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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1884-04-18
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The Bartists have established at p
Newton Center, Mass, house for the
ehildrea % missionaries who are in dis
tan. parts Boston Post.
Alfred Smith, of Newport. has pre-
sented to the Claiming Church in that
city. as memorial 10 his wife. the es-
tate No. - Key Street, 10 be used as
parsonage 1t is worth about $4,000.
N Y. Times.
In Denmark. Bishop Martensen re-
Gently examined and ordained two
Young Esquimaux. who will engage in
missionary work in Greenland under
the auspices of the State Church of
Denmark.
10 the que stion: ..Why did Satan
make his approach TO Eve and not to
ADAM religious paper answers; IL
| may have been because Satan knew that
the inauepee of Eve would bc his best
help in conlueriBg Adam. Wives are
apt to be the m, Il potent pleaders with
their husbands.
1t is gratifying TO know that the
Presbyterian hospital of Philadelphia
Hid not lose anything by its refusal to
accept -, 800 from the proceeds OF
1
stitution stood for principle. Their
church pronounced dancing wrong,
and they would not accept money that
had any suspicion of illegitlmacy about
it. and an admirer of this spirit has
! sent the hospital check for $1,000 to
make up the loss. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
, The public schools. let it be remem-
bered. send very few out of the large
? number of criminals in our peniteDti-
T aries Most of them have no education.
Very few have had thorough public
, | school education. The average Stats
ties of the United States show that out
. Of the small per cent. of the people I'M
able TO read and write come abOu; one
: third Of the criminals, and Of the re-
y naming two thirds only one in a
= hundred had been educated in the
; higher branches Journal Of Educd-
bon.
: -"In the Cabinet circle all religions
n meet saws the Washington cores
: pondent OF the St. Louis Globe Demo
r. cra'. The President is a High
C Church Episcopalian. although his
h father was a Baptist preacher, and ms
V sisters are ali mcmoetS VI thdl CiuA Oh'
e Secretary Folger Is Presbyterian, sanc
,r sits with the pastors family in the
/ New York Avenue Church, where Sec
10 rotary Frelinghuysen and his family
l. and Postmaster-General Gresham and
ID his family also attend. Secretary Lin
g. coin. like his father, Is a Presbyterian
j. but his wife Is from a strong Methods
70 | family, and they generally attend tina
T, church. Secretary Chandler and IN
lv family 20 to the Unitarian Church. ant
are OF the advanced and liberal think
~ ers Of that body. Attorney-Genera
at Brewster and his wife always WORSHIP
re at the Epiphany. the largest and mos
he fashionable of the Low-C hurch EpiscC
ng pal congregations. Secretary Telle
ed and his wife are very deyOut Meth'
". | diSts.n
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1884-04-18
Wells.


Bordered net wells are gradually COM
ing into fashion again, and are now I'M
ported with very small dots OF chenille,
or else wrought spots over the principal
part. with narrow scalloped edge OF
chenille. These may be had 10 real
thread lace in small designs, but the
shapes are not always good; hence II Is
better to buy the straight material oy
The ward with 3 neat small pattern on
the lower edge Three quarters OF q
ward will maze a masque veil, WHICH
must be pinned behind the crown oil
the bonnet, and as the fabric Is mario"
il merels covers the front of the bon
net. and drops halfway down the lace
The real lace wells cost from two Dol,
lars upward t e material by the yard
is about ~. -. Red vel ; are also very
fashionable both in tine tulle, either
plain or dotted. and in the narrow sew
, iag-s,iii.. g.e-..>l.ls ta.t - USED - !.
scarf veil to protect the complexion IN
windy and cold weather. Hdrpers
| Bazaar.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1884-04-18
PUNGEST PARAGRAPHS.

