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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21
The Term Porte.

The term "Porte, which is used to de
note the administrative government of
the Ottoman empire, and includes the
Sultan, the Grand Vizier and the great
Council of State, had its origin in this
way In the famous institutes establish
ed blythe famous warrior Sultan Moham-
med H., the Turkish body polite was
described by the metaphor Of a stately
tent, whose domes rested upon four pill
lars ''The Yiziers formed the first pill
lar, the Judges the second, the Treasur-
ers the third, and the Secretaries the
fourth" The chief seat of government
was fguratively named the Lofty Gate
of the Royal Tent" in allusion to the
iractice of earlier times, when the Otto
man rulers sat at the tent door to adj
minister Justice The italian translation
of this name was lie Porte Sublima." "
This phrase was modified in English tc
the Sublime Porte" and finally the ad,
iective has been dropped, leaving it sim.
ply "The Porte"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21

And Mr.. Nottingham went off rejoic-
ing.
But Wigs & Sangster, the agents in
charge Ofthe Falkirk place, were exul-
tant when he arrived.
-Four hundred pounds and a mortgage
for the balance is very well, said Mr..
SangsteT, "but they had had another Of
fer this morning-Of cash down And
they had considered it their duty to Mr..
Falllirk to close with it. Very sorry
but perhaps they might suit Mr. Noting
ham with some other piece of property"
Mr.. Nottingham went home sadly dis
pirited.
"Whats the use of trying to save
money! said he. Pm going to giyeuT
after this !"
'I don't agree with you there, dear,
said Mrs. Nottingham. & !'ve been
saving money for the last three years
fand I've found it pays"
you haveP said her husband.
"Of course 1 have. Do you suppose ]
spent all the money! Not a bit of it.
put the best part of 1t out at interest
/ always following Uncle Wetherbee's ad
vice in my investments, and I've boughr
q house with it!'
t'What house?'
! Mr. Nottingham's oles opened wide
and wider.
"The Falkirk house." said Mrs. Not
tingham, her lips and cheeks dimpleC
all over with satisfaction. q completed
the bargain to-day. My DEAR stealing
one arm around her husbands neck
chow do YOU think I have held UP M
end of the business partnership"
Better than I could have done my
self, Phoebe" said Mr. Nottingham, witt
a curious moisture. coming into his eyes
My Plucky little wife, I am proud o
you!
''It was your money, Nicholas, 6al'
the wife in a faltering voice.
'But it was your prudence and econo
nv That stored it up, Phoebe"
''Then you don't regret the terms anC
mticles Of our partnership
So the young couple moved into tn
FaEsirk house when the first of Ma
came around, and the cOHest room IN th'
house, with a south window and an OpeI
fireplace for wooden fire, was reserved
for Uncle WGtherbee.
And Mr.. Nottingham is never tired Ol
telling his friends his wife bought tht
place with her share Of the partnership
profits. a.
s'The most charming woman Ii thi
world" says Mr.. Nottingham. e.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21

We are glad to see a prospect oi
the division of white votes in Louis
lana. When the whites divide the
colOred man will be protected by one
side or the other. The following
dispatch bearing on this is taken
from the Gin. Gazette.
The parish Of West Feliciana is
reported to be in a state Of siege,
with Conservatives and Democrats
armed with Winchester rifles, watch
ing each other, and parading at night
The Conservatives have armed ne
groes living in remote localities, and
directed them to fire upon all who
attempt to mOlest them at night.
Judge Goghee is in command o.
Conservatives, and Gov. Nichols is
said to be aware of what occurs.
No conflict has yet taken place, ano
the parish is reported OminOuslJ
tranquil
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21
mnon,t I told You so p

