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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-09-19
s. MY HenYenlr Father. y

There is in the mere fact of Gods
existence a ground of human conti-
dence and Joy. It is source of vast
comfort to us amid the whirl of change
that we witness around us-the birth
and decay of stellar systems, the be-
wldering transformations of human
history-it is a comfort to know that
there is One who does not change, but
is, in His wisdom and might and holi-
ness, d" the same yesterday and to-day
and forever" 1t is source OF trust
and hope TO know that all the motions
of the planets and all the issues of
human life are governed, not by mex
orable laws, but by a Just and pure and
gracious Being, whose councils we may
not be able to fathOm, but who can not
but do all things we'll And yet this is
not all, for it is the great privilege of
every man to think of this infinite be-
inc as standing i'm intimate and con-
stant relations to himself. He is not
God only, but our God, and not our
God only, but my God. In His tender
compassion He looks upon me, and to
Him l may address my prayer. He
knows my frame. He hears my cry.
He understands my thought afar Off
In the completest solitude He is near
me, leading me in the paths in which
He would have me to go. If calamity
befalls me, it is not because He has for
gotten me, but because He in His wis
dom has sent it. If temptation as
sails me, it is not because He has with
drawn from me, but because He is suf-
fering me to be tried. that 1 may learn
His power and His willingness to aid
me. He is not merely the friend OF
mantle is my friend; not merely the
Father of all but my Father. At ev-
cry hour, in every place, He is as near
to me as though | could behold Him.
He whom nothing can resist is my
helper; He who sees the end from the
beginning is my guide. l may have
nothing else in the world, but 1 have
Him for my God, and though I may
know nothing else l may at least know
Him, and it is such a knowledge ol
Him, not as God only, but as my God
to which ! am to look for mora
strength. h.-ReU q. b. C0e, d. d.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-09-19
A Cantllever Bridge.

The new bridge soon to cross Niagara
River win be the first specimen of the
modern cantilever system in the United
States. The An3eTicdR ATchitect says:
.'The principle of the cantilever bridges
may be illustrated by comparing them
with a structure formed of two over
hanging beams, projecting toward each
other, with a third beam hung between
them. Each of the overhanging beams
is supported in the middle upon pier,
the weight of the shore end serving to
oOunterbalance that of the end project
ing over the river, together with its
! half of the additional weight Of the in
termediale beams which hangs between
/ them. OF course all me beams, instead
of solid pieces, are trusses of steel and
| iron, of such immense transverse
strength that two piers only are re-
! quired in the entire span of eight hum
dred and ninety-five feet. The first.
and only, example of this construction
yet actually completed, was the Inflated
Tay Bridge ia Scotland, but its adyan-
tage In point Of economy, the bridge
being simply built out from each end
until the chasm is spanned, is so great
as TO lead engineers TO regard it with
muoh favor and the Tay Blidge
itiolf is TO be rebuilt in the same
manner. "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-09-19
Not Visible to the Naked Eve.

