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ARE YOU ANswHREDir.
Tho Greenbaok Candidate for At
torneY General Answers q
Question.

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hands ,,s ,hs fo,,nw;na .br,,,;n,, "c,S' o'''.
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ppocs g;ra oo,;ss os ,no he ,a,,sns s' u' ,.srSnt:,
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my wea na,r o., 10
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IN" ~. S'a ,uoo pi... o. naIae .s;',e -. .....
NV M Should ,sosa 'v .ha n9 na,n srss;'.
~ s'~ ws.s., a.c 'Ae os' '''S
i"'y A'0'pV''u'y ~ youts
f" - SnD
non. ~. ~. Card -. -. y
DR Dir. 1 on HsKcu me ior one
reason why you should leave ths
Democratc parry VIII cnc several
Isl Because u 10 bossed by Bell
lnoht anu Waii street, VINO nave in-
slayed the people 10 an nhtaxed bond
ca Aris'ocracy-and intend 10 Keep
them thcrc unill Dloody revolution
wipes our the Bonds "
znn because they nominated freely
IN 1877 who never breathed Demo-
cratic breath in his lifc, thereby de-
clarlhg themselves frauds ana hypo-
cr1fs 81
81 Because they helped 10 Demon
etize Silver IN 1878,
4th Because they helped pass tho
Resumption act.
5th Because the last National DEM
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Postal Geological Garden.


German post offices are geological
gardens on small scale. According
to the Tribune, in tho course OF y
year as many as forty thousand live
animals are sent by post, and il crabs,
frogs, bees, and small insects are
counted, the total will be among the
millions. The post villce authorities
have the privilege OF excluding such
animals as may be deemed either
dangerous or disagreeable; but with
in the last six months, only 80 pack
ages Of living animals wero refused,
among which were All alligator, done
up in a box considered as too fragile I;
a lot OF dogs, whose persistent bark
ing could not be quicted; /; and mum
bcr Of pigeons loosely tied up in a
sack. On tho other hand, during the
same period, crockodile, scores Of
birds Of prey, monkeys, serpents, a
leopard, and four living bear cubs
wero transmiIted by posi-.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-05-27
WIT WITH 4 MORAL.
Useless Household Plumber Costs
more than it Comes TO.
1 Warren News.l

a
We have seen recipes to kill plant
lice, potato bugs, mice, reaches, ants,
catapillars, snakes, alligators and ali
other insects: We have patent med
icines TO cure all ailments, or at least
they are supposed to cure all. But
we want receipt 10 kill cork-screw
in a tobacco box. We have tobacco
box at our house. and we keep smok-
ing tobacco in it, aud we use it every
day; we also have a cork screw, and
we havcno use for cork screw, but
that cork screw has been in that to-.
bacco box for seven years. We have
thrown it ont seventeen hundred
times at least we have thrown II out
OH the floor, under the bed, out of the
window, on top the wardrobe, be-
hind the bureau, everywhere that we
could think was possibly good place
to throw 1t, but 1t always gravitates
back into tho tobacco box. Every
time we put our fingers into the to-
bacco box for pinch Of tobacco, the
corkscrew has first TO be taken out
and laid aside on the mantcl. There
we always leave 1t now, (wc have,
found that 1t is useless TO throw II
away and there IL tsiays until we are
ont OF sight, and then II very quietly
crawls back into the tobacco box.
Does anybody want a cork screw !?
Has anybody goi tobacco box that
a corkscrew can't climb into? We
have become desperate about this
corkscrcw business aud we don't in
tend to stand 1t any longer. While
w are waiting for customer, We
are keeping our tobacco in a bag,
with draw string around the top,
and yotl ought TO see that corkscrew,
when that string is tied. We can't
help feeling sorry for it, so wo-be-
gone and euchred. Our only conso-
lation through our tribulntions is
that the corkscrew has never had
young ones. This ia all that has
saved us from the lunalic asylum.
The corkscrew don't chew tobacco,
and doesn't seem to have any other
object IN life than to lie III that TO-
bacco box and be an everlasting nui-
sance. Who wants to trade for q
corkscrew? a
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-05-27
Still Victorious.

