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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

al P put mother, we have loads of nuts
-, 10y are worth more than the pump
tbis veor ana NC We cannot get any more
Phil. 'l nan u'' F0'
DO you think, dear the extra worth
r moiu o pay Mlnnie for to-day's disappoint-
No NO ma am, Phil acknowledged.
,,ro,,a1t see, GEAR, You not only lost her
plopeIty OUT brought all this distress
s sR1n fieI also. We canot measure the
. .Hil eiie e OF our wrong doing. And |
. .;4 Il you Doys go withouts nuts all
"iuVoh ~ VIII help you to remember
never 10 take other peoples things.
Very well, mother. said Phil meekly.
,, Ill give up all my share anyway. Now
I'll see the fellows"
Shametaced enough. were the mem
bers OF the torchlight brigade. Every
one OF them loved the minister and
admired pretty little Minnie and they
would not have grieved her for the
world What would Mr.. Shaw think
now OF his ''honest boys" for they
bravely decided to tell him everything
and to give up the nuts for Minnie's
They went at once and told him the
whole story. He was very kind.
II am glad you came to me volun-
tarily, boys" he said. II thank YOU
for that. 1 am sure this will be lesson
to You. L am going to preach you
short sermon.
First: Never NEEDLE with the prop
erty OF others, no matter how small the
value may appear.
Secondly: Try to check wrong
thoughts promptly.
Thirdly: If you have done wrong be
brave and confess it. Ask God to for
give You and to help You make what
amends you can.
Mr.. Shaw has prencle} many sermons
before and since but | doubt II hc ever
preached one that did more good.
Mrs. Wees was glad 10 take the nut
money for AIinnie's music lessons, and
became greatly interested in her promis-
ing pupil.
PhTs mother. plying the motherless
child of the pOorly-pald minister. helped
her in every way that she could. and
under her instruction Minnie learned to
make pretty clothes for herself and little
comforts and dainties for her father and
Cuthbcrt.
The minister never spoke of the
pumpkin robbery, 1 am sure, vet IN
some way the act and its amendment
became known, for "A good friend to
Bows" presented the brigade with twen-
ty-five naptha- torches, with which they
marched and cheered with honest
hearts.
Perhaps Pills mother K, ey mora
about that present than anyone else.
The members of the torchlight brig
ade have all vowed never to meddle with
things not their own; and / think they
will keep their own VOWS. But il will be
a long time before boy among them
can see pumpkin without blushing.
Vide Atr0ke.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21
The Isle of Mantle Isle 70,

There are corners of the worla -
winch we seldom hear, but when ~ III ~
we hear something worth wbiIa &c ~ VI,
Is the Isle OF Man, chiefly NOTABLE i;.i pu S.l
among the ladies for cats without n.
hencetorth to be remarkable am '''liS'
men suifraSlsts for women with on
nights. Geographically the Isle - VI NJ,
Is eqm-dlstant from England. TvaI Nh
and Scotland. Politically it enioIs g'li,,i,
rule. Socially it is quiet and cona iolao
tive. lndustrially it furnishes VS., rerio w
metals, minerals, and agricultural 20
ducts. Politically 1t has furnish IN
Its limited area, its share of a nos1;lIe
solution of great problem. Its rs
lature has widened the suffrage to bo,sse-
holders OF both sexes, under the sor,e
conditions. The Foman's .S,65.1ae
journal, an English periodical r ~ IN
ously proclaims: "Thus the Ho,I.s If
Keys, probably the most ancient nor,,,lar
assembly in the world, has been trna 10
Its tradition OF resisting encroacbr,,,,t
on liberty 10y taking measures to sacure
the exercise of political rights by women
as we'll as by men, and by ASSERTING, the
principle of free government for the
whole, and not merely for the half of tbe
people.
The House of Keys Is the ponplar
branch of the ~NIanx Legislature the
other House being the Governor and
Council. The franchise measure was
introduced by the Governor. in the old
style, comforting the right of voting on
the male inhabitants. The House Of
Keys amended 1t by stricking ont. the
word male, 10y IA vote of five to one.
1t Is said there Is no doubt that the new
law viii be- concurred in so far as the
ManX-mcn are concerned. The acts Of
the Legislature require the sanction Of
the Crown of Great Britain before hey
become operative: aud, if Queen f5Tor1a
withholds her approval, the ''hah of the
people viii declare that she is 10 true
women.
The area of the Isle of Man is 10000
acres, the population about -. 900 Ono
might think if there's peace TO be found
in the world the heart that Is hnmble
might hope for it there. 1t has revenue
of about E50, 600, and its annual Govern
ment expenses are some G10,000 less.
Nevertheless the island has a very re
spectacle debt of about Fl50 600. When
the women get into the Legislature, as
they naturally must, they will have TINS
debt reduced or, if not, know the reason
why. The kingship or lordship OF the
Isle of Man was formerly held by hrr-
editary descent. but the lordship was sold
TO the British Grown IN 1868, and the
Governors are now appointed by the
Sovereign of Great Britain The 1anX-
men make their own laws. and Impose
their own taxes. The institutions Of the
Isle date back to $40, and the House OF
Keys antedates the British House of
Commons. The local historians claim
long record of independent Legislation
and conservation of popular rights of
which they properly are proud With
the women on their side they viii be
prouder still Yet something Is due to
their insular position. and to their-in-
signiiicance-we might say, bnt for fear
Of the ladies. --Phi{adeiphia Ledger.
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Yarnish on the Church Pevs.

