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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-11-13

Coming as it does. right on the heels
of the election. the Opening of the
special session of Congress. which
occurred Monday. will prove a god send
for the weary daily journalist with
space TO fill.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-11-13

In the face of the returns from the
recent election. it would seem that the
Louisville Herald would have fore
sight enough to "cut ont that pro
ionged howl which has become such a
nuisance but it hasn't.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-11-13

For sick headache try Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets; they will
ward off the attack If taken IN time
For sale by T. L. Swayne.
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by Int paid ON Bonds
80 90

On motion \ G. Holmes, G. A.
Holcombe and VIM. Stoker were an.
Do'nted as board of Supervisors
70 meet at City Clerks Office at
O'Clock on the first Monday in Decem-
her next to examine and rectIfy the
assessors tax book for the ensuing year.
On motion Council adjourned.
1T. SwAYSE, Clerk Pro Tenn.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-11-13

Use Swayne's Almond Cream 70,
cnappec hands, AZ Swayne's drug stora
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Report of City Marshal for Oct 1903:
Taxes collect al s liz ~
| hold Treasurer's Rect. for same.
Tom Dillon. Jr. G NJ.
Report of City Treas for Ocf. 1903:
Ean Eupd Aoc,
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pointed clerk pro TEN. Minutes of
the last meeting were read and on
motion approved and signed.
The following accounts were present
ed, properly approved and on motion
allowed and checks ordered issued for
amounts:
Ion Dillon, Jr.
Street pay roll s 1913 20
Removing dead horse 30
Hickman Courier
To printing tickets and notices g %
A. &. Holmes
Survey ing cemetery grounds 6 90
Nj. Isbeli
Lumber IA 30
J y. Adams.
Acct in full for repairs and
supplies 10 date 81 so
Report of Supt of Water a Light Plant
for Oct. 1903:
Bal. In Treasury Oct lst l43 23
Amt. collected during Oct. 372 so
sic Oh
Amt. paid out during Oct BAL 30
Bal. in Treasury Nov. LIST IA -
rOu dillon II O,u,
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
QUAKER REFLEcrIoNs.

IF-rom the Philadelphia Record.1
Collars are beginning to wilt.
Don't get hot over the ice bill.
Electric fans are putting on airs.
Bathing suits viii be shorter before long
The hot weather show is often frost.
An uplifting profession-running an ele-
yator.
When a man realizes the curse of rum
he sWears off.
The Polar bear at the zoo is signing for
home and mother
Never bet on sure thing unless you get
the right sort of odds.
The fellow who gets down to work IS
the one who gets up III the world
The college graduate now goes forth
to show the world how little it re ally
knows.
Nell-"Do you think they are married?"
Belle-~Of course not. Just see how po-
lite he is to her"
Some people are so conscientious about
loving their enemies that If they haven't
any they are perfectly willing to make a
few.
"A man may be able 10 speak five or six
different languages says the Cynical
Bachelor but he's lucky to get in a few
words in one after he's married"
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Children should be seen more and talked
about less
It's a poor statistician who can't make
figures lie.
If a girl has rocks +; takes a man with
sand to win her.
Speaking terms are 20 be found on a
card in the telephone booth.
Those who work fcr the wages Of s;n
try to postpone -he day Of reckoning.
The average man doesn't care about
steady work if ne only has steady ltb.
In sick room 4 jolly cften does the
work that a doctor s,nd in bin for
There are several ways to pay debts
but most of them are paid with reluct-
ance.
Nothing surprises the woman who mar
rlts a man to reform him like the Sue
cess cf her efforts.
After following tie races a little while &
man gets so far behind that he is seldom
able to catch up.
If a man draws i blank in lottery he
can tear up the .iclle-. but it's differes' {
in the matrimonial game.
It's difficult 10 convince a man that his
wife doesn't love MIN in The same old way
as long as she continues to 30 through his
pockets.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
YANKEE SARDINES.
A Maine Imitation That Has Almost
Supplanted the Genuine Article.