" An era of good feeling" this is, ac-
cOrhng to one aCute observer. 1t
closely resembles, he thinks, the times
Of President Monroe, and he is sure
nat he sees in the near future a break
mo up and reorganization of parties.
Mcanwhi2s. ''Curn the rascals OUT is
an evidence Of the good feeling of the
Democrats. And the two parties, as
thoroughly organized and disciplined
as ever, are confronting each other in
Ohio and Iowa, and preparing Tor u
struggle in which a moderate ga n in the
size Of maioritles viii be hailed by
either party as great victory. To the
ordinary observer, the signs OF an 'ara
of good feeling, or of a "breaIing up of
parties, are notvisible 90 the naked eye.
The Republican party, for instance
is more thoroughly united than it has
been at any other time for years. In
1872. and again before the nomination
I'm 1880, and after the Inauguration in
1881, there were signs of discord. An
observer might have believed, at these
periods. that "a reorganization OF parties
might result. But there is now no in
dication whatever of probable rapture
among Republicans Absolute agree
ment as TO all details is not to De aN-
pected There are differences of Opin-
ion about some individuals and some
appointments. and some details of the
new tariff But these and all other diff
ferences that now appear are on all
hands regarded as wholly insignificant
in comparison with the great and patri-
Otic objects for which the united party
strives.
Not very long AGO, man who be-
lcved that Mr.. Wattprson and his fol-
l0wers were very much in ea nest might
have entertained tine notion that the
Democratic party was going to pieces.
In words, al all events, there seemed to
be an irrcconcilable difference between
the free-tradcrs, who declared il fatal
znd shameful c9wardice TO gloss oyel
;leir convictions any longer with mer,
Cks of phrase, and the Democratic
ttmmers who charged the defeat O
Ine party i'm 1880 to Mr.. Watterson'
impetuous and iuexpcdient candor
But that seems an age ago, ii ono look
at recent Democratic platforms an,
speeches. OF q sudden the trickster
and trimmers have II all Their own way
and the men who prOie sed to hav
deep-roOted convictions are acceptin,
another trick Of words as eloefuly as
they mad never dreamed of free trad
or OF "a tariff for revenue only. Iti
plain enough that there can be no con
troYersy i'm the Democratic ranks abou
any question of principle, bee use eithe
faoti0n is ready to sacrifice what it pre-
fesses TO consider sacred principles fC
the chance of Office Then as TO mer
there may be quarreling, but there
no leader of commanding thought an
influence, like Mr.. Douglas, aroun
whom a faction can rally. Mr. Tide
Is not such p leader, nor Mr.. Bayar'
nor Mr.. Mcdonald. The nominatio
win bo dictated by eXpediency agaii
There is not a sign Of breaking up,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-09-19
For Young Readers.


beautiful thoughts make n beautiful soul
md beautiful soul makes a beautiful
face"
Once I know q little girl,
Very plain;
You might try her hair to curl,
All in vain;
on her check no tint of rose
Pnla1 and hlushed, or sought repOse;
She was plain.
But the thoughts that through her brain
Came and went
AS recOmpense for pain,
Angels sent:
SO fun many a beuutcOus thing,
In her young gOul blOasOming,
Gave content.
Every thought was full of grace,
Pure and true;
And I'm time the hOmeiy face
LOvelier grew,
with a Heavenly radiance bright,
From the souls reflected light
Shining through.
So Itell you, little child,
Plain or poor
If your thoughts are undealed,
You are sure
OF the lOvellness of worth;
And this beauty not Of earth
VIII endure.
-Mdria Loceu IN 50. Nicholas.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-09-19

though there may be local quarrels Bit
tcr enough to make success impossible.
1t may be set down as a hard-pan
factN i'm politics that the Republican
party is not going 20 pieces SO long as
the old Democratic party remains in
existence, with its ancient traditions
and black record, to se.ze the Govern
ment at the first opportunity. If the
Republican party had no other reason
for being, il would be an all-sullicient
rols1n that those who rebell.d and
symrathized with rebellion can not
safely be left to maintain the fruits of
the war; that those who resisted equal
rights and specie resumption to the end
can not safely be left to preserve equal
rights OF public honor; that those who
have never ceased to denounce and
assail protective tariff can not safely
be left to enact n new tariff rtO admin
lister the one now in force.
The Democratic party has a reason
for continued existence also. For
twenty years and more it has repre-
sented, and it still represents, every
form of resistance to the policy of the
/ Republican party When that policy
has been fully and heartily accepted by
the people, the Democratic party will
have to die, or to get itself a new reason
for being. At present the hostility TO
Republican ideas and measures is as
vindictive, malignant and intense as
ever. though it sways a fewer voters
, than it did years ago. No other party
can cmbOdy or express that hostility as
/ the Democratic party does, and no
party that does not embOdy and express
/ it can command third of the Demo
cratic vote. Those who dream Of new
party divisions must possess their souls
in patience. The time is not ripe
] NJ Y ITib1i17c.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-09-19
Religious Miscellany.
THE rElfpTBR IND THE W0BKER.

