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DEVOTED 10 NEWS, POLITICS, LITERA1 UJIE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, AND HIE GENERAL INI ERES1 S 01 , HIGHLAND ' COUNTY. Vol. 37-No. 36. Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio, Thursday, December 18, 1873. Whole No. 1960. The Highland News. IDITOH AND PKOPBIBTOB. OFFICE CnMT of Mai and Short Streets, Opposite New Town Hall. ' TERMS Kail Subscriber. Steele copy, one year. , 8 mouth .$1 SO . 1 00 . 75 . 50 . 40 months.. " 4 months M muatUa. CrPsrmnt Invnrishlj la advance. No ant by Bull longer than ths time paid foc.j t IVAi extra copy win be sent gratis, for every club of err aabacribera at the above rate. , TOWIT SUBSCRIBERS. 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IIKKRY RIIOADES, A TTORAEYA T LA W, OFFICE Above Bayne' Store, Hillsboro, Ohio. julStf . IIEXRY A, SHEPHERD, A.t toruoy a t Xj v7 HILLSBOROUGH, O. Office on High Street, between Short and Beech orreeia. r. v, urewer, oi. munovi Gv B. GARDNER, : ATTORNEY AT LAW, niLLSBOBOUQH, - OHIO gTTlCK in Smith's Block, second floor, 8. E. JF Vomer statu sod High streets. Collectioos, Partition and Probate business, together with tile other branche of hi prof eeaiou. will hep e promptly attended to. - June 8, l&ea. juSyl r JOHN A. TRItlBLE, Sen., : Agent of EquitaWe Life Ins, Co. of N.Y. . OtBc with J as. H. Thompson, Bain street, over marSTyl Waddell'a Jewelry Store. J WO BOLKKS, . D. a. T. holms. E. & B. P. HOLMES, PHYSICLINS Jb SURGEONS, HTLLSBORORFGH, OHIO. OFFICE sa Main Street, 6 door west of Ellicott House. Especial attention given to tieatacent f chronic diseases. All calls promptly attended ay us night. oc.it K. ', HUMS, 91. IK, Fhysicifn. Surgeon and Accoucheur, HILLSBORO, OHIO. - Offlce Mala Street, next door east of Post Office. Besidence -South High Su, eeutb of South Street. myiyi W. W. SHEPHERD, M. D.f Physician ami Surgeon, IIILL9BOROCUII, - - OHIO Office on Short Street, two door west of High St. OKrMCK HOURS From 8 to A. M, 1 to 1 P. AL, to 8 P. M. and all dav Saturday, dectyl A J. STitAIN, M. D. ' Physician and SurgtoM, DANVILLE, OHIO, V V AVING permanently located in Danville, ten- den his professional services to the citizeu Hurbiaad and adjoining counties. All calls either by day r night promptly .August!, ISIS. responded to. aollyl liU. A. X3 outli Office Corner Mala so High Streets, np stairs, over Brass t Ferris' Bank. ALL WOUh Vt Alt- KAMEO. February t, 1871. febevl J. E. BALES, Auotloneer. ALL those wishing my services ss Auctioneer, for selling aU kind of property, can procure py calling or tearing word at the XJ-X3'OT9 OPPICE. Will attend sales la the ooantry sad adjoining towns. jylOtf - - J. E. BALKS. Family Groceries ODUOB! C. B. MILLER, fATX of the arm of Amen, Miller A Co., will t continue the Retail Grocery and Produce trade, at the oW stand on High street, opposite tbe Court Boots, where he will keep a large and complete as sortment of Fresh Family Groceries, at price as low as tbev can be bought in this market. . Also ainily Produce of all kinds, such as But ter, Kggs, Uried Fruit, Poultry, fcc . Cssu paid for Produce of all kinds. . . Bilisbaro. Feb 4, IBit. febdtf KANSAS and MISSOURI , VIA OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI Xl.A.XXatTCrA-'Sr. 3 EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY O BUN THBOTJGH. FROM O Cincinnati Without Change of fJarw. THE OHIO & MISSISSIPPI ONLY SOAD Owned and operated by one Company from Cincin nati to St. Louis therefore passengers are SUBE of being carried through without change of cars, thus A VulDiNCJ the possibility incident to other routes, (which are made up of several short roads) of miss ing coonectioas sad subjecting their passengers to sUsagreeabie changes and delay. FAMILIES AND OTHERS SEEKING HOMES In the rich valleys and on tbe fertile prairies of Wes tern Missouri, Kaueaa, Nebraska, or the more dis tant State of California, will consult their own in terest by calling oa or addressing tbe undersu votttractins; Ageui, as iuuk resraesce ID uie i country has I him with the best lo- dalitiea. THIS BOCTE IS 87 MILES SHORTER THAN VIA INDIANAPOLIS. Through tickets can be purchased st Cincinnati prices, of E. Carson, st Hills bo ro, or at our offices a Cincinnati, lit Vine Street, and at Depot, foot of Mill Street. FRANK VAN DCSEN, Gen. Passenger Agent. JOS. W. AMBROSE, Traveling Agent apllTliy DAILY HEAT MARKET Tirt Shops, oo an. Main Sts. Wesscl & Jenkins, At their two Shop, one on High Street, north of tbs Court House, the other on Main Street, (doors west of West Street, will have a daily supply of Frswb. Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Veal; aU of the best quality, and at prices as low a soy other shop. Thaukf ol for the liberal patronage heretofore re ceived they solicit a cootinnanee of tbe same. WKSH Rt. A J tK K IKS. ' a Select Miscellany. WINTER. BT T. BDCHANAS BXAD. Sad soul dear heart, 0 hy repine T Tbe melancholy tale is plain. The leaves of spring, the summer flowers. Have bloomed and died again. The sweet and sUver-eandaled dew Which like a maiden fed the flowers, Hith waned into the beldame frost. And walked amid our bowers. Some buds there were sad hearts, be still I Which looked awhile into the sky. Then breathed but once or twice, to tell How sweetest thing may die ! And some must blight where many bloom ; But blight or Moom, the fruit must fall ! Why sigh fur spring or cummer flower. Since winter gather all 1 Be jtathara all bat chide him not He wrap them in his mantle cold Add folds them close, as best be can. For he is blind snd old. . Sad soul dear heart, no more repine The tale Is beautiful and plain ; Sorely aa winter taketh all. The spring shall bring again. . A Number of Bulls. "What is a bull? The best defini tion we hare beard is: "When you see twelve cows Ivin? down on the grass and one of them standing np, that one's a bnlL ' ' ' 'How is your sick husband this morning, Mrs. Quiggs?' 