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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28
Power Of the Hand.

It nav be going too far to say that
man may Judge the character Of his fel-
low man, by the manner in which he
Shakes hands" But there is certainly
a significance in those busy members
fthe body by which che who runs may
read" The creator of "Uriah Heep" has
taught Us not to trust the owner Of limp,
moist hands, which close cordially on
nothing but their own possessions. Says
a commentator of the subject: tits the
touch of a hand at a greeting which
warns or Chills my heart, and makes me
know to certainty how much or how
little 7 shall like the person before me.
If the fingers close about my own with a
short, quick, COnvulsive grasp, 1 know
ttat he will snap, snarl, and finally quar-
rel, and that the least l have to do with
the owner of these wiry digits, the better
off shall be. If a nervous, cold hand
glides into my own, and seems disposed
to lie there without life, 1 know at once
that all my happiness would be as moth
ing in that awful palm. But if the hand
grasps yours and holds it firmly, in strong
warm fingers, you are safe in Culhvatlng
the friendship of the owner. These hU-
man handsl From the beginning Of life
they play an important part.
"All the greatness of the earth has laid
in the hollow Of the hand. The books,
the music, the pictures, the wOndeN
architecture, the intricacies of meCha.
ism, themysteries ofscience, and the gov
eminent of the countries, with all their
God-like beauties of colors, sound sym
metry, usefulness, progression and wis
dom, have lain within a human hand.
The highest aspirations and realzatiOns
of the brain are brought to light through
the hand, and the tenderest love and
charity of the heart make the hand their
dispensator. They can be tender minis
tiers of comfort and peace, yet as cruel
and full of venom as the bite of an asp.
"And with all their power, with all
their charities, their tender touches,
their mischief-they are folded at last,
and those who speak of us tell of the
closing Of eyes and the folding Of hands
as a part Of our going away"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

MAKE FEw.-A pretentious student
in Brown university once told DR.. Way
land that he thought it would be easy to
make proverbs like those of Solomon.
The only reply of DR.. Wayland was
Make a few!" If skeptics who have
spent so much time in railing at the Bible
would try their hands at makinga better
book, a book that would take hold upon
the heart of humanity; which would
interest children and comfort old age;
which would inspire manhood and
wOmanhOOd with the highest, truest, no
blest thoughts; which would chasten
them in Joy, and comfort them in sorrow;
if inidels would produce the first page
Of such a book as this, we would gladly
listen to what they have to say. But
this eternal fault-fnding, this everlasting
negatiOn; this seeking to rob people of
a healthfUl and comfortable faith and
leave them nothing in its place; this
paTading of q few wOrn-OUt sneers and
objections, never will accomplish much
with a world that is hungering for the
bread of life, and that longs to drink of
the waters of salvation.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

A SACRED OLD RELIC.-A cOlOred man
turned auCtiOneer to work off two old
stoves for a dealer on Gratiot avenue.
One was sold without trouble, but, as the
other "held over" on him, he mounted
a barrel and began:
"Gen'lem and women, dis yere stove
was once de property Of George Wash
ington"
Alaughter of derision greeted his state
ment. Singing out the biggest man in
the crowd, the auCtoneer asked:
" "DOan' you believe that George Wash
ington once owned dis yere stoye?"
NO, sir"
" Oats de same as calm me a liah' sab,
and you'll hey to chew dem words, sab. F"
He jumped down and waltzed over to
the stranger, but was knocked down in a
York minute. That was plenty for him,
and, after feeling of his head to see how
much of it was left, he mounted the baI-
rel and called out:
How much do hea, for dis stove,
once de property of Gin raj Grant, De
stove dat Washington owned was busted
up doorin' de war!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

WORTH THE CHARM.-Young men are
mistaken when they think good looks
their principal recommendation to WO-
man. A woman admires a handsome
man for time, but it needs something
more than a gOOd-lOOking face to retain
this feeling. A woman is, as a general
rule, more strongly drawn by the intel
lectual qualities of the opposite sex than
by yanything else. Doctor Johnson, Gold
smith, Curran, and Shiel were all very
plain; but they possessed the charm of
genius, which irresistibly attracts the
noble qualities ofwoman. WHAT'S above
said is also true of the gentler sex. A
man frequently says of some belle:
''Yes, she's very beautiful, but thank
Heaven she isn't my wifel'' Women
Hket beadmired for their lovesiness, and
we do not mean to blame them for it !;
but it requires something more than
mere beauty to enable them to retain
their influence over men.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28
Good Advice.

