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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08
The Ncw EsOati Law.

The new road law, like all other
acts passed by the last legislature
without an emergency clause,
went into effect the 3rd day OF
October, 30 days after the Leg
islaiure adjourned. All gentlemen
who have handed in petitions
since the third day of October
are hereby informed that they are
out of court, unless thew have seer
the law aud been governed b j.
\ petition for change of roadInDw
must he signed by az many n Eve
petitioners, The petition mus,
describe the road sought 70 he
changed or opened very miiutely.
The county Judge and county
Clerk are positively prohibited
from writing these petitions,
aud if man wants any clangeS
we would advise him To &c law.
yer, and u good one. Otierwise
he 10 liable to go astray and ind
afterwards that lis mistskes are
expensive. The Fiscal Court mex
April must appoint roat Super
visor for the whole counF or one
: for each maglsioriSl dis rict, a.
. the court may decide best. The
said court must also appoint a
sufficient number of overseers to
have :he work done. The work Is
to be done at least in par. by the
bands all the able bodied men
between Is aud 80 years, except
ministers OF gospel, and those
who reside in incorporated towns.
No man is required to work more
than six days in year. The III.
rectors have the right TO employ
men, teams. etc, andtO incur Other
expenses of road working which
is TO he paid for 10y the fiscal cou't,
which ia empowered TO make a
special levy for road purposes.
The conrt is empowered TO des 2.
nate the width the roads shall be
made. but no road must be less
than 10 or more than 60 feet wide
rss. When you stand out to look
at the electric lights you will catch
cold. Go TO Cowgiil's Drug Store
aud hny a bottle Of Syrup OF TAI
aud Wild Cherry, or some otheI
good cough medicine.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

Several ofO merchants, SAYS
the Mayfeld Mirror, say they will
begin selling for cash only, the
frat of the year. Now is tho time
TO begin the cash system if You
ever expect to begin it. IL would
be far better for the whole com.
try if every merchant would adopt
the cash system. The credit bus
mess has had no little to do with
the present hard times. People
buy many things on credit they
could get along just as well with.
out; aud they do not realize the
amount they spend when buying
on a credit. Cash payments make
them realize at once what they are
doing. aud cause them TO do with.
ont many little Injuries.
Oh, my poor back What pain
No excuse for it-Plantati0n Anti.
Pain Porus Plaster with capsicum
will cure IL. Sold and guaranteed
ul@EEaEs-a.lzsA -
satisfactory by
Cowgili & Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
4. T. Swayne,
Gore Bros, Cayce. Ky.
4. Il. Brevard, Jordan, Ky.
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THEY WILL HAVE 70 WORK.

Breckenridge News; The next
session of the. Kentucky Legisla'
ture will be looked forward to
with more than a passing Interest
by the people of the State. The
session being limited 10 sixty days.
causes suspicion among many
that not much business will be
done. But really it will he bust.
ness from the start, aud there viii
not be much time for anything but
business. The members will have
TO work, and if they do so they
can fnd time to give the State all
the legislation she needs. The
tronble has been, heretofore, that
there has been a great waste or
time during extended sessions.
The Mexican revolutionlst have
issued a manifesto in which they
appeal to the Mexican Army to
ioin them in overthrowing Pres
ident Diaz.
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pAlTNTS!

Children get more good bard
wear out of the Little Red School
House Sboen than any other made.
Try one pair aud YOU will have no
other. For sale by
l2.l BALZER & SHAW.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

Bay The Mutual Lite Insurance
Company of New York Is the old
cet. largest and best Company IN
the United States. The Company
ia now issuing to the lnsuring pub
lie a policy comprising advantages
never before offered. For full in
formation about these policies,
call on Il. X. ELLISON. agent.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

Have you tried Plantation Liver
Pills for habi,nal constipation I
They are perfectly delightful and
u sure cnro. Price 2Jc. Sold by
Cowgirl & Cowgirl, Hickman, K Y
4. T. Swayne.
Gore Bros. Cayce, Ky.
A. Y. Brevard, Jordan, Ky.
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A BCOIlxIIASG.

