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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

But a few years ago it was common
" believed that spOnges were plants-a
view strongly advocated 10y Professor
Agassiz. But lately the stuiies Of
Lieberkuhn, and more especially Haec-
kel, of Germany, have cOnclusively
shown that not only are they animals,
but types of a higher class than even
the IufusOria or FOramiuifera-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

1t is satisfactorily proven by geology
that man was the last of created
beings upon this planet. If its data
be consistent and true, as seems to be
the case. then there is conclusive evil
dence that, as we are told in Scrip
man has occupied the earth but about
GnOO wears.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

-Tortoises are known to be very ion5-
lived, and there is ~ this time one IL
the possession of Mrs. Jago, Of Ham
mersmith, LoEdOn, which by testimony
which would bear even the scruu1y OF
Mr.. Thorne, is rs years oil. His pres
ent owner has had him thirty-siX years.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

The British iron trade is in worse
condition than thatOf the United States.
There are heavy failures constantly
occurring, there is a rapid decline in
wages, and the works advertised for
sale are found occupying considerable
space in many papers Of the kingdom.
Iron World.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

Or. A. Z. Velie caught a real devil
fish off the coast of Florida bymeaus of
a harpoon, and after an hour Of hard
struggling. 1t was about ten feet by
five and a half in size. Prof. Peabody,
who examined it, gives the following
description to the Chicago Academy of
Sciences: The body was large, the
transverse exceeding the longitudinal
diameter: skin rough, but without any
evident tubercles or spines; head not
distinct from the body, subUuncate in
front, slightly convex; mouth subter-
minal, with very small teeth in seven or
eight rows; nOstrils small, and placed
near the angles Of the mouth; eyes prom
inent, lateral, and placed on eminences
at the bases of the frontal appendices;
bronchial apertures narrow, linear va
ryiug from one to two feet in length,
with valvulaT covering; tail long, slen-
der, sub-compressed, terminating in a
slender eXtrc:nity, dOrsal lin at base Of
tail small and triangular"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

IL any of our readers want what is
calleI,a scarecrow, ere are a couple re-
commended by The Scientific American:
Take two small, cheap mirrors, fasten
them back to back, attach a cord to one
angle, and hang them to a pole. When
the glass swings the suns rays are re
tiected all over the lield, even if it be a
large one. and even the oldest and BRAY
est of crows will depart preeipitately
should one Of its lightning flashes fall
on him. The second plan, although a
terror to the crow, is especially well
suited to fields subject TO the inrOads of
small birds, and even chickens 1t in
wolves the artificial hawk made from a
large potato and long goose and turkey
feathers. The maker can exercise his
initiative skill in sticking the feathers
in the potato so that they resemble the
spread wings and t;til of the hawk. 1t
Is astonishing what a ferOciOus bird of
prey can be constructed from the above
simple material 1t only remains to
hang the object from a tail, bent pole
and the wind will do the rest. The bird
viii 'maKe swOOps and dashes in the
most headlong and tire tening manner.
Even the most inquisitive of venerable
hens have been known to hurry rapidly
from its dangerous vicinity, while to
small birds it carries unmixed dismay.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

ina speech before the Victoria Dwellings,
Association, Lord BeuCOnsheld s.dd: Th4
health of the people is really the foundation on
which all their power and happiness as a state
depend. and It's promotion Is, { erefOre, in his
opinion, the first duty of a stutCsinfn-' The
Lancet rujoices 10 learn this, Du deplorrs that
the no der Of the opinion shouIt have practi-
cally done 50 little O support it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

Tie aggregated exports Of petroleum
oil this year are 121, 600, 900 against 81
100000 gallons last year. Over million
gallons are daily exported from New
York
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

The remains of Marquette, the French mis-
siouary, who died in 1675 ON his way back from
Illinois to Mackinaw, have been recently dis
covered at P0iute st. Iguace, on the eastern
shore of Lake Michigan.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

