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die pqliland Jnr, IlIlX-SBOUtU'GII. OHIO. Thursday, Novembsr 23, 1878 Temperance Column. Temperance Column. CONDUCTED BY THE WOMEN'S C. T. UNION, OF HILLSBORO, OHIO. All Communications Intended fur this colamn should be addressed to Mrs. K. J. Thompson, liillrbaro, O. Regular Temperance Trayer Meetings every Satnrjay afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at the new Temperance Hall, corner of High amd Walnnt streets, 3d story. Children's Temperance Meeting at the RAme place on the second and fourth Fri dftv evening of each month. Officers of this W. C. T. TJ. Mrs. E. . Thompson, Pres't ; Mrs. Gen'L Mc Dowell, Mrs. D. K. Fenner, V. Pres'ts.; Mrs. Sarah Jeans, Sec'y.; Miss Julia Brown, Treasnrer. W. N. C. T. U. Fifth Annual Convention at Baltimore. The 5th Annual Meeting of the "Woman's National C. T. Union" vas held in Baltimore, Md., com mencing on Wednesday, Nov. G, and continuing five days. Eighteen States and the District of Columbia were represented by delegates as follows : Maine 1, New Hampshire 1, Ver mont 3, Massachusetts 11, Rhode Island 3, Connecticut 4, New York 25, New Jersey 7, Pennsylvania IS, Maryland 7, Dist. Columbia G, Ohio Ji, Michigan 4, Indiana G, Illinois 7, Iowa 4, Wisconsin 1, Minnesota 1, Arkansas 1, total, 124. Devotional exorcises were held from 9 until 10 o'clock each morn ing, and from past 1 until 2 in the the afternoon. At 10 o'clock on Wednesday morn ing, 6th inst. after some opening re marks by our President, Mrs. Wit tenmyer, the Recording Secretary of the Union, Mrs Mary T. Burt, of New York, read her annual report from the various States represented, which contained a brief sketch of work dene the past year, and show ed progress over previous years. In Maine there are ten unions, two temperance papers and the law is prohibitory. New Hampshire has one hundred Unions. The law is prohibitory, end a temperance Gov ernor has been elected, and the Leg islature is in favor. Massachusetts has one hundred and forty-eight un ions. The press favors license: Rhode Island Local option is the law of the State, and totai abstinence has been on the increase. Vermont has twenty-three unions, and work is progressing favorably. Connecticut has twenty-five unions. Local op tion is the law. New York has sixty unions. Public sentiment in favor of temperance is on the increase. New Jersey has fifty-three unions. Pennsylvania has twenty unions and ten juvenile organizations, four tem perance papers, and a stringent li cense law is in force. Ohio has 190 unions. No License Constitution. Temperance work progressing. Dis trict of Columbia has two Temper ance papers, and the cause has met with progress. Maryland has five unions, four juvenile organizations, four papers that publish items fur nished by the State Alliance, but only one strictly temperance. Flori da. West Virginia, Illinois, Tennes see, Michigan and Iowa have unions, and the prospect is very encouraging to the cause. Miss Esther Pugh, assistant Treasurer, read the report of the treasurer. It showed that $1-, C27.85 had been received by the Un ion in contributions the pa6t year, and $GG5.60 expended, leaving a bal ance of ?3G2.17 in the treasury. Mrs. J. McK. Rieley, wife of the pastor of the Eutaw St M. E. church, then made the address of welcome. She referred to the object of the convention as one that had greatly moved the heart of woman, who had been used as an instrument in rais ing many from degradation and wretchedness. The work, however, had not been confined to the rescued ones ; rained homes had been recon structed, and hope had inspired the breasts of wives and mothers by the reformation of husbands and fathers, in that they were again permitted to assert their empire in the home cir cle. A great hope was also felt in ine rising generation, Dut the suc cess achieved should stimulate to higher faith and more intelligent and persevering effort The work was far from being done in Baltimore and Maryland,and because of this the convention had been invited to the city. The public sentiment of Mary land was not 60 far advanced on the question of woman's work as in oth er places. Her people were conserva tive,but not devoid of elements which, if properly used. . ould make her a power in any gooa work. Maryland first practically unfurled the banner of religious liberty on this continent, and many other facts of her history show that she has contributed large ly to the prosperity of the country. The Washingtonian movement first started in the city of Baltimore thirty-five years ago. Gough made his early efforts here, and Keener spent his life here in the Temperance work, while his son now follows his Bteps. She referred to the efforts cf the State Temperance Alliance, by which local option had been secured in sev eral counties. But even with the natural advantages the city possess es for physical cleanliness, its schools, benevolent institutions and churches, there were two thousand drinking dens to curse it. Some of the more elegant saloons have a "Ladies' Entrance," a comparatively new feature. Still there must be patronage, or such a fact would not exist, and there was, therefore, room for the gravest apprehension. Balti more responded to the wail from the stricken South, but a greater plague had spread over the whole land, and woman should not remain indif ferent In the church where they were assembled there rested for many years the ashes of Asbury and Emory, and its doors, as now, had always been open to gospel Temper ance workers. Mrs. Georgia Hulse MeLeod, cor responding State Secretary, next read an original poem on the sub ject of the women's crusade, and Mrs. Lathrop, of Michigan, respond ed to the address of welcome, trust ing that the convention might be a blessing to the city and to its beau tiful women who are not yet in the work. The Temperance question was one for every woman to consider, I ecause every home was threatened and the fairest girls, as well as boys, had gone down under the curse of the nation. The convention then took a recess. Mrs. Wittemeyer, the President, read her annual address, referring to the past work and the- Crusade, and giving a brief summary of the good arising therefrom. She then gave statistics in regard to the use of liquor. Its use for cooking pur poses had been reduced three fourths, and for medicinal purposes and as a tonic two-thirds. The Medical As sociations, she said, are helping the Union. She urged that the vast in fluence of the press be brought to bear. Scientific Temperance books were recommended as text-books for schools and colleges, and the good work done for the cause by the die tribution of Temperance tracts fully set forth. She advised eocial recog nition on the part of the Committee of the Young Ladies' Temperance Leagues, and congratulated the Un ion on the passage of