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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-08-08
Anecdote OF Governor Alien.

From the Ross County Register
Several years ago, when the building
of the Sciota Valley road was on the
tapis, delegation of prominent ciii-
zens of Columbus, Circleville and
Portsmouth met in the parlor of one
of our hotels, iu conjunction with 4
number of our own citizens, TO consult
as to the best means of pushing the
enterprise TO completion. To give
more than usual eclat to the gathering
the "Old Governor was induced to
attend and give his advice. GChilcoth-
cans were always fond of showing him
off to strangers After the business
portion of the meeting had been de
spatched, the conversation turned upon
general topics, and finally some one
asked the Governor why be did not
re enter politics and become a caudi-
date for the Presidency. This was
was enough to set the Governor going.
Taking up his personal history from
the earliest day, he recounted in his
impressive manner, step by step, the
events of his life, until from poor
boy he had served this district as Rep
resentative, and the State two terms as
Senator. "having for compeers such
men as Henry Clay, Webster, Calhoun
and Tom Benton" Leaving the Sen.
ate, gentleman" he continued, 81 re-
tired to my home and gave myself to
study-profound study; deep study
and after twenty-five years of COM
panionship with my books, / came to
the conclusion, gentlemen. that TO be
the President of little patch of ter
ritory on a third rate planet by Cd,
was unworthy the ambition of states
man and a scholar!' The flashing
eye, The deep leouine intonation with
which this was said, and the straight>
ening Of the form and the shake of
the head which accompanied it, will
readily be recalled by all who ever
heard him talk upon that all-absorbing
topic
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Public schools.

The public schools are begisning
quite early this year. Some arc al
ready begun, and others are to begin
in September. The reason assigned
for this is that the school houses are
not fit for winter teaching, and school
must be out by Christmas. Would it
not be better economy to build new
,lssasss u havsgOnr schools taught
10 July and August? Just try it one
day. Call in the trustees; give each
newspaper to read; keep perfect
silence iu the room; compel them to
read from 1.30 to 300 p. N. think
this experiment will settle the matter.
If you make the test when the ther.
mometer is above 80 degrees aud do
not find, at least, two of the trustees
asleep, and the other rather uncertain
whether he read politics, religion, for
eign news, or crop notes, then l shall
consider July and August very good
school months otherwise, shall deem
it bad policy to keep the children
cooking in the school room merely for
/ the name Of beiug in school.
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\ new device for laying railway
track by machinery has been success
fully used on the Central Pacific aud
other railroads. 1t consists of the
application Of system of adjustable
ways, 90 each line of a train of fiat
cars, by means of which the rails are
brought forward on Que side and the
ties on the other, in a continuous
stream, aud delivered to the track men
on the exact part of the roadbed where
they are to be laid. By this ingenious
method the use of teams for hauling
the iron and ties is entirely dispensed
with, thus doing away with consider
able portion Of the expense of the or
dinary method, as we'll as with the in
jury to the roadbed by driving on it.
Moreover, tracks can be laid in this
way where the nature Of the country
would prevent the use of teams. It
is claimed that by this device from
twenty five to fifty per cent. more track
can be laid per day than without 1t,
besides the fact that it dispenses with
all the teams and one third the number
of men usually employed.
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a auckx Drink.

