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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR vICE-PREsIDENT,
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.
OF INDIANA.
ELECTORS.
For State at Large.
BEN S. ROBBINS.
w. B. FLEMING.
District Electors.
1-Rhea Boyd, of McCrackcn county
2-Cromwcll Adair, of Union county
3-John S. Rhea, of Logan county.
4-Sam B. Berry, of Marion county.
81. F. Bullitt, Jr., of Jefferson county
6-Lcslie 7. Apologize, of Pendleton co
7-Ira Julian, of Franklin county
sc. N. Robinson, of Shelby county.
9-S. S. Savage, of Boyd county.
10-John P. Salyers, of Morgan county
1l-Rollin Hurt, of Adair county.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21

handed. Said he had seen him chop
ping that way.
T. Y. CLARK.
Mr. Clark is serving a term in Jail
for shooting at man. lie testified
| heard Lee call to Taylor last night
and ask him how much he would
take TO let him go free. Said he could
do him heap of good, have his clothes
washed, bring him tobacco, etc. Tay-
lor told Lee that he was the cause of
it and but for him he (Taylor)
wouldn't be in Jail.
CHAs. GREEN, CoLoRED,
is also in Jail and he corroborated
Mr.. Clark's testimony and added
that Lee asked Taylor if he didn't
want him to pray for him. The wit
ness said: "Both of them pray a
good deal, but 1 think Lee has the
best head for praying"
This closed the evidence. The de-
f,nsc had one witness, but concluded
not to introduce her.
AT night the case was argued, by
Messrs. Downer and Henry, and the
Court gave its decision remanding
Lee to Jail without bail till the March
term of Circuit Court.
There is but one opinion of the guilt
of both Lee and Taylor among white
and colored citizens. Both are believed
to be guilty and both should hang.
There is no talk of mob law. Every
body seems disposed to wait and let
the law take its course, believing that
no jury could be found that would
not infict the dcath penalty in the
light of the evidence.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
BRANsoN RADFoRD, CoLoRED.

BRANsON RADFORD, C0LORED.
l worked at Mrs. Bronaugh's the
day of the killing. Lee left without
eating supper. He came back with
an axe while was eating and passed
the window and said "good evening
ladies and gentlemen, I've got t.
walk about" Knew Sally, but DOM
know about her character. Lee tried
to cure me of fistula but his ointment
did no good, Don't know that he il
Voudoo doctor.
DAVE QUARLEs, COLoRED.
Have known Lee 3 years. Saw
him at Casky Oct. 8, between 10 ant
IL o'clock at night. lie called mt
aside and dunned me for Scots owed
him. Said he thought he would g
on the excursion Friday.
DUG ELLIOTT, COL0RED.
worked at Mrs. Bronaugh's DC
s. Taylor and Lee were there. Lei
left before supper. Jordan ate sup
per and left and came back late in the
night. Woke me up knocking at the
cabin door. Sally had left before
Jordan did. Lee had been in thu
habit of eating supper at Mrs. Bro
naugh's until that night. Sally lef
with a lantern after Lee started.
FANNIE RADFORD, CoLoRED.
Lee said at my house by the color
ed church at Casky, Saturday, thai
Jordan had set Tuesday night t, kill
Sally and that he persuaded him moi
to. Sally was not woman of good
character. We had turned her out OF
the church. Some said she was moi
virtuous.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-21
ANDY BOALES

ANDY BOALES
testified that Lee uses an axe left
handed. Said he had seen him chop
ping that way.
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on her Young shoulders. and a warm

on her young shoulders, and a warm
generous heart to boot. Honesty wa,
her chief Observation-Disclosures o1
word, deed and purpose on her own
part. a love of honesty in others, and
quickness in, as it were, seeming on
dishonesty in all its forms, and an in.
tense. uncOmprOmising detestatiOn OF
it,which, as Philip told her. was, on the
whole. rather troublesome than other.
wise. But he smiled as he said it, and
Grace, with Il secret thrill of pleasure,
felt that he loved her for that honesty.
and that the salient feature of his own
character was the same thing; that,
whatever ne might say, in jest or satire,
he vas loyal to the backbone-''jan-
mock" to use the expressive vernacular
of Lancashire or YOrkshire-that, his
word. once seriously pledged, be it by
no more ample formula than yes" or
''nO.' II will," or II will not" it
would be kept at whatever cost, and
kept, not in letter only, but in the very
spirit of his promise.
A few days sufficed to make Grace
satisfied that Thekla and Emile Berg
haus We're az fond, like her brother
and herself '.jannock," and the
friendship progressed with the rap
i'll pace incidental to the friend
ships of honest boys and girls in
general. The Berghaus girls were un-
spoiled at heart, though their training
and education, their intessant courses
of balls and visits, and their life in a
house whose doors We're always open,
and which was scarcely ever void of
some kind of company, had given them
a confidence of manner and a some
what artificial behavior which had at
first rather puzzled and almost re-
PEELED the cOuntry-bred girl. But the
g~eluineness which she soon found be-
neah the surface quickly won her
heart, while it was very pleasant, even
to a student at so advanced IN academy
Us the WOmen's College, occasionally
TO cast aside her studies and partake Of
the social amusen.ents to be found at
Carlton Grove. Compliments were
not altogether d~espicable. even to one
who protested to be interested in Mills
system Of Logic" and the attention
which Philips friends paid to his
bright aud handsome sister was by no
lean diSa"r cable to her.
One mcrninr when it streamed with
Iain. somewhat mere than a week after
Grace's arrival. Philip, a little later
than usual, - from the breakfast
table and prepared To take his way to
town. Grace had been discoursing
again about their next door neighhorS,
and Philip had been more interested in
the discourse than he would have cared
to confess. Whether from that reason
or not, he was three minutes late, and
when he opened the door and looked
ont the omnibus was iu~t vanishing
round a corner, on its way to town.
Buttoning up his macintosh and ra's-
ing his umbrella, he Ge :itied to walk as
far rs Carlton Road, IN | Il ere take an
other omnibus, CT, IN Gefault OF that. Il
cab TO the office.
lTO BE C~ONrINrED.1
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Temperance Reading.
sFOR GODS SAKE, SAVE THE
BOYS!"

A hard drinke- of many years said, as he
Igned the pledge: 'TwOn't DO any good; /
ant reform: it's too late; but, for God
Ike. save the boys!"-Miss NcEg Brddlcy.
Like Dives i'm the deeps of hell.
l can not break tbs fearful spell.
Nor quench the fires I've madiy nursed,
Nor cool this dreadful raging thirst.
Take back your pledge, We come too late:
We cannot save me from my fate,
MOI bring me back departed joys,
But ye can try to save the boys.
Ye bid me break my fiery chain,
Arise, and be a man again.
When every street with snares is spread,
And nets of sin where'er l tread.
No. i must reap as ! did sow,
The seeds of sin bring crops of woe;
But with my latest breath I'll crave
That ye will try the boys to V
These bl0odshOt eyes were once so bright,
This sin-crushed heart was glad and light;
But by the w~ine-cup's ruddy glow
] traced a path to shame and woe.
A captive to my CALLING chain.
I've tried to rise. but tried in vain:
The cup ~allureS, and then destroys,
Oh, from its thraldom save the boys!
Take from your streets those traps of hell
Into whose gilded snares j fell.
Oh! frecmen. from those fOul decOys.
Arise and vote to save the boys
And We who license man TO trade
In %draughts that charm and then degrade,
BEFORE we hear the cry: TOO late!"
Oh! save the boys from my sad fate!
Frances f.. ". Harper, in Union Signal.
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is a business based upon the most SOUL

is a business based upon the most soul
less cupidity, which is a total stranger
to every sentiment that ennObles and
every instinct that is good. 1t has no
more pity than 4 shark and no more
remorSe than a tiger. What it wants is
money. and it cares not how it gets it.
Every citizen has the right to say
whether the horrible traffic in mems
bodies and souls shall be tolerated, and
if so. Oh what terms. Communities
have the right to protect themselves
against vice. for they have the burdens
Of vice to bear. 1t is nonsense to say
that a community which has to support
the widow and orphan may not control
the trade which makes widows and Or
phans. 1t is nonsense to say that a com
munity which has to pay the terrible
cost of the crime committed within its
borders may not restrict and restrain
The cause of almost all the crime. 1t is
worse than nonsense to say the n
trade which sets morals at defiance.
which is allied to everything that is
bad, and which has nothing whatever
of good in it. shall not only be above
law but shall make the laws.-IOIedo
Blade.
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BABY

I'm 10 lo.e ~ith you, Baby Louise.
WITH ydalr S. ken hair and your soft blue eyes,
Ana ihsdre,my wisdom that I'm them lies.
And the faiat, sweet smile you brought from
DC SIS
Godt SUI shine, Baby Louise.
When yo: fold your hands, Baby Louise
nour hands. ike a fairy's, SO tiny and fair
WITH Il prett,. Innocent, saint-like air.
Are tryifg 90 think of some angeltaught
You karnaisbove, Baby Louise?
I'm inIovs With you. Baby LouiseI
why. YOU ncy, r eaise your beautiful head!
Some day little one your cheek will grow
With a snsh of delight to hear the words
saki:
love yoa,"SFBaby Louise.
Do you hear ne, Baby Louise?
nave SUM ytar praise for nearly an hour.
And your las. Q sskeep dropping lower and
And You've <oye 70 sleep like a weary flower,
tngrateful uAby Louise!
-HdrJdrct ElfinOc.
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Sweet Sim, lic.ty.

saw Il grl come into 4 strect-car the
other day who had. ! WAS ready to bet.
made her own dress, ard hsw nice she
did look. She was one of those clean.
trim girls you see now and hen. She
was aoout eighteen Yeats old and, 10
begin with. looked weil-ted.. healthy
and st;Ong. She looked as Though she
had a sensible mother at hons. Her
face and neck and ears and her hair
were clean, absolutely clean. H1w sell
dom you ST, c that. There was no DOW
der. no paint on the smooth, roanded
cheek or firm. dimpled chin: nom on
the moist red lips; none on the SHE'LL
tinted but moi too small ears; none on
the handsomely set neck-rather broad
behind, perhaps, but running mighty
prctt ly up into the t~ightly-cOrded hair.
And such hair. 1t was of a light chest
nut brown, and glistened with specks
of gold as the sun shone upon it, and
there was not a smear of Oil or poma-
TIM or cosmetic on it; there was not a
speck of it astray and not a pin to be
seen in it. As the girl came in and took
her seat, she cast an easy, unembar-
raised glance around the car from a
well-Opencd gray eye. bright with the
iuimitable light of good condition."
such as you see in some handsome
young athletes who are in good
training. There were no tags and
ends. fringes, furbelows. or fluttering
ribbons about her clOsely-fitting but
easy suit OF tweed, and as she drew off
one glove to look in her purse for a
small nnin for fnrn mot nnt chat tl,a
gloves were not new, but neither were
they old; they Were simply well kept,
like the owner and the owners hand,
which was a solid hand, with plenty of
muscles between the tendons and with
strong but supple fingers. 1t would
nave looked equally pretty fashioning a
pie in a home kitchen or folding a
taldage in a hospital. 1t was a hand
that suggested ut the same time woman
illness and work, and | was sorry when
1t found Il tive-cent piece and had been
re-glored. One DOT was thrust out a
little over the Stats of the car fiOOr-a
foot in a good walking-boot that might
have splashed through a rain-stOrm
without fea Of damp stockings-and an
eminently sensible boot on a two and
one-half foot. with IA high instep, q
small round heel and a pretty broad
tread. The girl was ii picture from
head to foot, as she sat erect, disdaininQ
. the support of the back of the seat and
devoid of all appearance of stiffness.
Perhaps the whole outfit to be seen,
from hat To boots, did not cost forty
dollars, but l have seer plenty of out
hfs costing more than ten times. OF
even twenty times that which did not