a law in Penn sylvania, proLibiting,the employment of women m saloons. Mrs McLeod's poem, the re sponse of Mrs. Mary Lathrop, as well as Mrs. Wittenmyer's annual address to the Convention, will be given in future cumbers of the News. It would be difficult to convey to the minds of those not present, a proper conception of the interest of a five days' council of so many women, from all parts of the United States,and also Canada and Scotland, and no less difficult would it be, to portray in detail the graceful, gener ous hospitality of the Baltimore ladies, and the courteous, respectful deference of the gentlemen of that "conservative city," who seemed fully to appreciate the merits of our ef forts in the cause of Temperance. No Backward Steps in Maine. O. M. Cousens. in a communica tion to the Watchword, published at Lowville, New York, says : No other snot on the globe wit nesses what the State of Maine does, the devotiDg of entire weeks on the part of large congregations in the open air to discuss the subject of Temperance. I have just been at tending a series of these, and I have become aware, as never before, of the deep interest on the part of the masses in this question. After a disconrse by Rev. W. H. Boole, at Old Orchard, of an hour and a half in length, General Dow felt disin clined to speak, the attention of the audience had been held so complete ly and so long, when the entire as sembly rose as one man in a request to the General to proceed. Speak ers from out of the State expressed themselves as not understanding why the audiences never appear to get tired. One other fact appeared at the meetings, suggesting that the people of Maine are not declining from their advance in Temperance, and that was their strong responses to propositions from General Dow and others for a strengthening of some of the provisions of the prohibitory law. And if there was an element that is unfavorable to prohibition, it was likely to be found among ex cursionists. These all without a murmur of dis sent rose en masse, requesting that the next legislature be petitioned to increase the penalty for rum selling. These Temperance Camp Meet ings have generally been held on the same ground where Methodist camp meetings have been held, but I have noticed tuat they have been more largely attended, and in several in stances Temperance Camp Meeting Associations have been formed to maintain these meetings in the future. Women Winning. It is very curious and interesting to watch how fast and how far the work of the world is falling into the hands of the women. Is it because women are very gradually, but bet ter, learning how to do it ? It is true that men as yet act mainly as proprietors, but how long will , they continue to do so after women have obtained a thorough knowledge of the trades, business, and professions to which they can obtain access? One woman in Massachusetts and two in Connecticut are announced as engaged to supply their husbands' pulpits during the absence of these for a vacation. Fresh signs con stantly appear over stores and bus siness houses, which give the nom enclature of a woman instead of a man, and women of education have entered business within the past few years who, twenty-five years ago, would not have considered such a step possible. A grocery store upon a populous avenue has for twenty years displayed the name of a man upon its sign-board who has been dead for five years, during which time his widow has taken his place, acting almost as efficiently, and keeping and increasing the business, which is a large one. Quite recently she had "Mrs." painted in before the Chris tian name of her husband, whose simple Quaker cognomen had occu pied it before. When the matter was jokingly referred to by a customer, she remarked : "I did not do it be fore, because my friends thought it would injure the business, but I know it will not People are just as ready to buy and sell with a woman, as with a man, and I think it is more honest to let it be known that it is I whom the public have to deal with, and not my husband. N. Y. Cor respondence Baltimore American. The Louisville Courier-Journal de livers itself in the following fresh and forcible style : "And now that the jig is up, let us hear no more of this Greenback damphoolism which came so near upsetting the Demo cratic hay-cart in so many Congress ional districts." Two of the musicians in Queen Vic. toria's service being strict Metho dists, refused to practise on Sunday. They were dismissed, and she has restored them, saying : "I shall not permit any of my people to suffer on account of their religion, and shall not allow any rehearsals on Sunday." Two Englishmen have ridden from London to the South of Franee and back on velocipedes. The whole dis tance traversed was 1,530 miles, and, as they rode on twenty-four days, their average for the whole journey was sixty-four miles per day. i Farm and Household. Success in Breeding Fine Stock. It is folly for a man to think of be coming a successful breeder of live stock unless he takes a pride in the business and likes the stock he is raising. To be successful he must become enamoured with the business. He must feel nearly the rame interest in his stock that he does in the members of his family. He must always have a kind word fur them, and feel a lively interest in their com fort and well being. He must provide for their wants, pet them, cultivate an acquaintance with them. He must be ambitious to excel in raising the very best specimens, and hence must procure the choicest animals as breeders. He must have his business "on the brain," pive it his chief attention, study how to excel in it, post himself in rejrard to it by txkinp: the best pajers devoted to it. If he will do this his future as a breeder Is bright and promising. Home Conversational Training. There is no nation more fluent in con versation than the American. The French are more voluble, perhaps, their language permitting greater rapidity of pronunciation than English. Our "best conversationalists are not rapid talkers. One trouble with us is, each one likes to o all the talking, therefore Americans are not good listeners But mere talking is not conversation. In almost all home circles there is much talking done during the day, but we fear there are few who do not reserve their most brilliant con versational powers for other assemblages than the home group. Many a father conies home tired ; he has worked hard and talked a great deal, told amusing anecdotes, and displayed much wit. He has come home to rest. He takes out his paper, and is soon oblivious to every thing around him. Wife would like to tell him many of the harassing afflictions of the day, and would like to hear some of his interesting experiences, but if he were a deaf mute he could not be more silent, only an occasional grunt answer ing her many attempts