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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

OK every night there lies repose.
IMAGINATION is the greatest despot.
THERE is no real life but cheerful life.
Want of good sense is the worst kind
of poverty.
IAlPATIENCE dries the blood sooner
than age or sorrow.
LOVE without return is like a question
without an answer.
LOVE, faith, patience-the three essen
tials to happy life.
PRIDE hath two seasons-a forward
spring and early fall.
IT is best not to dispute where there
: is no possibility of convincing
As a fire is discovered by its own light,
so is virtue by its own excellence.
Ideas are like boards; men do not have
them till they grow up POitaire.
PRETTY women are like sovereigns; one
fatters them only through interest.
THERE are three classes of men; the ret
rograde, the stationary, the progressive.
GREAT souls by instinct to each other turn
Demand alliance, and in friendship burn
addison.
Suspicious among thoughts are like
bats among birds; they ever fly by twi-
light
ALWAYS there is black spot in our
sunshine; it Is the shadow of ourselves.
-Cdr{yle
The wise man as well as the fool makes
blunders. The wise man, however,
never makes the same blunder twice.
APPEARNcEs are nothing, if you are in
the right, but if you are in the wrong
you must pay especial attention to them.
No man knows what ministering
angel his wife is until he has gone with
her through the fiery trials of this world.
THERE's not a heart, however rude,
But hath some little flower,
To brighten up its solitude,
And scent the evening hour.
PLEASURE is seldom found where it is
sought. Our highest blazes of gladness
are commonly kindled by unexpected
sparks.
The best way to apologize is to do
such kindness to the offended one that
he will forget that you ever attempted to
iniure him.
As man is the wiser for his learning,
il may administer matter to work in, or
objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom
are born with a man.
WELL, well the world must turn upon its axis,
And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails
And live ana die, make love aud pay our taxes,
And as the NeeIlilS inlilu snilts, sntli sslls
THE way to produce a smile on the
face of nature is to plant it with seeds of
flowers. Tickle nature in that way and
she will hugh with blossoms.
THE foundation of every good govern
ment is the family. The best and most
prosperous country is that which has the
I gre4test number of happy firesides.
MANY a splendid genius was the despair
/ of a good father when young. But all
of sudden he awoke and went into ac-
( tion ike a soldier into battle, and made
name tl1At will live forever.
THE tive cimost precious ths7gs on this
side of the grave are our reputation and
our life. But it is to be lamented that
the most contemplate whisper may de-
prive us of one, and the weakest weapon
of the other.
LovEl what is it, and whence comes
it? How much has been written about
it, and how idly Neither statement,
comparison, nor analysis avails Love is
love, thing like nothing else in the
world-as real as a second sight. 1t
alone bestows the power of seeing a
hundred new truths otherwise invisible.
-nicHeIet
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
Husband and Wife in Law.

The wife has been much advanced 10y
the general tenor of the Legislation of
late years in respect to her own property.
She has acquired pretty independent
position as to title, control and dlspo-
sition. but this relates to her property,
not to his. The law has not yet raised
her to the station of superintendent of
her husbands contracts, and probably
never will. He is bound to support her
and the children which she bears to him,
and in order TO fulfill this obligation he
ought to have as much freedom in the
management of his business affairs of
the world as unmarried men are allowed
to exercise In taking a wife man does
not put himself under an overseer. He
is not a subordinate In his own family,
but the head of it. The law assigns him
this position, not for his own advantage
alone, but as much for the real good fot
his wife and children, and somewhat for
the general interest of society. A nus
band left free to lead and govern IN his
own family is the most useful husband
to all who may be concerned IN the re-
suits of his conduct. That exceptions to
this rule may be pointed out Is no OBJ
lection to or disproof of the rule itself.
Humane institutions are all more or less
imperfect, ana tneH complete eHicIeHOg
in practical working cannot be expected
in every instance. 1t is enough that they
produce benefcence to the great mean
and in the great majority of cases. A
subjugated husband is a less pleasing
and less energetic member o society
than cne who keeps his true place, yet
knows how tc temper authority with
affection. The law does not discourage
coniugal consultations or free and volrn-
tary cooperation in all transaction which
affect or may affect the welfare of the
family. But the law does not
undertake to secure this delightful har-
mony by coercion, but leaves it to issue
spontaneously from the holy relation OF
| matrimony.-GeOT9iG supreme Court.
SAVE your old newspapers. They are
making coffins out of paper.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
How Roy Went FISHING.

