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Nathan Hilles enjoyed for
thirty years an especially hon
ored place among business men
in Philadelphia. He was a lead
ing Quaker, too, and always
among the foremost in phi!an-
trophicpublic movements. Now,
he is in disgrace. Extensive
defalcations have been proved
against him, and the Society Of
Friends has expelled him from
membership. Until recently he
was President of a bank and OF
a coal company, but crookedness
IN his conduct of affairs led to
his resignation. Among his vic
tins are. the heirs of several es-
tates confided to his care.
, 1878-09-21

DR.. J. S. Myer OF Virginia
City, New, has dlscos cred a lost
Egyptian art. He tcmpers cop
per tools to more lasting cut
ting edge than steel tools will
mold, similar to that of the cop
per implements with which the
stone for the Pyramids was cut.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-01
KITS MISSION.

The Major arrived just before supper,
and when it was over, the young folks,
rs usual, took possession Of him. Seat
ed in his big armchair, before the blaz-
ing fire, with his rudy face, twink ling
blue eyes, soldierly whiskers and slight
brogue, he was their very ideal of ga
brave old Irish gentleman all of the old
en- time"
"And SO you've graduated, Tom,
my boy?" he said.
"Yes," the young man replied, sui
.enly.
With all the honors, Of courSe?"
with no honors. Inever was intend
ed TO make mark in the world"
"Have YOU chosen your profession?"
asked the Major, cheerily, pretending
not 10 see the lads discontinued face.
No. Ii does not much matter what
/ do. Some fellows have money TO be-
Gin with, and some, talent. Bob Fitch
has an aptitude for medicine; his broth
&c, for the law; while Joe, there, is a
born machinist. But l have no capital
Of any sort. don't know why God
sends useless people into the world"
The Major made no reply. lie saw
Lha, Tom was bitter under some college
defeat. I, was no time for serious re-
proof. He turned to the children, there
fore, who were climbing his knee and
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-01
Danced with His Wife.

A Springfield, Mass, correspondent
of the Pittsfeld Eagle writes: "We
had masked ball the other night, given
by one of Springfeld's well known
clubs, and thereby hangs a tale A
business man told his pretty young wife,
on the night of the above mentioned
ball, that he was obliged to 60 out OF
town to one of the temperance meetings,
and might not return till the following
noon. The wife resolved, after he had
left, to have good time in different
way, so. accordingly she procured a
simple black domino, and went boldly
to the masked ball. She had never
done such a rash thing before, but her
husband had been away very often OF
late, and she would NOPE at home no
longer. She danced once, twice, and
three times, and nobody seemed to
know her, yet she was fully determined
to see it over, and unmasked with the
rest at u o'clock. Now dashing
young cavalier asks for her hand for the
coming waltz, and she accepts. They
whirl away, and she says DO you
dance often?' blushing behind her mask
at her boldaess. very often,' replied
the cavalier, and added, mot often in
Springfield you do not live here,
then?' the little domino mustered up
courage to say. Il would live here or
at the ends of the earth to be near lit
tie black domino | could MENTION said
the cavalier. This was too much for
the little lady, but she was in for it, and
would fight it out now, come what
would. They danced a great deal to-
gether, and when the circle formed,
Just before u o'clock, they unmasked,
when to the horror of Mr.. -, he
found that he had been dancing with
his own wife. The scene that followed
can be imagined. but we will drop the
curtain on the lecture that followed, but
will say that it was not on temperance
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-01
Peach Blooms.

