The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

twelve, sat on log at the shore of tn
lake to bathe her feet, and getting int
day dream, did not notice that the 10,
had fioated out into the lake. Suddenly
realizing her position, she lost presenc,
of mind and sprang into the water
Strange to say, this is the sixth chilC
her parents have lost by drowning.
WILL give to any clergyman in Sar
Francisco $1,000 in gold to substantiat'
that the death of Voltaire was not a
peaceful as the coming of the dawn
They say Tom Payne died in fear, il
agony, hearing devils rattle chains in the
other room, and that the Infinite Goo
went to work to frighten a dying man
will give reward of 81, 900 in gold to
anybody who will substantiate the truth
of that story.-Bob Iagers0H
DURING the fire of September, 1776,
which destroyed so large a portion of
lower New York, including old Trinity
church, the royal arms were taken from
the latter edifice and carried to a place
of safety. When the leyalists subse-
quently emigrated to st. John, New
Brunswick, in 1888, they took these
arms with them and when Trinity church
was built some five years later, they
we're hung up in the new edifice. Here
they remained until the fire of last week
destroyed the church and all its contents.
Mr.. Barry Sullivan, the English actor,
has lately had a curious operation per-
formed upon his eye. He was accident
ally struck by sword in the sensitive
organ some months ago, while playing
Rickard III. The eye mas never since
completely healed, and the physician
concluded that some foreign substance
must have lodged in the eyebaH The
necessary operation was performed and an
eyelash was removed, which had been
thrust in at the point of the sword. Mr..
Sullivan is now recovered.
A MAMMOTH concert was given at the
CRYSTAL Palace, London, in aid of the
Welsh imprisoned miners, and their gal
liant rescuers. The conductor was Mr..
Brinley Richards, and one of the chief
attractions was the singing of solos by
the miner who cheered the spirits OF his
fellow prisoners by singing hymns to
them in their dark dungeon of coal. He
sang before the cultivated London
audience the same melodies that had
supported the rude miners in their hour
of trial.
In Paris, in 1713, women wore above
their silly little skulls "ediices of brass
wire, ribbons, hair and all sorts of tawdry
rubbish, more than two feet high, max
ing their heads seem in the middle of
their bodies. If they moved ever so
lightly, the edifice trembled and the in
convenience was extreme. The king,
Louis XIV, could not endure them, but,
master as he was of everything, was I'M
able to Danish them. They lasted ten
years and more, despite all he could do
and say"
The receipts of internal revenue for the
fiscal year ending June 80 will reach
s119,O0O,0eO. an increase of $2,0O0,000
over the receipts for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1876. The receipts were
estimated at s12O, 600, 900, and the com
missioner of internal revenue thinks this
sum would have been exceeded by about
$4,000, 600 If it had not been for uncer-
tainty occasioned by the proposition to
reduce the tax on spirits. The total re-
ceipts of the government for the current
fiscal year win considerably exceed the
expenditures
WoMAN's SPHERE.-As house -mistresse
and as mothers, women have duties to
erform quite as important in their re-
suits, if not so extensive in their area, as
any that fall to the lot of men. As to the
former, the comfort and happiness of a
greater or less number of people depends
principally on them as TO the latter, they
1DHuCnCC anu A1OlC buc genera
ton, and so are the ultimate sources
whence flow the current of events, and
the creators of the characters in which
history is to be written. But for the
most part they enter on these important
duties with no preparation that can be
called serious or sufficient, and act as if
knowledge comes by the grace of nature.
A NUMBER of American women wrote
to Charles Reade, thanking him fer his
defense of the woman doctors in Edin-
burg in his new novel. In reply, he
acknowledges the courtesy of the letter
and returns thanks for the encourage
ment it has given him. The American
women who seek to become doctors have
not, Mr.. Reade, says, obstacles of so Sc
we're nature to contend with as their
English sisters have. The American
women have a higher degree of fortitude,
and their nation is too brave, chivalrous,
and just to persist in siding with the
strong against the weak. Mr.. Reade
wishes he were twenty years younger
and in better health. so that he might
become the champion of cause the sue
cess Of which he has so close at heart.