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The Evening critic., 1881-06-21

MIR. JEFFERSON DAVIS Is catching it all
around. We wonder If his great book has
any friends ut all.-RErUBLICAN.
Information has reached us that Jefferson
wants readers. Friends are n secondary
consideration.
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21

THE Post has undertaken to split New
York into two States, so as to increase her
Senate representation. If this could be
done, the Post should cover the PROPOSE
tion with u guarantee that this will not
double the disgust experienced by the
country when the question of Senators
comes m
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21

this time the fortunate individual has
rcaped the handsome interest on his invest
mcnt. Somervile is "a small struggling village
of very ordinary size and appearance,
mostly infested with n strictly rural popu-
lation who can see more possibilities in ten
dollar bill than most of us can in thou
sand. Perhaps IL Is no breach of confidence
to say that number 479i3, added to the en-
tire population of Somcrvilc, never had any
idea of the immcnsity of 100000, and,
further, that they will turn out en- masse
to view the curiosity when 1t arrives. The
fortunate parsonage who will have the
honor of introducing his friends and neigh
bors to this vast pile of wealth, perhaps
never allowed his humble wishes to
stray beyond the limits of n ten
acre lot or calculation of how much
boots or blue jeans he could get in return for
his corn. With all that money he will feel
naturally like cat in strange garnet. We
learn quickly in this country, and cases
have been known where rough miners in n
comparatively short space of time have ac-
quircd Il sufficient grasp over freshly gained
thousands or millions to grapplc with the
live isses of extravaganza in its most metro
politan form. Sometimes n little of the
mud of the mining camp will adhere to
their patent feathers, and the slang of
the Western rancho break out like the
rash in their manners; but it is II law
of nature, unalterablc as that of the
Medes and Pcrsians, that man
who has been accustomed to poverty in its
rudest forms all through the period when
wild oats are sown, never can extract the
same amount of solid comfort and real posi-
tive and sensible enjoyment from money as
man gifted all through life with expensive
surroundings and expensive tastes, even
though his pocket-bcok compels him to deny
himself.
The dcstinics of life are peculiar and full
of conflicting mystery. Just why Provi
dence and the Louisiana Lottery should
combine to place this snug sum at the dis
posal of citizen of Somcrvillc, Tenn, ii
hard to understand, when so many cultured
and aesthetic gentlemen are tramping thu
streets of Washington in search of II new
boarding house or Government berth. /
is to be hoped that Generals Early ant
Beauregard will pay more attention to TIN
proprietics of the occasion the next tim
they turn their wheel
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21

THEY kill newspaper correspondents in
Tunis. Is Eli Perkins out of job?
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21
PERSONAL.

/ AIDES, DON'T FAIL TO CALL AT 7I4
~ Ith 81. H. W. for dry goods, notions, silks and
yelvets AT your own prices. jel5-tf
PICH AND POOR ENJOY THEIR PRES
~ ENTS after buying over s. worth at
YOUNGS, 73G 7th st. jel0-tf
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21

PERHAPS this favored land never produced
Il finer specimen ofthe professional lobby
list than Thurlow Weed and like his friend
quite young of hiding his eggs after he had
sucked them. While his heart was laceratcd
over the wounds of his poor country in the
late unpleasantncss, his pocket was open to
the appeals of the Freeman brothers, who
wanted to furnish the bleeding country
aforesaid with desccated meat. This the
Hon. Thurlow Weed, from his well
established position as lover of the
Union, enabled them to do, and it
can be safely said that Mr.. Weed
lost very imperccptibly by the bar
gain. He has for forty years had his mouth,
like weasel, over the eggs Matched in the
Legislature of New York, and when he had
done performing on the eggs, it would take
three hundred of them to make pound
He will probably recall a scene in that
pious body during the glittering reign of
one VIM. NJ. Tweed, when an unctious
clergyman, who had obtained seat in the
Legislature, explained his vote in favor
of Tweed's charters, and added that it
was hard to part with friends so
dear. "How dearY' demanded Charles
Folger, who was mentioned for the Treas
ury under Garfield. "Will the gentleman
name his price?" Mr.. Weed will correct us
if we are mistaken, but the history of those
times points to the fact that he could lay
his hands on five men of one single COM
mittpc who had allowed him tO nprform IN
their itching palms. Mr.. Weeds entire
career has blossomed with the sweet buds of
bribery and corruption, and no doubt old
age brings with it but the single regret that
his abilities for the active pursuits of the
lobby are restricted. We merely wish to
mention the above briefly, because the re-
port has come that Thurlow is now said to
be holding hi nose when he looks at the
Albany cap
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21

