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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
NATIONAL HEEDLEssNEss.

A Curious Fact in the History of Nations,
The blindness of nations to the imme.
diate future is one of the most curious
facts in history When Germany com.
mcnced her career of conquest by her
attack on Denmark, Austria took sides
with Prussia When Prussia turned
her victorious arms on Austria. France,
though she was ruled by the usually
clear and far-seeiug Louis Napoleon, re.
fused to Interfere. The reorganized
German Empire, under the leadership
OF Prussia, next attacked France. Great
Britain, the natural ally of France,
would not lift a finger to help her neigh
Dor across the channel France was
humjIiated she lost two tair provinces
and paid the cost of the armies that
conquered her. Great Brtan's turn
has now come. She might have inter-
fered to save Denmark, the daughter of
the regniug monarch of which is
member of her own royal family. a
British ileet and army might have pre-
vented the formation of the German
Empire. Had she aided France, the
latter might not have lost her prov noes,
and Sedan might have been changed
frDrl a defeat into a victory Now the
slime for Great Britaiu's humilia-
;iuD seems to have come. She
would not he'll Denmark, Austria,
armies of Won MOltlc. aud her reward
is isolation and humiliatiOn-Germauy
commanding her to stop annexation of
new territory and entering into the
field as a competitor for the trade of
Africa and the East Great Britain,
that claims the obedience of more sub
ieCts than any two nations on earth,
now rates as a third-cass power, so far
as military prestige is concerned. Ger
many Is reaching out her arms to the
ends of the earth; but England win not
profit by the lesson she has had This
is shown by q recent incident. Prince
Albert Victor, the son of the Prince of
Wales, has just come of age He made
q speech recently pointing ont the OBJ
viOus fact that Great Britain must create
armies after the pattern of Germany,
France. and the other nations on the
continent of Europe, if she wished TO
maintain her power "A hireling force
raised by voluntary enlistment could
uaver, he said, compete with armies
levied and massed BY Conscrption. ~
His well considered and accurate state
meut of the reasons for British in
1eriOritv iu a military sense was secuted
and created Indignation among the
| British public. EagIaud is willing to
'gg behind the rest of Europe i'm military
D1wer Am expert authorities agree
L q a.. ID /. al. U. e n
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
CHOICE SELECTIONS.

All that thou givest thou wilt carry
away with thee. Turkish PrOUerb
The shadows fall on many a heart
in order that it may come into closer
relations with the Infinite; for I'm the
night Of sorrow stars arise, and man is
made conscious of his relations 10 God.
- Unirer8ali8t
Men make two opposite mistakes
with regard to morality and religion
One thinks his morality enough without
religion, and another treats his religion
as though it We're all-sufiicient without
morality LiUiHg Church
There are but few positions occu.
pied by the scientists Of one hundred
years ago which have WithsGood the tests
Oftime AS men have increased in kuowl-
edge these have all been abandoned
The Bible, on the other hand, has more
advocates now than it ever had before.
Disciple Of Christ
Our Lord took His disciples with
Him into the ship 20 preach them a
practical lesson. lt Is one thing to talk
TO people, but it is another, and a far
different thing TO go into the ship with
them, TO let them feel an the terror of
the storm, aud then to arise and rebuke
the wind, and say unto the waves,
'Peace be still Our Lord rave His
disciples a kind Of kindergarten le son:
au acted sermon n which the truth
was set forth Yisibly before them Such
living teaching produced q wonderful
5flect upon their lives, SpWrgeQR
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
BACON.
A Little Girls Composition. and the
Funny Mistake She Made.

a Little Girls Composition. and the
Funny Mistake Size Made.
When was a girl in school the
teacher used to give out topics once a
month for essays. One evening she
gave to Fannie Rhodes this topic
Bacon. Poor Fannie hated essays
worse than any Of the others, believe,
and over this subject she fairly groaned.
las if COUldE' she said. But she did.
In just a month from the day the sub
jects we given out, the essays were TO
be read. Fanny was among the first to
be called forward. ! ought to tell you
that these monthly essays were not
pass in for correction until after they
were read. They were to be given TO
the school exactly as they came from
the authors hand. So Fannie began
BACON.
The subject assigned TO me for this month
Is bacon. do not see how it is possible for
any one 20 say much on such subject Ev-
CryhCdy knows all that there Is TO say about
1t. 1t is simply the flesh OF hogs salted, or
picked or dr.ed
Before she had read the close of this
sentence, the pupils were in such rOaTs
of laughter that her voice was drowned.
She looked around upon us with such
astonished eyes that the thing grew all
the funnier, and the boys fairly
shouted
Even the gentle teacher was laugh
ING,
80 Fannie, Fanniel' she cried at
last did you really think 1 meant
porb?"
"Why, what else could you mean?n
said bewildered Fannie. And then we
all laughed again.
"Why, Fannie" said Miss Hender-
son, 81 thought, of course, you would
understand that meant Lord Bacon. :"
lord Baconp repeated poor Fannie,
IN dismayi 'Inever heard of him -
PGnsy.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
Personal Enjoyment.


