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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26
FARM AND HOME.
Homestead Ornamentatfon.

A few suggestions in regard to the loca-
ton of buildings. and the planting and
laying off of grounds, may not be out of
place. For your house, choose high,
rolling ground. Let your house stand
six to twelve rods back from the road.
Never, upon any account, let your farm
buildings, cattle-yards or pens, coal yards
or anything unsightly, come between
your house and the road, or prominently
in view.
Plant your trees in groups, initiating
nature. Dent fall into the error of
planting everything in stiff rows. Moth
ing so much shows the lack of good taste.
Give curves and rounded'corners when
possible.
The approach TO the house should come
from side direction, and wind toward
the house with a natural curve. Not
that it should be made crooked and tor
tuous, but the trees shield be 50 arranged,
in clumps, as to make it seem the most
natural way Of approach.
There is another thing you should
never neglect. Turn out all hands for,
say some half day, or more if necessary.
Don't wait until you have nothing to do,
but make general clearing up of the
yard and premises. Gather the old
reapers, mowers, hayrake and racks, and
other odds and ends of broken and dilapi-
dated machinery, and consign them to
the woodpile and old iron heaps. Such
tools as are really valuable, put away
safely and you will be astonished at the
great improvement a few hours time has
made in the neatness and tidy look of
your premises.
In fitting up place, difficulties are
often experienced. We want grassy
lawn, and we want trees, bnt trees will
not grow well in grass. 1t is best, there
fore, to plant the trees first, and cultivate
the ground in hoed crops for several years,
until the tree gets a good start before
seeding down. Small fenced-in yards
should be avoided-they give yeur place
a contracted, pinched-up look. Fences
should not be used more than is abso-
lutely necessary. Pc garden ground,
however, may be included with the house
and lawn, but the fence in this case should
be made of some light kind, that will
obstruct the view of the grounds as
little as possible Western, Rural.
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Rnisiness co.onerntinn

The following is from the Co opera
tive News, England: At a public
meeting held in Chittenham, MIR. Sar-
gent, of Gloucester, in addressing the
meeting, referring to the civil service
corporations, said they were not
the only co-operators who were doing
a large business in London. There was
a society that was doing a trade of from
100000 to 100000 per annum. The
parent society, which was in Manches-
ter, was doing business of more than
TIVE millions per annum; as a conse-
quence, they were able to purchase
their goods in the best markets in the
world. Under these advantageous cir
cumstances it was almost an impossi-
bility for small tradesman to be able to
compete in the open market against
such a combination of numbers and
capital as this gigantic society COM
mands. He then went on to say that
cooperation did not stop here. The CO.
operators of England and Wales we're
amalgamated with the Patrons of Hus-
bandry and the grangers of the Missis-
sippi valley, one of the richest, most
fertile and productive in the world. He
explained that it was in contemplation
to unite with those grangers, and said
the produce Of the Mississippi valley
was 50 abundant that some OF the pro-
ducers promised that they would read
lily give one years crop in eight to secure
a ready market for the other seven. The
produce consists of grain, wool, pork,
butter, cheese, cotton, etc. and the
demand in the valley for British manu-
featured goods was so great that it was
pretty sure to realize good prices. He
felt sanguine that this was one of the
grandest schemes that had ever been set
on foot, and millions on both sides Of
the Atlantic would have cause to rejoice
in its success. He predicted that ere
long the co-operators would have ships
of their own bringing all the products
of that rich country and return laden
with variety of manufactured articles
from our crowded warehouses of Biz
mingham and Sheffield.
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The Fishers of GaIilee.

