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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29
LicksllingIe,s Umbrella.

Len me yer umbrella a minnitl"
Such was the exclamation of Jones as
he rushed into the office of Squire
Lickshingle, yesterday, says the Oil
City Derrick.
Certainly, certainly" said the
Squire, laying down his newspaper
and taking a fresh chew of hne-cuti
''glad to accommodate yOu," and he
opened a drawer in his desk and began
rummaging through his legal forms
aud blanks.
Jones darted into the corner, seized
the green gingham relic and was pre-
pairing to fly with it.
"Stop, stop, stop" said the Squire
raising his hand majestically; "nOt too
fast, young man. Wait till make out
the necessary papers"
Jones dropped the umbrella. On his
corn, of course. After pumping his
lame foot up and down, and tying a
hard knot in his cOuntenance, and un-
doing it again, he echoed:
1.-THE necessary ypapers?"
Eyes" said the Squire, sternly, 1.-THE
necessary papers," and he continued
his search among the blanks.
The right one found, lie filed it out
in jiffy and handed it to Jones to sign.
AS Jones read the paper his knees
knocked together. 1t was mortgage
on his house and lot as security that he
would return the umbrella in good or
der within fifteen minutes. He fall
tered;
"Wh-why, Squire, only want TO
borrow your umbrella to run across the
street with. III fetch it back in two
secOndsI"
The Squire showed his spectacles up
over his bald spot until they formed
two skY-lights in his intellectual roof,
and looking Jones full in the face, said:
"You only want TO run across the
street. You'll returnit in two seconds.
Young man, tl.at's what they all say.
l take no stock in it. Man wants but
little here below, but, by the Good Sa-
maritan, when he wants his umbrella,
he wants it. 1 have known people in
my time who have listened to the song
of the siren, who came to borrow UNI
brellas, until she has transformed them
into people without an umbrella be-
tween them and the pelting storm. I
am not one of that kind. I have lived
a long time. I have accumulated a
fortune. Why? For the simple reason
that I had not spent my substance in
buying umbrellas. That umbrella
which you hold in your hand iscertain-
ly not Of uncommon beauty, nor is it of
great value. 1t is simply a gingham
umbrella. A green one at that. But
it answers the purpose for which, etc.
[ have had it since was a boy. Why?
because DC man, neither the son of man,
has ever taken it beyond the range of
my vision without first signing over
his estate that he would return it in
good condition. 1t may not seem
neighborly, but it's business. Here is
the mortgage; there is the umbrella;
without beats the rain of heaven. You
have your choice;" and the old man re-
sumed his newspaper.
Jones thought Of his wife and babies
and the pleasant home that was all his
own. Then he looked at the rain that
was pounding at the doors and win
dows, as if to get in out of the wet. A
glance at his new OVercoat, and Jones
was decided.
''Ill risk" he said, and, stepping to
the desk with measured tread and slow,
he clapped his name to the mortgage
and was off with the umbrella.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29
COmDanionship of Animals.

The study of animals inclines men
to a steady cheerfulness. All natural
lists are cheerful men, unless there is
something peculiarly sad or painful in
the individual lot; and even then study
of natural history has in many in
stances been known to supply an i'll
terest which enabled the sufferer to
bear his affection more easily. The
contemplation of animal life may act at
once as a stimulant and an anOdyne.
The abolmding vitality Of animals
communicates a strong stimulus to
those energies which we have in COM
mon with them, whilst on the other
hand their absolute inCapacity for shar-
ing our higher intellectual vitality has
a tendency TO make us happily forget it
in their presence. Your dog will run
and Jump with you rs much as you like.
but it is Of no use to talk to him about
your business anxieties or your litera-
rv ambition. l believe that most of
the attractiveness of what is called
''sport, y is 10 be found in the happiness
of association with the lower animals.
Take away. the animals from a hunt;
suppose that there were neither horses
nor dogs, nor stag, fox, nor wild boar,
nor any other animal whatever, but
that the men rode on velOcipedes after
a machine going 10y electricity-whO
does not at once feel that the deep
charm Of the chase would be gone. -
HumeriOn.
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Arrival aud Departure Of
Nails.