look One-tenth or one-twentieth as well
Ii girls only knew the beauty OF
mere simplicity, cleanliness and health,
and their faScination.-Sun Francisco
Examiner.
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with hg o Berghauses', and by
painting 'cbe and Emile Berghaus
in the most stractive colors his imagi.
nation equld4 supply, till Grace said,
gravelyf
1T Sd std ne this Mss Thekla Berg
haus m9ettbe1 very special friend OF
yours, H."
'Non& SCI said he. lifting his lips,
but mo- pnIlinE either, anil rather glad
to ObsetJe th Grace had begun to
yawn.
Despite her rowsiness they sat up
late, talkhs. on pr past doiDgs at their
home at 10 ilh3 rem. where Philip had
not been &cl th( last three wears.
81 was ~ emit three when last l left
it." he san. '..a here lad. wonder
when | shall see3t again. It is a fine
old place, Giacy4 and l often feel sorry
that none Of US followed my father 8
calling"
"TiIiers Ct u soill" exclaimed
Grace. .'0h, Ph4ip. there is 50 much
more to d0in,.a ety lifer"
''Much you ku{w about a city life.
Go to bed enii DEAN that YOU have
taken your degea'
She laughed. topk her candle, and
left him.
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"A rich young chap of Natick.
Mass, went to a livery stable pretty
drunk and ordered a team. While they
were Harvesting the horse he climbed
into the carriage and went to sleep.
They let him sleep a couple of hours
when he awoke and, declaring that he
had taken a good, quiet ride, called at
tention to the fact that he hadn't abused
the horse. but on the contrary had
given him an Oat bait at the Newton
Falls Hotel, paid three dollars for the
Q and We MT off satisfied.-Boston
Post.
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A CHIED of twelve years came to
school one day with tears, ~entreating
us to 60 to her home. Her excitement
was so great we went at once, and be-
held a scene too dreadful to describe.
It was q drunkard's home. The father
lay upon the floor helplessly drunk and
had fallen upon the floor, cutting his
face, which was covered with blood.
The mother, so intoxicated she could
scarcely stand, IA holding an iron
poker in her hand and threatening the
lives of the four children, from three to
ten years Of age. Such is the result of
rum selling and rum drinking! the
curse of our land. and the cause of most
of the wretchedness, want, suffering
and crime we see among us! Oh! for
the power to remove it!-Adrocate and
Guardian.
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The progress Of the Temperance
work in London is indicated by the OIL
cial statement that in 1881, when the
population of London was little more
than a million and a half, there were
3l,353 apprehensions for drunkenness
and disOrderly conduct. In 1882, with
q population which had increased to
1920, 952, the number of ap~prehensions
had fallen to 26, 296.
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An ACTOR who once held an honora-
BILE position in New York presented
himself at a police station the other
night and asked to be sent somewhere
for care and treatment. Drunkenness
had ruined him, physically and men
tally. and having no home nor friends.
the poor-house was his only refuge
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There is said to be three cents worth
OF gold in every ton of sea water.
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MADE Or MARRIED.
Z IH.-CoSrINuEp.

