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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-08
How the Turks Use American
Rifles.


The Russian Invalide, discussing the
Turkish tactics, remarks that the sue
cesstul local defense Of positions which
the Turks have been able TO carry out
during the present campaign is TO be
mainly attributed 20 the use they made
of their rapid-fnng rifles, and TO tho
manner in which they artfcially
strengthened the ground they held.
As a rule, the Turks opened a heavy
and sustained fire upon an assaulting
column at distance Of 1000 yards, and
thus inflicted great loss upon the men
advancing to the attack, until these
latter arrived within about six hundred
wards of the position, after which time
the greater number Of projectiles passed
over the heads Of TIE assailants. To
provide for the maintenance of this fire
large boxes Of cartridges were kept in
convenient places in all the Turkish
entrenchments, in addition 70 the large
supply Of ammunition issued to the men
and, similarly, when the Turks issued
from their trenches 10 a counter attack,
they were followed by men carrying
boxes of cartridges. During the last
attack upon Plevna it il estimated that
the men who opposed General SkobeleE's
onslaught must have cred between four
hundred and five hundred rounds each,
and in the immediate neighborhood Of
some of the isolated killed remaining on
the battlefield Of the goth Of August,
more than one hundred and twenty
empty cartridge-cases we're found. The
works constructed by the Turks for the
defense of their positions usually consist,
in the first place, Of strips Of simple
shelter trench to cover their skirmishers.
These are gradually deepened and en-
larged until they come TO assume a
formidable profile. Traverses. generally
hollow, are next thrown up, 10 protect
the defenders against en6lade or revere
fire; and finally bomb-proof accommoda-
ton for the men, secure magazines for
the ammunition, and convenient stowage
for food and water are provides.-PdH
Mall Gazette.
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From Washington.

Mr. Matthews resolution declaring
that the public debt could be paid le-
gally in silver without violating the con-
tract with the bOndholders was pressed
to a vote in the senate on the 25th, after
a very interesting discussion. Mr.. Conk-
ling s amendment TO make it Joint, IN
stead of q concurrent resolution, was
first voted down-yeas, %; nays, 80.
Then Mr. Edmunds' original amendment
TO pay in gold coin or its equivalent, any
other payment without creditors consent
violating public faith and in derogation
of their rights, was reached. It was re-
Jected by Is TO A, more than a two
thirds vote. Mr.. Morrilps amendment.
somewhst similar, was soon after rejected
and then the Matthews resolution was
adopted-43 TO 22-lacking one vote OF
two thirds
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-08
A Lasting Keepsake.

Look hear, mars John, amt you
gwine to glib me no keepsake dis new
years ?" asked an elderly darkey, who
had evidently been out calling, of a
young white gentleman on Commerce
street.
What sort of a keepsake do you want,
uncle 20 asked the youth.
81 want sumfn what isgwine to last
sumfin to take wild nae when / dies, so
I'll always think of yer when l sees it
sumfin what won't wear out"
GLOW would bottle of whisky do :"
"Fosh God, dats De berry keepsake
1'se been dreamin' of" - San ANTONIO
(TsE J Express
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miscellaneous.

The right of way has beer secured all
along the route for the new petroleum
pipe line to the seabeard, which is to be
built by the Producers Protective
Union This was obtained in a large
measure by strategy on the Psrt Of the
engineer, who ran numerous false lines
in order TO throw the agents of the stan
dard oil company off the scent. The
new line will be able to carry about one
sixth of the entire production.
The Ohio senate passed joint resoiu-
tions favoring the reconciliation OF the
silver dollar, favoring the passage Of the
Bland bill and censuring President Hayes
and Secretary Sherman for their position
on the silver question. The resolutions
were adopted by party vote, the demo-
Gratis voting in the affirmative.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-08
Personal and Political.

Tie New York legislature was or
ganizsd, on the Ist, by the election d
Hon. VIM. II. Robertson 80 president
| pro teta. Of the senate, and Hon. Jane.
W. Hustled as speaker of the house. Tbe
message OF the governor pertains mainly
to state affairs.
The Pennsylvania state legislaturewas
organized, on the 1st, by the election Of
Hon. Thomas V. Cooper IS speaker pro
TEN. of the house This is an adjourned
session.
Jacob Bum, the well-known Spring
ned SIII-l banker, made an assignment
about $S00.Ue9 aSuss.i iis,si .ss.--.,.s ss ,ta-
Col. F. w. Holiday was inaugurated
governor OF Virginia. on the LIST, with
all the pomp and display which dis
tinguished similar occasions in ante
bellitBq timcs.
The Maine legislature was organized,
on the %, by the election of Hon. War
ren II. Vinton as president Of the senate,
aud Hon. Henry Lord IS speaker Of the
house.
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Vol. XIII. NO. 50.

