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About Rings.

To q person of sentihent, no gift con-
fers the pleasure or t1ches the feeling
that does he gift of ing. In England
the plain gold ring is Universally reserved
for the wedding ring and whenever an
Englishman sees sue an one On
woman's left hand, heDf course supposes
her to be married.
is a pity we do nc observe the same
custom. Marriage issuch a high and
holy and awfully solemn relation, that it
might we'll have its om peculiar badge
all TO itself. But via rs, young girls
constantly wear plat gold rings, and
that even on the Wedding" or third
finger of the left hand.
The diamond ring, too, is almost by
common consent the engagement
ring, and in the solitaire " form GER
tainiv it ought to be sscred TO this office.
At least unmarried women under 80
ought not to wear the solitaire diamond
ring, nor should they ever have the bad
taste to purchase themselves one. If
they inherit such ring from their
mother let them wear II, If they choose,
when they consider themselves hope
lessly welded to the single estate But
in general this most beautiful of ali
rings should be reserved as the gift of
happy love. There are varieties enough
of splendid gems to choose from, and
diamonds may surround. or be set them
selves in rows or in clusters. Let, then,
the young girl bewFS1sws she assumes
the solitaire diamohtISe 6g, lest, having
placed one on her ingef herself, she will
find no future lover who will place a
second there On the other hand, true
lover will not be satisfied with giving
her whom he has chosen before all the
world any symbol less precious than this
of the truth and purity of the faith he
has pledged her.
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The Dead Letter Office.

The dead letter Office is an interest
ing place to visit; not at all like a living
letter office, but a large room containing
many tables at which sit clerks examin-
ing, sorting and arranging the piles of
correspondence that have come to naught
Some open the letters, which are then
passed to others for examination, when
those containing money are passed on to
clerks whose duty il is to make memo
randum of the contents. Then the whole
is freshly re-enclosed to return to the
sender; and in case it doesn't find him,
it comes back to Washington. 1t is
interesting to note the contents Of the
moneyed letters. Small pieces of silver
and currency are plentiful, and some
times a bit of silver will have piece of
currency wrapped around it, so carefGlly.
The banknotes range all the way from
one to twenty, and perhaps higher, but
that was the largest one we saw. Who
would be so careless as to let a twenty
dollar note 20 astray? 1t must have
been lovely woman for the direction, on
all the letters we glanced at, was in
feminine chiregraphy. The many articles
which have failed to find an owner and
have returned to the dead letter Office,
such as iewelry, embroideries and all the
little things that are sent by mail, were
until recently kept on exhibition, and
formed quite curious museum; but
they are now packed away preparatory
to being sold by auction Washington
Cor Hartford Times
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n-.of. TyndaIs Alpine Tests OF
spontaneous generation.
ALP LuseES. September IS, 1877.

ALP LUSGENs SeptemDeI 10 Ao'f'
nv DEAR HUXLEY; Ihe"sh 'ne
.na.tien of "spontareO1s generation
i believe, practically set at rest for the
, =, world, you may possibly deem
the following facts of sufficient interest
- 10 communicated to the Royal society.
h,ought With me this year to the Alps
,ixtv hermetically sealed TASKS, contain
inc ;nfusions of beet, mutton, turnip and
o,'orn,ber. which had been boiled for
60 minutes and sealed during eballttion.
They we're packed in sawdust, and when
or,ened here the drawn out and sealed
Ia Of six of them were filled With or
,,anisY,s. the remaining ones were pellu-
cid and free from life. Two or three were
subsequently broken by accident, brit fer
six weeks fifty TASKS resHained perfectly
clear. At the end of this time | took
tveaty-three of them into a shed con-
tanning some feed hay, and there shipped
off their sealed ends with pair of pliers.
The air Of the hay-loft entered to gu The
vacuum produced by tee boiling in Lon
don. Taenty-three other TASKS were
taken Immediately afterwards to the
edge of declivity, which might also be
called a precipice, with fall of about
one thousand feet. A gentle breeze was
blowing from the Tnountaihs, partly
snow-coFered ena partly bare rock, to-
wards the precipice. Taking care to
cleanse my pliers in.the fame ef :. spirit
lsnp and to keep Ely body to leeward
Of the tasks, shipped off their sealed
ends. The two groups of TASKS were
Then placed in our own little kitchen,
where the temperature varied from about
s. degrees 10 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
aesult-twenty-one of the twenty three
TASKS opened at the hay-loft are filed
with organisms; two OF them remained
clear. All of the TASKS opened on the
edge of the precipioe remain as clear as
distilled wster. Not one of them his,
given way. Ever, MY dear Huxley, yours
faithfully, JOHN TYNDALL.
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A Misery NIohammedan.

