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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

killed or wou5ded. In a case of that kind,
sir even bslesman will do his best to
save human ie, although he sometimes
loses his owngfthe attempt; and all he
gets for it isiay1ng his name in the pa
per. and being called brave fellow.
Quicker tbal can tell, I made up my
mind that The train must be signalled,
lamp or no lsap. But how to do it was
the question. II | ran ahead without a
light the engiTer might think wanted
to stop the tnn for robbery, for such
things have i'm done, you know, and
would not onlydash right on faster than
before, but (ug be) try to scalp me as
the loeomotivsrnshed by. tell You |
felt like prayig Just then; bat brake
men are not ssscted for their religious
feelings, so Iaidn't pray much, but
looked around nd saw light shining in
a window someaistance of. laid down
my lantern carnIiy ~ the track, made
be line for thski.tlsss and soon hu.a.as.l.A.
:. woman ta.flr. sssols s.-. ,tle Ia'sAea more
frightened ttiszs I.Has ut my exclted ap-
pearance. It was useless to ask for sperm
oil Cthe only kind we use), so I cried
ont:
"For Gods sake get me some straw"
She seemed to realize the position, and
quickly brought bundle. Feeling in
my pocket found three gmatches, and,
grabbing the straw, made my way back
to the track.
Laying the straw between the rails l
lit a match and showed it into the bun
die. 1t tiickered an instant and then
went out. l felt and found the straw
damp. Just then dull, faint, rumblng
sound came down on the wind, and
knew she was coming the train would
soon be tAere. | truck the second
match and touched of the straw-a blaze,
a little smoke, and twas dark again, and
raising my eyes sawthe headlight away
in the distance. But trains don't crawl,
and a buzzing along the raa told me TO
be lively; the red light wa; burning but
family; five minutes mOreand it would
90 out. For a moment Isbod paralyzed.
when a shriil whistle from the engine
brought me to my senses, and / saw that
within two minutes she would be there
Selling the lantern vita one hand
struck the last match ard bending down
laid il carefully inside the straw, and
then dashed forward, waving the red
light. The glare from the headlight
shone down the track, ald the engineer
saw me, but did not notre the red light
the sudden swinging lad put it out
only screeching he cam. right on. When
the train was almost upon me / jumped
one side, and Singing he lantern over
my head / dashed il straight into the
cab. The engineer yw the lamp as it
broke on the floor, sd seeing the red
glass and battered latern, whistled the
danger signal and trid to check up.
Looking down tb track l almost
screamed from exciement The last
match had found a Try spot, and the
straw was & {ng dP44zgbtly. The
train came to a statistill; e was saved;
that's all ! remen8er.
The next kns | was in the baggage |
car. They said hey had found me lying |
by tho train in siead faint, and-excuse |
me, we are goingto stop now.
" Stamford, - k sung out. The train
stopped and the writer went home, sat
lsfed that BRIDESMAIDS life is an ex-
citing one IyIaLzbayTs Leader.
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the house of representatives to select one
newspaper in each of the states,
Gin which all treaties and laws of
the United States as may be ordered for
publication shall be published Mr..
Durham moved to sustain the veto, and
said he would, as soon as possible, report
Rack the bill with the Objectionable tea-
lures removed. The veto was sustained: {:
Yeas, 2l1; nays, 0. Mr.. Durham
reported back the bill, leaving out the
section objected to by the president, and
it was passed. The house then took re-
cess until ten O'clock tomorrow.
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SAPED BY Il CONDUCTOR.
A TeterabIe ITOB,on HaIks zcrOss the
Grenf PLai,is and Is YIHnIIn UisnbIed.

