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The Hickman courier., 1872-10-12
Beauty and Religion.

Beauty is not accidental and law
less on the contrary, we believe it
does obey an infallible law. Always
in its present form, it is religious
and the varying estimates of differ
ent tastes are graduated according
to the purity of the religious concep-
tions involved. In the last analases
beauty is one truth, and both are
written in cipher which the religious
sense alone can interpret and resolve.
The significance of things is definite
but it is revealed to us according to
sliding scale, of which religious
culture measures tie degrees. 1t is
indeed our light thrown upon nature
which interrupts beauty ; but If that
light be religious, finer elements viii
become apparent, and beauty be-
come more clear. It Is sympathy
With the outward world that unlocks
it's treasures that sympathy is born
of religion, and is strengthened and
deepened by every accession of spir-
itual life. To the mind of God, un-
doubtedly. every fact in the material
world has fixed significance, pre-
else and definite value. The uni
verse is his art, and struggles to ex-
press the crystahzed and imprisoned
thoughts which he has written there.
A dehcaae correspondence connects
every beast and bird and tree and
flower with some type of thought, or
passion, or emotion, present In the
Creators mind at their foundation,
and of which they are organized ex-
ponents But we rise toward, and
appreciate so much of this infinite
art as the purity of our inner life can
gauge. Likeness to the divine ma
ture only viii admit us to the secrets
OF the divine mind All the chang
ing degrees of significance, which
the objective word assumes, from
that feeling of health and buoyancy
and animal enjoyment which the
lowest minds experience in clear
and bracing morning. to the unfath-
omable inspiration of the poet and
the artist are determined by its pres
ence and its purity. The truth of
this position cannot be shaken by
any seeming contradiction of eXpe-
renee or history. Raphael may
paint finer pictures than Canning,
by assiduous culture, could even I'M
itate but the finer sympathy with
nature. the purer delight IN her COM
panionship, and deeper suggestions
from her inexhaustible stores of
truths will visit the soul of him who
has drunk deeper of the clements Of
moral life. There are few of us who
cannot verify this by our experience.
Not while our souls remain stepped
in sensuality, or fettered by dull and
sordid cares, will come the revela-
tions that are hidden in the uni
verse. The lilies of the field have
no meaning to the cold eye of ava
rice, but to the warm spirit of Jesus
they reflect the doctrine of universal
providence. And SO, with us, 1T Is
in moments of calmer meditations,
IN seasons or quiet prayer, or after@a
noble deed that the awakened ener-
gies of our inner life spontaneously
lnterprets the oracles of nature.
And thus where we least expect 1t
we 6nd that love exists. Beauty Is
always relative to our state of mind,
but it has also an objective existence
that reveals itself according to our
piety and virtue.-T Starr King.
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Romance of History.

A curious bit of history, showing
what a narrow escape the ex-Em-
press Eugenie had from becoming
the wife of an American gentleman
has come to light. The fact is thus
recited by a relative of one of the
parties:
In 1851 the uncle of the writer re-
sided as American minister at Paris,
with large family around him. At
this time there appeared in society
there Eugene Maria de Guzman,
Countess de Montijo, a lovely person
and aristocratic name securing her
brilliant conqnests In that society,
and constituting her one of the
famous ladies in Paris. 1t was
thought, and indeed freely remarked,
that her mother was more ambitious
than herself that the mother de-
signed her for some great alliance,
while Eugene herself appeared a
model of simple sincerity, a girl who
would choose to consult her heart In
any matrimonial affair.
Her sister had just married the
Duke of Alba and Berwick, lineal
descendant of James II. of England
aud the worthy Donna Maria, nc
doubt, designed at least an equal
matrimonial destiny for the more
beautiful of her daughters. But the
heart is not always to be controlled
even in the most aristocratic life
or to yield to its exactions or con
veniences. Eugene lost hers to q
fne-iooking blSnde Virginian =
young William Rives, son cf the
American minister. They were en-
gagged to be married, but Aunt Judy
Rives, a Virginia matron, very de-
cided and angular In ber scruples
broke off the match. The countess
was too "fast" fer her old Virgins
views of social sopriety.
The woman for whom the future
had reserved SO much, escaped the
comparatively humble match that
her heart had decided upon-tht
destiny of quiet Virginia house
wife-to ascend the throne of France
Alas what other contrasts may yet
remain for her! If an event hac
been ordained different, if a pro.
spective motner-in-law had proved
complacent, the empress, the woman
who had adorned the throne O
France and displayed to the worlo
the charms of another Cleopatra
might at this time be a quiet country
matron living in a farmhouse neal
Gotham depot. county of Albemarle
and State of Virginia.
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The Difference.

