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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-13
Chairman Dem. Elk. Com.
The Republicans of Maine al

The Republicans of Maine are
now -nj"yii z the fruits of the Re-
turning Board policy, as inaugurat>
ed by john Sherman s. Co., in
Lauisidna three Years ago. 1t
seems they have a law up in Maine
which allows the Governor to go be.
hind the returns-a thing the Radi-
cal saints looked upon with horror
and amaZement at Washington
three months after they had done it
IN New Orleans. The Governor, be
Ing a Democrat, and knowing that
X .pubiicans are proven bal for car
~ ing elections by fraud. deemed it
proper t" take a peep anyhow be-
hind the returns, and in doing so he
saw enough, To cause an investiga-
ton TO be made. 1t was made. The
returns were revised and recounted,
aud itrwas found that the Demos
Gratis and Greenbackers had a ma
j rity. The Governor so issued GER
iiticife-, and now the Republicans
CRASH their teeth and howl. They
are certainly foiled by their own
device onca, for they enacted the
law by which i. was done.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-13
The Exodus Failure Robbed in
Kansas.
DALLAS, Dec. s

A number of negroes-fifty or
down the Central rail
road to-day on their return from
Kansas, where they went with the
exodus of the blacks eaiiy this
winter.
At Denison, several families go
ing to Kansas returned home after
meeting the returning negroes.
Fearful accounts OF suffering by
cold and hunger are related by
those returning. They are dead~
broke, having been robbed, they al
lege, by landsharks in Kansas.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-13
EHANkFuRD. Dec.

IhANhFUHD, IJte. IU-
Those VIII" anticipated that Tom
Bdfmd'- ra.r would lie finally dis
posed of by the special court of
spnral-. which WAS constituted to
TRY his a''',@.il have been badly mis-.
rake" TIE decision of the Owen
eri il i court has been reversed.
and perhaps many months will pass
before his ,lnoin il sealed
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-13

JUST az Congress gets fairly seat
sd there will be an adjournrnent IN
iii after the haII Lays, which means
tli,t Ii tie bu-iI-3 will be done un-
oil Janaary. Congress Should meet
January |.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-13
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-13

THE CarIollton Go rier suggests
the abolition of the caucus system
i'll our next Legislature, as that
body is three four:hs Democratic
and no possible chance exists for
Republican 10 be elected u. S.
Saunrnr
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-13

THE Republican majority in Mas
sachusetts has been cut down from
% OQO to J.0UO.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-13

Nj. ThnS. Singleton, of Madison
county, Is contrst!n. The election to
= seat in he LAgisla ;urr, with S. A
-. GrcavrS, and y" understand that
he will succeed. Thu. Will give Hon.
o. Il. Singleton one muIe vote, and
Mai. BarkSda!e one less in the SEN
a,urial cleo ion, rs Singleton will
vote for his father, as Il matter OF
couisr, or it Is very natural to sup
pose he vii i; while GreaveS would
have voted fox Bark sf!ale. And so
the bail rolls on.-V ckSbVg Com
mercidt.
Yes. yes, so the ball do roll on.
BIT The above is slightly inaccurate.
Ii should be: Il. Il. Barksda.e is
contcsting O. r. Grcaves' seat to
the l.. S. Senate, and this will make
another vote for S. a. ID. Sing Teton
for State Senator for while Ethel
Dalrton would vote for his diStin-
gni shed father, Maj. BartIeton, it is
natural to suppo-e that Sing.
! Graves.one wonld vote for that en-
inent patriot Gen. Dard Putten.
Savy? Please don't get our cnun-
~ matters mixed, Bro. Commercial.
sx--nz--.
The papers aud politicians in the
northern part of the State are in>
sis,ing upon u speedy convention
for the formation of "A Few S ate
Constitution. Hold on, gentlemen.
Thc present Cons tuition is very
awk ward affair. III m'ny respects,
and unworthy OF the State, but we
have lived uuder ir for ten years,
and can exist under it for ten years
louger-eSpecialiy if we secure
continuation of Democratic rule.
Let's get rid of the State debt, the
! Presidential election, and all the
colorcd people who want to go to
| Kansas, beiure wee Ommence pro
jecting about Il new constitution.
These constitutional conventions are
very expensive and dangerous lux
uries, and should not be INDUCED
in so long as they can be avOlded.-
Raymond Gaze tie.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
-
, a Pioner's Big Life.

