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srfo,ma,,on wanted.

A stranger who walked with iimo ana
carried cane freshly cut from the wood $,
halied Citizen on the steps OF the city
Hall, and inquired:
How about the reunion.
"Tts all right. ! guess
81 ssppose all the big generals have
been provided for2"
sob, yes
and the bri gadiers and coloneis have
been taken care orr
"Yesn
And the majors and captains and lieu
tenants have been assigned places"
~ presume So"
"And the sergeants and corporais anu
privates are going to march, receive non
ors and show off the best they cam
"That is the programme. Have you
been left QUIT"
wonder. Say, have yon read up pretty
close ON the programmed"
81 have"
"And has anything been said about the
heroes who drove suffers wagons through
the iron hail Of death-anything aoou
the suttlers who opened the business fo'
the hovs when the shrieks OF The dying
were Drowning the roar OF battle'
"-I-dout think so. In fact am sur'
Of it," -, -.
man "a he gave his leg tire mendous slap
reunion which doesn't provide foul
wb.sfed buggy for sutler who soil
pal hes for IS o can TO serve the UnioI
v thS,o TO Texas, sir-to Texas and b
10 cons sir-be hanged sirg"
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\ word 20 the officers Of the August
election may not be inappropriate, espec-
tally to those who may be in charge OF the
Hickman polls. Each and-~vrry voter,
whether of high or low degree, is entitled to
cast his vote free aud untrammelied. At
some elections at the Hickman polls in
former years, candidates or more particu-
larry the friends OF can6 idates have sur
rounded the polls so closely that the aver
age citizen is embarrassed, TO use no siron-
ger term, when he goes to vote. We have
known Of instances where men have declin-
cd to exercise their right to vote because
polls. Such efforts are of course for nc
other purpose than to influence and change
votes, and in some instances TO overawt
and bull-doze voters. The idea OF candi.
date hanging around the ballet-box. foi
any purpose whatever, is indelicate, inn
modest and reprehensible; but if one doe
so, it would seem somewhat justihable il
Others The truth is, the officers OF tn,
election should protect voters, and candi
dates r lobbyist prevented from the slighes
chance to embarras when the voter is in,
mediately at the polls This protection
could he given hy the construction OF
passwav from the door 10 the box and re
turn, 80 that only one voter would be a
the box ut The same time. This would
fair to all and the public sentiment woul'
approve it.
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Another ,to,nan,ned.

A Constantinople correspondent OF the
New York Herald makes the following IL
lustration of The religious feature of the
present politics OF NIL the Mohammedan
dominions. So grea. is the Influence this
promises TO have i n coming events that it
may not &c left out Of any calculation Of
The future. Amopg the sacred writings
of Ell Islam is said 10 be found the follow
ing prophecy:
.'On the first month Of Moharrem, In the
year of the Hegara 1900. NOV. II. 1882. J
will appear the Mehdi, or Messiah He
will be exactly forty years Of age and OF
noble hearing. One arm will be longer
than the other; his fathers name will be
= --s--szu.xt, ,sss tnet0~~rs Fntfma.ne--, h
vii be hidden for time prior fJhis
manifestation"
The extent Of the fanaticism of the
great east is inconceivable to any but the
well informed. The followers ofrhe ores
cent include to day u horde Of people
utterly opposed to any sentiment of n
European. Their fanaiicism is not only
unquenched but i, is unquenchable and
this makes the Egyptian trouble, in SO
far as it may involve the Turk, more in
teresting than IL this religious element
did not exist. We have once before re.
Gently called attention 10 this and point
cd out possible result that may come OF
threatened war with Egypt
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A Democratic and IN RepuDli-
can Opinion OF Tom
HAenry,R Prospects.
From the Co urier journal

