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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09
More Logs-Less Wheels.

Farmers are fast learning the lessen
that four feet are better than two
wheels; that good way to market grain
is to walk it to the purchaser; that corn
put on legs is enhanced in value, that
true economy is pTAet Ced, when only
the Valuab portiCA Of a crop is put
upon the market, arr when that crop
is put into meat, or its condition is such
as will by one other step produce it, he
has extracted from the Offering Of the
soil the gold andleft the dross. Again,
the raising Of cattle, swine, sheep, and
horses precludes tie necessity for so
much of machinery and expense in pre-
pairing for the harvests, and leaves the
sci richer and the owner more Of a
profit.
It seems but the morning-its very
dawn, at that-of the stock interests Of
the great West; the problem Of market
ing the cattle product has been satisfac-
torily solved; another step in the great
search for economy has been found, the
farmer saves by reducing grain to ami
mails and making them take themselves
to market, and the shipper has found
that the carcass can be prepared and
landed in foreign markets in even bet
ter condition than when starting, and
the carrying Of all the refuse saved;
and to-day we can furnish England with
beef cheaper than she can procure it
from her own slaughter pens. 1t gives
an UnfayOrable outlook to the stock in
terests of our English friends, but yet
we are the meat market Of the world,
or are fast becoming so; and Johnny
Bull can turn his attention to other
matters properly belonging to his island
home, while we supply him with his
round roasts and pOrterhOuse.
We now ship slaughtered meat across
the ocean: bear that in mind; it is no
guess-work, we do it; and the demand
for accommodations to do it extensively
will make the facilities forthcoming.
Instead Of sending the corn, oil cake,
and other products that England buys
to feed her cattle in its bulky condition,
let US concentrate it all in the animal,
and then send the carcass only, thus
furnishing at the least possible expense
the meat which they make so attractive
market for, They want good beef,
will pay for it, and Of this fact let breed
ers make a note. 1t costs no more to
send sweet, tender, and desirable meat
than its opposite, and it will command
a much larger price. There is no limit
to the demand, and the improvement in
quality will only add to the cOnsump-
ton and consequent amount required,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09
Silver Mines and Mining.

A very romantic story is told OF the
SalcadO mine, which has been lost for
a hundred years. SaIcadO was young
Spaniard who fell in love with and
married an Indian girl, whereupOn she
revealed to him the location Of silver
mire of fabulous richness, and as yet
unknown. Salcado, with the aid Of
his wife, found the mine, and, making
friends with the Indians, commenced
work upon it. In a few years he was
enormously rich. The Spanish gov
ernment, hearing Of his prosperity,
and designing to secure the mine to it.
self, caused a charge Of conspiracy to
be made against him, under which he
was arrested, tried and convicted, al
though the charge was entirely fcti-
tiOus.
When awaiting execution he prom
ised the governor, De LemOs, that II
he would allow the proofs to be sent to
Madrid and be inspected by the king,
there should be paid to him one hun
dred pounds of silver every day until
the vessel should go to Spain and re-
turn. AS the voyage one way in those
days consumed about sixteen months,
it is readily seen that the ransom
offered was enormous. SalCadO was
executed. The avariciOUs governor
hastened to the mine but the mine was
gone. 1t has never been found. The
widow and her devoted Indians had de-
termined that the murderer should
never be rewarded for his crimes, and
they had flooded the mine and buried
it in such a manner that discovery was
impossible.
Tie richest silver mine in the world
probably is the Pottochi, OF, in our YER
nacular, POtOsi, the ChOlla-POtOsi being
named from it. 1t is near La Plata,
and was discovered in 1545. It has al
ways been worked in a rude manner,
but yet is said to have already produced
$40, eco worth of the precious metal.
For many years, 1000 Indians were
employed in it, and, being slaves, so
cruelty were they worked that they
decimated rapidly, and their places
were Immediately filed by others. At
the present time 1900 paid men are
employed, and the mine yields well,
and shows no signs Of exhaustion.
The total silver production in the
world from the year 1850 to 1875 has
been estimated to be 81, OBS, ,OOO 1000, the
United States producing about one
tenth Of the required amount. The
Weld Of Mexico is at present at the rate
Of $50 100000. Peru is falling grad
ua.ly behind, the yield for 1874 being
but little over $4,000, GOO. The mines
Of Chill and Bolivia are being rapidly
developed, and will soon furnish ma
terial item in the annual production.
In 1867 [evada proudly pointed to a
Weld of S12, 1000. In 1869 the pro
duction was hardly half as much. The
production for the present year will
probably exceed $4,000. The annual
production Of the Idaho mines is about
50, 200 600, or as much as the famous
mines Of Peru. Colorado, in 1915, is
estimated to have bullion to the amount
of 81, 100000.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09
Correspondence Of the News.
Letter from Lake Erie.
CATABBA ISLAND, o.,
April 80, 1878. (
April 80, 1878.


