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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-03-10

BUT few people have any idea
OF the amount Of money realized
every year from the production
OF eggs and chickens. Mr. j. II.
Sprague, "a Chicago poultry dealer
in . paper which he read last
week before the farmers institute
at Princeton, Ills, states that the
production Of chickens IN the
United States last year reached
$3.50, 100000 in number aud of
eggs l3,OOO.O0O.00O. The total
value OF eggs and chickens pro.
duced wac $3.50, 600, 900. Accept.
ing these figures as approximate.
~ correct, We must conclude that
the hen plays an important part
In our American life.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-03-10

"A deal Involving the sum of
100000 was brought to close In
Memphis, when the Lee Line of
steamers. through Capt. Robt E.
Lee, sup't, and Capt. James Lee,
president, closed a contract with
Capt. Ed. Howard, Of Jefferson.
vile, Ind, for the construction of
two steamers, at u cost of $50 600
each. The boats will be com.
pleted by June LIST. They will be
placed in the Memphis territory /,
controlled by the Lees.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-03-10
Council Proceedings.
HicKMAs XIV, March @ lsg

HiCKMAs XIV, March 1899.
c,,,,,, mo, IN ,.,n,,, .s..,on pes.
,t u.yor pil,on Conncilmen D.,.a
IIoen, Thompson and Wesrn.
The City Clerk being absent Council.
man Wearn was appointed CLERK. pro 'enh
The minutes oil the last meeting were
res,' 'rp,o'.u ""o s'e"e" ,
me ,o'ook a,''"n,s ~''e p n,,.
we're "lo"ru s"o eheeks o'ue'e" 'S'"'u
Tor Inc amounts
Man haitian Rubber Co FOR repairs
Tor fire hose, ~
hHu'oW p""", uo'"o" w pump 40 10
az" r,,, l,s'to' 90 ,s'ns s., ..,, ~
: W,,.nn .',s,di,, dance, Ii,b,. 500
a., -. AZ -, .,,..,
Inc up, " -" s =, p.h,
r,.,, a. foIlows
hH' !" , n rso 81 i'''' 10; ~
s2s.6s
Amt paid out during Feb, 2obs "
Bal ia treasury March let, f7l II
The City Marshal PRESENTED hi. report
Am, NJ t,,es coIleet,d s5T,1O
For which he holds Trrs.urer's receipt.
II. ri,v T,..,,.r nrs..,,.j nj. 20.
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YOU
GET
MORE
r. STUBBLEFlELD,
Sheriff Fulton County.

In the TwlCE-A-wEEK COURIER
JOURNAL than in any other pa.
per published-bolh in quality and
quantity.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-03-10

The prospects for q food OF
the Mississippi In this section 10
beyond denial and il now only a
question OF extent or degree. The
indications point to As feet at Cal.
rO which will inuDdate the larger
part of bottom lands, but not ne O.
essarily destructive Of fencing,
stock etc.. where any precautions
have been taken. Whether the riy.
er will 90 higher than 40 feet, is al.
together dependent upon the
weather for the next 10 days.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-03-10

MIR. Henry F. Remley, late of
the 2nd Tenn. volunteers, is be.
Ing discussed as q proper man to
represent Hickman aud Fulton
counties In the next State Legis
latuie. He Is n bright, promising
young man, q Hickman county
farmer.raised boy, who had just
commenced the practice of law
when he volunteered in the late
Spanish unpleasantness, and with.
nj we think would make q most
acceptable Representative. He is
q Young man of the highest type
Of morals, and solid integrity. aud
we are not quite sure that his
friends Ought to encourage him to
enter politics, because he IN worth
more. TO himself and people 10
other spheres.
The world IL to come to an end No.
vember 14th, is the prediction of an
Austrian astronomer IL is to be destroy
ed by comet. This IL the same proph-
ct that caused such CONSERVATION in
1882, and great electrical disturbances,
shooting stars, &c, did occur
w. q. WINTER, druggist, Clinton, Ky,
says he has sold Plantation Chill Cure
FOR many years, and among the many
,hill tonics he hnds the Plantation the
most reliable he sells, as it acts different
rom the uujnine tonics. which only
itops chills for short time. II removes
he cause and the cure 10 permanent
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-03-10