"I tell you what IS the fact" said ex-
Speaker E. w. Turner, of Richmond, to a
Courier~J Journal reporter yesterday,
Tom Henry is going to be elected by
more than the average ajoriiy, and he
is going TO get almost the full party vote.
You know am a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomin ,tion for Attorney General
and have been over the State looking
after my own fences, and couldn't help
seeing the excellent condi tion OF Tom
Henry's. l have ATTENDED the recent
Judicial conventions Mt Lexington, Louis
willie and Hopkinsville, and, besides my
own travels, | have met politicians from
almost every county in the State They
all tell me that Henry will get good
Democratic vste in their respective coun-
ties, while Jacob will get no Democratic
votes worth talking about, sns by nc
means a fall Republican vote. SO you
can just say for me- that Tom Henry viii
be elected by from IS, 00J to 10000 votes. :
Tho reporter also came across Capt
Thos. Speed, prominent Republican
politician Of this city, and, in the course
OF a conversation, asked:
"Who's going to win The race for Appel
late Clerk?'
"oh, Henry will win it, hands down, as
the race people say"
"will Col. Jacob get over lnlf the Re
publican Vote
''No, sir; don't believe he will poi
half the Repusiicau vote
k.-sSmiLsS~ opinions aS-esaa-i>l<. e. ~ 6
: :. .rV15f1 10 tnfnR1Tnrless owed-0z7ir skill
can gather them for himself by M br
opening his mouth and ears.
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Taxas 8steaseo

The bill for the reduction of internal
taxes rs il passed the Hsuse aholishes
the miscellaneous taxes. These are the
two~cent stamp tax on all bank checks.
drafts. orders. or vouchers; the oue-half
Of one per cent. tax on capital and depos-
its of banks. bankers and banking com
panies, whether under the national bank
ing act or otherwise: the stamp tax
on articles mentioned in schedule A, Sec
lion Z, 4S7 of the Revised Statutes, il eiu.
ding matches. proprietary medicines, per.
fnmery and the vast variety of druggists
articles In addition TO the repeal of
these taxes, the bill makes general res
dueton in special taxes for persons en-
gagged in the various branches of the 10
bacco trade.
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Hon. Jos. HI. RUSSELL.

The nominee Of the second Tenne seee
Democratic Convention of 1882 Is a self
made man. he was n carpenter Sy trade
like his father before him, and by this
pursuit educated himself and his sisters.
working during the vacations. He sradua-
ted at Jackson College, and then made
his home nj Columbia. He read law uu
der Col Abe Looney. of that place, and
was licensed TO practice in 1860 In the
lafe war he served as a private in the
Second Battalion Of Tennessee CAVALRY
for one year. and was then made a Lieu
tenant, and Afterwards Captain of his
c'mpany. After the war he resumed HE
old occupation as carpenter. but in 1886
edtered upon the practice of the law in
Colnmbia, and was elected Attorney Gen
eral for that judicial circuit in 1870, and
re elected in 1878 and still holds thai
official position. lie is an active member
OF the church, aud a strong advocate Of
the temperance cause. He has been rec
ognized as sturdy advocate Of the main
ienance OF State credit. His nomination
yesterday ia his 6rst introduction into
the political arena
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SOME FEARFUL FIGURES.
How much "a Man can Drink
and smoke fn EIshs Years.

Macon tHa-) 1eicSraph.l
'sThat is finely colored pipe" we re-
marked TO a well-known gentleman OF
Macon yesterday, as he sat on the curb
stone ut one of our hotels, putting wreaths
of smoke from a we'll Drowned meer-
schaum.
YES" he replied. "and it has cost me
about $500 to give it that color"
chow so?"
"WelE | kept a faithful account for
eight years OF oil my expenditures, and
as have not always been what you mi ght
call an upright, moral man, the account
is fearful one"
We know the methodical habits of this
bachelor and hence was not surprised at
| his statement. In addition 10 the item-
izing of his expenses, he had kept full
| journal of his doings, and could tell how
many headaches, how many days sick
ness, how many times drunk, and thus it
was an easy task TO jot down at the end
of the day how much whisky he had
! drank or how many ounces of tobacco he
| had smoked. No old maid is more pre-
else or systematic than he.
al stopped drinking two yearssago, but
have continued TO smoke. AMI up TO the
time let up on whisky found that had
smoked up 400 pounds Of tobacco in this
pipe. / smoked one pound n week, and at
| times Wneu LFOuOtcu win ueuTalKiA,
smoked four ounces a day, which was q
pound and a quarter . week2'
"what did that tobacco cost your"
| ssTen years ago. Durham shipped *,
tobacco in barrels instead Of bags, @and
present, and 81 per pound to rs 30 vi
and then 60 cents, but averaginslt -
price at rs cents, the 400 pounds co.ak,
$4,000 for the eight years, or S3M w :
| year.
t@sssfew pucn whisky osa=y e.S -
the eight yearsf
Sixteen barrels; l drank quarry
day ! was paying SIP per week at e
tain hotel in Florida, and the barker
has boasted on several occasions that
many and many q week paid him 81 y
day for whisky, ginger, brandy and etc.
which makes, with the board just $40 per
week. Now sixteen barrels at 500 per
barrel is just $1,000, but that does not
cover the cost TO me, as paid 70 cents
drink for lots Of it. calculate that my
whisky for the eight years cost me fully
81, 900, If not more"
The nervous system OF this gentiema an
does not seem to have been impaired oy
this excessive use OF tobacco and liquor
lie holds that but few men could stand
il, and when his hand commence to trem
BILE he will cease to smoke.
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the European war.