One night last week a Jolly old German
farmer rode to Chestnut Hill after a phy-
gician for his wife, who was very sick.
He dismounted from his horse IN front
of a saloon lust as the boys inside had
begun to make merry over the hrst keg
of beer. He approached and locked
cautiously around the scene. The tOam-
inc classes were held high above the
heads of the revelers, as one Of the NUM-
Der pronounced toast appropriate
the occasion. .......
The silent watcher licked his lips and
wished his errand had been one not re-
uuiring so much dispatch. He was turn
ing reluctantly away when the crowd
saw him.
Bring him II ~
He was hauled up to the bar, all the
time protesting. o,7
"POys, 1 was in a quick hurry. Old
woman sick like the tuyval. was come
NIT der doctor, sooner as hghtnln j.
"WelI, you can take some beer while
you're here, and kill two birds with one
stone, +" was the reply.
"Yas, I kill Won chicken NIT a couple
of shtones. und der old woman die init
out der toctor; ton't forgot myself OF
"Oh, she won't die. You don't ge-
beer often, and you've got the old woman
all the time. Fill 'em up again"
"Yaas, I cot her all der time, but eX
Dosin she 90 ded, tOn't got her any
more sometimes. It's better to 60 mi
/ ter toctor, seldom right away"
But he didn't 90. As one glass afte
another was forced upon him by tht
reckless crowd, the object Of his erran(
| was fOated further from his vision, unit
if was carried out of his mind altogether
and his voice, untinged with anxiety
Joined in the drinking songs, and aroSI
above all others.
Thus he was found by his son, lat'
that night. The boy grasped him by TN
/ sleeve and said:
/ "Fader, come home."-
Fritz turned, and at the sight Of hi
boy a great fear arose in his mind, swep
away the fumes Of beer, and brOugh
him to a sense of the situation. In al
awe-struck tone he said:
"sYawcub, how you was come here
| Vas Something's ter matterT
'YaW," replied the boy. -
"Vell, shpOke up about it. Vas ter oil
woman vas your mudder-iss she dade
I can shtand dem best. Don't keep you
fader in expense, poy. Shpid it oUi
Vas We a couple Of OTphanses, Hawcub
'Nein," answered the boy, 'you va
anuder. A leedIe baby COON NIT te
house."
Fritz was overcome for a moment, bU
finally stammercd out:
''Vos dot so? I expose it vas not S
soon already. Vell-yell, in der middl
Of life, we don't know what's to tur
next up. Men exposes. Fill up de
glasses"
The boy ventured to ask the old ma.
why he had not seen the doctor.
"Vy, did she want doctor? Petite
she tole- me so. I get him pooty quick
! Never mind. I safe more as ten dolla
doctor bill on dat baby. Dot was a goo
shild. FiIEup der glasses. Whooray fo
dat little buck baby! We Won't go HON
till yesterday" -.
Fritz cot home at last, and was i
Chestnut Hill again in a couple Of day
after some medicine. The boys cOuldn
get him into thesalOOn this time; he sai
to them:
'You bet I tend to my peesness now.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21

There are various birds and beasts
that, it is said, are predicting a Sc
we're winter. The musk-rat has been
heard from, and his architecture is
of the lofty Mansard roof variety,
which from time immemoriaI the OBJ
servant people of Sauk Rapids have
noticed indicates cold weather. The
Truckee Republican announces that
the woods are full of yellow Jackets,
aud 'ghe old and true saying among
backwoOdsmen is that the more
vellow-iackets there are, the harder
will be the winter" The Republican
therefore calculates that the coming
winter will be about 5000 times more
severe than any of its predecessors.
The Deadwood Sentinel announces
that the flight Of wild geese began
unusually early, and the Penn Yam
Journal says the squirrels are laying
in a stock of provisions that wall
stand a prolonged siege Of cold.
Even the trees give their signs
The north sides of the pines are
said to be covered with moss. It
seems to be a little doubtful, in this
case, whether it is the moss or the
trees to which the credit Of this fore
knowledge should be given The
goose-bOne has not been heard from.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21
Political Duty.

