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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27
Selecting Meats.

In selecting meats to roast, IL IL be for
8 small family, the rib is far the best and
most tende! cut. Have some OF the
bone removed, then make your butcher
skewer The beef. The best beef steak for
broiling is the porter-house. The best
beef for n Ia mode is the round have
the hone removed and trim of all Che
gristle. For corned beef, the round is
also the best. For mutton Tcast, choose
the shoulder, the saddle, or the loiu or
haunch. The leg should be boiled. Small
rib chons are BEST for boiling, those cut
outifron1 one leg are generally tough. NUT
ton outlets 70 bake are taken from the
neck. For roast beef the loin, breast or
shoulder is good. Veal chops are best
for frying; outlets are more apt 20 be
tough. in selecting beef, take that
which has loose grain, yielding easily
to pressure, OF dark red color, smooth,
with whitisa fat if the lean il purplish
and the fat is yellow, il il poor beef
CRASHED is the lightest, Cx the best, and
next hti6r Perhaps the incest NUT
ton roast il a small leg, the bone
taken out and the cavity stuffed with
forced meat. The best roast beef is (tOr
three) about two and. a half or three
pounds OF porter house. Surloin ranks
next. A rump roast is very nice. Two
or three pounds is a great plenty for
three. In chops, that from the hind leg
of mutton is the best, unless you can get
A 'meatyV sirloin. The same in pork;
about one and a quarter TO one and
half pounds, is sufficient; beef steak,
about TIE same quality. Porter,house
is chespsr that surloin, bauing less bone.
Rump STEAK and round, if well pounded
TO make them tender, have the best
flavor.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27
singular Suicides.

In the year 1900, William Dorrington
threw himself from the parspet OF the
Church of ST. Sepulcher, in London,
leaving behind him a note, stating as
his reason "that he wanted to 20 to
the opera that night, but had not money
enough TO purchase ticket OF admis-
sion" f I.f as ..s
A Farmer in Allendale, Eng, got a
gum barrel, loaded it, aud placed the
stock end in a hot fire, and leaned bis
stomach against the other. The barrel
soon became hot, and exploded, killing
the unfortuate wretch instantly.
A blacksmith in New Orleans, IN
1S41, killed himself in the same manner,
blowing his bellows until the fre was
hot enough to explode the gunbarfei.
A young lady at boarding school in
England drowned herself in rain cask
because she was made to study from an
old book. She was Sweet sixteen"
A Greenwich (Eng.) pensioner. who
was put upon short allowance Tor mis-
conduct, 1916, sharpened the ends OF
his spectacles. and with them stabbed
himself to the heart
In a French newspaper OF 1907 We
find an account of a man who, his wiIe
having proved unfaithsulto him, called
his valet and informed him that he was
about TO kill himself and requested that
be would boil him down and make
candle Of his fat and carry II 70 his ms
tress. handing her st the same time the
following note: DEABEsr JHEREsE: i
have long burned for you, and i now
prove to you that my flames are real.
Yours, AiE1hE'
A young lady twenty years Of age, hav-
ing eambled away large fortune, hung
herself at Bath, Eng, with a gold ana
silver sirdle The following note was
found in her hand: "Ihus l tie myseh
up from play" This was worthy OF 3
French woman. t...,.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27
wonderful SPIDERS Web.

s"Across the sunny paths of Ceylon,
where the forest meets the open country,
and which constitute the bride roads
the island, an enormous spider stretches
his web at the height of from four to
eight feet from the ground. The cor
dage of these webs is fastened on either
side to the projecting shoot of trees or
shrubs, and is so strong as to hurt the
travellers face, and even lift off his hat if
he is 80 unlucky as not to zee the line. The
nest in the cenrer is sometimes as large a.
a mans head, and is continually grow
ing larger, as it is formed of successive
layers of old webs rolled over each 9TH
er, sheet after sheet, into ball. These
successive envelopes contain the wings
and limbs OF insects of all descriptions,
which have been the prey of the spider
and his family who occupy the en-
formed in their midst There seems to
be no doubt that the spider casts the
web loose and rolls it round the nucleus
in the center when it becomes overcharg-
cd with carcasses, and proceeds to con-
stuct fresh one, which In its turn is
destined to be folded up with the rest.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27
New York Heralh.


