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The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
On Their Travels.

1he man who has written anything Tor
the editor and didn't " scratch it off in
hurry, will please call at this et1ce ard
hear something to his advantage OIL
City Derrick.
He is busy looking for the man who
read personal paragraph aid DID not
have his 9 attention called toit.-- New
York Mail.
nd when he has found him, the two
will inaugurate s search for the fellow
who made up his mind to become can
dldate for Office without being urged 10
do so by his friends - Elmira AdTer-
tiser.
The three, arm-in-arm, will then start
out to find the reporter who never spoAes
OF IRE as the devouriOg clement ana
the orator who never expressed himself
IN a few well chosen words. - James
town Journal.
Having found him, the four will then
call on the man who " don't care mucn
for the paper, bat his wife likes 10 reao
it, Ca den Post.
AND then the five viii call on the man
who Is IN arrears on subscription Ior hEe
years, and threatens to quit patronlz,-
ing" the paper because the editor won
give him freepuF-i Brookyllle Dsino-
crat-
Taking him along, the six will go in
search of the man who is per lectly Wiling
that his name should appear IN the paper,
and consequently doesn't ADD, but
you should use it, you know, you can
put 1t in "a half column pun Tor Tue
modest fellow Worcester Press.
And then the seven viii start out 10
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
Tha Cottnn.Ses b..

w. II. Oliver, OF Newbern, n. c.,
writes to the Maryland Farmer:
The cotton>seed business is going to
almost revolutionize the south. The
seed is now used almost entirely for
manure. After the oil is pressed and
the cake fed to stock, the amount of
manure will be vastly increased
A farmer now takes enc ton of seed
and puts on two acres of land, and it will
produce him fair crop of cotton for
one season. No effect after the first
season.
A farmer takes a ton of cotton-seed to
an oil press; he gets from it thirty-two
gallons of oil, worth as it comes from the
press in crude state, forty cents, sI2 so.
He also gets eight hundred pounds of
oil cake; this cake IS very superior, far
ahead of linseed oil cake, it being sweet
and palatable.
This eight hundred pounds of cake fed,
say to only one milch cow, will increase
her milk immensely. and the manure
which ne gets from this one cow will do
him four-fold the good he would have
gotten from the seed used as they now are.
If one ton of seed will do this, see the
increased amount of good that NAV be
done with the 100000 tons of seed.
which are annually raised in the south.
There is sufficient to feed all the milch
COWS in this country.
If the farmer may get $3.50 worth of
oil and eight hundred pounds of rich
cake from ton of cotton seed, it is very
desirable to make the exchange. All the
cake that cotton seed will make should
be fed TO southern stock for their i'm.
provement, and all their enriched drop.
pings should oe husbsnded and carefully
applied TO fertilize the soil.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
APen Picture.

Aiew months, or etsn weeks, since, her
Pa,e e0untenance was the Tetf type OF
Iuuay health-the delight of the school end
.ue pndS Of the household. She was always
nns:Ia.come wherever 6rty or pleasure led her.
DIlAgent, punetual, and exemplary, in the
ecLlass'room, obedient and lOvink at horne,
sue Won the hearts of all. But alasi those
glowing ehseks snd ,lips are now blanched
Dy consumption. The voice once so en-
cnsntlng in laugh and song is feeble, husky
ano broken by hollow cough. Let u5 ap-
Pfoaeh her couch and gently take her blood
iess hand IN our own. Do not shudder
because Of its feeble, ,p7ssisnless grasp. The
haad once so warm and plrrP shows Its
pony outlines, while the cords and tortnous
veins veins are plainly mapped upon its surface.
Ihe pulse that bounded with repletiOn, i'm
parting beauty. vivacity, health, and
strength, 20 the system, is delicate TO the
touch. The euerVstEd tssTt feebly prOPcls
the thin, scanty blood. Must We lose her
/ while yet so young and so fair? No. There
IS relief. But something more is required
than the observance of hygienic rules, Tor
enieebled nature calls for aid and she must
have il. Administer this pleasant medicine.
II is inVigorsting. II allays the irritable
cough improves the appetite and digestion,
and sends a healthy tinsls through her
whole being. The blood is enriched, herFoas
power increased, and the heart bounds with
a new impulse. Her face brightens-the
blood Is returning, her voice is clearer, ans
! her requests are no longer delivered in that
peevish, fretfdl tone so deadening TO sym
pathy. Her step Is still faltering, but
strength is rapidly returning. Let us take
her out in the warm, life>giving sunshine
Ina.fev weeks she will 90 without our aio
and be sble to Join her companions IN theli
pleasau pastimes and feel her whole oelni
" warmd and expanded into perfect lie.
The chnge IS so great that we think she
sweete and nobler than ever before. An'
the meiicine which has wrought this trans
I formation, we look upon as blessing Z
humanity, for there are other loved ones Z
he resued from the grasp of the insidlou
destrger. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medica
Discovery has raised her. 1t will raise others
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10

