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The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23

Some thirty years ago / lodoed
from Saturday TO Monday with An
inn-keeper in the country. who was
also farmer. On the table for Sun
day dinner there was q nice piece a
picked pork, boiled the day before
On tasting it thought it the most
delicious I ever ate. / requested
mine host" to give his recipe for
curing pork. He replied as follows:
"As soon as my hogs are dressed
and cool enough to be cut, 1 pack
the side pieces in a barrel or cask,
with plenty of salt ON all sides Of
each piece, and when my barrel is
full 1 Immediately roll it to my
pump and pump in water until | can
see the water cease to sink In the
vessel or to moisten the salt on top
of the cask. I then lay fat stone
as large as the vessel will admit on
the contents, so as to keep the pork
always under the salt or pickle. l
put it in my cellar, covered so as to
exclude the flies, and there it re-
mains until a piece is wanted. Care
must be taken to keep the meat
under the pickle, otherwise it will
rust"
Here is the whole secret of MAX
ing go9d picked pork for family use.
We have used the above method, and
we want no better, easier, or more
economical plan. 1t has often hap
pened that when we wanted to put
down new pork there remained some
of the old pork in the bottom of the
.cnsll. that case We poured OF
this pOce, took the undissolved
salt, packed the fresh pork on top of
the old, using the salt which had
been in the cask, with the addition
of fresh salt if necessary, and then
poured on the old pickle or water.
In this-way we have had pork three
or four years in the bottom of our
pork barrel land when used it was as
free from rancidity as it was three
weeks after it was put down. In
deed we seldom emptied our pork
barrel, except when it wanted hoop
ing. We believe that boiling pickle
is useless, if not injurious. Pork
ought not, if it can be prevented, to
be frozen before it is put down.
The best pork that we ever saw
was that from some pigs under the
charge of lad, who took as much
care of them as some people do of
their children. Every day he used
to give them a dinner of hot pota-
toes, for he said that he didn't see
why his pigs Shouldn't have their
.taters hot as well as himself" Then
he used to scrub them several times
week with brush and soap, rinsing
them well with clear water. The
animals seemed to enjoy their lava
ton, and used to press quite eager
" toward him as he came In sight
with his pail and scrubbing-brush'
Their sty was also kept perfectly
clean, and their troughs washed out
In consequence the
pork was perfection.
As a general thing it is a good
plan to reject pork made from hogs
that have been kept by distillers or
butchers; but, if possible, get pork
that has been bred and fed by a
dairyman and finished off with corn.
.C Country Gentleman.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23
CarhoIic Add.

In recent number OF the Lancet,
DIR. Alexander Watson recorded sew
eral cases of smallpox and scarlet
fever in which the external applica-
ton of carbolic acid met with mark
ed success. In the case of one pa
tient with smallpox, whom he saw
at the period when pspul@ appear
ed. he ordered an enema, and then
had the patient "a girl OF eleven
years. sponged all over with carbol-
ic acil soap suds. On the next day
a severe attack of continent small
pox was threatened, but the cnild
was sponged as she had previously
beeS and then her whole body was
painted with carbolic acid glycerine
of the British Pharmacop@ia. Five
grains of Dover's powder were then
2 given to allay irritability, and the
little girl slept quietly for several
hours. when she was sponged again.
No vesicles formed, and the patient
was wa convalescent in few days. Car
bolic acid was, in the meantime,
plentifully used about the room.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23
EgHntian Brick.

A German savan recently subject
ed brick taken from the Pyramid
of Dashour to the microscope, and,
it is said, discovered many interest
ing particulars connected with the
life of the ancient Egyptians. The
brick itself is made OF the mud of
Nile, chopped straw, and sand, thus
confning what the Bible and Hero
dotus have handed down to us as to
the Egyptian method of brickmak-
ing. Besides these materials, the
microscope has brought other things
to light, am ong them the debris OF
river shells, OF fish and insects, seeds
of wild and cultivated flowers, corn
and barley, the field pea, the COM
mon fax, and the radish, together
many Others known to science. The
irrepressible savan is indefatigabie,
and it is thought he viii yet find
some means of extracting the seeds
from the bricks, and after planting
them treat his countrymen to pea
soup and radishes from the py-
ramidsl
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23

