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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-17
HE WOW THE BET.

A wag, who was anxious to test how
much confidence a certain friend had in
him, took standard dollar, and, coat
ing it with quicksilver, passed it at the
others store. In less than half an hour
the dollar, whose peculiar appearance
had aroused distrust, was brought back
with
Here, Billy. you have given me
bogus dollar, and 1 came to get it re-
deemed"
1t isn't bogus dollar at all it's as
good as any money ever coined in Amer
lea, " replied the wag. "Can't you be-
lieve mep No man has right to call
money counterfeit until he subjectsit it to
fire assay"
The other said that under ordinary
circumstances he would believe his
friend, but when it came to trying to
palm off lead dollars on him for silver
ones it was another matter, and offered
to bet $40 that the dollar was bogus.
The bet was accepted and the dollar
turned over to an assayer who pro-
nounced it standard silver 900 fine.
"Well," said the loser, "you set.up
the oysters and we'll go down to the
store and get the money"
The winner, whose conscience began
to smite him, spent exactly $40 in cham
pagne and oysters, and then walked
down to the store. The loser handed
him $40 bill, which he showed into his
pocket only to find few hours later
that it was counterfeit. He went back
to expostulate, but the loser insisted that
it was genuine, and added significantly {:
eff you have any doubts as to the cor
rectness of my statement you had better
subject it to a fire assay"
The smart Aleck wandered off bias
pheming, and is now trying to figure up
how much he is ahead on his trick.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-17

of nonresident aliens, and we will
endcavor to obtain such legislation
as will tend to correct this evil. We
commend to Congress the speedy re-
covcry of land grants which have
lapscd by reason of noncompliance
with acts of incorporation in all cas-
es where there has been no attempt
in good faith to perform the condi-
ton of such grants.
The grateful thanks of the American
people are due to the Union soldiers
and sailors of the late war, and the
Republican party stands pledging to
suitable pensions for all who were
disabled, for the widows and orphans
Of those who died in the war. The
Republican party also pledges ilselI
to the repeal Of the limitation con.
tained in the arrears act of 1877, SC
that all invalid soldiers may share
alike, and thcir pensions begin with
the date of disability or discharge
and not with the date of the -applica'
ton.
The Republican party favors pol
icy which shall keep us from entang
ling alliances with foreign nations
which gives us the right to expcc
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-17
THE MOSQUITOES OF 1Ap1Axp.

1hH MOoNCAAO1' UT bAELANDs
In these latitudes the snow has hardly
melted when the mosquitoes appear in
countless multitudes, and the people
have no rest night or day. In wooded
districts they are perfect plague in
July, after which gnat appears. This
bites very hard during the day, but at
night leaves one in peace, for it never
enters the houses. Last comes species
of sand-Ay, which is so very disagreea-
BILE. Twas surprised, at turn Of the
road, to see O black cloud. 1t was q
swarm of mosquitoes, SO thick that il
was impossible to see anything beyond.
I was hurrying the horse through it,
when he suddenly stopped, and then ]
saw three men working on the road
who had previously been invisible.
This seems incredible, but such are the
facts. Josefsson laughed, and observed:
"We have saying here that when a
traveller comes he writes his name in q
bed of mosquitoes, and when he comes
back the following year, he sees il
again. ."-The Land Of the MidnighI
Sun-PauL B. Du Chaill,l.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-17
FJTHER IND SON.

According to the New York Herald
a young and popular artist of that city
went home and found that he was tho
happy father Of fourteen-p pound baby.
After looking fondly at the youngster
for few moments, he said, in dazed
sort OF way, "You fat rascal, if you go
to thinking that you are born into O
wealthy family you'll get left." That's
all he probably ever will get.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-17


that foreigners shall refrain from
meddling in American affairs. The
policy which seeks .pcace can. trade
with all powers, but especially with
those of the Western hemisphere.
We demand the restoration Gf our
navy to its old-timo strength and cf-
fcicncy, that it may in any sea pro-
icct the rights of American citizen,
and the interest of American com-
mrrce.. We call on Congress to re.
move the burdens with which Amer.
lean shipping has been depressed. Sc
thatit may again be true that We
have a commerce.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-17
DR. SAMUEL HODGES Alternative COMPOUND sARsApAR11IA
AN IODIDE POTASH.

