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The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

A WIT once observed that the best
way to avoid sunstroke Is to keep out OF
the sun. Seriously if we wish TO make
existence endurable during the heated
term. we must try to keep cool. Inc
French understand this art in It's per
lection. As soon as the weather de
mands q change, the Frenchman ap-
pears in the thinnest of appaTel-straw
hat. alpaca coat and low shoes usurping
the place of his usual habiliments. His
house. especially if ii be on the sunny
side of the street, is regulated with
equal care and fOrethOught. The car
pets are taken up; the heavy Jato9"s'e$s
are shut before sunrise, and kept closed
throughout the day the courtyard Is
hourly watered; and in households
where small expenses are a matter OF
little moment, a large bowl of ice and
water, of a pyramid of solid ice, sur
rounded by flowers, forms the center
ornament of the table. What the in
diyidual citizen does for himself, that
the municipality of Paris does for the
entire city. Long before the Parlsians
are astir the streets have been well
watered with a hose, and the trOtt0H
thoroughly washed down. The cafes,
with their awnings drawn over the pave
ment, look cool and inviting. As for
the French drinks the cups that
cool but not inebriate their praise;
cannot be too loudly sung or too widely
spread. Indeed, of life in hot weather
as of life at the seaside and of divers
other matters in which personal com
fort is the chief consideration, we can
not but admit, however reluctantly
that they manage these things better II
France.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

There has been an interesting cores
pondence in the London Tunes as 70 tne
degree of comfort with which men can
live at great heights. Mr.. WeDoer'
writing from the Grindewald, in Swit-
zerland. to Mondays Times, states thai
in Thibet he has lived for months TO- TO,
gether at a height of more than 10 w
feet above the level of the sea. ana tnal %
the result was as follows: His pulse
at normal heights only 90 per minute,
seldom fell below 400 per minute durlng ~.
the whole time he was at that leNel. .,,s r,,s
respiration was often twice as nuI9eIous -,
in the minute as they are az ornin1nag lin1.e;,
levels. A run Of 100 yards would qu,lcksa q,a,'
both pulse and respiration more Ihan and
run Of 900 yards at the sea levSl' ,,s dii. ItI
tbe higher the level the greater Ise VI. re
culty Of walking or rlni1g "a 11fand-
cu1 crossed the shoulder Of the Gurla az and
Ssta At height Of some y ~, iee. eeseiting
found @ the grea est difficulty "a H frequent
tGsI b;s breath Quickly enough, nso ssonnd nd that
nrs nd v;oIent S headaches, and ;a. suffered
nat;ve @ guides and COMPANY p1as
,,eh na'Ife more : even than he dio'
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

THE London Times prints two columns
of description of the mechanical dis
play of the United States at the Paris
Exhibition. In the editorial article com
menting thereon, the Times says: The
pre-eminence of the mechanical genius
of the United States may be admitted,
and IS illustrated not for the first time
IN the exhibition in Paris The Times,
without pretending TO exhaust the whole
secret of the phenomena of the inven-
tive genius across the Atlantic, finds a
reason therefor in the greater efficiency
of labor there, and the increased cost
and difficulty of hiring it. The condi-
tion of a union as an economic society
drives its inhabitants toward invention,
and there, as elsewhere. necessity may
be said 10 be the mother of it"
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

OK the authority of the London
Nedical Examine, it is proposed to form
a school of beauty" in England, in
which all the members pledge them
selves TO do all they can to make them
selves comely by natural means. Prizes
will be given to those ladies who can
move with ease and grace, and so afford
evidence of the free use of their limbs
In short natural waist and we'll
curved hack, with a perfectly posed
head, viii be premium
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

y CHINAMES has sued the Sheriff of
San Francisco for cutting off his queue
Nm the County Jail. The Sheriff de-
INJURED to the complaint on the ground
that he was empowered to cut of the
queues of prisoners by city ordinance,
but the Court overruled the demurrer,
declaring that there was no ordinance
which gave such power, and that there
is no general Authority for a Sheriff to
clip the hair of cOnvicts
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13
An Incident at a Ball.

