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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-18
SPECIAL LOCALS,

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Are now in receipt of
their new and COM
plete stock Of Foreign
andDomestic Suiting,
embracing all the la
test styles and novel
ties Of the season,
which they are offer
ing at astonishingly
low prices. Call and
see us before purchas-
ing elsewhere.
Respt.
N. TOBIN & CO.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-18

l have 5 line mules, from a to
years old. Will sell reasonable.
C. w. BARD, Newstead, Ky.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16


hate the rum traffic. 1t burned
my father to death after squandering
his property as rumseller. Trouble
then often came through sickness and
poverty, and we children were thrust
into the poorhouse, and father and
mother into the asylum. Who ever
knew the Rum Devil to stop until he
had finished man and landed him in
hell, unless he came in contact with
some of Gods agents and was saved
NY father Was burned with his last
bottle, the candle falling against his
clothing while full OF this accursed
poison; and he was burned until the
flesh dropped from the bones while he
was yet alive; and mother was full OF
the same rum at the time. All, what
scene there was in the morning:
would to God that the men who talked
OF throwing their votes away on the
temperance ticket had witnessed that
scene! The only hope | now have OF
my mother is to send her to a brother
in Kansas, where rum is not SO free
The Voice.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
Cre1nated in Thlrty-fvs Minutes.

New York Mail an ExpseSS.l
At least thirty bodies are deposited in
vaults in the cemeteries of New York
awaiting incineration at the new ere
matory shortly to be opened. Some of
them belong to very prominent families.
The incarceration will be triumph over
previous records. The furnace will be
heated TO $500 degrees Fahrenheit.
The body placed on the catafalque will
descend to the furnace in the basement,
and in few minutes several pounds OF
ashes in beautiful terra Gotta vases will
rise where the corpse once rested. The
audience will not be aware that the in
eineration has taken place, as the cata-
talque is covered and the body descends
unnoticed. The funeral services can
still proceed and not be interrupted.
The relatives can wait and get the ashes.
ANY religious services in the world
can be conducted, for the crematory will
not be orthodox. Incense, myfrh and
high-havored spices will not be used.
There is no necessity, as no Odor what
ever exhales from the furnace. AL
ready two pottery manufacturers have
put in bids for the terra Gotta vases.
IF course rich people can furnish their
own vases if they desire The erema-
tory will furnish only the terra Gotta
vases Two rare specimens of Etrusean
vases called edicule, over 1900 years
old, will be placed in the crematory
Office as specimens of antique art and
taste They came from Capua, Italy,
and were purchased by the company at
a round sum of money
A common-sized vase viii hold the
ashes. There are only four pounds of
ashes to every 100 pounds Of flesh. The
ashes will be bleached to pearly white
ness by the process of a superior heat
upauarafor
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16


We recently heard of rather an
amusing occurrence in our neighbour
ing county, Allen, which took place
last fall, after Cleveland's election.
The Democracy had assembled at
Scottville to ratify and jolify, and were
having a glorious time generally. Sew
eral darkies We're standing round,
observing the demonstration, when
Young Davis, a constable from the ru-
raj districts, announced to the darkies
that they would all now have to find
masters, and Selling oneof thenearest,
he nloalnteda block and offered to sell
him to the highest bidder. The bid
ding was spirited, and soon Davis clos
ed the sale on an offer of something
over eleven hundred dollars. Some
bystander remarked, swell, he sold
pretty high" @Oh, yes" said the dar-
key, who took in the humorous per-
Torrance and enjoyed the Joke, "dey's
got de tariff off us now"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

The Coopertown Republican rises to
make the following candid and sensible
remarks, which may be read with prof
it elsewhere:
Occasionally, agents from the cities
stop here, and solicit orders.f0 print
ing from our business men, and in
some cases are successful. If those
business men viii first inquire the
price of the same work nc home, we
shall fear no ordinary competition.
These agents have their travelling ex-
penses to pay, and as rule can get the
work no cheaper than we can do it.
We have before US billhead done by
one OF these agents for a firm in this
village. Price within few cents oil
our terms We have paid said firm as
high as $97 balance on single years
account--our bill being under $50
This year there viii be no balance to
pay. The men who preach and ask
the village papers to preach apatronize
home enterprize,p must be taught TO
put it in practice. The two printing
offices here give a support to over
thirty persons-and their patronage
should 60 to those who do not by pref
erence discriminate against them.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

