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The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
THE COSS4CKS.

The Cossacks are divided into several
corps-the Cossacks of the Don, the Cos
sacks of the Ukraine, the Cossacks of the
Caucasus, etc. Each of these divisions
has chief, who is called an ataman.
and holds the rank ofgeneral, and all the
Cossacks of the empire are united under
single chief, who has the title of the
4 ataman general" The latter title al.
ways dsvolves upon the hereditary Grand
Duke. The Cossack clothes and equips
himself and his uniform and his horse be-
long TO himself. He wears large, round,
low cap made of skin from Astrakan,
wide pantaloons stuffed into his boots
and reaching just below his knees, the
whole covered by kind of overcoat but
toning on the back and having three
long iapsreaching to the feet and fastened
on the full length. On his breast to the
left and right in vertical cases he carries
six cartridges at each side. In his belt he
carries a poniard 4 baldrick hangs
from his right shoulder and passes to
the left side, where it supports long
saber in n leather scabbard. On his back,
hanging from a bandoleer and wrapped
in a case made of goats skin, he carries
his rifle. The Cossack always carries in
his hand a whip, with short lash, which
he calls kinjaL His horse is small and
rather ugly, and though he is made of
good stuff his form is somewhat angular.
To form an idea of the Cossack saddle,
imagine an ordinary saddle upon which
would be fastened by strap a square
leather cushion about four inches high.
This is the reason that at first sight one
is so much surprised to see this curious
looking cavalier perched up so high on
his saddle. He sticks on his horses back
by sticking his krees into the animals
sides with all his strength, which gives
the legs the appearance of pair of pin
GERS. The stiIrup is an equally curious
thing. The bottom Is round AMI thick
enough, but from that up it sembles
very much one of those tin boxes in
which preserves are sold. 1t has been
already said that the Cossack's horse is
his personal property, and it may be
added that he turns it to business ac-
count by hiring it out. Since the arrival
of the troops at Kischenef they have
been the delight of the collegians, who,
for rouble an hour, have been enabled
to make promenades on horseback in
bands on these valiant little animals. -
Kischene6' Cor Of the Ae,0 York Herald.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
4 HEROIC PHPSFCIIN.

DIR. Louis Carriere. an eminent Paris
physician, has died from the conse-
quences OF sucking the windpipe of a
patient, little girl who was suffering
from Group. DR.. Carriere is not the first
medical practitioner in France who has
fallen a victim to his zeal for humanity.
Two or three weeks age DR.. Cintrat. VINO
had done an equally bold deed, likewise
sacrificed himself to his sense of dutv.
One important scientific fact has been
demonstrated by DR. Carriere's noble
though fatal experiment that the dis
charge from the mucous membrane is an
active poison-but, apart from that, his
melancholy fate will present many fea-
lures of the deepest interest to the non
professional public in England. The
devotion OF the brave physician must, in
the first instance, command a universal
feeling Of admiration. The operation of
sucking the little girls windwipe was
the reverse of "nice, yet the osten-
sibly repulsive process was in reality a
manifestation in its highest, in almost
its sublimest form of the inductive
philosophy, Of the pursuit of that
goal which was Bacon's early, late
and only end-fruit The governing
idea and conviction of Dr. Carriere was
evidently that the suffocation of Group
might be eombated by the mechanical
means of powerful suction from the
larynx outward. Science has invented
the stomach pump; but scientific in
genuity has not yet perfected an appar-
atus for freeing the capillary tubes from
coagulated mucus. For the reason that
these tubes cannot be cleared. children
and old men choke. 1t is as natural,
says Jeremy Taylor to die as to be
be born; and to a little child perhaps
the one Is as easy Is the other" But
Group and bronchitis are not easy modes of
death. They entail horrible agony
They are strangulation. There is reason
to believe--leaving aside the considera-
tion Of aged people with incurably shat
tered constitutions---that the lives of
many thousands of young children might
be saved every year by the invention of
some simple mechanical means for clear
ing the bronchial tubes without incision
of the wind-pipe, and it may be that the
martyrdom of DIR. Carriere may lead to
such means being discovered. 1t is the
blood of martyrs like Carriere and
Cintrat that makes theseed of knowledge.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
THr inventors of Burnett's Cocoaine-


