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

Take n pair of oyeralls sew q gore
shaped piece between the two inside
seams OF the two legs III front sew q
plain wide piece from one outside seam
TO the other at the back, and there YOU
will have a perfect pattern of the new
trousers for ladies. OF course, any
amount of overdress, panniers and fur
bellows can be put over this design at the
back by way Of ornament. The bottom
of the legs and the added pieces should
be trimmed with the same rufilmg all
around Now, If this design be cut in
silk or satin, It IS clear that the two legs
Of II Will show very little unless the
wearer be walking, in which case the
unusual freedom and ease OF her move
ments viii betray the trousers. As far
as appearance goes, no lady can be
shocked by the difference between the
trouser-dress and an ordinary dress at
the back, and the front gore-piece car
ries out the resemblance TO an ordinary
costume when the wearer Is sitting or
standing. But when she walks about
the trouser shape "a confessed.
Two advantages, one OF comfort and
the other of adornmeut. are claimed for
this ParIsiau discovery. Ia the first
place, the movements Of the ladies viii
be as unshackled as those of any man in
az ulster. IN the second place, a dress
nay be worn much more tight in the
skirt than Mt present without any Of the
present iuconveniences. Ladies have re-
Gently been so pulled back, tied b
and sheathed IN tight skirtaaa
auld scarcely walk. The troise@
prints them to dress still more clos.
nd yet leaves their limbs free. It as
Seldom that convenience and fashion are
SC adroitIy combined in an article OF
feminine apparel, and this consideration
VII induce many sensitive ladies to give
tie new invention fair trial. -NetC
Xrk Star,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
The Stnpiaitr of Ghost Stories.

That the longing cry for some er-
tainty of another world has led thu
sands into hopeless quagmires OF creGl-
.ity and superf tition, all history Ills
trates. 1t Is no wonder that it shodd
be SO. Ii a spirit could return to tbs
earth he would appeal to the deepest
and dearest instincts of human nature.
The awe and mystery that surround he
/ other world would attend his steps, and
he would awaken that ine1pressible
/ tenderness that fills the heart d any one
/ who has lost a beloved relativeor friend
/ Reverence and love would, therefore,
/ prepare men to regard him asan evan
| gelist. In all ages priests and magi-
/ clans have ayalled themselves of this
opportunity, and connected with almost
/ every system claiming supernituralism
we find deceivers and dupes. The re-
| vival of our own day has Of course, not
/ been exempt from tlis inevitable contin-
/ geucy, and the tricks of professional
mediums, as well as the pranks Of sery-
amt girls In so-called haunted houses,
have been constantly unveiled. Thou
sands of ghost stories also must be
traced TO diseased nerves. Even
where we can not find ont the ordi-
nary causes of strange sounds 1r APP
pearauces. we must always remember
that any appearance testified 70 olly by
one person may simply prove nothing
beyond the fact that the brain Of the
seer conjured up the vision. When sub
sequently the same apparitiOn appears
To q second, third or fourth person we
may perhaps still regard II as 50 subject
i've that Is. existing only In the minds
eye of each observer infected by the &c
counts he las heard. As to visions APP
pearing at dead of night TO mothers,
wives, or sisters, that is certainly not an
uuaccountable phenomenon. To dream
of those who are IN special peril or far
away Is so common as 10 excite no re-
mark; and when such nightly expert
cuces are reclloned by the million, and
unexpected deaths are counted by the
thousands, the fact that sometimes there
should be a coincidence of date is hardly
surprising. We must also note how
very uuhIstorical are uinety-uiue ont of
a5ssai ilred such stories. A lady dreams
iIa7band in India thinks she
is awake and secs his ghost a month
after she hears of his death at that very
hour Now the spiritual telegraphy In
volved ia this fact is quite capable of be-
ing Enthusiastically recorded If in the
days before India was connected with
England 10y wire a wife IN Devoushire
knew of the death Of her husband in
Bengal at the hour when it occurred, say
ON the 1st of January 1850, document
arr proof of the coincidence could be
given. \ letter dated and read and reg
istered to the day would prove to all
time that what could not be known in
Europe 10y natural means was super
naturally communicated. and the two
documents-one Indian, recording the
actual death, the other English, record
ing the vision. and both authenticated
would place the instantaneous and su-
pernatural telegraph beyond doubt Is
there a single story capable Of this kind
of proof ?-LOHd0H Telegraph.
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Wedding Anniversary.

