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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice, hav-
Ing had placed in his hands llg.an East India
Missionaryth the formula Of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure Of
Consumption, BronchitIs, Catarrh, asthma and
all throat aud Lung affections, also positive
ndradicnl cure for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints, after hay Ing tested Il
wonderful curative powers In thousands OF
cases, has felt his duty to make It known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and desire to relieve human suffering, will
send free Of charge, to all who desirct, this re-
ceipt, in German, French or English, with full
directions for preparing and using. Sent by
mail by addressing with stamp, naming this
paper. WA. NoYRs, 40 Powers block, Roch.
ester, n. Y. si IN y tNHf
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04

KrSrucrr la. an An'i.ssim- Milk law
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04
THE SPECIES rRAMr.

ihe Majority Point Qll.) Republican
has had visit from the travelling jour,
and talks thus about him: :" By SEEM
ingly intuitive knowledge, the newspa-
per man seldom fails to recognize mem
bei Of the craft at first sight. There is
popularity about him Especially the |
old.timer) that distinguishes him from
the rest Of mankind. The fact is, q ma
iority Of these travelling artists are
frauds, and experience teaches that it
does not pay to harbor or encourage
them. Naturally there is feeling Of
sympathy for fellow creature in dis
tress or destitute circumstances, but dis
elimination is necessary, lest the idle
and dissolute be encouraged. From tho
habit of these travelling knights Of tho
stick and rule it might be presumed
that it is necessary fta printer, after he
has spent ten or fifteen years at the
trade, to start out upon o dead-beating
tramp, ostensibly in search Of work.
Such is not the case, however. In the
days Of thorough apprenticeship it was
customary for printers to travel from OF.
flee to Office, as iourneymen, in lauda-
BILE endeavor to render themselves as
expert as possible. While there may be
still few worthy, honest men on the
road, yet the most Of them are OF the
class who think the world owes me
living, and I'll go forth and collect it
But let our visitor tell his own story:
Am o printer OF eighteen years expert
ence, in search of work; came here from
Decatur, where I had work at $40 a week;
wages were cut down TO SO, and conclud-
ed to leave; spent my last cent for board
and lodging last night; started for Ev-
ansville, Ind. Would like TO set or throw
in some type for you He was told
that there was nothing in TINT line to do,
but to help him along he might devote
few hours to pleasant woodpile exer-
ciss," which impairment proposition uas
treated with dignihed soorn, though
little money donation would have been
acceptable.
The Republican asks: "Is it char ty
to assist persons who refuse honest work
because they have learned tribes, OF
does it not tend 70 encourage them in
their false ideas of the true mobility Of
all honest labor2 1t Is not urged that
it is wrong to aid those who ars dssti.
tlte, nor that it IL right to turn the
needy and truly deserving away empty.
1t would even be better to give to manly
undeserving than that one deserving per.
son suffer. Let doubts, as well as deeds,
be alsays on the side Of mercy. II i,
urged, however. that the practices Of
giving to persons who are unwilling t.
work tonds TO make begging respectable,
and 10 encourage dissolute, lazy men IL
travel about and impose upon the crelu.
lily Of the charitably disposed. AL pr.
sons who refuse to work unless they Can
do something they consider 'gsnteol
have false idea Of the grandeur Of la.
Dor. The honest man, who tolls will,
hand or brain to earn his daily bread,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04

~ a
oHlRITY IN THE ORA WIS0-ROOM.
They were discussing charity in the
drawing-toom, and one Of the gentle.
men was inveighing with some sarcasm
against benevolent folk who make do.
nations and have their names published
in the papers. "Nearly all charitable
acts" he said, eloquently, "have pride,
vanity rs their motive. For my part ]
hate ostentation. / remember once
when I was travelling through section
Of the country where / was not known,
I came upon a lonely little way-station
where, in the waiting-room, there wa,
fastened to the wall contribution-bol
for beneft-of the sufferers through
tie recent inundations. There was moi
q soul there--not 4 person in the neigh.
borhood knew Of my presence or was no,
quainted with nay name, and / went and
dropped guinea In the box and slipped
away unseen, unknown. Now, sir,
what ! contend is that my secret offer,
ing was q more msritorious one than il
IL had been made on a public subsciip
ten list, with aloud flourish Of trumpets. ;,
You are quite right" says one Of til,
bystsnders. "That was genuine, modest
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04
70 PREsERv.l THE HEALTH.
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04

