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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-06-22
THE GREAT RACE.
LongfeIlow and Henry Bass,


The following from the New YorI
Commercial Advertiser will be of inter
est to the lovers of the turf:
The forthcoming race at Long Brancl
for the Monmouth cup, announced 70
the second day of the July meeting
promises to be one of unusual interest
and will doubtless mark n memorabl,
epoch in the history of the American
turf. There are twelve nominations 70
the cup, all good aud tried horses of un
sullied pedigrees. Without eDumer
ating the several entries, it will be suf
ficieat to refer, in this connection, to twt
of the most prominent names, Colone
D. McDaniel's ch. C. Harry Basset anC
John Harper's bt. h. Longfellow, botH
of which are of the humber, and among
thos that (5arrine accidents) will be Ger.
tain to start in the race.
In point of pedigree it would be diff
cult to determine wich of the two ha.
the priority. Both arc descended from
8 long line of illustrous ancestry, anC
froEis the tiins they were two-year oIds
each has had the care and tuition of an ex
perienced trainer. In their several per
formsnces, all Of which, with but al
occasional exception. have, been remark
able, each has exhibited a marvelou.
degree Of endurance, nerve force, muscu.
lar power, and iDdomitable courage
Fear is not known TO them, and it would
not be haZarding too much to assert that
if pushed beyond their power of endu
rance, rather than quail they would ex
pend their last effort. and die IN the at
tempt, martyrs TO their unfinchiDg pluck
With such material, therefore, il is fail
to suppose that the approaching race fol
the Monmouth cup will be an extraordi
nary one. That it will be witnessed BY
and awaken the enthusiasm of thousands
is generally admitted; and that it will bt
hOtly contested, inch by inch, and witt
faster time record than any preceding
race on the American turf, it is also fai
to infer
In reviewing some of the marked events
that have siDgnalized and given charac
ter to the American turf, We are remind
ed of four of the most remarkable, eacl
of which, in turn, became an epoch il
its history. These were the ever memo
| rable contests between Eclipse and Hen
ry, Gray Eagle and Wagner, Boston
and Fashion, and Peytona and Fashion
TO say nothing of Lexiugtou's famou
race against time a: New Orleans Thes,
| events will live perennial in the memory
of those who enjoyed the rare opportuni
ty of witnessing them, aud SO powerful
was the Impression they created at til
time, that gray haired old men, totterinl
on the verge of the grave, recur to then
with pleasure.
1t is almost certain that the race 70
the Monmouth cup at Long Branch
will add fifth epoch to the annals c
the American turf; and that Bassett an
! Longfellow, as contestants for the honor
will be Instrumental in eclipsing tn
glories of its past history.
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The Po and Ferrara.

The Po, whose recent inundation has
involved such an immense destruction oi
property, is the largest of Italian rivers
and takes its rise on the north and south
sides cf Monte Viso, one of the Cottiau
Alps, close to the French frontier. From
the source it flows eastward for about
twenty miles, and at Saluzzo leaves it's
rocky defles for the open plain Thence
the direction of the stream is north
northeast past Turin, beyond which
point, at the town of Chivasso, the course
is changed to the east, and so continues
until the Adriatic is reached. The en-
tire length of the Po is reckoned at $50
miles, and it is navigable for small bar
ges to within sixty miles of its source.
At Turin the river is about 700 feet
wide; at Pavia, 200 feet; at Cremena,
1000 feet, and below Polesella, 500 feet
Ferrara, which seems to have suffered
most from the overAow-22, 900 people
being reported homeless there's the
most northern of italian provinces wash
ed by the Adriatic. and is almost inclosed
by the Po and its branches. The ter
ritorial area is estimated at ,1S0 square
miles and the population, according to
the official statistics in 1861, is 194, 161.
Considerable trade is carried on in fish,
corn and hemp, and there is an abundance
of excellent pasturage. Farrara was at
one time a dukedom, hut in 1898, the
reigning family OF Este failing of le-
gitimate male heir. it was absorbed into
the States of the Church by Pope Gle
ment VIII. In 1860 it became a part
of the kingdom of Italy.
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The way TO be Miserable.

