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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-07
Courage.


There is an element i'll a persons ma
ture that exerts a powerful sway over
his life and happiness Some individu-
ais at the least obstacle give up, and sit
down in despOndency-fold their hands
in despair; while others, apparently in
the same circumstances, seem to rejoice
in overcoming difficulties, and pass
ahead with renewed determination and
strength. This difference is natural in
a great degree. One sees courage or
cOwardice developed in children at a
very early age. Perhaps education has
to do with it, i'll some measure, but still
it seems as if it we're a part of the ma
ture; one child will be frightened at a
shadow, while another never sees any
thing to alarm it, and is as fearless in
the dark as in the sunshine.
Courage saves one many sad days and
gloomy hours. A courageous heart
never is borrowing trouble-lOOking for
trials that may not come. If they do
come they are met bravely. "As long
asa person keepss15s courage up, there
is hope" said physician, speaking of
one Of his patients who was hovering
between life and death. 81 never give
up a sick person who thinks he is going
to get well; and there is not much use
to try to save one who has no courage
to live or try to get we'll"
There was a good deal of wisdom in
the remark; but sometimes it requires
more courage to live than it takes to
die. Many person has fought with
trials, curses and tribulations, and come
off COnqueror at last, who would gladly
have sunk into the grave in preference
to facing the world and keeping Oh a
bold front. To make the best of trials
and Affections, and keep the skeleton of
sorrow hid from mortal sight, is far bet
ter than to clasp the grief TO the breast
and lie down in despair. Always re-
member, that unto each life some rain
must fall
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-07
Among Polar Bears.

Three Of the crew of the steamship
Intrepid, Captain Soutar, had a vtry
exciting adventure at the Greenland
sea fishery this season. During the
time that their vessel was fast beset
among the ice, three Of the crew
Thomas Royal, Wolverhampton; James
Winter, Peterhead, and William Multi.
gan, Dundee-set out one day to pay a
visit to the ship Perseverance, Of Peter
head, which lay apparently about four
miles distant. After walking about
two miles it was seen that the distance
between the two ships had been mis-
judged, and that in reality they were six
miles apart, and the dangerous nature
of the journey began to dawn upon the
seamen when they realized how far they
were from any vessel, the sealing clubs
being the only weapons with which they
were armed. They deliberated whether
It would not be the best course to return
to their ship. One of the trio insisted
on making the journey, while the 9TH
ers were of the opinion that they should
give up the attempt.
In the midst Of the debate a she bear,
with one cub, arrived, and as she was
Elst coming up between the men and
their ship, the only chance of escape
was to run on in the hope of reaching
the Perseverance. When the men took
TO their heels the bear quickened her
pace, and in a short time was close upon
the sailors.
To attempt to face the animal with
their clubs was useless, and, according
Iy, one by one Of the men took portions
of their clothing and threw them on the
ice. In this way the progress of the
bear was retarded, as bruin stopped to
snuff and tear at each of the articles as
she came up to them. BY this statagem
the men were enabled to keep little
ahead for about two miles. They had
parted with most of their clothing, one
Of them having nothing but his pants,
cravat, and a wooden shirt upon him.
lie had retained possession Of his club,
and fastening his cravat to the end of
the weapon, he waved it as a signal of
and fortunately the attention
Of the crew of the Perseverance was at
Tacted to the periIOUs position of the
three seamen. Several of the crew Of
the Perseverance Immediately set out,
armed with guns, and, after running
about a mile, they came up to the three
men, just in time to save them, as they
had almost no clothing left, and were
exhausted with the chase.
The bear and her cub were so close
behind thatthe rescuers had mo difficulty
n dispatching them with several buI-
cts. The following morning the three
jailOrs returned to the Intrepid. They
Yere escorted part Of the way by num-
Der of the crew of the Persevera. ce,
md the male bear having been seen in |
he vicinity, apparently on the lookout |
or the she-bear and her cub, he was
likewise killed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-07
AbOut Evergreen Trees.