There were seven fishers with nets in their hands
And they walked and talked by the seaiide SANDS
Yet sweet as the sweet dew fall
The words ihey sPake though they spoke 80 io"'
ssAnd we know them, one and all,
Ay, know them and love them all.
Seven men in the days Of ola
AND one was gentle, and one was bold
And they walked with downward eyes
me 9 ,ev " s FeeI the gentle was JONI zone
And they knew not if he would rise
Knew not II their dead would rise.
The livelong night till the moon went out
In the drowning waters tbey beat about;
Beat SLOW through the fog their way
ana Ine ss!is nIOoPed down with wrlnsin5 wei
And now II was the break OF day
The great glad break OF dav.
cast in your nets on the other sidep'
pIwas Jesus spesking across the tide
And they cast and were dragging had
But that disciple whom Tesls loved
Gied straightway out for his heart was moved
1t IS our risen Lord
Our Master and Oar Lord 10
Then In simon girding his fishers coat,
Went over the nets and ont of the boat
Az, first OF them all was he:
Repenting sore the denial mast
de feared no longer his heart TO cast
Like an anchor into the sea--
Down deep IN the hungry sea.
And others through the mists so dim
in a little ship came after HIM
Dragging their nets through the tide,
And when they had gotten close to the land
They saw fire Of Goals on the sand,
And, deth arms Of love so vide -
Jesus, 10 crucifed!
IT'S long, and long, and long ego
since the ROSY lights began 10 dow
O'er the hills of Galiiee:
And with eager eyes and lifted hands
The seven fishers saw on the sands
The fire of Goals by the sea-
On the wet, wild sands by the sea.
lis long ago, yet faith in our souls
Is kindled just by the FIRE Of Goals
That streamed DER the mists Of the sea;
Where Peter, girding hisGsher's coat,
Went over the nets and outoi the boat,
To answer, "Lov's thou me2"
Thrice over, "Lov'st thou me2"
4Gs. Gly5J
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mencing work the harness and collar
should be made to fit properly; if it Is
found that the animal shows signs OF
becoming CALLED, battle the affected parts
two or three times a day, but not while
the animal is hot from work. And
right here we would say that we have
found that bathing the shoulders OF
work horses with water during the
season of hard work, hardens the skin
and prevents any liability TO become
chaied or CALLED Prevention is always
preferable to cure. A CALLED back, on
account of the saddle being more apt To
chafe, is more difficulty to remedy, espec-
tally in driving horses. When a driving
horse gets a sore back under the carriage
saddle; do not pad it heavily with rags
loosen up the bellybands, etc, expecting
a cure that way, as some do, but as as
card the use of the saddle entirely TIL
the animal is entirely well, which can DC
readily done by taking off the saddle,
bringing the back strap up to the top Oh
the harness, where it is fastened. For
"tugs" or straps to hold up the shafts
use small straps with loops in them for
the ends of the shafts, fastening the
opposite ends of the straps to the eyes ID
the harness through which the lines go.
Put on a choke strap, use surcingle for
a bellyband to keep the shafts from slid
ing up, and you have your rig complete.
Wash the effected parts of the horse
every morning with a soft sponge and
good CASTLE soap, after which apply a
mixture of suet, fresh lard, and flower OF
sulphur until the sore heals. II the
animals blood isimpure-which is readily
seen by the condition or appearance OF
the sores--give a tablespoonful of the
flower of sulphur--about two or three
doses in as many different days---in cut
mess, taking care to prevent the horse
from taking cold by driving fast and then
negleeting to cover, for the sulphur
effects publication of the blood through
the pores of the skin.
For bruises and sprains on horses, the
best and simplest remedy we have found
is crude coal oil, JUS as it came from the
well with a small quantity of oil of spike
mixed with it. Vigorous rubbing should
accompany the application,
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A Vermont Community.

In Springfield, Vermot, there is an
association of twenty men and four wo-
men, including four married couples.
who are conducting a manufacturing
business. Each receives wages, mainly
at piece-work, and each pays his board
in the single domicile which all make
their home. On the LIST on January last.
the fall in the price of their manufac
ured property forced upon them the
question whether to stop their mill or
reduce their expenses; and they deter
mined to cut down wages pro rata sufi-
GENTLY to insure profit equal to the in
terest on capital, insurance. taxes, and
other necessary OUTLAWS. The result is
that for the six months of 1877 thew
have earned Sc, 293 in wages, while pay.
ing out &, 266 for board and 81, 564 more
for clothing and incidentals, leaving a
balance OF 81 1868 to be added TO the cap
ital of the association.
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How to GROW Cheerful.

