The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-10-20

CowPER, the poss died in 1900.

Cc|PER, the poet, died in 1909.
EaLlNUEL SvEDEE8oaG died In I772
TgE British Museum was instituted IN
1853.
/ IHERE is perfect darkness at the
/ North pole from Nov. l3 to Jan. %. Q
period Of seveEty-seFen days.
ga FEATHER in your cap This
/ phrase originated in an old martial Gus
I tom. Among ancient chiefs it was GUS
I tomary to honor such OF their followers
rs distinguished themselves in bstSle bv
presenting then with q feather for their
cap, which, when not IN ar1n0r, was the
covering Of their heads. No one was
permitted the feather except those who
had done some gallant act In battle.
From this custom arose the saying, when
I a person bas performed G meritOrious
( action, that it will be ga feather In his
cap"
TIE States IN which you can obtain
absolute divorce fer desertion are as
follows: In Alabama, for desertion for
two years Arkansas. for one wear:
California, Willful neglect Of the hus-
band to provide for the wife for two
years Connecticut, WiIlful desertion for
three years, with total neglect Of duty:
Florida, desertiOn for one year; Georgia.
for three years Illinois, two years: In
diana, abandonment for one year Iowa.
two years +; Kansas, one year Kentucky,
one year Louisiana, five years MarY-
land, three years; Massachusetts,, five
years Michigan, two years ; Minnesota,
three years Missouri, one year Ne
brasks and Nevada, two years New
Hampshire and New Jersey, three years
Oregon, three, and Pennsylvania, two
years; Rhode Island, five years South
Carolina, two years; Tennessee, two.
and Texas, three years Vermont, three:
Virginia, two; West Virginia, three
Wisconsin, one. A bORG-Jide residence
by you In any State VIII authorize YOU
to institute proceeding for divorce IN
its courts for any cause permitted by its
laws, whether arising there or elsewhere. /
A period Of residence is necessary In all /
States, that In Kansas being but one
year.
"CHALK Your Hat This cant phrase
had its origin In a literal Illustration Of
the words. " Admiral Reside was an
owner Of various stage coaches in the
days before railroads, and spent much |
Of his time In Washington which was,
In fact, his residence for several years, |
At the annual adjournment Of Congress
he would pass his friends Of the House |
and Senate-whiCh included nearly the /
whole list--over any stage line he con
trolIed. He would say to an OhiOan 4
or Kentuckian 60 I suppose you are 90
ing back to Cincinnati or Louisville, and
I'll pass you through by stage. When
asked how, he would reply: 60 Give me
your hat, and, taking the profered
he would make a Cabalistic
chalk mark on it impossible to counter
felt, andrestoEsitwith theremark: ''That
VIII serve your turn my agents VIII
recognize it anywhere, and viii not re-
ceive a cent from the man whose hat Is
so marked, Reside was right. All
his agents knew the sign at once. The
thing became SO common that some f8I-
lows tried to initiate It, but they were
invariably detected and compelled TO
lesTe the stage or pay their fare. In the
South or West chalk your hat still
stands for what the East styles dead
heading.