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The New York herald., 1873-09-18

YOUNG MAN WANTS A SITUATION AS COACH.
"A man and groom is good and careful driver; has
hest reference from his In place city country Ad-
dress J. s., box L59 Herald Office.
The New York herald., 1873-09-18

R7A WEST 18TH STA RESPECTABLE WOMAN
OlO who lost her baby at birth, wishes child to wet
nurse at her own home; good city reference Address
The New York herald., 1873-09-18
PROFESSIONAL SITUATIONS WANTED
FEMALES.


on wILLOUGHBY ST. BROOKLyN.--AN ENGLISH
OO lady of good BIRTH capable OF teaching the English
branches. and who speaks French and German either
governess or companion no objection 70 rave; good
recommendations Address Miss FENTON
A YOUNG LADY DESIRES POSITION IN FIRST
n class confectioners; now IN that business; best
references given. Address NJ H.. box 40 Herald oice
YOUNG, EDUCATED GERMAN LADY WISHES
n the are of children and to instruct in the French
and German language. Address r. =. o. box ll9 Herald
Office.
A YOUNG GERMAN LADY. GRADUATE, EXCEL
"A lent musician pupil of Academy Of Music professor
Kuack) at Berlin who dsengaged some hours In the
morning. wants pupils SIS term best refer
ence. Apply by letter. TO Miss A. o. 2s2 East 18th ST.
A RESPECTABLE LADY WISHES EMPLOYMENT
"A az goyerness in private family or good ins,itn
ton; has had thorough education and long experience
In Germany France and this country; Is competent to
teach French and German perfect anu capable OF giving
general instruction References exchanged Inquire OF
r. w, FINCK. NO william St call at 326 West saith -
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
Registered Letters.

1t seems that ), 1852 registered letters
went to the dead lettet office during the
fiscal year ending June /, 1872. Mr..
Edward De Forest, the superintendent
of the registered letter department of
the New York city post-office writes:
The regulations require, when post
office receives registered letters bearing
fictitious addresses, or addressed To
fraudulent parties, or when the address
cannot be found, or when, for reason of
non-indorsement, it cannot be returned
to the party who mailed it. then snch
registered letters, at the expiration of
thirty days, shall be transmitted to the
dead-letter Office. The correct number
of missing registered letters is 2,3O5.
The Postmaster General states: "Of
that number S39 were accounted for.
and only 172 have been reported "a ac-
tually lost. The remaining cases are in
the hands Of special agents for investi-
CATION. Considering that there over
10000 post offices in the United States
at all Of whic, regii tioah a. neru..N|
sed, and tina .--aa1n -, ~ Tses6fs.fsI :,
1etteis sent -. -...--vear mnst bava
exceeded 5000 300, this record is most
creditable, and ought to establish CON
fidence in the system not easily shaken.
There were sent out from the New York
post office during the year 1871, 234. 49a
registered letters, every one of which
has been duly acknowledged by the Of
fees to which they were sent.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
The Site of Athens

The site selected by the old Athenians
for their city was fitting one for the
capital of people keenly sensitive 10
beauty, and destined TO become the
leaders of the world in matters of taste
especially in the important department
of the fine arts. Nowhere are there
more charming contrasts of mountain
sea and plain I; nowhere more perfect
harmony of picturesque effect. The
sea is not n dreary waste of waters with
out bounds, but smiling gulf, mirror
ing its mountain walls and winding
about embosomed isles, yet ever broad
ening as it recedes, and suggesting the
mighty flood beyond from which /
springs. The plain is not illimitable
expanse over which the weary eye
ranges in quest of some resting-place.
but is so small as 10 be embraced in it
whole contour in a single view, while
its separate features-the broad, dense
belt of olives which marks the bed o
its principal stream, and ancient Co
phissus, the vineyards, the grain fields,
and the sunny hillside pastures-are
made to produce their full impression.
The mountains are not near enough to
be obtrusive, much less oppressive
neither are they so distinct as 10 seem
insignificant. Seen through the clear
air, their naked SUBMITS are 30 sharply
defined and so individual in appearance
MS TO seem almost like sculptured
forms chiseled out of the hard rock.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08

