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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
CURRENT MENTION.

The farmers Of western Nebraska are
domesticatng the buffalo with good sue
cess.
Millions of young gra,shoppers have
been Matched ont in the vicinity of Ma
rietta, Ga.
Emigrants are being carried from New
York to New South Wales for the ex-
ceedingly low sum of $50, children half
price.
The total fund collected to date for the
widow of Mrs. Haywood, late cashier of
the Northfed bank of Minnesota, is Sl7,-
sol.
The Atlanta water works show a sur
plus of ST SOC after the first year, The
income last year was $4,000, with six
hundred and forty-two consumers.
The first four boxes of Bermuda toma-
toes arrived 1T Ncw York last week, and
new potatoes from that favored isle are
expected about the last of this month.
The Harvard faculty have agreed to
give their vo,ce in favor of the admission
of women t. the full privileges of the
university. Their action has to be ap-
proved, Of course, by the corporation.
The number OF convicts in the tn zee
state prisons OF New York on the Both oi
last September was $500, Sing Sing lead
ing off with l,605. The number is about
the same as the year before, and five
hundred ahead of 1873 or / S74 each.
The department of physics and chemis
try of the naval academy at Annapolis
has received a large number of mineral
specimens from exhibitors at the centen
NAL exposition, including contribution.
from Turkish, French and other com
missioners.
The submarine aud land telegraph line
now in operation measure distance o
more than 400, 600 miles, and employ l i,
600, 900 mile~ Of wire. At present there
are 81, 900 telegraph stations, sending il
the aggregate 10000 messages per an
mum.
The Episcopalians of Cincinnati have
established Biblical institute anc
school Of the cvangelists," under whose
auspices is t. be given, the subjects in
Guiding all the points necessary to /;
thorough theological training. The
leading Episcopal clergymen in the cit,
are the lecturers.
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VOL. XIII. NO ,.
Somebody's nIrrs As no HEIUr1.


There IS nothing more unfaYorable to
female beatty than late hours. Women
who, either from necessity or choice,
4pend most Of the day IN bed and the
night III 5prly or dissipation, have always
pale, faded complexion and dark-rim-
med weary eyes Too much sleep Is al
most IS hurtiul as TOO littlc, and is sure
to give the bersoh mwholesome Fat.
Diet also has marked inHuencp upon
aersonaI beauty. 4 gross ard excessive
induleencs i,' eating and drinking is fatal
to the female charms. ssreeially when
there is great tendency to making
tesa Regularity of time in the daily
rep.st and good hroking are the best
mems 0 scouting not only scol health
but good looks The appetite shoasd
nerer be WASTED during the intervals
i,aefea meals on pastry, confectionery,
Or sts a;het ticker OF tho appetite which
gfatifics the tasiefgrit does hot support
the system. Flxereise is, If course. essen
tiei 70 female beaqty. It animates tbe
whole physica! lift, quickens the circu-
lauon OF the blood, heigitsns the color,
develops the growth, and per'ects the
form of each limb and the entire tody
1t also ei4s4 hesuty aud grace TO each
movement.
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4 NEW rR1cN or rkADk.


The London Times, referring to Ger
tain matter discussed by its complaining
correspondents, closes the case BY savinp
"our eolurnhs would not contain all the
letters we have received on this subject" :"
The subject referred to has--so far as we
have ever hcard-the merit of neveltv,
at least. In brief, it may be thus stated :
In the days hefare Christmas, when
presents circulate among friends, divers
persons in and near London received
cases and hampers of wine in bottles.
duly directed, but without any clew to
the sender. The natural presumption
was that some kind friend had remer-
bersd thSn1, and in many instances the
wine was consumed, the unknown friend
and benefactor being duly honored in
''toast and sentiment" unknown. he
remained il every Instance, and though
diligent inquiry was made, all to whom
the generous. gift was imputed denied
the soft s.impeaeha
On or about the 9th of January, the
recipients OF the wine received each Il
note, expressing "mortifeatioh' that a
careless clark had forgotten Is mail the
letter ,sdish shopld haze gone by post at
the same time the wine was sent. The
identical Htter came in the same en-
velope, and set forth that Messrs. So
and-so took the liberty to send a case of
remarkable fine wine, one bottle of
which could be tested rs a sample of the
lot. The rest could be returned if not
satisfactory; CT # retained could lie
charged at the remarkable low rate, etc,
etc. About the quality of the wine we
hear nothing, but if it is like the device
of the merchant, it must be "rather
thin" Some of the parties thus adj
dressed feel compelledsto ''pay for AN
article they wopld never have ordered
Others cautiously refrained from tasting
and sent back the case, carriage unpaid.
And others having drank the wine
under delusion-denounue the transac-
tion asa case Of false pretence, and, un=
der counsel defy the winter. And they
serve him right.
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f.nNBows IN rHEsNow.

