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FISH, OYSTERS, DC.

FISH, OYSTERS, &c.
w lillian H. SMITH,
OEALHHI IN
FRESE AND SALTED FISH.
FISH WHARF AND STALLS CITY MAX
KET,
would inform dealers and others that ho is pre-.
pared to furnish them with all kind Of
POTOMAC FISH.
at the lowest possible prices. | would cali the
attention Of buyers to the fact that my band
stands No. in market st all times and I int end
to sustain my reputation in that respect.
Ny stalls, Nos. and s, Fish Market will be
supplied with fresh fish every morning. They
will be superintendent by MIR. James q. Grime.',
ST., and families can depend on getting the best
whether they come in person or send orders
Persons at distance wanting Fresh Fish can
depend on getting Lhom packed in good order
@- All orders addressed to VIM. II. SMITH,
Alexandria, Va, will roceivo prompt attention.
mar
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". 3. WADDEY,
ITO KING STREET.,
ALExAN a, Va.
ICE CREAM, SODA WATER. 30.
ICE CREAM.

My Ice Cream Mandatory, one Of the larg-
Oct in Virginia, still continues to supply private
customers, Sunday Schools excursions, picnlcs,
fairs, isstivals and associations, rs we'll as the
trade, with that s SUPERIOR CREA III that has
made n name in this community, and il known
everywhere as BRENGLE'S lCE CREAM. l
could essy reduce its prico by lowering itsqual-
ily, but good cream, Of fresh, pure, wholesome
Ingredients cannot ba furnished vt less price
than serve it, Of course, | could grade my
cream bS tho price" but my cream would lose
The good namo that years OF fair dealing have
won for il. l ask tnat persons abroad ordering
"Brnn8lGs Cream from third parties will as-
sure Themselves that the cream sent is certalnly
from my establishment. l warrant my cream,
and do not wish that Mforor cream, sent out his
.:ine may injuro its reputation. 1t is my aim
To furnish tho BEST CREAM IN AMERICA,
and my customers are satisfied that l do So
10 3-tG HENRY BRENGLE.
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STEAMERS.
SOTOMAC FERRY COMPANY.

On and after SEPTEABEE IL, 1875, boosts
will lesve ss follows
ALBXANDRIA-G %, 30 S 80, 10 10 and
II 20 an, and - IS, co, 80, 20 snd & 90 pm.
WAsHINGTON-G 20, S 10. 8 81. 10 20 s. m.
L. 10. ard q, 20, 20. 6 % AID co p. T.
aug 29-tf
pESUIPTION Or ROUTE.
Gu and after THURSDAY, February 18th,
1878, tho steamer III ATTAIN Captain
Vim. II. Byles, will be run IS follows:
Leave Alexandria EVERY MONDAY,
TIL UkSDAY and SATURDAY, from King
street wharf, at half-psst seven O'clock
q. NJ, for Landings on the Potomac as far down
Is Nomini Leave Nomini EVERY TUES
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, at 4 O'clock
for Washington, arriving carly the Eamo oven
ing. Freight received daily.
feb IL J. BKODERS {, CO., Agents.
INLAND s SEABOARD COA3TlNG GO.
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7 F. BBLS PURE OLD APPLE VINE
l. = GAR in store and for sao by
aug II L. w. AVERY, 226 King st.
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Wy e., VIRG. MIDLAND & 4. s. Il. K.
W. JOHN ;. BARBOUR, Receiver.
On and SITTER Sunday, Juno 9th, 1873, Pas
sengor Traina will run rs follows:
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TYRE IRON and TIRE STEEL-A full
Il stock in store and for sale by
JAS. +. CAKL1N & sons.
sue 10 IS King street.
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90 BBLS Refined SUGARS, pur-
OO chased st the decline, and for sale cheap
bv w. a. JOHNSON s. CO.,
srp8 NE. cor Cameron and Royal ats.
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Y EORGE 4. HILL u cos.

