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The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
4 oAr cHARMs 4 sNAKE.

Mr.. j. H. Mann, of Osseo, has a TOM
cat known by the name of Tim. He was
observed by one of the neighbors caper-
ing and purring around somethingin the
garden. The neighbor, to her surprise,
saw in a coil largo snake of the blue
racer variety, the cat seemingly having
it under control, and fascinated. The
reptile on seeing the lady ran through
the fence and out of sight, but was after
ward seen by Mrs. Mann, who watched
its maneuvres. The cat finally sue
ceeded in bringing its prey to the door,
The dog Shep took in the situation and
soon dispatched the snake, while the cat
capered and purred around the dog,
given unmistakable signs of its satisfac-
tion over the result. The snake meas
ured three feet two inches.-Detroit Tri-
b,f0o
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
Il BLoODTHIRsTY BIRD.

The red-headed woodpecker is pro-
nounced to be carnivorous bird by
a correspondent of the Naturalist, who
relates the following incident as having
occurred in Humboldt county, Iowa,
last summer: During that summer
a friend raised large number of black
Cayuga ducks. 1t was noticed that
while the birds were still very young
many of them disappeared, one after
the other, and the bodies of several
were found with the brains picked out.
On watching carefully to ascertain the
cause, a red-headed woodpecker was
caught in the act. He killed the ten
der duck with a single blow on the
head, and then picked out and ate the
brains. Though my friend was an
enthusiast in protecting the birds and
squirrels .l,-,t ,.e,r,,a ql>,,,t Lis I,-amises.
this provocation was too much. The
woodpeckers were speedily shot,"
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
NO MORE SIDE.SADDLES

There are few trap for the female
sex any more deadF than the side
at the decay of the "obIe art of horse
manship, as long s art cannot be
practiced except at th imminent risk
of the ladies doing 50 English people
are devoted horseme. and the ladies
as we'll as the men axe the highest
pleasure in gallopinafter the hounds.
But recently an Engsh lady, who en-
ioys what is considred an enviable
fame for skill andlaring, in riding
close to the hounds,,nd who IS also a
pattern wife and mother. has an.
nounced that she wl risk her life no
more riding on a ae-saddle, but in
the next season WI ride masculine
fashion. Her annloncement has set
the whole tashlonao world to talking,
since she is woma of spirit, and it
is believed she will as she saws. If
she does she will he followers with
out doubt, and it ny be that this will
inaugurate the lohexpected dress re-
yolution.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
FOLLOWING 4 TRAIL.

One of the most remarkable features
of uncivilized life is the power savages
show of tracking men and beasts over
immense distances. Many travellers
have spoken of this as something al
most miraculous, yet it is only the re-
suit of careful observation of certain
well-known signs; and we have here
before as a collection of very common
sense hints on the subject. In coun-
tries like ours every trace of footprint
or wheel-track ON roads and paths is
soon obliterated or hopelessly confused;
but it is otherwise in the wilderness,
where neither man nor beast can con.
ceal his track. In Kaffirland when
cattle are stolen, if their footprints
are traced to a village, the herdman is
held responsible for them, unless he
can show the same track going out
A wagon track In a new country is
practically indelible. " More espe-
cially, SAYS our author, " this is the
case if a fire sweeps over the plain inn
mediateiy after, or if wagon passes
during or after a prairie fire. We
have known a fellow-traveler reeog-
nize in this manner the tracks his
wagon had made seven years before,
the lines of charred stumps crushed
short down remaining to indicate the
passage of the wheels, though all other
impressions had been obliterated by
the rank annual growth Of grass fully
twelve feet high. Sometimes the
original soil being disturbed, new
vegetation will spring up along the
wagon track, and thus mark out the
road for miles. Even on hard rock a
mans bare foot will leave the dust
caked together by perspiration, so
that a practiced eye will see it and
even if there is no track, stone will
be disturbed here and there, the side
of the pebble which has long laid next
the ground being turned up.-ChaD'-
ber's Journal.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
FOR THIS IRE WE DOCTORS.