4 A KENTUCKY legislator proposes 10
provide every family in the State with q
weekly newspaper. free Of charge. "It
shouldlbe,"h e says. "a newspaper CIV
ON 70 everything good for bringing the
peop,s to realization Of the progress
Of the age, and to the enjoyment OF
the smount q blessedness that results
from knowledge. Awiss and provident
father looks well to the educational in
terests Of his children; 50 should the
State provide iirst-class weekly news
paper for every family in the Common.
wealth, and thus put the rich and poor
on "A parity. This enterprise. if faith
fully carried out will do more in re-
moving, illiieraoy from the State than
any jdiler one measure. ~ His idea is ia
start q newspaper for this philanthropic
oilrpOaQ ~ r. ~
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04
rHs eRElrEsr sYIL.

The Persian author Saadi tells . story
Of three sages--a Greek, an Indian and
a Persian--who, in the presence o. the
Persian monarch, debatedthis question:
q the evils incident to humanity, which
is the greatestf The Grecian declared,
'old ago oppressed with poverty" the
Indian answered, "Pain with impa-
sence;" while the Persian, bowling low.
made answer, The greatest evil, o
King, that | can conceive is the couch
II death without one good deed OF life to
'glt the darksome way !"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04
A CRY vEeErlBLE oARDks,s

Your back yard may be small ; but Il
...s sun has access to it you can raise
your own summer vegetables there.
If you doubt il, try the following plan !:
Take barrels and bai holes around the
middle, and one hole large enough to
admit the nose Of your ws!"rin. pot.
Fill the barrels with stones as high T.,
the rows of holes, and all in with good,
rich, fine earth to the top, in which
plant cucumbers, melons, squashes, to.
matoes, etc. One barrel will DO enough
for each kind Be sure to have one Cat
stone lean over the large hole where yop
will pour in water until II runs out Of
the holes you have made, and which will
prevent the earth from filling this large
hole up. Range the barrels around
your yard and plant your seeds. Keep
the barrels filled with water up 10 tho
holes and You have all the requisites for
rapid, healthy growth air, heat and
moisture. Your vegetables will last nm
til late in the autumn, as they can easily
be covered on frosty nights. Cucum.
bers and tomatoes may hang over the
barrels. cutting them, of when they
reach the bottom Melons may be tied
to the wall or fence. The stones have
an important service in holding up the
earth, and in absorbing the heat during
the day, which they give out at night,
keeping the water at an even tempera-
iure. You will be astonished at the re-
suit, il you have never tried il. Oucum-
bers can be very successfully grown in
this manner. v "a.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04
TERMS TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.

The several editions Of TnE SIN are sent by
mail, postpaid, MS follows:
DAILY--5O cents d month, 80 year; with
Sunday edition, ST.
SUNDAY--Eght pages. This edition furnishes
the current news Of the world, special arti-
cles Of exceptional interest to everybody,
: and literary reviews ofpew books Of tie
hlghestmerit. 81 a year.
WEEKLY-Sl year. Eight pages 81 the
( bee, matter Of the daily Issues; an Agrlcul-
tural Department OF unequalled value,
special market reports. literary, scientific,
and domestic intelligence make THE
WEEKLY sun the newspaper for the far
mer's household. TO clubs Of ten with $40.
an extra copy free. f..itbtl i1f
Address /. W. ENGLAND, Publisher
TnE Sun, n. Y. City.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04

A DRUGGIST at Lowell, Mass, left .
15-year-old boy in charge Of his store
while he went to picnic. Out Of four
prescriptions put up, one killed, two
wounded. and the other missed because
The patient died before it got to him.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04
THE COMBINATION Fence !!

