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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

An Ohio correspondent Of thelSpring-
field Union says that quails are relied
on in that state for the destruction Of
potato bugs, and that where the birds
are plenty the fields are kept entirely
free from beetles, with no care on the
part Of the farmers. The quails, in
quiet situations, visit the fields in large
iOcks, and, taking the rows systemati-
cally by course, clear up every hill, and
return the next day for more. The
Ohio Legislature passed a law two years
ago for the protection Of quails, and
the result is a large increase in their
numbers, very welcome to the farmers,
who regard them as one Of their most
valuable aids in the war against insects.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

"No Ihan win ever prosper who has
the curse Of a ruined woman upon him.
The murderer Of the body can be tri5U
and executed by the worlds laws, but
the murderer of the soul is tried by
heavens laws, and the execution is sure
as divine Justice" Aunt Betsey said
this as she folded the white hands Of a
beautiful girl, snd put white flowers and
green leaves about the marble-cold fore
head. There was a tiny babe beside the
glrl-mother. The house was hushed
and there was mourning such as few
know. Half glad that the mother and
child were dead, the rest of the family
must perform the last sad Office Of burial
and bear the family shame. A haunted
hOusel Aruined hOmel God the arch
itect and man the spOiler. The curse is
there, and the destroyer cannot escape.
WOman'S Journal
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30
Farm and Household.

Fraudulent Butter In Ohio.
The Ohio Legislature, a week or
two since, enacted a law for the pro-
lection Of innocents who can not tell
farmers butter from that manufac-
tured in the cities. It declares that
It shall be unlawful to sell OF offer
for sale, or cause the same to be
done, any substance having the sem
blance Of butter or cheese, which
substance is not wholly made from
pure cream or milk, unless such pack
age, and each vessel containing one
or more packages Of such substance,
shall have distinctly and durably
marked thereon in ordinary bold
faced Roman capital letters, five lines
pea, the true and appropriate name
Of such substance, and in case Of re-
tail sale Of such article or substance
to consumers, in all cases the vendor
shall deliver with each package, roll
or parcel 60 sold, a label on which
shall be printed in Roman letters the
true and appropriate name Of suOh
substance. Any person knowingly
violating this act shall be fined in
any sum not less than twenty-five
dollars, nor more than three hun
dred dollars, or imprisoned in the
county jail not less than ten days, or
both, in the discretion of the Court.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30
Local.

Alta special meeting Of the ". 7.
Union On Saturday, 18th inst. for
the confederation Of various matters
Of Temperance interest, it was unani-
mouslyl decided to reorganize the
Woma1's Temperance Union Of Hills
borO, On the first Wednesday Of
July, 1873, making it 8 County
Union, electing from each Township
q Vice President, whose duty it shall
be TO ldok after the interests Of the
Temperance cause in their respect
i've tow aships, and thus to secure a
more united feeling. and greater
sympathy and zeal on the part Of
Temperance workers throughout the
county If this can be secured, we
may hope to have a grand reunion,
or Temperance Jubilee, once q year
in old lHiIlsboro. Will some good
friend Of the cause, report from their
Township, a willing worker for Vice
President, and thereby aid the
Womenlof the H. 7. Union. Such
reports from our Temperance breth,
rem vii be in order,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

James GoodaIl, a colored man, who
was IOl years old in March last, resides
in Jackson, Michigan. His memory is
WAY good, but especially clear respect
ing his escape from slavery, fifty-four
years ago. After days Of wandering
and many vain attempts TO cross the
Ohio river, he reached a place on the
river bank, opposite Cincinnati. He
was almost starved to death, and at last
dared to approach large house, near
which there was a small cabin, in search
Of food. A negro woman came out Of
the cabin, heard his story and promised
to aid him. At night her husband
brought him food. He had lived for
Eve days before on horse-chestnuts.-
The following day they ferried him
across the Ohio, and he soon obtained
employment as a free man.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

