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6is iett T3 ieinen gsrfolgcrn gu sT'ts
siehen.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1902-08-01
3 iir bic gotporationen.
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nung in Grodett gerufsn unD CON leis
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faoFen. Der 2eBtere tpurbe nod ni6i
berhdittt.
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SIbR m B.

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Or. &. Nl. Geagts, ber Dor tur3sr
3eit nit $4,000 in Der 2oIbe bier
Der fam, um cine Garm gu tautsn, bat
SelbItmoro bsgangsn Die llria4s 1T
unbetnnnt.
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BAT Der 5ormer 5obn 2itile feinsn
Ha6bdr 2laie QniTon eridohen, unb
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3um tommenoen Winter bleibt jebt bic
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9aarsgeItanb $2O1 $685. ,980, nobon
sos, ,3G0,469 in Gjolb III. 0a3u tommt
bic GolbsReIerbe bon $150,000,0O0
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sSnfeGn.

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Der Dampfer oRoslbn gGitle" fu6r
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dfritd ab.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-09-19

was admitted TO practice in the Kentucky
courts when he yet lacked ten months OF hav-
ing attained his majority
b. I. Davis is native son of Fulton county,
and among It's sturdy sons in which the county
can take pride.
Alter the usual public school course, he
mairo'ilated as a student OF the Vanderbilt
University of Nashville and graduated from
this celebrated institution of learning when but
little over 70 years OF age.
lie took up the study OF the law in this city.
his preceptors being Messrs Tyler & Tyler, and
was in February, 1890. admitted TO practice He
Immediately began ths practice OF his profession
in Hickman. quickly secured CLIENTELE. and
has ever enjoyed a steadily increasing practice.
his devotion TO the interests OF his clients.
steady application and attention to business. win
ming him many friends and general esteem. In
addition TO ms other requirements, he is an
accomplished linguist. being one OF the best
French and German scholars in the state
Mr. Davis has accumulated a modest fortune
in the practice Of the law. and is a large
holder OF some of the most choice Hickman
realty. All his interests arc centercd in this
city, to the development OF which he is de
voted. snd in the future Of which he is horo-
sooped TO play prominent part
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the DOORS the clerks are kept more busy than
in any other department, and two delivery
wagons are kept busily engaged delivering the
orders received by phone and otherwise The
popularity of the department is steadily en-.
HANGING and the volume OF business increas-
ing.
In the store adjoining the dry goods depart
men, on the east is maintained three distinc-
lively separate and popular departments.
Fronting on Clinton street is the drug depart
ment, the stock OF which is in keeping with
the high class OF the other departments ].
c. Ellison. who is registered pharmacist and
mas been in the business all his life is the
manager in charge. Prescriptions are com
pounded by him with accuracy and care, and
patent medicines and the standard proprietary
medicines sold at prices much less than
that at which they can be procured in other
places.
The center OF the east end store is part-
toned off into what is the most popular de-
partment at Eson's II is known all over
Fulton county and portions of Tennessee and
Missouri, "Ellison's Home Goods Bargain
Department 1t contains well-nigh endless
array OF articles used in everyday home life
and each and every one is bargain compared
with prices at which. they are elsewhere OBJ
tainable. II is a rare occurrence for a person
to visit the Home Bargain Department with
out finding some essential utility of the home
which he can pick up for a song Miss Kate
Walker is the attendant in charge who has all
the bargain prices stored away in her mind,
and who is proud of the popularity her depart
ment has attained.
A goodly portion OF the rear of the east end
store building is utilized as a millinery de
partment, and in the seasons the stock OF
fashionable headwear carried presents a vision
of beauty This important department is in
charge of Miss Catherine Costello, an expert
enccd milliner, who visits the emporiums of
the East semi annually, in order to keep her
stock thoroughly up with the latest and most
fashionable millinery designs.
The room upstairs, over the dry goods de-
partment is used carpet wareroom, and
is exceently adapted, by reason of its COM
modiousness for the display of the large,
varied and tempting line OF carpets carried by
the firm. They are the largest caterers in car
petng in the city.
A dressmakng establishment. presided over
by capable and experienced modiste, is also
maintained on this floor.
Adjoining the carpet saesroom is depart
ment which is a unique department in de-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-09-19
ELLISON MERCANTILE COMPANY
InrnrDorafed

Successors to l.. =. and W. s Ellison
In al communities some especial mercantile
house is in the van Of all others. and is desig-
mated as the leader In tho hourishing city
Of Hickman. ia Fulton county. and. indeed. in
all western Kentucky. the firm whose nan c
heads this article distiucti,ey occupy this posi-
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HICKMAN COURIER-SUPPLEMENT.

