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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-12-04
APPLIED SCIENCE.
''fs"Sie Developments of EIec-
'r'city in Avenues of Com
merciaI Usefulness.

a new application of electricity. and
'ne which is interesting from its very
originality, is seen in a process for de-
.ectlng and determining the dilurion
y wine with water. writes Henry
harrison Suplee in the Forum. II is
Wei known trick OF the trade to add
70 certain wines as much water as
lhey Viii stand; and the difficulty Of
proving the adulteration. with the cost
u The necessary chemical analysis 10
de'ermine the percentage OF water
which has been added. renders this
uaae deception a difficult matter for
me authorities 10 handle. In recent
communication to The French acad-
envy NJ Maneuvrier describes a meth
% Of measuring the extent OF adulter-
a'ion by the electrical conducuWty. or
mther by the resistance. Experiments
rave shown that the resistance Of
tered by a given wine in its natural
state TO the passage Of an electrical
current is very nearly constant. While
this resistance is very greatly in
creased by the addition % water 1t
IS, therefore. only necessary 10 COM
pare the electrical resistance OF sus-
inv y, -, -; -. -,
IN, cor,na,.,,,- =. - ~, '.,,-,,,',-r,,,,
~ ,,t,.i -, -. =, -.
have been added, 10 is possible to con
MOI -. 80, -. -
ff,, .,,.,.-...,..-.. -, -,
49,, ,...'t.,. 49,. ..,,..,
- ..... ~,
- -
..-.,.-.-
~ .''' 49,
'
az 9'"F9 ~ ."'' W "se "a
e'''i ~ ol''417 iiii0'' 90" N'0'''iiiS IA"
n"'e'i1'is mas Deen liieU IePeA.'"iS =
"iiN u9uals SUCCESS "a9 "''enueu 'He
attempts Dut there are certain lea
lures about the use of steam for this
purpose which until recently have been
but imperfectly understood Assum-
ing quite correctly. that the steril!zing
elect of steam was due 20 the heat. il
has been supposed that the greater
heat carried by The superheated steam
would render it, more effective for this
purpose than saturated steam. such as
is supplied by an ordinary steam boil
Ner Experience however. has shown
NM the best results are attained wher
y steam is slightly moist. and that
sGrhea,ed steam. in spite of it's nigh.
Soperature. is NOT so effective
cent experiments made at tn,
Ia.1ent institute al Hambur.
shown that The saturated steau
,rafes more thoroughly into IN,
and intcrstices of Tie fabrics Il
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-12-04

DEERFIELD. ISD.-' when / sent for
The iriai box OF Doan's Kidney Pills
Mad been afflicted for two months with
pam IN my back 50 bad that could not
ger from the hon TO the barn IL was
called rheumatism. 1 could get no
relief from the doctors. l began To i'm
prove on taking the sample aud got two
boxes al our druggists. and. although
o. years of age, am almost new man.
MAS troubled a good deal with my
wator-had TO get mp four or five times
night. That trouble is over with and
once more | can res the night through
My backache is all gone, and | thank
you ever 50 much for the wonderful
medicine. Dosn's Kidney Pirs '-JNO.
ii. HUBER. President Ri lgevlile. IndI
ana, State Bank.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-12-04
WEST INDIAN sUpERsTTTIoNs
signs of Coming Trouble That ID
Negroes of the Islands Firmly
Believe In.

