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Daily south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1881-18??, 1884-10-04
Excelsior Planning Mills.

NE irish to announce
TO the public that 1Oe
haUeSon h an d u very
.laree stock of all bHods
ofb1tildi7o@ naatey1al and
that ne dre better pre-
ptSred to build houses
cheaper and qujch G T
Haps anybody else. We
1cish to eaW the Specittz
attention of every body
TO the EXCELSIOR
WAGONS on Exhibition
ut Fur Grounds; for
beauty md 1rorhnndn-
ship they hare no equal,
1t is north u uii$it t6He
FUR to see the Excelsior
Wagons alone.
FORBES g. BRO.
Daily south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1881-18??, 1884-10-04
Attention Visitors !

McCamy, Bonte & Co. havr,facilities
unsurpassed in southern Kentucky
for turning out first class work in the
carriage line. If you want anumber
one carriage, rockaway, buggy, ba-
rouchc, plaeton or any other kind OF
vehicle in our lime do not fail to call
on us while you are in the city and
lctus show our work and quote prices.
MCCAMY, BoNTE ~ Co.,
Spring ST., lIopkinsville, Ky.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
Stimulonts in Arctic Regions,

Lieutenant Grcely remarked that
breathing air Of such intense coldness
had something of the effect produced
by breathing pure oxygen; as for pull
monary troubles he heard no complaint
of them while the party was at For'
Conger, in Lady Franklin Bay, at a
latitude of S2.S, where the first two
years were spent; even simple catarrhs
were unknown, the cnly thing from
which the men suffered being occa-
sional rheumatisms and stiffness OF
muscles and joints. The party had
ferocious appetites during all of this
long soiourn in the north, each man
eating with relish three meals of ami
nal food and two lunches every day,
and craving fat, though not to the eX-
tent which some Arctic travellers re-
port, Not even when the thermometer
registered Coz below zero did these men
indulge IN crude bluDber or tallow can
dies, which tradition has designated
the customary food of Arctic voyagers
nor was even pemmican regarded as a
rare and dainty dish by them. Canned
meats, of which they had an abun'
dance during the first two years, and
steak or ragout from the walrus, sea
or Polar bear were prizel as the essen
tial conditions Of well-being. As fol
spirituous liquors, thy were used will
great moderation and doled ont to Tho
members of the expedition as occasion
seemed to demand, and only wher
some unusual eXertion or exposure
brought some extraordinary fatigue
or prostration; as means to fortify the
system against cold or brace it up fol
forced marches, whiskey, rum anC
other alcoholic stimulants were re-
garded as of little benefit. uedtca
PecOyH
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19

Isn't it queer little fellow who
knows everything as soon as he's born
and builds house for himself before
he's one day old
Everything about him is curious
TO begin with, he lives at the bottom
of pond or river. At first he was
nothing but a tiny atom of a green
egg, stuck to the stem o. weed under
the water. After while the egg
bursts open, out crawlel Mr., Worm
and proceeded at once to look for
building materials
You see, except his head and neck,
which are protected by a hard cover
ing, he is a soft little, worm and he
wouldn't live long in the same pond
with fish and bugs and spiders, who
have nothing to do but eat and are
always hungry, unless he had a safe
nome. 30 Vi COtlloc hc SoCo oiO hi"'
thing to building. He hunts up the
dead leaves and CLUES them together IN
such way as to leave a nice cozy
house between. It's perfectly safe.
for who would suspect an old dead leaf
being anybody's house?
No sooner is the house done than
Mr.. Worm moves in. He doesn't have
to wait for painters and furniture
men-happy fellow! He just goes in
and fastens himself there by means of
a pair of hooks he has at the end OF
his tail and then he's ready to live.
The next thing is something to eat. So
he starts off, taking his house with
him, to hunt up some bits OF green
stuff or some atom of worm smaller
than he is.
But strange things happen to this
bit of a worm at the bottom OF a
pond. His life is full of wonderful
adventures. If he were bigger he
would be the wonder of the world.
After eating as much as he can, Nlr.
Worm thinks it time to retire from the
cav world so he finishes his house by
hanging before it silk door--no loose
curtain, but a tightly-woven network,
which he spins and fastens carefully
on every side.
Whether he goes to sleep in MS
comical little home, or what he does,
nobody knows, because nobody can
peep in, you know. But something
goes on there in the dark; for after
awhile the little prisoner opens the
door, comes out of his house, crawls
M the stem of some weeds until he is
out of the water, and then-you q
never guess what happens.
Why, his cid skin splits open and he
pulls himself out no longer a miser-
able little worm, but gorgeous four
winged Caddice fly, dressed in neat
suit of brown And he cares no more
for the bottom of the pond and his old
straw house. He sails off on the all
a gay, dancing hy.-Lttle Folks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
Begging as a Regular Business.

