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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-25
The Grandpa.

The grandpa is an individual, aged
somewhere between fifty and one hun
dred years, and is a common occurance
in most well-regulated families.
They are the standard authority on
all leading subjects, and what they
don't know about things that happened
sixty-fiYe years ago, or what will hap
pen for the next three years to ceme, is
a damage fo- everybody to know.
GTandpas are not entirely useless;
they are handy to hold babies and feed
pigs, and are very smart at mending
broken broom handles, or putting up
the clothes line on washing days.
Ihaye seen grandpas that churn good,
but I consider it a mighty mean trick
to set an old man over eighty years to
churning butter.
I am willing to rock the baby while
women folks are boiling soap; I am
ready to cut rags to work into rag car
pets; they can keep me hunting hens
eggs or picking green currants; or I
will even dip candles or core apples for
sauce-bUt I won't churn.
l have examined myself on the sub
ject, and will bet a jack-knife that Josh
Billings won't churn.
Grandpas are poor help at bringing
up children; they are full Of precept
and catechism, but the young ones all
seem to understand that grandpa minds
them heap more than they mind
grandpa.-Josh Billings.
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One Of the FalIaeIes.

Of all the PLAUSIBLE fallicies which
pass current in spite of repeated expos
ures of their shallOwness, there is no
one which has got frmer hold upon
the public mind than that contained in
the phrase, ''It is always circulating
money" Chide "fast' man of your
acquaintance for his Feckle s eXpendi-
lures, and he meets you with the tri-
umphant reply that he is doing infinite
ly more good by spending than y
boarding; he is a blessing to his race
public benefaCtOr; he is doing all he
can to circulate money. Half a dozen
young epicures meet at a hotel or res
taurant and order dinner at So OF $40
a head; they guZZle or waste food and
wine, the price of which would main-
tain an ordinary family for a month;
this unenjOyed, unenjOyable excess is
not only not censwable, it is absolutely
pTaiseWorthy-"fOr, dye see? it is al
ways circulating money" The ecOnO-
mists on the other hand, who husband
their means are denounced without
stint or measure. 'They lock up mon
ey and keep it from circulation. No
body is the better for it not even them
selves" The truth, On the contrary, is
that the savers of money are the chief
benefactOrs of a country, for it is by
them, more than by any other citizens,
that not only its material, but its moral
instincts are advanced. Railroads,
telegraphs, schools, colleges, public
libraries, museums works in
which hosts Of labOrers are employed
are only possible because of these saw
ings. The accUmulatiOns of the sordid
miser are as serviceable as the coin in
the traders till; for they are employed
in bank business, in manufactures, in a
thousand forms of hired capital, besides
p 'ying a constant and ever increasing
tax to the state. But money spent use
lessly-as upon the turf, for costly
wines OF high-priced luxuries-Or mon
ey spent for vanity, and not for enjoy
ment is absolutely wasted.
1t maintains persons whose labor,
that might have been useful to the COM
munity, is ofno actual benefit, either to
the spendeTs or to mankind. When a
dollars worth of food is needlessly con-
sumed, the community is made just
dollar poorer. When dollar is saved,
and loaned, or employed, its power TO
bless the community has no limit in
time, fol all the great operations Of ICON
centrated labor, by which a country is
made a desirable one to live in are the
results of capital thus husbanded.-Cis
cilnatti Trude List.
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An Old Newspaper.

