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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18
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a Bible canvasser, meaDderiu9I
the street, halted before tuv,''S S uo"S
tenement. A small, lamo s'ri 9Pene
the door IN answer to as anocA' ~"
inst as he entered +, man sitting on the
edge Of forlorH looking bed raiseo q
Gdafs to his shoulder, and commences
,crsping out tune. -,
Have you Bible 10 the house
asked the cauvasser, as he crossed the
room.
MARY Bible" answered the mss
-. -UIa Dzn 1ucEerss-
Dreampt drcsm-' .
"Or hymn book?" continued the
canvssser.
mo, marry; and
"'1F you love me, Molly darling,
Let your answer be kiss
al am agent for the sale Of this BIZ
bic" said the cauvasser, taking the
volume out of his satchei.
"Couldn't buy Que cover. and
"oh, darkies. how my hssrt grows weary.
Signing for the old folhs at home"
II can sell you the book for a smAli
amount down. sud tho balance payable
weekly. 4 great many"
"Bibuls are all right, bat I've got
sore foot. and
t'''Twas a calm still night,
Aud the moons pale light"
III you DO not care to read the book
yourself, you should not refuse your
child permission" remarked the can.
yasser.
"And toe old woman up stairs sios
with the fever, and
'Thoy have taken her to Georgia,
For 20 wear her life away"
But it seems hard to think that you
are permitting yourself and family 10
live in ignorance Of religious--"
"Bibuls is all right. and I'd encour.
age EN- il times wasn't so awful
"'Ha, ba ha! you and mel
| Little brown jug, don't love thee
I have a smaller edition like this.
You can have that by paying hfty
cents down and twenty-five cents per
week until paid up"
mo use, stranger" replied tho nan
"thero ha'nt nothing 20 do, money Is
tight, and
I've wandered this wide world over
II wish you would cease that I'D.
ding and singing for moment, asd
let me talk TO you," said the agent.
"Bibuls is all right, you is all right,
and
"'Ohl this world Is sad aud dreRry,
Everywhere I roan.'"
Won't you stop for just moment2
It'd like to oblige you, but now
my reg lar time for fiddlin aud sinsio'
and
Cup in balloon, boys.
! Up in balloon"
"Then / can't sell you a Bible 2
Done look as if you could, for
.Vve wandered through .he village, Ton
!, Two Sc. beoeSth the tree
: And the cauYasser left the house ie
n despair.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18
a Man yvaO DgEAwED.
Ah' fs Wiiit0g TO Rack the
vision with $500,
IEvansville Journal !

Sir. Elijah Scott, Of Fulton XIV
vas 10 the city yesterday, bound for
Napoloon, Ohio, on one of the mos
siugular erraads that could be imagin
Cd. Mr. Scott is about fifty years old
and owns livery stable at Fulton, il
which he has considerable inc stock
some months ago he lost valuable
'rotiing stallion called Bunker Hill
which he thought a great deal of, and
whose place in his stud aud string he
could not easily replace. About &
week after be died. said Mr.. Scott,
= dreamed Que night that man near
Napoleon, Ohio, had Bunker Hills
Gate. l don't know what made me
= e14 ( q the sown, fowl nsyeE -
nyAria r. s,aoZ store
',s''ss,4,--e s~T- Napofeon . sessa g. Z
It. saw the horse as plain as l see
yna now, and he was the image of my
stallion. Still 1 didn't think much
about it, because I concluded it come
of too much worry But about mouth
a!terward the same thing happened
again, just as it did the first time.
got 10 poDoering over II, and the more
| thought the more go; mixed. Week
before last that same dream happened
for the third time, and SO I made up
my miud that l would 90 and see about
it, ADD If it was lie | would go to
Louisville 10 the races anyhow" Mr.
Scott had $3.50, which he vas ready TO
pay for the stallion if be suited him, aud
left in the afternoon for Ohio fGll OF
confidence in the dream.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18

Tho statue business in Franco ia
very fourishing Tho Municipal
Council OF Paris have voted $4,000
for preliminary expenses in executing
$50 statutss of great Freuchmen. In
this country We can't raise enough
money to build plain monument &c
Geore Washington.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18

The late William Sloane. OF New
York city. who amassed fortune OF
about 81 100000 in the carpet bust
ness, left bequests TO charitable insti
tu,ions, connected chiefly with the
Presbyterian church. amounting to
$40 600; to his pastor. the Rev DR.
John Hall, S20,000; and s35 600 to
be distributed among his old and faith
full clerks, some of whom will receive
s5 600 each, oihers 81 900
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18

