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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-01
Apple. OF Geld IN Picture. OF SILVER.

:" word ftly spoken is like apples of gold
in pictures Of silver" When the body be-
comes diseased, the mind is thereby neces-
sarily influenced. National wars, State dis
sensions, neighborhood broils and family diff
ferences, are more frequently than otherwise
the result of diseased and disordered con-
stitutions. When the body is suffering, the
mind, acting in sympathy, will become
irritated and perplexed. When the physical
system is in health, the mind perceives things
in their true Highland the disposition assumes
a very different phase. Nothing more directly
tends to destroy the happy, cheerful disPo-
sition of a woman, and render her Peevish,
nervous, and fretful, than a constant endur-
ance OF uterine disorders. The diseases
peculiar to woman take awsy the elasticity
and buoyancy of health and reduce her body
and mind to g mere wreck. DIR. Pierce's
Eavorite Prescription is a real peGcemdker in
family. No woman suffering from uterine
disorders can afford to be without this rem
edy. The Favorite Prescription saves I'M
necessary doctor bills, prevents divorces,
wards of suicides, brings back buOyanti
joyous f. ceilings, restores the woman to health
and her family to happiness. 1t is sold by
all druggists.
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NEGRO EMIGRATION.
President Hayes Advises Against the
san Domingo Scheme

A Washington dispatch says that the
Rev. Mr.. Sturks, who has been investi-
eating the advantages of Hayti and San
Domingo for large number of colored
people in Florida, who desire to improve
their condition by emigration, had an
interview with the president yesterday,
and laid the situation before him. The
president embodied his views on the
question in a brief letter to Mr.. Sturks,
of which the following is copy:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Jan. IA, '78.
REV. Mr.. STURKS-Dear Sir: l have
given some consideration to your ques-
ton as to the emigration of colored pee-
pie from Florida to San Domingo. lam
not well informed as to the advantages
offered by San Domingo to immigrants,
but my impression is that your people
should not be hasty in deciding to leave
this country. The mere difference in
climate is a very serious objection to
removal. The first generation, in all
such removals, suffer greatly. 1t is my
opinion, also, that the evils which now
affect you are likely steadily and, hope,
rapidly to diminish. Ny advice is,
therefore, against the proposed emigra-
ton. Very truly, yours,
r. B. HAYES.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-01
Preparing and Seeding Ground 70
Pastures.


Pastures.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman writes:
No one will, therefore, doubt that the
better plan is to prepare the land well,
both by fning the soil, bringing in the
aid CT the elements, and enriching II,
using plenty of good seed, and sowing it
early either in the fall or the spring. In
doing this, let it be remembered that
land cannot well be made too rich for
pasture, The more it IS pushed, the
greater the feed snd the fresher: only
let it be drained, for quality, and the
manure decompOsed, so that no foulness
or faint may be taken up By the plant:
aiming to get the sweet heritage of hills.
which drainage secures to them, and
which also is necessary to give firmness
to the land, so that in moist time there
is less i'll effect from the tramping of
stock. What PASTURE lacks in its yield
in comparison with other crops, must be
made up by liberal manuring before
seeding the land, and top-dressing after.
Here We are greatly at fault 1t makes
difference whether two head of cattle
Oronc are supported on given area, and
much more than this may be realized.
We have the rich manures of commerce
to do this, aided by plaster, lime ard
ashes, which help to grow sound, sweet
grasses. A change to meadow for year
or two viii give a chance for heavy ma
nuring in the fall to restore the land
again, should it fail from any cause 10
retain its full'yieldias pasture.
AS barDyard manure is not used on
pasture it is all the more necessary to see
that the land is enriched well before i. is
secuted down. Manure is the thing.
ANY one grass, or mixture of grasses,
can thus be grown with success. and one
grass, like timothy, Kentucky blue grass.
or orchard grass, will realize a more
profitable yield with manure chan all the
other or the choicest selection of them.
with ordinary culture. There is how
ever, difference in the adaptation of
grasses to the soil. Timothy, redtop, the
tonghish meadow grass, and meadow fox
tail. for instance. would not do on dry
sandy soil. On such land, therefore.
they are not good pasture grasses. and
would shrink and pretty nearly die out
in dry season. They require soil more
or less moist, and can be made to do bet
ter on clays than on river land. On the
other hand, dry soil will grow the IA
nous Kentucky blue grass. orchard
grass, the sweet-cented vernal grass. and.
may add for abundance, the tall oat
grass. These will make the finest at nm
land pastures. They require soil thai is
drained, otherwise they Will suffer and
some require high state of fertility
Ike the blue grass, but more particularly |
the orchard grass
There will be seen the Importance of a
proper adaptation-just the thing that is
oTerlot ked, and the wrong
grasses sown. Thus in our popular
mixtures We find the sweet-scented yer.
nal and red-toP together, one requiring a
nay ana the other a wet soil. So also
me orchard grass is drouth defer and !
Also thehog-loviDg tescue-F et,.sca prat,,
e. is it wonder that our past,ras
all; that the grasses when sown do NOT
nrlve' 1t taking years for a sod to become :
4
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THE FOOL,sH VIRGIN.

