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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
REAL TEACHERS AND REAL TEACH.
ING. - ~
BY A. NJ. KELLOGG.

The business of education being
carried on for the people by political
managers, the real purpose is likely
to be overlooked. 1t used to be the
business of every father and mother,
to see that the children were edu-
Gated but this is now turned over
to the trustees of the ward, village,
or district Gradually change has
been coming upon the methods that
we're once thought so excellent.
Aud yet the people are not satisfied; d;
in fact, they are very much dissatis-
fed. The cause is plain. There are
only a certain number of persons
who can teach-for teaching is not
mechanical business +; and yet al
most any one is permitted to engage
in it. Then, again, the distinction
between teaching and iR8tr,sctiOl, is
vital yet it is almost lost sight of
at the present time. Let US consid-
er these two points.
Only those aoho haze an aptitude
5y nature can teach. If there is any
truth in Phrenology, this is proved
to be an incontroveriible fact. Men
and women vary in the power to com
municate knowledge, and influence
others by means of that knowledge ;
and, lastly, they vary in moral pow
er to use that knowledge and ability
to influence others. All of these
must exist in the good teacher. It
is one of the great leading truths of
mental and moral science, admitted
by all observers, that there is an
immense variation in the aptitude
with which people themselves learn.
Some never get a truth clearly be-
fore their minds; they are always
moving in darkness. Others ap-
prehend the knowledge aud its re-
latioDs with the utmost ease. It is
enough to say that only those
who have clear apprehensions can
teach.
But still greater is the variation
in the power to communicate to 9TH
ers what we know ourselves. Those
who have this power are. marked
persons. But the ability to j1l17,t-
eace others is quite another affair.
We know that some, naturally, as
we say, are listened to by their asso-
ciates. They form and disseminate
opinions, and no one questions them
or their accuracy. The power to
utter, and with commanding eject,
is often found. Statesmen, Jockeys,
auctiOneers, etc, possess it. But
those who teach must do more than
proclaim or state truth or knowl-
edge they must desire that those
who hear should learn, for the bene-
fit it will be to them.
The present mode of selecting
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
Grant and TiIden.

The N. Y. Times recently pub.
lished reports from 1000 different
localities, in every State in the
Union, from leading men Of both
parties, giving their preferences for
President in 1880. Out of 1877 dis
tricts heard from, Grant has I3O,
Blaine II, and the rest scattering
on the Democratic side, Tilden had
SO, Thurman %, and Bayard IL.
Grant, the Times says, viii carry
every State in convention except
Maine, Nevada, Oregon and, posi-
bly,, California.
Per contra, a recent dispatch from
Washington positively asserts that
Grant has authorized the announce
ment that under no circumstances
will he be a candidate for the Presi-
dency next year. The telegram
goes on to say that: ''When the
time comes, he will decline IN such a
way that there may be no mistaking
his meaning. .----
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
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PeriIs of tbe Sea.

A writer tells the following anecdotes
Of the dangers to which those are eZ-
posed who 20 down to the sea in ships:
A fine new Maine ship was running
in a heavy gale, and the captains wife
and two boys were looking at the sea
from q small stOrm-house that sheltered
the forward entrance to the cabin. All
at once a deluge of water broke over the
ship, engulfng everything.
Tie captains wife was found washed
down into the cabin, insensible, with
her collar-bone dislOcated. The poor
boys were never seen afterward, and
several others barely escaped with their
lives.
It was at a time when all the captains s
efforts were required to save the ship,
and the account given said it was some
time before it was known the boys were
lost.
A Boston ship a few years ago was
running under clOse-reefed topsails, and
the captain and mate we're looking at
the storm from Il house exactly as in the
above case. A sea came on board,
washed the captain down into the cabin,
wedged the debris of the house into the
door so he could not get out, aud washed
the mate away far from all human aid.
If any boat could have lived (which was
impossi5le), theirs were all destroyed by
the same sea; and so there was no way
to save him.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01

stomach is affected with loss Of appe-
tite and sickness; the bowels in gem
eral are CostIve, sometimes alternative
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
Be Kind. Bows.