The ancient Law providing the pen
atty of death for burglary, is stiIi re"
tained 10 North Carolina, aud during
the mouth Of May last. four persons
we're executed 10 the State for that
crime. Two of the burglars we're white
and two NEGROES.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18

Many people get credit for being
upright aud respectable merely be-
cause they have never yet had the op
porty of being anything else. But Sc
soon as the restraints that have bOeu
proyidentially on them are removed
they run TO great lengths 10 wicked
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18

Mrs. Potts, who left Philadelphia
on May 18th to walk TO New Orlean:
aud return in Eve mouths. on $4,000
wager, was reported the other day one
hundred miles from Atlanta on hel
downward course. She is confident o.
winning.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18

Edward Richardson, Of Jackson,
Miss has the reputation OF being the
wealthiest man in the South He
owns nineteen plantations. markets
about 100000 pounds of cotton
yearly, aud is estimated to be worth
100000 to 100000.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18

Henry Psgo set out to preach Nor
manism 10 Georgia. Hs had made
about 100 converts, and taken six
wives, when he was arrested FOX biga
nv
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18

In Macon, GA, gamblers are requir.
ed to pay license FAX of two hundred
dollars per mouth.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18
A Primary Election Law.

To protect the elections Of solRntary
political associations, 70 regulate
primary elections and private Frauds
therein, 'oithin The iin,its Of the
County Of Lancaster.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18

A home stretch over mother a
kueo.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02
Regulating the Taste.
Boston Transcript.

II was the far, far west The bar
xeepcr had been crossed in some way
during the afternoon, and was i'll i'll
humor. Up stepped n thirsty
citizen and raped impatiently ut
the bar. "Wnat shall it be,
'Jedge'?' said the mixer Of drinks.
"Wcll," said the "Jedge," "make it IL
gin cocktail with bit of mint in il. :"
THAT amt what you want" answered
the bar-kecpor; "you want whisky
straight, you do" "No, | DON'T" per
sisted the "Jcdge"; ~ tell you want n
yin cocktail with u bit" "No, YOU
don't, 'Jedge'; no, you don't. You're
goin' to have whisky straight; and,
more'n that" he added, trying the keen
edge Of his bowie on his thumb-nai.
you're goin' to drink it out Of II tin dip
per. the "Jedge" admitted the force
Of the argument, and changed his mind
This recalls another story that Causeur
mas heard, OF I'M eastern man, accus-
toned to the Injuries to he had ut Del
monico's, who dropped into u restaurant
IN u Nevada mining town for dinner.
The head-waiter, who was also junior
proprietor of the establishment, nccost-
ell him with. "WeIl, Colonel, what'll
you have?" "Beeisteak and mush-
rooms" answered the Colonel" MS
"peart" MS possible. "Guess not" said
the waiter, who felt that he was being
"guycd." Guess not? Why not2 Bring
me beefstcak with mushrooms right
away" "Look here, stranger" said
the waiter, II don't want to make no
trouble, yer know, but don't allow no
man to quarrel with his yittles iii this
ranch" With that he took six
shooter from his hip-pocket, cooked it,
and, holding il in u suggestive way,
added, clash il what you're goin' to
eat The Colonel" had hash.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02
"Gentlcmcn -" Frauds.
New York Times.

Up 10 the date Of cable kilograms nris-
tocratio FRAUDS" ilourished exceedingly
here. Fascinating couriers passed
themselves oil for tho nohlemon with
whom they hud travelled, and there are
those who can recall the thrill Of horror
which vihrated through the hub when
"too lovely" Soi-diStdm count, who had
for half IL season been tho "hright pnr-
tieular star" Of Beacon street having
accompanied N lady udmirer to shop,
was claimed with Alectionato ellusion
by II saleswuman rs her cousin, and, on
inquiry, proved to be not II "swcll, but
only II young man of doubtful charNc-
ter, who had brushed u swells boots ms
his valet. IL looked probable that the
cable would, by rendering communica-
ton so rapid and easy, snuff out social
pretonders from the other side, and for
awhile il did so; but there seems now
90 be abroad a class OF swindlors OF u
highly dangerous character, inasmueh
as they are really gentlemen, so far ms
birth and education are concerned, and,
consequently, almost impossible to de-
teet in the earlier stages OF acquaint-
ance.
During the Inst three years three men
Of this kind have made numerous
victims. One, and by far the most re-
markable, was the extraordinary ad-
venturer yelept Lord" Gordon, who
achieved tho colossal feat Of
completely gammoniug, among
many others, MIR. Jay Gould.
Gordon died by his own hand, q avoid
arrest, in Manitoba, and to this hour il
is not known who he really was. Had
those who trusted him gone amy Eng
lishman who knew his pcerage--which
Englishmen do not ordinarily know
nearly rs well as is imagined--the MUIR
der would have been out, inasmuch rs
At that time no person entitled 70 call
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02

mer shake right and left some fourteen
or fifteen times. During this struggle
the mahut fell on the ground from the
elephants neck, but had the dex-
terity to mount his back again, and
then to lodge himself on the back OF
The howda, which shook so fearfully at
times it would come swinging to the
ground. OF course, now, the combat
was "hand-to-hand," and lasted for
nearly an hour. The four remaining
elephants followed me at first, but what
with the struggle between their COM
rade and stripes, and the roaring of the
one and the cries of the other, they be-
came uncomfortable, beat hasty re-
treat and took their stand more than
sixty yards of. Dear kishen Lai tried
his best to come up to ME, but the Dan
tai was too much frightened to obey the
mahut. Chand Tara, poor creature, did
afterwards come toward me, but she
was only beater and took her stand
some fifteen feet behind. Poor Makhna
was much the worse for this singular
combat. and fell PROSTATE on his right
side, and stripes, too, fell on the ground.
The tiger lay some four or five feet from
me. Not seeing me, my followers were
alarmed. They kicked up arrow, kish-
en- Lal crying out Uncle killed 10y
tiger" To see me was impossible. Ly-
ing on the ground l thought of God,
pressed against the howda, handled the
rifle, and gave stripes bullet. 1T told
upon his neck, but vet he did not let go
his hold of the elephant, which was still
living on his side. The contents of the
other barrel l emptied into the tigers
back. He then left Makhna, and all
was over with stripes in an instant. The
elephant was on his legs. The mahut
got upon his neck and | mounted the
howda. Makhna, poor creature, has
been hurt in his trunk in ten or twelve
places. The tiger measured thirteen
feet from the tip Of his nose to the end
of the tail. This is but faint outline
of what actually took place. Many Il
tiger has fallen by my rifle, but never
in my life did witness such larai.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02
GENIUS UNDER A CLOUD.
Troubles Of n Nan whose Business was
ito Edit"
Detroit Free Press.

The clock had just struck twelve or
thirteen times the other night when an
officer whose beat included lumber
yard, beard signs and groans and
great wrangling over the fence. An in
vestigation brought to light man who
was half drunk and the other half
asleep, and he was trying to make II lot
of clapboards do duty rs bed blankets.
The cold would creep in however, and
he was sputtering and complaining and
kicking around like IL cat in cold gar
ret. He was brought down shivering
and shaking, and it took two coal
stoves and Il pint of warm water TO
warm him up. lie was an humble
looking man as he came into court
He had tried to turn his paper-colIar,
but it was sad failure, as help to i'm
prove his personal appearance. The
effort he had made to comb his hair
with tenpenny nail was lamentably
sad, though it showed good streak in
his nature.
"John Gordon Brown, what do you
dor? solemny inquired the court.
Il edit" was the very solemn an
swer.
"What do You edit
Newspapers"
"What newspaper"
"Well, the last one was called the
Thursday Night"
"Where was it?'
"In York State"
"Mr. Brown, how does it happen that
you have come down to this? Where
IS your pen-your shears-your bank
stock-your good clothes?'
81 sold out, got robbed, been sick,
lost my wife, and | tell YOU, Judge, I'm
a pretty sick editor"
Eyes, you are, Mr.. Brown. Where
do you want TO go?"
"Oh, most anywhere"
"Shall send you up for thirty
eyes, guess 50. want to get on
my feet like, and guess I'll feel better
when | come out
Il think 50. II it will make you feel
more at home they will allow you scis-
sors, paste, and Il few old papers in
your cell. Sit down in the corridor,
Mr.. Brown-don't increase your hungry
look hy standing up too much.'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02
4 Eiger Story.
Indian Mirror

