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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-16


The prosperity which now pre-
walls IS without parallel in our his
tory. Fruitful! seasons have done
much to secure it: but they have
not done all. The preservation Of
public credit and the resumption Of
specie payments so successfully al
tanned by the administration of my
predecessors have enabled our peo-
pie 10 secure the blessings which
the seasons brought. By the expe-
rieuce OF comNercial nations IN all
ayes it has been found that gold and
silver afford the only safe founda-
ton for q monetary system. Confu-
sion has recently been created by
variations in the relative value Of
the two metals. but I confidently be-
iieVe that arrangements can be made
between the leading commercial na-
tons which will secure the general
use of both metals. Congress should
provide that the compulsory coinage
Of silver now required by law may
not disturb our monetary system bv
driving either lne.al out OF circula-
ton. If possible such adjustment
should be made that the purchasing
power OF every coined dollar will be
exactly equal to its 6ebt-paying pow
er in al markets OF the world.
The chief duty of the National
Government in connection with the
currency Of the country is to coin
money and declare lis value Grave
doubts have been entertained whe-
ther Congress rs authorized by the
Constitution TO make any form of
paper money legal tender. The pre-
sent issue of United States notes has
been sustained by the necessities of
war, but such paper should depend
for its value and currency upon its
convenience IN use and its prompt
redenptio i'll cold at the will o: the
holder. and not Upon its compulsory
circulation. These notes are not
mouey, but promises to pay money.
If the holders demand it the promise
should be kept
The refunding Of the national debt
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
aEatine Crow

This well known phrase, which Is so
often applied in political articles and
speeches to those who are constrained to
support a CandidateWhOm theydO not like,
or, have previously opposed, came into
vogue through an anecdOte published IN
the EniekerJOcker WagUziRe over quarter
Of a century ago:
1t was a story Of summer boarding
house keeper on the Hudson and Of an IN
dignant patron. Whenever the latter ven-
tured to suggest that the spring chicken
was rather tough, or that the roast beef
must have been cut from the cows hOOls,
he was directly told that he was entirely
'tOO perdckerler," and that the autocrlt Of
the table and the house could eat anything,
even crow. This settled the matter for
the time being, but the bOarder convinced
against his viii was Of the same opinion
still, ut all events, in regard to the quality
of the edibles placed before him. So often
was the remark, Il kin eat anything; kin
eat q crOw,' brought down on his devoted
head that he finally resolved to try the old
man. He went out cunning one day and
succeeded in bagging very Gne, fat, Old
black crow. He went into the kitchen and
by dint Of soft words and filthy lUcre, in
duced the cook to allow him to prepare that
crow for the table He boiled it nicely,
and it wasn't such bad looking dish after
all. His heart misgave him; the hinty old
CUss would eat it after all. The cook was
q Scotch woman and used snuff. He Dor
rOwed all she had and sprinkled it literally
over the crow, gave her another simmer
and then taking it on a salyer brought it
before his host, saying rs he sat it down,
Now, my dear sir, you hrve said thOus-
and times, If you have said it once, that
y0u can cat crow. Here is one very care
fully cooked" 1t is said that the old man
turned pale for q moment, but braccd HIM
self against t. . back Of his chair, and with
Il kin eat crow" he began, cutting good
mOuthful. He swallowed it, and then pre-
pairing for a second onslaught, he looked his
bOarder straight in the eye, while he cIdcu-
lated, 1--WE eaten crow" and took his sec
1ud portion. He lifted his hands mechanic
lily, as if for q third onslaught, but drop
)ed them quickly over the region Of the
tomach, and, rising hurriedly and I'M
iteadily, retreated for the door, muttering
as he went, "but dang me Ii banker
arteT. it."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
Future of Our Country