Reading, Pennsylvania, has a doctor
who is terror to robbers. DR.. VIM.
Harris keeps drug store and he and
his wife live over the store. The other
night he woke and saw a man in his
room. He asked the intruder what
he wanted. IntrHder replied Your
money or your life the old style of
bull-dozing. Mrs. Harris screamed
and the robber said if she didn't shut
up" he would kill her instantly. Mrs.
Harris shut up and then the doctor got
in his work very handsomely. He
grappled with the robber, and while
they were at it the robber fired two
shots into the ceiling. AT length the
doctor knocked the robber down with
rocking chair, and as he didn't show
any more fight the victor picked his
adversary up and flung him out of the
window, to which he had assembled by
ladder. The doctor simply threw
down the ladder and quietly addressed
himself again to sleep with his wife
He got a comfortable nights rest after
all.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
ESTABLISHED 1859
A SONG OF sUMuER.

Always in your darkest hour strive to rememb
our brightest. p. RicAter.
Sing me a song of summer.
For my heart is wintry sad,
That glorious bright newcomer,
Who makes all nature glad
Sing me a song of summer,
That the dark from the bright may borrow,
And the part in the radiant whole OF things
May drown its little sorrow.
Sing me song of summer,
When God walks forth in light,
And spreads his glowing mantle
Ger the blank and the grey of night
And where he comes, his quickening touch
Revives the insensate dead,
And the numbed and frozen pulse OF things
Beats music to his tread.
Sing me song of summer,
With his banners OF golden bloom,
That glorious bright newcomer,
Who bears bleak winters doom,
With banners of gold aud of silver,
And wings OF rosy display,
And verdous power in his path,
When he comes with the pride of the May;
When he comes with his genial sweep
Ger the barren and bare of the scene,
And makes the stiff earth TO wave
With an ocean of unduleDt green;
With flourish of leafy expansion,
And boast of luXuriant bloom,
And the reyel of life as il triumphs
Ger the dust and decay of the tomb.
Sing me song of summer,
q God what r glorious thing
ls the march OF the mighty newcomer,
When he qufckens the fsWlse Of creation,
And maketh all feebleness strong,
Till il spread into blossom of beauty,
And burst into pseans of song
Sing me song OF summeri
Though my heart be wintry and sad,
The thought of this blessed newcomer
Shall foster the germ of the glad.
Meath the veil of my grief let me cherish
The Joy that shall rush into day,
When the bane of the winter shall perish
In the pride and the power of the May.
Prot BLackie
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

The Car wanted to buy 10000 horses
for the Russian cavalry service, and had
made arrangements to purchase them IN
Germany, but the Emperor William
can't see his way clear to sparing that
MANY animals, and will issue a decree
prohibiting the expectation of horses
from the empire. II is said that TINS
precaution is taken wholly on the ground
of internal economy, but it tisnot unlikely
that the possibility that Germany may
have need of all her horses has something
TO do with it.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
1oru-ETVE0 ORANGE TREES.

An idea of the age which orange
trees may attain is furnished by the
history of the magnificent one in the
orangery of the Palace of Versailles,
known by the name of the Grand Con-
netable, or Grand Bourbon, which is
now $50 years old. 1t grew from some
pips of a bitter orange planted in a
pot at the commencement of the ff-
teenth century, by Eleonore of Castillo
wife of Charles Ill, king of Navarro.
The young plants which sprang from
the seeds were kept in the same tub at
Pampefuma until 1899. In 1854,
more than two centuries after, they
were removed to Versailles. The
Grand Connetable, which may be re-
garded as the senior of living orange
trees, is still perfectly vigorous, and
does not exhibit any signs of decay.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

PoPULAR SUPRA oE has been put to 8
singular test in the village of Ava,
Japan. The neighborhood was harassed
by a midnight robber, whom nobody
could detect. The head of the hamlet
summoned the entire male population
under his control, and directed every
man to write the name of the person
whom he suspected, and TO deposit the
ticket in box. Fifteen ballots bore the
name of Abe Tanihei, the rest being
blanks. The man whom everybody sus-
pected was so overcome with astonish-
ment that he made full confession and
went to prison.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
4 SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN e1RL.

