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The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
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Hickman, Ky.
Above the Clouds.

Mr.. Robert j. Bell, an assistant OBJ
server at the United States signal station
on the summit Of Noun, Washington,
writes to the Philadelphia Bulletin an
account of his everyday experience
above the clouds. lie was detailed TO
take. the place of William Stevens, who
died at the station in mid winter with no
friend near him save his solitary COM
panion. Sergeant Hearne. A party Of
stalwart mountaineers climbed to the
summit aud took the body down for
burial They placed it in box, fitted
to runners, which was permitted 10 slide
down the mountain side, the men holding
Oh to ropes attached to the rear to regu-
late the motion aud direct the course.
Mr.. Bell says:
We occupy the depot Of the Mountain
railroad. in which we have two rooms
pariitioned of (ieu by twelve), securely
chained to the rocks, go that the wind
may not blow US away. One we use as
u kitchen aud dining room, and the other
as parior bed and dressing room. We
also occupy the latter as our Office, ia
which we keep our barometers aud tele-
/ graph instruments, the wire connecting
with Littleton, n. H. by which means
We are not wholly excluded from civil
I izaiion although | must admit visitors
are very iew-not one since my glorious
q cent
We generally supply ourselves in Sep
tember with canned provisions sufficient
to last throughout the winter, reckoning
at the same time TO give our visitors
square meal when they come. Our time
we must occupy chiefly by reading and
studying, for our outdoor ADJUSTMENTS
are very scarce. In case we do have the
pleasure of going outside to ramblc amid
the snow and ice on the rocks, We arc
obliged to take advantage OF the same,
aud exercise ourselves by hauling ice,
frost work aud snow, 80 that we may
procure the water necessary for our
cooking and drinking purposes, as the
weather is very severe on the summit. the
thermometer since my arrival having
been most Of the time below zero, aud
the wind at hurricane.
| will give you small idea how we
felt, the thermometer standing IL de-
grees below zero and the wind raging
at hundred and twenty miles per hour.
/ The cold weather which have reference
to occurred on the 9th Of March, aud the
mode We adopted to keep ourselves warm
was TO bring all the coats and overcoats
into requisition during the day with two
large coal fires continually burning. At
night we took advantage OF the little bed.
which i not bad Que, with cover
enough to suffocate any man in ordinary
winter weather. and then | must confess
we suffered with the cold. 1t was the
coolest weather we ever experienced. We
do not mini the thermometer standing
at ten below zero if the wind does not
blow too hard for then we can have a
little holiday by going outside. But at
night unless the wind blows at the rate
Of sixty miles an hour. We can not sleep
we'll, for we are TOO aecus;omed to hurri-
canes
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
The Trials OF missionary wives.

Boston is properly Mortified over the
story of the Puritan of the Purituns,
who has just made her way home after
twenty years exile and suffering. When
eighteen yeais Of age she married u
missionary, and set sail with him for
Ilindo>tan The vessel went to pieces
on the Arabian coast, aud her husband
and herself reached land only to fall into
the hands of the Bedouins. The Arab
chief murdered the man and married the
woman As her beauty waned, she was
transferred from one harem to ane her,
and finally became the wife, or slave, OF
common water carrier, from whom an
American traveller ransomed her. After
many trials she reached the Hub in safe
ty. Sad to say, her relatives who have
absorbed her patrimony, do not greet her
with passionate love, and are even ven
turing to ask whether she is not playing
the roIe of Tichborue Orton.- Chicago
Tribune.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
Abolish .JurfPs.
From the St. Louis Democrat.


There would be more safety for an in,
nocent man as well as more justice for
an outraged community, in the abolition
of the jury system, and the trial Of ac-
cuSed persons before a bench of intelli-
gent Judges, vested with the power TO
render the verdict and assess the pun
ishment. Before this could be done
with safety. several needed reforms in
the Judiciary system should be adopted
Judges should be we'll paid, and appoint
ed for lie or during good behavior
Capital punishment should be abolished.
as no judge would be found to take the
responsibility Of this brutality entirely
upon himself. But it will be seen how
improvements upon the existing practice
could be iuaugurated aud. under any
sort of innovation, people would soon
begin to laugh at the folly which now
prevails, of selecting the most ignorant
men TO be found in any community for
ihe trial and determination Of questions
which lie at the root of communal peace
aud welfare
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
RrevI,Ies andLeytties

On a gate post in Western town is a
sign, Take warn't. No traces nor life
iusurans, nor soin masbeens wanted
here"
OF 7G5 papers published in Italy 60
are scientific, III are industrial and com
mercial, l33 il erary, $40 political, 43
artistic, - administrative, aud 20 comic
OF these scarcely fifty can boast ten
years Of life, aud hone print 10000
copies.
4 Chattanooga father recently gave
hi, son thousand dollars TO give up
tobacco and now all the young meu with
wealthy governors have gone TO chewing
like goats.
The local editor of the Jacksonville
Journal wrote the other day an item to
the effect that winter was lingering in
the lap of Spring" but the managing
editor "cut it out" HI said the idea
was good enough, and original and all
that sort of thing. but it would not do
TO publish, because the high moral tone
of the paper had to be maintained in
town full Of seminary girls.
\ man at Hamilton, Ontaria. recently
hoaxed his jealous wife by cutting out oil
paper an ingenious arrangement Of
man and woman whose lips approached
a proximity not ordinarily, recognized
outside OF the family circle. This arti-
Gle was placed before the gas-light, aud
the shadow fell clear and distinct ou the
curtain of window as the green eyed
returned home from calling on a neigh
Dor. Fancy her feelings as she rushed
into that room with upIifted broom and
found her husband alone with thumb
upon his nose in an expressive manner
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27

News Of the naY.


Spotted fever is prevailing in the
country west of Maquoketa, Iowa.
The motive which unites the Atlantic
and the Pacific is the locomotive.
The salary of the Governor of Cal
ifornia Is S10,000-the largest in the
Union.
Lemon juice is used BY physicians to
effect cure for some attacks of rheu
matism.
The first theatre ever established in
America was at Williamsburg, Va, in
Sept, 1852.
Scientific experiment makes the er
treme velocity Of the wind to be SO miles
an hour.
At Glasgow, Scotland, one Iodine fac
tory uses up 5000 tons Of sea weed
every year.
$50 600 are subscribed for cotton
factory in Savannah. $40. 900 more are
needed.
100000 bushels of coal were ship
ped South from Piusburg during the
rise of the river.
The Yo-Semiie Valley is great even
in it, snow, which is now over forty feet
in depth.
Philadelphia produces third of a
billion of dollars worth of manufactured
goods yearly.
Consumption carries to the grave 200,
600 persons annually on the North
American continent.
An oyster confirms as much uourish-
ment as slice of roast beef. and this is
the reason they are recommended for
iuvalids
The eleven Territories exceed by near
ly 100000 square miles the sggregate
area Of all the present admitted States
in the Union.
a Gate City lawyer included in his bill
against his client: To waking up in the
night and thinking about your case, So. ="
Two young Englisbmen made the as
cent Of Dent Oche, in Switzerland, on
the 10Th ult, despite the snow with which
it was covered.
Grading on the North Pacific Railroad
has gone on all winter in Dakota, and l.
finished to point 20 miles west Of the
Minnesota line.
English authorities fix the population
Of China at 500 100000, nearly ten times
what the United States statistics show III
this country.
The grain coming East il enormous
aud lake captains are making contract.
at 3 cents per bushel for corn to Butfa-
10, aud Is to Oswego
\ woman who Is worth her weight il
gold, If of average size, would be wortl
about $4,000
An English physician has been vaccin
Ated AZ times, % prove to objectint
/ people that there was no danger in it.
The phrase commonly used in calling
dogs has Induced the Japsne-e to be
\ lieve hat come here Is she-5,0giisl
name for that animal.
/ Venus is as successful lobbyist a.
I Vinne Ream. She has coaxed Sl50. 900
out OF Congress on preiext Of traLsii
across the sun.
The biIth rate of Massachutts has
never recovered from The shock OF war.
1t Is steadily advancing towards the mark
it had reached aud fell from in 1851.
It is stated in mitigation of Fejee can
nibalism that only boys from II to IA
years old now eaten by educated persons;
only the very lowest class eat old men
aud women.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
NHon,an Preachers.

