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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-12
Sound Through Solid Rock.

It now appears from an official state
ment made by Mr.. Sutrc last oa.uiuay,
that the header of the Sutro tunnoI w n,
at that time 1893 feet distant i'm 1he
point where it will strike the Iaf aye
incline. The statement is undoSoeeuiy
correct, yet the Workmen in the oafage,
at the 1900 level, are able to near the
steam drills used in the tunnel neAEee 50
distinctly that all have heretolore
believed the face of the tunnel 10 De not
further away than three hundreu ieeI'
1t was thought impossible that tne elllls
could be heard to a greater 1!sea.ce
through solid rock. At the combination
shaft they now say that they were ADie
to hear the blasts fired in the heaoeF OF
the Sutro tunnel when it was 20O Ieet
distant Afterward, when the tuhneI
was opposite to the shaft, they heard
nothing of the blasts, nor could the men
at work in the tunnel hear those nleu IN
the shaft, and Sutre finally sent 70
inquire if they had discontinued WORK
1t is supposed that the stTatificatlon ana
hardness of the rock have much 10 DO
with the facility with which it IS tray>
ersed by sound. Hard rock no doubt
conveys sound 70 & greater distance than
that which is decompsed and mixed with
clay. Sound would also be likely to
follow the qualification. OF late the
header of the Sutro tunnel has been in
much harder rock than that through
which it passed when in tie neigbber'
hood of the combination shaft. At that
point, indeed, the ground found, both in
the shaft and tunnel, was of he kind
called " heavy" being wet, spOIgy and
much inclined to SWELL Virginia City
(Nevada) Enterprise.
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The Greenback Party in the East.

The recent local elections shoV that
there is a powerful greenback feeling
even here ard in the middle and eastern
states, and were it not for the silver issue
the greenback party wsuld sweep the
country in the next election. Harper's
Weekly and other gold papers profess TO
be Mortified at the growth of communists;
but it is the upholders Of the outage on
the nation, effected by dropping the sill
yer dollar in 1878, who are the real allies
OF the iuhationists, the greenback people,
and the socalled communists" The
indignation of the people at large is rs
intense as their suffering is great, and had
the gold men succeeded in killing the
silver bill the greenback party would
have carried every state in the union,
and elected 4 lower house next fail
which would be in favor of treating the
bankers and brokers and holders OF the
national debts as unjustly as these last
had, with special legislation in their be-
halt, endeavoring to treat the rest Of the
nation. Fortunately the silver bill, and
/ the consequent returning prosperity will
save US from initiation and the possibility
of a national greenback party = New
/ York Graphic.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-12
Signs.

People who still adhere to the look at-your.
nd-feel-ofyouf-pulse doctor some
times express not a little curiosity in regard
to DR.. r. V. Pierce's original method of dis
tinguishing all forms of chronic disease with
out personal consultation. Some even sup
pose that he accomPlishes this through
clairvoyance, Or.some other species of pro
fessiOual jugelery. All this is utterly false.
He claims 10 determine disease by the ration
al methods of science only. Says Comley, in
his Biographical Encyclopedia of New York
St te, speaking of this distinguished physi-
clan: He perceived that in each of the
natural sciences the investigator proceeds
according to a system of signs. The geologist
is his cabinet accurately Determines and
describes the cleft of rock, which he has
never seen, from the inmate specimen on
his table. And the chemist in his laboratory
notes the constituents of the sun with the
some precision that he analyzes crystal of
rock salt. The analogous system developed
by DR.. Pierce in Medical Science is worthy
OF his genius and has made his name Justly
celebrated" For a full explanation of this
ingenious system of diagnosis, see the Peo-
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser, sent,
postpaid, to any address on receipt of one
dollar and fifty cents. Address the author,
r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., Buffalo. n. Y.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-12
Mining Fish Ont of the Ice.

