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The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30
Farm and Home Rreri1io.

BARRELS made of pasteboard have been
introduced, this spring, for the packing
away of woollens and fus. T1esa are
seamless and regarded as moth-proof The
head, which fits down snugIy, is the only
available entrance for the moth snd Al.
rections are given to paste a laver ~
brown paper over this almost invisible
line when the barrel is packed. Sell vour
camphor and ruin the drug stores.
The clicking noise caused by the toe of
the hind shoe striking the heel of the fore
shoe when horse is trotting is the effect
of what is known as over-reachinp. Tbi,
may bePrevented by lengtnening the toes
of the hind shoes, and shortening tboso IF
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the fore ones, enabling the horse to lift the
fore foot little quicker, and slightly re-
tarding the hind feet; but it is enough
TO clear the fore foot. A very small
fraction Of second, probably hundredth
part of one, will be sufficient gain of time
to prevent the contact.
To persuade COW to give down her
milk against her will is a difficult and
sometimes a hopeless task. A plan that
hiss been highly spoken of is to lay a
heavy chain across her back while milk
ing her. 1t is very certain that harshness
and impatience will only make matters
worse. and that kindness and petting will
have the best effect. The use Of milking
tubs night be effective. A poor cow,
free from this vice, is better than the best
COW that is afflicted with it.
IF a calico d:ess is washed carelessly,
starched stiff, summed day or two, and
half ironed, it is not very comely sight.
But if quickly dried in the shade, very
thinly and evenly starched, and ironed on
the wrong side 50 that it will not shine, il
will look like new dress for long time.
Many pretty blue prints and camb.ics
fade when washed in the usual way. II
thsy are washed the first time in strong
salt and water, or water to which 4 little
bsePs gall is added, the colors will be Sc!
20 that they will always be as handsome
as at first, and csn be washed ever site.
/ ike other colofed goods.
! IN mixing n mustard plaster use nc
water, but mix the mustard with the
white of an egg The result will be E
plaster which viii draw plenty, but
- the skin Of an infant. nC
matter how long it's allowed to remain
on the part. The usual way is to mis-
the mustard with water, tempering with
a little flour, but such one is simply
abomiuable. Before it has half done it
work it begins to blister and leaves tn,
patient with a painful, fayed spot, afte
having produced far less effect in a ben
edciaI way than was intended.
DEcAYING vegetable matter about tn,
houses, around the walls and in the cellars
are proliHc causes of diseases il the farm
house. I'll treatment of cows, gettinj
them excited and then feeding the mill
70 children, IS a practice liable TO be at
tended with fatal results. Bad yentila
ton, attended with impure air, cause
catarrhal and skin diseases OF our animal.
| especially when obliged to breathe tn
impurities Of decaying manure. Bette
ventilation of sleeping rooms is urged
and more outdoor exercise for tn,
I farmers wife Prairie Fdruser.
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The Man who Saw a Mule Die

