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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09

There is one custom in the Celestial
Empire that we would like to see turned
loose here. Boys in China are not sup
posed to be responsible until they arrive at
about the age of twenty years. and their
parents are held accountable for all their
crookedness, just the-same as the owner
of any other dangerous animal Is held
responsible for damages.
Supposing & bad boy walks mp and
throws stone through your bay window
that skaters a fine Gala and busts
the statue of the sweet singer Of Mich
igan, you do not go out and chase HIM
four blocks with an iron rake and club
him till he gets out of reach, but you
lust get an old hoe handle that swings
easy. and you search out the boys par
ents and wear them out with that hoe
handle and mix them up with the sand
Then if the boy don't behave himself
Won can 90 to other relatives of his, and
gradually enlarge the circle of your ac-
duaintance, until you have mauled the
entire relationship, even including the
old grandparents of the boy, and II any
of these resist they are subject to impr1s-
onment.
This law, although apparently string
emit. is q good one. 1t makes parents
take more interest in their children and
look out for them more accurately. 1t
encourages parents to know where their
boys are, and to keep their eyes on them
more than they do in Laramie. Well, II
that law were to go in force here, some
men we know would have to take an
arnica bath twice a day and wouldn't
have a whole bone in their body. We
like to see a bright, active boy WITH
good health and sound lungs, but the
thriving blossom that will develop INTO
Jesse James, we have no use Tor.
here against those parents who are
hreeding mn a SQUAD of hoodlums, we
would not weep. 1t would be pretty
active work for the ayenger and his hoe
handle, but it would institute reform
at least. As it is now, a building can
not be left over night before every pane
of glass is broken and the walls smashed
in. Now If the owner had the right to
climb the male parent of those boys and
knock his shoulder-blades through his
spleen and tangle his works all mp SO
that hereafter his food wouldn't be any
benefit to him, it might arouse an inter
est In his children so that he would make
them an ornament to society.
You can't do much with strange boy
ANYHOW. If you spank him with an old
window-shutter, he goes home and tells
his father, and the old man tells him TO
go right back and do the same thing and
he will stand by him. Then the boy
returns and repeats, and your start after
him with the intention of killing him,
but as he turns the corner quarter OF Q
mile away and puts his thumb on ms
nose and waves his fingers IN the air, you
control your brutal temper and go home
That's the reason why In twenty years
from now it viii be bitter cold day wher
, the telegraph doesn't give MS the partc
, nlars of twenty-seven murders and tnlr
, teen train robberies. Laramie Boomer
ana.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.

THE claws of the crab and lobster are
transformed legs.
SALIVA is rendered entirely inactive IN
pure gastric juice.
The sturgeon Is toothless and draws
In its food by suction.
JUPlTER's diameter Is about eleven
times that of the earth
MILKwEED juice is said to be remedy
for suppurating wounds.
BoKAx used in preserving butter i'm
parts no disagreeable flavor.
PLATINUM at temperature of 2, 5000
emits ferty times more light than at
: TIE distance from center "a cen ter Of
the molecules Of a gasjs probably $50 :
UO0 Of an inch.
valuable antidote in case of poisoning
with the mineral acids, if alkalies are not
at hand.
MINES and torpedoes are exploded and
quarries blasted by passing electricity
through platinum wire placed IN ex-
plosive substances.
EXPERIMENTS prove that .coirrors cocoa
nut fiber is well qualified to take rank
among the paper-m making materials
known 30 commerce.
ALL matter, whether it be metal or
porcelain, carbon or lime, begins to emit
light at precisely the same temperature
about 1 1000 Fair.
RED-sNow is one-celled plant green
or red in color, which may be increased
by division and is propagated rapidly
IN water or melting snow
WHEN the heart of recently-killed
frog is separated from its body and
touched with the point of a needle it be-
gins to beat under the stimulus.
IN year the number of respirations
is, III most persons, over 1000, 600; and
125, 900 cubic feet of air carried through
the lungs, purifies 5000 tons of blood.
In A uniform temperature lumber will
endure for ages. The wooden piles on
which Venice and Amsterdam are
founded remain sound because of the
constancy of the conditions to which
they are exposed.
WATER insects carry water into the
depths of the water by holding it under
the wings or legs, or by the minute hairs
which cover the body. This frequently
gives them the silvery appearance of
globule OF mercury.
THERE is species of acaci in South
America whose bark yields twenty per
cent of tannin. Unfortunately, it is
gathered by the profigate method of
stripping the bark as high as a man can
reach, and then leaving the tree to die.
An ExTRAoRDINAY submarine ship is
said to have been invented by Rou-
manian engineer. 1t can remain for
twelve hours at depth of 800 feet be-
meath the surface, without inconvenience
to the crew. Motion is secured by
means of a screw. and as depth of 100
feet it is sufficiently light IN clear water
x.izakf.>.isse,zz
safely be attained. The Iilustrirte
Zeittt,lq is responsible for the statement.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
Well-Known Phrases.

