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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
A woman may be type-setter. put
foreman z takss hsr toe longSo

"A woman may be a type-setter, put
not f9smap for .,,., 4 takss aer toe l1ng1o
Sufferer: To cure headache boil the
head and shake the bones out DR.
Beard, following DIR. Abernethy, recon-
mends that the patient should put drop
of water in the tooth and sit on stove
till it boils.-N I. Graphic.
-"Have you resided long in this
town?'' asked tourist of the oldest in
habitant. Yes he replied, "a long.
long time Dye see thatmountain over
yonder? Well, that was here when l
came here.n The tourist travelled on.
-Neso HaUen Register.
A Goldfish was recently found with a
small bottle of celery salt inside his
vitals. The introduction of celery salt
into the Goldfish viii no doubt work a
wonderful revolution into the Goldfish
ball and correct the wood violet flavor
of the Goldfish ham.
1t is serenely claimed by Bradford
editor that a young lady in charge of
local telephone office has such dulcet
tones that when she is talking through
the instrument the wire between the sta
tions becomes an -Eolian harp, and little
birds fiy out to roost on the line, in order
TO learn new music for their songs. -
Philadelphia Record
A telegraph head in one of our ex-
changes reads: "A Circus Man Killed
and Injured" ," 1t may be that circus
man has no rights that a newspaper is
bound to respect, but when he is killed
and then injured, it looks like taking an
unfair advantage of dead man -Lar-
annie City Boomerang.
Mrs. Jones was reading in paper
the other day about a widow that got
$50, 900 from the railroad that killed her
husband in an accident Jones couldn't
imagine what made her look at him and
sigh so hard after she hal finished read
ing it. = Plailfeld Bulletin.
The new railroads are so numerous
in Forest County, Pennsylvania, that an
old farmer who had seven hens tied each
hen to separate railroad stake IN his
yard, and each stake represented a dlf-
ferent railroad company That would
| be good-place to build union depot.
- Chicago Times.
:. Mr.. Oscar Wilde is said to have
made the statement that he never could
4 study Geography. the colors on the map
were SO discordant. and distressed him so
/ much. On that point of estheticism he
will find the youth of the country with
| him. though we never knew before just
what was the matter. = Boston Post
-..Hal come hither, pretty one. Can st
tell me why a watermelon is like unto a
bookPs' Ii was the voice of the noble
Sir Grabland, and, at the sound of his
words, the lady Stiletto his well-beloved
niece, raised her cerulean orbs (blue
lteves) from the crochet work that lay
entangled in her fairy-like fingers.
eEss Nav, me lord, she answered in her
! piccobest tones; :. give me an easier
one Like swollen river chafing its
rugged shores. or a volcano getting ready
for q matinee. "a great limpid laugh
gureled through the anatomy OF Sir
Grabland as he replied, . Because me
dear niece, it is never red until 1t is
opened. ."-Bostoa Transcript.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Moody and Sankey have closed their
iabors in Glasgow. The gathering of
thousand reformed drunkards was one
of the triumphs of their work.
Some inquiring mind has taken
pains to discover that in The Old Iesta-
nlent the word Jehovah is repeated
6,307 times In the New Testament the
word Jesus is repeated 929 times, the
word Christ $50 times. and the word
Lord. relating to both the Father and
the Son. 100 times.-N. Y Examiner
Colby University has turned out 730
graduates, OF whom $50 are living, and
2l9 have been cIergvmen. 15S lawyers,
l20 teachers, 65 volunteers in the war,
~ physicians. 80 journalists, 45 business
men, ~ college professors. II foreign
missionaries, II judges. 2 State Gover-
nors, 8 members of Congress, and in
the United States army and navy De
troit Post.
lie New York Times 9ias made o,
'sesfreftif = llectipn Of church ssetistlcs in
4 NJ - OK sstslsstssss,.7> 70
.aT2 r. 3 :snEss 5:issaa has -
Church Iaefif0ers d Protestant Churches.
OF Methodists there are l3, 400, OF Epis-
eopalians 1892. Presbyterians ll,159.
Baptists 10, 76i, Congregationalists 8, 49,
Jews $50. and of other denominations
numbers ranging from 1867 downward
"A clergyman in the country had a
stranger to ofiiciate for him one day,
and meeting his beadle afterwards me
said to him: Well Dougall. how did
you like last Sunday ) preachingg ii
was great deal owre plain and simple
for me- replied the beadie . like
sermons that junble the Judgment and
E Il. I
saw ane that could come ZIP to yourself
mt thatr'- Chambers Jonrltat.
Eleven wears ago Cornell University.
then for the first time in fair working
order in all its departments. had 500
students During the past year it had
but 36l, and the Alumi Association at
tributes the decline TO the admission of
women on the same basis as men. Their
argument is that the men will not attend
where the system of coeducation IS IN
vogue. When men alone were admitted
two came where one comes now. while
the women do not come in sufficient
numbers to make up for this loss, and
It looks as if the doors of this institu-
ton would again be closed against the
fair sex.-N. Y. Tribune
The smallest church in the country
is at the corner of Twenty-eight Street
and Susquehanna Avenue, Philadelphia
1t is the p. E. Church of St. Chrysostom
1t looks ike toy, seats about fifty
people. is sacriIegously called the 'tcigar
box and pigeon roost," and is pre-
sided over by a small man. the Rev. c.
S. Daniels BOYS and girls lead the
singing, boys collect the offerings, light
the lamps and carry the coal; the girls
sweep and clean the edifice. When the
pastor wants an extra amount OF money
the children get it, There have been
eighty-six baptisms in two years. Cit
| cndo Herald.
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Canonchet Sold.

