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Innocent Anusements.

Keep "ittle folks " still? No, you
can't It's work, work, from sunrise to
sunset. How much, think you, does a
little child daily2 Can you tell ? 1t is
doing this, doing that, tottering here,
tottering there, climbing up here, tum-
bling down there, running to another
place, but never still Twisting and
turning, rolling and doubling, as if test
ing every bone and muscle for their
future uses.
1t is very curious to watch it. One
who does 30 viii understand the deep
breathing of the little sleeper, as, with
one arm tossed over its curly head, it
prepares for the next days Gymnastics.
TiTeless through the day till that time
comes, as the maternal love that accom-
msdates itself, hour after hour, to its
Thousand wants and csprices, real and
imaginary.
A busy creature is = little chid-to be
looked upon with awe as well as delight
As it's clear eye looks trustingly into
faces that to God and man have essayed
to wear mask; IS it sits in its little
chair to ponder, precociously, over the
white lie which you thought " funny :"
TO tell it, IS rising, and leaning on your
knees. it says, though tfully, in tone
that should provoke tear, not smile,
81 don't believe it," a lovely yet
fearful thing is that little child.
Those busy hands must be early en-
pleyed, actively engaged in good things,
pure, lovely, virtuOus
Parent, do you make home pleasant,
delightful, joyous, that the little ones
may love it, be happy and joyful
therein7 The hands OF children must
be kept busy they 's1 be busy "a bees.
God made them to be busy, and if you,
parent, do not find something good,
profitable, prsiseworthy, to busy their
hands, rest assured some evil genius
will Home life must be we'll ordered,
furnished for the busy folks, according
to age and varied capacities
When big enough, states may be fur
nished Tor childish amusements, pencils,
drawing materials, aud things that may
be useful in after life. As they advance
IN years, select choice readings; books
and papers that interest, tend 70 en-
lightenment, education, virtuous purity.
Let them read beautiful things. Have
them sing together, and sing with them.
Keep the children busy in something
useful; place them in the garden OF
fruits and flowers, if you have one let
boys and girls work together-both need
outdoor work - while the eye of the
parent directs and watches every move
ment.
CHARLES LAND was once riding in q
stage coach in company with one Of those
sympsthizing souls ever on the look out
ior an opportunity TO compassionate
affection. what bSd cough you have
sir" said the sympathiEing one, after
Lamb had recovered from g violent fit
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-06
The AIusk-Ox.

The musk-ox measures only about Eve
and half feet from the tip of the nose
to the root of the tail, closely approach
ing in size the smallest of Highland cat
tie, but is much stouter in proportion
and more compsctly built. the structures
differing in the shortness and strength
of the bones of the neck and length Of
the dorsai processes which support the
ponderous head. The weight is usually
greatly overestimated by travellers and
writers. being placed approximately at
800 pounds; 500 pounds would probably
be nearer the weight of the largest.
This error is doubtless due to the appa-
rent slze of the animal, which, owing TO
the huge mass OF woody hair with which
il is covered, has given rise TO the COM
mon statement that it rivals in size the
largest of English bullocks. Tne outer
hair or fleece is long and thick, brown or
black in color. frequently decidedly
grizzly, and prolonged to the knees,
hanging far below the middle of the leg
Underneath the shaggy coat, and cover
ing all parts of the animal, though much
the heaviest upon the neck and shout
ders, is found fine, soft wool of exqui-
site texture, of blush drsb or cinerous
hue, capable of being used in the arts
end OF forming the most beautiful
fabrics
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seH4HRRN FARM AND HOME.