A striking confirmation has been
afforded Of the correctness Of the esti-
mate that glaciers move from sixteen
to eighteen inches a day>in summer,
and less than half that distance in win
ter. In 1s2Oa Russian physician, DR..
Hamel, attempted the ascent Of Mont
Blance, when three Of his guides were
swept away by an avalanche, and never
more heard of. Some years later Prof.
Forbes made some ObservtiOns on the
glacier toward which these guides
we're drifted by the avalanche, and
from the rate Of the glaciers movement
he was led to predict that within forty
five years from the time of the accident
some remains ofthe unfortunate guides
would be reaching the terminus of the
glacier in the immediate neighborhood
Os ChamOuni. This came to pass. In
the summer Of 1851 human remains
were found there which were identified
as those Of Dr.. Hamel's party.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

The French are great bread-eaterS
writes Lucy Hooper, and it is an anus
ing sight to atch the baker arranging
in high basket, in shape like waste
paper basket, the great long clubs or
sticks in which the cOmmOner kinds of
bread are baked. These clubs are
thick enough and hard enough to serve
for offensive or defensive weapons on
occasion, I should think. AT the COM
mOner and cheaper classes of French
boarding houses the palates of Ameri-
can bOarders are often painfully inn
pressed by seeing the daily bread in this
guise stood up in a corner with the UNI
brella, while an unkept waiter is en-
gagged in the task of sweeping out the
dining-rOOm. Or else one sees stout
old women going along with their stick
Of bread tucked lightly and compactly
under one arm, which in this hot
weather is not altogether an apPetizing
sight. Generally, however, the pur-
chaser of a single stick carries it over
his or her shoulder, like a cane or an
umbrella.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30
BriefNotes,

During the first fifteen days Of the
Temperance revival In San Francisco.
10000 signed the pledge.
Mr. Rine, the Canada Temperance
revivalist, has gone to Scotland to in
augurab be the work there.
The friends Of Temperance in
CanRda have united in one organiza-
ton, and are marching against the
common enemy.
The mayor of Pittsburgh, Pa,
who Imprisoned the Crusade ladies
for singing Christian hymns on the
sidewalks, is now an inmate of the
Penite1 1hary.-CC. W.
About $500 persons have signed
the Murphy pledge in Vineennes
Ind.
The Independent Order of Good
IemPlars numbers 735,OOO members
in the world.
DR.. prosby's war on the dram
shops ip New York City has been
decidedly effective. The drinking
places have been diminished from
1874 70 nearly two thousand less
Since its institution in I842 no
Tess tb,'i7 100000 men have taken
the pledge I'd been initiated into
the order of the SO7s ofTemperance.
-lC. E.
Mrs. b. L. Comstock says Sc has
visited l15,O00 prisoners in the pris-
Ons Of the United States the last
eighteea years, and out Of that num-
Der I050O0 were brought there di-
rectly OF indirectly through liquor.
&c. ".
In CD United States Senate, on
the 1Itb ult., Senator Burnside, Of
Rhode Island, introduced a bill
which is intended ''to introduce
moral and social science into the
public schools Of the District Of Col
umbia. Temperance" is among
the subjects enumerated to be in
cluded In the "daily exercises of each
school, should this bill become a !
law. We hail this action as an au-
spicious sign of the times.-EN. T. |
Advocate.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

A Boston gentlenRn of some literary
pretensions recently told an acquaint-
Tnce in this city the following story, IL
Illustrative of the alleged discrimination
Of magazine editors in favor Of contrib
utOrs Of note, and vice versa: lie WAS
discOursing some months since, he said,
to the poet Lowell on this topic, and i'll
sisted that contributions to magazines
were not published for their merits, but
only when they were from friends Of the
editor or were the productions of IA
nous pens. Lowell, on the contrary,
maintained that magazine like newspa-
per editors, were no respecters of per-
sons, and that they were entirely impair
tial in their choice of contributions. To
prove his case ne wrote a short poem,
on which, it is to be presumed, under
the circumstances, he bestowed more
than usual pains, which his friend sent
to a prominent Boston magazine as his
own. 1t was returned as unworthy Of
publication.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30
.RIghting-Up, Crooked Trees.