'' Amt it a curious thing that nobody
ever secs a mule die?o remarked an old
teamster in Gumbert & Webber's saloon.
'' Ne man living ever saw mule die,
spose ?"
Thus remarked Mr. Daniels, lighting a
fresh cigar: In 1850 was mining on
the south fork of the Yuba, and it came
my turn to cook for my gang. We took
turns each week, you know. Well,
was going to show how economical I
could run the commissary. went out
to buy a peck of dried apples; they were
all stuck together in a lump, but l got
'em iam'd into the pot, poured in some
water ald started a fire. Presently a
.ew OF en- began to rise up TO the top Of
the pot, snd 50 l zkimmed them Off and
put them in q pan. Pretty soon some
more bulged up, and I skinned them of
and put EN- IN the pan. The first thing
knew. after I had skinned that
blasted pot awhile, had to get another
pan, and then arother, and by the time
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own farm, for short cut to the house,
when as he turned aside from the road,
two men who had been close on his heels
all the way, rushed upon him with up
lifted knives, and 3 sullen demand for
his money.
Farmer Peacock was not the kind of
man to respond to such a demand, and
raising his stick. he struck, at
both his assailapts af once, but, unhappi-
ly, without disarnaing either OF them.
The tramps then closed upon the oldm
and, though he defended himself ably
with his heavy cane. it must soon have
gone hard with him, against knives and
double numbers had not a powerful and
athlellc youth, who was coming along
the road, hurried 10 his assistance. The
neW-come carried heavy cudgel, with
which he struck one of the tramPs sense
less to the eartn. and Farmer Peacock
himself speedily mastered the second
one, and then dsarmed both hIs fallen
foes.
! hope you are not hurt, sir > asked
the youth, as he careIessly pushed back
his hat and inhaled deep breath after
his recent exertion. The moonlight
shone iUll on his handsome. flushed face,
-'+Aas ei-' .C''AA't VI MS f'4SN +-''-- - N"r'-
caused the elder mans heart 10 bound
and knock sga!nst his ribs.
50 Jack 80
Father /"
Then the two men were fast locked in
each others arms, and there were many
mutual words Of forgivness and loving
. kindness spoken between them.
must prepare your mother SAID
( Farmer Peacock, leaving Jack outside the
/ door when they reached home, " or else
the surprise and JOY will be too much
/ for her"
" Where's mywife ?" asked the farmer
of Hepzibah.
" Asleep, an you shan't wake her
either The sight o this Almost killed
her and our daSlsss Jack away all these
wears, along O it." and Hepzibah held
the watch Glder the farmers nose. \
nice man yJu are, ANT ye?"
Bat farmer Peacock only gave a shout
and called:
''Jack Jack
.fYes, sir l" cried Jack. rushing in, /,
be seized and half smothered in HePzi
bah's embrace.
'sI'll never believe you quite forgive
me, Jack. unless you consent to wear
and own it, said Farmer Peacock, hand
ing the watch 10 Jack.
e. Do, my darling, for my sake sal'
his mother, entering at that moment.
30 Jack accepted the watch, and GOV
cred the little mothers face with kisss+
and that was Jacks thanksgiving.
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4 correspondent of the Country
Gentleman writing on the care Of COW.
says. 1t is very important that COWS
are well provided for in every way to
afford them the greatest comfort-the
most essential point to be considered by
the dairyman. The COWS must be mace
quiet and comfortable; pure water, from
springs or pumps, is Of great importance,
and shade sufficient for retreat from
the burning sun in the heat of the day.
The necessity of pure water is too often
overlooked. The COW, painting with
heat, is forced 10 the stagnant puddle OF
pool, covered, perhaps, with green scum.
And when to be MIXED, she is often
hurried from the pasture by dogs or in
considerate boys, and the little milk il
her bag is in a poor condition 10 furnish
her inhuman owner with milk from
which good butter can be made The
material for choice butter must first be
manufactured from the COW. Her gen.
eral health must be secured by an abun
dent supply of blood and fesh-producing
elements in all she eats and drinks. il
the blood is pure, the whole system is ii
healthy state. From her blood tbs
milk is produced. II one is impure, SC
is the other, no matter what the cause
may be, and the causes can be numbered
by scores. There are many ways that
cows blood can be. affected by neglect in
winter, as in sumner. If the COW is
cared for in every particular-the kind
and quality of food aud drink, suitable
stabling in winter, kind and gentle treat
ment in all things toward her, she will
return these with compound inte5 lie
the pail. Where there are defects the
milk from any cause whatever, no skill
of the dairYman can make good butter
out of it. / am confident that those
who speak and write upon the rules OF
making butter, myself included, have
too often omitted to begin at the starting
point. True, much las been wisely said.
and good advice given by commencing at
some of the many points that occur after
milking. But the way procuring the
milk has been zoo much neglected.
When the milk is sound and pure there
is little left to the skill of butter-makinc.
Perfect cleanliness in everything the
milk and cream comes in contact with
and pure, sweet air, free from all offen-
siye odors, are the essentials after milk
ing. The real art of butter.malzing
commences before drawing the milk from
the COW. Take good care of the cow
and the most needed reform in butter.
making is commenced.
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FARM AND HOME.
t.aksin th. Barn.