RIA Pasha, reported to be one of the
richest men in Turkey, who died at Kad
ikeui on the 23d of November, was in
some respects d remarkable man. He
was originally an Arab slave boy. He
was brought to Constantinople at the
beginning of the present century, and
rose to some OF the highest offices in the
state, having been six times minister Of
war, thrice minister of marine, and thrice
grand master Of artillery. He held Office
at various critical periods of Turkish his
tory, and was at the head Of the war
flee during the CIimean war, during
The Syrian massacres and European &C
cupatiOn, and during the instruction in
Crete. He was decorated with many
orders at various times, having received
the highest Turkish orders OF the Os
mamie and the Mediidie, the Persian
order of the Lien aud the Sun, the orders
of the Bath, of the Legion of Honor, OF
the Austrian st. Leopold, and of the
Iron Crown of Italy. Strange to say,
although he knew a little French, he
never succeeded in mastering any Euro
pean language, but spoke Turkish and
Arabic fuently. Notwithstanding his
wealth, he was not ostentacIouslv char
table His 'good deeds" il he performed
any, were done in secret. He was about
seventy years old at the time of his death
Inc latter years of his life were quietly
spent ia his house at Kadikeui, over
looking the Bosphorus and the sea of
Marmora 1t was his daily custom, when
the weather permitted, to walk 10 the
sea-shere and smoke his tchibouque there.
His meditations latterly must nave been
interesting, and, for Turk of the cold
school, not altogether pleasant.-PGH
Nail Gazette
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Breeding and Raising Hogs.

an intelligent farmer In Iowa gives to
the public his experience in the follow
ing letter:
Ny herd of sows is never smaller than
100 and at times $50. This for the last
six years; previous to that time, my
herd was from 20 to so head; 1 sell all
1 can raise, except few March pigs that
come late; those I make pork of, and
keep the young sows of the same litter
to breed for the next year, and sell in
January and February already bred l
have in al this term of years never lost
hog by disease; I have more or less
pigs killed every year by having too
many in a bunch. I have been
surrounded with neighbors who have
lost heavily almost every year since 1
began; they come to my farms q hav9
two in operatiop), and say: ''Hew is it
that your hogs do not die with the
hog cholera ?" They want to know if
1t IS in the breed or what is the reason.
/ always tell them it is the keep. the
care, the attention and never putting
rings in noses. My keep is bluegrass,
clover and timothy, and Brazilian
artichokes, corn, oats, bran, shorts end
barley. Now to particular ze somewhat
with your pigs. / have them come in
April, May and June 600 came this
last year, and a few came scattering along
after these months 1 put them on
soaked corn and oats as soon as theyuBo
eat, and when the pigs are large enough
TO follow the sow, l put the SOW and
pigs ON the grasses, where they run until
the 25th OF September to the Ist of
October, when put them in the fields
of artiehokes (bY this time the pigs
have learned what their noses are made Tor.
After a few days you can leave
of all other feed, and the hogs and pigs
win do finely, growing and filing out in
good shape, getting ready for corn or any
other feed that may be intended for them
the artichokes until it freezes up (making
their own living by roofing up and har-
vesting them.) This fall feed will last
until about the tenth to the fifteenth OF
December, putting the stock in fine,
healthy condition for the winter, and
sows for breeding. Then, again, in the
spring, as soon as it begins to thaw out, l
put my hogs back on the field fart; chokes,
where they are kept until the fifteenth
of June or the first of July, making a
frst-class living, and clearing themselves
of all intestine worms, or stomach worms,
which eau all appearances of liberated
stomach and intestines. When handled
in this way you will find in the spring of
the year, and frequently in the fall, large
quantities of worms lying discharged
after eating artichokes for eight or ten
days. Sows suckle finely and do well on
this kind of keeping. In winter my hogs
go into winter quarters in small numbers
in division-say four to five head-in
place. IF there is a single hog or pig
that looks little off," to use the ex-
preston of tradesmen-that is. if he
refuses his feed-I put him in hospital,
where, in day or two, he Is in good
shape for bis appearance at headquarters.
Every farmer knows that hogs viii
devour artichokes with great eagerness.
and the cost of providing them is scarcely
ANYTHING
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Bancroft. the Historian.