DEAR News Our peaches were
destroyed April 80, 1876, being then
in bloom, but last year they
did not bloom until the middle Of
of May and escaped They are in
/ full bloom now, and it remains to be
seen whether we viii escape the Ice
King and ''Jack Frost" this spring.
Our winter has been unusually mild,
and our ''oldest inhabitant, a Ger
man, says we will have no more cold
weather from this time forth this
spring.
The hotel men Of the Island are
beginning to prepare for summer
visitors. The large hotel on Kelley's
Island was burned last fall, but viii
be rebuilt this spring probably
We have no frst-class hotel here
for summer boarders, but good
board can be had in private families
/ at from ST to $40 a week, and it
preferable to hotel life bythOse who
are really seeking quiet and rest
Our Island presents many attrsc-
tons for this class Of persons, that
cannot be found ct either Put=in=Bgy
or Kelley's Island.
If you'll come up, Mr.. Editor, well
try to make it pleasant for you, enter
your name on the free list, and show
you one of the prettiest little Islands
of the Lake.
We are only two hours ride by
boat from Sandusky, and only one
and a half from Port Clinton by wag-
on road, and over the bridge that
connects us with the main land.
The time is from June to October
although many come the last Of May,
and some stay till the 1st Of Decem-
Der.
The bass fishing with hook and
Hne) commences pretty soon, and Is
the finest kind Of sport, besides be-
ing profitable.
Two gentlemen from Cincinnati
last spring sold their catch for the
day to the fish dealers for S24
Our fishermen t''pound" fisherman
have been hauling in the members
of the fnny tribe for the past ten
days, at the rate Of SO to $50 per
day to each 'pOund-" "
When you hear from me again /
expect to be on my way to Kansas, as
a commercial T. RAVELER.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09
Habits Of Reading.

