The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-01-31
LIN The Fourth Estate.

Most every boy has at some time
IN bis life been sent by some prac-
teal Joker 10 drug store for some
"White lamp. black. Well here is
something new under the sun. In
Mclean county, near Wrightsburg,
white coal has been discovered. Il
Is white in color, light in weight,
leaves neither SCOT nor cinders after
burning. makes red ashes like a
wood ire Il is not reported
whether II makes any heat in burn
ing or not.
The fellow who is shutting for
plain meat and bread will not be
much interested 10 the information
that there is 70 be no reduction in
the price Of diamonds.
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Had there been no Trusts there
would have been no "Nigh, Riders"
bat that doesn't excuse the one nor
the other.
When Governor Wilson was on
the raging stump be scored Demo
cratic Legislatures for creating "un-
necessary Offices" Governor Will
son has given no indication as yet
OF a disposition 10 abolish any OF
these unnecessary Offices"
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Henry Watierson says that most
OF the titled Fienchmen who marry
American heiresses are descended
from Wallets and butchers and that
titles we're originally stolen during
the French Revolution
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A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature which would drive the
American Tobacco Co. out Of Ken
lucky and the Louisville warehouse
men will fight Il 10 a finish.
Inc Chicago Journal speaks OF
"The Night Riders Of Kentucky" as
trough farmers. living remote from
civilization. and grows eloquent
over "these primitive people swoop-
ing down from their mountain fast
nesses." There is need for a new
atlas 10 show the mountains" Of
Western Kentucky. The ignorance /
CT some people who are supposed 10 |
be public educators borders on the 4
marvellous.
The farmer In Fulton county can |
raise from 200 10 500 bushels OF
sweet potatoes or 400 bushels Of
irish potatoes 10 the acre, and for
$500 he can build a house that will I
keep them The year round. He can
plant an acre Of artichokes and
iatten fifty hogs on il. The hogs
ean,do their own digging and waste |
nothing. He can raise stock 100 |
per cent cheaper than can be done
father north. He will not have 70 /
iertilize his land TO make il yield |
a good crop. but, as in all other
countries fertilization pays good re-
turns upon the cost. He can make |
living easier than in any other
place in the Union, and at the same
time enjoy a more equitable climate.
He can run his farm without a
mortgage on Il. He can raise fine I
fruit, greater variety and more OF
it than in other country 10 the world 1
He can have vegetables on his table
the year round. He can plant one
acre in cane and make 200 gallons
Of beautiful clear Syrup with no
tvang to il. He can raise four tons
OF hay 10 the acre and the ground
does not have 10 be seeded but once
in five years. Bees require no atten-
ton further than taking what honey
you want. Five tons OF German
Millet is not a large yield for an
acre. Wet land, sown in red top
forms an everlasting meadow Of the
finest hay in the world. One hun
bred peach trees TO the acre and
three to FIVE bushels Of choice fruit
per tree can be counted after the
third year.
To bring up child in the way he
should 60. travel that way yourself.
Stories first heard az a mothers
knee are never wholly forgotten; a
little spring that never dries up on
our journey through scoTching years.
The sooner you get a child TO be
Law unto himself, the sooner you