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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

Many an otherwise pleasant letter has
been spoiled by words which the writer
meant as a Jest, but which the reader
took in earnest A pleasantly depends
on other things besides the words ut
tered. Along with itngo the manner Of
the speaker, the tone Of his voice and the
expression of his face. None of these
can be put on a cold sheet Of paper, and
so the letter of the sort I here complain
of gives pain instead of the pleasure in
tended.
1t can not be read with the emphasis
with which the writer would read 1t.
The reader catches no half-blown smile,
no suppressed mefriment on its cold, I'M
movable face, as be might if he could
have looked on that of his correspondent
when the epistle was penned. The ex-
pertinent is thus dangerous one 10 try,
If we value the feelings of others and
care to retain our correspondents.
We can hardly blame others if they
misconstrue our words. We are liable
to do the same with the words of others.
All the punctuation Of exclamation
points viii not make up for just one
twinkle of the eye IN a conversation.
| would say to young folks (and others,
too, for that matter) don't Joke on
paper. You may be sorry for it. A
sheet of paper cant smile, or modulate
the tone, or shrug the shoulders, or con
vey the delicate emphasis that indicates
that fun is meant and not seriousness.
Many misunderstanding have risen
from the habit of using playful sarcasm
in friendly correspondence. Prolonged
alienation of warm friends has often
times resulted from the most uninten-
tional attempt at humorous satire or
some innocent Jest in n letter.
If you have not the habit don't get
into it; if you have, do get out of it.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

A new squash has recently been intro
duced into this country from japan. 1t
is a very distinct variety in every par
ticular, and has thus far proved yalu-
able acquisition to our list. 1t is of the
turban class, and grows of moderate,
uniform size; stem very long and thin,
woody and angular, set in a rather deep
circular depression; surface deeply
ribbed, skin warted in its early stages /;
color dull orange green; dark when full
ripe. The flesh is of the deepest orange
hue, and flavor most exquisite, dry,
sweet, fine grained, and has positively
no fiber, quality not found in any other
variety. Another popularity of this
valuable variety is its thick, solid flesh,
leaving very little room for pulp, and
having very few seeds, which are small
and not 50 plump and white as those of
the Hubbard. 1t is also late keeper,
though not so late as the latter, not
having such a hard and shell-like skin.
For pie it cannot be surpassed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
0nr Mothers.

In the formation of our characters we
owe to our mothers moro than TO any
other human agency, for 1t IS their
hands that first Irvine the tendrils of our
hearts, guide our footsteps Alright, lead
rs in the path of virtue, and in the
dark, dreary night Of pain, their watch
full vigils keep beside the couch Of their
dear ones. Whose but the au-seeing
eve Of Jehovah can fathom the depths
Of anxiety they feel, and who can tell
of the ceaseless prayers which they offer
for their sin-stricken children?
Their influence ever shines with an
unsullied light which sOftens and purifies
the wayward impulses of the youthful
mind, and guides it onward In its course
toward heaven. How, then, can We pay
Just tribute to our mothers-with what
measures of gratitude and affection shall
we reduite them for their maternal care
To those who have lost their mothers
in early life there Is a hallowed spot,
sacred to memory, where they retrospect
the past-recall days ana nights when
when their mothers kept watch over
their sinless years, and where they may
look forward, with faith and hope, to the
blessed reunions of the everlasting fu-
ture
Friends may he torn from our hearts,
hopes may be blasted, and our love for
others may grow cold. yet every princi-
pie of gratitude and every feeling of
virtuous sensibility requires that we
should cling to our mothers and love
them still
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
Imitation Precious Stones.

