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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16
A CHOLERA HEaEDx.


Mr.. Lane, an eastern traveller
and Onentalist, recommends the
following treatmeU for cholera;
lie says while residing in Cairo
in 1913. while cholera was raging
there, he was informed that there
was an Englishman in ~ small
neighboring village that effected "A
speedy cure in all eases winch he
had an opportunity of treating.
The number of cases was sixty.
two, and many of them were very
malignant.
IL subsequently, learned that his
mode OF treatment was praeticed
with equal success IN Spain. Con.
stantinople and India. aud was
never followed 10y typhus or ty.
phuid fever. which proved fatal in
many eases When the cholera
itself had been subdued hy other
means, upon applying TO him re.
ceived the following directions,
which | practiced in a few cases
which occurred in my house and
elsewhere, with invariable sue.
cess:
"If the patients have not vomit.
ed the poisonous matter W hich is
characteristic of the disease, aud
which resembles rice water. give
u tablespoonful powdered mus
tard in a tumbler of cold water a,
an emetir. After vomiting
whether produced by the disease
or the above means. within few
minutes give a VINE glassful 81
brandy, with ten grains of capsi
cum, powdered cayenne pepper
stirred up in it. This generally
produces almost immediate relief,
aud within an hour rest. perspira.
ton aud sleep. In n few eases il
was found necessary to give half
u dose Of the brandy and capsi.
cum after half an hour or so
more. A second half dose was
never required. but should il be
required, IL may ne given. No
other tluid shoald be drank before
recovering. To accelerate conva.
lescence 1t has been suggested
that fifteen drops of mixture of
spirits of ammonia and sulphuric
ether in equal parts may be given
three or fOnr times duriag the
following day. The above quanti
ty of brandy and capsicum is for
an adult patient suffering severe
attack: in other eases two.ihirds
or half that quantity may sufiice
as | have proven by experience"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16

A HORSE owned by q farmer
living near Greensboro, Ky, goes
without a master and drives up
the cows every evening.
COTTON planters in Loulsana's
and Mississippi's flooded districts
will experiment on planting cot.
ton after the June floods.
THE Worlds Fair grounds are
something like five miles long
and two wide. They contain 28
miles Of streets and several hun.
dred houses, many of them i'm.
menae structures, one being 48O
by $50. 100 feet nigh ut the main
and 100 feet high in the dome,
with a floor space of something
like 20 acres, all of which are
covered with sights worth millions
Of dollars.
A NUMBER of papers over the
country have begun to publish
the list of pensioners in their re-
spectlve states. Some of the PEN
sioners are kicking, but the pub
LEGATION will do good all the same.
No one who is Justly entitled to
a pension should object to see
ing his name in print and no
honest pensioner will object. If
III
the publication does not suit the
other fellows 50 much the better.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16

The time is right for action il
the citizens of Lake county ex.
pect or intend to build a levee at
the head of ReelfOot Lake.
The year 1892 was disastrous in
its effects from late overflow.
Many of the best farms planted
in late corn, which hardly paid for
cultivation, and nothing for rent,
aud now we have Il repetition of
the same dire disaster.
The southern half of the county
cannot be depended up0n for
homes for hundreds of our best
citizens and most successful far.
mers. The never ending fear OF
late floods will drive the old far.
mers to higher lands, and that
section OF the county will become
tenantless. Now, we know "a
!eyee can be built from Hickman
KY, to highland in New Madrid
Bend and that thousands of acre )
lying between the lake and river
would be reclaimed by q levee.
and that large land owners of
Kentucky and Obion and Dyer
counties are directly interested
in the matter. Without such
levee Lake county Will lose q large
part of her population, every
foot of available land is now in
cultivation, and we need every
good man in the county.
So, let's talk the matter over
and take some steps TO have Ken.
lucky and ObiOn and Dyer conn.
ties unite with us and move might.
lily upon our own people aud upon
the river commission, and upon
our representative in congress.
and anybody and every one who
can aid or assist IN retaining
Lake county. and then we will
have 8 800 population instead of
8 300; and then Lake county will
astonish the world with her won.
derfui feriility.-Tiptonsle Head.
light.
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A I'LL. ii?.', Eg;:S':;: u lis:.::.a

Mr.. sui Mrs. Loren rrs-cntt ar' Keep
era Of the Gov. Lighthouse 81 sand beach.
Mich, aud are blessed With a daughter.
four years old. Last April she Wa taken
down with hraslcs. followed With dread
ful Cough and turning into Fever Doc
tors At home aul Detroit treated her hut
la vain. she gees wrrse rapidly, until she
sas = mere "haulfil Of bones Then she
'rie,' De kings Ncs Discovery aud alter
the uss of Two and half bottles. w,s c'm.
rlctely cutei. They t,y Dr. Kings New
Discovery Is worth iis vyigat in c1ii yet
You NAV got trial bottle free at {. \.
ilolc1mb's brur store.
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ruE 81. Louis Hrr,aLic FREE.

