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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30
Effects of the Sutro Tunnel.

A reduction in the temperature of the
2,000 feet level OF the Savage mine, from
l20 degrees to 81 degrees, since the
Sutro trnuel penetrated that mine, is
now reported and TIE cooling process is
still going on IT the air>draft through
the tunnel into the mines can reduce the
temperature 26 degrees in so short time
at depth of $50 feet below the level o.
the tunnel, there is reasonable prospect
that it will ultimately have Ike good
effect upon many other mines put or to
be put in communication with the tun-
mel. Men can work without danger oi
collapse at temperature no higher than
81 degrees, and thousands of miners
have done good work in the gulches at
10 degrees, but at 120 degrees it is i'm
possible for any man, however strong, to
work more than few minutes without
rest. If the Sutro tunnel should bring
about ike change in the temperature
of the Comstock mines generally with
that already realized in the Savage
3 O0O-foot level, it will be the means not
only of making mining more profitable,
but of saving very great waste of life
and health attendant hitherto upon that
sort of labor San Francisco Chronicle
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30
The Philosophy of Strikes.

Where are you going with the puppies
my little man p asked a gentleman of a
small boy yesterday whom he met will
three pups in a basket.
"Goin' to drown them," was the
reply
want pup for my little boy to play
with; what do you say to letting me
take one of them
'I'll sell you QUE" spoke up the boy
with true American enterprise
"I'll sell you this ysller one for half 8
dollar, the black one for rs cents, and
the spotted one is worth dollar
81 think my boy would like the spot
ted one the best, but you ask too much
for it. You had intended drowning all
of them, but I'll give you 25 cents and
save you the trouble of drowning the
spotted one"
twenty-five cents for that spotted
pup" exclaimed the boy; 81 can't
stand it; taxes is high rent is high ;
groceries is high oil is down and going
lower-oh, no; l can't take less than a
dollar"
'But you intend to drown"
''Take the black one at rs cents"
only little boy wouldn't like the black
one"
take the yalIer one at half a dollar,
AMI he's dog cheap"
81 don't like his color"
'WelI, then you'd better tell your lit
tie boy to play with your toes" and he
continued on his way to the river, re-
marking that "no party can dead-beat
his way on me these hard times."- Oil
City Derrick.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30

was riding with Charles Dickens one
day when he suddenly woke the echoes
with one OF his bursts Of laughter. On
my asking, with the smile Of anticipa-
tion, what the joke was, he took from has
pocket letter just received from Harriet
MaTtineau, who was staying at Tyne
mouth for her health, and who had noted
Che following incident Of life in lodgings.
In the same house as the authoress
were sojourning good natured woman,
comfortable in person and in circufn-
stances, and not little vulgar, and, on
the floor above, lady OF delicate health,
of straitened income, but of distinguished
connections, as she proclaimed 70 the
Tynemouth world. As Mrs. A. below
was sitting down one day all alone to her
midday dinner Of roast goose, it seemed
to the good soul that even her enjoyment
of so excellent bird would be increased
by psrticips tion with the solitary, sickly,
and ill-fed Mrs B. above; she therefore
cut some delicate slices from the breast
and sent them up between two hot plates,
accompanied by sage and onions and
gravy ard her compliments, by the hands
of Betty, the maid There was an Omin-
Gus, an awful pause of some duration,
and then Betty came down again, paler,
with the luncheon untouched between
the two hot plates, and on the top OF
them a note, which was TO this effect,
verbatim: MRS. B. will thank Mrs. a.
to disseminate her goose in her own
sphere. = London World.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30
Women,s Taste and Smell.

