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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-11
To make Butter Hard.

An English butter maker of large ex-
perience who is now on a visit to this
country for the purpose of looking over
our cheese and butter diaries, gives us
the -oliowing information concerning a
method in practice among the best but
ter makers OF England for hardening or
rendering butter firm and solid during
the hot weather. Carbonate OF soda and
alum are used for the purpose, made into
powder. For twenty pounds of butter,
one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda and
one tcaspoonful of powdered alum are
mingled together at the time of churn-
ing and put into the cream. The effect
Of this powder is to make the butter
come firm and solid, and to give it a
clean, sweet flavor. 1t does not enter
into the butter, but its action upon
the cream, and it passes off with the
buttermilk. The ingredients of the
powder should not be mingled together
until required to be used, or at the time
the cream is in the churn ready for
churniDg.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-11

ROCKPORr, MASS, April ID, 1877.
Mr.. EDITOR Having read in your paper
reports of the remarkable cures of Catarrh,
[ am induced to tell what know about
catarrh," and l fancy the snuff" and " in
haling-tube " makers (mere dollar grabbers)
would be glad if they could emblazoh sims
liar cure in the papers. For 20 years l
suffered with Catarrh. The nasal passages
became COZ pletely closed. Snuff, dust,
ashes" "lnhaling-tubes and sticks, "
wouldn't work, though at intervals | would
sniff up the so>called catarrh snuff until
became valuable tester for such medicines.
| gradually grew worse, and no one can know
how much | suffered on what a miserable
being was. My head sched over my eyes
so that | was confined to my bed for many
success We days, suffering the most intense
pain which at one time lasted continuously
for los hours All sense of smell and taste
gone, sight and hearing impaired, body
shrunken and weakened, nervous system
shattered, and constitution broken, and L
was hawking and splitting seven-elghths OF
the time. l prayed for death to relieve me
of my sufferings. a favorable notice in your
pap, of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy induced
ne to purchase a package, and use it with
DIR. Pierce's Nasal Douche, which applies
the remedy by hydrostatic pressure, the only
way compatible with common sense. Well,
Mr.. Editor, it did not cure me in Ihree.fourths
of a second, nor in one hour or month, but in
less than eight minutes | was relieved, and
in three months entirely cured. and have
remained so for over sixteen months. While
using the Catarrh Remedy, / used DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to purify
my blood and strengthen nv stomach.
also kept my liver active and bowels regular
by the use of his Pleasant Purgative Pellets.
II my experience will induce other sufferers
20 seek the same means of relief, this letter
will have answered its purpose.
Yours truly, S. ID. REMICK.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-11
Cheaper Bagging for Baling Cotton.

The present tariff taxes the cotton
planter three-quarters of a cent on everv
yard of jute baggiDg be uses, and this is
accomplished by a duty of six dollars
per ton on jute butts, the raw material
out of which jute baggiDg is made. By
abolishiDg this duty on JUICE butts, the
planter not only gains by cheapening the
cost of baggiDg to the extent mentioned,
but secures better article by rendering
it less profitable to manufacture the
common grass or straw (fax fowl bag
ging, about the use of which there is 50
much complaint from dealers and spin
ners. 1t is, therefore, to the evident
advantage of the whole cotton-growing
section that any legislation on the subject
of IN port duties should provide for the
admission o. jute butts free of duty"
and we trust that our representatives at
the national capital Wiil see the import
arce of this matter, aud use all their
inflence to free the Gotten states from
this tax. Friends of this measure have
no time to lose; all interested should
sgitate the subject at once, as con-
gressional committee is now at work in
on the revision OF the tariff.
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rrenInr.nt Hnn,r.

