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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05
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81 should Hke tO.sell you simlet,"
said a careworn boxing uau. as be
walked into an Office the other day.
1--WE have no use for one, replied
the cashier.
nBut you. should always look into
the misty future" went on the Rend
demurely, "Eezt winter you will want
10 mako holeg in your boot heels, so
YOU can get your skates on"
Il use club skates-no straps re
quired." !"
You may want TO screw boards to-
gether some tine The old fashioned
method of diving the screws in with a
hammer is pernirious. as it detesisrates
the tenacity OF the facts of the screw
ss it were
Nothing to day-sir"
This gindet also acts as cork
screw"
1T is alssssAzasaa tack hammer,
.asssa-s -. -. sth . h5sus b:
"rt uas-a5 49,, AID iai
stand, table for computing compound
interest, and lunch box attachment.
i cant help it; l don't want it."
Il know you don't, you are one OF
those mean men that won't buy GIN
let unless it has a restaurant, and a
trip through Europe, aud q Italian
Opera Company attached. You're the
KIND of man who would i've near an
electric light to save a gas bill"
And the peddler walked out with
ms mental plumage on the perpen
dicalar
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05
Criminal Costs,

The Legislature will find it to tie
interest of the State to look carefully
into The question Of costs in criminal
prosecutions. This is By far the most
fruitful source of expenditure aud waste
known to the finances of the State
There are thousands of claims paid
every year by the Auditor that ought
never to have been presented. He has
no option, but must audit them when
they come up authenticated and in
proper form. The fault lies with the
officers Of the lower courts, and they
are responsible in a great measure for
the depletion of the Treasury. AS an
illustration of this, the notorious
"Kash" case may be cited. We shall
publish the details of it hereafter, and
show how the State was defrauded of
several thousand dollars in the name
Of dog frankfort Yeomau.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05
A Predloiinn las to NlemphIs.

Memphis will very possibly be with
in two years the central point of big
speculatious. Real estate will decline
to almost no value. 1t will be bought
up quietly by capitalists who can af-
ford TO loose much more than they pay
for it. Yellow Jack will surprise
the country by jumping into Canada,
or by mysteriously disappearing from
the continent.
The reaction in Memphis will be
greater than her decline All sorts OF
business will expand beyond precedent
Houses and lots will appreciate IN
value so rapidly as to eclipse the wild
est mania for Chicago land. She will
pay of all her debts aud become o
boDafde city again before the head
boards in her grave>yards become old
The suggestions to burn and forever
abandon the city are moresarcastic than
reasonable The fever is as likely to
depart suddenly as to remain another
year. European cities have been re-.
neat test etar-tzs4i- i-kss .kIRdred Affections,
UneqniVoesl immunity from The fe-
yer next season would Immediately
render Memphis a giant among the
Mississippi river cities. She occupies
controlling situation III a business
poiut of view, aud it cannot be chang
ed. Misfortune is always emphatic,
bat its opposite is more So. Men can
not be called fooliHh who are removing
their business establishments from the
now desolatcd town, nor is it absurd
to assume that healthfulness viii!
again visit the regions whore it has
rejgned. Some Of the very men who
think they have left Memphis never
to return, will 60 back and make for
tunes there
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05
Deputy sIarsl.aIs-Tnelr Uses.

Tue investigation at Cincinnati is prov
ing that the deputy narshais appoin-
ted last year in Cincinnati; and paid by
the Federal government at the rate of
So per day, had amoug their number
some Of the most corrupt sooundrels a
Cincinnati The Enquirer says:
1t turns out that three or four of
these ~houest meu' had before been
indicted aud tried for killing other
men. That others Of the number had
been charged with theft aud other
crimes. That others have for years
been notorious as ward bummers and
disreputable citizens generally That
all, or nearly all, were bad lot, and Il
disgrace to the Office they held.
1t turns out that they were instruct-
ed to keep their official characters
secret and to carry out the orders Of
the marshal without anyone but them
selves knowing hat they had authori-
ty to do so It was a star chamber
proceeding entirely.
1t turns out that they we're massed
in the Democratic wards of the city,
while Republican, wards were not ia
vored with their presence at all
1t turu5 out that they were removed
from wards IN which they lived into
other wards, and into the congressional
districts in which they had no resi4
deDce
TnIs was Ior the puspOsv seVuIrszs
an honest election. No fair minded
man who reads the testimony will be
leve that it was for any such pur-
pose 1t was simply to carry the city
for the Republicans
Instead Of being for the protection
of the balot-pox; the employment was
for its corruption.
1t was 20 fasten this plan Of holding
elections upon tho government that
" President" Hayes twice vetoed an
appropriation bill passed by Congress.
How do the fair minded, indepen-
dent voters like such a form of self
goVernment as this any wa? Is it self
government to have elections controll,
ed after this manner?
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05
The Common school System an
Peril.

