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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-04-08
H A S H.

Take her UP tendcrly,
Fashioned SO slenderly,
Young and SO fair;
Handle her carefully
Talk to her prayerfnily-
Shes cross as a bear.
A dog which won't run from az
elephant will break his back to ge,
away from an oyster can.
How mad it would make a can
nible to 60 hunting and kill nothing
but Alexander Stephens.
Men differ. For instance, there
lis the same difference between Jay
Gould and somo other men we
know Of that there is between S15>-
100000 and IS cents. One of
whom we are which.
"Pll not compromise my hon
or" said loud voiced politician.
mo, and for the same reason l
will not close :he eye in the back
of my head" said his opponent.
A writer in Notes and Queries
says that there yet remain to be
seen on a pane of glass at Little
Moreton Hall, in England, the fol-
lowing dist;ch, cut with diamond
and dated 1921:
Man can noe more knowe woman's mind by tesrs
Than by her shadow judge VII At clothes she wea res
He stood twirling his hat in his
hand i'll the hallway. 1t was about
time tor morning stars to begin
their song together. "Well," and
he moved one step nearer the door.
"WeIl,' she replied, as she stepped
toward the door also. "Well, l.
must be going. If "That's
right, John, if" and she leaned
her head on his shoulders. off
yon-have-any-c"nu
He was
measured Tor a new pin. hat and
pair of kid gloves that same day.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-04-08

a lady correspondent OF tie De,
troit Post wateEed her tomato
plants with a. weak solution OF cop
peras Gone pound to eight gallons
ofowater) with the result that the
frnit was two weeks earlier than ON
plants not SO treated.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-04-08

s1es" said a i.anesolent man, s.FIP
going to take supper 81 the cil: r "
festival ro-nith' anal giye th. nj '!fc
benefit Of .ny 70 ce:ats. AZ, wo"t
eat any dinner. SO ti,a, car haNe =
bi. app titc 10: the snp!'e..
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-04-08
Tee Handsome to be Honest.
BY ANNABEL DWIGHT.

"Blue is the floweret they call forget-me-not;
Wear it upon your heart and think OF me
Floweret and hope may die,
Yet love with US will stay,
THAT cant ot pass away,
Dear one believe ~
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-04-08
Something Worth Knowing.

Every little while we read in the
papers Of some one who has stuck
a rusty nail IN his foot or some
other portion of the body. and that
lock- Nv resnlted therefrom- Il every
person was aware of IA perfect rem
edy for all such Wounds, and would
apply it, then all such reports must
cease. But although we can give
th. remedy, We cannot enforce its
application Some will not employ
it because they think it too simple;
others will have no faith in it when
they read of it; while others think
it such wound of sma!I account,
and not Worth fussiug over until it
is too late. Yet all such wounds
can be healed without the fatal
Consequences which follow them.
The iemedy is simple, and can be
applied by any ohe, and. what is
better, it is infalIible. 1t ia >impl Y
20 smoke the wcnna, or any bruise =
that is lnfamed, with barniug wool
or woollen cloth. Twenty minutes
lu the smoke Of wosl will take the
pain oai Of the worst wound; re-
peated two or three times it will
al!ay the worst cases of inflama
tion arising from wound. People
may snaer at the old mans remedy
as much as they llease; bnt When
they are afflicted, just let them try
it. 1t has saved many lives and
| much pain, and is worthv Of being
printed in gold aud put ia every
home.-Ecchange.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-04-08

The Philadelphia Evening Jsie-
graph thinks the great secret Of
Roscoe ConklinS's sac@e<s is his
fidelity to friendship. He never
deserts a man who espouscs his
canse under any circumstances
whatever. He never drops an old
friend to make a new one, and the
man who does. his work IS aLso-
'lntely certain of reward wbeG ;l,c
power of comforting is within
Csnklicg's rearh. 80 "a
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-02-06
Live Stock and Dairying-