Some our contemporaries who affect
a little agricultural and horticultural
lore to a more or less extent, are dis
Cussing again the best time Of trans
planting the evergreen family of trees,
the selection Of trees and the mode of
setting out. We profess to have some
experience in this work, and it is not a
little surprise to us to see August Sc
lected as the best and indeed the only
time to transplant them with safety
Now, in the face of this we have trans
planted them in March, April, May,
(when the branches had shot two inches
August, October and November, and
never lost a tree set out at any one Of
these periods. in fact, we know Of no
trees so easily to grow as those Of the
ever green family.
A word in regard to the selection of
trees say the Norway spruce. In
height let them be from two and a-half
TO three and a-half feet, having a single
main stem, evenly branched out from
LilC NCLy UOLbN1Lg lOl IL L1uSG DG Ittltll-
bered that an evergreen once formed
never adds a single branch to the main
stem.
In setting them out, plant no deeper
than they grew in the nursery, where
they should be taken up so as to secure
as manyrOOts and rootets as
possible. Dig hole deeper than is ne
cessary, and fill up with rich soil to the
required height, and wider than the
'ongest roots, say foot all round, to be
Tiled with loose soil to give the roots a
chance to take an early hold; then fiIlup
the hole with soil and press down
firmly and mulch, as far as the roots
~xtend, with good, well-rotted manure.
Stake firmly, with the stake at an angle,
rs it must be remembered that the wind,
1T all seasons, has full sweep at the dense
bush, and if it should jar and disturb
the roots, the tree may not grow at all,
or it may be stunted.-Ger. Tel.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-07
Brittany

The highest land in Brittany is not
over 1900 feet high, and generally much
lower. so that its beauty consists rather
in choice little bits, encountered here
and there, in some half-hidden nOOk-a
little stream, a quiet pool, an old mill, a
hOvel and several barns Of granite, with
thatched roofs, green with fresh mOssi
several hay stacks, a few pollard viii
lows and feather-like elms in a slender
EOw along the margin; two or three
black cows-the COWS are always. black,
two or three chubby, ,red-faced children,
excessively dirty as to person and raj
ment, tending the aforesaid cattle; a
woman Of similar description in sabOts,
the size Of canoes, turning over a heap
Of muck; a nOndescript bulldog, with
cropped ears and tail and very AXE
belly makeup generally; two or three
gray horses, tandem-the horses are
usually yiTOn-gTay-with enormous col
lars, covered with sheep skins, drawing
with rope traces a huge vain loaded
with hay or manure, and a driver in an
equally enormous, excessively rusty,
black velveteen sombrerO, with long
ribbOrs, a blue blouse, leather leggngs
and sabots the size of scows, and crack
ing a whip with the gusto Of a Western
buIwhacker, and displaying almost as
ric a repertoire Of choice Breton Oaths.
Such are the usual and most interesting
features Of man and nature in the land
Of Lancelot dU Lac, the land where
King Arthur fought, feI and passed to
The land of AviliOn.
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SaIutaHons.

To bare the head was originally an
act of submission to gods and rulers.
A bow is a modified prostratiOn. A
| lady's courtesy is a modified genufec-
ton. Rising and standing are acts Of
homage; and when we wave our hand
to a friend on the opposite side of the
| street, we are uncOnsciOusly initiating
the Romans, who used to stand before
the images of their gods sOlemnly NOV
ing the right hand to the lips and out,
as if to cast kisses. Again, men re-
move the glove when they shake hands
with a lady, a custom evidently Of
feudal origin. The knight removed
his O." n gauntlet, the pressure Of which
would be too severe for the palm Of a
far cbdtel0ine, and the custom, which
began in necessity has travelled down
to US as a point of etiquette. Each
tiOn has its own method of salUta-
ton. In Sou thern Africa it is the Gus
toms to rub toes. In Lapland your
friend Tubs his nose against yours. The
Turk folds his arms upon his breast
and bows very low. The Moor Of No
rocco rides at a galop towards a stTan-
ger, as though he would unhorse him,
and when close at hand suddenly halts
and fires a pistol over the persons
head. The Egyptian asks you How
do you perspire?" an lets his hand fall
to his knees. The Chinese bows low
and inquiries, Have you eaten your
rice " The SpaniaTd says, "GOd be
with you, sir, +" or "HOWdo you stand?"
and the NeapoIitau piously remarks,
Grow in holiness" The Germans
''HOw goes it?" and the Frenchman
bows profoundly and inquiries, How
do you carry yOurseify" Foreigners
are given to embracing, ard in France
and Germany the porcnt kisses his
grOWn-up son on the forehead, men
throw their arms around the necks Of
their friends, and brothers embrace
Ike lovers. It is a curious sight to
Americans, with theiE natural preju-
diccs against publicity in kissing. In
England and Am, ricI there are three
methods of salulation-the bow, the
hmdShahe and the kiss. The bow is
theproper method Of SalulatiOn between
acquaintances in public, and should
never be a mere nod, but when made
by a gentleman to a lady should be ac-
companied by the removal of the hat
from the head and the cigar from the
lips. In regard to the handshake, eti-
quette is simple. A man has no right
to take ladys hand until it is offered.
He has even less right to pinch or re-
tain it. A lady should always rise to
give her hand; a gentleman, of course,
never dares TO do so seated. There
are several varieties of the kiss-that Of
respect on the hand; that of fl. .endship,
on the cheek and forehead; and the
lovers kiss, which, it is needless to
say is never paraded in public.
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Belfast.

