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The Hickman courier., 1874-09-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

Marshal Jewell has entered upon his
duties as postmaster-generaL.
McGrath says Tom Bowling is in
training and viii soon be all right.
The rival transatlantic lines have
come together, and concluded to step cutting
down each others rates The charge fixed on
for passage this way is S25 gold
The attorney. general has decided that
the military forces Of the United States may
be- employed to remove outlaws. thieves and
other unauthorized persons from the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe Indian reservation.
A horse disease similar to that of two
years since has broken out at st. Johns, n B.,
with great violence. A large portion OF the
working horses of the city have died. The
disease was introduced by horses attached to
a travelling circus.
The secretary of the treasury calls in
SIS. .OOO 600 of the 500 bonds of 1862. Twelve
millions are coupon bonds and three millions
registered bonds. The ten previous calls
comrneneine Septsrnber 1. 1871. aggregate
261, 600 600, and with tiio present, oievatf
call, s276, 100000
The post-c flee department is about TO
substitute for the old mail locks now used up
on the street boxes of the free-delivery sys-
tenn. new combinations, 50 that the key of one
CITY cannot be used in another.s Each key
win be numbered, and the carrier receiving it
held responsible for its custody and proper
use.
Postmaster General Jewell has or
dered culcelIed the contract for penlnives,
which have been usually issued to clerks about
New Year. The custom obtained when quilts
were used for writing, and the knife was a
positive necessity, and has been kept up since
the introduction of steel and gold. pens to the
present time
The sixty days notice of the Freed
mems savings bank expired last week. but affairs
remain unchanged, and business is still sus-
pended. The commissioners TO wind up its
affairs are busily engaged collecting assets
and loans of the bank. They declare that
when twenty per cent. is collected a dividend
shall be paid to the depositors.
The attorney general has decided
that the proviso in the army appropriation
bill, to the effect that only actual travelling ex-
/ penses shall be allowed to any person hold
ing employment or appointments under the
United States, supersedes and cuts OF the
allowance of mileage to United States mar
shals as provided in the fee bill.
Arthur Clayden, intimately associated
with Josh Arch in efforts to raise the condi
ton of the agricultural classes in England
has arrived in this country, and will make &
personal inspection of the most promising
section of the country for immigrants. The
result OF his examination of Canada last yeal
as field Of immigration was not favorable
Secretary Bristow has approved tn,
recommendations Of Solicitor Wilson, in re
gard to the secret service division OF the treas
ury, and directs that steps be taken at one
for the reorganization Of that branch of tn
service, and that all papers and evidence i
] relation to the secret service In the hands o
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-11
A Celestial Picnic.

The different organizations IN San
Francisco having for their object the
eyangelization of the Cinnamon held a
picnic recently in Woodward's gardens,
and the spectacle was a novel one.
Nearly two thousand men, women and
children assembled, and were accom-
nanied by the Caucasian teachers A
oeculiar and very noisy feature of the
occasion was the music PLAYED by a
Chinese band of ten pieces, being tf a
kind that made the monkeys that are
kept in the gardens run shrieking to the
tons of their cages and the great seals
nlnnoe into the water and remain hid
den in the muddy depths for the rest of
the day. The opening exercises began
about noon, at which time there were
between eight hundred and nine
hundred Chinese In the pavilion, the
remainder being outside IN the walks
and shady hooks, spinning tops and
Gazing at the wonders and beauties OF
| fhe gardens. The exercises consisted
of singing, praying, reading the Scrip
tures and addresses both IN CHINESE
and English by the different elergymen
,,resant one of whom was Chinaman.
n the afternoon the p rogramme was OF
q more secular character, which the Chi
nese seemed to enjoy in much greater
degree. It consisted of music by the
Chinese band, Chinese sword exercise
in costume. and Chinese singing, accom-
panied by Chinese band. The troupe
cf Arabs also gave an exhibition for the
special edification of their Tartari,
brethren. The latter were overioyet
at the wonders performed by the Arab
ian athletes, and acknowledged tbs
they had never seen anything like 4
even in China. After this the Celes
tials wandered around the grounds
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A Retiring Veteran.

