The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-08-18

Thou wilt be great only in proportion
as thou art gentle ard courageous 20 sub
due thy passions.
Success does not consist in never max
ing biundcrs, but in never making the
same one second time.
The mind of The scholar, if you would
have il large and liberal, must come N
contact Win orther minds.
Justice is the great law of civil society,
and any policy without justice is in the
,ud no ro!iey IL all 90
Truth is the most powerful thing in The
world, since fiction can only please us ~
its resemblance to i.
Give me the money that has been spent
in war. and ! will purchase every foot
Of land upon the globe.
wishing, is the Stumbling block of
progress and refcsa s.Doing is the
We may not like all the company We
meet with, hut if we are brought in con-
tact with il, we must make the bes, Of il.
Always take TIE part of an absent per-
son, no may be censured in company,
so far as truth and propriety will allow.
The great mistake made by many who
have determined TO lead virtuous lives
is that they wasn't their pay in advance.
Intsnperance leprives men Of pru-
dence. The greatest of virtues, ana precipi-
tates them into the midst Of disorder
There are angel footsteps that draw
near each OF eur dwellings; but some OF
MS when We hear them, go and shut the
door.
The heart, though only a handful of
muscle, the whole world cen not I'LL; and
when broken, only lie who made it can
mend it.
Life is casket precious in itself, but
valuable only in proportion to Whist for
tune or industry, or virtue has placed
within it.
Better to be the simplest wild flower
that grows unnoticed than to be q raro
plantIhat on p,esipice leads men to de-
structicn.
Things that will wesr are not to be had
cheap Whether il be fabric or prin-
oipie if It is 10 endure, il must cost some
hing.
He that doth not know those things
which are Of use TO him TO know, is bul
an ignorant man, whatever nc may know
besiIes.
Mans wisdom often seeks to make the
occasional universal. That change which
brings fair day and clondIess sky he
would have Loot forever, # biz mood hap
psrcd TO render Il pleasant day in his
life.
Blackburn and White voted TO pass the
River and hartor bill over the veto, hut
Willis. Turner and Caldwell vot cd to sus-
tain the veto. Where were the other
representatives. OF Kentucky on the occa-
siou2
Out Of Z ls2 bills introduced in the
Lower House of Congress, only aSS be-
came laws. OF the renal nder, 6, 900 " ere
private bills.
Eleven school boys in Genesee wake d
TO Niagara Falls August 4. 1881, and
agreed to meet there again, il living, in
fifty years. Friday seven of them kept
the promise, coming with their wives and
children.
The coinage of the United States mints
for July was So. 1873 $50. OF this sum
more than two two-thirds are standard
dollars.
Vieksburg, Miss, COW stuck her
tongue. through lattice work and vi
cious mule bit of four inches of it.
A colored man while ploughing near
Opeiousas, La, n FEW days since. struck a
ten gallon jar flled with Spanish silver
coins OF dsie of 1879. The amount is esti-
mated at $4,000 TO $4,000.
Rev. George Little the boy evangelist,
has pitched his te mt in Baltimore, where
Re proposes 10 held protraeted old time
reTiSaL His manner Is earnest and eff
feeiive. lie is twenty four years old but
ms Oh,
build and apparently delicate. he has a
loud clear voice, which he has under
hAer good control.
Every Wholesale grocer has been no.
tilted of an advance in the p.ice of match
es from 81 20 TO 81 so per gross.
A number OF female clerks in the Office
of the Secretary of the Navy were dismisss
ed on account Of the failure of the ap-
propriation-
The President, who has 500, 600 avaiIa-
bic for he suppression Of epide mics, has
referred the matter Of The yellow fever in
Texas to the Secretary of the Treasury
The exports of petroleum sor the twelve
months ended June so, 1882, were S5l,
2S3, 706.
Lovelacevilc has sensation in the
way ola sleeping lady. A week ago Miss
nap, and has not been thor ougbl 7 aroused
since. Miss Eiliott's popularity and con-
dition caused great interest among the
people of Ballard.
0niy one descendant of George d. Prem
tice now survives grand son, the son
of Clarence P-enticc by his first mar
riage to a German lady.
Miss Sarah Brown, daughter of old
tnla RrNu ho, -
the Adjnster's Department of the branch
mint in San Francisco. which was yolun'
tarily offered her by Superintendent Bur
ION. Her home is in Saratoga.
40 order has been issued forbiddina
,profe ss;onai guides 10 accompany visitors
through The Treasury build:ng in Wash
ington. Ii desired, an employe of the
Department sill accompany visitors
Though the building without charge.
woman in Rome Ca. the Court eI
i. Isf that town says, has mad e from the
juice of one watermelon a pint Of thick
golden syrup. Georgia papers are agrees
: that there is fortune for the man or wo,
man who succeeds in mekins sugar from
melons.
Never ridicnls sacred things, or whai
others may estesm ns snch. howREsr ab
surd they may appear 10 yoa.
Good work, Ike spring buds; needs on,
~ to he seen; no praise OF it can arproar
the privilege Of vision.
!'rodigality and waste do not destroy
half the number thai ave 1Rstroysdby IN
satiabie lust for aeon nulaiioa.
Be not half hearted. There REc many
people who are almost in ioxe. almost
good, almost happy. aimos' famous.
True happiness cansisss in perfect
health. a moderate fortune and life
free from e.-euinGcy and ignorauee.
il is sad fac, shss il is = sast deal
easier to have u hot cSnircsefss- about re-