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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17
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From the Boston Sunday Courier.
( Madame Pierrct is Just now finishing
/ the trousseau for q Michigan bride. a
/ daughter of an ex-governor, and is also
making dresses for the brides mother
and the bridesmaids, and it Is really a
rare treat just to look at such artisticaI-
/ ly elegant garments. The bride has seven
teen dresses, blissiul soul, and they each
have equal attractions, so if one should
try TO describe the pTettiest, she could
not possibly make up her mind which
it should be. The bridal dress of
heavy white silk is embroidered with
leaves Of white jet, which look
like frost work, and IS exquisitively dec
Grated with fjinges Of orange blossoms.
4 lovely dress of light blue brocade and
silk is made with a polonaise which is
draped with charming grace, and
trimmed with rich Valenciennes lace,
plaitings of q silk and satin of the same
shade. The underskirt is trimmed in
novel manner, bands OF lappels of al
ternate silk and satin, edged with two
styles of fringe, falling over a knife
plated founce of silk. Very large flow
ers are used for decoration. An elegant
wrapper of white crepe delaine is made
simply in the Gabrielle style, and trim
med with torchion lace, which is wrought
by hand with cardinal silk. The street
costumes are simply extremely elegant,
and the reception dresses are supurb
Among the outside garments IS very
handsome mantle OF black cloth, trim
med with heavy jet braid. Jet is said to
be in great favor once more, and indeed,
the streets Of Paris have never ceased TO
sparkle with it, though we have been
considering it decidedly passee here.
The opera cloak of heavy white silk
called faconne, is made in the mantle
style, with two large square pockets on
either side, ard trimmed with a border
of needlework in lovely shaded tints and
a superb fringe The under garments
fairly takes ores breath away with ad-
miration, they sre so rich and dainty
the silken hose being embroidered n
coiors 10 match each costume,
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non m MIRRTED THEN.


Judge Knox Of Virginia was awaken
ed from a sound sleep about one O'Clock
this moring by furious ringing at his
door-bel. His honor IN no very good
humor, thrust his head out OF the
window Standing on the sidewalk We're
three men and q young woman.
What dye want asked the Judge.
Want to get married, p. answered a
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man, his face CRIMSON ana at- sriees
trembling. The two friends behind ex-
changed grins,
" Well, that's al right. Belinda @pik-
ington. do YOU take this man to be your
welded husband ?"
" Cern'Iy." answered the lady.
Well, that's all right but before I
go any furder I'd be obliged TO YOU. Mr..
Muf1y, Cor a chaw Of tobacco"
Mr. Munly not being addicted to the
filthy habit, one Of his friends supplied
his honor with mouthful OF the weed.
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Affairs ~ AUSTRIA.

It is evident that Austria's tnancia
condition must forbid her from fPoslns
Russia, even if she would break the trip
artite alliance. A short time EGO at
cabinet council, 1t was resolved 2 cn'
down the expenses for 1877, as the MIN
lister of finance stated that the revenue
was failing 80 far behind that reduction
to large extent was absolutely peees-
sary. Whatever Austria does wit De
done after an agreement with Rush ard
Germany according to the policy inaug
urated at salzburg, Ems, and q other
conferences. which were the basiHoi the
tripartite alliance It Is hardly poss ioie
that Austria approves Of any additlen to
her territory from the Sclayic PrcF'eces,
whatever may be her natural ee9re ior
it. 1t has been bitterly opposed y the
Magyars and German Austriank rho
do not xxish to see tle aireasz Ice
.ssests~sc Fef,ttsstTssss liicress & Il q ets Z
ritorial annexation. It is a painfuF sit
uation for Francis Joseph, for if Russia
says, You may have Bosnia and Her
zegovinia" the Magyars and German
Austrians may protest in the form Of
revolution; or, if Austria declines 10
participate in the Russian diyvy, her
Sclavic population may largely emigrate
to the new Sclavic state, in Turkey, if
such a state is formed, under Russian
auspices.
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i Rfcn suoEW.tKER.

