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The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
coon words ADoCr WOMEN.

"'There are but two fine things IN ire
world says Malherbe, women and
r,ses." Lessing exclaims: Womenp
the masterpiece of the universe" Bour-
don saws: "The pearl is the image OF
purity, but women is Purer than the
nearl y Thackery writes A good
woman is the loveliest flower that blooms
under heaven" Bolzac says: Even
the errors of women spring from her faith
in the good" coltarie declares; -Ali
the reasoning Of men are not worth one
sentiment of woman. Lamartine asserts
that "women have more heart imagina-
alton than men" Otway exclaims
+" On women lovely womenl Nature
made thee to temper men. We had been
brutes without you" To which Mark
Twain adds: 4" But for you We should
he nothing, for we should not be here
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25

DURING twenty-five years Of hisreisn
the Russian car has failed TO indorse :
single sentence to capital pun'snns-1s .,s
From 1855 to 1860, two hundred
twenty-five sentences were subm''''4
him and set aside.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Hans and Frit=.


Hans and Fritz were two Deutehers who lived side
Remote from the world. its deceit and its pride;
With their pretzels and beer the spare moments
spent
nd the fruit OF their labor were peace and content
Hans purchased a horse of a neighbor one day,
And, lacking part Of the Geld-as they say
Made call upon Fritz 10 solicit loan,
To help him to psy for his beautiful roam.
Fritz kindly conse.ted the money to nd,
emarking-hs own simple language to quote
- Berhaps ii bedder make us noe"
The note drawn up in their primitive way
g /, Hans. gets from Fritz feefty tolars today -
When the question arose, the note being made,
81 Nich Won holds dot baper until n vos bald ?'
- ou geeps dot" says Fritz, "und den you viii
know
Yeu owes me dot money" SAYS Hans: ." Dot 50 /;
Dot makes me remembers haf dot TO bay,
Und prings you der note und der money some
day"
a month had ex pired when Hans as agreed,
Paid back the amount, aud from d"bt be was freed.
Says Fritz, Now cot settles us." hans replies,
Now who dakes dot baper accordings by law2
al geeps dot, now, aind't it," says Fritz; den
you
alwsvs remembers you bald dot to me-"
Says Hans, Dot is 50. il vOs now shusi so biain
Dot l know vot do no ven pOrrows again"
AppfsfOHS' Journal.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
| talked with a minion from her ms

:. I talked VIII uIll11O IIOuI HeI ud
iesty's dominions. Says |, -" Where are
YOU going ?" Says he, To hide hoe"
SAYS I, What are are you going to hide
a hoe for?" Says be, Il didn't say
hide hoe; 1 said hide hoe" Says I,
"Spell it." Says he, "l,d-a-h-o." ooh,
says I. sIdado.'" Yes" says he,
ss Hide a hoe"
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25

Under the modified marriage law oi
Indiana, licenses may be issued to youths
of eighteen and girls of sixteen. The
tendency OF this is to extend the divorce
business,
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25

The custom of serving dinners to the
mourners at funerals stiIl prevails in por
tions of Lebanon county, Pennsylvania
On one occasion lately nearly five hun
dred persons partook.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25

THE selectmen OF Boston, one hundred
wears ago, leased the public lands and
buildings at auction. The ordinanc"
provided: +" The premises H. be so leased
shall be set up at public auction or sale,
by an inch of candle, and that at the in
slant in which the candle shall expire
the person last bidding tie highest or
the greatest annual rent for the same
hall be declared the lessee ofthe same
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
Railroad ChTisttan Sssociatiom.

