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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-11-01

The milwaukee system is subordi-
nate to Chicago, Kansas City to St.
Louis. Pittsburg and Buffalo are
secondary and common to all others.
Any line of road from the centre of
our system into or across another
will be worked at a disadvantage. A
conflict will follow which viii result
disastriously to the invader.
Lines between centres are neees-
sary and can be made profitable.
Lines from Chicago to the south
west, or from st. Louis to the North
west, under the present condition OF
the navigation at the mouth Of the
Mississippi river, will labor under
great disadvantage Lines south
east from Chicago or Northeast from
st. Louis, not connecting directly
with one of the centres named, viii
be alike unfortunate. Lines south
east from st. Louis or Kansas City
viii not meet with success. ines
from Louisville or IndianopOHs con
Meeting with the Southwest system
at any point south Of ST Louis, will
do so with great odds against them.
There are other interior centres and
systems which the same rule will ap-
ply.
The correctness of the foregoing
dissertations, if not apparent, are Of
easy demonstrations from the laws Of
trade or the practical workings Of
lines. It would be invidi-
GUS to instance examples, but a mo
ments reflection by the well inform
ed, viii enable them to point out the
lines in accord with the centre sys-
TEN. Capital should avoid all lines
not in harmony with systems. Bold
ness of enterprise, with boldness as
its only merit, viii hardly conquer
or achieve success.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-11-01

Liberty Township,
Hillsborough, ..|
New Market Township,
Fairfield Township,
Leesburg, ........
New Lexington, ,....|
Brushcreek Township,
Sinking Springs. 81.
Paint Township, ....
New Petersburg,
Uuion Township, 80.
Russell's Sta. Dist.
New Vienna Dist. !
Madison Township,
Greenfield.
Concord Township.
jackson Township,
Salem Township, ......
Whiteoak Township. =
Dodson Township,
Lynelburg, ..........
Clay Township, p,-....
Marshall Township,
Hamer Township,
Washington Township,
Penn Township, -.
n. Vienna Dist. Frac. |
, 1877-02-10

THE STOMACH AND ITs WORKINGS
The Paris doctors have rare opportu.
nifty, inst now, to observe the workings
Of the human stomach, IN the case of n
boy, whose gnllct becoming CONSTRUCTED
by the accidental swallowing of dose
Of caustc potash, a hole was cut into
his stomach through winch to feed him.
From similar case, years ago, much
that we know Of the operations of the
stomach was learned Thus was it found
out that we take usually about four
hours to digest u dinner; and it was also
discovered that different kinds of food
vary much in their digcstiblity-nota.
bly, for example, that fats and oils take
y long time to digest when introduced
into the stomach alone, but are much
more speedily got rid of by that organ
it eaten with salad or vegetable matters.
Mental eYertions pure and simple did
not seem to rctard digestion So much as
has been coniccturcd. Yet, when associ
ated with deep emotions, or with that
iretiulnoss OF mind we call IVORY" it
appeared 10 have n banernl influence.
As for the tierccr passions, an outbreak
of them would sometimes suffice to pre-.
vent the stomach even when most vigor-
Gus from dscharging its functions.
Another mysterious phenomenon no.
tlced in connection with digestion was
The sympathetic influence exercised by
the stomach over the secretion of the
mouth. This secretion, as is well known,
has an important chemical action on
certain constituents of food, changing
by a sort OF fermenting process starchy
matters, for instance, into sugar. In
short, the different parts of the digestive
apparatus are so linked together by
nervous connections that they "sympa-
thizc" with each other, and if one be
stimulated the rest are also stimulated. !
, 1877-02-10
A Climax in OrilIOisra phy.