The Carson (Nev.) Appeal has the
following: In the general freeze which
has converted the lake into a sea of ice,
Emerald oay has been frozen solid. 1t
is one vast ledge Of ice from the surface
of its transparent waters to the bottom
More than ever is that beautiful bay q
gem of purest ray serene" crystaliZed
as it is and firm set within its rock
bound shores. From some cause best
known to themselves, the fish, especially
the trout have fairly swarmed there.
When the great and sudden freezing
came it imprisoned them by hundreds of
tons all over the bay, There they are
fixed, like bee in q drop of amber OF
course the fishermen of the Rubicon
and its neighborhood are reaping a rich
aud novel harvest. The present abund-
auce of fish in the Carson market is due
TO this remarkable occurrence. Monk
says that the bay presents a wonderful
appearance. lie says in all truthfulness
that Sailor Jack and some associates have
actually sunk Wine in the ice between
the boat landing and Captain Dicks
island. and that by dint of tunneling and
sinking in the solid ice they are actually
mining out the imprisoned trout by the
cart load. Hank says he has an interest
in one of these extraordinary claims,
and that he has every reason to expect
prompt and numerous dividends. This
class of phenomena occurs only at rare
intervals In 1916, Back Cove, an arm
OF Casco bay, wss a scene of such freezing
as this. All sorts of salt water fish, such
as frequent the more shallow bays and
estuaries, smelt, tom-cod, cells and
founders were frozen in and captured
by the million. The tom-cod, when
thus frozen, may be thawed out in cool
water and restored to life. For this
reason this small member of the fnDy
tribe is known as the " frost FISH"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-12
The New Speaking Machine.

First the photograph and next the
aerophone. It was sufficiently startling
TO know that machine had been made
which would talk with a voice entirely
human in its tone and articulation
which would repeat in any language a
song which it had heard, and was capable
of conveying to foreign lands or remote
centuries q speech impressed on sheet OF
tin-foil, and there or then reproducing it
an indefinite number of times with the
infections and intonations of the original
voice; but Eow its inventor, Mr. Edison
announces the aerophone, which is, in
fact, phonograph with its power ire
mendously increased. Mr.. Edison saws
he will make the Statue of Liberty En-.
tightening the World, to stand in New
York harbor, repeat the declaration NJ
independence so that every word will he
distinctly audible to every dweller on
Manhattan island he willfixi 1T to q loco
motive and it will shout, "Clear the track
No. 126is coming Railway-Nextsta.
ton Elizabeth he will attach it toon
ocean steamer and captains will converse
with each other miles apart; he will fasten
it to lighthouse and thekeeper will warn
vessels off and tell them where thew arc
This roaring monster suggests awful ms
sibilities. 1t would destroy a good deol
OF kind natures sweet restorer if it sbenld
sing Tramp, tramp, tramp, the bovs
are marching" all night in depseIv
populated neighborhood but, on Tie
other hand, it could announce the whero.
abouts of fires, head off runaway burc.
lars by describing their dress and peT.
sonal appearance and preach and sing 90
that the people of this city would not
need to go to church or opera. What an
auxiliary of stump speaking would this
believing Typhon be in hotly contestad
district, unless two of them got to eoins,
at once and refused TO divide the timaS |
What an instrument of SANDER viii n.
serephoDe be in the hands of the mali
ious 1t occurs to US, by the way. tbat
this Mr.. Edison has done enough enS
ought not to be allowed to prosecute H. ~.
iiabolical inventions any further. Hi
brain ought to be muzzled. VIII tbs
sheriff of Munlo PARK please restrain
lim!-[ Graphic.
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SAUCER IN OUR SYSTEM.