Roy had fished in the ditch by the
road great many times; but he had
only bent pin for a fish hook, and
piece of twine for a line. He never
caught any fish there.
When he was six years old his uncle
James gave him real fish hook and a
line, and after a good deal of coaxing,
his mother said he might go down
the COW path to the brook and fish for
trout.
Uncle James caughta great many trout
in the brook.
Alice wanted to go with Roy; and
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y, who is very kind to his sister, asked

tt..oy, who is very kind to his sister, asked
nus mother to let her go.
Ahee carried the baskets pretty
urge one Mary, the cook, told them
y ~ De sure and get it full of fish, so
'nst She could fry them for dinner.
=, how proud and happy they werel
Aeelr mother could see them from the
window all the time.
when they reached the brook Alice
sss p down on a rock. Roy put worm ON
ii 5ile hook, and dropped the end of the
y aine INTO the stream. But it was a long
~ siAe before he got bite. At last he
thought he felt nibble.
I've got one, Allyl" he shouted. 80,
sueh big fellowl You will have to
come and help me pull him ont. "
- They tugged away on the line, and
AAen they both fell over backwards.
%There lac isl" cried Roy Bat when
IsNpp and looked. it was not a
Ht all 1t WIS only piece OF n
's2Rss root that broke off and gave them
~ tGnble.
Ro tried again, and after a good
Will, he felt another nibble. He ierl1ed
the inc ont so quickly that the hook
cauht in the back of Alice's dress. 1t
priced her shoulder so that she had
halflmind to cry.
RG could not get the hook ont of her
dres. and they went home for their
motlr to help them.
May laughed at Roy great deal.
She old their uncle James at dinner
time hat Roy caught the biggest trout
sheepr saw, and he had to come homo
for hi mother TO get it off the hook.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
On PhysIognomy.

Enthusiastic young lady-''What a
sweet, pretty little boy of yours, Mrs.
Finnigan. What beautiful black eyes he
and impulsive- -black-eyed people al
ways are, you know"
Mrs. Finnigan-s -sSure, Miss, an per-
haps you're right. His fathers excitable
and impulsive enough, bedadl So. loikly
it's why he's never wideut black-eye,
sorra biti"-JiIdy.
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RoY's Horse.

When Roy was little boy he had
many fine horses.
His first horse was nurses knee. II
was a hard horse to ride, for 1t could
only trot. Roy was very small when he
rode this horse, 50 small that he could
not hold his head up. When the horse
would trot, Roys head would roll round
as though it would drop off; and nurse
would sing rs loud as she could
d" Trot away 10 Boston,
Trot away to Lynn,
rot away to Boston,
Trot home again"
Roy's next horse was n very gay one.
This was his father't foot. o, what fine
rides Rov had on this horsel His father
held his hands so that he could not fall
off
His next horse was a pretty tin one.
It was n red horse with blue name and
tail He held his head high, and was a
fine horse to look at, but Roy could not
ride him. He could only lead him about
with string, so he was soon tired of
him.
But Roy had a great deal of sport with
his four-horse team. He could sit in
the Armchair. that was the coach, and
crack his whip and make a great deal of
noise. To be sure, the horses were
only four chairs, but Roy held the lines
in his hand and said, "Get up, Charley!
Gee! Whoa" and had greatfun.
Next came the rocking horse. Ali
then Roy was happy! This was fine
horse-dark bay, with white main, and
tail made of real horse-hair. Roy nam6N
him Dick. He never got tired of Dick
till he had live horse.
That was the best of all. A real live
horsel Roy was seven years old. He
used to ride after the cows. Roy was q
happy boy.
To be sure, the ears of his horse were
very long. and his head was large. He
was only.a donkey; but he was a live
one; and Roy could ride him all day.
The only thing Roy did not like was,
that he could not lead Tom up to the
fence to get on his back. For long
time Roy could never get a ride unless
some one was near to lift him on the
donkey's back.
But Roy was smarter than the donkey,
and one day he thought of something.
There stood the donkey, and Roy wanted
to ride, but he could not lead him any.
where, so that he could get on. All al
once Roy spied a fence board on the
ground. and he put one end on the
donkey's back, and then crawled up OF
the board and got on. Roy never had
any more trouble about getting on his
donkey when he could find a board.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
A Tidy I0ka.

He was not prompt in filing his en-
gagement the other evening, and he
came into the room hurriedly and threw
himself into a seat. As he did so, the
embroidered butterfly which decorated
a chair back came off, as a matter of
course, and he jumped up to replace it
Never mind" said she in a slightly
acid tone of voice, ''time and tidy wait
for no man
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13

LIVE in my heart and pay no rent y,
says and Irish song. s'Sure it's r..
cottin' me We are, darlin', and if the las1
lord of that heart, yer father, comes
along Wild amy of his nonsense, sure I'M
sh-no, begorra, that won't do-Tu
take the ould man along wild Us 10
Ameriky. How'll that do, mavoornean
eileen og ?"-NesO York Commercial
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13