1T is a fact that can't be denied. sa id
a wholesale grocer. that there are COM
paratively few imported sardines at all
sold in this country nowadays. and Yet
not one consumer in a thousand knows the
difference so nearly do the fish sold for
sardines approach the genuine both in ap-
pearance and taste. Nine-tenths of our
sardines come from Maine. There are in
places where the mock sardine is prepared
and boxed, and there are many others at
Lubec, JonespOrt and other towns of the
Maine coast The business began as long
ago as 1876. 1t was the conception OF a
couple of sharp and far-seeing New York
ers They began at Eastport. not as sar-
dine packers-that was an after thought
but in packing small herring in odd
shaped little wooden kegs. the pickle tEat
preserved them being high with spices
as Russia herring. and for a long time
their cheap and fraudulent FISH was on the
bills of fare of the swell restaurants of this
city and elsewhere as the highest-priced
relish they served
The enterprising New Workers made
money fast in their venture but they got
the idea that there was mere money still
in modelling the herring after the Sardines
put up in France, although some shrew'l
Yankees had experimental extensively and
used up no little capital years before in
efforts to work out a similar idea to prac-
tical results, but without success 1ley
had found it easy to cook the calloW, Maine
herring pack it in olive oil in imitation
sardine boxes with French labels in imlta-
ton Of the labels on the imported sardines
genuine imported article, but when this
Yankee sardine went to the table its fraud
ulent character became at once apparent
The soft rich flavor of the imported sar-
dine was not there, but only the unmlsta-
liable taste of the native herring--New
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
JAYHAwKER JoTs.

Leavenworth's stingiest woman fails
to keep a secret.
Burlington has 1879 licensed dogs. The
other 200 are supposed to be dead.
The powers of Kansas trying to unite
on Judge Hooks successor seem, after
all, to be only the pow-wowers.
Geneseo ladies gave a stocking social.
Several times during the evening they
exclaimed to the young men, Darn it,"
A Phillipsburg barber shop which has
been newly repapered and painted Will
charge five cents for neck shaves hero
after.
No fish stories have come out of Wich-
ita vet but a climbing rose with 1000
blossoms is a front yard product Of the
windy city.
Two Lyons youths were fined SO each
for little wine jOllifcation. Too many
swallows make larks that require their
wings clipped occasionally.
The Agra merchants claim it is no re-
Election on the creameries because they
are getting in more butter since the
flood than before.
A story comes from Ottawa of a
spirited cock robin and a garter snake
in deadly combat The bird was de-
clared winner in the fifth round.
A two-weeks-old calf near Clyde is 20
inches high and weighs less than a
quarter of a hundred. 1t will not be
made into veal loaf but kept as a curio
on the pilot of an overland Union Pa
ciic train which reached Emporia this
week from the short grass country was
safely ensconsed a lively young prairie
dog.
A Topeka citizen who has always been
considered a good financier is missing
with several thousands of other peoples
money Success often depends upon
how much one can borrow.
The Newton young lady who passed
under a swinging scaffold just in time
to get the contents of a bucket of red
paint probably didn't tarry for a second
coat.
A Salina clock 300 years old has never
run down so far as the Oldest resident
is aware. This may partially be ac-
counted for by the fact that it has
never been wound up.
The Lawrence Gazette maliciously
hastens to tell the governor how to
spend the aid money. In their eager
ness to strike while the iron is hot
some people burn their fingers.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
AFRAID OF THE REPORTER