The really beautiful imitation stones
made in Paris consists of a very pure,
transparent, and lustrous glass, called
Strass, after its inventor, which is fire.
quently colored with the same metallic
oxides rs real precious stones. Thus the
color of the topaz is obtained from anti
mony and gold; that of the ruby from
purple of Cassius Ga stannate of tin with
stannate or oxide of gold, or from a So
luton of gold in aqua regia nitro
muriatic acid). The well-known Bo-
hemian ruby glass is produced by cop
per, and commoner kind by iron. Some
of the finest yellow glass is colored with
silver. The first precious stone to be
successfully produced by artificial means
was the lapis lazuli, the sapphire of CLASH
cal times, but by no means to be con-
founded with the sapphire of the modern
ieweler, though closely related to it.
Lapis lazuli Is an Opaque stone of an ex-
quisite corn-fower blue, and was highly
priced by the ancient Indians, Assyrians,
Persians, Jews, Egyptians and Greeks.
Freed from impurities and rubbed down,
it gives the ultramarine used by medic
val artists for the robes of the Madonnas; :,
and In their day it was worth its weight
in gold, the purchaser of a picture hav-
ing always to pay extra for its use. Its
rarity and the cost of preparation make
the true ultramarine still worth from ten
shillings to fifty shillings the ounce.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
German Emigration 10 America.

The growth of the stream of emigration
from Germany TO the United States has
attracted even more attention in Ger
many than here, and the government
there Is at its wits end to stop it without
striking at the root of the matter-the
heavy burdens imposed on the people by
the large standing armies. NJ Wrandl,
who is described as an American citizen
OF Hungarian birth, tried To get perInis-
sion to lecture on emigration in Berlin,
but his application was steruly refused.
the authorities evidentlyfearing that any
agitation Of the subject viii increase the
exodus still furthur In Schleswig.
Prussia proper, and Posen, whole vii
lagos are described as having been aban-
doned, the inhabitants going chiefly to
Illinois and Nebraska According 10 the
Berlin correspondent of the London
Times, a new experiment Is the founding
of German Socialist colony in Texas,
where the great problem of how to keep
everybody as poor as everybody else is
to be worked out once more.-N'ct0 York
Graphic.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
Color.BIindness.

There is no human infirmity more GU
rious than is color blindness; and scarce
ly any other about which so littla is
known. The oldest thing about il. per-
haps, is that it is not certain, or even
likely, that the person who is afflicted
with this color blindness is aware of the
defect
Color blindness is an inability to dis
tinglish colors. Those who are wholly
color-blind can see no more than the
forms of things, but cases of total alb
sence of the power to perceive color are
very rare In most persons who are
lacking in this respect, the infirmity ex.
tends only to certain cOlors. One man
cannot perceive a red color; another
green; another blue, and SO on.
This partial colOr-blndness Is not I'M
common. Examinations by experts
seem to show that about one in every
twenty men Is defective in the perception
OF color; and 1t is asserted that the defect
Is not so common IN women as IN men.
Probably not many readers of this pa
per are conscious that they are color
bind. Yet, If occulists are correct, and
four or five in every one hundred per
sons are deficient in this respect, the de-
tects assume proportions that command
attention, for the reason that there are
many occupations in which a quick and
accurate perception of color is necessary
The lack Of it may render success impos-
sible.
There are many ways of testing the
eye, to find out If it Is color-blind. The
best is to put into the hands Of person
worsted of various colors. and ask him 10
separate the pieces into red, blue, green
aud other colors; and then to shade them
from light to dark \ man who is color
ulind viii usually make mistake in as
sorting the colors, in the first four or five
pieces given him for examination.
Another test Is to see il a person can
read red letters printed on a black
ground \ third Is to cover a blue sheet,
printed with black letters, with thin
white tissue paper To the perfect
vision, the letters viii appear yellowish
brown. Ifthey are black letters printed
on a red sheet, they viii appear green
under the paper.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

DR.. Beddoe read a paper before that
exceptionally serious body, the British
Naturalist Society, and what DIR. Beddoe
was after in his paper was to prove that
English peoples heads have been stead
lily getting hitler and hitler right straight
along during the past five and twenty
years; to prove ''the gradual diminution
of the dimensions of the human head In
this country in the last quarter of a cen
tury"-as he put it in his solemn old
scientific way. Now, DIR. Beddoe is not
at all a person to be trifed with in any
matter relating to bones. Twice has he
been President of the Archaeological
Society; he has written a book on the
Stature and Bulk of Man on the British
Isles" and he "has largely applied the
numerical method to ethnOlogy." In con-
Quoting his present researches he seems
to have measured terrible lot of heads
in order to get the thing settled; and the
result of all his measurements being
added up and then divided by the total
of the heads measured warrants him In
making the shocking announcement that
"the average shrinkage is one-seventh OF
an inch" We gather that DIR. Reddoe
means not that the English head has
fallen in a seventh of an inch each year,
but that it has fallen in that much in
the whole quarter of a century" But
this is bad enough. The average head
is ten inches thick; and so it is easy
enough to see that if the English people
keep on shrinking at their present rate.
at the end of just 1, 750 years there will
not be q man, woman, or child in the
Kingdom with any head at ALL This is
applying the numerical method to eth
nology" with a vengeance. PhiIadeI-
Ihia Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
Violent Deaths Among Rnlers-

