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The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13
Disobedient Parents.

Some years ago Lucius Woodwork, of
Omaha, was in the wagon business, and
desired to sell William H. Root father a
buggy He didn't know how he could
work it without outside help, SO he asked
William to start in with him, and said
he wouldn't mind five dollar note if the
scheme worked all right.
William made the effort, but faDeC +,
and went to Mr. Woodwork 10 tell him
about it.
Eve tried the old gent little, Mr..
Woodworth,n said he, s.but / don't
seem to get ahead much. Pm afraid
that / haven't that influence with my
father that used to have. Idon' know
whether it is because he has lost faith in
my judgment or not. Anyhow | didn' t
seem to catch on as had hoped would. y
'.WeIl'' said Lucius Woodwork, 1.-THE
trouble is, that as a matter of fact your
father is getting so old and trif1ing Billy,
that dom believe you will be able .
manage him much longer. It's a osd
state of affairs when father goes beyoss
the control of his son. / had father
once who got that way, i did all l could
to win him back to obedience and sue
cess but he Knocked my endeavors and
filed an early grave at the age of nine
ty-one years If he had availed himself
of my ripe advice he might have lived
to bless his son instead OF making his life
miserable failure.
sYou win see Billy that your father
will be just that way. He win gradually
pay less and less attention to your warn
ing and advice till bye and bye he wont
care continental for word you say. +"
--Nye's Boomerang.
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13
Columbus and His Sailors.

When we think how superstition,
gradually retiring from the world, still
keeps its grasp upon sailors of to-day,
we can imagine how it must have ruled
the ignorant seamen of Columbus The
thoughtful. lonely ways of their admiral
made him only an object of terror;
they Welded to him with wonderful SUBJ
mission, but it was the homage of fear.
The terror reached its climax when they
entered the vast :. Sargasso Sea-" a
region of Gulf weed-a tract OF ocean
as large as France. Humboldt says
through which they sailed. Here at last,
they thought. was the home of all the
monsters depicted in the charts who
might at any moment rear their dis
torted forms from the snaky sea-weed.
Like demons. endlong tressses, they sailed
through.
At the very best, they said, it was an
inundated land (EierTds d5segddns)-
probabiy the tabled sunken island At
iantis, of which they had heard; whose
slime, tradition said, made it impossible
to explore that sea, and on whose sub
merged shadows they might at any time
be hopelessly swamped or entangled.
q Are there no graves at home, they
asked each other, according to Herrera,
"that we should be brought here to
dep, The trade winds, afterward
called by the friars winds of mercy"
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The Money Order system.

The Superintendent of the Money
+ Order Division OF the Post-of1ice Depart
ment sent out on Saturday an order that
hereafter, when money-order has re-
manned sixty DAYS in i post-ofice with
out payment being demanded. the post
master shall send a private notice to the
payee, if his addressis known, inform
ing him OF the fact and giving the aame
and address of the RENTER Thepayee
is requested by the circular to present
the corresponding. order for payment,
if it is in his possessions or,si fit has not
been received, TO obtain it, if practica-
bic, from the remitter, and, in the event
of its loss in transit or otherwise. tosug-
gest to the RENTER that he make appli-
cation for a. duplicate
This circular is a new departure in the
policy of the Money Order Division. and
is one that onght TO have been made
years ago. Had it been adopted ON the
start, there would not now he in the
Treasury to the credit of the money
order system the great sum of over a
million and quarter of dollars. the ac-
cretion of nioney-orders remaining un-
paid. Not dollar Of this fund belongs
to the Government. 1t belongs to peo-
pie who paid for orders, which. largely
through the defects of the postal sys-
tenn, did not reach the persons to whom
they were sent. 1t may safely be said
that nine-tenths of this sum could have
been made to reach the payees, or could
have been returnedto the remittef.s, had
not policy of concealmsnt been adopt
ed. Instead of seeking earnestly either
to pay the money to the payees or re-
turn it to the remitters, a rule was
adopted forbidding a postmaster.s under
penalty of dismissal, to furniShsthe very
information now ordered TO be given by
the new circular. Tssese T+fa.s s4F
Z If the department is content with the
present step, it will fail to do all that it
should do to stop such wrongful deten-
tion of the peoples money. 1t is eYi-
dent that the payee of an unpaid order
may be out of reach after sixty dag s..
and so may never receive his notice.
In such a case, after thelapse of another
thirty days, the remitter should be no.
tilted that the money he has; deposited
remains unpaid. AS of course the
payee has the first claim to payment, it
would be necessary to provide that
some set tine-perhaps- six months adj
ditional-should elapse before a repay
ment was made to the remitter. s.-
Nor should the effort to be honest stop
here. Every means should be taken by
publication of lists and otherwise faith
fully to disburse the fund now. on hand
before passingsa law TO coFerit into the
Treasury. In every other respect the
money-order system is a model of pre-
cision and effectiveness. and evenin the
matter of this lapsed order fund it is
probably less at fault than any other sys-
tenn in the world, and the step it has
now taken is one in advance of most
other systems. But nothing can be said
in favor of covering such fund into
the Treasury until every means has
been exhausted to find the real owners
of it. Washington Cor. ". X. Eveni7g
Post
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because they aided in the discovery of
the New World, were only winds of de-
spair 10 TIE sailors They believed that
the ships were sailing down an inclined
slope, and that to return would be im-
4 possible, since it blew always from
home. There was little TO do in the
WY of trimming sails. for they sailed
almost on parallel OF latitude from the
\ Canaries to the Bahamas. Their sever
est labor was in pumping out the leaky
ships. The youD.. adventurers remained
hstlessly on deck, or played the then
fashionable game OF p1TDlero. and heard
incredulously the daily reports told by
Columbus OF the rate of sailing. They
would have been still more incredulous
had they known the truth. They
sighed and wept." Herrera says, land
every hour seemed like a year"
The same Spanish annalist compares
7 Co umbus to st. Christopher in the
legend bearing the infant Christ across.
the stream on his shoulders and the
explorer was often painted in that char
acter in those DAYS But tile weight
that Coluinbu had to bear up wasssgas
wearisome and unworthy load. Sonles-
times they plotted to throw him over--
board by a manguvfe (con dfssf4nula-
| cton. Herrera says), intending to say
that he fell in while sar-gazing. But
he, according to Peter Martyr, dealt
with them now by winning words, now
by encouraging their hopes (bLahdks
nl0do GerbtS. dn1pia Spe nsodoJ. If
they thought hey saw land, he en-
encouraged them to sing an anthem
when it proved TO be but a cloud, he
held out the hope of land tomorrow.
( They had sailed August 3, 1892, and
when they had been out two months
October s3), he refused to beat about
in search of land, though he thought
they were near it, but be would press
straight through to the Indies. Some
times there came q contrary wind, and
columbus was cheered by . it, for it
would convince his men that the wind
did not always blow one way, and that
by patient waiting they could yet re-
turn TO Spain
As the. days went en- the signs OF land
increased. but very slowly. When we
think of the intense impatienee OF the
passengers on an ocean steamer after
they have been ten long days on the
water, even though they know precise
" where they are, and where they are
going. and,that they are driven by me-
chanical forces stronger than winds or
waves, we can imagine something of
the feelings of Columbus and his crew
as the third month wore on. Still there
was no sign of hope but apelicsn to-day
and crab Tomorrow; or a drizzlino
rain without wind-a combination which
was supposed TO indicate nearness to the
/ land. There has scarcely been mo-
ment in the history OF thelraee more full
of solemn consequences han that even
ing hour when. after finding a carved
stick and a hawthorn branch Columbus
watched from the deck in the Moment
airy expectation of some glimpse of land.
The first shore light is a signal of sue
cess and triumph TO sailors who cross
the Atlantic every three weeks. What
fthen was il to the patient commander
who was looking for the first CLEAN
from an unknown world? II ". Hlg-
gisson, IN Harper's Aagaeiaae.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH. !