There is one thing the Republi-
can press of the country has over
looked in the Hawaiian steal that
the former administration attempts
ed to make, and that was the am
nual pension of S29,OO0a year dur
ing life, made to the Queen OF
those Islands If she would accced
to their terms. This offer was
made by the consent of Mr.. Har-
ri5on and his cabinet. What do
you think of it? This is a boom
erang that has turned to come back
home to the Republican party, and
it will strike them at the proper
time. :
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

THE carpet mills of Pennsyl.
vania have started up, aud are
running full time. This has hap
pened since the publication of the
new tariff Till.
gH~ We want every CIR in the
city aud county TO come see that
beautiful Doll ia our Show win.
dow, which we are going 10 give
away free. on Christmas day.
Aud We want every girl to try for
it. SMITH, ELLISON x Co.
THE time of "off years" have
changed with the two great parties
10 what 1t once we're. II used 10 he
that in of ears" the Democrats
would carry everything before
them, but on presidential
years they would loose everything.
Now the Republicans can carry
the country easily In ION years"
but when the time comes TO elect
n President and congressman they
are snowed under WIKI the least
trouble. There is no doubt but
the God of nations can gee the
necessity Of saving the PEOPLE by
turning The Republican party out
and placing in power a party that
believes aud teaches equal rights
20 all aud exclusive privileges TO
none."-BentOn Tribune.
For thirty years The Democrat
&c party has, although out of pow.
er, stood between the people and
these who would destroy them.
by It's constant aud dauniiess re.
slstance ii has checked the allied
forces OF money aud crime which
sought TO secure eternal power TO
"a selfish oIigarchy. IL has been
the rock against which the waves
OF greed and wrong have for
years dashed and been destroy.
ed. No patriot will desert this
party to whose existence the
American people owe the reien'
ton of their privileges and prln'
ciples. TO form an allen party for
single alm wOnld he merely TO
cryslallze an unpatriotic selfish.
ness. For the friends Of silver TO
sepSTaie themselves from democ
racy w0uld mean simply the death
also, It the detection we're cOnsid.
cradle, OF the hope Of all other re.
forms whalerer'- Memphls Com.
J mercial.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

To- when the water WORKS are
in operation everybody should
take a bath. Cowgirl & Cowgirl
keep nice Soaps, SPonges, Toilet
Waters. besides a full line OF Ex'
tracts and Odors.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

sI.idrcD liac 10 Take &C. &. &.
Ccriuin ShiiI Jur"." t.Ic pleas
ani .nd guaranteed cure Tor
Fever, aEue TIA. Esuiaria.
Prise so Cts.
For salc by &. 4. HoLClNHE Druggist
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

re- Beware of transient iewel.
ers. Go to the "Old Reliable
they will not he undersold. All
work guaranteed, or money re.
funded. We make specially OF
repairing fine Watches.
1924 BUCK BROS.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

HrcKMAs. Ky, Dec. 4, 1923.
Council met in regular session. Present
MAYER Dillon -CouIeilmen Helm, islsr,
h-tru anJ WitiIng
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read. approved and sigued
TIE following accounts were prrsented,
rDgerly approved, which, on motion were
allowed ana cheuks ordered issued for the
4Uu.u.s.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

Plantation Chill Cure stops chills,
stops 'em quick, aud they never
come back. If you don't believe
il, try it. II it don't stop 'em ask
for your money back, you'll get H..
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

Plantation Chill Cure Ia guaran'
teed. II 1t don't cure go and get
your money back. Ask sour incr.
chant about il. Price 50c. Sold by
Cowgirl 4 Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
II. T. Swayne, "
Gore Bros, Cayce, KY.
A. Il. Breyard. Jordan. XIV.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

Pain in Stomach and Bowels,
Purging, Cramps, Summer Com
nlaint and other diseases Of the
stomach and Bowels cannot exist
when Plantation Diarrh IRA Mix.
ture isl used. It's guaranteed. Sold
by Cowgirl s. Cowgirl, Hickman Ky
I. T. Swayne,
Gore Bros. Cayce, Ky.
a. 4. Brsyard. Jordan, Nv.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

Price 50c. Sold by
Cowgirl & Cowgirl, Hickman, hN
Il. T. Swayue.
Gore Bros, Cayce, Ky.
A. T.. Brevard, Jordan, Ky.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-08