, Destined 10 supplant all
other Fencing. For Il COM
Dimes the advantages of ev-
iery Fence aud frees itself
from the objections of all.
4 This Fence consists Of d 20
1 double cables of Galvanized
! Steel Wire, with White Oak
Stats firmly interviewer at a
uniform distance of ~
\ inches apart. II Il the
[ strongest and most durable
. Fence ever made.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-04

TRAIN your son up 70 the editorial
business, and he will never become q
deiaultor. With the exception Of paste
and pencils, there is little for the nat
ural-born deiaulter to default. --New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-10-23
New Boots.

just received from Buckingham &
Hecht, fine hand-sewed boots, EE g.
o. Calf screwed boots, coarse boots,
boys and youths boots, children ynd
Misses shoes, cheap for cash, at VIM.
Mauiz's.
July 8. lS83-lm. -
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-10-23
First OF JuIv-

Win Leave Idaho City on Mon.
days, carrying United States mail, freight
and passengers, and on any other day
that we get load, Sunday excepted
The greatest care will be given 10 freight,
and no pains will be spared to render pas'
sengeis comfortable
u We have plenty of stable room ut
Banner, and keep hay and grain for sale
". H. TlNCHER, GREEN MARTIN
June 10, 1SS3-tf.
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LEGAL BLANKS,

All kinds Legal Blanks, just printed,
or extra good paper and fer sale at
this office.
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INN n nv not, life is sweeping by, go and dare
hH|klfHl before you die, something mighty
nHNtk and sublime leave behind to con
nullNH quer time. SEC week in your own
HUIkyn town. So outfit free. No risk. Ev.
erything new. Capital not required
We will furnish you everything. Many are making
fortunes. Ladies make as much as men, and boys
and giris make great pay. Reader, if you want
business at which you make great pay all the
time, write for particulars to II. HALLkrr & Co..
Portland. Maine
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nal missions. Aversion TO society, Dim
ness OF Vision. Noises in the Head
he vital fluid passing unobserved in The urine
and many other diseases that lead &c insanity and
death. DIR. MINTIE will agree TO forfeit Five
Hundred Dollars for case of this kind the VI.
tai RESTORATIVE iander his special ADVICE
and treatment will not cure, or for anything ini
pure or Injurious found In it. DIR. MlNTlE
treats all Private Diseases successfully without
mercury. Consultation Free. Thorough exani-
nation and sdvice. including analysis of nrine s5tt
Price OF Vital 2oso.utive, So 10 bottle, IL tour
times the quantity, $1,000; sent to any al rcss up
on receipt Of price, or c. q. D., secure Il ON obser
walton, and in private name. If desired, 1,
A. E. MINTiE, M D,
II Kearny Street, San Franc ,co. al.
DIR. MINTIE'S KIDNEY REMEDY, NEPH.
kE1ICUM, cures all kiuds of Kidney Al Il bladder
Gonorrhea, Gicet Leucoi,l oea. For
sale by all druggists; s1oO bottle six Lot.es for
$500"
DR.. MINTIE'S DANDELION PILLS are the
best and cheapest DYSPEPSIA ami BILIOUS
,ure IN the market. For sale by all dsu gists
Jan. 2. ISS0--tf
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NEW STAGE LINE.

VIM. II. TINCHER & GREEN MAR
Tin will commence running the stage
over their line from Idaho City to Banner
on the
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GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY.

10 a never-failing Cnre
for Nervous Debility, Elk.
hausied Vitality. Seminal
Weakness, Spernatori.
h9a. LOST MAN.
HOOD. lmnotency. la.
ralysis, Pr s'atorrhea.
and all the terri
bic effects of sell Abuse,
youthful follies and ex-
cesses in maiurer years
as Log - Mem.
DRY, L.assitn,le, N:ctur.
The National tribune., 1883-08-02
CALIFORNIA RA1srSs.