The violent deaths of rulers during the
last thirty years form a startling list.
They begin with the Duke of Parma,
Ferdinand Charles III, whowas MORALLY
stabbed by an unknown man in March.
1854, dying a few days later La April,
1865, President Lincoln was murdered
by John w. Booth. In June, 1868,
Prince Michael Of Servia was assassin
ated In 1870, Gen. Prim, who occupied
SO controlling an influence in Spain that
he may well be included in the list, was
killed in Madrid In 1872, the Governor
General Of India, Lord Mayo, was as
sassinated In 1871 Gen. Melgarijo,
Dictator Of Bolivia, and in 1872, Presi-
dent Balta of Peru were murdered; while
the same fate, in August, 1875, befell
President Moreno of Ecuador, at Quito.
Shortly after, Prince Krapotkine, Gov
ernOr of Kharkoff, was assassinated in
1879, and now the Gar of Russia is
added TO the catalogue. Many more
names, including those of England,
France, Prussia, Austria, Spain, Ger
many, Italy, Greece, Egypt and Japan,
would have to be added, were the unsuc-
cessful attempts at assassination in the
last thirty years to be also enumerated.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

THE pr7ductiveness of the apple
pear, peach, and pun trees, and OF
gooseberry and currant bushes, etc. may
be increased and the size of the fruit CON
siderably enlarged by pruning-that is,
by shortening in the shoots of the last
years growth, leaving only spurs a few
inches in length. Failures in tree
planting too often arise from the mis-
taken notion that when the roots of a
tree are once in the ground, the work is
done. After tree carefully planted
it should be mulched with leaves straw.
tan, or any similar material, not so
thick as to exclude the air, but sufi
cient to retain the moi ture in the soil;
for although there may be plenty of rain
early in the season, the chances are
that drought more or less severe will
follow
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

william J. CoughiH Of somerviile, Mass, says: ''Ia
the ll 1870 taken with hlsetags az le llur4,
followed by severe cough. lost my appetite aud
hash. and was confined o. my bed. tn I--- uas adj
mted the hospital. The doctors said had hole
nv lung bg hall dollar. At one time report
went around that dead gave up hope, bltt o.
friend told IL DE. william Hans BsI-AM FOR EHE
LuvGs. got bottle, when, 90 ms SURPRISE, come
feel better, and today feel better than
three years past. write this hoping every afflicted
with diseased lungs wi take DR. VILLAS HAL,'s BAL
SAN and be convinced that c1ssuaPrIoS cuHFp.
] can positively say has done good than 90 ia
other medicines 1 have taken since ms sickness"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

ISDIGEsroS, dyspepsia, nervous prostration
and all forums of general debility relieved by
taking NENsaIAS's PErToNIzED BEEF Tone. the
only preparation of beef containing ~ entire
nutritious properties. It contains hlood-mak-
ing force-geueratiug and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; Is Invaluable in all eufeebled conditions
whether the result of exhaustion. nervous pros
tratiOu, oyerwork, or acute disease, particularly
If resulting from pulmonary complaints Cas-
well, Hazard i Co, proprictors, New York.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
OLD LETTERS


lis only package of letters,
All faded and yellow with age,
But their lines always will cherish,
Though famine and war may wage
For friend has kindly spoken
The words that they contain,
And our ties-they are now broken
But, perhaps we will meet again.
And now for years, have kept them
They have always been dear to my heart;
som times I think Ill destroy them
So memories from neil depart
It's then am cruelty reminded,
In after years TO come,
That when I feel sad, twill made my heart
glad,
To read the old letters again.
when my course in life has run,
And from Mother Earth hiss fed,
The friend who wrote those lines To me,
] hope-will think of me when lm dead
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
Can,tPreach Good.

