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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
sUaOOL AND CHURCH.

There is a colored church in New
York City whose leading members have
property valued at $4,000 O,0OO-N T.
Tti9cs.
The Reformed Episcopal Church in
General Council at Baltimore resolved
20 celebrate the tenth anniversary of its
organization December 10 next.
1--we never saw the book" re-
marked q member of the Baltimore
Board of School Commissioners, in a
discussion about introducing a new
grammar Baltimore Sun.
DIR. Lyon Playfair, in a receut
speech on the Scotch universities, said
Whereas the English universities
taught man to spend El,0O0 a year
with dignity and intelligence, the Scotch
universities taught him to makeit.'
DR.. w. w. Macfarlane has offered
a twelve-dollar medal as a prize to the
young ladies of Hardin College, Mis-
souri,, for the best essay on any subject,
filling at least three foolscap pages and
containing no word OF more than two
syllnbles.
Boston Univel ity has now the
largest conservatory of music in this
country, whether measured by the
number in the faculty, the attendance
of students, or the number and excel
lence of instruments and accommoda-
tons for pupils.-BOstOB Transcript
Union Theological Seminary, New
York, has property worth 81, 73O, 900,
which is an increase of nearly a million
dollars as compared with what it pos
sessed ten years ago. Liberal donations
of wealthy friends and the rise in GER
tain pieces of real estate have united to
bring about this prosperous state of af-
fairs.-N y S1tH.
Rev. Dr. d. II. Wheeler, formerly
United States Consul at Genoa, subse-
quently Professor of English Literature
and History in the Northwestern Uni
verSity at Evanston, H., and for the
past few years editor of the New York
Methodist, has been elected President of
the Allegheny College at Meadville,
Ps.
A report from the records of tho
courts of France upon the relation be-
tween education and crime describes re.
suits directly opposed to those obtained
in the United States courts. Of 25,OOo
persons wholly illiterate, five were
criminals; of the same number able to
read and write, six were transgressors,
and of an equal number of persons of
superior instruction. fifteen were under
the ban. Relapses into crime were
found much more numerous among
educated people.-N.K T. Herald.
Nearly two hundred women of
New York, wives of some of the best
known citizens, have petitioned the
Board of Education to make the teach
ing of sewing to girls between ten and
twelve compulsory in the primary
schools. A plan of teaching ac-
companies the petition, and pro-
vides that after attaining certain pro
iiciency the children may bring their
own work. This is a step in the right
direction. The tendency of our modern
education is too often away from home;
it trains the brain, but does not make
housewives. But as these good women
point out sewing is of much more i'm
pOrtance to the mother of poor fam
lily than arithmetic, or geography, or
histOry.-N y Tribune.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
"Not as the World Glvoth. y

Deep down in every human heart
there is a desire for a peace and salts
isfactiOn which the possession of the
highest hOnOrs and emOluments that the
world can confer has utterly failed to
produce. Men have sought this peace
in every possible direction; millions
have sought and are seeking in vain.
They have sought it in the triumphs Of
war, in learning and poetry in Greek and
Roman mythology, and in the various
philosophers of ancient and modern
times. They seek it in the pleasures Of
the world, in the gaieties OF fashion, in
the pOmps and splendOrs Of wealth and
fame, and thousands are seeking it in
open and deadly sins-in the drunk
ards cup, in sensualism, and in all the
vices of our times. These things give
pleasure, and we must ever recognize
this fact, but In the end they can give
only dissatisfaction, disappointment,
ruin, death. They can not give satis-
faction, because the soul was not made
to be satisfied with them. 1t has high
sr destiny. 1t finds its peace only in a
conformity to the Divine viii and in
sympathy with the Divine love, and II
was these that Christ came to manifest
and express.
''Not as the world giveth give 1 unto
you" Not in the hurry and bustle OF
life; not in the pomps Of the world moi
alone by the powers Of OratOry is the
sinner lead to Christ, and refreshed ii
the Heavenly dews Of pardon anc
peace; but in devout and careful medi
lation, in the holy worship and sacra
ments of the church, and In the swee
communion Of the soul with It's Maker
It's Savior and its Sanetifer, In silent
secret prayer The world offers pleas
ures, bat they are pleasures that leay
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
Their Gratitude.

