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EXCHANGE scINrIL1AT.oNs.

1870 ~ -
There Is a girl with four legs in
Bsrnum's show. Mr.. Barnum's bill
for red stockings must be something
enormous. This and That.
A FIRM of marble dealers in Italy
bears the singular name of Veni& Yiii
We wonder why Dir. Wei was not in
cluded.- Richmond Register. 'F7
The big hats retire and the hoop
skirts appear. The women. tired of
looking like mushrooms. nov want to
resemble hogsheads. --Gruclle.
AHASpsonE girl in Boston walked
ont on the street with cowhile, aud
every man on the square had business
inside the house. louisville Post.
The Arkansaw Travellers aged
eolored person says: "MY idea OF de
better worl is whar dar is a election
goin' on all de time, case den de white
io'ks is alters periight'
A spondee in metrical versi6catlon
consists Of two long feet. The boys
III Yale call one of their professors
"Old Spondee" because he has two
long feet.-Elizabethtown News.
The boarding house keepers in
Newport are going to organize a Pro-
'eet've Association. Dittoe Is one Of
,,,, champions. c'a, IN an armor OF o..
pn'i pee. anu strong outler;--S onst-
nationalist ii
TnE sultan recently presented Gen.
efal Lew Wallace with beautiful
Turkish girl The sultan has evil
ocniy s'u"'eu .he a.' % tioroushiy
e",'an.''s a" Anie''can ny oac ac'
ou'sS'''e lost
The Tennessee democracy propose
to Fusellade the reputation party OF
their STATE to snch good purpose that,
siteT ,hc ensuing state election. it will
~ 'norongn'y a-Da'ea nuisance.
DreoNeh''use VIEWS
ARAB is officially declared rebel.
1t depends on the outcome. Ii he
fails he will be bad man, like jeff.
Davis. II he succeeds he will be o
good man, like General George Wash
iugfco --Commonwealth,
~, .o,a !. ssr,..,
big was Alexandria, pa, before the
British shot it all TO thurderation?''
His pa told him that il was not Iii.
size that made it great. but like wills
ky it was its age. Richmond Regis.
ter. d
n ,,.,,,..1 e.I 60,
u y, 'lasne' ,ieacna'u. =, .nc nou,n
nos n = uas su y w ~ aa. \,
ias ~ raa 1r lung ,:e y :"'
s,':,e i'os, = ine e".li'a.'v =
~ ",n.e,, sau .ao,o wn9 nav s"''
'c'eu az rah'en'ei' hauus i'e'e'''ore
y !.
~ ouus' e,isor ot 'ne tan'
sohsi'ie INES, anu y. u; Meacnai
OF 'ne nopk'nsVi'ie oontn Aentuck,an
nave PET names eacn ior tne otIer
ahe former uuos .ne 'a''er y. Aiasne'
meacaam' WINE tne ia''er invariably
sfeakS ol MI iouhg US II. zrahrch
ne,s ioung, eai'or 0, tne wea'ne
Du'ie'ih-nenaerson reporter
1t was the winsome hour of nigh
when the graveyards yawn; the mooi
pceped forth from the clouded sky
ana Inc Dnii-'rog got IN ms wolk OF
'ne 'a'e -, opera win astonishing apt
ness ine weary oreeze s'yneo so''l'
Ger .ne whipping meadows whii'
plg:s'yeS lo Sn up - startling com
parlson; Ineres no,nlng espccla, =
thls' only we ere, AZ present, mak'nl
specially. Oh Wrapping meaaows,,
weary oreezes' @c.-Oonsti'utlon
alis''
Seymour sails into Arab Bey,
Nicholson's aground in the harbor
Jay Hubbell loots the sailors pay,
Robson islands off, his barber.
Arthur hobnobs with Billy Malone,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-08-08
INVENTORS

Should adiress EDISON BROS. Attorney AT
Law aud Patent Solicitors. 6l7 seventh Street.
