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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14
THE SUN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER H. lsA-TwELvE PAGES

nations not represented in the total. The sue
ccssful suicides range in respect to age from
90 to 50 years. and are OF all conditions. mar
ried. single widows. and widowers. No special
enumeration is made OF the divorced. Nor are
any figures yot nttainable Indicative OF the
deadly effects Of disappointment on the Jealous
patriots who had hoped that the November
election would turn OIL, otherwise than II did.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14
How The sun .AdyertIses,

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-.Sr: bog to in
form you that the Great Eastern steamship has been
chartered by syndicate In London who will bring the
shin To New Orleans and utilize her a large m arine
exhibit aud floating hotel!
The ship Will lie along ~ the Exposition grounds
and will have large pier running direct her bow
The Great Eastern is 60 feet long wide and has
six mast- which Will be illuminated by powerful electric
lights during the n,sh'.
rn syndicate have had several COED offers from Eng
sh manufacturers for the privilege Of painting large
niver'seueu the outside Of the ship that Will lie IN
full view of the thoustd- ~ people who will y,rt tn,
Exposition !nIiv r"r,uricd them, however before
lett l.ruiuu Ia wait uuI reached Anrrcn M want
ed To some Of large advertising manufacturers
u chance To- put IN "A hi.
The space o;i.re, highest bidder within the mex,
make SPACE II about ~ feet high by aiout 3Iu feet
long and VIII, tiuk he worth more luryo al.
that acnntrnct has -"n made for the one.ult til.
rcnt Eastern for advertising purposes the spapers
nj, through "a" world WILL comment on it,
We VIII allow only advertisement - q acsd on
TIC ouisi" uf The ship aud 'hnr wI,i h" in iull
next daHs VIII the space HE srnc. viii lac re.
Ind Check 20 hc made yHhle to the order Of general
manager II you intend making hid for this kindly
y. " PINE. General Manager.
Orricr GrSRRAL M,SAotW. 10 usioN Srnryr INV OR
LEANS Dee II. lest
TIE Sun is spending from $50, 900 to $50. 900
n year in advertising. Its claims to public ap-
probation are spread beiorr tho people in the
advertising columns of tho lead NJ metropoi-
tan and rural newspapers Believing that
money thus spent is far moro remuncratiye
than money spent in the manner proposed by
Mr.. Pine. We respectively dsrinr TO hut in bid.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14

Lady lin book storcl-Hnvnn't you a COPY
OF shakespeare hound in red instead OF blue.
tlerk-NO, MADAM. have them only in blue
Lady OAying the volume down TeyrerfullJ-i am sor.
~. wanted II to lie ebony centre tnl. Inn +,
blue hook aud black table would he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14
wsich She Admired the More.

Young Mr.. Smith-Are you an admrcr OF
Tcnnyshn. Mss Boston!
Miss Buston-rn which Tennyson do you refer.
Young Mr. Sm'h-rherc is Int one Teuuy sou.
Mss ADMINISTRATION me hut th"r- are Two ALFRED
r'uny son ni lprh IrnuN The former admire very
nuch indeed. 80
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14

ry out n promise in consideration Of which
tho House OF Lords has passed the Franchise
bill. and perhaps in their hearts tho old
Wings and some independent Liberals will
not be sorry TO geo the Ralicnls weakened.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14