SpurgeOn sententOusly expresses q
number of thoughts worth remember
ing" in the following appropriate sen
fences, which he publishes as advice
gratis"
Nobody ismore likean honest man than
a thorough rogue.
When you see a man with a great deal
OfreligiOn displayed in his shop window,
you may depend upon it that he keeps
a very small stock within.
Do not choose your friend by his looks
handsome shoes often pinch the feet.
Do not be fond of compliments; re-
member Thank you, pussy, and thank
you, pussy" killed the cat.
Don't believe the man who talks the
most; for mewing cats are seldom good
mOusers.
By no means put yourself IN another
persons power. If you put your thumb
between two grinders they are very apt
to bite.
Drink nothing without seeing it, sign
nothing without, and make sure that it
means no more than it says.
Don't 60 to law unless you have nothing
to lose, lawyers houses are built on fools
heads.
Put no dependence on the label Of q
bag, and count money after your own
kind.
If in any business never wade into
water when you cannot see the bottom.
See the sack open before you buy what
is in it.; for he who trades in the dark
asks to be cheated.
Keep clear of a man who does not
value his own character.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28
The Best Wealth.

The great struggle with civilized men
in this world is for wealth. This is call.
ed the prime good, the one thing need.
full, the great desideratum of lie. So
men toll for it-deceive, cheat, defraud
for it. Give time, strength, and too often
good health for it. The truth is the es-
innate put upon wealth is too high. It's
value, itsgOOd isoverrated. It is not the
great good, not the pearl of great price,
1t is not the best thing man can have
1t does not confer peace of mind, nor
purity of heart, heartfelt happiness nor
contentment, nor home joy, nor social
blessedness, nor any kind of solid and
enduring enjoyments. Wealthy homes
are often no happier than those of the
poor and comfortable livers. Poverty is
always an evil; but a fair supply of the
necessaries and comforts of life is quite
as apt to confer real peace as great
wealth.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

It is not gold nor goods, therefore, that
makes men really wealthy. The best
wealth is of the heart, an enlightened
mind, a loyal conscience, pure affections.
He is wealthiest who has the largest
stock of wisdom, virtue and love, whose
heart beats with warm sympathies for
his fellow-men-whO finds good in all
seasons, all prOvidences, and all men.
The generous man who pities the UntOr-
tunate; the poor man who orders well
his life; the lovingman who clings closely
to his family and friends; the studiOus
man who seeks instruction in all things,
re the truly wealthy men.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

SUGGESTION TO MIyERs-The abrupt
change from bright sunshine to the in
tense darkness of a mine often causes
temporary blindness, where the journey
from the top to the bottom of the mine
is made quickly. To allow the miners
to recover their sight. it is the custom,
in some mines, to have a well lighted,
whiteWashed room at the foot of the
shaft, where the miners can sit while
recovering the use of their eyes. To OBJ
yiate this delay, it IS suggested that, if
one eye be closed 4 moment or two before
entering the pit, and kept closed till the
bottom Of the shaft is reached, on OPEN
ing the eye the miner will be able to see
distinctly the moment the lower lark
ness is reached. This custom IS already
carried out by miners in Mexico, who
come to the daylight, and then return at
once, keeping one eye closed during their
brief excursion to the sunlight.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

In an address, delivered before the
Edinburg University Theological Society,
Prof Flint gave a discouraging account
Of the condition of theological literature
in Scotland. He said: "NOwell-infOrmed
man will venture to deny that theological
learning is in an extremely unworthy
and unsatisfactory condition. For genera
tiOns not a single work of European rep
utation has been produced by the clergy
Of Scotland. Theological science is in q
withered and stunted condition among
US. The system is wrong, and theological
science refuses to grow on Scottish soil"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28
Export Of Butter and Cheese.

