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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-09-06
SEDALIA, MO.

This institution possesses unsurpassed
facilities for improving the young
men and ladies, not only a
practical knowledge Of
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20
Natures Big Gas Tanks.

Bradford, Pa, and neighboring places
are lighted and heated by natural gas.
In 1875 an oil company was sinking "a
well In a high hill west of Bradford. At
the depth of several hundred feet they
struck vein of gas. No oil was found.
The force of the gas was such that when
it was ignited pillar of fire more than
fifty feet high was formed. The roar
of the gas could be heard for a mile and
more. This burned for months. The
heat was such that grass and foliage
grew in the depth of winter as luxIIri-
antly for hundreds of feet around as it
did in the summer. Strawberries
ripened near this well in February.
The we'll had been burning for a long
time before the feasibility of utilizing il
was thought of. A belt of dry territory,
but yielding vast volumes of gas, was
subsequently found to exist in the Vi
cinity of the original gas well. A com
pany was formed to carry the gas into
the city. 1t is now distributed all
over the place by pipes. A gas-pipe, with
Jets attached, is run into the parlor and
kitchen stoves. The supply of gas is
controlled by stOpcock on the pipe.
When a fire is wanted lighted match is
thrown into the stove and the gas turned
on. The fire is started at once. The gas
possesses great heating qualities, and
apartments are warmed as quickly and
as well by it as by coal. Gas for illu-
minating purposes is conducted into the
house the same as artificial gas is taken
IN. At first the hight was not brilliant
andsteady, owing toimpurities. Processes
Tor refining 1t were Invented, and now the
natural illuminator is unsurpassed by
the finest manufactured gas. 1t is so
cheap that people seldom turn ont their
lights. 1t burns day and night in stores
hotels, private houses and streets. Con-
sumers pay by the month instead of by
the thousand. Gas-wells have come to
be more valuable than oil wells, and the
sudden phenomenal appearance of oil In
some OF the principal wells In the gas
belt has created CONSERVATION among
owners and consumers. For years the
gas has flowed from wells in unremit-
ting volume. That oil was not TO be
found there it was thought had been con-
cluslvely settled. = PHILADELPHIA Tete-
graph.
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Tennessee Marble.

Mr.. john j. Craig, of Knoxville,
Tenn, says that the United States Gov
eminent is now working successfully a
quarry of white stone in the immediate
vicinity of that city which is pronounced
by competent judges to be superior to
anything of the kind found elsewhere in
the United States for building and all
outdoor purposes. 1t is a highly crys-
talliZed limestone marble-and asst comes
from the hammer or chisel is almost per-
fectly white when polished 1t shows a
faint pinkish blush, most delicate and
beautiful long exposure to the atmos-
phere seems to whiten and harden 1t,
sort of glass-like enamel forming over
its surface and rendering 1t almost I'M
pervious to dampness and stains of any
kind A column of this marble, which
has been standing in Knoxville more
than thirty years, and which has never
been touched with brush or soap. is as
white and clean to-day as it was the day
it was first exposed to the storms and
sunshine of our tickle climate. The text
ure and working quality of the marble
is unsurpassed. It is neither too hard
nor too soft, but exactly soft enough to
allow the sculptor to work it without
force and trace ON it the finest lines of
finished form, and yet hard enough to
retain these lines in all their original
delicacy, unimpaired by wind or rain,
for generations to come. The quantity
of the marble is unlimited. Knoxville
is surrounded by whole mountains of it.
Facilities for transportation are now
good and daily growing better. Car
loads are being daily shipped to all sec
tions of the country, and the absence of
capital alon prevents the quarrying of it
from soon developing into one CT the
Eeost important industries in that singu-
larry favored but as yet almost unknown
section. Scientific american.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20

Seif-supporting industrial employment
for women Is attracting more and
more attention from the public as the
necessity for it becomes daily more APP
parent. The Investigation oil INDUS
tries. which is now increasing with such
wonderful rapidity under the demands
of modern life is furnishing rapidly
many new opportunities forall degrees
of intelligence and skill, and a plain,
practical hint upon the sabIect was
offered recently in the proposal that
shops should be established where mend
ing could be done The idea Is SO sim
pie and reasonable that it seems almost
useless to dilate upon it, but here Is an
occupation which could be remunera-
lively added to the work of many OF the
small shops in which there nust neces-
sarily be much time not fully occupied.
In the variety shops. which are already
generally attended 10y women, simple
card is only needed to announce the fact
that mending is done. to produce an IN
slant demand for small services. Es-
pecially In cities where large part OF
the population Is employed away from
home, both men and women would glad
" avail themselves of some assistance Of
the needle in repairing the damages
wrought by the wash-tub, or accident
upon the wardrobe. - Washington critic.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20
The I.ength of Hnman Life.