a Te1terabie TOnon HaIEs Across the
Great Plains and IS Finally Disabled.
When the Denver Pacific train arrived
in Cheyenne Monday afternoon the con-
ductor was informed that an aged lady,
with her son had started early in the day
with the intention of walking 20 Denver,
and that they seemed To be objects of
charity. Conductor Farmer kept look
out on the returning train, and when
thirty miles south Of Cheyenne dis
covered the old lady and her boy sitting
on the end of the ties of the track The
train was stopped and free ride offered
to this city. 1t took but a moment 10
discover that the old lady was Lot only
nearly blind from constant looking upon
the snow, but her tramp and privations
had rendered her so feeble that she had
to be lifted into the car. Unquestion-
ably another nights exposure would
have snapped the thread of life, and
doubtless the boy would have met
similar fate. So soon as a short rest was
had the woman, whose name was Mrs.
Ann Miller, a widow, aged ffty-eight
years. told to sympathizing passengerq
and trainmen the story of their tramp
The details would make interesting and
thrilling reading. Six weeks ago the
twaiy- started from Randolph county,
Indiana, TO walk to this city to visit
some relatives living in the vicinity.
The little money with which they COM
menced this tramp Of over twelve hun
dred miles was soon gone, and the benev-
olence of people along the route1was
their only stay. Nearly the entire dis
tance was made on foot, and through the
snow storms and severest weather, save
an occasional ride on n wagon, and much
less often the assistance rendered by
generous hand-car-men, who were met
on the Union Pacific road, the eonduc-
tors always refusing to give helping
hand. Thus they Plodded along until
picked up on the Denver Pacific, with
out money and with very scant clothing.
The old lady had bunch of her garden
seeds, however, which she had brought all
the way, as she did not believe good seeds
could be obtained so far from civilization.
A pure of ten dollars, made up on the
train, made one need good, and at the
depot in this city they parted with those
who had proved their only friends on the
route, blessing without stint, the gene
rous givers. The lady said she had a
wealthy daughter in California, but was
unwilling her condition should be made
known to her, and so she braved the
dangers of the trip and stared starvation
and death successfully in the face.-Den-
ger Tribune
Mamma, have any children" asked
little creature six yaars old sskYhy
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
APPLIOA TIOSS OF THE IMPRoYE1
GLASS

An article in the English Mechanic
expresses entire confidence in the ad-
aPtability of the improved French glass
introduced, for a vast number of in
dustrial and domestic purposes, and that
Its superiority in this direction, over
every other description of the material
is unq6stisnable.
1t is, of course, chiefy'in the applica-
ton OF glass to uses for which, but for its
brittleness, it would be very serviceable.
that this wonderfully tempered article
VIII exhibit its greatest value. Tins. it
Is found peculiarly serviceable in tie
manufacture of cups and saucers, plates
ana dishes, and, in fact, for all kinds of
similar wares-these may, indeed. be
violently thrown across a room without
breaking.
In the manufacture of alcohol and
aicohsiic liquors, too, especially beer. the
tempered glass will find an extensive
neld for employment, while, in the pro-
duction OF acids and various other
Chemicals, it offers advantages which
Will be readily seized. Not less impor-
tant is the attainment of glass Iamp
chimneys, which will not fracture even
when directly touched by the flame
and, as an ordinary sized pane. only one.
eighth inch thick, will bear a man
weight, the improved glass is likely to be
universally substituted for the thick and
not very transparent material at present
used as pavement lights for underground
rooms As is well known, however. this
glass cannot be cut into sizes like or.
dinary kinds. A diamond merely
scratches it, and the fracture is no longer
clean, like that of common glass--the
two kinds, in word, resemble one
another only in appearance and in
chemical composition.
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
MIsERIES OF MARRIED ACTRESSES

