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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29
..The Co-Operattve Kttchen

The Dallas, Texas, Herald of Aug
ust 10Th, containing the suhjoined com
muuication on the subject OF the 80 Co
operative Kitchen" was sent from
Dallas to a gentleman residing in this
county, says the Frankfort Yeoman,
by lady who was born and reared in
this city. Dir. f e Hughes, the geu-
tleman named 10 the article as the
author and promoter of the Go oper-
alive Kitchen" scheme in Dallas, Tex
as, was formerly, when young man
we'll known here and in Springfield in
the neighboring county of Washing
ton, and was the sou of Mrs. Harri.on
Blauton. There is not a doubt that
there are many places in Kentucky
many cities, towns, aud villages, a.
we'll as neighborhoods- where the
"Co operative Kitchen" might be
adopted with great advantage and i'm
nlense satisfaction, especially to many
thousands of ladies' who are now wor
ried out of their health, if not their
lives, by the uncertainty aud the infe-
riority of the average domestic service
or help, white and coIored, they are
able at present to employ
( co OPERATIVE KITCHEN \ GREAT sue
CEos-" HONOR TO WHOM HONOR
Il DIrF D.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

Amour Your PULsE-Every per-
son should know how to ascertain The
state Of the pulse; then. by comparing
it with what it is when he Is ailing, he
may have some idea Of the urgency
of his case Parents should know the
healthy pulse of each child. since now
person is born with peculiar slow
or fast pulse, and the very case in
hand may he of such peculiarity An
infants pulse is 40; child of seven
about 50, and from twenty to sixty
years it is 30 heats minute. declin
ing to sixty at four score A healthy
grown persons beats 20 times. declin
lug TO GO at tour score. At sixty. if
the pulse always exceeds 20, there Is a
disea~e-the machine is working itself
out, there is fever or inflamafiop
somewhere, and the body is feeding
on itself as in consumption, when the
pulse is quick New York Era.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29
TuE progress of the joint debates

THE progress of the joint debates
between the two candidates for Cover
nor of Tennessee is not progressing in
that spirit Of brotherly love we had
hoped for. CO onel Thomas, who
is the opponent of Governor Porter.
abiding to their last discussion. says
Il denounced some of Governor
Porter's conclusions and statements a.
malieiously false He was out of the
house at the time. but returned.
repeated the statement He came upon
the stage. \ wrangle ensued, la which
Porter called me liar l attempted
to reach my cane to strike him. and he
to get his pistol from his overcoat
pocket, his coat hanging on the chair
beside him Friends iuterlered aud
stopped it."
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

We see that Green Clay Smith
friends are claiming 10000 votes for
him in Kentucky He is a clever
gentleman, aud has always been luck y
in his aspirations, but he will hardly
reach the above figures in this Bour-
bon State. A friend of ours a week
or so ago remarked TO Us that it was
hard to tell for whom he would vote.
that he might yet support Green Clay
Smith. Before leaving him we found
that he had quart bottle in his peck
ct filed with good whisky We would
not bank on this voter if we were the
General Clark County Democrat.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29
A Succe>>suI Conundrmn.

john has never given you nag?
said Ka,ie'~ sister 10 her one day.
john va, karie's lover
Never. said Kate, with a regretlu'
shake Of the head
And he never will until YOU ask
for IT, returned the sister.
Then I fear [ shall never get one,
was The rep
OF course YOU never will John j.
too stupid to think Of such 'hin.s, and
you can never pluck up courage Go
ask for one; il follows that you will
never get one
This set Kate to thinking. and to
what purpose We Shall see
That evening her lover came to see
her. lie was proud aud very happy
tor the beautiful girl by his side had
been for several weeks pledged to
marry him as soou a. The business
could lie properly done; and John was
a grand old fellow too Notwithstanding
his obliviou,ne,s to certain polite
mates
John. said Katie, at length. look
ing mp with an innocent smile, do you
know what a conundrum is?''
why, its puzz!e-a riddle, an
swered John
Do you think you could ask me one
I could NOT guess?
1 don't know; | never thought of
such things. Could you ask me oue?'
4 could try
We'll, try Katie
Then answer this: Why is the
letter ID like a ringy
John puzzled his brain over the
problem long tine. but was finally
compelled te give itup
1 don't know. Katie! why is it?
Because. replied the maiden, with
a very soft blush creeping up to her
temples, we can not be wed without
il.
In less than n week from that time
Katie had an engagement ring.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

