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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-02-05
ANDREW JACKSON
Corporal Punishment in
Schools.

"Three years ago." says the Gin
ciunati Gazette, corporal punish
ment was abolished in the public
schools of New York City. Now
twelve hundred teachers, male and
female, advocate its revival. The sub
ject has been carefully investigated
by the Committee On Teachers of
the Board of Education, which has
examined many teachers on the work
ings of the moral suasion system.
AS the result of inquiries the COM
mittee reports that corporal punish
ment be restored as far as boys are
concerned, but be administered under
careful regulations, and only by the
principal, or, in his absence, by the
ce-principal of a school, on fragrant
and persistent offenders. Under the
present regime the pupils are less
obedient, more insolent than former
ly, more frequently truants, less neat
in their persons, more careless of
books and states; cases of gross dis
obedience both to teachers and par
ents have increased, and bad children,
who might have been reclaimed by
some punishment, have beea worked
out" of the schools In regard tochil-
dren who have no fathers to manage
them at home, the growth of lawless-
ness is specially noticeable"
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A Game for a Winters Evening.

Perhans it is not exactly game, but it might be
easily made into one. don't know what to call it
either unless it be tourney by the Fireside," or
it may be the "HOme Encyclopedia" The idea is
this: Some one selects an object, any common one
whatever, and questions the others. Take for il
IustratioI, the lirst thing before me-a lamp. see
what a lot of questions may come out of this.
What is the lamp made of! What is brass? What
is zinc! Where does it come from? In what
shape is it found? What color? Does it melt easy
OF not? What is it used for besides to make brass3
So the same series longer of questions about the
copper. The base of the lamp has lead run into il
to make it heavy, and wh0lelO more can be learn
ell about that Then the chimney and shade are
glass, and probably but very few can tell much
about 50 common thing as that. The wick-thai
is of course, cotton. What is cotton? what part
of the plant? where is it grown, and all about ir9
why is the wick made hollow, in the form of cyl
iuder? Then the Oil-there is quite story about
that Here is single article in the room thai
would keep lot of bright boys and girls prOitably
at work whole evening. Such loOking-up o
dictionaries and other books before some OF the
questions could be properly answered! and no dOub
some of the Older people would fnd themselves al
their wits ends" TO answer all the questions thai
could be put. ] hope some of the boys and girl:
will try this for they will lind out in the first placI
how little they really know about the articles they
handle and use every day, and in the second plac'
they will find that these silent common things, like
some silent common people, have history if the!
can b. only made to tell it. At least so thinks you
Old Uucle.-lAmer. AgricGlt.
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Teachers Department.
Aaon,hIy school Reports.

EDITOR TEACHERS DEPARTMENT
The benefits derived from the prac-
tlce OF making regular monthly re-
ports to parents, of the progress and
standing of their children in the va
rious branches of study, are well un-
derstood by all experienced teachers.
They stimulate the children to great
er diligence and better dep rtment,
for every child wishes to stand well
IN the estimation of its parents and
teacher. The interest of parents in
their children's advancement at
school is also quiekened by these re-
ports of their progress from time to
time. Teachers, too, are stimulated
to greater exertions, by the natural
desire to have their scholars show as
much improvement as possible.
I have recently learned that the
publisher of the Highland News has
printed lot of Monthly Reports, for
the purpose of supplying Teachers at
a moderate price. They are very
nicely printed, on hne paper of vari-
GUS colors, and auD furnished at the
very low rate oF5O cents per 100, and
sent by mail to any address, post
paid, on receipt of the price. The
form of one of these Reports is be-
fore me, and 1 copy it, that other
Teachers may see what it is:
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Correspondence of the News.
Letter from Missouri.
REGENCY, GENTRY Co, Mo. !
Ian 18th 1874 Z

