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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-09-02
RATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET
For President:
YER CLEVELAND.
OF NEW YORK.
For Flee Prcsident:..
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.
OF INDIANA.
For Congress-FovM Congressional
District:
Hon. N. C. BLANCHARD.
OF CADDO.

AAOAA' IN. ~. 1AAWC1AHD
OF CADDO.
-e..-.1-..a.s .....n...s.a.rsusz.nss.u
--ON tho morning of Angus,
a5th, there was heavy frost, and q
little ice, in someparts of New York
-Ex-SENAoR Gordon, of Geor.
gia, is now taking contracts to build
railroads in South America,
The severe drouth around Dali
las, Texas, continues, to the detri-
ment of crops. Only one rain has
fallen in 81 days.
-ABRAM R. Emo, the aged faith
er of the absconding Spectator, is
still mortgaging his property in
New York to cover losses. of about
sS,aOO,OOO spent in irving to save
his son.
AN Arkansas man offers to bet
his $4,000 farm, near Memphis
that Cleveland will be elected. He
always bets heavily ON national
contests and has never yet lost a
wager.
-up to the morning of the 23d
instant the total deaths from chole.
ra in France had been 1865.
These figures have been collected
from ISL cities villages in fifteen
departments.
"HAs George proposed yet,
Emily !" "No, ma; but he did the ;
next thing to it last evening" !
"What did he do ~ Gle asked
me if | thought paregorio injurious
to teething children"
THIS talk about the trading 8
Of the Irish vote to either political S
party is all very we'll at the present G
time, but when it comes to deliver S
ing the goods in November it is /
likely somebody will get fooled. n
THIRTEEN nations entered the
Polar Congress, and established
eight or nine scientific stations with r
IN the Arctic Circle. The work of !,
Freely has been of more value to .
science than that of any other party. II
-Gov. Hoadly says the predic- f.
ION that Ohio will go democratic hi
" $4,000 majority is not at all in
ash prediction. He thinks the in
majority will DO even greater than W.
bat. (Which is why Hoadly oy
niles"
The present outlook of the tn
heat crop is so promising that the re-
lore sanguine are estimating the he
ield at 55O,O0O,OOO bushels, tel
5ainst 420, 900, 600 last year. This
ould give eleven bushels to every j..
an, woman and child in the Union. &c
49, thu
Roscoe Conkling has been in =,
rviewed relative to the position he i.
II take in the pending campaign, ion
d that worthy says he does not
oppose to do anything, mot even
much as to wag his little fin IA
r" Ia fact he will not vote un- II.
5 !: IS very convenient to do 50.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-09-02

-ABRAM R. Emo, the aged faith
er of the absconding Spectator, is
still mortgaging his property in
New York to cover losses. of about
ss,50o,ooo spent in trying to save
his son.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-09-02

THIS talk about the trading
fthe Irish vote to either political
party is all very we'll at the present
time, but when it comes to deliver
ing the goods in November it is
likely somebody will get fooled.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-09-02

THIRTEEN nations entered the
Polar Congress, and established
eight Or nine scientific stations with
in the Arctic Circle. The work of
Greedy has been of more value to
science than that of any other party.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-09-02

"HAs George proposed yet,
Emily ~ "No, ma; but he did the
next thing to it last evening"
"What did he do ~ Gle asked
me if | thought paregoric injurious
to teething children
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-09-02

AN Arkansas man offers to bet
his $4,000 farm, near Memphis
that Cleveland will be elected. He
always bets heavily on national
contests and has never yet lost a
wager.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-09-02

-ur to the morning of the 23d
instant the total deaths from chole-
"a in France had been 1862.
These figures have been collected
from ISL cities villages in fifteen
departments.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-09-02

Gov. Hoadly says the predic-
ton that Ohio will go democratic
by $4,000 majority is not at all a
rash prediction. He thinks the
majority will bo even greater than
that. (Which is why Hoadly
sniles."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-09-02