The day was kept rather as a fast than
a feast, enabling Mrs. Wilfer to hold a
sombre, darkling state, which exhibited
that impressive woman in her choicest
colors.
1.-THE mind naturally falls, said Mrs.
Wilfer. into reverie, or shall / say
into a retrospect, on a wedding day like
this. Papa and mamma were unques-
tionably tall. l have rarely seen a finer
woman than my mother never than my
father It was one of mammals cher
ished hopes that should become united
to a tall member of society. l. nay have
been weakness, but, if so, it was
equally the weakness of King Frederick,
of Prussia. Mamma would appear to
have had an indefnable foreboding of
what afterwards happened, for she
would frequently urge upon me Not
little man. Promise me, my child, not
a little man. Never, never marry a little
man. Papa would also remark to me,
that a family of whales must not ally
themselves to sprats. His company
was eagerly sought, as may be supposed,
by the wits of the day, and our house
was their continual resort. Among the
most prominent members Of the circle
was a gentleman measuring six feet four
in hight. This gentleman was so oblig-
ing as to honor me with attentions which
/ could not fail to understand. 1 imme-
diately announced to my parents that
his attentions were misplaced and could
not favor his suit. They inquired, was
he too tall / replied it was not the
stature, but the intellect that was too
lofty. well remember maEIma's clasp
ing her hands, and exclaiming This
will end in little man' She afterward
went so far as to predict that it would
end in a little man whose mind would
be below the average. Within a
month, said Mrs. Wilfer, deepening her
voice. "within month first saw r. w,
my husband; within a year [ married
him. 1t is natural for the mind to recall
these dark condolences on the present
dav -
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23

Mary A. LlvermOre IN recent address
said: The boy of to-day is not receiving
the proper home culture. Children slip
away from paternal care This is due to
the rigorous old-time home culture.
Education must be inculcated by the
mother. In Wales, England, the charac-
ter OF the mother is inquired for as a
recommendation for the son. The aver
age boy, noisy. lmpetuous, detestlng
home work, bankrupt IN education and a
dodger of churches and other plous
places, yet has a fathOmless tenderness
Tor his mother, but he wants no specta-
tor He Is characterized by passionate
LOYALTY to whatever he espouses, and a
high sense of honor to which appeal can
safely be made in most cases. One thing
in his teaching is imperative-moral
purity. Let the mother Inculcate this
with loving care, putting aside false
notions of modesty and all prudlshness.
Let us have done with the belief IN the
saving. - Wild oats must some time be
sowed He who thus SCws must In
evitably reap a similar harvest. Every
boy should be trained to respect woman
hood. Nothing so much adOrns man
hood as his respect for woman. The boy
should be trained in politeness This
has commercial value nowadays. He
makes his way IN the world easier for
pleasing address. There is no reason why
the boy of to-day should not be taught
the ordinary rules of etiquette. Good
manners are to man what beauty is to
a woman. But best of ali, train boys in
honor, in integrity and trustworthiness.
Every boy should have an industrial oc-
cupation, and this should be in harmony
with his tastes So with girls. To sum
it all up, train the boy into manliness,
that standard of manliness that combines
the strongest virtues with the gentlest
weakness. Let him be like a hand of
iron in glove of velvet. There is moth
ing higher or nobler than this.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
snccess Of High Farming in BeIgium.

The magnificent farming of Belgium
on poor soil is due to, first, the per-
fection of both plow and spade work
second, each field has perfection of
shape given to 1t to facilitate cultivation
and drainage; third, most careful nus
banding of the manure fourth, the
great variety of crors, especially OF in
4sstsS. 7asS; sse,,DS 70;
or "sUo.en crops, sucn as turnips and
carrots, English clover, sparry, etc,
whereby the cultivated area Is in effect
increased one-third sixth abundance
Of food for cattle. Although the soil Is
not favorable TO meadows, yet, taking
the second crop into account, one half
of the available superfcies IS devoted TO
the keeping of live stock. Seventh,
house-feeding of cattle, by which the
cows give both more milk and more
manure. Eighth, minute wedding. The
Belgian laborer goes with his wheelbar-
row to the village to buy n sack or two
Of guano, undertaking to pay for 1t after
the harvest. The dealer trusts him,
gives him credit, having a lien on the
crop produced by the aid of his manure
In November he gets his money the
produce has been doubled and the land
improved. The small farmer does Just
as the laborer does. Each opens an ac-
count with the 1nanure-dealer, who is
the best of all bankers. Flemish small
farmers invest from 50, 900, 900 to 81, 000,-
300 in guano every year, and quite as
much in other kinds Of manure. NJ. De
Laveley says: ''The Flemish farmer
scrupulously collects every atom of sew
age from the towns he guards his man
IRE like a treasure, puts a roof over it to
prevent the rain and sunshine from
spelling it he gathers mud from rivers
and canals, the excretions of animals
along the highroads and the ways, for
conversion into phosphates. ."-COrres-
pOndeHce ChicdgO Tribune.
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George Laws Beginning.

