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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14
1T THE QUEBEC FIRE.

It would be hard to conceive of
sadder sight than the one which pre-
sented itself as night closed down upon
us after the fire, says a correspondent.
Hundreds of poor families had fled with
heir few pitiable savings to the Cove
Fields and the Cricket grounds and
there were huddled down upon bits of
carpet, beds, or the bare ground, and
falling asleep, hopeless, supperless, and
exhausted. It is wonderful to note what
people save at such time, and whether
it is sentiment which comes to the sur
face under strong excitment or merely
absence of mind, could not decide. /
saw cats living securely in the arms of
frantic women who rushed past, and
house plants, canaries bouquet of wax
and paper flowers, pictures, etc. One
little fellow whom we met looked as if
he were willing that the worst might
come, since he had beloved and
demure old rooster sa e in his arms.
An aged grandmother seemed satisfied
that an unkind fate had left her several
rolls of wall paper to began life anew
with, and a weary and discouraged-look-
ing man was struggling along with an
arm-lead of light but nnwieldly stove
pipe.
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i rEnAN EXECUTED BY THE TURKS.

We learn from the Galveston News
that Hon. ]. w. Throckmorton, of
Texas, now in Washington, writes that
a lady in that city has received long
letter from Mr.. J. A. George, written on
the eighteenth of April from Turkish
prison, in which he states that IN fight
between the Herzegovinians and the
Turks, he was captured and was to be
executed the next morning He also
states that friendly priest had prom
ised to mail his letter at certain town.
and the post mark shows it was mailed
at that Pace, but no word from the
priest This confirms the previous re-
port Of the death OF Slr. George, whose
mother lives at Dennison. Mr.. George
was engaged to be married to the young
lady alluded to in Gov. Throchmorton's
letter.
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GOLDSMITH Mid AGAINST TIME.
PhiIadelphia TiInes, June q.


On the second trial the Maid skipped
half dozen times, but Doble each time
brought her back to work before she had
fairly left her feet. The first quarter
was made in 33l, the second in 93, the
third in 35I, and the fourth in "a.
When the judges announced that the
mile had been made in two fourteen, the
excitement was intense. Men threw
their hats into the air, women waved
their handkerchiels with centennial
zeal. and all went hoarse with cheering
Budd Doble bowed his acknowledgements,
and the bright-faced mare plainly mani
tested her satisfaction. Said one en-
thusiastic turfman: 'That mares more
than human; just look at her squarely
in the face if you don't believe it. She's
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14
THE SPONGE Differs.

The sponge fishery is curious busi-
ness. The sponges grow in the rocky
bavs of the coast of Asia Minor and the
islands that support it, and are secured
by divers, who require long experience
before they can make much at their bust
ness. The diviDg-aPParatus is very
simple. The diver wears a pleasant
smile, and rarely anything else, when he
is at work at his trace, and he carries a
knife in his hand TO detach the sponge
from the rock. He seizes a stone weigh
ing fifty to sixty pounds, and attached
to cord which hangs from the side of
boat. Clinging to the cord, he allows
the weight of the stone to carry him
down and when he has reached the bot
tom, he releases his hold and the stone is
drawn up Here he looks around for
the sponges, and if he finds any, he de-
taches as many rs possible, and rises to
the surface with them. He can only re-
main below as long as he can hold his
breath. When a man first begins diving
he can not remain more than half min
ute under water; but, by degrees he ex-
tends the time so that he can hold his
breath two or three minutes. Instances
of divers remaining under water five or
six minutes are reported but they are
extremity rare
The sponges are spread upon the beach,
where they undergo a sort of purifying
process, and they have to be washed
several times to free them from all sub
stances except the peculiar fibre that
gives them their value.
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Pbmnix manufacturing comPany y, At Au-
gusta, Georgia, which, When competed,
will be the largest in the sosttn, and will
set Georgia forward 70 the s'gnsh place
in the number Of spindles, now occupied
by New Jersey. The coustltlI ton felici-
tates itself that these facts and figures
show concltisivefy that cotton nlanufac
turing at the. south is on y n @ld en-
during basis Baifimcre SIR
IMPRESSIONS or TaE rRozES
RTsGTONS.
In McGahan's Under Ae NoFthern
Lights we find the following eloquent
description of the imprcssioH produced
on the mind by the contemT sonef the
frozen regions:
The islands of North 81 vet and
the Prince Of syalt - <h
we .xese sailing, W.
isa1 H. Il
-------r-7C-.ys1
ing's Straits 10 Hudson D. lllse
great archipelago north oft, iglnothing
but stone and rock aud ice, >Sot only
without a tree or shrub or blade OF grsss,
but without even a handful of earth to
hide its savage nakcdness. The water is
ice, the land is rock the sea a frozen
corpse, the earth bare, grinning skele-
ton, that meets you everywhere, that
seizes you in its bony clasp and viii not
let you go; the skeleton of dead world.
Nature never smiles here. In
sunshine or shadow, in light or shade, she
Ia always gloomy and tacitun. When
the sun comes out bright and warm, as
it does sometimes, tinging the bare,
bleak rocks with melancholy yellow,
she is silent, sad and mOurnful when
the gray, leaden clouds are drawn over
the sky like dripping canopy, she is
silent, sombre, threatening; always
gloomy, stern, inexorable, implacable.
She shows here no rich carpet of grass
and flowers to delight and refresh our
eyes; no fields of waving grain; no
grand old forest, with its ocean of green
foliage; 20 rustic of leaves whispering
their mysterious secrets; No chant of
birds or hum of insects; no murmur Of
life and love and joy. Her voices are
hushed, her smile is gone, her face is
cold. We are used to smiling bounteeus
earth, clothed in verdure and flowers,
that opens her arms TO us, that warns
US on her breast, that gives us light and
life, and warmth and plenty. Here we
are like children looking on the cold,
pale face of a dead mother; we are
struck with terror There is something
fearful in the rigid features that were so
full of expression, in the closed eyes that
beamed no more in the still hands that
moved not-a strange, dreadful mys-
terry, which appaIs. This is the first inn
preston. 1t is succeeded by something
more fearful and terrible-a feeling |
have tried to seize and analyze without
success. 1t is as though you gradually
began to perceive a sinister meaning
a darker sfgnincatIon in this lonely, 81
lent world You begin to feel that 1t Is
endowed with the sullen kind of hfe-a
sombre intelligence that you vainly try
to comprehend You feel that some
thing terrible has happened here, or is
going to happen.
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TWO IrcJUREr.
old f,rm.bouse with i''eadows wide,
And sweet with clover on e.%ch slaei
A bripht-eyed boy who looks lroin out
The door with woodbine wreathe@ ABOUT
And wishes his one thought all day:
"Ohi il could but fly away
From this dull spot the world 10 see
How happy, happy, happy,
How happy wonld be
Amid the city's constant din,
A man who round the world has been
Is thinking, thinking all day long:
"Ohi II could only trace once more
The 6eld.path TO the farmhouse door,
The old green meadows could see,
How happy happy, happy,
How happy / would be )"
Prof. Beal, OF the Michigan agricul-
turaI college, tells us that flower beds
are often done more injury than good by
waterines that do not penetrate to the
roots. He advocates placing in the beds
small tile, just 50 as TO be beneath the
surface. and when watering the beds, IN
stead of sprinkling, make these tiles full
from which it will distribute TO the
and without st -,S ovsr sliH1uIGe5n nffeed &c o'n
thus refresh and invigorate.
How they express in. At the cen
tennial the Philadelphia ladies cry out,
" Isn't it cunning?" New York ladies'
" How superbly lovely % Boston ladies,
" All. how exquawsite =! LOUISVILLE
ladies, "Be-utiful, fo' shuah !" Chicago
ladies. "Oh, MY wished l owned
thatp' while the genuine Yankee girls
from the rural districts exclaim, Gee
whimminy, but amt that ere a stun
ner, meow"
Miss Jane Stuart, in an article on
the "Stuart Portraits Of Washington" "
in Scribner's Magazine for July, has this
interesting reminiscence g. once heard
nv father, in private conversation with
Washington Allston, give his candid
opinion of Gen. Washington's appear
ance. He said that his figure was by
no means good that his shoulders were
high and narrow, and his hands and ieet
remarkably large. lie had aldermanic
proportions, and this defeat was IN
creased by the form of the vest of that
dav. But. with ali these drawbs cks, his
appearance was singularly fine. have
heard my mother say that the first time
she saw him he entered the hall door as
she passed from the entry to the parlor,
and that she thought him the most
superb-looking person she had ever seen.
He was then dressed in black velvet, with
white lace rufiles, etc, exactly as Stuart s
! picture represented him"
The following recipe for " pathetic
marine poem" appears in new English
book: "Take one midnight storm, and
one fisherman's family, which, if the
poem is to be a real success, should be as
large and as hungry as possible, and must
contain at least one innocent infant.
Place this last in cradle, with the
mother singing over it, being careful that
the babe be dreaming Of angels, or else
smiling sweetly. Stir the father well
up until he disappears. Then get ready
Immediately quantity Of cruel, crawl
ing foam. in which serve-ip f1e father,
directly on mis- reappearance, which is
sure 10 take place in an hour or two, in
the dull, red morning. This done, a
charming saline eHervesccnce will take
place among the remainder of the family.
Pile up the agony TO suit the palate, and
the poem will be ready for Perusai."
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14

THE number of railroad accidents in
the United States for the year ending
May 3lst, was ore thousand and three.
by which two hundred and fifty-three
persons were killed and nine hundred
and ninety-seven injured. The largest
number of accidents in any one month
occurred in September, when there were
one hundred and sixteen, causing the
death of fifty persons and the injury of
one hundred and eighty-two others.
Nearly three-fourths of the accidents
were Ut attended by loss of life or injury
to persons, and considering the amount
of railroad travel in the country, the
number of passengers injured is re-
markably small, More persons are killed
or injured every year by accidents with
horses than by-mishaps on the rail. Still
the fact that as many as one thousand
and three railroad accidents occur in a
year, and that one thousand two hun
dred and fifty persons are killed or in
jured, shows that the perfection of safety
in railroad travelling has not yet been
reached.
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rs GOD WILL.

know not If or dark or bright
Shall be my lot,
II that wherein my hopes delight
Be best or not.
1t may be mine to drag for yeaIs
Tolls heavy chain;
Or, day and night, my meat be tears
On bed of pain.
Dear faces may surround my hearth
With smiles and glee;
Or may dwell alone, and mirth
Be strange to me.
Ny bark is waited from the strand
By breath divine,
And on the helm there rests hand
Other than mine.
One who has known in storms TO sail
| have on board
Above the raging Of the calo
/ hear my Lord.
He holds me when the billoWs smite
/ shall not fall.
II sharp, tits short if long, tits light
He tempefs all.
safe to the land safe to the land
The end is this;
And then with him 20 hand in hand
Far into bliss.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14

PRENTICE HULFoRD writes from the
centennial to the San Francisco Bulletin
. Peru sends number of mummies,
CHASTITY relics of her ancient races-mum-
mics who deem themselves embalmed
and comfortably tucked away in their
caves for eternity, now dragged forth,
and in glass cases exposed to the view of
thousands-mummies black with parch-
ment skin drawn like drum-head over
what was once face-mummies with
the relic of glazed eyes in horrid preser-
vation-mummy babies wrapped in cot
cot-mummy grinning skulls wearing
curious head dresses of knotted rope
other mummy skulls with the long,
black Indian hair still attached. 1t is as
cheerful as the interior of family vault
on exhibition"
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Cherries are green enough now to
pick, and the small boy will soon be
going around with his hands clasped
across his equator, looking as if he didn't
care how soon the republic went 10
Brooklyn Argus.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14

MALES abound in negative electricity,
females in positive electricity. Hence
they ARE naturally attracted to each
other. But that is not all They are
thus attracted to begin with, but after
they are united then comes repulsion
again. That is the foundation of matri
monial unhappiness and some way to
re-electrify people, restore the electric
equilibrium, would bring re-establish-.
ment ofdomestic happiness.-Gen. Pleas
0nton.
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- That's what call a finished ser
mon" remarked man as he was coming
out Of church. Yes, finished at last, !"
replied his 9eighbor, though / began
to think it would never be.''
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14

REFERRING to the California civil
rights decision, recently noticed in these
columns, the Toronto Globe calls atten-
tion to the fact that the two principal
opera houses of London do not admit
persons, except to an undesirable part of
the house, unless they are dressed in
what is called evening costume. No ac-
tiOn lies against the managers for the
reason that they are held to be engaged
in 4 private business, which they can
regulate to suit themselves. Of course
if they deny admission to person hold
ing ticket they are liable in damage;
but no proceeding can be brought to
iorce them to admit person whom they
do not wish to admit.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14

THE Indians on the Yellowstone, or
more probably the Indians who are not
on the Yellowstone, are giving the ex-
pedition sent against them good deal
of trouble, simply refusing to be found
anywhere. A enemy who has no need
of base of supplies is never more
troublesome than when he is wanted and
cannot be found.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14

OVER 10000 women are emp,oyeu
in various kinds of labor in New York
city, and in general at very limited
wages. Few can make more than so
10 $l2 week, and numbers are com
PEELED to get along on as little as 81
while Others can make no more then %
cents a dav.
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SPEAK UP."-" Speak up, Is De-
coming as familiar a cry in the pii'ish
house of commons as "dividel" J" puiiis
the midnight and early morning scenes'
"speak up" has become quite : JoAs.
Whenever some member i, bawilns o.'
at the very top of stentorian soi.S' =
the hope of roaring down opposiuO"' ne
is assaiIed at every momentary P"uss
with the cry of "Speak up ioiiO,' 80 as
by shrieks Of laughter. During v"e =, -
these recent scenes the old-fashlons' -
crow, disused since Tittlebat ll'uo"se
ceased to be a member of par'A'"0 .
again announced its shrill presence
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14

THE law is not always infallible
Charles aud Mary Fisher were sentenced
TO Sing Sing last November, the former
for seven and the latter for four years,
for an offense which the prosecution has
now become satisfied they did not COM
NIT. The opponents of circumstantial
evidence, however, can expect no COM
fort from the case for the defendants
were convicted upon direct and positive
testimony. They have been pardoned
by the governor; but there is no state
ment anywhere that they will be COM
pensated by the great state OF New
York for the injury and injustice done
them.
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got an nsSfuial sight more sense than
the avpn man." George Sturgis, J..
II. Gag and D. w. blanchard, we'll
known nlnasdelphians. actedssas judges,
and tn eAronometers precisely pointed
out 81 the time ofthe heat Many
on the ptsiae, who timed the Maid in
sist that henile was eretted in 2:l3a,
but thsreard must remain as pro-
claimedroiathe judges stand. Horse
men prSouAe this effort of the Maid 5
far ahe@ OF Ter feat at Mystic Park last
fall, WIN si4 cut down her record to
PA. ne iSlmont track is twelve feet
over a pile, thich is equivalent to over
a quartz OF ssecohd, and the day was
againstast i9ne. The weather was 600
cool and thHstmosphere to hazy. Thor
oughbrl hrses only trot their best
under acle bright sky, with the ther-
mometde I'D in the nineties.
sT.z1sis sfsDxs
- s,..llt o-cfUcr, md the TWO -uovs'
Safe t n bed. By the two boys, I mean
Frank and Charlie, of course. About
fifteen minutes after the light was put
out Frank raised himself in bed, and
said
Charlie, are YOU asleep ?"
No, sir-ee;" replied Charlie; cts
so hot | can't get wink" So both the
boys sat up IN bed and began to make
pictures on the wall of cats, dogs, monk
eys, and everything else, for the moon
light was 50 bright they could get
splendid shadow
just outside their window was shed
with a roof nearly fiat on this they had
often climbed after balls which had fallen
into the gutter when they tried to
"throw over the house"
What doyou say to getting out and
having nap on the roof?" suddenly
exclaimed Frank "let's try it, any
way" 80 they pulled the mattress from
the bed, and, after some pretty hard
tugging, got it through the window to
the roof, and, taking the sheets, they
wrapped themselves up and tried to go
to sleep. But they were wide awake as
hawks, and decided to have game of
tag.
Now it happened that Susan, the cook,
was out by the side gate talking to the
boy, who had just brought
the evenings milk, and, turning to go
into the house she happened to catch
sight of the boys, and the next minute
she had opened the parlor door, and
with cheeks as white as this paper had
exclaimed Ghostsl'' and had then shut
herself into the pantry.
So papa went out, but, as the boys
hid Themselves behind the chimneys, he
couldn't see anything at all. But mann
ma, who knew always where mischief
went up stairs to the boys
room, where the empty bed and a glance
out OF the window told the whole story.
Papa shut the window until the boys
promised never again TO turn the roof
into a bedroom. and then he went down
TO tell crsssssEand founu tnat she had
been sitting inthe open four-bucket un-
til she looked like a bigger ghost than
any of them-Ne,c York Tribune
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14
THE WEEK PAST.

PROBABLY the most miserable creature
on earth is the family dog which is sus-
pected of having a leaning towards hy
drophobia, but which suspicious are no
strong enough TO warrant his being shot.
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Mrs. LTNooLN's EsTATE.zIt.Sts an
nounced, several days Saw< 80 '''sqi'
Lincoln, widow of Abraham Encoln
had been released from guardian'hlP,
Jury having declared that she hae been
restored to reason and was caPiDle OF
managing her estate. Therefore her son,
Mr.. Robert Lincoln, her conSrVator,
rendered his account, showing the estate
amounts to SS1, 1850 50, and additions are
being annually made in the shape OF
government bonds, which are purchased
with the surplus of her income, ms
year over $4,000 worth of bonds were
added, and but for the greatouthy Incl
dent to the unfortunate position III
which she has been placed, lage m
vestment could have been msae' y
copy of the report of the consel ' a.or
was sent to Mrs. Lincoln, and inc iol-
lowing reply received: q ha1e re-
ceived the amount forwarded by hoocr'
Lincoln for the last year, and suOs0'i iOe
nv name to it as icing correct
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GRAYE IND GAK.

No man ever yet forgot by trying to
forget but he is on the highway to for
getfulness when he tries to remember.
News from the Spirit World.-Me-
dium-The spirit OF the late Mr.. Jones
is present. Jones widow with emotion)
II hope you are happy, Jones Jones
Craps out)-Far happier than ever was
on earth Jones widow-Oh, Jones
then YOU must be in Heayenl Jones
On the contrsrY.
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The EYELAsHEs AND EYEBROWS =
In Circassia and Georgia, Persia and
India, one of the mothers earliest cares
IS to promote the growth of her chill
dren's eyelasbes by tipping and remov-
ing the fine gossamer-like points with a
pair of scissors when they are asleep.
By repeating this every month or six
weeks they become in time long, close,
finely curved, and of a sickly gloss.
The practice never fails to produce the
desired effect, and it is p particularly use
full when, owing to inflammation of the
eyes, the lashes have been thinned and
stunted
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-14

1T weakens ones confidence in the
s,astesl zzperioritY of the paa-;s.-,
school system to find that Copenhagen
affords gratuilious technical teaching to
even the very young children of both
sexes, and that three nights every week
Instructions may be had in turning,
carving, polishing and other matters of
handicraft. Denmark has set the world
many good examples in educational mat
tiers, and thisis net the least of them.
New-York tribune., 1876-06-26
TIE COURTS.
CIVIL NOTES.


John p Cross. q former ehploye of Roger d or
Broncs arrested by them charge OF sicaiina tSo
valuable san- acquitted and tnen brought SUIT for
500 agausl rmpoyors lor malicious prosccn
The Is now Ou tnh Daoro Judse van bIuh" III
Common llUas. Triai ierm.
In the suit brou ght bv Bingham II. Nichols, eN-
ecntor agus samuel Treiwe! make the deandaut la
Lo or the ais heid by The PLAN.
nh As executor Judge selgwtcz. Superior Conrt special
Term ulri O the IN tyor OF the defendant
~Tnr parties considerably emuittcred
Of oiutr hugaii N ~ whc .hey nave 9een orp2e m
thu company which built tho tonr bra oh OF tue
UIion racino ioAd. no" awaiting Judge Lit'mo'eS do
o.sion.
In the Brnkev divorce ease IN which the common
Is the contract aud not the ceremony that nak rs
the MARI ageWas press To its full exteu,and jury ioumi
that private bctwec the two persons alone made
them sHd wife, though M Their relations aiier~ard
there was something rquiyocai Mrs. Brukey being
at-d q MISTRESS though oener ~ VIE Ju Sc
DonOhue granted two orrr- ono Of these is On an ai
tina, iiri kIey Is ig;rtk TO & ths ey oai s as ne
M or order I r5inrS, go I h m 70 v fyS 'T1a m m aS % ~ %
estate nn his fathers death Tor thc past amony
amounting Ia over SiOOOO
Edwin Is. Strange, in August, 1855, recovered a
jud gmrnt against A. Freeman Tor 1928 AMI In December
1867 executed Assignment OF it TO = A. Ogden enant
ing collect scharse the JudmeuL og.
dcn February 1888 assigned tho Judgment 10 r. H. Wes
ton In March 1863 strange acknowledge satisfaction Of
the guen receipt Of $40 and It thereon satisfied Of
record January 1875 Weston assigned the Judgment 10
H. Boyd. Boyd sued Strange IN The flrs District
Court claiming by rtsOh Of tho lstrs Vi ion
hi, covenant with Ogden Judge Gu mn gave Judgment for
deieudant holding thai ihs six years sta ute OF Limitation
applied" Ou appeal 10 tho Court II Common Pl-as, Cnirf
Justice Daly upheld the eorsnanl a, anaa3ns to covenants
Judge Robinson giving be opinion alnred The Jndg
coyc "rhnung with Tho lard lies 10 sue ~ are
contained N trsrIs OF personal prple ava lhn no mt Z
mcni to lhe is,sr and by
III