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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-03-27
WILL MEET TONIGHT.
PROGRAM OF WEST KENTUCKY
MINISTER'S ASSOCIATION.

The West Kentucky Minister'S Asso-
citation will be held IN Hickman be-
ginning tonight. Friday March - and
will continue through Saturday and
Sunday. A number of ministers are
expected TO be present and profitable
meeting Is anticipated. Following is
the program
Introductory Sermon-J. II. Spnrlin,
ID. N. RoZzell.
Middle Life-J A. Scarboro. w. j.
Hampton.
The Church of Christ. What if is and
When Organized?-R w. Mahan, w.
II. Williams.
What Are Baptists Doing and What
Should They Do In the Evangelization
of the World2-I. A. Haley, Z. II.
Pease, /. l.. Burg.
Is the Lords Supper Local or De
nominational?-J n. Hall, H. b. vii.
lianls,
How Do You Hold a Protracted
Meeting?-J. j. Byassee, &. +. Holt.
Is There Any Danger of the Sunday
school Supplanting the Churchg-W
H. McMurray, J. ii. Pennock.
How Do You Study the Bibley-J. A.
Rogers. V. b. Ballamy.
How Do You Get Careless Members
Interested in Church Work.. NJ
Wright. ]. Wilson. b. b. Briggs.
The church will provide free enter
tainment
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-03-27
MASTER COM. NOTICE
TO CREDITORS

To bring forward their claims
properly proven.
Fulton Circuit Court.
j. W. Underwood Et. Al.
against In Equity.
Sam Underwood.
All persons having claims against the
estate of Mrs. +. ]. Underwood, decd.
are hereby notified to produce the same,
properly proven. to the undersigned,
Master Commissioner OF the Fulton
Circuit Court. at his Office in Hickman,
County of Fulton Kentucky. on or be-
fore the Ist day of May term next
This day 10th of March. 1903.
5. ID. LUTEN,
Master Commissioner +. c. @.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-03-27
CORNER FOR The FHRJQERs,

wash. The sides and ceiling OF
the poultry house should be given
an application of whitewash.
The roosts and nest boxes should
not be neglected. The white
wash should be of the consistency
of thick cream, and it will be
found a good plan to put some
kerosene in each pailful. Mites
can be killed and lice will not
survive where a frequent and
thorough application of white
wash is given. One can put on
some old slip of a garment, an
old hat, and with a spray pump
can in few minutes have good
application of whitewash that
will make everything sweet and
clean. What falls on the floor
will make a good floor itself when
mixed with the hard dirt or coal
ashes, or of whatever material
the floor is made. Make free
use of whitewash from now on
during the active season of lice
and mites, and see how few of
them will be found at the close
of the season. The fight against
vermin must be persistent and
continuous. One application
will be good as far as it goes, but
it is inadequate.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-03-27

If farmers would take the
trouble TO ascertain the value of
that which is more or less thrown
away at this season they would
perhaps make better use of much
that is considered worthless
Vegetable tops make excellent
additions to the compost heap
from time to time, and such
material is really valuable. Beet
tops are very rich in nitrogen,
and those from carrots, parsniLs
and turnips are well supplied
with potash, and also fair guam
tity of the phosphates. Potato
vines contain a large quantity of
potash, and there is nothing more
valuable for composing than the
refuse from the potato crop.
The vines from sweet potatoes
afford the best mulching material
for covering Strawberries that
can be used, and when out of use
can then be cOmposted. The
fact is, all the tops Of vegetables
should do service as mulch be-
fore being carried to the compost
heap, and it is in such capacity
that they render cOrnstalks valu-
able. The best method for
mulching with the wastage from
vegetables is to cover the vines
intended to be mulched and lay
rows Of cornstalks on the top of
it, in order TO prevent disturb
ance from winds. One of the
most serious losses is corncobs,
which contain in the ash nearly
one-fOurth potash. When We
consider that the potash in the
cobs is all derived from the soil
on which the corn is grown it be-
comes a duty to restore it. Cobs
can be used as fuel without loss,
but the ashes should be carefully
saved. A large amount of waste
is often permitted, such as allow
ing corncobs to be scattered here
and there over the fields wher.
ever the hogs are fed when run
ming at large. 1t is true the
cobs rot, and do service in the
course of time, but careful farm
ers should gather them, in order
to place them at their disposal.
1t does not pay to let straw be
trampled and wasted by cattle,
nor is it good policy to leave
cornstalks standing in the fields.
There are other duties to which
such material may be applied
previous to commencing decay,
and even tile rank weeds can be
made serviceable if moved and
turned to ashes. Every weed
that grows robs the soil, and it
will not do to pillow them under
after they are matured, as they
will surely reseed the land, but
they should be gathered and
burned. AT this late period in
the season the seeds of weeds
have been before now well dis
tributed, and their radiance de-
ponds on future cultivation, but
that is no reason for leaving
them in the fields. There is
really nothing on the farm to
waste, if in good hands; but there
is, however, a waste on many
farms that can be avoided.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-03-27
NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERs.