George Law, who died ten-miIlion-
aire, began life in Troy, n. Y, without
a friend in the world. One day, while
passing along River street, a hod-carrier
who was carrying bricks for the masons
on an unfinished building fell from the
ladder and broke his leg. Young Law
stepped up to the foreman and said:
"Can / have that mans place?
"Did you ever carry hod?" asked
the foreman.
"No."
You will break your leg, and per-
haps yonr neck.
"I Will run the risk" said George
Law, and from this beginning he be-
came one of the wealthiest builders In
the United States, always running
risks, y but for many years everything
he touched turned into gold.
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as herewith gwen.
Home. Sweet Home.v

In the spring of 1868, two great armies
were encamped on either side of the
Rappahannock River, one dressed in
blue and the other in grey. AS twilight
fell the bands on the Union side began
to play "The Star Spangled Banner"
and Rally Round the Flag" and that
challenge of music was taken up on the
other side, and they responded with
1.-The Bonnie Blue Flag" and "Away
Down South in Dixie" 1t was born in
upon the soul of a single soldier in one
of those bands of music to begin a
sweeter and more tender air, and slowly
as he played it they joined in sort of
chorus of the instruments upon the
Union side, until finally mighty chorus
swelled up and down our army" Home,
Sweet Home" When they had finished
there was no challenge yonder, for every
band upon that further shore had taken
up the lovely air so attuned to all that is
holiest and dearest, and one great chorus
Of the two great hosts went up to God
and when they had finished, from the
boys In grey came challenge, "Three
cheers for homer' and as they went
resounding through the skies from both
sides of the river, something on sol
diers' cheeks washed off the stains of
powder "-NelO York Methodist.
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A al is.s tafrt who exchanges q !.

= - =. = =
A gHl is,4f Airt who exchanges coy
glance with middle-aged, eligible bach
4or who picks up a glove she dropped
- something worse than a
IN - minx-if she makes herself
pleasE ito another girls Detrothed.
The ifSn rule ofmodesty. which men have
imposed upon women as a protection
against their wiles, leaves young women
scarcely Tree to move or speak IN the
presence of the frousered sex without
risk Of being thought q forward = bat
women themselves are muclrsterner in
their definition of forwardness than
men. In feminine Judgment every girl
or pretty women is forward, and, conse-
qztently. a. firt, who Inonopolizes tEe
nttention Of males In social circles. T4sis
sn9san S, DO by benz GO =. = sasdest q "
iso-ff Sex VIII not accoun as modesty the
grace which charms without attempting
to do so. Men never speak so Ill of the
worst women rs women do of the best
among their sex who have the art of
pleasing. There are men whom all
other men join III praising but there
has scarcely lived a woman-wlfe, virgin
or saint-whO has not had detractors
among other women. Should there have
been some few exceptions which prove
this general rule, they viii be found to
have hourished in the ranks of the fear
fully and unaccOuntably ugly.
Every woman has tilrted but we are
not concerned with the women whose
innocent flirtations are but the gush of
youthful spirits, or with those who owe
the title OF firt 10 the mere malignity of
their own sex. The hirts Of whom we
propose TO treat are those who flirt of
malice prepense. In these, flirting Is
the art of sexual tantalization.
1t may also be termed, less philosoph-
lcally, the art of playing with fire and
getting scOrched more or less often.
All tiirts burn themselves, once at least.
Some squeal when they but scorch their
fnger-tIps, and retire straightway from
the game with their eyes filed with
tears. These are the third-class hirts.
having no real heart in the play. The
recollection Of their first smart makes
them redden and tingle till they become
old women, when perhaps they smile
and wish the burn could come over
again. Il was a third class fiirt who, on
the strength of short and sharp ac-
quaintance with the ways OF the other
sex, invented such sayings as "Man is
peridIous."
The secSpd-class firts get frequently
burned without ever quite iuuring them
selves 10 the pain. They resemble dull
Ish boys who play at football because
they must, but never surmount the fear
OF being Skinned. Sometimes the sec
ond-class hirt gives up playing and
learns to laugh at her burns more
often she goes on till she can play no
longer, and YEARLY sums up her expert
eace Of the sport as "all burns and no
pleasures"
But the first-class fiirt cares not a pin
for scorches. She is the salamander
who li~oe :" IT, arks fly round
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.ut.i..,ii.. slse..-.-.s. 1T In her teens,
hrt in her prime, she continues flirting
when she is an old woman, and hirts on
could come to life for moment in her
coffin she would hirt with the under
taker Commend us to this class of
hirt for making the heads of men flame
like the tops of lucifer matches She
sets quiet households afire everything
turns to finder ON her passage, and
when she is buried an odor of brlmstone
hovers over her tomb. Her old lovers
would be afraid to lift up the grave-slab
that covers her lest they should see lit
tie blue-forked flames leap out diaboi-
cally.- GreenUiLle Murray
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ESTABLISHED 1859 HICKMAN, FULTON KENTUCKY. FRIDAY
himself in the best possible position