'Why the doctor sajs as how if be lives till morning he shall have some hopes for him; bnt if he don't he must give him np.' An Irish gentleman, hearing of a friend having a stone coffin made for himself, exclaimed 'By my sow, an' that's a good idea. Shure, an' a stone coffin 'uJ' last a man a life time.' An Irishman went to live in Scot land for a short time, but didn't like the country. . 'I was sick all the time I was there,' said he, 'and if I had lived there till this time, Ti been dead over a year ago! It was at a dinner table of an Irish association that the following toast was given 'Here's to the president of the So ciety Patrick O'Bafferty; and may he live to eat the chicken that scratch es over his grave. Sir Roche once said, in reference to persons, all relations to each other, but who happened to have no de scendants, that it seemed to be here ditary in the family to have no chil dren. Small Thtkob. The little things which you may do for those .boot you will fall back npoB your heart as the rammer dews fall upon the vineyards. What if it is nothing but a kind word to a school-boy crying in the street ; it dries his tears, and the aching heart grows glad again. - Who knows what cloud of darkness one kind word may dispel? Youth's Department. To Our Young Readers. The long evening have come again, and the beys and girls have bow more time for reading sod writ ing. We want them all to try to contribute some thing to the "Youth's Department" of the Niws, which is intended for their special benefit. Let us have original Euigmas, Charades, Puzzles, Prob lems, Rebuses, Anagrams, Conundrums, Ac. sVc Be careful to make no mistakes In pelting, and al ways send the correct answers, together With your real name, which will not be pnhllahrd, unless you desire it, bat the editor wants to know teh the con tributors are. We know there is talent enough among the bright. wide-awake young people who read the 29bws, to make this Department interesting, and keep It sup plied with original matter. Let all of them put oa their "thinking caps," at ones, snd send as their productions. Ed. Y. B. Enigma. I am composed of IS letters. , ', My 1 14 la a comfort in old age, ' ' My 1 1 4 W ( U is useful on a dark night, My I is aa article, My S t Is s river in Africa, My 6 is a pronoun, My ( t S 15 11 Is a muse who sings of love and marriage. My J 8 S 1 is a coat of steel. My S It 16 Is aa insect. My 8 IS is a troublesome suimaL My 10 S 11 IS 11 4 is a Urge gun. My 11 8 is an instrument to row boats. My IS 14 1 is a head dress, . My IS- 8 13 is what lady should be, ;My MI Ilstforesttree, iMy 15 14 8 Is s Chinese plant. My whole li the name of a young lady in Clay township. HARAS. Boford, O. Enigma. My 14 ( 13 10 is a lady's name. My 6 14 141 12 U a fruit. My IT IS 11 is worn on the head. My 1 S 14 1 T is a lady's name, My 1 4 13 is a boy's nickname. My 8 16 IS 3 is a small brook. My whole is the name of s youne lady living In this vicinity. PAP'S BOY. Marshall, O. Key to a Person's Name. By the accompanying table of letters tbe name of person or word may be found out in the following A B D H P C C K I q B F F J B G G G K 8 I J L L T K K M M U M N N N V O 0 O O w Q B T X X 8 8 V Y Z U V V Y Z WWW Y Z Let the person whose name you wish to know In form you in which of the upright columns the first letter of his name is contained. If it be found in but one column it is the top letter; if It occurs in more than one column. It is found by adding the alphabetical numbers of the top letters of these col umns, and the sum will be the number of the letter sought. By taking one letter at a time in this way the whole can be ascertained. For example, take tbe word Jane. J is found in the two columns commencing with B and H, which are the second and eighth letter down the alphabet; their sum is ten, and the tenth letter down the alphabet Is J, the letter sought. Tbe next letter A appears la bnt one column, where it stands st the top. N Is seen in tbe columns besded B, D and H; these are the second, fourth and eighth letters of the alphabet, which added give the 14th, or N, and so on. The use of this table will excite no little curiosity among those unacquainted with tbs explanation. Problem. What is the difference between half a solid foot and a solid half foot? ' Carmel, O. J. W. W. Answer to Enigma in last week' New: Yacht Answer to Cross-word Enigma in last week's New: John Trop. Answer to Square Words in last week's Kewc 1 Odd. -1 JML L EUs. I asp. A Pair of Remarkable Surgical Operations. The Maysville (Ky.) Republican a late date says: On last Saturday morning Dr. Dawson, of Cincinnati, assisted by several physicians ot tnis city, per formed an operation for the relief of Mr. Joseph J. Mefford, an old citizen of this county, who has been suffer ing for some time from an abdominal tumor. The occasion was remarka ble as being the first instance of the employment in this part of the coun try of an instrument known as the pneumatic aspirator, the invention of a French physician by the name of Dieulefoy. This ' instrument, as de scribed to us, consists essentially of a strong syringe, communicating