= Ii is we'll fer the women OF the house
hold to remember that the pleasant
Awnings at home are strong antidotes to
practice of looking tor enjoyment
Aoad, and seeking tor pleasure in by
Id forbidden places, for relaxation and
Nca5eation will be INDUCED in somehow
ny most men, and happy are they who
fSd in The heme circle the diversion
Ny need. A lively game, an interesting
book read alold. or in musical families,
a new sorg TO be practiced, will make an
evening pass pleasantly.
A little forethought during the dav,
a little pulling OF wires that need not
appear, viii make the whole thing ap-
pear easy; and different ways and means
may be prepared for making the evening
pass pleasantly and time to be looked
forward to with pleasant snticipations.
We visited once large family where
it was the duty OF each sister, in turn, TO
provide the evenings occupation, and
there was pleasant rivalry between
them rs 10 whose evening should be the
most enjoyable. The brothers entered
fully into the simple home entertain
ments, and were as 10Th 10 be obliged to
spend an evening away from home as
their sisters and parents were to have
them absent. Every one spoke of this
family as an uncommonly united one, for
each and every member showed such a
strong attachment for the home to which
each one contributed SC much pleasure.
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Caoutchouc-Making on the Amazon.

Narrow paths lead from the hut
through the thick underbrush to the
solitary trunks of the india-rubber trees;
and, as soon as the dry season allows, the
wOodnan goes into the seringal with
Ratchet in order to cut small holes in the
bark, or rather in the wood of the caout-
chOuc tree, from which a milky white
sap begins to flow through an earthenware
spout fastened TO the wound. Below is
a piece of bamboo which is cut into the
shape of a bucket In this way he goes
from tree to tree until, upon his return,
in order to carry the material more con
venientiy, he brgIns toempty the bamboo
buckets into large calabash. The con-
tents OF this are poured into one of those
great turtle shells which on the Amazon
are used for every kind OF purpose. He
at once sets 20 work on the smoking pro-
cess. since, if left TO stand long, the
gummv particles separate, and the quality
of the india-rubber ishurt. This consists
in subjectiDg the sap, when spread ont
thin. 10 the smoke from the nuts of the
Urucury or Uauassa pslm, which,
strange to say, is the only thing that
will turn it solid at once. An earthen-
ware "bowl without bottom" whose
neck has been drawn together like that
of bottle, forms a kind OF chimney when
placed over a heap of dry red-hot nuts
so that the white smoke escapes from the
top in thick clouds. The workman pOurs
a small quantity of the white rich milk
like liquid over kind of light wooden
shovel which he turns with quicknrss, in
order to separate the sap as much as pos
sible. Then he passes it quickly through
the dense smoke abovethe little chimney,
turns it about several times. and at oEce
perceives the milk take on grayish-
yellow color and turn solid. In this way
he lays on skin after skin until the india
rubber on each side is two or three cen
timeters thick, and he considers the
pLdncha done. 1t is then cut upon one
side, peeled off the shovel, and hung up
to dry, since much water has got in be-
tween the layers, which should dry out
if possible. The color of the plancha,
which is at first a bright silver gray,
becomes more and more yellow, aud at
last turns into the brown of caoutchouc
as 1t Is known in commerce. a good
workman can finish in this way five or
six pounds an hour. The thicker, the
more even, aud the freer from bubbles
the whole mass is, so much the better is
its quality and higher the price.-Scr7b-
ner TOR December.
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Indian Names for Our War Ships

Commander George P. Ryan is the
second of the class or 1861 of the United
States naval academy who has lost his
life by snipwreck, Lieutenant comman-
der William F. Stewart, of Pennsylvania,
who was the executive officer of the sloop-
of-war Oneida, being the other, who per
ished in the collision of that vessel with
the British steamer Bombay in the bay
of YeddO, Japan, in 1870, when only two
officers and fifty-seveu men out
twenty four officers and one hundred
and ffty-two men were saved from a
watery grave. 1t is peculiar fact that
all of the unfortunate national ships lost
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TILE MoRLD,S GRANARY.
FIatierinE StatIstics from the Depart
rrnanf of ARrIcuIfure.