himself in the best possible position e
shoot.
"'He was close to the panther and
drawing a careful bead at the very IN
stant the beast was gathering his mus
cles for one tremendous spring. he SEN
a bullet directly between the eyes.
"The dreaded creature uttered one
wild shrek, made a spasmOdic leap ane
fell dead.
"Taking my hand, Jack hurried
home with me. Mother was waiting
with a good, tough hickory branct
which she had cut, and, when she wa
through with the whip and me, piece.
of the former were strewn all aroun,
the room, and Jack told me, a few day.
later, that the outcries in which / IN
dulged on that occasion far surpassel
those made by the panther, which -
caped 50 Iss.1-ro,viy-.',
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Mistaken.

An American who started to ride from
Colima to aManzanillo, in Mexico, was
stopped on the highway by a well-armed
bandit.
Pardon, senor," exclaimed the lat
ter. "but perceive that you have my
coat on. Will you have the kindness to
remove it?"
The American produced six-shooter,
and. cooking it, replied
@Senor, am of the opinion that you
are mistaken about that coat.
"On closer observation perceive
that / am," the bandit answered, and
disappeared in the wood.
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LITTLE GoLnrNm,In.

/ Goldenhair climbed upon gTandpa's knee;
Dear little CiOidenhair, tired WAS She
All the day long busy as busy can be.
Up in the morning as soon as twas Iett
ont with the birds and butterflies bright
skipping about till the coming Of night
Grandpa toyod with the curls on her head.
" What has my darling been doing. he slid
I" Since she rose with the from her bed ?"
Pity much, answered the sweet little one.
I cannot tell So much things / have done
Played with my dolly and feeded my bun;
" And then jumped with my little iunp-rope,
And made out Of water and soap
Bootiful worlds-zussIlmas castles Of hope.
"Then have readcd in my Iicture-book,
And Bclle and j went % look
For the smooth little stones by the side the brook
"And thcn coined homo and Gated my tea,
And clmhc3 up on grandpa's knee,
And 1 jes as tired as tired can be-
Lower and iowcr the little head prcsseti.
Unti it dropped upon srsudra's hrcast
Dear little GoldenhaiF, sweet be tiny rtst!
We are but little children; things that wo DO
Are as sports Of a baby to the iuiuite view,
That marks all onr Weakness and pities II, too.
God grant that when night oyershadows our way.
And we shall be called 20 account for our day,
Be shall nEd guiltless as Goldenhalr lay.
And oh, when aweary, may we be 80 best,
And sink like tho innocent child t1 rest,
And feel ourselves claspod 10 the Infinite breast
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A srRANeER. on taking his seat in the

A STRANGER, on taking his seat IN the
pit of a theater, accosted a gentleman
Who sat near him, with "Pray, sir,
have you a bill? When, TO the
starting from a reverie In which he had
been plunged. exclaimed No, sir, but
7 have two next week and both unpro-
vided for"
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THE hills of lofty endeavor and high
achievement lie all around MS, and, if we
never catch glimpse of the views they
afford, we need not complain that it is
because of the insuperable limitation of
our surroundings.
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Immigration Statistics.