For some years past two ladies have
been seen passing daily through Ninth
Street to Prospect Park, Brooklyn, with
an evidently aged but still noble-look-
ing Newfoundland dog. He usually
walked slowly and painfully between
them. They often stopped for the ami
mai to rest, only moving when he
evinced a desire TO proceed. They
were permitted to bathe him in the
park lakes. A few months agohe died,
a costly coffin was made for him. and
he was buried in the family lot in
Greenwood Cemetery Inquiry revealed
that several years ago the ladies,
mother and daughter, we're wrecked on
the Jersey coast While being trans
ferred with the dog from the ship to
the beach the boat capsized The dog
rescued the daughter, and, returning
through the serf, aided the Life Saving
crew 10 bringing the half-drOWned
mother ashore. BROOKLYN Eagle.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
BOIting.

The Republican party can not be built
up by being torn down. If each man
is to declare war upon the party when
ever the candidate of his choice is not
nominated in a Convention, of course
anarchy will follow, Just as it would if
men only held themselves bound by
laws for which their favOrite legislators
had voted. 1t is easy enough to prove
that no man is bound to vote party
ticket which does not suit him. 1t is
equally easy to show that no party oft
nmakes a ticket which really pleases
voters enough to elect it. Presidents
are chosen by the magnanimity or par
ty fidelity of those who are defeated in
the Conventions whenever there is a
contest over the nomination. Seward
could have defeated Lincoln in 1860,
Blaine could have defeated Hayes
in 1876, and Grant could have
defeated Garfield in 1880. The
nominee was in each case depend
ent upon the support Of men who
felt indignant over the result in COnven-
ton They yielded their support be-
cause they believed the success of the
opposition would be disastrous to the
National welfare. The right of private
Judgment should, Of course, be reserved
by every voter, and no man should fee:
bound to vote for a corrupdonist who,
by trickery and the use of money, thrusts
himself upon the party; but it is base
treachery for men to defeat their party
on a false pretense Of believing the can.
didate unworthy, when really they are
but gratifying vengeful malice and pet
! ting their own sore heads. Let us think
rather of the best means toward the sue
cess of the next Republican Presidential
candidate than of the best excuses to
make for boiling him. How would it dc
/ to assume that the candidate viii be
| worthy, whether he happens to be Oul
man or not?-N National Republican.
The hop crop Of Western Washing
ton Territory promises 10 be enormous
this year. The season Is very forward
and picking win commence three week
earlier than usual Chicago Times.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20

It rnined three days after this and
then he found the mask a shapeless
wad of wet paper.
ooh, you ugly thingT' he said eff
the rain hadn't spoiled you, I would
have done it.n-Y Youths Companion.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20

Syracuse has been imposed upon by
two young men who sold painted spar
rows for canaries, at two dollars each.
Two good singing canaries we're carried
along as advertisements Syracuse (N.
u Journal.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
FOr YOung Readerg.
WORDs WITR WLNqs.

If words
We're birds,
And swiftly flew
From tips
To lips
Owned, dear, by you;
Would they,
To-day,
BE hawks and CrOWs2
Or blue,
And true,
And sweet2 Who lmows3
Let's play
To-day
We choose the best;
Birds blue
And true,
with dove-like breastl
'Iis queer,
My dear,
We never knew
That words,
Like birds,
Had wings and fleWl
-JG8si6 McGrcODr, tH st. Nicholas.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20

"A Chicago glove merchant employs
girls for clerks, They average well in
good looks, but have remarkably big
hands. Il won't employ them, said
he, "if they wear less than No. 8 gloves.
mean that their hands shall always be
larger than those of the customers, who
are hattered by the contrast, and there
by put into a good humor for making
purchases. ~ Chicago Nei0s.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20

The Massachusetts Railroad Com
mission has decided that railroad COM
panies must check parcels and packages
offered by passengers, provided they
contain personal baggage. - Boston
Post.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20

1t is now proposed to let the ladies
do some Of the talking at banQuets,-
Louisville Courier journal,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20