One who knows, says that Germa
women prefer the man who is agree
able, and keeps his word strictly
French women choose a man wit
open brow and smiling counter
ance. The Russian females prefe
countryman of their own VIII
looks upon Western nations as bar
barians. The Danish remain close
ly at home, and desire TO hear moth
ing Of travel abroad. The Spanis
woman selects q man capable {
avenging his honor and her Owl
The Hollanders one who is peace
able in his ways, and desires nevc
to hear of strife and war. And tn
American ladies marry the earliea
good offer they get, taking the frs
man that will take them, carin
nothing for his rank or social posi-
ton, and still less whether he b
halt, lame, deaf and dumb, or bhn
-ifhe has but plenty Of money. Hoi
fortunate for us that we live in sue
q country
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LNHPLRATLOM

Deem ye that only in the ages olden
Was inspiration given?
The chain which binds us TO the sphere
above Us,
BY Time shall ne'er be rivel.
And through its golden links. though al
unspOken,
Come thoughts and words divine:
The sacred fire from heaven still burnett
on many an earthly shrine.
Still TO the inmost heart. by intuition,
Come breathing from afar:
Still are we led, as by our spirit vision,
By Truth. our guiding star.
And when we wander through the realm,
of dreamland,
Are not dim warnings sent;
Faint glimpses of the nnrevealed future
with past remembrance blent?
Whence comes the eloquence which so en-
chains us,
And bends to its control
The deepest, hoIiest feeIings orour natures,
Which sways the very soul
The strains of music, which viii charm US
ever
From youth to hoary age
The gems OF thou III which poe'y ha tn
scattered
On every glowing page
And o, by childhood. such rare thoughts
are uttered,
Such prophecies divine,
They seem to stand midway 'twixt earth
and heaven,
And on them seems to shine.
Some rays of glory from its open portal;
And. guarding them with love,
We gain some gleamiugs of the life immor-
tai,
Pure wisdom from above.
Man is but little lower than the angels,
If true to its high trust.
And still, If he but heed them. glad evan
gels
Shall raise him from the dust.
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THEBOYS.


BY S. N. W
There come the boysl Oh dear, the nois'
The whole house feels the racket;
Behold the knee of Harry's pants,
And weep o'er Berries
But never mind, If eyes keep bright,
And limbs grow straight aud timber;
We'd rather lose the trees whole bark
Than find unsound the timber,
Now hear the tops and marbles ron.
The noers-Oh wo betide them
And 1 must watch the banisters,
For know boys who ride them
Look well as you descend the stairs,
often find them haunted
BY ghostly toys that make no noise
Just when their noise is wanted.
The very chairs are tied in pairs,
And made to prance and caper;
What swords are Whitfield ont of sticksi
What brave hats made of paper!
The dinner. r,s-e-7soud and weIs5
To tell the mfikman's coming;
And then the rush of "steam-car trains"
Sets all our ears a-humming.
How oft I say, "what shall do
To keep these children quiet ?"
If could find a good receipt,
I certainly should try 1t.
But what to do with these wild boys.
And ali their din and clatter.
Is really quite a grave affair
No laughing, trihing matter
" Boys Will he bOys"-6ut not for long;
All could we bear about US
This thought--how very soon our boys
NNFf Il n1
How soon but tall and deep-voiced men
VIII gravely call us Mother;''-
or we be stretching empty hands
From this world TO the other.
More gently we should chide the noise,
And when night quells the racket,
Stitch in but loving thoughts and prayers
While mendiug pants and jacket
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Going TO be Married.

