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Connecticut western news., 1878-03-21

AN INTERNAL MAoH1NE.-A tale of in- compatibility and internal machinery comes from Holyoke Dam, in the noble old commonwealth of Massachusetts. A man who recently brought suit for di- vorce, received on Monday, by express, cigar-box neatly wrapped in brown paper. The end of wire caught his eye and he suspected foul play so he placed the box on the bank of the canal and fired stones at it. The bottom fell out and the box was found to contain cans filled with gunpowder. shot and lead slugs, and surmounted by percussion caps arranged so as to fit hammers that were sprung by wires attached to the cover.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-21

EMPLOYING THE DESTITUTE. - The philanthropists of San Francisco are giv- ing employment to a large number of destitute men at $1 day on the public park Improvements. The payment is provided for by a subscription fund,
 every person who subscribes $50 being entitled to place one man at work. The majority of the applicants are American and among those glad to get work at this rate are civil engineers, book-keepers and clerks. The churches of San Francisco are also engaged in relieving the pre- vailing distress, and many hundreds of people are daily fed at free lunch tables.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-21
An ActOr's Ease.

A Bostonian, who once stood behind the scenes during a performance of "Medea" by Adelaide Ristori, describes a small incident Illustrating the ease with which the artist temperament slips from nature into art. The curtain had not risen, and the actress was vehemently rebuking her son, 'In the midst of gesticulations such as Italians alone can make, the call came for Ristori to go on the stage. Instantly shiver passed through her frame, and Mede0 came to fill the form before me. Then followed applause on applause from an excited audience. Ristori left the stage by the same slip she had entered, and there stood the young man. Again, instantly, as if by magic, Medeo was gone and Ris- tori was present, and the maternal ad- vice was continued in the same manner as though nothing had occurred to in- terrupt the same."
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-21

THE STARs.-A little five-year-old could not quite understand why the stars did not shine one night when the rain was pouring down in torrents. She stood at the window pondering on the subject with as much gravity as Calico when he looked at the swinging lamp in the ca thedral at Pisa, and with equal success, for all at once her countenance lighted up, and she said "Mother, I know why the stars don't shine. God has pulled them all up so as to let the water come through the holes.'
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-21

Behind time-the back of g clock.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
No Idea Of Business.

A reporter went to see the lady he j,
keeping company with Sunday evening
She met him at the door with a color
less face.
''Oh, Toni" she cried, in an agitated
voice, 1--WE have had such a scareI Ma
was coming down stairs and she caught
her foot in the carpet and went the
whole length"
Hold Onl" shouted the excited youth,
diving nervOusly into his hip pocket for
his notebook, while he whipped out a
pencil from another recess. ''Now 90
Onl go on, Matildal go on, but be caIul
For heavens sake be caImI Kill her?o
Gracious, mol"
Break her Sack? Crush her skull?
Be calm, be calmI For the sake Of sci
ence, be caImI"
"Why, Tom, F." gasped the girl. fright
ened by his impetuOsity, sit wasn't Sc
rioUs. 1t was"
Wasn't seriOus?" he gasped, in turn,
do you mean to say she didn't break
anything after all that fuss?"
"Why, certainly not. She never hurt
herself Bit"
"Wen," calculated the young man
with an expression Of disgust on his
face, as he sadly restored the book and
pencil to their places, "that's all a wO-
man knows abOut busi0ess- -U-D1slh,,,7
Nstss.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
ldrentnre Mith a Leonard.


