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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-04-24
A Snakes Feat
Oakland, April, 1879.

Speaking of snakes, Superintendent
Brown, of the Geological Garden, Phila-
delphia, said that he could tell q snake
story and not a second-handed one,
either. About a year ago one of the
large reptiles in the collection took sick
and seemed to be going into a decline.
Nothing that they could give him ap-
peared to do him good, and from loss of
appetite and sleeplessness the snake be-
came a mere wreck of its former self.
A large blanket had been placed in the
serpents cell for him to sleep upon.
One morning the keeper found that the
blanket had disappeared. Search was
made throughout the cage, but without
success. At the same time the snakes
body had sWelled to the thickness of a
good sized-sapling. He had swallowed
the blanket; but the blanket would not
digest, and the snake became sicker
than before. In this manner he lOlled
around like a wan dyspeptiC for over
four weeks. Finally the blanket was
discharged by natural causes. Imme-
diately the snake began to improve
The swelling in the body gradually
dwindled down, and he grew larger and
fatter than before, till the box became
too small to hold him. The keepers
then removed him to a larger cage. He
ate like a gourmand, and at times found
room for two and three times the Gus
tOmary quantity of food. The blanket
acted as a kind of medicine upon his
stomach, and cleaned him out entirely.
Now he is fifteen feet long, eight inches
in circumference and the healthiest boa
constructor in the lot. A change of
color was the only visible effect on the
blanket. Under the microscope it showed
that it had become a little worn by being
rubbed in the animals stomach. It
came out undigested, and was carefully
packed away in the Superintendent's
private Office.
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April II, 1879.

If you are not sure of getting g
certificate, you should attend the
HiIlsboro Schools. There are now
| fifty or more teachers in atten-
dance, but there is always room fo1
one more"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-04-24

Whenever you see anything grand
and colossal, whenever anything tiny
and beautiful, the laborer has been
there. He has stamped it with his sign
manual. He is its creator. All that
nature has given rs proceeds from the
Most High. All that art has bestowed
on us is the gift of the labOrer. All
artificial capital is the work of his
hands.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-04-24

Should you wish by the railroad l1gruey 10 take
You my frst viii OF course ascertain
If You are not my second change you -hoAlA
make,
But hope soon to see you again
When combined, I'm oft said as a matter Of form,
Aud excite neither pain nor dlsmlY
twhen hearts are united, and feelings are warm f,
Ohl the w0rd--it is anguish to say
-rCOyiugtOu Com. A- L.
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Teachers Column.

Communications for this department are solic-
lted from the teachers of the county. All CON-
munications should be addressed TO DAVID BAL
LEY HIGHLAND P. o., HIGHLAND Co., o., and
should reach him at least ten days before the ssUe
Of the paper in which they are expected to ap-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-04-24
NEW RICH BLOOD

PARSONS PURGATIyE PILLS make New
Rich Blood, and will completely change the blood
in the entire system in three months. ANY per
son who will take I pill each night from to y
weeks may he restored to sound health, if such a
thing be possible. Sent by mail for letter
stamps. !. S. JOHNSON & CO. Ban-O-r No.
marI3T4
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-04-24
Some German Habits,

In the town, says German letter, we
noticed numberless peasants attired in
funny costumes Many wore scarfs
twisted in turban-like fashion, around
their heads, and long calico double man
ties or capes, gathered in full around the
neck and hanging loose from the shOul-
ders; the under one extended nearly to
the bottom of the dress, while the up
per one, Ornamented with a wide rufhe
Of the same material, was a foot or so
shorter. Some of these under-capes are
arranged in a sort of bag in front, in
which it is convenient for a mother to
carry her child. might here add that
the style of dressing German babies
might not be heartily approved by every
American mother. Until the child is
three or four months old it is carried
around in sWaddling clothes. 1t is only
allowed to have the free use of its hands
and arms, its lower limbs and waist be-
ing wrapped around by what is styled
"wickle band" If the baby was con-
suited in regard to this mode of dress it
might inform us that it did very well for
winter, but that it was a little warm for
summer, and also that it would really
like to exercise its lower limbs freely.
I counted thirty-siX market women
Just coming into town: all wore short
dresses and carried long, willow baskets
strapped on their backs; many were
bareheaded, a few wearing long straw
bonnets with only a mere shadow of
cape.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OHIO, D
Ilasca Of The sarralarv Of sta-a

I, Milton Barnes, Secretary Of State Of the State
Of Ohio, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is
a true COPY Of a Joint resolution passed by the
General Assembly Of the State Of Ohio on the 10Th
dav of April, A. D. 1879, taken from the original
rolls fled in this Ofdce.
in testimony wh ereOf, I have hereunt0
subscribed my name and affixed my on
rsEAL1 cal seal at Columbus. the 18th day Of APRIL
AD- 1879 MILTON BARNES,
D141tsw6m Secretary Of State
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Business Directory.

