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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02
GIVEN away.
List Of Premiums to be Dis
tributed to our Subscrih-
ers at our 2nd. Annual
Distribution.

I
Encouraged by the success ola sim
liar undertaking last year, we have de-
tcrmined to distribute number OF
valuable premiums among our SUBJ
scribers next fall Every CASH sub
scriber will get a ticket in the distri-
button and have an equal chance at
the premiums.
Those who have already paid for
the paper can get tickets by showing
receipts.
We have selected the premiums
with care and offer nearly three times
as many rs we did last year. As
will be seen from the list below there
are thirty prizes, ranging from eighty
dollars down.
l.. A No. l Two-horse
Wagon, made by NJ. Q. Forbes $50
2. A No. i Whites Sewing
Machine. -. ......... $oO'
| 8. An elegant Silver Tea-s set
of six pieces from J NJ. Howe. 500
4. One gents Sadcie' maze 400
by j. A. B. johnson. $50. $2O
5. A genuine 8. oz' Silver
Watch, Waltham movement,
from 'aS' ~ " Nah''..:,i'.,'' S'
g.. South Bend Chilled Flow 49,
| A.
from Win'ree ~ iiar''"f.i'''r ~
{. Oliver Chilled Flow, 90
from " ". ohanN '''ii'i.'.s' 90
.. Improved Dexter Cqrn-
} Sne''e', nO"' n, u'sS",y ~
.. silver silver, DI''er D''h' from. s,o
Robert m'llS' vr' .'''..'',,,, pAO
10. Solid IL karat Gold 49,
Ring, from JAS. l.. Wahl -. $ll
IL. Extra Large Farm Bell,
from Winfree & Hart. :. .,.... SIC
70 Donlls plow. mauufac-
J, ,,rsd hv Moore A. Edmunds SlC
20 1,. f.,m
10. 9ii,er ,s;,sa oaSeoa'Ne'' az ''O'' As
,,c MIL cn.
c IA. Set OF Table spoons q,
from o.. NJ iio"c''''''-'..' w
g 15. Gold Pen and Holder,
;, from j. M. Howe. wc....r..s.... p
! 16. Carving Knife and Fork,
!, from C. A Th0mDSOn uA.. Vi
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02
Mathematical Discovery.
4 NEW RULE FOR THE CALCULATION
OF PERCENTAGE. ~


The Courier's able young man has
had q revelation in mathematics
which overturns all accepted theory
and practice, at least as far as the cal
culaiiou of percentage is concerned.
is,concerned. Ills plan is to suppose
some other number than the princir
pal, find the difference betweeii the
two, and then calculate what percent,
age thatdiilerence is Of the supposed
number. Business mon will doubtless
be struck with this brilliant idea, and
adopt it at once. They have been
Following the old fogy plain of caIcu-
lating percentage on the actual cost
of thing, but the new discovery has
the important advantage of enabling
them to suppose any sum they please,
and thus make any showing ofprofit
or loss that will best suit their pur-
pose.
The able mathematician makes a
practical application of his inven-
ton. Referring 10 the fact that he
added fifty pounds TO the difference
in the weight of the Chicago horses,
thus fictitiously increasing the loo
pounds to 200, he says:
Instead of the Courier's error in
weight of the wonderful horses being
3I1S per cent, twas but 25 per cent,
q difference of fifty pounds in two
hundred.
The lightning calculator doesn't
stop to tell us where ho got the 200
| He might Just rs we'll have raised tht
ll50 pounds 10 800 in which case, &C
! cording to his new rule, he woult
have added only fifty per cent. TO th'
true weightP And he actually pa
ra des his calculation as a correction
OF the JOURNALS figuresl !.
You make at least one hundred
per cont. on these pencils" said a Gus
! toner. II
! mo such thing!p exclaimed III
irafe shopkeeper. 81 buy'cm for
J cent apiece and sell 'em for two cent
=, apiece, SO only make one per cent,
The Couricr's young man conclude
. hi. startling display Of mathematics
genius with the following sentence
There was to be but a difference
: five pounds, whereas twas t.co hunC
red.
Is this only an illustration of tn
Q force of habit? or is itanother case
Q the boy who, finding he had swol
If that horse was sixteen feet high, d
terminod to stick to.it3 ".
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02
YOU KISSED NE.


