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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-15
Letter from Western New
York,

WEsrFIELD, n. Y, July %, 1873.
FDrroR NEws:-To combine business
and pleasure is not always possible. But
a drive through Erie Co., Pa, and Chauta-
qua Co., n. Y, has enabled me to take in
and enjoy the beauties of nature, and the
cool, refreshing breezes that are waiting
from both Lake and land. Ny route
through these counties, for a distance Of
nearly fifty miles, has been nearly parallel
with the lake, and over a delightful high
way Of travel, on a slight elevation, gently
sloping in wavy undulations, inland, on
one hand, and toward the Lake on the 9th
er, at a distance therefrOm varying from
one-fourth to two miles.
Erie is largely engaged in the the manu-
fracture of hoIow-ware. 1t is spread over
a large territory, has abundance Of gas,
supplied by nature, to use for lighting the
CITY and running the machinery. 1t has a
fine system of watcr-works, by which water
is supplied to all parts Of the city, but at
rates that are ruinous to consumers.
Presque Isle, formerly an Island, but
now a peninsula, understanding into Lake
Erie at this point, forms one Of the best
safe anchorages for ships to be found any
where.
Since writing last I have travelled through
Crawford and Erie counties Of this State,
visiting numerous towns on the way. At
Girard, in company with my friend, Rev.
C. L. Shipman, I went on a Piseatorial
expedition near the mouth Of Elk creek,
and while we were not very successful in
our angling we had better than "fsher-
mans luck" for mine hostess, my friends
wife. sent US an excellent lunch, which was
devoured with avidity after our boating
and fishing, which served as an excel
lent appetizer.
I shall proceed by buggy into western
New York, near Dunkirk, and thence by
rail or steamer to Buffalo, the Falls and
Lake Chautaqua. After which 1 viii give
YOU a short account of what I have seen
at these noted summer resorts. W. F. c.
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The fun OF Industry.

Two men and a boy were walking
along John R. streetrecently, when one
of them-the father of the bOy-said:
''How pleasant to my ears is this
hum of industry"
$50 it is to mine, d" replied the other,
and when the boy got chance he
asked:
Father did you mean that pounding
back there?"
Eyes, my son, was the answer.
That evening as the father was seat,
ed in his evening chair, he heard an aW-
-ful pounding in the kitchen, and rush
ed in to sec his son belabOring a chair
with a hammer.
"What on earth does this mean2" lie
shrieked at the lad.
1.-THE hum of industry, father" was
the pleasant reply.
The boy was hummed out o that SO
fast that it was over an hour before he
could compose himself to softly enquire
of his inner consciousness: . Was ia
ther lying to that man, or is night a bad
time-for the hum Of industry?"-FrsG
Press.
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MOn.an m French PoIltlcs

Every French ruler who has run down
the road to ruin, and they are not few
who have done so, has had woman on
one side and a priest on the other, both
pushing him and asking him what he
was afraid Of when he WINGED at the
sight of sleeps bristling below with an
ugly look. Read the history Of luekless
Louis XVI. The poor man saw dam
gers thicken around him; he tried to
conjure them; he pointed them out to
his pretty wife, Marie Antoinette, and
to her good friend. Nine. De Lamballe,
but both these ladies were of opinion
that storm clouds always blow over if
you take no notice Of them. They had
never heard Of forked lightnings and
thunderbolts, but had a good deal to
say about Ajax, who, armed with a
simple bUcIler, dared the elements to
"cOme on" Ajax must have been a
lady's man. So supremely good an
opinion Of himself as he evinced could
only have been developed by long
course If feminine adulatiOn, inter-
spersed with occasional naggings when
he ventured to doubt whether lie could
withstand JoYe's thunder all by himself.
For these fascinating creatures
queens, expresses. or she-presidents-
all nag until they mako mans soul
weary; and if, as was the case with
Marie Antoinette, they can get mem
beTs Of the chuTch-militant to help
them, their courageous spirit knows no
obstacles. Marie AntOinette had red
legged cardinals round her, who brought
encouraging letters from the Pope, and
these being laid before the timid King
at breakfast-time convinced him that
he could only hope to have Providence
on his side if he struck cOmbative at
titude. Wo know how all this ended,
and we know how it Jared with another
French monarch in our own times for
listening to an attractive lady now at
Chislehurst. Napoleon III. had his
doubts about fighting the PrussiaRs,
but the Empress Eugene had noLe.
When Marshal Lebpuf, the War Min
lister, came to tell the imperial pair very
frankly, as his duty commanded, that
he did not think the French army was
ready, Napoleon nervOUsly twisted his
moustache; but the valiant Empress
! flushed up and asked whether, forsOOth,
a marshal of France was not ashamed
of himself for doubling the might Of
his own soldiers? The marshal staIked
out red in the face, and upon reaching
the ante chamber asked for pen and
sheet of paper and wrote out his resig,
nation; but at this juncture the EInpe,
Tor sUperYened with soothing words
and pointed out that ladies' must be hu
mored. The marshal hesitated, but al
last gave in, because it is in the nature
of a Frenchman to let ladies have then
own way. So to humor Madame" an
army of Frenchnen marched over tht
/ border, and soon had to march -bacI
again faster than they went. Are thest
lessons written in letters of fame on thu
walls of the Elysee? Not they. There
is a lady in that palace at this momen
who would have liked to see a certain
modern Bayard emulate the feats o.
J Ajax, Louis XVI, and Napoleon III
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GInanfngs From Old FrOEer os.

