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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-29
Roh Inrersoll on stingy Men.

/ despise a stingy man. L don't see
how it is possible for man to die worth
csc. 600 600 or a 100000, 700, in city
fnll of want, when he meets almost every
day the withered hand of beggary, and
the white lips of famine. How man
can withstand all that, and hold in the
clutch of his hand $20,000,000 or
$50, 900, 900, is past my comprehension.
I do not see how he can do it. / should
not think he could do it any more than
he could keep pile of lumber when
hundreds and thousands were drowning
in the sea. Do you know l have known
men who would trust their wives with
their hearts and honor, but not with
their pocket books-not with dollar
When see man of that kind, always
think he knows which is most valuable
Think of making your wife a beggar
Think of her asking yeu every day for
a dollar or two dollars, or to humbly beg
for 6fty cents. What did you do with
that dollar / gave you ?" Think of
having wife that is afraid of you
What kind of children do you expect to
have with beegar and q coward for
their mother? Oh, tell you, il you
have but dollar in the world, and you
have got to spend ii, spend it like a
king spend ii As though it were a dry
Leaf and you the owner OF unbounded
forests. That's Tue way to spend it.
had rather b. 3 beggar and spend my
last dollar like king, than to be king
and spend my money like beggar. Ii
it's got TO go, let it 90. Get the best
you can for your family-snd look as
well IS you can for yourself. When you
used go counting, how nice you
looked All, your eye was bright, your
step wa light, and you just put on the
very best you could. Do you know that
it is instfferable. egotism in you TO sup
pose tina. woman is going to love you
always, looking as bad AZ you can.
Think of it, Any womsn on earth win
be true - you forever when you do your
level hest
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How to Make Yourself Unhappy

An exchange gives the following recipe
how to make yourself unhappy; and II
those who do not believe it will give it a
fair trial, we believe it would be found to
answer the purpose admirably;
In the first place, if you want to make
yourself miserable, be selfish. Think
all the time of yourself and your things.
Don't care about anything else. Have
no feeling for any one but yourself.
Never think of enjoying the satisfaction
of seeing Others happy but rather if you
see a smiling face, be jealous lest another
should enjoy what you have not. Envy
every one who is better off in any respect
than yourself; think unkindly toward
them, and speak lightly of them Be
constantly afraid lest some one should en-
croach upon your rights be watchful
against it, and if any one comes near
your things, snap him like mad dog.
Contend earnestly for everything that
is your own, though it may not be worth
a pin-fer your rights are just as much
concerned as if it were pound of gold
Never yield a point. Be very sensitive,
and take everything that is said to you
in playfulnessin the most serious manner
Be jealous of your friends, lest they should
not think enough of you and if at any
time they should seem TO neglect you,
put the worst construction upon their
conduct you can.
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a Presentiment of Death.
Louisiana Journal.

Louisiana Journal.
Ernest, bright boy of seven yes,
Oldest child of Mr.. Samuel Temblet,
gate-keeper on the PrairievilIe grail
road, just below this city, met with q
accident on Thursday of last week Win
resulted in his death soon afterwa.
About noon on that day he mountea
wag loaded with wood, with thel-
tentien Of unloading it. The lad seid
Z stick, and was in the act Of throwg
it TO the ground when he lost his egi-
Hbriaa and ielI, head foremost, to e
earth. His cries brought his tatheEo
his assistance, who led him into he
house. The boy did not seem tobe
much Injured. He was conscious, K
planned TO bis father how he fell, poiIed
out bis bruises, and conversed ratiohly
for an hour, when he suddenly lost pm
sciousnesa, and remained in that codi-
ton until his death, which occurred
about SIX hours after theaccident.
The night preceding the above sssac-
cident, Mrs. TempIeton, the mothe of
Tie child, had strange presentimet of
his death. Early in the evening, mile
The child was asleep, she approached his
little bed, and, looking into his nee,
burst into tears.
The grief with which she was ~er-
come was intense and uncomfortable It
attracted her husbands attention, vho
Inquired into the Gauss samuel,"
the weeping mother answered, bn't
thsnk we viii ever raise this child. . 81
sec 10 clnse Tor your fears" replied the
1ather, the child is AZ healthy q can
be-" :
But this answer did not satisfy the
mother, for a dark cloud hung ever her.
Her heart beat rapidly apd lsseily
strange shadows crossed her visie; an
unseen grief oppressed her; the Fsage
OF some horrible ceming event asst a
burden on her soul she scarcesould
bear.
At the usual hour the sobbing mther
retired, but her rest was uneasy. lizard
midnight she arose from her bed and
again sought the couch Of her boy who
slept the deep, sweet sleep of innocent
childhood, all unconscious of the rief-
stricken mother who bent over him,
bathing his face with tears and kisses.
Mr.. Templeton expOstulated with his
wife, and assured her that her fear were
mere whim, and begged her to calm
her grief aud go to sleep. But no sleep
came 20 that mothers relief that hight.
and day broke 10 bring her no sspite
from the sad burden her bleeding heart
bare. The slightest unusual uoise about
the house thrilled her wifi syil forebod-
I'gs end ta1s the weary hours dragged
on until the foreshadowed end csme in
the accident as above relzsas
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Education in Russia.

