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The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12
Bows on the Farm


S. @. Lent writes as follows to the De-
troit Free Press:
"Why do you take your son from
school and put him on the farm at work
this year? Why not let him finish his
course of study first, then go to farming
if he ikes?" 1 asked of a well-to-do
farmer to-day.
II have two reasons" he replied.
"frst and least in Importance, want to
develop his physical self alone with his
mind-the former was getting a good
ways behind, and no matter Whist he will
do he viii want a good body. Secondly
and primarily in Importance, wnnted
him to learn the worth of dollar"
"But he will learn that soon enough
when he has 70 earn the dollar to sup
port himself. Why not give him all the
schooling be is to have, then let him use
his wits to earn his living, he will know
the worth of dellar7'
"Ne, no." was the reply, 'it is not
safe 10 do that, the knowledge must
it is expend muscle for it. 1 want my
boy to understand that workiugmen in
this world earn their dollar slowly and
at q severe cost. want him to have
such fellow feeling for these workers
that he will be very careful how he
spends his hard-earned dollars. There
are 80 many failures now in which poor
hard working people are cheated out OF
their earnings all because the men who
fail never knew the real cost of dollar,
that am determined this year of ex-
perience that my boy viii get, now that
he is budding into manhood, shall be in
his favor, and calculate the money he
earns by the sweat of his brow will con-
vey an everlasting lesson to his mind.
He will know what it is to earn money
by slow, honest process, and whatever
he may do hereafter the lesson will go
with him, and am satisfied that there
is ne school in which he can acquire this
knowledge so thoroughly as the school of
the farm"
/ have been ponderiDg over this con-
versation good deal, and can see that
there is geodly amount of sound sense
in the old gentelman's views, only /
should want to make the labor as pleas
ant as possible for the boy for the sake
of keeping in him love fer the farm
and its operations. The lesson will be
lost if the boy conceives a hatred for
farm work, because he will speedy seek
an occasion where he thinks the money
viii come easier, not calculating the
chances his experience may become
very bitter one. We cannot be too
thoughtful of our methods in teaching
life lessons.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12
Undue Familiarity.

The late DIR. Sprague, of Albany, was
a gentleman of the old school type, OF
remarkable courteousness of manner and
of corresponding reverence of feeling
He never trihed with the names of premi.
nent men, and it is hardly probable that
he could suppose anyone would use his
name with undue familiarity. The fol.
lowing anecdote illustrative OF this char
acteristic of the grand old man was re.
lated to US by one of his sons, and subse,
quently acknowledged, with a hearty
laugh, by the older son of whom it was
told
One day, at the tea-table, this son, then
In business in Albany, but living at bis
fathers house, spoke of Charley Bridg-
man." The name arrested his fathers
attention, and he said:
Ny son, of whom are you speaking 9''
"Of Mr.. Bridgman, father" was the
reply.
Not of Rev. DR.. Bridgman, surely,
William"
Why yes, father; why not ?"
Why not my son, because such IA
miliarity in connection with prominent
preacher is unbecoming. l am quite
surprised and shocked at your freedom
and l hope he has no knowledge OF it.
" Why yes, he has, father. 1 have call.
ed him Charley to his face
GO Charley to his face; and does be
call you William ?"
" Well, no, father, no; can't say that
he does :"
Well, what does he call you then ?''
" Generally he calls me Bill'p
This was too much for the good Doctor,
aud with Unsurpassed sympathy with
the mirth that rang round the tea-table,
he made good his retreat.-TChicago
Standard.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12
Ihe Hog ChoIera.

One of the items in The general appro-
priation bill passed by Congress is $l5.-
600 for investigating diseases of swine
and infectious and contagious diseases to
which all other domesticated animals are
subject The chief object is 70 End out
what are the causes of and what is the
remedy for hog cholera, the Texas cattle
fever and the pleuro-pneumonia-thest
being the diseases whose ravages are 8
subject of the greatest concern to farm
ers. The murrain, known as pleuro,
pneumonia, has been confined almost ex
clusively to the Atlantic States, while
the hog cholera and the Texas fever pre-
vail chiefly in the West. Very little
has been done to discover the causes OF
the last-named diseases, although one of
them, the hog cholera, as it is generally
and improperly csiled--causes an eeti>
mated loss of 100000 year to the
farmers of Missouri and Illinois alone.
The legislature of Missouri offered a re-
ward of*10, 600 for the discovery of q
specific remedy for the hog cholera, but
such a remedy has not been discovered,
and probably never will be. The true
policy is to ascertain the nature and
causes of the disease and how to prevent
it, and that is what the act of Congress
proposes by careful examination and ex-
periments made by scientific men. II
they teach farmers how to protect their
herds by feeding and pasturiDg. the $15.-
600 viii kave been well expended.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12
The Latest Offerings of Science.