Washington, d. e.. for circulars OF .instrilr-
tious. Reasonable terms. Reference and all
vice sent PRgg. We attend exclusively 10
Patent business Reissues, Intcrierences. aad
Trade Marks and Caveats solicited. Upon re-
celpt OF model or sketch, and description we
give our opinion as TO patentahility. Free Of
charge. We refer to the Commissioner OF
Patons, also to observation-disclosures Estal,-
ishcd 1856. p, t3'as IT,
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TIme Tahle h cIIec. AprIl q. ls,,.

O'osc connections at Nortonylllc for Madi-
sSynsmic, henaerson. Evansville aud al, points
Sof.n;ConneetIons At Paducah Wild, stcnmo,s
N Vnie ena Tennessee rivers; Al Fulton Win
o. n r. az NJ p y; ". MR.; Az Rlycs with NJ, Il
" y. AZ Central City Tor owensbcr -:
A. hliEaoethtown with La N. RaiisoaJ. q,
r .%,ullsSi,ic Win L..C. \ l.. Railroad. o 4 N
nfai,lroad ami u. 3. Mail Line sIcamcrs" ~, ~,
'"I' rn,a.aa any The North and Ea.s; j.. NJ
The N crah.soui or Indianapolis, Chicago and
md the West. 'V'" 'or Oh Louis
Gam p, n. Y. BLUE.
'eni passenger Agent, Ellzahcthtown' XIV.
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pAmENn0 Y. a., Lchmann. Solicitor
l. a bN lNsof Anerican and Foreign
fatcnts, Washington, b. q. All busines
connected with Patents. whether before tbs
Patcnt Once or the Courts, pro pity attendc
~ " No charge made unless q patent is Sc.
cured. Send forcircuiar. Dec. IS 1881.
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ftor co,tr;hot;,r yo,r ,,,uar, =, ,.,,,.
mo,nc p, III nuAs mu.s ~ sec"re ior
yyn. nvusv,,v ~ ",a' puy.isa.io., .Ion Whien
s1 W., MI ea.n .i,c miIs; inrna.,on-a paper
W. ~ MY anu
ps ~ ra ,ns unsu ,noIc nea.,y
nsnep ~" .I,an Taw hrrass,w Ts.yy ,suis
nperf saa
ths pest literature and The choicest and most
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-08-08
PIMPLES,...

Town mail lfrcc) the receipt for simple
ne aha maj p w rscvs es TS
he skin, soft. clear and beautiful: also in
tructions for producing, a luxurIant growth
fhaii on bald heador sn oath faces. Al
ress, ipclesing 30 stamp, BEN, iyANDELF,
4 Co.. II Barclay 81, n. Y.a.fs f4 s(
eb.2s'ss-ly
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-08-08

There is girl with four legs in
Bsrnum's show. Mr.. Barnum's bill
for red stockings must be something
enormous. This and That.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-08-08
A Difficult Problem Solved,

The desire for stimulsnts Is beeom
ing monstrous evil and how to over
como il is serious question with re.
formers. Parker's Ginger Tonic fair
" solves the difficult. problem 1t
invisorates body and mind without
Intoxicating. and has brought health
and happiness to many desolate homes.
Enquirer l,s43 ~
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s sEE Practical Life Eas E;y g ssftias
AaENTs WANTED. .sss, 70 Siso per Menih.
Fos Terms, sdiess J. cfisCuKDY CO.. cinepnna. O.
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want!
"Bemie's lie, please sir" fa!tered
Blossom. Il IL ~
/ rBepniel Who is Bennie?"
"My brother, sir. They are going
to shoot him for sleeping at his posi-.
