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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23
Curious Episode in Insect Life.

A curious circumstance is said to
have occurred i'll a silk factory of NJ.
GaribaIdi, at CremOna, says the Liver
pool Mail: 1t is positively stated that
in that factory a quantity of silk
worms, instead Of forming the cocoon,
as usual, actually wOve kind Of silk
ribbon of the breadth Of ten inches, and
the length of upwards of twelve feet.
In the course of the inquiries made in
the matter, it has been elected that a
similar phenomenon, only on much
larger scale, took place at Alexandria,
in 1888, in the silk factory Of DR.. Clio,
where the silk-wOTms wOve ribbon
two inches broad, and upwards Of sixty
feet in length, part of which is now
preserved in the Museum Of Natural
History at Turin.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23
Sad Accident to a PrOOf-Reader and
COmDOSitOT,

From the sample trunks in the hall,
ways of the hotels, we should judge the
drUmmers from New York houses have
arrived in town, " was the innocent par
agraph a Western editor wrote for his
paper.
When be returned from dinner the
gTinning Office boy announced to him
that four gentlemen were waiting to
see him.
'Where.are they?" asked the quill
driver.
"Wen," said the imp, they've been
smoking in the composing room till the
cOmpOsitors have sneezed all the type
-Out OF their sticks, N they've sent me
out six times for beer, IN now they re
playin' draw poker with the foreman on
the imposing stone"
VERY well, ,"said the editor, bringing
a large club in the corner more to view,
replacing the paper cutter with bowie
knife, and half opening a drawer in
which repOsed a revolver, ''3hOw 'em
in"
-Four gentlemen in very plaid suiIs,
with very large diamond pins and very
loud watch chains, with lOckets at the
ends as big as dollars, entered, the fore
most layi?g a card on the desk, in-
scribed
''Sharp, ChiseI & Co.,
1901 Beekman Street, New York,
Hardware and Cutlery"
In small letters, and
Presented by
GEO. GoUGE,"
In very large ones, asked
Are you the editor?"
The journalist looked at the party
quietly, as if calculating the cost Of
their grave clothes, and answered, Il
am"
''IIere is a little paragraph about
commercial travellers, said Nh GOuge,
pulling a paper from his Pocket,
which me and my friends, who are
members Of the Temple Of Honor, and
belong to the Young Mems Christian
Association Of New York would like
explained"
The miserable man took the paper
mechanically and gazed at his para
graph, which the printer had set as
follows:
Prom the simple drUnks in the hall
ways Of hotels, we should Judge the
drunkards from New York houses have
arrived in town."
Quietly taking up his revolver, the
editor strobe upstairs-twO sharp re-
ports and heavy falls were heard, and
the journalist returned and pleasantly
remarked to his visitors:
Gentlemen, there are not many en-
tertainments in this town now. but a
proof reader and-a c0mpositor are to be
buried tomorrow, and if you care for
that sort of thing W. should lie pleased
TO see you at the funerals"
Aud he sat down to write an obituary
notice, Willie that night through the
cold and heavy mist" four gentlemen
bought railway tickets for Chicago.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23

The fabled feasts of Orpheus are not,
perhaps, so wondrous as they at first
appear, says Leeds Mercury. Certain
notes, for example, sounded on a llute
or other wind instrument, Will cause a
dog to set up a lamentable howl, evil
IDENTIFY from the pLin it produces, either
i'll the ear itself, or the nerves CO meet
ed with it. The war-hOrse seems to de-
rive new life and Yigor from the sound
Of the drum and trumpet; and at the
circus, two horses will not pace regu-
larly without music. Outrageous bulls
have likewise, in several instances,
been calmed into gentleness by music.
Of this musical feeling in oxen, Mr..
SOuthey gives a singular instance i'll
his letters from Spain. The carts Of
COTunna make so loud and disagreeable
a creaking with their wheels, from the
want Of oil, that the governor once is
sued an order to have them creased;
but it was speedily revoked, on the pc
titiOn of the carriers, who stated that
the oxen liked the sound, and would
not draw without its music. Even fish,
upon good authority, Independent Of
the amphiUn and the dolphin, and of
the old harper, who, as The ballad has
it, ''harped a fish out of the salt water, -"
are said to have shown signs Of being
affected by music; and seals crowded to
hear a violin, as we are told by Mr.
Laing, in his voyage to Spi zbergen.
ScOresby, junior, also tell Us that
music, particularly person whistIing,
draws them to the surface, and induces
them TO stretch their necks TO the ut
most extent so as to prove a snare, by
bringing them within reach Of the
shooter.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23
philanthropy Of Common Life.