Roscoe Coukling has been in
terviewed relative to the position he
will take in the pending campaign,
and that worthy says he does not
propose to do anything, mot even
as much as to wag his little fin
ger" Ia fact be will not vote un-
seas i: IS very convenient to do 50.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

A FATHER'S FIERCE VENGEANCE,
An old man named Dahlgreen lived
before tho war in the northern part oil
Tennessee. His homo was pleasant
one. and with his wife ana two sons he
lived very happily On his farm until q
quarrel arose between neighbors. The
difficulty was patched, but one of the
sons-both of whom had grown to mans
estate - conceived that he had been
wronged, and one day, while he and his
brother were passing along the road ina
wagon, they came up with five men,
their neighbors, and the quarrel broke
out afresh. The young men were oour-
aCeous and would not be intimidated by
their opponents, Hot words led to
blows, and the five young men, pulling
pistols, fired upon the two Dahlgreen
boys and killed them. They raa away,
and, fearing the vengeance OF old man
Dahlgreen, for he was even then con-
silercd quite an old man, disappeared
from the community. Oh course Dahl
green and lis wife were nearly distracted
ut the death OF their boys" OF whom
they were very proud, and Mrs. Dahl
grccu never recovered from the blow,
but about the timo the wur broke out
died, and the husband was left to lament
the separation of his family.
He conceived the idea that nothing
was left in this life for him, except to
obtain vengeance on the men who had
robbed him Of his sons He devoted
the remainder of his life to this purpose.
He began systematically to search fol-
the five men, whose names were Gridley,
Black, Hewitt, Meyers and man called
+" Black Tom" but whose true name was
Lurlay, and one after another was met
and killed. He had no scruples, nc
conscience. His sole object was 10 puI
the villains who had made life no object
to him cut of the way. He took no in
terrst in the war. 1t mattered MOI
whether the North or South were vic
tors. He shot Meyers and Lurday il
Tennessee and escaped the officers who
were set upon his track. The old mar
disappeared from his county, and ne
traces of him were heard for severa
years. The man Gridley died of pneu
monia in Cincinnati, and Black is serv
ing out t, I'm in the State penitentiary
ut Columbus, OLio, for burglary.
The last Of these men, Hewitt, wa
slowly but surely tracked by Dahlgreer
to Colorado, and it was there in little
town OIL the frontier OF the State, al
Coyote, he came up with him and shot
him in cold blood, after he had thrown
up his hands and asked for mercy. The
little community wns terribly excited
about the murder, and started officers
on the track OF Dahlgreen, who threw
them of the scent.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
LOST CIVILIZATION.

Sir William Jones, in his voyage to
India, found the in island Of Johanna, o
secluded speck in the Atlantic off the
coast of Africa, this inscription in Ara
bic. above the door OF mosque:
The world was given tor our edifica-
zion;
Not for the purpose Of raising stump
tuous dwellings
Life for the discharge OF moral and
religious duties;
Not for pleusurable indulgence;
Wealth to be literally bestowed;
Not avariciously boarded
And learning to produce good actions.
And not empty disputes.
The people who were guided by these
maxims, if any people ever were, GER
tainly exhibited a high degree of civil.
cation. 1t seems great misfortune
that they should have persisted from the
earth. Yet if such race existed now
and they possessed country worth any
thing, some Anglo-Saxon race would xii
them off or drive them out, and taxi
possession of their lands. and whateve
else they might have worth stealing.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
THE STORY OF TIE SHOE.

