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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-11-28

Halls Journal Of Health presents If
teen follies, for the edifcation Of its
readers, as follows;
l. To think the more man eats, the
better and stronger he will become.
2. To believe the more hours children
study at school, the faster they will learn.
3. To conclude that If exercise is good
for the health, the more violent or e1-
haustive it is, the more good Is done.
4. To imagine that every hour taken
from sleep is an hour gained.
s. To act on the presumption that the
smallest room of the house is large
enough to sleeAin.
6. To argue that whatever remfdy
causes one to feel Immediately better, il
4" good for" the system without regard 20
more Interior effects The "soothiDg
syrup" for example, does stop the cough
Of children, does arrest the diarrhea,
only to cause a little later alarming con-
vulsisns, or the more fatal Inflammation
.east, always protect the diseass e. -
2. To commit an act which is felt ia
itself to be prejudicial, hoping that some
how or other it may be done in your
case with impunity.
8. To advise another to take a remedy
which you have tried on yourself. or
without making special inquiry whether
all the conditions are alike.
.. To eat without an appetite, or to
continue to eat after it has been satisfied,
merely to crafty the taste
~. To eat a hearty supper for the
pleasure experienced during the brief
time it is passing down the throat, at the
expense of a whole night of disturbed
sleep, and weary waking in the morning.
IL. To remove a portion of the cover
ing immediately after exercise, when the
most stupid drayman in Newly ork knows
that if be does not put cover ON his
horse the moment he ce4es work IN the
winter, he will lose hisaaF4ew days BY
pneumonia.
II. To contend that because the dirti.
est children in the street, or highway,
are hearty and healthy, therefore it Is
healthy to be dirty :. forgetting that con-
tinuous daily exposure to the pure out
door air in joyous unrestrained activi-
ties is such a powerful agency for health,
that those who live thus are we'll in spite
Of rags and filth.
13. To presume to repeat later in life,
without injury, the indiscretions, cx-
posure and intemperance which in the
flush of youth were practised with i'm
punity.
II. To believe that warm air is neces-
sarily impure, or that pure, cold air is
necessarily more healthy than the con-
fined air Of a crowded vehicle; the lat
ter at most can only cause fainting and
nausea, while entering a conveyance after
walking briskly, lowering a window thus
while still exposed to draft will give
cold infallibly, or an attack Of pleurisy
or pneumonia, which will cause weeks
and months of suffering, if not actual
death within four days.
AZ To .irarnaraha- tho Sabbath day"
by working harder and later on Saturday
than any other day in the week, with
view of sleeping late next morning, and
staying at home all day to rest, con-
science being qnieted by the plea of not
feeling very we'll.
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A DUTCHMAN ON LIFE INSURANCE.
A certain Dutchman, the owner of a small
house, had effected an insurance on it of
eight hundred dollars, although it had
been built for much less. The house
burned down, and the Dutchman claimed
the full amount for which it had been
insured but the officers of the company
refused to pay any more than its actual
value, about six huRdred dollars. He
expressed his dissatisfaction in powerful
broken English, intcrlarding his r-marks
with some choice Teutonic oath9 IT
you wish it, said the cashier of the in
surance company, "we will build you
house larger and better than the one
burned down, as we are positive that it
can be done for even less than six hun
dred dollars" To this proposition the
Dutchman objected, and was at last COM
PEELED to take the six hundred dollars.
Some weeks after he had received the
money, he was called upon by the same
agent who had induced him to effect an
insurance on his house. This time, the
agent wanted him to take out policy of
life insurance on himself or on his wife
q IF you insure your wife's life for
$4,000" the agent said, sand she should
die, you would have that sum to solace
your heart"
"Dat be tam - exclaimed the Dutch
man. "You 'shurance fellers ish all
tiefs If 1 insure my wife, and my wife
dies, and goes to the Office to git my two
tousand dollars, do get all de money ?
No, not quite. You will say to me, She
wasn't worth two tousand dollars she vas
worth only bout six hundred. If you
don't like to take six hundred dollars, we
will git you bigger and better 'oJs 2
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The Tennessee state Treasury.

