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AOueer society.

Saws a New York corresno,a
''Twelve members of the York Masor,ic
Lodge of this city organized last yaor a
society which they styled The To-taI
Twelve of York Its members 80.
Frank ]. Griffith, Assistant Supern+o-d.
ent of the Delaware Lackawanna and
Western Railroad; William Scott
Freight Agent of the New York and
New Haven Steamboat COMPANY. col
J. B. Montgomery, Thomas Kesatin1
Harry Gurley, Edward Ganong RobaTt
Wharton, Lewis w. Walton, Edw;D 4
Quick, j. ]. Shay, J. Hunt, and Fred
Kline The initiatory fee is So. and the
annual dues are 81. No other mem hers
can be admitted, and no person not n
member can attend any of the MEETINGS.
There is to be regular meetinG of
the society every year on the evening
of the second Wednesday of October III
which dinner is to be served. On the
death of any member, according To tbe
bylaws, special meeting must he
called, and the sole object shall he TO
discuss the virtues of the deceased
member, be they many or few. Should
they be few, then each virtue is To he
discussed so much the more thorouphly.
for his shortcomings are not to be men
toned. A rosewood case. divided into
twelve compartments, with cut glass
bottle in each compartment, containing
quart of sherry, and on the outside the
owners name, has been deposited In the
vault of safe deposit company, to be
taken out only when some member of
the society dies. On that occasion the
case is to be opened in the meeting. and
the wine In the bottle bearing the name
of the departed member is to be drank
by the others in silence. The.-Nthe
bottle is to be returned to the case, to-
gether with the date of the owners
death and other informationac concerning
him.
"On each succeeding similar occasion
all of the bottles, the full and the empty,
are to be set before the surviving mem
bers, and the contents of the one bear
ing the name of the member hst de
ceased drunk in silence. 1t Is provided
in the bylaws that the last surviving
member on the death of his sollary as
sociate, should discuss by himself the
virtues of the departed man, AMI drink
of the wine in the bottle bearing his
name, and he shall thereafter each sue
ceeding year, on the date set apart Tor
the annual meeting, have the box and
contents placed before him, and then
and there shall partake of the remaining
bottle or bottles as far as his Judgment
allows or dictates, until the same shall,
if possible, be disposed of.
1.-The twelfth man is enioined, before
his death, to bequeathe the case, Its con-
tents. copy of the society's bylaws,
and synopsis of its history, to his heir,
or any other person as he may feel DIS
posed, enioining him to guard and
hand down the same to succeeding gen
erations."
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A Peculiar Amiction.

Mr.. Edwin Cowles, the editor of the
Cleveland Leader, has a peculiar atfiic-
ton. From boyhood he has been
troubled with deafness somewhat Of the
nature of color blindness. He has never
heard the sound of the birds, and until he
grew to manhood he had always thought
the music of birds was poetic fiction.
''You may fill the room with canary
birds, says Mr. Cowles, "and they may
all sing at once and l never would hear
n note, but / would hear the flutterings
of their wings / never heard the hiss
ing sound of the human voice, conse-
quently, not knowing the existence of
that sound, / grew up To manhood with
out ever making 1t IN speech. A por-
ton of the cOnsonants | never hear, yet l
can hear all the vowels About quar-
ter of the sounds in the human voice /
never hear, and L have to watch the
motion of the lips and be governed by
the sense of the remarks in order to I'M
derstand what is said to me- l have
walked by the side of policeman e-ang
home at night, and seen him blow his
whistle, and [ never would hear It al
though it could be heard by others half
a mile away. / never heard the upper
notes of a piano, violin, or other musical
instrument, although | would hear all
the lower notes. Mr.. Cowles has con
suited some Of the most eminent sur
geOns, physicians, and aurists IN the coun-
try, and they are unanimous il declaring
his peculiar affiiction to be without a
precedent
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-03
The Price of Newspapers.