Four wears ago twoyoung Italians
left Naples for California. hoping to
better their fortunes. They arrived
within the Golden Gate with just
enough money to convey themsto the
mines in the interior. They we're ad
vised to go to Downiegiile and seek
work in the Sierra Buttes mine, where
large force was wanted. On their
Journey one fell sick by the wayside
and was taken in by kind hearted
farmer. The other pushed ahead and
fually reached the end OF his journey
in safety. lie { led 70 obtain employ
ment, on the A6unf that be neither
understood mining nor the English
language. After redSising humorous
rebuffs, he started to return to the
lower country again. At point be-
tween Loganyile and DownieviIle, aud
ten miles from the later place, he be-
came so weary, foot sore and disbeart-
ened that he began 70 wish himself
back in sunny Italy once more, among
the vines and olives. lie grew fever
ish. thinking over ~ rfals and iTlbp, !,
I flaiie6s..~ anu stop sedf : 1s,s=T So F.Ese
his head and amoisten his parched
throat. Cattle had been that way but
short time before, and with their feet
stirred up the limpid water until it be-
came thick with mud The italian
scooped out the basin in one side OF
the shallow spring, and waited until
the debris should settle to the bottom,
| fhok ha ,,,1crhk Glib fIfraf nd
bathe his brow. By and by the water
became clear as crystal, and be stoop
ed over to quaf of it. AS he did sc
an astonishing sight burst upon his
vision. The bottom of the spring was
strewn with bright yellow PARTICLES
that glittered in their watery bed
With all his ignorance of mining he
knew he had found gold. He scraped
! up handful of dirt and took from il
81 to 50 worth of coarse aud fine pieces
/ Of gold. With them he rushed ex.
citedly to camp, where lived some OF
his couutrymen, and offered to give
them an interest in his 6ud. lie told
the story of his discovery, but they
were incredulous, saying that some
/ miner had stopped at the spring to
drink, and lost what was found from
his purse. One of them, however, who
was more kind hearted, sympathized
with the stranger, and volunteered to
help prospect the claim, although be
had no confidence 10 developing per-
mancnt or profitable one. The first
day they panned out 500. Since then
they have worked it constantly aud ou
an extensive scale 1t has paid hand.
somely from the first. Last year they
took out $4,000 and sold one quar-.
ter interest for $4,000 more. It i:
not yet fully developed. They work
By the hydraulic and drifting process
es. This story reads like romance;
still there never was a truer one, as
everybody around DownievilIc Valley
who has taken the trouble to inquire
into it knows.-Ncgada City Granger
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Enrope's Next WAR.
Pail Mall Gazette.


The continued Capitalization of large
bodies OF troops in the north of Italy.
and especially towards the Austrian
frontier, Is beginning to be viewed
with some suspicion in Austria. aud TO
be much commented upon by the Aus
TRAN newspapers From a table late-
ly published 10 Vienna it appears
that "hue Austria has only $500 in.
tantry' stV cavlary, 400 field artillery.
200 garrison artillery aud 500 engi-
neers, OF altogether force of IL 40
men, quartered in the neighborbood
of her Italian frontier, Italy, on the
other naua, has now assembled 49.700
iufantryi lO,36O cavalry, 1900 field
artillery, 200 GARRISON artillery and
B, ,73V engineers. or a total force 73..
40 meRof all arms of the service near
the Austasn frontier, the four fortress
es fargsTg the famous quadrilateral
belaI Slally strongly garrisoned
~ known that much at
;sSslately given by the
aoEities 10 perfect.
- Vi Of the SO called
1Rhe force which, per
n ytered in the mountains
on tNYtthern frontier of Italy,
would in the event of the latter coun
try becoming involved in hostilties with
either of her neighbors on the north,
be called upon to cover the mobiliza
ton and concentration of the Italian
forces or act as an advanced guard
to any forward movement made by
them in the prosecution of an offen-
sive campaign. All the units of this
Alpine force are always kept on war
footing, aud arrangements have been
lately made which are designed to 10
sure that the several battalious and
batteries shall be ready to take the
field at the shortest possible notice
As the Italia Irredenta party 10 It.
ally is daily becoming more clamorous
it is not surprising that the strength
of the armed forces in the north oi
Italy should excite some uueasiness
in Austria, although it is generally
believed in the latter country that,
unless aided by allies, the Italian ar
my would be altogether unable to
cope with that Of Austria.
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AnIIlusIraten sermon.
New York Post.