Pres. J. M. Gregory, one of the United
States Commissioners to the Paris Ex-
position, in a reference to the Russian
educational exhibits, writes: "Russia
has already eight universities, with an
aggregate attendance of $500 students
January /, 1873. 1t has also 1876
gymDasiums, 50,7oI pupils; Sc real or
scientific schools with 10, $50 pupils; 223
gymnasiums for girls. with "a, S7S pupils;
6S nos NAL schools, with 1865 pupils and
25, 491 primary schools, with 1,074 $50
pupils. These fgu es are the more in
teresting, just now, from the recent
enormous stride Russia has made as q
european power. They do not yet com
pare fayorably with the statistics of
America. the land OF schools, but they
show wonderful progress aud clear con
ception on the part of the Russian gov
eminent that nations, AS well IA men,
rise in power and civilization only by
rising in intelligence.
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Set a Good Example.

Row 1. 81. Atwood.
The 6rs., and perhaps the most potent
influence determining the career of our
children, $ our own copduct We have
little reason, and no right, 10 expect
them to act better than we give them an
example If we are hasty, violent, un,
reasonable incorporate or profane in our
speech, careless in our habits, impure in
our lives, we have every reason 10 ex-
pect that our children will grow up TO be
like us Nay, we may properly fear that
they viii make bad haste TO distance US
on the evil road for experience, and the
terror OF the law, and a wholesome re.
stIaint from society, keep US somewhat
in check. TO the child all these things
are wanting. Think OF the effect on a
boy, of seeing his father IN rough-snd-
tumble fight, or of hearing him threaten
to kill neighbor, perhaps member of
his own family This is the kind OF
education too many children have who
are growing up to be your fellow-eitizens
and mine, and whom some reckless dem
agogue viii try to persuade ought to be
at the top of society. Think of he in
fluence on child of habitual coaissness,
hardness aud the want OF self control in
those who stand to him rs his ty pes of
men and womenl Let it never pass out
of our thought, let it cling To us and
haunt us day by day, that our children
are deriving a large and formative part
of their education from our daily mar
Dcrs, and especially from The tone Of our
daily lie. The spirit that rules us
creates the spirit that rules them
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Drying Flowers in Sand.

There are many of our brilliant flows
ers, such as dsblias, pansies, pinks, sc,
raniums, sweet williams, carnations,
gladioli, which may be preserved 90 as TO
retain their color for years. White
flowers will not answer as we'll for this
purpose, nor any succulent plant, as
hyacinths or cactus. Take dishes of
sufficient depth to allow the flowers 10
be covered an inch deep with sand get
the common white sand, such as is used
for securing purposes, cover the bottom
of the dish with a layer halls an inch
deep, and then lay in the flowers, with
the stems downward, holding them
firmly in place while you sprinkle more
sand over them, until all the places be-
tween the petals are filled and the flow
ers are buried out of sight. A bTosd
dish will accommodate quite q large
number, and allow sufficient sand be-
tween. Set the dish in a dry, warm
place, where they will dry gradually
and at the end Of the week pour off the
sand and examine them if there is any
moisture in the sand, it must be dried
before using again, or fresh sand may be
poured over them, the same as before
Some flowers will require weeks TO dry,
while others viii become sufficiently dry
to put away in a week or ten days. By
this very simple process flowers, ferns,
etc, are preserved in the proper shape,
rs well as in their natural color, which
is far better than to press them in books
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Two of a Kind .