Railway men are generally considered
somewhat unsusceptible to religious in
fuences, but recent results show that
this impression should be modified.
Railroad Christian associations are nu-
merous and Elective, and within the last
four years have extended to almost every
part of the railway system of the coun-
try. Mr.. Lang Sheaf, of Cleveland, who
is known as "the bishop of railroad
men," in a recent address, made some
very interesting statements. There are
now thirty Christian associations of rail
way men in the United States. At Al
toona, where an association has for some
time been in operation, over l POO rail
road men attended one meeting recently,
and fifteen hundred persons were added
to the churches of that city as the result
of four months work At Jersey City
three meetings were beld. and an organi-
zatien formed. Great work had been
accomplished also in New York, Spring
field, Boston and other places. At Bal
timore over 80 men attended the first
meeting, and the local associations were
meeting with wonderful success. Over
two hundred and fifty conversions have
been made among railroad men in the
city of Erie during the past fourteen
months. At Port Morris, n. j., over
two hundred railroad men had been con-
verted. and some trains were manned
from conductor to breakman by Chris
tian men. We don't suppose that the
railway service would be injured at all if
a good many more officers and men did
likewise Raiivoy Age.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
Gods Uogd IHn,ufa6lc.

If argument Is needed to prove the
immutability of the Word Of God, it
viii surely be sufficient to appeal to the
testimony of the past. Through sixty
centuries which have borne perpetual
testimony to the changeabIeness of every
thing human, which have altered even
the emblazoned record of the starry
heavens, and changed the dumb but elo-
quent utterances of the stratihed rocks
beneath our feet, the Word Of God has
not changed in the least particular; not
enc jot or little of it mas failed It's
prophecy has either proven itself a sure
word" in the actual verifcation of it
or it stands awaiting fulfllment at the
pleasure of Him, with whom ca thou
sand years are as one day
There is not one prophetic utterance
in the sacred canon yet unfulflled, of
which human reason can say without
blushing for its perverseness, that it is
not likely to be fulfilled. The testimony
of history to the truth of Divine Prpho-
ecy would put such cavils to instant
shame. The moral history of our race
is grand volume of proof Of tie fixed
ness of the Divine world The curse
pronounced against sin, and the blessing
declared as the fruit Of righteousness,
have had fulfllments innumerable in
national, social and individual experience,
until we should sooner expect the sea-
sons to change places, than the curse
and the blessing to be inverted or to
cease. What has been for so long a
period as six thousand years, we may
well conclude, by the deductions of
human logic aud irrespectively of divine
affirmation, will be while time endures.
From the past we may read the future
in respect of Gods eternal government.
The preservation of the literal Word OF
God, amid the successive wrecks of
human literature, and its advancing
power over the minds and iptellects OF
men, are inferential and impressive testi-
monies to the indestructibility and inn
mutability of it's truth.-,Standard
(Chicago)
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
a gsep. dot now, aindt III" says Fritz den
The Reremnes Of me Mind.

[ ALWAYS remembers you bald dot To me-"
Says Hans, " Dot is so il now shust 50 blain
Dot know vot do ven pOrrows again"
4ppi.foHS' ,IDpyark
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
RELIGIOUS.
Sunday School Lesson.

,EcoSD QUARTER, ls77.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01
Louis NapOleOn's Ambition.

When the late Louis Napoleon was a
candidate for the Presidency of the
French republic in 1848, he called upon
Victor Hugo and gave expression to the
following sentiments 81 have come to
have talk with you, and set matters
straight. People calumlliate me. Look
at me. Do I strike you as being in
sane? People suppose [ mean to re-
commence Napoleon's career over again.
There are two men whom man, swayed
by great ambition, might take as mod
els-Napoleon and Washington. One is
man Of genius, the other man of vir-
tue. It would be absurd for a man to
say I shall be genius, but he can say
honestly l mean to be man OF virtue.
It is not within mans power to be a
genius, but he can always be an honest
man. I could only initiate Napoleon in
one thing-a crime. I am not great
mani shall not copy Napoleon but
[ shall be an honest man, and initiate
Washington. Ny name-the name of
Bonaparte-will be inscribed on two
pages of the history of France. On the
one it will be associated with crime and
glory-on the second, with probity and
honor; and the second will, perhaps,
rank higher than the first. Why! Be-
cause, if Napoleon is greater, Washing
ton is better. Between criminal Nero
and good citizen, I choose the good
citizen. Such is my ambition.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01
Bulgarian Burials.