while 1t also includes all minor Departments Of rural
interest, such as the Poultry Yard Entomology,
Bee Keeping, Green bouse and Grapery, Veterinary
Replies, Farm Questions and Answers, Preside
Reading, Domestic Economy, and summary of
the News Of the Week. Its MARKET REPORTS
unusually complete, and more information can be
gathered from its columns than from any other
with regard to the Prospects of the Crops
throwing light upon of the most important Of all
qnestions-When to Buy and When to SeH. 1t is
literally illustrated, and constitutes TO greater
degree than any of its contemporaries A LIVE
AGRICULTURAL. NEWSPAPER
Df never falling interest both to Producers and Con.
kumers OF every class.
The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN js published Weekly
On the following terms, when paid strictly in ad-
vance One Cepy, one year, $3.50; -Four Copies,
$40, ard on additional copy for the year free to
ne sender Of the Ciah' Ten Copies, $40, and an
additional copy for IL gear free to the sendeT of
the CEub.
For the year 1850, these prices include a copy of
the ANNUAL REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS, to each
Hpscrtber-a book of IA pages and about 100 ne
rravings-a gift by the Publishers.
4H NEW Subscribers .foT 1880, paying IN al
0hHce mosO, will receive the paper WEEKLY, iron,
THcetpt Of reHsjttaace 70 .anpary 7st, 1880, with
"nt charge.
AS-Specimen copies Of the paper free. Address,
LUTHER TUCKER x SON, Publishers,
Albany, Y.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-02-06
Te.rt BoOh UnJornsity.
RESULT WHERE BOOKS HAVE TO
STAND ON THEIR OWN MERIT.

At Convention of School Directors, OF
Centre County, held Il Bellefonte, .Decem-
ber 26, 1873, pursuant to the call of III.
Meyer, Esq, County Superintendent, for
the purpose of considering the propriety
of taking measures to secure a uniformity
of the textbooks used in the schools of
said county, the following action was
taken, over fifty directors being present
and nearly all the district i'll the county
being represented:
COPY OF MINUTES.
Upon motion Of G.. p. Stonerod, of Snow
Shoe township, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS: Great expense and waste are
frequently incurred by the present and con-
nstatly changing variety of textbooks used in
the common schools of Centre county. there
fore, be it
ReSOtced, BY the representative directors
here in session, that a system of textbooks,
suitable, complete ana uniform, be adopted ia
accordance with the laws of the State,
throughout the county.
Upon motion of j. c. Z. Jones, the follow
ing plan was adopted with but one dissenting
vote, 10 carry into effect the following pre-
ambe and resolutions:
First. The various publishing houses TO
send samples of their books to each scho
board in tnc county Tor examination and to
submit Herewith the lowest exchange. intr
ductory and wholesale prices. and the length
of time they will guarantee to furnish them
AT said price.
Second. No agent ofany publishing house
to be permitted to do any work in the county.
to be either general or local agent, beyond
sending his books and terms as above stated
Any house or agent violating this under
standing, their books to be counted ou of the
contest.
IHtrd. The several school boards of the
county. after examination of the various
books which may have been submitted, TO
hold meeting at which each director shall
make out Il list of the books which he prefers
to have adopted in the county, and send it to
Henry Meyer, Esq, County Superindcnt, 1t
Rebersburg, Pa, prior to the first day of
June, 1879, who shall ma = .t 81,
several statements so sent, and the books up
on the various branches having the ighest
number of votes or preference shall be the
series recommended for county uniformity.
The County Superintendent, af,er having
made the above canyaos as above. to send the
result of the same to each of the papers in the
county for publication.
w. &. HEINLE, Chairman.
j. c. p. JONES, Secretary.
The following is the result of the votes
Of the Directors of Centre county, Pa, on
the uniformity Of Textbooks in said
county, with the number ofv0tes cast fro
each book, under the foregoing plan and
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06
TrufLIRfs.


Quarrels should never occur between
true friends.
Unchaste language is the sure index
T an impure heart.
Learning is wealth to the poor, and an
ornament to the rich.
Reason wrapped up in a few words is
generally of the greatest weight.
The Judgment of this world is Oftener
based on policy than on justice and truth.
There is many a man whose tongue
might govern mulhtudes, if he could
only govern his tongue.
Hard work is the price of success, and
it can be purchased with no other kind
Of currency.
It is dangerous to ask a woman idle
questions when she is adding up gro
cery bill.
It is easier for a camel to swallow a
whole paper Of needles than for de-
Iinquent subscriber to get to heaven.
eWhat men wan" says Bulwer, 'is not
talent, it is purpose" In other words,
not the power to achieve, but the VIII to
labor.
We must look downward as well as
upward in human life. Though many
have passed you in the race, there are
many you have left behind.
To know thing is right and not to do
It, is a weakness. When you know q
thing, maintain that you know it; when
you do not know it, admit the fact.
The enviOus man is tOrmented not only
by all the ills that befall himself, but by
all the good that happens to another. he
is made gloomy, not only by his own
clouds, but by another mans sunshine
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06
State Insolvency Laws.