When TennysOn's "In MemOTiam"
appeared, certain poet was standing in
the Old Corner Book store, turning over
the leaves of the freshly-printed vol
ume, when up stepped literary friend
of rare taste and learning in poetry, say
ing TO the poet: "Have you read it ~
''Indeed / have" was the answer, "and
do you know it seems TO me that in this
delightful book Tennyson has done for
friendship what Petrarch did for love. :"
This was too neat mot for the literary
friend to forget. That afternoon he
called upon lady on Beacon Hill, and
noticing copy of "In Memorianl" on
her table, saw his opportunity. After
the usual greetings, he took up the
book "Have you read it," he asked.
eyes" said the lady, "and l have en-
joyed it greatly" go have ~ said
her visitor, Sand do you know that it
seems TO me that in this charming poem
Tennyson has done for friendship what
Petrarch did for love" "Indeed, re-
joined the lady, adding, with miss
chievous smile, "Mr. (naming q
well-knowD essayist and critic called
this morning and said The same thing"
Who ii was that originated the apt COM
parison remains an unsolved mystery to
this day.
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father than to follow thy own inven-

tions.
A good life maketh a man wise accord
ing o 1od, and giveth him experience
in many things.
The more humble a man is in himself
ana Inc more subject unto God, the
more wise and peaceful shall he be in all
things.-[Thomasa' Kempis.
Inc Progress OF Christianity in In
dia'--We have already recorded the
great accession of converts to the Bap-
tlst Telugu Mission. There has been a
wonderful ingathering at other points,
showing that there is a pretty general
movement OF Hindus toward Christian
lty- In the Diocese of the Episcopal
Onurch at Madras there have been 3D.
OOo additions inalittle over six months.
There has also been an accession of 800
or 900 persons, embracing about 5000
persons, to the Arcot Mission of the
Eutch Reformed Church. These, with
the 5,422 at the Telugu Mission, make
the aggregate of about SO, 900 referred to
by as last week. 1t is probable that a
large portion of these have been drawn
to Christianity as a result of the aid
rendered during the famine. The Hindus
saw and recognized this aid al fruit of
religion infinitely superior, even in its
human aspects, to their own, and hence
embraced it, rightly Judging it by its
fruits 1t is expected, from indications,
that this is but the beginning of work
such rs has not been in the history of
missions. Eyensasit now stands it ex-
ceeds anything Which has transpired
since the beginning of modern missions
in the East - Chicago STANDARD.
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The Primary cause OF Distant symp-

TIC FrHthisary taAtlse OF a HBIstnnf y APP
tom.
Nervousness is rarely disease in itself
inherent, but is the lineal offspring of DIV.
spepsia, in a majority of cases. The ner-
vous disturbance is at first trif1ing, but ulti-
mately it's parent so undermines the general
health as to produce consequences very
threatening to that great nervous center, the
brain. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the
most powerful medicinal opponent of the
ravages of indigestion, and protects the ner-
vous system from them. The tremors, the
unnatural anxiety, the headaches, the sleep
Iessness and loss OF appetite which charac>
terizes digestive irregularity and weakness,
and which are almost invariably accom-
panied by an uncertain condition of the
bowels and inactivity of the liver, are all
eradicated by this matchless corrective and
when nervousness does not proceed from
the cause designated, it affords most CRATE
fnl relief.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
THE HAND ABOVE