THE Washington EVENING CRITIC, under
its new management. has become the per-
sonul organ of Secretary Blaine. 1t Is such
facts us these that give color to the reports
that the Plumed Knight has less interest in
the present administration than he has In
1ss4.-st. Paul Dispatch.
We have already endeavored to appeasc
what seems to be consuming thirst for
knowledge on the part of our esteemed con-
tcmporares rs to the actual "organship" of
THE CRITIC. Flattcring as the wide dis
play of journalistic interest in this great
question may be to our vanity, we stiTl feel
bound by a sense of duty rather to Mr.
Blaine than to ourselves, to deny, explicitly
and with emphasis, the theory that our
little newspaper is his personal organ"
There is no bond between Mr. Blaine and
the "ncw management of THE CRITIC,
unless the prcdilection naturally incident to
exceedingly pleasant and cordial relations
personally might incline us to the Blaine
view in any public controversy or issue in
which the Secretary of State should appear
as contestant. The same would be true
as to the President himself, or Secretary Win
dom, or Secretary Hunt or Secretary Kirk :
WOOD. Onc Oh inc DllS5Iul uIlculllcS OI Truly
independent journalism is the fact that the
editor is bound by no decree of caucus OF
platitude of platform, but is free to range at
will among public topics and public men,
discriminating among the former according
to his judicial view of right, propricty OF
expediency for the time being, and among
the latter according to his perception ol
human nature and his apprehension of the
amenities of society.
In Baine's case it will probably be found
the rule that the more perfect the indie
pendcnce of the paper the more frequent iti
commendation of his acts and its coincidence
with his views. To that extent the Sccrc
tary of State undoubtedly has many
Organs throughout the country. But tho
assertion that he indulges in the luxury o.
any special or personal organ, in the Sense
indicated by our esteemed contemporary
sounds absurd to any one convcrsant with
the Secretary's mode of dealing with mer
or his methods of transacting public bust
ness. In word, the public character
of Mr.. Blaine is so thoroughly cosmopolitan
and his average career so broad and catho
lie in its aims, processes and ends, that ht
needs no personal organship" in the pres,
beyond the natural tendency of truly indie
pendent journalism.
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21

THE INSANITY Of partisanship can hardly
be carried further than when O'Donovan
Rosa announced to II crowd at Fall River,
the other day, that the hapless Doterel was
sunk in the Straits of Magellan by Celtic
skirmishers If the horrible slaughter was
indeed the shameful work Of the party that
Rosa assumes to represent, the deed was
certainly intended to be Il secret one, and
he should have surely held his tongue
about it. TO blow up few helpless Brit
ish soldiers and sailors in such fashion at
a remote corner of the globe would be q
deed as discreditable to the 'sacred cause of
green Erin" as 1t would be silly-and that
is strong comparison. TO boast of such a
bloody bit of butchery is AS senseless as to
put in brag that they had gained a special
victory over her gracious majesty Queen
Victoria by topping the poor old hulk Vic
toria over into the Canadian waters and
drowning lot of loyal subjects making a
holiday over their sovereign's birthday.
The two braggart boasts might well be
coupled as equally silly, and, indeed, it is
to be hoped, as equally probable.
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21
LOST AND EOUNO.

NOuND-On Saturday June H. on B. and O.
train arriving in Washington G37 ID. M, n
hne UMBRELLA which the owner can have by ap-
plying at ROOM 30, "D." p. o. d., proving prop
erty and paying charges. ieii-2ta
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21
BOARDING.

