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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-02-02
NOTICE.

To my friends and customers:
In retiring from dress making take
r'his opportunity Of thanking Won for
the many kindnesses and cOurtesies
shown me in the past and assure Won
that they will always be gratefully re.
membered | retire from dressnaking
TO accept a position with Messrs b ,lt,
ger 81 Dodds, where | will be pleased 20
see all my old friends aud customers.
Respectfully,
MARY BERENDEs.
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Farmers Free Column.

Under this heading will hereafter be
published notices not to exceed lines
each, from farmers who are subscrib-
ers. who have horses, mules, cows, pro-
ducts. seed, &c, for sale. free of charge
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-02-02

Good Glover Hay, 81 per ton. at rick.
Good milk Cow with young calf.
Black Langshan Chickens and eggs
The finest. healthiest aud LAYERS OF all
Apply TO NJ. A. Mcdaniel.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-02-02

Now that the administration has
declared for free trade with Porto
fico- and Representative Payne,
Of New York. hGs introduced a
bill, drawn under Mr.. McKinlel's
instructions providing therefor,
all the wearers OF the Mckinley
collar will have TO fell Ia line aud
support II, regardless OF their re-.
cords as prOtectiOnists. This will
be n bitter pill for many Repubh
cans. but there 10 nothing in rlght
to Indicate that any considerable
M nber OF them will have the sand
TO vote against the bill. Already
they are beginning to ask IL ill.,.
Mckinley program includes free
trade with the Philippines.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-02-02
Far sale.
FOR SALE.

A fine Hal mare. Call on
JAS. LEDwIDGE.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-02-02
Our BOer Sympathies

There is no installing but that
sympathIes OF the people, at least
q great majority Of the people of
the United States are with the
Beers as against the English IN
the South African war. The Bu.
merous public meetings being
held throughout the United States
attest THE. Our grea, conner
cial aud business interests are
great with England. and this holds
kreat element for Great Britain
es against the Beers rs they
would be against any other power
or cause where trade aud bust
ness was Involved. Aud then kim
ship. blood makes many sympa.
thiEe with the English no matter
what they do. But then the still
larger element Of the people hon.
estly believe 10 a Republican form
Of Government aud are sgainst a
monarchy 10 any shape, manner
and form, and TO this they haye
been educated for centuries. II
lie this loYe for Republican inslitu
tions that causes so many Of our
people to sympathize with the
Beers against their all conquer.
ing foes. The Beers are at bone.
In their own land. defending their
hresIdes, and they are doing It
brayely, and they thereby win the
admiration and love ola brave
people.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-02-02

ALMOST every aspiring poIiti.
clan has a remedy for trusts that
generally involves long aud cost
~ course OF legal proceedings.
Putting trust articles on the free
let 10 short, sharp aud decisive.
II doesn't fool away any time. II
accords with the principles of
some OF the hest men of the Re-
publican party. John Sherman
said long ago that trusts should
be deprived of every scrap of pro
lection. Do that aud we will he
10 fair way Of terminating the
regime OF the trusts and reform.
Ing the worst abuses Of trust aud
monopoly protection.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-02-02

The condition Of David G.. Col.
son continues to improve. No
step has yet been taken for sscur'
Ing bail.
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p e CT AL OFFER

DEAR SR / enabeh aud h. rebv oae- 90, e 81,
quarts OF HOLLWOOD Seven Double Ds,iIIed
WHlSkEY for ~. 90. EXPRESS PREPAID
propose !" snip "n approval IN plain with no marks IN in
dictate contents Whrn II and les. a. NJ a. 49, se
oS return NY expense aud will s3 90 This "a
most liberal od"r aud orders Yours yer, ,,n
W. X. WEBSTER, Union City, Tenn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09

leisure. She is certainly not unso-
ciable.
While Mr.. Bryan was a congress
man he and his wife lived in a small,
quiet boarding house near the CAPT
tai. In those days she dressed simply
in grays and browns and blacks. Her
dresses were often of questionable
cut. In short, she was said to be
old fashioned. But to day Mrs.
Bryan is we'll dressed. While her
gowns are as modest as ever in color
and generally severely plain, they
are we'll made and do full justice to
her trim figure. So, during the cam
paign, if you see a well-gowned
brown haired little woman on public
platform where the Democratic NOM
inee for President is speaking to a
cheering audience you may be sure
that she is Mrs. Bryan, and that her
brown eyes Ire taking note of every
thing.-SeIected
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09

