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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-03
Female Gamblers.

Another thing the women do, but less
openly, says a correspondent at SaratO
ga, IS to play cards for money, ant
many of the private parlors of the
Grand Union and Congress Hall could
tell pretty tales of fair faces, flushed
neither with rouge nor wine but the
excitement Of gambling Betting at
races, which has become so common
among the ladies, has stimulated their
love Of chance, and the fashion of play,
ing for gold has been brought over from
Europe.
In London last winter 1 was aston
ished at hearing of a card party given
by an American lady whose name IS
known throughout this country. The
company was small, all but one Amer
leans, and it was given on Sunday even
ing, though in her own land the lady's
religious scruples forbade her driving III
Central Park on the Lords day. That
night-there were no gentlemen present
81 600 and a number of diamond rings
changed ownership. Poker Is the favor
ite game here, and in the warm after
moons, when the ladies are supposed to
be enjoying their inevitable and innocent
siesta, a good many, arrayed in dres sing
sacques and skirts, and fortified with
claret cobblers and Roman punch, are
making their pin money fly, and some
of the worst scrapes that married women
get into Is IN trying TO account for their
lack OF jewe's tJ their husbands.
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Thrilling COurtship.

"Don't contradict me-" said the stern
parent. "You have been holding secret
interviews with Charles Mousterrat de
Montmorenci." He was a proud but
fashionable tailor and not to be trified
with. How did you find it out %
sobbed the daughter. "You never saw
us? "No, L never saw you," he re-
turned, Indignantly; "but my faithful
Bruno came running to me this very
evening with a mouthful of cloth. L
recognized the pattern at once. | cut
the piece to make a pair of pants for
Young Montmorenci two months ago,
and he hasn't paid for them yet" All
she answered was, Father, dear t's
too awfully too-too," I" and she fell like a
little faded flower at his feet. Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-03
THE MODERN SCHOOL TEACHER.

Twas Saturday night, and teacher sat
Alone her task pursuing;
She averaged this and she averaged that
OF all that her class doing
She reckoned percentage 50 many boys,
And so many girls ali counted.
Aud marked all the tardy and ahsentees,
And 70 what all the absence amounted
Names and residences wrote in full,
Ger many columns and pages;
Canadian, Teutonic, African, Celt,
And averaged all their ages,
The date of admission Of every one,
And cases of fageliatiOn;
And prepared 4 list Of graduates
For the county examination.
Her weary head sank low on her book
And her weary heart still lower
For some Of her pupils had little brain,
And she could not furnish more.
She slept, she dreamed il seemed she died,
And her spirit went 10 Hades,
And they met her there with question fair,
state what the per cent. et your grade Is
Ages had slowly rolled away,
Leaving but partial traces
Aud the teachers spirit walked one day
In the old familiar places.
mound Of foSsiized school reports
Attracted her observation,
As high rs the Statc-house dome and as wide
As Boston since annexation.
She came TO the spot where they buried her bones,
And the ground was well built over
But laborers digging threw out a skull,
Once planted beneath the clover
disciple Of Galeu wandering by,
Paused TO look AT the diggcrs;
And plucking the skull up, look'd through the eye
And saw il was lined with figures.
81 just as l thought" said the young NJ. D.
How easy il is 20 kill 'eml
Statistics ossifcd every fold
OF Cercbrum and ccrrehcllum."
It's great curiosity, sure" said Pat,
by the bones You can tell the creature "a
" Oh, nothing strange said the doctor; ~
BOSTON Tine.
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A southern Trne.

