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The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
Arctic Animals,

Among animals, the Polar bear. pnre
white in winter, is found on the sea coast
and in slightly-wooded regions, but the
variety is not abundant The small
white rabbit, same as seen in the Middle
States, except in color, frequents wooded
regions along river courses and is abun.
dant Reindeer were formerly abundant
ON the sea coast and travelled in immense
herds, but since the introduction OF fire.
arms these animals have been DESTROYED
in some localities and driven from others
aud now they are found only in restricted
localities. 4 few years ago they existed
IN vast numbers on NuneYak island. and
the Indians were in the habit of
slaughtering them with senseless i'm
providence. They were once so plenty
and tame there that they could be shot
in numbers from the huts of the natives
One traveller says that he saw over 4. coo
fawn skins hanging up to dry in singls
village. Poison Is sometimes used in
taking game-au execrable practice
In the open throughout the interior
country reindeer are still found In small
bands.
Moose are still found along the rivers
in the Yukon territory and in wooded
places. Their skins are used for cloth
ing they are thick, stiff and heavy be-
fore being tanned, but are rendered soft
and pliable under the manipulation of
the Indian tanners, who use the animal S
brains IN the operation.
The Polar bear is found on the north
ern coast of Alaska. This huge animal
formerly ranged as far south as the
mouth of the Yukon; and tradition has
it that one was once seen on St. Paul's
island in latitude 81 deg. north, supposed
to have been carried there on q floating
ice field. In the Coast mountains range
cinnamon, black and grizzly bears bu:
none of these varieties are common
here.
Back from the coast bears are more
numerous, especially the black on the
Upper Yukon, were many skins are
annually taken. l gathered good deal
of interesting gossip about the manner
/ of capturing the bear The natives give
/ the red bear, and especially the grizzly,
/ a wide berth. One white hunter re-
ported seeing q band of fifteen black
+ bears on Peace river, in the Hudson bay
/ country, feeding on berries on ahillside,
+ and six in one place on the Yukon, the
+ present spring. The grizzly Is not fre-
Quently found for the sufficient reason,
/ suppose, that he is rarely ''lost. The
barren ground bear, a smaller animal
duh yellowish brown IN color. inhabits a
wide, treeless region extending from the
western part OF British America tC
/ Alaska.-4iaSka Cor. san francisco
/ Chronicle
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
TIMOTHY FOR DAIRY MrAno, a.

TIMOTHY FOR DAIRY MEADOWS. One
OF our principal meadow grasses is tim
othy, and this forms a tuber or bulb
just above the surface of the oronnd
and is injured or destroyed when this
bulb is cut or eaten off. Pasturino
meadows of this grass is likely greatly
to injure these bulbs, and this aTnlains
the serious injury that occurs when these
meadows are pastured in the fall Cut
ting too close with moving machines
often Injuries it. Timothy is, perchance,
the most valuable meadow Grass as
with proper attention, it will easily con-
tinue ten years in succession to Weld
large crops. II our meadows consisted
of Kentucky blue grass, wire grass,
orchard grass, red-top, ETC., pasturing
would not be fatal, alth 1ugh not advisa-
ble except on alluvial or overhowed land.
But let us see what the real value of
the aftermath of timothy meadow is
worth. Take the case mentioned of sew
enty five acres pastured. Four cents
worth of wheat middlincs and corn meal
per day to each COW, would have pro-
duced more milk and Left the cows in
better condition, during the five or six
weeks that they are allowed to run q
portion of the day upon the meadows.
1hS Wouli nave cost at most, only about
81 60 per head, whilst the damage to
the meadow was at least ten times rs
much Meadows require generous at
tention. shou;d be top-dressd with stable
manure in the fall, instead of pasturing
them, and when this cannot he had,
should be top dressed with some COM
mercial fertilizer every few years, and
thus kept Ia full production. aud your
dairy full fed through the winter.-NG-
tioaaL Lire Stock Journal.
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
Tie Lanch of a Child.

The laugh of child will make the
holiest day more sacred still. Strike
with the hand OF fire, O, weird musicianl
thy harp strung with Apollo's golden
hair; fill the vast cathedral aisles with
symphonies sweet and dim, deft touches
Of the organ keys blow. bugler, blow,
until thy silver notes do touch and kiss
the moonlit waves and charm the lovers
wandering mid vine-clad hills But
know Your sweetest strains are discords
all, compared with childhood's happy
laugh-the laugh that fills the eyes with
light and every heart with Joy. Oh,
ripping river Of laughter thou art the
boundary line between the beasts and
men, and every wayward wave of thine
doth drown some fretful fiend of care.
o. Laughter rose-lipped daughter OF
JOY there are dimples enough in thy
cheeks to catch and hold and glorify all
the tears of Grief
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
Snake Stories.