- - - Gown IN the rich, deep soil,
strewn IN the stony ways.
Whence comes the loving toll
Finished in harvest days,
All fro.n Hand stove.
al from the Lord on high,
All from His boGndless love,
Letting no gooi thing die,
Tears from a Masters hart,
Blood from thorn-cIowned head,
MOI for eaIfns fertile part
Oaly, the drops were she'll
Not from rieh fields alone
Reaps lie the ripe corn in
Seeks il from stone 10 stone,
Where it is poor and thinl
Fields by deep blessings crowned,
Easy the light work there,
But tbs tie wasted ground
Calleth for saving csrel
All that b7 faith may be
Garnsred from stormy sin,
Taketh the lord waen he
Gathers His harvest ini
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passive, negative sort OF religion, which
prompts to nothing good even if 1t lesd
to nething positively bad, is simply no
religion at all. They need to be impressed
with the truth that religion means some
thing; that it is realT-Congregationalist.
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ga SLIGHT CoLD," CoUeHs.-Few are
aware OF the importance of checking
cough or "slight cold" which would yield 70
a mild remedy, if neglected, often ATTACKS
the lungs. Browns Bronchial Troches
give sure and almost immediate relief.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-06

THOUGH they may obstinately resls, .n'
action of other external remedies, uIcers
containing proud flesh, swellings, tuinorsi
leprous granulations, and seroiulo9s sOte'
speedily heal under the purifying and soo 90
ing influence of Henry's Carbolic salve' tn'
covered or used. 1t is believed that there
is no chronic sore or eruption that may mo mo-
be ersdicated by this Incompatible purinef
Sold by all Druggists.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-06

For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WinsloW'
Soothing Syrup has been used for children
with neyer-taiiing success. It corrects Scidity
OF the stomach, relieves wind colo, regulates
the bowels, cures dyseutery and ciarrhoes
whether arising from teething or other causes
An old and wellstried remedy. 25o. bOttlo
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-06

MORE than 10000 Cabinet and Psrlor or
gans are now sold IN the United States
yearly. The best are those made by Mason
& Hamlin, who have taken the highesi
honors at all worlds eIpositions for twelve
years. and are the only American makers
who have taken such at any
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-06
CHAPTER II.

But he had serious scruples as to
whether it was right or wrong to kill his
fellow creatures at the bidding of Others,
or, in fact, whether it wss not criEe 10
kill his fellow men at al.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-06

The question is, who wrote 'eThe Little
Belle of Bloomingdaie," the realistic story
of New York Revolutionary life now runs
nlnc in the Christian Union, of New York Z
I'VE are told it is by one of the most emf.
nent of American writer's, and that we have
six months to guess Ii in.
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IL any person would see the difference
between real worth and real wOrthlessness
let him buy small pack Of Sheridan's
horse snd cattle powders and feed it out to
ais hens. The increase of eggs viii surprise
vaU
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Selecting Meats.-In selecting beef
10 roast, If il be for small family, the
rib is by far the best and most tender
cut; have some of the bone removed,
then make your butcher skewer the beef
The best beeisteak for broiiing is porter
house. The best beef for a Ia made is the
round have the bones removed and
trim OH al the gristle. For corned beat
the round is also the best. For mutton
; Jesst Cd eqss the shoulder, the saddle, or
the ION and haunch. The leg should be
boiled snail rib chops are generally
foueh Mutton outlets to bake are taken
from the neck. For roast veal, the loin,
breast or shoulder is good Veal chops
are best for frying outlets are more apt
to be tough.
In selecting beef take that which has
3 loose vein, easily yielding 10 pressure,
OF dark red color, smooth, with whitish
IA; If the lean is purplish and the fat
is yellow, it Is poor beef. Grass fed IS
the lightest, OK the bes., and next the
heifsr.
Eefhaps Inc AicSSb mutton IoSst Is
small leg. the bone taken out, and the
cavity stuffed with forced meat. The
best beef roast is (for three) about two
and half or three pounds of porter
house. Sirloin ranks next. a rump
roast is very nice. Two to three pounds
is a very great plenty for three. Inchops,
We think that from The hind leg of NUT
ton best, unless you can get "meaty'
sirloin. The same in perk. about one
ana quarter to one and half pounds
is sufficient beefsteak about the same
quantity. Porter-house steak is cheaper
than sirloin, having less bone. Ruinp
steak and round, if well pounded. to
make them tender, have the best flavor.
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BE Gentle when YOu MiIk.-The adj
vantage OF Kindness to cows, says the
Maine Farmer, has been frequently in
sisted on in thess cages, and is well illus
trated by the following anecdote: A
man had a ine COW, that, week sitter
week, was MIXED alternately by q couple
offmen. lie observed that the amount
of butter he carried weighed about a
pound more each alternate week He
watched the men and tried the COW alter
they had finished milking, bat always
found that no milk had been lett in the
teats. Finally ne asked the Scotch girl
who to.k care of the. milk if she could
account for the difference. "Why, yes"
said she. "When Jim milks, ne says to
the old COW: 80, my pretty muley; SOP
Bat when Sam milks, he hits her on the
hip with the edge of the pail, and Gays:
81 ht, you old brute!'"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-06