The hearts of the jealous women of
the St. Bethlehem neighborhood, feel
jubilant over the closing of the two
saloons which so small village has
been able to support in seemingly
good style. They feel able to with
stand the jeers and inuendoes cast mt
them by the saloon keepers and their
friends, because OF their earnest efforts
to establish sobriety and instill in the
boys morality. They feel that this
week should be made one of prayer
and thanksgiving as the consummation
of their labor and patient prayer.
Here are united the soul and heart OF
brave women, determined to fight
whisky from their own doors and
hoping that OTHER women OF Tenn~
will work with them till the peoples
maranatha is painted in letters indel-
IDLE on the door OF every saloon in
the State.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
Liquor Business Defined.

1t is a business which is opposed by
every true clergyman in the country.
1t is IA business which Is the stand
ing dread of every mother.
1t is a business which is the constant
fear of every father.
1t is business which is the horror
of every wife.
1t is business which makes ninety
per cent. of the business of the crimi-
nal courts.
1t is business which makes ninety
per cent of the paupeIism for which
the taxpayer has to pay.
1t is business which keeps en-
ployed an army of policemen in the
cities.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
-
W0MENS' CHRISTIAN
Temperance Union Column
EDITED BY THE W. G. 4. UNION.

DEAR CHILDREN The temperance
people in Kansas have gotten up a
nice May-Dsy celebration, in which a
great many boys and girls can take
part as fairies, heralds. etc., and the
young Queen Kansas is to be crowned
by the Fairy Queen. How nice it
would be if all of us could abe there
to seep But we can share little of
the good things with them. for here is
beautiful poem by the children's
friend. dear Anna Gordon, which she
wrote by request OF the committee, to
be used as the address oil the Fairy
Queen:
CHILDHOOD'S TEMPERANCE QUEEN.
For May-Day Festival OF Kansas VIC. t. o.
IT'S the day when fairies come
Out Of the nook and NOISY dell;
And you hear the merry hum
OF their voices, as they tell - -
Where the violet tinds its blue
And the buttercup its gold;
How the little daisy learns
All its petals to unfold.
But upon no other day
Can we coax them into sight;
Only ON the first OF May s
DO we feel their presence bright.
Then they help us crown our queen,
Gentle, gracious Queen OF May,
Then the cunning little sprites
Fit around US all the day.
Like the fairies we haye come
WonGrous stories TO relate;
But the queen whom we would crown,
Is our young and noble state.
Kansas is the May Qeen fair
We would loving homage pay;
Flowerets fresh upon her brow -
Little hands would place to-day
Meier was queen so beauteous crowned
Radiant in her robe of white
Well may childhood wreathe her brow
With the purest blossoms bright.
Well may mothers bless our Queen,
Tempted boyhood sing her praise;
Well may one and all rejoice
On this happy day of days,
When fair Kansas in her youth
Writing with loving hand,
Added prohibition laws
To her other Statutes grand.
Kneel brave Kansas, that the hand
OF a grateful little child,
On thy beauteous brow may place
Flowerets pure and Undecided,
Like the lives we hope to live
Free from blight or sin or shame;
While we proudly serve our Queen
Guarding we'll her future fame.
So good Queen accept the trust
We have placed i'm thee to-day;
Evermore thy name shall be
Prohibition Queen of May.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
mutual content.