This compound is pure
vegetable, each articl c
y ingredient is perfectly
harmless in itself, and in
combination, forms one
OF the mospOwerful, eff
llcent and pleas ant
medicines for the re-
moyal and permanent
cure of
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-17

SOME Of the Danes living in Lead.
vile belong to religious body called
Skages, who centuries ago praeticed
human sacrifice, and skA hold to it in
theory. = ia y. =
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-17

NntUMlHtIsln, NCTOIIIIN,
Scald Head or Tet-
ter, old Chronic
Sores of all
Kinds, Boils, Pimplcs
and all diseases arising
from an impure state of
the BoOd. 1t Is also
good as an Appetizer and
, 1884-11-22
DueLJing 5n Italy.
From the Spectator

Sidney Smith said the railroad
would never be made safe till a bishop
was killed ; and if the death of a dis
tinguished scholar and respected citi-
zen like Professor Cesare Parrini con-
tributes to the suppression of that bar
baric mode of settling quarrels still so
, 1884-11-22
n or r.
N GREEABLE to Order from
SXSS Government the aftermention.
ed articles required for the
Jail &: Hospital

at Richmond during the period from the
1st of April 1885 to the 3lst Of March 1886
are hereby put up for public Licitation
viz
1890 Yards Ravenduck,
420 /" linen checks, small pat
$40 " Osnaburg for mattress
"a common Headkerchiefs,
so " Straw Hats,
TO be delivered on the 1st April 1885.
And for the maintenance Of tie Prisoners in the same
period is required until
70 Puncheons of Cornmeal,
1900 lbs. Navy Bread,
1900 lbs. Sugar of middle quality,
10 Barrels of Herrings.
Parties wishingt to undertake the delivery
of such Articles are required to forward
Sealed Tenders, marked:
blenders for Articles for
Richmond ALL
to the undersigned Office before Wednes-
day the 18th December a.c. 3 o'clock pm.
containing IL Statement of prices at which
the parties will deliver all or part Of said
Articles.
The tenders will be opened at / O'clock
y. III. on the day above stated in the pre-
sence of those who may appear, and infor-
NATION afterwards be given the party
whose tender il approved of.
Christiansted' Police Office, 18th Novem-
Der 1884.
H. HANSCHELL.
, 1884-11-22

IOuI tACeSSIN SGhClOSlLJ dHO "h
willingness to shed blood. He had
received repeated surface-wounds in
the arm and shoulder, and seemed
fatigued, when the seconds say they
interposed, and asked the doctors to
declare him incapable of continuing
the combat; the doctors could not say
it was impossible for him to continue
it, and he himself asserted he was
quite we'll able to go on. So they set
to again, and in q moment when the
Professor was unguarded the sword
of his adversary penetrated several
inches into his body, fatally w~ounding
the intestines. He was carried to the
villa of the Marchese Gorrigiani,
where, after three days agony, he ex
PRED, on July 23rd. Anticipating bis
death he made his will in the morning,
leaving his splendid library TO the
city of Turin. He had probably the
finest collection of historic works to
be found in a private house in Italy
and he desired his remains to be in
tered in the same city, which he
loved better than his native Florence.
He then asked and received the
Sacrament, and almost Immediately
afterwards had a hamorrhage, which
left him PROSTATE. "AIy last hour is
come" he said. 81 thank all my
dear friends, and I pardon him who
has done me this injury. In a few
,.;r-4,~ h. LvooAhn1 bic Loot Cioh
Cesare Parrini was a kind-hearted,
generous, courteous gentleman. He
had many friends, who somewhat
unjustly call his death an assassina-
ton, and cry loudly for justice on his
murderer. The GazSetta d Italia,
with which he was connected, and
which always condemned duelling as
an infamous practice, is more vehe-
ment in its denunciations than the
other journals. But people get tired
of crying out, when they see nothing
comes of it; and it is to be feared that
this crime will be hushed up in the
usual way. The culprit has fled to
Greece, and will keep out of the way
I'LL the HOlSO Has UlOWn oyer, VIGIL
doubtless he will return home without
let or hindrance.
The event has created a profound
sensation throughout Italy, for though
duellrng is not infrequent, death by
duelling is very rare. 1t would seem
that the public is now Disguised with
"a practice as barbarous and senseless
as ordeal by fire, and if the Govern
ment introduced a strong law on the
subject, it would probably be supper
ted by a large majority. The authO-
rites of Florence have ordered an
investigation as to the facts; and
there will be an interesting trial, which
will perhaps settle the duel question
for ever.
In conclusion, we must add that
novelists like Signor Barili, who have
the talent to write popular and attrac-
tive books, have much to answer for
in exalting the duelist as a hero, dis
playing the finest type of manly
courage. We firmly believe that a
popular novelist has more power for
good or evil in his hands than a popu.
lar preacher; and it would be better
that he buried his talent in a napkin
and laid it aside, than that he used it
recklessly to work mischief.
, 1884-11-22

