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The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
Shall and VIII.

Richard Grant White, writing in the
Galaxy. says " AS to shall and will
something may doubtless be done by
study and by taking Sgonght to check
bad habitgY 80 y s-->ys s-,lt o. nm
most commonly made il the use of these
words, and the one theefore most care
fully to be avoided, is the use of will
for shall and of the corresponding would
for should. Shall is much less often
used for will. And yet in the word
shilly-st ally, which is upon everybody's
lip, Is petrified the rule and the evan
pie in regard to shall and will. Shilly-
s1allY is merely colloquial corruption
of Ill I? Shall I? and thus e1M
pres the condition Of a man who
vasSrr-Ning between twocourses of COT
duct. 1t has been made into parti-
ciple, perhaps even into verb. A man
who stands shilly-shallying about a
woman as the ladies say, is a man
who, as they also sometimes say, doesn't
know his own mind about her-mental
condition for which the sex has not the
highest respect. Now no one would
say that a man stood asking himself,
VIII /? VIII I?' and yet such is es-
sentially the mistake most frequently
made in regard to the sse of these
words in conversation. We hear peo-
pie say, What will I do?' and even
VIII l do thus or so? the offenders in
these cases being generally of what
some people humorously cali the Hiber-
man persuasion-an expression, by the
way, for which there is no authority
of very respectable standing and an
tiqdity. Among people of Anglo-Saxon
race and of average education the mis-
take, when made, most commonly takes
the indicative form, thus viii go to
bed elegantly, retirel at ten o'clock to-
night we viii breakfast at eight
tomorrow ; instead of i shall go to
bed,' &C., We shall breakfast, sc"
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
Chicory in Ground Coffee.

A preliminary examination of coffee
for admixture is best made by gently
strewing the powder upon the surface
of cold water. The oil contained Ia
coffee prevents the particles from
being readily wetted by the water,
thus causing them to hoat. Chicory,
burnt sugar, etc, contain no oil, and
their caramel is very6 uickly extracted
by the water, with production of a
brown color, while the particles them
selves rapidly sink to the bottom of the
water. On stirring the liquid, coffee
beco mes tolerably uniformly diffused
vi. hout sensibly coloIing the water,
while chicory and other sweet roots
quickly give a dark brown turbid in
fusion Roasted cereals do not give so
distinct color.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04

besiegers, in their rage set fire to and de-
stroyed houses outside of the walls.
Carlist advices state that two hun
dred Republican volunteers who were march
ing to the relief of Puigcerda were captured
by the Royalists The perfects of depart
ments in the south of France have received
special instructions for the minister of the
interior to use every effort to prevent the sale
of arms to the Carlists.
7. w. Cardozo, colored, was arrested
in Jackson, Miss. last week, on an affidavit
made by S. C. Carter, charging CORDOBA with
fraudulently issuing jury and witness certif-
Gates while circuit clerk of Warren county.
BE was taken to Vicksburg, appeared before
Justice of the peace, waived examination, and
failing TO give the required bond Of $4,000
was sent to jail
Over two hundred Carlists have been
killed and many wounded in the attack ON
Puycerda. The Republican garrison have
nineteen barrels OF dynamite with which they
will blow up the place if the Carlists succeed
in carving il fps,ee 81 Grs's-.- -sssss-'--'1
twenty four miles southeast of
Lagrouo. on the 25th ultimo, and sacked the
houses, levied contribution of LOO from
the clergy, shot four volunteers freed the
conviets and burned the railway station.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
No Beauties at Saratoga.


