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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
HAIR TURNING WHITE IN L SINGLE
NIGHT.

NIGHT.
About fifteen years ago young man
named Henry Richards, who lived at
Terre Haute, Ind, was going home one
evening about dark from visit to u
friend, and was walking along the rail-
road track. Some little distance from
town was very high trestlework over
creek, there being no planks placed
across for walking, SO thst people had to
60 over on the ties
Richards was walking along at live
" rate, and when he arrived at the
bridge he did NOT stop to think that o
train coming in was then due, but, be-
ing in hurry to get home, he started
to walk across on the crossties. lie had
gotten nearly halfway across the bridge
when the train came slipping around Il
curve at lively rate Ho saw the train
at once and started to run, but saw that
it was useless as it would certainly over
take him before he could got of the
bridge.
He was now in terrible plight. To
jump off was certain death, and if he re-
manned on the track the train would
crush him to pieces. There was 10
woodwork beneath the bridge for him to
hang on. to, SO he saw that his only
chance was to swing ON to small iron
rod that passed under the crossties. No
time was to be lost as the train was
nearly on the end Of the bridge. So he
swung himself under the ties, and in O
few moments was han cling ON for dean
life. The engineer had seen him just
before he swung under the bridge, and
tried to stop the train, but did more
harm than good, as he only succeeded
in checking the speed OF the train and
made it a longer time in passing ovel
the form OF Richards. As the engine
passed over the GOALS of &re from the
nshpan dropped out, and a number o.
them dropped on his hands, burning
the flesh to the bone, as he could moi
shake them of, and to let go would have
been certain death.
The trial was at length over, and
nearly dead from fright and exhaustion.
with his hands burned in terrible man.
ner, Richards swung himself upon the
bridge again and nan home. When he
reached there his hair had not turned
but in short time afterward it began
to get gray, and by morning was almost
perfectly white. -LouiSvitle Courier
Journal
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
now FLOUR Is MADE.

Flour was formerly made by simply
grinding wheat at one operation to the
finest possible flour, and then separating
by sleeves the flour from the bran, ne
cessarily grinding in much of the bran
with flour and discoloring it, while much
of the very best material was separated
with the bran and lost. The latter com
mon method is to grind very coarsely
the wheat several times, using strong
blasts of air between each grinding to
separate the bran from the granulated
interior portion, and OF last crush it to
the floor, relieved of all the bran. The
new electric method consists in passing
the middlings under revolving hard-rub.
Der cylinders, electrified by contact with
sheepskin. The particles of bran fly up
to meet the rubber, from which they
are turned off in side channel, the pu.
rifed middling, freed from bran, passing
thron0h rollers to become fine flour.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08

, WILL the vagaries of insanity never
cease? Philadelphia has just furnished
one of the most peculiar phases of men
tai alteration over reported. st. Marks
Episcopal Church is one of the most
fashionable and aristocratic places of
worship in the City of Brotherly Love,
and the members of that church have
been made the victims of the peculiar
idiosyncrasies OF an insane fellow men,
Der. Some three or four months ago
the members of that church were del
uged with anonymous letters of the vii
est character. In some OF these COM
munications wives were advised that
their husbands needed watching, in
others husbands were warned to keep an
eye on their wives, while in one case a
wicked calumny directed against the
daughter of one of tbs leading families
of the city was sent to her par nts. One
hundred and fifty such letters were
mailed in single week. The rector
complained to the Postoffice Depart
ment, and it soon became evident that
the author of the letters was young la
dy of high social standing, and worth
$500, 900 in her own right, but it was
also discovered that she was mentally
out of balance. She was warned against
continuing the offense, and for while
the letters ceased. Then the practice
recommended on small scale, about q
couple OF letters week being mailed.
Latlerly, however, the number has in
creased considerably, and the tone OF
the contents has partaken of an abso-
lutely revolving nature. Some of them,
addressed to young ladies OF the highest
purity Of character, and moving in the
best society, have contained express
ions which would shock the sensibilitiea
Of the most debased individual. She
wrote number of the most filthy let
ters 20 be conceived, addressed them to
herself, and took them to the rector ia
read. Just what to do in the case is
puzzling the authorities.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
MEXICAN ,JAILS.