fines suggested by passage frem Jeremy
Taylor: Nothing does 80 establish the mind,
amidst the rollings and turbulence of present
things as a look above them and look beyond
them; above hem, 10 the steady and good Hand
by which they are ruled; and beyond them, to
the sweet and beautiful end to which, by that
Hand, they viii be brought."l
come to my Savior In sorrow opprest,
longing for comfort yearning for rest,
And voice seems to whisper q message Of love.
And see gazing upward. Hand from above;
And the '.roliings and turbulence sink AT my
feet
AS 1 rise on my souls wings. that dear Hand to
greet,
And beyond them that beautiful end would
Can # be, my dear Master. such glory for met
Ahl wolccme the sorrow-ah. joyful the pain,
Ii the clasp Of that Hand be the prize that 1
gain;
II it keep me, and guide me, and lead me at
length,
To my lord and my savoir. my glory and
strength.
Aanfe E. POteeH, IN ". 2 Observer.
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Quiet HOurs.-'I feel as if | were so
useless" ssid one who had passed by
several years the Psslmist's limit of
threescore and ten. "And if by reason
of strength they be feurscore years, yet
is their strength labor and sorrow," said
David and observation confirms the
truth of his words every day. When age
with its infrmities has come there are
few who preserve the buoyancy and vigor
of earlier times.
But the old should never call them
selves useless. We younger ones do not
think them SO. We go to them for
counsel, and we prize their gathered and
ripened experience. We love to sit at
their feet and listen to their stories Of
lie and love, their "reminiscences of
childhood, and their recollections of the
heat and burden off their MONDAY.
Even though they must sit with folded
hands, let them not complain, for these
quiet hours have many compensations,
and much to make them delightful.
1t is always agreeable to be the re-
cipieDt of courtesy and refined attention.
By common consent, in Christian house
holds, the easiest chair, the cOsiest corner,
the best seat at the table, and most de-
sirable place everywhere is given to the
grandparents The voices of others are
hushed to hear their tremuious accents,
and the strong arm the quick step, and
the alert faculties of youth are ut their
service to command. If grandpa can
not see to read his paper, Edith or Mary
Is ready TO tell him its contents Oh read
them to him. II grandma can not
thread her needle, there are bright eyes
and dimpied hands which are eager and
deft, and very swiftly do it for her.
There are many homes here in which
such picture as Mrs. Field drew of the
grandmother in France would be true to
life "Grandmother-the queen of that
little realm. How charming she is with
her white hair and that little esp, so
matronly and becomingl She is still
young in her feelings. She is the one of
whom the young married couple take
counsel; it is into her discreet ear that
the son, just home from college, conides
his first attempt at poetry or eloquence /;
to her the young girl whispers the secret
of her first love-"
Take the comfort OF your quiet hours,
dear aged friends. Already you are in
vested with some OF the radiance of the
bright Heaven TO which you are going.
We look st you reverentially, and every
day you spend with us is precious
Christian at work.
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Meteoric Gold.


The remarkable specimen of meteoric
iron, resembling steel, picked up in the
NOLAN desert and carried to Fort Yuma,
a short time ago, is thus described. "It
weighs about pound and carriesfree
gold, of which nearly dollar appears
on the surface. 1t is not magnetic, and
has successfully esisted simple and com
pound baths OF acid. In this respect il
resembles specular iron, but in no other.
One of its surfaces shows fracture that
reveals carystalline structure, the color
of which is steel-grsy, tiDged with vel
low. It hiss defed the best cold chisel-
in the blacksmith shop, and hiss not
broken or Clipped under heavy blows.
If its composition can be initiated it will
produce the hardest and toughest alley
known"
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A Man OF 1housnna.

When death was hourly expected, and DR..
H. James was experimenting with Indian
Hemp, he accidently cured his only child of
CONSUMPTION, and now gives this recipe
free. Send two stamps to pay expenses.
Address Craddock & Co., L 80 Race street,
Philadelphia, naming this paper.
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OF wisdom and Forethought in Our