4lEGENC13 NjO., h1O. I
Jan. 18th, 1874.
EDITOR NEws:-I send you few
lines for pubina'i N, which may be
interesting to some of your readers.
L want to tell you something about
our country. I have been living
here little more than seven years,
and am well satisfied to stay The
soil is rich, and level enough to be
good producing land. The climate
is about rs mild as Southern Ohio,
only it is little more windy here.
A more healthy country I never lived
in. Lands are a great deal cheaper
here, and one hand can cultivate Just
about as much corn as two hands
Can in Ohio.
A walking cultivator is what is
generally used in tending corn, and
sometimes we put in our small grain
with the same implement. We
scarcely ever plow our coin more
than three times, and sometimes we
let two plowings do. We don't Of
ten fail to raise rs much Us forty
bushels of corn to the acre, and some
times as high as seventy-fve bushels.
We are not bothered with stumps,
roots and rocks in our fields; yet
have plenty of timber in the rich
bottoms, and abundance of good
rock along the bluffs of the river. I
have timber within about ten rods
of my door
Corn is worth 3Oc., oats 20, wheat
81, re 40, potatoes rs, green apples
81, per bushel. Fat hogs sell at
1915, per 500 pounds, stock hogs
1925 to So so, cattle, year old, $40
to 80, 2 years old, SIS to 20, 8 year
old COWS $40 to S25. Horses are
dull; mules in demand at fair prices.
Well, I am glad to learn that the
women are doing a good work, in
Hillsboro. We need such a work
all over the United States; or rather,
a laao prohibiting the sale of spiritu
Ous liquors, except on a written pre-
scription from Doctor.
I see old Highland is in quite
stir, organizing Oranges. 1 cannot
say amen to this, for 1 fear it is not
what it is generally expected to be,
and that ere long the people will find
it out so. l think it will bear lit
tie thought before uniting With it. but
I will dwell more atlength ON thissub-
ject in my next. For the present 1
would say, be careful lest you get
burnt by taking hold while the iron
is yet hot G. G. GARMAN.
P. s. There was Grange organ
lied at our school honse last night
in School District No 5. % persons
went into the organization.
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"An intimate friend of the Siamese
Twins" writes to the Sun that they
did not marry English servant girls,
but daughters of a North Carolina
planter named Yates. Each, says
the writer, had twelve children-one
ten boys and two girls, and the other
ten girls and two boys. Many Of
their children have died, and these
bereavements bore very heavily upon
Chang and Eng, who were Christians
and members in good standing Of
the Baptist Church. They were re-
cognized in the neighborhood as
men of social standing, and their
daughters associated with those Of
the other planters, some of them con.
tracing desirable marriages. They
were not of weak intellect, but strong
partisans in politics and shrewd il
business.-[ New York Sun.
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The Baxter LiOumr Law.

The Supreme Court of Indiana has
decided the Baxter Liquor Law-the
best license liquor law that State or
any other State ever had-unconsti-
tutional and void, upon the following
petty and senseless pretext, as we
find it given by the correspondents
of the Cincinnati Commercial:
"Ihe opinion, which is by Judge
Warden, the majority of the Court
concurring, holds that the section is
in contravention of Section 10 Of
Article A of the Constitution, which
prescribes that every act shall en-
brace one subject and matters prop
erly connected, in the title. The
judges say that if the title of the bill
were simply an act concerning intox-
icating liquors, they can see no rea-
son why the section under considera-
ton might not be within the title OF
the bill. It reads: San act to regu-
late the sale of intoxicating liquors,
&c. It does not come within that
section. They say further that, grant
ing drunkenness is one of the evils
growing out of the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors covered by the title, it
does not follow that it is properly
connected in this case; for the rea-
son that the evil provided against is
intoxication generally, withoutregard
to the manner in which the liquor is
acquired. The section is declared
unconstitutional and void, anl the
judgln Mt of the Court below is
therefore affirmed"
A dissenting opinion is filed by
Judges BusEirk and Downey, Chief
Justice. The dissenting Judges hold
that the ninth section is properly
covered by the title. They cite nu-
merous precedents from half a score
of State Supreme Courts in support
of their opinion. In most of these
States the constitutional provision is
express that there shall be but one
subject contained in an act, while in
Indiana, this provision is qualified
by the words ''and matters properly
connected Herewith" They hold
that the subject only will be expressed
in the title, and on that subject they
hold that drunkenness is an evil
necessarily resulting from the sale OF
Intoxicating liquors, and section de-
fning the offense and prescribing its
punishment is properly connected by
the title of the bill"
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Woman Suffrage.

