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The Hickman courier., 1878-07-05
Teasing.

A budding love affair is perhaps the
most welcome of all for these sorry
hunters of poor game and in nothing do
thev work more mischief. Many a
pleasant possibility has been nipped in
the beginning by untimely teasing, and
many a girls potential happiness has
been destroyed because some coarse
minded, pitiless joker must have his lit
tie fun, and tease the young fellow pub
licly before he has quite made up his
mind. AfCer, the thing is not SO bad.
He would be but poor.spirted creature
to be laughed out Of his intention, but
while the thing is only sprouting, not
vet fully growing, teasing is falkland
for this cause all the better fun. Sport
to the one. hut not unfrsGuently death
to the other and the wanton destruction
of infinite joy--all for the silly sake of
teasing two young people who have let
the world read between the lines, and
show the Joker and the teaser that "elec-
tive affinity" was no idle phrase so far as
they were concerned.
Teasing goes on at home to often a
lsmentable extent, and more than one
temper has been permanently soured on
the process. The parents tease the chill
dren, and the children tease each other,
till the passionate are made furious, the
meek fearful, the humble craven, the
insensitive callous, and the quiet morose.
II one child has a certain unmanly habit
-conseq perhaps, on a physical
defect-as the peeriDg of short sight, or
the limp of lameness, if it is absent or
dreamy or clumsy, those who are given
to the bad habit OF teasing never let it
alone. No callew cygnet was ever more
cruelty pecked at by the full,hedged
ducks than IS the poor ugly duckling of
the nursery and unless that cruel play
is stopped by the authorities, the mis-
chief of life is wrought Nothing, in
deed, in house, demands more careful
overlooking and more vigorous and Judi
cious suppressing than this habit of
teasing iDdulged in by the members of a
family, one with the other; for the sport
of the one is heIe again emphatically
death to the other and, when you have
broken the finer nature that lies in every
soul bow will you mend it, London
Queen.
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Foreign News Items.

The famine in India is slowly dying
ut everywhere; the survivors are re-
covering health and strength, and the
small quantities of food imported show
that the people have a suficiency of
grain.
Among the curious objects which
Norway has on display at the Paris ex>
position are ish-skins tanned for gloves :;
eel~skins prepared for harness; shark
skins, ten feet long and three feet wide,
suited to various purposes, and whale
skins, sixty feet long, for driving bands
for machinery.
One OF the plaques of Egypt has Wis
tied several districts in county Derry,
Ireland. A fly, hitherto unknown, but
almost the size of a house-Hy, has ap-
peAred in vast numbers as to fill the air
like mist. They molest the animal
kingdom alone, swarming about horses,
cattle and men, and inficting venom
GUS sting which produces Inflammation,
sometimes closing the eyes of herses and
driving cattle wildly home from the
field A good, strong breeze drives
them away, except from the lee side of
their victim. They do not seem to in
wade the houses, though those driving
along the roads have to engage in con-
slant effort to protect their faces from
attack.
By way of monument to Thackeray,
London is to get out superb edition oil
his works. 1t will be limited to 1000
copies The undertaking attracts much
''9i,'io. y ere gssfrg Is shsat bin e..5
nothjsrs IKE IS IN cost or excellence OF
workmanship has ever been attempted.
The paper used will be made expressly
for this edition. Real China paper will be
used for the steel and copper plates, and
the very best artists, engrayers and
printers will lend their aid in producing
the finest set of books ever published in
any country.
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Amen.

/. Its Ongin.-Amen is a Hebrew
word, of Hebrew origin. Prior 10 the
time OF Christ it was found in no other
language but the Hebrew. Pagans did
not make use OF it in their idol worship
But with the introduction of Christian
ity it has found it's way into the lam
guages of all nations who have received
the Christian as their religion. In the
Greek, Latin, German and English
tongues, it is the same in Orthography,
in Specification, and, with very slight
deviations, also in pronunciation. 1t
has been left untranslated, and has oeen
transferred from the Hebrew just as 1t Is
found there, because there can not be
found in any language any single Wold
that expresses its precise and complete
sense and meaning
,. Its Sense. in his Smaller
Catechism, defines it thus: amen
amen, that is, yea, yea, it shall be so.
Cruden saws of it: "Amen in Hebrew
signifies true, faithful, certain" It's USED
in the end of every prayer in testimony
of an earnest wish, desire or assurance tC
be heard amen, be it So So shall II De
Webster says: "Amen, as noun, slgnl
fes truth, firmDess, trust, confidence a
a verb. to conform, establish, verify a
an adjective, firm, stable. In English
after the Oriental manner, it is useda
the beginning, but more generally a
the end of declarations and prayers II
the sense of, be it firm, be it establisheo.
All these definitions agree in msKin
amen to mean: Verify, true, certain
| be it 90, shall it be-" Some ancien
forms of ritual have rendered II inU
English, namely, So mote it be-.
| It is used in address by man 10 NJ
Maker. and by Him to US, and accorc
ipply. as used by either, differs SONS
what in application, as must De eViueh
For man makes favors, and God Des1o"
them: God makes promises, and ma
nleads them. When man says amen,
claims the divine assurance; when 1o
saws amen, He confirms it.-L Lutheran
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AL Sorts.

