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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04
MOTHERS BoYs.


Yes, know there are stains on my carpet,
The traces of small muddy boots;
And see your tair tapestry glowing,
All spotless with blossoms and fruits
And know that my walls are dishgured
With prints Of mall fingers and hands;
And that your own household most truly
All fresh IN its purity stands.
And | know that my parlor is Uttered
" ith many old treasures and toys
While your own Is IN dalntiest order,
Unharmed by the presence OF boys
And know that my room Is invaded
Quite boldly all hours of the day;
While Won sit in your own unmolested
Aud dream the soft quiet away
Yes, know there are four little bedsides
Where l must stand watchful each night !;
While YOU 90 out in yOui carriage,
And hash In your dresses 50 bright
Now, think I'm neat little woman;
like my house orderly, tho;
And I'm fond ri all dainty belongings;
Yet would not change places with you'll
No keep your fair nome with its order,
IT. freedom from bother and noise
And keep your own fsncifui leisure;
But give me my four splendid boys
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04
4 DecldcdIr Nem Game At Caras.


Paris correspondent gives this &C
count of a pretty game Of cards now
fashionable IN that city:
The participants were young ladies
and gentlemen who sat i'm equal numbers
on either side Of the table. The cards
were dealt out 10 each, and one hand.
like as IN euchre, settled each wager.
The wager played for in this game Is that
the lady or gentleman who gets the ace
of hearts and can take a trick with it, or
beat it with another card, has the option
to kiss any lady OF gentleman he or she
may select. If a lady IS the winner of
the successful trick, TINS option may be
used or not, as she elects and generally
she does waive her right; but II gen
tleman holds the lucky card, of course
he invariably exercises his right. The
result was that gentleman when he held
the ace of hearts was sure to get it passed:
If lady held it she almost ALWAYS had it
taken. 1t was quite a study to watch with
what perfect sang frOid the gentlemen
stood up to receive the stake he had won.
and with what cOnsummate grace the
lady bent her head TO one side so that
her lucky opponent across the table
should receive his full pound of flash.
not to mention the utter indifference Of
both to the presence of friends or
strangers sitting around. I do not know
how the players felt, but the watching of
a few hands played was sufficient 10 sat
isfy me that it was but poor game after
all. How it came about 1 don't know.
but | saw one gentleman win six canes
IN rapid succession and kiss the same
lady as many times. That DESTROYED all
interest | had up to that time taken 10
the game. 1t satisfied me that it was a
game IN which the cards could he so
manipulated that a poor player or a
beginner could have very little chance.
1t made me feel indeed that 1 would vet
prefer hand at euchre for the drinks
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

Malarial Fevers constipation, torpidity Of
the liver and kidneys, general debility, nervous
ness and neuralgia ailments Yield readily to this
great disease conquerOr, Hop Bitters. 1t re-
pairs the rayages Of disease by converting the
food into rich blood, and it gives new life and
vigor TO the aged and intirm always. See
proverbs in other column.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

4 HoRsE-CAR driver in Hartford had
occasion to stop and crawl under the car
to fix something. Two sympathetic men
on the walk seeing the form under the
car, and that it was motionless, believed
it had been run over, and Fastening up,
caught the driver by the feet and pulled
him out, very much to his profane as
tonishment-D 0nbtirN Nclos.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

INDIGEsTIoN. dyspepsia, nervous prostration
and all forms Of general debility relieved by
taking MESsATAS' s HEPTOSZEp BEEF ToNIC. the
only preparation Of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. IL contains blood maxi
ing. f0rce-gcnerating and sustaining prop
critics: Is invaluable in all cufeebed conditions
whether the resHlt OF exhaustion nervous pros
tration. Ovcrwork. or acute disease, particularly
II resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
we'll, Hazard & Co, prorrictors, New York.
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WE notice the following in an ex-
change: Mr. g. h. Haverer, Foreman
n Y. & y Ii. $. p. Co, suffered for
a ght days with terrible pain in the back,
almost to distraction, until he heard Of
and used St. Jacobs OIL, one bottle of
which cured him completely Dcs
N0iaes L0tcd State Register
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