mutual content.
Mrs. Jaynesford sat knitting gloom
lily; If she had been told that the world
was to come to an end within the next
twentv-four hours, she would still have
taken up her knitting-and Olive and
Bessie nestled close to her side, while
iotham paced thoughtfnlly up and
down the floor, waiting for the arrival
of the auxiliaries for whom he had al
ready dispatched a messenger. The clock
had lust struck I, when a brisk knock
came to the door-every one of the fam
lily started as if the simple sound had
been trumpet of doom.
Don't open tho door, Jothamr'
gasped Mrs. Jaynesford, but lothian
drew back the bolt nevertheless.
Its some neighbor," said he. sfWhy.
Jim Ellison and Jake Bleekerl I'm right
down glad to see We. Bessie, run right
down stairs, an draw pitcher of cider,
aiii bring up some o. mothers fresh
doughnutsl"
AS the visitors returned their hosts
cordial greeting, Olive uttered a loud
try.
The men-the men I heard talking
by the spring. she gasped, feebly. ssOh,
Mr.. jaynesf5rd, turn them from your
door-they are robbers and murderers !"
hI' cried lothian. "Jim and Jake
robbers and murderers! guess not,
i Miss Olive"
! - ct them answer for themselves,
cried Olive, Historically. "What bloody
F.. d, Ell is it from which one of them re-
/ cosled, but which the other said would
| be soon over2' What was the plot to
I gain secret admittance through the shed
! d or, What
The taller and the stouter of the two
strangers shook with peal after peal of
noiseless laughter.
IN tell We what twas, miss, before
the little gal comes back" he said, IN
the gruff, husky voice that had so ter
r.fied Olive Morrison by the twilight
4 spring. Il said then twas an ugly
job, and won't say no less row. Jaynes-
! ford, he sold me them lambs o. his little
| gal's-I drive a meat cart, miSS--and
/ he told me to came on the sly and get
EN- away, for she was dretful fond oy
em. So when we come tonight, and
found they wasn't in the outshed, says
! / 10 Jake BECKER, says I: We've jes'
got to go an ask up an down for 'em;
so knocked. an here we be.
rs that all2'' sighed Olive, with q
face OF inexpressible relief. sob,
have been terrified. !"
And she broke into hysteric laughter,
while Mrs. Jaynesford sat by, half dis
appointed that there had been no
mortal peril after all.
So faded away the only appearance of
danger that pnolested the quiet, western
! vale, and that was the last the Jaynes-
ford family ever heard of robbers, burg
lars. and murderers
But Mrs. Jaynesford had bought big
box-lock, and affixed it to the shed door,
ald takes great delight in tremendously
licking it every night of her life
| You can't be too careful" says Mrs.
! Jaynesford.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

r
The taste for oranges seems to be as
decidedly on the increase in France as
the taste for tea. Fifty years ago the
annual consumption of oranges in the
country barely reached 100000
pounds weight of the fruit 1t had
risen to double that quantity in 1856,
to over 50O00,000 pounds in 1866, and
last year over 1000O00O0 pounds of
oranges were imported. At one time
Spain was almost the sole source Of
supply; but both Italy and Algeria
now send their quota of the French
market, the Algerian contribution
being by far the larger. The exporta-
ton of oranges from the colonies to
the mother country, which only
amounted to 10000 pounds in 1886. at
tuned the large total of 100000
pounds in 1SS4.-N Y Post.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
Dickson County Lamb,

An attorney-at-law of this city re-
ceived letter to-day fronra New York
syndicate, directing him to look into
title of a certain body of land, about
10000 acres, below Charlotte, Dickson
county, which the syndicate wished to
purchase. The attorney expressed Il
fear as to the title OF this land, and
said as this character OF real estate was
now coming into demand it would be
well for the Legislature to. quiet all
such titles. This. he thought, would
be means of inducing capital to come
into the stlte.-NashUAle Banner
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

In an analysis recently made of
1000 rejected applicants for insurance,
l found that forty meE were rejected
solely on account OF their habits as
drinking men, though none of them
were drum kards. The same analysis
showed that twenty otherwise first
class applicants were declined on ae-
count OF being engaged in the sale of
alcoholic liquor. Though some OF these
men were total abstainers, the COM
pany, the largest in the west, declined
to insure the lives of men subjected
as these were to the fatal temptations
of drinking.-Ex es
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
A Northern Colony,

A gentleman has been at Gillum, in
Dixon county, for several days pur
chasing land for the foundation of a
Northern colony Up to yesterday TO-
100 acres had been bought for this
purpose in the neighborhood OF Gillian.
The price paid ranged from 81 50 to
Sc per acre. Near where this land lies
is fine forest of timber, and it is
thought the colony will utilize it to the
best advantage Nashville Banner
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
Br. tain,s wealthiest Peer.

