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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-14

THE HEN CONYENTfON-A FABLE
A fox who found hard picking in Ger.
tain neighborhood ono day visited far-
mer's dog, and said:
"I have lately undergone change Of
heart, and I wish you to make known
the fact to your masters fowls. They
treat me as II I was murderer, and it
really hurts my feelings to see them hur-
ry into the coop at sunset. The farmer,
too, seems to distrust me, for he has
made the coop SO tight that I cannot
find single knothole. What sort Of a
way is that to trent fox, who is doing
his best to earn an honest living2"
II presume you would like to state
your case to the fowls in person" OBJ
served the dog.
That's it--thaps the very idea," re-
piled the fox. "Say TO them that
should like TO meet them in convention
under this tree tomorrow at noon.
will then explain my feelings toward
them, and trust that the fox and the
fowls will hereafter live in the greatest
harmony. Indeed, the only difference
between us is the fact that I have no
wings, and they shouldn't hold mo in
suspicion on that account"
The dog agreed to act as mediator,
and at noon next day the fox crept care.
fully through the weeds to the rendez.
vous and crouched down TO await the
coming Of the fowls. There was pres.
emily heard great whirr and clatter,
and two-score hens alighted in the
branches Of the tree over the fox.
"Ihe convention will now proceed to
business" said on old hen, as she pcered
down upon the fox.
"Just 30, grinned the fox. "Please
come down and we will proceed"
Thanks; but II it's all the same to
you we'd rather you'd come up here,
replied the hen.
"But can't fly"
"And we are poor runners."
The fox not being able to fly up, and
the hens refusing to fly down, the for
mer was skulking of. when he met The
dog, who said:
my friend, the difference between
undergoing change Of heart and desir.
ing to undergo change OF dict and pc
Eition is so obscure that many people
never stop to fish for it. As fox you
were respected for your cunning; NJ i
hypocrite even the old hens dcspist
you."
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-14
WEIGHING sso.ooo.ooo IN ocLD.

The weighing is being done in the
large melting-room in the Assay Office.
The brass scales are about four feet
high, and the weight on either sidc and
at the center rests upon knife edges Of
sharpness that will have been worn SO
much when the present weighing is done
that sley will never be used again. The
balance OF the empty pans Is SO exact
that tho one-hundredth part Of an ounce
added to either sida bears it down
promptly. The weights used are Of
composition Of metals looking like brass.
They are shaped like large tomato cans,
with scooped.out tops, across which are
straight handles, and they weigh 800
troy ounces each. Ten OF these weights.
or 5000 ounces, make the capacity Of
the scales, drop Of this size disposing
of twenty five bars Of gold, or 1926, 900.
OF course there are many smaller weights
to secure perfect accuracy. The entire
accumulation Of gold amounts TO 100
.aelts, Of which fifteen can DO weighed
in an hour, and, the working hours be-
! ing from 9 a, m. to p. m, only 10S
melts can be disposed Of in day. AL
lowing time for lunch and delays, thu
work will probably not be completes
much before the last day Of the iisca
: year, which is June 80. The gold, which
! rs in bars about six inches long, an incl
8 thick, and two aud half inches wide, j
stored in common open wooden boxes
I with about the capacity Of n hod. TEE
. oars are kept in each box, and the ham
q sruck in which the gold is hauled fror
a the vault TO the scales will hold twent
q ooxes. Each bar is worth 5000, eac
b ooxful about $4,000, each truck loa
Z about 81, 0Oo,O 900. The reporter, whe
J shown into the vault, was surrounde
\ oy shelves piled up with gold and sily'
worth about 10000. 600. -NieD 70,
J. | Would re- q. n sa. fN' a-s 2 sfN
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-14
pus1Nnss nrronr pnrAsunr.


There is sagacious Newfoundland
dog in Norwich. Ho will take the bas.
ket, in which is note. and go to the
market, get meat, vegetables, or what
ever the note calls for, and carry it safely
home. But he has daily task assigned
to him which he performs, rain or shine,
and that is to carry his mistress her din
nor. She keeps millinery establish
ment, and does not go home TO her noon
day meal. Regularly as the day comes
around, the dog may be seen trotting
along Main street at about 11:3O with
the basket in his mouth, looking neither
to the right nos. left, but going straight
to the store, where he sits down and
watches it until his mistress comes foi
1t. And he is 90 well known, too, among
the Norwich dogs that he is never mo-
Tested. But on Monday stranger dog
undertook to have a little racket with
him while he was loaded down with his
commissary stores. He hung to the
basket, but stopped long enough to get
a good look at the cowardly cur who had
interfered with him, and then started of
on run TO the store, where he dropped
the basket and Immediately returned to
the street and began to search for his
assailant He found him on Franklin
avenue, and proceeded TO chastise him
in true canine style. In about half q
minute he sat down and watched that cul
put in his best jumps for the hill.tops,
giving a XIII at every leap. Hartford
l(G) CouranL
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-14
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

