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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

We are endeavoring to LIT the people
to the plane of intelligence and material
comfort, and even luxury, in the matter
Of education, food, apparel and dwell
ings. While doing this we are, perhaps,
neglecting our manners and getting to be
somewhat too brusque and careless of
each others feelings. Every age, even
the worst, has had its good point, its
redeeming feature, which has been its
reason for being whatit was. The com
edies OF Shakespeare, which are full ofSa
delicate SC cial aroma that is exhaled by
its charming heroines, and is subtle and
fragrant as the odor of "a bank of vio-
let's. show that the fcudal times, bad and
dark as they were in mosts respects, had
at least a commodity of good manners in
their upper circles which are worthy even
of our imitation. -Boston Hor0td.
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In Three Hundred Years.

An English author named Willis d.
Hay has given to the world a very re-
markable book, entitled ''Three Hum
bred Years Hence" Hays work indi-
Gates his possession of a wonderful mag
nation He has endeayored TO tell
something of the world and its popula-
ton In 21Sl and his attempt bristles
with startling ideas and wonderful theo-
RES He describes the rise of Socialism
and predicts that the Land League agi-
tation viii involve Great Britain in a civil
war, which viii destroy her commerce
and pave the way Cor her downfall.
Upon the ruins Of crumbling empires
viii be founded a worldwide republic.
4 Yankee viii invent an annihilating
machine which viii make wars impossi-
bic. The disappearance Of armies and
forts VIII make the universal republic
stronger The new force Is discovered.
By means of this, man walks on the floor
OF the ocean and forces his way through
the bowels Of the earth. Great caverns
arc discovered at enormous depths, and
rs the surface of the earth becomes
crowded colonies are planted in these,
and mighty domes shaped like diving
bells, built upon the bed of the ocean
and running mp above the level Of the
water, afford temporary and permanent
abOdes to thousands. They cultivate
sea weeds, and vegetables, and fibrou
submarine plants for textile fabrics and
dyes Later the internal fires of the
globe are made available for heating
purposes. With their aid the frozen
regions around the poles are rendered
tropical The vine and banana flourish
there, and the long arctic night Is made
brilliant with electric lights In time
the population of the globe becomes so
dense that the Ecumenical Council, the
head-center of Government for the States
Of Humanity. decides that the four or
five millions of acres covered by the
habitations of men must be brought
under cultivation. The population of
the globe betakes itself to cities built
upon piles in the seas, houses are de
molished, and every inch of the earth's
surface is cultivated for food. The Cap
itol wherein laws are made for the world
is located at Terrapolis, a city of 10, 000,
600 inhabitants, built in the South
Pacific Sea 1t IS Ornamented with few
Of the most remarkable buildings III the
ancient world, including the Cathedral
OF Cologne, the Tower of London, the
Vatican and the great Pyramid.
4 book of this character ought to
make fascinating reading. How much of
truth there may be in it the reader alone
can determine The predictions which
Hay makes are founded upon scientific
data. 1t is a pity that we can't live tc
see the wonderful changes he has In his
minds eye.
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Twigs and Leaves.

Dryden has aptly remarked: "What
the child admired, the youth endeavored,
and the man acquired" No need of
spurs to the little Handel or the boy
Bach to study music, when one steals
midnight interviews with a struggled
clavichord III a secret attic, and the other
copies whole books of studies by moon
light, for want of a candle churlishly de
MED; no need of whips TO the boy painter,
West. when he begins in garnet and
plumbers the family cat for bristles to
make his brushes.
There was an intimate connection be-
tween the miniature ships which Nelson,
when boy, sailed ON the pond, and the
victories of the Nile and Trafalgar, be-
tween the tales and songs about fairies,
ghosts, witches, etc, with which the
mind Of Burns was fed in his boyhood
and the tales OF Tim O'Shanter.
Michael Angelo neglected school to
copy drawings which he dared not bring
home. Murillo filed the margin of his
school books with drawings lie Brun,
in childhood, drew with piece of char
coal on the walls of the house. Pope
wrote excellent verses ut fourteen. Mad
anne dc Stael was deep in the philosophy
of politics at an age when other girls
were dressing dolls
So Fergusons wooden clock; Claude
Lorraine's pictures on the walls of
bakers shop; Chantrey's carving of his
schoolmaster's head in bit of pine
wood; Napoleon pelting snow balls at
Brienne, were all hints of the future
man.
1t is said that when Rachel. the ac-
trcss. threw table cloth round her per-
son she was draped, on the instant, with
becomingness which all the n'odistos
that ever fractured stay lace, or circum-
located crinoline, never impaired to the
female figure before. She had genius
for it, as Brummell had for tying his
crayat. Thousands choked themselves
in initiating the Beau's knot. but in vain;
the secret died with him, and Is now
among the lost arts"
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REsCUED FROM DE .Tm.

