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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05
ESTABLISHED COUNTY KENTUCKY

Immediately afterwerd | was shocked
by hearing her utter genuine feminine
scream and seeing her drop on the
floor; and that man, perfect stranger
to me, gathered her up in his arms and
began raving over her in manner that
astonished me. He called her his
darling" and "his own Kate" and ac-
tually kissed her before 1 could reach
her.
was surprised at myself afterwards,
that l hadn't ordered the gentleman
ont, but it Eever occurred to me at the
time, and when Katy "came to" and
sat up on the sofa and heard his
speeches, she seemed so well pleased
that left them and took the children
up to our room, feeling bewildered all
over
What shall say further? Only that
Katy lives in the pretty house in the
town known as DIR. Craig's residence,
where we three factory girls " have a
home whenever we want it And there
are no liquors found on her -sidebOard
nor at her table.
One day heard Arthur say "You
were R silly child, Kate, to run away
from me. 1 should have given up the
point at last, 1 know"
'But there would have been the
splendid cellar and the ten thousand
year, answered she 1T would have
been such temptation. We are safer
as il is dear"
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Incident of LineoIn,s Murder.

"Those are not cheerful-looking
things, are they ?" said Counselor NJ. A
Mcdonald, as he sauntered into the Of
fee of the United States Marshal, and
pointed to pair of handouts which were
lying upon the table.
mot especially enlivening," replied
a deputy, picking up the rogue's
bracelets and examining them thought
fully.
"There was a time when / thought
they were the most cheerless and terrible
things in the world
The deputy looked up in surprise.
Yes" continued Mr.. Mcdonald, "I
had them both on my hands and feet at
once for a number of hours. / assure
you they are not pleasant things to
wear"
"Were they put on to keep you
prisoner ?" queried the deputy, wonder
ing if his friend could have done any
thing criminal
"You would have thought so had you
been in my place. L was arrested by
officers who thought 1 was J. Wilkes
Booth.
"Nop calculated the deputy, more
as an expression of surprise than an in
territorial reflection upon the Yeracity of
Mr. Mcdonald.
"It came about in this way" began
the lawyer, whose dark hair and eyes, even
now that sixteen years have passed, bear
a striking resemblance to the assassin of
Lincoln "Lincoln had been murdered
but few days, and the entire country,
plunged in grief, was wild with desire for
revenge upon the murderer. My home
was in Titusville, Pa, and 1 was on the
way to it from Washington, where my
F.
tractor. The route was by way
of Erie. The train had left Erie
and gone perhaps dozen miles, when a
couple of officers surprised me by put
ting me under arrest and clapping hand
cuffs on my feet. In vain / protested.
They would not believe that was not
Wilkes Booth. To add to the unpleas-
antness of the thing, and fact which
also gave color to the belief that was
the Presidents assassin, it was well
known that Booth had interests in the
oil regions of Pennsylvania, and had
been there number of times. The men
who arrested me did SO upon the
strength of my great resemblance to
picture of Booth which they had in their
possession. When it became known on
the train that the assassin of Lincoln had
been arrested and was on that very
train, the excitement was intense. The
officers who were guarding me had all
they could do to prevent the infuriated
passengers from doing me bodily harm.
1t had been telegraphed along the line
OF the road that Lincoln's murderer was
under arrest, and would pass through on
his way to Titusville. At every station
the train was met by infuriated men who
climbed upon woodpiles to get glimpse
of me, and many times on that journey
/ feared that the mob would et.posses-
sion of me. When the train reached
Curry there was a man boarded the train
who knew me. But the officers would
not listen to him, and it was not until
TitusviIle was reached, where every man,
woman and child knew me, that the
handouts and manacles were removed
from my wrists and ankles, and l was
allowed my liberty. / have the photo
graph which furnished the clew to the
officers who arrested me in my posses
sion now. ."-Denuer Tribune
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The Nuisance of Fences.