From the London Telegraph, May 10, 1SsO
When, in 1876, thefhirteen North Amcy
icsn colonies put forth that Declaration OF
Independence which preIuded the birth Of
q nation the combined white population
inhabiting them did not exceed 2,500,000
souls. Yet they had the courage to throw
down the gage of battle to a Power with
which, in Daniel Webster's words, "iOf
purposes of foreign conquest and subjUga-
tiOn, Rome, in the height Of her glory, was
not to be compared o Power which has
dotted the surface Of the whole globe with
her possessions and military posts, whose
morning drum beat, following the sun and
keeping company with the hours, circles
the earth with one continuous and Un
broken strain of martial airs of Englandn
Fourteen years later came, in 1850, the
first census of population taken IN the
United States, and it was found that with.
in the borders Of the young nation there
were not quite 100000 souls. At the eL-
piratiOn Of ten years it appeared, upon
taking the second census, that the pOpUla-
tiOn was q little more than 5,25O,OOO, hay
ing increased between 1880 and 1900 at the
rate Of 35 per cent. In q short time the
tenth census of what has become q mighty /
people will be taken, and we risk little in /
saying that, in Joseph Hume's phrase, "the /
tCttle of the whole win show q population /
Of at least 50,OO0,OOO especially if the emil
grants who are now pouring into the United /
States in vast numbers are not omitted |
from the calculation. In other words, the |
population Of the great Republic in 1850 |
VIII be their population in 1776 multiplied /
by twenty, and, were it likely that the I
same ratio Of increase could be maintained /
for another century, the mind of man /
would sink before the effort Of imagining |
what it is possible for the monster Repub- |
lie to be in 1880. However bOuhdIess the |
resources Of the North American continent |
may be, it can hardly be expected that the /
second centenary of the United States viii |
be celebrated by q thousand million hui I
man beings, and yet such would be the re-
suit Of multiplying 5O,OOOOOO by twenty. /
Anyhow, it Is certain that a century hence
no such assemblage Of men speaking the
same language and amenable to the same
general traditions Of feeling, habit and
education, viii ever have gathered together
upon earth as viii then occupy the great
Western Continent.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
Choice Sayings

In old times men used their power Of
painting TO show the objects Of faith in
later times they used the objects of faith
that they might show their powers Of paint
ing J. RUslzin.
Those passionate persons who carry their
hearts in their mouth are rather to be
pitied than feared; their threateuings
serving no other purpose than to forearm
him that is threatened.-LT T. Fuller
Death sets US safely on shore in our long
expected Canaan, where there are no temp
tatiOns, no danger Of falling, but eternal
purity and immortal joys secure our mnO-
cence and happiness forever Wake
Alasl it is not till time, with reckless
hand, has torn out half the leaves from
the Book Of Human Life, to light the fires
of passion with, from day to day, that
man begins to see that the leaves which re-
main are few in number LongiellOW.
To some men nature is like some wO-
men. inasmuch rs it may be necessary to
thrust them into her acquaintance and inn
prison them there before they VIII learn to
appreciate their worth, then, so great is the
revelation, they VIII call themselves stupid
for not loving her before Good Company.
An honest private man often grows cruel
and abandOnded when converted into an
absolute prince. Give q man power Of do
ing what he pleases with impunity, you
extinguish his fear, and consequently over
turn him in one of the great pillars Of
This too we find confirmed by
matter of fact. How many heirs-appa1eut
to grand empires, when in the possession
of them have become such monsters Of
lust and cruelty as are reproach to hu-
man nature Addison.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
Color-BIindnuss.

There is no human infTmity more Gu
riOus than is cOlor-blindness; and scarcely
any other about which so little is known.
The oldest thing about it, perhaps, is that
it is not certain, or even likely, that the
person who is afflicted with cOlOr-blindness
is aware Of the defect.
COlor-blindness is an inability to distin-
guish cOlOrs. Those who are wholly color
blind can see no more than the forms Of
things; but cases Of total absence Of the
power to perceive color are very rare. In
most persons who are lacking in this re-
spect the infrmity extends only to certain
cOlOTs. One man cannot perceive q red
color; another green; another blue, and so
on.
This partial cOlOr-blindness is not un-
common Examinations by experts seem
to show that about one in every twenty
men is defective in the perception Of color;
and it is asserted that the defect is not so
common in women as in men.
PrObabably not many readers of this pa
per are conscious that they are cOlOr-blind.
Yet, if OCculists are correct, and four or
five in every 100 persons are deficient in
this respect, the defect assumes proportions
that command attention, for the reason
that there are many occupations in which
a quick and accurate perception of color is
necessary. The lack of it may render sue
cess impossible.
There are many ways of testing the eye,
to find out if it is cOlOr-blind. The best is
to put into the hands of a person wOrsted
of various cOlOrs, and ask him to separate
the pieces into red, blue, green and other
cOlOrs; and then to shade them from light
to dark. A man who is cOlOr-blind will
usually make a mistake in asserting the
colors in the first four or five pieces given
him for examination.
Another test is to see if a person can
read red letters printed on black ground.
A third is to cover a blue sheet, printed
with black letters, with thin white tissue
paper. To the perfect vision, the lett rs
will appear q yellOWish brown. If they
are black letters printed on red sheet,
they will appear green under the paper.
The causes of cOIor-blindness have been
sought by scientific men, and very plausi-
bic theories have been formed with regard
to them, which we have not space to give.
The defect is incurable. A person who
does not know colOrs can never be taught
them, and there is no operation or instru-
ment that will remedy the defect.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
WHOLE NO. 1881.
Popular Science Notes.