The negroes of the British West m
dies have many curious supersti'ion''
says the New York Sun. They Deiie'e
il is unluclzy 10 praise a baby or y
say that II is like its father OF ls
mother. If you say TO JamAEA
negress. What a beautiful ehi.d.
you are apt to incur her bitter eniniy.
To give the baby good luck tnss
mark il on the forehead with cioSs
in washing blue or tie a blue riDpon
on its arm. They viii never. on any
account. measure or weigh baby, io'
that means the worst OF bad luck-
Ii cock crows at the door, a gen
tleman is going to visit the house i
4 hen crows, some member of the IAN
lily will die
Ii you carry a tree pepper IN YOU
pocket you viii become poor
Ii you give a thing away and tai.e y
back again you will have a sly.
II you roll your eyes when the moon
changes they will stay crooked
Ii you Kill a spider you Will sool
break a plate.
II a lizard jumps into tub in whicl
clothes are being washed, the washer
woman must not touch them for lou
hours. or they will tear in her hands
II a John Crow turkey buzzardl
flies into the house. some terrible mis
fortune will happen. When birds nes
in your house wedding may be ex
pected
Whenever a negro hurts n black dos
he always begs It's pardon. because ln'
spirits of black dogs are supposed e
20 into mems bodies after death and
cause them to walk the earth IN tn'
shape or a black dog
When a West Indian negro cuts hii
hair he always buries the severed
hairs He argues that they are par
OF the body. and therefore as muci
entitled to a grave as the rest OF bin
viii be
negro who is engaged TO be mar
ried must put a tombstone on th'
grave OF any friend who has recenul
died before the wedding Otherwis
the spirit Will walk and cause trOu0h
at the wedding The tombstone is sup
posed to keep it down.
A belief in duppies tghosts) is mn
versal II a negro has TO walk abroa'
at night he sees ghosts in every Xsi
and tree The odor of musA in u
forest after dark sends him ira
with dread, for he thinks il IS y
sign that evil spirits are a&
If a rat bites YOU durin
owl flaps it's wings heayi
rious trouble is approaching
see TWO bats cross each other,
air diagonally at sunset. a
friend will soon quarrel with
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-12-04

To improve the appetite and strength
en- the digestion, try few doses of
Chamberiaine's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Mr.. j. II. Seitz. of Detroit,
Mich. says "They restored my appetite
when impaired, relieved me of bloated
feeling and caused a pleasant and salts.
factory movement of the bowels"
There are people in this community
who need just such medicine For
sale by 7. I. Swsyne. Every box war
ranted.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-12-04

BRLDISG, Mich. Jan. Il, 1903 II
received trial box of Doan 5 Kidney
Pills. They did me lots of good eau
now go to bed aud he on my right side
the pain there is all gone. also the
stomach distress aud belching of gas l.
all stopped, with the use of two boxes. y
Mrs. L 5. BEEN. r. f. ID. No. 2.
Reading Mich.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-12-04
EXPENSES OF FAMILY
The Cost ia Time aud Money
ing t. ones s.~neaIogy - \
thinE Considerable.
A few years ago J was readi
fnscrintion on my grandfather's

inscription on my grandfather's
in Kent. O.-'Aaron Root. 177l
when il occurred 20 me that
like to know exactly how ma
scendants had been born 10
date. writes r j Root TO the N
Times. Ii my purse had been
of money as my soul was
thusiasm the search might haN
tinued until row with some
He-grandfather- eight
and / bravely set about the
asked certain definite quesud
was especially careful TO ask n
rect dates and names. | took a
follow up only one family at n
and at the end OF a few months ! re
lied that the cost in postage ale
I would soon be enough TO erect anOu
tombstone. and that / had better &c,
omize. This one family took
through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana. W
consin, Iowa. California. Colorado a
Texas and was far from complete.
request for fun names was ignored a
got only initials Sometimes a h
dozen letters would be necessary 10
one point straight. so reluctant
/ confess. for there is really a sort
/ pleasure in hearing from your
/ known relatives-gave It mp But
mighty sure that If all the Roots q
sprang from this one trunk could
/ gathered together "the woods wo
be full of EN-" If there is any Gu
and at the same time cheap method
gathering family history of this s
wish some of your readers could
me about it. II is an interesting tOl
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-01

he sure 10 write 10 II ARkis Bis.
l%fNs CoLtE"E, Jackson, Miss, if
you are interested in n business
course.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-01

terracing his land, and in fifteen
minutes all his labor and a large
part Of his crop was destroyed,
Another one tcrraced on the thin
sheet system, fortified his crop
and soon after it was planted the
conditions came a. | described
above, losing a large part OF his
soil and most OF his crop. He
said he didn't know what TO do.
unless be hires out.-Exchauge.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-01
Breeding For Profit.

Many a doletul picture has
been painted OF the average meth
cd of raising poultry on farms,
We have all kinds from the bso-
lutte neglect 10 that of more mod
crn methods. The breeder OF
the present has about reached
the place where there are two
roads 10 success. II both roads
reach success one will DC prompt.
cd IN taking either. No. so One
may take one road and reach sue.
cess where he would have failed
had he gone the other. One OF
these roads leads towards the
show room and the other toward
the market.
To become a successful fan.
Ter many Years oi study mast
be given TO good markings aud
the methods OF mating to pro
durc the highcs' scoring birds.
No, every ind'vidui has ,hc abil.
ny or the liking 10 embark IN
such an enterprise. /, means
advertising ana ru,i,ng b,,ds on
narkc; that ,s'ii BRING good
prices. The way - market -
shorter and wall ~; require eu
much skill a. ~ -,,,,rL;,, .,a
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-01
Terracing.

