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The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
The Effect of Salt on the Blood.

Mr.. Stevens, a French physic an
and surgeon, saw but her killing q
pig. He observed that he stirred
the blood of the animal, and added
a handful Of common salt to It while
stirring, which Immediately made il
crimson, and if stirring be diseon-
tiuued, the blood remained fluid.
The change of color in the blood
awakened his curiosity. The butcher
could give no explanation of the
phenomenon except that it kept it
rom jellying and spelling. DIR.
Stevens seized a vessel, caught some
blood, aud made several experiments
by putting salt in it, and found that
the blacklist blood was Instantly
changed into a bright vermillion by
salt. ooh, said he, here is a fact
which may lead to a pr ctical rule y
He had observed in cases of yellow
fever in the army that the blood
drawn was very black and fluid, and
on adding salt it became vermillion.
and retained its freshness, whereas
putridity Of the blood is one of tie
characteristics Of the yellow fever.
He therefore abandoned the u,uaI
mode OF treating it, and gave his
patients a mixture of various salts.
and in n very short time reduced the
NOR tality of fever in the West In
dies from cne in 6ve to one In fifty.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
Life is Real.

Could wo enter the inner circles of
life. we should find the mass of men
struggling TO escape impending evil,
or TO gain some coveted good The
whele creation groaneth and travel
eth" Many need help, few are able
to render it. All locks fair without,
bnt the foundations are at fault.
Faces are cheerful, but hearts are
anxious. There is hope in the words,
but few in the soul. Few ere as
prosperous as they seem. Strug-
gle, struggle, struggle, is the genera,
experience. This seems hard, and
vet it is better than ease. Struggles
bring strength, fullness eneryates-
We all know this, and apply it to
others ; yet for ourselves, pray for
ease, and shun the heavy burdens.
No one covets trials which imParts
vigor, breadth, power to the SOU,
but our father sends them. Tue
drill is not joyous, but useful. In
diligence makes pigmies, hardshlps
make men. Are we forced TO tread
the wiaepress alone? Are we Glmos.
angry that no one offers relief? Lei
ms bravely do and suffer ; our Leader
knows His business He arranged
the ordeal, and viii ensure good
rcsultE
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

(some four weeks), then house, and
not stack out for rains to damage
the forage. Our barns ard stock
sheds are poor aud small. This is bad
economy. Split more boards and
make large and tight shed-roofs to
protect both stock and stock feed.
Then cattle do better, and drop their
manure under cover, and out OF
washing rains. One load of such
manure is worth more than five loads
of old weathered stuff, with all of
the salts of ANN onia, potash and
lime taken out of it. A farmer who
would sell fine mules of his own
raising for copper cents and think
them gold eagles, would not be more
mistaken than thousands are in re-
gard to the true value of fertilizers.
What all boys ten years old ought
to know, their fathers have yet to
learn. That Is, the value of carbon,
the elements cf water in we'll
driDped, outdoor manure, of which
they generally form ninety-eight per
cent. Think of it the precise
things that form all manure are m
known TO planters and farmers, Is
this wisdom, or is it folly .? Our
best friends on the farm are carbon,
oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen. pho,-
phorus and sulphur. To these add
potash, magnesia, lime, iron and
chlorine, and You viii have the ele-
ments uf good manure IA the
Plantation.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
Adding Poison to Poison.

There is no disease in which the blood
is not more or less impregnated with
unwholesome matter, and the direct,
inevitable effect Of all preparations con-
tanning spirituous excitants to increase
the volume of poison in the veins, and
thereby aggravate and prolong the mall
ady. Hence it is that dyspepsia, bilious
fever cholera morbus, lung plants,
gout, dropsy, rheumatism, nervous dis
orders. and cases of general and local
debility originally mild in type, are fre-
quently rendered chronic and danger
GUS by dosing the sufferer with the al
coholic bitters advertised as medicinal
stimulants. As a counterblast TO the
cd7arojs put forth by the proprietors of
those pernicious compounds, the plain,
honest, philosophical statements of DIR.
JOSEPH WALKER, relative to the nature
and effects of his CALIFoRNIA VINEGAR
BTrTERs, are doing a world of good. He
has opened the eyes of the public TO the
important fact that a pure vegetable
tonic and Alternative, unpOlluted by al
oohol, if not an absolute specific for
every variety of disease, Is the nearest
approach To 1T yet attained. HIS VIM
EGAE BIrTERs are uuquestionably work
ing such wonders in affections of the
stomach, bowels, nervous and muscular
systems, and the glands and respiratory
organs.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
FINGERS.