An old man who owns a stall at the
civ Hall market took notion a few
,lsys since to use his spare hours in bet
,rring his education. Procuring n spell
mo book. his face WAS behind it when.
ever trade was dull He tired, however,
Of spelling the words to himself, and
engaged the services of boy about
thirteen years old. having the next stall,
to hear his lessons. Everything pus,cd
off all right for two or three DAYS, and
then storm arose and climax came.
Holding the book in both hands, the
hoy observed:
I'VE now come to the word welcome
How do you spell it!'
"Wcll, sir, | spell it w.e-l-k.u M
Not correct
"K o.m, then"
"No, SIR
Boy don't you lie to me-" warned
The man,
II guess I'll resign my Office" replied
the boy ms he Aid the book down. "rvc
let you 90 on and spell cat with k,
horse, without any G, boy with double
q to it, because you are old, and | didn't
want TO hurt your feelings. But when
YOU call me liar, and don't even know
how to spell the word, it's time for me
to resign. '--DetyOH Free Press.
, 1877-02-10


"Have you any rebutting testimony to
offer, Patrick 2" asked the justice of n
prisoner arraigned for goat.kiling. Pat
scratched his head new light seemed
TO dawn on him. "Rebutting is il
Shure an that's just what's the matter,
yer honor; the bloody haste butted. me
till divil stitch of safe was left on me
breeches, yer honor, and that's why I'm
here to-day" Pat was acquitted.
In the hard drinking days an old
Scotch laird and his eldest son were
riding home together from a hospitable
gathering. Their ride for while was
silent, but at last the son said: FEY
ther, wish ye was deid." The old man
rather sadly replied: "Wel, laddie, |
hae often thought that of my feyther,
but ] never hae the impudence to say't."
The House of Representatives, at Boise
CITY, had young lady for engrOssng
clerk. She engrossed the attention OF
many OF the members.
The Arizona Legislature, following af-
Ter the example of Washington Terri
tory, has just elected two ladiesas clerks.
Extensive preparations are being made
at Gardiner for canning fish during the
coming season.
One bad example spoils many good
precepts.
IT you wish to succeed in life, govern
your temper.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-31
Captain Rurnaby at the Seat Of War.

Captain BurnaDy arrived in London
on April 18th, after a most interesting
tour In Asia Minor. An account Of his
travels from Scutari to Angora and Err
zingan and then by the Euphrates to Err
zerum, where he inspected the fortifica-
tlons is just published. He then pro-
ceeded to Bayazid, Turkish fortress
on the right of their strategic line of
defense. This stronghold is distant
about three hours march from Persia
and twelve hours from Erivan. AT
this place he found it was simply i'm
possible to get over the mountains to
Van, owing to the heavy SHOWS, and
he, therefore, determined to return to
Persia, and visit Hoy, where he stayed
some days. Here he ascertalned that
the Persians were busily engaged in
preparing camp for ten thousand men,
and they openly declared their intention
to join Russia in the event of war be-
tween that Power and Turkey. From
Hoy he rode through the Koloo Pass to
Van, the capital of Armenia. From Van
he had an exceedingly rough march
over mountains covered with snow to
Kars. He remained in this city, so
celebrated for its stubborn defense
against the Russians in the last war,
several days, and visited all the forts.
The Turks were actively employed in
preparing for the enemy, who they be-
lieved would soon appear before it.
After leaving Kars he continued his
march to Ardahan, another Turkish
frontier fort half way between Kars
and Batoum. His next point was Lii
wana, and having disposed of his horses
he went down the TchooroOk River to
Batoum. In this town the inhabitants
believed the Russians would soon assail
them from Poti; but they shared the
feeling which was general throughout
the districts he had already visited, and
there was great enthusiasm for war.
Trebizond was the next important place
he arrived at, and here the intrepid
traveller was fortunate enough to catch
a French vessel which went straight to
Constantinople, During the greater
part of his tour he had to traverse diff
cult country, in which very frequently
there was no road at all, or merely
pretense to one, in thick layers of mud.
He says that there is nothing TO prevent
the general commanding the Cars
forces from taking Batoum on the land
side, and thus secure an additional port
in the Black Sea. Having possession of
Erzerum and Van, it would be easy for
Russia to advance to Trebizond, and
good road exists between Erzerom and
Trebizond lit is indeed, almost the only
road in AnatOlia.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-31
Ear.RIngs Of Cochin China Girls.

