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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11
IA Good Story.

In the village of W lived a
man who had once been Judge of
the county, and was known all over
il by the name of Judge l.. He kept
a store and saw-mill, and was always
sure to have the best of bargain on
his side, by which means he had
gained an ample competency, and
some did not hesitate to call him
"the biggest rascal in the world.'
He was very conceited withal, and
used to delight to brag of his busi-
ness capacity whenever any one was
near to listen. One rainy day, as
quite a number were seated around
the stove in the store, he began, as
usual, to tell his great bargains, and
at last wound up with the express
sion, "Nobody has never cheated me,
nor they can't neither"
"Judge," said an old man of the
company, "l've cheated you morn
you ever did me-"
"IIow so y asked the Judge.
"If you'll promise you won't go to
law about il, nor do nothing, I'll tell,
or else l won't; you are too much vt
Il law character for me-"
Lets hear! let's hearw cried half
a dozen voices.
"l'll PROMISE said the Judge" and
treat in the bargain"
"Well, do you remember that wag-
on You robbed me out OFF,"
II never robbed you ofany wagon,
exclaimed the Judge; ~ only got th'
best Of bargain
swell, made up my mind TO hav'
i back. and" rs
"You never did" interrupted the
cute Judge.
swell, You see, Judge, sold you
lone day a very nice pine log, and bar
gained with you fora lot more. Wei
that log | stole of your pile, down b,
your mill. the night before, and tht
next day l sold it to you. The mex
night drew it back home, and solo
it to you the next day; and so I KEEP
OH uutil you bought your own 10y o
me twenty-scven tines"
"That is falsc!" exclaimed the in
furiated Judge, running to his book
and examining his log accounts; "yol
never sold us twen y-seven logs o
the same measurement"
II know it," said the vender in logs
"by drawing it back and forth til
ends wore off until ii was only tel
feet long-just fourteen shorter thai
the first time brought it-and whe
il got so short drew 1t home agai
and worked it up into shingles, an
then l concluded l had got my WACO
back and slowed away in my pocke,
book"
The exclamation Of the Judge wa
, drowned in the shouts of the bystar
i ders, and the log-drawer founl III
door without the promised trca
! And to sec man mad you have onl
. to ask the Judge if he ever was rol
(, lbed,-The Plowman
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

James c., a genial son of Erin,
is fond of shooting. One day hawk
aliglted near the house, and his sou
took the gun, crawled within gum
shot, and missed. "Why didn't you
kill the hawk?' queried the father.
"The guns no good" answered the
junior James. "Ye'r liar, Jamesie; /;
it's yew that's no good. Yc can't tell
me anything about that gun. Sure
I've known her since she was a pistol
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11
BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

TIorgixsvILLg topGR, No. 81. A. y. a \. N.
---.I,r Aci nrinll. ". NJ: A. u. C,nrk, Scerrta-
~ Lo,lgc meets ut Ma sonir Hall. r"fn.f
aa.n AMI SUrins streets. arst MJnday nigh'
IN each month
ogiESrAL CHAPTER No. li-Statel convoca'
tiohs 2n,l Monda. night each ,nonth at Ma
sonir Halt. Comp. u. ". fairlcigh, High
i'ri,st; I. u. Hwtrich. secretary.
MooRr CoxnAxpEgy No. 0, X. T. Regular
cuuriH, q tth No ,lal in each month at Masuh-
ic liaii. ir u. ". stone, +. c.; sir MAI
Ga,thcr, Rccnruer.
MoAYoS COUNCIL No; s; CnosnS fniEsps-
N. Lipstinc, 4. T.; Is. W iiRtri-un, scv vrrtAry
Me,ts IL X Of T.. tau. 2"d and tth hVnha!
nights IN rarh month.
EvERaREES i.onGE, No. IS. X. Of P.-Chns
W I,uckcr. lhunccllur Commander; u.
lIrnr,, Keeper uf k,roris um, Scal Mre,'
In Castle tIalI End airi tth thursday night ~
zach month tndnwue.t RANK. 5rd Molua!
evening ~ each month. \. u. Rodgers, pres,'
l.. u. Davis, sec aud Tr,as.
CHHisriAs I.oDaE. No. $40, X Of H.-M
Ltpstinr, lplctatur; W. r. tianilc, Recorder.
Al, cts in n. OF y. Ilail. isearl builiing, 2nt
and 3,d iuvs,ia, nights In each month.
IIorK,ssviLLE COUNCIL, No. 55i ROYAL
ARc ASra-J !. Land-s, Regent; Gca
Long. sccrciary. Mects 1nd aud ath Thurs
day n,ghis In X. of i. Hall.
GRggS RIVER i.op0E, No. 81, 1. o. o. +
| Juhn loupy. Nuile Graini; W. y. Ranuic
srcieiary Meets e,ctI tltia, night 10 X. q
| T.. iiali. Mercy hue .mpm,nt, No ~, %. %
f.-H. N. Anderson, Z. ~; W. =. Randlc
secretary.
ASciESr ORDER UNITED woRENEs-G. W
| Bnliw In, NJ. " J. ". tross. Il. Meets 2n'
amdi,h Tuesdays In Zach month. At k.of T.
iinii.
KNIGHTS oP THE GOLDEN CRoss-J. ".
>nith. \. e.; ". u Thompson, \. X. Of !;
M.v,s lei, aui 3ni ii,a! IN each month ih
vf a. nail.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