Science has recently brought forth
several healthy babies which promise to
deylop great qualities in their adult
STAGES. All of these-the telegraph,
phonograph, aurophone, microphone
and megaphone-- connected with the
exnression, reception or repetition of
sonrd The telephone is based on the
nrinciple recently discovered, that at
mespheric sound waves can be coverted
into electric waves, and reconverted into
et,,o.pberic waves. Two years ago the
frat telephone was mere toy, incapable
of loud expression, and apparently OF
l;t+l. uss. To day it has taken its place
a. one of the powers of the earth, and it
ia already contestiDg in the field with
the telegraph ,
The pbonograph is at present not Of
nucb more practical value than the
telanbone was two years ago, but it is
ON ambodiment of discovery that en-
abless simple machine to repeat all the
sound, of which the human voice or
0ly ngsscal instrument is capable,
and apparently all it needs is the i'm
proVement which new inventions always
attain. 1t speaks imperfectly at pres
ent; there are some cons )nants which it
has difficulty in articulsting at all but
this is merely question of mechanical
detail, and when we see what ingenuity
has evolved from the first watch and
the hrst sewing machine, there remains
little doubt that the phonograph will
grow to vast utility, and become one OF
the great labOr-saving machines of the
world.
The 50 called microphone of Hughes,
in England, is not q wholly original de-
vice. It is based on Edison's discovery
ofthe extreme susceptibilites of carbon,
which he applied to develop the extraor-
binary power of his telephone. But
Hughes has evidently made an industri-
Gus and skillful application of this dis
covery, for it is reported that, with the
carbon auxiliary, he can magnify the
smallest sounds almost indefinitely, and
has made fy's footstep audible 1t
increases and exaggerates sound to such
an extent that it is claimed that "the
slightest touches of feathers edge or q
cameFs hair brush on the sounding board
OF the telephone produce q cracking
noise of which the intensity was almost
painful to the ear" This suggests end.
less utility bnt it has yet 70 be de-
veloped.
The negaphone of Edison is also yet
in its infancy. 1t is device for magni>
wing sounds so as to enable the partially
deaf to hear, and it is probably based on
the great fact of the sensitiveness Of
carbon discovered at Aienlo Park last
year.
1t may not be true that "Science is
the Providence of man" in the sense in
which Holyoake affirmed it but it is
certain that science is providence OF
man. and that the benefcence of its
revelations can hardly be overstated. II
has heen thought that the rapid progres.
of physical science during the last bal
century would scarcely be maintained
| but the advent of Edison and the origin
of four or five great inventions along q
new line in two years again renews the
probility that in the arena of physics
man is still to win most notable victo-
ries. New Yerk Graphic.
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THE AIR SHIP.
SuceessfuI Experiment with Prof Rich
teI'a New Machine.

SuceessTuI Experiment with Prof Rich
tells New Machine.
Hartford, Conn, special to the n. Y. Herald.
Three pestponements, necessitated by
heavy rains, had induced the Hartford
people to believe that fate was making a
dead set against Prof RichtePs determi-
nation to show that his new flying
machine was really capable of aerial
navigation. To-day was far from favor
able for an outdoor exhibition, yet it was
given, and with gratifying success.
The large assemblage that came to
witness what they fully believed would
be only another unsuccessful attempt to
solve the problem of navigating the air
were pleasantly disappointed. The ma
chine not only rose in the air, but moved
backward and forward, up and down, at
the option of the aeronaut, and al
though embracing in part the balloon
principle, the evolutions were accom-
plished without waste of gas in descend
ing or any use of ballast whatever.
The aeronaut worked the central pro-
peller of the machine with effect and
rose over every obstacle to the height of
100 feet. The breeze was blowing to the
eastward and the exhibitor allowed his
machine to be carried with it for an
eighth of mile, and amused himself by
showing his ability to ascend or descend
at will. Then the propeller at the
pointed end of the frame work was set In
motion, and the machine sh1fted Its
course, twisting and turning in small
circles. Still its general DRIFT was to the
eastward, with the wind, and the spec
tators freely expressed the opinion that
its powers were at an end and that IL
could never return against the wind
but at a signal from Professor Richtel
the machine was pointed back toward
the exhibition grounds. The propelling
wheel was started at top speed, and with
accelerated motion the air ship sailed
along back, at an attitude of 100 feet,
until it hovered over the exhibition
grounds; then amid general applause,
the central propeller was set in motion,
and under its influence the ship sank
slowly and easily to the earth, landing
within half a dozen rods from the original
starting point.
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Useful InFornsslon.