The Rev. Mr. Werlich was preaching
a weird sermon on the devil, in be
Methodist Church at Ephrata, Pa,
recently, and wicked young man was
struck With the notion that the con-
gregation had been wrought up to just
the condition of mind to be easily ter
rifed. He slipped out, gathered some
equally wicked companions, and un-
folded his plan, to introduce long
horned COW into the church. They
brought black one from field near
by, twisted her tail to make her below
aud thrust her through the door into
the centre aisle. The light was dim,
the preacher had excited his hearers
by descriptions Of eternal torture, the
horns and black face of the believing
COW we're not recognized, and the con-
gregatiou thought that the devil had
dashed in for vengeance. Several OF
the women tainted, and it was some
time before the pauic was subdued.
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Educational Department,
Normal Schools.

There is training school for teach
ers in progress at May field. 1t began
on the 9Th inst, and was to continue
six weeks. IF any Of our young teach
ers.see fit to attend, | have no doubt
they will receive much valuable in,
struction. The school is to be follow
ed by the county institute. This has
always been success, aud we predict
will be so this year. Graves is large
county, and usually has about one
hundred teachers in attendance at tho
institute. You ought certainly to learn
something where that many teachers
meet. l havc no doubt our young
teachers would do we'll TO attond both
the school and the institute.
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was in 1873 the money of our fathers
was stricken from the list Some peo-
pie may say there was as much silver
here then as before. It was not that
They declared that gold should be the
unit of value. Silver was stricken
from its debt paying capacity, and it
was declared that enbacks, legal
tenders and silver must come TO the
unit Of gold. 1t was to strike out half
the money of the world-bIight it aud
blast it. Before that l cared not how
much silver was here or how little :;
that was the basis, and a coequal basis
Its debt-paying value with gold had
been equal from the beginning of our
country aud from time immemorial
The effect of this was to double the
debt of the country. and of States,
and corporations, and individuals.
When the debt paying power of half
the metal used in the world for money
was stricken from the roll everything
came to the gold standard. l have
seen statement recently, and be-
lieve it true, made by a gentleman
with a great deal of care and prudence,
thatwten thousand millions of debt
Federal, State, Individual and corpo-
ration debts-existed at that time
l874-and the striking of silver and
elevating the price of gold necessarily
increased that debt, in effect, one half,
and so with the interest upon the pub
lie debt. Now, in my Judgment, this
= nF fha hafnra
the people of this country. You know
what was done last session. You know
that we attempted, after the extra ses-
sion was called, when we ebdeavoIed
to go into measures for the relief of
the country, TO restore the free coinage
of silver and were obstructed, but
finally got the measure in. In an in
direct way we got it before Congress
We got through the Warner bill. The
bill which | introduced last session |
could not get a vote upon. We did
get it through this time. but it failed
TO be acted upon in the Senate. l will
briefly state some of the features Of
that bill. If it will pass, as l trust
and feel assured it will next session,
gold and silver will be on the same
footing as to coinage. Certificates will
be issued from the treasury for both
alike. Our mines will be put into
operation. At this time many of them
are like our freless furnaces aud mills
are standing as dead industries-fo a
great many Of these industries East
and West are like great burnt out vol.
canoes.
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Cailthat can be answered

