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The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
The co,.ncil ar the rrees.

The throng was great, for people of all
classes had crowded together to consider
how the life of man might be prolonged.
Old Casper was full of years, and we'll
known for wisdom; he waved his hand,
to secure attention, and thus meekly ,:by a
fable, reproved the folly of the multitudd
The trees of the forest assembled in
council, for they heard that the wood
man was come up against them. Make
me your king" said the Cedar, holding
up his head, 't for l am the stateliest OF
all trees; the woodman will be humble
when he regards my dignity, and obey
me-" So they made the Cedar their
king. The wocdman came. As far as
he proceeded he leveled the high and
the low. No tree stood before him.
Again the forest trees assembled to-
gether. You have done wrong" said
the Oak, stretching out his arms, in
making the Cedar your king. The wood
man respects not his dignity; let me
wear the crown. Who so f. to be the
monarch of the woods as the oak? My
strength will compel him TO obedience. !"
The trees heard the words of the oak,
and applauded them. The cedar was
dethroned, and the oak appointed their
sovereign but still the ravages of the
woodman prevailed
The forest trees met again in disorder,
when thus spoke the aged Yew. at is
net dignity and strength that will arrest
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
THE CONS UMprIoN OF oorroN.

The supply of cotton goods to the
world is mainly furnished by Great
Britain and the United States. The
consumption of cotton goods in this
country is equal to twelve pounds per
head of the population, while in Europe
it is only equal to five pounds per head
The cotton manufactured in Great Britain
and retained for home consumption is
about six pounds per head,and ON the con-
tinent of Europe not over four and half
pounds. The exports from Great Britain
to countries other than Europe and the
United States is SOO,00O,000 pounds,
while 10000, 900 pounds are sent from
the United states. The exports of cot
ton fabrics to Asia, Africa, South and
Central America, Mexico, and Australia
is less than one pound of cotton per
head to the population. 1t follows, then.
that only one fifth of the population OF
these countries is supplied by machine
made cotton. There remain, therefore,
outside of the United States and Europe,
500, ,000, 900 of people whose clothing con-
sists mainly of cotton cloth who are yet
supplied by hand-spun and weven cloth.
To supply these people with machine
made cotton at the rate OF tive pounds
per head will require 4b0OO,OOO addl-
tional bales of cotton year and 4O,OOo,-
900 additional spindles.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
How RUSSIANS LEARN ENGLISH.

The Russian metho1 of acquiring
foreign languages is nore methodical
than that of any other nation. In the
first place a foreign muse, usually Eng
lish, is secured for the baby. The Rus
slams are very careful in choosing this
parsonage, because, as she is not on any
account to breathe into the infants ears
an accent Of plebeian Russ, her speech
must he free from these colloquialisms
in which ladies ike Sairey Camp are apt
to indulge. When The child is about
nine years old foreign playmates are
sought for it. During the summer
months the children of the English and
French residents in Russia are at
premium. 1t is a regular practice for
them to spend their holidays on the
estates of Russian nobility Besides the
pleasure which the trip into the interior
affords them, they mostly return home
laden with presents, and if a boy is sharp
enough to be able to add little gram
matical instruction to his practice as
"conversatiOnalist," he may pick up
enough pocket-money to last him the
remainder of the twelve months. Lastly,
a tutor or governess is engaged for the
child until it can converse in foreign
language as freely and faultlessly as a
native. LANGUAGE masters make fine
living in Russia. In spite of their num-
bers-English teachers may be counted
by the hundreds-they charge high
price for their instruction, and are held
in great esteem by the Russians, who
often retain their services for years.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25