SHERIDAN's habit of rising at four
in the morning, lighting a prodigions
quantity OF candles around him, and
eating toasted mullins while at work;
! sydney Smiths rapidigy OF pen.
without regard 10 stops or legibility
Moores s love of writing In bed in
the morning Byron's preference
for sitting up to write at night
are all brought out in their turn.
The MSS. of some authors are still
more insignificant of their habits of
composition. Take for instance the
contrast between the manuscripts of
SCOTS poems you l.cet with stanzas
that are hardly legiDil with blots and
interlineanons, pal icularly in the
manuscripts of " Rokeby,' which was
set up from the original draft written
on paper of various sorts and sizes &,
but manuscripts OF his novels are as
free from anything of tlis descrip-
ton as his correspondence. You
may turn over page after page with
out finding single correction. A
very different picture is presented by
Macaulay's manuscript. Macaulay
never wrote in haste. but revised
everything he wrote with the greatest
nicety. It was written on official
foolscap, with the lines fun an inch
aport. This, however, formed but
the rough outline of the essay
When the keel had thus been laid
down, Macaulay began the work of
am eilfeation and revision, and
when that was complete you could
hardly find space on the page to
stick pins point. Prescott saw
two or three of these pages of the
manuscript of his " History You
have no conception of the amount
of labor that one of these sheets of
foclscap represents. But this man
uscript was never sent to the printer.
1t was copied out by Macaulay in
hand almost as bold and Iegible as
large plea.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23

appear, it is the singular history OF
laborsaving machines that they have
always increased the demand for la
Dor. may also point all cavilers to
the New York Central and Hudson
River railroads, which run through
their whole length side by side with
the Erie canal and its natural exten-
sion, and are yet the most flourish
ing and prosperous roads at the
Norih. s.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23
Win You Be a Success J

''That you may find success" :"
said the Rev. Charles Brooks in an
address to boys, "let me tell you
how to succeed : Tonight begin
your great plan of life. You have
but one life to live, and it is most
important that you do not make q
mistake. Tonight begin carefully
Fix your eyes on the fortieth year
Of your age, and then say to your
self: 'At the age of forty l shall be
a temperate man, / will be an IN
dustrious man, a benevolent man,
a well-read man, religious man
and a useful man. viii be such.
[ resolve, and l will stand to it."
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23
LEATES AND AfOSSES.
By NRs. MutocK cRAre

By MRS. MULoCK CRAIG.
Ye dainty mosses. lichens gray.
Pressed each to each in tender fold,
And peacefully thus, day by day.
Returning 10 your mould;
Brown leaves that with erial grace
slip from your branch like birds awing.
Each leaving in the appointed place
It's buds of future spring.
If we, Gods conscious creatures. knew
But half your faith in our decay.
We should not tremble as we do
When summoned clay by clay.
But with an equal patience sweet
We should put off this mortal gear,
In whatsoe er new form is meet,
Content to re-appear;-
knowing each germ of life He gives
Must have in him its source and rise,
Being that o His being lives,
May change. but never dies.
Ye dead leaves dropping soft and slow.
Ye MOSES green and liehens fair,
Go to scur,.s-,S, rs viii go,
For God is also there.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23

IT IS said we are creatures of hab-
it, and it should be remembered that
good habits are quite as easily form
ed as bad. Persons who complain
of being unable to break themselves
of bad habit may be assured that
the same difficulty will exist in
breaking a good one, when it is
formed.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23
Grasses for the South.
ORCHARD GRASS.

This grass is well adapted TO our
lands and climate. 1t makes good
hay and good grazing, and grows
we'll in the shade or in open mea-
dows. 1t should be sown between
September and January.
RED CLOVER.
Those who have tried red clover
have generally been well pleased
with it. The ground should be we'll
drained and plowed deep. Sow the
seed in the fall.
RESCUE GRASS.
This grass does welt. tbs good
winter and spring grass. 1t yields
bountifulIy of both grass and good
seeds.
RED TOP.
This grass does pretty we'll on
low, moist ground.
nLLEr.
Some years it does we'll. Not
generally good near the coast. Bet
ter in the upper part of the State
and back from the coast.
TIMOTHY.
This grass is of doubtful success.
Experiments with it arc rare, and
no reporbof results which appear
to be satisfactory.
OATS.
The "red, rust proof" oats are
said to give good satisfaction. So
far as heard from, they never rust.
Sow in the fall. They make fine
winter grazing, and are fine for soil
inn in winter
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23

A VEIN of gold ore is reported to
have been discovered in stone
quarry at Ballingspittle, near Kin
sale. county Cork. The police are
Guarding the quarry, and work has
been suspended for while.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23
About Bears.