At the last sitting of the French
Academy OF Sciences n very. .Temarkable
communication was read by NJ. Dumas
from Mr.. Norman Lockyer, which,
should his views turn out TO be correct,
will entirely overthrow all the theories
If chemistry at present accepted. In q
yes of Investigations, extending over
y @aE-. into the nature of the spectra
ne sun, OF other celestial bodies, ana
ne artificial spectra of different simple
bodies at various degrees OF temperature,
Mr.. Lockver has arrived at the con-
viction that all the elementary bodies
recognized by chemists are neither more
nor less than hydrogen at various
degrees of condensation.
For the moment he furnishes no
specihe details, but he promises very
soon to present material, Physieal. and
chemical proofs of this extraordinary
fact. which he states is already placed
beyond the domain of probabilities, and
will inaugurate new chemistry, giving
us a far more expanded idea of the
simplicity of the proceedings by which
the world in which we live was gradually
formed. According to Mr. Lockyer the
stars. which are The hottest, contain
either pure hydrogen or the most elemen-
tarv bodies. The sun, which is only OF
medium heat, consists of a mixture OF
various elements, while the colder celes-
tial bodies show the most complex COM
pounds. ..
The greatest anxiety was expressed to
be made acquainted with the nature of
the experiments which had led the
learned investigator to come to such con-
clusions. The startling nsture of the
announcement is sufficient to excite
great astonishment, as it is utterly
opposed to all our preconceived notions
of the chemistry of the universe, and
very naturally makes us think that the
ancient astrologers, with their notions Of
the transmutation OF metals, were not
such visionaries after all rs they have
been generally consiiered - only they
turne ed their efforts in a wrong directien
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27
How oysters should be Cooked.


InnumeFable are the ways of prepar-
ing the oyster for the table. The skill
or ignorance of a housekeeper may be
estimated by the success or failure of her
attempts TO Putoysters on her table in
good Tstyle:t The way in which some
people execute stewed oysters is simply
atrocious. They put the oysters into
a kettle Of water, ano boil them ever
soleng, Hntith the favor is gone from them
aad they leoklike old rags. Notso with
the steWed oysters We want to eat. The
oyster requires but little time in the
boiling hot huid in which he is stewed.
The juice must first be put on the fire,
with the seasoning required for both
itself and the oysters and little -four or
cracker dust to thicken it slightly and
prevent it from being too soupish in its
consistency. When the liquid boils
Driskly it is time to throw the oysters in
and stir them gently. Watch them closely
The moment their whiskers begin to curl
put in a little fresh milk or cream and
continue the, influence of the heat for
halfa minute. Now your oysters are
stewed, and if you have seasoned them
properly they are fit for king.
The fried oysters of the eating-house is
too often greasy and butter-jacketed
aboininstion. Why the idea ever entered
into the heads of the cooks to fabricate
the envelope of tough batter and corn
meal chicken-feed, in which they smother
each oyster Is a mystery. To cover a
respectable oyster with this and then
drop him into q lardy pan and gradually
sizzle over slow fire is wicked.
Oysters to be fried ought 10 be gently
pressed on a clean towel till almost dry,
then immersed in a beaten egg, then
dipped in cracker crumbs, then placed in
a pan containing exactly the right
amount of very hot lard or butter, or a
mixture of both The pan should be set
over very lively FIRE and as near the
Goals as possible Thus to fry oysters is
the work of but few moments. If prop
erly iried the oyster is not greasy. As
in stewing, SO in frying, attention to time
is important Fry the oyster too brown
and you spoil him.
When. we want a dish of extreme deli
cacy we ask for some skillfuIly broiled
oysters The reason why we SO seldom
see oysters broiled is that very few people
know how to broil them properly. Great
skill and long practice are necessary to
complete success in this art. For broil-
ing the oysters should be prepared very
much as Tor frying, then placed oa a
grid iron over a brightly burning yet not
too hot fire; they should be allowed to
brnil without blazing. Too often they
are blsckened and hardened so that
no body wants TO see a second dish of
them. Some people prefer them without
the egg and crumb covering. In this
-ay broiling requires even. more skill
than in the other
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27

