The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23

II has been urged that as no Congress
viii sat through Christmas AMI New Years
the session does not begin Ter practical
purposes before the initiate Of January,
ana that T. maze uy for iui- loss u line
90 would De b-tter 10 nave ths general
election day in October and the opening Of
Con Eress the lst Of November.
Our common school system il receiving
good deaf Of attention at Frankfort.
One defect Is want Of uniformity ia text
books. THIS defect, il is said. nreessitates
an expenditure on the part Of the paren
IN the aggregate, Of several hundred
thohsand dollars per year. So figures the
CourierJsuruai on facts and sgures given
il by an efficient teacher.
Edward $ Stokes, the slayer of jim
Fisk, having met with great pecuniary
success IN CaiIfOrnia, is living IN very
exIravagaut manner in New York. Two
large houses which he owned on twenty
fourth street have beer added TO the H0i-
man House of which he is said 10 have
become part proprietor. josie Mansfield
is in New York, leading quiet life on
her on means.
Senator Beck favors the plan Of making
the nine Judges OF the United States Su-
preme Court eligible to succeed 10 the
Presidency in case of The death of the
President nd Vice President ofthe Uni
ted States. This would relieve the coun-
try of the serious gaps in the line of sue
cession, which are liable to occur by reas
on of the nou- existence of President pro
tempore OF he Senate and Speaker OF
the House.
SIZE was a Boston lady Of culture she
stood watching canal-boat loaded With
ice as it was being locked into the cana!
from Lake Champlain. ''What is that
boat loaded WITH she asked. "Ico,"
was the reply. "Oh, my" she exclaimed
in surprise; eff the horrid stuff should
melt, the water would sink the boatl'
"DAsHAwAY is a great reader, isn't
hc?" asked Jones, the unsophisticated.
- Never heard that he was Why do
you ask?" Smith replied. ''Why, at the
races, the other day, while the rest of us
were enjoying the sport, he talked Of
nothing but his books. ooh 2"
"MAs1nA, said little girl, ''as peo-
/ pie get old does their hair grow quarrel
/ some?' ''Why no, my child! What
4 ever put such a notion IN your head?'
/ II thought it must be so, ma because I
/ heard that old peoples hair is constantly
/ falling outl'
/ TEE New York Times asks: Scar
women enjoy heaven deprived of we'd
/ dings?" That depends. If new style,
bonncts make their appearance ever
.Her week, women viii manage to fee
/ 2 Apply without marriage to their back
-NOrrist0tC7s Herald.
KRUPP, the cannon maker, saws h.
never had the least success in his bust
I ness until he began to drink bccr am
{ smoke - Detroit Free Press. Beer ms,
not hurt him, If he INDUCES moderately
but we should think that to drink smoi,
would be pretty hard on the cons titution
A FIvE-YEAR-oLD son Of family tn,
i other day stood watching bis bab,
brother, vino was making great noise
over having his face washed. The little
fellow at length lost his patience, am
/ stamping his tiny foot, said, Z" You thinl
Won have lots Of trouble, but you don
know anything about 1t. Wait till you'r
Iig enough to get a Gckiu' and the,
/ you Il sec, won't he, mammal"