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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-22
raNDERRILrs CHIEDREN.

Commodore Vanderbilt has ten living
children, two sons and eight daughters;
some thirty odd grand children, and half
a dozen great grandchildren-one, son
of William H., being man grown. The
probable shape of the will is being dis
cussed. 1t is understood that William
Fl. Vanderbilt the older son, will be well
provided for, and endowed with a large
part of the railroad interests which his
father has managed with such consum-
mate skill. This city is full of gossip con-
cerning the probable provision that will
be made for the other son, Cornelius J.
Vanderbilt. Those who believe the
commodore to be a man of stern justice
think the second son will be endowed
with some important railroad interest,
while others accept the current rumor
that he will be classified with the daugh-
sers. and, like them, receive only a small
portion of the estate. Cornelius is man
of perhaps forty. For thirty years of
his life, beginning in infancy, he was the
victim of an affection from which few
ever recover, and which entirely incapac-
itated him for any exertion whatever.
Some eight years ago he began to throw
it off, and his constitution has now ac-
ouired nearly its normal tone. He is
tall, about six feet, and slight stoop of
the shoulders betrays the mark of the
disease which he has conquered. He has
thin, high head, clear blue eyes, facile
speech, an earnest manner, aud quick,
expressive gestures He dresses with
neat plainness, and looks more like
Methodist minister without parish than
a son of the great commercial millionaire.
He has a very good education (and how
he attained it with his disabilities is a
wonder), and much more literary taste
and ability than any other Vanderbilt.
He is social. amiable ,affable and popular,
and much liked by wi ie circle OF ac-
ouaintances, who, like the buzziog city
outside. wonder whether the stern old
man will brand him as social parlah,
or give him a liberal setting up IN
l
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sLrMnERrNG phAx1s.


1t is we'll known that plants sleep at
night; but their hours of sleeping are
matter of habit, and may be disturbed
artificially, just as a cock may be walked
up to crow at uDtimely hours by the
light Of lantern. A French chemist
subjected sensitive plant to an exceed
inrly trying course of discipline, by COM
pletely changing its housekeeping it
TO bright light at night. so as to pre-
vent sleep, and putting il in dark room
during the day. The plant appeared to
be much puzzled and disturbed at FIRST
It opened and closed its leaves irregu-
larly, sometimes nodding, in spite Of the
artificial sun that shed its beams at mid
night, and sometimes waking up, from
the force Of habit, 10 find the chamber
dark in spite Of the time Of day. Such
are the trammels Of use and wont. But
after an obvious struggle, the plant sub.
mitted TO the change, and turned day
into night, without any apparent III
effect
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-22
ExPERIMENrs WTTH LUNA TIES.

DIR. PoDza. director of the insane asy-
lum at Alessaadria, Piedmont, has made
some interesting experiments to ascer
tain the effects of solar light on lunatics
Several rooms were specially prepared
for this purpose, the walls being painted
of the same color as the glass panes of the
windows, these latter being quite nu-
merous, in order to favor the action of
the light. One of the patients thus
treated, affected with morbid taciturn-
ity, became gay and affable after three
hours stay in a red chamber; another, a
maniac, who had refused all food, asked
for some breakfast after having STAYED
twenty-four hours in the same red
chamber. In a blue one, a highly
excited mailman, with straight waist
coat on, was kept all day an hour after
he appeared much calmer. A patient
was made to PASS the night in violet
chamber; on the following day he begged
DIR. Ponza to send him home, because be
felt himself cured, and he has been well
ever since. DIR. Penza's conclusions
from his experiments are that the violet
rays, of all others, possess the most in
tense elector-chemical power; the red
light is also very rich in calorifc rays
blue light, on the contrary, is quite
devoid of them, as well of chemical and
electric ones. Its benefcent influence
is hard to explain, but as it is the abso-
lutte negation of all excitement, it sue
ceeds admirably in calming the excite.
ment of furious maniacs.
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4 WARXTSG TO WoRxING-mEN.
New York Tribune.