She tenderly pushed him from her
as they stood in a bay-window with
the soft moonlight falling upon them,
and said: Willie, dear, think you
had better try some other hair-dye;
your mustache tastes like turpen-
tiunv
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

EYES," said the millincr, "thc sui
eide of Mrs. Drcstokil is a terrible
affair. Why, she did it the very day
I sent her a new bonnet, and people
will think the bonnet had something
to do with it, and it will ruin me-"
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

Edith: A first-class summer resort
is one at which the cottagcrs will not
speak to the hotel guests. A second
class resort is one at which the hotel
guests will not speak to the cottagers.
A third-class resort is one at which
everybody tries to have good time.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11
Lighting Mammoth Cave.

Mr.. Moore, the manager of the Edi-
son Electric Light Company, has re-
turned TO Louisville from his visit to
the Mammoth Cave, where he and
numFcr of Exposition people went
last week. Mr.. Moore says that it
would be entirely feasible 10 light the
cave with electric light through its
entire distance, and that he could
even light up the river by submerging
a strong light in it. lie thinks he
might even reform the fishes so that
their eyes would come back. Mr..
Moore says the question about light
ing the cave is the question of fexpense.
-Ex.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

She wasa sweetly inexperienced house.
keeper, as one may gather from her
remark when some one suggested
that sho should purchase spring mat
tresses. "Yes," she replied, "if they
are in season we'd better have some."
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

Throughout Minnesota the 18th of
August is known as "Prairic Chicken
Day.. In anticipation of the end OF
the season in which feathered game
is protected by law, parties of gunncrs
are made up in advance, and on Au-
gust Is they are in the regions where
the game is most plentiful. The
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

Ayounglady madea narrow escape
at fire in New York a few nights
since. About half Of her back huir
was burned. Fortunately she was
not i'll the building at the time, hay
ing put on her other hair and left Tho
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

A traveller, inquiring at a feudal
castle whether he could see the an
tiquities ofth place, received >
simple answer from servant az am
sorry, sir; my lady and her daughters
have gone to town."
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

A difference; Almost any man VIII
forget his $40 umbrella when he
leaves restaurants, but give wtm-
an a parasol worth 81 and take her
into fifty restaurant and she will not
FORGET il once.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

Quality and quantity: "This idea
of my being jealous of Miss Smith,"
exclaimed Mrs. Brown indignantly;
"the idea Of my being jealous OF her.
when / think so much ofherV ''yes,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11
POST OFFICE.