The seats had been newly vanished.
and, somehow, the varnish was not
right, as it was terrible sticky. You
know when you pull anything off of
sticky varnish it cracks Well, the au-
dience had all got seated, when the min
lister got up to give ont the hymn, and
as the basement of his trousers let loose
of the varnish of his chair there was a
noise like killing fly ON the wall with
a palm-leaf fan. The minister looked
around at the chair to see if he was all
present, and that no guilty mans pants
had escaped, and read the hymn. The
choir rose with sound of revclry, and
after the tenor had swallowed a lozenge,
and the bass had eoughed up IA piece of
frog, and the alto had hemmcd and the
soprano had shook out her polonaise to
see if the varnish showed on the south
side, the audience began to rise.
One or two deacons got up first, with
sounds like picket firing in the distance
on the eve of battle, and then a few
more got up, and the rafting of the I'M
yielding varnish sounded as though the
fight was becoming more animated, and
then the whole audience got on its feet
at once with sound of rattling musket-
nv. The choir sang "Hold the Fort F."
When the choir had concluded the peo-
pie sat down gingerly, the services were
short, and all went home praying for the
man that painted the seats.-Peck'S
San.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

About thirty-tive years ago, when the
German Chancellor was only plain Otto
Won Bismarck, a Pomeranian Squire and
inspector of dykes, he went out one day
snlpe-shooting with a friend, on some
marshy land, into which his companion,
stout, heavy man. suddenly sank up to
his arm-pits. Vainly struggling to extri-
cate himself, the gentleman shouted for
help, and seeing Herr Bismarck approach
him very slowly and cautiously, appar-
emily still looking cut for the rising of
some stray snipe, piteously appealed to
him to leave the COMPOUNDED snipe alone
and pull him out of the abominahle
swamp into which he had SINK SO det1l5
that it's slime was almost in his mouth.
MY dear friend" replied Bismarck.
with the utmost calmness, ''you will GER
talnly never get out of that hole. No
body can possibly save You. 1t would
however, pain me very much that Won
should suffer unnecessarily by slowly
sitting III this vile swamp I'll tell yo,
what, my dear fellow, Iii save Won the
agony of suffocation by putting n CHARGE
Of shot into your head. Thus will vSg,
die Mt once more swiftly and more re-
specially" care Won mad ?" shriekad
the other, struggling desperately to free
himself II don't want either To I've
drowned or shot; so help me ont. in tbe
name of three devilsl'' DeliberatnIv
leveling his fowIinS piece at his friends
head Herr Bismarck rejoined. in n snr-
rowful tone: Keep steady for a mo.
ment; it viii soon lee over Farewell
dear friend! / will faithfully tell yoIr
wife all about it. J." Stimulated TO slinar-
human effort by the eminent peril men
acing him, the unlucky sportsman CON
trived to wriggle ont of the mud on all
tours, and, when he had recovered his
feet, broke out in a storm of vehemant
reproach. Herr Bismarck listened -
him with sardonic smile merely ohserv.
ing: Can't You see how right I wos
after all? Every man for himselfr' and
turning his back on his infatuated Con- CON-
panion, coolly walked away in search Of
more game.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21
no,h,n. ON E.rth So GOOD.