ENIRST-CLASS BOARD, with large rooms, at
!, - ~ Penna ave, opposite National Hotel.
board from - to SO per week. Transient, from 81
10 sl5O per day. Terms to suit for families. Mrs.
o. q: Howard. propretress oci7-d
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21

.'HoNoR and shame from no condition rise;
Your fortunes made If you can win the
prize"
The above venerable and venerated maxim
ca,i be appreciated by at least one man in
the United States to-day, but we can't give
his name. 1t is only stated that ticket
numbered 47943 drew the capital prize of
100000 In the late Louisiana drawing. 1t
was sold entire for $40 to II man in somer-
vile, Eayet.e County, Tennessee, and BY
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21

OF X STREET NORTHWEST TWO
SfL communicating rooms third floor,
south front; private family, without children first
class taOle board eIG-3tM
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21

90 GRANT PLACES-FOR RENT-PLEAS-
-1 ant Parlors. from now until the LIST of No
vember; cheap to desirable party, with or without
use of dlning-rOOm and kltchen. ieI6-ata
The Evening critic., 1881-06-21
FOR RENT.

" yERY PLEASANT SUITE OF ROOMS. BAY
windows second floor also others fronting
SOUTH second floor suitable for families or Young
men, with or without board; day, week, or monthly
board; terms moderate. Apply at ll0l q st. n. w.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-27

=, Close connection az Nortonvilic for all points
East and West The shortest, quickest ana
most direct limo TO Louisville, Cincinnati and
gu Eastern points. At owcnsboro Junction
ior owonsboro; ut Elizabcthtown with L q N.
railroad ut Louisville with lie. n l.. Rail.
roau, . nj; railroad anu U. 4, Mail Line
East; j. NJ. \ I.railroad for indianapolis
chicago and the Northwest; o. 4 NJ. railroad
forst. Louis and the West.
NJ. HORTON,
Gcn'l Passenger Agent, Elizabcthiown, XIV.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-27
Love Making in Cincinnati.
Chicago Tribune.

~ am very rich, my darling she
said softly,punctuating her words with
soft kisses. ALREADY | have $780,
600 worth OF four per cents registered
in my name, and when the leaves are
turning red in the golden October
days, and the fields are laughing in
the rich abundance ola bounliful har-
vest, ! shall cut off the coupons. And
when papa dies he will leave me
nearly 100000 more. Yes, my
sweetheart am very happy girl"
and fair young head nestled con-
iidingly oh the shoulder otthe strou: =
limbed, hazel eyed young man to
whom this avowal was made. lie
looked tcnderly down atthe brown
tresses and the Invisible net that
bound them to the fair forehead.
Gently lifting the beautiful face to his,
he pressed a passionate kiss on the
full, red lps that seemed only made
for OSCILLATION.
Turning his head away Herbert
Ainsleigh appeared for moment to
be wrapped IN thought. Thcn kissing
Miriam with rich, warm, two-for. "a
quarter kiss, he said: do you love
me. Birdie?"
She gave answer by placing her
white arms around his neck, and
throwing herself madly on his shirt
front.
"Do not hug so hard, darling, as
YOU love me, or my collar stud will
raise carbuncie on the back of my
neck" he said in low, mellow tones.
1T is only the deep. passionate.
longing of my.love, Herbert. 1t reck
not Of carbuncles, But You are right.
Too much pressrre on the ceryical
vcrtebra will cause an cxostosis. Ny
professor ofanatomy told me that
"And we will be married in the
fall. my sweet ?"
Eyes. Herbert, in the rich, hazy.
sensuous days of Indian summer,
when the low note of the farmers
boy seeking the lost COW is heard as
he sits on the vine embowered stile
and blasphemes until the fire fly
leaves for cooler spot. You must
take all my money, Herbert; it must
be yours to do as you will with il; TO
attain the glorious fame that awaits
you; for | know that my loves name
will some day be known through the
length and breadth of the land. Sure.
ly. you have an ambition?'
al have" said Herbert, kissing her
while she caught her breath.
"Aud you will not let any false
pride stand in the way of using my
money to attain the height you iain
would reach?'
"No, darling, will not, You say
You have 100000 III four per cents.
II is enough. Tomorrow | will act,
and in less than day my name will
be as familiar throughout the world
as that Of England's proud Queen"
ooh, Herbert, what will you do p
II shall purchase Maud S."
y = 4 4
Two minutes later a human form
fell with dull thud on The front
porch of the naughty pork-packer's
residence. 1t was Herbert Ainslcigh
The old man had fired him out :
[From "IIints TO Parents" by Halls
lead, NJ.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-27