Often in a fine orchard we find one OF
more trees leaning over 50 far as to de-
strOy the beauty of the whole orchard.
It is also much more difficult to cuIti-
Yate around a leaning tree. This may
easily be remedied, while the trees are
young, by partially digging up and re-
planting the trees. The roots viii
usually be found smallest on the side
from which the tree leans; and, there
fore these roots should be lOOsened
from the earth, the tree set in a per-
pendicular position, and carefully
fastened by stakes and guys and the
earth replaced around the roots. It
would be well to add some rich COM
pOsit to promote their growth. If, as
is very probable, the top Of the tree has
become One-sided, it should be pruned
so as to restore the balance. In this
way we have "righted-up" pear trees
six inches through the stem; but the
best way is to look after the young
trees and not permit them to depart
from the way Of upTightness.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30
Woman's Temperance
camp-Meefing.

The W. n. @. T. Q. will hold q
camp-neeting at Lake Side, near
SanduFky, Ohio, July 2, which will
continue ten days.
Lake Side is q beautiful summer
resort, on a promontory in Lake
Erie, reached by boat from Sandus-
Ky. The auditorium is ample, with
new wooden roof; the hotel, tent and
cottage accommodations abundant
and cheap and everything will be
done I'd make this meeting a blessing
and success IN every respect This
place Is accessible from all points Of
the country, and very near several
large cities.
Very many Of the ablest speakers
in the country win be there, and we
trust that thousands Of our workers
viii crowd to this place, and wait
with us for an enduement Of power
from on high for the work. We are
expecting and praying for a spiritual
baptism to come down upon our
hosts there. For full particulars,
send fof circular to Mrs. Mary 7.
Burt, CDR. Sec, Y. III. @. A. Room,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
ANNIE WITTENMHER,
MARY. C. JOHNSON, Pres't.
SeF'y ". n. c. 7. ..
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

The discovery of two satellites Of
Mars by Professor Hall Of the Naval
Observatory, is ranked among the great
est astronomical discoveries Of the CEN
tury. The first satellite was discovered
on the night Of Aug. 16. 1t was again
observed on the following night, and
the time of its revolution (about thirty
hours) determined. When all calcula-
tons had been verified, Professor Hall
officially announced the discovery. The
distance Of the satellite from the planet
is about 1900 miles less than that Of
any other known satellite from its pri-
mary. The diameter is not more than
100 miles. A second satellite was dis
covered, but the observations were not
such as to enable astronomers to speak
with certainty Of its existence. This
second moon is stiI closer to Mars than
the first.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

A telegram from Berne states that
the phylloxera has been discovered in
some vines upon the French frontier
The results Of a preliminary examina-
tion were. that the vines were dying
away, their roots being covered with
the insects. 1t is positively stated that
the disease is not Of French importa-
tion, but that it has rs origin in Amer
lean stocks, which mad been most care
fully examined before they were plant
ed. Every PrecautiOn is being taken to
prevent the disease from spreading, and
the Government of the canton have
drawn Gordon round the invaded dis
trict. In other parts of Switzerland
new measures Of precaution are being
taken to ward off the ravages of an in
sect which has done so much mischief
in France. In one or two of the French
departments where it did the most harm
at first there are now signs of recovery.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

sions Of many thousands of the in-
temperate. Captain Sturdivant will
give q condensed history Of this great
work, and also incidents and interest
ing facts connected Herewith, if de-
sired by the people whom he is inv
ted to address. Captain Sturdivant
was the humble instrument, under
God, Of helping Francis Murphy to
a new life, in the City Of Portland,
State Of Maine, in the year 1870 !
and will give an account Of the won
derful cOnvertion of this Apostle
Of Temperance when requested.
Residence, 14O1 Ontario street, cor
ner of Master, Philadelphia, Pa.
Office, Room 5, No. 725 SAMSON
strtet, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