Bridge Street. Jho. B, Gowen, +. NJ. Onl,
hours from IA. NJ. ivUP- NJ. aud the oih.r !
also 0prn Tor u short iiiur aftur the arrival 9
the evening mails, ai pP.M. sunda, or"
Iruin . to 4PM N. nN NruVt
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

1t is another bright, peaceful day
Here is the same pure air, the SAINT
blue sky, the same panorama of grass
aud flowers and dimly outlined noun
lains.
A band of hunters are crossing the
prairie at steady gallop, instead ofu
single maj riding for his life. A
vulturc rises up with hoarsc scream
"a sc:onl-a third, AMI the odor Of
decay reaches the nostrils Of riders
aud horses. The band lialts, rides to
the left, aud presently all look down
upon sight which tells its own sto-
ry. The swollen carcass of horse,
tho scalpcd and disfgurcd body oi
hunter-trampled grass-spots OF
blood-broken arrows-the earth up
torn by hoofs.
One with stouter heart than the rest
,llsinounts anu picks up uoZei nat
tened bullets and a score of arrows.
Then he circles round the spot and
gathers the empty shells thrown out
by the hunters Winchester Bullets.
arrows and shells are deposited in Il
heap by the corpse. and the man
points out one-thrce-five-seven
spots on the prairie where the trans
pied grass aud stains of blood show
the fall OF horse or man. Then in u
voice in which sorrow and pride were
mingled hcwhispers:
"Poor Tom! But he died game !"
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11
KAHoKA, No., Feb. 9, 1886
ETAK.

KAHoKA, Mo-, Feb. 8, 1880.
l purchased five bottles of your
Hop Bittcrs of Bishop 4 Co. last fall,
for my daughter, and am well pleased
with the Bitters. They did her more
good than all the medicine she has
taken for six years.
VIM. I. MCCLURE.
The above is from very reliable
farmer, whose daughter was in poor
health for seven or eight years, and
could obtain no relief until she used
Hop Bitters. She is now in as good
health as any person in the country.
We have large sale, and they are
making remarkable cures.
w. II. BISHOP & co.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

MrsApoRA TEMPLE, No. Ss. s. OF r..
Meets 2L nui ttb 1ursaHyE In each muuil,
Augusta Monch, " r.; KATIE IasAy ,sc,reta
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

iIopKiYsviLLK iop0E, No. 1870, q. U. q
OF d. r. Mrels 2nu aud AT Muh,iay nightl
ut helrs HAL. charles Lightfvot, \. u; Il
\. Lander, u. =. .H Al
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11
Rough on Rats"

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies
ants bed-bugs, skunks, chipmunks
g0ghers, lac. Druggist.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

FRE.poA iopGg, No. sS, HI Meets l.
anu 3,d ucs,ia! nishIs ib Bells iIaiI. h. "
uiass, ". ~; l. 5 Buckher, SECRETARY.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

iiopKI>sviLLE loDar, No. i.u. Il. s.
Meets let unn 3td aOnuay nights ~ hell
nat. T.. l,el, Piesiucnt, ii. AcSeal, seer,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11
Holland's Opera House

Main street. adjoining Phnenlx ;i"ici.
u Holland, Proprietor; a. ID. Rodgers, MAJ
u0pr.
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EXPRESS orFreE

SOUTHERN EXPRESS ConPASy-R. W Nut
aohl. As0ht. Unicc old bnnk building, Ma
street.
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"Buohupaipa,

Quick complete cure, all annoying
Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Dis
ease. 81, Druggists
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

lie is down! A burrow caught II
foot as the horse sped onward and
man and animal roll to the ground.
The race is flnishoI. The poor beast
whinnics an apology for his fall as he
founders about with broken leg,
AMI the exultant shouts ofthe redskins
hardly reach the hunters ears before
he is down alongside the crippled
horse aud his rife aimed at the ap-
proaching Zoe.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-11

heels. 1t has become Il question Of
endurance. If he can tire them out
he will escape. IL. shuts his teeth
anew and reaches forward to caress
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-30