There has lately been discovered in
the library Of the University of Hcidel-
berg, a copy of a newspaper which
I proves to be the oldest periodical Of
which there is now any certain knOwl-
edge. 1t is a quarter volume bearing
the date 1909, and is supposed to have
been printed Iy John CarOlus, Of Strass-
burg. The paper was issued weekly
each number consisting of two sheets,
1t was mainly occupied with letters
/ from correspondents in adjoining states,
which were contributed regularly. 1t
is interesting to note that letters from
Vienna were about eight days on the
route, from Venice fourteen t. seven
teen days, and from Rome twenty-One
days. When the matter contained III
the letters, together with the news re-
tailed at secondhand, failed to fill the
sheet, the remaining space WIS lef;
blank.
Intelligence Of every sort found
place in the journal. Among the most
interesting occurrences noted was the
manufacture of the telescope by Gal
leo. The correspondent from Flor
ence writes, on September I, to the eff
feet THAT the government cf Venice
made a considerable present to SignOr
Calico, of Florenca, Professor of NIath-
ematics at Padua, and increased his an
nual stireni by lCO crowns, because
with diligent study he found out rule
and measure by which it is possible to
see places thirty miles distant as if they
were near, and on the o,her hand
near objects to appear much larger
than they are before our eyes"
The news received from Prague af-
ford a disturbed picture of plundeT
and murder in the streets Of the city.
It appears that t this period men and
women were daily seized by bandits,
robbed, strangled, and thrown into the
MOldau. Seven bodies were taken
from the water in one day; and at
another time seven malefaCtOrs were
apprehended, who confessed "that on
the 18th of this month, they threw about
fourteen persons into the water, and
that their band numbered so. who were,
for the most part, natives OF Prague.
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What a ceTemOniOus affair we make
Of entertaining company Too many
Of US lose all sense Of being at home
the moment a stranger crosses our
threshold; and he instantly feels him
self to be a mere yisitOr-nOthing more
and acts accordingly. The man who
knows how to s. drop in - of an evening,
draw up his chair to your hearth as if ii
were his own, and ial! into the usual
evening routine Of the household as if
he were a member of it-hOw welcome
he aIwas isl The man VINO comes to
stay under your roof for a season, and
who, without being intrusive or fIniI-
lar, makes you feel that he is at home
with you, and is content in his usual
fashion of Occupation-how delightful
a guest he isl And the houses s-ah.
how few Of them-intO which one can
go for a day OF a week and feel sure
that the family routine is in no wise
altered, the family comfort in nOwise
Iessened, but, on the contrary, increased
by ones presence-what joy it is to
cross their thresholds What harbOrs
Of refuge they are to weary wanderersl
What sweet "reminiscences they bring
to the lonely and homeless!
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Tired Mothers.

A little elbow leans upon your knee,
Your tired knee, that has so much t. bear;
chiid's dear eyes ar looking lovingly
From underneath a thatCh of tangled hair
Perhaps you do not heed the vClve touch
OF warm, moist fingers, folding yours so tight
You do not prize this lesSing over much,
You almost are too tired to pray tonight.
But it is blessedness! a yearago
did not see il rs do to-day
We are 50 dull and thanklesS, and too slow
To catch the sunshine till it slips away.
And now il seems surprising strang to me
That, W lie 1 bore the badge of motherhood
] did not kiss more oft and tenderly
The little child that brought me only good.
And if, some night when you sit down to rest
You miss this elbow from your tired knee
his restless, curling head from or your breast
This lisping tongue hat Chattcrs constantly
lffrOm your Ownt C CdimplCd hands had slipped
And ne'cr would nestle in your palms again;
If the white feet into cir grave had tripped
ICOuld not b anne you fOryOur heartaChC then
wonder SO that mothers ever fret
At little children Clinging to their gown;
Or t at the footprints when the DAYS are wet,
Are ever black nOugh TO make them frOWn
If I could ind a little muddy boot,
Or cap or jacket on my cham er floor;
If l could kiss a rosy, restless foot,
And hear its puttcr in my home once more
T. ] could mend a broken cart to-day,
Tomorrow make kite, TO reach the sky
There is no woman in Gods world could say
Sine was more biSsfully content than l.
But ahl the dainty illOw next my own
Is never rUmplcd by a shining head;
Ny SINGING birJiiiug from its nest fOwn;
The little bOJ used to kiss is dead.
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Death in Life.

The other day I heard a cabinet min
lister talking to a young chap that
wanted place. my young friend, -
said he, "dOn't apply. Saw wood, drive
COWS, anything honorable, but preserve
your independence. I have a man in
my department who has been in forty
years."
Forty years?"
Yes, every day OF it. He came in
in 1886. Well, he gets about the same
Salary he had to commence with. The
other day he came to me, saying: I
ought to have died forty years ago.
You don't mean that, I said. Yes,
said he, I mean that I have been buried
in this building forty years, and I had
just as we'll been buried in the grave.
What's the difference between tOmbsY
Of what advantage have I been to my
self in here2 l had nothing when
came in, and have got nothing nov.
am disqualified for anything. fl was
turned out to-day l would starve to-
morrow So much for a government
position that young men are so anxious
to get. They had better let it alone
Cincinnati Commercial.
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o. q. q GUILD!
Legal NOTICE.

