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The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

s $50 &fs.ssss2eES 81 4TefSaseEss
a.. Hickman Courier takes exeep-
- onr assertion that the county
20" stocked with foreigners, ana
!, ~, speh immigration should Got be
~ ,psssoaraged. Il says "the history OF
en0V. sarsy Is against u; tha; 40 man
'"s r. Democrat aud pFoscrite the
Gao ,.ern We admit than the
n.soerstic party in the past cncourag
se.o;,ra immigration with extraordi-
NV assiduity. bnt II does not follow
~ il should continue 10 DO SO af'el
~ eonutry has bscu over>tocked, at
.1..nat Willie lie foreign element
80. m Americanized Cand diy.
,I;nk the great mistake OF Dam
@ers,ie policy has been It's great cify,t
- cr,brace all manklad, before ali
.soakini we're prepared to b. admitted
a,to The glorious privilege Of Amerl-
can citizenship.
the citizens of every country must
.,r.plt their own interests and pubiic
ssie,y 10 the admission Of forei2uecs
ps;s exercise OF Judgment and defense
I. rot prescriptions We desies no pro
.,irtiYe measures. bat We do hope 10
10 abie to induce Democrats 70 amend
heir policy ia tho interest of American
.ociety and American Institutions
l7areisnerS come TO tais cunatry With
ola Worid notions of goyernmeut, with
he old world bias toward ceufra'izl-
,ion. and wi'h no conception whatever
ofihe American idea Of State sovereign
~ and Federal nuion. Ne eau absorb
aud Americanize certain number
egery decade; beyond that number We
can not 90 without putting our instiiu
sop il jeopardy. " have a class OF
Ss-.1S1sgsnrnIasEho do not believe ia
! fefUh!icah Institution; another cla-7
who use power aud money TO currup;
the voters ani our literature, meaning
thereby 10 undermine tbe foundations
both Of our societies aad Or cur Govern
ment.
A lille reflection aud iavcsiigation
win enable the Courier 10 see tba,
this IS problem of vas; ard growing
Importance The "na,iona." IDEA ha,
'V"- "v'A9 iH i''G minus % tHe
-.s's,'sFS VINO nave oe'oh7 j meriea"
Democrats, bnt they 90 k,t accept f}e
dsa II STATE sorere.g,.,v. The torr
zR, however, Is mistaken 10 saying
at ihe merely fad.fi9pal Po'lcies Of
~. ~ az a'e 80 os Ds'' d, SacF1H a.
rise'y ba e,,a--ei - ''..'s
he result of temporary ee,d,t;sn-
nd only beer d general relationship 70
be Fundamental IDEAS brt the Psin
IP'e o. 9ia.e sew rs'-aiy c5n no' te
scan ,f.at ,r@.Ii..aa Ill, !. n''..'l 1o w..
onsidered n auv case bYt tts ,.I,r,
ne anv nf conditions ro,i,-. M
ack, once in long while, necessary
o respect to many affairs of life
1on,S''lle 'I'.7e-so''an DemoeEaA
ne COURIER Goes see mathis IS
aes'ion Of vast and growing imPor-
'Dee, an" one upon winch good men
'aJ olHef' nor can "a ieFEe'' any
'oIe '''sn 'Ae io'e'EAeF can i9Ts Fl
ia' 'ae De''oc'@'io party has ever (
aimed 70 be Inc champion Of tae
Sn's ana privileges o- foreigners 10
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30
THE SUN.
1873. NEsY g0aN. ss:s.

As tie time approaches for the renewal
Of subscriptions, tbs SUN would .remind
its friends and wellwishers evei s. here,
that it is again candidate for their con
sideration and support. Upon itSarecord
for the past ten ears it relies-foSa con-
tinuauce OF the hearty sympathy and geH-
erous CO operation which have hitherto
been extended TO it from every qu@rter of
the Unioa.
Tie DAILY SUN is a foar page-sheet Of
2S columns, price by mail, post paid, 55
cents a month, or IS 81 per year.
The SUNDAY edition OF TAE sun is an
eight-page sheet OF 80 columns. While
giving the news Of the day, It also con-
tains large amount Of literary and mis-
cellaneous matter specially prepared for
II. YHE SUNDAY SuN has met with great
success. Post paid 81 % year.
THE WEEKLY sun.
Who does not know TIE WEs9rY Sus2
Il cireulates taroughoat the Uniied States,
the Canadas, aud beyond. Ninety thou
sand families greet its welcome pages
weekly, aud regard IL in the light of
guide, counsellor, AMI friend. It's news,
editorial, agricultural, and literary de-
partmeuts make il essentially u journal
for the family and the freside. Terms:
ONE DOLLAR year, pos: paid. This price,
quality considered, makes ii the cheapest
newspaper published For clubs Of ten,
with $40 cash, we viii seud an extra copy
free Address
PUBLISHER OF THE sUN, Ny. City.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