at conversation ; and the children, except the good-night kiss, and often not even that, are not noticed. Such a home, whether the abode of wealth or otherwise, cannot be a healthy and happy one. As a parallel, draw around the evening lamp of an other home circle. The father tells the anecdotes from the papers as he reads them ; mother laughs her sweet, low laugh, and the children burst into merry ha! ha's! To watch them as they ask questions, and listen to the answers and patient explanations, the wonderment, ut'erest, and thought imprinted on their young faces, is a picture for an artist. This home education is a heritage more valuable than land or money; and one beautiful recompense in life is, that in making others happy we bring happiness to ourselves. Parents who practice self- denial, and endeavor by cheerful conver sation and playful wit, to enliven home- ine, will reap a ncn rewara in tne better thoughts and nobler actions of their children, and will experience the truest and best contentment themselves. Balti more American I I SELECTED MISCELLANY. Monev is well srjent in Tvurchasinp tranquillity of mind. Indolence is the rust of the mind and the inlet of every vice. Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. Edmund Burke. The star that sets may rise again ; but the star that falls is forever lost. If individuals have no virtues, their vices may be of use to us. Junius. We may despise the world, but we can not do without it. Baron Wessenburg. Life becomes useless and insipid when we have no longer either friends or enemies. An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions ; he is neither hot nor timid. Objects imperfectly discerned take forms from the hoe or fear of the beholder. Johnson. The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touched by the thorns. Moore. Make no more vows to perform this or that; it shows no great strength, and makes thee ride behind thyseu. Man wastes his mornines in anticinat ing his afternoons, and wastes his after noons in regretting his mornings. A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians a sign of weakness and malady. l ouaire. The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so. Kochejoucauld. Our natures are like oil; compound us with anything, yet still we strive to swim upon the top. JSeuamont and 1 Letcher. A little girl in S3racnse, N. Y., died in convulsions from drinking brandy hand ed to her by her mother during the night under the supposition that it was water. There is scarcely any one of us, even of those who are very sparing of. speech, who has not wasted at least one-hall of the words which he ever uttered and every word has been mischievous as well as wasteful. Sir Arthur Mclps. A man w ho has duly considered the condition of his being, will contentedly yield to the course of things ; he will not pant for distinction where distinction would imply no merit ; but though on great occasions he may wish, to be great er than others, he will be satisfied in common occurrences not to be less. Johnson. An intelligent reader does often find out in other men's writings, other per fections, and invest them with a better sense and higher construction, and more quaint expression, than the author him self either intended or perceived. iloniaigue. Contempt naturally implies a man's esteeming himself greater than the per son whom he contemns. He, therefore, that slights, that contemns an affront, is properly superior to it ; and he conquers an injury who conquers his -resentment of it. Socrates, being kicked by an ass, did not think it a revenge proper for Socrates to kick the ass again. South. The love of solitude, when cultivated in the morn of life, elevates the mind to a noble independence, but to acquire the advantages which solitude is capable of affording, the mind must not be compell ed to it by melancholy and discontent, but by a distaste to the idle pleasures of the world, a rational contempt for the deceitful jbya of life and just apprehen sions of being corrupted and seduced by its insinuating and destructive gayeties. Zimmerman. Gov. Rice, of Massachusetts, in his annual message, states that the school- statistics show that many thousand children in the State are not availing themselves of the advantages which the schools afford. He recommends that the Compulsory law and the laws relat ing to habitual truants should be thor oughly entorced by local authorities, so that every child of school age, whose physical constitution will permit, shall be required to attend school regularly. At a recent dedication of a Baptist church the ceremony of immerson was performed for the first time in that church by a well-known Baptist minister. When lie entered the water, and while waiting for the candidate, the minister suggested that somebody should sing an appropri ate hymn. One of the deacons who stood "near heard the suggestion, and without thinking struck up the familiar hymn, "Pull for the Shore." The hymn proved to be so suggestive, it is stated. that neither the minister nor the con gregation could refrain from an audible smile for some time, and the ceremony had to be postponed until the preacher could recover his gravity. President Bascom, of Wisconsin Uni versity, comes out strongly in favor of the co-education of the sexes. He says the young women not only learn more easily than the young men and hold their own with them in scholarship, but do this at less expense to their health, and with only one-third as many absences from college duties. His theory is that the girls have the advantage of being accus tomed to confinement, while their brothers are less able to endure the tran sition. Dr. Basxmi believes that the health of the young woman who pursues lndustno isly ana pruaently a course of education is far safer than when she remains in society, indulging without restraint iu its fashionable but enervating frivolities, of ot all his felt and and of me like Faith that Heaven will Reward. There is one bed or, more strictly speaking, a bundle of rags in the corner. The household consists of an old man ragged as Rip on the mountains, a woman whose face the wrinkles have twisted and furrowed so deeply that it requires an immense sweep of imagination ihink that it was ever young. Four children, from five to fourteen years of age, pale and hungry, dart about the room like dock rats. Except one, the little one, whose hair lay back on her w hite forehead as if it had been swept there by the winds, whose bands were like shadows, and whose eyes seemed to be fastened on the dingy and desolate looking ceiling. She lay upon a pallet, and the mother sat on the floor beside her and administered now and then taste of water. "She's the only white one in the flock," said the man as he tugged at his short and bristling beard. ''She's the only one of the gang that's fitted tobe an angel, she