2 YDIA MELVIN AND -- MELVIN, HER
= husband Siua Fcuner aud -- FeuneT, heI
husband; Mary A. Edwards and - Edwards,
her husband; John Trout and Enos Trout, who
reside in the state of Kansas, win take notice, that
Jacob Hiestaud, administrator of the estate of
William Weaver, deceased, on the 9th day Of April,
A. D. 1875, led bis petition in the Probate Court
within and for the county Of Highland and State
Of Ohip alleging that the personal estate of said
frCedent is insufficient tu pay his debts, &c; that
he died seized in fee simple Of the following de-
scrhed real estate situate in said county. tO-wit
Beginning al q hickory, corner 10 Jacob Hiestand;
thence h Do degrees L. ST. poles 10 o stone, cor
Ger 10 ~uid Ilisstsud; thence with UiesiaHd's line
~ ~ degrees F. 50 $40 pulcs TO a stone near an
ash, corner % john Black; thence with his line s.
SO y degrees E Is poles 10 stone a. the root Cf q
whienGk; thence :. q degrees w. ~ 40 poles 20
stone iH the edge of Wolf Run iu the line of said
fTiestaud: thence with saIi line n. 66 degrees W.
n poles TO the neutrality-suspicious. i've acres
and one quarter. more or less: Aud that Hannah
Weaver, as widow of said dcCedeut, Is entitled TO
dover NJ said premises.
Tie PRAYER Of said petition is for the assignment
Of dover 10 said widow, and for a sale of said
premises for the payment of the Gebts and charges
aforesaid. said petition viii De for hearing the
10th day of May, A. ID. 1876 or as sOUn thereafter
as leave can be obtained.
April %. 1875 JACOB HlESTAND,
Administrator of William Weaver, deceased.
sprl Vi
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-25

Miss Adelaide Nelson says of the
women Of Shakespeare: 1T would take
volume to classify them. Each and
every one is a different creation, and
their characters illustrate peculiar COM
pari+onS of mind and force. Ia the
character Of Desdemona we see a pow
erful illustration of cOnjugal devotion
and the strongest sympathy is excited
/ for her sUrrowful fate. IN IsabeHa's is
displayed a high-sOuled principle; in
Juliet's, an enthusiastic love; in Con-
stance is seen the highest form of ma
ternal agony; in Margaret of Anjou. the
sternest energies of our sex; in Rather
inc, the completeness of resignation;
in Rosalmd, wit and romance; in Cleo
patra, the beginning and end Of coquet-
ry; in ImOgen, an affection that is
death ess; in Ophelia, the fate Of brok-
en- hear and n. ddened brain; in Cor
della S character we have the beautiful
lesson Of fliaI obedience; in Miranda's,
innocence; sweetness in that of Anne
Page, and Il playful freedom in that Of
Jessica. In all Shakespeare shows a
true appreciation of female excellence,
and he makes them talk and act like
true women.
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a good story is told by Mr.. CharIe5 Ma
Kay, Of Mr.. Seward, who, when In Eng
and went with him to the Crystal Palace.
Mr.. Seward Hghteda a CigTand proceed
ed to smoke with great enjoyment, when
a policeman meeting the pair said, in a
tone Of authority, "Sir, its against the
rules to smoke in these grounds. Put
out your cigar Orleave the place. 'Sir,
Mr.. Seward rejoined with equal dig
nifty, TT is against the rules for ne to
give you half CT We. Take it, and
put it in your pocket and leave my pres
ence." The man looked round for fear
Of Hstners, took the half crown, smiled
pleasantly, and discretly turned away
in the opposite direction.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-25