lSnn Francis % G ron Gle
The wealthiest peer in Great Britain
is the duke of Buccleuch. The entailed
estates in Scotland, to which he has just
succeeded, extend to upwards of 49,
600 acres, the present rental of which
is about $3.50, 600. The duke also comes
INTO the Boughton estates, which are
worth $40, 600 year. The dukes pier
at Granton brings $50, 900 year. His
minerals and quarries are worth as much
more and he owns valuable urban
property in Midlothian. He will also
receive 50, 500, 900 from his fathers per
sonal estate, and his income altogether
will be about 81, 300, 600, on which he
win probably be able to exc out an ex
lItence.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

Neither mental nor physical labor
can be accomplished satisfactorily un-
less the system is in order. When
you feel tired, languid, wearied with
out exertiop, the mind slow to act,
and requiring great mental effort, you
can rest assured that your Liver is not
acting properly. and that nature re-
quires assistance to help throw off inn
purities. There is no remedy that
will accomplish this 80 mildly and yet
eifectually Us PRTCHLY Ash BITTERs.
A trial VIII satisfy you of its merits.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

Rev. DIR. West, of Nashville, will de-
liver the Commencement Sermon OF
the Wesleyan Female Institute in
June. E. l.. Bullock, Esq, of Jackson,
will deliver the Alumn2 address. Mr..
Bullock is said to be fine young
speaker, while DR.. West is sure to be
interesting, both in his sermon and in
the address which he will deliver.
Brownsville Democrat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

The salary OF the occupant of the
White House is never applied for by
the President, but is made out in the
form of voucher at the end of each
month and signed by the Treasurer of
the United States in regular order
with hundreds of other vouchers. The
Private Secretary receives the money
but the Department requires the re-
ceIpt to be signed by the President
personally. The monthly voucher is
"A, 1856 but for March, the month
just closed, Mr. Cleveland drew So,
SSS,S7, and Mr. Arthur $277.79.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
what You want 90 know.

Everybody wants an honest answer
to this simple question What is the
best medicine TO regulate the bowels
cure costiveness. and billousness, help
the digestion and give strength to the
whole system People ask us this
every day. We answer Parker's Tonic.
1t is pleasant to the taste. All the
children like it. Mothers all praise it.
1t will save thousand times its cost
in every family.-Editor Western
Argus.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
= Strange Japanese Custom.

a strange custom prevails in Japan
among old-fashioned people of bestow-
ing upon their offspring names ordi-
Rarity given to infants of the opposite
Sc This is done in families where
death has made frequent visits under
;he belief that in giving the name CT a
deceased child to the newborn infant
is lie will be prolonged.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

Save time and you save money; but
beating a sick horse doesnot do either.
Give the poor fellow three tablespoon
fuls OF Days Horse and cattle Powder
every day with bis feed. Price 25
cents per package of one pound, full
weight.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

newfoundland dogs are better I
>ledging in the ar-tlc regions thani
tive animals. A man, however, can
more work than any dog in proportio-
10 the amount of food consumed
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
FOR LADIES ONLY.

A REMEDY. endorsed by the best Physi=
ciaiis and Druggists at its home.
A REMEDY nat Mr--C. W. O'Ne1l, GOOD
water, Ala, says raised his wife from an
|. invaiids bed, and he believes saved her
/ life E .s-@
A REMEDY Of which prominent Atlanta
merchant said :ss'I would have given $500
E rs soon as would nickle for what two
bottles of your medicine did for my daugh-
A REMEDY in regard TO which S. J. Cessell,
instances inywhich it afforded relief after
all the usual remedies had failed"
A REMEDY about which DR.. II. b. Terrell,
14aGrange, Ga, writes: 81 have used for
the last sts&9fltE gears the medicine which
yon are printing up and consider It the fl..
the disease forJwhich it is recommended
A REMEDY about which DIR. Joel Brasftain
Attain Ia, .sfid: 81 have examined the re-
cine and hayeno hesitation in ADVISING its
use, tld-eoIiddentfy recommend 1t. = -
A REM Ely WHICH the Rev. II. B. Johnson,
near MARIETTA Ga., says he has used in his
family wi tn the" oSt satisfaction and
recommended it to three families %swho
found it to be just what isretommendtsds
A REMEDS OF which Pemberton, Iverson
Il I,ennIsoH say -ytANe have been selling
it for inapxy ears, vi tn constantly increas-
ing sales The article is staple with Us,
niarsasf; "Wessoad 90 gross in months,
and never sofd-1t IN any place but-~lftt il
A REMEDY of which DIR. Baugh, of La
GfsRnees CAL ssa5zs:Is'E cured oae of the
most Obst5nate sDases :of Vicarious Men
struation that, ever. came within my
knowledge: with a few bottles
A REMFf5fsDfi which Or. j.. q. Huss, Nota-
--eulga, 7Asas,ssslys;-.I am fully convinced
that 1t il, snEiNaled for that class of diseas-
tS which 1t claims 10 cure" ~
A REMEDsYeAab Bout which Maj. John C.
With err. Sf. "A Elantss, well and fayorably
KNOWN, AL ever the United States as a
General Insur3nee Agent, says: 81 used
this remedy before the war;, on a. large
plantati0n.rIrf a great, uun her. OF. cases, al
ways with absolute success"
fCiiTtefsvilfe, Ga, certifies that one bottle
cured two members of his family. of Men
:. slruaiiEregularity of many years stand
/, ing. :, .'s.st -
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