When the head of Bulgarian family
perceives that he is about to die he sends
for the priest and begins to bargain with
him about the cost Of his funeral. The
moment he dies all the pots, pans and
kettles in the house are turned upside
down to prevent his soul taking refuge
in any one of them, and great care is
taken to prevent either man or animal =
especially cat or dog from stepping
across his body, as otherwise, in the
opinion of his family, he would turn into
a vampire and be continual nuisance
to them and to their neighbors. The
body is buried without any coffin in a
shallow grave and left there for three
years, during which time many offerings
of food and wine are placed upon it. At
the end Of the third year the bones Of
the dead man are, dug up, carefully
washed, put into linen bag, laid before
the altar in the village church, and after
receiving the blessing of the priest are
finally buried for good.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01
Gales Great Walk.

There is really very little to say to-
day about Gales attempt at Lille
Bridge, to walk 1900 miles in 1000
hours. He has kept up in a manner
surprising even to those best acquainted
with his powers, and there now seems
very little doubt of his success. All
being well, he will commence his last
mile and half at 5 o'clock this (Satur-
day. afternoon, when it is only reason
able to expect that a large crowd will be
present to witness the conclusion of the
greatest feat ever known in pedestrian
ism. Yesterday Gale walked at a very
fair rate, and by midnight he had COM
pleted 1,473 miles in $50 hours, thus
leaving 81 miles to be walked in 90
hours. His quickest time yesterday for
a mile and half was 81 minutes II Sec
onds, and his slowest 20 minutes Sec
onds. For the benefit of those who are
acquainted with the circumstances under
which this gigantic feat is being carried
out, it may be well to mention some of
the facts connected with the pedestrian
and his undertaking. Gales is over 40
years of age, and has nothing in his ap-
pearance to indicate the great athlete.
It has, however, been marvellous to note,
during the last few weeks, how he has
always been ready within minute or
two of each hour, thus showing the most
surprising ability to do without sleep.
When it is considered that since Aug.
Is Gale has never slept for forty minutes
at a stretch the magnitude of the under
taking will be clearly understood. Gale
does not believe in any strict method of
training, and throughout his walk he has
taken whatever he fancied. Strong
stimulants, however, he INDUCES in very
rarely. Early in the week he found it
easy to fall asleep; but of late, and es-
pecially since his left knee became
troublesome, he has not, on an average,
slept for more than four hours out Of the
twenty-four. Except on rare occasions.
he has walked on the quarter-lnile track,
round which he, of course, has had to go
six times in each hour. Day after day,
despite great physical pain, Gale has
pursued his monotonous task uncom-
plainingly. His performance is alto
gether unprecedented, and, when he has
accomplished his task this afternoon, he
will have the satisfaction of knowing
that he has achieved feat never hither-
to accomplished. London Daily NeaUS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01
The President interviewed.

The President, in conversation this
morning, referred friend to the diff
culties encountered during his admins
tration, and pointed out how it would
have been impossible for him to take
any action which would have satisfied
tine entire Republican party. He found
himself confronted with three questions
of great Importance one related to the
civil-service appointments, one to the
currency, and the most important of all,
in his opinion, was the Southern ques-
ton. Upon this question, as well as
upon the others, it was necessa airy for
him to take immediate action. Others
could talk and consider, and criticise !;
but he must act. Concerning each of
these questions there was large differ
ence of opinion within the Republican
party, and whatever he did was certain
to meet with opposition from one source
or another. He had no resort but to act
in such way as seemed to him to be his
duty, and to leave the wisdom of his &C.
ton to future demonstration. The Pres
ident seemed to emphasize very strongly
the point that the criticisms and opposi-
ton which had come from within the
party were a necessary result of his be-
ing compelled to act upon questions
of great moment, while others had only
to Judge and approve or condemn, which
involved much less responsibility. He
regarded the Southern question as of
immensely greater importance than the
other two, because it affected daily the
peace and happiness OF hundreds of
thousands of people, both white and
black. In regard to the financial ques-
ton, he remarked that, if there was no
President and no Congress, he thought
the action of natural laws would settle
that question. - Washington Cor. NeaU
York Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01