In the department. of jails there is o
deficiency. As at present arranged they
can present but moderate terrors to evil.
doors. The really.fine penitentinry OF
Guadalajara is the only one in which
modern ideas of penal discipline are fol.
lowed. There is by law no death pen
atty. The number Of the most-nefarious
criminals is kept down by semi-oflicial
! lynchings-as the shooting Of certain
kinds of offenders on capture-into
which nobody ever inquiries, and by
transportation to Yucatan but there
still remain sufficient to make one look
| with uneasiness on the slightness of the
means of restraint employed The bolts
and bars are only lattices of wood much
more often than iron. At the great
central prison of Belen, where some
1000 persons are confined, it seemed to
me that very large portion of them
were more comfortable than they could
have been in their own squalid homes.
They make strange spectacle indeed as
one looks down upon them in large
courts, of what again has once been an
old convent, where, of all ages, and for
sentences of all durations, they eat,
sleep and work at various light occupa-
tons together. No attempt is made to
prevent their communicating with one
another. or staring about. They have
good air, light and food, and are paid a
part of their earnings. They take their
siestas at noon, play at checkers, gossip
and even bathe luxuriously in central
tank.-W II. Bishop, in Harper's
Magazine.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
sRERIpAN,s FAMOUs ride.

In very short time everything and
everybody was in confusion, each one
asking Of the other what it was all
about. Cavalry calls were heard in
every direction, while the long roll OF
the infantry on our lett was plainly
audible. II was, indeed, most COM
plete surprise to every one, particularly
TO the infantry camps on the extreme
front, many of the men being shot or
bayoneted in their beds. No one thought
Gen. Early any nearer than Staunton
at least, Saddles were hastily packed and
horses led into line awaiting the order
to mount, while those of our men who
had made such elaborate preparations
for spending the winter at this camp
showed their disgust and disappoint-
ment by savage growls and language
which is not found in any book of a
pious nature. AS the fog slowly lifted,
there began rush, scramble, stampede,
or by whatever name it may be called.
They passed us on tho run, singly and
in squads, many with only there under
clothing on, others partly dressed, while
very few carried their muskets. Sur
prise and fear seemed to monopolize all
their faculties. Their one thought was
TO get to the rear and get their quickly.
AS daylight increased the firing became
louder, and the flash of artillery added
to the general confusion. Most Of the
fugitives belonged to the Eighth corps,
and amid the excited and panic-stricken
crowd their officers vainly begged,
threatened and commanded them to halt
and form. Appeals were in vain every
man seemed intent upon securing his
own personal safety by fight, and go
ing on the old maxim: EVERY fellow
for himself, and the devil take the hind
most" ,.-..-
1t was at this time, when every one
felt sure our army would be either
captured or cut to pieces, that Sheridan
himself appeared ON the field. Mount
ed on large black horse, he came on 6
gallop with his hat in hand, his every
appearance denoting anger and excite
ment. As he passed us he shouted
"Steady, lads, we'll give 'em - yet
This wouldn't have happened if hac
been here" AS he continued the mel
gave him cheer after cheer. Every ont
felt the inspiration of his presence, ant
we all felt that somehow or other h,
would bring us safely through. Arm.
trains were turned into the fields ant
parked and many stragglers ran bacl
voluntarily to the front. Sheridan
staff, unable to keep up with him, cam
galloping by, one by one. Firing grad
rally ceased altogether, our lines wer
withdrawn a short distance and re
formed, while the cavalry were masses
and took position on the TANKS, Custe
on the right and Merritt on the left
Before shutdown our victory was com
plete.- w F. Mnckay, in Philadelphia
Weekly Times.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
nEMOcRATIc COUNTY COMMITTEE.
OUR JUVENILES.
Grdndpa,S Burn.


Oh, q Jolly old place Is grandpas barn,
Where the doors stand open throughout the day,
And the cooling doves fly in and out,
And the air is sweet with the fragrant hay.
Where the grain lies over the slippery floor,
And the hens are busily looking around,
And the sunbeams flicker, now here, now there,
And the breezes blow through with merry SCUM
The swallows twitter and chirp all day,
With Tutoring wings, in the old brown caves,
And the robins sing in the trees which lean
To brush the roof with their rustling leaves.
oh for the glad vacation tine,
When grandpa's barn will echo the shout
the merry children, who romp and play
In the newborn freedom of "school let outp
Such soaring Of doves from their coy pests,
Such hunting for eggs in the lofts 80 high,
TIL the frightened hens, with cackle shrill,
From their hidden treasures are fain to fly,
Oh, the dear old barn, 70 cool, 30 widel
It's doors will open again ere long
To the summer sunshine, the new-mown hay,
And the merry ring Of vacation song,
For grandpa's barn is the jolliest place
For frolie and fun on summer day;
And cen old Time, as the years pass by,
Its memory never can steal away.
-Harper's Young Folks,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
CLUB LIST.
10 CORRESPONDENTS.