An old pioneer was hugging the his
toric stove in Judge Knox's court
room, last evening and, as usual with.
the old timers who visit that temple
Of Justice, was in q reminiscent frame
of mind. Though poor now, he had,
as matter of course, been once rich.
~ was leadin' citizen on Muck
albany hill in 49," he said. IN them
days l was in the dust-buying bust.
ness. / had my sign out IS. Compra
Orc Acqui, up stairs, you know, aud
all that sort of thing. l tell ye 1t
takes smart man to get along in that
ere trade. Jenkins q Co., was the
Mnckallamy hill, but It wscn't six
months sfore I'D took half their trade
away. had to tussle to do It. You
see the boys was allus very anxio
10 do well, an the first that offered
the coin made the rifle. jenkins &
Co. was pretty high-toned. an used
to wait every might fur that man to 60
down the hill 10 the express office AM
bring up their money in handcar,.
| saw my chance an' used to be on
hand when the stage came iu, an
just shouldercd mysown coiu when
The driver throwed it off. Nick
Monkins was the driver In them days.
life was afterward Killed by road
agents. Many's the time Nick's
throwed me down my sack with q
clean 100000 in gold coin in it, and
I've chucked her across my shoulder
lep' ,rotted up that there old hill aud
had every bit O. dust bought up afore
jenkins &Co's handcart arriyedHS I
ISJs''How much did you say packed up
the hill on your shouiderp asked
Jndge Knox's clerk. ''sa .,,oa y - 80, ~ ,
"Four hundred thousand ,oftenet
Than less, replied the pioneer, with
melancholy pride. tsoR ,;, Isg, e
"See here" said the clerk, figuring
rapidly, "gold's worth SIS an onnce,
and there's twelve ounces to The
pound. troy weight; that makes a
pound worth $2I6. Now PIG into
100000 leaves something over 1851
pounds, pretty nearly a ton. How
fur up the hill did you carry that, did
you sayl', ALL
The old pioneerlooked At thee lerk
with fixed contempt tor . sgmoment,
and then, merely saying @You're q
plagued Johnny-C -Come-Lately, that's
what YOU. 3arei arose and left the
rt-room.-[yirginia Chronicle.
Il IT
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
Cost Of the Know How"

r
There was much gumption eyinced
by that particular darky whose mas
ter was Surgeon, who had perform
ed on another darky an operation re-
quiring high degree of skin. This
latter darkv was well-to-do, and the
surgeon charged him twenty-five dol
lars for the operation. Meeting the
doctors servant afterward this dis-
logue occurred:
"Dat was mighty steep charge of
the doctors for cutting on me tudder
day"
"How much did 'de boss charge? |?
"Well, Julius, he charged me twen-
ty-flve dollars"
r $50 long niggah, dat amt much
CHARGE"
"Well, he wasn't more dan three
or four minutes doin' 1t, and I think
five dollars was al he oughter took
"Look-aheah, Sam you don't un-
derstan' bout dat thing. You see de
boss have to spend great many
year learn how to use dat knife, and
it cost him heaps O. money. Now de
fact am dat he only charge you five
dollars for de operation; de tuddcl
twenty he charge for de knov ho,v.
That's 1.-THE time and money tc
learn the know how.-[ Editors Draw
or, Harper's Magazine.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
A Chance for Work.

Burdettc, writing from Canada TO
the Burlington Hawkeye, says: Ono
morning l walked out by myself.
All along the marsh road the farmers
were busy in the meadows moving
and turning their hay. A couple OF
regularly ordained tramps, idle and
aimless as myself, and much better
acquainted with the road, passed me,
and tagged along in their lounging
wake. Presently the voice Of far
mcr came over the sweet. scented
meadow:
"IIallop ht
The tremps halted, o"IIallo your
selfp shouted one of them. M
ado you-want to hire3" yelled the
farmer. q
Judge of my astonishment when
both tramps chorused back:
"Yes2"
Well, thought, they aren't Amer
lcan tramps, anyhow, or they would
not disgrace The. profession in this
way. But stood still to listen and
watch, for it was an unusual sight
two tramps going to work.
"Then come over herew yelled the
| farmer; and the two fellows sprang
over the fence aud trudged across the
meadow with the brisk air of men
who really wanted work and meant
business. The farmer stood still
leaning on his pitchiork, gazing in
tently at my. motionless figure. Pie
sently his voice broke the silence
once more:
"Dou't that other fellow want to
hire, too ?"he yelled.
The two tramps turned ard glanced
at me for my reply. Ishook my head
sally but firmly and moved on, with
out waiting to hear the farmers NUT
tured comments on my laziness. An
American may die, but he never
works.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
Railway Birds.