and from two to three feet in length.
It is not in the least stringy, breaks off
short and crisp, boils tender very quick
ly, and affords excelleht eating. He is
a very careful cultivator, and will spend
hours picking off dead leaves and in
sects from the young plants When he
finds dead cat, rat, dog-Sr chicken,
he throws it into small vat of water,
allows it to decompose, and sprinkles
the liquid fertilizer thus obtained over
his plantation Watermelon and pump
kin seeds are for him dessert delicacies.
He consumes his garden products about
half cooked in AN American culinary
point of view, merely willing them by
an immersion in boiling water.
There are about fiftee., rs.---l:~'----..---
wing III California, and no more fWith
these he expresses all his wants, and
with this limited stock you must learn
to convey all that is needful to him.
The practice thus forced upon one IN
Cil.i.4oao. sazrant-is- -nsefnl
in preventing circumlocutory habit OF
speech Many of our letters the Mon
golian mouth has no capacity for sound
ing. R he invariably sounds like ., so
that the word rice" he pronoHnces
d" lice"-a bit of information which may
prevent any unpleasant apprehension
when You come to employ a Chinese
cook. He rejects the English personal
pronoun I, and uses the possessive
"my" in its place thus, My go
home, in place of CT go home.
When he buries a countryman he
throws from the hearse into the air
handfuls of brown tissue-paper slips,
punctured with Chinese characters.
Sometimes, at his burial PROFESSIONS,
he gives n small piece of money to every
person met on the road. Over the
grave he beats gongs and sets off packs
of fire-crackers. On il he leaves cooked
meats, drinks, delicacies, and lighted
wax tapers. Eventually the bones are
disinterred and shipped to his native
land. In the remotest mining districts
of California are found Chinese graves
thus opened and emptied of their in
mates. / have in one instance seen
him, so far as he was permitted, render
some of these funeral honOrs to an
American. The deceased had gained
thin honor by treating the Chinese as
though they were partners in our com
mon humanity. "Missa Tom, as he
was termed by them, they knew they
could trust. He acquired among
them q reputation as the one righteous
American in their California Gomorrah.
Cinnamon would come to him from dis
tant localities, that he might overlook
their bills of sale and other documents
used in business intercourse with the
white man. Their need of such an
honest adviser was great. The descen-
dents of the Pilgrim Fathers often took
advantage of their ignorance of the
English language, written or spoken.
g Missa Tom" suddenly died. j bad
occasion tz.s* IS srs';s essssskut Y.
after his ,,s,.., !
my stay tss- e1,lAs!no'I aS s9Ss. meats,
fruit. wine, and burning ssapers on a
table in front of the house, which his
Chinese friends told me was intended
as an offering to q Massa Toms" spirit.
-LippincoH's.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
Sam Patch,s Last Jump.

While in Rochester l met Mr.. Heb
bard, an old resident OF Genessee conn
ty, who saw Sam Patch make his famous
Jump off Genessee Falls. thirty or forty
years ago. He says that jump day was
a great day in Rochester. The people
gathered for miles around to see this
intermittent American jumper. as he
performed his last feat
Sam Patch had previously jumped
over Niagara. Then, saying "some
things can be done as we'll as others,
he slashed around like Sergeant Bates
through the Western part of the State
to back up his proverb. Before his last
Jump he bought big black bear of n
curcus man, and led him over the turn
pike to Rochester.
The morning of the day came. Sam
had arrived in town with the black bear,
and the crowd rushed into Rochester
from miles around Twelve o'clock was
the hour to iump-to jump n hundred
feet downtown the terrible fall into
the boiling cauldron below. A staging
had been built out over the water, and
Sam appeared on the staging dressed in
a sailors fancy jacket. His friends now
took mp a collection on shore, while
Sam swung his hat and said, after jump
ing himself, he would return and throw
the bear over. Then, amid death-like
stiffness, he ran few steps and gave
one leap into The. ~, md sell, cutting
the mist, like III I5 -, two hum
dred feet into Il ssel..sney whirlpool.
As he left the staging Ms body assumed
an obliqpe position, his head foremost,
but above his feet. Us he struck the
water there was dreadful silence, while
the populace awaited with choking
breath his temperance. One minute,
two minutes, three minutes, and no
signs of the daring jumper. Then the
people set up a loud wnil-a long mur-
mur of sorrow
This was the end of Sam Patch.
They say he had been drinking during
the morning, and failed to Keep his feet
together and his body perpendicular, rs
on previous occasions So whsn he
struck the water the breath left his
body, and he was knocked senseless. A
month or so afterward they found his
body away down below Rochester, drift
ed upon the rocks.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
A LOVE SONG.