Nothing connected with the public
affairs of Kentucky is more to be Do
pl ored than the miserable condition of
the school fund.
The announcement that the per
capita allotment for the current year
will be only 81 % has everywhere
aroused the people, and the conclusion
is that the result will be disastrous
incompetent teachers and ill conducted
schools.
Our only hope now is that the sub
iect will be kept under discussion until
the common school system of the State
shall be thoroughly overhauled and
placed in condition TO accomplish the
ends aimed at [Covington Common
wealth,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05
The southar., wilderness.

South Of the Mason and DiEon's line
are $40, 600, 900 acres, including $780,
000,O00 not occupied es farms, and
scarcely more than a fourth OF the
2lI, ,000,G00 ID farm is actually cult.
vated. Here is country four times
as large as France. and ten times tie
size of Great Britain, favored with
variety in climate and soil, from 40 to
GO inches annually of rainfall, range
of 6000 feet in elevation, and yet two
thirds of ibis vast area suitable for
profitable production is still wildera
ness. Cotton aud cora comprise about
four ifths of the cultivated area, yet
the corn fields of Illinois occupy two
thirds as much L,c73 i - all the cot
ton of the South IT, moacy paid for
imported sugar may ia few years
equal the price OF u tiukedom, while
the area in cane IS not equal to the
surface Of country twenty miles
square.
a stray COW might wander at viii,
through an unfenced wild, from the
Atlantic to the Rio Grande, could she
swim the Mississippi Nearly half of
this country Is yet 10 forest. The Wild
pasturage, Including abandoned fields,
mountain glades, little lowland prai
rie, and vast tracks of thin forest bear
ing variety of grasses of some value
to live stock, equal to two-ffths Of the
whole territory, and larger than France
| and Prussia together is almost uuoc-
- ~ .-'asqestic animals through :
Eour much the'larger portion OF It, II
IS not true that grasses do not thrive
here. That thoughtful farmer, Mr. G.
w Howard. demonstrated to the con-
trary by continuous, carefully and wide d.
ly extended Investigation and expert
ment Aside from influences of a
political character one idea agriculture
has kept this highly favored region
undeVeloped; sparsely settled with u
comparatively poor population The
gifts of Nature has been spurned, its
bounty wasted. to follow an insane im-
pulse to glut the markets of the world
and clothe the barbariaus of the anti.
Podes with cheap cotton New York
/ Tribune.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05
NEWS EpEMS.

Tie Buford case appears 20 &c
Ing,u in public interest. The news
papes have very little 10 say about it
at aly rate.
Fbod the Bonanza King, is little
overffty years old, weighs 22O pounds
and has light mustaehe and cnin
wbiskers. He is worth something
nears85 goo, 900.
The Frankfort Yeoman says; Ihe
committee of invitation for the lnaug-
urotion have sent tickets Of invItatou
orIv 70 the following: The press, eS-
Goyernors. and ex Lieutenant uoN,
ernors. Senators and ConSressmen' anu
ex Senators and ex- Congres'nen' Juus
o,a Commonwealth Attorneys
ezya-v ~, ~; t5orr-vors ,.ud Representatives.
/ 4 druukard is staggering along the
/ boulevard. knocking against lamp
posts with great dignity aud earnest
ness. solving the problem how to be in
two places on the sidewalk at once
The passers stare at him aud laugh
till be balts, and. with painful effort
collecting himself, says: "Galileo wash
rirht-ths Garth docsh novel! aud
crumbles into shapelcss ruin upon
the pavement.
A man may have many sorrows and
bear them serenely, he may lose
fortune aud become contented with
nroperty: he may evea look upon his
|. rival in tho affections of a wealthy
match with Wild despair. The pow
or of \ man 10 endure those things !:
tremendous. But if he happens to
have ON a pair of tight boots religion
loses i,s mower over him at once, anc
, he expresses his feelings in term
/ which leave no doubt as 10 the qualit.
of his temper.
!. Mr.. Judah P. BonjamiD, it is state'
. bv the New Orleans Democrat, has re
. gently bought a beautiful Partisan
residence for the comfortable sum !
: casb Of 2. 600, 600 francs. 1t is adde
that this large sum docs not e1cee
:, ope-half of his yearly income ffo'
= his practice in the English eOurt
The Democrat recalls the fact tbi
Mr.. Benjamin, fourteen years ago,
n ter tho dispersion Of the Coufedera
;, government. tramped 90 foot fro
70 Central Georgia to Florida, and escal
"a ed in an open boat 10 Nassau With
at single ten dollar gold piece 10 b
n. pocket, which he gave to the color
man who rowed the boat.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05
.:Jinl Slxaggs' Livin'.''
T IFrankfort Yeomant