An exchange remarks that the New
York law forbidding the pasturing Of
cattle in the streets and roads has
abated many nuisances in the shape
of unsightly fences. The most costly
and artistic fence deforms fine land
scape. Fences must sometimes be
tolerated as necessities but should
never be regarded as ornaments. The
necessity for them is far less than has
been supposed. The modern discovery
that fences are to keep cattle in, not to
keep them out, is a valuable one. If
you have a SOW and pigs, fence off lot
big enough to keep them in, but don't
oblige your neighbor to support two
miles of road fence to keep them out
Unsightly fences are disappearing In
many districts, and it is probable that,
where little stock is kept, it will soon be
cheaper to cut their feed and carry it to
them than to fence pastures. If the
pens that we see In our country VII
lagos were taken away, with proper
care, all would live in beautiful park /;
this would foreshadow and aid the re-
moval of social and sectarian barriers, q
consummation devoutly to be wished.
The change of public opinion in regard
to fencing has been pleasure and a
surprise. In many places we can hardly
see fence, and rods of old fencing may
be had for the asking"
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The Wounded Horse.

PITY and kindness have a wider range
of subjects than the sufferers of our own
race and kind. Touching pictures like
the following will meet and appeal to
every observer more than once in a life
time:
In the year 1870, during the sad war
between France and Germany, a news
paper correspondent was visiting the
town of Bazeilles, in France, which had
Just been the scene of battle. Among
many other distressing sights suggestive
of the miseries of war, which were to be
found ON every hand, he particularly
mentions the following interesting story,
which teaches its own lesson:
In the fields, just outside the city,
there was q misunderstanding horse,
standing motionless, with his off fore
leg poised in the air.
We went up to him, when, without
moving in the least, the poor beast
turned his great blue orbs from one to
the other of us, saying, plainly as
looks could do, I" For mercy's sake, gem
tlemen, help me if you can.
One of us examined the leg, and soon
found that bullet had lodged in the
crown of the hoof, which was very much
swelled and sore, and the flies had been
dreadfully busy with it.
OF course, to cut 1t, and remove the
cause of a months agony, was but the
work of few minutes; and if you could
have seen how grateful the old fellow
was when he put his hoof to the ground
and found that he could once more limp
along, you would have believed, as / do,
that horses can speak with their eyes al
most as well as human beings.
1t is terrible to think what that
wretched animal must have suffered dur
ing his long days and nights of agony
since first that stinging throb came in
his foot and he was left alone in his mis-
cry Youths Companion.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05

II was born in ISlI, at Montreal mot
1S40,) and my parents are English. My
early life was spent, not in poverty, but
in ease and luxury, my father being n
head partner in the leading wholesale
hardware establishment of " Budden *
Vennor," with houses both at Montreal
and Liverpool. My mother was Pat
terson and was connected with some of
the Oldest families III Scotland. Ny ed
ucation was not obtained wholly
through his own exertions," but with
nv brothers at two of the leading
schools in Montreal. and after these at
the University of AIeGill whore l was
Immediately under the tuition of Princi-
pal Dawson, DIR. L. Sterry Hunt and
other leading Professors.
Before leaving the University I took
two years of civil engineering and two
honor courses IN science. | also attend
ed the chemistry classes of our Medical
College. After spending about five years
in the wholesale hardware firm of Messrs.
rockingham K Workman, of Mon
treal, (during the whole of which time 1
was a great collector and student of birds
and animals l received an appoint
ment. through the late Sir VIM. E. Lo-
gan, Government Geologist, on the geo.
logical survey of Canada, and spent my
first season (1S6D in a survey Of the
Grand Manitoulin Island, Lake Huron.
Here | made very large collection of
birds In 1866 l continued my geologi-
cal Investigations IN Hastings County,
Province of Ontario, and thence year af-
ter year explored eastward until Ottawa
was reached. From this center and be-
tween the years 1875 and 1880 i exam
ined the whole of Ottawa County and
traversed the rivers Gatenian, Iievere
and Rogue to their source in the Gun
known wilderness " to the northward In
1881 | concluded my geographical re-
sf9S IN connection with the Govern
Axe sopened q geperal mining
e 6aS Bay THhffther fta--' to state tat that NV
'sr,css of Prey cost me some 81, 600,
anu as the work was too expensive for
Canada, a great deal of money was lost on
it have given away a very large num-
Der Of copies through the United States.
my almanac l hope to make a me-
dunn for the exchange of meteorological
information throughOutCanada and North
America Gain is not my object, and
hitherto publishers and agents have
made all the profits. / attribute my
present position or reputation entirely
to nv close study OF the course of storms
in years gone by, and comparison of
these with those of to-day in every sec
ton of country. have carried the peo-
ple along with me, not 50 much by one
general strikingly accurate forecast
(such as that of the winter of 1881 as
whole), but by numerous well directed
local predictions, unostentatiously pub
ished, but telling in their effect upon
the people included.
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How it Feels to Drown.