Canadian newspaper publishers are
becoming alive to what is due to them
selves in return for their heavy outlay
By disregarding commercial considera-
tons, the Toronto Mail lost the whole
of its original easital Tower $l00.000
and the Toronto Globe, although much
longer established and better patronized
as an advertising medium, was making
no suitable returns for the capital IN
vested. The result has been an advance
of dollar year in the price of both pa
pers The Hamilton and London dailies
have followed suit Even now they are
cheaper than papers of similar class
published in the United States, where
they charge SO year Our Canadian
city papers should go further and raise
the price of their weeklies to something
above the bare cost of the paper on
which they are printed. No large week
ly worth reading can be published for
less than two dollars year, and even at
that price it would not pay the proprie-
tor unless there he q large cash adver-
Using patronage. These so-called
"cheap" papers are dear in the long run,
for they must economic in some way
and that can only be done by curtailing
matters which would otherwise DC i.,s,rs
literally treated. -lStratford Beacon.
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An Indian Brides Derotiona

There are but few instances of deyo-
ton that prove the existence of love in q
higher degree than that given bv Kit
Carson's Indian wife to her brave and
manly lover.
While mining in the west he married
an Indian girl, with whom he lived very
happily. When he was taken ill a long
way from home word was sent To his
wife, who mounted fleet mustang pouy
and travelled hundreds of miles Ia reach
him. Night and day she continued her
journey, resting only for few hours on
the open prairie, flying on her wonderful
little steed as soon as she could gather
up her forces anew. She forded Flyers.
she scaled rocky passes, she waded
through morasses, and finally arrived.
just alive, to find her husband better
But the exposure and exertion killed
her; she was seized with pneumonia and
died within brief space in her husbands
arms. The shock killed Kit Carson the
rugged miner-he broke blood vassel.
and both are buried in one grave.
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Whales.

The birthday of whales is celebrated
occasionally in the public schools like
that of the poets. The following Is a
little girls composition prepared lately
for that occasion:
Whales is big fish. Whales live a
long time and don't die when they get
old. We had a railroad whale here a
little time ago, just for show. Whales
don't always travel that way. They
mostly go by water so they can sea more.
Most people like to go by rail deadhead,
but whales amt like most people.
"a good wf,ile ago people used to
make light of whales, but they don't
some now faint quick enough. The
lamps won't blow up.
1--WE wouldn't have no newspapers if
it wasn't for coal oil, and railroads, and
pistols and SO forth cause there would
MT be no news.
Whales is like shoes-right and left
Our railroad whale was a right whale.
Sometimes whale gets left when the
tide goes out-kind of united. Maybe
there is other kind of whales. Some of
the boys catch EN- in school, but / don t
like that kind, they amt interestin' to
girls "
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4 Study in Black and White.

Dir. Morse was an artist. He painted
pictures on canvas. Sometimes he drew
them with q lead pencil on blocks of
wood. Then the engraver cut them out,
so that they can be printed in books.
One winter Mr. Morse was sick. The
doctor told him he had better go to Flor
ida. He went, and STAYED there till
spring. The weather there is like spring
all through the winter.
In March. which is cold and windy in
the North, the. air IS sweet with the. per-
fume of flowers 81
Oranges grow in Florida. They are.
the sweetest IN the world In March all
the orange trees blossom. The leaves
on theseItrees are green all winter long.
Mr.. Morse was very fond of fishing
and limiting. One day he went five
miles through the forests To lake. From
the live oak trees the trailing moss hung
down like n lady's veil AS the winds
blew through the pines it made a soft,
sad music.
When he came to the lake he found n
tree which had blown down into the
water.w fthad been there for years. Its
leaves and branches were all gone. II
was nothing but long, straight stick.
The artist walked out on it and fished
all the forenoon. As he started to the
shore he saw-a snake asleep ON the log.
The snakes bite would kill a man.
Mr.. Morse feared the snake would bite
him. He waited n long time, but the
snake did not move.
He stayed on the log three long hours
more. Then a negro boy came along in
q boat. The boys name was Paul.
The artist told him about the snake.
The boy with one blow of his fish-pole
killed him.
Here is silver quarter for you,
Paul, said Mr.. Morse.
Paul never had so much money be-
fore. AS hepaddled home he thought
what he should do with it. He made up
his mind to buy book.
He had lust learned to read little.
He wanted to learn more. The book
was better than candy, better than play
things, better than watermelons. He
bought book before night.
Paul's father lived in log cabin. He
could not read nor write. There was not
even Bible in the house Paul read his
book by the blaze of light wood He
had to spell out the words. But the
book was primer, and he could under
stand the stories in it.
The next morning Mr.. Morse went by
the log cabin. He was going to shoot
wild turkeys In front If the cabin sat
Paul in a chair reading his, book. He
was asihappy as any one conld be.
The artist took ont his pencil and
sketch-book. He made picture of
Paul reading his book. He put in the
log-cabins and the flowers Paul's mother
had planted.
Mr. Morse called his picture ga study
Of black and white"
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Married InreIicity.