The decline of trades unions in this
country-the falling off of membership
in this city alone during four years has
been ,000-promotes the inquiry:
VIII the quality of American vorkmen-
ship be improved thereby? The decline
of British trade has been attributed by
some English writers to the growth of
the trades unions. Working men, they
have argued, have lost heart for their
work their societies take up too much
of their time; they feel above their work
and, as a consequence, British goods are
of fan inferior quality, and the world
doesn't want them. This roundabout
course of reasoning is not wholly salts
factory. When trades union breed
discomfort, the quality of the work is
impaired bur they are not always unsuc-
cessful; sometimes they have inspired
working men with new courage in their
work. In London, in New York, and
the world over, working-men will do
their best when they are contented an
moderately prosperous. When times
are hard and there is lsttle TO keep the
rot boiling, it costs a bitter struggle to
put conscience into work
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MS WIrE,s OPINION.

{ A man was saving wood yesterday af-
ternoon in back yard. He severed two
sticks as thick as ysur wrist, and then
went into the house. "Mary," said he
to bis wife, "my country needs me !;
there's no use talking, we just got to
slaughter all these Injuns; no true patriot
can be expected to hang around wood
pile these days" John" said his wife.
il you fight Injuns as well as you saw
wood and support your family, it would
take one hundred and eighteen like you
to capture one squaw, and then you'd
have to catch her when she had the
ague, and throw pepper in her eyes,
John went back to the woodpile.
wondering who told his wife all about
him.
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On Christmas eve, San hung up his
stocking by the dining-rOm chimney,
looked mp to the fue to sc " if dar was
anything in dar to stop Sata Claus from
comm down." and then uotted away to
the kitchen garret to bed Whether he
dreamed OF Santa Claus and, if so, his
imagination pictured tn little Dutch
saint, it is impossible to say; but one
thing is certain, he goi up unusually
early the next morning The day had
scarcely begun to brea, when Sans
father, Uncle Henry, and old Aunt Phll-
lis, his mother, were aroused by shout
of Christmas gi', paPy! Christmas
nanny Chris'mus gif done cotch
you bote," Then Sam hurried on his
clothes, and hastened Ger to the house
to examine his stocking
There it was, just as he had left 1t,
except that it was full instead of empty.
Full of what?
Lord zee what a big awinge !
What's dis? 'nudder iwinge, l spec
no, dis yer's an apple. Whool jes' look
at the candy What else in dar 7"
Sam thought that wasail but he took
the stocking by the toe and shook it and
out dropped silver coin.
Money! Wonder how much dis IS?
Bout 'iebenteen dollars, may be-Is
gwine to AK nanny"
So Sam ran to show his father and
mother what Santa Claus had brought
him.
Fo' bits in silber !" said Aunt Phil
lis. Bress my soul 1 amt seed no
silber befo' since war times F.! Gimme
dat money, Sam, an let me put it away
in the big chist."
Now this didn't suit Sam at all. He
had seen a great many things go into
q de big chist" that never came out
again, and he was only by no means dis
posed to let his shining 'four-bit-piece "
meet with such destiny. No, NAM
N.Y." said he; please JUS let me keep
it. amt gwine to lose it. Sides dat
chist sists right up by de chimly::; an
ep Sanity might come down an open it,
an take his money out ag'in"
"Let de chile hab de money, Phillis, -
said Uncle Henry eff he loses it, 'taint
much, an it'll learn him to be keerful
Let him keep it.
So Sam kept his money. Baror
Rothschild never felt as rich as he did
He would sit about in corners, talking
to himself and looking at his "four-bits.'
If he went across the yard he would sto,
every few steps to feel in his pocket, t,
see if it was still there. Indeed. neve
before did fifty cents seem so importan
to any one since the time when
ssDavid and Goliath vent out fur to fight.
Fur muffin but silver half-a-doIlar-
David up id brick and hit Goliath such a Iics
Dat de people over Jorden heerd him hoIer.D
Sam enjoyed his saving" his apple
his "puckawns, and his candy F.; but tn
charms of all these-and they had man
--paled before the brightness of the si
yer. He was never tired of examinin
t. He wondered whether the bird o.
one side was hawk, or a buzzard, or
turkey. He tried to count the notche
on the rim, but, as he didn't know whs
came after five, he was obliged to Civ
up the attempt in despair.
When dinner-time came, Aunt Phi
lis made Sam little cake, and ST
! pressed the coin down on the dough
as to leave very deep impression. TT
cake was baked, and although the MAJ
, of the half-dolar became much distorte
in the cooking, still, if you looked vel
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-22
YELLOW FEVER 1T sIvrSv4H