1t has been thoroughly proved that as good
raisins can be made in California as those from
any other source, provided sufficient care is
bestowed upon the curing OF them. But, what
sFer may be the cause,-too great anxiety to
harvest large crop with insufficient means, or
wsat Of 8 thorough appreciation Of the neces-
The National tribune., 1883-08-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Our Agricultural EDITORS Weekly Chat With His
Readers.

want to plant few shade trees on my lot and
do not want to lose any time, so | ask whether I
should plan! them in the fall or wait till next
spring.-Amicus, Montgomery county, Nd.
Ans. BY ali means plant this fall, as you will
gain nearly year by doing so as compared
with planting next spring. Endeayor TO have
the planting done not later than the middle Of
October, and IL the trees have not dropped ali
their leaves by that time, pull them off; this
is important.
Would the editor of Rural Topics" favor us
with his opinion about wheat turning to chess7
Our club have had the matter up for DISCUSSION
and some of US believe ia the change.-Granger
Kentucky.
Ans. We do not consider this question for
discussion at all; just as well discuss the ques-
ton OF turnips turning 10 carrots, or oats
turning TO timothy.
What is the best method of preparing city sew.
age water FOR manurial purposes?-R. 5. S.
Ans So far as we are informed, the only
profitable method of using sewage water FROM
cities is for the purpose Of irrigation. Where
this can be applied it IS valuable, but where il
cannot be used in this way, no use can be
made of it, SO far as it is fertilizing agent.
In my inquiry Of the cause of grape vine drop
ping us fret just after bossoming forgot to state
that the vino was transpianted when in fruit The
planting was carefully done, the leaves not wilt
ing, but the grapes dropped, being about the size
Of shot at the time. Cau i be a bad habit then
Constant Reader.
Ans. Although the transplanting caused the
fruit TO drop, il does not follow that the fruit
viii drop annually in commeinoration of the
circumstance. This is not a sufficient reason
for the trouble but what eauses it we do not
pretend TO say.
Does the editor consider the European sparrow
g curse or q blessing TO this country Pc, Troy.
Ans. Thirty years ago VIC were asked to as
sist IN the introduction OF the European spar
row TO this country, and We strongly opposed
the measure. But it has been brought here.
and it VIII be as difficult to get rid OF it as il
would be TO get rid of mice or rats. These
birds feed their young on caterpilars, grass
hoppers, and insects of various kinds, as any
one may discover who watches them feeding
their young. Whether or not the old birds
deyour insects for living to any great extent
we cannot say, but we think that they rather
prefer grains of all kinds. When they become
numerous in farming districts they will as
certainly become destructive of grain crops:
their history everywhere goes TO prove this.
The National tribune., 1883-08-02
Soldier Pioneers Of California.
[Efona the San Francisco chrontcle.

LIFUHt ne iSult FTd9lctSc0 CKr0ntcle.I
Many prominent army officers spent the early
years of their service on this coast. Before the
war Gen. Grant was in Oregon, Gen. Sherman
was a partner in the clearinghouse of Lucas
Turner & Co., of this city, in the early days.
Gen. Hooker owned a ranche in Sonora. Gen.
Fremont lived for long time in Mariposa
Gems. Halleck, Baker, and Shields praetised
law in this city. Gems. Stoneman and Hooker
operated q saw mill at Bodega, so unsuccessfully,
however, that they gave it up in short time.
Gen. Mcpherson left Aleatraz and went directly
South and was killed in front of Atlanta. The
names and faces of Gems. Ord, Lander, Buell.,
Keys, Heintzelman, Sumner, Wool, Harvey,
Denver, Nagle, Geary, Hancock, Stone, Porter,
and Boggs were familiar TO the old Califor-
nianS
The National tribune., 1883-08-02
LoYsliest Among the Larelr

is she who renews or preserves the beauty of
her teeth with SOZODONT, confessedly the
most effective preparation for them. Volumes
of evidence might be adduced in support of its
claims to public confidence, as a means of in
MIGRATING the teeth and rendering them pure,
glistening and spotless, and not less satisfac-
torily proven is its balmy influence upon the
breath. Ask for genuine SOZODONT, and
accept no cheap substitute.
The National tribune., 1883-08-02

