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Berlin, Wednesday The proprietors
az engineering factories have determined
to oppose thu latest demands Of the work
men by thc uniform introduction of
working day o5 ten hours, and a liked
rate OF wages. BY mutual consent they
have further decided not t. employ for
two months. any wurku,cn now IN strike,
and that all seeking employment shall be
compelled "a produce certificate Of dis
chs from thcir last place.
MEssRs Mllltt 4 RICHARD have agreed
10 advance the wages Of the typefounders
in their employment Dresscrs, per
cent; casters, 40 per cent; rubbers, 10
per cent; and boys, 10 and l2l per cent.
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VI .f la- dispute between the en-
ioIov.r, H.. the men Icing settled.
a delegate stated That the masters
had declined to meet the men
istter from the secretary To the Sunder-
and bottlemakers. stated that a deputa-
5o.from che Glasgow master bottlemakers
usuce,--fttily eudeavored to get the
O1T1 masters Ia lock out their men.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
TIE FAIR SEX.

The Empress Josephine high back
ed combs of the last century are
coming into fashion again.
A CLUB of Boston ladies are hard
at work endeavoring to obtain the
passage Of a city Ordnance provid-
ing that all tobacco chewers shall be
muzzled when on the street
ALADY about to marry vas warned
that her intended, although a very
good man, was eccentric. Well, she
said, if he is very unlike other men,
he IS more likely to be a good hus-
band.
THE pale tints which have been so
fashionable are not likely to continue
in fashion, since the autumn and
winter demand deep, bright, warm
hues, and but very few ladies can
wear the pale colors with satisfac-
ton.
PRoF. KxowLsroN says that girls
grow into just such women as men
ike. If, he says, we want them
stronger and nobler, we must appre-
ci4te and encourage all who try to
give themselves the old fashioned,
simple, healthful training.
ALL is not lovely with female phys
icians, even after graduation. One
of them writes of the party who
does the sympathetic for the New
York Ledger. as follows 81 am a
female physician have been prac-
ticing in -; have a good practice,
and many friends among my pa
tients. L hav, one family with
whom I have been on the most in
innate terms, especially with the
lady of the house, who loved and
trusted me as a sister bat l.tely
she has become influenced against
me, and is now jealous of me, and
thinks I am in love with her hus
band. Hence, my kindness to them
in sickness, etc, has been construed
into the basest meanness, as she has
been made to believe I did 1t all
from love to her husband"
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
Gentle Words.

There is a magic power in gentle
words, tue potency of which few
natures are so icy "a wholly to resist.
Would you have your home n cheer
ful, hallowed spot, within which may
ever be found that happiness and
peace which the world denieth TO its
votaries? Let no harsh word be
uttered within its walls. Speak
gently to the wearied husband, VIII ,,
with an anxious brow, returns from
the perplexities of his daily svoca-
tions, and let him, in his turn, speak
gently to the care worn woman, who,
amid her never ending round of little
duties, finds rest and encourage
ment IN the sympathy of him she
loves. Speak gently to the wayward
child pleasant smile and a word
of kindness VIII often restore good
humor and plavfulness. Speak gently
to the dependent who lightens your
daily toll kind words insure respect
and affection. while the angry re
buke provokes imr rertinence and
dislike, speak gently to the aged !;
many are the trials through whSl
they have passed, and now little
while and they VIII be missed from
their accustomed place the spirit
viii have passed to its rest. The ERs
membrance Of an unkind word VIII
then bring with bitter sting. Speak
gehly to the errring one are we
not all weak and liable to error ?
Temptations of which we cannot
Judge, may have surrounded him.
Harshness Will drive him on the
sinful way, gentIeness and love may
win him back to virtue.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
SCIENCE AID INYENTION.

