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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01
THE T4LUE or SMILL ICCOM-
JLIST JITsNTS

Everything you know how to do, that
is done in a home, is something spun and
woven and laid upon the store some
thing acquired for a lifetime, that will
last as those beautiful old linens used to
last; something that you viii have to
spin and weave again.
do not mean something that you
have done once, or once in n while, or
that you think you know how ought to
be done. l mean something that you
have got at your fingers ends, till it
does not seem hard to you or cost you
the least toll of thought and anxiety.
Something that you can handle as you
handle your crochet-needle, or run your
fingers up and down the piano keys, play
ing your scales. Something that you
can do as you do your hair" or tie a
bow-knot in your cravat; with turns
and touches that you do not measure or
think about, but have got so used to that
the right thing comes of 1.-THE result
that is nice and becoming, and full Of a
skillful grace that can not be analyzed or
got at by method or recipe, but that
yot have just grown into forgetting how.
Every hit of a woman's work in a
home, when She takes it up rs a strange
thing, Is like tying a bow-knot for the
first time, or ike sewing, or k.ittirg. ssr
s.rotoIsctiIse to who has never
touched the implements before. When
you think of trying one such task after
another, day after day, mall the complex
doing that housekeeping" implies, with
your very living depending upon it all
the while, you may well fancy how it is
that American girls break down under
the physical and mental strain that
come upon so many of them with the
fulillment of their happy hopes-the
having and ordering n "housc of their
own" There is no help for it, but Just
the making all these things, in their
knowledgcs, such parts of yourselves as
the alphabet and the multiplication ta-
BILE, and the consciousness of the parts of
the day and week and year are; things
that have been used till they are like
limbs and senses natural furnishings,
that you feel as if you were born with.
Then, you can take hold of life and live.
You have not got the whole way and
method to invent yourself
And the best way of all is, that one
thing grasped in this way is the essential
grasped OF great many more. Every
side ofa honeycomb cell is the converse
side of another; every row of knitting is
half stitch all along for the next row !;
in all kinds of building and making, that
which is completed is already the begin
ming of the father structure.-MrS. 4. d..
r. Whitney, ST. Nicholas.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01

dislike is not so much of the manner o.
preaching as of preaching itself. A late
writer in the London Spectator candIdiy
confesses this, and his language has been
echoed by many among ourselves, thus
showing where the secret of the want OF
sympathy toward the pulpit lies. 1t IS
the sermon itself, whether good or bad,
that is an offence. Men do not like to
listen to the claims of religious truth and
duty. They are restive under the in
structions of the pulpit. We may en-
deavor to correct the faults oe the pulpit
and to supplement it's deficiencies, but 1t
viii be in vain so long as this repugnance
exists, SO long as it is what the preacher
says, and not his manner Of saFing 1t,
whether Objectionable or otherwise, that
is the real ground of5lsssHS.f
Tbxaass--s-----s-5ss1oI power III the T,zsfpIt
may be abundantly aeeounted f5ss55,,1
some one or other or tnese rSsi~oiis, I
all combined, without disparaging the
fidelity or ability of its ministrations as
compared with former age. The
fathers of our own denomination especial |
ly are worthy of double honor, in view of
the disadvantages and obstacles amidst
which they labored and wrought such
enduring and noble results. But the
young men are worthy successors of the
fathers in piety, in zeal, in conservation
to their work The writer belongs to
neither class, and, looking on them both,
sees much to admire, much to excite
for the past, much also to
encourage hope for the future.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01

The subject of our common school sys
: tenn should be to furnish to our young
| practical education. The great majority
of our children have no other education
than that given in our common schools
and it is, therefore, of the utmost import
ance that the system should be divested
OF all susperfuous features, making it
simple aud thoroughly practical. Edu-
cation in this country is of such a char
acter, and colored by such false social
ideas, that many of our best men have
been led to doubt the P-acticabiIity Of
school education, The young man is
more apt to graduate from college a
| diplomated fop and classic loafer than
useful citizen. Our institutions of learn
ing, instead of emptying their gradnatAs
into h., f,I.l..,.s ss-s.isAs7.tf pursuits
are continually swelling the already over
crowded professions, Ihe great ocean oI
useless humanity, and feeding the black
sea of vice. This is not the fault Of
education, howeYer-it is the fault of
society, which attaches to education
false notions, among the worst of which
is that labor is degrading to the ed
ucated. We can not educate to) much,
if we will make it practical. If every
farmer in America were a thorough
scientist the results of our farming
would be largely increased, and the
happiness of that important class of our
population greatly enhanced. The time
will be when as much culture will be
found in the furrow as in the library,
when the field, and woods will blaze with
as much brilliancy of mind as does the
city Great progress has been made in
this direction within the last few years,
and it must go on until our schools are
something besides hot-houses of i'm |
potency and fashionable uselcssness, and |
our farms become the homes Of cultured |
intellectually.
a change in our common school sys-
ten is the first thing to be sought We |
must begin here to learn our boys and |
girls that education is only an aid to
a means for the accomplish
ment of the proper aims Of life, and is
not simple ornament. More attention
must be paid to the practical pursuits of
life and less to the accomplishments.
Instead of leading the susceptible mind
entirely away from the thought of in
dustry, never permit it to forget it. If
the science of agriculture, for instance,
had place among the studies of eur
common schools, the boy would be led to
see beauties instead of drudgery and
gloom in life upen the farm,
and would be less inclined to leave 1t,
often for less honorable and even less re-
employment. The Western
Rural believes that agriculture is one of
the noblest and safest, and can be made
among the most profitable pursuits, in
which the young men of America can
engage. gnd is desireus that apy hiAg 50
soGssfst II winning une hearts OF our young
men to the farm or III weaning them
rom it as are cur educational facilities,
should be managed in the interest of this
great and important industry.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01
FAI1HFUL UNTO DEArH.

| /" Wait but little, sweetheart" you said
Her fine hair under your finger tips
Watching the droOp OF her fair young head
And the aeath-white curve OF her quiyeripr fps
" Wait till the violet ieds are filled
By the bountiful hand of the maiden spring.
Wait till the birds are beginning to build
Wait till the brooks are beginning TO sing.
q Wait with song in your heart, my girl
For the life bear in Inc land so new
a life as pure the purest pearl
And white as a lily because Of YOU.
And, oh remember that come " hat NAV,
Ere the robins call to her mate is heard
shall lean TO the light OF your eyes and saw
cur nest is waiting, my wounded bird.'h
Hard was the snow on the hills that day,
Winds were cruel as want of war,
The sky sullen and cold and gray,
And ships were wrecked on the haTbOr bar
And, - Oh, but, my love- my love and mine
Whithersoever your way may be,
My heart shall cling TO your faith divine
Till his pulse is under the dust 3" said She
And 50 yoH parted. The desolate days
Vent lettering on to the longed-for time,
When all the glittering garden ways
Were red with roses and rare with rhyme
The birds were merry in every tree,
The wind sang high and the brooks sang low.
And the ships sailed cheerfuily out 10 sea,
And the sea was summers in foam and how.
And she-your darling' I sIoooth her hair.
- 6.s words Ian back ir9nl my PityinS 1liPs
To poison your life in 8 long eclipse
Here is picture. She hade me say
Your faith had failed her (God help you frIsndl
But added " Bury my face his way;
lie will know loved him unto the end
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01
TROrTING sTALLToN.s.
The Efforts Making to Inprore the Na-
tiOnGL Breed oT Horses.
From the Boston Post

!, The interest in the meeting of trottin'
stations, to be held in Philadelphia tn
last week in September, under the aus
pices of the breeders centennial trottine
meeting, continues to increase, and the
turf fraternity generally anticipate s
wonderful display of speed. The pre-
mlums to be awarded amount in all to
15,500, and the entries far exceed in
number the lists at any previous meet
ing. Among the famous horses which
are expected to take part in the contest
are Smuggler, up to the present time,
without doubt, the fastest stallion in the
country; Jay Gould, Mambriuo Gift,
Blackwood, Thomas Jefferson, and Gen
eral Grant. Colts are entered from all
the grazing state- ia tIie SvunVry. Alessrs.
Tiffany & Co., of New York, have Just
finished the massive cup to be awarded
as a trotting trophy. 1t is offered for
free competition among all trotting stall
lions, for the fastest mile, the equines to
trot separately against time, and to be
allowed three trials each with or without
a running mate, separately driven. 1t
is claimed that the conditions under
which this prize Is to be competed for
are less than those of "heat-races," and
are, therefore, especially calculated to
favor the chances of stations that have
been confined to the breeding farm dur
ing the season, as such horses can readily |
prepare for an exhibition of great speed |
for single mile, whereas they could not |
be expected to compete in well con
tested race against horses fitted by long |
course of training. The prize cup is
twelve inches high, and at the broadest
part OF the bowl fifteen inches in diam
eter. The general style of workmanship
is Grecian, modified, however, by the
of emblems of the associa-
tion by which it is offered as prize. On
either side of the bowl, springing from
its oval surface, are horses heads, with
branches of laurel richly wrought in
high relief; midway between these heads
are substantial handles, attached 10 the
body and strengthened by graceful brack-
cts corresponding in shape with the curve
Df the bowl. The rim is ornamented
with a inely-engraved wreath of laurel,
with horseshoes. The feet and
oase are purely classical in their design,
md resting upon the sides of the latter
ire four horseshoes, with sprays of laurel 5
n relief The base has satin finish, and
he bowl is polished and lined with gold. ]
The horses heads and the handles are ]
inted with gold, while the horseshoes in !
elief are oxidized. The cup Is very !
old and substantial in appearance, and
IS a prize, is both useful and ornamental. !
The workmanship is superb. The cost t
# the cup was 81 900. As prize this {
up viii be especially valuable to the {
winner, as this viii be the first meafi-.s-
+ national character in which a ma
ority of the horse-breeders of the coun- !
ry viii bring their stock together in !
eneral competition, though it is hoped
hold these meetings in fut ure, yearly
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01

EXPECTS OF LIGHTNING.-A singular
occurrence lately transpired in the
northern part of Putnam and the south:
ern portion of Dutchess counties, New
York. After violent thunder storm
accompanied by an unusual amount oi
chain-lightning and torrents ofrain, dead
wild geese were picked up by the hun
dreds. Numbers of them had previously
been observed alive in the shallow ponds
of the vicinity, and they were seen TO act
strangely during the storm, as though
they had been fired upon. The heads o
the dead fowl were badly torn and il
some cases their feathers were burned Il
a crisp and their bodies burst open.
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dropped from the mouth into the muzzle
a tap with the butt-end of the frelocl
on the saddle causes the salivated bullet
to adhere to the powder during the mo
ment necessary to odepress the barrel when
the discharge is sinstantly effected without
bringing the go to the shoulder.
The excitement which seizes upon the
hunter at finding himself surrounded by
the long-sought buffalo is intense, and
sometimes renders him careless in exam
ming too closely whether the object fired
at is buffalo or bufIalo-runner
mounted by friend But few fatal ac-
cidents occur, hoveyer, from the pell-
nell rush and indisiriminate firing; bu
it frequently happef that guns, as the
result of hasty and careless loading, ex-
plode, carrying agas part of the hands
using. them, and E en- the most expert
runners some tiisle sad their way into
Stlls,vl-tIoIes, s5zor eta.secsatlhg the
collar-bones of the riders in the fall.
The Identification of the slain animals
is left till the run is over. This is ac-
complshed by means of marked bullets,
the locality in which the buffalo lies
for which the hunter always keep sharp
lookout-and the spot where the bullet
entered. BY the time the hunters begin
to appear, returning from the chase.
there have arrived long trains of carts
from the camp to carry back the meat
and robes The animals having been
identified, the work of skinning and cut |
ing up is begun, in which the women
and children participate. In rcmarka-
bly, brief time the plain is strewed with |
skeletons stripped of flesh, and the well
loaded train is on its return. Arrived
AT camp, the robes are mt once stretched
upon a framework of poles, and the
greater part of the flesh scraped from
them, after which they are folded and
packed in the carts to receive the final
lressing in the settlement. OF the meat,
he choicest portions are packed away
without further care, TO be freighted
lome in fresh state, the cold at that
ate season efTectually preserving 1t.
-arge quantities are, however, con-
-erted into pemmiean, in which shape 1t
inds its readiest market.-H II. Robin
on, in 1Pptetons' Journal for September.
sEV. tDIROND4CK HT-RRIF,S DIN
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01
THE oRIGIv or RROKERs.

A cat once saw an army OF mice regu-
Iarlv organized into community, buy
ing and selling and getting gain. 30
many mice were too strong for one cat ;
50. patiently stroking his whiskers, this
happy thought presently struck him.
Assuming doublet and hose, glove, col
lar and hat, the cat approaches the set
Element and assures the dear mice that
he is only newer Of wood and drawer
of water, poor beast at best, but capa-
BILE of showing the mice how they neither
need toll nor spin, 10y means Of little
game he had learned, called "specula-
ton and all he asked in return for the
wealth they should receive was one ker-
mol for every measure. Then the mice
all reioiced, though each was TO make
his fortune at the expense OF his neigh
bor. So speedily the cat taught them IN
the little games of "Long' and "short,
"Corner" and injunction" and opened
. little office. He said his name was
Broker. Sometimes he grew careless by
reason of the liquor which some OF the
mice prepared, and got caught in tolls
which certain other mice, who had
learned the ropes had quietly rigged Tor
their brethren. But this never fright
ened the cat, for he had little private
game called Settlement" and Il the
creditor mice didn't choose to ACCEPT \
he felt very sorry for them-and ..a
the other way So 1t has "a n Fon
from that day even upiG..dn = 1pm caf.
scratch BrokerR''
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VOL. XIN>No sf
OUR YOUNG M
THE CIGED TOUSE.<

N only poor little mouse ma'smi
nFe IN the wall Of your house ma'amt
Nftb fragment Of cheese and a very few meas. .
was having little eaiouse na'ami
!se0 mischief at all intend nlaami
n nope you viii act as my friend Ina'auf
break.
~ lhe trouble would be witI,ou. end, ma'am
5 sts pic lives in there in the crack. Da'amf
s,t twaiting for me 10 come back AMI
sne Aped might aud a bit Of a rind
1gf pc children their dinHer do lack, ma'aini
= =. = i harl living there in the wall, ma'ami
for plaster and mortar will pail -nia'uni
IN tne minds Of the young, and especially whep
hung
~. upon their poor father they'll fall, ma'ain
never was given 10 stpife, ma ami
s,ont look at that terrible knife, ma'am .
4 ne noise o erhead that disturbs you IN bed,
= The rats, viii venture my life ma am
i yonr eyes see mercy, I'm sue, ma'ami
~. Here's no need To open the door, inH'a
= tp through the crack and TIL never cone back
= III NEy HR come back any more, ma'irn9
! = kas;szz- n gefch0rts. 81. lNtfii7tus.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01

"A thirsty topper in bar-room flung
down his sixpence and then filled his
glass to the brim with whisky. Hold
ON p exclaimed the bartender in appar-
ent astonishment. There's a chrome
goes with that drink" and tearing off a
portion Of the end of a cigar box he po-
iitely handed it across the counter.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01
HEE WEEK PAST.

In ten years the screw has entirely re-
placed the paddle in transatlantic navi-
CATION, the weight of marine engines has
diminished one-half, the steam pressure
'quadrupled, and the consumption of
coal has decreased two-thirds.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01

PET dog of good size, belonging to a
wealthy gentleman in New York, was
buried in his masters lot in Greenwood
cemetery last week by an undertaken.
A burial permit had to be obtained for
him at headquarters, and the usual price
fos 0 'ening grave was paid.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01

The official statistics of the northern
Presbyterian church show that it has
thirty-six synods, ons hundred presby-
terles, 4,744 churches, .5,O77 ministers,
2So'2I6 communicates, and 555, ,347
Sunday school scholars, 1t raised last
year Sc. $40 2S3
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01

...That explains where my clothes
line went to" exclaimed an Iowa woman,
as she found her husband hanging in the
table.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01

Truthful wife-Yes, John; but j
you had nothing but your mind to speak
you'd be always Brooklyn Argus
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01

IT is common thing when a screw or
staple becomes loose to draw it out, plug
up with wood and re-insert. But screws
and staples so secured soon come out
again. | has been found that much
better way is to fill up the holes tightly
with cork. Screws and irons so secured
will remain perfectly tight as long as
when put into new wood
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01

The bill concerning the Washington
monument, which has now becomes law,
provides that the sum of 100000 shall
be appropriated, but that the expendi-
turc of this amount must run through
four years; that is to say, only $4,000
shall be expended yearly. As it is esti-
mated that it will take S40O, 900 to COM
plete the work, at the rate named it will
be eight years hence before the shaft is
finished.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-11
MAINE ELECTION TODAY
The Usual Republican Maj jority Predicted

BosToN, Mass. Sept. 11-Electio1 in
as far as heard from. Weather pleasant
Voting unusually active. The Herald esti-
mate says advices from different sections
of the state, indicate that the total vote OF
the state. will reach nearly 10000.
New YORK, Sept ia private des-
patch from Republican source, dated Au-
gusta, Maine, this A. NJ, reads as follows
Beautiful day. Think we are good for
eleven to twelve thousand majority. Ther.
will be very full vote"
PORTLAND, Sept. l.-At half past elev
en- a u. the vote stood: Republicans 500,
Democrats Sl3; at noon. Republicans All,
Democrats 1906. Last fall the total vote
was: Republicans 2,499, Democrats 2,606
scattering 4.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-11
THE MINNESOTA BANK ROBBERS
Hopes of their Capture.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1O.-The latest
information from the pursuit of the North
held robbers Is that they have been run out
OF the woods at lake Elijah and across
brldgetown to Waterville. Squads of
men were sent in various directions to
head them off, and special tram leaves
here this evening on the ST. Paul Il Sioux
City road carrying the chief of police and
twenty-five or thirty picked men. A hun
dred hen are surrounding the country in
which the robbers are. and it don't seem
possible for them to escape. Hazen a
detectlye in the employ of the American
Express Company, sent here from Cinciu-
natl, Identifies the Two dead by photo
graphs as Charley Pitts and Bill Chadwell,
and also says that the light haired man
who was wounded at Mortified is uu-
doub;edly Frank James There is no mis-.
take about this being the famous gang who
have been operating in Missouri,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-11
Island Illinois. Mondav September II. 1876

Col. Wiser announced that the full battalion was
expected to turn out on Wednesday night and go
over to Davenport TO hear Gen. Tutte's speech.-
Union, Sunday
The several companies Of ffmiBute men in Rock
Island voted to come to Davenport next Wednesday
evening. - Gazette, Monday.
Mr. Hawley was not considered worthy of
turnout from his own tow n, when he spoke
over there, but this renegade. Tuttle, who
has been, for years past, denounced as thief
in every Republican paper in Iowa, is con-
sidered fit man for citizens of Rock ISL
and to go carrying oil lamps for
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-11
LOCAL COLUMN.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
SoHENoK's PULMoNIC SYRUP,
SCupNcEiS Gu. WppD To>rrc

CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
SCHENCK's PULMoNIC SYRUP,
SCHENoK's SEA WEED Tonic.
ScHENCK's MANDRAKE PILLS.
Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
Consumption.
Frequently medicines that will stop a cough will
occasion the death of the patient; they lock up the
hyer,stOp the circulation of the blood hemorrhage
follows and In they clog the action of the very
organs that caused the cough,
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia are the causes
OF two-thirds of the cases of Consumption. Many
persons complain of dull pain in the side, con-
stipation, coated tongue pain in the shoulderbade
feelings of drowsiness and restlessness, the food
lying heavily the stomach, accompanied with
acidity and belching up of wind.
These symptoms usually originated from disor.
dered condition OF the stomach or torpid liver
Persons 80 affected II they take one or two heavy
colds, and If the cough in these cases be suddenly
checked, will find the stomach and liver clogged
remaining torpid, and inactive, and almost before
they are aware the lungs ares mass of sores, and
| liberated, the re- nit of which Is death.
| Schenck's Pumonic Syrup is an eXpectorant which
| does not contain opium or anything calculated tC
| check cough suddenly.
| Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic dissolves the food
mixes with the gastric juices of the stomach, aids
| digestion and creates q ravenous appetite.
| When the bowels are cost1ve, skin sallow, or th
symptom otherwise of a bilious tendency ,Schenck'
Mandrake Pills are required
| These medicines are prepared only by
| j. ii. SCHENCK & Son
NE corner Sixth and Arch SITS. Phila.
And are for sale by all druggists and dealers.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-11
Another Unfortunate.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, September 9,-An in-
mate of house of ill name near Dunlieth
committed suicide yesterday with NOR
phine. She was l9 years of age and went
by the name of Molly" She came from
St Louis year or more ago, and was
rightfuliy named Margaret o Reilly.