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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10
SLEEPS THRESHOLD

What footsteep but has wandered free anil far
Avid that Castle OF Sleep whose walls were
planned
By no terrestrial craft. no hum IN hand.
with towers that point TO M recorded start
Here sorruwS, memories and reno rses are,
Roaming the long dim rooms or galleries
grand:
Here the lost friends our spirits yet de-
maud
Elcam through mysterious docrways, half
ajar.
But of the uncounted througs that ever win
These halls where slurnbcr's dusky witch
cries rule
Who, after Weakening. may revcalaright
BY what phantasnal mems entered in
What porch OF cloud what Vapory vestibule
What stairway quarried from the mines of
night
-EdJ1r Furccett. IN Atlantic Monthly
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10

=" A young friend of mine was cured Of
an Unsuitable thirst for liquor, which had so
Frustrated him that he was unable to do any
business. He was entirely cured by the use
of Hop Bitters. 1t allayed all that burning
thirst; took away the appetite for liquor
made his nerves steady, and he has remained
a sober and steady man for more than two
years, and has no desire to return to bis
cups; / know of a number of others that
have been cured of drinking by it."-From
q leading II. Il. Official, Chicago, IlI.-Tinses.
"YOU can't come it," Is what the astron-
omers say to our aerial stranger, as they OBJ
serve his departure after vain efforts to
reach the earth.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10

Suiues
Wait" said Fogg cit will do if
reach Allahabad Tomorrow before
neon"
~ But what hope have youP' replied
SIR Francis Cromarty. 1T will soon be
daylight, and
The chance which escapes us now
Fmay return at the last moment"
The General would have liked to read
PhiI6ss Foggs eyes.
What was this cold FLOODED English
man counting on? Would he, at the
moment of the sacrifice rush towards
the young woman, ald openly tear her
from her murderersp
That would have been madness, and
how could it be admitted that this man
was mad to this degree? Nevertheless,
Sir Francis Cromarty consented to wait
until the denOuement of this terrible
scene. However, the guide did not
have his com panions at the spot where
ther had hid, and he took them back to
the foreground of the clearing. There.
sheltered by a clump of trees, they
could watch the sleeping groups.
In the mean time Passepartout,
perched upon the lower branches of a
tree. was meditating an idea which
had first crossed his mind like flash,
and which finally imbedded itself in his
brain.
He had commenced by saying to
him eli, What madnessr' and now he
repeated, "Why not, alter ALP 1t is a
chance, perhaps the only one, and with
such brutes ="
At all events. Passepartout did not
put his thought into any other shape;
but he was not slow in sliding down
with the ease of a snake, on the lower
branches of the tree, the end OF which
bent toward the ground.
The hours were passing. and soon a
few less somber shades announced the
approach of day. But the darkness was
still great.
IL was the time fixed. 1t was like a
resurrection in this slumbering crowd.
The groups wakened up. he beating
Of tam-tanls sounded, songs and cries
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10
THE MARKETS.

WoU1b not be without Redding's Russia
Salve, is the verdict of all who use 1t.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10

The greatest length of the United
States from east to west is $500 miles;
greatest breadth north to south, 1000
miles, average breadth, 1900 miles.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10

Bed-buEs, Koaches,
Rats, cats, mice, ants, flies, insects, Gle AIRED
out by Rough on Rats" 15c, druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
Attack on the Idol of Juggernaut.