full, making it very desirable for
baskets, fern dishes, and table deco
ration.
. The Osmunda cinnamOmea is very
beautiful, growing from two to five
feet in height to one foot in width,
and is hardy in most localities. The
fronds are of a brownish, green, and
is often known as the Towering fern.
Although it does not bloom, the
fronds that bear.the seed pods T de-
void of leaves, and are covered with
a brownish down, and when the
spores ripen and drop the stems are
left bare.
The Davallia stricta is a little
leauty, thriving best in a shady win
dow, and though the leaves are finely
cut and feathery, they are borne on
strong, tough stems, and r Of a
dark rich green, making them very
desirable for table decoration and
cutting. It was introduced from
the Malayan Archipelago a few years
ago, and is constantly gaining favor.
Lygodium scandens or Japanese
climbing fern is very rare, but easily
grown running en- a small trellis it
is a handsome plant.
Crytomium falcatum is another
good house growery throwing up
bright green fronds that look as if
varnished-Gipsy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09

somethingl The Bible is against
the man with long hair. In his first
anistle TO the Corinthians Paul said {:
"Doth not even nature itself teach
Won that, if a man have long hair it
is a DISGRACE unto him? But if a
waman have long hair, it is a glory
to her for her hair is given her for
a covering" 1t ought to be made a
misdemeanor for a man to wear long
hair. All successful fakirs wear it,
except it be the politician, who, being
the shrewdness of the whole class, is
the most dangerous:
The political demagogue, or fakir,
begins his malicious career by going
among the people as a religious en-
enthusiast. Having just graduated
or cultivated from some college he
secures his license to practice law or
holds an humble position on a coun-
try newspaper and makes himself
felt in some one of the local Sunday
1 schools. 1t is not long before you
hear of him making Sunday-schOOl
addresses. Then follow invitations
to speak at the school breakings in
the rural districts. If you happen
to be there the day he sends forth
his eloquence you will see a sap
headed, weakened face chap, with
lots of nerve and a squeaking voice,
or a tbick-headed, big-bOdied buffer.
The two are among the most com
mon types. They go to all public
gatherings and crack jokes with the
boys at the spring, or shake hands
with the mothers and fathers and
tickle the babies under the chin, or
in an emergency make speeches or
say grace. They roll high. After Il
year or two, just before the county
conventions, MANY Voters, "VOX
Populi," or PRO Bono PublicO, .
wants Mr.. B., the brilliant young
lawyer, or Mr.. A, the popular news
paper editor to go to the Legislature.
Cards appear in the papers. He goes.
hBut, alas, the people discover a flaw
in his mind, or a softness in his
backbone or that he is a ~contempti-
BILE ass and then he drops to the level
where he belongs. Every county
has this kind of cattle. Even old
Mecklenburg has had her share.
The people must be fooled for
a while, at least.-H. E. c. Bryan,
in Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
INSTEAD OF sHOULDER-BRAcn.

A gymnasium director of 1oa
perience disapproves of sbor5, e.
braces. They weaken, so he +bi0 Uef'
the muscles whose function =
keep the shoulders in their Nos .
position. This they do in two
by relieving the muscles Of
work, and by putting a cons+r spSl'
upon them and so deprive them ~
normal supply of blood.
Instead Of artificial sbor,,.
braces, the director recommend ~
frequent and persistent use O. ora ~
cises specially adapted to promote
erect carriage.
1t is not enough, he says, to Won,
an hour or so daily in a gymnasinn,
The proper exercise should be tara-
many times a day, and thereto.
should be a sort hat can be nro.
tised anywhere and without snaois,
apparatus. Some of the habits and
exercises on which he lays stress sra
as follows:
1. Make it a rule to keep the baol
of the neck close to the back Of ~
collar.
2. Roll the shoulders backward
and downward.
g.. Try to squeeze the shoulder
blades together many times a dav
4. Stand erect at short interval,
during the day-"head up, chin in
chest out, shoulders back"
5. Walk or stand with the hand,
clasped behind the head and the 81.
bows wide apart.
6. Walk about, or even run IN.
stairs, with from ten to forty pounds
on the top of the head.
z. Try to look at the top of vorr
high-cut vest or your necktie.
8. Practice the arm movements f
breast-strOke swimming while stand.
ing or walking.
9. Hold the arms behind the back
10. Carry a cane or umbrella be-.
hind the neck.
II. Put the hands on the hips, with
elbows back and figures forward.
-. Walk with the thumbs in tba
armholes of the vest.
10. When walking, swing the arms
and shoulders strongly backward.
IA. Stand now and then during
the day with all the posterior parts
of the body, SO far is possible, touch,
ing a vertical wall.
Is. Look upward as you walk on
the sunny side Of the street.
The foregoing exercises, it will
be seen, and happily varied, and are,
many of them, such as can be prac-
tised by anybody in almost any occu-
patton. If he cannot use one, he
can announcer.
The director goes on to say that
even in a gymnasium a man must be
on his guard against forms Of ezeF
else that tend to induce a stOopng
posture: LAS round-shouldered as
a gymnast," he says, has almost
passed into a proverb.
He recommends also what he
calls a "lie-abed exercise" "Stand
on the back of the head, the back
shoulders and the heels by arching
the back" and repeat the operation
a dozen times or so.-Youth's Com
panion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
HOW TAR HEELS ARE HUMBUGGED.