Here and there may be seen stables and
barns with broken windows, loose boards
holes in the roof, or doors and windows
that cape open and refuse 70 shut close
". Through these openings the cold
air anu rain will leak III and the warm
air will leak out. Such leaks as these
are disagreeable to see and uncomfortable
to the occupants of the buildings. But
these are by no means the whole of the
affair. The worst of it is, that through
these LEAKS the farmers profits disappear,
cry silently, it is true, but none the
less steadily and constantly. While his
cattle stand and shiver in the cool, sharp
nights, or steam under the penetrating
rain storms or snow, with every shiver
there disappears a quantity of fodder
from the barn, as well as some of the
milk from the cows, sous fat from the
steers and the pigs, some wool from the
sheep and some eggs frcsn the poultry.
The farmer looks and wonders. He com
plains that the COWS are rough, that
there Is no good IN the feed" that the
D:gs do rot fatten "a fast as they should
that there are no eggs, and the hens are
eating their heads off. Well, an animal
cannot use up all It's food in keeping
warm and 1t the same time make milk
fat, wool or eggs. These are made from
food and only from the surplus food, af-
ter the bodily wants and needs are sup
piled. In the polar regions, man needs
six pounds Of fat meat and the same of
bread for his daily meals, while an East
Indian needs but pounG of rice for a
days subsistence. When working in
the northern woods in the depth of win
ter, the thermometer far below zero for
weeks at a time, the Iumberman eats
with relish huge humps of clear fat pork,
with his daily two pounds of bread and
liberal messes OF bean soup; food of this
kind would sicken man were he to look
ut it in q harvest field. All this food
goes to make up the waste of heat from
the body during the excessive cold. Il
is precisely so in the barn and pig pen.
II NA-S-C dAC ACpb ~ VAIN tlds hdlSl
viii never freezein them much less food
Is needed by the animals than if the air
is far below freezing temperature; and
if the temperature is comfortably warm,
less food viii still be required. So,
whenever a stream of cole air, snow OF
rain pours in upon the cattle, or when
they are miserable and uncomfortable, s
stream of wasted food pours out all the
time through the leak. Nowis the time
TO stop these leaks. A board here and
there; a good glazed window instead of a
broken shutter; warm, dry litter in place
OF foul, wet bed; light roof and d
plastered or double boarded ceiling; all
these are actually worth more than an
extra portion of food to an animal, be-
cause, although when cold or chilled, it
eats the more, yet it thrives poorly;
while if well housed, it viii keep sleek
and thrifty upon comparatively moder-
ate feeding.
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she influence of Malaria Counterncted

That the harmful influence upon the
human system of malaria may be effeetually
counteracted has been demonstrated for
years past by the protection afforded the in
habitants Of vast misunderstanding districts
in North and South America, Guatemala,
Mexico and the West Indies, by Hostetter's
Stomach Btters. Used as q preventive, they
nave invariably been found to be most
reliable safeguard against chills and fever,
bilious remittents, and still more malignant
types OF malarious disease, and when EN-.
ployed as a remedy have always proved their
adequacy TO the task OF eradicthing such
maladies from the system. For disorders OF
the stomach, liver and bowels, which in no;
climates and miasmatic localities ~,re partic
ularly rife, the Bitters are prompt and
thorough remedy. They also strengthen the
system, tranquilize the nerves, promote di
ge>tion and sound sleep, and impart unwont
cd RELISH for food.
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Northern ana son.hern Industrr.


There is grave and injurious mis-
take prevailing among intelligent men
to the effect that northern industry per
capita or laborer is much more produc-
tive of wealth and comfort than south
ern industry. This matter was referred
to by Col. Killebrew in recent address
before the agricultural convention in
Knoxville; and the superiority of Mas
sachusetts industry over that of Tennes
see is assumed TO be true in an open let
ter addressed to Col. Killebrew by the
Rev. G.. b. Lord, of Blount county, pub
lished in the Knoxville Chronicle, of
October q. The question of state pro-
duetien is of sufficient importance to jus
tify us in mingling in the discussion. Mr..
Lord says:
The lack of wealth to develop tie ma
terial resources of our secTon was fact
urged by you with a good deal of empha-
sis in the address now under review.
The same truth is very forcibly brought
to view in your very able work on the
resources of the state, and is now echoed
and re-echoed from every press and plat
form. now wish to state, and with in
tense emphasis, that there is not wealth
enough in the hands, or within the reach
OF the farming interestSto handle with
efficiency and profit the lands of the
state. The uplands of our state are,
with few exceptions, deteriorating in
quality and value, and this wasting of
our lands, fact fraught with incalcul-
able and even increasing loss, is because
there is not capital enough employed in
them, nor enough invested in
cattle and sheep to make farming profit
able and to enrich the soil. The cease
less piowing, the last resource of an
husbandry, goes on year
after year, wearing out and WASTING the
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Corn Culturein the United states.