The manufacture Of artificial stone
is tolerably well known to consist of
cementing sand grains by means of
solution of soluble silicate. An
important extension of this princi-
pie has been lately made; by substi-
tuting emery for sand, emery disks
Of great hardness are now construct
ed, which are pronounced to De ex-
cellent for sharpening saws and the
like.
How TO UsE THE STAG OF FURNACES
We have lately seen artificial stone
for sidewalks, which hitherto has
been thrown away as useless. 1t is
cast as it runs from the furnace) in
square corrugated block, which, as
they are formed, are covered with
ashes, and allowed several days to
cool. 1t bears a great pressure,
looks well, and has grit enough to
take hold on the sole of the shoe,
quite as well or better than stand
stone, while it wears more evenly
and slowly. 1t is said that this
furnace Stag may be so treated as to
form a kind of artificial porphyry Of
great durability and strength.
A DOMESTIC STEAM ENGESE "A
small motor has been brought out
by French engineer having a
capacity of from one TO four-fif-
teenths Of one-h horse power. 1t is in
tended to drive any machinery re-
quiriDg hand or foot power. The
engine Is heated by a gas Jet, tfie
boiler being vertical. 1t can be Sci
an ; whore iJl "a l'eoisas e.allneeteel a.
a gas burner. The boiler is Ia rye,
so as not to require being fed oftener
than once IN four hours, even wnen
in constant use, and holds only four
gallons. By a peculiar arrangem ent.
the speed of the machine is made
to enlarge or contract the volume Of
the flame, and thereby regulate the
production of steam TO the am ount
of work done. When the machine
is at rest, the flame IS so reduc ed as
to merely keep the steam at low
pressure. The same device also acts
as q safety valve. Explosion would
be next 10 impossible. The engine
and boiler weigh only 200 pounds, Is
33 inches high, and cost in Paris
but 500
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
Abroad.

A bill has been introduced in the
Spanish Cortes abolishing the penalty
OF death for political ofienses, and has
passed its first reading.
Prussia has abandoned her former
practice of pardoDing her worst Grim
inaIs on condition of the emigration to
the United States, but it is continued
by some of the petty German States.
The coal-oe ,Iers of Cardiff, England,
J ave reduced the price for steamers use
six sbi;iings a ton, fearing American
competition.
Theirs mas forbidden the sale of Carl
catures of the ex-Emperor Napoleon
and his family.
The German troops have evacuated
RI ems. A french garrison marched
in amid great rejoicing.
The London Times says the decision
on the San Juan question is upsatisfac-
tory. unclear and indecisive, but we
accept it. Itrepudiates the charge that
England intrigued at Berlin TO modify
the Judgment. The Post considers the
a~ ard as damsping to England's di-
p'omocy as the award of the Geneva
tribunal. 1t gives. says the Post, the
ley Of the British Columbia waters Il
the Unied States. This settlement
hardly tends to improve the relations
between England and America.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
Plants from Seeds.

a lively and iudicious writer says
The SqiUia splendens, or scarlet sage
is one of our most snowy ornameD
tai plants, especially during the lat
ter part of summer and early au
tumn. The plants are usually sol'
by our florists in spring, grown II
small pots; the same as verbenas ant
other bedding-out plants. and bu
few persons know that they car
be grown from seed twenty time
cheaper than they can be purchased
"Save your own seed" is my rul'
with everything that 1 can, and esI
pecially with choice plants Early
in the spring / sowed a quantity q
home grown scarlet sage seed in my
hot-beds. and from time to time ting
plants have been set out in the Dor
der about my lawn. l raised ? tnon
sand plants or more without any q,
pense, except the little time required
in saving and sowing the see-,
which. of course, amounts 70 notni1
with those who love fiowcrs. --
purchased these plants they .s 49,
have probably cost me nity oe,' ~ ~
but my raising them from y. 7, ..rI
garden will be made brilliant :..f
little expense. Tho iueH ,Sta
wish 10 impress upon Al ~, o..
garden Is 10 learn how g
witbout unnecessary
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
The African Ely.