have you ague in the face, and is it
badly swollen? Have you severe pains in
the chest, back or side2 Have you ersnaSs
or pains in the limbs. or rheumatism IN any
form II 80 get Johnsou's Anodyne Lini,
meut Il Will give instant relief and finally
cuYe you.
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CHAPTER III.

He decided chat it was wrong, espe-
cially the glitter and tinsel thrown about
the murdereus profession; so ne sold his
commission and entered the church,
thinking that as he was an intelligent
man, and not n mere mschine, he might
DO more good to humanity in that line
than in the other line.
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The PrOfane ParsOn,
a Tale ia Five Z haptsrs.


Once upon a time, in the dark ages OF
the nineteenth century, there lived q
gentleman who held commission in the
army
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IN the hard-drinking days an old
Scotch laird and his eldest son were riding
home together from hospitable gather
ing. Their ride for q while was silent,
but at last the son said; "Feyther, /
wish ye was deid" The old man rather
sadly replied, s'Well, lsddie, haze aften
thought that of my feyther, but never
haze the impudence to say't."
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rtmnle.. rrecnIe.. "a.

The moss wonderful discovery yet Know
Mrs. DR.. L. <. Shaw's Moth and freckit
Lotion. May be had of your druggist. rice nc.
only $1.o0. For particulars address E Mrs
DR.. L. <. Shaw, 40 East 2sth street, NsN
YORK. Mrs. shaw's Liver Pill. Best IN ths
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To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to Gweeten
the breath use Browns CamphOrated Sapona-
eous Dentiirce. Twenty. Eve cents q bottle
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TIE HORSE IN THE FALL.-The Rural
New Yorker has the following para
graph, As full of humanity as practical
wisdom:
Farm horses in the fall are often un
gratefully neglected. Their hard toll
in helping with the heavy work of the
season once over, when only odd Jobs
! await them, it is too frequent custom
to dock them OF their grain, and allow
them to shift OF themselves or. the pas
tJ-es, often without needed shelter from
the bleak winds and early frosts of
autumn nights. After feeding awhile.
the poor animals get chilled, and run
about IN the dark in the search of warmtb
Which they often find only at the cost Of
stumble or fail, resulting often ia a
Eprain or a cut that Injuries or disfigures
them for life. Then when warm and
tired they lie down to rest what Won
der if hey rise up stiff, spiriLless, and
not rarely suffering from q severe cold
after their heated blood and relaxed
sinews have been exposed to the blasts
and frosts of q chilly night When the
days are not stormy it is well enough to
Jet horses run IN the pasture, but every
autumn night should find them com~
fertably bedded and fed in the stable.
Ingratitude to our fellow men is justly
considered an odious vice, but is there
not often strong faint of it also in the
treatment of these noble animals, Il
whose faithful help in all kinds o
drudgery farmers are deeply indebted
for full barns and comfortable homes p
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CHEW Jaokson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.

Hon. c. T. PARSONS. Mayor Of Rochester. va
radically cured Of Brigkt's Disease by Craigs Kid
ney Cure Depot ~ University Pr. \. I.
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A REYNoLDsvuLE man 10 SO pug
nosed that ne can't blow it without
blowing off his hat Reynolds Herald.
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RipenTng Grapes of the Vines.-M.
Pollacci has lately Investigated the dis
pnted question whether grapes separated
E from the plant undergo an. ter-ripening,
sis the case with apples and pears,
Several kinds Of ,unripe grapes were cut
off with scissors. and three portions
formed of esch kind. One portion was
then taken, and its quantity of sugar
and acid determined Immediately. OF
the two other portions one was placed in
shade, the other in sunshine, and after
ten or twelve days the same data was
procured. It appeared that there was a
small increase of sugar and decrease OF
acid, and the. differences were greater in
the case of the gropes exposed in sun
light than with those kept in shade.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-06