SOuIu OS dNOluSu, uut NCL "Oulu
greatly prefer to terrace it than
to have it washed in the least.
Some years ago got bulletin
from the agricultural depart
ment. showing how to lay off
bitches and rows TO keep land
from washing, SO | ditched a
field, made what | thought strong
banks with the fall, as directed.
In few days after we had s"r"
heavy rains, Causing so..e vi tue
banks TO break, large volume,
of water rushed down, leaping
against the banks causing them
10 give away, tearing out large
gul!ies and washing out the soil
forty or fifty feet wide at each
place. deep down in the hard
clay lmost running the field. so |
saw that mode Was worse than
useless. BY giving them fall
enough for the water 10 keep
the bitches clear they will simp-
" be channels to convey the soil
on, of the field: by no, giving
them enough fail they will fill up
api Slnn.r nv i.y.r ,ho ,,.~,.-
The colored American., 1903-11-28

We RY LOW RATES
t o t n e n Ort INV e st

The Northern Pacific has and very Col
onsts, Homeseeers effect September
November 3o 1908.
This give anly farmers good chance go seeking
after harvested but all others
nenty the growing teerng improving Northwest or
who wish to visit tring expense, fine tourist resorts
the Northwest afforded unusual opportunity to So
The finest valleys Northwest good for arin hav fruits
root for mixed stock dairy farming irrigation
wishes found along the Northern
connecting lines The growing thriving are found there
too 1t is country where hunting fishing
passed and where the hotels first class
Call n P R. agent and detailed Information
write to Chas S. Fee, General Passenger Agent Paul.
Send six cents for wonderland Ioo3''
The colored American., 1903-11-28
THE FUTURE OF THE RACE IS IN DANGER
5000 Intelligent Negro Men and
Women Wanted at Once

threatens
coed
political
What Read willie enyou
The colored American., 1903-11-28

The Monarch of all Negro newspapers The only
Negro publication to be found on all news STANDS.
If you want to reach the 10000 colored people oi
the District of Columbia, or the ten millions IL
the United States, advertise in medium that VIII
do the business for you.
The colored American., 1903-11-28
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If you take an agency for either one or both of
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AGENTSMAKE BIG MONEY. Mr.. VIM. Hines
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Nov. 5th, Received outfits of both books and
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use & Wtn0 and Intellectual 1T is COOL
Negro wi by the san mea
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-10-03
GOATS VERSUS RATTLERS.

Experiment to Extermlnate the Rep
tiles on a Missouri Farm.
/ That useful animal the goat is being
put to a new use on farm ten miles
northwest Of Columbia, Mo-, says the
st. Louis Republic
A car load of goats were turned loose
recently on piece of ground on the
Branham Hearn farm for the purpose
of DISCRIMINATING rattlesnakes. The
plot, of ground is thickly covered with
underground. and there are, so many
rattlesnakes on it that workmen are
afraid to enter it to clear it up.
: Goats were suggested and Hewitt
Bros. the proprietors of the, farm.
ordered car load at once. The ex-
pertinent is being watched with much
interest. Goats on the state farm at
Columbia have proved their efficiency
in clearing off thickly covered ground.
but some doubt if they will be able to
exterminate the snakes as we'll.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-10-03
JOKE ON A CONGRESSMAN.

Judge Gaines Tells How BurlesOn
Found Our Legation In London.
Representative John W. Gaines of
Tennessee recently returned from a
trip through Europe and tells Of an in
teresting incident in London, says a
Washington dispatch to the New York
Herald. Judge Gaines says he met
Representative Albert S. BurIeson of
Texas on the Strand in London. and
the latter naturally was delighted to
meet his old friend from Tennessee.
"Come with me to the American en-
bassy, Gaines" said Burleson. II want
to get my salary check. which has been
forwarded there"
"Let's take a cab then" said Gaines.
cts a long way from here. and I'm
tired
ooh, no; it's just down to Westmin-
ster abbey" said Burleson. Gaines
protested that the American legation
was not at that depository for Eng
lands famous dead, but the Texan in
sisted that it was and would only be,
Gaines to go there Then. the Tennesi
scean says. he took Burleson to the le-
CATION. long way distant.
AS Burleson is a.member of the house
committee on foreign affairs there nat
urally was a laugh on him for suppos-
ing that Americas legation is located
in Westminster abbey.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-10-03
Schedule In EnuIand.