Sit idly down and allow your thoughts
to dwell upon the "might have been. u
Never extend to your fellow man in the
hour of need, helping hand. When a
friend offends you. in word r.deed, nope
it out in a mulish pout. To allow self,
and all its sensual qualifications to pre-
dominate over your better virtues, and
mistrust all around you.
Now is this the way to live ? Is this
The way to pass away the life that has
beeUbestowed upon US by our beueficent
Creator? Can we, leading such life as
this, prepare for the grave Beyond ?
The echo of my heart answers me back,
mo, no! I"
Then let us be up and doing let not
the golden hours pass unheedingly by
Dwell not too earnestly upon the past
for yesterday we were. to day wo are, and
to morrow we hope to be.
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The Valley Of Death, a spot almost
as terrible as the prophets valley OF dry
bones, lies just north Of the old Mormon
road to California, region thirty miles
long by thirty broad, and surrounded,
except at two points, by inaccessible
mountains. 1t is totally devoid of water
and vegetation, and the shadow of bird
or wild beast never darkens it's white,
glaring sands. The Kansas Pacific
Railroad engineers discovered it, and
also some papers which show the fate OF
the ''lost Montgomery train, which came
south from Salt Lake in 1850, guided
by Mormon. When near Deaths VAL
ley, some came TO the conclusion that
the MormoDs knew nothing about the
country, SO they appointed one Of their
number leader aud broke of from the
party. The leader turned due west; so
with the people and wagons and Hooks
be travelled three days, aud then descend
ed into the broad valley, whose treach-
erous mirage promised water. They
reached the centre, but only the white
sand, bounded by scorching peaks, met
their gaze. Around the valley they
wandered, and one BY ono the men died.
and the painting focks stretched them
selves in death under the hot sun. Then
the children, crying for water, died ut
their mothers breasts, aud with swollen
tongues and burning vitals the mothers
followed. Wagon after wagon was abau-
doned, and strong men tottered, and
raved and died. After a weeks wander
ing dozen survivors found some water
in the hollow of rock in the mountain.
1t lasted but short time, when all per-
ished but two, who escaped out Of the
valley and followed the trail of their
former companions. Eighty seven fam
lilies with hundreds Of animals perished
here, aud now, after twenty two years,
the wagons stand still complete, the iron
work and tire are bright, aud the shriv-
eled skeletons lie side by side.-Spring
FIELD Republican.
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Ringing words.

pr Hendricks, in his noble speech
before the indiana Convention spoke
these words. which should be written on
ever Democratic banner, and fixed in
every Democratic heart
NE hare turned oar backs on. The past
-scs stand an the present and look 10 the
lH'Rfc. The past is lost to us-fhe future
Is oars, fet Us make IL glorious one"
These splendid sentences have the
trumpet ring of victory they arc the
Key notes of the coming campaign. Mr..
d hendricks is one OF those leaders who
Eave laid their ears close to the popular
near, heard its beatings, comprehended
inc meaning thereof, and are ready to
yleia cheerful obedience to the lessons
OF The hour. A Democrat now as he
always has been. he knows and feels that
the party which fingers too long on
fatal held, counting the dead and wound
eus aud discussing the science of defeat,
mn2 soon sink out of sight forever.
ltS laiyaton depends upon learning wis.,
eo.y from disaster; il cannot retreat, it
! sss.s-zS ; 0tsiIaft, it'must reform the ran Ks,
throw aside all useless membranes,
aud move forward. Thus "out of this
uettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safe
ty.' The Democracy have done their
duty in the past faithfully and WE'LL their
failure is their misfortune. not their fault,
and for the evil consequences which this
failure has brought already, or may
bring hereafter, they are in no wise re
sponsible-uo drop of freedoms blood
stains their garments. But the past,
full as it is of sad and sacred memories,
is dead and buried, aud the pen of i'm
partial history must write its epitaph !;
but the present is ours-ours to wisely
improve or ignobly waste. What Demo
crat can hesitate when his country de.
mands his services, though those services
may require some sacrifice of personal
feeling2 What Democrat will refuse to
accept victory because it does not come
precisely in the shape he could wish =?
What Democrat will prefer to look back
ward into the gloomy days that are gone,
rather than forward to hail the dawn of
a brighter and better era? When the
claims of country, the truest interests of
party unite in urging him to action, what
Democrat will sit down with folded arms
and assist the ruin he might avert? What
Democrat will not from his Utmost soul
echo the words of the gallant Hendricks
LET US make our future a glorious
one 2''-.St. Louis Republican.
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Grain Sfaraee.

Some idea of the magnitude of our
trade in grain, may be gathered from the
following figures, representing the capac-
ity for grain storage in some of the most
important cities. Prior TO the fire, Chi
cago had seventeen granaries. with an
aggregate capacity of 11,580,000 bush
els This number has been reduced by
the fire to eleven establishments, with
facilities for elevating and storing about
$3.50, 900 bushels. Buffalo has thirty
one granaries, capable of holding 7,415,-
900 bushels. Brooklyn, representing the
port of New York, bas at its Atlantic
docks and elsewhere, a storage capacity
for 1880 900 bushels. The foreign
export of -four and grain from the port
of New York for the four years from
1867 to 1870 inclusive, amounted to s.
I'll, ,439 barrels, sufficient quantity to
sustain for year population of more
than 100000 persons.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-06-22

AN UNFoRTUEATE.-A Miss Smith
of Millersburg, KY, has had quite a
series of accidents in the thirteen years
of her life, having had her right leg
broken three times below the knee, the
left leg twice near the same place, both
bones of the right arm. also one of the
left, one scalp wound eight inches long;
also had three fingers broken. She has
neither tainted nor cried at the time OF
the accidents or during the dressing OF
the different wounds, aud late papers
state that she has met with another ac-
cideut-the kind or quality is not men
toned,
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Has. n RecL

From the Nashville Union and American.
The country owes a large debt Of graf
itude TO the talented and fearless Beck
of Kentucky, for the manner in which
he has exposed the corruptions of the
Grant party. In recent speech in the
House of Representatives he was par
tieularly plain and severe upon Indian
Agents and Indian thefts, in which re-
tainers of certain Senators are said to be
interested. Mr.. Beck's language was TO
the point. He charges thata large pro-
portion of the amount put in the Indian
Appropriation a bill-S6. 500, ,000-is mere
sSs-srus, and promises 10 prove hrs asser-
tions before the House and the country
He would do that now, but for the fact
that the Presidential election impends,
and all he could say would be set down
to party malice, aud the men implicated
be white washed by an investigating
committee, to save the administration
from damage Mr. Beck knows what he
is talking about, and will keep his word
at the proper time. That the country
may depend upon, and also the little
plunderers in the Indian line.
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THE Frankfort Ye0man tells tn

THE Frankfort Yeoman tells this
"Once upon time young Kentuck =
physical who had been regularly educa
ted for his profession, vas called to the
bedside of a patient that he had been
attending with his best care for some
time, but who obstipately grew worse
aud worse, until now his end seemed very
near. Doctor, said the sick man, Il
am dyiDg-I am certain / am dying, and
I believe you have killed me- The
doctor seemed to think very earnestly
for moment or two, and then quite
gravely and seriously replied: Yes,
see that you are dying; and, on refec>
ton, believe that you are right be-
lieve that l have killed you; but, l here
take my oath that, if God will forgive
me for having unintentioually murdered
you, | will never murder another-I will
never give another dose of physic pro-
fessionally as long as live. And he
kept his oath; he at once quit medicine
entirely; turned his attention to the
study of law; obtained license in due
course, and, after few years successful
practice, became one of the most emf
nent circuit judges of that day in Ken
tucky-now, nearly forty years ago."
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Col. MCCLURE told one of the CORES.
pondents, last week, that the Reading
ticket was the strongest ever put in
Pennsylvania within his remembrance.
and added: If Hartranf be beaten, un.
der any circumstances, Kemble, Bill
Mann & Co. will retort upon Grant, and
they will carry Philadelphia city against
him by 10000 majority. And there is
no more chance of Hartranfs success
than of your dropping through this solid
earth to land in China.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-06-22

THE WAY TO SETTLE BEEs.-An
attache of the Frankfort Reonlan Office,
who has had much experience in the
management of bees, says, that "whcu
bees swarm, if on a sunshiny day, they
eau be easily made to settle by throwing
the reflection of the sun from a good
sized looking glass among them. In q
few moments they will settle on some
convenient object hard by, where they
can be readily hived"
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The OLD MAN.-Bow low the head.

The OLD MAN.-Bow low the head
do reverence to the old man once like
you. The vicissitudes of life have sill
vered his hair and changed the round
merry face to the worn visage before you.
Once the heart that beat with aspiration
was crushed by disappointment, as yours,
perhaps, is destined to be. Once that
form stalked promptly through the gay
scenes of pleasure, the beau ideal of
grace now the hand of time, that with
ers the flowers of yesterday, has bent
that figure aud destroyed that noble car
rage. Once at your age, he possessed
the thousand thoughts that pass through
your brain, now wishing to accomplish
deeds equal to height in frame; anon
imagining it dream that the sooner he
awakened from the better. But he has
lived the dream very near at hand his
eye never kindles at old deeds of daring,
and the hand takes frmer grasp of the
staff. But bow the head, boys, as you
would in your old age be revereuced.
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BULLS WORM DESTROYER.

Ertrac, Of Letter from Georgia.
yrLLAsow, WALKER CoUsrY, Ga, L
June %, 1866.
DR.. John Bul-Dear Sir; have recently
,iver your Worm Destroyer several trials,
and find IL wonderfully efhcaciOus. 1t has
not failed in Il single instance to have the
wished for effect. 1 doing pretty
large country practice, and have daily use
for some article of the kin1.
am, sir, respectfully:
P $50 unqualified and numerous are
,he testimonials in favor Of my Worm De-
,trover that newspaper space is entirely too
small to tell it's merits
Itisan infallible remedy for Worms Try
IL aud be convinced. See my journal for q
moro full description. JOHN BULL
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IF Grants expenses "are $4,000 per
year more than his salary, and in three
years he manages to lay by over half a
million dollars, what's the use of any one
bringing cut any more arithmetics p
Free Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-06-22

THE city of Mobile, Ala, is one of
the most prompt and reliable debtors
among all the borrowers in this country.
A temporary loan of s16O,OOO was con.
tracted last Fall. which has been paid
before it was due, thus securing rebate
of interest.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-06-22

THE Glasgow Times says: 1.-THE oil
interest is steadily widening and our
town has daily arrivals looking after the
oil prospects in our neighborhood. Our
county furnishes one of the richest fields
in oil wealth in the world aad the atten-
ton of practical oil men is invited to
our oil region. The country under
which the oil abounds is extensive and
can be secured at very moderate prices.
The owners are anxious to have the ter
ritory developed and parties exploring
will meet with q liberal and just treat
ment at the hands OF our people"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-06-22

A HEAVY sulphur shower prevailed a
Saratoga, New York, Thursday night
Friday morning in many places tht
ground was covered with a deposit o
yellow sulphur.
Look out for the 18th Of August.
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TRooPs ORDERED Our OF THE SoUTH.
As the habeas corpus clause of the
Kuklux law was not extended, and as
no pretext exists for sending United
States troops into the Southern States,
the War Department now orders all
available meu to the plains, to prevent,
if possible, an Indian outbreak this sea
son.
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Purchase Bottle and carefully read direc-
tions.

~ucUU Is A STIMULAST, and OF itself
X nav fail to effect cure, but Bnchn'
when scientifically combined with nroiniue
Of Potassium and other ingredients, pro-
auces a sedative effect, and causes nealtny
action. thus Increasing the powers OF 1,gss
ton, aIlaying irritation, rednelns "a
natural sw e1lings, stoPpln psin anu
nation. and causing the repsirs an
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the wastes, thus preventing deeohPosiu,ouu
and decay, and gives nourlshmene, neSA'N
and vigor to the s;stem-
My Buchu is good for ali diseases a''pss DE-
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In the Back and Legs, Trembling In the re,
,inn of the Heart Weak Nerves, faliid
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Twenty-fve or thirty years ago, as my
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hind the prescription counter IN the city IN
vhich I now dwell; have cured more peo-
nle of various diseases than all the physl-
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ealy, for every single patient tina. any
Louisville physician has l have hun1rs! nir,!
lam no upstart OF yesterday My Neai-
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4 vile fs not large enough for me 10 nave
competitor. l monopolize the "holesals
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believe my Buehu and Bromide Oh
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Ruv dollar bottle and be cured. Use as
per oife''-'- JOHN BULL, NJ. D.
Manufacturer ana .vendsr Of the
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CONGRESS has appropriated $4,000 to
pay for a survey of the Forked Deer
river from Hale's Point to Dyersburg.
The survey viii be made between this
and the meeting of the next Congress. !
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TENEE c. Claffin is happy at last.
She was elected on Thursday night colo
mel of colored regiment in New York
beating her competitor for the Office by a
vote of 1913 70 so.
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GEN. G.. W Gordon, of Memphis, re
fuses to run against Gen. b. F. Cheat
ham, in Tennessee, for Congressman at
large.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-06-22

THE health of Manton Marble, the
World editor. is reported growing worse,
and his physicians have ordered him to
cease Journalistic labors.
He ought to have ceased some time
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BILLS SARSAPARILLA.

ST. LOUIS, April 80.
On. JoHS BuLL-Dear Sir Knowing the
.f7ciency Of your Sarsaparilla, and the heal
ing and beneficial qualities it possesses,
ee1d YOU the following statement of my case:
Twas wounded about two years ago-was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. Being moved so often, my wounds
have not healed yet. I have not sat up a
moment since I was wounded. am shot
through the hips. My general health Is
impaired, and need something 20 assist
nature. ! have more faith in your sarsa-
nariIla than in any thing else. l wish that
that is genuine Please express me half a
dozen bottles, and oblige
CAPT. C. p. JOHNSON,
S.-Mr. johnson was the son of skill
ful surgeon. His mother recommended to
her friends. and for many years used my
sarsaparilla with perfect success In Scrof-
MIA and Fever-sores Mrs. johnson states
tbatthe cures effected were almost miracu-
. 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
sho are known here in this community for
integrity and verscity. have recently
received most remarkable certihcate from
an eminent gentleman of Louisville.
''' JOHN BULL.
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The wheat crop in Gibson county,
Tenu., now harvested, is said to be better
than it has been for years.
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The Cincinnati Enquirer says that up
to date 80 delegates to the Baltimore
Convention are instructed for Greeley
and seven against him.
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AN old gentleman of Rhode Island
pays $4,000 for fooling around q
pretty girl.
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THE HICKMAN COURIER,

A negro woman, declared lunasic Is
now lying in our county Jail.
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PROBABLY the heaviest contract ever
undertaken by one man is that of Henry
Meggis with the Peru government, to
build a railway scross the Andes for the
sum of sloU, 900, 900.
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Marriages Nnd Deaths.
Notices Of the above character will be in
serted free Of charge. Obituaries aud trib
utes of respect inserted at 81 60 per square
ne Advertisements In Local Column 81
for four lines or less and 20 cents for each
additional line.
EN- Voluntary communications, contain
ing interestins news, solicited from any
quarter. News letters from Western Ken
tucSy and Tennessee especially desired