The assertion that ez Governor
Coburn. OF 0iaine, IS the larse land
ownef ~ the United States, is disputeE
10 favor Of Wilson Waddineham, Of
New York, who owns six huudgcd AID
sixty five thousand acres 10 one lot ou
The Canadian river IN New Mexico,
and about six hundred thousand acres
more IN other parts Of the same
'erritory, making alto.ether one mill
ION two hundred aad fifty six thousand
acres. or more than twice as many as
claimed by Mr Coburn.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

Sterling Police Corrt since Nov ..
New Orleans business men have in
troduced tie psnny, and the Demo
crat Is to issue three-eents evening
edition in consequence.
The Merchant Exchange Sc Nash
vile has prPoin.sa a committee 10
obtain permission from tie y G, and
St. J.. railrosd Cor Nashville drummers
to ride on freight trains.
Goserpor MeCreary ofzrsa reward
$4,000 fer the apprehension Of
parties engaged il the delivery Of
Berry Stone from the Clark county
jail
TIE Republican Senators intend to
doee>tail the extra session into the reg
ular session SO as to keep the Presi
dent from suspenaiag aAy Of their PC,
ofoehoi1ers and appointing Others.
A true friends of The colorod people
we must discourage rather than give
aid to this Liberiau emigration pro
ject, believing, as We do, that their
mission and we,iare etill lie in this
land Of their birth.
Turkey viii make peace now II she
has half a chance, bat she does not
believe much in Russian professions,
and wili coniiuue war preparat;ons un
I'll she Is assured tha. pence VIII be
guaranteed on fair principles She
looks to Eang'and for aid in the mat
ter.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

Within q few miles Of the fortunate
town Of Eyan~yIie. Lad are three
legged dog. pc,hog with no eyes,
q man "ho Is aboat to marry his
daughter in-Ia@' sister. two other men
who have welded each others daugh-
ter, young man VINO has ospoused
the mother Of his deceased vile. and
several variations OF the Eaoeh Arden
type.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

The friends OF the Silver Bili in The
Senate are quite confident that il will
pass that body by hondsome msjori
IS. Some of the estimates claiul thst
the vote viii run about Is 10 %
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

The Workingmens party is not 50
conspicuous now as it was some mouths
ago aud We hear very little Of 1t. The
dsmago aAes did not make ten strike.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

NJ Ell Mangfls house is chuck fall Of
Chris mas s5coufyetioneries. Santa Ciaus
is crowned prirce, aud.farhers, mothers.
beaux and svee.hearis, little CHILDREN
and all, should call and see him.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

The.Democratic aspirants for Conrres ess-
'9nal honorsiin The First district, thick
: autumn leaves. are divided into fhree
:,asses, viz: Certain eais,lidaies-Captain
= A. Tyler, Hon. I'd. Grassland, Hon. A.
> Boone, and Captain Clint Randie
.'robsth heNcandidates-H Oscar Turner
son- john " Dius. Captain c. r. Allen.
md one or two otbers from Trigg county
'nssible csudida' es Hon WI Stone.
lou. b. q. Bidwe!l. Hon. jesse e. Gilbert
lad Captain ". G. Clarke Several pre-
.incts are vet to b. heard from. - Louis
sille Commercial.
Captain Clint Randie ss classed
wrong. lie is the only prominen,
s'ap in the First District Nho would
not 60 to Conaress.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

During ",be biz strike" Of last sum
uer, Henry Ward Beecher, secure in
salary Of $50 900 year, said that
the family Of laboriog man ought to
live on dollar a day. Postmaster
General Key aud Senator Harris, with
big salary secured for years, have
written letters to Governor Porter say
ing that the people Of Tennessee ous
10 accept Tie bondholders proposition
10 compromise the State debt at 60
cents on the dollar. Circumstances
alter eases. Thi- qeesticu has been
before the people tos some time, aud
neither Senator uefris nor jadge Key
lhoueht enough OF Il 10 talk about il
Guiii they got to Washington.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30
s,hs s.aae lne .sans.. strong /.