SOME curious phenomena electrical
shadows so called-have been lately de-
scribed by Herr Holtz to the Gottingen
Academy. They are obtained by fixing
to one rod of an electrical machine a
concave disc having piece of silk
without wrinkles adhering to it; at the
point of the other discharge rod-placed
opposite when the machine is
worked, small, feeble luminous star,
and on the disc circle is seen. When
objects are interposed the shadows APP
pear on the luminous circle. They are
not optical shadows, as is proven by the
fact that all opaque objects do not give
them They are produced in general
only by conductors of electricity, and in
sulating bodies give little or no shadow.
A glass rod with one end made conduct
ing by heat gives a partial shadow,
which gradually disappears on cooling.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
THE BUToHER,s LOVE.


butcher loved tender maid
To her We're his designs;
And he sent her copies Of gushing verso
In fact, real tenderloins
The girl, alas be could not suet-
She would love him brother;
But, when implored 10 marry, said:
Tripe, please, and find another"
The butcher still pursued the girl;
His pleas became much bolder.
The girl al last, to fnd relief,
Gave to him a cold shoulder.
He knew then that his hopes were vain,
But, he left. he said:
" Since you have caused me such distress,
III haunch You when I'm dead.
He pined and grew so thin and pale
He felt his end nigh:
But his WHs such he did not know
Whether 20 liver die
He tried 10 drink to drown his cares,
And there found no relief,
But daily grew more Wohegone-
You never sausage grief
At last his weary soul found rest;
His sorrows Ger.
No tickle maid now troubles him
Pork reacher, he's no more
- Ei'card MaHndeT.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
WHEN 4 Am DEAD AND BURIED" ]"

When I am dead and buried then
There will be mourning among men.
hear one musing ON IN dust:
g How hard he fought TO win his crusti
And one, a. lie was too sensitive
In this eold-wintered world to live"
Another, weeping 80 An how few
80 gentle hearted and true"
'' l met him only once, and yet
/ think ! shall never forget
The strange sad look in his young eyes"
One another says, and then, with wise
And soemn-shaking head" No doubt
The hot earth burnt that frail frame out"
IL
Good friends, a discount on your grieft
A little present help were worth
More than sorrOw-stricken earth,
When / am but withered leaf;
An outstretched hand were better to me
Than all your graveyard sympathy.
You need not pity and rhyme and paint mel
You need not weep for. and sigh for and saint me
After you've s.arved-driyen me dead
Sayl do you hear2 What want is bread
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
Depot and Station.

Vr. Richard Grant White says that
the words railway and railroad are
both used, the former generally
In England, and the latter in this
country; that railway is certainly
night and railroad measurably wrong.
Fora way is that which guides or directs
a course, or that upon which anything is
moved or carried. A road is the ground
ridden over" But a way is road and
road is way. And railroad is the
ground ridden over, by means of rails to
direct the train. But" he says, ''the
calling of way road is a venial of
tense compared with that of calling a
railroad station a depot. A depot is a
place where stores and materials are de-
posted for safe keeping. A lonely
shanty, which locks like lodge outside
OF garden of cucumbers, staging of a
fe" planks, ON which two or three peo-
pie stand like criminals ON q scaffold-tO
call such places depots is the hight of
pretentious absurdity. But it is not less
incorrect to give the same name to the
most imposing building which is used
merely as stopping place for trains and
passengers. There is no justification for
Gaming such a place a depot" Now a
depot Is place of deposit, and passen-
gers and freight are deposited at a depot.
IL IL Is an objection to call it depot
because a depot is place where stores
ana materials are deposited. the same
opIecnon applies to Station" because a
STATION means a place where materials
are stored. As a matter of fact, how
ever station" is growing more an more
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13

THERE are Ceylon spiders with legs
which would span an ordinary breakfast
plate: and it seems to be now pretty
we'll ascertained that these creatures
catch small birds in their webs and feast
mon their blood
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
TuE WAN WIN THE BILL.

He's here alsain; I hear his foot
steps fall upon the floor;
The creaking stairs shrek warning notes,
His hand is on the door.
A week ago he came, and then
said, do call tomorrow"
! thought that [ would be from town,
But, greatly to my sorrow,
He caught me, as upon the street
/ fastened toward the train;
And then said, I" In haste l am,
Please call next week again"
Ills now next week. aud he is here,
No chance for me 10 fee;
i never can escape the man
Who has bill for me-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.


One little rose had Mamma Fay,
Deep q the window growing,
And on its slender. dropping stem
\ pink-white bud was showing.
Now little darling Mischief Fay,
The pink-white bud espying,
Crept softly TO the window seat
And quick on tiptoe standing,
Nipped of the bud, then ran away
Aud when his mamma, crying,
q naughty, naughty Mischief fayi
80 bad, 50 disobeyiug ~
He only laughed, and iispng said,
Careless of what he'd done,
Why, mamma, here 'th the title buui
Take it., and thew il on"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13

koFEsRoR CLEBs, of Prague, has dis
covered peculiar microscopic growth in
.lie remains of patients who have died of
,YPnoid fever. 1t is not found in the
Doules OF persons whose death has been
caused by other diseases.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13
UNDRESSING PARAGRAPHS.

