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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-10
A CycIopaedia War.
BOOK EXCHANGE,
764 Broadway, New Yorl

Boston, L Hastings Cornhl Philadelphia. Coz
Cincinnati Robert Clarke Indianapolis Bowen Stewart
Chicago Alden Chadwick 100 Dearborn Francisco
D. Cameron; Atlanta Ca j. p Richards; baltimore
English; Psburg Robson; Grand Rapids Mich Eaton
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The EarIs and Tie Kiie.

An eagle, overwhelmed with sorrow,
sat upon the branches Of tree in com
pany with kite. Why" asked the
kite, /" do I see you with such rueful
look?" The eagle answered, 81 seek a
mate suitable for me, and am notable TO
find one" "Take me, responded the
kite. i" ] am much stronger than you.
/ have often carried off an ostrich in my
talons.n The eagle, persuaded by
words, accepted the kite as mate. AZ
ter the election, 80 to speak, was over,
the eagle told the kite TO fly of and
bring back the ostrich it had promised.
The kite scared aloft and returned in
time with miserable little mouse in ar
advanced state Of decomposition From
the length Of time it had lain on the
ground. els this" said the eagle,
"the faithful performance Of your pron-
Use to meP" Tho kite unblushnlgly re-
sponded: " You must know that 10 ac-
complish any object there is no lie ! will
not tell.m The only moral to this fable
Il that the people should not always send
to the Legislature the man who talks
loudest with his mouth. Galveston
Ne7gS
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Poet.Laureates Of EngIand.

The custom Of crowning poet with
laurel originated among the Greeks, and
was adopted by the Romans, who bor-
rowed this, as many other things from
their more cultured neighbors OF the
East. The poets who received the crown
were the ones who succeeded in the con-
tests. In the twelfth century the GUS
tom was revived in Germany by the En-
peror, who invented the title of poet
laureate. Petrarch was crowned in 134l
at the Roman capital, which event at
tached new interest to the title. The
early history Of the laureateship in Eng
land is traditional The story runs that
Edward III, in 1867, emulating the
coronation Of Petrarch, granted the Office
to Chaucer, with yearly pension OF 100
marks and tierce Of Malvoisie wine
Ben, rare old Ben Jonson, mentions Henry
Scogan as the laureate OF Henry lV.
John Kav, or Cain, was court-poet under
Edward ", and Andrew Bernard held
the same Office under Henry VII and
Henry VIII. John Shelton received
from Oxford, and subsequently from
Cambridge, the title Of poet-laureate;
and Spenser is spoken Of as the laureate
of Queen Elizabeth, because OF his hav-
ing received pension Of 910 year
when he presented her the first books Of
the "Faerie Queen" In 1919 the
"order" was formally established by
James /, who granted Ben Jonson, by
patent, an annuity for life Of 100 marks,
! and thus secured his services. In 1880
the laureateship was made patent
office in the gift Of the Lord Chamberlain.
The salary was increased from 100
marks to G100, and tierce of Canary
wine was added, which was commuted in
Southey's time for G27 year. There
was from that period regular succession
of laureates. The performance Of the
annual odes was suspended after the
final arrangement Of George Ill in 1870
The poet-laureate from the time Of
Southey has written what he chose and
and when he chose. Wordsworth wrote
nothing in return for the distinction, and
Tennyson has written very little. The
following is the list of the laureates from
Jonson's day to date:
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7 HI yours IIUIy,
"HEzEKIAH JONES,
GtEd;tnr Eyoa,1nofJl
The Fox's Advice to the Hare.