an appreshiashen Nv offs to make it com.
Portable for a man like me. and the
ranks NV the labrin men are likely to be
swelled too fast for my purpus. Wat
chance is ther for one man among 5000.
and all Nv EN- ez keen ez / am?
The temprense movement is hevin a
run up ther, but I Indignantly refoozed
to jine it, I wuz askt to deliver a tenn
prense Letter, but I declined.
"Im not reformed drunkard, sed I.
That's easily fixed" remarked the
rekester. !" All 700 hev to do, is to quit. y
heered one man make a speech on
the street corner.
Rum, like the grasehopper, sed he.
sis burden. / went home last night.
and went to the pantry for suthin to eat,
and it wuz bare. I looked at my wife
and children, and ther they sot, cold and
hungry. Their wuz no food, no fooel, in
the house-what shood hev pervided for
EN- he'd gone for rum. Ez [ looked into
ther pale, pinohed faces, and ther
emasheated forms, awakened conshense
strove with me, and / then and there
took solemn oath never to drink again
-onless wuz asked"
The eleckshun in Ohio is triumph.
but it don't do me any good. Their
amt no way Nv reeching my Postofis for
three years, and I can't wait. I shell be
in the silent tomb before that, and the
worms will be at me. Still, I did my
dooty. PETROLEUM V. MASSEY,
Workingman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01
The Grant-Sumner Quarrel.

Still another version of the Grant
Sumner quarrel is given to the world.
Maj. Ben Perley Poore, the veteran
newspaper correspondent, who was a
guest at Mr.. Summers house at the
time of the misunderstanding, and heard
the conversation which occurred on the
occasion of the Presidents visit to Mr..
Sumner, contributes his recollection of
what then occurred. The Senator was
in bad humor on account of the re-
moval of a personal friend, ex-Congress-
man Ashley, of Ohio, as Governor of
Montana, and at this inopportune time
the President called. The latter is said
to have denounced Ashley in heated and
contemptuous terms, and when, in the
course of the talk, the San Domingo
matter came to be discussed, Sumner
retaliated by freeing his mind about
Babcocks connection with the scheme.
Maj. Poore's understanding of what en-
sued was, that Sumner thought the
President wanted to enlist his services
in defense of Babcock's misapplication
of the secret-service fund. whereas Gen.
Grant only desired to obtain the Sen
ator's support of the treaty for the acquisi-
ton Of the Dominican republic. It seems
the conference ended without clear
conception by either party of the 9TH
er's views and intentions, and that is
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01
THE LITTLE FOLKS.

Telling Fortune.
Youlittle maid, give me your hand;
You need not cross my own with gold.
The stars hardly understand,
But-truth enough you shall be told.
First, you 1UiU travel-here and there,
Through miles and miles Of night and day,
From somewhere forward to somewhere
With SHOWS and blossoms all the way.
Your journey will be longor brief!
IA If long, some bitter fruit will blow,
Through stormy bough and frosty leaf,
From all these pretty flowers, you know.
cannot help these things for you.
/ only think it had been best
If Eve, before the apple grew,
Had let the bud die in Der breast.
Yes, yes do forget. Oh, dear!-
You blush and ask for wedding rings?
Why, thirteen Mays Where did you hear,
Poor child, of all these foolish things?
But you will be anun, and fade
In serge, like Sister Edith there
And wish-that converts were not made,
And you had kept,your lovely hair
No; since you have pleasant face,
You will be-Madam This or That,
And tire of pearls and paint and lace,
And every mirror you look at.
No; in some cottage you will wear
just what you can, think, and try
To make the best of your sweet share
Of this fine world-and sometimes cry!
There lido not fold your hands, + pray
Though folded hands end every tale);
Make haste and broider, while you may,
The first buds in your-bridal veil
lr8 S. NJ. b. PiGtt, IN November Wide-AacGke.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01
Congressional Exemption from Arrest.