by valves or taps with a fine tubular needle. A vacuum being produced by the means of the syringe, the needle is carefully introduced, and the abscess or tumor is exhausted of its liquid contents with the least pos sible risk to the patient The inven tion of this instrument is one of the benefits conferred upon mankind by that science which does so much (and notably in the last fifty years to mitigate suffering and prolong life. Though the date of the invention is very recent, it is already numbered among the greatest triumphs of mod ern medicine,' since it places in the physician's hands the means of pene trating, for remedial purposes, the in most recesses of the living body. The operation performed on Mr. Mef ford was entirely successful The disease from which he suffers is Baid to be incurable, but the operation has secured to the patient no email de gree of immediate relief. At laBt ac counts he was in a comparatively comfortable condition. A Philadelphia paper gives the fol lowing account or a stiu more re markable operation, recently perform ed in that city: An operation requiring great sur gical skill was performed one ' day last week at the Phildelphia hospital. There were present a class of four hundred and fifty students, and the operation, which was rare as it was difficult and delicate, was for the relief of a1 venerable sufferer, aered venty years, afflicted with what is called "painful neuroma." The pa tient had suffered exquisite and in cessans torture ior tne last ten years from his affliction, which had its con i a i at nection with the nerves distributed to the shoulder and arms, and he was beginning, though of strong frame, to break down under the tax. In the hope of saving the patient's life and ending his pain, the object was con ceived of dividing all the nerves di rected to the part of the body which was afflicted, thus cutting off the nervous supply. This object was successfully accomplished. The nerves divided are by the anatomist called the brachial plexus, a portion of which, one fifth of an inch, was taken out, since which time the man has suffered no pain whatever, having gained entire relief. The operation was performed by one of the surgeons f the hospital Dr. F. F. Maury, and, it is said, was never before performed successfully for this particular affliction. - A sim ilar operation was performed for a kindred affection in New York, and these two cases are alone in the an nals of surgery. . Nothing of . the kind has ever been accomplished abroad, and this fresh achievement is another evidence of the superior skill of American surgery. Put Tour Money In Bank. The panics have occasioned the withdrawal of such sums of money from the banks as prove tempting baits to the expert thieves of the cities, and that class of operators are now taking a season of rustic enjoy ment visiting the rich and the mod erately rich fanners of the c6untry. It is not safe to keep money about the house, either in town or country. There is no building which is safe against a skillful burglar, and we do not believe there is a house in town into which an entrance cannot be forced in twenty minutes without alarm. There is always one weak spot and the expert thief finds it quickly. Noils, bolts and bars al most vanish before the fine jimmies, outsiders and saws of the day, and these tools work so noiselessly that it's an accident that a thief disturbs the slumbers of a household. A most shocking murder occurred near Jackson last Monday week. Mrs. Annie C. Tilton, residing near that place, has often warned persons not to trespass upon her grounds, and, ou the above day, while some school children were crossing her fields, her anger reached the culminating' point, when she deliberately shot and killed a boy named Franklin Johnson, aged 10 years. The boys had taken a near cut by a path leading across her lands. Mrs. Tilton is about sixty years of age. Her land being a good blackberry patch, and a favorite re sort for quail and rabbits, persons in quest of game and berries frequently tresspassed, and she on several occasions shot at children, women and men, but never hit anybody but young Johnson. The ball penetrated the skull of the boy a little below the left ear, and came out on the opposite side. Mrs. Tilton is now in jail. A colored preacher, in translating to his hearers the sentence, "Tbe harvest is over, the season is ended, and thy soul is not saved," put it: "De corn has been crib bed, dere ain't any more work, and the debbil is still foolia' wid dia ggmmnnity." THAT ROOSTER. It is the Cause of all the Rev. Pinkney's Troubles. , From the Duidinry News. ". The Rev. Mr. Pinkney, of Slawson, bought a game rooster from a Dan bury dealer, Saturday, Mr. Pinkney informs us that he was not aware the fowl was of the game species; he bought it because of its shapely ap pearance. We believe this statement, and are confident that the good peo ple of Slawson will acquit him of all blame in the unfortunate affair of Sunday morning, the particulars of which are as follows: tAt the time the trouble commenced, Mr. Pinkney was engaged in arrang ing his necktie preparatory to put ting on his coat and vest. Happen icg to looK out tne window, lie saw his new rooster and another rooster belonging to the - Widow . Rathburn squaring off in the 6treet for a fight Surprised and pained by this display, he immediately started out to quell the disturbance, but it was too late. When he got there, a half a dozen young ruffians, with cigars in their mouths, and evil in their eyes, had