Disease is in a great many-perhaps the
majority-of instances the underlying cause
of mental depression. 1t will almost invaria.
bly, be found, for instance that hypochondri.
acs are dyspeptics, bilious subjects, and all
persons who have had any experience of such
cases are aware that sufferers from diseases
of the kidneys and bladder are especially
subject to fits of dependency. The sure
way to overcome depression is to try course
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a cheering
cordial which is peculiarly antagOnistic to
the "blues," as well as to the causes which
produce them. This popular and efficacious
corrective of disordered condition of the
system remedies the most obstinate cases Of
Indigestion, biliousness and Constipation,
overcomes the disorders Of the uniary organs,
purifes and enriches the blood, and restores
vigor to the body as well as elasticity to the
mind.
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Veterinary Emptricism.
BY sIDNED b. SWIFT, V. S.


There are daily committed under our
very eyes acts of cruelty to animals
themost unnecessary, wanton and fragrant.
1t is common practice here for these
men. as we'll as blacksmiths, ETC., "to
cut out the hooks for the purpose of cur
ing weak or sore eyes" This is the most
cruel operation, as it entails lifelong
source of misery to the animal. Allow
me to explain the modus operandi and
effect of this operation The horse may
have some foreign body, such as a hay
seed, in the eye, causing slight imfam-
nation and weeping, or the animal may
have taken cold, or is suffering from con-
stitutional ophthalmia, in any of which
cases, the membranes sympathize with
the organ and the membrane nictitans,
or haw through enlargement encroaches
on the eve ball. This membrane then is
looked uron as the cause of all the
trouble. 1t is pierced by needle and
thread. drawn forward and outward and
then cut off with pair of scissors-the re-
suit of which is the horse or other animal
is forever after unable to cleanse the eye
ball of dust or irritating substance.
Then again, with regard to the bovine
species, the before mentioned quacks
when called upon to see a sick COW, will
go through all the antics which they con-
slider looks professional and necessary to
a true diagnosis of the care. Then the
edict goes forth: g She has the hollow
horn, the horn must be bored and tur-
pemtine poured in, or else the COW must
die" This act of cruelty, like the other,
is begotten in ignorance or knavery. A
little knowledge of the osteology of the
head, would convince foat what is con-
sidered a disease (bollow horn) is the
normal condition of the part, for the in
ternaL horn is part and parcel Of the
frontal bone; it is hollow and has an out
let at the nostrils. The turpentine when
poured into the horn causes great pain
and inflammation, and as it tickles
through the sinues of the head and over
the highly sensitive membrane of the
nose, the pain, etc, is augmented. But
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26
Stanley's Explorations.

Mr. Henry NJ. Stanley has written q
letter TO the Herald, in which he gives
the following sketch of the tribes in
central Africa: In east central
Africa, the people are gathered under
powerful emperors and kings-the great
empire of Uganda, which has an esti-
mated population of five million the
great empire of Rusanda, with an equal
estimated population the empire of
Trundi, with about three million; the
kingdoms of. Usagara, the two Usuis,
Unyoro, KaSgwe and Usongora and
Akerewe-all OF these empires and king
dOms governed despOticslly, subject to
the will OF their respective .monarchs.
In his worthy efforts for the moral i'm
prOyement OF these benighted races the
missionary using a discreet judgement
can soon secure the good will, assistance
and protection of the supreme powers of
these countries. In west central Africa
from Like Tanganyika to the mouth Of
the Congo river, these people are
gathered in small, insignificant districts.
towns and villages, each governed by its
respective chief. As we approach nearer
the west coast the explorer dares not
begin to classify the people after the
usual manner employed in Africa, as the
districts are so small, the population so
great, the number of villages so confus-
ing, that there are as many kings ruling
over a hundred-acre plot as there are
officials in Greece, all animated by an
intense thirst fer trade and distinguished
for their idolatry hostility to each other
and foolish pride. The love of trade and
/ barter i, however, universal, as | shall
be able to explain in another letter"
OF his plans the explorer says: q
reserve myself for the unknown west of
Nyangwe, because / shall then have
something worth writing about-new,
virgin ground, of which not a whisper
has reached the world outside, ABOUT
which even everybody in Nyangwe Is
ignOrant-aE -egiOn which Livingstone
painted to reach, but could not, and
which Cameron promised to explore, but
did not. The region IS all involved in
mystery: the intense superstition of the
Africans has folded it with awesome
gloom. 1t is peopIed by their stories
with terrible vicious dwarfs, striped like
zebras who deal certain death with
poisoned arrows, who are nOmads and
live on elephants. A great forest
stretches on one knows how far north
certainly no one has seen the end of it
through which one may travel days and
days and weeks and months without
ever seeing the sun; and the great river
LUalaba continues north, ever north :;
and it is possible, the Arabs and their
slaves say, the Lualaba may reach the
salt sea. "
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On the Care of the Eyes