Harvest never comes to such as SOW
not.
The only way to make a friend is to
be one.
He who boasts Of multitude Of
friends, hath none.
He who gives a triAe meanly is fer
meaner than the triie.
There is no such thing as an easy
chair for discOntented man.
Men are like words; when nOtproper-
" placed, they lose their value.
A mans own good breeding is the
best security against other peoples ill
manners.
Good company and good conversation
are the very sinews Of virtue. Good
character is above all things else.
Never tell a man he's a fool; in the
frst place ne won't believe you; in the
next, you make him your enemy.
There is nothing that so convinces a
man that there is truth in religion as
to see true religion in Christians.
The best society and conversation in
the world is that in which the heart
has a greater share than the head.
Make no haste to be rich, if you
would prosper. Small and steady gains
give competency with tranquility Of
mind.
The Germans have this good prOverb
That thefts never enrich: aims never
impoverish: nor prayers hinder any
work.
Live on what you have; live ifyou can
Mess; do not borrow either, for vanity
will end in shame and the pleasure in
regret.
Say nothing respecting yourself, eth
er good, bad or Indifferent; nothing
good, for that is vanity; nothing bad,
for that is sffectatiOn; nothing indif-
fereHt, for that is silly.
A mans first difficulties begin when
he is able to do as he likes. So long as
a man is struggling with obstacles, he
has an excuse for failure or short
coming; but when fortune removes
them all, and gives him the power oI
doinY as he thinks best, then comes the
| TRIAL
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scThe First Prlrate.D

Arare specimen of soldierly humanity
once appeared at a Southern hotel.
In the large bar-roOm Of the house,
during the evening, a discussion arose
touching certain events that transpired
at the battle Of Shiloh. The dispute
waxed warm. Many of those present
had been in the war, some engaged on
the one side, and some on the other,
and being military men, and officers at
that, they were very emphatic. at
length a modest gentleman, who had
been sitting in a far corner, quietly lis
tening, arose and came forward.
"Gentlemen," SAID hes.t..I happened
to be in that battIe-was in at the be-
ginning, and came out at the end-and
If you would like, I will tell you just
howit was"
All were respectfully silent while he
spoke, and they could not b otherwise
than attentive; for the mans descrip-
ton of the battle was so precise. so cir
cumstantial, so eloquent, and so start
lingly vivid, that those who had been
there seemed to be living tie fiery scene
over again. When he had, concluded,
all understood, and there was room for
no more dispute.
On the following morning, the soldier
of Shiloh went to the Office to settle his
bill previous to departure, and asked
the amount Of his Indebtedness. Said
the landlord
"YoU were in the army?7
Eyes, sir"
''BIay 1 ask what Office you held?"
81 held no commission, sir, was but
private soldier"
"Is it possible? Well, sir, I shall
claim the privilege of celebrating this
rare event by making you a present of
a receipted bill without further cost to
you. Of the thousands Of soldiers that
have stepped at my house since the close
Of the war, you are the first private"
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compIimentarY curses.