surrounded the ' birds, which were already in the affray. They would thrust their heads out at each other, and ruffle their necks, and then dance aromid and strikeout with their spurs, and jump back and strike out their heads again. And when the boys saw him they shouted out: "Hurry up, Baldy, (Mr. Pinkney is a little bald), or youll miss the fun." Mr. Pinkney was inexpressibly shocked. , It was Sunday morning: the homes of two of his deacons and several of his most prominent mem bers were in sight, and there were those roosters carrying on like mad, and a parcel of wicked and profane boys shouting their approval, and noisily betting on the result He made an effort to secure his fowl, but it eluded him. The perspiration streamed down his face, which burned like fire; his knees trembled, and he felt, as he saw the neighbors gathering, that if the earth would only open and swallow him he could never be sufficiently grateful : Just as he attempted to catch his rooster a rough-looking individual, with his pants in his boots, and a cap with a drawn fore-piece, came up, and taking in the scene at a glance, sided in with the other rooster. "Fair play," shouted the new comer, for the benefit of the crowd, and "Don't step on the birds, old codger," for the particular benefit of Mr. Pinkey, who crazed beyond reas on, was jumping about, swinging his arms, and muttering incoherent things, to the great danger of step ping on the combatants. "Good for old Pinkney 's rooster!'' screamed the boys, in delight, as that old fowl knocked a handful of feath ers from his opponent's neck. "The parson knows how to do it," said the one-eyed man, gleefully. Mr. Pinkney could have swooned. "I'll go you $5 on the widder," said the rough man, earnestly winking at the clergyman. ' "Take him, Pinkney! Take him, Pinkney!" chorused the crowd of ragamuffins. "My friends," protested the minis ter, in a voice of agony, "I cannot, I I cannot 'Til back you, sir," said an enthu siastic man with a fish pole. 'Til put up for you, and you can let me have it from your donation." The clergyman groaned. "Catch the widder," shouted the rough man to Mr. Pinkney, indicat ing the lady's bird by a motion of his finger. ' Mr. Pinkney clutched it, drop ping on his knees as he did so. At this time, the rough man, by a dextrous move, caught the clergy man's bird, and also dropped on his knees opposite. Just then Mr. Pinkney looked up, and there 6aw two of his deacons staring down upon the scene with an expression of intense pain; the un happy man dropped Mrs. Rathburn's fowl, and darted into the house. As soon as he recovered his mis hap, he sent in his resignation, but a critical examination had been made in the meantime, and it transpired that, as far as the worthy deacon was concerned, there was not the least blame. The resignation was not accepted. Countbt vs. City. A contemporary says: "While the city papers, with few excep tions, united in the insane attempt to pre cipitate the conntry into an unjust and dis honorable war, the country papers spoke out fearlessly for the right. 'The Cincinnati Gazette intimates that some of them would precipitate the coun try into war merely to get sale for extra copies of their papers. We do not believe any paper would be so base as that. But thers is a mystery about this matter that may some day be explained." "Thomas," said a father to-his son, "don't let that girl moke a fool of you. Look sharp. Remember the adage that love is blind." "O, that adage won't wash," said Tom ; "talk about love being blind ! Why I see ten times as much in that girl as you do." A priest walking out one morning, said to a ragged little urchin : "Good morning, son of Satan !" "Good morning, father!" replied the boy, as he went whistling on his way. UNCLE INGOT. "If ever you or yours get five pounds out of me, madam, before die, I promise you,, you shall have five thousand; and I am a man my word." So spoke . Mr. Ingot Beardraore, drysalter and common councilman in the city of London, to Dorothea Elizabeth, his widowed sister-in-law, who had applied to him for pecuniary suecor about three months after the death of his young er brother Isaac, her husband. There were harshness and stubborn determination in this reply, but there was no niggard cruelty. -Mrs. Isaac wanted money, it i3 rue, bnt only in the sense in whichwe all want it She was only, poor in comparison with the great wealth of this relative by marriage. Her income was large enough for any ordinary Mr. Ingot said "legitimate" purpose, but not sufficient for sending her boy to Eton, and finishing him off at the universities, as it was the maternal wish to do. . Mr. Ingot hated such genteel intentions; Christ's hospital had been a fashionable enough school for him, and he had "finished off' as a clerk at forty pounds a year, in that very respectable house of which he was now the senior partner. With the results of that education, as ex emplified in himself, he ; was perfectly , satisfied, and if , his nephews only turned out half as well, their mother, he thought, might think herself uncommonly lucky. Her family had given themselves airs upon the occasion of her marrying Isaac "allying herself with com merce," some of them called it and Ingot had never forgiven- them. He gloried in his own profession, al 1 1 1 . s tnougu government naa never seen fit to ennoble any member of it, and perhaps all the more upon that ac count; for he was one of those radi cals who are not "snobs" at heart, but rather aristocrats. He honestly believed that noblemen and gentle