1t is stated that the soft bluestOne rock
which underlies a wide part Of the prairie
region of Texas, is fully six hundred feet
thick IN many places.
Ernest Renan, writing from the region
Of the Nile, claims to have discovered a
little model of a sewing machine, supposed
to have been made over six thousand years
ago, by an Egyptian, named Zyuger.
In many parts of southern Europe q
flour is made from chesmuts, WIichis said
not only to be cheaper, but fully equal to
wheat flour IN the making Of breads. A
writer from that country states that in
some places wheat flour and corn meal are
entirely superseded by this product, which
Is very nOurishing, and can be saved two
years or longer without injury.
The largest grain elevator in the world
is at jersey City, erected by the PennsyI-
vania railway company. 1t is 145 feet wide,
200 feet long, and has a capacity for storing
100000 bushels of grain The building
has twenty-fOur sets Of elevating apparatus
for taking grain from cars, and four @c0n-
veyOrs' run from the building to the wharf
for unloading canal boats and loading ships.
In the excavations made for the widen
ing Of the bed Of the Tiber, many interest
ing archaeological discoveries, in the way
Of Roman relics, were made. A perfect
statue Of q Roman matrOn was found. and
close by, another statue Of Tiberius, the
latter being broken in several places. Urns,
decorated Withrehefs Of fruits and flowers,
Of fine workmanship, and many other
articles, unique and ancient were also dis
covered.
According to Professor TyndaIl's defui-
tion, the brain is the organized register Of
infinitely numerous experiences received
during the evolution Of life. OF rather dur
ing the evolution Of that series Of organ-
ism through which the human organism
has been reached; the effect Of the most
uniform and frequent Of these experiences
has been successfully bequeathed, princi-
pal and interest, and have slOWly y mounted
to that high intelligence which lies latent
in the brain Of the infant.
The important work Of connecting the
system Of triang1lation, covering western
Europe and Northern Africa, was success
fully cOnsummated, by powerful electric
lights being placed at o high elevation
on mountains Of the British Islands,
France, Spain and Algeria. Thus these
countries were united into one grand sys-
TEN Of triangles, reaching from the Sahara
to the nOrthermOst Of the Shetland Islands,
giving meridian arc Of q degrees, the
greatest hitherto measured on the earth.
The result Of experiments extending
through q period Of two months, on the
influence Of the electric light on the growth
Of plants, has been reported to the Royal
Society of London. 1t is shown that plants
do not require any rest during the twenty
four hours, but that their growth may be
materially quickened by giving them the
benefit Of the electric light at night. A
light equal to 1000 candles, at a distance
Of or feet from the growing plants, ap-
peared to be equal In effect to average day
light at this season Of the year.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
Buck BcCr.

Buck beer demOralizlng IN its tendency
when it mOveth itself Alright. 1t layeth
hold Of the intellect, and twisteth it out Of
shape.
My son, go not with them who go to seek
buck beer, for at last it stingeth like the
brOcaded hornet with the red hot narrative,
and kicketh like the chOleric mule.
Who hath woe? Who hath babbling ?
Who hath redness of eyes? He that gOeth
to seek the schooner of buck beer.
Who hath sorrow? Who striveth when
the middle watch Of the night hath CONS
% wind up the clock with the fifteen puz-
zle? He that kicketh against the buck
beer and getteth left.
Verify, the bucBness OF the buck beer
bucketh with mighty buck, insomuch
that the buCkee riseth at the noon hOu
with head that cOmpasseth the town
round about, and the sweetness thereof
waketh more and more, even from Dan to
Beer-Sheba. Current joke in the Holy
Land)
Who clamoreth with q loud voice and
saith: "Verily, am not a bad man? ~
Who is he that walketh Unsteadily, and
singeth unto himself: "The Bright Angles
are Waiting for Me ?'
Who wOtteth not even q fractional wOt,
but setteth his chrOnOmeter by the wooden
watch of the matchmaker and by means
of q toothbrush?
Go to. Is it not he that bangeth his in
tellect fernist the buck beer even unto the
eleventh hour?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
Curious andIntoresting.

