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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-22
How They Put the Cow m the Yard,

How They Put the Cow IN the Yard.
There is nothing tllat demands states.
manship of a high order as much as tbe
driving of a COW with youno Golf to
any particular place. Two. Galveston
eojored men undertook a iob- of this
character. and, although thew gave tbe
matter their careffll attention. tRe result
was very far from satisfactory TO anv-
body except the cSw.swhich seemed TO
enjoy it very mi1cm Sam and Bill were
TO get a dollar to take the cow and calf
and put them in the yard of the owner.
Mr.. Thomas Carlyle, who lives at the
south end of Galveston avenue. After
irving in vain to get the COW to under-
stand in what objection thev preferred
she should 90, Sem aud Bill called a
cabinet meeting, at'which the following
campaign plan was greed upon: Sam
60 aheaas while Biz NE + to m holdtbe COW
back by the rope which sNxas fastened 70
her horns.
Z" Eff she goes too fast" said B1l
"Pll Jest hold her back"
And ef she don't foller fast enough
III jest twist de calfs tail, and den she
will come right along" said Sam.
Sam took up the calf and went ahead
while Bill, in order to get real good
| hold, tied the rope around his wrist
The procession proceeded slowly in the
1 desired direction, and would have
reached its destination in safety had
not Satan tempted Bill to get off joke
/ on Sam, so he called out:
'' Sam, jess twist de CATS tail.
/ Sam did so, and the calf bleated as if
! it was opposed to an encore to the per.
/ Torrance.
The old COW began to trot. So did
/ Sam, holding on to the calf as if he had
stolen it. Then the fun began, foI
/ every once III while the COW would
/ polish her horns on the ceilings Of Sans
/ pants. Bill could not get his hands out
/ of the rope, and, as he had short legs,
he had hard work keeping up with the
/ procession, or rather in not letting go.
/ He ran so fast that the kinks of his wool
Strengthened ont Finally he gasped:
Sam, ontwist dat CATS tail.
Sans legs moved so rapidly that they
/ looked like the spokes Of buggy, but
he called back:
"Foah Gods sake niggah, dom
let go dat rope de cows againin' OF
me-.
drop de cat, sam," cried poor Bill
| whose arm was coming out of its socket
"Drap de caf, for can't keep up wid
de COW. Go slow, niggah, or III turI
do COW loose on you," which, how
ever, was more than he was able to do
Bill made tbs nsrt fifty yards on hi'
back, he still most unwilIingly retaining
/ his hold on the rope. Fortunately, the
COW overlook Sam, and, in return for hi:
Kindness in picking up the calf, she
! picked hitn NO on her horns and threw
/ him over into Nj. Csrlyle's yard Bill
who was rather tired of chasing the COW
thought he would climb over and se'
what Sam was doing. The COW appeared
to understand. .sinksss in that direc
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-22
The Decline of Silver.

For many centuries past there has
been a gradual decline in the value Of
silver as compared with gold down to
1879, when. an unexampled depression
began, reaching the lowest point during
the following year Since then its value
has fluctuated, so that the metal COM
tanned in n silver dollar has been worth
in gold only from So to 90 cents. II is
now worth about 81 cents The follow
ing shows the relative value of gold and
silver at different periods, beginning in
the fifteenth century and coming down
to the present wear.
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BITS OF INFORMATION.

