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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-02-06
Dangers Of Swiss TrareI.

In the ChurChyaTd Of Gste1g, says Rev
W. q. Heathman, two monuments are
erected to the memory of two English
ladies who sacrificed their lives in at
tempting a dangerous undertaking.
Having taken the trouble to copy them,
I insert the inscriptions as a beacon to
future tourists: '1TO the memory Of
Louisa Philadelphia Evelyn ROWley,
eyed fifteen years, the daughter Of Colo
mel ROWley, of the Guards, and grand
daughter Of Admiral Sir Charles ROWiev.
who was killed by a fall from the Harder
mountain on the eighth day Of Septem-
Der, 1910. The circumstances under
which she lost her life were as follows:
She had risen only for the purpose Of
ascending the mountain alone. In her
progress she passed some foresters at
work, who perceiving she was not aC-
COmpanied by a guide, and was entering
upon an intricate path, cautioned her
Of danger. She then turned in a differ
ent direction, and was not afterwards
seen. Not returning, however, as was
expected, the family became alarmed.
With the help of the WOOdmen the
rugged sleeps Of the mountain were
searched, when her mangled corpse was
lDullu III LL4C Ldk lLlC DCADMs 4LLE EELTlIILN
is 'TO the memory of Elizabeth CORY.
aged thirty, who was killed by falling
over a precipIce at the top Of the Harder.
She left the hotel alone on Saturday, and
after much search her body was found
on Sunday, and inferred in this church,
ward on the 10th day of July, 1851" %.
These are not the only monuments Of
travellers who have met with sudden
death while seeking enjoyment In this
country. There is one to the memory
of Charles Stewart, aged eighteen, son OF
Major General Stewart, VINO was drowned
on the 3Oth July, 1885, while bathing in
the river Aar And another, to the
, emory Of William DuttOn, ESQ, of
Bilbury House, GlOucestershire, agefi
twenty-three. He was killed while
uniting the ChamOis on the Blumlis
glacier. His gun, which was carried by
his guide, by the breaking of its sling,
fell, and as it rolled down the rocks bOtn
barrels discharged, and one Of the balls
passed through bis body. After eleven
hours Of great suffering, he was carried
to the village of Klein, where he died on
Saturday morning, twentv-four hours
after the melancholy accident occurred,
md was buried in Gsteig churchyard.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-02-06
..Snnerintendants, Meeting. ,,

That is the name we heard ap-
piled to the Conventions at Columbus,
and there was too much truth in it.
One gentleman, and only one, who
spoke at the Convention, claimed to
be an ungraded school teacher, and
the prevailing idea seemed to be,
that the County Superintendents
would give to the country children
the advantages of the town and city
schools. Can Superintendent give
each family a school at its own
doors? Can he even give good roads
in the winter season? Can he do
the Homework of the larger pupils,
so that they can attend school more
than three or four months during the
year?
You will remember that we noticed
this fallacy in our report of the Con-
vention, and we will say here, that
we could hardly refrain from getting
up in our place to-like the young
lawyer-"deny the assertion and in
sist on the proof Taking all
things into consideration, we think
the schools of the rural districts are
doing about as good work as any;
still, we acknowledge that they
ought to do more, and so we now
favor the movement for a county su-
pervision, though we do not expect
to see the world turned upside
down by it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-02-06

Theory and Practice.

Perhaps there is no branch on
which teachers have more need Of
information than on Theory and
Practice, and we would like to hear
from the teachers of the county on
this branch.
Information is most sought on
teaching orthography to beginners.
We think the best way to teach be-
ginners to spell, is by the use of a
chart, which may be suspended
from a nail driven in the wall. Charts
are. often torn up by the children,
while they are more useful than any
Of the books in the school room.
The way to get up an interest in
spelling amongst the beginners, is to
get them to run races for the head,
(when a head and foot Of the class is
had) or it may be well to have re-
wards of merit of different value, for
if they are all of the same value, the
best spoilers will get ahead of the
ones, and the latter will get
out of heart. A 'head and foot" is
the best idea, as all the little fellows
would like to be head, and it will
create an interest. The best way to
the "head and foot" plan is
for the pupils to number, and as the
class is called out, the first should
take the foot and No. 2 the head,
and the others in order between the
first two; in this way all will have a
chance to get head, and need not get
out of heart, if they will try at all.
Bell, o. FARMS.
Note by Editor. - Hereafter no
communication will be noticed un-
less the true name of the writer is
sent.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-02-06
lady Lamb and Lord BYRON.