"Oh, yes; recollcct. 1t was ia
asleep. Yon see. child. it was a
time Of special danger. Thousands
Of lives might have been lost by his
negligence"
80 my father said,' replied Bios
Fsom, gravely. "But Door Bonnie was
80 tired. SIR, and Jimmie was SO
weak. He did the work Tor two, sir.
and it was Jimmie's night, not his;
but Jimmie was too tired, Bonnie
never thought Of himself, aud he was
SO tired too. 49, ~
"What is this yeu say, childg
Come here; do not understand. "and
the Kind man, as ever, caught eager
ly at what seemed to be justification
| Of any offense.
7 Blossom went TO him. He put his
Ehand tenderly on her shoulder. and
she turned up the pale anxious face
towards his. How tall he seemed!
And he was president Of the United
States too. A dim thought Of this
klnd passed for amoment through
little Blossoms mind; but she told
her simple, straightforward story and
handed Bennie's letter TO Mr.. Lincoln
to read. a 81 S% III
He read it carefully; then, taking
up pen, wrote few hasty lines and
rang his bell. Blossom. heard bis or
der given.
"Send this dispatch at once!"
| The president then turned to the
girl and said; $50 home, my child,
and tell that father Of yours, who
could approve his country's sentence
even when it took the life of q child
like that. Abtabsm Lincoln thinks
that life far too precious TO be lost.
| Go back, or--wait until tomorrow.
Benniewill need a. change after be
has faced death; he shall go homo
with you: s
s.God bless You, sirl" said Blossom,
Two days alter this interview, the
young soldier came to the White
House withhis little sister. He was
called into the presidents private
room and strap was fastened around
his shoulder Mi. Lincoln then said:
"Tbe soldier that can carry . sick
comrsdes baggage and die nncomplaiu
ingly. deserves well Of his country"
Then Bonnie and and Blossom took
their way TO their Green Mountain
home.A crowd gathered at the rail.
road station to welcome them; and as
farmer Ovens hand grasped that Of
his boy, tears, flowed down his
cheeks, and he was heard TO say fer
vently: "The, Lord be piaised!''---
Texas Sif tings
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-08-08
ERRORS OF YOUTH.

A GENTLEMAN who suffered for wears
from NERVOUS DEBILITY PREMATURE DECAY,
anil all the effects Of youthful intliscretion,
free to all who need it, the recipe and ,iircc
tion for making the simple remedy by which
he was cure'l. Sufferers wishing 10 profit by
the advertisers experience can do so By ad-
dressing In p.rfcct con ii,lencc. -
join d. OGDEN, A. Cedar, St., New York.
be.2s'ss-ly ~.
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Our illu.ua,sd Lives Of the Jrmss
urether. Is enlarged 10 800 Pages
with 20 Iliustratio and Is complete
insluding the Desth and Burial Of irsse.
We also illustrate the killing. the house,
Jesse James after death, bis wife, nj,
t.oehlldfen born In outlawfy. The Fofds
Who made the capture .eie. alsn a fuil-page
en9rsvlng o. Coz. Crffendcn. A0INIs
WANTED. Circulars nee. Outfits 4oets.
III, 70 the only npe history. Beware "
smaller ediaons. 0ns kiegant illusfrsied
solans Of 800 fsEe., Secure only the
ncsi, Largest and Cheapest.
co.. No, f1a West 9Th ST.. Cincinnati, o.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-01-13

About three months ago the wife Of Mr.
Kennedy Gray. an engraver, residing a ~
1916 Van Buren, street. was bitten ~ . mad
dog, and few days since hydropLobia set In
resulting In her death yesterday morning. u
appears that she discovered the dog. large
black one. on her stoop. and attempted x
drive II away, bur the brute snapped Al her anf
Bit her hand The rabid canine <prang a. her
and she then caught Il b. piece u broken
rope. which wa around its neck. The dog ~at
TO heavy for her 70 throw Il on, but shs
managcito keep Il from fastening IA teeth N
her throat. though. a y snapped from side %
side. her hands and arms were severely LAGER
ated
The brave woman then caught the brute BY
the lower inv. ana undertook - hold il until
help could come hut the dog broke AWAY from
her and ran. In the yard Il attacked . small
dog belonging ~ the family. but dii not sue
ccei IN biting IL On the street II succeeded
III biting several stray animals bcforc citizen
shot ii. Onc III the dogs bitten ha~ since hit.
ten LADY living III the vicinity, AMI the neigh.
bo,hood l. greatly excited over the affair.
