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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-04
GENERAL NEWS.

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San Francisco was visited by al
earthquake on the 4ih.
There are over 1000 cheese fac,
tories IN the State of New York.
VIM. Zimmerman new York mcr.
Giant, killel himself last Tuesday.
A pious negro woman at Livings,
ton, Ala, shouted herself to death
Sunday.
There is not a Hebrew IN Coving,
ton, Ga, though it has over 1000 in.
habitants.
There are six ex Governors o
Gle rgia ow living, and residing
within the State.
The increase of tax-values in Linch
burg, Va, for the last five years ha,
been nearly 81 900, 900.
Two car loads of Bell telephones
were recently shipped from Indiana
polls to Hamburg, Germany.
The City Council of Augusta, Ga.
has repealed the amended Sunday liq
nor law, which allowed barkeepers t,
treat their friends.
Mrs. Anna e. Bowser, Of Louis
vile, won the 500 prize offered fo
the best poem commemorative OF tn,
Nashville Centennial.
S. NJ. Palsbury, Jr aged thirty
years committed suicide at Boston by
peculiar guilotine which he con.
structed for the purpose.
Two boys at Grand Island, Neb.,
were successful in making their IA
ther believe they were burglars, and
he shot one Of them dead.
A convict escaped from the Ala
bama furnace, and in attempting tn
swim the Choccolocco. with his chain
and shackles on, was drowned.
A DuSburg, Massachusetts, shoe
maker has, been working at his trade,
in the same shop for seventy years.
lie is now ninety-:wo years OF age.
Nashville American.--Twenty mil
lions Of copies of Wcbster's Spelling
Book have been issued in forty years,
and still the good sreler is a rare per-
son. .......
The Georgia negro Hart won the
great New York walking match and
will get abont $4,000 lie made
565 miles in six dayS-thc best ON re-
cord
Said the Arkansas man. al re-
fpect religion, but can you fairly ex-
pect me to attend church when there is
circus in town demanding sup.
port?"
Two negro printers were engaged
TO work in the New York Witness
office last week, but upon taking their
cases all the other compositorS left the
establishment.
The contest Tor the Democratic
nomination for Governor Of Indiana. |
is between Lieut.. Gov. Gray and Hon. |
Franklin Landers, with the chances in |
favor of former.
The collection of Indian relics be. |
longing to Gen j. T. Wilder, OF
Chattanooga, Tenn, the largest and
finest in the South, will be exhibited |
at the Nashville centennial.
An old woman, who was apparent
ly very destitute, recently died in
New York. A few days before her
death, she gave woman, who nurscd
her in her last illness, 81, 200.
Sailmaker Van Voorhees,, United
States Navy, who lied in Washing
ton, was ninety-eight years of aye,
and had been in the service of tie
government seventyonc years.
The little town of Marshfield in
Webster county, Mo, was almost TO-
tally destroyed by terrific storm Sun.
day night. Every house in the town
with about dozen exceptions was
torn down and then the ruins took fire
and burned up. rs lives were lost
an 20O persons wounded.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03
The Prussian landtag was opened few days ago with 8 speech by the Emperor

The Prussian landtag was opened a few days ago with speech by the Emperor William.
 Letters from China report that a serious riot has taken place in Canton between two factions of the lower order of natives. The immediate cause of the outbreak was a fire in a shed near the Roman Catholic cathedral The French priests endeavored to quell the distuI bance and were assailed with stones and other missiles by the rioters and the mission house was attacked. The military were called out, and alter firing e volley or two the mob dispersed. Some lives were lost among the natives, and one Of the priests was wounded.
 By railway collision at Herstal, Belgium, seven persons were killed.
 The southern and eastern coast of England has been swept by a hurricane that is unpre- cedented in the annals of the country for severity and duration. Bridges have been destroyed, trees uprooted, towns flooded and business on railway and telegraph lines sus- pended. Five vessels went ashore near Ply mouth. but their crews were saved. On the eastern coast four vessels were wrecked near Shields and sixteen persons drowned; at Whitby six vessels were wrecked and nine persons drowned; at Sunderland four vessels were wrecked and one person drowned; at Hartlepool three vessels were wrecked, at Redcar one and at Scarborough seven. Great floods are reported from Monmouthshire Oxfordshire and other parts of the country. At Leeds several mills have been stopped and hundreds of persons temporarily thrown out of employment. At Dublin also great storm has been raging. The loss of vessel with her crew ot i've is reported. Much property on land has been destroyed and over fifty families in the suburbs of Dublin have been rendered homeless.
 There have been great inundations in the Santa Catharina colonies ot Brazil, caused by the overflow of the river Itajaby. The loss oi property is immense. A hundred houses many mills and all the bridges were destroyed and the crops carried away A number o lives were lost Great distress prevails among the colonists.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03
A Bridal Check.