In China begging is a regular busl-
ness, beggars being born into the pro-
fession and bringing up their children
to it. In every large city where there
is vast association of mendicants, to
which everyone who begs for living
must belong At the head is one
styled the Beggar King. His authority
is absolute, and to him the Others are
amenable. The society has a code OF
rules, and by this every beggar has a
right, according to custom, to stand at
the door or a dwelling and howl, sing
knock, or make any other noise he
pleases, until the occupant gives him
one cash. Then he is obliged to desist
and can apply at the same place no
more that day. No two are allowed to
beg together at the same place, yet
they are so numerous that Few doors
are free from their clamorings long at
time The proprietors of large es-
adjustments, who desire to save them
selves from the annoyance OF The cona
tinual vistations, do 50 by paying a
certain sum at once to the King, who
causes a written statement to that
-
effect to be pasted by the side Of the
door, and this procures for that house
certain exemption. No beggar dare ap-
proach it, for though few of them can
read, all recognize the seal of their
chief, and if one transgresses he may
be beaten by the occupants of the
house, or, being reported to the King,
be more severely punished. Every
beggar has his beat, beyond which he
dare not 60 and has also his superior,
to whom every night he hands over Il
certain part of the days proceeds. The
overseers in turn pay to the King a
fixed sum monthly, which must be
large, as he lives like q nabob. If a
beggar breaks the laws he is sent to
the King, who is held responsible by
the city magistrates for the good con-
duct of all his people. The punish
ment he administers is generally too
slow for the people who suffer from
the depredations of the beggars, and
when a beggar is detected in an oiIenSe
his punishment generally consists in
having his hands tied behind him, be-
ing drawn up over limb of the near
est tree and beaten half to death with
sticks. clubs, fists or anything that
comes to hand
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
Wet Weather Talk.

1t amt no use to grumble and complain,
It's just rs cheap and easy to rejoice;
When God sorts out tho weather and send
rain,
wy, rain S my choice.
Men gcner'ly to all ntents--
Although they re op' to grumblc some
Puts most their trust in Providence,
And take things as they come
That is, the commonaity
Ofmcn that's lived MS long as mo
Has watched the world enough to learn
They're not the boss of this concern,
With some, of course, its different
I've seed young men that knowcd it all,
An didn't like tho way things went
On this terrestrial ball;
But, all the some, the rain some way
Rained just as hard on picnic day;
Or when they really wanted it
1t maybe wouldn't rain bit!
In this existence, dry and wet
VIII ovcrtake the best Of men
Some little shift O clouds IL shot
The sun of now and then,
But maybe as you're wondorin' who
You've tuollikc lent your umbrella to,
And want it-out II pop the sun,
Aud you II be glad you amt got nono'
ltNggcrYalns the farmers, too
There 5 too much wet, or too much sum
Or work, or wailin' round 10 do
Before the pIowia' $ done
And may c, like us rot, the wheat,
jest as it 3 lookin hard to beat,
viii kctch the storm--and jest about
The corn SIT .intm' out
These here cyclones n-ioolin round
And bach ard crops-and wind and rain
And yit tho corn that's wdllcred down
May elbow up again
They amt no sense, rs | can see,
For norals sich as you and me
A .fultin Natures wise intents
And lockm' horns with Providence!
| 1t ain'tmoMso 10 grumble and complain;
1t 5 Jest us cheap and easy 10 rejoice;
When God sorts ont tho weather and senC
rain,
Wy, rain 5 my choice.
j W. Riley.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
How China Got its Name.

Upwards of 100 years before Christ
the Chinese were people ruled by Il
dynasty of kings, of whom, like the
Pharaohs of old, there is no clear his
tory, and not until the "Chow" dynas-
ty, b. C. 1925, is there any clear his
tory of the main Chinese states The
Chinese take their history back to the
time of Noah. This very ancient em-
pire has borne in its timemany names,
for it was a custom when anew dyn-
asty assembled the throne to give new
name to the empire, as llai-quc,
Cham-que, Han-que, etc, according to
the name of the ruling monarch. The
true name is said to be Chum-que. "the
center kingdom of the world" This
term was by usage corrupte | to Chin
oue. and from this word the Portu-
guese gave it the name of China
China proper consists Of eighteen
provinces, containing 5o0Oo0Oo OF
people.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
Chinese Child Vendors.