The Cincinnati Commercial prints III
extract from a letter written by a citi-
zen OF Denver, Col, December 22d, N
which occurs the following: y wrote
Won Yesterday about o'clock, '1hAn the
weather was warm and pleasant, and ]
now want 20 'ake Il all back, for about
dark. il turned cold and beaau showing
and blowing, and ali day the theri1o"'-
eter has been hugging zero. But this
morning we Lad a very remarkable sun
snow shower, or frost shower, with the
most singular and beautiful combina-
tions Of rainbows ever seen on this con.
tinent by the Oldest inhabitants (Ot Col
orado). There were three eircles-ore
large circle, taking IN and circlina
arohnd the entire city, that seeped tt
be about sag four miles in diameter
one Immediately above the city with :
diameter of say one mile, and oiie e'r
Gle around the sun, comncncing at t.'
horizon and merely t"uching the cen
ter ring. with five bright stifs "eatec
about The inner circle, ike the moons
Of Jupiter Each ring seemed about two
feet wide and Of the most brilliant rain
bow eolors. fl was sight rcver TO h'
fDrgDttnf!
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/ COSTLY sxPEnTmhNr.

During the last winter Of the Crimean
war, two yachts belonging to Mr. Scott
Russell suddenly appeared in the tran
quill waters OF Poole harbor. They
brought with them twco naval officers
deputed by the war office and singular
and wonderful submarine engine, re
sembling an inverted boat, which it Is
now no secret to state was an invention
destined to penetrate, like the Trojan
horse, into Cronstadt harbor, and there
bring terror and destruction to the Rus
slams. The said machine was filed with
compressed air. and lowered by we ghts,
while it was fashioned to contain crew
OF twelve men. who were to push it
along the bottom of tl,e sea, and then
when inside the wished-for haven to
raise il by peculiar mechanical ar
rangement. 1t is perhaps needless to say
that the trial was a complete dasco, tn
crew being unable 10 propel the subma-
rine vessel any distance, while the
weights failed TO work properly, and
thirteen of her maiesty's subjects were
almost drowned, albeit they remained
over half an hour under water without
suffocation. This experiment cost the
country about eS, S,000
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be in froiit. f!.ere Should also be 4 slit
in the top, through which, when ii IS
wanted, a wired partition can be letdown,
cutting off a small Compartment at one
cid of the bssa, @hieh is to serve as
nursery for the little ones when they are
ready to leave the nest.
Chips new home was, however, only
the common breeding cage of the stores.
With it / bought also round wire nest,
which was lined first with canton fan
mel, we'll stitched down, and then fast
ened at the back Of the cage, ciosG 70 ahd
little higher than the perch. y wood
en- box, four inches square and two deep,
hung on a nail or screw like an oh fas
ioned SOAP box, would have been better
and more cohienieht = little moss ~as
next scalded and thoroughly died, and,
With some soft wool rayelings cut into
Short pieces, placed in the cage. The
permanent fxings being eli complete,
Chip and Nan took possession OF their
new home, aud, the first novelty over,
began nest building in earnest.
II Is curious to notice what wonderful
things young hodsekeepe+s mean t" dc
when first they begin. Nan was hard to
please--a little fastidious, perhaps She
1'dh't want a front parlor at all il it was
not prettier than shybo93 elee's front
parlor Ter first nest, which it took two
| days to build, seemed to me very snug
aud coy, and Chip was immensely de
lighted withit But the "apricious little
lady's tastes were not satisfied Chip
had probably e9t mattefs Inixed, putting
w6ol where thoss shohld have gone, and
twisting his tail tile wrong way in round
ing things of. 30 on the third day Nan
tore the nest all 80 pieces. Tossed the
wool and moss TO The bottom Of the cage,
and tugged away at the canton flannel
as # the tate Of canarydom depended on
It's remcral Chip vas bewildered.
The poor fellow didn't know what 70
make of it, and noticed that he seemed
little shy of his mate, as though he
feared that it would be his turn next.
But Nan was good bird, and soon the
work Of rebuilding was commenced.