1t is not often that you hear of an
editor with curiosity. Most of them
accept earthquakes, tornadoes, murders,
fires and foods as every day occurrences,
and even nitroglycerine explosion next
door would not interrupt the routine
work of the sanctum very long. But
French editor, and the editor of LYONS
paper at that, had a curiosity to know
how person feels when drowning. He
therefore put up a job ON himself. He
arranged TO come within a hairs breath
of drowning, but was to be pulled out in
the nick of time, rolled on a barrel.
hauled over the sands, thumped ON the
stomach and otherwise resuscitated. All
went well during the first act. He leaped
into the water, refused to struggle and
gradually sank from sight. At the proper
moment he was hauled up by rope
and act second commenced. This was
an occasion where an editor was too
smart. They rolled him according to
programme, and seven or eight men tired
themselves out with rubbing him and
hanging up head downwards. but he was
a dead man. He may know how it feels
to drown, but he'll never trouble the
public with description of his feelings.
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Henry Claws Courtesy.

think l never saw more perfect
| gentleman than Henry Clay. He was
| always considerate of the feelings of his
brother man, and even when sorely tried
never said or did anything which could
possibly offend the lowliest of them. L
| recall an instance of this. There lived
here IN former years a man named Gar
bard, who, though rough fellow, was
On ardent admirer of Mr.. Clay and a
personal acquaintance.
During one of Mr.. Clay's visits Gar
bard came up to the springs, arriving at
night in a sad condition of intoxication.
He wanted to know where Mr.. Clay was,
and insisted upon seeing him. With
some difficulty we persuaded him that
he must wait until morning, and he
finally said : Well, just let me see his
foot tracks; that will do me tonight.
The next morning L started with a
friend to Mr.. Clay's house, and found
him surrounded with distinguished gen
tlemen, both of this country and abroad,
There were Senators and Judges and for
elgn Ambassadors present, all engaged
In discussing, l believe, some intricate
question of foreign policy. The gentle
men present would throw out some prob
lem or other, like a tub to whale, for
Mr.. Clay to play with, as it were. Mr..
Clay was seated at the end of the room
furthest from the door when who should
come marching into the room but Mr.
Garbard. He had with him, too, an
italian dwarf, in fantastic dress, with
bells on his hat, who was a ventriloquist
and mountebank generally. OF course
the appearance of such couple in such
an assemblage created no little commo-
tion.
Garbard pulled his hat off, and, march
ing up to the man of Ashland, said:
I" Good-morning, Mr.. Clay"
Mr.. Clay. ''i
"Weil, Mr.. Clay, continued the other,
81 know you are good judge of men
and are fond of music, so j brought this
man up to amuse you. He can initiate
any kind of an animal in the world, and
III have him go through his programme
for you"
Everybody else in the room was
abashed at the mans forward manner,
but Mr.. Clay arose and stepped forward
as though he was interested in the ex-
treme.
Then the fellow began his limitations.
1 could not stand it, and went out of the
room, as did many others. Finally, Mr..
Clay went up to the fellow, and, taking
a $5 bill from his pocket, said:
Il appreciate your efforts, but know
you must be extremely fatigued from
your exercises, and trust you will not
attempt anything further, " and the man
went off.
The discussion was never resumed,
and the party all came down on to the
grounds after that, but it was the finest
exemplification of 4" a step from the sub
lime to the ridiculous that ever wit
messed. DR.. Norman, an the CinciH-
natl Commercial.
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Gloves in the Middle Ages.

