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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
Check PersOniHed.

A queer case Of stealing is related as
having occurred at a farm situated
along the road leading from a neigh
boring town. A man who drove
wagon provided with a rack for cOnfn-
ing cattle while being transported, hap
pened along this road about ten O'Clock
at night, and coming to a wel-to-dO
farmers, stopped his horses, and let
three fat hogs out from a pen which is
located Just inside the fence. Having
driven them along the road some little
distance, he hitched his horses by the
roadside, and went back to the farm
from which he had appropriated the
porkers, and aroused the man Of the
house, telling him that the endgate OF
his wagon had fallen down, and three
hogs had been lost from the wagon OW-
ing TO this circumstance. Being una
bic to handle them alone he asked that
somebody from the house come out
and assist him in relOading his heavy
freight. One of the good farmers sons
was sent to the scene of the accident.
In the darkness Of the night, and by
the united efforts Of the two, the cargo
of pork was made secure in the wagon,
and the unfortunate man went on his
way rejoicing, with many thanks for
his kind assistance. The next morning
the farmer rises as usual, goes out to
attend to his thriving pOrkers, but
finds an empty pen, and the awful
truth flashes upon him that he has been
Victimized by his unfortunate friend Of
the night before.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
To Attain Long Life.

He who strives after a long and pleas
ant term Of life must seek to attain
continual equanimity, and carefully to
avoid everything which too violently
taxes his feelings. Nothing more
quickly consumes the vigOr of life than
the violence Of the emotions Of the
mind. We know that anxiety and care
gan destroy the healthiest body; we
kLEw that fright and fear, yes, excess
Of joy, becomes deadly. They who are
naturally cool and of a quiet turn Of
mind, upon whom nothing can maxi
too powerful an impression, who are
not wont to be excited either by great
sorrow or great joy, have the bEFl
chance Of living long and happy aftd
their manner. Preserve, therefore, ,un-
der all circumstances, a cOmposure Of
mind which no happiness, no misfOr-
tune, can too much disturb. Love
nothing too violently; hate nothing too
passionately; fear nothing too strong
ly. For still, eventually everything
which befalls thee, the good as well
as the bad, deserves neither immOder-
ate hatred nor love; for already on
many occasions hast thou perceived,
though often truly too late, that thou
hast placed too high a value on those
things which passi0nately charmed OF
pained thee.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
A GOOD One.

During the first year Of the war, when
change was scarce and some large firms
were issuing currency Of their own, a
farmer went to a neighbOring town and
bought some goods, and gave to the
merchant a So bill, Of which he wanted
seventy-fve cents back. The merchant
countedi it out and handed it over to the
Ffarmer, who looked at it a moment and
| inquired:
whats this?"
"Irs my currency" said the mer-
chant.
"Wan, faint good for nOLhin' where
I live, 4" said the farmer.
every well, D." replied The merchant,
''keep it until you get a dollars worth,
and bring it to my store; III give you a
dollar bill for it."
The farmer pOclleted the change and
departed. A few weeks after, he went
| to the same store and bought goods to
the amount Of one dollar, and after
paving over the identical seventy-fye
cents, he took out handful or pump
kin seeds and counted out twenty-five
of them, and passed them to the men
chant.
"Why," said the merchant; ''what is
this?"
"WaH, " said thefarmer, "this is my
currency, and when you get dollars
worth, bring it to my place and 1 VIII
give you dollar for il"
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A COniugaI DisVuie,

They tell about man in Maine, says
an exchange, who refused to get up and
light the fire, and, as his wife said she
wouldn't, they remained in bed thirty
seven hours before the matter was set
tied. Our sympathies are, Of course,
with the woman, and we may be per-
mitted to entertain regret that it did
not occur to her to perform a great deed
Of self-sacrifce upon this occasion.
How noble and beautiful would have
been the example set her husband, how
tOuchingly would she have shown her
wifely devotion, how keenly would she
have made him feel his meanness, If
she had risen and made the hre-if she
had risen, we say, and made the fire
under the bed, in order to rOut him out
all Of suddenl A woman who throws
away such a chance as that is false to
her duty and to her sex.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
The HOrse-hafr Snake.