It is rather creditable to the ad-
ministration that such men rs Simon
Cameron and Patterson damn it.
These people are glad to see Mr.
Hayes and his eonfreres keep alOof
and secure the displeasure Of such
unprincipled political mountebanks
and scalawags as John Patterson.
One Of the compensations for the
loss of Republican power in the
States is the fact that the
carpet -baggers and thieves like John
Patterson, who were a disgrace to
the party, and who caused its over
thrown, are dethroned, and the more
the administration is cursed by such
parties the more it will be respected
by honest mem Milwaukee Sen
tinel.
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Nobody Else Wanted 1t.

The Democratic Judicial Conven-
ton for this District was held at
Greenfield Wednesday last. 1t is
reported as a tame and spiritless af
fair. There was no opposition to
"Charley" Palmer, of Washington
G. H, and be was nominated by &C
clamation. The fact that there was
but one applicant for the place, does
not argue that there were no Demo
cratic lawyers except Palmer who
would accept the Judgeship, but the
dearth of candidates means that the
hopelessness Of defeating Judge Min
shall is well understood, and no law
yer, except one whose time, perhaps,
hangs heavy on his hands, cares to
make the race. Chill Reg.
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PrOYIdenue.

Not long since a man stopped at the
little window Of a branch Office in the
CLUB" the inhabltant evidently Of a
EttIesphere of his own, outside Of which
he was lost in the maZes of life.
"Is this the telegraph ofieel" he asked
hesitatingly.
The young lady operator satisfied him
Of the fact.
81 want to telegraph" :" he proceeded,
growing confidential, 81 want to tele-
graph to my wife and tell her missed
the train"
"You will have to write it on one Of
those blanks, " said the operator, cOolly;
entirely unimpressed by tie Ito senderl
exciting event.
sob, well. I guess you'd better write
it. 1 can write" (evidently thinking it
necessary to establish the fact before
proceeding farther), ''but" lfatteringlyl
''you can fix it up better than can"
''Wbom is the message going to?'
asked the operator, askshe armed her
self with,penEnd blansE
"To-my wife-in Providence" he
replied, with the most sublime innO-
cence.
The operator looked at him doubt
fully.
"What is the address? To whom is
the message going?"
The man eyed her with great aston
ishment. told you," he said, raising
his voice as if he thought her afflicted
with deafness, ''to my wife in PrOvi-
dence."
am afraid" the operator replied,
trying to speak ironically, 'that the
message might not be received if ad-
dressed in that way. Providence is a
small place, I know, but it might posi-
blv 20 to some other mans wife"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-15
ILILLSBOROUGH, OHIO.
ADVERTIsING RATES.

The above scale Of prices is for ordinary single
column display advertising. Solid Legal, Official
and Tabular advertisements will be charged at the
legal rate for space occupied. Rule and Figure
work so per cent. extra.
SPECIAL NOTICES, advertisements in other than
single column measure, and those in a prescribed
location, 2 per cent additional.
LOCAL NOTICEs-lO cents per line for first, and
cents per line for each additional insertion.
CARDS in Business Directory-One inch, year
SO: months, S.; months, s.. One-half inch
year, IS 90; mos. 50; mos. 50.
OBITUARY NOTICES (other than simple announce
ments Of deaths,l Tributes OF Respect, Cards Of
Thanks, and announcements by Societies. cents
per line.
Notices Of Marriages, Births and Deaths-when
furnished BY proper authOrity-frec.
Attachment, Divorce, Administrators and EEeCu-
tOss' Notices. must be paid for before Insertion
as also Foreign and Transient Advertising gener
allv.
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Russian Customs.