Rest thou here; tno sun rs mounungi
OF sweet waters thou muyest quar-;
Bright birds wnrble, past our countingi
Countless lilies lean and laugh
Nay, I own thy picture charming,
But ] see The world below,
With its tribes aud millions swarmlngi
Needing help, and I must CO.
Thou hastworked and thou art weOryi
'Tis so fair, this world Of ours
Love so sweet, and work so drcary-
Come, enjoy the golden hours
Nay, i love this ceaseless labor;
Treason 'twere to rest and rust.
See my burdcned. blinded neighDOri
ltcan hep him, aud must
Through the morn the voice went ringing
And the rempter skunk aside;
Fountains sparkled, birds were winging,
Pleasures world seemed glorihed.
But a brighter light was streaming
On the Worker steudfast way;
Twas the smile Of God, Out-Bleuming
From the Future on To-day.
-Kdte Epson Cldrk in Good Cheer
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-09-19

In Scotland they have narrow, open
bitches, which they call sheep-drains.
a man was riding donkey one day
across a sheep pasture, but when the
animal came to the sheep-drain he
would not go over it. SO the man rode
him back to a short distance, turned
him around, and applied the whip,
thinking, of course, that the donkey,
when going at the top of his speed,
would Jump the drain before he knew
it. But it was not so. When the don
key got to the drain he stopped all of
a sudden and tine man went over Mr..
Neddys head. No sooner had he
touched the ground than he got up, and
looking his beast straight In the face,
said: Vera weel pitched; but then
hoo are ye going to get over Yersel5
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-09-19

"A not wholly unobservant young
man in Lowell gave his intended an en-
gagement ring, on the inside Of which
was engraved the legends ''ln time Of
peace prepare for war, ~ Boston Post
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-09-19
Life's Duty.

If one were, asked what the "duty"
is, which more than any other is dinned
into the earsOf yOung and old, he wmuld
probably not be arfrOm the truth if he
replied The duty Of getting on in the
world. " In this hUrrying life the hum
bier virtues are sadly apt to get crowded
out of sight; and he is most likely to be
regarded us the successful man, who
pushes and scrambles and who gets for
himself all that he can get. But once
in a whileit is well to remind ourselves
if we do not always remember it
that there are higher duties than the
so-called duty Of getting on in the
world, and that there is something bet
ter than getting the best for ourselves.
"Seekest thou great things for thyselfP'
it is the message Of Jehovah to Bar
uch, who had been lamenting his own
ruined prospects in his ruined country
Seek them not. But thy
! life win I give unto thee for prey in
| all places whittier thou gOest. Better
| than all the selfish enterprise and clev-
erness which men are wont 30 praise,
and which men are apt to stnve for, Is
the quiet spirit which recognizes life az
a Gift from God, to be used as God di
rects, and which seeks no great thing
for one S self, knowing that what Coo
gives is for each one the best and The
greatest of all blessings To do gooC
to others is better than to do good t.
ones self; and simply and cheerfully t.
do the viii of God is better than either
IS. S. Times
God requires of us faithfulness il
the performance of our duties; an
nothing is a duty which we are unabi
to do. All we can perform is one thin
at time, taking up each duty and dc
ing it without troubling ourselves wit
anything beyond.-M T. Observer.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-03
Pathetic De1th-6ed incident,
Boston GLOBE.

"The saddest death-bed scenes
that have ever witnessed in the
course of twenty years experience, z"
said a West End physician the other
day, "are those OF young husband
or wife" The world looks bright
to young couple, whom few
years of happy married life have
rendered them dearer to each other
than ever they were in the days of
courtship, and no words can pict-
ure the anguish of the separation.
One of the most pathetic and tragic
little incidents that / have ever
heard or read of occurred week
or two since, when one of my pa
tients, despite all that wealth, de-
vOtion and science could do in her
behalf, after long and painful sick
ness, quietly breathed her last. She
was beautiful young woman, just
turning into thirty, with all that
the world could promise before her.
She had been married half dozen
years or so when she became the
victim of quick, consumption. Her
form was wasted to mere SEM
bfance of her former self. i was
hurrIedly called one morning by
her husband who feared there was a
crisis at hand. AS we entered the
sick chamber ! saw in moment
that the end had come. She lay
propped up in bed by large pillows,
and her thin white hands rested on
the coverlid. She smiled family as
we came in, and was about to reach
out her hand i'll greeting, when it
fell helpless by the bedside. The
plain band of gold, her marriage
token, which had never been re-
moved since it was placed on her
hand at the altar, too large now for
her slender finger, slipped off and
fell ringing upon the floor, Her
eyes had become fixed and stony,
and She was dead"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-03
WOman-PrOcIama Freedom
for Women.