The term q blackguard . has very
commonplace origin. In all great
houses. particularly in royal residences,
there were a number of mean and dirty
dependents whose Office it was to attend
the woodward, sculIeries, etc. OF these
flor in the lowest depths there we're
lower still) the most forlorn wretches
seen to have been selected to carry coal
to the kitchen, hall and other apart
Toents To this smutty regiment, who
attended the progresses, and rode in the
carts with the pots and kettles, which,
With every other article OF furniture,
we're then moved from palace to palace,
tba neonle in derision gave the name of
g hlaclr guards "a term since become
srff;c;antlv familiar. "To the bitter
end ;, IS Clearly an old nautical express
sion SION dictionary published in the early
mart Of the eighteenth century has
Kite a turn or part of q cable
Sc hits to mean pieces OF timber to
which n cable is fastened when ship
,-;5 11es AZ anchor bitter" turn of the
.aIsla alo,,t tbe timber called "bitts. ,
tbat x NAV be yeered out by little and
1 Eel ani sshitter end (of cable) il
that that mart which is wound about thu
Chi g hits when q ship rides at anchor
The modern can't expression, ito tn,
hitter btt end" may have taken its ris'
ether from the old nautical words, a
meaning the last coil Of the cable, o
from the last end, the very bitter
drees. 1t is a slang expression, anothe
for15 If II win fight you to the death.
IN Il "bittern only means pitiless, Sc
we're We = like 4 bitter east wind or a bite
foe.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
Do Not Dnst, But Wipe.

Who would believe it? The duster-
that peaceful emblem of domestic toll
may, under certain circumstances, be-
come more dangerous to handle than a
six-shooter. We are In dead earnest.
An eminent scientist declares it to be a
fact. Do you know just what you are
doing when you brush away dust ? You
disseminate In the air, and consequently
introduce into your own interior, into
your tissues and respirtory organs, all
sorts of eggs, sporas, epidemic germs,
and murderous vibriones which dust con-
tains- One movement with q feather
buster may be enough to poison both
you and your neighbors-to inoculate
you all with typhus, varioloid, or chol-
era-strange as it may appear. Instead
of feather buster take q cloth; wipe
away the dust, instead of stirring it up.
In short, wipe-never dustl-Le Vol-
fdiTe
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
Rest He Could Do.

1t was Michigan man riding through
West Virginia on horseback, and one
afternoon as he came along to settlers
cabin on the mountain road he asked OF
q man leaning over the gate:
"Can you tell me how far it is to the
town ahead ?"
II reckon L kin, stranger. You'll
have to peg along fur about nine miles
yit."
but it is nearly dark. Is there no
tavern on the road p
"Neyer heard of any, and I've backed
my corn-meal over this road risin' of
twenty years. f"
"But perhaps 1 could put up some
where p
"P'raps We could. There's Steve
Taylor's down about four miles, but he'd
beat We blind on old sledge. There's
Nose Smith, a mile higher, but Nose
would feel offended if We didn't trade
him that boss fur a stub-tailed mule.
Might put up at Green's, but there's lots
of rattlesnakes around his place. Kur-
mel johnson is down about six miles, but
the Kurnel would turn We all out doors
at midnight if he found that you didn't
vote his way"
"But what am to do ?"
WAL, I'm a squar' man stranger,
and the best kin do is to az We to stop
here with me. an to tell We before hand
that if ye ar awakened In the night by
shingles bein' ripped off and logs pulled
down it won't be an avalanche or cy-
clone, but only mean the old woman a.
tryin' for the two hundreth time since
the war to see who handles the money
when sell two coon-skins fur dollar y
"I-I guess I'll go on" faltered the
rider.
"Ke-rect, stranger The last man
who stopped here said he wished he'd
have run the chances with the snakes
down at Green's, an gin him my hand
when he rode off. I'm squar' up and
down. as [ told We, and Green's is the
third cabin on this side arter ye cross
the creek. IN Quad.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

POETRY comes nearer the vital truth
than history. Pinto.
That man lives twice who lives the
first life well.-Herrick
The dignity of truth is lost with much
protesting. Ben johnson.
To SIZE what is right and not to do it
is want of courage. Con tlcists.
ALL philosophy lies in two words,
sustain and abstain. "-Epictettts.
HoNoRsscome by diligence riches
spring froriTeconomy.-C Chinese Martin.
snRxcE is tho perfectest herald of JOY:
were but htile happy if could say how much
REoonLEOTIoN is the only paradise
from which we cannot be turned out
Richter.
ENTHUSIASM is essential to the success
full attainment of any high endeayor. =
a. Bronson -4tc0tf.
rf.rfx IS not lost, said she, for which is
bought
Endless renown. ~ Spencer.
o'ER ocean. with thousand masts, sails forth
the stripping bold
One boat, hard rescued from the deep, draws into
port the old Sch Ter
LIFE, like dome of many-colored glass,
Stains the white radiance OF eternity;
SO WHEN great man dies
For years beYond our ken,
The light he leaves behind him lies
Upon the path Of .-Lonqfell0F.
"A JEsT's prosperity lies in the ear
OF him that hears il, never in the tongue
OF him that makes it.-Sh1kespeare
He THAT judges without informing
himself to the utmost he is capable,
cannot acquit himself of judging amiss.
Locke.
THE emptiness of all things, from
to us as when we fail in them. d
Derondd.
when wealth is lost, nothing is lost:
When health is lost, something is lost:
When character is lost, all is lostl
Motto On the rails Of school Ia Germany
FROM hencefOrth you shall learn that there is love
To long for, pureneSs to desire, mount
--Jean In0elor
No OTHER covenant is everlasting but
love to the Lord and love to the neigh
Dor. This is everlasting because it is
from eternity to eternity.
WHERE there is not a wise person,
there one of even little sense is COM
mendable in a country devoid of trees
even the castor-oil plant ranks as a tree.
ALL things are best fulfPd in their due time,
And time there is for all things Truth hath said
LET the days work be done asits hours
are passing. Let not the opportunity
that is so fleeing, yet so full, pass
neglected away.-M Il. rockingham.
THE deepest rivers make least din,
The silent soule doth most abound in
-.&erling.
SELF-DIsrRUsT is the cause of most of
our failures. In the assurance of
strength there is strength, and they are
the weakest, however strong, who have
no faith In themselves or in their
powers Bovee.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
Horace Greeley's sI|1ss,

About the year 1870, Wk6n Arthur
Rarret was President Of the Fair AZ
sociation Mr.. Greeley accep<ed an in
yitation To deliver the annual 6ddreas in
the ann;tbaatre at the fair crc,,,,5s
Col Todd was Chairman Of lie Recen.
ton COMMITTEES. and after fhe closa 81
Az o55~ass sscorted Abe s,ee<1r - -
49, az ~ C,.t,,,.,, 1,,tel - llis
bade him GOOD bv. as Mr.. dzoelevrs vr ras
TO leave tbe citv early on th6 &]low;ng
rnornin1 R.fr.ya l.sav;r,1 him ko,ss,,e,os
Col Told sa;d. i''
ssWall Mr. Grealev / zfrust that
durino vonr stav here 1rer<f h;nt, hes
he,, 7,,,,<, e.. ..,,,,- ~ So, . Ia
Everything has been E. 6t> : 4 Il Won ON "
. Yes, said A<rz & {. 5 + & II and
with considerably <sss ~ every
thing has been as pleasant as could
have desired. except" here the old
gentleman looked sadly down at his feet.
and after brief pause resumed. "except
that some one stole nv shoes last night. -
Stole your shoesl' echoed Col. Todd
in establishment, also surveying Mr..
Greeley's feet
Eyes" replied Mr.. GreeIav with n
sigh and moving his feet unconfortably.
:" Yes, / left them outside nv door last
night, and some one walked of, with
them. But new pair was left In place
of the old ones, and that's what troubles
me. The old ones were easv and COM
Portable, but the new ones hurt INV feet. -
Zone might be pardoned. said Col.
Todd, "for wanting to step into your
shoes. Perhaps some one wanted them
as souvenirs
This was intended for compliment,
but Mr. Greeley was too much interested
in his feet to notice it. he only said,
Perhaps SO, but I would yery much
prefer my old ones tosthese. and / wish
they had taken something else as a
souvenir. +"
The next morning the old gentleman
limped down stairs and took carriage
for the depot. carrying away with him
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
The Vail OF the Poor.

