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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

"Oh. bless your soul, I'll manage =,
took good care of that when we sta ~ g
He was so sot and determined to con's,
nothin' would do but to humor ~, e: Z
but we'll get along nicely nov. =
train'll be here in a little while.
sat down by Betsy's side, aud waiss', r. J.
till she had given poor Higgins s2l''s
domestic wine and come drops from E
bottle she had with her, and fnuing p
was quiet, / made good use OF tue 'is,
minutes left us, and opened my lesss
to Betsy Crouch.
8 For Heavens sake, Betsy, 1 ssips
aput this wicked thought from his n'i''e
it once snd forever"
"There's nothin' to hinder bis ms'-
ryin' agin," said Betsy.
g No, no." ] replied; but let hlm p
care ul this time 10 manage ~ ns17
PLY"
ssurely, Surely" said Betsy ane
presently they steamed away.
When / reached home. Mr. Baxter We
in the parlor with Violet, but she pleadeA
headache and soon came up 81 me.
What did you do with hing sie
erieds 6szhaFe keen ii 81 <1fRn -
en- e -. - = Z I =
Very nearly SO, vT0fet, otft h' Is sc
with Betsy"
Then / told her all about it, nd the
poor child was wholly subduedor the
next thirty-six hours. Every ing of
the bell made her tremble, taRt the
door sent the color from her heeks |
At last we got news that Farmer iggins |
was safe in bed with a nervous fer the |
issue of which Betsy left in he COM
Portable way to Providence Viot was |
married the following month. an only |
yesterday came my first news frn the |
mountains Providence was boutiful. |
His benifcence not only extened to |
prolongiDg the farmers life, but Eched
it to Betsy's as happy ga eguard IT the
future.
"Its raspberry time" writes ,etsy,
"and the yield is most uncommon. The |
hollyhocks is as double as roses thisyear,
and John and | and the children ad ali /
hands want you to come up and say as
long as you ike without payin' neboard
of any kind"
The good woman mentioned myfavor-
;te finn. and flower. am sadly worn
and dissuiriten.. the breath Of the noun
tain air would be as he balm OF Glead.
l wonder If it would be bes,t 70 so
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15
Yalunble london Newspaers.

Tondon correspondence Baiuin0r5
SIM: Negotiations have been ON ioet for
sone '1,,, time BY two parties, one in England
and one represented 10 Paris, for we
nnrchase mr. of che London Daily 1eleg'alh.
The only question IL matter Of price.
The sum asked is eSb0,000. The ciIcu-
lation of this paper Is an average o.
$50 600 daily, and Lawson, Levy es
Moss are willing TO ISL and start 4 new
naper. The Tines iE rapidly losirg GU
cuIation and influence. It's clrculAliQn
does not exceed 1900 daily, if ~ muen'
ON an average. It's Editorials arg ieaae't
and prosy, inappropriateiy scientiic el /
often siIiv for n leading Journal 81 t'-
rome. am ASSURED that q now .'man.
cement viii be shortly establisheo' ~
Give to the TbundesT more ezorei &
least. The Daily Na'es Is the next ,s9
progressive daily I.oadon peper, i1 q
culstion being Oh "a average l-.,'e't
nar dav. But whtn you think y wy
csbmarl's paper here--the Peiit 5g,,r.e .eo r.
having verified circulation q 0Vv,9..
ner ~, dav. figures fsiie eleewne1e .ns @,
reflect what is convlyeo "a ,le.
600 spetit Journals. Poison hno n..' /,
partisan feeling and perspns' n'''.'.. l'..'
ties such a circptition Of s'1Pn 'rr'
ments araaes only social 7'n
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15
This is Not a Dull, Stupid, UnrOmaHtI'
World.
Now York Tribune.