A farmer in Devonshire once told me
that he caught q viper, partially dlsab-
ling it by blow from a stout stick, and
with the assistance of his men bound II,
still living, in the fork Of a tree. Gle
was a kind hearted and fairly intelh-
cent man, who would not have tolerated
any i'll treatment of horse or dog-far
less have been guilty of such thing
himself-but he saw no cruelty IN thus
punishing the poor reptle.) There
they left it, striking with its fangs on all
sides in rage and agony. When they
returned next day the viper had escaped,
but the limb of the tree was dry and
dead as though blasted with tightening
/ was young and hopeful at the time |
heard this tale and unwise enough to do
all IN my power to dissuade the narrator
from the belief he held, or, at any rate,
to try and convince him that he wrongly
connected cause and effect IN the case :;
but, as he said, he "see'd 1t himself,
and he went down TO the grave IN that
faith That he honestly believed 1t,
there could be no doubt, for he had not
enough poetry In him to invent such q
romance. 1t reminds one of the Yankee
who told how he killed n snake with a
hoe. the handle of which the "varmlnt
turned and bit several times before re-
ceiving the coup dc grace. . 4oumaynt t
believe it, Squire, said he, but Jest
as trew as You stand theer, III less than
three minutes that hoe-handle was
swelled up as big as my leg" Have
you ever heard of the hoop snake? They
abound, according to several accounts
have been favored with, in Indla and
Australia, and derive their name from
the popularity of their mode of progress
sion; taking their tails in their mouths
they bowl along ike hoop Fact, so
an old Indian officer Informed me, who
had often seen the native soldiers chas-
lug them with short bamboo sticks Che
was fearfully circumstantial) around the
commons and along the roads. The fol-
lowing nice little auecdote was CLEANED
from an English colonial newspaper,
where il was published as an actual oc-
currence in the immediate neighborhood
during the week. with much local and
collateral detail. \ boa constructor woke
up hungry from a three months nap
and caught rabbit which he bolted
whole in the usual way This did not
satisfy the cravings of his capaciOus
| stomach, so he went afield il search OF
| further victuals, and presently came to &
| fence, which he essayed to get through
But the lump caused by the defunct
! though undigested bunny stopped him
| when his head and few feet only of hi,
| body had passed between the rails ant
! lying IN this attitude, he caught anC
swallow another rabbit which had in
cautiously ventured within his narrowed
/ sphere of action. Now what was tn,
state of affairs He could neither &,
ahead nor astern through the fence
being iammed by his fore and aft insid,
passengers, and in this embarrassin,
position he was slain with ease.
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
Real Hernisnl.

In one of our sleeping cars there was
an old bachelor who was annoyed by
the continued crying of child, and the
Intellectual attempts of the father to
quiet it. Pulling aside the curtain, and
putting out his head he said "Where
is the mother of that child? Why
doesn't she stop that nuisance ?" The
father said very quietly: 1.-The mother
is in the baggage car in her coffin; Tam
travelling home with the baby. This is
the second night L have been with the
child, and the little creature is wearying
for its mother. am sorry if its plain
tive cries disturb any one in this car.
"Wait minute said the old bachelor
The old man got up and dressed himself
and compelled the father to lie down and
sleep, while he took the baby himself
That old bachelor stilling the cry of the
baby all night was n hero. And the
man who for the sake of others, gives
up a lawful qualification in his own
house, or in the social circle, is as great
hero as though he stood upon the bat
tie feld.-ETchan0e
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
The Native Esquimaux.