The marked superiority ofwomen over
men is on few points more remarkable
than in their superior powers OF smelling
and tasting. A woman will detect the
faintest odor of tobacco when a man,
even though a non-smoker, often fails TO
discover any symptom of 1t. AS with
smell, 50 with taste. Women are mar
velously acute and isstidious in the mat
ter of sauces and all f1avoring ingredients.
This faculty has been recognized in a
most pleasing manner by the compost
ton of the jury who are to decide In
Paris on the merits of the mustards OF
various nations. The mustard congress
is to consist of twelve gentlemen and an
equal number of ladies' This arrange
ment, it is stated, Is owing TO a sugges-
tion that the pslstes OF the men are viii
ated by smoking; whereas women, who
do not as rule indulge in that perpi-
cious habit, are likely TO be better quail
fied to form q correct opinion on the
merits Of condiments.-[Pa Pail Mall Ga
zette.
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The Spirit World.

The very grave is passage into the
beautiful and the glorious. We have
laid our friends in the grave, but they
are around us. The little children who
sat upon our knee, into whose eyes we
look with love, whose little hands have
cla~ped our neck, on whose cheek we
have imprinted the kiss-we can almost
feel the throbbing of their hearts to-day.
They have Dass, d from us-but where
are they? Just beycnd the line of the
invisible. And the fathers and mothers
who educated us, who directed and COM
forted us, where are th, y but just beyond
the line OF the invisible2 The associates
of our lives, that walked along lies path
way, those with whom we took sweet
counsel, and who dropped from our SIDE,
where are they but just beyond usg.-
not far away it may be very near us, In
the heaven OF light and love. Is there
anything 10 alarm MS in the thought oil
the invisible? No 1t seems TO me that
sometimes when our heads are on the
pillow, there comeIwti .pers of joy rom
the spirit land, which have cropped into
our hearts thoughts OF the sublime ana
beautiful and glorious, IS il 81 me angels 5
wing ps ssed over our ow, and some
dear one sat by our pillow and communeo
with our hearts To raise our afiectlons
towards the other and better world
Bishop Simpson.
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Rather an Ancient Planet.

The earth was tolerably old concern
when the mighty glacier pushed its way
over the spot where we now sit and enjoy
ourselves The igneous rocks had been
ground up by some tremendous force, or
by the slow chemistry of sun and rain,
and the lime rock, whose lace is polished
by the glacier, had been deposited in a sea
bottom where there was scarcely sign
of life. The polished lime rock of Roch-
ester, if we place it rightly, is of the Nj
agara group. the upper Silurisn age, the
age of mollusks and club masses. But
the earth was old then, hundreds OF
thousands of years old. When the gla-
cier passed, the lime rock had been de-
posited for unknown centuries, and the
glacier rested here over 100000 years
ago. The earth is very old, : Rochester
Democrat.
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P,aIses OF the Sea.

1t is curious THAI this idea of rest ana
surcease from care is ever associated
with beyond the seas. The road 10 sne
Land OF Nod lies away over the mount
ing wave, and, though the eoHrne can
never be reach. d, the end Is none tne
less attained. Than the OCEAN voy age
there is surely DO better restorative W 9'
health, whether mental or pby-lcal II
is alike tonic to II laxed energies anu =
soothing balm to irritated nervee. az
sea as no where else il is possible to cast
of fJr a season the load OF worldly care
which, in this nineteenth century, y p
grievously heavy. To be a psssenger on
9 good, staunch vessel away beyond .ne
sight of land is the next best tnine %
being out Of the world altogether. = =
net only that every breeze which Di0"s
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30
THE CANNIBAL LOVER.
A swISBUNIAx LYRIC