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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02
THE wooINa OFT.
How a 1ouiivilla Girl Avails Her
self Of Laa1 Year Privileges.



Below is given copy of genuine
leap-ycar letter received by a Louis
Vile gentleman recently. The mis-
slve Is written ION periumed paper
and in beautiful hand, with any
amount Of italics, which are not fol-
lowed, as the language is sufficiently
expressive without emphasizing.
The Young man is one of those re-
gently recommended by the ARGUS
in its list OF eligible bachelors, and If
he doesn't respond to this tender
-epistle, hc is stony-hcarted brute,
and oughtto be run out of town:
LOUISVILLE January IL, 1850.
Positive Dear, Comparative Dearer,
Superlatiye, Dearest Jimmie:
They say "absencc conquers love"
but oh! believe 1t not, dearest, !
never realized, until you ceased your
visits, how deep and lasting MI i'm
preston you had made OH my heart.
Every linement of thy dear face Is
idelibly printed on the walls Of the
gallery of memory, never to be
effected. =
The morning cloud and carly dew
May quickly pass away,
But oh the love have for you
WIN last through endless day,
never to DC elfaced, though should
live TO tile age OF o Methusalch.
Thy face win be my "guiding STAR
on The wide expanse of the "sea of
life"-my cynosure around which re-
volvc the affections of ms heart.n
"oh for thousand tongues 70 tell :, :,
| Hon much love tioe, and how weli
with thee would life be life indeed ;
without thee, a living death, anever
existence; dreary, desolale waste
an, immeasureably wide and dark
some desert. / have waited long,
and am waiting still, for some word
ogloyb. "lIope deferred maketh the
heart sick" Iattributc Your silence
10 bashfulncss, and have therefore de-
cided TO make TO you the offering O
my heart (my lite, If needs be), Ac
lcppt, oh accept. / pray thee. though
poor the Offering be. Oh! yes, 81
| well so tenderly thou'rt loved, adoret
| by Inc, fame, fortune, wealth and lib
erty are worthless without thee.
Though brimmed with blesses pure and rare
Life's cup before me lay.
Unless thy love were mingled there
| I'd spurn the draught away"
Dearest, send me one word tina
YOU favor my suit; that You will Civ
me hope to expect that one day .yol
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02


Once upon a time, the mule with
ont having received an invitation, at
tended q convention, Of animals that
was called,for the purpose Of discuss
the best methods Of family govern
mont, : .
What do you know about all this? !?
asked tho president tautingly; have
you ever raised any childred9 J,
The mule wept.
All, no, SHE said;I have never
raised anything but fnll-grown men
but, land of the Pilgrims!'ypu should
SEQ howl raised them, You should see
me raise a man that weighs as much
as David Davis. ll
Upon rising vote the mule was
Immediately elected Financial Secre
4 tary, with power TO send for persons
| and papers. -Burdette.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02
A Compliment to Dentists,

OF all professional men,. dentists
should be the neatest, and and as, a
class they arc. Those who require q
grateful, refreshing, delightful aroma,
whileworking about the organ Of
smell, should wet their hands in DR..
Prices Floral Riches Its fragrance
is not only as pleasant as can be ina
gined, but decidedly stimulating,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02
BETHELCOLLEGE
RnssELLVIILE KY.