There IS, perhaps, no subject OF equal
Importance which has been more ne
elected by the pulpit, press, and moral
lists alike-in regard to tie education Of
the young and old, the younger classes
especiaIly-than that of educating them
to right habits Of reading-habits that
shall both educate and morally elevate
their characters. 1t is usually, if not
always, true that the habits Of reading
and thinking which a person forms be-
fore he is twenty-five years old, will go
with him through life; and, if this be
so, why is it not also true that parents
and teachers should see to it, while the
young are under their charge, forming
their characters and habits Of life, that
they should at the same time form right
habits of reading. We fear that the
story of the-Old man, over eighty years
of age, to whom a Bible was offered, and
who refused it, and asked for a yellow
covered dime novel instead, is not an
isolated case. How sad a pictured a
man tOttering on the brink Of the grave,
to whom the habits of a long lifetime
cling close in death. Did you ever no
tice how people whU read this sensa-
tional trash that is so common nova
days care little to indulge in much
stronger diet2 It is generally fact
that those who habitually read trashy
weeklies and mOnthlies, filed with high
ly seasoned blood and thunder, do not
care to read other literature, unless it
be the ordinary daily or weekly news
paper, which contains the news of the
world; and then they merely scan the
columns, taking nothing definite IN;
they lay the paper aside hardly knowing
what has met the eye. unless it be a
sensational item-and even that is but
half read, so that a correct view of it
cannot be given. The daily and weekly
newspaper is a necessity now; and eve
rybody who wishes to keep up with the
times and know what is going on in the
world reads them. The newspaper is
an educator that cannot be dispensed
with. We do not wish to find fault
with the reading of light literature.
There are a great many excellent books
and works Of that description written
nowadays. The distinction between
light literature, and thrash" and 'sen-
sation books" is plain. The name,
sensation books" I think is aptly
enough termed; those books or. papers,
which for the most part address the
feelings and hold the sensuous fascina-
ton. The element of truth, which pu-
rifles, enlightens, strengthens and ele-
Yates the soul, is rarely found in them.
The good and the useful, as highest
ends in literature are not recognized by
their authOrs-nay! are too often held
in low estimation. No knowledge is
derived from reading such books, the
authors Of which pander to the lowest
passions. What weak ambition that
writer has who writes merely for ap-
plause-whO can be satisfied to exhibit
his mental powers in mere Blondin
feats. Intellectual gymnasts are about
as useful as acrObats. The book or pc
riOdical which has the power to instruct,
eElighten and help to rise higher intel
lectually and spiritually, has the only
basis of abiding fame.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

A tutor OF one Of the Oxford colleges
who Iimped in his walk was some years
after accosted by a well-knOWn politi-
clan, who asked him if ne was not tbs
chaplain Of the college at such time,
naming the year. The doctor replied
that he was. The interrogation observed
81 knew you by your limp "Well,"
said the doctor, ''It seems my limping
made a deeper impression than my
preaching" "Ah, doctor" was the
reply, with ready wit, sit is the highest
compliment We can pay a minister, to
sly that he is known by his walk rather
shan by his sconversatiOn.n
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

The gold product OF the country
promises to be considerably increased
from the auriferOus soil in northern Cal
ifornia. The sand on the seashOre in
that locality is said to be thickly pow
dered with gold dust, but no means Of
properly extracting it were found until
recently. A machine has been invent
ed, which, for every ton Ofsand passing
through it, viii yield $4,000, while the
cost Of the required work is but 81 800.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

Sir! exclaimed a IOng-suhering cred
itOr, whose patience was entirely eX-
hausted, SirI I have sent you no less
than seventeen bills for this one lot Of
goods, and what have you done with
them? Vetoed EN-; vetoed every one
of 'em, was the calm reply, as the debt
or lit a fifteen cent cigar and hailed s
street cpr.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

Poorly fed fowls give inferior eggs,
iust as COWS on poor pastures yield sky
blue milk and little cream. Fowls
qeyer do better than when they have
free range and access to grass or roots,
which they consume abundantly, to-
gether With insects, seeds of weed and
grain.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

Some temptations come to the indus
trious. but all temptations attack the
idle. Idle Christians are not tempted
Of the devil so much as they do prompt
the devil to tempt them. Idleness sets
the door Of the heart ajaT, and asks
Satan to come in, but if We are OccU-
pied from morning till night, should
Satan get in, he must break through
the door. Under sovereign grace, and
and next to faith, there is no better
shield against temptation than Obedi-
ence to the precept that ye be Not
slothful in business; ferYent in SPIRIT
serving the Lord. "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

Many cases Of overdose Of medicine
hom administering it in ''tea-spOonful"
doses have occurred. The size of tea
spoons varies so much that the Drug
gists' Circular advises that, in the case
/ Of children especially, medicine should
he prescribed by drops.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09
A MelrY Heart.