On the broad plains of Kent County,
Ontario, the resident farmers find it ex-
tremely difficult to dig wells which will
not become dry in the summer season.
The only way bywhich a permanent
supply Of water can be obtained is by
digging about forty feet, and then bor-
ing about forty feet further, when a
vein Of water is struck which fills the
well to within a short distance of the
top, and, in some instances, the well
overfOws. The strange part Of the af-
fair is, that when a sOUtherly wind
springs up and lasts for several days,
the water in the wells becomes so mud
dy that it is unfit for use. The farmers
maintain that there is an underground
communication between theWater strata
and Lake Erie, and that the storms con-
sequently affect the well water by STIR
ring up the mud in the lotion Of the
lake.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

A clergyman was annoyed by people
talking and giggling. He paused,
looked at the disturbers, and said: 81
am always afraid to reprove those who
misbehave, for this reason. Some
years since, as I was preaching, a young
man who sat before me was constantly
laughing, talking and making mcouth
grimaces. Ipaused, and administered
q severe rebuke. After the close Of
the service a gentleman said to me,
Sir, you have made a great mistake;
that young man WAS an idiot. Since
then I have always been afraid to re-
prove those who misbehave themselves
in chapel, lest 1 should repeat that
mistake and reprove another idiot. "
During the rest Of the service there
was good order.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30
Georgetown and the c. q N.
Railway.

We clip the following editorial from
the Brown County News of late date:
The Engineers are now at work
making a survey of the proposed
railroad between Sardinia and George
town. It is evident that this route
can be graded and tied, ready for
the iron, for one thousand dollars
per mile. This is the opinion of
persons who are competent to Judge,
and who have been over the route.
It passes over a level country, with
but one stream to cross of any i'm
portance,and that but a small one.
The route proposed will run within
two miles of New Hope, from which
a branch can be made, thus connect
ing this with the proposed New Hope
and Mt. Grab road. It will be a
pity indeed if ten or eleven thousand
dollars cannot be raised for this
valuable enterprise in Georgetown
and along the line of the route. It
certainly can be. The Cincinnati
and Portsmouth road is coming
along, and will reach Georgetown at
no very distant day. With an East
and West railroad, and then North
and South road, Georgetown would
at once spring into new life and
vigorous prosperity. The people
here, we are glad to say, are waking
up to the Importance of this i'm
pro7ement, and will give it substan-
tial aid Ripleyis at last become in
earnest for the road, and say they
will bring it up to Georgetown if
Georgetown will take it to Sardinia.
Now, that is a fair proposition, and
let it be accepted and carried out.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

A hen made a nest in a box in the
baggage car, and in course Of time had
fifteen eggs, and stuck to them through
thick and thin, night and day, except
TO step of the train occasionally to get
food and water, and last Tuesday
Matched thirteen chickens, nOtWith-
standing the rumbling, rolling process
the eggs passed through. Mr.. Shriver
tbaggage-master) says that after the
setting process began she would fire.
quently, when of the nest in search Of
food and water, get left by the train at
Shelbyville, and sometimes at War
trace; and on such occasions she would
quietly wait for the train to return, and
sometimes meet it when it came in
sight and fly into the baggage car and
get on the nest Immediately. When
the train stopped for wood she would
sometimes fly out to get something to
eat, and when tE.S car bell rang she
would fly back Immediately. She
would sometimes manifest her joy at
the appearance of the train by cackling
at high rate. Mother and chickens
are all doing SbelbyUdIs Gazette.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

Eighteen mills on the Sabine river
in Louisiana, which have been engaged
for some years past in the productive
industry Of saving up lumber stolen
from the United States government,
are to be punished, and several others
on the Mississippi and st. CrOix rivers
are to share tn" same fate. The gov
eminent has received payment for a
very inconsiderable portion Of this
timber. Agents have recently seized
$50, 600 in Louisiana and $4,000 worth
along the Mississippi ana St. CrOix
rivers. 1t is the purpose Of the Interior
Department to make no compromise,
and Congress will be asked to modify
the law relative to the sale Of pine
lands.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

