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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23
A Safety.vaIve.

On almost all boilers connected with
Si.0rc~rzs1t t-TJtsa found safety
valve Gas it is called). Whenever the
boiler gets too full of steam and is in
danger of bursting, this little valve
opens and lets the steam out. No one
has to watch 1t, for 1t opens of itself.
There was once a man who wanted to
travel on a certain steamboat. He went
to the boat and examined the machin-
cry, but he found that there was not a
safety-valve on the boiler; so he said to
the Captain, 81 guess l won't go on your
boat, Captain. You haven't a safety
valve, and I am afraid the boat may be
blown up without it. -
"Come down with me to the engine
ROOM" said the Captain, "and L will
show you the best safety-valve III the
world.
When they reached the engiue-room
the Captain went up to the engineer,
and, laying his hand ON his shoulder,
said There, sir, is my safety-valve,
the best to be found anywhere man
who never drinks anything but cold
water"
"You are right, captain; 1 want no
better safety-valve than that. 1 will go
on this boat" He knew that the engi-
neer would always watch the machinery,
and if anything went wrong he would
know it Instantly. Only sober man
could be trusted in the responsible posi-
ton. and when the boat did have such a
man it had the best safety-valve IN the
world Good Words.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23
FriendShip.

Friendship has its duties. You owe
y1ur friend sympathy in his SORROWS and
IN his Joys. You owe him confidence
and the information about yourself which
confidence implies. Yet that information
is to be given with certain reserve, so
that you do not seem to force your affairs
upon him, or to make him responsible
for You. OF crises in which he conld
not aid you, or would be panied by his
inability, 1t is often wise to say nothing.
There Is fine subtle instinct which
guides IN such matters. However near
your friend brings you TO HIM, YOU are
to respect his individuality. Information
that Is purely personal you must wait
Tor. Ii he does not volunteer it, be
satisfied that he has his reason. Do not
seek-above all, do not claim-it rs
right OF your friendship. Be generous,
not exacting.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23
Brother Gardner and the Whipping
Post


read
Brother Gardner:
~ Dld you seven or eight weeks since, advocate
aae establishment Of the whipping post for
Possy oHensesg Please give me direct an
sEer' IN order to decide wager.
SoLoMoN White.
did, said the old man as he arose,
an do now, and / shall III de fuchur,
onless de need Of it passes away. In de
lust place, does it degrade man any
mo to warm him mp wild rawhide dan
ltaoes to put him III Jail or sot him to
p0undin' stone on de street? In de
mex place, kin n mean man be degrad-
ecs In de las place, we am all awar
tla1 not one petty offense IN five am pun
lsAed, bekase de law doan' tech it, or be-
kase it's too much expense and trouble
teaprosecute. Sartin pussons make q
ftlzness of loafip'. How many Of EN- Kin
you convict of. vagrancy Sartin pus-
sons insult lone women on de street.
How many of 'em have eber been jailed
Dan am dozeu oder lenses dat de law
doal tackle, or If ii does de Tenders git
clan What punishment am it to
loaie To go to jail for a month ? He
gifts plenty to eat and n good bed to
sleep ON, an gains five pounds OF fat.
If dat same man was tied up an thirty
lashes'a laid agin his bar back he'd opcn
his eyes pow'rfu wide. Go on de rib
Der, goon de lcyars, walk on dc street,
an youfnd de loafcr He pushes, an
crowds, an abuses, an insults. What
can youdo wild him? Make complaint
an de lw Will play wild him an let him
go. LIT an officer give him soun
fioggin an his hat would come down
of his ear in no time De whippin'
post mR be barbarous, but what do ye
call it when a loafer follers your wife
frew de street 1t may be degradin',
but what do We call it when three drunk
en- loafeB take possesshun of a sour
shun bot an knock men down an
frighten women half to death? Take a
tramp, a oafer, drunkard, or a petty
thief, tie him to . whippin'- post an
play rawAide on his back fur five min
utes an you have done mo- to make dat
man respect de power of de law an de
rights of odder men dan any workhouse
sentence ,ould do. ."-PrOccedmgs ofHte
Timex CIub.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23
HeaYing the Lead.

