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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-22


a method of engraving on glass with
electricity has been described by NJ
Plante. 4 concentrated solution OF
nitrate of potash is poured upon the sur.
face of a'plate of glass or crystal until the
surface is covered with it. A horizontal
planuinum wire connected with one of
the poles of 3 secondary battery of fftv
OF sixty elements is placed in the liquid
along the edges then holding in the
hand the other electrode INSULATED
except at the end), figures or characters
of any kind which may be described with
the ends on the glass win be found to be
clearly engraved.
In an article on the action of anesthet
ics, Binzsays, that sleep producing agents
posssss the power of causing a kind of
cOngesDNn of the cerebral cortex, while
other agents nearly allied to them in
composition do,not possess tLis power
Morphia, chloral, ether, and chloroferm
have strong affinity for the substapoe
Of the -coTtex. Of Ihe. brain In gnan,
and wIaen they ente1 fiE00 -
nation with the cerebral substance they
act in opposing or impeding the disine-
grafton OF the living matter, and TINS
rendering it unfit to discharge the fuc-
tions required of it. Ranks, after 20 |
tracted study of the same subject, cones
substantially to the same conclusion.
The rude representations cut on rO&s
near the Laos des Merveilles, in Switar-
land, have long been q puzzle to archR-
ologists. Some have believed that tAsy
were the work of the soldiers of Hsnii-
bal. (What busy people these soldiers
must have been from first to last The
most satisfactory explanation OF the
origin of these figures has Just ben
given by NJ. Chiquet. He says that At
certain seasons of the year shepherds
could find near the rocks some herbsge
for their sheep and goats. To while
away the weary hours the shepherds
amused themselves in cutting figures
which have cost days OF owlish study TO
savans, who are more inclined to look for
mysterious aud remote authors of such
things, than to accept sn obvious and
common sense view.
At a recent meeting of the royal astro-
nomical society, London, a large photo
graph of the sun, twelve inches in dia
meter, was shown as a specimen of the
photographs now regularly obtained by
N. Jansen at the observatory at MeudOn.
Mr.. De Ia Rue declared it to be the
finest example OF celestial photography l
he had ever seen, and he expressed I
especial qualification that it was taken 1
with an instrument constructed like the s
new heliograph, having a two-ineh t
object glass. On the picture of the disk /
of the sun were markings which De Ia c
Rue, Abney and Christie said representa- e
It was suggested that there C
ought to be physical observatory to 4
register the changes which take place On &
IN enormous scale every hour on the
compared with which he
,henomena of sun-sPots are relatively
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Science and Industry.


In paper on the use of lacs of eosine
and fuoreseeine Tor preparation of decor
alive painting without poison, Mr.. Tur-
pin gives the following recipe: A potassic
or sodic solution of cosine treated with
an acid gives a precipitate of cosic acid
insoluble in water; this washed until the
water begins to take rose-color is insol-
uble in the hydrate OF oxide of zinc, and
so forms very rich lac, the red color of
which varies according to the quantity
of cosic acid which had been employed.
On the 10th of December last, Dan
ish vessel nearly stranded on an island
about forty miles from the straits of
Magellan. No land was indicated on the
chart Soon it was noticed that the
island was slowly sinking. An attempt
was made to land on it, but this was
found impossible, as the rocky mass of
which it was composed was so hot that
the water touching it hissed. The island
continued to sink, and eight hours after
it was frat observed the vessel sailed
over the place where it had appeared
above the surface of the ocean.
There Is common impression that
green wallpapers only are poisonous.
Mr.. Seebold, of Manchester, England, has
analyzed not less than sixty or seventy
kinds ofpaper for covering walls, and he
found tiIat ten only were harmless,
although the colors were not green, but
PINK, blue, red, brown, etc. The cause
Of the illness of children, and delicate
persons, which in many cases perplexed
skilled physicians, may be the poisonous
mineral contained in the innocent-look-
ing wall paper of bedrooms.
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now snvER WAS nr,fos.Er1zrn.