There is awell- known popular belief,
which still largely survives i'll spite Of
the evidence of naturaIists to assure the
public of its fallacy, that the goTdius,
OF 'hOrse-hair SNAKE" is actually live
hOrse-hair. There are still many peO-
pie who firmly believe that if the hair
from horses name or tail is left for
some weeks in running water, the in
diyidual hairs will assume vitality and
become ''hOTse-hair snakes" Many a
country lad has tried this experiment,
though, of course, with unsatisfactory
result. At a recent meeting of the
Maryland Academy of Sciences, Prof.
Uhler, The President, read an interest
ing paper summing up our knowledge
of this strange worm. DR.. Leidy has
determined the fact that in its adult
state the "hOrse-hair snake" does not
eat any food; like many insects in their
dnal stage of life, it is then solely de-
voted to the reproduction of its spe-
eies. A single female may have an
enormous number Of eggs; DR.. Leidy's
estimate is 6,62I,SOO. The young gor-
dius attaches itself as a parasite to
many fishes and small aquatic Crea-
lures, and also TO such insects as grass
hOppers and day-flies. The length Of
the mature gordius is about fourteen
inches; its thickness, the twenty-ffth
of an inch; its tendency to coil in knots
has given the worm its scientific name.
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TOOK It In Trade.

When Tom Flynn was the artist Of
the Open Letter he laughed at the idea
that there was any trouble connected
with the soliciting of advertisements.
Said he; 81 can get a page Of ads in a
day."
1t was suggested that he couldn't get
one ''ad" in a week. He canYassed
three days with no result, and on the
fourth came in with a half column ad-
VeTtisement.
''Put that in" lie cried triUrip iphant-
ly.
"What did you charge him for thatP"
"Ten dollars"
where's the cash?"
"TOOk it out in trade. He agreed to
pull two teeth (spitl, but l only let him
pull one (spitl, and he broke that off
and lefta root (spit) in the gum. If
any of you fellows want a tooth (spitl
pulled, go to 5l7 s. street, as there's
five (spitl dollars coming to u.s."
1t was subsequently developed that
.he tooth was a sound one.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
LithOgraphy.

The discovery of IithOgraphic art has
been thus related by Sennefelder him
self:
Ihad just succeeded in my little lab
Oratory in finishing astone-plate which
INTENDED to cover with etching ground,
when my mother entered the room and
desired me TO write her a bill for the
washerwoman, who was waiting for
the linen. I happened not to have the
smallest bit of paper at hand, as my
little stock had been entirely exhausted
by taking proof impressions from the
stones, nor was there even a drop Of ink
in the inkstand. As the matter would
not admit Of delay, and We had 10 one
in the house to send for a supply Of the
deficient materials, I resolved to write
the list with my ink prepared with wax,
soap and lampbIack, on the stone which
1 had just polished, and from which l
could copy it at leisure.
Some time after this I was going to
wipe this writing from the stone, when
the idea, all at once, struck me to try
what would be the effect of such a
writing with my prepared ink if were
TO bite it in the stone with aquaforus;
and whether, perhaps, it might not be
possible to apply printing ink to it in
the same way as TO work engrayings,
and to take impressions from it. SEN
nefelder surrounded the stone with a
border Of wax and applied aquafOrlis,
by which, in a few minutes, the writing
was raised. Printing ink Was then ap-
piled with a common printers ball, i'm
pressions were taken off, and the prac-
ticability of the important art Of HthO-
graphy thus fully established.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
PARALYSIS Caused by Cosmetics.

One cause of acquired defOrmity, says
DR.. Carbally, is the slow poisoning Of
the system by certain metallic pOisons.
Chief among these are the salts of lead,
and one Of the most characteristic de-
formities, produced in consequence of
poisoning by these salts, is what is
commonly known as ''Wrist-drOp, s"
caused by the use Of YiIIsinOUs cosmet-
les. The use of cosmetics has within a
few years become so very common,
even among the better class of society,
1 have deemed it my duty tOplace these
cases before the profession, that, know
ing their injurious effects, they may
guard their patients against thus vol
unfairly poisoning themselves through
ignorance. This defOTmity, incOm,
pleteIy developed, can be seen every
day upon the streets Of the cities, for
there is many a fashionable lady who
suffers from it in consequence of her
own folly. Her hands are held i'll a pc
culiar, yet fashionable position, a sort
of kangaroo style, and many of them
fancy that they are initiating the fash
ion admirably, while they are simply
obliged TO carry their hands in this pO-
sition because the extensor muscles are
not strong enough to hold them up.
The polish they put on their faces has
manifested itself in producing partial
paralysis of the extensOr muscles Of the
forearm, and the fashion has been in
troduced to accommodate the defOrm-
itV.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
Remedy for Trouble.