A rumor comes from England that
the duke Of Cambridge is about to re-
tire from the command of the British
army. He has fallen a victim to pout.
AMI for three months has been unable
to take any exercise. George William
Frederick Charles, second duke Of
Cambridge, is the grandson of George
III. and cousin of Queen Victoria.
de was born IN Hanover in 1919. At
the age of eighteen he was appointed a
colonel in the British army, and eight
years ate was promoted to the rank Of
- - II T. Is cSn aa auccceadad
ss 1904 he vas was made q Leutenant genafSi iiaf1
and IN 1896 he was made a general TJs
commanded the first division of tbe
army sent to the Crimea, and led his
troops at the battle of the Alma and ut
Inkerman. In which latter engagement
he had a horse shot under him. In
July, 1886, he was appointed COM
mander-in- chief of the British army.
n Arshal.
The duke has been a fast liver. while
he has been a good soldier. and now M
the age of only fifty FIVE it seems he is
20 retire from active service.
For many years he has been living with
a Aliss Fairbrother, who was an actress.
and, in her youth, quite celebrated for
her beauty. The relationship has been
known TO the public for SO long a time
hat Miss Fairbrother is generally re-
5arded as the dukes wife, though no
marriage has ever tax n place, and she
loes not reside in his official residence.
They have number of children, who
20 by the fathers name Of Fitz- George. !
md some Of the sons are officers of the |
.rmy. Some of the queens sons have !
'een considered a little loose in their /
morals, bat with such an example set |
,etore them by the oldest member of
he family, it IS not surprising that the
1oral teachings of their mother should
ave been sometimes forgotten.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-11
FOREIGN

The expedition from the United States
to observe the transit of Venus arrived at
Capetown on the 9TH of August.
A dispatch from Shanghai reports
that the difficulty between China and Japan in
regard to Formosa has been settled.
Minister Bingham, IN Japan, has re-
ceived instructions from Washington to de-
mand the full payment OF the Old Indemnity
claims and the amount has been deposited to
his credit under earnest protest.
The French barque Corromandel, of
Bordeaux, Capt. France, went ashore at Bag
dad, Mexico, last week, in gale and became
total wreck, breaking up IN less than two
hours, the cargo drifting ashore. The captain.
first mate and three seamen were rescued.
Eleven of the crew are supposed to have
perished.
Victor Hugo has written a letter de-
clining an invitation to the peace congress at
Geneva He says peace cannot be established
until another war has been fought between
France and Germany He points to the exis-
tence OF deep and undying hatred between
the two countries, and declares that the war
viii be duel between the principles OF the
monarchy and the republic.
Mail adviccs from Yokohama are as
follows: Japan is rather disposed to avoid
war with China, on the Formosan question. if
possible. Gen. Legendre, an American officer
who has been interfering in thematter, was re-
Gently arrested in Annoy, by United States
official REGENT presents from. Rsesident
are-ae<s ssnss s-ss--=ss-- l - ttlsss-e-
tfatfin guns, which VIII be user as---.ist Chitsa
il war breaks out
The members of the Austrian polar
for whose safety fears were felt,
have been heard from. They were ship
wrecked and took to sleighs, in which they
have succeeded, after long journey, in reach
ing the Norwegian island of Wardoe After
abandoning their ship the party Travelled for
seven months in sleds and two winters were
passe ed on the ice. The highest point reached
was in latitude eighty degrees. A large tract
of land was discovered to the northward of
Nova Zembla. The expedition arrived at
Wardel on a Russi Il boat. Only one death
occurred during the entire voyage.
A Havana letter says great indiona-
ton has been expressed in political circles at
the idea of the cession OF Puerto Rica to
Germany. a telegram has been received from
Madrid denying the correctness CT the rumor.
Spain Is not willing to yield one rod Of her ter
ritory in the West Indies and Spaniards here
declare they viii die first. Another telegram
has been received from Madrid announcing
that the recruiting of troops for the army in
Cuba is rapidly going on, and that the govern
ment understands the pressing needs of rein
to carry the winter campaign.
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The Star Of south Africa.