OF Wisdom and FOrethought in Our
Action.-We must not trust every say
ing or suggestion, but wariIy and pa
tiently ponder things according to the
will of God.
Yet, alas! such is our weakness, that
we often rather believe and speak evil
of others than good.
But perfect men do not easily credit
every one wLo speaks to them; for they
know that human frailty is prone to
evil, and ever subject to errors in words.
Tt is great wisdom not to be rash in
thy doipgs, nor to stand stifiy in thine
own conceits.
AS also not to believe everything
which thou nearest, nor Immediately to
relate again to others what thou hast
heard or dost believe.
Consult with him that is wise and of
sound judgment, and seek to be in
structed by one better than myself,
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AT Buffalo the other day, where a
large number of smokers were together,
one gentleman remarked that it was no
pleasure to him TO smoke in the dark !;
and the discussion spreading, it was dis.
covered that nobody had ever been heard
of who did enjoy pipe or cigar when he
couldn't zee the smoke.
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Our Work for GOd.-The GRAND on
which God sends US is always a prac
ticabla Grand. provided there be sim
ere desire 90 our part to accomplish the
errand, to do the work and in proper
ton to the effort demanded, TO the self
denial required. His authorship of the
message concerning the work becomes
more evident to the thoughtful and re-
Elective Christian mind. We usually
judge in exactly the opposite way We
say, That Is Il good work, and | can do
IL in minute; therefore / will do it;
that is Gods errand for me. Il is a good
work, aud can help il 10y little gift
which | never shall miss. That is evil
IDENTIFY Gods plan for me-" Thus we
reason. Ali but Gods plan exactly
reveTses that. He makes duty the more
obligatory the more difficult it is, be-
cause Tor the development OF Christian
energy ia Us, Christian generosity, Chris
tian pstience, he gives us the work to be
done by Us. God can 10 His own work
without us, and when one by one the
great teacliers of the Church hsve passed
away, and the Christian Church tarry-
ing behind has let that tie horsemen
and chariOts of Israel had gone from its
sight forever, and there was no more
guardianship and no more inspiration,
God has raised up Others to take their
places, or has carried on his work with
out such signal and illustrious spirits to
be leaders in it, to show that He never
depended upon any one human soul,
upon any twenty, upon any million hui
man souls for the accomplishment of His
plan. He carries them forward by His
own might as the ocean carries the log
because of its majesty and buoyancy.
God does not need our help. Why then
does He ask for it? Why put us to the
trouble of working for Him Why put
us to the strain of giving for Him? Why
put Us to the long endurance of patiently
planning and waiting that we may &C
complish His design? Because thus He
develops us. This is His spiritual uni
versity in the werld Thus He applies
not tests merely, but incidents, stimu
iants, means of instruction, to whatever
is best in us. The man who has given
himself 10 his country loves it better;
the man who has fought for his friend
honors him more; the man who has Ia
bored for his community values more
highly the interests he has sought to
conserve. The man who has wrought
and planned and endured for the accom-
plishment of Gods plan in the world
sees the greatness of it, thedivinity and
glory of it, and is himselfm more perfectly
assimilated to it DR. Storrs.
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For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WINDOWS
Soothing Syrup has been used fer chdren
with neverfailing success. 1t corrects Eidity
of the stomach, relieves wind collie, rebates
the bowels, cures dysentery and dDrb@a,
whether arising from teething or otheIcSees.
An old and well-trie9 remedy. 25c. q boNe.
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No FAMILY in this broad land shsuId
undertake to keep house without Johnnn's
Anodyne Liniment, many have tried tout
failed. 1t is worth more to family thin q
whole medicine chest.
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If there is any enc thing more than
another that convinces man of the
progress of education in our common
schools, and the sound practical instruc-
ton communicated to the rising genera
ton, it is to have his daughter bring him
problem something like this: If eight
oxen consume twelve and one-eighth
times the amount of food in FIVE days
required by one-sixth of the tquare root
of sixteen sheep at cost of 29-7S cents,
how many oxen will be required by one
hall of the cube root of an equal nuns
Der of sheep in forty-two days time at
cost of 4.16 Of that amount, and tn
umphantly point to the answer at the
foot OF a whole slate full of figures as
being s2,ls7, 1863 oxen.-[ Boston Bull
latin
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TIE Mollychunkemunk is the eu-
phonious title of new pleasure steamer
recentlv launched on lake in Maine.
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FAMILIARITY with the writings of the greatpoe,s
is a necessity to who wishes TO appear IN
in company. For 10 cents we will send a bod Of
160 select from the beautiful melodies OF Aere
the grand poems Of Byron, and the uneq ualed snes
of Burns, and SO popular songs. Desmond AGO.
9l5 Race street, Philadelphia.
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To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweaen
the breath, use Browns Camphorated Sap.na-
ceous Dentifcice. twenty-five cents boale.