eiiSy Steu NC aLSNOIGu.
First. She says her society has prospered as
an exclusive organization; so has the Forsyth
(Ioledo) Auxiliary and, in fact, every society,
as Tar as we know, that has been organized on.
the non-eyclusive plan, while it is certain THAT
some exclusive societies have not fl0uriShed.
is not the prosperity of the whole Massachu-
sets Department proof OF the wisdom of the
plan EN- which it is conducted and is there any
reason to believe that her society would have
been less prosperous had it affiliated with the
Department instead of standing aloof? unless
eirs. Barnes can show that societies which add
init all loyal women are less thrifty, the fact
that her own society is thrifty is of no special
consequence.
Second. Mrs Barnes thinks it inadvisable
/ to admit all loyal women, because many have
fcome upon the stage of life since the war,
with none of the enthusiasm, born of suffer
Sing, to inspire them to work. Well, so have
smany soldiers wives, for that matter and
Women of that sort would not be apt to seek
al nission-at least they hare not in the case of
societies organized on the liberal basis. But,
onethe other hand, there are many women, not
immediate relatives of soldiers, who do possess
thu enthusiasm possessed it in 1861 and
worked shoulder to shoulder with soldiers
Wr1es in the charitable work of the Sanitary
AMI Christian Commissions, as nurses in the
fed and city hospitals, and at home, making
up boxes Of clothing and delicacies for our de-
fenders If we welcomed their aid then, why
should we not now? They have quite as pre-
cious war memories as ourselves-more real
and substantial than those of many woman
who has become the wife of a soldier since the
War-ands know quite as well how to make
charity effective. And by the way, if these
societies aresintended to be really auxiliary to
the Grand Aimy, is it not a perversion of their
purpose to so. conduct them that the Grand
Army will be deprived of the aid of class of
women whose help our veterans were SO glad
to have twenty years ago? AS for their hus-
bands, why should they not be admitted to
these social meet. ngs of Post and Auxiliary
Is it not of the highest Importance to our vet
Grams that the ptople of the community In
which they live should mingle with them at
their gatherings, So that they may become ao-
quainted with theik real worth and learn to
hold them at theik true value? What ia ID
The National tribune., 1883-08-02

S. L. Clark, Vernon, Mich, sends us this re-
cipe for whisky pickles, in response to an in
quiry recently published in these columns:
Here you have the Michigan way: Take whisky
and water, half and half and put your cucunlbers
into it. Place weight on top TO hold them In the
liquid. If they heat you viii have to stir them tlp
keep in cool place. The Michigan whisky is so
poisonous that it eats the eucumbers up Perhaps
Minnesota whisky is better.
And here is a letter that is sharper and more
purgent than the strongest whisky pickles:
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUgE:
In the last TRIBUNE lady calls for a recfpe to
make whisky pickles. Now, if she is a mother.
and has any boys, want to give her the recipe
that learned first in the old Buckeye State some
thirty years ago, while visiting alta friend in Lake
county. While dinner was preparing, the lady of
the house asked nae to taste her pickles. made from
new recipe, and called whisky pickles. was
The National tribune., 1883-08-02

that has caused this hue and cry to be raised
against the soldier-this allegation that he is
attempting to swindle the Government in ap-
plying for a pension-but the ignorance of the
public as to his true character? Is it not worth
while to disabuse the public mind of this false
impression, and how can it more effectually be
done than by bringing civilians into personal
contact with our veterans? 1t seems to us,
indeed that the very thing Mrs. Barnes is so
anxious to guard against is just what the well
fare of the Grand Army requires.
The National tribune., 1883-08-02

Young and middle-aged men, suffering from
nervous debility, premature old age, loss of
and kindred symptoms, should send
three stamps for Part VII of pamphlets issued
BY Worlds Dispensary Medical Association.
Buffalo, n. Y.
The National tribune., 1883-08-02
Epilepsy Rlsl

successfully treated Pamphlet Of particulars
one stamp. Address WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL. ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, y. \.