p Z. = y 411saJys56 the Indians kindly taught
c0lonists from England settled on James
river. Virginia, how to plant and tend
their great staples, indigenous, appar-
emily, to southern soil. White men con-
graduated themselves that in three years
they were able to plant thirty acres with
their very defective tools to work with
At the first United States census of 1910
there was reported a crop of 377 ,53l ,875
bushels. The present crop is estimated
from twelve to fifteen hundred million
bushels. In the colony of Massachusetts
the Indians planted one or more fish with
each seed ofcorn and the early historians
saw that an acre manured with fish pro-
duced three times as much grain as one
not so fertilized. Thus it appears the
aborigines had learned to manure corn In
the hill before Europeans titled the earth
ia the new world.
An instructive volume might be written
on the best WAYS to raise corn, and trans
form its abundant starch into sugar and
into soluble cum as in making baked
bread. Man once subsisted largely on
hard raw corn, but the law Of human
D pgress did not permit him 10 do so TO
the end of time. All other bipeds and
all quadrupeds are subject to the same
vital law of evolution, and grain is now
cooked as well as grown in fields for mans
animals.
In one thousand pounds of saelled
corn there are about nine hundred and
ninety pounds of organized air and water.
This is the most potent and pregnant
fact in the production and home use of
our great crop of maize. There are bill
ions of money in this seed for the lovers
IF cash.
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"A medical student who got very
drunk one evening told his father next
day that he was suffering from cepha-
lalgy induced by the ductility of a CLAN
diferous stopper placed in the mouth of
a virturous vessel containing distilled
grain" The old man gave him an order
for new suit of clothes, to still further
encourage him in his studies.
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A breakfast biscuit or tea roll made witt
DOOLEY's YEAST POWDER Is certainly thr
queen Of the oven--so light, white aud de
icious. You lift il tendeny, break it open
gently, spread it daintily with fresh, swee'
butter, waiting TO be gracious. After break
Testing on biscuits made with DOOLEI' :
YEAST POWDER. what man would contem
plate suicide or grumble because his wli,
asked him for money
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

A little girl in North Yarmouth,
aged about three years, was taught to
piay by her mother who, however, could
not induce the child to kneel. The in
FAINT was willing to pray, but not to bow
the knee. The other morning the family
Eeard the little girl say " Please, God,
send me down white rabbit" No an
swer was vouchsafed, and the child con
tinued: did you hear what | said :?
Why don't you answer ?" Another
pause, when the child spoke up sFunkily
"Oh, I know what you want. Yon want
me to get on my knees, but ] WON'T
Portland .AtlUertiser
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RURNErTs FLAvOEING EXTRACTS
There is 20 subject which should more en-
gross attention than the purity OF the pre-
uarations which are used in havoring the
various compounds prepared for Re human
stomach. BuESErr's EXTRACrs are pre-
pared from fruits Of the best quality and
are highly concentrated. The Fifth Az
enue." tContinental,' 90 "Grand Pacific" and
other leading Hotels use and endorse BUR
VETT's EXTRACTS.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

Great reduction in price for 1873 Of Gied-
sons Pictorial 10 - a wear Single copies ct.
The Home Circle to 2 year single copies
: cents. for sale bv all newad callers.
Gieasgn's Monthly COmP0nioH to 81 a year,
siDgle comics 10 cents. All postage free.
The price Of chromos has just been greatly
reduced. No one now gives such liberal
terms to agents as we do. Send for new free
circular Address f. GLEASON 4 Co, 73S
Washington Street Boston Mass.
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There were shipped from the scale factory
35 carloads OF scales in September, and ~
carloads ia October. And there were received
OF manufacturing material in September, I39
carloads, and u October, l5t carloads, ia ali
372 carioads.-I. Joi1'>JurH IT,, CaleaoHiaH,
Nov q
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Wrare satisfied that Hatch's Universal

