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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
CrlticIsinr q Critic.

The critic was Florida dame at her
wash kettle; the criticised a brisk, nim-
ble-footed lady tourist, who was taking
notes. in the neighbOrhoOd.
well, she air a timber critterr the
j'ints," said the dame. minds me on
a painter lynn low agin clean limb
a-lOokin' arter calf critters"
'Fhat is not bad, " said I, "it by crit
ter you mean the lady"
Il lowed for to say cretur," said the
dame, scrubbing briskly at the linen;
but critter 81 Pped out long of her lik-
i'm to q cat vaTmint."
Cat varnint!" said 1. 1.-THE lady
would not be tlattered." !"
But her answer, gravely innocent Of
4 pun, took me of my feet:
''She mought be bit fatter, but she
couldn't be noslimmer. She air like a
bachelor bug pretty, wiugless in
3ect-''mOst sWise head and hump
Before L recovered she stretched the
kinks from her spine and continued
slowly:
Air she agaf cretbr or wife Gre
tur, or something betwigst and be-
,wcen?"
Il don't think she is widow, said
81 didn't Ion for 70 say widder, was
her quick reply. LIer eaiikcrs amt
them sort.
Il suppose" said 1, ''y6a mean df
NOrced-a grass Widow?"
well, said the dame, "she amt no
wire-grass wilder IA peculiar native
grass). She amt no more nse on
range than water gourd for a soup
kettle" ~
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11

During the excavation OF a canal in
Berlin the workmen struck upon twelve
perfectly preserved cofins, which lay
apparently, in. four graves, each con-
tanning three superimposed collins. The
site Of the discovery corresponds with
the cemetery that existed even al. late
as 1870 in connection with the poor
house and pestilent hospital. The
corpses must, in consequence, have
been in the earth for at least 26O years.
Notwithstanding this long period, the
-cOfffus, as we'll as their contained bunes,
were in a perfect state Of preservation;
articles Of clothing were even found
still clinging to some &C the bones.
Prof. Virchow found, upon investiga-
ton. that the cofins were coated on
both sides with a thick layer Of tar, the
wood itself appearing to be young oak
A silicious crust was likewise found on
the inner sides of the cOfins. The wood
was so hard that axes and saws were
broken in the attempt to cut it. The
nails were very much rusted, bnt still
Eou1d in their interior
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
WHY NJ The Girls z

A writer IN an exchange very senslbly
advocates the training Of young girls in
garden work as follows:
A lady friend who has a grapevine
/ bower over the wsshfhOuse door, asked
me, in the spring I'll could prune the
vine for her-a service which I had rem
dered last year. Being just then fully
occupied, l said would show her two
! grown daughters how to- do it, and
would lend them a laiFof shears, which
they could use wil perfect ease. The
mother objected ti5t there would he
risk Of their failing and that probably
should have to tahe as much time to
show them as wouId suffice to do the
pruning. o. no, Il answered, l will
show them on one eane what to cut off,
and they can then prune tie rest in the
same way They will learn a useful
art, aud can afterward direct others to
prUne their own roses, raspberries, etc,
all on the same principle. But it WAS
decided rather to employ an old man.
who makes a business Of pruning and
grating. -rr- --
1 have pondered and wondered over
this case. Why should not the girls
have had this opportunity of learning
to use pruning-shears2 They looked as
If they would have liked to do it, and
their mother is a very sensible woman,
and an excellent mother. I think that
it must be the dread of Mrs. Grundy's
making some talk out of it. But what
could she say? A vine is itself femi-
nine. Most of our cultivated sorts have
feminine names, from Isabella to Mar
tina or her lady sister. And it is very
fit that they should be so named, for the
vine is as helpless as any weak woman
is if its support fafsss, and it has nothing
left to cling to and embrace.
There is really no garden-work light
er, neater or cleaner than the pruning
of vine that has been tidily trained
previously, and is within convenient
reach. Pleasure and health reward the
spending of an hour or two of a mild
day in such work, to say nothing of the
greater zest with which the fruit will be
viewed, gathered and eaten. The faith
er of these girls was, like myself, too
busy to do the work before the proper
season passed. If they could save him
both the trouble and the cost of hiring
man to do it (perhaps imperfectlyl, they
would surely gain in the estimation Of
all, unless it might be- some very nali-
cious Mrs. GrundY. Certainly they
would not lose merit in the eyes Of Any
of their male friends or admirers.
But is there a possibility Of garden.
work going quite out Of fashion, If 20,
it is time for us to initiate those svnsi
bic people over in Belgium who are
providing gardens of at least a quarter
of an acre, te bstsehed to each plim
airy sei5.5f.slIF ilich the scholars shall
exemplify and carry out practically
some of the lessons in horticulture
which are made a part of the regular
schOOl-roOm course. IN our crowded
towns there is great'need that childrc,
should have such opportunities, because
of their having no means Of learning
anything at all at home about how i0od
is obtained from thes0ii
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{ Whole No. 2185.

