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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-06

The Shore Line Times, Fair Haven, Conn, j
III its Roekiand correspondence, tells the fol-
loving Dltifal and picturesque tale: Rather
a sad accident happened IN this vicinity last
Saturday, which resulted In the injury OF two
persons-one seriously, the other slightly.
Charles Il. Scranton, son OF Henry e. SeraI-
ton, set out on horseback TO go TO a black
smiths shop about a mile and half distant
on the Madison turnpike. Just az he had
passed the house OF Mrs. Truman Stone, go-
| ing with fearful speed, it being little down
grade, the horse stumbled and fell neadlong
| throwing It's rider whose No. II boots, being
| Inserted to the heel, chung 60 the stirrups,I /
with great force to the ground The transition
was so sudden, and with such velocity, that
Charles struck the ground first, the horse
falling across both OF his legs; probably
caused by a sudden jerk OF the saddIe-straps
rolling the horse toward him. By hanging
| Co the bride fn this position he managed to
keep the horse down while he shouted Justify
for help. Miss Edwina Stone. who, by the
way, receives Cnarley's attention, having
just witnessed his Gilpin-iike ride from q
window, was the first to hear his cries, and
flew TO the rescue. As she reached the spot
the animal had nearly regained his feet, and
IN moment more would have been Off WEI
Charley g feet hanging to the ssirrupS. She
grasped the bit, and, with an effort that puts
Hercules in the shade, threw the horse TO the
ground Ia a twilklfng- Charles now went TO
work IN earnest TO clear himself from
his traDpings but soon the animal made
throwing It's feet suddenly forward,
tripped Miss Stone, who fell Hat
on her face, breaking her left arm and also
diaolacing the joint at the wrist. Still she
eIung to the BIT with her right nand, holding
the horse down until Charley, who had now
got out his pocket-knife, worked his way
clear by cutting hf5 boots off his feet Dr.
Sweet was applied to Immediately, and set
the bones, and Miss Stone is getting along
as well aa can be expected. Admitting It To-
be a fact (as some say that EdwIna was COM
PEELED by q strong Incentive, Ii is but Just to
say that she exhibited resolution and aevo-
ton worthy Of the highest eona naenaa5lou,
We can only say that our admiration of her
courage Is equaIed only by the regret we feel
for her misfortune. Charles, though he re-
eeiyed sundry bruises and InnumeraaIe Jams,
far recovered as TO be able TO administer the
balm OF consolation 60 his afflicted deiiverer.'
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-06

A little girl at Chambersburg, az e. tsxr Wsr
rom he ssT52sase7s her Wen asras ~ Out @ rom t
sne Lat t.asswsaeIoe hu.s of Holy Writ she s6I-
syanv nII quoted Little children should De seen
md not heard.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-06

Al Of 81 - three n a5Ls, 8alIs and FIggIhg sT8
gone. The cargo q lumber is 10 good condi-
ton -=s#=.
x Il ts4hr.ED STEAMER IN TEE ATLANTIC,
Lt JvDoN, Sept. 5-The steamer Indus re-
por ~ that she passed the steamer Eheola,
Ca H. Korloz from Cardiff, August 23, for New
Ic fk, ca the twenty ninth of August, with
HI = rnainmass gone. She signaIed that her
zEnage vas serious
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-06

In California church the collection
amounted to $40. Two hundred persons
We're present Only sixty coins were on the
plates, eighteen of which were dimes and
twenty-five half dimes. Copper cents are not
fashionable in California. That is one reason
why the collection was so large.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-06

In the fourth place, said the preacher 70
his drowsy audience, ''tilose OF you Wao ar1
awake will notice etc. There was pallses
hodv IN the e5nrreuatton, and generaI aE-
Dearance on nearly every face as Y sa sayss
s.Why don't YOU fellows Keep awake 0e1ts1
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-06

Chew Jackson's best sweet as7y tobacco. u
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-06
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Died Of Hydrophobia,

PHILADEL PHIA, Sept. Six weeks ago the
ettT, t,z v was bitten i BY a pet dog. On Tuesday
last symptoms of hydrophooia appeared, and
at 1 o'clock this morning she died ia great
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
How to Plow.