In Nankin and Kai-fun children
from 6 to II years of age are sold by
tens of thousands. Not hired out or
transferred but sold for small sum
in cash, in consideration of which the
progenitor, by a tacit understanding,
renounces all parental rights, even the
right of inqulring into the fate of his
offspring. The purchasing trader may
be the middle man of a well to-do
childless couple, or the agent of a
wholesale tea-planter, or a coolie-
breeder, raising and training slaves for
foreign market. For the equivalent
of e3 any commission pedler will un-
dertake to "adOpt" the same number of
young Mongols in thu name of any
employer, and at very short notice.
The authorities might object to a for
nal and public purchase, but the mean
ing of the adopting transaction is well
understood and connived at. 1t is a
lesser evil, and few parents ask any
questions. Rather than see their
children starve they will resign them
to any fate-with one exception: The
orthodox Buddhists seemed to have
evinced occasional scruples in deliver.
ing up their youngsters to the prosely
thing missionaries, whom they suspect
of all sorts of damnable practices
But even such scruples can be readily
outweighed by few extra dollars,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19

Some of the most eminent physl-
clans of Montreal say that great
many ladies and children have been at
tackled after their return from their
summer rests, whether at the seaside
or inland, with typhoid and m; llr.aI
fevers and diptheria. There are many
such cases in which the patients are
in imminent peril at present. The ori-
gin of these diseases is mystery tC
even medical experts, as those who
are suffering resida in well-sewered and
properly ventilated houses. a PROM
nent surgeon, when asked his opinion
of the cause, could attribute it to moth.
ing but shutting up the houses while
the residents were absent, thereby
making their interiors damp and un'
wholesome. Many parents have had
the anliction of losing children, and
some two and three, by the fatal epc'
demic, diptheria, which has never been
so prevalent as this year. Typhoid
fever has been also greatly on the in
crease.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
WHOLE NO. 2l95.
The Art OF SlecDing.

Speaking of behavior, says New
York letter, teachers of department
are common enough in the persons of
dancing masters, but their instructions
relate entirely. so far as have known,
to the waking moments of their pupils.
But | have come across trainer of
sleepers. She is the principal of one
of New York's many "linishing"
schools, wherein girls are prepared to
get the final touches of polish to fit
them exquisitely for society. Having
been informed that she included in her
course Of lectures one on the art Of
slumbering presentably, ! begged her
to tell me about it.
80, dear me, sir" she exclaimed, 81
really couldn't allow man to be pres
ent at lecture to my girls"
"That was beyond my widest
thoughts" l fastened to say. "The
extent of my hope was that you would
briefly inform me, in general way, as
to this peculiar portion of your curri'
rulum."
81 see no objection to that" she re-
sponded, "and it is simple enough. We
try here to so train our pupils that they
will become thoroughly agreeable la
dies. Did you ever consider that a
third of your time is, or ought to be,
spent in sleep2 And if you did, it is
highly improbable that You have had a
thought as to how you looked when
sleeping. Well, it doesn't make SO
much difference in man, perhaps,
t." u girl owes it to herself to be at
al. times as handsome as she can, ire
spectiye of her natural expectation ol
becoming a wife. Therefore, | have
introduced the study of slumbrouS
comelines3. The main fault to be cor
rected is that of sleeping with th'
mouth open. Very many girls do il
1t is q habit carelessly acquired, but
often hard to eradicate, Dreadfully
unfeminine snoring is consequence
| teach my girls to close their lip!
snugly before dropping asleep, and tt
avoid throwing their heads too fa
back on the pillow,so that their mouths
won't fall open rs soon as the muscle
are relaxed. ! conjure them, too tt
prepare a toilet for the bed as careful
though less elaborate, than that TO
the day. Their night clothes shou!'
be neat, well-ftting and adapted t
their individuality. They should re
gard a night cap with horror. Thel
hair should not be unbecomingly don
up in tight knot, but adjusted with
view to both comfort and presentabill
ty. Their poses on the couch shoul
no more be awkward than those of thei
waking hours,and | instruct them to S
habituate themselves to gracefulness i
bed that it will become instructive
That's about all there is Of the system.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19