BY j ssfE F~OTHERGILL,
Author Of -sCnc 6 sfhrcc," Probation" "Ths
lrllaeids," Etc.
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or my fist through the walls"
"They are rather thin after the Foul
haven ones, 1 confess he said '.Ah,"
he added with a sigh of satisfaction. as
he seated himself before the meal which
"his widow" had prepared ;or him;
"if YOU knew, my child, what it is to
be perishing with hunger in the midst
of plenty
when was your last meal?"
t'At q quarter before eight 4 of
the present day."
but where have you been, and what
have you been doing?" she asked, in
amaze.
SECURING the country for proofs of
villainy which ! have not found"
proofs of villainy?"
Never mind! It's all in the way of
business; and in the way of business
too. Ishsll have to leave you tomorrow.
till about four O'Clock"
.'Oh. Philip
but some nice young ladies whom I
know are coming to call upon you. and
invite you to their house."
.'Haye you really business to-mor-
row?-'
Really l have. l have to &C and see
Mr.. Starkie." !.
1T must be a most peculiar business
that want tr~ansacting on Sunday
Just what I expected you to say,"
said Philip, and he gradually contrived
to console her by promising to return in
the afternoon in plenty Of time to 30
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-16
Common Cows.

The New York Examiner asks " Why
doesn't some enterprising Yankee start a
boom in common COWS Let him take
good specimen, feed her well, care for
her as if she were worth her weight in
gold, and keep and publish record of her
performances. The probability is that he
could astonish the natives with q record
far beyond anything yet imagined in con-
nection with common stock. To be sure,
it would hardly be fair test of common
COW capacity under even the most favor
able ordinary conditions. But then the
same might be said of the great records of
fancy stock" Amasa Scott of Craftsbury,
Vermont, demonstrated by long continued
experiments with common COWS that by
careful handling and proper feeding such
stock is good for from four hundred to
over six hundred pounds of butter in
year. In an article contributed by Mr..
Scott to the Report of the Vermont Board
of Agriculture for 1878 he says: zone
cows butter for twelve months, five hun
dred and four pounds, sold for 1894 so (;
and another's for the same length of time,
six hundred and thirty-three pounds, sold
for $211" and adds B: " The question may
arise, 'arn't these COWS of some extra
breed p or are they not naturally Of
some extra make-up?' They are of ma
tive breed. 1t is the treatment of COWS
more than the breeds. There is many q
cow that can be brought up to these COWS
or beyond, if people could make up their
minds to lay aside the customs of their
fathers and start off with mind of their
own. The last cows feed was twenty
pounds of hay per day, fed morning, noon
and evening, and four quarts of potatoes,
morning and evening. The first fourteen
days she churned forty.two pounds of
butter" But Mr.. Scott's hay is peculiar
hay. He makes his moving land rich
enough to bear four tons to the acre, and
gets this quantity in three cuttings, the
first about the 10th of June Gin northern
Vermont, the second in July and the third
late in August, not allowing the grass to
fully head out before moving it. His pro-
ceedings have been reported in various
leading agricultural papers at various
times, but have had no effect to increase
the price of common COWS, or'to lessen the
importation of foreign breeds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-16
Commercial Fertilizers.

With the opening of spring comes the
fertilizer problem. To buy, or not to buy,
that is the question. When one reads the
flaming testimonials in the manufac-
turers' circulars, he is inclined to wonder
why the manufacturers do not put their
goods on to land themselves, and so get
rich faster raising crops than they could
by selling phosphate. But of course they
are philanthropic fellows, and do not
want to monopolize all the good things.
Speaking of testimonials, in most in
stances they are, no doubt, honestly given (;
but have known cases in which they
were inconsiderate, to say the least, and
others in which an interest in the sale of
the goods seemed to warp the judgment
of the witness. OF course the testimo-
malls are all favorable. The failures never
get into pamphlets and seldom into print.
The manufacturers have an immense and
concentrated interest in spreading favora-
BILE reports, while the interest on the
other side is weak and diffused. If a
farmer is fooled, he generally pocktes his
loss and says nothing about it. No doubt
good complete fertilizer can be fur
nished by large manufacturers cheaper
than the farmer can purchase and COM
pound the materials himself but then
comes the uncertainty. No one knows
what he is buying. 1t may be phosphoric
acid, ammonia and potash, or it may be
perfumed sand. The crops will tell, but
they tell too late; and the valuable agent
will always lay failure to the drouth, or
poor seed, or anything but what is usually
the true cause-a worthless article.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-16
StraWing Potatoes.

A. E. Hazen, Hartford, Vermont, asks /:
What do you think of mulching pota-
toes with cut straw? have seen it rec
commended to put it three inches deep over
the potatoes, and then two inches of dirt"
REpLY.-Splendid potatoes can be
raised in this way, or without any dirt,
or even blowing. The most "utterly
lovely" crop of potatoes we ever saw was
grown by dropping whole potatoes in
strait lines on an old unturned sod, and
covering foot deep with straw. Not a
thing more was done to them until the
tops were killed by frost in the fall. Then
the rotten straw was raked off and the
crop picked up-over four hundred BUSH
els on one acre, all as clean as though
they had been washed. This was over
forty years ago, and we have seen the
plan recommended every year since. 1t
is entirely practical, and yet it has never
been found generally advantageous, be-
cause it takes 30 much straw. In the
days of the crop we speak of farmers
raised large crops of wheat, oats, rye and
barley, and had more straw than they
sometimes knew what to do with. But
even then it was not found to pay, partly,
perhaps, because potatoes were then slow
of sale at twelve cents bushel.