Oh, tenderly beautiful beyond compare
Flushed from pale pink TO deepest rose
bud hue,
Nurslings Of tranquil sunshine ana iniiu ar
OF shadowicss dawn and siivery twihgh'
Ye blush and burn as II your hicKerihB sraco
Were loves own tint on Springs enamored
facet
And day by day-yca, golden hour oy hour-
Your subtle fragrance ana rare beauty teii
Zach fairy blossom rounded INTO mower,
How matchless once that lost Arcadian
spell
which dwelt In leafy bowers and vernal dyes,
Whence coyly pccped the Dryads iawn'iike
eyes'
And yet while all so fair and bounteous
seems,
While birds carol each his daintiest part,
Yelled In soft brightness, and, like musicai
dreams
In some blithc soul, the bcc'swarms haunt
your heart,
10! severed slowly from yon roseate CROWN
A scarlet snow drift dumbly faltors down.
The reign of these rich blooms is almost
Soon, to tho languid zephy's feeblest
breath,
Their loosened petals, yielding one by one,
Must lind the Lethe of unawakening death.
All me! of all the bourgconed buds that shoot
Even to full flower, how few shall bear us
fruit!
Their little day is closing fast in gloom,
Nor will they rcck, poor wilted waits ana
blind,
What germs of richness wax from faded
bloom
To charm the pampered taste OF human
kind:
Forever dropped from OFF their parent stem,
What have mans thoughts or taste to do with
them?
so let them rest, pray you, let them rest
Small perishing sweethearts of the sun and
rain.
Mother Earth! thou hast a truthful breast,
Which yearns to fold thy humblest child
from pain;
Men fall like flowers; both claim the self
same balm,
The equal pace of thine immutable calm
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-01
God KnOweth Best.

,.--., a, a., ,...a ,.... ,.o.,,
'oiheIi'he' whoh III iiio io''o'' i'"'o D'o''
icarheo' -.
anu sun anu s','s h''o ioio ,, n.y. SOW
spurned-
The things DER which We grieved with
Iashes wet
viii flash before us out of life's dark night,
As stars shine most in deeper tints OF blue;
And we shall see how all Gods plans were
right,
And how what seemed reproof was love
most true.
Ana we shail sec ho"' "hiio We lro"h anu
Gods plans go on as best for you and me;
How, when we called, he needed not our cry,
Because his wisdom to the end could see.
And cves, as prudent parents disaIlow
Too muoh of sweet to craving babyhood,
So God. perhaps, is keeping from us now
Ijfe,s sweetest things because it seemeth
rood.
Ana II, SOMETIMES commlhsied WIFI hies
WINE,
we ma the orm-wood, ana reDel anu
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-01
A Confirmed Smoker.

A night or two ago 1 called to . ",
to come and black my boots; as he wen.
to work he passed the stump OF cls !
he had in his mouth to a little nii'' '.
an urchin, who didn't seem 10 be ilC,.
than six years old, but who selzeu =.
stump eagerly and began putting a". :,
at my side. 1 ventured the ad',oe
him that he was too young a DO,
smoke, and that he should walt . ~
years; to which the youngs'er' "a
came about up to my knee, snsNe-
with the greatest calm between the % =,
"well, yer see, when feller ge'' -,
habit, it's hard to give it up."-6N
Courier.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-01
"O'Grady sprang at him with a smoth-

"O'Grady sprang at him with smoth-
cred yell, brandishing knife.
exits face turned CHASTITY pale. Life,
suppose, was as dear to the poor frag-
ment of a man as it is to you or me.
But his eyes never blanched.
eyed murdher me, Patrick GradyP
Meg
"The knife shook in the murders
hand. I'D murdher any informer,
said the man, sullenly.
"I'm no informer. I'll never open
my lips, boys, on this nights work, u
us The last. But If you touch hair of
the Squirrels head, or go in the house an
inch, I'll hang every man of yees!'
"He raised his corpse-like head, and
shook his skinny hand at them. I've
been in many battle, but 1 never saw
such desperate courage as was shown by
this cripple in his coffin. The idiot,
Patsy, reused by the noise, scrambled
to his knees, and stared terrified about
him.
"The men stood paralyzed. The
superstition which taught them to pro-
tect these two helpless creatures was
strong enough to hold them motionless,
even in the face of Kits threats.
"'Make an end of It'll growled Craw-
ford. sPut bullet in his SKULL
"Not man moved. Kit, with a ter
rible effort, raised himself higher in his
coffin.
".Come, an do it yerself, Michael
Crawford! Kill the cripple and the
innocent, if ye dare. There's a mightier
One that's watching YET pointing sud-
denly to the stormy sky, seen through.
the open door.
"The men stared at him, and at the
driving storm, with visible terror.
Michael began to whine, after the fash
ion of his class.
"'Ye know ye're safe, Kit; an it's
not an informer ye'd be, that's slep
undher our roof, an dhrunk wild usP"
"'I'll never mintion yer names, if
wees let this be the last ov it. Take that
mate wild yees, an two of the tlitches;
I'll make it right wild the Squire. He
never let a hungry man 60 from his
dure.'
"sThrue for you. No more he did!
Fore the Howly Mother, We'll 60
straight home.'
"They'll rob the next house, said
Kit, dropping back exhausted. but
did the best could
"He was right. By. daylight came
the news that they had attacked the
house of a wealthy gentleman near
town, who was prepared for them.
There was desperate fight; the ring
leaders were arrested, tried, and hung,
and the band broken up. Then l told
my uncle how the poor cripple and in
nocent, whom he had taken in from
charity, had protected him, as no arms
could have DONE"
The Majors story brought forth many
criticisms from the children. But Tom
came up behind him, and said, quietly
81 think 1 understand the moral Of
Kits life, sir, and I will try to apply
it."-Youtb's Companion.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-01