IN the taSables OF Brooklyn appearsth
name ola German whose annual payments
for taxes exceeds those of many of the
so-called princely merchants who live on
the heights. He pays taxes yearly upon
real and personal property assessed at
$250,000, but worth, probably, double
that amount. Yet this man works hard
at the bench every day, and If he spends
a dollar in recreation for his wife and
children on sunday he thinks it is big
thing. lie has no help, but works for a
few customers, doing all their work and
caring nothing about any of them. II
they are displeased with his way OF doing
things he simply says they can take their
work elsewhere, and he sorely tries their
patience by his habit of disappointing
customers a to time. This man collects
his own rents, builds two or three new
houses every year, and from his frugal
habits promises, if his life is long spared,
to be the wealthiest of all Brooklynites
His yearly income from real estate is not
less than $4,000 per annum, but he re-
CARDS idleness as sin, and works every
day upon boots and shoes as regularly
as if his bread and butter were in leon
aIdy.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17
EUGENE ON HER SHAPE.

Lucy Hamilton Hooper, writing from
Paris to the New York World, tells how
the ex-Empress Eugenie'sciaim to beauty
was established. As young girl, at the
court of Madrid, she wore the flowing
draperv fashionable at that time, and
which was unfavorable to the display OF
her exquisite figure. One day she fell
into lake and was taken out insenslbie.
The then wet dress clung to her, and her
reputation for faultlessness of form was
never after questioned. The same writer
saws: "To her great credit be it said
that, after she became empress OF the
French, though she presided over one OF
the most dissolute courts of modern Eu-
rope, the breath of slander never dared
assail her. Her married life was far
from being happy. Like true Span
lard, she was passionately jealous OF her
husband, who certainly gave her ample
cause -
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FIRST DAF OF THE WEEK.

Make the first day of the week bright
cheerful, sweet day at home, and it win
shed its radiance on the other six 6sv.
OF work and play. Do not make II .
Jewish day, fenced by outward-seyerit;es
and traditions. Do not limit its sacred
freedom by domestic ''blue laws" which
would make it to the little ones anything
put day OF all the week the best.n But
with music and prayer, with the bible
ana other good reading. with cheerful
conversation and gentle graces, with the
glow OF the altar and the spirit of the
sanctuary, with thankfulness and love
for God and man, any christian household
can MAKE 1t perpetual blessing to them.
ssives z TO the community in which
-so5as shts are kept burnlsg-CE,I,-
tim Intel yenc-r.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17
sCH0CKING SCENE.

The Scranton (Penn.) Republican
says: "a shocking scene occurred at a
iurneral which took place in the sub
urbs of this city a few days ago. There
was a large attendance, and the imme-
diate relatives Of the deceased were so
overcome by sorrow that the burial was
left to the care Of some friends who
volunteered their services in paying the
last sad tribute to the dead Numbers
gathered around the grave 10 see the
coffin lowered but the men having
charge We're 50 intoxicated that it was
cIumsily done Before the first spadefuil
OF earth was thrown on the coffin one Of
the party fell into the grave and could
not extricate himself companion. no
better off than he, attempted to rescue
him, bit he also tell into the grave, and
there both struggled in vain until some
OF the sober attendants, who were shock
ed and justly indignant at the occurrence,
lifted the drunken pair out, and pushing
them aside, kept them away.
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ORDERS FOR WOMEN.

French women are so far less fortunate
than their sisters in most other con-
tinental countries that there is no special
"order' or decorations for women in
France, and it is a very rare thing for
lady to be awarded the red ribbon OF the
Legion of Honor. At the present time
there are not more than four or five
ladies who possess this distinction, and
one Of them Is an English woman, Lady
Picgott, who tended the French wounded
during the late war. The ladies who
care for these outward and visible signs
of social distinction must regret that
they did not live two hundred years ago,
when, if they had been lucky enough to
win the good graces Of the Duchesse de
Maine, they would have been able to
sport the order of the "Honey Fly"
The witty duchess, a granddaughter of
the great Conde and wife of the Due de
Haine, the natural son of Louis XIV.
and Nine. de Montespan, held litarary
court of her own at Sceaux, and ex-
srci.ed with her courtiers all her in
genuity in inventipg from time TO time
some new diversion. It occurred to her
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17
WoM-fN'S SOCIETY.