is," he continued as he stared upon the sick face before him. "She won't never get out of it there aint no use tryin' it on her," he went on in an abstracted way. "We have had the county doctor, but such as them aint given to hangin' round a sick bed like her'n. He left some truck and she took it, but it never mended her ailin', and I guess he'll not come back." The little face turned over on its mother's arm, and there was hardly life enough in it to be perceptible. "Bvme by," the father said, a few minutes later, "some weemen came in here and left pone of bread and made her somethin' that kind o' seemed to make her peert like, as she was when she crossed the 'hio, and then they read a piece outen the book, and one of 'em she was smart lookiu' woman, and wasn't afraid of dirtyin' her clothin' nor nothin', though her goods was fine she got down on the floor thur, and shut her eves kinder close, half-way, and held her hands, one of 'em on her busum, and tother on the child's head, and the brats quit runnin' round, and it was awful still. And the woman turned her face up rgin the ceilin'." He paused for moment, as if he had to gather a little strength. And then: "Talk about prayin'l She put up the best one I ever beard south of the 'hio, and I reckon was as solid with Him as heard it as any that was got off. It kinder made things more hopeful around, and the child opened her eyes wide, just as if she knew the woman was puttin' up for her. It got down into me, tnough there wasn't any stakes put up for me at all. When she went aw ay 1 said to Emily that's wife that I would try my hand on just one prayer, it seemed to help things so. The old woman shook her head, 'cause never thought of such a thing before. But I got down and put up every cent had I mean everything I could think of. And when I got to the last word, the amen, it stuck in my throat, but Emily got away with it. She said right out like it was in meetin'." "I guess I made a misdeal somewhere," he continued rather mournfully. "The little one didn't look np any, and she's been growin' weaker every day. Emily said I had spiled the whole business, and crowded the poor woman's prayer out. But I never ment it. Ef I'd known was interferin', I'd never put up agin her hand." There was a blast of wind that came and rattled the window, and a kind of moan, and then the head of the sick child and its face turned over in the mother's lap. Its thin lips met the wrinkled ones, and the struggle was over. The grim-faced, hardy-looking man bent over the pallet, but there was good deal of good sense left in him still. He turned to the reporter, who had gone to the scene of misery, and said : "But lam not the man to go back on good prayin', even if I didn't win. reckon the hand that the woman put up will win for somebody else's little one, ef it don't for ours. i"br it was the solid est hand I ever see, not 'ceptin' the south side of the 'hio in old Kintuck." A pauper child was buried yesterday. Noted Men's Recreation. From William the Conqnerer down wards, the chief delight of British sover eigns has been in the hunting field, though some have varied it with other more peaceful pursuits. Charles II. for instance, spent a good deal of time in chemical laboratory. Prince Rupert was devoted to mechanical pursuits, and in the discovery of mezzotinto conferred solid benefit on mankind. Godolphin's life was divided between the Council Chamber and the cock-pit. It is curious observe how men who have been noted for their polish and culture as writers or conversationalists have, in their leisure moments, found a strange pleasure associating themselves with sordid vuf garity. Prior, one of the most elegant our minor poets, constantly spent whole evenings in chatting with a sol dier and his slattern wife in alow public house in Longacre. Thomas 'Vt arton, the historian of English poetry and a singularly refined writer, was often to be fou'd, hke Pricr; in a low public house, joking and being joked. Turner, the painter, had similar tastes. Leon ardo de Vinci felt intense pleasure, or perhaps, an inexplicable facination, in contemplating filth and garbage. He would gaze for hours on the slimy streams that crawl out of the slums of Florence. But to turn to less reprehensible amuse ments. The Lord Chief Justice Saunders, whose character has been so admirably sketched by Roger North, devoted his leisure time to practicing on an old Vir ginal. Milton selected the more dignified companionship of an organ. Innocent III., probably the greatest man who ever sat on the throne of St. Peter, re lieved his graver amusements of playing nine-pins with the potentates of Europe, gossping familiarly with an old monk a seat at a fountain in the Vatician. He would listen for hours to the stories and pointless anecdotes with which his humble companion, who had traveled a good deal, regaled him. Petavius, one the most learned of the Jesuits, when engaged on one of his principal works, used, at the end of every two hours, to rise rapidly, twirl his chair about for hveminutes. iacon,(Jowley,!Mr UUam Temsle. Evelyn. Buflbn and Addison ere accustomed to interrupt their liter ary studies by seeking the stimulation a walk round tneir garden, and nave of them recorded their delight in Adam's principal pursuit Stephenson, the inventor of the locomotive, when a child, used to sit in a bog modeling clav engines and constructing minature wind mills. 1 owards the close of his eventful life, his leisure was amused by his farm and gardens. It was in these occupations that the great engineer spent the few years that were left to him after quitting the career of high-minded industry in which lie won fame for himself, and con ferred a lasting boon to mankind. Dr. Johnson, according to Boswell, found amusement ill treasuring scraps of orange peel. Fidelity. Never forsake a friend. "When enemies gather around, when sickness falls upon heart, when the world is dark and cheerless is the time to try true friend ship. The heart that has been touched with true gold will redouble its efforts when the friend is sad anil in trouble. Adversity tries real friendship. They who run from the scene of distress betray their hypocricy and prove that interest only moves them. If you have a friend that loves you, who has studied your in terest and happiness, he sure to sustain him in adversity. Let him feel that his former kindness is appreciated and that love was not thrown away. Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists in the human heart. Who has not seen and its power? They only deny its worth and power who never lued a friend or labored to make a friend happy. good and the kind, the affectionate the virtuous see and feel the heavenly principle. They would sacrifice wealth all but honor to promote the happi ness of others, and in return they would receive the reward of their love bv Fvm- pathizing hearts and doubled favors when they have been brought low bv disease or adversity. A.n elderly gentleman, say about sev enty winters, was taking li is noon cup coffee at Mrs. Harrington's a few days since, when a much younger friend sug gested that coffee drinking was very in jurious, "is that so t inquired tne vet eran ; well, now, von sit down and tell about it, not that I am much inter ested on my own account, but I should to tell my father, who is about ninety years of age, and who persists in drink ing coffee." Baton Jcrnnl. Anecdotes of the Late King. as to a ; a a a it Of Victor Emmanuel, as of all popular Kings, a great many anecdotes are told. People take an interest in every, even the slightest, peculiarity of such sover eigns, and the late Kiiig of Italy had a great many peculiarities. He never ate in public, for instance. He sat out all State dinners at which he was obliged to be present, with his hands resting on the hilt of his sword, without tasting any thing, except perhaps some trifle at des sert. His long and superabundant mus taches were the cause of this public abstemiousness. He made up for it, however, in private, when he could bind up his obstructives on each side of his face without becoming a public laughing stock. He was no gourmet, and his con tempt for the art of cookery was a con stant thorn in the side of the court cordms bleus, which, for them, deprived life of one-half of its attractions. Nothing more depresses an artist than not to be appreciated at the value he sets upon himself. Victor Emmanuel's meals con sisted of meat dishes, and of those he prelcrred game shot bv himself, contrary to the proverb which says that le chasseur ne mange point de son gibier. Fruit and native wine completed the repast. In the Palazzo Pitti, in Florence, he allowed the State apartment to remain empty, and installed himself in a couple o rooms on the ground floor. He did the same at Rome in the Quirinal, where the whole palace was at the entire disposal of inquisitive strangers. In spite of his well-known physical bravery, he had a superstitious dread of the Quirinal, the former dwelling of the Popes. The first night after his government was transferr ed to Home he dared not sleep in the pal ace, but went to pass the night incognito with a friend in the country. He smoked half-penny cigars, those cigars which the French boulerardier calls sontados or infeo tados, and which the Italians pretend poison the air of their country. They have been named after his greatest Min ister, Cavour. He was frequently seen in the streets of Turin, Milan, Genoa, Florence and Rome. As it was under stood that he was out incognito no one seemed to recocnize him, though every child knew him quite well. Like Har- roun Al Raschid, he went by night and alone into the poorest and most distant quarters of Turin. There he heard with his own ears the opinions of his subjects, and admired unhindered the beauty of even his most lowly country-women. We cannot close these reminiscences without giving the story of the English correspondent who some years ago went Drowline around the Palazzo Pitti anx ious to get into the King's apartments and write a description of them. At last he went up to a gentleman who was leaning against a side door smoking, and asked him how he might be able to get a sight at the King's rooms. " Come in," said the gentleman, who showed and ex plained everything to him He then in vited him to sit down, offered him a cigar, and on his departure shook hands warmly with him. It was only some time after he had left the palace that it dawned upon the correspondent that the t-- i ' i - i i l i : . - j entertainer. Mechanical and Scientific. I a a I a a Humming-birds were supposed, even to Button's day. to live on the nectar of flowers, but it has now been proved that uiey eai insects also. A gentleman in Jamaica, who kept some, found that they uiuat nave insect IOOd. A i renchman has analyzed the dust and debris of the streets" of Paris and Florence, and has found that 35 percent, of that collected from the roadway is iron given off by horses' shoes, and that from 30 to 40 per cent, of that taken from the side walks is glue. He proposes to uiinze Doin me iron and the glue. A new coating for the bottom of iron ships consists of brown paper attached by a suitable cement. It is the inven tion of an English sea Captain, and the substance he proposes to use is a prepar ation of papier machie. It is stated that weeds and barnacles will not adhere to paper, and that the special cement bv which the paper is in this case secured may be applied cold, hardens under water, is unaffected by comparatively high temperature, and jKissesses great te nacity. Experiments made with a view to test this method show that a plate thus protected on one side has been im mersed for six months, with the result that the protected side was found clean. while the unprotected metal was cover ed with rust and sheU-hsli. According to the germ theorv. the communicable diseases, such as small- pox, cholera, yellow fever, measles, scar let fever, typhus and typhoid fevers and diphtheria, are developed from particles of organic matter,, which, upon intro duction into the body, grow as grain grows, when sown in a fertile field. This analogy to the growth of grain is insisted on by all exponents ot the germ theory. The seed having been planted, as it were, in the form of a particle of contagium from without, it multiplies bv erowth within the system, and thus occasions the phenomena belonging to that par ticular disease of which it is the germ. The vitality of these infectious particles is wonderful. Mr lliomas Watson, in the Nineteenth Century, mentions the case of several physicians who helped unfold a mummy at London in the year 1703: they died shortly afterward of a malignant fever, which was ascribed to infection from the body ot the ancient Egyptian. Marrying an Editor. Yes, I'm Mrs. Snow, an editor's wife. I well remember the day when Mr. Snow asked me to become his wife. I confess I liked Mr. Snow, and, thinking it would be a fine thing to be the wife of an editor, I said "yes" as pretty as I knew how, and I became Mrs. Snow. I have seen ten years of married life, and find my husband to be an amiable, good natured man. He always spends his evenings at home, and is' in that respect a model man ; but he always brings a pile of ex changes which is'only limited by the length of his arms, and reads while I patch the knees and elbows of his pan taloons and coat. After we had a Quaker meeting of an hour's length, I broke the stillness by asking: " Mr. Snow, did you order that coal I spoke to yeu about?" " What did.you say, my dear?" he asks, after a minute's silence. " Did you order that coal I spoke to you about?" " Indeed, my dear, I am sorry, but I forgot all about it It shall come to-morrow." Another