Professor Stockbridge, in an essay
read before Connecticut State Board
of Agriculture, said their are two
kinds of soil on every mans farm
the agricultural soil and the subsoil.
The agricultural soil may be two in
ches deep or it may be nine, but it is
not twenty feet. 1t is not deeper
than the air can penetrate. Ifthe ag-
ricultural is teo shallow it may be
gradually deepened by lifting an
inch of the subsoil at each blowing,
bringing 1t up to the air and enrich
ing it with manure. Our agiicultur-
al society committees, by their premi-
inns for smooth, shiny, fiat burrows
have done the community great harm.
Such as oftenest takes the premium
is the very poorest kind of blowing,
The soil is best plowed when it is
most thoroughly crushed twisted and
broken with the sod well covered
On some kinds of soil / would have
the burrows Tapped an inch, as the ca.
madam farmers plow. Let the all
and water have a chance 10 circulate
beneath the surface. Light lands
however, should have q fiat furrow
we wish to make such lands more
compact"
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
The Care Of Eggs.

How to keep eggs in the best posi-.
BILE condition for a number of days in
order to make a satisfactory hatch
does not seem to be understood by
some. We have had eggs hatch well,
although over three weeks old, but
we usually make it a point not to go
so long before setting them. For
longer than that time, even if well
cared for, it is best not to depend
upon them, for the results, usually,
are anything but satisfactory. In
keeping eggs for Matching purposes,
too many persons keep them in too
warm a place, where they are sure to
lose their vitality quickly, while a
damp place is almost as fatal in its
effect. Handling the eggs frequently
is not only useless but it serves to
lessen the chances Of Matching. Our
plan of keeping eggs is very simple,
and merely consists in carefully plac-
ing eggs, as soon as gathered, In
shallow baskets, lined either with
paper or piece of cloth, and then
keeping these in a cool, dark place
until the eggs ERE needed.
If hen is kept from her nest long
enough for the eggs to become cold
they are not necessarily spoiled, par,
ticularly if the incubation has pro-
crossed ten days; in fact, at any stage
of the Matching period it is better tc
carry them through than to destroy
them.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
The Wonderful Baharistan Carpet.

After the defeat of the Persians by
Omar and the overthrow Of the reli-
gion of Zoroaster, the White Palace
of Khosroes was pillaged and q mag
niticent booty came into the hands of
the rude Arabians. Among other
things was most extraordinary
specimen of the embroiderer's art.
This was carpet of silk and cloth of
gold, GO cubits square. A garden
was depicted thereon, the figures of
gold embroidery and the colors
heightened by precious stones, the
ruby, the emerald, the sapphire, the
beryl, the topaz, and tho pearl being
arranged with most consummate skill
to represent, in beautiful mosaic,
trees, fruit and flowers, rivulets,
fountains, roses and shrubs of every
description, which seemed 10 convey
fragrance, and their foliage TO charm
the senses of the beholder. To this
piece of exquisite luxury aud illusion
the Persians gave the name of "Ba-
harisian," or "mansion of perpetual
spring." which was an invention en-
ployed by their monarchs as an arti-
fetal substitute for the loveliest of
seasons. During the gloom Of win
ter they were accustomed to regale
the mobiles of their Court where art
had supplied the absence OF nature,
and wherein the guests might trace q
brilliant imitation of her faded beau
ties in the variegated color of the
jeweIed and pictured floor. The
Arabian General, Ali Saad, persuaded
his soldiers to relinquish their claim
to it, in the reasonable hope that the
eyes OF The Caliph would be delighted
with his splendid combination of ma
ture and skill. Regardless, however,
of the merit of art and the pomp of
royalty, the rigid Omar divided the
prize among his brethren of Medina ;
the carpet was destroyed; but such
was the value Of the materials that
the share of the Ali alone was CON-
puted at 10000 drachms of gold
nearly S50,000.-AH amateur.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
What boys Should be.