The greyhound runs by the eyesignt
onlv and this we observe rs a fact. The
carrier pigeon flies his 250 miles home
ward by eye-sigh namely, from point
tn point of objects which he has marked
hnt this is only our conjecture. Jne
fierce dragon.Ay, with $4,000 lenses ~
his eve. darts from angle to angle with
the rapidfty Of flashing sword, ana =
yani1Iy darts back, not turning 10 me
air but with the clash reversing the acL- ,
ion of his wings, and instantaneou7ly
calculating the distances off objects, o.
he would dash himself to pieces. nas
in what c information o .the esr n'er'
consist? no one can .sr. ,t
4 ciuno Of ten thpus.Dd
nm and down 10 the sun, tie mi
tervsl between them, vet no ont 'e-
another upon the grass or bfeakt'
or wing. long and delicate ~ tnry ~
Suddenly. amiQ your. matches h.
ati,.n OF this dance q WculMus
-houldered, sicious Apat, Win oss
da,,t nose. dsrts cut o the ISL
falling clouds: and sitting on ~. .n-
insayts poisonous sting nn"s nn
sassed the iittle w1each a. % tn'' ...T.
- sa',o smelI your hls,sd 10 the uia'H
No ne nuOVa.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27
A strange story.

ssY Z yaES ,g,S CT; Ssiesso Tribune, q,
sy,sss S..,sy nv Of Miss Mary j. Fancher,
Who Ii says has laid for thirteen years
in Brooklyn much Of the time in q
trance like condition, with feeble heart
pulsation, sluggish aud almost lmper-
ceptible respiration, and the chill OF
death upon her flesh At times she has
been transformed into a cheerful, viva
ciOus. intelligent, entertaining youEg
woman. and then relapsed into speechless-
ness. blindness, deafness, and entire
naralvsis OF the senses. She has de-
veIoped most astonishing powers, re-
sembling second sight or clalrvoYance,
reading with ease the contents Of sealed
letters. des cribing articles in hidden
packages, and perusing books while alb
solutelv blind. Sometimes her Iewers
are Voluntary, at others they are un~
consciously exercised. So little nourish-
ment has she taken that it may be said
she lives without food. She IS sur
rounded by persons of social standing
and refinement. aud has always been
exceedingly sensitive to any public men
tiou or knowledge Of her condition. She
has ever repelled any effort to couple
her manifestations with those Of clair
yovants: has begged to be allowed to
i've and die in the retirement of her
home, -unlnolested by strangers, and
accessible only ID her friends. Clergy
men. phvsiciins. men of letters, and Of
intelligence have visited her. Among
the many who have taken a special
interest in her are the Rev. DR.. Duryea-
pastor of the Classon Avenue Presby,
ter1au Church; the Rev. DR.. Van Dyck,
Clinton street Peesbyterian Church;
Prof. 9. E. West, Brooklyn Heights Sem
mary; the Rev. DR.. Prime, Dr. Robert
Ormiston, DIR. Mitchell and DE- Crane.
Messrs. Spier. West and Parkhurst have
made "voiuminous memoranda of Miss
physical and mental changes
and conditions. Mics Fanci er herself has
written, at great length, descriptions Of
her feelings and sensations.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27
Al FAREW ELL.

Go sun, since so you must,
The dusks of evening lowers sbov@ our sky,
Our sky which was so blue ana hTeetiy IsI
Night is not terrible thst we should siga-
little darkness can su- ely bear
VIII their not be more sunshiL e by and BY
Go rose since go you must,
FIswerless and chill hat win er draweth nigh;
Close sre the blithe and fragrautiips which mad
III summer long perpetual melody.
Cherries we take our way, but not AFRAID
VIII there rot more roses-oy and oyf
Go, love. since so you must
Out of our pain we bless you as you hyi
The momentsIy heaven the iainbow 1t
Was worth who'll davs Of bsck and stormy sky
Shall not when by the waves wsslt.
Your bri, ht sci winging shoIewaId-by and by7
Go, life since 20 you must,
Uncertain guest and whimsical ally.
All ouestIorless you came uuquestioned go
What does Il mean to live or hat 10 die
Smiling we watch ycu vanish for We Know
some here is nobIer living--by aud by.
-lSpsGn Coolidge IN he Independent
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27

from her vain errand of mercy to the
French camp, on that eveDtiul night.
she had accompanied her attendant, on
leaving bis presence, almost without
consciousness; but from the moment that
she reached her own home, amid its
many comforts, she pined rapidly away,
and breathed her last amid the festivities
that filed up the week of Napoleon coro-
nation.
And low was her prophecy fulfilled
Through blood Napoleon had marched
onward to the goal Of his ambition, and
he found himself Emperor of France,
but finally all his brilliant military
achievements came to Daught; himself
8 prisoner, he was doomed 10 restlessly
pace the barren SUBMITS OF 81. Helena.
"Thine evil deeds arc writ in gore.
Nor triumph taus in vaia-
Thy uiumphs tell Of fame more,
Or deepen every stain.
II thou hadsf died honor dies,
Some new kapos might arise
To shame the world hgaiD
But who would soar the solar height
10 set in such s,arless night ?"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27
Never Had ANY Lnek.