The anomalies Of Russian life and
character are literally without end, and
it is a curious one that, while official
rank commands the very highest re-
spect, hereditary rank is scarcely at all
esteemed. Since the days Of Peter the
Great the highest places in the public
service have been open to men OF all
ranks, and the DOblsSse have been ell
bowed continually By gentlemen OF the
pavement who have won place and
power by energy and intellect. In this
strictlyautOcraUc government personal
worth and ability carry with them all
the possibilities of promotion which are
theirs in the most democratic of repub-
lies. The man who holds high place
is highly esteemed, not the man whose
great-grandfather held high place. He
who has the coUntenanCe Of the Gar
is the aristOcrat, even Enough he may
have been a subaltern officer last weeB
a drummer-bOy the week before, and a
lackey last year.
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HOW Did He XIII His Gance7

The Sacramento (Cal.) Union tells
this story:"A citizen borrowed another
citizens breech-loader a few days ago
and went on hunt. When he return
ed he boasted Of splendid success in
bringing birds to bag. On going to re-
turn the gun to its owner, he drew
good long bow as to what he had ac-
cOmplished with it. His friend listen
ed awhile and then interpOsed: Now,
look here; what do you take me for?
When you got the gun loaded all the
shells for you, didn't I2' Yes Well,
I didn't put a grain of shot in a single
one Of theml If you don't believe it
I'll draw the wads Of these you've
brought back. Now, what 1 want to
know is, what did you kill those geese
and ducks withP"
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Conduct In Case Of Fire.

The following directions for conduct
in case of fire are issued by the British
Royal Society for the Protection OF
Life from Fire:
Every householder should make each
person in his house acquainted with the
best means of escape, whether the fire
breaks out at the top or at the bottom.
Inmates at the first alarm should en-
deavor calmly to reflect what means OF
escape there are in the house. fin bed
at the time, wrap themselves in a blan-
ket OF bedside carpet; open neither
windows nor doors more than necessa-
ry; shut every door after them. ILLS
is most important to Observe.l
In the midst of smoke it is compara-
lively clear toward the ground; conse-
quently progress through smoke can bS
made on the hands and knees. A silk
handkerchief, worsted stocking, C.
other flannel substance, wetted and
drawn across the face, permits free
breathing, and excludes to a great eX-
tent the smoke from the lungs. A wet
sponge is alike efhcaCiOUs.
In the event of being unable to escape
either by the street door or the roof, the
persons in danger should Immediately
make their way to the front-room win
dow, taking care to close the door after
them, and those who have charge of the
household should ascertain that every
individual is there assembled.
Persons thus circumstanced are en-
treated not to precipitate themselves
from the window while there remains
the least possibility of assistance, and
even in the last extremity a plain rope
is invaluable, OF recourse may be had to
joining sheets or blankets together,
fastening one end to the bed-pOst or
other furniture. This will enable one
person to lower all the others separate
ly, and the last may let himself down
with comparatively little risk. Select
d window over the doorway rather than
over the area.
Do not give vent to the fire by break
ing into the house unnecessarily from
without, or If an inmate by opening the
windows OF doors. Make a point of
shutting every door after you as you go
through the house. For this purpose
doors inclosing the staircase are very
useful.
Upon discovering yourself on fire, re-
feet that your greatest danger arises
from drafts to flames, and from their
rising upward. Throw yourself on the
ground aud roll over on the fame-if
possible, on the rug or loose drugget,
which drag under you. The table
cover, a mans coat, anything of the
kind at hand, will serve your purpose,
Scream for assistance, ring the bell,
but do not run out of the room or re-
main in an upright position.
Persons especially exposed to the risk
Of their dresses taking fire, should adopt
the precautOn of having all linen and
cotton washed in a weak solution of
chloride of zinc, alum or tungstate of
gOda
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Arabian MaxIms.

An Englishman travelling in Arabia
gives the following as the maxims
which influence the Arab in rearing the
horses for which the country is so
famed: LET your colt be dOmesticated
and live with you from his tenderest
age, and when a horse he will be simple,
docile, faithful and Injured to hardship
and fatigue. Do not beat your horses,
nor speak to them in loud tone Of
voice; do not get angry with them, but
kindly reprove their faults; they will do
better thereafter, for they understand
the language of man and its meaning.
If you have a long days journey before
you, spare your horse at the start; let
him frequently walk to recover his
wind. Continue this until he has
sWeated and dried three times, and you
may ask Of him whatever you please,
he will not leave you in difficulty. OBJ
serve your horse when he is drinking
at brook. If in bringing down his
head he remains square. without bend
ing his limbs, he possesses sterling
qualities, and all parts Of his body are
built symmetrically. -Four things he
must have brOad-frOnt, chest, lOins and
limbs; four things long-neck, chest,
forearm and Group; four things short
-pasterns, back, ears and tail" The
same writer asserts that the best Ara
bian stations have a remarkable ability
to transmit all these traits to their de-
scendants, and that the maxim, ''The
blood follows the sire" is the corner
stone Of Arabian horse breeding.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