Reasoning from analogy, men ought
to live a century, as it seems to be a
general law in the animal creation that
life should be five times the period re-
CURED for growth. Many of the insect
tribes mature and fructify III an hour
and die before the close of the day. A
dog grows for two years and lives eight !;
an OK grows for four years and lives six
teen a horse grows for five years and
lives twenty-five; camel grows Tor eight
years and lives forty; a man grows to
twenty years and should live to 100. 1t
is a recognized fact in physiology that
the longer a child is in getting its full
growth, the longer it will live. Early
ripe. early rot" is almost proverb.
Children who grow rapidly are always
weakly. In France the rich men aver
age twelve years of life longer than the
poor. Observation in all civilized coun-
tries shows that the well-to-do live eleven
years longer than those who have. to
work for their daily bread. Those who
can afford to work leisurely indoors out
live those who have to work hard out OF
doors by ten or fifteen years and If
there was no Sabbath 1T is very clear
that the poor would not live as long as
they do now.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20
Old Times.

It is really not very long since ros-
porous business men were satisfied with
apartments which would hardly suit
well-to-do workingmen now. That,
however, says a New York correspond
ent, was before we got into the arena of
great millionaires. There are lots of
folks still among us who remember very
well when the possession of 100000
made a man q nabob. Astor was the
only actual millionaire in the city.
Back in those times il was the custom
of rich men TO live in apartments over
their places of business. That was
when the stores were all below Canal
street and Murray hill away out in the
country. The merchants and lawyers
who lived over their stores and offices
were quite as comfortable there as the
richer men of to-day living in 800, 900
mansions up town. The elite of the
city could he found in the neighbor-
hood of Bowling Green, and the Battery
had greater charms than Central Park
has now. Between riches now and
riches then the difference is enormous.
One of our present milliOnaires, with an
extravagant family, spends as much
money in year as would have made a
permanent family fund in the old times.
1t is not an uncommon thing for such
man to lay out $40, 900 between New
Years and the next Christmas. In the
times ] speak of man who could COM
mand $4,000 all told was considered
rich for life. An income of 81, 500 or
g, 900 year was thought enough for
any family not given to downright ex-
travagance. Five or six times that will
hardly suffice for fashionable family
now. The world has changed indeed.
and nowhere more than in Gotham.
But in those slow old times, great-cor-
porations were unknown, and no man
could put millions in his pocket by the
simple process of watering stock.
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Ariemns Wards Franks.

Among his youthful diversions was the
writing of letters to prominent persons
in all parts of the country whose names
he happened to see Ii prlnt-entlre
strangers to him. These usually referred
to some prospective business arrange
ment. Thus he would write to some
gentleman in New York: dear Sir
I'm sorry to say l sha'n't be able to get
that harness done on the day prom
ised;" or, 81 will not be able to call at
your house, as you requested, etc. In
this INVESTIGATION of unsuspecting people
he was not unlike the German OWlglass,
who. while always playing the fo6tI never
lacked fools upon whom he Inedt try
experiments. Nothing seemqLkA Csc
him more than to get the bE>z rs
brother Cyrus. One very cteS< -
the winter, when he had comeees Pr
late hour from an entertaining prdegead
of going quietly to his room, yestighich
his mother had provided by leaStAfg the
doors unfastened, he stationed himself
in the street and called to his brother as
if in deep distress about something.
Cyrus was slow to wake and appear
Charles continued calling, and with more
agony, "Cyl Cyl Hoi Cyp When
Cyrus at last came TO the window, he
solemnly asked, "Do you really think,
Cyrus. that it is wrong to keep slaves p
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20
Matt Carpenters Wit.