Mile Zenaide Oukounof a young
Russian lady, has obtained a doctors
diploma from the Paris faculty of medi-
cine. The subject of her thesis was the
effects of ether in subcutaneous injec-
tions, and its employment, instead of the
TRANSMISSION of blood. In taking her
place in the examination hall on the
opening day, DIR. Broca publicly con-
graduated her on her hospital studies,
and the presiding Prof. Verneuil on her
clinical notebook, which he said entitled
her to the highest rank among the pupils
who had come up to be examined. On
the degree day, Prof. Verneuil was,
moreover of opinion that her thesis
would have done honor TO some of the
most eminent men of the faculty Of
medicine. He could not speak too highly
of the patient spirit of investigation of
which there was full evidence in her
thesis; of her great scientific knowledge,
her facility of conception and soundness
of judgment. If she pursued as she had
begun, the questions she had 80 ably
dealt with in her thesis, it would suffice
to attach celebrity to her name. Mile.
Oukounoff belongs to good family, the
head of which is in the diplomatic
service.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
DoN5r BE roo CRITICAL.

Whatever you do, never set up for a
critic. We do not mean a newspaper
one. but in private life, in the domestic
circle, it will do you harm-if you object
to being called disagreeable. If you
don't Ike any ones nose, or object to
anv ones chin, don't put your feelings
into words. If any ones manners don't
please YOU, remember your own. People
are not all made to suit one taste, recsl-
lect that. Take things as you find them
unless you can alter them. Even din
ner that is swallowed cannot be made any
better. Continual fault-fnding, con-
tinual criticism of the conduct of this
one and the speech of that one, the
dress of the other, and the opinions of
the other, will make home the unhap-
piest place under the sun.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
HoRSE AND vELooIpEDE.

MIR. T. X. Bliley of Atlanta is cons
structing a sort of machine horse, built
upon the velocipede plan, and operated
by a combination of motive power.
The power consists in the multiplied
weight of the rider, who msves in the
saddle exactly as though he was riding
horse. The driving wheel is three
feet in diameter, and Mr.. Bliley as
serts that the machine will carry a
man faster than any horse.-Ata,,ta
Constitution.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

But madam made herself even with him
when she rejoined, with quite as much
quickness: " Well, we read of only one
such man, and from the fuss that's made
about him it's plain they're scarce"
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

The children oiclergyman's family
in Aberdeen werenaking themselves
happy propoundln conundrums. FL
nally one of them d, Who was the
meekest woman : The clergyman
seemed struck with fresh thought, and
replied quickly, don't read of any"
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

GOVERNOR CULLoM, of Illinois, has
inaugurated his new system of proceed
ings in cases where pardons are asked for.
a convict recently sent to the peniten-
tiary for year has given public notice
tnal he will apply for pardon on a
given day, and all persons having objec-
tions thereto are invited to file them at
the governors Office, where they will also
have an opportunity to examine the
papers in the case.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

The Parisiaus combine the useful ana
ornamental by constructing barome'e,S
in the shape Of bouquets. They are col
ored by a composition Of which chlo,loe
of cobalt is one of the ingredients "hen
exposed to the sun and dry air the leaves
become deep blue when inc AZ
moist they turn pink.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
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4 LITTLE A" BUSTER"


s.yfii1 tPynedo, bpat. which has been
the beach fof several weeks past, was this
evening launched in Lake Erie, and au
fifteen minutes to seven O'Clock the signal
was given, and the little monster started
in a straight course for the stake, driven
half a nsile from shore, which it reached
in three minutes and quarter. Making
a circle around the stake, it returned as
straight as an arrow to the starting point,
making the distance of one mile in six
minutes and fifty seconds. Among the
sDactators present were Messrs. Hung
Wing and Yung Yuen Poo, Chinese as
sistant minister and secretary; seven
officers of the United States, navy, and
about one thousand people, who came to
witness the novel sight. Its appearance
in the water resembIed a long, black,
straight log, about one-ffth being above
water when in motion. Its shape is very
mucb like a sky-rocket, one end being
conical the other end tapering slightly
and having rudder attached. The ma
chinery is all electrical, and is atall times
under control of the operator. 1t Is con-
nected with cable, in which are three
conductors, controlling, by means of a
battery, the apparatus which regulates
the rudder, the explosive material and
the speed. 1t is said that the torpedo
can be run at the rate of twenty miles
per hour. The Chinese visitors, for
whose benefit the trial was made here,
are highly pleased, and they have au-
thority to buy fifty of these torPedoes,
which, it is understood, they will do at
once. Mr.. Lay, the inventor, is now in
China, on business connected with his
invention.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