One of the most extraordinary
facts revealed to us by DR.. Living
stones explorations in Africa is that
the high table land of the interior,
with It's rich agricultural resources,
its noble fora, its fine temperature,
broad inland seas, and inexhaustible
stores of mineral wealth, is rendered
all but impenetrable to civilized
man, certainly beyond all reach Of
colonization, by one OF the most ap
parently insignificant of causes-a
fly. This terrible insect is a little,
brown, yellow-striped fly, called the
tsetze, scarcely larger than our house
hold pests, but whose sting Is abs0-
lutely fatal. So deadly is its poison
that it IS said three or four flies viii
kill the largest OK. Soon after the
bite, which gives little or no pain.
staggering and blindness come on,
the body swells to an enormou size;
the coat turns rough, and In a few
hours follow commissions aud death
And yet this deadly poison, under
the effect of which the horse and OK,
the sheep and the dog, fall as if
plague-stricken, is perfectly harm
lees to man, to Wild animals, to the
pig, mule, ass, and goat. Here is
an achievement for science that
would bring glory to the discoverer
the discovery of some antidote to
the sting of this venemous fly, which
would open the treasures Of Central
Africa to the use of the world.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
Chinese Drink.

The prevailing idea that teais the
ordinary drink OF the whole Chinese
people Is pronounced, by q writer in
Pe'ermann's 1Ttlhellupgen. to be a
mistake. '1The people of the lower
classes. ,. he says, especially IN the
northern provinces, only know it as
a luxury, and drink hot water with
as much pleasure as the wealthy do
their tea. Even drinking in the
provinces where tea IS grown tea
drinking is not general. The plant
grows on hills, often not less than
thousand feet above the nearest val
leys, the inhabitants of which must
therefore buy their tea from plan
ters," which they don't often do
taking in is stead hot water, OF,
what is more common, an infusion
of the leaves Of other plants which
grow wild in the fields These facts
seem to lead to the inference that
the use Of tea in China has arisen
from the aversion of Chinese to
drinking cold water.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
n Experiment with Paper Car Wheels

An Experiment with Paper Car Wheels
The Springfield Republican says
Connecticut River Railroad con-
pany is about introducing, for trial,
a set of paper car wheels under the
forwBrd truck of one of its engines
These wheels have been known to
car-builders for some time, but the
demand FOR them has been moderate
on account of their cost, notwith-
standing the universally-admitted
factthat they are safe and easy go
ing. The wheels ere manufactured
by bringing a pressure of $50 tons
upon sheets of common straw papor,
which forces them into a compact
which is then turned perfectly round
and the hub forced into a hole in
the centre, this Iequiring a pressure
of 25 tons weight The tire is OF
steel and has a one quarter inch bev
el upon its inner edge, thus allowing
the paper fellirg to be forced ia. 25o
tons pressure being required IN the
process. Two iron plates, one upon
each side of the paper. are bolted
together, which prevents the posi-
bility of the filings coming out. The
tire rests upon the paper only and
partakes of its elasticity in conss-
quence. Although these wheels are
much more expensive than those in
common use, the patentee claims
that they are cheaper in the end, as
they wear longer. injure the track
less. and run with less noise than
wheels of any other pattern.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
Electrical Mnnders.

By the mirror galvanom eter Of
Sir William Thomson, which was of
the utmost importance in securing
the success OF the Atlantic Cable, a
ray of light is reflected from a min
ute mirror that is attvched to a
magnetic needle. When the cleo
trio current passes the magnet is de-
fected, and the movement of the
reflected spot of light over scale
indicates the resistance to the pass
age of the current. The united
weight of mirror and magnet is
three-quarters of a grain.
During the experiments with the
Atlantic Telegraph both cables We're
connected at the American end, Civ
ing a circuit of more than four
thousand miles, yet a current pass
ed through the whole distance in less
time than person could pass across
the small room in which the expert
ment was made-and, most wonder
ful OF all, the battery that accom-
phshed this result was contained In
a lady's silver thimble.-Scribner's
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
4 Beautiful Incident.