Now that I am treating of Bonapartist
themes. let me record rather amusing
incident which took place at the ball
given by Lord Lyons at the British En-
bassy, in honor of the exhibition The
Princess Mathilde was invited, but de
clined on the ground that she did not
wish to attend any official balls under
the Republic But the Prince of Wales,
who holds the lady in great friendship
on account of many civilities shown
him during the days of the imperial
sway. went to see her, and begged her to
rescind her determination. You viii
find yourself in England, Madame, not in
Republican France, was the argument
that he used. In short, she was con
vinced and decided togo. Onentering the
halls of the Embassy, she found herself
surrounded by strangers, but a gentle
man gallantly stepped forward and of
fered her his arm, saying. Permit me,
Madam Ia Princesse, to escort you to the
reception ROOM" The lady accepted
the proffered courtesy, and after greet
ing her host she asked, And to whom
have / the pleasure of speaking " To
NJ Waddington, Madame, responded
her conductor with a low bow Imagine
the tableau-the cousin of Napoleon III
on the arm of the most Republican Min
lister of the Republic of France
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

THp man who desires TO compile a com
plete catalogue of his friends can make
the work authentic by trying to borrow
five dollars in time of adversely. He
will have a tired pair of legs, though,
and much smaller volume than he an
ticipated when the task is completed.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

THE fact that General Philippovich,
the Grand Duke of Wertemberg. Baron
Romberg General Szapary, and Baron
Bienerth, have all been gazetted COM
manders of the army corps, gives an
idea of the extent of the proposed mobil-
ization of the Austrian army, and causes
speculation as to the mission of such a
huge force
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

4 RELIGIOUS exchange remarks that
human nature has a powerful yearning
for the good and pure. 1t has, it has,
and likewise about the same sized
hankering for green fruit.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

AN exchange says: Cleveland has in
vented patent bug buster, worked with
an air pump. All apertures IN room
are stopped but one, at which the deadly
bug buster is placed. by exhausting
the receiver, q current of air Is produced
strong enough to draw all the Yarmints
out of the room, through the air pump,
into the hopper, where they are put un-
der the influence of chloroform, and
stabbed in the back with pitchfork."
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

The opening of the Suez Canal has
proved the ruin of the overland trade.
by caravan to Bagdad and the Persian
Gulf, which formerly supported ancient
Damascus. Many of its houses and
shops are now entirely empty, and its
streets are filled with beggars, where
they were fOTmery a rarity.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

Il CHINAMAN's mule walked from
hillside on to the roof of a miners
cabin, in Eureka, Nevada, and fell
through, breaking nearly everything
undernea'h h, includingone of the miners
arms. The enraged miner Immediately
slew the mule with an AK. The China
man now sues for the loss of the mule,
and the miner sues for the damage to the
cabin and himself.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

MILTON has left us this sentiment,
which deserves to be written in in
delible characters on the tablets of every
Youths mind: " / call complete and
generous education that which fits a
man to perform Justly, skiIllfully and
magnanimously all the offices, both
public and private, of peace and war,
inaamed with a
study of learning and the admiration Of
virtue, stirred up with high hopes OF
living TO be brave men and worthy
patriots, dear to God and famous in all
ages y
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

He that sympathizes in the happiness
of Others, enjoys the safest happiness,
and he that IS warned by the folly of
Others has the soundest wisdom.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

Up to a few years ago it was con-
si1ered an essential to respectability
that every wealthy family in London
should have its own separate house,
servants, stables, etc. But now a
change has come over the spirit of the
LondOner's dream, according to a cor
respondent. In various quarters i'm
mense edifces, overtopping all their
neighbor blocks, have arisen, and,
strange to say, are peepled by wealthy
and distinguished persons. Men whose
incomes amount into the thousands,
have discovered that a modification of
the Paris apartment system is suited to
them, and that they economize greatly
by it. Members of Parliament, men of
title, ex-Judges, retired Generals and
merchants have made up their minds
that there is no disgrace in living on the
fourth or fifth floors.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

TEN mills make one cent; ten cents
make one drink: ten drinks make one
drunk.-.f .fotisticidn Of Hartford journal.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