For THE SICK CANARY BIRD
Change of diet; bread moistened with
cream, cured my bird.
WHITE CURRAET WINE.-Take white
currants, squeeze out the juice, put as
much water on the currants as there is
juice; mix the two; add to each a gal
lon three and one-half pounds of sugar ;
let it work two or three months; then
hottie.
JELLY CAKE.-One cup sugar, three
eggs, three tablespoons of sweet cream.
two teaspoons of cream-tartar, one tea.
spoon of soda, one cup of tea.
Corn CAKE.-One cupful OF Indian
meal, one cupful of -four, enc teaspoonful
OF cream-tartar, one-half teaspoonful of
saleratus, piece of butter the size of an
egg, two eggs, one cupful of milk, and
less than cupful of sugar.
COFFEE EBREAD. = Set a sponge of
milk, butter and -four, a little salt with
q little yeast to raise in it; let it rise,
then work it q little, putting in currants
or raisins and little sugar. Let it rise
again very light, then mold it into
loaf. Again let it rise, and bake. 1t
must be kept warm from the start or it
viii not be good.
Coks BREAD.--Two heaping cups of
corn meal, one cup of -four, three eggs,
two and half cups of sweet milk, one
tablespoonful of lard, two tablespoonfuls
OF white sugar, two teaspoons of cream
tartar, one teaspoonful OF sods, one tea
spoonful of salt; beat the eggs thor
oughiy, yolks and whites separately;
melt the lard sift soda and cream tartar
into the aour and. meal while dry, and
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12
RELIGIOUS READING.
The Summons.

Fer bounteous feast the board Is spread.
With costly plate, with fIuitage rare;
A hundred lamps their luster shed
To giId the odor-laden air.
From distant hooks low music steals,
Preluding, with faint notes at first,
Such golden melody as outpesls
In one long, sweet, melodious burst.
The naughty master sees with pride
How royalty his chamber sweeps
To where its imaged grandeurs hide
In either mirrors crystal deeps,
But prouder as the smile he wears
To think what nRbobs, fine and grim,
Shall mount his mansions marble stairs
And gravely sit and sup with him.
Now, ere the smile has left his lips,
All unannounced, a shape of gloom
Fleet through the massive portal slips
And stands within the lordly room
Black-vestured, sombre- browed IL stands
Marring the fplendor like blot,
With solemn face, with folded hands,
guest that was expected not.
Full we'll the m aster knows that guest.
And covers before his calm, grave eyes
Then printing, while he beats his breast,
Where bright the untasted banquet lies.
He wildly means with gasping breath,
"Oh, spare the doom single day y
The stranger answers: am Death,
1 summon, and you must obey"
Ah, better when this guest appears,
That he. with unre,entiT tread,
Should never drag us forth in tears,
But find US willing to be led.
Yea, bstter on that fsted day,
II We with resignation sweet,
Are glad in IOwllest owe TO lay
Our burdens at the Savior'a feet.
-lEuInor L .wrence in the Con9regatioDalisi
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FARM AND HoMF.


DNfofn9 OSeSs .
The following is good method OF di-
,;d;ng bees. and one that is both practl-
csl and easily performed by the expert
eucsd: After providing antra hive with
a,ontv frames or better, frames fiiied
with comb, proceed to open the hive to
he divided, after subduing the bees with
sp,oke or otherwise, lift out the brood
combs with all adhering bees, until two
thirds of all the brood is removed placing
tba same in the new hive and being care
ful not to remove the queen. FIJI ali
uuoccupied space in both hives Win
c,mb frames Locate the new hive some
distance from the old. All the old bees
viii return to the parent hive, put
enough young bees will remain to care
for the brood. A fertile queen may De
given the new cslony after forty-eight
hours. or about sunset on the second
day, by quietly setting her ON one OF
the brood combs. The bess, being all
Young, will accept her and the work Is
done. We introduced many queens to
new colonies, last season, as here gwen,
without the loss of single queen. 1he
new colony will not work much for 8
time, but is generally equal if not supe-
rior TO the parent stock, in few days.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

HONOR TO AMERICAN MANUFACTURE
ERs.-His Majesty, Oscar H., King OF
Norway and Sweden, has sent to the Ma
son & Hamlin Organ Co. the Grand
Swedish Gold Medal in recognition OF the
superiority of their cabinet organs The
medal is surmounted by a crown and
bears on one side the inscription Lit
teris ct Artibus," and on the other
around the bust of the king, Oscar IL,
Svec. Norv. Goth. Wand. Rex" This
honor will be the more valued by the
Company from the fact that His Majesty
Oscar II. is known to be musical con
noisseur of highest attainments.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

If Adam could for ten minutes come
tollie, would he recognize the old place,
the sane old city lots, the same old lem
ons, oranges, figs, elephants, snakes, dan
lshons, pie plant, peanuts, ssssafras and
-ptrsimmons that he used to name up
and chalk DOWN. All would he gone.
He would recognize nsught. But If he
happened to wander into the negro min
streis. he would hear the same old joke,
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

The Greatest Discovery OF the age
is Dr. Tobias celebrated Venetian Linimentl
Diarrhea, Dysentery Colo, aud Spasms, taken In
ternally; and Group, Chronic Rheumatism, Bore
Throats, Cuts Bruises, Old Sores shd Pains In the
limbs Back and Chest, externally. II has never
failed No family will ever be without II after once
giving II fair trial Price, 40 cts. DR. TOBlAb'
VENETIAN HORSE LIHIMEHT. In Pint Bottles,
AZ One Dollar is warranted superior 70 any other,
ONO PAY, for the cure of Collie, Cuts, Bruises.
OH Sores, etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depo.--hO
Park Place. New YorP
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

anchor has entered in that within 'n
veil and you are saved in Christ od 49,
A further lesson should be gi0"Do
from the scant wreckage which aS ~
has foated up from the sunken Vo -.
Let us all take warning, and relienDe ~
that we cannot tell when fierce eenP'"
fion NAV assail us.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

A THANKFUL MINIsTER---Theh hat
was passed round in certain American
congregation for the purpose OF taking
up a collection. After it had made the
circuit of the church it was handed TO
the minister, who had exchanged pull
pits with the regular preacher, and ne
found not penny in it. He inverted
the hat over the pulpit cushion and
shock it, that its emptiness might be
known, then, looking toward the ceiling
he exclaimed with great fervor, 81 thank
God that I got back my hat from thu
congregation !"
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

HANDY TO HAVE IN THE HOUSE.
There is nothing like GRAcE's SALvE Tor
the immediate relief and speedy cure of
Burns, Scalds, Flesh Wounds, Cuts, Felons,
Salt Rheum, Ulcers, Erysipelas, old Sores
&c. 25 cents a box. Sold by druggists gen.
araIlv
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12
WnHoFr's ToNIc is not a panacea-

WILHOFES , 1OHlC 10 noI Ponns'o An
not a cure for everything, but is catholicon
for malarious diseases, and day by day adds
fresh laurels to it's crown of glorious success
Fngorged Livers and Spleens, along the
shady banks of our lakes and rivers, are
restored to their healthy and normal secre
tions Health and vigor follow its use, and
ChiIls have taken their departure from every
household where WilhOft's Anti Periodic il
kept and taken. Don't fail to try it. Whee
lock, Finlay & CO., Projectors, New Orleans
For sale by all Druggists.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12
rhn Rea, nnd Moat Economfenl

Housekeepers are giving the cheap, sdul,
terated baking powder " wide berth" and
why? Because experience has taught then
that an absolutely pure, full strength, full
weight article, such as Dooley's Yeast Pow
der which never fails to produce light, whole
some and nutritious biscuits, rolls, mullins
waffies and griddle cakes Of all kinds, is b!
far the cheapest and most economical.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

WM. T. MASON, ESQ. of st, Louis,
vr,ites. 1The relief Jonas Whitcomb's
Asthma Remedy afforded me was perfect;
have not had a bad night since taking it
This complaint has troubled me for long
time, and / have tried msnY things. but in
no case found any relief until the Remedy
came to hand.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

FoRupwards of thirty years Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup has been used for children
with never-failing success. 1t corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrh@a,
whether arising from eething or other causes
- old and yrelIstried remedy. 26c. bottle.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

THE horrors of war are nothing to the
horrors of Neuralgia. Immediate relief may
he lad by bathing the head with Johnson's
Auodyne Liniment and snufhng 1t up the
nostrils
Parsons Purgative Pills are priceless
boon to the people of the South and South.
west. They effectually prevent fever and
ague and all malarious diseases, and cost
only 20 cents box.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

The number of men who play good
gams of billiards with their nsse is
limited. Unhappily, we cannot say the
same of those who play big games with
their mouth.-[O Oil City Derrick.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

A GENTS WANTED.-Anew popular ,ilustra-
Ated COMMENTARY ON THE NEW TES-
LAMENT. in 5 convenient (octavol volumes. by
Rev. LYMAN ABBOTT, D. D. send for Descriptive Cir
cular Sells at sight Sunday school scholars teach
ers, s,supennteHdents, Bible students. .olergymen. &c.
Of all denominations A. 8. Barnes & Co.. Pubs..H.Y
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12
rhe scIes-. or LIre, or seIrPreservnaao.