In my family there resides an old
man who has lived eighty-six years.
He. is member Of a Christian
Church. but for several year past he
has been so feeble, both in body and
mind, that he has not gone away
from home, even to attend church.
His mind. .Snce strong and vigorous,
has become broken, and he is at
present more like child FIVE or six
years old, than like vigorous man.
But he will sit down, take the Bible
and read whole chapters aloud. At
such tine he seems 20 understand
not only what he is doing, but seems
to enjoy it greatly.
One evening after he bad retired
for the night, he called in his daugh-
ter, seeming to imagine that she was
his mother.
Mother, said he, come here by
my bed, and hear me say my prayers
before 1 go to sleep"
His daughter obeyed and stood by
his bed. Then the old man clasped
his hands wi great reverence, and
repeated that child's beautiful even
ing prayer:
Now lay me down to sleep.
| pray the Lord my soul to keep;
/ pray the Lord my soul To take.
If should die before L wake.
He was apparently a child again,
saying his prayers at his mothers
knees.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02

for Christ's sake. But after to-u2r-
row you shall not keep goats any
longer; a boy of your age ought to
90 to school"
l went up to my room and slept
I quietly.
The next day Uncle Bernard took
me himself to our ola schoolmaster.
! Toby Veyverius. TO tell the truth,
it was very hard for the first few
days to be shut up in the house
from morning till night. without
daring to move. | longed for the
open air, but nothing is gained in
this world without trouble, and, at
last, work became pleasant habit.
1t Is eveA, all things considered. the
purest and most substantial of our
enjoyments. 1t is only by work
that we can become men and make
ourselves useful to others.
Uncle Bernard is very old now.
He spends his time before the stove
in Sysa ter, and oo tho zstone bench
in front of the house in summer /
start on horseback ut G4ybreak, and
come back in the evening tired out.
1t is a wearisome life, especially
when the snow is deep; but that
does not prevent my being happy.
The she'll is still in its place.
Sometimes l take it up and hear it
humming the echo Of my thoughts
They are not always joyful. Some
times they are sad when one of my
poor patients is dying and | cannot
help him; but they are never
threatening as they were the night
of the adventure with the birds
nest.
He only is happy who can listen
without fear to the voice of his con
science. Whether he be rich or
poor, he enjoys the most perfect
happiness that man can feel in this
world
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
Embalming Among the Egyptians,

DIR. Benjamin w. Richardson, In a
lecture upon the science and art of
embalming the dead, remarks that
three different methods were prac
ticed among the Egyptians. First,
embalming proper, by the introduc-
ton into the body of certain odorous
essences or antiseptics; oaided by
after-immersion in saline solutions;
second. preservation by simple ex-
traction of water from the tissues;
third, by the injection of perserva-
tive solutions into the blood vessels.
He remarkes that the first of these
methods includes the true Egyptian
and Greco Egyptian process of per-
servation, as detailed at full length by
Herodotus, and consisted essentially
in eviscerating the body and en-
ploying romatic perservatives, and
in exposure to solution OF common
salt, possibly with the addition OF
some soda.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02

Il would seem that California is
not to have all the great wonders to
herself, for as the railroads develop
the hitherto unknown State of the
lone starred banner, she seems to
loom up as a rival OF the Pacific lava
with which she is soon to be joined
by the iron rail. Here are some Of
the clsims Texas puts forth;
Texas has an area of $4,000
square miles, nearly four times as
large as New England, and contained
in 1870 a population Of 81S, 900; and
If settled as compactly as England
would have more than 80,000,000
people, twice the present population
of our whole country.
The large Courthouse of Fayarra
county, Texas, is said to have been
covered with shingles made from o
single cedar tree. The oaks, pecans,
and ceders of that section of the
country attain an immense size.
The Texas Pacific Railway is 10 be
1,5l2 miles In length. For $50 miles
the road will be an air line, and in a
stretch OF 8l5 miles there will be but
six bridges.
Near Bastrop, Texas, there has
been opened coal formation, cover
ing more than $1,000 acres OF land.
and it is pronounced of excellent
quality.
They have big trees in Texas. A
pecan tree in Navarro county, on the
banks of the Trinity, measured
twenty-three feet in circumference.
The cedars are often more than 100
feet high.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
THE CoQUETTE.
BIZ GoDrRRY SAKE.

