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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-20
WIND MILLS.

That very practical paper, the Ohio
Farmer, thus puts the wind mill ques-
tion:
The rapid grow tn of our country, and
the constantly increased demand for
practical and durable farm machinery
has brought the wind mill into almost
general use. Their practical value is no
longer doubted no well regulated farm
can afford to be without them. BY using
and applying the free wind which our
Creator has given us (Which some day
not far distant will be utilized TO a
surprising extent), we can obtain
strong and cheap power which can be
adapted to almost any extent, and 70
every variety Of work. Dry pastures
can be watered, swampy lands drained,
gardens irrigated, water supplied for
house and baru, wood sawed, corn shell
led. feed cut meal, graham and buck
wheat -four made at home for your own
use and that of your neighbors, in short,
all the work that is done on large farm,
and which at some seasons OF the year
necessitates the employment Of two or
three extra hands. Farmers who are
improving their property and making
investments, will find wind mills not
only a pleasure, but a machine Of profit
There are so many new and cheap mills
in the market, that we feel it our duty
10 caution ouI farmers that they look at
the mill and not the prices, examine the
record and know that the mill is one
that has been thoroughly tried at least
three years by some one. Wind is an
unruly element, and unless windmill
is built upon true mechanical principles,
and from strong and durable material
they are liable at any time to be de-
stroyed. II costs just as much 70 erect
a poor mill as a good one, and it will not
paw TO run the chance OF losing your
labor, time, and mill for few dollars
more at the start.
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EsGLrsH CHURCH NKPor1su.


NJ D. Conway's London letter to Commercial
The occupancies of churches here are
universally called livings," without
anyone seeming to detect any irony IN
the word. l observe, moreover, that
nepotism, though it is furiously de
nounced when a political minister is
guilty of it, has become too familiar TO
be visited with odium as practiced by
prelates Thus the bishop of London,
who had already appointed two son-in-
laws to fine liyings has appointed third
(Rev. w. Abbott) to the large vicarage
of Paddington, and on the same day he
appointed his brother-in-law, Mr.. Bro
well, TO Cowfold, thereby improving his
salary by 9156. The public never
heard Of either of these preachers before.
The public, however, have noted similar
things for long time; the public smiles,
shrugs its shoulders, but still nobody
looks much beyond the amusement of
the thing. If Cardinal Manning only
had a large number of daughters and
clerical son-in-law, an fat "livings -
cures of souls-with which to dover
them, his representations of Catholic
England might find more credit. But
then, instead OF standing out as he now
does. with the valiant front of man de-
Tending an unpopular cause against the
strongholds of wealth and power, he
would have to vince under such ditties
as the following, which is finding some
circulation among the profane:
There was little bishop and he had little WIFE,,
And nice little income which lastead him for lie
lie had dear little daughters, and he'd nice son IN
Who ~ v ere sce little eurates without moral haw
His dear little daughters, they were all brought up
They all believed in heaven, and they all believed
They ali thought that it would be nice to be little
- las,Is sssssp ss.s,abs -aqdiqf 'a'-
% aiI the iitlle dausstsss, tils5 "a l.
To their Little hubby-curates, free from every
crime
And their dear little pa, he gave them nice little
And the incest little churches, with nice little pes
one at St. Johns, Upper Holloway, pursued his
Bat his p.a-in-law soon gave him nice s2OOO a
As vicar Of ST. JaR1es--it vas an Office so fine,
With nice little pulpit, with an altar and shrine.
To another little curate he soon gave nice See,
AId elected him the vicar OF - Ye Holy Irinitee "
While to Fulham parish he transferred another
goOdie
70 save a lot Of little souls and talk OF kingdom
come
Now, all We little curstes, who not Ger stocked
with brains,
And who want to set income large with very lit
tie pains,
Look out for little daughters with bishop for pa
And Il you mind your ps and qs-alls well and
there you are
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RAISING A CAR WINDOW 1t requires
six men, according 10 the san Francisco
News Letter, to put up car window
A young lady gets in, and having
b,mned around in her seat for about five
minutes. she turns and request the
gentleman just behind her to pei'rm
that service. This is near slgi'ed
individual. who peersaround the wincow
frame some time for the catch, and then
of course the window sticks-jerks his
finger nail half of, and sits down with
red face amid the giggling of the school
girls opposite. Next, the man in the
front seat puts his lavender celered knee
on n paper of cherries beside nm,
clutches and yanks at the knob, ana
finally falls over into the young ia'y
Ian. The cause Of all this misery now
remarks that "it doesn't matter, ana
then smiles sweetly at pale young man
with long hair. This martyrturns white
rises and buttons up bis coat Tor tne
death struggle On the eleventh pun
ha bursts a blood vessel somewhere ana
Goes into the toilet compartment 70 o'eeo.
A simpIe-minded mechanic now comes
forward with his tool-bag, from ~''cn
he takes a crowbar. Just when he is
about TO use this the conductor happens
by and slides the window airiiy up with
a gentle twist Of the wrist
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SKETCH OF GENERAL bragg.

