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Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-05
THE CAPITOL


looks like the packing room of a pub
fishing house. Every room seems to
be occupied by clerks and boxes The
clerks are toiling with the boxes, fill.
ing them up with manuscripts and
documents, marking them with the
uames and addresses of senators and
representatives, and shipping them
to the homes of their owner Some
of the latter, notably tho disgraced
and disgruntled Keller, linger here
because their leases have not expired
or be C ,use they have not got that sp.
pointment they were looking for, or
something of that sort. When they
haven't got anything else to do they
go up to the capital and boss the
clerks. Sometimes their presence
there prevents mistakes; sometimes,
too, they are able to get documents
they would otherwise lose, and to save
manuscripts they would otherwise
never see again.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12
Border.Land Of Insanity.

The doctrine that the bOrder-land Of
insanity is "a very narrow one, and that
most sane people are near the line, has
been extensively taught during the last
quarter OF a century Now the truth
is, there is a broad line between sanity
and insanity; and that ''au men are
mad lis not true in any reasonable sense.
There are, however, a large number Of
persons who have an insane impulse to
DO some wicked deed-to kill them
selves or somebody else, to jump into
the sea III on "a vessel, to throw them
selves from % height If on top of a build
ing or on the border of a precipice.
Only recently, while listening to a lecture
on insanity BY one of the most noted
neurOlogists In New York, the speaker
stated an experience of his own, ana
said that once while visiting some ro-
mantle scenery in the Great West, he
desired to look down a deep preci-
pice He laid down fiat on his
face, close TO the edge of it, and gazed
into the depths below. To his utter
amazement no was seized with "a desire
to throw himself down the abyss and
lost the power of restraint He called
vigorously TO his friends near by to
drag him back and this alone saved
him from the deed. While, however,
such impulses are frequent, we believe
/ they DO not trouble the peace of mind
of the majority Such as have them
/ should strengthen tb 3irnervous systems
/ bg culture, strengthen their wills, and
! take good care OF their braiRS. Herald
of Health.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12
Gems Of Thought.

1t is not until we have passed
through the furnace that we are made
to know how much dross there is in our
composition. - Cotton.
They who scatter with one hand,
gather with two, not always in coin,
but in EiRd. Nothing mhltiplies so
much as kndnessi it brings 'muckle
meal from a mickle mill ~ Jackson
Wrag
DO not philosophize over the con-
tradictions which beset you; do not
dwell upon them, but strive to see God
in all things without exception, and ac-
quiesce in his viii with absolute sub
mission. II Baptist Weekly
--David's little pebble from his sling
was sent in the name and for the glory
of Israel's God. That gave it direction
and force. So let my feeble efforts to
glority God and oppose evil be directed
and energized. -E5CaaBge
The older / grow-and 1 now stand
upon the brink of etemity-the more
comes back to me the sentence in the
Catechism which ] learned when a
child, and the fuller and deeper it's
meaning becomes; ''What is the CHIEF
end of man2 To glOrify God, and enjoy
Him forever. NJ Thomas Carlyle
How is it possible for man 10 be
happy if he Is fettered by Sin, and held
down by the things of this
world? Tie the lark lo the ground and
he viii not sing one note, but when be
can soar into the sky he pouIs forth q
golden song. IL is Just so with The
L +. d g.. j
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12
For Young Readers.
4 oNRIOUs lCoLDENT

Now listen, girls, aad listen, b0y8i
a story ] viii ton
About N curious accident
That once o. dog bcfell-
likewise his master, masters wife,
And mastora boys as well.
10 guard the shop where groceries
For sale his master keeps
Each night this dog at half past nine
Beneath the counter crecps,
Ard ON q mat spread there Tor him
With eyes halt-opon sleeps
Well on one night a chilly night
And rainy, too, for that
While sleeping thus he heard O noise,
And, starting from his mat
Saw nibbling at box of cheese
An ancient lOng-tailod rat
He gave it chase among the pals,
The nrlyins and the kegs;
But much ] doubt II many rats
Possess such uimDlo legs,
For with the greatest speed it sped
Der butter, lard and eggs.
Atiast beside the barrel which
Molasses held he penned
The wOuld-bc thief, and proudly barked.
"Tho chase is at an end, .f"
And soon you'll be the same, think,
My spry cheese-lOving friend
Then up the barrel climbed the rat,
And quickly dropped behind.
And all entreaties TO come out
Most prudontly declined,
Which So enraged the badled dog,
He growled and hOwled and whined.
But finding that no use, he eyed
The casly his prey had skipped;
And then he tried to climb Il, too,
But on the faucet slipped,
And round It turned, and straight there
from
The sugary fluid drlpped.
IL dripped and dripped for hours two.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12
KATIEs KISSES