The modern shoe has been evolved by
q succession of slight notifications and
engagements of very simple primitive
covering. In the ages of stone and
bronze, man seems to have protected
his foot by piece Of bark or leather
laid under the sole and fastened in n
very simple manner about the foot with
straps. Out of this grew the sandal,
with its broader and more elaborate
bands, reaching above the ankles, such
as we SEQ represented in the art Of
ancient Egypt and later. From the san
dial, again, was developed, by the addi-
ton of a fine leather below the straps,
rs we'll as the broadening of the straps,
the germ of the shoe proper, an arrange
ment illustrated by the Greek half-boot.
The completion of this process of devel'
opment was the doing away with the
band, and the making of the upper
'--iL~- G~n,ap
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
.isEcDors or DIR. MUHLENDER0.

ifECDOTE Or DIX. MUHLENDHhu'
TEero is On Indignation which is holy,
and an anger that is without sin IL
flashes sometimes from the most merci'
Eul OF men when tLoy stumble over
some hypocrite's greed. Few men had
q moro gentle spirit than the late DR..
Muhlonberg, Of New York, but his
tender heart could glow with fire, and
his soft words give place ITO strong OK
prcssions, when inhumanity crossed his
path.
One DAY, during the civil war, poor
woman came to him in great distress.
She WIS the wife of volunteer, and
lnd iailed to receive her usual remit
lance. Her landlord had threatened to
turn her into the street for not paying
her rent. The kind clergyman, learn
ing who her landlord was, remarked:
sob 1 know him well. Be COM
iorted 1 will see to it"
Going to him, he found the rich man
engaged in counting quantity OF gold.
Describing the poor tenants distress,
the doctor asked Dives to release her
from paying the quarters rent
impossible" he answered. tive
nothing to do with it; my agent at
tends to such matters My business
would be demoralized by such inter
ference"
"Nay, but tho poor woman occupies
your house," gently demonstrated DR..
AIuhlenberg. "She has paid you regu-
larly until cow, and will probably be
able to pay In future, if she receives
money from her husband. /"
ayes, yes, that may be all true, but
the thing can't be done it is not bust
ness"
"Woll, then, give me one Of thos'
gold pieces for her."
"By no means. l want every one o
them to make up q sum I'm going t.
put in the bank"
"Well, sir, said DR.. Muhlenberg, ris
ing to go--his indignation had already
risen, 81 would rather take my chanc,
for the kingdom of heaven with TIL
poorest, meanest, dirtiest beggar in tn
streets of New York than with you Z"
On similar occasion, he broke fort
into these strong words; 4" / am no apol
ogist for Mariolatry, but l would rathe
fare with Bridget, saying her 'Hai
Mary than with old Rent = he
master, groaning over her idolatry-
himself worshiper OF Mammon
Granting the idolatry, hers may b
vcnial, compared with his, in the eye G
tho Disccrner of Spirits" - Youth
Companion.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
UNCLE NOSE ExPOUNDS TIE SCRIP
TURE1

Jim Webster, q saddle-colored sport,
provoked quarrel with old Uncle Nose,
and the consequence was that the OLD
man got on his muscle and gave Jim o
fearful pounding. They were, however,
separated by mutual friends before any
very serious damage had been done tc
either Of these distinguished oolored
citizens.
"You got de better OBJ mo dis time"
said Jim, wiping the end of his nose with
his elbow, and examining it to see ii
there was any blood OH it. "Dat or Ia
de fust time 1 cher knowed de hind leg
OBJ mule to grow on outen de shoulder
OBJ rheumatick ole niggah.
"Dat amt hit" responded old Nose,
running his arm through hole in his
coat in his efforts to put it on. "Dt
trouble wild you new-fangled niggahs Ii
you don't search de scriptures"
"What's dat got to do wild dis pusona
altercashun?"
"You asked me to fight yer, didn'
yerP"
"Dat's fact"
"And yer knocked me fust, didn'
yer?"
"Dems de kerrect returns"
"Well, den, Of you had searched d
Bible you mout hGb knowed in advanc
what was gwine ter be do result of d
campaign"
"Will yer please expound dat are
Uncle Mose2"
ode Bible says, ask and ye shall re
ceive, knock and ye shall be knocked
You asked, and yer got it, didn't yer
You knocked, and yer got de wind AM
some OBJ yer teef knocked, didn't yerP
tell you, Jim Webster, and oil you udde
Bob Ingersoll sinners, dat dar's Who'll
keerlo Ids Oh wisdom in dat 81 -ssed bool
/ eff yer studies it prarfully and in dc riI
speret '-Galveston Ne,os.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
CnnsnmntioI1 Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice, have
ing had placed in his hands by an East India
Missionary the foruula of simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure OF
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, asthma and
all throat aud Lung affections, also positive
and radical cure for Nervous Debility ana al
Nervous Complaints, after having tested II
wonderful curative powers in thousands OF
cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering, vii
send free of charge, to all who desireit, 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. W. A. MOVES, li9 Powers Block, Roch
ter, n. Y.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
EXCHANGE sc1NTI11ATIoNs.