Another of cur aged citizens Is
gone. Old mother Spencer died on
the 21st Of February. She was 81
years Of age, a member Of the Chris
tian Church, and a worthy member,
loved and esteemed by all who knew
her. She died in the glorious hope
Of an immortality beyond the grave.
All her children except her only son,
William, who lives in Kentucky, were
at her death-bed. They lose a kind
and afectionate mother.
Mrs. Dutton, wife Of Calvin Dut-
ton, died Feb. Doth, Of consumption.
She was cut of in the prime Of wo-
manhood, and leaves a husband and
3 children to mourn her loss. She
also was a member of the. Christian
church, and died in full confidence
Of meeting her Savior and her loved
ones IN Heaven.
Elder Sayres, of Clinton county,
held a protraeted meeting in New
port, Adams Co., a few weeks ago,
at which 5 persons were added to
the church.
I have for the past two years re-
ported a good many deaths, and I
sometimes think how very carelessly,
we read these announcements. We
do not think Of the heartrending
sorrow the bereft feel for their lost
friends. Still death must come to
all, and if we die prepared, our friends
have some consolation. But alas
Some die on the gaIlows, some with
deliriun tremens, or in drunken
broils, and how must their friendsaud
relatives feel the deep disgrace. Yet
perhaps some Of us, by our votes
and influence, and by allowing dram
shops to exist, have virtually aided
in bringing this disgrace and sorrow
upon the relatives and friends.
Ought we not to think more serious
Iy of these things? FLORA.
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American Imitation Of English At


A bright little article in the New 7 ork
Times recently commented, with good
hUmored satire, upon the American
ladies who 60 abroad, and presently
come home calling "cOal' GOALS, and
really "weally," :" and remarking that
a friend is very much "cut up" by the
loss of a child. In other years this
kind Of American lady or gentleman
returned ard informed its friends that
the club dinner was lawful jolly" that
Mrs. Stomacher's new crimson velvet
was stunning" and that the young
ViscOunt Lewith was lust the incest
person III the world" The Times points
out that all this extraordinary use of
the English language comes from the
fact that the little lady has been to
few dinners and cOuntry-hOuses in Eng
land, and has remembered to initiate
only the least desirable expressions
current i'll conversation. This effect Of
the oppression Of foreign grandeur" is
comical. Imitation is undoubtedly
homage, and the London dandy who
says "Weally'' aid ''fealleawe" must
have a certain gratifed but cOntemptu-
GUS amusement in hearing the Ameri-
can snob initiating his affectatiOn.
The imitation of English affectatiOns
as well as Of better English things, is
not new. It is not very many years
since the praise Of a young gentleman's
manners that they we're $50 English"
was most grateful. The English man
neT was then apparently supposed to be
a superci. ious indifference. SmtOld,
pas de zele, was the true gospel of the
dTawing-rOOm. Mr.. N. 2. Willis had
mentioned that in English society
scenes were vulgar to the last degree;
so it was necessary for the American
gentleman to part with his friend,
setting out to CirCumnavigate the globe
as if he were passing him upon the
street, and to receive his most intimate
companion after long absence in foreign
lands as if he had parted with him at
breakfast. The same feeling that es-
CheWed ''scenes" also condemned
warmth OF amplitude of expression.
'IIow do, old fellerI" was the maxi
mum Of aTdOr in greeting. If you had
been on } our travels, Mont Blanc was
jolly, and Sorrento was nice. Things
did very well. Of course it was not
worth while to make a fuss. No gen.
teman does But the world was rather
d bore.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-03-07
TennysOn,s PIaee In LIterature