On the night of the 10th ultimo, China
woman named Lii Ke You, aged Il years,
was kidnapped from in front oil Lung Boon
Obs restaurant, on Jackson street, by four
h,ghbinder's, who gagged and choked the
heather beauty and forced her into hack
which was driven rapidly away. A reward
of 5000 was offered for the recovery OF the
woman by her alleged owner, Wah Sing, a
merchant of No. SO Clay street. Detec-
lives AVIAN and Cox were detailed to work
the matter up, which they did so
successfully that the four kidnapers
were captured in Stockton yes.
terday, and the woman was re-
covered The pursuit was long and Keen
one, and the Culprlts were forced TO leave
the city to escape capture. from lniorma
ton received it appears that the woman
was taken 10 the house OF citizen on NC
Allster street by Chinaman who had
formerly worked in the house, and had
been hidden in the basement. Her presence
was discovered OIL the 25th, by the lady of
the house, who, not knowing that the
woman was kidnapped, ordered her auda'
cous servant to remove her. The same
hack was again brought into requisition,
and the chattel was spirited at night to
Chinese fishing camp in San Mateo county,
on the bay shore. The officers again got on
the trail, but reached the camp Two hours
after their game had sailed away in fishing
junk, having doubtless been alarmed. Las,
Saturday it was learned that the tugltiyes
were in San jose, but on the officers post
ing down to that place il was learned that
highbinders had left there early that morn
ing in hack. They reached Chinatown
here late that night, but learning of the not
search being made, they again left the city,
going to Stockton. The Stockton police
had been notified. and the runaways were
corraled there yesterday afternoon, togeth-
er with their hack. Chief Crowley was i'm
mediately telegraphed, and Detective Cox
went down to bring the gang and their vic
tim back. The woman who is worth about
81 600 in the Chinese mart, was very pre-
possessing, and was undoubtedly stolen to
be sold in the INTERIOR San francisco
Post.
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Retentive Memory.

Some mems memory is so reteniye as "a
be an inconvenience to them. If they read
s'mething bad or trashy, it haunts them
for weeks. Bayard Taylor often com
planned of the tenacity with when his
memory held on to the most absurd things
But then, Taylor read everything that
came in his way, and thus degenerated his
memory to the uses of n pack-horse.
Bryant, also, had marvellous memory
but he never abused 1t. Knowing that il
never forgot anything, he was iastidious
about his reading, and never browsed
among unclean or worthless books. His
memory, therefore, instead of annoying
soothed and exhilerated him. When AT sea
he was always too sick to read much. Blu,
such was his familiarity with the English
poets that II = would beguile the time by
recting page after page from favorite
poems. However long the voyage
he never exhausted the resources of hi.
memory. IF allowed little time" he
once said in his later years, al could re.
call every line of poetry | have ever writ
ten."
Young persons gifted with a retentiye
memory should initiate in their read.
ing the fastidiousness OF Bryant rather
than the righteousness of Taylor
Now and then n young man or q
young woman, when tempted to read a bad
book, says to himself; "0h, I'll only look
It through; II won't hurt me-"
But 1t will. And the stronger the memo,
ry the greater and more lasting will be the
injury. The evil which bad book does
lives long after its title has been forgotten,
IL raises bad thoughts and images, which
VIII not down when we bid them.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-30
Tho Star-KOute Trial