DR.. William Siemens has constructed,
by an ingenious adaptation of selenium
to the purpose, an artificial eye that is
sensitive to light and to differences in
color, which gives signs Of fatigue when
it is submitted to the prolonged action
Of light, and regains its strength after
resting with closed lids, and which by
an electrO-magnet attachment may be
made to close itself invOIuntarily, as
does the human eye, on the occurrence
of vivid fash. In its construction a
hollow sphere, suitably supported, is
provided with two openings, in one Of
which is placed a cOnverging lens, and
in the other a selenium plate, the latter
in communication with an electric cur
rent and a galvanometer. The lens
being covered with two movable screens,
the whole is comparable to an eye, in
which the screens represent the lids and
the se|enium plate the retina. When
ever the screens are removed the gal
vanOmeter is seen to deviate, and the
degree Of deviation depends on the color
of the light which converges upon the
selenium; it is very slight if the light
is blue, more if the light is red, and still
more if white light is transmitted.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

At meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Cuban League at New
York an address to the people of the
United States was adopted, together
with a resolution, that the inhabitants
Of large cities form Cuban Leagues for
the purpose Of exerting moral influence
upon our own and other civilized gov
ernments in favor Of the suppression Of
the inhuman war Waged against Cuba
for the last eight years, and invoking
the aid Of the press to dI Oand her
recognition as a belligerent.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

No man will hate a good man so
much as he who has ill-treated him.
Let man whom you have injured hate
you, and there is an end to his emnity.
RepaTation frank and full puts an end
to his hard feelings towards you and
even lays the foundation to prOtracted
friendship. But let a man hate you
without a cause, save such as his envy,
or bigotry, or vanity supplies, and his
hate is endless.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

The employment Of women in the tel
egraph department has been a COM
plete success in England. Over ], 100
are employed in London, and there has
been but one dismissed in four years.
Their hours Of work are from 8 A. N. to
P. NJ, each being on duty eight con-
secutive hours out of the twelve. In
the establishment there are a kitchen
and dining-roOms, and the girls have a
thoroughly good dinner for twenty
cents. The pay begins at 81 a week,
which is raised to s. when a girls COM
petent. Girls may enter from IA to IS.
The average pay received is $3.50 a
week, and the highest is $3.50 a week.
A clerk who has worked for thirty
years at $3.50 a week would have $S.75
a week pension.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

Captain Cyrus StUrdivant, Of Port
land, Me, for many years master Of
sea-goihg steamers and vessels, viii
give lectures or talks upon the evils
Of intemperance, and the benefit Of
Home Mission Work, and the power
Of the Gospel as a means in redeem
ing and saving men from inbemper-
ance and sin. During the past year
Captain SturdiYant has been labor
ing In the States of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and Indiana, also New Hamp-
shire, Vermont and Maine, helping
in the great Murphy Gospel Temper
ance Movement that is producing,
under God, such wonderful c0nYer-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30

Two workers IN one deld
Toiled on from day 70 day;
BOih had the same hard labor,
Both had the sBme small pay.
With the same blue sky abOTe,
I The same green earth below,
one heart was full Of JOY,
The other fun Of woe.
One leaped up with the light,
With the soaring Of the lark;
one felt it ever night
I For his e0ul was ever dark.
One heart was hard as stone,
One heart was blithe and gay,
One worked with many q grodn,
I One Whistled al the day
One had a flower-clad cot
! Beside a merry mill;
Wife aud children a. the spot
! Made it dearer, sweeter still.
One a Wretched hoVel had,
Full Of discOud, dirt, and din
10 Wunder he seemed mad;
Wife and children starved within.
atiu they worked In the same deld,
I TOiled on from day % day;
Boih had the same hard labor,
Both had the same small pay.
But they worked not with one viii;
The reason let me tell:
10 J the one drank ct the StiH,
Bat the other % the Well.