1t will seem rather hard if CHESTER A.
ARTHUR after such prolonged and faithful SER
vice to his party, has finally put himself so
much out OF line on the tariff that he mus, not
expect any more honors at the hands Of the
Republicans Still. IL his political career is to
stop short now. he will have tho satisfaction of
knowing that the latter end is what bring, him
the most credit and renown. Even il he should
leave the White House for obscurity. he would
go out n much bigger man than he went in. 1t
isn't every man that could do that Mr. CLEvE-
LAND always excepted.
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The decided preference hitherto accorded
to poison as means Of self-destruc,ion by in
tending suicides does not seem to DO main
tanned Of late According 20 the report Of the
Board OF Health for the quarter last ended. the
total number OF suicides in this city averages
twenty month. Two thirds OF these. it would
appear. have risen above the trammels OF
prejudice regarding poison, and employ other
means for departing this life. For instance. 81
persons. during tho three months reported, re-
corded their preference for revolvers. II per-
sons their partiailty to hanging, 3 their con-
viction that razors were better, while resorted
to drowning and lenping from windows. Those
still faithful to tho traditional use OF
poison with deadly purpose numbered but II,
and of these 2 can he SO counted only hy cour-
tesy. as they used rough on rats" which has
no acknowledged chemical status. Paris green,
laudanum. and muriatc acid have shrunk in
use to petty proportions. and the once highly
favored arsenic has entirely disappeared from
the category OF suicidal poisons. IIvdrocyanic
acid still Ands r few friends and turpcntino an
occasional admirer. These figures arc sugges-
tive. and il is to be- noted that the downfall OF
poison among would-be suicides is due to no
tickle or sphemeral cause 1t dates, in fact.
from the enforcement of the statute making an
attempt at self-destruction n misdemeanor
punishable by Imprisonment. This law i'm poses
no penalty for suicide. but 1t imposes one for
the unsuccessful attempt to commit what. IL
successfully committed would not be an OIL
fence. AS the taking Of poison fails frequently
to produce death. surcr and more certain
means have been adopted. and it is in conso-
quence Of this that drugs and acids have lost
their popularity among this class Of persons in
Now York. though In other States they are as
highly esteemed AS formerly. 1t does not APP
10 In fpct that tha lou- al
has materially lessened the number OF self
murders. but it has restricted the number OF
would-bs self-murderers. and has proved
most salutary in its results among women who
now furnish but one fifth Of tho suicides. In
respect to nationality. Germany supplies
about one half OF the number reported by the
Health Board for the quarter The United
States follows with sixteen cases. Ireland with
eight. and Italy with two. the remaining ones
being pretty evenly distributed among foreign
era England. Spain. and Poland are tho three
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14
Will There BE Third Indcpcndcn mt
Triumph

There have been Independents and political
free thinkers at every election. but they
never carried things through with such
rush as in the canvass that ended on Nov. 4.
This applies chiefly to the Independent
boilers in the State of New York.
They made the Democrats nominate
CLEVELAND for President. There didn't
seem to be very many OF them on paper but
they were enough to dictate the candidate
they wanted. Doubtless the Chicago Con-
vention would have preferred some moro
conspicuous and experienced Democrat, but
it yielded to the pressure coming from for
mer enemies and finally the campaign ended
with success.
Now, according to the statement OF Mr..
JOHN I. DEvELIN, corroborated by our mug
wump contemporary, the Erening Post, the
Independents forced the County Democracy
OF this city to take the Independents candi-
date for Mayor as their own. They didn't
want Mr.. GRACE, but they thought best To
take him. And he was elected, too.
OF course the Independents are satisfied
They have carried their point every time.
Whether the Democrats are going to be
satisfied too or not can't be found out at
present. What they think of their expert
mcnt will be clearer when they como to NOM
mate n candidate for Governor next fall. Will
he DO the choice of the Democrats or will ho
be forced on them by the independents BY
the way, how would the latter gentlemen re-
gard the nomination Of ROSWELL 7. FLOWER
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14

Tho Hon. John Arnot OF Elmira who was so
severely burned little while ago by an explosion Of
Hs IN the Eh"mung Canal Bank has entirely recovered
aud IL attending 10 business usual He will tax, his
seat In Congress Immediately after the Christmas ho
days.
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER IA. 1884.

The Sun to-day consists of hcelre pages
O,r friends should sec that TIER ne,csmdn fur
nishes them nth the entire paper.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-30
HAPPY HopErNsvILLE.
The Industrial Prosperity and
Natural Advantages Of q
Thriving Kentucky
80 Town.