George Bancroft is passing the winter
at his residence in F street diligently en-
gagged upon forthcoming volume Of his
"History of the United States" Oakley
Hall tells a very good story of a dinner
party which he attended in 1855 at the
residence of Fernando Wood, then
mayor of New York, at which General
Scott referred to the first volume of
Irving's Life of Washington" just then
in press. Irving, that modest yet schol-
astic old bachelor, said that he hoped TO
live to finish the work. 81 trust, Mr..
Irving" remarked Bancroft, "that the
pages are not to be your limit of life"
"And l hope" retorted Prince John Van
Buren,, coming to Irving's aid, "that the
pages of your history, Mr.. Bancroft, may
measure your life" Bancroft laughed
heartily at the sally. and answered: "If
at my age l have only got down to the
American Revolution, decrepitude may
overtake me before / reach the campaign
of or American Marlborough" bowling
to General Scott. Two and twenty
years have elapsed, and the historian has
not yet completed his record of our ma
TONS history during the past century,
but he appears hale and hearty. passing
several hours of each day in the saddle.
Whether he will live to chronicle the
cam paigns of Scott in the war Of 1912 re-
mains to be SEEM Washington Car. bos-
}oy To,fr70L
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Caution to the public.

To avoid imposition. purchasers Of waitham
Watches will observe that every genuine watch
whether gold or silver. bears own trademark on
both and movements.
Gold cases are stamped "A. W. Co." aud guaran-
tee certificates accompany them. Silver cases are
stamped Am. Watch Co.. waltham. Mass. Coin
silver" or 4" Am. watch Co, waltham. Mas. ster-
ling silver" according &C quality, and are accom-
panied by guarantee certificate signed Il. y hob
bins. Treas The name WALrHAn " IL plainly
engraved upon all movements, irrespective Of Al
other distinguishing marks.
This caution is rendered necessary by reason "
the fact that frequently separated from
our movements and put upon worthless movements
Of other makers. snd rice thus Affecting inju-
riously the performance Of the Watches. and VIII
ating guaranty. which isintended only % cover
our complete Watches, wholly made ~ g.
B8-Every buyer should make a close inspection a.
Indicated. AMERICAN WATCH co.
By X. y. RorarSs. Treas. +
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port in the world from the actual pro-
GERS. Now both Cleveland and Masillon
draw large proportion of their bread
stufs and grain from the northwest.
the wheat producing region takes ite
wav ; but this condition Of affairs, al
though it viii last for many years will
not be permanent. With improved
agriculture, wheat win again he grown
in large quantities where it is now neg
lecte6; and the increased settlement of
the west will, after certain point IS
reached, provide consumers nearer the
places of production ia that region
P,s},rL0 Courier.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-18
Great Running Match In Eng
iands


\ running match took place December
IL at Lilliebridge, London, between Geo.
Hazael, an English long-distance runner,
and Achile Bargossi, who is styled the
Italian champion, the distance being 80
miles, and the stake 5000. There is only
one instance on record of so long a dis
lance as that of 80 miles being run, and
that is as long back as 1853, when J.
Rhodes, a Wolverhampton man, ran 80
miles at Birmingham in $4,000. The
betting was two to one on Hazael, who is
2 thin, Ratchet faced mar, with long,
well-shaped legs. Achille Bargossi, on the
other hand, is a short, dark-haired little
man, of whose nationality there can be no
doubt, and who, Immediately after start
ing, was greeted with ironical cheers and
cries OF 90 Go it, ice creams" 1t eoon be-
name apparent that the italian, who Is
reported to have run so miles without
stopping, was not in ii with his opponent
Hszael ran his first FIVE miles III 2S:36
while the Italian took 30:36, Hazael hav
ing Tapped him (there being three laps to
tha mile), after going four and half
miles. Bargossi was again Tapped after
going eight miles, and third time after
Hszael had gone eleven miles. Hazel
ran his ten miles in 57:37, and his eleven
miles in 1888. Hazael continued to gain
and gain till, after running within few
yards of fifteen miles in 1:4l:50, the Ital-
ian gave up, Hazael at the time having
gone close upon ia miles. Hazael, how
ever, continued on, and as there had
been some betting that he would run his
80 miles in three and three-quarters
hours, it was thought he would have fin
ished the distance, but after running 20
milesin the wonderful good time of 1:57:27
Hazel stopped, OF course receiving the
stakes
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wei.,e ior Lice on CatIIc.