coming his sense of the mysterious he
eventually become bold enough to ap-
Bprosch one of the bubbles andnervously
to touch it with his paw. The bubb'sI
Iof course, Immediately vanished and
Ieertsinly never saw astonishment more
1strongly depicted. On then blowing
smother bubble l could not persuade him
70 approach it for good while but at
last he came and carefully extended his
lpaw as before, with the same result. But
after the second trial nothing would in
.dueehiE TO again approach a bubble,
land. on pressing hinii9ie riHrout Of the
room, which no cosxing w0aId persuade
'hzm TO re-enter.
oue other example kyill suffce 10 show
bow strongly developed was the sense Of
de nysteEieus IN this animal. When
sloneswith him in q room ! once purpOsely
ried the effect on hi1n OF making series
vi horrible grimaces. ut FIRST he thought
wss only making fun, hut, as ]
bsfzistentIy ysslsres es9,aFuesI.i .isis-uzsesses slsl
whining while continued unnaturally
10 distort my features, he became
alarmed and SUNK away under some
furniture, shivering like a frightened
child. He remained in this condition
till some other member Of the family
happened to enter the room. when he
emerged from bis hiding place in great
JOY at seeing me again in my right mind
In this experiment, of course, I refrained
from making any sounds or gesticula-
tions, lest be might think Was angry.
His actions, therefore, can only be ex-
planned by his horriGed surprise at any
apparently irrational behavior-t.c, by
the violation of his ideas of uniformity
in matters psychological. II must be
added, however, that I have tried the
same experiment on less intelligent and
less sensitive terriers with no other effect
than causing them to bark at me.
viii only add that / believe the sense
of the mysterious to be the cause of the
dread which many animals show of thun~
der. am led TO think this, because / once
had a setter eighteen months old, and on
then first hearing it though he was about
TO die Of fright, as l have seen other
animals do Under various circumstances.
And 50 strong was the impression which
his extreme terror left behind, that
whenever afterwards he heard the boom
of distant artillery practice, mistaking
it for thunder, he became a pitiable OBJ
ject to leOk at, and, If out shooting,
would Immediately bolt home-or, if at
q great distance from home, would en-
deavor to bury himself. After having
heard real thunder on two or three sub
sequent occasions, his dread of the dis
tant cannons became greater than ever;
SO that eventually, though he keenly en-
joyed sport, nothing would induce him
TO leave his kennel, lest the practice
might begin when he was at a distance
from home. But the keeper, who had
large experience in the training OF dogs,
assured me that if I allowed this one to
be taken to the battery, in order that he
might learn the true cause OF the thun-
der-Iike noise, he would again become
in the field. The animal,
however, died before the experiment was
George J Romeaes in Nature.
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THE cat is composed of a peculiar
composition, similar 70 India IdoDeI
The sxact combination Of the material i
one of the lost arts. / dropped cat
out of a five-stOry window on broAu"Al
IA landed on his feet. He didn't even
feel to see if any bones were proAen ho ~
simply glanced at the lamp-post % as .ns
corner and read the name. OF tne s..ees
to get his bearings, and tnen ss''su GU. H"~y ~
as peacefully "a though he hAa J"s' ~ 81,
out of the stage. II y wonseihlrs ss 80 -
far a cat will tumble and not PfeA-
Boston Globe.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-08
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern news.

The receipts of cotton ia IlAtlanta this |
year will exceed those Of laSby about
fifteen thousand bales, which AI make
the receipts over one hundred &Gusand
bales.
The Alatama and Great SeutheriiSl.
road has had recorded the first mortgA
for 81 $50, 900, to secure the payment d
bonds issued for the purpose Of paying
Indebtedness and to equip the road.
The Memphis Co Operative Union gets
its column of southern news for its patent
newspapers from this column in the
Courier-Journal. Bet it won't take this
item, though -Colsier-Journdk, Southern
Nelcs column. Won't we, though ?-,S.
NJ u
Chattanooga - Dispatch Judge F."
Roberts has gone up TO Meigs county,
Tenn, and will swim one hundred live
geese down the river to this point, dis
tance OF nearly eighty miles. The wings
OF the fowls will be cropped to prevent
hem from flying, and the " Judge" in a
caaoe, will drive them down.
Ahbama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mary
and Iand' North Carolina, Virginia West
ngihii, youth Carolina and Tennessee,
oo6u reputation of little over 8,OOO,-
$40 .l,S 80 @ IN aggregate state debt OF
So. Y'sto ,,5.i. zV|, OF 6ver $22 per capita, to
of Raj..g R,JjtH.lng OF the great municipal debts
cities. NiiNans and other
The United statessued ex.Gov Smith
bava 'ihs,i.i'L' hsl-' Tor f9O0O IN gold, aneced 10
fe'Io5a3 80 oeeIl taken by him from the Con.
- 80 ''1o treasury on the day Richr,cr1
60, o'ac,iated; .l The United States cir.
bo -, az ?3iIs az RIchmond decided that If |
~ =. uld 20 take the money the Tinted |
states were entitled to a iItdgn1e,,t -
ne ,ia1.t jury tailed 10 agree and were dia.
- = g,
! NHseViaAs zAs.asss>s-s s.-.~..s~ y.
ne thousand barrels OF -four for Liver :
ooi, via Pensacola, Fla left here Friday
venlng on the Lou:sville, Nashville and
'reat Southern road. There was very
title difficulty in raising the shipment. |
'hIch Is the second OF the direct trade
loyement with Liverpool. 1t is very
rooable another large lot viii leave
ashville for that point at an early date.
After much wrangling the Mississippi
gisiature fixed the salaries of officers
nd employees as follows Secretary Of
mate and assistants, $15 per diem
rgeant-at-arms and assistants, SI3;
AIDING clerk, 50 door keeper, So clerk ,
the house, SO; enrolling clerk, So ,
isistent enrolling clerk, So: reading
erk' - three pages, 81 each; speakers |
81. 50; three porters, 81 each.
The receipts and expenditures of the c
eat state OF Georgia for the year 1877,
c0rd!ng 10 a statement furnished | d
ess by the comptroller general, were as L
LloWs receipts from ali sources, Tin ;
1ding balance in the treasury January
1877, OF 1864, 2S333) -, ,562, ,63O.1f,
i'd the disbursements. which include a I
rt OF the expenses of 1876. were ;
,72S, ,9i0 50. The cost OF the constitu-
'nal convention was SO, ,740.75. ard d
ere IS balance in the treasury of 0
SS, 719I7 "
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-08

can be IeA,quite plain, or may be
trimmed WithSows Of gros grain ribbon,
on Wnich are NpsmeDts of passemen-
terie.
A pretty c0nceitA, the way of a white
felt bonnet has the chsvp trimmed with
crimson faille; one creas colored feather
mods forward over the crovn. and Grim.
son one falls over cream Mile bow in
The back; the face trimminM are Grim.
son moss rosebuds nestled DOM among
soft tufts of old Malines lace.
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San Francisco Bulletin :

San Francisco Bulletin: A glass OF
Intoxicating drink bears a multitude OF
names on ordinary days. But on election
days, when the law enforces total abs.i-
nence, new names have TO be manufsc-
tured by the grand army of the thhsty.
On such DAYS it hss ordinarily been
known as "coffee beam or a "cloye %
but even these names have now become
stale. Yesterday thirsty electer
walking along Market street stopped
in front of saloon, and seeing some one
peeping through an opening, he said !.
Say, friend, do you know where I can
get some legs for No. stove % "Yesn
was the prompt reply; right in here
And the door few open wide enough ior
the thirsty elector to slip inside. He
was seen to emerge soon afterward strok
ing bountiiul mustache.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-08
All Sorts.

Liverpool has now decided upon getting
water from Wales at cost of So, ,250, 900.
Or ninety-nine millionsires of Phila-
delphia, ,ex- Gov. Asa Packer is the richest,
being worth $12,o00,000.
Near Colorado Springs, Col, there have
recently been found more than fifty va
rieties Of petrified nuts, many of them be-
longing to a class which are now only
found in the tropics.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-08

Boston has the only msnniactory o
gongs and cymbals in the United States
rhe production Is about three hundred
and fifty gongs and five hundred and
fifty pair of cymbals per year.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-08