Recently the famous homestead OF
Governor William Sprague, Canonchet,
was sold under the hammer. There was
Il large crowd in waiting. but all were
denied admission. On Monday an at
tachment for $1,000 was levied on the
estate by a United States Marshal in
favor of Philadelphia people. Trustee
Chatfee and Lawyer Patton were there
ready for the sale At twelve o'clock the
largest crowd ever attending an auction
sale of the Sprague property assembled
in the roadway in front of the main en-
trance of Canonchet. Before the sale
was begun, Mr.. Richard Comstock, of
Providence. gave notice to the auctioneer,
and all intending to bid that on Mon
dav the firm of Mowry & Comstock had
attached the Canonchetproperty in the
name of Evan Randolph, of Philadelphia,
for $4,000 on n process issued out of
the United States Court. Mr.. G. Frank
Parkhnrst in reply to this said that this,
attachment grew out of a suit OF
Hovt, Sprague & Co. The title
to this property was originally in
the Sprarues and the latter were not
liable in this matter Auctioneer Hall
invited the crowd to get over the gate
and come across the bridge, where it
was shady. They followed him to the
other side of the bridge by walking
across the stringers. and were about to
pass on to the grounds when Willie
Sprague suddenly appeared in the road
mounted on horse. He cried tHalt!'
and the order not being obeyed at once,
he put his right hand into his pocket and
took hold of a pistol, and then there was
a halt. No one offered to advance step.
The bidding was begun by Henry Hid
den. of Providence, for $50, 900, and
George w Butts made it s21, 600. Oil
yer W. Green, of Wexford, bid S26, 900.
Then Sheriff Tucker gave notice that the
local auctioneer, under whose direction
the sale was begun, was not legally ap-
one responsible for what was. done Mr.
Hall explained the facts of Mr., Chand-
ler's appointment and engagement be-
fore the town council, and then the, sale
again progressed. The issue was now
between James ID. Lynch, of New York,
who bid in the interest of Francis D..
Moulton, the mutual friend of Beech
er and Tilton. Moulton finally. secured
the property at S62. 250. 80.
While the sale was in progress Gov
ernor spraguessoecupied the front piazzi
OF the house with rifle in his hand,
awaiting the advance of the enemy. The
sale was a terrible sacrifice, 5000, 600
having been. laid out on the property,
while there were four hundred acres of
land thrown in. Itwas bought for spec
ulation and viii be sold in lots Proei-
deasce OR. ~ Special to Chicago Times.
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The Worlds Arctic Exploration.