1t is the grand endeavor of the gospel
o communicate God 10 men. They
ave undertaken TO live without Him,
and do not see that they are starving
n the bitterness of their experiment.
1t is not, as with bodily hunger, where
them to seek their food, but they go after
the husks, and would fain be filled with
these, not even so much as eonceiving
what is their real want, or how it comes.
For it is remarkable fact that so few
men, living in the flesh. have any con
ception shat God is the necessary supply.
and nutriment of their spiritual ma
ture, without which they famish and die.
1t has an extravagant sound when they
hear it. They do not believe it. How
can it be that they have any such high
relations to the eternal God, or He TO
them 1t is as if the tree were to say,
"what can | a mere trunk OF wood, all
dark and solid within, standing fast in my
rod of grOund-what can / have to do
with the free, moving air, and the bound
less sea of lieht that fills the world 2'
And yet it is as nature made to feed on
these, taking them into its body to osupply.
and vitalize and color, every fiber of its
substance. just so it is that every finite
spirit is inherently related to the infinite,
in Him TO live, and move, and have its
being. 1t wants the knewledgeo of God, the
eternal manifestation Of God, the appro-
baton of God, consciousness lighted
up by His presence, to receive His
fullness, to be strong in His might, to
rest in His love, and be centered ever
lastingly in His glory. Apart from
Him, it is an incomplete creature, a
poor, blank fragment of existence, hun
CRY, dry and cold. And still, alas. it
cannot think so. Therefore, Christ
comes into the world to incarnate the
divine nature, otherwise unrecognized,
before; so to reveal God to its knowl-
edge, enter with Him into its faith and
feeling, make Him its living bread, the
food of its eternity. Therefore of His
fullness we are called to feed, receiving
of Him freely grace for grace. When
He is received He restores the conscious
ness of God, fills the soul with the di-
vine light, and sets it in that connection
with God, which is life-eternal life
Dr. BtshHelpS Sermons on Ae1r Liie.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
IS Il PORTION OF MEXICO TO me-
GOBBLED?

There is a movement on foot against
Mexico. The objective point is Sonora,
and the purpose, from what can be gath
cred here, seems to be to annex this
province to the domain of the Texas and
Pacific railroad, and incidentally to
Uncle Sam. The movement is said TO
have wide ramifcations. The deposed
President Lerdo, who is living here in
seclusion, is a silent partner in it. The
headquarters are naturally in Philadel-
phis. New Orleans is the basis of active
operations. The interested parties here
are trying to see how much liberation
they can count on from the national
government when they begin active oper-
atoms next autumn. They propose, it
is understood, to colonize the state of
tonora with some thousands of Ameri-
cans, and to set up an independent gov
ernment there. Then they will play the
role of Texas over again, and endeavor
IN secure admission to the union as a
federal state. The Texas Pacific rail-
road at one point will run along the
southerd borders of Arizona, and almost
touch the territory of Mexico. The an
archy that prevails in Mexico opens the
way for this new colonization scheme.
There is said be a great deal of money
available to carry out the enterprise. If
a new government should be established
in Sonora, Lerdo will undoubtedly be the
nominal head of it. The means for es-
tabIishing it will be furnished from this
side of the border.
The capture of Sonora would inevitably
carry with it the control of Lower Cali
fornia and the addition of the territory
70 the American union, and will extend
opr territory two degrees south on the
Pacific coast. 1t is highly attractive
scbeme. Sonora is the state in which the
MEXICAN national authority is naturally
the weakest. The defenders OF the
scheme say that the Mexican authority
i Of an end, and that there can be no
government there unless 1T IS sustained
from this side of the line, and that the
time has come to make another huge ad-
dit;on to our territory on the southwest.
You will be likely to hear good deal
obout this matter before the summer is
ont Chicago Times.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
Observation-Disclosures

Ceremoniousness and politeness, though
often mistaken and substituted one for
the other, are by no means the same
thing. Ceremony, being the outward
form by which certain ordinary acts of
civility are expressed by the common
agreement of the refined, is generally
more or less practiced by the polite.
These, if yersed in the conversational
usages of society, become thus to a GER
tain degree ceremonious. They accord,
ingly are seen to make use of those ordi-
nary formulas of manner and behavior
set by fashion or established by custom.
They will cut their dress, move their
limbs, mold their manners and direct
external habits of life to a great extent
in conformity with social regulation. As
the desire to please, which is the impell-
ing motive to politeness, makes them 50
far compliant as to be careful not to Of
fend the fastidieusness of formal pro-
priety by transgression of its obvious
rules, they also refuse to insult the COM
nonsense of mankind by an exhibition
of extreme Difference TO the arbitrary
authority of convention. The genuinely
polite, while conforming to, are never de-
votees of fashion, iu its exclusive rights
and ceremonial observances. Their sym
pathies are too broad to be kept within
the narrow limits of such an intolerant
worship.
While ceremony is accepted with
amiable compliance by the polite, polite
ness is often refused by the ceremonious.
The great stickler for ceremony is ordi-
narily, in fact, entirely destitute of po-
liteness. He, however, is apparently so
| unconscious of the want that he gener-
ally prides himself on the possession of
it. He is apt to be entirely ignorant of
its very nature, and thus his frequent
error in supposing he has what he has
not. By him politeness is thought to
consist of those very ceremonious observ-
ances of which he has so many at his
command, and so profusely bestows.
Like some people who seem to believe
that all the duties of religion may be
fulfilled by diligent practice OF its
| formalities, as the muttering of pre-
scribed prayers and making of genufiec,
tions, the ceremonious are apparently oi
| the opinion that human courtesy requires
no more than the giving of formal bows
The Americans, who are ordinarily
great scorners of ceremony, are remarka-
| BILE for their civility as people. What
ever may be the lowliness of their posi-
ton, they have all more or less of that
| self-respect essential to due regard for
the feelings and innate dignity of their
fellows. They may keep their hats tight
| upon their heads, and hands sunk deep
| into their pockets, apparently incapable
of word of reverence or gesture of obei
sance, and yet they will seldom utter a
syllable to offend the most delicate feel
Ping or commit an act Indicative of inten-
| tional rudeness. Their readiness to eblige
is proverhial, and every stranger will OBJ
serve with what eager civility they meet
his approaches. The demands of curios
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25

