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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04
WHOLE NO 28l9.


D
/ We ask every farmer, the half dav Of
rainy or idle time to st down and
/ seriously inquire Of himself if there ara
/ not many conEeniencesa needed abouf
the house, barn, cribs and Stables which
he could easily and cheaply construct.
! Con6ne TINS Investigation not entirely
to eoaveniences for himself but extend
It to all departments-for the wife.
daughters, sons and hif5d help. Do Won
wade through mud % the barn in rains
and in thaWs Of the spring2 How easily
THIS could be ObViated by gravel or plank
walks. Are the members Of your family
exposed to the same inconvenience IN
going to the well the smoke-house. the
Water-clOset, the chicken house, or even
to the front gate? And yet some people
think you ara coed husband and
father. How are the steps to 90 into vOuP
cellar2 Are they Ia good ordsf, and are
the steps Of the proper height for- YOUR
oYer-burdened wife to descend OF as
cend easily7 Isthe wood house distant
and 1ncOnVenient, or have you no such
convenience leaving your family to dig
the wood from under the snow in winter.
or use it dripping with water in suunierf
For feeding and watering the stock i7
could be2 The main cribs should be
distance from the barn and stables, bat
for convenience for feeding there should
be place near the horses for 3 load or
two Of corn and oats for feeding. There
should be easy and safss ladders for
ascending mOWs OF stable lois. Men
and boys are seriously injured for life
BY pulling themselves up by their arms
several times per day. There should be
a corner for bedding for hofas5, and q
trap door for dropping it down behind
the horses. If this is not the case, the
difficulty Of obtaining it In bad weather
deprives the horses Of this comfort
when they need it most. Every farm
should have a aWheelbarrOW, which any
handy man can make himself 3 hand
truck is convenient for hauling hesVY
articles, such as BAGS Of grain, moving
stoves in the fall and spEiBg and hun
dreds Of other purposes, "a slight but
strong skid for loading and unloading
salt barrels, etc, can Be made on q vet
or leisure day, should be in a convenient
place, and handy when demanded "A
rack should be made in the moh public
room Of the barn for hanging mp forks,
scoop shovel, spades, idle haltera5 etc.
And thus, If the tarmer viii repair to
to his barn and spend otherwise idle
time in planning CouvenieuCes, he VIII
find that he has no such time to hang
heavily on his hands. And these con-
veuiences viii make life pleasanbsf, the
family happier and home the best place
TO STAY.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04

In Peru, South America, rain is IN
known. The coast of Peru is within the
region of perpetual southeast trade
winds, aud though the Peruvian shores
are on the verge Of this great southeast
boiler, yet it never rains there. The
reason is plain. The southeast trade
winds in the Atlantic ocean first strike
the water on the coast of Africa. Travel
ing to the northwest, they blow Obliquely
across the ocean until they reach the
coast Of Brazil. By this time they are
laden with yapOr, which they continue
to bear along across the continent, de-
posting it as they 60 and supplying
with it the sources of the Rio de Ia
Plata and the southern tributaries of
the Amazon. Finally they reach the
snOw-capped Andes; here is Wrung from
them the last particle Of moisture that
a very low temperature can attract.
Reaching the summit of that range,
they now tumble down as cool and dry
winds on the Pacific slope beyond.
Meeting with no evapOTating surface,
and no temperature colder than that to
which they were subjected on the
mOuntain-tOps, they reach the ocean.
Thus We see how the tops of the Andes
become the reservoir from which are
supplied the. rivers of Chilli and Peru.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04

