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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28
The Evil ofLaxIness.

There can be no question about il
much of the misery and poverty which
now afiliets the people, proceeds sim
ply and absolutely from laziness. To
a country like ours of The South for
example, there can be no excuse for
mendicancy except in cases of disease
or mental and physical imbecility, yet
we fad in every city, town, and neigh
borhood, able bodied men and women
living upon the aims extracted by
persistent demands from their more
industrious neighbOrs.
These people, by only half exerting
themselves, could earn a comfortable
support just as well as not; but being
lazy, they hang around and exist as
scales upon the community. What
difficulty is there about obtaining en-
plOyment in this State, when we all
know that our planters sse clamoring
for more laborers, aud when many OF
them are expending large sums to
bring them from abroad to cultivate
their lands? What obs qcle is there
in the way of being independent there
when the common laborer on the
levee receivps Il .imas tho ca
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28
Three Sisters Married at Once.
New York Sun.

Greene, n. Y, Feb, 15-The mar
riage Of three sisters at one time and
in the same church made a sensation
in society circles in this village and
the neighborhood last evening Two
of the bridegrooms were cierg ymen.
The triple ceremonies were performed
the Congregational church in the
lReseuce Of large number of guests,
a number Of whom were New Workers
and parties came from the ecu ntry for
miles around to witness the scene
The brides and bridegrooms were Miss
Mary II. Grant aud the Rev. Smith
t. Ford, paster of the Baptist church
in Greene; Miss Flora II. Graut and
Mr.. H. H. Scott, New York shoe
merchant, and Miss Jennie l.. Grant
and the Rev. VIM. n. Richie, Of the
Forty fourth street Presbyterian churh
New York. The three sisters, stand
ing together at the altar in their bridal
robes made a striking picture.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28
THE SUN.
rs7s. NEW YORK. Is7s

ISIS. NEW YORK. lists.
As the time approaches for the renewal
of subscriptions, The Sun would remind
its friends and wellwishers everywhere,
that. lit is again o candidate for their con-
sideration and support. Upon its record
for the past ten years il relies for con-
tinuance OF the hearty sympathy and gem
srous co operation which have hitherto
been extended to il from every quarter Of
the Union.
The DAILY SuS is a four psgc-sheet Of
% columns, price by mail, post paid, %
cents a month, or sc so per year.
The SUNDAY edition Of The Sun is an
eight-page sheet of Sc columns. While
giving the news OF the day. il also con-
tains large amount of literary and mis-
cellaneous matter specially prepared for
il. The SUNDAY Sun has met with great
success. Post paid ST. 20s year.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Who does not know THE WEEKLY Sup
1t circulates throughout the United States,
the Canadas, and beyond. Ninety thou
sand families greet it's welcome pages
weekly, and regard it in the light Of
guide, counsellor, and friend Its news
editorial, agricultural, and literary de-
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for the family and the Preside. Terms:
One DOLLAR year, poet paid. This price
quality considered, makes it the cheaper
newspaper published. For clubs Of ten
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28
:s m1l
A Mobile Hero.

Dr. Geo. II. Gray, the yellow fever hero
who committed suicide in New Orleans,
hailed from New Haven, Conn, and was
the step. son of Mr.. Merriam, the sole owner
of Webster's unabridged dictionary, a
man 7S years of age and worth between
three and four millions Of dollars He
was married, but domestic difficulties
arose, which necessitated his leaving
home, his wife and child. He settled all
that he had on his little family, and
started out TO begin life anew. That was
about n year and half ago. lie got reck-
less and went TO Holly Springs with the
hope of dying of yellow fever, and had
come to New Orleans with the hope Of
being sent to fight the plague in Russia.
Failing in that, and being without money,
he took his life-[ Exchange.
Evidently this noble character de-
sired to sacrifice his life in the cause
of his afflicted, suffering fellow beings,
but, denied this boon, he took his own
life. The nobler aspirations of hu
manity would like to hope that there
is brighter hereafter for such spirit
His great offending was that rather
than bear the known ills ofthis life he
few to those that we know not of.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28

We sympathize with the proprietor
of the Herald Enterprise, Russellville
in their heavy loss by fire. Glad to
be informed that the publication of
their newspaper will not be inter-
ruptcd.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28
SUNDREES.