The Fanny was coming down the
Mississippi, loaded with pig lead. As she
was going over a shoal place the pilot gave
the signal to heave the lead The only
man forward at the time was green
Irishman. "Why don't you heave the
lead ?" els it to heave the lead, your
Honor? Where to-" Overheard, you
blockheadl |" The Irishman snatched
up one of the pigs of lead and threw 1t
overheard the mate, in endeavoring to
prevent him, lost his balance and fell
into the river. The Captain, running to
the edge of the deck, asked Why
don't YOU heave the lead, and sing out
how much water there is 1.-The lead
is heaved, your Honor, and the mate mas
gone down to see how much water there
IS responded Pat.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23
A Conductors Printing Office.

1t appears that German railway con-
ducters are made happy by the addition
to their equipment of a paper-mill and
printing office, the invention of a Berlin
engineer, to be hung around the neck,
which, according to an exchange, is to
completely manufacture passenger tick
cts before the eyes of the wondering
public. The apparatus is said to be
somewhat complicated in construction,
but its manipulation is as simple as its
working Is correct, for, should the op-
orator not proceed in the way required
by the mechanism, it will not print all
the figures and words wanted, but the
word g Falsch" p" (wrong) in the place
where the fault was committed At the
same time this portable printer checks
the number of tickets issued, so that at
any given moment the money in the
hands OF the conductor can be compared
with the value OF the tickets printed
and taken.
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The Electricity of Young Couple
Utilized.

c,;noa tho alo.4; 1;la
,,oaass for tho las proved
:1 = bas .Isl li1l. " iaISe pulld-
,.tc;t,, ii1, e,' ~ = Sciel'lnc man
WI; he t,. ooun.i pe ooeu On Wheeied
tl,r wave -. r. 'ii11
.od cor ;sat1,s 80 80 Aol'J
-. ,:I.'' young
Gs,' ,,s;st so iis e1perlelited-
re,e ha5 la a'eaed .1e a cer1alh
i: stabla~fo. osst7e. ~ = DusSJ at
il,I.J i.Iz ~ - ~ 'no ( eiiliS, 50 ne
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falos,,;st mt eu 'ie D nsat ne young
,,a,f ,,f t dasbboar1 ,,t s
~ ,.., - e.s =.
- 41,a rls.slz 81 4i,a soo+ ~ Iii
,s-.s n tba s+,,Sa,t sf ,,a.,,re tlsat
-, ,atte, ,o,,,,er ~ l,lo,,la
- 90 a,,5
80 y he viii ant
his ,',,, sa',,.a her, and she neoat;
a., :. afonsy ~ fsTsf
ofto. LIS LIS, tI,erA is : Certain eIact,;.
c,,rrent - establishad small in itself bnt
20 80. ,'",,,a, ,,ro,oerl,, hnSba11ed
II Q TiI,a rorr arm oettinol osIe4,, or hit
49,, -: t,,rnI, ,one o9 H. iro1 &c =
rncI;3o chair We'll this wire was
,,IonaJe co that ne arms of tle vorno,
PPao,eIa Pn 7,,o,'IJ toscb II .Trst as tbe9
i,'ora Poop'T 1s;ll, +be'tnlI cato tbev hee,a;y,
70 snn~ pl np and he little eleclric lamn
begnn 70 throw ont lioht. 1t went mn
Jas ,ha boroas' fe4 and III mn the road
Tr tnr saoraI .no i Tods md the vonne, nao,,Ie
wera aImost as asonisbed as t1d horse
was Tbey thought there was some
bodv foIIowino then with a lantern. and
tbey straightened u, ard the LIGHT vent
ont Fyery little While they Wonld oct
near +ooe+Ier and Kiss each otber wv
and so2ee2e and Immediately the liSGt
would blaze up. The pirl was REAL
frioI,tanad and inisfed on the youno
- - g A.
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WHY sHoutD THEY KILL nr
BY WILL CARLETON.


Why should they kin my baby--fOr he seems the
same 10
As when, in the morning twilight tossed him on
my knee,
And sowed for him hopes to blossom when he should
become a man,
And dreamed for him such future as only mother
looked ahead TO the noontime with proud but
trembling JOY,
bad vision of sPlendor for my sweet brIght-eyed
boy;
But little enough lancied that when he had gained
Base Enyy's poised bullet would suddenly strike
him down.
why should they want 10 kill hint Because he
had cut his way
Through Poveriy's gloomy woodland out into the
And sent shout OF good cheer 10 those who we're
yet within,
That honor is born Of striving and honesty Jet can
win
or was Il because from boyhood he manfuliy barred
his breast
To hsh. for the poor and iOwly, and aid the Op
Ah me, the world Is working trcacherous plan.
When he who has struck for mankind is stricken
down by man
Or did they begrudge his mother the hand he
reached her susl
ing hill?
For in his proudes, lie-day he turned from the hon
ors OF earth,
knd came and lsrly kissed me-the mother who
gave him birth.
shame 70 the wretch that struck him. and greves
And pity fer his p-,r mother If she he living still
May GOt IN merry aid him his black crime atone,
And help me TO forGiye him--t cannot do il sOns
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TWO souRNErs.
II 20 on A tourney far awav

