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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-31
4 SUBMERG ED CIrF IN TIE LIKE
OF GERIYd.

\ strange discovery is reported from
the lake of Geneva. A tourist having
lost his trunk, two divers were employed
to search for it. While they were below
water they found what they supposed to
bec village, since covered by the olake.
Their statement led to an investigation
of the spot by the municipal authorities,
who took measures to ascertain the truth
of the extraordinary account of the di-
vers. On covering the placid surface
with oil. these later were able to distin-
guish the plan of town, streets, squares,
and detached houses, marking the bed of
the lake. The rudy hue which cbarae-
terized them led the observers to suppose
that the buildings had been covered with
the famous vermilion cement which was
used by the Celts, Cimbri and the early
Gauls. There are about 200 houses ar
ranged over an obong surface, near the
middle of which 5 q space more open,
supposed to have been used for public
assemblages. Atshe eastern extremity
lies a large squaresower which was taken
for rock. A Superficial investigation
seems to indicate that the construction
of these buildingsdates from some centu-
ries before our era. The Council of Vaud
has decided to have the site of the dwell
ings enclosed by jetty stretching from
the land, and to drain off the water, so
as to bring to light what promises to be
one of the most pteneStlng archaeological
discoveries of our Gay.
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the BISKET ar THE FOUNDLING

A basket was hung at the gate Of the
hospital in London, in which the children
were deposited, the persons who brought
them ringing bell to give notice to the
officers in attendance. In order TO for
ward the 'little innocents" up from the
country, a branch of the carrying trade
was established, and babies arrived in
London in increasing number from the
most distant parts OF the country. Large
prices were, in some instances, paid for
the conveyance, a fact which more than
hints at the position of the parents, and
as the carriage was prepaid, there was a
strong inducement on the part of the car
riers to get rid of their burdens on the
way. Many of the infants were drowned /;
all of them were neglected and that,in the
large majority of cases, was equal to death.
1t was publicly asserted in the house of
commons that one man. having the
charge of five infants in baskets-they
appeared to have them packed like 50
many sucking pigs--and happening to get
drunk on the journey, lay asleep all night
on common, and in the morning three
out of the FIVE were found dead. Many
other instances of negligence on the part
of carriers, ~ tlting in the death of in
faDts intrusted to them for carriage to
London, are on record. Even the cloth
ing in which the children were dressed
was often stolen on the way, and the
babes were deposited in the basket just
as they were born. 1t is reported that a
foundling who lived to become worthy
banker in the north of England, but who
was received into the hospital at this
timey being in alter life anxious to make
some inquiry into his origin, applied at
the hospital, when all thesinformation he
could obtain from this source was that
he was put INTO the basket at the gate
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4 BABT WITH 4 HORSES RI oE.

A male child, four months old, was
taken by its mother, Mrs. Margaret
O'Hara, to the eastern district hospital
of Brooklyn, to be operated on for NAL
formation of the face which gave itsome-
what the appearance of horse. An
elongation of the nasal bones, which
swelled out toward the chin and met the
lower lip, which was thus depressed, gave
the appearance of two large nostrils.
The appearance was increased by the
stertorous breathing Of the child. DR..
Brady had the infant put under the in
1uence of chloroform, and in about half
an hour handed the child back to its
mother With mouth, nose aud nostrils-
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sUEPHUR IN sCARLEr FETEE