Those old and darine navipators of
the sea, the Dutch and the Danes. have
Joined the other Powers in the combined
investigation of the Arctic regions. The
first Dutch expedition set out in the
steamer WIllems Barens last Nav from
Amsterdam, commanded by Lieutenant
Hofmann- This vessel is to make pro-
longed cFulse in the Arctic Ocean for
meteorological observations and also to
explore more thoroughly the seaway to
the mouths Of the great rivers of Siberia.
The seeonaexpedition was to have sailed
last month and is bound for Dickson
Haven, tile Dutch station of observation
in the Aretle Ocean. Some of the most
scientific nien in Holland have accom-
panied IT, kFhe Danish steamer Dvmpna.
under COMMAND of Lieutenant How
gaard, len Copenhagen on the 18th of
July. ANN great popular acclamations.
Her enurecrew have seen service in the
Arstic. lhe expedition was fitted out
esbY populs uls,snbscription and under the
auspscrsof tire y-Deparsment- Her
commanders young man only twenty
i've years OF age, who has had three
years experience in the Arctic region
and was a companion of Professor Nor
ddnskjold in the Vega. The course of
the Dympna is from Copenhagen to
Tromso, Norway, where coal and stores
will be taken on board, and from that
point the vessel viii sail for the Kara
Sea and Cape Tsjeliuskin, point that
has only been reached twice before.
From here the three main. objects
of the expedition viii be attempted;
first, whether the current and ice
will permit of further aexplora-
tion wifhout TOO much risk; second, to
examine whether Franz Josef Land
stretches toward the most northern point
of Asia: and, third, whether the east
coast of Franz Josef Land runs IN a
south-and-north direction. Lieutenant
Hovgaard will bring his vessel to the
southeast coast of this land. and then by
sleds viii attempt an overland journey
northward. These Dutch and Danish
expeditions. we believe, now complete
the list, and vessels belonging to every
civilized nation are now either on their
way to the Arctic, or already there at
their stations, like our own. Men famous
in every department of science have ac-
companied them and they have taken
with them all tie instruments known to
modern science and all the conveniences
10 make life endsrable in that inhospi-
table region for a period of three years.
They will make exhaustive meteorologi-
cal observations and will study all the
physical peculnrities of the Arctic
region. As they are not bent upon any
wild-goose chase or any search after the
unsearchable. we may expect the most
valuable results fIpm their united efforts,
and none of those tidings of suffering,
disaster and death which have hitherto
followed the sailing of Inflated vessels
in quest of the pole. All the stations
are within limits already traversed, and
none of the expeditions, possibly except
the Danish, will venture beyond them.
we may therefore look for most ex-
tremely interesting account of the char
acter of this distant section of the earth,
which has had such fatal fascinations for
mariners and explorers Tor ages pasr.--
Chicago Tribune.
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Democratic and Republican Tendencies
COntrasted.

The two. great parties which now ex-
ist, the Republican andsthe Democratic,
represent more or less perfectly the two
great tendencies which have from the
first, with scarcely any interruption.
contended for the mastery ever since
the Republic was formed. The Repub-
licans have become the legitimate heirs
of the early Federalists. 1t is true that
they do not entertain all the tenets of
that party. and do not revive the meas
ures and the conflicts which in their day
the Federahstss set on foot; but they
stand for the Federalist purpose of a
strong central Government. aiming
steadily to absorb or belittlc the local or
State -Governments. They stand for
vast expenditures. for magniticence in
the National Administration, for pomp
and glory, as displayed in an immense
array of offiee-holde,-s witha costly and
minutely ranitied system of political
administrative functions. and for ali
sorts of SO called public Improvements
at the expense of the National Treasury;
and they stand for taxing the people
roundlY to maintain this immense Fed
eral establishment and this system of
superb OUTLAWS. Perhaps the most ex-
trenle anifestat:on of this prevailing
direction of the Republican party was
the attempt to make General Grant
President for the third time. with all
that it implied
On the other hand, the Democrats
still represent that doctrine of strict con-
struction of the FConstituton. of local
elf-government of the restriction oi
the ceptrat power. of the reduction oi
the number of Federal ffice-holders, of
the most limited interference of the
rr.nl
plicity, and purity in the conduct of
public affairs; or. as President Lincoln
expressed 1T. of government of the peo-
pie, by the people, and for The people,
withwhich the Democracy of Jefferson
and Madison originally came into being.
OF course in this long period, and
through the mighty vicissifudes that
have been brought upon the Republic.
the Democracy of the present day is in
various respects inferior to the Democ-
Hracy of which Thomas Jefferson was the
most distinguished advocate Things
have changed The civil war has passed
its red hot plow-shares over the minds
and the characters of the people The
enormous expenditures of the Federal
Administration, the endless array of
salaried office-holders, the loose prac-
tices and the usurping purposes of the
party in power. have done much to cor
rupt. the citizens of this country; and
the Democratic party, weakened and
perverted by its long exclusion from the
useful discipline of administration, has
suffered and been debased But it still
represents the spirit and the impulse
with which it started out. So long, then,
as the Democrats stand for these pri-
mary ideas, and for this momentous
school of public policy. so long will all
men who adhere to that school adhere
to the Democracy.-N Y. Sun.
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How a Young Girl i. Aflicted.