9he EsquImauX generally are good
sh lot of poor devils as far as disposition
IS concerned, their good nature appar-
emily beginning with boyhood. A short
time since canoe was alongside IN
which lay baby enveloped IN furs, Its
tiny hands protruding and holding
piece of blubber, which 1t sucked with
apparent relish. 1t was quick to feel
itself an object of attraction, and its
chubby face returned any number OF
smiles of recognition, alternating with
occasional blinks caused by the falling
snow. Something of the artistic instinct
also crops ont IN their disposition, as
may be witnessed from rude carvings
Of ivory and attempts at delineation.
At St. Michael's an Esquimaux boy who
has never had any instruction draws e1-
tremely well. They have music pecul-
lar to themselves, aud are devotedly
fond OF dancing. which IS done entirely
by the women, who, being stripped to
the waist for the occasion, are more
decollctte than our women at the ger
mans. The men are spectators.
/ 1t is much to be regretted that they
/ are not more cleanly in their persons
! and habits. If IN enterprising entO-
mologist were so inclined it would be
/ quite possible for him To supplement- the
/ paper to the Royal Society, made some
! years ago, on the Ethnological Classi-
I tieation of Vermin," and " Ouida
might find material which, If worked mp,
would surpass in disgustfulness the flea
[ epic mentioned in Moths"
/ As a trader the Esquimaux is a regu-
/ lar Shylock. He will maggie about the
slightest matter IN making a bargain,
although bartering for 10 cents worth
of tobacco skip that could not be got
for as many dollars in New York. Oc-
casionally one or two are met with not
\ so unsophisticated. A chap on the ST.
berian coast having quantity of furs
( to dispose of, being offered some trifiing
thing, exclaimed (using a phrase I'M
mentionable to ears polite), 4" those
skins are worth so down in San Fran
/ cisco.V Another fellow said he had
been 10 California on a whaler, and be-
ing asked his name said it was "Shoo
Fly"
In physiognomy this race has many
of the Mongolian peculiarities, yet the
type varies. In the vicinity of East
cane q few are to be seen having dis
tinctive Hebrew noses, others of more
Milesian cast of features look like Irish
men. while one old fellow was found the
very image of the proprietor of Worm
ley's Hotel, in Washington. Physical )
they are far behind the Anglo-Saxon, i
the writer may be allowed to regard
himself as q standard of comparison
They are wanting in biceps, cannot
swim. stand ON their heads nor turI
somersaults. A few gymnsstic trick:
fiji them with admiration and astonish
ment.-Lieut. Reynolds.
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
r1rs1 snenker of Cnnrress.

Frederick A Muhlenberg, who, be-
longed TO quite famous family of Penn
sylvania, was the Speaker of the first
Congress. He was born at the Trappe
In 1850, and was ordained to the minis
try of the Lutheran Church. He ofici-
ated in country churches in Pennsyl-
vania, and in New York City, which ne
left when the British entered In 1873
and 1850 he was eleeted to the Cont
mental Congress, and for several years
after was a member Of and Speaker OF
the State Legislature of Pc nnsylvania.
He was President of the State Conven-
ton called to consider the ratification of
the Federal Constitution, and gave it his
earnest support. He was member of
the first four Congresses, and was
Speaker of the First and Fourth Con-
crosses. He was Register of the Land
Office of Pennsylvania under Governors
Miffiin and Mexican, holding that office
at the time OF his death at Lancaster,
June 4, 1901.
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
Atop OF Mount MasIlington.

On the summit proper is the hotel,
kept by Mrs. Dodge and managed 10y
her son, John, where the tourist Is per-
mitted 10 register on condition that he
pays a dollar and half for fifty cent
dinner, being promised 10y the enterpris-
ing manager OF a little sheet called
Anlojlq the CYOuclS that If he registered
before half-past twelve his name viii APP
pear among the list OF arrivals published
in the one o'clock edition. In the rear
of the old Tip-Top House, now used as
a printing office. and about "A hundred
feet off Is the United States Signal Ser
vice Station, small, low wooden build
ing, fastened down by long beams run
ming entirely over the top OF the roof
aud securely bolted TO the solid rock 10
prevent its being blown into the adjoin
ing ravine An observatory about fifty
feet high is near by, to which an admis-
sion fee of fifteen cents is charged,
which, together with the stables of the
Glen House Stage Company, completes
the settlement on the summit.
The men IN the signal stations are.
during the summer season, so annoyed
/ by tourists that rule has recently
been adopted 10 admit no visitors except
/ by permit. But from whom, except the
| Secretary of War. permit lis TO he OBJ
| tained is not stated. At the time of our
visit the curtains were entirely down
and no sign of life was visible. On the
main door is the plain git sign, " OBJ
| servers Station" No knobs or any
other apparent fastenings are on the
doors, but We were told that fastenings
and shutters We're used on the inside
During the summer the men board at
the hotel, but from the middle of Sep
tember to the middle of June they live
in comparative solitude on this i'm
perial summit, over mile above the sea
level, where only for the past ten years
has it been thought possible for human
beings to exist at ali at that inclement
season.
A notice posted in the hotel requests
guests "not to take blankets from the
bed," which, being interpreted, means
that guests who leave their beds early to
see the sun rise find themselves unpre-
pared for the severe cold, and use the
blankets for outside wraps. Of the rail
road much has been written. 1t
has been running without accident for
ten years -BroOklyn EGqIC
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23