During the past thirty days events
have occurred in Europe which, though
calamitous, there will probably
do more for the revival of American
industries than all the efforts lately
put forth for that purpose on thi, side
Of the ocean.
These events are not wars, nor ru-
mors of wars, nor anything else of hui
man ordering but the hostile opera
tioDs of nature against the growing
crops. The centre, west and northwest
Of Europe have been for weeks togeth-
er the victims of violent gales and cold
storms of rain that have wrought in
calculable ruin to the annual harvest
of grain, of fruits, and of vegetables.
The wheat crop of France, ordinarily
the harvest on the Continent, has been
terribly damaged this year, insomuch
that an alarm amounting almost to ter
ror, prevails over its shortcomings.
The Crop in Germany has also been
badly cut down by continued wet
weather and violent storms. In Eng
land repeated foodiugs of meadow
land have occurred, destroying the
cut crops, which float about, rapidly
roofing. In Ireland agricultural
prospects, from the same cause. are
equally gloomy. When we read of a
snowfall in Dauphiny, in the southeas.
tern part of France. on the goth OF
July, we get fact that tells along
story to America aud to Southern Ru-
sia eyes are already turned for max
ing those great deficits in tho years
supply of grain. France in ordinary
years not only has cereals enough
for her own large consumption, but
for exporting to England and else
where. This year she will probably
join the countries that must import
breadstuffs.
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II is very hard matter 20 keep up
with the wars aud Disturbances in Eu-
rope-to understand their character
aud causes. Every day brings q change
of programme, and the wraugles and
turmoils among the crowned heads
seem to be interminable. We make
effort to keep pace with the quick pha
ses of these little wars. They are on
to day and off 10 morrow, and nothing
results except little blood aud slight
change of boundary. 1t is generally
nothing more than question of debt
or succession, that might be readily
determined by auy circuit court in any
county Of Kentucky.
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The Presidents siinginess.
Washington Special to st. Louis Reput
iiceu.


Mr. Hayes last fall said to the de-
partment clerks they might contribute
to the campaign fund, and allowed it
to be understood that he would make
a personal contribution. All tho mem-
bers of the Cabinet gave 500. and it
was expected Mr.. Hayes would follow
Grint's illustrious example and give
ten per cent. of his salary, Or 50 900
to the fund. At that time Charles
Foster has here at the head of the
Republican Congressional Committee
and your correspondent interviewed
him on the subject. He then said the
President would contribute to the fund
in some way may be by giving to the
local campaign committees in the
districts of one or two of his Ohio
friends who we're running for congress
The truth is he has never given a cent,
and has not done so this year, prefer.
ring to allow the clerks to be bled for
the money TO elect his friends to Office,
so that he may be able to continue to
l-saso e 4e, ,0ee~as yedsae salasy. =
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HIS S... aIan,t save Him.

"Fredrick Schmidt" said the Essex
Market Court Justice yesterday to a
sleepy looking German" you
are fued $40 for intoxicatiou. But
what's the matter, my friend, you ep
pear to be on the point of crying?"
"Nodings. Shudge, was only drink
ing" Thinking Of what?' "Fell Ill
spoke it, if you told me so. "Thon l
do tell you" was dinking, Shudge,
dot you vas me, uud l vas you. Do
ish" you know, mitout no change. You
vas der poor Dutchman. [ saw
you come in mitout friends und sor
yful. und l say, Schmidt, vat was doze
trublesY und you.spoke out, 'Shuege |
took me some little beer, Und 1 say
NIT look on your face, Schmidt, you
vas married?' You say "Yah.' 'Und
got you some childer?' Yah 'Und you
don't vas SO trunk as you cant walk?
'Nein.' Veil, Schmidt, you go right
away home Und dot vas dinking." ."
Those are pleasant thoughts said
the magistrate in good humor. 1 think
we'll make the fine SO, but can't let
you go off altogether '"Dree dollarsl
T. Veil paid it, und vas drankful; but
you vas not good a shudge NIT me as
vas NIT you" And rousiDg himself he
waddeled out of court.
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THE RIGHT SORT OF A GIRL.

Just fair enough TO be pretty,
Just gentle enough to be sweet,
Just saucy enough to be witty,
just dainty enough to be neat.
Just tall enough to be graceful,
Just slight enough for a fay,
Just dressy enough to be tasteful,
just merry enough to be gay.
just tears enough to be tender,
Just sighs enough to be sad,
Just soft enough 10 remember
Your heart thro' the cadence may glad
Just neck enouglafor submission,
Just bold enough 10 be brave,
Just pride enough for ambition,
Just thoughtful enough to be brave.
A tongue that can talk without harming
Just mischief enough to tease,
Manners pleasant enough to be charming
That put you at once at your ease.
Generous enough, and kind-hearted,
Pure as the angels above;
Oh. from her may | never be parted,
For such is the maiden | love.
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How Advertising Paws.