jim ROBERTSON.
LIST Battalion, Co. X, 3rd Ky. La Union
Cuba.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-16

an active canvass for the selection Ct hia
successor, and. early in August, il was
decided that Col. Henderson, of Iowa,
should be selected. This Advancement
of Col. Henderson has placed him in
higher authority than would have keen
vested in him if he had been appointed
chairman of the committee on appro-
priations. Ii makes him the most po-
tential factor in national legislation, on
all topics.
At the same time, Senator Allison is
chairman of the senate committee on
appropriations, chairman of the repuh-
lican caucus and chairman of the re-
publican steering committee, thus be-
ing virtually as controlling factor in
the senate as Speaker Henderson Is in
the house of representatives. And
these statesmen live in Iowa. in Du-
buque county, and the city of Dubuque.
They have been close friends and neigh
bors for more than so years.
In 1893 there came to Washington for
New York newspaper young man
who wrote and published criticism of
the vice president for appointing GER
tain chairmen of senate committees;
when, as matter of fact. the vice pres
ident has absolutely nothing to do with
the appointment of committee chair
men. In the senate the eaucuses of
the democratic and republican parties
have meetings, in separate places, and
they decide upon the membership of
the senate committees, including the
chairmen. Representatives of those
caucuses then meet. and all arrange
ments are quietly completed. Then,
in open senate, the party leaders intro
duce resolutions providing that certain
committee assignments be made; and
the resolutions are adopted by unani-
nous vote of senators of both parties.
Thus ii is that the senate appoints it's
own committees and its own committee
chairmen.
In the national house of representa-
tives that power is committed to the
man who is chosen for the speakership;
and il is power second only to that
welded by the president. The speaker
appoints all of the chairmen of commit
tees, and also all of the members of the
committees, and they must serve exact
ly where he places them. To the credit
of our republic it must be sal" that this
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II IL obtainable. and a. far as Is con-
sistent with their welfare They do
better, however. with some variation
in their food. says the New York sun.
The seni Is graceful. aud apparently
Of good manners II two pieces Of
fish, food for the seals. one az herring
and one Of COO. IL tossed into the water
together, the seal rejects tie cod. OF
pagA no attention 20 il Whatever, end
eats the herring II. aa Is often the
case. the seal were up On the plat
form, beside the ran with the food.
taking the food from his hand. ID
would In all probability take n Niece
Of Goldfish handed 70 ii la tina, mar.
ner, personally ~ IL were. thus being
polite 20 the man offering il. but 1t
would rot be Iiks.g % awallo- IL. IL
would incline its abal,ely head down
ward ard drop the pfecs of eodhsh
out ~ tn mouth onto the stone plat.
form and then ut It's head again. 70
she man, with = look ahst means what
apparently Il would ssy n II could
speak
'sIhanx yon, but prefer herring"
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-16
LONG DISTANCE DANCING.
Women waits ana Galop 10 nile.
I'm the Course OF nm
Evening.

A Chicago physician with Stats.
teal turn of mind has been estimating
the proper distance covered by a Won.
an in dancing through the ordinary
ballroom programme.
An average waltz, the doctor esti-
mates. takes one over three-quarters of
a mile. A square dance makes YOU
cover half a mile; the same distance
is covered in polka, while rapid
galop will oblige You TO traverse just
about mile.
Say there are IL waltzes, which is
fair average., This alone makes nine
miles. Three gaiops= added toZthis
makes the distance L miles. while from
three to five other dances at half mile
each brings up the total TO from Is TO
Is miles. This. too, is without reckon.
ing the promenade and the extras.
sAs a means of EXERCISE" says the
physician, "it win thus he seen that
dancing stands at the head of the list.
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SAVED FROM DEATH BY vAPoR
PrOfnse Temptation Protected an
Iron PuddIeT from InIuTy ny
Molten Iron.