caught but glimpse Of her face,
As wooed by tue breezss OF dawn,
A picture OF beauty and grace,
She stood on the eme aid lawn.
Tho l caught but glinpse of her face,
The vision remains with me still,
And always most probably will
Tho | caught but glimpse Of her face.
Then passion my soul oveTcame
Volcanic with love l arose,
lied her with ardor sfl IIne,
And bit off the end of her nose
My ptssi0n my soul overcame,
In spite of heI bushes and fears
/ ardently chewed off her ears,
For my passion my soul Overe me.
Iise lava my blood boiled within
She uttered a tremulOus shTiek-
/ seized with my tet tn her soft skin,
And fed on her fair damask cheek.
Like lava my blood boiled " thin
Unheediug her tears and her sishs,
] eagerly swallowed her eyes,
For like lava my blood boiled within.
Ny heat wildly throb5ed with delight
The rapture that thrills aut exalts
Her chin / removed at one bite.
And pulled off her hair which was false.
Ny heart wildly throbbed with delight.
laughed at her foolish alarms,
And broke Off her legs and her arms.
As my heart wildly throbbed with delight
nv eannibal instincts arose,
Her aspect my fury cites,
With ioy shat 10 Grahamite knows,
Like tIIe tshoul in Arshisn nights s--.'s-
nv canuihal instincts arose:
painted with fierc-st delight,
Aud gobbled her up In great bites
As my cannibal instincts arose.
To memory often recurring,
Comes back tha deep .liss OF that bOur,
Within me find soui" stirring
Witch sooihes IN Witl Marvellous power
To memory sften Tecu Ttug
Returncth that maiden so cherished,
That dear one uRtimely who pc ished,
To my memory often recurring.
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banks as much as the boats drawn by mules
or horses This was the first that ever went
up to Lynchburg. and its passage excited
much interest and surprise along the route
andin Lynchbnrg.
Dublin (Ga.) Post: Mr.. J. G. BARGE.
well tells us of a wonderful fight he had
with ten-foot long snake of the cOachwhip
style. He endeavored to kill it with a stick,
but as the snake was swiftly making for a
gopher hole, and he trying 10 head it off,
fell Just in its path when the snake envel
oped him in its coil, aud fastened his left
arm and hand so he could not use it. Being
badly frightened, and in the 'scuffle hurting
his other hand, and, supposing he was bitten
by the snake, he ran for his house, the bead
of the snake dangling at his feet He ran
three hundred yards before freeing himself
from it, which was done by running. He
then found he was not bitten, but had hurt
his hand against stump, as pieces of char
coal were near his wound
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30
Bismarck's Little Joke.

After congress adjourned the other
evening, Bismarck punched Beaconsfield
pIayfulIy in the ribs, as the two-saun-
tered down Main street, and said:
Who's treaty e.
"No particular individual can claim
it, my dear friend, The treaty belongs
to ali OF us. 1t is the product"
go, wipe your shin of, school IT. said
Bismarck, laughing. Ton't you nun
terstant?b and he repeated very slowly.
{" Who's treat-eh; treat; say to a feller
if he win haf Something's; set 'em up.
See 2"
Beaconsfield tumbled, and stepping
behind green screen, exclaimed
"It's mine, it's minel What viii you
have2"
Peer" replied Bismarck, his face
beaming with good humor; efry dimes
peer."-EO City Derrick.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30

The fifth publication Of Benin & Wag-
ners weIl-known "Bevolkerung der
nfae " is just out, a'few days too soon to
contain the new arrangement in the
eat. Since the last publication OF
These statistics the population of the
earth shows a total increase of Is. .000,-
VVg partly arising from natural growth
and partly the outcome of new and
nefe exact censuses The total popu.
iation is now set down at ], 1,439'145. 800
divided among the continents as Follows
Europe. BE 39S. .4S0; Asia, S31 600, 900
cAtica, 205 219, 800; Australia and
lolynesia, 4,ll1 300; America, S6.116,-
VQe The following table gives the latest
results for the chief countries in the
world:
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30

HEAT, says the Lancet, oppTesses the
spirits, lowers the tone of vitalssy, sid
pervades the whole body with a feeling
of lsssitude and incapacity. This con-
dition points TO q necessity for reduc-
tion of exertion and excitement when
the physical world is overheated. In
stead, however, of complying with the
plain teaching of nature, and lesseniDg
activity, people resort to various devices
to lessen the sensation of heat. Perspl-
ration is a moisture which nature spreads
over the surface of the human body for
much the same purpose as an intelligent
housewife sprinkles water over her but
ter cooler. But perspiration is checked
by sitting in draughts, by wearing very
little clothing, and by adopting light
colors for dress. The remedy is tsken
for the disease, and through impeding
the processes of nature, summer colds
and other allied evils are contracted.
" The conditions of health require tnat,
within very narrow limits the temPers-
ture of the human body should be the
same, whether the thermometer stands
at go in the shade or sinks to a few de-
grees below zero"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30

a STRANGE story OF the sea is told by
a captain just arrived at New York.
His vessel, the Allahabad, took fire when
two weeks out bound for New York.
He fastened down the matches, soaked
the decks, and i1ade for the nearest port.
A large force of men finally extiuguished
the fire, but the whole cargo had To be
taken out. While waiting there to
reload he received the captain of the
coal-laden new English ship Glen Ericht,
who had abandoned his vessel at sea on
fire. After the Allahabad set sail again
and was well on her voyage, she came
up with the Glen Ericht still afioat with
her Goals still burning. She was
abandoned in December and found in
April All that time she had been
drifting about the waste of the ocean.
Perhaps she is drifting yet. The wood
was all destroyed, but the iron hull was
sound and tight at last accounts.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30
TIRE HOME DOCTOR.

To HEAL A CUT.-Without waiting
for it to stop bleeding, press the edges of
the lacerated flesh together, and apply
Immediately plaster made of soOt and
cream, binding it firmly on, not to be
removed till healed; unless cleanliness
requires it. Then put another of the
same on, without delay, not allowing
exposure to the air any more than p0ssj-
bic to prevent Baltimore American
TO CURE A FELoN.
Prof. Ruter, of Berlin, cures bone felon
or whitlow by first probing the swelling
of the finger, making q small incision
where the pain appears greatest. The
pain of the operation may be lessened by
the local application of ether or inhala.
tion of chior form. The after treatment
is equally simple The small wound is
to be covered with lint and carbclic acid,
and bathed morning and evening in tepid
water In a few days it is perfectly
healed.
SANITARY HINTS FOR THE SUMMER.
The heat or advancing summer, to-
gether with the moisture from frequent
rains and heavy deWs, favors the in
creased production of germs and gases
wherever decomposable matter is left
exposed. Nothing which can undergo pu-
| trefactive decnm position should be allow
ed TO remain within the vicinity of
any human habitation. In order 10
avoid the bowel disturbances which an
nually begin in this month and prevail
during the two succeeding months, strict
attention must be paid to the dietary.
Avoid all kinds of rich, greasy, or highly
seasoned food. Avoid foods, especially
vegetables, which have become too old,
as sprouting potatoes. Especially avoid
unripe fruit = Family Health Annual.
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THERE is in the county of Devon, the
garden of England, family at this mo-
ment who are rightly described as saw
ages. They have lived for about twenty
five yesrs on their own farm of forty
acres, worth about $500 year, in q de.
plorably miserable tumble-down hovel,
consisting of a single room, in which the
whole family of eleven pers ons eat, drink
and sleep. No decent-looking person
can approach the place without beins
assailed by volleys of filthy abuse, often
accompanied by mud, sticks and stones,
and they hold no communication with
the rest of the parish. They pilfer and
rob in all directions, and are the terror
OF the neighborhood. There have been
no fewer than fifty convictions recorded
against them, but-when they return from
Jail they recommence operations. All
attempts to induce them to sell out have
failed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30

A NEW pamphlet from the Oneida
Community, which processes TO mate
men and women according to common
sense, says: There have been born in
the community since September, 1869,
fifty-fve children. OF the fifty who
survived the periIs of birth all are now
living. There has been no death in the
children's department for eight years.
The department includes seven children
brought in by their parents in addition
to the fifty born here. The community
numbers in all about three hundred per-
sons
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ESTABLISHED 1859.