'Sir, you insult mep cried the spins
ter, bristling up.
Then, madam, You shouldn't 0btrudl
your damaged wares before the public
81 was never so abused before in my
life ]" faltered Miss Peppermint wiring
ing her hands.
Its high time somebody spoke the
tTuth," said Mr.. Jones.
Leave the house, STRIP said Miss Pep.
permint.
'And welcome" said Mr.. Jones, put
| ting his hat belligerently on the side Of
his head, and shOuldering his umbrella
like a bayonet.
But first let me give you a q little ad-
vice. The next time you have a house
TO let"
@But haven't any house to Iet,D in
Idignantly interposed Miss PAMELA.
Ell?' said Mr.. Jones.
And never had" added the lady
breathlessly.
isn't this house to IetP'
Yes, but it isn't mine, and I've moth
ing to do with it."
'YOu said you advertised"
so die" said Miss PAMELA, with
difficulty keeping back her hysterio
tears. But I wanted a position as
hOusekeeper, and"
The middle-aged bachelor stood
aghast, the full horror of his situation
gradually breaking upon him.
Madam" he said, 81 beg your par
don"
"Sir," said Miss Peppermint. 'there
has been an unfortunate misapprehen-
sion all arOuud."
''I was alluding to the house, ma'an.
when 1 used those unfortunate adiect-
ives" explained Mr.. Jones. 'I hope
you don't think, ma'am, that I could ap-
ply them to lady?'
1 am solitary female" said Miss
Peppermint, retiring behind her hand
kerchief, "and I find myself compelled
to earn my bread in a genteel way. You
couldn't recommend me to any single
gentleman IN want Of a capable house
keeper, could youP
'N-nO ma'am, I couldn't, that is lust
at present" 4" stammered Mr.. Jones. HBut
If l hear Of one I will certainly let you
know. Good morning"
And he bOlted out e the door in a
state Of cold perspiraiOn.
What a fool I've been P' said he to
himself, as he strobe along the windy
april streets, Wiping his forehead with a
red silk handkerchief. 'I1I 90 back to
Mrs. Budgets and engage my. rooms
there for the next ten years"
And so he did.
Nobody answered Miss Pamelia's ad-
yerhsement; no one rented the desir-
able mansion No. 80 Nixon street.
Mr.. ElliCott. the real estate agent, de-
clares that business is duller than ever,
and Mrs, Budget, the clearinghouse
keeper, says TO her daughter
Whatever has come to Mr.. JOnezlI
don't know, but he's as dociIe as a lamb,
and hasn't found fault with his roast
joint in a month"
Wonders will never CEASE" :" says Mise
Budget devoutly.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04
DROPPING A SEED.


The laud was stilI; the skies were gray with weep
iBRi
Into the sort brown earth the seed she cast
ohisoon, she cried, win come the time Of reap
hogolden time when clouds and tears ar
past
There came whisper through the autumn haze,
''Yea, thou shalt ind it after many days"
Honr after h0ur SIR marks the dtful cleaning
flf sunlight siesling through the cloudy lift
Hoar af.er hDd5 fingers, idly dreaming,
70 PEG tls gsi1 iall hua fhe dead leaves drift;
-9hifof sof8d ssal gresn sign Of lifs5 she prays,
Haye not watch and waited many days91
Atearly morning, chilled and sad, she hearkens
The stormy winds that through the poplars
blow;
Far OverhiH and plain the heaven darkens,
Her field isCoYerg5 with-a shroud Of q snow;
Ahr Lord she sighs' sre these thy loving ways7
BE answers-"spake 7 not Of many days ?"
The snow-drop blooms, the purple violet glistens
-lOhbanks Of moss that take the sparkling show
)sII-erEE j .C.f.. .r--.1 -.l ....
Halff7chsersd' 3 half-dOu5tiRg yet, she stays and
listens 80 r.. ........-
Tohnches singing to the shy young flowers;
A little longer stiil his love delays
The promised blessing-''aftsr many days.
Oh, happy world she cries, the sun is siiningI
Above the soil I see the spEnging green;
IeOule not trust hts word without repining,
4 conld nOtwait fn)peace for things unseen;
Forgive me- Lord5 ny soul is fnn Of praise;
Ny doubling heart prolonged thy. "msny days.
...- .-.... ..r. -[Sunday Magazine.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04
How to Increase Property.

-NtN W I'M 8--oD a ~ NlDA "
1t is seldom advisable for women who
have a sufficient income to attempt its
increase by exchanges or investing it in
business. But there are many whose
incomes are inadequate, and who are
under the necessity Of increasing their
incomes or leaning on their friends.
SuppOsing a woman IN these CirCum-
stances is of an Independent spirit, and
resolves not to depend on the assistance
Of friends, my first suggestion to her
would be to resolve that, come what
may, her present property shall not be
diminished. And if to what she has
she can, by self-denial and earnest effort,
add something from tins to time, the
tide will at length turn in her favor.
She may hear it whispered, molly Stark
has taken up teaching, has become a
gOverness, is copying law papers-quite
a tumble" Well, Mollie Stark is not
beholden to such, ncr ever will be.
Saving and laying up is the habit that
succeeds. 1t seenB to be in the blood
Of some families of both sexes alike to
be independent. Cost what it may of
present self-de8ial, they will set the ball
rolling that Will grow into a round COM
petence. How much better and hap
pier is such life in the long run than
"a life Of supineness and semi-depend-
eRce.
A resolute woman is pretty sure to
find one way or another to do that
which will be remunerative, and he
prospects for working out her peeuniary
salvation are better than those of the
average man in the same circumstances.
Of course, her success all depends on
losing no time and saving and laying up
her earn jngs.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04
The SNOW OF Age.

