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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
A Card for Rational Readers.

Irrational people always reject good al
vice, and in nothing is their folly more ire
quently conspicuous than in ignoring Precatu-
tons necessary for the retention of health
Forecast, on the other hand, is a notable
Characteristic of the rational, and it is the
exercise of this quality which we would sug.
gest to them. Protect the system against
diseases which fasten upon the debilltated,
the nervous and the dyspeptic, by bracing the
physique, regulating the stomach, bowels ana
liver, and banishIng dependency, with the
purest and most efficient of botanic invigor-
ants, Hostetters Stomach Bitters. That these
effects follow its use, and that it prevents as
well as annihilates intermittent and remit
tent fevers, are facts established by indispu'
table evidence. To enjoy the twin blessings
of b" a sound mind and q sound body" IN all
their plentitude, try coarse of this sterling
medicine
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
RIDING OYER FHTRTY MILES TO
GET MARRIED.

Reuben Weldon, of Harrison township,
in company with Miss Media Groves,
the daughter of Samuel Groves, went on
horseback last Thursday to Elder Pts
ter's, of Monroe township, to have a
marriage ceremony performed. Mr.. Pts
ter was not at home, and although the
roads were very bad, the couple went
from there to Squire Eb. Weldon s:house.
Squire Weldon was also absent from
home, but the young couple, nothing
daunted; concluded to go 10 Squire
Jackson Benefits. Unfortunately, how
ever, Squire Bennett was also gone
away from home. Night was fast APP
preaching, and Weldon was still a bach
elor-but he was not discouraged. He
told Miss Groves that he knew a Justice
four miles south of Breckenridge, in
Caldwell county, who was always at
home. The wearied horses were turned
in that direction, but, alas for human
hopes. They found that the justice had
removed from the neighborhood. But
by this time they had become used to
obstacle only added fire to their zeal.
They started for Conner station, on the
Hannibal and st. Joseph railroad, re-
solved to go to St. Joseph that night to
be married. AT Conner they found an
obliging official, who, in brief time, pro-
nOunced them husband and wife, and
although they had then travelled over
thirty miles since twelve o'clock, over
some of the muddiest, toughest and most
dBagreeable roads, they rode home,
about six miles, enc of the happiest
couples in the world GaHatin North
lEssourian.
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PJOtriRD.

Press forward the spring blowing as
often as the condition of the land will
allow. Follow Immediately the pillow
with the harrow, also break the clods
and Jumps with roller. There is great
art in blowing. The burrows should be
straight, well turned, Of even width, and
depth, say seven or eight inches; if stiff
soil with hard pan under the turned
soil, be sure and break it up by the sub
soil pillow; if the sub-soil be Door do not
turn up more than a few inches, and the
the furrow, for purposes of drainage aeri-
fcation and filtration. The burrows
should not set up, nor lie fiat, but lap
over the next furrow; see that the tulf
is covered and that eveness of depth be
strictly secured, and that all the land be
cut by the share. 1t is too common a
practice with lazy plOwmen to let the
plow slip over hard places, and shun
deep and soft ones; by which means
those spots that require the deepest cul-
tivation are only SKINNED and their
sterility increased, solely for the want
of more exertion on the part of the plow-
man. The masters eye is no where
more wanted than in the field that is
being plowed. 1t is better to plow well
half an acre than badly one acre.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

As soon as we can purchase type of our
own, we will present our readers much
more attractive journal. We will be
able to devote the entire paper to Grange
and agricultural reading. To enable us
do this, we appeal to every friend of the
paper TO send in a club of five extra
subscribers at the earliest possible mo-
meut. ~
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

AMERICAN COMPETITION WITH ENG
LAND.-A correspondent of the Paris
Steele, writing from that city, takes a
sanguine view of the probability of the
cotton manufactures of the United States
being able to drive Lanchashire goods
out of the markets of North and South
America. During 1876, he says, $780,
600 spindles in the state have spun 6OO,-
600 1000 pounds of cotton. England,
with 1900, 900 spindles, has spun $780,
900, 900 pounds of cotton. According to
this the American spindles have worked
up proportionately twice as much cotton
as the English. The American ma
chimes, says this writer, are better than
the English, labor is now as cheap in the
states as in Great Britain, and capital is
as easily obtained.
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Reissno cafrcs.

