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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-02-25

It is only few years since General Gar
field used to cut wood in the Ohio forests and
bring back his twenty five cents day to his
widowed mother, who lives to see him Chief
Magistrate, and who viii attend the inaugur-
alton ceremonial at Washington first
mother of President to witness the inaug-
uration Of son. Perhaps she won't be
proud of her boy.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-02-25

trimmings. New Jersey has the largest pro-
duct, nearly thirteen million dollars in value
New York comes next with about nine and g
quarter millions Connecticut has about FIVE
and half millions, Massachusetts, about
three and half millions, and Pennsylvania
less than three millions. A number of other
States have silk manufactures. but their pro-
duct is much smaller, not amounting alto
gether to half million dollars in value year
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-02-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Businsssisn't done ss it used to be. 1t
costs the merchants $l20, 900, 900 year for
the travelling expenses Of the 100, 600 drum
mers in their employ.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-02-25

Statistics of the silk manufacture of the
United States, collected for the census, show
that the entire annual value of the. finished
product of this manufacture is $34, 40, ,463,
of which about six millions is machine twist.
four millions dress goods, nearly four mil
lions handkerchiefs, almost six millions rib
bons and about ave millions. .fringes and dress
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-02-25

DIR. 8. w. FISKE.
Clairvoyant Physician and magnetic
Healer, BUSINESS and Test Medium,
OHlce-NO. 27O Chapel Street. New Haven.
Conn.,, :
AT HERE he be consulted regularly every
Wv month from the morning Of the 10th until the
26th at 9 p. m
All who need any counsel or treatment are invited
to call The Doctor has the gift to describe every
able medicine and healing power combined is enabled
to cure all kinds of diseases in abort time The
Doctor has had thirty years. experience healer
and physician, thousands testify to the many
astonishing cures he has performed He makes
speedy and rapid in nearly every under
takes. AL durable cases must yield to his mode Of
treatment The success of the Doctor astonshes the
most distinguished physicians. He cures when an
other treatments fail and the patient is restored to
perfect health The Doctor born with natural
healing and curative power. His magnetic passes
give power and strength to the diseased organs and
with the immense numbers that flock to his rooms
scarcely one goes away who does not receive
30 that rich and poor alike be restored
to health.
The Doctor also gives valuable advice on business
matters and all the affairs of life both social and
financial including journeys lawsuits gains, losses
absent friends, and great success In selecting lucky
numbers. Sittings for business affairs er exarniua-
ton Of the sick, 81. Communications by letter upon
hair and stamp. Address Lock Box 1,253 Norwich CT
TAKE NOTICE.
The Doctor will also be at the City Hotel South
Norwalk, Feb 9th and 2sth, until p. m.
USE Dr.. 8. W. FISKE'S VALUABLE LININENT
in all cases Of rheumatism, Sprains and all pains
and aches. It Is quick and eectual For sale By all
Druggists f7dav
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07
d" Amdayits Are Not HOLSTERS"