To no Katie I said. "Its "a taste
Nv Thin lips that I'd have, au. indade
They belong to me now wiki yersclt
An so purity fur kissiu we're made
But she answered an tould me, wild eyes
That no star I'm the sky could eclipse;
aAu' it's thrue they belong to ycrsin,
Sure how nd ye kiss yer own lips r
sJust as aisy," cried, "as TO spoke,
An swBter nor honey. The sun
Is cOwldCr by far" But she vowed
The likes NV it couldn't be done.
Thin Z offered the same to restore
Wild a seal iist as thrue as the day;
But she said: "I 'ud never take back
What once had given away
"Au' I.u lind ye the loan NV em, dear
replied; but wild infinite sCOru
She aNed, did I think that her lips
Were made fur to rint or 60 pawn2
Thin I sat iist as mute as a stone,
An uiver word did say,
Till Katie, Ouaisy like, pOuted her lips
och, the rogue D i'm rAvishin way,
An wild dimples to timpt all the saints,
An wild bushes way up TO her brow,
As soft as am angel she spake. "'J d ye lb
To be elindin' the loan NV 'em now ~
C. n. TH1ycr in Hdrpcr's MIgdzH
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12

What is this?
This, darling, is the opera.
My. but who are an these peopleP
The audience, my love.
But they seem TO be bored to death.
They are. dear.
Then why do they come?
To be looked at.
Gracious. is that a pleasurep
Yes. precious.
Why, how?
why, the privilege costs about ten
dollars an hour.
Then only rich people can afford itl
Only tie immensely rich, dear.
But [ see there % Young man who is
not immensely rich.
Yes.
How can he afford it, then?
Directly he cannot: indirectly he can
How 'fndirectlyP"
Why. he win eventually make his
tailor foot the bill.
Those funny people on the stage
Sh! dear-they are singing.
Singing what?
A duet
Why do they doot?
Hush. darling.
Are thevunweU?
Why no. my precious!
Then why does that queer little zen.
tlomau with the short trousers and tin
sword throw himself around as if he
were suffering from green watermelon.
Because he is tenor
Why is he called a tenor?
H., ,bov,r.s fsn,vs Gftoon Io11o1.s 90
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12

I'd rather have wiped disbega hundred
years than had her feel sol
Well. she cried most an The evening
m didn't want any supper, IN all Che
time She never even s'pected that ia
told her the time wrong.
And I went round feeling just like
Judas n Mas NJ Sapphira until /
couldn't stand it any longer, m then j
told mamma m julie everything, m !
cried; IN julie WASH mad at all, M we
made up, N mamma went m told Miss
Grafton an about 10 next day, n she
gave julie one of the cards, same as the
other girls.
Is'pect Miss Grafton thinks Jules
cot an awful wicked sister m / agree
with her. for I really b'lieve it 1Cas q
truly lie after all.-Mary b. Banyord,
in l0Utb's Companion.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12
Religious Miscellany.
49, MoNK lN0 49, 8EaqlR.

AN OLD-rnE LEGEND.
A tale for Roman guides TO tell
no careless, sightwOrn travellers still
Who pause beside the narrow cell
OF Gregory on the CWlian Hit
one day before the monks door cumo
A beErar, stretching empty palms,
ENuung and faHt-sick, in the name
OF the Most Holy asking aims
And tho monk answered; IAN have
I'm this poor cell of mine give,
The silver cup my mother caves
I'm Christs name take thouit and ltve."
Years passed; and, called at last TO bear
The pastoral crook and keys Of Rome,
The poor monk, i'm st. Peters chair
Sat the crowned lord of Christendom'
=" Prepare a feast" St. Gregory cried,
And let twelve beggars sic thereat'
The beggars came, and one beside,
An unknown stranger with them sat
ct asked thee not" the PontiG spalSe,
90 stranger; but If need be thine,
bid thee welcome. for the sake
OF Him who is thy Lord and mino."
A grave, calm face the stranger raised,
Like His who ON Genucsaret trOd,
Or His ON whom the Chaldeans gaHed,
Whose form was as the Son of God.
Know ct thou" He said, thy gift of oldY
And i'm the hand ne lifted mp
The P1ntiH murvced TO behold
Once more his mothers silver cup.
" Thy prayers and aims have risen, and
SweotIv among the flowers of Heaven.
I am The Wonderful through whom
whate or thou askest shall be given"
He spalle and vanished. Gregory fell
With his twelve guests i'm mute accord
Prone on their faces. knowing well
Their eyes Of flesh had seen the Lord.
F7t.s s.1H tg.,,., 1ss.5.,1 o. not v-1fns
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12
now CHEATED.