ment, complete line of drugs, from which the
most complex prescription can be filled to
make well the sick tone the shattered sys-
TENN short, the endless and mutitudinous
array OF goods and articles that go to make up
the stock OF strictly up-to-date twentieth
century. metropolitan department store.
Perhaps the most important branch OF the
firms large business is that transacted in the
dry goods department Here is found every
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courteous, and thoroughly conversant with the
stock which his department contains.
The grocery and hardware department, which
is in The store next, west Of the clothing de-
partment, is managed by w. s. Ellison, a
stakeholder and director of the corporation
The stock OF goods carried in this department
is the largest and most complete in the city, in
the respective lines indicated Purchasers
throng this department from the opening of
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-09-19

variety and description OF dry goods, ladies
and misses shoes ladies and chldrens ready
to-wear garments, and kindred and concurrent
lines. The sales in this department alone ex-
ceed in volume that OF most general merchan
dising stores in towns the size OF Hickman
Several clerks are maintained in this department,
which Is An eharse- of a thoroughly expert and
experienced dry goods man. A watchful eye IS
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ton. This recognition is cheeriully accorded
even by competitors, and the average Fulton
county man and llickmanitc boasts with
pride that is justhable OF Our big department
store" III
The Ellison Mercantile Company occupy
FIVE stores, two stories in height, with front
age OF 100 feet and depth of IS feet. In
this extensive department store can be found
any and all goods articles that are used in the
necessities OF household, everything to clothe.
make comfortable and adorn the person OF
either sex; in the grocery department, nearly
everything to feed the hungry or appcasc the
most caprioious appetite; in the drug depart
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-08
Ferocious Bengal Tigers.

The man eater is usually an older
tiger whose strength is failing and
whose teeth have partly lost their
sharpness. Such a beast finds 1t
easier to Turk in the .icinity of settle
ments and to pick up an occasional
man, woman or child than to run
down wild cattle, says st. Nicholas.
The largest, fiercest and most
brightly colored tigers are found in
the Province of Bengal, near the
mouths of the Ganges River, and not
far from Calcutta. A full-grown Ben
gal tiger sometimes measures ten feet
from nose to tip of tail. Such a mon
ster makes no more account of spring
ing upon a man than a cat does of
seizing a mouse. He surpasses the
lion in strength and ferocity and has
no rival among beasts Of prey except
the grizzly bear and the recently dis
covered giant bear Of Alaska.
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downward, so that no air can escape
when the spider enters 1t.
After the nest has been made large
enough the spider proceeds to fill IL
with air in the most remarkable way.
She carries 1t in, just as human peo-
pie might carry coal or wood or water
into their houses. Going nearly to
the surface, she puts the end of her
body out of the water for an instant,
then jerks it quickly under with
bubble attached, crosses her hind
legs over it and descends to the nest,
into which she then allows the bub-
BILE to escape.
This is repeated until the nest IS
filed with beautiful, shining. silvery
bubbles of air.
The spider has chosen this singular
abode to escape destruction by water
fowl. The leaves of most aquatic
plants lie fiat upon the water and
offer only few places where the spider
could hide from enemies.
The thought Of house Of silk filled
with air and anchored in crystalline,
sparkling liquid would do for fairy
land story, but here 1t is in real life.
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The Orioles Nest.

suC SisSsS
Swing high, swing low,
Where the zephyrs go
On their beautiful errands to anc fro
Graded so fair
In the summer air
Where the green leaves throng
Amid sheen and song,
You shall not find, in a long days quest
A fortress stronger. lovelier nest.
In a cavaliers coat,
With defiant note
Poured from fearless challenging throat,
The Oriole sits
At his door or fits
Hlther and yonder In urgent mood
To bring for his wife and the clamorous
brood
The morsels they ask.
IT'S a yeoman's task.
But a bird Of state
May toll for his mate.
And there's wonderful love like a nag I'M
furled
In that wee little home in the great big
world.
Swing high. swing low,
Where the breezes blow,
And the rains go slanting to and FRO.
Cradle of melody.
Rocked like summer sea
Up where the ripples of air and sun
Mingle and criss-cross, and meet and run
And we shall not find In week-long
quest
A prettier sight than an Orioles nest.
Margaret E Sangster in VIII Carleton's
Magazine, Every Where.
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Shakespeare's COMEDY of Errors"
was first given in 1894. Other famous
figures of the old Gray's Inn were
Thomas Cromwell and Lord Burleigh.
The gardens where once the gal
lants and grand danes of the town
used to gather, and where Raleighs
tree was planted, still remain almost
as they were, but now there is a high
iron fence around them, the public
is not admitted and the jaded folk
who pass through shabby Gray's Inn
road, look longingly in at the grass
and old trees.
Oldest of all these, oldest, some
say, of all the trees in England, Is
the veteran catalpa. that came from
"Virginny." In fact, 1t is so old now
that it has rotted a good deal and
has to be kept in place by means OF
braces. The consequential rocks
which still live in the gardens esteem
the tree greatly as perching place.
In fact, they have made 1t such a
permanent headquarters that barrel
filled with drinking water for them
has been set just beside the catalpa.
This barrel stands just on the spot
where Sir Francis Bacon had bench
placed for his own enjoyment. The
seat remained there for years after
the philosophers death until one
night it disappeared and thereafter
could never be traced.-London Core
spondence of the Boston Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-08

The master of a large school or
the dean of a college, II he is pos
sessed of a sense of humor, has much
in his routine life to amuse HIM,
and must close the door after many
an interview with a smile on his face
Prof. Briggs, who was for so many
years the dean of Harvard college,
tells the story Of father who came
to him and complained Of his sons
love for strong drink, 81 don't see
where he got his TASTE" said the
father. 81 swore off before | was
married"
Prof. Byron s. Hurlburt, who has
just succeeded Prof. Briggs as dean,
the other day had his tale of an
amusing interview. too, this time with
a student, and the dean did not fail
to do his part in creating the situa-
ton.
To get a degree at Harvard 1t Is
necessary to have passed satisfac-
torily eighteen full courses. Many
men do this in three years, and spend
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-08
Frozen Soap Bubbles.

Many interesting experiments can
be made with soap bubbles blown
from a mixture of CASTLE soap and
glue. 1t is not generally known, how
ever, that bubbles can be frozen,
though it is very easily done. Blow a
bubble of moderate size and carry IL
to the door or put it out of an open
window on winter day. The bubble
will freeze instantly. retaining its
shape, but forming most beautiful
crystals. If you try this little expert
ment on a clear day where there IS
little wind, you will be delighted with
the result.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-08
&C. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HLJMOR IN COLLEGE
Tales That Show the Lighter Side Of Student Life.


their fourth year in the Law school.
The other day man who had passed
seventeen and half courses came IN
to the dean, to see II he could not ar
range to get his degree without pass
ing the other half course. as he
wished to spend the next year in the
Law school, and did not wish to pass
the summer in the summer school IN
order to make up the full number OF
courses. you know" he remarked
to the dean, there are no COOL
courses In the summer school. none
that a man wants to hang around
Cambridge to take" The dean lis
tened quietly. then talked with the
student a bit. without promising any
thing definite. and the young man
rose to go.
by the way" he remarked. In
leaving, "are you going to be in Cam
bridge this summer, Mr.. Hurlburt!"
The dean smiled. Eyes," he said,
you know. give three courses In
the summer school,"
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z; VETERAN GOT HIS SHOES Il
" Pathetic the RI Reunion q ~
III Confederate Veterans "
XGSGGEGSEGEESS

Fright after the reunion of confed-
crate veterans at Dallas, Tex, | wit
messed rather comical, and yet,
rather pathetic thing on one of the
trains which pulled out of the city
on the day after the celebration had
closed" said visitor from Texas.
Cali the coaches were damned to the
windows. Men and women were even
packed into the aisles, and there was
of course a heavy sprinkling of the
old fellows in gray uniform. When
night came on the veterans began to
make themselves as comfortable rs
possible, many of them pulling OFF
their coats and shoes. 1t was some
time after midnight when gray
bearded and stopped man reused from
his sleep and began to look around
for his shoes. He did not have on
the uniform of the confederacy, and
had not been to the Dallas reunion.
Cup and down the coach he went
in his sock feet, looking for his shoes,
but it was to no purpose. He was
about to despair when young gen.
tleman, who occupied a seat near
him, remarked that he had seen an
old gentleman take pair of shoes
from about that place in the aisle,
and suggested that he had probably
gotten hold of the wrong shoes. He
said further he thought he could iden-
tify the man. Forthwith they went
in search of the man who was sup
posed to have gotten the shoes. They
found him. He was a grizzled. old
confederate, and he, too, had been
playing in bad luck so far as his shoes
were concerned. But he thought he
had found them. 'Pardner.' said the
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11 b iE{{4@l h1o