Olivia, writing from Saratoga 10 the
Philadelphia Press, says: There are
twenty thousand strangers in Saratoga,
and no handsome women: but it must
not be inferred the writer speaks en-
tirely from personal observation. A
beauty is known and talked about here
just the same IS the winning horse at
the race. Her antecedents are almost
as carefully noted, especially the solid
part OF her expectations, for here, mole
than elsewhere, wealth makes the man
and want of it the fellow. SorrOwful
but true, we have no more gorgeous,
purple-haired brunettes from the south,
for the element wkics produced the
rarG G-avis is extinct, ~ race of blue
eyed, swan-throates -yangeliDes of
New England must Nse died when
Longfellow finished his immortal book.
The Knickerbockers in the long ago,
stronger and more powerful of muscles,
are still represented by their descen-
dants here but alas alas the noble
Roman nose of the ancient dame has
become a beak in her great-great-
grandchild, The sharp, keen wind of
New York harbor shas- fattened her
chest. and another frightful law of ma
ture has drawn the rounded curves Of
perfect womanhood into acute angles.
Ugh ugh Does all this come to pass
to prove Macaulay's awful picture true
of the future barbarian fisherman stand
ing in gloomy solitude on the bank of
the Thames 2"
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
Jew Apparatus for steering Balloons.


The London Times says: ''The in
ventor of the balloon steering apparatus
which is awaiting trial by the war de-
partment at Woolwich is Mr.. c. A.
B3wdler, y hose plan has been under
the consideration Of the war office for
two years past. 1t has been subjected
to some preliminary trials by means of
models on more than one occasion.
These trials being made within doors
and in a still atmosphere, are said to
have demonstrated he practicabihVy of
navigating balloons in a still atmos-
phere. The object of the forthcoming
! perinerts- scetfain Sshati.er the
same end can be attained In the open
air under slightly adverse circun =
stances, for to sail the balloon IN oppo-
sition to a strong wind is at present un-
ttodght Of. It Will be regarded as a
great and important result II the bal
loou can be steered even a single point
from the direction of the wind, though
there be ever SO slight a breeze. The
inventor, with Mr.. Coxwell and Mr..
Orton, another we'll known aeronaut,
who is taking an interest and some part
in the experiments, was again at the
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, yesterday,
making arrangements for the ascent
with Lieut.. Edwards, r. E., who is in
charge of the works department, but
the wind was again unfavorable, blow
ing with considerable velocity and
directly seaward. The steering appa-
ratus brought down in cab, c6psists of
a screw propeller like that of x ship, of
metal made as light as possible, and is
to be fixed to the car horizontally, and
made to turn at the rate of about four
teen revolutions per second by means of
some simple machinery worked by a
single hand winch in the car A simi-
lar screw, fixed vertically, and worked
by the same gear, is designed for rails
ing and depressing the balloon without
any expenditure of gas or ballast. and
a disk shaped rudder of canvas to steady
the balloon completes the apparatus.
Mr.. Coxwell much prefers the small
screw propellers, which are but three
feet in diameter, to those proposed by
a French aeronaut, whieb are to be six
teen feet high, and are therefore re-
garded as unmanageable and dangerous
to the balloon, especially In the descent.
The screw will probably be made some
what larger if the trial is in the least
degree successful, but ii is considered
preferable to increase Stheir power, if
necessary, but multiplying the speed of
revolution by the use of some other
motive power than manual force, either
electricity or atmospheric pressure or
even the stem engine-an agent whicha
has hitherto been discarded on account
Of its necessary weight and the risk at
tending it. Mr.. Coxweu has recently
instructed two detachments of the Ger
man army in military ballooning, but
steering balloons formed no part of the
drill, the principal purpose of which
was to teach the troops the use of cap
tive balloons for accommodating. He
was engaged by the English government
ten years ago for a similar object,
4, gsrioIis 7irecficns For tie ,7rrgoea 81
ol,sarvokfo, -
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
Bouo1oAu1r saws American theatres

BoUcIoAULT says American theatres
are infinitely superior to those of Lon
don or Paris. They are better con-
structed, better ventilated, and much
more cheerful in their inner surround
ines. Besides" he said TO a New
York reporter, 'your audiences seem
to treat actors better tksan ours. You
are quick to see good point, either in
the acting or in the play, and you are
generous enough to reward the man
who has pleased you with enthusiastic
applause. There is no doubt about it,
the American theaters are the finest in
the world. As for your scenery, / ne
yer saw play put on the stage in Eng
land is so magnificent manner as
have seen it In New York"
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
The Real Rich Man:

Many a man is rich without money.
Thousands of men with nothing IN
their pockets are rich. A nam born
with a good sound constitution, a good
stomach, good heart, good limbs, and
a pretty good head-piece, is rich Good
bones are better than gold tough mus.
cles better than silver; and nerves tnns
fash fire and carry energy to every
function are better than houses or lano.
It is better than q landed estate 70 lave
the right kind of father or mother.
Good breeds and bad breeds exist among
men as really as among herds ana
horses. Education may do mucn "
check bad tendencies or 10 develop yoSe 's.'
ones: IL is n greater thing 10 inheri. '..I ...3
right proportion Of faculties 20 ,oeS ..-'
with. The man is rich who hhs "a.
disposition-who is naturally nn''
tient, cheerful, and hopeful
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
SILK INDUSTRY In AMERICA.
The Rise and Present Status OF the silk
Trade.

Trade.
The second annual report of the silk
association of America gives a vast
amount of statistical and other infor-
nation in regard to this new and rising
industry. In the report of the seere-
tary, Mr.. Franklin Allen, the gratify-
ing fact is noted that when, during the
months following the financial panic,
many mills nroducing other textile ia
brics were Ss0aer wholly closed or re-
duced to a ruinous running time, the
reduction from the usual hours of labor
in all the silk mills was but twelve per
cent. In no quarter was any general
cessation recorded. The value Of the
capital invested ia the silk trade at the
close of the year 1873 amounted to S15,-
9SS, ,S77. The number of hands en-
ployed during the year was 1866 OF
whom 7,20S we're females. The amount
of wages distributed in the aggregate
was So, ,722, ,9SS. The value of the pro-
ducts for the same year was Sl9, ,s94,-
S74. -of-@<sl.ioh -NSz- Jersey yielded
IS, 615. 083 worth. Deducting from the
rand total floss silk, fringe silk, train
and organdine as not being articles Of
complete manufacture, to the amount
of "a, 756, ,377, leaves a total of Sl6,
157, 500 of complete American silk mar
uiacture. The largest item was ma
chine twist, s., 658, ,332, ribbons follow
ing with S2,652, oil; passementarie,
81, ,460, 500 haDdkerchiefs and neckties,
81 1888, ,617; broad silks, 81 259, 300; pom
gees, sewing silk, trimmings and laces,
making up the remainder. The only
department from which any specialcom-
plant is heard is that OF laces, which
has been story of partial failure. In
speaking of dress goods the report says:
"The close proximity of this market
to China and Japan, the two great silk
producing countries of the world, which
the opening of the Pacific railway and
tie semi-monthly sailing of the Pacific
Mail Steamship company's' steamers has
rendered available for this industry,
yields an advantage which the Euro
pean manufactures, while they deride
the efforts made here, cannot fail to see.
In speaking of adverse tariff legislation
the petition for a reduction of duty in
connection with an exhibition of Amer
ican Brussels, guidure and Spanish
laces, it says, They evidenced a graft
flying Improvement in this branch of
industry, which would doubtless be
much enlarged by additional capital
and additional skilled labor, were the
difficulties at least partially removed.
The report closes with a detailed re-
port of the second annual dinner of the
association on May 18th last.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. o. N. Kelly, secreEary OF the
natiofia1 grange organization, reports steady
increase of the membership of the order and
of the number of the lodges. The increase
of the latter for August is about four hun
dred
The sixty days notice of the Freed
mems savings bank expiredlast 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 Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
Germanr,s Population

The recent German census shows that
the non-German inhabitants of the
Empire number 3.540, 900, or eight per
cent. They consist of 22O, 900 French
speaking people in Alsace-L Lorraine, and
10000 French and Walloons in the
Rhine provinces, 2,45O, 600 Poles, 15O.-
600 Lithuanians, 80, 900 Danes in
North Schleswig, IS, 600 Wends in
Brandenbug and Silesia, and 50, 900 in
in Silesia. and $4,000 foreigners. The
Protestant clergy number 16, 600. while
the Roman Catholics have 90 COO
priests, 500 monasteries and converts.
twen'y bishoprics, five archbishops'
and three Wears apostolic. OF tbe
wenty-one universities, Berlin heads
he list with 3,573 students, Leipsic
tanding ext with 2,032, Rostock with
30, being the smallest.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
Railroad Casualties in July.

