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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-05
Theology in the Bud.

Once on time my Cousins child, a
four-year old boy, had to "try on" some
garments. His admiring mother, finding
she had made bad muddle Of the cut.
ting, naturally vented her own irritation
on the restive little figure wriggling
under the infiction of taking in here
and letting out there" 1t ended in her
giving the poor child a slight shaking.
At night, as his mother was preparing
him for bed, he said, Z" was so nsughty
you had to shake me mamma, didn't
you cause 1 wouldn't stan still when,
was a-makin' my new close. would I?',
Then Suddenly, Say, mamma, tell me
what God has to do to the naughty little
boys up in heaven that won't STAN still
when he's a. maxim of 'em ?'- Hawkeye
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night my standing place has been this red
hot floor. Sleep never came on me for a
moment that might forget this horrible
burning floor. Look at my burnt and
bleeding feet. Let me go off this burning
floor for one moment--only for a short
moment. Oh! that in this endless eter-
nifty of years l might forget the pain
only for one single moment" The devil
answers her question. Do you ask for a
moment--nOt for enc single moment dur
ing the never-ending eternity of years
shall you ever leave this red-hot floor"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-05

exploded near the heart. This conquered
the monster. The blood spouted some
ten feet high, and as the crew rushed up
to stick their lances in him, the blood
fell in showers upon them and their
boats. The fight was witnessed by an
other crew stationed about seven miles
above them. They looked on with de-
light, only wishing they could get into
such bloody contest. The whale was
forty-two feet long and extremely fat.
This fish will probably bring about 5000.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-05

Be this as it may, however, the wideiy,
prevalent custom of taking the nan u
the slain, either with or without pSi'
of the skin, has nearly everywhere le
suited in the association between snoi'
hair and slavery. This association eA-
isted among both Greeks and Romans
''The slaves had their hair cut short as a
mark of servitude." We find i thus
throughout America. Socially the Save
is depised, his hair is cut SNORT, Say
Bancroft of the Nootkas. 1.-The priVl
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-05
A Scotchman who had gone back I

A Scotchman who had gone back to
his country after long absence, declared,
after going To the kirk, that the whole
kingdom was on the road to perdition.
The people" he said, "used to be re-
served and solemn on the Sabbath, but
now they Look as happy on that Gay as
on any other"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-05
THE CHILDREN.

Ahi wbst would tne world be 70 IS
we should aresd the Desert behind
Worse than the dark before.
What the leaves are to the forest,
With light and air and food,
Ere their sweet and tender juices
Have been hardened into wood
That. 10 the world, are children;
Through them IL feels the glow
OF a brighter and SUMMER climate
That reaches the trunks below.
As year after year rolls into the
great sea of the past, and man drags
nearer the great port of death, he be-
comes more and more sadly convinced
that red flannel wrappers will shrink in
spite of the best efforts of the washer
woman. This is why it is so hard to dis
tinguish a last years wrapper from
coral necklace.
Jennie has strict ideas about equity
in little things. When she first heard
the story of the Ssvior's miracle in feed
ing the multitude with few loavss and
fishes obtained from the young lads
basket, she was awed into thoughtful
and solemn amazement. Some time
afterwsrd, in the midst of talk about
other matters, she suddenly paused and
asked with special concern, " Did they
give back the basket 20 that boy ?"
Grandmother Miller, of Brooklyn,
one hundred and six years old, says
{. Father lined the rebels, as they called
en- then. member when peace was
declared, though. ] was about twelve
years old when mother took me over 70
New York to see Gen'l Washington and
his army come into the city. it was
about November somewhere, in 1888.
The general and the army came down
from Harlem / remember he rode
splendid horse, and Gen'l Knox was with
him. threw bouquet in front Of bis
horse, and he bowed to me and smiled.
The troops were awful ragged, some OF
'em, and my father was one of 'em'"
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The young men paced the parlors
While she was cleaning her teeth:
And he thought OF the needed dollars
Which the old man had TO bcqueaih.
The old man sat on the counter.
With his head between his hands,
Ard Tejoiced that the girl had a lover
Who would help him meet HIS demHndA
Definitions artful aid What is
a junction. nurse ?" asked a seven-year.
old fairy, the other day, of an elderly
lady, who stood by her side on a railway
platform. "A junction, my dear" an
swered the nurse, with the air of very
superior person indeed, "why, it's
place where two roads separates"
"Why haven't you got married be-
fore this time of life?" querulously asked
an old man of his nephew. "WelL
uncle" replied the nephew, 'I'm sure
it is not my fault. 1 proposed to three
girls only last week, and, on comparing
notes, the whole Of 'em unanimously
rejected my offers"
The resident of Washington territory
having heard that another man had
settled in the western part Of the territory
applied for admission into
the Union as a state, and has promised to
elect the other man to the legislature, if
the other man will pledge himself to vote
for him for United States senator.
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Terrible Smallpox Ravages in
Southwest Mississippi.

