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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
WIEN BIBT DIED
~ COL. l.. e. srEoNe.


The day the baby died tile '5~ers
Aai ne liTds within the shady bower.
riped piaintivey their gtiei,
nd through the garden IA t.e sun
It soe tned - u the day were done
hen baDy 3iei -
Asi:oer an the land sudden blight
Tjsd ,sither.d hower and l,af in one short breath,
Unto a mothers heart day turned 10 night,
Willie TO Ter nov come back with sudden tears
The winsoue face the curis zsso-,
The little feci that battered TO and as ~
The ANGEL wisdom Il three happy wears,
All ending " iih such suddenness oi Voc
when baby diet
r,o, ot The d,awerslE ~ s. ~ffh sssa,blins care
The H,tle shoes thst baby used TO ~eSc
All hat the silence Of the missing feet,
The fearful vision OF the face so sweet
Baby's dead
Put IN its place awsy the curl OF hair
Nay. che viii pres il 10 her lips again
A id, dreaming cf the year that might nave been
rhs .,io{b t1ds Yer l'anss il spoeehess prayers
Baby dsaa
Why, baby was the play mate Of the o1ds
They mis- ell him ere the second day vas gout,
And ty ilered round the perch with pleading words
hi silent was s EoGe if9 9,'Pb 7, Nv S'ig he wa
The swing was mouou.tse. ard over 2i
such silence ss1gled 10 roiGu s-,.asa-a-
Was echo ed in sa tlearts although they Sns
Their littIe friend Re shining gates passed ihI"usa
When baby died!
i,is .yt.sv s,1- ~ rl0,e riIl bear the rein,
Nor draw absut his tiny car, rg7fn, ..c
.:he hands are crossed the little sou y i-@''
And baby lies beneath the ehurchyaId tree.
No more against his mothers face he'll piess
His dainty cheek with many coy careSs 8.
NJ more he'll Gasp his little hands aRd pray
Ia -rds sh- fright his rosy lips 10 say
Nor " ia b ElftEefy t9lE
Df things so wise beyond his taby Teai ,es
Pat IN their place the play things ne lad lSis
About the house each dear remembered walk
brings to the mothers eye the binding tears
since her fond heart of its JOY bcreft
When baby 6ied.
50 leave the chamber 10 is sileAt gloom,
a nj Pot aside the little cradle-hed
Ana }9saie me curtains. Close The sacred Ioehl
lis filed with niorrnf"l memories Of he desu'
For cen the pictures hanging ~ IN" VII
Some thoughts recall
That start the tears unhidden and the vine
That clusters round The windows still VIII keel
IL flowers uodding IN the shade and shine,
IL greet him ~ hen he wakens from his sleep
Rsby's dead
And all - vain crushed hearts must reason NhE
Their loved ones IN their bloom and beauty die'
Life holds but love alone sufficient worth
1 iind oGr -eary feet unto the earth.
AM hesrte are breaking for the love they loF
When so;cs dsak so''l tie siiadoTY river erossed'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
THE srRUGGLE FOE EXISTENCE

The different members of the organic
world are so bound together by complex
relations that one change usually iuvol-
YES many other changes. We know lit
tie, it is true, of the way in which one
animal or plant is bound up with others;
but we do know that groups the most
apparently disconnected are often en-
tireIy dependent on other groups. Thus
the introduction of goats into st. Hele-
ma DESTROYED a whole flora of forest trees.
This was the sentence of death on all the
insects, mollusca, and perhaps birds,
which found their living on trees. Swine,
which ran wild in Mauritius, extermi-
mated the dodo The same animal is
the most mortal foe OF vonomous ser
pents.
In many districts the browsing OF cat
tie will prevent the growth of trees.
With the trees an end is put to the in
sects which depend upon the trees, to
the birds which feed upon the insects,
and to the small mammals which live
upon the fruits, seeds, leaves or roots
Insects, moreover, ha8 the most wonder
ful influence on the range of mammals.
In Paraguay speces of fly destroys
new born c5Utle eCG horses. Hence
neither of these animals run wild in that
country, although they abound in the
adjacent regions. This leads to a great
difference in the Vegetation of Paraguay,
and through that to a difference in lis
insects, birds, reptiles, and wild man.
mails. The extinction OF this fly would
change the whole face OF the country.
So in South Africa, in the districts in
tested by the tsetze fly, no horses. dogs,
or cattle can live. Yetit has 1lo effect en-
asses, zebras, or antelopes.
Mr.. Darwin's often quot, RI case of the
cats and clover afford an ala illustration
of the points in question. il is known
that in England both red cl over and wild
heartsease are fertilized only by the visits
of humble bees. But burnbla bees are
largely kept down by field mice, which
destroy their combs and nests. Field
mice in their turn are kept down by
eats. Ii there were no cats there would
be no red clover or wild hearIsease. For
in that case there would be no check on
the field mice, which would multiply so
abundantly as TO destroy al humble bees.
There would be nothing 10 fertilize the
red clover and heartsease, and the two
plants would produce no seed and be-
come extinct.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
B0Ys IND GIRLS.
me sandhoppe, Jig.