The Railroad Gazette states that dur
ing July there was total of Ga railroad
accidents. whereby 20 persons were
killed and 104 suffered serious injury.
Nine accidents caused the death of one
or more persons, 16 others injury but
not death, and 80 accidents, or 61 per
cent. of the whole number, caused no
serious injury to any person.
For the year ending with July the
record is as follows.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
THE VISIT.
g The sweetest woman 5er fate
Perverse denied a household mate. - THITTIEI

The sweetest woman ser fate
Perverse denied household mate. ~ HITTIE
~Tis twilight of the day,
and twilight Of the year;
The le2ges are turning scar,
The gh en-ts growing gray.
It is little room,
50 neatly dressed and still
Which fostered roses fill
it'll subtlest OF perfume.
A zephyr lurking by,
Betrays the curtained bed
Did ever mortal head
On either pillow lie2
That pantomimic fire
How clear its cOzy glow:
IL gestures ever so,
Behind the woven wire.
But hushl The lady comes.
As softly as the hours;
'Tis sTeeter than her 1ow'rs-
The melody she huns.
She deftly locks the blind,
And draws the night-shade low;
While with her gown Of snow
The kitten toys behind.
Her hands are fauItIess fair.
Hs5 H}ayeR llii5se6iy air
For such lowly place,
She sits and bows her head
What do the shadows say p
Her volume Of the day
Lies open and unread.
The beauty of her face,
Where lives dreamy light,
No suffering shall blight,
Nor weary years erase.
She sighs-now lifts above
The worship OF a tear:
And angels waiting near,
Record wounded love.
-Seribner's.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04

The average per day for July is 2:06
accidents, 0.65 killed, and 1856 injured !;
for the year it is 296 accidents, 0.68
killed, and ZIG injured. While the
daily average of accidents for July is
much below that of the year, the aver
age number killed is nearly the same,
and the average injured is over one
half greater.
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
OF THE WEEK

[lIkfc,s, s1IU lssEITOtGS 5tIIIIIa1y
yeek at his residence in Jersey
the government of New
the year ending August was in
5ers 50,OOO 600. The debt in the
was considerably increased
Secretary of the emigration board
York estimates that for the present
The emigration wiz be about 135, 900, so
Ehe comparison stands as follows For
:26s, ,s1s; 1874, 1876, 600.
se commission of engineers to re-
xson the improved plan OF outlet at the
9TH of the Mississippi, have left for Europe
and viii visit the Po, Danube and Rhine. in
order to personally inspect those rivers, and
obtain such information as may be applicable
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04

and calculation, that there REQUIRED to
you on the instant the wolf in the cloth
ing of the sheep? And, after having
caught these hints, did you not search
the length and breadth of the town in
the hope that this perve sion o-youth
fulness was not a characteristic of the
place-and were you not overwhelm-
ingly disappointed ?-C Cor. APptetOn's
.E1lLr1lnk
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04
SPAIN.

III 1t is thought that 10, 900 men will be
added to the Spanish army by the conecrip-
ton.
s1he Carlists made two determined
ssaulta on Pancerda, last week. but without
set Both attacks we're repused, and the
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04