julie and ] wipe dishes three times
every day. Mamma washes them and
we wipe. We don't like to do it very
well, Specially the big platter.
julie don't Ike to wipe that n neither
do l. We most always take turns wip-
ing it, 'cept sometimes when we forget
whose turn it is Then julie wipes one
side Of the platter n 1 wipe the other
Jules my sister. She goes to school
cause she ten years old. Pm only
eight, n don't go yet. That why
have to wipe alb the dishes moons. l
mean every noon 'cept Saturday n Sun
day.
julie don't have more'n time to come
straight home from school N eat her
dinner N 90 right back again. So she
can't wipe any dishes, n sometimes
there lots N lots of them to do.
Well, one day, Miss Crafton--that's
Jules teacher-tOld all the girls that
she had some epicture-cards that she was
going to give to the ones that weren' t
late to school for a whole month
julie said Miss Grafton held up some
of tie cards TO show them, N they were
real pretty They had flowers on them
in cOlors Just ike real flowers, N julie
said she was going to try ever so hard
to get one.
5o every mornfpr she'd start at half
mast eiobf SO she'd he surp to he early
anono6. IN moons she'd run both wavs
m foT three weeks She wasn't Iafe once
Well, one Thursday mamma d been
baking. She always makes ever so
tbjs {ima NJ, {be sinl- was inst fuu Cou,.sa a
"a boJ to beIc her ali tbe foranoon N
INV faet y-are 5yvfuI fired doinq ca MANY
eryands nj inst hated to think abont
the dishes
ibid wish .Tule would ston n helm me.
But She ran in inst the same she aiwavs
does n sat down and ate her dinner. IN
while sbewas eating / went into the sit
tiuo-rOom.
Mamma had most washed the dishes,
but didn't feel like wiping them Just
Vet Sometimes I let my dishes get
stone cold before I wipe them, hate to
do it so.
/ Well, / Went into the sitting-room n
! there was our old clock. IT'S a big one
4 that reaches from the floor WAY up high
above my mead, n father winds it. But
don't you think, he'd forgotten to wind
it that morning, n there it had stopped
/ just fifteen minutes past twelve.
And then / don't know what put 1t in
I my head, but i Just made mp my mind
/ I'd make julie help me anyway n
went back m / said' julie, it's only
fifteen minutes past twelve. You've goI
lots OF time YET. DO help me ABOUT th'
dishes, ,.,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12

come to think of &c, and he did some
work of that sort for me. He was still
there when [ came away
"And that's the cuss who got off to
Europe with my money, hang him, "
burst IN the defuuded confidence op-
orator, angrilv. whats worse, ne
went away fun of my champagne, and
smelling of my wsket of flowers. That
mans am Internal swmdler, that what
he is. ~ Y. Times.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12
TOO MUCH FOR HUYGRY JOE.
The Prince Of Confidence Men swIndIed
bV q CnWanny.

store clothes, a sIouch hat and blue
spcctacles registered at a fashionable
hotel on Broadway as b. Ashley, of
Abilene, Kan. The stranger had just
come in by the Western express from
Chicago on the Erie Road. His gar
mouts were the prOduCtut q Teady-made
clothing store in Abilene. and they adj
ded slightly to his general bucolic APP
pgar8uCe. His hands and face were
tanned, he walked with the parcntheti-
cal gait of one whose legs had been
curved by years spent i'm the saddle,
and his bearing was i'm other respects
indicative of the wild Western border
man. Mr.. Ashley speedily developed
other tendencies of the prairie type. He
insisted upon going out for exercise on
horseback every morning shortly after
daybreak, and upon these occasions he
employed his own rawhide bride and
his well-wOrn Mexican saddle, which
had formed "a part of his luggage. His
accent was a peculiar blending of En-
glish and Western types of speech. He
had weak eyes and was in consultation
with a prominent physician here. while
stopping for a month i'm New York on
his way to Europe TO put himself under
the care of the most eminent Oculists
abroad Mr.. Ashley seemed TO have
very little occupation bevond horseback
riding at unearthly hours of the morn
inc. visiting his man of medicine i'm the
afternoon, and lounging about the inn
mense and r.chly-giIded rotunda of the
hotel in the evening. He was bounti-
fully supplied with cash. and he ex-
pended it with considerable liberalitv.
He smoked a good deal. but drank lit-
tIe, because his doctor had objected to-
one habit and absolutely forbidden the
other, by reason of its effect on the pa
TENTS eyes Many people about the
hotel drank at the expense of Mr.. Ash
ley, but he seldom indulged himself i'm
more cheering beverages than lemonade
and yichy.
One day Mr. Ashley strolled through
the lobby of the hotel in the company of
a Young man whose face is well known
TO the regular promenaders of Broad
way. This young man is always fault
los,lv dressed and clean shayen. He
has prominent features and peculiarly
thin and compressed lips. He lives
handsomely and always has plenty of
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12

