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The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
One Species of Insanity.


Did you ever see a woman who /
was possessed by the house cleaning
fiend not periodically, but at all
times ?-who would go about draw
ing her finger over every lounge, and
table, and chair, peering into cracks
and crannies for crooked pins and
lint holding tumblers up to the
light for fir ger marks in short, so
utterly absorbed in the pursuit of
dirt, that every other pursuit was
nothing In comparison
q Now I know what neatness is,
and value it, but when it takes such
shape as this, and robs life of all its
charms, i turn my back upon it
with righteous disgust. Who thanks
these jealous juries for their self
imposed labors? Certainly not
their husbands, who flee into cor
ners from dust-pans and dust
brushes, and weary of the reclta' OF
their. prowess day by day. Certainly
not their children, who have no
place to stow away their little sacred
property IN the shape of bright bits
of silk paper, or broken cups which
are dear and precious to them, and
should always be held in respect
within proper innocent limits.
Oh, We careful and troubled Mar
thas of the household, stop and take
breath. Place a flower on the man
tie that you and your household
may, perhaps, have some in your
lives. While you stop to rest, read.
So shall the cobwebs be brushed
from your neglected brain, and you
shall learn that something else be-
sides cleanliness is necessary to
make home really home for those
dependent on your care.
Throw your broom out of doors
take your children by the hand, and
let The fresh wind touch your wrin-
kled forehead If your house is
wound up to such an Immaculate
pitch Of cleanliness, it can run on 6
few heurs without your care. Laugh
and talk with them, or, better still
listen to their foolish wise talk
= Bring home bit Of gingerbread
for eacn of Them. and play some
simple game with them. Put OF
the fresh dress you have, and ash
your husband, when he comes in, il
he recognizes his wife.
"I wish my mother looked as
pretty as you" said little CIR
once to her neighbor.
'But J our mamma is much pret-
tier than l., replied the neighbor
I The truth was that the child's
mother was always in a wrapper TN
less compony was expected. The
rest of the time she was under the
dominion OF the house-cleanine
fiend, and the children fled from
such a joyless, utilitarian home
where no flower of beauty could ever
get time to take root and blossom
There is little need to misinterpret
my meaning. Many a ruined life
has come OF a joyous home. Youl
children take to- the sunlight as
naturally as 40 the flowers. Shut
it out of your houses, and they viii
go abroad in search Of it you may
be sure of that. Isn't this wortl
thinking about, oh We mothers
Careful and troubled about Other
things, and yet so blind to youl
first and greatest duty Fanny
Fern.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

To nothing are we so much in
debted for the improved condition,
increased comforts, and elevation of
mind and intellect among all civil
lied people, as to the disco yeries,
inventions, and improvements IN the
mechanical arts.
Since the days OF Watt, Bolton,
and Arkwright, all the great move
ments affecting the conditions of the
different orders and ranks IN society
owe their origin or have been made
practicable only by the Introduction
and use of machinery as aids to hu-
man industry.
In "the good old times those
WLo, by hereditary rights or by su-
periOr prowess, assumed or usurped
the right to rule over the great la
boring masses, were content to have
their wants supplied, whether Of
courtly display and extravagance, or
of PREDATORY warfare upon their
rivals, without thought or care rs
to the amount or kind of labor re-
quired for gratifying the demands
of their pride and ambition.
The tillers of the soil, the artisan
and the manufacturer, all upon a
common level, were regarded s mere
ser's, useful only as producers o.
what was required by the higher o 2
der
Labor saving machinery has chang
ef all this. It has been the great
eIevating and equalizing agency Of
modern times, and made II possible
for the mechanic and the laborer to
supply his wants and to surround
himself with comforts, conyeniences
and Injuries unknown in former
times to even the very highest order.
He Is no longer the serf or depend
ent Of other ranks. compelled to de-
vote his life, subject to their viii, In
ninistering to the wants of others.
for the mere right of existence for
himself.
All this we owe to the mschapic
and mechanical arts. he G eat move
ment IN this direction IS still 6 ing
on at constantly accelerated ratio.
One improvement only stimulates to
another comfort or luxury for to
day is necessity for to n row one
Improvement or advance secures the
means and opportunity for still fur
ther triumpLs.
The mechanic of to-day is not de
fined, as he once was by q literary
lion of the old aristocratic court cir
cles, as low mean fellow He
may. if he improves his opportunities
be the peer of men in any rank or
profession.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
Ashes as a Cattle Feed.