The provisions of nature are
strange Climate forces upon ami
mails different habits Towards the
end of December the female white
bear places herself in a position
where the snow viii drift over her
Lying still upon a rock, the snow
falls thickly upon her, and "a cell IS
formed for winter habitaGon. In
this cell the animal resides during
the period of accouchement. The
cubs are produced, and the mother
remains secluded with them until
the month of March. The young are
very small at first, but as they grow
the heat of the bodies melt the snow
and thus enlarges the cell. The
warm breath ascends upward, and
sslSos ssE aPcraturc for the l.dInis-
sion of pure air. Before hiberna
ting, the bear eats enorm ously of
nutritious food, and becomes very
fat, ON which fat she exists during
her winter retirement. The phe-
nomenon is all the more singular, as
the female bear is compelled to give
sustenance TO her young as we'll as
to live herself, and the surplus fat in
her own body her only store of food.
Pertinent to this, Dr. Wood re-
marks: "It is worthy of notice that
in the bears of the Old as well as the
New World, is found the curious
phenomenon of the 'tappen, hard
concreted substance, which plugs up
the intestines and seems to be of
service in retaining the animal in
condition. In Scandinavia, where
the bears of both sexes retire to
winter quarters, and remain IN their
hidden recesses for five full months,
the tappen is very seldom cast until
the bear leaves her den. In the rare
instances where such an event has
happened, the bear is said to have
become miserably thin and weak "
The snow packs closely, and makes
a warm bed. The caloric exhaled
from the body is not swept away by
the wind, but is conserved around
the animal, and sensation is pre-
served. Imf, Fteid and Farm.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23

A FRENcHMAS (not to be Irish, }
fonnd holding forth on the Boule-
Yards of Paris on the glories of pa
tr;otism IN connection with snbscrib-
inc for the French loan, was found
70 be a Prussian.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23
London.

London has new industry, name
ly, the manufacture of cripples. The
police have discovered a firm of hu-
man fiends that'takes children of ten
der age and twist their limbs SO that
they may be dy-legged or other
wise deformed, according to the wish
of the parents. The object of this
is to make the unfortunate infants
objects of charity. A regular tariff
of price is demanded, a thorough
and complete manning costing four
pounds. The members of the con-
Germ and about a dozen employees
have been imprisoned.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23

A member of congress is devising
national detective police system
that will be effectual and inexpen
sive, the business as at present con-
Quoted placing a premium on crime
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23

LIFE on the American side Of the
Rio Grands is not as pleasant as it
might be, il four or five hundred Of
the greasers, niggers and Kickapoos,
who infest the jungles and h.les on
the Mexican side, were hung up to
dry. Scarcely a week passes but a
party of these Mexican cut-throats
cross and run off stock, or shoot
down one or two mericans in the
act of defending their property. The
real old Texan bull-whacker would
at any time rather fight a greaser
than cat, but men of this class rare
ly fall victims to the treachery of
these robbers; it is generally the
merchant visiting his outlying
rancho or the new conner who sue
cumbs to the ambush rifle, or the
assassin's knife On either bank of
this famous boundary men carry
small armories about their persons,
ready for action at moments
notice, and lits is a luxury which
men enjoy after fashion as if de
termined to get as much out of it
as they can in a short time. Cards,
whisky and the fandango, horse
and a squaw make up the dolce
fdTniteRte of The Rio Gran de.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23

ONO receives every year for fire
brick upward of s2,00O,eO0.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23

THE church of st. Isaac, at Mos
cow, is the richest in the world.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-23
RED CLOVER.
RESCUE GRASS.

This grass does pretty well on
low, moist ground.
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Good for Forney.

Forney can neither be bought nor forced
FROM his opposition to the Hartranft ticket
In Pennsylvania, and it is now generally hd-
mitted that the State will he carried by the
Democrats in the gubernatorial election and
for Greeley In November. In an article ID
the Press, printed after the conference With
Grant, Colonel Forney says: 'tNeither SIAN
''der and vIliication, nor entreaties from the
mistaken friends Of President Grant, nor
''profers nor threats Of any kind can induce
Gus to stultlfy ourselves and violate the
s'tacit compact between the Press and lts
'readers, by which we are bound not to ad-
.'vocate the election OF men whose unitness
sis plainly established" This admits OF no
equivocatien.
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German Unity.

The Germans are talking OF celebrating
the I'd of September as day of national re-
joicing, and, indeed, of making it regular
anniversary occasion to commemorate Ger
man unity in the same way that our Fourth
Of July is celebrated each year in memory OF
the achievement OF national independence
The reason OF selecting the I'd Of September
for that purpose is that this day is the annl-
versary OF the capture Of Sedan. But the
South German Post in acknowledging this
to be a worthy date for German unity, de-
clares that only when the German people
stshall have won full liberty" will they be en-
titled to celebrate festal day like to our
own-a festival OF free citizens who decide
their own political destiny.
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NEW ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS,
IN lROOKBRIDGE CO., VA.

