The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-10-09

10 WIS fhIuait = lfA's tiaA ny -
Scouts movement was incorporation IA
the United States. though II had been
~ ON foot two wears previously In Great
Rrltian br cen. Badeu-P Powell over
.g.,p,p bows are now registered In the
movement here. President wilson II
th.. honorary president
There are as ways OF changing a
an,rter Of a dollar The pieces used
are the. txenfy-cent piece. ten-csnt piece
flv..cent piece. three cent piece, ana
one-eept piece To make all these
changes without using the same COIN
r..!s,. would require LIB one-ceni
pieceS. GA tvos 37s three. Ia fiVe.;
~ tens. and . twenties. making -sSSf
pieces. worth S5S.TJ-
The n-American union was organ
sz,.l for the purpose Of promoting friend
shin and commerce between the twenty
ous. American republics. each OF WHICH
contributes &c the maintenance OF fiej
institution I'm proportion 10 it, popuin-
tiou. The building IA Washington
in which the union is housed stande w
ON land provided by the United States
NJ the cost 81 600. the cost Of the
building 81 .O00.0OOJ having been de-
fraved as 10 three-fourths by Andrew
carnegie. and "a To Oue-fourth by the
twenty republics of Latin America
The Swiss nation i without Ian
-uage The official languages are Ger
man. French and Italian. these three
being the recognized mother tongue
OF the majority of the Inhabitants a
bout three-fOurths Of the people speak
-. .tra.la
four other languages among them
mainly French and Italian Public doc
unents and notices are printed i'm both
the French and German languages In
the Swiss national parliament the mem
hers make their speeches either in Ger
man or French. for nearly all the men,
hers understand both Of these Ian
guages-
ON December 4. 1873. Washington
bade farewell 10 his officers In New
York and rowed across the Hudson 10
New Jersey. thence proceeding 10 Phii-
adelphia. There he handed 10 the prop
or officers "A statement Of the money he
had spent out Of his own pocket after
he took command Of the army more
than eight years before in Cambridge.
the amount was SGi.3lJ. For his ser
vices during that time ne refused 10
receive any pay. When he reached
Annapolis. where congress was sitting.
he resigned as cOmmander-in-chief OF
| the army and proceeded to Mt Vernon.
where he had been but once during the
eight years and a half
II was not till 1910 that postage
/ stamps as we know them were put In
Use first In England. then In Brazil
i followed by Russia. Switzerland. theu
the United States. One issue was firs'
made I'm 1s47, being a five ana ten
Il cent stamp. In 1851 we issued one
II three and twelve cent stamps Prev
ious 10 1s45 the postal rate on letters
varied from six 10 twenty-five cents
In 1851 the rate was fixed AT tnres
cents for every half ounce for 2ov
miles. and six cents for greater ois
tancc. In 1sS:; the postage was reduces
10 two cents half ounce, and In loo-
to two cents per ounce
Below Is given a list Of some impor
tant events that have occurred ON frs
day
Washington was born
iii Shakespeare was born
iii Americ awas discovered
Richmond was evacuated
The Bastile was destroyed
The Nayflower pilgrims were lanc'1
: Queen Victoria was married.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born.
Julius Caesar. was assassinated-
l. The battle Of Marengo was fought
= The battle Of Waterloo was fought
The battle Of Bunker Hill was fought
: Tho hattie of New Orleans wa
fought
The declaration Of Independence Wa
! ? signed.