One day fox discovered fine chance
to capture pullet for his dinner, the
only drawback being the fact that the
farmer had set trap just in the path
which any depredator must travel. In
this emergency the hungry Reynard
hunted around until he found a hare,
and, after few remarks on the state Of
the weather, the scramble for office, the
Whitaker investigation and the Turkish
question, he said
"I was Just thinking, as / overlook
you, what impudence some folks have. "
"How?"
"Why, met Miss Pullet short time
since, and she boasted of being able to
out-run you. {"
"The brassy creature !" exclaimed the
hare. "Why, ] can run as fast as she
can fly !"
Certainly you can, but she's doing.
You great injury among your friends by
her stories III were you I'd see her
and warn her that this thing must stop. F"
"I'l do it 1 was built for speed,
and everybody knows it, and l won't
have no pullet boasting that she can out
run me. Come along, and show me
WAioAC ou0 Aos
"Well, I'll go as special favor to
you, of course" humbly replied the fox,
"and, to show Miss Pullet what the foxes
think Of the hares, l will let you take
the lead and follow in your footsteps"
AS they neared the coop the hare be-
gan to arrange little speech Of greet
ing, but he soon had other fish to fry.
He walked into the trap with eyes wide
open, and ere he had recovered from the
shock the fox had secured his dinner.
Say SayI I'm caught !" yelled
the hare, as he struggled with the trap.
$50 I observe" was the reply.
"And what is your advice?"
"To get away as coon as you can p
Moral Every neighborhood scandal
has three lies TO one truth. No person
becomes q tale-bearer except to forward
some scheme of his own. When fox
is anxious to preserve the reputation Of
hare, let the hare look out.--Detroil
Free Press.
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The southern Soldier.

In the winter Of 1868 the First regi-
ment Of Virginia Artillery was in winter
quarters at Frederick Hall, Va. The
Second company Of Richmond Howitz-
ers was camping on the grounds Of DR.
Pendleton. Here an incident occurred
which illustrates how little regard the
volunteer had for army regulations.
Lieut.. O., of the Salem Artillery, was a
graduate Of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute at Lexington. He made himself
quite obnoxious to the boys by his
strict military discipline, whether in the
field or camp, or in the winter quarters.
1t was his great delight to be officer Of
the day, on which occasion he would do
all he could to impress the men with
the idea that he was an .fait in army
regulations.
One night he rode up to the place
where the Second Howitzers were
parked and yelled out in very loud
voice,
Where is the sentinel on this post ?"
The sentinel was sitting on ruptured
bag Of corn, engaged in parching q
quantity of the grain, more for the pur-
pose Of passing the time away (of course)
itlttll Will any AhlGnuAOl Va buJlhbAil8 Ilf1
appetite (for all good soldiers will re-
member that ON appetite was an imple-
ment not marked down in the catalogue
Of n Confederate soldiers accouter-
ments), and he replied;
II amt post it's a sack Of corn.
Where's your corporal +? "
"Sleep, / reckon.
"Why don't you walk your post 2"
Didn't l tell you 'twa'nt post r.
Who's corporal of this guard ~
"Billy MCCARTHY, Second Howitzers !,
sleeps in second cabin at head OF line on
left side, replied the sentry, all during
the conversation keeping his eye on his
frying-pan, which he continued to shake
to keep his corn from burning.
Young man." said Lieut. g., "you
don't seem to know the first duty Of
soldier. Hew long have you been in
the armyp"
Three years, one month, ten days and
eighteen hours, when the relief comes
round. / always keep it to the notch, /"
replied the sentry, singing few snatch
es from the popular song Of those days:
When the cruel war is over"
"Why did younotr rise, salute me and
walk your beat when l came up2 j
shall report you to headquarters in the
morning for neglect Of duty"
Saying which the Lieutenant departed
and soon disappeared in the darkness.
After giving him sufficient time to get
off some distance, the sentinel mounted
the pile of corn and yelled out:
"Hello there, mister
"What'll you have ? I" was the reply.
Who are you, anyhow"
The Lieutenant answered: 81 am
Lieut.. G., officer Of the day"
"Ohl shucks," replied the sentry !;
"blame my hide if didn't think you
was Gen. Lee"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-06-17
Broom Corn.

Broom corn was introduced into this
country by DIR. Franklin. He saw-a
seed ON a broom, planted it, and tho
seeds from this single plant were the
beginning Of broom corn as an American
agricultural product. The credit Of the
broom making industry is due TO the
Shakers, who, raising the plants in their
gardens, manufactured the brooms and
sold them for 30 cents, or more, apiece.
Immediately after the war, SO great was
the profit from its cultivation, that it
was soon overdone, and the many who
had rushed into the business were soon
discouraged and abandoned it. Now it
is cultivated in all parts Of the country.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-06-17
Matrimonial Methods.

To show that the habit Of declaiming
against the beautitudes of matrimonial
life and protesting that the nation is to
be ruined il n period is not put to fash
ion is no new thing, we extract the fol-
lowing from the Connecticut Ifcrutd,
printed in the year 1923: ''As it is idle
to hope for reformation iii those who are
possessed with the fashionable mania,
and as the want Of cash seems to be the
obstacle to matrimony, would beg leave
to propose O plan, which may prove
beneficial to both sexes. 1t is not a
new one, but has been so long out Of
date that il will at least possess the
charm Of novelty. Let all manageable
girls, young and old, be assembled an
nually at one place. Let them be put
up by an auctioneer one after another.
The rich will pay high price for the
handsomest. The money thus received
should be bestowed as a settlement on
the more homely, whom the auctioneer
should present in regular order, asking
if any one would accept such an one
with such sum. This plan was prac-
ticed with great success among the AS
syrians and several other nations Of
antiquity, as any one Of our ready-made
archmologists will admit. BY it the
rich will be able to support their bar
gains, of course, and the second-chop
wives--to use fowery and celestial
idiom-will bring something to support
their husbands and their own extrava-
gance; no one being obliged to accept Q
damsel if she has nothing but love and
duty to offer.
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NO. lS
Englnnd,s Rnlers.

The Norman line began with William
the Gonqueror; then comes iii succession
the houses Of Plantngenct Lancaster,
York, Tudor, Stuart, the Commonwealth,
Stuart Orange, Stuart, and Hanover.
William the Conqueror was the sixth
sovereign Of Normandy Henry III, the
first Of the Plantagenets, was the son Of
Matilda Of Scotland, direct descendant
Of Edmund II, surnamed lronsido, who
was the son and successor of Ethcred
il, born in $50, and King of tho Anglo.
Saxons in 1916. Henry IN, as the last
of the Plantagenets Orchard I'D left no
children, was the eldest son Of John of
Gaunt, Duke Of Lancaster, fourth son of
Edward III, and Of Blanche, daughter
and heiress Of Henry Plantagenct, Duke
Of Lancaster, great grandson Of Henry
LII. Edward IN, the first of the House
Of York, was descended from the fifth
son Of Edward Ill as the Lnncastrlan
Kings had descended from the fourth
son of the same sovereign. Henry VII,
the first Of the Iudors, WINS u descendant
Of Henry W james ! Of England, and
vi Of Scotland, was the son Of Lord
Darnley and Mary Queen 81 Scots, and
his right to the succession rested on his
descent from Henry VII through his
great. grandmother, Margaret Charles
ii was the second child among sixth of
Charles /, and started anew tic Smart
line at the restoration. Mary who with
William of Orange, ruled Britain, WINS d
Stuart, as was also Anne, the good
queem George r d tile House 81
Hanover, was descended on his mothers
side fronl James /. The following will
show the length % the reigns ol the
several houses:
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]. D. BURKE, Editor.
LOST, 4 ROY.