Speaking of fox scalps and 10. Win
locks lesson to the old county clerk OF
Warren, reminds US of another auec-
dote. In certain county of Kentucky
we WON'T specify, because it may be
sore subject--a certain man, uamed
tor convenience Jim Skaggs," was IN
the habit OF bringing in a number OF
wolf scaIps every year. The tax, we
believe, at that time was two or three
dollars for each scalp. He was ac-
counted the most successful of all the
wolf hunters in that section, and never
failed to realize considerable SUN
annually from this source. Wolves
were very scarce at that time, because
it was not many years ago, but then,
as now, there were few still lingering
in the rough places of the mountain
counties, and occasionally one was
killed and its scalp brought TO the
clerks Office for the usual certificate
upon which the Auditor based his
warrant. But the party to whom we
= -
One season, however, brought this
successful business to an end Col.
John Thompson Gray, q former resi-
dent OF franklin county, but now of
Louisville, a famous devotee of the
rod and gun, happened to make an ex
cursl0n TO that section, and one day
when encamped by stream whore bass
we're taken, he was startled by the sud
den appearance of large she wolf on
the opposite bank.
lie secured his gun Immediately,
and, before the animal had time to re-
treat, "let drive" at her with a heavy
charge of buck shot She fell dead
in her tracks" as the hunters say.
J ust then a couple of men of the neigh.
borhood emerged upon the scene, and,
discovering the result of the shot, one
of them exclaimed: "My God, mister,
you've killed Jim Skaggs' livin !"
Col. Gray couldn't understand, but the
men explained that the she wolf was
recognized as the property of Jim
Skaggs, who was "in the business of
wolf raising" and as the greater part
OF his income was derived from that
source, this she wolf was known in the
county as Jim Skaggs' livin'" He
had regularly taken the face aud ears
of her annual produce of wheips to the
clerks office and obtained his certif.
Gates. Col Gray was advised to leave
the neig hborhood Immediately as jim
would be red hot, aud il "mout be
that all the county would rise up" 1t
is needless to say he took the scalp OF
the wolf and alsO fba al vice His own
scalp was probably saved by timely
striking of his tent, later pitching in
the green pastures of Franklin.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05

MAKING PoTATo BREAD.-Boii five
or six large potatoes, mash them smooth
while hot, add a piece OF butter the
size of an egg, tablespoonful Of sugar
teaspoonful of salt aud a pint OF
warm water. Beat three tcacups of
-four with another pint Of warm water
till free from Jumps, and then mix with
the potatoes. Dissolve cake of yeast
aud q teaspoouiul Of soda, each 10 a
teacup of warm water, and beat all well
together 1t makes a thin batter, and
should be set in warm place over
night. In the morning sift three
quarts of -four in the bread pan, with
little salt. Pour the sponge, which
will be full Of bubbles if the yeast was
good, into cavity in the middle, and
knead for five or ten minutes. Cover
with a cloth, and set in a warm place
for an hour or longer, or until it has
risen to double its usual size. Then
divide into four loaves and knead
thoroughly, and put into this, when
light again, bake in a moderate oven,
half or three. quarters of an hour.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05
EEe WINNINGS of some Stables
Rt Saratoga.
From the Courier-Journal.l