the woodlands arm; let me be made your
king; he will respect and reverence my
age" The Yew was made king, but
still the weodman's axe resounded
through the forest.
The next king was the Cypress, who
contended that, though dignity, strength
and age had been despised, his solemnity
would awe the woodman and dispose
him to obey. The woodman regarded
not the Cypress, and the trees fell as be-
fore.
'You are wrong" said the Birch, in
thenext council that was held. " Though
the woodman cannot be opposed by
strength, nor awed by age nor sOlemnity
yet may be won by beauty. My silyery
bark and slender boughs would gently
incline him to obedience. Let me wear
the crown" With universal applause
the Birch was crowned but in vain.
Tree after tree still fell beneath the
sturdy stroke of the woodman.
How long will We follow bad advice
and neglect wise counsel ?' said the Fig
tree. "Know We not that the woodman
is guided by his interest? Ye should
have made me your king. My fruit
would have allured him. 1t would be his
interest TO obey me-" With one accord
the trees chose the Fig to rule over them
but the forest still grew thinner and
thinner.
Hear me" said the Aspen, in a
whispering voice, and despise not the
counsel that give. Let me be crowned,
for when the woodman sees me CULVER
ing in the blast, he will pity me, and
grant for my sake. what he has hitherto
refused" The crown was placed on the
Aspen, but the trees that fell were no
fewer than before.
Driven to despair, another council was
assembled, when the prickly Bramble
contended that different course should
be taken. We make me your king"
said he, " will defy the woodman l
viii resist him in every quarter. He
shall find me armed for your defense,
and he will retire" The courage of the
Bramble was highly applauded, and he
was crowned, but the woodman's course
was not arrested.
When it was found that the strength
of the Oak, the age of the Yew, and the
solemuity of the Cypress prevailed not /;
when the beauty of the Birch, the
abundance of the Fig, and the timidity
of the Aspen, had proved to be vain !;
having tried from the towering Cedar to
the lowly Bramble, it was decided that
they should no more oppose the progress
of the woodman, but grow in strength
and beauty; bloom and blossom, and
bear fruit according to their several
natures, and 50 seek to be prepared to
| bow down without a murmur when the
axe Of the woodman approached them.
Be We high or low, rich or poor, old or
young, wise or simple, learn ye lesson
from the council Of the trees. 1t is bet
ter 10 improve your time by making
! your lives useful, than TO waste it in the
vain attempt to increase the number of
your days for, as the trees of the forest
fall before the AK of the woodman, so must
We fall before the scythe of death.
Dear young reader, you may be felled
next. Do you know three S's-Sin, so
as to hate, forsake, and loathe it--the
Saviour, 80 as to seek salvation, and,
finding it, give God all praise for it
and Service under the easy yoke of
Jesus.--OH Humphrey az The Lite
Gleaner.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
GRAVE. ANDuGlK....
Paul du ChailIii saya q parrot wKiSIs .
- 4 A.. .ool- als,,, ausn,iffed his