A TON Of cast iron contains about five
cubit feet
THE very best of steel is improved by a
very slight alloy Of silver.
IT has been estimated that the earth
has fifty-three hundred millions of mill
ions of tons of air, and about $50 times
as many tons Of water as of air.
If history is to be believed, Phatyllus
of Crotona could jump distance of fifty
six feet.
In February, of the year 1717, there
was remarkable snow-storm through
ont New England, the snow falling for
six consecutive days and nights.
The inventor of gaslights is said to
have been Frenchnan, Phiilippa lie
Bon. engineer of roads and bridges,
who, IN I772, adopted the idea of using,
for the purpose of illumination, the
gases distilled during the combustion Of
wood.
THE Egyptian obelisk, now in New
York city, was originally set up in He'll
opolis Herodotus speaks of the two obe-
lisks Zone of which is the New York one)
at Alexandria, and Rawlinson fixes the
date of their remOnal from HeliopOlis at
1463 j. G. According to that, their age
is 3043 years The companion Obelisk
is in London, England.
The origin of many Of the curious
English tavern signs Is explained in IN
the Year Hound. What was formerly
Boulugue Mouth has become Bull and
Mouth; Cwur Dore Golden Heart) Is
now Queer Door Bacshanals has been
turned into Bag o Nails Peg and Was
sail (referring to an old custom) into Pig
and Whistle; George Canning into
George and Cannon, and God Eucom-
passed Us into Goat and Com passes. a
gaming house, kept by a Frenchman,
bore the sign Pique ct Carreau Spades
| and Diamonds), which, under the next
occupant, an Englishman, who didn't
understand it, became Pig and Carrots.
TAKrNa tile States in alphabetical or
der their nickuames are as follows Ala
bama, Lizard State Arkansas. Tooth
pick California, Golden State CGlora-
do. Rover; Connecticut, Wooden Nut
meg; Delaware, Muskrat, otherwise
the Blue Hens Chicken Florida, the
Beaver State Illinois, Sucker; Indi-
ana, Hoosier Iowa, Hswkeye; Kansas,
the JAY Hawker Kentucky, Corn
Cracker Louisiana, Creole; Maine,
Fox, otherwise Lumberj Maryland,
Gray Vampire; Michigan; Wolverine ;
Minnesota, Gopher; Mississippi, Tad
pole; Missouri, Puke; Massachusetts,
Bay State Nebraska, Big Eaters Ne
vada, Sage Eea New Hampshire, Old
Granite New Jersey, Blde, -or"etimes
Clam Catcher; New York, Knickerbock-
er, or Empire North Carolina, Old
Tar Ohio, Buckeye; Oregon, White
Foot, or Hard Case; Pennsylvania,
Broad-brim Rhode Island, Gun Flint
South Carolina, Palmetto, or Weasel
Tennessee, Whelp Texas, Beet Head
Vermont, Green Motlntain yirgigis.
Pitch Wisconsin. BsS.a.ss.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-22
Electricity in the HunIan Body.

Most people are familiar with the
''spark" which may be produced under
certain conditions by stroking the fur of
a cat; and travellers in Canada and other
cold, dry countries have witnessed
the still more remarkable phenomenon
of the human body being turned into a
conductor Of electricity, and the posi-
bility of lighting the gas by merely
placing ones finger-giving the neces-
sary conditions of electrical excitement
near the gas Jet, without any other
agency Mr. A. W. Mitcheson, the
African traveller, who is engaged in writ
ing a narrative of his exploring expedi-
tions in Western Central Africa, gives
some still more startling facts. He states
that, one evening, when striking an
African native, In a moment of anger,
with cowhide whip, he was astonished
to see sparks produced, and still more
surprised to find that the natives them
selves were quite accustomed to the
phenomenon. He subsequently found
that very light touch, repeated several
times, under certain conditions of bodily
excitement, and in certain states of the
atmosphere, would produce a succession
OF sparks from the bodies of native men
as well as native cattle. A lazy negro,
1t seems, yielded none of these signs of
electricity, rather unfortunate circum-
stance for his more active brethren, who
may possibly come in for share of un-
deserved fiogging from the hands of fu-
ture travellers in search of electrical
phenomena among the human race We
are not aware that these facts have been
recorded by other travellers, but they
certainly deserve thorough sitting by
competent observers. London Lancet.
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A Deserted Village.

Years ago Mr.. Boomer, young man
from New England, appeared in the then.
and still solitary country on the lower
Usage river, in Missouri. Missouri was
a slave country and this was about the
most unprogressive part of it. though
near the capital of the State. The young
New .Englander set a thousand men at
work getting out lumberin the forests
that line the stream. He conceived the
idea, too, of founding in the Missouri
woods New England village, and stores,
mills and many dwellings arose on a slop-
ing hillside on the river and the village
was called, after a cliff on the opposite
shore, Castle Rock. The enterprising
founder built little church, with the
proviso that any denomination of Chris
tians might occupy it.
All went we'll and for time there was
no such village anywhere rs Castle Rock.
Then came the war. The people of the
country were divided in sentiment.
Boomer rallied the Ioyalists of the neigh
borhood and joined a. Missouri regiment,
marched away to the southwark, rose to
a lieutenant colonelcy and fell in one of
the battles around Vicksburg. With his
death a blight fell ron his ambitious
plans, framed, as his letters published
after his death showed, not in the interest
of business alone. but for the best good
of the people among whom his lot had
been cast. No friendly hand took up his
work The sound of theringing ak was
heard no more along the Usage. The
great business he had built up ceased,
andsa few years ago the village of Castle
Rock had almost ceased tosexist, except
in Ilames The mills were silent. Dusty
ind forlor1t weeds encroached upon the
highways and the door of the deserted
church swung idly. to and fro. The dream
of a New England village, with its week
day business and its Sunday calm, in the
wilderness had faded away forever.
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A Jest Ending in Earnest.