There are, saws the Rural New Yorker,
perhaps more individuals who ascribe
their weakness of sight to use Of their
ewes under an insufficient artificial illu-
mination than to any other one cause.
In a great many instances this may not
be strictly true, but there can be no
doubt that faulty artificial light is one
of the most productive causes of a certain
class of injuries to which the eye can be
exposed The two sources of trouble
with the ordinary artificial lights are
l. That they are not pure white ,.
That they are unsteady. The first defect
is found in all artificial lights, except
the lime, electric, and magnesium lights
the latter especially in candles and gas.
The yellowness is, in measure, coun-
teracted by using, in the case of lamps
and gas, chimneys of a violet or blue
tint, and the Pickering of the gas may be
obviated largely by employing in Argand
burner. All things considered, a Ger
man student lamp furnishes the most sat
isfactory light. The next best is gas
with an Argand burned. The chimneys
of both may, as above suggested, be ad-
vantageously of a light-blue tint.
The position of the light in relation to
the body is of great Importance. If a
shade is used on the lamp or burner Git
should, by preference, be of ground or
milk" glass, never of colored glass
the light may stand directly in front of
the body and the work be allowed to lie
in the light under the shade, which will
protect the eyes from the glare of the
flame. Ii no shade is used, the back
should be turned to the source of light,
which ought to tall over the lett shoulder
The same rule applies in the manage
ment OF daylight In this case the light
should come from behind and slightly
above, and fall directly on the work,
whence it Is reflected to the eye. 1t
should never fall directly on the face.
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The AnferN.

No remaining birds of New Zealand
equal in interest the weird-like kiwis, or
ApteryX, the wingless relations of the gil
gantic bipeds of the past. OF the Apteryx,
four species are generally recognized-one,
nearly extinct, in the Northern Island
and three in the Southern. The country
was known many years before the Riwi
was noticed by naturalists, and the first
skin brought to England and exhibited at
the Linnaean society, in 1912, was at first
believed to be an artifcially formed i'm
posture. 1t was not until the skin had
been opened and the presence of rudi-
mentary wings detected, that the fact of
50 unique form of life was recognized.
The different species vary III bulk, from
the size of duck to that of small goose.
The plumage OF the whole body Is of the
same character, and utterly different
from that of other birds. Instead of
springing from the skin in small tufts, the
feathers grow like the hair of mammals,
each plume singly. They are lanceolate.
and the filaments are merely disunited
hairs or barbs, the shaft terminating in a
soft point. The beak Is very long and
snipe-like. adapted for probing the soft
ground for earth-woTms, at night, when
alone it ventures abroad Perhaps no
creature is more defenceless and less ca
pable of adapting itself to any change of
the conditions of life. It's only strength
is in its legs, which it uses for burrowing
with great rapidity, so that kiwl con-
fined in an enclosure has been known to
burrow for more than a yard into the
hard ground, beneath the fence, and
thence up to the surface outside, and
make its escape in a single night. The
egg of a kiwi is larger in comparison
with the parent bird than that of any
other bird The egg of a mother weigh
ing three pounds will weigh fifteen and
half ounces when filled with water, and
measure five inches by three. The plain
gray and brown plumage of the different
species, and the nocturnal habits of the
whole group do not aid in making them
interesting or attractive birds, for they
can seldom be seen, either in nature or
captivity, save coiled up into ball
among ferns or straw. But they are the
last living representatives of the little
creatures that onOe were the most adj
vanced type of life. The skeleton is yet
more remarkable than the mere outward
form; the ribs, only nine In number,
broad and hattened like those of tor
toise the wing bones under the skin are
two inches long; no ferculum or merry
thought; no flesh on the breast, which is
a small shield without any keel or ridge.
The verteb of the neck strong and
massive; the small head and long, feeble
bill; the enormous pelvis, with its great
muscular attachments, the flesh of the
bird being all on its back instead of its
breast; the huge and dispToportionate
thigh and leg bones, all call up the idea
of creatures not less unlike the ordinary
bird of every day life than the flying
reptiles of the saurian geological epoch.
-Good WOrds
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Receipts.