The London correspondent of the New
York Times says: No women, it would
seem, have better chances of mar
riage than successful actresses; no women,
as a rule, are more unfortunate in their
matrimonial alliances. Miss Amy Faw-
sitt, who died recently in New York,
though never in any sense great actress,
achieved Il popularity at the Vaudeville
which, accompanied with good and
womanly conduct, brought her several
offers of marriage of which any respecta-
bic girl might have been proud. She
made the usual mistake of her class, and
having made that MISTAKE committed
the error of too many who achieve sud-
den success. She refused the part Of
fered to her in "Our Boys" which has
now been running some six hundred or
seven hundred nights. Then came dis
appointment upon disappointment, and
matrimonial misery. One night she
arrived at the court theater bruised and
excited. She said she had fallen down,
but presently she vowed she dare not 90
upon the stage because her husband had
sworn he would shoot her from the pit,
and she detected him sitting there IN
the very spot which he had warned her
he would select, and she knew he carried
weapon. Was it surprising that event
ually she had to relinquish her engage
ment at the court on account of severe
nervous attacks !? Is it surprising that
she found it impossible to renew the
vigor and charm of her youth in New
York, and that SIZE died a sad and lonely
woman? Miss Nellie Power, of the
Vaudeville theatar, is another young
lady who, at the height of her somewhat
fictitious success, married what is called
"a SWELL" and retired magnifcently
from the stage, to return t. it for liveli
hood, bearing the tainted name of
schemer and an adventurer. | could
give you half dozen other examples.
and in each case the lady who has won
her position in the profession has turned
her back upon it to marry into what she
considered higher social grade, but
only to discover that in the end she had
not only to keep her swell" but to
submit to all kinds of miseries and de-
graduation.
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dred and forty-four. On one side they
have the cup of mama, and on the other
the budding rod of Aaron.
a colony of 100 emigrants, comprising
artisans of the several mechanical trades,
sailed from New York to Australia few
days ago. They go out under the aus
Pices of an agent of the government of
New South Wales. Upon arriving in
Sydney, if they desire to go to the coun-
try districts within three days after
arrival, the emigrants will be furnished
free passages. The statistics furnished
by the government state that compositors
are there paid % cents 4 1000 ems
cdfpenters, $3.50 a day; machinists,
blacksmiths. boiler-makers and carriage
builders, from $3.50 to 50 day. Small
cottages in Sydney rent from 81 to 50
week; large houses $3.50 a week; board
and lodging from $3.50 to $3.50 & week
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

A Piedmontese and Neapoiitan
were discussing the relative charms
their countries. "Naples" said the
former. NAPLES is the dirtiest city IN
the universe. You can't set foot on ITS
streets without getting ankle deep In
filth "Well, but look at our sky-that
carpet of the gods-se beautiful, 80 eter-
nally blue" " Yes, that carpet Of the
gods Is passably clean, admit, but that
is only because you can't spit on il.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
URRENr P4RAGRAPHS.

TIE San Francisco Alta says that,
from causes not easily explained, Cali
fornia, and perpaps San Francisco in
particular, furnishes more cases OF
paralysis than does any other section of
the country, if not of the would.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
FOUNG FoLKSa
4 Little ChiId's F0ncies.
aY MES I-Ec.swII1rnH-

/ think that the world was finished AT night,
Or the stars would not have been made;
For they wouldn't have thought OF having
light,
II they hadn't first seen the shade.
And then, again, alter my mind,
And think perhaps II was day,
And starry night WAS only designed
For the little child tired of play.
And think that an angel, when nobody kn
With window pushed up very high.
Let some of the seeds OF the flowers fall througs
From the gardens they have In the sky.
For they couldn't think here Of lilies 50 white,
And such beautiful roses, ! know
But | wonder, when falling from such height
The dear little seeds Should grow
Aud then, when the iac0 of the angels was tuIne
/ think that the birds flew by,
And singing 10 the songs they learned
On the opposite side OF the sky.
And L lainbow must BE shining below
OF place in Heaven ofoor that IS thin,
Right close TO the door where thaehildreu go.
When the dear Lord lets them in.
Aud tAiask tkesahe easqds s,,sss .ssss : 'S'
~, 80 rse look sevH5oe prime
AE each OF Them put on w eoSEst nuiT
do not know why the water was sent,
Unless perhaps, II might be
God wanted Us ta know Whist IS meant
When We read OF the casper Sea
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
TRUTHS AND gRIFLrs