An Aneedote: OF Washington and eFersOe.
A Cleveland correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune sends that paper the
following extract from a letter by the
late Francis Lieber: " An incident of
more than usual interest occurred to-
day, just after the class in constitutional
law was dismissed, at the university. l
had been K cturing upon the advantages
of the bi-cameral system, had dismissed
the class, and was about to leave the
room when a young man, whom I knew
had taken instructions under Lab0ulaye,
in Paris, approached me, and said that
what had urged in regard to the BIZ
cameral system reminded him of a story
which he had heard Laboulaye relate.
l was interested, of course, and, as the
class gathered around, he proceeded with
the following: Laboulaye said, in one
of his lectures, that Jefferson, who had
become so completely imbued with
French ideas as even to admire the uni
cameral system of legislation, one day
visited Washington at Mt. Vernon, and,
in the course of the conversation tina:
ensued, the comparative excellence Of
the two systems came up for consider
alton. After considerable had been said
on both sides, finally, at the tea-table,
Washington. turning sharply to JefIer-
son, said:
You. sir, have just demonstrated the
superior excellence of the bi-cameral
system, by your own hand
III How is that p said Jefferson, not
little surprised.
You have poured your tea from your
cup out into the saucer to cool. We
want the bi-cameral system to cool
things. A measure originates in one
house, and in heat is passed. The other
house will serve as a wonderful cooler /;
and, by the time it is debated and modi-
fed by various amendments there, it is
much more likely to become an equit-
able Law. No, we can't get along with
out the saucer in our system"
Jefferson, OF course, saw that a point
had been made against his argument ;
but whether he was frank enough to say
so, the story-teller did not relate"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-12
Mexican Girls Dance.

A feature Of society in Presidio is the
fandango, or evening dancing party,
which is characteristic of the pepula-
ton of all the rural districts of Mexico.
A favorite way of holding these soirees is
for the young of both sexes, and, indeed,
not few of the old folks, gayly attired,
to collect at house in the suburbs, and
there, beneath the soft shadows of cedar
groves and the light of the stars, dance
in the open air, with the green and mot
tied sward for a ballroom floor. The
Mexican girls of Presidio appear at these
parties looking quite handsome, and
dressed in red and white, their robes
terminating a little below the knee,
beneath which their wellrounded limbs
swell in stockings of color opposite to
the skirt above. These toilets, as well as
their wearers, are very pretty by torch
light under the cedars, II Cor. st, Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-12

Place over the corn a white felt corn
plaster and wear it constantly until the
cJrn has disappeared. Every night and
morning wet the small cavity over the
corn land in the plaster) with a little
borax water, or, if preferable, the pulp
of emon. The corn-plasters can be
procured of any druggist.
THE USE OF SALERATUs DIsCouR-
AGED.-The free use ofsaleratus, so much
consumed in bread, is excessively iniu-
rious to the human system. 1t is
particularly liable to induce mus
cular Prostration or paralysis. and
is sure TO injure the digestive organs. Of
course, it is most fstal to children, whose
delicate organization is more sensitive
than that of grown persons.
BRAN BREAD-This is q capital recipe,
for the bread keeps fresh for long time,
and is very easily made: Two and q
half pounds brown -four, i. e., the wheat
as ground, no bran being taken out,
quarter pound white -four, half ounce
coda, four teaspoonfuls tartaric acid, a
lump of ammonia tho size of a nut, one
and half pints Of milk and water, or
pure water. To be baked in a tin.
To REcooK RoAsT BEEF.---Btince some
of the meat very fine, season well, have
layer of mashed potatoes about an inch
thick in dish; spread over it a thick
layer of meat and cover it with another
layer of potatoes; with a knife form
squares on your potstoes, spread little
butter over it and brown nicely; also,
cut some meat in inch square pieces;
take about half as much raw potatoes,
cut the same size, and one onion cnt
small put in a saucepan with some beef
gravy, and water enough 10 cover it, a
little ealt; cover tightly, and when it
comes to a boil set it where it will simmer
until the gravy is reduced to quite one
half, then add black pepper and little
curry powder and teaspoonful of -four;
serve in this way, or you can line the
sides of pie dish, put in the meat, etc,
cover with a nice paste and bake.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-12
A State Senator Unawares.