One of the sad features of civil and
military life is the unpreparedness OF
men in the presence of the newspaper
reporter. Without the reporter there
might be papers, but not newspapers.
He is a necessary evil if he be any kind
of evil Those who fight hardest against
him and oppose his mission are the very
ones who at some future day need him
most, and it is they who will work most
strenuously to use him for their pur-
poses. 1t gives me pleasure to say that
We of the fourth estate are gradually
educating the public in the art OF re-
ceiving newspaper men and treating
them with that courtesy and frankness
which the exigencies of the hour de-
mand We are here to stay. We are
friends of all good and enemies of all
guile.
One of the leading reporters in this.
city was introduced to Wall street
broker, a man of no considerable conse-
quence. but much puffed UP with his
success as an eighths-and- quarters go
between The introduced had neglected
to mention that he was reporter ana
the conversation was general Later on
the identity of the gentleman was eN-
posed, whereupon the broker threw up
his hands, exclaiming. Good God- A
reporter l am ruined. Why didn t
YOU say so before you introduced him r.
The situation was slightly strained The
reporter said quietly: Don't let that
worry YOU. In the first place, / am not
here for news. ideas or suggestions. In
the second, what you know is not worth
publishing. IN the third, nobody out
side of this office ever heard Of you;
therefore, what you might say would be
of no newspaper interest. In the fourth
I carry more Wall street secrets in my
memory than you ever dreamed Of
secrets of big men and great institu-
tions.. You are perfectly safe Good
morning"
In less than two months that broker
frightened so badly, sent friend to the
reporter begging him to mention an af-
fair in which he personally was deeply
interested. He is one of numerous
class affecting to be holier than report
ers until needing write up, then
groveling- Successful men in public
life. almost without exception, rely upon
the reporter as q stepping stone to high
office. They will take him into their
confidence. steer him safely between the
devil and the deep sea, help him to earn
his salary by loading him up with news
and Incidentally prosper their own
cause. A combination of reporters could
ruin any man in this country Owners
of papers editors in chief. managing
editors and city editors cannot possibly
get in so close touch with the average
man a can the reporters. the Office rep
resentatfve. whom they send out to
hunt for facts in the market place, the
palace the howell the prison, the church.
the wide, wide World.-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17

Nerve, almost gall: A Topeka man
took up a valuable part of Senator
Longs time last evening. The senator
came here on flood matters specifically
and federal court affairs definitely. but
what did this Topeka man want: To
see if Kansas could not get a slice of
the governmental ten millions appro-
priated for irrigation. Perish the
thought. Scorn the insinuation. Don t
we need the dams and dykes of Senator
Burton, rather than the rainmakers and
bitches Of Congressman Reeder? Yet
when we think of it, when we get our
second wind. we want our big share of
that irrigating money. 1t should go to
western Kansas. TO the part of this
great commonwealth not watered by
the Kaw and to drouth-stricken New
York, Maryland Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
aeppner Loss 100000.

Spokane. Wash. June 17.-Just how
many perished in Sundays flood at
Heppner, Ore, may never be known It
is believed many bodies have been
buried in the mud deposited in the val
ley and may never be found. Reports
from Iona this morning state that
crops in the valley between that town
and Beppner are practically ruined.
This, with the damage to the railway,
may bring the total property loss to
81 600 900. The railway is badly wrecked
q nd may not be opened to Heppner for
a week though a train reached Lexing-
ton this morning. At Heppner it is said
there are now plenty of doctors and
even more men than are needed to do
the work, it being estimated that nearly
GOO people have rushed into the little
town since the disaster. More money is
wanted and a temporary shelter for the
homeless is desired. 1t is predicted that
the town viii be rebuilt but the district
near the creek may be stunned in fu-
ture- One drowning is reported between
Lexington and Heppner. the victim be-
ing Mrs. Frey, who lived on a farm.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17

charitable institutions with few mem
ories save those which relate to mis-
spent lives. Most of the very old wo-
men have outlived large families Of
children and been through experiences
which made them look like Macbeth's =
witches before they had passed the
prime of life A New Yorker who
claimed to be the oldest inhabitant ana
whose claim was extensively admitted,
IN spite OF some skepticism, celebrated
what he said was his one hundred ana
sixth birthday by breakfast at which
q distinguished company gathered, and
lived three or four years thereafter.
He was chiefly interesting as contra
dieting every accepted rule of longevity
he was or said he was, veteran OF
the Napoleonic wars and had all his
Ire been soldier of fortune, carrying
ms mercenary sword into every war of
his time. He had experienced every
pflVatlOn and hardship of succession
ana unsuccessful campaigning. had
Deen severely wounded number of
umes, mad been q hard drinker from
boyhood, had used tobacco immoder-
ateiy Tor eighty years, for fifty years
had Deea addicted to the opium ha bit.
ana had practiced every vice with
winch his wildly adventurous life in
many countries had made him ac-
qualnted. But at the assumed age Of
l06 he was erect and in possession or
All his faculties, was able to eat good
Drea kfast, empty his wine glass s often
as Il was filled. make a long, consecu-
i've and interesting speech when called
UPON, ana enjoy the occasion thorough
1y.-NeW York Times
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
MUCH GOOD WATER WASTED.