The hop crop Of Western Washing
ton Territory promises TO be enormous
this year. The season Is very forward,
and picking win commence three weeks
earlier than usual Chicago Times.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-06

A handful of hay in a pailful of
water neutralizes the smell of paint.
Chow shall I have my bonnet trim.
med" asked Martha, $50 that 1t will
agree with my complexion 2" eff you
want it to match your face, have It
plain" replied the hateful Harriet.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-06
Human Flesh For Dinner,

GALVESTON, TEXAS, August 22.--Ad.
vices, just received from Nevada, Mexi-
co. report the occurrence there of q
tragedy, the details Of which are horri.
bic almost beyond belief. About two
years ago James Atwater settled nenr
Ne!ada and began cattle raising. Six
months after his arrival he sent for his
wife and family of three, who were then
living near Nenia, Ohio. They came and
have lived with their f"ther. Mrs. At
water was Il woman OF line appearance
and some education, and short expert
ence of frontier life disgusted her. Her
husband endeavored to reconcile her, but
apparently without success. About two
months ago while walking about the
ranch Mrs. Atwater was Frustrated by a
sunstroke, and, although she soon re-
covered, her mind has since been affect.
ed.
Last Thursday her youngest child, n
hve-year.od boy, disappeared, and dill.
ligent search failed 20 bring to light any
traces OF his whereabouts. At dinner on
Saturday Mrs. Atwater placed before her
husband dish of meat. He knew that
no cattle had been killed and asked
where the meat came from and what it
was. Mrs. Atwater said that it was
rabbit which had been caught in snare
set by her in the chapparal Her hus-
band ate but spnringly of the dish,
Notwithstanding the urgent requests Of
his wife. Finally, angcred at his appa-
rent Indifference, Mrs. Atwnter jumped
up from the table and, going to TIE cup.
board, took from it q human nrm, and
throwing it on the table, shouted to the
horriiied husband: "You don't relish
eating your own flesh and blood cooked;
try it rawv Mr.. Atwaler, who is aiilict-
ed with heart disease, fell to the floor In
swooii, aud his wife was seized by Two
of the herders just as she was about to
cut her throat with case.knife. She
raved wildly and the herders gathered
from her talk that the missing boy had
been secreted by her during Thursday.
and that she had slipped from her bed
that night and murdered him, cutting off
his head, arms and legs with Ratchet.
Two of the legs and one arm she boiled
and set them before her husband as
above stated. The horrible story was
corroborated by the herders, WHO found
the remnants of the child's body in the
place where the mother said that she had
left them. When Mr.. Atwater recovered
consciousness his reason had departed,
aud he is now d raving maniac. Mrs.
Atwater has been placed in Jail, but there
is no likelihood that she will be tried. as
she is too mad
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-06

they passed through the mills aud fairly
gasped for breath while in the acid works.
When they left tho latter place their
appearance was enough to make the
angels weep All their many colored
ribGous. and feathers and .what mot were
b!cached to dirty white, aud several
fine dresses were utterly ruined. One
lady, whose damask cheeks were due to
proinscly laid cosmetics, when she came
out wore complexion deeply, beauti
fully green, and it cost her weeks of
modification and close scclusion before
she got rid of her vcrdancy."
Where is all the sulphur obtained for
making this acid?" asked reporter
who had been silently taking in the
conversation hitherto.
"The companies bring it from Sicily
by the ship. load, aud keep a fleet Of
schooners constantly employed in the
work. You may see, any: day, on the
wharves along the river, piles of pure
volcanic sulphur large enough TO make
one of the largest blocks in This city"
"llow about the magnitude OF this
phosphate iudustry?' was next inquired
1T amounts to millions of dollars an.
nually. Much Of the manufactured pro.
duct is consumed i'll the United States,
but respectable proportion is shipped
abroad and several million tons also 20
to foreign lands in tue crude state TO be
reduced there. 1t is an exceedingly
strong and rich fertilizer, and generally
requires to be mixed.with other manures
to lessen its strength. Before the manu-.
facture Of this article the yards and the
parks of Charleston were as bare of grass
as your hand now every house of any
pretension is surrounded by lawn Of
thick, velvety turf, and the parks are
almost transformed. 1t il the only MA.
terial that will enable grass to grow
upon ocean sand. AS natural c0nse.
quence, the owners OF the phosphate
lands and the manufacturers and dealers
have become rich, and the end is not yet
in sight. 1t is not improbable that other
similar deposits will be found in other
localities along the coast, and every acre
Of worn out, tillable land in the older
States, and even the desert places, be
made to blossom rs Il garden"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-06