-, s,,,;,,, 10 sShdhopper, one summers day
9T'hes we're ere waIsas alonS The beach:
Pri1 am 'UIo 2ronis- Won kFilling ta,teach ?i'
.s on;te willing. my dF'r," sandhopper replied,
{. i ,,o,,r lille ona here, aud Il show 'e1u the
OF the her irollie4lng saadhopper jig"
And ap In the air bsg gE9eeeCed to jump,
T., -, seint. CO. -bcutct - ifstifsl. i'i
And old aIr. Lobsier est lis, =, uA'u'
IEo broke OF his hahs' est claw
INV tarst, cried she children of good srs.
Shrimp; ,t,o
Coui5 jea,Se we are ssre, the 'ery high jumps
OF the iollieking ssAo"Vl'leI'Is
=. All alone mss. -astop your remarkable hops"
go ~. ,fI,6nf+, j. viii,
4EII Lsts NJ a t5sbi II you go 20 the beach,
Yoi, cjIl iTskaiia slele frllicking still
Mrgare EgfiHgs, 81 Nicboia5.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16


The farmers club, which meets az
Rochester, have been discussing the ques-
tion whether the Colorado potato beetle
can Hy. After the evidence was al IN,
the genetal verdict WAS that the insects
are capable OF sustained flight. NO one
who watched their advent in New York
in the summer Of 1874 would question
the fact. In the eastward progress of the
destroying army the left wing had crossed
the Detroit river and moved through
Canada, arriving full season earlier
than the main ody,whieh moved south
ward of lake Erie through Ohio. When
the former arrived at the eastern limit
of the Canadian route, they were con
ironted by tie Niagara liver, half mile
wide at its narrowest place, with cur
rent flowing from five to nine miles an
hour. Swimming such a current as that,
was out of the question, and they must
have crossed the river on the wing.
They appeared - swarms along the river
bank. creeping ycros. the streets, and all
hearing due east, in obedience 10 the
same mysterious instinct which led their
progenitors from their Colorado home
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
Asaoz,rs GoE1oA.
4 Word Abom WofA.- addressed to Un-
en.niouedHnem.

Mr.. Moody, in the progress of die
course at Chicago, a few evenings ago,
delivered the following edvice is un.
employed fnen;
And now word about work. Earn
the bread you eat would rather earn
five cents than some one give me five
dollars. There is no hope of mans re-
formation who does not go TO work
Laziness belongs to the old creation.
don't know what to do, and / don't see
what God can do, with lazy man. If
you can get only twenty-five ceiits dag,
go TO work for that. Some one once
tried to abuse a senator by saying that
he used to black boots. Didn't | black
them well?' he answered Work is
honorable. ANY honest work is better
than idleness. Black boots, or carry a
hod, or carry in coal, and if you can only
earn Eve cents day, live on Ave cents
day. Don't 60 in debt
Some of you think it is hard that
there is no work to be found that peo-
pie are 50 suspicious of you. Well, they
have reason for it; you afe only just out
of the rum-shop; you are Just getting up
to the fist round of the ladder; but if
they find that you are really a true man,
then there will be people to trust you
and give ven employment. 1t Is because
there are so many hypocrits in the world
that people are afraid to put confidence
in you, and predict that you viii not
hold out. Don't think you are stopping
because you have to work for less than
you got before. Do your poor rough
work well, and you will find better work
to do.
" Another thing Some of you are in
the habit of lying. I have heard of one
who professed to be a reformed man who
has been lying ard what a disgrace that
Is to good cause. Now, let me say to
you, be truthful If you have to tell
the@Sorst about yourself, don't lie. Own
up @-7tne truth, tor IL Is better ana -afs5.z
that the worst should be known Here
is man just ont of the penitentiary
who gets place of trust, and one of his
cid pals comes in and threatens to blow
on him unless he puts up S25. But if
he can answer, Ny master knows all
about me, he is free man, in spite of
his past disgrace.
Il want you to take this advice kindly
give it from my heart. If you don't
get on az well as you wish, don't go
back into sin. One of the young con-
verts was tempted to go to sell liquor
again but let your. motto De, Trust in
God and you can resist temptation, and
come of victorious over the world, the
flesh and the devil"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