R. R. mails arrive daily except Sunday, at 1915
a. m. and $50 p. IN. Depart daily except Sunday,
at 6.25 a. m. and $50 p. m.
N. B. Railroad mails close 80 minutes before
departure of trains.
MOurytOwn, New COrwin, Emerald, &C. arrives
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at Z p. m. De-
parts Monday, Wednesday and Friday at q. m.
Eastern mail, for Dallas, RainsbOrO, New Pc
tersburg, Greenfield, Bainbridge, Paint, Sinking
Springs, Marshall, North Union, Carmel, &C., ar
rivals Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at D. m,
Departs same days at Z q. m.
Fayetteville mail, for Nevin, PricetOwn, Hollow
town, BufOrd, Sicily, &c, arrives Wednesday and
Friday at p. m. Departs same days at 7 a. m.
Belfast mail, for Rerryvile, Belfast, May Hill,
Lovstts, &C, arrives Tuesday and Friday at II 80
a. m. Departs same days at 1880 D. m.
SaDina mail, for Samantha, Highland, Memphis,
5abina, &c, arrives Tuesday aud Friday at 5 D. m
Departs Wednesday and Saturday at T.f5 a. m.
j. NJ. BARRERE, P. N.
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Tho Death.Bed Of Bnrns,


Allan Cunningham writes Of the great
poet:-From the day of his return
home till the hour of his untimely
death, Dumfries was like a besieged
place. 1t was known he was dying,
and the anxiety, not of the rich and
learned only, but Of the mechanics and
peasants, exceeded all belief. WheTev-
er two or three people stood together,
their talk was of Burns, and of him
only; they spoke of his history-Of his
peTsOn-of his Works-of his family-Of
his fame-and of his untimely and ap-
preaching fate, with warmth and an
enthusiasm which will ever endeaT
Dumfries to my myTemembranCe. All that
he said OF was saying-the opinions of
the physicians land Maxwell was kind
and skillGul One)-were eagerly caught
up and reported from street to street,
and from house to house. Ills good
humOr was uurufled, and his wit
never fOrsOok him. lie looked to one
of his fellOw-yOlunteers with a smile,
as he stood by the bedside with his eyes
wet, and said, John don't let the awk-
ward squad fire over me-" lie was
aware that death was dealing with him.
He asked lady who visited him, more
in sincerity than in mrth, what COM
mands she had for the other world.
Ills last moments have never been de-
scribed. He had laid his head quietly
on the pillow, awaiting dissolution,
when his attendant reminded him of
his medicine, and held the cup to his
lips, he started suddenly up, drained
the cup at gulp, threw his hands be-
fore him like mali about TO swim, and
sprang from head to foot Of the bed
fellwith his face down, and expired with
a grOan.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29
Domestic Diplomacy.


She was watching at the window,
AsI hurried down the street,
In the simple brown merlnO
That I fancy looks so neat,
And her smile I thought pOrtentouA
It was so exceeding sweet.
Then she met me at the threshold
With very loving kiss,
That recalled the early stages
OF our matrimonial bliss,
And felt at once a tremOr,
Was there anything amissl
mol The children were all quiet
And the hearth was very bright,
And my pet-our roguish CHARLIE
Was quite festal in his white;
Yet 1 braced myself for something,
Be that something what It might
Ny chair was near the fire,
And my slippers by its side
Ny pipe was very handy,
And my papers open wide,
And she wore tho pretty brcastpin
That I gave her when a bride.
The dinner was perfection
1t was lavish without waste;
The soup was Vermicelli,
And exactly to nv taste;
While the dessert was a triumph
Of artistic skill in paste.
And when the meal was over,
And the inner man at rest,
She drew her chair beside me,
With the baby on her breast.
Ifelt, aud so I told her,
Twas one among the biest.
Oil the smile Of tender radisucs
That iIumined all her face,
As clasped her to my bosom
In a lovers fond embrace.
It wns then she softly whispered,
wont you let me buve that lacaH 2"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29
ADVERTISING RATES.