CoKNED BEEF AND CABBAGE Select
a good-sized piece of pretty fat and ten
der corned beef (the rump is the BEST,
wash it in hot water and put in a stew
pan of adequate size with fresh water to
its height; set to boil, skim thoroughly
and cover; then simmer slowly for about
two hours, according to size; remove the
greenest leaves; quarter and core two
cabbages, parboil FIVE minutes, drain,
add to the beef and simmer about an
hour longer; drain and dish up the beef,
drain also the cabbage, arrange them
around, and serve.
PRESERVED CURRANTs FOR TARTs. -
Get your currants when they are dry,
and pick them to every pound and a
quarter of currants put pound of sugar
into preserving pan with as much juice
of currants as will dissolve it when it
boils skim it, and put in your currants,
and boil them till they are clear; put
them into a jar, lay paper over, tie them
down, and keep them in dry place.
WAFFLEs. - One pound of butter
melted in a quart of milk, and ten eggs
beaten light thicken Sie milk and but
ter with sifted -four, and add the eggs
and little salt should be of consistency
of pound cake batter; add enough yeast
to make it rise, the quantity to be
regulated by the quality of the yeast.
Set it to rise in warm place To be
eaten in the evening, the waffies should
be mixed early in the morning in win
ter, and in summer at midday.
MANGoEs.--Take green muskmelons.
and squash peppers before they become
red take out the seeds and put them in
salt and water over night; then fill them
with onions chopped fine, horseradish
scraped fine, mustard seed and cloves:
sew them up, and put them into vinegar.
TOMATO FIGs.---Take sig pounds of
sugar to one peck (or sixteen pounds) of
the fruit; scald and remove the skin of
the fruit in the usual way; cook them
over fire, their own Juice being
sufficient without the addition of water
until the sugar penetrates and they are
clarified; they are then taken out,
spread on dishes, fattened, and dried in
the sun; small quantity of the syrup
should be occasionally sprinkled over
them while drying after which, pack
them down in boxes, treating each layer
with powdered sugar; the syrup is
afterward concentrated and bottled for
use; they keep well from year to year,
and retain surprisingly their flavor,
which is nearly that of the best quality
of fresh figs; the ipear-shaped or single
tomatoes answers the purpose best !;
ordinary brown sugar may be used, a
large portion of which is retained in
svrup. "
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notice, there is a reserve of $4,000 men
80, 300 horses available for defensive oper-
atoms, withou, including the landsturm,
which is yet unorganized, a reserve be-
hind the reserve, of military mate
rails that can be made available in
any emergency. This actual organized
military establishment of France amounts
to 1,738, 500 men, of whom 1,325,OO0 are
infantry, 74,70O are cavalry, 11S,620 are
artillerymen, and $500 are engineers
and pontooniers. And this army is sup
piled with 1882 guns of the best make
and PIC, 900 horses.-Gernan Magazine.
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The French Army.

It will surprise most of our readers
to be told that in the spring of 1873
France will be able to'put into the field
an active army of an aggregate strength
of $4,000 men, 152, 400 horses, with
200 guns. And of this force 6o6, 900
are oombatant infantry, $4,000 are cav
airy, and $4,000 are engineers and pom
tooniers. But back of this active mill
tary force, ready to be utilized at days
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Few stable Hint.

There are very many horses which are
made TO suffer unnecessarily, or for a
prolonged period, through the want OF
knowledge or neglect of the owner.
During the work season what numbers
OF farm horses do we see with CALLED
shoulders, which keep getting worse till
the bad condition of /, collar and sad.
die gals makes it necessary to stop work
until they heal. If horse has proper
care, no gals will be made by collar or
saddle. The horse must be well and
regularly cleaned each day, and the
careful farm hand viii give an-extra
rubbing off, especially during warm
weather, noon and night. Before COM