Written by Miss Kate Holmes. and read by
her at the reception given by the young lady
juniors of the Oakland Seminary.l
Tiny baby fingers, dimpled, pink and white.
Patting mammals cheek, playing baby-fEht;
Pulling mammals hair. pinching mamma s
eyes
Looking sometimes merry. sometimes very
wise.
Oh. you little fingers. mothers pride and joy.
Do you know their worth cunning baby boy ?
Busy. restless fingers, brown with dirt and sun,
Playing mammals soldier. with new drum and
gnn;
Breaking sisters pies of mud, that were so nice
and thick.
Catching fish in Bridget's milk with reed and
dirty stick.
Precious childish fingers, meddling every
where,
Father in Heaven keep them safe from every
snare.
Pale, boy, sh fingers, turning page on page,
The weary little sufferer to cheerfully engage (;
Plating baby brothers little whips of grass,
Smoothing sisters golden curls. when curls and
sister pass.
Mother's darling fingers. always doing good.
Father wouldn't change them even if he
could.
Slender, taper fngers. folded white and coEl,
Clasping snowy lilies, sleeping meath the
mould.
Soen may be twining wreaths for some spirit
head
For while in Heaven they're living, on earth we
call them dead
Pure angel fingers. lost to those at home.
But round to those IN Paradise. and greeted
as they come
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

Miss Martineau truly observes
that of all happy households that IS
the happiest whore falsehocd Is
never thought of. AL peace IS
broken up when once it appears
there is a liar in the house. Al
comfort is gone when suspicion hae
once entered when there must be
reserve In talk and reservation ~
belief. Anxious parents, who ar
aware of the pains of suspicion, vii
place general confidence IN then
children, and receive what they Say
freely, unless there is q strong reason
to distrust The truth of any one.
such an occasion should uRhappIly
arise, they must keep the suspicion
from spreading as long as possible.
and avoid dIsgracinG their poor
child, while there is any chance o
his cure by their confidential assis-
tance. lie should have their pity
and ass.duous help, as il he were
suffering from some disgusting
bodily disorder. II he can be cured,
/ q Will become duly grateful for the
s AlEttliAAEA4 l. II NA4C OAAAA|NN ~ Atlt4
means must, Of course, be taken to
prevent his example doing harm.
We fear, that from some cause or
other, there are but few large fami-
lies where every membcy is alto
geiher trathfuI. Some, who are not
morally guilty, are intellectually ~
capable of accuracy but where ali
are SO organized and so trained as
TO be wholly reliable in act and
word, they are a light to all eyes
aud JOY TO ali hearts. They are g
pubic benefit, for they are point OF
general reliance; and they are
privately blessed within ana with
out Without, their life is made
easy by universal trust and within
then home and their hesr rts they
have the security OF rectitude ald
the gladness Of innocence. II we
invoke Wisdom, the will come, and
multiply such homes iii our land.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
A Tame Grow.

The Lansing IMich.) Republican
is responsible Tor tho following
Gone day last week, j. ]. Mead Of
this city, while travelling through a
piece of woods near Okemos, was
surprised to hear near by what he
supposed to be the growing
of rooster. On looking around
he deserted sitting on a stump, a
large black bird which would every
few minutes indulge in as successful
and perfect crow as ever came
from the throat Of q Derby game
cock. Mr. Mead passed on to the
house Of Mr.. Gile, where be relat-
ed the singular circumstance. Mrs
Gle informed bim that the bird was
a domesticated crow, which had
been raised with the chickens, and
that fer some time he had done as
great an amount of growing as anv
of the roosters. In fact, this crow
was the crowingest crow that eyer
crowed.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
Thousands of J ears from To-Day.

Our facetiousf eother, Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, ST mons up a man of
the year 1902, zad asks number
of questions b are few of them !:
Has any sfBus accident hap
pened to the pz&8t IN the last thous-
and years ?"
=" What is the esent form of re-
ligious belief?"
"What fuel is use since coal
gave out ?" etc. L.
He suggests Il asking of a great
many other quesk ons; among them,
1T would be entertaining, if not prof
liable, to enquircE
How many Articles of the Mate
ria Medica of ISs72 remain besides
quinine, opium, mercury, ipicac, chic
rotorm, lodide of potassium, and
When We're the essential causes
OF malarlal and zymotic disased dis
covered 2"
What diseases, besides those Of
the zymotic class, are now consider
ed essentially self-limited
uNH NAu Cne profession undhe IL
penal TO resort to the use of the spec
MUM utori on insufficient causes, and
when was poking uterine sounds and
sponge tents into the uterus on all
occasions forbidden by statute
How long did the homeopathic
humbug last, and what hurnbug sue
ceeded it?"
What placebos succeeded arse
ME, witch hazsl, and carbolic acid,
in the treatment Of wounds and
bruises ?"
When vas The procreation of the
race regulas.s - ?"
HAS th Seen permanent
ly cast ast9;o5- Atlantic Hedjcal
,y0Uy90l
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
Salt for Farm Stock