by the timely prevention Of a strange
law of nature little known save Ca SEE
cntiiic men. one Of the wnrkmcn az
IInldwins locomotive works escaped
one day recently from what. under or
binary circumstances. would have been
absolutely certain death The pudding
room Of this factory contains large
number Of immense onldruuE. In which
the iron il melted and purified, The Ia
borer wheels biz harrow containing the
ore up an inclined plane 90 their open
mouth, u height 81 three feet from the
floor. and then empties the barrow into
The cnldron.
Joseph Common. one Of the puddlcrs.
was totally uBclotbed from his waist
upward. he had been Of work scarcely
Eve minutes the other day when one ~
his fellow -workmen gave cry which
directed the attention Of The entire
force NJ work 20 the awful situation
into which Connor had got himself.
Banding over the molten liquid, his
head and chest completely immersed
IN IT, depths, be WAS holding by his
hands 20 The edge aud trying. appar-
eutiy. 10 draw back from ihe terrible
position into which be had fallen. II
,,an M once evident that Common had
somehow missed his footing and fallen
partially into the boiling metal.
FeiIow.workmen az once rushed 10
the spot and he was hastily dragged
out. Everyone expected % find his face
and chest a hideouSly charred mass and
ONE 81 the men had already turned
nwHx their eyes rather than RHze on the
terrible sight they expected would be
presented But 10 the aUszement ~
his rescners. save for the loss 81 his
hair. Conner was absolutely unluiured.
Not a Disagreement. not burn. not
even a blister was 10 be seen. The
workmen we're badly scared by the
seeming marssi Later The pmddsng
manager explained the matter 20 the
men. 4 e0mbustlble body may be- pre-
served from Ignition when IN contact
With source Of heat by being sur
rounded by 40 atmosphere ~ yapor.
In the ease 81 Common the man had be-
gga 70 res Pre- and On contact with y
molten metal this Precipitation formed
gaseous covering that protected his
akin. Ills hair. II course, was not 40
shielded and suffered In consequences,
hut with ihia exception he was unin-
jursd Philadelphia Inquirer.
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BUTTONS AND SONGS
Popularity at one at the Expen,e of
the other tn Political
Campaigns.

Some inquiry was made during the
recent campaign in New York and else
where as to what had become of the
campaign songs. Neither the republic
ans nor the democrats went to the trou-
BILE of employing a professional poet,
says the Sun. IL was evident that cam
paign poetry was on the wane, and un-
less there is revival next year in the
presidential campaign political song
writing will become almost lost art
One reason which may, in part, at least,
account for this is the fact that during
former political campaigns the most
popular songs which were altered or
parodied to suit party requirements
were usually of sentimental or pathet.
ic character, whereas the songs now
most, popular and most generally IA
miliar are negro songs of jocose
character. which give little opportunity
for effective political changes.
Campaign songs in presidential cleo
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THE REIGN OF LAW.
Mans Ingenuity Expended In Making
II Regarded ns n Faulty
Mule.