Gen. James Grant Wilson furnishes
the Cape Ann advertiser with the fol-
lowing pleasant gossip about old Admiral
Coffin-ore of the Collins, by the way
and the great variety about Cape Cod of
Holsters weighing exactly ninety pounds.
Sir Isaac Coffin, British Admiral and
a member of the family which held ia
nous reunion at Nantucket August 16,
was born at Boston, and when a child
lived for some years on Cape Cod. Sir
Isaac came to this country soon after the
war of 1912, and during the voyage he
stated TO the officers of his flagship that
when they reached Cape Cod he would
show them HOLSTERS that weighed ninety
pounds The rules of a quarter deck do
not permit you TO fatty contradict an
Admiral, but still some doubt and dis
trust was sible on the countenances OF
the Captain and Lieutenants who stood
around. WELL" said Sir Isaac, :" If
Won doubt it, / will make YOU a wager
that when We reach Cape Cod l will
produce a lobster that weighs ninety
pounds Tie wager was made under
the gracious permission of the Admiral
and when they arrived there Sir Isaac
secured the Cape, but he could not find
any lob ter that weighed ninety pounds,
so he said Is Well, they don't happen
TO be mere Just now, out L VIII Ophhhl
the affidavits of the old fishermen to
prove that there are such Holsters.
And he produced a pile of affidavlts,
showing that when there were fishermen
in early times Holsters that weighed
ninety pounds were as common as
hucklebel ries on the Cape. Then 1t was
left to an umpire to decide, which had
lost and which had won, aud by him so
concise a judgment was given that if
now living it would entitle him TO the
vacant Jrdgeship in the Massachusetts
Supreme Court, if all his decisions were
equally good. His decisions was that
" aflidavits are not Holsters.
The d singuished member of the Cot
fin family, writing to his friend Commo-
dore Isaac Hull, in 1916, says MANY
thanks for your kind exertions send
the ninety pound lobster when you can.
Ny reputation will be saved, although
my money is gone" and IN another let
ter now lying before me the Admiral re-
marks "The lobster you committed
to Capt. Tracy arrived in good condition,
and is considered a marvellous one here.
Still my frienl Sir Joseph Banks longs
for one of ninety pounds. Whether
Hull succeeded in saving Sir Isaac's
reputation by sending HIM a ninety
pound lobster / very much regret | am
unable to state, but venerable Glouces-
ter fisherman whom the writer consulted
on the subject said "There amt been
no SIGH lol s'eIs seen on Cape Ann durin'
the last sixty years, an l don't believe
any SIGH were ever caught on Cape Cod. y
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Great Western Prophet on the Ele-
ments-Sure Signs.
u


Iron the Burlington Hawk-Eye.J
1t is an easy matter to forecast the
weather, like Prof. Tice and Mr. Vennor,
If people will only give their minds to
1t. BY closely reading and studying the
predictions of these good weather-breed-
ers we have deduced the following rules
by which they make all their forecasts
hindcasts of the weather are not made
until next day.
An intensely blue sky indicates tenn
porary absence of clouds. Under other
circumstances an intensely blue sky in
dicates tornado.
When a woman leaves n piece of soap
on the stairs where her husband will
tread upon it, 1t Is n dead-sure sign of
storm.
When the sun rises behind bank of
clouds and the clouds hang low all
around the horizon and all over the sky,
and the air feels damp. and there is
fine drilling mist blowing, the indica-
tions are that there will be rain some
where in the United States or Canada
When 1t begins to thunder look out
for lightning.
When a man gets up in the night and
feels along the top pantry shelf in the
dark and knocks the big square bottle
without any label down to the floor and
breaks it, it Is a sign there IS going to
be n dry spell until or o'clock in
the morning.
When the spring millinery openings
are advertised look for bright, sunny
weather all around the house, with
treacherOus Gains and rising barometer,
indicative of sudden tempest and mean
temperature.
When the cradle begins to vibrate
with irregular, spasmodic motions about
/ o'clock in the morning, look out for
signals and try to remember where you
put the paregoric the last time you
used II.
When the youngest boy in the family
comes home three hours after school
hours, with his hair vet and his shirt
wrong side out, look out for a spanking
breeze.
To see the head of the family feeling
in his right-h pocket, then in his left
hand pocket, then In all his vest pockets,
then in his hip pocket, then in his coat
pockets, and then look at the ceiling,
indicates mo change
If he suddenly stops whistling TO the
ceiling and expands his broad grimace
of delight, in means unexpected
change"
Ii the spring bonnet comes home
trimmed on the right side of the wearer's
seat in church, and has two more sprigs
and three more dandelions than the
woman in the next pew, it is " set fair.
The weather during the whole of
Thanksgiving week *C)*!
An unusually large number of spiders
presages a very mild or a very open
winter, as the case may be.
IT the corn husks are very thick the
winter viii be colder than the sum
mer.
If the corn husks are very thin the
summer Will be warmer than the win
ter.
1.-THE corn husks are neither too thin nor
too thick the summer will be warm,
and the winter will be cold.
If the weather prophet predicts rainy
season and it happens to rain away out
IN Calaveras county, and IT is as dry as
a bone all over the rest of America, this
RAIN must be set down to the credit of
the weather-breede and all the dry time
counts for nothing.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

