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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
The Strange Story OF Hermit and
His Sweetheart,

Many years ago there suddenly ap-
peared in Morehead City, n. c., a pre-
possessing young woman calling herself
Mary Burt She obtained work and
soon became n tavorite with her acquaint-
ances. Fifteen years after when all the
circumstances concerning her first APP
pearance had been forgotten, she received
an offer of marriage from one of the
well-to-do residents of the place. She
refused, however, and Immediately after
her whole manner changed
She became moody and seemed fond
of solitude. She finally purchased a plot
of land IN the mountains, built a log
cabin and lived there alone The only
hook she had was the Bible, which she
n new almost ~ ss<sa Sf ss=f
life was published recently III the Ashe-
Vile Citizen The article was copied by
Vermont paper, and attracted the
notice of Robert Fletcher, prominent
citizen of that State. Fletcher soon after
visited Asheville, sought the editor oI
the Citizen, and, together, they went TO
Miss Burts house The hermit did not
recognize the VermOnter, but she soon
learned that he was her old lover. A
mistake had kept them apart for half a
century, but when Fletcher left Ashevllle
few days later, Mary Burt Howe, for
that was the herInit's full name, accom-
panied him as his wife. When Miss
Howe and Fletcher were young they
were engaged to be married. The woman
fancied her lover was attached TO another
girl, however, and suddenly left her
home in Maine Going to Boston she
shipped as stewardess on n ship bound
for Liverpool. The vessel was wrecked
on the North Carolina coast, and, after
many adventures at sea in an open boat
and among friendly Indians on land,
Miss Howe found her way to civilization.
Robert Fletcher traced his runaway
sweetheart to the ship ON which he
sailed, and, hearing OF the loss of the
vessel, always mourned her as dead until
the North Carolina papers gave him a
happy surprise. boston Heraid.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19

In making change on the Woodward
avenue car a passenger dropped penny
on the floor, and it went under the graf
ings. Before he made move to find it
he stood up in the middle of the car and
said: "Ladies and gentlemen, know
Just how you feel about this matter. I've
been there myself. know that any one
of you had rather put your hand in your
pocket and give me two cents than to
see me get down on my knees and hunt
around for that cent. But let me ex-
plain. / do not care for the money,
having over Is cents left in my pocket,
but that penny is an heirloom in the
family-a sacred relic to remember the
dead and gone, sndI appeal to your senti-
ment to induce You to draw your feet
under the seats while / make a general
hunt.
The passengers good-naturedly com
piled, and after being carried four blocks
past his corner the man recovered his
sacred relic and jumped off the car
Free Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19

Every tourist in Cornwall is familiar
with the deserted engine houses and ruin
Gus chimney stacks which form so char
acteristic a feature of the scenery of the
Western mining districts. They have
their picturesque aspect, but they are
the evidences of widespread ruin. To
thousan1 of families they have been, in
the phrlYs applied to an Improbable
Speculate by Carlyle: 1.-THE grave of
the last f,xpence They stand there by
scores and by hundreds, dilapitated,
stripped of every morsel of wood or
metal that would sell, towering over wide
wastes of rubbish-heaps, their high
sounding names forgotten. Millions
drawn fom the wealth and the poverty
of outs & investors have within the past
thirty IRrs been buried in the bowels of
the Cor kh hills, or have found their
way in she pockets of some willy pro-
jectors. 1T is not twenty years since
shrewdA Aprnishman made large profits
by dis .g of shares in mine with n
highs ling name, near his native vii
lage; 5h inquiry the magnificent mine
provedX be merely pit some score feet
deep. with a windlass and a bucket
This gentleman was indeed rather too
clever. for he speedily found himself in
JehAif btlt ittIti A4O fNA AC1So 49, 80
let loose again upon his prey. How many
aliases he has had since then, or into
how many mine-broking firms he has
developed, probably no one but himself
knows. but more than one well pulled
mine of the present mining revival Is
known to have owed its origin to his
energies. 1t may be quite true that. on
a capital of e1 600, Devon Great Con
soils made in its earlier years more than
million profit; that South Caradon
gave its wealth on even easier terms !;
that Tresavean paid EGO, 900 dividends
in one year But let us look little fur
ther into the results, and we shall dis
cover that the families that have realized
wealth by mining, and not from the
dues they have received as lords of min
ing property, are few and far between.
Often within the lifetime of the indi-
yidual, frequently in the next generation,
mining has taken what mining gave.
The greatest mining fortune of the last
two or three generations was that which
eventually came into the hands of the
late Sir William Williams His eldest
son and heir adhered to the traditions
of his family in supporting mining enter
prise, and-he died insolvent. London
Standard
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
HICKMAN, FULTON COUNTY. KENTU;