First: Be true--be genuine. NJ
education is worth any thing tina
does not include this. A man hat
better not know how to read-he hat
better never learn letter of the al
phabet, and be true and genuine il
action, rather than being learned il
all sciences and in all languages, L
be at the same time false in heart ant
counterfeit in life.
Second: Be pure in thought, Ian
guagc-pure in MUD and body. AL
impure man, young or old, poisoning
the society where he moves with
smutty stories and impure examples
is moral ulcer. plague spot, a le'
per who ought to be treated as were
the lepers of old.
Third: Be unsclfish. To care for
the feelings and comforts of others.
To be polite. 10 be just in all deal
ings with others. To be generous,
noble, and manly.
Fourth: Be sclf-reliant and self.
helpful even from early childhood.
To be Industrious always, and self
supporting at the earliest proper age.
Teach them that an idle, useless life
of dependence on others is disgrace
full.
When a boy has learned these four
things, when he has made these ideas
part of his being-however young
he may be, however poor, or how
ever rich-he has learned some of the
most important things he ought to
know when he becomes a man.
Home Arts.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
Lost,

London, August 19.--Regarding
the accident to William o. Mosley,
Jr., the young physician of Boston,
whose death while descending the
Matterhord was announced on the 18th
instant, correspondent writes as
follows: "Dr. Mosley had safely ac-
complished the ascent Of the Matter
horn. On returning, and when near
the cabin which is used as a resting
place, re loosened himself from the
rope uniting him to his companions.
He had hardly done so when he made
false step, lost his footing and glid-
ed rapidly down the steep ice slope,
making frantic efforts to stop himself
by grasping at projecting rocks. The
next moment he disappeared over a
precipice, falling on a glacier oppo
site the rifle between Hosrnili and
Saint Theodule pass, where the body
lies completely stripped Of clothing by
the rapidity Of its descent. The body
can be distinctly seen from below,
lying on a projecting ledge of ice.
An expedition for the recovery Of the
body was to start Saturday morning"
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
Editors Work.

Some people, ignorant of what
good editing is, imagine the getting
up of selected matter to be the easiest
work in the world to do, whereas, 1t
is tho incest work done on any paper.
If they sec the editor with scissors in
his hand, they are sure to say: 'Eh
that's the way you get up original
matter, oh p accompanying their new
and witty questions with an idiotic
wink or smile. The facts are that
the interest, the variety and useful
ness ola paper depend in no small
degree upon the selected matter, and
few men are capable of the position
who would not themselves be able to
write many of the articles they select.
A sensible editor desires considerable
selected matter, because he knows
that one mind cannot make so good q
paper as five or six.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
Russian Farm Life.

The Russians have one custom
which is common in the farming dis
tricts OF Europe generally. Instead
of having each house near the center
Of the farm, and the houses long
distance apart,as with us, the farmer
does not generally live on his farm.
The houses are built in a village, with
possibly the barns and grancries near
the house, or OH the home lot, but the
land that is cultivated may be two or
three more miles away. The people
have to travel far and spend much
time in going 10 and coming from
work, but it makes farm life more So
cable, as the people can see one an
other and enjoy many things that are
not possible where all are scattered
far and wide. 1t might be well if we
adopted something of this plan in
this country; both methods have
their advantages, and the people are
slow to give up their old ways. One
writer says that he travelled in Rus
STA fer miles and miles,an saw moth
ing but wheatfield after wheatfield,
varied with wide tracks where horses
and cattle pastured, but no fences any
where. At last he saw sumo curious
green objects in the distance shaped
like enormous pears; at length he
made out that these were cupolas of
the church, and before lie was aware
of it, he was upon the village, with
no other warning than the barking
ola dog. Russian farmers like poor
people everywhere, keep an abun-
dance of the canine race. The small
log houses are all alike, and arranged
in several rows, with wide streets be-
tween them half mile or more long.
At one end ofthe village is the church
with its cupolas, at the other the lar
ger house of the land owner who
rents the land TO the tenants. Small
graneries-square huts without win
Newsstand in the middle of the
street, and long rows of tall poles
show that water is raised by the old
fashioned well sweep. In some pla.
ces, where logs can be had only by
hauling for great distances, tho viii
lagos are of mud houses, built of
bricks merely dried in the sun. and
these, while they cannot be called
handsome, are said to be very COM
Portable in the long cold winters.
Pigs, poultry and ours run at large in
the'streetS,and when stranger enters
these make great fuss.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
The Department Of Agriculture
Renort tor August.

The August returns to the Depart
ment Of Agriculture for cotton shows
slight decline from the condition in
July. The average condition Tor the
whole country is 81, loss of 2 per
cent, since July l. The State aver
ages are as follows: North Carolina,
Sc. loss of s; South Carolina, 81, a
gain Of /; Georgia, 80, a gain of /;
Florida, 81, loss Of 4; Alabama, 100,
gain OF 4; Mississippi, SO, gain OF
6; Louisiana, SO, n loss of 4; Texas,
rs, loss Of IL; Arkansas, SO, loss
OF Z; Tennessee, 95, gain of 4. At
the date Of the returns rains were re,
ported general OF spring wheat, the
condition was 80. against Is in 1878.
The northern part OF New England
and New York maintained their July
condition. In the West and North
west there was a decline caused by
.drouth, rnst and chinchbugs. The
decline was most severe in Texas,
where the condition averages only A.
The condition of the whole country is
per cent, better than last year. The
decline during July was nearly 10
per cent, against 81 per cent. in 1878.
With increased acreage, especially in
the unascertained territorial area, con-
siderable addition may be expected in
the yield of this branch of the wheat
crop.
The drouth, which prevailed in the
large tobacco-growing State of Vir-
ginnia, North Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky, during June and July,
did great injury to the crops Of tobac-
co. The acreage for the whole coun-
try is only II per cent, against 81 per
cent. last year at the same date.
Rain is reported since July 26, gener-
ally, and the prospects are that the
September returns will show a decid.
ed change for the better.
The August returns place the con-
dition Of the oats crop at 81 per cent,
against 100 per cent, in August, 1878.
They show slight improvement over
the July condition, which average only
~ per cent. The decline in the Gulf
States and in the Trans Mississippi
States nearly everbalanced. the i'm
provement in all the other sections.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
Shooting Of a Desperate Convict.

John Barrett, an inmate of Sing
Sing prison, New York, refused to
work and was confied in dark cell,
npon the advice of the surgeon, who
pronounced him fully able TO do the
labor he was endeavoring TO shirk.
The next morning, in making his
customary rounds among the prison.
iers Under punishment, the surgeon
threw open Barretps cell door, where
upon the convict dcluged him with
the contents of his slop bucket. For
this INSTRUMENTATION he was whipped
and again put in confinement. Sub
seQuently two keepers attempted TO
take him before the superintendent,
when he drew sharp tableknife and
stabbing one of them severely turned
and ran through the grounds to
the molding shop, ensconcing himself
in q corner where he could only be
ATTACKED in front, and picking up
hammer dared the three keepers who
had pursued him to make an on
slaught, meanwhile calling ON the
200 prisoners at work TO revolt with
him; and they were only restrained
by the revolvers of the few keepers.
The latter urged Barrett to surren-
der. rot wishing to shoot him, and
fearing to throw themselves upon
him lest the balance of the convicts
should spring to his rescue. The
desperate man challenged the keepers
TO fire, and declaring his purpose TO
kill some one, lifted the hammer
above his head preparatory for a rush
on Keeper Good, steadily advancing
against the pointed pistol, when a.
officer fred and killed Barrett instant
ly. The other prisoners sprang for
ward, but the officials cowed them in
to submission. A jury of inquest
rendered a verdict OF justifiable hon.
icide.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26

Some people entertain an idea that
watermelons are unwholesome- Yet
these same persons, perhaps, will
stuff themselves in hot weather with
hot biscuit, ham, beef, rancid butter
and fried bacon, a diet suited to the
latitude of Lapland. If the fruits OF
the earth, and of tree, in this Southern
climate were consumed more literally
there would be less sickness. If the
Southern citizens would jump from
the frying-pan into a watermelon
patch, he would be less liable to catch
the yellow fever. OF all the fruits of
the earth there is none more whole
some than a good watermelon. II is
composed Of nothing more than water.
This water acts as gentle diuretic,
without leaving any acid upon the
stomach, as is the case in other
diuretics. A good thing in yellow
fever times. The Creole of Louisiana
lives to marvellous age He. lives SO
long that he forgets his age. But he
lives principally on the fruits and veg
etables that grow around him, and he
is especially fond Of COED watermcl-
on.-Memphis Avaldnnhe.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
Alum in Bread.

A nuisance that troubled Europe
fifty years ago is beginning to attract
attention here-that is putting alum
in the bread we cat. The bread must
he light that it MAY be digested ; that
is, it must be filled by the we'll
known cells we are accustomed TO see
in it. Where beer or ale is brewed
those who understand healthy bread
making procure yeast, which lightens
the bread better than any substitute,
and is wholesome. Where yeast is
not readily to be obtained baking
powders are resorted to, and out of
them comes mischief. Bicarbonate
of soda and cream of tartar, or tar
taric acid, are the usual constituents
Of a good baking powder. Cream of
tartar sells at from sixty cents to
eighty-fve cents per pound. This
high price has led cheap baking pow
der TO be made of alum, as o sub.
siitute of all or some of the cream of
tartar. Alum will make bread look
whittier, so that bakers can make an
inferior flour salable as bread by its
use; and they use 1t in some places
calling 1t rock, so that no inadyertant
expression may let outsiders know
that alum is used. Alum is an in
furious article 10 the human constitu-
tion in large quantities, or in small
quantities often REPEATED. II is the
small quantities taken every meal,
that do the mischief in bread. Alum
is cheap-3 cents q pound-to the
pocket, butt takes what is SO saved
out of the stomach and takes it with
fearful interest. Alum is an as
tringent, and is used by dyers and
others as such. Taken frequently OIL,
the human stomach,it produces heart
burn, indigestion, gripping, constipa-
ton, dyspepsia, and kindred troubles
resulting from irritation of the mu-
cous membrane, produced by the as
tringent properties of alum. All
these are nice things to be inflicted
eaten morning noon and evening. To
young children, growing girls, per-
sons of weakly frame and sedentary
occupations, this alum bread is poi
son most especially. If the reader
wants TO know something of alum
let him suck lump. of it, notice its
effect upon the mouth, which is some.
thing like that of green persimmon
then let him refle;t how it acts upon
the tender, delicate coats of the stom.
ach. DR.. Henry A.Mott, the celebra.
led analytical chemist, analyzed TWEEN.
ty-three of the baking powder most
in use, and found alum in all but one
1t is time 10 take measures to stop
this bread poisoning that kills oul
little ones and perpetnates dyspepsiG
and cholera. DIR. Mott, in his re
view npon the subject in the scienti
tlc American, makes special mention
of having analysed the Royal Baking
Powder, and found it composed O
wholesome materials. lie also advi.
ses the public TO avoid purchasing
baking powders as sold loose or il
bulk, as he found by analyses of ma
ny samples that the worst adultera
tons are practiced m this form. Tn,
label and trade mark of we'll know
and responsible manufacturer, h
adds is the best protection the pub
lie can have.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
No Doubts.

Judging from the universal salts
faction that DR.. Prices Unique Per-
fumes have already given, there is no
doubt but that as high a reputation
for charming perfumes will soon be
acquired by the firm of Steele d
Price as they have already gained for
their culinary preparations. The del
icate fragrance of DIR. Prlce's Per-
fumes make them very popular.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
The Cook not to Blame.

Many nice delicacies are spoiled by
the abominable Aavorings used in
them, and generally 1t is attributed to
the cook. Now if Dr.. Prices Fine
Flacoriags are used, nice dishes will
not be spoiled, as they always i'm
part their delicate fresh fruit favor in
whatever they may be used
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
Gray's Specific Medicine.

EESlISIHrkEllM-
ing cure for
Seminal Weak
ness, Sperma-
torrhea, Impo-
tency, and all
Diseases that
follow, as O se.'
'quence OF Self
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26

Abuse; as Loss n1Vor Aahin8'
Of Memory, Universal Lassitude, Pain in the
Back, Dimness Of Vision, Premature old age
and many other Diseases that lead 10 Insans-
ty or Consumption and Premature Grave.
bay Full particulars in our pamphlet,
which VIC desire to send free by mai To every
one. Esg~The specific Medicine ia sold by
all druggists at 81 per package, or six pack
ages for IS, or viii be sent free by mail on
receipt OF the name by addressing
THE GRAY MEDICINE CO.,
No. 10 Mechanics Block, DETROIT, MICH
nay" Sold in Hopkinsville by all druggists.
Arthur Pet or, Louisville, wholesale Agent