The los. Norwegian colony on the east
coast oft4reenland is brohght to mind by
the numerous expeditions now fitted out
for Arctic explorations. Over 900 years
AGO Greenland was discovered by adVen-
turous Norsemen, and the settlement OF
the country dates back as far as the year
qS7. Two fiOurishing colonies, one from
Denmark and the other from Norway,
occupied the east and west coasts respect
lively or a period of FIVE hundred years,
and though separated by eighty miles OF
desert, they had no trouble in sustaining
themselves independently of each other
by means of fishing and cattle-raislng,
the pasturage OF the hills and valleys
being in those days lIXuriant. The
western colony had at one time four
parish churches, and one hundred and
ten farm villages, while that on the east
coast. still larger. had two towns, one
hundred and ninety farm villages, eleven
parish churches and two mOnasteries, and
was the seat Of a bishOpric. About II o
the Danish colony, having been weakened
by pestilencc, was exterminated by Is
quimaux, and early in the next century
its Norwegian neighbor disappeared sud
denly and mysteriously from human
knowledge. Numerous attempts TO learn
definitely of its fate were made, but the
only information ever obtained was con-
tanned in a letter from Pope Nicholas V.
to the bishop of ireland, dated in lS4S,
which stated that the colony had been
attacked by a hostile fleet thirty years
before, and laid waste with fire and
sword this story, however, was not gen
erally credited. In 1922 Capt. Scoresby
discovered houses containing hunting
L. i IL
inhabitants, and there is reason to believe
that the dwellings were relics of the long
lost colony. Some people are still OF the
opinion that beyond the ice-helds rem
nant Of these hardy Norsemen may yet
be found, and an ex-officer of the Unitet
States navy goes so far as to say that
." the grandest undertaking Of the present
age would be to strive to reach tha:
isolated colony"
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10

There are many ways in which We can
annoy our friends without intending 10
do 30. \ few of these are easily stated.
Never call upon people out Of season.
in business hours. Idle persons are apt
to have too little consideration for those
who are busy. Call upon business people
on business in business hours, but not for
a long friendly chat on matters and things
in general. Call upon your neighbOTs in
their homes at such hours as they will be
prepared to receive you, and not before
they are down stairs in the morning, or
while they are at dinner or Just as they
Gre going to bed Never stop people
upon the street if they appear to be in
a hurry, and buttonhOle them for ten
or twenty minutes. Neither is it good
taste, when you see two persons engaged
in earnest talk, to step in and enter upon
miscellaneous conversation. A mans
ordinary instincts ought to know at once
when his company is desired and when
it is a nuisance. 1t is also a great i'm
pertinence to strike in with something
entirely foreign to the subject when one
is in the midst of a story or statement,
or an argument, and to persist in talking
about this, that and everything" to
one 10 is trying to read the morning
paper, or book or anything else. When
ever man is so absorbed that he does
not care to reply to what you say, it Is
time to stop talking. There are legion
of other annOyances, equally trying /:
Carelessness in keeping appointments
keeping other people waiting your own
convenience; coming in late to church,
or the concert, or the lecture, and always
in creaking boots; delay in answering
important letters; borrowing new books
rom the owner before he has had time to
resd them, and returning the same at a
late date, perhaps never; scribbling foolish
comments on the margin always de-
pending upon neighbOr for a sight OF
the daily or weekly paper when you are
as well able to pay for it as he is; learn
ing to play on musical instruments in
the ull hearing of sensitive and nervous
people. But we may as well stop here.
From your own experience you can com
plete the list.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
POPULAR SCIENCE.