General Braxton Bragg, whose sudden
death at Galveston occurred on the 9th
of Sept, and whose remains were buried
at Mobile on Friday afternoon, was a
native of North Carolina He graduated.
from West Point in 1887, and was ap-
pointed second lieutenant in the third
artillery. He served with distinction
under General Taylor in the Mexican
war, and in 1855 was offered a commisson
in new regiment, the first cavalry,
which he declined, and retired to private
1-fe in 1856. At the commencement OF
nTIlELil war he became a brigadier
HI VI = -sSsserat= army, beir9
or Sr9hsd at Pensacola to act against
js6rt Pickens He was not generally
successful while in this command.
In 1862, having been appointed a gen.
eral of division, with orders to act under
general Albert Sidney Johnston, COM
handing the army of the Mississippi, he
took an important part in the two days
battle of Shiloh. On the death of Gen.
Johnston general Bragg was appointed
to the command of the entire force, with
the full rank of general, in which posi-
ton he conducted a successful cam
paign against general Buell., whom, it i
considered, he outgeneraled. He sub
sequently operated in Tennessee, and
fought the battles of Stone River and
Murfreesboro. His chief exploit was at
Chickamauga, in September, 1868, when
he inflicted defeat on the army Of
general Rosecranz, though afterward he
was defeated by general Grant.
This led to his temporary removal
from command in January, 1864, and he
was appointed chief of staff to president
Davis. In November, 1864, he assumed
command of the department of North
Carolina, but having been defeated at
Fort Fisher, Washington and Kingston,
was superseded by Gen. Joe Johnston,
with whom he surrendered to general
Sherman in April, 1865. Since the war
general Bragg has not been conspicuous,
but has, we believe, resided at Mobile.
Although his later career in the army
was not successful, he was held in esteem
by southern people in general, and many
confederate veterans will have a kindly
word for him.
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episode evoked during the twenty
min utes' stop at Aliens Junction.
His Mule.
Raleigh IN. c. Sentinel.

| Raleigh IN. C. Sentinel.
! Speaking about mules" remarked q
six-footer from Hasnett county, as he
cracked his whip at the market yesterday
morning, "Pve got a mule at home which
knows as much as do, and l want to
hear somebody say that I'm half fool
No one said so, and he went on.
"I've stood around here and heard men
blow about kicking mules till I've got
disgusted. When you come down to
kicking, l want to bet on my mule. A
preacher came along and took dinner
with me the other day, and, as he seemed
little down-hearted, took him out to
see Thomas Jefferson, my champion mule
| was telling the good man how that mule
would flop his hind feet around, and he
said he'd like to see a little fun. He'd
r>A7sSd lis uI4OI4 Irae .IIi sJutH, Out
had never seen..a mule lay his soul into a
big time at kicking.
"Well," he continued, after borrowings
some tobacco, 81 took Thomas out of The
stable, backed him up agin a hill, SIN
him a cuff on the ear, and we stood back
to see the amusement. 1t was good !
place to kick his darndest, and what dye
'spose he did? In ten minutes by the
watch he was out of sight. In five more
we couldn't feel him with twelve-foot |
pole, and-and-"
The crowd began to yell and sneer,
and the old man looked around and |
added:
"Does anybody think I'm lying |
Would l lie for one mule 2"
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SLEEP.

There are two kinds of sleep-the COM
plete and the incomplete. Complete
sleep is a temporary metaphysical death,
though not an organic one. The heart
and lungs perform their offices with their
accustomed regularity. 1t is character
lied by torpor of the organs of the
brain, of the external senses, and of vol
untary motions. Incomplete sleep is the
activity of one or more of the cerebrian
organs, while the others are in repose ;
this occasions dreaming. Sleep is vari-
ously affected by health and disease.
Man in time of health sleeps in tranquil
ity. He arises in the morning refreshed,
and prepared to 90 forth 10 his daily
labor. New strength is given him
languor has gone, and all the faculties
both mental and corporeal, are recruited
But the sleep of disease is far different
| 1t is short and unrefreshing; disturbed
| by fearful sights and frightful dreams
Stupor and sleep are different, though
supposed by some to be synonymous
Il both there is insensibility but it j
easy to awaken person from sleep
while it is sometimes almost impossible
| to arouse one from stupor. 1t Is ire
quently the case in sickness that the per
son lies for several days in stupor, IA
tally insensible. Though sleep be nat
kural and necessary to the languid, meu
tai, and corporeal faculties, yetit is oftel
brought on by some external cause
Heat produces sleep. We witness IT Il
the summer season it is common TO re
the laborer devoting an hour in the hee
of the day to sleep. A heated church
likely to bring on sleep. Variety
whether in sight sound, prevent
sleep. while monotony of all kinds is az
to produce it.
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voIkII. NO 38.

OF hgkF and brighter shade in relief
giving tguard effects. On bIacl
GROUNDS 1ese silken woven thread ar,
seen inFsed, cream, green and Other
oright veh The all-silk matelasses and
damasss sfe woven in the same fashion.
flne ttrFiike goods of red on black
grouno In great demand Every va
rlety q eamels hair goods is shot with
threadskf some bright color. They also
come iIfplain basket and square Egyp-
tlan ngises in woof and warp, honey
comp, qapered, diagonals, and in raised
natesa ngures upon smooth ground.
honair Drllliantines and black cash
meres @esn enormous demand. In all
manneeof fabrics prices have been re-
duced- Braids, passementeries and
tringes promise 10 be the fashionable
trimm .lg. Fringes of chenille, and
chenll mixed with silk and tassels,
comg gwen inches wide. An
:. rasrlo-ly dTab and brown, seweo'
together. makes sleeves of camels hair
dolmans, heavily trimmed with the
soutascha sewed on in many rows. EN-
broidered canvas braios, resembling
Hamburg work is a novelty, the Valois
is worked with silver; the coat of mail
is braided gray and blue steel; Moorish
fringes have innumerable little fossy
tassels in the net work, and other Ityles
are masses of drop buttons. Rasenen-
teries come very wide in antique oe-
signs, medallions, heads of Corinthiah
columns, arches, and wheel work. In
sertions of moss are tufted with chenille;
TO this is attached a wide fringe of
chenille, with a heading of net work and
drops. Medium sized buttons will be ex-
tensively used, embroidered, dark mother
of pearl, silk and bone, with dark pearl
centers, and crocheted TO correspond
with trimming passementine loops. A
newly-invented' boot is called the
centennial" and is considered the nov
elty Of the season. 1t is a sandal boot
rather after the fashion of a Roman
sandal. The straps, beginning at the
toe, are continued on above the ankle,
four straps being connected in clusters
together, caught by steel buckle. These
handsome boots are especially adapted
for the exposure of the exquisitely en-
broidered white and colored silk stock
ings now selling for twenty-five dollars
d pair.
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FOUR-MILE RECORD
BEL TEN.


Wednesday, Sept. 27, will long be
memorable in the annals of the Amer
lean turf, as the day ON which the
renowned racehorse Ten Brock achieved
his great performance of beating Fellow
crafts four mile record of 7:194, which
was the fastest tine that distance had ever
been run in. The Louisville Jockey
club had offered a special purse of 81 900
for any horse beating that record, and
two horses, Mr.. F. B. Harper's Ten
Brock, four years old, by imp. Phaeton,
dam Fanny Holton, and Mr.. d. ].
Crouse's Add, tour year old, by Revolver,
dam skylight, each carrying one hun
dred and four pounds, started. How
Ten Brock successfully accomplished
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-20
RAGE roH NEW EYGL4ND FERNS

In the up town'streets of New York,
on pleasant days, what is called 'Hart-
ford fern' is peddled extensively. It is
a creeper common in the woods of New
England, and has only within two or
three years become an article OF sale !;
but now large quantities are brought to
this city. The woods in some sections of
Massachusetts, have been completely strip
ped. Often the value of the fern grow
ing on a single acre of woodland will
exceed that of an acre of corn, and wood
lots have been bought at high prices
solely to control the fern trade. The
season for gathering these ferns begins
about the middle of August and lasts
till late in autumn. Originally only
fresh ferns were sold, and those largely
for Christmas decorations, but the trade
in the pressed ferns is now by far the
largest part of the business. One dealer
keeps many girls at work pressing. A
dozen ferns are pressed in one "string,"
and then are sent all over the United
States, many going to California. They
are used mainly for we'll decorations.
The native fern is failure as a house
plant, but, after much experimenting
the Japanese fern, which was brought to
this country about twelve years since,
has proved success for potting.
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Legal CHANCES or THE YOTJNGgR
BROTHERS.
St. Paul tMInn.) Pioneer-p,es.

The general opinion of the lawyers
seems to be that the three Missouri
murderers cannot be hung under the laws
of Minnesota. In the first place. if they
plead guilty, the extent of their punish
ment is merely imprisonment for life.
which means that they will break out OF
the penitentiary as soon as thew feel ike
it, and that will be just when thew get
well enough acqusinted with the sur
roundings to accomplish their nurpose.
and when vigilance has been for a
moment relaxed. In the second place,
as soon as the excitement dies ont these
sanguinary Williams can stand their trial
on plea of not guilty, and with the
money which their confederates will
place at their disposal, they can carry
their case up to the courts. and nerbaps
eventually escape. in spite of verdicts of
Jurles or sentences of death. The rob
oers seem to have US foul In this legal
controversy.
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"A coachman (on being told by his
lordship that he will not want to drive
out to-day )-"Well, me lord, then per-
haps | bad better take our children out. y
His lordship-"Now, johnson, look here;
l don't mind your saying our carriage,
or ,orses, o. 5str 'ouse but / must draw
the iine--and draw it at oar childre,
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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
TtcO Of Them.

TicO Of Them.
4 brook and wee Elsie
Were playing together
One frolicsOme day
OF the sunshinY weather,
At tag" and "bo- peep"
Naughty creatures were they,
For the brook and wee Elsie
Had both run away.
One me, when they paused
In q lovely cool place,
Elsie saw in the water
Her round dimpled face;
And How funnyl" she said,
With wonderful look
" Now how could my face
Get into the brook ?"
a half-minute later.
A gypsyiDg bee
Left Elsie In tears,
A sorry object TO see
" Here SanOther queer problem
The little brook cries;
ID Now, how did / ever
Get into her eyesi''
-Cdyrte W. TA0F.psoa, an 81. Nicholas.
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KATE FIELD writes from Scotland to
the Graphic: How the Scotch hate
their Celtic neighbori There is no love
thrown away upon the English. The
conquered are not in the habit of vast
ing much affection on their conquerers,
and nothing enrages a Scotchman more
thanto be taken for an Englishman; but
he remembers that Scotland gave Eng
land king, and that the queen of Great
Britain passed most of her time in the
Highlands, booming ministers and dis
patch agents to thirty-six hours of hard
railroad travel in order to obtain an
audience with the head of the govern
ment. l did not dream the feeling of
nationality was so strong until faced it,
yet it pales into nothingness when COM
pared with the intense animosity to-
wards the Irish.
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THE Turkish Servian muddle is no
nearer solution than a week ago, when
the armistice ended. The population of
Turkey is becoming restive under what
Is considered the submission of their
government, and Servia is being rein
forced. not only by Russians, but by
Prussians and Bavarians. Austria has
not definitely refused the Russian pro-
posal, but has asked time for a reply.
Meanwhile Austria has communicated
the proposal to the other powers. En-
gland has suggested to Turkey to grant
another armistice for three weeks. and
Turkey is disposed to assent, notwith-
standing the threats of the Con
stantinople mob to massacre the christians.
The guaranteeing powers are also prepar-
ing collective remonstrance. calling
upon the porte to accept their proposals.
IT is hoped thismeasure will be effectual
although the porte rejected the PROPOSE
tions because of the excitement of the
population, it would not be dispIeased if
the powers applied further pressure, so
as to provide an excuse for ultimately
Welding.
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How TO LIFT YoURsELF.-The San
Francisco Chronicle says that John 5.
Maxwell, of that city, has filed a caveat
in what we call hydraulic motor for
vessels. His plan eontemplates the
erection of a tank or reservoir containing
twenty tons of water npon the stern of a
vessel. Twenty feet below the bottom OF
the tank is turbine wheel driven by
the water from the tank The momen-
tum of the ship when once started, it is
expected, will force water from the bow
through pipe emptying into the tank,
thus keeping the latter full.
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IT looks as if the old kingdom of Is
rael would be reconstructed at no distant
day. Information coming from Europe
plainly and unequivocally establishes
the fact that the last three or four years
have witnessed a return of the Jews to
Palestine from every quarter of the globe.
The number going from Russia is entirely
unprecedented. The Hebrew population
4 Jerusalem Is zzzmdouble What
Twas Ten ears ago, ana tile movement
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a BOARD of engineers is now engaged
examining the foundations of the Wash
1ngton monument, to see whether they
will stand under the proposed superin-
cumbent weight of 4S5 feet of masonry.
which will complete the much neglected
testimonial of the father of our country.
Congress has appropriated 5000, 900, to-
ward the monument, the sum to be paid
in annual installments of $50, 1000, but it
will require nearly $500, 900 additional to
finish the work. The original design en-
braced structure around the base of
elaborate finish. This has teen dispensed
with, and the monument will be one bold
shaft OF granite, with astairway inside for
the benefit of parties who wan. to see
Washington, or perhaps commit suicide
from the apex.
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SOME three months ago Mr.. Jas. Mer-
rill OF Newtonia lost a fine yearling
steer, and after diligent search in all di-
rectisns gave up all hope of recovering
it. But few days ago the animal came
to light in an old shaft north of Newto-
MIA. During its nearly three months i'm
prisonment it had subsisted entirely
upon soapstone, which it managed to
gnaw from the side of the shaft The
yearling is now doing well, and on a
more nutritioug diet.
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THE WEEK PAST.