It is the duty of every man to vote
not to hang round ward and district
pot houses discussing the merits Of can
diiates; but he should become acquaint-
Ell with their qualifications by careful
observation, and when once convinced
of their purity of character and honesty
Of purpose to make every honorable el
fort to place them ia nomination, and aid
in their election. The first duty is to
attend the primary meetings. While
respectable Ren excuse their absence
from the caucus on various preteXts, the
loafers, the vicious, and the idle bum
mers are out in force; they pack the
convention, name their own committees,
and lay the egg which matches much tu-
ture trouble and deviltry. The man who
refuses or neglects to attend the primary
meetings of his precinct, and thereby
enables bad men to find places upon the
ticket, and lay the wires for corruption
and fraud, should never complain Of the
quality Of the officers elected.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21
The resnmntion act saEs:

L4AI -AE2----- Z ---fl- -7---
"And on and after the first Of Jan
uar7, A. D. 1879, the secretary Of the
treasury shall redeem IN coin the
United States legal tender notes out
standing, on their presentation for
redemption at the office Of the. as
sistanE treasurer ofths United States
in the city of New York, in sums not
less than $50"
That is the whole Of it. The re-
demption Of greenbaeks depends on
their presentation. Those who dom {
choose to present them can retain
them, and anybody who looks to see
the whole three hundred and forty
SIX millions that are ahoat presented
for redemption viii see the skies fall
first. Resumption is purely an act
of government and a government
affair. It affects no contracts past
/. or present: national bank notes viii
be redeemable as ever in greenbacks
and the greenbacks will retain every
quality they ever bad.-lIndianaPohs
News.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21

The Iowa Democrats, having been
beaten at the October election, pro
pose to hold an election for mem,
Bers of Congress in November, al
by themselves, when they will Ol
course elect their candidates very
easily. Then if the Democratic
Clerk of the House will give them
their seats, as he did the Democratic
claimant from Colorado, the country
viii have another fine illustration Of
Democratic reform y The alleged
excuse for the November election is
that the October election for Con
gressmen- was unconstitutional, but
we suppose the Iowa Republicans
knew what they were about wher
they decided to elect in October
The whole thing has very much th'
appearance of another Democratic
plan to help secure a Democratic
majority in the next House.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21

Edmund Fl. Deas, a eOlOred Re
pubIican candidate for South Carroll
ma Legislature, was travelling in a
buggy from Florence to Darling IN
that State, in the dusk Of the even
ing, when four white men sprang
from the roadside, and one Of them
fired, one shot taking effect in Deas
arm, and the other in his mouth
The first shots were fred so close tc
him as to blacken his neck with
burned powder and singe his coat
The Charleston News and Courier
affects to believe that Deas did ii
himself inUrder to get his trial, on
a charge of stealing watch and
chain, postponed until after the elc-
ton. 1t is probable. We have no
ticed the tendency of cOlored men
when accused Of wrong doing, to
flock by themselves, and infict dan
gerous wounds on their person.
South Carolina should pass a law
restraining them from inficting bod
/. ilv injuries on themselves.
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Too Much for Mexico.

The cocktail and helmet hat have both
invaded Mexico. After taking a cup Of
delicious chocolate-such as can befOund
nowhere else than in MexicO-We drop
ped in at cantina to sample the bever-
ages of the country. While slipping a
mild dilution of cognaC heard the famll-
lar screech of a drunken man in the
street, and a moment after young Mex
lean in helmet hat burst into the room,
and began a series of the most affection
ate demonstrations. He was frightfully
drunk-drunk enough for the United
States. He embraced the colonel, and
fell upon Palmer's neck. Then he threw
a hard dollar on the table, and insisted
on drink all around with his amigos
Amcricanos. He loved the grjRg0s because
they had some style about them. We
got away as quickly as we could. What
has that man been drinking?' 1 asked
of Pedro, who speaks q little English.
"Cocktailsr he replied. The cocktail
came in with the helmet hatsome weeks
previous, and this progressive Mexican
took them both. Pedro predicted that
he would sleep in the dcplHGtjoH, pre-
dictiOn which, as we learned afterWard,
was verified. I may as well state, how
ever, that this was the only bowling
drunk we saw in Mexico.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21
Important to Newspaper
Publishers.

A Rochester newspaper man, who
was called upon to tell how he re-
ceived certain information published
in his paper, bearing on trial now
pending, declined to answer, on the
grounds that disclosure by him Of
the name of his informants would
seriously injure him in his business
as a newspaper man that the infor-
nation had been impaired to him
under the pledge Of secrecy, and that
all communications to a newspaper
man should beregarded as privileged
the same as communications between
lawyers and clients, and She cour.
sustained him.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21
Hard Case.