AlAG4N lbNn - dDOuI " DC
married-so he tells me privately
and confdentially, epioining me to
keep the matter as much to myself
as possible, so [ must enjoin upon
you, the necessity of keeping the
fact strictly secret, else it might
come to his ears and mar the per
feet enjoyment he fancies he has, IN
keeping it, as he says, all TO him
self.
"Ah," said he, Glove and home
love and home, Eugene, are before
me with all their promises of sun
shine and joy" and over his usually
sober face rippled an expression of
hope and happiness that seemed to
smooth all the lines and traces of his
bacherlorhood away. His eyes as
sumed a brighter, happier, and more
hopeful expression, there was some
thing In the sound of his voice that
indicated pleasant anticipation, an
element of earnestness that fell upon
my ears with a clear musical ring,
he seemed 10 somehow look better,
nohler and more manly in his bear
ing, there was a scrupulous neatness
about his toilet that almost transig-
ured him. Such is the general eff
feet of great expectations, on the
counteDanee of a single man when
about to be married. He has long
been my bosom friend; together we
have wandered along, up and down
the highways of the world; but
maIrimony comes between US, like a
two-edged sword; it sunders many
Of our pleasant relations with each
other, and keeps him at home
nights. And II am not e.ractly an
orphan.
And yet, I cannot blame him for
the step he is about TO take, when /
gaze upon the little living picture of
loveiness enveloped in calico, that l
am conscious is soon to become his
personal property. Her eyes are
soft, and blue, and tender, and her
lips and cheeks like cherries and
roses. | know that she is kind and
affectionate, and that she loves him
a great deal better than he deserves
to be loved. cannot censure him
for the course he is pursuing; of
course / cannot. Bright are the
promises that gleam in prophetic
beauty in the day-dreams of the
about ut-to-be-married man. He is
building up for himself little sane
tuary, all his own, where he NAV
ever find refuge from the deceits. the
selfshness, and the coldheartedness
of the outer world. He is to have
some one with whom to share alike
the joys and sorrows of his daily
life, to cheer him in his hours of
gloom, and, with loving words.
breathe new hopes and higher ambi-
ton into his sometimes weary and
discouraged soul.
Homel The sanctuary whose
perfect beauty is unmarried by hu-
man selfshness and whose music is
never drowned by the discordant Mt
teranee of unkind words, where no
spirit but love enters, and where no
brooding shadows ever fall. If this
be the paradise that my bachelor
friend is to be ushered into, / re-
peat, / cannot censure him for the
course he is pursuing; of course,
cannot.
There will be quiet little wedding
soon somewhere, and some one will
be very proud and happy, and so,
sometime, somehow or IN some man
ner, L trust the fondest hopes and
most sanguine expectations of my
somewhat sentim entail bachelor
! friend Will all be realized. d.--Eugene.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-12
VOL. VIII. NO. 40.
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.


