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The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
exclusive Cotton Planting.

Col. John Dent, of Floyd county,
Ca, cotton planter of large experience
in Lower Georgia in ante beltuna times,
hos recently visited that section. and has
this to say of it in the Country Gentle
man:
81 recently made trip to the lower
countries that it was all water large
fields planted in corn and cotton aere
under water; the railroa Is washe1 up
in many places the whole country pre-,
sented a sad scene went to that part
of the country / moved from Just after
the war, and there I met with many ma
negroes I owned when slaves. They
seemed reioiced to sec me. and / was
also glad to see them. saw from APP
pearances they were not doing vel, and
I had long talk with them. giving
them all the advice could-how tc
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
GENERAL.

The sum of $500, 900 is to be pre-
sented by the pilgrims to the Pope on their
arrival at Rome.
The sloop S. Watara, fitted up to
convey the scientific party to observe the tran
sit of Venus, Dec. 9, has gone into commits
sion.
The Cuban cable was recently cut,
evidently with au axe. mile from land. The
supposition is it fouled in the anchor Of some
ship, and the sailors cut it.
At meeting of the ninth army corps
at Harrisburg Pa, last week, Gen. Wilson
suggested that an invitation should be ex-
tended to the late confederate corps, Long
streets, which he had most frequently en-
countered, to come up next year, to have a
patriotic time of it, and bury the hatchet to-
gother and forever.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
WEST

--latest advices from Michigan report
. come abatement in the woods fires.
The Grand Lodge of Ohio, L o. o. F. .,
are in session at Cincinnati. There are 49,
600 members in-the state.
Woods fires are raging in Michigan
Much lumber, timber etc, has been de-
stroyed, and it is feared that great loss will
ensue-
The att Drney-general of Wisconsin
afirms the constitutionality OF the railroad
law, and the governor is taking measures to
-enfdrse it.
Thss eenaaeAar af the National Hsz.as.
near Milwaukee, excludes the sheriff from ar
resting inmates on the ground that the state
has ceded Jurisdiction of the institution ana
it is under the articles of war.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16

The discussion of the cremation ques-
tion in England has led TO another propo-
sition for disposal of the dead. A writer
in one Of the Manchester papers sug-
costs ssaauation," as he calls it, or the
burying Of the dead far ont at sea; ii
concludes thus: There IS no violence
here. The idea is maratime, and We
are a maratime people The cost would
be little, the mode revorent, the effect
sanitary, the condition natural, scrip
ture would be- satisfied, and the phiioso-
pliers contented. OF course, say NOT
a word about the fishmongers and their
customers, although some might grum-
bic about eating less shell fish than
usual. This would be no loss, except
to The medical profession"
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
EAST.

A. aH
The regular official statement of the
city and county debt issued by Comptroller
Green, OF New York city, shows increase
during April Of over four million dollars
Six miles east of Philadelphia three
cars loaded with oil, and one with live hogs,
were burned on the 18th Two hundred feet
of the track was destroyed, and the rails badly
twisted.
A joint resolution has passed both
branches of the Pennsylvania legislature, by a
unapimous vote, asking the president of the
United States to appoint board to re-exam-
inc the proceedings in the case of Gen. Fitz-
john Porter.
Application has been made to the
supreme court for an order winding up the
Samana bay company and appointing a re-
ceiver. The petitioner is creditor named
VIM Rowland, who says there were two COM
panies, the Samana bay company, of San Do
mingo. owning all the debts, and the Samana
bay company. Of New York, owning all the
property
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
IF WE KNEW.