rom AuS 0ONIASI-J our uhl-
Last week concluded one Of the
most successful aud brilliant running
meetings ever known IN America-that
Of the Saratoga Association It's like
will hardly be seen again at that place
unless a wholesome change. occurs for
the better, for. Uotwithst nding It's
briliiaucy, the Saratoga running was
characterized by number Of very sus-
pieious results, and it has been remark
ed that number of ugly jobs were
put up How true this is we DO not
know, but now that the running turf
is 10 splendid favor with the public. it
is to be sincerely hoped the Baden
Baden course of the country will not
permit its reputation to be marred by
jobs.
OF the Kentucky stables at Saratoga,
j. w Hunt Reynolds. Of Franklin
county, captures 314,275, aud T.
Williams, $3.50 II. 2. McGrath's
ill luck and i'll humor 90 hand 10 hand
Of nineteen starts he was first once,
second three times, and third four
times, winning S545, sorry contrast
to the fat purse given him by Aristides,
Pennington, Calvin and Chesapeake q
few years since Neil B. Field, of
Louisville, was the only other Ken
lucky starter, but Bye-and- Bye, his
only entry, won nothing. g. l.. Loril
lard. with s12, ,665; Dwyer Bros, with
s6,875, aud G.. B Morris, with s4,I25,
were next to Col. Reynolds.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05

In Rhode Island foreign born citi
zen, though naturalized, cannot vote
unless he owns real estate to the value
of 1874, though any native born citi-
zen may go to that State and be allowed
vote after remaining in the State the
usual length of time without owning
any property.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05

GRAHAM BREAD.-Fill large bowl
one third full OF water, = little warmer
than tepid; add half a teaspoonfuI Of
salt, and stir in shorts till little sitter
than pancake batter; cover and set
where it will keep warm without scald-
ing, till light; then turn into a large
basin. y pint of lukewarm water half
a teaspooniul more salt, with two table
spoonfuls of good brown or coffee
sugar, and stir in Graham -four till as
stitf-not as it can be made, but as it
can be conveniently made with a spoon
Of made too stiff the bread will be
dry) Grease the tins; turn in the
dough- smooth over the top with d
knife or spoon. set again to rise, aud
when sufficiently light, bake in a toll
erably hot oven an hour or more, ac-
cording 10 the size of the loaves This
quantity will make two large or three
small leaves
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05

The report from the AgricultI.a!
Bureau puts Missouri ahead OF all the
other States in the growth OF corn this
year. The crop of corn all over the
United States ia splendid this year,
and the farmers will have more of 1t
than they will know how to dispose
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05

THE peach crop in the East is i'm
msnse, aud the New York market is
nearly glutted with this fruit from Ne"
Jersey, Maryland, Delaware aud ether
points, at very reasonable prices.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05
|. woman Hung for Murder.

In the ADMINISTRATION Of justice, j no.
Bull knows not the distinction of sex,
consequently Kate Webster was hung
for murder most foul, at Wandworth
prison. last Tuesday. After being
convicted, she confessed, and declared
that she had no accomplice. She was
a servant to Mira. Thomas. whom she
killed by beating and boiling her. She
wrapped the body 10 paper, pat it in
small pine box and cast it into the
Thames. No doubt Kate richly de-
serysd to be hung. It is well tha'
she has been punished without any
MITIGATION Oh account of her sex.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05

e1tional men, whose services can be
engaged, should be elected practical
teachers TO be preferred, oil other
things being equal In every county
of the State there is an ample field,
"white for the harvest" in which the
ablest aud strongest man could Gnd
employment for all his time and capac
ities, and yet not compass the work
TINT might be proftably performed.
The notion that this Office can be sue
oossfully filled by any man, in connec
ton with any other profession or oc-
cupation, is an erroneous one. To
perform the duties of Commissioner eff
fciently, demands as much time, labor,
talent, and responsibility as to dis
charge the duties 81 any other county
office. But it is useless to expect to
obtain the kind of ability and service
required until the pay is something
like commensurate with the character
s@ss.es - = -AnOu " oSoct " -tuo StficCs ~
1t is, no man can take the office, and
do its duties effectively, unless he has
some other means Of support. In some
counties the court Of claims have in
creased the salary and paid it out OF
the county levy; and 10 such instances
tho results have justified the expert
ment. If every county would appro>
PIRATE sufficient sum to pay a good
man for all his time, and then demand
that he shall earn his salary by faith-
ful labor and intelligent enterprise, the
schools would grow in Importance so
rapidly that every friend of education
would rejoice. 1t is, perhaps, com
petent for a county court to supp!o-
ment the State salary of the Commits
sioner, and it is to be hoped that in
time every couuly will secure the
ablest supervision by this means.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05

AS sheep market, Cincinnati stands
ahead of all others in the country IN
the number Of head received. The
receipts for July was 100, 900 head.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05

Ir looks like Russia and Germany
we're drifting into war, in which event
Austria will make common cause With
Germany.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05

Where the court OF claims is not sat.
isfed as to the learning of an applicant
it is competent for it to appoint a Com
missioner to examine the candidate as
to his qualifications for the Office.
Should the court elect an Incomes
tent person, his right to the Office may
be tested by writ quo ,oarranto. 1t
will be seen that, for this Office, the
very best and most experienced edu-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-05

Gen. Ewing writes a Washington
friend that be is confident of his elec,
ton as Governor of Ohio. that the
neople are enthusiastic and that the
vote will be large He says, also, that
he believes he will get the whole Green
hack vote.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-28
PaUSpECTuS.