silver was first coined by Phidon, king
of Argos, about 500 B. c., 40 years
after the building of Solomon's temple,
the epoch of the building of Carthage.
The oldest existing paintingin Europe
is a Madonna and child, painted $50.
The oldest paintings in England are a
portrait of the poet Chaucer, painted on
a panel about 1890, and portrait OF
: Henry ". in 1405.
Tea was first introduced into Europe
in 1860. by the Dutch East India Com
pany, and then only as a curiosity, chow
ing the nature of the herb so UNIVERSAL
Iy used in the preparation of their So
much-loved beverage.
The custom OF wearing rings is very
ancient. 1t was prohibited in Rome to
all mechanics and men of low condition
to wear rings OF gold, 50 that permission
to wear a ring was social distinction.
The ussge et rings for sealing is also of
great antiquity.
Among the best known Americans, un
used and scarcely understood in Eng
land, are locomotive for engine" rail-
road for railway" horse cara for "tram-
way" depot for station" switch for
'sshunt," baggage for "luggage," store
for "shop," bureau for "chest of draw
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-05
\ Talk With a Body-snatcher

An Enquirer reporter talked yester-
day with Charles Keeton, who frankly
acknowledges his profession of body
snatching, and justifies himself by say
ing that his Iabors are bestowed in the
interests of science.
How lorg have you been in this bust
mesa ?' asked the reporter.
About eleven years, sir" said Kee>
ton, as he sat up in bed-for he is now
confined to his room from hemorrhage OF
the lungs. q began with Mr.. Cunning
ham, Old Cunny, they call him, eleven
wears ago, and have followed the bust
ness every winter since thst-"
Does it pay pretty well ?"
"Not now IT. used to pay, for we got
a good price for subjects, but there isn't
much money in it now"
why don't they pay so much now?"
"Well, sir, the fact isl don't want
to say nothing against anybody, but it
pears to me that somebody amt exactly
doing The far thing by the pr'fession
Of subject>gathering. l don't 'cuse
none OF the doctors themselves Of GO
ing out to get stiffs, but there's some
thing wrong somewhere. The old
demonstrators of anatomy at the col
Ieges wouldn't have stopped to such a
thing either, but l think things are
changed now. l went to the demon
strator of one college | amt going to
call any names--in March, and asked
him how many subjects they were going
to want for the spring session, and he
told me he thought they wouldn't want
any more, that they had enough on hand.
Well, YOU see, l knew better than that,
and my private 'pinion is that that ERE
demonstrator gets his subjects in some
queer sort of way. l don't say that he
goes out for 'em himself, but if he doesn't t
he must have some no count men that
would as soon reb the grave of party
well connected, and with lots of friends,
! as any other way. Now, no body
snatcher as has any respect for hisself ol
his calling II do a thing OF that sort
! l06I6 , plSnIJ VI hoSOAAoA - gAhS AN-AN
and rotting, just now, sir, and no friends
to claim it,"
How long have you been at the bqsl
ness?"
q It's about 'leven years since l frs
begun It. | begun with old Cunny
First he paid me three dollars head
that was while l was learning. Then h'
gave me eight dollars apiece, and finall!
decided to quit him and go by myself
and so he said he'd give me half, ant
then we worked together on shares til
he died"
"Do you make it regular business
then"
81 make my living by it in the winte
time"
"What do you get for subjects %
'We used to get about twenty-fv
dollars apiece for them, but lately tn
price somehow has got down to hftee
; dollars. The professors buy some sui
iects for themselves, and they most a
ways get them for about fifteen dollars.
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Not Modest Enough.