over his forehead When the three
Young men went away the mercst |
shadow of o smile played about the /
mouth of the Western man. From the |
table at which they sat the three young |
fellows went straight to the telegraph /
Office, where they sent the following
dispatch:
Postmaster Abilene, Kan;
DO YOU know Benjamin Ashley, cattle
raiser2 Telegraph full particulars my exc
r. DICKSON, Brewer House, New York.
The reply was evidently i'm all re-
spects satisfactory, and within two
DAYS Mr.. Ashley received in his rooms
at the hotel visit from the three conf
dence operators and a lawyer, who is
more or less celebrated i'm this city.
The head porter of the hotel was called
up into the room after the visitors had
been there an hour or longer, and was
requested to append his signature to %
certain document i'm the capacity of
witness to the signing thereof. This
done, and the papers signed by Mr.
Ashley, q large sum of money was paid
over by the gentleman with the thin
lips and the porter retired with a five
dollar bill out of the pile. The visit
Ors slowly withdrew from the hotel and
Mr.. Ashley deposited that night the
sum of $4,000 cold cash i'm the Office
of the hotel Two days afterward he
took passage on q Guion steamer for
Liverpool, having explained to the hO-
tel clerk that he had sold a half-iuterest
i'm his Kansas cattle ranch to his
friends and that Hungry Joe, as he
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12
The Lesson Of Peter COOper's Life.

The highest lesson taught by Mr..
Cooper was the lesson of his own life.
As much as, or more than any one ]
ever knew, Mr.. Cooper solved the prob.
lem: lis life worth livingPn
Observing him carefully for a long
series of years, it appeared that certain
parts of his nature were cultivated in
teutionally, as the result Of a wisdom
which Disseminated what was really
worth caring for from what was moi
worthy of pursuit. Personal ambitions
or selfish aims had no weight with him,
and disappOintments and annOyances
which would have left deep wounds
with many passed OFF from him with
scarcely an observation He was most
kind and loving; but if he were usefully
employed, no domestic loss or separa-
Jon from friend seemed to touch his
happiness seriously. He spoke often
of his preference for plain living, and
sds habits were as simple as those of q
CYild. Love OF pOmp or display never
touched him in the slightest, and he
bad an innocent Openness of character
which concealed nothing. Never, un-
der any circumstances, did he show q
particle of malignity, revenge or mean-
9sss. If people disappointed him, be
passed over the wound it made and let
his mind dwell on something more sat
isfactory. Swedenborg's phrase, "the
wisdom of innocence, often occurred
to my mind i'm observing Mr. Cooper
He knew what was wise, and to that
his heart was given. Sensitive as any
young man in an works of sympathy or
kindness, the mean and bad ways of
the world fcll oil from his perception.
So his life passed i'm New York and
in the Cooper Union, serene, happy and
conteuted. With "houor, love, Obedi-
ence, hosts of friends, he was an eX-
ample and encouragement to those who
bad not gained the quiet heights O
which his inner self habitually dwolt.-
Mrs. Garter, iH he CeHtIrB
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12

A crark arrested in Pittsburgh
claimed To be a son of President Gar.
field, stolen when seven months old.
Pitisburgh POST
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-12-05
Tho Daily Life Of Prince Bismarck