Correspondence Boston Commercial
Bulletin: But human nature is weak,
especially feminine human nature, in
the adOrnment question, and vanity
runs to the ears of the Cochin girls.
Their earrings are wonderful to be.
hold. They can't, indeed, be rightly
called ear rings. They are more like
the bungs of hogshead. At the ten
derest years the little children have
great gashes cut in the lobes Of their
ears and torUoise-shell plugs inserted to
stretch them, and as they grow older
these plugs are enlarged, till, at maUu-
rity, they appear with things like snuff
boxes, the size of moderate pair of
fists, almost always Of tortoise shell.
sometimes of ivory, plain for every day
wear, but for grand occasions elaborate,
ly inlald with gold and silver, and on
very grand occasions the ear-plugs are
of solid gold, weighing pound or more
apiece, and carved in the most distract
ing way. think I've remarked before
that the Cochin jewellers are greatly
skilled in their trade, especially repouSSe
work, which is now getting so fashion
able here, and they expend their very
best energies on the earrings for the
Cochin bellies. 1t Is wonderful how
they work, with tiny forges and tiny
blow-pipes blown by tiny boys, enor-
nous horn goggles and little hammers
and dammer, or soft composition, to
form basis for their punching opera
tion, and the purest gold and silver, and
little bellows worked by their toes.
Fingers, toes, nose and eyes snap and
CLINT as they rapidly ply their task.
Four annus, or II cents, which Is the
regular cool!e or days wages for these
hereditary skilled mechanics (from this
coolie, or days hire, comes the term
"coolies," for day labOrers so hlred)
seems a triGng sum, indeed, for the
fairy like results Of their artistic labor.
-
X CHANoE-Small bills for ten,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-31
How Pebble Jewelrr is Mnde.

The gold used by the jewellers is al
ways allOyed with certain proportions
of pure silver and the finest copper, ac-
cording to the quality desired. The
ieweller melts his metals in a crucible
land casts them nto ingots about two
inches broad, three inches long, and
One-eighth of an inch thick. The in
gots are reduced to any degree of thin
ness by being passed between steel
rollers. The sheets or plates of metal
thus produced are intrusted to work
man, who guided by drawings or
models, clips out the pieces required for
the various articles to be made. The
pieces are given, along with the de-
signs, to other worSmen, who put them
together. These men are seated at
large tables round the sides of which
are series of semicircular recesses
being occupied by a workman. After
the pieces are brought to the exact size
required, they are sOldered together by
means of blow pipe. Articles of an
ornate character, such as brooches and
bracelets covered with designs in fill
gree work or inlaid with pebbles, re-
quire great nicely Of manipulation, and
the number Of parts which 90 to COM
pose some of them is immense. Pc b.
bic bracelets of finely worked geo
metriCal pattern are made in which
there are no fewer than 100 pieces of
stone. In making an article which is
to be inlaid with pebbles, the jeweller
forms back or foundation, to which a
plate pierced with apertures for the
pebbles is fixed, a convenient space
being left between the two plates. At
this stage the work is passed to the
lapidary, who cuts and fixes the peb-
bles. The stones are first cut with a
revolving disk of iron charged with
diamond dust and oil and roughly
shaped with pair of pinCers. Each
piece is then taken in succession and
attached to a 'cement stick"-a small
piece of wood with a quantity of strong
cement on one end. Held in that way
the stone is grOlmd to the required
shape on revolving disk of lead
charged with emery and water. When
all the pieces are brought to the shape
of the apertures designed for them
they are set in shellac. The outer sur
face has up to this time been left rough
but after the cement has hardened the
lapidary takes the brooch in his hand
and manipulates it on the grinding disk
until the stone is reduced to the level of
the metal which surrounds it, The
surface is next polished on a disk of
tin charged with rotten stone and water
and the brooch is returned to the jew
eller Usually p0bble brooches
have in the centre "cairngorm," or
what is supposed to be one. The cairn-
germs are not "set" until the work on
the other part of the brooch is all but
completed. The exposed surface Of
metal on the face of the brooch is usu-
ally relieved by engraved scroll-work.
Enamelled jewelry has recently come
into fashion to some extent, and fine
specimens have been produced, the
Runic patterns especially being very
pretty .-LOadon Trdde Journal.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-31
THE FIRST MAYFLOWERS.