An advantage over ordinary tsa, at
tributed to mate tea of Paraguay, is that
its excessive use does not occasion any
nervous disorder. A beverage supe-
rior to coffee as usually prepared is said
to have been introduced into Aus
tralia lately. Il is made from the leaf
Of the coffee shrub, Instead Of from the
berry.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
ESTABLISHED 1876
rHE BaBr FoR VIZ


I have heard aiJo6t babies enSsiic,
With heavenly box in their eyes,
Asd hair Ike the sunbeam of morning
When hrst they appear in the skies,
And smiles like the smiles of 4 ehergb,
And mouths like the buds of a rose,
And themselves like the lilies and r-is.es
And every sweet flower teat gs3Es
Ny baby's tl.e toiliest bsby
That snSone ever did see;
There's nothing angelic about him.
But he's just the tight baoy for ms
His smiles not Al all like cheraSs
But rather cOmical E.ta;
And his hair-wpii, Il favors he sunheams
When tha sunbeams are ~OE3rouslY thin
His eyes, though they're blue, like the hear
Are remarkably earthly with fun;
And his mouths rather large for fcee- auis.
Unless 'twere hslf-opentd one.
His hands den. re5enlbl a faTy's
In the ieest- They're strong little par,
A. yoI'd think, am sure IL he'd OF ycui
AS oft he gets me-by the hair
And he isn't bit like lily
Or any sweet blossoms that ons
For no flower on earth, 1 am cesjEip,
Has dear little cunning pug nsss.
He's himself-full Of mischief, the dsliirs
And as naughty as naughty car. hc,
And Iinl glad that he isn't aslge e
For he's lust the right Baby fes h.t
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
THE WY 4 NEW TORR JUDGE SEI
TLED,I DOG CiSE.

Two Jerse ymen, one policeman. and
one exceptionally big Newfoundland
dog, marched into the Tombs police
court, in New York, one day last week,
to settle who owned the dog John A..
Kohlor was the claimant, and Paul
Kault thought the policeman was The
possessor. John said he lost the dog
about three weeks ago, and, seeing him
in the possession of Paul on a Hoboken
ferryboat, caused Paurs arrest when the
boat landed. Paul said the dog was his.
Justice Duffy was puzzled for a moment,
and then ordered John to take up a posi-.
ton on one side of the courtroom and
Paul on the other, with the policeman
and the dog in the middle. When hi.
honor gave the signal the policeman wa
to let the dog go, and John ana Pau
were to call him simultaneously. Th.
signal was given, the policeman let 90
! John cried Nero, Nero, hyar, Nero.
! Paul coaxingly called the dog pet names
and everybody laughed. The dog frs
! looked at John and then at Paul will
intense disgust, and giving the court
gratilied glance, turned and made
! break for the door. and, additionally dis
pleased with the shouts of laughter tha
followed him, was off down Center stree
like shot.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

!. The arm of the Bedloe Island statue
of Liberty is to be set mp in Union
square, New York, while they go round
with the hat for money to fufnish the
r.st of the goddess. Liberty hes a hard
old time of it. anyway, in this country.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

.INTEILIGENT citizens of Oregon are
trying to solve the Chinese problem in
christian way. In Portland thirty Chi
namen have been formed into a christiaa
assoeiation,and are pledged not to gamble,
sIse opium, or indulge in other vices. A
sunday school superintendent. in that
city, who has had Chinese scholars in his
classes for year, reports: 81 am per-
suaded, after careful observation, that
faey do gain spiritual ideas as readily as
any other people with the same partial
Knowledge Of the language in which those
ideas are presented. They are eager to
bear and quick to discuss the doctrines
OF christianity.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

1sIE foul weed, the mullen, grows not
naturally in Europe, but it is carefully
trained in Jardin des Plantes in Paris,
and is called the !" American velvet
plant"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

CAPTAIN BURNABY was asked by his
Turcoman guide which an Englisman
likes best, his horse or his wife. llut the
author answered automatically, "That
epends on the woman"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

IN Russia cofiins covered with pink
cloth are used for. children and young
unmarried persons, crimson for women,
brown for widows. Black is in no case
4uar1nvod
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

The taxable property of New York
state. real and personal, is said to be
$4,000, 100000, or little more than our
national debt was few years ago.
Nearly half this, or 81, ,349, ,326, ,22e, is
assessed in Ney York and Brooklyn.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
r4nEE ErI9UErrE.