We want fresh reliable and readable Letters
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WEEKLY SOUTH KENTuUKIAN circulatcs. Give
us the Jews plainly, correctly, briefly and intel
igibly, without needless cOmmcht or rhetorlcai
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matters of no interest to the reading pubic
Use but one side of the paper and write rs often
as von have news it1nS to chrOnicle, ami No
oftener.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
MISSIONARY AVERAGES.

1t is said that the percentage of mis-
sionaries who have gone from various
theological seminaries is as follows
Oberlin Congregational, 10 per cent.
Andover (Congregational), 10 per cent. /;
Hamilton Baptist), 10 per cent; Union
(Presbyterian), 9.5 er cent; Newton
(BaptisD, 7.S per cent; Virginia (Epis-
copal), 8 per cent; Rochester Baptist),
7.S per cent; Princeton (Presby terian).
W per cent.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF THR
CHINESE

AAS NALAON al pLOWGH UT 1hN
CHINESE.
With the Chinese the lily is the ma
tional flower, and many superstitions at
tach to it Should it blossom upon New
Years day, it is regarded as most
happy omen, presaging the best luck to
the fortunate owner of the plant. For
this reason a good deal Of care is be-
slowed upon the lily by the Chinaman,
in the hope that it may put forth its
flower upon the morning of the ami
versary. The Chinese lily is different
from any other variety. 1t is grown by
placing the bulb on pieces of window
glass, stone and china, and giving it a
liberal supply of water. The flower is
white, with gold-colored center, some
thing between daisy and narcissus.
Its fragrance is delightful.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
TIE ENGLISY PiPER Tx.

At the time l commenced the Jon7la.
the duty on paper paid by the manu-
facturer was 3D. per pound weight, which
formed a grevious burden on every sort
Of publication. About 1910 publishers
generally began 20 make earnest efforts
to get rid Of this tax, which pressed with
speciall cruelty on the cheaper class Of
works. In this movement, which on
lesser scale resembled the Corn-law agi-
tation, I took somewhat conspicuous
part. The Miscellany of Useful and
Entertaining Tracts, issued by W. & r.
Chambers, and which extended to 90
shilling volumes, with circulation of
$4,000 copies, was absolutely choked to
death by the tax. The anticipated prof
its on the work were literally nothing,
for the whole had been absorbed by the
duties on paper. The Government, with
no trouble or risk, having got all the
profits on this popular little work, it was
given up. Gases of this kind were inn
pressed upon the attention of the Legis.
lature. Mr.. Miner Gibson; member Of
Parliament, zealously helped the move
ment, which was ct length successful.
The repeal Of the paper duty took effect
on Oct. l, 1861. Already, in 1858, the
advertisement duty, 1Sd each, had beer
removed; and in 1856 the newspaper
stamp was abolished; wherefore, witt
the abolition Of the paper duty, 1861
the press in oil its departments was Sc
thoroughly free from fiscal exactions
In these few facts young people vii
learn how newspapers have been so won
drously cheapened and extended in cir
culation. W. Chambers, in Chambers
Journal.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08

That was the way we began our more
than mutual acquaintance. Every day
I heard OF some fresh rascality Of my
new friend. He was q gambler, was
horribly profane when enraged, could
become more thoroughly intoxicated
over night, and show less signs Of it next
morning than any other. When crossed
in his plans he could and did kill his
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
The Dru,i,iner-BOy.

