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Mem Publications.
TIPS AND DOWNS ON LAND AND
WATER
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Up, anil Land and Water by Augustus Hoppn fairly
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work The omo, rank graphic and humorous ari-APpeon'
Journal
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JAMES r. OsGOoD L Co, Boston.

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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-11-30
Man and Wife.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the fol- /
lowing excellent advice. There is
much human nature and good sense
in it: t-s
"Harmony in the human state is
the very first to be aimed at. Moth
ing can preserve affections uninter
rupted but firm resolution never to !
differ in will, and determination |
in each to consider the love of otheTs
of more value than any object whist
ever on which wish had been fixed.
How light, in fact, is the sacrifice OF
of any other wish when weighed
against the affections of one with
whom we are to pass our whole lie F!
And though opposition in single
instance will hardly of itself pro-
duce alienation, yet every one has
their pouch into which all these ut
tie oppositions are put; while that Is
filing the alienation is insenslbly 60
inc on, and when filed it is COM.
olete. It would puzzle either to say
why, BECAUSE no one difference Oh
opinion mas been marked enough to
produce q serious effect by itself
But he finds his affections wearled
out by constant dream OF little
checks and obstacles. Other sources
of discomfort, very common indeed
are the little cross purposes OF nus
band and wife, in common CONVERSE
ton, disposition in either to crltl-
else and question whatever the other
saws. a desire always to demonstrate
and make him feel himself IN the
wrong, especially in company. Moth
ing is SO goading. Much better,
therefore, if our companion views a
thing in light different from what
we do. leave him in quiet possession,
4 of his views. What is the use OF
rectifying him if the thing be unlm-
portant; let it pass for the present
and wait softer moment and more
conciliatory occasion Of reversing
the subject together 1t IS wonder,
| full how many persons are rendered
unhappy by inattention to these ut
4 tie rules of prudence
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Just in the wake of DR.. Arlidge's
amazing bull against tea drinking
comes a disheartening statement in
The London Grocer, showing the
consumption Of the now prescribed
herb to have been, in 1871. 123, ,401,-
$50 pounds, in tie United Kingdom
alone. And by the way, as showing
the proverbial disagreement of doc
tors, DIR. Adam Smith, in a paper
read before the London Society Of
Arts, recommends the use of tea as
decidedly beneficial, instancing, in
particular, the following cases: After
a full meal, when the system is op-
pressed with food; for the corpulent,
and the old; for hot climates, and
especially for those who, living there,
eat freely. or drink milk or alcohol;
in cases of suspending animation;
for soldiers who, in time of peace,
take too much food in relation TO the
waste proceeding in the body; for
soldiers and others marching in hot
climates-for then, by promoting
evaporation and cooling the body, it
prevents In a degree the effects Of
too much food, as of too great heat.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-11-30
Franklin and His Pnner.


Soon after his establishment in
Philadelphia, Franklin was offered a
piece for publication IN his newspa-
per. Being very busy, he begged
the gentleman would leave ID for
consideration. The next day the
author called, and asked his opinion
of it. "Why, Sir" replied t[I,n&lin,
81 am sorry to say I think IL ,55lghly
us
erty, whether to reject it or no1
thought would put it to thislss,,..
at night, when my work was do Z
bought two penny loaf, on whit T
supped heartily, and then wrapph
myself in my great coat, SLEPT veN
soundlv on the floor till mof-ine.
when another loaf and mug OF watf
afforded a pleasant breakfast. Now
Sir. since I can live very comfortably
in this manner, why should / prostl-
tute my press to personal hatred OF
party passion for more luxurious
living?
One cannot read this anecdote Of
our American sage without thinking
of Socrates's reply to King Archer
laus, who had pressed him to give
M preaching in the dirty streets Of
Athens. and come and live with him
in his splendid court. "Meal, please
your Majesty, is a half-penny peek
at Athens, and water 1 get for moth
ingl"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-11-30
Where Dickens Sleeps In Wesmin-
ster Abbey.
From Edmund Yates Lectu