Thomas Bigleys and wife, residing at
Rockport, have an adopted daughter,
ten years of age. The girlis of average
size, though Slender. quite intelhgent,l
and presents the appearance of much
physical suffering yet she seems to be
cheerful and communicative About
five wears ago she became'a sufferer from
bleeding at the nose and pain in the head.
About one year ago. during one of her
bleeding spells, a number of small live
red ants were discovered in the flow of
blood from the nose, and at different
times some also issued from her ears.
Some months ago, on one occasion, She
lost more blood than usual, and large
number probably nearly or quite a
hundred -of live ants were found in it,
after which she appeared much easier,
comparatively free from pain in the
head, and able to sleep well. AT the
present time she suffers the same pain in
the head in the temple and behind the
ears. Mrs. BigleY says that about five
years ago the child took nap in the yard
under shade tree. and her peculiar SUI
fering commenced Immediately after
wards, and this leads her to believe that
some red ants made their way in her
nose, and they have multiplied and an
moved her ever since.-P0ttsUElte Pd.J
journal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08

The damage to property by fires was
exceptionally great in this country during
the past six months During the past
five years, indeed. there has not been a
period of similar length. with one single
exception, in which the fire wastage at
taiped the extent recorded during the
recent period The fires causing dam
.are of over $4,000 each, as figured by
the Commercial Bulletin, numbered in
January 40, I23 in February, 164 in
March, 14I in April. 159 in May and 136
in June. Including all the fires, both
large and small, the money loss inflicted
was 80, 800, 600 in January, 81, 200. 600
in February, 81, 200, 600 in March, the
same amount was lost in April, $7 ,50o,-
600 in May and 81, 500, 600 in June This
makes total destruction of property for
the six months aggregatihg $40. 100 oo2
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The Vain Pnllet.

A fine. fat Pullet who was roosting on
the limb of tree safe from danger was
saluted by Fox with:
= Good evening, Miss Pullet-I never
saw YOU look BETTER Your figure is per-
fectly lovely"
: ssrbo YOU really. think so s ~
q s.CertainlysI do. i d give anything
if I could wear my hair done up in a
French roll and have it become me as it
does YOU.
:. Arer' t you joking-e''
81 was never more serious in my life.
Your small feet aud pretty mouth. are
the envy of all the Pullets in the neigh
borhood. . .
= And everybody says you have such
a tony air about you
20 lar'
q think if we were to walk out to-
rether we mash the whole town.
:. Really, now
The Fox gave, her more soft solder,
and in. the end the vain Pullet flew down
and furnished a square meal for the crafty
William.
Moral :--.' 'Flattery, said an old Roos-
ter. as he looked down at the few bones
and feathers, ..aattery is the soft purr OF
a cat. The sweeter the purr. the longer
the claws and the sharper the bite. y
Detroit Free Press
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08

An Americanized Frenchman. or
rather Utahized Frenchman. of South
Chester, Pa, has two wives and eighteen
children-nine by each wife, The
women are sisters. and the half brothers
and sisters are each others cousins
Their father is their uncle, and their
mothers are their aunts- The mothers
are each others sisters-in-law, and the
husband is brother-in-law to both. The
man is the uncle of his own children,
and consequently is his own brother
He is the husband of his ehildren's aunt,
and, by very simple course Of reason
ing. is uncle by marriage TO his OVID
offspring - Chicago Inter Ocean.
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-Hanlan. the oarsman, SAYS that
Ross can have the championship honors
only by winning them, and adds: :. l in
tend to say this much to Ross: / will
make a match for So, 600 side, the race
TO be rowed next year, and / will put
the money up when we sign articles
I'M willing to take the chances of win
tering right; but one thing | am deter.
mined. and that is, will not row a race
with Ross this year. IN. X. Post.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08