The story of the princely present ot check for $lOo, ,00O to 8 Hartford bride recalls a somewhat similar incident which happened 8 few years ago in San Francisco. The pompous father drew his check to the order of the bride for like amount and placed the precious document on the table among the dis play of cream pitchers and other evidences of esteem. All would have been well but for the untimely presence of the cashier of the bank on which the check was drawn. This unpleasant wedding guest was observed to wink with one eye and to turn up his nose in sarcastic manner. Other wedding guests asked him why he thus conducted himself, whereupon he replied: 6 Why. the old fool hasn't more than $500 in bank, and never has had" It is we'll for brides always to get these big checks certified if they can. They should also be careful in sending the proper sort of a boy to bank to draw the moAey.- PhSladeIphtG Tunes.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03
The Mysteries of Bee-Keeping.

How many ever had the pleasure of seeing the queen of the hive? Who can
 tell her among a dozen dronesf Who could tell black bee from an Italian or Gyprian, or sealed brood from sealed
 honey, or bee bread from propolis, or tell whele to find royal ieIlyP Who
 knows that the workers only live about
 forty working days, and the queen sev-
 eral yearsP Who knows that the queen
 may lay eggs before she has met the drone that will hatch and produce
 dr0nes, but her eggs will never produce
 workers unless she has been fertilized, |,
 and when once fertile may continue to
 lay for years? These questions, and 8
 hundred others equally interesting, are
 all easily demonstrated by those who
 have avaiIed themselves of the advanced
 system of bookkeeping practlced by In- tel.igent bee-keepers of the day. Prob ably bee culture has made as rapid
 march of improvement during the past
 five years as any branch of agricultural
 pursuits. During the present season the same care and expense has been em-
 ployed in selecting and importing bees
 from Italy, the island of Cyprus, and
 the holy land, as has been employed in
 the perfection of our various breeds of
 horses and cattle. Although we do not have the bee pasturage in New England
 that is found in the bass wood and wild flowers of the West, still many bees are
 kept here with profit, even in the old
 box hive; how much more, then, might
 be expected with the new appliances oi frame hives, comb foundation, the prize section box, the contractor and smoker. With the aid of little smoke an ex- pert will open his hives and remove the
 brood, bees or honey, show you his choice queens, and discourse on their fine points with as much accuracy as the best horse trainers or herdsmen. On holding up frame of brood he may say "You see this queen Is laying, for here
 are eggs less than twenty-four hours old.
 See what a prolific queen she is; how she packs in the eggs; does not miss a cell" or "I do not like this queen; she lays too many drone eggs; 1 will kill her and put in another" You ask
 How can you prove that workers only
 live thirty or forty days of labor, but live all winter without laborp" He will
 say: If I remove the queen from this
 black colony and replace her with an
 Italian queen, who begins to lay inn
 mediately, in twenty days her eggs
 will begin to hatch, the black bees vii.
 continue to die till they are all replaced
 with the Italians, and we note the day when the last fly dies" Do all bees stingPn No, the drones are as harm. less as flies. Queens will not sting you though they will bite and sting a riva to death in five minutes after being matched. The workers, which are the only ones to be feared at all, can usually | be subdued by blowing smoke made | from punk among them W0rcestel
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03
A Birds Fear of the DOad,