and little salt. This rule makes very
nice common cake, and by making lit
tie change, several varieties can be made
by it. To make it richer, add little
more butter and sugar and two or three
eggs. This will make two loaves. For
variety, take one-quarter of the batter,
and add one-half cup of the meats of
common walnuts, cut up rather fine.
Take another quarter and bake in two
parts put between them n layer of
chocolate frosting, with the addition of
enough grated chocolate to make it dark
and essence vanilla to suit the taste,
spread the frosting again on the top and
dry in warm place. To another quar-
ter add currants and slices of citron, and
frost it with white frosting. The re-
naming quarter bake plain, and frost
with yellow frosting; sprinkle the nut
cake with powdered sugar. To make
mixed cake. take one-half of it and make
IL DARK with cinnamon. nutmeg, Glove,
and currants mot too mnch clOve), ac-
cordiDg to taste lay it in the pans, al
ternating in layera with the other half.
Or divide in two parts, CRATE chocolate
into one part and flavor with essense of
vanilla. and bake in alternate LAYERS with
the other part Another way is to bake
in pie-plates with jelly spread between.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07
warner. safe xlau+, and Liver Cure.
A Romance.

Shortly after the war a battalion Of
the Second dragons was ordered to
Fort Laramie, and there Lieutenant
Brockhurst Livingston, of the well
known New York family, saw and loved
the favorite daughter of the old Sioux
chief, Spotted Tail, and found his pas
sion reciprocated The young officer
took her to his house, ard she bore him
a sou, but Livingston's health failed
and he was ordered to Europe, where he
died The Sioux girl died of broken
heart in 1868, after learning of his death.
and was carried to Fort Laramie by her
father and there buried. Her grave is
still annually decorated with flowers bv
the soldiers. The mother of the young
officer has sought to find and educate his
son, but the Sioux, either because thew
have lost sight:of him or because they
wish to keep him, give no trace of his
Observation-Disclosures CIty BooDlerano-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07
Cure for A Rattlesuake Rite,

"While out hunting a short time
since, said he, A." 1 was bitten by rat
tlesnake on the back of my left hand,
and, having heard that if powder was
burned on the bitten pmt it would be
an antidote TO the poison, Immediately
poured small quantity Of powder on
the bitten place, struck a. match and
set fire to it; the result was that [ felt
no Inconvenience and experienced no
pain or trouble whatever nom the bite. ;
The experiment Is certainly worth Try
ing, only be careful and don't blow
yourself up Tale Of q Sportsman. -
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07
Beecher,s Money.

One of the mysteries of the age is
what Henry Ward Beecher has done
with his money. At one time he was in
receipt of $40, 900 from his church, S10,-
~ from his newspaper, $40, 600 from
nus lecturing and $4,000 from marriage
ices, literary works and his books, max
ing total of $50, 900 n year. Yet
Deecher never had any money to spare.
nus household was modest, not expen-
sFe; his wife was apparently not ex-
favagant; he gave nothing that was
Known to charity, and vet he was always
Mpecunious. When he wanted to help
IIlton ne gave a mortgage upon his
house, and now he has sold his house,
hlrniture and buildings and gone to live
with married son. He told me he did
this because the young birds had all
grown uB and flown out of the nest, and
yet 1t was marvel that in his old age he
should leave his comfortable home upon
the Heights of Brooklyn and go into
narrow quarters as a boarder. He
spoke with a sigh and very evident re-
gret at the breaking up of his old house.
This was strange, but the unfinished
story IN regard to his farmer, Thomas
Turner, at Peek-skill, is still more
strange. When Turner died Mr..
Beecher took charge of his papers, and
burned a large number of them, among
which, it is alleged, were number of
promissory notes The whole thing has
queer hook, and the question which
agitates newspaper men Is whore has all
the money he has made in the last cent
ury, amounting to millions, gone to-?
Perhaps it is one of those mysteries that
no fellow can find out, but the curiosity
Of the natural man Will prompt him TO
ind out the undiscovered channel
hrodgh which it flows. -PhiIGdell1hiG
2eeord.
I THERE is a class of peculiar people we
sometimes observe at places of public
resort who endeavor by various means to
make themselves remarkably conspicu-
Gus, it may be in dress, conversation, OF
general behavior. At cattle show held
in one of our country towns a country
pumpkin, who for some time had been
disturbing the company with his loud
remarks, at last broke forth " Prize
cattle. indeed Call these ere prize
cattle Why they amt nothing to what
our folks raised You mayn't think it,
but my father raised the biggest calf OF
any man round our parts. "Oh, ex-
claimed a bystander, eve have no doubt
of that.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