~ go on journey far away
He said-and he stopped and kissed me then--
80 er the ocean for many a day
Good-ny,' and he kissed me once again.
Bot only few short months had fed,
When again answered my husbands kiss;
81 could not tarry away he said;
" There IS never a land as fair as this"
Again stood by my husbands SIDE,
E" go on journey, sweet, to-day;
Over the nyer the boatmen glide
GoOd-by; | shall linger long away"
" All he will come back soon, ! know
said, rs l stopped for the parting kiss;
" He cannot tarry, he told me so,
There Is never n land so fair as this"
Bat many month and many year
Have hOwu since my darling went away.
VIII he sever come back to meet me hcre7
Has he found the region of perfect day.
Over the ocean he weRt and came;
Over the river. and fingers there,
Oh, pallid boatnani call my nailei
Show me the region 50 wondrous fair.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23

DIR. A. PAGER records that in case
which came under his observation in
paris the heart had ceased to beat, as an
effect of the inhalation of chloroform,
and artificial respiration for ten minutes
failed to restore the circulation, when
DIR Liable, by applying cloth dipped
m hot water, to the region of the heart,
caused it to Immediately resume its
action,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23

A Boston business man tried to um-
pire game of baseball between two
mines made up of his employees, and, be-
fore the fourth inning, he had discharged
every one of the players from his en-
ploy, cut down the wages of the scorers.
and been thrown over fence by the
excited men,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23
rurnisbed Rooms in Paris.

FURNISHED rooms in Paris. Brick
eoor- Big bed. No carpets. French
lock. Plenty of mirrors. Pint of water
No soaD. Two chairs. One sofa. No
soor-scrubbing. Wax is the word. Wax
be raoenerator. Beeswax Male house.
keeper ties lump of wax under his stock
ioo and skates around floor with it.
Floor thus polished. No elevators.
Seven pairs Of stairs. Water all brought
from the courtyard. Prentice N1Lord.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23

"BAI1 this evening, dear ?" inquired
Desdemona of Othello, when she saw
him loading up his old navy revolver.
No, not this evening, love, SIN other
evening" he replied, as he reached Tor
the pillow and wedged it down her
oesophagus. s.-.Shakespe0re.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23
Scent of DOGS.

Dogs not only smell odors in an occa-
sional way, but they likewise seem to
extract a recognizable odor from almost
everything. As Prof. Groom Robertson
also suggests, Anacharist knows me
when | am dressed in clothes he never
saw before, by his nose alone. Let me
yet myself up in a theatrical costume,
and cover my face with a mask, yet he
viii recognize me at once by some, to us,
undiscoverable perfume. Moreover, he
will recognize the same odor as clinging
to my clothes after they have been taken
of. If / shy pebble on the beach he
can pick ont that identical pebble among
a thousand. Even the very ground on
which l have trodden remains to him
faint memento of my presence for hours
afterward. A bloodhound can track a
human scent week old, which argues a
delicacy of nose almost incredible to hu-
man nostrils. Similarly, too, if you
watch Anacharist Mt this moment you
will see that he runs up and down the
path, shifting away at every stick, stone
and plant, as though he got a separate
and distinguishable scent out of every
one of them. And so he must. no doubt;
for if even the earth keeps perfume of
the person who has walked over it hours
before, surely every object about us must
have some faint smell or other, either of
itself or of objects which have touch,
it. When we remember that a single
grain OF musk will scent hundreds of
handkerchiefs 50 as to be recognizable
even by our defective organs of smell,
there is nothing extravagant in the idea
that passing creatures may leave traces
discoverable by keener senses on all the
pebbles and straws which lie across the
road. Thus the smells which make up
half of the dogs picture cf the universe
are probably just as continuous and dis
tinct as the sights which make up the
whole picture in our own case, and
which doubtless coalesce with the other
half in the canine mind. nd.--HGrper's s
Week(g.
"THE hen Is frugal housekeeper, .
said the old Dominique; "she finds her
nest and then she makes her own
spreads ''And the chicks have to
shell ont before she scratches single
worm for them" said the Bantam. " Yes
indeedy." said the Dominique; "t the
chick comes down the first thing" % He
has to-" said the Spangle, feather or
no" "How can the hen make him
| come down?" asked the April chicken,
who was just too fresh for anything.
" Son, SAID the SpanlSn COCK: soieihiiiy
90 I cannot tell lie she did it with her
little hatch it. t."-BurtingtOr1 Hank
| eye.
IN THE course OF conversation at
Concord School, Prof. Harris said that
"by means of his morning paper, man
each day adjusted anew his relation to
the universe. . ''By.this wonderful prin-
/ ciple, y he added, g of the cooperation
of man with his race, by which each
partakes of the wisdom of all, we have,
/ for three cents, our daily knowledge
from Japan, Arabia, and the entire
earth. The most potent element IN
| modern civilization is the neManaDer"
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HICKMAN. FULTON COUNTY, KENTUC