prevalent in Italy, some good results
will have been obtained by his un-
timely and tragic end. Not many
months ago, the lamented Professor
Parrini delivered a much-applauded
lecture in Florence, in which he
strongly condemned the practice of
duelling. How a man of letters, of
superior intellect and sense, should
be so weak as to yield to a vulgar
prejudice which he heartily despised,
is one of the anomalies of human
nature difficult to understand or ex-
plain. The facts are briefly a. fol-
lows. Professor Parrini was the
Florence correspondent Of the GaE-
@etta d'Italia, published in Rome, and
he had given a summary of a crimi-
nal case in Florence, according to the
report of it, which he had received.
1t was the trial of an adventures for
dishonest practices. In the course Of
the proceedings, the facts of her life
were brought out, and her early CON
nection with a certain De Witt, son
Of IL rich banker of Leghorn, now re-
sident in Florence. Some inaccuracy
got into the report transmitted to the
Ga%setta d'Ita!ia. De Witt, furious
at the exposure, and wanting to wreak
his rage on some one, telegraphed to
Rome for the name of the correspOn-
dent. The editor did not answer
him, but sent a warning note to Par
RIM, asking him to correct and explain
matters. This letter, by a neglect
not uncommon with the Post Office
in Italy. did not reach its destination
till poor Parrini had been despatched
to another world. Arriving in pro
per time, it might have saved his life.
Meantime, De Witt sought the Pro,
fesSor, and meeting him coming out
Of his office, asked il he were the
Cavaliere Cesare Parrini, to which
the Professor, quite ignorant of who
addressed him replied in the atlirma-
tive; %whereupon De Witt slapped
him in the face. The proper thing to
do, it seems to us, would have been
simply to give the nan into the hands
of the police and it has always been
a matter of surprise 20 us that the
hot blooded Italians, since they will
not do the proper thing, can control
the impulse of the natural man to
knock those who insult them down,
and can await a formal encounter
with swords or pistols. 1t IS not
that they mediate a deep revenge ;
they are as capable of generosity and
forgivingness as we are; and in point
OF fact, their duels end generally in a
scratch or two, and all is forgotten.
1t is the prejudice of Society which
they dare not resist, and Parrini was
not superior to it. He sent bis friends,
the Count G.. Arrivabene, and DR..
Malenotti, to demand satisfaction.
The four seconds, according to their
account, endeavoured to bring about
a peaceful solution of the question,
but in vain. The meeting vas then
arranged for the following morning,
at daybreak, outside the city. 1t
was agreed that the combat was to
continue till rendered absolutely i'm
possible by the wounds of n or
both of the antagonists. The fight
lasted about an hour, Professor Par
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-14
SAMUEL !. 1ILDEN.