a disreputable-looking individual
walked into barber-shop in town yes
terday where half q dozen men were
waiting to be shaved, and asked:
When's my next?"
He was filthy and half drunk, and the
probabilities being against his having if
teen cents. the barber told him he had
no "next" at that shop, and requested
him to pull the door hard as he passed
out.
My appearance may be against me"
said the stranger, but / am neither
Henry Clay Dean nor Blue-Jeans Will
liams. L am a citizen of this state''-
We can't shave you to-day, and l
don't feel justified in OBTAINING you.
Call around about two o'clock next
week. Ta-ta."
" You don't know who 1 am" ex-
claimed the man. "Im an honored
citizen of this commonwealth, My beard
hurts. When at home / shave every
day and twice on Sun -
Don't forget to pull the door after
you"
I've half mind to pull your miser-
able carcass after me-" yelled the strange
man, in towering rage, "and maui
little sense into you. The next thing
you know you'll be refusing to shave the
new pope of Rome. Pm a member of
the Pennsylvania senate. demand my
rights as an American citizen. Iwant to
be shaved and have my mustache
waxed -
Will the senator give us a rest ?"
asked the customer on the back chair.
81 move that the sergeant-at-arms be
instructed to put him out" said another
"This is an insult TO the whole people
of the great state of Pennsylvania"
screamed the man, as he danced around
in his awful rage. L represent one of
the finest agricultural districts in the
state. 1 have an intelligent and patriotic
| was in favor of the
Bland bill. 1t was l who offered the
resolution recommending our representa-
tives in congress assembled to pass a
law -
At this point the towels were jerked
from the neck of the customer in the
back chair, who jumped to his feet and
shouted:
"Mr. President"
The strange man advanced step, and
continued
81 demand my right to be heard on
.he floor of this house. Bland is an in
innate friend of mine. / knew his wife
before he married ner: knew her folks.
Y ears ago I gave him some ideas on the
of silver, which / notice
le had incorporated in his popular bill.
That's all right. l loaned him five
Iollars once to pay board"
The barber reached out. and seized the
nan by the coat collar, faced him to-
yiri the door and bounced him into the
treet.
The Senator picked himself up, and |
With his coat-tails still trembling from !
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-12
Running AmOk.

Major. McNair, in his new book on
the Malays, says that probably few per-
sons are aware of the extent to which
the practice called running a muck F"
really obtains. Rajah Mansur, one of
the sons of Yusuf, the present ruler OF
Perak, during a strange fit of excitement,
drew his kris and rushed of, striking
right and lett, killing six and severely
wounding two persons, and finally max
ing his escape into the jungle. He was
only twenty years old. On occasions of
this sort, the "amok" may be the cause
of death or 9 we're injury to twenty or
thirty people, before he is literally
hunted down and destroyed like mad
dog. The Malay, speaking of amOk.
says: My eyes got dark, and ] ran
on. Major. McNair gave terrible
description of the scene when the cry of
" Amok amok |" is raised, and the
police turn out, armed with a huge
short pronged pitchfOrk, to catch the
mailman by the throat and pin him to a
wall, where he is driven to bay. Gene
rally speaking, the amok is destroyed by
the crowd OF his pursuers, though occa-
sionally, as in the case of the son of
Sultan Yusuf, he escapes to the jungle.
Very few are brought to trial. Major
McNair does not believe that the amok
is A result of opium-eating. He holds it
to have had its origin in the deed of some
desperate Malay, 10 have been handed
down by tradition to his highly sensitive
and since then " regarded as
the right thing by those who are excited
to frenzy by apprebensions, or some in
Jury they regard as deadly, and TO be
washed out in blood"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-12
What a Farmer OUGHT 70 K,,v,

A farmer ought to be not oniy an
accomplished tiller of the soil, but also
an excellent mechanic, a fair harness
maker, and member of shoes, tolerabIe
carpenter, pretty good blacksmith or
machinist and also a wide awake.
thorough judge and breeder of stock, know
how and caring for their ailments-not
only horses and cattle, but sheep, hogs,
mules, poultry, or anything that money
can be made out of. With all this he
should be civil engineer, acquainted
with levels and hydraulics, and re-
pairs of pumps, and if, in addition to
these requirements, he understands
laying stone and brick, and put
ting on plasteriug, as well as
mixing and applying paints. he will
find plenty to do, to say nothing of what
he ought to know about grain and
milling it. His wife, and in fact, good
wives generally, must not only under.
stand housekeeping, but che must be
good cook, baker and coniectioner, know
how to make and fit garments of all ssrts
for both sexes, and not only be tailor
ess, but milliner and matchmaker also.
She must understand canning fruit and
vegetables, and making both pickles and
preserves. With these, the experience
of few years. observation as a mother
ought to make her something more than
an ordinary physician. Most ailments
pertaining both to human beings and
brutes are hut trifing at first, and if
taken in time are easily cured. 1t is
only by neglect that they become serious.
Il Prairie Farmer
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-12
Let We'll Enough Alone.

" 1 don't object" said the quartermas-
ter, on Sunday morning, while our ship
was running towards the equator, before
The northeast trade wind, az don't OBJ
ject to prayers when it blows a hurri-
cane or when We are on a lee-shore. But
here we are called aft to prayers when
tie weather is as fine as ever was made !;
fair winds every day clear sun at noon I;
sky sails, studding sails and everything
else set not brade or a sheet unbe~
layed for weeks, the ship going ahead so
steady that she could carry a glass OF
sherry on that capstaD, and not spill a
drop of it But prayers it is, according
to orders Now what's the good of it ?'
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FARM AND HOME.


TIE reclamation Of msrsh lands was
the subject of an essay by ]. n. Smith
befere Michigan farmers club, consid-
cred that the low lands were among the
richest, but, Of course, his wealth OF sod
could not be made available except by
drainage. Open drains, as most COM
monty made, he condemned, and even for
mains, thought such more expensive and
oublesome than tile drain4 Long ex-
perience had shown that tile drains were
permanent and vastly more etficaeicus
than any other system; that even small
tubes would carry off more water than
a large open ditch, draining a much
larger surface, and rendering the sell
more arabic, better adapted to tillage, less
subject to drought and more uniformly
better permeated with air and moisture.
He exhibited map of tract of eighty
acres which contained in the center
tract of twenty acres of low swamp which
ne had drained and reclaimed The tract
was eighty rods long and forty rods wide.
Mr.. Smith had laid down tile drains
crosswise of the field. The drains were
about fifteen rods apart and FIVE rods
from the edges or ends of the field, and
the center drain extended was the msin
which carried off the accumulation. The
tile were put down from three TO FIVE
feet below the surface, the latter depth
being considered the best. The tile used
were two and one -half inches in diameter,
costing twenty-five cents rod. He had
used 1000 tile or 26O rods, costing sos;
the digging and labor had cost $50,
msking the total cost 1921, or about Sc
an acre for the twenty acres. In reality
the drainage of the twenty acres received
the water shed of the entire eighty acres,
arresting much of it before it reached the
low lands. Mr.. Smith believed that
SIS an acre would cover all expenses OF
draiOaUe
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Deal Gen,I, win The stomnch.

Do not rack it with violent purgatives, or
permanently impair its tone with indigestible
drugs of any kind: but, if your digestion is
impaired, your liver out of order, your frame
debilitated, or nervous system unstrung, use
thai wholesome and agreeable Alternative and
tonic, HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, which will
certainly afford you the desired relief. None
of the officinal remedies can compare with il
in restorative efficacy, and as a medicinal
stimulant ii is by far the most desirable as
well as popular article of its class. It's basis,
the essential principle of sound rye, is the
best possible agent for fastening the action
of the botanic ingredients which it holds in
solution, and those ingredients are the most
eficaciOus which chemistry extracts from the
vegetable kingdom, and medical science
applies to the cure of disease.