A Young gentleman and young lady
who were acquainted met on the street
and commenced bantering each other
about marriage He offered himself III
a testing way, and the conversation was
kept up until they reached the young
ladv's home Neither had the slightest
idea of getting married at the time, but
Cupid was at work shooting arrows, and
the discussion was resumed in the par-
lor. He again offered himself, and
dared her 10 marry him that day. She
replied, as she csnght up her hat, Let
us 60" He seized his hat and assented.
They visited the County Clerks office,
secured q license and repaired to the
residence of a clergyman, stating the
object of their visit He asked if il was
runaway match The young. man re-
piled. ''Not exactly" The clergyman
Wished R to know if the young Ia6ls7as pa
rents had agreed TO the marriages. The
Young man said ''No, but that he could
send for her mother" 1t was done,
and the mother, after obiecting, was in
duced to saw Eyes" They were mar
ried. and are now as happy as any OF
| those who married after long courtships,
and more SO, perhaps. May they live
long and prosper. er.-Memphis, (Ze'a'.)
appeal,
AMONG s'thingsnot generally known" is
the fact. vouched for by Lucian Herbert
in a recent issue of the AAgen1ein6
Zeituno, that the late Emperor NaPo-
leon III. devoted a considerable por-
ton of the time he passed in seclusion
after the failure of his celebrated Bou-
logne enterprise to the translation OF
Scbiller's poetical works. While an
inmate of the Conciergerie he made a
French metrical version of the fOde tc
tbe Ideal" :" which he subsequently sent,
when in the height of his power, to an
ilIustrious lady who had expressed de-
sire to peruse it. The translation was
accompanied by the following letter:
esFIvsee. April, 185S.-Madame, In COM
pliance with your wishes, forward you
nv version of Schiller's ode to the
Ideal Am l right in SO doing? May
presume to submit the complaints OF
soul bewailing shattered hopes TO one
who of all others is the most capable oi
resuscitating them? Accept, Madame,
the assurance of my respect Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte. His Majesty ano
his brother, the Grand Dnke OF Berg
became colloquially familiar with the
German language in their early youth,
and spoke it fiuently throughout lie
Int we believe Napoleon was not gener
olIv credited with such mastery OF tina
tongue as would appear to be implied by
the fact that he was equal to the ardu
ous task of rendering Schiller's poetlca
Inspirations into French verse,
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Proportionate value Of

Ihe Chicago Inter ocean, ,srin repro
duclng the above table, says: Exactly
what has Occasioned the relative increase
IN value of gold and the decrease In
value of silver as compared with gold,
1t Is extremely difficult TO say" The ex-
planatlon usually given by writers on
the subject, and doubtless the true eS-
planatiun, Is that it was caused by the
discovery of the silver mines in Mexico
and Peru lay Che Spaniards, and the enor-
nous increase in the worlds stock of
silver which followed the opening of
those mines. considerable period
elapsed after America began to pour its
silver wealth upon Europe before this
consequence was clearly manifested, but
1t gradually operated until, from requir-
ing little more than eleven ounces OF
silver 70 equal in value an otince of gold.
an ounce Of gold became worth over fif-
teen ounces of silver A state of ap-
proxlnate equilibrium had been reached
IN the eighteenth century and the oscil-
lations In the price of silver for a long
TIME ranged within narrow margin
above fifteen. 4 new and more rapid de-
preston set in about 1875. This. no
doubt, resulted in part from the discovery
OF lmmense- veins of silver in Nevada
and the production therefrom of silver
bullion at rate never before witnessed,
and in part from the decentralization OF
silver by Germany, followed shortlyafter
by the practical prohibition of its further
coinage bythe States of the Latin Union.
The demonetization of silver by the
United States in 1873 had little, il any.
influence in depreeiating silver. For
many years silver had not been in circu-
lation here. and the action of the govern
- - IIermany had been n country without
49, lafior, op1
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A SUBSCRIBER to Southwestern no S,s.
paper died recently, leaving a four vars
subscription unpaid. The editor an.
peared at the grave and deposited in lie
coffin palm leaf fan, linen coat and
O Thermometer - "--N
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II thou dost bid thy giri farewell, 4'
But for one hour though that farewell may be,
Press thou her palm. old man, how cans't tnoutef
How far from thee
Fate or caprice may lead her feet,
Ere thy next interview. Girls have been known
To lightly turn the corner OF street,
And days have grown
.r.
To months, and months 10 tagging years,
Before they lookedinto loving eyes again--a
That Is in yOurs-and We have OthertearS ss5
But can't EXPLAIN @-ft ~ -
Therefore, lest sundry whims should come be
tween,
Or some new -masher --clasp with pressure true
The waist OF her who goeth fOrth, and'lean
And kiss her tool W
Nea, ind thou always time 10 chin
some music In between the smile AMI mrk,
a. collar thou the present, and set in
Get in thy work.
-Cgf-tg Saub>1Sa.
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A Family of Chronic Laughers.

