The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1890-08-29
CURRENT TOPICS.

A STATE official OF Maine Is wearing
straw hat which he bought In 1859.
You can buy 4 silver dollar now will
Swiss watch set In Its circumference.
PHuADELrmA mcdicant known a
blind Johnny Is said to 10 worth $40,
600.
TIM Sultan Of Turkey takes fort,
minutes 70 ssy his prayers Il he =ss.a
ing.
T"r new President ~ she Arger
'ino Republic was onoo newspaper
man
MARTIN IRoNs, the once great labol
dictator now sells peanuts in asst Loui'
depot
PLowING by electricity is In contom
plation for a large property In Contra
Spain.
lSeuAN COUNTY. Mich, has paid S.
2ei 90 for sparrows since tho law wal
passed.
II IL proposed 20 phonograph the song,
OF birds and afterward write them dowr
In score.
4 GENUINE portrait Of Columbus
painted by Lotto, In 1901, has been dis
covered
Ex-GoyERSoR HOLIDAY. OF Virginia,
has returned from his third trip around
tns world.
Tm latest congress announced Is one
70 be held in London In September by
the vegetarians.
TIM town OF KniaIeH, Russia, has
elected a woman. Nine. Alexandra Elyna.
70 the Office Of mayor.
UsDER the present statutes OF Mis-.
souri, person osR marry. Ss divorces.
and romArry In 81 days
or the II. 600 rhysicians assembled al
the recent Congress In Berlin, 5000 were
frop tho United States
TtIs total annual home oonsum ptiou
OF opium In China was lately reckoned 70
be about Il, 500, 900 pounds
A 0nRNAS With his wife and fourteen
daughters passed through ST. Louis thu
other day en- route 10 Texas.
STATUE to John Boyle o'Reilly is
suggested in Boston, and receives the
favor oi a number Of journals
A Missouri man writes 10 one Of tho
leading papers Of the STATE 20 ask the
names Of thu twelve apostles
THyRE Ia ono advantage In sailing "a
the North Pole In balloon. Collisions
with Neborgs may be avoided
THE soports from all OF the States
north % the Ohio Indicate that tho 20.
tAto crop Is very near failure
PHYSICIANS say that eases OF nervous
prostration are less frequent since low
heels have come into more general use
lr takes about three seconds for a
message 10 go from one end Of tho At
lAntic cable 10 tho ofhor- about zoo
miles a second.
WHILE fishing at ormond. Fla. a man
caught a shrimp about Eve tnchos long
with claws resembling both a lobster
and a oraw6sh.
1'HE electric spark has boon photo
graphed by means OF a special camera,
In which tho sensitive plate rotated ., 500
times a minute
GERNANV has ono Doctor 60 800 non.
ulAtion, France one 10 8, 1917. the United
Kingdom one 20 /. pa. but tho United
States ono 20 every COO
j. VAS, Of Macon. offers a big prlEo %
$4,000 10 the homoliest woman in 'Goor.
gia TO ride on his float during the trades
display parade at tho State fair
T1IE Catholic Club. Of New York, Ia 20
have clubhouse, costing with the land.
$3.50. 900. II will contain a library OF
~, 900 volumes. The club has $50 mem.
bora
All that is left OF tho Great East.
ern-hor shattered hull-now lies nj
low tide high and dry on the New
Ferry shore OF the Mcrscy river, in Eng
land
Tnr Democrats of Texas have nomi.
mated lIogg Tor Governor Republicans
up In Maine have nominated Mudd for
Congress- And the publication OF poli.
tics COOS on.
cT;caco Is building Ersnite beach a
mile and half long along the Lincoln
Park shore A high stone parapot whio
will serve asa promenade. will be- part
OF the structure.
fRoF. SAMUEL 100 AwouD, of New
Jersey, who is president OF the 4. s.
Nay Fever Association. sts.es that thera
are about goo, 900 hay fever sufferers IN
the United States.
- - SUIT NNAu
from his farm in Northampton County,
last year, $50, 600 worth OF truck The
farm expenses were sd3, 600, so not
profit OF So, 600 was made
TnE Chinese tear up tho railroads as
fast rs they are built, believing that the
floods OF the last few years were sent as
divine Judgment upon the people for
xrrtnltffn1 aurb fnatl,,st,,. D. H. L..
piro
Tur fast that English bank directors
require that their clerks shall not marry
ON salary loss than $500, and that Aus
trisn bankers are employing married
men only, is considered somewhat re-
marksble.
UNLESS one has made the computa.
tion, he will be rather surprised TO sec
tho statement that the Government
must purchase every month moro than
40 tons Of pure silver in order TO com
ply With the silver law.
DIR REUBES SAMUELs, husband OF the
mother OF Frank and Jesse James, is one
ofthe best housekeeporsi in Missouri. lie |
can cook, bake, wash and iron, and en-
ploys his time mostly in the perform.
anoe OF domestic duties
W. r. JENNINGS, OF Marshall. Texas
has discovered a very effective and sim
Pile means OF getting rid OF reaches. II
IL simply 10 put toad in room that is
infested with them. astsummer toad
got into the post-of,lce and remained
there over night Afterward tho Office
was clear OF reaches.
THE ways OF the suotioneer'in differ
ent parts OF the world vary greatly. In
England and America the seller bears
the expense OF the sale, but in France
the purchaser bears the cost, five per
cent being added to his purchase, In
Holland Il is still worse, the buyer being
required to pay ten per cent additional
for the expense Of the sale.
HALsrED stree. Chicago, is one OF the
longest streets in the world, being about
sigh teen miles In length in a perfectly
straight line within the nty limits.
THE Shah became father at the age
~ six toau veaps and ALI his childrou |