men were of the lower orders, and those who toiled and strove, the upper crust of the human pie. When he was told that the former classes often toiled and strove in their own way as much as the others, he made a gesture of' contempt, and "blew" like an exasperated whale. It was a vulgar sort of retort, of course, but so eminently expressive. that his opponent rarely pursued the subject He rather liked his sister-in-law, in spite of her good birth, and would have, doubtless, largely assisted her had she consented to bring up her children according to his views; but since she preferred to take her own ways, ne withdrew himself more and more from her society,- until they sawnothinsr at all of one another. He had no intention of leaving his money away from his brother's chil 1 . T 1 I It i or en; ne naa mucn too strong a sense of duty for that; and as for marriage, that was an idea that never entered into his hard old head. He had not made a fool of himself by falling in love in middle-age, as Isaac had done (in youth, he had not time for 6uch follies), and it was not likely that at sixty-five he should commit any such imprudence. So his nephews and niece? felt confident of being provided for in the future. In the present, however, as time went on, and the education of both girls and boys grew more expensive, Mrs. Isaac's income became greatly strait ened. Her own family applauded tne expensive way m wmcn she was bringing up her children, and especi ally her independence of spirit with relation to her tradesman brother-in- law, but they never assisted her with a penny. The young gentleman at Cambridge was therefore kept upon very short allowance; and the young ladies, whose beauty was something remarkable, affected white muslin, and wore no meretricious jewelry. Their pin-money was very limited, poor things, and they made their own clothes at home by the help of a sewing-machine. If Uncle Ingot could have seen them thus diligently em ployed, his heart would perhaps have softened towards them, but, as I have said, they now never got that chance. Julia, the elder, had been but six years old when he had last called at their highly-rented but diminutive habitation in Mayfair, and now she was eighteen, and had nev er seen him since. Although she had of course grown out of the old man's recollection, she remembered his figure-head, as she wickedly called his rigid features, uncommonly well! and, indeed, nobody who had ever seen it would forget it His counten ance was not so much human as ligneous; aud his profile nephew Jank had actually seen upon a nobbly tree in the lime-walk of Clare Hall at Cambridge much more like than any silhouette ever cut out of black paper. They had laughed at the old gentleman in early days, and snapped their fingers at his churlish ness, but it had become no laughing matter now. That remark of Uncle Ingot's, "If ever you or yours get five pounds out of me, madam, before I die, I promise you, you shall have five thousand; and I am a man of my word," had become a very serious sentence, con demning all the family to, if not Pov erty, at least. very urgent Want I What it meant of course .was, that he was resolutely determined ' to 'give them nothing. In vaini the . youn ladies worked for Uncle Ingot slip pers and book-markers for his birth dav, and 6ent to him their wishes at Christmas in Rimmers highly scente envelopes; in vain Jack . sent him ' pound of the most . excellent snuff that Bacons emporium could furnish, at the beginning of every term, ,'He always wrote back a civil letter of thanks, in a clear and clerkly Jetter, but there was never any enclosure. When Mrs. Isaac asked him to din ner, he declined in a caustic manner avowing that he did not feel him self comfortable at the aristocratic tables of the West End and sent her a pine-apple for the dessert, of his own frrowincr. He had really no ill-foeling towards his ipjatives, al though he kept himself so estranged from them; but I think this sort of conduct tickled the old gentleman's grim sense of humor. If he could hava found some lefiritimate excuse for "makinsr up" with his sister in law, within the first year or two of their falling out, perhaps he would have been glad to do so; but time had now sq widened the breach, that it was not be easily repaired. What he had satirically written when he de clined her invitation had grown to be true; he rarely went into society, and almost never into the company of ladies, the elder portion of whom he considered frivolous and vexatious, the vonnser positively dangerous. He ti CJ A had a few old-bachelor friends, how ever, with whom he kept up cordial intercourse, and spent with them the various festivals of the year as regular ly as they came round. : On the 31st of December, for in stance, he never omitted to go down to Reading, and "see the ' old year out and the new year in," in the company of Tom Whaffles, with whom he had worn the yellow stockings, in their school-days that had pass ed away more than half a century ago. Tom and Isaac had been even greater cronies as boys than Tom and Ingot, but the latter did not like Tom less upon that account; secretly, I think he esteemed him the more highly, as a link between himself and that luckless family whose very existence he yet chose to ignore. Mr. Whaffles had intimate relations with them still; they came to stay with him whenever his sister paid him a visit, and could act as their hostess; but this never happened in the last week of the year. Tom was never to speak of them to his old friend that was