81 Mr., [. b. Miner probably churns the
milk which accounts for his proposition
to feel buttermilk Much said by this
gent man is true but as / have had
very great experience in England and in
the United States in raising calves, and
as tie trade with England is likely to
cause much more raising to supply the
meat for expectation, l viii add few
remarks. 1t is very easy to raise calves
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

A BOSTON man who went TO Quebec
and started small grocery, has aston
ished the Canadians with the following
advertisement of his tea, coffee, etc. !:
1.-The peculiar delicacies of the far off
Ind, and the fnely-favored and human
izing leaf of the still further Cathay; the
more exciting though not less delicious
berry of Brazil, and the spices, sugars and
luscious fruits of the Antilles; the sugar
ed condiments and the blood-enriching
wines of the Mediterranean, and the salt
cured and brain-renewing fish of ourown
stormy gulf"
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Good pleasure is the WatchworH

of honest trade. When you buy DooLEY's
YEAST POWDERS, for sale by all grocers, you
get perfectly full weight, just as marked on
the cans, and beside that an article made of
the very best and purest material, so that the
strength can ALWAYS be trusted.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

When YOU visit or leave New York stop at the
Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central
depot. $50 elegantly furnished rooms. Best
restaurant in the city; prices moderate. Bag
gage taken to and from said depot, free.
Cars and stages pass the hotel for all parts
of the city.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
AFTER an experience of over twenty

five wears, many leading physicians acknowl-
edge that the Grdefenberg MarshdWS Uterine
CcIthotciOn is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject. The
GrGefenberq Vegetable Pills, the most popular
remedy of the day for biliousness, headache,
liver complaint and diseases of digestion. Sold
by all druggists. Send for almanacs. Graefen.
berg Co. New York.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

Prof.A. Corbett, of No Warren St, n. Y I, has
received the Centennial and several gold
medals also II diplomas for his new process
for Matching eggs and raising poultry by
means of horse manure. This valuable dis.
covery will give $500 yearly profit from 10
hens. Catalogues, circulars and testimonials
sent on receipt of postage.
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smoke, SCOT and Coal Gas,

And all worry with fires that will not burn
and where it is impossible to cook properly
can all be remedied and saving in fuel
obtained. Send stamp for circular. Henry
Colforl & Co, 726 SAMSON St, Philadelphia
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

FACTS for those who have been dosed,
drugged, and quacked. Self-help for weak
and nervous sufferers. Information worth
thousands to those out of health. The new
Health Journal that teaches all, sent free
Address, Electric Quarterly, Cincinnati, o.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
DINING FOR SIX CENTS pAaIs.

A new restaurant has been discovered
in Paris. Price of meals six cents. It's
tables and seats are earth; the counters,
four unplaned planks, placed on two
empty barrels; the kitchen range, hole
in the ground with an iron soup pot over
1t. Fare, ragout in the morning, soup in
the afternoon; ragout and soup both are
made of all sorts of inferior meats tossed
INTO the pot. Bread is not provided;
customers must bring their own bread;
drink is blushing water Ii. e., water with
Just wine enough in it to call color to it,
the six cents must be paid on entrance;
credit is unknown. The patrons are
poor artists and poor literary men who
have not yet learned to make money,
rag pickers, thieves. No customer is al
lowed to remain more than fifteen min
ltes. All the spoons and plates are of
ron, and chained to the table. A great
Zeal of money is made there. The mas
Ter owns three houses in Paris, and his
wife has valuable diamonds.--N o.
Picay1tne's Paris Cor.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
TIE DEAD SEA OF AMERIcA.

There are no fishes in the Great Salt
loke. The only living thing beneath its
,vaters is a worm about quarter OF an
inch long. This worm shows up beauti-
fully under the lens of a microscope.
When a storm arises, the worms are
driven ashore by the thousands and de-
youred by the black gulls. We found a
pure stream pouring into the lake 1t
Was filed with clubs and sinners. The
fish became frightened, and were driven
down the brook into the briny lake. The
instant they touched its waters they
came to the surface, belly upward, and
died without a gasp. The water IS re-
r,arkably buoYant. Eggs and potatoes
eoat ON it like corks. Mr.. Hood and
myself stripped and went in swimming.
7 Owed into the lake from long pier,
which had been built for the use of
small steamboat that formerly piled upon
the waters. The sensation was novel.
The water was so salty that my eyes and
oars began to smart, but so buoyant that
found no difficulty in floating, even
when the air was exhausted in my lungs.
Az | struck out for the beach felt as
light as a feather. In spite of all that L
could do my head would fly out of the
water. The lightness of the water and
| surging of the waves forced my feet
fren under me. A person who could not
SWIM might be easily drowned in five
fea of water His head would go down
Sazese lump of lead, while his feet would
fly up like pair of ducks. The water
is as clear as Seneca lake-so clear that
the bottom could be seen at depth OF
twenty feet. When we reached the
shore and crawled out upon the sand in
the light of the sun, our bodies were
thickly covered with salt. We were
compelled to go TO the small stream from
which we had driven the clubs and
sinners, and wash off in fresh water be
fore we could put on our clothes. Om
hair was filled with grains of salt that
could not be washed out. The Mormon,
occasionally visit the lake in droves fol-
the purpose of bathing Many say then
health is improved by leaving the sal
upon their bodies and dressing without
| wiping themselves.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