= Correspondence Of The Post.l
4 dlorKINsvILLE, KY, Dec. LII
have been asked by many to give to
The Evening Post "a letter on Hop
kinsville, detailing her advantages,
improvements, etc, and as now
have the time and opportunity will
give brief sketch of this city as a
business center.
The city of Hopkinsville, the coun-
ty seat, of Christian county, is located
im the center OF the county, on the
st. Louis II Southeastern railroad,
and about midway between Nash
vile, Tenn, and Evansville, Ind, 1t
has a population of 10000, and not a
vacant dwelling or tenement house
within its limits. We haye a home
market in which the tobacco and
wheat of this county, and much of
that produced in adjoining counties,
are sold, Our tobacco sale market,
first opened in 1872 with receipts Of
less than 5000 hogsheads, has increas-
ed to estimated receipts for 1881 of
$1,000 hogsheads, and from that year
to the present year an increase OIL, ,OOC
and prices obtained on our own board
Are as high as obtained FOR the same
grade of Tobacco in any market in
the West. Our home wheat market
lis especially favorablelto the farm
fers, and bring TO it competing buyers
from st. Louis, louisville, New York
Charleston and Savannah and also fol
exportytrade.
IIopkmsville is live and healthy
little city. Ouspopulation, in intel.
Eligeace, business energy and thrift
fmoral and social worth, will compare
,fayoiably with that ofany city in the
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-30
EXIT THE ooyDoIA.

: Very little has yet boen said or writ
ten about the latest and most audacious
net OF vandalism which a long suffering
world has been called to endure. This
is nothing less afrocious that the intro
luction Of steamboats, on the Grand
canal of Venice. The triumphs Of prac-
tical hge have left few spots invested
with the peculiar beauty and fascination
which belonged to the world when IT
was younger, and one Of these few spots
is, or asshredly was, Venice, The pres
ence Of the steamboats, tends to the
rapid extinction Of the gondolas, and
when the gondons have disappeared
from the canals Of Venice very little Of
the poetryoi motim will be left on earth.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-30
nHY1ox.

In an archaeological point of view, but
little has been obtained by excavations
at Babylon. At present, says M. Raoul-
Rochette, the plain where Babylon was
is covered over an extent of eighteen
leagues with rubbish. hillocks partly
leveled, choked-up aqueducts and canals.
These wrecks are mixed up to such
degree that it is often impossible to
recognize with any certainty the site or
the limits of the most considerable edi-
fees. The abomination OF desolation
reigns in all its hideousness. Not a
dwelling, patch Of cultivated ground,
or tree in leaf are visible. Its aban-
donment by mankind and by nature is
complete. The caverns formed by the
falling in of ancient buildings are now
the habitations Of jackals and snakes.
Jeremiah's prophecies have been full
filled. NJ. Oppert believes that he iden-
titled the remains of the famous inclosed
walls (Which Greek antiquity included
among its wonders) in series of tumuli,
called by the Aiabs the yellow hills and
the hill OF cats. These immense walls,
forming an exact square, we're double.
The outer wall embraced territory as
large as the Department Of the Seine ;
within the second and smaller inclosure
the whole of London town would have
had elbow-room, as attested by
Nebuchadnezzar's invaluable inscrip-
ton, Of which NJ. Oppert has given a
translation. These walls inclose aspace
large enough to supply food to be-
seiged population. Aristotle somewhere
compares the size of Babylon to the
Peloponnesus. 1t is not city. he says,
but rather province. When Herodo-
tus visited the country, the walls Of
Babylon still existed in part. His
description, too long to quote here, has
been verified by Investigations made on
the spot-An Me gear Round.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-30
DANIEL S. LAMONT. PREsI-
sDENT.ELEcT cLEvELAND,s
PRIVATE SECRETARY.
conhdendsntial Assistant sna
Friend Of the Coming Presi.
dent.