The following story Of M encounter
with tiger is supplied by Babu DOMAIN
Chunder Chowdry, Hemindar OF NAL
dah On the morning, 9th Bhaddra,
kishen Lal and myself went with five
elephants to the kaduhand Jungle, four
miles TO the north of Rohanpore. My
howda was on Mokhna- Kishen Ial
had his ON Dantal At IA. nj. we en-
countered tiger, and bang went two
bullets from my rifle, hitting stripes |
suppose, ON the loin and on the belly.
and kshen Lal hit him on the thigh.
Most probably the bullets did not break
The bones, and the spotted foe took
shelter ut some distance in the water
Of 4 hollow oyerhung with long CLASSY
jungle, and was, OF course not visible.
ut once followed the game with a
couple Of elephants, one being only a
beater Poor Mlkhna, on which ! was
mounted unfortunately fell into tie
hollow, and, quick rs lightning. the
tiger WAS on his back, biting him.
lost no time 10 giving stripes one bullet
iii his right foreleg and second III His
belly and yet the fight between the ele-
plant aud tiger continued The mo.
mtnt was critical The feat of remain.
ing on the homda became extremely dif-
fcult. With his trunk Makhna dragged
stripes down -four Or five times. and the
latter made the bulky body IF the for.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02
STOCK RAISING.
In Southwestern kansas..Its Growth
the Past Few Years
Dodre CITY Times, April 3


The fine native grass, abundance Of
pure water, healthy climate, and gen
orally short winters, combine to make
southwest Kansas the finest stock region
Of the west. Texas cattle men are NOV
ing their ranches north OF the south
line of Kansas. to secure more nutritl-
Gus grasses and better climate for fat
tening, while many from Colorado are
moving eastward into Kansas, to escape
the mountain storms that sweep down
SO suddenly on the foothills and plains
adjoining. Over 100000 head Of cattle
were wintered in Southern Kansas dur
ing the winterju st passed, without other
food and shelter than that provided by
nature, and yet have done well, not
outstanding the unusual severity Of
the winter.
Cattle raising in Kansas pays. BY
iudicious management, the capital in
vested can be doubled every third year
With n capital of $1,000 farm can be
secured, house erected, team and farm
ing implements bought, and start
made with fifty head ofyoung breeding
cattle. The most nutritious of our
native grasses, especially for winter
grazing, is short, wiry grass, contain.
ing an unusually large percentage Of
sacharine matter; cures naturally on
the ground, and retains nearly all its
nutritivc qualities, rs much so as il cut
and cured for hay. 1t cannot, however,
be cut f1r hay, on account ofits diminu
tive length. Further east, the blue
stem prevails fine summer grass,
grows tall, and makes fine hay. Cattle
are very fond of both these grasses, and
especially the short buffalo grass, on
which they fatten even in the winter
season. The tame grasses can all be
cultivated and grown successfully.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02
How Matches are Made.
81 Louis Times.

A match is " small thing. We sell
dom pause to think, after i has per-
formed its mission, and we have care
lessly thrown il away, and il has Il his
tory OF its own, and that like some
moro pretentious things, its journey
from the forest to the match-sate is full
OF change This little lit Of white
pine lying Jefore me, came from the
north, i'll the Hudson Bay territory, or
perhaps from the great silent forests
about Lake Superior, and has been
rushed and jammed and tossed in its
long course through rive,s, over cata-
racts and rapids, and across great lakes,
We read that near the middle of The
seventeenth century il was discovered
that PHOSPHORUS would ignite II splint
Of wood dipped il sulphur, hut this
means Of obtaining fire WIS not III com
mon Use until nearly loo years later.
This then appears 10 have been the be-
ginning 81 matchmaking. Not that
kind which some old gossips are said
TO indulge in, for that must have had
its origin much farther back, hut the
business of max ing those little 'ttike-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02
lie Met Her nj the Inir.
nciunan Enquirer.