1t is to be questioned whether, among
all the motives which lead to evil-do-
ing, there is any one which is really
more dangerous than that which tends
to make personal enjoyment the one
object of personal endeavor. II one
were to Judge from the chance express
sions which drop from the lips Of the
majority of people he meets, one would
have to conclude that most of his fell
lowmen seek no higher justification for
any course of action than the fact that
they enjoy it, and no stronger reason
against engaging in something else
than the fact that they dislike it. Yet
however few, or however many, adopt
this standard, there can be no fatal
mistake than to make personal likes or
dislikes the rule of life Indeed, it
might almost be said that this is the
chief error against which the precepts
of both the Old Testament and New are
directed To place itself and personal
enjoyment ia the front rank of motives
is not only n-Christian, but anti-Chris-
tian, and it opens the gateway to the
most deadly sins. No scheme of Chris
tian theology makes personal enjoy
ment the end of life; aud no man ever
achieved anything for Christ OF Chris
tianity, who did not when necessary,
trample both self and selfish enjoyment
under foot. IS. S, Times.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08

such high-up things, said she, pout-
ing q little But chat didn't bring the
lmocker within reach and i don't
know what they would have done if at
that minute the door hadn't opened,
Just a crack.
It opened wider and wider still; and
there stood the little girl-a ared-cheeked
little girl with curly black hair and
very bright dark eyes. Mays heart and
Pink's warmed to the small stranger,
who put her finger IN her mouth and
then took it out again and asked them
very politely to come In.
''Oh, we can't" said May. 'We
came to bring you something. ~
eve did 'em ourselves SAID Pink;
"'cause cause we thought may be
you'd be lonesome.
"Well, / was, said the little girl,
eagerly untwisting the tissue-paper;
"and / cried because ] was going TO
stay here all summer But I'm real
glad now. Oh did you make emp
'Yes, we did, said May and Pink,
in a pleasant futter; 'a-purpose for
you"
'And my names May Blossom and
Pink's is Pink Rose, - pursued May.
How funny" laughed the little
girl "iust like flowers MY names
Nellie Rodick, and I'm ever m ever so
much obligedr'
''And she wanted us to 60 in real
bad, was the way May told the story
to Mamma Blossom a little while after,
" but we said we couldn't We're
gong to see her tomorrow, though;
and her name is Nellie, and she's going
TO live in the ROdick house. And /
knew you wouldn' care. N
Before mamma, who looked as aston
ished as possible, had time to answer,
the door-bell rang. And you wouldn't
believe that there was a tall boy with
two little parcels in his hand, both eX-
actly alike.
For Miss May Blossom and Miss
Pink Rose, he said, making a very
low bow and trying hard not to smile
"with the compliments of Miss Nellie
Rodick -
Then the tall boy bowed himself
away, just in time not to hear two great
round "O'sr' For there-there right
under Mays eyes and Pink's eyes
were two big white sugar eggs that
opened in the middle and showed two
little white sugar hens sitting on two
nestsful of sugar-plums. Did you everP
May Blossoms mamma felt that she
never did. She looked at the two little
girls quite severely.
"Why, whyN' said she, what pos
sessed you! Nellie Rodick is Governor
Rodick's little girl! Why, Mary Alicia
Blossom! Why, Priscilla Follett Rosen'
Such a dreadful thing! Pink hung
her head, blushing like a real red rose,
and May swallowed fast two or three
times
'I am surprisedr' said mamma.
Just to think!' But her eyes began
to laugh a little, and May saw that.
I'm glad we did, mamma;" she
cried "She's such a sweet little girl,
and she was real lonesome. OF course
we wouldn't if we knew she was real
live Governors little girl, but I'm glad
we did sou
81 am, too" echoed Pink, looking
lovingly at the big sweet egg. Il can't
help feeling glad a little.
Neither can 1, said Mamma Bios
som, laughing heartily at last and kiss
ing them both. - Youths Companion.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
A polIar,s Worth.