knowing that when the loss of hair occurs 1t
is generally from that part of the head Wnere
the greatest heati is necessarily generated. ana
tnat animal fats by their nature induce neat
rather than alleviate it--turned their atten
ton and pharmaceutical science towaIu
vegetable oils, as the basis of medlcament 10
promote the growth and preserve the beauty
of the hair. The 0tiUH1 cOcus, or CoCoANOI
on. presented itself most strongly, as pos
sessing many qualities peculiarly adaPteo. ioi
the purpose: but its Odor was ObjeetlonaDle,
and its density Except when exposed to heatl
seemed for long time to defy all efforts 10
render il available, for popular use, IN cooIer
climates. By scientific selection of other
ingredients, those which will chemlcaly
combine with the oil have been discovered,
and they together have produced COM
pound, which is ungualifedly pronounced 10
be the best that has yet appeared.
In the form presented, this oil is perIna-
nenly deodorized and held in a combination
which peculiarly adapts it for the toilet; BUR
NETT's COCAINE is unrivaled in delicacY
and agreeabeness-cooling in its nature
and possesses such a penetrating affinity Tor
the secretion Of the skin, that it is rapidly alb
sorbed.
1t greatest efficacy is best secured by per
feet cleansing, before its application, of the
hair and scalp, under which circumstances
this oil dtt0ys irritation, FeHlOUeS all tendency
II ddHdrtld, and iarigO5dtes the action OF the
capillaries in the highest degree. It's effect
upon the glossiness and richness of the hair is
such as cannot be surpassed and il is offered
to the public in the firm belief that it only re-
quircs to be known 10 supersede all other
preparations. We are confident that no one
who will make 4 trial of les efficacy will be
willing to return to the use of any other pre-
paratirn.
JosEPH BURNETT & Co, Boston, manulac.
turerS and DFODriqtors
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
OUR TR1DE TITH RUSSIA.

The Boston Commercial Bulletin. oi
the nineteenth says of American trade
with Russia About a year ago
when prints were so low, and large guam
titles were shipped to England and other
countries, an experiment was made in
exporting them to Russia Even at
those prices, however, the experiment
was Improbable, owing to the very high
protective tariff levied by Russia. In
the matter of boots and shoes one small
venture was made in tins direction few
years ago, and some of the large manu-
featuring houses talk of repeating it, but
the same difficulty is met with as in the
case of calicoes. Another drawback is
the excessively conservative character
of the people. Some time ago Boston
house, engaged in the Russian trade, find
ing the price of American wooden pals
excessively low, shipped hundred dozen
or so to Russia. The consignee found it
almost impossible to dispose of them at
any price, though the article used by
Russians is much dearer and more cum
bersome. They dragged for months, and
were finally sold at 4 few cents apiece.
The trade with Russia, both importing
and exporting, has been diminishing of
late years. Before the war there was a
steady export trade in box sugars from
Boston 20 Archangel and ST. Petersburg.
Since then the cultivation of the sugar
beet has been immensely extended in
Russia, which now actually exports
sugar to neighboring countries. Russia
was formerly large exporter of hides.
even to this country; she is now often
obliged to impert them. The chief
imports at present from Russia are fax.
hemp, sheet-iron, and coarse wools. With
the exception Of the latter article, most
Of our business is transacted with Bos-
ton. The competition of Kentucky and
Missouri hemp. as well as of Manila, has
greatly reduced the demand for Russian
hemp. Russian fax is of better quality
than American, owing to the rigid gov
eminent inspection, which gives reliable
GRADES, standard methods of packing, etc.
The American article is cheaLer, how
ever. because of the tariff, and its use is
steadily incre asing. The Manchester
mills, which formerly used considerable
quantities of Russian flax, now buy
American exclusively, and, by repeated
experiments, have learned how to utilize
1t much better than formerly. Most of
the imported Russian flax is manufac-
tured into shoe-thread. Some crash is
also made from it."
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
Treatment of Hog cho,e,,n.