An Arkansaw child swallowed a
rulc-child died by inches. Poor
rule did not work both ways
Forked Deer Blade.
Black Fox, a Warm Spring Indian
has been sentenced to Jail for six
months, for a criminal assault. Brcr
Fox will be Cold Winter Indian by
the time he Frances out.-Burlington
Iawkeye.
A Newport girl who used to say
she'd never marry man named
Smith, has not only married a Smith,
but also a blacksmith, and he occas-
ionally knocks her into smitherecns.
State Journal.
Rev. Joseph Cook..has at last come
out squarely and defined his position
lie says he is pandenominationa-
list. We always thought that was
what he was, but nobly rcfrained
from saying so, out Of regard for the
feeling of his family.-Burlington
lIawkeyc.
Mrs. A. II, Stewart, now summer
ing at he'Grand Union in Saratoga
has the habit of going to the hotel
store-room every Saturday to be
weighed, and as she always gives the
storekeeper s. for this service, he is
one of few men that believe in let
ting Il woman. have her weigh.-In-
terror journal.
No, Matron, no, Patti has no ba-
bies. The family can't afford 'em
When they realize thatit wonld cost
the youngster in the crib $1,000 ev'
cry time lie wanted his mother Ia
sing him to sleep, cash up at the dool
or no concert, they decided that nc
baby could stand it unless he mort.
gagged the nursery.-Durlingtor
Ilawkeye.
William Flynn, of Philadelphia
stole a can Office cream last week. II
was a cold day for William and he
got jeff in Jail. Thus we learn every,
day, that ice cream is 4 snare and q
lei usion, is dragging our young
men to prison, it is running our
homes and digestion, it destroys the
! lining of om stomach and the peck
ct; it is of the spoon, spoon!, and
who so is deceived thereby is moi
wise. Flee, young man, oh
flee the tempter, and if You dO
steal Il can of it, be sure that nobody
is looking, because lively run of d
mile and Il half in the hot sun with q
can of ice cream, is liable TO bring Ol
Sunstruke, heart disease. and thaw
the ice cream into Il resolution of cv'
arlasling dcw.-Burlington Hawk
eye.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

Rev. j. u. Solomon and wife, of
Owcnsboro, were poisoned by an
adopted girl whom they took from
the Baptist Orphan Asylum, Louis
vile, last year. The girl Mamie Gabe-
hart by name, pu. Trough on Rats
in the bread. Dir. S. and his wife
were both made very sick, but recov.
cred with the help of "a physician
The girl is only Is years old. She
has been returned to theAsylum.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
Cur Agents

The following persons arc our authorized
u gents, who will receive subscription Tor tue
SEMI WEEKLY SOUTH KENTUoKIAN;
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
rrcuILlRrr1Es or TREE GROWTH.

Some noticeable peculiarities are fire.
ouently observed in forests. A few
years ago some Michigan lumbermen
discovered chain-link protruding
through the bark of o tree, and in cut
ting it out traced its continuance to o
steel trap which was thoroughly i'm
bedded out OF sight in the wood. The
trustees of on old burying ground in
New Jersey, while removing the growths
of large timber, the falling of whose
branches frequently broke valuable
monuments, were engaged in removing
large willow which had diameter OF
over five feet. Digging deep among the
roots, two footstones were found com
pletely enveloped and held fast by the
roots which had grown about them,
while in saving off the trunk about
three feet above the ground at depth
Of fifteen inches the saw struck hard
substance, and, on stopping to loosen it,
n footstone was discovered fully imbed-
dcd 10 the solid wood.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
The Arctic Tragedy.