The "TNiec.a-week' ST Ipui. Republic
will be seat free Tor Que } ear 20 any pers1a
scrihers. Nth four dollars 20 pay fr the
same. The Republic goes every where
aud u the most popular paper published
in America. lis reader. eet the news
hall week earlier than 1t can lie tai
from any week y paper, while It's Literary
Agricultural and other departments are
unsurpassed. Il fills the wants Of every
member OF he family, snl should be re,d
IA every household You can set four
new subsci ihers for IL, by few minutes
effort. Try it, at once, aud see how easily
It can he tote. lfyou wish package Of
sample copies. write for them. Cut olt
this aiveriiscmru and send 1t With your
order. Address he Republic. ~ Louis Mo
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16
VOTING OK EEyEE TAX,

An election to decide the ones.
Of taxing lands IN the St. Francis
river basin for the construction of
a levee on the Mississippi river
front from Point Pleasant, No.,
10 the mouth Of the 81. Francis
river was held Saturday last ~
the Arkansas counties of Phlilns,
st, Francis. Cross POnsctt, Craig
head, CrttendOn, Mississippi aud
Lee. The proposition is to levy a
tax OF . per cent on the better.
ments of the lands to be protect.
ell. Returns Indicate that the
leyee people are ahead in the
voting. The three lower Nilsson.
ri counties are also interested in
the proposed levec.
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The Cholera Scare.

There will be holera along the
Mediterranean coasts this summer
and more epidewic aud virulent
than it was last. This fact seem
assured from rsports, OFFICIAL a1'l
-uuorrrfa', coming from HAT par,
of the world.
Less danger exists this year
than last, however, that the
plague will extend seriously be.
You'd the italian, Algerian, Turk.
ish and Egyptian ports along
that sea. France has for months
past maintained a system of sani-
tary inspection and quarantine
which, while it may not exclude,
can he trusted 10 minlfy the evil.
The Spanish Government has
within the past few weeks. organ.
lied quarantine service and en-.
forced a code OF sanitary laws
which promise good results in
keeping the disease under control
in that country.
The danger to the English.
speaking countries comes more
from Hamburg than elsewhere.
There the disease is breaking ont
again In spite of all the efforts
made dnring the past winter to
disinfect the city aud provide it
with pure water supply. 1t is
from there, If from anywhere.
that both England and the United
States may fear serious contagion.
There seems, however no reas-
enable ground for fear. The pre-.
cautions taken since last summer
both by this Government and
the steamship company which
does the largest passenger bust. |
ness between Hamburg and Amer.
lean ports lessen the danger TO a
point much below what it was
then. The company has erected |
large barracks where intending 1
are to be detained M.
til declared tit for embarkaton /
by two officers of the United .
States Marine Hospital Service
aud one detailed from the staff of
the New York Health Officer.
A better system Of quarantine
will prevail at New York than
hat which caused so much con.
fusion and conflict Of authority
last year. IL the great cities Of
the country will supplement,
the work done and being done by
the Nationa! and State govern.
ments with rigid sanitary inspec.
ton and enforcement of all health
ordinances, a cholera epidemic is
hardly to be feared.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16