The following appears in M. Taine's
volume on the first French Revolution:
"The revolt had triumphed, the Tuil-
cries had been sacked, the army had
made friends with the people, the Duke
OF Brunswick had issued his insolent
proclamation, Louis XVI. had been de-
posed, and the days Of September and
the Terror were coming. Let us pause
to contemplate for o moment the great
city and its new Kings. From afar Paris
seems to be club Of 700,0 political
orators, who shout and debate in the
public squares. Viewed closely, we find
just the contrary to be the case. II is q
city whose inhabitants were just like we
governed, busy and bent on amuse-
ment. For the greater part of them,
even at period Of revolution, the press
and completely of private life leaves but
little time for public affairs.
"The clerk is at his desk, the work.
man in lbs workroom, the mechanic in
his shop, the merchant in his store, the
professional man funlbles among his pa
pers, and the official is at his post.
Above all, they attend to their daily
business. Ii they turn away
from il, it is only for q quarter of an
hour, and out Of curiosity. They ap.
plaud or hiss, as they would drama,
but do not themselves go on the stage.
The declaration that the country is in
danger, says more than one eyewitness,
has not at all changed the physiognomy
Of Paris. There are the same amuse-
ments, the same pleasures as ever. The
theaters are as full as usual, the drink
ing saloons and places Of amusement
are crowded with the National GUAR
and with soldiers, and the beau nsord
goes off on pleasure parties
"Such is the GOODNESS or lukewarm
ness Of the great bulk Of the people. ]
is egotistical, elsewhere engaged, an
always passive under any Government
allowing it to do what it pleases, pre-
vided it in turn be permitted to brows
and frisk like herd in peace and quiet
As to the brave men who love the
country, they are still less of an obstrus
: ton, for they have gone away, or al
< going away, sometimes at the rate Of
s. thousand q day. By the departure ,
o. the brave, and by this inaction Of IL
, herd, Paris is in the hands Of the fana
s les OF the mob. Its the sans-culotte,
.. wrote the patriot Palloy, 'it's the dret
and oa'saille of Paris that have conquort
o the so-called well-to-do people. glol
. in belonging to this class"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-14
CLUB LIST.

We will furnish the following papers and PEI
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-14
EuIrPIxG CHILDREN.

A parent who cannot govern child
without whipping it ought 10 surrender
he care Of that child to soma wiser Per.
on. s, ortsnen once thought It neces-
AIRY to lash their dogs in training them
or the field. They know now that the
ship should never be used. Horsemen
nee thought that il was necessary to
whip colts to teach them TO start at the
word and pull steadily. They know now
that an apple is better than the lash and
, caress better than blow. II dogs
md horses can be thus educated with
,ut punishment, what is there in our
children which makes it necessary to slap
and pound them? Have they less in
telligence2 Have they colder hearts |
Are they any lower in the scale of being
We have heard many old people say
III we were TO bring up another chile
wc should never whip it" They ar,
wise but little too late. Instead o
God doing SO little for children tina
they must be whipped to goodness, H
has done so much for them that even
shipping can't ruin them-that is, as
rule. But alas. there are many exception
to this rule. Many children ere Of sue
quality that's blow makes them cowardly
n reckless, or deceitful, or permanent
ugly. Whipping makes children liz
Whipping makes them hate their pa
ants. Whipping makes home III
p,easant-makes the boys run ava.
makes the girls seek happiness anywhel
and anyhow. Whipping is barbaros
Don't whip. rtfFfrfi
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-14

A method of adulterating milk by
adding to it solution of commercial
glucose has been exposed by Mons,
Krechel in a communication to the
French Academy of Sciences. Al
the solution has the density of good
milk, the adulteration is not detected
by the ordinary testing instruments
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-14

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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-14
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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-22
New York Tribune: Alsarnea phys