Smallpox is raging terribly in the east
ern portion of Pike county, also in
Marion, Mississippi. The disease has
assumed a very malignant type, many
deaths have already occurred, the people
are reported panic-stricken and great
suffering prevails. L. w. COnnerly,
writing to the Magnolia Herald, gives the
following sickening details;
Dr. Ford told me that when he went
to Mr. Bracey's house there were seven
cases, all down with it in one room. He
ordered the doors and windows to be
thrown open and tar TO be burned in the
house, and sprinkled carbolic acid through
the rooms, and even then it was almost
impossible for him to bear it--that
human imagination could scarcely con-
ccive how horrible it was. O'Brien
had died and was buried. Wash
Bracey was lying at the point of
death, and his poor wife, subjected to pre-
mature childbirth, agonizing with the
terrible scourge. Both of them died on
Thursday night, the 14th, and were not
buried for two days.
Mr.. Bracey's daughter, a beautiful
girl lust blooming into womanhood-the
pride and pet of the family and com
munity--and his oldest son, q young
man, were the next to die. Only two of
the children, upon whom the vaccine
took we'll, it is thought will recover.
Mr.. Bracey's mother, who was in feeble
health and sent away to the house of her
died, and it is now reported that one of
Mrs Ratliff's daughters has the disease.
Thus it is going from family to family,
and God only knows where 1t will stop.
There has been only one nurse, an old
negro woman on Mr.. Bracey's place, TO at
tend to all these sick, except what little
help she received from VIM. Russell, Louis
Bernard and Mike Pearson, before they
were taken down. DR.. Ford, Hon. T. s.
Ford, Richard Lloyd and myself tele-
graphed from Columbia to the Howard
association last Sunday for nurses, but
leaving there Eat twelve o'clock M, /
did not hear whether they would be
sent. What these unfortunate people
want is nurses, and they should have
them. There are few in that neighbor-
hood except negroes, and it is impossible
for them to wait on all the sick. Nurses,
male and female, should be sent to the in
fected districts as fast as they can be
procured until the demand is supplied
and funds raised to aid in paying for
medicines and meeting other necessary
expenses. Pike county is equally inter
ested with Marion, and no time should
be lost while the lives of so many of our
citizens are in jeopardy.
1t is to be hoped that all the English
clergy are not so heavily overworked as
the two whose conversation is reported
as fact by the London World. These
old clerical gentlemen, as it seems, were
chatting together at the corner of Nor
wich market place. Well, you see"
said one, shooting six days week takes
UP goodish bit of my time" "Just
SC" answered the other, same with me
between parish duties and short day
light, if l want a couple of hours to
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-05