".Jav Charlton" the entertaining Ne"
York correspondent OF the Dannury
News. has aroused MUCK interest ln the
subject of etiquette by an elaborate dis
ouistion thereon in recent issue OF that
paper. Here are the suggestions irom
our Dan on the same topic; Do not
nick your teeth with a ford; IT Is apt TO
scratch OF the enamel. il your bread
and butter fall ON the floor don't pick IL
nm and swear over it, but kick it under
the table and talk about roses just be-
cause you feel sociable don : pass your
chewing tobacco TO the ladies'; some
Montana people do it, but it's not con
sidered to be in good taste in Dan
bury. Don't use your knife in eating
SOUP, YOU might cut your tongue. Don't
clean your finger mails at the table, For
then all the company viii know they
were dirty; if you keep quiet this may
not be observed" "
JrrrERsox's orfNIoN.-In 1872 when
there was a prospect of war betweer
Rpss;a and Turkey, Thomas jefferson
wrote TO Jc,In Adams rs follows Il
ssems that tie cannibals Of Europe ar'
o,ing 10 eating one another again.
home we shall prove how much happie
sor man the Quaker policy is, and tha
the life of the feeder is better than tina
Of the fighter. Let the latter be on
Office. and let us milk the coz Will
Rnssia holds her by the horns and Tui
key by the tall"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

IN overhauling little weaknesses Rus
sia finds she has depleted treasury, un-
settled industries, a superannuated
prime minister, and an Incompetent gen.
sniissimo- Spring will Be~soon enough
sor war evidently.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
.s-a1v...1e-ras5FFrFwr=T7R1CH1Pns.

THE number of passengers annually
transported by the New York city rail-
-eads is reported to be about l65, ,OO0, 600.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

nst conclude, however, that it is any
ireer in the "new world than in the old
With US it Is the gcserilment which ex-
ereises Supervision ard controls the news
Papers; over there it is the religious sects
and political cots1ies that exert ,heis
tyranny on the editor. ihe latter, it
must lie said, easily accept this servi-
tGde, and know how 10 profit by it.
The offices OF the newspapers are easily
discovered. II yop seek journal dur
ing tie day, reis- youI eyes and look for
the taliest house and enter boldly. If at
night, open your eyes. The best lighted
edifice, the one that sheds its light over
The neighborhood is precisely the one
you seek. Behind sparkling glasses You
see the journalists at work. Sometimes
4a France newspapers arc fguratiFey
xalled beacons. In america it is the
proper word 10 apply to them 0fen-
a4ct Book
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
A Chrome with a Drink.

Henry A. Jones, brother Of senator
Jones, of Nevada, tells the following
story on one of his fellow townsmen :
While in New York city, during the
late cold and snowy weather, making
his way with difficulty against the
binding storm, he was accosted by q
familiar voice, which, on recognition,
proved to be an old acquaintance
from the "gold hill. The time, cir
cumstances OF meeting and well-known
bifulous disposition OF his new-found
friend all conspired at the usual invi-
tation to "take drink Seeking the
first spacious bar, our friend noml-
mated MS ezhilaraut rs whisky
straight The shining decanier and
glasses were passed down when, pour
inc out the fiery fluid, it rose, one,
two, three, four fingers high, yes, even
full, flush 10 the top of the tumbler,
aud the customer seemed to reluctantly
stop pouring even at that, evidently
reeretlul that il would hold no more.
/ The b5vkeeper could hardly believe
that single person would have the
face 10 go 50 far as emptying bottle,
and until he saw it done had no idea
that any man could master such q
potion at a single@@swallow. Without
loss OF breath, however, our Nevadaite
cleared The glass at one bending of the
elbow, and without srimace or change
OF couutenance threw down his quarter
dollar on the coupter. =.
What is that for?' asked the bar
keeper. ;.
TO pay Sr my drink, Of course,
said our friend.
Oh, no: none of that" replied h,
of the house; you don't owe US .
cent on the contrary, we always throw
in chrome with drink like that"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