Eastwood stands next to clover
as honey producer.
Foundation for the brood combs
may be made of the darkest wax.
If hive becomes daubed with
propolis lift out the frames and
place them in a new hive.
Hives should be made SO that
they can be opened without jar
ring, as sudden jars are very ir-
ritating to bees.
Under ordinary conditions bees
will make more honey in ordina-
~ frames than they will in sec
ton boxes.
There is nothing in the world
that will keep worms from get
ting into bee hives except the
kind Of bees that will keep them
out.
Pollen is gathered by bees for
the purpose of feeding their
young broods, and is carried to
the hive on their legs.
Worker bees are Matched In
twenty-one days from the time
the eggs are deposited; queens
in sixteen and drones in twenty
four days.
1t is better at this time to unite
weak colonies than TO try to
strengthen them by drawing on
moderately strong ones.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-03-27
RECIPES.

Cookies-One quart of flour,
one large coffee cupful of butter,
one cupful of sugar, three eggs,
teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a
tablespoonful of hot water and
poured into the sugar and eggs
after they are beaten. Work
the butter into the flour, then
stir all together. Roll out thin,
and bake in very hot oven.
A Heavy Vegetable Soup-Put
some lean meat two or three
times through a patent chopper
$50 that it may be reduced al
most to a pastel add cold water
and chopped vegetables, cook
long and slowly, and serve with
out straining.
Jerusalem Pudding-Stir into
one pint of heavy whipped cream
one-half package of gelatine,
which has previously been soaked
in one cup of cold water for half
all hour, and afterward melted
by being set over the tea-kettle.
To this add one-half cup of pull
verified sugar, one-half cup of
boiled rice, one-quarter cup of
chopped figs, one teaspoonful va
nilla extract, and chopped pre-
served ginger and hickory nuts
to taste. Freeze and pack III ice
and rock salt for two hours to
ripen.
Horseradish Sauce-Two table
spoonfuls grated horseradish, two
tablespoonful made mustard,
two dessert-spoonfuls vinegar,
one teaspoonful sugar, one-halt
pint cream, little salt. Mix the
grated horseradish, mustard,
vinegar, sugar and salt, then
gradually add the cream; put
into a jar, which stand in a
saucepan of boiling water; let
the sauce get thoroughly hot,
then serve; or it may be sent to
table cold, if preferred.
| Inexpensive Sponge Cake-One
cupful of granulated sugar, one
and one-half cupfuls of flour,
with one scant teaspoonful OF
baking powder sifted together
three times. Three eggs beater
separately, one-half cupful o.
: cold water. Pour about half Of
the water on the sugar and ther
r add yolks of eggs, well beaten
; add the remainder of the water
and flour alternately, then add
whites of eggs, stir lightly, pa
: in pan and bake.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-03-27
wHITEwAsH IN HOUSE.

