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The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
State Grange Patrons of Husbandry.


AT o recent meeting of tho State
Grange of Missouri, the following res
olutions were reported by the commit
the and adopted.
l. That we fully endorse and approve
the declaration of principles adopted at
tee late meeting of the National Grange
at st. Louis.
2. That as cultivators of the soil we
have been too long governed and con-
trolled by the great moneyed power of
the land, and by rings which are against
us simply because we have been ignor-
ant of our own strength in our defense,
or have wasted it wrangling with each
other.
3. That as retrenchment and reform
is our motto, as true patrons we should
begin at home, and while we demand,
as we have right to, that our legisla-
tors and rulers shall be economical in
the expenditure of public money, let us
not be prodigal in expenditure of our
private means while we condemn ex-
travagance of public officials and COM
plain of wrongs inflicted upon us by
those whom we have entrusted with
power, let us not still further wrong
ourselves and families by living above
our income and involving ourselves in
debt, thus sacrificing peace, comfort and
independence at the SHRINE of fashion
and show.
4. That we invite the hearty support
and cooperation OF the sisters of our
5ofh and offhe diyinely sancsss..o s.org 5ney6f help
meet to man, therefore her place is by
his side. Hers is a high and noble
position, and if rightly improved, will
rear to her memory monuments more
durable than marble, and leave an in
heritance to those that will come after
her more to be priced than wealth or
honor.
5. That in republican government all
power is vested in the hands of the peo-
pie, and in ours a majority of people
belong to the producing classes yet
the power and strength of these classes
have been used by less numerous and
INSCRIPTIONS class for the advancement
|of their own selfish purposes.
6. That although ours is not n politi-
cal organization, and especially ignores
political or partisan questions, yet we.
call upon our representatives in con-
gress and state legislatures to listen to
the appeal of more than one hundred
thousand patrons of Missouri, to econo-
mize the resources of the government
and to stop currents of extravagarce
which have borne us to the very verge
of bankruptcy and ruin.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
GENERAL.

Committees of the, Catholic union
arepreparing for the pilgrimage to Rome and
elsewhere by Catholics of this country. 1t is
proposed to leave nos later than the middle of
May.
The country viii hear with interest
that in order to obviate the $7000,0OO def
cheney in the postal service it is thought best
to abolish the free delivery system and the
postal cars. Luxuries are costly; and 1t IS
possible that those who are not willing q
walk to tile postoffiee will have to pay I;
postmap. q
A Washington:d dispatch says there are
runners in that city that Mr.. Schenck VIII retire
from the London mission at his own request,
and will be succeed by Mr.. Fish, secretary of
state. Mr.. Bancroft is also said to have ex-
pressed a desire to retire from Berlin, and
the Rev. Mr.. Thompson, now in that city. is
urged upon the president for his successor as
the minister to Prussia.
1ehe secretary of the navy has re-
ceived telegram from Commander Braine,
commanding the United States steamer Juni-
alta. dated Savannah, saying that he parted
company with the monitor Dictator which the
Juniata tad in tow. the night of the 14th inst.
on Olafle=tOl, inc NedtiAct beAi5 tbich anu
the sea running heavy at the time, and that
the Dictator had not arrived at Savannah on
the night of the 10Th.
In response to aresolution OF inquiry,
the secretary of the treasury hastransmitted to
the house of representatives statements in
regard to captured and abandoned property
| fund containing the folloaing information
Total amount of money covered into the treas
ury as proceeds Of sales of captured and aban-
doned property, consisting almost entirely OF
cotton, was $40, GIG. CSC or this amount
there has been paid to claimants and awards
of courts of claims Sc, 800. 463; under judg-
mont OF the United States circuit court foI
New York, S97, ,7S4, and under awards by the
secretary of the treasury, under act May, 1872
| S97, ,734. The fund has also been diminished
by S75. 900 expenses of collection, leaving a
balance in the treasury of S14, 40, 40. There
remains unpaid judgments of the court ol
claims amounting to 81 s34, oil.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

A RUSSIAN MosIroB.-The first vessel
of the future Russian Black sea fleet
the monitor Novgorod-iesemoies ,oa
hinge. circular kettle of moro than 100
feet diameter, and only rises foot and
a half ont of water. In the midst OF 1t
"a q turret a fathom high aud seven
fathoms in diameter, with two eleven
inch steel guns fitted to movable plat
form The Novgorod is set in motion
by six screws, and in the trial trip it
moved at the rate of six and a halt
knots an hour. The total cost OF the
construction of this new sea-monstef
burp. where it was built, to NikolaJetl
re--;ew held by the emperor last August,
atswhich eighteen iron-clads, including
six frieates. three turret ships and sever
,,.aritora and thirty other shipa were
present, an iron clad corvette, the Gen
eral Admiral. has been launched at 81
Petersburg.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