- The midnight comes, and my lamp untitled !"
fBiacx and stormy the night wanes on
" sisters, helpI ere ms hope be silled
Give OF yoilr store that my lamp may De nlie1-
The Bridegroom into the House hath gone
u Sisters belpI" They have closed the door.
(Biack and stormy the nignt whnes on
Nsught they gave Of their trimming STORE
Each one watching the lamp she bore
Che Bridegroom Into the douse main gone
"I will knock, though the doors be closed
BLACK and stormy the night ganss on
q Lord, thy handmade waits Unci0se!
AROUND me night like river flows
(che Bridegroom INFO the H0uss hath gone
who knocks so late from the darkened East
BLACK and stormy the night wanes on
'slepartl 1 know nor great nor least
Who brings no light TO the marriage feast
(The Bridegroom into the House hath gomez
Depart ? Too late On words OF doom
BLACK and stormy the night wane5 on;
Watch well thy lamp, that IL light the 6iooihi
And show the wy 70 the festal room.
The Bridegroom into the House main gone
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A Good Whitewash.

To half bushel of good Ii oe add
enough water to slake and be about the
consistence of thick syrup, and while hot
add half a gallon of linseed oil and stir
we'll. To this mixture add half a pound
of common glue dissolved in a gallon OF
boiling water. After letting it stand
a few hours, thin with water to the
proper consistency for applying and it Is
ready for use. Some parties recommend
the addition of salt and other sulphste
of zinc, but | cannot see any plausible
theory to satisfy me that there is any
advantage in their use. With the lin
seed oil an insoluble sap is formed-Oleate
of lime-and the glue forms an inscluble
cement which protects the lime from the
dissolving influence of the water 1t Is
possible that tallow will answer the same
purpose, at the resulting compound
would be the same-oleate of lime--the
glycerine of the fat being set free.
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Bone Manure on Wheat.

In the southern portion of Cayuga
county, New York, the quantity used
by farmers as a fertilizer for wheat has
gradually increased to several hundred
tons annually within district Of lew
miles in extent, and II seems indispsnsa-
bly, necessary for successful and heavy
crops. In other parts of the state large
quantities are applied with very favorable
results, even in those localities not COM
monty regarded as wheat-producing
regions. Among others, we learn from
James Wood, of Winchester county.
where comparatively little wheat is raised,
that he scarcely ever fails of obtaining
twenty-five or thirty bushels per acre
even in unfavOrable seasons, and the
present year an entire field yielded an
average of thirty-fve bushels per acre.
He finds combined application of bone
dust or 5uperphosphate with yard or
stable manure give better crops than
either alone. On moist land, bone dust
succeeds best; on dry ridges, the super
phosphate is most profitable. His good
crops Of wheat are MANFRED with about
eight or ten loads per hundred pounds of
bone or phosphate separately applied
His chief object, however, is to benefit
the succeeding crop of grass; the product
in wheat is a secondary object. He finds
the Clawson wheat the most productive
of all the sOrta c1IIrfvatad but inferior
in quality to the Treadwell.
Facts like the above prove the great
value of feeding wheat plants their APP
propriate food. In one hundred pounds
of this grain there are ninety five pounds
of carbon and elements of water which
nature supplies; but the five per cent,
composed of minerals and nitrogen,
should he supplied in manureif the land
he NOT rich
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-01
The New York Cigar-Makers.