The Bureau of Statistics has prepared
a paper showing the export of butter and
cheese from this country in each year
since 1890. The total sum is l, ,262, ,952, 81
pounds. The greatest export in any year
was in 1877, being 107, ,364, sos. This is
double the export in 1867, and that was,
with one slight exception, the largest up
to that date. In 1862 the export was 32,-
361, ,468 pOunds-double what it had ever
been before, and the increase since 1862
has been marvellous. There has been
some curious fluctuations, as shown by
these figures of years and amounts: /:
1895 2,343,093 pounds; 1900, 9l3,843 !;
1908, 3I6,S78; 1881, 1,13I, sly; 1882, 1885,
700; 1852, 6,650,42O; 1858, S,763,932.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

INTRODUCTION OF THE POTATO.-Sir
Walter proved to be one Of the greatest
benefactOrs to his own country, and
eventually to the United States, by the
introduction of the potato, in the year
1884. The root was first planted on
RaIeigh's estate at Younghall, which was
afterwards sold to the Earl of Cork, and
the person who had the management OF
the estate, mistook the flower or fruit, as
he called it, for the valuable part, and on
tasting the potato ball pronounced it a
Dernicious exotic. Sometime afterwards
on turningup the earth, was discovered
that the root had spread largely and in
considerable quantities; and from this
source Great Britain's potato supply
commenced and then gradually the cul-
tivation was extended through North
America. The potato is supposed to
have been a native Of Mexico.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

For many years the Democrats OF Ohio have Ia.
mented the lack Of Democratic daily paper at the
Capital Of the State. To supply this want we will,
on and after December 1, 1873, begin the publica-
tiOn Of q Morning Daily paper, to be issued seven
times week, and known as the "COLUMBUs DAI-
L.Y DEMOCRAT"
The DEMOCRAT will advocate the elevation OF
men to public places who will honestly labor to
enforce Democratic principles as laid down by the
Democracy in convention assembled.
Beliving that the Democratic party Is greater
than any man, or combination of men, the DEMO-
Graf viii never be the organ Of any clique or ring,
inside or outside the Democratic party.
Believeing that Honesty in the ADMINISTRATION of
public affairs is one of the fundamental principles
Of Democracy, the DEMOCRAT will not hesitate TO
criticize or condemn the action OfaDy public officer
who fails in his public duty, or violates his party
pledges.
We shall labor to make the DEMOCRAT the best
news paper in Central Ohio and the best local pa
per at the Capital. We will pupish full Tele-
graphic Reports, and our Market News can be re-
lied on. We shall aim 70 publish q newspaper
that no man need blush to introduce at his fire.
side. Our columns will be opened TO all who wish
to express their views upon any side Of any ques-
ton.
We appreciate the gravity of the enterprise we
are entering upOn, but we mean 10 deserve sue
cess; and having earned the light 20 the hearty
endorsement of the Ohio Democracy, we shall
hope for your generous support.
OUR Terms viii be so in advance, or 90 cents
month. ALLEN o. MYERS & Co,
nOv2fW3 COlumbue. Ohio
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28
Illinois has $4,000 teachers and 10000

Illinois has 5000 teachers and 75O, 1000
scholars.
TelephOnesare to bepUtintO'everygram
mar school in New Haven to establish
communication with the high school
building. Ifthey work satisfactory they
will become permanent.
Dean Stanley is growing very broad as
chmchman. He lately said in a West
minister sermon: "Christ's cross is every
where. 1t belongs to no sect, and the
true church knows no Turkey, no Rus
sia"
Gov. Robinson, of New York, states
that " the money raised by taxation for
the schools of the State amounts to much
more than double the sum required to
pay the entire expenses Of the State
Government, Executive, Legislative, JU-
dicial, Civil and Military"
The Wesleyan Missionary Society Of
the Dominion of Canada acknowledges
an income for the past year Of S145, ,998.
1t has 493 missionaries, including all
Wesleyan ministers, in new parts Of the
Provinces. It has shirty-twO mission
aries to Indians, seven to ErenCh-Cana-
dams and four to Japan.
Two men were disputing about the
pronunciation Of the word " either "-One
saying it was eg-ther, the other i-ther-
agreed to refer the matter to the first
person they met, who happened to be an
Irishman. ana who cOnfOunded them
both by declaring; It's nayther, for it's
ayther"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28
THE OLD PLANO.