1t is a great pity that people who are
infelicitously married cannot worry along
as best they may without making their
woes public. Most people who seek relief
in the divorce courts fail to find it. Instead
of gaining the peace and comfort which
they think is sure to follow on their legal
efforts for freedom, they succeed in
making themselves additionally unhappy
and intensely ridiculous. Grin and
bear it, (" is, perhaps, a hard rule to fol-
low. But it is better to endure than to
court the absurd situations and the
ridiculous criticisms which must follow
on publishing matrimonial misery to
scandal-loving public. = Phitadelf'hia
Times
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Secrecy.

You have trouble, your feelings are
injured, your husband is unkind, your
wife frets, your friends do not treat you
fairly, and things in general move I'M
pleasantly. Well, what of it? Keep it
to yourself. A smouldering fire can be
found and extinguished I; but-when Goals
are scattered, you can't pick them up.
Bury your sorrow. The place for sad and
disgusting things is under the ground
A cut finger is not benefited by pulling
off the plaster and exposing it to some
body's eye. Charity covereth multi
tude of sins. Things thus covered are
cured without scar but, once pub
hshed and confded to meddling friends,
there is no end to thsd frouble they may
cause. Keep it to yourself. Troubles
are transient and, when a sorrow is
healed and passed, what comfort it is
to say, "No one ever knew it till it was
over
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-03
ODD SCRAPS.
CAsr0R OIL will soften leather.


To wH1rEN ivory-boil in lime water
KEROSENE viii make the tin tea-kettle
as new. Saturate a wooden rag, and rub
with it. 1t viii also remove stains from
clean vanished furniture.
To MAKE macaroni tender, put 1t III
cold water and bring it to a boil. 1t VIII
then be much more tender than II put
into hot water or stewed in milk.
blue ointment and kerosene, mixed IN
equal proportions, and applied to bed
steads, is an unfaihng bug remedy; and
coat of whitewash is ditto for wooden
walls.
STEAK should be broiled without salt.
Salt draws the juices in cooking; 1t IS
desirable to keep these if possible. Cook
over hot fire, turning frequently. Salt
and pepper to taste.
You can get bottle or a barrel of OIL
off of any carpet or wooden stuff by APP
plying dry buckwheat plentifully and
faithfully. Never put water or liquid OF
any kind to such a grease spot.
HIccoUGH effects some people very
persistently, and where a simpler remedy
does not check it, half teaspoonful of
nitre in half tumbler of water is recon-
mended as an instantaneous remedy.
LIZ YOU wish to do away with the use of
grease ON the griddle for baking cakes,
have the ordinary iron griddle ground
smooth ON a grindstone and rubbed off
with a piece of fine sand-paper wrapped
round block of wood This is much
better than soapstone griddle.
WHEN turnips placed in the cellar be-
gin to sprout they are usually thrown
away, but bushel of turnips will fur
nish family with said all winter. and
very good one if properly prepared.
Place the bushel of turnips in n dark,
warm cellar to sprout, and when the
sprouts are three or four inches long cut
them off, pick the leaves from the stems
and pour on hot water a moment; then
plunge them into cold water; place the
sprouts in the colander to drain off all
the water, and send to table with plain
dressing or bacon dressing poured over
5hem=Detrot Free Press.
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WITH an average price per annum. of
1913, and an aggregate daily circula-
ton of 1851, 1877, the people of the
United States appear to pay out annually
the sum of SIC, $50, 100. II for their daily
newspapers. These totals are subject to
certain obvious qualifications. Every
newspaper has free list, more or less
large, the chief item of which is in its
exchanges. Allowance must also be
made for small percentage of papers
printed regularly, but not sold or circu-
lated and including tear add waste On
the other hand, and especially IN the
large cities, considerable per cent. of
the total circulation is disposed of by the
single copy at the retail price. While
the average cost TO the annual subscriber
is ~ cents per copy, the average retail
price per copy for the country is nearly
~ cents, the largest average for State
being Nevada, where it is twelve cents,
and the lowest in Delaware. where it is
i / cents per copy. 1t is probable that
the added cost of the papers sold at
retail is quite sufficient to offset the de-
auctions which are to be made in the
total cost given ON account of the cause
enumerated. In the census wear the
number of daily papers throughout the
United States was 962-morning. 1876;
evening, 526. OF this number New
York has 115, Pennsylvania as, Illinois
%. California "a, Missouri 8. Indiana
40, Massachusetts IS, Texas ~ and vir-
ginia p and so on, down to 81 in West
Virginia. During the year Ia were
established and Sc suspended-s The ave-
rage circulation was $500. ami 4he aggre-
gate circulation 1851 ,1S7 4 Rhe same
year there were $50 weeklies and 1873
Sunday papers running.
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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.