In old times it was the fashion for
s,litor to go down on his knees to a lady
when he asked her to become his wife,
which. with very stout gentlemen, was
AN uncomfortable proceeding. The way
in which Daniel Webster proposed to
Miss Fletcher was more modern, being
at the same time neat and poetic. Like
many another lover, he was once bold
inc a skein of thread or wool which the
lady had been unraveling. ''Gracie, J"
said he, "we have been untying knots !;
LET MS see if we cannot tie one which
will not unite in lifetime" With q
niece of tape he fastened the half of a
ffrne lovers knot Miss Fletcher per-
fected it, and a kiss put the seal to the
symbolical bargain.
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
Too Awruuy AwfuI.

From the following faithful report.
given, IN the New York Mai it viii he
seen that the West Point cadet talks
exactly like the civilian of the cadet ace:
an bow d do, Miss Pussiecat q
How 90 you do, Mr.. Buttons %
AWiuiig glad you came over didn't
see you at Tie drill this morning"
" No, couldn't come
-" l wasawful sorry"
" Wereyou %
Yes, pom my word"
Beauthnl evening, isn't it?"
to-night?'
" Yes, Iguess so.
On In ever so glad.
" Are you, truly?'
Yes, lreally am
Inc band played new music to-day,
didn't it%
Eyes"
Loyeg, isn't it ?"
Qmtedecent.
29th %
Mr.. Gaycoat.
Oh, I'm so glad. He's a lovely
/ dancer, aA't he? ?"
L don't like his style.
Oh, I do. How's your spraineC
wrist ?"
g Bette. thank you.
Beautiful evening, isn't it ?"
Lovey. VIII you give me the frs
waltz onhe 29th q
Yes,if you wapt 1t.
% Thaks, awfully."
" Goo many here, aren't there?"
"Quie a gang-there go the drums
must be off Good evening g-don
forget tb waltz.
"Qhno. Ishan't. Good evening"
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
A. n. STEPHENS and the Negro.

There are people who become honest
only when there is nothing more to
steal. That kind of forced virtue has
too many examples.
Mr.. Stephens has many stories to tell
of negroes, and one is of famous cot
ton and chicken depredator, who since
the war met the ex-Vice President in the
road.
"Wen, Thomas" was the kindly
SALVATION, "I was sorry to hear you
had been in trouble about Mrs. Trips
chickens"
Yes, Mars. Alec, but L done quit
ali dat now" said the negro. very peni-
tently.
i" How many did you take before you
stopped?" asked Mr.. Stephens.
:" tux all she had" was the perfectly
innocent reply.
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
EpitaphS.

The following was rather more epi-
grammic than epitaphic in regard TO
Rev. John Chest:
Beneath this spot lies buried
One Chest within another;
The outer chest ali thrt's good;
Who siys so Of the othtr''
William Wilton, buried in Lamberth,
certainly did not write the epitaph which
bears relation to him:
Here Beth ". W.
Who never more viii trouble you trouble you"
Nor, we may safely assert. did Owen
Moore himself pen the following:
owen Moore has gone away,
OWN more than he could pay"
In a graveyard Mt AIontrose is said 10
be the following:
Here lies the boiis oi George
Young and all their p1st-rity
For fifty years backwards
And in Wrcxham Churchyard as fol
lows;
- Here lies FIVE habics aud children dear.
IhIee a oswtsiry, and two here
Akin TO this in logical laundering is
Here lies the remains Of
THONGS MilSolfn. wh no died in
Pa i-deiphia, March. l7j3;
Had DE lived he would have
Been buried here
And another at Nettlebed, in Oxford
shire:
We ala died vrilbin Tie space Il one short yes,ri
We are ai 'airie~t 90 Nimbie, except j.
And ur bdTci here
Others again are delightfully."- circum-
stantial, such as that of John Adams
Here lies John Adams who received a thump
Ri-ht on the forehead from the parish pump"
Or a touch of ioliity in them. as this
from Newbury Churchyard
' Here lays John and Mary his bride
They Hvei and they laughed while they were able,
And at last obliged 80 knock under the table"
Or suggcstiyeIy laconic as is the fol-
lowing from St. Michael Crooked Lane :
Here lies wrapped ~ clay.
The body Of William ray;
have 10 more 10 say"
One Mrs. Shute gave occasion, we are
told, for the following
" here lies, cut down like gnripe fruit,
The wife 81 Deacon Amos Shute;
She died Of drinking too much coffee,
Amy Doniuy eighteen forty.
James Wyatt, of course. took no part
in the connection of this effusion
a. At rest beneath this churchysrd stone
Lies s;inEy Jimmy WYATT;
lie died one morning just al 10,
And saved dinner oy i'll
A useful hint is wrapped up in the fol-
lowing
" Died OF thin shoes. January, 1889"
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostratIon
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MENsMAN's PEProNIZED BEEF Tonic. the
only preparation OF beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-mak-
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions
whether the resalt of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration, overwork, acute disease, particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York.
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23