The clustering, shrieking, scolding March
Went bowling down Times devious way
Aud April, winsome, bright and arch,
Just glancing back at sunny May
Stepped on the scene, but quite lost heart
In looking at the drifts Of snow
That March had left In manner tart,
In noOks where yiolets ought TO grow.
But, oh the sanguine, sturdy maid
What though the spiteful March left traps
To sicken her with dire mlshspzi
To Plymouth's winds. ali unafraid,
With footsteps feet she quickly sped,
And ere the tears had dIied she shed,
The pink arbutus, shy and sweet
Awakened by her tripping feet,
and catching sight, mid leaves and snow,
OF here and there pink-tinged toe,
Took them for blossoms out ere they,
and quick themselves in spriDg array
They dressed, when, 10 they stood alone,
And looked at footprints whence had flown
The tinted toes that had begulled
Them from their sleep ere Spring had smiled.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-31
Our Palace Car.

The most wonderful palace car that
was ever built is this orb on which we
live. Large enough TO hold the human
family, its resources are, with proper
care and effort on the part the passen-
gers, sufficient to sustain them all COM
lortably, with great deal to spare. 1t
supplies its own fuel and makes its own
time. Its speed is about 6S, 900 miles
per hour, yet so accurately does itmove
that those who have we'll studied its
movements can tell fraction in what
part of its airline track 1t will be on
any future day. With good field glasses,
other palace cars, equal in beauty and
grandeur to this, can easily be seen fly
ing along the high ways Of space, yet
none of these are ever known to come
in collision. UncOnsciously, to the pas
sengers, gravitation tends greatly to
keep the passengers in their places; but
,oho or lobdt controls gravitation? This
magnificent palace car has the heavens
for its roof, Vesuvius and Etna for
its chimneys, seas and oceans for its
water-tanks, natural scenery sufficient
to charm the eye and feast the soul
with combinations of beauty and sublim-
ity. The only depot or stopping-place
is at the gates of Death, where all must
leave, whether pleased witS the journey
or not. Thus we are sw iftly borne on
from birth to death on this wonderful
line of travel, and at the terminus com.
missloned authorities of a higher order
are expected to receive and conduct US
all to higher destiny and better life
than this.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-31
The NIarshaI de RIeheIIeu.


Taine, In his "Ancien Regime"
makes frequent illusions to the Marshal
de Richelieu, who, indeed, In any study
of the eighteenth century-so fully does
he personify it-ca scarcely be
Ignored. One of the least balanced and
most notorious characters In French
history, he played, without any extra
ordinary ability, so prominent part In
important events that it is impossible
to separate them from him, or him from
them. He was man particularly
qualified to cOnfound moral theories,
and to italicize the most ironical pas
sages in the interminabe volumes Of
Fortune. Possessed of unquestionable
talent for many things, aud garnished
with a NUMBER of snowy virtues, be
seems to have rejoiced in abusing the
one and cOntradicting the other,
Looked at from one side, he was fear
less soldier, a clever statesman, a gener-
GUS friend, an accomplished gentleman,
a brilliant wit; looked at from the
other side, he was skulking fellow,
political blunderer, an embodiment Of
perfidy, heartless profigate, a tri6ing
egotist. All opposites appear to have
centred in him. Hero and knave, leader
and fawner, inspirer and betrayer,
prince and pander, academician and
ignoramus, he was a gittering am
biguity whose acts contravened his
words, and whose words misinterpreted
his acts. Certain parts of his life read
like BourdalOue, Pascal, or BOssuet,
certain other parts like the poems of
Dorat, the romances of Lasclos, or the
fables of Grecourt.
From the very first, Richelieu's
career was SPLENDID satire on the ft-
ness Of things-a remarkable violation
of all rational probabilities. Where he
succeeded, he should nave failed; where
he failed, he should have succeeded
He seems not to have paid the penalty
usually exacted by offended Nature or
outraged Justice. His days flowed on
as smoothly and shiningly when he
was guilty of baseness and supreme
turptude, as when he crowned himself
with laurels, and merited, In this OF
that instance, genuine esteem. Fortune
clung to and caressed him when he had
forfeited every right to her favor. No
wonder he spoke of her as woman
who, having loved him once, loved him
still, and whose devotion he could not
tire by continued disloyaIty and shame
full misbehavior. He literally received
according to his undeserving. His
career, varied and pictorial record of
happy accidents and inverted ethics,
arrests attention by its memorable
popularity and its representative char
aCter. He belonged essentially to his
age, and his age belonged essentially to
him; they informed and moulded one
another. lie expressed the elegant
frivolity of his time, its fondness for
intrigue, its unscrupulOus gallantry, Its
mocking temper its unhagging gayety,
It's moral skepticicism, and VII the
po is ed and perfumed dissipation which
enabled it, by the last refining upon
social art, to restrain If not to sub
iugate the natural instincts.-Appleton'S
Journal
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-31
CLEVELAND, TENN, MAY 81, 1877.