C. Vanderbilt, ir., is as yet quite
uncertain which hurts him most, his
fathers will or his brothers. won't.
The pleasure of talking is the mex
tinguishable passion OF woman, coeval
with the act of breathing. = Lesage.
1t is said that the latest mania of
pottery decorators is TO paste pictures on
bald heads and coat them with varnish.
Canon Farrar says that "Hell isa
temper, not a place" If he has that
kind of wife, why doesn't he apply for
divorce?
"A negro teamster in Nashville de-
clares that he must either give up driving
mules or withdraw from the church, the
two positions being incompatible.
.."Do you see any grapes, Bob ?"
Yes, but there is dogs" "Big dogs,
Bob 2'' Yes, very big" "Then como
grapes are not ours, you
know"
49," That's our family tree, said an
Arkansas youth, as he pointed to a Wig
orous hemlock. a good many OF our
folks have been hung on that tree for
borrowing horses after dark"
- 20 Well, L swan. Billy said an old
farmer to an undersized nephew who was
visiting him, when you take of that
ere plug hat and spit two or three times
there amt much left Of you, is thar %
In the species with which we arc
best acquainted-namely our own--I am
far, says a writer, even as an observer OF
human life, from thinking that youth is
the happiest season, much less the only
happy one.
Said him 10 she: "What is the diff
ference between hill and pill ?" Said
her TO he: zone il hard to get up, and
the other is hard to get down. 1t is old
but good" Said him to she, "Do you
allude to the hill or the pill2'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-05
WAITS AND wHInrs-

ne CoeE and the Sua,
cock secs the sun as hs climbs up the sasf.
Good morning, SIR Bun, iir nigh time you sc.
pear; 80 ~
Tn ashamed Of your slowness al fhis I'm. n
yeari" ''
The sun, as he quietly rose into view,
Looked down on the cock with show q, sns
scOrn -s
" foa may not be awsre, my young friend, bat
That rose once or twice before you, air. were
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sassr-~r-s 's',
Some Posted Rsmarss o. Everlasting Punish
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short Hair and slavery.

See the mighty host advancing
satan leading on!
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CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.

Chufa planting is acquiring much
favor in Georgia.
An Alabama judge has decided that
any one who sets spring gun does 80 at
his own peril, and is to be held reponsi-
bic for any damage done, even to tres
passers.
The Peles, Germans, French, Bohe-
mians, Scandinavians, Italians, Aus
trians, Hungarians, and Slavs of Chi
cago are perfecting an organization Tor
the protection of their rights in their
adopted country.
A Sacramento woman accused her
husband of attempting to kill her, and
he was sent to prison for two years.
Then she begged to be sentenced for the
same term, because she could not bear
to be parted from him, and, the judge
refusing, she went away and tried to
hang herself
A huge skull OF some animal, sup~
posed to be an elephant, was found inn
bedded in the sand near Santa Barbara,
Cal. recently. It measures across the
forehead three feet two inches; in
height, two fest one inch in depth, one
fsot two inches. The brsin cavity is
sixteen by ten by eight inches.
The United States courts do a thriving |
business in Georgia. For the four years
ending July, 1877, the United States
district and circuit court in this state
rendered Judgments amounting to six
million of dollars-more than half as
T. - = * Z, jrdgzzs7ts obtained IN al !.
the southern states.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-05

Q. Vanderbilt, ir., is as yet quite
uncertain which hurts him most, his
fathers will or his brothers. won't.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

INDIVIDUALITY IN DRESS.
should a woman whose arms are deplor-
ably thin wear sleeves which are so
tight that the unhappy arms look still
thinner Why should women who are
not quite straight wear tight Jackets
which show what they ought to hide E?
or why perch themselves on high heels
which increase the deformity? Why
should women already too broad-shoul-
dered aud not too upright in carriage
call attention to both facts by a little
cape, the line Of which is carried from
shoulder to shoulder, cutting the body
i'm two and increasing the effect Of the
roundness of the back Why, again,
DO women from whom the slenderness
Of girlhood has passed away, or who,
perhaps, have never possessed il, persist
in wearing garments fastened lightly
round their bodies and why do wOm-
en- who are neither young nor pretty
make themselves objects of remark by
initiating the Duchess Of DevoDshire in
her hat, seeing they can rival her IN
nothing else Why do women, old and
young, disfigure themselves by wearing
little scrap of net across the upper
half of their faces, which neither soft
ems nor protects the face, but only
makes it look patchy ? We pause for
q reply.-LOndOH Queen.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