It will be a surprise to most per-
sons to learn that the English do
not pronounce Schedule" as Amer
leans do. Or. Tanner once moved
the house of commons to uproarious
laughter by his uncertainty with re-
gard to the word. First he made. the
och" hard, in the American manner,
Rnd when that was received with a
laugh he paused and foundered over
it like a startled schoolboy. AS he
plunged from one pronunciation to
another the house shouted with mer-
.riment. AS matter Of fact the
best English dictionaries give a
choice between ssedule," 'tskedule"
and schedule"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-10-03
In the Near Future.

ii Domestic Don't you want to go
out this afternoon, Mrs. Manning?
Mistress - Yes, Mary, | should
like to go out, but I'm afraid it will
incommode you.
Domestic-Oh, never mind me,
marin. It's SO long since you've had
an afternoon off must insist that
you take one today. But be sure
and come home early. may have
callers, you know, and ! shall want
somebody to tend the door. Boston
Transcript.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-10-03
Lost
The Use of Arm.
Heart Trouble.
Could Not Eat, Sleep
or Walk.
DIR. Miles Heart Cure
Cured Entirely.

eff it hadn't been for DR.. Miles Remedies
would not be here to write this letter. Two
years ago last June 1 lost the use Of my left
arm, could not use it and could only move it
with the help of my right hand. My heart
was SO weak l could not sleep nights for
smothering spells. was out of sorts all over
and could eat nothing. grew so weak that
l could not walk without staggering like
drunken man and my home doctor said he
could do nothing for me. / was in so much
pain was almost wild. | could not take
morphine nor opium as they made me worse.
So got to thinking about DIR. Miles Heart
Cure and Nervine and the more thought
about it the more wanted to try them. I
wrote to the DR.. Miles Medical Co. for adj
vice which | followed to the letter. l can
say today that am glad did as | am well
woman now; can work and can walk two or
three miles and not mind it. can also use
my arm again as well as ever. You do not
know how thankful | am for those grand
medicines DIR. Miles New Heart Cure
and Nervine. think DR.. Miles Remedies
are the best in the world, and if / should get
sick again l should take the same course
The remedies also helped my daughter Vida
SO wonderfully that | should have written
you before to thank you, but l wanted to be
sure that the cure was permanent, which
now know to be the case."-Mrs. Frank
LOOMS, Allen, Mich.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-10-03
CARNEGIE's BATHING TANK.
General ,GrOsvenor Tells How IRON
master ENJOYS a Swim

General ,GrOsvenOr Tells How IrOn-
master Enjoys a Swim.
"You ought to see Andrew Carnegie
strip and get into a bathing suit and
swim around in his private tank at
Skibo castle. He's lively old fellow"
General c. H. Grosvehor of Ohio. who
arrived at New York on the st. Louis
the other day from an extended Euro
pean tour with Mrs. Grosvenor, was de
scribing his visit to the estate of Mr..
Carnegie in Scotland, says the Phila-
delphia Press. and continued:
"Mr. Carnegie has had tank built in
his castle for his private USE 1t is
fifty feet long and twenty feet wide.
1t is filled with sea water, which is
heated from the bottom. Mr.. Carnegie
not only swims. but plays golf. and
plays it we'll. He is in excellent health"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-10-03

