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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08
Development of Inventive
Genius i'm the South.


As shown by the Patent Office records
from 1850 to 1860, nearly ninety eight
per cent. of applicants for patents for
agricultural implements we're from the
North, and slightly over two per cent
from the South. Since the war, however,
and the consequent decreased efficiency of
labor, our Southern planters have been
obliged to make use of machinery to cul-
tivate the soil, and it has been found up
on trial that very few of the agricultural
implements used IN the North are per-
iectly adapted to culture in the South.
Thus, corn planter cannot be used for
dropping cotton seed, and cultivators are
not adapted to destroying the weeds be-
tween the rows of the cotton plants. Our
ingenious mechanics and tllers of the
soil have therefore so effectually set their
wits to work that the Patent Office re-
cords now develop the fact that the ap.
plications for patents for agricultural i'm
plements from the RECONSTRUCTED" States
have risen, during the past two years,
from l per cent. to about 30 per cent. of
all the cases fled This demonstrates in
the most conclusive and satisfactory man
ner the close application to our case Of
the old adage-"necessity is the mother
OF invention" AS soon as the circum-
stances called for its exercise, the inven-
tive genius Of the South was practically
manifested on a scale and in manner
which at once convinced the world that
we have quick, active brains to contrive,
not less than the courage and strength to
execute, ingenious devices aud great en-
terprises. One of the most extraordinary
chapters of the late wars history-when
impartially written-will be devoted TO
the inventions and manufactures to which
the necessities of the Confederacy gave
rise. Had it not been for the almost un-
paralleled ingenuity aud skill evinced by
the Southern people in originating pro-
cesses for supplying munitions of war,
clothing and a thousand other articles
which could not have been obtained from
abroad, their struggle for Independence
despite the heroic valor of their soldiers
would have been brief indeed
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daily homage to her beauty never ceased
until the evening bells sounded the An
gelus.
Without surrendering her heart, or be
ing carried away by this universal admi-
ration, she returned to the cottage on the
Halfway Hill. She was followed there
by Mr. K, an English gentleman, the
head of the largest commercial house in
Havana, aud to him, on his second visit,
she gave her hand.
The vince covered cottage, its trellises
and borders, have crumbled into dust.
The eourtly lover and the innocent mai
den are long since dead. But the old
hill still lifts its aged brow, wriukled all
over with tradition. A fayorite lookout
of the Natchez in time of war-the scene
OF a daring conspiracy against the Span
lsh authority-the rendezvous of lovers
the hiding place of brigands, and a
depot for their blood stained treasure
mute, but faithful witness Of the past!
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

JORDAN STATION is in the garden of
Western Kentucky, and the citizens of
the vicinity seem ready to take the lead
in moral and intellectual advancement,
as we'll as in raising the finest horses,
cattle, sheep, hogs aud farm products
generally, west of the Tennessee river
Columbus Dispatch.
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cHas. A. HOLcOMBE's COLUMN.
DR.. JOHN BULLS
Grea t. r. g M e di e 8.
DIR. JOHN BULLS
E Concentrated Extract of
B Ut CTHU
COMBINED WITH
Bromide Of Potassium.
Purchase Bottle and carefully read direc-
tions.
IS a sTIMULANT, and