No snow falls lighter than the snow Of
age; but none is heavier, for it never
melts. ...H
The figure is by no means novel, but
the closing part of the sentence is new
as well as emphatic. The scriptures
represent age by the almond tree, which
bears blossoms Of the purest white. ''The
almond tree shall hOurish"-the head
shall be hoary. Dickens says of one of
his characters whose hair was turning
gray, thatit looked rs if time had lightly
splashed his SHOWS upon its passage.
at never melts''-nO never Age is
inexOrable Its wheels must move on
Ward-they know no retrOgrade move
ment. The old man may sit and sing,
Il would I were a boy again"-but he
grows older as he sings. He may read
Of the elixir of youth, but he cannot find
it; he may sigh for the secrets of that
alchemy which is able to make him
young, but signing brings it not. He
may gaze backward with an eye of long
ing upon the rosy scenes of early years,
as one who gazes on his home from the
deck Of a departing ship, which every
moment carries him fartherand farther
away. Poor old mani He has little
more to do than die.
1T never melts." The snow of winter
comes and sheds its white blessing upon
the valley and the mountains, but soon
the sweet spring comes and smiles it all
away. Not so with that upon the brow
of the tOttering veteran. There is no
spring whose warmth can penetrate its
eternal frost. 1t came to stay. Its sin
gle flakes fell unnOticed-and now it is
drilled there. We shall see it increase
until we lay the old man in his grave.
There it shall be absorbed by the eternal
darlness-for there is no age in heaven.
Yet why speak of age in mournful
strain2 1t is beautiful, honorable, elo-
quent. Should we sigh at the proximity
of death when life and the world are SO
full of emptiness? Let the old exuIt be-
cause they are old. If any must weep
let it be the young, at the long succession
Of cares that are before them. Welcome
the snow, for it is an emblem of peace
and of rest. It is but temporal crown
which shall fall at the gates of Paradise
TO be replaced by a brighter and better.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04
Young Folks Corner.
TO THE BOYS AND Girls WHO READ THE
VOTING FOLKs1 CORNER

TO THE BOYS AND Girls WHO READ THE
YOUNG FOLKS CORNER
The long evenings have come again, when ths
boys and girls hsye more time for reading and
studying out the puzzles &C. in their Corner Of
the NEWS. The editor once more cordially In
vitss all his young readers tand older ones tool 70
assist in making the Conner interesting and
profitable BY writing for it occasionally. For
some time past he has been compelled to draw
from other papers. He hopes this win not be 50
hereafter, as he is confident there ga talent enough
among the hundreds OF boys aud girls Who rad
the News to keep the Corner well supplied with
original matter. Let them all i'put on their think
ing caps and send rs an ample supply Of dfsl-
rate Enigmss, Charades, Arithmeucal Problems,
Beheadmcuts, Word Squares, Hidden Words, Ana
grams oranything in the shape Of plzzle o. quss-
ton, which viii excite curiosity and set everyho-
dy to work TO ind out the answers. Anything 70
make the young folks stsr5yi and a.illk and thus
sharpen their wits, and at the saHls time afford
harmless amusement, is suitable for the''ComsE. "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.

~ The entrance to the new Editorial Room OF
the News is on Main street, one door west Of Glas-
cock Quinn & Co.'s hardware store, by the stair
way leading to Dr.. Russ's office.
~ Extra copies of the NEWS can befound ev-
cry week at George Bowers News Depot, and also
at this office. Price cents.
~ Correspondence solicited from all parts Of
the county. Send rs the facts, In few words and
we will put them in shspe-fOr publication. The
writer's real name must be given in all cases, as
guaranty Of good faith.
The News having much. larger circulation iH
Highland county thaH any other paper, and among
the best class Of readers is the best advertising
medium. Business men viii please note the
fact, and act accordingly. r
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04
some ThIngs that MeEieo Produees.