The subscriber herewith announces his forthcoai /
volume OF literary odds and ends, letters etc the
bA
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-28

n OFFER MY B0USE, sITUATED ON
Il Curry Street, between King and Musser, for sale
Also my furniture sewing machine shbfaEy, etc BUYER
invited to view the premises. - . -a.aa 4. WAtTZ.
Qsaan MW r. 1870.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-28
NoTICE..

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the undersigned has withdrawn from any bust
ness connection coparner otherwise with the Carson
and Bode Fast Freight Line and will longer be per
soaay responsible for debts which be contracted
said association or any member thereof .
ANDREV GRAY.
Carsas City. Nevada, Aug.st IL, 1879. s1&lA
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-28
MORNING APPEAL.
Pui5ishod every morning tAoaalnys gxes,,tedA
HENRY +. MIGHELS,
Eiior asd Progris4er

~. Newspaper, devoted to P19ities Gennrel Nssvs
and Local Ahars.
The Iola register., 1879-09-12

The honest workingmen of the country,
many of whom have large and increasing fam
lilies to support, have been the chief sufferers
from the great financial pressure under which
We have labored for the last few years. Di-
minlshed wages have not been attended by q
corresponding diminution in price Of every
thing which the wOrkingman needs. Rents,
fuel, food and clothing are cheaper, but these
do not constitute all his necessities. 1t is
sometimes necessary for him to employ law
yer or physician, yet the fec rates Of ply
sicians and lawyers are as high as they were
in "flush" times. Yet cheap medicines are
rs necessary as cheap rents or fuel. Cheap
medicines are not necessarily poor medicines.
It must be Obvious to every Intelligent person
that medicines, compounded and put up at
wholesale, can be sold at much lower rates
than when retailed from the DOCTORS pill bags.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Purgattve Pellets have completely
restored persons who had spent hundreds Of
dollars In vainly seeking relief from private
practitioners, and all at very slight expendi-
ture.
The Iola register., 1879-09-12

LITTLE LADIES TARr.-Sift half Il
pound of flour, and beat to a froth three
eggs: add TO it three tablespoenfuls of
powdered sugar. Then take Il quarter
of pound of butter, and mix all togeth-
er, rs for puff paste. Roll it and fold it
alternately for 20 minutes; then roll it
out into a circle quarter of an inch in
thickness; trim the outside edge into an
exact circle; crimp the outer edge, and
slip a tin plate under it, and bake in
brisk oven. When well Drowned, take
it out. and, when cool, spread it over
with raspberry or strawberry jam, or
stripe it with apricot and raspberry jam,
put on in rows. Arranged in this way, it
is tempting dish for children's party
The Iola register., 1879-09-12
Kansas City Markets.
KANSAS CRY. Mo- Sc,

+ KANSAS CITY, Mo-. ScDtcmicrg
Cattlc-\atiVc steers. sales at S23OGi p
Native Cows, S2.002 2.60.
HOgs-Sale~ at 81 lOa3.a,.
Sheep-Nativc. S2.50@3.09.
Wheaf-No. =, SiisdS,ac: No. }, S3,. a Sc
Corn-No. mixed, ga sas7t,c: rejected,
pc bid.
Oats-No. , 22i ,c bid.
Rye-No. :, &c bid
Buttcr-ChOice, Ia i,c: fair, %. i2c
ChccSe-fresh Kansas, prime, JdJIIc:
Choice Illinois, 666i,c
Eggst;mdied. llGl2 y dozen.
Poultiy-Old Hens. per dOZ s22Ja 50:
Chickens, per doz.. si.S5a2.O0.
The Iola register., 1879-09-12

THE reason why medical practitioners do
not hesitate to prescribe DR.. F. WilhOft's
Anti-PeriOdic or Fever and Ague Tonic Is as
follows: Messrs. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., of
New Orleans its proprietors, have published
Its composition, and physicians have approved
1t because 1t ccntsiH: no dangerous drug, and
because it invariably proves successful. 1t 10
for sale BY all Druggists.