The marvellous success which has at
tended my treatment of scarlet fever by
sulphur induces me to let my medical
brethren know of my plan, so that they
may be able to supply the same remedy
without delay. All cases in which used
it were very well marked, and the epi-
dermis on the arms in each case came
away like the skin Of a snake. The fol-
lowing was the exact treatment followed
in each case: Thoroughly annoint the pa
tient twice daily with sulphur ointment;
give five or ten grains of sulphur in a
.5tLle jam three times a day. Sufficient
zlphur was burned twice daily Con Goals
q j shcyeD TO I'LL the roem with tie
fumes, and, of course, was thoroughly
inhaled by the patient. Under this
mode Of treatment each case improved
Immediately, and none were over eight
days in making complete recovery, and
l firmly believe in each it was prevented
from spreading by the treatment adopted.
ore case was in a large school. Having
had a large experience in scarlet fever
las. year snd this, feel some confidence
in my judgment, and 1 am of opinion
that the very mildest cases I ever saw do
not do half so well as bad cases do by
the sulphur treatment, and, as far as
can judge, sulphur is as near a specific
for scarlet fever as possible.---London
Tggglf
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AIORE FICTS IBOUT CHOLERA NOE
Rus

Cholera Morbus is now travelling
through the country, ostensibly for its
health, but really in the interest of Sor-
row and Suffering. 1t has been TO oil
City, and having had brief but spirited
interview with it, we desire to warn the
public againstit Cholera Morbus doeeff t
say much. 1t appreciates the fact that
actions speak louder than a street mer-
chant with a new kind Of glue. 1t is
quiet and unassuming, and allows its
victim to make all the fuss 1t is the
champion wrestler of the world, catch-as-
catch-can, or any other hold, and as a
prize-fghter is 60 be avoided 1t has no
respect for the rules of the p. R., and viii
strike below the belt nine times out of
ten. Without word of warning it will
catch a man in the stomach, and double
him up quicker than the kick of mule.
If the victim be a short ma. he will roll
up like a dough-nut. If he be a tall man,
he will fly together like a watch spring
In this condition he is Of no earthly use,
unless as a worm in a distillcry. A man
rolled up like a thread on a spool can't
be expected to do much work. But to
hear him groan and complain and carry
on in one way and another, you would
think he did more hard work for less
wages than any other man on the face Of
the earth. In this condition he will do
almost anything He will roll over the
floor like a hoop-snake, to the infinite
amusement of the neighbors' children,
who are doubtless peeping through the
blinds. And to hear him yell for the
camphor, the mustard pl&-ters, the tur-
pentine, his wife and mother, and all the
doctors this side of the Rocky mountains.
is enough to move the stones of Rome to
pity. But it doesn't move the cholera
morbus. Because the cholera morbus is
a slayer. Every time the victim yells,
say for aqua fortis, the cholera morbus
might be heard to reply: 90, I'll give
you aqua fortis, you miserable worm -
and then it thumps him in the bowels
until he prays for the rocks and hills to
tumble in upon him. He does this be-
cause he realizes that, compared with
the cholera morbus, the rocks and hills
will sit as lightly upon him as an alpaca
coat. There is nothing no mean for
cholera morbus to do. 1t will take a
man of the build of Carl Schurz, tie a
bow knot in his middle, and offer to sell
him for a neck-tie. Avoid it as yeu
would the tax collector.
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THE PERSON HE DESIRED TO SEE

Mr.. Lester said that when he was a
boy ten or twelve years of age he was
one day standing in Market Square with
his grandfather, when four Irishmen
came up, one ofwhom asked the distance
to Pawtucket. He was told by the old
gentleman that it was about four miles.
''Well, faith" said Pat in a mock tone
of encouragement to his three tired com.
panions, chats not bad at all-onlv a
mile apiece for u.s." ''Wbom do Won
want to see in Pawtucket ?" inquired
Mr.. Lester, Sr. "Bejabers," was the
quick reply, "I want to see meself there
the most OF anybody. ."-[ Providence
Journal.
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TILE FA1IINE
mi S,,dia--TerrjbIe .TidDtgs-- MutioHs Of
human Beings RecetUiHS Public
= Ctarjtl5--IIId Yet Death Takes
starring Thousands Eg-
IN UdY.