The reports furnished by Georgia pa
pers in regard to the yellow fever at
Savannah are very conflicting. untll
the issue of last Friday the News OF
Savannah ignored the whole question.
In its issue of that date it explains Its
silence as resulting from its inability De-
fore to get at any reliable information
on the subject. The facts, the News
saws. are greatly exaggerated, the mum
Der of deaths for Thursday being seven
instead of twelve, as reported. Ihe
whole city is demoralized and panic
stricken. 1t is estimated that two thou
sand persons have lett it. Charleston,
Jacksonville, Darien and other cities
have:refused to admit Savannah refugees.
The number of cases reported on rrloay
was thirty, and it is believed the dis-
ease is on the decrease. The fever nrst
broke out in low lodging houses for SAIL
ors in the locality known as the port,
to which it has been chiefly confined,
though cases are reported in other parts
of the city, principally IN the suourbs
Business Is prostrated and the people are
continuing to leave.
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OUR T0UEG FOLKS.
Litae Goldenha;.

LifFe Gotdenhair.
Golden hair clinbed upon grandpa,s knee
Dear little Goldenhair tired was She
An the day busy as busy could be,
Irp in the morning. as soon as twas l;,bt
out with the birds ard huiterflies briebt
Skipping about till the coming of night.
GRANDPA toyed with the curls on bor head
sA2hat has my darling been doine y he sail
''since she arose with she sun from her he'd p,
'FPitty much" answered the sweet littIe ono
al cannot tell so much things have done
Played with my dolly, and freded INV Bun.
And then jumped witifmy little iuup-rope
A nd made out of sorle watcr and soan
Bootiful worlds, mama s castles Of hope
afterward readed in my picture hook
And Bella aud we went down 10 Iook
For smooth little stones by side of the brook
And then I coined home and eated my 70,
And climbed up on grandpaIsas knee
And l Jess as tired As Jared can be.
Lower and lower the little heaa pres sol
Until it dropped upon graadpapa's breast
Dear little Goldenhair, sweet be thv rest
We are but children. TheJAines that waao
Are As sports of the babe tdstst. infinite ,-i.,v
That marks ali our wetkne. aud nities II too
fod grant that wher lfsissn -se,as,c,rs o,,r-,,,,
nj we shall he caIs1 sssseeoutl SJr s,,ir St,,,r
lie may md US ~ 5s'si's 20 lair "A Y.sss.
a ffst oiI, ~ nan as.e<ly, may we be 80 hest,
: S TO sink Ike the fnnscent child ~ cur restl
And feel ourselves clasped to tha Infinite breast.
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THE POOR INF1NTS.

The following report of the sanitary
committee on the prevailing disease of
infants contained such seasonabie ad-
vice that the board of health of New
York ordered 10000 copies published
and distributed:
'Never neglect Iooseness of the bowels
in an infant. Consult the family or
dispensary physician at once, and he will
give you rules about what it should take
and how it should be nursed. Keep
your rooms as cool as possible, have them
well ventilated, and do not allow any
bad smells to come from sinks, garbage
boxes, cutters, etc, about the house
where you live. See to your own part
being right, and complain to the board
of health, if the neighbors' houses are
offensive. When an infant is cross and
irritable in the hot weather, a trip on
the water will do it great deal of good,
and may prevent cholera infantum. Do
not allow your children to eat unripe or
dried fruit. An infant under year old
should not have any fruit except by a
physicians orders. In very hot weather
dress your children in thin clothing, and
bathe them with cold water one, two, or
more times day.
"Children under ten months to year
do not need anything but the breast or
good milk. Cows milk, when pure, Is
made like mothers milk by adding one
third water TO two thirds milk and
wrrming to blood heat, and little over
one and quarter ounces of white sugar
to pint of the mixture but in the city
a good deal of the milk has plenty OF
water and too little cream. If you dc
not nurse the child, see that the nursing
bottle tube and mouthpiece are kept IN
clean water when not used. The addi-
tion of little soda will keep them from
turning sour. If the baby does not
thrive well on cows milk, consult
physician"
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THE MIN no LITE 1oNG.
From the Bo.ton Tran-cript.