BROMIDE OF SODIUM is Or. Boards
specific for sea-sickness and the flatter-
ing encomiums he bestows upon it will
make the drug singularly attractive to
others than those about to engage in a
wrestle with Father Neptune. When
he declares that if thirty to sixty grains
are taken three times a day for three
days they produce an uncomfortable
drowsiness and imperyiousuess to out
side Influences, he furnishes n prescrip-
ton of which many harassed and anx-
ious debtor will promptly avail himself.
When he has note coming due which
he cannot pay, or expect dun, he viii
promptly dose himself with bromide of
sodium and drowsly submit to the
inevitable
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
Finding the Day of the Week.

Divide the year by four, reject
the remainder, if any :; add the quotient
to the year, and to this sum add the
number of days from January of that
year to date, excepting leap year, when
add one less that number of days from
January to date, counting twenty-nine
days for February IN leap years; divide
the sum by seven, and if the remainder
be one the day is Sunday; if two, Mon
day; three, Tuesday four, Wednesday !;
FIVE, Thursday; six, Friday; 0, Satur-
day. This rule applies TO any date from
1900 to 1899, n s., let the remainder
one be Monday two, Tuesday, etc.
For dates from 1900 to 2099, let the re-
mainder one, Saturday two, Sunday !;
three, Monday, etc. Dates from 21OO
to2199, remainder one, Friday two,
Saturday three, Sunday, etc.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19

the SFr7npss--A -. e&.
a big distance. The aa.sdfline was gotten
up in very elaboratenty lyle and looked just
like man. 1t was perfect enough to de-
ceive any goat. And it cost Skid S74. But
he didn't begrudge the money so long
as it fetched the goat And he took the
machine and put it out in his front yard
where the goat could see it, and then he
retired to his house and waited to see
the fun. He waited about two hours,
and then his son came In and told him
that the goat had swallowed an old hoop
skirt the night before and 1t had got
tangled in his bowels and slain him.
And of course Skid was terribly mad.
But the machine was not wholly wasted,
for the boy took it and put it on the
outside of the circus tent so it looked
like man just starting to crawl under.
and a policeman ran up and hit 1t with his
club and was surprised tosee his club fly
forty feet into the air, while his arm
ached like fury, and then stalwart Cir
Gus man ran up and kicked the king and
was picked up twenty feet away with
his leg broken in two places. And when
he got over his surprise he said he'd give
that man season ticket if he'd tell
how he did it, as he'd like to work the
same racket ON the old man of the girl
he was counting. But the machine
couldn't be found, the boy having, IN
the excitement, taken it home. He Is
going to sell 1t to country editor, TO be
pointed ont as "tbe man who wrote the
. article you object to. You can proceed
to kick him. "-BOSt0n Post.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
Cough and the state Prison Convict.