Redfsid, the pondsut, defend
irg Hayes, says:
Ben Wade AID Cooking and that
,.iass Of persons fear an avalanche Of
.iuuEier,i elalsis aud demonds Tor sub.
sides. and lament the weight of the
South IN national afsirs; but what
seuse is there for blaming HAYES or
The. Hayes policy for this? Has he
added -inGle vote to the Southern
rolunu in the Electoral College, IN
Congress or the Senase Who divided
Virginia and thcs added two Senators
~ the solid South? Nho enfranchis-
e,i the negro when he is not able to
saaud alone, aud thus added some forty
eougressmen aud elecfural votes 10
the Southern quota. with no CORES
nsuding return Was it Hayes and
re Hayes policy :? The very chaps
Nno IRE alarmed at the size and power
e The solid South are the very ones
"1o aehaied them two Senators aud
-t'al te4'y coDgressmen.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30
EaExcxs HTn
q Singular E2ag ssest Tlat
8asz&S sbe Granted.

HANE E time and again requested the
Tax payers Of Fulton county to cone
forward and pay their taxes. Some re-
sponded eheerfully, while others have
thus far failed to comply with this res
sonable request l shall hereafter cease
10 Impo~tune with those IN defauli--hnt
will ask their horses, mules, cattle, hogs,
sheep corn, wheat, tobacco household
ana kitchen furniture land and tene-
ments to pay their taxes. These viii
certainly respond TO the demand under
the maaipulations Of the Sheriff and bis
Deputies. This, January 20th, 1871.
B. r. WALKER, Sheriff.
jan2B If
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

The man Mitchell. arrested 10 Nc
Craeken county, upon TequIsliion Of
the Governor of Illinois. has been de
iivered to the Sheriff OF Saline county.
a brother Of tie tnan Mitchell killed
came for him, bat Gov. McCfeary tel
egraphed to the Governor OF lilinois
objeeIing to the delivery Of Mitchell
to tho family If he deceased, and the
Sheriff was sent IN bis stead.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

The Hickman C0UBlER takes the
trouble to contradict the rumor that
Judge Boone attended the Pimlico
races at Baltimore 1t was loves la
Dor lost to contradict such a report.
for the simple reason that no one who
knows The pure, high character of
judge Boone ever believed it-not
even the menjaeious writer who Grsi
gave it circuiauon-[ frigg Democrat.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30
Tra.., slss ..erl.lng .,o.ser.

Il may be very good thing for
boy to have a great deal Of native tai
eut, to be noted among his acquaint-
ances as "a very smart boy-one who
IS sure TO make his mark in the world
But i i still a dangerous thing. 1t
is a little curious We seldom hear OF
those remarkable boys 10 after life
They generally sink into very common
people at the very best; ottener they
are spoiled by very ipjudicions hatteFy
in alter liie. No boy however talented,
viii ever accomplish much whose WORK
ing power is not well tiainsd. 10
whatever line that work may be, he
must apply himself to it with an ID
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

- 90 iha llCUracken county debt
being paid by tie State, we believe
that is considered Unconstitutional
under the provision fo,bid3iog STATE
aid to r.iiroaGS. and il would seem
naturally 20 follow that county aid is
uncon>ttuiiouai also by the same law.
But"iithc State should make appro
priaiions TO buiid uew railrads. or loan
as credit IL aid OF other Internal i'm
provement enterprises. we see no
reason ia the word Why il ehoa not
with equal Justice aud proprety
relieve those couufics Which are over
burleuei by tazatiou irom railroads
&c already lbe:lt 20 prevent aonc
portion 81 the people Of the State from
getting into debi uot more sacreI
jusy than 10 relieve those a.real y
ovelbur!ened By doing them elves,
what it i proposed lie State shall De
for others, ana the benefit not beiug
exeiu~iveiy confined to them either,
but distributed for aIl The News
wishes 10 unjust discrimination ia
the matter, aaa would most heartily
join any reasonable effort 10 relieve
thcse}boGd ridden counties. iron their
oppressive burJen5.-P Paducah Sun.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

TF YOU want hae old Robinson Of
Z Bourbon Whiskey, go to
april J. Z. B0WNS.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

s.erliur Police Corr. since Nov 5.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

New Orleans business men have in
,roduced tie penny. and the Demo
crai j. to issue . three-cents evening
L.: =. :. ~. ,.,.-,l. -,
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

80 re.nlt q - - ref0rg,
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

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Connecticut western news., 1877-08-31
Schumla and it's DefenceS.

Schumla forms the southwest corner of the quadrilateral, and is, perhaps, the strongest fortified position in the Turkish Empire next to Constantinople. The town is built at the foot of the east ern slope of aspur of the Balkan Noun tains, which here forms an extensive and elevated table-land or plateau with steep or precipitous sides. The whole district of the plateau and western slope is covered by woods which are easily rendered impossible by cavalry and artillery. Surrounding the townis formed of earthwOrk tianked with bas- tions. A citadel OfmasOnry stands on the northwestern side of the town, but is surrounded by dwellings. Outside the enciente are scattered, but occupy ing every point of advantage, numerous detached forts and redoubts, which command all the approaches for a con siderable distance, and chiefly those leading from Rustchuk, Silistra and Narna. Nature has done much toward making the site of Schumla one of great strength. Itis, strictly speaking, more of an intrenched camp than a for titicd town, and is capable of accomo- dating l50, GOO men, if necessary. It is well supplied at present with provisions and military stores, but it is deficient in heavy guns for the arming of the principal forts. The branch railroads connecting Schumla with the Rustchuk and Varna Railroads affords an Oppor- tunity for the concentration of large supplies for the army of Bulgaria, but in the event of the Russians penetrat- ing so far to the south this line would cease to be available. Schumla covers kans, and with Pravadi and Narna con stituteS d line of defense that will seri- ously embarrass the Russian advance on AdrainOple. As military movements in Bulgaria must be largely governed by the existing roads, Schumla, as the point of conveyance for many of these. be- comes of the first importance to the
 Turks. If Schumla falls, the defencC
 of Bulgaria ends; but as long as the
 Turks hold the place, and with it theil
 communication with the mountain
 passes, so long will the Russian army
 remain north of the Balkans. It is true
 a Russian army under General Dieb
 itsch passed Schumla in 1929 and die
 tated peace at AdrianOple; but such
 coup cannot be repeated in 1877; at leas
 all the probabilities are against it's sue cess.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-31

The question as to how far the brain exercises an influence on the motion of animals, has been engaging scientific men for years. Dr. Broca was among the first to investigate the subject. He proved that. when man was deprived of the faculty of speech by stroke of apoplexy, there invariably existed a lesion at the very same spot in the brain -viz., in the anterior region, and on the posterior side of the third frontal circumvOlution, to the left. Hence the conclusion that this was the seat of the faculty of speech of Man, and thus one was led to conceive special place for every intellectual action. Fritz Hitzig, Terrier, Carville, aud Duret-the most prominent among those who have treated the question-Operate as fol- lows: They take off part of the skull of dog, then apply electric wires to different parts of the brain thus laid bare, and watch the motions produced. Certain points cause none; so that it is not the whole brain that acts on the muscular system, but only special
 
 points. Terrier operated on monkeys in the presence of the London Royal Society. According as he touched vari- ous parts of the cerebrum, the ape would shake his fist at the public, raise or stretch leg, or cut faces. It was shown that in the monkey the centre of motion of the tongue answered exactly to that which the faculty of speech per tains in Man. From all this follows that the surgeon may now know pre- cisely that point of the skull at which to apply the trepan. Thus, not long ago, man was brought into the hospi- tai at St. Antoine. He had received a blow on the left temple, and, coming to himself again, could only speak with difficulty, and then he would call a.fork an umbrella, lamp a hat, and so on. Moreover, his right arm was half par alysed. The surgeon at once knew what he had to do. He applied the trepar to the proper spot, and hit upon piece of bone that compressed the brain. This splinter was removed, and the patient at once recovered the use of his righ' arm. A few days later his tongue wa, freed from all impeachment, and he lief the hospital perfectly well.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-31
Female Intellect Blooming Late.

Ladies seldom take up intellect as a
 habit of life very early in their career.
 Their girlhOod has, up to the present enlightened decade, been passed even as the girlhood of the most frivolous sis ter. They have never had their time to themselves, but in the nursery, school room and drawing room have been for ced in the prim paths laid down by
 early governesses. French grammar,
 the piano, Mrs. Markham's England,
 and a comparative study of the mountain heights of South America do not awaken, 7, arouse and study original thought. A woman has gone through her early years and had her round of dances, tlirtations,
 country visits and proposals before she
 had a chance of discovering that she,
 too, has a mind and would like to read history, or philosophy, or mathematics, as the case may be. By the time the
 freedom has also probably been won.
 The desp0tism of father or of broth CTS has been fought down, and only ancient aunts from a country town fire the distant and random gun of remon- strance, and wonder what Matilda will do next. Matilda, feeling that her time is short, makes progress with desperate energy, and her whole being is absorb ed in her new pursuits. Nothing can be more disagreeable to the old friends of the intellectual woman. They soon notice that she takes no interest in their oh Th come and bOnnets. What the intellect ual woman loses in their esteem she does not gain in that of men interested in the same pursuits as herself. This is not because they are jealous, as is fondly supposed, but because when they meet the opposite sex they wish ''to forget their barren knowledge awhile." They have hundred other interests, which came to them in their youth. Cuni- form inscriptions, the Popes of Renais- sance, chemistry or Greek, or poetry or novels are the business of their work ing hours, and intellectual hygiene demands that they shall sometimes for get them. But to forget them in the presence of the intellectual woman is to insult her bitterly and to ''think her not worth talking to-" Very few ladies attain Miss Martineau's pretended dis like of "shop." In her sublime conceit that worthy woman posed as a mistress of her subjects, and she was only vexed when young barristers, mere amateurs, tried to draw her out about education and the gratifying diminution of crime. She soon let them know that she was not as other intellectual women, though it is not, even now, possible to guess how her neighbor at dinner was to ap- prOach her in conversation. The ma jority of her sisterhood still terrify the weary by their zeal in season and out ot season. This ardor of the convert is perfectly natural and excusable; but il answers to the ink stains on the fingers
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-31
"Picking Strawberries"

Then the delight of "picking" the wild berries! It is one of the fragrant memories of boyhood. Indeed, for boy or man. to go a-berrying in a certain pastoral country l know of, where passer-by along the highway is often regaled by breeze loaded with the per- fume of the o'er ripe fruit, is to get nearer to June than by almost any course 1 know of. Your errand is so private and confidential! You stoop low. You part away the grass and the daisies, and would lay bare the inmost secrets of the meadow. Everthing is yet tender and succulent; the very air is bright and new; the warm breath of the meadow comes up in your face; to your knees you are in a sea of daisies and clover; from your knees up you are in sea of solar light and warmth. Now you are prostrate like swimmer, or like surf bather reaching for peb- bles or shells, the white and green spray breaks above you; then like a devotee before shrine, or naming his beads, your rosary strung with luscious berries; anon you are a grazing Ne buchadnezzar, or an artist taking an in- verted view of the landscape.
 The birds are alarmed by your close scrutiny of their domain. They hardly know whether to sing or to cry, and do a little of both. The bobolink follows you and circles above and in advance of you, and is ready to give you tri. umphal exit from the field, if you will only depart.
 "Ye boys that gather flowers and straw Lo, hid W thin the grass, an adder lies,"
 Warton makes Virgil sing; but there is no serpent here-at worst, only { bumble-bee's or yellow jackets nest You soon find out the spring in thu corner of the field under the beeche1 tree. While you wipe your brow ant thank the Lord for spring water, yo, glance at the initials in the bark, som of them so old that they seem runic ant legendary. You find out, also, hoy gregarious the strawberry is that tn different varieties exist in little colonie about the field. When you strike tn outskirts of one of these plantations how quickly you work toward the cen tre of it, and then from the centre out then circumnavigate it, and follow IL all it's branchings and windings! =
 Scribner.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-31
Rich Without Money.

Many man is rich without money. Thousands of men with nothing in their pockets are rich. A man born with a good sound constitution, good stomach, good heart and good limbs, and a pretty good head piece is rich. Good bones are better than gold, tough mus cles than silver, and nerves that flash fire and carry energy to every function are better than houses and lands. It is better than landed estate to have the right kind of father and mother. Good breeds and bad breeds exist among men as really as among herbs and horses. Education may do much to check evil tendencies or to develop good ones; but it is great thing to inherit the right proportion of faculties to start with. The man is rich who has good disposi- tion-who is naturally kind, patient, cheerful, hopeful, and who has flavor of wit and fun in his composition.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-31
X Singular HalIucinatiOn.

A merchant once imagined that he had watch in his head, and that the never-ceasing ticking prevented him from thinking and sleeping. When placed in an asylum, he was told that he had to submit to the very dangerous operation of having the watch cut out of his head. He was chloroformed, a deep cut was made into a safe spot, and when he awoke a small blood-stained mechanism was shown and given him, with the assurance that it had been taken out of his head. He believed it, mercial pursuits and made great for tune.
 But now comes the terrible sequel. One day, after ten or twenty years, he met the physician who had cured him of his insanity. The doctor attempting to joke with him about his former mo- nomania, said laughingly: 'What a funny fancy that was of yours to think that you carried a watch in your brain, Don't you now sometimes laugh al yourself when you recollect it?'
 ''The merchant looked at him in sur. prise. "Then you did not cut it out of my head! l always thoughts so. Ineve1 believed it. l heard it tick all the time just the same. Now put your ear righ here. How it ticks. Don't you heal it tick? Tick, tick, tick.'
 ''The man was insane again. Moth ing could cure him now. for nobody could deceive him again.
 An Edinburgh, Ind, starch factory used over POO, ,OOO bushels of corn las l year.