Two African farmers, returning from
hunting the hartebeest, reused a leo
pard in a mountain ravine, and imme-
diately gave chase to him. The leopard
at first endeavOred to escape by clam
bering up a precipice; but being hOtly
pressed, and wounded by a musket ball,
he turned upon his pursuers with that
frantic ferOcity peculiar to this animal
on such emergencies, and springing on
the man who had fired at him, tore him
from his horse to the ground, biting
him at the same time on the shoulder,
and tearing one Of his cheeks severely
with his claws. The other hunter, see
ing the danger of his comrade, sprang
from his horse and attempted to shoot
the leopard through the head; but,
whether owing to trepidatiOn, or the
fear of wounding his friend, or the
quick motions Of the animal, he unfOr-
tunately missed. The leopard, aban-
dOning his PROSTATE enemy, darted with
redOubled fury upon his second antag-
Onist, and so fierce and sudden was his
onset, that before the bOOr could stab
him with his hunting knife, the savage
beast struck him on the head with his
claws, and actually tore the scalp over
his eyes. In this frightful condition
the hunter grappled with the leopard,
and struggling for life, they rolled to-
gether down a steep declivity. Before
the man who had been first attacked
could start to his feet and seize his gun,
they had fallen together down the bank.
In a moment he had reloaded his gun,
and rushed forward to save the life Of
lis friend. Bnt it was too late. The
leopard had seized the unfortunate man
by his throat, and his cOmrade had only
the satisfaction of completing the de-
struGtiOn Of the beast, already exhaust
ed with the loss Of blood from several
deep wounds by the knife Of the expir-
ing Penny Magdzine.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
Ponltrr-Keening BIZ Bows.

The Poultry World would give the
boys a chance in the interests and oc-
cupatiOns Of the farm, and recommends
in the article below, and very properly,
that the poultry yard should be given
them in charge as an amateur field for
business experience:
It is one Of the most promising indi-
cations OF character when a boy shows
a disposition to earn something. This
desire to hold something in fee-simple
is the very opposite of trampisnl.
Among boys, the enjoyment of owning,
buying and selling, is very keen, and
is often gratifed in the getting of
knives, old watches and trinkets, and
making exchanges with each other.
Who does not remember the wonderful
dicker and trade of his boyhOod? It
was only the beginning of a develop
ment, or, rather, a self-education. This
matter should not be permitted to go
without some guidance. Parents and
guardians should take an interest in it,
not exercising a meddling interference.
but inspiring confidence, so as to be
able to cooperate, plan and watch the
results.
Now comes a scheme that IS just
right. How can we teach a boy busi-
ness habits better than by giving him
an opportunity TO "run" a hennery?
The accounts must be accurately kept;
there must be buying and selling; there
must be bantering; there ought to be
pr9fH A miniature business springs
up, and, inasnuch as it is real, why is
it not as good as a business-college2 1t
may be better; for it may prevent
spending time in the streets, or away
from home, perhaps among questiOna-
bic companions. A love of home is
fOstered by the ownership Of flowers,
small fruits and poultry. A fondness
for the finest things produced in our
cultivate them, if belonging
to the vegetable kingdom; to breed,
foster, and pet them, if belonging to
the animals not only a source Of keen
enjoyment, but indicates good traits
and a certain elevation of character
above that which is british. Young
people should be deftIy guided, step by
step, through pleasant paths, with here
and there a little job Of earnest work,
made easy by social frOlic and recrea-
ton, which come after in their proper
place. With a little encouragement,
boys may become quite familiar with
The points Of excellence in high-class
poultry, pigeons, and other pets, and
learn the best methods of breeding and
They may learn when and where to
purchase supplies to the best adyan-
.age, and how to sell the surplus pro-
ducts so as to give the most profit with
-he least expense. A pleasant self-re-
lance and good business habits may be
at the same time, a love
for nature, for refinement and human
.ty.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
Forget and Forgive.