Twelve months after the Hopetown
col Woodhouse gem was found, a black
shepherd called Swartzboy came wan.
| derlng toward Hopetown, with a plori.
Gus star of crystal in hand. He offered
1t, as L am credibly informed, to sew
! eral persons, at a price increasing with
each refusal. The Hottentot. in fact.
was sharp enough TO learn the value of
his prize by the hesitation of those to
whom he offered it. By the time he
reached Neikis6s : farm-Neikirk. the
father Of diamond digging-it had
come TO the matter of e400. This man
had proved himself no fool already.
After looking at the stone he harnessed
mp and drove 20 Hopetown, bearing
Hottentob and diamond in his cart. II
was certainly the greatest day our little
boy bS,1'taI and dTfIil FL eyer sec, that on which
the box-seat beside him. Witbin )
very few moments of his arrival tie
bargain was struc6. No need for a man
who had once seen n diamond to hesitate
IA Judging Of that glorious gem.
o"artzboy consented to take e2OO in
cash and e200 IL goods, which were
paid to him forthwith. Wild with iov.
he sailed outinto the bywaYs, nor ceased /
to urge his mad career until not one
farthIng or one yard of cloth mained
IN bus possession. All being spent, he !
LIVED awhile on the gobemouches of the |
place, then vanished and went under.
Neikirk sold his purchase that same /
day for 912, 600 cash. Herewith be |
bought farm, on which he dwells unto |
this day, needless Of diamonds. diggers
and panics
/ viii here finish the tale of our
South African Star. It was found to
weigh eighty-three and one-half karats,
and subsequently, cut to a brilliant Of
forty-four and one half. The water of
it is perfect. but the shape is irregular;
that is to say, it is heart-sbaped, not a
square stone. Messrs. Lillenfield. of
who were the envied of all
lhe neighbOrs there, having obtained
such prize for e12, 600 speedily discoy-
ared that they had paid an outside price
-tlay eighteen months upon their hands.
subject to charges for insurance, etc.
after that time it was sold to Mes2s.
Hunt 4 Roskell, OF Bond street, f6r
rifle over cost price-not sufficient
margin to recoup Nessrs. Lille1field
heir capital invested, leaving interest
side. Messrs Hunt & Roskell had it
ut, with the result above mentioned.
hey asked G30, 600 for the brilliant, /
nd long asked in vain. Finally, in the :
ummer of last year, 1873, Earl Dudley
nd ward bought it with others, TO be I
ct In a new tiara for his countess. I Z
an not tell you, therefore, the exact !
um at which it was valued 70 him /
or. Temple Bar. :
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Power of Bearing Heat.

1t is generally supposed that the hui
man frame cannot endure much heat,
and if exposed to it will soon sink in
exhaustion. This is true in hos climates,
to which people have been accustomed.
But in this case the effect may be due
to influences from vegetation, or to some
disturbance of nature.
Tt is certain that artificial heat, far
Greater than the heat of the sun of the
forrid zone, may be borre without
special suffering or harm. The British
Journal of Science says that men In
iron establishments work without in
convenience with the thermometer con-
stantIy at 120 degrees, and in pits for
making the Bessemer steel at 140 de-
orees- In Turkish baths the sham
9oonars are often busily engaged foi
fonr or five hours in succession, with
the temperature at ITO degrees. In the
Red sea steamers the stoke hole marks
145 degrees; and in ensmel works the
onerators are compelled daily to endure
a heat of 200 degrees. The elastic pow
ar of the human body In accommodating
itself to extremes is wonderful.
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the sot4ltor be turned over to the attorney.
general Col. Whitley has rendered bis resi-
nation as chief OF that bureau. II has
been accepted.
! No formal order viii be issued from
the wsr department as to the distribution Of
troo lin the department. of the south bnt
the Whole matter win be left wi.h the depart
ment commander, who viii dispose Of forces
so as they can be used by United States mar
shals in case Of necessity. The federal troops
IN the south are now distributed as follows
Three companies of the Second infan-
try IN Alabama the entire Third infantry
at Holly Springs, Miss; three companies nf
the Sixteenth infantry in Kentucky. two in
Arkansas, one in Mississippi, one in Louisiana
and one i'll Tennessee; eight of the Eiot
teenth infantry in South Carolina and two in
ueorSla; eight companies Of the First srtiI- |
lery IN Florida, one in Georgia, two in Soutb !
Carolina, and one in Virginia; six compapies /
OF the Second artillery in North Carolina. one
~ south Carolina, one in Virginia. and four
N Maryland This makes the whole number
q troops an the several southern states he
sss ordered - several months aeeI
but on account of the warm weather and Ia-
oility to fever, it decided that the regi-
nent should remain at Holly Springs until the
iall. It viii now be hurried to Louisiana.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-11
wEAeT