IF HoN' X Is i Ill " 90 J.
CAREFUL MANUfACrUEa
OUR new GOODS.
ALMOED-Fancy Nut F!avorc,!
COCOANUT-Ruh Fno Drop Top Ca.
--lcod Drop, bright HavaT
PRIN CESS-lced Sheet, sol! obtong
SEASlDE-For light summer lun2Ga@a
TOURIST-Swes: Hard Biscuit, :gUrr. 80.
EISMARCk-G German Biscuit, Ca.ewAy Aa,,.
SARATOEA-Crimp edge, Maca !ayor.
These fancy goods arc furnished .Ge !r.!a j..
assorted or straight packages, s::!sr:i7r.y 80,
up for retail. They ara no. kept il: .:o.@. ;.
tin cans used, consequently tarY ~, :..T ;:
fresh sud in high lsvnr We respectfully .....,.
an examination Of thess go i.
GEORGE i. I'll ii, j ca,
my 10 AitZa::.!t.a. y.
y W. A i.!:l,
CHOICE FANNY AND rAt,IA t!..r, :
EIEj, viz Il LIQUORS, ~, -,
- King a., cor. Alfred,
scr ALTMAN ilI;!
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NEW STYLES OF SOAP-London and
~ Telephone Laundry, Tidal Wave Toilet,
and BARRIERS Shaving Soap just received BY
suu 70 j. G. MILBUkN.
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BOOKS, STATIONERY, &C.

SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL REQUl-
y Sits FOR THE COMING SEASON AT
ERESCM.S. NO. 9j KING STREET.
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DISRUPTION or ROUTE.

INLAND S SEABOARD COA5TlNG Co
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-14
He Got Tired.

Yesterday forenoon a fatherly-looking
man appeared at the corner Of Wood
ward and Jefferson avenue and asked a
pedestrian where the Home of the
Friendless was, saying that he desired to
adopt child. He was given the infor-
nation, but after the lapse of an hour
he had progressed only one block. He
seemed to have put away several glasses
of beer, and his eyes had a heavy look
as he asked of a boy:
Cub, kin you tell me where the Friend
Of the Homeless isP"
The boy told him, and the stranger
went up as far as the monument, wan
dered around by the market, and at noon
he was heard asking a woman:
Madam, kin you tell me where to
find the Home of the Homeless, as I
want to adopt a OrphanP
She didn't know, and he didn't seem
to care much, as he felt sleepy. When
dragged out of an alley about mid after
noon he looked yacantly around, and
queried
''Iz zhis er Friendless of er Homeless,
er er HOuselesS of er Friendless, or er
Friendship of er Homeless, or whaz ?'
''Do you want to adopt an Orphan?"
asked the officer.
The stranger lurChed along for whole
block, deeply thinking, and then an
sWered:
''Nozur; I want a orfun to iopt me-"
He was adopted till the next session
Of the Central Station Court.-Daroit
Free Press.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-14

Some one has well said that the true
art of being agreeable is to appear well
pleased with all the company, and rather
to seem well entertained with them than
to bring entertainment to them.
This is a good plan for one who has no
great confidence in his conversational
powers.
A man thus disposed may not have
much learning nor any wit; but, if he
has common sense and something
friendly in his behavior, it COnciliates
mems minds more. than the brightest
parts without this disposition and, when
a man of this turn comes to old age, lie
is sure to be treated with respect.
It is true, indeed, that we should not
dissemble or flatter in company but
one may be very agreeable, strictly con-
sistent with truth and sincerity, by a
prudent silence where he cannot concur,
and a pleasing assent where he can.
Now and then you meet with a person
so exactly formed to please that he will
gain upon every one that hears or be-
holds him. This disposition is not
merely the gift of nature, but frequently
the effect Of much knowledge of the
world and a command over the passions
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-14
The African HOner.Bird.

The honey-bird is about as large as a
gray mOCking-bird, and is of similar col
or. It endeavoTs to attract the attention
Of travellers, and to induce them to fol-
low it. When it succeeds thus far, it
almost invariably leads the person who
follows to a nest of wild bees. While on
the route, it keeps up an incessant twit
terlng, as if to assure its follower Of sue
cess, and often alights on the ground OF
a bush, and looks back to see If the per-
son is still in pursuit. The native Afri-
cans, when conducted by the bird, fre-
quently answer its twittering with q
whistle as they proceed, for the purpose
Of signifying to their conductor that they
are still following it. When the bird ar
TIves at the hollow tree, or other place
where the honey is deposited, f. hOvers
over the spot, points at the deposit with
its bill, and perches on a neighbOring
bush or tree to await its share of the
plunder. This is the usual termination
of the adventure. But sometimes the
hOney-bIrd seems to be aCtuated by
love of mischief, and then instead Of
leading the traveller to a bees nest, it
conducts him to the lair of some wild
beast, and then flies away with a twitter-
ing which sounds a good deal like laugh
ter. Gordon Cumming, "the lion killer
once followed a honey-bird which con-
Quoted him to the retreat of a huge CrOc-
Odile; and, having introduced the trav-
ei'er to this august presence, the little
fCathered joker took hasty leave, evil
dently much delighted with the success
of his trick.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-14
Early Rising.