~TcUTT rs A STIMULANT, and of itsel
X NAV fail to effect cure, but Buchu
,-Lcn scientifically combined with Bromide
Of potassium and other ingredients, pro-
duees n scdative effect, and causes heatthy
action. thus increasing the powers OF urges
ton, allaying irritation, reducing ai1 un-
natural sTFellings stopping pain AMI inna am
rnation and causing the repairs anu hhtrl-
ments in the human body to be greater than
-zshe wastes, thus preventing decoin i9,i
and decay, and gives neurlshmen1' nsaA'ii
and vigor to the system
My Buchu is good for all alseases '.'.p..s f,n;
from excesses; such as Weakness anu ram
in the Rack and Legs. Trembling IN the re-
eior If the Heart Weak Nerves. Palila
t,auntenance, Dryness of the skin, Scroiu''1
Syphilis, in its many forms, Olcefs' an"
Tumors- ftbe
If vour system is affected by any OF the
above symptoms and diseases, rehet Is at
ioA 'ceta hottie ofmy Buchu and Bro
Yaile of Potassium at once ana you may ie-
ly on being cured
Iknow lust what say. My record as
Comnounder Of Medicine is second to no man
in the Southwest
Twenty-Five or thirty years ago, Us my
fellow-citizens know full well, found me DC
hind the prescription counter in the city In
which now dwell; have cured more peo-
r,le of various diseases than all the physl-
clans in louisville put together onaouot-
edIy. for every single patient that any
Louisville physician has I have hunarea- ore!
] am no upstart of yesterday. NY -ie.
c;nes arc a success-a great success. LOUIS
willie is not large enough for me to have
competitor l monopolize the hhoiesaIe
Patent Medicine Trade here One anu ah-
other has tried, by copying after me here
in Louisville, to compete with me- out, one
after another their guns have been silenceu'
and their efforts have been abortYe-
NV Medicines are good and answer 'he
nurDose-that is the secre of my success.
My reputation as a comPohnder ei go'd' fe-
liabls articles is fully abished
/ believe my Buchu and Broniae oi
tassium is the best article now IN the mar mar,
ket for the cure of all diseases OF the urinary
or genito-unrinary organs, such as ,,,,,d Noc,1l-
nal Incontinence, Irrjtability OF the bIaIler :
and Ureshra, Inflammation OF the '.-oesos
Buy dollar bottle and ce cured zee as
fs' JOHN BULL, NJ D.
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THE law as profession was not to the
taste of Peter the Great. When he was
in England he visited Westminster Hal
in term time, and was much struck by
the great array of wigs and gowns.
"Who are those people 7" said the
Gar to Lord Carmarthen, who accom-
panied him.
"They are the lawyers, sir"
"Lawyers |" repeated Peter, why |
have only two in all my dominions, and
| believe [ shall hang one of them that
moment. l get back T.
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a snake in "A Csri,s stomach.

Hattie Al Gale. aeraA tan yaars q
daughter of Dfr. John p. Cole, Of Buck
iugham, Wayne county, Pa, is, and has
been for long time, troubled with liv-
ing creature in her stomach. What it
is no one can tell for a certainty, but
physicians in Oswego, where she was re-
Gently taken for treatment, think there
is no doubt of Its being snake. By
putting the finger on the stomach, where
the creature can be distinctly seen to lie.
it quickly changes its position, and even
when the finger is within an inch or so of
the stomach it will as qickly move away.
All these changes produce pain to the
girl. She recently got hold of the crea-
ture with her hand in her throat, but had
to let it go to save herself from strang-
ling. 1t then returned to her stomach
DR., MeElwee, medical electrician, opera
ted on the girl at Oswego with his bate
ry. but was obliged to desist, as it caus-
ed the snake to squirm aud throw itself
about so as to cause the subject the most
Intense agony.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

AS an evidence of the wonderful ex-
pansion of Methodism in America, the
church organ states the fact that during
the past year there was a new church
completed, on the average, every three
working hours, or four for every day 10
the year.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

A GENTLEMAN, who bears remarka-
bic resemblance to Gen. GrUnt, has been
receiving a great deal of vicarious atten.
ton at Long Branch. They found him
out the other day by Offering him box
of cigars, which he declined.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

The Chicago Tribune asks and re-
ceives twenty-five thousand dollars for a
column of advertisements one year.
The business men of Chicago are keen to
pay it. There is one house in Cincinnati
that pays four thousand dollars week
for advertising. There are several in
Cleveland, even, who pay as high as ten
thousand dollars year. Somehow these
men don't break up; liberal advertiser
never does.--,Sprinqfeld IeepnJiicon.
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BULLS WORM DESTROYER.