The leading we&ern railways con-
vened in Chicago and abolished all commits
sions to ticket agents This is very well, if
they reduce fares somewhat in proportion.
The lumbe men of Minnesota re-
solve in convention, that the business of de-
stroying forests has been overdone. It does
not pay, even from their mercensry point of
view.
The citizens of Henry7ille, Indiana,
have offered reward of $1,000 for the ap-
prehension OF the murderers of Aug Gard
ner, who was robbed OF his money and then
tied to the railroad track.
A party of six surveyors, from Law
renee, Kansas, WAS massacred by Indians last
week near Lone Tree, forty miles south of
Fort Dodge. Three of the number were
scalped.
Agent Williams of the Kickapoos has
applied for a military escort to bring his Kick
apoos mainly women and children uu from
the Indian territory to the Kansas line and
protect them from the Little Osages. who have
visited the agencies with hostile intent and
expressed their determination to kill every
white man in the territory
Lieut.. Glen. Sheridan has sent the fol-
lowing order by telegraph to Brig. Gen. Al
fred H. Terry at st Paul, Mimi: Should the
companies now organizing at Sioux City and
Yankton trespass on the Sioux country Indian
reservation, you are hereby directed to use
the force at yorn command to burn the wagon
train, destroy the outfit and arrest the lead
ers confning them at the nearest military
s ess5 4 f1n ssl s' yss : s4s asssssss
to send si@force of cavalry in pursuit as
will accomplish the purpose above named. |
Should congress offer up the country for set |
tlement by extinguishing the treaty rights Of
the Indians, the undersigned will give cor
dial support to the settlement of the Black
Hills A duplicate OF these instructions has
been sent to Gen. Ord, commanding the de-
partment OF the Platte.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-11
LORDS AND COMMONS.
Some Interesting Facts a bout the British
Parliament.

1t may be worth while, writes DIR.
mackenzie, to look into the constituent
persons of the British parliament TO see
now p" the commons" Of the isles are
represented in the lower house, by gen
tiemen who, ] am very sure, would con-
slider themselves insulted if any person
presumed to mention them rs belonging
70 the commonalty. No member of par
ilament has the prefix of "Hon." $50
Iamlllarly frequent in the United States.
where titles of honor are constitution
ally tabooed), but each of them con-
slders himself far higher than the or
dinary Esquire" This title-of-cour-
tesy, as 1t is called which does not
exist IN England, as derived from hav-
ing seat IN the hoHse of commons-is
freely and largely used in the British
colonies. If there was q little island
only nifty miles in circumference, with
ene ne BRITISH flag visible on it, half-pay
% 7onld Bgaruor. and a Legislative
goland. morsei of an island 2ne in t5a 6t
German ocean, with an area of less than
two English square miles, has an 90 hon
orable" governor and an executive coun-
Gil of five, who are "all honorable
men"
The house of commons, which came
to an end in the autumn of 1847, pro
sented the anomaly OF having 266 scions
of the nobility as member that is. IN
a Legislative body supposed to represent
the interests of the people, the interests
of the aristocracy being looked after in
It's own house OF lords, considerably
more than one-third belonged TO the
nobility. Here is the list, as I com
piled it, with great care and accuracy
IN August, 1S47:
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KingIy Free Speech.