The following report was made to the
General Assembly at Nashville:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
We, the undersigned joint committee
of the two Houses, who were appointed
to settle the accounts of the State Trea-
surer, have discharged that duty, and ask
to submit the following report:
After examining the books and papers
in the Treasurers Office, and comparing
them with statement of receipts and
disbursements furnished us by the
Comptroller from his office, we find that
j ohm r. Henry, Treasurer, received from
s. w. Hatchett, former Comptroller, the
amount turned over to him by r. L.
Stanford, former Treasurer, to-wit: two
hundred and seventeen thousand eight
hundred aud seventy-four dollars and
twenty one cents (217 ,S54 21), of which
there was in the Tenth National Bank
of Memphis S34,025 81, and in uucur-
rent funds in the Treasury s311 Ga. We
also find that John r. Henry aeeeived
into the Treasury on Comptroller's war
rants, from the 1st of January, 1868, to
81, ,361 ,355 22, making whole amount Of
receipts S4,579, ,209 43. We find he has
disbursed, from the 1st of January, 1867,
to the 1st of January, 1867, to the 31st
of October, 1868, on Comptroller's war
rants, the sum of S4 ,424, ,2S2 OF, which
shows an actual balance in the Treasury,
on the 31st of October, 1868, the sum
Of SI54, 927 Al. 1t will be seen that
the Comptroller, in making his state
mefft, includes the amount overd. avn in
statement made October 1, 1866, Of $780,
016 81, and amount advanced to the As
sembly of 81 1892 81, which, added to
the above, makes, as Comptroller reports,
1856, $40 56; but said amount of S31,-
$40 10 was settled in the settlement made
with r. l.. Stanford, former Treasurer.
Your committee also find that the
Treasurer has received from Samuel w.
Hatchett, former Comptroller, on ac-
count of what is known as the school
fund, S298, ,022 72, of which $4,000 is
in United States securities.
The balance of said, except 1882 ~
was used in payment of interest on the
State debt and the amount so used is in
coupons of the bonds of the State of
Tennessee, which your committee recon-
mend to be funded in 6 per cent. bonds
of the State, and the interest thereof to
be distributed for the use of common
schools.
Your committee further state that it is
impracticable to close the settlement full
ly until the successor of the present
Treasurer has been elected and qualified
They have therefore carried his settle
ment to the 31st of October, 1868, and
propose to conclude the same SO soon as
the present incnmbent's successor is
qualified to take charge of the Office
All of which is respectfully submitted
JOHN NORMAN,
Chairman Senate Committee
w. l.. WATERS,
Chairman on part of the House.
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How President. are Elected.

The modus operandi says the Buffa-
10 Courier, of electing President, after
the Pres idential electors have been cho-
sen, may not be familiar to ALL so we
condense from the Philadelphia Ledger
an account of the process. The Consti-
tuition provides that the electors, chosen
in such manner as the Legislature of
each State may prescribe, shall meet in
their respective States, and vote by bal
lot for President and Vice President.
At the meetings, known as electoral
colleges" the electors are required to
make lists of the persons they vote for,
and the number of votes cast for each,
which lists they are required to sign and
certifx, and transmit sealed to the Pres
de -se Senate of the United States,
q o.! sss = Government That ofhcer
is red fed to open these certificates in
the presence of the Senate and House of
Representatives,, and the votes are then
to be .ounted, and the person having the
greatsIt number of electoral votes for
President, if such number be a major
ity of the whole number of electors ap
pointed, is declared to be the President;
and SO of Vice President.
An act of Congress of March /, 1892,
which fixed a uniform time for the hold
ing of the Presidential election through
out the country, also provides for further
details. It requires the Executive au-
thoritv of each State to cause three GER
tilted lists of the electors chosen by said
State to be made out and delivered to
the electors on or before the first We'd
nesday of December next after the elec-
ton. AID that said electors shall meet
and Q Re their votes on the said first
We'd sday in December, at such place
as the$ Legislature of the State shall di
rect. sIn this State, Albany is the place
designated. The electors vote by ballot
and are required to make three certified
lists, which shall be signed by all the
electors, with a certified list of the elec
tors attached to each; then to be sealed
up in three separate packages, and
further certificate endorsed on the en-
velop of each, signed by all the electors,
stating that the package contains lists
of ths totes of such State for President
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THE NEXT CoNGREss.-The gains of
the Democracy in the elections for mem
bers of the Forty first Congress have
been considerable. The National Intel
ligencer computes that eighty-fve or
ninety Democrats have been elected to
the House of Representatives, but doubts
whether that number will be allowed to
occupy their seats. If the necessities
of the Radical party require the unseat-
ing of dozen or more to make its ma
jority on all questions perfectly reliable
it may be safely set down that it will be
done Before Gen. Grants administra-
ton 10 six month old, the leaders will
have tested his temper; and if any doubts
as to his tractability for their purposes
should arise, they will have Il Committee
on Elections arranged in December, that
will take proof and demonstrate beyond
question that Radicals were elected in
every closely contested district in the
country.
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and Vice President. The electors are

and Vice President. The electors are
then required to appoint and commission
a person to take charge of and deliver
one of the said certified packages to the
President of the Senate at the seat OF
Government, on or before the first We'd
nesday in January next ensuing; they
are further required to forthwith forward
another of said certificates by the post
Office to the President of the Senate, and
the third is to be delivered to the judge
of the District in which the electors are
assembled. These and other minute
provisions are made to guard against the
possible loss or failure of Nrtitieate.
Ia order to have certainty sis to the
counting of votes SO forwarded, Con
gress is required to be in session on tn
second Wednesday of February succeed
ing every meeting of the electors, on
which day the certifeas se to be open:
%: - tl,a.s lnrs< 6ss-Ih, Houses. -.1z
Az TyIDnDr~ NEnVC
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FANNY FERN.
STEAM RA1LwArs.-The Philadelphia

STEAM RAILwAYs.-Th Philadelphia
Ledger says: A new method OF cup
plying steam for locomotive purposes on
street railways, so as TO avoid the use of
Sc in the engine while running on the
streets, was exhibited yesterday on a
temporary track at the establishment of
Grice & Long. In this engine the neces-
sity for a fire-box, smoke stack, &C., is
done away with by substituting strong
tank or reservoir for holding water pre-
viously heated to high temperature in
a stationary boiler. The water so heated
is forced into the locomotive tank, and is
capable of giving off an amount of work
ing steam for considerable length Of
time sufficient to drive the engine and
draw one or more cars. The new loco
motive weighs about FIVE tuns when fully
supplied with the requisite storage of
heated water.
At the trial yesterday it ran 45 min
utes, making 125 stoppages, and reduc-
ing the steam pressure from so pounds at
starting to 20 pounds when the trial
ceased. No noise was made other than
the rumble of the wheels over the rails,
and the machine seemed to be all times
under the perfect control of the engi-
neer, being stopped almost instantly
while running at the rate of six miles
per hour. The temperature of the water
is kept up By non-conducting jacket,
three inches thick around the tank. 1t
is proposed, in adapting the invention to
the street cars, to place stationary steam
boiler at one end of the road to charge
the locomotive with sufficient quantity
of hot victor to perform the trip.
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.rhe British Parliament.

thenlike elections in the United States,
Pee is, in Great Britain and Ireland, no
i5olical and fixed time for the election
lpFIEembers of the House of Commons.
g Is regulated by the will of the Sow
mjgn, expressed through her prime
oqaister. After parliament has lived
COLTS allotted time, or is dissolved IN
trNequence of San appeal to the coun-
Isl as it is called, writs of election are
asked at least thirty five days before the
shfabling of Parliament, directing the
tidf5fTs of counties to procure the elec-
Ps<6f the legal number of knights and
4zesses, or the representatives OF
tlyJes or counties, and the representa-
~ - sboroughs. The total number of
- at present is for England and
800 for Irelx.ss--Aa ASsst ssssaa for
ss.s3scs.:,s' Oh II -
&1967, the qualification of an elec-
for in a borough was that he should be
an occupier of house of the yearly
rental value of at least 910. Now, how
ever, the Dccupier or the lodger in any
house of the yearly value of 910 is en-
titled to vote. In the country it was
necessary to be freeholder of property
to the value of forty shillings annually,
or leaseholder of the yearly value of
$50 Now any countryman is entitled to
vote who owns an estate of yearly
value of s5, or occupies lands within
the ccunty of the yearly value of S12.
1t will be remembered that Charles l.,
to free himself from the intermeddIing
of the Commons with the "sacred pre-
rogative" of levying taxes upon the peo-
pie, dispensed with Parliament for pc
riod of seven years. After the restora-
ton of monarchy it was provided by act
Of Charles l., that Parliament should
not be intermitted for longer period
than three years Since the days of the
Commonwealth, however, the budget or
appropriation bill, as we would call it,
IS granted only for one year Conse-
Iuently there must be an annual meet
ng of Parliament. Usually this takes
place about the beginning of the year,
he session continuing about six months.
Parliament does not adjourn by its own
lction, as our Congress, but is prorogaed
by the sovereign, to reassemble on Civ
IN day. Dissolution-in order to give
place to a new parliament-takesp place
N III same way.
II House of Lords consists at pres
ent& four hundred and sixty two mem
De1 1t is composed of peers who hold
a 49, L--.~I:.--- -:-L4 q
bis and archbishOps; of Irish peers
sle for life, and of Scotch peers
slef for the duration of parliament,
whis by act of George l., cannot exceed
'evev years.
TIE cable kilograms of yesterday in
licate the election of considerable ma
ority of liberals This, of course, in
'ures the speedy retirement of Mr.. DIS
-aeli, and the elevation of Mr.. Gladstone
o the premiership. The s-establish-
nent of the Irish Church, and the pas
age Of an Irish land tenure bill will |
peedily follow. These salutary meas
Tres, demanded, no less by the wants of
he people of Ireland than by the en-
ightenment of the age, will, it is hoped,
Hay the feverish and unsettled state of
'ublic opinion in the Emerald Island,
nd add greatly to its material pros
'eriy.
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FARMERS, generally, do not appreciate
the value of vegetable crops. They are
easily cultivated, generally yield prolif-
cally, and are readily converted into
money at a good price. In the immedi-
ate vicinity of the large cities, land com
mands fabulous prices, almost entirely
on being devoted to the raising of garden
vegetables. Farmers in this section
might profit by the hint. Less meat and
more vegetables, and we will have fewer
doctors bill to pay.
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Confederate Dead.

FROM the nashville lIenn.) banner.
We most cheerfully comply with the
request to give the following appeal
place in our columns
NASHVILLE, Nov. 10. 1868.
The Memorial Society of Nashville
beg to inform tk1 friends of the "Lost
Cause" in Tennessee, and in all tho
Southern States, that they have purchas-
ed upon very liberal terms, four acres of
the new Catholic cemetery, adjoining Mt.
Olivet, to renter the brave and honored
Confederate soldiers, whose remains arc
now lying in the commons and fields Of
Davidson county. We hope all who are
interested in this cause will send their
contributions to the Treasurer, or 10
either of the following committee
Mrs. James X. Polk, Mrs. +. u. Porter,
I" M. P. Mcguire, /" j. J.French,
I" Thos. Farrell, S.M.Lindsley,
John Kirkman, {" Wm. Glare,
+" T. j. Harding, T. Craighead,
Henri Weber, VIM. Evans,
" Thos. Meness, " HB. .Buckner,
!" G. Cunningham, j. Overton-
Mrs. Il. G. PORTER, Charm.
Mrs. H. B Buckner, Treasurer.
Trustees of Cemetery VIM. u.
Bate, Gen. B. Frank Cheatham, Mr.. ID.
F. Carter, John Kirkman, w. ii. Evans,
Nj. G. Cotton.
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EGGS IN WINTER.-To get eggs in
winter, give hens meat twice a week Buy
any kind of otfal from the butchers, and
they will thank you for it, and pay you
well in eggs. We use scraps from the
fat-frying establishment, buying it in
cakes of from 80 to 100 pounds and
throwing them into the yard, where they
lie until gradually picked to pieces and
consumed. This material costs one half
to one cent per pound-usually one cent;
and it is the cheapest mea. we can get
for poultry.
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City Omcers.
Mdyor-Saml Landrum.
CITY Jadge.-J H. Davis.
Clerk H. Morehead.
NdrshdL-Pat Cunningham.
County Omcers.
County JHdge.-B. r. Walker.
County -4aorney.-H. A. Tyler.
Circuit Court Clerk-John C.. Gard
ner; Tapp. Bynum, Deputy.
County Court Clerk-Jno. A. Wilson.
She'i6.-R. L. Millet; office in w.
h D>Paaltg DEalksrS ShdFf24S..Rs. her2S. ..9Rs s. Chapman.
Coroncr-Thad W. Thomas.
Joilor.-G. W. Stubblefeld.
Observation-Disclosures No. 1, f. G.
Kimbro, Jacob Bushart Constable
George Morris. District No. 2, Owen
Miles, and Joshua Naylor. Constable
VIM. IL. Roper. District No. 3, J. w.
Mays and John Boyer. Constable
George VI. Wilbourn. District No. 4.
j. n. Hawkins and r. Cross. Con-
stable-L Everett.
County Assessor-Wm Hubbard.
U. s. AssessOr-T c. Buck.
u. S. Rer. CoHector.-H. C. Catlett.
Judges.-Court of Common Pleas.
Ed Grassland, of Mayfeld. Circuit
Court-A. r. Boon, Mayfeld.
Commonwealth attorney. l..
Randle, Hickman.
Register an Bankruptcy-Charles IS.
Marshal, Blandville.
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IT is stated that on the first day of the
next session, Congressman Kelly, of Pa,
will introduce constitution amendment,
providing for universal suffrage in all
the States.
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AN English paper says that Disraeli
has discovered a remarkable move in
chess. 1t may be freely described as
follows: @If you find yourself hopeless
" beaten, look your adversary coolly IN
the face, turn the board round as unob-
servedly as you can, so that bis pieces
appear to become yours, and ay"Mate
before he can protest.
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A SINGULAR INvENTIoN-It is said
that Mr.. Frank Wesley, of Newark, has
inverted patent safety coffin He claims
that any one who happens to be buried
therein alive could make his way out of
both the coffin and the grave on return
of his vital powers. Accordingly, he
proposes to allow himself to be buried
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condition for the space of two hours. At
the expiration of that interval he pro-
poses to resurrect himself, and come
forth unaided and uninjured.
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Southern Express Company