New York Tribune: Alesrnei phys
clan once declared that the manifesto
tions of disease were so varied that he
should not be surprised at any symp
tom, however peculiar. IL that physi-
clan is still alive he ought to start by
The limited express this morning for
Charlotte, n. C II assist in the diagno-
sis of malady which for month past
has afflicted hoy named Wilhelm, aged
eighteen IL an ordinary bath tub is
filled with ice cold water and that
wretched Youths feet are placed in it,
the water gfo~s bot S" rapidly lhet
within six minutes il is at the boiling
point. Wilhelm suffers. intense agony
and his tubs have TO be continually
changed. VIII ell Is ma lightiask consider
ing that his tee, raise the temperature
al the rate al 80 degrees minute. And
yet, In the Divine economy, even such a
melancholy tate ~ Wiiheims has its
compensa atoms Ii is manifest that he
would be invaluable in Russian bath
establishment, for il he can make "A tub
OF ice waller boil ia sax minutes, he
could certainly convert the contents OF a
reservoir into steam within an hour. Or
he might be employed TO sit upon the
tender of n locomotive with his feet in
tank, at small expense 10 the company
and mo.t agreeably II himself, More
over, he would find poetic justice in the
latter occupation, for his malady is sup
posed to be Cue TO a violent shaking ad-
ministered 10 him by steam engine,
into which full head of steam was ac-
cidentally turned while he was clean
ing il
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-22

But perhaps the most peculiar tree OF
this time was the calamiii, Fig. ", and
4. They are found IN iointed, stFiated,
cylindrical or compressed fragments,
with channels formed in their sides and
sometimes surrounded by a bItuminous
coating. They were originally hollow
hut the cavity is filed mp by the. sub
stance into which they are converted.
They were separable at their termi-
tions. Their extremities have been
found to taper gradually to point, the
internodee becoming shorter and
smaller If we could CONCEIVE of an i'm
mense asparagus growing to the height
of so OF so feet ard 6 10 inches in d.
ameter at the base, we would have a
good idea of the tree. They seem to
have grown the same as the asparagus
by an underground stem whence issued
at intervals new jets, while the new
buds issued from the ground In their
jointed structure they much resemble
the common hoTseiail or securing rush
but were more brauchy and leafy
Then again We have the sigillarlas
reigning over the forest, great trees con
sisting of a single trunk surmounted By
bunch or Panicle of slender leaves
dropping at the extremity, the bari
of1ed ehanneIed and preserving the i'm
pressions of the old leaves which, from
their resemblance TO seal gave origin
to the name.
These trees often rose to the height o
a hundred feet. and with their tuft o
leaves at the summit must haYe been
beautiful sight These immense sigil
laria, king of the forests. these calamitel
rising forty feet high, these elegant AZ
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-22

The treasury returns for January show
that In that month we exported mer-
chandise TO the amount of $50, 237 900,
and imported TO the amount of $780,
$4,000, giving an excess of exports of
about $23, 4O6, 600. The imports were
worth only 100000 less than IN Janu-
airy. 1882, while the exports were worth
$l5, 800. 900 more This favorable trade
movement has been in progress since
October, and has already run up bal
ance to our credit of nearly $93, 000.O0
Very little gold ls coming IN to pay for
this excess of exports, while last month
the specie exports. including both gold
and silver, ran ahead Of the imports
Since foreigners are not paying gold for
this excess of purchases from us. they
are plainly sending us securities of one
kind or ether, or else they are now tax
ing tbs paw for our unusually heavy i'm
ports from them last year, The Public,
which gives much attention TO this sub
ject. infers tina, we are still IN debt TO
Europe on account OF the &pfavurable
balance OF the year ending in October,
and, taking into account the freight
charges of foreign ship-owu.rs aud the
differentiation Of imports, as we'll as
the merchandise exchange, this view az
pears In b. correct.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-22
RATLROAD CONNIssTONERs

Tue Capital, in speaking of the rail-
road commissioners to be appointed in
Kansas by the executive council, says
Our law Is new and untried, and al
most every thing depends upon the men
who may be chosen TO put il in opera
ton. They should not only he men of
high character, but men competent to
deal with the difficult questions that are
bound to arise, and fitted by experience
and observation to render impartial de-
cisions, as we'll AS Ia make practical and
judicious recommendations. The ap-
pointment of these commissioners Is a
matter of az much importance TO the
people Of Kansas as would be the action
Of that many regular state officers; in
| deed II Is In many senses Analogous to
the election of three justices of the su-
preme court, and the men should be as
free from possible bias and as capable in
their way as If they were actually being
placed upon the bench.
AS is well known, there is no lack oil
candidates, and without particularizing
by name we may properly say that the
| list embraces several, at least, whose ap.
pointment would be eminentIy safe and
advantageous. The usual remark, 'an-
other county beard FROM" will hardly
apply to the names that are being daily
added to the number of those who arr
willing TO serve, for about every county
In the state furnished an applicant OF
two SION after the passage of the law
We have no intention Of enumeratinI
them, but among the more conspicuoul
of those who would not decline If ap
pointed may be named Hon. Ed. Rus
self, Judge w. G. Webb. Col. ]. 7. Brad
ley, Hon. ]. d. McCleveTty. Capt. Henri,
Booth, Hon. Ed. Carroll. Gov. P. r. Fl
der, Hon. ]. A. T. Dixon Hon. NJ.
Knappenberger, Gen. A. Ellet, Hon.
w. Bulterheld and Gen. T. T. Taylor
II will be observed that every section @
the state is ready to furnish commits
sioner; and We have cited only one her
and there Of the aggregate throng c
Barkises.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-22