beside the murdered man, sobbing bit
terly. Glare turned suddenly away but
sprang forward. crying, "Hilaire
Hilaire !"
Oh, the agony of the white streaming
face lifted to my own, as she tottered to
her feet, crying out wildly, ''Oh, why
| did you come here ?" and with a low,
sobbing cry, she reeled and fell insensi-
ble into my arms. ''Hilarie. speak to
me-oh, Hilarie, my love, my darling -
I CRED, pressing her frantically to
my heart, and all my love for Hilare
was revealed IN those few passionate
words TO Glare.
Even then / was conscious of the pitt
| full. dumb despair on the poor, pale face
| as she abruptly turned aud left me alone
with my unconscious burden.
Ipray heaven I may never know again
! the terrible agony that followed close
upon that fatal nigh.. I wonder I did
not go mad when they accused my
hllarle, my beautiful HIarie, of the foul
crime of murder. / had been mercifully
spared the sight of her arrest; but they
told me she had uttered no word, only
white and still had let them lead her
away to felon's cell.
The murdered man had been stabbed
to the heart with some weapon which
had not yet been discovered, and hidden
IN his clenched right hand was found
part of a torn certificate of marriage.
soiemnized two years before, between
George Morton Dean" and "Hil-
arie-' The rest had been torn away,
so that only the Christian nameremained,
with what appeared to be the upper part
OF n capital G., the initial letter of the
surname Graeme.
In the opinion of the police this was
sufficient to fasten the crime upon poor
Hilarie, and it was generally believed
that in her wild, mrestrained youth she
had been lead into misalliance with
the murdered man. whose appearance
was decidedly plebeian, and his coming
to Beech Hall to claim his wife had
aroused her dormant passion, aud that
in her dread of exposure she had fist
tried to obtain possession of the proof
Of her marriage, and stained her soul
with murder
In the doctors opinion the crime had
been committed during the afternoon of
the day upon which the body was dis
covered Like a flash of fire there came
to me the remembrance of that meeting
with Hllarie and her hasty concealment
of the scrap Of paper. / remember her
guilty flush. her confused replies, and
Heaven forgive me. for one brief moment
. 1 trembled lest she should he guilty Of
the horrible crime imputed to her. L
drove the mad thought from me as un-
worthy my manhood and my love, and
redoubled my unceasing efforts to estab-
lish her innocence. Hilarie from the
first had refused to see me. | had writ
ten, imploring her to speak, if only one
word that might prove her innocent; but
she wrote: - can say nothing. /
pray only that you may be happy with
Glare" And the terrible dark days fol
lowed swiftly one upon the other, each
adding to the subtle web of evidence
they. were weaving around my darling,
- ..meti tine.I fancied it must be
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-07-02
WHERE THE DRUMS CcME FROM,

WHERE THE DRUMS CcME From,
Granville corners is situated
about two miles north of the Con.
necticut line. a large mill.stream
runs through the place "a branch
of the Wes field, River,) furnish.
ing a number of privileges, most
OF which are utilized. Messrs.
Noble & Colley IRE by far the lar.
gest manufacturers in the place.
They say that in December, 1853,
they first made a drum in MIR.
Mobiles fathers kitchen. from q
board found in the barn. steamed
it with a tea kettle, and used two
hogs bladders for the heads. Next
they made a dozen drums. and
sent them away in boot.box. They
now have a factory ll0 by 40
feet, with FIVE floors, and use steam
and water. They have made and
sold 10000 drums. They were
made Of wood, tin, brass and
nickel. They used for the heads
of all these drums 10000 sheep
skins, which came from Liverpool,
Of the kind known as salted
aeshes. Let none OF your readers
wonder where all the toy-drums
are made her leafter. This firm
also mado 400 gross of toy pistols,
$4,000 boxes ten-pins. 100 gross
roiling.hoops, and $4,000 boxes
wooden tooth-picks.- Hartford
Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-07-02