rFrom the New Haven JournaL1
IT is a good time fol the advocates Of
national irrigation for the west to talk.
and some of them are talking. Much
water has gone to waste lately and
much damage has been done by it, The
secretary of the National Irrigation as
sociation says that if irrigation storage
reservoirs were constructed on the Mis-
souri, and its great tributaries as much
as 35.0o0000 acres of present desert lands
would be reclaimed. The principal sea-
son of growing crops for this area
would DE April May June. July and
August, and the reason that the lands
are not irrigated at present is that,
while there is plenty of water i'm the first
three months during July and August.
when water is absolutely necessary to
mature the crops. these streams are re-
dueed to mere threads If the storage
reservoirs were built they would supply
water for this land in July and August,
and during the three preceding months
the water for this great area would be
drawn directly from the streams them
selves BY means of canals and bitches
almost incalculable quantities of the
flood waters coming down during April,
May and June, which cannot now be
stored in the reservoirs, would be taken
out Of the rivers and spread out upon
this land, which would take it up like
sponge. Under such a system of irri-
cation the effect would be the same as
though it had been possible last week to
spread out the great flood of the Mis-
souri, the Arkansas and the Platte and
food millions of acres of farming land
in Wyoming Colorado, Kansas. Ne
braska and the Dakotas, at the same
time reducing the flow of the lower
reaches of the Missouri to below the
danger point.
This looks attractive Perhaps the
government couldn't take care Of such
floods as have come this year. but it
could save and distribute much good
water if enough money were appropriat-
ed for the purpose.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
GLORE sIGHTs

IFrom the Atchison GIobeJ
After all the greatest aid to health IS
regulating the diet
We would like - know n man who can
make things go right.
As You grow older do you get rid of
bad habits, or accumulate additional Ones2
An Atchison woman. who is a favorite
with the stork, buys white dimity by the
bolt
Women always pity a man during his
period of conValsscsnse because he can't
crochet
Here lately cloud no larger than
bed sheet contains enough wa-er to f:oat
church steenles.
So far there has been no rioting about
Mayor Orrs hat, but there is a good deal
Of muttering
The national bad habit is not stealing
drinking. gambling or loafing. but plain,
everyday eNasgeration
After Il man passes forty his only hilar-
lous time is in counting up the blessings
he has 20 be thankful for.
When anyone is very far behind the
times We always imagine that one of his
most cherished possessions is The Letter
Writer'S Friend"
The women often speak of some one who
looked beautiful in death. Notice that the
men never use that word in connection
with the dead2
Men are again talking land instead of
water We heard two men discussing a
real estate deal this morning.
This is how important a groom is in a
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
EDITORIAL CommENE.
A Fortunate POstponement.