This new Watering Place will be open for the
reception OF visitors on the 1sT DAY OF. July.
The waters have been long aud 'faYorably
known, but until lately no improvements have
been made for the entertainment OF the public.
Joint stock company, chartered under the
name Of the JORDAN R0oKBRlDGE. ALUM
SPRINGS, has been organized with ample capital.
TIE Company have completed this season new
and elegant Hotel, furnished throughout in the
very best style.
the mineral waters are both Alum and ohaly-
beate; the former being ef1cscious In all chronic
diseases. such as Pneumonia, Dyspepsia, Chronic
Diarrhea, Chronic Dysentery, scrolula nclplent
Consumption, Bronchitis, Chronic Laryngitis; and
the latter as general tonic and LIS OF great value
In those affections which are peculiar to the
female constitution. The accommodations will
be frst-class in every respect.
RoUTE-The Springs are eight miles 1rom GO
shen on the line OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail.
road and within eleven to thirteen hours Of Rich
mond. washington and Baltimore BY rail. Col.
II. G. Harman's elegant stage coaches VIII con-
meet with the trains twice day at Goshen Depot
Board. per day, So: four weeks, $50. For fur
ther particulars, apply to q. B. LUCK,
General Manager,
(P:o as above,) formerly Of the spottswood Hotel,
Richmond. iun241mo
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HlnsiraI Books.

Hlnsiral Books.
ITNIVERSALLY PRAISED
BY those who have seen them, are the following
three Books already popular, although the first
has Just issued from the Press.
THE TANDARD!
ByL. o. EMERSON q. R. PALMER.
400 pages Fine Singing School course. Large
collection OF the best Anthems and Tunes. 10000
copies already ordered. The Banner Church
Music Book Of the Season. Price ST. SC, s13 so
per dozen. Specimens sent, post-freee, for the
present, for 81 25.
SPARKLING RUBIES!
BY A. HULL & b. SANDERS.
Beautiful Sabbath School Singing Book. No
sleepy tunes or words. Wide awake songs by
wide-awake authors. P}ice IS cents.
THE PILGRIMS HARP
By ASA HULL.
2lO pages. Remarkably good for Ve9trles. and
for use In Prayer meetings. Small, very clear
print Large number OF the most popular tunes
Price 80 cents.
OLIVER DITsON i CO., Boston.
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who is drowning, or who sees his vile anu
children perishlng in flames, must not % ecu
sared for adopting any method, not criminal
In itself. by which to save himself or all taat ID
dear to him. I have. therefore, listenea WIN
perfect patience to tho voice OF the SCUM
In this crisis, knowing, as ! 10, her GA
treme and Immediate necessities. Hef ureeu'
appeal for the nomination of Mr.. Greeley mas
been regarded by her friends In the Norsn %
the last despalring cry Of brave ana nooie
people reduced to a hopeless extremity oenoiu'
ing, as they think, one more cnance " saw
themselves from ruin infinitely worse tnan
death. I fervently pray God thst th's hope
NAV be realized, and many Nortnern nau
,u,,I susnend hls differences with MIR. greeley
an accopnt of the people of the South who
would not do 80 on bis own. Tney oelleVe
the election of Mr.. Greeley will afford them
relief and in that belief they have demanded
his nomination. 1t has been accorded more
In Difference to their condition and tneif
wishes than to ar one cause. If Mr. Greeley
under these circumstances should be elected
he will stand pledged by the strongest obllga'
tIons that ever rested upon an honorable man
to bestow upon the South the blessings OF
lust, kind and fraternal policy Of government.
If he did not do so after the confidence reposed
in him by that section he would be accursed
among men. Let US hope, however, with our
brethren in the South that the experiment
may be complete success, that bis election
NAV Danish mlsrule and plunder from their
midst, restore peace in reality as well as
name, bring back cheerful ana contenteo
devotion to the laws of the country, ana
pride in the flag which affords an equal pro-
lection to all citizens.
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The Highways and Bridges Tax.

A correspondent of the Columbia Caro-.
linian informs that paper that o tax OF
eighteen cents on the hundred dollars" for
roads, is in course OF collection In Lancas-
ter County. Such tax, for repairing high.
ways and bridges, is expressly authorized
by the act OF March 3, 1871; the tax being
payable in money or labor, at the option OF
the taxpayer. Where person neglects to
pay the tax in labor, he is liable to pay In
money, and the tax is collectable like the
State and County taxes.
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Take It BackI

The Nation rails at MIR. Greeley for pre-
siding at supper given to Mr.. George
Butler, when that unsavory person was ap-
pointed Consul General for Egypt. The
Tribune prints the charge. and says that
Mr.. Greeley did not preside at the banquet,
and was not present, but on the contrary,
declined to join the party. The Nation must
pick it's flint and try again. Something
more welghty and quite true will serve next
time.