All men who avoid female society have
dull perceptions, and are stupid, and
have gross tastes, and revolt against
what is pure. Your club swaggerers, who
are sucking the butts of billiard cues all
night, call female society insipid. Poetry
Is as uninspiring to yokel; beauty has
no charms to blind man; music does
not please poor beast, who does not
know one tune from another; but, as a
true epicure is hardly ever tired of water,
sauce, and brown bread and butter, I
protest 1 can sit for whole night talk
ing to well regulated, kindly woman
about her daughter Fanny or her son
Frank, and like the evening entertain
ment. One of the greatest benefits q
man can derive from a womsn's society
is that he is bound to be respectful to
her. The habit is of great good to your
morals, men, depend upon it. Our edu-
cation makes the most eminently selfish
men in the world. and the greatest bene-
fit that we have is 10 be constantly at.
tentiye and respectful THao1eray.
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CHTLD DREN.

To gain obedience, you must first set
yourself to deserve it. Whatever YOU
promise your little one, however small
the thing seems to you, and whatever
trouble it costs you, perform it. Never
let the doubt once enter that innocent
mind that you say what you do not
mean, or win not act up to what you say.
Make as few prohibitory laws as you
possibly can, but once made, keep them.
In what is granted as in what is defied,
compel yourself, however wearied, wor-
ried or impatient, to admister always
even.handed justice. This is a system
much more likely to secure your chi,d's
real affection, than all the petting and
humoring so generally INDUCED IN, to
give pleasure or save trouble, not toyour
little ones, but to yourself
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17
+ POPULdR ERROR.

II Is a popular error to suppose that
milk is frequently adulterated with
sheep brains, starch, chalk, or pipe clay,
whereas its adulteration simply resolves
itself into the addition of water and the
abstraction of cream. As even pure
milk varies from twenty 10 thirty per
cent in commercial value, it Is difficult
Tor the analyst to determine how much
waterhas been added or cream distracted.
Furthermore, during the sale Of can in
store, the best mix goes from thertop
in an hour or two, so that what remains
may become so poor IS to be unable to
stand Il test The solid matter in milk
varies from nine to sixteen per cent;
that containing from ten to twelve is
generally good and wholesome. Fat is
the constituent of milk that varies most.
say from two to four per cent Goats
milk IS richer in solid matter than cows
milk, containing so much as fourteen per
cent.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17
CURBSToNE cHAFF.
-
Detroit Free Picss.

While the brigade of newsboys were
waiting for the Free Press yesterday
morning a "cub" walked mp to an old
"rat" who was leaning against the fire.
plug, and remarked:
DWELL, my girl gothomelast night"
You mean that contractors daugh-
ter"
Yes; just got back from Sarytogy-
Pooh l' sneered the boy.
"Pooh! Your girl hasn't been there
nor nowheres near it. She takes her va
cation out to Pontyac, and travels on an
excursion ticket P'
She does. eh?' drawled the big boy a
he felt in his pocket" My girl ha'
been travelling in Europe ever since
June, paying cash down for her board
and hack hire, and she won't be home
for month yet. I'd show you this let
ter. posted at Rome, only 1 don't wan
you to know how bad che loves me"
Let's see it ?"
"Go away, bub. A boy of your az
don't know what love L."
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their agriculture was of the rudest kind.
They had religion which taught them of
a future state of rewards and punish
ments after death, and OF good and evil
spirits. They regarded the volcano of
Tenerife as a place of punishment for
the bad The bodies of their dead were
carefully embalmed and deposited in the
catacombs. Their marriage rites were
very solemn, and before engaging in
them they were fattened on milk
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4 oUrrn RELIGIOUS sEcr.
R.l,imerq American.

A religious sect, Shich for some time
has beep in existence in Siberia, Is max
ing many proselytes in the government
of TamboG Russia. In most respects ,.s .ns
people are orthodox Greeks in this o,l,e'' ,,'''
but they have adopted some iceas "h'ch
are decidedly revolutionary in character
Their leading doctrine is that all mus'
marry on becoming of ago. Aaoe1 y y
this are two other doctrines which ieao
Us to suspect that the body Originated e
,v;,b women. and has developed under
their influence. Their doctrines are
,hst , The hu band must be subordinate %
the wife. recognizing her as the heaa q
the family and that he must at ieas'
once in a week confess bis sins 70 th"
household ruler-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17