WHILE blasting out the roadwsy OF
the Southern Pacific railway vast stores
of honey 1ere found in the fssures and
sheltered places of the rOcks.
IT Is a remarkable fact that miners
Who work in the hot; steaming regions OF
the deepest shafts sel5orn or never suffer
from rheumatism. Sufferers from this
disease might try as cure this atmos-
phere, having themselves lowered into
the depth of the mine, there to sit
during one shift Fef day. But for the
immense quantities Of ice-water which
the miners drink the men could not
endure the great heat in which they are
placed or the floods of perspiration
pumped from their pores. They swal-
low gallons on gallons Of it without
the least injury.
THE idea that tools, like workmen,
get tired and require rest is not
founded on a mere delusion, but is fact
which can be proven and scientifically
explained. BARRIERS have, perhaps, often
noticed this exhaustion in their razors.
The microscope reveals that the tired
razor, from long strappings, has the
ultimate Gbers OF its surface all arranged
in one direction. After a months rest
these fbers are found to have rearranged
themselves heterogenously, crossing each
other, presenting a saw-like edge, and
each fiber supporting its fellow. 1t is 50
with other tools constantly used and then
allowed to rest a season.
THF Buddhist religion is the one most
extensively accepted in the world. hay
ing, in round numbers, $40 ,000,0 900 ad
herents. There are not more Roman
Catholics in the world than people of all
other religious classes. The total number
| OF Roman Catholics is about 200 ,000, 900,
against about 100000 of the Grek
church, 100, 100000 Protestants, and
6 500, 900 of other Oriental churche,
than the Greek. OF the 400, ,000,0 900
people in the world, about 1,000,0O0,O0O
are not Christians, but, with the excep
ton of the 5000 900 Jews, are what arr
called heathens, It will be observed
from this that there is still a great field
left for the spread of Christianity.
! PROF RILEY says, in scientific ex
change, that the early days of June
should herald vigorous and exterminst-
ing warfare upon those subtle pests
clothes moths; closets, wsrdrobes, etc
should be emptied and the clothing laid
open and thoroughly exposed to light
and air, and well brushed before being
replaced. Spirits of turpentine should
be brushed in cracks, wainscots snC
shelves, and camphor or tobacco PLACED
among garments, furs, plumes, etc, wher
laid aide for the summer To secure
the cloth Innings of carriages from moth
sponge them on both sides with solu
tion Of corrosive subGmate or mercur!
in alcohol, made just strong enough no
TO leave a white mark on black feather
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
Mineral Wealth of Montana.

Army officers who have recently ar
rived In Omaha from Montana report the
condition Of afaits among the Indians
there as good, aside from the possible
trouble in the north, in an invasion OF
Sitting Bulls warriors They state that
the Indians on the reservations are peace
ful and well behaved and feel very friend
ly toward She whites. A prominent Off
Ger predicts that if the territory is free
from Indian troubles for three years, it
will make wonderful progress and rank
IN its resources and promise for the future
among the first of the territories. Every
day the mining resources of the territory
are found to be still more wonderful.
Authentic accounts from men who have
seen the mines are, in many respects, more
wonderful than the fictitious ideas told
of this and some other mining Tegions.A
poor man secured possession not long
since of a small undeveloped mine about
seven miles from Helena. Although
called mine it consisted simply of hole
in the ground about ten feet square on
the surface and now about 10 feet deep
During the month Of March the mine
yielded its owner a profit of $45, 900, and
at the present time has averaged 5000
per day. This immense yield of gold was
obtained by the most primitive means,
the metal being found in rotten quartz.
which was dotted and spangled with it,in
a free state. The implements with which
the gold was obtained were simply a lot
of heaRy stones, with which it was
pounded out of the quartz. Other mines
have been discovered almost equally
rich, the gold existing in a free state in
rotten quartz, which is readily crushed
Specimens of the GRE have been brought
to Omaha and exhibited here. Montana
is making equally rapid progress in its
agricultural interests. The country Is
filling up with great herds of cattle and
sheep, and several new ranges have been
recently located there by cattle men
Thers is an immense amount of valuable
product of different kinds destined tc
come out of Montana, and the merchants
Of Omaha should secure their share of the
business. 1t is worth looking after
TOmaha Herald.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
Prepstlnr Wool for M.,k.t