Rdispatch from the viceroy of India,
dated August 18th, states that the gen.
erafimprevement in crop prospects in
Madras, Mysore, Bombay and the north
west was maintained the past week
Rain is still much needed in Punjab,
Raipootana and the western part Of the
northwestern provinces. The prices Of
grain continue exceedingly high through
out the famine districts; but in Madras
they are slightly easier than the week
preceding, and still are lower in every
pa1t Of that presidency than in the worst
parts of Bombay and Mysore. The
question of grain stocks and supplies
continues to causg1.nxiety. The grain
trade at Calcutta is exceedingly active
ninety tho1sAud tons of shipping are en-.
Mss MSsiition of MysOre contin-
ues criticaN krhe governor of Bengal
telegraphs, com ~aing the condition of
Bombay, that the prices of grain re
slightly easier, but are still very high.
The Improvement of the situation is re-
tarded by the want of general rain;
the people are feeling still more the con
tinued pressure of high prices. The dit
ficulty in Bombay is aggravated by the
state Of Madras and Min, and by the
inability of the railroad to bring forward
gain sufficient for the great demand
There has been no further increase in
Madras OF the number relieved of one
hundred and eighty-nine thousand. max
ing an increase of three hundred and
eighty-fye thousand in the last fortnight.
Id Mysore the laborers on the works are
decreasing, and she charitably relieved
Increasing; in Bombay the reverse is oc-
curing, but there is slight general in
crease il the totals received. In Madras
there are nine hundred and eighty-three
thousand laborers on the works, and one
million one thousand six hundred chari-
tably relieved in Mysore there are forty
FIVE thousand on the works, and one
hundred and sixty-iour thousand chari-
tably relieved; and in Bombay there are
..two million six hundred thousand on the
forks, and one hundred aud nine thou
ysand charitably relieved.
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The recent decision OF the United
States Supreme Court given byUTustice
Miller in the case of J. X. Place q Co.,
of New York, is an instance when Law.
and equity have joined hands TO proierv
the shorn creditors from the wiles and
devices of dishonest business men filing
voluntary petitions in bankruptcy. Like
hundreds of Others before him, Place
had taken money from his business, had
invested it in real estate, and had set
tied the same upon his wife. Without
doubt, both of them had concurred in
the idea that it would be a good thing,
while business was prosperous and credit
good, to build a nice home, and secure
the same against all possible contingen-
cies of the future The plan was accord
ingly adopted and carried out, the fine
residence was erected on Fifth avenue,
properly transferred and secured Gas they
thought), and then Mr.. Place and wife
were ready TO submit TO the Inevitable
reverses of fortune with a reG:. sr grace
and a more submissive will But the
over-bold creditors stepped in just here,
and very forcibly questioned the right
of Place to thus use their money for his
own personal purposes without as much
as saying g BY your leave" Or, in other
words, after Place & Co. had failed, the
creditors insisted that the Fifth avenue
property should be sold, and the proceeds
reckoned in with the other assets Of the
firm. Whereupon Mrs. Place, through
her agents, objected, and the case was s.s-
ried successively through the local. -
trict court, the circuit court, an -
up to the United States Supreme C55Fe
from which a decision has been given
that said Fifth avenue property, mas
much as it was purchased with money
taken from the business, rightfully be-
longs to the company's creditors, its
t~ansference to the wife in the meantime
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
This decision, coming as it does from
the highest legal tribunal in the land,
and therefore final in its nature, becomes
very important TO the wives of all bust
ness men who may be fancying that
property thus secured to them by their
husbands is safe from all further mo-
l4s,tetie-, ~ 1eesal processes. Tt is also
very important to business men thems
selves showing them, as it does, that all
such gay and festive schemes to defraud
their lawful creditors of that which has
been intrusted to their management and
care for the time being, will be sure
henceforth to gangaft agley."- Chicago
Journal
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"A Texas lady was recently bitten by
pole-cat. The pole-cat is said TO be a
very pretty animal, but its propensity to
bite Will always keep 1t from becoming a
pet among the ladies.-C0urier-JoayHal.
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"A young married woman mended
her husbands coat. She sewed the tail
pockets up all nice, and tight-thought
they were holes.
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"Just my luck" said a waiting
,oid sadly Here l am in a famiI9
-t' wbere everv one hss a love affair on hand.
and leaves letters lying about opened,
and can't read.
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rrING-BUL1 md HIS TRIBE.