The bright, mirthful soul of Carpenter
was not overawed even by the shadow of
death. The evening before he died, and
after he had been told that he could not
possibly survive much longer, he insisted
upon getting up. The attending ply
sicians forbade the attempt, and were
endeavoring to make the Senator remain
quiet, when Judge Macarthur entered the
death chamber.
us that you Mac?" asked Carpenter.
Eyes, Matt, it's L. But you must lie
ouiet now" The old twinkle of the
ewes and toss of the head, as the dying
Senator replied:
'Well, Judge, I'm prepared to argue
that point right now"
Mr.. Carpenter suffered excruciating
pain. and in his agony wanted an expla-
nation of the cause.
s'The pain is caused, Senator" replied
a physician, ''by stoppage of the CO
Ion"
'sStoppage of the colon, eh ?" and again
the sense of humor overcame the pain
itself. "Well, then, of course it isn't a
full stop. Toledo Telegraph.
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Angry Words and Their Cost.

Some years ago our Government or
dered the Modoc tribe of Indians to be
removed to the Klamath reservation-
peaceably or forcibly. The peace trial
failed. and suddenly the United States
soldiers surrounded the Modoc camp. A
parley was held, and the Indian chief
advised his people to lay down their
arms. They all did SO except one man,
who had seen his father killed by mob
of white men twenty years before, while
gong to warn some other white people
of danger from another tribe of hostile
Indians. A Lieutenant was ordered to
disarm him. He, with oaths and insult
ing epithets, ordered him to lay down
his arms. The Indian offered to do so if
decently addressed, affirming that " he
was not dog" The officer drew his
revolver instead both fired at the same
instant, and both fell dead. An Indian
war followed, which cost the Govern
ment about 200 lives and 81, 600, 600.
Kind words are seldom thrown away,
even as regards immediate results, and,
in the words of the old hymn, "They
never die -
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20
SO TinninR.v

One OF the chief characteristics of the
average American citizen, when travel
ing especially, is the Iavishness with
which he disburses his loose change, so
lOng as the purse remains plethoric,
ana even when that generally convenient
afticle has become attenuated and lony
ufawn out, and the pieces 1t contains are
IS scarce as Pawnbrokers' friends, the
typical native of the home of the free
VII toss his last quarter to a sleeping
car porter with as careless an air as
t.nough he owned stock in the 1nterna-
Sn Electrical Company of Chicago.
Inns trait of the universal Yankee was
long ago discovered and turned to profit
able account by foreigners of every ma
Honality, creed and color, until now the
arrival of denizen of the land of Uncle
Dam Is regarded as but the coming of
pigeon to be plucked. It is observable,
however, of late years that the desire to
take advantage of this weakness of the
nomadic American is no longer confined
to countries beyond the water, but has
become firmly implanted in his native
soil, and the custom of fleeing travellers
n every available way is growing rapidly.
In the Eastern cities, and more particu-
larly at the popular watering places dur
ing the fashionable season, it is next TO
an impossibility for the transient guest
to obtain the attention for which he is
charged an enormous price without sub
hitting 30 an additional tax in the shape
of fees to walters, porters, chamber
maids, check-boys and bell-boys. The
"tip" may not be, and generally is not,
demanded openly; but in various ways,
and by devices born of experience, the
undaling soon brings the victim to re
alizing sense of the situation. His meals
are half served and his coffee cold; some
of his baggage is liable to be carried 10
a wrong room his quarters will not be
put in order until late in the day; undue
Quantities of dust will remain on his
outer garments, and he can wager heav-
ily on the bell-boy drinking half his ma
tntinal cocktail and filling the glass witt
water from the convenient pitcher. In
particularly obdurate cases, where either
the exchequer will not admit, or the ided
has become fixed that So or IS per day
should be ample to secure all accommo
dations. it has been found convenient Il
have the arm iostled by brother waite
at the proper moment, with the result o
depositing some portion of plate o
soIlp upon the offenders raiment. But
ms a general thing, resort TO this heroi
treatment is not rendered necessary, tia
petty annoyances generally causing al
unconditional surrender before the ex
piration of twenty-four hours. The itch
ing palms are crossed with silver, AM
ali is lovely for a season, when he note
10 his astonishment that his wants ar
being looked after by new set of at
tendants, and the lubricating process
has to be repeated. - Chicago Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20