g You see" said the respondent man,
who was sitting on barrel, addressing
the grocer, who was spearing the top OF
biscuit-case with a knife, some people
has good luck and some people has bad
luck. Nows | remember once I was
walking along the street with Tom Jel-
licks, and he went down one side OF it
and | went down the other. We hadn't
gone more'n half way down when he
found a pocket beok with ESQ in it, and
stepped on woman's dress, and so got
acquainted with nay present wife. 1t
was always SO" added he, with 8 sigh,
" that Tom Jellicks was the luckiest man
in the world, and | never had no luck"
A FAvoKIrE name for Kentucky girls
is "Puggie."
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and occupation; so he continued for
some time.
At length some one !opFnea the door
who was unknown to Mr.. Dean, Wien be
cried cut:
"a little old man, with drab coat and
old white hat dCn't know him-ioOk
for yourselves"
The congregation was cured.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27
The sE Fig-Racket.' -

For the benift of those who may not
have seen this neat operation an explain
alton is given. The news agent marks
cut some unsophisticated looking psssen
ger in the smoker" and approaches him
with several boxes of figs. Into one OF
these boxes he puts 81 bill, neatly fold
ed. He then puts the boxes behind him,
changes them about several Times, and
offers his victim choice OF the boxes or
81 As the victim examines the boxe-
he sees the corner of the bill sticking out
from under the cover OF one of them and
he can hardly q his dollar quick enough
and when he buys the box ne finds him
self with a box OF figs worth Is cents and
the little corner OF 10 cent shinplastef.
The piece of shinplaster is ca led the
clash" snd the trick is worked with
/ books as we'll As figs
A LITTLE boy asked his mother n"Do
you know why Stockings wear out inst
at the toes !" No "BecAuse toer
, a L.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27

Neck.Twisting In Churches.-There
are practices which are tolerated
in religious congregations which Chris
tians who are Jealous of the honor of
their Masters house should utterly con-
denim. Decorum is the handmade OF de-
votional feeling and for this reason a
church should never be disturbed by the
slightest approach to irreverence. "It is
a part of my religion, said plous old
ladv. when asked why she went early TO
church, sit is part OF my religion not
to disturb the religion of others" !"
And we believe if many a congrega-
ton made it part of their religion not
to twist their necks out OF joint to wit
ness the entrance of every person who
passed up the aisle of the church, 1t
would be better for their necks and theii
religion. A gross abuse of religious dc
corum sometimes needs a harsh remedy
We give that adopted by Henry Clay
Dean, who was at one time Chaplain OF
Congress. The anecdote is from paper
called the Pacific Methodist
Being worried one evening by this
turning practice in his congregation, Mr.
Dean stopped in his sermon, and said
Now, yeu listen TO me, and I'll tell
you who the people are as each one OF
them comes in.
He then went on with his discourse
until a gentleman entered, when he
bawled out, like an usher:
"Deacon A., who keeps shop over
the way"
He then went on with his sermon
when presently another man passed into
aisle, and he gave his name, residence
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27
Cold Comfort.

Algernon, under her window in the
cold. white moonlight. with tender ex-
preston, says:
lis the la-hast rose OHIO; summer,
Le-neft bloo-homing alo-hone,
All its li-huv-lier companions
Ah-ha fs-teh-he1 and hone
s. Voice OF pa from next window, strained
and cracked like, as though the old gem
tlemen didn't have time to look for his
store teeth, CAN right, young man, all
right; just pin a newspaper over it to
save it from the frost, and we'll take it
in with the rest Of the plants in the
morning = Burlington Hawkeye.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
CHRISTMAS HYmx FOR SUNDAY
SCHSaLS

