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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-09
An UNFIILIS q CURE ron HYDRO-
T'HOBI1.

Mrs Jane G.. Swisshelm writes to the
Pittsburg Commercial:
A lady met me this morning, saying,
"did you see that receipt for curing by
drophobia in yesterdays paper?" ! had
not seen it. We'll" she continued, "it
is just the cure wanted you to write
about two or three years ago-the old
Chester Valley cure. 1t never was
known to fail, and was used in hundreds
of cases in the eastern part Of the state
I remember hearing of il as long as /
can remember anything. have told
people, and told and talked. and no one
would mind me. tried to get you to
write letter about it, and now you
must, TOR people will not believe They
will read and forget all about it."
In her old home in Chester county,
Pennsylvania, lived a German named
Joseph Emery, who used to be sent for,
far and wide, when any one had been
bitten by rabid animal. lie went to
his patient carrying something under
stood to be a root, which he himself dug
in the woods. He mill-ed pint of milk
fse@l' frorn-the COW, put the root into IL
boiled itand gave it to the patient, fasting
made him fast after taking it; gave a
second and third dose on alternate davs
and never failed in efecting a cure. In
some way which she has forgotten his
secret transpired, and the root was known
to be elecampane.
The medicinal properties ofeiecampane
ire very powerful Milk itself *
pecific for many poisons, and while the
medical faculty know no cure for this
errible disease we should open evory
venue Of light into the dark subject
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THE OLD STORY TOLD OFF MN
Tuck YET

"There are no heroes now said she.
And turnei with sc0rnful, wearied air
And looked across the waves 10 where
A dim gray island met the sea
" wish there'd be ninth Crusade,
Or Arthur's knights would come once more,
Or off Nantueket's prOsy shore
second Ilium might be made.
No flame of genius lights our page;
Our music is dunb No martyr wakes
Our hearts from sleeps. No hero breaks
he level of our stupid age.'
He looked at her in sad surprise;
Was she so hesrtless and so base
Was there no bravery to-day
Could make a hero IN her eyes
" And yet on that prosaic shore
A hero may have been. =" said he
" knight or martyr here might he
W no never cross or arnor wore.
Just off Nantucket rugged coast
One day last week boat went down
In sight OF dwellers in the town,
And all on board but one were lost
e For there were two who caught an oar
A nd Hoated for moment; they
Had comrades been for many day,
Had danger shared on many shore.
* oae felt The oar begin TO sink
II surely cousd not hoat the two.
And one must 90. he did not shrink
Z" His sacrifice his friend might save.
And pausing not TO give him choice,
He shouted with a ringing voice
That never faltered. strong and brave
{. AS when they scaled an Alpine height
And shouted to the arching sky
In triumph, One must gO-g0Od-bye-
God bless your and was lost fiOm sight.
- His friend was saved but now alone
He ever hears that voice repeat
Goodbye God bless your clear and sweet, |
In tides that roar and winds that moan Z"
I he red lips lost their scoTnful curl,
And quiyer now with tender pain,
And tears fell ike summer rain
From the dark Isshes of the girl.
81 That hero greater love
Hath no man passiOnately thrillr
The vibrant tones her face was nl i
With reverence all words above.
HSmurmured to himself apart
Watching the languid cynic's face
Transformed with radiant. tender grace
81 All now 1 know she has a heartI" 3
-PGrs3as.
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What Farmers Need.

The 4" Scientific Farmer says: Farm
! ers need more education to make them
/ letter citizens. In their hands rests the
well being of future generations. 1t Is
/ for them to keep the soil productive,
/ that the crops shall meet the require
ments of what at no distant day may be
a super-abundant crowd of human beings
upon the earth. unless the Malthusian
remedies of war and pestilence rush
| them off in sufficient numbers to offset
/ the present rapid increase. However
much some may decry science ard hold
/ to the sufficiency of practice, they must
admit !, that a, the practice of the paste bas
! fnhabftabie. The sewerage or cities is
| fast piling up on the sea bottom the fer
tlllty of productive soils. II is sewage
question is one of vast import China
has solved it, but her solution will not
answer for our civilization. The guano
deposits of Peru, it is said, are already
failing, though only thirty-fve years
have passed since their utilization by
other countries. All of the natural fer
tilIZing resources are exhaustible. and
what then? Discussion alone might 90
on forever and not settle a single point.
Intelligent investigation is the only
means of solving the problem.
mus we see the necessity for agricul-
tural colleges. These are few of the
questions presented for their solution.
Societies cannot do this work; they hold
the same relationship to education as so
cieties in other departments of life.
Schools of agriculture furnish the best |
means by which to inculcate the princi- |
pies of good husbandry, to detect and /
false ideas and practices, to dis
cover the reasons why certain systems
are better than others, and to introduce
in methods and means.
more than any other indus
try needs special help. The principles
on which it is founded are more difficult
to understand than those of any other
art. The causes of success and failure
IN farming are most complicated, resting
IS they do upon the subtlest and most
profound principles of chemistry, physi-
)logy and meteorology.
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Pray for Your Childrcm