:. The drunkenness and degradstior
prevailing in the low quarters of Live,
pool are attracting the attention Of n.
whole of England.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-08

e~--N. ~N+N'N--f tt~~-'9 - -
six"
=. A man saw a physician once and hid
behind a stone wall, "Why did you
hide ?" asked kffisn1 eFor the simple
reasoi, that Stis, $. long since was siek
I'm ashamed 70 ipest q doctor face ~
face, was ne tePlg
The swss siheci. Of Michigan now
attgcks tie frivoious fashions, which are
EsgeseI...s % rif y. * ns In Illi.tcy
I Listen
Leave oG tho agony leavcof ylo.
Unless you've goi money by YOU an the while.
If you look about yOu you q often have b. smile,
To see so many poor people pnttin2on style.
Professional: Two undeftakers meet
at the cemetery gate. First Underta-
ker-" Well, how's business to-dayp
Second Enthusiastically" ""Two oaks
with plated handles and one rosewood"
Glow is it with you 2" First Underts-
ker-"Badly. Only three stained pine,
child's size"
"A painter once store did keep,
And he was quite i0zer;
For when he found his sirl asleep,
lie with yellow cClrs.
When he with yell aw9ke that girl.
? be painter Thought le lad her;
But she, though mad when she lay down
Undoubtedly rose nllder.
His girl woke up brimim Of mirth.
And ioine1 him in O. cotiliion
He hugged her close, for she Was worth
At least a quart Of vermliii0u.
An old woman who went into the
poultry business some time since, under
the expectation that sEe could make a
fortune by selling eggs, has quilted it in
disgust, because, as she says, " the hens
will never lay when eggs are dear, but
always begin as soon rs they get cheap"
Where arc the friends Of my
YOUTH" sang a wretched vocalist at a
Boston concert. As he came off the stage
into the green room the manager remark
ed to him: 1T is very evident they
are not here; will give you the rest Of
the season in which t. go and look them
up"
If England should declare war against
Russia, and Germany against England,
and France against Germany, and Austria
against Italy, and Greece against Turkey,
and China against the whole Asiatic
Orient,.and Ireland strike for liberty--
wouldn't there be a shaking up Of the
old dry bones
The following correspondence be-
tween Chicago dead beat and the man
who lent him money explains itself" 81
lent you one year AGO tonight 81 81. II
you have not bad il long enough, please
keep it one year longer" To this deli
cate hint this answer was returned
" Had forgotten it, ard hoped you had.
Let her run another year"
The Boston Herald has been strug.
Cling to frame n definition for tramp"
which should not include too many peo-
pie. After long deliberation, it proposes
the following for the dictionary Of the
future: Tramp--An impecunious gem
tleman Of superabounGing leisure, who
perambulates the country ostensibly in
search Of employment, but in reality a
vagabond, demanding money and food,
and giving no recGmpense, either in
money, labor, or ideas, therefor. An
unauthorized forager on the country at
large. Synonyms-Beat, dead beat, bum.
mer, swingers around the circle, etc. n
B.--The definition does not apply to
lyceum lecturers, DR.. Mary Walker,
Ulysses S. Grant, Sergeant Bates, Daniel
Pratt or the soap man.
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wAIFs AND wIISrs.
*, The empire Of Japan is made up Of

The empire Of Japan is made up Of
$500 islanda.
They csll certain western Judge
"Old Necessity" because he knows no
law.
Never borro eny thing that you are
able to buy. Borrowing will demorali1e
a man almost ~ fast az steaIing.--Josh
BiRiugs.
s." Was his life insured ?" Yes
{" For whose beneft?" Why, for the
benefit of the insurance company, to be
sure"
~ think your church will last
good many years YETI said wsggish
deacon to his minister; " see the Sleep
ers are very sound"
Two kegs Of guupowder were found
concealed in the basement Of an Arkansas
court house recently, leading to suspicion
of q desire TO remove the county seat.
"A physician says that American
girls grow in grace and loveliness until
they are about eighteen or twenty, when
they generally get pale, sickly-looking
and faded, going all 10 pieces at twenty
six"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-30

The following from an exchange is
so pertinent that we reproduce II IN
our columns: a certain man got
mad at the editor and stopped bis
paper. The next week he sold all
his corn ut four cents below the
market prices; then his property
was sold for taxes because he only
heard of the convention three days
after it had adjourned; he lost ten
dollars by bettiug ON Molly McCar:
thy ten days after Ten Brock had
won the race; he was arrested aud
fined eight dollars for going hunting
on Sunday, and he paid three hun
dred dollars for LOT Of forged notes
that had been advertised two weeks,
and the public cantioned not to ne
gotiate for them. He then paid a
great big freshman, with q leg Ike
n derrick, to kiek him all the way
10 the newspaper ofiice, where he
paid four years subscription In
advance, and made the editor
sign and swear 10 written agree
merit to knock him down aud rot
him IL ever he ordered his pape
stopped again.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-30

On the nth iastspt MunEoc s
Co. remittetl 10 Secretary. Eystts
0<o, O0o In gold, being IN third ~
stalinent Of French sabsoRfptacas 10
the yellow fever sufferers. making
AlAO. 900 to that date.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-30
THE BATTLE OF LIFE.