The total immigration to this country
from 1920 to 1881 amounted to 10, ,S0S,-
lS9. The year 1920 is the genesis of
our statistics, as previous TO that time no
statistics of immigration were officially
kept The total number of immigrants
for the years ending June 30, 1850 and
1881, will be seen by the following:
1850. 457, ,257 1Ssl ......-..... Coo 43I
By far the largest number arrived at
New York, the figures of the Bureau of
Statistics showing that at that port the
total arrivals for 1881 were 400, 81; the
next on the list in point of numbers is
Huron, Mich, where they aggregated
III, ,170. There are three other ports
where the arrivals were relatively heavy:
Baltimore, 40,017; Boston and Charles
town, Mass, Al ,O1S; and Philadelphia,
81, ,S65-leaving Al, 491 who arrived at
thirty-three other ports. A statement
as to the ages of the immigr nts for the
year 1881 will be interesting in this
compilation:
Under Is years Of age e................. f53 $50
Fifteen and under 40 years of sge........4 454 495
forty years OF age and upward 81 ,456
1t is worthy of note that by far the
greater part of the immigrants are men
under 40 years of age, or, IN other words,
of men who, If they remained in Europe,
would be subject to military duty. 1t
has been estimated by careful statisti-
clans that of the 10, sos, ,1S9 immigrants
who have come to the United States
since 1920 up to June 80, 1881, Ireland
and Germany have furnished over
5000, 900 each. The totals for the seven
grand divisions, made by the Bureau of
Statistics, are as follows:
Asia 1852
.
America. 1o7 535
Islands of the Atlantic / 0qs
Islands of the Pacific. .......... - / Ig1
All otner countries and islands. 159
From this statement it is apparent that
Europe furnished five-sixths of the i'm
MIGRANTS of the vaar andad TuDa on
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Ii a maiden says she is 20, yet looks
so. add the figures together, divide by
two. and Sou will average.
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IT TAKES Just three people to keep
secret properly, but two of the three
must be dead.
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sf8Fsf1 '''-V 71I 70 IIVI IalE55 OH IcI UiI1'k
and the man who rolls them in a wheel
barrow Is contrary to all the rules Of
prOpriety, and ends in family feuds.
The regular visitant at hotel cnpboards
who receives pie Is farther removed
from the tattered mendicant at back
doors than a member of the diplomatic
corps from native of Washington.
4 woman with many SER
wants despises her with one, and she with
one desp,ses the woman who does her
own work, she who does her own work
looks down upon her who goes out to
work, and the one who goes out to do
special houseWork scoms the scrub
woman, who Is the end of womankind.- -
Kate GafutcH IFcils, IN AHantic
N0nkhLH
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.oOt, 4Jl
From this statement it is apparent that
Europe furnished five-sixths of the i'm
migrants of the year ended June 80,
1881. The distribution, as regards Eu-
roma WINS az harawifh criran.
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GOSSIP foR JHR LADIES.


VsEs spare Girl.
hiE an ] Ike ny5sqtntoes, dear,
z iaat yon have killed2 he sighed
lseeaqse you Yscn t 60 hum, fear,s
Inc sleepy E1Aid replied
alas 1sn Ut xllease try once uore.A
!, =, = elis The. ,2gsa re iike, said she,
alosslsli toes Ter II eSs ways bore
= on re wrong again, 'ssa1d ]ia.
fsecsuse they .ceAne 'rfslud every night,
and are znuisatlce. too
Ssaispo - ie{r t3esreasof Fight
asdon yoss.
- aoss flsst nseat ? = ,, slrn asked. Wiaasa hs
- allained tlis gelft lsseoHsshesi. =.
aTitoaF Asssizle etstaIi9i. 7 gitAa she:
fs471 re siIt-l feeaigae s on J. ss.5- -
stsn~se: Anapssa x efss il 4 assn.
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Goldenhair climbed upon grandpafs knee;
Dear little Goidenhair, tired WAS She,
All the day long busy as busy can be-