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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18
Items Of Interest.

notwithstanding the..Sculptor.
For thin pcOple--Plumb pudding,
The day aftey. washing is one of
sad irony.
Bayard Taylor's life was insured
for $40, 900.
Slcight of Misunderstanding a mar
rage proposal.
The. man who was kicked was also
taken. to boot" I'D.
Something man never keeps and
yet never sells-his diary.
Gentleman in mourning in Phila-
delphia wear black ribbons in the
butt0nhole.
He who would rise in the world
says Josh Billings, must pay for the
yeast.
California has a profitable and
growing cheese trade with China,
Australia and South America.
A week-old baby, if allowed to live
to its second childhood, will end in
becoming a weak old man.
or all who come into our sanctum
Deserving the title OF bore
There's no other way we can rank 'em)
1t is he who meier shuts the door.
Fencing has almost ceased to be an
accomplishment among the young
men Soon it may be sail that in
the bright lexicon Of youth there's
no such word as foil.
Marriage" says cynic, is like
putting your hand into bag contain
ing ninety nine snakes and one eel
You may get the eel, but the chances
are against you"
The wise man on going to bed on a
cold night plunges his feet to the
bottom and has but one spot to warm.
The foolish man draws his knees up
to his chin and extends his feet grad
ually, feeling all night as if he had
taken a contract to melt down the
corner of an iceberg.
When the sea-shell is held mp to
the ear there is a peculiar vibratory
noise, which the children assure each
other is the roar of the sea, however
distant they may be from it. Phil
osophically investigated, the peculiar
sound thus recognized is phenomenon
that has puzzled scholars for long
time. The experiment is easily made
by simply presenting spiral shell
over the cerebra of either car; the
sound is very much like that of far.
off cataract. Now, what causes it?
Every muscle in the body is Away.
in the state OF tension. Some are
more on the stretch than others, and
particularly those of the finger 1t i,
conceded that the vibrations of the
fibers in those fingers being communi
Gated to the she'll, it propagates ant
intensifies them, as the hollow bod,
of violin does the vibrations Of it,
strings, and thus the acoustic nerv,
receives the sonorous expressions
Muscles Of the legs below the knee ar,
said to vibrate in the same way, ant
If conducted to the ear produce til,
: same results.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18
Benevolent Societies.

Hopkinsville Lodge. No. 81, F. and
4 81. Stated meeting LIST Monday
in each month, at Masonic Hall.
j. 0. Ellis, b. w. STONE,
Secretary. w. NJ,
Oriental Chapter, No. IA, R. A NJ,
Stated communications I'd Monday
evening Of each month, at Masonic
Hall. J.IL,yprs HIP
James 0. Ellis, Secretary.
Evergreen Lodge, X. of .-Regu-
lar meetings every 81 and 4th Thurs
day in each month.
Joe McCarroll, FRANK MERCK,
X. of r. and S. &C.
Odd Fellows Hall.-Regular meet
ings every Friday evening Encamp-
ncnt meets LIST and 81 Thursday
evening in each month.
Ancient Order of United Work
men.-Knights of Pythias Hall Reg
.lar meeting every Monday night at
. o'clock. A. HALL, NJ. w.
&. b. Underwood, G.. R.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18

-:.Eyery man should provide liber-
ally for his family" said Mr.. Smith.
Ever since my marriage have kept
my wife provided with sewing ma
chine, snrmounted by a fine mirror"
'What is the mirror tor?" inquired
a party present, "Well," said the or
acle, IL tell her when she gets so lazy
that she can't run the machine, she
can sit still and see herself starve to
DEATH"
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18

A Cheap and Useful Paper for Gu
Boys and Girls.

One fthe handsomest and best pa
pers for Boys and Girls is published
at Topeka, Kansas, by Hudson y
Ewing. 1t is is page paper, sen.
monthly, postage paid, for 80 cents
pery'a. 1t is now in its fifth year
and every number is filled with pure
entertaining and instructive reading
Parents need not hesitate to place thi'
Journal in their families. The pub
fishers offer to send sample copy 70
examination. free.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18
But Just to Saw.

1t is but just to say that the firm o!
Steele & Price were the first 10 plac,
In the market articles for culinary
purposes that are strictly pure and
wholesome. Their DIR. Prices Cream,
Baking Powder has obtained lis pop
ularity and extended sale by the pu-
rity Of the materials.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18
Buy it in Cans.