TIC little sweet-faced girls.
fired with their busy day,
Lying here on their pillow
Dear little Beth and Fayei
Close by are the iaxen-hatred dolls
Tucked into their crib to sleep
Tender watch do thkse little niothers
Over their children keep
And over there in the corner,
And there, where the table stands,
see their playthings, waiting
The touch OF their little hands
/ stand beside my darlings,
As they lie here calm and still,
And wonder what shapes from dreamiano
Their Innocent lumbers NIL
Many things have the wise men told Us
OF all that Is and seems;
But not the wisest among them
Can tell us baby's dreams
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-03

In the Philadelphia Times of recent
date, we notice an item referring TO thC
miraculously quick cure of a promineI.s
druggist of that city, Mr. j. NJ Higgins,
Germantown Road and Morris street,
who had an awful attack of rheumatism
of the knee. He applied St. Jacobs Oil
at night, and next morning was well and
in his store as usual -TF0y On -
Morning Telegram and Wig.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-03

INDIGESTION. dyspepsia, nervous prostrauon
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MENslIAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF Toxic. the
only preparation Of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-Tnak-
ing, foree-generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; is Invaluable in all enfeebed conditions.
whether the result of exhaustion nervous pros
tration, oyerwork, or acHte disease, particularly
If resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well, Hazard q Co. Iroprietors, New York.
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ADVICE is cheap, -dreadfully chea5
But we must be true to our instincts of
humanity and tell our suffering friends
to use st. Jacobs Oil, and surprise their
rheumatism and themselves also at the re-
suit. j. D. L. Harvey, Esq, of Chicago.
says: / would be recreant to nv dnty
to those afflicted, did L not raise nv voice
In its praise.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-03

Tine following gem of truth is clipped
from the New Haven Register: docs
n man ever go into n grocery store and
say: 'I'll give you five cents a pound for
sugar and expect to be treated with re-
spect? Not at ALL He asks the price
of sugar andpays what is asked or goes
without But the same man will offer a
price twenty per cent. below rates for a
given space in the advertising columns
of a newspaper and feels offended because
ii is not taken.
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Chloride of sodium
Acua mira

Chloride of sodium OF.
Aqua pura OF.
Shake well and rub on the scalp every morn
ing.
The bald man went to a druggist and
had the prescription put mp, paying
dollar and seventeen cents for 1t. He
asked the druggist if it wasn't little
high. but felt ashamed when the drug
gist asked him if he knew how much
aqua pura cost gallon. He said he
didn't, but supposed 1t come high. The
druggist told him aqua pura was one of
the most penetrating drugs IN the store,
and rs for chloride of sodium, there was
nothing like it, and the war IN Peru had
sent it up kiting. He said if the trouble
in Chill kept on there was no knowing
how high it would be. The bald man
used the medicine, and felt as though it
was doing him good His wife noticed
little new hairs coming out, and he felt
good, so when the stuff was gone he
took the bottle to the store and had it
filed again. The chap who filed it this
time was another chap, and when the
bald headed man threw down dollar
the drugger said, 80, never mind. We
won't charge YOU anything for that.
The bald man asked how that was, when
the drugger said, "Why, it is only salt
and water anyway The salt is only two
cents pound, and the water Is pretty
cheap this year " The bald man gave
one gasp, and said, ''Weil, by the great
bald-headed Elijah, l paid a dollar for
filling that bottle before, and / want my
money back 1t is a bald-headed swim
die. / thought that Peruvian story
didn't look plausible" The druggist
gave the man box of cigars to keep
still about it, bnt he won't speak to the
other drugger who charged him dollar.
-PecEs San.
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rruunr, had lneen a family 1ar. "tion