No man in America has been the
subject of so many contradictory re-
ports as Samuel J. Tilden. For the
past two or more years he has been a
candidate for the Presidency one
week and the next week he is not, so
the report alternates from time to
time. He is sometimes reported to be
getting old, decripid and helpless
next comes the statement that he APP
pears as active and sprightly as a boy
once more comes the news that he is
predetermined and threatened with
softening of the brain, but this is
soon followed by the confident asser-
ton that his intellect is as brilliant as
was that of Daniel Webster in his
best days. What man in the wide
world has been SO unreliably describ-
able for month, or even week at a
time, as Samuel J. Tilden.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-14
COST OF THE CAPITAL.

| have been figuring up what this
capital of ours has cost us since the
beginning, and l find that the amount
is over $10O,0O0,000. The subject was
investigated by Congress in 1876. The
total at that time was a cost of $94.362.-
1923 since then $5,500,0O has been
paid out for public buildings alone,
and the amount paid out for works of
art, park decorations and other things
will run the total far ahead of the
amount above stated. For number
of years it has cost more than 81 ,0OO.-
600 year to pay the Government ex-
penses of the District of Columbia, and
since 1862 the amounts have been
much higher. In 1878 the amount was
more than $S,000,OO0. In 1875 it was
more than 81 100000, while from 1928
to 1852 it was less than $1,0OO,OeO a
year. In 1914 only $1,000 was appro
priated for the District of Columbia.
and it was not until 1887 that the
yearly proportion reached $1,000 900.
1t is interesting to look over the items
of permanent improvements in Wash
ington. These include the original
cost of the buildings and their repair.
furnishing and keeping in order. The
following estimate, though not exactly
correct, is approximately so. 1t is
less, rather than greater, than the
actual cost, some of the minor ex-
penses during the past seven years
being omitted The Capitol has cost
S17,672,123; the Patent Office over
SIS, 100000; the Treasury about ST.
100000; the Washington streets more
than $6,000,000; the State Department
about 100000; the Navy nearly 81
100000; the White House, two parks
and public grounds about $4,000, 900.
- Washington Republic.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-14
A NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL SHIP
g MORNTWH STAP"

The Sunday school children of
America have already sent three
different vessels leach called the Morn.
ing Starr to cooperate with the mis-.
sionaries in the Micronesian Islands,
and will soon send fourth. The
first was built in 1856. After ten
years service her name was changed
and she was lost at sea. In 1866 the
children built and equipped another
Morning Star. She was wrecked in
1859. In 1870 another Morning Stal
was built in East Boston and sent out.
She is still in active service, but is not
equal to the demands upon her. II
has been decided, therefore, to build
another, brigantine, about twice the
size of the present vessel, to be sup
piled with steam as an auxiliary power.
Once more the children have been
called upon, and the subscriptions, of
the rate Of 25 cents from each one
are flowing in. The new vessel. it is
estimated, will cost $4,000; and one
dime annually from each subscriber
will pay the running expenses. It is
but few weeks since the subscrip.
lions were asked for. Already $25, 1000
has been received, and the American
Board of Commissioners of Foreign
Missions has determined to begin the
vessel at once. 1t will be called the
Morning Star. She will be built at
Bath, Me-, and her measurement will
be about 1925 tons. She is to be in
Boston ready to load in September
1885, and will sail for Honolulu about
the 1st of November.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-14

MIR. EDITOR TELEGRAPH AS 1
read the evidence brought out by
Senator Sherman's resolutions, of the
Danville and Copiah outrage. | can't
help asking, How long?"
Ever since the war, if any answer or
allusion to the doings of the Southern
Democratic red-shirt fraternity, for
entering Republican meeting and
driving out the speakers and their hear
ers by the threats or even the shooting
of one or more, or the use of field
gun fired into the ranks of military
company of black men for no better
reason than that they were occupying
public highway, or for any and every
other aliusion to any real shotgun
outrage against the negro, the cry is at
once raised by all the Southern anti
blackman fraternity and loudly hal
looed all through the northern Demo
cratic ranks, The bloody shirt! the
bloody shirtp No matter how insult
ing and murderouS the actual shotgun
and red-shirted rifles had been; no
matter how many black men or white
men had been ruthlessly shot down by
them; no matter how much threats
had been used to intimidate them from
voting had been done, if whispered as
a wrong or talked of in private, dis
claimed in social circles. or proclaimed
as wrong in any meetings, private or
public, has always been met by the
cry from the Democrats of the North
of Bloody shirt" and Why must all
such matters be brought up and talk
ed over at the North? Why can't the
South be allowed to manage its own
affairs? Why call in question any of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-14
FASHIONS IN GLOVES.