There ere certain things which it
seems profanity TO speak of, even to
those nearest and dearest to our hearts
words spoken now and then in our
lives which remain forever a secret be-
tween Heaven, ourselves and one
another.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

y prospective faJher-in-law makes
inquiries concerning Lis prospective
son-m-law of a friend. The replies are
Of the most satisfactory Charac c.er, till
the friend says, frankly: "Still 1 must
.dmit that he has one grave defect"
"What is that? Does lie play the ac-
eurdian?" "IIe does not know any
thing about gambling" why that IS
not defect. 1t is a virtue" p" Yes,
but you see, he CANDLES all the saD,-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

During the ffty-eight years which
have passed since America Odd Eel
Iowship was established, over $50 OOO,-
100 have been collected, of which up
wards Of 81, ,000,OOO have been eXpend-
ed for the relief Of those entitled to it.
Some 10000 brothers have been aided.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

The Paris Exposition promises to have aIarge
representation from this country As many as
two thousand American firms bnve signffed
their intention OF participating.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

1t is estimated that nearly 1000, 600
pounds Of steel wire will be required to
build the bridge which is to connect
New York with Brooklyn.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

Four Colorado men started to go fishing. On
the way to ulake they have not yet reached,
they discovered silver mue which promises
10 make them miniJnaires-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

Scientists believe that our globe is
nufd beneath its crust, and it is calcu
lated that every fifteen yards of descent
into the earth the temperature increases
one degree of Fahrenheit. 1t is calcu-
lated also that gold would melt at a
depth Of twenty-One miles, and cast
iron at seventy-foUr miles. and the earth
becomes fluid at 100 miles from the sur
F1pp
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

Since June1 1876, 100000 pounds
Of driedapples have been exported from
this cOuntry-nearly twenty times as
many pounds as the year before.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

\ few years ago, tine idea that tbs
earth consists of a central molten
mass, surrounded Icy compara-
lively thin, solid crust, was almost
universally believed by scientists and
philosophers. 1t was not only a phil
osophicaI theory, but was regarded as a
scientific fact. Now, things are great
ly changed, and some Of US have to un-
learn the lessons of our youth, or pre-
pare to abandon our membership in
learned soc.e les. Even so great an
authority as Sir William Thomson as
sures. us that the notion above men
toned must now be given up as nm
tenable." " Well, we are willing to sub
nit to the force of truth. Butwill our
scientists please exercise little more
charity hereafter toward those who hes
itate to receive their theories as de
monstrated facts.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21
A Prairie M[innet.

One autumn day, watching for ducks
while enscOnced on a musk-rat house in
the great MendociO marsh, which ex-
tends back many miles from the Missis-
sippi River opposite Clinton, l noticed
some objects moving on the summit Of
a knoll BY careful watching discOv-
cred they were prairie-fOwl, and, moved
by curiosity, carefully approached them.
as l drew near l discovered fifteen prai-
rie-fOwl apparently dancing a minuet.
They were scattered about Oh the short
turf, tR enty yards apart, nOdding their
heads at one another, and presently two
would run out and perform the figure
which in a country dance is known as
. cross over and back to pldees, = al the
while uttering a soft note of''C O-coOe, p"
the last syllable being much elongated.
Then would follow, salute your part
ners, anG g dos a dos" This scere of
meriment was sustained for half an
hour and until shot from a neighbOT-
ing gun caused the birds to run into the
tall cover of the reeds. The bright sun
shine of autumn and the conspicuous
group Of native birds impressed the
scene vividly on the spectators mind
A neighboTing farmer to whom the cir
Cumstance was mentioned, said:
''Yes, them same birds skye around
there mostly every day
The other varieties of prairie grouse
indulge in the same kind Of amusement.
-Scri5neT.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

The enormous quantity Of 42O, 900, 900
pounds of rOsin was produced in the
United States for the year 1876.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

field containing - square percles. i "auL
IN SET u 3Ju apple trees, 60 they may De peleL71
sr5rt and one Je7ch from each truCe- How many
trees in a row each way, tue length being 10 M
breadth as u i- 10 i6g A. olOE1lAnHiEs-
tfHh Ridge. De-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