h'he commission appointed by the Uni
ed States government to proceed to
I Fort Walsh will be afforded every facility
gor making treaty with Sitting Bull for
his tpeaceable return to the reservation
with his tribe While in Washington
lately, Hon. Mr.. Mills fully explained to
Presidente e nges the Canadian system of
dealing Wiz the Indians, and the presi-
dent exprt ed his intention of adopting
similar lfhe of policy, and give the
q nn,lent of the outposts to expert
aly officers and do away alto
agents. The Canadian In
esssprthwest are fercely ieal-
ent of the hostile Sioux,
ed may at any time make
IN if their removal is not
I1t is expected the new policy
he Indians, about to be adopted
nt, will bring about
he American Indians
~ territory.
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The workingman at S1.25 per day is
always spoken of as having large family
to support" Now, the probability-is
that at least half the men who are en-
ployed at that rate are unmarried, and
OF those who are married and have 2
19tulIfy, ESyS Iusrhv s1tv f-e--~4----
supporting it, but leave that duty to
their wivs, who manage it upon dollar
a day, oftentimes gained by washing or
equally arduous work, with the draw
back of not only having to support the
family, but care fo- them, wash for them,
cook for them, and sew for them in addi-
tion. | myself know one poor woman
who could consider herself most happy
If she could have the entire control of
one dollar per day upon which to keep
her family of six persons, including her
husband, who not only speSds his own
earnings in rum and tobacco, but mort
cages hers, steals them, swears at and
beats her, or threatens TO beat the chill
dren until she yields them to him.
Jennie Jlae
. AIIINE tourists VIII TINS year nave All
opportunity of observing a new aud un-
precedented phenomena. In the neigh
borhood of the small town of Bourg St.
Maurice is a mountain called by the
people OF the country the " Bee Rouge. -
II IS connected with the outly spurs of
the little st. Bornerd, and if : 800 feet
above tho sea level. This mountain is at
the present moment tumbIing to pieces.
For three weeks past the blocks of solid
stone of which it is, as it were, built up,
have been crumbling away, and the
whole side of the mountain appears to be
in course of pouring itself down into the
plain. The scene is described by mem
Der of the French Alpine club as mag
nifcent in the extreme. The bonlders
which detach Themselves are often of
immense size, and the leap down steep
slope aGan extremely rapid pace, crush
ing literally to matchwood the trees and
ssplirgs which they encounter. The
ioise, made by the descending masses
resembles dull and distant peals of
thunder
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an ugly looking child, but still with a
child's face The flesh was cut from the
protuberance, and the bone was broken
off to the length of an ordinary nose.
The cuticle and flesh so cut away-were
formed into the base OF the nose, --oles
being made for the nostrils. The large
cavernous opening then seen was bridged
across to make an upper lip by joining
the two cheeks. Mrs OHara said the
cause of the deformity was the antenatal
shock, received through a neighbor who
was driving horse. Her husband is a
laboring man, and they have four other
bright children from two to nine years Of
age. The deformed child is a hearty,
healthy infant, and, it is thought, will
survive the operation.-N J. Tribune.
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Mr. and Mrs DiscohbOius
Climbed 10 the topof a wall
And they sat 20 watch the sunset fky.
And % hear the Nupltcr Flhkin cry
And the Biscuit Buffalo CALI
They took up roll and some c2momlie letf
And both we're as happy as happy could De-
Till Mrs Dis.Ohb1lus said
Oh. w X YiZi
II has just como into my head
suppose we should happen 10 FAM
D''''Ns ''' -EJr5rd Lear.
Dead dogs are sold in san Francisco
for forty cents apiece The skins are
made into gloves, the hair is used in plas-
ter, the bones are ground for clarifying
sugar, and the fat il manufactured into
oil Every part Of the animal appears
TO be utilized except It's bark, and this
it seems to US, i'm the hands Of Yankee,
might be saved and placed in the front
yard TO frghten off tramps and lightning
rod agents.
This is utilizing solar heat beyond a
doubt Mr. Adams of Bombay, has
invented a solar battery consisting OF
two hundred small mirrors, so arranged
that they focused the suns rays upon a
small copper boiler, and generated steam
in it in twenty minutes Mr. Adams
contends that be could by the same
means generate heat enough 20 drive the
largest spinning mill in Bombay.
This is the Connecticut method of
hunting the grounding The hunter
selects medium-sized turtle, makes
few indentations in its shell, into which
A little kerosene IS poured, places the rep
tile at the edge of the rodents hole, lights
the kerosene and sends him in. The
game appears at the other end Of the
burrow on short notice, to be dispatched
bv the bludgeon in the hands Of an assis-
tant,
.." Bridget, Bridget why don't you
bring up the lemonade ?' said Mrs. :. on
the fourth Of July, from the top Of the
kitchen stairs Why, marm," said
Bridget, wiping the sweat from her red
red face with her checked apron, as she
put her head around tho partition,
" Why. marm, YOU see the ice ] put in
the lemonade is 80 hard that it hasn't
melted yet, though it's stirring it over
the fire Pve been for the last fifteen mine
utes or more.
The greatest wonder Of the anima
kingdom Of the whole Rocky Mountain
region is that Of the petrifed bones OF a
monster OF the saurian species, lately
exhumed near Canyon by Mr.. Omel
Lucas, a graduate from Oberiin, Ohio,
which, judging from the size of the
bones, must have stood about eighteen
feet high, and from sixty TO one hundred
feet in length. These bones are marvel
lousy perfect in form, impresaing the
beholder with the fact that such an ami
NAL once lived andwalked and ate.
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ESTABLISHED
Ia DAME Aux C4mELI.Is.