WASHINGTON, May 29.-Merrick coniin
ued his address in the star-route case to
day. He commented severely upon Bra
| dy's testimony, and declared that Brad,
had admitted increases were made to bene
| MT contractors.
Chandler here interrupted to say that tn,
prosecution hau claimed that the closipl
contract could not be made to pay by th,
expedition, aod Merrick replied Ger
tainly, it can be made to pay, but how
Give me the set of vilainous contractor.
and l can convert losing contracts into the
mountain profit by perjury, vile perjury
Its easy enough, he wished the Jury to re
member sub-contractors were reauir.
ed to pay every fine and penalty when he
came TO go the Caliente route. He would
show how poor Joseph had been ruined BY
those fines ard deductions, how Dorsey
had p0cketed the remlssions amounting t(
! 81 400, and only paid it to Joseph when h,
came here as witness in the last trial.
Merrlck asked II any one living in Wash
lngton City, where rings llourished and fat
| tened, could believe in the honesty of pur
| pose of the defendants. Brady had sale
| nothing about his sliding scale when befor,
the congressional investigating committee
He had trumped up all excuses, and h,
(Merrick) wondeiel at his lack of wis
dom. Miner and Dorsey had mem
cries never ca, allied. They did n,
remember their compeers had not ar peare,
in acourt OF justice except they were lyinl
Italians. who swore against "Queer Caro-
line" Dorsey had picked up Reredell, had
made him what he was. His work had beer
skiilfully done. He (Merrick) had nol
| offered him as an angel, q
man without stain. lie had offered
him rs Dorsey's co-conspirator, pleading
guilty and waiting for sentence.
Whilst explaining the character of one oil
the atlidavits the foreman interrupted Mer
rick to ask, "Do you mean to say they
cheated themselves to begin with in order
t. get more in the end ?"
,"fhey did not cheat themselves" said
Merrick, "they lied. The all
dayit was Hat lie
and Brady ought to have known 1t il he
gave it an examination--what under the
law he was required to do. He said
Just preserve the proportion and crack
away boys; give me some petitions to keep
the record straight, so will be ready if any
OF these investigating committees come
nos.ng around; and crack away, I'll pry
open the door of the treasury"
The court adjourned till Thursday. in
accordance with the request of Merrick
who was suffering from nervous prostra-
ton, compelling the constant attendance
in court of his physician.
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The Vanderbilt Alumni

NASHVILLE, May IS AT the Vanderbilt
Alumni association annual banquet to-day,
among the sentiments most loudly an.
plauded, was an expression in favor of the
education of the colored race in the south
and that civil liberty was hollow mockery
without education Commensurate with It's
responsibilities. IL was further declared
that the Alumni associations were the best
sources Of the proper consideration OF
the subject of their thorough education,
This sentiment was loudly applauded The
negro visitors in attendance we're heartily
welcomed Tonight at Vanderbilt uni
versliy Henry Witherow delivered an nd.
dress before the literary societies of The
university on the subject, 1.-THE Homi
cidal Side OF Southern Life
His conclusion was that the homicide pro
pensitv WAS false but waning standard
of many courage and honor. The rem edy
was in the hanus OF the school men and tho
press. The audience was large and intel
leCtual,
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WEDNESDAY, MAY. 80, 1888

We publish again this morning our
N mmota sixteen-psge edition, containing
liz columns OF printed matter, among other
things the tax list Of the unorganized coun-
ties Of the State. matter ofitselfof general
interest throughout the state. In addition
IN mass O. useful and entertaining reading
matter and the news of the day. This
edition will be published for two We rs
yet. exclusive OF the present number and
we again desire to call the attention OF al
ver.isars to this unrivaled and invaluable
Bile means for making known their bust
ness and wants. Several thousand extra
copies of the edition are published weekly
aAd reach every county in the state o.
Texas. in addition to those reaching oui
racular weekly subscribers.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-30

New York, May 29.-The World pub
fishes letters written to Pulitzer by Senators
Bayard and Mcdonald, respecting the tariff
question. The former says Anything
like iinessee or the appearance of tiLessee OF
trickery in dealing with such an issue as
tariff for revenue or tariff for protection by
certain classes OF our citizens, will greatly
weaken the party resorting to it. know
of no position more impregnable and upon
which it is more important for the
democratic party to form its line
than that. public property can aot
be taken under private use under any pre-.
text. The only ground upon which any
individual can be deprived of mis- property,
is to benefit the community, aud whenever
such exigency arises he must be first Justly
compensated. The form of exaction Is i'm.
material, as much so as the place and tax
| collected in the interior or at the mans re.
sldence or at a sea port of entry ard under
the tariff law-an excise or direct tax law,
II Is all the same, and to be justified must
be in the name and for the use of the gov.
eminent of the United States. With this
principle once laid down the rate of taxa.
ton will be easily measured by public ext.
gencies, and such spectacle as was wit.
messed by the last session of congress of n
handful OF men representing private inter.
ests and controlling and moulding the pub.
lie laws OF taxation to suit their interests
will never again be tolerated by honest
public sentiments.