CHARLES LAND was once riding in 8
stage coach in company with one of those
sympsthizing souls ever on the look out
ior an opportunity 10 compassionate
affection. "What bSd cough you have
sir" said the sympsthiEing one, after
Lamb had recovered from violent fit
of coughing. ~ know it, replied Lsmb.
''but it Is the best ] can do"
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Top Dressing Grass Lands.-Inouiry
Is often made, says the Boston Journal
of Chemistry, regarding the proper
method of using concentrated fertilizers
and the the time when they should be
applied to grass lands. 1t is certain that
the chemical agents now so largely en-
ployed should not be applied as top
dressing under the same conditions as
barn-yssrd maDures, as the two forms OF
plant nutriment exist in the agents
under widely different circumstances
Manure, or stable dung, must undergo
some important chemical changes before
the active principles are formed, or be-
fore they are fitted for plant assimilation
The nitrogenous part, so important in
the growth Of grasses, is not really formed
in manure The elements must be
grouped differently, and new combina-
tions produced, and thus the factor of
Time comes in to be considered. Am
Isonia, as such. although it holds the
nitrogen, can not be assimilated by
Tlanss; in fact, it is obstructive to plant
lie, when brought IN contact with them
u concentrated forn. Horse manure.
ia its active state Of change, and charged
With free ammonia, viii destroy grass
II sprssd upon i in 3 still, cloudy day.
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AK editor with nine unmar,;sa
daughters was recently made Justly :
dignant by the misconstruction his 49,
temporaries put upon his able leadsr !
/" The demand for men, ~
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flying insect, hearing the boast,
winked hi eye at the congregation, and
thought, "I'll put him to the test" So,
making a circuit around the gentleman's
hesd, he lit upon his nose.
"See r. said the reverend gentleman;
there is an illusti alton. At one time /
should have sworn awiully at this fly
but, look now" Raising his hand he
said gently, go awsy, little fly, go
oseqy" But the fly only tickled his
nose tie more.
The reverend gentleman, raising his
hand with come vehemence, made a grab
at the offender, and, being successful,
opened it to throw the insect from him,
when, in extreme disgust, he exclaimed,
"Why, d--n it, it's l0asp p
Horror Of the rustic congregation, failure of
the illustration, end
TIRE ED
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oHAPrER Nv.

One day, discoursing to a rustic coz
gregation on the folly of using proiane
language, he told them that be himself
wss once guilty Of the same folly, and
sddicted TO the same vice, but that ne
had completely conquered the habit.
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We viii pay Agents salary Of aioo Per month and
expenses allow large commission 70 sell our new
and wonderful inventions. W. nasoA sbaf 80 sag-
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-12-07

