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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-14
Mouse Hunting.

It was midnight. Mrs. 3. reIapsed
beneath the blankets, and had one eye
well directed towards the realm OF
dreams, while the other was holding by
a fraiI tenure upon the world of reality,
when her car was saluted by a niJbIe.
She arose upon her elbow, and cried,
'shOO! shool" The sound ceased.
Again she laid herself away as careful
ly as she would have stored eggs at for
ty-fve cents a dozen, when-aiJbLe, nib
blel ''Shool" cried Mrs. B., hurling her
shoe at the spot from whence the sound
proceeded. The clock struck twelve,
and the poor woman counted the knots
as they ran off the reel Of Time, with a
saddened heart.
Noble, NibJIe-and she hurled the
other shoe at her invisible tormentOr.
1t was all without avail; "tle shOOing'
was useless. So taking a light in one
hand, and shoe in the other, she made
a tour of the room, but 10 ISpuse could
be found.
Once more she enscOnced herself u
bed, and was near the state when
dreams are rife, and the room grows
dim, and again, nibJLe. nibbIe!
Mrs. B. arose, but this time she put
Oh. a shoe! Ominous movement 1t is
said, that when a woman vets her fin
ger, heas had better Zee. The star Of
that mOuse's destiny was setting. She
pursued him. The mouse, in an at
tempt to run by, presumed too much
upon former success. He came too
near the appraised foot. 1t fell like al
avalanche, and he was dead foreverl
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The Science OF Play.

The disposition to sportiye exercise
shown by nearly all young animals is
not altogether the result of mere aim
less exuberance of spirits. OF the pur-
pose Of this natural instinct the Scien-
tiic American has This to say:
Play is an instructive faculty, inhe-
rent in all animals. 1t is as much an
instinct as the desire to seek food when
hungry; and to re- gard it as mere aim
less and tritiing species Of eXertion is a
total mistake. The gambols Of a child
emerging from babyhOOd, orof a kitten,
are due 10 precisely similar reasons. At
this period of life the purpose Of play in
man and brute is the same; in after
years the difference vastly widens
through the introduction Of the intel
lectual element in the actions Of the
child, and Of course its total absence in
those of the brute. The games and
playthings of youth are not those of
childhood; but the play of an old dog
though more rarely OccurriHg-is new
ertheless the same as that Of young
puppy. The object of play in young
life is exercise. It's the peculiar exer-
else which Nature prompts the organ
ism to undertake; and it may be said
that it is the only possible form Of ex-
erCise which is at once attended by
pleasure, and is able to moUi0 tbs-fraRe
Of the growing animal in the direction
Of its perfect development. It's antith
esis is task work, which, though it may
nOt involve one tithe the exertion, nev-
ertheless passes quickly into fatigue,
and tHus results in straining some mus
cIes unduIy while others are left COM
paratively Undeveloped. Inplay alone,
the instructive sense Of physical need
gets full scope; its spontaneity and aim
lessness are therefore only apparent,
and its nature and amount are deter
mined by the sense of pleasure in the
exercise itself; while on the other hand,
strictly natural limit is imposed on
all undue exertiOn by obedience to the
sense of fatigue. The result is an equa-
bic and harmonious development of
muscular energy and nutrition in every
muscle and fiber; and it is one attaina-
bic in no other way-certaiuly not by
any prescribed routine of exertiOn-Or
save by Obeying natural instinct.
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WIIIettviIIe.