I am composed Of ten letters.
Mys. /. 9, is girls nameY
NV o, 3, Iu, e, I= q hOWery
My 10, 2, 5, is what a seamstress does
Nv6 g 9, s. is girls nUmer
~ whole is The lame OF city on the Mississip-
pi River. WILD N0l--
HHlsborO, o.,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

Time is asserted to be money, but when it cam
not b. used profits. Iyf is a counterfeit. and is
IN the possession of many just now who have
difficulty in passing it,"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

Generosity during life is a very DIFF
ferent thing from generosity in the
hour of death; the oue proceeds from
Iiberality and benovolcnce and the other
from pride OF fear.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

The wheat crop Of California for e1-
port this year, it is estimated, viii be
100000 tons.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

Texas beef is sold for fourteen cents
a poundin London, andfOr fifteen cents
in Galveston.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

The Newfoundland seal fishery for
the season has resulted in a catch Of
40. 900 seals.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

Within the last ten gears the United
States has sold S43, ,OO0, 900 worth Of arms
and munitions of war to Europe.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

7 am composed Of ten letters.
Ny first Is in come, but not in 60
NV second is in high, but not ln low
Nv third is gnat, bot not iu. n.y.
NV fourth is crawl. but not in hcY
NV nth is in ink, but not in pen,
NV sixth is in now, also In theul
nv seventh Is in down, bat not IN up
Nv eighth is in glass, but not in cup
NV ninth is in night, but not IN daTs
Nv tenth is 10 fgni, but not lu play
lv whole Is the name of q city on the ONO
River. t.uoI Uf-A'-A-'- -'--
uiHsbOrO, @.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

MENSJ RAIIUN PROBLEM
The area uf rhe base Of squar5 pyramid OF
cannon balls Is 42I us4, go balls How many lay-
,.rs are reuuired to complete the pyramlds no"
many balls In the whole pyramid t,-.r-r-r,
OaS Ridge, U. A. oLloH--A-A Al--''
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

GEOGRAPHICAL CHARADE-
Oup--iNfh ul Brazil
tiuc-fOG1th Of Colombia
Uue-uiuth OF ArZeutIus1
One-uilth of NeueZuela-
IwO-niuths ut Patagonia,
Form the name Of what hepublc ,-r- 90
Lyndon, %. oaADo We
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

in each grain of sand there are mar
Jels; in every drop Of water a world
IN the great spectacle called nature
rvery being las lis marked place and
distinct role, and in the grand drama
called life there presides a law harmO-
nious as the one which rules the move
ments Of the stars.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21

The revenue of the United States is
S2S4, 900, 900.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-21
Young Folks Corner.
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WORD SQUARE.

a Journey,
Oue-haf of the word Optimacyr
81 lde use OF
The opposite Of walk. --.r-- o.,
Lyndon D.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-02-28
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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-02-28

THE two defects in the silver bill
that must be remedied before Congress
adiourns are provisions which author
lie the isAA of certificates of deposit
fer coin alone and not for bullion, and
the Secretary of the Treasury may lin
it the amount coined each month to
two millions of dollars. Sherman de-
lights in the miseries of the poor and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the rich, and the
volume of coined silver will be the
least possible. Certificates of deposit
of bullion would circulate as money,
bat the law suffers certificates to be is
sued at the mints for "coln " alone.
Why not also have silver ingots of $40.
$50 aud $500 stamped BY the mint Z
Heavy SILVER bars worth $500 and less
weight would be preferred by bankers
and save ipfinite trouble in counting
ard weighing coin. Such CONS would
be hardly liable to be stolen, and farm
ers would gladly have a few slowed
away about their Sunday clothes. II
plethora of silver be feared, the
bosdholders who dread it SO tremen-
dously should promote the enactment
Of the measures we would have opera
tive; the one, giving us certificates If
butisoa deposits, and the other pro-
viding for the circulation of the bu
lion itself
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-02-28
eXas Politics

