The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-05-25
POTATO SLIPS

| Auhns HAs " WaIhhNs
The only eclipse of the sun for 1900
visible IN the United States will take
place Monday morning. May 2S, com.
mencing about 9 80 O'Clock and lasting
for over two hours.
The Hickman county court having
about completed the business of the
term, will adjourn 10 give lawyers and
all interested an opportunity 10 attend
the Confederate Re Union at Louisville.
--"By the way" said the Cornfed
Philosopher, 81 think l NAV take adj
vantage Of this being the gardening
season to remark that there Is often very
little difference between q budding ge-
Mus and blooming idiot"
The Jury in ths Murphy VIII case
decided that the will sought to be pro-
bated was not the will Of the late Dun
lap Murphy. An appeal was asked for.
This case was before the court when the
Courier was issued last week Circuit
Court adjourned TO its next regular
term in September.
The Council when the will Of the
majority was clearly made known
through petition as 10 the COW law
promptly bowed to the people, and re
pealed il. IL all in this county would as
promptly heed the voice Of the people,
we would always have truly represen-
tative Government. Vox populi vox
| Del.
When the census enumerator pro
pounds these questions TO single wo-
man, there's going to be trouble in the
land: What IL your colorY Your sexy
Age at last birthday? Day. month and
year when bornf Are you single, mar
ried. widow, or divorcedi Number Of
years married. : How many children
Number Of children living.
o. II you want
Style,
Fit, and, especially,
Quality, in
MISSES AND CHILDRENS' SROES.
il will pay you to see our lines.
RICE q. NAYLOR,
& Cash Shoe Store
Hon. VIM. Lindsay, Kentucky's big
Senator. has formed a law partnership
in New York City, viii move there af-
ter March 4th, next. The style Of the
firm is Lindsay, Kremer, Kalish and
Palmer, and their offices are in the
Lords Court Building, "a William St.
There will not be many heftier Attor-
neys in the great metropolis than VIM.
Lindsay.
"A Missouri paper, with an eye TO
the eternal fitness of things terrestrial,
Will be run as Jesse James would run n
newspaper. The plan Is to send an
armed collector into the field and hold
up all delinquent subscribers. The
poor man has a world of trouble before
him and we advise HIM TO be ON his
guard, cause he can't Ford TO be care
less.
A MAN from st. Louis recently rode IN
an electric car in Cape Town, Africa,
with eight other Americans from differ
ent parts of the United States. The car
was made in Philadelphia, the rails in
Pittsburg, the motor in Lynn; the motor
man was from San Francisco, and the
conductor from Boston. In the friendly
competition for the trade Of the world
this country is beginning TO take its
share.
Here is pointer for our merchants:
The business men of a Minnesota town
of GOO inhabitants get together one day
each week and offer a. prize OF 80 TO the
farmer who drives the greatest distance
to town on business, No tramp will be
considered. He must market some hogs
OF some products of the farm, or do some
trading either buy some hardware or
general merchandise, get shave OF pat
ronize the doctor or the dentist He
must prove the distance he came, and
the farmer who made the longest Zip
gets the purse. IL has proven the draw
ing card for the town, and men with
I their families come distance OF forty
five miles OF more.
The Hessian fly problem has been
solved, according to newspaper reports.
A farmer in the central part Of the State
thinks he has discovered how to keep
the fly out Of his wheat at moderate ex-
pense. Just as his wheat was coming
up last fail he scattered common salt
over half field. leaving the other with
out any. He used about bushel OF
salt to the acre. He says il worked like
q charm. The part of the field sailed
has good stand Of wheat, entirely free
from fly, while the other half Is badly
, damaged. Another man says he has
prevented damage from fly by sowing q
barrel of air Stacked lime ON fifteen
acres as soon as the wheat came up, re.
, peating the process at intervals Of few
days.