Has anybody been saying that this is
dull, stupid, nnromantic world, where
nothing unexpected ever happens
!, sss.5sssy, an insane patient in the Colum..
bas, Ohio, hospital has suddenly fallen
heir to an estate in Pennsylvania worth
one hundred thousand dollars, end is
said 10 be improving steadily. Then,
again, g Rochester girl, who has been
teaching in No. II school, and has saved
enough money to go to Europe, has
stumbled across her long-lost father,
who had deserted bis family many years
before, and enabled his wife to marry
again, and cultivate a small but select
brood of four, his remark on meeting the
daughter being, "Me daughter, o me
daughter % Moreover, lady return
ing from q Wheeling thester with her
husband in a crowded horse car pulled
tne coat-skirts of the gentleman III front
of her and nurmured sweetly, "Yon
may sit down here in my lap, dear" and
lben discovered that her husband was
at the other end of the car, and the
creature to whom she had made her hos
pitabie overtures was some other man.
There is also a young woman named
Gertrude in remote Italian village Of
the Apennines who has been mag
netized" by an American spiritualist
and who is now extremely irregular ii
her temper, seeing forty thousand deylil
one day and sixteen angels the next, an6
alternately threatening to cut her throa
and signing for her physical compli
ment. IT'S love, love, that makes thi
merry world 90 round.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Pennsylvania furnishes one-hith o the
rye produced in this country, 3,577, ,64l bush
els out of 16,91S, ,795.
American cotton-drills are finding a
good market in China and the demand
seems TO be steadily increasing.
1t is stated that three-fifths of the fires
in San Francisco are caused by depositing
wood ashes in wooden vessels.
The shipments of grain from New Or
leans during the past year show an increase
of over 100000 bushels over the previous
year.
After hams are smoked aud been dried
they may be packed away in a barrel be-
tween alternate layers Of salt 'Tis said
they keep through the summer splendidly.
From recently published statements of
the earnings of the leading railroads in the
country, it is shown that majority of them
have increased earnings on last years buai-
ness.
American hams sent to Europe, IL is
claimed, are largely repacked as Vests
phalIan hams and sold in other countries
at an enormous advance on the first cost in
this market.
In 1877 there were drank in the United
States 457 600 barrels of beer in excess of
the amount consumed in 1876. The decrease
in the quantity OF whisky used in the same
time was 100000 barrels.
The cottonwood poles used on the line
of the Southern Pacific Railroad to support
the telegraph poles have sprouted, and give
promise OF supplying a continuous line OF
hourishlng shade trees.
The San Francisco Call estimates the
wheat crop OF California at Al $50. $50 BUSH
els, and barley crop at q, ,12i $50 bushels.
Inc same paper estimates the surplus wheat
for export at ], ,0O0, GOO tons.
India has lost nearly million and
half OF people during the past year by the
famine that has prevailed within her b0r-
ders, and the deaths from starvation in
China probably number as many more.
A new silver bonanza has been found
IN California A rich silver ledge of ore has
been found in Los Angeles County, which
is likely to rival the Conlstock lode. In
two days two men took out $4,000 worth of
ere.
We may safely estimate the average
cotton crop of the United States from 1870
to 1880 at 5000, 0c0 bales per aDnum, or tor
ten yesrs sc. .000, 600 b. les, which, at $50 per
bale, makes the enormous sum Of $1,000
DOC, 600.
d delicate mechanical feat was re-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15
HOOker's OpiOn of Grant and Aer.
man.

Here is what we find in the Brooklyn
! Eagle, being part of long interrieE,
in which fighting Joe Hooker give his
| views OF men and things, Here is what
he thinks of Sherman and Grant:
"What made General Sherman tale
such malicious pains, ten years after tie
war was over, and q sick crippled mlnto
attack you IN his Memoirs with such le-
| liberation?'
"Oh, Sherman is hard, cru ell man a
tyrant in the small. He likes to be prd-
ding people ard prosecuting the nm
com batants. He had 80 little discern
ment that be thought abuse of me would
pass with the country, but the reception
! OF it by the people mortified his cray
mind. Probably he never did anything
that gave him so much selfish repeE-
ance."
DO you ever see him, Generl
Hooker?'
81 visited Washington seme time ags
and General Sherman called on m.
said 1: Sherman, this is indeed quee.
| You the general of the army come 3
see me, who mad no idea of calling o.
you. Way, Sherman, I'm sure we can't
misundersJand each other. You have
spared no pains to publish your wantoi
appreciation of me, and [ think l have
been almost as frank about you" Sher-
man was ashamed OF himself; that was
why he called"
Do you rank Sherman in ability any.
where near his rank?"
He had more disasters than any man
i know of. His character and compost
tion are nervous ana uncertain, and he
Is tOrmented by consciousness that the
American nation has no confidence in his
judgment, and would not keep him
where he is in case OF general danger. |
regard him as responsible for the Indian
atrocities taking place this ;all on the
plains. lie possesses none of the mAgisS
teral, assusging, wise sense which controls
savages. His errors in the rebellion went
the full swing of the pendulum, from
gross military mistakes, such as the first
expedition on Vicksburg, to gross civil
blunders like the treaty with Joe John
ston- His resentments only magnify
the original bluDdeIs like the treaty
with Joe Johnston. His resentments
only magnify the original blunder, such
az attempting to insult a great man like
Stanton because Sherman had played the
fool"
"Yet, general, how do you account for
Grants preference for Sherman?'
That made him," said General
Hooker. well, Sherman has genius
much like George Francis Trains. He
can talk and write raptuously, and yet
have no sense. lam disposed TO think
hat Grant, not possessing the power OF
expression, was taken with Sherman's S
aptness at writing, and thought he had
better not antagonize his pen. Yet Sher-
man has never been loyal 20 Grants
kindness. think Grant the abIcI and
better of the two. As President of the
United States, however, Grant WAS vul-
gar and incompetent"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