4 Horace Mann talks to the boys as fol
lows: "You are made to be kind, boys
generous, magnanimous. If there is q
boy in school who has a club foot, don't
let him know YOU ever saw it, If there
is a poor boy with ragged clothes, don't
talk about rags in his hearing. If there
is a lame boy, assign him some part of
the game that does not require running.
If there is a hungry one, give him part
of your dinner. If there is a dull one,
help him TO get his lesson. If there is q
bright one, be not envious of him; for
if one boy is proud of his talents, and
another is enviOus of him, there are two
great wrongs, and no more talent than
before. IF a larger or stronger boy has
injured you and is sorry for it, forgive
him. All the school will show by their
cOuntenances how much better it is
than to have q great fist" .E.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
Miners Generosity.

After all, these Virginia City miners
have big, generous hearts, says a Cali
fornia paper The other evening one Of
them, who was finishing up weeks
spree in Frisco, stepped out Of the
Palace after dinner, and ran against a
naggard-lOOking, shabby genteel woman,
VINO was weeping on a corner What
is the matter, marm% said the miner,
respectfully. She told him sad story
poverty, sickness, a large family of
children, nothing to do, nothing to wear.
is that the best froek you've gOtF' said
the rough fellow gently. She said it was.
lie felt in his pocEet, 1t contained Just
one so piece, which he had intended
to devote to wine and WiGkedness that
evening. "Stop here a moment, maTm," /"
and he lodged around the corner and
into a dry goods store. In a few minutes
he returned, and, pressing small bum
die into the poor w3man's hand, dis
appeared with the air CT man who has
done a kind action gracefully. The
starving female eagerly undid the pack
age 1t contained a pair ef embroidered
silk stockings.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01

teachers ignores these great mental
facts. "What does the candidate
know ?" is the only question. Hence
we have examinations in geography,
history, grammar, etc. The one who
answers best is most likely to be
selected. But Oftentimes other con
siderations come in, such as: "What
religion is he of?" or, "What shall
be made by appointing this person?"
So long has this method been
used, that natural teachers have al
most disappeard there is no de-
mand for them. In Cromwell's time
there was a demand for men who
could make long prayers and talk
solemnly through the nose, and they
got them. The demand now is for
scholarship; and the would be teacher,
instead of being solicitous whether
he can induce the growth Of mental
and moral faculties, is only anxious
to be able to answer the questions.
The result of getting those who
are simply Gbsor5ers of knowledge
into the schools, instead of those
who are able to incite others to alb
sorb it, is being felt on all sides.
The world viii never go right until
the right man is in the right place j;
and the schools will fail until those
whom the God OF Nature has des-
ignated as suitable, are placed in
them as teachers [Phren. Journal.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
Arrival and Departure Of
Malls. IL

R. r. mails arrive daily except Sunday, at 9.45
a. m. and GA p. m. Depart daily except Sunday,
at $50 a. m. and l.50p m. .-..
n. B. Railroad mails close 80 minutes before
departure Of trains
Ripley mail, for Newmarket, Sugartree Ridge,
MOurytOwn, New COEwin, Emerald, &C.. arrives
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at p. m. De-
pSfts Monday, Wednesday and Friday at a. m
Eastern mail, for Dallas, Rainsb0ro, New Pc
tersburg, Greenfield, Bainbridge, Paint, Sinking
Springs, Marshall, North Union, Carmel, &C. ar
rivals Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at p. m.
Departs same days at a. m.
Fayetteville mail. for Nevin, PricetOHn, Hollow
town, BufOrd, Sicily, &c, arrives Wednesday and
Friday at p, m. Departs same days at Z q. IN.
Belfast mail, for Berryville, Belfast, May HILL
LOvstt's &c, arrives Tuesday and Friday at II 80
q. m. Departs same days at 1890 p. m.
Sabina mail, for Samantha, Highland, Memphis,
Sabina, &C, arrives Tuesday and Friday at p. n.
Departs Wednesday and Saturday nt g. "a a. m.
j. NJ. BARRERE, p. N.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
National Banks.