Children and fools speak the truth. -
An unfortunate widOWer has found
that this is true. Preparing, not long
since for a ride with a young lady and
desiring to blind the eyes Of his house
keeper respecting his errand, he very
politely informed his little son that he
could go too. ''NO, 1 guess not" re-
piled the little man in roundabOuts.
"Why, yes, wash your face and come
along, +" persisted the father. ''Shan't
do it, " replied the UrChin. "Why didn't
you gO?" questioned the lady in charge
after the father had left, 'he wished it,
think" Didn't either, " retOrted the
boy, 'he said in the bedroom he'd give
me ten cents if I'd stay athome."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-25

How wise and sagaciOus the COWS be.
come that run upon the street OF pick
their living along the highway. The
mystery Of gates and bars is at last
solved to them. They ponder Ovel
them by night, they lurk about them
by day, till they know when they are
open and unguarded. They calculate
on the chaL1es of the gate being left
open a certain number of times in the
season, and if it be but once, AMI only
for Eve minutes, your cabbage and
sweet corn suffer. Yes, life presents
but one absorbing problem to the
street COW, and that is how to get
into your garden. She catches glimpses
of it over the fence or through the
pickets, and her imagination or epigas-
trium is infamed. at l st she learns
to open the gate. 1t is a great triumph
of bovine wit. She does it with her
horn or her nose, or it may be with her
ever ready tongue. I doubt if she has
yet penetrated the mystery Of the newer
patent fastenings; but the old patent
latch she can see through, give her time
enOugh.-Burroughs.
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SeLrReSpect.

Always remember no one cHn debase
you lat yourself. SANDER, satire, false
hood, imiustice-these can never rob
you Of your manhood. Men may lie
about you. they may denounce you, they
may cherish suspicious manifold, they
may make your failings the target of
their Wit OF cruelty; never be alarmed;
never swerve an inch from the line
your judgment and conscience have
marked out for you. They cannot, by
all their efforts, 5ake away your knOwl-
edge of yourself, the purity Of yom
motives, the integrity of your character
AMI the generosity of your nature.
While these are left, you are, il point
Of fact, unharmed.-Hints for Daily
Life.
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Soon after the COpernican system Of
astronomy began to be generally under
stood, an old farmer went to the par
son with tie following inquiry: Dr..
T, do you believe in the new story they
tell about the earth moving around the
sun?'' Yes, certainly DO you
think it is according to the scriptures?
If it's true, how could JOSHUA command
the sun to stand still2 'Umphl" quOth
the paTson; Joshua commanded the
sun to stand still, did he?n ''WeI, II
stood still, did it not?'' ''Yes. .n-''y1zee75 ee75
well. Did you ever hear that he set Il
a-goiGg dgain?''
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-25

blr. W. Y. Harris said in a recent
address at the Massachusetts State
Normal School: 1T is in education as
in other departments of tire business of
civil society. In the long run, skill,
preparation and brains will tell. The
professional teacher will, after awhile,
furnish the only standard, and the make
shift teacher viii be valued and renu-
merated like the make-shift shoemaker
9r mechanic, lawyer OF doctor. And
here it is well TO say, perhaps, that the
educational laLOrers have this matter
all in their own hands. Nay, more
than this, each individual teacher Las
the m tier in his own hanGs so far as
he is interested. There is hight above
hight and the crowd is found only on
the lower terraces. The UppeTmOst
ranges are we'll nigh uufrequented sOli-
tudes. Then, again t ,e rod to pro-
motion is clear and well marked. How
easy it is for the young man or woman,
fired with zeal, to add to the narrow
and necessary preparation required for
the conduct Of the daily recilations a
constant study Of the great works Of
human genius!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-25
CHERIFFS SALE.
s. W. HOrsman) In the Court of Conn
VS.. Ileas Of Highland {
James D. AchOr.l Ohio.