Walter Brown & Son, New York, send
&C the Utica Herald the following sound
suggestions on what is necessary for
wool growers ifthey would secure better
price
There is no doubt that the wool of
New York state is, in strength, texture
and working qualities, equal to any grown
in this country, and the whole reason
why it is sold in the markets 80 much
lower than woods from Ohio, is on account
of the great loss in shrinkage from dirt
and grease, in preparing it for the cards
at the mill.
The 6rst point considered by the man
u'acturer in bnying his raw material, is
the probable cost of the wool scorched,
and the nearer the wool is brought
to that consideration, when he ex-
amines it, the more surely can he
calculate that cost, and the more willing
pay the intrinsic value for such wools,
where the chances of a mistaken iudg-
ment are diminished, than for greasy,
heavy parcels, on which it is more diff
cult for him to calculate the loss in
shrinkage.
Another feature of the case which the
growers should consider, is that with
heavy, half washed heeces, when some
months elapse before they go into con-
sumption, the grease becomes "set" in
the staple, and the additional trouble and
expense to the manufacturer in render
ing them clean must naturally reflect
back upon the grewer. In this connec-
tiOn We would mention that the farmer
should not let his sheep run too long af-
ter washing and before shearing, other
wise the grease will start out again and
in time give the wool yellow and un-
lightly appearance.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
High Church Music.

My cousin Julia is learning to sing
hi-opera. Everything is on the hi now;
hi opera, hi-heels, or hi-pocracy.
When Eugene Augustus asked her to
sing last night, she firted up her long
train, coquettishly wiggle-waggled to the
piano, and sung;
When the raoo-hcon is mi-hild-ly be-hesmi1g
Ger the a-haln and si-hi-lent se-e-e-e
It's ra-dyunce so boftly stre-hesnl-ing,
Oh thtr-hen, oh tbeT-hen.
1 thee biuk
Hof- thee hee;
I thee-hink.
l thee-hink,
| thee-hink
thee-he-Ae-hehehehe-hi hoi tnee-e-e-e-el.
Beautiful, Miss julia beautiful %
and we all clapped our hands. = Do
please sing another verse-it's perfectly
divine, Miss Julia % said Eugene Angus
tus. Then Julia raised her golden
fdyed) head, touched the white ivory
with her jeweled fingers and warbled:
When the sur-hun is b hight iy go-ho-ing
f1er she se-uene 50 de hear 10 me-e-e;
AMI sree- heet the wee-hind is bio-hO-ing.
= on ther- hen, oh, ther-hen
t~trr thee-hink
Hof th@e-hee;
I thee-hink.
thee hiuk,
| Ithe-he-he- -hehehehehlnk, kohohoohh hhohOhOhoho-
| hobo-of-the- eeeeeeeeeeee III
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
F.rn and Hama Rrsritia.

CELERY-sALT is made OF grated, dried
celery-root, mixed with one-fourth its
quantity Of salt.
For warts on horses, tie a piece of
strong twine around their base, drawing
tightly, and repeating the operation
until the wart drops off.
TIE following makes good beef tea !:
One pound lean beef. chopped fine; put
in clean vessel with cover; add one
pint cold water and four drops muriatic
acid; stand on back of range one hour
then simmer two hours; strain, and add
four cloves and one teaspoonful salt.
MlNcE-PTEs require one pound meat
chopped hne, two quarts apples, one
quart cider, one pint molssses, or half
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
- Nnunre nIenI.,-

We are sure our readers will thank Us for
calling their attention to the very handsome
advertisement of the Excelsior Manufactur-
ing Co., OF St. Louis, as IL would be useless
for Us to try to say anything in favor Of their
grand Charter Oak Cooking Stove. The very
word suggests the thought of a well cooked
meal followed by easy digestion, vigorous
health, and desire to have and TO do plenty
of real work, to say nothing of the comfort
of a happy, contented household.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
Pasture Shade