IL could make fortune If had
little capital" say numerous young
men, but it never occurs TO them TO
90 to work and earn the aforesaid
capital.
An sighed Brown, ''this life is
full Of disappointment = Yes, re-
piled Fogg. glancing significantly at
Mrs. F.. .and some disappOintments
are full of life Boston Post.
"A Virginia girl married a tramp,
who turned out to be duke. We've
no pity for her She should have
known what M was before she married
him. -BOstOn fOst.
A WnliamspOrt youth sent fifty
cents TO New York firm to learn how
to keep from swearing. and received in
reply: Don't open your mouth. he
has sworn ever since bitlidDaSp0rt
Pa GRIT.
W. II. Vanderbilt says he never
picks up newspaper that he doesn't
see something dlsagreeable in 1t about
himself. Lend US half-dOllar. ld
fellow. There's nothing disagreeable
about that. We might have asked for
a dollar and half, but this paper IS
dissimilar, 80 TO speak--MerchaIp
Tracvller.
ON the wedding tour: Don't SIT so
near the window, darling that we may
have the carriage all to ourselves, for
there is somebody sure TO ct in if he
sees your pretty face. Thirty years
LATER: .sMOve up to the window. old
woman. 50 we can have the eOmpart-
ment TO ourselves; YOU will frighien all
the other passengers away. you know
-Detrod Post.
"A elergyman's daughter, looking
over the Mss. left by her father in his
study. CHANGED upon the following
sentence: II love to look upon young
man. There is a hidden potency con
cealed witain his breast which charms
and mains me" She sat down and
blush;ntly added: '.Them's my senil-
menls e actly, papa all but the pains
Exchange
statistics show that there are at
least IL 900 men who can neither play
football nor assist an Objectionable Vs.
itor 10 alioht from the front stOOp.
said a sad-eyed Brooklyn bachelor
..What is the matter with them?
asked his friend
They are one-legged," was tn
cheerful reply.-N Y. journal.
! Is your sister at homer asked
: st Louis Young gentleman of the litl-
: brother who answered the bell
ayes. she's home,' said the hos
: ..we're goin' to have coeoanut pies 10
dinner tomorrow. and she's out IN tn
> kitchen helpin' mother make EN-.
Indeed replied the young maj
Z evidently very much pleased. land VIII
= !, part of the pie does your sister make9
..She cracks the cocoanuts with hs
: teeth. - liiadelphta CAL.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1884-04-18
A HOOsies Geniss.

Richmond, Ind. has an untutored
mind which Is capable of astonishing
results in a mathematical way. A bow
who viii not be six years old until next
Nav outranks in mental arithmetic
pupils thrice his years aud we'll up in
the higher branches. 1t is Master
George Rowland Price. whose father,
NJ. l.. Price, carpenter, WORKS for
Oliver Yates. and. like his wife and bis
other children, has never manifested
any rare mental requirements, although
the family are people OF average attain
ments. One morning last fall thu boy
came down stairs and asked. "How
much are , twice and l?' His father
replied that there was no such thing,
whereupon the lad rejoined: Yes
there is; twice and make D. From
that on to the halidays be was constantly
stne1blinr eifN ihingsat thes kind.
wiz ueTroleS 4 4 ..4arehts. As they
bal taken no pains to'instruct him, and
they could not understand where he
GOT his ide;s from With the coming
OF the holisRys, however. his mind be
came ener,ssed with more chill Sish
thinCs. andbe for time abandoned
his mathematical problems, but subse-
quently resuming them, he has latteriy
developed into mental marvel
PERHAPS if YOU ask him how much forty
times eighty are, he will reply. - wo
thousand and twenty sixties over, but
he generally gives the correct answer
in one total and does IL apparently
with a. little bought and as promptly
as he would tel YOU his name. And
while he does aot deal in fractions, he
computes oddnumbers just a readily
As he does egen ones, whether The
example be inaddilion. subtraction, o.
| multiplication. y felloW-workIhah o
his father said "Rowly. l have
cents and vour father gives me = thel
| Give Won o: bow many have | LETT
Thirty-niue." he replied as quick as
/ flash and the man said: Il am 4
/ years old. how many weeks Is that
He lust ~ promptlyrespOnded, -, Us:
! Instead of having a massive head ana
| dwarfed body. as Is general IN sue
individuals. he il very evenly proper
toned for a boy, weighing about J
pounds, and his extra breadth OF Tore
| head would hardly be noticeable Wer
one not apprised Of his characteristic
In habits he is older than his years, r.
naming with his parents instead
taking TO children's sports, and otte
saving to neighbor children when the
come 10 plsy with him: You ha
better 90 meme; mother has enou2
kids ~ her own TO bother her.
fact, he is precocious in every way b'
o0ly phenomenal in mathematics
| CiHciRsqtt Commercial GHzette.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1884-04-18
Tie Joke Of the Milwaukee Joker.

Comingi into Milwaukee barber shop
few days ago railroad man espied
friend in one of the chairs. and sneak
ing quietly up behind he seized the
lather brush and daubed him in the
ewes and face till he looked like Hump
" Dumpty without any mouth. The
victim struggled, but to no purpose.
and when he finally got on his feet his
head was ball of soap-suds. 1t was
then that the spectators first discovered
that he had mouth in spite of appear
ances to the contrary. and the way he
went for his assailant proved that he
knew how To use it. In the language
of the manager of the skating rink,
HE deserved the Florida medal At
the sound OF his voice the railroad man
turned as pale as a ghost. The victim
was total stranger TO him, and but for
the intercession of the boss barber. gore
would probably have been spilled The
railroad mans apologies were profuse,
bat his laughter rang no more that day.
He didn want to laugh; he had had
his laugh before he discovered his mis-
take. snd he had got through. Now he
always looks man all over and waits
for him TO speak first before he tries to
have any fan with him in a barber s
chair. -EIcbGRee.
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He Kept His Word.