MATTHEW MosELET, VINO -
memories of the Revolutionary WA =.
was said to be ITO years old, has
died near West Point, Gs-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-01

THE New Orleans monument to Gen.
Lee will be loo feet in height.
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As yet they had not seen Kit or Patsy.
The idiot lay sound asleep on the warm
hearth, but Kit had raised his head, and
his keen, pale face turned quickly from
one to another as they spoke.
"'They'll murder him!' thought,
but my lips were glued together with
terror. Kit, helpless as a dead man,
was cool and calm.
"'Be jabers,' said one, 'we'll hev
somethin' to ate, before we go fur the
Guild mans money! didn't know how
near starved l was afore, but the sight
of this mate makes me sick
"'Ye're fool, Pat Grady. There's
enough silver in his chest to kape us for
a yearl Howly Mother, what's here?'
as another flash of fire light showed the
coffin.
I'm here, Michael Crawford said
Kit, quietly. ITS you, is it, that kerr
ries on this work?'
"'IIow dar You call me name" blus-
tered the ruffian, changing his voice.
I'm no Crawford he added, with =
terrible oath.
al know you. And you, Pat Grady.
And you. Robert Flynn. There's not
one Of You | couldn't name, and bring
to the gallows tomorrow
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
Paganism i'll Churches.

The Christian law Is the law of love.
Whoever puts the rules OF art above the
law Of love is a pagan. He who habitu>
ally seeks to crafty his own tastes rather
than 70 do good to all men a. he has
opportunity is not a Christian, but q
pagan. The church that in all its app
poiutments Iand provisions for worship,
and in the development of It's social life,
practically seeks aesthetic qualification
more than the helpful service of the poor
and the ignorant who dwell within the
sight OF It's spire or the sound OF its bell,
is not q true church of Christ No mat
ter how orthodox may be the doctrines
taught from its pulpit; no matter how
liberal may be the gifts of its members
to missions in Africa; no matter how
Numerous may be the converts that flock
to its altar; if the practical relation of
the church to the people of its neighbor-
hood who most need the gospel is one of
isolation rather than OF sympathy il the
prevalent sentiment of the church leads
the mem bars to ignore their poor neigh
bors, ard to associate only with persons
of culture-pleasing themselves in their
social life instead of bearing the infrm-
tiles of the weak-then the religion Of
this church IS paganism, and it has no
right to the Christian name. We do not
say that most of the churches of Christ
in this country are essentially pagan.
The contrary is true. Most Of them, we
believe, remember who Christ was, and
what the law of His kingdom is. But
great many of them are wholly given
over to this false religion and there are
strong elements in many Others that tend
the same way. And the same dangers
that threaten cur churches from this
quarter are much more serious than those
which grow out Of new interpretations of
doctrine. Really it must be that pagan
ism Is little worse than Sabellianism or
Bushnellism or even than universalism.
For a man who sets aside and condemns
the fundamental law of Christ's reli-
gion; for church that processes to own
Him and yet ignores, practically, the
very people with whom He has 90
solemnly identified himself in the
twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew, some
solicitude may well be felt. There has
been a good deal of discussion, of late,
about what kind of punishment it is,
that those are threatened with, who, in
the parable just referred to, are found on
the left hand. Would it not be worth
while to give little attention to the
question what kind of people those are
against whom this punishment is threat
eued ?
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
SeIfEsteen.

Don't rob your neighbor OF his good
opinion OF himself. Crush a woman's
self-esteem, and you make her cross
grained and snappish. Do the same
with a man, and you only make him
morose. You may mean TO create a
sweet, humble creature, but you'll never
do it. The people who think best Of
themselves are apt to be fast. Women
grow pretty in believing they are so, and
fine qualities often crop out after one
has been told one has them. j. only
gratifes smomentary spite to force your
own unfavorsble opinion Of him deep
into another's mind. 1t never, never
did any good. An if this werld, full Of
ugly people and awkward people, Of silly
Leople and vain people, knew their own
deficiencies, what q sitting in sackcloth
and ashes we shonld have. The greatest
of all things that a man can possess is a
satisfactory identity. If that which he
calls I plesses him, it is we'll with him /;
otherwise, he is perfectly wretched. Let
your fellow being alone hold no truth
ful mirrors before their eyes, unless with
a pure intention to uproot sin. So may
a mirror without q flaw never be pre-
Uared for YOU
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
Miscellaneous.

The total amount of coal mined this
year in Pennsylvania will be 5000, 900
tons, 1000. 900 less than the combination
calculated upon.
Half the tillable area of Scotland 'is
said to be used for growing oats, which,
In the form of porridge and cakes, forms
the principal diet of the people.
Americans in Paris this season, pro-
neunce the whisky unusually bad. The
German armies seriously damaged the
cognae raising districts, and their entire
recuperation has not been as yet possible.
The receipts Of cotton at the sea-ports
from September 1 TO May q aggregated
4l77, ,SS4 bales against 8, 1896, ,974 for the
same period in 1867, and 4,O04, ,104 in
1886. The stock on hand amounts to
294,5O6 bales, against 53,197 at the
same time in 1877
Oddly enough, Californialeads all the
states of the union in the matter of
newspapers in proportion to her popu-
lation; for, while she has but $50 900 OF
the European race, she ranks fourth,
New York, Pennsylvania and illinois
beating her in the publication of news
papers.
So far as the transfer of the Indian
bureau TO the war department is con-
cerned, it is almost safe to say that all
which viii be accomplished at this session
will be the appointment OF commission
to inquire into the subject, although, if
1t were not for the newborn opposition
of the senate to the incorporation of
legislation changing existing laws in sn
appropriation bill, provision could well
be made for the transfer, TO begin with
the ensuing fiscal year. If the house
accedes to the view of the senate at this
time, it will be fully justified at the
next session in insisting that there be
no further delay in a measure which will
be alike beneficial to the Indians and the
country. 1t win save lives and money.
Mr.. Americus Symmes has recently
restated his fathers theory of the north
pole, in which he also has faith. He
holds that the explorer will find, after
ne passes the eightieth degree, the
weather milder; when he reaches the
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
Personalities.

Olive Logan writes that the Raphael,
ola Belle Jardineer," for which the
French government paid nearly quarter
of a million of dollars, is bogus, and that
the original is owned by Boston gems
tleman.
The St. Louis Times has a statement
to tne effect that Thomas f. Sherman
son of General w. 7. Sherman, is about
to abandon the law and connect himself
with the Order OF Jesuits, and with that
view will enter upon a two years course
of preparatory study st ROehampton,
England.
Mrs. a d. Johnston is one of the
most promising of the young women COZ
respondents at Washington. She has
untiring industry, and regard fer plain
facts which does not always characterize
the newspaper letter-writer. She is
political as well as social newsgatherer,
and she is 80 thorough in all she does
that only the fewest number of Wash
ington correspondents understand con-
gressionsl rules and the intricacies of the
capitol as well as she does. Her news
paper name is "Monroe."
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
Mosquitoes and Men.