Ne went from the old home hesrthstone,
Only six years ago,
A laughing, irolioking fellow,
II would do you good to know.
Since then we have not see him,
And we say, with nameless pain,
The boy that we knew and loved 50
We shall never see again.
One bearing the name we gave him
Comes home TO us to-day,
But this is not the dear fellow
We kissed and sent away.
Tall as tho man he calls father,
With mans look in his face,
Is he who takes by the hearthstone
The lost boys olden place
We miss the laugh that made music
Wherever the lost boy went,
This man has smile most winsome,
His eyes have grave intent;
We know he is thinking and planning
His way in the world Of men,
And we cannot help but love him,
But we long for our boy again.
We are proud Of this manly fellow
Who comes to take his place,
With hints Of the vanished b0yhood
In his earnest, thoughtful face;
And yet comes back the longing
For the boy we henceforth must miss,
Whom we sent away from the hearthstone
Forever with kiss.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-06-17
The Two Girls Of Frosthurr.

Two young ladies for the past four
years have had control Of farm of one
4, hundred and sixty acres near Frostburg.
ihey have plowed, sowed, reaped. built
fences, raised hogs aud performed the
other countless duties incident to a
pastoral life. In addition to their out
hde duties the care Of a widowed and in
Vahd mother has been tax on their
energies. One of the ladies is a shoe
maker, and all work Of that kind used by
tne family is executed by her. The
mouse IN which they live is large and
iLoomy, yet these two girls, whose ages,
py the way, are twenty-five and twenty.
nave made all the carpet, and made it
wen, too, painted a number of farm
sSenes sis and family portraits in oil, and
nueu up the otherwise vacant spots with
saxHwork, etc. Besides, the fact that
H sHaey are good musicians, the fact that
rney never shock your refined ear with
ungrammatical remarks, is also note
worthy. Go to that much-abused village
a. q raiinxsuatawney, and, after inquiring
;of the location Of Frostburg. walk
Y that direction just three miles and
s9g VIII reach the homemade home
n nm ;Emmaand Marrilla Black Pittsburo
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HuMoRs or THE DAY.

wHrs things goto y \ how q D,they
, Bcomc.
MANY man who thinks himself
great gun isnothing more than big
bore.
"KrEP cool and you command every
body, remarked ST Just Ile stood in
with anice company.
a BoY Who won't Try is like truth,
because THE 10y won't endoayor aud truth
won't end ever, either.
Take to "stflddes and 70 blindsn
Many lsl come ID t0 see;
LotceR ootptcr
As i RULE booll-kcopers are ink-lined
10 be pcnsive. VIII some ono kindly
tell US if blushing seamstress il not Q
flushed severe
'dTHERE is no disgrace III being poor,
we are told, and wore bowling glad oi
il, for there are enough other disadyau-
tages about ii. without that ono
MAID Of Yonkers, sre Ne buss, toll me,
will yon make fass? New York Mons.
Man 81 Gotham, ore you risk your life,
tell ME. will you inform your wife2
IGnkGt8 "a. etfC.
A RlcHNoNp physician says that if
people will take d bath in hot whisky
and rock snlt twice year, they will es-
cape Tho rheumatism and colds But
wouldn't that spoil the whisky
DIsgusrED man says "Why don't
hotels find some substitute for the ever
lasting becfstcals for BREAKFAST Bless
sou, lots 81 en- do. Cowhide is tho
favorite substitute. Il Boston Post
HER name was Eva, and whom Charles
Augustus called the other evening and
asked her to be his darling wifey, she
gently thrust him from her and sweetly
said "Not this Eva. Some other Eya.
Good llvn
A RHopE ISLAND Clergyman was given
permission to sing '.Ihe Sweet Bye and
Bye iii an insane asylum Many pa
tients were moved So was the clergy
man. "A lunatic moved him clear down
stairs.
"II1 where did you get them trous-
ers?n asked All Irishman of man who
happened to be passing with a remark
ably short pair Of trousers. 81 got
them whore they grew" was the indig-
nant reply. ''lhen, by my conscience. :
said Pat, you've pulled them year too
sooni'
IN BosroS A1sthetic young lady
'sBy the way, Mr. Gosoftly, have you
read Bascom's Science of Mind2 I"
''N-n-naw. I'm not reading much now
a-days. ! pass my time in original
thought 1lsthetic young lady with
much sympathy How very dreary, to
be sure
Ir WAS their first night aboard tho
steamer. cat last, lie said tendcily,
tive are all one, out upon the deep
waters Of the dark blue sea, aud your
heart viii always beat for mo as it has
beat in the past?' My hearts all
right, she answered languidly, "but
my stomach feels awful.
sPRisoNER, you are accused Of having
stolen the compliments pocketbook; do
you plead guilty yor not guilty." Guilty,
yonr Honor. ''What was the motive
that impelled you TO commit the crime?'
II had note coming due next day, and
could not bear the thought Of having my
name dishonoredn -Eigdro.
WHEN d husband becomes angry and
swears before his family, lie is not SO
much to blame; he doesn't know how it
sounds. His wife, really, is TO blame
she ought TO swear, too, to let him hear
how it sounds, Isn't this sound logie2--
kentucky iState Journal Well, we'll
be- -ahem--yes that -is--we'll be com
PEELED to say that il is. -lSteubenvtttd
| Heratd.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-06-17