Some Key West cigar manufacturer.
are IN the city, and, it is said have con
GUIDED to open factory here employing
the best among the idle union hands. The
strikers seem confident that thew will be
successful in the course of two or three
weeks, as the spring trade will soon open
and the manufacturers must have not
only good hands but old hand. workmen
to enable them to fill orders The relief
stores are now distributing 6 600 three
pound loaves of bread. ner week
and several thousand smaller loaves.
Four butchers are employed dealing out
meat and fourteen men are constantly at
work In the two stores filIing the basket
OF the strikers with groceries, The union
factory at No. AZ vessey street has been
arranged ON the condition that for the
cost of fixtures 25 per cent If the wages
OF those employed shall he deducted
weekly. Every workman receives scrin
Tor the amount, which is received bv the
union in lieu of dues and assessments
md what is left will be csshad hv the
inion within reasonable time About
80 workmen, including hackers and
trippers, are employed.-N = World.
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u.ppy Ipau,nce or a Gre q sDecInc

For the preservation or recOveryoi heaIth
and strength, the diet should be Eholesome
and nutritious When it happens that he
alimentary processes are disturbed by i'm
proper or half mastieated food, the best
remedy for the evil results OF abusing the
digestive organs is Hostetter's stomach Bit
tiers, a most agreeable, prompt ana gentle
remedy for dyspepsia, and for tae bilious
and evscuative Irregularities when result
from it. The liver and bowels, 10 common
with the stomach. experience its oeneAcent
Influences. The refuse of the system is carr
ried of through its natural outlet healthy
flow and secretion of the bile is promoted,
and powerful impetus is given % asSimlla-
ton in consequence of its use. lttedltnIully
stimulates the bladder and kidneys when
they are inactive, and by It's tone ana reg-
ulating action forti6es the systsm against
malaria,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-01

To avoid imposition, purchasers of Walthau
Watches will observe that every genuine Watch
whether gold or silver. bears our owB trade mari
on both case and movements.
Gold cases are stamped "A. W Cos, and guaran-
ties certificates accom- pany them. Silver cases ART
STAN ped Am. Watch Co. Waltham, Mass. CoiI
Silver or :, Am. Watch Go, Malthan Mass ,Sttr
lin Silver" according TO quality, and are accom-
panied by guarantee certificate signed r, E. isos
bins Treasurer The namo ''WALTHAM 10 plainly
engraved upon all movements irrespective OF other
Distinguishing marks.
the fact that our cases are frequently separAteu
FROM movements and pot upon wvItnie-s move
menfs Of other makers and rice thus anectDe
iniuriousiy the performance Of the Watches. and
vifiatina our guaranty. with - intended only &c
cover our completes Watches wholly MADE oy US.
Every buyer shouid make ciose nsneS,ion %
By X. L. ROBBINS. Treas.
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Zachary TarIor,s GraYe.

In his message to the legislature OF
Kentucky, Governor McCreary says
"The grave that contains the Wondering
remains of Zachary Taylor, who was at
one time president of the United States,
is situated in Jefferson county, in sight
of the tall spires of the metropolis of
Kentucky. and is unmarked by a monu-
ment. 1t is true that this man, who
spent his whole life in the service of his
country, who proved his patriotism on
nearly one hundred battlefields. and who
had the Office of president bestowed upon
him fer his yalor, integ ity and fidelity,
needs no monument to perpetuate the
blazonry of his deeds or the purity and
simplicity of his character. He has a
monument already in the hearts of his
countrvmen that will endure forever
Yet | believe that a nation is elevated
and given dignity and Importance at
home and abroad by its great and good
men who reveal its existence and give II
prominence, and monument should be
erected 10 his memory that will ever
stand with its mute eioquence TO attest
to the world the honor, the reverence
and the esteem accorded TO his valor and
his virtues by his countrymen: lie was
brought to Kentucky by his parents
when ONLY nine months old, and ever
afterward claimed his home in our COM
monwealth yet bis distinguished CIVIC
and military service make him belong to
the whole country. L therefore recon-
mend thai his remains be removed by
KENTUCKY 20 the state military lot in the
cemetery at Frankfort, and that reso-
luton be adopted by the genera assem-
bly calling upon the congress of the
United states to erect monument over
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a MANS REGRET.