Last April the Thctis, the Bear and
the Alert, the latter vessel presented
by the English Government, sailed
for the Polar seas in search of Lieut..
Greedy and his party. According to
their instructions they were to arrive
at Upernavik in the first week of
July, and falling to get any intclle-
gcncc of the party here they were to
push on to Smiths Sound, and if
necessary TO prosecute the search
through Kennedy Channel to Dis
covery Bay. The object of the ex-
petition was attained last week by
the discovery of the small remnant
of the Greedy party on a cape of
Smiths Sound. OF the original par
ty Of 25 only seven were found alive
and dramatic cast is given to the
succor by the statement that if relief
had been delayed forty-cight hours
longer the last man would have per-
ishcd from hunger and exposure.
The misadventurcs Of the Greedy
party were due to the excessive sew
erity Of the winter and to the failure
of relief expeditions, which had been
promised, and on which Greedy and
his men were probably tempted to
place too much reliance.
The Greedy expedition sailed in the
Proteus in July, 1881, and reached its
destination, in Lady Franklin Bay,
in August of that year. The expcdi-
lion was under orders to explore as
large All extent Of the Polar region
as possible, and TO occupy the time
until the fall of 1883 in such explora-
lions and in taking scientific OBJ
seryations. The understanding was
that in the fall of 1883 ship should
be sent TO this party's relief and 10
bring them home. Two ships, the
Yantic and Protcus, were dispatched
according to the programme, but the
Proteus was crushed by the ice and
the expedition was failure.
The Greedy expedition was the re-
suit of a general plan for the organ
ization of system Of circumpolar
stations, as bases of observation and
exploration. The United States CO.
opclatc with France, England and
Germany in this world, the stations
If the United States being fixed III
Lady Franklin Bay, Smiths Sound
and Point Barrow, near the 81 lie
gree of north latitude. The adop-
ton of international cooperation APP
pears to promise better for Arctic ex-
plortions than the plan of isolated
enterprises, although there have been
no important result TO prove its mer-
| its. 1t is also an open question whether,
nndcr the difficulties of communists
ton amid the ice field of that hyper
borcan region, series of stations
could be made of any practical mn-
tual support.
| Greely's base, and the point where
the remnant of his party was found
was about one degree beyond tho
most northern point reached by ID
Kane (in 1851, but is about one de
| gree south of the winter station o
) the Alert, which stopped at Cape I'm
: ion, latitude 50 degrees q minutes
] Tie Alert party, reachGA by slcds
point in latitude SO degrees 20 min
utes, the most northern point IL
which any human being has eve
penetrated.
Before deciding whether the Gree
ly expedition was tragedy or
triumph, we must learn what scicnti
fc result were accomplished in hi
Observation-Disclosures
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

al SUPPOSE you are very glad that
your husband is entirely cured of his
rheumatism p said doctor to a fashion.
able Galveston lady. "Yes, 1 suppose
ought to be, but from now on we will
have to guess at the weather or buy a bar.
omcter, if his bones quit aching beforv
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

Gr1HooIY hired pony the other day
to take little exercise on. He got oil
the exercise he wanted, and, Us he
limpcd to tho elge Of the sidewalk to
rest himself after taking so much exer.
else, kind friend asked him What
did you come down 50 quick for r
"What | l come down 80 quick for
Did you sc, anything up in the air FOL
Inc to hold on " 2"-GalVeSton NeWS.
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

AT Castine, Me-, q fox, chased by
hounds, had the cunning TO take to thin
ice, which bore him safely, but let TIL,
dogs through. The most valuable hound
wns drowned.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

IMAM" said the old lawyer to the
younger one, :" is only tenant OF Time,
u serf Of Destiny, and the sooner he feels
his vassalage the better for him."