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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-10
WOJfEN IS 4RCEITECIS.


We find it stated in q Contemporary
that it is settled that most useful and
proper business for women Is that Of an
architect, and that no one understands as
well as they the convenient arrangement
Of the interior Of a house with further
suggestions in illustration of this posi-
tion-a position which We have not in
frequently seen assumed OF late. Per
haps this Is true, but there are two
things 10 be said about it. First. the
planning of houses, at least so far a5 the
convenience OF their arrangement Is con-
cerned, though very necessary part Of
an architects duty IS not architecture at
all and the ability to arrange a house
conveniently does not in the least make
an architect There are thousands Of
people who can adjust the plans Of
houses TO their own perfect satisfaction
aud convenience, and to those of Others,
and do it, but who vet are not archi-
tects; just rs there are millions of peo-
pie who know their multiplication table
thoroughly, and use it constantly, vet
are not mathematicians Second, the
knowledge Of convenience in the ar.
engagements of house is not born into
women, any more thansinto men. Those
who have it get it by experience in
housekeeping, mostly being heads Of
families, and those are precisely the ones
who are fully provided with occupation.
and have no need :of leisure to become
architects. In fact, by the time they
have thoroughly learned housekeeping,
it Is too late for them to learn architect
ure. The knowledge of the require
ments of houses which woman acquire
by living in them Is OF great importance
to architects, who are very foolish if
they neglect to take advantage of it but,
since for professional use it must be got
at secondhand, 1t is as easily acquired
that way by men architects, if they will
take the pains to look for it. as it would
be by women architects. The practical
difference is, possibly, that men are neg
ligenl of acquiring it, and that women
would not be but this is trouble easily
remedied, and we recommend all lady
clients and wives Of clients, when archi-
tects are building for them, to take pains
to instiil the requisite knowledge, and
if necessary, to scourge it into them
PROFESSIONALLY good deal of the
work that belongs to an architects office
might very well be done by women, and
would not be uncongenial to them
How far the administration of an archi-
tect's practice would be found to suit
the feminine habit of mind, we do not
profess to Judge. We have never seen it
tried; and since the great mass of women
~e better EN- ployed, and probably will
ne to he, in work which cannot
He done by men, we do not ex-
led much, az any rate.
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Dsfmonioo stored oysters.

Take one quart of liquid oysters, put
the liquor Ga teacupful for three) in a
stewpan, and add half as much more
water; salt good bit of pepper a tea
spoonful Of butter for each person, and a
teasFoonful of rolled cracker for each.
Put on the stove and let it boil; have
your oysters ready in a bowl. The mo-
ment the liquor begins to boil pour in all
your oysters, say ten for each person, or
six will do. Now watch carefully, and
as soon as 1t begins to boil take your
watch, count just thirty seconds, and
take your oysters from the stove. You
viii have your big dish ready with one
and one-half tablespoonful OF cold milk
for each person. Pour your stew on this
milk and serve Immediately. Never boil
an oyster 10 milk if YOU want it to be
qood - Country GssfleD,an.
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,,or,,rp or THE JAMES BROTHERS.
gsnsss CITY Times.


t.. evening Mrs. DR.. Samuels, of
CLAW county. started southwark with the
intention of seeking future home in
Texos Times representative met
Mrs Sa,nuels upon the Fort Scott train
lust before it started out. She was just
taking farewell of number of her old
friends q, I'd acquaintance who had &C
companied her to the train
she ssisl she had concluded to take the
advice of the Times, and leave this
section Of the country. She did not
know wbere she was going, but if there
yvara +bosetwho desired to know where she
waa zone she wished it known that a
letta@ addressed Mrs. L. Samuels, Sher-
man Tex. would find her. As for her
sons Frauk and Jesse, she had nothing to
say f,rther than that they were at least
q iboussud miles from Kansas City, and
were hard at work, :. making an honest
living.
The old lady appeared rather detected,
and she'd a few tears as she exhibited the
st,mr of her al m blown of by the detec-
ties n one of their raids. She said:
az houe shall at last find peace and rest
in the pew home I hope to find. am
very od now, and not the woman l was
thirl.,-p years ago, when trouble came
uponme and mine with the war. Ny
hushnd was hung by the federals, and
Jess then boy fifteen years old, was
whipped by the same gang until speech
less because he could not tell where his
brother Frank was As for my family,
her is all there is Of it. Dr. Samuels is
oldand helpless. My little boy is unable
to nake a living yet He IS the next to
tbeboy killed by the detectives st the
ting they threw in that hand grenade.
Thn there is my daughter. She was
brnght home from school 20 do the
sewing for the family when l lost my
arm Besides these three helpless mem
beb Of my family, have an old darky
wb has lived with us on the farm over
thee in Clay county for thirty years
Sh will never leave us; she Is too old TO
dotor herself, and viii not take her free
don. Then I have an old paralyzed
negro belonging to the family. I must
keep him as long as he lives And then
a Ittle negro child adopted by me, and
oldAunty, make uPmy family. There, are
yOa see, are eight ofus, all helpless and
alharmless, and why we must be hunted
out of the home We have lived in for
thirty years ] cannot understand
The old lady was assured that it was
better for her to leave ;bis section OF
country. She and her family would
never have peace while her sons were
supposed TO pay her visits And then
the injury her presence was doing to her
ndghbors and this section OF country, by
( binging outlaws here and raids by de-
teetives. These things We're presented
to the old lady in plain language She
/ sid she would no doubt find more peace
/ il Texas, but she hated to leave her
hsme in western Missouri; but she sup
! p,sed ii was all for the best. This nota-
! be woman was borne off southwark.
/ smiling through food of tears. as she
! bH her relatives and neighbors @o0d-by.
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.sTHE SOLID SOUTH,