Prepare yourself for the coming
summer by cleansing your system
aud purifying your blood With
Plantation Sarsaparilla and lodlde
uf Potash. Price 50cts and sl.OO
per bottle. Sold by
Cowgirl & Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
II. +. Swayne,
Gore Bros. Cayce. Ky.
A. Il. Brevard, Jordan, Ny.
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TIE HICKMAN COURIER.
HOFFMAN. Ky,

Hon. J. J. VAN ALLEN, the new
ambassadors to Italy, has decliued
to accept the Office, on account of
tho charges brought against him
by his political enemies ia the
Senate.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-09

romancer. What said was that she was
buried in the Catholic Cemetery at San
Jose. recall the trip down there on the
cars very distinctly"
And so the investigation went ON for
many weeks until even the most stubborn
believers in the guilt of Schultz came
around to the theory that Is now held by
all-that he Is a rank impostor, who proha-
bly, never laid eyes on Arbanasin and never
was in the Three Mile House, where the
murder was committed, until the officers
took him there.
But the investigation into the confession
accomplished something. 1t brought out
the life story Of an odd character.
Schultz was a charity boy. He passed
his babyhoOd in an orphan asylum and his
childhood in n ladies home. At the age Of
IL he was taken out Of the home by Mrs.
Messick, n farmers wife, living near Lin
den, in San Joaquin county. This kind
lady gave the boy a home for several years.
She says she found him never \ trrsty boy
and the worst story teller she ever knew.
He was SO anxious to lie even in those DAYS
that he would say he had had his dinner
when he hadn't.
Finally Schultz ran away from the Lin
den home and drifted to San Francisco and
shipped as cabin boy in a whaling ship.
The long nights in the forecastle strength
ened his youthful inclination for lying and
added to it an approved imagination Of the
sailor sort. When he got enough Of sailing,
he went ashore and got in the habit Of
drinking to excess. and in his cups the old
penchant kept by him.
From this condition Schultz was r,-scuesl
by the Salvation Army He was not long
rescued, however, although he remained
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-09

his sister to others than police officers end
long before he thought of becoming a self
accused murderer with nice room in the
new san joaquin county Jail. This was all
that could be considered as in any way cor
roborative of the wonderful story Schultz
told
Some hitch in the confesSor's own story
first led the officers to think OF looking for
contradictions. No sooner had this search
been entered upon than the detectives came
upon II veritable mine of contradictions.
Indeed it was disclosed that the whole tale
was notwithstanding true and all
false
1t was found that Schultz never had a
sister. No such woman and no other wom-
an committed suicide on Dupont street at
the time claimed or at any time that year.
Schultz had not seen Arbanasin in San
Francisco, and as far as could be learned
had never seen him. Arbanasin was not in
san Francisco at all that year. Indeed the
Austrian rarely went there at all, and
when he did go it was only on business and
TO remain never longer than one day. All
the details Schultz gave Of his life were
disprovtrl. Ii was even shown he had lied
about his mother and father, who are mere
orphan asylum memories 1t was proved
that Schultz owned no revolver at the time
of the murder and had no money to buy one.
~
were upset. and as fast a. the investigating
officers disproved Schultz added more de
tails
If you had sister who committed sui
eide, can you tell us where she was buried"
asked the officers.
Certainly" answered. the confessor
why shouldn't be able TO tell Wasn't
present at the burial, and didn't pay the
expenses"
Then where is her graves"
in the Catholic cemetery at Oakland"
said Schultz. Il had her buried there be
cause she was Catholic, and knew she
would prefer it. am not Catholic. 1
never was"
Acting ON this information, the Catholic
cemetery at Oakland was visited, only to
bring forth the information that no such
body had ever been inferred there, and the
further information that suicides were not
buried in consecrated ground.
This was reported to Schultz, but it did
not feaze that remarkable individual in
the least.
you misunderstood me-" remarked the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-09