There is another class of superstitiOns
borne down to US from the grabbed times
of our Puritan ancestry which I fancy
we shall also shamefacedly own. They
were the daily maxims which formed a
part Of the teaching in every genuine
New England home, and their perma-
nence as a part of our mental cOnstitu-
ton is an encouraging circumstance to
educators who sometimes are inclined
to think that even line upon line and
precept upon precept fail to make their
impression upon the wayWaTd mind of
youth. To remove this fear, we stand as
living monuments, boldly avOwing first,
that we find it constantly difficult to con-
vince OUTselves-thOUgh our reason tells
us that we are absurd-that it is not a
moral duty to rise before, or, at least,
with the sun. Day by day, as we de
sCend to our S-O'clOCk breakfast, we are
conscious of q certain sense of moral
tOrpitude which we know to be unrea-
sOnable. 1t is in the effort to shake off
this sense, which is only a remnant of an
old superstition, that l write. The gen.
eral aXIOms or the subject of early
rising, which helped to make the New
England Primer and the Farmers Alma
AltlC IL 4ACh u -Ldl44l4lB SOAAGG VI oJplJOSCu
improvement, and which were afterWard
accommodated by Franklin, do not apply
to the present day nor to city life. What
is gained even for useful work by rising
at and then being obliged to take a nap
in the middle Of the day? Why not do
up all our sleeping at once and have
clean sweep for work. IF again, one
could carefully rake up and cover the
embers of his fire at 8 p m. and sleep
the sleep Of the righteous till 6, he might
possibly rise at 8, or even ), though why
even in that case, any sane person
should insist on doing two hours work
before eating, and call such action virtue,
7 could never understand. Circum-
stances alter rules as well as cases, which
is what we of Puritan stock find it hard
to understand. 1 myself know two
young women of New England birth
and training who, though they 90 into
much evening society, and are frequently
awake at midnight or after, each week
during the New York Winter, vet persist
in being punctual every morning at the
half-past breakfast Of the family. True,
they have no appetites; true, they take
long maps in the afternoon; true, they
break down every year by March yet
they gallantly return to the assault every
Autumn, and would feel ashamed and
guilty if they did otherwise. So strong
is the force of superstition!
In the future more perfect days it will
be considered a sin to awake any one
from sleep except in cases of life and
death, and our grandchildren may per-
haps be free from the inherited weak
moss of baliny-in-r bnpavsn tho Hou-ars
and the chickens and the birds wake
when the sun does, that therefore hu-
man being should do so. By what logic
do we select the one action Of waking as
suitable fOrOur imitatiOn2
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-14
A Sensible Hired Man.

A 'Hired Hand" writes the following
good sense to the Bloomington Leader.
We commend the reading Of it to every
man who works for another:
"The supply of farm-hands IS greater
than the demand. Wages are very low,
but they are as high as can be paid at
the price the farmer gets for his grain
and hOgs-the products Of the farm.
Another thing is, that it is the inherent
right of every man who has help to hire,
to hire it as Cheaply as he can. Another
thing is, that you often see men idling
their time away, and, if any one in their
confidence says any thing about it, they
will reply, %, well, I can't afford to kill
myself for SIS a MONTH Now, this Is
wrong; q man is Just as much bound to
do q months work for $40 as he is for
$50, if that is the current wages, and he
agrees to work for it he is not to do
what he considers a days work in pro-
portion to his wages, but an honest days
work. Last summer, 1 saw q man scoop
ing corn in a car; he had about so much
work to do, as he was keeping it away
from a steam shelter. He let it choke
several times; when he was asked if he
could not keep the corn out of the way
of the shelter, he replied that he could.
but swOre that he. would not for a dollar
a day. The consequence was that anOth-
er man would, and the man lost his job
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-14
Cremation at Calcutta.