In the South one soon meets the young
man. a lawyer, or editor, or physician.
who will talk for hours, to any one who
will listen. of the superiority of the South:
its people aad its civilization. over the
North and everything Northern. He
always talks well, and is usually very
good fellow, hat be proceeds entirely
upon the a 31rfQrt method, and his con
clusions have lEtle relation to the facts
of life. He knolss little of his own region
OF the country, and nothing whatever Of
any other. Youngm Of this type always
dwell with proud. and endless iteration
on "the supeElF purity of Southern wo-
men. /" Their pefslstence always brings
the mere fact nf chastity more nakedly
and definitely pc rethe mind than seems
wholesome az q $3.50 10 persons whs.
have seen more u life and of the world
These youthful eulogists appear to think
that tits a virtue which Is almost uaknown
except III the Southern States. They do
not recognize the fact, which is of gleat
Importance In any real discussion OF tins
feature of our civilization, that the wo-
men of another race, formerly helpless and
now degraded, have always formed pro-
tectlng barrier between the hcentiOus
passions Of Southern white men and the
women of their own race. 1 do not sup
pose the best women of the South have
any superiors on earth, but their i'm
munlty from temptation and wrong has
cost other women dear.
What young men of this class most
need is wider observation and larger
knowledge of the world, or, especially
of their own country. They would thus
In time, understand how much better il
Is for our young men to be penetrated
and inspired by the idea of being Ameri
cans than to be always dwelling upon the
fact that they are natives Of Virginia, o.
Massachusetts, OF Arkansas or New
jersey. There is really no harm IN thes'
young gentlemen, although their vehe
ment utterances regarding subjects witt
which they have but slight acquaintance
have sometimes furnished convenient ma
terial for the use of Northern politician
who were hostile to the South. -AHanti'
l AOJlfhYu
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Dreams in Verse.

/ have done reams of philosophising,
poetizing and joking in dreams. have
fancied with rapture that l hove solved
"the painful riddle of the earth in an
epigram, and then awoke to recollect a
miserable platitude, or worse. L was
once composing lyric in a dream, and
awoke, with wet eyes and beating
heart, to recall these precious lines ;:
The armament shall languish,
The stars theirlight shall lend,
To soften down the anguish
OF a not familiar friend.
1 have again made hundreds of iests,
including puns, In my dreams, but never
one that was not idiotic. Once, indeed,
/ composed in sleep a child's story in
verse, beginning:
The Great besieged the Lesser AUX,
In his castle OF Aukvard-Ness;
And (you may write il down in chalk)
He made precious mess.
Here there is a gleam of reason in un-
reason, but all the rest was stupid, and
that little bit is my dream masterpiece.
Spectator.
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ro mad rnther.-rn-Lnw.

No doubt it is more difficult for a
woman to suppress her Indignation, to
conceal irritation, to ignore unpleasant
ness. 10 feel or affect indifference; but
YOU see. madame, we are not inquiring
into causes. but as TO the fact. Women
are declared to have more tact than men;
50 they have IN some social things, bu>
in important things | think not. 1t Is,
for instance, the lack of tact on the part
of women that sets clique against clique
in CONGREGATIONS and church societies of
all kinds; that causes almost all assocla-
tions org n1zed by women to break up
in differences; that keeps so many peo-
pie sSAhot water in family hotels and
BOT N houses, or wherever lovely
woman predOminates. 1t Is to a lack of
tact that we owe the traditional mother
in-laW. Fathers-in-l law have no bad
regulations anywhere. May not Say
thfs As because they have too much tact
to interfere, too much tact to notice
trifles, too much tact to be fussy and
irritating IN matters that should wisely
be let alone? Does not any woman real
lZe how much tact men are found to ex-
hiblt III order to successfully keep their
places III life? 1t has been shrewdly
doubted, you'll know, whether clubs would
be possible with ladies, not merely be-
cause they have not the club dizposi-
tion, but because they cannot abide to-
gether without getting into hostile divis-
ions. 1t takes a good deal of tact to
meet daily on familiar and equal terms
with numerous persons and keep all
irritating things out of sight. The club
is possible in the highest civilization
only because Tothing but the self-re-
preston that comes of the highest social
training permits men of diverse interests
and tastes to come together harmoni-
ously. The club affords an excellent test
OF tact, and if men are better adapted
than wo,nen for club hfe-if they can
live together in this way without collis-
ions-they have established the pos
session OF tact more efiectualIy than even
the requirements of the drawing-room
establish it for women.
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Sweet woman's Mouth.