THORwARD MONEY and Freight to all
E points in the United States and the
Territories; also to all points in Europe.
oVERToS, STEELE CO,
sstl2 Agents.
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Hickman Directory.

attorneys at Lac.
T. o. Goalder, Randle & Tyler, A.
d. Kingman, B. r. Walker, John A
Lauderdale, John W. Cowgirl, T. b.
Logan, Oscar Turner, j G. Smith, Troy,
Tenn.
Physicians
Drs. Gourley & Corbett, Carter Blan-
ton, ii. c. Catlett, A. A. Faris.
Dry Goods.
j. Amberg, VIM. B. Benny, Wolf &
Plaut, j. IL. Davis, J. S. Hubbard.
Drug Stores.
G.. A. Holcombe, w r. Walker.
Wholesale Grocers.
Millet& Roulha VA. McCutchen
II. c. Bailey.
John @inze, Jshn Whiting, Iahn
Semonese. lS225S
Hardseare and ~ Sv6 900,
n Ps-H$aess, S. Nst. .fte., half :.
en.nslsslo,' ,,.5ssrt.,S .s:.,.t- ,S-l.i-
'Saddlery and Harness.
A. S. Anderson.
Carriage Mangfacaory.
kirkp pSeiek & Bro
Cigar Manufacturer.
-'~DSiT wagon %oas' A.n,tae,msr.
Hertwiek & Baltzer
TUTORS
Louis Persons, E Case.
BARRIERS.
E. Margraff & Co.
House and Sign Painter.
Thomas NJ Jones
Express Companies.
Merchants Union Express; Southern
Express; Overton, Steele & Co, Agents.
Funit,re Stores.
F. Bartoldus, Charles Oswald.
Marble Works.
B. c. Ramage.
Books.
j. Fl. Davis.
Insurance agent.
Samuel Landrum
Livery StdAle
VIM. B. Plummer
Boot and Shoe Shop
George Wehman, Casper Sohm & Co.,
ulius Frenz.
Hotels.
Planters Hotel, by Parks & Co., on
Clinton street; City Hotel, Young & Co,
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A MAINE paper says one or two jonr-
mails are skeptical with regard to a recent
statement that gentleman of Lewiston
raises from $4,000 TO $4,000 worth of
produce on eight acres land this sea
SON and asl-.-4z is-4sarkes. In brief it
-. M .Sr. i 4
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4 and some othsr garden Vegetables. About
forty tuns of cabbage were raised for a
crop. The earliest part of the crop re-
tailed at five cents per pound, and none
OF 1t less than one cent. a large amount
of early plants were sold
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Eer ots'e o 90
Marriages and Deaths.
Notices Of the above character will be in
.srtsd free of charge. Obituaries and trib-
utes Of respect inserted at 81 90 per square.
R6r Advertisements In Local Column 81
for four lines or less and 20 cents for each
additional line.
ns- Voluntary communications, contain
Ing interesting news, solicited from amy
quarter. News letters from Western Ken
tucxy and Tennessee especially desired
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One square, ten lines or less, enc insertin
so; each subsequent insertion oVc-
i Square months,
Marriages and Deaths.

Announcing Candidates.
r State Officers @iS =, -