was in Greensboro ten days ago,
when Rev. s. and DR.. c..
the self-cOnstituted divine healers,
make their first appearance on the
streets of that town. They had OBJ
tanned permission of the municipal
authorities to practice there. 1t was
late in the afternoon, the heat hav-
ing subsidized, when the young men,
able bodied, capable looking and
we'll dressed carried Il box into a
side street, mounted it and began to
feign piety and look like silly fools.
As the street urchins, both white
and colored, began to circle around
at a safe distrance and stare at the
queer creatures and wonder at their
odd behavior, Rev. s. arose and
started Il familiar hymn. His pal
chimed in and their musical voices,
though low and spiritless, attracted
everybody within hearing. It was
not long before Il curious crowd had
assembled. Editors R. F. BeasIey,
of The Telegram, and Joe Reese, of
The Record, We're there with ears
open and pencil in hand. They
sought material for a good roast the
following day. Both papers ridi-
cUled the idea Of two young impos-
tiers going about the country prey
ing on the weakminded and the frail.
Did it do any good? l do not know.
but 1 heard one fairly decent looking
sceptic say that the newspapers were
in league with the regularly licensed
physicians Of Greensboro and that
he had to see further before he
would condemn the young men. He
was not alone. Coming to Char
lOtte from Greensboro, l found that
the people here were divided in their
belief. Some upheld the men in
their nefariOus work, while the
more sensible people condemned
them. So it is. The ignorant and
the bull-headed will aid the skin
fints. Any man with ordinary
could see that Rev. s. and DR..
C. were knaves. They were
not fools, or their faces lied. They
were imposters of the vilest type,
claiming to possess supernatural
power to heal the lame, the blind
and the deaf. Not since the time of
Jesus Christ has there been a divine
healer These men are wicked, sac
religious and malicious, yet they col
lect sufficient money as thev 90 to
pay running expenses. They should
be beating rock OF blowing mules.
Justlet a man with long hair prom
made up and down in North Caro-
lima and the innocent citizens will
throw money at his feet. l honestly
believe that a man with long hair
should be shot or hanged, or con-
fined in an asylum for the insane as
quick as possible. He is either a
scOundrel or a fool. I have never
seen one yet that brought any good.
All the hOOdOO doctors wear long
hair. 1t seems to attract the curious.
Let a medicine vender bare his head
and the sight of his lengthy locks
floating to the breeze as he strokes
his knowing nOggin, the people viii
go on a run for fear they lose
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
MRS. WILLIAM ]. BRYAN; LIFE AND
CHARACTERISTICS