FROM the most remote ages the hat
has been an emblem of liberty, and has
embellished the coins of many nations.
AS covering for the head it dates back
to the time of ancient Greece. Eleven
hundred years ago the quality and style
of the hat worn bespoke the rank and
taste of the wearer. It being the most
conspicuous article of dress, and sur
mounting all the rest, il was natural that
the bean monde should give to it special
care and attention That it still bears
like significance is evident from the great
demand for the Dunlap hat, which dis
eliminating public has accepted as the
standard of the present day.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20

We learn that young Milwaukee gem
tleman has prepared the muse Tor a
new dance. TO supersede the racquet,
and that it is of such lively and capti-
waiting nature as to leave the racquet in
the lurch as slow coach. He has been
experiencing some difficulty however,
in securing a band to properly execute
the music. and of recent rehearsal had
the misfortune to lose his trombone
swallower In executing one of the
liveliest passages. where the trombone
is depended upon for a crash represent
ing the earthquake at Scio, the yonng
man forgot to work the escape valve, and
the blast recoiied and blew ont his
brains. OF course, that finished him as
a trombone player, and he has since been
doing editorial work as a writer of fl
nance. The new dance viii be called
The Duelo, the dancers having the
choice of weapons, but tossing up for
positions. Competent surgeons VIII be in
attendance, to pick up the pieces OF girl
that have been squeezed IN two, after
each dance. and match them, and the
greatest care Will beexercised not TO send
home the upper part of one glrl with the
lower portion of another.-PecH Sun.
FoR five years, says Mr.. J. Echter, this
city, / have been afflicted with rheuma-
tism, and for two years have had sore
on my leg the size of a silver dollar,
which nothing would heal. 81. Jacobs
Oil cured the rheumatism and healed the
sore HdTrisburg pa. independent.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20
How Happiness NAV BE Obtained.

There is one way of attaining what
we term, If not utter, at least mortal
happiness. 1t is this-a sincere ana
unrelaxing activity for the happiness OF
others. In that one maxim Is concen-
trated whatever is noble IN morality,
sublime in religion or unansweraole III
truth. In that pursuit we have all scope
for whatever is excellent in our hearts,
and none for the petty passions to which
our natureis heir. Thus engaged, wila a.!
ever be our errors, there will be no .i
ty, not weakness, in our remorse what-
ever our failures, virtue, not seipsnness'
IN our regrets and in success vanity IL
self will become holy and triumph eter-
nal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
MEADOW aUAKERs.

In the early autumn
Come the Meadow Quakers;
Not the shakers, not the Shakers
No, no, no.
These quiet little people
Stand straight as a church steeple,
And no one ever saw them come,
Or ever saw them go.
White their hats and broad-brimmed,
Lined with pale silk lining,
On them dewdroTs often shining
Yes, yes, yes.
No butterfly goes near them,
No brown bee huns 20 cheer them,
And what these Quaker folks are called
want you all to guess.
-Hdrpers' Young Folks.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20

Mr.. JULIAN HAWTHORNE writes con-
corning Lord Beaconsfield's audacity:
''Some years ago, while he was plain
Disraeli, he was at large dinner, where
his wife also was present-an excellent
lady, but not distinguished for outward
attraction. 1t happened that her next
neighbor at the table was Bernal Os-
borne, and after the ladies had with
drawn, the latter (who has the manners
of a city cabman) broke out in loud
voice: Good God, Disraeli, how on earth
did you come to marry that woman 2
Hereupon ensued an appalled, hush, all
eyes fixed ON Disraeh- At length he
said, with quiet, friged drawl: Partly
for one reason which you. Osborne, are
incapable of understanding -gratitudeP
This completely crushed the vivacious
Osborne"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostration
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MENsNfAN' S PEPToSIzED BEEF ToSIc, the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood max
ing forces generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions
whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration overwork, or acute disease, particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20