Certain war is the intelligence now
frsm the Mediterranean The dispatches
this morning announce that unless Tur-
key puts stop TO the insurree'ion In
Egvpt. England will ct once take active
measures TO do this herself by armed in
vasion of Egypt. For the benefit of
those who may not have followed the
dispatches on this subjeet-volum nous
though they have been for several months;
nor the editorial comment attending their
publication, 1t may be briefly stated that
Eeypt. who has heretofore Acknowledged
the suzeraignty of the Porte, that is
Turkey, is in state of internal disor-
der, arising from causes bearing about
the same relation 10 Turkey as the affairs
of ireland bear to England She is now
about 10 make m effort 10 reiuvigorai e
her dormant force, and assert an indspen-
dent government. The Porte havin z
been in no position 10 check the cure nj
! Of events that have led up to this, is no W
/ namely a witness to its own disgrace
The compact between Turkey and Engs
/ gland being, therefore broken, IL hecom es
/ necessary for England to decide the att
tude of Egypt towards herself owing 10
/ her large interest and ownership in fhe
suez Canal, the quiet enjoyment Of whose
privileges necessarily demand that 4her {
| shall exist no obstruction in the Mediier-
ranean, either in he shape of toll OF
/ otherwise, to the freedom Of England !
commerce England's interest being
paramount to the interest any other oux
nation has in this passage, it is she wko
must. decide EgypGs fate. had -
] f,s.-.cc E,fsssrfl rFy-istspirations Nd
ffssed. never 2neeiYsd such combina
in Tunis, where she has but fatefy 81
at war for the preservation of her right
Ifaiy, Spain and Turkey for individu
and private reasons TOO complex for e.
| PLANTATION here, and Russia from a reasC
of very grave import, inasmuch as she
in a state of rivalry with England for Il
possession of India, the one being a pc
sion of access through the interior, Il
other controlling the great Suez cana
To preserve the passage through this c.
mai England is about TO GO 10 wa. Wheth
IL will involve the ether nations OF z,
rope has yet to be determined by ti
course Of events. By good fortune
may possibly end with the punishmel
of Egypt by England and her quietly tai
ing possession of that country, bat OWN
to The decided improbability that EuroI
will submit to this, general war is imm
nent.
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The pennsylvanto RrosDect.

The Pennsylvania Democrats nomina-
ton is developing a surprising amount
OF force, and threatens 10 annibflafe Re
pubiicanism in that State Tie country
cannot but be glad TO see bossism as rep
resented by such men as the Camerons,
eliminated from politics. With the elder
Cameron IL was an imperceptible grow Ia
from peculiar circumstances II was slow.
AID was not conception OF one man. and
the good sense Of the younr Cameron
should have seen its continaation could
be only limited. Had he shown more poiiti-
cal acumen he had not now been the de
feated. disappointed, soured man be is,
but In influential man in great State
The popular sense Of this countryis won
derful Its final and inevitable verdict
is Invariably broadly democratic. aud il
is not possible TO throw its judgement out
OF balance. 1t is remarkable feature OF
our politics that the men engaged in il
do not more closely guage the popular
mind, aad by taking it at the aood ride
on TO greater fortune rather than expend
their force in a useless endeavor 10 stem
n resis,less tide. The enlogy this is &c
b e written upon the political grave OF
Mr.. Cameron should contain this a .sg6
cation: that he was an honest D. aoou
as politics go, but he knew not nse ilaxd
was therefore no guide. N
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Ghe COtOred Troops Fighs
E3raveiy.