One of our substantial subscribers,
in a recent conversation, gave his
experience in training neat stock
affected with the habit of eating
wood, chewing bones. &c. HIS cattle
were one spring affected this way
they became thin in flesh, refused TO
eat hay, and presented a sickly APP
pearance. He had no impression
that their food lacked the constitu-
ents for making bone, but his neigh
bors used bone meal without motto
ing any good results whatever. At
last he put about four bushels OF
leached ashes IN his barn yard, and
threw out to them about a shoveIiul
each day they all ate as il with
evident relish. After turning them
out to pasture, he put one peck OF
dry ashes per week on the ground
in the p6Sure. They ate all up,
gaawed off tie grass whore 1t had
been living The cattle began to
improve, gaining flesh aud looking
better than they had done for sever
al years. He says this morbid APP
pearance was unnoiced years ago,
from the fact that the ground was
new and ashy from the burning OF
the woods and land clearings Lat
terly he gives one quart of ashes
mixed with the sane quantity ct
salt, to twelve head of cattle about
once a week.-LiUe Stock Journal
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05


There are too many who exhibit a
roughness of treatment toward the
cow; and yet no domestic animals
are more sensitive, or more quickly
feel the unkindness shown them.
They can be made docile and mild in
their disposition or timid and wild,
just IN accordance with the treat
ment they receive from the herder
and mixer; and it is a well estab.
lished fact that COW will transmit
her disposition IN great degree to
her progeny. A rough, quick-tem-
pered person should never be en-
ployed as a mixer f; and one who
viii on any pretense whatever, kick
or strike COW, should be kicked in
turn, from the barn yard into the
street, and never be allowed to re-
turn. Gentleness will increase the
quaEtity of milk, as has been shown
by change of cruel and irascible
to one who practiced kind and gen
tie treatm ent It is an injury to
cows to be driven faster than an
easy walk, to or from their pastures.
To be urged on by thcughtless boys,
and these perhaps on horseback, is
to produce a fever and heating7o of the
blood winch is sure to dry up or les
sen the flow of milk. Cows should
always be made as comfortable as
possible, summer and winter; 1T pays
to do it.-Pacifc Rural Press.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
Our Wool Growing Interests.

The proper fostering of the wool
growing interests of the country can
not bat result in establishing one OF
our heaviest branches of industry
having "a direct bearing upon agri-
culture. Few people Imagine how
extensive the manufactur ng of wool
into its various forms is carried on
in the north, northwest, and west
Mills or factories are everywhere
springing up to supply the immedi-
ate region. In the comparative new
State OF Iowa there are at the pre-
sent time some ninety wooden mills,
and in the adjoining States there are
probably full US many. We have
millions upon millions of acres of
land peculiarly adapted to sheep
and as the Republic spreads and
increases its population, all this
land will be brought into use So
says the Germantown Telegraph.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
BE Nnt Idle.

A wise and iudicious writer truly
saws there IS fault we all condemn
in the young and IN others, and too
often indulge in, without remorse,
ourselves. That fault is tdleHeSS.
There is q busy idIeness, which
sometimes blinds US to its nature
we seem to ourselves, and perhaps
to others, to be occupied; but what
IS the result of it alp What Han
nah Moore calls quiet and dull
fitting away of time" whether it be
in " Improbable small talk, or in
constant idle reading, or sauntering
over some useless piece of work, is
surely not redeeming the time, y
and yet how many days and hours
are thus unprofitably wasted and
neither ourselves nor others benefit
ted An women who have much
leisure are liable to this fault and
besides its own sinfulness, for surely
waste Of time is a sin, it encourages
a weak, unenergetic frame of mind,
and is apt to produce either apathetic
content in trifing occupation, or a
amusement, to help on the weary
time these tribes cannot kill; and
those who have their time entirely at
their own disposal, with perhaps no
definite duty to occupy them, should
guard reselutely against waste Of
time. Make duty tor yourselves fix
hours for your different occupations;
do with your might whatever your
hands find to do and carefully, con-
scientiously ascertain which of your
eTnpioyments is not worthy of all this
care have n motive, a reason for all
you do, and frequently examine
yourselves as to what you are doing,
and surely you viii find time too
precious to be squandered, or fritter-
ed, oridled away.-Ow Home Jour
mol
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
Road Steamers.

