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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-12-22
rHecomr1A1NT OF THE STOCKINGS

DEAR IcHoLAs Last Christians We had ?
Christmas-tIee-we always hung up our stockihSs
before. On Christmas morning one Of the BABY 3
stockings was gone, and we couldn't find 1t aHy-
where. You never cosld guess where, so IInust tel
you. 1t was tucked into one Of the pigeon holes =
grandfather's desk. He found it there On Christi
mas morning; and as he cant see very well, he
thought it pen-wiper some of us had put thers
TO surprise him. And this letter, directed TO yOU-
was in the foot of the stocking No one can tes
how it ever came in granaiath er's desk but yoe
know great many wonderful things do happen on
Christmas Eve; Yours truly,
MAY MERRIPEgs.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-12-22

GERMANY grows faster than any coun-
try in Europe except Great Britain. 1t
now has 42,726, ,S44 people. and has been
sixty years in doubling. The greatest
increase was in Saxony. There is an ex-
cess oI 362, 730 females over males.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-12-22

II appears tudI DuiSiHS DrOW 10 HOt
SO much the sign of great man as a
threatening breadth of mouth.
SOME delicate varieties of fish which
disappeared from Mobile bay duri.g the
war, are now returning. 1t is thought
the cannonsding and torpedo explosions
drove them of.
DnHing the past summer an English
missionary yacht called the Evangelist,
'traversed the gouthern coast of England
and dastrlb'uted bibles and testaments
un vsH'oos languages, and other religious
reaearg (, to all the vessels it met.
GERMANY grows faster than any cotin-
try in Europe except Great Britain. 1t
now has AZ, ,726, ,S44 people, and has been
sixty years in doubling The greatest
increase was in Saxony. There is an ex-
cess OI 362, 730 females over males,
PROF. HUXLEY, having, at London
necture, the other night, given some
'striekiRg instances of the i'll effect on
public health of neglect of drainage,
showed, by the case of the town of
Salisbury, that consumption, which wns
more fatal than all the zymotic diseases
combined, might be diminished as much
as fifty per cent. by thorough drainage
OF the subsoil
FOR the protection of soft-brick walls
against moisture, IL is recommended to
make paint by dissolving about two
hEandred and fifty grains (three- -fourths
'ef pound), Of mottled soap in four
Filters tone eallon) of boiling water, and
to apply the solution while hot with
soft fiat brush. When this coat is dry,
at may be covered in the same manner
with solution made by dissoIving one
hundred grains "a quarter pound) of
alum in eight liters of water. The alum
and soap are designed to decompose each
other, and thus to form an insoluble
varnisb that will resist rain.
The property OF infusorial earth which !
enables it to take up five times It's own |
weight OF liquid, and to suck it up |
RAPIDLY without becoming fluid, has led !
to its substitution for the filter press to |
considerable extent in Germany it |
being simply necessary to surround the
filter with layer of dry infusoria in
order to obtain, in very short space of
time, the same result that is attained by
ordinary filtration in days or even weeks.
Simple drying restores to the infusorial
'esCth its absorptive power. Owing, too,
TO its great volume and slight weight, it
is employed als0.for packing very fragile
objects and glass apparatus, etc, and
mixing with plaster of Paris for making
light casts.-N Y. Sun.
WHEN the Baron de Palm left his body
20 the Theosophical society, he probably
desired that they should get ell the fun
sbey could out of it; but it is doubtful
whether he contemplated having hos
pital steward dig into the grave and
exhibit the body for the delectation of
set of reporters-pulling the skin to
show how tough it was, and stabbing the
dead philosopher in the thigh, as "Fal-
staff" stabbed "Percy" Whatsoever
amusement naturally accompanies bon
fire, the baron's legatees are entitled to;
but in allowing the remains of their
friend to be knocked about, like the skulls
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-12-22

SOME delicate varieties of fish which
disappeared from Mobile bay duri.g the
war, are now returning. 1t is thought
the cannonsding and torpedo explosions
drove them of.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-12-22
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

IT appears that a bulging brow is not
SO much the sign of great man as a
threatening breadth of mouth.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-12-22