TennysOn has thoroughly experienced
the two extreme phase, Of the world $
regard. For twelve years after his
first appearance as a poet, he was quiet
ly overlooked by the public, and was
treated to more derisiOn than criticism
by the literary journals. When his
popularity once struck root, it grew
rapidly, and in few years became an
overshadowing fashion. Since the pub
licatiOn Of his first Idylls of a King, it
has almost been considered as a heresy
in England TO question the perfection
Of his poetry; even the sin of his art
came TO be regarded as its special vir-
tue. The estimate of his performance
rose into that extravaganza which soon
er or later proYokes reaction against
itself. There are, at present, signs of
the beginning Of such a reaction. and
we need not be surprised il (as in
BryOH's easel it should swing past the
line Of justice, and end by undervalU-
ing, for time, many of the poets
high and genuine qualities. This is
the usual law of literary fame which
has known such vicissitudes. Its vi
brations, though Iessened, continue
until time, the sure correctOr of all
alterations of human judgement, de-
termines its moveIess place. And
Tennyson's place in the literature Of
the English language, whatever may be
its relation to that of the acknowledged
masters of song, is sure to be high and
Dermanent.-Bayard Taylor.
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Be Brave,

Young men, be braveI Many people
imagine that courage is confined to the
field of battle. There could benO great
er mistake. Even contentious with
men-uuavOidabIe contenGOns-are not
by any means limited to the public
battlefelds. And there are other
struggles in private life-struggIes, it
may be, with habits or appetites or
passions-all of which require as much
courage, and more of perseverance,
than the brief, exciting encounter of
battle. Enough to struggle against,
enough to contend with, enough to
overcome lies in the way of every young
man. 1t may be one kind of difficulty
or it may be another, but plenty Of diff
Guilty of some kind every young man
just starting in life may be sure that he
will find. And the essential thing
about it to I'm is whether he viii have
the courage to look all difficulties res
Olutely in the face, to meet it brayely,
and to persevere until he conquers; in
other words, whether he will be cow
ard and succOmb, or be what the Indi-
ans insignilicantly term "brave." lie
who never falters, no matter how adj
verse the circumstances, always enjoys
within himself the consciousness of a
perpetual, spiritual triumph, of wnich
nothing can deprive bim,-Unilersn
Mdqazine.
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Sh5 Didn't

At 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon a
young man with very white eyes, and a
girl Of IS, with very long curls, stood
together on the City Hall tower to gaze
upon the beautiful panorama below
In a minute or two the girl began to
feel giddy, and as the sensation in
creased she cried out:
"Oh! viii! I'm going to faint aWay!"
whats up?" he shouted, as ne put
an arm around her.
"Ohl I'm sO-sO-I'm So" she gasp
ed as she began settling down.
"Here, nOwi don't you do i'll" he
blUntIy exclaimed as he held her up
Il love you like all jewhittaker, and
you know it, but 1 couldn't t pick you up
and carry you down them winding stairs
if 1 was engaged to the whole family
Brace up, nOwl If you faint III runI'
She didn't faint, but it was necessary
for him to keep his arm around her for
the next fifteen minutes.-FreeP Press.
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Home Correspondence.
Marshall To.

Since my last communication two
persons have died in the same
immediate neighborhood. Mrs. Bell.
widow of the late George Bell, died
Feb. 10th, at her home in the west
ern part Of Brushcrsek tp. Her hus
band died a few months ago at the az
vanced aged of nearly one hundred
years, Mrs. Bel, we Believe, was a few
years younger than her husband.
Mrs. Lizzie Watts, wife of G. A.
Watts, of Marshall tp., died Feb.
20. Mrs. Watts was a native Of Yir
ginia, and came to Ohio with her
husband, in August, 1867.
She was about 55 years of age,
and had been in feeble health for
several years. She lived an innocent
and pure life, and died loved and
respected by all who knew her.
A number of Marshall folks i'm
proved the opportunity Of attending
the protracted meeting at Carmel,
and had the pleasure of hearing Rev.
G. N. Edgar, formerly pastor of
Highland (now DIarshalD Circuit.
Mr.. n. H. Head has sold his prop
erty in Marshall, to DR.. J. F. Blair,
and removed to bis farm in Brush
creek tip.
Mr.. John PensyI has removed to
Paint tip,
The Carmel Bar" is said to be
fOurishing like the ''green bay tree.
Marshall has an embryo Debating
Society.
The schools are drawing to close.
Mrs. Smith, whose life was de-
SPARED Of when my last was written,
is slowly convalescing.
Feb. %, 1878. QUI VIYE.
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Tabby,s Curiosity Satisfied.