w = are 7dllollSu luhl iIdIC4A . - Ia q a.
Cough Syrup is one of the most valuable
cough remedies that sc sell. ii any one in
need Of such a remedy viii call on us, we
will refer them to those who have used and
viii fully corrohorate all we can say about
it. We have sold it some four years, and II
has become the leading medicine OF its kind.
]. i. {. II. Y. MOOD, Dexter. Jef. Co, y. y.
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TIE HOME STOMACH BTTTERs DO not
propose TO cure al the Ills which flesh is
heir te. but rather to assist in building up
weakened constitutions by restoring natural
appetit-s ana desires for their use. Prepared
bv the Home Bitters Co, 81. LOUIS. No.
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81 very cheeriully state that l used Du-
raue- rheumatic Remedy for rheuBatism
v'th decided benefit"
ALEX. Fl. STEPHENS,
JE.u Ter OF G9J,qrea from Georgia
Sod 5yali Lrugsistf. Price 81 per bottle.
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Pillbiter was hastily summoned to lit
tie WJpsy's bedside. As he stood anE-
i1uslv watching the flushed cheeks of the
little darling the door cfeaked 3ism8iIy
y its hinges, a heavy step Was beard, and
the form OF the maiden aunt commenced
wOrming It's way through the outer
passa res into the room. She started OF
seeing Pulbiter. Plibitcr started also
Both started. Pillbiter." said the ~
A you have wronced me ; wronged
me cruelty, You might have married
me once You could as well have mar
ried me ~ any other woman
Too true, too true" he grOaued.
Give the child ext. tinct myrre two
or. nux vomics three DIR. Oh Mollus-
-, Molluskia, Every word yA say
pierces my soul Ike the gripe Of cholera
infantumi There's nothing Che matter
with the brat but green apples but say,
may not the past be atoned for May
not say to you now, my Molluskil, those
too long neglected words? May we not
be happy yet"
81 We might Pillbiter, we might" said
the NJ A.
Monuskia, excuse me for one moment
while | 90 for my pills
Il will.'
Dr.. Joseph Pillbiter rushed from the
house and took the next train for New
York. He was never seen again in
Morbusvillc. Above the clatter and
clang of the flying cars, as they thundered
down the valley of the Ipecac, ross the
voice of Pillbiter, exclaiming: Not
any of that maiden aunt for Joseph Pill
bitter IN y. Graphic
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s. J. RUSSELL,
IlE&IIIhKs9I.lIlSy

Permanently cure chronic constipation and all
the ills that result from want OF proper stools.
They possess tonic Alternative and cathartic proper
ties and will regulate the bowels when all othes
medicines fail, produce appetite and cause the bocy
70 gain. in solid flesh. Sold everywhere. Price
&c. Ofic9 % Murray St, New York
Tutt.s Hair DYE Is the Best In Use.
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P0psy-Nother, may / 60 out?
Nateual-Yes dear.
. CH PIEK Iy

The children we're all now assembled
in q group around the organ-grinder.
The orrain-grinder ground. The monkey
in its red coat and tail was Popsy's es-
pecial delight But little Wopsy's more
sensitive and delicate nature seemed
more powerfully imposed by the music.
The ergan grinders organ, owing 10
some temporary defect of the internal
mechanism, was then turning out Home
Sweet Home % mingled with The Last
Rose OF Summer" Littlc Wop>y stole
tcnderly to her fathers side, and, inn
printing on his cheek a darker shade,
caught from the stick of icorice she had
been sucking, asked Papa, do dey
have so much music as dat in heaven %
hope not, ny dear, said he. Their
turning aside tc conceal his emotion he
rushed from the house and wept.
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''iISe, Read the Following Certificates:

f,trrgy Hrl1 Cincinnati, % - war IA thsHIt
o. I'M tgfizuln ptiou Ten tys aftrr tax ins l.
MONA my Chills. Night sweat, Fe'tI ~, .,,,rfd
-ren-.d md finally cen sed a'togetIer - 80
health Is marvel to All who know me - sh1h
ssE-UL7EONA saved Ey daughter iiir'aa,In 'a, ~
ably saved me- hundreds Of dollars -i'hA'
JOSES, Remsen, \. l. s4 from
Ne 'bless God Tor the benefit received hppl'
vorlr PETE.mDNa - REv. p. WAkREN ga p t.h,f "a
A sufferer from Asthma writes 80 fo4r Eayer
yFnNA ia decidedly the beat remedy We nave :.
had the only that has PRODUCED ent lfe{ -, 70
vorable results GEo. NJ. GRAHAM Amatetu''''
New York. ..7. Il
The price Of the PUI.uOSa II 81 Per bottle. Il -
NAV b. obtained through Druggists genera 9s
gectIy from the Proprietor, OSCAR g. hVs -
Cortiaudt ST. y. Y. Sondfor free circulAr conta-S
ing purticulars OF many successfully trta.---
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Am / An1 BAY sJRE made ~
SlO to S25 .5 +: ..#5: 8, :: :..: s::.
worth - sent. ruFt paid.
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