The Hickman Courier, 1868-06-06

Wnat You 31 ay and May .ot Call a Man. There is more or less of the animal about man; that nobody will deny. Plato's definition of man was: " An ani animal - mal animal without feathers, walking on two legs." This was too much for Diogenes, who caught an old rooster, plucked it, took it into school, and scornfully asked " if that was lato's man?" We don't know how Plato got out of it, and don't care, as this has but little to do with tbe matter in hand. Though in animal a man does not like to be called a "beast;" yet there are many known 'as "bulls" and "bears" and accept these appella appellations - tions appellations as rightly bestowed and properly belonging to tbem, though" individually, in another aeose, they would object to being called bears. There are many who would like to be known as 'lions, and even "tiger" would be considered more complimentary than "calf.". Many a young fellow would like to be regard regarded - ed regarded as a "buck," and you may call a man dear-l'-aJf call call-injrhim - injrhim call-injrhim a 1 - La "--- ft! m. f - J .VVeA. TITT he will resent it; but call bim a sly dog, and you II rather pleas him.-- -w- t . m mm uon t can s man nog, even , it he is a bore, nor an elephant it he happens to be a heavy weight ; but you may call him a"icx or a "coon with impunity A man doesn't like to be called a shark. T but yoo may call him, a "queer fish," without ofiense. ' Never call a cross eyed man "lynx-eyed" he'll think you are " sarcastic. Call a man a "jack "jackass," - ass," "jackass," and he'll talk back ; but you may call bim an "old rat, and it is ten to one he'll ask you to "take suthin." A man who wouldn't feel complimented at being called a "cormorant," would smile at being called a "night owl." Don't offend by calling a. man a "gosling" but you may call him a " gay rooster" without offense. Don't call a man a "fool;" call iro a "clever fellow," which amounts to the same things, but sounds prettier. A man would be well pleased to know that you said he was " keen as a razor," yet would object to being called a " sharper." To eall a man a stone would be considered reflect reflecting - ing reflecting on his intellectual powers; but you may call him a " brick" to his great sat satisfaction. - isfaction. satisfaction. Lightning-. It has been noticed througnut the whole country, that lightning has been unusually frequent and destructive this Spring. Prof. Wright, of the Green Spring School, of Tenn., writes thus : It is a well established fact that elec electricity - tricity electricity is favorable to vegetation. One of the leading authorities of our day, on this subject, says : " There can be no doubt but that electricity is one of the stimuli of vegetable life, although its mode of action is not yet ascertained. Vegetation is seen to increase prodigious prodigiously - ly prodigiously during electric changes of lhe atmos atmosphere, - phere, atmosphere, and especially in that condition of it when the air is positively charged with electric fluid. Is it not safe to conclude then that the large number ol tnunacr-Eiortns in ine cpriug muea ma materially - terially materially in giving such an impulse to vegetation as to characterize 18t7 as a fine " growing year ?" Again, electricity is known to be a great purifier of the air. There was little of it in Summer and Autumn, and hence the air was kept in a very impure state. When we think of tho immense amount of vegetable matter that must have been kept in a decayed and decay decaying - ing decaying condition by the heavy and late rains of Spring, and of the miasm from this source that must have been floating in the air, and couple with it the fact that there was ecarcly a thunder storm in the Summer and Fall months to destroy or drive away these seeds of disease, we can see two natural causes for the vast amount of sickness in 1867, in those seasons which are sickly enough at best in our Southern climate. SniEMAN'S Armt of Tuixtis Trip to the Sea. A committee of the Protestant Episcopal Convention of South Carolina closes an extended report of losses by te war as follows : To sum up the losses of the diocese, it appears that ten churches have been burnt, that three have disappeared; that twenty-two parishes are suspended; that two parishes have been burnt; that every church between the Savannah river and Charleston has been injured, some strip stripped - ped stripped even of weatherboarding and floor flooring - ing flooring ; that almost every minister in that region of the State has lost home and library ; that along the entire seaboard, from North Carolina to Georgia, where our church has flourished for more than a century, there are but four parishes which maintain religious services ; that not one outside the city of Charleston can be called a living self-sustaining parish, able to support a minister ; that tbev clergy live by fUhing, by farming to by mechanical arts ; that almost every church, whose history appears on thia record, has lost its communion plate, often a massive and venerable set, the donation of an English or colonial an cestor. The pecuniary losses might be repaired if the diocese were as in days gone by. But in its present and impov impoverished - erished impoverished condition, no hope remains of speedy restoration. This generation can scarcely behold it. Cbfdit aw Injcrt. The editor of the Claiborne Advocate rejoices in the fact that for the first time in his life, he was refused credit the other day for $11. Had this happened to him twenty vears ago, he would have been a rich man to day. He regards this as really an act of kindness,. and says: " This litCe act has caused us to re view our mis-spent life. We think of the thousands of dollars we have so fool foolishly - ishly foolishly thrown away the interest on debts a a . . we toousoiy maue tue articles pur chased we could have so easily done without our mis spent time and talent. Lord God of Heaven ! forgive us, and give us a fresher start, this 'good hour from the bottom. A housemaid who was sent to call a gentleman to dinner, found him engaged in using a tooth-brash. "Well, is he coming?" said the lady of the house as the servant returned. "Yes, ma'am, di directly," - rectly," directly," was the reply, "he is jTat sharp sharp-nhijj - nhijj sharp-nhijj his ieeth."