The ouly real argument against shade
trees n pasture is, that the animals col
Iect there snd deposit manure where it is
not wanted. This may be avoided by
erecting temporary shades that can be
removed from time to time TO differelt
parts of the field, and thus do double
duty, sferding comfort to cattle and
manuring land. These temporary shades
may be placed on barren knolls and the
poorest spots in the pasture, having the
effect OF inducing increased fertility
where most needed.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
,u1rrn,.r.s ANrr PERIODIC Or FEyg

WuFoFT's ANTI PERIODIC OR FEyEB
AND AGUE TONIC-This invaluable and
standard family medicine IS now household
word and maintains its reputation unlm
paired. 1t is indOrsed by the medical ;ro
fession, and prescribed daily in Hospital
service. Why Because, after years OF tina
in the worst malarial districts of the United
States, it has proved itself positive antidot'
for all diseases caused by mala-ial poisoning
of the blood. WHEELOCK, FISLAY co.
Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by al
DruOpiSle.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10

find the correspondent who DOES not
=" admire your very valuable and ably
conducted journal, ,"--TSt. Louis Times.
And the eight, in company, will then
march out to the frontier to see now the
old curmudgeon gets along who is always
threatening to stop my paper when it
says something that goes awry with his
poor, miserable, ignorant, bigCted self
cOOpait
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
Tne Gr.aues discovery OF the age

Inc GTtt,es L1.S -. UI - - NkT
so wears before the public, and warranted to cure
Diarrhee, Dysentery. Collie, and sPasms, taken in
ternally and Group, Chronic Rheumatism, sOrf
Limbs Back and Chest externally 1t has never
failed 4. O family viii ever he without II after
giving IL fair trial. Price, 40 cts. DIR. TOBIAS
VENETIAN HORSE LINIMERr T, in Pint Bottles
st One Dollar is warranted superior to any other,
no PAY for the sure of Collie, Cuts, Bruises, Old
Sores etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depot-IO Park
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
;. nooIe,,. Yen.t Porder.

Said a lady, has made itself indispensable
in our kitchen. Our biscuits, cake, wafies,
mullins and such like things with its aid are
always enjoyable and good. We would nOt
be without it in our family. We have used
it for over fifteen years, and il has never dis
annninted US vet"
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10

WHEN Noah sent out the second dove
from the ark, she returned bearing an olive
branch, and they knew the food was reced-
ing we bear you the olive branch i'll the
HOME STOMACH BITTERs to relieve chills,
fever. biIiousness and indigestion. Prepared
nv the Home Ritters Co. St. Louis, Mo.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
u.,,,h,. Drv cood. Uou.e.

II YOU wish to purchase silks, dress goods,
black goods or dry goods, lower than the
market prices, and have the advantage OF
all the great trade sales, send your orders or
send for samples to B. +. Devices, 725 Chest.
nut street, Philadelphia.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10

a LADY whose. cook went to a wake
was given netice a fortnight afterward
that she was going to be married. g To
hom ?' asked her mi tress. Please
ma'am, to the husband of the corpse. I"
Why, does he love you ?' was the next
question. "Oh, yes, ms'am; he said
was the light of the funeral"
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10

THE funny man of the Graphic roust
be suppressed. He says that Edison has
invented swallow-tail coat that 20 !, he
used as boot jack. Bubbins read 1hst
statement. and, on Sunday evening ys4,en men
a Rochester fruit-tree agent calIsd on
Bubbins' daughter, the old man tbo,,,I. -
the youth wore that kind of a coat and
the result was painful in the extreme to y
the young man.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10

In Texas recently, Judge broke
down with emotion in sentencing des-
perado to be hanged, and the desperate,
surprised at the scene, said as he went
back to Jail, " ] feel sorry for the judge. "
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10

Athers Mothers ! Mothers !! Don't fail TO
nfocure Mr. -WinsloVg's Soothing Syrup for all
diseases incident TO the period OF teethlng IN
children. II relieves the child Fl ON pam. cures
Wind collie, regulates the bowels, and, by giving
,eIief and health to the child, gives rest TO the
mother. 1t is an old and well-tried 'emedy