It is not mere sent mentalism that pleads in favor of the most merciful form of death being adopted in the case of the slaughter of animals intended for human consumption. There is no question that much suffering would be spared cattle if they were not allowed to see each other slaughtered. Not easy is it to conceive the kind of torture they feel and cannot express. How ohservant are animals is proved by case which came under my own observation. Among the inmates of my house is a jackdaw, an ill-grained and vituperative bird as ever accepted, under protest, human companionship and human attention. He prefers so distinctly sleeping in cage where no enemy can assail him while he is off his guard that he is allowed have his own way in the matter. One day while he was in the cage some dead pheasants. which had just arrived in Q hamper, were placed beside him. His dread of these was remarkable to witness. A bird whose whole time was passed in defiance of things stronger than himself, in aggravating mastiff that would not make two bites of him, or in pinching surreptitiously the flamboyant tail of his arch enemy, the cat, when it came within reach of his cage, went at this sight into an ecstasy of terror which could not he appeased until the uncanny objects were removed. What instinct caused this strange demonstration in the presence of death shown in one of it's own race, albert ot so different a species, is not to be guessed. Much food for reflection and speculation is. however, afforded GeastlenaGg'S MngGzi7e.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03
Was There Glacial Man In Americag

But was there any glacial man in AmericaP To this question the answer is distinct, though given with the re- serve which the subject justifies. For the best that is known, we are chiefly indebted to Doctor 0. O. Abbott, who was the first to call attention to the stone implements found in the glacial deposits of the Delaware valley. These implements are chiefly of argellite, though examples of flint occur at higher levels. They have been found at the bluffs near Trenton. both in position where deposited and among the debris at the base. Doctor Abbott says: Per haps it is a wise caution that IS exer- cised, in but provisionally admitting the great antiquity of American man i; but were these rude implements not att tributed to an inter-glacial people, their coequal age with the containing beds would never have been questioned. y On this point the curate of the Peabody museum at Cambridge observes, in the tenth annual report: Doctor Abbott has probably obtained data which show that man existed on our Atlantic coast during the time of. if not prior to, the formation of the great gravel deposit which extends toward the coast from the Delaware river, near Ire enton, and believed to have been formed by glacial action. From visit to the locality with Doctor Abbott, see no reason to doubt the general conclusion he has reached in regard to the existence of man in glacial times on the Atlantic coast of North America. ."--P P0patlGr Science Monthly.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03
A Pacific SIope Character.

Frank Bury was robbed and hanged by some Chinamen, several years ago, near Gold Hill, Nevada. Soon after ward he met one of the rascals and killed him. A clever and plucky use of his own knife had severed the rope in time. A later exploit increased his reputation on the Pacific coast. He froze the fingers of one hand, and 8 physician told him they would have to be amputated, at a cost oi $l00 He decided to save the money by doing the job himself. He fastened one blade of a sheep shears in wise, stuck in his ful operation. These episodes in his history are culled from his obituary, for he has just been killed in barroom row.
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Same of the Peculiarities of Maud $.