Many years have passed since DR..
Prices Cream Baking Powder was
first offered to the public; and its SUI
periorty over all Baking Powder for
making wholesome, light, sweet bread
and biscuits had been established
Still victorious; standing to-day in
the estimation Of thousands as the
only safe and reliable powder.
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SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.

! Most families die out IN 200 years.
We have still 1856 tribes of Indians
left in this country,
Ohio expended $7,995,l25 on her
public schools last year.
There are over 100 boys confined
in Sing Sing prison.
The English begin 10 think that
Paroles name should be spelled
Payroll. ie
The receipts Of tea IN this country
last year were upwards Of 60,000,0OO
pounds.
Cuba furnishes nearly sixty-thrce
per cent. OF the sugar imported into
the Uniled States.
Gen. Grant is the owner of two
Arabian horses Of the purest blood,
a gin from the Sultan OF Turkey.
During 1878 more than 1900, 900
pounds Of pork were imported into
Bremen from tho United States.
Five hundred cattle from South
oow j,st ,veak h. cnnssnmanca ~
disease. ~
Tbe ,houoord n.nor m;,,s 80 ..,.
conn,rv nsaJ IN 1879 nnor ~ az non M ,,.s ,n,.s
NJ snra;on % ,ons @ va,,sd a. =, ,vuV 81 o,, tJJ' ~
Ga, .e' 80 ooo
600 pounds of coffee, annually con-
sumed in this country, comes from
Draz'1 4
The amount ct gold IN this country
ON January l, 1919, was SSOl ,I94, ,4SO,
.ne iaryest ever reporteu " tue Uni
'cu STATES
Many unsuccessful farmers culti-
waited 100 much poor land their en-
crgies should be concentrated OH the
better portions OF the farm
Bant of Enylapd potes aro p,.de
from nnre new willie Iinen a,d ,or
,oo years have heen m,nmr,rtnrod IL
,he sane family "
TIL. s.e 20 ooo 80.
v;a''"';,,.. ,no,1 a'o .u'ooo au"'. WHITES u,
M'ss,ss,p s.a M ano WIZ cih ho' ieAo, aug
I've; NV, 4JO'ooy nes,oes ',, wnu never saw
'"o '"s'ue " " s''oo' oooN'
oon nnn Vo 70 o'ss"'n,s lo'.eiy "
Sov'yov '.,' oao ''a'.o ..' uonc.s " raise y
.n' .u'u' ". 'ne s'a'u'c " E,ocr'y 10 oe
pe'o'''u ~ '"0 o"''" '''"''S
4after long period OF wet weather
when me Chinese have prayed yainly
Tor relief. they put the gods out in The
RAIN to see how they liked II.
A Berlin baker was imprisoned
lately for making gingerbread car
feature Of Bismarck. Germany
would be poor field for an artist
like Thomas Mast.
Tho bank of England was founded
by Scotchinan named Patterson. in
tic year 1896. with capital of Ell
100000, and the following yenr thc
Bank of Scotland was founded by an
Englishmnn named Holland f2O0,OO0
being The capital.
| The Woodruff Scientific, of which
"Commodorer Clark, ex- President of
the Massachusetts Agricultural Col
llegc, was leading spirit has been
abandoned OF inadequate support.
1t had no State appropriation.
Mr. LorilIard can not count up five
victories out of seven trials, Parole
winning the Newmarket handicap.
the citv, aud suburban stakes. Tie
great metropoIitan, and the great
Cheshire stakes, aud losing The Cl,cs.
ta,. troda'e cun. ITuco. losi,,g tho tr,o
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solution Of alum and then dry before
applying the above.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-05-27
"DEsPoTIsM OR DEMOCRACY
wHIcHv'
The Political Situation Reviewed
Beck, Blackburn and De-
y rnooraoy vindicated.
va aHA va --A-HN slili n
1T Is we, we, the Democrats, who
have Caught you. you, the
Republicans, In a
asps,s Trap
IIIenry watterson.l