The bringing over Of Hindu troops to
sght England's battles, laughed at as q
"theatrical show when Lord Beaconss
field first tried 1t in 1873 is in reality a
very farsighted and thoroughly practical
measure. Those who have felt the heat
of fat, sandy Egypt in it's hottest month
(thal OF August) can judge what chance
English soldiers would have there at this
season The Hindu sepoys, on the other
hand, light, slender, temperate, Injured to
marching and sighting under the burning
sun Of India, are the very men for the
work Moreover, many Of England
best Indian soldiers hold the Brahmin
faith, more especially the terrible Goork-
has OF Nepaul. who did such execution IN
the last Afghan war, and who have more
than once held their own against su-
perior force of disciplined Bnglishmen.
Bet cen the Brahmin and the Mussuinan
exist a mutual hatred to which no words
can do justice. aud which would add 10
the sepoy's natural sighting power, when
pitted against the Mobammedans OF
Egypt, savage enthusiasm which the
letter would End it hard TO resist.
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Aprinee.s I'm Neu YORK.

The New York Herald says that the
Princess Olive Lubin, only child Of Fans
tn l., Emperor Of Hayii, arrived here on
Monday from Port Au Prince. She is sc
years of age and widow. Her husband
sas Gen. Amitie Luhin, and married the
Princess while her family auI hi, own
we're in exile, his family having adhered
10 the Emperor even after his overthrow
in 1859. The Emperor Faustin l. was
born slave, but was freed by the decree
which freed oil the slaves. He took part
IN different instructions, aud became
commander Of division in the army. On
March /, IS47, he was elected President
ofthe republic, and began reign OF ter.
ror. He declared himself Emperor in lS49,
nader the title Of Faustin I, and created
= nobility among the negroes In 1855
be was overthrowa and e1iled. 1e wa.
recalled in 1867, and soon after died
The Princess was educated with great
care. and speaks several languages. She
and her husband spent several years in
Europe, AMI sfierwarl lived at their
ecuntry honse near Port An Prince. This
present government. though Republican
hss restored much OF the estate Of tbs
late Emperor. The princess has received
rom this source over $1,000. 1000. Sh,
10 at present the guest of the Haytiar
esnsnl. but will soon start on q tour
through the country.
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.Iudge RaWden.

From Breckenridge News
Hon. James IL. Bowden. OF Russefville,
re ceived the nomination for judge OF the
superior court for this district, at the
Hopkinsville convention Friday, Judge
Williams being the principal contestant.
We exceedingly pleased with the
selection. No State in the Union can
boast n better lawyer. He is the super
Tor of any jnstics of the supreme court Of
tbs United States in legal fore, while his
knowledge of law exceeds that of the en-
tire appellate bench of Kentucky. AL
most his entire life has been devoted 10
legal aud lite rary studies; he has dabbIed
bat very little in politics; his habits are
unexceptionable, his manners piaia AID
unassuming, and in oil his walks and
talks and ways he is q eldest. large heart
ed, big Drained. hiRh-toned Ksntuoky
gentleman. and We are proud of tie prisf-
lege of giving him our support.
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A New Kenrucky ~

. l. Be It enacted By the Cen.
ssn'6ty q me Commonwealth Of a ~,
That whenever any regular train, Hsed
for the transporting OF passengers, il de
layed in its arrival at any railway sta.
ton, which is also g telegraph station.
located in this State, for as much as mir.
~ minutes, 1t shall be the duty ofthe
ageat at such station to post in some con
spicuous place in the room used by pas.
ser gers in the depot at such STATEN he
fact Of the delay of such train. ~, sifls
length of time Of s4eA -s-a;,--~s y =
The s-----s---svccrrAlue by bin.
%. For each failure to so post the no
lice OF she delay and the length Of same,
as provided in the first section Of this
act, the Railroad Company so failing,
through it's agent, as provided herein
shall be liable TO fine of not less than
81 o nor more than $50 for each failure,
recoverable in the name Of the Common
wealth in any court OF competent Juris )
dietion.
g. This act shall be in force on apd
! after July lst, 1882.
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TIE LATE J. II. PLaUT.
The Theory Advanced OF Acct
dental Death.
IFrom Clneinnnti Ccmmcrcial.l