There is more virture in white
wash for the poultry house than
most people are willing to credit.
There are two ways to apply
whitewash to a poultry house.
One is with a brush and the other
with a spray pump. These
pumps are obtainable almost
anywhere now, and are the best
implements for putting on white
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22

they have advanced in many lines, but mot as a whole, especially in the smaller salaried class not affected by trade uniOns.-HartfOrd Post.
 An overwhelming majority of the students of Yale are young men whom decent people gladly welcome to thelf homes and in any society, but there are few who very frequently seek the level of the slums and the disposition to consider these incidents as mere 'pranks" should be continued no long CT. There is a great difference be- tween jolly good time and TOW dyism." Those who think there Is not need q lesson which will not quickly fade from memory Now Haven Leader.
 A verdict of S1S,O00 against J. Ed ward Addicks, the Delaware capitalist and senator, was awarded at Phila- delphia on Friday to his wife's dress maker, Mme Elizabeth Nash of Ph1l0- delphia, who recently sued him on stock transaction. Mme Nash charg- ed that Addicks had induced her to in vest in mining company, guarantee- ing her dividends on her stock. in stead of dividends she charged the stock fell from 16O to i. Mme Nash sued Addicks several months ago for q dressmaking bill for his wife and daughters, but the suit was set tied out of court.-1artford Times. Gun. tobacco duties are of such nn- tl1re that they prohibit the importation of the cheaper brands of cigars from foreign countries, owing to the very heavy impOst as a specific duty of $5."O { per pound. That is the factor that gov { erns the cigar importatiOns to much i greater extent than does the ad Nalor- pm duty of 9 per cent We are ! afraid however. that the h1l1p1noS Will | knock in vain in their attempt to nave the tariff door on tobacco opened any wider during the coming regular seS- ! sion Of congress. The tobacco 1nunS- i try is thoroughly intrenched ln It's po- sition. as was shown by the opposluoh brought against the movement in the i last session of congress for a reduction 1 in the duty on imports of cigars and to- ! bacco from the island of Ctlba'-hostoh
 Herald.
 James Taint0r, secretary or the ! Hartford board of trade, believes i'll trade schools and does not hesitate to explain why he thinks so. He says: "The future prosperity of Connect1-
 cut in the manufacturing line-es- pecially" fin view of its geographical rosition with reference to locations Of supplies of raw material and of the
 principal markets-fn my judgment
 depends very largely upon it's skilled
 mechanics and their standing in the
 front rank-yes. in the advance
 guard-rnust be maintained. Skilled
 thoroughly skilled. trade labor is
 community asset of the grea+est i'm
 nortance." If this ts true, the state
 which fails to provide for the main
 tanance of trade schools deliberately
 adds to its liabilities without strength
 ing its working capital.--New Britain
 Herald,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
PROMPT ACTION.

The prompt action of the board Of education in regard to the recommenda- tion of Building Inspector Chatfeld has been criticized very little if any, which would go to show that the move ment is a popular one. The old school has out1ived it's usefulness and there fore 1t is high time to put it out of com mission. The lives of several hundred children were endangered by contin- ued use of the structure, and the closest listed taxpayer in town would hardly ask that they be sent to this building in future. It was q radical step and even though it entails a dollar or two more taxes on each of us. We should be willing to put it up without a protest and render thanks to the members of the board for the manner in which they have handled the question.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
THE SOUVENIR DEMOCRAT.

The making of an ordinary 10, 12 or of work which the average reader can not for n moment comprehend. Each man. woman and boy in every depart ment has his or. her allotted part to perform. and if there is a shirlzing in any quarter the paper shows 1t and the people who read it soon find that out. The Democrat to-day presents to the people of Waterbury paper large enough and newsy enough to please every class of readers. There has been a deal of hard and faithful work to make it what you see 1t to- day. If the sales were twice as large as what we look for at this time it could not repay Us from a monetary standpoint for the amount of worry and energy expended. However, if the efforts of editors. special writers, solic- itors and printers have succeeded in bringing out successful issue and one that in every way meets the expecta- tions of the public We shall feel repaid.
 Dana Albee Patten, the New York editor who has superintended consider able of the special work of this issue. has been assisted by corps of writers and special solicitors who have per formed their work we'll. MT Patten takes kindly to this kind of work as he comes from a distinguished literary family. His father. the Rev pr Pat ten. native of New Hampshire, where he still resides, prior to becoming a. clergyman. was a professor at Dart
 mouth college. his alma mater. His mother, now deceased. was a graduate of Bradford college, where she later became professor of languages. MT Patten Is related to several of the wea1thiest families in New York. He Is well known throughout the country Rs a broad-minded journalist and pro yressive publisher
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
GOOD AND BAD MEMORIES.
Why Persons Forget Some Things and
 Remember Others.
Good memory is subject regard