Mr.. J. c. Long, of Jasper county, No.,
says: Years ago lest thousands of
dollars worth of hogs, but for the, last
six years have not lost any, and have
remedy [ will warrant. / have tried it
in thousands of cases and never had a
failure. / am now engaged in buying
lots of hogs where cholera PREVAILS
bought 250 recently aud found no
trouble in curing them. Ny remedy is
this: Make concentrated lye into good
soap by the usual rule; take one pail of
the soap to fifty hogs: put it in a kettle,
add water and two pounds of copperas,
boil it ; then add dish-water and milk,
or anything to taste good, till you have
about what the hogs will drink. Place
enough of the mixture, while warm, for
. hogs to drink, in troughs, in separ-
ate lot. just when ready to let the hogs
in, scatter two pounds of soda in the
troughs; the object is to have it foaming
every hog drinks, and il he will not
drink, put him in the hospital; and if
you cannot get him TO drink, then knock
him in the head, for he will give the
cholera to the rest. After 25 have had
all they will drink, let in % more, and
continue till the whole are treated The
next day go through with the same
operation. After the second day skip a
day, then give for two days, and you may
tuln them out cured. l generally give
the same dose once week to my hogs.
An important point is to make the hog
drink, and, if he will not take it any
other way, add new milk or put in sugar.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
4ZOY


As the Black sea is again about to be-
come the scene of stirring events it is well
that clear understanding should be had
of the nature of that remarkable body of
water. 1t is about seven hundred miles
long in its longest direction and has an
extreme width of about three hundred
and eighty miles, being three-fourths
longer than Lake Superior and more than
twice as wide. Its depth is from four to
forty-eight fathoms near shore, but in the
middle no soundings have been found at
one hundred and sixty fathoms. The
greatest depth of Lake Superior Is two
hundred fathcms.
The Black sea is not like our lakes, a
fresh water sea, but on the other hand it
contains one-seventh less salt than ocean
water, and is held to receive one third of
all the running water of Europe The
puzzle is what becomes OF all this fresh
water. and how the Black sea retains its
salinity. The sea is tideless. There is
no perceptible current toward the Med
iterrsnean. 1t has the same level as the
sea of Marmora. The outlet by the
Bosphorus, even were there a strong cur
rent, would be insufficient to discharge
the immense volumes of water constantly
pouring into the inland sea, and it
scarcely seems credible that the evapo-
ration is sufficient to account for the sur
plus water. Like our own lakes. it is
subject to frequent storms, but naviga-
tion is not exceptionally unsafe, and an
extensive steam navigation is carried on
There are several islands near the mouth
Of the Danube, but the sea is singularly
free from rocks and shoals.
The sea of Az9v, which is connected
with the Blacksea by the narrow strait of
fenikale, is much smaller, being only
about one hundred and sixty-eight miles
long and eighty broad. Its waters are
fresh and abound with fish, but are very
shallow, and fall off toward the west into
huge marshes, which have been aptly
named Putrid sea. 1t is of comparatively
little Importance Tor purposes of naviga-
tion, though it has several ports and
roadsteads.
All the shores washed by the Black
sea have within the last decade made
rapid strides in the path of material and
industrial development. The entire
Russian coast is annually growing in
population, wealth, and importance.
Odessa chiefly exports wheat, tallow,
hides, wool, and leather, and takes in re-
turn the products of all manufacturing
Europe. The southern shore, compris-
ing the northern line of Asia Minor. has
also been quickened into an activity
which bids fair to bring it up to its
ancient prosperity. SAMSON and Trebi-
zond are the principal ports, and are the
gates through which the trade of Persia,
Armenia, and central Asia can flow to
Europe. The local products are not
very important. chiefly consisting of
wool, hides, and breadstuffs.- CYerelrnd
Herald.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
-stKVIVAL o. ruE tITFrsr. >,

The ingenious doctrine propOunded by Dr.
Darwin, the tireless investigator of nature
and her laws, is as applicable in determining
the fate of medicines as in that of the animal
species. Every year new remedies are
Thought before the public, and are soon com
pletely discarded as thsir sale rIpidly de-
creases. Only those medicines which are best
suited to the peoples wants survive the first
test. Ifthey ARE tried and found wanting"
in the merits which they are claimed 10 pos.
ssss, no amount ofadvertising will make them
popular Ofall the remedies ever introduced
10 the public. none are so popular as DIR.
Pierce's Family Medicines. Their sale has
steadily increased each year, and wholesale
druggists assert that the present demand for
them is greater than ever before. II you
would patronze medicines scientifically pre-
pared use Or. Pierce's Family Medicines.
Golden Medical Discovery is Alternative, or
Ll0od-cleansing, and an excellent cough
remedy: Peasant Purgative Pellets scarcely
larger than mustard seeds, constitute an
agtaeable and reliable physic; Favor.te Pre-
sciipti0n q remedy for debilitated female ;
Extract Of Smart Weed magical remedy for
pain, bowel com plants, and ali uredualed
liuiment Dor both human and horse flesh
while his Dr.Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known
the world over es the greatest specific for
Catarrh and Cold in the Head" ever given
20 the public They are sold by druggists.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08