It is an error to suppose that the
privilege of Senator or Representa-
tive in Congress exempts him from ar
rest in all cases when he is in attendance
during session of Congress, or is on his
way to, or his return home from, the
place of meeting. There are three classes
of crimes or offenses that are not en-
braced by the privilege" which exempts
them from arrest, viz treason, any fell
ony, bad breach Of the peace, and these
classes are thought to include indictable
offenses. The "privilege" set forth in
the constitution was ordained during the
period when Imprisonment for debt pre-
vailed everywhere, and was chiefly de-
signed to prevent the use of process for
arrest for debt being used to harass
members Of Congress for political pur-
poses, by preventing their attendance
when political object was to be gained
by their absence. Senators and mem
bers may be arrested at any time, like
all other people, whether Congress is in
session or not. if they are charged with
treason, felonies or breaches of the peace.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01
Clerical Statesmen.

There have been two or three mem
bers of the United States Senate who
were preachers. Of these, we recall
Everett, OF Massachusetts; Colquitt, of
Georgia; and Upton, of Nebraska. In
the House there have been a few minis
tiers, notably Hilliard, of Alabama, and
Seelye, of Massachusetts,. There has
been but one member of a Cabinet, be-
sides Mr.. Everett, who has added preach
ing to politics, and he is Secretary
Thompson, of the Navy. The Rev. J.
G. Fletcher, writing in reference to him
i'll the Indianapolis Journal, says
When on visit to Terre Haute few
days ago, I ascertained a fact about our
Secretary Of the Navy, which, though it
greatly rebounds to his credit, [ have
never seen noticed in print, and which,
I have no doubt, so far as he is con-
cerned, would remain forever unnoticed
by the press. AS / was on my way to
church, in company with one of the old
est citizens of Terre Haute, I noticed a
carriage driving in the direction of the
country, and my companion remarked,
That carriage contains Hon. Mr.. Scott
and wife. Mr.. Scott is the ex-member
of Congress from this district. They
are going to little country Methodist
church in the vicinity Of Secretary
Thompson's farm. It is there that Col
Thompson is in the habit, when at home,
of each Sabbath expounding the Script
ures to his farmer neighbors. He is
now spending his vacation with us, and
every Sabbath he really breaches the
Gospel. In this he is ably encouraged
by his wife, who is one of the salt of the
earth. ,"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01
The Oldest Yet.

Mrs. Shea, grandmother of Police
Officer Shea, this city, is aged 1O8, and
yesterday, as an example of her activity,
she walked to church. Going home she
became bewildered, lost her way, and
wandered two miles distant before being
found by her friends. Indianapolis
Cor, Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-01

The New York San claims that 80 per
cent. of the meat slaughtered at the
abattoirs Of the city is unfit to be eaten,
because the cattle have no chance to rest
and recover flesh after their journey
from the West.
, 1877-01-20

PROFESSIONAL. CARDS.
, 1877-01-20

One Ohio editor says of n cotemporary
who had assumed the part of mummy
in dramatic performance Ale was
obliged to put little animation into
himself to come up with the character,
and to wear more recent linen; but that
WAS about all. Nature bad admirably
qualified him to act the part"
A man OF sixty and woman of fifty
cloped in North Carolina not because
anybody opposed their marriage, but for
the sake of romance.
An indianapolis mechanic lost finger
in some machinery. one afternoon, and
his employer "dockcd" his pay for quar-.
ter of day.
, 1877-01-20
Notice.!

WHAT is q single man to doy The mer-
chants and MOTEL Keepers give notice that after
certain date no credit will be given. There is
but one remedy. All those indebted to me
must come forward and scttleup or else their
accounts will be placed in the hands ofan attor.
ney. JO4t A. Z. FOLSOM.
, 1877-01-20
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FOR SALE

That very desirable piece Of property
in Snohomlsh City, known as the Riverside
Hotel, the oldest hotel in town is now
offered for sale 1t is eligibly situated, in au
excellent state Of repair, and yields It's pro-
prietor handsome income 1t will be sold
subject to lease which expires in four years
from February next. Apply to
", VI, TIRTLoT,
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