Tfy,s Is large enough TO give all the
population Ia the world standing room,
AMI it ~ ssiI that il all IA, peopi' Of the
United STATS we're crowded into Kansss,
California AID Nebraska, those STATES
wouli not be more thickly settled Than
Eng land is now.
Az Australian inventor has lust per feet =
ed method Of plowing with the help Of
dynamite The explosive IL used in very
small quantities, aud there il an appsrt.
tus for touching il off underground The
result Of ibis j. q thoroughly disinte-
gralc the soil 1t Is asserted that there
is no possibility Of serious explosion,
and ihatowinR 10 the small quantity OF
dynamite used the cost is very little.
while the resulting benefit Is enormous.
"A new ruling cf the postonice
department requires that nncslled for let
ters be held hereafter thirty days instead
OF ten, unless the envelope contains card
giving the number Of days the sender
wishes il held, together wi h biz rame and
pos,of'ice, in which case the letter will be
returned, as received. The government
will stop printing the cards on envelopes
when the present contrasts expire, aud
those wishing TO avoid delay and dissp-
poin'mcnt in this particular should order
their envelopes from home printing Of
fees.
Prepare yourself for the coming
summer by cleansing your system
and purifying your blood with
Plantation Sarsaparilla and lodide
of Potash. Price 50cts and Sl.O0
per bottle. Sold by
Cowgirl & Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
4. i. Swayne, 4"
Gore Bros. Caycc. Ky.
A. Il. Brevard, Jordan, Ky.
COOKING by electricity is an
accomplished fact at the Worlds
Fair. A beelsteak in four minutes.
baked ham in three and half
minutes, and hapjacks as fast as
you can turn your hand over are
among the wonderful feats per-
formed, and all without any smut
or dirt. Electric smoothing irons
and washing machines are also on
exhibition.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16

The local editor Is sometimes
censured for not making public
everything that happens In his
nailiwick. IL tho paper was read
by home people alone, this might
do, bu: when it goes 10 almost
every state in the Union, our local
happenings frequently appear bet.
ter out OF print. \ community is
very much like our family jars,
aud so long AS they are confined
to the home circle, they are com.
paraiively harmless. but so soon
as the ueighbors get peep at the
play behind the scenes, they are
huriful. Some things were not
intended for the press.
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Hot Weather insurance.

For twsnty-fve cents You can insure
yourself aud family against any bad re
suits from az attack Of bowel complaint
daring the summer Chsmberlsin's Collie
Cholera aud Dllrrhoea Remedy is oer.
tain cure for these diseases Il costs hul
% cents For sale 10y C. A. Hol,ombe
druggist
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16

Have you tried Plantation Liver
Pills for babitual constipation
They are perfectly delightful and
a sure cnre. Price 25c. Sold by
Cowgirl 4 Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
Il. T. Swayne,
Gore Bros, Cayce, Ky.
\. Il. Brevard, Jordan Ky.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16
BucLt-a'. Ar.icR saiYe

THE BEsT SALvE in the world Tor CUE,
Bruises Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum Fever
Sores, letter, Chnppet Hands, Chiloiain',
CoTh' nui all skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. II
Is guaranteed to give perfect Satisfaction.
Or money refunded. Price - cent. per
box. For sale by G. A. Ilolcombe,. Drug
u IT.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16

F,fy esbta 10 snail doctor Till. hu'
that Is all IL riil cost yau 20 cure aBy or
binary case of rheumau.m ~ yaa ~
-.a.---.h-.iaia Pain R-iaA les IA asd
YOU will be surprised at me prompt relied
u affords. The first application will quiet
the pain. 81 cent bottles Tor s,ls by c, A.
iioleombe, druggist
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16

EDDIE JOHNSON, % Kentucky
boy, who is % years old and
weighs 50 pounds aud ia regarded
as the largest child of his age in
the State. lie wears a mans hat
and a 9l shoe.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-06-16
THAT s30O.OOO SOB.
our state Adnninistra:'"n
at War.