S. W. HOrsman) In the Court Of Common
VS.. Tleas Of Highland Co.
James D. Achor.J Ohio.
Nltice is hereby given, that the undersigned
Sheriff OF Highland County d.. by virtue of su Ex-
ccution issued ont Of said Court in the above ent
He'd cause. aud TO him directed Sheriff Of said
county, will, at the door Of the Court House in
HilIsHOrU, on
Saturday, hay II, Il. d. 1878,
at O'Clock P. bI of said dav, offer for sale at pub
lie auction, the following lands and tenemeuts,
tO-wit:
Sitnate in Highland County and Stale Of Ohio,
on tbe waters of Lees Creek, being part of Con-
ways Survey No. z4Dp. and bounded aud described
as fcll0as. to-wit: Beginning ar a stone, south-
east corner to James ROlisOn'5 lot and in jEg line
Of Thomas AchOr; the-ce with his line 3. 80 de-
grees f. 10 36-lO0 poles % stone, CuTner to Mil
ner's 17-acrc lot thence with his line y. % poles
10 the line Of Niluer's mill-lOt. on the bank of
Lees Creek; therce with the line of said mill-lo
n. So degrees W. 64-luO poles to the northeast
corner of james Roison's lOt thence with his
liue S. p degrees W. a poles 10 the beginning
containing one acre and 3 pCrches Of land, more
OF less.
Appraised al 81. .33.
Terms of sale CASH on the day Of sale.
Given under my hand al Hi.ls5uro, Ohio, this
9th day of a pril, A. .. 1878.
Wal. q. NEWELL, SHeriH n. Co, o.
y. K. PICEERIEG, Atty for Plaintiff.
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Tea and coffee dietary for children is
as bad in its effects as It's use is now
universal. Or. Ferguson found that
child en- 50 fed only grow four pounds
per annum between the ages Of thirteen
and sixteen; while these who got milk
night and morning grew fifteen pOands
each year. This needs no comment Ty.
The deteriorated physique Of tea-and-
coffee ted children, as seen in their
Iessened power to resist disease, is no.
toriOus among the medical men Of fac
tory districts,
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We are told that there1s in Algeria a
real river Of ink. 1t is formed by the
union Of two branches, one Of which
flows through a district abOunding in
sulphate Of iron, while the other drains
a swamp in which the waters become
strongly impregnated with tannic acid
and similar vegetable substances. OF
course the union Of the two streams
produces ink, as would naturally result
from the addition Of cOppeTas to a 30
luton Of nutgalls. Whether the ink is
Of good quality and ready for bOttling
and sending to market we are not in
formed.
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Young Folks Corner.

Hattie G. Taylor, HHlsbOro, and ''J. T. B."
Yellow Springs, Ohio both sent correct answers
to Poetical Enigmas Of April Ilth, but they were
received too late for mention last week. Miss
Taylor also sends correct answers to Enigma No 1
and PoeticaI Enigma Of April IS.
~. T. B., Yellow Springs, Ohio, also sent so
luton to Watch Problem of April 1lth, but did not
get the correct answer.
"Emms, WiIlettvnle, O., sends correct answer
to Problem No. 1, Of april Is.
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Prerentinr sn1ncatfon By Smoke.

Twill give some suggestions for the
prevention of suffocation by smoke. A
pillow case, well saturated with water,
and having a small hole torn in it to
look through, placed loosely over the
head, will be found an admirable i'm
prOmptu respiratOr in the densests tsmOke.
am indebted for the idea to Vice Ad-
miral birmingham, who told me how,
when he commanded the Cambridge
training ship at Plymouth, he made his
first experiment with this pillow case
respiratOr. He had Il lbs. Of loose
powder exploded III a confined part Of
the ship, which, although screened of
with fear nOught, emitted so dense a
smoke that those outside had to lie down
on the deck A common pillow case,
with a small eye hole, was placed over
the head of a man, who, with the hose
in the hand, went inside and remained
ten minutes, when, to assure his friends
outside Of his safety, he sang a comic
song.-C0rr. London Times.
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TWhOIe No. 2187.

insert advertisements, or special notices Of
exhibits, in the forthcoming Official Cata-
logue. On inquiry at the Lmprimeris Ma
tioHale, where the Catalogue is now being
prepared, learn that no such authority
has been given to any person or persons in
or out Of France, and that absolutely no
advertisements any kind,,0 viii be received
No authorization has been or viii be grant
ed for the sale, within the Exhibition
grounds, Of Catalogues whether general or
partial, published by private enterprise
The Official Catalogue, viii be very com
plete and printed in French, English, Ger
man and italian, will be sold at actual
c5st by Government agents, and the nser-
tions (surnames, Christian names, firms, ad-
dresses Of exhibitors and summary descrip-
tions of goods exhibited) are absolutely gra-
tuitous. LOUIS.