An attack has been made upon the
idol of Jugpernaut, at Pooree, the most
sacred shrine in India, by body OF
fanatics.
The rioters. who numbered twelve
men and three women, and were almost
in a state OF nudity, succeeded IN en-
tering the temple, and tried to force
their way into the inner recesses. Al
though upward of 1000 pilgrims were
prese-.t. they were not expelled without
a severe struggle, in the course of which
one intruder was trampled to death.
The rest were arrested, and sentenced
to three months imprisonment.
The inquiry showed that they belonged
TO a set of Hindoo dissenters lately
founded in the Sumbulpore district, and
known as Kumbhupatias from the fact
that the followers wear ropes of bark
around their waists.
They allege that their religion was re-
vealed to sixty-four persons In 1864 by
god incarnate, whom they style Aleknew-
amv-that is, the Lord-whose attri-
butes can not be described in writing.
They believe In the existence of the
300. 600, 900 of Hindoo deities, but do
not respect their images, saying 1t is i'm
possible to represent a Supreme Being
whom no one has ever seen. They are
subdivided into three classes, two of
which renounce the world and make no
distinction of caste, while the third lead
a family life. Their habits are said to
be very filthy, and, like some European
sects. they take no medicine in illness,
but rely solely on divine help. Their
attack on the Pooree temple was
prompted by the belief that if the Jug
pernaut were burned it would convince
the -Hindoo of the futility of their relig-
ion. and the whole world would then
embrace the truth. Calcutta Gazette.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
yOL> XVII.--NO. l3.
UnMashed Italy.

The table linen is all homespun, and
good OF Its kind, but rather coarse. As
in the matter of chemises, it is thought
4 well TO gave an immense quantity. /
remember being struck on one occasion
| With the fact that the table-cloth was
| marked IN four numbers. It was at the
wedding Of the eldest daughter. and q
cupboard full of linen the mother had
with her corredo" had been opened
for the first time.
These boards of linen make it possible
TO go onwithout wash-up for a very
long time. Washing is a yearly cere-
mony. u takes place in the spring,
when G. Gs'nrocession of carts convey the
q - ,sssSi, yarious cupboardls down TO
p rEs j - =. u ua.9ss the yselnltlfi mn.
s 81 sos s, ssSrnss IS tue ny,s wasbihg but but
oly s'ge6r no doubt saves time and
trouble but it has its disadvantages.
especially when extended to the mem
bers of the family themselves. In cold
weather much washing of the person Is
considered to be dangerous TO health,
and my barbarity in subjecting a young
baby to a daily bath during the winter,
excited almost as much yirtuous indigna-
tic as my culpahle neglect of the
fascia, so necessary to keep the leg
straight. On receiving a neighbor into
the house for week, L thought 1t in
cumbent on me, although 1t was the
dead of winter, TO provide him with all
conyeniences for washing, but these at
tentions were lost upon him; and my
astonishment when the housemald
thought fit to inform me, IN her dramatic
way, that neither soap, water nor towel
had been touched, was, perhaps, no
greater than his own at fiudln g these
useless things provided " The slgnora
says TO me-" begins Marietta, " have
you put soap into the room of that
gentleman?" "Sissignora. "A bath?'
"Sissignora." " "Two towels - % Sis
signora, sissignOra, ma, slgnora, non
toccati ne Puma, ne Ialtra
1t is not only in the matter Of washing
that Italian winter habits differ from
ours. Fires are considered unwholesome,
but air is excluded as much as possible !;
the doors and windows kept tight shut
day and night; draughts sedulOusly
avoided. Great-coats, hats and comforters
are worn by the men IN doors, while the
women swathe their heads IN wool. put
on several gowns one atop Of another,
and sit with their hands in mutfs and
their feet on a " scaldino." Although
no lady ever goes ont without making an
elaborate toilet, indoors a dressing gown,
often in the most dilapidated condition,
is all that is considered necessary. To
wear the same gown indoors as ont OF
doors is a thing not thought of, and i'm
mediately on returning to the house
after a walk the dressing gown Is re-
sumed. In the outdoor costume great
efforts are made to keep mp with the
fashion-books, and engravings which re-
late thereto are much studied, but seldom
with any great success.-Ihe CO773hiH
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
1 ScaI-skin DOIman Isetter Than
ANY Amount Of Su-criu..