GioTes were greatly regarded in the
Middle Ages. They were so costly that
none but persons of rank and substance
were able to wear them. A few centu-
RES back a shopkeeper, artisan or yeo-
man would have been as much ridiculed
ana sneered at by persons of his own
stauon as at the present time Partisan
grisette wearing bonnet would be. The
nlgh dlgnitaries of the church and sove-
reign Princes wore gloves ornamented
win precious stones and rich embroidery
on occasions of high state ceremony.
Dld lady desire to give her suitor a
special token of her preference or regard,
sue presented him with her glove, which
ne AZ once attached to his helmet,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05
Renerolence TO Animals.

Almost ali boys are fond of dogs, and
vet nearly all will persecute cats, rob
birds nests and pelt frogs. There are
exceptional boys who delight in cruelty,
and they frequently grow up with their
evil propensities strengthened by age
and exercise. There are also men of
brutal disposition who have acquired
their ri1ffianism after passing through the
invenile stages of their existence, and
thew are at once the plaques and the
nuzzles of society, defying its punish
ments and resisting its benevolent en-
deayors.
Cruelty to animals is partly the work
of brutal natures, and partly perpetrated
Inv vell-meaning people, under the in
a1ance of bad habits and if we could
estimate the total quantity of cruel in
fI;ction imposed upon birds, beasts, rep
tiles and fish, be should probably find
that by far the larger proportion resulted
from the ill-regulated action of good
and even benevolent persons. Much of
IN treatment of animals comes out of
the ordinary proceedings of trade. 1t
has been the custom to bleed calves, to
cram sheep and poultry into the smallest
possible apparatus of transport, to drive
cattle for long distances without permit
ting them to drink and to slaughter
them without sufficient avoidance of
pain. Each little circle in which these
malpractices occur forms its own theory
of cruelty and benevolence, and laughs
scornfully at outsiders who object to its
ways. The fox-hunter thinks man a
fool who reminds him of the unbenevo-
lent character of his sport, and the fine
ladies who flock to aristocratic pigeon
matches have no more compunction at
witnessing the suffering of the poor
birds than the Spaniards have for the
gored horses and tortured bulls in their
disgusting national recreation. 1t may
be affirmed that the cruelty of custom
or Indifference does not lead to the de-
moralization which inevitably results
from a deliberate choice of action that
intiicts unnecessary pain, and yet all
familiarity with needless and useless
suffering must tend to damage. charac-
ter, unless it excites strenuous resistance
to the evil and efforts for its cure.
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Retter Yet.

On a Canada Southern train Detroit
er had seat behind couple who got
on at little station near st. Thomas,
and he thought he had seen the mans
face before. He was looking at him
sharply and trying to remember where
he had met him, when the man turned
and asked
"Aren't you Thomas -, of De-
troit 2"
"Yes; and aren't you William -.
of Buffalo 2"
"Yes."
"I thought so when you came in.
And amt you running away with old
Judge Blanks daughter, of st.
Thomas
1--WE got better thing than that, F"
whispered William, as he leaned over
the seat, "I'm running away with his
wife l''-Detroit Free Press.
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True PoIifpneSs.

"Evil is wrought by want of thought,
as well as by want of heart" wrote
Thomas Hood. Well, life is a thing to
be lived carefully, day by day, realizing
that it comes but once. There will
never be too much thought for others
or too little living in self. The courte-
sy of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, who
never entered the room of his wife
without knocking, was the key to a
polished and beautiful character. True
politeness is tender thoughtfulness of
others. What wonder that the Savior
was called by old Thomas Dekher, who
lived in 1641, "The first true gentleman
that ever breathed."
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That Man yennor.

Henry. G. Vennor, the Canadian
weather prophet. who has gained wide
spread reputation for the accuracy of his
predictions, takes exceptions to state
ntents published concerning his early
sne. "a so7called biography and adj
aresses'a letter TO the editor of the Wash
angton Republic in which he says
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05
NEVER give way to meloncbolv. moth.