Prof. James Il. johnson of Scot
land says that saline matter of the
blood IS per cent. consists Ct com
mon salt, and this is partly dissolved
every day through the SKIN and kid
neys, the necessity of continued sup
plies of it to the healthy body is sui
foienily obvious: The bile also con
tains soda tone u the Ingredients OF
salt} as special and indispensable
constituent, aud SO do all the oarhl-
ages OF tho body. Stint the supply
OF salt, and neither viii the bile be
able properly 70 assist digestion,
nor the cartilages to be built up
again as fast as they naturally waste.
ltis better to place II where stock can
have free access to it, than to give il
occasionally, IN small quantiti-s.
They VII help themselves to what
they need, if allowed to do so at
pleasure; otherwise, when they be-
come salt-hungry, ;hey may take
more than IS wholesome.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
Matches.

Although friction matches are as
common as nails, very small pro-
portion of those who use them un-
derstand the principle on which they
operate. It Is, in fact, very sim pie
affair. The tip of the match is a
combination of sulphur and phos-
phorus. Tue phosphorus ignites at
the heat of one hundred and twenty
degrees, which a sight friction will
produce, and this IN turn ignites the
sulphur, which requires four hundred
and fifty or five hundred degrees.
The flame of the sulphur sets fire to
the pine wood, of which the match
is composed, and which ignites at
about six hundred degrees. The
combination is necessary, because
the phosphorus alone would not kin
die the match, while the sulphur
alone would not ignite with the ordi-
nary fric ion.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
Prouer Time to Manure Trees.

People often argue whether 1t is
best TO manure trees In the fall or
in the spring, but we think that any
one who tries it will find that the
summer is as good time as any.
It might be a sufficient reason for
this recommendation to say that this
is the result of some years of per-
sonal experience. But the readers of
the Weekly Press are reasoning
people, and are inclined to inquire
why, when they are told what to do.
| It Is only a few years ago that 1T has
| been discovered that plants are like
animals, in this-that they, while ap-
pearing to be expending their daily
nourishment or continuous growth,
are really at the same time laying
up food for tomorrow. Those who
have examined vegetable cellular
structure with the microscope tell
us that the formation is exactly like
that of a honeycomb, the cells lying
together of q hexagonal shape, as if
made by bees. But it proves that
this structure Is more like the illus
| tration than those who used 1t sus-
pected, in this-that rs in the honey
comb, honey Is. stored up for use at
future time, so matter is stored
mp in these little plant cells for the
! future use of the plant.
There are IN almost all plants two
growths during the season. The
first growth is formed almost wholly
from the matter stored up in the
cells of the previous year. About
midsummer, especially in the apple
the whole of the force derived from
the past year is expended, and it
stores up q little for n new growth,
which is soon after made. As the
season progresses, this later or
secondary growth also in turn lays
up some matter in its cells for the
next season, as the past season bad
done.
Trees always ike fresh food as
we'll as animals and thus it is with
this explanation that one can readily
understand how it is that a top
dressing of good matter put under
the trees soon after midsummer.
when the second growth is about to
take place. produces the marked
good results we have before recorded.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

PSrs AND QUARrs of filthy CatarrhaI
discharges. Where does 1t all come
from The mucus membrane lining
the chambers of the nose, and it's little
glands are diseased so that they draw
from the blood its liquid, and exposure
to the air changes it into corruption.
This life-liquid was to build up the sys-
tenn, but 1t is extracted and the system
is weakened by its loss. To cure, gain
flesh and strength by using DIR. Pierce S
Golden Medical Discovery, which also
acts directly upon these glands, correct
ing them, apply DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy with DR.. Pierce's Nasal
Douche, the only method of reaching
the upper cavities where the discharge
accumulates and comes from. The in
strument and two medicines sold for 81
by all druggists. $50.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