There are many accounts of the insane
passion of Lady Caroline for Lord Byron,
hut we think the best and most authen-
tic account is that given by Rogers.
Several women were in love with
Byron, but none so violently as Lady
Caroline Lamb. She absolutely besieged
him. He showed me the first letter he
received from her, in which she assured
him that, if he was in any want of
money, all her Jewels were at his ser
v.ce' They frequently had quarrels;
and more than once, on coming home,
I have found Lady Caroline walking in
the garden, and waiting for me, to beg
that 1 would reconcile them. When she
met Byron at a party, she would, if
possible, return home from it in his
carriage, and accompanied by him. I
recOllect particularly their returning
to town together from Holland House.
But such was the insanity of her passion
for Byron, that, sometimes, when not
invited to party where he was TO be,
she would wait for him in the street till
it was over! One night, after a great
party at DevOnshire House, to which
Lady Caroline had not been invited, I
saw her-yes, saw her-talking to
byron, WlJu lidll OI n6I DoOy lilIuSJ LlJO
the carriage which he had just entered.
In spite of all this absurdity, my firm
belief is that there was nothing criminal
between them. Byron was at last sick
of her. When their intimacy was at an
end, and while she was living IN the
country, she burned, very sOlemnly, on
a sort of funeral pile, transcripts Of all
the letters which she had received from
Byron, and a copy of a miniature (his
portrait) which he had presented to her;
several girls from the neighbOrhOod,
whom she had draped in white gar
ments, dancing round the pile, and sing
ing a song which she had written for the
occasion, Burn, fire, burn etc, etc. She
was mad and her family allowed her to
do whatever she chose" On the 18th of
July. 1924, Lady Caroline was driving
in an open carriage, when she met
funeral procession. On demanding the
name she was told it was Lord ByrOn's.
The effects of this shock we're lament
able. In 1928 she was seized with a
serious illness; after Mr.. Lambs return
from Ireland she fingered only few
days.--Temple Bar.
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A New Sub-Districf.

We have been informed that the
commission appointed by the Pro
bate Court, at their meeting on Jan.
%, reported in favor of'the new joint
district asked for on the line between
Penn and Liberty townships.
The new district will extend along
the Jamestown road from FalIsville
to Clearcreek bridge, and some dis
tance east and west. There has
been considerable excitement over it
in Penn township for nearly two
years, and the case has been in the
Legislature. The Boards of Educa-
ton in the townships interested
refused to grant it.
If we had a County Superintend-
ent, he would have settled the mat
ter n year ego.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-02-06
The Scenery Of Iceland.