o my child-love, my love OF long ago.
How great was life when you and / were youDq
l be world was boundless, for we did not know;
And life poem, for We had not sung
row Is tue world grown small, and we thereon
Ill with wise toll and WOO each flying day;
Elves from the wood, dreams from my heart are
gone,
And Heaven is bare, for God is far away.
o my ehid-lOve, can not you come again,
And lock on you with grave. innocent eyes?
1our God has many angels; would fain
Woo for one hour one angel from the skies.
o my child-lOve, come back, come back to me-
And, laughing, lead me from the care and din
Lay on my heart those small hands tenderly
And lovingly, to let the whole world in.
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The Greatest Discovery of tie age
20 wears before the public, and warranted 10 cure
DiarThen, IiysenteTy, COie, and spasms, taken IN
ternaiiy; and Group, Chronic rheumatism, ; re
ThTosts Cuts Bruises, Old Sores and Pains in the
Limbs, Back and Chest, externally. IL has never
tailed NO family will ever be without Il after once
VENETIAN HORSE LISIMENT. in Pint Bottles,
at One Dollar is warranted superior to any ether
OF NO PAY for the cure Of Collie, Cuts, Bruises,
Old Cores, etc. Sold by all Druggists Dep3t--AO
Park Place New York
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The wife OF a PENNSYLVANIA clere

4 LO WIG u q CIII5 I ' dLIId CI6IBY-
man, when dying recently, called MIN to
her bedside and saiG; Don't grow NOR
bid when | am gone. Go into society, be
cheerful, and let no regard for my mem
DRY check you when you see fit to marry
again. It is my wish; the children must
be cared for you will need helper in
your work. You cannot live alone, your
temperament is all against it only
choose a cheerful woman, and teach her
to love our children. Don't answer, and
don't be governed by what the world
saws or thinks.''
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THE Poultry World, Hartford Conn.,,
is the leading magazine OF its esss' Sl-2o
year; 10 superb Chromos mailed,lor only 20
cents additional. All fowLbreeders should
have II. Subscribe now for 1878. 1t is the
best and cheapest. 10 cents sample number
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ola Fashioned VVnya.

II used 70 take Twelve hours to dye the hair and
then It looked ridiculous. Now, IN fifteen minutes
TUrr's Hsir Dye VIII give you beautiful glossy
black tressss. without trouble or inconvenience.
Is Murray 81. New York
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.Tt !. perfectly splendid

"There's nothing like it." "rsV : .. eoul
use baking powder till tried YOU ian "a
speak too highly of it." That's n&' iney
say of DooLEY's YEAST PowpsS
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vsgetine is Sold by All Druggists
SANDAL-WOOD

positive remedy for all diseases Of the Kidneys
Bladder and Urinary Organs; also good in Dropsica
Complaints. 1t never produces sickness. is certain
and speedy its action, Its fast supersedng everJ
other remedy. SItT capsules cure in SIX or eight
days. No other medicine can do this.
Beware limitations. for, owing to its great Gu
cess. many have been offered some are most dan
gerous, causing piles. etc
Dund0s. Dick d. Co.'s. Genuine Soft Capsules
contains Oil Of Ssndalwood. Sold at all drug stores.
Ask for circular send for to IS and 81 oosteT
w.
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All, you lean, little, skinny fellows
Lille Devereaux Blake says she has
noticed that the broad-shouldered, genial
men are those who favor womsn's rights.
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DANGERoUs.-It is dangsio1s thing
10 neglect cough or cold, or az u .lcs
OF the throat OF lungs Lose ~ oTenI
in getting a bottle OF JohnsoDt 20 49, Ne
Eminent. You can rely upon - you
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Coon ADvICE.-We advise every
farmer or stock raiser to invest u cue 5ldan s
Cavalry Condition Powders, ara lee9 tneu
out TO their herds this winter. ~Penu upon
it. il will nav big interest,
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FARM AND HOME.