! hI4AA-D LA-AA5o eAA4G ANAlAAlU Il AWlALlL0a
The following is an extract from La
/ 1gpogrqfa Mericanq, an able and liberal
paper published in the City of Mexico,
It viii be all the more interesting, as il
gives some facts about the country, com,
piled by intelligent native authority /:
| Incredible as it may seem, in many
parts Of Mexico there are acres upon
acres of land that yield every year three
/ and eTep four crops Of corn, cultivated as
they are in the crude way still followed
/ by the Indians; and a yield Of five hun
/ dred for one is common enough through
out the country. Eight hundred and
I fifty-six thousand square miles, the area
Of the republic, present no mean field
for commercial enterprise where the soil
yields every necessary of human want,
every element Of luxurious comfort,
every element Of aCCumulating wealth.
And the country is still in its major part,
undeYelOped, in many parts even unex-
/ plOFed and the MeXiCans themselves
only partially estimate the wealth and
resources that lie dormant under their
soil, in their valleys and on their noun
tain ranges. According to Official statis-
/ tics, the foreign commerce Of Mexico,
| imports and exports united, exceeds
sixty millions Of dollars annually; ae-
COrding to the facts, and taking into con-
sideratiOn the extensive smuggling car
ried on over the SIX thousand miles Of
sea coast she has to guard, we may
almost double these figures and say one
hundred millions. The purely Internal
.rGds may be put at four hundred mill
ions per annum. The estimated value
Of farming properties is seven hundred
and twenty millions of dollars, and Of
city properties, six hundred and sixty
| five millions. Humboldt gave the gold
and silver product up to 1903 at $6,242,-
! 100000; and for the seventy-fve years
to date, at thirty millions per annum, as
I the average product, 81, 250000,O00, and
We have the startling figures, $8, ,492,0 ,00O,
| 900 as MexiCO's contribution to the
i precious metals circulating in the world.
/ One year with another, not less than
fifteen millions in gold and silver bars
and coin, go to Europe through the Gus
tom houses, and nearly as much more
goes as c9ntrUbdndO. All these figures
are simply q fraction Of what the republic
can produce if worked up to anything
ike her capacity for the yield Of gold
and silver. Here is a grand field for the
mining instruments and apparatus Of
the North, which every manufacturer Of
the United States should attend to.
Mexico, says the same paper, can sup
ply the United States at a cheaper rate
with all the goods imported from the
West Indies, Brazil and Central and
South America, and there is little doubt
Of the fact. Mexican trade win be
great fact yet, notwithstanding the per-
sistent efforts of certain parties in
Mexico and in this country working in
the interest of European traders, to put
obstacles in the way. We believe the
manufacturers of Chicago and the North
west have made tha right beginning.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04
Jhe gigTtIand 9tws.
HILLsBORoUGH, ONO.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1880.
ADYERTININGRATEs.


The above scale of prices is for ordinary single
column display adYertisings Solid Legal, Official
and Tabular advertisements will be charged at the
legal rate for space occupied. Rule and Figure
work so per cent. extra.
SPECIAL NOTICES, advertlsements in other than
single column measure, and those In a prescribed
location, IS per cent additional l
LOCAL NOTIcEs-l0 cents per line for first, and 8
cents per line for each additional insertion, -t
CARDS in Business Directory-One inch, I year
$40: months, So; 5 months, 81 One-haH inch-l
year, S. 90; 8 mos. So; smOs. 50.
OBITUARY NoTICEs (0ther than simple announce,
ments of deaths,l Tributes Of Respect Cards Of
Thanks, and announcements BY SOcieties-5 cent?
per line. .-H ...-
Notices Of Marriages, Births and Deaths-When
furnished by proper rauthOTity-free.
Attachment, Divorce, Administrators and EUecu-
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04
What the TarRf Has Done.