What is the right OF the ballot to
women compared with her privilege
OF enjoying health and happiness in
! the charmed circle of her social and
domestic relations? Among the many
discoveries tending to promote the
happiness and advancement of the
| human race, nothing is so intimately
connected with the health and happi-
ness of wOmen-the centre and source
of our highest earthly enjoyments-as
the discovery of a remedy which
meets her peculiar wants, and fits her
for the enjoyment of life, and for min
istering to the happiness of those with
whom she is associated in the tender
relations of sister, wife and mother.
This remedy is found in DR.. j. Brad
fields Female Regulator, "Women's
Best Friend" BY it woman is eman-
cipated from the ills peculiar to her
sex. Before its magic power all
irregularities of the womb vanish. 1t
cures whites. suppression of the mem
ses, and removes uterine distractions.
1t cures constipation and strengthens
the system, braces the nerves and pu-
rifles the blood, and thus doing, it does
more for her, and through her, for
the whole human family than any
discovery of modern times. 1T never
fails, as thousands of women will testl-
fly. Prepared by DIR. j. Bradfield,
Atlanta, Ga Price: trial size, 75e;
large size, $3.50 For sale by all drug
gists
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-03
A Child with Three Tongues.
Helena Special to Times-Democrat.


James w. Blackwell and his wife
brought to this place to-day their
little threeyear-Old girl. 1t was
born near Smithville, Lawrence
county, Ark, on Jan. "A, 1880, and
two weeks after its birth the mother
observed that she cried differently
from other children. An examina-
ton led to The singular discovery
that the child had three distinct
tongues. James w. Black well, the
father, was born on May 10, 1879,
was married to Martha K. Saffel, of
Lawrence county, Ark. On Dec. 10,
1882, the mother gave birth to
twins, both of which died. No
popularity was noticed about either
of them. The little girl in question
is a fine, healthy child, and can
speak tolerably well.
Besides this deformity the child
has the marks of snake perfectly
plain running from the middle of
ner back over the left shoulder
blade, nearly to the elbow of the
left arm. AS soon as the fact was
known that the child was marked
in this peculiar manner, hundreds of
persons from the surrounding neigh
bOrhOod came to see this wonder
full lusus nature. Beneath the
tongue proper, which, however, is
split near the root, are two small
tongues perfectly formed and dis
tinct. She seems to suffer no in
convenience from these surplus tom
CUES, though her mother. says she
does not talk as plainly as she did a
year ago, The parents are in des-
titute circumstances, and are try
ing to make their way to Jasper,
Walker county, Ala, where Mr..
Black father lives.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-03
Smaazpox Remedy.

"Iherewith append a recipe which
has been used to my knowledge in
hundreds of cases. 1t will prevent
or cure the smallpox, though the
pittings are filling. When Jenner
discovered cow-pox, in England the
world of science hurled an avail
anche of fame upon his head, but
when the most scientific school 81
medicine in the world-tliat OF
Paris-published this recipe as a
panacea for smallpox, it passed un-
needed. 1t is as unfailing as fate,
and conQuers In every instance. 1t
is harmless when taken by well
person. 1t will also cure scarlet
lever. Here it is. AS / have used ii
to cure the smallpox. When learn
ed physicians said the patient must
die, it cured. Sulphate ofzinc, one
grain !; fox glove (digitalls), one
grain half a teaspoOnfui of sugar !;
mix with two tablespOonfuls of
water. When thoroughly mixed
add four ounces of water. Take a
spoonful every hour. Either dis
ease will disappear in twelve hours.
For a child smaller doses according
to age. If counties would compel
their physicians to use this there
would be no need. of pest-hOuses.
If you value advice and experience,
use this for that terrible disease
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-03
Texas Cattle Drive Of 1888.
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat,