Charleston Is CD News and Cour
;er. Mr.. T. J Rodgers, son of Rev.
7 f Rodgers, was bitten on the foot
\, q moccasin while fishing a few
miles from Camden, day or two since.
they split frogs and chickens and
dncks and things aud bound them on
tho wound. aud poured kerosine oil
mon il aud gave him apple brandy. a
nint at the time, to refresh himself
wi,bal He got we'll in week ; time.
and now all the preachers sons north
of this have returned to Peters and
ara Ioafing around in the high grass Of
the mill ponds. waiting for bite
like young Rodgers.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

VALUE OF LAND IN ENGLAND
" the sale by auction of an estate 10
orfolk, week or two ago. one farm
= 76 acres was sold for s2s 800; one
80 acres for SIS 900 and three lots
{ arabic land. containing Is acres,
.,r So S75. This is at the rate of So
- the pound sterling The time is
coming when arabic land in the United
Sates will have the same price as in
England. France and other we'll culti-
yaied nations of Europe.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

Trigs County Democrat: Mr. Hen
ry Bryant has placed on our table a
small box containing tobacco worm,
covered with the cocoous of the lch
neumou hy IL IS Sid there are l-5OO
varieties Of this ny, aud the eggs are
deposited under the skin Of the robac
co worm. and when Matched feed on
the fatty matter oil lts victim until
they aIe grown. when they make their
Appearance Oh the surface u the skin
and begin Immediately 10 form cUcUous
These are formed Ia about an hour
and a haiti aud then 20 into the chrys
lis state. when 10 about four or five
DAYS the hy comes cut ready 60 deposit
more eggs. The specimen before US l.
good sized tobacco worm, dry as a
mummy. with ITS body covered with
cocoous looking as pretty a. flower
II i, claimed shat the lchueumou fly,
If introduced upon our tobacco farms,
will entirely destroy that lerlib.e pest
OF our furmer--the tobacco worm
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

The last four or FIVE years have
witnessed a return of the Jews to Pal
estine f,om all parts, but more espe
cially from Russia, which has been
altogether unprecedented. The He
brew population of jerusalem is now
probably double what it was ten years
ago. Then they were confined to their
own quarter, the poorest and worst,
but they now inhabit all parts of the
city. and are always ready to rent every
house that is vacated.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29
A writer in the Utica Observer sa

a writer in the Utica Observer says:
Il have lately seen curious calcula
ton as to the gold the government has
drawn from the people during the last
eleven years. AIlowiug Senator Sher
man 5 figures, which are less than the
correct ones of Gov. Tiiden, where the
premium on gold was properly added
the sum of 81 200 600, 600 has been
paid 10 custom duties, taxes, &c. into
the treasury to support the Govern
ment IN time of peace. As ton OF
gold Is worth about s64O, 600, it would
require twenty two trains of thirty
cars each, and every car loaded with
ten tons of gold, to transport what the
people of the country have given to
office holders aud bond holders, many
OF them European, in eleven years. .
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29
Dangers on The Frontier

Bull Eagle, another beligereut red
kin chief, mas sent, dgurativeiy, the
traditional sheaf of arrows IN snake
skin culver as an earnest of his future
lntents aud purposes. Gen Buell.
calls upon this chief to surrender the
arms and ponies OF his band, and to
come up aud get his ratious, like any
other honest Iudian that receives his
allowance from the liberal post CON
tractors He seems. so far, to have
been particularly noted only from the
slngalarly inappropriate generic dis
tinctlon of the emblematic bird by
which he is called for name; bui
now he has distinguished himself by
proclaiming sentiments as audaciOus
as have been the actions Of the other
distinguished mem Der Of the Bull FAM
ily of the Sioux tribe He defautly
informs Gen. Buell. that he may keep
his ralions, and he must remove his
soldiers, tor the Indians have resolved
TO take care of themselves. This
would be a pretty bold message to
send. to one of the chiefs of the Great
Father at Long Branch, but it Is like
ly that it is inspired by a confidence
on the part of Bull Eagle TO carry out
all the warlike intentions it implies
The present independent and def
ant attitude of the most powerful
savage chiefs on the frontier should
be cause for the gravest apprehen
sion on the part of the government,
if It's head officials are capable of APP
pretending or preventing any threat
ened dangers to the Northwestern
Territories Sheridan promised the
people of the country that the Indian
war should be pushed on through
the winter" From past experiences
and present appearances it is likely
that it will be, but that the savages
are going to do all the pushing IN
the business.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

A subscription paper, circulated
for some charitable purpose. was pre-
scented to wealthy French manufac-
turer, who subscribed twenty francs
Twenty francsr' said the lady, who
presented the list to him: why, you
ought to be ashamed of yourself Your
son has subscribed fifty francs" That
is all very we'll" replied the msuufac
turer; My SOD has rich father. and
can afford to give more than l, who
shall not inherit anything"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

rhe Charlotte On. c. Observer
pblishes a letter OF John I. Dewesse.
former Republican congressman, to
the voters Of North Carolina. He re
penis; aud. speaking Of Gov. Holden
sod Others, he makes use Of this ex
Iress'on: "These men may howl al
ne as much as they want. In sup
porting Tilden and Hendricks | know
! am assisting to get rid of a lot o.
leeches and thieves. / am some t.
blame for having put them on you"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

THE Republicans are hedging on
ohio. Carl Schurz Is not the only
man who is discouraged with their
prospects in that State They are en-
leavoring to discount the effect of .
'ereat or light majority. The Colum
Ne correspondent of the New York
Zines writes that "unless there is a
reat change in the next four weeks it
useless to expect more than meaere
n.njority in October"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

when there are so many striving
to save the country" the old man said
by getting into office. there need be
no fear for tie future Such patriot
ism was unknown to the men of 1916
and we are safe
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29
Boone. the Nominee.

A private dispatch states that Hen.
\. R. Boone was nominated for re-
election to Congress by the Democrat
ic convention which assembled at Pa
ducah, "Wednesday last. No particu,
lars
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

An educated and inquiring foreigner
cries of the American system: This
seemingly complicated system reduces
;tself to a beautifully simple and sym
metrical formula. The office hold
ers elect the congressman, and the con-
oressmen appoint the Office holder
This is the real American Constitution
in a nut shell.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

TnE KILLING OF STOCK With
regard to the killing Of stock on the
Nashville. Chattanooga aud 81 Louis
Railway, General Superintendent
Thomas says:
There la, been 4 reduction of 50
A ia the amount paid for stock kill
ed but this item Is s'Ill considerable
tax; and in view of the frequency If
such casualties, each OF which TO a
greater or less extent hazards tie
safety Of the train, besides eugender
ing an antagouislic feeling against
the company, would recommend fen
cling the ROAD at points most frequent
ed 10y stock
The amount Of stock killed was as
follows: Horses 40 mules ~ cows.
30; hogs, %; sheep, 80; dogs, 9,
goats. >; total, 626 Total amount of
stock claims pre~eoiel. Sl64p4 SO;
Ssa aEan.ised with - per eent.= IS.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

WISCONSIN FOR TILDEN.-Says the
henderson Sun: ave can tell you
re reason Matt Carpenter comedies
Wisconsin to the Democracy. There
re sixty nine German papers in the
tate. and of these sixty-four advocate
,e cause of Tiiden, Hendricks, and
seform. 'Rah for Wisconsin. Place
er at the apex of this Democratic
vramid."
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

PRIVATE letters from Savannah re
port the fever on the increase, and the
distress among the poorer classe,
who suffer chiefly from the disease, i
very great.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29
Business Notice.

Mr.. GEORGE WARREN has sole au
hority to collect any subscription
amounts for the HICKMAN COURIER
due to me JNo C.WILsoN.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

Hon. W p Caldwell, was on Tues
day nominated for Congress, in our
adjoining Tennessee District He
has made an able member, aud hiS
re election will be a deserved honor.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

The official returns of the Vermont
election show the Republican gains to
have been 2,761. Democratic gains I
373 These are the exact figures.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

Within three mouths cholera has
carried off nearly twelve thousand
people in the city and suburbs Of
Damascus.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

So far, 10 four States, casting TWEEN
ty eight electoral aud about five hun
bred thousand. popular votes, the
Democrats have gained over 1872
sixteen electoral votes and over one
hundred thousand popular votes. The
indications 10 the West are excellent
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

The great day at the Centennial Ez-
will be Pennsylvania Day,
he 18th inst. Gov Hartranft has is
ned proclamation asking for the oh
-rvance Of the day as holiday, and
,lling upon as many people of the
ti,e as can to assemble at the Exhibit
on. The attendance will be limited
lily By the capacity of the railroads
- bring the people.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

There is nothing particularly dis
couraging for the Democrats in the
recent elections. Arkansas aud Ala
hama count Is electors for Tilden and
Hendricks, against II for Hayes and
Wheeler in Vermont and Maize.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

The people of Hot Springs. Ark
are considerably exercised, and it
seems with reason, about the present
md contemplated action of the Gov
rnment with regard to the Hot
Springs property. The decision which
las thrown it upon the hands of the
United States leaves a fne opening for
swindiug ring of large dimensions
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

We have 5000, 900 farmers, 200
900 trades people, 100000 mechan-
les. 500, 900 professional men 43 600
clergymen. 10000 lawyers. 1919 S22
teachers, 90 900 doctors. ? 900 actors
5000 journalists, 100000 laborers.
aud 975 900 domestic servants in this
country.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

THE idea of prolonging the Phila
delphia Exhibition beyond November
10th rs u1asfsTo5es,di 10 be abandoned.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

All accounts go to show that the
Radicals will make desperate effort
70 carry Ohio in October, for to lose
he home Of Hayes Il Ell would be, Of
course. to lose The White House in
November. Nevertheless, we have
the most favorable reports of Demo
cratic prospects.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

The professional thieves of Phila-
delpbia have requested the Mayor Of
hat city to set apart day when they
can visit the Centennial Exposition
without fear of arrest They promise
TO behave in manner becoming hon
est men. The world moves.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

THE German Newspapers of Wis
consin are nearly all Democratic.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-29

A Covington boy who had slight
sore on his lip, come to his death from
playing brass harp. Here is warn
lug.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-01-13
WOODS USED IN AMERICAN FABRICS.

Common flannels involve avery important
consumption of woods, from the ~coarsest
common or native to the medium Merino
wool opera tunnels, from fine to the very
finest woods blankets, from the most ordi-
nary to noils 1.-THE shorter or refuse fibfes OBJ
tanned by the process of eombing the best
combing wools), UP to medium Merino
woods; also the shorter woods Of English
blood, such rs the Down and Cheyiot woods.
Shawls, the principal varieties embrace all
grades of Merino woods up to pick-lock,
some tleecy varieties being composed OF
worsted combing woods. Felts, generally
the lowest grades of wool, but some variety
of telling. such as piano and table covers,
medium Merino woods. Knit goods, such as
knit shirts, vests, drawers, cardigans, and
hose, involve a very important consumption
of wool, from the lowest to the high grade
Of Mer.no, certain fancy varieties, composed
Of worsted yarns, requiring English comb
ing woods. Fancy ~cassimeres, occupying a
prominent place in the list of fabrics, re-
quire all grades of Merino woods, principally
medium. Meltons,4 all grades Of Merino
woods, without burr, principally the me-
dunn. Overcoatings, such as beavers, Mos
cows, Esquimaux, medium to finest grades
OF Merino wool. For all mixtures of wool
With shoddy, the best and longest Merino
WOODS are now regarded as the best and
most profitable. FOX the reason that they
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-01-13
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUSBANDMAN.

for neatness of shape, for absence Of useless
parts or offal, such as long, slender necks
and legs. Always have a motive or object
in view, aud always keep the best to breed
from, selling off the inferior stock. This
subject is deserving of closer study than it
has had by intelligent agriculturlsts.-ahos'
Meehan in IYeekLN Press.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-01-13

- carry - l1lOIt vi In IN
substitute. Thin wool coatings require
from medium to the finest Merino WOODS
ladies, fancy cloakings, the finest long Meri-
no woods. and in some varieties, molair or
the wool of the Angora goat. Gehelenhehs
finest worsted coatings, the finest long Mefi-
no combing WOODS. For certain varieties OF
delaines. coburgs and cashmeres, ladles'
dress goods with cotton warp, medium loiS
Mnrino woods are used. For Caledonlan
ladies' ~cloakings, a limited use IS mace OF
mixtures of fine long combing WOODS ana
Enolish or Canada combing woods; 1of
seroes. moreens, alpacas, Italian cloth 1or
Innings. mohair l~usters, hastings, damasNs
for furniture covering, curtains ana taole
cloths, reps for furniture and curtains, Webb
ING for reins and girths for horses, and tor
s~uspenders, bunting for flags, military
sashes, picture cords and %tassels, clouds or
nubias. Ristori shawls, braids and bindings,
all use long English combing or Canada
wool. For the Warps Of ingram, W or
three-ply carpets, the long carpet woods OF
Cordova and Chill, unsuited by their coarse
ness anu (idlilCtCl VI ulCSS SooN|' o0
ployed. the short woods for filling, and for
the cheaper carpets, the short and coarse
Mexican or Texan woods. For Brussels
and tapestry, and Brussels and velvet car
pets, the long Cordova and Chill carpet
woods are used, for the colorcd yarns the
warp being Of linen, for the whites or very
light shades the best English or Canada
combing woods. In a class of fabrics enter
ing more largely, perhaps, than any others
into general consumption, that Of %tlannels,
the superiority, due principally to the adop-
ton Of the common woods of this country,
their strength and admirable qualities are so
marked as to almost exclude the foreign
nannels. American fancy cassimercs COM
pare favorably in finish, fineness and
strength with those imported. Ourdelaines,
owing again in a short measure to the ex-
c~ellence of our Merlno combing wool, sur
pass the fabrics at the same price. The eX-
c~ellence Of American shawls was admitted
at the great exhibition at London.-Ag1icul-
tu7UI Report 1871.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-01-13
EFFECTS OF IN-AND-IN BREEDING.

AS most OF our readers know, it has been
a popular belief That in-and-in breeding, as
the intermixture of close relationship Is
called, is an injury and Inherently abhor-
rent, as one may say, to both plants and an
mails. In plants it has been the foundation
of a new theory, aided, though not founded,
by the celebrated Charles Darwin, that
plants require insects in fertilization, in or
der that they may not breed "~in-and-in,''
but get the aid of foreign pollen. In a letter
to one of the editors of this paper, Mr.. Dar-
win says he is just preparing a book for the
press especially to show the necessity of
this same cross fertilization, or, IN other
words, the abrogation of the close relation
ship.
Frank Darwin, son of the w%ellknown
naturalist OF that name, has contributed a
paper on this subject to q British periodical,
in which, like his father, he deals some,
heavy blowsa at our preconceived popular
notions. After a close study and inyestiga-
ton of many thousand eases of marriages of
first-couisins, and other close relatives, as
shown BY the British marriage registers, he
1SSAtI % ~ w NC a lIlEoldhG tiidb SuCIl COuIICC-
tons cause a deterioration of the human
race, and that in other animal forms, when
intelligently bred, the practice of breeding
as son to mother, and brother to sister, is
beneficial to a remarkable extent. 1t is
probably well known that the great Hebrew
family of the Rothschilds, the capitalists
and bankers of Europe, keep their wealth
closely concentrated by marriages as near
as tirst-conisins; certainly, in their case
there is no evidence of moral or physical
decline, or any other degeneration.
For the last twelve years the writer has
bred as close as possible from d single pair
Of Bolton Gray chickens. The breed is now
nearly twice the size it was when the exper-
iment begun, and shows extraordinary en-
ergy and %fecundity. Every attempt to i'm
prove this strain from foreign blood has
been unfortunate. If none had ever been
attempted they would be far better than
they now are.
la all breeding the process should be in
diligently conducted. Always select he
very best, regardless of blood or relation
| ship, or any such motive. Breed for size,