Some terse proverbs-Russian,
aPrav to God, but continue to row to
the shore Sanscrit, ..Silence is the
ornament of the ignorant" China,
"There are two good men; one dead and
the other unborn. = Tamul. .sThe han
die of the AK is the enemy of its kind "
Persian, '.One pound of learning re-
quires ten pounds of common sense to
apply it, Arab. ..The best part of re-
pel,tance is little SHINING" Arab, The
contemplation of vice is vice. !" Arab,
at is hard to chase and catch two
hares." Modern Greek, 1.-Two water
melons cannot be carried under one
arm.
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"A writer in London Truth says that
nowadays everything is ..smart "a
sermon. a concert, dinner party,
dance, dress, a bouquet, . wedding or
a house, and the other day man was
talking of q smart I" funeral.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08

-CelestiaIs never use sugar in tea.
and they regard The man who does SO
as candidate for the lunatic asylum
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"A surgeon in London offers to teach
any woman to blush beautifully and
naturally IN three lessons. We need one
thousand such teachers in this country
right away.
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The American missionaries who
have been compelled to leave Egypt are
coming home for a visit
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-Tbere ave nnw fhirfv .or more Won1e

There are now thirtyor more women
established in law practice in the United
States; five in Illinois, four eachsin Iowa
and California, three each in Wisconsin
and Ohio, two each in Michigan. Kansas
and the District of Columbia. and one
each in Maine, Indiana. Minnesota, Ne
h-,sRrr an1 Massachusetts,
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. x5 x56i55SscI;;I7 i555SscI;;Ia7 men of k;Ia...

Two muscular men Of Kildafs
Ark agreed tossettle their quarrel with
single blow sof the fist, to be struckby
the winner of tossed coin and unresist-
ingly received by the loser anywhsrs
above the belt. The man whom Chance
condemned to take, the. blow stood IN
bravely. and though he sought to AVOID
some of its force, it felled him heavilr.
breaking his nose and rendering himin-
sensible for several hours. IN. o. Pea
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Mr.LAs7' oFFER,

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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-24

/ have a secret which l suppose l
shall now be permitted to tell: One
evening several weeks ago there arrived
at Uhrig's Cave, just as the perform
ance was opening, two ladies', one
young, pretty and fresh looking, the
other some what older, but not unat-
tractiye, who Immediately inquired for
Mr.. Charles E. Ford. They seemed to
oe tired and had evidently been travel
ling. A gentleman who happened to
be standing at the entrance just as they
came in said they looked like people of
something above ordinary refinement,
that the younger one had an especially
interesting face. They found Mr..
Ford. They had come from Columbus,
Ohio, to join the chorus of his opera
company. They had never been on the
stage and had come in answer to q tele-
gram, they having previously signiied
their desire of going into his company.
He knew nothing of their surroundings.
dives or antecedents. Like any other
manager, he took them. as n purely
business venture. They were SEM to
an eminently respectable place to board.
until the younger n was recognized as
the daughter in-law of Ex-Governor
DennIson, of Ohio. A lady in the house
has relatives at Columbus and had
visited them. She had met Mrs. Den
nison frequently in the best society,
and she knew her the moment she saw
her. Mrs. Dennison was compelled to
admit her identity. She was, indeed,
the wife of ex Governor Dennison's
son. She did, indeed, belong to one of
the first families of Ohio; she had, in
deed, been the associate of the Thur.
mans and all the others in that class
of society. Her father-in-law had been
one of the greatest men in Ohio, and
she had been used to all the luxuries of
wealth, and had been blessed with all
the advantages of n good education
and cultured associations, but still she
Wio hClc i E1b- Isbll5 10 70 lllO Int
chorus of a comic opera company. She
made her first appearance with the put
ting on of 1.-THE Merry War;" and was
on the stage each evening during the
remainder of the engagement. 1 i'm.
aPined she soon found her surroundings
somewhat uncongenial, for she looked
worn and tired. She has a pretty face,
but there is a touch of sadness about il
that tells a secret. I understand bel
husband was once possessed of n for.
tune, but that he and she got away
with il very rapidly, and that he left
her with n child or two and went Out
west to see what he could do. The
lady who recognized her earnestly nrget
her to return home, but she declined tc
take the advice. Mrs. Dennison's only
excuse for so strange a step is that she
wants to earn n more comfortable liY,
ing, and that she believes she ha,
talents for the stage.-St. Louis Spec
tator.