The SkiIIfuI Use OF MANURE.
If 1t be difficult to teach on paper the
skiIlfuI use of manure on the farm, 1t Is
easy to call public attention to the subject
The able men connected with the govern
meut endowed agricultural stations in
Germany have developed many i'm
portant facts relating to the growth of
crops and the fertilizing power of their
several elements. At the common price
of commercial fertilizers in the eo~n1ry
49, ---.-.--~,a al an acre of cornstalks,
cobs and shucks, which for short may be
called maize straw, equal to the produc-
ton OF forty bushels of grain. are worth
SLIPS. The manure contained in forty
bushels of corn is worth SIS 50. Add the
two together and We have $2O47 rs the
value Ior plant food of an acre of coed
corn.
Now, the farmer-who raises 10 bushels
of corn on one or two acres of land and
sells his grain at 20 cents a bushel, is
apt to think that, as a husbandman, he is
at the end of his corn row. But his 40
bushels of corn have only brought him
$16, while the raw material consumed in
forming his crop may be worth $50 in
the same market that buys it. What
would be thought of the skill of boot
maker of his good sense who should spend
his life in using up $50 worth of leather
to make a pair Of boots which be sold for
$I6 1t is easy to say that manure and
the fertility of land are worth nothing,
and, if farmer gets a small price for his
corn, wheat, cotton and tobacco, it
enables him to live.
To this, We reply. more knowledge of
plant food and greater skill IN its use will
enable him to live far better, give his
children a deeper and broader education,
and at the same time not work more
than half as hard IS he now does. One
reason why American maize is steadily
growing in popularity in Europe is the
fact that the residuum of an acae of
corn made il three months is worth
twenty dollars for manure. Only & few
Americans have studied this cereal and
forage plant in all It's fertilizing aspects.
1t I'D fill volume to exhaust the
subject. Sixty tons OF green corn have
been grown on an acre in France, and
the green food kept in pit and fed TO
dairy cows in the winter season.
The cheapest way known to get al the
manure of farm stock back on the land
from cOw-stables and stock-yards is to 80
far liquily it as will permit a steam force
pump to dive the manure through
earthen pipes or those made of wood or
iron, to be distributed afeId through
movable hose connected with the pipes
and steam-engine. How manure may be
proftably used OF an acre is an unsolved I
problem, depending fartly on the cost of /
fuel, partly on the value of farm produce, /
and partly on the scarcity or abundance
of fertilizing materials. Seam working
on iron or steel rails handles freight by
the million tons every year at very
small cost per ton. Manure should be
handled with equal economy on every
farm
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Drsnepsia. DebIIity, ana - Of appetite

whether the result Of sickness oyer-exerion may
be readil, cured by scheucks seaweed Tonic
builds up the enervated system by aiding digestion
and stimulating the appetite.
Fer sale nv all Druggists.
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The
GOOD Old
STANDBY
MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Es:atlfshea u years. AIwsys cures. Always
ready. AIvzays handy. Has never yet failed. Thirty
millions haze tested q. Tine whole world approves
the glcrious cd Mustsng-the Best and ChesPes t
Eminent IN existence, IS cents bottle. The
Mustang LinIment cures when nothing else will.
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Dog seller" That ere hanimaPs
the real stock, mum, and dog-cheap at
$780, Young widow-It'sa sweet, pretty
darling, black and white; but IN my
present state of bereavement, you must
procure me one entirely black. This viii
do very well in about six months for
halfmourning.
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SoMERyILLE traducers say that for
the period of month before marriage
and month after death men regard
their wives as angels. A"oN
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Patentees and inventors shout read adj
Hertisementof Edison Bros In an0'hef column
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BURNETT's COCAINE allays irritation,
removes all tendency to dandruff, and invig.
crates the action of the capillaries in the
highest degree. The CoCoAISE has earned
a deserved reputation for promoting the
growth and preserving the beauty Of the
human hair Ladies dressing their hair elab-
orately for the evening will find that it
imparts healthy natural gloss to the hair,
and will cause it TO retain its shape for hours
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CURSE THE WHOLE LOT.

That Scale agent cheated me oui Of 500 Clean for
/ could have bought better fiye-Ion Wagon scale
for $50 on trial. freight paid % my own door. 81
soEEs oT BINGHAMPTON. Binghampton. n. y.
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RESEARCHES into animal nature has
certainly produced wonderful surgical re-
suits, and Investigations into vegetable ma
ture has given Us that excellent tonic anc
blood purifier, HOME STOMACH BITTERs
Prepared by the Home Bitters Co, 81. Louis,