That's one OF the benefit, of being
au orphan, he said To ,hc bootblack at
the posto1ice yesterday 81 was coming
across the street when horse driven by
aplumber Knocked me down and walked
an over me-.
"Who are YEP" says the man, as he
pulls mp.
''Jim Taylor" says Z, as / digs
through the mud
Chow much are We hurt"'
"A dollars worth
''Who's yer pap9'
Haven't got any. You must settle
this ere case with me alone.
"Ha settled and I gin him "a receipt
Now If had any old folks he'd have
gone to a lawyer. and we'd have had to
sue, and if the case ever got before a
Jury his lawyer would have proved me
blind in both eyes and q hOrsc-thiei Co
boot Nothin like bein' yer own boss
and setUn' AN fatal injuries ON the spot
fur ready cash. '-Dctr03 Free Press.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS
MOTHER Hen 10 HER CHICKENS

Cluckl cluokl Come come. my little doars,
ho Quiot uow-prnYt dol
The other fowls are pooriug round
70 get peep at you.
There comes old Granny Dorlng now
with Madame Speoklomore;
A bOdyd think they never saw
brood OF chicks before
And here's the rooster Feathorlogs
A-peoping down az me,
And nearly twisting on his neck
TO zoe what he can Soc
81 you must oct your prottiest
And not be bold or rude:
i wouldn like to have them think
I've hatched a noisy brood.
Cuokl cluokl Come now. get on my baob
Stop all your naughty tricks,
And creep beneath my wings again
Like well-bred little chicks.
Some day. when you can run about,
YOu'l hnd the world Is wide,
And thCn you may be very glad
To run TO me and hide.
YouH aud it's full Of foxes too,
And other ugly things,
And you'll be glad enough 20 como
And get beneath my wings.
Oh, yes, the world is very wide;
lt stretches far away
Across the lane and on this side
Beyond that stack Of hay.
And far across the duok-pond there,
And past the COrn.Crib, too;
And when you learn 90 run quite fast
III stroll out there with you.
Cuok! cluokl Come now, get Of my back.
Stop all your noisy tricks,
And creep beneath my wings again
Like well-bred little chicks.
Helen Whitney Clark, in Golden Days
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
How LOG Va sHouLp sLgEP.



for Men Of Active Brains.
The latest authority on this vexed
question, DR.. Malins, says that the
proper amount of sleep to be taken by
a man is eight hours. So far as regards
city life the estimate is probably cor
rect Proverbial wisdom does not apply
to modern conditions of social exist
ence Five Chours) for a man, seven
for a woman and nine for a pig, says
one prOverb; and a second, quoted by
Mr. Hazlitt in his English Proverbs, :"
declares that nature requires five; GUS
tom allows seven; laziness takes nine,
and WiCkedness eleven. These con-
clusions were, however, drawn from
observation of country ife.
Physical fatigue is more easily over
come than Intellectual Which of us
when travelling In the country or abroad
or in any way separated from the Ordi-
nary process of thought and anxiety,
has not found that he could, without
! difficulty do with a couple of hours less
sleep than he was in the habitof takingP
Men, however, who follow an intellec-
| tual pursuit are exceptionally fortunate
/ if the processes Of restoration occupy
/ less than seven hours More frequently
/ ,hey extend to eight or nine hours.
Ksut. i see &c stated, took never less
than seFen hours Goethe owned TO re-
quirng nine. Soldiers and sailors, on
the other hand, like laborers, do with
much less quantity am afraid to say
how few the Duke of Wellington re-
garded as essential A schoolmasteI
under whom at one time i studied, a
/ hard-working man at the acquisition Of
languages proclaimed loudly that he
never took more than five hours sleep.
The hour at WHICH be rose in the morn.
ing gave some color TO this. assertion.
Only in after life did j discover that 4
two hours post-prandial siesta was moi
Included in that allowance, GoHtlo
MGH's MaqaziF
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
FOB SUNDAY READING.
EASTER MORN.