Certainly strong opinion, said one of
our reporters-t to whom the following was
detailed by Ar. Henry Kaschop, with
Mr. George f. Miller, 419 Main street,
this city: 1 suffered so badly with rheu-
matism in my leg last winter, that 1 was
unable to attend to my work, being COM
pletely helpless. ] heard of st. Jacobs
Oil and bought bottle, after using which
felt greatly relieved. With the use
of the second bottle l was completely
cured. In my estimation there is moth
ing on earth so good for rheumatism as
st. Jacobs Oil. 1t acts like q charm. -
- Worcester Mass SPY.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

ONCB upon n time there came up for
examination at Oxford University, Eng
land, a young gentleman rejoicing in
the remarkable name of Field Flowers
Goe." The opportunity was too good to
be lost by his irrcpressible examiner, the
late Dean Mausel. For your first name.
sir. you deserve to lac plowed; for your
second, to be pluckcd, and your surname
conveys the best hint that we do not
wish to see you any more. i" Exit F.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

MY mother was afflicted long time -,
Neuralgia and dull heavy inactive copdi ai.n
of the whole system; headache. nervous nros.
ton, and WAS almost helpless No pbvsicia,'esra
medicines did her any good. Three montbssto-l
she began TO use Hop Bitters, with sucb f'-s ago
effect that she seems and feels young apsi,S 0od
though over 20 years old. We think there i AZ no
other medicine fit to use in the family - - no
LADY, IN Providence. X. l. "a
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

"DEsHIs, my boy" said a school
master to his Hibernian pupil, g / fear l
shall make nothing of you-you've no
application AN, sure enough, sir,
said the quick vitted lad, isn't it my
self that's always been tould there's no
occasion for it? Don't 1 see every day in
the newspapers that No Irish need APP
r,Iv af all nj ALP"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21
HOUSEkEEPERs' HELPS.

DEvIILED BISCUITS. -Take some water
biscuits, steep them in milk for ten
minutes. take them out, dust them over
with little cayenne, salt and black pep
,,er and bake them in slow oven for
aabo1,t twenty minutes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

1T is fact which is not generally rea-
lied that America wi,lens at the North
until it juts ont iuto the ocean SO rs to be
within thirty-six miles of Asia. In Sc
we're seasons Behring's Straits are frozen
over, and animals have passed on the ice
from one continent to the other.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.


POP CORN.
Pip, pop,
Hip, hop,
Tip, top,
Pop eorni
Out Of the pan,
Into the fire,
Bursting and bouncing
Higher and higher.
White rs new snow,
yellow As gold,
You'd better be patient
TIL Il Is cold.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21
Poverty and Suffering.

81 dragged down with debt, poverty and suffering
far years caused y sick family and hall.
toting, which did them good l completely dis
coursged until ago by the advce pastor
procured Hop Bnf-rT and commenced their a
- month we sil well, aud Of have
srk day SINCE, andl sny all poor men,
keep your families we'll yeET with Hop Ber- los less
than doctors rst will cost, know it. A woKKtxs-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

The love of truth and real desire of
improvement, ought to be only motives of
augmentation; and, where these are sin
cere, no difficulty can be made of en-
bracing the truth as soon as it is per-
ceived.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

A CERTAIN gentleman must have been
very prond of his wife when he described
her as sbeautiful, duiiful, youthful and
m armful.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

has received important addition in the ee-
giant Observatory which Mr.. H. H. Warner,
proprietor of the valuable Safe kidney and
Liver Cure, has erected at Rochester.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

(Consumption) use Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup
with very great benefit and relief. Price Is cts.
a hottie
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21
Tn-n.r,s dntv can only he done !,

To-DAY's duty can only be done well to-
day Time and circumstances are now
favorable, and we ara in the best cOndi-
ton to perform it. Tomorrow all will
be changed; other exigencies will arise,
other objects viii claim our attention,
and our capacity for performing that
special duty will be sensibly diminished.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

Tom CoBwIN, of Ohio, once said: "The
trouble with members Of the bar is that
they don't get down low enough They
shoot over the heads of twelve numb
skulls before them. [ have seen Ewing,
Stanberv and Hunter leading luminaries
as they are, dumbfounded at being
beaten by some stump-tailed, pennyroyal
bull of a country attorney, with no more
law in his head than snake in dog days.
| never score a success IN n jury trial
that don't feel Inundated Even if my
side has the right. / know [ have used
means that ought to shame down East
stock peddler.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

Two THIRDS Of the axle-grease used in the
United States Is made by the Frazer Lubricator
Company. Buy the genuine
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

RALPH WAIDo EMERsoN uses no GEES
lures in speaking.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

HAVING been cured by st. Jacobs Oil
L recommend the same to all sufferers
with Rheumatism, says Mr.. L. Shiffman,
2,S04 Calumet Ave, Chicago, Ill.-Ld
Crosse Republican Leader.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21
Deafness. Ear Diseases, Catappl

DIR. G. r. SfIOEM AhEB- The welI-known eIpe-
rencsd Surgeon, AIIihor and Writer The above
Diseases may be consulted by mail personally ~ his
office, No GI5 walnut Streef, RendIRg. PA.
His small book free His large and complete work
375 pages Deafness Diseases Of the Ear and Ton
sis aud Catarrh and their proper treatment; price %
by mail.
NoTE.-No will question DR.. shoemaker's standing
OF skill
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21
Baby is Dead,

"Baby is deadl' Three little words
passed along the line; copied somewhere
and soon forgotten. But after all was
quiet again l leaned my hand upon my
head and fell into q deep reverie of all
that those words mean.
Somewhere-a dainty form, still and
cold, unelasped my mothers arms to-
night, Eyes that yesterday were bright
and blue as skies of June dropped to-
night beneath white lids that no voice
can ever raise again.
Two soft hands, whose rose-leaf fingers
were won't to wander lovingly around
mothers neck anG face, loosely holding
white buds, quietly folded in confined
rest.
Soft lips yesterday ripping with
laughter, sweet as woodland brook falls,
gay as trill of forest birds; tonight I'M
responsive to kiss or call of love
silent hOme--the patter of baby feet
forever hushed a cradle bed impressed.
Little shoes half worn-daiEty garments
shoulder knots of blue to match those
eyes OF yesterday folded with aching
heart away
A Siny mound, snow covered in some
quiet graveyard.
Si'lilS totCii, III uneasy
slumber, for the fair head that shall
never again rest upon her bosom The
low sob the bitter tear rs broken
dreams awake to sad reality. The hope
of future years wrecked, like fair ships
that suddenly go down in sight of land
The watching of other babies, dimpled,
laughing strong, and this one gonel The
present agony of grief, the future empti-
ness of heart, all held in those three lit
tie words, "Baby is Dead"
Indeed, it is well that we can copy and
soon forget the words so freighted with
woe to those who receive and send ysis m
And yet IL cannot harm as now and
then TO give tender thought to those
whom our careless pen stroke Is prepar
ing such a weight of grief -Kok0HC
Tribune.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21

ztearq r1e.f Adlres., vii h stamp, Dr.. Mesr.. Al
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-03

mere demagogue wire-puller, and rush
es to Albany to fight and strive for the
man to whom he knuckles down.
This all comes of the desire mani
tested at Chicago, towards the close of
the cOnventiOn-the desire to pacify
Conkling and keep the machine" in
running order. 1t is rather humilia-
ting that the Vice-president even can
not, during his term of office, forget
that he is a politician, and attend sim
ply to the duties and dignity of his pO-
sitiOn.
Certainly we should not expect the
President himself to leave the White
House and go to Albany or elsewhere
to pull political wires for a favorite
and we cannot see why such things are
any more excusable in a Vice-presi-
dent. Mr.. Arthur is forgetting him
self He has lowered himself in the
public estimation. He has not helped
Conkling, and has given the people
cause to remember him when next they
make up their jewels. His trip to AL
bany has not made a favorable i'm
preston on those who look for dignity
and consistency in high places.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-03
Blaine the Fly in the Ointment.