A writer on Nine. Campan, nee Genet,
relates the following She was very
lively, merry person, and one day Louis
XIV. surprised her dancing by herself
in front of large mirror. His majesty
stopped and waited until the Young
lady had finished her solitary waltz,
and then said to her, as she courtesied,
red with confusion, before him: :" Mad
emoiselle, they tell me you are a very
learned person. How many languages
10 you speak p "Six, your majesty,
Answered mademoiselle. "Do you
sing?" Eyes, your majesty" quoth
mademoiselle. still boboing courtesies.
"You draw % yes, your majesty.
"God help your husband, whenever you
get one," said the monarch, as he
Nnrned on his heel
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The difference in the results is not
great. The lawyers in the house of
commons in 1874 are 139 as against 129
in 1873, constituting nearly One-fourth
of the whole number of members. But
what is this in comparison to the aggre-
CATION of lawyers in the senate and
hOuse of representatives OF the United
States? have not Mr.. Poore's congress
sional catalogue 70 refer 10, but am
pretty sure that, if consulted, 1t would
show that nine-tenths OF the national
legislature of the United States arc gen
tlemen more or less " learned IN the
law"
1t appears that there were 100 sons OF
peers in the British house of commons
in 1873 against 90 III the year 1874.
The enumerator stopped short too sooD.
He should have counted up piers heirs
presumptive, younger sons, grapdsons,
sous-in-law. brothers, nephews, broth
ers-in-law. fathers-in-law and cousins.
As far as can estimate, the sum total
of this aristocratic crowd, naturally
disposed to set the interests OF their
class and their own particular families
far above the interests of the unrepre-
sented multitude, the working bees OF
tbe hive. can not be less than $50. This
is strong power in body of 652 mem
bers.
Two members are set down in the
new house of commons as miners.
This might convey the idea that they
are workingmen. On the contrary,
though they have risen from the ranks,
they now are men of vast wealth. MIR:
George Anderson. M. P. for the city OF
Glasgow, is believed to have revenue
from mining of EDO, 900 a year, and he is
/ owner, also, of at least two very copsid-
erable landed estates. In point OF fact,
as no pecuniary payment OF any sort
not even an allowance for q penknlfe as
/" stationery''-is paid out of the public
purse to members of either house, no
workingman can sit in the commons.
In time, perhaps, when the working
classes can unite upon eligible candi.
dates out OF their own ranks, they vii
subscribe a sufficient sum to maintain
him respectfully so long as he Is IN then
serviee-yoting and speaking honestly
- Z - =5in:- Gnefe is scarcely a sin
gle M. T.. fancy. who considers him
self bound to vote precisely as his IN
stituents may desire on the contrary
each man claims to exercise his own dis
position and power of action.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-11
WOman's Walk.

A writer in Boston paper says ::
"The changes in woman's gait are more
mysterious than the transformations in
her garments. One year she walks a
queen, stately and graceful the next,
she frisks along painfully like a spring
1,t -. q ,,Iavf4s1 lritt.-ss- Vow sbo
iaLap !.a1l,ts If5rvsnrd. lets her limp hands drop
from the wrists, and wriggles as if she
wished to advertise the fact that her
boots are tight, thing which is totally
unnecessary again, as at present, she
throws her shoulders back and goes
hbgaYelly forward with long steps. The
to show languishifg e1ajRexitably tend
other style of locomotion will be poss1-
BILE with the narrow skirts which are to
tx worn -
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VOL. X. NO. 36.

necked, short-sleeved dresses, broad
cloth and kids late at night. This is
certainly the most ridiculous feature of
Long Branch life. To see, as have
seen, women coming out of breakfast
room at eleven in the morning dressed
in silks and laces is a sight worth trav-
cling for; it makes one feel sorry for
the husbands of such women, and sorry
for the women that they have not pri-
vate milliner privileged to tell them
what Is and what is not rational, or even
excHsable, in female fashions. 4"