hour's silence, which is re lieved by the baby's crying, and rather likinganoise of that sort I made no effort to quiet him. "My dear," says Mr. Snow, after he has cried a minute or so, " you had better give the baby some catnip tea to quiet him; he troubles me." The baby is still. Another hour passef without a breath of noise. Becoming tired, I take a lamp and retire for the night, leaving Mr. Snow, so engaged with his papers that he does not see me leave the room. Toward midnight he comes to bed, and just as he has fallen asleep the baby takes a notion to cry again. I rise as quietly as possible and try to still hiin. Then another baby begins tc scream at the top of his lungs. There is no other course but to awake Mr. Snow, so I say : "Mr. Snow! Mr. Snow! The third time he starts up and cries. "What, Tom, more copy?" Blunt but True. There is said to be a young man in the Missouri penitentiary, whose parents at death, left him a fortune of $-30,000. There is where his parents made a fatal mistake. If they had taken the pre caution to invest the sum in a small dog, and shot him, and then simply left the young man a jack-plane or a wood-saw, with printed directions how to use them, the chances are that instead of being in the penitentiary, he would to-day have been gradually but surely working np to a handsome competency, an honorable and an old age. But ever since the day of Adam and Eve, parents have made it a point to toil and struggle all their lives in order to realize a suf ficient 6um of money to purchase, when thev are dead and gone, their sons each a first class through ticket to the devil; and it is not much to be wondered at that so many of their sons, reared in vice and idleness, as too many of them often are, have no higher ambition than to in vest their inheritance in just that sort of transportation. There is no law in Mississippi asrainst carrying concealed weapons. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. There are ten women in the regular college classes of Colby University in Maine. A Methodist Church fh Knoxville, Tenn., bears tbe remarkable name of " The Parson Brownlow Church." The Mexican State of Mirhoacan has 304 free schools in operation, and an order has been issued by the Government for the opening of I'UU more. Telephones are to be put into every grammar school in New Haven to estab lish communication with the high-school building. If they work satisfactory they will become permanent. The Universalists of this country report 8S0 parishes, embracing 41,029 families, tioC church organizations with 32,'J47 members, 706 ministers, and a church property above indebtedness of ?7,405, 495. Dean Stanley is growing very broad as a churchman. " He lately said in a West minster sermon : " Christ's cross is every where. It belongs to no sect, and the true Church knows no Turkey, no Russia." The Republic of Honduras is about to introduce the American free-school sys tem. In its Capital, Camayagua, a national college is to be established, and a Com missioner has been sent to this country to obtain books and teachers. Gov. Robinson, of New York, states that "the money raised by taxation for the schools of the State amounts to much more than double the sum required to pay the entire expenses of the State Government, Executive, Legislative, Ju dicial, Civil and Military." The Wesleyan Missionary Society of the Dominion of Canada acknowledges an income for the past year of 145,01)8. It has 493 missionaries, including all Wesleyan ministers in new parts of the Provinces. It has thirty-two missionaries to Indians, seven to French-Canadians, and four to Japan. A tooth the size of a small ham, and similar in shape, weighing twelve iounils, was extracted from the jaw of a white ele phant in Ceylon, while the animal was under the influence of chloroform. The dental operation was performed to re lieve the beast of great pain caused by exposure of the nerve owing to the decay of a portion of the bone. Ladies have been known to frizz and frizz their front hair until they frizzed it all off. 45 Years Before the Public. THE CENU1NE DE. C. HeLANE'S CELEDRATED LIVER PILLS, FOR THE CURE OF Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE. Symptoms of a Diseased Liver. PAIN in the right side, under the edge of the ribs, increases on pres sure; sometimes the pain is in the left side; the patient is rarely able to lie on the left side ; sometimes the pain is felt under the shoulder blade, and it frequently extends to the top of the shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for rheumatism in the armv The stomach is affected with loss of appe tite and sickness; the bowels in gen eral are costive, sometimes alternative with lax; the head is troubled with pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy sensation in the back part. There is generally a considerable loss of mem ory, accompanied with a painful sen sation of having left undone some thing which ought to have been done. A slight, dry cough is sometimes an attendant. The patient complains of weariness and debility; he is easily startled, his feet are cold or burning, and he complains of a prickly sensa tion of the skin; his spirits are low; and although he is satisfied that exer cise would be beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up fortitude enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts every remedy. Several of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred where few of them ex isted, yet examination of the body, after death, has shown the liver to have been extensively deranged. AGUE AND FEVER. Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in cases of Ague and Fever, when taken with Quinine, are productive of the most happy results. No better cathartic can be used, preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. We would advise all who are afflicted with this disease to give them a fair trial. For all bilious derangements, and as a simple purgative, they are unequaled. BEWARE OF IMITATIOXS. The genuine are never surar coated. Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, with the impression Dr. McLane's Liver Pii.ls. The genuine McLanVs Liver Pills bear the signatures of C. McI.ane and Fleming Bros, on the wrappers. Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pili.s, prepared by Flem ing Bros., of Pittsburgh, I'a., the market being iuu oi imitations 01 tne name McLtine. II.J J:ff t, . . . ' pencil uiucrenuy dui same pronunciation. SELLERS' LIVER PILLS I hir iuxmI for 30 rrmrt the Standard Kf mrd j for the t r.UT OI S.tvor LDMpiurnn, (.'o.ttven.it, Sic t ari. and all de rancem'nti of the Liver. Read.