At the Childrens Homo Fair, last
night, n nice young man, sauntering
around IN the vicinity of tho Floral
Department, was suddenly accostcd by
n fair young girl, who held out pretty
nosegay to him, and said;
"Allow me to offer YOU this button.
hole bouquet, sir and She presented
it with II hewitehing grace.
~ thousand thanks said the young
man, howirg quito low, and taking The
flowers from her pretty fingers.
Now, whothe deuce is tins fair rlora,
that she should give mo n button-hole
bouqneg" was question tho young
man asked himself, ~ he contemplated
the rosebud, the heliotropo, gerauium
leaf, and the jasmine spray. "The
rosethat's for love- unused the Young
man ns ho reluctantly turned 10 so.
"hut blessed il can tell whit the hello
trope, the geranium, and the jasmine
stand for, but Ill lind out before |
sleep, if have 10 ransack every hook
III the public library"
Fifteen cents, please, : snid the young
lady, calling gently after him.
Tho young man grew white, red, and
spotted hy turns, handed her dollar
note, and, without waiting for change,
rushed out ON the sidewalk, and batter
ed his head forty or fifty times against
the side Of the building, while lie called
upon all the gods that mhahit the blue
empylean to look down upon the dog
gondest fool that ever lived since the
world began.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02
4 Baby in n Panthcr's Jaws.
Yrcka tCal.l journal.

Last Thursday evening about dark,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Campbell and
Dick Mannon were sitting ON the porch
Of the Soda Springs Hotel, ut Soda
Springs, on the Sacramento river, while
Air. Campbell's little boy, aged about
three years, was across the road, about
fifty or sixty feet distant, amusing
himself 10y cutting bushes with II little
Ratchet. Those on the porch We're
startled and Mortified by observing u
panther spring upon the child, and Mt
the time supposed he was dangerously
injured, which would have been the
case, no doubt, had not the child scream
ed and those on the porch shorted ex-
citedly, which prevented the panther
from making deadly spring, rs he
was evidently Watching and fearing the
parties on the porch. As it was, the
panther scized the child by the chin,
ono of the tusks of the upper jaw cut
ting his liz, and one in tho lower jaw
cutting his neck, while the paw of the
beast struck and scratched hlm in the
breast The shouting and rushing to-
ward the child by those on the porch
caused the panther to make tracks up
the mountain speedily, and after pick
ing up the child and examining the
wounds inflicted, Mannon returned to
the house for his gun, and, following
the animal up the mountain, soon dis
patched the panther hungry, lean
looking customer, measuring tive feet
from tip to tip.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02

AN incident which " ,uld make nm
admirable groundwork for u romance
occurred last month nj the town OF BIZ
enne, France. 4 young doctor named
Jeannerett, highly popular and esteem
ed, resided in the same house with Ma
dame X. and her daughter. The latter
became deeply enamored Of the young
physician, and finding that she had no
chance OF winning his affections, pro-
ceeded to send anonymous letters to
him and his intended wife, containing
vile accusations regarding each other.
Suspicion fell upon her, and legal pIo-
ceedings were instituted; but When the
matter came into court, Mademolsslle
having made clean breast Of the busi-
ness, and expressed great penitence. the
complainant withdrew proceedings on
the understanding that the KS should
leave the town, which they undertook
10 do, and also to pay all eests. But
DR.. Jeannerett, who WAS of very sen
sitive ttmperament,a and had long Suti,r-
ca from heart disease, felt such intense
modification at the whole affair that
his reason gave way, and on leaving
the court uut III end 10 himself
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02

Detroit Free Press

UP Woodward avenue a piece Is one
of those men who, even if he under
stands perfectly we'll an inquiry adj
dressed to him. invariably replies,
Hey? and the inquiry must be sub
mitted again. The world has tens of
thousands of these "heys?' but until
the other day this Detroiter was the
worst of all. Along came stranger,
the other evening, who might and
might not have known of this mans
eccentrcity. Entering the store, he re-
marked:
81 want four pounds Of sugar"
"Heyg replied the other.
II said | wanted saussage-stutler.
continued the man.
"What-hey?"
81 asked if you had pickles in vine
gar coolly remarked the stranger.
"Hey?'
"I-want- a-galon -of-turpen.
tine slowly replied the stranger.
Bless your soul! but | don't keep Ill"
suddenly exclaimed the citizen.
u didn't suppose YOU did
"Hey?'
Il said Id take some liver-pills iii
place Of it,"
No doubt the dealer had heard every
single word of the entire conversation,
and he didn't like it very well either
but habit prevailed and again he called
out Hey
Calico! Calico shouted the stranger.
I've asked YOU q dozen times over if
you had any good eigntcent calico.'
No, sir--no. sir was the indignant
answer
Hey called the stranger, lis hand
to his ear.
The citizen looked around for the
four.pound weight, but when he found
il there was nothing 70 throw at.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02

Six thousand Cinnamon are now en-.
ployea in the construction oflhe South
ern Pacific railroad Of California, which
is being pushed forward at the rate of
three miles day. The track is laid to
Maricopn.