aolc LOT spit III tne btmo'i"'''
party of Kentucky on State mat
tiers, and ii is q serious question
whether tho existing differences
can be fought to a finish inside
the party and before State nom
mating convention. or TT may
not result IN two rival Democralic
State tickets. Ii the laifrr, and
the Republicans will 'hsds off,
"the fnr will fly for a ACT aud it
might he that affairs Of State
would be pArified and improved
thereby.
Since Gov. Brown was induct-
ed into Office the scism has exist
ed. aul has grown from bad TO
worse, until now the differences
seem irreconcilablc.
The opponents Of the Governor
charge that he is selfish. cOncci,-
ed, egotis,ical andsSkapicaI, aud
that in everything 6SHedges on
technica'iiies and selfish pnrpos-
es, not only producing party dis
cord, but also resultirg 10 the det'
riment and injury Of he best in
terests Of the State.
The management OF the peni.
Tertiary has been the main cause
of discord. The Governor is
charged with yindlctvely break.
ing up the lease of he convicts
from which the State was making
some money and saving all ex.
pense for their keep, and that he
was prompted ia thh course 10y
personal feeling andy II desire
10 embark The State il prof,less
convict mauufacturin. enterprise.
II seems that the Siae, anticipat.
ing a possibility of he convict
lease expiring or bein. abrogated,
appropriated 100000, to he used
in starting the penitentiary into
manufacturing of some kind.
Governor Brown and Secretary
of State Headley ar, acting to.
gether on all these issues. and
Treasurer Hale. Attorney. General
Hendricks and Auditor Norman
are opposing. The latter three
seem DESTROYS of keeping the con.
victs employed to save the State
the expense of supporting them
in idlcness, and under The lease
system until something else can
be legally done; and We under.
stand that they do not favor
launching the State INFO vast
manufacturing enterprise, believ.
ing that all such movements result
in ruin and disaster.
Tue feud is w!de,p .aS ,rs aIyid !,
the people throughout the State.
Hale, Norman and Hendricks,
from business view. have decid.
eddy the best side, for the tax.pay.
ers do not relish the idea of sup.
porting 1000 convicts in idleness,
and the voters will view with dis.
trust launching the State into a
great manufacturing enterprise
which is almost sure to cost the
people Immensely.
This peniientiary middle, TO.
yether with the great expense re.
suhing from the new Constitution,
he present long session of the
Legislature. and the widespread
dissatisfaction, promises an excit.
ng State canvass.
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THERE was an unusual and sen
satiOnal scene Monday during
the inquest upon victim of the
FOrd's Theater disaster. A bitter
feeling WAS shown by several
clerks against Col. Ainsworih
chief Of the office, and the chiefs
of two divisions. a brother OF
one of the men killed defantly
called Ainsworth a murderer, and
accused him of attempting to in.
tmidate witnesses by his pres.
ence. Later there was another
nproar, and cries of Hang him.
were directed at AinswOrth. The
latter sat through it all nnmoved.
Order was finally restored and a
hasty adjournment followed. The
clerks then took charge of the
room and held an Indignation
meeting. A committee was ap.
pointed to wait upon the Presi.
dent and urge the suspension OF
Ainswor,h pending the investiga.
ton.
MR.. HENRY WATTERsoN, of the
Courier.Journal, has declared
that he will no longer tread the
devious ways of the politician,
bnt will henceforth devote him.
self TO the bigger and broader
work of an editor. Says he:
Now, more than ever before, it
shall be the policy and purpose of
the COurier.J Ournal to abstain
from interest in the concrete af.
fairs of the party. Its editor has
sat in the last three National
Democratic Conventions against
his own expressed desire and pro.
test. he never expects again 10
cross the threshold Of a political
convention, State or National, or
to make a political speech. He
has served bis turn and has
earned his release. His place is
here in this Office, and his service
for good or i'll In these columns.
There ought to be some one who
wants nothing, who can neither
he bought nor bullied, and who
may be trusted at all times to
write the truth as he sees it. for
truths sake and for the advan.
tage Of no clique or faction"
Tho New York World TINS dis.
courses Oh the gold reserve: 'The
gold reserve in the treasury is be.
low $50 OOO. 900, and the drain con.
tlnues. Bat there is in this fact
no occasion Tor alarm, aud the
secretary feels none. The banks
hold more than S1O0,0O0,0OO and
have no reason whatever for con.
tinaing to hold il. Legal. tenders
answer every purpose that gold
can IN their hands. Many banks
have already turned gold into the
treasury, and those of New York,
which have rs yet done nothing,
are reported to stand ready with
S20.OOO,OO0 subject to the secre.
tary's call. There are short crops
in Europe and large ones here.
Grain will begin moving in August
in large volumes. Drafts agains,
bills Of lading will turn the tide
of gold shipments this way within
sixty or ninety days almost Ger.
talnly. Finally, should the change
he longer postponed than there is
reason to expect, we have the re.
source Of u bond issue, with the
matchless credit of the country
behind it. We shall get gold
when we need it. But it is not
The policy Of the administration
10 resort to q bond issue until the
for 1t is apparent.
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oh, my poor back What pain
No excuse for INFLAMMATION Anti.
Haih Porus Plaster with capsicum
will cure it. Sold and guaranteed
satisfactory by
Cowgirl y Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
L. I. Swayne,
Gore BROS, Caycc, Ky.
y. T.. Brevard Jordan, Ky.
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Plantation Chill Cure stops chills,
stops 'em quick. and they never
come back. If yon don't believe
it, try it. If it don't stop 'em ask
for your money back you'll get it.
Price DOE. Sold by
Cowgirl & Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
L. I. Swayne, ("
Gore Bros, Cayce, Ky.
A. Il. Brevard, Jordan, Ky.
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SOMETHING NEW TO EAT.