well, take It for what Il IS worth,
It cost me five hundred and more:
You'll hardly believe Il, twas then
The handsOmest one in the store"
There's nothing L own In the world
That am so certain to miss;
I've parted with two legged friends
With far less regret than with this.
What Joys it recalls OF the past.
What moments OfrRpturOus ease9
When delicate hands that ] loved
Swept over It's ivory keys;
When tremulOs tender and sweet,
Rose, quiyeTed and died on the air
And life was a story in song,
Untouched by the shadow OfCare.
What visions OF fsuppeFs It brings;
More jolly, I fancy, than wise,
When radiant bachelor Ewells
SWarmed in for q merry surprise.
Then chorus and song, till at last
Wine clOuded the talents OF each,
And musical lunaCy came
To finish 1t all with 5creech.
What dreams Ofthe dances now fed
When brighter to US than the stars,
We wnltzed with the daintiest girls
Who did not object TO cigars"
Rare plans for the future we laid
We thought not Of sorrow or loss,
But whirled in swift circles Of bliss
To the magical measures OfStrauSl.
You've answered to many touch,
And sounded full many n tune;
December hath brought you its wreath
And summer sent roses Of Junei
You've witnessed the rise and the fall
Ofmany old friendships and new,
But out or my feeling for all.
Old friend, I've the deepest for you!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

The Department of Public instruction
received educational reports from the
Commissioner of Education Of Japan,
which are of more interest as excellent
specimens of printing and binding than
otherwise, being in the japanese tongue.
A translation accompanying the dOCu-
ments states that, since the present Min
lister of Education, Prof 7. G. MOwery,
formerly of Boston, Mass, assumed charge
of the Department, about ten years ago,
over 10000 elementary schools are at
tended by over ], $40, 900 pupils. The
school population of the Empire, now
taken for the first time, is 100000.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

Conversation between an inQuiring
stranger and a steamboat pilot: "Tbat
is Black mOuntain?' "Yes, sir, highest
mountain above Lake George" "Any
legend or story connected with that
mOuntainY 'LOts of 'em. Two lovers
went up that mountain once and never
came back again" "Iudeedl Why,
what became of them% went down
on the other sideP'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

GOLDEN MOMENTs.-HOw sOry one
would be for a man who, starting out
upon q journey, had his pockets full Of
golden coin which, one by one, had slip
ped through some mmended hole or
rent, so that when he came to the end
of his trip, he had not one left, but lay
down upon his bed a beggaT! How
strictly we would look at our own pockets
after hearing the tale, and make very
sure that what coin we had should be
well spent, or boarded carefully, and not
scattered in the roadside dust! Yet, we
start upon our lives, each one of us, with
4 store of golden moments, of which we
keep little account. Rapidly they slip
away through the rents Of slOth and
ignorance.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

IN the year 1861, 191 per cent. Of the
population Of Ireland spoke Irish, name
iy, 1,1O5,536 persons. In the year 1871
this proportion had sunk to 15.l Of the
population, amely, to S17,S75 persons
Thus it appears that the use of the Irish
language is dying out at the rate OF
more than 100000 persons in ten years
a fact made still more obvious by an
other table, showing that during the ten
years in question the proportion Of ages
had changed still more markedly than
the numbers of speakers. The younger
generation are all learning English, and
only the parents retain the use Of their
native tOngue
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

ECONOMY THE FAsHION.-One Of the
greatest changes in the times is that it Is
no longer fashionable to live at undue
expense. Fashionable people now parade
their economy as much as a few years
ago they paraded their wealth. We think,
too, that a greater respect is constantly
being manifested for industry. Idleness
is heldin contempt, and idle people have
no place in society. These are encoUrag-
ing signs. Under such a state Of things
the depression in business can hardly
continue much longer. And when we do
enter upon q new career Of prosperity,
it will be founded on more solid and
enduring basis,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