Work is your true remedy. If mis-
fortune hits you hard, you hit some
thing else hard; pitch into something
with a will. There's nothing like good,
solid, exhausting work to cure trouble.
If yOu have met with losses you don't
want to lie awake and think about
them. You want sleep-ealm, sound
sleep-eat your dinner with an appe-
tite. But you can't unless you work.
If you say you don't feel like work, and
go lOaGng all day to tell Tom, Dick,
and Harry the story Of your woes, you'll
lie awake, and keep your wife awake
by your tossing, spoil your temper and
your breakfast next morning, and be-
gin tomorrow feeling ten times worse
than you do to-day. There are some
great troubles that only time can heal,
and perhaps some that can never be
healed at all; but all can be helped by
the great panacea, work. Try it, you
who are afflicted. 1t is not a patent
medicine. 1t has proved its efficiency
since first Adam and Eve left behind
them, with weeping, their beautiful
Eden. 1t is an efficient remedy. AL
good physicians in regular standing
prescribe it in cases Of mental and
moral disease. 1t operates kindly as
well as leaving no disagreeable sequsiG,
and we assure you that we have taken
a large quantity Of it with most benef-
cial results. 1t will cure more COM
plants than any nOstrUm in the naterid
nledicG, and comes p5areT to being 2
"cure all" than any dTag or compound
Of drugs in the market. And it will
not sicken you if you do not take it
sugar-cOated,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
A Curious COurishiD,

Many curious anecdotes illustrative
of the manners of the early settlers in
Australia are told in connection with
the strange travels through the bush
made by the late Mrs. Chisholm. On
one occasion, while journeying with a
party Of girls, a strong bushman sud-
denly sprang from the thick covert, and
laid hold Of the reiDs Of her horse. The
driver taking him for a bush-ranger,
was about to strike him over the head,
when Mrs. Chisholm arrested his hand.
The man asked:
Are you Mrs. Chisholm?
am.
You are the very person I wanted to
see. Do you see thatn nice looking farm
on the side Of the hilI2
I do.
Well then, the face and smile of a
woman never crossed my threshold.
Now, for Gods sake, Mrs. Chisholm, if
you have got a nice Tipperary girl with
you, leave me One;" and pulling out a
large bundle Of bank notes, he added:
"This is the thing that will do it with
the clergyman. l wish you would see
what I have in the cottage, several
fitches Of bacon, a chest Of tea, bag
Of sugar, and plenty of everything. Be
sides I have a bullock dray, horses,
COWS, and calves, with lots of fowls and
pigs too"
Mrs. Chisholm said to this modest
bushman, 81 have several nice Tippe-
rary girls with me in the drays, but at
present I am going through the district
and I never make matches on the
road"
"Oh, I would feast your whole party
for a week if you would only consider
my case, and may God bless you'll"
Mrs. Chisholm did settle on a farm
not far off a nice Tipperary girl that
she thought would suit this well to do
and some months afterward
Mrs. Chisholm had the pleasure Of
hearing of their marriage.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
Browning Old.

How strangely our ideas of growing
Old change as we get on in lifel Tothe
girl in her teens the Iiper maiden of
twenty-five seems quite aged. Twen-
ty-twO thinks thirty-fYe an 'Old thing. E"
Thirty-fve breads forty, but congratu-
late8 herself that there may still remain
some ground to be possessed in the ff-
teen years before the half-century shall
be attained. But fifty does not by any
means give up the battle Of life. 1t
feels middle-aged and vigorous, and
thinks old age is a long way in the fu-
ture. Sixty remembers those who have
done great things at threescore; and
one doubts if Parr, when lie was mar
ried at one hundred, had at all begun to
feel himself an old man. 1t is the de-
sire of life in Us which makes US fee!
young so long.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
EnIiSting q LAMYer.