In Pennsylvania q debtor can make
an assignment, but the claims Of his
creditors are not thereby discharged.
Real and personal property to the value
Of $500 may be exempt from execution,
if the owner wishes to take the benefit
of the law. There is no homestead ex.
emptiOn.
In Ohio the debtor may make an as,
signment, and all the creditors are en-
titled to a share in the property, but the
debtor is not discharged from his debts
by his proceedings. Furniture to the
value Of $50, tools 800, and other speci-
fed articles are exempt. A homestead
worth 81 900, or, III lieu thereof, $500 Of
personal property, in addition to the pre-
YiOus exemption, is allowed to the head
of a family.
There are in Missouri but two WAYS
for closing the business of an insOlvent
debtor. One by voluntary assignment.
and the other by judgment and eXeCu7
ton. There IS no way of enforcing a
distribution of any mans assets among
his creditors, and no way of disCharging
him from his liabilities. Neither can a
man make an assignment for the benefit
Of any particular creditor or creditors.
But an assignment under the present
law must be for the benefit Of all the
creditors in proportion to their claims,
The law isVery specific in its declarations,
and the interests Of both debtor and
creditor are protected.
In Illinois the law recognizes assign
ments for the benefit Of creditors, but
makes no provision for the discharge of
the debtor. A law provides for a home
stead exemption of 81 900 and also eX-
empts personal property to the value of
800, with an additional $500 in fdYOr Of
married persons.
In Minnesota the law allows a debtor
to m Ike an assignment. but no provision
is made for his discharge. Household
furniture to the amount of $500, farming
utensils $500, and mechanics tools and
stock in trade S40O, are exempt. Print
ng material in a newspaper office to the
Salue of $1,000, and stock in trade in such
Office S40O, are also exempt from eXecu-
ton. Under the homestead act a plot Of
eighty acres of land with dwelling house
in the country, or one lot with dwelling
house in the city, IS made free from levy
OF attachment.
In Iowa an assignment for the benefit
of creditors does not discharge the
debtor, but all the creditors are entitled
to have the estate in equal proportion,
according to the amount of their claims.
The exemption laws allow 5000 of house
hold furniture to the head of a family,
necessary tools in trade to mechanics and
artizans, and 81 200 worth Of printing
material to printers. A homestead Of
One-half an acre in q town, or Of forty
acres in the country, with all improve
ments thereon, is exempt.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06

A very good and pious-loOking young
man applied for a position in we'll
known store last week. After he had
introduced himself and made known
his wants, the proprietor informed him
that he would like to have a clerk if he
could get one that would suit him.
81 suppose you 60 to church, ehP he
commenced.
eyes, sir"
"Do you drink?' continued the mer.
chant, eyeing him sharply.
"Never."
"DO you use tobacco in any form ?"
Here the young man pushed the quid
into the roof of his mouth, and replied
with smile that was ChildHke and bland
Il never use the weed, and never did.
I consider it the lowest and most shock
ing habit that man can be addicted tO."
"Do you frequent the policy shOps%
"NO, sir; never"
"DO you 90 the National Theater, dog
fights, or boxing exhibiGOns|
Never was atany IN my Life" =" was the
emphatic answer.
Can you tell the ace Of diamonds
from the king Of ClubsY
81 know nothing whatever Of cards.
do you ever betP
"NO, sir, 1 dOn'tl'
Suppose" ," said the merchant, "a man
should offer to bet $1,000 to $40 that a
three-legged goat could Outrun a grey
hound, would you take him 2"
No, sirl
"Then you won't do for this establish
ment; we don't want you've never
hire fools p
That youth won't be so good next time.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06
A Singular Defense.

