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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11

The close, long continued analytical
researches of DR.. Sprengel led to the
conclusion that an excess Of iron salts,
and especially of the phosphate of iron,
greatly favors the growth of red rust on
the leaves and culms of wheat and
other cereals. A soil in the vicinity Of
Brunswick that did not lack drainage,
but lime, was remarkable for growing
wheat and barley, always attacked and
generally blighted by rust. A quantity
of this soil was taken into field gen
orally free from this often ruinous para
site, to form an artificial soil fifteen
inches in depth. Wheat planted in this
was badly rusted, while that grown ali
around it, in the same field, was free
from the malady. There was some
thing in the soil peculiarly favorable to
the fungus which stains ones clothing
as red as bog iron ore itself. Low
ground IN which salts Of iron collect in
excess is generally recognized as being
very subject to rust. Drainage is q par
tial remedy and no more.
DIR. Spreugel found on analysis a
fraction over a half per cent. of the
phosphate of iron in the soil under con-
sideration, with only trace of lime IN
combined with silicic acid. As free lime
Will take phosphoric acid away from
iron, and Indirectly convert iron into
the harmless peroxide, and at the same
time produce the valuable fertilizer,
phosphate of lime, lining was pre-
scribed ar d the cure was perfect.
Here is a plain case where the analy-
sis OF soil by competent expert de-
tected the source of o great and per
menent evil, and transformed, as by
magic, mineral poison into plant food
OF inestimable value. To decry soil an
alyses by skillful chemists is shallow
quackery-a weed that finds too much
favor with American farmers.
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Feeding a Spring Colt

The colt should not be confined Gin.
doors (under cover in the day time.
/ don't care what any one saws to the
contrary, every day the sun shines in
winter the colt should be allowed n
run at large, either in yard CT close.
for air and sunshine are as essential to =
colts health and thorough, vigorous
growth as it IS to vegetation: and
though some may suppose the picking
of little grass in green spots viii take
the appetite off hay, oats and bran. II
is " no such thing - on the cont ~.
1T will sharpen the digestion and pro
duce appetite, and in this case. with
daily range over any old natural grass
sod, oats may be given freely; half a
peck per day would notSe too much if
a very fine yearling is desired.
LII there IS no convenience for having
ar and exercise in the light and infIu-
ence OF the sun, oil meal will be bene-
ncial Dnt IN such dilemma it would
be well to teach the animal to lead and
nave IL out with halter for young
stock OF any kind Rept in through
a winter viii become weak and r1ieera-
BILE. Hay made from early cut GRASS
would be excellent ; as for chair about
equal measure with the oats and bran
Will be very well to make it chew the
oats better, which, in my opinion. is the
only argument In favor of chaT.
tsst crsaaats- of colts. sf g.. sur..
draught-horse breed are raised in Enc
land, which lie in small field with a
shed to run under at pleasure. ard
where they have some nice, sweet hay
once day IN fine, mild weather and
twice during cold spells. These colts
ar stronger, and have grown more
curing the WINTER than one kept in con-
fnenient without open air and sunshine.
Then again, there is no occasion To he
particular about the quantity of food of
any KIND when treating as 1 suggest !:
the only attention necessary is to give
enough and find out what that is by NOT
letting any waste occurewhich of c5urse
requires that whenever any is left. less
must be given till it is always cleared
mp Western Farmer.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11
How to Destroy NOxiOus Insects.

4 small black flea, in great sUarms,
eats the leaves of cabbage plants after
they come up from seeds so WI in the
open ground, and also early cabbage
plants after being set out in the open
ground from hot-beds. A slight dust
ing of fresh Stacked lime over the plants
in the morning, while wet With dew,
will drive them of or kill them. Dust
the plants one morning, and again the
second morning after that then the
Job is finished. The Z" flea" is more
fond of pepper cress" than cabbsges,
so that if the cress is sown thinly along
with the cabbage seed it will save the
cabbages. 4 greenish mealy louise in
vast numbers attack cabbages when
nearly full grown. Two dustings of
Trash lime viii kill them. A black
grub, which lodges in the ground, eats
through the stems of young cabbages
after being transplanted, causing the
heads 70 drop off. Whenever that is
observed, search around the plants cut
off and find the grub and kill it. It is
only a quarter of an inch under the
surface. After it cats off one plant it
gets to another, so that you must search
around the neighboring plants, if not
found where It has been devastating
They are always in pairs, so that, after
finding one, search for its mate. 1t may
be several plants from the other. Tie
wire worm lodges in the ground, and is
destructive to the seeds of Lima and
pole beans and Indian corn. Plant
twice as many seeds as you want p akss
When they begin TO push throughNthe
ground, draw the soil from the seeds
gently, and see that there be no worms
in them. If the worms are there, pick
them ont with pin or needle and de-
strOy them
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Suggestions to Fruit t3roweA

sometimes, from well known causes.
trees Will split at the junction q, their
limbs down centrally, or limbs will
commence 10 split of from the trunk.
In such cases, make a hole with q 10 -.
anger through the severed parts for an an
IRON bolt of the size required to SCENE
all needful strength to the parts and
mold them IN position; and taking care
bolt IN the wood, so as 70 a1low ,ie
wood to grow over the same. to prevent
evaporation of sap and consequent loss
of vitality in the tree. -o"' LOSS
10 destroy worms use strong soap
s sa' ana apply with "swab." TO
Keep worms from ascending the free
take wool finely carded in thin hats .
se;sape the bark little. or if there "a are e
W with x ~ Inc tree. apply the bats tied
distance from the top of the he's sa, .ne
leaving the bat to double down
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DYING.

40 BARN. when I am dead,
How shall ye keep frae harm?
What hand will gle ye bresf2
What FIRE will keep We VI fm?
How shall We dwell on earth aw5frae me p
80 mither, dinna deep
40 BARN, by night or day,
hear no sounds ava,
But veices DER winds that blaw,
And the voices o. ghaists that say,
/ must ava.
The Lord that made the wind and made the sea,
Is hard my poor BARN and me-
And I melt IN His breath ike snaw."
so mither, dinna doe ~
o BARN, it is but closing up the cen,
And lying down, never to rise again.
Many strong mans sleeping haze seen
There Il pain
I'm weary, weary, and kenna why;
Ny summer has gone by,
And sweet were sleep, but for the sake o. thee"
40 mither, dinna dee
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To Avoid Cut Worms in Corn.

This is the experience of maj in
Indiana, as he told the Cincinnati Ga
zette:
"A few years ago my father had a
fifteen acre field, well set in timothy,
which he wished to put into corr. We
commenced breaking it up in February,
and finished before the grass began to
grow. When the ground was dry we
narrowed il, and-cross-harrowed it, I'M
til it was in fine order, being almost as
dry as an ash heap. We planted in
good time, and it came up nicely but
the cut worm destroyed it all, so that
it had to be planted over again, and
then replanted after the second plant
.n e.; before et,,s we we could get Fything like
Our neighbor had a field inst
across the fence of about the same size.
1t was on the same slope, and vas the
same kind of land exactly. 1t had bee n
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11

N timothy the same le myth of time that
our fed had. He broke it up late in
the spring, and planted it in corn the
same day that we did. The grass had
gotten such a start, before he common
ced breaking up, that after the field
was planted it looked almost as green as
pasture. His corn came up nicely, and
there was so little of it destroyed by the
cut worms that he did not take the
trouble to replant it.
''He raised a good crop of corn on his
field while we raised poor one. His
good-natured remark was that he fed
his cut worms on grass, instead of
corn
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11
wbero Docs II come From 7

Pints and quarts OF filthy catarrhal dis
charges Where does, it all come from The
mucous membrane, lining the chambers of the
nose, and its little glands, are diseased, 20
that thew draw from the blood its liquid, and
exposure to the air changes it into corruption.
This life-hquid was to build up the system but
it is extracted and the system is weakened by
the loss. To cure, gain flesh and strength by
using DIR. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery,
which also acts directly upon these glands,
Remedy with DIR. Pierce's Nasal Douche, the
only method OF reaching the upper cavities
where the discharge accumulates and comes
from.
CAPARRH OF 20 YEARS STANDING CURED.
MONROE, Onachita Parish, La. Sept. 10. II.
r. Y. PIERCE, NJ. D.:
Sometime about last JunAI commenced the
use of your medicines, andthey have entirely
cured me of catarrh of twenty years standing.
Respectfully, Mrs. G. e. PHILLIPS.
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HOW 10 Make n Roller.

A correspondent last week made in
quiry how to make a cheap field roller.
The following from the Germantown
Telegraph may benefit him and others
Experience has taught us some lessons
about making a roller. To make a cheap
and substantial roller we take two logs,
from two to two and half feet in diam
eter, according to the weight of the tim
Der used; saw off each log three and
half or three feet long take them to
pump-sbop and get two and half or
three inch hole bored through the cen
ter of each. Then take four wooden
blocks of suitable size, say three inches
thick, five inches wide, and ten or twelve
riches long let them into the end OF
the rails one and half or two inches,
so they may project an inch or more
bore holes in these the size of the rod
used for the rolls to turn on, and cor
responding with the center of the holes
in the rolls dress of the projecting
part of the blocks, except about four
inches in the middle, and fasten them
to their places with screws. Make the
frame of four-inch scantling, consisting
of two side and two end pieces, and
one middle piece, well framed together;
the width being somewhat greater than
the diameter of the rolls, and the
length such as TO give them little play
Bore holes through the middle of the
cross-pieces of the frame, place the
rolls IN the frame with an inch and a
half iron rod the whole length of the
frame, and having hole punched near
one end so that a bolt may pass through
an end-piece of the frame and the rod
to prevent its turning in the frame. OF
course the holes in the wooden boxing
must be a little larger than the rod on
which the rolls are to turn. Bolt the
tongue on the top of the middle cross
piece, and brace it well with iron braces
fastened to the front piece of the frame.
A bench for the driver completes the
implement. roller made in this way
is much more durable than made in the
way we used to make them, with gud-
geons driven into the rolls and turning
in the frame. When the boxing wears
ont IL is easily replaced
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11

A FRIEND of ours, who is chief clerk
in the governmental dispensary saws that no
medicine chest is now complete without John
sons Anodyne Liniment. We always supposed
it was prescribed by law; if it is not, it ought
to be, for certainly there is nothing in the
whole nleterid medicd of so much Importance
to the soldier and the sailor as Johnson's Ano-
dyne Liniment.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11

We SEE that Proctor il CANDLES Ex-
ira German Soap is becoming very popular in
our city; its quality we know is superior, and
we are not surprised that consumers prefer it
and that it has a large sale. Try it if you do
not already use it.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11

VETERINARY Surgeons all over the
country are recommending Sheridan's Cavalry
Condition Powders for the following trouble
in horses: Loss of appetite roughness OF
the hair, stoppage of bowels or water thick
water, coughs and colds, swelling of the
glands, worms, horse all, thick wind, and
Ina
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11

SoME parents spend their money for
patent medicine to cure their children's colds
Some save their money and prevent the colds
by buying SILVER TIPPED shoes, which
never wear through at the toe
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Mo- ANp FvpFRrENcr.-Five hn

MONEY AND EXPERIENCE Five hun
dred thousand dollars and fifteen years expe-
rience have made the National Surgical Insti-
tute, Indianapolis Indiana, the largest and
most benefcent OF its kind in America 1t
cures annually thousands OF cases of deformi-
ties of the spine, limbs and face catarrh
chronic diseases, piles and fistula. By writing
to the Institute, a large journal giving full
particulars VIII be sent to you free
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11

"a CAMBRIDGE professor has decided
That human being couldn't live min
ute in the moon, and we therefore warn
people to keep away from there.
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WHY Potatoes Run Ont.

A New York farmer is quoted as say
ing "Some one asks why it is that po-
tatoes so soon run out. There are two
grand reasons. There are but few pota-
zoos ia l1ill that ut for seed Son
are oyergrown, coarse, rank, and will
not transmit the original quality. Others
are undergrown, end not fully developed
seed. A potato of medium size, perfect
in all its parts, with change of ground,
will produce its.like, al i1lJiRit,tn1. One
other reason, emitting potatoes between
stem and seed end continually, is
wrong. It requires the stem and seed
end to make perfect seed. IF cut,
lengthwisr. Single eyes will run out
any potatoes. There is no other seed
that will bear mutilation like the pota-
to the only wonder is, that it does not
run out completely"
CHINESE OIL-BEANs. These beans,
remark able for the amount of protein
matter and oil they contain, are but lit
tie used as food for man, but are cult
waited mainly as feed for cattle and for
fertilizing. The ripe beans, as we'll as
the oil-cake, are fed the oil-cake also
serving as a manure for sugar cane and
mulberry treas. The oil, expressed as
usual by wedges, has a honey-yellow
tint, and rather delicate and pleasant
odor, and is quiet fluid. It may be
used as table oil, or for illumination,
without previous publication. IN China
a clay soil, which is well feriilized with
bone AID wood ashes, with the addition
OF the sc 1iment of the numerous canals,
seams D ast adapted to the cultivation eff
the oil-beans. The stalks need no SUP
port. The harvest oscu In October,
when e. beans aie trampled ont and
the straw utilized as fuel
BEANs.-The bean wants quick, dry
soil, finely pulverized, and kept clean by
The seed may be planted in
hills, ic OF or two apart, in rows two
and half or three feet apart, or in
drills-about three times as thick as
corn in either case. The small white is
most easily raised, is most certain, ripens
best, and keeps best on sea voyages.
The larger beans, as the kidney and |
sell at higher prices, but are
more difficult to raise, and do rot ripen |
20 perfectly.
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PAPER in Illinois says that a mans
s4el1 standing there is graded bv
whether be drops a ten-penny nail ~
quarter into the church contribution
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A WORD IN SEAsoN.-Health is a
blessing which comparatively few enjoy
in all its fullness. Those endowed by
nature with robust frames and vigorous
constitutions should be careful not to
trife with them.
When we enter the seasons of period
ic feveTs, the increased heat of the sun
develops n miasma which pervades the
air The evil is inextinguishable our
duty to guard against it is imperative
Fortunately for those whose lot is cast
in low marshy districts or new clear
ings, nature provides a cure and pre-
ventive. Dr. Walkers California Vine
sexRSkssers are endowed with rare pro-
phyt6ctic or disease-preventing powers,
and as san ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure," should be taken in
the full vigor of health, so as TO fortify
the system against the assault of sum
mer disease, and thus secure by their
life-giving, strengthening, restorative,
and antiseptic virtues, a defense against
atmospheric poison.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11

Go To Riverside Water Cure, Hamilton, III.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11

ANNA S. GETsINGER. of Honesdale
Pa, writes the following = After SUFFERING,
for nearly two years from neuralgia in the
breast, passing up into the throat, face and
head, / was entirely cured and restored to
health by using DIR. l.. O. G. Wisharts Pine
Tree Tar Cordial"
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THE ORGAN as HOUSEHOLD instrument

THE ORGAN as HOUSEHOLD instrument
has been rapidly growing in favor. and
the yearly sales are now enormous. A
good Organ remains in tune, is easily
kept IN order, and blends naturally with
the quality of the voice. The adver-
tisement of the Smith American Organ
Co., in another column, is referred to
the consideration of our readers. This
house has an enviable reputation for
good work and fair dealing.
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CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND
SICK
from nc other than having worms in the
stomach
BROWNS vERMIFUGE CoMFITs
will des roy without injury to the child. be
ing perfectly W HITE and free from all colorfng
other injurious ingredients usually used In
preparations.
CURTIS & BROWN, ProprietOrs
No. 2I5 Fulton street. New York.
Sold by druggists and chemists and dealers In
medicin IS. at TWEEN ty-five cents box.
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THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF AN
nm MIR


Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup Is the prescrip-
ton the female ph ysiciAns and nurses
In the United states, and has been used for thirty
years with never failing safety and success by mil
Hons of mothers and children from the feeble In
of week old to the adult. It corrects acid
ity of the stomach relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort TO
mother and child We believe it to be the best and
surest remedy in the world in all cases Of dyson
terry and diarrhoea in children whether Ii arises
from teething from any other cause. Full d.
rectons for using Will accompany each bottle
None genuine unless the fac-simile OF CURTIS &
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper.
Sold by all medicine dealers
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TAFFY.-One cup molasses, one cup
of sugar, half cup water, piece OF
butter the size of a hickory nut. Ii
brittle when dropped in water, pour
ont on large plates stretch out to the
thinnest while warm when perfectly
cold break into squares.
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MoLAssEs CANDY.-One quart OF mo-
lasses; piece Of butter size of an egg
stew over quick fire until the molasses
will harden on being dropped into cold
water; pour in buttered dishes and pull
while hot
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ALIENS LUNG BALSAM.
This Great Medicine was first OF
faHad for SaIn To-. 49, -

This Great Medicine was first Of
feFed for Sale Ten Years Ago.
It's goo quail les VIZ re soon made known al home
ana very soon It's fame was noiqad lar ana near /.
now II is sold in nearly everx Drug store IN tue
United States \ o similar nj dIcfne stands higher
Please Read the TrolIo~Uino.
COLUMBIA, Henry c. uaty.
- - - a iab ma March s, 1873
Nessrs. j. N. HARRIS & o., Cfncinua- 4 a.
DEAR SIRs i v ant TO send me six bottles of
Aliens Lung Balsam since last May L have
bought and taken about twenty bottles OF the
Lung Balsan for diseRse OF he lungs Of tIrteen
years. star diDg Be- re that time 1 had bought
ana used nearly every luag renedy recon Ced
and your Lung Balsam is The only thing fthaf has
given me permanent relief. I belle. il saw d nv
life last spring when cOmmen ed rs use L do
not expect that aRythirg viii cure me entirely
but the BalsAm keeps up so that can attend
to business 1t gives me immediate re ief and |
am greatly improved IN general health.
remain, eratsfully yours,
Il n PnOT,
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MARRIAGE GUIDE !ssi; :::.:

valuable information foe 4
! or contemplate marriage.
mail. Address DR.. Butts j
Eighth street, St. Louis. Mo.
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Household sweets, and How to Make
Them.
CREAM CANDY.-Two cups white SUI
gar half cup water; one tablespoonful
vinegar; half teaspoon cream tartar ha-
Yor to taste.
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FOI.fifV the hodV again
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Hea

ache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs,|
Tightness of the Guest, Dizziness, Sour
Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpita-
tation of the Heart, Inflammation of the
Lungs, Pain in the region Of the Kid
neys, and hundred other painful symp-
toms, are the ollsprings Of Dyspepsia.
One bottle will prove a better guarantees
Of its merits than a lengthy advertise
rDouf
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1sf e - Y - wiIfout Truth Triumphant Agents,
49, III f = e old and Young. nlle and l3e
IEssi k5lsa "a more money selling fre;Seh and
AVA " - - ~ ~ than at anything fi. Greatest induce
ments 70 Agents and Purchaser Cafage. Terms
particulars sent free to ALL T. o. VIcKEEr, Augusta, Maine
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DR.. TUFTS HAIR DYE

Possesses qualities that other dye does. Its eff
feet is nsta ntaneous and IL Is natural that IL
annot be detected. II Is harmless and easily up
piled, and Is In general use among the IA hionabe
balrdressers in every large city. Pr $IOU box.
Sold every where. Ofce, IS Corllandt street. N. Y
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CHOCOLATE CARAMELs.-One pint new
milk one cake chocolate (4ib,); one
cup and half sugar (white). Try this
on a buttered plate, as it will not crisp
in water, and when done pour out on
buttered pans and mark off in squares
with knife as it cools, and then it viii
easily break when cold. They am very
excellent.
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TIME Pronouncinz Handbook of Words often
1 Aispronounced as given by the best authOri
ties.
sent TO any address on receipt of Sixty cents
LEE & SHEPARD, Boston.
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ScrofuIa. or King's Evil. white

ScrOfuIa, or hlng'S Evil, Whlte
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck,
GoitEe, Scrofulous Inaammations, Indolent
Inhammations, Mercurial Affections, Old
Sores, Eruptions Of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc.
In these. as in all other constitutional Dis
cases. WALKER's VISEGAR BITTEHs. have
shown their goat curative powers IN the
rnnsf nhstinntn and infrnnfnlle ,.nsna
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The pr0perties of DIR. WALxER's
+ I / IliDuss proclaim Z

Carminative. Nutritious, Laxative Diuretic
Sedative, Counter uitant, Sud0rhc, Al.erG .