devil called convention of his board of
directors, and told them that the Almigh.
ty was getting ahead of him and they
;Hust 10 something TO catch more souls,
and one of the board said the best plan
was to make men believe there was no
God. But the old devil shook his head
and said that won't do-all nature tells
them that there is God. You NAV
catch few fools that way, but not many.
Another one of the board said Better
make them believe there is no hell"
That is BETTER" said the old devil, "and
that will catch good many, but we must
do better than that" And after a long
pow.wow the old devil gave his opinion
and said the best way to whisper to every
man and woman that there wasI time
enough. That next year would do lust
as well, aud so sc. them to put it off, and
if we can ever get 'em in a way of put.
ting it off we'll bag 'em shorc.'
Sam Jones may be called rough and
unpublished, but he is diamond never
theless, and his good work for the orphan
home will live rs bright record Of his
good deeds long after he is gone.
After the beuediction there was a re-
cess Of an hour, and long table spread,
and everybody put their lunch upon the
biards and blessing was asked and
then all was good cheer and good humor.
There was mutton and kid and roast pig
and chicken and bread and cake and pies
in abundance, and the feast was closed
with peaches and melons and grapes ;
and everybody was happy. 4 good
sermon is good thing and so is good
singing, but poor. frail mortal can
enjoy it more when he knows a good
dinner is to follow. There is no virtue
that know Of that thrives on nm empty
stomach.
RIII Amp
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-06
A Giant Skeleton.

SHELBYvILLE, Ind, August 49,
George Arnold, farm hand, in the en-.
ploy of Franklin Boots, who lives about
fifteen miles west Of this city, made a
discovery which has excited widespread
interest in this country. The object of
this interest is the skeleton Of what once
was man OF gigantic proportions, which
whs uncovered in gravel pit on Mr..
Boots farm. The skeleton was found in
a sitting posture, facing the east, and
about six feet beneath the surface. Some
Of the bones were badly broken by
caving of the bank. but the skull and
some of the larger bones were taken out
intact, and from them may be easily re.
allied the gigantic stature Of the being
to whom they once gave support. A
measurement Of the skull from front to
rear, the rule passing through the eye
socket to the back of the head, shows it
to have been about sixteen inches, while
the breadth of the inferior maxillary was
eight and one.half inches, showing that
the brain must have weighed four and
one.half to five pounds. Careful meas
urements of the other bones establish
the fact that the man, when alive, was
not less than nine feet in height and
large in proportion. From the appear.
ance of the teeth, which arc very large,
and DO not show the slightest sign OF
decay, although they are worn down
almost to the bones Of the jaw, the man
could not have been less than 100 years
old when he died, and of course, he may
have been much older. The bones Of
the lower jaw are very large and thick,
showing an extent of muscular develop.
ment in that organ which is far beyond
anything Of the present day. Howlong
ago the body Of this giant was inferred
where it was unearthed. or to what tribe
or nation lie belonged when he trod the
earth in all tbs majesty of bis strength,
1t is impossible 20 say. but it must have
been ages ego, as all the indications show
that the soil where the remains were
discovered had not been disturbed for
many generations. Steps have been
taken to have casts made Of the bones,
and they will be placed in the State
collection or some of our college muse.
ums.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-06
A Mystery.