The National Woman's Suffrage
Association assembled in Washing
ton City, on the 18th Jan. Mrs.
Susan B. Anthony presided. She
announced, that the prime object in
view, was to obtain Congressional
aid in securing equal rights; that all
they asked was equal rights with the
colored men, who were the only class
who had been invested with such
rights by special Legislation of Con
gress. Letters were read from Ger
ritt Smith, Gen. Butler, and other
distinguished persons, expressive OF
sympathy with the cause.
A petition was adopted, addressed
to Congress, setting forth, in sub
stance, that women have been denied
hearing as to their political rights
at the bar of the Senate and the
House, they being entirely unrepre-
sented there, having no voice in the
choice of members to either body, al
though constituting one-half the peo-
pie of the United States, recognized
by the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution as the only
source of power, and one-half of the
governed, whose consent is necessary
to all just governments. Women are
still subjected to many wrongs
among which is taxation without rep
resentation. They ask Congress tt
pass a law that shall exempt then
from taxation for national purposes
so long as they are unrepresented il
that body.
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DISTINGUISHED DEAD.
A Partial List 0f the Deaths Of
Distinguished Persons Dur
ing the Year.

Distinguished Persons Dur
ing the Year.
The following is list of persons
eminent in various capacities or re
lations, and of extended fame, wht
died during 1873:
JaE. 9-Napoleon Ill, at Chisel
hurst.
Jan. 16-Rev. DR.. Joshua Leavitt
journalist and temperance advocate
in New York
Jan. 21-AIrs. Harrison Gray Otis
in Boston.
Jan. 3-Hon. VIM. Cassiday, edi
tor of the Albany Argus, and a prom
inent politician.
Feb. 1-Commander Matthew Fon-
taine Maury.
Feb. 8-Caroline Augusta, EN-
press of Austria. Gen. John W.
Geary, Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania.
Feb. 26-Countess Guicciola, at
Rome. She was famous by reason of
her association and intimacy with
Lord Byron.
March 27-Hon. James Dixon, q.
S. Senator from Connecticut.
March 31-Charles NJ. Barras, the
author of the "Black Crook"
April 11-General Candy and DR.
Thomas were shot and killed by the
Modocs at the Lava Beds.
April 1S-Com. James M. Watson,
U. S. Navy.
April 27-Com. John H. Aulick,
U. S. Navy. Baron Leibig, the emf
nent German chemist.
April 20-Bishop McIlvaine, at
Florence, Italy.
April 3O-Hon. Jas. Brooks, mem
Der of Congress, and one of the edi.
tors and publishers of the N. Y. Ex-
press.
May 6-Gen. Jose Antonio Paez,
in New York. He was at one time q
distinguished citizen and soldier of
Venezuela. James L. Orr, American
Minister to Russia, at st. Petersburg.
May.7-Hon. S. P. Chase, Chief
Justice of the q. S. Supreme Court,
in New York.
May S-John Stuart Mill, the emf
nent English philosopher. Oakes
Ames.
May 24-James w. Wallack, the
actor.
June 20-Horace F. Clark, Presi-
dent of the Erie Railway Company.
June 21-Lewis Tappan, the dis
tinguished abolitionist.
June 27-Hiram Powers, the emf
nent American sculptor, at Florence,
Italy.
August 10-Rev. DR.. r. S. Storrs,
in Braintree, Mass.
Sept. 11-Gen. E. McCook, assassi-
mated at Yankton, Dakota, by P. P.
Wintermute.
Sept 28-Louise Muhlbach, the
German novel writer.
Sept 29-Admiral John A. Wins
low, who commanded the Kearsarge
when she sunk the Alabama.
Oct. Sir Edward Landseer, tie
celebrated animal painter.
Oct. 24-John G. Heenan.
Nov. 5-Gen. w. J. Hardee, Laura
Keene, the actress.
Nov. 27-Hon. Richard Yates, ex-
q. S. Senator from Illinois.
Dec. 6-Samuel Nelson, ex-Associ-
ate Justice of the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Dec. 14-Prof Louis Agassiz, the
eminent scientist.
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National s>Onrd of Trade-Em-
p0rfant Resolutions Oh Fi-
nHRcfS.
CONCLUDED.