The R. R. Committee of the Gin
cinnaH Board ofTrade recently made
a report to that body, on the new rail
roads now in progress Of construc-
ton, of which Cincinnati is the OBJ
jective point, In speaking Of the
Cincinnati & Eastern railway, the
Committee say
A branch line to HIlsboro, fifteen
miles long, is now being built by a sep
arate company, the Columbus &
Maysyille, Southern Division; it Joins
the Cincinnati & Ea. tern at Sardi-
mia, and viii be a valuable feeder.
In regard to the Miami Valley
narrow gauge (by which the Cincin-
natl & Eastern is to enter the city,
the Committee say
The Miami Valley Marrow Gauge
Railroad has been very much retard-
ed in its progress BY difficulties
arising out of the construction Of
the Cincinnati end Of the line. These
are now settled, work has been re-
sumed, and the most difficult por-
ton of the line, from Ef1uenb
Pipe street to AvOndale, will be fin
ished very soon. Beyond that the
grading is nearly all done, and it
seems now that everything prom
.ises early completion Of The entire
line to Wsynesville, forty-four miles.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11

Charles Mathews, the elder, once in
dulged in his well-known taste for MIN
icry at the expense Of Mr.. Tattersall,
during a sale of blood stock conducted
by the latter. "1he first lot, gentle
men, b" said Ny. Tatrersa1, sis a bay
illy by SmOlensE1O, " etc. "The first
lot, gentleman" echoed MI. Mathews,
in the same tone voice, Elsa bay flIy
by SmOlenskO. j" The auctioneer looked
somewhat annoyed, but proceeded:
What shall we say to begin with?"
What shall We say to begin With?"
replied the echo. Still endeavoring to
conceal his yexatiOn, Mr.. Tattersall in
quiringly called out: Zone hundred
guineas?" lone hundred guineas, 5"
echoed Mathews. Thank you, sir, :"
cried Mr.. Tattersall, bringing down the
hammer with a bang, "the flly is
yOUrsl" Mathews was considerably
taken aback by his sudden acquisition
Of ''blood stock, i" and the company en-
jOyed the joke immensely.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
The Trees Of Jndca.

Judea, renowned in ancient times for
the number aud variety of trees grow
ing within its borders, has now become
one of the poorest countries in this re-
spect. A recent English writer gives
tho results of his personal observations
as follows:
The only trees one meets are the
olives. which, however, are by no
means plentiful in Judea, and mostly
old and stunted-lOOking. In Samaria
we saw several considerable plantations
of them, but yet that country is also
sadly deficient Of trees. Where now is
the Oak-tree on which AbsOlOm hung
by his bushy locks? There is, I believe,
only one remaining sufficiently large
for this, and yet we read that the
" Wood of Ephraim, " where he was de-
feated, destroyed more men than did
the sword. And where is the Sycamore
tree upon which Z;Iccheus climbed? l
doubt if there be one such within many
miles; and yet we know that Jericho
was once richly clothed with trees and
verdure, aud called the City Of Palms"
Indeed, that Palestine generally was
once extremely fertile and rich in woods
and verdure is evident from the mean
ing Of many of the Scripture proper
names. There is along almost
every little water course a number of
what are called trees, but they are gen
orally willows Of mere cOpse Or brush
wood. A tree Of any description, of
size to make an ordinary beam for
building purposes, is quite a rarity;
such are only to be found miles apart.
The vine, so much alluded to in the
Bible, is somewhat rarely to be seen,
but that it was extensively grown is
evident by the traces Of terraces upon
the steepest hills, still abundantly vis-
ible. Then as to the dowers, .'the rose
or Sharon" and the 'lily Of the valley"
can not be found. There ara many
wild flowers, certainly, but generally
they grow out Of a dry ground" ana
have, with very good blossom, almost
no green foliage. "Thorns and briers"
are abundant, but with very little foIi-
age also, and seem useful only for burn
ing. The fig trees are even few and far
between, and the orange, apricot, and
almond still more so. The fields are
not inclosed, except in some rare cases,
where a wise lhlsbandman has gathered
the loose stones into piles around his
border, Hedges are rare, but when
seen they are generally formed of large
cacti covered with dust, having in the
" flight a s0TnewhRt weird look.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
Fact in Natural Historr.