An old TecTUiting-seTgeant tells the
following: at was on the I1th of May,
1929, I listed a recruit in Dublin, and
put the question TO him, as is usual.
and gave him the shilling, and walked
aim to the barracks as fine as fiddle.
/ Well, in a few days he was claimed as
4 prentice, and so he was had up be-
fore the mayor, and he committed him
for trial. At the following sizes I was
called as a witness, and the lawyer that
defended him told me that I did not
list him. I did, saysI. 'Didy you put
the question to him rightlyP' says he.
I did, says I. BY the virtue Of your
oath nOw,' says he, Just ask me the
questions, for I don't believe you asked
him. How do you knowP says flor
by this and by that you weren't by
None Of your business says he; and
he held out his hand, and accordingly I
pulled out a shilling and elapped it in
his fist, and then I asked him the sces-
tiOns, and he said Yes to them all.
Were those the same questions you
put to the prisOner?' says he. Yes,
they Wers,' says I. Well, here's yer
shilling HNck for ye,' Says he. I can't
take it, s.. ~eys I. why nOt?' says he.
'Wby2' says I. why, sure I can't take
it back till ye go before a magistrate
and pay the smart money (which every
recruit must pay if he wants to be re-
leased from the service). You be
hangedI' says he; and he put the money
in his pocket; and I called to his lord
ship on the bench for a witness that /
had listed him; and, oh, but there was
Coar in the COURT BegOrra, the judge
laughed till the tears ran down his face.
Well, the decision of the Court beingin
my favor, I axed the judge if I might
take away my new recruit, and they all
roared again, and the counsellor got
red as a turkey cock and nearly mad.
At last he made the best he could Of it,
and says I to the counsellor, don't list
in the Line next time, sir. What
then?' says he, snappishly. oh, yer
'oner,' says I, stick to the rifes-that's
more in your way Well, begOrra,
when told the major, I thought he'd
lie; and when he'd done laughing he
bid me keep the smart money for my
velf."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-07-11
Lovely Fight.

The usually quiet and peaceful vii
lage of Seneca Falls, n. Y, is now the
scene Of a somewhat novel battle.
The cOmbatants are young men and
maidens, Orrather maidens and youths,
the girls having begun the fight
They formed a society in which every
member sOlemnly promised to have
nothing to do with any young man at
all addicted to the use Of any intoxi-
eating drink. ThereupOn the boys got
together, pledged themselves not to
speak to any miss who wore false hair,
or who powdered, padded, or other
wise assisted" nature in enhancing
asr personal charms. Their Roland
for their Oliver was accepted as = dec
laTatiOn Of war to the knife and the
knife to the hilt. 1t is very sad to
think how utterly unsOciaI the Young
folks Of that burg must be.
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CHOW WE FELL OUT"
BY E. E. R.

'Oh, dearl"
Hooked up in surprise, to hear sUcl
a dOleful sound from Mary's lips.
whats the matter?" I asked. "Yol
aren't i'll, are your"
'Worse than that" answered Mary
with a laugh that hadn't much of
merry sound in it. "Just look up thu
road"
I went to the window and looked out
ItWas my turn to say
"Oh, dearl" then.
A chaise was coming down the hill
with a man and woman and two child.
ren in it.
II wish I had known they were
coming, " said Mary, beginning to gath,
er up her work, and shutting fast every
drawer about the sewing-machine. 81
could have picked up things and put
them out of the way"
Picking up things" and putting
them out Of the way" was a perform
ance regularly gone through every
time Mr.. and Mrs. Mason visited US.
Such children as theirs were I never
had seen before; and I always sent up
a silent invocation, as they climbed in
to the chaise preparatory TO taking
their departure, that 1 might never see
their like again.
Nothing was safe that they could lay
their hands on. I might shake my
head. ndsuggest as fOrcibly as 1 dared
to that they should let things alone,
but in vain.
81 like to see Lucy well enough, +"
said Mary, with little premonitory
shiYer of dread, "but those horrid
cbildrenI It's enough to make a saint
lose his patience to have them about.
How long, do you suppose, they'll
stay2"
1.-Two or three days" said I, laugh
ing.
"Oh, gOodnessl I hope notI" ex-
claimed Mary. You'd better begin to
pick up things in the parlor."
I fastened the doors opening between
the sitting room and my pleasant little
conservatory, and took myself of to
begin operations in The parIOr, just as
the Chaise drove up TO the gate.
Ipicked up all my music, put it on
the highest shelf of the whatnOt, and
closed the organ. Then began a gene
raj gathering up of the numberless
little knicknacks which I had collected.
John Henry" was eight anE
"GeOrgy" was six. Their parents had
an idea that they were marvels of youth
full smartness and hUmored them ac-
cOrdingly. The consequence was, of
course, that they were two young des-
pots.
Where's the stone girl2'' demanded
John Henry, Immediately.
The 'stone grip was a little bust Of
CIytie that he had seen on a previous
visit and taken a great fancy to.
Il put it up" said I. 81 was af:aid
it would get broken"
Il want it, " said John Henry. Get
it for me-"