The Houston Age wants the facetious
and tacile Mr.. Barziza to be Lieuten-
ant Governor.
Throckmorton's silence upon the
subject of the candidacy is commenda-
BILE. He will be made governor with
out having sought the Office.
The Galveston Nesos has not been
able to settle down upon the guberna-
torial question. Won't somebody let
it see some thing, that it may be led
out of Its sea of troubles.
We respect Col. George W. Flour
noy for his ability and for his many
virtues, and hence we are panied that
Rutabaga johnson wants him made
| governor. They were both In the Con
stitutional Convention.
The Honey Grove Independent SAYS
that Judge Hancock is unquestiona-
bly, one of the greatest statesmen In
the South. Coke wire-wOrked him
out of seat in the United States Sen
ate, but the Independent predicts he
will yet represent Texas In the Senate.
He can not be kept down, and though
now but a private citizen, the people
of Texas will recall him to position
of trust and honor"
The Marlin Ball says it is the ''duty
of the State to furnish the people a
speedy, effective and cheap admiRistra-
ton of Justice" The tlrst stroke in
the way Of econom'zing would be to
raise the salaries of the judges and
county attorneys to about three times
what they are now. Efficient admin
istratiOn of justice is the cheapest we
can have, and to secure the services of
an efficient prosecutor we must pay q
salary that will justify able and con
scientious lawyers IN accepting the
positions of prosecuting attorneys.
The Dallas Herald is reliably in
formed that there is no truth in the
report that Col. Culberson will not be
q candidate for reelection to Congress
from the Second District. Il would be
a great misfortune, it claims, were he
to refuse, because he has taken rank in
Congress with the best and ablest men
in that body, and has contributed his
full share towards the deserved emf
nence of the Texas delegation. These
sort Of men are very valuable and we
can't afford to spare them except when |
We have other and more important du-
~ for them
Says the EzPrsss: A few Texas pa
pers-and . very few-oppose the dis
of the two-thirds rule in /
the Democratic State nominating con-
vention; but without q single excep-
ton, as far as We can learn. the oppo-
sItion comes from those having candI-
dates for governor whose chances con-
sist alone in the probability Of an IN
lock between the two
most prominent candidates, Hubbard
Ard ThrockmortoD. Without the two
thirds rule, their candidates would
have no chance Of nomination
The excellent and last Sulphur
Springs Castle says; some time
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-02-28

WHATEVER may have been justly OF
unJustly said of Senator Coke's frs,
his second speech in the Senate has
won universal commentator. Even
those newspapers differing in opinion
most widely from him on the silver
question have been forced to comics.
his ability and discover his patient,
pains-taking habits in the collation. OF
facts. The Senator's personal appear
ance and manner, if peculiar on this
last occasion, failed to arrest the atten-
ton of the facetious correspondent OF
the virtuous Chicago press.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-02-28

TINS Paris North Tsaan is doing the
press and people good service by its
earnest, eloquent advocacy of reform
in codes regulating the advertising OF
sheriffs and trustees and tax sales.
Demagogues in the legislature always
seek notoriety by Overlapping bounds
Of common sense in pretended zeal for
practices OF economy, and every IN
fortunate devil that falls into the
clutches Of the constable or sheriff.
and Is sold out under an advertise.
msns posted to the horse rack at the
court house, and only read by asses
who never see newspapers. are robbed
Of everything, bread and shelter, by
these lawmakers. Who reads the
ssadsn on the postofice door or pasted
I'll she court house walll Then let Us
state, tomorrow morning, in local OF
>cFen in the ''want column, that NJ.
ChncknInck, on Pecan street, wants .
brindle dog, ''for which the highest
market price viii be paid. !" and the
Aforesaid sIr. o. win have 500 ours ol