was nice to you, wssnS ~ What on
earth"
Then the good, stupid fellow kissed
her again.
were not we'll" he soid. You took
foolish notions-women always do"
Eyes. 7 know il w5s foolish now +"
she said, every foolish.
But in her heart she made worse ac
cusations against herself than that.
Mr.. Waldo called cpee more after
this. but Mrs. Winner was so distantlv
polite that he called 20 more. He be-
iieved he had made aE hstake In asking
her to ,s KISS ;, hiEq.s iI1- she had be, be,
would not fljfs .Tes g y. interest in
her. s...P 60
The Lrunsuly y Vase.
London pape9l;.ses long let
ter on the subjec "a sae Brunswick
onyx vase. Frona y srInation con-
~ Z. the. . !, - - \ the follow
!. !. - . 8
tives sef note, the Mantuan onyx re-
mained in London till 1914, when it re-
tured to Brunswick with the long ex-
lied princes OF the duchy.+ For a time
1t seemed as If nothing more could now
threaten the peaceful rest of the wan
derer; but in 1880, wien the reigning
Duke Charles heard his people clamor-
ing for his downfall, arasaw his palace
in flames, he bethought him of his
Mautuan treasure before he sought
safety in flight; and haung sent a con-
I fTr.t fri Z IL
ducal museum, he carried it away with
him. Thenceforth nothing was known
of 1t. No one ever saw it during the
Duke; and, when the city of Geneva,
wishes, claimed as his universal residu-
airy legatee all his works Of art, fruit-
less search was made for the long
examination of the ducal
treasures, 1t was noticed that a shred of
flannel protruded from the base of a
metallic vase which appeared to be of
very little value. On q closer inspec-
tion this vase was found to be split
lengthways, and to be excessively heavy
when compared with another vase of
Identical form and external appearance
Will WHICH IL oGtLltu 10 lDIL4 pair.
On separating the split surfaces the
onyx came to view perfectly intact and
and thus the mystery of its
supposed disappearance was at once
Geneva art-lovers we're
overjoyed at the discovery, but their
hopes of calling a peerless beauty their
own were shattered by Ehe claim set mp
by the reigninP Duke Of Brunswick for
the Mantuan onyx as an inalienable
heirloom of his family and now, after
a second seq paration of thirty-four years.
the gem is restored to the ducal muse
um OF Brunswick. Since its unexpected
resusM ation, various drawings "a
phot} aphs have appeared of it
Germ&y, and, among these, the best W
a waite color sketch by Professor A.
which gives a very correct rep
of the figures with which it
is decorated "
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04

JUNrUs HENRI BROWNE calls the dead
ss the silent majority. That is a yerv
fne,--a ught, and now let Junius sto. :
partl| This name IN the middle. 4
The Hickman courier., 1874-09-04

Ov IL Sc, 600, 900 worth OF property
has been b1ried in the American Iatos
since the introduction of steam,
, 1874-05-13
INDIANA.

The Valparaiso Messenger suatainB Grants
yeto mossgro. Iu politics the Messenger is lnue-
pendent. It haa heretofore been Democratic
papor. =, ,>u,,ao, ;too,,
editorially:,
We reaard the action OF tho President as honest and
for tho 6eat interests Of THO country Currency tmG
erng py Go ao aI or a m
presalou The President has done h!s duty ftarssss
In opposition to ea,s Watmcat ir1enua Aha 1'ulAnAd
crca test states1Nal. no.. -
The oreouilold Nesos is independent and
ngallsk the yot0.
TLo Indiana Volksfieuna published at Fort
Wayne, IL III indopondent Republican paper, OPP
noses iuA. ton; aud inllo16eH the Presidents
veto. In foot.note the editor says: hope
you will hive complete returns, for; feel confl-
lilo moro e,nphatioally 1t will disproyo tho Bngn-
lar mistake, that tho Western press, AZ body,
Is III favor OF imitation" :, :,
The Groencaattc Banner is Republican IN poll
tics, but is opposed to tho yoto behaving It to Do
triumph OF oapital over tho maasa6 OF all SEC
tions. This paper il in favor OF puro GREEN
pAoK currency, and enough Of 1t for tho logiti-
| mate warts Of trado This IL not intuition. The
| interchaugoablo.bond System ia the correct
thing.
It IL not often We hayo OCCASION to compliment tas
President for his aesA but ln this iuBtalcn Ills siwa
on the eyila Of rroeemabio papor. aud e necessity .}
wo arc constrnied 10 nppaud the nessage and lease
10 the Presidents friends monopoly Oh tn' a''A'n''
| mas which It's delivery has ovoked
Democratic aud llboral In regard to all political
cal matters, mud opposed to the veto OF tue oul
ronoy bill. Our motto IT,, substitute currency
for bonds Just aH fast as tue bonds can ho bonElt
up with gold which w. sop ino i H'toii,v nsod
| no ,,;taI cn1i do no country aIlY 6Q0us
, 1874-05-13

ON THE FENCE.