ROAD steamers or locomotives have
been brought into successful use in
India. The boiler is described as
being on the vertical principle, by
which means a nearly uniform water
level is maintained when either as
cents or descents are being made-a
thing in itself of great Importance
India rubber tires of about four and
one-half inches thickness are used,
and these fattened with the weight
of the engine, thus giving great ad-
hension and elasticity on bad roads.
The engine runs on three wheels on
ly, and IN this way small wheel
base is obtained and great facility
given for the important operation
OF steering. The speed obtained is
nearly ten miles per hour, including
stoppages. sf
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
About Digging Potatoes

In harvesting potatoes, different
plans are observed by different per-
sons. BY some they are dug quite
early, as soon as the tops are partial
ly decayed, and immediately taken
to the CELLAR. By others they are
left until there is danger of the
freezing of the ground.
In our youth we assisted in dig
ing from 800 TO 100 bushels Of pota-
toes annually, and the practice was
to throw them iato baskets as fast
as they were dug, and from the bas-
kets into the cart. When the cart
was fun, they were Immediately
taken into the cellar. These pota-
toes, of various kinds, we're usually
excellent in quality, being mealy,
and of agreeable flavor. They We're
grown on new ground, which would
partly account for their good qaul-
ity.
Which is the most appropriate
time to lift them, early or late?
On looking over Professor Goad-
by's work on Vegetable and Animal
Physiology, we find a table which
may throw a light upon the above
question. He says that st was
found by experiment that 30 pounds
of potatoes left in the ground con
tained of starch In August, 23 to
% pounds September, 30 ito IS
pounds; October, 30 to 40 pounds ;
November, 80 to 45 pounds April,
80 to IS pounds; May, 2S to 20
pounds"
The quantity of starch remained
the same during The dormant state
IN winter, but decreased as soon as
the plant began to grow.
From our own observation we are
inclined to think that the potato is
better off in dry ground in its native
bed until some time in October, if
not endangered by worms or floods,
and that they are better not to be
exposed much to sun or wind.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
EPIT1PHS.
All reverence unto Epitaphs'
porb;,b ~ for the IowIy,

All reverence unto Epitaphs,
For high or for the lowly'
Whenever they on graves are writ
By truth. and sc made holy.
Such make, in their deep earnestness'
The living grander-hearted'
And keep the souls. though freed from time
Still from our souls unparted'
And many are the Epitaphs
In prose or in verse flowing
And silent sacred music there
On board or marble glowing
Oh. heavenly the influence
Angels unseen around u.s.
While often white robes. ike their own
Seem to have softly wound US
Some Epitaphs shrine in their hearts
Beauty divinely tender.
And some throne the sublime IN all
Eternity's own splendor;
But one there is that marries both
SubIimity and Beauty;
Within one little line it lives
He tried to do his duty!
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

That all forms of m entail and NOR
al disease are symptoms OF morbid
conditions of the brain, is now as
we'll established as any fact OF
science. The elaborate researches
of Prof Shraedar van der kolk and
other European observers, have
shown most clearly that the brain OF
patients who die insane, idiotic, or
imbecile, give evidence on micro
scopic examination, of diseased con-
ditions sufficient to account for all
the symptoms they may have exhib-
tied. Insanity, being then a symp-
tom of disease of the brain, is not
found among the inferior species,
who have little or no nervous sys-
tenn, and only exceptionally among
the higher orders of animals. 1t is
comparatively rare among the wild
and batbarous tribes. As would
logically be expected, its manifesto
tions are most frequent and most Sc
we're in civilized communities, and
among the intellectual or ruling
/ classes. insanity increases in ire,
I tuGutN anu III FlO1tnLC Will 1AAO RNN
! progress of civilization, and is, IN
deed, part Of the price that we pay
for intellectually and refinement. Ii
was never before so common as a
the present day, and it appears tC
be rapidly increasing and multiply
ing its phases, in direct proportion
to our progress in art, in science, IL
literature, IN trade, in finance, and IL
all the departments of modern ac-
t'vity through which the brain is sc
constantly harassed and overwork-
ed. While we escape or recover
from the many of the Inflammation
aud fevers that decimate the savage
tribes, and are, on the whole, healt h
Ter and longer-lived, we are yet al
ficted with n thousand phases of IN
sanity to which they are compare
lively strangers
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
India Rnhhor Carriages.

II is said that Connecticut COM
pany IS putting up factory for the
building OF carriages made entirely
of India-rubber except the axle' and
ties A decided superiority is claim
ed for the material over wood. Why
cannot the same principle be ap-
piled to the construction of railroad
cars? With such cars, in case of a
''smash up" there could be no
splintering-the great cause of
wounds and loss of life in such
calamities.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

my son, said a good nother TO
her young hopeful, " did you wish
your teacher happy New Year :?
g No, ma'am," lie responded. /" Well
why not ?" Because, said tic
youth. she's never happy unless 5
She's whipping some of us boys, and
/ was afraid that If wished her
happiness she'd go for me-
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

THERE is no disease flesh is heir to
more troublesome to manage than rheu-
matism- II comes when you least ex-
pect it, and generally remains till it
gets ready to go away. The most con-
spicuous remedy for this complaint is
.Johns0n's AnodURe Liniment.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

4 LADY teacher enquired of the
members of Il class OF Juveniles II
any of them could name the four
seasons. Instantly the chubby hand
of a five-vear old was raised, and
promptly came the answer, "pePperi
snlt- yinepar. and mustard.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

OUR IMPRUDENcE THE CAUSE OF Con
suAlPTIoN.-How many of us can date
the cause of our last sickness to either
a crowded room, and then coming ou
in a cold air, or wearing damp clothes,
causing a cough which settles upon the
lungs, producing seated pains In the
chest. Aliens Lung Balsam will check
the disease and restore health to the
system, if only used in time.
Remember and call at the Drug Store
for Aliens Lung Balsam Every family
should keep it at hand.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

We take delight in referring our
afflicted friends to the drug stores where
that most estimable medicine, DIR. 5
o. Richardson's Sherry Wine Bitters,
can be procured. We advise our friends
10 use 1T, because we know its value In
curing Fever and Ague. diseases COM
mon in the west ana all new countries.
1t should be kept at hand III every fam
lily.
Sold by all Druggists.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

THE only scientific, rational and sue
cessfai mode of treating Catarrh in the
mead, that has been devised, consists in
applying Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
with Or. Plerce's Nasal Douche (the
only metnod OF reaching the upper
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as
Institutional treatment. To this
rough courseof treatment the disease
Ids as suresy as fire is extineuished
water The Douche and two medi-
IS for 81 by all druggists. 591.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

Two or three doses of ISherid0n's
CaUaIryy Condition Poi0ders will cure a
horse of any common cough or cold,
and the very worst cases may be cured
in few weeks. We know this from ex-
perience.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

To HAVE elegant light Biscuits, Rolls,
Buckwheat Cakes, Fruit Dumplings,
&c, You should use Dooley's Yeast Pow
der Ask your grocer for it. 1t is a
pure Baking Powder.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

A LITTLE thing in a Sunday-school
was asked by her teacher If she
always said her prayers night and
morning "No, miss. | dnn't- "
" Why, Mary, are you not afraid to
go TO sleep without asking the good
Father to take care of you and
watch over you TIL morning ?" No
Miss, | amt cause I sleep in the
middle .
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

A eorresSsudent of the Cincinnati
GGzeHe writes IF any one viii
break his ground deeply and thor
oughly two or thee times during the
spring aud summer, the extra
amount of wheat Der acre viii pay
for blowing, and leave a handsome
profit besides 1 have tested this
practice several times, with the most
satisfactory results. In 1861 1 had
a field OF sixteen ac1es of like fertil-
ity. 1 expected to plant half of the
field in corn, but FOR some reason l
did not. In the half that had been
plowed for corn after the ground
had been broke, the weeds grew
more rapidly. Consequently, l broke
it again the Goth Of jane. On ths
lst OF September fdllowing 1 plowed
the entire field and sowed III wheat.
The result VAS as follows The hall
which had only received the single
plowing Yielding per acre thirteen
bushels aud eighteen pounds he
half that received three breabings
/ yielded per acre twenty three bush
els and forty pounds, which made a
/ difference gilmore tAGn ten bushel
per acre. At one dollar per bushel
/ this would pay for the extra plow-
+ ing, and leave a net profit OF si1
! dollars Der acre besides"
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

MAMMA, " said a wee pet, "tbey
sang at want to be an Angel in
Sunday school this morning. and /
sang with them Why, Neli'e,
eauld you keep time with the rest p
= guess 1 could, proudly answered
little Nellie; '' ] kept ahead OF en-
most all the way through"
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

CRIsroDoRo's EXCELSIOR IIuR DYES the
most sure and complete preparation Of the kind In
the world; its effects ara magical. ats chAracter
harmless its tnts NATURAL its qualities enduring.
tonl.i. l.4l HllaLE. .r. lLna ...- 3
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
Cramps.

Cramps in the stomach limbs cured at once
hy brisk rubbing with Magic Arnica Llnimcnr.
Trial viii convince any one tnat this preparation
has equal linlnieut. For sale by ali drug
gists.
READ TIVE EVIDENCE.
The Memphis ttristAVl dduOc0fe, OF the 9th OF
February last, said
s4Tf you have an ache or q palm. 20 10 Mansfield &
Hlgbee's and get bOste fheir Arnfca IiniInent.
II is an excel eiit remedy. We have tried IL. and
can recpnln III. AnOt variable article man
nfartured aid sold by them Is their creole Re
siorauve for The hair. Nm Blow has trled IT, a
thin has been cres benefit her. She saws
she must have more of it.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

ANOTHER PLAN

is to beat up a quarter of pound
of good, fresh lime, in pail of wa
ter, and after allowing it to stand
for an hour, until the impurities
have settled from off the clear por-
ton, wash the rancid butter in
that.
Other processes for preserving
butter are given, but we have select
ed those which seemed most practi-
cal and useful, adding remarks of
our own when deemed necessary.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
Natural Decay-rrotect ahe system.

The human body is 2 machine. and therefore
cannot endure forever; but, ike watch a sew
ing machine, il VIII last much longer If properly
regulated aud daily repaired. than if no pains
taken to Keep it in order. The great object Of
every one who desires long and healthy life
should be to put his body in condition to resist the
misunderstanding influences by which all
more or less surrounded: and invigorant and
corrective AT present known effectively answers
this purpose as the vitalizing elixir which, under
The tnfretendina name of IIostetter's stomach
Buffers has been for more than twenty years the
standard tonic OF America. In crowded cities.
where the atnlOsphefe j. contaminated win the
eIfiuvia inseparstble from large populations; IN
nlarshy regions, where the sOggy soil Teeks with
miasnil the DsairieS and IN the forests. where
rottii.g weeds aud grasses. or decoTnpOsing leaves
in short. in every locality where nalaria exists,
powerful Neeta Dle autdote Is urgently needed.
Fever and alue. bilious fvers. dysentery, cOnges-
tiun OF The liver. jauBdIce, rIeumatsnl. and all
diseases which generated by infected air, I'M
may be averted by strengthenIng and regulating
the system in advance with fiostetter's Bitters-
Autumn is always season Of peril, especially 70
weak. susceptible organizations. Even the more
vigorous al apt to be in some measure depressed
nv the humid atmoSilhere q loaded with deeterlous
period Of The year when the renovation and regu-
fation of the living machine Is peculiarly import
ant and the BiIteTs should therefore be taken daily
al this critical season
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

A NEW ORLEANS mother was re-
Gently questioning her little girl in
geography as follows: "Wbo went
first through the straits of AIagel-
Ian { Daisy quickly answered,
Magellan with his squadron .
What Go you understand by his
squadron, Daisy" Tue question wss
nos IN the book, bnt Daisy was
ready for the emergency: "Oh, I
know it's one of those women that
aiu't on tie white
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

Every experienced hay-raiser
knows the up pcertainty Of getting a
good stand 4 any of the old meth
DDS of seeding timothy. Two thirds
Of the time only partial set is OBJ
tained, and the farmer, hoping for
improvement in the set, cuts and
rakes over the ground year after
year, gettinahalf crop of hay, or
less, and tip largely mixed with
weeds and bfiers, until he finds that
the weeds and briers are improving
in their set. 4 Then he concludes to
1 cultivate theland in corn or some
other crop to xiii out the briers, pre-
paratory to another trial at seeding
to timothy.
1 will warrant any Of the old
modes to fail two thirds of the time
to get 6 good set and a crop-iull
average crop-the first year, and L
warrant two-thirds of tie efforts to
succeed in good sets and full aver
age crop the FIRST year if seeded IN
standing corn In proper manner
The farmer should have the seeding
in view in the preparation Of the
ground for The corn crop IN the
spring. The corn should be planted
and cultivated '.both ways, as farm
ers says-ground left clear and level
Sow any time in September, STIRRING
the ground Immediately after (and
before tooif he pleases) with harrow
or light cultivator. Cut the stocks
level with the ground as soon IS the
corn is gathered roll in winter and
spring. W. U.