r~~6~
.hx An torr,Ss 20 they wall? Because
eIls,,5 = tnelr hard earnings are
nioleu IN mem by monopolies. First,
the ia .:,N must have his slice. Then
Inc ia a. companies have theirs.
inen 'ne opseoiater has his. Then the
pahhs' ula"ne interest on bonds--for
nlne =, Le'isns = which they have paid
use 'iio l1,o.isy 'ney receive for the bonds
70 neooo . itelahts and manufacturers
Dy snAsns sne1 notes. But who are
tle sio.--ns are tney SIMPLY the hard
, m1lAls - ZINC ana farmer, and
i'poiei ~ sIh, OF the poor man and
woman wi,houtEork, or the widow and
ner iaenei y a. e5adren1 By no means.
lifouH - = 60 We're all, the calamity
"ouia NC oui'''1'ffltiy appalling. Every
mercDaht, eves=s 5aanufaeturer, every
lawyer ana RhtkS On u short, every
one , wno ~ !, ana is no,
1919 Ia i1ee VI q
49,, 10, |" oslIA =. w !, o"iieI, suffers: a
ne Piopoisioiiss sslie earnings oi ene
oap'sai slu 49, z siio i1ieiSiiane VI
i ili<ali q - ~. neu ny Tue ianu-
iolu, 1ne 1'.ilrosu Soinpanies ana tne
alu - .'s-, 49, 80 Guo u 'en, ne
- ioIceu, q. solne ',ns ustlne nls eAper-
renee as business -us'l iiieo Oan,Aruptcys
"niie .ne iAn9 oTneA anu others VINO
lo5 not reap inc Donols Oh ms iapor
anu capita. v, =.
some one ashs, nlA Is q clvll i1s .
20: "nicn pIoeuoeS Ton Aseui's "or.
r. ly noeiilnS. onuei - one ~ Ten
siiousano s's.s s'.inS ny .lie
iaoos % 'ne otiiel n1He 'nou7a an nine
l,u1iule1 anu nue., ;li.nsi anu .n9se are
ieouceu 70 a coI nn u s ~
T. '3a!s aloSneI VIZ ~ ~ - .le i EN-
- ~ Siie nAnos y 'ne PopPie' Tue seiy
ones VINO nre pemS lopoeu u 'heii
eaiidi >. Let lnen sop wing iol 30,
@Deu,t Pip .,tsaa o1, 'nu soaae Sa
az - 10y IA =. az 80. az
s,l5 spone anu noshns put 'ns spoons,
..nu Wiio arc pouga1 UP ana USED oy t,le
very lnonopoiles whieh TOO tne people.
G &c. us nave men III congress ana IN our
80 aaN he8 lsiA.ures vilo are A, sympathy
WIN Tue people, ana not Win the fan-
i Ioad com paIiies, lana granoers ana pank
iseoes, aiu the eVn VIII graduany DE
apI 1I ana nnaiiy annlnhated-
Ane orSaeor gave me earth 70 man as
ne saSe nm sunilgsl, ar ana wafer.
I1fs Que rs enIitied 10 an ne earns
tn nv nc uoes not ana gan no. earn lano.
,,enrIa 3bot ~ ane psypie, anu ~ Is eLle
tha veoe,,ia allaAe !. sTuapie. i.nou ~
Then VII s sh "o .S 10 'aaue s ~ -.
= ~ 80 "s a as aIp lIe Yeopie Ho' nave
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
Rules for Spoiling Children.

Try to forget as much as possible that
You were young yourself.
When they amuse themselves torment
ing animals, look and laugh.
Always tell them to hit back when an
noyed by neghboring children
Tell them all the lies you like and half
kill them if they tell you one.
When they tell you they won't do
thing, laugh at them and let 1t 60
When they fall and hurt themselves
scold them for their awkwardness.
Dress them in stvIe that they will be
afraid to play for fear OF spoillng their
clothes.
Make religion such long-faced pokey
thing that they'll hate the name OF 1t as
long as they live.
Don't give them anything to read but
bible stories, Sabbath-school books and
dime novels.
Don't give them the habit of kissing
them good night; if You happened to
die they'd be awfully lonely without 1T.
Tell them it is a sin to be dishonest,
but if they bring you back too much
change from the grocers keep it and tell
them to say nothing about it.
Let them sleep till you have started to
work in the morning, and then have
them put to bed before you get home at
night, to avoid becoming too intimately
acquainted with them.
Threaten to tell their father and get
them punished for every blessed thing
they do, so that by degrees they'll come
to the conclusion that father is some
sort of a whipping machine.
Tell them it Is ain to laugh or play on
Sunday and make the day as dull and
stupid as possible for them. Then,
when they grow up and go to Congress,
they will be apt to pass bill doing away
with the observance of the day alto
gether.
If you happen to be In gruff mood
and feel q little palm trying to nestle in
yours, or little arm trying to Irvine it.
self around your neck, give growl and
snarl out something about wanting to bt
let alone. The oiense won't be repeated
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
The Pope as a Farmer.