" Nc. one feels up to his work, :" he said
one day have always thought that
a Dean should have three qualifications.
none of which | possess. First, | think
n Dean should know something about
music I a1n absolutely ignorant of the
subject. Secondly, l think Dean
should know something about architect
ure 1 know nothing about it, Third
", [ think Dean should know some
thing about the management of business:
/ am always thankful when our audit is
over and we have not come to some
grievous mishap.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostratlon
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MENsSIAS's PEPToNIzED BEEF Tonic. the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. II contains blood-mak-
ing force-generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; is invaluable in ell enfeebled conditions.
whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration, overwork, or acute disease particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well. Hazard 3 Co, proprietors. New York.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

PEOPLE who are in the habit of mutt
lating coins will be interested in learn
ing that by an order from headquarters
silver coins having holes in them, or
otherwise mutilated, have been given the
following values at the postoffices
throughout the country: One dollar Is
worth seventy-tive cents; fifty-cent
pieces, thirty-tive cents twenty five
cent pieces, fifteen cents; en-cent
pieces, five cents. Five-cent pieces and
three-cent pieces will not be taken at
anv price.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

In infiammatory or acute diseases the
pulse may rise to 100 or even $50 in the
adult. and become 50 frequent in the
child that it can not be counted. Muscu-
lar exertion, mental excitement, diges-
ton, alcoholic drink and elevation above
the sea level accelerate the pulse, and
as a general rule it is more frequent in
the morning than in the evening: 1t Is
slower IN sleep and from the effect of
rest, diet, cold or blood-letting. The
pulse of grown woman exceeds that of
a man of the same age as much as 10 to
Il beats a minute, and according to
some authorities is less frequent in the
tall than III the short person, the varia-
ton being about 4 beats for each six
inches of height.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07
Who and Whom.

A too frequent error Is the use of the
objective whom instead of the nomi-
native who" In such expressions as
&c the men whom he says were present. -
This sentence should read 1.-The men
who he says were present. Who " is
not governed by the verb " says" but is
the subject of "were. aud should be in
the nominative Whom" is a stiff and
clumsy word at the best. 1t it very lit
tie used in conversation, even by highly
cultivated people. 1t has a flavor of
pedantry and affectation. The usual
s@ tna man Fl TIA IS Or N That mssy = e
omitted altogether in many cases. No
body of any taste would think of using
such sentences in conversing as " OF
whom are you spealling?" Whom do
You mean p These phrases may be
grammatically correct, but they are de-
cdedly inelegant The easiest way to
deal with them is the best. Who is it
you are speaking of p or Who is it
You mean ?" are equally good English
and far more gracefulforms expression. -
" y. Star.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

months since first commenced using that on
on nv horses and ! shall continue TO use H. I
happened to commence using ST. JACOBS OIL on
horses in this way: My father is over eighty
wears Of age and is subject 10 many of the
ailments incident 10 old age. Among other
things be has Rheumatic attacks. pains IN his
limits and Joints and aches in different parts Of
his body He commenced using ST. JACOBS OIL
several months since, and after rubbing himself
freely with the liniment night and morning &C.
cortlng to the printed directions he obtained the
most decided relief Whenever be has any pain
now he uses ST. JACOBS OIL and IL always drives
che pain away. Now fully know from personal
observation that What is good for man Is good for
beast Further reports bring the gratifying In
tclligence that Aristidee Welsh, Esq. OF Erden-
helm stock Farm, near Philadelphia Pa, the
breeder Of that famed racer, Iroquois, above rep
resented, uses and strongly endorses ST. JACOBS
OIL as n wonderful remedy in its effects upon bis
stock His experience with the Great German
Remedy justified him in giving his unqualified
Endorsement of il. and in saying that his chief
groom should always use 1t on the farm. q
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07
Ran saved.