Nearly every stranger inquiries first for
the Burning Chat, or cremation grounds,
where the HindOOs burn their dead, and
single visit generally suffiCes. I went
there the day after my arrival, and found
an inclosed space on the banks of the
Ganges, with steps leading down to the
water. A dozen or more men were
standing around or raking the ashes of
some smOuldering heaps, and our ap-
prOaCh was the signal for an appeal for
money. On one heap was a body half
consumed the fire still burning fiercely,
and another pile, on which lay the body
of q woman, was lighted Just as We en-
tered. The wood was dry, and perhaps
had been saturated with oil; at anv rate
it famed fiercely up, so that in the little
time that we were there the work of de-
structiOn went on visibly. No patent
furnaces or other improvements are used
here; there Is only a pile Of wood and
the body that is to be cremateG. After
the body has been destroyed the ashes
are thrown into sacred river, form of
sepUlture eminently satisfactory to the
piOus HindOO. Formerly, the cremation
was more theoretical than real, as the
men appointed to perform the work
would put the most of the money for
wood into their pockets, and throw the
body into the river after it was hardly
more than scorched. COrpses floating in
the Ganges were an hourly sight, and
sometimes dozens might be seen in a sin
gle day. Complaint was SO general that
the government stepped in and ha}
something to say; it did not endeayOr to
put stop to cremation but it required the
work to be thoroughly performed, an3
stationed policemen at the CHAT to see
that its orders were carried out.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-14
The New POpe,

Joachim Pecci, the new pope, was
born at Carpenette in the diocese of
Arragui, on March 2, 1910, and is sixty
eight years of age. He was created car
dinal on December 10, 1858, was arch
bishop of PerOuse and chamberlain of
the pope. He was to have been created
cardinal at the request Of protestant
King Leopold l., of Belgium, to whom
he had been sent as nunciO by Gregory
XVI, but on the death of the latter
Plus *, yielding to the vindictiveness
of AntOnelH, allowed seven years to
.elapse before he gave him the hat. Of
high intellect of a well-tried and ener-
getic nature, his eminence has made not
only an excellent bishop, but has real
lied the type Of a perfect cardinal. As
an administrator, he managed to clear
BeneventO of smuggling and brigandage,
as well as of the underhand intrigues of
the party of the nobility. As man Of
intelligence he does not regard with such
a passimist eye as his colleagues, the re-
CiprOcal sensations of the church and
society. He has evidently found a solu-
ton in his own mind for existing and
eventual difficulties. His eminence is
tall and thin. His features have an ar
istocratic stamp, and are characterized
by great t1lesse. He q resemblance at
once to Voltaire and Richelieu. His
voice strikes one disagreeably at first, it
is so nasal in its tones but one soon
gets accustomed to this peculiarity, owing
to its fUlness and resonance. Although
simple in manners his eminence is of all
the cardinals the one who carries him
self with most pontifcal majesty, re-
sembling in this Plus TX, who in his
early days passed for Incompatible.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-14
OId 81 on tbe MoTett Registers.

Old 81 came in yesterday and wanted
to know
"What do one of desc heah Mofit reg
isturs set yer back?-dat is, what do dey
cos ?''
"a Mofett register? Why, man, what
do you want to know for"
"Ef you'll 'skuse me, dat amt what
axed-y yer"
''Wen, I don't know what they cost.
1 don't keep & bar-rOOm or keep count
Of how many drinks I take"
eyes, sab l know dat; but what I
wants to git at ar deprice OBJ de registur." "
do you want OneP
"Dat does-and wants hit bad"
"What fOr?o
"Well, eff I on'erstand hit, ebery time
yer turns de crank de bell rings an de
clock WUrk counts One?'
That's about II"
CESS so, an dere's er place in dis town
dat needs one of dem mersheens wusser
dan dey needs er clock iner hOsspitel." !"
"Where is that"
"Out dar at de church I'se heDpen to
boss. You see ebery time deY takes up
de COllekshun de plate don't count cor
din ter de way de folks sez dey put in !
Dat ar is de pint-dO de folks put in wat
dey does, er does de plate-mover git
some OBJ de cash mixed up wild his coat
sIeebes? ?"
"Well, what is your plan now?
"Hit ar to 'tach de registUT ter de plate
an inquire de collector fer to turn de
crank an ring de bell one for ebery five
cents dat's put in de plate. Den de gas
meter 'rangements'u show jess how
much hit Orter pan out. Yer see, dere's
some parts oh 'ligion dat's got ter pend
on science to help hit keep strate."
'Thats a new kink, 81 but what are
you going to do when they put buttons
in the plate"
Oar now! Dogged eff I'd tho't OBJ dati
rs gotter to 60 back an mend dat plan
sOmewhar."
And the old man went off badly
bothered over the problem.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-14
Cause of Draams.