No man can do good job of work, preach a
good sermon try a law suit well, doctor a pa
tient. or write good article when he feels mis-
cradle and dull, with sluggish brain and I'M
steady nerves, and none should make the at
tempt in such a condition when IT can be so
easily and cheaply removed by little Hop Bit
ters See Truths and Proverbs, other col
umu
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

ARTHUR is good at singing a rousing
song. Wen, Wheeler and Wilson have
both been Vice Presidents, and it is right
to give Singer a chance. Detroit Free
Press Yes; but we're tired of machine
men in the Office Boston Past. A-heml
Is that sew? What a Teller you arei-
Syracuse Standard Basic you all
You are too funny for any use. = Wash
jnQf0yt gazette.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
PROFESSOR SrocKBR1DGE before the

PROFESSOR SToCKBRIDGE before the
State Board of Agriculture of Connecti-
cut: "The soil is best plowed when it
is most thoroughly crushed, twisted and
broken, with the sod well covered. On
some kinds of land l would have fur
rows Tapped an inch, as the Canadian
farmers pillow. Let the air and water
have a chance to circulate underneath
the surface. Light lands, however,
should have fiat furrow if we wish to
make such lands more compact"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

II you will stop all your extravagant and wrong
notions in doctoring yourself and families With
expensive doctors or humbug cure-aIls- that 40
harm always, and use only natures simple rem
edies for all your ailments-you will be wise,
well and happy, and save great expense The
greatest remedy for this, the great, wise and
good will tell you, is Hop Bitters believe IL.
See Proverbs" in another column.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

They had been at the masquerade,
where she recognized him at once. "Was
it the loud beating of your heart, my
darling, that told you was near ?" muir
INJURED he. "Oh, no, she replied, 81
recognized your crooked legs.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

A NOTED cook boosted that there was
no kind of pastry which he could not
make, whereupon friend said there was
one kind of pie that he was sure he had
not skill enough to make. what pie is
that ?" asked the cook. ga magpie, was
the answer
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

MISS. J. r.. BENNETT & Co., Muske-
gon, Mich, thus speak: "St Jacobs Oil
is the best liuiment around here. We
sell more of it than of any other proprie-
tary medicine we have in our store. Our
customers are continually praising its
effective qualities; and we think that It
Is the best remedy for rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, etc, we have ever had In stock. ~
--Huscdtinc LO3ca) DdiiY Journal
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

THE city government serves the city
much as the shrewd old shoemaker did
his impatient customer. der poots ish
not guide done, but der beel ish made
out. -Pr0Uidence Journal
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

LIT it be understood once for all, CAROLINE,
a deOdorized extract Of petroleum, VIII posi-
lively restore hair to bald heads, and there Is
no other preparation under tine face Of the sun
that can accomplish this work.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

vine." And |, as his cherished wife, can
honorably assert never loved any one
half or a quarter as much as 1 love my
Cousin Jack
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

Mr. W. J. Melvin, Editor Warren,
Mass. HeraId, was cured of severe neu-
ralgaby thcuse Of St. Jacobs Ol.-Troy
~. y Press
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

For the following valuable statement from Mrs.
NJ. c. Arnold: warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure has done me worlds of good for
catarrh Of the bladder and female weakness"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
RENCTED FROu Death.

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, 1881-04-29

Tue organ rolled it's notes from the growing
diapason to the gentle flute; and the congrega-
ton accompanied by deep sepulchral coughs to
coughs scarcely audible, because they had not
yet heardof the wonderful efficacy Of Or. Bulls
Cnnnh Srr1n
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

Two souls with but single thought
two ragamuffins climbing over an or
chard fence, with a ferce-eyed dog in
pursuit
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

Threeyears have gone by since what 1
nave recorded took place. Perhaps
many people will say Jack Randall was
soft-hearted idiot to have anything
more to do with onewhoha treated him
as badly as l had done; but his motto
Is, that 10 err is human: to forgive di
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
What The Doctors Say!