support for your steps. Before you
start this. however, go to the woods
and select several pieces of saplfnE
eighteen inches long and with nat.
ural bend like bow. Trim fiat on
the back and front of the bow with
sharp Ratchet. Fasten this at right
angles to another piece of sapling
about twenty inches long.
Opposite the end of the sapling,
which you first bent to the tree and
about two feet away from 1t. drive q
stout post. To this fasten the second
sapling with a strong rope. You are
now ready to bend 1t and you had
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-08

better get your chum to help you, as
1t requires considerable strength.
AS you start to bend the sapling
pass it over the curved piece you
have made (Which resembles pick
ak in shape, the end of the handle
being placed against the tree). The
object of this pack ak shape Is to
distribute the strain over greater
surface on the sapling than would
be the case II you simply used stick
without the curved piece on the end.
You will need several of these shapes,
and after your sapling is bent you
can fasten 1t to these pieces by
mailing.
After your sapling is properly bent
you must fasten the end securely to
the limb. Unless you want to go to
the trouble of selecting pieces Of
sapling with very decided bow
shape to act as supports to your stair.
it will be much easier to use upright
supports. The former support is
much prettier. of course.
The supports for the steps can be
made of two pieces of sapling fas-
tened together (see drawing) and
then nailed to the sapling you have
just bent. The treads of steps can
be made of any sound. weather-beaten
boards, but chestnut stands the wealth
er best. The handrail should be bent
in the same way as the second sap
ling. The space between the rail and
the steps can be filled with any shaps
of rustic work you choose, either
grapevine or sapling.
Properly built. this rustic stairway
is very pretty and graceful, and il
your summer house. which it is pre-
sumed you will build in tree. at the
head of the stairs, is as artistic, you
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-08

Probably not one in so of the folk
from the United States who come to
London every year and go on their
way rejoicing in the thought that thew.
have done the metropolis thoroughly
sees a relic that to Americans ought
to be one of the most interesting here
an old catalpa tree that Sir Walter
Raleigh brought from Virginia, and
that Sir Francis Bacon planted in
Gray's Inn Gardens.
That American travellers miss tho
historic tree is no reflection on their
sightseeing industry. Even Baedeker
seems to have overlooked it, and
probably few people in London. out
side the officials of Gray's Inn, know
it's history. That history is unusu'
ally interesting, however. When Sir
Walter Raleigh brought the tree to
England his idea was to have his
good friend and patron. Queen Eliz-
abeth, plant it in Gray's Inn Gardens,
then a favorite strolling place with
the fashionable folk. 1t was fully
understood that the Queen would do
so, but Just before the time came her
majesty was taken i'll and she deputed
Bacon to take her place.
Gray's Inn, for centuries devoted to
law and lawyers, got its name from
having belonged to the Lords Gray
as far back as the 1300's. 1t first got
to be a law school in 1871, when the
Elizabethan Hall, which contains
some of the finest oak carving in
England, was built. Here Queen
Elizabeth came often, and here
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-08

old man who was not uniformed.
you've got my shoes shos yo' born.
and sure enough, on closer examina'
ton, the old confederate soldier found
that he had made mistake, and he
proceeded to unsheath his feet. He
handed the old fellow his shoes, and
began to pace up and down the coach
es again, in his old, white, homemade
yarn socks, looking for his shoes.
"The man who had recovered his
shoes became reflective. These coach
es air all filled plum up with rebels,
he said, am most of 'em have their
shoes off, an it looks awful funny to
me that my shoes should be picked
out when they amt as fine as some
of the other shoes OF course it's
Jest a mistake, a kinder curious
caper Of fate, guess, that an old
rebel should look over the shoes OF
his comrades, an jest by accident
take a pair that belongs to Teller
on the other side And the old fellow,
who was on his way to the G. A. K.
encampment, lapsed into silence. A
little later, when he saw the old con-
federate soldier, still in his sock feet,
hobbling across the platform at the
station where he had to change cars,
he Strengthened up, his eyes mois'
tened and glistened and he said, with
infinite pathos: I guess amt as
good a soldier as l used to be, for In
the COS guess I'd seen my right arm
cut off plum up to the shoulder be-
fore I'd made that old fellow give
I'D them shoes, If they wus mine.'
1t is easy to make men measure up
bv obrinkinp Gods standard down.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-08
Tho sapIIngs Bent.

tree the easier it is to wrap the sap
lings into place.
These should be cut from the near
est forest and can be of beech or
maple. Get them as long as possible
and not more than two inches in d.
ameter.
Nail the end of one of your saplings
fast to the tree at its bottom, letting
it slant in the direction you are TO
bend it for the stair. Bend slowly
around, fastening with nails as you
proceed, until you reach the first limb,
where 1t can be either tied or nailed.
When you have fastened this Sc,
curely you must next bend the outer