Any Amount 81 SU@crIu..
You tell me that YOU love me, " said
Brooklyn maiden to an eligible young
man who avowed ms affection. How
do l know you are sincere What would
you do to show your love ?"
Anything, replied the ardent lover,
who had a spice OF romance IN his dis
position, anything. / would 90 to
the worlds end for you would endure
any suffering for YOU; l would die for
YOU, If necessary.
Such ardent protestations brought the
blushes to her cheeks and a thrill of
happiness to her heart. and she thought
that certainly no one could love her
more fondly than he did. She asked,
however, for a little delay before giving
him an answer to his suit.
Meantime another suitor proposed and
she questioned him IN like manner.
- We'll. " said he, "I'll tell Won what
I would do to show my love for you: If
you marry me you shall have good
clothes to wear. L viii see that you are
always the owner of a handsome seal
skin dolman and that your hats and bon
nets are always IN fashion, and l Will be
a faithful, loving husband to you.
But wouldn't you go TO the worlds
end for me, or die for me, or any of that
sort of thing, you know?" she asked,
as she toyed with his coat buttons.
q don't want to go to the worlds
end, " he replied "Tye got nice, good
paying business in Boston; and, as for
dying for you, I'd rather live with you. q"
Well" said she, as visions of the
seal-slkin dolman, fashionable bonnets,
ETC., flashed before her mind, 81 guess
you can go and speak to pa.
The practical wooer is the man for
the times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
About killing Brakemen.


~ izsportance of railroad com
panIes using freight couples Of a charac-
.er that will not endanger the lives
Of those wgo are compelled TO do the
coupling, says:
Each road that, in this civilized day,
continues its brakemen butchery is re-
sponsible for it. Nobody denies that
the poor fellows are chopped and hacked
10 pieces woefully every day Not q
quarter Of the accidents to them get
.nto print. Indeed it has been even
commented on as remarkable that,
whereas in old times b-akemen used to
work their way mp to places of high re-
sponsibiity, such thing now are rare.
The present brakemen are said to be
rougher stuff. There are two good
reasons why promotions are less likely
than they used to be- One Is that the
brakeman doesn't live long enough, and
the other lies in the rough stuff con-
sideration, but the reason they are the
rougher stuff is that they are brutallzed
10y the treatment theyget.
" No other branch OF industry has ex-
panded SO much as freight transpOrta-
lion has with such disastrous results to
those personally engaged III 1t. As a
rule, when any occupation grows IN i'm
portance the circumstances of those en-
gagged in it improve TO correspond In
freight transportation this has been re-
versed, and the brakeman is worse off in
the full growth and activity of the busi-
ness than he was when it was only be-
ginning. 1t is all wrong, and in the
name of humane treatment of fellow
men something ought to be done to
check the present wholesale butchery." "
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
Six Hundred Victims of whisky.

The Corwin during her voyage to
Alaska landed on st. Lawrence island,
having orders to investigate the whole
sale starvation of the natives. At the
first village at which they landed all were
dead; so also at the second, where fifty
four dead bodies were counted, nearly
all full-grown males. At another place
15Opersons-men, women and children
We're dead. At the next settlement,
twelve dead bodies, and at the following
thirty were found. All the inhabitants
on the north side of the island, where
whisky traders sold liquor, are dead
not one escaping. The general starva-
ton occurred two years ago last winter
Since then the presence of the Corwin
in the Arctic has broken up this inhu-
man whisky trading. The empty whisky
kegs are seen stFewn all about. The
total number of dead bodies found on
st. Lawrence island was over 600. The
survivors say that white traders from
Honolulu sold whisky, which the natives
bought and got drunk, remaining so
during the season for laying in their
winter supply of walrus and seal.-San
Francisco ALtQ.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
What Influences Digestion.

There are certain substances upon
which the gastric juice exerts no action,
and it should be remembered that
whatever goes through the stomach un-
touched passes undissolved through the
whole of the alimentary canal. The
frequency with which such substances
as dried currants and apple pips are
passed unaltered is familiar enough to
all. Indigestible substances are oc-
casionally retained in the stomach, caus-
ing pain, indigestion and irritation for
days and days together. There are
avoid, what to wear, where and how to
live, by what means to avoid infection,
to keep off disease, and to escape death
for few weary and worried years are
questions which engross the thoughts,
If they do not embitter the lives, of the
multitude, that the proposition, Is a
sanitary life worth living?" has come
q be a subject of serious c contemplation,
and one which the taxed and harassed
community will sooner or later be COM
PEELED to entertain.-Dr. j. NJ Gran
uitte, az the Spectator.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
AN Occasion for Roreotting.