Maud S., the champion trotter oI Ine world. is a long bodied mare, standing fifteen hands two and 8 half inches hIgh at the withers and fully sixteen hands high at the hips. Her weight. in trot- ting condition, is 960 pounds, and her stride, when going at her pest on a straight track, is about eighteen leet. In her great feat at Chicago, when She trotted mile in 3. l0a, her stride, when coming down the homestretch against a high wind, was little less than seven- teen feet. She wears "shin boots" and i" scalpers,n and carries a fifteen-ounce shoe with four-ounce toe weight in front. and an eight-ounce shoe behind.
 She is usually driven in a bride with out "blinds," but in the trial above al- | luded to 8 blind bridle was used: The reason for this change, as given by her driver, MT. Bair, is that in her trial ot September l6, when she trotted mile
 in 3. .ll1, he thought it best to touch her | tightly with the whip when coming down the homestretch. She saw the l whip lifted for the stroke and swerved from it. He then touched her on the other side to straighten her course, and another swerve, which resulted in 8 l break, by which she lost second of | time, was the consequence. This was the first time he had ever touched her | with 8 whip, and he argued that with
 blinkersn he could do this without causing her to swerve. The result of | her last trial proved the correctness of his conclusions, and in her trials hereafter the blinkers will always be used.
 She is a mare of very strong will, and | it is necessary to handle her with great gentleness. A man who would fight her would soon render her entirely unman- ageable. And in this she is the counter part of her grandam Enchantress, as ! well as of her sire, Harold, and his full | brother, Lakeland Abdallah. The old mare had the courage and resolution oi | the bulldog, and this quality descended
 to all of her produce. Harold and Lake,
 land Abdallah both possess it to a re-
 markable degree, and, if they had fallen
 when young into gentle, careful hands,
 as Maud s. fortunately did, it is certain
 that they would both have been distln- | guished as fast trotters. Black Maria, a daughter of Enchantress, also possesses
 the same peculiarity of disposition.
 Her head is almost an exact fac-simile
 of that of Maud s clearly indicating
 that resolution, will and energy, which,
 if Lea carefully handled and educated, is the
 most valuable quality a horse can
 possess, but which, if abused and per ver;e ed, makes & dangerous instead of 8
 useful animal. 1t has long been sub- 1 feet of remark among horsemen who
 are familiar with the descendants of Old Abdallah, that in the matter Of endur-
 ance and strong will power, they have no superior even among the most ais
 tinguished thoroughbreds. It is nc
 wonder, therefore, that Harold, whose sire and dam were by this famous ole
 horse, should possess this trait, and that
 he should have transmitted it to hi;
 daughter, Maud S.-Chicdgo Lire Stocc !
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

Alexander Van Wart, son of Isaac Van Wart, cne of the captors of Andre, resides in Brooklyn, and remembers often hearing the story of the spy's ar rest from his fathers lips The elder Van Wart, who died sixty years ago, used to say that he and his two con- panions were sent out to catch cattle thieves, and stationed themselves in a clump of bushes. The morning dew so wet their feet tLat they drew off their stockings and hung them on the bushes to dry. They then cut cards to see who should first, stand sentinel, and very soon Andre rode up and was stopped. The rest of the, story IS we known, bst these homel J details are new
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03
Official Census Returns.

According to official census returns, the population of Brooklyn, N. r., is 566, 689, in- cIuding 16, 499 colored.
 The total population of Rhode Island is 276,530; 133, ,034 males and 143 496 females; 73, 93O are foreign born and 6, ,597 are colored including sixty-seven Indians and thirty seven Chinese. Providence has population of 104 S52.
 The total population of the District of Col umbia is 177,6 ,63S- S3, ,594 males and 94, CA females; r, ll5 are foreign born, and 59, 4O2 are coloted, including thirteen Chinese, five Japanese and six Indians. The population of Georgetown is l2 57S, ot Washington l47 1907, and the rest ot the district l7, 753.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

An intelligent dog had for a long time been sent every morning to a butcher shop at Logan, Ohio, to buy meat for himself. He always brought five-cent piece in his mouth, and laid it down on the block. One day he deposited dol lar instead, and wagged his tail with unwonted vigor, as though expecting a proportionately larger chunk of meat. An investigation proved that, his master having gone away. he had broken into the money drawer and helped himself to ao oniy,
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

Albanian woman walk over rough mountain pathways with sixty pounds of faggots on their backs and spinning with their distaff and spindle as they go, while the men shoot at mark and the boys turn somersault races on the gentle slopes of the mountain sides.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

A girl at Kane, H., did not like to decide which of two suitors should escort her to a party, and so chose a third man. One of the rejected men then offered his services to another woman. while his rival lay in wait and murdered him.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