NHanl J. t9lgIiIInl o. HollfIfIIei lassi sNys- II
the fall 1851 taken with blecdings Of the lungs
FOLLOWED by a severe cough. lost my appetite and
flesh sd ,vaseondned to my bed. In Is77 ad-
fntteat3 hospital The doctors said had hole in
my lue big as half dollar. ~ time rcpor
gouHd that I dead. gave up hope, bat
friendi0ld me Of Dr. WILLIAM Halls BALsAN FOR TH1
LusGs. got bottle, when, TO my surprise, com
mence feel better and to-day feel better than fo'
three years past. write this hoping every afflicted
with diseased lungs viii take DR.. WILLIAM HALL's BAL
SAM and be convinced that CONSUMPTION CAS- CURED
] positively has done good than all tn
OF Ger Incidence 1 have taken since my sickness
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How to Make a Tramp.

Next to spending money that You
meant to save there Is nothing IN the
world so easy to do as to make tramp.
Select any personal acquaintance who
loses his situation-and there are many
such-and when he comes to YOU to tell
you of his troubles, surprising you to be
friend, devote your time entirely to
explaining to him the various steps by
which he reached his present condition.
Tell him you are sorry, if YOU like, but
show him distinctly that YOU want to get
away from him as soon as possible.
When next he calls upon YOU, if in his
desperation he forgets his last experience
so far as to call, be careful to be very
busy and unable to talk with him. Cut
him severely if he wants to borrow
money and discourage him if he unfolds
any new business plan. If men in your
own business circle chance to mention
him IN your presence speak condescend-
lngly about him. Advise your wife not
to call at his house, for fear she may lose
caste by visiting bankrupt. and if your
children have been in the habit of visit
ing his family devise method of dissuad-
ing them. If you see him coming along
the sidewalk as if he would meet you,
look the other way. Do not invite him
10 any little party such as he has often
attended at your house. If the foregoing
directions are faithfully followed and
your friends act like you. as most OF
them may be depended upon to do, the
chances are that the poor fellow, if he
does not soon lind employment in thu
city, will send his wife home to her
mother, make some excuse to get out of
Town IN search OF a mythical business
chance, and then slowly but surely de-
generate into tramp; for what else can
he do?-Ne,o York Herald
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The Pope's PeenlInrities.

his Holiness Pope Leo Kill appears
to be decidedly enigmatical parsonage,
II we may trust the account given OF HIM
by the Roman correspondent of the
Cologne Gazette. The most striking fact
about him so far appears to he the slight
extent to which his character is known
either by the faithful at large or by the
inmates OF the Vatican. Every one knew
how Plus TX. lived: his hours were
allotted beforehand, and the same duties
always performed at the same moment.
There is total want of this regularity IN
his successor. He keeps late hours, and
has sometimes been fonnd bv his ser
wants at his desk in the early morning
half dazed after writing through the
night He has all his meals served to
him in the greatest privacy, is much
more sparing of audiences than was Plus,
and even his State Secretary and the
Cardinals can only see him at irregular
intervals. The great innovation he has
made has been his partial suppression
of the above mentioned official, who I'M
der Plus IN. practically administered
the affairs of the the Papacy. He has
set on foot a chancellery of his own, con-
sisting of three Private Secretaries, and
conducts his affairs with their aid quite
independently of the State Secretary,
and often over his head. 1t not unfre-
quently happens that orders go down to
the Bishoprics from the State Secretary,
and are cancelled in day or two by dif-
ferent orders from the Pope, or that the
Secretary brings papers to His Holiness
and tells him that he has settled par
ticular matter in such way, merely IN
order to be told that the Pope himself
had already settled it in quite different
way. One thing is clear, that Leo NIL.
means to be master in his own house;
but the exact aim and tendency OF his
policy is by no means equally evident.
But Leo comes from the eountIy OF the
Cioccari, and it is believed in Italy that
man from that district IS commonly
rather deep-a notion which appears
also to be strongly entertained by the
correspondent Pal MdH gazette.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