The tiOrds, which bursting through the
rocky barrier that guards the coast, run
far up into the interior, constitute a mos,
characteristic feature of Icelandic
scenery. They have all great similar
ity of form, so that the description of
the general features of one may serve
equally for that of all the others. Having,
probably, been at first rents or chasms
produced by the general upheaving of
the island, their length is often very dis
prOpOrtiOned to their breadth; some of
them being scarcely two miles wide, yet
extending twenty-five or even thirty,
into the country, and continue still
farther by narrow wales, down which the
mountain rivers find their way to the
sea. Lofty ridges, running out into the
ocean, and ending in precipitOUs head
lands, separate them from each other
In the neIghbOrhoOd of the Rode and
Beru FiOrds these assume their most
magnificent appearance, attaining an
elevation of nearly 1000, feet; though
their average height on other parts of
the coast is only about the half of that
now specified. So sudden is the rise of
these mountains, that it is no uncommon
thing to find preCipices 1000 feet high,
from the top of which q stone may be
cast into the sea. The -fOrdg- are thus
shut in on both sides by perpendicular
walls Of rock towering up to a tremend-
GUS height, whose SUBMITS are clothed
with eternal SHOWS, or yelled in dark
clouds. All around seems dead no trace
Of life is visible. Man and all that he
produces vanish amidst the mightier
works of nature. WoOdsandthe higher
classes of the vegetable creation are
entirely wanting, and the naked rocks
are too steep for even the hardy birch or
stunted willow to fix their roots. No
sound is heard save the pillows dashing
on the CTaggy shore, no motion seen but
the cataract rushing down the rugged
cliffs. Such is the general appearance
of these fiords, and the repulsive aspect
they present; vet there does the Ice
lander choose his dwelling, unappalled
by the rocks which threaten every mo-
inert to crush him by their fall. The
island is nowhere thickly peopled, but
these frths and all their connected
valleys are more so than any other pOr-
ton. Here grassy meadows are found
in the immediate vicinity of the sea f;
and here, therefore, the natives can en- !
plOy III conjunction both those sources
Of gain which alone the severe climate |
leaves open to them. On their shores !
are the finest pastures for the cattle, !
whilst their waters are a favOrite retreat |
of the cod, the most esteemed of the !
fish caught on the coast.
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SaIncHnns.

The following is the opening par
agraph of an article on Chow We
Ought to Teach, copied for the &c
lectic Teacher" from the 'New York
School Journal"
"All education is seZt-education.
What is told a pupil gives him no
benefit; he must find it out himself.
But he may be guided and stimulat-
ed at every step, through his curiOs-
ity and pleasure in finding out
things, and discovering new rela-
tions and uses of familiar objects.
This heaven-born faculty is as active
and real in the child rs in the philos-
opher."
The article is excellent, and we
wish we could copy it all, We viii
give another extract:
Spelling books, SAYS Superin-
tendent Elliott, bio k the way they
profess to open. Children should
learn to spell from the books they
read and written exercises, especial
ly in letters, where they will need to
spell the most. Says the same au-
thority, Text books in arithmetic
are open to the same sort Of criti-
eism respecting their mechanical
character. Hardly a pupil, not to
say teacher, who uses them, but is
injured by the way in which they in
terpOse themselves, their definitions
and complications, between the stu
dent and the study, until it is trans
formed, and he with it.. Give no
rules nor definitions, coDfne every
example to practical cases, and to
the elementary operations, fractions
and per centage, and make these by
constant and varied use, as familiar
as reading As to the tables, have
none. Have instead the weights
and measures themselves, and let
the pupil by their use find out their
relations. I apPrehend that other
wise we shall never teach them the
metric system. Who has seen a
metre2'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-02-06
A Red.Ribbon Story.

An amusing mistake occurred the
other night at a Mount Pleasant, Iowa,
temperance meeting. An old soldier
had signed the pledge, and was telling
his experience. He said at one time
during the late war he got possession of
two kegs of whisky, took them to camp,
put a faucet in one of the kegs, and
passed the whisky around among the
Logs until they got pretty full. About
the time the first keg was empty, he
syid, his conscience told him he was
doing wrong, but it was only a moment.
He picked up an ak and knocked the
head of the other keg in and-here he
was interrupted by the deacons starting
the cry Of amen" "Glory be to God"
"Thank God" After the house became
quiet he continued: Il knocked in the
head of that keg, gave the boys a tin
cup and told them to help themselves"
The conclusion of the story was so much
different from what was expected, that
itbrought down the house with laughter.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-02-06
A Cure for Drunkenness.