NINE. SPITZEDER, there Is hardly a
'touht, has appeared at Madrid There
as sa unknown woman, apparently of
forcign origin, has opened magnificent
clearinghouse, and is paying fabulous
rates of into rest-from two to five per
cent. per mpnth-on deposits, according
to their sum, from one hundred francs
upward. A multitude of peasants,
small shOpkeepers and widows, have in
vested and for some twoor three months
have received their dividends promptly.
Frau Spitzeder carried on similar ope-a-
lions at Munich in 1928, the upshot
naturally being her insolvency and the
ruin of her confiding depositors. Her
three years term of imprisonment for
swindliDg expired early in the summer,
so that probably it is she who is giving
the small capitalists of Spain a prac-
tical exemplificatien of the fact that
high interest means poor security.
IT is always sad to hear that the rela-
aives of any of our great statesman are
dependent on the cold charities of the
world. The daughter-in-l of General
Jackson, a devoted woman who minis
tered TO his wants, who was by his side
when he died, and whom the general
loved as his only child, is compelled, by
narrow circumstances, to part with her
valuable relics. All who feel disposed to
purchase, and at the same time assist
worthy woman, and honor noble men,
ory, may obtain a list by addressing Mrs.
a. Jackson, Hermitage, near Nashville,
Tennessee. The carriage presented TO
old Hickory, at his Inauguration, by a
committee of gentlemen from New York
city, and called his state carriage, is also
for sale, and can be seen at the shop of
the maker, Broadway and Forty-seventh
street, in that Observation-Disclosures
Press
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07
Condolences Ct the Present and For .
mer Presidential Campaigns.

The Republican candidate for Presi-
dent, Gen. Hayes, and the present Pres
ident, Gen. Grant, are both natives OF
the same State, Ohio.
The last two Presidents, Mr.. Lincoln
and Gen. Grant, both hailed from the
same State, Illinois, at the time of their
election; and we came near having a
third Republican candidate, Mr.. Wash
burne, not only from the same State
with Gen. Grant, but from the same
town, Galena.
Mr.. Conkling, leading Republican
candidate for the nomination, and Mr..
Seymour, leading Democratic candi-
date but for his own peremptory declin-
alton, are both residents of Utica, N.
Y, and are brOthers-in-law.
The four latest Democratic nominees,
Mcclellan, Seymour, Greeley and Til
den, have all hailed from New York.
In early times we had three success
i've Presidents Madison and
Monroe-from the same State, Virginia,
from which another President, Wash
ington. had previously been taken.
OF the first six Presidents, four were
from Virginia, and two-the Adamses,
father and sOn--frOm Massachusetts.
The old and great State of New York
has never had but one President-Mar-
tin Van Buren-and that one for but a
single term. We mean only one Presi-
dent elected to the office; for, although
Fillmore served as President, he was
only elected Vice-President.
Seven Observation-Disclosures, JET
ferson. Madison, Monroe, Harrison,
Tyler and Taylor-were natives Of Vir-
ginia.
Tennessee has given us three Presi-
dents, two OF them Andrew J's.-though
one of these, Andrew Jackson, was a
native of North Carolina.
People differ entirely in opinion rs to
which State the next President will hail
from; but we venture to predict it will
be either from Ohio or New York. IN.
\, Leti0er.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

A SUDDEN REpENTANcE.-A farmer
antered Detroit restaurant, hat on the
hack OF his head and n joyful look in his
eyes, and, Ainging his hat on the floor,
he exclaimed:
Whoop! Sold my wool, and now l
want Thanksgiving dinner!'
We was invited to sit down to table,
h. led bill of fare, and asked to name
his dishes.
Il want chicken, turkey, oysters, fish,
quail, snipe, pie, cake, soup, wine
bring on the best you've got in the
shantyv he said, as he pushed the bill
away.
The waiter started out, and the farmer
Aauled out his wallet and counted his
money. His face grew serious after Il
moment, as he began to realize that lux
usies cost money, and in another minute
he pounded on the table, and called
oat:
IS want to see that waiterr'
The waiter entered, and the farmer
continued:
"You hold on little. You may
scratch out that other order, and bring
me in some meat and Eaters and bread.
I've sold my wool, as said before; but
I just happened to think that the corn
crop may bust on me, and where'd quail
on toast be then?"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07
An Amateurs Experience.