Paul du ChailIn eays parrot whicl,
he taught to speak alsoltransmitted bis
requirements 10 about twenty .others,
while some OF these. escaping taught
other wild ores, so that one day he was
surprised while walking in the forest to
hear French words blended with the
chattering of number OF these birds.
"A Nashville bank robbef burrowed
under street for five days, and at length n
came up in the coal vaultot beer saloon
three doors away from the bank, and bit q
himself in eleven places with the most -
Incorporating dog he ever tried 70
conciliate. The next time he tries any.
mining operations he will take practical
engineer along.
An honest yoeman, of. very correct
habits, who was told that if he smoked
one less cigar a day for two years, he
could save money enough, principal and
interest, TO buy a good farm, has made
himself sick as death every day for the
past two weeks trying to learn TO smoke.
Thus is the path of bOnest industry beset
with difficulties. rE
In the language Of the tramps, the
letter " II on the gate post means that
the residents viii give the caller a hand
ful of grub; 4" S 4" that he viii get seat
at the table; : NJ that he will get
square meal, and &C B9 that he will
get the "gIand bounce" Now that the
secret is out. let every householder HE
himself to his gate-post and dig in letters
deep, and that cannot be misunderstood,
the mystic sign c. b." Here, at last,
is the complete solution of tho tramp
problem Chicago EeeliRg Journal
Kladderadatsch represents the way
in which it regards the eastern question
as follows. \ man and woman stand be-
fore the curtain Of theater on which is
a notice to the effect that " To-day and
till further notice the Oriental Question
will be played" They remark that too
much of that sort OF thing grows tire D
some, and besides one dosn't know whether
it il a comedy, tragedy or a farce"
when from behind the curtain OF the
Turk roars voice saying: +" Wait till --
you see the end Of the fifth actl"
-.l once neafu, says Wfltcr III r
Truth, the following refreshing remark
from a mite Of four years. had been
compelled, having been ipjudiciously
forestailed by too jealous nurse, 70 ex-
plain to her the orthodox view of the
ultimate fate OF the wicked, and was
watching rather nervously for some ex-
preston OF incredulity or alarm, when,
turning to the cradle where her baby
brother slept, the child exclaimed, point
ing to the infant, That's bad job for
him ."
A certain paper published in New
York is only seventy 1--WE cents year,
and each subscriber is promised 4 gold
plated watch chain, lady's let brooch,
jet ear-drops, pair gold-stone sleeve but
tons, lady's heavy wedding ring, set
spiral studs, new style color stud and
gents diamond pin" And yet we are
told that some persons call the publisher
mean and close listed and overreaching,
because he won't throw in a three.story
brick house and a two-horse carriage.
But he couldn't do that unless be was TO
advance the price Of his paper to ono
dollar year and then they would growl
again. NoITisfoiC7. Herald
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
THE NEUTRALITY DOC
Tl2INE.

United States Treaties ,rits R"ssia, Eng
TdIid, and the OTTOMAN empire
Wasbington dispatch says that in
the treaty between the I hifed States
aud Russia in 1854 the two parties rec
ognized as permanent and lmmutable the
Drincinles that 81 free ships make free
goods" that is to say, that The effects or
goods belonging to the subjects or citi-
zens of a power or state at war are free
from capture and con6scsuon when found
on board of neutral vessels with the ex-
cepti.n Of articles Goniraband of war,
and that the property o. neutrals on
board an enemy's vessels not subject TO
confiscation unless the sane be contra
band of war. They engAge TO apply
these principles to ths commerce and
navigation of all such Sxep and states
as shall consent 20 sdeTs them on their
part as permanent and immutable. The
last treaty between the United States
and the Ottoman empire, negotiated in
1862, contains no such declaredprinei-
piles. The Washington treaty, negotiated
by the United States and Great lritain
in 1871, declares:
First-A neutral governments ound
first to use due diligence to prevet the
fitting out, arming or equipping within
its jurisdiction of any vessel with it
mas reasonable ground to believe in
tended to cruise or to carry on wa as
above, such vessel having been especilly
adapted in whole or in part within sch
jurisdiction to warlike use.
SecOndly-Not to permit or suffer
either belligerent to make use of its pots
or waters as the base of naval operations
against the ether, or for the purpose If
the renewal or augmentation of military
supplies or arms or the recruiting OF mes.
Thirdly--TO use due diligence in is
own ports and waters, and as to all per
sons within its jurisdiction, to prevent
any violation of foregoing obligations
and duties, and the high contracting
parties agree to observe these rules as
between themselves in future and to
bring them to the knowledge of other
maritime powers and to invite them to
accede to them.
1t is the opinion of the state depart
ment that, is both Russia and Turkey
are friendly powers, it ishighly improb-
able that either will make any effort to
police the American cost, and prevent
the shipment of ccntaband of war.
Turkey can unquestiombly close the
Black sea; and if Russia proposes to
prevent the shipment # munitions of
war to Turkish ports, 4 entry feet can
effect this easier on the Straits of Gibral-
tar than in the north Atlantic. In any
case, however, shipments of contraband
of war te a belligerent are at private
venture, which a naval eficer can over
haul on the high seas ony upon informa-
tion previously obtained Suck search,
it is said at the state department., is at
the risk of the officer mixing it, and he
and his government beome responsible
upon a failure to make gosd the charge
Of carrying contraband of war. 1t is
tolerably plain that thetate department
anticipates no serious complications on
account of such seizures
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25