You may have children who arr
wanderers from home. Well, you car
reach them by way of the Throne
There was an old Scotchman who wrote
Us letter asking us to look out for hi:
lost son Willie who had run away from
home, and l was very deeply touched 10y
his case, for that is the name of my own
son. So l told Mr.. Sawyer to watch 70,
him, and for six months he did so. but
all in vain we could not find him. All
this time that old Scotch father and
mother were praying for the lost bow
and last Monday, at the Temperance meet
ing, among the men who rose for PRAYER
was the same lost Willie. He told US
his sad experience; said he had Just cal
loped on to destruction; but now the
Lord had saved him. OH how happv
= In L. L. .ha c,oo5
God hears the prayers Of parents for
their wandering sons?
Take your children to God and pray
for them. Pray for them by name. Ask
God to bless John and help him to be a
good boy amongst his playmates. Ask
God to bless Mary and help her to over
come her faults. Encourage your chill.
dren to tell their troubles, and to pray
for help to bear them, for the troubles of
the children are just as.hard 70
your troubles are for you.
Do not let all the religion be outside
of the family; take it into the home.
Religion was in the home a thousand
years before it was ever established in
a church or place of public worship
Read the word of God; have the chill
dren recite verses from it; study the
Sunday-school lesson at morning prayers ;
speak well of the minister, and, instead
of finding fault with his preaching, cut
the same meat up little finer for the
children, and they will be sure to enjoy
it. Make the Sabbath the pleasantest
day of the week, and give the family
worship the best hour of the day e.,
the morning hour.-Froa one Of lL.
lEoody'S recent sermons.
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1PHf'ttn0 C0Jt0rGes.
, 4 Canaries show a,-Gf1Ezs-z-4-5.- GEsz4-5-Fs1tude 70
TICS difficult thin y 20 man,
to kh5M theirs masters :Trscs------<-s
and will often follow them about. ]
''mind, asa Scotch girl would say a little
lassie who had pet bird so tame that in
pleasant weather she used every day to
open the window and let it 90 out of the
house, for it would always return at
evening, tapping on the window-panes to
be let in, if the sash happened to be
closed An English gentleman had Ca
nary for several years which never was
kept in a cage, and in summer was al
ways flying out to the gate or down the
road to meet It's master, perching ON his
finger, nesting in his bosom, or, best of
all, clinging in his hair, where it was
completely happy; at the same time
only one other person in the house would
it allow to touch it, resenting any at
tempt at familiarity with the fercest an
ger. cat last, however, this bold little
fellow got bewildered in a sudden dense
fog, and was lost. Canaries can live out
ofdoors in our climate very well in sum-
mer, and sometimes join the families of
wild birds but their house-bred consti-
tutions can hardly stand the cold of win
ter, and escaped birds probably all per-
ish before spring. They are very affec-
tiOnate little creatures, always prefer com
panions, and will make friends with their
natural enemies. A fancier in London
had a cat which, with her kittens, would
eat out of the canaries' dish in the bird
room, and never think of harming them,
while the birds seemed to enjoy tabby's
society.
To tame birds and to train them to
perform tricks are two very different
things Any one NAV do the first by
constant, quiet kindness, endless atten-
ton and patience. Accustom the bird
to yodr presence, and let it understand
that, whatever you do about it, nothing
is intended for its terror or harm. This
learned, teaching it to perch on your fin
ger, or to come to your whistle or call, Isl
only a matter of time and gentle pa
tience. Some odd tricks may be taughtA
birds dihotbaE 9yecatIy IN u6err a51iffity q h
learn, as well as their natural talenil {
and dispositions-but the astonishin,
exploits of some troupes of "performin, |
birds" which are exhibiting about til I
country are all taught to them by te 5
ribly cruel course of lessons, and yo J
ought not to make your pet emulat q
these performances. $
The Germans often teach young birdl /
-unes and the songs of other birds; but t
he operation is a slow and tedious one, t
md the result not very satisfactory. 1t "a
Gems that our highest wish should be to a
perfect all that is natural to a canary,and II
lot try to make him something else than
e is, or was intended to be.-Ernesf
'ngersoH, IN st. Nicholas.
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GRAYE md or