Mrs GRAY went Ia Van Burcn'~ drug store and
had her wounds cautcrized The wounds
healed rapidly. and Mrs. Gray experienced no
trouble TIL last Saturday. when NE became
sick. The following day ~he Va seized with
spasns. and DR. Phlon G. whil,len WA sum.
monet He found the unfortunate lady IN .
critical condition and with marked symptoms
IL hy,irophohia.
The usual remedies were applied, but moth
ing could ~ done 10 save the lasly's life. and
what was administered was given simply ~
alleviate her ~niferings. Saturia, noun she
displayed great bathing for food. and the
sight ~ water threw her into ~pasms. The
least noise disturbed her. ani a breath ~ ar
was sufficient ~ put her intoconvul-ion< She
realized the hopelcSSne-S ~ her case ffnm the
first. and . few hours before her death called
I the family about her ami talked "a them. rc.
calling her life and exhnrting them 10 live 4
useful future. Her remains Will bc taken East
I for infcrfncnf ~ hirngv Lttcr-Or<uu.
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The recent completion ~ the Alpine tnn-
III ~ the Denver. south Park A Pacific Rail
roai Comp4u, demonstrates tho daring mn.
turc ~ the nineteenth century engineering
ana M addition Thereto the tunnel I, a. Oh
Icel ~ interest ~ = work ~ No ordinary char
sctcr Through the courtesy o. SurerIntend'
ent q. VI Fisher and Chief Engineer Evans.
The N<.s has been enabled ~ present the FOL
loving facts regarding the huge artincial
cavern.
The tunnel 4 situated N Alpine Pass and
pIefcrs the great continental backbone. The
summit IL the mountain Il al-o the boundary
line between ChaIcc and Gunnison Counties.
entering the tnnnc. IA the former county
ANA emerging III the latter. The town ~ Han
cock a situated about three miles 10 The east
Of the eastern entrance. and Fitkin. nine miles
away. Il the flf>t town encountered while Jour
ncying westward
The elevation ~ the tunnel was one 81 the
serious obstacles encountered while perform.
inr the work. Al an altitude u Il ~ feet Il
enters 4 mountain whose crest u lsoo feet
above the sea. and constant changes were me-
ccs~itatei among the workmen, for only the
most robust could endure the effects q that
rarifei atmosphere. From the eastern en-
trance % the western exit the tunnel 4 ,ss3
lee, In length. while iis heights = feet, with
width o. 1915 feet
The work was commenced about two years
ago aud Il was pronounced finished On the
second day 81 the present month While the
benefits accrning from the work a. the rail-
road company warranted The expense. 4 was
nevertheless expected or anticipated that ore
veins Or bodies would be encountered Any
hopes Of such nature were not realized,
however, for throughout H. entire length de-.