The researches of scientific men, SAYS
the Journal of Science, have shown
that some species of crustacea, among
others the ordinary barnacles that in
fest the bottoms of our ships, although
blind, fixed and helpless, as they appear
to US, are, in their youth, active, sharp
sighted little creatures, shaped some
what like our watsS-fea, with long an
ten@, which are provided with cups at
their extremities. Having passed the
period of youth, they begin to think of
settling down steadily in some chosen
spot for the remainder of their life. By
means Of sucking cups they adhere to
some fixed or floating body. In this
position long hump grows cut of their
back, from the end Of which a sticky
fluid is poured out, which Clues them
firmly to the object to which they have
attached themselves. The function of
their sucking cups is thus rendered
useless, and the little animal glides
down the declining days of its little
stream of life, in quiet enjoyment of a
new phase of existence.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
George Eliot's Sins in Art.

The London correspondent of a Liv-
erpOol paper writes: George Eliot is
getting it hot Mr.. Swinburne has
preached her such a sermon against her
sins in art that she is not likely so0H to
forget it. But a much more serious
charge is laid against her BY an anony-
nous author in The Church Quarterly
Review He calls Daniel DerOnda"
the romance of modern skepticism. lie
denOunces mildly but Enthusiastically the
book itself as irreligiOus iu tendency.
He goes further, and charges all George
Eliot's books as being subversive of
the principles of society. They are
tales, he declares, directed against mar
riage. The mindless woman may mar
ry and be happy. But the great, grand
women, the DOrotheas, the GwendO-
lens of life, are not happy. lam afraid
that there is something in this. But
George Eliot has two replies. She
may answer that her objection is not to
marriage, but to the social code which
sUppOse5 that a wife must subordinate
her true self to her husband. She may
refuse that plea and adopt another.
She is an artist, and she paints from
the life. The ROmOlas, DorOtheas and
GwendOlens of the world do find their
lives often cramped by their fate.
George Eliot does not make things so.
She only says things are what they are" ="
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
Mind framing.

There are many cases, says an emf
nent speaker before the British AssOci-
alton in late address, where our edu-
cational measures would be better ap-
Piled to making our pupils think slow
ly, perceive carefully, and reason sound
ly rather than rapidly. Women, for
instance, are in this respect, as in many
others, more like Celts than Saxons.
They are Undetermined, as old Gil
radius Cambrensis found his country
men five centuries ago, and as every
one sRnds them still; and their critics
are never tired of repeating that when
a man has laboriously toiled up a stair
case ne always finds a woman at the
TOD before him, but then she can not
tell a single step which she took to get
there. The truth evidently is that the
processes Of woman's brain work are
often so rapid that she herself is una
ware of many of them, and they leave
no impression on her memory. She
has, perhaps, scarcely used words at all
in the chain of her reasoning, whereas
the man has IabOriOusly picked his way
on the stepping-stones Of particularly
recognizable words, and he can go back
upon them when he pleases. Her con-
clusion is not necessarily wrong because
it is hasty, nor his right, because it is
slow; but it is clear that If she is ever
to be taught to reason scientifically, and
to find ont where she makes mistakes,
she must be trained to perform her
work for a time at half her naturaIQa
Obviously, for this reason, geometry is
an invaluable study for girls, and ought
to form prominent part Of their edu-
cation; while mental arithmetic, and
any. sort of questioning in classes which
quickens the intelligence, is equally de-
sirable for boys. especially those Of John
Bulls family.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11