We cut the following from q paper re-
I Gently read before the Alumni Club Of
the Chicago University by Dr.. 7. s
Haye:
By far the most productive cause Of
dreams is external impressions. NJ.
GirOn de Buzerinque, some years ago,
made a series of experiments in order
to determine what effect, if any, exter-
nal impressions had upon dreaming. If
he left a foot or arm exposed he inyari-
ably dreamed OF travelling in a cold
country and Of suffering from the sever
ity Of the weather, especially in the par
uncovered.
Mr.. MauTy also made a series Of eZ
periments with the same end in view.
''First experiment: He caused HIM
self to be tiCkled with a feather on the
lips and inside Of the nOstrils. He
dreamed that he was subjected to a hOr-
rible punishment. A mask of pitch was
applied to his face, and then torn rough
ly of, taking with it the skin Of his lips,
nose and face.
Second experiment: A pair Of tWeezes
was held at a little distance from his
ear, and struck with a pair of scissors
He dreamed that he heard the ringing
Of bells. This was soon converted into
the tOcsin, and this suggested the days
Of June, 1913.
Third experiment: A bottle of eau de
cologne was held to his nose. He
dreamed that he was in a perfumer'5
shop. This excited visions Of the East;
and he dreamed that he was in Cairo, in
the shop Of Jean Marie Farina Many
surprising adventures occurred to him
there, the details Of which were forgotten.
Fourth experiment: A burning lucifer
match was held close to his nOstrils. He
dreamed that he was at sea (the wind
was blowing in through the WindOWs,)
and that the magazine in the vessel blew
up.
Fifth experiment: He was slightly
pinChed on the nape Of the neck. He
dreamed that a blister was applied. And
this recalled the recollection of a physi-
clan that had treated him in his infancy.
Eighth experiment: A drop Of water
was allowed to fall on his forehead. He
dreamed that he was in Italy, that he
was very warm and that he was drink
ing the wine of OrvietO.
Ninth experiment: A light, surrounded
by a piece of red paper, was repeatedly
placed before his ewes. He dreamed
Of a tempest and lightning, which sug-
gested the remembrance Of a storm he
had encountered in the English channel
in going from MOrlaix to Havre."
A DR.. Gregory having applied a bottle
Of hot water to his feet one night,
dreamed that he was looking into the
crater Of a volcano, and was almost
stifed by the heat. Another physician,
having applied q blister to his head,
dreamed that he had been scalpsd by
Indians.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-14
Mortgaglng Farms.

Western farmers may suppose that
they are the only ones who have mort
cages on their farms, but the following
from a Vermont correspondent of the
Prairie Farmer, viii set that idea at rest:
Mortgages are laying their hands
rather heavily on the unfortunate farm
ers, and a good many farms viii prob
ably change hands during the coming
wear. These capitalists have, in q great
measure, been compelled to resort to
this extreme in order to secure them
selves, as the property in many cases
has so deprecated in value as to be worth
less than the amount for which it was
mOrtgaged. Although nature has made
this one of the richest farming districts
in the East, it is estimated, and think
correctly, that One-third of the farms are
mOrtgaged for all they are worth This
has been brought about, IN a measure,
by farmers trusting out their produce to
spectators, who have invariably failed
paving from five to ten cents on the dol
lar, and the extreme clOseness of the
times, which has not enabled them to
rally from the shock they were, there
fore, obliged to mortgage, pay high inter
est, and finally sUCCumb. Unless we can
finally devise some means to turn our
produce into cash without the risk of
trusting them to spectators and com
misslOn-men, the prospect looks rather
dark for the farming-cOmmunity.
RENEWING MORTGAGES.
There are, doubtless, many owners Of
mortgages who would, if they were ap-
Piled to, be glad to extend mortgages
about to become due, at a lower rate Of
interest. There are, however, between
the mortgagOr and the mortgage a class
Of middIemen who reap a harvest from
a renewal of these mortgages. The
original loans were made at 10 per cent.
annual interest and 5 per cent. commits
sion. These brokers now ask 4 per cent.
commission for renewing a loan at 9
per cent, and 5 per cent. for an 8 per
cent. loan. In the majority Of cases, the
mortgagor does not really know Of whom
he borrowed the money, his business
having heretofore been all transacted
with the trustee, and the latter, Of course,
volunteers no information as to who his
is. While we cannot blame
these Ioan-agents for wanting to keep a
good thing when they have it, yet we
think that, in charging such rates as
they DO, they are killing the goose that
lays their nest-eggs-