An engine dryer on one of the
Scotch lines reports that he has
noticed that certain hawks of the
merlin or "stone falcon" species make
use of the passing of the trains for
predatory purposes. They fly close
behind the train, near the ground,
partly hidden by the smoke, but care
fully watching for the small birds
which, frightened by the train as it
rushes roaring past, fly up in bcwil-
dcred shoals; the mcrlns then, whls
the little birds are thinking more of
the tram than Of lurking foes, swoop
on them from the ambush of tho
smoke, and strike them down with
ease. Ifthey miss, they return to tho
wake Of the carriages aud resume
their flight and their hunt. They can
IL seems, easily keep pace with M ex-
press train, and outstrip il when thy
please. (Scientiflc American.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
ELXToN.

@Mat. bocml boom!i"
Bristow aud Duffy talk about
pixies.
Miss Lucy Lacy, of Auburn, is in
Elkton.
Mr.. E. B. Weathers has removed
his drug store to the side Of the Pub
lie Square.
Mr.. VIM. Washington is now hav'
ing some improvements made on hi'
store.
Miss Eva Hackney, Of Tenn, is thu
guest Of Miss Nellie Willoughby.
On the 10Th, In Elkton, Mr.. Chas
Lewis, Of this county, married Mis-
Tommic Lewis, Of Elkton.
Misses Sergent and Hancock, o
Green county are now visiting Elk
ton.
Mr.. w. w. Legrand, of New Ha
van, Conn.,, was in the city not lont
since.
Mr.. S. d. Sullivan is on southern
tour at present. MARK.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
Women and Girls in English
s Mines.

1t is somewhat startling fact that
there are still nearly 5, 900 women
and girls employed about the coal
mines of Great Britain. In the
official summary ofpersons emplo, ed
in and about the mines, under the
Coal Mines Act, is stated that 2l fe-
males under the age of IL years are
employed. OF girls between the ages
of l3 and IL there are 433 employed ;
of young women above the age of l6
there are no less than 4,500 employed.
In the mines registered under the
Metalliferous Mines Act there is IL
larger proportionate employment Of
females. At the tender age OF be-
tween s and l3 years, there are 96
girla employed chiefly in tho Coru-
wall district between the ages of l3
and Is, there are 9Sl girls employed
above these mines, Cornwall and the
North Wales district employing the
bulk and there are also l,74l females
above the age Of is employed, Corn
wall, North Wales, and Ireland EN-
ploying all these except 20; and of
this score, somewhat singularly, the
chief part are employed in the North
Of England, which has been remarka-
bly, free from women's work in the
unfit employment of mining, The
proportion OF women employed is
said to be decreasing; bat the tact
that girls Of such tender ages are put
to mining operations, or 10 work
"above ground" at the mines, is a
sign that the unsatisfactory symptom
is not likely to entirely die out
Scientific American.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
WHAT WAS IT.
A Man Deeoands from a eloualess'
BkV, fff

bky. ili's
In this sensational country, wheh
startling events crowd one another
thick and fast, what transpired in the
presence Of some unsophistica'ed
country folk living in the eastern por-
tion of this county a few days since,
may not elicit more than passing
notice and, it may be, skeptical
sneer from the worldly reader. But
knowing Abe Goodpaster, his vie
and his aged mother to be honc't'
truthful reputable citizens, living
quiet, unpretending life anil mixing
| little with the world, we think their
story worthy Of more than passing no.
tice and therefore give it to our read
ers as told to us: 1''
About half an hour by sun on Fri
day evening, the 7th inst, Mrs. Good
paster stepped from her house into the
yard to hang ont some clothes which
she had been washing. The sky was
perfect azure blue and not cloud
was to be seen. Presently there ap-
peared high up in the heavens an OH
jcct of such unusual appearance that
the attention of Mrs. Goodpaster
was at once riveted. Slowly it de-
scended to within twenty feet Of the
earth, seemingly about sevcnty-five
yards distant and directly over clear
ed field Here it assumed the form
of man of maiestic and commanding
appearance. A series of graceful
gesticulations with the hands were
first gone through with and then the
figure with bowed head assumed de-
votioual attitude. Somewhat recover
ed by this time from the wondering
surprise which chained her to the spot,
Mrs. Goodl aster rushed into the house
and called her mother and several
chiltlred into the yard all Of, whom
saw distinctly that which we have des.
cribed. The figure then mounted in
to the heavens and was soon lost to
view.
Other persons in different parts of
the neiyhborhood saw an unnatural
object in the sky the same evening,
some of whom thought it was a bal
loon, We did not pretend to have a
theory but are firmly convinced that
Mrs. Goodpaster, her mother and chill
dren honestly believe they saw a man
descend from the sky and then ascend
again late Friday evening on the 7th
of this month. They were SO very
10th to communicate that which they
knew seemed so impossible that the
news did not reach this place until a
week after the occurrence. "sa
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
Children With Skin and Eyes
Like Q Snake.
INT Sterling Sentinel. !