BAGGING. 10al2Ic per yard.
ROPE, machine l5a2Oc.
TIES. 5a6c.
LEATHER, kip skins S4.50ae.5O; sole, per
h., so 35c; upper side, S4.50a5.OO.
PRINTS, 4a6c per yard
DOMESTIC, 3Aa7c per yard.
JEANS, 20a 40c per yard.
LINSEY, 15a35c per yard.
COTTON YARNS, 10a122c per dozen.
WASH BOARDS, $175a2.25.per dozen.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28
HARDWARE, ETC.

CASTINGS, 4a5c per ID.
IRON, bar size, PC per ID.
PLOW STEEL, &c per Id.
PLOW STEEL WINGS sc per ID.
IRON AXLES, sc per lb.
NAILS, s. 70 rates.
HORSE SHOE NAILS, 20a30c per lb.
STEEL cast. VI. A, 20a25c.
STEEL PLOWS, Sal22c per 10,
HUBS, 81. 25a2. % per sett.
PLOWS, Hertweck, Baltzer & knoerr,
Steel Flows, No. |, $500; No. :, S4-oUf
No. 3, IS. 80; No. 4, $500.
Baltzers patent one horse Plow $500, ex-
ira pillow moulds SOD each. Cotton
scrapers same.
Powell s. Bro, from various factories, one
horse plows, S5.00aS.00; two horse
plows S6.00al6,00.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28
Commercial.
HICKMAN COURIER OFFICE.
FRIDAY, Feb. 2S, 1879.
COUNTRY PRGRCC-, ETC.

COUNTRY PRoDUCz, ETC.
PORK-2la3 cents.
DRIED FRUIT-Apples 10 3 cents !;
Peaches , to q cents.
CORN, ear 25ci shelIed soc on bank. 33!c
in Hickman.
COTTON, 73aSIc.
WHEAT, market active GoasOc per bushel.
MEAL, Ace, from wagons.
BEES YAK, pc per ID.
HIDES, ereon, SC; dry sailed, salOc; dry
flint, l0al3c.
WOOL, 30a354c per h., tub washed; I'M
washed to l5ets.
FEATHERS, 35a40c per ID, prime.
TALLO ", Sc per 10.
BUTTER, fresh, l0ai5e per h.
PoU LTRY, Spring chickens SI.50; old
s. 00a2 % per dozen.
EGGS, 8al0c per dozen.
BARRELS, Apple 40c: Flour $50; MoTas-
ses $500; Molasses Kegs, 10 gals, soc;
MoIasses Kegs, ) gals zoe; Whiskey
Kegs, 10 gals, $1.00; Whiskey Kegs, q
gals, SOC.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28

Postmaster,G eneral Key writes to
friend, as a leading result of the
financial impolicy of the State: Il fear
you will find it hard to borrow money
on real estate in Tennessee. A State
that disregards its own obligations is
not likely to enforce those Of its citi
zeus. Money and people are leaving
Tennessee, not going to it, l am sorry
it is so, but it is true"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28

Drinking politicians are not the
kind of men to further the interests
of society, and the good of the whole
people.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28
GROCERIES.

BACON, sides 5cts; shoulders lets; hams
7aSIc.
CHEESE, 12a14c per pound.
COFFEE. Rio, 14al8 per ID.
CRACK ERS, 7a9c per ID.
COAL OIL 20 per gallon.
CANDLES, star, l5al6c per Id.
FLOUR. Hickman Mills, S500a5.50.
MoLASSES, 50 4aoc per Dbl; 45cts per
half barrel.
LARD OIL, S100 per gallon.
LARD, Sea 10cper 10.
GUNPOWDER, $3.50 per keg.
BLASTING POWDER, $3.50 per keg.
SODA, Sc per lb. by the keg.
SUGAR, brown, Ease; hard l21a1Ic.
SHOT, per bag, S1.Tj.
ST0NEW ARE, 10per gallon.
TOBACCO, manufac'd per lb. G0aS100.
SALT, car load bush. bbl., SLIGO; by re-
tail Sl,75; 28S ID. Dbl, car load, $l.30a
by retail 81 40.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28
Manhood: How Lost, How

