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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-24
Tho Great Connecting LIN

Us Tho Cy0at COOOeCttnS LtuH =
Its main line runs from Chicago 10. Council
Genesso. Moline. Rock Island. Davenport, West
Liberty, Iowa CITY. Marengn. Brookiyn :. rtnieh.
Des Mo!hes the capital Of lowal. Stunrt, hIlaii-
tic. and Avoca. with branches from Eurcau
line Washington. Fairfield Eldoii. Dc.kiiar.
Cenfrcv!ite. Princeton, Trenton. Gallaun. Came
ron. 1.eavenworth, Atchison, and Kansas tlty;
Washington 70 sigonrncy, osxn,onsn; anu hnon-
tonsporL. Independent. Eldnn. utiuinwa, Edly-
Vile. Oskaloosa. Pella, Monroe. anu pe- Moipesi
Mt. Zion to Keosauqna; Newton TO Monrvc: D.s
Moines 10 Indianola and wintrrsct; Atia,,tls 10
0riswoid and Audubon; and .Ayoca TO Harlan
and Carson. This Is positiyeiy the only IGtii.
road. which owns. and opcraies n through hho
from Chicago Into the state o. kansas. :, p,,,.
mai Palace Cars attached: arc run each waydalIy
between CHICAGO and PEORIA. KAnsAs CITY.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, LKAvkNwoitIH ana AIcHI-
Zee and KANSAS City. via tho M.iwankee az
Rock Island Short Line"
The "Great Rock Island " Is magnlicently
equipped. Its road bed Is sinIpiy perfect. aud It's
What will please you most viii he the pleasure
of enjoying -FOUR meals, while passing over the
beautiful prairies Of Illinois and Iowa. In ono q
our mayniacen, Dining Cara that acso,npany al
meal. rs goodias Is served In nny frst-ciass hota u.
for sevcnfy-iye ccntA
Approaching the fact TINT n majority 81 the
PPupppcsss eand tho immense passenger ha.iness
1 nc rhas n sns, his Company runs fuiimas Psiaes
oRSgd5LIiM .A fu RAkHsAREE NAE SARsc fFS r x
an fof ~infor%ssfon not oBtainabls sf
L.. r.. CABLE,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-24
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RY

the East and the west !
yieepfng Cars for sleeping purposes, and Palace
Dtninq Car. fpr eating purposes only onr 3tle5
SALOON where you can enjoy your Havana"
NJ all hours Of the day.
Magnificent Iron bridges span the Mississippi
Inc. M Sna esnns aissss are ns a AZ, GaS,das Al Council Council 81 8la an,s
kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison. cons
%ncciions being made ID Union Depots.
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al cmicAoo, win ali diverging lines for the
Al EMoiswoop; with the LIS. q Ms. and
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A : OTTuMwA. with Central Iowa H r.; Vs.
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~AtATcgisos WITH Aish- Topek 4 4 ss santa
Al f.KAvkSwoRTD. with Union Pac. and Kan.
's xsk I CITY. with all lines for the West
.hhrisSSSNe a to 2sS! wRSsR WI
Great Hook Island Route are solo nN
our home omoe, address,
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
Discriminating Against Authors.

manuscript Is merchandise, and often
Hoes 10 a dozen possible purchasers, and
tnen returns to the author to fill his
waste W., basket, or lie in his secret drawer
~ Lord knows when" But the post
once oihclals discriminate against this
particular kind of merchandise. Ores,
uiy goods, nursery stock and the like
NAY De sent through the mail for cent
an ounce. 1t makes no difference whether
tlese commodities have actually been
SOFA or whether they are sent as samples.
Nearly all sorts of books and other
pupleatlons require only half a cent
postage to the ounce. and the rest one
cent. The classes chiefly benefited by
tiis cheap rate are corporations, such as
mining companies, factories and whole
SAFE dealers, and the publishers of books,
periodicals., newspapers, novels, pam
phiets, advertising sheets, etc. Now If
the departments of Government must
discriminate against some class, why
should the wealthy escape and the needy
be oppressed by this discrimination?
After book or an article is once in
type, no matter whether it is yet pub
hshed, it has, in a degree, changed
hands; it has, in part at least, become
the property of the publishers. Then it
goes through the mails to the proof-reader,
who may be the author, for half cent
an ounce. The same book or article,
when it belonged wholly to the author
and WIS still in manuscript cost him
each time he sent it to publisher six
cents per ounce, and he had to enclose
the same amount in stamps in order to
secure the return of the work if not
accepted. Cor. Springfield Repu6tt-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06

A Murfreesboro, Tenn, correspondent
of the Buffalo Courier, who has been
visiting the old Ciatling homestead. IN
that vicinity. writes. Entering the
Doctors light carriage, we crossed the
river and passed into the dense pine and
cypress forests with which two-thirds Of
the section is covered. In drive Of five
miles We only passed one house, and the
road for nearly the entire distance pass
ing through virgin forests, the trees Of
which III many cases and sometimes for
long distances, met over our heads. The
country being fiat and the road often
forming a straight line for a mile or
more the view through these narrow av-
euugs, lined by dense forests, was very
striking and novel. As we approached
our destination we turned into private
road and soon came IN view of the
Calling homestead which, aside from
three or four hundred acres of clearing
Immediately around the dwelling, Is
surrounded by heavy timbered forests,
extending many miles in either direc
ton, broken only by an occasional small
plantation. The present dwelling is a
two-story frame building about 15x30,
with a oue-story rear extension, painted
white 1t Is surrounded by a beautiful,
well kept double yard, IN which are a
great number and variety of fine trees,
among them a straight-growing juniper,
the maple, cedar, pine, and elm. In the
side yard is the original Calling mansion,
a log structure about 12x15, with a mud
chimney, built, as all chimneys in the
South are, on the outside at the gable
end This house. which is now used as
a kitchen, was built about the beginning
Of the present century, by JordOn Cat
ling. the father Of Richard, the inventor,
and it was in this small structure that
the latter was born and raised.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
The Sponge Trade.

A correspondent of the Providence
Press, writing from Nassau, Bahamas,
says: A very interesting feature of bust
ness life here is the trade in sponges.
Every day, except Saturday, the dock at
the foot of Parliament street, which is
the recognized mart for this branch of
traffic, is thronged with gentleman buy
ers of this product of the sea. The
dock, which is some three hundred feet
long by thirty feet wide, is covered with
sponges, put up in strings and arranged
in lots, which are numbered and marked.
Mr.. Riggs, the clerk of the market, hav-
ing seen that each lot is duly labeled
with its proper tag, makes out as many
schedules of the whole as there are buy
ers, and furnishes each one with a list.
Upon this the gentleman, after a careful
examination of the lots, makes his bids,
and turns in the paper at the close of the
market. The offers are then compared,
and the highest bid takes the lot. The
sale is absolute, upon per cent. COM
mission, and the amount of business
done in this way is quite large during
the entire season.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
The Origin of Ball Games.

The history of the ball games, which
commences in the spring months of the
year, would carry us back a very long
way, for the origin of ball play dates from
beyond history itself and traces Of it are
to be found in almost every nation on the
face of the globe. Ii is even supposed
that 1t had a deep smybolical meaning
when first played in the spring of the
year. and that the tossing of the ball was
intended first to typify the upspringing
of the life of nature after the gloom of
winter. And whether this was the case
among the people of antiquity or not, it
is remarkable fact the ecclesiastics of
the early Church adopted this symbol,
and gave 1t very special significance by
meeting in the churches on Easter day.
and throwing up ball from hand TO hand
to typify the resurrection. This, which
was done originally as a kind of religious
observance, soon denegrated it to n mere
custom, and had to be discontinued, as
it caused much disorder; but it will &C
count for the fact that games at ball are
supposed to commence properly at Eas-
ter.
In England these games of ball have
always been exceedingly numerous.
Stoolball, game played by two per-
sons seated on stools, who throw the ball
from one to the other in a peculiar fash
ion, is alluded to by many of the old
writer's; and the games of trapball and
FOUNDERS are of remote antiquity But
perhaps the most popular as well as the
most ancient game was tennis. This
sport was classical-at least hand tennis
was-and was doubtless played when
Homer wrote, and it certainly was popu-
lar when Horace satirized the "swells"
of his period. AS one of the most ancient
games of Christendom, it perhaps came
down to us from the monks, who fol-
lowed the harmless pastime III their clois-
tiers, which made capital tennis courts.
But 1t would seem that women and girls
played, as well as men and boys, for as
long ago as 1424 there was a young lady
In Paris named Margot, who played
both with the palm and the back of the
hand, and was the champion of the
game.-Ihe Boys OtOn Newspaper.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
The Postal Card Fiend.

'eThere is a new kind of fiend in exis-
ence. said post-ofiice detective recent
" toyour correspondent; "the postal card
iiend, who came into existence with that
species of epistolary effusion: The
nuisance is a much greater one than you
can imagine. No one who is not con-
nected with the service can imagine the
number of scurrilous cards sent ont.
Ladies come to us-some of them be-
longing to the first families IN our city
who are almost heartbroken over the open
missives they have received. They do
not want to expose the matter-often it
is the result of some family feud-and so
all we can do is to stop the cards here,
while the villain is allowed to go free. ="
I have heard Of a case lately where
Young wife was assailed in reputation by
former lover-rejected, of cOurse-who
kept lust within the boundary of the law.
The insinuating language was sufficiently
yelled to keep the young husband I'M
easy. while it ate deep into the young
brides heart. 1t will kill her, as she is
diving slowly of the inward wound. OF
c0rrse ten years In prison would be light
punishment for such a fiend, but these
people always calculate upon an unwill-
ingness to prosecute on account of fears
of publicity Y Cor. Philadelphia
RocorH
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
An Artistic Heaven.

A retired manufacturer, one of the
practical sort of men, who had more of
the love of display than aesthetic taste to
properly sustain it, strolled into the
studio of a New Haven artist few years
ago. and after examining some of the
paintings, thrust his thumb into the arm
holes OF his vest, and clearing his throat.
said to the artist.
"Aheml l have thought for sometime
that would give you an order for pic
ture.
should be happy" replied the artist
modestly.
"What should like would be picture
representing a child at prayer, with an
angel lowering over 1t, and a view of
heaven in the distance. Could you
paint a picture like that?"
'Y-e-es, l think so, was the reioinder.
Every well, you can paint it. 1 care
nothing about the expense if it only suits
me. I'll pay $3.50 for it. "
Now the artist was trifie perplexed as
to the detail of the work before him.
The child at prayer and the lowering
angel were simple enough; any dabster
with a brush could paint those. But the
'heaven in the distance" was not so
easily overcome Calling in friend he
consulted with him. 'fHOw do YOU sup
pose heaven looks, anyhow"
well" said the friend, waggishly,
II suppose it looks something ike the
first view of the City of Albany, the
great dome of the Capitol in the center
and"
That's the idea, - exclaimed the artist,
81 see / will paint the figures, and
sky full of clouds with hole in the cen
ter, and put Albany in for the heaven"
A pictorial sketch of Albany was i'm
mediately sent for, the artist finished
the picture with that ancient city of the
Dutch as the distant heaven, the patron
OF art was delighted, paid the bill, and
the picture hung in his parlor in this
city for long time.-Ncto H0CoH Regis
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
A Relic of Washington.

An old walnut cabinet of antique de-
sign has been discovered In the store of
Frank Ware, secondhand furniture
dealer in Stanton, Va, to which I'M
usual interest attaches In moving the
desk Ware turned 1t up and his eve fell
upon a singular looking inscription, to
decipher which he called in the aid of
several gentlemen, to make 1t ont as fol-
lows: "To George Washington by d.
Webfter in We year 1777, and IN another
place: eye desk was presented to George
Washington in We year of We Lord l777
by ID. Webfter. The INSERTION Is
quite distinct, except the 'D' preceding
Webster. The cabinet was bought re-
Gently at a sale of the effects Of the
widow Of the late Samuel Clark, former
Mayor of Stanton, and Is about three
feet long and one deep and stands upon
four slender crooked legs. a drawer
runs the whole length of the cabinet at
the top and there are smaller shallow
ones beneath this, with an old fashioned
brass handle 1t has been found that
Samuel Clark married a daughter OF
Sampson Matthews, who was the first
man who ever kept a tavern IN Stanton.
His tavern, which has long since disap
peared, was a rendezvous for Continental
soldiers General Matthews, a brother
of the vern-keeper, was friend Of
General Washington and was Governor
Of Georgia after the war The old desk
evidently passed from General Washing
ton into the hands Of Governor Matthews
and so into his brothers family. Its
identity Is much strengthened 10y the
strong resemblance between the inscrip
ton upon 1t aud the handwriting Of
Washington as seen upon an old auto
graph letter Of his which has been
hunted up and compared with it.-PhiL-
QdcEUIiG Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
An Affecting Lie.

An early settler in Chicago relates
an incident In which he was an actor:
"As 1 sat there in the long ago, and,
shrouded in the September haze, was
dreaming of fortunate future for my
self, l heard the muffled tread of innum-
berable feet drawing nearer and nearer
to me. The sound was like the football
of a regiment of infantry approaching,
and l rose to see what was the cause. |
had not long to wait, for very soon there
hove in sight very singular spectacle.
First came a large Illinois hog at the
head of long column of Illinois hogs,
all marching Indian fashion, and grunt-
ing with that gentle, placid grunt which
the hog carries with him. On closer ex-
animation into the singular phenomena
l saw that all the hogs, except the leader,
were blind, each animal having his pre-
decessor's tail in his mouth throughout
the long line, consisting of thirteen thou
sand five hundred and twenty-one
unfortunate, sightless hogs, cheerfully
following their leader to the water. l
was never so struck with the wonderful
instinct of the brute creation in my life,
and my eyes filled with tears when /
saw the child-like faith and confidence of
each blind animal following with implicit
trust the more fortunate guide. Soon,
however, a great dazzling three-conered
idea worked its way into my intellect.
Dashing away my idle tears drew my
revolver and shot off the leaders tail,
leaving the long line of disconnected and
aimless hogs in the middle of n broad
prairie with no guide but the dephlogis-
ticated tail of hog who was three-quar-
ters of mile away. Then l stole mp,
and taking the CORY tail in my hand L
led the trusting phalanx down to the
stockyards and sold the outfit at eight
cents live weight This was the start of
my dazzling career as a capitalist, n
career to which l now point with pride.
Thus from poor boy with one suspender
and poor toe / have risen TO be one
of our leading business men, known and
respected by all, and by industry and
economy and borrowing my chewing to-
bacco l have come TO be one of our solid
mon -
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
4 Pleasing Incident.

There Is a lady living in little four
room cottage IN the environs Of Boston.
whose name Is well known to literary
people. She depends wholly upon her
own exertions for the support of herself
and children, and does all her own house
work, vet her cottage Is the focus of the
best society of the locality. A gentle
man calling there recently was received
at the door by a daughter Of the lady,
who told him her mother was too busy to
he called, but that he could see her In
the kitchen if he pleased; and he fol-
lowed her to that room. The lady
greeted him without the least embarrass-
ment, though she had on a big apron
and her sleeves We're pinned back to her
shoulders She was cutting a pumpkin
into strips for pies; and there sat ven
cradle gentleman gravely pairing the
strips TO the accompaniment of brilliant
conversation. / was asked to guess who
the gentleman was, and, after several
fruitless attempts, was told that II was
the poet Longfellow. While the pump
kin-paring was a success, another dis
tinguished poet called, and he also in
sisted upon being impressed into the
service. 1t was a dreary day outside,
and no one cared to leave the pleasant
cottage, so they all stayed to lunch, one
of the pies forming the piece dc resist
a1ce of the occasion. Speaking Of this
incident afterward the lady said: Ny
friends are kind enough to come and see
me, though they know | cannot leave
my work to entertain them. Visiting and
work must proceed together, and when
set my callers at work with me we are
sure to have an agreeable time. lip
pincOu
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
No Bread for the Children.

If anyone ever invents a greater folly
than the so-called labor strikes. il ia TO
be hoped his Vaccinations viii never
fall upon its helpless victims. Every dav
of idleness means a days wages thrown
away; it means a certain amonnt of
money wasted that every workinom
family needs; pair of boots for how:
a dress for girl; third of barrel of
flour; two or three bushels of potatoes.
twenty pounds of meat. 1t means nor
ton of the necessaries or comforts Of life
snatched from family. A striking la
borer, who lives on Spencer street and
who has a wife and several children de-
pendent upon his labor, has been volnn-
tarily idle for several days. Yesterday
the wife went to the house of a ne;o,Ihor
and borrowed part of loaf of bread for
breakfast, saying that she would rerav
the loan as soon as her husband cdnid
get some money from ''the union y The
striker was getting 81. 80 per dav when
he quit work, but is not ashamed 70 cat
the bread of q man who works earl, and
late to earn 81 per day.-Detroit ET,ee
Press
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
Opinions of the Press on Kissing.