HOUSE WHERE AEBANA>IN WAS KILLED
with the organization long enough to wear
the uniform and to get quite a reputation as
a manipulation uf the bass drum He then
got back to- liquor and finally found his way
to his old home AT Mrs MpSSick'S.
Schultz drifrcd to stockton, Cal, a few
days after the Arhanasin murder He WAS
SEN reading the reports Of the crime very
attentively, and il Is supposed IL WAS there
he got all he had 10 tell about the murder
when he gave himself up a few hours later.
What led Schultz to make hi bogus con
feSsion can only Ike >urmistd There j. one
sumew hat similar case in criminal history
and that i the case of Woodruff, whocame
forward during the Cronin excitement in
Chicago and confessed he was the driver Of
the celebrated white horse and had helped
to kill Cronin, when the fact was he had
never seen Crunin in his life. The motive
in WOodrufT'S case was past finding out
and 50 il seems to be in the case of Schultz
But perhaps there was met hoi in SChultz's
conte>sing- He WAS out Of money and ont
OF clothes and too lazy to work Besides
it was not ut all SURF he could work il he
wanted to. On the side Of Cbnft-~Sing wa>
the prospect of good, fairly comfortable
quarters in Sheriff Cunningham new jail
for period long enough Ia tide over the
hot season. with nothing whatever to do
during the livelong day but to weave yarns
for the detectives and he made famous by
the newspapers. TheSe were Inducements
that would have appealed strongly 10 a man
like Schultz
But If schultz decision 10 confess him
self a murderer when he was not murder
er can lie explained, what i To be said Of
his decision arrived At later. To persist in his
declaration of guilt. despite all evidence to
the contrary! Nothing can apparently
move him l" say anything else than that
he WAS the man who killed Arbanasin. He
says it ON every occasion and to all inquir-
eFS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-09
THE MECHANICAL AR1rHMErIcrAN.

the practical utility. There had been
computing machines before his time, of
which the ancient abacus, which still
survives among the Chinese, was the
most primitive. There have been add
ing, subtracting, multiplying and divid-
ing machines invented since, and various
others combining the principles of two
or more of these. Then there have been
machines for calculating the tides,
echpses and other abstruse almanacical
data involving much laborious computa-
ton, and even logical machine, which,
being fed with premises, will grind out
syllogisms.
But these were generally machines OF
such a complex character or of such
meager limitations as to be practically
worthless to the commercial world,
which wanted something that would add
up long ledger columns correctly and
set the totals down, thereby saving time,
patience and mental strain. Especially
did the English commercial world cry
ont for such a machine, for the labor Of
computing columns of pounds. shillings
and pence. as any schoolboy knows, Is
thrice that of calculating columns based
on the decimal system.
Well. the Englishmen got their ma
chine. A smart Yankee sent it over to
them. 1t looks something like type
writer and is worked by keys on the
same principle, but its internal mechan-
ism is more complex. By pressing down
the keys any amount from 81 900, 900
down to penny can be printed ON the
paper set in the back of the machine,
and the length of the columDs 10 Orlu
curtailed by the length of the paper.
Pounds, shillings and pence fall into their
proper places as the keys are touched,
and at the end the operator pulls lever,
and the sum is done and the correct to-
tails recorded beneath the columns, the
surplus pence all properly reduced to
shillings and the shillings to pounds
great triumph for American ingenuity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-09
WILLING TO MAKE ALLOWANCES.
Kind Hearted Farmer Who said Per.
haps the burrows Were Sun Warned,