The Scientific american contains an ac.
count Of an experimental test of Lieb1g's
theory for the cure of habitual drunk.
enness. The experiment consisted of a
simple change Of diet, and was tried up
On twenty-seven persons, with satisfactO-
ry results. The diet proposed is farina-
ceOus, and in the cases reported was COM
posed Of maCCarOni, haricot, beans, dried
peas and lentils. The dishes were made
palatable by being thoroughly boiled
and seasoned with butter or olive oil.
Breads of a highly glutinous quality
were used, care being taken to prevent
their being soured in course of prepara-
ton. In this explanation of the theory,
Liebig remarks that the disinclination
for alcoholic stimulants, after partaking
of such food, is due to the carbOnaceOus
starch contained therein, which renders
unnecessary and distasteful the carbon
Of liquors. If this plan proves success
full, it will be the medium of efTecting a
more thorough reform than years of leg
islative enactment or spasms of social
work can possibly accomplish.
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WHOLE NO. 2228.

Greet Ellis, Of La, declared that there
were no loyal white men in the South at
the beginning Of the war, and that the re-
bellion was the logical outcome Of Demo
cratic theory and practice. Taken in con-
nection with SingIeton's statement, that his
duty is always to his State first, Ellis's ad-
mission lays bare the spirit of the South,
and strips it Of the gauzy covering under
which the "conciiiators" would hide it.
Braggs defiance seems to have been con-
tagious. Other Democrats who have been
restive under the Confederate yoke, show
signs of going over to his standard The
galleries were early filed yesterday, antic-
ipating a renewal of the strife. But Ran
dali succeeded in holding the combatants
apart, by several palpable violations Of the
rules and sacrifices Of the regular order Of
business. 1.-THE managers are able to patch
up a truce, these men threaten to again
fly at each others throats, and a fatal rup-
ture is imminent.
Though little more than four weeks is
left in which to get through with the vast
amount of work laid out, Congress is going
at tasnaiPs pace, and the triAing course Of the
majority clearly justiies the suspicion
that it is cooperating with Democratic
Senators to make an extra session necessary.
A great many people viii agree with
Mr.. Blaine, that our expenditure Of mill
ions annually to keep upanavaI establish
ment, when we have next to no shipping,
except that engaged in the eoastWise trade
and needing no protection, seems next door
to absurdity. He shows that we have one
officer for every two or three seamen. No
one familiar with Washington life can
have failed to notice the little army Of
naval officers, (the favorites who belong to
"6rst families" or have large political in
huence) who are detailed to fill what seems
to the observer sineeure places here. They
are largely -aristocrats, with a goOdly
sprinkling of insuferable snobs. "SOcie-
ty" would hardly survive their retirement,
but I venture to say that no real interest
would suffer from a large reduction of their
number.
There are also many Of these naval gen
tlemen on shore pay elsewhere, who haven't
been to sea for years, though all cur
war vessels, down to the smallest tugs,
have full complement Of officers. And
Mr.. Blaine's suggestion that we might soon
have our merchant marine built up, if a
part Of the money devoted to the navy was
was to be applied to the re-establish-
ment of few lines of ocean steamships
to countries which we supply with our
products through foreign-built bottoms,
seems worthy Of consideration.
DE WITT
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-02-06
The Future of the United States.