In reply 20 a correspondent who in
dignantly asks if nothing can be done to
stop the vandals who are transforming
the face of the country into one vast ad-
vertising medium, the Springfield Re-
publican observes that one obstacle in
the way of preventing such outrages is
the melancholy fact that farmers and
laraed proprietors " don't care, or, if
they do, it is only 81 or 81 worth. The
disapproval of the advertising fiend is
chiefly felt by persons who don't own
any fences or sheds or rocks-who have
nothing but sensitive taste and pow
erless indignation. These unfortunate
people can't do anything except swear
never to buy particle of the soaps or
dentifrices or elixirs or suspenders or
other contrivances so insolently adver-
tised, and never to deal with the adver-
tisers. We should like to see a league
formed, bound by that solemn Oblga-
tion-it is a perfectly proper occasion
for boycotting."
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
Prioe of Subscription. Sc
BITS OF INFORMATION.

THE speed of electricity is 1872, OOC
miles per second.
THE first locomotive built in this
country, 1880, was named the "Phmnix. -
THE first glass manufactory in Ameri-
ca was established by John Hewes, in
New Hampshire, in 1890.
Forks are mentioned in a charter of
Ferdinand /. of Spain, 1101. They
were introduced into England in the six
teenth century.
OK the first of January, 1901. the mi
tial day of the nineteenth century, Ire
land passed into incorporating union
with Great Britain.
A MILLION of dollars in our gold coin
weigh 3,6S5.7l pounds avoirdupois, and
1000, 600 standard dollars in our silver
coin weigh 5S, 92S 81 pounds.
THE largest and oldest chain bridge
IN the world is said 10 be that at King
tung, China, where it forms a perfect
road from the top CT one mountain to
another.
THE sun is echpsed when the moon
passes between the sun and the earth.
The moon intercepts the suns rays and
casts a shadow on the earth. The moon
is eclipsed when the earth is between
the sun ard the moon the earth inter-
cepts the suns rays and casts a shadow
on the moon.
A PARTY of miners passing through
the Territory of Arizona had occasion to
bury one of their number who died on
the way. To mark the spot they cut
an inscription on a stone which they
found, and placed 1t on his grave When
the place was afterward settled it was
referred to as the g Tombstone" that
being the only landmark. Hence the
origin OF the name applied to a town in
Arizona.
THE custom of "pairing" is not a
new one in Legislative bodies, and is fre-
quently resorted to. When two legis-
lators of opposite political views find it
necessary TO be absent from the sessions
of the body of which they are members,
they agree to absent themselves from
the discussions of the house during
specified period. They may be paired
on some particular question that is.
when both are absent the general result
is substantially the same, for one would /
vote for the measure and the other
against it. This is how we have the
word, paired"
THE postoffice existed in America
from its earliest settlement. At the /
beginning 1t was merely a receptacle in |
the coffee house. There letters that ar
rived from abroad were deposited and |
then taken by those to whom they were /
addressed, or delivered by neighbors.
In the records of the General Court OF I
Massachusetts for 1899 we find that no
tice ''be given that Richard Fairbanks,
his house in Boston, is the place APP
pointed for all letters which are brought
beyond the seas, or are to be sent thith-
er, to be left with hin and he is to take
care that they are TO be delivered or
sent according to tine directions and he
is allowed for every Isti>p nennY, AID
must answer all mistafrSges through
his own neglect in this kind.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
HUMORs OF THE DAY.
A FRUIT of the battle-feld-gr