I'd rather be poor and merry, than
Inherit the wealth Of the Indies with a
discontented spirit. A merry heart, a
cheerful spirit, from which laughter
wells up as natural as bubbles the
springs Of Saratoga, are worth all the
money bags, stocks, and mortgages OF
the city. The man who laughs is doc
tor, with a diploma endorsed by the
school of Nature; his face does more
good in a sick room than a pound Of
powders or q gallon of bitter draughts.
If things go right he laughs, because he
is pleased, if they 60 wrong, he laughs
because it is cheaper and better than
crying. People are always glad to see
him, their hands instinctively go half
way to meet his grasp, while they turn
involuntary from the clammy touch Of
the dyspeptie, who speaks on the groan-
ing key. He laughs you out Of your
faults, while you never dream Of being
offended with him: it seems as if sun
shine came into the room with him.
and you never know what a pleasant
world you are living in until he points
out the sunny streaks on its pathway.
Who can help loving the whole sOuled,
genial laughter2 Not the bufOOn, nor
the man who classes noise with mirth
but the CHEEKY, cOntented man Of
sense and mindl A good humored
laugh is the key to all breasts.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

The ladies Of the west end or st. Louis
are organizing a social club to be COM
posed entirely Of ladies between the
ages Of eighteen and thirty years, who
will give during the fall season a series
of surprise visits, when all the members
will be disguised with false noses.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

The small bow has two prime objects
in view in getting fighting cut" to
his hair in warm weather. One is 10
show to his yigilant father that he has
not been in swimming, and the other,
because he can lie in bed five minutes
longer in the morning; he doesn't have
70 comb his hair.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

Jim, Piute Indian, who haunts the
Bitchen doors Of Eureka, and does odd
jobs for housekeepers in return for
sundry favOrs in the way Of edibles.
declined a prOffered meal the other day ,
explaining that he was not hungry.
Seeing the look Of surprise that stole
over the face of the donor at the un-
looked-fOr rejection, he explained as
follows: "FOOl Chinaman he bling
roast pig giabeyard; Injun catch 'em;
jim eat 'em; too good Club for dead
man, he no want 'em." Jim had been
feasting off the piOus offerings of Ce-
leslials to their departed cOuntry-men.
and was in high giee over the simpn-
city Ct the barbarians.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

Advertising is a good thing, but
when a prominent grocer recently car
ried to a funeral an umbrella on which
was painted cOnspicUOusly the business
OF his house, aud held it over the cler-
gyman's head while heread the prayers,
the bystanders thought he was running
the thing in the ground.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09
DON'T Stay Late Tonight

The hearth Of home is beaminE
WI rays Of rosy light
And lovely eyes are cleaning,
As fall the shades Of nighti
And while thy steps are leaving
The circle pure and bright,
A tender vO &c, half ETieylnE,
Says, Don't stay late tonight.
The world in which thou movest
Is busy, brave and wide;
The world of her thou lowest
Is at the ingie side;
She waits for thy warm greeting
Thy smile IS her delights
Her gentle voice, entreatinE,
Says, Don't stay late tonight
The world, 50 cold, fnhunan;
viii spurn thee ~ thou fali;
The love Of one poor woman
Outlastg and shames them all.
Thy children will cling round thee,
Let fGte be dark or bright,
At home no shaft will wound thee,
Then Don't stay late tonight
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

What is not hope to maLP The vitll-
fty Of vitality, the life Of his life, the
great motive power of all exeriOn, the
strengthener, the cOnsOler, the stay, the
great baltle-sword that cleaves through
the armjr Of all adyersaUies, the CON
Queror that strikes down opposition,
tramples on reverses, bursts open the
gates Of the tomb and treads upon the
neck Of death!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

''DO you drinkY' said one of the Ia.
dies of the Christian Temperance Union
to Weber, the bOOkbinder, when he
went to the ladies to deliver some Of his
works. "Yeu, 1 don't care Oph l dakes
a leele," said the good natured Ger
man, misunderstanding the question
for an invitation,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

Chief Justice Gray, Of Pittsheld,
Mass, the head Of the Supreme Court
Of that State, has revived an old Gus
tom by riding on horseback from Pitts
field to Boston, a distance Of one hun
dred miles-and back again, just as the
Judges used to do a hundred years age
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