A SIGNIFICANT but melancholy com
ment upon the value of the work actual
ly accomplished by the much vaIued
Boston schools is found in the fact that a
prominent lawyer who wished a copyist,
recently was forced to reject large
number of applicants who had graduated
from our high school, for the simple
reason that not one Of them could spell
common words even tolerably. Boston
Courier.
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Weddlng AnniYersaries.

The wedding anniversaries are as fol-
lows: First year, iron; fifth year, wooden;
tenth year, tin; fifteenth year, crystal;
twentieth year, china; twenty-iifth year,
silver; thirtieth year, cotton; thirty fifth
year, linen; fortieth year, wooden; forty
fifth year, silk; fiftieth year, gold; sev-
enty-tifth year, diamond.
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salnries d RritIsh Minister.

The salary list Of the British Govern
ment shows the relative rank assigned
to Washington as diplomatic station
by the European powers. The British
Minister at Paris receives an annual sal
ary Of $50, 900; at Vienna, $40, 900 at
Constantinople, $40, 600; at st, Peters
burg, S39, 900 at Berlin, 5000; at
Pekin, 1000; at Madrid even, s27,-
600; while at Washington Sir Edward
Thornton is obliged to live on $25, 900
and very considerable number OF al
lowances. In point Of grade the Euro
peans rank Washington practically with
the missions to Brazil, TO Japan, to the
Hague and TO Lisbon.
BREcHER says "we pray too much. :"
This explains why the average news
paper mans breeches always bag at
Inc knees. 1gtusvilte Sunday World.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-06-17
NEWS: GLEANINGS.