Ahi turn nom thoughts OF grief and loss
THE aoourra, the thornG, Che shameful cross;
The tnuntG OF nond-llkc men ohhouod,
The traitors greed, Che anguished Lords
Whc 1nftrTaaacaholfve, rno ronded vellt
Incarnote hate aud murderOus viii,
Enthroued on Cnlvnry'H awful hill;
From Christ Golf-bOund TO Christ ns free
AS God and hope and Heaven can bei
10 Christ and Immortality
a mystic hand had overthrowu
Tho seal on His sepulchrnl stone;
And whom the wondering Mnrys came,
An angel, with u fuco like flame,
6pako those strange words of solemn cheer:
" Kour Lord ls risen He is not herel'
Words whose majestic meanings thriui
The worn but trugtiul centuries still;
Singing Ike birdd Of Eden strain,
Above the storm-clouds aud the rain
or mortal woe and mortal panl
g Our Lord has rlsonl He is not here"
Tvs echoed on the quvering air
The waye-like air, that sinks and swolls
With triumph of these Easter bells;
Till TO earthB bright horizon-bound,
All space O'erlOws with silvery sound.
Through which there breathes an under-key
Toned tWiNt desire ana nrOpheCYs
" Oh, fettered heartl there comes released
Oh, passionate BOull your strife shall cease,
Spent billows on the isles Of peace"
" Our Lord Is riseni He is not here"
But Faith, sublimed and winged with prayer
Nay litt ps, ere our courage taints'
10 deHthless glory of the saints;
10 feel, beyond Uranlau stars,
The clasp Of hands once scored with scars;
Or, rest In languor, Heavenly sweet
BY what were once His tortured feet;
MidmOgt the culms no storm has riven
Starred galaXies Of souls forgiven,
1 see but Christi His smile Is Heavenl
with reverent thoughts and IrindllnF eyes,
We view this marvellous morning rise
Made lOvelicr by the sun-wurm kiss
OF April palingCne8is;
Each newborn flower uplifts a face
OF rupturOuB resurrection grace,
And yOnder strong, bright eeu-waves seem
Voices of one trnnsCpndent drcum;-
Sing Easter memories, sing and shine!
He make tins sprlng-husht hour divine
As that far dawn in paestnel
Paul Hamilton HGBHe, iIl Youths Companion
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
SLEEVES

The Fashions in These Feminine Adiunets
as Indicated In metropolitan Journals.
Sleeves have undergone no change
for high-necked dresses. For evening,
however, they are made in several ways.
There is the mere strap, formed Of the
ruching, or band Of flowers, which
trims the neck of the Grecian bodice
and which requires an arm of marble
TO do it iusticei then there is the
fichu sleeve which looks like a tiny
handkerchief pulled over the shoulders
and fastened at each side Of the arm
hole at the top of the bodice. This
sleeve is intended TO match the chem
isette or tucker under the dress bodice.
A 6hird sleeve is half sleeve OF white or
black lace, according 10 the color of the
dress. This sleeve forms two Yundykes,
which are buttoned together over the
arm, thus covering only the under part
IF the arm tits most becoming Then
comes the armlet sleeve, which has the
usual shoulder-strap and "a second band
midway between the shoulder and
elbow. And, finally, there is the epau-
lette sleeve, with the epaulette made of
bows of ribbon or lace, or fringe.
ACCORDION plating bids fair to be
very popularfor both walking and home
dresses this spring. lt is one of those
fashions which startle at first and then
become universally In favor at their
second appearance. Train skirts are
even being ACCORDION plated and they
ara extremely pretty Philadelphia
Times.
uuym Tho cor,i,g man vorl, pn
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08

The annual report of the California
State Bosrd of Six Culture represents
silk culture TO be In am encouraging
condition in that State. The cocOons
raised have never been surpassed i'm
quality, and the amount of silk pro-
aucsd would have been doubled If not
Ifebled last year but for disappoint-
uent in eggs in the spring There is a,
iTgly interest In this industry.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
A PLEASING INCIDENT.

How Stranger Invoked Divine ulosaing
in Railway Dinlng-Cnr.
An incident or more properly speak
ing, an episode 80 railway travelling
recently fell under the observation Of a
Bag00 representative, which is worthy
Of recital "fOr the people now on
earth,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08

"Win the coming man workP"
asks a social scientist. That win 0a-
pend a good deal on the wealth of the
coming woman Chicago Iri6UBG
, 1885-04-29
Southern Floods.