Little Minnie, in her eagerhess
after flowers, had wounded her hand
on the sharp, prickly thistle, This
made her cry with pain at first, and
pout with vexation afterward. 81
do wish there was no such thing
as a thistle in the world" she sald
pettishly.
"And yet the Scottish nation think
so much of it they engrave it on their
national arms" said her mother.
ct is the last flower should pick
out" said Minnie.
al am sure they might have found
agreat many nicer ones, even among
the weeds"
"But the thistle did them such good
service once" said her mother, "they
learned to esteem it very highly. One
time the Danes invaded Scotland, and
they prepared to MAKE a hlSht aCIacN
on sleeping garrison. So they crept
along barefooted, as still as possible
until they were almost on the spot.
Just at that moment a barefoDted SOL
dier stepped on great thistle, and the
hurt made him utter sharp, shrill cry
of pain. The sound awoke the sleep
ers, and each man sprung to his arms.
They fought with great bravery, and
the invaders were driven back with
much loss"
"Nyell, never suspected that so
small thing could save a nation,
said Minnie, thoughtfully.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
TaImage on Crime.

Extrayagances account for the posi-
tive crimes, the forgeries, and the alb
,condings of the officers of banks The
store on Broadway and the office on
Wall street are swamped by the resi-
dence on Madison Square. The
fathers, the husbands craft capsized
by carrying too much domestic sail.
That is what springs the leak in the
merchants money-til. That is what
cracks the pistols of suicides. TAat is
what tears down marine banks. That
is what stops insurance companies
That is what halts this nation again
and again in its triumphal march OF
prosperity. Look at the one fact that
it is matter of solid statistics that in
this country, in the cities of New York
and Brooklyn-I will narrow it down
it is estimated that there are owes
five thousand women whose appare
costs them over two thousand dollars a
year each. Things have got to such
pass that when we cry over cur sins
in church, we wipe the tears ava.
with a ono hundred and fifty dollar
pocket-handkerchief!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Jay Goulds income is four dollars
minute.
The water in Flint River, Ga, is so
clear that fish lying on the bottom can
be seen in ten feet of water.
AT Charlotte, North Carolina, is q
fountain which sends a stream two
hundred and sixty-eight feet high,
icy cold and clear as crystal. 1t has
its source in the adjacent mountains,
and it is said to be the highest in the
world
A good oyster, if well-fed, will lay
l2S,0000O0 eggs in year. They
hatch in from four to ten hours. Prof
Rice, who has charge of the oyster
hatchery at Cold Spring, N. Y, says
their heads resemble a high.crowned
Derby hat, while their tails can scarce
ly be distinguished from hat of soft
felt with the brim turned down all
around.
The black rat, so common in England
300 years ago, has been, it is believed by
naturalists, completely eXterminatcd
by the gray and dun species of later
times.
Figures are wonderful things. Here
is sample of what can be done with
them: BY placing one grain of corn
on the first square of chess board,
doubling the number Of grains for
each succeeding square, the quantity
of corn required for the whole board
of siXty-four squares would fill l,0i4,-
375 barns, each holding l,OOO,OOO
bushels of 100000 grains each, bushels
round numbers. If the United States
grows 1,S00,000,00O bushels each year,
it would require little over $50 years
to make enough.
The Japan Weekly Mail says the
favorite puss of a rich noblewoman
was lately borne to its last home in a
white coffin, covered with a gor-
geous white silk pail, while its incon-
solable mistress and large contingent
of female mourners followed the re-
mains. Priests, chanting a solemn
litany, met the bier and escorted it tc
its grave. Another defunct feline is
commemorated by handsome monu
ment at the gate of the cemetery just
outside Toxic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
A LUCKY LEGACY.