The poets are primarily responsible
for the delusion that flowers are pre-
eminently modest. They perpetually
tell us of the modest lily and the timid,
bashful violet, and have firmly con-
vinced the public that with the possible
exception of the peony, which in New
England is considered TO wear an in
delicately healthy look, such thing as
an immodest flower does not exist. a
very little unpreludiced observation will
show that this is a gross delusion.
Flowers, as a rule, have no sense of
modesty whatever. The lily arrays it.
self in simple white and stands on top
Of a tall stalk to solicit public attention
Would we consider lady particularly
modest who should dress herself in the
simplest possible white garment and
stand on the top of barrel in the front
yard to challenge the admiration OF
passers-by ? The violet is compelled, by
circumstances over which it has no
control, to reside very near the surface
of the ground, where il is frequently hid
behind bold and forward blades of gre 81.
That the violet is not of bashful and
retiring disposition is, however proved
by the fact that it is always ready to
display itself !, the buttOn-holes OF
brokers and men about town, in whose
society a really modest flower would
blush to be fou9&. As for the morning
glory, the sRgay in which it
climbs to = of seoOnd-story
were disreFz sSated railroad, is
utterly incompatible, not merely with
modestv, but with common decency. In
short, the average flower does not know
the meaning of sdesty, and although ii
may be ill-scented, crippled, and con
taminated by intimate association with
depraved worms, it will rear its head
and mutely asked to be plucked and laid
ON the bosom of beauty.
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Egyptian Cotton.

New Orleans Picayune: For some
time past Dr. Armand Mercier, president,
/ and the members of the Louisiana Ath-
! epaum, have made strenuous efforts to in
troduce in the south the Egyptian
'Bamiah" cotton. Last year a CORE
spondence with Judge Morgan, now in
Egypt, was entered into. Judge Nor
gan. in reply to the inquiries of Dr.
Mercier, sent him samples of the cotton
and quite quantity of the seed. The
samples were at the time submitted to
Messrs. Christ and Melleur, the experts
of the cotton exchange, who pronounced
the cotton OF a superior quality. The
seed was Immediately distributed among
a number of planters, who undertook to
cultivate them. The efforts of the Ath
eD@um are this year crowded with un-
questioned success. Among the persons
in the immediate vicinity of the city TO
whom seed were distributed, are the
Messrs. Cavaroc, below the city, and Mr..
Fendel Horn, on St. Charles street.
-'AA' Co'AON AAoo bIdbACN OLiC dNaD Va LAS
seed, and the plant on his place has
improved wonderfully, promising q splen-
did crop, At Mr.. Fendel Horns resi-
dence, on ST. Charles street, the seed
which he has planted has acquired for
the season wonderful proportions. The
seed was sown on the sixth of April last
and one of the plants bloomed on the first
of June. The flower is of brilliant
yellow, with beautiful red tinge At the
base of the petals. Contrary to the
flower of the ordinary cotton, which
gradually fades, the flower of the Ba-
miah preserved its bright yellow color
until it perished and fell to the ground.
One of the plants has already attained
the hight of four feet, and another three
feet six inches, and are daily growing
rapidly. In the state of Mississippi, at
Bay ST. Louis, Mr. Tulman sowed about
the same time one hundred plants, which
are all very promising, and already the
bolls are forming. Indeed, much is due
to the Indefatigable energy of DR.. Mer-
cier in introducing into our state q
species of cotton which, while being as
easily cultivated as the other, yields
more on the same quantity of land, and
commands better price in the market.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-05
Home Politeness.

The man who is scrupuleusly polite
and respectful to all women in public.
but habitually saves vulgar manners
and coarse language for his wife and
daughters is no gentleman. He is only
an impostor. The young man who oils
his hair, puts sweet odors upon his
pocket handkerchief, and bows with
charming elegance to Miss Arabella
Spriggins and her lady friends, and goes
home to sneer at his mother, disobey her
wishes, and treat her with familiar dis,
courtesy, is a pinchbeck imitation only
of gentleman. Genuine good manners
and gentle breeding should begin at
home. AS rule, the men in the com
munity who are the most trusted are the
best men at home. When a man opens
his front gate, only to meet his wife's
face st the door radiant with pleasure,
and hears the shout from the eager chill.
dren, Papa Is coming" it is safe, as a
rule, to lend that man money. He is
honest, and will repay it if he can.-
Cleveland Herald.
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VOL. XIV. NO. 81.