The man who dJes not be1isaio
about going to war has never been b. se1
around by a second lieutenanf
Canned tomatoes mixed with bffzd
crumbs, butter, eggs, onion. Sait afl
pepper, and baked IN snaali disiles or
oyster shell, arc almost ~ gooi ~ tie
fresh baked vegetable Farley map H.
added
The bequests TO large educstiDosi
institutions in this country, for lhe half
year just closing, have amounted 70 oyer
SSO0,OO0. These gifts have Invariably
been to the higher class Of colleges aDd
universities, and their grand aggregation
i good testimony in behalf Of this coun-
try, as pointing to the intelligence,
wealth and practicability Of it, philan-
thronists.
McDonalds peak on lake Superior,
a great pyramidal rock Of granite over
hanging the water, has fallen. 1t meas,
ured at its base one hundred feet in cir.i
cumierencc and rose to the height Of
two hundred and eighty feet. This
towering rock or shaft was called Nc
Donald's peak, in honor Of a Hudson
bay company factor who is credited with
to the top Of it in 1922, and
jumping into the lake to win wager Of
f2O.
Mr.. Evarts said in his address al the
lnveiliing of the statue Of Daniel Web
ter; Il should say Of Mr.. Webster that
t there were one single trait conspicuous
n him and pre-eminent as compared
With Others which have made for them
elves great names in history, il would
e the abundant charity Of his nature
Ie never assumed for himself in private
ltercourse or in public speech any
svfl sfrifv. He never tolerated in his
Among the many goOG --A eifher
~ Rev. Mr. Spurgeon in his lecture on
Eccentric preachers" the following ac-
cunt % Billy Dawson will be appre-
lated On one occasion Billy was
reaching about David's encounter with
ioiiah and after picturing vividly the
hallenge of the Philistines and the de-
ance of David, he took out pocket
andkerchief, and having made a sling Of
;, put in an imaginary stone, and flung
with such apparent reality and
,rce that, just as the stone left the sling
ammy Hicks, the village blacksmith
lirly carried away by bis feelingz,
routed "That's right, Billy; now hof
ith is ed"
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GErrIyc nEIDr ron rnE s1oUx.

A formal notification Of the recent
encounter with the hostile Sioux and
their approaching surrender was recently
sent by the war department TO the Indian
bureau. In view of the immediate
probability that the hostiles will come
again under peaceful control, the pres
ident nominated agents for the Spotted
Tail and Red Cloud agencies, but with
the understanding that the Indians
should he detained as prisoners Of war as
long as the military authorities thought
proper, receiving the treatment of white
men under the same circumstances" to
quote a remark from the president re-
Gently. A few of the chiefs and Sitting
Bull will probably be imprisoned year
or longer to break up their influence in
their tribe. About eighty chiefs and
principal menof the Comanche and Iowa
Indians have been for year past i'm
prisOned in this way at Fort Marion,
Florida, and will remain in confinement
for some time to come Should the ex-
pected recapture be made and the ar
be completed to carry the
last treaty with the Sioux into efFss.., -,
+ro,,s-,,,,t 4l,s,,, int, .iae t''AA',i, -,
,ailoi,pes i,,.,peese OF nearly $Go0,0OO will be
needed to the Indian appropriation bill
as passed in the lower chamber
II appropriates about S4,4O0,0 ,000, or
%ZIO,OOO icr5 tta-- Nsr-ssraN
fiscal year, the reduction being prin-
cipally made on the appropriation for
the Sioux from 81 $50, 900 to ZOO. 900.
An increase Of this item to the amount
Indicated will be needed If present ex-
Pectation Of a final and peaceful solution
of the Sioux problem is realized.
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sUEHNEYERSUCHE.