Cards inserted under this head at the following
rates: For inch space, SO year; s inch, s.
year I inch, s. year.
"a Twelve lines Of this type make inch.
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TWO PICTURES.

].
An old farm house with meadows wide.
Aud sweet with clover on each side;
a bright eyed boy. who looks from ont
The door with wOOdblne wTeathed about
And wishes his one thought all day;
"Oh II could but ny away
From this DUN spot the world 20 see,
How happy, happy. happy,
How happy should be-"
II.
Amid the city's constant din.
ANN who round the world has been.
Vino mid the tumult and the throng,
Is thinking. thinking all day long:
"Oh could My tread once more
The field path 10 the farmhouse dooE
The old FTeeu meadow could 7 Bea .
How happy happy, happy,
How happy should be-
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A GUST OF DUST.

He Wildly rubbed lis eyes, he did,
With vicious animosity
The while the dust ln bliuding clouds
Did blow with great velocity.
But she, sweet lass, pulled down her Fvoil,
And smiled ON him bpnignantly,
Which made hun grind his teeth with rAg8,
Aud frOwn on her Indignantly,
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Young Folks Corner
TOCONTRIBUTORs

Our supply Of original matter for the 'C0r1er'
is running short Please send us some more
Enigmas, Puzzles, Chardes, Problems, &c, as
soon as possible.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-04-24

S. +. Shoemaker, Samantha, Ohio, sent the COR
rect answer and solution to A. ShOemaker's prob
lem in News of April 10th, but twas not in time
for last weeks Corner
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-04-24
THE GENUINE
DIR. @. McLANE'S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
OR
VERMTFUGE.
SYMPTOMS oE WORMS.

4 IlHE COuntenance IS pale and leaden-
i Colored, with occasional fushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-id the nose is II
Titated, swells, and sometimes bleeds /;
a swelling Of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
Of the ears; an unusual secretion of
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appettevariable, sometimes voracious,
with a gnawing sensation Of the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; feeting
pains IN the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels ir-
regular, at times costive; stools Shiny;
not unfrequently tinged with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive uneasy.
and disturbed sleep, with grinding Of
the teeth temper variable, but gener-
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. c. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepara-
ton, net eaba55 Of Goizg tie slightest
igiz,y to tie mast teHder infant
The genuine DR.. McLANE's YER
MFUGE bears the signatures of c. Nc
LANE and fleming Bros. on the
wrapper. #;o:-
DIR. G. MoLANE's
LIVER PILLS
are not recommended as remedy "for all
the ills that flesh IS heir TO, but in affections
Of the liver, and in all Bilious Complaints,
Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases of
that character, they stand without rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
Nobetter cathartc can beused preparatory
to, or after taking Quinine.
As simple Purgative they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has q red wax seal on the lid with
the impression DR.. AfCLANE's LIVER Pills.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of C.
MCLANE and FLEMING Bros.
Insist upon having the genuine DR.. c. Nc
LANES LIVER Pills, prepared by Fleming
Bros, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, the market being
full Of limitations Of the name McLG5Be,
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
1v1sv1e eo,rREO
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WORD SQUARE.


A CURIOSITY,
A very curious number is 1887, which multi
piled by D, . 3 4 s. or G, gives the same ngures IN
the same order, beginning at a dluereut pol1lr
but If multiplied by gives all mines
I42 So x l--lt2,s5t
I4ZslT x 2-Zs5.7l4
I4s.s57 X 8-f2s,51I
T42.s57 x 4-51l.4-S
1857 X 5-7l4,2Sj
1857 * 6-257. .}42
1851 x 800 ,995
Multiply 1851 p and yOu have ., 1885
Then add the first figure 20 the last and you have
I42, ,s5T, the original number, with figures exactly
the same as at the start.
Answers to ssYouug Folks Conner Of April II:
To Euigma-Nightiugale
To Snuthey's Charade-l ares laress-
To Square Word
CORAL
OPERA
EEMIT Il
Arr +
LATER
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Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
JABEZ W. FITCH
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Submitting Propositions to Amend Section Tlro
Of article TiCo, Section One Of Artiels Three,
and Section -Four Of article Ten Of The Con-
stituti0u Of the STATE Of Ohio.
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1S-An Iostmssters are authorized to act as
Aseuts for the News, to receive sud f1FvEard sub
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with an Y marked opposite their names
either on the margin Of the paper or on
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ATTORNE e = a &C. LA. w
Once, Southeast Corner Main afd High sts-, roo
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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06