BINGEN, " fair Bingen on the Rhine,
immortalized by Mrs. Norton's ballad,
is credited with a population Of seven
thousand in the guide books. but looks
smaller. We confess to feeling of
disappointment ON looking at Bingen.
A dirty looking railroad front. the town
and destroys all the roman a stached
to the place. There are ;rer
towns farther down on ~ ins a he
rhapsody of the -" "Sold2 IF the
Legion who d" lay dying in = s1ers, = to
the contrary Notwithstanding The
grand scenery of the Rhine JUS begins
to open at this point. Below Bingen,
and until we reach Coblentz, the noun
taIDs tower precipitously on either side
and the ruins of old castles become
the the middle of the Fiyer. is Bishop Of of
Hatto's famous Mouse Tower still in
good state of preservation.-CogTes-
D0ndeRce Reading Times.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

New YORK has newspaper called the
Truth SsgkeT, whose proclaimed mission
is to dive into the muddy pool of un-
certainty and bring up the unadorned
facts pertaining TO everv theme and
thing under the sun or beyond it. For
six or eight years has this wide-awake
journal been in the grapnel business, and
Vet the world continues to pled along
ike a man with sore eyes. searching out q
foot-path free from brambles around
many distracting perplexities, not the
least of which Is why a man with a bad
/ breath Is always a great talker, with {
strong affinity for button holes.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13
TOPICS OF THE DAY

A HUNGARIAN officer of Hussars pro-
poses TO swim the English Channel from
Dover to Calais on horseback. He has
a swimming apparatus for horses, and
wishes to demonstrate its utility in en-
abling cavalry to cross rivers.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

THE late Cardinal Franchi was very
fond of retailing Pho Nono's good say
ings. Here IS one which the Cardinal
Secretary of State used to tell with in
tense relish. Complaints had been fIe-
quently made by priests to the Propa-
ganda Of the arbitrary exercise of author
ity over his clergy by certain Austral-
ian Archbishop. The Archbishop was
informed that his presence in Rome
would be esteemed 4 favor. He crossed
the seas and arrived in Rome. In due
course he was introduced to Pho Mono,
who was well conversant with the points
in dispute between the Archbishop and
his clergy. Oh, said Pho Mono to the
Archbishop, offering him chair beside
him on the dais, you are the other
Pope. Sit down, your Holiness" The
rebuke cured the Archbishop, and he
and his clergy lived happily afterward.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

TWELVE million acres of forest, it is
estimated, have been cut down or
burned in the United States within the
last ten years Much of the timber is
used for fuel, twenty-five cities being on
record as consuming from five to ten
thousand acres each. Fences and rail
way sleepefs require one hundred and
fifty thousand acres per annum. The
timber INDUSTRY employs two hundred
thousand men, and one hundred and
forty-fonr millions Of dollars capital.
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13

LIFE is so crowded with painful un-
certainties and anxious misgivings that
nothing can be counted on as a dead
sure thing, unless, perhaps, it may be 4
fshbone so firmly fixed in the throat
that it can neither be swallowed nor
pulled out. At every turn in the wind
ing pathway toward the tomb pitfalls Of
doubt entrap unwary feet and entangle
within the meshes of gravest apprehen-
sion pilgrims groaning forward beneath
burdens of crushing suspense But to the
soul of human being there comes no
more sOlicitous moment than the one in
which q sleeping-car porter is all racked
and tortured with the balefuI suspicion
that it is about an even stand-of as to
whether he will haul in a Quarter for
blacking the boots of the passenger
whose clothes he is dusting. or simply
receive for his politeness and labor an
empty bow of formal thanks. Itmay be
chalked down in the biggest kind of
letters that the man who said. aThere's
heroism in a smile, twas an old traveller
The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13
THE ARROW AND THE soNG'

THE ARROW AND THE SpNSs
] shot an arrow into e air.
II fell % .arth. knew uot whLfei
For so swiftly Do few. fhe sight
Gould not follow 90 in rs 90 ht
] breathed n song into the air,
Tt fell 20 ear b. / knew not where
For who has sight so keen aud strong,
That 70 can follow he flight ol aon6f
Long. long aftervard, In nu oak
found the arrow, stil uubrOke;
And the song from BEGINNING 20 end
/ found agin in the heart OF friend.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-21