LIVINGSTONE, the African explorer,
describes an ingenious method by
which Africans obtain water in the
desert: The women tie n bunch of
= reed, about two feet long, and in
sert it in hole dug as deep as the
arm VIII reach, then ram down the
sapd firmly aroundit. Applying the
mouth to the free end of the reed,
tLey form a vacuum IN the grass be
meath, IN which the water connects,
and in a short time goes to the
mouth.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

THE gift of the Emperor of Rus
sia to Patti, owing to sudden de-
parture from Petersburg, was not
received by her until she reached
Vienna. This evidence of roal fav-
or is a ring Of a single large ruby,
set round by twenty-iour brilliants,
and is said to have cost 5000
rubles.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

MISSIONARIES and others soiourning
in foreign lands should not fail to take
with them a good supply of JoltnsOn's
AnOdy1le Li9imenf 1t is the most re-
liable medicine for all purposes there is
in the world
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

EVERY meadow, every pasture. is
battlefield, where plants of differ
ent kinds are fighting for their
chances. Supply your true friends
with what they want freely, and they
will overpower their opponents
without further assistance. The
washing down by rain from hllly,
stony pastures of soluble mineral
substances takes subsistence from
the plants we desire to encourage
Spread rich soil, guano, wood ashes
upon peaty, swampy turf, where
you never before saw white clover or
useful grasses, and suddenly they
will make their appearance without
even being sown. They have been
here before, waiting only for e better
Glance, but you could not see them,
for they were oveirun by coatser
plants, and powerless from starva
ticn,
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

IT Is stated that of the three hun
dred ard sixiy-four railroads ia the
United States, only one hundred and
four pay dividends, the other two
hundred an sixty never pay anything
at all TO the stockholders.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
Labels for Frnit Trees.

The best labels are strips of zinc,
written upon with lead pencil, the
point of VIII ch is moistened. A bet
ter plan still is 10 dip the label first
in water, and let it soak day or two
before using, and then write the
name with the lead pencil afterward
Labels with the names as black aE
ink and exceedingly distinct have
been known to last twelve years, and
yet appear able to last City longer.
We believe that this plan was first
discovered by Marshall E. Wilder, oi
Boston.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

THE LATEST man in town was oh
served las evening reclining upon
the grass in the rear of his house,
reading aloud to his wife, while she
sawed and split wood for the family
cook stove.-Teyre Haute lind. En-
7)1.ess
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

THE Fruit Recorder and cottage Gar
dener is exclusively devoted to fruit
growing and homes adornments. Ed
tied by a life long fruit grower. Speci-
mems free or from Sept. to Dec, four
months, % cts. A. NJ. Purdy, Palmyra,
n. n.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
corrrrvr11r. Miss. Feb. l. 1s7l.

NesSrs MGnsdcld q Hfgbec:
DEAR SIRs. have tested bottle of your Louisi-
ana Creole Hair IIestOrer to advise myself of It's
merits. and though my prejudiceS against all
such preparations, candOr COmpels me say that
II eXcels anything Of the kind. To Young America
I VIII say. If polished hair and healthy scalp il
your desire, they secured by the OF Louis-
and Hair Restorer. Respectfully,
l.. PRESCOTT.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

ASK your grocer for Dooley's Yeast
Powder, the best baking powder for
preparing Biscuits, Rolls, Bread, Grid
die Cakes, Waffles, &c. Depot 90 New
ST, n. Y. AT retail by all grocers.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
Give In Trial.

La Creole Hair Restorer is no dye. but by its nat
ural action upon he hair bulbs, IL gives them in
creased vgor and thus restores the original color
to hair that IS gray gives abundant crop of new
halr, rich, glossy and vigorous. II is elegantly per
fumed and VIII not soil Cambric. Try IL.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

DIR. o. w. HOLMES and many distin
guished men recommend Whitcomb's
Asthma Remedy. Sold by all drug
gists
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

CRISTonoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE stands
unrivalied and alone. Its merits have been so uni
vcrsalIy Acknowledged that II would be n superer
ogatiOR to descamt them any fufther-uOthing
beat it, CoB.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

FLAGG's INSTANT RELIEF has stood twenty
wears test. II Il warranted to give frnDedidte
lfef In all Rheumatic. Neuralgia, Head Ear, and
BACK aches. OF money refunded.-Cgna.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

TE proprietors Of the New York
Tribune set forth in statement III our
advertising columns its merits as a fam
lily paper. Our readers viii doubtless
give it the attention it deserves.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