The reign Of law seems 60 he one Of
mans disappointments. When men
lived free in the primeval woods they
yielded a portion OF their individual
liberties in order to live together In a
community and be governed by com
mon rule. The regulations were doubt.
less simple and just enough az first
but In "A little while laws multiplied and
their meaning and intent became a
matter Of dispute, and then men bc.
gan to pass Jaws aud adopt forms 10
hinder the operation Of the laws they
had already enacted.
The very language OF the law, intend
ed for the understanding and the use
uf all, became tortuous, redundant, IN
volved. pedantic aud uninteiliRible. A
legal statement came to be made in q
bewildering fashion unknown In any
other form of statement. The simple
affirmation that A. killed II. with q
butcher knife early became too clear
and definite for the purpose Of the law.
aad II WAS necessary 60 set out that
the said 4. did not only kin the said
g.. but that he did cut, carve, laCcrate.
main, wound. scratch aud make hole
in the said 49,. at the same time and
place hereinbcfore mentioned. with one
certain butcher knife Of he value Of
80 cents This iargou in time became
sacred, II grew to be an object Of rev
erence. and was deemed necessary 10
the sanctions Of the law and the
a.. F.afIt
hlndcrcd aud obscurcd. No instrument
was considered good in law unless
couched in this senseleEs and compli'
Gated phraseoloRy, and this upersti-
ton became an early and fruitful source
~ the laws delay.
With this multiplication Of words
came a corresponding extension Of
forms 81 procedure, 81 met hods Of "hoW
not 10 DO H." Every statute ends with
"if" or "but." The laws under which
e street may be opened or any other
public improvement made. Necessary
70 the comfort. health and happiness
~ from 10000 20 100000 people. also
provide the means whereby one stlnRy,
unentsrprising and muHsh citizen may
legally delay Indefinitely the proaecu-
ton ~ the work and entail heavy costs
upon those Who favor II.
so able ard learned a lawyer %
ChauneeS Depew tells his brethren Of
the profession that thia evil, this urehi.
ling 81 the law from It's purpose ~
maintaining justice among men. f. ~.
cfeasiug. The multiplication 81 courts
muii.pIisa decisions. and decisions dii.
fer. DltersiiY ~ tribunals leads 10 III.
sersify Of Interpretation. The practice
81 the aw IA shifted from matter u
princfp.e to one u preefdents. Much
remaias - be done before the lsn ean
be looked upon by the people as the
perfection ~ uiadom on the sure de-
Tense Of iusfiee Ksnsas Cts star
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BROTHERHOOD OF rRucKMEN.
IL La Common Thing TO we one
Man Help Another Out
of Hole.

Its not at all remarkable 10 see truck
men help one another I'm the streets.
Doubtless there are plenty OF truekmen
Who would 80 by another who was
stalled ard leave him To his own re-
sources. 1t might be from just plain,
ordinary seltshneSs, or il might be
from such reason as that which permits
the mail steamer 10 save life but not to
tow, or ii might be for the common
place substantial reason that he
owed his first duty to the man whose
goods he had aboard his own truck;
hut however that may be. il is never.
theless not remarkable TO see one truck
man help another in the street
This is commonly done by man
with an empty truck and a good team
though II is sometimes done also by
a man who has more or less OF n load.
\ common way, when the man who is
stalled# has load that will bear that
sort of treatment, is for the man who
help. coming up behind. to set the
end of the pole of his truck against the
load of the stalled truck and then start
up his team, and push. Often this is
enough 10 help the other man out of
his difficulty. II may literally push
the other truck out of a hole, or up ON
TO level ground where the team can
draw 1t. and it encourages the other
horse or team so that IL will draw, or IL
makes IL think Il must draw.
Another common way of helping out
is for the helping driver To halt ahead
of the stalled outfit and help pull by
means of a rope carried from shaft
or from the pole OF the halted truck
TO draNpin set in the tail OF his own
truck. When everything is ready, they
| start up both teams. and even though
the stalled team may not pull nj the
outset the other rarely or never fails
to start the truck.
And there are no distinctions made
in putting out the helping hands thus
offered. One truckman is rs likely to
offer help as another. and TO offer IL to
any man who needs help. Thus IL might
easily he that some man with rather
Scared and battered truck and with n
team that would surely be we'll fed
and strong, but perhaps not SO hand
some in appearance as might he. would
give n boost to some slick street craft
that was bright with paint and trim.
mings. and IL might as easily he that
some man with big new truck with
every angle unbrolSen, with u big brass
sign plate on either side and with n
pair of horses splendid as we'll as pow.
crful, would help out the man with an
outfit that was battered and Scared,
1t is scarcely possible Ia do Il kindness
with "a horse and truck without it's he,
ing seen, and so II may he that. by
reason of their couspieuousness thcs,
acts of Kindness impress one unduly
and that in reality truckmen are nj
kinder to one another than are Other
men whose kindness TO their fellow,
may be quite unseen: but II does seen
clear that they are. at least, as kindly ~
n. Y. Sun.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-16
A HARD LUCK STORY.
ne Used to Ne suceesafuI BroLsr Ilas
Went Broke at the
Business.