1t IS said that more new churches
have been built in Washington Territory
since January l, 1881, than the previous
five years
California has school population
of 215.o22, and has Just distributed
among her counties an napportionment of
1884, ,059. 10.
The interest in teachers institutes
in the South is daily increasing. Texas
is holding eighteen of these institutes
this year. greatly to the advantage of
her teachers.
No text books in arithmetic and
geography are put into the hands of
pupils during their first three wears in
primary schools of New Haven. The
oral method is chiefly used. The result
is said TO be encouraging.
According TO Missionary Butler. of
China, as buddhism has no Heaven for
women. theChinese damsels labor with
might and uain to lay up merits that
they may prevail AyiEa.fhe JUDI of the
saower. sEgfset 20 Iet 'Sieln be - L II again
as men, % hat they may have a chance
The Southern Methodist Church in.
Illinois has been extended into nearly
half the counties of the State 1t has
four districts lying in. the central and
southern parts, extending all the way
across the State east and west. The
southern part of the State is mostly
settled by people from the South. The
Interior.
The new constitutional provision in
California which cuts of all aid TO the
high schools from the school fund is said
to have severed the university from the
public schools. ..Oatside of the few
towns which maintain high schools, =
saws the Record Uptoa, of Sacramento,
there are now no means of preparing
students for the university"
All the teaehers in the public schools
of Pittsburghare in arms against what
they consider an outrageous imposition.
The Educatfa2at ReUtel0, of that city.
has heretofote been published by the
Teachers Institute, and the teachers
were assesseda certain sum each for its
support At present the publication is
issued by pfivate concern and an at
tempt is made to still inforce the assess
ment. The teachers object. Pittsburgh
Post -
The Vermont State authorities have
recently received from the executor of
the will of the late Aroonah Huntington,
of Brantford, Canada. an approximate
statement of the amount and nature of
the personalestate of the deceased bene-
factor. whObequeathed his entire prop
eFty.yalued at Sz05, 900 to his native State
of Vermont for educational purposes.
The viii was contested by the heirs of
Mr.. Huntington.
AT onetime the beloved pastor in
the Congregational church in asea-coast
town in Massachusetts,, to exc ont his
salary, had his people give him dona-
ton party, among the presents being a
fine new dress coat for the pastor, and q
tasty bonnetfor his better-half. On the
following Sunday. as they walked up the
aisle in theirnew habiliaments, the choir
inadvertently struck out with the volun-
tary. much tothe discontinue Of the SEN
sitive elergyno1A- and his wife, "Who are
these in bright array"
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A Husbands Christmas Present.

A gentleman sauntered into large
dry-goods store in the city of l. few
DAYS before Christmas. and remarked
casually to the attentive clerk: 81 want
something for Christmas present for
my WIFE What have you got?''
The clerk suggested various things,
but the customer seemed not quite sat-
isied-
At last he asked, "Have you cotton
clothP''
..Certainly, sir''
Il need some new shirts. How much
cloth does it take for shirtP''
About four yards
swell. let's see. 1 want eight new
shirts. Eight times four are thirty-two.
rll take thirty-two yards.
The gratitude of the wife at receiving
as a Christmas present the cloth for eight
new shirts for her husband can be bet
ter imagined than described. Harper s
Magazi1's.
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13
Malouts.

Men in India who drive or care for
elephants are called mahouts If there
are children in. the family the elephant
shows great fondness for them. and are
really careful nurses. In that warm
climate it is no uncommon thing for a
jackal or wolf to walk into a hut when
the mother is away, or even when her
back is turned, and pick up and carry
off the baby. But if placed in the ele-
phant' care she can go away feeling
perfectly safe. and the children en- 'oy
their huge playfellow sometimes a
number OF elephants may be seen lying
down in the water. with their backs
Just above the surface, making small
island on which the children play in
great giee. If one tumbles off the ele-
phant fishes him up with his trunk and
puts him back again Chicago Herald
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13
The Public Undeceived.


1t shows very small degree OF in
telligence on the part Of those members
OF the Star-route jury who where bound
to save Brady and. Dorsey from the
penitentiary, if they think their verdict
viii deceive the public. Their evident
purpose Is to put on a show OF righteous
dealing with the little thieves. under
the delusion thatthey would be thought
impartial IN their beliefin the Innocence
OF the big ones. They were willing to
sacrifice Rerdell and Miner Tor the
benefit of Brady and Dorsey. And
Dorsey and Brady would be glad
enough to have escaped on such terms
They are like some chiefs OF the Italian
brigands who have surrendered them
selves to the Government on condition
OF the betrayal and execution OF their
followers. Under the clear and distinct
charge of Judge Wylie. it was impos-
sible for an honest and intelligent Juror
to find the subordinates guilty and the
principals innocent Under this de-
cision the case was Just the reverse of
the way in which IAgersoll, Henkle
and the other counsel wanted to have
it stated. They wished the Judge TO
rule that all or none of the defendants
must be convicted But under his
charge II was lIupOSSfDie 10 cOnVlcb
Miner and Rerdell without finding
Brady and Dorsey guilty Also
The verdict of the public viii not be
affected bv that of the jury. Nobody
/ believes. nor in the face of the evidence
can they believes these Star. route men
to be innocent. But the public verdict
will give them little concern. They
J lone Since abandoned all hope of con-
/ vincing the public, or of much caring to
convince the public, of their innocence.
They have been fighting desperately to
keen ont of the penitentiary, and al
! though they are not entirely out of dan
ger. vet they have got reprieve. They
can still breathe the air outside and
walk about the streets enjoying life, and
the luxuries of life, which their plundel
enables them to command They prob
/ ably still have enough left to make an.
other fight; to fee desperate criminal
LAWYERS: to buy the eloquence of great
moral refor1ners and purchase Juror
or two. Or, if they no longer care to
risk another trial, they can 90 abroad
and enjoy in foreign capitals the pro
ceeds of their burglaries. So that. on
! fhe whole. even the outcome of the pres
ent trial may be set down as a triumph
for the thieves, and defeat of Justice
Detroit Free Press
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13
The New Mozart.
The, 2 SON ,,ls Of David NNeal. the fano

Z Theson of David Neal. the famoas
American painter. vino lives in Munich.
at the age of nine years exhibited the
most zmarvelous musical powers,s and
heard his own compositions played by the
band of the famous Prince Royal regi-
ment. He was lifted above the heads Of
people and musicians to receive the ap-
piauseand their recognitions as a COM
poser. The new Mozart they call him.
He is now eleven years old, and is all the
time composing. Heimprovised on the
piano while he wore bibs. In one of his
letters at Christmas to the ..Christkind. y
he mentioned but one gift, and that the
most involved and learned volume of es-
says on composition. For days after
receiving it he was up at five o. clock in
the morning devouring its pages. Strauss
has been to see him, taken him in his
arms and she'd some tears over him.
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13
GAIL AND snH US
ApoARp THE rALLAP0osA.

I sail the salty seas.
And g where e. ] please,
Is rIle onward at my sc
By Rot Der son : pet cruiser.
In State affairs ] mix,
Aud delegations tx
And shape our politics
Aboard the Iallapoosa-
Let Arthur go his ways.
Enjoying nights and days.
If he brH vss il pays
know he Is a loser
While / count up my gain,
Fire a salut TO 81 line.
And tart boom or Blaine,
Aboard the Tallapoosa.
ITear not any day
To lose my place and pay.
Though gu lty as they say
OF what they call non-user
The President has gone
Direct to Was lington.
But work can vet b. done
Aboard the Taliapoosa&
IT'S little that care
For Arthur s cuurty air
And lovely head of hair,
Or all the Stalwart crew, sir:
For one who still aspires,
A hand that never tires
viii ably work the wires
Assssard the Iailap2ozA
1.s--c5rIies ,ss.ss -
! boldly now proclaim
My entrance il the game
As Brother Blaine's chief bruieer.
1mean to show my might,
No matter whom / spite,
And have begun the fight,
Aboard the Tallapoosa.
". Il. CIl-llot-l, IN ". y. Sun.
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13

The employment of mules in place
OF horses is on the increase in this conn
try, especially in teaming and hauling
heavy loads. Detroit Posi-.
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13

DIR. Hall says that American feet are
growing smaller. In 1900 the average
size of mems wear was No. 10 boot.
Now it is No. 8.
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13

The San Francisco papers are wag
inc a good war against the incalculable
evils Of cigarette smoking. The Pos.
saws: Take the raw-faccd Young man,
from San Francisco to New York, from
Toronto to San Diego, who smokes the
American cigarette, inhales the smoke
and blows the refuse through his nose,
and the insurance company that takes
him as risk ought to be reported z-l0
on the books of any commercial agency
on the mercantile globe
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13
MAKE BHLwHBd GIIl


Ihays bees e party q SlssRes, sh. sEsfs
lieve:''
Thought myself young though I'm really a
Ny girls we-e my sisters my oxns boy my
brother. &x#& -
We sat on the green grass. ettrfable was stone.
Oyster shells were our plates. the knives for
were the Rsys OF the maple. our forks were
Our. napkins We're lsaxesz,on fhetabie were
six
The frst course watsr,s max e believe" made
We pretended to taste, and each one of the
group 9tfftrH as-t1H4 4ttt q
Called itnice; nexs was brought on the plain
fish from milkweed, no fish could be fatter.
Some TAGS from hazei-bush, saved since last
spring.
Were sa1sags complete; with these they did
For Pesiiosa aome pei sthsS ydrs not very
Our butter, adasy with petals plticked on. :
From mailovs osihd 'cherses. for dessert some
of lRs ehIldEep.s own make: no money could
Z sysiss s sssss ~ q ID,
looked az some paintinxsI~herrd dinner vas
AwsoJs sssss q paper par hea been 81 Stained - b
With crushed petals of iowors and theleaves
of the trees.
SO ended our party; IL was just SNAKE be-
new -E1S = ~ ~
"A. S. Parker, IN Christian URfon.
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13
GEORGE WARREN, Editor.

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Price of Subscription, So.
The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13

The African expedition, under
Stanley, sent out by the King of Bel
gium. is said to have established the
first four of line of stations which,
starting from the Congo. will, for COM
mercia1 purposes. tap the most popu-
lous districts of Central Africa These
four stations are described as cities in
embryo. They possess houses and gar
dens; they are connected by well-con-
structed roads, and at each a European
acts as chief of the community, having
another European as sub-chief. ~ r
Herald
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-01-16

Personal. ~
Mr.. Fred. Niggli, sheriff Of Castroville,
passed through town yesterday.
Mr.. C. M. Rognette, architect Of St. Louis,
is registered at the Vance hotel.
Mr.. Hal. Costing, of the Castroville Quill,
arrived here yesterday, and left for Austin this
morning.
Mr.. A. B. Taber, from Dallas, state agent
for Mitchelrs wagon and John Deere's
ploughs, is in the city.
The county clerk issued license this
morning for the marriage Of Ventura Flores
and Requela Casillos.
Father Johnson obtained letters of admin
istration Of the estate of John w. Terry, who
recently died at the hospital.
Mr.. S. G. Newton, city attorney, has re-
turned from Pleasanton, where he has been
engaged on legal business.
Mr.. A. T. Higgs, representing the Ameri-
can Refrigerator compaay, of St. Louis, &C
companied by his wife, arrived in the city yes.
terday.
Mr.. G. D. Roemer returned from Sherman
on Saturday. He speaks very highly of the
city building, especially its opera house
and the court house.
Lieut.. J. 7. Murphy and DR.. E. T. Com
eggs, arrived in San Antonio last evening
with recruits, and after handing them over
at the headquarters, returned to their stations.
Captain and Miss Alice King arrived, from
New Orleans, at the Menger last evening, by
the delayed train, and left this morning for
Kings rancho, to be present at Miss Ella
Kings wedding.
We had the pleasure Of meeting Mr.. F. D.
Wheatey, ranch owner at ST. Hedwig, who
tells us that the grass and trees are springing.
The cattle suffer much from the want of food,
the grass having been destroyed last season by
the army worm.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-01-16
Lockvood's Drawing:

The following prizes were drawn at the
lockwood drawing: 1883, first prize; 2.5os,
second prize; I,474, third prize; I,e26, fourth
prize; I,945, fifth prize; a,sIo, sixth prize
=, se7, seventh prize; a56, eighth prize; 2,2z7,
ninth prize; 2,IsI, tenth prize; 3Sa eleventh
prize; 1864, twelfth prize; a,34a, thirteenth
prize; ia, fourteenth prize; I,z3A fifteenth
prize; s67, sixteenth prize. The next drawing
takes place on Wednesday, February IS, 1882