NEVER give way to melancholy; moth
ing encroacnes more; fight against it
vigorously. One great remedy is to
take short views of life. Are you hap
py now are you likely to you remain so
till evening, or next week or next
month, or next year? Then why des-
troy present happiness by distant
misery when may never come at all, or
You may never live to see it? For
every substantial grief has twenty shad-
ews, and most OF them shadows of
your now making. ne.-Sidney .S,nst1.
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rns rEEE,.E.nhlsDEp rrspEnroor.

MONTH THE FrRsr.
lam rushing Tenderfoot,
Pm laying for a claim.
Can any OF you rustlers put
fellow on the same
amt hog, don't want much
A thousand to the ton, or such.
MONTH THE SECOND.
am peaceful Tenderfoot,
Tn looking for chance
To Join some fortunate galoo6
That's struck n circumstance.
amt hog don't want much
A hundred to the ton, or such.
MONTH THE THIRD.
am a struggling Tenderfoot,
ia haotiag for some pard
That's got the downright moral root
To play grub stake card.
amt q hog, don't want much
A burro, can of beans. or such,
MONTH Tue FOURTH.
j am n weary Tenderfoot,
| want some Eastern bum
Within my hand his hand 10 put
And sweetly murmur-" home"
ia:n't hog. dnn't vs1t much-- 49,.
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IT HAS been ascertained that the rea-
son for placing lumber yards near to
railroad depots is to enable travellers to
get board easy.--NetO York World.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05

If BEE attempts to sting you, hit
him with shingle- make bee flat of
him.
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q ..is 4s.HIa T1itm;s color sfssss ssss.f90l. sas

repeated against the brilIiantly clear
blue sky. And down the wide lane ira
versing the crowd from end to end, the
magnificent fellows went tearing along
as hard as ever they could go. 1t was a
barbaric rendering of the Olympian
games.-San Juan (N. NJ Cor. PhtIa-
deIphi0 Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05

ABOUT 7, ,OOO, 600, 600 pins are made in
the United States every year, Just about
enough to hold seven womens toilets IN
position.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-10-01
HENRY n. BROWN,
A. HAUGHAWoCT.
/. r. STRAYHORN,
LEWIS JENKINS,
LEADING PROFESSOR SprAK

A LEADING PROFESSOR SPEAK
ING OF SENSIBLE PEoPLE.-Dr. s.,
the prominent Eastern medical lee
turer, says: every day sensible
people come to me complaining of
their health being broken down.
The answers TO my inquiries always
are-what l surmise- natures laws
have been totally disregarded ; COO.
sequent!y the blood, the stream OF
life, becomes contaminated and az
q result Of this blood poisoning, |
find dyspepsia and d,sordered fanc.
tons of the heart, lungs, liver, aud
kidneys, accompanied by headache,
nervous debility. and other impaired
organic portions, often verging on
paralysis. In order TO keep the d.
gestive organs in proper health and
strength, l and my friends in the
profession have recommended TO all
Browns Iron Bit,ers-,hey &C, SO
mildly and soo.hiugly, never leaving
any unpleasant aftereffec,s, strength.
ening the organs of digestion, and
permanently removing every symp.
tom Of il; health, languor, and debiI.
ity. No remedy in the last gives
such good satisfaction as Browns
1rou Bi,,ers, and all druggists can
procure it for you. Don't be per
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-10-01

THE Wilmington Star comes to
Us in q new dress on the anniversary
OF the fourteenth year Of its exist
ence. The Star Is tho best con
Quoted daily in North Carolina, and
will compare favorably with any in
this country. We believe that it
is the only daily paper at present
in North Carolina that pays more
than expenses, and we might truth
fully add that it is the only daily
published in this State since the war
that has run successfully for 80 long
a time without making its proprietor
As poor as a church mouse. TO the
gentlemen conducting the Star, some
Of whom we served under several
years, we hoIe they may live long
aud always be able TO give to the
leaders of our State 4 tirst-class
daily newspaper.