BALTIMORE, with population of 30o.-
o0,eo0, has 1000 drinking saloons, or a
drinking place for every one hundred and
fifty of its inhabitants, and more in this
proportion than any other city in the
union.
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In California, single threshing ma
chine turns out an average of eight hun
dred sacks or 1900 bushels of wheat in
day, while instances are by no means
rare of 1000 bushels being threshed in
one dor
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A large centennial party who visited
the White House the other day, asked
to be shown the kitchen. Upon being
teld that it was private, a shrill-voieed
female exclaimed, 4 guess it belongs TO
the United States, don't it?'
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Rage is for little wrongs; despair Is
dumb.-Haaaah 1ioss.
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is going on rapidly.

A LONDON correspondent says that
Hogarth's picture of ''Gin Lane" is
scarcely an exaggeration of hundred
different localities TO be found in the
very heart of London. Drury Lane on
Saturday night rivals all Dante's visions
OF the horrible. Half naked women,
entirely naked children, men Of a type
never seen anywhere else, all scrambling
together after gin, amid deafening up
roar ef curses and obscenity, make
scene that neither Hogarth with his
brush nor Dante with his pen ever por-
trayed more forcibly.
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FROM 1868 to the present time con-
gress has appropriated 81 $40, 900 to the
improvement of East river by the remov-
al OF the rocks at He'll Gate, and of this
= - = i-~- l>a4r. sz1s@.-.sIsad-
It IS estimated that the total cost of the
improvements, when completed, will be
SJ,l89,l20. This is for the improvement
OF portion of the harbor of a single
city to admit the easy passage of the
foreign ships that carry three-fourths of
the commerce of that city. And yet
the press of New York make it point
invariably to oppose congressional ap-
propriations for the improvement of
western rivers by deriding them as
jobs" which ought to be defeated.
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SEVERAL ancient coins were found
recently near Jerusalem, among which
were silver shekels and half-shekels of
Judea. They are considered to be some
of the most interesting ofancient coins,
and belong to the time of the great high
priest Simon Maceabeus. On one side is
the budding rod, with legends in Hebrew,
also Hebrew date in the year /; on the
reverse the cup of mana. They are said
to be In fine state of preservation, in
spite of their great ape.