Probably Chip was more careful this
time Perhaps he didn't offer 80 man5
suggestions as before. / can't say. But
the nest was duly completed; both Nan
and Chip thou eht it just the thing, and
the next morning IL contained-an egg.
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] call it Chips, although il was really
Mans, as she did most of the work.
Very busy both IF them were while the
nest was building. If Chip did little,
he had much to say about it, and prob
ably felt that hS was entitled to the
greater part of the credit. Nan had
clearly. however, little faith in his taste
or knowledge. OF course the wife was
the proper person 20 furnish the rooms
and make the beds What could Chip
know about such things?
And this is the way they set about IL.
After spending few days pleasantly
together, it became evident that some
grave subject was on foot. Chip and
Nan put their heads toge therquite often,
and held long consultations, while every
nook and corner of Chips cage was
thoroughly ransacked. At length l was
duly informed, with ever 50 many
"cheeps," that the young couple had
made up their minds to begin house-
keeping. Would | please provide them
with nice little home, and a few ar
ticles-not many, just enough to start
with? Like Boots of the inn, in one OF
Dickens charming stories, l gave a long
whistle; but how could / refuse 80
there was another visit to the stores to
find breeding cage, for l was too busy
to make one. Now it so happens that
makers of cages know nothing of rearing
canaries, and bird dealers about as much
A perfect breeding cage. therefore, can't
be bought, and so l would advise ON
Young "fanciers to make their own
A fair sized home for a pair OF canarie:
would be eighteen inches wide, fourteen
inches high. and ten inches from front tC
back. Halfinch staff planed TO th q
eichths is heavy enough, and the com
monest White pine will DO. The top arc
back should beof wood, the front an,
ends wired, tie wires being half an incl
apart. There should Ike tolerably lare,
door ut ihe front aad one at each end
and the Sc AID essels must al
Z
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Mr.. Bayard Taylor, writing of animal
nature, in the Atlantic, tells this story Of
a parrot owned by friend in Chicago ::
When the great FIRE was raging its owner
saw that she could rescue nothing except
what she Instantly took in her hands
There were two objects equally dear, the
parrot and the old family bible, and she
could take but one. After moment OF
he-itat;on she seized the bible, and was
Fastening away. when the larrot cried
out in Il loud and solemn voice, Good
Lord deliver Us No human being
could have been deal to such an appeal;
the precious bible was sacrificed and the
bird saved. In the home to which he was
taken there were among other visitors
a gentleman rather noted for volubility.
When the parrot first heard him it lis
tened in silence for some time, then to
the amazement Of all present it said very
emphatically, "You talk toe much -
the gentleman at first embarrassed,
presently resumed his interrupted dis
course. Thereupon the parrot laid his
head on one side, gave an indescribably
comical and contemptuous " Hm-m -
and added, There he goes again -
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mooDr's woRK IN cHicaeo

His work in Chicago has been wonder
full. He has drawn thousands upon
thousands of people, not only from the
city and state, but from every part of
the west These vast crowds have been
jealous and persistent in attendance.
Thousands have throngcd about the doors
of. the tabernacle, waiting for admission,
even when the thermometer was far be-
low zero and the wind was blowing bit
terly. The great tabernacle has been
unable to hold the multitude, and it has
overAowed into Farwell hall and other
places. The great evangelist has to show
for his campaign $500 persons converted
and allied with various churches; be
tween 5000 and 5000 left seriously i'm
pressed; hundreds of inebriates changed
into sober men; the churches warmed
mp, aroused from lethargy, inspired viii
more zeal. and church members begin
ming to live up to their professions.
Chicago Tribune.
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HOW G4SW4s FIRsr USED.