SCA08k4S.
Angels from their home n Glor4
Gladly few
Flew to tell the JOY u story
Cnrist is born today for. .xou:
Holy angels
We would come and worsl4p, too!
May we Join the Heatehsy ahofusY
sueh rs Tsf
Hark the saviour:allsvsra.ss u.s.
sufTsr them TO eoIne&ka.
'''' C q .sdly Hosad1 -.
Christ the Lord ven siia 70 Yhee.
With the wondrous stsssoi, :.,s atsding. q
Wise men found 90 earth6 6bfding
Christ Of all tbinsa hg and Heir.
In your worship We slAufd share.
May We find " hon sle.qpt sages
Once adora24
Alithe Sav+our's love ehfages
Sui est guidance 70 aEpTd.
Blessed Dag star-s
Lead us onward 10 fas Lord.
Patientsimeou, a - hoary.
Found at last ~ sil.
s--al.a.z ss'sstssss sss.a 3 Fiirss,
Blessed the Lord N thankful scng.
Lol to us before our seeking
CnIist appears
Words Of love add mercy speaking
Gives US more, foDids cur fears,
And wlthblessings
Fills our happy youthful years
May We while our iearts are tender
All agree
Love and praise. U. .Lsrd. 10 Tender,
Through our earthly lives to thee
4 nen TO Glory
Bring US, ! by blst face to see
Chicago appeal
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27

"MY darling" says Mr.. Sadrake, who
has been ostensibly duck shooting at San
Mateo sll the day and night previous,
''did the Office boy bring you those ducks
l shot, as l told him ?" "No sir, he did
not" replied Mrs. s, in an icy and ap-
pslling manner, 'but the butchers boy
has been here to say that as he cannot
fill your order for wild ducks, to-day, he
sends you half dozen tame ones in
stead" Tableaux.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27

Lou LEUBRIE, editor of the Memphis
Sunday Times, and famous as Count
de Noses of the Memphis Mardi Gras,
states that there will bee no carnival at
Memphis during the coming year.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27

A FAvoKITE name for Kentucky girl
is 'Puggie."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-06
Fire Record.

About half past two Sunday morning fire
was discovered in one of the coal sheds of
the Detroit Gas Works, foot of Twenty-frst
street. 1t spread rapidly, and in about one
hour the entire row of coal sheds, under
which was stored thirty thousand tons of
coal, were destroyed, as were also the
slaughter, packing, and ice houses of
Bigley & Co., which were located a few feet
east of the Gas Works. The Gas Company
estimate the loss on coal sheds and wharf
and coal damaged at $40, 00O-fully insured.
Bigley & Co. estimate their loss at $13, 900;
insured for $1,000. Jas. Coigne, Superin-
tendent OF the Fire Alarm Telegraph, and
Alexander Lefeyre, fireman, were precipita-
ted into the river by falling timbers. Both
were rescued. Lefevre's fourth rib was
broken, and Jas. Coigne was severely
bruised. The cause of the fire is unknown.
A fire broke out in ~Friedlander's dry
goods store, at Mariana, Ark, which soon
communicated to the adjoining buildings,
destroying that and P. Worthem's dry
goods and groceries, and Bouton's grocery,
Nunally's drug store, Wootten's tin shop,
the telegraph office, and the barber shop.
Friedlander was arrested and held to an
swer on the charge of setting his store on
fire to obtain the insurance. Amount of
loss not known.
The machine shops of the Indianapolis,
Peru and Chicago Railway, at Peru, Ind,
were struck by lightning the other night,
and with their contents entirely consumed
by fire. There were three locomotives and
two stock cars in the shops. Loss estimated
at 100000; no insurance. A heavy rain
saved the round-house and other buildings
and cars.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-06
Foreign.

A Vienna correspondent of the Times
says: "The difficulty about placing the
whole of the treaty before the Congress
seems surmounted by so wording the invita-
ton as to contain a guarantee for free dis
cussion of the whole treaty. Germany will
issue the invitation, and thus give the
guarantee instead of Russia. Pourparlers
have begun about the date of meeting, and
June 18th is proposed. Austria and France
are already added to this scheme"
Earl Russell died on the night of May 81.
The European powers have settled on a
Congress. A Vienna correspondent re-
marks that but for Prince Bismarck the
Congress might at one time have been con-
vened without England, which would have
been worse than no Congress at all. This
correspondent asserts that the form of the
present invitations-which brings the
treaty of San Stefano before the Congress
without necessitating any humiliation to
Russia nor risk to England-was suggested
to Count S~chouvaloff when at Frederichs.
ruhe on his way to st. Petersburg. The
purport of the invitations is that the Con-
gress will meet at Berlin to discuss the
Treaty of San stefano. Germany, by the
fact of issuing the invitations, becomes a
guarantee that the whole treaty will be sub.
mitted for discussion.
A telegram from C~onstantinople says the
Russians lave fallen back on several
points, including the neighberhood of Pyr-
gos. The Turks have withdrawn their out
posts to this side of the Belgrade forest.