RUSSELLVlLLE, Ky.
xEyT TERN pEoISs sReTBNBER FOURTH.
Entire expenses for torn OF ave months, In
clnd Ing board. lodging, tuition, fuel, washing,
lights and books, only 5000
Baptist Liceutia,e and sons OF active Rap
tist Minister'S. pay 10 Triton. bicentiates
helped fiom beneficiary pund.
Course full. Situation remarkably healthy.
sand postal for catalogues containing full
particulars. Address.
1EsLIEwlGGESER, Prcs't.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02

A Memphis clergyman takes the
position that there is future state
| for all beasts ofthc field and fowls OF
tho air
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02

nakBBAdt md Currnnt Worms destroyed
hwithout the use " poison. Vegetable rent
z acdice grow everywhere, Two srcccipts for
N52s cts. and cent stamp SCOTT NORRIS,
Ffankiia Ind.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02

Probably no ono preparation has received
80 much praise ffon It's patrons. nor ~ so DC
acryiug of rommcndaticn ns Halls Hair He
newcr We but echo the voice OF millioe
who have used IL when We pronounce II the
best Hair DrrsslnS In the world, II stands
unriyaicd. Those who arc Affected with die-
or irritation, iind relief aud renewal in this in
valuable remedy. When the hair Is Inclined
fail OF. tnoicrrte use of tho Renewer VIII
81 sti gu III roots OF thohair. and preserve
aIlit u exhibits y tendency to turn gray
ie't3i
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02
Shelbyville, (Ky.,)
FEMALE College,

FOUNDED 40 YEARS AGO.
Healthy location; ten instructors: high
standard Of scholarship; firm and systematic
dreei line: best advantages at lowest terms.
BoRr,f nnd tuition, I've months, Va advance,
,DJp0; board. tuition, and musc, five mouths,
in advance, {ilT.50 For catalogue address
W. IL. .srVART, Principal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
Watch Out for Dry Mnrrain.

THE danger to which cattle are sub
ject when first taken from green feed
and turned into a field of cornstalks dY-
ing from dry murrain should not be lost
sight of, as the present severe weather
is the most favorable possible to pro-
duce death from such cause. The sud-
den change from moderate autumn to
cold winter weather, and hasty filling
of the stomach with dry husks when the
digestive organs have only been accus.
toned to deal with green food, and the
dread which cattle have of drinking, un-
til they become accustomed to it, ice
cold water in sufficient quantity to thor
oughly moisten the mass, is the cause of.
an occasional victim of this severe and
generally fatal ailment.
All danger of this sort may be avoid
ed by allowing the cattle the run of the
corn field but part of the day at time,
giving them as much salt as they will
take in order to provoke thirst, and free
access to plenty of water, to be kept up
until they are accustomed to the sur
neutrality-suspicious. Hasckeye.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
HOME AND FARM.

| VALUABLE ANIMALS too often suffer
from neglect, because they are earning
nothing during the winter season. The
usefulness of horse in the hurry OF
spring work, and his capability for
work as he increases in age, depend
largely upon his care and feed during
| the winter months.
AMBER PUDDING.-Five eggs, two
whites left out, half a pound lump sugar
pounded fine, not quite half pound of
butter melted and mixed with the sugar,
then the eggs mixed in, and little can
died peel, and favored according to
taste. Make a paste, line a pudding
dish with it, pour the mixture in, and
cover with paste. When baked, turn it
out in glass dish, strew over with sugar
and eat cold.
whites and yelks of six eggs separately,
adding few thin slices of citron, quar-
ter-pint of cream, and sufficient sugar to
sweeten it. When the mixture is well
beaten, put it into buttered pan and
fry as you would pancake. Cover it
slices of citron. This is served cold,
and makes very pretty supper dish.
WHEN stock suffers from absence OF
proper protection against the wintry
blast, there can be no profit in its keep
ing. Good butter can not be produced
in winter, when the COWS are kept in
cold barns. The best of food may be
given, Indian meal, linseed meal, cotton
seed meal, shorts, or earlv-cut hay of the
best description, and with plentiful sup
ply of roots; yet no gilt-edge butter can
be obtained from those cattle stabbed
where the thermometer registers tenn
peratire of between zero and the freez-
ing point. Neglect on this point is ruin
to the dairyman's profits. A warm,
well-ventilated barn will aid in securing
an increased quantity of milk of an inn
proved quality, even on feed of good
English hay alone, beyond that which
can be obtained from cows fed with the
ordinary rations of grain, if allowed to
suffer from cold.
A PLAIN CHRISTMAS PUDDING.-One
pound of flour, one pound of bread
crumbs, three-quarters of pound of
stoned raisins, three quarters of a pound
of currants, three-quarters of a pound of
suet, three or four eggs, milk, two
ounces of candied peel, one teaspoonful
of powdered allspice, half a teaspoonful
of salt. Let the suet be finely chopped,
the raisins stoned, and the currants well
washed, picked, and dried. Mix these
with the other dry ingredients, and stir
all well together; beat and strain the
eggs to the pudding, stir these in, and
add just sufficient milk to make it mix
properly. Tie it up in well-foured
cloth, put it into boiling water, and boil
sprig of holly placed in the middle of
the pudding, and a little pounded sugar
sprinkled over it, and also with q rich
sauce.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