There are those says OrviIle Dewey,
who, with a kind of noble but mistaken
aspiration, are asking for life which
shall, in IFS form and outward course.
be more spiritual and divine than that
which they are obliged TO live. They
think that if they could devote them
selves entirely TO whatare called the la
bors of philanthropy, to visiting the
poor and sick, that would be well and
wOrthy-and 50 it would be. They
think that if it could be inscribed on
their tombstone that they had visited a
million cOuches of disease, and carried
balm and soothing to them, that would
be a glorious record-and so it would
be. But let me tell you that the mil
lion occasions will cOme-a,', in the Or
dinary paths Of life, in your houses and
by your firesides-wherein you may act
as nobly as if all your life long you had
visited beds of sickness and pain. Yes.
1 say the million occasions viii. come.
varying every hour, in which you may
restrain your passions, subdue your
hearts to gentleness and patience, re-
sign your interest to another's advan-
tage, speak words of kindness and
wisdom, raise the fallen, and cheer the
fainting and sick in spirit, and soften
and assuage the weariness and bitter
ness of the mortal lot. These cannot
indeed be written on your tombs, for
they are not one series of specific ac-
lions, like those of what Is technically
denOminated philanthropy. But in
them, say, you may discharge offices
not less glorious for yourselves than
the self-deuials of the far-famed Sisters
Of Charity, or than the Iabors of How
ard OF Oberlin. They shall not be writ
ten on your tombs; but they are writ
zen deep in the hearts of men-of
friends, Of children, of kindred all
around you.
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/ Itwas mthat moment of peril anC
4 danger that 1 knew loved Nettie vii
ford as had never loved woman be.
fore. Iwaited breathlessly for her tC
reappear. The seconds seemed ages till
the circles Of the waves told me she
was there. I reached her Just rs the
white face rose for the last time. ]
clasped one arm around the loved one,
and with Che otheT struck out for the
shore. By an almost superhuman eff,
fort L succeeded in reaching it, and
placing my. unconscious burden in the
arms Of her agonized father.
His face wore a grave look as he took
Nettie's hand and searched in vain for
the pulse. His directions were quickly
obeyed by his assistants, and at length
their indefatigable exertions were
awarded as slowly the frozen Iife-cur-
rent warmed in the blue veins, and a
faint nusn stole up to the pale cheeks,
the eyelJds quiyered, and her blue eyes
opened once more.
l stole away, thinking that such a re-
union would be too sacred for stranger
eyes to witness.
L was soon recalled by Hugh's well
known voice, saying:
Raymond, this way"
.Iretraced my steps, and found That
Miss Wilford had entirely recovered,
and the Judge was inQuiring for me.
My child, said he, as 1 entered the
room, ''thiS IS Mr.. Raymond, the gen
tleman who so braYely risked his life
to save yours"
Her cheeks flushed as she recognized
the hero Of her adventure during the
day, and her voice trembled as she
said:
'PardOn my rudeness this morning,
and ACCEPT my thanks for so nOLly res
cuing me from watery grave-a debt
which 1 annever repay"
There is nothing to forgive" I said
as l kissed her hand. 1t is that
should ask your pardon for my awk-
wardness. In saving you only did my
duty, and beg that you will not mem
ton it again, for the pleasure of saving
a life SO precious amply rewards me-"
Mr.. Raymond" said the Judge,
you must allow me to thank you.
Words cannot express my gratitude.
hope that solnetiMe I may have an Op-
pOrtunity of showing by deeds that 1 am
not ungrateful."
20, sir" said frankie, chow can l
ever thank you for saving my sister"
1 assured her that it would be an easy
task, and after having run a gauntlet of
congratulations and thanks, retreated
with hugh to the picnic grounds,
leaving the rest of the party to follow
at their leisure.
The remainder of the day passed
pleasantly to all. was made happy
by Miss Wilford's agreeable society.
but at last the delightful day came to a
close. as all delightful davs must.
AS L parted with my neW-fOund
friends, I Ireceived cordial invitation
% visit them at their residence, an in
7itation was not slow III accepting
md improving.
Need 1 tell you, kind reader, how,
after graduating. I studied law with |
he Judge, and meanwhile studied a
armOre interesting page with his love |
y daughter. -.-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23
The Pirata Kinr.