Kind Hearted Farmer Who said Per-
haPs the burrows Were Sun Warped.
A certain eminent clergyman, who is
greatly loved for his gentleness and for
bearauce with offenders, recently told a
man that an experience of his own in
years long gone by taught him tho grace
Of ready excusing. When he was boy,
he was very poor boy, but he had al
ready strong theological bent and was
studying hard during the winter and
working even harder during the summer
trying to get a preparation for college.
He wanted to be a preacher, and the fact
that he didn't seem to be good for any
thing else tended to convince him that
he had not mistaken his calling.
One spring he was entirely ont of
money and had to get out of school and
go to work. Not being able to find any
thing to do in the small college town
where he had been studying, the youth
call him Richard Vernon-went out
among the farmers to see if he could get
work from them. He found a man who
was very busy with his springs work
and in hurry to get the burrows plowed
in big field for potato planting. The
weather was favorable for planting: the
farmers boys would be home from school
the next day, which was Saturday, to do
the dropping and covering. He told
Richard that he might mark out the
field with the pillow for the planting, and
if he suited he might be hired for two or
three months. Meantime the farmer
saw that the boy was very anxious to
stay, and that he had evidently very
good disposition.
So the young theologian went to work
with tremendous vigor. He did not stop
to take breath until he had marked off a
large tract of ground with deep burrows.
Then came his employer from his work
in another part of the farm and looked at
the boys work and leaned up against the
fence and laughed until he shook The
potato field had been scrapcd and seal
Hoped all over with the ridicuiuilslv If
regular and wabbly little bitches winch
Richard had turned. There was not a
clean, straight furrow in the lot. The
ground looked as if an insane elephant
had tossed mp the earth. The burrows
were of all depths and at all distances
from one another, for Richard had driven
the horse most of the time at smart
walk, and he had been too much occupied
with keeping up and maintaining pre-
carious grasp upon the pillow handles tc
be able to pay any attention to the regu.
larity or evenness of his work.
Richard Vernon laughed. too. rs he
stood and looked over the field He
wiped the sweat from his brow and
looked very anxiously at his employer
There was no chance for regular work
there, that was evident. His laughter
faded away. and there was certain
faint twitch in the corners of his mouth
as the boy said:
Il guess you don't want any more OF
my work, sir
"Oh, yes-yes. do. said the farmer
Maybe faint your fault that the fur
rows are crooked. You see. the sun,
pretty hot today, and l reckon the heat
warped en- Boston Transcript.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-09
THE ROYAL CoNSoRT,

Caesar was epileptic, of feeble constitu-
ton, with pallid skin and subject to head
aches.
The Prince of Wales is very fond of wear
ing old clothes, probably because he doesn't
have to.
Lobengula, the African chief who has Civ,
en- England SO much concern, smokes con
stantly, smoking great quantities of Boer
tobacco. In fact, he may be said to live on
beef, beer and tobacco
Christina, queen regent of Spain, is a
great advocate of tobacco. She consumes
a large quantity of Egyptian cigarettes,
and his little majesty, Alphonso XIII, en-
joys lighting them for her
The little queen of Holland is punished
when she Is naughty. She evidently thinks
her lot hard one, for she was overheard
scolding her doll, and in order to terrify If
threatened to turn it into a queen if it did
not behave better
King Oscar of Sweden is once more COM
ing to the front as an author, copies of a
stirring poem entitled Memories of the
Swedish Fleet" composed by him, having
Just been placed upon the market by his
Stockholm publishers
Princess Maud of Wales collects ivory
and has an extensive museum of tusks of
elephants sho; by her father and uucles,
teeth of walru>es. seals. sharks. lions and
aIllSaiors, ard of wild boar> shot and sent
by the emperor of Russia !" Zurich her col
lection
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-09

DAVID PECK TODD. VIII locate on the
northeast or the southwest coast Of the
island depends ON the general weather
conditions. To ascertain these, some OBJ
servations were begun at two stations
on those coasts last July and continued
through August, and during the same
months of 1894 and 1895 the same plan
will be followed, thus enabling the pro-
fessor to decide which of the two points
offers the best facilities for observations.
The trip of 1896 will be Professor
Todd's second visit to Japan for the pur-
pose of making observations of an eclipse
and his fifth expedition for astronomical
research. He went to Japan in 1887 to
see the eclipse of the sun and to Africa
in 1899 for the same purpose. He had
charge of the expedition which the gov
eminent sent to Texas to observe the
eclipse of 1878 and directed the observa-
tons of the transit of Venus at the Lick
observatory in 1882.
Theprofessor expects to take an unusu-
ally great number of instruments with
him to Japan, among them about 40 tele-
scopes, with object glasses varying In
size from to 10 inches. He has also an
automatic photographing apparatus, by
lc lOSSNuT6 DGGWe6u
600 photographs of the suns corona at
different stages of the eclipse. This ap-
paratus makes it possible to employ 16
spectroscopes at once, which will record
the composition of the light Of the coro-
ma in as many different regions. 1t is
the professors own invention and was
tried successfully in the African expedi.
ton of 1889,
All of the instruments for the next ex-
petition will be of the finest possible
make. The plans for them are now be-
ing prepared, and it is none too early, for
they have to be manufactured and care
fully tested before being transported to
their destination. and it will involve no
little labor to set them up and test them
over again after they are got there. There
will be meteorologists, naturalists and
other scientific men in the observation
party, so that all the scientific research
of the expedition will not be confined to
the astronomical members.