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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21

nifcance Of the Jolrnal's howlnp.
The people OF Indiana pay . large sum Of
money for maintaining the benevolent insti-
tutions. A large majority of the people are
Democrats, and since Republicans have seen
fit to run these institutions for years in the
interest of the Republican party, the time
for a change has arrived, and it Ii quite
likely that in future all the teachers
In the Deaf and Dumb Asylum will not be
Republican; in fact, We doubt if 80 per cent.
of them will be of that political persuasion.
The Journal has given itself away-opened
its mouth and put its foot in it. Its defense
has injured the reputation of Dr.MacIntyre,
exposed his partisanism and justified his
rounnval
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
Old Times.
re. c. Comm, in May Atlantic.l

A half century ago, large part OF the
people of the United States lived in houses
implanted. upholstered and utterly devoid
of adornment. A we'll fed fire in the yawn-
ing chasm of q huge chimney gave partial
warmth to a single room, and it was a
common remark that the inmates were
roasting one side, while freezing the other;
in contrast, majority OF the people OF the
older States now live in houses that are
clapboarded, painted, blinded and comfort.
ably warmed. Then, the household furni-
ture consisted of a few plain chairs, PLAIN
table, bedstead made by the village car
penter. Carpets there were none. To-day,
few are the homes in city or country, that
do not contain carpet OF some sort, while
the average laborer by weeks work may
earn enough to enable him to repose at night
upon spring bed.
Fifty years ago the kitchen 'dressers'
were set forth with shining row of pewter
plates. The farmer ate with buck-handled
knife and an iron or pewter spoon, but the
advancing civilization has sent the plates
and spoons to the melting pot, while the
| knives and forks have given place to nicke
| or silver plated cutlery.
In those days the utensils for cooking were
a dinner pot. tea kittle, skillet. Dutch oven,
| and frying pan; to-day there is no end Of
| kitchen furniture.
The people of 1880 sat in the evening in
the glowing light of pitch knot fire, or read
their weekly newspapers by the Pickering
and village. their apartments are bright
| with the flame of the gas jet or
the softer radiance of kerosene. Then. II
the fire went out upon the hearth, it was
rekindled by q coal from q neighboring
hearth, or by flint steel, and finder. Those
who INDUCED in pipes and cigars could light
them only by some hearthstone; to day we
4 light fire and pipes by the dormant fire.
works in the match safe, at q cost Of one
hundredth of cent.
In those days We guessed the hour ofnoon,
or ascertained it by the creeping OF the sun
light up to the moon mark" drawn upon
! the floor; only the well-to-do could afford Z
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
Oatmeal Diet.

Undoubtedly one of the most healthful
and nourishing articles of diet is oatmeal.
When properly cooked and eaten with sugar
and cream it forms dish which most people
relish better than meat for breakfast, and is
very much cheaper. Liebig has chemically
demonstrated that oatmeal is almost as nu-
tritious as the very best English beef and
that it is richer than wheaton bread in the
elements that go to form bone and muscle.
Professor Forbes, of Edinburg, during some
20 years, measured the breadth and height,
and also tested the strength of both arms
and loins, OF the students of the university
a very numerous class and of various nation
alities. drawn TO the Edinburg by the fame
of his teaching. He found that in height,
breadth of chest and shoulders, and strength
of arms and loins, the Belglans were at the
bottom of the list. little above them, the
English, and highest of all the Scotch and
Scotch Irish from Ulster. who, like the
natives of Scotland, are fed in their early
years at least one meal a day of good oat-
meal pOrridge. It-l Jag
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
Arrears of Pensions.

w dSuluBJOu 0pcCidiI
The Senate to day, by q vote of % to 81,
disagreed to the action of the appropriation
committee in striking out the legislation
clause which provides that SIC, 0OO, 600 re-
serve for the redemption of fractional
currency shall be applied to the payment of
arrears of PENSIONS. Mr.. Voorhees, spoke
against the committees proposition, and
took occasion to say a great many hard
things about Secretary Sherman, and what
he termed his oppression of the masses. He
fatty denied that there was such thing as
specie resumption; that the boast was q
Haunting lie; gold and paper had been
equalized, but that might have been done 10
years ago by simply honoring our own legal
tenders. Mr.. Booth was also very severe on
the secretary. whose financial methods he
charged always somehow took the form OF
issuing bonds. The $40, 600. 600 reserve was,
he declared, never intended to be applied to
the redemption of fractional currency.
That pretext was q happy sfterthought.
The fund was created solely to assist in get
ting subsidiary coin into circulation. 1t
was absured that the act creating it was In
the interest of specie resumption. 1t was a
Democratic act, and was passed House
largely in favor OF imitation ideas. The vote
to-day was bipartisan, the dividing line
being on the financial issue wholly.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
IF Jackson Were There.
New York Sun.