veins aiP wide, of great depth and
fairly rich. Operating power being
chiefly furnished by water. mining can
be carried on very cheaply. While wa
ter is scarce in MAY parts of Alaska
in cold weather, there is always an
abundance along the seashore. where
the Japanese current makes the wealth
er temperate. Juneau is in the came
latitude as Edinburgh in Scotland.
"There Is one matter ttS;t ought to
be firmly impressed upon the people Of
the United States. and that is that
Alaska is not an agricultural country.
Agriculturists cannot prosper there.
and booms in an agricultural direction
are solely in the interest Of transporta-
ton companies. Alaska is peculiarly
adapted to mining and fishing.
''Phe government has taken steps in
the right direction in preserving the
forests.
''When left Alaska there was great
activity about Juneau, especially in the
opening of new mines. English capital
is making itself felt, and many mining
companies about Juneau are paying
dividends regularly. A 300 stamp mill
is being erected at the Alaska Perse-
verance mines. Capitalists from the
eastern part of the United States are
investing heavily in the vicinity of
Sheep creek, Berner's bay, Jualin and
Seward City. Mines in the last named
were sold recently to the Alaska Tread
we'll company for $1,500,000. There Is
much placer gold in all that section.
The outlook. especially in southeastern
Alaska, is the most encouraging, where
the mother lode is well defined for
$50 miles from Ketchikan to Skaguay.
being from three to five miles wide.
There is population of more than TO-
600 at Juneau, Sum Dunn, Silver Bow
basin, Berner's bay and Douglass is
land. whose weather conditions are ia
vorable the year round"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-10-03
Paper and Ink From Bananas.

The fruit and plant of the banana
serve various useful purposes which
are little known in this country. In
South Africa banana stalks are in
great demand as a material for the
manufacture of paper, while excel
lent indelible ink is prepared from
the peel of the fruit. An extremely
nutritious -four is made from the
green fruit dried, and unripe ba-
nanas, when boiled tender, are fed
to the ostriches on farms in Cape,
Colony. This food is said to make
them and even ordinary fowls lay
more eggs than any other diet.
Dried bananas, or banana figs as
they are called, are also in great fa@
vor with Africanders.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-10-03

murderer Of 1913; Maria and George
Manning, the two atrocious crimi-
mails of 1919; William Palmer, the
Rugeley poisoner Of 1856, and Will
liam Fish, Catherine Wilson, Henry
Wainwright, the Stauntons, LEROY
and Lipski of later dates.
, What a blood guilty assemtInge
! with which to pass the night! low
the crime Of every individual seemed
indelibly written on his face!
One mans expression transfixed
me, held Inc speIlbound and filed
me with loathing and horror Who
he was i did not know, but could
not t@ke my eyes from his face. And
when the place again grew dark |
saw it still standing out alone in
the surrounding gloom, with the
suppressed grin of d cruel and I'M
relenting fend.
l hid my face in my hands. l
threw myself on the floor until the
vision slowly faded away, leaving
me trembling in every limb. I dare
not get UP OF open my eyes for fear
that should see it again.
Suddenly peculiar sound Of JAM
CLING and ereaking fell on my ears.
What could it be? 1t seemed to
come from the corner of the cham
Der where the instruments of tor
ture were arranged for exhibition.
The thu1nbscrews, tongue pinchers,
branding irons, masks and cine
lures, the gressilon, the moltiere,
the cubitoire--all seemed to my ex-
cited imagination to be in move
ment and rafting one against the
other.
Thoughts came into my mind of
all the unspeakable agonies that had
been inflicted by those diabolical in
ventions. This place would kill me.
I felt I was going mad. Let me get
free somehow anyhow! | sprang
to my feet and rushed like maniac
in the darkness, striking wildly at
everything in my way, in search fer
the door. Figure after figure hurl-
ed to the ground as it came in my
path.
All at once l felt strong arms
close around me. l was struggling
madly for life with this terrible un-
seen something that held me by the
throat and was strangling me in the
dark | now saw again that fearful
face! Was it that of my antagonist?
| tried to cry out, but l was chok-
ing. Gradually | relaxed my hold,
and everything became blank.
s. ~
''You have been very i'll, George,
dear, but YOU are better now"
/ looked around me. was in a
strange bedroom, and my sister
Lucy was bending over me. | con-
WINGED her that it would be best for
her to expi;.n at once all that hap
pened, for my terrible experience in
the dark chamber now came back to
me.
She said that the night watch
man, thinking he heard sounds in
the chamber of horrors, had de-
scended to the place, when imme
diately ran into his arms in the
dark. In the struggle | had faint
ed. Brain fever followed, and | had
narrowly escaped with my life.
4 My address had been found in my1l
pocket, and my friends communicate
ed with. The peculiar sounds that9I
had heard and exaggerated were
doubtless produced by the keys Of |
the Waterman as he unlocked the
door of the chamber.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-10-03
DIRECTORY
JUDICIAL OFFICER.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

HON. S. A. FLAHERTY. Dist. Judge