About fourteen miles from Live Oak
Fla, there lives a woman with a
strange family. One day while she
was out walking hage alligator at
tackled and pursued her for some dis
tance. frightening her very much.
Subsequently she gave birth to twins,
both males. They were perfect child
rem down TO their waists, and com.
plete alligators below, tail and all.
There are short webbed feet and legs
at the lower portion Of the abdomen
like alligators. They crawl with their
hands, dragging themselves about
just as an alligator does. They make
squealing, lnarticulate noise. The
mother has had large trough or
tank filled with water, in which she
keeps them, and they live pretty
nearly all the time in it. They feed
and eat regularly, and are apparently
happy. They are now shout IA or Is
years old. Comparatively few OUT
side the immediate neighborhood
know Of 1t. The mother has refused
large offers of money for their exhibit
ton.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-27
ERA.

Mr.. Editor: 1t has been some time
since our section has been represen-
ted in your columns. Owing to the
pressure of business which imposes
itself upon every farmer during the
spring and summer seasons of the
year, / have failed to be as punctual
as | should have been, but trust that
a more leisure season awaits more
faithful correspondence.
The people of North Christian have
certainly suffered in consequence Of
the drouth tut not so much as was
anticipated for q time. Many will
have to make great sacrifice in SELL
ing their stock on account of not
having corn to winter them on.
The late rains have certainly i'm
proved the growth of tobacco greatly.
and the only trouble will be that the
farmers will be forced to cut before
their tobacco is matured aud ripe.
One good quality which tobacco
will have is soundness since there
are scarcely any worms to destroy it
this season. / worked over four
acres of large tobacco for this year,
and caught only one small worm.
The sorghum crop this year is very
unprolific and molasses will be
scarcer than usual.
On last Sunday l heard the first
discourse delivered by Sam McCord
at East's school house. He has taken
The ministerial duty upon himself,
which is one of the greatest respon-
sibilities that man can assume. May
he be successful in his glorious un-
dertaking, and may bright laurels
crown his every good effort until he
reaches the highest pinnacle of fame.
Died, on Saturday Sept. 10th.
Rosa, wife of Charley Grant, she has
suffered with consumption for some
weeks and leaves husband, one
child and a host of relatives and
friends to mourn her loss. She also
follows q husband and two children
to that better land where parting is
no more.
I Tho Rev, NJ, Melton and t. q.
Cansler held debate at Doyds'
school house OIL Saturday night Sept.
Oath. Their subject is capital pun
ishment, Melton afiirms that it is
right, Cansley denies it, quito an in
teresting time is anticipated.
LUTHER.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-27
The Philosophy Of Hugging.

Too much care can not be exercised
in putting arms around the young girls
Of to day, and we would wish to i'm
press this fact upon the minds of the
young men who are just coming upon
the stage of action. Of course men
along in years do not need ADVICE.
The boys are apt TO put more force in
the right arm than they are aware of
in such cases, 100 per cent. more than
they would be apt to do in saving
wood or carrying up scuttle Of coal.
They should bear in mind that girls
are too valuable to be used in develop
ing the muscles as.you would a gym
nasium. You don't have to squeeze a
girl till her liver is forced from it's
normal position, and she chokes up
and catches her breath, to show that
you love her. A gentle squeeze Of the
hand, the stealing of the arm around
her waist when she is not looking, and
the least pressure upon her belt is all
the law requires. She can tell by
your face whether you love her, as you
sit there in the twilight looking into
the guiding. star eyes, as well as
though you grabbed her as you would
a sack of wheat and hung on like a
dog to root. Don't make a barrel
hoop of yourself, and try to break
every stave in the girl you think you
love, and you will not have cause for
the sorrow the poor young man in
Iowa has, who meant no harm, but
lacked governor to equalize his pow
er. Hug easy till you find that the
patient will stand more, and. then you
can apply the proper squeezure.
Sometimes we think there ought to be
professorship in our female schools
for testing the capacity of scholars for
the trying ordeals which they must
pass through. If there was such a
professorship, and the girls were given
ticket o. certificate showing just how
much hugging would be good fol
them, it might save many valuable
lives, but we don't know ofmany who
could hold such a proiessorship with
credit. Then, if the girls were given
certificates they might alter the figures
and get more hugging than was good
for their health. The best way is
for young men to use their good judg-
ment and then all will be we'll.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-27
She Hankared for Knowledge.