The Virginia New Enterprise tells
this affecting story: Charles Kaiser
who has the only hive of bees in town,
says that when he first gothis swarm his
old cats curiosity was much excited in
regard to the dOings of the little insects,
the like Of which she had never before
seen. At first she watched their COM
/ ings and gOings at distance. She then
/ hattened herself upon the ground. and
crept along toward the hive, with tail
horizontal aud quivering. 1t was clear
| ly evident that she thought the bees
some new kind of game. Finally she
took up position at the entrance to
the hive, and when a bee came in or
started out, made dab at it with her
paws. This went on for a time Without
attracting the special attention of the
inhabitants of the hive. Presently,
however, odd Tabby struck and crushed
a bee on the edge of the opening to the
hive. The smell of the crushed bee
alarmed and enTaged the whole swarm.
Bees by the score poured forth and
darted into the fur of the astonished
cat. Tabby rolled herself in the grass,
splitting, biting, clawing and sgualling
as a cat never SqUalled before. She aD-
peared a mere ball of fur and bees as
she rolled and tumbled about. She was
at length hauled away from the hive
with a garden rake, at the cost Of seve-
raj severe stings to her rescuer. Even
after she had been taken to a distant
part Of the grounds the bees stuck in
Tabby's fur, and about once in two min
utes she would utter an Unearthly
'yOWl' and bounce a full yard in the air.
On coming down she would try to
scratch an ear, when a sting on the back
would cause her to turn a succession of
back somersaUlts and keep up running
fire Of squalls. Like the parrot that was
left alOnewith the monkey old Tabbyhad
a dreadful time. Two or three days after
this adventure Tabby was caught by her
owner, who took her by the neck and
threw her down near the beehive. No
sooner did she strike the ground than
she gave a fearful squall, and at asingle
bounl reached the top of a fence full
six feet in height. There she clung for
a moment, with tail as big as a rolling
pin, when with another bound and
squall she was out of sight, and did not
again put in an appearance for over a
week"
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The Gorilla in London.

The gorilla, Pongo, the first ever safe
ly brought to Europe, is now in Lon
don, having been a year at Berlin. lie
is about three years and ten months
old, and is believed to have about
eighteen months before him before the
/ dangerous period of teething will be-
gin. He is three and three quarter feet
i'll height, of great girth round the
chest and stomach, is covered with
black OF iron gray hair, and has coal
black face, feet and hands. The hands
are the most strikingly human part Of
the animal, but as he usually walks on
all fOuP5, bending the fingers in to do
SO, as a child does, there is a fiat, cal
Ions mass on the back of the fingers
near the middle phalanX. When he is
pleased at being noticed, or wants to be
noticed, POngo claPs his hands with
loud report squatting on the floor, and
dropping his hands aft6Tward in his lap.
Sometimes he wraps himself in a cloak
he las, or swings about the room by
the ropes of tTapeze, but does not
climb them. lie has for companions a
little chimpanzee and a dog, and is
much the least active, although far the
strongest of the party. His foot is
more like the fONt of man than that
of any other ape, but the toes are long
eT than a mans and better used for
grasping. OF course he has no tail.
He very seldom stands uplike human
being, but his favorite position is to sit
on the floor and hug a stick or an UNI
brella. One of its first meals at the
aquarium was rump-steak and pOtOtoes
the guest dipping the food in the salt
to obtain the requisite zest. Wine and
beer are also taken with a relish, and
the little cOurtesies of passing the glass
are observed by the gorilla and Chin
panzee. Under the pressure of much
interviewing" he preserves an equable
temper. 1t is said, however, that in
about a year and a half. When he sheds
his teeth, he will have to be approached
more automatically.