A True Story of the Iat. It was in tbe dark and bloody days Murrel, when his lines extended from the State of Georgia to Texas through which he kept up constant communica communication - tion communication with his clan. In those days it was fatal for any traveler to be found in his trail, especially west of the Mississippi river. The incident that I am abowt to relate, wss related to me the other day by a friend who lived in the country nere it occurred. r,- , - bis Yfiksbnrg missed AtW wilderiifX rflo have fears be trsa nn t,2 VI trail, but COH "-'- v :a t . t,. fnrmn. hODlOg He would come a& settlement. N igh t came on ; hi& .ars increased. "At length he came in sight of a light ; he drew near, anl fomidit to be a neat habita habitation, - tion, habitation, well fitted up for entertaining travel. Tie railed and was very kind ly received by his host so that all his former fears were dissipated. His horte, cared for, himself refreshed by a bounti- ful supper, he waa easy for a rt going ont ; he discovered them in private consultation, which be could not under understand, - stand, understand, and which served to increase his fears that be was among " the clan." Finally bed time came on ; he was con ducted to a smaJJ office in the yard; the office was neatly furnished, with a good bed, wash stand, and other equipments for a bed TyiJJe was told by his r host that retired to blow out 'host, when leaving the cvxdl the xfrLy Je door after him and Awfully saw aid eitua eitua-can - can eitua-can realize but itWtituation. tok 'examined the rcotn care- d that the chimney was prevent escape. No win dows to the room, and the door locked. He now fully realized his situation ; and on further examination under the bed, lo I and behold 1 a daad man 1 Header, can you realize it? , What could be do? What would you have done ? Well, reader, I will tel you. what he did ; he put the dead man in the bed and covered him np, blew oot the candle, and got behind the door to await the entrance of the murderers. Finally they came, without lights, armed with dubs. The door opens; they enter softl; make their way to the bed ; the man slips out at the door behind them ; and just as he turns the corner of the ofhre he hears them strike the dead man in the head ; but he was then making all haste for his life. He left horse, bridle and saddle, 'and all his equipments be behind. - hind. behind. He made his way back to where he found friends to the cause of human human-itv - itv human-itv and justice, reported the facts : got assistance and went back and arrested the landlord, with others, "which finally end ended - ed ended in the discovery of the Murrel plot. They also discovered near that place" a large grave yard, in a thicket, where tho murderers had been burjing their dead for years. The above narrative, says mv inform , t. u tm& mm - ri.id ta .Litn by ilajor Wright, an old citizen of Arkansas. It is further stated that many of those bloody murderers were captured and hanged, until finally the "clan" broken up and scattered to the wiuds. was four Language of Insect. A most singular discovery, the credit of which appertains, we believe, to Mr Jesse, is that of the aotennal language of insects. Bees and other insects are provided, as everybody knows, with fool foolers - ers foolers or antannse. These are, in fact, most delicate organs of touch, warning of dangers, and serving the animals to hold a sort of conversation with each other, and to communicate their desires ' and wants. A strong hive of bees will con contain - tain contain thirty-six thousand workers. Each of these, in order to be assured of the presence of their queen, touches her every day with its antennaes. Should she die, or be removed, the whole colony disperse themselves, and are seen in the hive no Tnore, perishing every one, and quitting .all the stores of now useless honey which they had labored so indus industriously - triously industriously to collect for the use of them themselves - selves themselves and of the larvae. On the con contrary, - trary, contrary, should, the queen be put into a at the bottom 01 Jhe subjects can touch and contented, 1 anu me ve proceeds as usual. so 'howo that this an- communication is not Wasps and ants, and ects, exercise it. If a caterpilu ced near an aut's neL a most curhftra scene will often arise. A solitary ant will perhaps discover it, and eagerly attempt to draw it away. Not being able to accomplish this, it will go op to another ant, and, by meansof the antennal language, bring it to the . :i 1 . o.mi .1 . tA caterpillar, own, mcsc iwu arc jieruaj'j unable to perform the task of moving ity Iboy-will separata and bnagAUPjV forcements of the community same means till a sufficient number;, are collected to enable them to drag the caterpillar to their nest. Once a TVcek. Ir any prdvf were needed to demon demonstrate - strate demonstrate the perfect ease with which re religious - ligious religious inst'utions can be supported without bs.compulsory tax upon the peopled Anished by the experi experience - ence experience of thJ Llics in Ireland. Al- .1 1 , under the disadvantage oVrJ( L.I' the tjes to the Establish- I six pverncr;, ..j-Ave, jthe JjO, raised nearly 6,- irOOO, 'Av -A)0,000, for the erection of churches, schools, and similar build ings for their own use ; and their an annual - nual annual contributions for religious pur purposes - poses purposes are nearly 8,000,000 or about $5,500,000. W hen tbe Irish Protestant Church fj fairly cut loose, as it soon will.be, Irora all dependence on State aid, it likewise will probably show a corres ponding vitality; and the-example of the two churches, taken together, will be a powerful argument in favor of " dis disestablishing," - establishing," disestablishing," as the phrase is, Uhe Church of England also. To an Ameri American - can American the wonder is that there should be any doubt or hesitation in regard to the matter. The idea of taxing a man to pay for one church when he belongs to and support another, or even when he does not go to church at all. is oae of those selt-evident absurdities which we hare long ago eonj'jrned to oblivion.

JUNE 6, 1868. Intercstlnt; Interview With tbe Holy Father. A correspondent of the Erenetnent Illustre, who was admitted some days since to an , audience of&te Pope, gives in a letter from Rome fo that journal some interesting details about the Holy Father. He says : . The Pope and stout. without being f rniture of Jible, with his pn r himself. , a low ceil- 3s. lis covered grand o 1 w .A 'silk. II has yellow Uins, no a brick fioor, iin a. little Deusteaa 01 iron witnou 1 - . . a m v. ja curtains. He is very neat in his per person - son person ; his hands which are half covered with white mittens, are particularly at attended - tended attended to. He rises at 6 o'clock, washes himself and says his mass in a little pri private - vate private chapel ; and then bears another. At 8 o'clock be takes a small cup of choco late, and at 8:30 he receivrs-oofliDis tera. ioiog S4,-4be Under-Secretary of State, Monsignor Marini, takes bis place. The other days of the week the other func functionaries - tionaries functionaries in their turn transact business with him. At 10:30 the Ministers with withdraw. - draw. withdraw. The audiences then begin and are not over till 1 o'clock. At 2 o'clock the Pope dines in his private apartment. His repast is of the most modest kind, and it always end. with a sweatmeat of ch ail ltalianf2ire fond. From 2:30 heHake-tflr7iesta.at 3 he reads his rtake jMi 40 goes out for a drive iLIME our horses,- apcompa- mg pnesQr. If the splits and walks in the ever- theless, f two thousand per r him 10 silence. - bet Holiness proceeds to the galler Vatican wnen tne visitors nave retired, lie is a great lover of antiques, as proved by the researches and restorations he in con continually - tinually continually making. On i! return home, at 6 o'clock, the audiences recommence and last till 10 at night, when be retires to sup. He goes to bed at 11, and the next day goes through tbe same routine. Though advanced in years, be sings very well, and, what is quite unknown even to many Romans, plays well on the vio violoncello. - loncello. violoncello. When I was received with my companion, the Chamberlain plucked me by the sleeve to make me kneel. The Pope, perceiving the movement, spared us the genuxion, and made ua approach the table at which he was sitting. 4'So, then," his Holiness said, "you are two 1 .a . . . w . journalists, friends, going to Naples ?" lie spoke about .Naples, and asked us how we liked Bome, adding that people found themselves very free during their stay. He then took two photographic likenesses of himself, one for each of us, and with a smile said, " I am going to write something for the journalis," and in a firm hand, traced these words : " Diligite veritatem, jxliam Dei ;" ftUmt kwa. a Lid oat aw litml m hi. His affability is extreme. He speaks French with as much accent as Rossini, and the impression he produced on me was that of a pleasant and tranquil old man who appears to be butlittle occupied with external matters. A Kentucky Court House In tbe Olden Time. In the good old times in Kentucky, when " substantial justice" was adminis administered - tered administered in a log cabin, after a very free and easy manner, a suit was brought for the recovery of certain moneys which it was alleged that the plaintiff had been de defrauded - frauded defrauded out of by the ingenious opera operation - tion operation known as " thimble rigging." In the course of the trial, the plaintiffs counsel, who happened to be an "ex "expert," - pert," "expert," undertook to enlighten the court as to the modus operandi ot the perform ance. Putting himself into position, he procured the three cups and the " little joker," and proceeded, suiting the action to the word, " Then :iy it please the Court, the defendnt,'placing the cups upon his knees thus, began shifting them w .,. 1 a a . so, onering to Del my client couia not tell under which ras the " little joker," mean ty it please the Court intention of d 1 tue sum I raise the cup so, -t a a iA a rr HonoT jses thatyou see the e I see 1" interrupted "S Judge, ad closely watched the was sure that he de- forma nee. Lcted tbe ba iiivj s one of the cups was accidentally raised. " Why any fool can see where it is, and bet on it and be sure to win. There ain't no-defraudiu' thar. " Perhaps your Honor would like to go a V on it," insinuated the counsel. "Go a V? Yes, and double it, to; and here's the rhino. Its under the middle cup." "I'll go a V on that," said tbe foreman of the jury. "And I, and I," joined in tbe juror, one after the other, until each one had invested his pile. " Up?"' said his Honor. " Up" it was, but " the little joker" had mysteriously disappeaied. Judge and jury we en enlightened, - lightened, enlightened, and found do difficulty in bringing in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff on the ground that it was the derndest kind d' defraudin V Will Gen. Grant Resign. he questi$yTbow recurs, sjuce Gen. ant's nom ion, will be resign his ition of ral of the Army? If 7 be will afford the best vtjat his confidence in "ycy Tivid char- acte 1 here 1 rlety in the leading Gen ygular Army aiiMwitf at the same running for Presi time retaining his military position. Past experience has thown, too, that there is danger to pulljc liberty in it, as well as personal impropriety. The military despotism bill places the whole control of the political machinery in the Southern States in . the hands of Gen. Grant. Will he have the effrontery to use that dictatorial power which has been put in his hands by a Jacobinical Congress, for his own elevation ? Will be use the ; bayonents directly in one one-third - third one-third of the State to secure electoral votes, friendly to bim ? We shall see. In the meantime public sentiment should thunder in his ears " resign." Cxn. Enquirer.

T elementary euueatron in 't ubraocnes. Anere are se bon&Af these schools, thatf f er4 a a a,eVsDecimen ot one ama. XTr-ria TiLiiri,,iufactory belonging to a pri- n1PDy D owning a vast tract of hlIt employs 10,000 workmenwbo TAiilh their f'-milics on the place. jciKlren to Jie number of 4,0G5, ii'imssuricu uy lue cunipariy, kS" xt the ordinary ru- cotrrtnv's. wara-sncps are .kswj suppiiea wim skilled and ihtelligent workmen," so ttat complete education is afforded in all handicrafts from the lowest to the high est. The result is seen in the intelligent- and skill of French artizans. Io .Prussia mechanics' institute? are common as they are also in Saxony, Bel gium? Wurteuiburg, Austria, Ita nd other parts of the continent. one.CiT these has been attende the'i ,st seven years by 60,000 and lli Witrtemhnrc? then sr 1 lar spools, with 8,000 rcgnljnn) The industrial schools of h? few in nunibcr, and'of an inferior gra.e. Is January, 1863, there was 18JVin all, With 12.800 pupils; but their stand standing - ing standing may be jndged from the fact that in one town 590 pupils, may be taught by one teacher. ' At present no complete in industrial - dustrial industrial exists in Eugland. Technical instructions is of little use without pro proper - per proper elementary education! and this is also much wanting in that country. Im Immense - mense Immense sums have been spent for pauper relief, but little has been given for edu education. - cation. education. In. 1844, Mr. Macauley stated that over seventy-five per cent, of the persons could not write their names; and now an equally good authority says that English middle class education has ad advanced - vanced advanced very inadequately during the last thirty years. In the manufacturing towns of France, Switzerland, and the most of Germany, it is difficult to find a person who cannot read and write well, besides having some general information; but the average standard of intelligence in Great Britain is much lower. Only one child in fifteen attends schools, and the pnpslar ignorance in many places is frijrhtful. These facts deserve the attention of the Americans. Our mechanics greatly need the same training which foreigners have found so advantageous. Our ap prenticeship system is defective, and we hae no means of thorough technical in- BTTVCWoa. Tl lam .. tuia wmUtul uu& that we possess are mainly intended for the wealthy, and the classes at Cooper Institute, New York, are almot the only ones available to mechanics. Schools of this kind should be increased. Our ar artisans - tisans artisans have a good foundation of gene general - ral general knowledge, and with proper training would never fall behind the best work workmen - men workmen of Europe. A few of our public schools might be selected for this pur purpose, - pose, purpose, with courses of study better adapt adapted - ed adapted to suit tbe wants of working people. Something of the kind has already been tried in the night schools in order to have a good course of industrial instruc instruction. - tion. instruction. Training shops, in connection with nunufactories or othejplaces, could also be established, where Days would be bet better - ter better and sooner taught their trades than at present. The whole question is one of great importance, and deserves serious coDsideration. X. Y. Sun. Pacrtlns of Fl?s in Smyrna. The figs, which have aither green or purple skins, and are pulp aud pear pear-ahtded - ahtded pear-ahtded when they are fresh, are Bteeped ins solution of salt water, and placed in heaps on mats laid on the pavement of the court. Around these mats women from the conntry collect, sitting on tbe ground barefoot, and working over the figs with their fingers, each fig being thus manipulated and prepared for? packing. These, women are accorapaniebvV,heirl oliiMran vcUn nnrso while I T """"Vis" at work, or sport around; also Y and'greatly in need of good and occasionally, in scuffling, e:ifh other over the mats on N,. y.'A figs ore piled. It is a very'iesing sight to those who do not inte id to eat aCTof the figs. After this kneading procers the figs are packed in drums, the smaller ones at the bottom, layer of superior figs and a fewolire leaves being laid at the top to take, thel eve of the purchaser. Fruit 'rnaldoes not "grow bigger down down-TBV.ne'box." - TBV.ne'box." down-TBV.ne'box." J A few drums arefill- ediintirely with the best quality of figs for those who choose to pay for them. T" idrums are carried to the quay, and ; out to the ship in lighters. The manner of getting them on bjyird is un.ique. A plank is swung over the Bhip s side, half way between the light- erand the gornwaie a man is 6U:i on bis plank. One of them drum and losses it to the othe it to the man on the ClanK. a 'standing on the hatchway, yS it into the hands of a manT?L lev who pitches it to the steveSrure. The. effect is very odd as the process goes on hour after hour, with the regularity 01 a piece of machinery. When a house is roofed in the same manner, men stand standing - ing standing on the ladders and scaffolding to catch the tiles; and although the opera operation - tion operation is rapid, I have never seen either a drum or a tile drop from the hands of the catcher. Tnx people of Texas have pretty gen generally - erally generally abandoned tbe culture- of cotton, and gone to stock raising. This year it funned the principle article of commerce, and in order to keep the supply equal to the demand they are. killing cattle on the prairies for the bides alone, for which they obtain 12Jc per pound, in specie. There is a total absence of " greenbacks" in tbe interior. Mexican specie is tbe circulating medium. On the coast cur currency - rency currency is taken at 30 cents on a dollar, but in the interior it is refused.

JO. JJZLd HICKMAN, DEAD 1ST THE SIT BEETS. 'Twas a child lay still in the city's street With Its head on the steps of stone, For they were the only mother's breast That the little head had known. The frozen limbs with tbeijficanty rags Had nought now to fear ffom the storm, Yet the snow came down in the wintry night And covered the childish form. 'Twas a carriage roll'd ov Ana a manly form wi Heclined on the cusfy Revolving I Inn he atacv Did it 'Twas a wretched wOn came E'en tbe enow seemed to shrink face. For dishonor and death were bot: thereon. And each vice had there left its 5h utarcfired alonr 'till she C step And th-r. fell were the soft was 'Twas the unknown mother naa -est a mere By the side of her child in the street. 'Twas a star peep'd out from the edge of a . cloud . t T . ...... - am jrleamed on; the face of t..7d . For there in the bosom of that "bright star The weary child was at rest; , The injustice of man could no longer harm It secure in that home of the bless' d. An Old Story. Many years ago a celebrated Italian artist was walkiaz along the streets of Lhis native city, perplexed and despond ing in consequence of some levitating circumstance or misfortune, wheA v met a little boy of euch surprising that be forgot his own trouble an in lookinc noon tEv ?almost a VlAfVA Vl I m w " That face I rn?iJyt artist, for my st my room and sit roan T Tbe little dot was ivcoTnd see the pictures and pencils and curious things in the artist's room ; and he was still more pleased when he saw what seemed to be another -boj looking just like himself smiling from the artist's canvas. The artist took great pleasure in look looking - ing looking at that sweet face. When he was troubled or irritated, or perplexed, he lifted his eyes to that lovely image on tbe wall, and its beautiful features and expressions calmed his heart and made him happy agaia. Many a visitor to his stadio wished to purchase that lovely face; but, though poor, and often want wanting - ing wanting money to buy food and clothes, he would not sell his good angel, as he call ed this portrait. So the years went on. Oftentimes as he looked up to the face on the glowing canvas he wondered what had beceme or that boy. " How I should like to see bow he looks now. I wonder if I should know him? Is he a good man and true, or wicked and abandoned ? Or has he died and gone to a better land ?" Ooe day the artist was strolling down one of tbe one walks of tbe city wben Tie Tjeneia a tnan'wnoeTace anaetn were ao vicious, so depraved, so almost uend-hke, that be involuntarily stopped and gazed at him. What a spectacle 1 I should like to paint that figure, and hang it in my studio opposite the angel boy," said the artist to himself. The young man asked the painter for money, for he was a bezgar as well as a thief. " Come to my room, and let me paint your portrait, and I will give you all you ask," said the artist. The young man followed the painter, and set for a sketch. When it was fin ished, and he Lad received a few coins for his trouble, he turned to go: but his eye rested upon the picture of the boy ; and be looked at it, turned pale, and then burst into tears. ' What troubles you, man?" said the painter. It was long before the yonng man could speak. He sobbed aloud. and Beemed pierced with a?ony. At last he pointed up lo the picture on the wall, and in broken tones which seemed to come from a broken heart, he said: " Twenty years a come bere and sit angel-face is now, hiJ-- alia that you want-iTscture to ugly amau could1 i6ok. Ah what vice and crime have done TTntv .t;.I .;, t..rn" ha lhe young man told bis; dreadful story ; how, being auly son, and very beautiful, his pareZs petted and spoiled him : how he weu with bad boys and learned all their baclhabits and vices and came to love theirj how hav having - ing having plenty of money, he was enticed to wicked places till all was, lost, and then unable to work and ashamed to beg, he began to steal, was caught and imprison imprisoned - ed imprisoned with the" worsts' kind of criminals; came out still more depraved to commit still worse crimes than before ; how every bad deed he performed seemed to drive him to commit a worse one, till it seemed to him he could net stop until brought to the gallows. It was a fearful tale, and bright tears into the artist's eyes. He bcAught the young man to stop, offered to- Vlphim, and tried bis best to save But, con- alas I it was too late. Dise tracted by dissipation, soon jk the young mari?d he died y Ira ted V he lhis eonj refJcrS' boy ; he allowis. to be there. BFci ay- ing as he closed angel and the demon twenty years of vice, The lesson of his tale is in the tale itself. You who read can tell what it is. Think of it often fnd heed it al al-ways. - ways. al-ways. ' S3f all Accounts. -It is strange that many persons feel little concern in the matter of paying small debts. " Straws show which way the wind blows," is a homely proverb ; and a man who neglects to settle minor bills should not complain if his trustworthiness be questioned at a time when good standing would be of the utmost service to him. If a vmall debt be due, there is no excuse for neg neglecting - lecting neglecting its payment.

Wh--1rrwv fiairefyoo tie) rasnea man's grave? The widow? Not a bit of it. She pulls down the tomb-stone1 that a six. weeks grief had cnp in her heart. . She goes and gets married again, she does. Who goes to bd early, because ttm hangs heavily on Lis shoulders? Tfc married man. ' Who gets a scoldinr for firkioir out the softest part of a bed, and for waking up the baby in the morning? The mar ried man. Who has wood to split, housp hunt- inr and znarketine to do. the vountr ones to wash and laxy servants to look after? The married man. Who is taken 'up for whipping his wife? The married man. Who gets divorces ? The married man. Finally, who has got tLc scriptures on his side? The bachelor. St. Paul knew what he was about when he said : "He that marries not, docs better." Clipping. An Irishman, on being told to rreflr the wagon, returned in an hour and said; "I've greased every part but tbem sticks the wheels bang on." A servant girl recently entered a prominent picture gallery and accosted tbe operator, with: "I say: how long does it take to get a photograph after yon leave your measure? An orator who had raised his audienr to a great heights by his lofty soarings, exclaimed, "I will now close in tbe beau tiful and expressive language of the poet I forgot his name and and 1 for get what he said too. "Jim, get np, the tlay is breaking." 'Very well, let it break, it owes me no? li ling." - ng." ling." Interval of twenty minutes. "Jim, Jim, here the sun is np before you." v ery well, sir, it has further to go than have. Two yonng lad!oW.l. an I risk pentle- of them put the hom question. "Which of us do yon think is the elder. Mr.G ? "Sure," replied the gallant Hibernian, "you both look younger than each other." "I think,' said Mrs. Partington, getting from the breakfast table, "I will take a tower or goon a discussion. They say, if I collect rightly, that a pnrt in to a very plural spot, and to mistake of a col collection. - lection. collection. I hope it wont be so eoald as ours was, for the poor last Sunday; why there wern't efficient to buy wood for a restitute widder," and the old lady put on her calash. "Will you have a Daily Sun?" said a newsbov to Mrs. Partington. "Will I have a daily son?" Whv yon little scapegrace! How dare you insin insinuate - uate insinuate against a poor, lone woman? No, indeed, I guess I won't have a daily son. My dear departed husband used to com complain - plain complain awfully when I presented him with a yearly son. A daily son, indeed! Be Begone, - gone, Begone, vou little upstart!" And the old lady called for Ike to fan her to keep her from swooning. An Abyssinian Ilcmt. The natives distil a spirit from llieir barley which is said to be something be between - tween between gin and Hollands in flavor. I have not yet tasted any. Very thick' is the throng around a Parse belonging to the commissariat who is buying up all he can get for Government at one dollar for nineteen pounds. Near bim ia an another - other another little crowd ; here another com commissariat - missariat commissariat employee is engaged in buying up ghee that is clarified butter for native troops. It does not look Terr nice, sod what does not make the sight the pleasa nter is that the women, when they have emptied the jars into the com- missariat casks, invariably wipe them out w with their hands, and then plaster the remainder upon their head. An Abyssinian does not consider him himself - self himself properly dressed unless his hair is shining with oil, not put on or rubbed on, but plastered on, and running down his neck as the sun melts it. Tbe idea is not, according to car ideas, plcassnt, -but is a matter of taste. When an Abys-1 einian want to 'make a great effect, he 1 uses butter, not ghee, and puts it on until bis head is as white ss that of a London footman. Then be is coofcious that he has indeed done it, and walks with tbe dignity befitting his appearance. There were several swells of the person so got up at the market, and as they stood under the shelter of their straw umbrellas for the sun would melt it and destroy the whole effect I could not but wonder at and admire the differ ent forms which human vanity takes. Letter from the British Camp. K. K. K. t ILL 1'art cunr.s. Kuklux Klau are kalled upon to kasti kasti-gate - gate kasti-gate or kill any kullercd kusfe kaptur kaptur-ed. - ed. kaptur-ed. Each klan is kooiraandc-d by a karniverous kernel who kollects his kom kom-rades - rades kom-rades with kare and kaution kommeo kommeo-surate - surate kommeo-surate with the magnitude of the kaoac. Whenever korrectly konvened they must give three countersigns. Thcsa are: Kill the kullered Luss; kloan out the karpet-baggers ; karry konscrvat'ira ; konfusion to Kongreas. Of koureo tbs klan kreates konsiderable konstcrnition among, tbe Kongos and their kunning konductors, who kalkulato that their kareertnay be kut short, by kaUitro pbies. Kowardly Vir, they kia't coo coo-pls'n. - pls'n. coo-pls'n. 1