Says the Springfield (Ill.) Register: A
singular accident, which nearly resulted
in the death of young man by the
name of AL. Kennedy. occurred in a sa-
loon in the eastern part of the city. For
the amusement of crowd at the saloon
in question, n man named Dow, pro-
lessor of the elegant art of sword swal-
lowing, was giving an exhibition. With
the most charming grace, and to the in
finite delight of those present. he passed
the sword, small steel instrument
shout eighteen inches in length, down
his throat and into his stomach. Ken
nedy was so charmed by the exhibition
that he solicited the loan of the sword
for the purpose of experimenting in the
same direction. 1t was handed to him,
and, with an air of intense satisfaction,
and with perfect confidence, he opened
wide his mouth, passed in the steel, and
attempted to place himself outside of it
At single "gulp." But the result
proved the ambitious youth m ignorant
bungler. The sword came in contact
with the hyoid bone lat the base of the
tongue) and displaced it. The sword
was instantly withdrawn, and Kennedy
attempted to walk out of the house, but
before reaching the door he fell to the
dnor, and very soon seemed to be almost
in dying condition. His eyes closed ,
his whole frame convulsed, the power
Of respiration well nigh ceased, and he
seemed to be totally unconscious. The
hyoid bone, as all well-informed jour
nalists know, is located at the base of the
tongue. and is movable, osseous arch,
convex before, and suspended in the
substance of the softer part of the neck.
With this explanation the general pub
lie will appreciate the young mans
condition fully. In view of the gravity
of the case, messenger was mt once
dispatched for physician, and soon re-
turned with DR.. Gaff'ney. The doctor,
upon learning the nature of the case,
inserted his finger in the mouth of the
young man and replaced the bone.
Relief came quickly-too quickly, in
deed, for the doctor. The fellows rigid
muscles relaxed, and he closed his
sceth on the finger of his savior with
telling effect, decorating the flesh on
each side of the hand just below the
anuckle. Kennedy improved steadily
from that moment, and Mt last accounts
was in fair way to wholly recover. 1t
is quite probable that he will not care
70 repeat the experiment of sword swal-
lowing in a hurry.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

CALvERTs CARBoLIc SHEEP WASH is not only
useful for doctoring sheep flor which it is most
excellentl but for many other things, as will be
seen by the following:
This Wash may be used for preventing and
arrestng decay in 'ret hides, even after sheep
have been dipped in it! 1t is also useful for
killing vegetation on gravel walks, and, diluted
in the proportions of about one Of Wash to $50
by application by the roots or through syringe.
As a disintectamt carbolic acid is proved to he
superior to chloride of lime or any other remedy
known.
Mr.. Jackson's card can be seen in another
column-he is sole agent for California and
Nevada
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

AMONG THE EXHIBITS at the Industrial Fair
this yearare the displays of Shattuck 4 Fletcher
who have been manufacturing Printing Ink and
Rollers in San Francisco for the past year and
a half. A circular just issued by them has tes-
timonials from nearly all the leading printing
houses on the coast which speak Of the superb
Inns long been needed here, and we can our
selves testify to the convenience it affords us
Their goods are the best We have ever used, and
we hope our fellows of the craft will encourage
them.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

DIR. WARREN's YERBA BUENA BIrTERs con-
tinue to attract much attention ut the Pavilion,
and many of those who previous to the opening
of the Mechanics Fair knew but little Of it, can
now attest to its great blood purifying qualities.
Messrs. II. Williams Il Co., prOprietOrs, are every
evening at their stand (Which, by the way, is one
of the best ut the Fair treating all who desire a
glass Of the medicated Bitters. Success to
them and their excellent medicine.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

Particular attention is called to the advertise
ment Of the Herring Overland freight and Bag
gage Transfer Co., in another column. The on
ergetic business faculties of the gentlemen COM
posing this firm is sufficient guarantee that all
orders will be faithfully attended to.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

The office of mans house is not only
to give shelter, food, and meat, but to
surround his children with fair sights
and sounds by which the sense OF
beauty may be developed. There are
houses in which not poem is read, nor
a song ever sung throughout the year,
and yet people wonder why children are
vulgar.
A KISS FOR BLOw.-A pretty little
Ohio schoolmarm tried to whip one of
her pupils, boy of fifteen, the other
day, hut when she commenced opera
tions he coolly threw his arms around
her neck and gave her a hearty kiss.
She went straight back to her desk, and
her face was just as red"
LITTLE GIRL-"O, please, sir, I've
brought your shirt 'ome, but mother
says she can't wash it no more, COS she
was obliged to paste it up agen the wall
and chuck soap suds at it, it's so ten
der"
FIVE hundred Indians still live in
Florida, but not a scalp has been taken
there i'll twenty years, us they have
neither pOst-tradcrs nor missionaries
among them.
The female students of Wellesley Col
lege have organized a fire company. 1t
will be reel" fun to see them run with
striped hose.-Norristorn Herald.
JONES, who was asked if he would
not "stand up for the ladies'" is re-
ported to have replied, Eyes, anywhere
but in the horse cars"
Guilt frames-Prison windows.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

This IN al excellent school for boys and young
men. II educates thoroughly and dsciplines care.
fore attending elsewhere. For information call It
he office. "a Post ST.. d address F.. r. HEALO. =.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

The ST. GEORGE, under the management Of
Capt. Mullett, is now thoroughly furnished, cv-
cry thing new, clean and pleasant, centrally sit
uated and accessible by the principal city pas
senger cars prices very reasonable. Call on
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07
Mmller.s Pebble Aa,eetnsiex.

Directions and price list mailed free. Orders by
mail receive prompt attention. Goods forwarded
per Wells, Fargo 4 Co.. G. U. ID. subject APPROVAL
{. MULLER. Optician, 1875 Montgomery street, near
Hiish. San FrunciHcO. California.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

CROSSING NIAGARA ON A TIGHT ROPE.
-Signorina Spelterini, therope walker,
crossed the rapids below the suspension
bridge, at niagara, on a rope stretched
from shore to shore. This is the third
since Blondin. She appeared on the
American side dressed in low neck,
short sleeves and silk tights, carrying
u balance pole weighing forty pounds.
Crowds thronged the bridge and the
Enclosures at the ends of the rope. AT
$50 Spelterini ventured on the rope,
advancing in slow walk to the center
over the boiling caldron. A tumble
would have been death. Still this fair
girl, not over twenty-five, had nerve
enough to sit down OH the rope, and
make the ladies on shore turn their
backs on her in painful suspense. Then
. sprinkle of rain came up, when she
resumed her dangerous journey. When
she came off the rope her brow was COW
cred with big drops OF Precipitation
ahe seemed dizzy. A large man re-
ceivetl her-her employer. "Ze rope
O. sleepry," she said. . l mos fall. re
oontrac says 1 60 back again. Sail I ?"
abe asked, in broken English. The
people all said "no, MOI" and so the
manager was satisfied.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

SO
d .

PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Nitrous Oxide Gas adj
mstered for painless extraction Of teeth Sets Of
Artificial Teeth warranted to last ten years. from
$50 upward Gold and Silver Filings nj reasonable
prices. Ten years constant practice. Office, 10 SUIT
ter street. san Francisco. Use the elevator.
DIR. r. MORFFEW
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

The standard of fashion. Fall styles just re-
ceived. Send postage stamps for catalogue. Also
hest quality sewing machine Needles for all ma
chimes, fifty cents per dozen. II. A. Deming, Ill
Post street. San Francisco.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

PROFESSOR of Mathematics (illustat-
ing to freshman that the sides of prism
ore its surface, not its contents -
"When tailor makes for me suit of
clothes, does he make the man p
Fressy with avility)-"Yes, sir!
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

A DrrY.-Every woman should study
the details of her own toilet. 1t is no
waste of time so to do. The most at
tractive and intelligent women OF all
ages have not distlained to do so, and
within the bounds of common sense,
and without taking too much time from
occupations, it is the duty of ever wo-
man to carefully study how she shall
dress best on the means that she can
conscientiously allow herself for that
purpose.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

An old man entered saloon and thus
addressed the barkeeper:
Mister, will you please be so kind
as to give me u lemon ?"
What do you want with it ?" asked
the barkeeper.
Wall, / Just thought would ask
you for one, seeing that you had a
pretty big stock on hand. Come, old
fellow, won't you give me just one 2"
and he gave the mixer of liquors a sly
nudge in the ribs.
Yes, guess can give you one"
was the answer.
The old man smiled, expressed his
thanks, and went out. In about half an
hour he returned.
Well, what has brought you here
this time 2" asked the barkeeper.
"Oh, mister, You are so kind, I
thought maybe you mightn't object to
giving a poor old man glass of ice
water; won't you?"
Certainly, sir, will give you n
drink of WATER" was the ready answer;
and the barkeeper poured ont a glass for
him.
If you would only just be so kind
rs to put Il little sugar in the water now.
l should"
Before he could finish the sentence,
the sugar was placed in the glass by the
obliging barkeeper, whose curiosity was
aroused to know what was going to be
done with the sweetened water. The
old man drew a chair out to one side,
sat himself down, and placed the glass
between his knees; then, drawing a
pocket-knife and the lemon, he re-
marked: Well, pardner, I'm just
going to have the best drink this hot
day YOU ever see."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

The chief difference between the new
skyle of shoe and the old style OF boy
neems to be that one has to be strapped
in front while the other had to he strap
nd behipd.-Boston I'ureller.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

UNPLEASANT SUsPICIONs.-An Iowa
newspaper tells story of n man in the
town where it is published, who stood
upon the cover of cistern to peep
through window into II room where
he suspected some counting was going
on, and who got ducking by the cover
Of the cistern giving way, which re.
suited in slight attack of the typhoid
foyer. In the same number OF his
poper the editor says, "We had quite
severe symptoms of typhoid fever last
week." and rival newspaper had the
neanness to print both paragraphs in
auch close proximity as to suggest most
unpleasant suspicious.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

PErRIr1ED HEROES. - The bodies Of
those who fell in the late European war
are now being exhumed by the subur-
ban municipalities of Paris for inter-
ment in several cemeteries, and fact
full of scientific interest has been dis
covered. At many places, more partic-
ularly ut Chatillon, the bodies, not
withstanding the fact that they have
rested five years in the earth, have re-
NAMED intact. At La Croix dc Berno,
on the opening of Il tomb containing
thirty.three Germans, they found them
enveloped in their heavy mantles, more
resembling sleepers than the dead.
AS regards the causes of preservation,
the scientific men say that these may be
attributed to the locality, the nature Of
the soil, the thick solid cloaks, and to
the fact that they fell in full health, and
had not in them the same elements Of
corruption rs those dying of disease.
The medals, crosses. watches and money
were found undisturbed, and served to
identify them. These have been sent
to the friends of the victims i'll Ger
many.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-08-03
DELINQUENT SALES.

OROws POINT GOLD AND ST.
yER MINING OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of
principal place OF business. San Francisco.
California.
Location Of works, Gold Hfl. Storey county.
Nevada.
Notice.-There are delinquent upon the FOL
msnt mo. 26l levied on the 18th day Of June.
1876, the several amounts Get opposite the
names OF the respective shareholders. rs FOL
lows: -.
Names. No. Ceftn. Snr. An u
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-08-03

And In accordance With law, aud an order
OF the board Of Direction. made On the isth
day OF June, 1876. 20 many sharei OF each
parcel OF such stock ~ may be necessary win
be cold o. public auction, At the ~companyts
once. Is Haywsrd's Building. No. tis Gall
The EIoHTH nay 0T AUGUST, ISIS, q
the hour OF , o'clock .. y. OF said day, TO pay
said delinquent assessment thereon, tosethsr
with costa ol advertising and expsuses OF sale.
JAMES NRwLANDb, secrstsry.
Onhce--7s Haywsrd's buiidine, No. 40 Cali.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-08-03
sroekHolpfRs' MTfnHo.

TnoJAN MIMIC COMPANY. NOTICE
s:.ssy s,ssn The. . meeting o. lissi.
nsh a. tssir ofnes. No. "a Aonteo1ssy sassst.
HeST g. San yn.eiseo, cshfOnis. o sxT.
Aneuss I, is7e. q - o'eioeh Soss, 10
h.olders Of najoriiy Of III espiisi sicsf aasss
yaiy ", ~, and psIssant % Section 90 OF
sns oIvii Code o. Csniosnis. fog the purpoas o.
naains . ehasg: ~ the DlIsesssy o. saia Con-.
ssn FRANCISCO, July "a, isys. iy2Va
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-08-03

Ard IN secordanes vtlh Law. asd a order Of
,es bcsrd Of Trustees, msds % ihs S2d a., o.
~ ss.s, 70 many shares Of eseh pssesf o.
ssRuelie suettos. q the ones q the cnmpssy.
ssInnmss oailakhsrs once, Gold Mil. NsySds.
on sAIUkpAx. NJ Ah day q Anrust. ts;S'
astns nouI o. J e'eoet ,. ~. 70 pay ssid a..
o. sdvp.tistnG snA sxpsops 81 ~.
" ORDER Of ths Board of Trustees.
-}seia U. ]. TUnMAN. Reeretsry,