From Edmund Yates Lecture.
Death took Charles Dickens sud
denly, but who shall say he seized
upon him unprepared? Our shrift
may be short as the lightnings flash,
or we may humble over cur beads
for fourscore years and die unready.
It is sufficient for us to know that
God took him IN his own good time,
and that he had been permitted to
fill place in the history of his age,
to enjoy a career and to accomplish
life work which kings and con-
querors might envy. That life
accomplished, he sleeps in West
Minister Abbey. There was pro-
eositien that xshoSa2z..s slx9buried
s~fn Hochester Cathedral Roclfesf6r,
which is the cloisterham OF Edwin
brood, close to his old Kentish
home but the voice of England
spoke out, demanding that her great
son should be lain among the ashes
of the dead in that poets corner
which has been consecrated to the
greatest, wisest and best of her
countrymenee And there ne lies at
the foot OF Handel, and at the head
of Sheridan, with Richard Cumber-
land resting on his right hand, and
the great historian Macaulay on his
left. His grave is near the foot of
Addison's statue, and Thackeray's
hust looks down on the last resting
place of his old friend DIR. John
son and Garrick lie within a few
yards of him, while separated from
Dickens grave by the statues of
Shakespeare and Southey and Thomp-
son are the memorials of rare Ben
Johnson, glorious John Dryden,
noble John Milton, and host of
other worthless, each of them the
glory of English literature in their
day. When [ visited the Abbey
the next day crowds o. people, with
mournful, sympathizing faces were
gathered around, and the broad
stone, on which, in plain characters,
his name and the number of his
years were craven, were strewn with
wreaths of immortelles. And 1
thought, my friends and brothers,
that when l crossed the Atlantic /
would, iEsyour presence, as it were,
lay this poor 4ower upon the grave
of one whom you appreciated so
generously-whom you loved SO
we'll
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-11-30
Less Labor and More Hanniness.

We favor system that shall con-
tribute most to the happiness of the
individual and the class. Ifsthe one
hour saved from labor be devoted
to intellectual improyem ent, it is
wed. If the laborer thus released
applies his leisure hour to his own
dom estie' business, to his garden or
his shop, to his needed rest or the
education of his children, to the
pleasant interchange Of ideas and
goodwill between neighbors, to al
most anything except dissipation,
idleness and debauchgy-it will
prove blessing, taking him out of
the enforced treadmin Of grinding
toll, and giving him status in the
world above that of themere toiliag
serf.
One hour a day saved from slave
sish toll, if rightly empl9ed and i'm
proved, can be the mears of Great
ing a new class Of men-new in
their capacities for enjoyment, as
for toll iCself. The devotion of one
hour q day to self-edueation, to M en-
tai development, can do what has SO
often been done before; transform
mere drudges into thinking, intelli-
gent beings, with their capacities
/ for healthful enjoyment increased in
proportion to the cultivation OF theil
intellects. But this viii not be the
result to the man who covets the on.
hour saved from toll in order thai
ne may have sc. much more time tc
deyote to the shutting OF cards OF
the shaking OF dice at the corner
grocery.
1t is a common mistake made
that release from the necessity of la
Dor ensures happiness. Employ
ment is the law of all really intelli
gent, certainly all really progressive
nations and individuals. Other
may exist, but they do not live il
the true sense of the word, w
must work with the mind if not wit
tie hands. The invisible wheels an,
springs of the brain must keep NOV
ing. Thought viii be evolved, an
| in its proper direction is the correc
cue to happiness. Let the lahore
oct his release from the hitherto ex
! ira hour or two of enforced toll, an
then devote it sensibly to better pul
poses than dissipation or idlenes,
which leads 10 dissipation if not
yagabondage and crime
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-11-30
A New Way of Cutting Wood.

Wonders will never cease so long
as the active mind of man is allowed
scope and field for new discoveries
Dame Nature herself will yet be
completely harnessed by indom;t-
able genius into the service of hui
manity. A curious invention has
just been patented for cutting wood
without a saw. A galvanic current,
in sufficient quantity, when passed
over fine platinum wire, raises its
temperature to white heat. The
inventor discovered that wood, a
comparatively dry substance, even
when green, could be cut in the
same way. By arranging the WIRE
with handles or 9th er means, so as
to guide it readily, trees, logs, or
planks may be cut as desired. There
is here, therefore, simple and
easy-appied forge, which may be
employed to feel the trees, divide
them into logs, and perform all the
operations of the saw and the axe.
The surface of the wood is slightly
charred, but the black layer is very
thin. The battery employed needs
only be of the simple character.
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A Sorromful Scene.