Mr.. Conkling is credited with saying
that "Mr. Blaine is the only President
of the United States that has never
been inanguratedn There is more
than bitter sarcasm in these words. 1t
is more and more evident that Mr..
Blaine is the power behind the throne.
The reader need not be assured that
this paper has no sympathy with the
imperious and lordly COnkling; yet of
the two men it considers that COnkling
has n better record than Blaine, and
that he is a safer man to follow. When
the Presidents cabinet was announced
the CaledOnidn expressed regret, and
said: ''The first place is given to Mr..
Blaine; a man whom experience has
proved it is not safe to trust" Ever
since he took his place in the cab
met, the administration has been in
hot water. The voice from Washing
ton has been the voice of Jacob Gar
field, but the hands are the hands OF
Esau Blaine. AT the end of three
months an administration that began
under the most suspicious circum-
stances, has needlessly disrupted the
party which elected it; needlessly, be-
cause there is no principle at stake-it
is simply question of who shall have
the spOils of office.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-03
Star Route Matters.

POStmaster-G General James keeps
right along in his hunt and exposure
of the star route thieves, and up to
date has made a reduction of about
S5,0O0,OO0 in the expenses of the de-
partment. This is the sort of reform
that pays both morally and financially,
and so long as Mr.. James continues the
business the people will shout encore.
of course he is not having an altogeth-
er smooth time in his work of retrench-
mcnt, and has to meet much opposition
from rascals who do not enjoy expos
ure and disgrace half as well as they
enjoy putting their hands into the
government pocket and keeping them
there.
In regard to Dorsey's connection
with the star contracts, here is a sam
pie which will show just what sort of
business Mr.. James has on his hands
In some outlandish region of the West
somebody gets contract for carrying
the mail, which goes, say once or twice
week, at something like 100000 a
year. Then, just before settlement is
made, Dorsey endorses on the con
tract to this effect Better make this
800, OOG'-and the increase was gener-
ally paid, on the recommendation OF
the endorsement. Then in many cases
the mails have been carried by water.
when they could go to much more ad-
vantages by rail. The Narragansett
steamship company up to a recent
date, for instance, received first so. OOC
and then $500 year for carrying q
mail from New York to various points
in Rhode Island, all more quickly
reached by land and later the Old
Colony steamship company received
$4,000 a year for carrying the mai
from Fall River to New York in Il
hours, when the rail takes six, which
may he useful and necessary, but need,
explanation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-03
Note and Comment.

Blaine has been connected with the
star route business by rumOr peddlers,
but he says there is nothing to it.
Politics is responsible for the recent
death of four or five men in Virginia.
An even temper comes as handy in poll
tics as elsewhere.
Harvard college has had a Greek
play, and made a big success of it..
The stage Accomplishments were as
nearly as possible like those of ancient
Greek days.
Conkling hates Blaine, not Garfield.
That will tickle Garfield
The Barton Monitor says "There is
not a millionaire in the state" These
millionaires, you know, neighbOr, are a
little bashful about showing them
selves during the first part of April.
They'll be out by-and-by.
Cadet Whitaker expects vindicatiOn
from his latest cOurt-martial and it
is limited that he will then retire from
illt dllllN anu isihC w tiiC l'Sbul' i'i'tt
form.
When Mr.. James demands that mail
contractors shall show their liabilities
and prove their responsibility, he only
asks them to do business in a true
business way.
John Griscom, at Chicago, is proving
the truth of a familiar adage, by try
ing to fast As days.
Carl Schurz is now editorin-chief of
the New York Evening Post, and will
fill the position most admirably.
The Springfield Republican thinks
that "Arthur is giving the country
signal proof that electing a ward pol
itician Vicc-prcsident makes the Vice
president for four years ward pol
itician."
Gen. Grant is said to get salary OF
100000 a year as president of the
United States bank in New York city
'MahOnismo is the name they give
to an independent feeling in the South
which is reported as threatening de
struction to the Bourbon element
When the South ribs herself of Bour.
bonism, then she will show signs o
mending her ways, which are just now
detrimental to her own best interests
In what light would the conduct o
Vice president Arthur he regarded i
he were now President? What would
the country say if President Garfield
should leave Washington in company
with two aspirants for the Senate, anC
90 to Ohio to take part i'll their per
sonal canvass ? Boston Journal.
Mr.. COnkling has chosen to go on
of public life, unless he can dictate "a
to appointments in this state. 1t ha
been decided that he shall not he nj
lowed to dictate to the President an,
to the Senate. The next step is to fin,
Senators who can act III harmony will
the Administration and with the Re
publican Senators from other states.-
I'm Y Tribune