| rom lrau'cripl.
He has proper and well proportioned
stature, without, however, being too tall.
He is rather Of a middle size and some
what thick-set. Ills complexion is not
-, ~ yOuln ~ aIiot-a sign of Ionpevitv
IRIS mar approaches 10 the fair r,,Lor
than to the black His skin Il - '","oi ,''
not rough. His head is not too bir. JaS ~;
DecL are round rather than a. -
not project ms ilass...- - -ii7 y
too deeply cleft; his foot is rather
thick than long, and his legs are firm and
round He has broad, arched chest, a
strong voice, and the faculty Of retaining
his breath for long time without diff
Guilty. There isharmony in all his parts.
His senses are good, but not too delicate;
his pulse is slow and regular; his stom-
ach is excellent; his appetite good and
digestion easy. The joys of the table are
to him Of importance; they tune his
mind to serenity, and his soul partakes
in the pleasure which they communicate.
He does not eat merely for the sake of
eating, but each meal is an hour of daily
festivity. He eats slowly and has nottoo
much thirst, the latter being always a
sign of rapid selfconsumption. He is
serene, loqUacious, active, susceptible of
10Y, love and hope, but insensible to the
impressions of hatred, anger and avarice.
His passion never becomes violent or de-
structive. fhe ever gives way to anger
he experiences rather useful glow OF
warmth, an artificial and gentle fever,
without an overflow of the bile. He is
also fond oe employment, particularly
calm meditation and agreeable specula-
tons He is an optimist, friend TO ma
ture and domestic felicity. lie has no
thirst after honor or riches and banishes
all thought of tomorrow.
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The Tro Sisters.

There were two little sisters at the
house whom nobody could see without
loving, for they were always so happy
together. They had the same books
an the same playthiBgs, but never a
q arrel sprung up among them; no
cross words, no pouts, no slaps, no run
ming away in a pet On the green be
fore the door, trundling hoop, playing
the rover, helping mothT, they were al
ways the sweet-temperedhttle girls.
90 You never seem to iuarrel," l said
to them one day " how : it you are al
ways so happy together?'
They looked up and the eldest an
swered, Il 'spose It's 'calse Addie lets
me and let Addie."
I thought moment -Ah, that is
it, I said; she lets ya, and you let
her; that's it."
Did you ever think What an apple of
discord mot letting is among chill
dren? Even now, while l have been
writing, great crying vas heard under
the window. / looked out. Gerty,
what is the natter" Mary won't let
me have her ball" Fellows Gerty.
81 Well, Gerty wouldn't lend me her
pencil in school," cried Mary, " and /
don't want she should hive my ball"
&" Fie, fe is that tb way sisters
should treat each other p She shan't
have my pencil, mutterd Gerty; she'll
only lose it 81 And yuIl only lose
my ball, " retorted Mary, and I shant
let you have it."
The not letting" priniple is down
right disobligingness, anda disobliging
spirit begets good deal oquarreling.
These little girls, Addielnd her sister, |
have got the true secret5f good man
ners. Addie lets Rose, nd Rose lets
Addie. They are yieldn., kind, un-
selfish, always ready 20 ,blige each
other neither wishes to have her own
way at the expenses Of fhe other. And
YOU want to 1oyc Il - ss:.are...s.y " The
Unirers1lia
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CRAVE AND GAK.

Six months is the regulation period
prescribed before a widow can sit at the
'front.' parIor window and peep through
the Stats at the gentlemen going to and
returning from their busins ~, but she
generally does it the day after the
funeral
The right hand and wrist of the
colossal statute of " liberty" destined for
New York harbor, has been received at
New York. That is as much of liberty
as they want in that city, the part that
dips into the treasury and curls up on
whatever it touches.
-" Did she not return your love'.l'
inquired a sympathizing friend of a
young man who intimated that he had
had some difficulty with his sweetheart.
Yes, she returned it, and that is exact
ly what the trouble is. She said she
didn't want it."
"A Welsh judge, notorious for his
greed Of Office and his want of personal
cleanliness, was once complaining of be-
ing neglected. "My dear sir" said
Jekyll, in his most amiable tones, "you
have asked the minister for almost every
thing else, why don't you ask him for
piece of soap and nail-brush ?"
The government has ordered that
no more guns or ammunition shall be
sold in the Indian country. This order
is issued probably because "peace COM
missioner Sitting Bull sent in word that
his command was new fully armed" and
he bad no storage-room or transportation
for any more cartridges.
.-144o zvos,1-,,fsA 4 nle, s.r,sft- t,istt .,,y-
ernor Tilden's investments were chiefly
in railroad bonds and stocks. IL might
be supposed, from reading its daily arti-
cles on the subject, that he had done
nothing else. Now, it is pretty we'll
known that the tax on all such incomes
was paid directly by the corporation
consequently it results, upon the show
ing of the Times itself, that the tax paid
by governor Tilden was not 10 be meas
ured by the false standard it sets up
Brooklyn argus.
This is policeman's story: A good,
pious man, who limps slightly, happened
to be out late, up town, the other night
when hilarious young chap, with an
unlighted cigar stump, stopped him and
asked for a match. al don't carry
] never SMOKE" replied the
good man, Indignantly. Z" BIB but, you
know, you want to get in easy. old fell
low, tonight, and you ought to have
one for the k-k-key-hole," said the way
ward youth. At this point the police
man interfered, and the matches man
moved on.
"A hater Of tobacco asked an old
negro woman, the fumes-of whose pipe
were annoying to him, if she thought
she was a christian. Yes, brudder,
spects ! is" DO you believe in the
bible ?" Yes, brudder" "Do YOU
know there is passage in the scripture
which says that nothing unclean shall
inter the kingdom of heaven % Yes,
I've heard of it." DWELL, Chloe you
moke, and you can not enter into the
lingdom of heaven, because there is
nothing 80 unclean as the breath Of a
moker. What do you say to that p
Why, / 'spects to leave my brefr be-
lind me when | 60 dar :"
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A Scotch minister thus discourse,