AT Stuttgart, a student in love MI,
very pretty girl had repeatedly 49, ~itl .
to her parents for their consent 10 ~, a ,,n
riage. Receiving no reply. he no : l'iall
himself at the girls lodgings. Tba ~
day came letter with the parents, a ae,,
sent At the funeral the girl swaI1. con
poison, and fell lifeless into the a,,N 81 80
one of the choristers singing ~ tiis ~, -
grave. u lu0
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

We do not often speak Of any proprietary
medicine but from what have read and
heard Of Aliens Lung Balsam, shall take
the liberty OF saying 10 those who are troubled
with a Cold, Cough, or any Throat or Lung Az
lection, that from the testimony afforded, we
have such confidence in this article, that were
we afflicted in that way, We would make trial
Of its virtues Beware of the fatal consequent
ces Of neglecting This timely warning. Now,
before it is too late, use Aliens Lung Balsam,
which will cure the disease. Every druggist in
the land sells it,
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Editorial TroubIes

II an editor omits anything, he is lazy
if he speaks of anything as it is, he is
mad If he smooths down the rough
places, he Is bribed; if he calls things
by their proper names, he is unfit for
the position of editor if he does not
furnish his readers with jokes, he is
stupid; if he does, he is rattle-head,
lacking stability !; if he condemns the
wrong, he Is q good fellow, but lacks
discretion if he lets wrongs and injuries
go unmentioned, he is a coward if he
INDUCES in personalities, he is a black
guard il ne does not, his paper is in
sipid. In short, if he edits a paper
properly, and sticks TO truth and facts,
he is a fool, and doesn't know how TO
edit paper half as well as his readers
could.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

The main cause Of nervousness Is indiges-
ton, and that is caused by weakness of the
stomach No one can have sound nerves and
good health without using Hop Btters to
strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, and
keep tue liver and Kidneys active; to carry of
all the poisonous and waste matter of the sys-
TEN. See other column.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

FAMED by the charm of lovehness,
the independent and virtuous spirit
amalgamates with what IS earthly. Thus
it Is that love defies the dust, and brings
down upon earth that which IS heavenly.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

The oldest friends to-day the starrnchest
friends Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. ho~"
proven its great worth in all cases - iougn,,
Colds. Hoarscuess. Tickling in the Throat, Irri-
tation Of the Bronchial Tubes and Lungs, etc.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

EDGAR T. PAGE EsQ., Druggist, Writes
MS from Chicopcc Falls, that Mr.. Albert
Gueuther. under Wilds Hotel has uscd
that remarkable remedy, St Jabohs ON,
for severe case Of rheumatism and It
cured him, as if 10y magic lie also used
II with great success among hl~ horses,
in cases of sproius, sores. etc, and 1t
cures every time SpriHaacid (HoNS)
E,unLLi.lu
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

in Rochester than Mr.. VIM. NJ Arns..,,
With eounteaance beaming with satisfecfio9g,
he remarked recently, blessings ~ ~ ~
proprietor Of Warmers Safe kidney sbS r -; ,.ar
Cure. It saved me" '-i''
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

If a man were to set out calling every
thing by its right name, he would be
liable to be knocked down before he went
a great distance.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

TIE pebbles in our path weary rs and
make rs foot-sore more than the rocks
which require only a bold effort to sur
mount
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

II BFLIEvE, observed n Western
Judge, as he adjourned court to attend a
convention before which his name was
to bS presented for nomination. ''that
Office should seek the man, not the man
the Office. But when the office Is seek
ing the man there IS no harm in man
being around where the office is likely
TO find him without any trouble.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04