Wlde-open mouths have come into
fashion, Tor women. This is a change
from the prevailing style of the past.
The proper mouth now, says the New
York Graphic, Is worn in constant but
mild smile. the corners drawn back hori-
zontally with the lips left closed. The
expression Is one of amiab1e, quiet sat
isfactlon with all the world-as though
the mind was free from sorrow and the
feet tree from corns. Care should be
taken not to broaden this into an active
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-03

AN HONEST farmer in the State of
pennsvlvanis married a miss from a
fasbionable boarding school for his sec
ond wife He was struck dumb with her
eIonuence. and gaped with wonder at
her learning. "You might" said he.
Oh ss bore a hole through the solid airtb
and chnck in milestone, and she'll tell
ron l1 to a Shawn how long the stone viii
he - coin clean through. I used for to
+b;pf that It was air sucked in every
time I expired however, she telled me
that T had been sucking in two kinds of
gin@o1 gin and high gin Ny stars !
Pm a Temperance man, and vet have
been drinking OK gin and high gin all
my life !"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-03

SOMEBODY claims to have found gold
In Iowa. No doubt of it. Thousands
of men have found gold in Iowa, and in
Kansas and Missouri as well. They
have found it in paying quantities, but
they mine it with plow and reaper,
and some of it they drive to the market
on four legs. 1t is genuine gold, how
ever, and whether stocks go up or down
the laborer gets his hire, and if he
sticks to 1t he is sure to make his pile
Kansas City Journal.
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-. tte is a being who wishes to
6 s4is.lsse being IL you do not
f1-<zsST, YOU will have no difficulty IL
fill2iEg female companion of a differen:
mood. Alas coquettes are but too rare.
lis a career that requires great abilities,
infinite pains, gay and airy spirit.
'Tis the coquette that provides all
amusement; ; suggests the riding party,
plans the picnic, gives and guesses cha
rades, acts them. She Is the stirring
element amid the heavy congeries of so
cial atoms the soul of the house, the
salt banquet Let any one pass very
agreeable week, or it may be ten days,
under any roof, aud analyze the cause
of his satisfaction, and one might safely
make gentle wager that his solution
would present him with the frolic phan-
tom Of a coquette. -DisraeN.
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One hundred and twenty-five years
ago John Adams, school teacher-after-
wards President-sat i'll his chamber at
Worcester and wrote: " have no books,
no time. no friends. Imust therefore be
contented to live and die an obscure,
ignorant fellow" Why be discouraged
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-03

A FRENCH doctor says he has cured
rheumatic patients by making them SO
mad that the excitement would start a
profuse perspiration.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-03

WITH the head of a man it so happens
that when egotism is in, honesty is out.
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

iaEriage "a Ia Mode.
A hat, a cane,
A nobby beaul
A narrow lane,
A whisper low
A smile, bow,
A little fiirtl
An ardent vow
That's cheap "a 1irti
A hand 10 sqee1s,
A girl 70 kiss,
Quite at ones ease
Must needs bS ansG.
A ring, a date,
A honeymoon,
To find too late
It WAS too soOnI
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-03

A LIBArIoS is better than potation
wine is often better split than drunk.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-03

RECENTD r-PUsLIsHED statistics show
that the consumption of tobacco in
France has largely and steadily increased
during the present century. In 1915
the amount derived by the state from
this one article was 1872, ,O05 francs.
In 1853 the amount had risen to 1884,
O00,0O0 francs, while the latest return
given it was 313, SAG, 900 francs. This
represents an average of about 9 francs
PEI head 0. the population.
BAD manners disgraced the King of
Sweden. "At supper" says Miss
Knight, 4" his Majesty was seen to
scratch his head with his fork, and also
with his knife, and afterward go on eating
with them"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-29