We bury our youth, our health and
our strength; and we only come 10 grief
when we Try to resucitate the dead and
forget the chain of years that we have
forged between then and now. The
long walk, the days hunting, the
nights dance, the cold bath, and the
half hours swim, the imprudent food,
and the reckless exposure to the sun
and the rain, the wind and the snow
all these things are among the buried
dead Of our possibilities, and we must
accept them as memories only, never
again to be living facts. And why not
bury the remembrance of past pains, past
enmities, of the quarrel that has been
verbally made up, the offence once Of
fered and since atOned fOr2 Some peo-
rle never bury these things. They
say that they forgive, but they keep
their dead displeasure, as the dwarfs
kept Rosercd's pretty body, with a glass
window in the coffin, by which they
could lnOk in and watch her whenever
they chose. No; there is no good in
that. Collins with glass windows in
the mare mistake. Let US bury the dead
things Of life deep in good honest soil,
plant flowers on them, so that the place
where they lie shall not be barren nOI
disGgured; make of each mistake, eacL
sad experience, a means for future
good and truth and beauty; and go on
always on-till we come to the end,
when we ourselves shall be among the
dead and buried, some Of us remain
ing as beautiful remembrances, ever
enshrined in honor and delight; Some
Of US standing out in the backward
vista, as but sorrOwful mistakes, like
blind creatures who have missed their
way; or children of sorrow, brought up
under the hard tutelage Of pain, and
never suffered to escape the hand Of
that stern teacher, that cruel monitor.
-Ouesn.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
How Seal Skins are Dressed.

When taken off the skins are sailed,
and sent nome in that condition. On
arrival they are properly cured, and
then comes the preparation needed for
their conversion into what is popularity
called the "seal-skin." 1t is difficult
to conceive how that beautiful article
of dress can ever be manufactured out
of the unattractiye object The skin pre-
sents at this juncture. It is hard and
unyielding as a board, and the stiff,
coarse hairs cover the fur so completely
thatits very existence might be doubt
ed. The problem to be solved is how
to separate the hair from the under fur.
For many years each individual hair
was pIucked out severally, at, Of course,
a great expenditure of time and money,
until lucky accident revealed TO the
dressers that the roots of the hair were
more deeply seated than the roots Of
the fur. Now, therefore, after prelimi-
nary preparations, the skins are laid,
hair downward, upon a wooden block
with a curved surface, and plred down
with a knife until the roofs Of the hairs
have been cut through, and the skin is
very little thicker than a kid glove.
AL the COarser hair can then be brush
ed off with the hand, leaving the fur,
which is then seen to be arranged in
small curls of light brown color, vary
ing slightly in shade in the parts. In
consequence, nearly all the ''seal-skin"
is dyed before it is sold, and in the pro-
cess of dyeing the curls untwist them
selves, and the fur becomes smooth and
ready for use.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
How to Speak in Public.

When you mount the stand be puz'
zled to know where to put your hat,
Look around as though you were quite
cool ana collected, and suddenly put
your hat on the floor. Turn then to the
audience, pass your fingers lightly and
gracefully through your hair, and say
FellOw-citizensI'-extend your right
hand-put your left on yOnr vest, on
whichever side it is your private Opin-
ion your heart lies-sweu out your
chest as though all the gOddesses OF
liberty in the world had left their res
pective countries, but had taken board
and lodging in your expansive bosom,
and were now struggling to find their
way out Of the front door. Repress
their generous efforts for awhile, and
then out with them in blaze of glory.
The effect will be tremendous.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
A Medical stndent,s Horsa Intn.

1t takes a medical student to prove
that black is white. In Shoreditch,
England, a gentleman recently drove
up to public house and left his pony,
which was a milk-white steed, in charge
of boy, while he went indoors for five
minutes. When he reappeared the boy
was there and the buggy was there. but
in place of the milk-white steed, was a
pony as black as a beetle. The boy in
sisted that it was the same pony, and
could give no explanation Of the change
of complexion, save that a young medi-
cal gentleman had examined the animal
during the owners absence. The truth
was that the mischievous medical stu
dent had daubed the pony from head to
tail with coating of lamp-black. The
Englishman's astonishment was only
equalled by the dismav of an American
in a cemetery near Buffalo. After
leaving his horse at a litching-post for
half an hour he had resumed his seat
and attempted to make a start, when
10! the post appeared plump under the
tail, between breeChing and hindquar-
tiers. Bless mel'' exclaimed the dazed
gentleman, "did hitch the horse at
the wrong snd?"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
Tie SonI,s Prngresa.