Great was he amazement OF all Eng
land when at the close of the last
century William Murdoch discovered
the use os combustible air or gas. So
little was the invention understood and
believed in 10y those who had not seen it
in use that even great and wise men
laughed at the idea. ''How could there
be light without wick ," said MEM
Der of parliament when the subject was
brought be ore the house. Even Sir
Humphrey Davy ridiculed the idea of
lighting towns by gas and asked one of
the proprietors if they meant to take the
dome of st. Paul's for gas-meter. Sir
Walter Scott, too, made himself merry
over the idea of illuminating London by
smoke, though be was glad enough, not
so long after, to make his own house at
Abbottsford light and cheerful on wintry
nights by the use of that very smoke.
When the house of commons was lighted
by gas, the architect imagined that the
gas ran on FIRE through the pipes, and
he, therefore, insisted on their being
placed several inches from the wall for
fear of the building taking fire; and
members might be observed carefully
touching the pipes sith their gloved
hands and wondering why they old not
feel warm. The first shop lighted in
London by the new method was Mr..
Ackerman's in the strand, in 1910, and
one lady of rank was 50 delighted with
the brilliancy of the gas-lamp on the
counter that she asked to be allowed to
take it to lcr home in her carriage. Mr..
Murdoch was, however, too busy with
other pursuits to continue the study ol
gas, and though he was undoubtedly the
first to apply it to practical purposes,
many Others laid claim to the honor,
and other people quickly reaped the
benefit of his cleverness and ingenuity
In this he shared the general fate o.
inventors.-C Coal Trade Journal
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The French papers announced during
the autumn the miraculous cure Of a
pilgrim naHiea BiSiere. This poor fell
low had suffered for mary years from a
complications of lis. He was afflicted
with paralysis, he had an ulcer in his lett
leg. and was deaf and dumb and half
blind. ige went down to Loudes, andno
sooner drank Of The holy waters OF the
shrine than he was instantly and COM
pls.sly cured of all his numerous ills; he
could once more dance, sing. hear and see
az in his tender years The miracle
naturally made great sensation, and
rhsn she fortunate pilgrim went home
to Marane, IN .l,e Maine-et-Loire, he be-
came the subject Of gef;er@! attention.
Unfortunately there was a skepi'eAl
doctor in The neighborhood who desired
10 examine BiYiere, but an the day fixed
for the examination. the happy pilgrim
was nowhere ia he found. This sudden
disappearance Was about to be attributed
10 another miracle WHEN fe unexpected
" turned up between brace Of 9co'
| Farmes who had arrested him for swind'
ling. 1t then came out that he was :
very old offender, and bad feigned the
infrmities with the object of imposin;
on public credulity and charity in shor
he was & professional beggar
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pERILs eE THE snl
Drifting bg Night End TeiIinss cs< Dan
4 Tale ~ +5,;crcch s''d