The ear and the eye are the minds re-
ceivers; but the tongue is only busted
in expending the treasure received. If,
therefore, the revenues of tie mind be
uttered as fast or faster than they are re-
ceived, it cannot but be that the mind
must needs be bare, and can never lay up
for purchase. But, if the receivers take
in still, with no utterance, the mind may
soon grow burden 10 itself, and unprof-
liable to others. l will not lay up too
much and utter nothing, lest l be covet-
GUS: nor spend much and store up little,
lest 1 be prodigal and poor.-Bishop
Hall
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25

IL February last the commissioner
of internal revenue applied for troops to
assist in raiding the illicit distillery dis
tricts of North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. The
president indorsed the application, and
directed the general of the army to or
der the necessary troops. Congress. at
the last session, appropriated forty thou
sand dollars for the employment of ex-
ira deputy-colIectors to perform this
service. Orders have been issued, in
accordance with the policy of non-inter-
ference of the military, and the troops
are withdrawn.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
. urs co,srassloss F4IL Nor.,
r~ raHx " CHADWICK.


Tie farlner chides the tardy spring, esT
The sun ritholds his wonte1 ray,
The DAYS are dell and cold and gray,
No shadow doth the maple hing-
From snow-clad peak and icy main
The north wind colssth wet and chill,
And evermcre the clouds distil
The h0rded tleasure OF the rain
But still, o mirscie of good
The crocus sYiiDgs, the vioiets peep
The strsggling vines begin 10 creep,
The elion ailds The sod
The rain may fall in constan; showers,
The south wind tarry on its way;
Bat IL rough the night and through the day
Advance The summers fragrant hours
And thonen the north wind forces them back,
rhesolg-hird hurries from the south
With SINNERS music Ia his mouth,
Andstuos with songs in his siry track
What then, my soul, il thou must know
Thy days Of darkness gloom and cold,
II JOY its rud iy beams Withhold,
And grief eompeis my isars 10 flow
Aud what if, when with beried form
praise the gods for sorrow past.
mere ever comes feTcer blast,
Ana darker ruin Of the storm
As tarry not the flowers Of June
For the i'll the heavens en- do,
And, 10 their Utmost nature true,
me birds rejoice in sweetest tune;
30. rather.ei 1t be win me;
INA ~hether the winds blow foul OF fair,
nrough want and wot, ana toll and care,
Nuh VIII ST uegle up 20 thee;
That, though ray winter DAYS be long
And brighter skies refuse 10 come,
ny lille no less may swectly bloom,
Ald none the less be fun Of song.
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25

"A man out on Summer street has
eight daughters, and when they cleaned
house last week the women raked 1924
quids of chewing gum down from the
window castings, chair backs, door panels
and sofa backs, the accumulation of the
past winter. And this does not include
the wads which the man, at various times,
sat down on and carried away on the tails
of his coat, for which no accurate returns
have been made.-Hawkeye,
The Hickman courier., 1877-05-25
d" GiUiHg Ia. -

1t is better to yield little than quar-
rel q great deal The habit OF standing
up, as people call it, for their Qittle)
rights is one of the most disagreeable and
undignifed in the world. Life is too
short for the perpetual chickering's which
attend such disposition; and unless a
very momentus affair indeed, where
other peoples claims and interests are
involved, it is & question if it is not
wiser, happier, and more prudent, to
yield somewhat of precious rights than
squabEle TO maintain them. True wis
dom is first pure, then peaceble and
gentle.