For ten cents we will send scientific
book of one hundred and sixty choice selee-
tons from the poetical works of Byron,
Moore and Burns; also fifty selected
popular songs and writings. The poetry of
these authors is true to nature and the finest
ever written. Desmond d Co., 015 Race ST.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

RHEUMATISM cured at once by Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circular to
Helphenstine q Bently, Washington, D. C..
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

For loss Of cud, horn ali. red water, in
cows loss of appetite, rot, or murrain in
sheep; thick wind, broken wind, and roar
ing, and for all distractions of the kidneys
in horses, use Sheridan's Cavalry Condition
Powders,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
Money in Poultry.

DURANG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY never
fails to cure Rheumatism. Sold by alldruggists
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

A POSITIVE CURE FOR RHEUNIATIsM-
Durang's Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circu-
larto HelphenStine 4. Rently, Washington, DC
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

get a bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
for the rheumatism; the druggist asked
MIN in what part of the body it troubled
him most, "Be me soul" said he, :" have it
in livery houl and corner er me-"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
THE FEMALE HELP

of the hotel is feared to be great. There
were some two hundred of them, all OF
whom were lodged in the upper story.
The panic among them was perfectly Ger
rible and a number OF them jumped
from the upper windows on the Elm
street or rear side of the house. Among
those known to have been killed in this
manner were the following: Bridget
Mead, Mary Carey, Bridget White, Ellen
Kelly and several others, who were car
ried away by friends and whose names
are not yet ascertained.
Miss Kate Claxton the actress, had
another narrow escape and is unframed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

VEGETABLE Pulmonary Balsam, the great
New England cure for coughs, colds and con-
sumption. Cutler, Bros. Cos, Boston, only
genuine
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
A. freshman called al a drno siore tc

BURNETT's COCAINE is the best and
cheapest hair dressing in the world.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

DR.. Browns Herbal Ointment suppostories are
guaranteed to cure any case Of Piles that can be
found in the United States. A sample box Of These
Supposltories will be sent free by mail 10 any SUI
fsrer on receipt Of y cents. 90 prepay postage
and packing. Regular price ~. address DR. %
PHELPS brown. II Grand 81, Jersey
llIN. y.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

"A slow match-A ten-year engage
ment.
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Mothers Who Have Daughter That Have
Weak Lungs,
Should arrest the disease when it is in the ineip-
emit stages. 1t is indicated by hacking cough,
pains in the chest, difficulty of breathing opprss
sion of the lungs. If this be permitted to run on,
tubercles will form and consumption will be the
result. most valuable remedy will be found in
Aliens Lung Basam to cure and check this disease
in its first stages.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
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- AgeHS or Dealers.
1913 Third IRE, LOUISTILLF, KY.

In entering II pom the fourth years business the
proprietor be refer the thousands who want 10
buy a Sewing Machine TO the ten thousand already
u3ing the Undermining Remington. on heavy work
and light work; coarse work and fine; leather
and on gauZe, with the same needle thread and ten
siOn without alteration change, TO ties ify that il
has been tried and never found wanting but "A val
liable servant. If there is merchant agent in
Your vicinity who keeps them on hand. send me A
postal card for terms and samples of work or ask
your merchant to do Don't fail to do this before
buying, and you will thank your gosd genius for
showing you this notice.
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE
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VIOLIN STRINGS

THEA psf articles ever offered 90 the public. On
receipt Of rs viii send by mail, post paid.
one Ladies gold plated shawl pin elso one
Of The hat ornaments These goods are nf
the newest and latest desgns worth ten times tho
money Try ne. you will send again. NlsW 1OEk
MANUFACTURING Co. 23I Church Street. N. Y.
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L EEP' = SHIRTS-onIy one quality-The Best.
~ Keeps Patent Partly made Dress Shirts
Ian be finished as easy hemming Handkerchief.
The very best. six for $500.
Keeps Custom Shirts-made to measure,
The very best, six for $500.
An elegant set of genuine Gold plate Collar and
Sleeve buttons given with each = doz. Keeps shrts
Keeps Shirts are delivered FREE receipt OF price
IN any part of the ion-no press charges 20 pay
amples with full directions for self measurement
sent Tree to any address. No stamp rtquired:
Deal directly with the Manufacturer and get Bottom
Prices. Keep Manufacturing Co, 163 Mercer 81 N L
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AGENTS WANTED EVE YwMERE To
SELL The AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
PILES!