By T. BAILEY ALDRICH.
Isthink that was the play;
The house was packed fiWl pit 10 dome
With the gallant and the gay
Who had come to see the tragedy,
And while the hours away.
There was the ruined spendthrift,E
and beauty in her prime;
There was the grave historian,
And there the man of rhyme,
ANA The suriy critic, front to front
To see the play Of crime.
And there was pOmpous Ignorance,
And Vice in flowers aud lace:
Sir CTesUs and sir Pandaurus
And the music played apace.
But Of all that crowd / only saw
n single, single face
That of a girl whom had known
In the summers long ago,
When her breath was ike the neW-mOwn la
Or the sweetest flowers that grow
When her heart was light and her soul
white
As the winters driven snow.
And there she sat with her great brown eyes
hey wore a troubled loosz.
And read the histsry Of -
As II were an open book;
And saw her soul, like a Shiny thing
In the bottom of brook.
1,t.ss.. -1.s, ----4s.-. s--.-- .s..sslsss.s stta
Win diamoEdS pn her wrist
q 81 s.ss s..sss l brow lllssssssaiag tbEsa
IA cheat, giided grief " said, 80
And my eyes were filled with -,
could not see the players n
l heard the music moan -
1t moaned like dismal autumn wind,
That dies in the woods done;
And when il stopped 1 hard II STILL
The painful monotone
What il the Count wen true or false
did not care, not [;
What if Camille or Armand died
l did not see her de.
There sat a woman opposite
With piteeus lip and eye.
The green curtain fell on all,
On laugh, and wine and woe,
just as death some day viii fall
'Twixt us and life, know.
The play was done, the bitter play,
And the people turned to 60
And did they see the tragedy
They saw the painted scene
They saw Armand, the jealous fool,
And the sick Partisan queen,
But they did not see the tragedy
The one saw, mean.
They did not see that cold cut -,
That furtive look Of care;
Or, seeing her jewels only said
- The lady's rich and f8ir.'
But I'll tell YOU, twas the Play of Life,
And that woman played " Despair"