say, Is your lamp burning, my broihtIl
i pray you look quickly ont see
For II Il were burning, then allreiY
Come beams would iall bright upon me-
Straight straight Is the road tut ialtcr,
And Oft shall fall BY the Wy,
Then lift your lamp higher, my protnefi
Lest / should make fatal deitys
There are many and many around you,
Who follow wherever you 81. 49,,
II YOU thought that they walked ~ tne tnaop~s
Your lamp would burn brightly, EnoH.
Upon the dark mountains they rtumDie'
They falI on the rocks. AMI they ne
With their white, Pleading iaD1 tuirta Ni""'~
To the clouds ana the piuiu ~.
II once ali the lamps that crs GIFTED
Should steadily blaze cut 10 ine
While O'ur the earth and oceae,
What girdlo Of glory wouii slinr
How ali the dark places won 4 lighieni
How tho mist would rise up fnd ~ Wy.
How fhe cath would LAUGH out ln hlf titAnl .
And hail the milieniai daYi
gay, Is yoar lamp b1rni ng, my brothcn
i pray you look quickly and ieei
For il IL wore burning. then nlrey
Some beams would fall bright upon me.
filEfgn fiIuolf|If tlInflli4
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

A PARTY of Americans have taken
possession of the small Haytien island of
Navasss, from which they are shipping
large quantities of guano. They have
mounted three or four guns on the island
and want to know what the Haytien
government is going to do about it.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

ADMIRAL PORTER is said to devote the
proceeds of whatever writing he does for
reviews or newspapers to clearing away
the debt upon the naval monument to
Peace, at Washington. He is now pre-
pairing for the Moth Aseerican an article
on " Torpedoss Tie admiral himself
drew the design for ;he monument, which
costs S35. 900
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15
How Strong Man Faced Death.
Hartford Time

Norof us can know hoa we would
act ia supreme moment of revealed
fate. .dger Poe nor Victor Hugo could
have aagined form of death more
comp!ely calculated to test the VIC
tim's ,rtitude than the terrible scene
whicIprminated the life OF one John
Conla at Norwhich, last Friday night.
Conls who was a pistol maker in that
city, as walking on the railway track
at Ngich Falls, at point where there
is deble switch, and accidentally had
ore fol caught in a frog in such q
way tEt with all mis- efforts he was una
bic totxtricate it. A northern-bound
trsinfas coming at full speed, and Con
Ian, kding himself unable to escape his
doomhalf turned, in his chained posi-
tion,lnd faced the engine (literally an
eBgiq Of death) in q defiant way, and
almol smiled as it struck him. His
bodyEas fright4ully mangled, almost
literay torn to pieces under the re-
morseSs wheels, and when picked up
is prsented horrible sight. A portion
OF ~ elothing, in which was. his re-
volyer, Has torn from him by the engine
and esrrki TO Willimantie before it was
discovered.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

A COMPANY of wreckers is now at
work on the hull of the cid frigate Cum
berland, sunk near Newport News by
the Merrimac in the early part Of the
war. Summer guests carry away pieces
of the timber as relics.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

The lately invented hundred-ton gun
which viii fire five pounds worth of iron
six miles and a half in fifty seconds is
considered a very successful device for
making money go long way.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

Or cotton cloth the United States ex-
ported last wear one hundred and twenty
SIX million yards, while the amount In
1874 was but eighteen million. EN-
ployers claim that the earnings Of mill
operatives are higher now than in 1860,
in proportion to the cost OF living, and
mills are supplying goods at less cost
than in that year. Although supplies
cost more and cotton the same, greater
skill and economy, with improved ma
chincry, produce these results
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