Stumbling into his room, he sat down
on the edge Of the bed and sOlilOquized
thus: Fee wet, sight boots, a sore on
one han an a feIOn on t'Other, an no
boot-jack in the house. Sings got to be
different. Either I mus get married,
else get a boot-jack-wish'all all I do"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

A good old lady from the country, on
seeing sOda-water for the first time, de
clared that she couldn't imagine how
they ever poured it into the bottle SO as
to make it stay till they could get the
cork IN.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

New Orleans is built upon forest Of
cypress trees. For 600 feet down this is
the foundation. Rows upon rows Of
the stumps Of the cypress are found
growing over each other, sUperimpOsed,
each of which layers it is calculated has
required a thousand years to form
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

A Man shot at a cut, and brought
down his wife the first time. The most
part is, the wounded woman
actually believed that he aimed at the
cat. One of the most beautiful charao-
seristics Of a wife is the answering
confidence she places in the word OF her
hnRhand.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

When a woman makes up her mind
that a hen shall not set, and the hen
makes up her mind that she will, the
irresistible meets the immOyable, and
every law of nature is broken or pre-
vented.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

Nobody knows a city whU only drives
along its streets. There are vaults un-
der streets, cellars under houses, attics
above, shops behind. At every step
men are found tucked away in some
queer nook, themselves odd, and often
full of entertaining knowledge.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

1 would say to every young woman,
"Never be dependent on your friends;
never live an idle, aimless life-Or what
is a thousand times worse, marry to
escape work, or to gain a position" "
Work, and if you cannot work with
your brain, work with your hands,
bravely, openly, keeping your self-re-
spect and your independence.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

a ScOtchman when abroad declared
that no such grapes grew in the world
as those which in Scotland ripen in the
open air; ''bUt must premise, he add
ed cautiously. THAT like them a wee
sour.n
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

What is the difference between hungry man
and a gluttou One longs TO eat and the other
ea7s too long.
Whv is a good resolution like faiutlus lady az
a baU7' Because 10 OughttU De carried ont
WHY If ne strap of on omnibus Ike 1nusciencc-
Rerauzg il is an inward CheJk on the our ward man.
Vhv is pretty girl Ike a mirror2 Because she
What is the best thing to do in a hurry2 Moth
Tvbv are troubles ike babies2 Because they
grow bigger by nursing them
WHY Is sailor taken sick iu tent ike q crime2
He's q salr within tent took I'D
What is the difference between bin and a pill2
One is hard 20 get up and the other is hard 90 -st
down.
Why is horse with the epizoouC ike good
man kneeliug dua NJ Because he's on his s.ueeze.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

Have you any nice fresh farmers
eggs?" inquired a precise old lady at
a grocery store yesterday. ''No. ma'am,
replied a practical clerk, 'but we have
some very good hens eggs" She took
EIrr-aa fn fr-rr
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

No meat is healthier than mutton.
No meat can be produced so cHeaply
It can be slaughtered at any time, re-
quiring but a few minutes for the ope-
ration. And yet not one farmer in ten
keen sheep.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

There is nothing more truly insinu-
ating and defferential than the waggle
Of a little dogs tail in the presence of a
big dog with a bone.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

To do good, to assist in the onward
march of the world, man needn't be
hero or a saint. God made a thousand
blades of grass to one oak tree. Every
man is endowed with faculties for i'm
proving his own condition and that Of
his fellow-men; it is his duty to exercise
that endowment to the best Of his abll-
ity, however humble his sphere may be.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09

The interest on AS fortune for 6 months az
Dfsr cent. is TO the interest on BIS fortune Tor
months at Der cent as 70 4 : and 90 of - OF
the sum Of the interest is Sl55-I5- Find the ior-
tune Of each.
What two numbers between IS and $50 have the
former for their G. c. D., and the latter Tor ILeF
L. G. M