not only tacitly understood, but had even been laid down in writing as the basis of their intimacy. On the 31st of December last Mr. Ingot Beardmore found himself, as usual, at the Paddington Station, looking for an empty compartment, for his own company had got to be very plensing to him. Having obtained his object, and rolled himself up in the corner of the carriage in several greatcoats, with his feet upon a hot tin, and his hands clothed in thick mittens, and looking altogether like a polar bear who liked to make him self comfortable when everything was arranged, I say, to the old gen tleman's complete satisfaction, who should invade his privacy, just as the train was about to start, and the whistle had sounded, but one of the most bewitching young ladies you ever set eyes on! "Madame, this carriage is engaged,"' growled he, pointing to the umbrella, carpet bag, and books, which he had distributed upon all the seats, in order to give it that appearance. "Only engaged to you, I think; v i ii n ' at sir, repnea tne cnarmer, nippanwy. "Happv carriage! I wish I was. Isn't X X tl that pretty!" Mr. Beardmore had never had any thing half so shocking said to him in all his life, and if the train had not been already set in motion, he would have called upon the guard for help, and left the carriage forthwith. As it was. he could only look at this shameless vounsr person with an ex pression of the severest reprobation. At the same time his heart sank within him at the reflection, that the train was not to stop till he reached his destination Reading. What in dinrnities misrht he not have to suffer before he could obtain protection? She was a modest-looking young lady, too, very simplp dressed, and her voice was particularly sweet and prepossessing, notwithstanding the dreadful remarks in which she had indulged. Perhaps she was out of her mind and at this idea Mr. Ingot Ber xdmore broke out, notwithstand ing the low temperature, into a very profuse perspiration. "Now, what will you give me for a kis.s, you old you old polar bear?" asked the fair stranger playfully as the train flew by Ealing. "Nothing, Madame, nothing; I am astonished at you," answered Mr Beardmore, looking anxiously around the carriage in the desperate hope of finding one of those newly-patented inventions for , affording commu nication with the guard. "Well, then, Pll take one, and leave to your honor," continued the it young lady with a peal of silvery laughter; and with that she lightly rose, and before the old gentlemaD could free himself from his wraps, or ward her off with ' bis muffctees, she had imprinted ' a kiss upon his horny ' cheefc. Mr. Ueardmbre's breath was so utterly taken away' by this assault, that he' remained, speech less, but his countenance ' was prob ably more full of expression than it had ever been in his life.- "O no, I am not mad," laughed she in reply to it; "although I have taken a. fancy to such a wonderful . old . creature. Now, come, if I kiss you again, what will yon give me?"' . . . "I shall give you in ' charge of the police madam, the instant that arrive at Reading." . ' "Give me in charge! What for, you curious piece of antiquity?" "For an assault, madam; yes, for, an assault Don't you know that you have no right to kiss people with out their consent in this manner?1 Jtiere tne young lady laughed so violently that the tears came into her eyes. "Do you suppose, you poor old doting creature, that anybody will ever believe such a story as that? Do you ever use such a thing- a as looking-glass, you poor dear? Are you aware how very unprepossessing your appearance is, even when you don't frown, as you are doing now, in a manner that is enough to frighten one? You have, of course, a- perfect right to your own opinion, r but if you suppose the police will agree with you, you will find yourself much mis taken. - The idea of anybody wanting to kiss you will reasonably enough appear to them preposterous." . "What is it you require of me, you wicked creature?" cried the . old bachelor, in an agony of shame and rage. "I want payment for my kiss. To a gentleman at your time of life, who scarcely could expect to be so favored, surely it is worth what shall I say? five pounds. ' What! not so much? Well, then, here's another for your other cheek" Like a flash of light ning, she suited the action to ner words. "There, then, five pounds for the two, and I won't take a shill ing less. You will have to give it to the poor's box at the police station, if not to me. For I intend, in case you are obstinate, to complain of your disgraceful . conduct to the guard, at the first opportunity. I shall give you into custody, sir, as sure as you are alive. . You will be put upon your oath, you know, and all you will dare to say will be that 1 kissed you, and not you me. What oars of laughter' there will be in court, and how funny it will all look in the papers! Here the young lady began to laugh again, as though she had already read it there. Mr. Beardmore's grim sense of humor was, as usual, accompanied by a keen dislike of appearing ridiculous. True, he bated to be imposed upon; still, of the two evils, was it not better" to pay five pounds, than to be made thelaughing-stock of his bache lor friends, who are not the sort of peo ple to commiserate one in a misfortune of this kind. In short, Mr. Ingot Beardmore paid the money. Mr. Thomas Whaf fles found his guest that evening any thing but talkativo. There was a select party of the male sex invited to meet him, by whom the rich old dry- salter was accustomed