For ALI Diseases az the Throat, LunRs and
Pulmonary Organs. il Will he found a
most e.xePiietr1 tfcgucSN.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29

As An EX7EcTORaNT IT HAS NO EQUAL
u CONTAINS 10 OPIUM IN ANY FORM.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-09

William y. Cougnlan, "a Somerville. Mas.
eays: I'm the iali ~ 1876 was taken with a
eiol<a bfsdinggf fhsf,ng<. followed bsa severe
cough 1 was admitted ~ the City Hospital.
While there the doctors said | had aho!c in nv
left lung - biz as = hall dollar uascnp hope,
but friend told me Of DIX. WN HklL's BALr
san FOR Tnr LuNos ! gct bottle. when 10
ms surprise Icommenccd % feel better, AMI To-
day feel In better spirits than have the past
afflicted with Diseased Lungsx take In. NM.
HANS BAf.sAM FOR THE LIMOS, and be con
WINGED that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUKKDn
Also assure remedy for Colds, Coughs. and All
Chest and Lung Diseases. Sold b. drukgists.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-09

There Is On amicable way Of ar
ranging All domestic disputes, II one Is
only willing % take little trouble. Two
hot tcmpers are not likely 10 make
things smooth, especially when il Il the
fashion 70 BE- extremely polite 10 stran-
gers, even when they are offensive, and
70 be cross 70 ones own. even when they
try % be agreeable. s'lIow DO YOU get
on with your wife noWadaysgr was the
question asked "Splendiily,r was the
reply; '.we have just discovered Sc
crct and II works admirably "And
pray what il it?'' was the next qucs-
ton. "Why, you zee, was the reply,
"my wife and are never at home al
the same time. When she comes in, /
90 out and when come in, She goes
out. The plan works admirably, and
We are both very happy"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-09

The vast wealth Of the Rocky Noun
tains region has come ID be an az knowl-
edged fact, % far a. gold and silver are
concerned, but the bulletin Of the Amer
lean Iron and Steel Association speaks
Of recent iron discoveries in the south Of
Utah which will prove source Of i'm
mense income 70 the country. The dis
covered metal comprises, 20 far as
known, thrty-eight mountains, consist
ing entirely 81 magnetic and specular
iron ore, which yields from 81 to 81 per
cent. metallic iron. To supplement this
find, large beds Of coal were discovered
IN the same vicinity
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-09


The States az the south. acting after the
manner Of the great railroads, have opened
> bureau for information a. 70 their re-
sources and attractions, IN New York. and
London and other European cities. The
bureau will have samples Of the agricultural
and manufacturing Interests or the South
and West for Tree exhibition. and for the In
formation or intending emigrante.
The press Of the South and West owe n 70
themselves 70 note the growth OF Their re-
spcctive centerS, and the special excellence
Or its manufactured products. This Il duty
which the press fuhlI~ Al over the world.
and one Of III highest missions and services 10
the people The supremacy of the West III
agricultural machinery II now conceded an
over the world, and the CHARTER OAK
STOVE WORKS has pushed 81. Louis 20 the
front IN this industry; but this superiority Il
attended with ther good results, the best
skill will in the future locate itself here.
and act indirectly On the nrichboring states
N supplying them with skilled labor and
building up other industries. This was the
plan the Western states adopted Ia building
M their respective agricultural and manu-
featuring interests. t6JV)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-09

The city fathers At Battle Creek,
Mich, have passed an ordinance pro-
hibiting the use Of barbed-w.re fences
inside the city limits Hard cider and
barbed fences sometimes play the mis-
chief with the playful citizen, and the
action Of the officials above named will
no doubt meet with whole cord Of APP
prevail
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-09

THERE 4 scarcely . person 10 be found
who Will not b. greatly benefited BY thor
ooueh course 81 kidney-Wort every spring.
II has the same effect --i'afiul.4m.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-09

We are % thankful 10 say that our baby
was permanently cured Of dangerous aud
protracted irregularity ~ the bowels BY the
the same time restored her 10 perfect health
and strength. The parents. Rochester. N.
y See another coiumn.-B.J alo Exprsss.