The reports of the correspondents of
the department of agriculture, received
and now in course of preparation for i'm
mediate publication, show the enormous
aggregate yield of 360, 100000 bushels of
wheat for 1877, which is $4,000, 900
bushels more than ever before produced.
The same official authority shows that
the corn product was 300, 900, 900 bush
els, with coErespondingly lar &c yields of
oats and potatoes. The report shows that
there never was greater abundance in
the land. Out of the wheat crop il is
estimated, deducting for home consump-
tion in food and seed, that 10000, 600
bushels of wheat can be spared
for export. The largest export vet made
an average of SO, 600, 600 bushels. The
department is also in receipt of informa.
ton from wheat-producing countries OF
Europe, from which it is ascertained
that the wheat crop in southwestern
Europe, which produces the largest part
of the surplus, is good; in southern
Russia, amounting to % per cent. above
the average. The crop in northwestern
and northeastern Europe Is poor. 1t i:
stated in communications from southern
Russia, that if the war should STOP
shortly, there will be large shipment
and that shippers are ready to take ad
vantage of the first opportunity, Great
| Britain offering the lowest market, which
will, it is stated. require about 100000,
/ 600 bushels from the present season.
yield. The American surplus will have
/ its usual demand in English markets
with an increase subject to the contin
g'ncies OF the existing struggle in south
western Europe being prolonged int
another season. The department is ais
in receipt of very fattering accounts 0
the encouragement which the great yielc
of the past season is having on ever.
class of enterprise. The acreage 0
winter wheat for this year is create
than that of last.
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GOSSIP FOE TIE LADIES.
Before the Mirror.
~ patti uAYEE


Where in her chamber by the southern sea,
Her spers light ehoDe soft and silverlyp
Fair as planet miTrored in the main,
Fresh as blossom baIhed by april ram,
A maiden, robed for restful sleep alright,
Stood in her musfng sweetness. pure and white
As son e shy spirit II haunted place:
Her lew bright eyes ard family flushing face
Viewed in the glass their delicate beauty beam,
strange as shadowy dream within dream
With fingers lowering like white doves ~lnts,
Mid little tender signs and mrrrnarings.
joys scarce sTtic late speech her eager hands
IOosed the light coli, the ringlet's golden bands
TILL by their luminous loyeliReSs embraced,
From lily-head TO 1.-the and lissome waist,
Poured the tree tresses like cascade 8 IAN
Her image auswe. ed f. ON the shimmeIing wall,
answered and deepened Shile the gracious en- 'rns
OF brow and cheek, barred breast, and dlinpllhg
arms,
To innocent worship stirred her happy heart;
Her lips-twin Tose bud petals blown apart,
QuiveTed half breathless; then, tuodueu ana
wara,
Around hes perfect face, her plant form,
A subtipr air seemed gathe ing touched Win nfe
By many fervid thought, snd swift desire
With dreams of love, that, bee-ltEe came anu wen
70 feed the honied core of LIES contenti
Closer toward her mirrored self she pressed
y ith large child-eyes, and gently painting breast
Bowed as q flower when Asy-tiFhe oTeez's pass
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FARM AND HOME.
Cattle i'm winter.


As the wears run, fsrm work viii not
press this month, and yet, il the weather
should chance to be mild and open, there
will be no need of any loss of ii ne for
want of something to do. The chores
about the barn, in the woodshed aud the
tool-house will occupy large share oil
attention, and they cannot be neglected.
The live stock of every kind Is entirely
dependent upon us at this season, and
the thrift and profit of COWS horses, sheep,
pigs and poultry, will rise or fail IN
proportion TO the care which they
receive. Some folks think, or seem to
think, that If they give cattle enough to
eat in cold weather, it is all they can do.
But as man does not live by bread alone,
the cattle that minister to his comfort
and supply his wants, do not thrive by
hay alone. Hay may keep them alive,
but Is secure thrift we must study their
comfort in every way, and this requires
us 20 look out for cleanliness, good air,
good water and enough Of it, without ex-
posing time to the extreme cold of stormy
weather We think the card and the
curry-comb ought to have exercise every
day, and they agree with cows back
uncommonly we'll A change OF variety
OF food, also, seems TO be desirable,
though there may be some difference of
opinion on this point. We prefer to have
q few roots to feed, or pumpkins, and If
we hadn't these we should want to give
= small allowance OF meal or shorts in
addition TO the regular rations of hay.
The old style of wintering cattle in
very many, il not most of our country
towns, was not calculated to bring cattle
out very well in the spring. They went
into the winter usually on nothing but
swale hay and often not very liberal
supply of that Farmers had 8 large
NOW or two of coarse bog hay that they
thought must be eaten up, and they
reasoned that it was best 10 get rid OF it
first, in the early part of the winter, and
they fed out this coarse hay, the poorest
they had, in December and January, SC
as to leave the best, or English nay, till
spring, and they usually continued tc
feed the young stock with it all through
the winter. If they got cattle through
alive they were apt 10 think themselve.
lucky. In large majority of cases then
stock was poor, and not unfrequently
they were nothing but skin and bones
There has been vast improvement in the
watering OF stock in the last quarter o
a century, and, though there are cases o
neglect anu bad management now, here
and there, We understand the principle:
of feeding better than our fathers and
grandlathers did, and cattle, as genera
rule, are iar better wintered than they
used 70 be. They are less exposed to colo
storms than they used 70 be. They are
not Purposely lett OUT to tougher, . a
they used to be. and so they come out il
the spring in better condition.-Pl0tg
man.
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One Thing Deaf Mutes do Wen.