Eighty thousand persons are engag-
ed in the United States in brewing
larger beer, and almost a countless
number in selling it-EE
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
The Eternity OF Our Nature.

All Impotence of monotony, all wear
mess OF best things even, are bat signs
of the eternity of our nature, tie broken
human fashions of the divine everlast-
iDgneSS.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

A puppy's joke is not very funny
but there is something waggish about
a dogs tail.-Teras Sifaings
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

THE cost OF each saloon to the city
OF indianapolis last year was 1888, and
the license only $52.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

A Cincinnati gambler, whom his
time h ad won and lost over $4,000
died among paupers the other day
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
QUARTERLY mlEETINGs.


TAtrd Round.
New Providence, May 2-S.
Tobaccoport, May 10.
Ebenezer, May 1917.
GAINESVILLE, May % "a.
state Line, May 3U-3i.
Ashland City, June 81.
Mt. Zion, June 1874
Bethlehem, June 20-2l.
Port Royal, June Z7-2S.
'furnersville, July As.
Springfield, July ILL.,
Let the Church Registerand Church Con-
ference Record books, be at these Confer
ences for examination. District Conference
atState Line, Friday, May 29th, at 8 a. m
Let the collections be paid in full.
j. A. ORMAN.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

About so, 900 gallons of wine are con-
suned at the sacrament tables in the
United States every year.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
Queen "AIexandrina'' Victoria.

Few people know the queen was once
called Alexandria Victoria; but it is a
fact, nevertheless, that her majesty was
originally proclaimed and the oaths of
allegiance administered to her in the
name of "Alexandrina Victoria" and
she would have been so called to this
day had it not been for a curious acct
dent On the occasion of the council
meeting held cat the court of
KenSington, the goth of June,
1887, it was discovered that
she had affixed her signature as
Victoria" to the list of the privy coun-
cilOrs present Alexandria was, thero-
fore, Immediately omitted, although
during the ceremonies in the city and
elsewhere the queen was always ad
dressed as Her Most Gracious Majesty
Alexandria Victoria. 1t is not
generally known either that the queen
pf England never wears, officially, any
state robes, excepting only at her corona
ton, when she goes to Westminster
abbey in crimson, and is there invested
with pur lie, and when she visits parlia-
ment, when she is attired in red.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
plstrust q Prlvale AsyIums.


There is a growing suspicion and dis
trust of private lunatic asylums in Eng
land Hardly case occurs involving
any question of detention in these
asyluinS in which circumstances inv w.
ing disagreeable possibilities do not crop
up, filling the public mind with uneasi-
ness, while public institutions of the
kind seem quite free from them. FIRE.
quent efforts have been made to abolish
them, but thus far, without success. In
a recent parliamentary examination the
earl of Shaftesbury, chairman of the
commissioners in lunacy, stigmatized
them as ''abominable, vicious" "ob-
jectionable, intolerable, asth "detes-
table" The London Lancet joins in the
demand for their abolition, and terms
them private prisons, which ought not
to be allowed to exist.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
|. A. ct. R. R.

SCHEDULE.
Until further notice train for car
rying Passengers and Freight will
move as follows: