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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01
SPENCER'S LASr4PPE4L.
Philadelphia Times.


And now we have the wall of the |
trembling carpet-bagger from Alabama,
presented to the United States by one |
Spencer, who holds seat to which he |
never was elected, and to save which his |
own party had to resort to a special |
pleading before the country. In Ala /
bama, as in Mississippi, republican rule
meant, as ex-senator Revels described it,
corruption, theft and ENLIGHTENMENT"
1t was overthrown two years ago, econ
omy and integrity were restored to the
government, and now the people endorse
it by from 80, 900 to 10000 majority,
carrying nearly every county il the state,
With the returns came from day to day
the assurance that peace and good order
prevailed in every section, and thus far
no citizen of average reputation has ven
tured to dispute it. But somebody had
to say something, and two nominal lead
ers of two factions and fractional state
committees, OWNED by the unsatisfactory
division of the common plumber, tele-
gra;h Mr.. Spencer about it, and he reads
to the senate Mr.. Charles f. Wagner,
" chairman of the republican state con
vention," says that "in no proper sense
was there an election by the people in
Alabama ON last Monday" and Mr.. w.
! II. Smith, also chairman republican
state executive committee emphatical-
/ " denies that the election was conduct
/ ed with fairness and without disturbance
and intimidation, and he calls Justify
for an investigation. As local stealing
has been cut off by the supremacy of the
conservatives, and there Is little in pros
pect in Alabama for the campaign, an
investigation Is about the only thing
that Spencer and his twin chairmen
could make pay, and Mr.. Boutwell, is
Just the man TO undertake the job.
Should he 90, however, he must be ex-
ceeding wary about calling his political
friends promisciously, or he viii hear the
truth about Spencer's fraudulent cleo
ton to the senate, as some Of the thieves
are telling the truth about each other
now in playing for even, and that would
upset the whole investigation. sam
Bard. on the other side at last accounts,
telegraphs that there never was such a
peaceable election, and that the negroes
rushed to take dose of democracy like
children after soothing syrup; but now
either Wagner or Smith or Bard would
testify a week hence, is more than any
fellow ever can tell until they are called.
The Alabama election speaks for itself
and all the certificates of political camp
followers won't qualify his meaning.
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Whn and Ho,r o Drniu.

Under this head Alexander Hyde, in
the New York Times, says upon this
subject:
eve are often reminded by the skeptics
in drainage of the apparent inconsistency
between irrigating and draining. II
water is good for land, they say, why
take 50 much pains to bring it on the
land and then take so much pains to car
it off? This does look a little paradox
ical, but in reality these two modes of
indicating land are perfect supplements
of each other. Because man has the
dropsy, it does not follow that he must
drink no water. Only let his water pass
through the system freely and normally.
and he may drink water not only with
IMMUNITY but with benefit-in fact can
not live without it. Water stagnant in
the body or in the soil brings death
inevitably let it percolate through the
soil and it brings life. Walter Bligb. as
long ago as 1850, told the story of the
benefits fdraiuing and irrigating in this
quaint way: The goodness of the water
is, as it were, riddled, screened and
strained out into the land, leaving the
richness and the leanness sliding away
from it, rt-s--ex explains the com
Elementary effects of draining and ir-
rigation exactly. The draining makes
the land good filterer, and as the water
percolates through it the fertilizing
materials are absorbed, leaving the lean
water to flow away
another great reason for draining
land is the dry, healthful climate which
it produces. We have not space to
dwell on this important point, but we
must say that if we lived where we see
some farmers living, we would drain the
soil in self defense against a cold, damp
air and unhealthy miasma, if for no
other reason. Turtles and frogs can live
n damp, marshy places, but mans
organism requires purer air. Draining
viii give us such an air, and will prolong
life indefinitely.
''Not only is life prolonged, but the
summer is extended at both ends by
thorough drainage, consideration of no
small moment both for the crops and the
time for labor. If the pillow can be
started fortnight earlier in the spring,
and the whitening effects of frost post
poned fortnight in the fall, this gain
alone will compensate for the expense of
Training. This power of tiles to length
IN the season may be doubted by some,
butwe testify to what we have seen,
when we say that land in its natural con-
dition unfit to pl-w till the middle of
June, has, by being thoroughly drained,
beer rendered plowable by the middle of
April, and that buckwheat on wet,
,nucky soil has been cut down by frost
N the middle of Sc. TENDER, while that
S"'hg ON contiguous but weIldrained
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THE Radical 1L4RM IN U4sH-
INGTON.

Washington special to the Baltimore
Sun says: The result of the election in
Alabama is regarded here rs having a
very important bearing on the presiden
tial canvass. Since reconstruction, Ala
bama has voted republican as often if not
oftener than democratic, and in close cal
culationsit has generally been set down asa
doubtful state The very large majority
by which it elects the democratic ticket
consequently possesses great~ significance,
and viii exert a remarkable influence
upon the other states of the south which
have also been admitted to be somewhat
doubtful. The republicans admit pri-
vately to-day that Louisiana, Mississippi
and Florida Will certainly follow the ex-
ample of Alabama and give democratic
maiorities in November, unless some
scheme can be Matched 10 prevent. 1t is
not certain but what this effort will be
made, as it is said that some prominent
republicans are busy in trying to get up
a plan to obtain full control of those
states. The proposition made by senator
Boutwell, in his report to territorialize
Mississippi is one of the plans which has
been thought of, but there does not seem
any way by which the president and sem
ate can do this without consent of the
house of representatives. Some of
the more sagacious republicans also said
to-day that such a measure would be
very unpopular and odious among the
people of the north, and it would not do
to attempt it. 1t is very evident that
the republicans are disheartened by the
signs of the times
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,rHEN sAMMY eo,rEs IN.

BY yon public nali. at the close OF the day,
There stood wp' &c man and his head was gray
. And thus no rebuked Republican din
There u -lever be peace I'LL Sansiy e"nie' ~
..our eountry's hall ruined with sectional jars
Though the is long over its debts are deep scis
Nay, wounds opened fresh by the vampires Oh sn -
And they'll not stop bleeding till 'ammy eo'nes i"
a. The people are victims 81 thieves in high place,
Whose deeds are exposed TO eternal disgrace A.,
Still with Hayes they are hoping, dul ea''ie' "
win, so,,.s
But their NOW will be musty when Sammy comes
ins
ssOur fathers by tyraRt' and tories OF yore,
Were stung to the courage that all men aooie-
II the sens are free as the sires that nave Deen,
They'll rise in their might and make SAMMY eOiNe
In.
srAH hail to the new revolution, whose enle'
As honest rs Washington, brings US r nei; ~.
The shark of Long Branch, with his irlehos ana MS
kin, 80,
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moderate price of ten cents each, they
sell like hot cakes. As a means of COM
munication with your next door neigh
Dor, the lovers telegraph has the advan-
tage, provided you know to whom you
are talking. a nine days wonder, prob
ably which in 4 month hence will be for
gotten. 1t recalls the extensive street
sale of new system of secret cipher had
last winter-avery simple process, which,
however, defes detection. Day after
day it appears as if everybody wanted to
write in secret cipher, and the boy who
sold the charts made money rapidly.
To-day it is doubtful if there is one to be
ofund in the city for sale.
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SYMPTOMS OF LIVER COMPLAINT.

a sallOw color of the skin, or yelowish-
brown spots on the face and other parts of
the body; dizziness and drowsiness, with fire.
auent headache; dizziness, bitter or bad taste
in the mouth, dryness of the throat, and in
ternal heat palpitation of the heart; a dry,
teasing cough, sore throat, unsteady appe-
tite, sour stomach, raising Of the food, and a
choking sensation in the throat; sickness and
vomiting, distress, heaviness, and a bloated
or full feeling about the stomach and sides
aCgravatiug pains in the sides, back or breast,
and about the shoulders; collie pains and
soreness through the bowels; constipation,
alternating with diarrhma; piles, fatulence,
nervousness, GOODNESS of the extrenities, rush
of blood TO the head, with symptoms of apo
plexv; numbness of the limbs ESPECIALLY at
night, and clills alternating with hot flash
es; kidney and other urinary difficulties,
dizziness. low spirits, AMI gloomy forebodingS
Only few OF these symptoms will be likely
to be present in any case at one time.
TREATNENF.-Take DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, with small doses of his
Pleasant Purgative Pellets, which act as an
Alternative on the liver. For Liver Complaint
and the various affections caused by a dis
eased liver, these remedies are unsurpassed
The Golden Medical Discovery does MOI
simply palliate the disease but it produce.
a lasting effect. By its use the liver and
stomach are changed to an active, healthy
state, the appetite is regulated, the BLOOD
purified and enriched, and the entire system
renovated and restored 10 health.
The Discovery is sold by druggists. r. V
Pierce, NJ. D., Proprietor, Worlds Dispensary
Buffalo. n Y.
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mrs DRA4M or rONsoRIAL BLISS.

A Detroit barber has been thinking
and planning and dreaming, and in his
minds eye he sees what can be brought
about rs soon rs he has earned the money
to pay the bill. He sees a three story
BARRIERS shop on the corner, with eleva-
tors carrying the uushaved from floor to
floor, and sending them down again. Bill
lard rooms, a gymnasium, a summer
garden and a dancing hall are in the
plans. A silver fountain throws streams
of cologne water to the ceiling. The bar
ber's chairs have nickle-plated legs. The
razors have handles of solid gold. The
walls are mirrors, in which the happy
face of the proprietor is reflected ten
thousand times. a band plays soft, sad
strains. Angelic whispers float through
space. Unseen silver fans cool the brew
of each customer While he is being
shaved his boots are BACKED, a ten dollar
bill is slipped into his pocket nerf1n,r,
thrown over him, and a tailor measure
him for a suit of clothes which is not to
cost him cent. As he goes out he is
given ticket to the opera, a lottery
ticket, a new silk hat, gold-headed cane
and a stem winding watch, aud if he Of
fers to pay for the shave, the proprietor
of the shop softly replies =" If you has
been made happy, de grand objeek am
accomplished.
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land kept on growing and filling OUT
into October.

land kept on growing and filling out
into October.
We have dwelt so long on the reasons
for drainage that we must pass over
briefly the modes. There is but one APP
proved mode, and this by tiles. Inc
ditch required for tiles is SO rapidly laid'
and moreover, do their work so effect
uaIly, that we should never use stones
unless it was to get rid of them, and even
then we think they would serve better
purpose made into roads than INTO
bitches.
cone of tue most important rules lot
draining is to do up the bushes thor
oughly. There is much meaning IN the
common expression, through drainage
1t means that the bitches must be near
enough together, deep enough ana
properly located. No definite rule can
be laid down as to their nearness ana
depth. Some lands require them to De
laid twenty feet, some thirty feet ana
some sixty feet apart, varying with the
I
character and strata of the soil and as
to the depth, this must also vary. Those
who Law down, as UNIVERSAL rule, that
drains must be three feet deep and thirty
| feet apart, show that they are guacks IN
the art. Old Walter Bligh, whom we
have before quoted, knew better than
this two centuries ago. This is what he
saws as to the depth: And for thy
drayning, it must be made so deep that 1t
goes to the bottom of the cold, spewing
movst water that feeds the flag and
rush. Yes, suppose this corruption that
feedeth and nourisheth the rush OF the
fiaggs should be yard or four foot deep,
to the bottom of it thou must 81, n eve
thou wilt drayn 10 10 purpose, withou'
which the water can not nave It's Kindly
operation for though the water fatteu
naturally, yet still this GOODNESS and mois
ture lies knawing within, and not being
taken away it eats out what the water
fatte1s.'
ssThe location of the bitches is most
important matter. Much money ha:
been sunk in drains that led around the
wet lands, but did not hit the mair
sources of the water. In this matter o.
location follow the simple law that water
! runs down hill and seeks the straightest
course possible to the rivers and seas
Ifturned out of this straight course, o.
in any way obstructsd, it always foams
if it does not fret about it. Cut the
main ditch through the main land, where
the water naturally runs put in three
four, or sixinch tile, as the amount o
water may demand, and then run side
bitches up the slopes with two or three
inch tiles in them. A two-inch tile, /
the fall is sufficient, will carry off Al
immense amount of water in one day
which would otherwise be left in the sol
slowly to evaporate and to make tn,
land cold"
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BY r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., of the Worlds Dis
pensary, Buffalo, \. Y, Author of 1.-The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser,
etc, etc.
The Liver is the great depurating (purify-
ing organ of the system, aud has very ap-
prOpriately been termed the bousekeeper"
of our health. / have observed in the dis
secting-room, and also in making DOst-mOrteBi
examinations of the bodies of those who have
died of different diseases, and in a large pro-
portion of cases, the liver has given evidence
Of having at some time been diseased. Liver
affections are equally prevalent in beasts.
Every butcher knows that the livers of cattle,
sheep and swine are ten times as frequently
diseased as any other organ. A healthy liver
each day secretes about two and a half pounds
OF Bite When IT becomes torpid, congested,
or if, from any cause, il be disabled in the
performance OF its duties, IL is evident that
the elements of the bile must remain in the
blood, thus irritating, poisoning, and per
verting every vital process. Nature attempts
TO rid the system OF these nOXiOus materials
by means of other organs, as the kidneys,
lungs, skin, etc, which become overtaxed in
performing their additional labor, and are
unable to Withstand the pressure.
The brain, which is the great electrical
center of all vitality, becomes overstimulated
with unhealthy blood, and fails 10 normally
ne. form its functions. Hence there is dull
ness, headache, impairment Of the memory
dizziness, gloomy fOrebodings, and irritability
of temper. When the blood is diseased, the
skin manifests discOlored spots, pimples
blotches, hollis, carbuncles, and scrofulOu
tumors. The stoma h and bowels sooner Of
later, become affected, and constipation, piles
dropsy, dyspepsia, or diarTh@a, is the inevi
table result.
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rranspran.ina IN Ho. u-ea.her.

When the weather is hot and dry, the
ground parched and thirsty, and one
has received a quantity of plants Of any
sort by mail or by express, instead of
putting them out where they ought to
grow and thus lose half of them, besides
the labor of transplanting, our own prac-
tice is to collect about Il bushel of muck
and crush the Jumps fine with hand
hoe, then wet it and work into the mass
a shovelful or two of recent dropping of
a COW and also few quarts of gypsum
Let the mixture be placed on some
boards and work it over as mortar is pre-
pared. When the plastic mass is of the
consistency of mortar with which bricks
are laid, take a small handful, put Il
around the roots of the plant, making a
roll about one or two inches in diameter
by three inches long, and wrap each roll
in piece of newspaper about as large
a mans hand. As each plant is wrapped
let it be placed on end in a tub or water
light box. Let a course of plants be
placed over the entire bottom of the tub,
keep the tub in the shade and water the
plants twice daily. As soon as there are
reliable indications OF rain let the ground
be prepared for the plants. If the wealth
er is cloudy and the soil not dry as dust,
let the plants be put out, paper and all.
The roots will soon force a passage
through wet paper. If plants are kept
in this manner for few days new roots
will start out at once. The rolls should
be handled with care, so that the new
rootlets may not be injured. As we have
had no rain for long period of time,
and as the soil is almost dry to the touch,
we have large quantity of sweet pota-
to plants prepared in the foregoing man
ner, which we expect to keep in the
shade until the rain vets the ground
". Y. Herald
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\ HERoINE.-It was a simple thing
for woman to run up three flights of
stairs for the purpose of warning a COM
panv of workers there that the building
in which they were was in flames; but
the woman who did this in the Globe
mill in Philadelphia did it with the full
knowledge of the fact that she thereby
risked her own life, and the humble act
of human kindness was as truly heroic
as any deed recorded in the history of
valor ever was. She was poor working
woman, without social recognition, with
out education probably, without refine
ment or beauty, or any of the things
that are commonly supposed to constitute
Ioveliness in woman; but in volunteer
ing to die for the sake of other persons
she has proved her nobility of soul and
vindicated her right to recognition as an
heroic spirit
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Here is a good Irish story. Ore
morning friend meets one of the Irish
gendarmerie coming from one Of the
mysterious valleys beyond Killarney.
The gendarme wears a smile of COM
placency. "Sir he says, they've been
hidinga chap yonder, who gave himself
out as the Ballyporeen murderer, aud
for the last six weeks he has had his fire
keep and shelter, and every thing snug
and handsome. Well, I've had my own
suspicious about the fellow, and / went
up this morning; and sure enough, just
as l thought, he turns out to be nothing
more OF less than an impostherl'
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II. Il. SrEyESs;
Dear Sill expressing my taa nix % yon tor heno
derived from the use Of NEhEIlAE. and % ben 70
eft others. will state.
When eight or nine sears old was afflicted with
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face aud head. aud was Norf near blind Tor Two
years All kinds Of OPERATION. were performed ON my
Is IS and all good result. FINALLY the discafe
principally settled Ia my to " luis aud feet. aud
AT tunes Ia an aggravated way.
Last summer was, from some cause, weak boz my
spine and kidneys. and ~ WEE AZ times very hard o.
retain the urite. Seeing your advertisement in ~
Commercial, I bought n botte ~ NEGETlNI, and
commenced sirg according tg directions lntwoor
three DAYS obtained great relief. cr using four
or bottles noticed IL had wonderful eject on
the rough scaly biotches ca my body aud lras
siill used NFGETlNE. and the humorous sores ou-
after another DISAPPEARED until they were Hll gont,
and attribute the cure Of the two diseases 90 VIC
ETfNE. and nothing else
II / am ever affected with anything - the Kind
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TO PARENTS.

If your child Is suffering from worms,
use DIR. WIsHART's WORM SUGAR DROPS,
an old and reliable remedy, that neUor
fans in thoroughly exterminatipg these
nests of childhood. Being made in the
ioim of Sugar Drops, having neither the
taste " smell of medicine, 30 trou bic IS
experienced in inducing children 70 take
them. Sold by all Druggists at 70 cts
box, or sent by mail on receipt OF price,
at the Principal Depot, 9l6 Fiibeit
Street Pbilad0lphia Pa.
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Hotv sRard'' WateI Nay be Node ."soJf."
A late number of the Popular Science
Monthly contains an interesting article
under the caption of "a Piece of Lime
stene," from which the following para
graph is taken, which contains a hint
that may be useful TO engineers, as well
as to Others who may desire to learn a
simple process of rendering "hard''
water "soft;" But, though insoluble
in pure water, carbonate of lime is slight
ly soluble in water already charged with
csrbonic acid; and all rain water brings
down carbonic acid from the air, it IS ca
pable OF taking up carbonate of lime
from the soils and rocks through which
it filters; and it thus happens that all
springs and rivers that rise in localities
in which there is any kind of calcerous
rock, become more or less charged with
carbonate of lime kept in solution by an
access of carbonic acid. This what gives
the peculiar character to water, which is
known as hardness and water hard
enough to eurdle soap may be converted
into very soft water Gas the late
Prof Blark, of Aberdeen, showed) by the
simple addition Of lime-water, which, by
combining with the excess of carbonic
acid, cause the precipitation of all the
lime in solution in the form of insoluble
carbonate, which gradually settles to the
bottom, leaving the water clear"
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Men who have stood where thou
sands fell, who have gazed unmoved at
the horrors of the battle field and the
wrecks of the storm, can not, without
emotion, behold the devastation ana
mangled ruin which marks the progress
of woman with a scythe. Nature shud-
ders when it sees a woman throw stone,
but when it sees a woman swinging a
scythe, it just tries to cover up its head
and keep out of sight until the ruin Is
complete,-MeD York Post.
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..Look here. squire. where wa, vo,

..'Look here, squire, where was you
born ?" said persistent Yankee to FIVE
minutes acquaintance. 81 was born, :"
said the victim, Sin Boston, fremont
street No. A, left hand side, on the 1st
day of August, 1920, at FIVE O'Clock in
the afternoon; physician, DIR. Warren !;
nurse, Sally Benjamin" The Yankee
was answered completely. For mo-
ment he was struck. Soon, however,
his face frightened, and he quickly said /;
seYeas wal, calculate you don't recol-
lect whether it was frame or a brick
building, dew ye?"
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A GENTLEMAN in the eastern part OF
the State, who was about having his leg am
putated on account of its being bent at rlght
angles and stiff at the knee, heard OF Jenh-
sons Anodyne Eminent Alter using ~ !; a
short time his leg became straight, and is
now as seryiceable as the other
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A CLEAR HEAD:

Elastic limbs; good digestion sound Sleep buoy
ant spirits; fine apostle; and a ripe old age,
Of the results OF the of DIR. TUrT's Pills.
They require change of diet Interfere with
regular business