s4nS fIHxa na1n l6sefe Wv, deas, -
II matters nothing to say how long
But still at the coming round q tn year
make for my pleasure little song;
Aud thns of my love 1 sing, my dear
So much the more by year, by year
And stiil as 1 see the day depart,
And hear the bat at my window fit,
/ sing the little song to my heart,
With juss change at the close Of It.
And thus OF my love / sing away
So much the Hnore Try day, by day.
when IN the nforaing see the skies
Breaking into gracious glow,
l say. You are not my sweetheart's eyes.
Your brightness cannot mislead me 30;
And / sing of my love in the rising Light
So much the more by night, by a night.
Both a. the years sweet dawn and close,
When the moon Is filing or fading away,
Every day as il comes and goes,
And every hour of every day,
My little song repeat and repeat
So much the more by an hour, my sweet
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08

No STORY of heathen mythology, says
a writer in AppletOn's Journal, which
tells of the transformation of human or
celestial beings into plants or trees is
so beautiful as that. one in which the
North American Indians give the origin
of their maize, which is, in substance.
that beautiful girl, pursued by river
god, took refuge among the reeds, twin
ing them about her to hide hersalf,
upon which her slender form was chang
ed into graceful stalk, her teeth into
milk white kernels, and her lovely float
ing hair into silk; and in place of reeds
and maiden there stood only a tall,
bending stalk of Indian corn: so that
ever after in the rustic of a waving com
field the red man could hear the stirring
of company of timid girls.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
A LIFE.

A dun, bleak stretch asaut to the salt seas grey
Rock-strewn, qS Scared by FIRE, and rough with
And here aud there bold, bright touch of color
Berries and yellow lesvcs-to make the dolor
More dolorous still Above, sky of trouble.
Later--a strange light lifted through the air:
a darker mystery through the sky enfold-
That gleam in the west makes the whole dim earth
fair:
The sun outshines and the grey sea j. gold.
Erewhile moaned too long the lingering day
And now for one hour more-one little hour pray,
--ScrihDer's
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
and humble. eypsp yda

and humble. es.zaan You
feel your eyes fill atathe tdkeR,
that it is, alas, unlocked for. 1t is to
have your dear fashionable friends
console you after thefollowing fashion
'Oh, well ! it is a dreadful loss. We
knew you'd feel it. dear And in the
next breath, "You will be sure to marry
again, and your widows cap is very
becoming to you.
But it is more than this to be widow.
1t is to miss the strong arm You have
leaned upon, the true faith that You
knew could never fail you, though all
the world might forsake you 1t is to
miss the dear voice that uttered your
name with a tenderness that none other
could give it. 1t is to hear no more the
well-known footsteps that you flew once
so gladly to meet. To see no more the
face that 10 your adorning eyes seemed
as the face of the angels of God to feel
no more the twining arms that folded
you so lovingly; the dear eyes that
looking into your own, said plainly,
Whatever it might seem to others, yours
was the faircst face earth held for him.
1t is to fight with a mighty sorrow as a
man fights with the waves that over
whelm him, and to hold it at arms
length for awhile, only to have-in the
hours of loneliness and weakness-the
torrent roll over you, while-poor
tor m-driven dove-you see no haven.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
Selected Miscellany.
GIRLS, PASS ALONG,

rARAPHRAsED FROM BERASGER BY JOHN g. sAxh
Bless me what rosy
OF girls at me their glances throw
As they gaily come and go,
The light coquettish throngi
Can't the darlings hear me say,
:. / have had my youthful day,
Now, put such things away?T
Girlsi pass along
All, my zca pray desist
Sooth, care not TO be kissed:
Ask ye,lr mother If / list
To lpid's siren songs?
She-hut that is entire nous
Knows what love and can de.
Her advice you'd best pursue
Girls pass along.
laura, you would hardly guess
How your grandma used to press
Lips Of mine :-wei--I confess
We didn't think il wrong;
Look she's corsing tempt me not
In gay saloon or shady grot
Girls. pass along,
You smiling too, You naughty Rose
wonder now VII 4 Sqshh asPahh Silllilng crew,
And all the pretty tricks they do;
Tn old, but much too young for youi
GirlsI pass along.
Awny-away you mRdcaps l-fy--
Your roguish arts why will you try
To blind greyheard--such as l.
With CVpids slender throng
Yet, like a powder-magazine,
NY heart from flying sparks 1 eoreeD,-
The sparks that shot from wanton een,--
Girls. pass alongt
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
Il 4 tGi1,[sSN5 INTELLIGENCE