nd-1nas SHINY iheadow,

1t stands IN q sunny InesdoWi
The house so mcssy and brown.
With its eumbrous old stone chimney,
And the gray roof sioping down
The trees fold their green arms around It,
The trees, a century old
Aud the winds 90 chanting through them,
and the sunbeams drop their gold
The covslips spring in the marshes
And the roses bloom on the hill
And beside the brook in the pastures
The herds go feeding at will.
The children have gone and LETT them
They sit IN the SUE alone
And the old wife'9 ears are iallin2'-
And she harks 10 the well known tone
That won her heart in her girlhood,
That has soothed her in many a care,
And praises her now for the brightness
Her old face used TO wear
She thinks again of her bridal
How, dressed in her robe OF white
She stood by her gay young lover
II the morning rosy iighl'
On the morning Is rosy as ever.
But the rose from her cheek has He'd
And the sunshine still is golden
Bat II falls on 4 silvered head
And the girlhoOd dreams. once vanished
:, s2eqFaa-h -haeki In the winier time,
Win tne tf1rifl e sPFiHS-t1ms pflniv. -
And looking forthsfrem the window D.
She thinks how the trees have grown
Since, clad in her bridal whitenesS'
She crossed the old door stone
Though diInmed her eyes bright azure,
And dimmed her hair young eotd.
Tho love in her girlhOod plightad -
Has never grown dim or old.
They sat in their place in sunshine,
TIL the day was almost donet
And then at its close, an angel
Stole over the threshold stone.
He folded their hands together
He touched their eyelids with balm
And their last breath toated upward,
Like the close Of q solemn psalm
Like a bridal pair they tr1versed
The unseen mystic road
That leads 10 the beautiful city,
" Whose builder and maker is ood-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17
ORIGIN OF THE GOD HKMEN

Danchet, the French poet, tells us re-
specting the deifcation of Hymen that
he was young man of Athens, obscureiy
born, but extremely handsome. Falling
in love with lady of distinction, he dis
guised himself in female habit in order
to get across to her and enjoy the pleas
ure of her company. AS be happened TO
be one day in his disguise, with
his mistress and her female companions.
celebrating on the sea-shore the
rites Of Ceres Eleusina, gang Of pirates
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17
SELLING THEIR HAIR TO GET HouE

Two bellies of this city lately carae
home from Philadelphia shorn Of their
wealth of raven tresses. After they had
taken all the points at the big show and
had made many purchases, before they
knew it they had spent all their money,
and what was worse lost their retuyn ex-
cursion tickets They had no friends in
Philadelphia and no time to write TO
Reading. They therefore determined to
make a raise; - they skipped away INTO
a barber shop and struck bargain for
their back hair. The shaver offered 1915
each for what they had. In short time
they were nicely shorn, and thus they
were able to get back to their native
and.-Rcading, Pa. Eagle.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17

A painful sight was presented last
evening at the union depot, one once seen
can never be forgotten. 1t was a child,
evidently about FIVE or six years OF age,
besides being blind, deaf and dumb and
an idiot, was afflicted with another terri
BILE in6rmity. This was habit of puff
fingout eyes and dartingout its tongue,
at the same time Kissing like snake.
1t was a shocking sight to see that pale
faced child, sightless, dumb, and uttering
such horrible noises while its father stood
by masticating food for it, and its mother,
pale, homely-clad country woman,
held down its hands. When it pulled
out its eyes and cheeks ir as hideous to
behold The parents of this terribly af-
fictej child were on their way to Ken
tucky from northern Texas. The mon
strosity was the result of fright caused by
a putting adder. The mother has three
healthy, good-looking children, none OF
whom were the least deformed.-Kansa'
City Times.
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rnE wE4hrH Of aHw socrH wlzss
Froa the Hsy standard.

ils tit. -s-.illtiIl
There viii be shown in New South
Wales this year. 1876, upwards Of 25,-
0o0,Go0 sheep, yielding approximately
above l25.000O0 pounds OF wool equal
in value, at Is. per pound. to 90. $50, 600
sterling. Six and a hale millions sterling
every year is a good nest egg even ior =
wealthy dependency of Great Britain.
The cost OF shearing this vast lot Of
sheep, at Dos perl00 about the average
price, would be Et25.000. The cost Of
transmitting the wool TO the seaport tor
expectation might be set down ut
about the same figure. Without going
into minute details, If we estimate Ghe
value of the wool clip of New South
Wales for 1875, at e250,000, and sea
down twenty-five per cent. Of that as
expenses incurred by the wool grown
from the time the sheep enters the wool
she'd to be shorn (this is the estimated
cost in the working ofa wool station) un
til the net proceeds are in the wool
growers bank, there viii be disbursed
Fl, 552, 800 This sum would go in shear
ing, carriage TO port and TO London,
commission, brokerage, etc. Every year
our wool is increasing in quantity and
rising in quality, 50 that by the close OF
1880, four years hence, New South
Wales ought to have at least 30,000,000
OF sheen. which with horned cattle and
horses, ought approximately to represent
in money value upwards of e50,000,000
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17
ENrENr or TIE co4L TRIBE.