THERE had been family jar. Come,
mother, come" says the son-in-law to
the old lady, in obedience to the pitiful
request of his wife not to be disagreed
BILE. "let us make up. Isaid there was
no woman in the world as unbearable as
YOU are, didn't I, at which you felt
hurt? Well, 1 take it back-there are
others"
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A GIImnse Of Life n Paris.

A Paris correspondent Of the Boston
Globe writes: Paris is, indeed, beau
tiful city; its long miles ofwhite houses,
of uniform height and style of architec-
ture; its wonderfully clean and suberbly
paved streets, win for this metropolis
the admiration of every visitQr The
water in the cutters and drains - ar
velously clean, and the poorest l8fian
is a paragon of politeness; rough in his
outward appearance, heavy shoes, cor
duroys and blue blouse, he is an agreea-
bic disappointment to one who asks some
information In regard to a street or boule-
ward he may wish to find To-day l
visited the ,Jardin de Plants and found it
resembling in many respects the Zoo
logical Gardens in Regents Park, in
London. All ranks, high and low, rich
and poor, were strolling through the in
closure, feeding the animals, sitting on
the benches beneath the trees or exam
lining the museum. There are collections
of botanical specimens from all parts of
the world. Every animal has its den to
which it can retire, its tree TO climb or
burrow to dig in. The feathered tribe
hay their pool of clear water to battle in
and their grass plot and graveled walk
to traverse and exercise upon when they
will. There Is circular building within
the grounds sort of amphitheatre set
apart for lectures on zoology and ornith-
ology. The French are a strange people.
In window on Rue st. Denis 1 saw
offered for sale prayer-books, beads, and
chromos ridiculing the clergy, all side
by side in the same window, and also
along several. boulevards. obsery we'd
the same strange inconsistency in the
r Il d.
halt at Calais / saw the monume mt
erected to commemorate the embarkation
of Louis XVIII for London, which is
near the quai of this ancient seaport. At
Boulogne Sur Mer saw also a monu-
ment erected to Napolean l. from the
window of the train. 1t stands upon an
eminence overlooking the channel, and
is of white marble, doric column, and
occupies a very couspiciOus position
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weBelIeye

That if everyone would use Hop Bitters freely,
there would be much less sickness and misery
in the world; and people are fast finding this
out whole families keeping well at trlf1ing
cost bv its use We advise all to try it,. d a.
Rochester NJ Y
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Ladies, you cannot make fair skin rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes with all the cosmetics
of France, or beautifiers of the world. While IN
poor health, and nothing viii give Won srch
good health. strength and beauty as Hon Rit-
tiers. A trial is certain proof See anosher
column.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-03

To MAKE new hair grow use CARBoLIHE, de-
odorized extract of petroleum. This natural
petroleum hair remover, ~ recently improved,
is the only thing thai viii really produce new
hair. Its a delightful dressing.
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''WoUnD1 you say" asked the pro
fessor, /" Il would rather walk or
had rather walk'?" 81 would saw" re-
Piled smart bad boy, at had rather
ride" And he was marked three below
zero, with cloudy or partly clearing
wealth er.
OUT In Cincinnati they pro Tose to send
q man to jail II he reads nj sspaper on
Sunday. Considering the haaracter of
Cincinnati papers, this is rigl 1.-Boston
(9L0be
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SIR HENRY BEssENGER expects to be
able with his new telescope to read
newspaper at the distance of three and a
half miles.
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sspIEY had veen engaged for n long
/ time, and one evening were reading the
pa1er together. Look, love-" he ex-
claimed, ''only S15 for a suit of clothes!
Is it wedding suit 2" she asked, look
,ina raiyely at her lover "Oh, no" he
answered; 1T is business suit. - 'fWell.
I meant business" she replied. -Netc
1-,.E C0yll 9nerciaI