Said the little pet Of the househem
on her birthday ~. It's a lovely dol,
dear grandpa and grandma. Bbt-tue
--Fd been hoping it would be twinAp'
Rain, formerly very rare ir lower
Egypt, has become frequent in Alexan.
dria and Cairo, owing to the extenive
planting OF the mulberry in that Vi.
cinity.
Recorder Hackett, Of New York
said, in the course of recent trial for
burglary: 81 have never known psrents
to fail to commit perjury when it was
requisite in defense Of their children
The following sentence was dictated
by the late Lord Palmerston to eleven
British cabinet ministers, not one Of
whom, it is said, spelled it correctly; at
is disagreeable to witness the embarrass
ment of harassed peddler gauging the
symmetry of peeled potato"
"A poor old woman, who had worked
and toiIed for nearly three-score years,
said if she didn't think she'd have rest in
the next world she'd tie a milestone
roundsher neck and jump into the river,
and 60 TO the bottom, ard stay there a.
long as she lived.
4 meek-eyed married man offered
test at n spiritual seance that the me
dunn name the articles in his wife's up
per bureau drawer. The medium aid
'.she spirit would repeat the contents of
Webster's dictionary, or any other light
task, but that life was too short to at
tempt the task proposed, and the rash
P.et-ausr -uss .ish@sss .;ssa5.4fs sha haIL
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

A woMAN jp>-the Johnson county,
poor-house has given birth to nine
children during her stay there, and the
distressed authorities have been COM
neIIed to exile her from the society of
the institution.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

BLUE glass has gone up. The "treat-
ment" whereof it is an auxiliary has not
yet gone up, but is in its tentative pc
Rod. Crystal of all cerulian shades has
risen three hundred per cent. There may
be something in the claims made for it,
and then, again, there mayn't be. The
ferceness of the blue-glass campaign Ie-
calls to cautious observers the tulip rage,
the morus multicaulis fever. the euca-
lyptus insanity, and various other emo
tional fashions that have swept across
the land from time to time. The claims
made for the blue glass are extravagant
1t is not likely they will all be realized.
A very profitable and sensible thing
weuld be to wait while and see. 1t is
possible that good deal of secondhand
glass will be for sale cheap after few
Wa0ks
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

Not far from Salzburg, Austria, is a
great mountain which consists of moth
ing but beautiful marble. The stone
masons cut out blocks and columns of it,
take them to the great city, and build
palaces of them, while.the chips are used
to make playing marbles for the young
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

The colored American Jubilee sipcera
armed $40, 600 by their concerts in En-.
gland last year.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

THE use of chloroform in dentistry Is
said by the Medical Record to be always
dangerous. mo surgeon" says the
writer, cares to assume the responsibility
of giving chloroform unless he knows
that the stomach of the patient is empty,
that the circulatory apparatus is in good
condition, and the lungs free FROM dis
ease. A previous inquiry into these con-
ditions is as much a part of the admins
tration of any ansethetic as is the placing
of the napkin to the nose"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

WURNALIsM and letters are steadily
looking.up in the old world. One 'gentlsu
man of the press" now a nobleman Of
politics, Disraeli, rules England as Earl
of Beaconsfield and Premier Another
"gentleman of the press" Jules Simon,
political editor of the Steele, has been
made prime minister of France: and
evelyn Germany the "prinee of blood
and iron" has confessed the power of pens
and ink by promoting his right hand in
the press, Lothar Bucher, to the rank Of
genuine excellency, and by calling up
another journalist of mark to be under
secretary of state and chietof the finances
of the empire.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

He sat alone in her father parlor,
waiting for the fair ones appearance, the
other evening, when her little brother
came cautiously into the room, and GID
ing up TO the young mans side, held out
a handful Of something, and earnestly
inquired 81 say mister, whatr them ?"
" Those" replied the young man, sol
emnly, taking up one in his fingers,
"those are beans" There :" shouted
the boy, turning TO his sister, who was
just coming in, ] knew you lied. You
said ne didn't know beans, and he does
too =" The young mans stay was not
what you may call a prolonged one that
evening.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

Mamma, have any children asked
little creature six years old. ''Why,
no; what put such notion in your
head?" why, l was reading to-day
about ehildrehs' children, but 5 pose it
meant our dolls" replied the sage little
one.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