A lawsuit once settled some strikingly
original features. Among other articles,
a lady purchased a coffee pot. But nei-
ther she nor her maid could make good
coffee from it, and it was returned to the
dealer. He refused to receive it, and the
husband sued him. In court the defend
ant managed his own case. The manner
of procedure was very unique, to say the
least. The dealer took the coffee pot
and a liberal supply of coffee, sugar and
cream, a gasoline stove and coffee mill
into the courtroom. The coffee was
ground in the presence of the jury, the
gasoline lit in the stove, water and coffee
were put in the pot, and allowed to boil
over the gasoline blaze. at length the
concoction was pronounced complete,
properly mixed with sugar anu cream,
and passed to the jurors and the justice.
What Jury could Withstand such sweet
Establishments? They called for more,
and as there was plenty and to spare
their request was granted. At length
the Jury retired fer consultation, ana on
returning, rendered a verdict for the man
who made the coffee. 1t generally pays
to appeal to the appetite of men.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06

Somebody's child IS dying dying with
the flush of hope on his young face and an
indescribable yearning to live and take an
honored place in the world beside the COM
paniOns Of his youth And somebody's
mother is thinking of the time when that
dear face will be hidden where no ray OF
hope can brighten it---when her heart and
home viii be left desOlate--because there
was no cure for consumption. Reader, if
the child be your neighbours, take this
comforting word to the mothers heart be-
fore it's too late. Tell her that consumption
Is durable, thatmen are living to-day, aged,
robust men, whom the physicians pro-
nOunced incurable at the age Of twenty
five, because one lung had been almost de-
stroysd By The disease Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery Is a most efficient al
terative for separating the scrOfulous mat
ter from the blood and mHgs, and impast-
ing strength to the system. 1t has cured
hundreds Of consumptives.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06
EarIr History of tbn Axe.

The axe has quite a history, for in
HOmeTs time iron was much used for
WOOdcutters' axes, etc. The axe was an
ancient weapon of war and appears to
have been used from the most remote
periods in warfare. The war axe varied
in form according to the race to which
they belonged. The first had q single
edge only, and was similar to the mod
ern hatchet; the second had two edges
and was sometimes called the AmazO-
MAN axe, from a suppOsitiOn that weap-
ons OF this kind were used by those fe-
male warriors. Axes were much employ
ed as offensive weapons by the Celtic and
Scandinavian nations. Among the RO-
man armies, the axe was not much used; /;
1t was considered the weapon of uncivi-
lized nations. AT the siege of the Ro-
man capital by the Gauls, Brennus is
represented as being armed with a bat
tie axe, and Ammianus Marcellinus sew
eral centuries afterWard, describes an
armed body of Gauls as being all furnish
ed with battle-aXes. In the BeYeuK tap
astry the English are represented as
using the battle-axe. The pole-aXe was
introduced into Britain by the Saxons
and Danes; it had an edge on one side
and sharp point on the other. The
Franks, in their expedition into Italy in
the sixth century, made use of an axe
with large blade (muCh like the pres
ent brOad-aXe.) This was termed Fran
CisCa. The battle-aXe of Childeric the
first is preserved in the Louvre, in
France. The battle-axe fell into disuse
toward the close of the sixteenth centu-
ry. In Russia, Sweden and Norway and
many parts Of Germany they cling to
the old, rude, unfinished and unWieldy
axe with which they are familiar. The
introduction of the American axe in
those countries must be amatter of time.
The expression "tO bury the hatchet,"
" to take up the hatChet," are taken met
aphorically from the practice of the
North American Indian. In 1910 an
English gentleman visited this country
and took back an American axe and
helve, which from the peculiar curve of
the handle and shape of the axe proved
infinitely superior to the English. His
son still has the axe, which is serviceable,
though, Of course, the handle has been
renewed several times, always on the
model of the old one. When it was
first used, carpenters and WoOdmen came
from distance of ten miles tOinspeCt it,
and many times the owner was offered
ten times its price for it-indeed, one
enthusiast tried to steal It. Neverthe-
less, so tenacious is habit, to this dav
that venerable axe is the only one Of its
kind in the neighbOrhOOd.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06