Gen. McClelland now denies chat he
ever killed moth. 1t appears that he
had fairly cireumvented the mO,h, and
laid his parallels UP to within pistol
shot of its works. had thoroughly and
close. Y fnYestedit, cut off all. avenues of
retreat or supplies, and then, just rs he
WAS finally on the point Of winning
some Of its most Important wora S,
with a view to following the move
ment up with an assault and certain
capture, the provoking moth went and
died of old age.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11

Intelligent sgricultuTists should try
reasonable comparative experimentation
themselves. AS business men they are
bound to do this for self-prOlectiOn, and
to determine what course is best adapt
ed to present crops and markets with
out placing full reliance upon antiquat-
ed notions that were only adapted to
the times in which they were born. No
man would be satisfied with using q
pitch-pine knot asa light to read by if
he could secure a well-filled kerosene
oil lamp.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
Gnm ArAhic

In Morocco, about the middle of
November, that is, after arainy season,
which begins in July, a gummy juice
exudes spontaneously from the trunk
and principal branches of the acacia
tree. In about fifteen davs it thickens
in the furrOw, down which it runs,
either in vermicular Tor wOrm) Shape.
or commonly assuming the form of oval
and round tears about the size Of a pi-
geOh's egg, of different colors, as they
belong to the white or red gum tree.
About the middle of December the
MOOrs encamp Oh the borders of the
forest, and the harvest lasts six weeks.
The gum is packed in very large sacks
of leather, and brought on the backs Of
bullOcks and camels to certain ports,
where it is sold to the french and Eng
lish merchants. 1t is highly nutritious.
During the whole time of harvest, of
the journey, and of the fair, the Moor
of the desert lives almost entirely upon
it, and experience proves that six
ounces of gum are sufficient for the
support Of man twenty-fOur hours
Products Of The East.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11

French Free Masons have long been
divided upon the question as to wheth-
or belief in the "Grand Architect Of the
Universe" should be a dogma of their
order. At the recent Masonic ConYen-
ton in France, the second clause of
the constitution, which ran thus:
Free Masonry holds to the principle
OF the existence of God and of the i'm
mortality Of the soul. was altered by
an immense majority TO Free Mas0n-
~ holds to the principle of an absolute
freedom of conscience, and to the
brotherhood Of mankind. 1t excludes
no one on on accounted his belief"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
Town and HIllsboro P. Q. Sub
Silent Language.
There's a silence that speaks,
A language that's mute"

There's a silence that speaks,
A language that's mute
Gods great hills far routstretched lie;
From towering C iFs we view the scere,
Yet higher st5ll, bsals pierce the sky,
Flsle dsep. below play brooks hstWcen
High up against the azure dome,
The gray rocks rear their lofty heads,
KISSING the deecy clouds Of foam,
Drinking the tears Of love they shed.
Silence relgns where rocks and clouds
Do meet for mOrning-prayers near Heaven
For all the langusEe spoken there
Was in dcathH e silence given.
Deeper language ne'er was uttered
Than by rocks and clouds at meeting;
Ne'6r did human heart TO other
Speak such depth Of love at gree ing.
Let me learn from Co.'s great mountains,
And the pure white clouds Of Heaven,
That the deepest love that Iiveth
Was by language never given.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
POETIcAL ENIGlIA.

I am composed Of thirteen letters. o.
Ny first is i1 f1H, ont net 50 plays
Ny second is in grass, but not in hny
Nv third is in fracture, and also IN break
My fourth is iH money, but not in stake
My fifth is iu circus, but Otin snow
My sixth is in fiddle, but not in bow;
Ny seventh is in son, but not in daughter,
Ny eighth is I'm murder, but not IN slaughter;
My ninth is in up, but not iu down;
My tenth is in country, but not in town
Ny eleventh is in prince, but not in king;
My twelfth is in hail. but moi In ring;
Ny thirteenth is in Yankee, but not in his laws
Ny whole is The head Of the Temperance canse.
Lyndon, o. SHADOW -
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11