LITTLE Rock, April 2s.-The Gazette's
Fulton, Ark, special says: The river has
been steadily rising for six days. 1t now
marks thirty-two feet on the government
guage and is still rising half an inch per
hour. The whole country along the banks
is inundated and people with stock are
fleeing to the highlands for safety. The
lower portion of Fulton is submerged and
a repetition cf last years disastrous food
is inevitable. The fields yesterday green
with waving corn are now n wilderness of
waters. The loss Of stock will be very
heavy. The Iron Mountain Railway com
pany has several hundred men working on
the bridge here trying to ave it from
being borne away by accumulating drift.
The rains in the Arkansas River valley
have done considerable damage by over
flowing portions Of the plantations above
Little Rock, and several private levees
below have been broken, but the disaster
is only local in character. The water is
now falling from Fort Smith down.
, 1885-04-29
Notes From Washington.

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-The presi-
dent to-day appointed the following col
lecton of internal revenue: Cornelius
Voorhees,, for the fourth district of Mis-
souri,, vice David A. Stewart. resigned;
John Whiteaker, for the district of Ore
gon, vice John c. Cartwright, suspended;
D. Frank Bradley, for the district of
South Carolina, vice Ellery NJ. Brayton,
suspended; Hamilton S. Shepperd, for the
sixth district Of Virginia, vice VIM. i.
Craig, suspended. The president also
, 1885-04-29

LONDON. April 2S.-The government
has accepted the offer of New South
Wales, of their contingent now in Sou
dan, for service in India or elsewhere, as
may be required by the military au-
thorities.
A special dispatch from Tipul, dated
April PC, says the Russians occupy
Akhdtepe and are actively at work max
ing a military road from Penideh to
Herat,
The prince and princess of Wales have
returned to London from their visit TO
Ireland.
Fonr torpedo boats lying at Sheerness
have been ordered into commission for
immediate service.
In the house of commons this afternoon,
Gladstone stated that Russia has made no
representations to the government, anent
the British occupation of Port Hamil-
ton.
1t is understood hat the budget for
1885, will provide for the imposition of
an increase of duty on foreign cigars.
The commissary department of the
Indian army has completed arrangements
for furnishing transportation and provi-
sions in India for two army corps. The
first corps consists Of 1900 British and
10000 native troops, with 10000 camp
followers, transport animal tenders,
20 AAA
, 1885-04-29

ALBANY, n. Y. April 2s.-The loco
motive engineers on the several divisions
of the Delaware & Hudson Canal COM
pany's road are determined TO resist the
enforcement OF the providing fora general
examination for defective vision, color
blindness and imperfect hearing. and a
strike seems to be pending. The men
object that the tests applied are too strict;
that only an expert in colors could distin-
guish the shades submitted TO them.
Seven of the oldest engineers in the serv-
ice were dismissed this evening for refus-
ing to submit to the tests. There is great
excitement and also threats of a strike
among the remainder. The officials claim
that their tests are approved and not OPP
pressive, and that their action is for the
safety Of the public.
, 1885-04-29
Foreign War News.

LONDON, April 2s. 8 p. m.-Gladstone
stated in the house of this af-
ternoon that the government bad received
confirmation Of the battle supposed to
have recently occurred between the Rus
slams and Afghans. with victory for the
latter. Mr.. Ellis Ashmead Bartlett,
Conservative, asked whether Russia had
Withdrawn from the undertaking to not
occupy Herat, to which Gladstone an
swered: mo"
ST. PETERSBURG, April 2s.-Fiye
steamers have been purchased in America
for cruisers in Russian waters.
Russia has ordered the mobilization of
her southern army. 1t is rumored that
100000 troops will be available in forty
days.
There is n great scarcity of coal in this
city and at Cronstadt, and prices have
risen to fabulous figures.
A long dispatch in cipher was sent to
Gen. Komaroff yesterday. The pay of
the sailors in the Russian navy has been
raised to war rate.
COPENHAGEN, April 2s.-The military
reserves of Denmark are being modified
in expectation of the necessity of pre-
serving Danish neutrality by force.
LONDON, April ls.-The Standards
special says: The Russians have occupied
Meruehak. twenty miles south of
Penjdeh. on Murghab river. The ameer
seems careless about Penideh being at
tackled.
PARIS, April is. The newspapers
praise Mr.. Gladstone's speech and ap-
plaud the patriotism of the English par
lament. The Temps says it expects that,
after exhausting diplomacy in order to
maintain an honorable peace, Gladstone
will employ those rare administrative
qualities which made him the first fnan-
cies of our time, in preparing for war aud
carrying it to an end.