You're clever at drawing l own,
Said my beautiful cousin Lisette,
AS we sat by the window alone
Bat. say can you paint coqaette
She's painted already, qaoth I,
Nay, nay said the laughing Lisette,
Now none ofyour joking, but try
And paint me thorough coquette.
Well, cousin, at once began.
In the ear OF the eager Lisette.
I'lI paint you, as well as 1 can,
That wondersul thing, coquette.
Sne wears a most beautiful face.
tOf course said the pretty Lisette.)
And isn't deficient in grace.
Or else she were not coquette.
And then she IS dainty made.
a smile from the dainty Ltsette,)
By people expert in the trade,
Offorming a proper coquette
She's the winningest ways with the
beaux.
GOO s.,t ...4s ,a.-s E-i-..s'.t~-a
But there isn't a man ofthem knows
The mind of the hckfe cog Iettei
She knows how 10 weep and to sigh.
A sigh from the tender Lisette)
And her weeping is All in my eye
Not that ofthe cunning coquettei
In short. she's a creature of art,
% hush said the frowing Lise.te,)
With merely the ghost OF a heart
Enough for a thorough cOquette.
And yet could easily prove
tSow don't! said the angry Lisette)
The lady Is always in love
IN love with herself-the coquettel
There. do not be angry, you know,
My dear little cousin Lisette,
You told me moment ago
To pailt you-a tn trough coquette
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
Cure of the Eyes.

When win those working by lamp
light have the sense to understand
the use of shades to protect the
eyes? We see persons sitting hold
ing their sewing or other work be-
fore and near to lamp, while the
light is blazing fnll into their eyes.
1t is plain that the object that they
work upon can not be 81 en- with so
great distinctness while the field of
their retina is already occupied by
blaze. But they work on tor hours,
and though the next moring their
visual organs tell of the abuse by
re9ness and inham IN atien, the work
ers too dull to learn the lesson or ex-
perience offered them. Circular pa
per shades can be obtained for few
cents, aud those not only pro. &c.
the eyes from the excess of light, but
serve as a reflector behind the blaze,
increasing the illumination one-half.
Besides he above mentioned,
there is that of the varying quantity
Of light thrown into the eye by its
being suddenly and alternately
directed toward the blaze, or OBJ
liquely directed away from it, by
which the pupil has no time to adapt
itself to the increase. of glare
whereas with the use os the shade
ii e illumination would be uniform.
The number of persons in the COM
munity having spots, light or dark,
In their field OF vision, and arising
from injury to the retina by the III
usages which we are mentioning, is
greater than is commonly imagined
1t must be borne in mind that these
spots are a serious step toward am
aurOsi AID guttassrena, such as
plugged IN darkness The latter years
of tue great Milton, and many 9th
ers more eminent for their talent
than their caution. Look well To
the preservation OF your vision.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
Live Tor Others

What is the use of living unless
YOU can better some sodl and bring
it nearer to God? What gain like
to this-can the days give one? To
cheer the despondent; to lessen the
grief of4hose who mourn to draw
by the irresistible attraction Of sym
pathy and personal goodness the er-
ring to your side to impress the
freIful with the nobility of patience,
checking their noisy complaints by
gravity Of your silence to Tighten
the bur len Of poverty pressing on
so many backs to supply the young
with a worthy ambition-that Is to
live. Woe to such as die unregret-
ted, whose departure brings no
moisture TO the eye! Woe to the
iich man whom the poor of his
L neighborhood do not miss at death /;
whom the willow and fatherless do
not mourn as a departed friend
whose departure is advertised, not
in the obituary Of the press, but In
the sudden absence Of little luxuries
Am the bedside of the sick, and
needed comforts from the home Of
the moor