Extract Of Letter from Georgia.
VILLAxow, WALKER CouSTY, Ca,
June 30, 1866.
DR.. John BulL-Dedr Sir; have recently
given Your Worm Destroyer several trials,
and find it wonderfully eficacious. 1t has
not failed in a single instance to have the
wished for effect. l am doing pretty
large country practice, and haze daily use
for some article Of the kin1.
l am, sir, respectfully.
JULIUS P. CLEMENT, NJ. D.
P. $50 unqualified and numerous are
the testimonials in favor eff my Worm De-
stroyer that newspaper space is entirely too
small to tell its merits.
It is an infallible remedy for Worms. Try
it and be convinced. See my journal for q
more full description. JOHN BULL.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

THE licensed slave trade now flourish
ing on the east coast of Africa, under the
sanction of the British Government, sup
various petty coast towns, and island of
Pemba with negro slaves in accordance
with rules and regulations approved by
the English authorities, in addition to
which about two thousand slaves are an
nualIy delivered to the northern Arabs
without license.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

Mr.. VAN BUREN BATES. generally
known as '.Baby Bates" was married
recently in London, to Miss Shaw, the
"Noya Scotia Giantess." They are each
about twenty four years of age, and but
a very few inches less than eight feet in
height. ''Baby" is native of Letcher
county. and is we'll known throughout
Kentucky. We wish the delicate couple
much happiness.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

A KANSAS journal ''Iearns Of woman
in Jefferson county, in this State who
took colt six days old to her breast, and
thus saved its life. 1t had lost its parent,
and, but for the kind interest taken in it,
would have starved"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

TUE Republican State Central Com
mittee of Kentucky have nominated Rev.
VIM. NJ. Pratt, Baptist minister, to fill
the vacancy on the ticket for Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

The hod-carrier strike at Indianapo-
lis continues, and there was but one man
carrying the hod in that city on Tuesday.
The strike was inaugurated by the color
ed hod carriers, and was soon taken up
by the Irish and German carriers.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

WHAT is A CARAT?-The carat is an
imaginary weight that expresses the fne-
ness of gold, or the proIArtion of pure
gold is divided into twenty four carats,
and gold of twenty-five carats fine is gold
of which twenty-five parts out of twenty
four are pure, the other two parts being
silver, copper or other metal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

A FEW WORDS FROM GEN. SHERMAN.
At the fifty fourth annual commence
ment of Georgetown College yesterday
General Sherman, in the course of a
short address, said the attempt to divide
che U--s~~-- =. -,-.--
and it would always fail aud he would
as soon expect to see the attempt to dis
solve this Union in the future come from
the North as from the South, but it will
never come, for now we are joined to-
gether stronger than by bands of steel.
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BULLS SARSAPARILLA.

ST. LOUIS, April 80.
DR. JoHa BuLL-Dear Sir: knowing the
efficiency of your Sarsaparilla, and the heal
ing and beneficial qualities it possesses,
send you the following statement of my case:
| was wounded about two years ago-was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. Being moved so often, my wounds
have not healed yet. / have not sat up a
moment since I was wounded l am shot
through the hips. My general health is
impaired, and l need something to assist
nature. have more faith in your Sarsa-
parilla than in any thing else | wish that
that is genuine. Please express me half a
dozen bottles, and obliger
Carr. G. p. JOHNSON,
p. S.-Mr. Johnson was the son of skill
full surgeon. His mother recommended to
her friends, and for many years used my
Sarsaparilla with perfect success. In Scrof-
ula and Feyer-sores Mrs. johnson states
that the cures effected were almost miracu-
lous. Read my Journal for extended in
formation and advice in your case. My
Journal contains certificates of eminent
persons, ministers and medical men-men
who are known here in this community for
integrity and yeracity. l have recently
received a most remarkable certificate from
an eminent gentleman of Louisville
q JOHN BULL.
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THE Owensboro Monitor thinks that
Gen. Hancock is the only available man
whom the Democrats can run for the
Presidency
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

THE war indemnity claim of the State
of Kentucky, amounting to five hun
dred aud twenty five thousand dollars,
was paid last week.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

JUDGE l.. S. TREMBLE, who lately
represented this District in Congress, has
opened banking house in Padueah.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