II we knew when walking thoughtiess
Through the crowded, noisy way
That some pearl of wOndrous Yhlteness
Close beside our pathway lay
We would pause when now we hasten,
We would often look around,
Lest our careless feet should trample
Some rare jewel in the ground.
If We Knew what forms were fainting
For Ihe shade that we should fling,
If we knew what lips were parching
For the water we should bring,
We should haste with eager footsteps,
We would work with willing hands,
Bearing cups of cooling water.
Planting rows Of shadirg pa ms.
If we knew when friends around us
Closely press to say gOod-hy
Which among the lips that kiss rs
First should meath the daisies lie,
We wonld clasp our arms around them,
LooKinc on them thro' our tears.
Tender words Of love eternal
We would whisper in their ears.
If ge knew what lives were darkened
BY some thoughtless words of ours,
Which bad ever tain among them
Like the frost among the flowers;
Oh, with sincere repentings,
NTH what angui of regret,
While our eyes were overlooking,
Would we ry-forgive-fOrget.
If we knew, alas and do we
Ever care or Geek TO know.
In sssir lsis tsi5o1ss ssarssenss grown
God forgive Us, lest hereafter.
Our hearts break to hear him say,
" Careless child, 1 never knew you,
From my presence flee away"
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live and conduct themselves TO make
living 81 hey told me, what saw my
self, that they had merely made ont to
live since their freedom, and had accu-
mulated nothirg.
81 never could have imagined q coun-
try so run down and ruined as that is IN
the course of nine years. Exclusive
cotton planting and buying largely OF
commercial fertilizers hos done the
work and I am sorry TO say that the
farmers in the up countries. where grain
and the grasses are the best crops for
Our soil aud climate, are trying 40 make
it a cottOn-producing country through
the stimulating properties Of CONNER
cisl fertilizers. A greater cnrse was
never inflicted upon any country aud
people than these fertilizers are.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
AFRICAN PIGMIEs.
Remarkable Race of Dvvarfs FOund nt
the Court of iSing who Rats
Baby Every Day.


Baby Every Day.
There have ever been traditions Of
strengely-formed tribes Of human
beings dwelling in Central Afri-
ca. That unknown region has been
Beppled 10y fancy ana fable WIN tnilca
men. hideous hybirds, half human ard
Lalf bestial, dwarfs and giants. Travel
ers who have plunged into it have had
their stories of discovery met with cool
incredulity. It was years before Du
Chaillu could convince people that the
gorilla was not a myth. When the ami
mails existence was definitely establish
ed, it was thought by many to account
for the stories of men with tails. A
truer explanation has beon given by the
explorations of DR.. SehWeinfuerth, the
German Livingstone. This intrepid
traveller spent the three years from
1868 to 1871 in the heart of Africa.
One of the tribes he reached was the
Bongo. All its male members wear an
animals tail. fastened by a string tied
round the middle of the body. This
explains the fable Of the tailed men as
fully as a man on horseback explains
the myth of the centaurs. The most
curious of DR.. Schweinfuertb's discov-
cries was vet TO come. Throughout
his long journey he had heard Of pig
mics that lived near the equator. They
were never over three !. ct tall, said his
Nubian servants, and they wore boards
t at reached to their knees. They VI ere
skilled elephant hunters, creeping un-
der the animals and killing them with
stabs from below. They were in great
demand as court buffoons. The eXpl0r-
er put little faith IN these stories think
ing that seeing was better than hearing.
Finally he saw. At the court Of a can
nibal king, who ate a baby daily, he
found several Pig1nies. They were very
shy, and kept out of his way for several
days At length his servants caught
one. 81 looked up. surprised at the
shouting, says the traveller, "and there,
sure enough, was the strange, little
creature, perched upon Mohammed's
right shoulder, nerv0uslv hugcing his
head, and casting glsuces OF alarm in
every direction" The wee man was
soon pacihed. He was the chief of
quite large settlement near by. DR..
SchweinfUerth afterward measured a
number of these dwarfs The talicst,
full-gTO@n men, were not over four feet
ten inches. They said that great tribes
Of their fellows lived lus< north Of the
equator. They are amlabie, aft ction-
ate, ana quite intelligent Dr. OcnWcln-
fuerth considers them TO be closely al
lied to tine Bushmeu of South Africa.
He bought one of them, Neswue, for
dog, but kept him only eighteen months.
At that time he died OF over eating
or tic NORTH c,if, for '---,t tiie ''arst
gentleman in Europe" 60 whom Sir
Walter Scott played hunky, die from
the same cause ? Neswue'5 fate is less
TO be regretted, iuasmuch as two Of his
kindred are now en- route FOR Italy.
They are to be placed in charge Of the
society at Florence.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
Ocenn Steamers.

The six largest steamers in the world
are the Great Britain, owned by the In.
ternational telegraph construction and
maintenance company, G78 feet long,
II feet broad the City OF Pekin (Paci-
fic mail steamship company, 5000 TOMS
1913 feet long, 48 feet broad the Lngui'
ra Pscific steam navigation company,
A, 800 tons, 400 feet lor1, 45 broad tne
Britannia white STAR. 4.700 tons, 420
feet long, 45 broad the City 81 h.cii.
mond Qnman), 1900 tons, 4D5l ,ee1
long, 43 beam; and the botnnla 'Sa ~,
nard), 4,5O0 tons, 425 feet long, az
broad.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16

A BAPTIST clergyman relates as his
early experience that he engaged to
preach for society for $50 year.
Upon a settlement at the end OF the
year he found that the committee had
an item of $50 charged to him for the
use OF the pulpit to prsetice IN. One
of the deacons, however, by way OF
sympathy for the pastor, presented hlm
pair of boot-tops.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16

An HISTORICAL curiosity has inst been
placed in the Museum of the Invalides,
Paris-namely, the suit of armor which
Charles VII. presented to Joan OF Arc,
and which the heroine went to deposit
at st. Denis after having been wounded
under the walls of Paris. 1t is com
posed of steel plates, weighs about fifty
pounds, and in every respect resembles
the one in the Pierrefond's- collection,
which the MaiG of Orleans wore at the
moment when she fell into the power of
the enemy in making sortie from Com
plegne.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16

The day." her husband answered,
when, after an hour of doubling
agony, found my wife had married me
with the true love, for better or worse.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
The Worlds Consumption of Cotton.

According to Mr.. Pechen's report,
which is highly commended by the Eu-
ropean press, the following is the pres
ent consumption of cotton in the un-
dermentioned countries, expressed IN
pounds:
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
IL scandinavian idea means a con

Tk Scandinavian idea means a COM
bination of the three northern countries
Sweden, Norway and Denmark-into
one country, Scandinavia. It intends
to make the three different nations
which iphabit these countries one peo-
pie, and the three different states which
these nations have established one po-
htical body. 1t aspires to be the inau-
curator of a new people and the found
er of new state. 1t is an idea of great
pretensions and golden promises.
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Total. 66 $4,000 2,594,soO.0
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N l[l1fl-l7Il7I 7
God forgive Us, lest hereafter,
Our hearts break to hear him say,
80 Careless child, never knew you,
From my presence flee away"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
Two Rich Men.

A New York correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette writes: "The chief
holder of personal estate in this city is
Commodore Vanderbilt, who is estimated
at $40, 900, 900, the largest part of which
is in railway property. He owns enough
in the Connecticut River and New Haven
roads to be q director in each, and he
also owns the controlling interest in the
Central, Hudson and Lake Shore, besides
his stock in Ohio and Mississippi and
other important roads. 1t was said of
George Peabody that he made almost
the entire bulk of his enormous wealth
after his fiftieth year. think stronger
statement can be made of the Com
modore, for he has made the largest part
of his money since he was sixty-that
is, within the last score of years. / sup
pose that when the war broke out he was
not worth five millions. The incessant
and enormous increase of railroad values,
and the colossal extent of his operations,
have brought an increase so stupendous
as to remind us of the old stories of
Oriental magic. The only instance i'm
which real and personal estate is COM
bined almost equally in the vast posses
SiOhS vi Oht iiuiNliuiii 10 lOuilu III ~. l..
Stewart. He owns enough in each of
these shapes of wealth to make dozen
men rich. In point of real estate he has
two great dry goods establishments on
Broadway, also the Metropolitan Hotel
and the former Unitarian Church. Add
to these the Baptist Church in Amity
street, now used as the stables of his
business teams, the Depeau row, in
Bleecker street, and above all his Fifth
avenue palace, which cost 81 900 900.
In personal estate is his stock in trade,
capital and bills receivable, which must
be $4,000, 900, and large quantity of
bank stock. In this manner Stewart
wields both classes of property. He has
differed entirely from Vanderbilt in this
point. The latter has invested almost
solely in railway stocks, while the former
has eschewcd this form of property in
very peculiar manner. He has strong
affinity for those things which pertain
10 trade and to this alone. II is said
hat his estates cannot be less than
SS0, 900, 600"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
The Country ParsOn and the Turkey