The Georgetown Sentinel Of last
week says:
The land belonging to Mr.. Lewis
Vance, one of the securities on the
bond of A. J. Parker, late Treasurer,
was offered at Sheriffs sale on Satur-
day last, but not sold for want Of bid
ders. Mr.. Vance was present and
stated that it was his land that was
being offered, and that he was being
sold out in order that the money
stolen from the Treasury might be
replaced. The result of his little
speech was that not a single bid was
made on the land. It seems that the
other securities have given their OBJ
legation to replace their quota Of the
loss in the Treasury, but Mr.. Vance
refused to obigate himself for his
portion, hence the levy on his prop
ertV
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21

The honor of originating the
greenback for its great and patriotic
services belongs to the Republican
party, and to that party viii belong
the still greater honor of making
every note as good as the coin itself
All that the Democratic party have
now to say in its favor is compliment
tlry to the wisdom and Judgment OF
those by whom it was originated
against Democratic resistance.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21

"-nJured burglar, writes follows
to a Saratoga newspaper: Mr.. Ed
tor: In reading your account Of the
burglary at Knows boarding house
on Washington street, you say 1 over
looked a lady's diamonds worth thou
sands; the statement is incorrect; 1
saw. examined and left them; they
were paste. Your accounts no com.
pliment to me,
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Mental Maturity.


Mental maturity--at what age do we
attain it-that is to say, those of US who
are not predestined to perpetual green
ness? Ithas been said that "a man may
be a fool at thirty, and yet die sage"
Rather questionable, that. The fool Of
forty is admitted by metaphysicians to
be a hopeless case. Let him who learned
nothing by experience at that age, stand
aside from the world of action; he is not
fit to play his part in it. His only safety
is in being dry-nursed by some stronger
nature than his own. Dull youths, or
youths called dull, sometimes mature,
however, into great men. Sheridan, we
are told, was a particularly stupid school
boy. Perhaps the fault was in the school
master, not in the pupil There were in
Sheridan's days, and there are yet, null
titudes of bad teachers. Pedantlc peda-
gogues, of the CDR. BlimbeT" class, are as
plenty as blackberries, and the mill-hOrse
system of education. is still in vogue.
Over-crammed students rarely turn ont
we'll: while those who cannot be cram
med generally do. If there be anything
that is unpromising, it is preCoCity. 1t IS
better to be comparatively ignorant at
fve-and-twenty, than to be prodigy at
thirteen. We entirely agree with the
doctrine that the most useful part of
mans education is not that which he re-
ceives in schools and colleges. The
world is the university in which the
grandest and most useful lessons are
! taught, and in a way which fixes them
indelibly in the memory. The "Groves
of Academus" are not to be despised; but
let him who desires to be a man among
men beware of fneglecting those paths OF
wisdom which lie through the market
places Of mankind. Wisdom IS not {
thing that can be injected into us with 6
scholastic forcing-pump. 1t can only be
acquired by observation, reflection, anC
the independent exercise Of the jueg
ment.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21

Capt. Tyson has returned from his
expedition toward thenOrth pole with
very decided opinions concerning
theorists like Symmes, who maintain
that the polar sea is as open as
South Italian lake, and such like va
carries. Capt. Tyson encountered a
vast quantity Of ice long before he
entered the Arctic zone, and the pres
-ence Of the CONCEALED liquid in such
quantity leads him to say that the
existence of an open polar sea in a
land which hasno sun for six months
of the year, and where the cold is so
intense as it there Is, is just about
as plausible as the existence OF Jason. S
golden fleece or Ponce de Icons
fountain Of youth
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The creenbackers' Millen-

Ancient Pistol Butler. Base is the
slave that pays! What hast thou
there, Dame Quickly?
Dame Quickly Cooper with a
wheel-barrow load of bank bills,)-
Bless your dear heart; what should
have but money for the marketing?
Ancient Pistol-Hast thou suth.
cient, Dame?
Dame Quiekly-By'r lady I thinl
so. They're thousand dollar bills
THarper's Weekly.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21