= A preposterous story originates in
sFrenehtown, New Jersey, of q farmer
and his family of sons and daughters
who live near by They are chronic
Alaughers, and when the fit is on them.
can no mora restrain their -cachinnation
than well-regulated clock can keep
from ticking This unfortunate and
grotesque malady attacked the father
first about ten years ago, and since then
all the other members of the family have
successiYelYs seen the joke.and. began to
laugh. These spells occur twice day,
and leave the family little exhausted.
possibly, but in no other respect the
worse for wear. The neighbors have
become accustomed to the thing, and
think nothing of seeing their old friends
going about their daily ayocations ina
roar of laughter. Charles the eldest
son, who had held out agaist the infec-
tion for years, and entertained reasona-s
bic hopes that he alone should escape.
had the modification to undergo his first
attack while he was In the very act of
proposing for the hand of Harrisburg
girl He had succeeded in conveying to
the young lady ansidea of the state of
his heart, but had not arrived at that
point where even smiles were in order,
when he burst into immoderate laugh
ing, which so frightened the object of
his devotion that she fled from the room.
She subsequently listened to an explana-
ton, However, and is now member of
the family circle. Several grandchildren
are now in existence, all of whom, with
a single exception, inherit the sssladY
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A NATURALIST has found that spiders
are completely deceived by the sound of
a tuning fork, mistaking it for the buzz
of fly.
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were 1,.- e, when o.! lshms ms and and to to

were when 6f..5yl = Came and told
them that the contract was that they
should put the COW in the yard. Instead
of that the COW had put them in the
yard, so the dollar belonged to himself
as the owner of the cow.
1T is thought lawsuit will grow out
of the matter. GdLuestOn Net0s.
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first. am going 20 ccS9
tongue, and Angel VIII make frirszzl'
and we have NJ. Blots recipe for choco-
late. I'm really sorry that mistook
you for a burgler.
cor crazy man, said Angel, apollo.
getically.
"And we viii entertain you as hospita-
bly, as mus lies, " added 10, with mis-
chieyous sparkle in her eyes.
Mr.. Marmaduke Framingham was af-
terwards heard to say that he never spent
so delightful an evening in his life. He
engaged board at the Dairy Farm the
next day, and instead Of following his
sister to the city, strayed down among
the glens and braes.
And when Josephene Fr0st's month OF
vacation expired she went back to the
city to resign her position in the gram
mar school. - =
81 am going TO be married, she con-
fessed, blushing very prettily, when the
mistress asked the reason why.
So Miss Angela Frost went on alone
with her career in life, and Mrs. Marina
duke birmingham settled down for hfe
at Ivy Glen.
For" said she, 81. think it is the
sweetests spot in all the world
$50 do IT, said her young husband.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-22