Boston Com. Bul.
1t used to be an understood fact
that American cutlery could not
compete with the Sheffield (English)
works, but q protective tariff has
guarded the American workman, and
all the table cutlery now sold here
is Of American make.
An article il the Boston Journal
states that there is an Association Of
Table Cutlery Manufacturers, and
they work to keep all foreign cutlery
from being sold in this country
whenever they hear Of any such cut
lery having been imported they
meet the price promptly. They are
constantly deyising improvements 20
the goods, and, while these are
copied by foreign manufacturers, the
fact remains that foreign goods are
excluded where they used to com
mand almost the entire market A
gentleman from Sheffield, England,
who was recently in 8 cutlery store
in this city, acknowledged that
American manufacturers hold the
market, and that cutlery is nowmads
in England after American methods.
We may also add that Attleboro'
ieWelry is made in largo quantities
for the French and German makstB.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-04

DPTHEBIA.-It is stated upon good
authority that but little more than
twenty years ago diptheria as a dis
tinCtive nalady was scarcely recognized
among general practitioners. It then
appears to have been almost entirely
COnine to single district in France, and
was called "the BOulOgne sore throat"
1t soon appeared nearly in its present
form in Norfolk, in England, then in
Wakes, and afterwards in London, where
it was for a time very Obstructive. In
the few intervening years it has spread
everywhere, attacking chiefly children,
but not sparing middle age, and to this
day there is q conflict of authority be
tween European physicians upon the
question whether it is a disease per Sc,
or another and an aggravated variety
of CrOrp. E---
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COMPANIONSHIP.

Young Fred, a bashful, yet persistent swain,
Was very much in love with Mary Jane.
One night she told him in her tenderest tone,
'It is not good for man to be alone"
Said Fred ';Jest so, you darling little elf,
I've often thought Of that same thing myself
Then said the lass, while Fred was all agog,
''You ought to buy yourselfa terrier dog"
He took the hint and left,
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CURIOUS FPIT4PHS.

/ In wandering through the various rest
/ lng-places Of the dead one might well ex.
claim Where are the sinners buriedY
Surely their graves are not here; the in
scrlptiOns on marble, shaft or slab indi.
cate the resting places Of the good alone
But m going here and there through old
cemeteries, especially in England, one Of
ten comes across inscriptions strangely IN.
like those Of the present day. Let us pas
by the ordinary ones and read some of the
extraordinary. The two wives Of Thomas
Sexton are buried in a churchyard near
Newmarket. Upon the stone over the
grave Of the FIRST one is the following.
Here lies the body Of sarah Sexton
She was a wife that never 7exed one.
I can't say so much for the one at the next
stones
In the cemetery Of the Old Grey Friar5
Edinburg, we 6nd: .-
Here snug in the grave my vie doth lie,
Now she is at rest, and so AMI
Here is another:
Here lies ny dear wife, a sad slattsrn and
shrew,
II said I regretted her, I should lie, too.
olA o tO--AoatullC N LylOEu'
Here, deep in the dust,
The old moldy crust
OF Nell Bachelor lately shoven;
Who was skilled In the arts
OF pies, Puddings and tarts,
And knew every use Of the oven.
When she had lived long enough
She made her last puff
A pun By her husband much praised
Now here she doth lie
And makes dirt pie,
In hope that her crust may be raised.
But these are rather unjust toward the
fair sex. Let Us look for something more
truthful. We find it in ST.. Michaels
Churchyard, Coventry:
She Was
But words are wanting
To say what.
Look what q vile should be,
And she was that.
In memory Of Katherine Gray, who kept
pottery shop at Chester:
Beneath this stoueIes old Katherine Gray,
Changed from busy life tolfteless clay
By esrth and clay she got her peIf,
But now she's turned to earth herself
Ye weeping friends, let me advise,
Abate your grief and dry your eyes,
For what svsil5 flood of tears?
Who knows but in a run Of years,
IN some tail pitcher or broad pan
She in her shop may be again?
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VIII somebody inform us how it is that
the dog, the best, truest, most coura-
geous and unselfsh of mans friends, is
used in various expressions as indicative
of everything that is bad? An obstinate
scoundreI is termed "dogged;" a lying
scamp a "hOund," a coward "cur," and
a brainless idiot a puppy" The road
to ruin is called HgOiug to the dogs.D
This is not fair TO the dogs.
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Hon. gohn Bright the great English
statesman, at a banquet, spoke Of the
greatness Of the United States in the fol-
lowing fattering manner:
ats population now has reachedto 5O,-
0O0N0O which is nearly half or about
half more than the whole population Of
Great Britain and Ireland at this day. I
have no doubt there are scores in this
room who, before they live to the age ]
have attained to, will live to see-t the day
when the population Of the Uniied
States will be more than d0ublsW it
now is, and that it viii pass 1O0,O00000
Of people.