Mrs. Bryan is an absolutely new
species of woman among those who
have ever stood u chance of becOm-
ing mistress of the white house.
She is "a helpmeet to her husband
in the fullest sense of the term. His
life is her life, whether he works or
plays, whether he weeds his garden
or addresses IL national convention.
In her husbands progress she
has kept pace almost step by step.
It is a we'll known fact that they
were schOOlmates together. When
he was graduated from Illinois col
lege, he was the valedictorian of his
class. Mrs. Bryan, who was then
Miss Mary Baird, also graduated
from the some institution, and she
was valedictOrian of her class as
we'll.
After they were married and Nh.
Bryan took up the law she also took
to lawboOks. She was admitted to
the bar in 1888.
When he entered politics, she in
formed herself about things pOliti-
caIly. She helped him to polish his
speeches. Night after night they
worked together, she revising and
suggesting as the pages of manu-
script came from his pen.
But for all this Mrs. Bryan is a
home making woman and u tender
mother. The organs have three
children, the eldest of whom, Miss
Ruth Bryan, has been attending
school in Washington. She is Is
and almost a young lady. William
J. Bryan, Jr., is II, and Grace, the
baby Of the Bryan family, is g..
They + bright, pretty children,
and the Democratic candidate is
never happier than when the family
is all together. During his cam
paign trips the younger children
stay with relatives in Illinois.
When Mrs. Bryan first went to
Washington, a congressman, who
had learned with surprise that she
had been admitted to the bar, asked
somewhat sarcastically with what
line of law she was most familiar.
Domestic relations, sir" came
the answer, as sharp as the snap of
"a whip.
She is a brown-eyed, brown-haired
little woman whose head comes just
about her husbands shoulder. h
has a pleasant, oval face and a trim
figure. AS might be suspected, she
cares little for society. She has had
no TIME o teas and functions, but
probably she would enjoy a rational
amount OF social life if she had the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09

The people Of North Carolina are
gullible. They like to be faxed. All
classes of cheats from the Indian
yerb-and-root doctor to the smooth
tongued, handshaking, political dem
agogue thrive here.
Some time ago I vas in a county
seat, not far from Charlotte, when l
saw two hOnery looking young fell
lows file out of Il drug store, carry
ing a box each which contained
small bottles. Having seen the men
before and being a son of Eve, fol
lowed to see what would be done
with the bottles. They were taken
to a we'll in a rear lot of a second
class hotel, filled nearly to the necks
with pure water, to which vas added
several drops of d dark brown col
ored liquid, resembling paregOric.
The contents were we'll shaken,
cOrks sealed in with mucilage and
dainty small labels, bearing the
name of the connection and the di-
rections as to how to take it, pasted
on the bottles, which were packed
into two small telescopes, there being
about 100 of them. The newly made
drug was carried into the DON Occu-
pied by the medicine men.
Forced to give up my watch be
cause of the absence of my quarry 1
went to the station to await the ar
rival of the train, on which | was to 90
to the capital of the adjoining coUn-
ty where court was in session. Just
before the train left, the doctors
boarded it with their product and
went to the same town that l did.
En- route they tried to sell their mix
ture for % cents a bottle. l believe
they found two suckers in the
s~ecOnd-class ar. Eager and
anxious to know to what extent d
court crowd could be gulled, 1 kept
in close touch with the vendors.
Not long after we reached our
destination, 1 saw people gathering
around d man on a box, who was
making "a speech of some kind.
When close enough to see, l recOg-
nized the brightest looking one of
the drug cOmpOunders as the speaker.
He was telling of the wonderful vir-
tues of his panaCea. 1t was a sure
cure for all the ills that the flesh is
heir to. Think of 1.-THE same dose
that l had witnessed the preparation
of at the we'll. Before night the
last bottle had been sold at the
label-rate and the fakirs were
smiling with perfect delight.
That afternoon they returned to the
well town, bought more bottles and
made more medicine. The first day
they raked in $25. l do not know
what they did the second day. At
every court, and most public gath
erings, the street vender sells his
medicine. He always finds enough
easy people to make the business
profitable. l have seen poor men
and women spend so cents for "a
worthless mixture of fraudulent
stuffs, when they were without sufi,
cient food at home. Knowing nc
better they were swindled out of
their hard earned money.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
WHEN BLAINE WAS CORNERED BY XII
BERLEY.

It is said that the only time James
G. Blaine was nonplused was while
he was Secretary of State. One Oh
the, applicants for a Consulate II
Japan was the late Samuel Klm08F'
ley, of Baltimore, who died IN tnS
service in Central America. After
he had presented his credentials MI
Blaine said:
Il should like to appoint you, Mr.:
Kimberley, but 1 have made 1t d Fu'
to recommend no one who does not
speak the language Of the country u
which he is sent. Do you SPS"'
Japanese?"
"Cert-t-ainly, Mr., Blaine, stan,
mered Mr.. Kimberley. "A-a-aSk m5
s-s-something in J-J-Japanese aD'
I'll a-a-a-answer you"
Mr.. Blaine hadn't a. word to say
but the Japanese post went 10 a.
other man, all the same, and ~"
berley went to Central America
Another story is told Of KlmDS1
ley equally creditable to his nlmDS
wit. One day he met a young Wv w
man who threw her arms impuISi'o'
around his neck and kissed BIZ,
Seeing her mistake, she Dire" O"'
and angrily asked:
aren't you Mr.. jones'"
"N-n-no, madam, =" replied hllnp'
ley, bowling; I'm n-n-not' Wv n-.
w-w-wish to thunder [ WIVES
Saturday Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
BEAUTY IN OUR LIVES.