West Liberty, Ky!,9 Now lILForl
some time past l had heard of some
children living in thisa (Morgan)
county having peculiar skin, and
,learning that Mr.. Rice of Jefferson
vile, had contracted with the father
Of The children to exhibit them pub
,licly, I concluded to see them. Last
week | visited the residence of their
parents OH Licking river, just above
the mouth of Lacy's creek. Both the
parents were born in this county and
have resided here nearly all their
lives, and are of ancestry noted for
and hoalthfulness. The
iather is forty.two years of age, the
mother being some years younger,
and both have always been in good
health. The fathers name is James
Elan, and the mothers maiden name
was Wells. To these parents have
been born eight children, three VI
whom are dead. The dead children
were all perfectly formed. There
are three of the children having Pc
,culiar skin. The names are William,
George and Mollie aged respectively
Twelve, seven and three years. 4 The
peculiarity consists in their skin
being rough aud thick, having scales
resembling the skin of q snake after
II has shed in the spring of the year.
The entire surface OF the body is thus
affected. In some places on the body
The skin is in folds or wrinkles. At
three days old the skin began to peel
off in scales and has continued to the
present. They never sweat and suffer
greatly in warm weather. They find
relief in frequently bathing and are
often, found in water. Their eyes
are nearly round, and there is much
redness of the lids in infancy, but
this has disappeared In the boys very
considerably, Cold weather infames
the eyes. They have hair on their
heads but It is thin. They are very
healthy and ordinarily intelligent,
and but for the popularity mentioned,
look and act like other children.
Their older sister, about 10 years Of
age, is beautiful and intelligent
girl, and their little brother, aged 8
years, is q very bright and handsome
little fellow. The boys are engaged
to Mr.. Rice to be exhibited and are
very anxious to see the world and
make money. They are easily fa-
tigued by physical exertion, aud the
skin ON the hands and feet cracks
open which renders them unable to
work. hf
Since my visit have seen the ar
ticie in the Democrat concerning
these children which contains state
ments contrary to my observation.
1 hone, especially for the sake Of
the children. Mr.. Rice may receive .
liberal patronage from the public.
~ e''i II.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
Selling the Old Horse.

The Adams Express Company has
room in its building called the
"Old Horse" where all unclaimed
express packages after certain time
ore sent. Once or twice year the
contentslof the "Old Horse"are.. sold
at auction, and such q sale was had
on Saturday, at Frederick's auction
room, on Market street. The auction
is almost as good as lottery, sim 0
none knows what box or package
contains until It is sold and opened.
Purchasers have to guess at the con-
tents by the outside appearance. The
crowd attending the sale was afford
cd a goood deal deal Of amusement
by the way IN which many OF
the purchasers were fooled.
Saturday afternoon somebody paid
rs cents for box, and was disgusted
OIL finding it full Of DR.. Piercc's pat
ent medicine memoranda. Another
fellow bid dollar for q large box
which looked as If it had been put
mp with care, and on op ening it found,
to the great amusement of crowd,
nothing but almanacs. Some fare
better, however. One man bought
q case for a triiling sum, and found
amoug other things a fine watch and
chain. Most of the purchasers are
badly sold. Almost every concciva-
Bile article Gail be found In the vari-
GUS packages, valises containing un'
dcrwear, jcwelry, photographs, boxes
OF medicine, wall paper, samples Of
all sorts; in fact everything that can
be sent by exprcss.-[ Post and News
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
Capital Punishmsat.