The above scale Of prices is for ordinary single
column display advertising. Solid Legal, OfHcial
AID Tabular Advertisements will be charged at the
legal rate for space occupied. Rule and Figure
work so per cent. extra.
SPECIAL NOTICES, Advertisements in other than
single column measure, and those in aprescribed
location, 25 per cent additional
LOCAL NoTICBs-l0 cents per line for first, and
cents per line for each additional insertion.
CARDS in Business Directory-One inch, year
$40: months, So; months, ss. Oue-haf inch
year, IS 90; 6 mos. So; 3 mos. 50.
OBITUARY NOTICES (Otherthan simple announce
ments of deaths,) Tributes Of Respect, Cards Of
Thanks, and announcements by Societies-5 cents
per line.
Notices Of Marriages, Births and Deaths-Eher
furnished by proper authOrity-free.
Attachment, Divorce, AdministratOrs'and Execu-
tors Notices. must be paid for before insertion
as also Foreign and Transient Advertising gener
7llV.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

A great deal is being said just now
about Gen. Grant being a candi-
date for the Presidency in 1880, and
the idea seems to be popular with
many Republicans. We could sup
port him very heartily, having no
scrupIes against ,eIeeting him for q
''third term" after an interval of
four years shall have passed, but we
think the discussion about Presiden-
tial candidates for 1880 is q little
premature. The election is still two
years off, and during that time no
doubt the course of events will make
it sufficiently plain who will be the
best man for the occasion.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29
Home Correspondence.
The Temperance Move
ments

NIB. EDITOR Il, with the rest Of the
good citizens Of our county, rejoice because
your worthy Town Council have enacted
the o'clock ordnance call It the 9
hours Prohibition ordnance wish twas
Is hours longer each day, or S65 days in
the year; and 1 am glad you have a Mayor
and other officers who are determined that
it shall be enforced. So far as 1 have heard
any opinion, all are in favor Of enforcing
the ordinance to the very letter.
Can any person tell me why nearly all
the men engaged in the traffic in liquors as
a beverage, care so little for the laws Of the
land Look at our distilleries. What a
time the Government has had with them
Then at our liquor shops. How many
arrests have been madel Is it that the
traffic has such a dem0ralizing effect on
those engaged in it, or is it that most Of
those who engage in it are devoid Of COM
mon human sympathy Or are most Of
them like an ex-salOOnist who once told me
he "did not care a d-n what the cOnse-
quences might be. All he cared for was
The money"
I once heard a man say, that 'when a
man made a brute of himself he should be
treated as a brute, and think, when a man
makes himself an enemy to our race when
his business is only calculated to make sOr-
row, disgrace, poverty and misery in our
land, then he should be treated only as
an enemy by every person who loves his
fellOw-men. We should do nothing to en-
courage such an evil business, either by
buying or trading with those engaged in
it.
"But, says my friend, 81 am as much in
favor Of Temperance as you. L know In
temperance is the greatest evil we have to
contend with. But our people are not ready
yet for Prohibition" Is that so? Can that
be the fact?
The census of 1870 gives in the .. States
IA, ,629 school teachers, 72,459 organized
churches with church property valued at
S354, ,483, ,5S1, 5,S7I newspapers and period
icals with an annual circulation Of 4 ,5O6,-
584, ,25O copies, and 43, ,S74 clergymen- With
all these advantages, can 1t be possible
that a majority Of our people are in favor
of dram-drinking, in favor Of drunkenness,
are in favor Of a business that does no
good, and is only a curse to society in every
shape and form? [ cannot believe that
they are so far behind the times.
FLORA
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29
SPECIAL NOTICES.