Iu;aoia-Cairo Gazette, oarlInyillo Democrat, Gem
trpiia Sentinel, Decatur .llepublieal, DeKAlb Nova,
Gouvsco Nopnbic, Heary County Nows, Joliet Ropub-
ucun, Vanlalta Un!on-0.
Decentralization Journal-1. '' -
Nebrusxu-Omala Dce-1.
, 1874-05-13
It Will Mako a Horrible. Example Of
One, and Dc Avoided by .'
'" Others.
Our Correspondence.
A Comprehensive Survey Of the Political
Situation in the West.
Notable Increase in the Number Of
Editors Who Are Independent,

On the I'd If 1fay The CHICAGO TRIBUNE aont
out circular letter aa followg:
nesota. Io,sa, hissouri. Kunsas, ani Netraska
Please inform ua, BY return n,atl how your paper e
rcncy bill !; also how claaa!Aed In politics.
There Is great interest to know tha attitude Of the
Western press On this question. . 40 r..s =.
Tho anawers received to date so nearty oovor
tho whole field Tint ,wo, now givo tho result:
, 1874-05-13
THE ROLL OF THE PRESS.
SUSTAIN THE VETO.

Names Of Republican newspapers prlntea in Roman
typo; Democratic Opposition, in itaoi 1naepend
ent md neutral, III SMALL cArIrALa.]
, 1874-05-13

- -&- ,
NnIa Sxru1A.s'J 80
Tos1i H'os1i,o p,os. al.
f.r,S,s1,own S1aT ~ ~ H.-,yoonir
,I1wrn1'p - y Gr.Tr,w w.1
'T1nr,H ia,,;s'ai;a nt~is I.+,ias,
1sr M"c,,,,'i' Io,,rI'r1
rsh.,jt 'ifeassn1,.r
Wattnnn .fn,,m,nj
Iiaitoe,. fMn, ,,t,crhfa1.,,
, SfnI'r.rsnnrn EnA
Mrr,.ornI1s ,n Ts,Mys.
Hfni,nsn,,tt, | 4f1as
9iontircito nen,,f,Ii,an.
1ior,.ison 9cuf|neis :.
Nfonn1sos s Ign1:psnpEsr,
1iS,i,,i fYiv .jo1ir1ai.
Sjt' Enr3,,a{ I)s,uocras-, -
MI. Car1nel lteulstcr.
III Stertfnn' Iitnnn..
Htt' Vernon Hews.
& &A;aahpi!,s I)eulocTat,
Hs,oto,. PTtss:.
OI,lev T'ipIfx. ..
0urGoH 0nAhoR.
1rero1i'l 'lis,,ortor. '>
T.yrnn jn15nNAL.
Eskit, :If,nts;,.;;,,,
i,oor.a Tra,,ycrlpt
J,.,oyjn |J.nltcrat.
pcs,rtn XoIt,lnr.
1s.o,1 IicraId.
rtsrrs6,trG Ijsniocrat,
j,Errual,Uuo T1A,Ey,
1o,,tien Se,,titla1.
rrinceion liot,llhllcau.
1,,inrv (,uiI.
1Ssl,ir,snn Aruua. -
1sc1.C Tn1la T1t,0rena.
STs ciIsnIEa GIsANo@
nA1'EA Auspn1t, .,Its q -.t,1 ,'
tMs,v,,sety'sn q. ! ,yn ri n,rt NAVE.