Rain, rain, give US, oh Lord, give US
rain 1t is roo late to do some of the
corn in this aud Clark county any
good, but it will help the grass.
We wrote the above last Wednesday
and had not more than got the proof
taken before we had'a bountiful shower
followed by another delightful rain
yesterday. Who says advertising don't
pay p Mt. Sterling Democrat.
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False impression.

1t is generally supposed by certain
class of citizens, who are now practical
or experienced. that Dyspepsia can not
invariably be cured, but we arc pleased
to say that GREENS AUGUsT FLOWER has
never, to our knowledge, failed to cure
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint in all its
forms such as Sour Stomach, Costiveness,
Sick Headache, Palpitation of the Heart,
low spirits, &C., sc. Out of 10000 dozen
bottles sold last year, not o single failure
was reported, but thousands of compli-
mentary letters received from druggists
of wonderful cures. Three doses will re-
lieve any case. Try it. Sample bottles
10 cents. Regular size 75 conts.
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The whole city of Cairo, in Egypt,
was carried TO its place on the backs
of camels. Not in one parcel. of course,
but bit by bit. Every piece of stone
for bulldog and all the wood and 9th
er things for the same purpose. all the
fuel, all the furniture, all the food all
Cairo, in fact came in camel loadsl
This was 10 the year of 969. Now
there is a.steam railroad running into
the city pm the great seaport of AL
exandril horses also in use,
though "a for pleasure carriages.
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The Oldest school in the United
States is that Of the Collegiate Church,
New York city. Last month it's 250th
commencement was held and ten boys
and girls were graduated. The first
master of this school, of whom there
is any record, came to New York in
1858.
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THE TOBACCO COUNTRY OF THE
WoRLD.-The United States may be
regarded as the greatest tobaccogrow
ing country in the world. 1t can be
grown in every one of the States.
From the beginning in Virginia, this
country has now reached production
of four hundred million pounds worth
about $50, 100000 in its unmanufac-
tured State Fully fifty thousand
persons are employed in its manufacs
ture, earning S14,000,000 in wages
and turning out product worth S72,
900, 900. Tobacco ranks sixth on the
list of our exports, and last year we
sent abroad about $50, 900 worth.
Germany is our best customer, but
Great Britain follows closely.
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An attempt to send perishable fruit
to England was made from Boston last
week on steamer. Six hundred crates
of strawberries packed on ice in pat
ent refrigerator constitute the first in
voice. Ii successful, other shipments
of the kind will follow.
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Gen. Walker superintendent of the
Census, says the returns of next year
will certainly show population Of
48,000,000, the largest increase being
in the Western States and Territories.
General Walker has heard of the Re-
publican conspiracy to make false
enumeration in the Southern States,
and says ga scheme of such character
would be impossible, as it would neces-
state conspiracy between no less
than 900 persons in various sections
and branches Of the service. tie says
that he feels the responsibility aud i'm.
portance of securing carefnl and ap
proximately accurate presentation OF
the population aud industries OF the
country at the beginning of the elev
enth decade of the nations existence;
that the matter of represe
which is based upon the results OF the
census, belongs to Congress, and there
fore his only duty is to see that the
population be accurately reported, SO
that each section of the country may
have a representation upon the ratio
established which will be justified by
the actual population of each State"
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It would appear that coffee is grow
ing in favor all over the world. The
amount consumed annually has increas
ed during the past forty years from
1870, 100000 to 100000.
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The Cincinnati Industrial Associa-
ton begins this year September 10th,
and continues until October 1lth. 1t
will probably be the finest show Of
that kind they have ever had.
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One can go to Europe, spend a
couple of mouths, and return, for less
than it will cost to go to a first class
hotel for eight or ten weeks at Saratos
ga or Newport. Prices are to high.
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saItt SaIt!!

The legislature of Kentucky will
have no Senator to elect next winter,
and nothing to attend to but State
matters.