There is something refreshing in the
absolute astonishment that visitors to a
printing Office sometimes display at the
commonest things. "Wlfat is that Jack
looking thing standing up in that cor
ner?" is sometimes asked by an unso-
phisticated observer, and the nearest typo
answers, "That is the printing Office
towel. We always stand up in the cor
ner.'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

/ think that the world was finished at night
Or the stars would not have been made;
! For they wouldn't have thought Of having
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-12-19
Or S hlIoh's System Vitalizer

We are authorized to guarantee this
remedy for the cure Of Dyspepsia. Inac-
tive Liver. Sour Stomach. Constipation.
Loss Of Appetite. Coming up of Food.
Yellow Skin. and General I.anguor and
debility. You must acknowledge that
this would be ruinOus unless we had posi-
tive evidence that it will cure. You who
are suffering from these complaints, these
words are adlressed-and will you con-
Time to suffer when you caa be cured on
such terms: 1t is for you to determine.
Sample bottle. 10 cents; regular size. -
cents. Sold by j. :. Whitney.
$4,000 die annually by neglccting a
Cough. Cold or Group. often leading to
Consumption aud the grave. Why will
you neglect 50 important a matter when
you can get at our store Shiloh's Con-
sumption Cure. with the assurance of a
speedy recovery. For soreness across
the Chest or Lungs or lame back or side,
Shiioh's Porous Plaster gives prompt re-
wei. Sold BY j. ;. Whitney.
Hackmefaek. a popular and fragrant
perfume. Sold by J. s. whitney: Hvde
Park. VI. elsewhere by all dealers.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-12-19
STATE NEWS.

Quite large party of colonists from
Rutland and yicisity have started for
Texas.
\ large FIRE at Bethe last week Mon
day destroyed $4,000 worth of prop
erty.
The Orleans county musical society
mold their next annual convention at
Newport January Sill.
There have been six failures at Rut-
land this fall. They pay on the aver
age about 80 cents on dollar.
1t is reported that V. c. Meyerhof-
fer is to start Democratic newspaper
in Rutland, the lst of next month.
The Gospel workers from st. Al
bans began TO labor with the churches
at Waterbury last Thursday evening.
Oryille Robinson. Esq, who recent
IL died at Newport, was a very corpu-
lent man, weighing little over 800
pounds.
Chas. II. Mansur has been nominal
ted by the President for postmaster at
Brattleboro, and 5. II. circuit at
Mortified.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Simpson of
Rutland awoke the other morning TO
find a 6 months old child dead, which
slept between them.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-12-19
ANOTHER RAILROAD WAR.

The AIerchantile trust company. of
New York. for itself and all others in
like interest. not citizens of Vermont.
has filed a bill in equity in the United
States District Court of Vermont
against The LamoiIle Valley. Montpe-
lier and 81. Johnsbury and Essex
county railroad companies. Luke =.
Poland and A. j. Jewett, presidents.
which form the Vermont division of
the Portland and 0gdensburg railroad.
The bill sets forth that the first mort
gage bondholders we're inyeigled by
Poland and others into allowing q
jaint mortgage Of $780, 900 to be is
sued. which was TO have preference
over the first mortgage. by representa-
tions which they knew to be false that
said sum would complete the line and
enable them to resume the payment of
Interest Immediately. The billfurther
accuses Poland and JeTett of gpss
breach Of trust in all branches of the
transaction. and asks for their remov-
al and the appointment Of a receiver.
-EE.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-12-19
German SyFup.'

No other medicine in the world was
ever given such a test Of its curative
qualities as Boschee's German Syrup.
In three years two million four hun
bred thousand small bottles of this
medicine were distributed free of charge
by Druggists in this country to those
affected with consumption. asthma.
Group. severe coughs. pneumonia and
other diseases of the Throat and Lungs,
giving the American people undenia-
Die proof that German Syrup will cure
them. The result has been that Drug
gists in every town and village in the
United States are recommending it to
their customers. Go TO your Drug
gist. and ask what they know about it.
Sample Bottles 10 cents. Regular
size 75 cents. Three doses will relieve
any case