How many there are who start out 10 life
With an eager desire to engage IN its strife;
Its struggles, its trials, It's pleasures, its
pain,
Coutented with all II their end they bot
gain.
If wealth they arc seeking to make them
selves blest,
They scarce will consider that their body
needs rect:
But tlelve isse and early, through thick
and through thin,
Coutentcd and happy IL gold they but win.
And il 1t Il fame or worldly rcnown,
They mind not the thorns that encircle the
crown:
But press on and onward, fresh laurels to
gain,
And in every triumph new joysthey attain.
But oh! when the even Of life draweth
near,
Will one Of tbese treasures their las. mo,
ments cheerf
Will no last remembrance creep over the
brainf
Oh. that had lived blest heaven TO gain
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-30
Young Men.

suppose that no man who has
arrived at the years Of understand.
ing. can look back upon his days OF
puppyho with out a shudder. They
constitute a green spot in memorys
waste, which wc would fain forget.
The masculine human in his turning
state Is an.objcct sickening TO pc.
hold. There is a state CT existence
extending over u space of two or
three years, between the "a'rr vrTgc
of bUyhoOt, over which mtu nNe'
travel aeteas r0leas. II Is e.. th"sc
benighted souls in this probationary
state that l now propose TO speak
I assert II rs n primary iact, that
the most disgusting creatures kpown
of the animal kingdom is n bob-tali'
ed specimen of humanity, after he
sheds tho tail OF polly wOgisin, aud
before he attains the legs Of frog.
hood. Yet he is AZ unconscious OF
his puppy ism rs some animals are OF
the oder they ditluse. But, unfor.
tunately, the bystandcrs arc not
vouchsafed such blisstul Ignorance.
PuppyhoOd Ia noisy, Obtrusive,
and given to decided and extretpe
opinions, which it volunteers on all
occasions. IL pervades all circles OF
society but never loses it's identi.
, ty.
The "fast young man is the COM
mon type of this nuisance. He fire.
ouents billiard and drinking saloons,
and is readily known by his short
coat tail, big trOwsers, aud the var
; ious noises he makes. He claims To
. DO "postetl" on the subjects:
' When he is not whistling, he will
bc found to bc swearing loudly and
|. awkwaldly. He patrOnizes the
drama, and isaudible, but not always
chasts or classic in his criticisms.
:, He knows where an actress is pad
ded, and Just how much. lie is tho
;, terror of the supcrnumcraries, and
. sets mp frantic ordinations Of
"sonp- whenever they appear. H'
;, indul Ses in practical jokes on the
u apple boys, aud saturates the dres
v SEES of the adjoining ladies' with to
>, bacco juice.
u Heregarls tobacco, in allits forms
= great developing agent Of man
> hood. He takes kindly to strons
{ drink, and considers having beer
= "as drunk as the devil the nigh
,. before, fit to boast of in the circle
&c his admirers.
u You may gather any twenty d
+ this style Of swell-heads together
W and YOU cannot find two in the nun
!; Der who could start even with tn
= world and support themselves honor
~ ably for one year.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-30
Of q Cup OF Coffee.

1t has been trutbfuIly said that
even in these enlightened days, and
in the lands most blessed by the in
fiupnce of civilization. there are
thousands upon thousands of per
sons born into the world who live
long and then go down into their
graves without ever having tasted
q good cup Of coffee. There are
many reasons for this, and the prin'
cipal one, of course must be that so
few persons know how to make good
coffee by boiling it; by not boiling
il; by combining the essence and
aroma; by making it in an open YES
sel; by sleeping it; by not sleeping
it; by clearing 1t; By not clearing It;
by grinding it fine; by grinding II
coarse, and by many other methods
opposed to each other and ~ oil
these. Now We do not intend to try
to tell anybody how to make good
coffee, but We just wish to say {
word about the treatment Of the cot
fee after it is made. And on thi'
treatment depends its excellence
brew it as you may. The rule Ii
simple: nerer decdmt it. Whateve
else you do about il, bring it to tn
table in the vessel in which IL wal
made. A handsome urn or gorge
Gus cofFeepot is the grave Of ZOO
coffee. OF course it il is considere'
-
more desirable to have the pot loo'
we'll than to have the coffee tast
well, we have nothing more to 81,
But when hot coffee is emptied froi
one vessel into another, the kitche
ceiling generally receives that e
sence laden vapOr which shout
have found it's way into the chi
, OH the breakfast table. And on
word about these cups. VINE
, the coffee enters them 1t shoul
, And the milk or the cream a
ready there. By observing the'
A rules, ordinary coffee, made in a
i most any way, is often very palat
= BILE indeed.