Tie Renublican newspnpers BEING
ra,licailv disbonest as well as rad i.
callv indecent and extreme. mingle
with lti,eir7 affected ridIcole of what
l,bey caJI nthe Democrats dilemma
nm eonally insincere attempt 10 com
mil iha Democraiic marty 10 some Of
the er.pdrfc uitera,,ces Of some Of
its lcaders and by goading the fool.
ish and soaring the timid' 10 obtain
the appearance of an advantage of
,,os;,;,s,, ,.I,;cL 5ooe no, Il, rooI;sv ~
Posi.io" ""'0' uoe' NY NV :" ''''' - -
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uttu. Autii hChit icaNo ouN hhci
head follows. Ailfhat they say and
all that they do is to DO taken with
the technical allowaAce which candor
always extends tu impulse. Out of
the depths ofnature In which gener-
osity and courage prevail, their creed
IL, has been, and will ever be express
ed Ia the Irish song:
.Trust to luck. trust to iuckl
Stare fate In the face;
Sure your heart will be aisy
lfit'sin the right place"
Mr.. Blackburn, like Mr.. Beck, is a
voluntary videlte.a 1t is the nature
OF each 10 seek glory ytipon the skir-
iuish line apUi the outpost, on the ell
emy's flank and in his rear. They
are intrepid, cut not without discre-
tion; they are aggressive, but not
without moderation. But both are
impatient, restless of restraint, and
their only mistake at Washington is
that they use our rough, devil-may.
care, Kentucky vernacular when
dealing with the artiul manipulators
ola policy aud faith that were born
OF the devil and are advanced by all
the powers OF hell.
They have spoken and they have
we'll spoken, the feeling of their party
and their time. If feeling, If passion,
should rule, or ought TO rule, ha!r a
hundred Congressional and Journal
islic Williams would be dead in their
places, this day, stricken down by the
| Just vengeance of the God OF the
Uniyerse--stricken down By. tho
lighting OF heaven, bearing bloody
minded lies upon their lips. But
governments are not run by impulse.
Out OF many passions, many tongues
out ofralional dcbards-the modi-
ficatiou of passion, sound public pol
| lev, comes comes out of tho dark
mesa, comes as the morning light
carving the generous exhalations OF
patriotism upon each OF the beams of
The sun. To these promptings, no
1.-TWO men in the nation are more re-
sponsive than Mr.. Beck aud Mr..
blackburn. and when The issues OF
manly sacrifice is reached, we pledge
them to very much more OF the man
.u'i qJ naJ,;,,a ~ ali ,be v;il,anies ihat
ossu ... roo"'o' $3.50 \, ,ha narsons of Uavas
Blaine aud Edmunds.
+ In contrivance, In machination. in
cool, deliberate rascality, the politi-
o'aas LAM, - 3. ,"rn ~. ,aa';,;c,ans 81 ,he p.,
.nIs .',.,;a.,' - ,ar,,. .s ,rra con,es, "a that
psS'r ,,a,,,,oner forced hy
o;... - psa ',a.,.. - ,sa = rama Of cards
,.,,,, : rarsr ~ Tambicrs AZ Iono
L i,.a;sa, fs, soro.s 80 r.ere In tho ascen |.
AZ - p"y sSs,,a s'Ss ,v ass,o ae.;cos or scoun.
Sra,ism mrsva;,ed there was no
ss ohsmsa az ,ha Homocro,s Rnt
,noro,s ,hs n;,y ! ss soon as The gam.
M h,ons ha@ap @ p 70 o~arrel among them.
sa,ro. % o.sr % ths s,rag The gentlemen
sv'sos , wv a;ss. % "Is, ~" ,ho moda =,
Ssee,;n Se r. ,,;,h and nnnishing thieves
u.a'1 ovi ',oa. w & and ,hms there ;s s,i,l an
., a"u ,e ao,,,,s, ~ whsv ,hsre ought
.qd~ h :. - oon,os, y, ~, Tn The aI,sr.
so,;on ~ course ,hara 10 mnch bot
. ,s,,. IA s,i'this ,s ssized byg iha Re. M
,,S,;eoas mn @ - nran themselves.
49, Tn - - ! s,le,ast r That neither Mr.
pecs ,,or Mr n,ackhmrn shall he sac.
,,.,aads H. 10 ~ n,a. or of the, foolisb
,nS.t a,.a - " u S'a''a os'NSs '
-" W. ~ az ~ mn, o,rse,ves tha rc.
NAV "P""
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The Hvorld
FOR 1879.