INvENTIoN.-A mechanic of Jordan
Station has invented a double diamond
pillow of superior utility and has applied
for patent on the invention.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

THE experiment of opening the Gin
cinnati public library on Sunday has not
equalled public expectation. Compara-
lively few now attend it.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

AN exchange says horse-fies arc SO
numerous in Arkansas that plowing has
to be done by moonlight.
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NEVER owe any man more than you
are able to pay, and allow no man to owe
you more than you are able to loose.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

ANDREw JACKSON DONALDSON died
in Memphis, at the Peabody Hotel on
last Monday.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

VANDERBILT is said to be worth
eighty five millions of dollars, and should
he live five years longer it is believed his
esAate viii be worth one hundred millions.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-08

THE nomination of Sim - Cameron for
the Vice Presidency is the horribls sug-
gcstion Of Chicago paper.
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One square, ten lines or less, one insertion
S1.50 each subsequent insertion SOC.

Announcing Candidates.
For state ON5eers $40 0O
For Countv 90
For Mnnicipal officers 90
Marriages and D.aths.
Notices of the above character viii be in
serted free of charge. Obituaries and trib
utes of respect inserted at 81 90 per square
Ray@ Advertisements IN Local Column 81
for four lines or less and 20 cents for each
additional line.
Bey- Voluntary communications, contain
ing interesting news, solicited from any
quarter News letters from Western Ken
tucky and Tennessee especially desired
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MAINE had snow storm on the 18th
Of June of three hours duration.
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THE HICKMAN COURIER,
Hon. Humphrey NIarsnaII.

We understand that Hon. Humphrey
Marshall will shortly deliver himself on
the political issues of the day. He IS
expected to plant himself squarely on
what is dcnominatcd the New Departure
Democratic platform.
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CELEBRA
SMITH TONIC SYRUP
AGTE AND FEW R
cHILLs ANDa F EV E R

The proprietor of this celehsted medI-
cine Justly claims for it a suPeri9N over yer
an remedies ever offered to the public for
the safe, certain, speedy, a0 permanent
cure Of Ague and Fever, or cNsls and F, Fever
whether 9s short or lcng standing lie re-
fere to tb0ntire Western and Southwest
-, - .o,,Dtrv "a hear him testimony to the
truth of the assertion, that n no case what
ever will it fail to cure, if he directions are e
stristiv followed and carried out. In
erraat many cases a single dose has been
ssnf;cient for a cure, and whole families
have been cured by single bottle, with a
nerfect restoration of the general health
Il ia however. prudent, and in every case
more certain to cure, if its use is continued
in smaller doses for a week or two AFTER the
disease has been checked, Nore especlaliyg = IN
iificult and long standing cases. Usually,
this medicine will not require any aid to
keen the bowels in good order; should the
Datient. however, require a cathartic medl-
zine after having taken three or four doses
~ the Tonic, a single dose of BULL EG-
ETBALE FAMILY PILLS viii be suihclent
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Terms of Subscription to the
HICKMAN COURIER.
81 90 PER YEAR In ADVANCE.

Address, Publisher "HIcKMAs CoUrER,"
Hickman, Ky.
New-York tribune., 1871-06-01

For the honor of the service, we rejoice that
the annual Indian massacre of this year was
not committed by the army. Another Piegan
massacre would have dissraced the troops ir-
rctrevaby, and it is some sad satisfaction to
know that the slaughter of the Apaches of
Arizona was accomplished in spite Of
the exeItiOns of the soldiers there. The
painful facts reveal that the perpetra-
tors (for the Indians made no resistance
indeed, tlieir camp was one OF women ana
children mainly, were settlers. The Indians
appear to have been peacefully disposed, and,
having 10 reservations, were in camp under
the protection of United States troops. A body
of citizens, organized for the purpose, surprised
the camp and murdered 63 of the Indians, 5j
being women and children. OF course, nothing
will be done about this. There is no pun
ishmcnt which, in the condition of society and
state of public feeling in that distant REGION can
be inflicted. This is dcplorable state of
things, for which we would gladly find
but, meanwhile, is it not imperative
that the Government should double its vigi-
lance for the protection of the Indians The
military force seems to have been willing
enough but too weak to protect the poor
wretchcs who had trusted to the promises and
the guardianship of their camp. We urge
upon the Government the prompt strengthen
ing of the forces in Arizona for the ample
protection of these poor wards of the nation.
New-York tribune., 1871-06-01
Gen'2lork Daily GrjbllnE,
THURSDAY. JUNE /. 1S7t.