BEAUTY IN OUR LIVES.
Some one has said, "every child
should see a pretty picture and hear
a beautiful poem every day"
It is true that character is made
up largely from what passes before
before the eyes, says Farm and Fire
side Companion, commenting upon
this. Educators know this and so
they have hung in the schoOl-roOms
and in the homes reproductions Of
the works of the great artists Of the
world that every day the eye may
rest upon something heautiful. And
while the children are Taught to adj
mIre what man has done, the true
teacher leads them to see that
everywhere about them, in the
fower-bed, or bit of natural scenery
that they pass, there exists exquisite
beauty that no human hand could
paint. They show them that night
after night nature puts upon the
western pictures which the greatest
master of art can never hope to
even family initiate.
The child who is thus daily given
a glimpse of the beauties of nature
will be easily led to love and ever
ence the author Of all good.
One mother, whom 1 know, is an
ardent lover of the beautiful in art
and nature.
From the time her little child was
old enough to appreciate objects,
she has called his attention in her
enthusiastic way, to this and that
pretty thing, until nova lad of six
he is as delighted with a beautiful
bit of scenery or a fine work Of art
as his beauty-loving mother.
His home is in the city, but when
he goes to the country for his sum
mel vacation every bird and brook
and wild flower fills his young soul
with delight. He has no thought
to harm anything only to love and
admire. This development of a love
for the beautiful in his child's mind
mind will have a powerful influence
on his life and character.
How many older people use their
eyes to less advantage that this little
lad. All obOut us is a wealth of
beauty which we may garner up to
enrich all our after lives.
How priceless a visit to the coun-
try, where true loneliness smiles at
us from every bush and flower and
tree, and where we may store the
mind with pictures Of field and
mountain and stream that will never
fade.
Those who live in the country
have constant opportunity to enjoy
the beauties of nature and while it
is true that this is a busy world, and
whether we live in the town or the
country, our time is largely taken
up with money making, still if we
would have beauty in our lives, if
we WOULD feel our soul expand, and
enjoy our share of the pleasures Of
life, we must take the time to alb
sorb some of the beauty about us;
and we shall find that wealth Of this
kind is much more satisfying and en-
during than gold.
."My mind to me a kingdom is:
Such present joys therein I find,
That it excels all other bliss,
That earth affords or grows by
kind;
Though much I want which most
would have,
Yet still my mind forbids to crave"
hope we shall crush in it's birth
the aristocracy of our moneyed cor
O0PafiOOC which 1aro o1roo1- ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
The Home Circle.
THE SWEET Low SPEECH OF HI RAIN.

1t is pleasant to sit in the cleaning
When the autumn is on the wane,
And the careful, rejoicing reaper
= Has gathered and stored his grain,
And hear at the doors and the windows
The sweet low speech of the rain.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
[

To put by the thought of the sailor
Far out on the stOrm-rOCked main,
Where the fierce waves leap and struggle
Like beasts in passionate pain
And lie by the hearth and listen
To the sweet low speech Of the rain.
All, MAY has the burst of the blossoms,
And the red of the wlllOw-yein,
And the glad uplift of the flowers
That lead in the fragrant train
But nothing so dear as the sweet low
Speech of the autumn rain,
V
July has the rose and the purple,
And the sunsets golden strain
On the river that draws thro' the valley
A glittering, wave-linked chain
But never this lyrical, tremulOus,
Sweet low speech of the rain.
Each heart knows the JOY of the winter,
The drift of the snow on the plain,
The book and the charm of the fireside,
Theicicles fringing the pane
But ah, for the faltering, pausing,
Sweet low speech of the rain.
Old friends of my heart come tomorrow,
Remembrance, Regret and Pain,
But tonight l will sit in the cleaning
And be lulled by the lure of the rain
By the r~hythmical, lyrical, rhyming,
Sweet low speech of the rain.
Ella HigginsOD, in the /