Lake Bluff is reported in the Chiesso
Tribune. "While singing, Mr.. Spencer
threw his arms around another brother
who cordially embraced him, snd this
refreshing season OF affection started q
Miss Barr, of Emanuel tent, who broke
into series of hysterical cries. Her
shrill screams penetrated every nook
and Granny of the camp-greund, Her
shrieks were pitiful, and her assevera-
tions that the Lord has come could he
heard mile Several of the ladies tried
to calm her, but the greater their efforts
the wilder manifestations, until her
voice srose to a prolonged squeal, and her
appearance was frenzied. Some Of the
men were dumfounded, and all Of the
women were frightened. One of the
ladies explained to the Tribune reporter
that she had some doubt OF the sincerity
of Sister Barr, as Miss Barr had in the
morning announced her intention of
startling the multitude"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30

ACCORDING to the figures of the City
bureau of statistics 5,9S7 illegitimate
children were born in Berlin during the
wear 1877. OF the mothers 1856 were
house servants, 1,077 seamstresses, I,lO4
workingwomen, 31S widows and 81
housekeepers; the remainder were
teachers. shop girls, singers, actresses,
laundresses, etc.
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CANNIBAIIsM has existed among all
savage nations. st. Jerome says some
British tribes ate human flesh, and the
Scots from Galloway killed and eat the
English in the reign of Henry 1. The
Scythians were drinkers of human blood.
Columbus found cannibals iu America.
The aborigines of the Caribbee Islands
were cannibals and some South Amer
ican tribes and most of the natives OF
the South Sea Islands make it an open
practice to eat human flesh.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30

The successful lawyer, as rule, is one
wh5Is always prepared to darken ,unsel
WITH cloud Of words. to make The worse
appear the better reason, never to have
an opinion on any question until he is
retained, and, of course, to take either
side Of a cause without regard to ethical
considerations. All these combined with
an avaricious desire for wealth can
hardly fail to blunt the moral sense and
deaden the conscience on all questions
of social morality. The new testament
contains the most vehement condemna-
tion of LAWYERS as oppressors of the peo-
pie Graphic.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30

Prof Leviteux, Pole Of Warsaw, has
lust di covered method vt jakipg en-
tire cay casts of the living body without
the slightest injury. Hitherto sucn
could only be had of cOFPseS, ana hence
the new discovery promises 70 pe e1-
tremely advantageous to sculptors
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30

Sir henry Thompson hes shown bow
bv careful use Of the micraphe9e' u.A'
ea.ed bone, bullets, or other foreign SUD-
stances can be detected in the human
body.
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We have no space Tor detalls as 70
Africa. In 1877 Algeria had 1857, ,626
inhabitants. The population OF Egypt
is now estimated at 100000, and the
equatorial regions of Africa at 44.000,-
600. Caffreland north of the Transvaal
is estimated at a million; Orange River
Free state, 65,O00; the Trsnsvaal, 275,
900; Natal Tin 1879. 326, $50 inhabitants
and Cape Colony, 1,148,462. In America
the figures are but little changed from
those of the previous issue of these
statistics. Greenland (1S76) is esti-
mated to have population of 10000;
Nicaragua (1S77), 300, 900; Brazil (1s72l,
IL, los, POI; Guiana 1s75l, $4,000 :
Ecuador (lS75), 1,O66, 900; Peru (1s76),
9,O06, 600; Chill (1S75), 1888, ,56S ;
Uruguay (1876), 445,0O0; Paraguay
(1376) 2q3. .S44
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= charged With life-renewing power
Inc great charm of life on board ship is
tnat It absolves US from the necessity Of
remembering that we are responsible
beings Philadel1hia Inquirer.
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The gweetest little fish story of the
season is told by Frank Abbot, of Bur-
lington. Ia. At Gear Lake dwelIs a
little girl who takes ride every day in
a small skiff drawn by two pickerel.
They are regularly harnessed, and Oy
mean of lines she is enabled to guide
them in any direction. The fish are
about three feet in length, weigh between
seven and eight pounds each, and are
very powerful When the girl has tired
OF riding she drives the pickerel to the
beat-heuse, where they are embarrassed,
taken into commodious glass aquarium,
made expressly for them, and fed.
When she goes to the tank to harness
them for ride, the pickerel Jump slmost
into her arms, so glad, apparently, are
they to see her. The young miss has
been offered 81 900 for her team.