The love of fighting spapularly at
ir.bnted to the people of Ireland is Ger.
iainly borne oil. by the long and bril-
liant list OF Irish generals who have
figured in history since the fall Of Linn
erck in 1851. Many of the heroes OF
that famous struggle subScq Ren,ly dis
iinSuished themselves on the CONT
oent. ODSyer rose to the Iank OF
major general, and commanded AGAINST
the Turks at Belgrade, under Prince
Eugene, in 1896. pat Sarsfeld. of
Limerick, gained fresh laurels in the
service of Louis XIV, who made him
Count de Lucan. Lord M1untcashel
fell In Savoy, and Lord Clare at Ra-
miles. Marshal Browne, the Austrian
commandeI-in-chlef at the OPENING of
the seven years war, was an lrishmsp.
as were also the Russian Generals Fer
NOR and De Lscy, the formers name
being foreign corruption of his real
title of Fermoy. Count Lally, one of
the founders of the short.lived French
Empire in Indis, whose unjust and
barbarOus condemnation diseracei the
reign of Louis Nv. as much as his ex-
ploits had adorned it, was scion of
the O'Mulally family, of whose name
his French title was corruption. The
same combative race produced Wash
lngton's brother-:n-aTms, Gen. Audrew
Lewis, the hero of Point Pleasant
O'DOnnell, the famous guerrilla leader
OF Spain against the invading French.
Sir John Moore, whose death at Corun-
M ended the first Peninsular war; the
Duke of Wellington himself. rs well
rs several of his most brilliant lieuten
ants; Gen. Pennefathcr, who was fore
most in the browning struggle at Ink
erman, and by descent at least, Mar
shall MacMahon, the present head of
the French Republic.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-21
Foreign Notes.

The Russian general Of staff has hal
printed several thousand copies OF
new Afghan Russian dictionary fer tho.
use of the Russian officers. .
Queen Victoria will soon become a
greatgrandmother, thanks to the eld-
est daughter of the Crown Prince of
Germany, who was married in Febru-
airy last.
The Sultan has requested Osman
Pasha and the Seraskier to assist Gen.
Valentine Baker in carrying out his
plans for completing the Notifications
of Constantinople. Baker Pasha has
engaged to accomplish his task within
two months, and will furnish Il report
to the SULTAN every Friday, stating the
progress which the works have made.
Among the Ameer of Afghanistan's
favorIte captains is certain Hnssein,
hhyber Khan, commanding the cav
airy of the military district of Canda-
har. THIS Murat of Afghanistan cav.
airy Is renegade British soldier. His
name was Old )nnell. He served for
many years IN the Eighty-seventh Irish
Fusiliers, or Observation-Disclosures" in
which he was color and pay sergeant.
He is man of middle age and noted
for his reckless daring and his hercu-
lean strength. He was the only Euro
pean in India who vanquished every
native wrestler pitted against him, and
his throw of hammer, marked in one
of the ur-country stations, has not
been equalled.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-21


THE thoroughness of popular de-
pravitg and extent of the infection
that p risons popular morals is shown
in the fact that the weakness of the
President results from his efforts to
enforce reform and honest practices in
tue administration of public offices.
The eagerness with which Offices are
sought and corruptness Of their ad-
ministratlon are condemned by the
President. He has thus made count
less enemies, while Grants boundless
influence is mainly due to the reck-
lessIess with which he suffered his
parasites and favorites to plumber the
people. lie sent his confessor, at
public cost, around the globe, and
poor Hayes hardly dares to thrust a
nickel into the silver platter when
chucked under his elongated nose each
Sunday. III queer world and in sad
way when honesty is at discount and
spendthrilt and reckless squanderer
OF public money is the strongest posi-
bic Republican candidate for the presi-
dency. Grant, in buying the leaders,
bought the mob. We are often told
that however UNANIMOUSLY and cor
fessedly corrupt the country's present
rulers may be it is better to endure
them than substitute a fresh swarm of
starved flies. There was supposed to
be share of truth and wisdom in this
suggestion till we had stel how it is
true that these Republicans, surfeited
as We supposed with plumber, were
subjected to many restraints by Presi-
dent Hayes. They become fiercely in
dignant. They are his vindictive enc
mics. They ally themselves with
Conkling and Blaine. They proclaim
Grants praises without ceasing. A
fresh swarm of Democrats is infinitely
to be preferred to the hive of drones
that swarmed in Washington when
Grant reigned.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-21
THE ''sOLID SOUTH, AND JONES
AND bNCOCK.

In Bastrop county, as was true wher-
ever negroes were absolutely resistless,
the recent Congressional election was
the Yeriest, empiiest farce. No person
can distinguish one negro 10 thou
sand from another, and when negroes
manage the ballot-boxes and are judges
of elections the boxes are stuffed ad
6bitum. Wherever these voters are
unres'rained by fear they are wholly
as shown IN the returns
from all the Senegambian counties by
which Hancock Is slaughtered. 1t is a
great pity that knavish Radicalism,
in order TO control Congress, invested
blacks with the power to make con-
gressmen, aud it Is great shame that
UnionIsm has been betrayed by the
sweet Senegambians, who have abso
lutely voted with perfect unanimity
against stsHnch Unionist and for the
practical secessioniet. The effect down
in Boston should he healthful. 1t will
be sad confession when the Inter
Ocean must admit that Hancock was
supported by all the whites, except a
few hundred extreme and violent men,
and Jones was elected by the negroes.
Will the Inter Ocean and GioJe Demo
erat publish these factsl The world
would infer that the "solid South" as
is described by these papers does not,
and cannot, exist.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-21
Texas Politics.


Walker county elected two negro
commissioners.
1t is conceded that Norton carried
more counties than Hannah.
Washington county has not only
elected colared representative, but
cOlored flaateT.
Lillard and Anderson will represent
Freestone county In Austin. They are
good and true men.
The great moral question is whether
the COO negro or SEQ white Greenback
votes shall dispose of the public plum
der az FreestOne county. The blacks
are nervous about it.
1t is thought that Hons. Ashbel
Smith, of Harris, Guy NJ. Bryan, of
Galveston, and DIR. Taylor, of Jeffer-
son, will be the rival candidates for
| Speaker of the House.
Fort Bend county elected three ne
groes for county commissioners and one
white man, all Republicans. The dis
tTict clerk, county treasurer and hide
inspector are all colored.
The Teas Post, of Galveston, claims
the election OF Hancock by majority
of All, and allowing Jones 1923 in
Washington county. 1t gives the ma
| jlrIties in the twenty-Jne counties
comprising the district.
In most instances newspaper men
appear to make sorry candidates.
There was Norton, of the Htelligen-
Ger; Geers, of the Denton Monitor;
Green, of the Tyler CoWiea-all had
themselves knocked into pie on cleo
ton day.
The Democratic State ticket carried
III McCulloch county nearly unani-
mcusly, Jones beating Hancock about
30 or 40 votes. Moses has probably
beaten Moore by q small maj Jrity
R9msdell only got scattering vote.
Acker beat Wilkes about IA votes and
Estell over 100. The following are
the successful candidates for county
officers: G. L. Beatty, county judge
S. Bass, county clerk; Chss. Hlrcourt,
district clerk; Ii. T. Eubank, sheriff
p. S. Stark, tax assessor; commission
ers, II. c. Fulcher, G. w. Simpson,
=. Prude. Shell Wilson. The election
passed off quietly. and about 500 votes
were polled.
The following are the officers who
are. undoubtedly elected in Llano
county, though the full report is not
yet in: G. c. Clamp, county Judge
Knight Stith, county attorney; ]. j..
Bozarth, sheriff; J. G. Oatmap. dis
trict clerk; E. r. Beeson,. county
clerk; George Resley, surveyor; ]. B.
Papkey, assessor; F. j. Smith, treas
urer; j. w. Kelley, inspector; j. S.
Atchison, commissioner, precinct No.
/; G. Keesee, justice, precinct No. 1
G. w. Phillips, constable, precinct
! No. l. The Democratic State ticket
received all the votes, but about 100
Ireland, for Congress, and Moore, for
representative, a long way ahead.
Wilkes, for district attorney, has q
heavy majority over Estell. A little
over 600 votes were polled, which is
only about two-thirds of the strength
! of the county.