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
should he bought only in cans, Sc
curely labelled, as 1t is sold by the
proprietors in other way. Loose
Powder is often sold as DR.. Prices,
when it is not. II has stood the test
OF chemical analysis, and is decided
to be the most perfect made.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18
Experiment in Wheat Cultivation.
[St. Louis Republican

Experiments have been made in
Michigan in cultivating wheat, and
the results are not only satisfactory
but astonishing. A committee was ap.
pointed to oversee the experiments
and make the report. Sixty-eight
pounds Of seed per acre were sowp
in drills l6 inches apart, and 80
pounds were drilled in the usual
way. That in l6 inch drills was cul-
tivated with horse wheat hoe once
in the fall and twice in the spring
the other, of course, was not cultiva-
ted after sowing. The report says
that the l6-inch lot did not lodge OF
crinkle, while the S-inch lot did SO
badly. The average yield was 3d.,
per cent. greater in the 16 inch drills
than in the s inch drill. The Agri.
culturist remarks: at is as reasona.
bic TO believe that grain crops should
be benefited by cultivation as tina,
potatoes, corn, cabbages and other
crops should be. Hoeing in Europe
is not an uncommon practice, and
farmers in this country have begun i,
with marked success"
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18
County Directory.
COURTS.

CIRCUIT COURT.
First Monday in March and Septem-
Der.
QUARTERLY COURT.
Last Monday in January, April, July
and October.
COUNTY COURT.
First Monday in each month.
COUNTY COURT OF CLAIMS.
First Monday in October, and snbject
to call any time by the County
Judge.
CITY 'csUhT.
Third Monday in November, Februa-
. ~-fy, May and August.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18

Where is "parts unknowny 7" asks a
correspondent of the Danbury News.
To which Bailey answers "Where
they don't ADVERTISE" And trough
Bailey docs say il, this is no joke.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18

All trains are run daily.
Pullman Sleeping tNnrs run through between
Nashville and Louisville on trains Nos. / and
! and between Nashville and st. Louis on
trains Nos. 3 and 1.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18
CITY DIRECTORY
Moore Commanderv,

No. 6, Knights Templar. Regular
conversations 18th Monday in each
III nth, at Masonic Hall.
b. w STONE, E. C.
/. J. Brownell, Recorder.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18
Weights of Kentucky.

The following are the legal weights
of Kentucky for seeds and other ar.
ticles. The figures refer 10 the NUN.
Der Of pounds to the bushcl.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18

THE Scientific American Is n large first class
] weekly newspaper OF sixteen pages. printe,l
In the most beautiful style, profusely illustrat-
cd with splendid eugravings. representing the
newest inventions and the most recent advan-
ces IN the Arts and Sciences; including new
ahd interesting facts In agriculture, horticul-
tuie, the home, health, medical progress, social
science, natui oil history, geology, astronomy.
The most valuable practical papers, BY emil
ncnt writer's In all departments OF science,
Will be found in the Scientific American.
Terms, $3.50 per year, $3.50 half year, which
Includes postage. Discount to agents. Single
copies ten cents. Sold by all newsdeaiers
Remit by postal order to MUM 4 CO., Pub
fishers, ~ Park Row. New York.
PATENTS. tb In s sCnnsSti0 nm with
lean. Messrs. MUM 4 Co. are Solicitors Of
American and Foreign Patents Address for
paper or concerning patents,
MUM & co.,
81 Park Row. New York.
Branch, cor. y & It'll, Washington, u. @,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18

MY 'iear sir" sal u pale, feeble and emae.
iatel gentleman, Il Am about worn out with
rhills- AMI can 1nd no cure. Too feeble 10
work. my stomach Is irritable, quinine sets
inc crazy, rscnic bluats me, mud I am too
poor to remain idle. learn, sir, that there Is
a reme'l, thar does not contain quinine, that
Is pleasant, requires no other me iicincs, and
makes prOmpt anil permanent cures" "Yes,
si-,' replied the druggist II have the very
article alluded to. 1t is Days Ague Tonic,
aud II is considered the best remedy before
the public for the cure Of all forms OF chills."
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18
1879 THE 1879
LOUISVILLE COMMERCIAL
LEADING REPUBLICAN PAPER
IN THE SOUTH.

THE Louisville commercial Ii now about to
cate in future, as 1t has In the past, tho carii-
nal Republican doctrines: equal rights under
the law to all men; devotion TO the union OF
the States; the honorable discharge Of all ma
tional obligations; the growth Of friendly feel.
ings among the people Of all sections.
The Daily Commercial has the fup telegraph
ic dispatches Of the Associated Press, and
gives q complete record OF current events.
The Weekly Commercial Is q large nine
column paper, with few advertisements. es-
ilv newspaper The terms given below show
the Commercial to he, In both editions, the
CHEAPEST PAPER IN THE WEST!
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-18

What is itY It Is a mild, pleasant and de-
lightful purgative, which sparkles and effer.
vesces just like soda water. 1t IL coming into
extensive use among all classes. who have be-
c'mc tired OF pills. 1t acts mildly upon the
bowels, Is cooling and refreshing, relieving
headache, acid stomach, heartburn, indiges-
tion. constipation. etc. II invigorates the
weak and depressed, gllays fever. promotes
healthful perspiration, regulates the flow OF
bile, mitigates the pangs Of rheumatism, and
keeps the brain cool and clear. For the dys-
peptic, rheumatic ami equity It has n worder.
full soothing effect. II Is II white powder, and
1t rs only necessary To pour little water on
y tablespoonful and take rs soda water.
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SOUTHERN ExpREss.-R. w. Nor.
who'd, Agent. Office IN Main Street.
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81 Park Row, New York.
Branch, cor, + 4 eth, Washington, ID. G.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-29
The Heliostat in War.

II. BADEN PKITCHARD contributes
to Nature an interesting account of the
use made of the heliostat by the En-
glish, in their campaigns in Afghan
istan and Zululand. It is claimed that
this is the first application of the mir
ror as an implement of warfare. He
liostat stations, says Mr.. Pritchard, are
now established throughout the Khy-
Der Pass, and Gen. Sir Samuel Browne,
at Jellalabad, has his orders passed up
to him by flashes of light from Pesha-
wur and Ali Musiid. Lord Chelms-
ford has of late been furnished with
heliostats, in order toprovide him with
better means of communication along
the Tugela. The plan of working is
very simple. The mirror of the hello
stat is placed SO as 60 reflect the SUMS
image 10 distant station, and when
the instrument has once been set the
clock-work arrangement suf1ices to
maintain the mirror in its proper po-
sition. In this way the distant station
in question always sees the dazzling
ray reflected from the mirror, except
when the latter is purposely obscured.
The appearance and disappearance of
the bright spot or flash constitute the
signals. There is no need for any SUI
perintendence when once the apparatus
has been put in order, and a trained
signalman suffices for the duty. The
ordinary Morse apparatus supplies an
Ineligible code, and no one out of the
line OF signals can read or understand
the message. As q substitute for the
dot and dash. which 60 to make up the
ordinary written Morse code, the light
ID shown for short and long intervals,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-29

hay from the fresh water marshes may
be employed instead, and is usually
preferable to weedy hay from upland,
as the foul seeds in the former are not
so likely to grow on dry soil as those of
the latter. Wheat, oat, or rye straw
makes a clean mulch if it contain no
grain that will grow. Cut cornstalks
also make an excellent mulch. Spent
tan, hops, or half-decayed leaves from
the forest are far better than NO mulch
at all.
In covering the bed, the mulch should
be spread over the crowns of the
plants, as well as over the surface be-
tween, but only to depth to give
shade, as it is not expected that the pro-
lection will prevent freezing. In the
spring man should pass along the
rows with fork or some similar in
strument, and remove the mulch from
the crowns of the plants, leaving only
the material between the rows, for the
purpose of keeping the fruit clean and
the soil moist. After she fruit is gath
cred, the mulch may be removed or
turned under, and cultivation resumed
as in the first season, some thinning
out of plants being usually required to
prevent overcrowding. The above is,
in brief, the system adopted by all
strawberry growers who aim to pro-
duce large and handsome fruit, and at
the same time heavy crop.-N. Y.
SA,a
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Z" Mother, my good mother, learn

Mother, my good mother, learn
the happy truth! AS thou vast listen
ing, did not thy heart-that .. heart
which forgot its own sorrow before the
snfserinxs Of others. and sent me last
night to the help of . sinking ship
didst thou not know-yet how shculdst
thou be able to knowP-that thou didst
send me to save the life of my dear
father? God led me to him. Let us
return thanks that God has given him
back to us. Yes! mother, let us praise
Him with all our heart
The hoy could not add a single
word more; but mother and son knelt
together, and in this pathetic attitude
mingled their joyful tears at the
mercy-seat of God. Soon an ap-
preaching footstep caught the sense,
and, lifting their heads, the two gen.
tie worshipers beheid the dear re-
turned wanderer standing on the
threshold of the outer door.
A wild cry of Joy echoed throughout
the apartment, and the tender wife en-
twined her arms about her husbands
neck in long and close embrace,
while the brave fisherman returned the
fond caress, his eyes, meanwhile, over
flowing with grateful tears-kind eyes
that still regarded, despite their misty
veil, with touching emotion, the good,
brave young son to whom he owed the
happy reunion of Translated
from the French for the N. Y. o.
SerUer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-29
A Literary Character.

WHEN Simpkins was invited to at
tend literary party, few nights ago,
he began studying the prominent quo
tations and familiar sayings in order to
make a good impression on several
ladies whom he expected to be present.
as well as the general company. He
had his route all laid out, as the show
men say. and knew just where he was
going to put in the phrases, which he
had jOtted down in q note book, in case
his memory should fail. He was late
on purpose, and as his hostess well
coined him he said:
LAS Shakespeare remarks, it's better
late than-than-not to get around at
all, you KNOW" and then he dropped
down with a very red face into a corner
and took . peep at his book to see what
it was he intended to say.
He was soon seated beside fair LADY.
who began conversation by remarking
that "The present age of poetry seems
to appeal to the sentiments less than
the passions, and the future, we should
hope, would bring a more aesthetic
taste.''
Yes, yes" said Simpkins. "Un-
doubtedly the future will; for you know
the--the saying is, Never too late to
to = darn stockings no!-never too
late to put in a stitch in time saves
nine. No, that isn't what meant to
say, either; it's never too late to fix
anything you see.'
Then Simpkins crawled behind the
stove and read I'LL his phrases over
again: When he emerged and joined
a circle at a table he was caught be-
tween two young ladies, each of whom
came in for share of his attentions,
until he said, How happy could I b
with either, if t'other dear charmer wal
-was-if she'd 60 home"
And then Simpkins broke for the door
as Mortified expression came over the
young ladies' faces, and grasping his
hat he rushed from the house and down
the street, murmuring: "Row sharper
than toothless child it is to have "a
~ ~ and then he tainted dead away
OIL CITY De,vjck.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-29

thus the light shown for short period
followed by long period signifies A,
while B is represented by q long Pc
Rod followed by three short ones; in
the case of G, long, short, long, short
signals are made in turn; and to form
=. the letter most frequently used, the
light is permitted to shine for one
single short period only. The intensi-
ty OF these sunshine signals can scarce
ly be imagined by anyone who has not
seen the heliostat in working order,
and the distance to which they might
be made to travel, could suitable sta
tions be provided, is practically I'M
limited. The appearance or non-ap-
pearance of the light can be noticed at
ten or twenty miles distance, without
the aid of telescope or field-glass.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-29
Beat the Train Boy.

A TRAVELLER on one of our railroads
set up a job on a train boy yesterday
which proved rather laughable. AS
the hoy came through, he, train-boy
fashion, thrust a basket under the
strangers nose and calculated, " APP
PIES"
"fhank you," said the man, taking
one and biting into it.
sc Six for five CENTS" said the boy.
ooh, ones plenty for me-" re-
sponded the stranger.
" But these here apples is for sale, :"
said peanuts.
Well, why don't you sell them,
them coolly answered the traveller.
You pay me for that ere apple"
yelled peanuts, growing excited.
" Pay! why didn't you ask me to
take cnep''
"Naw, didn't"
"Oh! well, how did you say you
sold them?''
six for a Nickel" answered pea
nuts Frightening up.
The stranger had eaten the last bite
of tie apple by this time, and going
down into his vest pocket he fished up
a nickel and said:
boy, did you ever study arith-
meticp'
Yes, sir.''
Good at fractionsp"
Used to be-"
Then, if six apples cost five cents,
how much will one apple cost?''
=" You may pay me my money!" said
the boy sullenly.
Certainly, here's a nickel; take
out for one apple and give me the
change"
The boy offered four cents in change,
but the stranger wouldn't have it. He
insisted that you couldn't divide six
into five, and he had that boy figuring
all over the margin of a newspaper to
see how much an apple would be at
the rate of six for five cents. Peanuts
couldn't make it, and grew wild, and,
just before he went crazy, the stranger
took five more apples and gave him a
nickel, with the remark:
:" You brush up on fractions before
you make another trip"
The passengers enjoyed the thing
immensely, but peanuts, somehow,
didn't seem to be elated over the in
cident and was kind of subdued and
melancholy like during the rest of the
trip.-1oled0 Commercial.
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Are There Too Many Farmers2

1T is a no more common complaint
OF farmers than of men in other avOca-
tons, that their business has been over
done or that, as one of them recently
said to us, "Prices of farm produce
will never reach paying rates again
until great many engaged in farming
find work at something else." We be-
lieve tina. this is serious mistake, and
that it leads to other mistakes quite as
serious. The idea is, that there are
too many farmers because too much
produce is grown. Obviously, then,
the world would be benefited if every
farmer would produce less. A step
farther, and we should all be more
prosperous, if our soil were poorer.
Fertility, then, is found to be a curse
and barrenness blessing! About here
q clear-headed thinker will see that
there must be fallacy somewhere in
this logic. Let us briefly point out
wherein the fallacy consists.
The trouble of this country is. not
that there are too many farmers, or too
many producers of any kind, but that
there are too many producers who can
not sell in the markets of the world be-
cause they produce too extensively.
So, we see that, after all, it is because
our land is too poor rather than too
rich, and produces too little rather than
too much, that American farmers are
suffering. We cannot have too much
production of anything, provided it is
produced cheaply. There are not too
many farmers, but too many poor
farmers and too much poor farming.
When we get the cost of production
here down below that of other cOun-
tries, we can always undersell them
and there will never be any glutted
market.
Despite the large areas of new lands
brought under cultivation at the West,
the number of men employed in farm
ing rather decreases. Every year a
larger proportion Of our people live in
cities and villages. Itwotld be strange,
indeed, if too many farmers were the
cause of hard times, when there are un-
doubleday fewer farmers in proportion
to the whole population, than there
were twenty or thirty years ago.
Rural NeU Yorker.
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THE FISHERMAN OF LECOUE.

If you should be fortunate enough
some day to visit the Island of jersey,
on the coast of France, the guide will,
no doubt, conduct you TO the harbor of
Lecque. one of the most picturesque
sites of this enchanting island. All
around, as far as the eye can reach,
stand out sharp, rugged peaks from
gigantic cliffs, where, on one side, the
face of the rock is notched and hol-
lowed into gloomy recesses and cav
ems.
No part of the ocean, in its course,
encounters more terrible foes on which
to expend its fury than at this point.
All the perils of land and sea and tenn
pest seem here to combine, as on a
grand, free pleasure-ground; and this
warfare never relaxes its power; where
the sea encrOaches pitilessly on the
land; where the rocks, battered I'M
ccasingly by turbid waves, crack,
loosen aud plunge at the first roar of
the tempest into the abyss below, there
to add another hidden obstacle to navi.
cation.
Everywhere can be seen the wave,
blanching into fringe of foam as it
pdSScS OVcI SuuhCu ICcl, duU IL 1T
rested by some marine bank in its way
ward course, then it distorts itself in
fantastic shapes and tears asunder as if
in cOnvulsiOn.
Unfortunate, indeed, is the incoming
vessel, if, amid the darkness of grim
night, she be overtaken by q northwest
gale that drives the hapless wanderer
on the rocks of Casquet, or Paternoster,
whose name suggests the last invoca-
ton in the hour Of supreme peril. De-
struction is then certain, for the helm
is powerless, and the keel strikes on
the rocks at the bottom.
The strand of Lecque incloses a
small bay, which appears designed by
Nature as refuge for ships in distress
which have had the rare good fortune
to escape the rocks with which the
channel is thickly strcwn. 1t forms a
harbor for large number of fishing
craft, whose owners occupy cabins on
the steep cliffs above.
In November, 49,, a frightful hur-
ricane ragged over the Manche, and
from the narrow beach could plainly be
discerned signals of alarm from one Of