On the lst of May, 1876, the owner
ship and control of The WORLD passed
into the hands of the undersigned, un-
der whose absolute and untrammelled
direction THE World has ever since re-
manned and now remains.
During the whole OF this time The
WORLD has labored patiently and perse-
veringly for the accomplishment of two
great objects in politics of paramount In
terest to the Southern people.
l. The restoration Of local self-gov-
eminent at the South.
2. A real reform Of the Civil Service,
in such wise as to destroy the political
machines under the operation of which
it has come to pass that the people are
taxed to support political parties, where
a. political parties have no other reason
of being except to lessen the burdens OF
government.
The first of these objects has been tri.
umphantiy accomplished. All inteili.
gent Northern men now admit that all
parts Of the country were ms deeply in
terested as the South in seeing 1T won.
A corrupt aud anti Democratic govern
ment in the south was a permanent peril
to the ascendancy of true American
principles in the Federal Government
and therefore to the peace and honor OF
the whole people.
The second political object for which
The WORLD contends still remains to be
fully achieved. The actual Administers
ton began its career with excellent
promises in this direction of which 1t Is
sufficient to say that they have been AZ
vet only in part redeemed. The WORLI
for its part will resolutely support any
honest effort to redeem these PROMISES
fully, by whomsoever. made. and viii
as resolutely denounce every obstacle
thrown In the way of redeening them
from whatever quarter.
1t seems to the undersigned eminent
ly proper that he should ask the CO
operation OF the best men Of the South
with The WORLD in it's efforts to carry
ont the policy here outlined. He be
iieves The WORLD to be a paper which
Southern citizens aud Democrats Cal
recommend to Southern readers as al
influence worth; AMI important TO b.
brought to bear with constantly increas
ing power upon the conduct Of oar na
tional afflirs. in the interest OF truth.
justice and of hanoily among our pee
pie OF al sections.
1t is my desire to keep Tx WORLD u
living relation with the beat though
of the south, t. the end thst the bes
ideas. wishes and feelings OF the south
GIN people may be clearly and iairl
made known to the North, the East ALI
the West. Alike in private and IL pub
lie affairs. the Misunderstanding ri ine
by one another lies at the root of s
much evil that the uurd itself has com
to be synonym with quarreling an
strife. IL was u wise saying of Lon
Elgip, at the time of one of our sharpet
disputes with Great Britain, that wv
intelligent gentlemen alone on raft i
the Atlantic with plenary powers coul
adjust the ~ho,e matter honorlbiy
an hour.
The WORLD simply ashs its friends
the Sout,l to aid it in bringing about
competc meeting oi min - Oh all put
lie questions b-tween the inteiliger
, citizens of all parts of the Union
WILLIAM HENRY HJkLBERl
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Whereupon l now proclaim the
result of the election rs shown by
said retdlhs and declare that,
j. F. Marshall received -24O votes
for Senatorial delegate;
Dan Kelly received six votes for
Senatorial delegate; e
r. q. Williams received $40 votes
for Representative delegate;
H. Mcknight received &c votes
for Representative delegate;
And that said j. F. Marshall has
received a majority of the votes
cast in Grant parish for Senatorial
delegate to said constitutional con-
vention.
Aud that said r. 3. Williams has
been duly elected MS the delegate
from Grant parish 10 said constl-
tutional conventions.
In testimony whereof have
hereunto set my hand officially, III
the presence of the two said Wit
nesses, on the day and date first
above written.
II NJ JETER,
Sheriff Parish OF Grant, Louisiana.
! Witnesses:
GEORGE DEAN.
JESSIE HARDEE.
1t is now said that Mcknight is
thoroughly satisfied that the hites
can and ,ritL beat him and his negro
voters as often as he attempts to
get into Office solely upon their
support, and he is "done for good
this time, so far as he individually
is concerned, but he will work fol
some other man next time and SEE
how that will take.
BULLY FOR MAC!
say we. He tickles us immensely
for he is the only man in the rot
ten old Radical boat that has the
ghost of a show to reach port IL
the sea of Grant parish politics
and of the three or four white mer
on his side there is not one tina
Can navigate his own affairs will
credit to himself, let alone the TN
tutored mob turned over to then
by the bold pirate chieftain VIII
has SO long and tiereely waged OIL
US with this same material
FAEE THEE WELL,
Brother Dan, aud thou, too, Oh
Father Grimes, thou good old sou
who never more shall supervise
for us; farewell to poor old VII
lett, and Tory, valiant leader G
the clackcrs, and to Parson Brian
and the dear little Page, who
ever so handy to wait Ipnh tai
bright constellation. Ta-tal
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The BurInah Massacre.

Parti .ulars have arrived from
India respecting the recent shock
ing tragedy in Burmah. Magioce
Woongyle, who for long time had
enjoyed the confidence of the King,
and who had taken many steps to-
ward establishing something like
a constitutional and settled form
of administration, suddenly incur
red the displeasure of the King,
was dismissed from his Office and
put under arrest. The King be-
lieved that this minister had not
only been corrupt in respect to the
finances, but disloyal to himself.
A strong cabal, composed OF the
Kings favorites, urged him to re-
turn to his former desIotic system
of government, snd SO wrought
upon his mind that he presently
threw into prison his brothers, the
Princes, and ordered them to be
treated with great cruelty. They
were there for some time before
the order was issued for their exc
cution. They were almost starved,
and their limbs became SO ema-
ciated that new irons had to be
PIT upon them. as the old ones
were found to be too large. On
the dav of the massacre the
young King, who had for some
time been leading an extremely
dissipated life, was wrought upon
| to such an extent that, it is said
he was intoxicated at the moment
he gave the order for the execu
ton of the Prince and their rela
tons. The order was Immediately
carried out and lightweight per
sors were butchered.
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JN% "
VICTORY!
Last Kick Of the dead
Duck" Party in
Grant.
Beat mt Their Own Game
r. B. Williams, Democrat, Elected
by a Majority of one Hundred
and Seventy-Four!

Early on the morning of the
election day crowds upon crowds
of negroes commenced to pour in
to Colfax. At seven o'clock the
court house door was thrown open,
but as one Of the commissioners,
Mr.. Thos. Hickman. hal not ar
rived, it was necessary to wait an
hour, as the law provides. Eight
o'clock having arrived, the CON-
missioners present, G. H. Mumfori
and Lorinzo Smith, selected A. nj.
Trust and proceeded to open the
polls. At this juncture
PROFOUND SENSATION
was created by the discovery that
the poll and registration books
we're missing. All searched for
them proved fruitless, and loud
and deep mutterings where heard
on all sides, some claiming that it
was Radical trick" to cast odium
on the Democratic party, and
others that the Democrats had
stolen them to keep the negroes
of this ward from voting and there
by defeating the Republican can
didate, H. Mcknight.
SOME UGLY THREATS
were made about the matter, and
the Democrats present, in all be-
tween fifty and sixty, took the pre-
canton to arm themselves quietly
and await results. The ne
groes by ten o'clock numbered
two hundred, but had cooled down
considerably in the two hours.
AFTER A CONSULTATION
it was decided to 60 on with the
election, voting on affidavits. and
Messrs. w. L. Richardson and VI
F. Machen were asked to prepare
the form of affidavit to be used
In about an hour they produced
the form, which was accepted by
the commissioners as covering al
the ground necessary by law.
Two or three copies were made
one of which was furnished thi.
Office in order to have them print.
ed and thus facilitate matters. BY
about half-past eleven we had near
~ completed the job, when word
was brought in that we were &C
oused of
HOOKING THE POOL BOOKS
in order to get. the printing of tn
afidavits, for which a good sun
could be obtained.
As there has been just about a
much laid at our door as we car,
to bear we walked out in town t.
consult little about the turn tb
thing WAS taking, upon which W
decided to refuse to print any a
all. This was
: NO DRAWBACK TO TIT DEMOCRATS,
as they could write all they wanted
but it would put the intelligen
Republican masses to considera
BILE trouble, and, taking into cor
sideration the fact that we are III
der no obligations to the latter an
rather favored the advantage {
the former, we are glad to contr
butte our mite to the assured sn,
cess Of the white peoples choic
for delegate to the constitutions
convention. No, that We favor th
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A project is said to be on foot
among some leading Southern pol
iticians to divide Texas into five
States, in order to increase the
political strength of the South, and
rcpdsr it even more solid than it is
now.