The quantity of coal sent from the
Schuyllill region for the week ending
October DIST was by rail-, 12A736 tons,
and by canal, so, l45 tons-total, 155, 1869
tons, against l58, 454 tons for the same
week Of last year. Decrease, 3,2S5 tons.
The quantity sent for the year was 3,
459,7S4 tons, against 3,G14,02I tons for
the corresponding period of last year
Decrease, 1J4,237 tons The quantity
sent from all the regions for the week
was: Anthracite, 500, $50 tons; btu
minoUs, 50,SS0 tons; total, GA, ,730 tons,
against 592,910 tons anthracite and So
SCI tons bituminous-total, 682,S71
tous-tor the same week Of last year.
Increase OF anthracite, $40 tons; decrease
Of bitumisous, 9,Gsl tons The guam
ti,y sent from all the regions for the
year was: Anthracite, il, 1919, ,299 tons;
bituminous, 2,903,0S6 tons; total, H.
332, ,385 tons, against 1924, 40 tons an
thracite and 8. .204, $50 tons bituminous;
total, 19,529 139 tons for the correspond
ing period of last year. Decrease Of an
thraciJe, .S94, 141 tons; decrease Of bit
luminous, 3O1 ,6I3 tons; total decrease,
2. lO6. .754 tons.
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| I saw a blown rose and rosebud cling
| To one lone bush on December day.
| he Eeavy air upheld no h0T ring wing,
| And yellow leIves upon lhe vet earth lay
/ l heard no birds upon the bfanches sing
Nor sag any clouds 70 bre:tk the gay
Can love live here while other tliing- grow gray
Can youths bOOm-Dlush unto co r. ptlou cine
Or night assembling epToduce tue day.
Aud winter wear The troucr II summer g wing q
Yea, pres the very btd where summer lay,
When tuneful voices ushered forth 70 sinB4
Song l. not desd altho' il cease to sing,
auty = quick althO de1th's hue be gray.
To backes. nizht win cie-rest eiiul .neF q ihE
Snne tfudeF fokFrt Of thr coinlus Hab
nd waning hIfs fhn hiLNith Wttried ging'
New plun,fis.I -'f'oo the leafet' lay.
Anl ,b,,s lli ieat ~. down where lifa onse lay.
And freit ilfer dyiug caderce learn 10 sipg
For iLs' nfslh' Hmes Leyeath he dWkly gray,
S.nn- - shief ilnia % upper vanes viii cling,
As if htfcla ~ ~ ag-lers day,
lie cAa,,a ID VI egpilk iighi upon bis VIM
Let hiln WHO'S, 81 b cuser hopes take " ing
Lo,.k baek bson u 4 fle.f. .rlertls hey hyl
Aud ma iiir, ~,oa t,iF c4llar Il ~ et- sing
And ses bright fs4tlekt = Aic fia
gray.
Close 70 Tie better qI i0n n'rr
aud hail the dawrli.g of atl'f
For dep dclishi shall ln.af an ,s,ns
wider sweep supp ~as auFer ~ !. fieavcs
Fresh earth snail seetht wfe'c vltte'e
lay,
! bonndiess blue supp snt r'e.clo o"as
And blowing ssses al aiou-d him ciins y
uch birds rs cling about winter day ~
lre hopes hat wing here shattered tncfs lay,
hat hearts nav sing aitho' the sky lo gay.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17

THE wave Of conservatism winch mas
swept over Europe appears to be receding'
The Prussian elections have given the
liberals plurality in the new chamber
of deputies. while the conservatives
left in hopeless minority.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17

AN old preverb says it is an i'll wind
that blows nobody good. If Great
Britain and Russia should 20 to war, the
grain exports from Russia would be
stopped, which would Immediately es-
tablish heavy European markets for
American cereals.