to be regard ed as an oracle; but upon this occa sion he had nothing to say; the con sciousness of having been "done" oppressad him. His hps were tight ly sealed; his cheeks were still glow ing from the audacious insult that had been put upon them; his fingers clutched the pocket book in which there was a five pound note less than there ought" to be. But when his host and himself were left alone that night, "seeing the old year out, and the new year in," his heart began to thaw under the genial influences of friend-ship and gin-punch, and he told his late adventure to Tom Whaf fles, not without some enjoyment of his own mischance. "I could really almost forgive the jade," said he, "for having taken me in so cleverly. I dare say, however, she makes quite a profession of it; and that half a score of old gentlemen have been coerced before now into ransoming their good name as I did. And yet she was a modest and lady like looking girl as ever you saw." "Was she anything like this?" in quired Mr. Whaffles, producing a photograph. "Why, that's the very girl!" ex claimed the guest "Ha, ha! Tom; so you, too, have been one of her vic tims, have you? Well, now, this is most extraordinary." "Not at all, my dear fellow. I know her very well; and her sister, and her mother, and her brother too. I can introduce yoa to Lcr if you like. There's not the least harm in her; bless you, she only kissed you for a bit of fun " "A bit of fun!" cried Mr. Beardmore. "Why, she got a five-pound note out of me!" "But she does not mean to keep it, I am very sure. Would you like to see her again? Come, TTes' or 'No"?" If she will give me back my mon ey, 'lea. "Very well," returned the host; "mind, you asked for her yourself'; and he rang the bed pretty sharply twice. "Here she is : it's your niece, Miss Julia. Her mother and sister are now staying under this very roof." "Yes, uncle," said the young, lady demurely. "Here is your five-pound note: please to give me that five thousand which you promised mam ma f ever, she or Jters got five pounds out of you; for. you are a man of your word, I know. But what would be better still would be, to let me kiss you once more, in the character of your" dutiful niece ; and let us all love you as we want to do. It was an audacious stratagem, I ad mit, but I think you will forgive me come!" 'There go the church-bells !" cried Tom Whaffles. "It is the new year, and a fitting time to forget old en mities. Give your uncle a kiss, child." rXncle Ingot made no resistance this time, but avowed himself fairly conquered; and. between ourselves, although he made no "favorites" among his newly-reconciled relatives, but treated them with equal kindness, I think he always liked Niece Julia best, who had been the cause of heal ing' a quarrel which no one perhaps had regretted more at heart than Uncle Ingot himself. Teacher's Department. Teacher's Department. A Serious Charge-It is True? A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette unburdens her mind in the following manner: "Our schools are not as good, nor is there as much in terest manifested in them, as there was fifteen years ago." " We might first inquire, Can this charge be sustained by facts? If so, who is to blame? A friend, to whom we read the paragraph, said it was a fib, and we think a large majority of the best informed of our citizens would say that the assertion is a false one. - First it is asserted that our schools are not so good. If so, why? Are not our teachers as competent as formerly? 'We say, without fear of successful contradiction, that many who were considered fair teachers twenty years ago, could not now stand the test to which teachers are subjected in applying for "license." Suruly advancements have been made in methods of teaching, or else our Institutes and Normal Schools, which have sprung into existence witLin. the time .specified above, have been a shameful failure. And our text-books have they not, some of them at least, changed very much for the better? Are not our pupils bet ter scholars, in all the branches now taught in our common schools, ex cept perhaps spelling? Where was the "Higher Arithmetic"? how many studied Algebra then? Or how many knew anything of Grammar as now taught? It may be said, that the cost has increased more rapidly than the high schools have advanced. So we mi; say, with still greater force, that the cost of living has increased much more than the benefits and comforts derived therefrom. As to the interest manifested, the exertions put forth by the teach ers to prepare - themselves and keep posted, are evidence that their zeal has not ' abated. And, considering that the time of school keeping is now generally nine months instead of three, the attendance will show that scholars are as much as ever in terested in the subject of Education " We think the only point that can be made out of this sweeping as sertion is, that owing to the present style and notion of living, especially of our young people, the minds and hands of parents are so completely occupied with providing for the household, that little time is left to watch over educational matters. PLAYING SCHOOL. Six in a row on the door steps there, Mce little school-ma'am, prim and fair, Fnnuiest noses, dimpled chins Listen awhile ! the school begins. Classes in Vithmetic, come this way. Why were you absent, Mary Day T Now, Miss Susan, what's twice four ? "May be it's leven may be more. Johnny, dont blow in your brother's ear Stop it ! or I must interfere I Say your tables now begin ; "Trustees" might come