The N. Y. World, the leading
Democratic organ of the East, does
not sympathize with the Western
Democracy, in their hostility to the
National Banks The World says;
"For nationality of circulation,
currency in every State and Terri
tory, with no liability to annoying
percentages of discount security
against counterfeiters and sUbstan-
tial safety for the note holder and
for the depositor alike, we scarcely
expect to see a better paper money,
or if a few notifications were made,
a better banking system.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01

NOVEL LITERARY ENTERPRISE Every
person who has a library Of even a dozen
volumes is sure to have some books, valu-
able perhaps, which have served their use
with him, and which he would be glad to
exchange for others. To meet such wants
is one object Of the AMERICAN Book EX-
CHANGE, 55 Beekman ST., New York. They
gather together such siftings from thou
sands oflibraries, and each contributor then
draws what he wants, or cash, If he does
not want books Catalogue No. 20, of an
extensive collection of books in every de-
partment Of literature, all offered to the
highest bidder, for cash, or for books on a
cash basis, win be ready April 18th and
viii be sent on application fOr a three cent
sfau1u
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
A sehool.Bor on Woodchueks.

The writer of this attends school i'll
Albany: "Woodchucks is a very curl
Gus animal. made of hair and eyes,
and has two front teeth, and can see a
man with a gun when the eyes are shut
and bolted. Ihave seen a dog shake a
woodchuck till both were black i'll the
face. A WOodchUck can snivel up his
nose and show his teeth and look as
homely as I can without trying. They
sit on one end and eat with the other.
A woodchuck can get home faster than &
gun can shoot He is round all over
except his feet, which are black. When
eaten they retain the favor Of their
nests, and seem to have been cooked
without being pared. A fat woodchuck,
when eat properly, is mclaughlin matter.
They come under the head of domestic
animals and think there amt no place
like home when a dog goes for one Of
5pm - "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
SPECIAL NOTICES.

- The entrance to the new Editorial Room o
the News is on Main street, one door west Of Glas
cock, Quinn s Co.'S hardware store, by the stair.
way leading to DR., Russs Office.
~ Extra copies Of the NEWS can be found ev-
cry week at George Bowers News Depot, and also
at this office. Price cents.
II Correspondence solicited from all parts Of
the county. Send rs the facts, in few words, and
we win 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 a much larger circulation ia
Highland county thaH any other paper, and among
the best class of readers is the best advertising
Medium. Business men will please note ibis
fact, and act accordingly.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
Written Excuses,

]
! An inquiring mother wishes to
know our opinion on written ex-
cases in schools, and whether the
teacher or Superintendent should,
in every case, ego behind the re-
turns, as it were, and thus subject
the innocent child to a torturing
cross-examination before the school
In the first place, it is our opin-
ion that written excuses are a nui-
sance, and should be abolished from
our schools, They, like our 'self-
reporting system, " will be a success
in but one case, and that is where
they are not needed.
A child that is mean enough to
''play hockey, is mean enough to
forge an excuse, or get7some one to
do it for them. The true plan is to
look for the fault within ourselves.
If we see q pupil losing interest in
the school exercises, let rs make
that pupils mind our special study,
until we have mastered it. It is our
duty to interest every pupil, and if
we fail, it is our failure; child is
not to blame for what God and its
previons training, or want of train
ing, has made it.
But if any teacher uses written
excuses, he should take them at their
face. If he has his doubts in regard
to it, let him go quietly to the per
son whose name it bears, and not
tempt the child to tell lie, as it has
been tempted to commit forgery.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01

A correspondent Of a Ceylon newspa-
per states that large apes are now regU-
larly employed in the Straits Settlement
to pull cO2Oa-nuts. These monkeys are
imported from Acheen in patches, ike
coolies, and are marched around the
plantations by their owners, who let
them out on hire. A line is first at
tached to each of these peculiar. labor
ers, and he is then sent up q tree, where
he is said to select fruit with great dis
elimination, ard to twist the nut round
and round until it falls to the ground.
Each successive falI of'a nut is hailed
by the fairy operator above with 8 jump
and Chuckle Of satisfaction. -lt
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01

FoErHoUeHT.-At q happy spot where
a number Of negroes reside, an old negro
was heard calling on his wife: "Alan-
dal Is you got 'em chickens shut up in
de smoke-house like I told yer ?" "No,
am / like ter know what's de matter Wid
YOU, dat yous so ticker bout dem chick
ems all at once n She replied. "Nebber
Won mind! I know what's de matter
and -daPs nufT till dem chickens is
housed! When Ihears dat dem niggars
ober dar in de next yard is gwile to hab
a marty tomorrow night, l wants to he
shore dat my chickens doesn't 'tend 1t,
Won hear me ?" The chickens were ut
once looked UP.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
Democratic 1lReform.'

The results of one year Of "Re
form" in the. management of our
State institutions under Democratic
reorganization, are thus epitomized
by an exchange:
It is about q year since the O'Con-
nor Legislature reorganized the diff
ferent State institutions on a Demo.
cratic basis. Let us see. .whatis the
result: r
Unspeakable disgrace has fastened
upon the Orphans Home, at Xenia,
by the conduct of the men placed at
its head. l0~1.i zafl.. --..-' -E
The Athens Insane Asylum has
already come to q pass where it is
found necessary to ask the leading
officers and employees for their res
ignations.
The Penitentary management had
to be reorganized before it had been
in operation six months.
LOng7iew Asylum, which was
Democratized at the same time as
the State asylums, is the subject of
two investigations and the center Of
a fierce Democratic family row. If
attention were directed to some of
the other State Institutions, no
doubt a ike state Of things would be
found to exist.
In the light Of this record of one
short year, it is pertinent to ask, Is
the Democratic party fit to govern
Ohio
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01

Hon. Aleck Stevens denies that
he ever spoke of President Hayes as
''the bogus President" He says be
entertains too much respect for the
President to use such q term, and
adds
"Ny we'll known opinion as to the
legality and irrevocability of the ten
ure of his Office (however I may have
differed from the highest commits
sion by whom the matter was, in my
Judgment, constitutlOnelly settled
would forbid the use by me Of such
a term towards him officially"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01

Be e Rss0lDs7 bV the General Assemble Of f6s
STATE Of OHIO tthreedfths Of all the members elect
ed to each house c0ncuHing therein,) That prop
Ositi0u TO amend the Constitution Of the STATE Of
Ohio be submitted to the electors Of the State on
tne second Tuesday Of October a. D. 1879, as fol-
lows t0-W1t: That sections and Of article e,
entitled Judicial be amended so as to beraad a5
follows:
SECTION 3. The State shall be divided into nine
common pleas districts, OF which the county Of
Hamilton shall constitute One,Whch districts shall
be Of compact territory, bounded By county lines,
ana said districts, other than said county Of Ham
lb0ns sna without division OF counties, be furth-
er divided into Subdivisions, in each Of which,
and in said county Of Hamilton there shall be
elected by the electors thereof. respectively, at
least one Judge of the court of common pleas for
the district, and residing therein. Courts Of COM
mon pleas shall be held by one or more Of these
judges in every county Of the district, as often a8
may be provided BY law, and more than one court
or sitting thereof may be held at the same time I'm
each district
SEQ. s. In each district there shah be elected, by
the electors at large of such district one Judge Of
the district court, By whom the district courts IN
such district shall be held, and he shall receive
such compensation as may be provided By law.
ID lstrlct courts shall be held lu each county az
least once every year. The General Assem-
bly, may increase the number Of district court
Judges TO three in any district or districts, and
hold any court whenever necessary by reason Of
the failure, lhcatiOn absence, or sickness Of
any Judge, and the amount Of pay allowed iudga
pro teTnpOre may be deducted from the salary OF
any Judge whose default causes the necassi-
ty Of having the pro tempore 1udge- me
times of hOidllE common ule6s ana district G0lrl8
shall be fixed by law, but the General Assembly
may authorize the Judges Of said courts res a1lVe-
", to tx the times Of the holding Of said courts
AT said election the voters desiring % vote in
favor of this amendn1eut shall hfTe D.lced upon
their ballots the words, Judicial constitutional
Amendment, Yes" and the voters who do not taV-
or the adoption Of said amendment may. have
placed upon their ballots the words, AJudical Con
stitutOnal Amendment NO;'' and If a majority q
the votes cast at said election be in favor Of said
ameudmeut, then said sections three and I'VE here
in specified, shall be and constitute the sections 90
numbered IN the said judicial article Of the Con
stutiOn Of the State Of Ohio; and the original sec
tiOns three and i've shall be repealed
" JAMES II NEAL,
Speaker Of the House Of Reprssentativss..
JABEL W. FITCH,
President Of the senate
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
Teachers Column.
David RAILEY, EpIroR.

Communications for this department are solc-
tied from the teachers of the county. All COM
muHiCatiOns should be addressed to DAVID BAL
LEY, HIGHLAND P. O., HIGHLAND Co., o., and
should reach him at least ten days before the issue
Of the paper in which they are expected to ap-
r.nn
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WHOLE NO. 224O.

A friend speaks of a railroad
train that was as slow as a woman
getting out Of church.-TRoeklsnd
CoHrier.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01

Advices from different parts of
Kansas are to the effect that the
wheat crop was never in better con-
dition than now, notwithstanding
recent reports to the contrary.
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DRIFTING.
Drilling, drihing. drifting ever
Down the current OF Lies River: e.
Cottage, palaCe.City, village,
farT e, .y-uIIaae1 Yrf-6 ~, trII.--


Drilling, drihlng. drifting ever
Z n. Down the current Of Lies River: G..
/ Cottage, palace-City, village, .
And the valleys rich with tillaEe,
Pass before our longing vision
.. with sort OF SAD derision, ....
/ As We keep on drifting, drifting, -r..r
! Scenes each moment changing, shining,
! Till they faint and fade and die.
| And we turn away and sighi
Drifting 10 thefar-oH Ocean, - -e
Ehat has seither ound nor motion;
Every breeze IS onward bearing
Every hour that goal we're nearing:
Every star that falls from heaven,
Is a warning TO US given:
Every breeze around US signing, .s..
Every flower upon earth lying,
Everything we view that's dying,
Tells Us plainly, tells US truly
We shall hear our summons duly;
Every heartbeat, every breath,
Brings us nearer unto death.
Drifting, drifting drifting ever
Down the current Of Life's River;
Can we tarry Inour going,
Like al Oarsman n mis- roWingf
Ask the ear. n to stop Its rcIlinT,
Or the wave the moons controIlngS
Ask the wind to cease its blowing,
or the mind its daily knowing.
Nature ask to cease her springinE,
Orthe bird 10 cease its sInglngf
Ask the sun 10 dim its shining;
Ask the. soul 10 cease dlvnings =
ADdif they our wish obey,
We can tarTy on eur way.
But were drifting. drIfllng. .drlftlnes
Everything is changing, shlf5ing,
Naught can help rs N ielayiug,1 ~
Neither signing, wishing, prayingi
And we soon must meet the Ocean
That has neither sound Tor motion; ~ s
Every heartbeat every breath
Brings US nearer unto death, MI
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01

The policy Of attaching Legislative
matter to appropriation bills is not
a new thing. It was attempted when
Stephen a. Douglas was Senator,
and this is what he said about it:
''Even if the bill were right in
itself, if It's provisions were correct,
I could not consent, by nv vote, to
put it on this Appropriation Bill,
for the reason that s1tcb q course as
revolutionary IN its character"