The Rev DR. Harding says Of woman
preachers The question of woman
preachers was recently discussed among
the Methodists OF st. Louis, and there Is
no doubt that it will come before the
next National Conference II women
preachers become common in the church
we are curious to see how they will dis
charge their duties In the matter of
making pastoral visits Under the pres
ent arrangement, where the preachers
are all of the masculine persuasion, 'he
pastoral visit i almost inevitably made
to the female head of the house. Very
rarely is the business man visited ar his
counting room. Under the new dispeu
sation we shall expect to see the pastoral
visit business reversed The Rev Julia
Goodtidiugs will call upon Bro Gunny-
bags at his place OF business, rather than
upon Mrs. Guuny bags at the family man
sion
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
THE HICKMAN COURIER,
SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1872
TuE census Of 1870 must have beer

THE census of 1870 must have been
very inaccurately taken, if the subjolned
instance, which We take from the Clark
County Democrat, Is fair sample Of the
enumeration of population generally.
We have reason to believe, too that it is
fair sample, for, we have heard of quite
a number Of other instances where the
Federal enumeration fell far below that
of the municipal authorities, taken be
fore or Immediately after This was so
in louisville, New Orleans, Memphis
and, we believe. New York also And
now here comes the Democrats testimo
ny in regard to the town of Winchester :
The report Of the ninth census (lS70)
states that there are only los white peo
pie in Winchester, while there are 5SS
negroes. That is grave mistake on the
part of the census report, for we can
count 400 white people who live ia town,
just from memory, and doubtless there
are great many whom we cannot think
OF, and we know there are as many as
100 white persons children iucluded)
whom we have probably never seeo or
heard OF. The report of the negro pop
ulation Is near the right figure, as it
probably does not exceed 700 When
the census was taken by Messrs. J W.
Thomas aud b + Allen. if we mistake
not, the population of Winchester was
reported at something over 100, ard
we are fully persuaded that our popula'-
ton now reaches if il does not even ex-
ceed , 900
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
Incident OF the War.

Many sad stories have been told Of the
late war. One of the saddest that we
know of occurred at the well known
battle oi Chicamauga. iu 1868 As q
celebrated artillery company from Eu-
faula was ordered TO pursue the enemy
who were giving away on all points, Que
of its members suddenly stopped, aud
kneeled down and kissed dead body
which lay in the liue Of march. Ii was
his son, and two years had elapsed since
last he saw him It was Indeed a sad
meeting, but duty impelled tae father
onward, but however much his heart
might be agonized, could not stop to
shed his many ears. His son, lie felt
had done his duty. and he was going TO
do his. history will tel of the gallant
nv Of ne Southern troops in that we'll
eo-,ested battle, but the touching incl
tent we have related is unparalleled 10
he many wars we have ever read Of.
This true Southern. who lost his noble
md gallant sou. Is now, ani has been,
'or years a resident of Eufaula.-EH
fduIa Netrs
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
Fashionable women.

FROM the LOnutu LhANGt-
Fashion kills more than toll or sorrow
Obedience Of iashion Is greater transgres
sion Of the laws of woman's nature, a
greater injury to her physical and men
tai constitution, than the hard>hips
of poverty aud neglect. The slave wo
man al her task still lives a1d grows old
aud sees two or three generations of her
miSrres>es pass away. The washerwomau
with scarcely a ray Of hope to cheer her
tolls will live to see her fashionable sis
ters all extinct. The XII chen maid is
healthy and strong, when her lady has
to be nurSed like baby 1t isa sad truth
that fashion pampered women are always
worthless for all good ends OF life; they
have still less power of moral will. and
quite as little physical energy. They
live for no great ends They are dolls
formed in the hands of milliners aud
servants. to be fed in order. If they
raise Children, servants do all save to give
them birth; aud when reared. what are
they? What do they amount to but
weak seions of the old stock? Whoever
heard Of fashionable woman's child ex
hibiiing any virtue and power of mind
for which it became eminent? Read the
biographies of our good men aud women.
None OF them had fashionable mother
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
cNiS. A. HOLCOMBE'S COLUMN.
DIR. JOHN BULLS
Great r g IN ed IS.
Err. JOHN BULLS
Concentrated Extract of
R q e. Il e
COMBINED WITH
Bromide Of Potassium.
p,rcbase a Bottle and carefully read direc-
ti0ns.

@rcuU Is A STIMULANT, and OF ltseii
X nov fail 10 effect cure, but Buchu'
-rbon scientifically combined with broihiue
of Potassium and other ingredlehts' pr
Srcas q aedafive effect and causes heai'hy
oe,ion Tins increasing the powers Of aiges-
ton. allaving irritation. reducing ~ =.
natural swellings, stopping PAIN IN d ~ 49,.
nation and causing the repairs "uS s,..
,nents in the human body to be greatel nm. .nlu
~ rrastes- tl,us preyenfinE -decompostuon
and decay. and gives nourishment, heaith
and vigor TO the system
Nv Ruehn is good for all diseases arising
from excesses; such as Weakness, anu ram
in the Back and Legs. Trembling IN me r.,
g;on of the Heart. Weak Nerves rama
Sar,tenonce Drvness ofthe Skin Serofnia'
Syphilis, in its many FORMS oIce''' oNN
Ifyonr svstem is affected by any OF the
ohove symptoms and diseases, relet Is at
hand. Get a bottle ofmy b9ehu anu p.o
mide of Potassium at once and you ma! re-
" on being cured ,....,,r1 as.a
Iknow Just what say. My recolu
,,on,ro1nder of Medicine is second to no man
In the Southwest.
Twente-fve or thirty years ago. as my
faIIaw-citizens know full we'll. found neoe
hind the prescription counter IN the S''y ;"
which now dwell; I have cured more Peo
- of various diseases than all the physl-
erjors in Louisville put together Undonot-
ediv. for every single patient thal an
Ionisyille physician has have hunnrei.
Lam no upstart Of yesterday My Neel-
ciresare a success great success LOUIS
vile Is not large enough for me 10 rave a
competitor. I monopolize the "holesaie
Parent Medicine Trade here q Ono ana an
other has tried, by copying after me mere
in Louisville. to compeie with me but, one
after another, their guns have been silenced'
md their efforts have been ahortiye-
Nv Medicines are good and answer the
n,lrpose-that is the secret Of my success
AFv reputation as a compounder OF go''i re-
liabls articles il fully established
/ believe my Buchu and Bromide OF 70
tsssium Is the best article now IN tn" mar
ket for the cure of all diseases OF the nrln"fy
o. renito-nnrinarv organs. such as NoctHr-
nal Ineontin.nee. Irritability OF tue bIeIleE
and Ure.hra. Inflammation OF the felV's
OF the kidney, and all that class OF diseases
Buy aeollar bottle and be cured. zee aS
per directions in all cases.
Manufacturer azd vender Of the
CFLEBRATED
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
Are all Men Liars.

David tells Us that he was hasty in
asserting that all men are liars but he
might have said deliberately Observe the
Saturday Review that most men are
liars or the unconscious accomplices Of
liars. The quantity of sheer unmixed
lying which exists 10 this world is. we
suspect, greatly under estimated by most
people; aud of the quantity Of false
statement which is not quite lying. be
cause it begins by self-deceplion, few
persons have a faint conception. The
reason of this seCm to be simple enough.
For practical purposes we are Obliged to
assume that people speak the truth 4
certain quantity of mutual trust i neces
sary in order to carry on the business of
lfr; aud We naturally make the mistake
Of contouudiug provincial assumption,
(which, -Sor -ss,iiS@ry purposes, Is geeuFHte
enough with statement OF actual facts,
aud then apply it to eases where il Is
more frequently falsiied than verified
We infer from the practical necessity of
trusting people in trihes that they are
always trustworthy even in serious mat
ters aud thus we cxugSerate beyond all
bounds the weight which sould properly
be attached to a simple unsupported as
sertion. II a respectable person, that Is
to say. a man in black coat who has
not been convicted Of picking pockets,
tells Us the widest story Of ghosts or
rapping tables the one hypothesis which
the ordinary mind altogether refuses to
admit is the surely not iucouviueeable
one that he is a liar aud cheat. 1t Is
thought to be almost paradoxical TO assert
that any one, outside Of criminal classes,
is ever guilty Of downright falsehood
The weakness is certainly amiable and
yet it may fairly be doubted whether
capacity 10 tell the truth IS not as rare
az The habit of uneanivoeaIly lying.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
BULLS WORM DESTROYER.

Extract Of a Letter from Georgia.
V1LLASow, WALKER COUNTY, Ga,
June %, 1866.
Dr. John Bull Dear Sir; I have recently
given your Worm Destroyer several trials
and find il wonderfully effcacious. II has
not failed in a single instance &c have the
wished for effect. | am doing a pretty
large country practice. and have daily use
for some article of the kinl.
am, sir, respectfully.
JULIUS P. CLEMENT, VI. d.
T. $50 unqualified and numerous are
the testimonials in favor Of my Worm De-
stroyer that newspaper space Is entirely too
small 10 tell its merits.
1t is al infailible remedy for Worms. Try
IL and be convinced. See my journal for a
more full description. JOHN BULL
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27

The STOLEN MARE-One Of our es
teemed German fellow citizens, who has
evidently paid but little attention to
learning English, had horse stolen from
his stable the other night, aud sends rs
the following advertisement, which We
hope will lead TO the speedy recovery Of
his animal lie says
Won mite, de oder day, when vas bin
awake in my shleep hear someting vat
| thiuk not yu,t righf in my baru, and |
yust out>humps de bed and runs NIT the
bqrn and ven I vas dere COON, l seez
dat my pig gray iron mare. he var beel
tied loose and run init de stable off; aud
ever who will him back bring, l yust 50
much pas him as watts bin customary
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
Slaughter in "a western Court
Room.

ST. Louis, April 20 Tile Democrat
has special from Mu>kagale, Indian
Territory, which says: \ man on trial
for murder at Cataqnah yesterday, was
acquitted whereupou a relative Of the
murdered man shot the defendant dead,
and th-u the Judge on the bench An
iudiscrimiuate fight then commenced, in
s. h:ch eleven men were killed and as
many more wounded Among the killed
we're three United States Marshals named
Owens, Hawkins aud Wilson.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
The Coming Comet.

Another comet Is surely coming, and
some peop'e begin to feel rather shy,
from the fact that it Is making its way
directly for old mother earth, and they
expect smash will be played. No need
of fears On our part; this old world has
run over many Of these dandy comets in
her time. and smashed them into cocked
hats The one that is coming Is not the
teller that is to set the world on fire but
then it may make some terrible storms
of hail aud thunder as it goes by.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
BULLS SARSAPARILLA.

ST LOUIS, April so.
DIR. JoHx BuLL-Dear Sir Knowing the
efficiency of your Sarsaparilla, and the heal
ing and beneficial qualities it possesses,
send YOU the following statement OF my case;
was wounded about two years ago-was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. Being moved so often, my wounds
have not healed yet. | have not sat mp a
moment since | was wounded. am shot
through the hips. My general health Is
impaired. and l need something TO assist
nature have more faith in your Sarsa-
pariIla than in any thing else wish that
that is genuine. Please express me half
dozen bottles, and oblige
CAPT. c. p. JOHNSON,
2. S-Mr. Johnson was the son of skill
full surgeon His mother recommended to
her friends and for many years nsed my
Sarsaparilla with perfect success. In Scrof-
ula and Fever-sores Mrs. Johnson states
thatthe cures effected were almost miracH-
lous. Read my Journal for EXTENDED in
formation and advice in your case. My
Journal contains certificates of eminent
persons ministers and medical men-men
who are known here in this community for
integrity aud veracity. have recently
received n most remarkable certificate from
sn eminent gentleman of Louisville.
JOHN BULL.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27

4 WARRANT has been issued for the
arrest Of ex-Gov Bullock on the charge
of larceny after n trust the affidavit
in the case being made by Gen. Toombs
II charges that he abstracted from the
Georgia State Treasury and sold $780,
900 OF Atlanta city bonds and appropri-
ated the money TO private use. Governor
Smith has made reqnisitioD on Cover
nor Hoffman Of New YORK Tor the person
Of Hnlloeks
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27

Mr. l.. sullivant. of Ford County
Illinois, has farm in that county OF
40 600 acres. Last year his corn crop
Welded half million bushels.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
John Bessier.

City Baker and Confectioner.
"AS TAKEN charge of the Bakery next
II door to Francis Millers, Clinton St.
he will keep constantly on hand, fresh
bread and all kinds of confections.
Single meals can be had at all hours.
He solicits share Of the city patronage
-jan2o-f
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
SMITH TONIC SYRUP
FOR rHE CURE OF
AGUE AND FEVER

CH I j. l. \ y -
tn. proprietor Of this celebrated medi-
cine justly claims for it supeF'3Fisyy; ty;o over fe
~, M SO certain. speedy, and permanent
cure Of Ague and Fever or chils and He HsvSr Te
~helpe. 1.-Two Western and Southwest
ssn ssT' .sa to 9Ts so Seer him testimony TO the
tr,1,b of The assertion, that in no case what-
- viii il fail 10 cure, if the7tirections are
s,rictlv followed and carried ont. n
Sreet many cases a single dose has been be.
ssntsc;ent sre;'s; for a cure, and whole families
SUI s -, cured by n single bottle, with {
perfect nsr restoration OF the general health, @
I, "a however, prudent, and IN every. case
-, - certain 10 cure, if its use - continued
- smaller doses for a week or two after the
-i;seose has been checked, more especial y IN
Sisicrlt and long standing cases Usually
- rnodicine viii not require any aid to
Eeep the bowels in good order should the
natient. however, require eathartie meet
- after having taken three or four doses
es'iT es 10 Tonic. a single dose of BULL S VEG
TTBALE FAMILY PILLS will De sufficient.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-27
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