A correspondent sends the following
story to an English paper and vouches
for its authenticity: Halfa century ago,
when the income ola dissenting preacher
was not very large, his salary was often
supplemented by bountiful supply of
provisions from the well-to-do members
of the congregation. The grandfather of
our correspondent was Baptist minister
in Hertfordshire, and at Christmas time
he used to be positively inundated with
hampers filled with good things On
one occasion an enormous turkey was
sent to him by the thoughtful kindness
of neighboring farmer, but as the min
ister's family had already provided for
the Christmas dinner, the bird was sent
into the market and sold. A passer-by
seeing this fine specimen of poultry, said,
"What splended turkey! just the
thing for the parsons Christmas-dinner,"
and to the parson it was sent. The pru-
dent wife sent it a sccoud time to the
market, and sold it again for handsome
sum. Another friend, similarly struck
with the magnificent proportions of the
turkey, purchased it, and also sent it to
the parson. Not wishing to fly in the
face of Providence, the good man said at
last, "lt is very clear that the Lord
means me to have this turkey" and, d,with
entire the appreciation of the family, it
formed part of the Christmas dinner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
SENSE AND NONSENSE.

A ST. LOUIS man knocked a stranger
down for calling the new bridge struc-
ture.
A MAN in San Francisco has started
the novel theory that it hurts a China
man to be stoned to death.
THERE is nothing more calculated to
weaken boys moral character than to
get his fishing hook fastened OH rubbish
in the river.
If a naughty girl should hurt you,
like good girl you would forgive her,
wouldn't you?" eyes, marm, if L
couldn't catch her."
"Go for it while it's hot" was the ex-
hortation of rural youth to his lady
love, as he handed her foaming glass of
soda. She went for it.
A LITTLE Boston boy said to his mother,
Mamma, wish / was built like hen
coop, out of laths, and then the breeze
could blow right through me-"
OUT i'm Wisconsin horse kicked and
killed book agent, whereupon the cit
izens made donation party for the
horse, and he now has oats enough to
last him full lifetime.
"DO you wish to have my bills sworn
to?" inquired the physician. No." re-
piled the executor, the death of the de-
ceased is enough to prove that yot- at
tended him professionally.
IT was "darling Gweorge" when a
bridal couple left Omaha; it was dear
George" at Chicago; at Detroit it was
GO nd xt,hn hax
ara Falls it was "Say, you"
CIRCUMSTANCES alter cases. For in
stance, when Virginian arose in church
and said, Here's a hundred dollar bill
for the old hoss behind the pulpit" no
one thought of putting him out.
The new directory is as good as the
average, but it has some errors in it, A
gentleman who went last night to the
house described in the directory as his
residence had his head hurt by fat-iron.
Sentinel.
SALT LAKE has been victimized by
cause human body to appear and dis
appear before the audience" He ap-
peared, got their money, and disappeared.
lie Hlled the programme.
AN old lady in Lancaster county,
recently refused the gift
of a load of wood from tree struck
by lightning, through fear that some
Of the "fluid" might remain in the
wood and cause disaster to her stove.
Chow like its father it isl" ex-
claimed the nurse, on the occasion of
thc christening of baby whose father
was over seventy, and had married a
young wife. every likely" replied
'atirical lady cit hasn't a tooth in its
lead."
"NEvER marry for wealth." says
contemporary, "but remember that it
s just as easy to love girl who has a
,rick house with Mansard roof and
ilver-plated door bell, as one who hasn't
Inything but an auburn head and an
unable disposition.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03

to save it, and if we fail it will not be
from inaction. Bear a hand every one of
YOU, at the pumps!"
Thrice during the day did we despair;
but the captains dauntless courage, per-
severance, and powerful will mastered
every man on board, and We went to
work again.
81 will land you safely at the dock in
Liverpool" said he, "if you will be
men,"
And he did land us safely; but the
vessel sunk moored to the dock. The
captain stood on the deck Of the sinking
vessel, resolving the thanks and the
blessings of the passengers as they passed
down the gang plank. Twas the last to
leave. AS passed, he grasped my hand
and said,-
Judge p, do you recognize me?'
l told him was not aware that ever
saw him until ! stepped aboard his ship.
"Do you remember the boy in Gin
cinnati?"
Every well, sir; William Haverly."
" / am he," said he; "God bless youp
And God bless noble Captain Haver-
lev"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
The Birthplace Of American Manu-.
featuring.