People who think China is n small
power are surprised to know that the
Tonnage of her mercantile marine is 4
100000. exclusive of the inland junk
traffic The tonnage of the United
States. including all the canal boats in
the country and all the river boats, is
but 4, 800. 900. Even England's tonnage
is only 600, 600. SO that China is press
ing close after England as a sailor
power
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Lnale.. pel,cate and FeebIc.

Those languid, tiresone sensations, causing
Won to feel scarcely able to be on your feeti
that constant drain that is taking from your
system all its former elasticity; driving the
bloom from your cheeks, that continual strain
upon your vital forces. rendering You irritable
and fretful. can easily be removed by the use
of that marvellous remedy, Hop Bitters- lr-
Irregularities and distractions of your system
arc relieved at once, while the special cause of
periodical pain are permanently removed. VIII
YOU heed this? See Truths.
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Chained by His ColIar.Bone.

A Buddhist priest was seen in Hange-
how asking for aims in the public streets.
He bore round his neck a heavy iron
chain, which on close inspection could
be seen to be attached to his body by
small silver chain passing around his
collar-b bone, through thefesh. Numerous
placards posted in the streets announced
that the aims solicited by the priest were
for the sake of rebuilding a stone bridge
in the neighborhood of Smashing. He
hoped, of course, that the sight of the
pain inflicted on himself would soften
the hearts and loosen the pursestrings of
the passers-by.-Japa'a Gazette.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

A Frenchman received draft payable
at three days sight at a certain bank.
The first day he presented himself at the
counter, and extended it before the pay
ing teller, and said, You see that
once" and folding the draft he walked
away. The next morning he appeared
again. and going through the same form
said. . You see that twice" The third
day he appeared once more, and said,
s0You see that three times; now you pay
him"
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Roru. Cer,incnte.

1t is no vile drugged stuff, pretending to be
made of wonderful foreign roots, banks. &c.
and pulled up by long bogus certificates of pre,
tended miraculous cures, but simple unre
effective medicine made of well known yaIn,
able remedies, that furnishes its own certif-
Gates by its cures. We refer to Hop Bitfers
the purest and best of medicines See seTruths''
and proverbs" in another column.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

Our City Druggists report an immense
sale of st. Jacobs Oil, saying the demand
is based upon the popularity of its sue
cess. Wherever it has been used, it has
proved its value thousand fold, aud re-
ceives its best encomiums from those who
have tried it-LaFdyette (Illd. Sun
CIQg Times
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

FIFTY years ago there was fish TO be
obtained for every person in New York:
now there is only half fish for each
one. This decrease in the fish supplv
will doubtless be remedied by the Ell
forts of the Fish Commission.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24
INn1aEsnoN. dYsnensla. nervous prostrc

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostratlon
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MESsMAN's PEPrONIzED BEEF Tonic. the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-mak-
ing, generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the result OF exhaustion, nervous pros
tration, oyerwork, or acute disease, particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

Az ENORMOUS TRAFFIc.-Pi Pittsburgh boasts
that $40. TAG bottles of CAROLINE have been
sold within the last six months. This shows
that the great army of baldheads will soon be
reduced to q corporaFs guard.
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Ladies' Attention.