The hue and cry against Governor
Cornell in New York illustrates how
comfortable man may be until he stirs
~ hornets nest and further, how
quiet hornets may be until they are
stirred up. The hornets are quite indif
ferent to you while you let them alone /;
but when you make yourself obnoxious
they make fuss. Probably it is so
with people as well as hornets. We in.
cline to think it is. 1t is when anyone
treads on your toes that you find him to
be very disagreeable fellow and throw
stones at him. Governor Cornell was a
very good governor and an excellent Re.
publican until he lately sought to put
the nose of Roscoe COnkling out of joint,
and SO offended the administration and
Jay Gould. This is the tripartite ALI.
ance that is now sitting down on Gov
ernor Cornell, and they think that
they have him pretty well squashed.
Perhaps they have perhaps not. One
would think that q man could make
quite a lively fight even in New York
against SO very highly perfumed trinity,
before letting them make political mince-
meat of him. We should really like to
have Jay Gould in the combination in
this state. He would do vastly better
than Cameron to put up in the country
grain fields as q scarecrow.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-29
NEWS MISCELLANY.


The Record eF Notable Uccszzs1ces-A hus-
bands Singular Conspiracy to get
Rld OF his Wife.
A man named Weaver and his wifa liv-
ing two miles from Adams, N. Y, were
attacked by a ahighwayman, at place called
Greed's Crossing, near their home. Mrs.
Weaver thought she recognized the voice
as that of A. ]. Budlong, an adopted
brother and great chum of her husband.
Budlong having been arrested on Saturday
night has made confession, substantially
as follows:
Weaver and his wife have not lived hap
PLY together, and few weeks ago Wea-
yer spoke to Budlong in reference to put.
ting Mrs. Weaver out of tho way, and it
was agreed that Budlong should attack
them while out riding and demand their
money, and upon refusal he was to step
behind the buggy and shoot Mrs. Wea-
yer, and the plan was carried out. After
the woman was shot the husband paid no
attention to her and refused to 20 for a
doctor. The wound was only a flesh
wound. Weaver has since been arrested
and denies the story, but he is very reti-
cent.
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ceded on all hands that tho nomination is
the strongest that could be made"
The Democratic leader does not favor
paxadaA togchlight and brass band demon
stationA, aUing that II tho party should
undertsko them tho opposition could pro-
baby outdo them. He thought tho city
committee could expend its energies and
perfect organization to better purpose.
The committee received number of re-
ports from the various ward chairmen
concerning the Democratic United States
supervisors. Over twenty appointses have
so far failed to take the oath. They will
be notified to come into the United States
District court to-day to be sworn in.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-29

Pertinent Suggestions 20 tho Democratic
City COMMITTEE.
Philadelphia Record.
The Democratic city executive COM
mittee held special meeting last evening
to allow its members to receive instruc.
tions from Chairman Hensel, of the DEM
ocratic state committee. Mr.. Hensel had
come directly from the convention at
Doylestown and reported the Bucks county
Democracy to be efficiency managed.
Reports from all sections of the state, he
said, indicated that the party was being
thoroughly organized, the county COM
mittees being formed in school districts.
Mr.. Hensel explained the apparent apathy
existing about political headquarters by
saying that the party was not preparing
for victory in August and defeat in No.
vember. He advised the committeeman
to bend their energies to the registration
of Democratic voters from now until Sept.
payment of poll takes and tho producing
of naturalization papers.
"It is not safe to assume that your namo
is on the list this year because it was last"
said the Democrat chairman. 81 won't
say that the Republican leaders have
issued instructions to assessors all over
the state to drop few Democratic names
from each division list, but if tue names
should be dropped it would do us great
injury. The Republican party is desper-
ate enough to resort to any rascality in this
and it will be safe for us to
assume that such instructions have been
issued, 50 that every Democratic voter
will ascertain if he is:registered. The Com
mite of One Hundred has suspected that
the registry would not be correct, and it
has offered reward for the detection of
persons mutilating the lists"
Speaking of the Democratic candidate
for Governor, Mr.. Hensel said: 'rThere
was nothing contributed SO much to Mr..
Pattison's nomination as the appearance
of harmony and sincerity of the Philadel-
phia delegation at Harrisburg. It 10 con-
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-29
NElGaBOKHOOU NEWS.