THE IIg1IAN FACEA MAsK.-Soinscruta-
bic may the human face become that
frequently it Is but a mask which con-
ceals the real character. The men and
women most famous for heartless cruelty
have often been celebrated for their
handsome faces; writers of fiction have
not been unmindful of the fact, and Faust
is represented as beinga handsome man ;
while the German fishermen sing of the
sirens who drag mems souls down topper
ditiOn with their fatal dover of beauty.
Some faces are unreadable, and show
nothing of the owners character. The
meTTiest men now and then have solemn
faces, and the most serious frequently
have cheerful ones. Frequently the
most heartless coquette has all the shy
gTaces Of 2 girl Of sixteen, while the
hearts CE sOme women who look you
through with cold, steady eyes may be
filed with love and tenderness that you
are too blind to discover. So we all 90
on, wearing guises of different device,
never quite conCealing, never revealing,
the ife within.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

1t is, I believe, Addison, who remarks,
thatif all the thoughts which pass through
mems minds were to be made public, the
difference which seems to exist between
the thinking of the wise and the unwise
would be a good deal reduced; seeing
that it is a difference which does not
consist in theirnot having the same weak
thoughts in common, but merely in the
prudence through which the wise sup
press the foolish ones. I still possess
notes of the cOgitatiOns of those solitary
evenings, ample enough to show that
they were extraordinary combinations
Of the false and the true; but I at the
same time hold them sufficiently in
memory to remember that I scarce, if at
all, distinguished between what was false
and true IN them at the time. The liter
ature Of alI3lEst every people has a cor
responding early stage, in which fresh
thinking is mingled with little cOnceits,
and in which the taste is usually false,
but the feeling trUe.-Hugb Miller.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

"A sPhiIadeIphia advertisement for
sixty men not less than six feet high.
to appear in the play of Antony and
Cleopatra" drew a multitude to the
theatre. One Of the successful ones wore
a glossy black beard that stretched far
down his bosom. Being asked how he
Jared, he replied: 81 was selected, but
make a great sacrifice. Ihave been six
years growing these whiskers, but I've
got to cut 'em of. Them Egyptians wore
no boards, and Pm cast for an Egyptian.
1 get twenty-five cents q night, and have
to pay the first nights money each week
to the dOor-tender. 1t will cost me forty
cents a week to get shaved; but then Pil
earn ninety cents q week, and that'u pay
in these times"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28

The past may be compared to q great,
ever-ascending pyramid, to which each
generation has added a layer or stratum,
. as it emerges into the light Of the pres
ent, may see further than its predecessor.
Education is in every age more difficult
than in the preceding. But the reward
increases in exact proportion to the labor;
the higher the pyramid to be ascended,
the wider the prospect to be obtained.
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TRY THE NEWS

4 : can make money faster at work for us than at
anything else. Capital not required we will
start you. Sl2 per day at home made by the
" industrious. Men, women, boys and girls
wanted everywhere to work fer us. Now is the
time. Costly outfit and terms free Address TRUE
s. Co., Augusta, Maize, mar2syI
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Young Folks Corner.

POETICAL ENIGMA-SO. I.
I am composed of 20 letters.
My LIST is in eat, but not in driukl
Ny ID is I'm blue, but not in pink,
lIy 50 is I'm lamb, but not in Sheep
Ny 9Th is I'm play, but not in Sleep
My 9th is in sam, but not in joe
My 6rh is iu talk, but not In blow
Ny 9TH is in earth, but not in heaven
My Sth is 10 two, but not in eleven,
Ny 9th is in mule, but not in ass,
Ny 10th is IN stop, and also in pass
Ny l1th is in ink, but not in PEN
Ny 18th Is i'm rooster, but not IN hen
My 18th is in ale. but not In beer
Ny I4th is in COW, but not in steer
NY 18th is in dimes, but not I'm cents,
My 18TH is in rail, but not in fence
My 18th is I'm Kate, but not In Bob,
NV 18th is iu Ira, but not not in Hobnr
My 18th is in north, but not in SOUTH
Efg 10th is in nose, but not in mouth
bIy whole forms the names of lady and gentle
man, and
Ii those two names yOu would like to know,
The gentleman lives gt 'ZiOn,' the lady far below.
Dallas, o. I. BET.