A few months ago young man VINO
had been in the employ of an express
company at a point in Wisconsin leiI
his position and home on account OF
failing health. and went TO Florida with |
the hope of receiving benefit from the
change of climate. About week ago
he intended returning to his Northern
home in a short tine, but thought be-
fore leaving the land of flowers be would
send box of oranges to his relatives
and friends in Wisconsin. The oranges
were brought here from Florida by the
Adams Express Company, having been
franked through From here to their
destination they were to be transported
hvthe American. The young man who
had Skinned the oranges had written a
letter to The American explaining the
fact that the oranges had been shipped
over the Adams. and requesting the
American people when they arrived to
mt a frank which be inclosed in his
! letter on the box, and forward that,
adding in conclusion, 81 will be pass
inc through Cincinnati on my way
home in a few days. and viii call on
Won ;, As the clerk in the American
Exnress office was reading the letter a
lot Of transfer freight from the Adams
had been brought in, and he was asked
TO sign for it. As he signed ne glsneed
down over the way-oiil to see
what he was signing, his eyes
were suddenly almost glued to the
paper bv seeing the name oil
tha marty whose letter he had Just
been reading regarding the oranges.
The Young man had kept his word,
and called at the Office as he was going
to his home in Missouri. He. however
neither recognized nor salqted any one,
for he was dead, and his body was en-
1 c 1ss in a coffin on its way home FOL
, burial = Cincinnati enquirer.
An Austin man, VINO mas Just go
r out book of poems, met GilhooIy ant
r tSe { following I proceedings were had
: Ibid YOU read my new book 20
!. ras. road it, How did you like it?'
e ,.NIv dear sir, assure You that laid i
b aside with great deal OF pleasure. y
Z Terds SiJtings.
. The Modoc tribe OF Indians no'
q nnnoher hint tventy-slx families or 10
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1884-04-18

AT the Murphy library sale at New
York one OF the first books sold was
JAY Goulds history o. Delaware
County, written when jay was a poor
schoolmaste., and cmbellished with the
authors portrait. As Jay la, bought
in every copy he could get hold OF and
destroyed them the book is rare. and
this copy brought twonty-four dollars.
N. Y. Sun.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1884-04-18
THE ARCTIC WATCH.

L
Behold upon the frozen foam.
A little vessel far from home.
The yacht Jeanette.
The polar star above her lies,
A sward OF h5ht setin he skies:
The Arctic wave il on ner deck,
And Hope has left the broken wreck.
Bereft of all things else but Fate,
And sinking, sinking. sinking yet,
Behold her lying dcsolate.
The lost Jeanette!
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1884-04-18

How q *prl alw1yS dres up a
newspaper she sends to friend. so
that it looks Ike wei stuffed pillow.
is something that no man is woman
enough to understand.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1884-04-18

Dead heroes on a field of snow;
One lonely heart that. beating slow,
Yet dreams of home,
Where golden fruits are on the bough,
And ali the woods are crimson now,
The last of that high-hearted band
Keeps vigil i'm that bitter land;
And. crowned with thOrnS OF frost and pain.
Lives Der his boyhood days again;
And in his drear deaf h-watch uplifts
His gaze, and sees beyond the drifts,
The iceberg tall. a crystal gate.
BY which his risen comrades wait,
Not weak and worn like men who died,
But robed. and crowned. and glorined.
Familiar voices erect his ear
The lips that love him call him dear;
Fro<5 -H5sfcr and thorn that bound MA head
Melt on. and u Is wreathet Instead
With lilies Of the pure in-heart,
His icy garments fa.l apart;
The pain and toll and danger passed,
The long death-watch j. done At lasti
He stands form of living light.
He joins his comrades in their fight.
They pass the sward set in the skies,
No waste y hite deserts now TO roam.
They upward, upward upward rise,
And win the gates OF Paradise
o. welcome hOmei
-.eilnie Ircing. IN The Manhattan.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1884-04-18

The Modoc tribe OF Indians now
n,mhsr bnt twenty-six families or lo6
nersons.-C hied0s Journal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-24
MEETING OF COUNTY COMMIS.
Sl0NERS.
Their Action Regarding the Con
struction of New Court House.

