The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-09


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ever heard of anybody losing q f,,,'.ls,, !. 40,
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RosE LEAF crumpIes - Edith-ssoh
dear, ! am so tired - Loving husband
=" What has fatigued you, my pippefv.
wippety poppet % Edith" Oh, have
had to hold up my parasol all the time
| was in the carriage l''-Punch.
Mr.. MOODY, in his last sermon in the
Hippodrome, said: Christians should
live in the world, but not be filed with
it. A ship lives in the water, bat, if the
water gets into the ship, she goes 10 the
bottom. So christians may live in the
world, but, if the world gets into them,
they sink"
NY FRIEND.
| The friend who holds mirror 10 my face,
| And hiding none is not afraid to trace
| My faults, my smallest blemishes, within
| Who friendly warns, reproyes me II | sin
| Although il seems not 50, he is my friend.
But he who, ever hattering gives me praise
| Who ne'er rebukes, nor censure, nor delays
To come with eagerness and grasp my hand
And pardon me- ere pardon demand
He is my enemy, although he seem my
friend.
RUsKIS observes as q rule women have
no eye for color. This explains why a
woman is obliged TO spend three-quarters
of 4 day in getting the exact shade Of a
ribbon to trim sdress, while when il
comes to mcnding her husbands panta-
looms she seems To think that a yellow
patch is just the thing~tO match black
broadcloth.
Coon, habit in reference 20 sObriety
will save you from innumerable sins and
temptations. In the one sin Of drunk
enness, almost every other sin is included.
1t may with great truth he said that the
field Of iniquity has many paths, and
intemperance is the gate 10 them all.
81 that bT4Qod early .aiits in this one
case, YOU VIII be saved Tom q tnou&nd
snares.
THE ladies of the civilized world are
delighted at Tyndall's marriage. They
feel that no thoroughly great scientific
mind has ever yet grappled with. the
problem of the extinguishment Of ireck-
les, and they feel, now that the leviatban
is haFnessed, he will soon be placed at
the right kind of work
COWS mother ?" asked the Prince Of
Wales, after he had kissed his wife and
babies all round. The Hempress is
WE'LL" replied Alexandra. Hempress
be 'anged," Ietorted the prince. She
ought to ave knocked around Hindia rs
/ ave, and then she might talk about
bein' Hempress :" and he gave his head
contemptu0us toss.
DISSATISFIED.
" Only housemaidw She looked from the
Neat vas the kitchen and tidy was she;
There at her window a seamstress sat stitch
"were a seamstress how happy I'd be-"
only Queenl" She looked over the wa
ters-
Fair was her kingdom and mighty was She;
There sat an Empress, with Queens for her
daughters
"Were / an Empress how happy I'd be-"
Still the old frailty they all Of them trip in
Eve in her daughters is ever the same:
Give her an Eden She sghs for a pippin
Give her an empire she pines for a name
AK Iowa man consulted ga veiled
prophecies and inspired seeress," fer in
formation where he could find his affinity,
what she would look like, and how he
would know her when he met her. She
described ravishingly beautiful young
lady. and the grateful man paid her
double her fee. And then the veiled
prophecies removed her veil, and heIknew
his mother-in-law. He rose TO ms feet
with a cold hollow laugh, and went out
into the street a ravlng maniac.
HARRY (whose papa has gone TO the
English school for yeomanry officers at
dershot)-Mamma, "what will papa
learn at this school ?" Mamma" lie
will be taught how TO command troop
and great many things you could not
understand bat there II one thing,
Harry (impressively). which all soldiers
must learn, and which ] very much wish
| could teach you-tO do exactly ~ they
are told" Harry (refectiycly)-" Papa
won't mind that much; he always has
10 do it at home !"
ONE of the citizens of Danbury, Conn,
who had Just returned from the west,
was telling in Merrirs grocery of mar
row escape he had from terrible death.
He was crossing long railroad bridge on
foot, when he was surprised TO see loco
motive coming around a curve, and tear
ing toward him at a terrific speed. The
bridge was too narrow to allow Of escape
at either side, and he did not dare 20
Jump into the yawning abyss below. In
a flash he took in the situation and
formed his plan Of action. He started
on a swift run toward the oncoming loco
motive, and WHOM within few feet OF u
he concentrated all his nerve and muscle
into one effort, and leaped straight up. in
the air. The fearful monster shot under
him, and he came down on the bridge,
saved from death but seriously shaken
up by the descent. There was moment
OF deep silence upon the close of this
narration. Then one of the company
sighed. and shut up his knife, and unex-
pectedly said What's the use Of pres
ence of mind when a man can lie like
that ?"