A FRUIT of the battle-ield-grape.
A LOUISVILLE belle has in her parlor
beautiful embroidered motto, " r Plur L
ous, yum, yum"
LAST words of the balloonist: '1t's all
up with me-" Last words of the gosling:
It's all down with me.
THERE are some days when you can't
ay up cent, and other days when you
san't get hold of cent to lay up.
IT IS more blessed to give than to re-
eeive, when a kick from No. 10 boot is
The question at issue. - ,Stelbspv;LJe
Herald 49,
CUSTOMER You say tha, those fig
nres are life size?- Ny d., sir, they
seem very small" Artist Perfectly
correct, sir; you know life is short"
WHY doth the festive Injun squaw
Improve each shining minute
And scratch her head from morn 10 night?
'''' 'Hsis '"-''0ls @@sas n Fraseiseo IFssp.
YEs," exclaimed Brown, you al
ways find me with pen IN my hand.
I'm a regular penholder, my boy" Lets
see, = said Fogg, musingly, "a penholder
is usually a stick, isn't 1t ?'-Boston
Transcript.
TwINkLEi twinkle, diminutive type Of nebuiar
How mediate upon your composition
situated above this obiate spherod at such an alt-
tude,
IN similtude an infnitesinal capitalization Of car
bon in the blue empyrean.-OH City Derrick.
NO" SAID the charming actress to
her devoted lover, " No, Charlie, won
marry you; but you can have the privi-
lege Of paying for all my little suppers
and carriages. rftex the tlleater. aud
youth be euvIed by frfi the boys. That
ought to satisfy you. .
"BUT, your honor, says the accused,
this Is case of suicide. His
honor" ?'' The accused" He always
said he wanted to commit suicide, but
that he hadn't the courage. So then /
helped him !" His honor-"But why,
afterwards, did you take his watch?" Tho
accused with a shrug)-" Why, because
he didn't need it any more !''-Frcnch
paper.
THERE was a little company at Mr..
Browns and the youngest daughter, a
bright girl of seven, was talking to her
sisters bean. why, Mr. Sydney" she
said, loud enough for everybody to hear,
you can talk real plain, can't you p
q" OF course l can, Fanny. Did you
think / wasn't old enough to talk
plain ?" 50 Yes, she answered, Il
thought so, for ] heard you talking to
sister the other night, and you kept
saying, 90 tweet sing; oOi 90
'ovey dovey, tum tiss oor own tweet
Siddy,' so much, that L wasn't sure
but you had a impegiment in your
speech" Fanny was excused and Mr..
Sidney was carried out ON a shovel
Stcu6cnuiHe Herald.
Il COME over to see about your boy,
said a neighbOr last evening. He's
very troublesome about my house. He
has been throwing rotten apples into my
front yard and calling my wife Old
Molly Grubs. And l was going
over to see you about your boy" was
the rejoinder. "He chalked my wood
shed all over with picture of my wife
driving me out of the back door with
kettle of water in one hand and a broom
in the other" is that so? Then go
in for civil service reform within our
own families" The boys never knew
what they were clicked for that night.
--Nel0 HaUeH Register.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
WHY Women EIirt.

Most persons possess some good quail
ties, know this and wish others to know
! 1t The process of making them known
to ones own sex may be characterized
Under various names, while the effort to
attract the opposite sex by them-and at
the same time toying, as 1t were, with
the passion of love-constitutes flirta-
tion.
One can obtain the appreciation of
ones own sex by doing ordinary duties
Well; but to obtain the good will of the
other sex, who may not be In position
TO Judge of our genuine merits, requires
a manner more or less artificial. Flirta-
Is, therefore, a forced means of max
ing ones self agreeable to person of
the other sex. In the greater or less
transparency of the artifice lies the
science of flirting, which has infinite
shades, from unblushing coquetry to
the most delicate power of fascination.
society would be a dull thing without
this science. If it were possible that
women should cease for a short time to
care what men thought about them, most
OF us, moraIlsts or not, would be glad to
see that short time ended.
Men and women firt, but women more
than men, and they show it more. Wom-
ell. are less able than men to live without
admiration, and have less other work in
lie than the labor of securing praise.
AT the same time they cannot so well
keep their firtations out of sight. A
man travels and is IN very few places
really intimately known; a woman is, in
some few places, at least, closely watched.
None of n mans friends know precisely
with how many women he firts; wOm-
''ii friends keep an exact account of the
number of her admirers. 4 man, to be
called a tiirt, must firt to the point of
abandoning all other occupation; but a
very little affability, squandered under
the form of smiles, procures the title for
a woman.