Senator Thurman, of Ohio, spoke n
few words in behalf of the silver bill in
reply to Judge Eimunds' three-hour
Shylock harangue against it, from which
we make this extract:
Senator after snator had declared that
fke act of 1879 demonetized the silver
dollar. 1t did no such thing. The silver
dollar was demonetized by the revised
statutes, but they were not intended to
change any existing law. They we've
simply compilation of the laws as thev
existed at the date of the adoption Of
the statutes. The silver dollar of 4I2@
grains was fulllegal tender for all pur-
poses, and had not been legally demone-
tized. The augment had been made
that silver dollars were not IN existence
at the time, and therefore the bondhold-
ers did not expect to be paid in silver.
As well might such an argument be
made against gold, because there was but
little OF that coin in use. The coinage
az Oi AO'" "Ea step IN the direction
OF demonetizing silver, but it was not
actually demonstized until the adoption
OF the revised statute in 1874. 1t had
been argued that injustice would be
done to those who purchased bonds since
1874 II the government should pay its
bonds IN silver; but he (Mr. Thurman)
would endeavor to show, when the bill
itself should come up for consideration,
that the paymet of the bonds in silver
would not do ifustice to any one.
The goldites Ay hard to conceal from
the public therascality practised clan
destinely by the statute revisers in 1874
in sneaking in section which demone.
tized the old silver dollar Chicago
Tribune.
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ESTABLISHED 1859.

same to day as when they first came, the
same in dress, religion, social habits and
political views. The Chinese disclaim
and refuse to assimilate in the body
polite of America
The committee is also considering the
form of a law to prevent further Chinese
immigration. 1t holds that congress has
already the power to deal with the sub
ject and apply remedy.
Mr.. Willis says that there are a num-
Der of supreme court decisions aft ming
that congress, in its power of legislation
over such subjects, is not restrained by
treaty stipulations, and that the present
treaty with China must not stand in the
way of the legislation demanded by the
highest considerations OF public safety.
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Just Had One.v

The following story is told by Gen.
Harry Hetb: One day Gen. (now sena~
tori Gordon and l were ordered to attack
Gen. Grants lines near Pittsburg. and
we accordingly moved out towards the
front. Gordon, you know, is preacher.
and a man OF pious, devotional habi 4
Just before the action began he said
General, before go into action, would
it not be well to engage in PRAYER " "Cer-
tainly," 1 replied, and he and his staff
retired into q little building by tie road
side, and and my staff prepared to fol-
low. Just then 1 caught sight OF nv
brother, who was with some artillery
a little way down the road, and thinking
to have him Join US, 1 called out to him
by name. Come" said 1 pointing to
the building we were just entering. mo,
thank you," he answered, 81 have Just
had one"
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Foreign Gossip.

In France condemned criminals never
know the time fixed for their execution
until the moment arrives. Indeed, az a
prisoner condemned usually appeals as q
matter of course to the Cour de Cessation
against his sentence, he must be uncer-
tain to the last whether the sentence will
be carried out. The order for the exc
cution is only sent to the prison the
evening before it is to take eject, the
criminal is not informed until the next
morning, and the sentence IS carried out
at g very early hour.
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Turkey win be as poor as JOBS before

Turkey will be as poor as Jobs before
the czar has done plucking it.
Clothes are a luxury. In Ujji
postage stamp over the eyebrow is con-
sidered full dress
After the defamation" This is, per-
haps, not the fret lnitten You have re-
ceived, Mr.. Brown?' "But perhaps
the first you have ever given, Miss
Smith,"
Sunday yschool teacher 70 astonished
child" My dear, every hair Of your
head is numbered"s Scholar (hesitat.
ing) to astonished teacher" Pull ont
No. 6 for me then, please !"
1t is reported that Mrs. Hicks, like
other fond wives, already stands over the
register and monopolizes the heat, while
her dear Lord stands apart and kicks the
wainscoting 70 keep his toes from freez-
ing.2TDerrick.
A woman may change her mind. A
lady in Cleveland obtained divorce
from her husband on the ground Of cruel
and inhuman treatment, and now pc
titions to have the divorce declared void
for the reason that she vaa mistaken
doctors donit bsBese ~ al sI.isersfsI1g
its not professional, you know-but let
one of 'em tie up a sore thumb for John
Brown, and they'll climb seven pairs Of
stairs to have a reporter "just mention
it you know"
Wives Of great men all remind us
" make ouF wives ublimo,
And departing. leave behind as
Widows worthy Of cur time
Therefore give vour wife send-on
BY the lfe-in-uranc plan;
Fix her 90 that when ytu end OF
She can scoop anoth,r man.
"A Connecticut Jonathan. in taking
a walk with his dearest, came to toll
bridge, when he, "a honest ss he was
wont to be, said, after paying his own
toll (Which was one cent), 4" Come, Suke,
yOu must pay your own toll, Tor jist as
like as not sha'n't have you after ALL
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Death of the King of the Lepers