The N. Y. Tribune put its hand to
the pillow in the matter of the Tilden
cipher telegrams with the intention
of running to the end of the furrow
Having given to the world circum-
stantial and general expose Of the
Infamous intrigues Of Democratic
statesmen to buy the Presidency IN
the name of Reform, it is now giving
its attention to the details Of rascal
itv as played by the individual con
sDirators, and as q beginning 1t
makes the announcement that the
man who met Smith NJ Weed In
Baltimore, and carried with him $50,
600 with which to purchase theyotes
of the South Carolina electors for
TTd,nand Reform, was no less a per
sonage than Col PeltOn, Tilden' S
confidential secretary, and resident
in TiIden's house, Is Gramercy Park
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21
WHOM TO THANK

a Title boy had sought the pump
Whence the cool, spaBkIihg water burst, d.
And drank with eager joy the draught
That kindly quenched his raging thirst:
Then gracefully he touched his capi
II thank you, Nj. Pump" he said
For t'lis nice drinll you've given me- - a.
CThis little boy had been we'll bredl
Then said the pump Ny little man.
You are welcome to what Ihave don't.
Bu. 1 am not the one 70 thank,
only help the water run"
"Oh, then" the little fellow said,
Polite he always meant to beO
"COld Water, please accept my Thanks
You have been very kind to me"
"Ahi7 said the Water, "dont thank mes
Farup ehIIlside lives the sprisg,
That sends me forth with generous hand
To gladden. every little hing
: 81 thank the Spring. then, said the boy
And gracefully he boEed mis- head,
'Oh, don't thank me, my little man ?
The Spring with snvery accent said:
..Oh. don't thank me, for whag am I, -
Without the Dew and summer Rain
Without their aid Ine'er could quench
Your thirst, my little man, again"
sOh, well, then, =" said the little boy
"IlI gladly thank the Rain and Dew
siPrav, don't thank u.s. without the Sun
We could not fill one cup for you"
'Then, Mr.. sun, ten thousand thanks
For all that you have done for me-
HStop % said the sun with blushing face,
MY little fellow don't thank me;
Twas from the Ocean mighty storms
drew the draught gave to thee"
HOh, Ocean, thanks" then said the boy,
It echoed back, Not unto me
'lSot unto me; but unto Him
Who formed the depths in which liei
Go, give the thanks, my little boy
To Him who will thy wantssupply.
The boy took or his cap and said,
In tones most gentle and subdued;
"Oh God, thank Thee for this git;
Thou art the giver Of all good"
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Young Folks Corner.
POETICAL ENIGMA.


8Iv1st is in Jet, but not in black,
NV I'd is in net, but not In SACK
NV Sd is in now, bat not in that,
Nv lrh is in new, but not in hat.
NV 9Th is In Nile, but not IN never
Nv 9th is in eel, but not IN riyerr
Nv 9Th is i'm nfEht,-Dut not M day
Afv srh is in ever, but not IN Play,
Nv 9th is I'm vine, but not ut Tree
Nv 10th is iu ice, but not ln see
NV IIth is in moose, but not IN VICE
NV IZth is I'm get, but not iu NICE
8Iy 18th is in eat, but not in cali,
nv 18th is in OK, but not IN halt
NV 18th is in cart, but not 10 selYe,
Nv 10th is in good, but not IN I've
Nv 18th is iu seal. bat not in book
Nv 18th is iu meat, but not in look,
NV Tqfh is in mouse but not in ruf4
Nv 10Th is In rouse, hut not l1 car
nv zIst is iu soup, but not in at-
Nv whole forms the names OF lady on flat et'
UiIIsb0ro. and a gentleman in Sa0iu4- no
TffT-bOru. ID. Hl-f9L--A'1.
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The Directors Of the Cincinnati
and Portsmouth narrow gauge rail
way propose to finish the road to
Hamersville, 6 miles from George
town, provided $4,000 is raised and
guaranteed to be paid as soon as the
road reaches that point. The George
town people are stirring around
lively, trying to raise the money, and
we hope they may succeed, If that
viii do them any good. Georgetown
OUGHT to have a railroad