In NV own experience, have found
among those who seemed the most reck-
! Is and hardened some spot in the
Leart that was vulnerable, some chord
that can be touched. Once while speak
mo To the convicts In one of the State
prisons a man sat befofk me with a face
almost demoniac IN is expression +. It
was n face that repelled and yet attracted
me II was what some one has called
the "attraction of reIelsion." As he
fixed his eve on me, fed and steely.
with the cynical curl of the lips and a
sneer. he almost fascinated me. and /
thought of Coleridge's lines in the q An
cient Mariner,
81 He held him with his gftering eye.
Ny wonder gass - S., s be ,s ,E:si-
than average intelligence and while he
fascinated, he embarrassed me. The
thoughts that flashed through my mind
while was speaking were, 81 can not
move this man, my words fall on him
like soft snow on q rock. l wish he
would not look on me-" / became al
most confused, and saw n smile pass
over his face-a half-contemptuous smile
AS If he were conscious of the power
he possessed. Seemingly, by concen-
tihNAAto oii BOMtIS VI Will, iiC AitNN
almost gained control of me. [ turned
from him with am effort, and said
There may be some before me who
think they are hardened, are past feel
ing God only knows whether they are
or not but often we cultivate that hard
ness, when the world turns against us
| There may be some here who had a gooc
mother and even here, when alone IL
| your cell, In the silence of the night
| you remember that mother, and the little
prayer she taught you as you knelt at
her side, and her gentle, loving hand
rested on your head You almost hea
the words whispered in your ear and NJ
human eye seeing you, the tears come
and you are melted into tenderness but
in the morning you harden yourself
again into recklessness. | said some
| thing like this, steadily keeping my face
| turned from the man, when L was inter
| rupted by so bitter a cry" Oh, m!
| God that l turned, and the man, who
had risen to utter the exclamation, haC
sunk in his seat and was audibly sobbing
was told by one of the officers of the
| prison that he was one of the hardes
cases, the most repelling, the most OBJ
! hvious to kindness OF any man that h'
had ever come under his supervision
| The remembrance of a mother Whose
heart he may have broken melted th'
strong man, and he became as httl'
| child
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
Neither One Nor the Other.

Thomas Salter was carefully reared by
his wealthy parents at Montreal, but had
not sufficient pride to keep place among
respectable people, nor honor enough to
be trusted among thieves. He went into
a scheme with some burglars to rob a
iewelry store, and then betrayed his
Companions to justice. But in testifying
against them, though he caused their
conviction, he lied so much that he was
sent to prison for perjury. Thus he
found himself convict in the St Vincent
de Paul Penitentiary with men who were
his revengeful foes. One of these was
Dan Everett, who deliberately resolved
to throw away his own life in order to
kill the traitor. He stabbed Salter to
death. and then, knowing that otherwise
he would surely be hanged, he commit
ted suicide on the spot.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19

g Jones has just boarded the train sits in
car. t.
Agent"
The officer had just enough time in
which to complete his arrangements. 1t
was a warm, suitry day, even for that
season, and as the little locomotive came
wheeling into the depot, with two
rickety cars behind it, there were five
passengers waiting at the depot appar-
emily to get on board, but as the cars
slowed up one of these men, with a
Winchester rifle at full cock, stationed
himself near the side window, assuming
such position that neither of the two
young men, who sat in their shirt
sleeves, noticed him.
The next minute two other men, fully
armed, boarded the rear platform and
entered the door at the same instant
the detective and friend entered the
front door and moved carelessly down
the aisle in the direction of the two pas
sengers. The latter glanced up sharply
but saw nothing to cause misgiving, and
continued talking. The next moment
the officer reached a point in the aisle
directly opposite the couple. Stopping
suddenly, he exclaimed
How are you, John Wesley Har.
din %
AS quick as lightning the desperate
threw his hand back to his hip to draw
his revolver. As he did so one of those
behind him grasped his arm and the
fight began. The two strong men pre-
cipitated themselves upon Hardin. who.
though disarmed, fought like wild cat.
They got him down in the aisle, where
they finally overpowered and put the
nippers on him. While thev were doing
this the other two officers were engaged
in a deadly struggle with the other des-
perado, who showed an overweening am
bition to mingle in the business. The
only way convenient to dissuade him
was to shoot him dead, which was done.
All this time the other friend held his
position ON the outside with his cooked
Winchester, rather more than willing to
fire if only a suitable pretext should pre-.
sent itself
Hardin was taken back to Texas, tried
found guilty and sentenced to twenty
five years Imprisonment. He is now in
The State Penitentiary at Austin, where
/ saw him three years ago. He told me
he was suffering from wound in his
side, but is not without hope that he will
be pardoned by the Governor after serv.
ing few more years. Judging from the
fashion in Texas, this hope Is likely to be
gratifed, though the crimes he has com.
mitted could not be expiated by dozen
such worthless lives as his.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
Old Story RetoId.

"Long John" Wentworth, ex-Mayor
of Chicago, is entirely b Id, except lit
tie tuft of hair behind the ears, and on
one occasion, when riding in the cars,
he frequently took off his hat and
scratched the back of his ears, when a
waggish backwoodsman shouted:
"Stranger, drive 'em up into the clear
ing and you can catch 'em all In five
minutes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
A Very Needful Invention.