ONLY the genuine axle grease has the name
of Frazer on every package, and wears longer
than any other.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

HEADACHE, bilious attacks, dizziness, and
loss of appetite. are cured by Kidney-Wort.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

IRIS MIGHTY strange, so it is" re-
marked Mulcahy, 'that the tinants av
ireland is the wuns to make all the
trouble. You wud expect now that it
wud be the landlords. "How's that
at all? Phwat are We givin' us?" said
O'Flannerty. "Why, dye moind now
it's the landlords that's the proper
rioters"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

CAsIpAN1N1 is worth S150,000. He
got it all for a song Boston Transcript:
And is still pursuing the even tenor OF
his way.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

LII IS impossible for a man to keep up
with the literature of the age. Barnum s
monstrosity with two heads and four eyes
might do it, but the ordinary scholar
must initiate the human flea nd-skip a
good deal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

Ask Druggists for it. 1t clears out rats, mice
reaches. bed-bugs, flies, vermin. insects. 15c-
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Susie's Dancing lesson

When Susie is fretful and peevish, -
which am glad to say is not ofteR,-
there is nobody who can put her in a
good hunor so quickly as her grown-up
sister Ann. She knows just how to deal
with the little girl.
Thus Ann will say: ''What is the mat
ter, Susie p "Are you hungry ?" ''No. "
"Are you sleepy" 'Not a bit of it. .
'Do you want me to tell you story ?"
''No." care you tired?' mo" 81
have it; you want good dose of exer-
else That is the very thing you need.
Come here now and I'll give you good
dancing lesson"
She takes Susie's hands, and whirls
her out on the floor before she has time
TO say word. Then Ann begins to
sing:
Here we go up. up, up,
And here we go down, down, down-y;
Here go this way and that,
And here go round. round, rouud-y,"
dancing all the time, and whisking Susie
about the room in such lively way,
that the child has to laugh in spite of
herself. Susie soon gets in high glee, and
always wants to have another dance.
"Whatw says Ann. Haven't you had
dancing enough? Well then, how
would You like fancy dance? Mind
your steps now. Do as you see me do.
Keep time with the music.
"Up and down, fast and slow,
Hop and skip, and away go;
Round and round and jump Jim Grow:
Oh, won't we dance the polka"
So the little girl is danced about until
she has to stop to take breath; and by
that time she is so full of fun, that there
is no room for a frown on her pretty
face.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

We want intelligent, energetic lady agents t
sell to WOMEN ONLY, an article Of real hygienlC
merit. For particulars and liberal terms. ad-
dress WAGNER & CO., Chicago, Ill.
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Abandoned.

We perceive, by one of our Massachu-
sets exchanges that DR.. Lorenzo Waite,
of Westield, an eminent physician of
Berkshire Co. strongly indorses st. ia
cobs Oil. With it he cured case of
Sciatica that resisted all regular profess
sional treatment, and that had in fact
been abandoned as incurable. -Albony
On " Daily Press and Knicker6ocker.
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Don't Take Any Chances ON Life
Onr Bad Manners.

When Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver euro
will regulate and keep YOU healthy at all times.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-06-23
From sprinrnsld. OHIO.

s~PRIsoRTELD, OHIO, Jan. 10Th, 1850
Dr.. J. II. scHEScK:
Dear slr-FTom q feeling Of gratitude and
q desire 10 benefit Others, l send You this
certificate that all may kaoW Of the virtue OF
your remedies. For over one year my case
seemed hopeless / had night swests. loss Of
appetite, a very severe cough and 4 complete
prostratiOn OF my whole system Ny ply
sieisn pronounced my disease Consumption,
! was reduced almost 10 q skeleton and ali
the medicines / took failed 10 give me any
relief. ! had fully made up my mind that I
was i~neurable, when an aequaintance recon-
mended your remedies had little faith in
them however, having lost all hope. but IN .
very short time after commencing Their use,
4 found 70 my great surprise that l was get
ting stronger and that my worst symptoms
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them until ! was restored 70 perfect health.
] assure you that language fails 10 express the
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preparing so good aud great . remedy.
Gratefully yours,
CATHERINB A. eTBvARI'
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Society circles a. Seymour, Ind.

Society circles at Seymour, Ind,
were never more profoundly shocked
than when Ernest UmbTight and wife,
of Redding township, were arrested.
They were charged with stealing from
rome neighbors a large amount OF bacon,
wheat, corn, sacks, queensware, pre-
serves, and sundry other articles. Much
of the stolen property vas found on the
premises of defendants. They were ar
rsigned and locked up In a private room.
The officer In charge stepping aside a
moment, Umbright crawled through the
transom over the door and broke for the
tall timber, since which nothing has
been heard Of him. The woman gave
bond in $500 and was released. She is
the owner Of a good farm, where she
lives. and until last june was one Of the
most gay and dashing widows jackson
County could scrape up.
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MIR. Isaac miller, Of Fort wayne, Ind,
Writes