There are oi4ob maSons III AlaphIla,
jacksonville, Ala, has excellent water
works.
Aberdeen has the largest hotel in the
State Of Mississippi.
Alabama ranks fifteenth in the pro-
duction Of iron.
There are five hundred Sunday-schools
in Mississippi.
There are 100 miners at Pratt Mines,
Ala, 175 being convicts.
Birmingham's (Ala,) assessments for
1881 double those Of 1890
The Texas and Pacific railway track
Is now laid 292 miles west Of Dallas.
A large furniture factory is being
successfully operated in Shreveport, La.
Macon county, Alabama, is out Of
debt, no one in Jail, and the sheriff
spends his time fishing.
Cattle, in considerable numbers, are
dying below Chattanooga, Tennessee, Of
some unknown disease.
Enough sweet potatoes will be made
in Florida this year to supply the Uni
ted States
A mammoth hotel is to be erected at
the Hot Springs, Arkansas, by com.
pany from Maine.
six hundred new horses and mules
are required to supply the demand at
Abbeville, S. q, every year.
Twenty.nine hundred and fifty agri-
cultural liens have been filed in Fair
field, SIC.
The members Of the broken bank at
Aberdeen, Mississippi, have been indie
ted under the new statute which makes
it penal ofiense to receive money on
deposit in bank when in a failing CON
dition.
The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and Mes
senger reports the arrival Of member
Of the fish commission with 100000
shad, which were promptly placed in
Ocmulgee river.
Knoxville (1enn.) Tribune; United
States Scnetor Howell L. Jackson, Of
Tennessee, has purchased the elegant
residence Of W. B. Shaw, on Vermont
avenue, Washington, at cost Of
$4,000.
Clahin University, at Orangeburg, S.
C.,.i for colored students exclusively,
and is supported by the State. Cvnnec-
ted with it by special act of the Legis-
lature, is branch Of the State Agricul-
tural College and Mechanics Institute,
the university as whole being directed
by cooperating boards of trustees. The
university has three departments coll
lege, normal school and grammar school.
The total number for 1SS0-S1 numbered
SSS. Contested with the university is
the Baker Theological Institute, where
young men are trained for the ministry.
General Francis A. Walker, superin-
tendent Of the United States census,
telegraphs to the Enquirer-sun, of Co
lumbus, Ga, that clerical error has
been made in the population Of Colum-
bus i Itshould be 1923 The Enquirer
sun says that this is correct according
to the returns made by the enumerators,
but adds: "We are confident that it
iaIls short Of the population of the city
by more than two thousand inhabitants.
Within three-quarters Of a mile of the
courthouse there is a population of not
less than twenty thousand people, but
We can not claim them, even though
nearly every one is directly engaged in
business in the city,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-06-17

TIE following Is pIacarded in the
theater at Durango, Col: 'From and
after this date all persons who wish to
gain admittance to the auditorium Of the
Coliseum must leave their weapons at
the front bar, where checks will be
given for them"
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H.. IIs II hard to part from those we
iEse S;, and sometimes it is even more
ionl ii,llcuit to get away from those we don't
w. wsfsaEf.s
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-05
Archbishop Perche.

This venerable prelate has been in our
midst since last Sunday. At the adj
vanced age of II years, spent iii a life OF
inestimable usefulness to his fellow men,
he has come once again to confirm in
their faith the one hundred and thirty
Christians who will to-day, Tuesday,
kneel at the altar of their God and re-
ceive through him His loving benedic-
ton. His Grace, Archbishop Perche,
has acquired name that will ever be
prominent in the annals of the Diocese OF
Louisiana, which he has loved as de-
voted son loves his mother. Those who
will have been confirmed by him, will
ever be proud to remember that it was
by the hand of the noble Archbishop,
whose pen was as brilliant as the sword
of Napoleon, after whom he is named,
and whose oratorical force has made
him tower of strength in propagating
the faith taught by st. Peter, whose ex-
emplary life he has emulated.
After welcoming to Baton Rouge, the
illustrious Prelate, we take inexpressl-
BILE pride, in welcoming in him, the
whiom journalist whose trenchant pen,
has thrown dazzling lustre upon the pro-
fession in our State.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-05

That excellent Catholic journal, the
N. 0, Morning Star, has appeared in an
sentire new dress. 1t is indeed as bright
as it's name The light it casts in the
home circle is one that can safely be fol-
lowed. Hence do we urge our Catholic
readers, particularly, to sustain by their
patronage the commeHdable efforts of
the enterpfising directors Of the Morn
ng Star.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-05
Vf INThI|' ]
Mayors Court Proceedings.
SATURDAY, Oct. 80, 1881

SATURDAY, Oct. go, 1881.
Ashbury Doyle, (c). Drunk and dis
orderly. Fined five dollars or three days
in Jail.
George Johnston (c.) Disturbing the
peace. Fined ten dollars Or seven days
in jail.
LEON JASTREMSKI, Mayor.