! OZONE PRODUCED BY EVAPORATION.
Mr.. Gorup-Besanez has made a Sc
ries of experiments at Kissingen,
Bavaria, which prove the formation
of ozone during the evaporation of
certain waters, and was thus led to
the conclusion that the air on
the ocean ought to be richer in
ozone than the air Of inland places.
Huizinga has found that the air on
the island of Texel is charged with
ozone, thus corroborating the view
of Besanez.
TELEeRAPHING ~ CHINA.
The POLLEN of telegraphing in
the Chinese language, to write
which requires some $4,000 differ
ent characters, has been solved in
this way: A few thousands of the
oI, ,al.aefsars most used are cut upon
wooden blocks. On the opposite
side of each block is it's number
Duplicates of such numbered blocks
are at each telegraph station. The
China merchant selects the blocks
which express the thoughts to be
transmitted. The operator tele-
graphs only the numerals designat-
ing these blocks, which enable the
receiving operator TO select similar
block at his end of the line.
FIRE PROOF STONE.
An account is given in the En-
glish papers of new artificial in
fusible stone, or quartz brick, lately
invented and introduced. Its appli-
cations have been more especially
in the construction of steel furnaces,
etc, but it would also seem particu.
larly adapted, in consequence Of its
extreme infusibility to the prepare
ton of absolutely fre-proof safes
and vaults. 1t is prepared from a
peculiar kind of stone, occurring
partly as a rock and partly as a
sand, The rock is of a light gray
color, with transparent edges, hav
ing the fracture Of crYstalized quartz,
and is prepared by crushing be-
tween cast iron rollers to a coarse
powder-with the exception Of GER
tain portions which arc too hard to
be thus treated-and then adding
one part of lime and a suitable
quantity of water, and introducing
the mass into iron moulds, where it
is pressed, by means Of stamp, up
on an iron bed. After the stones
have been dried by artificial heat,
while still upon the iron bed, they
are baked for seven days at an in
tense heat in a cupola furnace, and
allowed to cool for the same length
of time. The stone shows in its
fracture coarse, irregular, grayish-
white fragments of quartz, inclosed
by light brownish-yellow finer
mass, and swells in the fire instead
Of contracting. Metallic oxides and
strongly basic slags attack this
quartz rock very rapidly, and, like
quartz, it will not permanently en-
dure rapid changes of temperature.
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The Cnre for France.

Among the rare and curious vol.
umes in the Library Of the British
and Foreign Bible Society, saws the
Reportey-, is little French book with
this title, "The Holy Gospels OF
our Saviour Jesus Christ. Trans.
lated by LIE Maistre dsSaey. Popu-
lar edition. Dedicated to the French
Nation by Working Pfinters. With
an Introduction by the Authors of
| the parliamentary History of the
French Revolution" Paris, 1887.
The Introduction begins by stating
that the cheapness of The volume is
owing to the fact that the printers
gave their services gratuitously.
/ Born and bred amidst poverty and
trouble. they could nd but feel SYM
pathy for their fellokmen. They
perceived that the wa.Se slavery to
(which the poor we've su53jected was
the slavery of thS,heart and of the
intellect; that the love of animal
pleasure led the way to Incidence, to
discomfort, and to every kind of sell
ishness; that the evil example of the
higher classes had impressed itself
only too reldily on the lives of the
lower; andthat the herding together
of families n vast crowds tended to
do away with the simplicity, modes
ty, and vitue, which were still to
be found II secluded hamlets, and
in out-of-tle-way fishing villages.
The wri'ers proceed to point out
that inyasDns from without, and rev
olutions fDm within, arise from the
fact that he leaders of the people
seek their own pleasure, and not the
Welfare of those over whom they
rule. The Revolution of 1889 is
described as an outbreak against
evil rulers 6lt alas it was conSuct-
ed by those who were little, if any,
better themselves. Atheists came to
the head of affairs, but France was
not ready for atheism, and they had
to give up their position to men who
were sceptical and deistical, and whU
disbeheved in Revelation. But Lib
erty, Equality, and Fraternity are
idle words, unles those who uphold
them accept the Divinity of Jesus
Christ; hence France struggled on
without attaining her great end, the
regeneration of her social fabric.
Thus forty eight years passed away,
anG the people had to witness more
crime, more vice, more debauchery,
more hypocrisy, more unbelief-in
word, more selfshness than ever.
Instead of loving God above all, and
loving their neighb5r as themselves,
men seemed to sum up their ideas
of duty in two commandments, that
they should love themselves above
all, and that they should love money
more than all men put together.
The writer's break off with a pray
er, calling upon God to pity the peo
pie, and to look favorably on the
work of0ese printers, who had fre@
ly given the labor of their hands to
spread the Gospel among the poor,
believing that the day on which
r'raDce aeo0Ptest ~ sVfosPef of
Christ would be the day of her sal
vation. This was in 1887, under the
reign of,I,ouis Philippe. -
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The Science of Chemistry.