NSlflSflpSE OlHCFS'
 Good memory is a subject regard ing which a good deal of nonsense is habitually talked. We often hear people say that they have a good memory for certain things, but bad one for other things. This I be- lieve to be a delusion. A mans memory may be good or it may be bad, but it cannot well be good for one thing and bad for another thing. It might as we'll be said that bot tie was good for holding brandy, but bad for holding whisky. In the case of feeble intellect all its faculties will be feeble-memory, judgment and all the rest-but they will not be feeble for one purpose and viz orous for another purpose. The fact is that our memory is in itself equal lv powerful or feeble for all pur- poses, but we remember best those things which interest rs most and so say that We have good memories for such things, while we forget those things which do not interest us, and we say accordingly that we have bad memories for those things. Horace Walpole used to say that his memory was all retentiye as to the names of persons and of places, but that 1t was absolutely lmpotent Tn regard to dates. Ii has been said of lum-bv Macaulav, thlnk-that he could tell YOU the name of the grandaunt of King Ethelwald, but that he could not tell you whether she lived in the year 500 or in the wear 1900. The truth was that he took an interest in names and gene alogies, but none in dates. Similar ly in his Introduction to "Anne of Geierstein' Scott aptly says:
 "l have through life been entitled to adopt old Beattie of Meiklidale's answer to his parish minister when the latter was eulogizing him with respect to the same faculty. NO. doctor.' said the honest border laird, T have no command of my memory it retains only what happens to hit my fancy, and like enough, sir, If you were to preach to me for cou- pie of hours on end l might be un- able at the close of the discourse to remember one word of it. Perhaps there are few men whose memory serves them with equal fidelity as to many different classes of subjects, but I am sorry to say that while mine has rarely failed me as to any snatch of verse or trait of charac- ter that had once interested my fancy it has generally been frail support not only as to names and , dates and other minute technicali- l ties of history, but as to many more important things"
 l No, it is pretty certain that we have not got good memories for this and bad memories for that in any ! other sense than that we remember ! that which interests us and forget 1 that which interests us not.-N otes ] and Queries.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
Drivjnq a Bargain.

The old Yankee skill at driving a bargain is not being lost, as a story in the Boston Herald'shoWs. A wo- man visitor at a fashionable resort on the Maine coast last summer went to the Universalist church ln the place the first Sunday morning of her stay and was politely shown to seat. There was no hymn book. however, but the occupant of the pew behind her reached over and placed one in her hands. At the close of the service the visitor turn ed and thanked the person, saying as she was to attend that church all summer she would like to buy g hymn book. "Well," said the other woman, 'I guess you can have that book if you'll give me a pair o1 black gloves, No. 7.'' "Very we'll, ; said the visitor. The next day she went to Portsmouth, purchased the No. 7 black gloves for $1.5O anc duly received the use of the hymna in exchange for them on the follow ing Sunday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
WOMEN IN SPORTS.