dropping in ! What would they ever say to us, J inding school in such a fuss t Baby Jennie, bow is that T DOG, dear, don't spell cat ! Terrible boy ! your face is red Why will you stand upon your bead T Class in spelling, that will do ; Lere's certificates for you. Faces as pure as the morning sun. Voices that ring with harmless fun, S reet is the lesson you Impart ! Sweet 1 and I learn it all by heart. Newspapers in Public Schools. Now that vigorous efforts are be ing made to exclude the Bible from public schools, another and, perhaps, in the estimation of some, more ob jectionable element is about to be, or has been, introduced into the school room. We refer to the intro duction of daily newspapers into the schools for exercises in reading, to partially supercede the standard Readers now in general use. We be lieve something of this kind has been adopted in the public schools of Marion, in this State, and a few days since, a gentleman who was on his way to Walbridge, Wood county, a new village on the line of the Toledo, Tiffin & Eastern Railroad, called at this office and ordered the Daily Blade sent to him for use in his school At firsts this innovation upon time-honored custom and trespass upon the territory ever which echool book publishers held a ' squatter's right," did not impresg ua favorably but a little reflection developed strong reasons for tbe proposed experiment The Readers in use in public schools, are usually made up of miscellaneous selections, little calculated to excite interest or awaken thought in the minds of the young. With the daily journal it may be different It treats of topics of current interest, and af fords a fund of good reading which, under the direction of a competent instructor, will awaken the interest of the pupils, store their minds with valuable information, and cultivate a tasto for reading and a thirst after knowledge, which can scarcely be ex pected to result from the reading of such chapters as 'may generally be found in the Readers in use in public schools. The newspaper read In schcol conveys information to every mind, and spreads intelligence throughout tbe district Of course, the teacher is expected to display jnment in the selections to be read. Without discussing this subject at any length, and admitting that objec tions worthy of consideration may be urged against the . innovation, we have merely called attention to a few of the advantages claimed for the newspaper in the public ischooL It may never be generally introduced into the school-room, but . worse things may happen than the ' substi tution, to a partial extent, of public journals for the higher grade of Readers. Toledo Blade. What Shall We Do With Our Daughters? Apropos of Mrs. Livermore's lec ture on this important question, the Davenport Democrat thus sensibly makes answer: ' Teach them self-reliance. . Teach them to make bread. Teach them to make shirts. Teach them to foot np store bills, i. Teach them- not to wear false hair. Teach them not to paint and pow der. Teach them to wear warm, thick shoes. Teach them how to wash and iron clothes. Bring them np in the way they should go. Instruct them how to make their own dresses. Have them to do marketing for the family. Teach them that a dollar is only one hundred cents. Teach them how to cook a good meal of victuals. Teach them every day, hard prac tical common sense. Teach them how to darn stockings and sew on buttons. Give them a good, substantial com mon school education. Teach them to say no, and mean it; or yes, and 6tick to it Instruct them to regard the morals, not the money, of beaux. Teach them to wear calico dresses a?id do it like a queen. Instruct them in all the mysteries of t ie kitchen, the dining room and parlor. leach them that a good round rosy romp is worth fifty delicate consump tives. Instruct them to have nothing to do with intemperate, dissolute young men. Teach them that the more one lives witldn their income the more they will save. Teach them the further one lives beyond their income the nearer they get to the poor bouse. - Rely upon it, that upon your teach ing depends in a great measure the weal or woe of their after life. Teach them accomplishments music, painting, drawing it you havu tho time and money to do it witTL Have them to climb apple trees, go nshing, cultivate a garden, ana drive a road team or farm wagon. Teach them that God made them in his own image, and that no amount of tight lacing will improve the mocleL Teach them that a good, steady grensy mechanic without a cent is worth a dozen oDy pated loafers in brondcloth. Instruct them in the essentials of life truth, honesty, nprightness then at a suitable time let them marry. A Panic Prescription. 1. Keep cool yourself. 2. Try to keep others cooL 3. Be economical in your expendi tures without being close. 4 Be generous in employing others witl out being extravagant 5. Remember that the more active money circulates the better; there fore do not hoard up your currency. b. Fay your lust dues promptly. A b ock in the uvenues of business is just like a block of vehicles in the street Start one and you start the oth rs. 7. Be accommodating to your debtors. Grasp no man by the throat saying, "Pay me what thou owest;" but give him room to turn, doing to otht rs as you would be done by. 8. Abandon the credit system as far as you can, or stick to the cash systam if yoa are following it already. Jiuj of your butcher, grocer, dry goo. Is dealerr for cash, as far as in you lies, and buy nothing on credit that is not an absolute necessity.