Mr.. Ralph Waldo Enerson's speech at
the dinner given to President Hayes in
Boston was as follows: ''Mr. Mayor, |
have to return my sincere acknowledge
ments for your invitation TO attend your
most welcome entertainment, and 1 wish
l could express in fitting terms my
thanks. But was always bad speaker
and am more so in my old age. The
president, ] am sure, will forgive me for
endeavoring to sit down.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

THE cost of larcerating an alderman's
feelings in England is S25. A verdict
for that amount was rendered against
the turrey Comet because it said Alder
man Wenan attended a baby show.
Wenan proved the frightful charge to be
completely unfounded and consequently
regained the respect of his townmen and
also S25.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

At latest mail advices Texas was COM
planning generally of the long continued
dry weather.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
VOlEs XIII. NO. 25.

i've Dick
y. Nze.zs, or III call the police"
lind would my sweet cherry-blos-
s6M set the wicked police on her lovey-
pevey% p said the cross-eyed man.
Clear out, you great over grown
wind-mill," exclaimed the tall woman,
wfathfully, cor I'll claw you with this
rake"
Would my pinkey-winkey claw
ArAarling tooty-pootsy with a kere-
wef rakeY continued the cross-eyed
n4t; never thought -"
oHere the tall woman threw down
Der rake in great passion and rushed
into the house, slamming the door so
hard that it broke the knob. And
the cross-eyed man moved off, softly
murmuring:
What dreadful tempers some
sWeet.looking women have l"-Rock-
hid Courier.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
<rrrRRENT PARAGRAPHS.

Adirondack Murray has pacing mare
that he expects to make trot mile in
two minutes, by attaching a loaded
leathern sack to each of her forward feet,
and decreasing the weight asshe becomes
accustomed to the trotting gait. Wouldn't
Murray make a good cavalry leader for
the Cossacks, since he is such great
horseman--and so rushin' in his fastest
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

A singular drowning accident occurred
at Grand Lake, Nova Scotia, recently
An English girl named Emmett, aged
twelve, sat on a log at the shore of the
lake to bathe her feet, and getting into
day dream, did not notice that the log
had foated out into the lake. Suddenly
realizing her position, she lost presence
of mind and sprang into the water.
Strange to say, this is the sixth child
her parents have lost by drowning.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

Tomatoes twenty-five cents bu'hei--
that is at Key West, Florida.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

WILL give to any clergyman in San
Francisco 81, 900 in gold to substantiate
that the death of Voltaire was not as
peaceful as the coming of the dawn.
They say Tom Payne died in fear, in
agony, hearing devils rattle chains in the
other room, and that the Infinite God
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 IagersoH.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

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 edifce trembled and the in
convenience was extreme. The king,
Louis XIV, could not endure them, but,
master as he was of everything, was un-
able to Danish them. They lasted ten
years and more, despite all he could do
and saw"
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

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
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

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
Rickari III The eye mas never since
completely healed, and the physician
concluded that some foreign substance
must have lodged in the eyebsH. 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.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-01
BREVITIES.

An Englishman says that an oyster
should never be touched by a fork.
You will be in fashion this year if
you have hair to match your carrot
-colored dress.
Thurman's manner is so much like
the ''anvil chorus" that he makes you
sure he is an honest man..
Mediterranean oranges have come to
compete with the Floridas. The real
difference is that the skin of the former
sends you on your nose, and the latter
sends you on your coa collar.
Danbury News: "a Danbury man
who went to Chicago ten years ago had
to borrow the money for his fare. Now
he has his W shaving cup in one of
the best barber shops in that city"
There is a girl of twelve in Iowa who
is supposed to be a spiritual medium.
Dishes bounce round in her presence
and brOomstioks dance. This may be
said Of many families where the lady
Is usually more than twelve years old.
When a crowd of people going down
Broadway take a hasty peep at the
ready made clothing stores be sure
that the old pair will soon be made
over for the boys.
SC. SIT is said that President
Hayes drinks white wine. We do not
know whether or not he would refuse
a drink of whisky. We never invited
him.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-01
THE MISSING Ex-MAYOR.