The County Commissioners met on
Tuesday, full board present. The fol-
lowing minute was spread upon their
journal concerning the building of the
new Court House:
1T appearing to the satisfaction OF
the Board, that by virtue OF recent
act of the General Assembly of Ohio,
passed April 10, 1sS4,they are authorized
and required to construct court house
and Jail at the county seat. AT cost not
exceeding 100000, it is therefore re-
solved that the Board proceed to comply
with the provisions of said law, as soon
as practicable"
Other business WAS transacted as fol-
lows:
On application of Frank Taggart and
Others, for bridging at Dunn's crossing
in Union township, on road from Laf-
ferty to MorTistowD, and at John Shep'
herds crossing on road from Morris
town to Egypt; the board resolved to
meet al St. Clairsvllls on April 5, for
the purpose of visiting these and other
localities, where bridges are petitloned
for, to inquire into the necessity of the
provementS.
Commissioner Taylor was authorized
to have the necessary repairs made to
Lafferty bridge.
Contracts for delivering and breaking
stone on the National road have been
awarded as follows:
To John Stemler, mile l, at $4.l5; mile 2,
contract not awarded-John Stemler and Thos.
Liston being tie at $3.50; same to be deter
mined by lot by the parties before Commissioner
Cope; to W. W. Patterson, mile 3, at s2.9S;
mile f. at S299; mile D, at $2.S4, and mile 6 at
1928 Lohman Beck, mile I, at s4.99; mile 6,
to r. E. Giffen, at $3.IO, for delivering, and
James Anderson, at 81 90 for breaking; mile 8
to R. E. Giffen at 1924 for delivering, and
james Anderson at 81 90 for breaking; James
Anderson, mile 10, at $3.50, and mile ii at
$3.50; W. S. Wesley, mile u, at 81 80; Chester
Carman, mile ] 3, at So. 40 for delivering, and
l.. R. Carman al Sl.25 for breaking; mile IA,
Chester CarmaR, at 1913 for delivering, and
L. R, Carman at Sl.35 for breaking; mile Is,
Chester Carman, at 1894 for delivering-no
bid for breaking; mile l6, Chester Carman,
at 81 % for delivering-no bid for breaking;
mile II, no bid; mile Is, H. c. McConnaughey,
at S5.49 for delivering-no bid for breaking;
mile 10, to h. c. McCOnnaughey, at S5.44 for
delivering, and James McConnaughey at ST.
for breaking; mile 20, to H. c. McConnaughey,
at 1924 for delivering, and James McCOn-
naughey at 81 "a for breaking; mile 81, to Il.
C. McConnaughey, at $523 for delivering-nO
bid for breaking; mile "A, to VIM. James, Sr:,
at So, IS; mile 81, to Alfred Lloyd, at $2.S5 for
delivering, and VIM. Frost at $l.23 for break
ing; mile %, to Charles Saffell, at $2.S9 for
delivering, and VIM. Frost at $l.23 for break
ing. Auditor and Superintendent authorized
to have bonds executed according to advertise
ment in all cases in which bonds were not filed
with the bids.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-24

peror William, careful study by Bis
marcks 0iographer, Dr. Busch, and DR..
Schllemann. of whom Prof. Mahaffy
writes; there are fine portraits of both
as well as of President Monroe, Rufus
klsg and Henry Clay, in connection
with Col. HigginsOn's paper ON The
Era OF Good Feeling" as he calls Mon
roes administration. Travel includes
description of the holy city of Kair-
man, in Tunis. by A. F. Jacassy, one of
the hrst Europeans to visit il, who also
illustrates his own paper: and the sec
ond of the papers on the Fraser to the
Columbia region, by Ernest IngersOll /:
Mr.. Rideing also presents a study of
the Bank of England, which will inter-
est every business man. The serials by
Wm. Black and E. P Roe will present
more of the delightful illustrations 10y
Abbey, Dielman, and Gibson; and AL
fred Parsons will illustrate in his charm
ing way the first of some poems of u
new kind. Transcripts from Nature"
by VIM Sharp. Among the non-illus
trated al ticles will be a thoughtful pa
per on the control of the dangers from
defective vision, by one of our leading
oculists, DR.. Jeffries; study of "The
Thunderer of the Paris Press" viz: the
Journal des Debate; an amusing story
by Brander Matthews. The Rival
Ghosts" and number of poems.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-24