1t is always possible for o
Czar to hire substitute and then
to go and live quietly under an
assumed n,me in England or
France There is no lack of men
who for large salary would con.
sent to act az the Cars substitute
Tor, say, six months at a time, and
would take their chances of living
through that brief time. There
are probably men now living in
Ohio and waiting their turn for
consulships who would accept a
a million dollars a month to take
the place Of Alexander III. That
monarch could not do better than
to send for a list of Ohioans not
yet appointed to Office and make a
bargain with half a dozen of them.
and whenever one Of his substitutes
should be killed by the Nihilists,
he could laugh in his sleeve or
other convenient place and feel
thankful that Ohio still had other
men waiting to accept profitable
positions.-New York Time.
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Police Jury Proceedings.

Monday, June 9th 1881.
The Police jury of the Parish
of Vermilion met this day at the
Court House pursuant to call
of the Committee on the Jail.
Present +: Howard Hoffpauir,
President, and the following mem
hers J. T. Broussard, 5. Pri-
meaux, JOS. Trahan and A. Van
slyke.
Absent D. Nunez and Louis
Thibeaux.
On motion of Mr.. Vanslyke,
MessrS. j. A. Rrcokshier aud w.
w. Edwards were aided as mem.
berS of the Jail Committee.
Lastie Bron+ +sard, ESQ. on part
of the Jail Committee, made a
verbal report recommending the
accepting ana adopting the plans
and specifications submitted to
them by Henry R. Thiberge, ESQ.,,
Agent of ?. j. Pauly & Bro, Jail
tuilders with the following modi6
cations in the specifications, viz !:
striking ont the words bad scrip" !"
aud with such other notifications
and charges as the Police Jury
may direct, That said iail TO be
completed and delivered on or
before the lst day Of December
next, 1881 !; said jail to he bnilt
for the price aud sum of $1,000
payable in three equal annual in
stalments the first payment to he
made on the Is b December, 1881.
the second and third payments on
the 18th December 1882 and 18th
December l883-the last two in.
stalments to bear eight per cent
interest per annum from the 18th
December 1881. until paid.
On motto" of Mr. Trahan, duly
seconded. the report was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Trahan, duly
seconded :,
Resolved. that the President Of
this body be and he is hereby fully
to enter into a contract
for and in behalf of this body as
a party of the Cd part, with Fl. 4.
rhiberge agent and representing
Messrs. P. J. Pauly & Bro. of St.
Louis Missouri, as party Of the lst
"a t, for The building of a parish
ail according to the plans and
pecifications submitted to the
committee on Jail and on file in
he archives of this body.
On motion the Jury adjourned
o the 81 Monday, 1llh day of
July next, 1881.
HOWARD HoFFPAu1R, President
A. LAcoUR. Clerk.
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SOUTHERN CULTIVA.
TOR.

ET is the time to subscribe
. old and reliable \ gricnl-
journal. 1t is in its YXxvII
Ac and stands at the head
l,ealtural papers. | is now
aed by the Constitution,
a'a, Ga.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-07-02

B'idge rep irine funds Of 1881.
60 = Ly"rs. bridge keeper Is 90
II B c + r repairs, &c 10 90
ur nd 4 Petit Jurors fund &c 1881
A Laf.,ur, jury conmis'i 5 so
j. G. White do do q 30
! D Mar IN 4tO
l. ste Bteussard 10 OD
Polio Jury funds 1881.
isaac Wise 25 %
II Is. Lyons l2 SO
A Laeour 81 25
Priuter & Stationer's fund 1881
K |. Addison 56 25
o. motion, the Jury Adjourned
size die. -
HOWARD HoFFp ,U1R. President,
A. LACOUa, Clerk.
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Best offer YET! We take AK

sure in auponncing +" our friends rud the
public generally at We have m-dr ar-
rsneetarn's hy ~,h,ch W. ar enabled 70
IN 'sh u h.pdsoue psner thr
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-s0tice.

Me,chaa 8 and peddlers are heres
bv notified that I will t pay any
debts contracted by my wife from
and after this dat.
A. r PRoUasARp.
Parish OF Vermiion, Jure Atb 1881.