A correspondent of the Louisville Com-
ier-,journat writing from Milton, Mass,
says: "It twas at this locality, the banks
ofNeponset, that American manufactures
had their birth. Here, in 1873, was
erected the first powder mill by stock
company, two of the incorporators being
clergymen. Here the first Sitting mill,
!. c. for Sitting iron and making nails, in
1710, and here also, believe, sprang into
existence the first cotton mill erected in
America, and here also the first paper
mill was erected in 1928. The locality
in latter days was peculiarly celebrated,
however, for the monopoly of four
branches of manufactures. In 176S
James Bois commenced the manufacture
of chocolate, which some years later fell
into the hands of Edmund Baker. This
was the only place in America that could
boast of chocolate factory, and, l be-
lieve, is the only one on this continent.
Thomas Crehe made all the playing cards
used in America at this little factory on
the Neponset River, and to this day the
Bent water-crackers are made here pre-
cisely as they were made seventy-fvc
years ago."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
A Sailors Bride.

A seafaring man, who has recently
married, gives the following description
of his bride and her apparel, which, VIC
think, will put some of the society
papers" to the blush "My wife is just
as handsome craft as ever left millinery
dry dock, is clipper built, and with
a figure-head not often seen on
small craft. Her length of keel is five
feet eight inches, displaces twenty-seven
cubic feet of cubic air; of light draught,
which adds to her speed in ball room;
full in the waist, spars trim. AT the
time we were spliced she was newly
rugged fore and aft, with standing rigging
of lace and flowers, mainsail part silk,
with forcstaysail of valcnciennes. Her
frame was of the best steel, covered with
silk, with whalebone stancheons. She
has also set of storm sails for rough
weather, and is rigging out small set of
canvas for light squalls, which are likely
to occur in this latitude sooner or later.
I am told, in running down the street,
before the wind, she answers the helm
and can turn around in her
own length If handsomer craft passes
her"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
PEOPLE WILL TALK.


We may go through the world, but twill be yer,
II we listen 10 all that Is said as we 60:
wen DC worried and fretted, and kept in stew:
tut ,nedaiesome tongues must have something ts
For people will talk.
y generous and noble tney vent out their spleen
lou near some loud hints that you're selfish and
II ~ upright and honest and fair as the day,
ihey III call you rogue, in q sly, sneaking way
For people will talk.
Then II you show the least boldness of heart,
Vt slight inclination TO take your own rart
they'll call you an upstart conceited and vain:
nut Keep straight ahead, don't stop TO explain;
For people will talk.
II threadbare your coat old-fashoned your dress
some one, oil course, will take notice of this,
ana hint rather close that you can't pay your way
put don't get excited, whatever they say
For people will talk.
Ifyou dress in the fashion, dom try to escape:
FOR they criticise them in different shape
iou re aheau Oh your means, or your bills are un-
But mind your own business, and keep straight
For people will talk.
They talk fine before you, but then at your back.
Of venom and spite there's never a lack
How kind and polite Is all that You saw.
Dut bitter as gall when you are out of the way;
For people will talk.
friend, I'm take my advice, and do as you please,
ror your mind f you have one) will then be at ease
hrongh Lille you will meet with all sorts of abuse;
but dont think to stop them, twill be of no use
For people will talk.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Anita and Her Dolls.

Anita and Her Dolls.
Family-laden,
Wee, wise maiden
knits her brow In dainty knots;
How 10 dolly
Cure of folly
Occupies her busy thoughts.
Dolly's wet her
Feet, to get her
Posies, In the morning dew;
Sure to be sick
Cold or-eolic--
Like as not the measles, too!
"Therc Is Freddy
Always ready
Into awful fairs TO fall
Bad as rosy
Goodness knows,
Don't know how to manage tall.
"Jack or Norah's
Telled story!
One or tuver ate mas cake!
While there's silly
Greedy Willy,
Got q drefiel stomach ache!
Naughty Bessie
Tored her dress she
Wants anuver one, s'pose;
tell you what
IL tates lot
OF work to tecp my dollsin those 2"
Look she lays her
Down by Cesar
What can be the matter, now
Blue eyes closing,
Blinking, dozing--
Wee, white hands and lily brow
Cheeks so waxen,
Tresses fiaxen
Footstep, that fairy's seems
All now wander
Over yonder,
In the happy land of dreams!