Bismarck does not arise until s or 9
o'clock, sometimes later, especially
when the Reichstag is in session, says
a correspondent, describing the daily
life of the German chancellor. Then
lie sips brandy and seltzer, takes a
short stroll, and on his return goes to
his study, where he sips coffee, nibbles
at hard brown toast and reads the
newspapers, while hissecretary is open
ing the letters. Bismarck, so the under
secretary told me, opens many of the
letters himself. He processes to de-
spise newspapers and writers, but the
servants all know that he looks at ey-
cry article. Breakfast is served short
ly before noon, and the family dine at
one table. Bismarck likes soft boiled
eggs and fried eggs done brown, with
thin slices of bacon done to crisp.
lie will dot eat white bread or any
kind of fresh-baked bread. He drinks
black coffee without cream or milk,
and if he has been up late he drinks
four or five cups, with small glass of
brandy in the first cup. Mutton chops
and rare beefsteak suit him, but he is
a light eater. His wife and the child
rem, however, must have dainty dishes,
with fresh rolls, and remain at the ta-
BE an hour, chatting or reading the
papers. Dinneris set out at six o'clock
in the evening, and unless guests are
present it is very plain, but at all other
times it is a grand affair. Bismarck
eats meat and vegetables and brown
bread, but his wife and the children
are fond of pastry and confections
Bismarck drinks Moselle, Tokay or
Johannisberger wines, and occasional
ly he has a mug of stock lager. Cen
orally there are from five to twenty
quests at dinner. Bismarck remains at
home in the evening reading or writ
ing, unless the Reichstag is in session,
or he has to go to some reception or
conference, and tea is served at mid
night. He seldom retires to his bed
chamber until two o'clock. His room
is not carpeted, but there is a mat in
front of the plain bed"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-12-05
In Idyl Of the Train.

The poet laureate of the New York
Morning Journal has perpetrated the
following "She stood up in horse
car, That maid, with careless grace
And oft the bold conductor Appeared
to scan her face. Her eyes were large
and dreamy, And golden was her hair
Her crimson cheeks were creamy, And
he was-passing fare. Alone she leaned
that morning, Against the sliding
door, And, all their glances scorning,
She eyed the sitters DER. While there
she stood rejecting, The man with
dimes and cents, Was busily collecting
With industry intense. But in hispri-
vate pocket, No dimes he slipped that
morn; And, listless from each socket
His arms bung down forlOrn. why
does he gaze so wildly?' The modest
maiden thought. While, fumbling his
cash mildly, He muttered 4 am
caught His stare became so rigid
The maiden was in despair, And
with a glance most frigid, She sought
the outer air. Why did her face burn
hotter? Asl..rl,y-was.lae snot cool
lie took lief FORA .spotter,' She thougld
he was fool
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-12-05
WHOLE NO. 2l4S.
The Production OF Quininc.

The next step in the relief Of mala-
rious sickness on the grand scale was
the extraction of the alkaloid quinine
from the cinchona-bark. The pow
dered bark was not only very unpala-
table, but it was cumbrous to carry
and dispense, and, although the princi-
pie Of the remedy remained the same,
it has proved of infinitely greater ser.
vice in the form Of quinine, and in the
form of the cheap alkaloldal mixture
known in Bengal as "quinetum." The
first extraction of an alkaloid was in
the case of morphia from opium, in
1895 ; the discoverer was an apotheca-
ry of 1Iameln, who was rewarded rath-
er better than the celebrated piper of
that town, for the French academy of
Sciences voted him two thousand
francs. Quinine was discovered in
1920 by the French chemists Pelletier
and Caventou. The sciences and arts of
botany and practical forestry, of chem
istry and practical pharmacy, are now
all concerned in the production of this
most invaluable of remedies. The
commerce Of the world has taken Gin
chona in hand, and there are now plan
tations of the trees not unworthy to
be named beside those of coffee and
tea. The value of the crude bark i'm
ported into England alone in 1922 was
nearly two millions sterling. The orig
inal and native cinchona region on the
damp eastern slopes Of the Andes in
Peru is still source of wealth, and a
still greater source of wealth are the
new plantations on the Andes in Bo-
livia. The Indian Government has sue
cessively cultivated the bark on large
scale in the Nilghiri Hills in Madras,
and more recently at Darjiling in the
lIimalayas while q crowd of private
planters have followed in the same en-
terprise in Coorg, Travancore, and Cey-
lon. The Dutch Government, who
were the pioneers Of cinchona cult
vation, have found the climate and soil
Of Java well adapted for the species
and varieties of trees most rich in qui-
nine. Jamaica is the latest field to
which this new and ever-increasing in
dustry has extended.