The spirit or soul Of man knows it
self to be capable, viii not say Of IN
limited, but of continuous progress
and development. However vigorous
the tree or the animal may be, it soon
reaches the point when it can grow no
more. The animal may have done its
best, it may have reached a high con-
ditiOn Of strength and beauty, but when
its limit is reached it can grow nomOre.
With the soul Of man as a living and
thinking power it is far otherwiss-he
has neYer exhausted himself. When
the man Of science has made some no
bic discovery, when the literary man
has written a great book, when the
statesman has carried a series Of impOr-
tant measures, we cannot say that he
has exhausted himself. The spiritual
man is indeed dependent on the mate
rial man, and as the body moves OF
toward decay and dissolution it extendE
something Of the influence of its weak
ness and incapacity to its spiritual COM
paIlOn; but even then the soul resists
this and sssETts its separate existence;
the mind Of man knows that each sep
aTate effort, instead Of exhausting his
powers, tend to strengthen them, and
50 he will go on continually making
larger and nObler and more vigorous eff
forts. So, too, is it with conscience and
duty; with these there is no inality.
One great act suggests another, one
sacrifice makes another easier; the vir-
tuOus impulse in the soul is not
like the growth in a tree-a self-ex-
hausting fOrce-but it is always NOV
ing on, always advancing. BE not
weary in Well-dOing'-this is the Ian
guage Of the Eternal to the human will;
butneveris 'Benot weary Of grOwingo
said to the tree or the animal, because
organic matter differs from spirit in
this that it does reach the limit Of its
activity and then turns backward
towards nOn-existence.-CanOn Lid
lon.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
Inhn Rogers.

OpL osite Newgate, in London, is st.
Sepulchre's Church, of which John
Rogers, the SmithGeld martyr, was
vicar. Many Americans visit the inte-
rior to see a gray gravestOne 'in the
church choir, on the south side there
Of" with an almost Obliterated epi-
taph. which began, Here lies one con-
ouer'd that has conquered kings!" for
it. covers the remains of Captain John
Smith (1579-168D, sometime Govern
or of Virginia, and Admiral of New
England" j" and author of many works
on the history of Virginia. The three
Turks heads which are still visible on
his shield of arms were granted by
Sigismund, Duke of Pennsylvania, in
honor of Smiths having in three single
combats, overcome three Turks, and
cut of their beads, in the wars Of Hun
gary in 1902.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
The SnoHdron.

The snowdrop is usually considered
the first spring flower. The bulb is
small, white, producing two or three
narrow linear leaves, which are
short at the time of Towering, but
which afterwards grow much longer;
usually green, but often edged with yel.
low or white. The flower is solitary,
nOdding on stem about four inches
long, and possesses a delicate agreea-
BILE perfume. The bulbs are so small
they should never be planted singly,
but always in clumps Of thirty or more
OF in triple VOWS. At first planting
place the bulbs an inch and a half apart,
and about two inches deep; they will
soon grow together from offsets and
from large clUmps. The beds should
be in the warmest, sunniest places, with
clumps in other parts Of the garden,
that a succession may be kept up; it IS
well to protect them during the winter
by a covering of two or three inches OF
coarse straw or litter; they do not re-
quire this, for the bulb is very hardy
but the more the frOstis kept out of the
ground the earlier will be the spring
bloom.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
Wearing AWAY.

"Yuur father is growing old, Licin-
tus," Cicero remarked, one day, listen
ing to the venerable Macer apOsTOphis
ing, with many expletives, a slack
clothes line in the back yard, "yOm
father is growing old"
"Oh yes" replied Licinius, looking
up from his parchment and catching a
few echoes Of the spirited and prOfane
mo .OlOgue that came floating in at the
open window, ''yes, the old mans
swearing away"
And Cicero sighed and went away
wondering Just what LIeinius meant by
it, and not inst exactly liking to ask
him.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
Work for the Bows.