Henry, upon being asked how many
boys were in his sSabbath-schOOl class, said
"If you multiply the number of Jacobs
sons by the number of times which the
Israelides compassed Jericho, and add to
the product the number Of measures OF
barly which Boaz gave Ruth; divide this
by the number Of Haman's sons subtract
the number of each kind of clean beasts
that went into the ark; multiply by the
number of men who went to seek Elijah
after he was taken to heaven; subtract from
this Joseph's age at the time when he stood
before Pharaoh add the number Of stones
in Davids bag when he killed GOliah (;
subtract the number of furlOngs that Beth
any was distant from Jerusalem; divide
by the number Of anchors cast out at thG
time of Paul's shipwreck; subtract the
number Of people saved in the ark, and the
remainder will be the number Of boys in
the class How many were there?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
Our Bodies After Death.

Within q very near approach to truth,
the human family inhabitng the earth has
been estimated at !, ,OOO,OOO,OOO; the annual
loss by death is 100000. Now, the
weight Of the animal matter Of this i'm
mense body cast into the grave is no less
than 634O0O tons, and its decomposition
produces 9,OOOO0O,OOO,OOO cubic feet Of
matter. The vegetable productions Of the
earth clear away from the earth the gases
thus generated, decOmpOsing and assimilat-
ing them for their own increase. g This cir
Gle of changes has been going on ever since
man became an Occupier Of the earth. 2 He
feeds on the lower animals and ON the
seeds Of plants, which in due time become
a part of himself The lower animals feed
upon the herbs and grasses, which, in their
turn, become the animal then, by its
death, again pass into the atmosphere, and
are ready once more to be assimilated by
plants, the earth or bone substance alone
remaining where it is deposited
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
Too Active.

Your little son is perhaps troublesome.
He is never quiet, and sen. tlntly demand.
ing attention. How shall you abate this
nuisance? You may try to destroy these
bad habits by scOlding him, by rebukes,
by lectures, by punishments. That is one
way, but not the best. These bad habits
often spring from an instinct Of activity,
an intense desire to do something, which
the Creator has given the child as a means
of mental and moral growth. In trying to
pull up the tares you are in great danger
of roofing ont the wheat also. IfyOU sue
ceed by force in changing his disagreeable
torment of perpetual activity into a dull
quiet, you have changed q bright boy into
a dull one. A better way than destroying
this tendGncy is to fulfill it by giving him
plenty Of occupation of an innocent kind.
Give him a heap Of sand to dig, blocks Of
wood to build houses with, box Of tools,
and boards to saw. Set him at some work,
useful or interesting, or, at least, harmless.
He viii like all this better than he likes
mischief All his irregular activity was a
cry for something to do. Give him that,
md you will have no further trouble
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
ADVERTI>ING RATES.

The above scale of prices is for ordinary sing
column display advertising. Solid Legal, Officia
and Tabular advertisements viii be charged At the
legal rate for space occupied. Rule and Figure
work so per cent. extra.
SPECIAL NOTICES, advertisements in other than
single column measure, and those in prescribed
location, 25 per cent additional.
Local NoTICEs-1G cents per line for first, and 5
cents per line for each additional insertion.
CARDS in Business DirectOry-One inch, year
so: months, Sc; months, 50. Oue-balf inch
year, s. 90; mos. SO; mos 50.
OBIrUARY NOTICES tOther than simple announce.
ments of deaths,) Tributes of Respect, Cards Of
Thanks, and announcements by SOcieties-5 cents
per line.
Notices of Marriages, Births and Oeaths-when
furnished BY proper rauthOrity-free.
Attachment, Divorce, Administrators and Exocu-
tors Notices. must be paid for before Insertion
as also Foreign and Transient Advertising gener-
ally.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27

PAPER PULP FROM PINE LEAVES This
invention relates to q method Of treating
pine leaves for the purpose Of converting
them into pulp for the manufacture Of q
strong and superior paper by exposing the
pine leaves to the action Of steam under
pressure The pine leaves are put into q
steam-tight vessel, which, at its lower part
with % steam-supply pipe,
and at its upper part with q worm, similar
to Il still. Access to the worm is shut OFF,
and steam admitted into the closed vessel,
so as to expose the fbres to the effect Of
the steam under pressure, and also to Its
moisture and heat. The steam serves, by
its heat and pressure, to soften the tibres,
and to expeI all resinOUs, oily, spurious,
and other matter from their pores, and to
vaporize such matter but leaves the tibres
intact. When the fibres are properly soft
ened and liberated from their original con-
tents, the passage to the worm is opened,
so that the yaporized substances may escape
for purposes of distillatiOn. The fbres are
now removed from the vessel or tank, and
worked into pulp in the manner in which
vegetable fbrcs are usually worked into
pulp for making paper, papier-mache, or
the like. The pulp may be bleached by
means of suitable chemicals.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-27
Stop that Cough,

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