Ladies and glove-makers are delight
ed that it is again the fashion for gen
tlemen to wear kid gloves on full
dress occasions glove-dealers because
it will increase their business; ladies
because at balls, for instance, gentle
men with ungloved hands occasionally
injure or soil delicate and costly dress
es. Cent emen were never seen in this
city, either at balls, receptions, at tile
opera or theater, without gloves until
some twelve or fifteen years ago, when
the Grand Duke Alexis, of Russia, ap-
peared in a box at the opera with his
large handsome white hands ungloved
But the Alexis fashion has had it's
day; the fiat has gone forth, and gloves
on almost any and every occasion mus
be worn,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-14
CONSIDE RATION FOR KENO
SHA TAP PAYERS.

Many people are more ready to lis
ten when an appeal is made to their
pockets than to their sense of duty as
citizens. We are informed, on the
authority of those who have the best
means of knowing, that there are now
one hundred and ten persons in this
city who are receiving more or less
aid from the city. Eight of this num-
Der are persons of age, drawing their
entire support from the city, and are
lodged in the poorhouse on the island.
The balance consists of families.
parents and children who are furnish
ed supplies at the houses where they
are living. That number of persons
in city of no larger population than
this is certainly large, especially in a
season of plenty of the necessaries of
life. 1t is a moral and christian duty
of the city authorities to assist the
poor by relieving suffering for the
want for food. clothing and shelter.
But the question is not one of duty to
feed the hungry. That obligation no
one will deny. But the inquiry fairly
presented to the tax payers, is this
condition of pauperism and destitu-
ton avoidable? Are the causes which
bring this load of taxation on the peo-
pie capable of being obviated? Let us
see what the facts are.
The same authority that gives the
number of poor persons aided by the
city also furnishes the appalling state.
ment that the condition Of nine tenths
of these poverty-stricken persons is
either directly or indirectly traceable to
the use of intoxicating liquors. There
are in this city twenty. eight licensed
places where intoxicating liquors are
sold. Whether all the pauperism here
is directly or indirectly chargeable to
the saloons in this city is not material.
1t is the causes which produce pauper-
ism with which we have to do. The
cause Of this suffering and
degradation is not ehargeable on the
saloon keepers alone. but on the legal
voters, from whom the liquor sellers
derive their authority. We have no
dennnciations for the liquor dealers |
the people, through their representa- |
tives, legalize them in their business
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-14
STRAY NOTES BT A WATFARER.


I am pleased to see that "A. d. N.
has written again on the subject of the
tariff. The way to come at truth is by
discussion. ] am sorry if | have hit
the farmers, as l never like to hit any
one unless the hit have received was
a mean and c0Wardly one.
| endeayOr to use all the means with
ia my reach to arrive at the truth,
and, having in my opinion reached it,
/ talk and write it, without counting
any ones favor or fearing his frown."
| haye carefully read the article Of A.
d. N. several times, but fail to see how
the case OF farmers harvesting or the
rise or fall in the price of oats bears
on the question. 1t illustrates,
though, two sterling truths that pro-
tecti0nists ignore, that the price of la.
Dor depends on the supply and not on
protection, and that in unrestricted
commerce the price depends On the re-
lation between the supply and demand.
In the case of the bunting, if A. d. n.
will think the matter over, its cheap
ness is, in consequence of over-produc-
ton, stimulated by protection. If pro-
lection had not raised the price, would
the industry have been introduced
Will he be kind enough to tell us how
it was that man here made sewing
machines and after paying freight to
Europe sold them for two dollars less
than he sold the same kind of machine
for here? / shall be glad to hear from
A. d. N. again.
Allow me to give another of my
foolish notions. l am of the opinion
that an agricultural people are much
happier than a manufacturing one;
that large quantities of land held for
speculation is a detriment to the body
polite; that a large increase of
manufacturing centres crowds our
cities with population that are often
ignorant and drunken, and who in the
panics that invariably happen in all
large manufacturing communities are
a cause OF great danger to property, a
great expense as paupers or criminals,
and, with universal suffrage, a curse in
politics. Our farmers are the main
stay Of our country, and the larger
the number of small farmers the safer
we are from all outbursts of commun.
ism and kindred isms,