The facts were these Mr.. Skid's
neighbor kept goat and that goat had
often got at Mr.. Skid and butted him
two rods, end over end, and he hated
the goat profusely. But the neighbor
wouldn't keep the goat shut up, and so
Skid invented machine to slay the goat.
1t was in the form of a man bending
down to pick up his hat, but in the body
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
C Lrting in the Arctic Regions.

Aes, fond youth 1t may be very
nice ourt girl in the far northern
coui where the nights are six
mon long; but just think of the vast
amoiZ of peanuts and gum-drops the
your r7snan, when going to see his girl,
mus g along with him in order to kill
time4fnd induce her to believe that his
atfe$3n for her is as warm as ever.
And then the sad leaye-taking few
weeks before sunrise He whispers
+" Goodnight, love-" and she softly
murmurs, Goodnight, dear. When
shall | see you again ?'' "To-morrow
nlgnk he replies, as he kisses her up
turnG face. Tomorrow night" she
repeEs, with a voice full of emotion.
long, weary months ! Can't you
eau Pound few days before breakfast,
Charles ?" Finally Charles tears him
sell away, with a promise to write her
one hundred and sixty letters before the
next day draws to close.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
Making Things Over.

d" Maria. said Mr.. Jones upon one of
his Worrying DAYS, lit seems to me you
might be more economical now there
my old clothes, why can't you make
them over for the children instead of
giving them away?"
because they re worn out when you're
done with them, answered Mrs. Jones.
Its no use making over things for the
children that won't hold together you
couldn't do If yourself, smart as you are. :"
"Wel, - grumbled Jones, Il wouldn't
have closets full of things mildewing for
want of wear if l was a woman, that's all.
\ penny saved is penny earned
That was in April. One warm day in
MAY Mr. Jones went prancing through
the closets looking for something he
couldn't find and turning things gener-
ally inside out.
''OIaria =" he screamed, where's my
gray alpaca duster? ?"
Made it over for Johnny"
"Ahem Well, where's the h.nySs
.sCiothes-lSag r. niififil il.5lesT
who seemed to have a difficulty IN mex
speech at that moment. {" just made it
into nice onep'
"Where are my lavender pants yelled
Jones.
"Cut them over for Willie"
Heavens - groaned the husband.
Then, in a voice of thunder "Where
have my blue suspenders got to ?"
Hung the baby-iumper with them"
Maria, asked the astonished man,
in a subdued voice, would you mind
telling me what you have done with my
silk hat you haven't made that over for
the baby, have you ?"
"Oh no, dear" answered his wife
cheerfully, 1--WE used that for a hanging
basket. 1t is full of plants, and looks
lovely" Mr.. Jones never mentions the
word economy or suggests making over
he had enongh of it
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
asAvrsGsnor,.nEH.

Y p "a. = -
The farmer satin his easy chair
Between the IRE and. the -lamPlights glare;
His face was ruddy and full and fair.
His three small boys IN the chimney nook
Gonned the lines OF a picture book;
His wife, the pride of his home and heart,
Baked the biscuit and made the tart,
Laid the table and stepped the tea,
Deity, swiftly, silently;
Tired and weary and weak and faint,
she bore her trials without complaint,
Like many another household saint
Content, all selfish bliss above
In the patient ministry of love.
At iast between the clouds of smoke
That wreathed his lips, the husband spoke:
There's taxes to raise, an intres to pay
And ef there should come a rainy day
,rwould be mighty handy, In bound to say.
T have sumpthin' put by. For folks must die
An there's funeral bills, and gravestuns 70 buy
Enough TO swamp man, purity nigh.
Beside, there's Edward and Dick aud Joe
TO be provided for when we go
$50 - \ n e - ] - 4 a.
t:xtra hres don't du any good-
I'd be savin' OF sope. aud savin' OF lie,
And run up some candles once in a while;
I'd be rather sparin' Of coffee an tea,
For sugar is high,
And all to buy,
And cider is good enough for me-
I'd be kind O. careful about my clo'es
And look out sharp how the money goes
Gewgaws is useless, mater knows;
= the bane OF women.
"rd sell of the best OF the cheese and honey,
And eggs is as good, nigh about, IS the money.
And as 20 the carpet you wanted new
guess we can make the old one du.
And rs for the washer an sewin' machine,
Them smeoth-tongued agents, 20 pcsky mean,
You'd better get rid Of 'eIn, slick and clean.
What do they know about women's work.
Du they calkilate woman was born to skirk7
Dick and Edward and little Joe
sat in the corner In a row.
They saw the patient mother 20
On ceaseless errands to and fro;
haN aur AZ harf hant au1f
Her temples gray, her cheeks sunk in,
They saw the qtiver OF lip and chin
And then with warmth ne could not smother
OutspoKe the youngest, frailest brother;
You talk Of Savin' wood and lie
An tea an sugar, all the while,
But you never talk of savin' mother
Inferior.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19