There is an institution in Germany,
very little known in this country, which
relates to what the Germans call Such
neversuche," or attempts at reconciliation,
the object being the reconciliation of
married people who find there is want
OF affinity between them, or whs are dis
satisfied with the matrimonial yoke for
any other cause. The law upon the sub
ject, which was passed in 1874, provides
that every demand for separation or di-
vorce must be proceeded by an appeal of
both man and wife to either clerical or
lay authority to undertake the, "suehe1e," !"
or reconciliation. 1t is the clergyman S
duty TO see the husband first, then
the wife, and then both together,
and use every effort in his power to bring
about reconciliation. Some statistical
reports recently issued by the royal of
fee at Berlin show just how far reconcil-
iation has succeeded. The following is
the substance of the showing
l. Total number of married couples desir-
ing a separation Year 1873, 1926: 1874,
7,s5e.
,. Namber of couples reconciled or not by
clcrgymen:
Not Gases
Year. Reconciled. Reconciled. Pending
1S73..........2,S29 1877 III.
1874 26SS 800 1,o4
3. Number of couples who, being recon
ciIed, desired separation: Year 1873, COS
1874, SOP.
!. Number of couples reeonciled or not
second time by clereymen
Not Case
Year. Reconeiled. Reconciled. Pendine
1S73.............. 1876 267 IL
IS74............... 156 240 10
WHY would it not be well to intreduc
the German " .Suehnerasuche" here an
tie its efficacy Chicago Tribune.
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Browns Matrimonial Methods.

Brown, don4 know how 1t is tha
your girls all marry off as soon as they ge
] Old enough, while none of mine cal
m M sssiTls as4-z-- .n,,o.h
/ principle"
{" But what thu principle? l never
heard of it before
Z" Well. I used to raise a good deal of
buckwheat, and it puzzled me to know
how to get rid of the straw. Nothing
would eat it, and it was a great bother
to me. At last thought of plan. l
stacked nv buckwheat straw nicely, and
built a rail-fence around it. My cattle,
of course, concluded that il was some
thing good, and at once tore down the
fence and began to eat the straw. |
dogged them away and put up the fence
a few times, but the more | drove them
away the more anxious they became to
eat the straw, and eat they did, every
bit of it. As ! said, / marry my girls off
on the same principle. When young
man that l don't like begins to call on
my girls, ! encourage him in every way
l can. | tell him to come often and
stay as late as he rleases, and take pains
to hint to the girls that l think they'd
better set their caps for him. 1t works
a - at. liz uoIi AlahC many Noli9,
for the girls treat him as coolly rs they
can. But when a young fellow that l
like comes around, man that / think
would suit me for a son-in-law, ] don't
let him make many calls before | give
him to understand that he isn't wanted
around my house. l tell the girls, too,
mat they shall not have anything to do
with him, and give them orders never to
speak to him again. The plan always
works first rate. The young folks begin
to pitch into each other, and the next
thing | know they are engaged to be
married When | see that they are de-
termined to marry, always give in and
pretend to make the best of it. That's
the way | manage it"
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4 VIEW USE FoR GUN-oorroN.

Gun-cotton is about to be utilized for
signalling purposes by the Trinity house.
On a point at the northwest of Heligo-
land, one hundred and sixty-five feet
above the level of high water, fog sig
nal has been established. When the
weather IS foggy an explosion OF gun
cotton will take place every fifteen min
utes, making a report similar to that
of a gun. If this experiment an
swers gun-eotton will no doubt hence
forth be extensively used for coast warn
ings; and considering the number O
naval disasters which have lately occur.
red owing to errors in reckoning or some
other unacconntable cause, it is almost
time that some attempt should be made
onanew system towarn navigators agains
the dangers incurred by "hugging th'
coast in foggy weather.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-09

A little girl, five years of age, was
equally fond of her mother and grand
mother. 1t being the birthday of the
latter, her mother said to her. "My dear
YOU must pray 10 God to bless your
grandma, and she may live to be very
old" The child looked with some sur
prize at her mother, who, on perceiving
it, said: "Well, will you not pray tc
God to bless your grandma, and that she
may become very old?' "Ah, mamma,
said the child, "she very old already.
would rather pray that she may bocom'
| very young.
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A ladv a short time hack presente,

"A lady short time back presented
telegram at London postofice. The
message was enclosed in an envelope. On
receiving it the official at once proceeded
to open it. "What are you about p' ex-
claimed the lady. The clerk explained
that he could not send a message without
first seeing it. "Then," observed the
lady, angrily, edo you suppose Pm goinl
to let you read my private affair"
won't send it at all p And forthwith
she flounced out of the Office in disgust
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CURRENT PARAGR4PHS.

THE suicide of Mr.. Collins, the chief
engineer of the Lake Shore road, is sup
posed to have been caused by menta
depression and overwork. He cried like
a child when he saw the Ashtabula
wreck, though no one held him re-
sponsible for the accident.
A NEW amusement is in vogue among
Mexicans i'll San Francisco. They wind
handkerchiefs tightly around the blades
of their knives, leaving quarter of an
inch of the points bare. Then they fight
with these weapons, and although the
wounds cannot be deep, they are often
numerous ard painful
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mErHoIsM IN THE UNITED
ST-4TES.

,r, MAOdist Almanac for 1877 re-
- ,be ssistics:of the Episcopal Meth
pdsts p5st Of tiUnited States to be ls,4SS 80
80 ,,no yschers. The aggregate OF
traSsl,ns ssslaays nus made up: Methodist
mempels m xaa, arch. / l,613, 500; Methodist
EplscGSg@ n SEQ soJ 722, ,346; Colored Methe-
dist dist Episd church, 81, 900 9ad A1ISS1n sSi
leinou ,eN;nOu Ehodist Episcopal Zion
cbnrch ao6; Evangelical /, ASSOCIATION, SOC TSs
s5sss Gnu 95S: UA Brethren, lsl 80 S59. ooun, dne
non ,1S 1ESpisco sthOdists of thls lreopine eGin
try n th;s haSs ssutS the total Of Methodist ,5 !
70 Oo,,a anlu =, :, aa;canhpughout a the world +
4,172, ,579.
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THERE will be five eclipses in 1877,
viz, total eclipse ofthe moon on Feb.
9th, visible in the United States; a
partial eclipse of the sun on March 18th,
visible in western Asia; a partial eclipse
of the sun on Aug. Sth, visiblein Alaska,
Kamtschatka, and the North Pacific
Ocean a total eclipse of the moon on
Aug. 23rd, partl visible in the eastern
and southern sta and a partial eclipse
of the sun on Sept. 9TH, visible in South
America.
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RELIGIOUS.
The ola, ola storm.

The children told to us the " Old Old Storv.n
II lOi1 II Win hushiHs cheek and sparkling eye
The slnless son OF God came down to die
Fold it while cleaning Ii hts shone all around then
| ne SOFT air fragrant with the breath OF flowers
And hearts stood still beneath the spell that bonn
As if they dreamed within enchanted bowers
And while like fairies in a scene eIysian,
! Inc children came and went before NV sigbt
! Siy Ianey painted yet another vilion
VI helds, and shepherds, and a star-Iit night.
heard the sound or angels softly singing
| All the sweet wonders Of the holy birth
"a Nv w the W ise men, myrrh and incense bringing
Town 70 the maDger for the Lord OF earth
l saw the fair young child, His power descending
n - i.hd IN the temple with quiet grace o.
Aa!king, all unabashcd, wi n men OF Iearning
q ilsAt nom heaven upon his earnest face
saw the miracle, where servants carried.
, In mute obedience 10 His mild command
uie ~atsfs' that while guests and bridegroom tar
Blushed into wine beneath His lifted handi
And then thought, with fearful shame and sad
rhd a0w %afs5, Si+ we s59 gssye s him when gre to
stood among the silent crowd assembling
About the bier where lay the widows child,
And herd His gracious voice with pity bling,
Call back her dead and check her anguish Wild.
lueh now my yedfuing he0Tt recalled baby.
Blue-eye ed and golden-haired, who lies at rest
Beneath the roses and thought that maybe,
In heaven He would restore him tony breast
Just as he came TO me. loves sweet evaugel,
Perhaps He'll give him 10 my waiting arms,
Not grown into stately, white winged angel,
But full OF dimpling smiles and baby charms.
Oh, mothers, grieving over fair dead faces
flushing as best you can, the hearts Wild cry,
Be comforted in some of heavens bright places
The little children wait for you and
followed him that night OF tears end sorrow.
When those he loved forgot their Lord and slept
saw the coming Of that dark tomorrow,
And stood beside the cross where Mary wept.
heard his patient voice serenely pleading:
" Father, forgive they know not what they do ~ |
saw that sacred head ali bowed and bleeding.
And conscience whispered; - This was done for |
you!"
N, wondrous love that bore for us the scourging
The bitter mocking and the cruel pain
ell may we heed such lamblike gentle urging
And turn on. straying steps 10 Him again.
saw Him in the tomb az met Him risen;
Again heard the angel voices sing;
h1Ie lie, all glorious rose from earth 10 heaven,
Mary's fair child and heavens anuointcd King |
nd ever rs walk the path before me-
Earth's saddest places Of its pleasant ways,
hat vision throws its holy influence over me:
The cold, Old story" calms my stormiest days,