GRUIBLEG.-SOme people are ever
grumbling. IF fthey have not any great
troubles, they have little ones to keep
them fretting, and many would say Of
them that they grumble merely for
yastime. A fretfuI disposition is Of no
Idvantage-it only makes the pOssessor
and those. connected with him miser-
able. The better way is always to look
on the bright side Of things, for we
shall meet with trouble enough in the
world without turning out Of our way
to seek it. Grumbling makes a hard
job harder, sOurs tie temper, unneces-
sarily fatigues both body and mind, and
never faciitates business.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06

Awriter in the Cedar Rapids RepuJHcan
saves his plulus from CurcuiO as follows:
One spring he tried the experiment Of
placing under the tree two cOOps, each
containing a Brahma hen and q large
brood Of enterpIising chickens. The re.
suit was very satisfactory, for the tree
bore an amazing crop of perfectly sound
plums. and the chickens made pretty
GOOD fruit for the table also. Since then
he tried the same plan with early apple
and cherry trees, with similar results.
The chickens are death on the insects
that make such havoc with fruit trees,
and easily gObble them up when they
first make their appearance from the
ground. Try it and see.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06
Ericsson.

John Ericsson, whose name is Gnk5d
with the fame of the iron-clad Monitor,
is now an old man living in New York.
Although 76 years of age, Ericsson's
whole thought is said still to be absorbed
in his scientific and mechanical studies,
so that he never leaves the rOOmy old
house in Beach street, which is at once
his dormitory and his workshop, except
it be for exercise or pressing business.
Social recreation he partakes nOtof. He
accepts no invitations and gives none.
Every day he concludes his labOrs with a
record of the events that have happened.
For nearly forty years he has kept q di-
aTy giving a single page to each day,
until the work has reached its forty-seV-
enth volume, comprising now over
I4OOO pages. In his diary only twenty
days are missing in the forty years, the
omission being due to an accident in
1865, which deprived him Of a finger on
the right hand.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06

No DRAwBACK.-We often wondered
why girls married. An Austin young
lady upon the subject says: 'Well, no,
don't know as I'd marry for money
alone, but if a man had plenty Of money
allied to a sweet disposition, and a NOUS
tache that curled at both ends, and nice
blue eyes, and a respectable profession.
and his father was rich, and his mother
and sisters were aristoCratiC, and he
wanted to marry me, and would promise
to let me have my own way IN every,
tbing. and keep me literally supplied
with coin. and have q nice furnished
house with a bio ~iano in it, and wOulG
1--WE NE Two diamond rings, and would
pay my dry goods, milliner's and dress
makers bills without grumbling, and l
really and truly loved him wouldn't
consider his money any drawback to the
match"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06

nLESRoRoUGII. OHIO.
sATuRDAY N1GHT.

Placing the little hats all in a row,
Ready for church on the morrow you know;
Washing wee faces and little black fists,
Getting them ready and fit to be kissed;
Putting them into clean garments and white
That is what mothers are doing tonight
Spying cut holes In the little worn hose,
Laying by shoes that are worn through the toes
Looking Ger garments 80 faded and thin
Who but a mother knows where to beginF
Changing button to make it look right
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
Calling the little ones all round her chair,
Hearing them lisp forth their evening prayer;
Telling them stories o. Jesus Of old,
Who loved TO gather tie lambs TO his fold;
Watching, they listen with weary delight
That IS what mothers are doing tonight
Creeping so sohIy to take q last peep,
Amer the little ones all are asleep;
Anxious to know II the children are warm.
Tucking the blankets round each little form,
kissing each little face, rosy and bright
That Is what mothers are doing tonight
Kneellng down gently beside the white bed,
LOwly and meskly she bows down her head.
Praying as only mother can pray,
"GOd guide and keep them from going Rstray.'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-05-06

ExPEEENCE.-There are some faulig
which we are pretty sure to OVerc0mG
ut last. When Jeremy Taylor applied
to take orders in the church, the bishop
objected that he was too young. ~ 'iIfI I
live, my lord, 7 shall hope to overcome
that fault" said the witty candidates
By the by, that vice Of youth is one.
which most Of Us are sorry to have lost!
It is not at all certainB that We grow.
either wiser or better by growing older
experience has been well likened to the
stern light of q ship, which merely il.
lumines the path we have passed over
but throws no light ahead! Or, to put
it in another form: when we have got
experience 1t is too late to make. it of
any use.