Since the annual drive of cattle
from Texas assumed such grand
proportion, all trustworthy infor-
nation has been eagerly sought. A
few years ago those who gathered
this information were content 10
wait until the cattle had passed
Red river, on their way to the
north. This took place sometimes
in May, and sometimes later, but
no approximately accurate idea of
the volume of the drive could be
obtained until near the end of the
summer. Now, however, quite
accurate estimates of the number
and the character of the animals
which will be driven north during
the year are placed before the public
before the first month of the year is
half gone.
In its issue for last week the Tex
as Livestock Journal gives the
number of cattle which will come
over the trail from that State as
coming close to 100000. OF this
number, it thinks, not more than
120, 900 will be put on the open mar
ket; the other 100000 will be sold
for ranch purposes. On the ranches
whence they start the prices for
which these cattle have been con-
tracted range from $1,000 to $3.50
for yearlings, $3.50 to $3.50 for
two-year olds, and SIS to $40 for
three-year olds. Nearly all the fe-
males to be driven are for ranch
purposes, and were sold at what
just now are considered fancy pri-
ceS.
The paper named says: ''The
demand for twO-year-old steers has
been largely in excess of the supply,
and the entire crop will, in all prob
ability, be brought out by the high
prices offered. The demand for
young steers for ranch purposes in
the State is greater by One-half
than it was last year, owing partly
to the fact that female cattle are
worth as much money on south
western ranches as they are in the
north, and are really not for sale.
the tendency 10 hold ON to breeding
stock evidences the fact that south
western ranchtnen prefer to breed
cattle to grow beeves, and that for
breeding purposes no country in the
world eXcels southwest Texas. The
sIuall number of three-year-Old
steers to be driven this year shows
that the demand for beef has been
unusually great, and that the one
and tWO-year-Old steers were driv-
en- out very closely for the past few
years"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-03
sheep as FOrageFS.
Southern Tnfl1SfpiaS

They are great fOragers, and
weeds, leaves, and even stubble en-
ter into their bill of fare. They
equal the goat in that respect.
1t is said that foot rot and other
diseases TO which sheep are subject
occur much less often among fiOcks
which are pastured on rather rough
ground, and particularly where
they have to climb hills to get to
their grazing. In Scotland, the
great sheep country of Europe, the
sheep are always found in greatest
number among the mountain ran
ges. The famous Southdown also
have a rough country to pasture on,
upon the steep, rugged chalk hills
of the south of England.
England has now been in cultiva-
ton for more than 1000 years, yet
by intellectual farming the soil is
still made to produce more per acre
than many farms in this country,
which less than 1000 years ago were
covered with very good forest. A
great many farmers will argue that
they have no money with which to
purchase fertilizers, and that their
lanyard does not begin to supply
the quantity. To them we say, do
you like our cousins across the wa
ter, nave a flock of sheep, and let
them manure the land. To accom-
plish this end, more wicker hurdles
must be provided, so that lots large
enough to contain the sheep can be
enclosed, and the sheep kept in
hand. Sow turnips or some other
seed which will grow on compare
lively poor land, that the sheep may
have some pasturage.
When this is done, and the crop
begins to grow, divide off a portion
with the hurdles, place the sheep
inside, and while eating off the
crop, their droppings will be depos-
tied on the land. Continue moving |
the lot from one place to another !
until the entire field is over. If the |
land is very poor, this mode of !
treatment should be kept up at least |
two years then in the spring plant
wheat or oats, to be followed as
soon as harvested by another turnip
sowing, which is to be fed to the
sheep in the same manner as above
and thus raise two crops,
one for the master, and the other
for the sheep. The animals will
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-03
a Question or Two.

The agent of a minstrel show who
was travelling over the Pan Handle
route the other day happened to
take seat opposite a Boston drum
mer. Each wore a pin with six
diamonds in it and displayed two
watch chains. The coincidence
happened TO strike a solid, old
fashioned farmer as rather curious,
and hitching up to the pair, he ask
ed:
Gentlemen, will you give me
an honest answer to a question or
two?''
They said they would, and he con-
tinued
What time is it by your four
watches ?'' ~
The agent repliet that he only
had one watch that didn't tick while
the other confessed that he had none
at all.
Zone more question. Did you
buy your diamond pins at the dol
lar store ~
The two men looked at each other
i'm a troubled way, and then inform
ed the blunt questiontr that he had
reached the limit.
'sOh, well, i didn't intend to be
sassy he remarked as he fell back.
"I'm sparkling widdO- up IN WOOD
county, and n was thinking. that II
1 could buckle on q dollar diamond
and harness two watch chains
around me she'd either kick or cave
inside Of aweek." RI aN 81