The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-11-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
GEr4r BRrrA1v has nearly 5000


GREAT BRITAIN has nearly 5000 !
Of inland boat navigation.
The average yield of potatoes in 1879
IN the States was only sixty-uine bushels
per acre.
WHEN You boil vegetables save the wa
ter you boil them in, and use it to mix
your chicken feed with.
A MAN on the Peninsula Railroad. in
Florida, gathered. 10, 600 good oranges
from one tree last fail. -
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, annually SHIPS
45, 600 barrels OF eggs, equal to 3, $50, 600
dozen, worth 1915, 600.
TINS is the beginning of new novel;
''He was Mt one time son so prodieal
that all the calves fled at his approach ="
An Ohio Sheriff who lately assistedat
n wedding snapped his fingers and called
out: 'The condemned willnow step tbs
way
The most troublesome insect whici
prey upon the apple-tree are the teIt
caterpillar, the canker worm, the cooling
moth and the borer.
PENNSYLVANIA claims 10 have raised a
cucumber weighing twentT-three pounts,
and wants Two Presidential canddatesto
come forward and eat it.
The Mining and Scientific Press says
that the first iron works IN this country
were erected in 1919 at Falling Creek,
not far from jamestown, Va
GREAT numbers Of people live by the
culture and sale of violets grown IN
sandy fields, at the south of Paris.
Fifteen thousand lunches are sold daily
IN that city.
The raspberry plantations in England
have been infested the past few years
with large snout beetles, which not only
strip the plants of their leaves but cut
of the bark from Young ones.
Is q late medical work which has eS-
cited much attention and criticism, DR..
Declat, of Paris, argues that all diseases
are due to the development of invisible
parasites either ii or upon the body.
Il late patent Office report It IS stated
that the first patent issued after the pas
sage Of the law establishing patent Of
fee in 1890 was to Samuel Hopkins fo1
the manufacture Of pot and pearl ashes.
1t was granted July 30, 1890.
THE Appenuine Railroad reaches Its
highest point at an elevation of 2,00C
feet above sea level; the Black Forest
Railway. ascends to ,, 762 feet; the eau
casus Line to 3, 16S feet, and the Great
ST. Ctothard Tunnel is $3.50 feet above
sea level
LARGE draughts Of water are the most
injurious with ailments difficult Of diSes-
ton, like the fats; and the drinking al
too much water, after fat pork, Tor IN
stance, should be avoided. But IN coun-
tries where soup docs not constitute
regular part Of the meal, drinking water
is sanctioned 10y the best medical men.
a BRooKLYN belle, tired of living sn
aimless, plague-painting hfe, has actual
" taken to cooking. She dumped the
contents of her roUge-bOy III her FIRST par
OF dough instead Of saleratus, 10 he sufe
but the beautiful rose tint that it impaired
to the bread after 1t was baked amply
atoned for the error.
As the cold produces changes IN organic
substances closely resembling those
caused by heat, Hungarian chemist
proposes to cook fresh beef by exposing
It TO n temperature of thjrty-three degrees
below zero. tits then placed in hermet-
ically sealed cans, and - thur preserved
in perfect condition for long time.
SAYS the Keolzuk cute CiW: This is
"offlll:" Russian cOurt-martial has been
held at st. Petersburg and the following
named Nihilists sentenced to be hGngedi
Michaeloff, Sabwerott, Bordenkof, bon
leoff, Aftenoff, Stanek0f end obeiof,
and their sentences must be confirmed
by Melikoff. Great C2sarl KillemoH
An eminent authority says that air
should be taken into the lungs through
the nose. The advice comes none too
soon. When taken through the nose the
mir Is warmed before it strikes the lungs.
and consequently there is not that dan
ger there would be if the cold blast
should come In direct contact with the
lungs.-D0rbUTy Nous.
THE Milwaukee Sun, in an article or
livery horses, says: at Is not an I'M
common thing to see a Young fellow drive
up to the hoDse where his girl lives with
a team that is Just tearing things.
Thereupon the No1Tistown Herald says
IT may not be an uncommon thing IL
Milwaukee,; but hereabouts it is very
rare sight Pennsylvania girls don't live
in q house "with q team that IL just tear
ing things"