81 Extra copies of the NEWS can be found ey-
cry week at George Bowers News Depot, and also
at this office. Price cents.
IL The entrance to the new Editorial Room Of
the News is on Main street, one door west Of Glas-
cock, Quinn & Co. hardware store, by the stair
way leading to DR.. Russ's Office.
q Correspondence solicited from all parts Of
the county Send Us the facts, in few words, and
we will put them in shape for publication. The
writer's real name must be given in ell cases, as
guaranty Of good faith.
The NEWS having much larger circulation in
Highland county thar any other paper, and among
the best class of readers, is the best advertising
medium. Business men viii please note this
fact, and act accordingly.
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Weights and Measures.

From a very readable article in the
Engineer and Mining Journal favOring
the metric system of weights and mea-
sures, about which so much has been
written and said of late, we cOndense
the following curious but truthful sum
mary Of the uncertainty and variety Of
the bulk measures used in this country
in trade:
In a copper works, ore is measured
and paid for by the ton Of 1852 pounds,
from the mines through the mill, till it
comes out of the jigs, when suddenly it
is transformed into a ton Of 2,24O
pounds, which is the ton Of the smelt-
ing furnaces and of the teamsters.
When shipped, this ton again shrinks
to one of 2,OOO pounds. At the iron
works there is a still greater variety Of
tons; and even connecting railroads ad-
Just their freight to 2,24O tb. or 2,OOO 10.
per ton. as their own standard may be,
in delivering from one to the other.
"And in ORDER" remarks our cOntem-
porary, "to maintain the beautiful SYM
metry Of our system, they, Of course,
rarely, if ever, state what kind Of ton
is used in either case" Coal is mined
and paid for by tons Of various weights
from 5000 to 1900 TBS. 1t is sold by
tons running from 2,24O TBS. all the way
down to 1900 lbs. Large purchasers
can buy tons of 2,24O lbs, but purchas-
ers from the same company's retail yard
find the ton weighs never more than
1000 lbs, if that. 1t is sold by bushels
Of 76 TBS, 80 lbs, barrels "hogs.
heads, s" "''ioads," )" and-other standards
-''the weights of which, )" continues the
article in question, "depend originally
on the fancy of the individual, and sub
sequently on 'immemoriaI CUSTOM"
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He Came BACK.

Governor Duval, of Florida, says the
San Antonio Herald, was tbs son Of =
poor Virginian, a stern, strong, tacj-
turn man. The boy was a huge youth
of fifteen. At the cabin fire, at bed
time, according to the custom Of put
ting on a back log, the old man said,
between the whiffs Of his silent pipe:
"Tab, go out and bring in that gum
back log, and put it on the fire."
Tab went out and surveyed the log.
He knew it was of no use explaining
that it was too heavy, nor prudent for
him to return without having it on his
shoulder. His little sister passing, was
not surprised that he requested her to
bring out the gun and powder horn, as
a pOssum or coon might have passed,
OF the brother might have seen bear
signs. She brought the gun and Tab
started. He found the way through
the woods into Kentucky, in 1871. AT
ter an absence Of eighteen years he was
elected to Congress. A man of i'm
mense size and strength, he started fol
Washington, going by the way of his
old home, to see the folks who had long
since given him up for dead. Entering
the little cabin door near bed time, he
saw the identical gum log. He shoul.
dered it, pulled the latch string and
with his load stood before the old man,
pipe in mouth, as quiet as usual"
"Here is the gum back log, father
"Wel you've been a long time get,
ting it-pUt it on the fire and go to
bee, -" was the reply.
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The eure-of a country church, where
the men sit on one side Of the aisle and
the women on the other, being annoyed
in the middle of his sermon by a bab-
bling Of conversation, gently reminds
the congregation that it should be 81
lent. One Of the women arises and
triumphantly exelaims: II want you to
notice, Father, that the chattering isn't
on this side Of the aisle this time"
'All the better" A." replies the priest
meekly; SIT wont last long,