POLTGAMY AND MORMONISM
A few years ago the department of
state requested foreign governments 10
prohibit Mormon. emigration to the
United States, because the Mormons
come 10 this country to practice crime
against its laws. Two persons CLAIM
ing to be elders of the Mormon church
have now called upon the secretary of
state and requested that the terms Of
the circular TO foreign governments be
SO modified as 10 distinguish between
the Mormon church and its polygamous
branch, They presented a memorial
which sets forth that polygamy is no
part OF the faith of to-day, but is q
Hloathsome practice Of an offshoot
from the true Mormon church. One of
the persons who waited upon the secre-
tary Of state is Joseph Smith. son of
the founder and martyr of MormOnism.
There are evidences in addition 10 this
movement which indicate that polyga-
my is losing its hold on Mormons. A
few months ago the largest party
Vi tu0t hoo bCCA
sent out in many years sailed from
New York. There was no polYgamist
among them, and they spoke freely and
emphAtically against polygamy. If
they thus spoke in New York, it is not
likely that they are now holding up
polYgamy Ss one of the benefits of the
new religion which they are preaching
in lands where the idea of plurality of
wives is contrary to the teachings
which have prevailed for centuries. It
may he assured that there is little or no
open preaching OF polygamy by the
missionaries who 60 to foreign lands.
They pay their own expenses, usually,
and are very independent. But so long
as the true Mormon church of which
Elder Smith speaks permits the pOlyga-
mat branch TO stand as the type of
Mormonism by reason of the promi-
hence which the enorInity of Its practic-
Is gives to il, 30 long he and his anti
poly gamist brethren will have no griev-
anc, againt the Federal government.
Let them stamp out polygamy, ard then
the United States government will prob
ably modify its request that foreign
powers prohibit the emigration of Nor
mons To this country.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-22

The surrounding surface of the sea
must haye been dotted with many
islands covered by AN exuherant tropical
growth, while the atm sphere, loaded
with carbonic acid and watery vapor,
was seldom clear of the rain cloud ac-
companied by its mis;s and fogs
In this oppressive atmosphere
plants (which are Insignificant
now grew % an immense size.
The common fern, now / TO feet high
thep reached 10 the height of 10 and IL
feet. Immsnse tree ferns lowered 10 the
height of 80 and so feet and by pari-
son of scars upon the trunk others have
been found, indicating much larger
size. Leaves Of these trees (cyclopteris
.innaefolia.) are found in the above
mentioned shaie bad. and from their
great number they must have been plen'
tiful. Fig. III shows the shape of the
leaflets and Fig. F illustrate tree. The
ferns differ greatly in size and form OF
leaf. We have represented the heurop-
teris which has the leaves once, twice
or ttlrice pinnated while the leaves ad-
here by their whole base or 10y their
centre only aul their midrib does not
run through to tho point. The heurop-
teris lochii Figs aud II and heuEopte-
ris hirsata, Fig VIII, make up the
farger number Of impressions found
here The shrub which bears the name
of asterophyi liies and is represented in
Fig, VI belongs 10 a family now extinct
1t was dicotyledon, very tall ond slen-
der, with leaves growing more or less
from every joint, the top being crowned
by b-oad mass OF foliage, often fifteen
to twenty feet above the surrounding
marsh. Quite different was the small
herbaceous annularia, Fig. z, which
hoated upon the surface of the water.
Their leaves were arranged in great
number of whorls, located at each artIc-
ulation of the stem with the branches.
The plant would often cover lie edge oil
the water for several rods from the
shore, forming matted border through
which it would have been difficult to
pass. This plant, with others of SINH
lar growth, form the great mass of Our
coal, for it is not the great trees of the
forest but the heTbaceeus clement that
entered so largely into our coal lorna.
tions.