DR. TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT in pint bottles so cents; 32 established It is the best in the world for the cure of Coc Old Sores Bruises Sore Throats, etc. TOBIAS CONDITION POWDERS are warranted to cure Distemper, Fever Worms, 5ts; give fine coat; increase the appetite and McDaniel of of the fastest running horses in the world, and l0o0 others 20 cents Sold by drug gists. Depot-42 Murray Street. New York.
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rwausau Central wisoonsin.l

Being asked concerning the oil. MT. Aug. Kickpusch informed the questioner that St. Jacobs oil had proved an excel family that had used it. A large ma jority of cases pronounced incurabie have been entirely cured.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

The values of the main crops of the United States are as follows: Corn S525, ,OOO, GOO, beef $270.O00. .00O, wheat BIC, 1000, ,OOO, cotton S270, 1000. .0O0. rye SI5 ,0O0, ,0e0, oats Sl5O. 800, ,0O6, barley S25, ,O0O, GOO, buckwheat S9, ,O0O, ,000, hay $500, ,O0O, GOO, and pork, S25O, ,0OO, GOO.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

An Ohio court has decided that mar ried women do not own the clothes they wear. This must be & gratifying de- cision to women who not only earn their own clothes, but also those worn by their husbands. -Morristo1On Herald
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

Malarial levers can De prevented, also other miasmatic diseases, by occasionally using Dr.. SaaJord'S LiUer Invigorator, the oldest general Family Medicine, which is recom- disordcled liver. Eighty-page book sent tree. Address Dr Sanford I62 Broadway, N. Y.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

A handsome lady entered dry goods house and inquired for '' bow" The polite clerk threw himself back and remarked that he was at her service. " Yes, but I want buff, not q green one," was the reply. The young man went on measuring goods imued lately.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

IMPURE BLooD.-In morbid condi tions o the blood are many diseases; such as salt rheum, ringworm, boils, carbuncles, sores ulcers and pimples. In this condition of the blood try the VEGETINE, and cure the SC affec. lions. As blood purifier it has no equal. It's effects are wonderful.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

The value of textile products pro- duced in the United Kingdom is S775,- 900, GOO, United States S420, 900. .U00, France S34O. .O0O, 900 and Germany S240,- OO0 00O
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

CMt. Clemens (Mich.) True Record.1
 w. T. Lee, Esq.,, of this paper, says: Being convinced of the efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil in curing rheumatism, have no hesitancy in recommending it.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

The Chicago Times says: Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is highly indorsed by ministers, judges, physicians, surgeons, by men of literary and scholarly distinction, and by individuals in all the walks of lie.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

Are you wearing out from excessive labor, care grief or old age7 If so, then no food or medicine can restore your strength, your sleep and your spirits like Malt Bitters, made of Unfermented Malt, Hops, Calisaya and Iron.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

There is no necessity to neglect your busi- ness if you will only use Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup at once; the most reliable remedy in the world for Coughs, Colds, etc.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

Potato brandy, used greatly ill some as poisonous as absinthe.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

"Truth is mighty and will prevail" Phy- sicians and Druggists acknowledge the decid- edly beneficial results derived from the use of Ely's Cream Balm, for the cure of Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness. Price 50 oarnfs
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03

THEODORE HILTON is back from Europe. His new lecture is entitled '' The Worlds To- Morrow" He is under the management of MT. Charles Mumtord, late oi Cooper Institute, now of Red Bank, N. J.
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wnKEs-BArRE, PA., Jan. 2s, 1880.

MKssRs. ELY BROS, Druggists, Owego, N. Y.-Tpe supply of Cream Balm l pur- chased of you sold rapidly. Such is the de- mand, have had occasion to duplicate the orders no less than five times within the past three months. My customers have found this is no humbug, but preparation ot real merit, and evidently sovereign catholicon tor the cure of SO distressing a disease as Cstarrh. An article that will produce such satisfactory results will prove a blessing to any com munity. Yours truly,
 WM. TUCK, Druggist.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03
GREAT HORSE MEDICINE.

Get Lyon's Patent Heel Sdfeners applied to those new boots before you run them over.