THOMAS MRRHAN says he has never
known any tree of the European
larch to produce perfect seeds in
America,
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

CONTAGIOUS diseases, such as horse
all, glander, &C., may be prevented by
the use of StcTiddn's CdUaLy Co,1dt-
ton PO1Oders. Persons travelling with
horses should take note of this.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

An AdvnBtage.-A great advantage possessed
by the Evening star stove IS that. owing TO It's
pacity and draft. you can burn almost any kind
wood and. on account OF substance and reten-
tion of heat. you run IL with green Wood after
il ~ heated. by having a small amount OF kindling
material. Those having to prepare fuel for ordiua-
ry small stoves VIII appreciate this advantage.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
AGENTS. How is this /?

We will pay Agents $50 n week, nnd Xxx
peuses, or allow Large Commission. steady
employinent address. G.. w. BODINE 81 Coz
Battle Greek. Mich.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

ExPERDIESTs made by Mr. Side
botham, in England, in the cultiva-
tion of madder for dyeiDg purposes,
have proved substantially failure
The roots were nearly equal in SIZE
to fine French roots, but showed in
fracture an orange and yellow, IN
stead of deep red color. On appli-
cation TO fabrics the dyes derived
from the madder appeared at first
full in color, but, on being cleared
with soap, proved quite the contra
ry, resembling Dutch madder, the
purple clement almost entirely
wanting, and the reds and pinks
weak and loose. Mr.. Sidebotham
inclines to the opinion that good
madder cannot be grown IN England.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
THE (lnNFEksInNa alF

"A ~ eH.xOI1S Invalid.
Published for the benefit or y0tfg and others
who suffer from Nervous Debility, etc, supplying
the MEANS OF SELF-cURE. Written, by one who
cured himself. and sent free receiving a post
paid directed envelope. Address NATHAN MEL
MAYFAIR. Brooklyn. n.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

FIVE or the sweetest words in the
English language begin with the let
ter III, which IS only breath Heart,
Home, Hope, Happiness and
Heaven. Heart is a hope-place, and
home is a heart-place, and that man
is very sadly mistaketh who wonld
exchange the happiness OF home for
anything less than heaven.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
AGRICULTURAL.
GOOD STOCK.

A celebrated Irish farmer gives
this advice to one young Ia the
stock raising business
As breeder you must be careful
net to calf-desh If you do SO by
starving the animal at any time of
its growth you loose the cream-the
covering of flesh 20 much priced by
all our retail butchers. Where do
all the scraggy. bad-feshed beasts
come from that we see daily in our
market. and what IS the cause Of
their eelagginess 1t is because they
have been slinted and starved at
sone portion Of their growth. If
the calf flesh IS once lost 1t can never
be recained. Z great deal of tallow
NAV be got internally by high feed
ino, but the animal can never again
he made one that VIII be priced by
the great retail butcher.-Coiema" 5
Rural IiOTld.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21

The II ing Ofihe Body Is the brain the stomach
ITS main support. the nerves lis messengers. the
bowels. the Kidneys and tile pores its safeguards.
Indigestion creates a violent revolt among these at
taches Of the regal organ. ana 10 bring them back
to the duty there ~ nothing like the cuating pu-
riiytng. inVigorating. cooling operation Of TAR
RANTS EFFEitV I1sCENT SELTZEE APrHIEST. IL
renovates the system and restores 10 health both
the body and the mind
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
DR.. WHlIIlER e'E Is 8 Ionis. snnrIsr Ma 81,

longest engaged and most successful physicianof
the age. Consultation pamphlet free. Call or
write. Just published for the benefit Of Young men
who suffer from Nervousness, Debility. &c. a
treatise of rs pages for stamps: n boOk 1;o mace
lustrated for cents f-7
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-12-07
LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

1. Subscribers who do not give ex-
press notice to the contrary, are consider
ed as wishing to continue their subscrip-
ton.
.. If subscribers wish their papers dis
continued, publishers may continue to
send them until all charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to
take their papers from the Office or place
to which they are sent, they are held re-
sponsible until they settle their bills and
give due notice to discontinue.
4. If fsubscrbers move to other places
without informing the publisher, and the
paper is sent 20 the former direction they
are held responsible. Notice should al
ways be given OF the removal.
5. The courts have decided, that refus-
ing to take paper from the office, or re-
moving and leaving it uncalled for, i, prl-
ma .factc evidence Of Intentional fraud.