Our teachers are closing their
schools in this township (UDion) for
the present winter.
Mr., J. W. Kirkhart, teacher at
this place, closed his school Friday,
March 1st.
On Monday evening previous, Nr.
K. surprised his pupils with a splen-
did treat in the way Of candies and
peanuts. To return the compliment,
the parents and scholars concluded
to make him a surprise dinner the
last day Of school.
Never was anything carried out
better than it was. When they be-
gan to bring their well filed baskets
into the room, between eleven and
twelve o'clock, it was diverting to
notice his great astOnishment.
After ali had eaten of the good
things before US, the fragments
were taken up, and the room pre-
pared for the further examination Of
the classes. This was conducted to
the satisfaction of all present. prov
ing that teacher and pupils bad spent
their time well during the past win
ter.
Our school in this district has
been gaining in reputation during
the last four or five years This is
attributed chiefly to the course pur-
sued by the local directors. When
they employ q teacher, the object is
to get one having a frst-elass GER
tifcate, then they think they are
more apt to get frst-class teacher.
The monthly report Of the ad-
vanced class, ending March 1st, is as
follows: Average grade, Mamie Sin
clair 81, Emma Cadwallader 81, Co
ra Gibson 81, Almeda Smith SO.
March, 1878. MORE ANON.
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Bucharest.

The city is environed on nearly every
side by low hills, which afford it some
shelter from the piercing blasts Of De-
cember and January that sweep down
upon it from the frozen Russian steppes
and from the lofty Cdrpathian range.
The roads are miserably paved With
round stones, where anything Of the
kigd has been attempted; and, as they
slant toward the middle of the pave
ment, an ample gutter is always pro-
vided, of which the neighbOTs are not
slow to avail themselves.
Bucharest is nothing more than an
accumulation of villages grouped each
round its own church, from which the
spot takes its name. The dwelling
houses are usually One-stOTied, rs space
is of little importance and earthquakes
are not infreqUent. Those Of the more
notable inhabitants are large, and pos
sess sometimes as many as ten salons
opening one into the other. They are
splendidly furnished, everything being
at hand that the most fastidiOUs could
desire, with only bathroom, perhaps.
conspicuous by its absence. The walls
are solid and enormously thick, as they
have a double duty TO serve, that of
shutting out excessive heat and the
most biting cOld-fOr nature favOrs the
inhabitants Of the Principalities with
an Italian summer and a Russian win
ter. 1t is a climate of extremes.
The town is amply provided with
promenades. parks, and public gardens.
The ''Chaussee, the grand promenade,
lies to the north, and is the beginning
of the road leading to the Carpathians,
which, though about eighty miles dis
tant, may be distinctly seen therefrom.
Day after day magnificent equipages
and beautifully appointed sledges, filled
with hosts Of welI-dressed people, may
be noticed at different hours, according
TO the time Of the year, cOursing up and
down, or rpmaining stationary in lines
beneath the rows of trees by which the
road is bOrdpred. Driving is indeed
tie favOrite amusement of the towns
people, and many gallant fOm-iu-hand
drag and light multiplication, conducted
by some dashirg officer in the red uni
form of the RnUman cavalry, lend
new animation 10 tile scene. Here,
too, many a distinguished beauty, in
all the bravery of el.els, satins, and
lace, designs to display her peerless
charms before the gittering tIrOug.
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'Pamilla-Pamilla Hyatt-my cou-
sin. ." she cried feebly.
The light of reason seemed TO be
coming to the eyes that had been so
vacant.
'Send for her" said P lin, hOaTselY,
MS heart leaping with sudden nope.
Was his faith to be rewarded at last?
The warden consented that Pamilla
should come, considering the cjrcum-
stances.
One cry came from the accused wO-
mans lips as she saw the form on the
cot.
"Allie-Alliel'' it was.
Yes, it Is Allie, " whispered the dying
one, smiling family. Come here.
want to tell you. 1 understood it all
tO-day-how good you have been. I
heard th0n say you were here, and why.
l want to tell all: I did it. I killed
him. lie said he loved me, you know;
1 told you, Pamilla, he said he loved
me; then he went away-he didn't write
i was mad-I loved him so; I went to
his hOuse-as a servant-I told him who
1 was-I asked him if he loved me-he
laughed at me-called me little rustic
Oh, how mad I wasl killed him that
highland then 1 forgOt-till to-day;
now 1 remember it all"
PamiIla WIS kneeling by the cot,
weeping violently.
"Oh, Allie-Allie, my poor darIing!"
she walled. 'How have pitied you'll
l have shielded her So" she added,
turning around to see those about her.
81 have feared this for years-feared
that she had done that deed; for I knew
that he had trifed with her affections.
and she was a resentfuI little thing.
She was left to me when her mother
died, and l have loved her so. When
the accusation came, 1 could net have
it fall on her. I would have suffered
death rather. That lOcket was gift
Of mine to her; she al ways wore it.
am thankful that it has spared her the
misery have undergone for the past
months. She has endured enough,
even though her senses have been
dulled."
81 want Pamilla, " she mourned. 81
want Pamilla."
They bore her to the prison, as it was
the only place at hand, and she kept
mourning:
Il want PamilIa."
They placed her on a cot. A doctor
was called.
"she is dying, he said at once. "Who
is it she wantsP"
1t Was all over very soon. Allie had
gone to her long home, and Pamilla was
freed in time to attend to the funeral
So Philip NorwOOd's faith was re-
WaTded at last
The next summer PImilla became
his wife. And could she not rely upon
her husband, whose faith had stood SO
severe 4 test.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-14
RHiIEer's Chapel School Re-
PorE.

Tho following are the average
grades obtained by pupils at Miller's
Chapel School, Concord tp-, at their
last monthly examination, held on
Friday, February Is, 1878: Jacob
A Fling, "a 1-6, Mary Mccormick
80 %, Icy Fling SO %, Sylvester
Miller 80, Jasper Igo 80, John Doyle
Sc, Amos Igo Sc, Charles Fling 85
"a, Laura Doyle IS, Emma Hender-
son 50 1-2, Sarah Larrick 50, Pen
innie Larrick 80, Edward Goother
man n, Mollie Miller 76 IA, Rebec
CO Larrick rs, LeweIla Easter IS,
Lewis Corder IS, Ell. Toll IS, John
Toll IA "a, Columbus Gootherman
10, Edward Turner SO, Allie Doyle
68 4, Dora Gootherman 6S, Frank
Toll IS, Sarah Igo 65, James H.
Few 56 1 4, John Easter 55, Samuel
Few A II, Laura Mccoy As, Albert
Doyle Is. CLARA C. CUSTER.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-14

The Ohio Legislature his been in
session now eight we, Ks, and hasn' t
done enough work Of permanent val
ne to the statute books to entitle it
to weeks per diem. The rest of
the time has been spent in 'fooling
around The best ing the Ohio
Legislature can do at this moment
is to adjourn. There are Congress
men to be elected next fall, and the
Democratic party Should be given
cha ee.- Cincinnati Enquirer
What better can be expected from
Democratic L gislature? Give the
Democracy rope enough, and it viii
hang itself every time. The pres
ent Legislature has done nothing
but re-org nize the Republicans out
of the benevolent institutions and In
stal moss back Democrats in their
places Lebanon Star.
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Result Of the New York
Town Elections.
rE--.v,, tF,s n-,-r- y-l,-f-

Where the Democrats fGled to
combine with the "WOrkingmen's"
party, they were LIT in a minority,
ven in their accustomed strong
holds In Rochester, whore the La
Dor RefoImers showed decided
strength last fall, their vote fell short
Of the aggregate then polled, hut
everywhere else their star is in the
asr, ndant. Il needs hut little polit
ical sagacity to predict the near aP
pro ch Of the time when the Demo
Gratis VIII surr, nd, T TO the socialists,
and the party Of jefferson viii carry
to their logical conclusions the ia
Goblin theories which Jtff rson par
tially esTOused.
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Ohio Patents.

Messrs. George c. Trncy & Co .
solicitors of patents, No. ( Euclid
Avenue Block. Cleveland, O., furnish
the following list of patents granted
to residents Of this State for the
week ending February 10Th. 1878,
G. MendenhaL, Cincinnati, Feed
water regulator.
K. Thompson & L. G. Bergstrom,
Norwalk, Rocking chair fan attach
ment
G. Fritscbv, Delaware, Shifting
rail for carriage seats.
A. Gemunder, Columbus, Organ
F.A. Lyman, Cleveland, Gasoline
burner.
G. NJ. Mallory, Wauseon, Hay ele-
yator.
A. W. Humphrey, Hiramsburg,
Feed steamer.
TRADE uABK:-Stcinau Jewelry Co.,
Cincinnati Jewelry.
LABEL;-Steinau Jewelry Co, Gin
cinnati, Imperial clsket.
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The invention of bells is attTibu ed
to POlonius, Bishop of Nola Campania,
about the year 400. They were first in
trOduced into churches as a defence
against thunder and lightning. They
were first put up in Croyland Abbey
Lincolnshire, in 945. In the eleventh
century. and later, il was the custom TO
baptize them il the churches before
they were used. The curftw bell was
established in 1O7S. It wasr srung ut eight
in the evening, when people were
obliged to put ont their fires and CHI
dies. The custom wasaGOIished in 100
BeIlmen were appointed in London in
1856, to ring the bells at night, and cry
out: Take care Of your fir and c,u-
die; be charitable to the poor, ana pray
for the dead"
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Anna c. Brackett, in the American
Journal of education, calls the attention
of teachers 10 the liability of children
to be punished or corrected without
their clearly knowing why. They
may thus, perhaps, understand" she
adds, what often seems to them so
incOmprehensible-Why a child who has
been rebuked for disOrderly conduct
repeats the offence almost Immediately,
giving the impression Of wiIiful and
malicious wrong doing. The same mis-
take is frequently made in recitatiOns.
a pupils answer is pronounced wrong,
and the question passed to another,
when he does not know what his error
is, and often fancies that it lies in quite
a different direction from that III which
it really lies. One of the most success
full teachers we know is almost invari-
ably in the habit, after having passed
the question and received a correct
answer, of asking the pupil who failed,
Why did l pass that question: a
few trials Of this simple interrogation
will soon, we think, convince any teach-
eT of the truth Of what we say. The
most astonishing misunderstanding
are thus continually brought to light,
and we become convinced of how
dOuble-edged a thing is this language
which we use so thOugntIessly and
freely"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-14
Wintering Roses.

Perhaps our plan of wintering roses,
says a writer in the Philadelphia Times,
may be useful to some other amateur.
1 had hOt-bed frame not in use, and
after IoOsing my roses in the house
year after year, 1 concluded to imprO.
wise a small cold-pit. I sank in the
ground a very large dry-gOOds box,
over it 1 placed a hot-bed frame and
sash, put the potted roses in the box,
and the thing was done. AS the cold
grew intense, 1 drew up earth around
the sides of The frame, and covered the
sash with an old piece of carpet, and
did not then see the roses until spring,
when they were we'll watered, the car
pet removed, and the plants left under
the sash for two or three weeks before
removing. have prIcticed this meth
cd for three or four winters, and with
perfect success. The plants fairly jump
when the sun strikes them in the spring
and they are in healthy growing con-
diliOn when 1 transplant to the border
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An End 70 Tinkerine.

washington Dispatch to the New York Herald.I
The leaders of tie extreme silver
movement have determined to rest
content with the silver act for a
while, and for the present win not
attempt to push any further legisla-
tiun in regard to silver. They ad
NIT that It is their duty to allow re
suits Of the silver act to work them
selves ont before urging the next
step, and they are as uncertain as al
most everybody els. Of what may be
its eff f.ct.
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Sisters.

The day had R0neas fades dream;
The night hs come and rain fell fast:
While DER the black and sluggish stream
Cold blew the wailing blast.
In pcnsive mood idly raised
The curtain from the rain-splashed glass,
And as into the street 1 gazed
saw tvs women pass.
One shivering with the bi ter cold,
Her garments heavy with the rain,
Limped by with features wan and old,
Deep furrowed by sharp pain.
A child in form. a child in years,
Eylt from her pire0us pallid face,
The WEAKNESS OF life with tears
Had washed all chrdlike grace.
And as she passed me. fsint AMI weak,
I heard hersloWly say, as though
With throbbing heart about to break,
Move nT' where shall Igo?"
The other, who on frIrs reclined,
In brougham was driven to the play;
No thought wit in her vacant mind
Of those in rags that day.
With unmoved heart snd idle s'sre,
Passed by the beggar in -he street,
Who lifted up her hands in prayer
Some charity to meet.
Both vanished in the murk night
The oUtcast on a step TO die;
The lady to a scene Of light
Where Joy alone did sigh,
But angels saw amid her hair
What was by human eyes unseen;
The grass that grows on graves was there.
With leaves Of ghsstIy green.
And though her diamonds fashed the ltTht
Upon the hattcrcrs gathered near,
The OUtcast's brow had gem more bright
An sngeIs pitying tear.
-CldFbeTr' Journal
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Why are We RIght-Handedl

Investigations which were recently
carried through by French physician
DR.. Flelry, of Bordeaux, have adduced
facts showing that cur natural impulse
to use the members on the right side Of
the body is clearly traceable to prob
ably physiological causes. DR.. Fleury,
after examining an immense number
of human brains, asserts that the left
anterior lobe is a little larger than the
right one. Again, he shows that, by
examining a large number of people,
there is an unequal supply of blood to
the two sides Of the body. The brach-
iOcephaliC trunk, which only exists on
the right of the arch Of the aOrta, pro-
duces, by a difference in termination,
an inequality in the waves of red blood
which travel from right to left. More
over, the diameters Of the subclavian
arteries on each side are different, that
on the left being noticeab'y larger.
The left lobe Of the brain, therefore,
being more richly hamatOSed than the
right, becomes stronger; and as, by the
intersection of the nervous fiber, it com
mands the right side of the body, it is
obvious that that side will be more
readily controlled. This furnishes one
reason for the natural preference for
the right hand, and another is found in
the increased supply of blood from the
subclavian artery. The augmentation
of blood we have already seen suggest
ed; but the reason for it is here ascrib5d
to the relative size of the artery, and
not to any direCtness of path from the
heart. DR.. Fleury has carried his in
vestigatiOns through the whole series
of mammalia; and he finds that the
right handed pecUliarities exist in all
that have arteries arranged similar to
those Of man. At the same time such
animals, notably the chimpanzee, the
seals and the beavers, are the most
sdroit and intelligent.-IBe Eclectic.
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Home Correspondence.
Teaeher,s Queries.

What does Dickens mean by the
disconnected expressions, found on
page 78, BTcGufey's Sixth Reader,
in the 9TH paragraph, viz: "She had
been dead two days. They were all
about her at the time, knowing that
her end was drawing near. She died
soon after day break"
Also what does the same author
mean in the Teacher and Sick
Scholar, on page 386, paragraph
10, by "there's my dear scholars. "
What is the subject and predicate of
this clause? Answer expected next
week. J. ". S.
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uThe Home GuIde,''

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ceipt book but is Just what We represent it to be,
neat, well printed book Of 100 pages, Of valuable
Household Receipts, never before printed in book
form, and taken from the Household Deparnentcf cf
the Ch!cago Iribnne. II contains 100 pages
printed On good type and paper, and neaily bound
paper cover It is cheap at so cents, the regular
etail price, but we give it as a premium to every
subscriber of the News for 1sTs who obtains rs one
7lsl1 subscrBsr The book can only Be- obtained in
this county, through this Office Gail and see copy