The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-03-02

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sdy Take your Fowl and Game
to SHAW & SHAW.
The severe cold weather which we
have Just experienced in this section
may be a great benefit by preventing
the further growth OF the already swell
ing buds ON the fruit trees and be the
means of saving us this years fruit
crop
Big water is not expected this sea.
son by those who are watching the riv-
ers, says the Cairo Bu letin IL is ex-
pected that the river viii fall heIe TO.
day and viii go down sufficiently 20
keep the regular spring rise within very
moderate bounds.
A Detroit Clergyman aevances the
novel proposition that N Adam had
worked 300 days each year from the day
he was created to the present time, at
salary Of $50 day, he would not have
earned by this time as much property
as is owned by Rockefeller or Wander
bilt
The Scientific American suggests
that if YOU are afraid of lightning SIM
ply put ON your rubbers and stand up
so your clothes won't touch anywhere.
Whether YOU are indoors or ont doors
you are perfectly safe, for rubber Is
non-conductor and YOU are completely
insulated.
"A number OF Missouri politicians
broke the rule recently and went to
church. When the contribution basket
reached them the one on the end threw
a silver dollar in 90, ana, turning 90 the
Others. who were digging lu their peck
cts FOR some change. De sand: Never
mind. boys this Is al paid FOX
EEr IL you want
style.
rio, ANA, especially,
Quality, Doe
MISSES And cHiLDhENS SHOES.
viii pay sou go see onr ha,s
klCE c, NAHLOR.
Cash She store
We are the greatest coffee drinkers
IA tAc world Ina 1899 we used 63G. 600. B.
900 pounds Of cOnee. Inis Is 10000. 600
pounds more than was consumed hy the
combined countries in Europe We
nave increased our consumption Of cOf-
fee during the past year 40 the rate Of
more than pound per person.
Fulton has bought the Murrell prop
erty, $500. and Will erect a new City
Hall thereon az a cost of $1,000. The
second story will be used for a city court
room. and on the ground floor the may
or, city clerk, marshal and superintend-
ent OF water works viii have Offices,
and room for fire company, and IN the
rear a steel-hned city Jail.
The flying machine Of NJ. De San.
tOs Dumont, OF PARIS, is sand 10 have
made a complete tour OF the Eifel tow
er in mIdair, flying in the very face Of
the wind. The machine haA gas bag.
but il is driven as well as PARTIALLY sup
ported by an aluminium screw making
200 revolutions per minute. The car
is made of wicker. The inventor SAYS
he has solved the great problem Of man
flight
"A short time ago there was a "tele-
phone wedding" IN which Miss Minnie
EddOss, of Memphis and "a man suppOs.
ed TO be Norwood Brown, OF Winfield,
Kansas, figured Now Miss Eddoss,
who has reached Winfield, discovers
that Mr.. Brown has not been in the
town for some time and that another
man lmpersonatad him over the tele-
phone. Miss Eddoss grieves the more
because the bridegroom whom she
doesn. want, nas secured $500 Of her
money from one of her Winfield rela-
tives, and has left for parts unknown
WE have saved many doctor bills
since we began using Chamberlain 3
ough Remedy in our home We keep
a bottle open all the time and when any
Of my family or begin 20 catch cold we
begin 10 use the cough remedy, aud as
a result we never have TO send away for
a doctor and incur a large doctor bill,
for Chamberlain Cough Remedy new
er fails TO cure. lt is certainly a med
icine of great merit and worth.-D. ).
MEARKLE, general merchant and farm
err, Matte, Bedford Co, Pa. For sale
by Cowgirl 81 Cowgirl, Hickman, and
A. NJ. Shaw, State Line, druggists.
Wherever good roads are to be
found, says an exchange. there the PEG.
pie are well TODD and prosperous Good
roads are the foundation of civilization.
Communication is education activity.
success In many sections where roads
are passable only during certain periods
of the year, business thrives tor that
time, and during the remainder of the
year the people are isolated In rural
sections the market is accessible to farm
products only at such times as the roads
are passable 20 heavy loads. The activ-
titles of a people keep pace with their
means of communication Their com.
Il l. -
for reaching the market. Their social
and educational success depends on the
ease win when the people can mlnglo
proves as the various departments of
human activity are brought to success.
full issue.