The National Board of Trade,
composed of delegates from the
Boards of Trade of New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston, Baltimore, Cincin-
natl, Chicago, st. Louis, Richmond
and other cities, held its annual ses-
sion in Baltimore from the 18th to
the 18th. The subjects of reform of
the currency, restoration of specie
payments, cheap transportation, rail
roads, the revenue laws &c, were
fully discussed, and the following
resolutions were adopted, the first by
vote of A to 9, the second by a
vote Of 46 to 10, the third luminous
ly, and the fourth by SO to IS:
"Resolced, 1st, That the National
Board of Trade respectfully recon-
mends to Congress that there shall be
no furtherissues of irredeemable paper
money whatsoever.
sd. That in the opinion of this
Board, it is the first duty of the Gov
eminent to provide for the retirement
and cancellation of so much of the le-
GAL tender issue as has been taken
from the so-called S44000,000 re-
serve
sgd. That it is the imperative du
ty Of tle Government to restrict Its
Expenditures, in every department of
tie public service, to the lowest pos
sible point, and that strict economy
be instituted in all appropriations.
9th That Congress be requested
to SO amend the National Banking
law that the banks be compelled to
hold the coin they receive for interest
on their bonds, hypothecated as Sc
curity for their circulation, as part
of their reserve, until their reserve in
coin shall be equal at least to 80 pei
cent. OF their circulation.
These resolutions, expressing as
they do, the matured opinions O.
leading and representative business
men of the nation, are certainly en-
titled to great weight,and willno doub
influence the legislation ofCongress
Resolutions were also adopted il
favor of additional laws for the safe
ty of ocean travel; of reforms il
the revenue laws; of the Darien shil
canal; of the reorganization of the
Indian territory; of the regulation o
railroads by State legislation; o
amending the National Banking Law
SO as to take from the Comptroller o
the currency all discretionary power
Of retiring the fractional currenc,
and substituting silvercoin therefor
as soon as possible;and ofreducing tn
amount of fractional currency b,
redeeming not less than $4,000, ,00|
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f mercy. 1t was a mad impulse, bu
in a moment I drew the pistol anC
, fired! She fell, but attempted t.
rise. I sprang upon herin a frenz,
of excitement, and kicked, beat
choked and bit her until she lay quite
still-dead!"
/ "My child" said her father, pale
and trembling, "these are but the
distempered fancies of fever. You
have brooded over this unhappy mat
ter until it has quite upset you. Nc
doubt you wish to save John-so dc
we all-but IT is folly for you, or any
of us, to seek to become Q substitute
for him. My child, take our assur-
ances that all this cifcumstantial
account of your killing that unfor-
tunate woman is the mad work of O
disordered mind. Calm yourself. In
few days you will be better, and
will have forgotten all that you now
so vebemently assert"
"Ah! father" she exclaimed, ''it
may suit your purpose to argue that
I am mad. Perhaps L am. But I
know my guilt and will no longer
conceal it. You all know it, too.
Who, that fatal evening kneeled, to
the furious and distracted John and
besought him to silencef Whose en-
treaties prevailed on him to adopt
the course that brought him to the
scaffold? To save me, you will allow
him to be sacrificed I have been
deceiving long, but it is not yet too
late. will proclaim my guilt to the
world; I will take his place on the
gallows! Loose mel"
But her cries and struggles were in
vain. Thus she raved of her real or
imaginary part in the horrid tragedy,
giving now a coherent version, as
plausible as it was astounding, and
anon a confused and silly tumble of
impossibilities that awakened naught
but pity and incredulity.
The scafold from which John Ran
dali hal been launched into eternity
was still standing in the jail yard,
when one night, close ON the stroke
of twelve, the guard in terror beheld
the noisless approach Of form az
rayed in white. Awed to silence by
the apparition, the guard watched its
movements with breathless attention.
Entering the yard, it proceeded at
once to the scaffold aud mounted it.
In few moments the staring guard
beheld the figure suddenly sink
through the platform to the shoulders,
where after some convulsive motions
it remained Stationary. To the
guard it was ghost Of Randall, an
he fell fainting with alarm. In his
fall his musket was discharged, and
this bringing the jailer and others
to the scene, it was discovered that
the ghost was a woman.
Elluding her guardians, and pro-
viding herself with a cord, Indiana
Randall followed the man she had
loved through the same exit he had
taken.
Was he alone guilty?
Or was she alone guilty?
Or were they both guilty?
W. G. ELAN.
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IFor the News.
THE SPIRIT OF THE APPEAL.