,Events Near and Across the County Lines.
The village of Rosenvick, Chester couu-
ty, consists of five houses, three of which
are waiting to be occupied.
The Eastern Pennsylvania telephone
company's wires have been extended up
the Lebanon valley to WomeIsdorf, Sheri-
dan. Richland, Lebanon and Pottstown.
Mayor Rowc, of Reading, has given
$500 ball to answer the charge of neglect
in not keeping the streets in repair. Fifty.
three of the IS c0uncilmen had entered
bail to answer the same charge.
Rev. DR.. Garvey, pastor of st. Peters
Catholic church, of Reading, has been re-
moved to st. James church, Philadelphia,
by Right Rev. Archbishop Wood. DR..
Garvey takes the place of Father O'Neil,
who dropped dead at Saratoga few
weeks ago.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-29
THE STAR sPANGLED BANNER,

Alleged Discourtesies to tho American Flag.
Ill feeling among American residents in
Japan has been started by repeated and
apparently studied discourtesies to the
United States flag on the part of British
naval officers. The American ship Swa-
tara left Yokohama, homeward bound, on
July 81, and was saluted, according to Gus
tom, by war ships of every nationality ex-
cept the English. The British fleet at
Yokohama was sent away ON the I'd of
July last, and remained at sea over the
4th, avoiding the necessity for a salute.
Similar incidents were of constant occur
rcnco during General Grants visit, and
the determination of the British army off.
GERS at Hong Kong to withhold salutes on
Washington's birthday has been a cause
of difference between tho officers and the
governor, Sir John Hennessy, who shows
a sense of the proprieties on such occa-
sions. It is claimed on behalf of the Brit.
ish agents that their conduct is regulated
by orders from London.
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MARIETTA NEWS.
Items from tho Borough ON tho Susquo-
hSnnAs

On Saturday last, Mr.. Abram Collins, of
Marietta, lost very valuable family mare
by death, caused from a bruise on one of
her feet, several weeks siuce he had her
sh0d tho smith that done the work cutting
the frog so close as to cause soreness, and
it is believed she tread on q stone creating
a bruise which ended in modification and
death. The animal was a great favorite
and will be hard to replace, being gentle,
fearless and good roadster of more than
ordinary speed.
A gentle rain set in on Saturday evening
continuing up to this writing (Monday
morning), which will do great good to
the late corn and tobacco crop.
On Saturday last John Shank, of East
Donegal, near the village of Maytown, sold
his farm at public sale. 1t contained 80
acres and was purchased by Christian
Hershey for $500. 20 per acre.
On the "a inst, David s. Engle's farm
of 80 acres was sold to Ephraim Nissley
for $500 per acre, it is situated on the
turnpike road between Marietta and Mt.
Joy.
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DROWNED,
Three Young Girls Lose their Lives I'm the
Juni0C0.

Three Young Girls Lose their Lives I'm tho
JuniaI0.
Martha and Flora CrOsley, aged re-
spectively fourteen and eleven years, and
Minnie Peddeck. aged twelve years, were
drowned in the Juniata river near Hunt.
ingdon. They were, with Ruth Crosley, a
sister, beating on Fishers dam, and when
about thirty feet from the shore their boat
sprung a leak, and the girls in their fright
upset it, and they sank in ten feet of
water. Ruth Crosley clung to the boat
and was rescued. The river is being
dragged and the bodies of the Cros!eys
have been recovered.
Death in q Wash Tub.
Mrs. Charles Hovey. young married
woman, living in the town of Thetford,
Genessee county, Mich, bound her five
year old child to herself aud then plunged
her own head and that of her child in
wash tub filled water. Both were drowned.
1t is supposed to be a case of temporary
insanity.
Frank Stoner, a livery stable keeper, and
his brother, Everett Stoner, were drowned
at Kingsbury, Me-, yesterday, by the
upsetting of their boat.