The close confinement of all factory work,
qiyes the operatives pailid faces, poor appetite,
fsneuid. miserable feelings poor blood, inactive
liver. kidneys and urinary troubles and all the
,1hvsicians and medicine in the world can not
helm them unless they get out of doors or use
Hon Bitters, the purest and best remedy, es-
Iecisllv for such cases, having abundance OF
health. sunshine and rosy cheeks In them
They cost but trifie. Bee another column
Chyistta. Recorder
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
Almost Young Again.

My mother was afflicted long time with
Neuralgia and n dull. heavy, inactive condition
of the whole system headache, nervous pros
tration, and almost helpless. No phvsi-
clans or medicines did her any good. Three
such good effect tina she seems and feels Young
again, although over seventy years old We
think there Is no other medicine fit to use in
the family "A Lady in Providence, r. L.
Journal,
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
"A TOUGH HORSE STORY.

The Cincinnati Enquirer lately published
the following horse story, which we give
just as it appeared: A curious instance
of sagacity in the horse occurred recently
in the stables of Mr.. A. Toughm..n, situated
on North Elm street. Mr. I. has for long
time been in the habit of using ST. JACOBS
OIL. the Great German Remedy, in his e4-
tensive stables. Among Mr.. Tis many
horsesis a great, powerful Canadian draught
horse. This animal in course of time got
so that that he knew the ST. JACoRs OIL
bottIevery well; so well, in fact, that one day
recently on Mr. T's return from business,
upon entering the stables he caught him
licking the sore shoulder of beast which
stood beside him; the animal, giving awise
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23

ALEADvu.LE man in one week was at
.ocked and scratched by a catamount,
hurt m by an explosion, had bowlder roll
down on him and stave in two ribs, and
Vas Vas kicked by mule. And a local
e1itor remarked that he mad been
somewhat annoyed by circumstances
lately -
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23

IHE mower OF Jne aIr ls pIauJ
found in Chill and also in japan. This
appellatlon Is given to it because it has
no roots and Is never fixed to the earth.
1t twlnes round dry tree or sterile
rock. Each shoot produces two or three
flowers like lily, white, transparent and
odoriferous. 1t Is capable of being
transported 200 or 300 leagues: and it
vegetables as 1t travels, suspended on
twig.
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
No Tact.

Peoplewithout tact do a great deal of
mischief. They seem actually merciless
at times. They never know what is best
to saw or DO. They tread upon peoples
toes. andopen the closets where family
skeletonsare kept SO often that they
earn the reputation of being spiteful.
They kover and over again questions
which are obviously unpleasant to an
swer and make remarks that are seen at
once by all save themselves to be
offensive.
The Hickman courier., 1881-09-23
How Salmon Are Cancht.

Salmon are caught hxaiaSs.s 3.
''the fishing wlASl
sists of "A ietty OF rOC1M4aE - Il. & Z
point on the shore of the river, outsz1z
of which is a planked sluice-way, in
which an undershot wheel with large
tank buckets revolves The sluice-wav
was built when the river was at its low
est stage of water, and the wheel is hung
SO that it can be raised or lowered, as
may be desired. according to stage of
water. The instinct of the salmon is to
run up the river alongside of the banks
instead of Iaid-channel. By this the
fish can take advantage of the eddies
below jutting points of land. On these
projecting points the Indians have been
from time immemorial taking salmon in
large numbers by using dip-nets. The
iet;y built out from the point above
named makes larger and longer slack
water behind it, and the salmon round
ing the point rush into the sluice-way to
get up the river. In the sluice-way the
wheel. which revolves in the current, is
gauged so as to sweep within foot of
the bottom, and the salmon are scooped
up in the tanks or buckets, which latter
let out the water as they ascend. On
the wheel descending the fish are thrown
ont into through or gutter, leading to
a pen below, where they remain until
taken away to be canned. The arrange
ment of the sluice-wheel, etc, is a most
successful one, the catch of the adult
salmon, which are the only ones canned,
running from 1900 to 1900 per day.
There is virtually no expense in taking
the fish save attending to the pen.