A Scotch minister thus discoursed
on the carelessness of his flock: Breth-
rem, when you leave the church, just
look down at the dukes swans; they are
very bonny swans, an they'll be coming
about an aye docking doom their heads
an laving themselves WI the clear water
till they are a sleekit; then you'll see
them cooming to the shore, an they
viii gle their wings bit flap an they y're
dry again. Now, my friends, you come
here every Sabbath. an | lave you a
over wi the gospel till ye're fairly
dookit wi it. But you just gang ava
hame, an sit doom by your freside, gle
your wings bit flap, an ye're as dry as
ever again"
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AHANDY YIMPLEMENT.-M. Mouchots
''mamnite solare" is a glass vessel liked
in the focus of conical silvered mirror.
In this you can boil potatoes, meat, fruit,
or anything. So If picnickers can only
secure twenty minutes sunshine tn y
need not be condemned TO eat cold luncn
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GIN THE ARMS or JES Us. -
4 Strange Scene at the Dead Prize Fight
eg.'s Funeral.

4 Strange Scene at the De1d Prize Fight
eE's Funeral.
Philadelphia special 10 the Chicago Times.
The funeral of Roster, alias Walker
the victim of Thursdays prize fight, was
attended by thousands of people, the
struggle to nee his remains being so great
as to require the presence ofa large force
of police. The face of the dead man was
disfgured and swollen. To the an
nouncement of the funeral in the Ledge
was appended the lines:
None knew him but to love,
None named him but TO praise.
And attached to a large anchor of
flowers upon his coffin was card upon
which was written:
Safe in the arms OF Jesus,
safe His gentle breast,
There by his love ovefshadowNd.
May his soul rest.
There was considerable trouble IN
getting clergyman to attend the funeral
several positively refusing to officiate
among whom were Rev. Mr. Bawn, of the
Protestant Episcopal church of st. Johr
the evangelist, and Rev. Mr.. Shines, o
the old Swedes church. Rev. Mr.
Erben, of the Protestant Episcopa
Mariners Bethel, turned up at the las
moment, and the dead pugilist was pu
out of sight according to the rules 0
commen prayer.
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RUFUS CHoATE is the subject of an
article full of "reminiscences in the Alba
ny Law Journal. The writer describes
him as six feet in height, with power
ful chest and shoulders, and gaunt
frame. His hands and feet were large,
and he walked with a rolling gate His
face, of bilious, coffee-celored complex
ion, was deeply corrufated with wrinkles
and hollows, and his eyes, large deep-set,
and wonderfully expressive. His hair
was black, curly and luxuriant He was
generally attired in ill-ftting, slouching
garments. He shrieked, raved, swung
his fists. and distorted his body into un-
natural contortions, and poured forth
bis arguments with startling force and
velocity; but with the arrangement, de
tail and orator, utterly forgetful of him
self in the abandon of the moment, his
whole soul being thrown into the cause
he had undertaken to present.
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THE WEEK PAST.

Iris rumored in London that Disraeli's
reason for occupying the peerage he had
formerly refused, is that he is about to
again enter the matrimonial state. A
few years ago he was reported to be en-
gagged to the countess of Chesterfield, and
his present fiancee is said to be a friend
of hers. The new peer was born Dec.
81, 1906.