saH
The President-Elect is fortunate
iu llavipg.a Heivate Secretary of *
ceptionabls ability, prudence and
saeacitg Twosmen mores unlike
than they are in physjealse character.
istics, could scarcely be found.
Cleveland islargc and porty. La,
montoply five aud a half feet high
and spare. They are often seen walk
ing together, arm iG arm, at Albany
and their intimacy Is TO be continued
after the Governor shall have BECOME
President Cleveland. :.
Daniel S. Lamont is tho grandson
|ofa worthy couple who CAME to This
country from Scotland, and some Of
his pcculiarities, partiepiai1y Ins ds,,-
tion and retlce6ce,< are aScidedly
those ofnatiyes of,tie ,lande Of. .hsll-
uocks. lie was ~Jorn in .Cd9Riaild
county, New York, Febrnrag 0, lS51.
The only ,cllilJsoe q COUNTRY MERCHANT.
LanIon' resdigF' a.. academic ednea,
tion.~ Afieis add ,6p he assisted
his father iattIie but dislised
the employment and CON was bust,
ls at work as d politician althoV6b
L.s2 1 i....Hl|
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'lEa09N NilS5 sl


Jottiilhltby HnAt WflteS q leaders N
fora daily paper is precisely III tile posi-,
lion, as regards politica he.ys, Of. the
loctor with respect 70 .dissase, Sor the
solicitor, with respect TO practice; lie
knows alittle more than the peffsan who
Eccnsdlts3Ain. He may not have half Of
the, abilityaE Aia patisnt or his client,
but he<kncws so1 lung, much.erlittle,
which the other whnts.to know. An I'M
portant telegram received at night in tho
office Off morning paper really falls into
the hands Of a kind Of corporation. Some
one member Of the staff probably knows
The en- sstion fairly well, has watched the
events leading up to the event recorded
in.tlie telegram for years, has distinct
idea what the news means, and has
thought out, specifically it is true, but
till with some distinctness, what re-
suit such an occurrence would probably
produce. Long habit enables him to
put his opinion on paper quickly, clear
y and pleasantly, and he does put it ;
md il he is even deoently competentlis
leaders next morning have something
beside news, which illere4ses the value
p tho news to them. THAT -the some
hing may rot be as valuable as the
ttctor's inion or the lawyers may I've
me, because the journalists ri ~ is
,pt to be too wide for equally q
,nl minute knowledge butt it h,,e '. he
nevertheless. .-E1chanqe.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-30

A SmBoYaAN editor has been arrested
and fined for stealing a pocket-book con-
aiming some money from his boarding
house keeper. This is discouraging. 1t
'eems'as tlloughwhen an an editor sue
pdsds'at anything that there is con-
piracy to break him all up. 1t would
nave been in better taste for the board
lg house keeper to have kept tillaboiit
and encouraged the young man. and;
Ter he had got elected to Congress to
represented her bin. He would have
il it with interest. .-Peck's Sun.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-30
PETER PARLEY,s oRAYE.

The parents of our young readers re.
member "Peter AParley's Magazine"
Robert Merry's Museum" that sue.
ceeded it, which was finally absorbed in
the Youths Companion. The genial
old author of these once-populr publ.
cations. once the delight OF thousands
of children, now sleeps without mon
ument-save in the good name and the
loved and useful record be left to the
world.
His grave lies almost unmarked on
the Connecticut hillside. Once, while
he was travelling in the West, a wealthy
lady, at festival in ST. Louis given in
his honor, complimented him as bene-
factor of his race, and promised to erect
monument to his memory. That me.
mortal has never been built. The good
mans monument is in the loving hearts
that, forty years ago, were his delighted
readers and pupils.
tits well to remind the young of the
present day where his ashes rest. At
very short distance from the Goodrich
Place." at Southberry, Ct, is rural
graveyard. Here and there, scattered
in among the long grass, are mounds,
where lie buried the forgotten dead,
Now and then some modern shaft tells
of those lately mourned, and once in a
while some fine monument attracts the
visitors eye.
Within this inclosure is small plot,
fenced in with stern simplicity. Two
costly but plain slabs of marble stand
within. On one is name and two
lates, and the emblem is an open book
with two or three dog-eared leaves.
There lies Z" Peter Farley" world-known
and world loved /; how few can tell where
are shrined his mortal remains Yet
this was his choice. With the modesty
Of great minds, he shrunk frolu praise
or publicity, and lmsung, though not
anhonored, he lies in country grave
yard. philadelphia Saturday Might
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-30
For the South Kentuckian. tl1sN
AosgSPEARl. ~