Honolulu papers announce the death
in December of VIM. p. Ragsdale, COVER
nor of the leper settlement on the island
of Molokai, Sandwich Islands. Bill
Ragsdale, as he was popular known, was
q Hawaiian by birth, his mother having
been native and his father an Ameri-
can. He was lawyer, speaking English
as fuently as Hawaiian, and the most
noted orator of the Hawaiian kingdom.
The manner in which Ragsdale discovered
that he had the leprosY, as told by him
self, is interesting. He resided for
number of years on the island OF Hawaii,
and had an office at Hilo, the capital of
the island, One night he was studying
mo a law case in which he was deeply
interested, when the chimney from his
lamp iell ON the table. Although the
chimney was hot as fire, BILL" in his
excitement, picked it up and set it in its
place without experiencing inconveni-
ence, such as would naturally result
to really sound person handling a
hot Iamp-chimney. He reflected for
moment, looked at his hand, but could
not discover the least sign that it
had been burned. He then took off and
put on the chimney repeatedly, and with
the same result This experience con-
vinced him that he was among the af-
ficted, and he lost no time in communi1
eating with the authorities. An exami-
nation was made and medical authority
declared he was afflicted with leprOsy.
The police did not arrest him, however.
owing to his exalted position, as was
common with those suspected of being
lepeys, so he voluntarily delivered himself
up as a victim of the terrible disease
He was then sent to Molokai and installed
as governor of the leper settlement
which position he held up to the time o.
his death. During his administration oi
affairs he was as successful as he wai
popular. There were and are about
eight hundred lepers on the settlement
but by his tact and kind neartedness
Ragsdale made the most extraordinar
and saddest community on the face o
the earth as cheerful and happy as the
unfortunates could be. BY his advice
the government made many reforms and
the lepers recognized him as father.
Bankers generally roll their hare
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! no mora dishonesty IN the natian paving
| its debts according 70 contract in the
metal which was dearest when the bonds
we're bought. The government has ex-
| aetlv the same right to its option ia the
payment of its debts that the bankers
had in the choice Of metals in which to
paw the evidences Of the debt. There is
no more dishonesty in the one case than
in the other, especially in view of the
fact that the silver dollar was secretly
and sneakingly dropped from the coinage
OF the nation, at the instance of the
creditors, in order to enhance the value
of their bonds.-[ Graphic.
SOME BOTTOM FAafs ABOUT SILVER.
l. Great BriAin--sshich. is mono me-
tallic, with god vslaation--daring 1877
exported slO1 soc. coo il gold. while. i'm. !.
porting but s7i,s6o,too, thus losing for
1877 the sum oi s2454e, ,OcO of her gold.
.. France-Ehiah II hi-metallic with
any amount-tl zsS7'7 p i5oTtteoi totirt-
about S17 SIC, ,0'0 in gold, while import
ing 500 10000; that is to say, France
added s790O0,OOO to her stock in gold
during that period.
8. OF the gold exported by mono-me-
tallic England bi-metallic France gained
or imported directly no less than $50 O0O,-
900, while also importing fully as much
as $1,000 600 from Germany, which
that country had received from England
since the lst of January, 1877.
/, Notwithstanding the balance of
trade as between the United States and
Great Britain has been in our favor dur
ing the last year we have, nevertheless,
exported to England during 1877 no less
than SIC, 300, 600 in gold, or above
third as much az England imported from
Australia, her present chief source Of
gold.
5. On the 10th Of January, 1873, there
was in the bank of France, in coin and
bullion, the sum of 1899 100, 600. About
the same time the smount held in coin
and bullion by the hank Of England was
S122, $4,000; Imperial bank of Ger
many, Sl13,0 ,045 Geo; National bank Of
Austria, SOS, 725 600 National bank Of
Belgium, Sl9, ,4950O; Netherlands |
bank, S53, ,035 600, amounting in the ag-
gregate to 1876, $4,000. Excess in favor
of bank of France, $2-260, 600. This is |
not an exceptional stae Of affairs. The |
bank of France has .hus for eighteen
months contained in its vaults much |
more specie, chiefly gold, than all the
other National banksof these'chief com
mercial European sites together.
8. Bi-metallic Frace, where silver is
sn unrestricted legaltender for the pay
ment of all debts, hTing, as we have
stated, for 1877 impCted $4,000 600 in
gold in excess of hr exports Of that
metal-on the other hand, exported to
mono-metaIlic EnglsDi as much as So
s75 600 in silver, or ibout 45 per cent.
more than she imported from the same
country. Further, France, while inl-
porting sI5, ,2oo,0O IN siIver-ciliehy
from Belgium, Ehly and Mexico-ex.
ported nearly 100000
Z. While Germany has exported 10
England in the !ear as much as sos
737. 900 in silver India absorbed it all,
and more, nausly, $71 SOS, 600; and
China nearly $ll000,000; or, together,
$81, ,S96 0o0 Gehved exclusively from
the London maket.-T Mining Record.
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THE CHILDREN
EY CHARLES DICKENS