- i I " sellers Lt.er PilU cured me of Liter Complaint. I ' rtaltimore. " 1 can p-commen-l Sell.ra' Liver Pilli. r wmco compelled tue t.i autt wort. M ra. Andrew. The.bareueetlaNntjreiii nr,totriin1octor.bi!U. 1 1 floi. Sold br all rtnjcei.w and country Store. K-rpera.l The. Adam.. Etc Sandr. LrntnciT. Price 7V. a K. R. aM.i.f.K (. ' i.. rr-n .. rt'f.Mirco. fa. EE2222S8 For ten years Tntt's Pills have been the Tecognizei Standard Family Medicine in the Atlantic Statbs. Scarcely a family can be found from Maim to Mexico that does not use them. It ia now proposed to make their virtues known in the WT. A Single Trial will Establish their Merits. Do They Cure Every Thing? NO. They are for Diseases that result from MALARIAL POISON and a DERANCED LIVER, such as Dyspepsia, Bilious and Typhoid Fevers Chills, Colic, Bick-Headache, Chronio Diarrhcea, Nervousness, Dizziness, Pal pitation of the Heart, Neuralgia, Eheu xaatism. Kidney Disease, Chronio Con stipation, Files, &o. IT-A-TTTaRE WAEK3 TTOTJ That Your LIVER IS DISORDERED When jou have Doll pain In Shoulder.; Coated Tongue; C'ovtlve Bowels; Weight In the Stomach after Katlnfft Soar Eruetatlonii; Aver sion to Exertion of Uody or mind. BE ADVISED, and AT OXCE TAKE TUTT'S PILLS!! The fir done prMlnrfU an effort which ofl.'n aNtonlNbe the anfTerer, and in a short time follows an ap. ptlte, good Digestion, SOLID FLESH & HABD MUSCLE. THE WEST SPEAKS. 1 BEST PILL IN EXISTENCE." DR. TtttTt-I hsTeated yoar rilli for DyBproti lomach and NerTouineai. I nevtr had aoythu ning to do to much Rood in the wy of medicioe. They trc u good a you represent them. They tre the beat Fill ia zitenofl, and I do all I can to acquaint otheri with their good menu. J. W. TiBBSTTd, Dacota. Minn. Sold by DrtifrKlats, or sent by Jlail on receipt or 'Mi cents. r Office, 35 Murray St., New York. Slcls Headaches Potitivety Cured by these Little Pilli. Thpy alo rel f e vt Piftrr'ss from ry!jev Bia, 1 ndicstin awl 'loo Ht-arty Kitlncr. A porftrt remedy for pizziwus, IS a n h e a , Ir(tws;iifsn,BiifI 1 aste m the Month, ('naie' ToridUP, I'ajii In hr f Ki - Ac. 1 hov reiru late the BmvWs and prevent Constipation and I'ilfH. The small est and easirt to takt. Only one pill a do?e. 40 in a vial. Purely Vegetable, i'rice cents, bold by all Pruj-K.sts. CARTER MEDICINE CO., Prop'rs, Erie, Pa. yiva Vtmla bT mail for on dillnr. CARTER'S rilTTLE li IVER r PILLS. Yonng meu prepared for active bneinefti life. Advantages unequaled. Oinre of ptiiriy and busi ness training Ihe mnt comprehensive, thorough and practical in existence. .Sindi-uts received at anytime, hor circulars containing full particu lars, addrwwi, J. C. SMITH, A.M., novJlmjw-Aco l'ittsburgh, Pa. A SPLENDID BUSINESS CHANCE. The Subscription Book Department of The American News Company wish to engage the services of active and ener getic business men who can devote a portion of their time to introducing and delivering new and popular Subscrip tion Books soon to be issued and which promise large and ready sales. A per son of responsibility who is well ac quainted in this county, can add mate rially to his income by securing the po sition offered. Address giving age, business experience, and references, SUBSCRtFTION BOOZ DEPART MENT, THE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. 17 STYLES-! fSgAXrK.tqgEf,.C UNEQUALED IN BAKING I WITH MORE IMPROVEMENTS, ALL THE CONVENIENCES AND THE GREATEST DURABILITY., BETTER The BEST ! OCtvtlw4eOWEA SURE REWARD. 5 YEARS TO PAY FOR A FARM. S4 to SIO Per Aero. Beech and ITIaplo Lund In irfirhlnn in the JMII.MO.V At UE OK AT ul" the Grand Haptd antl Indiana tallroau Company. TITLE PERFECT. Strong noil mi re crops plenty of 1 1 m-br-iio drought no cltincli bus no "hoppers." Rnnnlns utream pure water ready marU:tM tc IiooIm Railroad com pleted through centre of the grraut. Send Tor pamphlet, English or German. Addrcms W. O. IiroiI.VRT, Lund 4'ommiKloilcr, r.H lD RAl'IUS, Midi. oct-4w."Hrow Ayer's Hair Yigo For restoring Cray Hair to lis natural Vitality and Color. A dressing which is at once agreeable, healthy, and ef fectual for pre serving the hair. Faded or 1 nrmi Ln7r?s tnnn Vfr . i" V restored to its t'?! 'a Vi I m oriainal color. with the ffloss and freshness of youth. Thin hair is thickened, falling hair checked, and baldness often, though not always, cured by its use. Koth ing can restore the hair where the follicles are destroyed, or the glands atrophied and decayed. But such as remain can be saved for usefulness by this application. Instead of foul ing the hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean and vigorous. Its occasional use will prevent the hair from turning gray or falling off, and tonseqnently prevent baldness. Free from those deleterious substances which make some preparations dan gerous, and injurious to the hair, the Vigor can only benefit but not harm it. If wanted merely for a HAIR DRESSING, nothing else can be found so desir able. Containing neither oil nor dye, it does not soil white cambric, and yet lasts loncc on the hair, giving it a rich, glossy lustre and a grateful perfume. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Practical and Analytical Chemists, LOWELL, MASS. THE GKEAT ENGLISH KEMEDY Gray's Specific Medicine Ceres Palpitation, Nervons Tre- TRADEMARK morj, trvoi!8 lcinl.ty, ana ail Nervons fromntion, which arc produced' in ninny castts by an over-iudu.-renciMn thense of t hrtcco and alcohol rimiilaiitf1, hut it more e.-iecial.y recommen- trd as an nniailinfj rcrat'tly iir Weakness, Lona of Memory, L in- verbal J-asMtiidr. Tain in tliep r m t; Back, IMmneaB of Vision, Prem;!--1 lading1 tnre Old Aire and many other diseases that lead to Consumption and a premature grave. Thousand- ami thousands of both sexes all over the worid annually die with so-called consumption ; hut medical men well know thehrst csnet iu near ly all case?,!- produced by nervous debility, render ing existence wretched and unbearable. Very of- rht iinbHOov puft'-rer is tempted to commit sui cide; iu some cases the mind is entirely destroyed, and insanity and idiocy with an early crave closes the scene. Anv one who doubts the vast number ot intellects ruined by these diseases can visit any one of our Insane Asylums, and the records will show that eijrht ot every ten ot me cafes or insan ity among their patients are the result of nervous disease. Iu purine the Specific Medicine within the reach of the afflicted, we feel that we are conferring a irrenter act ot benevolence than we wonld in plviug untold wealth. The jMMir, sick invalid, especially tuose afllieted with Nervous Diseases, too well know the vaitirv of wealth when placed in the balance with health and its attending blessings. All over Kumpe. from frozen Norwi.y to the vine-clad hills of I.aly, trom Asia to our own merry England, thoirands can testify to the untold value of the Spt-cirtc Medicine. Uy its timely use many a fellow hein has been saved from a premature crave. It hri In ver past and will for fenerations to come saved thousands from years of anguish, pain and suffeniiL. Let the arnictett take warning before it i too late: delavs are dangerous. An old, well-tried and scientific prepararion, one which will tflett a spendv and certain cure, is wimin their reach, and placed at a price which all can pay. TBADE MARK. The Speci'lc Medieine is the re- sr-r-s suit ot a liie siunv ami many ears' experience in treat ing these special dif-enses. The Specific. Medifine is sold bv all dniL'Cistf at f ! per p:'ck:iL'e, r sis package.