With brow that ID furrowed, and head that fs gra
Full three-score summers have brOug their blooT
And three-score winters have brought their gloon
Since first 10 the light Of that little room
Came Barbara Bray. q
Day unto day aud night unto night
! Walking by faith vel as by sight
/ he seeketh the light for the sake of the right
I Plucking some thorn from the pillow Of care,
glfting some bIrthen not easy to bear;
Goeth Barbara Bray.
\ child of God yet her portion is small
IN the broad estate and paternal hall,
For the 9 eldest brother had gotten it all
Aud day by day, as he rideth by
In his gilded carriage. she wonders why
That ne he turneth a kindly eye
On old Barbara Bray.
Patiently, cheerfully, all the same
Turneth the wheel Of the ancient dame,
What cares she for the sordid dance
OF men at the shrine of circumstance
Gold can never the wealth enhance
or old Barbara Bray.
Wealth that never can turn 20 duss,
Wealth of faith, and a holy trust
In him that giveth the daily crust.
Telling away IN the peaceful light
That shtmmsreth dow. e,,sssses 50 % whit
Little slIsxA--..N.... ~ scioerrine; indeed,
- God and her neighbour is all of her creed
short enough, truly, yet large as, as ner i need, J.,
But God is tae Lord of the harvest, aud He
wln pay al Hisworkmen II faithful they be,
Saith old Barbara Bray.
Strange that she shoud be toiling alOnei
Strange. indeed, that there should be none
To share in the light of that old hearthstone.
Yet there was, but he went before
Through the church-yard gate and the marble door
And he waiteth above, on the golden shore,
For old Barbara Bray.
Others there were, but they faded away,
Some at tIfe dawn, in the twilight gray,
Aud some in the pride OF their summer day.
Yet Oft when the sunset hath lost its bloom,
Aud the shadows take shape in the deepening gloon
5 weet voices come back TO that httleroom,
And TO Ba4 4bara Bray.
And then, no longer alone. alone.
Old Barbara sits by her quaint hearthstone
For the past with its treasures Is still her own. q
She dreams Of love, and she talks with her mate5;
She clasps her darlings and patiently waits
For the angel that cOmeth to open the gates
For old Barbara Bray.
Nor waiteth ske long; for already afar
Through the gloom Of the night, like the glow Of
-star,
Is shining the Ii Int of her homeward car.
WhiGling along DER the track Of the yearS,
Down through the valley q sorrow aud tear7,
out from the field of the harvest it bears
Old Barbara Bray
A moment, a breath and the journey is Der
Her wheel at the window is seen no more;
Bat the tear-drop shall fall while the owly and poor
Lay their Carlands of love az the friendly door
OF old Barbara Bray.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
National Grange Circular.

The National Grange circular for JAN
uary shows an increase, since the 18th
of December, when the last circular was
issued, of ], 1,566 oranges. The total at
that date was 1926 the total at that of
the last circular was 10, ,862. The mem
bership is only approximately stated at
about 780, 000 The increase is largely
in the south and the valley states, as
will be seen by the following table:
eerrrur.pS srATFs
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
VOL. x. NO. 8.

tum'lers, an he filed 'em all up; an he
fotched out a whole jar o. sweetmeats,
an great dish O. honey, an pickles.
oh, Lor' such heaps o. things An all
the time Sam said, so polite, Ladies
an gemmen, hep you'self, there's mo-
in mah'sr's cellar 2
:" An they did hep themselves, an
they eat an eat an eat till they couldn't
stuff another moufful. en' while they
was all stuffin', an Sam was Qwine
round with bottle of wine In each
hand, sayin', so polite, Ladies and
gemmen, hep you self, there's mo- In
mah'sr's cellar he happened to look
upl There a0as his Daah'sr :"
Is Sarah said this she gave horrible
Iaf, aad spraDg forward, clutching IN
utilf sair. as though to seize them and
yiypell-bound listeners screamed, and
of them fell over backwards.
alghted with the effect of her trao-
f.fhe waited till they gathered them
ke<up, with awe-struck faces, 10 lis
ss-e end.
lowered her voice to a ehostlv
81 d iaNIs y - . .,,,..
an leteoll raise the
Scad, an claTed out tlsso rne do 3 tho
- debil was arter him. The rest of
fhe company skunk out 'thout akin to
~ txcused, an was in bed every soul of
'em in two minutes, an snorin' fit to
eisise the roof. Sans mah'sr run till he
got done tired out, an then he dragged
hisself home.
Sarah stopped. After waiting a few
minutes, Rush asked, in sacred Sort
of voice, what became of Sam.
Sarah rolled her eyes, shook her
head, dropped her jaw, and said,
slowly:
He never was hearG of agin."
Run away ?" suggested Rush.
"S'pose so. Mebby up norf this
very day. f'r all / know" And Sarah |
turned to her works.. Nicholas for |
March
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
CONGRESSIONAL.