ed he knows how and is capable Of per-
forming that important duty. Congress
shall have power to regulate commerce
among the several States" What has it
done to assist the farmer to get cheap
transportation, and thereby assist the
producer and consumer, both classes,
end commerce of every sort? The time
was when New Hampshire refused to
grant a charter for railroads between
Massachusetts and Vermont, and when
New Jersey refused to charter railroads
between Pennsylvania and New York,
Illinois to charter railroads for trans
portation from St. Louis east and north.
And now the gigantic railroad monopo-
lies are gripping the Produce of the
West awfully; and no member of the
cabinet to report on the cost of trans
portation that now is, and what it
ought to be, and to suggest a remedy
and if it was suggested, where are the
farmers in Congress to provide the
remedy! The railroads have two-thirds
of the other members by the nose, and
lead them whithersoever they will 90,
willingly. o, fools and slow of heart
to believe all the things that might have
been done, and the things that might
have been done for what assists the
farmer assists every man, woman and
child who feeds upon the product of
the farm.-,Suel Foster, IN Farmer.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06
Retaining Farm.

In building up an Improbable farm,
the first step should be to stop the pro-
cess of running down to make it pay
first expenses and then a slight vet in
creasing profit, and to this end both
thought and labor must be directed.
No matter how cheaply the family has
been living, if possible TO reduce expen-
ses, do so. Cut off everything except
plain food, coarse. warm clothes and a
single newspaper. Raise your own veg
etables and save on the meat bill Pay
cash as YOU GO. Everything has to be
paid for in the end, and the whole cred
il system is delusion and snare. En-
list the energies and whole nature of
each and every member of the family in
the one great effort 10 save the farm,
the home. BE proud of your utmost
economy. Even study the economy of
other men. Keep strict and honest
account of everything about the farm
that you may know exactly how YOU
stand. This is the most important of
all. Every successful farmer keeps strict
accounts. The value of account books
on farm is not so much (as many sup
pose) to merely show what is received
and what is spent, but to show exactly
which field and which crop paid the
best. and where losses were incurred. or
too small profits received. The direct
bearing of such knowledge on the sue
cessfui conduct of farm may be easily
On every farm. but es-
pecially upon one which is doing poorly
there must be a scrupulous saving of all
the manurial substances. Barn-yard |
decayed animal or vegetable
natter refuse of every description. |
bones gathered up in waste places. leaf
mold hauled from the deep ravines-
n these must be utilized. and their eff
ects will soon be eviden, on the farm.
San Francisco RHVefia
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06
Sorghum Sugar.

n. l.. Mayes. of Monroe county, Ten.
nessee, writes the Journal Of Agricul.
ture as follows:
Having SO many inquiries Of my mode
Of making sorghum sugar, the kind OF
cane planted, ETC., and it being a matter
of interest to every farmer, have con-
Guided to write an article for the benefit
Of your many readers on the subject.
That the time is not far distant when
every farmer in the land will make his
own sugar at home, | am thoroughly
convinced. Why should it not-be so.
when it can be as easily done as to make
syrup, and with but two or three dollars
at most expense? In these times of low
prices of farm products and scarcity of
money, il behooves every farmer to raise
everything at home, and be self-sustain-
ing. He need not be under the necessi-
ty of going 10 the merchant and paying
out money for sugar.
But this is not the worst feature of
the case. The process of clarifying SUI
CARS and syrups now going on, leaves
the poisonous drugs in the sugar, such
as acetate Of lead, sulphate of tin, both
of which are very poisonous, and the
use of such sugar, has, no doubt. poi
soned thousands Of persons, when they
knew not what was the matter All
this is proven by the arrest of number
of sugar and syrup manufacturers last
week, in New York City, whose pro-
ducts, by an analysis, were found to
contain these drugs.
But to be able to make pure article
of sugar at home. all that is necessary is
TO obtain pure seed of the best varieties
and procure few sugar coolers, which
any farmer can make. From the fact
that sorgo mikes so readily with broom
corn. chocolate corn, millet, and with
each other, when planted on the same or
even adjoining fagms, it is almost i'm
possible TO obtain pure seed, and it is
economy to pay even a high price for
pure seed of any kind, than to receive
any other as a gift-more so with sugar
cane, than others, because the greater
the admixture, the less per cent. of SUI
gar there will be, and the greater per
cent. Of woody fibre.
use the Ooseana for sugar, and the
Neazana for syrup, both of which were
brought TO the Department at Washing
ton from the southeast coast of Africa
by Mr.. Leonard Wray, noted sugar
raiser. Mr.. Wray says, "Of all the va
rietics found in cultivation at Natal AZ
rica-the oomseana was found to be the
best for sugar, while the Nceazana the
most valuable for syrup"
Now sorghum grows well anywhere
in the United States. and as planting
time is approaching, it is worth the at
tcntion Of planters to try and save the
millions that are expended annually for
sugar, and make pure article at home
If they will plant Ooneseana cane, they
can make nice article Of sugar AZ
home, for themselves or others, with rs
little trouble as making syrup.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06
Farmers in Congress.