The sunset hours Of old age, are filed
with CLEANS Of fading pictures, tinted
with roseate clouds or shadOwed with
tears but if it be a season Of content
ment, restful and cheerful, it always
wears a gracious cOlring, the dew of
its sweet influence rests upon our hearts
and we insensibly yield admiration.
reverence, and love to the unconscious
charm of peace, CLOSE and serenity that
crowns beautiful, graceful old age, and
gives it a poetry grand and tender and
Sweet
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11

A woman in male attire was admitted
to the male ward in a S n Francisco
hospital to be treated for injuries caused
by fall, but on the discovery Of her
sex the assistants hurried her into the
proper apartment. She registered in
the Office as Albert Sinclair of New Or
leans, and said that she had dressed as
a man for ten years, finding it more
convenient and advantageous than wo-
mans dress for making her living. She
cheWed tobacco.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11

Mr.. Fautrat asserts that wooded land
receives more rain than bare land in its
immediate neighbOrhOOd. Pine for
ests attract more: moisture than other
forests. Pine trees also retain in their
branches more than half the rain which
falls on them, while ledfy trees permit
more than half of the rainfall TO reach
the earth Immediately.
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I am composed Of ftty-oue letters
Ny %, 70, Y, 80, Il, 45 is musical instrument
Ny ~ S6 80, I9, 2s a. Is, a is one Of The Unit
ed states.
My 25. Z, II, 3 is a river.
My 45, 81, G, s. Y, IL is an animal found in Cen
tral AmeriCa.
My IS, 5, /, 10, Il, As, p, 1s 81, 2s O. A, % is
My 40, L, s., 80, 4g, 80, SO is county in Ohio.
My %, 35 Is q proposition.
Ny p, II, q, 10, z5, y, ~ 2 is a m08th-
NY 3S; 81, 4 is what We al do.
Ny 90, 81, 90 is o kind of grain
Ny s., 20, 80, IA, IS, %, 20 is town In oOuth
Carolina
Ny 46, 1R, 10, is a river in the United states
Ny 30, 20, 80 WAS Confederate general
MY whole were the last words OF o patFl0uc
young man hanged as a spy nearly one hundred
years ago. u h. A.
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The American Bible Society issues
annually about 8OO, ,OOJ Bibles and nearly
twice that number of the New Testa-
ment. Established 1917; headquarters
in New York, with 200 auxiliary
societies. The British and Foreign
Bible Society annually issues more than
200, 900 copies of the Scriptures.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11

a prominent Hungarian land Owne
ridiculcs the fears entertained of the
Colorado beetle in Europe, saying that
The, insect has long been known in Tur-
key and RoumaHia, though it seldom
appears in very alarming numbers.
Specimens Of the beetle have been
found on his own estates in the Banat.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
CONUNDRUMS

Why must the letter ed" be the most wonderful
letter in the alphabet? Because il Is the center Of
wonders"
Rain, dear.
why is door like coIored woman2 Because
it is an egTess.
Why do white sheep eat more than DlacS sncep
Because there are mOre-Of them.
Why are the fond glances mother casts upO1
her babe like Turkish cavalry Becluse they are
mammy-lO0ks GIamelukesl, -.
Why Is Gibraltar QUE Of the most wonderful
places i'm the wOrld2 Because II Is always on the
rLnE- hnr naNar m.,vas.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11

Salt is very important for animals.
Large pieces Of rock salt put into the
mangers and feeding troughs are re-
commended. One-half the ash of ami
mai blood consists of salt; without the
latter The blood cannot be in a natural
or healthy state.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-11
.POETICAL ENIGMA.

7 am composed Of ten letters.
NV first is IN samuel, but not in Joe
MY second is in high, but not In low
My third is in laugh, but not in sing;
NV fourth is IN glove, but not in ring
MY fifth is in new, but not in old;
Ny sixth is in copper, but not IN gold
NY seventh is in before, but not iu aftcri
Nv eighth is IN ahiugle, bat not in ratier
NV ninth is IN tTemble, but not 10 t0tter
Nv tenth is in oil, but not in water.
Now il the letters all You guess
'Tis an act lately passed by Congress
Lyndon, o. odALUM-