It is not generally known, even in Cul-
tivated circles, that the amount of arabic
soil in America is greater than in Europe,
Asia and Africa put together, and can
therefore sustain more lives. This is no
rash conclusion. I speak from q scien-
tific basis; and I will show you what
that basis is: Our continent is narrow,
and therefore the winds of the ocean
water it well The mountain chains on
the east side of the American continent
are low; on the east side of the old
world, are high. From this it results
that the trade winds, laden with the
wetness Of the sea, are attracted to our
land. The breadth Of the old world and
its high eastern ranges cause the rainless
interiors of Asia and Africa. Again
America is the land of fertile plains; the
OA world of scOTched plains. Our plains
run north and south, and so attract and
receive the rains. America is high under
the equator, the old world is wide !;
hence, with us a small surface is exposed
to the scOrching sun. The result is that
the productive soil in the old world is
100000 square miles, and in the new,
100000. Thus bursts upon us all in
the hight of scientific truth, the fact that
America can sustain a greater population
than the old world; and if she can, it is
unquestiOnable that some day she will
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Correspondence of the News.
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. "a, 1879.
Potter and his Democratic associates
show no disposition to endanger the repu-
tation Of their partisan friends temporarily
in their custody, by their Preeipitate action.
If directly over the center of a volcano,
threatening an eruption on the slightest
proyocation, they could hardly tip-toe
about in more cautious manner They
are constantly on the alert for the first in
dication of danger, and when they think
they can scent it, the celebrity with which
they abandon the trail they are following
for one leading in an opposite direction, is
in marked contrast with their previous
slow progress. 1t has been finally decided
to make the cipher kilograms public, and
one Of the curious developments, so far, is
the fact of Buffers custody of many Of the
kilograms in question. How he came in
possession Of them no one seems to know,
except B. F. B. and he hasn't yet conde-
seended to enlighten anybody.
One gets the impression from St. Mar
tins testimony and bearing before the Com
mittee. that he Is not very different from
the men and women who, by their self
confessed lying and perjury, have succeed
ed during the past eight months in dis
crediting the whole brood of small politi-
clans in Louisiana. He acquits Mr.. Stem
ger Of the charges he was understood to
have made against him, in his affidavit
that Secretary Sherman filed with the Com
mittee, but reiterates all he said about
Maddox and Gibson, lTilden's alleged
agents. and against the conscientious Mr..
Weber. 1t Is a most shameful revelation
that he makes, but is not worse, probably,
than what could be shown in connection
with other investigations which have been
prosecuted ostensibly in the interests of
Reform, ," if we could get at their "true ir-
wardness."
The sensation Of last Wednesday of the
week indeed-was Bragg's arraignment of
the Southern Bourbons in the House
DIdSS Is u ItlleCEdllC nc lIe-CIldllNt rum
Wisconsin, but he was a faithful Union
soldier during the war, has never shown
himself Bourbon, and has often chafed
and fretted under the plantation airs Of
the rebel Brigadiers, whose manacles he
was expected to wear with becoming hu
mility. But he could stand their arrogant
dictation no longer, and broke out in open
rebellion during discussion ON Wednss-
day, in which it incidentally came out that
all Northern Democrats would be expected
to countenance and aid all Southern claims, /
Of whatever name or nature. whether they
liked them or not, in default of which the
light OF the reconciled bulIdozer's counte- T.
nance was to be Withdrawn. Consterna-
tion was added to the excitement occasion /
ed ON the Democratic side by Bragg's un-
expected shot, when the frank, but indis- ]
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Supcrstition Sonth Of tne Ennntor.

There are three great divisions of the
Indian family residing in the parts of
South America which lie south of the
Equator; but though differing in Ian
guage, customs, and manners, they all
belong to the Aryan branch, and most
probably came across in numerous mi
grations from Central Asia by the Straits
of Behring. With regard to religion,
they believe in two gods. The first is
called by some Pillau; by others, Cuch-
auciatru, or "the great god" He is sup
posed to bear tie human form, but can
make himself invisible. He is the crea-
tor of the world, and author of all that
is good. The Indians never assemble
to worship him; he is supposed to be
content with the respect given to him
in the heart of each individual. The
other god is "the spirit of evil" known
as GualichU; to him every sacrifice and
offering is made to propitiate his wicked
designs. Not only do the Pampa Indians
believe in the Immortality of the soul,
but also in the doctrine of metempsv-
Ghosts ;; hence when burying their dead,
they always sacrifice over the grave the
favOrite horse Of the dead man, and
place beneath the tumulus the warriors
arms
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The editor Of the Educational col
umn of the Highland News is in a
quandary. He don't know whether
he he is IN favor Of county supervis
ion or not.-[Clinton Republican.
Oh, brother Bro. Browning, don't
blame a fellow for waiting for infor
matiOn-ifhe don't wait TOO long.
Browning evidently 'knows how
it is himself;" ''he has been there;
but there is this difference between
him and ourseIf-Ee Is Here get. We
went to Columbus AMI got light,
while he stayed at home, and still
don't know, or III 'n tat lastaccounts,
whether ho wanted county super
vision or not. He is the head man