4 Tall etNeA.5 5;crcch md
suffering.
4 dispatch from San Fancisco of the
Goth says: The schoon.r John Bright
arrived this evening from Tapita, having
on board the captain and steward Of the
British ship Ada Irdndale and three ap-
prentice boys, William Lightfoot, VII
liam nenwood and Frederick Joyce.
The captain resorts that the ship left
Ardosan, Scotland, June 20th, with coal
for this port On the 18th of October.
latitude 10 south, longitude 1OS0 west,
fire was discovered in the lower hold.
Every effort was made TO e&tinguish it.
but il was soon evident that the whole
body of coal ignited. The crewduS down
into the cargo until the gas and heat
drove them from the hold. Waser was
pumped down, but to no effect. In
thirty-six hours from the time the fire
was discovered the gas that had accumu-
lated blew up the decks. Finding fur
ther attempts to save the ship useless,
boats, three in number, were lowered
and the ships company, consisting of
captain, two walters, carpenter, cook,
steward, five boys and twelve able sea
men, entered them The captain
took with him the ships papers,
nautical instruments, charts and
such an amount of bread and water as
could be stored and shaped his course
for the Galapagos islands, about ! POO
miles distant. Soon after leaving the
ship the captains boat capsized in a heavy
sea and ali the instruments were lost ex-
cept the sextant, and also the provisions
on board. The boat was righted again
and the men picked up. In few days,
finding the wind and currents setting
him back, he abandoned the design of
reaching Galligos, aud steered fov Mar
quesas, 2,400 miles distant. November
third one of the boats capsized andthe
carpenter, William Denver, was drowned.
The rest of the crew was taken on board
the other boats. All the food and water
on the capsized boat was lost, aud from
that time until November ninth, when
they reached the island of Dominick,
Marauosas group, all hands were re-
stricte1 to three wine glasses of water
per day, and throughout that time in the
boats to two biscuits per day. The
weather was very rough a portion of the
time and the men suffered greatly. At
night the boats were made fast to each
other and all kept together. They found
the schooner John Bright at Marquesas,
ir which all hands took passage for Ia
haiti, arriving December twelfth. Here
the captain paid off the officers and crew
in bills on England and discharged them,
except the apprentice boys, two of whom
deserted; the others with the captain left
Tahati December twentieth. The mates,
cook, steward and eight seamen shipped
at Tahata on the New Bedford whaler
Coral. The rest sought other vessels
The Ada Irondale was an iron ship, and
owing to the delay in her arrival had
been dropped from the list expected to
arrive few days ago.
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There seems at least n reasonable prob-
ability that Cleopatra's needle, which
wa, given by Mehomet Ali to the British
government, and which has remained 70
long on the shore at Alexandria, will,
before many months are over, be set up
in London. An engineer who has de.
voted much attention TO the subject says
that by carefully swathing tho monoiiih
in a kind OF sacking and covering ii sin
wood in rounded shape, il could he
rolled into barge and thcn towed to
the Thames Once there, however, thg
still further AVID Greater difficulty o.
erecting it has 70 be encountered. TAt
erection or the obeli-k in Tie Place le j
concorde at Paris oo,t fcnr huneres
tl,ousand dollars snd tits the enormou
expense involved 81 dealing with thi
still larger and more Interesting mono'il
whicn has hitherto deferred our gofeiI
menl fson attempting tAis enter Il
The engineer whose plan Il lnoE to
tried mahttains, lsowever that The who
thing can he donr, aoi tlle ohelsrk II
up n safety in slc plsce 70 tc rrer'l'
for IL at the cni o Nosthun.bc''a'
avenue cost " abont thifty-h
thousand dollas. ipH lfqa 6p'eiis.
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An OPERA EOUFFE IMPRESSION or
AMERICA.

1t must be confessed that there are no
women more charming than the Ameri-
cans. First, they are pretty in proper
tion wholly unknown in Paris. Out of
a hundred women who pass by ninety
are attractive. Besides, they know how
to dress themselves. Their toilet is per-
feet in taste, full of tact and truly ele-
CANT. One would think they had come
from Worth. / will only crit;cise one
thing in their costumes; it is the pocket
placed at the height of the knee. This
pocket has an exclusive use. 1t carries
the pocket handkerchief At distance.
when the corner of the white cambric is
seen in this opening, one asks himself if
the beautiful lady is not the victim of an
accident, and if q is not very par
tieular resemenf that is seen through the
rent. These young girls may be seen
setting out at midnight and entering
alone elegant restaurants, where they
take their lunch with as little inquietude
as an old Bachelor il Europe. Others
wait at the corner of Fifth Avenue, o.
some other place where they have ap-
pointed to meet their carriage, to take a
drive in Central Park. Strange thing,
for depraved Partisan who loves TO fol-
low women; no one in New York or any
other town in the United States would
permit himself tC take significant step
behind a yankee girl, and still less to
address word to her, even to offer his
umbrella. To offer her this object an
introduction is necessary. But don't
imagine that the formalities of an in
PRODUCTION are very terrible to fulfill.
If no mutual friend can be found, an adj
vertisement in the Herald suffices. The
first time saw Central Park was in COM
pany with an American well known at
New York. AT every step be met some
of his friends. remarked that he
saluted certain persons very profoundly,
while to Others he scarcely raised his
hat. | asked him the explanation OF
this. He answered me in the most
serious manner, That gentleman l just
saluted so respectfully is a very import
ant msn in New York society; he is
worth one million dollars. This one
who is now passing is worth only one
hundred thousand dollars: so he is not
so much thought about as the other. |
salute him with less ceremony. These
are the distinctions observed in America,
where there is no other aristocracy than
Aa--A- % tabor and the dollar" The news
papers in America enjoy much greater
Importance than in Europe. We must