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, 1881-03-04

as AN EXPEcTORaNT " HAS NO EQUAL
~ CONTAINS No OPIUM IN ANY E0RM.
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For ALI Diseases 90 tn Throat, Lungs md
Pulmonary Organs. IL viii he found "a
most excellent ksemefy.
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effusiOn In this situation, tormented by
excruciating pain and faint through loss
of blood, he was under the necessity of
steering the boat with his left arm, till
about ten o'clock, when he was relieved
by Mr.. William Brooks, who resided on
the bank of the river, and who was in
duced by the calls of the suffering party
to come to their assistance BY his aid
and that of some other persons who
were IN the same manner brought to
their relief, they were enabled to reach
Limestone about twelve o'clock that
night
Immediately ON arrival of Mr.. Brooks,
Captain Hubbell, relieved from labor and
responsibility, sunk under the weight
OF pain and fatigue, and became for
awhile totally insensible. When the
boat reached Limestone, he found him
sell unable to walk and was obliged to
be carried up to the tavern. Here he
had his wound dressed and continued
several days until he acquired strength
to proceed homeward.
On the arrival Of our party at Lime
stone they found considerable force of
armed men about to march against the
same Indians, from whose attacks they
had SO severely suffered. They now
learned that the Sunday preceding, the
same party OF savages had cut off a de-
tachment OF men ascending the Ohio
from Fort Washington at the mouth of
Licking River and had killed with their
tomahawks without firing a gun, twenty
one out OF twenty-five men of which the
detachment consisted
Crowds of people, as might be ex-
pee'eo' came to witness the boat which
mad been the scene of so much heroism
ana such horrid carnage and to visit the
resol9te little band by whom it had been
50 calamity and preservingly defended.
On examination it was found that the
sides SIDES OF the boat We're literally filed with
ouliet noies. There was scarcely
space OF two feet square in the part
above water which had not either ball
remaining IN it or hole through which
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28
~
. PERSONAL NOTES.

king Kalakaua will enliven
Washington society next winter.
Sir Walter SCOTS Abbottsford
is to be let, furnished, by the year or
for the season. q -.1t-...
Mr. Daniel Dougherty will be
the orator at the twelfth annual re-
union of the Society of the Army OF
the Potomac, which will be held at
Hartford, Connecticut, on June 18.
b. Mrs. Langtry, the Jersey Lily,
is under a cloud in London. "The
furniture in the little house where
the Prince of Wales used to invite
himself to breakfast, has been sold
for the benefit of creditors and the
mild-faced Lilyis said to have been
quito grievous straits .ll..l r.a
Mr.. III. l. Kimball, director gen.
eral of Atlanta's Cotton Exposition
evidently was pleased with the re.
suit of his Philadelphia visit, tor he
telegraphed from this city to the At.
lanta Constitution 81 have met
with success here upon every hand
The meeting o-day was enthusiastic
L believe Philadelphia will far ex'
ceed her quota, and possibly beat
New York" a...tl ....
AIR. Benjamin Fitch, of Buffalo
N. Y, has made an additional gift
of property, worth 100000, to the
Charity Organization Society ofthat
city, "for the purpose of founding
and maintaining in Buffalo a public
institution for the physical, mora
and intellectual benefit ofthe worthy
poor of that city, without distinc'
tion of creed or SEX"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A low fever is preferable to by.
drophobia.
-Zebras are very stylish; they
wear striped stockings up to their
necks. ..
When Adam gamboled on the
green he lost his all by fOoling
around a paradise.
BY an astonishing process, one
of the latest discoveries in electrici.
ty, a fac Simile of a newspaper has
been telegraphed from New York to
Philadelphia. ........ ... .
Crushing theatrical criticism in
the st. Louis Post Dispatch-"The
gentleman who is playing the Tartar
Chief at Pope's this week is clear
case of tartar emetic."
Kansas school teacher: "Whert
does our grain go to-" "1nto the
hopper "What hopperT "Grass
hopper y triumphantly shouted the
small boy. rl... g.. .
There was young fellow named Ticket
Who tried to leap DER fence picket,
But the slack of his pants,
Caught on top of the fence,
Andhe hung there, and don't you forget it
"A larG" iaw-bone with teeth the
size of an adult was lately found in
the Shipka cave, Moravia, Itis said
10 be the iclnaips of a paliolltic in.
FAINT less TIN q year old.
ran O.,:o man disappeared, and
seven detc lives couldn't find him
in nine We ks. But shrewd poll.
tician got the mayor to appoint the
man to off e and two hours later he
came in on the run to be sworn in.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28
MINOR ITEMS,

The nail companies have raised
.thsswholesale price 'ofRails to $50
The widow of Theodore Parker
died at Boston last week, aged 67
years. a
According to. French reports,
daring the year 1880, that country
exported 2,576,7S4 bottles of cham
payne tothe United States. s.
1t costs less than ten dollars to
eremate a-bedy at Milan, in Italy.
Eighty-six incinerations have taken
place at Milan and Lodi since 1876.
AT least 1000 persons have been
driven from their homes in Dakota,
and half of them have lost every
thing. Governor Ordway appeals
for help.
Stoke Park, in England, ia
nous historical estate, and the local
ity of Stoke Pogis Church, is about
TO pass into the possession of Queen
Victoria. Price, $1,250.000.
The Christian htde1, a religious
paper at Atlanta, Ca, uses type
made from bullets which the con-
tending armies expended before
that city was captured by Sherman.
Rev. VIM. Morley Pushion, the
noted English Methodist, died last
week, aged 81 years. He was we'll
known on this side, having travelled
extensively in the United States
several years ago. f....f
The government is organizing a
force to establish a signal station
north of the eighty-first degree of
north latitude, at or near Lady
Franklin bay, for the purpose of
scientific observation.
How TO TREAT A CoLD.-When
you get chilly all over and away into
your bones, and begin to sniffie and
almost struggle for your breath, just
begin in time and your tribulation
need not last very long. Get some
powdered borax and snuff the dry
powder up your nostrils. Get your
camphor bottle, smell it, frequently
pour some on your handkerchief and
wipe your nose with it whenever
needed. Your nose will not get sore
and you will soon wonder what's
become of your cold. Begin this
treatment in the forenoon and keep
on at intervals until you go to bed,
and You will sleep as well as ever you
did. l am telling you my experience.
-Ge1mantOaon (Pa.) Telegraph.
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TEXAS has its free school board,
but lit is saved by the wisdom OF
our lawmakers from the wretched-
ness of school-book ring, such as
affiicts some of the other states
And yet Texas made narrow es-
cape from plans prepared for it by
smart agents of publishing houses,
who, in years past, have diligently
piled our legislatures. The Louis
lana school board, or a mi.
nority 8 portion. of it at least
lately got admitted, into one
/ of these school book &c rings
and the effort was to put the
entire board into it. The proposed
contract covered a little matter OF
only a half million dollars. annually
and the Harpers' Of New York
were the men who were so ably rep
resented. Dql,s as stated, only por.
ton of the boErd could be captured
and so the fat contract and an accom-,
panying insult to the people o.
Louisiana was A failure. After al
there is something blessed in the
Texas free school law. % b3tse %
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28
. The Way to Cook a HUSBAND.

The first thing to be done is to
catch him! Many a good husband
is spoiled in the cooking. Some
women keep them constantly in hot
water, while others freeze 'em with
conjugal GOODNESS; some smother
them with contention, AMI still 9TH
ers keep them in pickle..all their lives.
These women serve them with
tongue sauce. Now it is not to- be
supposed that husbands will, be ten
der and good if treated in this way
but they are, on the contrary, very
delicious when managed as follows
Take large jar, called the jar OF
carefulness, place him near the fire
of cohjugal love; let the fire be pref
tya hot, especially let it be clear
above all, let the heart be constant
cover him with affection; garnish
him oyer with the spice of,pleasant-
~, and if,you add kisses and other
CONNECTIONS let them be accompanied
with sufficient portion of secrecy
mixed with prudence and modera-
ton 9al 70 III IS. moe gar
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1t is an exact likeness of dozen es-
Unable gentlemen, more or less, on
the Avenue and Pecan street.
There were exported into the
United States from China and Japan,
last year 69,773, lab pounds of tea, the
most of it from Japan. That is the
amount of this article which lie
Dues tea farm in South Carolina
must produce to be solid success.
There is no telling how many mil
lions of pounds of dirt and chemi-
Gals were purchased for tea by the
lamb-like people of this country last
year. ..... .......... ..t.
The Fort Worth ,Stock-,Jou1nal
says: "From d. j. Blair, who has
just returned from an extensive "trip
through Southern Texas, land who
is, by the way, one of the best post
ed men in the cattle business i'll the
state), we learn that the drive from
Southern Texas during the coming
| season will not fall short of 100000
head. Mr.. b. showed ns a carefully
| prepared estimate including names
of drovers together with the number
| of head TO be driven by each, which
we consider to be very close APP
Proclamation, and which foots up the
above number. In addition to the
southern drive, there will be at least
$4,000 beeves driven from North
west Texas, as the larger number OF
which will go to Caldwell and
Dodge City, Kansas, thus swelling
the drive to 100000 head"
Mr.. Campbell, one of the largest
sheep raisers OF McMullin county,
tells the Express that the prospects
| for a profitable season for sheep men
in southwestern Texas is good. The
Landing season has been very sue
cessful, and the. wool crop will be
large and clean. In Mr.. Campbelrs
section lombriz has not prevailed
to any extent Mr.. Campbell has a
ranch of 10000 acres, upon which he
has some 10000 head of very fine
sheep. Reports from other sections
of western Texas are of q similar
character, and the sheep interests
are reported in a fourishing condi-
ton everywhere, except perhaps in
the equities towards the coast, on
the low fiat lands with coarse, rank
grass. There are mauy complaints
iiOf the ravages of the lombriz in that
sectIon, and the sheep men are be-
ginning to come to the conclusion
that the coast country is not adapt
ed to sheep raising. q. ;r1ss..
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

THE MEMBERS of the press
gang in Houston are doing all in
their power to make the coming.
press convention enjoyable, and, it
may be hoped, profitable to the
newspapers of Texas. A good deal
of business, mixed in with some
pleasure, on tins coming occasion
would be good thing for the pub
fishers and the editors. There has
been too little harmony in the bust
ness Of Texas newspaper men, and
out of such condition arises
many losses that might otherwise
be guarded against. 1t is hoped
that a perfect oyerhauling of all
matters affecting the financial inter-
csts of newspaper publishers win
be one of the special orders, of the
convention. But as to the efforts of
the Houston press gang to make
their brothers of the quill comfort
able while i'm the Bayou City, so
noted for its hospitalities, too much
cannot be said. The Post speaks for
them and wants every real news
paper man in Texas to consider HIM
self invited. 1t says:
1--WE again make the request that
| any newspaper in Texas not having
received one of these circulars will
at once notify the chairman of the
arrangement committee of the fact.
A full representation is desired, and
il is the wish of the arrangement
committee that every newspaper in
Texas shall have q representative
present..Fromthe difficuityof procur-
ing n correct list of every paper in
the state, some few papers did not
receive circulars last year, and took
it as an intended slight. Such was
hnot the case, and the committee this
.IIyear desires to forestall any such ina
putation. These circulars are not
intended as invitations, for the in.
wilton was issued some months age
Through the president of the state
press association, and was extended
to he entire, state press, the circu'
lars are merely request that the in.
vitation be, accepted, and that the
name of the party TO be sent as .
representative be furnished the com,
niiiIee, that transportation, etc, may
be provided. Some plan of this sort
was necessary to insure a represen
tatiye gathering, and prevent the as
semblage being imposed upon by 1
rbogus" press gang" yya4 srd a.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

THE entire success of Secretary
WINDOWS plan for extending the
maturing per cent. bonds at 81 per
cent is considered certain in treas
ury circles. The belief of those best
acquainted with the administration
policy is, however, that the same
plan cannot be carried out with re-
spect' to the fives. If it should be
finally decided not to extend the fiyes
it is expected that Secretary Win
dom will be able to call in and &C
tually pay off between $3.50, OOo, 900
and S3OO,00O,O 900 of the 5per cents.
the money to do this with. would
be derived from $1OO,O0O,O0O of sur
plus revenue, $109oO0,OOO Of
per cents to be sold in
that case and $5OOOO,OOO of the
resumption fund, the use of which
for this purpose is authorized by the
Bayard amendment to the sundry
civil appropriation act. If the au-
thority to, issue per cent. treasury
notes should in the end be decided
sufficient to warrant their use, the
secretary would be enabled to pay
off $3.50, 900, 900 more of the fives.