composed granite was thr predominant char
acteristic Of the rock. The interior i finished
throughout with California red ~osd, and
when completed the aggregate cost % the
work was found 10 be t20>.00o b, means 81
the tunnel Gunneon and All points westward
are brought eighty miles nearer 70 Denver,
while the disadvantages sccruing from con
slant warfare with the SHOWS are greatly
diminished. as SNOW sheds Tor ashort distance
from either cni Of the tunnc: sill protect the
track and permit uninterrupted transit, when
this would not be practicable we're the road %
traverse the labyrinth 81 canyons necessary 70
gain the desired point
To certain extent rxilrpa.ling ~ very high
attitudes Il even nov experimental, and The
difficulties 20 be ~urmountrd are more serious
than would be imagined from hasts glance
a. the subject. shorter curves and sleeper
curves than we're deemed practicahletc ten wears
axo are now constantly and aivantAge"i~iy
employed by the mountain roads. aud think
ing men are beginning 70 appreciate the "a
vantaxcs 20 Be derived BY employing tunnels
q : saver Of distances. while the danger from
6oDds and SHOWS incident % the traversing q
watcr-course canyons are an important factor
IN the estimates emhodying the original cost
and the repairs. D.nr0 Assn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-01-13

SKxoR ROMERO has been appointed
b. Ire Mexican Government = specisl en-
voy, charged with power % negotiate
treaty u commercial reciprocity with the
United states. senior Romero has been re-
pestedIs secretary or the Treasury II Mrxi-
co. and he has lived many years 10 this
country a. Mexican Minister. lie = pro-
grrssiye man.
GEx. t;RASr i said 70 have reached
the conclusion that Gen. Fitz John Porter
was .ieepl, wrongci ~ dismissal flynn the
Army. And win address 40 earnest appeal
Ia President Arthur far the prompt resiora-
lion ~ The di-graced leader.
REDUCTION Of public debt during
ID .cr,nber Int. 80. .e3St3.
GE0RGh w. SHOEMAKER, ex-Chief Of
Police OF Terra Haute, Ind. committed ~nis
a. al the Spencer House. Indianapolis, by
taxing morphine. Pm. kimba'i. proprie-
Tor d the Kimball House at Naquoketa,
Iowa, ended his existence o. account q
business reverses.
w. T.. GRAHAM, who killed, robbed
and burned Philip E<ley q venangc. Els
worth County. kans-. on the night 81 thr
| 18th. was hanged BY 4 mob In front ~ the
| court house Jan. ,. W. q. Rose would
| have met the same fate. but was taken from
| the jill and secured BY the sheriff during
(! the excitement.
Tux business of New York for tho
\ YEAR. 4. exhibited by the returns 81 The
4 Clearing house. reached the unprcced nied
1 total of -. fpn,po.ro.
GEN BREWSTER has assumed charge
l 81 THE Department ~ Ju~t ce.
\ MEMBERS Of the brooklyn IN. I'D
Board 81 Aldermen whp voted away The
! streets 10 elevated railroad corporation.
over the Mayors veto. and III disregard 81
an injunction. have bern arrested FOR es:.-
tempt ~ court.
IN sing Sing prison, New York, thu
other morning, Daniel Cash was killed h'
Angelo Cordeta. Sotaword was spoken, and
the cause Of the crime 4 4 mystery.
UNDER the presidency Of Thomas
Davis. company has been organized 4,
Boston 70 build steamships which are cx'
pccted ID cross the Atlantic In less than
week. Nearly <2.ooo.ooo stock has beer
taken.
WILLIAM HowARD, aged II, hanged
himself IN wood.hcd At Buffalo, n. Y. II.
was an orphan and adopted son of Lawrence
Moore. The boy had complained that hi
adopted parents ill-trexted him and this 4
believed % have been the cause of The zui
eide.
a SALOON kept By two Germans y
Palestine kosclusko County, Ind, WA
blown up By dynamite by unknown persons
This \ the second building lost BY thcs'
men IN this way within the past thrc'
months.
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A brother and sister have met after q scpa.
rationof twenty wears. and the meeting has
been brought about IN Davenport ~ the little
>ou NJ The sister III most peculiar WAY. One
week ago Yesterday the raft steamer Clyde
went into Davenport NJ her way North. and
Captain Douglass tied up his boat ~ awhile
IN order ~ permit some % the crew ~ 70
ashore auH make purchases. Among others
who went ashore was Aaron Carter. q RATS.