I'm the senate, on the 18th, the chair
laid before the senate memorial from the
Cincinnati common council board OF trade.
and chamber Of commerce, protesting sgainst
any reduction in the appropriation for work
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

EXPERIMENTAL philosophy asking
Young lady to marry you- Natural
losepby-looking .lndlfierent' aau
saying you were only in fun when siie
refuses YOU.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

AlThe only states into which the order
Is not vet penetrated are Delaware,
C@.nnecticut. and Rhode Island. Since
the circular, of which the foregoing is
an ANALYSIS, there has been an increase
of 800 or 400 oranges.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

NEW PLAN OF DELIVERING MILK.-A
milkman at EImira, N Y, has intro
duced new plan of delivering milk. In
his wagon are arranged side racks, con-
timing quart and pint bottles filed with
pure, fresh milk, full measure. These
bottles are delivered as required. The
customer returns the bottles left the
day before; and no pitchers, pals,
bowls, or dishes are necessary. Anoth-
er advantage of this system, especially
in warm weather, is that each bottle is
tieAtly corked, and can be laid in a
pail or pan of cold water, keeping it
fresh and sweet, or put away in a cooler,
taking up but little room.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
The Dead Twins.

The examination of the remains of
Chang and Eng, Which has been pro-
ceeding very quietly in Philadelphia at
the college of physicians, has been here
tofore confined to taking casts of the
different important and curious forma-
tions of various parts of the bodies,
photographing the remains, and daily
injections of chlorille of zinc, to pre-
gent the bodies from decomposing.
Yesterday the autopsy commenced.
The dreaded scalpel was first used on
the connecting band between the two
brothers. The abdominal cavities were
entered for the purpose of examining
the viscera. This investigation was at
tended with most gratifying success,
and the physicians were rewarded in
their efforts in finding that the lungs,
heart, pancreas, liver, spleen, and ali
mentary canal were excellently devel-
oped in each, and that all the parts
above-named resent bled those of ordi-
nary mortals,
Approaching the band, the lower por-
ton of the ensiform cartilage, or breast
bone, in ARch join by doubling or
bending oW, making almost a long
union with distinct joint at the cen
tral point of union on which the bodies
hinge fSse.y. III. joint is somewhat
simila . d complicated, as
that The band at the
small fcumference of nine
inche' "a The link was stretched,
and tiie ewiIis were stood as far apart as
possible, there was q space of eight
| inches intervening. Yesterday the skin
/ of each body was cut through poster
iorly, and thrown back from the band
! and adjacent structures, exposing super
| fetal and deep facia or fatty tissues in
/ the rectus muscle of each. The great
question of whether they could have
/ beel -parated in life was settled in the
negative by various abdominal sections
/ which were made. The peritoneum or
nennbraneous lining of the belly in
each was foun to enter the band, and
/ four pouches or culs- de-soc overlapped
each other at the centre of the band.
The most marked feature here was the
:. presence of two such pouches from the
l,c7v &C he larger brother, Chang, the
--1------- = shorter than the lower, but
J. each tapping one from above and the
fother from below the single pouch of
T Eng. An almost exact idea of the ar
rangement of these c1tLs de sac may be
/ obtained by holding the first joint of
] the f0fe6nger between the thumb and
finger of the other hand. The astound-
ng and curious fact was developed that
a line passing down the centre of the
baud would sever all three OF these pro-
longations and open the peritonital ca
vity of each liver. If the knife had
been used in life, death wonld have
therefore most probably, If not neces-
sarily, resulted.
The examination yesterday and last
night also showed that there was a por-
tai or liner cirsulation through the heart,
:: ! e: s: !: : e.: :: e: &: !:
To-Day most important investigation:
take place by making deep sections into
the band, with the view OF ascertainine
fIa ,,r,1,;l,. ~ ,,,oot,o,o bao,;ucr oT
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

THrRr is nothing ON earth divine be-
sides humanity. -Metdacihon.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

To HAVE ideas is to gather. To think
is to weave them into garlands. .-1Iple
,S,oetchine,
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

The temperance epidemic has reached
~ Manchester, Iowa, and Lincoln Neb.
Petitions in circulation in Chica-
MnERe congress for increase in the
aper currency.
Spnis and ST. Joseph rail-
MOO, 900 astweek, and bought
spndholders by Chas. W.
the Crispin society are on
keipt at issue between them
being that the Crispns
gin body whenever the
Any one house strike.
~ of the state grange, at
X last week, resolutions were
ing the Kansas legislature to
HZee5itory liquor law and declaring
10 person who retaiIs liquor shall be admit
ted to the order; declaring that the greatest
good and highest happiness of an enlightene >.
virtuous and prosperous people are the legiti-
mate resus-f thorough and practical educa-
tion.
The hostile movements of the Indi-
ans on the Wyoming frontier which have been
reported for the last few days Indicate in
sa3 Gen. Sherdans opinion, that general out
break of the Sioux is at hand. He has com
-. muncated this view to Gen. Sherm u who or
.ders him to repress the threatened disturb
va " th all the. force that he can collect |
= OF Nebraska seems 10 be very |
He states tnat some 12 600 or |
loving in southeasterly di- |
Il Big Horn Mountain and !
khtry, threatening the settle
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

am that self-love is almost the only key
to their characters. Now, character is
made up of habits of the soul and of
the mind, mingled, it is true, IN une
quail doses and I am strongly led to
believe that the sex of which clever
men have said that nobody can under
stand it, owes its mysteriousness to an
almost total absence of character"
Jean Paul Richter, who hal. learned
as much of life, though in very differ
ent way, as Mirabeau, filings the same
thought into one of his incomE-- COLE.
images ''Women are like Sisll
houses, which have many ndf
few windows. You may fnd s. - |
in easy enough /; but On u
can't Aasily find your way ol. {:
Poy, after all, this simple x Eses'
.s.sss.4 e sum of wisdom concerning
81 as:-as theory SfGfVssa< -zss9
nj
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
US OF THE WEEK.
EAST.

= = has sent letter to the Mas
Catholic temperance union, encour-
q members in their work
Laiy, the communist, who attempted
7ssssis kill Maj. Hangborn editor in Jersey City,
= some time ago, has been sent to the state
prison for year.
Twenty mills and about two thousand
operatives in Kensingson, Pa. idle owing
to strike for advance OF fifteen per cent.
on the present rate OF wages.
1t iSusaid that three thousand women
in New York have offered Their services to the
conductors of the Union temperan, ,e prayer
Reetings. to inaugurAte against King
hphol.
Ne secretary of the treasury has in
- collector of customs at Baltimore
Fe further objections to the
the steamer Edgar Stuart, pro-
Ulcer OF the reyenue. accom- any
; checke immigratiop
5anuary is smaller than for
Er1khree steamers from Ham
lasgow, only 137 seerage
H we'd, whereas it is usual
I've by each vessel. 1t is
She immigration will revive
kal report has just been made
toihe4ellows of the college of physicians re-
iative to the autopsy of the Sia1nese Twins
Dr. Pa1cost explained certain physiological
pecularities of the respective bodies promi-
a. -uent among these was the experience of
III whas DR. Pancost called the fatty cord
II which extended from the mucus membrane |
81 OF the stomach, to which it adhered, in the |
r direction Of bns @ not quite into the band Of
49, Z s5s !. =; f7 !. iA l.s
ether abnormal growths rarely found in
= Z " i.za.tsnlan anatomy.
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BARBARA BRAY.

IA a little low cottage, Just over the way,
ifalf-htdden by w0Odbfne, lives Barbara Bray,
With brow that is furrowed and head that is gray.
Full three-score have brOug It their bloom.
And three-score winters have brought their gloom,
Since first 10 the light Of that little room
Came Barbara Brav.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
SAVINGS AND

HUMANITY, like dark
heavenly lights. II 1horsyz4g
WHAT we need most is not so n
realize the ideal, as to idealize, theN
THE color of the wind was discovers
by the man who went ont and found
blew.
THE wave on which many a poor
fellow has been carried away is the wave
of lace-edged cambria handkerchief
A GENTLEMAN of jackson, Tenn, has,
preserved in alcohol, bel3ug which,
was caught in bed tlBt q Jackso
slept in.
Costa Rica, the rsilrf ,em pf
republic being possd tus 1Ll1
comotive.
Two pair of sta
every newspaper OF
one for the editof4LP P@n,
caller comes up the other.
DE QU1NcEY so,k6Ee tel
dote of a man WI -
with assault by q
out, "Come onA
than never bestot7~
a benefit is the grel
confer it is the earli1
WHAT has surprised
tory, is TO read OF SO
have abdicatcd their throns-
a dozen or two at the most LIS,
ANAGRAM.- VIZ ... il
II you transpose what ladies' wear " !.
Twill plainly show what bad folka "a
Again, IL You transpoee the ssfne NV
You'll sec an ancient propness nAf 80
Change it again and y va, - "a ~. ~ t'
vVIeto ali ON "a rtb desire 70 49, ia 4.
rasrsI1c-s, .l.s ~ = = q, ,s< 1
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

IlIC % DC
Hitsined for ten years at cost Of $500, 900
er annum. When the depth of twenty feet
az obtained 81, Ood.1bO to be paid. and when
ea,h additional two feet depth shall be secured
an additional million to be paid provided
however, that no paym mt whatever shall be
made until four months after twenty feet
ehallbe secured-uninterrupte maintained
she payment of half million per year to
.<Qspend solely upon maintaining continually
*F-eiglt feet in the channel
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
SONTH

- A dispatch from Baltimore announces
- the death in Galveston of Senator Wigfall, of
Texas.
Il Page McCarty, the Richmond duel
list, has been pardoned ON the score of physi-
=. cal weakness.
The monitor Dictator, for the safety
SRhich much fear was entertained has ar
llsd at Kez,Nesf
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

To-Day most important Investigations
take place by making deep sections into
the band, with the view OF ascertaining
the umbilid connections, bearing on
physiological manifestations in the fetal
life of beings. - PhiladelaoItiG Tele-
O9d31h. Feb. I'm.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

8, 900 per annum to the children of DR.. Liv-
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

had with Sarah. -
Qnieting her ats< s,@s<w7
" claring 'em all onseShe
began in low, solema q
"Onct upon time. way
Keutuck', there lived q man -
awful rich, and had heap (s6n' heaps
o nice things in his dark ceksar. Bet
ties an bottles O. wine, bar'ls an bar'ls
o. cider. an lots an lots o. b ans, barls
and bar'Is o. bacon, an bins IN bins o.
apples, an jars an jars~o' sSseetmeats,
an boxes an boxes 6zras an O
piles O. good things to eat, 'that dark
cellar"
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

st. Jerome, who was sadly worried
in the desert By his recollections OF the
dancing-girls q Rome, went step fur
ther than Juvenal, and protested that
ga good woman was more rare than
phoenix = phrase in which the saint
rhetoric can o4ly be saved at the ex-
pense of his ofaithology.
As for st. Basil, who devoted himself
to improving tie female mind and heart,
his opinion OF somen puts her on the
level with thoss flies aud gnats in the
midst of which st. Macerius passed
forty days and nights, by way of pun
isbing himself Tor having killed gnat
that bit him. All the saints of the
church. let us ssake haste to say, are
GRaries G2t f9 BeFsa Isass,s21l noblsi s5
gentleman was Sses saassSSgs
grace to own that but iof the " dss4ss2 3.
5e%nl9 feeni9g sex, aos6 4,' asslsls m
Bishop of 'aPtiy al. !. -
de Sales, whom ng1.- @E@
tate and no slsnSf-s -
Order Of ths s,3s s / III ,o1 me- ai'a,.;t,,
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

FANNY kEMBLE was Onoo 01l.l1 Y"
clerical friends a story OF Sir Hai
smith. whoacommanded troop OF horse'
at Waterloo. He knew nothing OF me
rot Ie;.;, his staff and said, " "Come. sir, get
yoT troop in motion get your troop IN
notion - (which way, sir 2" asked
Cir Harry. AS she gave the dukes re,
Nv nv sbe rose like tragedy queen, and
With p cienched hand, shouted, /" For
ward sir. by God - The cle-symen
49, roewbat startled.
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

ON blic buildings in that city. The senate
rest1hed consideration of the bill to equalize
the distribution Of currency. An amendment
was oheFed, providing that the secretary of
the treasury shall retire destroy dollar OF
legal tender spotes for each dollar in national
e &c. Several other amendments
bpo Iband discuss ed, but nothing def
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

TIE GIRL AND THE PHrno& si---
A Kate we tripping up
(No lassie e'er looked -.
An 1unco chiel in cap
Ono mortal e'er looked
Accosted Kitty 10 the strs
AS she was going TO or
And robbed her OF kiss -
Saving-"I ara ThuoRle '0','
AMI gave his cap a
"Are YOU oh phi
While he bewailedN
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
WEST,

The temperance epidemic has reached
Manch ester, Iowa, and Lincoln, Neb.
Pe.it .itions are in circulation in Chica-