February 7th, 1881.
Ten years ago l contracted a severe cold,
which brought me very low. ] went from
one doctor 10 another, getting prescriptions
from each, but the medicines they pfesedb-
ed seemed to do me no good. kept getting
worse aud worse, until at last l became 30
weak that II / vent any distance from my
house il seemed that l would never be able
70 get back. ! was In despair, aud had al
most given up all hope OF recovery. As a
last resort / went to strope's Drug Store, In
this city. and asked bim Il he had any medl-
cine that would help me. He said he had,
and he was so confident Of It hat he said,
"Here, take this bottle Of DR.. Schenck's Pub
monte Syrup and II Il does you no good you
need not pay for it.u ! took the bottle home
and commenced usIng II, as you directed, and
u worked like magic By the Time IL was
gone, felt very much better. ana so | got
another bottle which completed the cure.
have since used tho Pulmonie Syrup Ia
my family mauy times with the best resulta.
! have also recommended II 10 many friends,
among others, Mrs. HesscF, Of Plymouth,
Indiana, who had Consumption, and she was
cured In a very short time By its use.
ISAAC MILLER,
Engineer on Pittsburgh, Fl Wagne a Chie1-
go X. K Residence No. a. William street.
Fl Wayne, Indiana.
DA ~scHHNcK, Philadelphia, Pat
Dear Strive are vel acquainted with Mr..
Isaac Miller, and can youeh for the truth Of
tho statement be sends you IN regard 10 the
great benefit he received from The use Of
your medicines; fo1rs truly,
ID. Is. srR0PR & Co, DruggistA-
f. WATne. lad, Feb 9Th. 1851
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From La Porte, Ind.-Consumpuon
Cured.

On. s~cHESCK;
Ny wife was = victim 20 that horrible dis
ease-Consumption OF the Lungs The Doc
tor attended her for six weeks, she growing
worse al the time. Finally he told me that
be could do nothing more for her, and that
there was no hope for her recovery.
I had heard OF the cure Of a case Of Con-
sumption by the use Of your Medicines, and
a. = last resort / determ ned 10 try them on
my wi e ; accordingly / bought 3 single bottle
o. each-,he Puimonie Syrup aud SeaBeed
Tonic. When she had taken but this one
bottle OF each medicine she was able TO get
out Of bed and move about. boagh. more
OF the medicine for her, which she continue /
20 take until there was no further use for any
more; her lungs healed up and became sound
again. Nothing bat your medicines saved
my wife from the grave,
JoHN EH0ELsBgRGER.
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Prom the white House, rsEIn, III.

PsEIS lii, Nov. 81, 1879.
DR. J. H. s~cnESCk;
Dear sir-ln the winter Of 1872 | was told
by three prominent doctors that my wife had
Consumption, and that she could not live
until spring. Soon sfter this a friend who
lives Ia Dayton, Ohio, recommended your
Medicines 10 her, but having been told that
she vas iucurabls We had no faith In the m.
Her friend finally brought her = bottle OF
your Pulmonie Syrup aad Insisted on her Civ
ing II a fair trial She did so, aud thank God.
BY lie use, her life was saved. She is now en-
tiFely well.
am vel knoWn here, As well IS 10 Zanes-
vile, Dresden and Cochocton, aud would re-
fer you 70 the druggists and others In these
towns who viii remember my wife's case a.
a very bad one. have recommended your
Medicines 10 a great many, and have never
known them to fail ia making cures where
they have been given 4 fair trial.
! am induced n send you his By the
thought that It viii be Of such great use TO
suffering humanity.
A. W. WHTE,
Proprietor White House, Pekin, III.
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-Thirty.fiye wears AGO lhe land dno

-1hirty-fiye years ago the land upon
which the city Of Ironton, o., stands
sold for Sl7 per acre, To-day there is
q city Of ten thousand inhabitants, do
ing a business on a scale Of $3,O00,0 900
per mum. II is in the midst of the
rich Hanging-Rock iron district, which,
at the present rate Of consumption Of
iron ore in the United States, would feed
All the blast-furnaces in the Union for
224 YeArs.