r H9r tqrther PartIegIsrs Ell aaddssS
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PortroIt OF 0ur yewPre.,deu,


A Splendid engraving of President X. b. Hay
"a size 22x2S, for 25c- Mailed on receipt of pric
The CINcISSATI NEWS Co. Isl Race ST Cincinnati,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-15

The Library of Congress is prepared
with full representation Of the latest
books, documents and periodicals to
answer the numerou. drafts that are
made upon it in every field of inquiry.
Large additions have been made to the
library, especially in works on political
economy and finance, and there are
few publications. either periodical or
permanent in this direction which are
not found in the collection. The entire
number of volumes is now about Sl5,
OOO. This library is especially rich in
periodicals.. nearly all the English and
American reyiews and magazines being
taken. with many Of the most valuable
in foreign languages. The files Of the
newspapers alone now exceed 5000
bound volumes.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-15
Vhe sexe. ia the schools.

Hm0 sexes - bm0 SCVVs~'
The late Convention of Teachers in
Belgium has expressed the wish that
henceforth sexes should not be sepa-
rated in schools. The reasons given
for this reform are worth recording.
First, to keep young men and young
women at distance from each other
until the age when, ordinarily. they are
married, is to give them much great
er desire to become acquainted with
each other. (That is the old principle
Of the sweetness of forbidden fruit
Second. it is to give them absolutely
false ideas, for young men easily BE-
come gods 10 the excited Imagination
Of the young women, whilst young
women become ethereal and divine be-
ings in the minds of young men. (Dis-
tance lends enchsntmcnt to the viewD
Third, from this double current op-
posed to reality arise astonishments
aud deceptions which occupy a large
place in most Of the conjugal troubles.
The reasons appeared SO weishty that
they we're adopted almost unanimously
Ii is . question whether the authori-
ties will look at the mat'erin the same
t.~l.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-15

a Social Prohlem not ensy OF
w eolsstlWn.
There are political and social matters
Of a very important nature which de-
pend upon the proportion Of males to
females in the population For many
years the general tendency has been
toward an excess Of females; and If the
statistics Of thsrsoeut past are to be
accepted as q keyFto the future, tits
not unlikely that BY the time the ropu-
lation numbers $4,000, 900, there will
be 100000 more women than men.
But in social or economical questions
it is ever dangerous and fallacious to
attempt to reduce conclusions to o
mathematical torn. Three elements
may come into play, the extent and
force Of which can not be anticipated
or estimated, and there 10 no certainty
whatever that the conditions which
produced known result in the past
will remain the same 10 kind and do
gree, aud produce tho same result 10
the future. The most that can be done
is to state the probabilities.
In the Atlantic and Gulf Southern
States there is a surplus Of females Of
l67 ,22O Of which about 67, 900 are negro
women. In the Western States the
white males exceed the white females,
but there are l2,9o6 more oolored. fe-
males than colored males. The North
srn Atlantic States have 140, 0,283 more
females than men; Rhode Island with
it's population Of about 200, 900, giving
an excess Of 5000 females, or at the
rate Of three per cent.l Much Of this
disparity has been due to the war and
emigration and migration. But even
if there was no war the increase Of fe-
males would be marked and decided.
Migration from the older settled states
to the newer peopled states accounts to
considerable extent, for the figures
presented by the former regarding the
excess Of females; but the returns Of
the Western States do not balance the
loss Of the New England and Atlantic
States. A great drain on the vitality
Of those who migrate is inevitable
through change Of climate and tho
conditions Of existence. It has long
ago been estimated that fully one.third
of those who undertake pioneer work
die iu the first decade. The census OF
1880 will, it is thought, present . still
further excess Of males. But besides
what may be called peculiarly Ameri-
can influences, which will become OF
less force US the country grows older,
there are 10 the United States, as active
as in European countries, causes which
are most potent in reducing the number
Of males. ''t4. iH ' i7'
Tho struggle for existence falls most
heavily upon the male population
There is growing reluctance to mar
riage on account Of the great and In
creasiug expense which it entails.
Habits Of life are engendered which
sap the healthy and vigorous growth OF
the population. Year by year the fe-
male portion must contribute. there
fore, more to their own support as the
difficulty Of procuring husband in
creases. .nnn-. -lslH--.n1-