Poor MANS SoUP.-Put one ounce OF
onions shred fine, and fry them pale
brown color, add half a tablespoonful of
flour, stir for few minutes, but do not
allow the mixture to darken; then add
one quart of common stock, previously
favored with carrots, turnips, celery,
leeks, and parsley boiled in it; stir until
the soup boils, and season it to taste
with pepper and salt. Peel one or two
potatoes, cut them into small dice, and
put them to boil with the soup. Cut
some crust of bread in long pieces, dry
them in the oven, and at the time of
serving throw them into the soup, then
stir into it off the fire the yelks of two
eggs beaten up with little milk and
strained.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
cleveland (Ohio) Herald

An Illinois exchange feels called to thus
deliver itself: ellis hammock swung loose at
the sport Of the wind, and tumbled the Hon
J. s. Irwin on his head, and but for the ap-
plication of st. Jacobs Oil, he might have
gone "where the woodbine twineth." Even
30, dear Beacon, as many others have gone,
who, failing to use the Great German Remedy
in time, for their rheumatism and other dam
gerous diseases, shave paid the debt Of Ma
ture." Rub is our motto.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
Fees OF Doctors.

The fee of doctors is item that very
many persons are interested in just at pres
emit We believe the schedule for visits Is
s. NO, which would tax q man confined to his
bed for q year, and in need of q daily visit,
over S., 900 year for medical attendance
alone! And one single bottle of Hop Bitters
taken in time would save the q, 600 and all
the years. sickness.-Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

In excavating for tho st. Gothard
Railway near Amsteg. magnificent
glacier garden, series of so-called
giants, kettles or enormous holes torn
In thu rock by the action Of glacier mill
stones, has been laid bare. One-haf OF
the garden lay across the railway track
and had to be blasted away, but the 9TH
er half has been walled around, and will
be carefully preserved.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

WINTER PRorECTIoN.-Many plants
are killed by too much protection.
For example, strawberries are hardy,
and the covering of straw, marsh hay,
etc., that is recommended for them is
not so much to shield from cold as to
prevent frequent freezing and thawing
Of the sUll. The covering should be
mainly around and not upon the plants.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

BUYERS doesn't understand WIN sailors are
continually weighing anchor. He says he
should think they might keep q memoran-
dunn Of the weight in the log book for refer
ence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
Mrs. General Sherman

Says: I have frequently purchased Du-
rang g Rheumatic Remedy for friends suffer-
ing with rheumatism and in every instance
it worked like magic" It will cure when
everything else fails. Sold by all druggists.
Write for 40-page pamphlet to r. X. Hell
phenstine, Druggist, Washington, d. G.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
Advantage of Heavy Plates.

The soft bituminous coal used in the West
is so destructive on all cast-iron that the
heavy plates in the CHARTER OAK COOK
STOVE will be appreciated by housekeepers
as well as dealers. This advantage, with ex-
cellent draft, quick and uniform baking,
make the CHARTER OAK the most desirable
stove in the market.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

The first duty of a sailor is to learn all Of
the ropes. It is remarkable fact that many
of the ropes have to be taut, also, before they
can he of service
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

Parsons INDELIBLE MARKING INK has q
record Of atty years. Sample mailed for Soc.
by +. II. Stoddard 81 Co., Northampton, Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