| Young ladies smiled upon him. ahu
fairly spoiled him by their attentions.
His father was reputed wealthy, which
was. in their ewes, an added attraction.
/ I do not know what evil genius pos
sessed him, but he finally broke his
mothers heart by laying the blame Of
his perfidy toward the young girl he
had led to her ruin upon that innocent
mothers unconscious head"
"Mrs. Snowden, you can't mean it,"
"Alas. child! 1t is only too true. The
young girl herself informed her Of it,"
"Mrs. Snowden, DO you mean to tell
me that -AlonsO is that young man, and
that ruined aud deserted girl >"
"Alas, yes"
"But Alonzo is not married ~
any poor child, it is only too true"
"YOu Iier' shrieked the girl, starting
up with the strength of Fury, and
clutching at her visitors eyes aud hair
'You have come to me in the guise Of a
friend, when you are nothing but a
fiend incarnate"
With this she leaped from the bed
and grappled with Mrs. Snowden, who
wrestIed with her In a vain endeavor to
control her freuzy.
The noise attracted the matron, who
entered, babe Ia arms, TO the rescue.
"Drive her outv' shrieked the girl.
''She comes here to prejudice my mind
against my future husband. She tells
me he is married! It's lie! a liel
Take her out Of my sight, aud never
dare To let her enter my presence
againr'
Heaven he praised. The poor girls
reason is dethroned in mercy, and she
will never know how badly my mis-
guided sou has wronged her But lit
tie dreamed that so young aud ignorant
child could love so deeply"
"You had better leave the room,
madam" said the matron, kindly. ~
fear that you have been indiscreet"
Mrs. Snowden disengaged herself
from the girls clutches with the ut
most difficulty. Once out Of the room,
she FASTENED down the stairs aud into
the open street, and entering the hack,
gave orders 20 be hurriedly driven home.
The girl will be a raving maniac
from this time henceiorward," !" she said
to herself. "But it is better so. For Ger
tainly God IN mercy has dethroned her
senses. But how like an oracle she did
talk. Aud what noble wife she would
have made for my poor, erring son il
he had only been true to her aud waited
aud accomplished woman. Oh, why is
il that men will stand 80 squarely in
their own light as they invariably do
whenever they fail to take counsel OF
their wives and mothers! But what
will that good, devoted sister Of charity
think Of me? and what excuse or expla-
nation shall offer for the result of my
visit? / will go back now, and throw
myself upon her mercy"
I With this, she rang the carriage bell,
and gave an order to the driver to re.
turn to the hospital, as she had partly
forgotten her errand.
"Women never know their owl
minds" grumbled the Jehu, soto Uoce
though why he should have found any
fault, seeing it was none of his business
is hard TO conjecture.
Mrs. SnOwden was closeted for half al
hour with the excellent matron, AnC
when the two parted, they were hence
forth devoted friends.
"Tbe Lord love and comfort you, poo
woman" was the sisters parting sa
Lutte.
TO be continued
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

The art of pleasing is more based on
the art of seeming pleased than people
think Of, and a woman disarms The
preJudices OF her enemies by the unaf-
fected delight she appears to take in
themselves. You may think very in
OF a woman, but, after all, you eanuot
speak very i'll Of her if she has assured
you hundred times that you are among
her dearest friends.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

ANOTHER POMPEI. The ancient
town of Sipontum at the foot of Mount
GsrganO, near Naples, buried years ago
by an earthquake, has been unexpect-
edly brought to light. A temple OF
Diana, a metropolis covering nearly four
acres, a monument in honor Of POmpey,
and a large quantity Of gold and copper
coins have been discovered, the houses
being twenty feet below the surface Of
the soil.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

Florence Nightingale is sixty years
old, and so enfeebled by age aud illness
that she is almost a prisoner in her
room. Ii Is one of the hardest things
IN the world to think of Florence
NlghuDgale as an old woman. Mems
minds have formed a picture Of her
that will not grow Old.-HdVkeye
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

Let no man eovet the good when an
other man receives until he isqnite GER
tain he is willing to pay the price lhaS
man has paid for that good-
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

When our soul shall leave this dwell
ing, the glory of one fair and virtuous
act is above all eschutcheOns on our
tomb of silken banners DER us.-.Shtrsty-
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

Towork out our own cOntentment, we
.ba,,t5 labor not to increase our sub
stsnce. as to moderate our desires
4 Archbishop .SCr1ldcrSoH.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

we must not speak all that We know
ma, thst We're folly; but what a man says
su1uiu - S De what he thinks, otherwise it
Is knavery. Moataigne.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

lnere Is no man 50 friendless but that
III ~ an ~. nna 90 friend sincere enough to
'Si' in uisasreeable Bultger.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26
GBe ae'p 1fortbws9t.