fHow do you usually get the Douies!
"Well, we generally go out Two To-
getber and 90 to burying ground. We
q 90 to the poor lots the Potter'S Fed,
and when we can find any fresh graves
we get the bodies"
"You don't get them from the parts
where the better class of people are our-
led -
"No. L,ts OF times Curny and have
been out together and we'd find ifssh
grave on a large lot, and Cunny would
Away say, Come long, honey, we won't
take that When we'd come through
to a part whess the graves we're
close together, and we knew 1t
was the po lot where the people
without any friends are buried, then
we'd dig down to the coffin, break IL open
and put a rope around the neck ana pull
the body out. l don't do that way new,
though, for it is just as easy to tnrosS all
the dirt out. Ttsa-s stsET,f.s. ssEzssgs.n1s 1T
a =
c, fin and take the body and lit 1t eut to
my partner. He takes it sDd gently runs
a knife down the back and rips the
clothes of, and let's 'em drop down.
Then we slips the head into sack,
press the knees up against the chest,
and slip the body in and tie the sack.
That's ali there is OF it."
How do you enjoy the work %
Well, it wasn't very pleasant at
first, OF course, but anyone gets used TO
it. 1t is for the good OF science, and
think it Is just as right and honorable as
for the man what does the dissection
want TO say one thing, though. and that
is that the colOred people have 'cused
me of robblng the graves in their grave
yards. never have done so. l have
took up a good many bodies of colored
people wot was buried in the poor lot, ,
but never any other"
How many do you suppose you have
furnished in your experience as a body
snatcher ?"
Maybe FIVE hundred. 1 got about
forty last winter, but it wasn't very
good winter for it, though. - Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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Fashions FOibIes.

A mere thread IF gold supporting a
solitaire diamo2d the favorite engage
ment ring.
New fanciful arasols are of ecru
poneee or foulardstriped around with
gay colors to mach those in the cos
tune
The finest lawns nd French nainsook
are used for white Cesses, and the trim
miDgs are embreidey, lace and tucks.
Young ladies hav rosettes of narrowly
folded satin ribbon f five or six differ
ent coloIs to wear With white dresses.
The long slender earf pin is now the
fashionable brooch, nd is the most i'm
portsnt article ofiewelry. Antique
styles are most likeo
Black velvet dG-collars now rival
gold necklaces as a upport for lcckets.
Some are fastened y gold clasps, and
others have a ieweld spray set on the
front.
Laundried sui@will be fashionable
this summer for lressy toilets. The
costume linens in cRmois gray and blue
shades are garnishedwith bands of EN-
broidery.
Ladies Of experience make up rich
stuff plainly, their reshness and beauty
being enough for tie first season; after
wards they can bemodernized by new
trimming etc.
Buttons of real tortoise-shell are
shown for rich costumes. Some OF these
are inlaid with colord pearl to represent
flowers and leaves, and others have gold
or silver birds or beeL
For the hair are lage ornamental pins
representing stars, ltus leaves, butter
flies, adove, or flower mounted on q curled
wire that makes thu ornament quiver as
the wearer moves
New cravat bows are long and slender,
and are Of embroidered or prccared rib
bon loops Of very bright colors down one
side, while the other half is of white
lace, either Valenciennes or duchesse.
Grape lisse folds make beautiful fchus
edged with pointe duchesse lace; some
are in vest shape, some as square for
Pompadour dresses, while others are
ee-cornered and crossed on the bot
tom
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family servant .isiled to remember him
so he gave no name, merely requesting
10 see Miss Pomesoy.
Nellie soon appeared bnt hardly had
she crossed the thresbold when The eves
of love recogniksd him. and with . wild
scream OF OFeg dear Guy!" she was
folded to hishaa
Long explanations followed Nellie
told OF the loss p her locket, on the day
of Guys last VnH, aud how she had re-
gretted 1t, belngAis gift She also told
of the dying coatssion of Fred Acton,
and his restoratlA OF her locket, which
she showed hiuIgorn on a blue ribbon
about her neck.
Guy, penites but loving, was fully
forgiven by hEdeeply wronged Nellie,
who, in the iowf such reunion, had
no heart to blslJeim.
Soon aftesss a grand wedding
in the stat5 @ and although
the hEitssa sss.s.sgeEe n,ilk-white
IE & Tsi5',' T5,sfises
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Submarine Earthquakes.