Mr.. Park BenJaman has written a
letter in which, be-uges tho execution
of condemned criminals by the use
of powerful current of electricity
rather than by the clumsy agency Of
the rope. In his letter Mr.. Benjamin
says:
A flash Of lightning, or the electric
discharge, occurs IN the hundred
thousuudth part of second-that Is.
tia a hundred times more rapid than
the rife ball, and It's deadly effects
are proportionateIy quicker. The
person struck dies within period so
infnitesimsl that It Is beyond our
imagination. Itisa curious fact that
Prof. Tyndell once came very nearly
demonstrating, in his own person.
the deadly yet painleis efficacy ofthe
electric discharge. He states that.
while lecturing before q large audi
ence, he accidently touched a wire
leading from battery of fifteen Ley
den jars. The discharge passed
through his body. in describing bis
sensation he dwells OH the point lilat
''life was absolutely blotted out for q
very sensible interval without trace
of pain, and he adds that "there can
not be donbt that to person struck
by Lightning the passage from life to
death occurs without consciousness
being in the least degree implicated" I"
1t remains now to consider how
the electric, dischorge could be pro
duced and adapted to the purposes
of the law. Fortunately, the practi-
cal difficulties are few. By means of
OH introduction or induction coil, the
tenement of The electric discharge is
so greatly increased that few cells
of u galvanic battery can be made to
yield very powerful physical, chemi-
cal. and physiological effects. With
small experimental apparatus shocks
so potent are often produced that the
manipulator is prostrated.r The Ste
vsns institute Of Technology, of Ho.
boken has q coil which yields sparks
twenty inches in length, which
penetrates glass blocks three inches
in thickness. Tho great Induction
coil at the Royal Polytechnic Insii1
ltufe in London gives miniature
lightning flashes tweniy-nine inches
in length. Either Of these machines
would give ample discharge to kin
simultaneously more men than have
ever been hanged in company in this
country. a.,sa ,l
AS the law does not take life for re-
venge, but in order to deter Others
from committing murder, the posi-
ble moral influence OF death by, elec
tricity is to be considered. 1t will
| perhaps, be sufficient to point ou
that the methods of causiag death
which have caused the deepest popu'
lar horror are those which have beer
the most mysterious and concealed
Of all natural phenomena those du
to electricity are both the most i'm
posing and the least understood-th
lightning stroke Is surrounded by til,
grossest superstitions. In the mint
of the uneducated the sudden dealt
Of strong man caused by an utterl,
unseen aud unknown agency comic
not but produce the strongest telling
of awe aud tear, nm ~
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-12-02
Here's Your Mule!"
TRUE Origin OF THIS ONCE FAMOUS
SOUTHERN PHRASE.

Some New York World cores.
pondents have been endeavoring to
give the origin OF the expressions
Here's your mule" once so common
in the Confederate army. 1t did not
originate in Morgan's command, as
supposed, nor yet in the Webster
Calhoun cartoon. We believe we
can come nearer the correct origin of
the phrase that any ono who has yet
attempted to give il. The Second
kentucky Infantry, commanded by
Col. Roger Hanson, was organized
at Camp Boone, Montgomery county,
Tennessee, in July, 1861. No arm or
aoeoutrements were issued 10 the
men (saye sonic useless old muskets
for drilling pdrpose) until the very
day on which the advance into Ken
lucky was begun, which, as near as
we can remember, was about the 18th
of September. When tho trick
were issued the men were ordered to
pack their ,knapsacks, which some Of
them did TO such an extent thai when
they sluug them on their shoulders,
the idea OF pnck mules was suggested,
and almost instantly some one
shouted, "Iierc's your. mule!" In
less tlan five minutes. every man in
the regiment was yelling, "llere's
your inule!' Load that mule and
drive him out!" and expressions Of
like charact cr. This was month or
six weeks before Morgan and his men
went South therefore the saying did
not originate with them. The mule
idea was peculiarly a Kentucky one,
aud the words at first had reference
TO tho enormous size aud weight Of
the knapsacks some of the men under
took 10 carry, many Of them weighing
fifty TO sixty pounds. The boys soon
got over that, but the phrase was in
use till The close of the war. We
think it originated, as described
above, IN the Second Kentucky Reg
imcnt, G. s. A., in September, 1861.
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