Londee.ae Napoleon $500. .O0o 70 fac;litato
a"C9he was.
his eaal,. sa0ney has been returned them.
-kro.slal Spanish telegram has been re-
cedFfch states that the Spanish guerrillas
tn ncounters with Ygnacio Agramonte.
ie Sanish loss was two officers and eight
4en, hled, and thirty-seyen wounded The
.Jubar loss was thirty-seven killed The
numbr wounded is not known. James Ma
reira, lgramontes' chief of cavalry, was killed
A special telegram from Rome says the
Pope It'd N. Corceles. the present representa-
tive of France at the Vatican. that he would
leave Tome il the establishments OF the reli-
gious orders were suppressed by the italian
Government
-Itis rumored that the difference between
Great Britain and Russia on the Khediyan
question are increasing, and that the Govern
ments Of France, Austria. Italy, Turkey, Dem
mark and Sweden are determined to support
the British Government in it's position.
The Prince of Wales who is President of the
British Commission, will probably assist at the
opening of the Vienna Exposition The Shah
of Persia viii also be present as his visit to
Europe is now placed beyond doubt. Empe-
ror William win visit St. Petersburg at the end
of May. he viii proceed thence to Vienna ac-
companied by the Car.
Prince Lunaliol is elected King eff Hawaii
The popular vote was unanimous. The cleo
ton was held New Years day, after the en-
dorsement OF the Prince by majority of the
Legislative Assembly, composed chiefly of ma
tiyes of the islands. The burial OF the late
king was to take place on the night of Jan. 6.
The IFgw king is thirty-eight years old.
Pile Dominion government has put into
force the act passed by the last session of
Parliament. in consequence of the discovery
that the smallpox has been carried into the
maritime provinces.
The steamship Brittania Is ashore on the
island of Arran, Firth of Clyde, and will prob
ably become total wreck
st Petersbug Public opinion is in an ex-
cited state over accounts at Raccans of cruel
ties perpetrated by Khivans on Russians who
have fallen into their hands. The people are
heartily in favor of an expedition against
khiya. and demand exemplary punishment of
the Khar. Military preparations for cam
paign are being pushed forward with vigor.
The total force viii number $4,000 men,
Princes and others of high rank are volunteer
ing to accompany the army
The report in Berlin papers that the ex-
Impress Carlotta was dead is untrue The
ex-Empress is still living, but her condition is
such that death is probable at any moment.
The latest news from Livingstone saw. his
health is improved
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
THE STUBBORN BOOT.

Bother. all John Clatterby said.
His breath came quick, and his cheek was red,
He hourished his elbows, and looked absurd,
while, over and over, his a. Bother" 1 heard.
Harder and harder the fellow worked;
Vainl and sayAgely still he jerked:
The boot, half ON, would dangle and flap
- Bother. - and then he bursted the strap
Rsddcr than ever his hot cheek famed
Harder than ever he fumed and blamed,
He wriggled his heel, aud tuSged at the leather,
Till kneos and chin came humping together.
80 Nv boy said l. in a voice like flute,
"a why not-ahem :" try the mate of that boot;
On the other foot ?r-''I'm goose" laughed Jobl
As he stood, in flush, with his two boots on.
In half TIC affairs
OF thiS busy life
AS that same day.
/ said TO my wife,
Our troubles come
From trying 70 put
The Ieft-hand shoe
ON the right-hand foot,
OR vice
(MeaninR, reverse, Hir,l
TqA,t-x to forre-
Ia the right shoe,
Ii the sillest thing
A man can do.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
Neu;of the Week.
o0WN E4ST.

