to feel bad, when it is found tc
be over 100000.
Query: Can a cashier do thus, when
the directors and other officers dc
their dnty?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15

A late Washington telegram says:
'Mr. Huntington, of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, in a published
letter, announces that as SOON as cir
cumstances permit his Company will
build road from Clifton Forge, on
the headwaters of the James River, to
Lynchburg, there to connect with
other roads; or else they will build a
line of their own to Deepwater. This
new route will lessen the distance and
give much easier grades for freight
than the present line"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
Adyices from the strawberry

gions of Delaware and New Jersey
give assurance of a bountiful crop.
Raspberry plants suffered badly last
winter and fruit will be scarce. We
have also fair promise of good crop
of peaches in the lower part of Della
ware, and Maryland, the seventies Of
the last winter season not having
affected them.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15

Travellers say Cincinnati is the most at
tractive city in the United States, outside
of New York. Her superb Fountain, hel
Expositions, Manufactures, Schools, Parks
and beautiful suburban villas. are all givine
her name abroad for enterprise, wealth
and culture. The mammoth new Hotel
now being built on 4th street, and the new
Post Office, soon to be built on 5th street
will add much to her attractions
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
The Household says that all kind

The Household says that all kinds
of poultry and meat can be cooked
quicker by adding to the water in
which they are boiled a little vinegar
or piece of lemon By the use OF
an acid, there will be considerable
saving of fuel, as well as shortening
of time. Its action is beneficial on
old, tough meats, rendering them
quite tender, and easy of digestion.
Tainted meats and fowls will lose
their bad taste and odor if cooked in
this way, and, if not used too freely,
no bad taste will be acquired.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
Love and Lunacy.

The attention of gentleman visiting
the lunatic asylum on Blackwell's Isl.
and, a few days ago, was drawn TO a
pretty, fair haired girl about twenty
years ofage, who had not spoken word
since she entered the asylum, over two
years and half ago. Her name is Lora
Beekman, anu her insanity was caused
by disappointment in love. She was
engaged to be married 10 young man
who, shortly before the wedding day,
left her and became engaged to another
woman. The keeper and his assistants
have resorted 10 many expedients to
make her speak, but her strange silence
remains unbroken. With her arms
tightly drawn over her breast, she sits
on the same stool and listlessly stares at
the walls the whole day long, recogniz-
ing nobody and seemingly unconscious
of the presence of others. The most ro-
mantle episode in this deranged wo-
mans life is, once year young man
comes and places bouquet of flowers
in her hands, after which ne im mediate
ly goes away. The name and residence
of this mysterious visitor are unknown.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15

IT IS A Curious FACT-Illustrating
the necessity of cleanliness and of
keeping the pores of the skin open,
that if coat Of varnish or other sub
stance impervious to moisture be ap-
piled to the exterior of the body, death
will ensue in about six hours. The ex-
pertinent was once tried on a child
in Florence. On occasion of Pope
Leo the Tenth's accession to the
Papal chair, it was desired to have a
living figure represent the Golden
Age, and child was gilded all over
with varnish and gold leaf. The
child died in a few hours. If the fur
of a rabbit or the skin of a pig be
covered with a solution of India-rub-
Der in naphtha, the animal ceases to
breathe in few hours.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-15
Wealth..

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in a
recent lecture, said: Il don't think it is
inconsistent with the teachings of Chris
tianity for a man to wear justas good clothes
as he can afford, to live in just as good
a house as he. can afford to build, and to
make his house just as beautiful for his
children as he can afford to make it. "
This is the true secret of life in its re-
lations to wealth, and it is to be hoped that
other speakers and writers of Mr.. Beecher's
influence will assist in educating the people
up to that standard, where they will not
feel that every picture or other work of art
placed in house is bit of extravaganza
to awaken qualms of conscience that the
money was not used in some more utilitari-
an sense