On cold December morning about
6. ".y years ago, party of tourists
we're crossing the Alps-and a pretty
large party, too, for there were several
thousands of them together. Some
were riding, some walking, and most of
them had knapsacks ON their sh jnlders,
like many Alpine tourists nowadays.
But instead of walking-sticks they car
ried muskets and bayonets, and dragged
along with them some fifty Or sixty can
non.
In fact, these tourists were nothing
less than French army; and a very
hard time of it they seemed to be hav-
ing. Trying work, certainly, even for
the strongest man, to wade for miles
through knee-deep snow in this bitter
frost and biting wind, along these mar
row, slippery mountain paths, with
precipices hundreds of feet deep all
round. The soldiers looked thin and
heavy-eyed for want of food and sleep,
and the poor horses that were dragging
the heavy guns stumbled at every step.
But there was one among them who
seemed quite to enjoy the rough march
ing, and tramped along through the
deep snow and cold, gray mist, through
which the great mountain peaks over
head doomed like shadowy giants, as
merrily as if we were going to a picnic.
This was little drummer-boy of 10
years old, whose fresh, rosy face looked
very bright and pretty among the grim,
SCARED visages Of the old soldiers.
When the cutting wind whirled shower
OF snow in his face he dashed it away
with CHEEKY laugh, and awoke all the
echoes with the lively rattle Of his drum,
till it seemed as if the huge black rocks
around were all singing in chorus.
"Bravo, Petit Tambour y" Qittle
drummer) cried tall man in shabby
gray cloak, who was marching at the
head of the line with long pole in his
hand, and striking it into the snow
every now and then to see how deep il
was "Bravo, Pierre, my boyl With
such music as that one could march all
the way to Moscow"
The boy smiled, and raised his HAND
TO his cap in salute, for this rough-look
ing man was no other than the Genera
himself, Fighting Macdonald" one o.
the bravest soldiers in France, of whom
his men used to say that one sight O
his face in battle was worth whole
regiment
"Long live our General !" shouted {
hoarse voice and the cheer, flying from
mouth to mouth, rolled along the silen
mountains like peal Of distant thunder
But its echo had hardly died ava.
when the silence was again broken b,
another sound of very different kind
strange, uncanny sort of whisperin,
far away up the great white mountain
side. Moment by moment it grew loude
and harsher, till at length it swelled int
deep, hoarse roar.
"On your faces, ladsp roared tn
General " it's an avalanche p
But, before his men had time to obey
the ruin was upon them. Down thun
dtrel the great mass of snow, sweepin
the harrow ledge-path like waterfall
and crashing down along with it cam
heaps of stone and gravel and loos
earth, and uprooted bushes and grea
blocks of cold blue ice For a momen
all was dark as night; and, when til
rush had past, many of the brave fellow
who had been standing on the path wer
nowhere to be seen. They had bee
carried down over the precipice. am
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-08
PAYING A STREET WITH PLUG TO-
RACCO.

BACCO.
We have, through long reiteration,
become case hardened to the antique
whoppers told by the Forty-niners, but
it must have made those mossy-backed
prevaricators themselves turn green with
envy when, at recent banquet, the
"Fifty-three-ers'" Chairman calmly re-
marked during his speech
"Another singular feature of the early
days was the reckless expense incurred
to accomplish improvements. All Of
you remember when the rains made il
necessary TO pave Washington street,
then the great thoroughfare. As lum.
Der was worth about $40 square foot,
the paving committee, after for some
time vainly looking for substitute,
purchased the entire cargo of the schoon.
er Jennie Lee, consisting of plug chow.
ing tobacco, and with this Washington
street was paved for distance of foul
squares. 1t was surprising how well
the plugs wore, too, although, of course,
the pavement finally disappeared. Why,
gentlemen, / can't begin to tell you how
many hundred, times l have seen jim
Lick, Bill Coleman or Doc Merritt ster
out of a saloon in those good old days
wiping their mouths, kneel down, bite Q
chew off the curbstone, and walk oil. -
| San FFa,oisco Post
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-28
The following are the closing quotations stocks:


Georges Codhsh-We quote Georges at So COG
% qtl for large and 1914 for medium; new Yves
tern Bank $31s and So; old Bank at So and SPA
dry do at $2A " qtl. Shores 81 and 49, Cusk 81 -s
y qtl Haddock $2;Hake S1s4 Pollock $17s: slack
sailed Pollock $212 y qtl.
Boneless and prepared fish 312 to 4c % ID for
Hake. to 41ac for Haddock and Cusk, and 415D
Ia for Goldfish. Smoked Halibut at 121sc p ID;
Smoked Salmon at 17c; Scaled Herring at 16c "
box; No tucks at lac. Bloaters at 81 " hundred.
Smoked Alewlves SOC.
Mackerel-In good receipt. Several fares from
the Cape Shore on the market One sale reported
on Philadelphia aecount at 50 and So " hbl, but
dealers are not will ng to sustain these prices Last
sales small mixed $314 " Dbl.
Herring-We quote Nova Scotia large split 81 %
Dbl; medium do at $314; Labrador at So 70; large
Ribbed at So, medium and small do at So. Shore
round at So.
Trout at S14 y Dbl; Picked Goldfish and Haldock
at So, Halibut Heads at S31a, Tongues SO: Sounds
at Sill, Tongues and Sounds at $40, Alewives at
81; Salmon at $I8; Fins at S14; No Shadk $40.
Fresh Hslibut-To-day's sales at &c " ib in cargo
lots.
Blacklist OIL roc; God do 46948c; Shore do at 449
46c; Porgie do, none on the market.
Porgie scrap ats12 v ton;Fish do $9;Liver do So.
Fresh Iivers soc " bucket.
Fish Waste 81 #S ton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-28
AND COMMERCIAL
Porsluna Daily wholesale aaarI1es.

Portland Daily Wholesale Rzarlkes.
PORTLAND, June 81.
The merchandise markets continue quiet apd
Sprices generally are in buyers favor The Grain
market is steady with fair business doing. In
Povisions we quote Lard fully 14c lower with Pork
about steady. Bermuda Onions have been scarce
are 25c higher. In Fish the market for mackerel is
dull with an easier tendency; there is more ANNA
ton for Bank Goldfish and dealers report marked
Improvement in this department f. esh Fish
hrmer. Fresh Beef is firm but the high cost of Cat
tie has checked operations.
Thefollow1ng to-day's closing quotations Of
Flour, Grain, Provisions. sc.
Flcur. aaraIn.
Superhne and lold R.M. Corn.car lots. 90
low grades. s. 25@4 00lnew do car lots. 66G67
Spring and Corn, bag lots 6S@69
Xxx Spring. 5 00@5 50iOsts. car lots. As 646
Patent Spring Oats bag lots -. 46@46
Wheats ...0 Z0GQ7 90 Meal ....., 66@67
Michigan Win CottonSeed. car lots % 90
ter straights5 OU@5 90 oottonSeed, bag lots30 90
Do roller. ..6 1906 IS iSackedBrsn car iou
st. Louis Win 10 50019[0
ter straight. 9 O006 25 do baglote20 00@S1 90
Do roller. % 26G6 30 Asids car lots,
Winter Wheat $22R24 90
atente.. IS 25iQ7 00l do bag lots 23@$25 90
Produce, PrOVisi0ms.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-28

In this city the 9th inst. Thomas, son of John
and Catharine Keeley, aged 20 years, months.
Funeral Sunday afternoon at o'clock from his
laIe residence, No. 41S Commercial street.
In Freeport, June "a, Colby Welsh, aged SO years
10 months.
At Stevens Plains, June 81. Miss Emeline 1.
Pierce.
Funeral on Monday afternoon at o'clock
In Cssco, June l6, VIM. II. Tenney, aged SO years
months.
In Waterford, June 16, Walter f. Lovejoy. aged
In Brunswick, June 20. Mary Gilmore aged As
years.
In wiscasset June 70, Mrs. Sarah NJ. Deering.
aged ~ years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-28
ASafeguard.

The fatal rapidity with which slight
Colds and Coughs frequently develop
into the grayest maladies of the throat
and lungs, is consideration which should
impel every prudent person to keep at
hand, as household remedy, bottle Of
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL.
Nothing else gives such immediate relief
and works SO sure cure in all affections
of this class. That eminent physician,
Prof. F. Sweetzer, of the Maine Medical
School, Brunswick, Me-, says
"Medical science has produced no other ano-
dyne expectorant SO good as AYERS CHERRY
PICTORIAL. II is invaluable for diseases of the
throat and lungs"
The same opinion is expressed by the
well-Anown DR.. l.. j. Addison, of Chicago,
ILL.,, who says
81 have never found, in thirty-Hve years of
continuous study and practice of medicine, any
preparation of so great value as AYERS CHERRY
PICTORIAL, for treatment of diseases of the
throat and lungs. 1t not only breaks up colds
and cures severe coughs, but is more effective
than anything else in relieving even the most
serious bronchial and pulmonary affections"