THE 7.30 notes were 80 called because
they bore interest a. the rate OF seven
and thirty-huudredths per cent. per an
mum. The pos were 50 called because
they we're redermable in FIVE years and
payable in twenty years, and the 10-40's
were so called because they were redeem
able in ten years snd payable in forty
years. The zoos were, by the terms of
their issue, either payable in greenbscks
or fundable into 5-20's in three years
from the date Of their issue. The most
of them were, in fact, funded into 5,2O's
before tae end of 1868.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

THE swinging melton of railway cars is
now ingeniously utilized as an Indicator
of the velocity of trains, the arrange
ment of this end being as follows with>
in case clcckwork is fixed, which causea
a large horizontai.plate to rotate once
in twelve hours. On the plate disc of
paper is held by spring, the border be-
ing divided into hours and minutes. The
point Of pencil, which is attached to
two springs and a pendulum, so that the
pencil makes a zig-Eag line around the
paper; on removing the latter, the rate
of travelling may be studied.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

THE .ension ctfiee in Washington
gives notice TO whom it may concern
that the services OF pension lawyers and
claim agents arc OF no value whatever in
advancing the interests oi applicants for
pensions. The bureau furnishes blanks
that cover the whole business on appH-
catioIs AID they car be flied BY any
notary public without help of the pro-
fessed experts.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

DAVID was of short stature Hence
his remark ct said in my haste tall
men are liars"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

S1D Douglas Jerrold: "I knew a
lnaa who could speak five-and-twentv
iap@ages, and he never said anything
worn hearing in any OF them"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

A NOVEL discovery in deer hair has
been made. Experiments prove that
it is mere buoyant than cork, and can
be used for life-preservers. In 1876 a
Government Commission made expert
ments with the deer hair, and reported
that enc pound of it would sustain a
weight of ten pounds fer three days
The latest test was by board of naval
officers, who reported that after the deer
hair bad been saturated for seven days
it sustained in water twelve times it's
weight, thus showing buoyancy five
times greater than that of cork.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-24

many years, have found cigar smok-
ing lads to be connected with various
other evil habits, and If am not mis-
taken, you are not an exception. You
can leave; you will not suit me"
John held down his head and left the
store land as he walked along the street,
a stranger and friendless, the counsel of
his poor mother came forcibly to his
mind, who, upon her death-bed, called
him to her side, and placing her emacia-
ted hand upon his head, said
Johnny, my dear boy, am going to
leave you You we'll know what dis
grace and misery your father brought
upon us before his death, want you to
promise me, before l die, that you will
never taste one drop of the accursed
poison that killed your father, nor tobac-
co. Promise this, and be good boy,
Johnny, and shall die in peace"
Tears trickled down Johnny's cheek.
He went to his lodgings, and throwing
himself upon his bed, gave vent to his
feelings in sobs But John had moral
courage. He had energy and deter
mination, and ere an hour had passed
he made up his mind never to taste an
other drop of liquor nor to smoke
another cigar.
He went straight back to the mer-
chant. Said he:
"Sir, you very properly sent me away
this morning for habits that L have been
guilty of; but, sir, 1 have neither father
nor mother, and though L have occa-
sionally done what / ought not to do,
and have not followed the advice of my
poor mother on her death-bed, yet 1
have now made vow never to drink
another drop of liquor nor smoke an
other cigar, and if you will only try
ME, it is all ask.
The merchant was struck with the
decision and energy of the boy, and at
once employed him. He was steady
and faithful to his vow, and at the ex-
piration of five years this lad was a
partner in the business, and is now
worth ten thousand dollars.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-24
A Lesson for Boys.

A FEW years ago, a lad who was left
IA without father or mother went to
New York, alone and friendless, to get
situation in store as an errand boy,
until he could command higher posi-
tion but this boy had been in bad
company and had got into the habit of
calling for "bitters" and cheap ci-
gars. .f.,..s f.r.
On looking over the paper he noticed
that a merchant on Pearl street wanted
lad of his age, and he called there and
made his business known.
"Walk into my office, my lad"
said the merchant, "I'll attend to you
soon."
When he had waited upon his custo-
mer he took seat near the lad, and es-
pied u cigar in his hat This was
enough.
"My boy" said he, =" 1 want smart,
honest, faithful lad but you, 1 see,
smoke cigars, and in my experience of
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-24
A Knowing Office Holder.

The Register of New York City has
had complaints made regarding the fees
charged in his Office. Being interviewed
on the subject, he showed his ignorance
by the following remarks
I" L am really unable to conceive what
motives or what grounds any one can
have for making any such charges
against me. L do not myself know the
method of collecting fees in my office,
but if what my deputy tells me is true,
there certainly can be no foundation for
any charge of excessive fees. When L
entered upon the duties of my office, 1
told the deputy to charge the same fees
that had formerly been charged. He
told me recently that where any change
had been made from the old rates it had
been decrease, so that if there were not
any grounds for complaint against my
predecessor, do not see how there are
against me. I do not know whether
the rates are fixed by statute or not
that is matter 1 have left entirely with
my deputy, and have never had occa-
sion to look the question up. Still, /
suppose there must be statute regulations
on the subject. If so, suppose, of
course, they have been followed"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-24

you," replied Du Bois. 81 will soon
manage to have a letter conveyed to
you which will make known the place
of my retreat. Promise that you will
come to me-that you will render for
ever happy the life you have this day
saved, by an act of generosity unpar-
alleled."
" 1 PROMISE" replied the lay sister
with faint blush t,44
"And now part; for the present,
best and dearest of your sex, farewell
If we meet not again on earth, we meet
in heaven.''
The door was opened, and the next
moment Du Bois was gone.
The letter which Du Bois had prom
ised came at length. The fair Theresa
did not hesitate, but hastened to join
him agreeably to her promise. Quitting
his temporary asylum, he retired to
Spain, where he was welded to his bene-
factress.
Happy indeed was the fortune of Du
Bois, in being united to woman who
had proven the strength of her attach
ment in manner so remarkable, and
in an hour when earthly hopes had
ceased te shine into his SOUL
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-24
RAIL r O Ap s .
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS
NIaY I2th. ISIS.


TRAINS LEAVE II ARRIsBURG AS FOLLOWS
For New York, at $40, $40 a. m. 2oOp. M,
: For Philadelphia, at 500 s.iO, e.4S am
200 and 1851 p. IN. IN .Il N Il
For Reading, at $50, $40, GAS a. m. and 200
For Pottsvle at $50, $40 a. M, and 1857
p. m, and Via schuyikill and susquehanna
Branch at2.4 p. m. fu
For Auburn via s, & s. Br, at 5.SOa. m.
For Allentown, at $40, S.lOa. m., ana at 2O0,
3.57 and 755 y. m. I
have through cars for New York.
The $40, a. M, and 200 y. m, trains have
through cars for Philadelphia. .
SUNDAYS;
For New York, at $40 a. m.
For Allentown and Way stations at $50 a. m.
For Reading, Philadelphia and way Stationsat
LAS y. m.
TRAINS FOR HARRISBURG, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS
Leave New York, at S45 a. M, LOO, $50 and
~ 45 p. M
Leave Philadelphia, at 9.l5 a. m. 400, and
Leave Reading, at TAO 14O, li.2O a. m. lSO,
Leave Pottsville, at 6lO, 9.l5 am. and iS5
p. m. L I..y
Andvia Schuylkill and SusQuehanna Branchat
Sis a. m
Leave Auburn was. Il S. Br. at u noon.
Leave Allentown, AZ 1880 $50, 9.O5 a. M, l2.l5
A30 and 905 u. IN. .....
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York. at $50 p. M
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m.
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 1926
p. m.
j. L. WOOTEN, Gen. Manager
G. G. HANCOCK, General Ticket Agent.
+Does not run on Mondays.
*Via Morris and Essex II. II.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-24
His Own Medicine.


One of the delegates to the National
convention, on his return from Syracuse,
went to see his hearts delight, to whom
he had been engaged for six ecstatic
months. She met him at the hinge
weakened gate with the remark:
" James, have learned to love an
other. Tonight we part"
g Learned to love another! Part -
Why, Fanny, what do you mean ?''
&C / mean precisely what say" she
answered, with an icy smile.
go, no (; it cannot be, it cannot be-
Say you are joking. You cannot mean
it. Have not your absolute promise to
be my wife ?"
You have" she replied in the same
unimpassioned tone. "And it is be-
cause you have my absolute promise
that feel have right to be fickle."
He reached around to his hip pocket
and whipped out his pistol, exclaim-
ing:
"If you would not have me fall dead
at your feet, explain"
g WILL" she said. My absolute
promise is like the absolute paper mon
ey you dote on-there is no provision
made for redeeming it,"
He slowly returned his pistol to his
pocket and departed from her presence
without word.