was horizontal and parallel to the plane
of the cloud, was relatively slow, not ex-
ceeding two degrees per second, and
they bore strong resemblance to i'm
mense soap bubbles, both as regards APP
parent lightness and general appearance.
From time to time a discharge of light
ming passed through the cloud from
above downward, followed some seconds
afterward by a dull rumbling sound.
The cloud, with its fine display of fire
balls, took course from east to west.
passing about league to the north of
Vence The glimmering of the light
ming with its low dull thunderous sound
continued for more than an hour, after
which the sky became darker and
darker rain mixed with hailstones fell,
and lightning, accompanied with thun-
der, furrowed the sky in all directions
Nature.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
How EKps (irnM.

Few products of nature are more in
tercsting than sound. fully developed
eye BY the aid of Il good microscope it
is easy to see and count some seven thou
sand lenses, admirably set TO receive light
from all directions, in the eve of a com
mon house fly. Until quite recently,
and after the facts of evolution had been
carefully studied, ii was believed that an
eye not only suggested, but revealed the
handy work OF an architect quite as
clearly as a watch or steam engine.
Now, men of science have little doubt
that the beautiful and wonderful mechan-
ism of the eye in all its varieties, grows
like hundred thousand species of plants,
and a much greater number of animals,
from an inherent, active force in matter
This change of method does not detract
from the creative energy of the great
first cause. The origin of life is still a
mystery, but not the origin of eyes, ears
and the organs of sense. Democritus,
two thousand three hundred years ago
recognized the existence OF a general
sense of touch from which all the senses
are slowly developed. In this idea We
see the germ evolution.
Fish have been found in the
dark Mammoth cave of Kentucky
with no eyes. They had 70 use
for eyes, and they ceased to grow
II light produces eyes, as it does green
leaves on trees and grass, the question is,
how p? TyEdall, who has stddied the
properties of light more closely than
most scientists, says: The action of
light, in the first instance, appears to be
a mere disturbance of the chemical pro
cesses in the animal organism, similar TO
4 60,
By grees the action becomes localized
in few Ggment-cells, more sensitive to
the light than the surrounding tissue.
The eve is here incipient. At first it is
capable of revealing differences of light
and shade produced by the bodies close
at hand. Followed as the interception
of the light is in almost all cases by the
contact of the closely adjacent opaque
body, sight in this condition becomes n
kind of anticipatory touch The ad-
iustment continues, slight bulging out
of the eperdermis over the fgment
granules supervenes.
A lense is incipient, and through the
operation OF infinite adjustments, at
length reaches the perfection that 1t dis
plays in the hawk and the eagle. So of
the other senses; they are special differ
entiations of tissue which was origin
ally vaguely sensitive all over"
Eyes are very suggestive. They prompt
the inquiry whether that vitality which
has done so much to give remarkable
wings, bones and lungs, as well as keen
vision to the eagle; which imparts fins
and tail to the fish for swimming; and
enables man by his electric batteries and
wires to talk understandingly with his
brothers of the glebe may not continue
to grow, and do infinitely more for ex-
alted manhood on earth, in the infinite
future There is unmistakable evidence
that life has been progressive on this
planet millions of years; and all know
that the end is not YET, and may not
come for millions of years
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
Household Rec;,.e.