The mosquito has been regarded as a
particular nuisance by man wherever
they have met. The bite of this pecu-
liarly Objectionable insect has an irrita-
ting effect upon most people, over and
above the mere discomfort produced
thereby. But it would appear that
mental disturbance and systematic
bleeding are not the only injurious
actions which the mosquito can and
does exercise upon us. From what was
said at the pathological society a few
evenings sgo, it would appear that the
mosquito is the means of spreading the
flaria sanguinolenta among human
beings. They suck up this tiny enta-
econ with the blood of their human
victims; and the female mosquitoes,
after their banquet, go to the river to
deposit their eggs. In doing so, the
filaria and their larve find their way
into the water, and again toother human
beings who drink it. In order TO ascer-
tain how far the mos4 uito is thus a
carrying agent of disease from man to
man, patient known to have the flaria
in his blood was placed alone in cham.
Der, and an opportunity furnished to
mosquitoes to feed upon him. After
that, the spoilers were captured and
dissected, and in the stomach of one no
fewer than 120 filarie were found. This
newly found relation of the mosquito to
man adds materially to its Objectionable
ness; for, not only does it feed upon us,
but it helps to spread amongst us an
entozoon which is known to cause
definite series of unpleasant pathological
consequences by its presence in the
blood
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
ESTABLISHED 1859.

eighty-frst degree he viii find some
open water; when the eighty-second de-
gree is reached he will find much open
water and great quantities of wild ami
mails, and some water fowls; when the
eighty-third degree is reached he viii
find the open Polar sea, two thousand
miles in diameter, and if be will go out
into that sea when the weather is warm
and genial, he will find the country that
the Symmes theory says can be found,
of large forests of timber, large rivers
and rich land, and the home OF more
wild animals than can be discovered
anywhere else in creation, and water
fowls in abundance. Mr.. Symmes ar
gues that the observations of the open
Polar sea back up his theory; that wild
animals go north in the fall from Green
land and return in the spring fat and
leading their young; and that big tlees.
vegetables and flowers come floating
down from the north, and lodge on the
coasts of Norway and Spitzbergen. Mr..
Sy1c4nes.xecoiaA.-el IRIS llis-szAsal1 zoIe - !
ice to the attention of The Howgste
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
A queer Case.

Whatever may have been George rsa, 's
body's views of the laws OF Maltnus' INC
trustees in charge Of tho London ioog,ns
bouses which bear bis name are un"ann
- let rooms to married couples who nave .'
more than four children. The diineui1y
Is in compelling the tenants when a.. On.
in nossesion either to limit the nunDe,
other oGspriDgs or toquit the tenemsn,'
hen the minimum OF four is exceeoeo'
A moor woman who had received no.,o'
80 emit after the advent Of her nitn On''
Srsrcb - resolutely refused to 60; tns 3
.uIt was a row, and an appeal 70 u
roa1;strste. The woman argued Der ca,
hnwsvs- much better than nigh. nA',
hosu expected. She declared '1sy
wanted to expeI her in the name ''. o. ~ -
Queen two years before her time yss ,'.,'.1I,t "
and sbe scornfulIy intimated her ol.0. '.ssr
tbat " Her Msjesty, who was 'ne y s's ~.
Of nine blessed children" o eoula ,.'..,'., rs
o. %r such unwArrautahl' i1's' @.''l.s
snce with the privileges Of : ~ M
The magistrate P'......,'-.tn
missed MI thecase Is beyond hi'ju1'
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
Curious Lakes.

On the top Of MealiourveneIe, hill in
Invernesshire, Scotland, is a lake one
hundred and eight feet long and eighteen
broad, which never freezes, and is always
iull, without the appearance Of any
regular supply. This lake has been said
to be unfathomable, but the contrary is
now ascertained.
About seventeen miles from this lake
is another, called Loeb Vain, which Is
covered with ice all the year around.
On the top Of a ridge Of mountains In
Portugal, called Estrella, there are two
lakes of great extent and depth, espe-
cially one of them, which is said to be
unfathomable. What is most remark
able in them is, that they are calm when
the sea is so, and rough when that Il
stormy, which makes it probable that
they have subterraneous communication
with the ocean and this seems 70 DO
confirmed by the pieces of the vessels
they occasionally cast up, though al
most forty miles from the sea.
There is also another very curious lake
in this country, which, before Storm
makes a frightful rumbling noise that
may he heard at the distance OF several
D,iias And there is pool or fountain
called Fervaneas, about twenty-ioui
miles from COimbra, that absorbs mol
only wood, but even the lightest bodies
thrown into it, such as cork, feathers
straw, ETC., which sink to the bottom
and are seen no more. To these may Dc
added remarkable spring near Eremos'
which petrifes wood, or rather incius's s
it with a case of stone; but the most
surprising circumstances is that IL throws
up water enough in summer 70 Turn
several mills, whereas in winter II u
I ,.oxfantIv drv