all the cases ON the docket involving
charges of the violation of the United
States election laws was granted.
Governor Hoadly will deliver the CON-
mepcement orstion befors the Yale Law
Schocl, at New Haven, Ct, this year.
John J. Wilson hanged himself in the
belfry of the NJ. E. church at New Lex
ington. o., of which he was sexton.
Much damage is reported in Arkansas
from high water.
Valuable gold discoveries are reported
in the vicinity of Pixies Peak. Cal, aud
crowds are fiocking there.
4 The anniversary of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments to the Con
stitution was celebrated Monday.
Mrs Emma Davidson Humphrey. wife
of Rev j Humphrey, of the NJ E
church, died at New Vienna, Ohio.
The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections decided not TO call any
more witnesses in the Danville ard Co
piah cases, and lay the evidence taken
before the Senate.
George Shock, a passenger conductor
on the Panhandle Railroad, who had
INDUCED in the luxury of two wives at
the same time. upon being discovered,
suddenly left his home, at Columbus,
for parts unknown.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-24

EDWIN CowLEs, editor of the CisVe'
land Leader, in an interview, gives his
reasons for supporting Blaine as a Pres
idential candidate, and says in case he
should be convinced before the Conven
tion that he could not carry New York,
he would support the man most likely
to carry that State. He thinks Sherman
would make frst-class candidate, and
would carry Ohio and New York, but
his election would create vacancy In
the Senate that would be filled by d
Democrat, thus giving the Democrats
control of that body. The same obJec,
ton existed against Senator Harrlson,o OF
Indiana. Edmunds, if nominated, would
make splendid candidate. and would
carry New York.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-24
COLERAEN.

Flowing, sowing and planting has been
the order of the day for the past few
weeks. \ large acreage of potatoes will
be planted. Some of the farmers have
their last years crop still on hand, and
are in hopes of rise in the market.
The measles still prevail ta an alarm
ing extent at New Pittsburgh and vi
cinity; almost every house has vacant
chair.
Miss Bell Brown returned home last
week improved in health.
Miss Harriet Balls returned home on
Saturday from the Children's Home in
very delicate health, caused from severe
attack of whooping cough.
Mr.. Valentine Plows. of New Pitts
burgh, met with a very painful accident
last week. While loading the shells of
breech loading gun. one of the caps
prematurely exploded, striking him in
the eye and lodging behind the ball.
Three prominent eye doctors of Wheel
| ing were Consulted, but were unable to
extract the cap.
The prospect for an abundant crop of
fruit is still very favorable.
hluu ndfC lIlC VI q
cool contract for the entire summer
| their coal is in COED demand.
Rev. James Day closed his pastoral
connection with the Pennington church
| last Sabbath. and the church is now
without a pastor. Rev. Day has been
pastor in charge since the church was
organized; he was a faithful pastor, a
man of God, of deep and strong piety,
conscientious and answering in his in
tegrity.
Mrs. Joseph Randolph. of Kidd, is
lying at the point of death with lung
trouble.
Mr.. Jesse Pyle came near being killed
near Kidd's last week. He was walking
on the railroad track, and did not notice
the approaching train till it gave the
signal; in hurrying to get out of the
way, he fell across the track. The en-
gine WAS stopped just in time to save him
| frem horrible death.
COUNTRY COUSIN.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-24
Nervousness.

The moment there is danger of i'm
pairment of the mind from excessive
nervous exhaustion, or where there ex-
lists forebodings of evil. desire for soli-
tude. stunning and avoiding company.
vertigo aud nervous debility, or when
insanity tas already taken place, Peruna
and Manalin should be implicitly relied
on; but it Is never well to wait 80 long
before treatment is commenced; the
early symptoms are luss of strength, soft
ness of the muscles, dim or weak sight,
peculiar expression of the face and eyes
coated tongue, with impaired digestion,
or in others, certain powers only are lost
while they are Otherw Use enjoying com
paratively good realth; in all these Pc
runa and Manalin should at once be
taken.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-24

THE official call for the Republican
Congressional Convention of this dis
trict, which is to be held at Cald well,
July 1st, shows that the convention will
be composed of 1853 delegates, one for
every 100 votes cast for Hon. J. B. For
aker for Governor. This gives each
county in the district the following rep
resentation:
Belmont county, 5.5S2 votes; number
of delegates, 55.
Guernsey county. 3,O77 votes; number
of delegates. 81.
Monroe county, 1907 votes; number
of delegates. l3.
Noble county, 1892 votes; number of
delegates, %.
Washington county, 4,165 votes; num-
Der of delegates. AZ.
Total number of votes, 1928.
Total number Of delegates, 1853.
Necessary to choice, 81.