Baked Fish.-After cleaning, salt the
fish for about an hour, then wash IT,.
make dressing of bread crumbs, salt
and pepper, and piece of butter the
size of a walnut; then put in a pan and
prinkle with -four, pu' on a little but
ter, pepper, salt, and about half a pint
Of water. Bake an hour and half
Veal Cutlets.-Have steak of first
cut, pound and season it well, cut the
outer edge, then beat it into good shane !:
take one egg, beat it a little, roll the
outlet in it, then cover thoroughly with
rolled crackers. Have lump of butter
and lard mixed hot in your skillet, put
in the meat and let it cook slowly till
nicely brown on both sides.
Chicken Salad.-To one pint of
chopped chicken take one pint of
chopped celery, heaping teaspoonful of
mustard, one and half tea-cups of vim.
egar, one tablespoonful of sugar and one
OF melted butter, FIVE eggs beaten sepa-
rateiy, pinch of cayenne pepper, salt
to taste. Mix sugar, vinegar. mustard
and eggs together, and scald the dressing
one large chicken will fill pint.
Rice Meringues.-One tea-cup of rice
boiled soft, when cold add one quart of
milk, the yolk of three eggs, three table,
spoonfuls of sugar and a little nutmeg
pour In dish and bake half an hour !:
when partly baked stir few raisens
through it; when cold. beat the whites
OF the eggs with two tablespoonfuls of
sugar, spread over the rice and bake a
light brown.
Lemon Sponge.-To ene-half box of
Coy's gelatine, take one and half pints
of cold water, dissolve over the fire. then
add one pound of white sugar, the Juice
of three lemons; boil all together for a
few minutes ; when nearly cold, add the
whites of three eggs beaten to a froth !;
beat all well together, then set in cool
place; when it begins to thicken, stir
thoroughly, let stand again and beat as
before. The oftener this if repeted the
whittier it will become. Serve with cream.
One-half this recipe is enough for five
persons.
To Destroy Roaches.--Pulverized bo-
rax scattered about will Danish them eff
fectualIv
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
4GRICULTUR1L.
Fcedin0 s,cime ia SUMMER.

0r-'N--~r'-
Now the true way to fatten pigs, at
this season of the year, is to give por-
tion of coarse food, such as turnips,
beets, carrots, potatoes, cooked clover
hay, or grass, the last being the natural
food of the pig, and in summer always at
hand. While in cold weather it is neces-
sary to resort to roots, which have re-
quired manual labor to grow, in summer
the pig can get its own grass, and only
requires a moderate allowance of grain
to keep it growing rapidly and have it
r ,ady for the knife when grass ceases to
grow. IF we take all the hogs fattened
in the United States in year, and
change thsstime of fattening from cold
TO warm weather, one-helf of the grain
now fed will make all the pork. This
would be saving of food, at least, to the
amount of S75,OO0,0O0 PEI year.--,South-
arp F,qr-OeY
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
Cheerfulness in Old Age.

Isn't Aunt Charity darling old lady p
said one of Aunt Charity's nieces.
She was, indeed a sunbeam. The
strong, resolute, brave face; the white
hair under the plain cap; the sweet,
smiling mouth-were all winning. We
could depend ON the motherly woman
who was jolly, so full of fun and frolic, so
ready to join in whatever mirth was
afioat. Everybody came to her with
their joys and their griefs, sure of sym
pathy. An hour with her was tonic.
1t is well for the old to be cheerful
They may have much to depress them.
Health is failing; friends are passing
away; another generation is on the
stage; other hands take up the worlds
work; they feel, perhaps, with bitter re-
gret, that they are not needed as they
once were. Nevertheless, they should
cultivate every source of happiness which
remains. The love of children and grand
children, the greater dignity and larger
leisure OF life, and the quiet hours they
can have for communion with God,
should be highly appreciated: They
should get into the habit of saying good
morning every day to this world, where
they have had so many eager, busy,
happy and holy days-Christian Stand
ard
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
THE SEWING MACHINE MONOPOLY

Since 1851 the sewing machine mo-
nOpoly has been an oppressive one upon
all classes buying this kind of machinery.
The profits exacted by the combinations
owning these pate nts have been excessive
and outrageous. About a week since a
number of important sewing machine
patents expired. The commissioner of
patents refused to grant these renewals
any longer, and congress declined also,
although one hundred thousand dollars
had been pooled by the four great
companies to procure an extension of
their patents. . 1t is believed now that
the prices of machines will within year
or less be very much lower than ever
before.
The New York World says, the follow
ing statements of the cost of a machine
was obtained from careful average of
the business of first class company, and
was based upon the sale of 4, 900 machines
upon the lease system.