This name seems to have been Justly
earned by Kydd. lie was native Of
London, and was born, as nearly as caI
! be ascertained by vague records, in The
year 1913. From bOyhOod he evinced a
fOndness for the sea, and ran away
from his home to ship as cabin boy.
when he was yet LAT thirteen years of
age. From that position he became
the most notorious pirate that ever
4 plowed the sea in search of plunder.
He was an excellent navigator, a good
disciplinarian, and a most plausible
man. He was thus enabled to interest
William of Orange, a prince who was
noted for his cupidity, and who was
then on the throne of England, in his
schemes. He represented to the king
that he would subserve the cause Of re-
ligion and commerce by giving him a
free commission to sail the seas and rid
them Of pirates. To this William ac-
ceded.
Once fairly embarked Kydd acknowI-
edged no master but himself, no purpose
but to rob and steal all that he could,
no responsibility to either God or man.
Ostensibly he was to clear the seas Of
pirates, with which at that time they
were infested, but he robbed and plum
dered indiscriminately, until it las
been estimated that he possessed him
self of over twenty million of dollars.
This treasure he buried somewhere on
the coast Of New England or New York.
Portions of this wealth have been dis
covered, but not more than one-tenth
of what the daring LuchaReer secret
ed. He not only attacked other pratt
cal vessels, but also robbed regular
traders and merchant ships of all ma
lions, and upon all seas. The authOri-
ty which first commissioned him strove
in vain to recall him. lie would
acknowledge no authority what
ever but secured the seas in an
unscrupulOus career of robbery and
murder, until his name became a ter
rOr to all naVigatOrs, attacking Spanish
galleons, Portuguese fellow-corsairs, and
the very merchaut-slips of England,
for whose protection he had been orig
inally employed.
Kydd filed his ship to the full with
Indian treasures and African gold and
Spanish dollars. For five or six years
he was master of the ocean, accumula-
ting enormous treasures. EaTly i'll his
career he had quarrelled with the earl of
Bellamont about a woman, and had
made that powerful noble. then gov
ernor Of New York and Massachusetts,
a bitter enemy. The latter person
hearing that Kydd had murdered his
bOatswain, made strenuous efforts to az
rest him, i'll which he was finally sue
cessful, and brought him to justice in
he year 17O1, when he was hanged IL
chains at Executive Dock in London.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23
The Little White Nice.

Twas night in the silent city,
The 81 .ewaIk covered with ice,
As alittIe Italiun boy chanted,
''SignOri! my pretty fife nicer
In box from a string depending
His pets and bread-winncrs lay,
On crumbs from his scant store feeding,
Warm nestled in wool ana hay.
Up staggered q well-dre ssed rOwdy,
Excited by drink and play,
One kick sent the little box spinning,
And the white mice scampered away.
- Twas strOse OF exquisite tumor-
A jest with a flavor Of art,
Thus to see the little Italian
Go OF with a broken heartI
The boy sat down on n doorstep,
And his tears fell fast like rain.
Oh, God! are there none IN the city
To ply and sOOthe such pain?
A girl sat down beside him,
As she passed on her weary way,
She placed some coins in his grimy palm
And wiped his tears away,
For she thOug Of the little br ther
With whom she used to play,
Ere the spoiIer came to the homestead
On black and weary day.
''Oh, beautiful, bountifUl ladyT'
The little Ita fan said.
'Mny our Lady her choicest blessings
Upon and around you she'd"
But tn" young girl said with q shudder,
81 wish that were deadI
Nor penace nor prayes avail me,
And blessi sgs come all tcO late,
On ne forever, forever
Fast locked is the Golden Gate"
Nay-fOr thou still hast charity,
In spite Of the soil Of sin,
And the gate may turn at that blessed Wor
And welcome the wanderer in.
-AmeTicHn CJlltiUdtOT.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23
Quiet Girls.

The quiet girl is generally worth
studying, and will frequently astOnish
those who pretend to understand her
by rising to heights, when she is sum
moned thither, which are UnapprOach.
able to her complacent and cOurted
critics. Yet 1t may happen that quiet
girls of the best type may lack the wit,
The adaptability to that with which
they have no sympathy, the glibness,
and that unlimited faith in themselves
which must be possessed by those who
desire to attract the notice of the more
shallow portion Of society, who believe
in noisy girls. All quiet girls are not
endowed with genius and the virtues,
for some are simply fools who would be
noisy enough if they could find any
thing to shy. But we protest against
the habit which prevails of sighting
quiet girls and speaking i'll of them be-
fore they have been fairly tried, and of
paying sickening homage to the con
ceited chatterboxes of little moral
sense and principle. Viii noisy dam
sells will often turn out TO be gaudy i'm
posters, many quiet ones will amply re-
pay the time, trouble, OF love which
any one may bestow upon them.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23
[WhOIe No. 219I.

of Republicans who believe that par
ty exists for national ends and not
for personal advantage. The Admin
istration certainly deserves, and we
believe enjoys, the confidence Of the
country, not only as we1-meaning,
but as we'll doing, while the Senators
who are its most conspicuous Repub-
Hcan opponents have lost strength in
their own party in the degree Of the
virulenee Of their opposition. They
are said by their friends to represent
old-fashioned Republicanism. But
in fact, under the circumstances Of
to-day, they really represent reac-
tiOnary and retrOgressi7e Republican
ism.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23

An old tUrkey-raiser gives the fol-
lowing experiment: -Four turkeys were
cOnfneI in q pen, and fed on meal,
boiled potatoes and oats. -Four others,
Of the same brood, were also at the same
time confined in another pen, and fed
daily on the same articles, but with one
pint Of very finely pulVerized charcoal
mixed with their fOOd-miXed meal and
boiled potatoes. They had also a plen-
tiful supply Of broken charcoal in their
pen. The eight were killed on the
same day, and there was q difference Of
one and a half pounds each in favor Of
the fowls which had been supplied with
charcoal, they being much the fattest
and the meat greatly superior in point
Of tenderness and flavor.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23
Artificial Eyes.

Between 5000 and 10000 eyes are sold
annually in the United States. An
eye maker gives one in 125 as the pro-
portion Of one-eyed people. Computing
5he population Of the country at A, ,0OO,-
200 this rate gives 336, 600 as the num-
Der Of persons with only one eye in the
Republic. Consequently, while 100000
people supply their optical deficiency
with an artificial eye, 225,000 go with
out. In proportion to the population,
The eye-maker said there are more one
eyed people in Paterson, n. j., than in
any other town in that or any other
country. All towns that have many
fOundries and factories, and whose air
is impTegnated with SCOT and smoke,
count their One-eyed inhabitants 10y the
score; but Paterson is ahead of the
rest. The eye-maker knew of the three
pTOprietOrs of a single foundry there
each losing an eye. Pittsburg comes
next. In this city One-eyed folks
abound in the neighborhoOd of manu-
featuring establishments. Once he
had four patients from near a foundry
in West Eleventh-street alone. Not
only the foul atmosphere destroys the
sight, but dying pieces of metal burnt
out the eyes of the wOrkmen. An i'm
porter who sells 1900 eyes annually,
sends One-third to Canada; Chicago
takes 300, and Cincinnati more than
st, Louis. New Orleans, Nashville,
and other towns west and south buy
the remainder. The color for eyes
most in demand is what is known as
Irish blue" a peculiarly light azure
that predoninates in Ireland. The
average cost of an eye is ten dollars.
He sells comparatively few eyes in
New York, rs New Workers prefer to
have their eyes made to order.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23
Raj Estate.

When William the ConqUeror had
finished parceIIing out the principulities
of England among his Norman lieges,
the DoOmsday Book enumerated Is, ,7O6
owners of real estate outside Of Lon
don. Eight centuries of civilization
have reduced that number Of landhOld-
ers to 3O,776, and Lnd-lmnger, as the
Germans call it, is steadily diminishing
that small number. In this country, in
addition to the landowners Of the thir-
teen original States, 100000 pieces of
real estate have been carved out of the
wild lands east Of the Mississippi; and,
west of the Father of Rivers, at least
GOO, ,OOJ more. It is safe to say, there
fore, that there are to-day not less than
2.OOO. 600 owners of real estate in the
United States as against the $4,000 of
England; and we add more than $4,000
to that number every year. The great
majority of these cultivate their own
lands and dwell beneath their own roofs.
Every man of them has an interest in
the stability of that government that
gives them certainty of tenure. ---1pple-
TOMS J0IUHNl.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23

So certain is the crime of listening to
carry its own punishment, that there is
no pointed prohibition against it; we
are commanded not to commit other
sins, but this one draws down its own
correction, and woe be to him who in
fIinres it'll
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23

It is said that the pain caused by the
sting of hOrse-fy may be instantly
alleviated, and the swelling which often
accompanies it speedily reduced, by
simbly rubbing the injured part with
the Juice Of an onion
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23

Wire ropes for mines, elevators and
the transmission Of power are now
being made Of the comparatively new
alloy, phOsphOr bronze. These ropes
are said to retain their pliability after
long use, and toresist the action Of the
corrosive waters found IN mines.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23

Broom-corn was introduced into this
country by Dr. Franklin. While exam
lining an imported cOrn-whisk he acct
den'aIly discovered a single seed, which
he planted in his garden, and from
which the rcrn was prOpagated.
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Town and HIllsboro P. o. Sub
scrIbers.
Farewelu II Ever Fondest Prayer.

FAREWELL If ever fondest prayer
For others veal availed on high,
Mine win not all be lost in air,
But waft thy name beyond the sky.
'TWcre vain to speak, to weep, to sighi
OIL more tn tears Of blood can tell,
When wrung from quilts expiring eye,
Aud IN that word Farewell! Farewell!
These lips are mute, these eyes arc dryj
But in my Teast and in my brain
Awake my pangs and pass n by,
Th tn ught that ne'er shall s.cep agaln.
Ny soul nor deigps nor dares comp Sin.
Though grief and pa sion there abel;
only know We loved in vain
only eel-Farewell!- FAREWELL
BlTOn
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23

The cabbages on the Island Of Jersey
grow on stems to the height Of
ten or twelve feet. They cut off the
lower leaves for the cattle, and hence
one can walkUnder the vegetable itself,
as beneath a tropical grove Of palms.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23
Vienna

The first impression Of Vienna, says
the Popular Monthly, is, that it is like
Paris. The sTeetsare lively, the build
ings handsome, and some Of the people
very French in their appearance. There
are, indeed, great many French peo-
pie there, and one hears the language
continually in the street and in the cafes.
There is a large per centage Of thepeO-
pie who are Italian, or Of Italian blood,
and the Vienna German is not the light
blonde Of the North so much as the
dark hair, complexion and eyes Of the
South and East. There is a supera-
bundance Of Jews, as there IS in all
German cities. In Vienna they seem
to crop out more as individuality.
Since the tearing down Of the old row
Of Jewish houses in Frankfort, the Jew
Of that city has become absorbed in the
general population. In Berlin he is
indiyidualiZed only as an Old-CIOthes
buyer at the street corners. Jew and
Gentle are COmmingled on the street
and on the BOurse. In Vienna, hOweY-
er, they form a more prominent feature
Of the landscape
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23

Here is a good one from London
Fun: First Fisherman: ''Wot was the
lady sayin' TO yer Billy?" Second F.:
wants TO paint my Picter. Never
knOwed ! was SO 'aHsOme afOre!" First
+: Thought I'd seen her somewhere!
That'o Madame TOOsOO. Wants yer in
Wax sI'T tn chamber Of 'OrrOrs!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-23

They have what is called a raiiing
tree in the island Of TierrO, one Of the
Canaries. 1t never rains there, but
these trees are always surrounded by
lOw-lying clouds Of mist, and their
leaves gather the moisture, which CON
stantly drips from them into reservoirs
prepared to catch it; these are never
dTy
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A Danbury man describes a church
festival for raising money as an opera
ton wherein one half the church buys
berries at fifteen cents a quart and sells
them to the other half for dollar.