\ new vegetable is about 10 he
UaisG sta,ses h pSsrJpss2aP lf 9f i.s
Iplrlmeut of Agriculture. II is
the root Of the Gala lily. which
resembles somewhat in appear.
ance the ordinary Irish tuber.
with the addition of = few whis.
kers that have nothing to do with
the qualities of the article as an
esculeni. 1t is more elongated.
and when cut the interior is u
tribe more viscid. But section
OF it IL 50 potatO.like you would
not he likely to distinguish any
difference. In cooking. il has
first TO he boiled in order 10
destroy certain acrid properties.
after which il may be fried, roast.
ed, baked, or what not, according
To taste.
Farmers in Florida have begun
TO raise these calla roots for mar.
ket. The plants grow readily IN
swamps and so thickly that the
yield of single flooded acre is
enormous. They also reproduce
themselves by the multiplication
of their bulbs under ground, so
that the grower has simply to dig
up the nffshoots aud leave the
parents to propagate anew.
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TARIFF aud finance are the is
snes of the extra session OF con

TARIFF aud finance are the is
snes of the extra session OF con-
grcss.
The President has approved
aud promulgated the new RUSSIAN
treaty. 1t goes into effect June
-.
THE Democrats OF Iowa will
have Western leadership this fall.
aud that means they will wipe the
earth with the Republicans.
A BILL has been introduced In
the Pennsylvania Legislature. pro.
viding that persons addicted 10
drinking Intoxicating liquors shall
he ineligible To Office created ID!
statutory provision.
Tue Greensboro Messenger
says that Henry George seems to
be the only member of the legis.
lature who il not imperviOus to
criticism. At least he is the only
one that talks back" to the news.
papers.
REPUBLICAN presidential Blooms
are already beginning to sprout.
Robert Lincoln had scarcely re.
tnrned from his sojOurn in Eng.
land week before he is mention
ed as "thc only man who can
bring Illinois back into the fold"
THIRTY pieces Of valuable laces
loaned TO the Worlds Fair by
Queen Margherita are mysterious.
~ missing. When the packages
were opened by custom officials
at Chicago Saturday the loss was
discovered. The United States
government is under 100000
bond for the safo return of the
laces TO Italy.
CoRREspONDENCE which is now
going on between the Canadian
and the United States governments
will decide whether or not the new
extradition treaty between Canada,
or rather Great Britain and the
United States, shall, in the near
future, he dead letter or not.
The trouble is caused by the refus-
al of Canadian officers to arrest
fugitives from the United States
until the necessary expenses are
forwarded.
Gov. FIsHBACK is preparing an
address to President Cleveland,
calling the attention Of the admin
istration to the extent and condi-
ton of the devastations by flood in
the st. Francis Basin, and the 500,-
600 acres overhowed in Arkansas,
Missouri and Louisiana by reason
of defective levees. He reviews
the history of congressional legis-
lation, and shows that Congress
has neglected the great national
arteries of commemorative naviga-
BILE livers-to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of private corporations and the
railroads. Over $4,000 people
Aays heen drixnn from their homes
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Children HE to lake &C. &C.
Certain thiii Cure" the pleas
amt nnd guaranteed care for
Fever, Nguc aEG Malaria.
Price so ct.
For sale ~ {. 4. HolcounE. Druggist
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Plantation Chill Cure is guaran.
teed. IL it don't cure go aud get
your money back. Ask your mer.
chant about il. Price Doe. Sold Nv
Cowgirl \ Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
7. 4. Swayne, Z"
Gore Bros, Cayce, Ky.
a. Il. ward. Jordan. Ky.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1893-06-13

Isaac White, his wife and a l6-year'
old daughter were run over by the cars
at Knoxville and killed.
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, the first
American Ambassador to Great Britain,
was welcomed to England with much
pomp and ceremony Saturday.
-Ford's old theatre, Washington, the
building in which Abraham Lincoln was
assassinated, used by the government for
many years as part OF the office OF the
surgeon general Of the army, collapsed
Friday with terrible loss Of life and in.
jury. II had been condemned for years,
some claim as many as Is or 20 years,
and has been repaired, propped up and
from year to year. There
were AIS persons. mostly government
clerks, employed in the building, and
nearly all OF these were at work when
the building fell. The number taken
,ut of the ruins dead was % and the in
ured numbers hundred or more.