Paris is stn under martial law. More Communist
leaders have been shot TbItysevCn insurgents were
butchercd at once before the Hotel de Ne yesterday.
Several changes in the French Ministry reported
Bishop Dupanioup OF orleans succeeds Darboy as Arch
bishop Of Paris. The Versaiists Hold 1000 prisoners
Victor Hugo has left Belgium for Holland. - The
Sultan has conferred an Imperial Order on the Car.
The Coroners jury on the Pston disaster ceDsure the
proprietors Of the mine and charge the District Mine
Inspector with criminal negligence. == The damage
by the tornado on the Upper Hudson is more serious
than at first reported - The one State Capital meas
ure has been defeated in the Connecticut Senate -
Vice President COlfax left Washington yesterday for
Indiana. =- Wendell Philips spoke at the EightHour
League Convention, in Boston.
The rngeader in the Central Park Savings Bank rob
berry is sentenced to % years imprisonment === 4.
Stewart has resigned his position as Broadway Widen
ing Commissioner. The L. :. DistrictAttorney Is
investigating bogus decree Of divorce offered IN the
Bowen bgamy case. ==- a Nermonter Shot himself at
the Grand Central Hotel. == woman IN Elghteenth-
ST. killed her husband with a DISH Gold, III, lll3
lu2 Thermometer. 76o, So, 7O'.
New-York tribune., 1871-06-01
4 GOOD C1TSE.

If the eloquencc of Christianity follows the
old rule, and lies not in words, but in action,
action, action! there is at least one body of
workers among us who can lay claim to hay
ing made known their Masters precepts with
peculiar emphasis. We mean the American
Missionary Association, which now submits its
statement of work done, and urgently asks
for aid for work in the future. 1t is confined
to no sect and processes no creed, save that of
faith IN the Savior; its work is not argument,
but an unintermitting, earnest struggle against
oppression and ignorance wherever found.
1t was organized twenty-five years ago, and in
1867 supported over 200 missionaries at home
and abroad. Since that time the pressing i'm
mediate needs of the freedmen have absorbed
almost all their forces which they withdrew
from other work to do this duty that lay
nearest to them. Even the most bg0ted adj
herent to Slavery must have felt the necessity,
in self-defense, of civilizing and Christianizing
the half -barbarous mass so suddenly converted
from torpid, unreasoning property into
political power in the land But to dose who
comprehend their wrongs, no spectacle could
be more tragic than that of four millions of
human beings, dwarfed and stunted in body
and mind through generations of bondage,
thrown helpless and ignorant into the great
highway of nations, and left there to fight
their way with race among whom money
and knowledge are synonymous with power
and where an inexorable prejudice turns every
mans hand against them.
What this Association have done for this peo-
pie, they set briefly before us. Their schools
and churches are scattered through the former
slave and border States. The whole number
of missionaries and teachers commissioned
during the last ten years amount to $40
New-York tribune., 1871-06-01

Mr. Wendell Phillips He is no longer con-
tent with his theory of a hanged millionaire
in each of the chief cities of the country as a
remedy for every political and social evil. His
prophetic vision now looks upon whole cities
devoted, like Paris to the wrath of the labor
ing masses of the country. This cannot be
considered cheerful view of the future to pre-
sent to an audience of workingmen, consider
ing that the ruin wrought by the Partisan mob
has fallen most heavily upon the working
classes themselves. Mr.. Phillips takes re-
Prospective glances, too, and paints Paris for
two hundred years as the great civilizing IN
fluence of Europe and the educator of Amer
lea. 1t is a pity she has MT profited better by
her own lessons, and it is to be hoped we are
not to take them to heart.