lfrom tiuctnnati CfInmcrcial.
The friends OF J. Il. Plaut, whose dead
boiy was found in the river al St. Louis
on the 9th inst, and brought to this civ
for intermcnt, have new and plausible
theory in regard to his death.
Mr.. Piaut was engaged in the whole
sale clothing business at st. Louis, AMI
h.s branch stores At Maiden and Dexter
City. Missouri. Hickman, KY, and Milan
aud Brownsville, Tenn. He was man
OF regular business habits, and his rela-
tians with his family were of the mosi
pleasant character. His business was in
fair condition. and there was no reason
why he SHOULD commit suicide. The last
thai was seen of him WAS at LAD ". OF
the 4th inst when he was writing let
ter on business o one of his branch
stores On the afternoon of the same day
he had an appointment to meet Mr.. Hem
nv Kiopfer in East ST. Louis on business,
aud he took the irniu across the river
The theory cf his friends and family "a "a
his death is that he may have stumbled
and faien off the train through the tres
fle work into the river i q an attempt to
get off He usually carried his hat and
coat on his arm Ia hot weather, and when
The hodv was fennd neither The hat nor
coat was with him, which gives color to
tn heory Of accidental death. All o;
his vsluab.cs were found upon him. in
GLIDING his pocket-book, containing SIS,
his gold watch and chain, diamond stud
and gold sleeve buttons. IL he had CON
tempiated suicide, he certainly would
have written 70 his family, when pen. ink
n,d paper were convenient, before he
started for East 81. Louis.
The only mssk that was found upon
his body wss cut on the wrist. which
hal heen caused by Mr. Plaat breaking
% pitcher as he was carrying "a down
eiairs from the third door in the stsse
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Representative Oscar Turner made an
effort last month TO have the duty on
trace chains abolished, urging that the
duty Of fifty eight per cent. WAS almost a
total prohibition against their impOrta
ton, and that the removal of this enor
nous war tax would benefit the farmers
and transfers of whatever political faith
The vote on the measure showed that sew
enty-two members fall Democrats but
two) voted for il, aud 100 TALL kepnbli
cans) voted against it. This shows very
concIusively which party wants to keel
up war taxation in n time of profount
peace. The farmer is harried by tariff
taxation whichever way he turns III.
pays, even, for trace chains, double wha
he ought to.
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II is absolutely certain that the present
common school law of Kentucky will be
declared unconstitutional as in violation
OF the liih Amendment 10 the Federal Con
s,itaiion. What viii be the precise form
or what the extent of this approaching
and certain decision. is not. perhaps, GER
tain. Already has Judge Baxter decided
in Kentucky that the capitaiion tax i'm
posed on colored men can not be collect
cd. and he has decided in Ohio that un-
less common schools substantially equal
to those provided for white children are
provided for colored children, the colored
children have q right to go to the white
schools. We may therefore accept as
inevitable that the State must make equal
provision for the colored children that II
does for the W hite children. This is rs
sure TO come as negro testimony, negro
suffrage and the erasure of the word
white" In the qualifications OF jurors
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Increase OF sman Farms.

FROM AAc A<o0tsFilte tfihnteIClel
Census Bulletin No. 26S gives the mum
Der OF farms in every State in each GEN.
sus year from 1880 10 1889, inclusive. In
The new States the large increase is OF
course due to growth in population, but
the remarkable increase in the older
Southern States shows change in the
system Of landholding and agriculture oil
the most important nature.
The figures are very striking. For in
stance, in Alabama the number OF farms
in 1860 was 55. l2S, in 1880 l3S. S64 an
increase of $50 per cent, while the popu-
lstion increased in that time only about
thirty per cent, while the population in
creased in that time only about thirty
Hsr cent In Georgia the farms in 1880
bered 62,003. and in 1880 l3S, 62o an
~ Afse OF about go per cent, while the
I, .5ion Increased but forty-seven
y In SoaLlstss.ssa9in ma the populz-
I'd seiisSseu-sfGas p-same time forty
lgh sft., and the number OF farms stcu,
lles er cent, and about the same is true
erponisiana. The same state of things
ht7ds good in all the old slave States, the
change being less marked, however. in
the border States, where there was Away
proportion Of small farms.
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Marriage Guilds.


These swindling concerns are meeting
vii h their deserts in some quarters, no.
tably in Tennessee. IL Is about time
they were meeting with such treatment
here. There is one Of these agencies
here, and there may be yet another.
These sharks inveigle the coniding and
the ignorant into their meshes, and swim
die them out Of few dollars, and when
they are wanted can never be found or
have no money. The agents of such con
Germs are always adventurers and dis
reputable, aud the companies are equally
50 IA the minds of thoughtful people; but
the ignorant and the poor, who are eager
to avail themselves of all the chances,
are gulled and swinSled.