She was young she was fair, ani
she wanted to know all about bast
ball. He was hard hit, far gone ant
communicative.
What are they going to do now?
They are going TO play.
Oh! are they? I'm so$glad. Where
are those Boston tellers going?
Out into the field. The Dotroitsgc
to bat.
! Do they? Then they'll win. won't
they?
That makes no difference. Each
uine goes TO bat nine times.
Do they? That's nice. Who's that
fat man with the red cap? Don't he
look comicalp
That's Higham, the umpire.
Where does the umpire play? \
He doesn't play at all. lie UNI.
pires the game, calls strikes, aud dead
balls, and other things.
What is dead bali?
One that hits the batter or the um.
pire.
Is it dead when II hits the bat?
No.
That's Wood at the bat. Amt he
sweet?
think Houck isthe prettiest.
l don't. That horrid moustache
What makes Wood strike the plate
with his bat? Does he do that to let
pitcher know he is ready.
Ask that gentleman behind you.
want to know awfully bad.
lie wouldn't know either.
Oh, dear! wish | knew. Why
don't Whitney do as the umpire tells
him? The umpire-told him to pitch q
low ball, and there he IS pitching
them way up high. Can't he be pun
ished for that?
No. He can pitch them when. he
has a mind to.
1 think he's real mean, anyway"
(Just OF this moment Wood was
thrown out at first base.)
Did Wood make base hit?
No, he is out.
Why, how-did that happen?
Barnes fielded the bail to Morrill,
before Wood reached the base.
Does that put a,maD out?
Yes.
How funny! I'll remember that.
Ii the man gets to the base before the
ball does, he is out.
No, no It's the other way.
There! Hanlon is out.
No he isn't. lie got there ahead OF
the ball. Is that an error?
No, it is a base hit.
Oil Pm SO glad. How much does
q base hit count.
If he gets home It will be run.
Who is that catching2
Charlie Snyder.
What makes everybody joke about
Charley Snyder?
don't know.
Oh. dear! | wish you'd go and find
out. | want to know awfully bad,
Because, said the reporter, turning
round in his seat, Chicago reporter
wrote up the chatter of couple Of
silly Chicago gills who were annoy
ing everybody on tie grand stand
with their silly 'gush' about Charley
Snyder. And she never tumbled.
Was ii awfully funny?
Very funny TO read, bat dreadful 10
listen to.
Did you hear il?
No. 1t isn't necessary to 60 Ia
Chicago TO hear the chatter of silly
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-27

SHORT AND DIRECT RoUTETO
Padncab. Cairo, Fulton, Rives, aud
points in West Tennessee and
Southern Kentucky, Greensboro,
Louisville, Cincinnati. Indmn-
apolis, Pittsburgh, Washing
mgion. Baltimore, PhiIa-
delphia, New York aud
Boston.
Ask for tickets. Via, "Nortonsylllc& T.. 4E.
Railroad.
Tina Tohia Il, a, -.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-27
The Evils of Early Rising.

John Quincy Adams and Josiah
Quincy Adams, Sr., were enthusiastic
advocates Of early rising. They prac-
ticed it in boyhood, and attributed to
it their vigor in old age. Judge
Story, who was an an intimate friend.
loved dearly good morning nap. and
their opposite opinions often gave
rise to sharp and witty discussions.
On one occasion, when the two emf
ncnt men had dined with the Judge,
he invited them to accompany him to
the law school in Cambridge, where
he was to deliver lecture. He invi-
ted the ex-Prcsident to talk to the
students, and Mr.. Adams made inter-
esting practical remarks, touching,
among other things, his favcrite topic
of early rising. The Judge went on
with his lecture. The afternoon was
hot and the lecture room was close
Toward the close Of the lecture he no
ticed that the class were nodding and
smiling to each other. Looking first
on his right hand and then on his
left he discovered the secret of theil
merriment, for both of the distinguish.
ed visitors were asleep and nodding
He could not resist the temptation te
add postscript to his lecture
"Young gentleman. / call your atten-
ton to visible proofs of the evils o
early rising" The loud laugh that
followed awoke the gentlemen, but
they did not understand the joke tha
caused it.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-27

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