He stood before the police Judge wreck.
He suggested an echo OF better DAYS. He had
been arrested the night before for sleeping
in an open doorway.
The Judge saw that the prisoner had not
always been tramp and questioned him
with regard TO his past.
well, your honor, II was this way" the
man said. quietly. II haven't always been 40
You see me now was stock broker once.
When ! was younger man l became inter-
ested in copper Copper il usually solid, yon
know. Well, made a little pile, then shift.
ed to iron. Iron Is hard to handle and I
lost. withdrew from specializing for a
time, but the old fascination drew ne again
into the maelstrom. l took flyer in some
glittering mining stock, but il was loser. l
said would try again. | bought little train
OF different railway stock. but didn't tie to
II long enough and went nearly broke.
Then | showed all of my remaining fortune
into pork. IL turned out that pork was on
the hog, and here ! am. /"
The Judge had listened 10 the story at
tentively and at its conclusion discharged
the prisoner "Ilave you any money!" he
inquired, as the man turned to leave the
courtroom.
mo, sir" was the reply; I'm broker now
than ever was."-Detroit Free Press.
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tremendous power has never been
abused.
After the speaker shall have an
nounced the committee assignments Of
the $50 members of the house of repre-
sentatives, he will rule the house
through a special committee called 1.-The
committee on rules" Whenever the
speaker wants a certain bill passed, in
stead of automatically announcing IL
as his will. which the house must obey,
he wells his power by calling together
his committee on rules. Under his bid
ding that committee provides rule
that, on certain day, a vote shall be
taken on the pending bill; and this in
dependent rule is adopted by the ma
jority of the house. Thus ii would seem
that the house is dominating it's own
affairs; but, as a matter of fact, through
the committee on rules, the speaker is
dominating affairs. This condition has
been particularly brought about by the
methods of the late Speaker Reed.
whose capacity for ruling was equal to
his passion for power.
Moreover. before certain older mem
bers are appointed TO certain chair
manships, they are informed by the
speaker what he desires 10 be dore, and
what left undone, by their committees.
Thus, even when the speaker IL not
known or seen in the matter. he is quiz
city dominating every committee, and
no bill can become a law by action Of
the congress without his knowledge
and consent. You may well imagine
what power is thus committed to one
man by his elevation TO the speaker
ship. II is a high office. worthy the am
bition Of any man.
Col. David X. Henderson. who has
been thus honored by the representa-
tives OF the people, was born In Old
Deer. Scotland. March IA. 1870, and il
therefore almost 60 years Of age. Hav-
ing been born abroad, he Is ineligible
for the presidency, and hence he cannot
aspire 20 that Office. His parents
brought him to this country when he
was only six years old. and hence he Is
thoroughly an American. having
knowledge of no other country except
specifically. while he knows this
country through and through. and loves
il. When he was only 20 years Of age
be enlisted in the federal army, was en-
gagged in many battles. and lost leg
on the battlefield of Iuka.
SMITH d. FRY.
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In golf, for instance, the major part
of the exercise consists in walking
around the links, following mp the ball,
and yet, even in golf, not as much
ground Is covered rs In an evenings
dancing.
"rhe atmosphere Of the ballroom is
saturated with earbonic acid gas and
dust. laden with germs. While the mus
cles of the legs and calves are being
increased in size the general health is
being impaired by the quality of the
air. The society belle Is not content
with an occasional ball. but attends
one nearly every night. All the benefits
of the exercise disappear and the belle
Is left little better for the dancing"