A JournaIforthe People.
Devoted to the Interests OF Humanity.
Independent in Politics and Religion
Alive to all Live Issues, and Thorough
Opposing and Exposingthe Wrong
Df the Masses.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

Entered, according 20 Act OF Congress, in the
year ISIS, by Mrs. j. Duniwsy, In the office Of
the Librarian or Congress az Washington City.l
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26
FACT, FATE AND FANCY;
or,
More Ways Of Living than One

By Mrs. a. J. DUNIwAY.
AUTHOR Or JUDITH REID" ELLEN DOwD,"
"ANfE AND HENRY LEE," "rHE HAPPY
HoNE, =" "0sE woNAS's SPHERE"
"NADGE MORRISON"
ETC, ETC. ETC.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

Correspondents writing over assumed sigma =
lures must make known their names 10 thf'
Editor, OF no attention will be given TO their
communications.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-26

Washington, November %, 1879.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1878-01-25

eriy of Some IL Captured, While
That Of Others IL not
why IN 'Its

We have been permitted to read 9
letterin which it is stated that the U.
s. marsbals have seized lumber and
logs belonging to Messrs. Hand & Keel,
who own and run Q saw-mlll on Wolf
rive, in Harrison county. These gen.
tlemen own 16, 900 acres OF land, and
all the lumber they saw is from logs cut
from this land.
There is no dispute about the land
belonging to these gentlemen, and it
looks somewhat "queer" why their
property is seized, when MI. j. L.
Nevens, of the same neighborhood, and
who owns no land but buys all the logs
he uses, has never been molested, but
is saving away. 1t has been suggested
that probably such acts on the part OF
the marshals might with profit bear an
Investigation. and that some queer"
facts might be brought to light.
We know nothing of these matters
personally, but simply throw out these
suggestions in order that il there has
been any c~rookedness practiced in the
matter of seizures the proper officials
might inquire into the facts.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1878-01-25
IN THE HOUSE.

By Mr. Dabney-To prevent tn
unjust discrimination and extor
tions in the rates to be charged by
the different railroads Tor the trans
portation of freight. Referred.
By Mr. Johnson-To exempt dis
abled persons from paying poll ia,
Referred.
By Mr. Miller of Copiah. To de
fine certain offences against the law
and 10 establish the whipping post
Referred.
By Mr. Roane--A concurrent res
olutlon proposing a constitutional
amendment to be submitted in rela-
ton to the election of curcuit judges.
BY Mr. Wood-To authorize the
board of supervisors of Jackson
county to publish their proceedings.
Mr. Seal to amend by adding Han
cock county. Adopted, and the bill
as amended passed.
Bv Mr. Seal-To authorize the
clerks of Hancock, Harrison, and
Jackson to employ a steuographer
to take down in writing the testi-
mony OF witnesses. Referred.
BY Mr. Ramsey-To incorporate
the Deer Island oyster and FISH
company. Referred.
By Mr. Wood--A memorial from
the citizens Of Ocean springs, Jacks
son county. in reference to incorpor-
ating said town. Referred.
By Mr. Wood-To prevent the
sale of intoxicating liquors within
ten miles of Mt. Pleasant church,
jackson county, with petition.
Referred.
By Mr.. Augustus-A resolution
referring that portion Of the gover-
nor's message relating TO Pearl
county to the judiciary committee
with instructions to report q bill
abollshing the county if it can be
done constitutionally. Adopted.
Mr.. Wood asked leave to with,
draw from the committee tho petit
ton in reference to the %incorpora.
ton Of Ocean Springs, Jackson
county. Granted.
APPROVED.
A memorial to the congress Of
the United States in relation to the
lumber and logs seized by agents of
the United States, etc.
In relation to the pay of members
of the legislature.