Mr. j. G. Davis, of 302 West Thir-
teenth street, advertised yesterday for
one hundred deaf mutes, to be made into
telegraph operators. Nine years ago, he
says, he taught a deaf mute named HOff
man telegraphy. Hoffman learned the
art in less than three months and became
one of the most expert operators in the
country, being at the time of his death
the chief operator in tho Mobile telegraph
offica. Mr.. Davis has since taught TWEEN
ty deaf and dumb persons, and says that
they are almost invariably much quicker
to learn than persons who can speak and
hear, and make far better operators. |
had a call from one to-day" he said,
who told me that he had been a book
binder. He was at first very skeptical,
but l convinced him of the ease with
which he could learn by giving him one
lesson. In three quarters of an hour he
knew more team half of the Morse q pha
bet, and by referring occasionally to the
alphabet write out for q guide, he
could talk with me on the instrument
with ease. OF twenty that l taught in
Philadelphia, sixteen are now in London,
where a number of them are in the tele-
graph department OF the general postot-
flee. Two OF them have positions in
Philadelphia and one in Montgomery or
Mobile, | don't know which. 1t Is mar
Vicious that deaf mutes should be able TO
use their sight as they do. There was
one of my pupils with whom ] could
talk with my eyes. They are wonderfully
quick and accurate. While they are
receiving dispatches, which, of course,
they do either by sight or touch, they
are not disturbed by sounds or converse
ton, and are consequently less liable to
make mistakes than a sound operator. l
begin with this littl instrument
sounder-and teach them 20 hold the
hand over the key in receiving, so that
they may learn by the touch first. OF
course there is one requisite to first
class operator that do not teach. He
must be rapid penman. After going
through course of three months tut
ton, he must spend q week or two in an
Office to learn the manner of doing
business in that office. Then, If he is a
rapid writer, he is a good operator.
am teaching, of course, as a matter of
business"-N J. World
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Fashion Notes.

Some of the handsomest imported bon
nets are composed entirely OF large dam
ask roses.
Some mufis have monograms and crests
worked upon them, and others bouquets
o. bowers. MufIs are now perfumed like
satchels.
Grecian passementerie made of simple
mohair. in small squares, is used all over
theouter garments and arranged in Greek
designs.
Furs will be sparingly used on garments
this season. Most garments will have
deep fur cuffs, collars and pockets with
out fur borders.
The small, embroidered kerchiefs OF
crepe de chene are the choice to protect
the throat, instead of scarfs, and silk
handkerchiefs seen so long.
The Ulster is not the ungainly belted
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-11
TaE EvoLU1IoxIsrs tell us that pri

THE EvoLUIIONIsTs tell US that prior
to the carboniferous epoch, hot-blOoded
quickly respiring animals could not exist
because of the excess in the atmosphere
OF carbonic acid. a more luxurious
vegetation gradually springing up, thi;
carbonic acid was turned to good use
by increasing the growth OF the plants
Then came the -blooded animals
which have been paying back TO the
vegetable world the early debt, by giving
their WORKOUT carcases to enrich anc
improve the flora. Indeed. to-day the
vegetable and animal kingdoms are each
improving the other.-Dr. Foote's HEATH
Monthly.
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The old and reliable pi.

The old and reliable piano manufac-
turers, George Steck & Co, of New
York, have taken sensible view of the
hard times by offering to the public, for
the present, their pianos at prices in
accordance with these times. Consider
ing that the Steck pianos have the envi-
able reputation of being the best and
most durable instruments made, good
many being in need OF such an addition
to a comfortable home will not be slow
in availing themselves of the rare chance
to procure an absolutely reliable piano
for near the same price they would have
to pay in getting a so called cheap class
instrument with fictitious and doubtful
name,
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o,r,.. Attl,uae 70 Yoang ssen.

Let me tell you that Our sex were not
meant 10 be w7ocers. The custom preya-
o atrong certain class OF young ladies
2asking, directly or indirectly, the at
tsation Of young gentlemen, IS not an
simirable custom. My son, said a
Ay to me not long since ID much
pAsiudiced against g young girl, whom l
u Eire, because she is constantly sending
tkh notes inviting him to be her escort
Ssre and there and planning To have him
Vi,h her" A modest and dignifed
1sseFve, which is neither prudely nor
6sc.ation, should distinguish your man
- to gentlemen. Too great familiarity
too evident pleasure in the society
.NyPung men are errors into which no
eleate and pure-minded girl should
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-11
Axaru.ble medicn, rrentl.e.

The edition for 1877 of the sterling Medlcs; =
Annual, known as HOstetter's Almanac, -
now ready, and may be obtained, free OF cost
of druggists and general country dealers s.l -
all parts of the United States and British
America, and. indeed, in every civilized poi
ton of the Western Hemisphere. This AZ
manac has been issued regularly at the con es,t
mencement of every year for over one>1l uat
of a century. 1t combines, with the sounossds
practical advice for the preservation anu
restoration of health, a large amount u
interesting and amusing light readi ng, anu
the calendar, astronomical calculations,
chronological items, &C., are prepared WIN
great care, and will be found entirely accu-
rate. The issue of Hostetter's Almanac lCt
1877 will probably be the largest edition o.
a medical work ever published in any cou1 !.
try The prOprietors, Messrs. Hostetter q
Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa, on receipt oil w. ~
cent stamp. will forward a copy by mail 70
any person who cannot procure one IN ms
neighborhOOd.
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IT seems to be the ambition of all
young wives to look we'll when any one
calls. Yesterday a South Side bride
heard a ring at the frontdoor. The maid
was out, and she rushed up stairs to g fix
up " a little before admitting a caller.
There was moment of lightning work
before the dressing case. Quicker than
it takes US to tell it, ribbon was fastened
at her throat, flower was stabbed into
her hair, fash of powder on her face,
and she was at the door, all smiles and
bushes. The gentleman said he had
walked from Memphis, and coulda't re-
member that he had tasted food since he
left Cincinnati.-Oa City Derrick.
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The propriety of giving condition
medicine to horses, cattle and sheep was
discussed and admitted by many Of the
AGRICULTURAL societies throughout the State
last fall, and we believe that in every case
hut one they decided in favor of Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders. Good judg-
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A Brooklyn girl recently "expe-
rienced religion" under one OF Ialmage's
sermons, and the next day ordered new
silk dress, hat. ETC., and then, after put
ling extra stufing in her hustle, informed
her mother that she was ready for
religious duties, and never intended to
miss a Sunday at church when the
weather was fine.
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within the last decade we're named after
the tribes of indians viz: Saranac,
Saginaw, Idaho, Oneida and Huron, in
all of which there was a fearful loss of
life
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FRANK LESLIE, ESQ, of the Illus
trated Weekly" says: For some time past
have been using your CocoAtNE,and think
it far preferable to anything have ever used
for the Hair"
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DIPrHERIA.-This awful disease is
raging again this winter, aud is almost sIre
death If neglected but for single day. If
taken ia season ] ohnson's Anodyne Liniment
will cure nine cases out of ten. no family
should be without it moment.
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N OPEN LETTER. IL Spent. for I1.eIr

JOSH BILLINGS says, very truly,
- You'd better not know so much, than
to know so many things that amt So"
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THE
GOOD Old
STANDBY
MEXICAN MUSTANG LIHIMENT
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Established rs years. Always cures. Always
ready Always handy. Has never yet failed. Thrift
millions haze tested Il. the whole world approves
the glorious old Mustang-the Best and Cheapest
Eminent in existence. % cents bottle. The
Mustang Liniment cures when nothing else will.