Evening Wisconsin:
A year ago when the directors of the
st. Louis fair postponed the great eX-
position from 1903 to 1904. there was
considerable bowling and whining
among the dissatisfied that the great
exposition should be postponed for a
single year. Nevertheless today events
prove it to be one of the greatest bless
ings that could have been granted to St.
Louis and the people in general The
Vicinage Of st. Louis is now being
desOlated with a DESTROYING flood The
lookout upon the Mississippi river and
the bottom lands of Illinois and Missouri
seems shocking to the eye. Millions OF
dollars Of property have been destroyed,
and yet the flood has not abated. The
freshet is now nearly seven feet above
the danger line. and of course there is
waste of waters around St Louis
Think of it, if there had been hundreds
of thousands of visitors there when
this mighty flood was desolating the
country around that pOpulOus city,
Next year it is understood that the Lord
has promised a good, dry season, and
everything will look healthful and love
~ where now only water and desolation
appear.
We can now speak Of the proper sites
for great cities. No food or freshet has
injured New York since its foundation.
All its dwellings are above high water
mark and therefore no injury has result
ed. The same may be said of Chicago
and also of it's near neighbOr. Nilwau-
kee. Senator Benton was a strong man,
and clear headed too; but he could not
see into the future, and always sJoutly
held that St. Louis was to be the great
est city in the western United States.
He regarded Chicago as a comparative
hea-bite. but today Chicago has three
times the population of st. Louis and
four times the business, because her
atural situation is better. The site on
the banks of a river which is liable to
periodically overflow its banks is not Il
situation so advantageous as that Of
Chicago or Milwaukee. Benton did not
think of that. He only perceived the
vast and rapid growth of St. Louis, and
believed it could have no western COM
petitor.
In his judgment it was the only place
from which to begin the construction of
the railroad to the Pacific. but today it
begins at Chicago
Sixty-seven years ago, when Robert J.
Walker predicted the mighty growth of
New York he was laughed at as a vis-
iOnary; but today all of Walkers proph-
ecies have become reality. Forty years
ago very few imagined that Milwaukee
would ultimately become a greater city
than Cincinnati; but she will pass Gin
cinnati in 1910, because our natural situ-
alton is better for growth and develop
ment. Everyone can bow to New York
as the city God and man have made to
be the greatest on the round globe.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
CONDITION OF LONGEVITY.
Is the Average Human Life Growing
Longer ?

Those Who find comfort in the ex-
pectation of living to great age are
likely to derive satisfaction from the
confident assertion of Prof. Pfuger. O.
the University of Bonn, that the aver
age length of human life is steadily IT.
creasing In common with many per-
sons of less learning, the German stu
dents Of the problems of human long
evity are somewhat skeptical concern-
ing the ages attributed to some of the
patriarchs of Old Testament times.
Prof Pfiuger seems to have good sta
tistical ground for his confidence in the
lengtfening average of human HE
Prf like most of those who make 4
hobby of one line of investigation, he
seems to be able to perceive most
clearly facts which support his precOn~
ceiVed notions of the reasons for things
He strongly diSapprOVes of beer and to-
bacco. and it is not surprising to finG
that he attributes at least one-third or
the deaths recorded in Munich to heart
disease due to beer drinking, and al
most if not quite another third to
smoking. Among the forty centena-
rians who have come under his notice
there was only one smoker, but nearle
all of them confessed to moderate
use Of alcohol.
If it be true that the average of hu~
man life is lengthening, the fact is in-
teresting. but its interest is in n0Wis-
increased by speculation as to the rea-
sons why some outlive their genera tiolls
and near or pass the century mark. As
a general truth it may be said that
tional vitality have known or observed
the rules which a consensus of medical
opinion would be likely to agree upon
as favoring length of days. A majority
of them have worked hard. lived poorly
and known all kinds of trouble Not
many OF them have been temperate in
their pleasures or indulgences. As a
rule, they are found in almshouses OF
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
FEW CHILDREN BORN NOW.
Rapid and Steady Decrease in the
Size of American Families.

Not the old-fashioned board at the
mead Of which sat the father and al the
Ioot OF which sat the mother, with the
sugar bowl in her lap to prevent in
eursions from childish fingers. fianked
on either side by row of children with
shining faces and eager appetites; not
the family table from which the chill
dren took turns in waiting when the
grandparents came to occupy seats tenn
porarily at the board or when other
company" came; not the table at
which "a blessing" was asked three
times daily for S65 days in each year,
az which children were taught to mind
their manners and wait until their eId-
ers We're served
The family table, popular at this time,
IS one of figures compiled by the care
ful statistician. 1t concerns 5he alleged
decreasing size of families and is spread
in this wise: