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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

rLEWHERE IN this issue will
70 found the announcement OF
y " Whippls for the Office
& 1r,Y Judge Of Fulton county
N happls has resided IN this
iLT Zoo more than ten years and
ic-sr aY almost every voter 30
n 1.y After the death Of J..
kayt. a magistrate Ia this dis
Nf Wh.pple vas appointed to
tl lueEpired term. and vas
Pee ulFlsirate 10 the same dis
h'a. .oll0wing election. When
p -,aa ai Judge Kearby occur
~ De- vas appointed 20 an out bis
.iiffsl term, and several times
Z aii $50 on The bench during the
Pc q. Judge Naylor. consequent
p, duties Of the Office will not be
.Y new 90 him II elected. Mr..
F7s .1 loyal democrat, sensi-
"-isFaiufe and popular. and
1aa idai beats him viii not have
20 'o crow about
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

and be married 10 make application
20 that effect through the governor.
Elderly women are said 10 be prompt
in making such applications. but
they are not entertained As the
candidates must be- young and eH-
empi from physical inhfmiiies. The
selected candidates have 70 sign en-
gagements promising 10 marry con
vicis and settle IN New Caledonia
Tor the remainder OF their lives. On
these conditions France transports
them and gives them an outfit and
A uckei-oi-leave when they land
al Noumca. Their marriages are az.
ranged Tor them by the governor Of
the colony, Who has a selection Il
veil behaved couvicts for them 20
choose from. and each girl may
consult her own fancy with certain
limits. Tor the proportion Of mar
riagcble men 20 women Is about
three 10 one. Sometimes wardens
or free settlers have wooed a pretty
female convict, but before being per-
mitted 20 marry they must place
themselves IN the position OF ticket
oi.leave man and undertake never
20 leave the colony.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

ONE Of the most curious clocks in
ri the world is said to be that
~ which tells the time 10 the in
habitants OF a little American back
woods town. The machinery. which
is nothing but a face. hands and le-
yer. is connected with geyser which
shoots out an immense column Of
no, water every So seconds. This
spouiing never varies to the tenth Of
a second. Every time the water
spouts up Il strikes the lever and
moves the hands forward 50 seconds.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

PIP the railroad track, in a quiet,
III sequested dell-where that in
" visible line Of the city's do
main crosses over the hills and Is
lost in the misty waters Of the Mis-
sissippi. about twenty white and
colored sports we're assembled Sun
day evening listening to the Spring
birds song and the soft, sweet lula
by "seven and eleven" In the
meantime officers. Johnson and Bal
lard. feeling the spirit Of spring
working on them and being tempted
by the beauty Of the day, stFolled
in the direction Of the aforesaid dell,
aud upon nearing It, stood awe
stricken as they gaEed upon that
quiet peaceable circle Of iron-gray
humanity thus assembled in the
hear; Of Nature. Fired with a sud-
den desire and anxiety to be present
and more fully acquainted with the
vooers Of Nature and the Goddess
Of Fate, the set a 2 80 pace (which
the writer had difficulty in MASTER
ing) toward the rendezvous Of reck-
less hnanceering. When one Of the
little party happened 20 cast his OPP
tics toward the western horizon and
see the visitors, wild confusion reign
ed the scene is beyond description.
Suffice TO say that fences which once
stood straight and erect are now
laid low the once bright prospects
for bluebells and daises in the wild
wood are no more, and the pfomis-
ing growth OF two-year-old sapplings
lie low in the dust. The retreat was
a marvellous scene, the Jungle swal-
loving up the host that bad but a
few seconds before made the land
scape bright with their presence
thus endeth the story, except that
We have souvenir what was once
another's Paradise.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

1.-THE preliminary hearing Of the
III. case Of Charles Stroud, the
Il man who shot and killed Jim
Summers Tuesday, was had Friday.
at Union City. The evidence show
ed that the trouble grew out Of the
digging OF a well that Summers, who
was a tenant on the farm Of Stroud.
wanted bu, was not satisfied with
the delay on the part OF Stroud. and
made threats against Stroud.
Stroud called in a neighbor. Mr..
Hardy, 10 see Summers and try to
pacify him, but il seems that his
efforts we're OF no avail. The evil
dence also developed that Summers
had been around the house OF Stroud
several times. and was looking for
trouble. The justice, feeling that Il
was case OF selfdefense discharged
the defendant.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20
HICKMAN FULTON COUNTY KENTUCKY FRIDAY MARCH 90 1908
/ w ICE TOLD T ALE s.

en- land speculaiions had assumed
reckless proportions pauper cities
were numerous, and many unproduc-
tive railroads we're undertaken.
The panic Of 1878 was caused BY
The failure Of Cook & Co., aud il
took nearly three years 10 restore
confidence. The panic Of 1907, it is
SAID. was caused by "My Dear Mr.
Hartman" IN an attempt TO defeat
President Roosevelt for the nomina-
ton vhich be IS attempting 10 corner
90 1908. This is 10 return for the
president calling him a liar. So two
men are almost directly responsible
for The panic Of 1907.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

n PREACHER came at a news
II paper man in this way: You
II editors do not tell the truth.
II you did you could not live your
newspaper would be a failure" The
editor replied "You are right.
and the minister who will at all
times tell the whole truth about his
members, alive or dead. will not oc-
cupy his pulpit more than one SUM-
day, and then he will find II neces-
sary to leave town in a hurry. The
press and the pulpit 60 hand in hand
with whise-vash brushes and pleas
ant words magnifying little virtues
into big ones. The pulpit. the pen
aud gravestone are the great saint
making triumvire." And the great
minister vent away looking very
thoughtful. while the editor turned
10 his work and told Of the surpass-
ing beauty Of the bride, while in
fact she was as homeiy as a mud
fence.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

such a state Of things could be
brought about. Women do not
want a stereotype mold for each Of
the sexes. and women would lose
grand opportunities for laughter II
all our men we're gallant, well-man-
nered. stong and masterful, or we're
amiable domestic pets. To be able
10 poke fun at this or that type is
part Of the Joke Of life-to a woman.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

R,HTTHIN the past seventy years
lAI We have had four great
ny panics. The FIRST occurred
in 1857. second In 1857, the third
1878, and the fourth in 1907. In
the month Of May, 1887, the New
York bank suspended and a crash
was precipilaled which had been i'm
pending Tor some time. The con-
dition OF hrms and houses Of high
standing and credit was alarming.
Many corporations closed down their
works. hundreds Of business firms
we're ruined. even states became
bankrupt and the president Of United
states could not always obtain his
salary when il became due. The
panic vas Immediately traceable 10
a fever OF speculation. There had
also been large importations OF
foreign goods under the compromise
tariff act, and much American capi-
tal had been driven out OF business.
The panic OF 1857 began with the
failure OF the "Ohio Life Insurance
and Trust Company" The number
Of bank failures was very large :
public confidence was greatly shak-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

He is Thomas Simpson, aged thir-
teen years, sentenced 10 serve two
years for murder. He killed an
other small boy by hitting him in
the side with stone The jury Is
said 10 have been inclined 10 be
lenient with the little fellow, but the
dead boys father. an influential
man, is said 10 have demanded that
the youthful murderer be sent to the
penitetiary. An affort will be made
to send him to the Reform School at
Lexington, but that institution is
crowded, and he may have to serve
his sentence in the pen.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

IT Is funny that artists Who wish
| 20 Illustrate a farmer make a
i picture showing him with either
a straw 10 his mouth. a fork or a
rake in his hand or something Of
that kind. as n he we're always car
rYing about with him the insignia
Of bis profession. i is observed. too.
that hey usually illustrate a team
and a man plowing with both horses
walking on the land and the man
pushing the pillow instead Of allowing
the horses 10 pull It.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

A1NCH female convicis have
/ one privilege that female con
a.. 'lc's Of other countries DO not
~ they are allowed to get mar
y bl' the husbands must. also
-, .'uv'c's. Every six month a
- Is circulated in the female
, =. calling upon all wo-
NJ. mo ca ieel minded 10 60 out to
caledonia, in the South Pacific,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

people until they are dead and be-
yond the reach OF either praise
or blame. Il would brighten the
life OF others considerably and make
their path easier 10 tread II We
would say a few OF the good things
TO them while they are on earth.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

~ ot a total Of Si4.7sO.OOO
.t1 'aa' vas paid 10 dividends by
Tie Standard OH Company. at
hle 20 SIS a share, March "a.
d. Rockefeller, Who owns IS
o,l' O.. The stock. received S.
guy bringing up the total Of bis
.-laa tom Standard oil stock IN six
'ai 90 S6,2S0.0OO. The direc-
y. declared a quarterly dividend
''2 a share, which Is the same as
N 'of ihe last quarter Of 1907
..-shll paid during the last six
al 49,, e- amount apprc ximately to
200. Fifteen men own 90
Z, 'sh, Of the stock Of the Stand
oii Company. These fifteen
- n lne past ten years have re-
i,'l $3.50 900. 900. OF this sum
ii i5 y. y. Rockefeller has received
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

I ET Us hope that the Commercial
| Club will come out Of Us win
Ii ter quarters and get a move
on itself -"when the roses come
again, any way
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

q OMBONE said that "an ounce
- Of tahy Is worth a ton Of
- equiiaphy." There is com
mon sense Ia that view OF things.
Too often We reserve our praise Of
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

1.-THE youngest boy ever received
IL. at either Of the peniteniaries
4 Of this State 10 don the stripes
was received al Frankfort last week
from the Sheriff Of Harlan county.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

hl price Of hemp has advanced
'o al40 per ton. the highest
FHce Tor many wears, and
~ q. ihe farmers who have signed
! Aaacco Tor 1908 will raise hemp.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

In a long editorial relating to edu.
cational institutions the Duluth News.
Tribune says in part: "For all the
practical uses of the average citizen.
for all the needs of culture, of mental
refinement and incentive, the small
colleges provide all that is needed.
For the safety of the boy or girl. for
founding an earnest purpose in life
and for giving that grip on oneself
that is essential to life's real success
it excels. 1t is much to have been
graduated from Yale, from Michigan,
from Minnesota or some other ele-
phantine university, but fundamental
ly it is just as much to come from the
halls of many colleges whose names
are strange to ears of even college
men,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

Former state oil inspector, j. A.
McDermott, who held the Office from
February l, 1905, to October 81, 1907,
appropriated to his own use funds to
the amount of nearly $1,000 that
should have gone into the state treas
ury, but since leaving Office he has
been permitted to make good the de-
fciency by installment payments, and
Public Examiner Schaefer practically
exonerates Mr.. McDermott. Mr.. Nc
Dermott claims that he thought the
money was perquisite to which be
was rightly entitled. The law ex-
pressly provides that the oil inspector
shall be paid a salary of So, 400 an
nually. It was this same McDermott
who in the campaign of 1904 de-
nounced the republican candidate for
governor in every cross roads store
in southern Minnesota as corrup-
zionist and unhung scoundrel. ae
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

An Abyssinian prince has been ex-
PEELED from Germany upon the
grounds that he is an undesirable
foreigner. Besides being bibulous
parsonage the prince has been max
ing attempts to float stock in wildcat
mines, rubber plantation swindles,
etc. Evidently the prince selected the
wrong country for his operations. He
Should have come 70 America, where
wildcat stocks find a ready market,
and where he would have been
afforded an opportunity to become a
desirable citizen and likely had a
chance to marry an heiress.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

John Hays Hammond, manager of
the Guggenheim copper syndicate, is
having trouble. The Guggenheims
accuse him of not living up to his
contract, but John says otherwise and
has informed his multimillionaire en-
ployers that unless they increase the
miserly salary which they are now
paying him s5oo,000 year-they can
procure someone else or be d. AS
John is probably the only man known
to the Guggenheims capable of hand
ling this stupendous undertaking
they will no doubt decide to raise his
salary in preference to risking the al
Tentative mentioned by him. :" : : US
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

Judge Hugh Brennan of Des Moines
has adopted a novel method of re.
forming young men who have been
immorally influenced by the ways OF
city life. When they are brought be.
fore him charged with petty crimes he
lectures them as would father,
points out to them the errors of the
course they are pursuing, and then
sends them to work in the country
with the ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Work young
man. Any man who will get down
and dig can succeed-or words to
that effect. The criminally inclined
are thus removed from degrading in.
Huences, and the chances are largely
in favor of their becoming reputable
citizens.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19
IN EMLxENT JURLsT.

Judge William Lochren announces
that, owing to the enfeebled condition
OF his health, he will resign his posi-
ton as federal judge on the 31st OF
this month. Judge Lochren was born
in county Tyrone, Ireland, in 1882; he
came to Vermont with his parents a
few years later; he studied law and
was admitted to the bar at St. Adams,
VT. in 1856; soon afterwards he came
west and settled in St. Anthony. At
the outbreak of the civil war he en-
listed in the First Minnesota and
was in the famous charge at Gettys-
burg. He was elected district Judge of
the fourth judicial district in 1881,
served for twelve years, was appointed
commissioner of pensions by Presi-
dent Cleveland in 1898, served three
years, and was appointed judge of the
United States court for the district of
Minnesota in 1896. AS a soldier, as
pension commissioner and as a iurist
William Lochren has discharged every
duty imposed upon him fearlessly and
impartially. On the field of battle he
proved himself brave soldier: on the
bench he was equally courageous.
Yellow newspapers and demagogic,
plgmy, pettyfogging lawyers have
rallied at some of his judicial rulings,
but no respectable newspaper or no
lawyer of any standing has ever
questioned his integrity.
In announcing his RESIGNATION
Judge Lochren says: "Any rumor
that my retirementsswould be governed
by political considerations is abso-
lutely without justification. I have
always felt that the federal judiciary
should not be Influenced in any way
by questions of politics or political
expediency, and in resigning my posi-
ton have not considered politics nor
political parties. My resignation is
prompted only by tho condition of nv
health and the feeling that I have
reached time of life when I need a
rest.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

One OF the most wonderful inven-
tions of the age is described by C. 81.
Claudy in the Technical World Maya.
zine for March. This innovation con.
sists OF an autochrome plate and a
screen which, when used in an ordi-
nary camera, will result in the pro-
duction OF a photograph in natural
colors. The device has been, placed
on the market by the French firm OF
Lumiere, and bids fair to revolution.
lze thexart of photography. , Before
having our pictures taken by this pro.
cess to send to the old country we can
OF course chalk our nose, should it be
a tri1e too red, and ladies can blot
out their freckles with little white
wash or add color to saIlow cheeks
with the rouge dauber. "a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

Farmers are not manifesting much
interest in the manufacture of dena-
tured alcohol-and they have good
reason. They have investigated
and come to the conclusion that under
existing laws small distilling plants
such as would be necessary on farms
for the extraction of alcohol from
refuse vegetables, fruits, green corn
cobs, etc., would not pay. The laws
will have to be further modiGed-the
internal revenue tax will have to be
removed-before alcohol can be manu-
featured upon a small scale at. a
profit. In Germany and France no
revenue tax is imposed, but instead
the government gives a bonus for
every gallon of denatured alcohol
placed in consumption. :,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

"A member Of Governor Johnson's
official family said to the writer in St.
Paul last Friday: IT have a great
admiration for Governor johnson,
not because ] hold Office under him,
but because I like him personally.
But he is making a great mistake in
permitting gang of selfish schemers
to use him as tool to thwart the
wishes of ninety per cent of the demo-
cratic party. The sole object of the
Interests is to defeat Bryan. Ninety
per cent of the democrats of the
country want Bryan. If Bryan is de-
feated in the convention Governor
Folk of Missouri will be the demo-
cratic nominee for president.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

The Eveleth Star is thirteen years
old and week by week the paper shows
improvement. Its editor, P. E. Dowl-
ing, is man of sound common sense
and a fearless writer. When "Pat''
takes sides in a question, and is fully
convinced that he has taken the right
side, the devil himself could not make
him let go. May the Star continue to
be a power for good in northern
Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

Charles E. Elmquist has made
formal announcement of his candidacy
for railway and warehouse commits
sioner at the republican state conven-
ton. His platform is brief and
pointed-"If nominated and elected I
will give all persons and corporations
a square deal!" It is a good plat
form and Mr.. Elmquist is a square
man. His friends believe he will be
and elected.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

Although warned that he would be
used as a target for bombs, the king
OF Spain, despite the queens en-
treaties, journeyed down to Barcelona
and then journeyed back again.
Upon his return he was rendered a
warm reception by the populace, say
the papers. While the stripling's
temerity is worthy of admiration, a
repetition of the STUNT performed by
him is not advised by his ministers
for fear that he might run against a
reception which for warmth would
make the one referred to look like an
iceberg.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

A Bryan admirer wants to know if
Frank O'Day intends to order out the
militia to shoot before breakfast all
the democrats who have a preference
for the Nebraskan for president.
Now that the "Kitchen Cabinet" has
lost its balance wheel, Tom O'Brien,
there is no telling what Frank may do.
He is an impulsive, rattle-brained
fellow and will 60 to any extreme to
further the cause of King John and
the affiliated interests.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

At a meeting of the Chicago city
council judiciary committee DR.. Pen
nington asked that an ordinance be
passed prohibiting the use of chains
on automobile tires, for, said he,
"they stir up the dust and disseminate
disease germs" The next thing in
order should be the passage of an
ordinance prohibiting the wind from
blowing through the streets of Chica-
go, for compared with the automobile
chain this stirs up about a ton of
microbe-laden dust to the chain s
ounce.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19
Republican County Convention.

A republican delegate county con-
vention will be held at the court house
in the village of Princeton, April 9,
1908, at l o'clock p. NJ, to elect nine
delegates to the republican state con-
vention to be held at Minneapolis,
Minn., on April Is, 1908, for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to the re-
publican national convention; and
also to elect nine delegates to the
Eighth congressional district conven-
ton to be held at Pine City on April
10, 1908, for the purpose of electing
two delegates to the republican ma
tional convention.
The primaries for Mile Laos county
will be held on April 4, 1905, between
the Hours OF 2 and 81 o'clock p. M, the
polls to be kept open one hour. The
basis of representation adopted en-
titles the various precincts to dele
gates as follows:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

Altkin Age: This man Cheney, the
Minneapolis Journals fact contor-
ZIONIST and mud distributor, feels
badly because "Young is not even
given the courtesy of publication for
his letter" in the Age. How much
courtesy did Mr.. Young show the
Age? His original letter to the editor
OF this paper never reached US, but
after the letter had appeared in the
twin city papers we received a carbon
copy OF it. Did he suppose we would
publish his letter one week after it had
appeared in the Journal? And did
any OF the Young string of papers
print the Age article? Anyway, Mr..
Young's letter was part of his general
grand stand play for political effect.
Mr.. R. G. Dunn is personally un-
known to the editor of this paper and
ne has never written or dictated a line
for the Age since the present publisher
has been connected with the paper.
The facts necessary to refute Mr..
Young's absurd statements were OBJ
tanned for US from the state auditors
Office by an Aitkin gentleman who
happened to be in St. Paul. A man
who will resort to such petty and con-
temptible subterfuges as Young has
been doing to injure the reputation of
one OF the best officials the state of
Minnesota has ever had is not the
right man for governor. It is quite
natural that Mr.. Cheney should up-
hold Mr.. Young. We are advised that
Cheney is to be Gov. Young's private
secretary.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

Valuable papyrus has been dug up
at Oxyrynchus-v valuable because il
tells of the existence in Egypt, over
two thousand years ago, of an oil
monopoly. Investigations by one OF
the Pharoahs, etc. It then goes on to
tell of the execution of robbers after
the investigation. This manuscript
should make interesting reading for
the Standard Oil people.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-19

John, R. Walsh, who was 4,found
guilty of illegally using the funds of
the Chicago National bank, has been
sentenced to five years in the peni-
tertiary. A motion for a new trial
was refused. Walsh deserved the
punishment, and probably a heavier
one, but this should at least teach
him to amend his ways if he is ever
again afforded an opportunity to
handle other peoples money.