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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26
How Not to Win.

When the practiced and practical
fighter placed his raw soldiers I'm line at
Bunker Hill, he said: 'Wait till YOU
see the whites of their eyes, and then
aim low The Republicans can begin
10 "see the whites of their eyes. The
candidate of the three barreIs-the
money barrel the whisky barrel, and
the oil barrels uSslv TO be the Dem
Ocratic candidate. He win be a strong
candidate too. IL would be the height
of folly TO underestimate his strength.
Mr.. Payne is strong iu what he has, and
in what he has not He has wealth and
a fair reputation, and he has not a long
aud loaded record. He is from Ohio,
and that State votes I'm October His
nomination win hopelcssly wreck from
the start the Democratic notion of APP
pealing to the eImmuuistic hatred of
great corporations, but that win be- o
piece of good luck for the party. Mr.
Payne relations VITA corporations and
moueyed men win give him a kind Of
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26
For Young Readers.
4 SAD. BAD GIRL.

She was pretty, she was bright
She was brave as she was hOnny
Her eyes were full of light
And her smile was bright and sunny;
She was rare, she was fair,
And her hair was full of curl,
But she was--O, she icd8
Such o sad bad grill
Hcr cheek was like a roso.
Her mouth was like q cherry,
Shed g pretty, pert. snub nose,
o., And her laugh was gay and merry'
She was sweet to her feet
And her teeth were made of pearl,
But she wns--O, she was
Such O sad, bad girl!
Her locks we're touched with gold,
And tbreC-fOot rllo would sCrape her;
She was only five years OLD
And her finger tips were taperi
She could run Just like fun,
With arush and with q swirl;
Still she wus--O, She lCnB
Such a sad, bad girl!
For she wanted her own way,
And you couldn't turn or twist her;
She'd say yes, or she'd say nay,
Spite of mother, friend, OF sister;
How she'd ily If you'd try
Any fancy TO imperill
For she tBus-O abe was
Such a sad, bad girl!
If her mamma, or her aunt
Asked for any htt.e favor,
She'd say shall, and she'd say sbd'Ht
With the very sOurast flavor;
She would pOut, und she'd tOut,
Till her brains were I'm whul,
For she was-yCs, she IUd6
Such q sad, bad girl!
But she's getting older now,
And although they're almost frantic
Still they hope she's learning how
To be gentle and less antiC,
So that soon q day may come
When they'll call their little PEARL
Not a sad, and a bad
But a good, GOOD grill!
WIDE AJr1t6.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26

The Tribune says that a ''misanthrope
died at BernardstOwn, Vt, recently,
and left "a curious viii, which has been
probated He gave all his property 10
oppose that hOrrid old monster of king
craft called religion. Mr. Warren was
man of strange life, who i'm his later
years had grown to look upon his fell
lows with a feeling akin TO hatred.
About the last thing he did was to com
plcte a history of his life which was to
have been read at his funeral 1t con-
talncd % denunciati0n of religion I'm all
its forms, as a hypocritical cover for SINS
that would otherwise be condemned by
the worlds people, His early life was
spent i'm New Hampshire and he was q
mcmher of an orthodox church. On
the death of his wife he went West with
two daughters, one of whom subse-
quently stole a considerable quantity Of
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26
BObby's Birthday.

Tomorrow is my birthday' said
Robby to Bobby"
"What is your birthday?' said Bob
by TO Bobby.
''Why, tomorrow, SulyI said Rob
BY
Now RObby was nearly six years old,
and q person of great importance.
81 don mean Hat! said little Rob-
by, who was not yet four. 81 mean,
what is our birthday? as it good TO eatp''
"Why! whye-eel Bobby Bell! don't
you have buthdays?' cried Robby,
opening his eyes.
"No!" said Bobby opening his
mouth. 81 neber saw one.
"You don't see theml' said RObby,
i'm a pasronizing tone. "You haze
them IL is the day you were born, and
you have q party, and presents, and a
birthday cake with frosting and your
name on it in pink letters, and candy
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26

and oranges, and q gold dollar with
ornudma's love to her dear little boys
Do YOU rcaly MEAN that you never had
one. Bobby Bell?'
Little Bobby looked very grave.
"Perhaps I wasn't born! ' he SAID. III
poinu to ask mamma" So he trotted
in to his mother.
Mamma he said, twas born|,
Mamma looked at him q moment in
mute surprise. Were you born, dearP'
she repeated eyes, certainly you were
born. Why do you ask me that, little
boyg'
Bobby's lip began to quiver, and his
blue eyes filled with tears. Den why
why don't I have birfdaysP' he
asked
Mamma looked very sorry. "Dear!
dearl" she said. "NOw who has been
telling my leap-year boy about BIRTH
dayP Come and sit in mammals lap
and tell me all about it, and then 1 will
tell VOu all about il"
So Bobby climbed up into mammals
lap and hid his face in her dress, and
sobbed out his little story about frosted
cake and pink letters, and gold dollars
with grandmamma's love to her dear
little boy And 1 neber-l neber had
anyr he said, piteously.
Then mamma told Bobby a funny.
little story. 1t was about the years, and
it told how they came along one after
another, and how each year had Just
the same number of days in it.
" Three-hundrcd-an siNty-h,e el
So many days I've been alive.
Storm and shine; and sorrow and cheer,
Really, there never tCds such yearI
- H.. 1.aafv
puts on its nightcap and goes to sleep.
But every fourth year there comes one
who is bigger than the rest He has
one day more, and he is very proud OF
it, and holds his head very high, and
says:
" Three-hundred-and sixty-giU!
One more day for frOlicsome tricks.
One day more for mirth and for play.
Look atmel look at mel one MORE DAYl Pc
And so four years ago." said mann
ma, "there came one of these extra
days, and it was the very best day that
any year ever brought, for on that day
my Bobby was born! Think of thatr' 7
Bobby laughed and clapped his httle
fat hands.
"And So" continued mamma, ''of
course my Bobby couldn't have another
birthday till another long year came
around, with another extra day. AnG
now-whisper, Bobby now the long
year has come; and next Friday is your
birthday, dear; and you are going to
have-Oh! but l mustn't telln'
Mamma laughed and shook her
head, and didn't tell any more, but her
eyes told q great deal; and that was all
Bobby wanted, for he was very fond of
surprises and secrets.
He hugged mamma, and then he
hugged himself, and then he went and
| hugged the kitten, and told her alb
about it and what he Thought he was 60
ing to have.
Well, and it all came true, and a great
deal more; for Bobby had the finest
birthday that ever any little boy had, or
any little girl either. In fact, it was so
Uery fine that 1 couldn't possibly write
/ about it in common black ink on white
paper. / should have to take silver
paper and gold ink, and the Companion
says I can not do that, so I shall have
to stop now. Isn't that too bad?-.
Laura b. Richards IN YOUTHS Compag-
| ion
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26
TIE LOVE OF MONEY.

Worldliness is bemoaned as the great
cancer of the churches of Christ. One
of its most prevalent forms is the pur-
suit of wealth, and this in view of the
qualifications which it furnishes to those
who possess it. 1t is easy to rail against
it, but if 90 the love of money is the root
of all evil, n nevertheless it can not be
gainsaid that in many ways its posses
sion contributes to comfort 1t may be
said that it can not bribe away sickness
or death but it can procure things
which greatly alleviate suffering, and a
man who knows his loved ones are tOler-
ably sure of being comfortably provided
for may be eased of painful anXieties.
Much that is said in depreciation of
wealth is sheer nonsense and, il goes
without saying, is utterly destitute of
SCrptural sanction.
Nevertheless, many Christian people
are appraising wealth too highly and
making gold their confidence to an ex-
tent which is pcrilous to their best in
terests. it is still true "Thev that
will be rich fall into temptation and q
snare, and into many foolish and hurt
tUl lustS which drown men in uCstruc-
tiOn and perditiOn." Our theology may
lead us to believe that no true believer
will be drowned in perdition. but no
one can live long without seeing how
often those Christians who. to use the
new version, are " minded" to be rich,
are ensnared and show themselves vic
tins of many foolish and hurtfuI de-
slres. They certainly can not escape
chastisement.
With no disposition TO dcprcciate the
value of wealth, it is well to remind
Christian people of its uncertainty.
Much of it must necessarily be entrusted
to others. and. so lone rs human nature
remains what il is. there win be nison-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26
Religious Miscellany.
nHELP rHoI mNE ENRELIEE,

"HELP THOU MINE UNBELfEF'
When the day Sc done, my darling,
We can rest;
And that will not be long NOW, DEAR
For in the west
The sun Is sinking low, and clouds
OF uOld and gray
in strange weird shapes, ike spirits, watch
The dying day.
Long hours ago. like SOU great hoW'r
! watched 10 End,
Aud slow unfold, until it threw
"a quiv'ring HGod
or slender golden stameIs from
Its glowing heart
Aud one by one cloud pouls grew
And fell apart
Long hours aUOl Oh, love, ifI
Could feel ano know
Whom life this weary life, that's yet
Too swift to go,
Has passed away that there wOuld come
a time TO rCst
AS perfect as this hour, that brings
AN that is best
And nohlest I'M our natures out,
How gladly
Would leave the 3yoar7s tocOme, and rest
Content to dicl
Around inc, all around, / see
Those that love,
Who look beyond this narrow life
TO one above,
And gladly onward, upward press
With fearless hea.t,
While T. God, for faith to choose
That better part
Far, far above, one tiny star
Has shylv Crcpt
Into Night bosom, and the wind
That lately slept
Awakcs again, and one wild prayer
OF longing grief
1t bears above: 90 God, help Thou
Mine unboliefl"
-Harpcr's Wcslly.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26
Ask and Reoeiro.

IN you are a nationalist you are uneasy
and restless, and will become more so as
the years go by and the inevitable
change comes nearer and nearer. But
the habit of doubt has become strong.
If you try to lean upon any of the veri-
ties of your childhood faith they are
found to be as unreal as dreams. You
have gone the rounds of reason and
learned that all things are unstable and
variable and unreliable. 1t is not
pleasant to go forward in utter uncer-
tainty; but as all things are uncertain to
you and not even the faintest intellectual
star lights the dark future, what are
you to do? You scarcely believe in the
existence of God; and yet, if you look
to it, you will find that you really do
have some sort of a hazy faith, a kind
of indefinite trust in Him. Very well,
that is enough for standing ground, or
rather for kneeling ground; and if you
will take our advice you shall have
comfort and rest in your soul. Pray to
that invisible power Hold up your
hand and ask Him to take it and lead
you out into the light of a knowledge
of Himself Tell Him that you ear
nestly want to know and to believe
the truth and to conform to His holy
will. Christ is a myth to you, but you
would like to know of a certainty
whether Christ's claim and offers have
any verify in them. Ask that great un-
seen intelligence to tell you Che truth
about Christ You will get a little
warmth about the heart and a little
comfort and hope--not much intellect
ual light, perhaps, and yet something
different from the darkness. With CON
tinued prayer and seeking and desire to
conform to the light aud the truth as it
comes, you will certainly emerge into
bright hope and confidence and love of
that great and good being. Why you
may ask, docs not God reveal Himself
at once to those who seek Him? Be
cause He can not without working a
miracle. The light is all around, but
yOm eyes must become adapted to it.
The solid ground is there, but it taxes
time for you TO learn to walk upon it.
In due time you shall walk without
WEAKNESS and run without fainting and
see plainly the beautiful mountains, and
the sun and the moon and the stars
above them. Give up that painful aui
constantly disappointing search by the
light of your reason. Hold up your
hand and God will take it in His. .--
Interior
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26
Democratic FOrbearauce.

A large numberof the chest citizens
of Danville, Va, have been summoned
before Senator Sherman's investigating
committee as witnesses to prove that
liberal, tolerant and pacific spirit OBJ
tains among the Bourbon Democrats of
that city Such of them as have been
examined have denied all knowledge of
any intention or desire on the part of
those whom they represent to interfere
in any way with the civil and political
rights of the colored people, or to him
der them i'm the exercise of these rights.
They have further said that a great
deal of fOrbearance was practiced by
the Democrats toward their political
opponents for the sake of maintaining
the peace, and that sensitive and cOuT-
ageous men submitted to insult rather
than engage I'm a quarrel which might
give rise to a charge of political intimi-
datiOn. 1t is true that some of these
witnesses admitted that they had fired
into a crowd of cOlored people without
any regard as to who might be killed,
but they cOntcnded that this was done
i'm self-defense and from high sense Of
public duty.
While these representatives of the
chest citizens" of Danville are in Wash
ington testifyiug to the absence of pO-
litical intimidation and social ostra-
cism, the white Nav0r of the Citv is
vainly struggling to- ret his semi-annual
report before the Council. The law re-
quires him to present this document
but the Council declines to receive it.
As is generally known. Mayor johnson
was elected by the Readiusters, and for
this reason he is held i'm low esteem bv
the BOurbOns. although the high-toned
gentlemen who applied insulting epi-
thets to him in their testimony before
the Sherman Committee could specify
no bad act, except that he had killed
one of the 'best citizens" some two
years ago. The fact was subsequently
brought out that Mr.. johnson had been
tried Tor this homicide and acquitted, be-
ngusa IT, WAS Tav0vnn that tho tt,ro0dr1
Nl'iHeH was utLllA Dtu5 I'D hlll inc MAY -
or 40 the time he lost ms lie. This
homicide, however, is not the reason
gwen loF returning to him his Official
report.
Ihls documents slmplYa statement OF
the receipts and expenditures OF the mu-
mcINal government Tor the SIX months
ending December 81, 1888, with a sched-
ule OF the outstanding debt and an in
Yentory OF the property OF the corpora
tions appended thereto. The Mayor al
so makes some recommendations CON
gernlng the retundng OF the bonded
debt OF the city, and suggests that COM
mittee be appointed to prepare certain
| amendments to the city charter. This
| thoroughly formal and commonplace
| report winds up with brief reference
to the not OF November 8, in which four
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26
The Church Punkah.

A peculiarity of the churches in India
is the punkah, which is a framework of
wood, covered with cloth and with
deep white frill, Rows of these hang
from end to end of the church, sus
pended from the ceiling, and are swung
by ropes, which pass through holes i'm
the wall, and are pulled by natives Cin
private houses there are relays of pun
kah coolies who relieve guard night
and day). Why some simple machine
has never been devised to do this sim
Pile work is a matter for wonder, but
some one suggests that no machine
would do it for siTpenCe a day, which
is the wages of these men-certainly
none would be so nOiseless. And the
gentle Hindu has no objection TO any
work that merely involves sitting still
and pulling a rope. The effect of these
rows of great white frilled fans, chasing
one another irregularly up and down
the church, is positively bewildering
Sometimes they seem TO Overtake those
in front of them, then they are just left
behind. After a while, as you watch
them, the effect becomes sOpOrihc. To
the parsOn it must be exceedingly irk-
some to preach TO an invisible cOngre-
cation, now revealed for a second, now
again hidden in white moving clouds Of
cotton BeigruUi0.
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A Badge Of Mourning.


''Wcll, Brown was a good fellow and
am sorry he is gone, said a Western
editor to the proprietor of the paper.
''He worked hard all his life and died
poor, the way of most newspaper men,"
eyes, responded the proprietor with
considerable feeling, Brown was a good
printer and it will be hard to fill his
place.
81 suppose we ought to attach some
thing 10 the door in the shape of badge
of mourning for a little while" sug-
gested the editor.
'It would be a good idea, but 1 don't
believe there is anything about the place
that would answer the purpose, and in
the present feeble financial condition of
the concern L don't feel like puttingout
any money for Grape"
''NO, ~ unused the editor, "it would bo
better to settle up back salaries, first,
but now think Of it, 1 know just the
thing
'What is it?'' asked the proprietor.
"We might hang out one Of the com
posing room towels. ~ Philadelphia
CaH
Recent examination of a large num-
Der of wells used for drinking-Water i'm
different sections of New Hampshire
shows that ninety-Gve per cent. of them
are contaminated Boston Journal.
-s i-
"A Philadelphia street is to be ex-
tended through a cemetery, requiring
the removal of 1000 bodies at city ex-
pense --Pbtladelphid Press.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26

-Shad fishermen predict that unless
tho practice of dumping sludge from
shore along Staten Island is not short
iy stopped, shad win be q rare fish i'm
the Hudson River ten years from now
M T. NeU5.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-26

Concord, N. H., has contributed
$3.50, 900 in the last six months to the
welfare of those who have mining
stocks TO sell. One man lost $40, 900.
Boston Herald.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-28

this type Of woman-many hours in whose So
ciety would drive any cane being to insanity
is due to mixed causes-partly to the con-
stantly increasing means of advancement for
her sex, and partly to the widening thoughts
of man. AS woman has grown wiser and adj
vanced, man has grown more liberal and made
room for her, and both have entered upon
clearer vision of the true relations Of each to
each. He no longer seeks as a wife worship
full goose, to sit at his feet and tell him at
intervals what an altogether empowering
arrangement he is; but an intelligent com
panion, to sit by his side to enter into his
hopes and thoughts, and share with him her
own. And modern woman no longer aspires
TO mate of such appalling grandeur and
knowledge that she must needs approach him
with timidty, or gaze at him from a distance
through piece of smoked glass; but dear,
human man, with imperfections as well as
perfections on which-she may lavish her I'M
bounded and faithful affection. If there is
any footstool in tlIis divinely -appointed com
partnership, there is liable to be some SQUAD
bling" for the occupancy of it. He willingly
sits at her feet in worship of her endurance,
fidelity and goodness, while she is proud to do
homage to his manliness dignity and nobility
of principle. On these terms matrimony
does not lead into lifelong bondage, or
into glorifed household, on whose lintels is
written Peace" and over whose hearth
hangs ever the banner of love-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-28

The way to. fill them is to so into the streets,
and by-ways, and hedges, and compel The peo-
pie to come in. People want to see their
preacher, want to know him; want to feel that
he is interested in their daily work, and is
ready, with willing heart ard hand, to
assist them in carrying burdens which,
else, will break their spirits and spoil their
lives. The successful preacher, the one who
builds strongly and solidly, and whose iniu-
ence outlasts his work and days, is he who
comes the most in contact with the people;
who visits them in store, and shop, and Office,
and home, strengthening the weak, cheering
the faint, admonishing the erring, and by his
own broad pure, practical Christianity shows
himself indeed a shepherd of the flock, know
ing the names of each of the sheep, and they
in turn knowing his kindly and helpful voice.
How many, even of the members of the
church, would not recognize their shepherd s
voice2 How many of the members of his
flock does the pastor not know by
name9 Pulpit work is well enough; it
must be strong, and able, and practical.
and reach every phase of human life. But
after the pulpit the minister must not neglect
his other obvious duties. Preachers would
find an early solution to much of the question
as to whether the coming man will attend
church, if, in the first place, they would
exalt the church rather than themselves in
their pulpit ministrations; and then, in the
second place, supplement their pulpit work by
soulful, healthful, constant shephcrding of
those over whom they are set. There is more
in keeping than in getting "Of them which
Thou gavest me have l lost none" WIS the
glory of the Masters labors.
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THE roorsToOL TYPE OF WOMAN.

Among the many depreciatory statements
that have drifted into print on the wave of
domestic revelation which has recently broken
over the memory Of the late Edward Bulwer,
Lord Lytton, surely the most disparaging di-
judgement is the one bearing upon the noble
lords ideal of perfect womanhood. 1t is mar
rated in all seriousness that Bulwers ideal of
a perfect wife was ga woman who would sit
on footstool at his feet. looking fondly up
into his face, and only interrupting him to
whisper that he was the handsomest man on
earth" Could more distasteful portrait of a
vain man be drawni Or more pitiable and
humiliating delineation of weak womanG
For the credit of our race be it announced that
the footstool type Of woman is fast passing
away into non-existence. She has locked
arms and walked off into obscurity with the
old fashioned lover who fell on his knees to
make marriage proposals. But few of
each of these eccentric beings still
linger as dismal monuments of the
former degraded status OF their kind
1t is only in the vicinity of "Gubser's Mill,
and other localities equally remote from the
highways of progress aud enlightenment, that
the footstool wife is occasionally happened
upon. There keeps she the noiseless tenor of
her way, spelling husband" with big "H,"
and happy in her belief that she doesntn eed
to read the newspapers or add to her limited
stock of information, as "He" knows every
thing. and one educated partner in all matri
monial firms is enough. Sometimes the object
of this confding alteration is worthy of and
entitled to it; in other cases, not so much so,
perhaps. But in any case the adulation is
unabated-the adoring wife not stopping short
of believing that although her husband didn't
exactly make the world, he could have done
it if he had wanted to. The decadence of