Two hundreth edition, revised and enlarged. Just
published. 1t is a standard medical work. the best
IN the English language. written by physician q
great experience, TO whom was awarded gold ano
leweled medal by the National Medfcal Association
1t contains beautiful and pensive steel plate
valuable prescriptions for al forms Of preyailins
diseases, the result of many OF extensive ana
successful practice. Bound in French cloth; price
only 81. sent by mail. The London Lancet says
!. No person should be without this valuable book,
The author Is noble benefactor." An illustrated
sample sent e al On rsnsiRt Of esptS to5
Boston. The author be consulted on all diseAse
requiring skill and experience.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

I" What's that1, he asked his landlady,
as she set his cup by his plate. 'Cofee, y
was the prompt and decisive reply.
/" Ah," innocently remarked the boarder,
with an air OF interest, ssand what is it
made off" And there was silence
around the table fer the space of half an
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12
Simmons Liver Regulator,
Pat. Mar. 10. ls7s. only $4,000 each

s,-wou., Lavsr EiesuIssor has been y ~. ~
a. h.Is century. and there is not one nns',
stapce on record whers u has failed 20 "a Al
when taken in timeaooordins % ~. rr~aselns
,'nos' w"r,S is perfectly harmless esinE car.
.ns o,oundsd floIn rare roots and hsro,' con. con
.uily r.srcury OF any injurious mineral sno,
snnes I. tskss the place Of eanss sas s,'Ir ss
and has snpsrsssd these medicine. N pss ~.ss Pro
they have heretofore ieen en'sn.,s', S..sr,.t, 40
cure bottle Sc ono, Iron '.- 80 vou viii b
no. o.,s, en-, ..s,.ned With the result obtHin'o
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

The congressional library, with its
hundreds of thousands of volumes, is not
used enough to keep off the accumulating
dust Under the rule of the library
public officers are the only ones allowed
to draw books, and librarian Spoford
says that not one in ten of these ever
calls for work
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

Now, heaven help US, the metric sys-
tenn agitators are preparing to carry this
country by storm. Away with the con-
spirators. Welcome the communists,
even, if they win slay for us the men
who would send a ten-year-old boy to
the store to buy three-quarters of hec-
tometer of unbleached muslin half a
milliliter of bran, mynagram of nut
megs and a dekliter OF buckwheat, and
ask the clerk how he sold dress braid q
hectometer when you bought six decline
ters of II. Away with them.- Bur-
hngton Hawkeye.
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

Has sunk into obscurity latterly, so far
as newspaper mention is concerned; but
he is richer than he has ever been and is
busy looking after his affairs despite his
seventy-four or five years. A native OF
Washington county, this state, his par
ents were too poor to furnish him with
an education, for which in TACT he cared
very little. He
The Hickman courier., 1878-07-12

More than he wanted anything else, and
he resolved while still in his teens to
come here for that purpose. The story
is. that he worked his passage, as the
phrase is, from Albany to this city and
arrived in the metropolis with only few
coppers in his pocket. He had strong
hands and stout heart, and he set to
work at once. hiring himself Jas a steve
dore at twenty-five cents a day. After
several months of hard labor on the
docks and in warehouses he had accu-
mulated $100-this seemed to be
an immense sum-and on his slen-
der capital he began to barter un~
lii he had increased it ten-fold.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-12-19
y -
NHiIlinery-rSea CLOaks.

At J. A. Abbott's, Prescott, Wis,
next door to post office will be found
the finest assortment of Millinery
Goods in Pierce county, and at the
lowest prices. Also, Cloaks from SO
to 500; Beaver and Cloaking Cloths
from Sl.25 to IS per yard. Buttons,
Silks. Satins. Velvets and Fringes for
trimmings, Furs, Plush and Fur Caps,
Yarns, Zephyrs, Shetland Wool Can
vas, and a general assortment of La
dies furnishing goods. Cloaks made
to order on short notice. Returning
thanks for the liberal patronage Ofthe
past we would ask for continuance
of the same and an inspection of our
new goods. 26-3m
J. A. ABBOTT.