What business have farmers in Con-
gress? Are there many there: How
many? And yet President Hayes, in
his message. has wisely called the atten-
ton of Congress TO the fact that We
have such an industry in our country A.
agriculture, that its products being ex-
ported are a great aid towards helping
to pay the debts Of the ruin of war.
commerce and trade. and railroad ex-
tortion, speculation and wreck. Senator
Davis, of West Virginia, has venturcd
TO introduce resolution calling the
attention of the Senate Committee on
Agriculture and wishes them Ito con-
slider generally the subject of agricul-
ture, and report by bill or otherwise"
For the one-half of the people of the
United States engaged in agriculture.
Congress, in ill its sessions Ia the pres
cnt day, has done many things sit ought
not to have DONE" and has left undone
"thosc things which il ought to have
done" What are those things? Let
us have them. That body once sat
quietly in their seats and LET the custom
house officer in New York City TO allow
wool to be imported from South Amer
lea. with dirt enough mixed among it
10 bring its invoice value below twenty
five cents, in order to dcfraud the farm
er and the Government by making
high-priced fine wool low-priced coarse
wool TO be classed for low duty. That
custom house officer worked for the in
tercst of the manufacturer, and against
the farmer. What has Congress TO do
with the CUSTOM house officer of New
York? Much, every day. Since the
onc-half of the people of this nation
have no cabinet officer to attend TO
their interests they should have sent a
marshal for that collector. and have ex-
planned to him that they united in that
tariff bill that when dirt was mixed
with fine wool to bring the price down,
and get a low tariff it ought TO be con-
sidered fraud, and have impeached
him, or told the President TO try again
20 crt man who knows what a fraud
il when il is SO plain. And yet we have
no cabinet officer in that very high and
important and influential council Of our
nation 10 lood TO the greater branch of
industry the most productive and most |
reliable in all times of trouble. No tar
if law was ever passed but what Affect
ed the farmer more or less : no Govern
mcnt land bill was ever passed but
what il directly interested the farmer
and it appears TO me that no great inter-
crest Of the country was more unwisely
managed than the disposal of the Gov
crnmcnt lands. And no farmer in the
and not ten in Congress to
consult about national affairs, as though
Il was half of the nation that could
not only take care Of itself, but carry
the other half along, also! One way to
assist the farmer is for the present Con-
Rrcss to provide for cabinet member
whose duty it should he to carry ont
he spirit Of Mr.. Davis resolution by
looking sitter the interests Of agricul
lure. Il mafteTs not whether he is .
lnxen q 0Uexh5, u waztanzbs ps6Nr l,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06

In connect OH with the following list
we ave for sale several tracts Of land,
ranging from to ~ acres, adjacent to
the city, suitable for suburban resi-
dences, and choice residence lots in all
parts of the city. We also have the ex-
elusive agency of several of the best
business lots in the business center Of
he city. Call at our office for infor-
uiatlon as to price and location.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06

II has just been discovered that New
Jersey has no law against stealing dead
men. and a special session of the Legis-
lature will be called.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06

Some people resemble "Grandiather's
Clock" inasmuch a they have clicked
twenty wears without stopping"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06

4 Detroit rcstauranteur who hang>
ont sign labelled Free Chops" shows
the loafers an axe and a wood-pile when
fhey come in
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06

Sergeant Gates is dying. We hasten
10 nominate Mr.. kcarney to the vacancy
and to suggest that to begin with, he
carry the Gag through China.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06

Thcaverage citizen walks alongproud-
~ this weather. for he remembers the
biblical promise, "rhe wicked shall be
set UP in slippery places"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-02-06

The next annual meeting of the Tir.
ginia State Grange Of the Patrons Of
Husbaudry win be held in tie 6ty q
N0ttGlk q " lish Is Tetrnry,