4 stock-grower, writing to The New
York club. gives his mode of destroying
lice on cattle. he says; 81 destroy them
with brine; any kind of salt water wiil
do it. l find two kinds of lice, the blue
lice, and think tine other is hen lice. ]
tried red precipitate one year, it killed
the lice two yearlings and two-yesr-
old. But washing the cattle with brine
is easier, and they get into the habit of
licking one another, and are more gentle
toward each other"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-18

A GENTLEMAN who is a sculptor, in a
feeble way, was calling On a lady the
other evening. 4" How do you manage
to get the right facial expression >" she
asked, referring to bis statuettes. Very
simple" he said @ | read a poem ex-
pressing the passion desire to portray,
then, as my face expresses rage or love,
| plunge head foremost into a mass of
putty | have at hand. This retains the
impression, and there you are"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-18
RexuIar Secretion Essential to Health

Inc regular secretion nd flow OF the gas
the juices and of the bile, which the use Of
HosIetters Stomach Bitters promotes, are
ehecN which conduce materially to the
restoration of health, when the system is
d1sordered. Food is not digested in the
dyspeptic stomach, because the gastric fluid
is dencient, superintendent or vitiated the
liver becomes congested and the bowels con.
stPated because the supply of bile is made
quate or misdirected. The Bitters recti6es
all TINS, and removes every ill consequence
OF n'o,n-assimilation and bilious irregularity.
Furthermore, it stimulates the action of the
kidneys, by which impurities are, so TO
SPEAK, strained from the blood, and any
tendency in the urinary organs to grow
sluggish and disordered counteracted.
Whether it be used as a means of regulat-
ing gastric or bilious secretion, and relIev-
ing the overloaded bowels, or TO promote
complete, and therefore healthful, uriDation,
Hostetter's Bitters may be relied upon with
confidence to accomplish the end in view.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-18

a STORY comes from Coventry, Conn,
giving an account Of woman who com
menced marrying at fourteen, and has
kept it up until she has scored seven
husbands. She married not wisely but
too frequently, for her supposed dead
husbands turned up in such a way as to
MAKE quite an array OF Enoch Ardens,
and now the town of Coventry sues the
town of Manchester for her support. So
it seems the more husbands the less
providence.
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No UndercIothes.

A lady recently received a dress from
Worth. She could not get in it. She
telegraphed the autocrat to that effect.
He answered " Perhaps you attempted
70 put it on over other clothing. l viii
send by steamer buckskin tights, which
is the only garment worn with dresses
made according to the dictates of fash
ion." Alas this is what we have come
%. Tights and piece of muslin basted
in the train of the dress.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-18

THE late Mrs. Gen. Hooker, then Miss
Groesbeck, of Cincinnati, was once at
an evening party in that city, when a
young dandy was asked if he would like
to be presented to her. Oh, yes" said
he, languidly, " trot her out" The lady
overheard the remark, and when he was
presented she adjusted her eye glasses,
deliberately and slowly scanned his cloth
ing from boot to collar. The survey
finished, she waved her hand carelessly
and said Tyot him back l have
seen al! there is Of him"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-18
Cbe.p Grass seeds.

An old seed desler OF Philadelphia
SAYS that never in his experience has he
known timothy seed to be as cheap as at
present. He exports considerable guam
titles of various field seeds to Europe,
and says by the car load he could sell
timothy as cheap as 81 IS per bUshcl.
It's cheapness is owing to the extraordi-
nary yield this year and the large area
under cultivation.
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Are They Oysters !?