M >yNt SHEPPARD, Member OF the Roy az
college OF Veterinary SURGEONS hng rsi ,, ~
, Veterinary Medical Association; aso NeterlnA-
~ EIitor DttogS Spirit Q The Taf can ne COZ suIlsa'
his orlc at De.ns Sale Stable Madison street. susS
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OF late, blown over the PLAINS, come stories
of strange ncwly-discovered cities of the far
Southwest; picturesque piles of masonry, OF
an age unknown To tradition. These ruins
mark an era among antiquarians. The mystic
rious mound-builders fade into comparative
insigniicance before the grander and more
ancient cllil.dwellers, whose castles lift their
towers amid the sands of Arizona and crown
the terraced slopes of the Rio Mancos and the
IIovcnwccp pronounced llov-cn weep.
\ ruin, accidentally discovered by n ID.
Wilson of the Hayden survey, several years
ago, while he was pursuing his labors as chief
of the typographical corps in Southern Colorl
do, is Described to me by Mr.. Wilson as Il
stone building about the size of the patent
office. Ii stood upon the bank of the Animas
in the San Juan country, and contained per
haps five hundred rooms. The roof and por
tions of the walls had fallen, but the part stand
ing indicated height of four stories. \
number of rooms were fairly preserved, had
small loop. hole windows, but no outer doors
The building had doubtless been entered
originally by means of ladders resting ou
inches and drawn in after the occupants Tn,
floors were OF cedar, each log ms large around
as a mans head the spaces filled neatly by
smaller poles and twigs covered by carpe
of cedar bark. The ends of the timber wer'
bruised and fraycd, Us if several by dull in
strument in the vicinity were stone hatchels
! and saws made of sandstone slivers about tive
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| as the wants of the people require 10 ASK
money under the prctencc that II Is needed "
build more churches, is to ask II under ia'se
prelences. II is "piouS fraud
If one hundred more churches were opchc"
next Sabbath, with free sittings for 'o,OOo pco'
pie and the gospel were to be preached IN It's
simplicity and truth in them all, the NUMBER
of churchgoing people would not be increased
There Is at this moment an open church
within easy walking distance OF every inhao-
liant ofthis city, and we will engage to ma
seat for every one who wishes 10 60 MOI ONO
is left out in the cold.
Thousands do not frequent the house OF
God, but not one soul in this city is absent be
cause of the lack of church room. They stay
away because they do not wish to 90 Ihats
all.
five had ten millions OF money to be eX'
pended for the salvation OF the lost in tins cty,
we would not spend dollar OF it IN building
churches at present. We nave enough Tor the
demand More churches, or other churches,
richer or poorer, would make no change what
then is gained by saying the poor have no
churches and the rich alone are able TO go'
There are churches adapted to the means or all
If the rich wish to 20 with the rich, they can
have the privilege and welcome. lfthey would
prefer to be in churches where the rich are
not, they can have the privilege, The gospel
is freely offered, under the best possible al
vantages. to all, without money or price.
Instead of making these untounded charges
against the Christians of New York, it would
be much better to spend the breath, thus vain
" spent, in preaching the gospel to the poor
". Y. Observer.
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feet long, worn to u smooth edge A few hun
bred yards from the mammoth building was a
second large house in ruins, and between the
two strongholds rows of small dwellings, built
of cobbe-stones laid in adobe, and arranged
along Streets after the style of the village OF
today, The smaller houses were IN more
advanced state of ruin, on account of the
round stones being more readily diSntergatcd
by the elements than the heavy masonry. The
streets and houses Of this deserted town are
overgrown by Juniper and pnon the latter u
dwarf wide-spicading pine which bears be-
meath the scales of It's cones delicious and nu-
trtiOus nuts, From the size of the dead, rs
well AS the living, trees and from their posi-.
ton on the heaps of crumbling stone, Mr. WI.
son concludes that great period OF time has
elapsed since the buildings fell. How many
hundred years they stood after dcsertion before
yielding to the inroads of time cannot be GER
tainly known.
The presence of sound wood in the house
does not set aside their antiquity In the dry
pure air of Southern Colorado, wood fairly
protected will last for centuries In Asia &C.
dar wood has been kept Il thousand years, and
in Egypt cedar is known to have been in per
feet preservation two thousand years after 1t
left the forest. The cedars throughout the ter
rtOres of the Southwest do not rot, even in
the groves They die, and stand erect solid
and sapless. The winds and whrling sands
carve the dead trees into forms OF fantastic
beauty, drill holes through the trunks and
play at hide-and-go in the perforated
limbs until, after ages of resistance, they liter
ally blow away in atoms of fine clean dust.
On the Rio San Juan, about twenty-five
miles distant from the city of the Animas, Mr..
Wilson discovered the following evening a
similar pile, looming solemnly in the twilight
near their campmg.pace, The scene as de
scribcd was weird IN the extreme AS the
moon arose, the shadows of the phantom build.
ings were thrown darkly across the silvcry
plain. The blaze Of camp-fires, the tiny tents,
the negro cook, the men in buckskin hunting
garb and the picketed mules, made strange
picture of the summers night, with back
ground OF moonlit desert and crumbling runs
on whose ramparts lowered dead gannt cedars
lifting their bcached skeletons like sheeted
ghosts within the silent watchtowers of the
an Mustr0ted article IN ScrjbHer
far Ufrel0ber