A petrifed body has been ex-
humed from Chicago cemetery. The
Times SAYS: "An, save the mother
of the little infant stood mutely
looking upon it, but she became
nearly frantic with excitement from
the first moment that the body was
exposed to view. She had endeavor-
ed to take it from the coffin, crying
bitterly, and wildly insisted upon
taking it with her to her home. Her
husband held her back and would
not allow her to remove It, The
mother seemed nearly distracted
with grief at the thought of it's being
reinterred. 1t looked SO natural
and beautiful, so like the baby she
had placed in the grave ten years
ago, that it brought up all her sor-
row afresh, as il she was but now
LAYING the loved darling in the earth.
The body was removed, with others
which the family had come there to
exhume, to Graceland, and reburied.
The family arc Swedes, and, it was
learned. reside short distance out
of the city. The child SO remarka-
bly, preserved, had been buried foi
more than ten years
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-11-30
Washing Compound.

The use of soda for washing linen
is very injurious to the tissue ami inn
parts to it a yellow color. In Ger
many and Belgium the following
mixture is now extensively and ben
efcially used: lbs. of soap are dis
solved in about gallons of water as
hot as hand can bear it; then next is
added to this fluid three large sized
tablespoonfuls of liquid ammonia
and one spoonful of best oil of tur-
pentine. These fluids are incorpor-
ated rapidly by means of beating
them together with small birch
broom. The liuen is then soaked
in this liquid for three hours, care
by a closely fitting wooden cover
By this means the linen IS thorough
ly cleansed, saving much rubbing,
time and fuel Ammonia does at
feet the linen or weolen goods, and
is largely used as a liquor IN the
North of England.
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The Eject of Good Example.

There was once a Bavarian duke
by the name of Christoph, who visit
ed pretty regularly little church in
some obscure village, to join with
the devout peasants in prayer, and
being very kind and sociable man,
took pleasure in speaking to every
man of the low class, whosoever
chanced to meet him.
One day he met an old man by
the name of Lorenz, from Merzing,
and being much pleased with this
mans intelligent conversation said
to him, on parting. that he would
take much pleasure in doing him
some favor, and whenever his assist
ance could be OF any service to him
he should find the prince alwSys
: : ;:eseSv to help him.
- ? s'sllz Z -reFt Lorenz, our
highness could not do me a greater
favor than you have already doneato
ne; you have brought the greatest
blessing upon me and my family
that ever could be bestowed upon
us"
How could that happen ?" asked
Chrstoph; do not recollect that 1
ever had an opportunity to do you
favor"
Well, said the old man, ssI new
er embraced the opportunity to tell
your highness under how great an
obligation ] am to you, because you
saved my son from his career to
eternal perdition. He was a drunk
ard-a Vry dissipated young man
always ready for the perpertration of
any crime. Ore day, lettering about
he saw You, my gracious Duke, en-
ter the church This stirred his Gu
riosity; he wanted to know what you
were going to do there in that place,
which he so much despised But
when he saw and heard your devo-
ton he became so deeply affected
that he prayed for the forgiveness of
his sins, and from that very hour
became an altered man. This heav-
emily blessing I owe to your instru-
mentality, for what neither my ad-
monition, nor my rebukes, nor my
prayers could achieve, that have you
accomplished by your pious exam
pie
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VOL. VII. NO. At.
CHU1TDER HIPS WIFE.
By y BoYEE o'REILLY.
Fromthe Hindostanee.