If any one goes to dine at London
hotel or club and asks for oyster sauce as
an accompaniment to his fish or beef
steak-ss they say in caution to buyers
of patented articles be sure that he gets
it. A notion is somehow gaining ground
among US that all that tastes so is not
oyster, and mysterious hints are made as
to the recent introduction into this coun-
try of the snail, so long a favorite delicacy
with the Parisians, and never more in
demand than the present season. 1t is
said that 10000 pounds of these " del
icacies - are daily sent to Paris from the
farms in Poitre, Burgundy, Champagne
and Provence, on which they are bred,
that variety of favors can be impaired
to them by changing their diet; and that
tue French cooks find them an excellent
substitute for oysters. The idea imme-
diately strikes one that these $4,000
pounds may not be entirely for home
consumption, and that there is a posi-
bility, not to say probability, of their
being transferred to another market
across the channel.-London Cor. Nea0
ark Aduertiscr.
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sold only in cans. Always refuse it if offered
loose or in bulk. 1t is the practice of many
grocers and dealers to keep cheap Baking or
Yeast Powder loose, and sell it for any
brand that is called for. We, therefore,
caution purchasers to see that they get it
only in cans, under the Label and Trade
Mark of the Manufacturers, DooLEY d
BROTHER, New York.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-18

The removal OF the wheat belt -
westward is strikingly exhibited by the
trade of Cleveland. Only thirty-6ve
years ago she shipped more wheat than
any other port on the great lakes, Buffalo
alone excepted. Massillon, now scarcely
known in the wheat trade, was the chic
point Of original receipt, and received
larger amount of wheat than any other
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-18
FRAUDS on THE PUBLIC.
ra..e. and Couulerslt Tickets.

The travelling public should understand
that the railroads, in oder TO protect
themselves from frauds instruct their
conductors to take up passes and collect
fare from persons who cinnOt be identi-
fed as the legitimate pesessors Of such
courtesies. The extensDn of the system
of limited tickets also makes it a matter
of decided risk to pu'ciase tickets any
where but regular railbad ticket office.
The economically inclined passenger,
with ticket bouPht- st.educed rates at
an irresponsible 'scapng" Office, may
find himself, at the verT beginning of his
journey, caught up " the conductor
with a ticket whose dae has expired, and
which is therefore notEalid for passage
There would not be much economy in
that for that passengr. Besides, the
business of counterfeitng railroad tickets
has been quite extensFely gone into of
late, and counterfeit tickets are fire.
quently offered for sale A gang of ticket
counterfeite we no long ago detected
at Indianapolis and a part of them
arrested The work Of counterfeitiDg
still continues, and tn railroads. to pro-
tect themselves, have doGted new forms
and taken other precautions to shield
themselves against los. SO far as the
public is concerned ne moral is very
plain: Never buy tckets of outsiders
or at unauthorized tickt offices.
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BURNETT's FLAvoRING EXTRACTS are
used and endorsed by the best Hotels. Con-
PETITIONERS, and Grocers throughout the coun-
try. They are perfectly pure, and of great
strength-at once the cheapest and best
and received the highest award at the Cen
tenniaI Exhibition.
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No PAPER issued of its kind equals the
Hartford, Conn, "Poultry World" II
choice CHROMos a year. Sl.25 postpaid
with IS cents for the dozen ChroInos, will
give fowlrai ers the best practical monthly
in America Try it in 1878. Ten cents for
specimen
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A positive remedy for all diseases Of the Kidney,
BIadder and Urinary Organs; also good foI
DropaicaI Complaints. Ii never produces sick
ness is certain and speedy in its action It
fast supersedng every other remedy. Sixty capsule,
cure in six or eight days. No other medicine can
do this.
Beware OF Mutations. for. owing 10 its great
success. many have been offered some are moe.
dangerous. causing piles, etc.
Dund0s, Dick n Co.'S Genuine SON Oab.
suss containing Oil OF sandalwOod, sold at all drug
stores Ask circular send for 10 IS aod 81
Wooster street. New York
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The
GOOD OLD
STAND BY
MEXICAN MUSTANG IMMINENT.
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Established 10 Years. Always Always
ready. Always handy. Has never yet failed. n nv
millions have tesfsf u. The whole world approve
the glorious old Mustang-the Best and Cheapeit
Eminent IN existence. 2s cents bottle. The
Mustang Eminent cures when nothing else " ~.
sotI, ny ALL MKDIUIHE VENDORS
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One box Of DR.. TUTT's Pills will save you many
dollars in doctors bills They will surely cure
Chill and Fever; Dyspepsia Disordered Liver oil
Bowels; Sick Headache; Jaundice; or Chroui
Constipation. Only IS cents.