Grapes have been raised its such guam
aities in California that they are a mere
drug in the market, and some farmers
are pulling up their vines in disgust.
One man, however, finds il profitable 10
raise them to fatten zwine with. In the
vicinity of ore town four farmers have
Just sowR about 1000 acres each with
wheat. The harvest is in May or June.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

Or the fifteen thousand men who are
wearing away their drcary lives in the
mines OF the Schuylkill coal region, ten
'thogss1d at least are unmarried, and
sive Thousand live in miners boarding
eouses. They call them all men, these
gnones, but ma9y of them are boys.
Not less than five thousand are boys,
little fellows, who in any other commit
nifty would be in school, but who here
are kept day after day in filthy, black
kennels, muffled up in old coats and
scarfs to shut the cold out, till all the
young life is worn out of them, and they
are dwarfei little men before the first
signs of beard break through the black
crust on their faces.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

The annual statistics of trade in the
United States and Canada-have been
published. 1t reports go, ,099 in business
in the United States. and 81, ,2S2 in Can
ada. There have been 9,092 failures in
abe United States, with liabilities of
sSl9l, u7, 1856; in Canada, 1928 have
failed, with liabilities of $25, ,517 ,991.
This shows an increase offailures over the
previous wear of $50 OF the above
failures in this country, eight hundred
and eighty-seven were in New York city.
The largest number of failures in 1876,
were realizsd through the western states,
the heaviest liabilities in the middle
states.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

FLETCHER WEBSTER, the second and
aastssonof Daniel webster, after leading
a somewhat fast and cratic life, was killed
an battle near Washington, on the Both
OF August, 1862. A melancholy re.
membrance OF the family was revived in
the senate the other day by the intro
ducticn of bill to increase the pension
of the widow from $40 to $50 month.
This lsdy is now sixty five years of age
and Mf. Boutwell, stated upon present.
ing the bill that she was in condition
of actual distress
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16

The ssv tn, habv died lie a1~ers
DrooIed o 'er the leaf,
Ana fbe bir,is within the shady bowers
Iiped piaintiyely their griei,
A nd through the garden IA the sun
IL 20. tnef ~ II the day were done
a. g,a,, bas,v Hf~4i -.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
rl.. n.e ii.asared a k.naao,.,.

Here Is a fablethat has never been told
in print, though 3 very popular in the
bee e..tats7-. z -
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
The. HarpieS

We notice that the Harpes have rest
ed from their labor of love in presenting
a Portrait Gallery OF ''illustrious South
erners" who ere infurced the Republi-
cans in Saving the fort" Chat is in devil
sing and executing the means of install
ing the fraudulent PresidenD-long
enough to feast themselves on the DE
kalb massacre" 1t has discovered that
it was but an illustration Of the halt
barbIrous condition of certain parts of
" the old slave States-one of the I'M
"happy leglcies Of slavery i'm
" brutes and barbarises the entire COM
g munity," and all that sort of stuff.
This is glorious picking for the Harpies
1t is the sort of garbage they delight to
feed upon. But they forget to remem-
Der that the LEGACY" came down from
Northern communities who in the first in
stance opposed the Constitutional provis-
ions to break up the African slave trade
which they had prosecuted so vigorously,
and who were not "pricked in the
matter ofconscience" about slavery until
it ceased to be profitable When the
Harpies have finished their dispositions
upon the ''Dekalb massacre" and its
causes, we hope they will explain the nu-
merous examples, not of lawlessness, but
of downright iendishness, occurring in
that region, with which Northern jour
mails are filled every day ami of which
they treat as matters of course. For in
stance, the case occurring the other dav
Of a party of men visiting the house of a
neighbor, binding him fast with ropes,
and pitching him out of the second story
window of his habitation head foremost;
another case Of party tarring and
feathering IL female because her good
looks had excited the malignant envy of
some of her less fortunate neighbOrs; an
other case Of party of cowardly
wretches inf.cling crueltics upon an I'M
protected woman compared to which tor
tHre at the stake woEld have been HUI
mainly and leaving her in the woods to
die; the murder of little girl in the
most pretentious church at Boston, the
hub of intelligence and civilization;
child stealing, murders and mobs, and
Beecherisms numberess as the sands of
the sea5hore. Here is food for the Har-
pies at their door if they could only
scent it.