IT is one thing to love truth and to
seek it for its own sake, and quite an
other to welcome as much of it as tallies
with our impressions and prejudices.
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4"Af BABE" says a writer, ''is a
mothers anchor. You are just shout
ing. She finds she Is anchored to the
house FOR about three ye,frs. Detroit
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AsHMEAD and the Baroness are just as
happy as two sucking doves Aunt
writes us that he calls her "Burdie, " and
she keeps her new teeth in his shaving
mug. Bless the dear old girl; she al
ways was a giddy thing. Ha,0keye.
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ribbons, the chairs were freshly drapec
with chintz, and fairy work. basket
stood beside the sofa, while unon tbr
table lay a fiower-twined gipsv-ba :
bunch of wild-howers, and pair Of The
! tiniest gauntlet-gloves that Mr.. Framing.
ham had ever set eyes upon.
sHellor' said NIarmadnke: 'Ion,s 90,
girl-company. And she's put EN- in
here, by Jovew
He struck match, lighted the prettilv
I painted candles in the brass sconces and
stared blankly around him. Attbe same
snoment, n clear, flutelike voice sounded
below stairs.
Come in, Angel, quick Goodness.
how the rain drives in at the door!
What's this in the hall? A-maa'sooatlp
.'Burglars" shrieked Miss ANGELA
who was not strong-minded in practice
as she was in theory.
''And there's q light up stairSe
cried Jo.
Preserve usl' said Angela, beginning
to tremble; ''the house is on fiRl 10,
10, don't stir a step! / insist that you
shall not go up stairsi"
But Miss Josephine deity evaded her
sisters grasp, and rushed directly up to
tue little WHICH SIl6 NSA--
fisticated to her own use.
"Who are uou. sir?" she sternly de-
manded, as standing in the doorway, her
gaze fell upon Mr.. sAIarmaduke Franz
ingham.
IL beg your pardon" began that
gentl eman.
Z Leave the housed" said 10, in the
imperial accents of Queen Elizabeth con-
l0111nfprr ~ 1,a,- 20 Hnafh
"JO, 10, dOn't?' pleaded Angela, who
had crept up in her sisters shadow, and
was now tugging atsher dress. :" Fer
haps he's got band of accompllces our
side-perhaps he's crazy mani
3" Ladies'" said Mr. Framingham, If
you viii only permit me TO explain.
'N'othiRg scan explain an intrusion
like. this" declared Josephine.
"My sister, Mrs. Fitch, the occupant
of this house"
7 =" We are the occupants of this hOuse!"
inexorably interposed Miss Frost. Mrs.
Fitch has left the premises these three
days ago."
IL assure you," said NIarmaduke, |
''that was quite ignorant of any such
change of arrangements. 1 have been
on fishing excursion up the hiAs and
supposed, Of course, that my sister was
here"
a ("Pm quite sure he is.n crazy mani"
isterpOsed Angel, soto Uoce)
s9 "And as it is such stormy night, l
beg only to be allowed to pass the night |
in the barn. concluded the supplicant.
''Your Sister left word for you at the /
Dairy Farm, said 10. severely.
'BRtnI came around by the other /
road, said Mr.. Framingham, abjectly. |
The humor of the thing was too much /
for Jo-she burst out laughing.
''Angei, do stop twitching, my dear"
said she. Yes, you may sleep IN the
barn, Mr.-Nir." " -
s'Mr. Framin0ham lad:..uul
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:. THE, photographer is always getting
negatives from pretty girls, and the more
ne gets the broader he smiles.
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ever in the bullion market would have
followed. 1t was the fact that the action
of Germany threw hundreds of millions
of that metal on the market. which gave
it Importance, and. with the immense
production of the Comstock lode, led TO
a sharp decline in bullion. on.-Erchdrge.
, 1881-03-19

THE dispatches from Constant1nople illdi-
cnte tliat the Ambassadors OF the Powers
now In session there nre disposed to ccde
the Island Of Creto to Grcccc, IN adttltlon to
the territory oil tho main land which Turkey
has announced SHE Is willing to give. Tho
island forms the southern limit OF tile Grecian
Archipelago, and extends from east to west
about 1G0 miles, while Its nycragu breadth Is
twenty miles, and will ndd to Greece about
$500 square miles, and II population which In
1871 was a70,oo0. Of whom 2oo, coo were Chris
tians, Go,000 Mollalnmedans, a,0o0 Jews. and
the remainder foreigners. It's tolerabty for
tile, but not more tllan orc-thlrd of 1t is cul-
t!Yated. Its products are olives, ra!sins. flgs
nlmonds, ciestnuts. oranges, lemons, and
silk. The commerce il principally III tho
hands Of tho Turks, who livu III tho cities,
though the bulk OF the population, living iii
tho villages, Is Greek.
, 1881-03-19

A PROVOKING typographical error In tho
Washington dispatches Of THE TnlnUNE
yesterday nude it appear tint ex-Sheri!f
Hoffman, ind used language derogatory Of
tho character of Mr.. A. G. HcsIng. The
name should lave been printed "Ilcrscy."
The corrected dispatch would then read:
4 Jtspntch was received hero to-dny from cx-
Sheriff Hutlmunn. OF Chicago, referring to tho
AIldnvttR He'd aXainst Jones' by fffFTeH. stating
that when he Uloftnarr,) was Sheriff OF Cook
County {itrxeB was for como time under hts
special supervision ns Sheriff. and TINT lf Jones
wanted any testimony from ltotflnntn III regard
to him, It could he had.
Hesing had filed no aflltlnylts III relation
to Jones, but Ilersey lad; IL should have
been plain, therefore, from tho context that
Hersey, not Hesing, WIS referred to. En-
Sheriff Hoffman, las,lo charges Of uny kind
to make against Mr.. 11cs1ng.