"a Extra copies Of the NEWS can be found ev-
cry week at George Bowers News Depot, and also
at this Office. Price cents.
~ The entrance to the new Editorial Room Of
the NEWS is on Main street, one door west Of Gas-
cock, Quinn & Co.'s hardware store, by the stair
way leading to DR.. Russ's Office.
q Correspondence solicited from all parts Of
the county. Send Us the facts, in few words, and
we viii put them in shape for publication. The
writer's real name must be given in all cases, as
guaranty of good faith.
The NEWS having much larger circulation ia
Highland county thaB any other paper, and among
the best class Of readers is the best advertising
medium. Business men will please note this
fact, and act accordingly.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29
Seventeen Good Habits.

l. Abstinence from tobacco and in
toxicants.
2. Temperance at meals.
8. Daily attention to all the condi-
tions Of health.
4. Constant occupation.
5. Doing at once what is required.
6, Have a time and place for every
thing.
7. Fidelity to all appointments and
duties.
8. Paying for everything in adj
vance.
9. Regular pursuit in some science.
10. Giving as well as receiving.
II. Aiming at harmony in cOnVersa-
ton.
p. Looking always on the bright
side.
18. Associate with none but good so
ciety.
IA. Talking on edifying subjects.
Is. Acting always in the rightspirit.
16. Realizing the presence Of God at
all times.
II. Spend leisure hours reading good
books.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

The Washington correspondent Of
the N. Y. Tribune writes that the
Republicans of North Carolina have
great hopes Of electing at least one,
and possibly three, Republicans to
Congress in November, from districts
now represented by Democrats. This
might change the complexion Of the
next House Of Representatives.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29
Whole No. 1905.

Republicanism in North Carolina is
not dead, whatever it may be in the
other Southern States. At the re-
cent State election Al Republicans
were elected to the lower House Of
the State Legislature, and II to the
Senate. The Democrats have a ma
jority in both branches, but the Re
publicans have So votes on joint bal
lot, giving them the balance Of pow
er, which they will be able to use
with good effect in the election Of a
U. s. Senator. If they cannot elect
a Republican, they can at least com
pei the choice of a moderate and con
serVative Democrat in place Of Vance,
the re-eater, who is a candidate.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29
Annie Newcolnb tainted.

In veneerng with the hammer, cut
the veneer a little larger than the sur
face to be covered, as it slips little
while laying; it is first roughened or
both sides with the toOthing plane or
rough Tasp; this removes all grease and
saw marks; the suUface to be veneered
is treated in similar way. This rOugh-
sning causes the glue to adhere.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

General Ewing's '.keynote" which
was sounded at Macarthur the other
day, does not suit the Cincinnati
Yolksfreund "pretty we'll, The
Volksfreund is the German Demo-
cratic organ of Cincinnati It says
Giving, too, has sounded a key
note, and, moreover, before Messrs.
Thurman and Sayler, who we're ex-
pressly selected by the Democratic
party of Ohio for the purpose OF
opening the campaign. Ewing S
keynote is false, and Bselzabub and
the Enquir,r Can sign to it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

The N. Y. Spirit of the Times, the
great sporting journal Of this coun-
try, decide stbat Rarus has notbeaten
Goldsmith Maids time, because he
made his fastest heat, 2.134, after
three previous trials. The rules of
the turf allow only three trials in
matches against time. Rarus was
allowed a fourth trial, which the
Spirit says the judges Lad no right
to allow.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

The Georgetown (COlo.) Miner, Of
August Sd, comes to us with six
pages extra, ten pages in al, filed
with an interesting history Of the
discovery, development and present
condition of the silver mines Of that
region, which are among the richest
in the world. The letter press is
illustrated with numerous handsome
engravings, and the whole "get-up"
does great credit to the enterprise Of
the editors and publishers Of the
Miner.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

A girl tried to commit suicide IN Au-
gusta, Ga, by jumping from bridge,
She was grabbed and held by a man,
who was compelled to use considerable
violence to restrain her. AfterWard
she had him arrested on a charge Of as
saUlt.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

The telephone has been tested at Mi
Ian over a circuit representing, in the
aggregate, l GOO miles Of distance, and
yielded splendid results. The sounds
transmitted, though weak, and appear
ing to proceed from indefinite dis
tances, were perfectly recognizable, as
also the voices of tbs transmitting per-
sons,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

A widow who had Just lost her hus-
band, was weeping bitterly for the dear
departed. A friend tried to console
her. "NO, no." said the fair mOurner.
''Let me have my cry out. After that
| shan't think anything about it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

We we're amused at hearing the story
of an old lady whose only exclamation
on hearing of the execution Of man
who had once lived in the neighbOThoOd
was, well, I nOw'd he'd come to the
gaTlows atlast, for the knOtin hishand-
kerchief was always slipping round
under his left ear"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

The anthracite coal of Pennsylvania
was first used by a blacksmith in the
Wyoming Valley in 1775. The con-
sump ton of anthracite from the Penn
sylvania coal fields began in 1920 with
865 tons and in 1875 the consumption
was Is, ,O62, ,294 tons.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

at Toronto recently two strangers
walked into the house of Mr.. Williams,
an undertaken on Gar street, sat down
and ate up the dinner prepared for the
inmates, whom they OYerawed with re-
volverS and quietly departed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

A gentleman was one day arranging
music for a lady to whom he was pay
ing his attention, ''Pray, Miss" said
ne, what time do you PREFER" 60"
she replied, carelessly, "any time viii
do; but the quicker the better"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

A Rochester, n. Y, girl who was
afraid to let her lover IN at the door re-
ceived him through the window. While
he was going in the usual way the other
night he was cOlIaTed and taken to the
station, where lie was hooked as a bur
glar. She cleared him.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

The exasperating work Of putting up
a stove pipe resulted in a tragedy in
Lancaster, Pa. Cheney and his father
in-law Snyder, quarreled over the job,
and Cheney was killed in the fight that
ansued
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

Japan has {, 1871 pOstofices, which dis
tubuted last year q, 100000 letters and
postal cards and 5000, 600 papers. Pos
tai cards, stamped wrappers, money
orders and savings banks are all in
cIuded in the system.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

The .hemIcal analysis Of opium mas
render ed it probable that its activity as
a medicine depends upon the presence
of a peculiar alkaline base, called NOR
phia, in combination with an acid,
which has been termed nneCOniC acid.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

This is from the Greek: A man saw.
physician once, and hid behind a
stone wall. why did you hide?"
asked a friend. For the simple yea
son that it's so long since was sick
I'm ashamed to meet a doctor face to
face, :" was the reply.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

1t has been clearly shown that some
plants are as sensitive TO the effects Of
chlOrofOrm as are animals. This has
been experimental upon lately in
France.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

1t is the great privilege Of poverty to
be happy unenyied, to be healthful
without physic, and to be secure with
out guard.
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Young Folks Corner

Original OF selected contributions for the young
Folks Corner are solicited from our young read
ers and also from such Of our older readers %
have not forgotten that they were once young peo-
pie. The answers must always accompany Prub-
lens, Enigmas, Charades, &c, together with the
real name of the writer, not for publication but
for the private information Of the editor. #
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A lady residing near Sheffield, Eng
and, died recently. One relative sur
vived her, an old sister. The lady left
100000, and of this great fortune her
sister receives S.. Our
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

Fire destroyed S72O, 600 worth Of saw
mills in Michigan last year. Including
the salt blocks, etc., that also went up,
the losses foot up nearly or quite ST.
OOO.OOO.
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"Ye are the children Of the devil, y
was the text Of a divine in the morn
ing, and in the afternoon he said,
"Children, obey your parents"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

1t is estimated that in the Mont
Gents Tunnel temperature increases at
the rate of one degree F. for every
eighty-One feet depth.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

1t has been said that three buckets
Of the water Of Salt Lake will yield one
of solid salt. This IS impossible, as
water will not hold in solution more
than twenty-five per cent Of saline mat
ter.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-08-29

The kingdom Of Portugal has already
Informed the Vatican of its indisposi-
ton to Tenounce its right Of veto in the
next papal election.