- ft - ;r will tw sent free by rnnil on receipt of the mni'cv bv nMresst tin THK;ttAY MK!I INfc ., o. I" M-Thame.- rdock, 1FTH'IT. MfriHJAN. 'd in liilVboro by W. U. SMITH A 'O. and by all drngi;i.-ts evcryw here. my.3T OLD RAPE RS For Sale AT THI3 OFFICE i Pi cents a hundred. Storekeeper, will icalir.i saving hy using rhem as wrappii g pape- morion S. II. PAKVIN, Advertising Agent, No. iR Vii.e Street, Wtwern Fourth and Fitith, is Agent for the New- in reeJ - A Card or Circular Is what every man needs wh wants to extend hid business, and he can get either printed at the low est prices and in the best style at the tAM NEWS OPFTOK. n tea business von can engage in. J ... .1 A Ku ..... unpl.-. er either ei right iu (heir own htca'ities. f'artii whirs and sam ples worth free. Improve your spare time at this busiucts. A'-itlrrse SriNstN Portland, NE Vb I "SJF-. -? 4fer Taldnr. PALACE BOOT ui SHOE SHE High Street, bet. Main & Walnut. THE LARCEST STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES EVER OPENED IN HILLSBORO! SPECIAL IBBDCIpSTS TO CASS BUYERS ! J. 0- RITTEWH0US Respectfully inform hi old enftomers and the public fjrnerslly, that he Is now ready. In his SEW lil ILDlh'G, fittid np expressly for bit tradr, with ail the latest improveineatis, to supply ererythiBg in tee line of BOOTS AND SHOES! Both of his own make and from the beet Eastern and Cincinnati mannfactnrers, comprising Ladies' and Misses' Fine Shoes, Gentlemen's Fine and Coarse Boots 'and Shoes, Youth's and Boys' Boots and Shoes, Rubber Boots and Overshoes, Children's Shoes in Great Variety, And in hort, every description of goods in my line of trade, all of which will b sold at Eyer offered in Hillsboro. Occupying my own premises, havine no rnt to pay, and no heavy expense for clerk-hire, I can afford to sell AT VEKY MALL PhOFITS. and in rend to civ my cuaLomers all the benefit of my increased faciitiee for Belling cheap goods. Special Attention to Custom York! Employing only the beet workmen, and sparing no pains to please my customers, I can guarantee satislat tion to all w ho favor me with their orders. REPAIRING DOHE PROMPTLY. I can and will make it fo yonr Interest to call and examine my stock and prices before yoo bay. Thankful for the very liberal pntronate h reUfore received, I solicit ft cootinaanc of th same at my new stand. Kemumber the place- Sign of Big Boot, High St., a Few Doors North of City Ha!!. OCt3tf Grand Fall Opening, Kov. 1st ntid 2d, 78. WILL OPEN, AT TUE ABOVE TIME, A SPLENDID STOCK OF LADIES' CLOAKS! WHICH WILL BE ALL THE LATEST STYLES ! ALSO, Ladies' Hats and Sonnets, FANCY GOODS. HOSIERY, GLOVES, &c, &c, IN 3ETsTX5IjT:SJ3 VARIETY. rv Ladies, call snd see ns. We have just what you want. Oct. U, 1S73. F7. R. ORR, Masonic Temple. B a G EC olds'tahd AG A S 5X3 TRIMBLE'S OLD COMER, HIGH & SHORT STS., WHEP.E I CAN SHOW YOU THE CHEAPEST LOT OF all and Winter Boots and Shoes OF MY OVfJ .MANUFACTURE. AND ALSO THE CITY-If! ADS T70RIL, Which I will sell to suit the hard timed. Yon will do yonr?elf justice to call and see before yon bay. JACOB SCHILL7. MARBLE A HD GRANITE WORKS. ESTABLISHED IN 1S54. P. EUrsha. C M. Haoi. IEIcxx"s1zlcl c&? Son. We are prepared to-fnrnkh at the shortest notice, CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST, Amerioan and Foreign MARBLE and (iRAMTE IIOSDIlEn'TO! and all kind of Cemetery Work, at the old stand, 3E3"lllsT3or3. Olaio. rw"A line a-Jortmeut of ilONUJIENTS aDd HEADSTONES on hand. Pleae give us a call. March 14. 1S7S. HAItsHAASON. FOE, THE 1TEWS FOB -A. ITE.S,. TST IT. FT Ui FOUND TO I5CLUDE BEST LOT OF Hook -keepers, " KeportetSi f Opera ton. School leather At Great AlercanOlo College, Kookak. Iowa. PeiTpfe are getting acouainted and those who are not ought to be with the wonderful merit of that great American Remedy, the IIEXICAN Mustang Liniment, FOX KAH AND BEAST. TbJalmlment rery naturally originated tn Ameri ca, when .Nature prorldea In her laboratory sneh surprising antidotes for tho maladies of her chil dren. Its fame has been spreading for 85 yean, until now It encircles the habitable globe. The Hexlcan ilujtan Liniment la a matchless remedy for all external ailments of man and beasL To stock owners and farmers It Is Invaluable. A single bottle often saves a human life or re stores the usefulness of an excellent horse, 0, cow, or sheep. It cures foot-rot, hoof-aft, hollow bora, grub, screw-worm, shoulder-rot, mango, the bites and stings of poisonous reptiles and Insecta, and every such drawback to stock breeding and bush Hie. It cures every external trouble of horses, suck as lameness, scratches, swinny, sprains, founder wind-gall, rms-bone, ate, eta The Moxlcan Mustang Liniment is the quickest cure in the world for accidents occurring in tbe family. In the absence of a physician, such as burns, scalds, sprains, cuts, etc, and for rheuma tism, and stiffness engendered by exposure. Par ticularly valuable to Xlners. It is the cheapest remedy In the world, for it penetrates the mnscle to the bone, and a single application Is generally sufficient to cure. Mexican Mustang Liniment is put np la three elses of bottles, tho Larger ones being proportion ately much the cheapest. Sold everywhere. inn.tl vlopRjtco OLD, TEIBD, AJTD TRUE. S. M. FETTINOILL an! Co., 10 Plate Strwit, I Rwlon. 37 Park Boe, New York, and 71 CheMuuti Str.et, Pliilart.lihia.areaMtuo.iied Agents for nr sdTo-tiscmem for th. News in th aboie; cities, aad authorized to contract t advertising at I oui lowest raws. ? . , ... ,, . . , , ,. nvine 'eased well-known Hotel. I wonld MT 10 P"hHc 'hat 1 will sire no pains or ei enring P"'"" make it ttrt-clas iu every re-pect. Our. m!.c"J ' . . , .... HiU.-boro, October 1.1. octo'.f r 2 w r - " in M -n r 1 O i 1 1 1 n o w -5s dec'J 'ylflrnAco A plieants mats enWoee stamp, and give mge and former occupation JHOXITOR GLASS CO CIXCiyXATI, CJO. aum;ipAsoN ADVERTISE IS TBS Highland News! Advertisim will pain new customers, Advert. cine will keep old customers, Adverti!i. i? liberally always pays, Advert.. lift makes succea eay. Advertising becets confidence, . Advertising snows enercry. Advertising shows pluck, Advertisinmeans "biz," Advertise or "bust," Advertise loot;. Advertise well. Advertise Now. ADVERTISE. .ramer niiiiiSBono, o. Co1. A. T. COOK. - Froprietor. 1 m wjta v H " C- O el TO OTPS- Oils I. Js S3 i to fc. iror A T OXCjB. AlALAHr 3? A IK. Hotrl and 1 Tnwvrlina J!jrpem.e Paiil. Av- House,