OF all the sciences which have so
far been developed to the world,
none is so nearly Indispensable, or
has furnished so much material for
blessings, progress, wealth, health,
and happiness, as chemistry. While
it was regarded as a mere beautiful
and intricate plaything, too subtitle
to be brought into general practical
use, the world made but little pro
gress in its arts, sciences, and me
chanisms; but as soon az it was ac-
knowledged as the indispensable
agent of all knowledge, behold,
with what power the inhabitants of
the earth leap forward. Nothing is
impossible; ; nothing is left undone
An eminent writer says :-"Chem-
istry has added very materially to
the wealth of the people generally;
but it has accomplished far more
than at first thought appears. 1t
has given us better ventilation; util-
lied noXious substances that were
otherwise repulsive or dangerous !;
made plain to the student what ar
ticles were poisonous, and the anti
dotes that render them harmless (;
has increased our pleasures, and
made existence far more enjoyable
to all, but particularly to the com
mon laborer. Besides, it has length
ened the average duration of hu-
man life. By the direct application
of the principles of the science in
the development of almost every
modern art, success has been render
ed more certain, and the field of in
vention has shone with the brillan-
cy of its discoveries"
But our greatest industries are,
more than all, indebted to this
science for their principal strength
and prominence. Bury chemistry,
and all knowledge of it and iron
and steel would occupy the same
grave. Without these, where would
our civilization be, or what would
life be worth
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Talk without Work.

A terrible wreck happened some
years ago off the coast of Tuscany.
In his report of the affair, tho Tus-
can coast guard remarks, with evi-
dent complacency: "I lent every
possible help to the vessel with my
speaking trumpet, but, nevertheless
many corpses We're found upon the
coast next morning" What are
words without deeds? :? You plead
for the destitute, but where is your
guinea? You are eloquent for fallen
women, but what are you doing to-
ward their rescue? You demand an
educated ministry: what institution
are you aiding? You pity the wild
ow and the fatherless to what cr-
phanage do you contribute ? Silence
is most becoming In those whose
speech is not illustrated by suitable
action.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-12
News of the Week
At Homo.


Flores, alias Chicop, the most des-
perate outlaw on the Mexican frontier,
and murderer of Charles Alexander,
has gathered number of fellow des-
peradoes, and expresses the intention
of crossing into Texas at Balsa, short
distance from Brownsville, Texas, and
avenging the death of his two brothers,
party, the other by Mexican calvary.
This, added to the reported plan OF Cor
tina, has caused considerable anxiety
at Brownsville.
A dispatch received from Governor
Mccormick, of Arizona Territory, say
ing that the attack Of Col. Mason on
the Apache Mohaves is the most i'm
portant blow ever dealt the hostile In
dians in the Territory. 1t is now
known that the most of the murders
and robberies are to be charged to
them, ard that at least two of the kill
ed participated in the massacre of the
Loring party near Wylkesburgh in No
vember. A number of those who late
ly left the Dale creek Reservation were
found among the slain.
The report of the Mexican Border
Commission is now in the possession
of the State Department.. The Com
missioners themselves are on their way
to Washington. 1t is understood that
the United States Government will
take the ground that it is justified in
taking the question of protecting its
own citizens into its own.hands-
II is said the Government will short
ly take vigorous and decisive measures
for protecting the Texas boundaries
from the incursiops of Mexican SNUG
glers.
A large party of San Franciscoans
have returned from al unsuccessful ex
pedition to the Arizona diamond fields
and denounce the excitement as fraud.
John F. Cooke, British Vice Consul
at st. Louis, Mo-, has been engaged
for some time past in taking statements
and dispositions of British subjects who
lay claims against the United States
Government for various kinds of dam
age during the war. The principal
case is that of ]. NJ. P. Nolan, young
Irishman, who was imprisoned in two
or thee military prisons, in all about
six hundred days, and who claims
some $500, 600. The claims will amount
TO considerably over million of dol
lars. The dispositions and statements
will be forwarded to Washington as
soon as made out, and the Commission
now in session there will consider |
them.