the one he said, to which he devoted
the deepest study, did not equal his pre-
yious successes. 0thello and Iago,
played alternately, were his next tri.
umphs. When the season closed he had
performed Shylock fifteen times, Rich
ard twenty-five, Hamlet eight, Othello
ten, Iago eight, and Luke ("Riches,"
Massinger's "City Madam" altered)
four. OF these seventy nights the pro-
fits we're fully seventeen thousand
pounds. Previously there had been
one hundred and thirty seven nights Of
continuous loss. In the second season
he played Macbeth, another grand per-
formance, Romeo, which was said to re-
vive the glories of "silver-tongued
Barry" But the triumph of the season
was Zanga, in Young's Revenge" As
one who stood among the crowd in the
pit passage heard shout and clamor of
appreciation within he asked If Zanga
had just said, "Then lose her I" for that
phrase, when uttered by Kean in the
country, used to make the walls shake,
and he was answered that it was so.
SOnthey and friend went to see him
in this play. When Zanga, having con-
summated his vengeance and uttered the
words "KnOw then, twas II" raised
his arms over the fainting Alonzo, his
attitude, the expression of his features
was so terrible, so appalling, that
Southey exclaimed, "He looks like
Michael Angeles rebellious archan-
gel" "He looks like the arch fiend
himself" said the other.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-31
The Oldest pieces of Iron.

The oldest pieces of iron (wrought +
irOn) now known are probably the
sickle blade found by Belzoni under
the base of sphynx in Karnac, near
Thebes; the blade found by Colonel
Vyse, imbedded in.the masonry of the
Great Pyramid; the portion of the
crosse cut saw exhumed at Nimroud by
Mr.. Layard-all of which are now in
the British Museum. A wrought bar
of Damascus steel was presented by
King Porus to Alexander the Great;
and the razor steel of China for many
centuries has surpassed all European
steel in temper and durability of edge.
The HindOos appear to have made
wrought iron directly from the ore,
without passing through the furnace,
from time immemorIal; and elaborately
wrought masses of iron are still found
in India which date back from the
earliest centuries of the Christian era.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-31
how 10 obtain High Health

Walker, in his Original" lays down
the following rules for attaining high
health. They are worth remembering
First.-Study to acquire compos-
ure of mind and body. Avoid agitation
or hurry of one or the other, especially
Just before and after meals, and whilst
the process of digestion is going on. To
this end, govern your temper, endeavor
to look on the bright side Of things,
keep down, as much as possible, the un-
ruly passions; discard malice, envy and
hatred, and lay your head upon your
pillow in charity with all mankind,
Let not your wants outrun your means,
Whatever difficulties you have to en-.
counter, be not perplexed, but only
think what is right to do in the sight Of
Him who seeth all things. and bear
without repining the result. When
your meals are solitary let your
thoughts be cheerful; when you are
social, which is better, avoid disputes
or serious arguments on unpleasant
topics. "Unquiet meals says Shakes
peare, "make i'll dlgestions, and the
contrary is produced by easy converse
tion, pleasant subject, welcome news,
or lively companion. ! advise wives
not to entertain their husbands with
domestic grievances about children or
servants, not to ask for money, nor pro
duce unpaid bills, nor PROFOUND un'
reasonable questions; and / advise hus-
bands to keep the cares and vexatlona
Of the world to themselves, and to be
communicative of whatever Is comfort
ing, and cheerful and amusing.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-31

Many days passed before the recollec-
ton Of that night faded from Brides
memory-many days before she could
bear to be left alone in the evening
without a chill creeping over her. But
still she is happy now, for Glide is by
her side to protect her, and he laugh
ingly asserts it was that night of terror
that gained for him his precious little
wife