GALL seems to hinge on this" remarked
the lover when he proposed to his sweetheart,
while swinging on the gate in front Of her
house.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

A STITCH IN TIME.-A cough may be cured
by Piso's Cure for Consumption In . few
hours or days, while the deadlier disease
which SO often follows q cough will take
weeks or months to overcome.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

THE only genuine Axle Grease has the name
of Frazer on every package, and wears longer
than any other
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
[St. Paul Pioneer Press ]

[St. Paul Pioneer Press1
What We Hate.
We hate growing. no matter the source or
cause, and recommend herewith the remedy.
Use st. Jacobs Oil and laugh at pain. 1t will
do the work every time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

THE Salvation Army in England pub
fishes an official paper called the War
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

II afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
Best Stove We Ever Used.

After many years. trial, we are satisfied
that the CHARTER OAK is the best Stove we
ever used, and cheerfully testify that it is
the best adapted to the wants of the general
public Of any stove in the market.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

ASK your druggist for Readings Russia
| Salve. Keep it in house in case of accidents
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

"IN friendship true, we wish to you
A merry Christmas day:
Abundant wealth, vigorous health,
And light in Wisdom's way"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

There will be cut this coming win
ter liz, 0O0, 600 feet of logs in the vicinity
of Duluth. There will be some 1900
men employed, and ESQ to 800 teams.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

Curious to say, the shoe has even en-
tered into the superstitions associated
with. death. According to an Aryan
tradition, the greater part OF the way
from the land of the living to that of
death lay through morasses and vast
moors overgrown with furze and thorns.
That the,dead might not pass over them
barefoot, q. pair of shoes was laid with
them IL the grave. Queen.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-05

We visited the business places Of Messrs.
Hcbsaher, Stuart, Koehler and Walter, but
found them not in, and had no time to pay
them a second visit, but will warrant that
their opinions correspond with those aboye
expressed,
AS We stated above, Mr.. Nellis is bound,
under his contract, to deliver the gravel for
one dollar and quarter per cubic yard, but
by his failure to do 50 he has put the city
to the necessity of sending to Island No
for gravel which, when screened and placed
on the street, will cost the city three dollar,
per yard, and if not screened will be almost
worthless, But Just one more point. II is
this There are those in the city who at
tempt to excuse Mr.. Nellis action, saying
that since the delivery Of his last barge
load there has not been sufficient water
over the chain to admit Of the pass
age Of his loaded barge over it. As fnal
reply to this we again publish the follow
ing from the reportofC City Engineer Thrupp,
submitted to the council on September 7
~ would also call your attention to the
necessity Of procuring gravel or other ma
terial, for the COMPLETION of Eight street. 1t
has been graded aud prepar d for the same
and if left in its present condition during
the winter, will be almost impossible. CAN
ZEE NO REASON WHY THE PRESENT STAGE
or THE WATER ~ THE RIVER Is not TAKEN
ADVANTAGE or. IL is uncertain as 10 an
other rise this year If the contractor
furnishing the gravel cannot do it, the city
should take it in hand, As THERE IS But
LITTLE TIME TO LOOSE
Furthermore, as is well known, the Ey-
ansyile packets, the ldlewIld and Arkansas
Belle, are at the present time making daily
trips over the chain without ditiiculty-the
commerce Of the cast passes over it-and
the idea that few barge loads Of grave
cannot be brought down is, in the light OF
these facts, ridiculous, indeed
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-05
ENTERpRIslNG DRUGGIST.

Dir, George +. O'IIsra, the live druggist
of the town, is always up to the times and
ready 10 meet the demands Of his many
customers. He has just received supply
of that wonderful remedy that is astonsh-
ing the world by its marvellous cures. Dr.
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, hay
fever, phthisic, Group, whoopng cough, tick
ling in the throat, loss of voice, hosrseness
or any affection of the throat and lungs.
This remedy positively cures, as thousands
can testify. If you do not believe it call
at his drug store and get a trial bottle free
of cost or regular size bottle for one dol
lar AS you value your life, give it trlai
and be convinced, as thousands already
have been a.