In the name of the tender Father,
We enter your presence to pray;
In the name of the gentle Jesus,
We would take your sin away.
Not with the Laws iron fingers,
Would we shatter your gods of clay,
But with loving words of compassion,
Would ask you to choose this day.
We know yOu are joined to those idols,
By q cumbering, clanking chain;
The links of that chain we would sever,
Giving you freedom again.
We would give you higher priesthood,
You have worshiped these gods too long,
Bound down 'gainst the will of your manhood,
By the CALLING bands of Wrong.
You have stood at these reeking altars,
You have gazed at the victim die,
In his terrible, maddening torture,
With the agonizing cry.
The quivering hearts of mothers,
Have been laid on that awful shrine,
Where the chords had been snapped asunder
By the demon-god of Wine,
In the flame of whose 5razen altar
The brain of q Nation is scared,
While the arm of Justice is weakened,
And falters ere it is reared.
But we come not with wild upbraiding,
To cry for revenge but to sue
A tender Fathers forgiveness,
For ye know not what ye do.
In the name of the great Jehovah,
In the Christ-like spirit of Love,
We would touch and loosen your shaclSles,
And point to that God above;
Who calls you to rise in your manhood,
And be freed from the blight of sin;
Who opens the gates of his temple
And bids you enter in.
Then strike, brothers, stand and be freemen!
Choosing whom ye will serve this day,
The spirit of Love and Heaven,
Or your gods of gold and clayI
Here's our hand for the Right, our brothers
o, take it, nor falter nor fall,
We will stand in the light Together,
With Gods mercy over all.
And you shall receive your baptism,
In the tears of joy that shall flow
From the eyes of grateful Nation,
That has wept so long in woe.
And a light shall break on your vision,
A light that you never have known,
And the music of Heaven shall greet you,
Instead of the drunkard's groan.
And living thus, grand in your manhood,
With higher and nobler ken,
The angels shall carry the tidings,
''THEY STAND FOR THE RIGHT LIKE MENw
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Before the war, the American flag
few from the Kentucky State House
durag the sessions ofthe Legislature.
The rebellion made the custom un-
fashionable and it was discontinued.
A few days ago, a resolution was Of
fered providing for the display of the
flag as of old, but the Legislature,
Democratic of course, voted the reso-
luticn down.
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It win be seem chat the above form

It will be seen that the above form
is well adapted for use in our coun-
try schools, as it comprises all the
branches generally taught in them,
and some that ore not. The latter
of course can be3eft blank by each
Teacher in making out the Report.
I hope every Teacher of our coun-
ty, who has not heretofore tried the
plan of making Monthly Reports,
will resolve to try it. once, and I
think few will abandonit after giving
it fair trial.
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The regular correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, writing from
Columbus, on the 10th, thus motto, {
the qualifications of sundry mem
bers:
Senator Wallace in considered
the best poker-player in the Legis
lature. He always calls on a pail
of deuces.
Representative Newell hes beer
chosen by the Hamilton delegation
as referee on all disputed points il
poker.
Senator Preston is cultivatine
himself in the game OF billiards ant
holds steady cue.
Representative Boyce has dovel
oped extraordinary qualities in th'
game of dominoes.
Representative Geghan prefers the
more intricate game of smut.
Archer has a weakening for oil
sledge."
This shows, that the Democrac,
are going itwith perfect .looseness.
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Conundrums.

What is the keynote of good breeding? natur-
al.
What State is round on both ends and high in the
middle? Ohio.
When was bcefsteak first mentioned in history?
When King Henry VIII. dissolved the papal bull.
Why is hog a good Mathematician Because
he is good on square root"
Why does a sculptor die the most horrible Of
deaths? 'Cause he makes faces and bustS.
How many apples did our first parents eat In the
Garden of Eden? Eve and Adam q