The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-29
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the line OF their vision. A new dig
nitv and self respect sit enthroued Oh
each cOuntenance. all since last Satur
day week. When the Evening Post ans
nounced through It's London CORES
pendent, the wonderful discovery OF
/ Harriet II osmer. con.igning Edison
aud all the great male inventors To "a
secondary rank, while she takes the
head of the class, it having been left
to woman, one of the despised sex
/ to discover the greatest motor Of mod
ern times. sleeping uogueesed in the
magnet. Who shall scott at womqu
now, because she has never made any
great discoveries in scieuce
/ Miss Ho~mer's discovery e how 70
change limestone into marble by a
process akin TO boiling, that i. by the
application of damp heat and great
pressure, although NOT 50 valuabie as
the first named is very remarkable
one BY this process she Is also able
to color marbles. all conceivable shades,
producing a manufactured article AT
much less cost than he real or rather
that produced by nature, for this Is
equally real, produced by process
similar to that employed by nature
herself We shah be abie to live in
beautifully decorated marble palaces.
in time and need nor despair Of the
fnal accomplishment Of the tranSmr
tation of the ba>er metals into gold
Progress is making astoni-hiuglY rep
ii strides now IA days, and what future
developments may We not expect nog
that there is woman in the case.
New York herself can boast Of ma
ny indigenous as we'll a. exotic >peei-
mems of remarkable women
On last Tuesday afternoon. went
to hear Miss Selma Borg. the celnbra
ted Finnic writer and translator from
her own as well As he Russian. Sweei-
ism and Norwegian languages, give the
first of her course OF four lectures
on the Fuuic race The novelty of
the subject would have made the lee
ture au interesting on from almost
any lips, but the genius and Originally
~ of The lecturess, impaired 10 il
perfect fascination She traced the
wandering~ OF the ancient Finnic PEG
pie powerful tree- Aryan race Of ru-
rnuian stock link between the Tnao
A-iqiic AMI Indo European races. from
their home Asa over Europe. leaving
traces aud branches, here and there.
showing to day, in the Blsaritu<.
Hungarians, Bt-que7 Or Spain, and
Fiua, Of FINLAND, aud then devoted
herself 10 ;he early history. aud ul
tiaual characteristics Of the latter
branch
The mother element Is strong one
amoug the Finus, impreSsina itself Tor
chilly upon their laususze ssThe7 DO
not call their ronn'ry father land bat
mother land They sneak also 1T the
mother water, aud in their ancient re
Iieion, OF the mother-Gol or mother
Of God, aud 50 on; aud If Miss Borg
i tair specimen of the women of
Finland it is not strange TINT they
compel a3mir1tion and homage She
Is strong minded in the n0b,est sense
Of the term possessing an intellect of
the highest type, capable Of gra-piug
the most proionad knowledge. and
richly stored with erudjiion. ani com
bined with il nature sweet and sim
pie aud winning and natural as a child,
and very good child at that, a com
bina,ion of muscnliae mind and a
-Iia
eng also modest e-timafe OF her
oEn remarkable powers and acquire
ments. which adds 10 the Charm
In personal Appearance. she Is "A
blonde of medium height, has strong
and very expressive face, which when
lighted up with enthusiasm and the
fires of intellectual effort. becomes re-
ally beautiful, as an exponent of Tie
soul, face that would be remembered
anywhere as indicative OF an extraor>
diuay character. She wears her hair
cut short, ana brushed close to fhe
head a. women who d. as much work
a she, haven't time 10 spare FIR hairs
dressing She does not depart from
the custom of her sisters. however, 50
far As parting it in tia. mjil!e is cons
cerned.
The literary women Of New York,
are pretty generally ind bted To their
muse. for the substantial rewards. in
the way ct the comforts and enjoy
ments of this lille Miss Mary L
Booth, editress Of Hlrper's Blzar. j.
sand to receive saiary of $1,000 a
year. She holds regular Saturday
evening rec ptions Of the iiterati aud
other uofahiIties, At her new residence
on l. ,st 50 n st. The house Is Noyia
Scotia stone. large and handsome, aud
here she lives surrounded by pictures.
brc,a-brsc. pottery, easy chairs and
every thing that Is charming and De,
Iightlul Her library is tua of crowd,
ed bookcases. and adorned with the
portraits OF ieminent men
Mrs B,tta. the poeteSs and wife of
Prof Bofta. gives elegant re,uniors Of
choice spirits, ut her beautiful resi-,
dence in Wert 37,h II.
The beautiful Mrs Laura Cur'iss
Billiard, formerly edltre~~ Of the Rev
olutiou, occupies magnificent house
on Murray Iili, where me gathers
about her the elite Of the literary
world
Another IaAy who il making name
in literary circles here. is Mrs Her
rick. formerly of Baltimore, daughter
Of Dr. b ed,oe. noted Methodist di-
vine Of Virginia. She earns salary
of $500 year. on Scribner's month
~. where she holds the position Of
sort of literary maid OF all work, be
ing called on, when a0 emergency arl-
seS, whether scientific article is want
ed, poem. an Illustration, or even
design for new cover Ii Is said that
rhis remarkable woman, besides being
a perfect ency elopedia OF knowie-,s
and museum of art 10 herself. also
makes ali of her childreu's clothes,
indeed does what any two dozen wo-
men are generally able to accomplish
suppose an occasional phenomenal
woman like her Is necessary to keep
up the equIibrinr' - there are
good many wome. ~ the world who
don't do anything Her sister is
sort of mathematical mrehine. amu-e,
herself calculating eciipsos, making
almanacs aud things
4 ease of the development of re-
mirkable genius, or something more.
has recently revealed itself in young
girl OF this city. Miss E,telva Hutch
ings, daughter of the mathematical
,renius Prof HntchinOs kaOwn ~ the