l DO notknow ayhefe lostsit,
Foritsllp from u broken string, -
Andfar away from my sight "a day
ltiice.a neglected thing@ sisF
InegG hrealncd halrhow precious
Was my benutifulfeail to me,
Til tlle grief Of it, Joss, Ike an aching cross,
81 bb9re oyef land and seas 81
a'pp'matgel Ypudo pofdlcipeilf isaA
1 lhqye iost what could notlend
MhHtP u mourn whileI liye,for no art cangiie
Tony l'eeri the lost heartofmS blend.
Hopkinsylilc, isss Dec. les iss.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-30
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oaEEaEJs st,v5e e,.,s !.

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listened toin missionary sstatemcslt AsthsI
work Sfs q saew rn,lsi5d in l9sspsss
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wenton a pleasure nip to e5lfasnt eity,
stopped at h frst-class holt, pigl isrpde
around to see various parts oi ihtreAti
The trip cost him $780, q II
Miss B. took out Of her purs6 30 cents
to, buy some coal for apoot widows
family in o back street, but left srin the
other compartment OF the purse q $40
bilI4hht was to be used for buying soine.
trimming for q new dress. sSs
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paying Off ttssSekarch debt. sys6e finally
concludsdtfl shscoulQ tdy6rl give
$40; but. Hiding that t6Sfing alis was, IS,
about purchasing Was more expensive
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-04-05
Arrows Intelligence.

The sentinel system OF the crows
is very complete. Their guards dis
play a remarkable degree OF judg-
ment and intelligence. They will
raise a cry for a man with gun
long before he gets in range Of them,
and they are equally wary Of a man
who creeps toward them. But a
team may pass close by without dis
turbing them, and they will even let
man ON foot pass unnoticed If he
hasn't gun and goes boldly about
his business. / had a curious ex-
ample Of this when first began to
study their habits. l commenced
by trying to shoot them, but though
l had passed them close enough be-
fore, / could not get near them after
I began carrying gun. went out
with my gun every evening for
weeks. / crept behind fences and
lay in wait in the bushes, but could
never get a shot at them. One day,
however, struck upon a plan which
/ have since operated very success
fully. held my gun close to my
side, the barrel running down my
leg, and walked boldly down the
road without taking any notice of
them. With their usual disregard
for travellers, they let me pass close
up to them, when l turned suddenly
and fred. Now / can shoot a crow
whenever want to.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-04-05

Burdette says: Remember, my
son, you have to work whether you
handlea pick or a PEN wheelbarrow
or a set of books, digging bitches or
editing q paper, ringing an auction
bell or writing funny things. You
must work. If you look around,
my son, you will see the men who
are tue most able TO live the rest of
their days without work, are the
men who work the hardest. Don't
be afraid of killing yourself with
overwork. II Is beyond your power
to do that on the sunny side OF thirty.
They die sometimes but its because
they quit work at r. NJ. aud don't
get home until 2A.M. Its the inter-
val that kills, my son. The work
gives youan appetite for your meals,
1t lends solidity to your sIumber, it
gives you perfect and grateful APP
probation OF a holiday. There are
young men, who do not work, my
son, but the world Is not proud Of
them. 1t does not know their names
even; it simply speaks OF them as
old SO and-so boys. Nobody likes
them; the great busy world doesn't
know that they are there, so find out
what you want to be aud do, my son,
aud take off your coat and make a
dust In the world. The buster you
are the less deviltry you will be apt
to get into. the sweeter will be your
sleep, the brighter and happier your
holidays and the better satisfied will
the world be with you. y