Detroit Free Press.
She rode into town on a load Of hay
Yesterday, and as she drove up to the
eastern hay market she called out:
Everybody cit away, for Pm coming
down %
Down She came oil the back end of the
loaf, striking the ground like a load Of
stone, and when the men around there
came u see that she was as broad IS she
was ralI they began to banter her
no iooling now =" she called out.
My names South. and I've driven that
load of hay fourteen miles this morning
! know Pm fat, butI've got business on
hand and can't stand any nonsense.
After the load Of hay had been weighed
she was offered fifty cents to step on the
platform, while a dozen men made up "a
purse of two shillings each to 90 10 The
one who guessed nearest her weight.
''two hundred and ninety" called out
the weighmaster as the beam went up.
That my beft 10 pound added
Mrs. south. and reaching ouJ she seized
the hat with the shake purse in it, cram
med the money into her pocket and con-
tuucd.
'You can't make no side-show OF me
and all get dea1-head tickets
There was quite q row over her Cob
bling the casa, but she backed up to the
-c8le-. pr5aI ont her fat hands, and re-
marked,
Gentlemen, lfanybody thinks be can
take the money away from me, here ]
am. I'm very motherly and tender
hearted, but I know my weight and
c'awing capacity.'
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PROCL TI0H or TRASKSGITTSG
BF THE ESIDENT-NOYEN-
BER TRE IMPORTANT
OCCISION.
wAsuxeroy, October 20, 1876.

W AsAAlNfrlONs bt-ObCl ~ LOW.
By the President of the United States OF
Ameriea-A Proclamation
From year to year we have been
accustomed to pause in our daily pursuits,
and set apart time to offer thanks TO AL
mighty God tor the special blessing he has
vouchsafed 10 Us, with our prayers for 4 con-
tinuance thereof. We have al this time
equal reasons 70 be thankful for his contin-
ued protection, and for the many material
blessings which his bounty has bestowed.
And IN addition TO these favors accorded TO
us as individuals, we have especial occasion
70 express our hearty thanks to Almighty
God that by His providence and guidance
our government, established century ago,
has been enabled 10 fulfill the purpose OF its
founders in offering an asylum 10 the people
of every race, and securing civil and relig-
iOus liberty to al within its borders, and
melting out to every individual alike justice
and equality before the law. 1t is moreover
especially our duty to otfer our humble
prayers TO the Father of all mercies for
continuation OF His divine favor TO as
nation and As individuals. BY reason OF eli
these considera ions,
l, ulysses = Grant, PRESIDENT OF the nited
States, do recommend 70 the people Of the
United States 10 devote the thirtieth day OF
November 70 tie expression Of their thanks
and prayers to Almighty God, and laying
aside their daily avoeauons and all regular
occupations, 70 assemble at their respective
places of worship, and observe such day as
a day of thanksgiving and rest. In witness
whereof have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be al
fixed. Done at the City of Washington, this
twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six, and of the independence of the
United States OF America the one hundred
and first L. s. GRANT
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary OF state.
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REIPFE4R4NCE or THE PLAGUE IN
EUROPE

After an absence of thirty-fye years,
plague Is reported to have again appeared
in Europe The disease, it was recently
stated, has broken out in Seryia among
the Turkish forces occupying the line of
the river MoraYa and it IS suggested
that the malady may have been carried
there by troops coming from the district
lately infested with the plague in Asiatic
Turkey 1t Is little likely that any such
importation will have occurred for in the
first place, TO troops were moved from
the plague-stricken district in Irak-Arabi
during the active prevalence of the dis
ease there this year; and, in the second
place, it is scarcely conceivable that the
plague could have been carried byslowly-
moving troops from the lower Euphrates
and Tigris into Seryia without indications
of its presence among them, and its
Spread to communities on the road.
Plague has not yet certainly shown itself
in the Asiatic dominions of Turkey north
Of Bagdad, on the Tigris, and Of Azizie,
on the Euphrates, both places some
1900 miles distant, as vthe crow flies
fom the Turkish camps on the Morava.
Il is not impossible, however, though
improbable, that in Servia, u in other
old haunts of plague in recent years, the
disease may have reappeared after a long
period of cessation This is what has
happened Of ate years in the district OF
Benghazi, north Africa, in Persian
Kuraistan, in the Assyr district, western
Arabia. and ii MesopotaHia. During
the gradual declension Of the plague in
Europe, which, beginning after the great
outbreak in this country in 1868 con-
tinued until what was believed TO be the
entire cessation of the disease in 1871
the malady probably fingered longest in
! Servia and Bulgaria. Il was in Bulgaria
that the last great European outbreak of
plague occurred, in 1889, when from
. $4,000 to 10000 of the population were
destroyed b. the disease. 1t may be
/ Therefore, that in one of the later haunts
OF plague in Europe, as in ssome Of its
former haunis in 4 frica and Asia the
/ disease has again shown itself But this
, conclusion is not to be accepted without
/ very precise evidence. There are pecu-
/ liar liabilities To error in forming .
! judgment as 20 the existence Of plague
on the Lover Danube and is tributaries.
There. on the bottom lands malaria
fever, often of the Feverest type, have a
home 10 has happened that Russian
and Turkish armies campaigning along
the Danube have been terribly scourged
by diseases. Before the cessation OF
plague in Europe il was often matter
of doubt with medical stats of armies in
the field on the line OF the Danube
whether they were dealing with malariaI
/ fever or with plague.
Although the active prevalence Of
plague has ceased in Bagdad and the
infected district south ofs-the city since
the beginning of July, cases of the dis
ease still occur from time to time More
over, there has been an outbreak OF
plague at Shuster, in southwestern
Persia. Plague has also been reported
in Persian Rurdistan, but there Is reason
to believe that the disease which wa.
here designated plague was, in reality
small po6.
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to endanger navigation of the southwest
mass. There is twenty-five and a half
feet in south pass and eighteen in south
west pass. That is what aas the pilots.
The ietties are success, and port is to
be established at south pass, where the
river steamers viii meet the ocean
vessels, and that is what ails the tow
boat company. Let them all howl until
they get sick of it. That's what ails St.
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tEa EyGLAED.S RUINED F4RIING
INTEREST

The farming interest appears 10 he
gradually diminishing in some Of our
New England states. and judging from
the unfavorsble reports that come from
different sections, such a thing as good
profits in the business does not exist.
1t is stated that in New Hampshire
there are now 1900 deserted farms. The
attention of the board of agriculture has
been called to the matter, and that body
IS about TO make an effort to reclaim
them by the appointment Of board of
commissioners, who shall fix the price
Of the land. 10 be paid by the purchaser
after two or three years of occupation,
without paying rent but paying taxes.
This Is q mode of proceeding somewhat
new to the New England idea, and it is
doubtful whether it VIII prove success
full Neither seller nor buyer viii be
likely 10 say in advance that he viii be
governed by the Judgment OF a commits
siener. nor is it likely that the seller viii
be willing to fgait two or three years be-
fore receiving any portion of the pur-
chase money.
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ILen.. MID Rnr sn.s.

To seven and half pounds of grease
add three gallons of strong I've. Let
them stand so until the grease Is nearly
eaten; then put on the fire, adding
slowly a cupful of water at time until
you have used as much as two gallons.
After boiling one halt hour, add two
pounds resin. Boil again until the lat
ter Is melted. Then stir in two even
pints Of salt, and turn out into melds.
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CYELLS, CETLES.-Wlntersm Tonic -
rUp or improved Chill Cure, is certain remedy Tor
every form of Fever and AEue- rs superiority over
all Other remedies is i'm tie fact that the cure Is
permanent 0uette ChiH 'rteH broken does nat ief"f"'
Unlike Chill remedies generally. II requires 10 pug
elire 10 he aku with In the medicine itself ac.-
ing gently and agreCahy upon the liver and bowels,
electu8lly removing the cause OF the disease, not
ereiy temporarily checking IL, as in the case O.
uuinIEc. sold hv all nIuaElsts.
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Cut , egg plants in two Iengthwise;
slash the inner surfaces with the point
Of knife, making a shallow inci7ion fry
till they are soft, and drain on cloth,
Prepare in a saucepan > ounces of but
ter, . ounces OF salt, fat pork chopped
fine, and or 3 chopped shalots; cook a
few minutes, and add pint Of mush-
rooms, little parsley, and 8 anchoyie=
all chopped fine mix The feshy part Of
the eggplant with this season to the
taste, and put the stukng thus made
back into the plants with bread and
cheese crumbs and little pieces Of butter
strewed on the Top, and bake % minutes.
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Prepare the fruit in the usual way,
cover the slices with vinegar and let 1t
stand.over night; in.the morning pour of,
and TO every seven pounds of fruit allow
three-and-a-half pou1ds Of white sugar
and pint of vinegar; tie in q muslin
bag a tablespoonful OF the different spices,
make a syrup of the sugar, put in the
fruit, cook for one-half hour when all
the fruit is done add the vinegar and let
the syrup boil thick; pour it over the
fruit hot and let it get cold before sealing
the lars.
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IIniond TcBg.

Put oue-iourth pound Of butter into q
preserving pan, and when it is melted
add one pound Of brown sugar, and a
small teaspoon Of ground ginger; stir
gently over the fire for about fifteen
minutes. Have ready some almonds
blanched and halyed, and little finely
grated lemon peel put Them into the
mixture, boil and stir, and when done
pour it on to buttered plates or marble
Slabs. Try fit is done by dropping q
little into cold water; if crisp, 1t is done
sufficiently.
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The Christian Leader q. y in speak
ing of Merchants Gargling Oil, says
Mr.. Hodge is q gentleman of liberal
tastes and excellent judgment, and the
Gargling Oil Company, under his thor
oughly iudicious direction, has become
one of the strongest and soundest con-
Germs that grace the commercial annals
of our State. Other medicinal special
ties, in addition to the Gargling Oil, are
beginning to claim the Company's atten-
ton, ard of their great success we have
as little doubt as we have of their intrin-
sic merit"
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Take one dozen large sweet potatoes,
have them roasted, peeled carefully.
then well mashed anil perfectly smooth.
The most important Ingredient in this
dish is a pound Of cold chicken, prepared
as if for chicken salad. a teacupfd OF
chopped celery is very good addition
and cupful of sweet cream Is needed
The whole mass must he Swell worked
together, and seasoned to taste with salt
and pepper. 4 large tablespoonful Of
butter must not be forgotten. Form
this iutoan oblong rolf, and pat it i'm q
Tin vessel to brown iua quick oven.
Half a wine-glassiul of Worcester sauce
improves the dish very much Ofcourse
only The least bite Of salt Is needed.
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EFFECT or RECoII IN RIFLE sHoOT-
ING.

It has been Il question with ma7i,smen.
says the Springfield Mass Union
whether the recoiI Of a pistol or rifle oc-
CURED before the ball left the bore.
Many have contended that it did not,
and that the tendency of a pistol to
"throw up did not affect It's accuracy
4 recent experiment seems to have
shown eonclusively that the recon- oc-
ours before the ball leaves the bore and
does effect Its direction. The expert
ment was this: A rife barrel, twelve
inches long for convenience, was secured
TO 4 solid bed il such way as to prevent
any movement but that of recoil directly
to the rear and upward IN this situa-
ton il was fired 4 number of times, and
the balls followed each other into the
same hole in the target An incline or
wedge was then made fast upon the bed
al the rear Of the barrel in such way
that the breech would be raised as it slid
back in the recon Fired under these
conditions, IT sent the balls lower than
before. This showed that the recoiI and
subsequent elevation of the breech oc-
cured in season to effect the direction of
the ball. that IS, before it had left the
bore. OF course the length Of the barrel
has an effect in several ways upon the
degree in which the recoil effects the ac-
curacy Of the shooting.
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Pare and core whole, half a dozen
guinness, FL the holIows with nicely
chopped raw beef; little salt; boil in
a. little water 81 is convenient until the
ounces are perfectly tender then add a
teacup Of molaases and a small piece OF
butter: boil ten minutes longer, and
serve with roast beef, vegetables. exc.
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cheese Frifters.

Beat fyur eggs reEy light, season with
salt, mustard and pepper. Slice thin
half a dozen large sour apples, and half
as many thin slices Of good cheese as you
have OF apples. Put the cheese to soak
in the mixture Of eggs and seasoning:
let it stand few moments, then put
each slice of cheese between two slices OF
apple dip the whole into the beaten
eggs fry in hot butter Ike oysters, and
serve not.
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Take 3 medium-sized squashes; pare,
cut up and boil tender; mash and drain
thoroughly season with pepper and salt;
add ! cupful of milk (cream is better,
the yolks of , eggs, and sufficient sifted
-four TO make a very stiff batter. or they
viii be hard to turn lastly, stir in the
beaten whites of the eggs. Have your
fat hot, and fry brown. Prepared in this
way, you have a dish that could not
fail to satisfy the palate OF any one.
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would be to keep the natives from utiliz
ing the wire in regions where iron is
scarce and valuable, but this might be
got over The undertaking, if it could
be established and kept in working or
der, would be exceedingly lucrative,
and would in many ways aid in opening
up Africa to commerce and civilization.