EGG socials, at which the young men
are expected to shell out, are popular all
ova the West.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-07

Hammerton: The pets Of nature, who
do not know what suffering Is, and can
mot resljze il. have q certain rawness,
HE foolish lsndsmen who laugh at the
terrors of the ocean because they nave
NOT experience enough to know what
those terrors are, MOI brains enough 10
imagine them.
Coleridpe: Socrates introduced eth'
lea and taught duties, and then finally
Plato asserted or re asserted the idea Oh
a God. the maker of the world. The
measure Of human philosophy was nus
full, when Christianity came TO aod
what before was wanting-assurance.
Charles Dudley Warner: Anybody
can write first lines, and that ID PROB
ably the reason we have 30 many poems
which seem to have begun in Just TINS
Way-that is, with a south-wind longing
without any thought in it; and it is Very,
fortunate when there is not wlna
enough to finish them.
Senator Bayard: The best part OF
mans life is In the world OF his natural
affections, and that realm has laws OF its
own that neither know nor heed kings
nor congresses, and are deaf even to the
voices OF shouting popular maJoritles,
but heed and obey rather the gentle
voice of woman and the cry OF helpless
and feeble childhood.
Sydney Smith: Not only study that
those with whom you live should habit
ually respect you, but cultivate such
ann as will secure the respect OF
persons with whom you occasionally
converse. Keep up the habit OF being
respected and do not attempt to be more
amusing and agreeable than is consis-
tent with the preservation OF respect.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-07
The Llama.

The South American llama will bear
neither beating nor i'll treatment. The
animals go in troops, an Indian walking
a long distance ahead as q guide. 1.-the
llsmas are tired, they stop, and the In
dian stops also. II the delay be too
great, the Indian, becoming uneasy to-
ward sunset, after all due ~precaution,
resolves on supplicatipg the beasts to
resume their journey. He stands about
fifty or sixty PAGES off, in an attitude OF
humility, waving his hand eoaxingly
toward them, looks at them with tender
ness, and at the same time, in the soft
est Ones eiterates, sc, &c, ic!' Ii the
llamas are disposed to resume their
course, thew follow the Indian in good
order and at a regular pace, but very
fast, for their legs are very long; but
when they are in ill.humor, they, do not
even turn toward the speaker, but re-
main motionless, huddled together,
standing or lying down. The straight
neck and its gentle majesty OF bearing,
the long down OF their always clean n
glossy skin, their supple and timid mo-
ton, all give them an air at once sensl-
tive and noble. The llama is the only
creature employed by man which he
dares not strike. If it happens-which
is very seldom the case that an Indian
wishes to obtain, either by force or even
by threats what the llama will moi will
perform, the instant the animal
finds itself affronted by words or ges'
ture, he raises his head with dignity,
and without making any attempt TO e.
cape ill-treatment by flight. lies down,
turning his looks toward heaven. Large
tears flow freely from his beautiful
eyes. signs issue from his breast, and in
half or three-quarters Of an hour at most
he expires. The respect shown these
animals by Peruvian Indians amounts
absolutely to superstitious reverence.
When the Indians load them, two ap-
proach and caress the animal, hiding
his head that he may not see the load
on his back. 1t is the same in unload
ing. The Indians of the Cordilleras
alone have sufficient patience and gen.
to manage the llama.