When the lessons and tasks arc all ended
And ;he school for the day is dismissed
And the little ones egther around me
10 bid me good night and BE- kissed
On, the little white arms that encircie
Ny neck in tender embrace
On, the smiles, that are halos of heaven
Shedding sunshine of love on my face.
And when they are gone, ! sit dreaming
OF my childhood, too lovely TO last;
OF love that my heart will femembe
W heR II wakes to the pulse OF the past
Ere the world and its wickedness made me
A partner Of sorrow and sin;
when the glory OF God was about me-
And the glory Of gladness within.
On, my heart grows weak as a woman's.
and the fountains Of feeling viii G9w,
As ! think Of the pa hs steep and stony,
Where the feet of the dear ones must 20;
Ot the mountains of sin hanging O'er them,
ot the tempest Of tate blowing wild
On, there Is nothing on earth half so holy
As the innocent heart Cf . child
The twig is 81 easily bcnded
! have b3nished the iule and the rod,
l have taught them the gooduels of knowledge
They have tsuEht me the goodness of God.
u heart is a dungeon of darkness
Where ! shut them from breaking rule,
My frown is sufficient CORE ction,
NY love is the law OF the school.
1 shall leave the old house in the autumn,
1 tegeshSld s s;s e9 sies
That meet me escl morn st the door.
shsl miss the good nights and the kisses,
And the Eush OF their innocent glee;
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought every morning to me.
7 shall miss them st noon and at eve,
Their song IN the school and the street;
/ small miss the low hum cf their voices,
md the tramp Of their delicate, Get.
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
AMI Death saYs, 1.-The school IS dismissed
May the little ones gather around me
o bid mJ good niEht " and be kissed
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8. Why. sarah" g d one do,

=" Why, Sarah" 2 ID one dark.
colored enchantress to fashionable com
panion, "who Civ yer de nice, charming
bonnet p " lzs Dot It myself. lie gwine
to show desc er white folks dat we niggers
can wear iist as booful and jist as spensive
hats as dey." But, Sarah, dat's a real
fow& garden, dat hat is Sarah Gn
dignantly)-"Go way. chile now you
talk: tink dis niger have no taste. Don
you see dem colors blend Ize in de
fashion. I IL
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WAITS AND wHIsrs.
Fly Happy Sail
BY TENN YsOs

By IENN r8ON.
Fly, happy sails and bear the press
Fly. happy with tue mission of the cross.
Knit land TO land. ami blowing heaven yaTd
With silks. and fruits, and spices clear ef tofi
Enrlch the harvo8iE Of ths golden vear
But We grow old. All . when shall all mems goes
Be each mans rule AT univerfal peace
Lie ike shaft Of light acrnss the land,
And like a lane Of tesms afhwart the sea
Through all the circle Of the golden year.
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Bankers generally roll their hard
money in paper, and make it lock like so
many large spcols. We rolled our hard
money up the other day, and it looked
like button. City Call.
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Search tae Sefiptufea. q
4 short time SINCE, 1 had the pleasIl
of flligg q yscaut- pulpit in easselsi
Pepnsyl ganias u one Of the riehest farm.
ing sections of the state. Peace and
plenty aboanded on every hand. The
spires ofschnrches. dotting the landscapes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-03-28
ABROAD.