How many people are there, asks
Land, who know that the Pope is a
farmer? Such is the fact, however, and
there is reason to believe that his Holt
ness makes very good thing of it. Leo
XIII. is, however. neither grower of
cereals nor raiser of stock, but a
breeder of fish. The lagoons of Com
macchio are thus turned to profitable
use. Eels are the staple food and sew
eral tons of cooked cells are sent from
the lagoons every Lent. The fish come
up in immense shoals from the Adriatic
and are fed In the lagoons on other fish
provided for them, until they are nicely
fattened, when they are killed and
cooked in q vast kitchen.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09

The blacksmith often Injuries the wood
work of a carriage by fitting his irons
when too hot. If the wood burns ever
SO little it weakens it, and if joint Is
near the latter is sure to open black
smith that cannot fit an iron without
depending upon its burning Its way
Down should never be allowed to work
It the forge.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
!. W. 1ook cheerful. Mr.. Spiser," sal

aYou look cheerful, Mr.. Spiser," said
friend who met the old gentleman
ambling down the avenue YES, said
the n. interrogated; 81 have just had a
troublesome t,,S grinder pulled" and when
The svmpathizing gentleman asked If it
hnrt him much, Seth cheerfuliy re-
s : o, Not bit; it was an organ
Grinder and a policeman pulled him. No
eeranks but myself about my premises
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09

UNTIL lately French fishermen could
make 10, DOC, 900 francs year from the
sardine fishing on the Brittany coast.
Now the sardlnes have entirely disap-
their migration to a change in the d.
rectisn of the gulf stream.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09

KATE FIELD has come to the conclu-
SION that American women do not dress
well, as rule: Such things console a
man who has Just paid $40 for the build
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09

srNonE lady" What is the best way
To caress a cat?" Get q meat AK and
caress her suddenly across the back OF
the neck with it.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09

ONE of Barnum's elephants sits in a
chair drinks from bottle, wipes his
mouth with napkin and then calmly
fans himself.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09

aWHAr made the mule kick you
.hsv asked of a gentleman who had
been f sent flying through the ROOF OF q
harm And he answered DO You
t gaf i. was fool enough to go back and
inquire
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09

A CASE is related of delirium tremens
of e peculiar character caused by the sA--
cessive use Of tobacco.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09

JEALOUSY is the sentiment of property,
but envy is the instinct of theft.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09

RESTLESS HEkRr.
rlllstunc and the human heart driven
round.
~ ne, have uohins else 70 grind, they must them
sc-rus be ground
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1882-04-06
A Blanket with a History.

Gen. Simon Cameron not long ago took
up large 1noain blanket that hung over
chair near him, and said to o correspondent
OF the Boston Herald, who was convenient
y near: This has queer history. When
was q senator and Gen. Grant was presi-
dent q confederate friend Of mine had a
son ~ho1: he wanted appointed 2dlieuten-
ant In the army. This gentleman and L had
been friends before war parted us. Grant
did not Like to make the appointment, but
| continually urged it because had nav
heart set on serving my friend. Almost in
the last hours Of the session, however, I
induced him TO send in the name. think
ne expected it vas too late to get it confirm
ed, but hustled about, got my democratic
friends to help me, ana at the very last
moment, secured his confirmation. He is
cow on the plains, and some time ago sent
me the Indian blanket. I prize it very high
y, and told Grant its history not long ago
1t amused him greatly. Theb boy is making
a good officer hear"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1882-04-06
A Mermaid Of the Fair Pacific.
From the Albany Journal.

From the Albany Journal.
T. B. Morse. formerly second mate Of the
brig Hyperion is now in this city and has
in lis possession a carefully preserved
specimen Of mermaid captured By him
while bathing on the Chinese coast. The
animal is singular locking object, the
head, shoulders and forward portion of the
body, including pair Of arms, bearing a
striking resemblance to the human form
while the remainder is like fish, with the
usual fins and tail. The head was covered
with hair when the animal was captured
It was taken alive while Iazily swimming
amoag some beautiful coral formations in
shallow water. but it only lived two or three
hours in captivity, and the body was pre-
served by a Chinese process. 1t measured
two feet and four inches when alive, but it's
length has shrunk 10 twenty one inches
Mr.. Morse appears to be much attached
to his mermaid.