Cigar boxes are among those things
which, like tin cans when empty, are
usually thrown away. The Internal
Revenue laws forbid their use for ci-
gars a second time, or their sale in an
unbrOken state by dealers. A few Of
them are utilized as boxes for which
all the feminine world and part Of the
masculine has more or less fancy. Gov
cred with pictures or pal Hted, they serve
as toilet boxes or for dolls trunks
cushioned, they make still better toilet
receptacles. In point Of fact, however,
the wood Of which the boxes are made
is prettier than anything with which it
can be covered. This is either unpoI-
ished mahogany or Spanish cedar, and
needs only patient rubbing with sand
paper and Oiling to shine forth in allits
beauty. Patience, time and some inge-
nuity are the chief requisites for the
work, which may be turned TO account
in many ways. The deep, square boxes,
holding a hundred cigars, answer for
hower-pOt covers; the long fiat ones
with the same capacity, for glove
boxes, knife baskets, ETC., while other
sizes are useful for various purposes
which an inventive mind will readily
suggest. The first step is to remove
all paper from the box, inside and out.
If the branding is too deep to be re-
moved by sand-paper, the nails may be
drawn, and the branded board turned
with the clean side out. After the
wood is polished, it may be embroidered
in any rectangular pattern, with stars,
flowers, Greek key, or anything else for
which the stitches can be taken in
straight lines. To do this, trace the
pattern in pencil on the wood and with
an awl bore a hole at each angle Of thu
pattern. Then, with darning-needls
threaded with wersted, work by pass
ing the needle back and forth from one
hele to another. DecalcOmania pictures
furnish another pretty means Of orna-
mentatiOn. Toilet boxes should be
lined with velvet or velYeteen. Feet
fer the boxes can be made of brass but
tons, or Iarge-headed brass tacks, fast
ened one at each corner on the bottom
Of the box. For knife basket two
long fiat boxes are required, placed side
by side and fastened together, the han
die being either Of wood or Of card
passed through holes in the centre
piece. Line the box with flannel, pasted
smoothly in after having decorated the
outside and set on the feet. For such
a box elaborate ornaments is unneces-
sary, and a narrow strip Of velvet rib
bon, the color Of the lining, fastened
along the edges with gilt tacks, is as
pretty as any which can be used. If
the box is meant for a present, put in
addition the monogram or the last ini-
siaI Of the person to whom it is to be
given on one side of the basket. Tue
split boxes may be used for picture
frames OF for making many small fancy
articles-match boxes, ink stands "a
vial holding the inkl, card racks, ETC..
among the number.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25
The Anrfenfs.

We believe, says Abbott. that the an
clients possessed the knowledge Of the
mariners compass, air balloons, and
locomotive vessels; for the arrow by
which Abaris, the Scythian, was ena-
bled to find his waJ through unknown
countries, was the magnetic needle.
The self-nOving ships mentioned in the
Odyssey, were vessels furnished with
windmills that put in motion oars
placed at the ships side. The air bal
loon Of the moderrs is identified with
the invention Of Dadalus; and this the
more easily, because he bade his son
Icarus not to fly either too high or too
low, for fear of dissOlving the ''Wax" by
which the artificial wings were attached
to his body. But the wax" was prob
ably mentioned by the first narrator Of
the story, who didnOt know the process
still in use of joining pipes, made in the
case of DadaIus to initiate the joints
Of wings, by means Of luting, or a COM
position of clay, which if too dry or toe
moist loses equally its tenacity.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-25

An important report in relation to
the condition Oftbe channel Of the South
Pass of the Mississippi, as affected by
the Eads Jetties, was made to the Sec
retary Of War on August l, 1877. Cap
tain Eads, in a letter to Mr.. J. S. Walsh,
calls attention to the army engineers
statement that a section Of thirty-eight
acres, beneath the sea, directly in front
Of the mouth of the pass, has been low
cred almost four feet within the past
twelve months. Sufficient earth was
removed in this operation Of the jetties
to fill a canal fifty feet wide and ten
miIeslOng, to an average depth Of eleven
and half feet, while the river current
took up from the jetty channel an addi-
tional amount sufficient to fill to the
same depth a canal twice as large. The
report shows that in one hundred and
seven days the amount of material re-
moved was equal to 1,546,917 yards.
The minimum depth of the channel
now is nearly, if not quite, twenty-three
feet. The jetty channel is now the re-
cognized highway of deep-draft vessels
going to and coming from New Or
leans.