New York's missing ex-Mayor, A.
Oakley Hall, has at last turned up all
o X in England. Cur dispatches,
which are very full on the subject, in
form us that there can be no mistake
regarding his identity. 1t appears that
he took passage on the Victoria, a
freight ship, March 18th, from Boston
for Liverpool. He departed as many
ofthe distinguished Democratic states
men of the metropolis have gone be-
fore-in disguise. He was dressed in a
dilapidated costume, including, as tho
telegraphic account infinitely describes,
in his makeup, a dark blue shirt, red
scarf. diminutive cap, and spectacles
instead Of the more dignified eye
glasses which it was his wont to
sport in the prosperous days OF
the New York ring. The Ex-
Mayor was the only passenger by the
Victoria. and he gave his name as w.
f. Satellite. The vessel landed at
Liverpool at II O'Clock A. II. yesterday,
and the renowned exile Immediately
procured a second-class ticket for Lon
don. Why he should have fed from
this country SO precipitstely and in
disguise, is still q mystery, but the
reasonable inference is that he was in
danger of being exposed as a participa-
tor in the Tweed robberies, which are
just now in process of settlement.
Hall has not been apprehended, nor do
we know that steps have been taken
for his extradition.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-01
A coon RULE.

1t Is a custom among many of the
miners on the Comstock to obtain per-
mission to lay off for two or three
days after getting their months wages.
This practice often makes it %inconven-
lent for tho foremen, and always re-
suits in loss to the mines. One or two
men from q shift will set things back
much more than would seem possible
to one unacquainted with mining op-
erations. At the Justice mine the
authorities have determined to put a
stop to this custom, which has been
productive of so much dissatisfaction.
The following is c~onspicuously posted
in the hosting works:
NOTICE.
Any workman who lays off payday
or the day after will be discharged.
r. b. DAVE, Foreman.
OF course this rule would not be en-
forced in case Of sickness or urgent me-
cessity. 1t is an excellent regulation,
and will undoubtedly be of much ben
eft to all concerned. 1t will help
many a hard working ma to save his
wages, for when a man has his pockets
full of coin and is loafing around town,
he Is liable to spend more than he can
really afford, and in many cases goes
through with the entire proceeds Of a
months labor. This is a move in the
right direction, and is worthy OF adop-
lion by other mining bosses. old
mn Neaes.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-01
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES.
Shot and Killed-The Ship Frank
Jones u Total Wreck-MOre
Startling News From Chico.
SAN FRANc1sco. Mare

SAN FRANCISCO, March 81.
About seven o'clock last night a row
occurred in a house in the real of 400
Broad way, during which one of the
proprietors was shot and killed. The
man killed was named John McDon-
aid and had been employed as an oiler
on board I'M Of the steamers of the
China hle. The murderer is Thomas
JOEL, who for five years has been en-
plOyed as driver on the Kearny street
line of cars. The trouble grew out Of
a religious discussion. Mcdonald
knocked JOEL down, when the latter
fired, killing his assailant instantly.
About one O'Clock this morning three
powerful tugs attempted to pull off the
ship Frank Jones, stranded outside
Fort Point. Up to that hour the ship
was lying easily and making no water.
The attempt failed. During the norm
ing the ship gradually filled with wa
ter and is now a total loss. She will
be sold at auction on Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 81.
A Chico dispatch says ]. Nj. Swain,
a member the Council of Nine, has
made a confession of the manner in
which the affairs of the Council we're
conducted, which agrees with the pre-
viously published statements OF de-
liberate plans which were laid
involving the destruction Of prop
erty and taking of life of both
whites and Chinese. Among those