From Colonies and India, an English
journal, we make the following extract
" The past fifteen months have been
fruitful of volcanic disturbances, scarcely
any part of the earth having remained
unvisited by these unwelcome phenomena
on a more or less extensive scale F.; and the
last month of 1877 and the first three
months of the current year have been
particularly productive of what Byron
would call young earthquakes While
this has been the case in those parts of
the earth's surface which are inhabited,
and where the phenomena can be noted,
it is not to be expected that the much
larger area which is covered by the sea
should escape these visitations. The ap-
pearance and disappearance of volcanic
reefs and islands which are noted to have
occurred from time to time are
proofs that the vast unseen lands beneath
the sea are the scenes Of volcanic dis
turbances; but it is very seldom that
these occurrences are actually seen IN the
crews of vessels happening to pass at the
exact time. The reports of two such
condolences have reached us from two
far-distant quarters at the same time.
The master of the British bark ID. NIB.
Park, which arrived at Cowes, Isle of
Wight, some days ago, from Batavia
reports having seen several sub
marine volcanoes on January 10Th,
at seven O'Clock in the mern~
ing, in latitude forty degrees twenty
minutes north, and longitude twenty
one degrees forty-five minutes west,
about nine hundred miles southwest OF
Sierra Leone. Large volumes of water
were thrown about one hundred feet into
the air. and the whole sea in the neigh
borhood was in stage ofviolent commo
ton, with strong undercurrent. The
weather was calm, but with clouds and
rain; sounds as of distant thunder ac'
companied the outburst. The other re-
port is from New Zealand. Captain
Helander of the steamer Go-Ahead, while
on voyage from Gisborne to Auckland
reports having witnessed curious phe
nomenon on December 1st last, between
eight and nine o'clock in the evening
when about five miles from land, Of
Open bay The sea a short distanc
ahead of the vessel was observed to be
mass of seething foam, travelling at
rapid rate toward the vessel. The cours
of the steamer WIS changed in order
. avoid the disturbance, and though
cleared the outer edge OF the sgitate
water, the influence was felt some tim'
and the vessel pitched violently unit
: long after the actual scene of the sgiti
ton was passed. There is no doubt thi
the phenomenon was due to the volcan
forces, slight shock of earthquake ha'
ing been felt at Osborne on the Precee'
ing evening. When we consider thi
S the observed effects of volcanic force
the habitable globe occur on an averal
once in three days, it is easy, with sui
examples before US, to imagine that I
!. incessant discharge of the pent-up fore
: OF the interier of the earth is going o
n and that not day, perhaps hardly
hour, passes without some disturban'
{ occurring in come portion of the. oceal
and continents which the earth Gun
|. prises.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-05

My friend, if thou wouldst have
knowledge of men, take all thine earthly
possessions, even unto the uttermost
shekel, and enjoy thyself in the enter
tainn1ent of each and every one who
viii gratuitously partake OF thy boun-
teous goodness. This,so long as thy purse
shall last. Then, when thou hast spent
thine all. shalt thou have great wisdom,
for thou shall have learnt that for what
thou gavest thou shalt find none to
offer unto thee dinner in return; nay.
not SO much as sardine.-T Graphic.
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Guy had supposed that Nellie and
Fred were long since married; but hardly
had he set foot in London when he was
recognized and accosted by one of hisold
friends, who, among the gossip he had to
relate concerning Guys old circle of
acquaintance, mentioned the fact of
Fred Acton's death, and also said that
Miss Pomeroy was as beautiful as ever,
but unmarried. At this Guys heart
throbbed wildly, and his brain almost
reeled with the idea that perhaps his
own rashness had dashed the cup of
happiness from his lips. Could there
have been treachery in Fred Acton's
conduct, and had he wronged Nellie all
these weary years?
Wildly he asked himself these quCs-
tions while on the way to his hotel; and
by the time he had arrived there he had
resolved that he would at least see Nel-
lie and have an explanation with her.
Once more he turned his steps toward
the we'll known house WI ere he had spent
the happiest hours of his life; once more
he was ushered into the familiar room
where even the pictures on the walls
seemed to smile on him infriendly recog-
milton. Bronzed by travel, the old