A WISCONSIN girls innate modesty
caused her to ask a clerk in a store for a
pair of findings When she wanted leg
gins. The struggle for the cake now
lies between her and the Missouri girl
who tells strangers that during the war
the enemy threw up bust works on her
fathers farm.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20
IN CHAINS!

centuries ago the few Bibles IN existence were
commonly chained IN the churches and accessible
few. Those who attempted 20 free them translate
them, and give them 10 the people had the stake aud
acahold Their award. This version II the
ament Wa completed printed and bound months
gland but thu the English publishers might be able
mouopoliEe snls aud make few hundred thousand
dollars the more has been withheld from The public
The Copyright Law England such that at least
newspaper which, by method secured copies Of
portions and published extracts with comments
compe ed 70 desist from repetition the 'cums
and to publicly apologize for their wrong" We IN
~ equitable international copyright law that
give authors due rewagd for their labor, but Americans
viii ssCh English law transferred to
This country
On May 18th th-he mopoPoiists pfomse 10 uHbHd the
chans and release probably million tessmcnts 10 the
world. They promise edition very small type,
paper covers "a h cents per copy.
We give. with speed never before eqaled in
the history publishing type nearly double size
used by them, the New Testament complete 10
cents, ths -Four Gospels complete cents, the Cos
pels eFaraely each for cents; and many
forms and STYLES up 20 fgl Turkey pitt edges, 10
the and old versions pages facing for SI.50.
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nM1aHrr few of us are born scholars

MIGHTY lew OF us are DOrn scnolars,
remarked a member of the Massachu-
sets Legislature, the other day, and he
further said: IS Nine-t enths of us have
got to get living with our hands or not
live at all, or else live on somebody
else" It strikes us that the member
stated the problem of education very cor
rectly, and it must be solved from that
basis.-Net0 Orleans Republican.
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A Hammercburo

Manager Piper was this morn;ro, oolled
out of the box-office of the OnaT9a house
by aman who wanted to speat ,,'.;r r,Jt,I
with him. They stepped owl = 80 al" tbe
foot of the gallery stairs, and NJ Pincr
said: ~ :
"Vwell, sir, what is it all abo,,. %
II want to be engaged as a baotor -
''Oh, that's it, oh?" said A. p;nar
taking survey of the applicaI4 Who
did not have any external mari of the
profession.
"What line of business do Won do
best ?"
well, I avent benny partickler line.
Hi thing hi should mention he
looked down and lowered his voice
"hi'm a hammachure
You're hammer chewer p exclaimed
the astonished manager. Some Don
nerwetter Is der man verruecl ~ he
added, forgetting his English in his sur
prise and falling back on high Dutch.
Hi said a hammachure, sir, repeated
the applicant with dignity.
''Vwell, dots joost what tbouobt Won
said; but, my friend, look here. what sort
of hammer is it you chew? IKE to bey
you tell me some more about II Is II a
sletch hammer
The applicant grew red in the face.
He was evidently very indignant. He
said:
"NIr. Piper, hi spoke TO you sir. like a
gentleman, sir. Hi told You hi wasn't a
professional hactor, but simplya HANNA
chure. You see fit neither 10 poke fun
at me, sir-to be insolent-a else. sir,
you're ad-d hignoramus -
The man strobe away Wi of
lofty scorn, and John Pipe - o
mediate.
HE said he was hal
but he wasn't a professional Fner
chewer-he meant to say he Essna-
choo. Hal hal hal well, %E'all his
own fault if he got mat; why don't he
speaghk plain English p Virginia City
Chronicle.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20

Such is the term Mr.. c. W Purcell, of
the National Stock Yards, Chicago, ILL.,,
applies to his sufferings. lie says: L,
for one, wish to speak word OF praise
for st. Jacobs Oil / suffered with
pain in my shoulder and arm for some
six months aud at times it was terrible.
One bottle of St. Jacobs Oil however,
cured me thoroughly.-Nashdt Daily
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20

Iney are not beverage, but medicine,
WITH curative properties of the highest degree,
containing no poisonous drugs. They do not
lear tear down an slready debiltsted system; but
that is, more real hop strength. than barrel OF
ordinary beer. Every druggist in Rochester
sens sens tnem, and physicians prescribe them. -
hoc"essT evening Cypress on Hop Blttsrs.