Political parties sometimes lose by RASH
ness. They always lose by cowardlce.
Suppose Hickory Jackson were in the
the House to-day as q representative from
Tennessee? Would that he were, or that
his mantle had fallen on shoulders broad
enough to wear it.
Does any one doubt what Hickory jack
sons advice would be-what his speech and
his vote? Can any one even imagine the
old hero counseling or consenting to the
surrender of Congress rights and the peo-
Piles rights to fraudulent president? No.
Hickory Jackson was not that kind of man,
Democrat or an American.
How a single 'sBy the Eternal from his
ilps-those lips that never blanched in the
hour of peril that never paltered with the
truth or beiied the convictions of the honest
heart behind them-would clear the air!
How it would ring through the capitol and
the country, shamlng the towards and cheer
ing the brave! How 1t would stir the blood
and quicken the pulse of the people! What
conspirators at the White House,
But Hickory Jackson is dead, and in the
old lions place we see men afraid even of q
Hayes
There are many Democrats in Congress to
whom this description does not apply. All
honor TO them. But there are those to
whom it does apply. One such Democrat,
at time like this, is one too many.
Probably argument and remonstrance are
thrown away upon this sort of Democrats.
But once more we bid them pause and con-
slider. They are the trustees, for the time
being, of the peoples liberties. Let them
beware how they trifie with that sacred
trust.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
Precedents in History.

ence of soldiers in elections is utterly repug-
nant to the spirit of our free institutions.
Republicans invariably reply about thus:
The regular army is SO ridicllously small
that it can never become dangerous TO q
people of over 40, 600, 900.
But there ia a reply to this founded upon
history.
It is not the number, but the degree of
the force, which makes tt dangerous. It is
not the physical, but the moral, national
character of the United States soldier, repre-
senting the powerful arm of the nation.
which makes him almost invulnerable. Al
most anybody could successfully resist the
levy of constable or q sheriff, or the order
of acourt II 1t were matter of physical
force alone. It IL the great moral force Of
law which places any ordinary oonstable
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
What to Eat.

In lecture before the Workingman's
lyceum, DIR. Seguin spoke as follows of food:
An ordinary meal Is generally composed of
i've ingrediepts-animal or heterogeneous food,
starchy or sweet food, watery vegetables.
beverages and condiments. The food, when
digested, is taken into the system by blood
vessels. For persons, and especially for
workingmen, in this climate, meats are the
most easily digested, and at the same time
are the most nourishing food. Triple is the
easiest and pork the hardest to digest.
Among vegetables, rice and boiled cabbage
are the extremes. Anything that is fried in
fat is extremely indigestible. Milk contains
the five ingredients referred
to above, and 90 is really
'.all sufficient Mothers make .
great mistake in trying to induce infants
under two years of age to eat starchy food,
for there is no alkaline fluid in the stomach
of an infant by which the starch can be
changed to sugar, and SO infused into the
system. 1t has been estimated that q man
working in the open air daily needs 10
ounces of meat Is OF bread, three and one
half of butter or fat, and 81 of water.
agree with many eminent chemists who
have proved that alcoholic drinks are an
aid to the system in retarding the wastes Of
| tissues. So. too, for the same reason, re
gard tea and coffee as nourlshing. Ar
excess Of starchy food Is to be carefully
avoided. Men who handle lead ought tx
abstain from alcohol, for If too much il
| taken, the kidneys, which throw off thu
poison Of the lead. are likely to becom'
diseased.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
Discovery of an Ancient Sewer.