Tha iIe case of Police Sergeant
Rodge,,s 80 Sl,ephia, charged with murder
OF 1abn r. "a have returned verdict of
mu,aa, :, .nxtnd degree. motion has
eenm.5o s~,neF trial.
n The Ar,emaentils conflict, IN Utah
threatens ~ oa.une serious.
-Georoa rssr5 Train has caught the fever
and asua 4, IL Tfmbs, but persists in living
on prison Ga lnl repelling all offers of bail.
He-says he - % quit the prison until the
merits OF isssnle release him.
About In lays ago stoIes received
anonymous srsr. IA which the writer said the
pApor had leon aturated with a preparation
of poison. ,saivas strong enough to destroy
life by apsIrssfn to the tongue. Recently
aaother l,,s.er ~ sent to him. which contain
white poHiss carefully folded in neatly
cut white psper The letter was signed :.
Friend counsled Stokes 10 keep mn his
spirits, and if Terything else failed. to trv
the enclosed po'ders, as they would helpbim.
Stokes handed Gese communications over 70
y arden Ffrely. y whom they were sent TO the
Com elissioaers of Charity and Correction.
Inc Poisonous apers and powders are to be
analyzed
songressrnn 4. b. Roosevelt has put his
I.1'iiination fotNest Point up for competition
u,ois fifteentaundred scholars in tho two
s''ini,e srarnma schools of New York.
he council in the Stokes case. in the
,r,si el. Of failre to obtain an order for new
s.--' ifom Jude Boardman. viii apply for a
-y aproceedngs. and thereby secure a re-
-. the csc by full bench OF the su-
sbe = court, md, on failure there. win go to
elrt of lppeals.
scooi ladelplia has already subscribed over
- for tle Centennial Celel,rati....s,-s-
.sa,.a - for acquittal and three for con-
90 v$s - The ci i suit against him was set for
TN chanengo Of Lawrence DoIan. of
fsiellto. Mass. to wrestle for the champion
ship OF he United States and two thousand
dollars. as been accepted by Homer Lane. of
New Yoix city, present champion. The
match win c1ne of At Brighton, February le
weight 150iouRds. square hold. best three in
five, fair brk falls
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
Italian Thieves.

From all accounts, Italy is not the
pleasantest of countries to be residents
in just now The LONDON Times cor
respondent, in recent communication
to that paper, says;
A practice formerly not uncommon in
Rome. and which used to be attributed
to the negligence or connivance of the
Papal police, seems to be reviving I'M
der italian rule. l allude to robberies
upon the stairs of hpnses. A great
many houses in Rome are never closed
during the night. Their inhabitants
may come in at any hour they find the
street door open. they light their taper,
or, if they have forgotten it, they grope
their way in the dark In old days it
used to be no uncommon occurrence to
find robbers in wait upon the landing
place, who presented knives at the
throat of the late conner, and relieved
him of bis purse and watch. We. have
now very smart police here, gentle
men in long coats and cooked hats and
swords, who regulate the promenade on
Pincian Hill, and look alarnlingly fierce
coachmen who break the line; but Mt
night, it seems, they are less vigilant
A week ago, an italian Lieutenant-Ool-
onel was ascending the stairs of house
in the Via Arcione. when he was stop
ped by two youths of twenty, one of
whom threatened him with knife,
while the other took from his pocket
his portfolio, which, unfortunately,
contained 1,1OOf. in that dirty paper
which has replaced the precious metals
in Italy since the memorable year 1866.
A similar misadventure has since be-
fallen lady, who was roobed of a gold
watch and chain after dark on her own
staircase. The robber fed. she scream
ed, and, fortunately, the police were at
hand, and the man was captured with
the booty still in his possession.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
3rT WE.ST

II Chief Jusice Mexican of Salt Lake City.
IN accordancs with the decision of Judge Haw-
ley on the question of jurisdiction. has re-
leased Mormon convict II the probate corrt
but held him II heavy bail to sanswer before
flse district coErt The memorial of the bar
sof Salt Lake CITY to Congress, for legislation.
has been forwarded to Washington, and was
signed by AL the leading lawyers OF the city.
Iishows that thesfederal courts are powerless
IL both criminal and civil issues, and that the
Only remedy for the evils set forth is with Con-
g'ess. Judge Hawley, in the supreme court.
il 'he Corinne cattle conspiracy case has dis
ciarsed the defendants from the authority of
tae probate court and tho Mormon attorneys
have abandoned the case.
"A company has been Incorporated at Salt
Lake to build broad-guage railroad to the
Union Pacific at Echo.
At Solomon City. Kansas, since the late
heavy snow, the wolves have dug into the
gRves in the cemetery. and feasted on the
bodies of the dead.
The controversy between Duluth, the
Sate of Wisconsin and the Northern Pacific
Rsilroad has been satisfactorily settled.
San Francisco-The news from the camp
N Captain Jack is that he is anxious 10 have a
big talk looking TO peace negotiations. A
squaw reports that in the recent fight many
ModOcs were killed and wounded in the lava
beds., After the fight. the Indians quarrelled
because Captain Jack did not fight. One In
Ian shot Jack through the arm. The Captain
sited Doris and Fairchild to come to him
talk. The Indians have hundreds of
cattle in camp, and along the lake shore,
~ there is abundance of grass to feed
Couldn't starTe the Nodocs out in
- Doris and Fairchild viii go TO the
F i','. ignated by Captain Jack for CON