Speaking of women and the position
 they occupy toward sports. writer 1n the Sporting Journal says that only q
 few years ago we used to hear vague whispers from the seats of learning Of the gentler sex about secret athlet1c8 and wonderful feats slyly performed. To-day common sense rules, and our young ladies have their regular athledc meetings and play their inter-school
 matches at suitable games very much in the fashion of their brothers. Now. what will be the result of these sweep ing changes? Speaking as an ex-ath- letic who has enjoyed ample facilities for observing the effects of judic1ous exercise upon school fellows, unhesi- tating1y say that the exercises and games now so eagerly followed by Wo- men cannot fail to be productive of great and lasting good. The benefits of scientific training of the muscles are well nigh invaluable the possible evils so few as to be unimpOrtant. In these dayS the importance or SouIu ulHu and a healthy body can hardly be over estimated. and only d deeply preJudiced person dare say that vigorous, healthy out, door girl is not the queen of hel sex. That we, to-day, have so many Of them is a blessing, the real worth o1 which will surely be proven later on The outdoor girl of today is to be th' mother of a race of stalWarts of th' future, so surely as the race is to o
 perpetuated. Woman place ill spor is right beside her brother. Should she in some particular branch of it, moV
 slightly ahead, or fall trihe Deh1nd' matters not so long as she Keeps Il touch. Then her magical influence VII refine and elevate without detracllh
 from the value of his faV0rltc paSuhleS while she in turn will learn many df lightful things and find that prlceles reward of outdoor folk-robust healtl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
MIXED METAPHORS.

The industrious Mr. Lucy has lately been collecting 8 bundle of mixed metaphors, Irish and others, which he has heard from his high perch in the gallery of the house of commons. The Chronicle has one quite worthy to be added to the collection, for it says that MT. Bal four's sheep hoped for bread, but he gave them a stone.' The image of a hungry Southdown sniffing at a loafein the hope of finding it edi- ble and then breaking his teeth on a geological specimen is full of pa thetic beauty. But really all dis turbances of style in the discussion of the fiscal question are only symp- toms of the disturbance of mind and spirit which MT. Chamberlain has caused, and the immortal Mrs. Lirriper herself, no bad hand at a confusion of metaphors, might have truly said that his bombshell has 'bred fruitful hot water for all parties concerned" -- Manchester Guardian.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
Wer;dcd His Violin.

Sarasate, the celebrated vjolinist, will be sixty next year; but, though the raven curls of twenty years ago are now as white as snow, he has lost nothing of his marvellous skill. When taking his first prize at the Paris Conservatoire many years ago he received also a piece of advice, "Sarasate, my son, wed thy violin, but never a woman, and though some speak of a grave in little cemetery near his native Pamplona, where his love lies buried, others de- clare that the master has simply fol- lowed out the rule given him thus early in life At any rate he Is still an eligible bachelor, who has made 410,O00 a year for many years past.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
THE STEAMBOAT.
Ancient Craft That Suggested tho
 Modern Monarchs of the Sea.


 Modern Monarchs of the Sea.
 The first steamboat was built by Dennis Papln, who navigated it safely down the Fulda as long ago as 17O7. Unfortunately this pio- neer craft was destroyed by jealous sailors, and even the very memory of 1t was lost for three-quarters of g century. In 1775 Perrier, aroth" CT Frenchman, built an experiment tai steam vessel at Paris. Eight years later, in 1783, Jouffroy took up the idea that had been evolved by Pa pin and Perrier and built steamer, which did good service for some time on the Saone.
 The first American to attempt to apply steam to navigation was John Fitch, a Connecticut mechanic, who made his initial experiments in the year 1785. To what extent Fitch was indebted to the three illustri- ous French inventors named above we are not informed, but that his models were original there Is not the least doubt. In the first he en- ployed 8 large pipe kettle for gener- ating the steam, the motive power being side paddles worked after the fashion of oars on common row boat. In the second Fitch craft the same mode of propulsion was adopt ed with the exception that the pad dies were made to initiate a revolv- ing wheel and were fixed to the stern, clearly foreshadowing the present stern wheeler.
 This last mentioned boat was the first American steam vessel that can be pronounced success. It made it's first trip to Burlington in July. 1708 But, after all, 1t was not un- til after the opening of the present century that steam navigation start ed into actual life. In 1907 Robert Fulton, who every school child knows was an American. in conjunc- ton with one Robert R. Livingston built the Clermont and established a regular packet service between New York and Albany.
 The success of this undertaking ] was so satisfactory that four new 1 boats were built before the end o1 1 1611. at least two of them being de signed for service in other rivers.