VOL. II. Hates of Advertising:. One square, ten lines or lens, one inserting ti.ou esea subsequent insertion 6Uc 1 Square 2 months, 5 00 7 00 10 00 15 00 6 00 9 00 12 00 M 00 '!5 00 9 00 13 00 18 00 , . t j . , 6 " . 12 ' 1 - MAM J ; - ft - 12 " . I 2 M - 2 u 6 1 12. , Fourth column 1 month 2 " 6 " . it . - 20 00 - 25 00 - 85 00 60 00 - 40 00 55 00 75 00 60 00 Half column i months - 12 Oae eolnma 3 months - 6 " . "12 " . 00 00 ! 110 00 Announcing Candidates. I ror State OiEeers ' - 510 00 For County ... 8 00 For Municipal Officers - - 6 00 .OllceS Of lMM)tUW 1 a . w . m. serted free of charge. Obituaries and trib tributes - utes tributes of reepeet inserted at $l 00 per square. . f&" Advertisementa . in Local Column $l for four lines or less anl 20 cents for each additional line. Voluntary communications, contain containing - ing containing interesting news, solicited from any quarter. News letters from Western Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky and Tennessee especially desired. PROFESSIONAL. T. B. LOGAN, "attositsy at law, Solicitor in Chancery, Hickman, Ky. "n EFERENCES Gov. 3. L.Orr, Columbia, X, 8. C; Hoa.B. F. Dunk in, C. J., Charles Charleston, - ton, Charleston, 8. C Hon. J. A. Inglie, Associate Judge, Cberaw, 8. Hon. F. J. Moees. bumter, 8. C; Hon. Vf. 1. Johnson, Chancellor, Ben Ben-nettsville. - nettsville. Ben-nettsville. 8. C: Oeneral Vfade Hampton, Columbia, 8. C4 Oea. W. W. Ilarllee, Madi Madison, - son, Madison, 8. C. may!6-ly. T. O. GOALDSH, Attorney at Lair, AND GENERAL COLLECTING AGENT HICKMXr KESTCCKT. WILL promptly attend to ati businees entrusted to him in Southwestern Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky and West Tennessee. c. L. EAuntz. 8. A. TTLEK. HATIDZii: U TYLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAV, Collectors, Real Estate Agents, JIICKMAN, KY: entrusted them in Southwestern Kentucky and Northwestern Tennessee. Special attention given to the' investiga tion of Land titles, and the purchase and sale of Real Estate. Jecoiy. B. R. WALKER, JOHN W. COWGILL. WALKER 1 C0WG1LL, Attorneys at Law, HICKMAN, - - KENTUCKY. WILL practice together in all the Courts of Southwestern Kentucky County, Quarterly and Justices Courts excepted and in the Courts of West Tennessee. Claims promptly collected and remittances made. xrrraxNCEs : ITukmen, Ky. J. 8. Hubbard, and Joseph Amberg; Louisville, JEy. R. A. Robinson & Co., Wm. F. Bullock ; Cincinnati, O. Hay den & Wilson; Philadelphia, Pa. J. R. Camp Camp-bell - bell Camp-bell & Co., Molton, Sibley & Woodruff. febl5 ly Attorney at Law, HICKMAN, - KY ROULHAC &JtjSbDALE, ; Atorreys and Cctmselcrs At Law, hlCKMAX, KY. iy ILL attend promptly to the collection of Claim, to the investtgatiou'of Land Titles, purchase and sale of Real Estate, and the prosecution and defence of suits in Southwestern Kentucky, Northwestern Ten Tennessee, - nessee, Tennessee, and the adjacent part of i ssouri. Office in Millet's Block. , dec251y J. G. S I I I T H, Attorney at Iaur, " ? ' AND Solicitor in Chancery , ; -: , . Troy, Tcnn. SPECIAL attention given to collecting, and to the investigation of Land Titles, febli ly - OSCAR .TURNER, has acscmn THB PRACTICE OF LAW, ix th cocwrrxs or rCLTOX, HICKMAN AKD GRAVES, A" ND will attenTL l business entmsted to hisc-. jid counties, and also in the other eouAtiee in this Ju dicial District. tar Address either TADUCAII office, or BLAND VI LLE, Ky. augS tf. Maj. LEE IL GARDNER, Formerly of West Tenn. W. T. NOEL, Kvanaville, Fnd. -GARDNER, NOEL & CO., sV'orvrarcIIns; and Commission and Special Railroad and Steamboat Agents, Ao. 0 tsoutn Hater Street, 9 Libera CASH ADVANCES made on consignments of Cotton, Tobacco, Pork, Flonr, 4.C- Specuit attention given to Buying, S'Uin?, end Fitliny Ortttr.

A Rachetor'a Defence. Bachelors are styled byxnarricd meflr who have got their foot in it, as only hall perfected beings, cheerless vaga vagabonds, - bonds, vagabonds, bnt half a pair of scissors, and many other ridiculous titTes are given them, while on the other hand they ex extol - tol extol their state as one of such perfect bliss that a change from earth to heaven would be somewhat of a doubtful good. If they are so happy, why don't tbey enjoy their happiness ana hold their tongues about it? What do half of the men get married for? Pimply that they may hare somebody to darn their stockings, sew buttons on their shirts, and trot babies ; that they may bar somebody, as a married man said once, " to pull of their boots when they are a little balmy," These fellows arc always falkinjr about the loneliness of bachelors. Loneliness, indeed ! Who is petted to death by die? with marriageable daughters? in invited - vited invited to tea and evening parties, aal told to drop in just when it is conven convenient? - ient? convenient? Tbe bachelor ...Whft lives in elorer all b! ffava. and