man The weather was very coll, witha keen,
northwest wind While goingalong the street
Carter met poorlyclad little hoy. who was
running along. crying bitterly Carter asked
him what was the matter. aud the little lai
sobbed ont I'm cold Come with me-
said Carter, and. taking the boy 70 4 clothing
store, Nc bought him suit Of warm clothes
and pair ~ mittens He then asked the boy
hir name. I. Aaron Dunlap was the reply
Carter was thundfrstrlck. Aaron DunlApt'
he cried. Where are ynur father AMI
mothcrW Father ID dead Y the boy replied
" Well. take ME 70 your mother then. ~
quickly - You can said Carter. The hoy
took him ~ his humble home. and when Car
ter entered the house the boys mother rushed
into h> arms with shrek that made all the
other occupants ~ the tenement house rush
into the hall 10 see what was the matter.
Carter had found sister whom Ne had not
seen since the year 1s62, when ne went % war
with Maine regiment. - DnwyOu Dsmccraf
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~s...A.- h.x> -, ,>nfur>i A. M Tcrri.
,-~- ~ i.5i.n .cout. MA turned over % The
r..~,c ~ Sumn>r (onotv. who wae M pur-
s.,, ~ them. Among the prisoners 4 CO.
msnche Bin. AZ one time celebrated Indian
scout under Custer, but now known - >
desperate.
Tnr County 81 Douglas, IN Southern
n.tot. 80. oryani<ei LAT winter. frAudu-
len,lx. n N claimed. II having only about
for,y votes and some 81. 900 81 taxable
cr.pertv. II now tran~pircs that some
500. ooo N bonds have been issued By tho
officers Or the county and put upon the
Eastern market. Charles r. Mccoy, :
promi .cnt politician of Bonhommc County.
1. supposed 70 be AZ the bottom Of the fraud.
aud be has heen arrested.
ROBERT L. LINDSAY, the Missouri
land swindler. convicted At StenbenyiIle. O.,
has been sentenced 70 nine years In the PEN
Isentiary.
An important arrest has been made
a. Rincon, n. H., o. VIM. Hayden. wm-
Wambsugh. DR.. Paxton, james Rate, Nc
Clintock, and samuel Proctor, hotei-keeper
n Rincon, part Of ~ alleged organized gang
Of Atchison. Topeka santa re freight
train thieves. Their dspreda'ions Are
large II Sa'ue' anu e>'enu'nS ''e' 'e's'''
months.
INFORMATION mas peen rece''eu ''o'',
Shihuanua' Mexico n rs sS'''pauon =
tne Apache 'n'.' Mana ~. *, '."'"s' NV ~
pSnn' Mana ano some = ~ P''"e' ~ "-''-
err were drawn up " nne NJ NY ~ "'.e1
~ We s'e>'can Au'n"' wv. ,"o 's' s.'"'
o. tnc pann were sen' ~ W. Nv IN nsN.,o'
where they VIII pe eo.''pe'.ss I" VIZ :" 80
mines i'r ING rr'ns'nuet z '"s,. 'ss'.
1VIILik" h'N"-Ls P'o''''no''. yo"''6
lawyer q Milwaukee,, formerly Probate
S'erk, nAs co'nm'''eu 'orss''s- anu pse",s-
lions 20 'afke a'nou"' ~" .',e'''''s" ~
vas treasurer q re'efx' 'e"' =. r'e'eue''
HERMAN WkLstNe' eN-A treasurer ~
Lee County, lows. has been indicted by the
Grand Jury Tor the embe<<'emens % county
funds. Ills deficit j. said 20 be 10000.
FRANCISCO ALANiLLA, Mexican
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"a Philadelphia court has decided
that bequcsi 70 III q Young man for the
ministry II gift fora religious purpose.
and 10 hc valid must Ne made % least
thirty days before the tcstator' death.
The law requiring this lapse "a time ~
gifts Of the kind was intended g pre-
Vent persons from doing IN injustice ~
those having natural claims upon them
by disposing u their property when ~
the point II death in manner tended ~
propitiatc Deity.