Discovery of an Ancient Sewer.
The stagnant water which has been suf-
fered for years to accumulate and breed
feyers and frogs in the Colosseum at Rome
has been drained off at last. An ancient
sewer, extending from the meta sudans to
the Tiber, was discovered, and was connected
with drain from the Colosseum. The
water was, says the Scientific American. adj
mitted into the ancient sewer on the Sd of
March, and the food which filled the base
ment story of the famous amphitheater of
Flavius was gradually drawn off. In cleans
ing the sewer there were found quantity of
ancient lamps with gladiatorial ornaments
ton, human skulls, and bones of animals.
Much of the old Roman road in the Foro
Romano is now exposed to view, and the
ruins of the shops of the goldsmiths and sill
versmiths are visible. sta1e
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
How He Won All Her Money.
Rochester (Minn.) Record.l

Once there was young man who married
a young woman, and she was rich and he
was poor, and it made him sad to think of
1t. One day she told him damaging stories
about some Of their neighbors that she had
heard at tea fight, and he listened and
thought, and very soon he saw a way out of
his poverty, for his wife believed the tale
had finished the stories, he said: 81 will go
you to 20 that there is not one word OF
truth in that you have just told me'-for he
did not know how sure his game was. so he
wanted odds. And she, plying his folly.
said, tits q whack," and they Investigated
the stories and found them false. so he won.
And they continued in this sinful practice
OF betting on the truth and falsity of town
gossip, in the same order in which they
started out. and four years had not turned
the corner ere he had all her wealth, and she
some valuable experience. I. n ..Ie..
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
The Love of Flowers.

OF the many touching tributes paid to
flowers there is one associated with the clos
ing hours of Henry Heine, the poet, which
appears to US as very beautiful. He was
dying in Paris. The doctor was paying his
usual visit, when Heine pressed his hand
and said: doctor, yeu are my friend, ask
last favor. Tell me the truth-the end is
approaching. is 1t not?'
The doctor was silent.
"Thank you" said Heine calmly.
the doctor, moved to tears.
YES" replied the poet my wife sleeps,
do not disturb her. Take from the table the
fragrant flowers she brought me this morn.
ing. love flowers 30 dearly. Thanks;
place them upon my breast" He paused rs
he inhaled their perfume. His eyes closed,
and he murmured: FLOWERS, flowers, how
beautiful is nature" These were his last
words as his spirit took its flight into etern-
ty.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
Romantic Girls.
Exchanged

The papers have recently beeu unusually
full of accounts of runaway girls, elopements,
etc. Two young misses, the children of
respectable parents, left Philadelphia for
assumed names. Crying and terrified, they
were arrested at night by policeman, wan
der;ng in one of the vilest purlieus of the
city, exposed to dangers the horrors of which
they could know nothing.
Another girl of is, the child of an eminent
lawyer in New England, escaped to New
York, and beseiged the theaters with en-
treaties to be allowed to go upon the stage
in leading parts
The saddest story, however, is that of child
of IA, living in the suburbs of New York,
whose head was filled with the romance,
found in cheap literary papers. She made
an acquaintance with a young man on the
train which brought her to the city every
day to school.
Her father was wealthy, and the fellow,
who earned q paltry sum as brakeman,
hoped to establish some hold upon her by
which he could make money. He was
coarsely bred, illlterate and dishonest, hav-
ing recently been an inmate of the House of
Correction; but the foolish girl did not look
beyond his black mustache and paste dia-
mond pin. He told her that he was Rus
sian of noble birth in disguise. They wrote
to each other as Vladimir" and ''Stella,"
and finally the infatuated girl married him.
The fact was discovered at once, the girl
brought home. and divorce obtained; but
her name had been dragged through the
public prints, and her whole life was befoul-
ed and ruined by this one irreparable mis-.
take.
Now, where shall we look for cause of these
miserable tragedies? Our girls read too
many frivolous and impure stories. They
promenade the streets alone too much.
They are allowed, if not encouraged, to talk
of and to attempt to feel love at too early an
age.
On the fashionable thoroughfares of every
great city you will see girls in their teens,
almost children, who should be in the nur.
sery, aping the dress, the manners and fiirta-
tions of very vulgar class of their elders.
They apparently have no mothers to teach
them that every step they take on this
path diminishes their chance of happiness
IN the future. They will find plenty of men
to fiirt with them, but the most dissolute
man does not choose the woman to marry
whose heart has been the sport of dozen
passions or so called friendships.
A young girl should be secluded under
her mothers protection as securely as within
the convent walls, and we are glad to OBJ
serve that among the highest classes in this
country the old-fashioned rigor in the Sc.
clusion of girls is again the rule.