A FAN is indispensable to a woman who
can no longer blush. -Sprinfeld Re
publican.
BOYS are near-sighted. They will yell
Just as loudly at a boy playing marbles
=. tia Same Fi1szs as Mt one IKE blocks
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-13

Ir is said on the best authority that a
toad frequented the steps before the hall
door of a gentleman's house in Devon
shire for upwards of thirty-six years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-02-17
A Former Slaves Gratitude.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Warren, of our
city. have been made the recipients of a
beautiful gift, which came to them in a
grateful way from family servant. On
Christmas morning Mrs. Warren was in
her kitchen, when she was interrupted
in her work by Robert cambridge, her
favorlte dlning-room servant of ante
bellum days, who came in all smiles,
with compliments of the season for his
old mistress. Mrs Warren received
him very cordially, and bethinking her.
self of the, duty of the hour, handed
Robert silver dollar for his Christmas,
with good wishes in return for his affec-
tionate greeting. But the faithful serv-
itor had not come to receive anything
except the good lady's welcome. To her
surprise he gently refused the protfered
dollar, and producing from his pocket
an elegant morocco leather case, said
Miss Anaise, | didn't come to get a
present this morning, but to make one
to my dear old master and mistress,
whose kindness to me | never can and
never will forget Robert opened the
case, exposing to view two large napkin
rings, made of pure gold, encircled each
by silver band, and inscribed with the
Warren monogram. These he handed
to Mrs. Warren. Some wears before
the war Mr.. Warren purchased Robert,
who was then boy. In the service of
the family he grew up under uniform
kindly treatment, and remained with
them until after hostilities had well set
in. At last, however, his military ardor
led him to enlist in the Federal army,
and for the camp he left his master S
home. He was wounded in battle, and
on recovering his health he came back
to New Orleans to collect his pension
money. But this he could not obtain
unless some well-known citizen here
would vouch for him, and to his old
master Robert applied for surety. Mr..
Warren at once interested himself in
his case, and by personal effort enabled
Robert to collect his claim, amounting
to some $1,000. He is now coachman
and trusted servant in another family,
and well-to-do in the world, as may be
seen by the costly present he has been
able to make to his former owners.-N.
0. Pieaymaae. ..;...s .t..,. .... -..-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-02-17
= SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

+ H. B. Claflln pays sS20pew rent in
Beecher's church. .-...-'.. .---
New York's public schools cost last
year $40, 100000.
The report that a Mrs. Embry, of
Elkton, KY, has left 100000 to Van
derbilt University at Nashville, Tenn,
proves unfounded.
Even Siberia has its University, an
institution that is located in the city of
Tomsk, possesses library of $4,000
volumes and has already cost several
hundred thousand dollars.
Statistics of the Congregational
Churches and ministry, just published,
show that los churches have been
formed the past year. 205 ministers or
dained or installed, 20 pastors dis
missed, Il ministers married and 76 de-
ceased.
There are $50 Baptist Churches,
white, in South Carolina, with So, 1873
members, or one member to every
seven in the population. OF the $50
churches only 81 have preaching every
Sunday The total of contributions for
missions the past year was less than
$4,000.
A Protestant Defensive Union has
been formed in the island of jersey to
counterfeit the influence of the Jesuits
who have recently established them
selves there, and who are said to have
begun an active propaganda by domi-
cillary visitations as well as the opening
of schools.
-Whittaker's Church Almanac for
1881 will show that the Protestant Epis-
copal Church has gained the past year
2O,o46 COMMITMENTS and III clergy
men, and increased its contributions by
$3.50, 1888. The number of clergy is 81
435, and of COMMITMENTS 3i5, 81. The
total of contributions was S7,013,762
The trustees of Cornell University
have appropriated $50, 1000 for the build
ing and equipment OF physical de-
partment; $4,000 for the bui ding and
equipment of veterinary and anatomical
departments; $4,000 for greenhouse
and other equipments for q botanical
department; $4,000 for the library; and
$4,000 for civil engineering and other
departments. ..-..- -..
The AdUance invents new name
for the church debt raiser: Gilman
gelist." Itregards Mr.. Kimball's work
as one of the grandest Christian phe-
nomena of the time. He has visited
about sixteen churches He has raised
about S5,O0o.000 for the payment of
church debts. He estimates that some
100000 more have been raised or
saved in various ways, under the intlu-
ence of this work. r..