0unH lOm IOlilllS, law Sluuehl'
has Just c)me into strange inheri-
tancc. lie sat solitary in his little
boarding-house room trying to realize.
"If the poor child hadn't me-" he
said to himself, lit could go and apply
for admission to some institution, If
/ hadn't it, l could-pshaw. that is not
the idea. | must decide what | am to
do"
Tom had solemnly promised to care
for the newborn babe Of his only sis
ter, who had just died.
Tom was interrupted by knock on
the door. 1t was followed by IL cry of
mingled entreaty and command, such
as only hungry babes know how to
emit.
ave fetched the poor little dear
around, sir" said the nurse, brandish
ing her charge. "There! there. there!
It's got the wind this minute, miXin'
milk. Have you found a nurse, sir?
And baby wants clothes"
She dropped her shrieking charge
upon Toms bed and started toward
the door.
"Oh! OH" gaspol Tom. "Do not
90. In the name of mercy, do not.
Why do you say l want nurse? Are
you not one?"
81 am, sir" she said turning conf
dentially to Tom, ga monthly am
willing to stay with you while l can.
But, sir, my summons may come any
day or hour. 1t is impossible to calcu-
late. III work for you while | can,
sir, but when my call comes no earth
ly thing can keep me-"
Can YOU" said Tom, looking gloom,
lily at his now silent prize on the bed,
"can you give me any advice?'
Mrs. Primmins placed her arms
akimbo.
Tom fervently prayed for light on
the meditations.
81 have it," cried Mrs. Primmins
"Malvipy's got to take it.'
"Bless your dear soul..' responded
Tom. "Malviny's the very one! What
talent you have for managing, auntie
dear"
There was Tom, his very self. He
had hit on exactly the right compli-
mcnt to pay the old nurse. He was
actually floating through life on this
instinct he had for saying the most
pleasant thing to everybody. Mrs.
Primmins of all things desired the
reputation of Il manGuverer, as it was
of course, the one of all others she did
not deserve.
"Yes," she cried, chuckling, 81 can
manage. Let me alonel And the first
thing in the morning I'll go there with
you. Now,' said she, seizing heI
charge, who was beginning to squirm
.'row I'll see what's to be got out o1
your landlady."
Winking violently with first on'
eve and then the other, she started tC
90; then, with a sudden solemnity
she re-inserted her head in the door
way.
"lf I'm summoned" she said, at!
above all else. If I'm called, | mus
go, day or night"
Certainly" said Tom, much puz
lied, "but you won't be, auntie." Al
the young man walked abroad to ge
his dinner he felt impressed with AZ
almost mysterious awe of the OLE
nurse.
"To think of living always will
death grinning one in the face lik
- thatw he muttered.
In the night Toms dream of peac
was again dispelled.
Another knock at the door.
".Am | under ban?' growled Tom
"whats the matter now?'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
Tho Two Ways,

The Two Ways.
Where two ways meet the children stand'
A fair broad road on either hand
One leads to Right and one to Wrong
SO runs tho song.
Which will you choose, each lass and lad'
The right or left, the good OF bad
One leads to Right and one to Wrong,
So runs the song.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19

a church bell at Saratoga recently
rang 10i times-ona stroke for each
year of its existence. We imagine
this t, be the only instance on record
where tho age Of q Saratoga belle has
been told,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19

The value of the exports of tho
works of art from Paris to the United
States through the port of New York
since 1877 amounts to over 100000
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19

A Nevada editor says that the silver
dug out of the ComStock mine would
load wagon train 547 miles in
length.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
Rutland Business Cards.
BERWICK HOTEL,

@ + RICHARDSON, Prop'r,
RUTLAND VERMONT
Heated Throughout by Steam,
Good Sample Rooms, Billiard Room ant
Livery Stable connected with the Hotel.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-24
MORTGAGE Sale.


Notice is hereby given that by virtue of II
Chattel Mortgage, dated on the Sd day of
April 1883, and duly filed and recorded in the
office of the County Clerk of Red Willow cOun-
ty. Nebraska, on the 18th day of April, 1889,
and executed by e. a. Wilson and T.. VI. Will
son to Ed. Wilson to secure the payment of
the sum of One Hundred and Six (Sl06.O0) Dol
lars, and upon which there is now due the sum
of One Hundred and Eight (S10S.5U Dollars
and Fifty Cents. Default having been made
in the payment of said sum, and no suit or
other proceeding at law having been institu-
ted to recover said debt or any part thereof,
therefore, will sell the property herein de-
scribed, viz: One Frame House, situated on
lots No. IL and il, in Block No. - i'll NcCook,
Nebraska, and formerly occupied by said {.
A. Wilson and E. NJ. Wilson Il dwelling
house, at public auction, on the sidewalk III
front of the house mortgaged, and above de-
scribed as situated on lots No. - and II. block
No. ~, in McCOok. Nebraska. in the town OF
McCOOk, in Red Willow county on the md
DAY OF AUGUST, 1884, at = O'Clock. p. NJ, OF
said day ED. WILSON.
Dated July 9th ISS4,-6 Mortgage.