Fronthe Hindostanee.
q am poor,p said Chunder All, while the
Mandarin above him
crowned in supercilous anger at the doz
who dared TO speak;
:" am fsiendless and a hindoo'; such one
meets few TO love him
Here in China, where the Hindoo finds the
truth alone is weak. SOS
l have naught TO buy your justice; We're
wise had not striven;
Speak yonr judgment;' and he crossed his
arms and bent his quiyerlng face.
Heard he then the unjust sentence all his
goods and gold were given
To another, and he stood alone, beggar iLI
the place.
And the man, who had bought the judg-
nient looked with triumph and derisiou
At the cheated Hindoo snerchant; then hs
Eulssss<Ssz5ss Ssniiro-
at she whispered gratuiationsof his friend
and at the vision
OF the more queenly dover for Ahmeer, hi,
only child.
Fair Ahmeer, who of Gods creatures was
the only one who loved him
She, the diamond OF his treasures, the one
lamb within his fold.
She whose voice. like her dead mothers's
was the only pow'r that moved him
she would praise the skill that gained her all
This Hindoo's silk and gold.
And the old man thanked Confucius, and the
judge, and him who pleaded
But why falls this sudden silence why does
each one hold his breath,
Every eye turns on the IIfndoo, who before
was uhheeded.
And in the wond'ring expectation, all the
court grew stilI as death.
Not alone stood Chunder All; by his side All
meer was standing.
And his brown hand rested Lightly on her
shoulder as he smiled
At the sweet young face turned toward him
Then the father voice commanding. co
Babe his daughter hercely 10 him from the
dog whose touch defled.
But she moved not, and she looked not at
her father or the others
As she answered with her eyes upon the
Hindoo's noble face;
" Nay, my father. he defiles not T; this kind
arm above all others
Is my choosing, and forever by his side shalt
be my place.
When you knew not, his dear hand had given
many a sweet love- token,
He had gathered all my heartstrings and had
bound them round his life;
Yet you tell me he dehles me, nay, my IA
ther. you have spoken
In your anger, and not knowing was Chun-
der ANS wife. -
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the ed. Patrick Gavin was arrested
on suspicion of being the murderer.
of Charles Hughes shot John /. Hay
man at Denver, Colorado, Sunday the
24th. Hayman died a few houIs after
receiving the shot. Both were young
men about 25 years of age.
General Mcdowell has boen appoint
ed Major General in place of General
Meade, and ordered to the department
South. General Hancock is or
dered to the department. Of the Atlan-
tic.
A number of persons visited the
town of Parsons, Kansas, with the in
tention of lynching Mr.. Powers, the
chief of the land department Of the
Missouri, Kans as. and Texas Railroad.
They took him from his room, but he
made his escape.
A news dealer of hington, tax
ing -ass--@e tzge OF the Tsct tiIat-there Is
no law in the District against obscene
publications, has issued, in pamphlet,
for Woodhull's libel on Mr.. Beecher,
which he advertises in all Sunday pa
pers. a law prohibiting publications
of this kind is now pending before
Congress, and will be passed without
difficulty if it is ever reached.
St. Louis is making preparations for
the horse disease. Large business
houses and transfer companies are pur-
chasing oxen in advance.
Thomas Camp was executed at
Princeton, Ind. on the 22d, for the
murder of John r. BildeFback.
A prize fight took place two miles
above Little Rock. Ark, between Sam
Collyer and Patsy Mcclure. After
fighting twenty minutes CoIyer was
declared the winner, because of a foul
ON the part of Mcclure.
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Re-Discorery of the Open Polar Sea.