The official list issued by the British
admiralty shows that the lost ship Fury,
dice's officers and crew numbered 1873 men.
Seven, however, were possibly left at Barba.
does in the prison. All accounts agree that
there were also from twenty to thirty pas
sengers, officers, invalid men whose time
had expired, etc, on board.
THE widow of Rossini, the celebrated
stood that she bequeathed the fortune in
herited from Rossini to an asylum for aged
and disabled singers.
A CONsTANTINoPLE dispatch says that
the sanitary commission have arrived at
Erzeroum from Tifis. They found 10000
corpses buried two feet under the ground,
frozen, but not deeomposed. The commits
sion Is deliberating whether to cremate the
corses or use quicklime.
THE iron trade in South Yorkshire is
in a most stagnant condition, and large
numbers of men are out of work. Within
the past few days two of the leading works
in Rotterdam have stopped, owing to
scarcity of orders, and another thousand
are made idle in these establishments.
THE Grand, one of the oldest banks in
Prague, has suspended.
A BERLIN dispatch says that it is re-
ported that Count Holburg Wernigerode, al
the request of the Emperor, has accepted the
vice chancellorship, and also the vice presi.
dency of the Prussian ministry.
THE marriage of the Earl of ROseberry
to Miss Hannah de Rothschild, the only
daughter of Baron Meyer de Rothschild.
was celebrated at London on the Goth, first
civilly at the registrars office, and again in
Christ Church, Mayfair.
COTTON masters Of north and north
east Lancashire, Eng, will reduce wages
ten per cent.
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the terrible casualty in Seneca, Mich, on
the night of the 10th, whereby Mr.. Hurley
and two children were burned to death, was
the cause of burglary and incendiarism.
j. j. ENGLISH, proprietor of the Ocean
House, at Chincoteague Islands, Va, shot
Stephen Politt dead on the Goth inst. Politt
owed some money to English, AID failed 70
pay.
MINNIE WALTON, who has several
aliases and is reported &c be notorious
thief, has been arrested in Boston. She
robbed the Palmer House, Chicago, of $12,-
600 in diamonds, jewelry, etc., since then
robbed the residence of Dudley s. Gregory,
in New York, of about S., 500 worth of prop
erty, and the residence of Mr.. Wrighton,
Fourth avenue, New York, of about s., 500
worth of diamonds and jewelry. In both of
these houses she served as domestic.
O'DoNovAN Rosa lectured in To
ronto, on the night of the 18th inst. 1t was
complete failure, and his supporters, be-
fore he was half through, ordered him to cut
1t short. AT midnight r--h 'tt-ohou cas-
groves tavern demol1shing windows, etc.
Shots were exchanged and four men Injured,
James Clogg, young protestant, it is feared
fatally. Meantime another mob, numbering
a thousand, attacked Collins tavern further
up Queen street, where O'Donovan Rosa
was believed to be, but the police cleared
the street. Rosa was driven out of town
at IL O'Clock. A great many of the rioters
were wounded.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

No more goods will be received at the
Brooklyn navy yard for shipment to the
Paris exposition; 200 tons await transpor-
tation.
SIXTY-THREE bodies of the victims of
Huron disaster, arrived at Norfolk, Va, on
the 25th. They will be taken to Annapolis
THE Rev. DIR. Burgess, of Springfield,
Mass, has announced his acceptance of the
bishopric of Quincy, Ill.
HESTER, the Mollie Mcguire, sentenced
to be hanged, says that his defence cost him
$4,000, and that he is now poor man. He
asserts his innocence and is confident of a
reprieve.
THE Liberian ship Azov was conse-
Grated at Charleston,S S. c., on the 22d lnst.,
in the presence of 5000 colored people, by
Bishop Brown, of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Several addresses were made, all
breathing missionary spirit.
JOHN PHILON, contractor of gov
ernnent work on the Lachine canal, has
disappeared, it is said, leaving $4,000 due
merchants and bill discounters, besides six
weeks wages to $50 workmen.
THE bill granting female suffrage at
municipal elections has been defeatedin the
Massachusetts, house by vote of 127 to SO.
A TELEGRAM from Sault Ste. Marie
states that the canal will be opened on
April l.
COMPLETE returns of the late election
in New Hampshire give Presaott's plurality
at 1,514: majority, GAL. The house will
stand, Republicans, POS; Democrats, 165.
THE national council of the order of
the Sovereigns of Industry met at Washing
ton on the 10th inst, and effected an organ
ization, w. Fl. Earle, the president, in the
chair.