While Mr.. D. B. Conner was walking
in his pasture, in the lower part of ouI
county few days ago, he found in a
secluded place in hollow stump two
guns which had evidently been there O
great many years. All the wood work
was gone, and the iron part was twelve
or fifteen inches under ground. Both
guns were well loaded, had keen flint
in each lock, and were half cooked
The barrels are as straight as an arrow
and have been burnt with many fires
The supposition is that the guns were
put there when the stump was a green
tree, perhaps hundred years ago and
over. We wonder who put them there
and for what purpose Orangeburs
Times and Democrat.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-06

- We are told that when Jacob kissed
Rachel be Gifted up his voice and
wept" The cause does not appear, but
perhaps Rachel had been eating onions
- There is telegraph operator at
Pensacola, Fla. who takes no heed OF
strikes. He gets Sl0 day because Of
the presence of yellow fever In Gown.
he does not meet with active competi.
tion, even with his fancy salary % an
inducement to other operatives 70 divide
this GGeid win him. aa5S ~ ai'fi''',fT
GIVEN UP pY DocToRs.--''Is It posi-.
BILE that Mr.. Godfrey 10 up and at work
and cured by 30 simple q remedy2'' =
~ assure you It is true that he Is en-.
tirely cnrcds and with nothing but Hop
Bitters ). and only ten days ago his doc
tors gave him up and said he must die p
aWell.a.day I That's remarkahle!
will 60 this day and get come for my
poor Gsorge-I know hops are good"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-06

A girl was recently arrested >ab
North being disguised as an old woman.
Suppose the case were changed, and all
the old women who appear In the dis.
guiso of girls were arrested. If this was
dene our jaIls would have the appearance
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-06

= Every man esteems his own mis-.
fortune the greatest.
Everybody Is using, and everybody is
Recommending to everybody's friend 3
Browne Iron Bitters as reliable iron
medicine, q true tonic.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-09-15
Extensive Art Gallery.

Next to the Bible, no book is more use
full than Websters Dictionary. The Un-
abridged is an extensive art gallery, con-
tanning over three thousand engraving.
representing almost every animal, insect,
reptile, implement. plants. ETC., which We
know anything about. 1t is vast library.
giving informotion on almost every men,
tionable subject. 1t indeed has been we'll
remarked that it is the most remarkable
compendium of human knowledge in our
language. The value of its ILLUSTRATED
DEr1S1r1oNs, the pictures in Webster under
the 12 words, Reef, Boiler, Castle, Column
Eye, Horse, Moldings, Phrenology. Ravel
lin, Ships (pages l164 1910, Steam Engine.
Timbsrs, define S43 words and terms far
better than can be defined in words.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-09-15

tain coal region, and / am in hopes that
that will be the beginning in time Of the
| road to Fort Benton on the Missouri A
a business man, can see no reason why
this town, taking all the circumstances
into consideration, is not really destin ed
to be the centre Of great interests and
if you all here will keep pace in your
moral and intellectual growth with the
growth in material prosperity, you will
crafty the man after whom the place il
nalneu and every man who is . lover of
good things.
"And now as our train gees, I can only
say that l am glad to have been here and
glad to haye had an opportunity Of kissing
the first baby born in the town. hope to
come back here very often, and shall oon-
tinue to be the friend of all the babies and
all the grown-up people too.
Three cheers having been given for Fred
erick Billing, he introduced his wife, say
ing the best part of Billings was Mrs.
Billings. Cheers 4vere then given for Mrs.
Billings, and Mrs Billings baby" and
the baby, Frederick Billings. jr. promis-
ing young fellow Of seventeen years, bowed
his acknowledgements.
Repeated calls were made for Geu. Grant,
and his appearance was greeted with three
hearty cheers. In response tho General
said: ala e
"LAD1Es AND GENTLEMEN: l am very
glad to see you. We are about starting.
and there will be ne time for speech of
the length l usually make. In addition to
that, l presume Mr.. Billings has traverssd
all the ground that l should. have no
doubt that hs made my speech. will
assume that he did, and I am satisfied it
could not have been said any better if l
had said it myself"
Mr.. Willard, just before leaving, sx-
pressed his obligations to the citizens for
the attention shown him and his guests.
In congratulatinx them on tho produce sx-
kibited he said he would do al he could
for the town consistently with his position
a. President of the N. P. r. R., and he had
no doubt that all their expectations with
regard to the future would be realized. A.
to the Coal road, he said, I'VE have had
line located. l have not yet seen the En-
ginesrs report, but l expect to meet Gen.
Anderson somewhere on the line. l have
no doubt it will be in favor of the line you
desire"