he-DIscOFery OF Inc open Polar Sea.
Captain Nils Johnson, who sailed
in yacht of 26 tons burden from
Formsoe, Norway. May s, with a
crew of nine men, has Just been
heard from through DIR. Peterman,
of Gotha, Germany, who makes
public these interesting facts:
Captain Johnson directed his
course in June toward the western
half of the open sea, reaching, in
the latter part of the month, the
middle of the usual position of the
polar stream which bears vast masses
Of ice toward the Spitzenbergen and
the Bear Islands, but which this year
detected I toward Nova Zsmbla.
further east, leaving the western half
of the sea free from ice. Spending
portion of the time whale-fishing.
he-had, by-trrgrrst I .. Z 1ched rs de-
grees north latitude, and 80 degrees
east longitude, where he came IN
sightsof land, which first appeared
upon maps in 1SI7 rs Wicheland,
and which was then given as extend
ing from 73 degrees to rs degrees
north latitude The land IN these
seas, however, has never been very
definitely located. The whole sea
to the south and east of this land
Captain johnson found entirely free
from ice on August 16. On the 18th
of August, he anchored near the
point of this land In north latitude
70 degrees 8 minutes and east longi-
tude so degrees 15 minutes, for the
purpose of fishing and supplying
himself with fuel from the imm ense
piles of drift wood which were accu-
mulated along the shore. Landing
to explore the land, which he was
was first to set foot upon, he ascend
ed a mountain near the coast, from
which he obtained Il view over a,
wide circuit. He thus discovered
Ihat the land masses, which had
been supposed to be separated by
channels into three large islands,
were ultimately reunited so as to
form continuous though deeply
indented island. There were also a
mum ber of outlying islands. On the
evening of the 18th Of August, Cap
tain Johnson again SET sail, and fol
lowed during that night and the two
successive days the entire east and
southeast coast OF the land, which
was everywhere as well as the open
sea, far and wide, wholly destitute of
ice. The ocean lying toward the
east-northeast was also perfectly free
of ice, So far as it was distinguish
able from the summit of the hills.
Only on the north coast was there
any ice. Among the most impor-
tant discoveries made by Captain
johnson we're the fauna and flora of
these far northern lands. Birds,
seals, and reindeer abouuded, the
latter of remarkable fatness. The
immense longitudinal piles of DRIFT
wood, which ran along the eastern
Z,
Ocean, anU sa44-, On the a.-seteorologic
and other atmospheric connections
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at the time of WaHhinqton,s daat,,
the estate. on. which his home Voc
situated comprised several Thousand
acres, divided into various. farma
The mansion, built OF wood 1--WE
stories in hight, and SO feet IN
length, is beautifully situated on
rising ground. and Commands a fine
view of the Potomac. Near by "a
the old family vault, III which hia
body was first laid, and also the new
vault, TO which it was removed in
1880. The manshion was built by
Washington's elder brother, who
named the estate after Admiral Yer,
non, under whom he he'd served in
the West Indies; bat it was greatly
improved and enlarged by Washing
ton himself, whose home it vas from
his boyhood until hi4deSth. 1t sub.
sequently passed J dto the hands of a
nephew, and WIS offered for sale in
the public parlers A young lady;
named Ann Pamela Cunningham,
then ProstrAted by spinal disease,
read with r. glowing heart the adver-
tisement,yand filed with indignation
at the Thought of the sacred spot
falling into the hands of strangers,
who would' purchase, make of ita
D1ere place for curious gazing,
/ amusements and merceuary gain.
she formed, alone and unaided, the
grand project of influencing the wo-
men of America to purchase Mount
/ Vernon, an-2 to secure to the country
! the lesuae md thf- romflj3f one 'uhOpsl
bah true Ae erican. IN nsb forever de-
light to honor and revere. Follow
ing ont in close practical action the
workings of her mind, she wrote
earnest appeals to private individ-
uals, az sthrough the public press to
her countrymen at large, to induce
them to raise funds for the worthy
object she had at heart. Many no.
ble responses were made, the most
efficient of which was that of Edward
Everett, who raised by his eloquent
appeals the sum Of $4,000 toward
this worthy object Gradually these
efforts eliminated In success, and
the whole enterprise was placed up
on a permanent basis. The man
sion, the tomb, and some two hun
dred acres of the original estate
were purchased by the Ladies
Mount Vernon Association" and
fund established for the purpose Of
keeping it in good order. The last
meeting of the "Grand Council of
the Association was held at Mount
Vernon in June, and no less than
twenty-one different States were
represented. The report gives as
surance of the unanimity of the
members and of their great conf
dence in Miss Cunningham, the
founder of the association, who not
only originated the enterprise, but
by her presevering and energetic Ell
forts has been the chief means OF its
permanent establishment and con-
tinued prosperity. During the war
the estate was IN debt, and in com
pliance with the urgent desire OF
the association, Miss Cunningham
left her home in South Carolina and
went to Mount Vernon to superin-
tend its affairs, where she still con-
tinues to reside, and to oversee the
repairs and improvement necessary
to preserve the treasured spot to the
nation. So far her efforts, as well as
those of the other members OF the
association, have been rendered
without any compensation, and the
accounts presented show that sns
must have practiced the most r1gld
economy, bringing all the expenses