The subjoined Opinions of the Press
on Kissing" relate to the text which tells
us that Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted
up his voice and wept"
If Rachel was pretty girl and kept
her face clean, we can't see what Jacob
had to cry about DAILY Telegraph
How do you know but that she slap
ped his face for him.. y. W. {. Is
ISOLATION NetcS.
The cause of Jacobs weeping was the
refusal of Rachel TO allow him to kiss her
again. -NonconforB6st
1t Is our opinion that Jacob wept be-
cause he had not kissed Rachel before,
and wept for the time lost. National
RCfOrHlCr.
The fellow wept because the girl did
not kiss him. Pal Man GdzcHc
Jacob wept because Rachel told him
to do 1t again and he was afraid to-
Methodist RccOrder.
Jacob cried because she threatened to
tell her mother Christian World
Jacob wept because there was only
one Rachel to kiss -.SpUfhSrH NciCS.
He wept for JOY, because it tasted so
good. Chronicle.
We think Jacob cried because Rachel
had been eating onions -.St1HGnrH
A mistake. Not his eyes, but his
mouth watered. Chester Chronicle
Our opinion is that Jacob wept because
he found it was not half what it was
cracked up to be ~ Manchester Err
IDljHcr.
Jacob thought it was fast color, and
wept to find the paint come of. Fine
Art gazette.
He was q fool He did not know what
was good for him Saturday RcUjcJc.
Jacob thought she might have a big
brother Il Church Times.
Because there was no time for another.
-StUOrd and Ti-o1CcL
When Jacob lifted mp his voice and
wept, he found he could not get it as
high as he expected Musical Notes.
Weeping IS not unfrequently caused
by extreme pleasure, Joy, happiness: 1t
might have been SO in Jacobs case.
HQTdlCickS Science Gossip.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06

A welI-known sportsman of Crescent,
it is said. was in New York a short time
AGO seeing the sights. Among other
nlaces he visited was sale stable, where
he took excessive pains to let them know
he was a great sport and was up to all
the lodges of the trade. He Dragged so
much they determined to sell him. He
was accordingly shown, in confidence, a
large box filled with excellent robes and
harness. worth at least $500, which he
was informed had been stolen, and he
could get them cheap. He bought the
lot at $75, and ordered them shipped;
He waited anxiously for the box, and
when it arrived it was opened, and to
the disgust of the purchaser. contained
nothing but manure and sawdust, There
was no remedy, as he purchased stolen
goods. and now he is waiting for chance
f. get even on some of his rustic ac-
nuaintances. Troy Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06

This Is the wheat
The wheat well grown, mans lawful spoil,
The Dew-plucked fruit OF patient toll;
Pledge me the farmers sinewy hand
His goodly acres waiting stand;
Pledge me the hands his force can WELD
To pillow, to sow, 10 reap the field
BruIse the bright heads and break them sore,
Scatter the chaff from door to door,
show me the kernel sound and sweet
The nations bread, the winnowed wheat
This is the fail
The noisy hail, whose loud uproar
Wears the oaken threshing-foor;
measured beat, ringing round,
hardened resonance Of sound
The long. low scatiolds wax and wane,
Drop down the sheaves Of gsrnered grain,
And empty. careless, laughter-wild,
! he yellow straw is loosely piled
Those level crashings tell the tale
Swing round the fail, the mighty dali
These are tine men
The men who ceave, with sturdy stroke
The fallen giants heart Of oak,
Now build for life and hies demands,
And Il u with bread the waiting lands.
Clash rhyme with rhyme, the threshefs song
Deal blows on blows strike loud and long;
The wrench Of hunger drives at length
The iron OF unyielding strength;
Weld the bent blade-agIin, again,
And serve the puny raca Of meDi
Elaine Cooddke in the Critic
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06

"A Young friend Of mine was cured of an in
sal ssaole thirst for liquor that had so prostrated
,a s 'si I'm .nae ne was unable to do any bust
Bitters. 1t allayed ali that bnyyinr thirst; took
away the appetite for liquor; made his nerves
s'e-oy, ana ne mas remained : sober and steady
man Tor more than two years, and has no de-
S slre 70 1eturn 70 his cups, and know Of num-
by II "OFrn,, -. nave been cured OF drinking
III, ~ ~ Vin0'~-' NeO'