We are so thankful TO say that our baby was
permanently cured of dangerous and pro-
tracted irreguHrity of the bowels by the use of
Hon Bitters by its mother, which at the same
time restored her to perfect health and strength.
The Parents, Rochester, n. Y. See another
column-B ,tfdlo Express.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

In MS. calendar of the time of
Henry VI is one vellum page, filed
with list of unlucky days upon which
it would be "perilous to take any sick
ness, or to be hurt III, or to be welded
II, or take any journey upon or begin
any work on, that he would we'll speed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

rooms, where the glass isaualted and
manufactured by expert xAn. The
description of the new - ~ onplv
to the old The new bl EkS3 o. nv
80 feet in size, two SIT, <*A The
lower story is devoted nufac-
ture and seasoning of c,yss1 n the
center Is built the large s7 which
rises from the floor of tn, u d story
IN the shape of a large -sTme. about
twenty feet in diameter. Az intervals,
piercing the walls of this aeme. are
openings about nine inches square.
giving access to the interior in which.
amid a fierce fire, can be seen seven
large clay crucibles, each containing one
ton of melted glass, and almost white
heat, like their contents. Around this
dome, on raised platform stand the
workmen, each armed with a long. hol-
low rod of iron, one end of which they
dip into the molten glass. few turns
winds upon the tube quantiSvof thick,
molten material, which is fhen with
drawn and held high in the ar while, the
workman blows through the tube until
the glass begins to expand Then the
soft bulb of the red-hot glass is rolled
rapidly over n stone to shape Il properly
for blowing, and then dropped down
into an open mold, which the workman
closes by a lever operated by his foot.
When shut into the mold, a few strong
blows into the tube causes the glass to
expand and fill the mold exactly. The
mold Is then opened, and bottle, fruit
jar. demiiolln, or whatever the mold Is
intended to form. Is taken out The
connection of the bottle with the glass
remaining on the blowpipe is broken off,
and the bottle, parts of which are still
red-hot, Is carried to large ovens built
around the sides Of the room, in which
they are stacked up. These ovens are
kept heated while the bottles are being
stacked but when a sufficient number
has been obtained to fill the ovens, the
fire is allowed to die out, and the in
terror is gradually cooled. This process
is called tempering, and Is necessary to
prevent the breaking of the bottles by
sudden cooling in the air of the ordinary
temperature The rapidity with which
the workmen perform the operations can
readily be realized when it is known that
the works, in full running order, can
turn out fifty gross of fruit jars per day,
besides a large number OF bottles of
different kinds.
The sand, which is obtained in Mon
terey, is brought to the works IN bags.
and is then mixed with soda ash, lime,
salt, Manganese, cobalt, and arsenic, the
mineral substances being used TO correct
the color of the glass. When dark glass
is to be made, like that seen in brandy
bottles, black lead, imported from Hun
gary, is added. When the ingredients
have been properly mixed, one ton is put
into a pot, and Is meltaAHeEough the
night.
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WRITE to Mrs. LYDIA Z. Pinkham. 233 West
ern Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for names of ladies
that have been restored t. rerfect health bv
the use of her Vegetable Compound. 1t is a
positive cure for the most stubborn cases of
female weakness
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

THE Sunday Argus, louisville (Ky.)
observes A Woodbury., IN. j. paper
mentions the cure of the wife of Mr..
Jos. H. Mills, of that place, by st. Ja-
cobs Oil. She had rheumatism.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

SITTING BULL says he has killed TWEEN
tv-seven Indians with his own hands.
How the United States army must envy
him
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

THE Menasha wis Press says A.
Granger, Esq, of this city. uses ST. ia
cobs Oh on his horses with decided sue
cess and profit.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

BASEBALL clubs have their uses. Some
of them bring forward colleges that
otherwise would not be heard of-Ne,S
orleans PicGyi0le.
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Red-Rma.. RnncIlr.-

"SNcE taking DIR. Lindseys Blood Search
er that old core of mine is entirely cured +"
Sold by all druggists.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

THERE is no excuse for any one having
headache dizziness, fever and a6ue, or malaria
if they take "Sellers Liver Pills.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-10-07

rats cats, mice, ants. flies, insects, cleared out
by ''Rough ON Rats" 15c, druggists.