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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1885-10-30
The PRINCE IMPERIAL.


no" 'he testing race OF the Dead Prince
m IN soo'h A,rica appears :,
An0 nis' 'ning tnat sIriKes one is inc
extreme beauty and order OF the little
enclosure. 1t looks like little flower
garden with sloping banks ON each
side Il was roailv l. soome orio;nollv
a drr don.o Ill ~ !. -,
:, NS" WIN uaiA DiacA liiuu' anu anu
Ine Dottom is hlled with the inclosure
and cross, whereas the sloping sides OF
the donga are covered with the pretty
green expresses and pines now. per-
hans civ foot birb Tho oorntr,, ro,,nI !
10 fearfnllv nlai1 and noor ~ nIana
where the Prince was Killed f;ttle
hrogen Joraos obonnd Pnt tba 49,
rasts an The Sro,tv orrsnoamont N *
nla nted ;nclosure with nlaosnro Tharo
E frat a it'll sowara ahnut ,on foot
lone and o;oht foot hroad ;nn,oSod
w;tS hoant;f5I mb;to @ auart, toso@ ston"s
hronobt from Emhimu onnn % na I'm ' oInoo
bv f. looLs ,iLa y i;tt7o ,nn,hIa ~ T un1i liz
foot h;rh Thon 10 = % T,h;tn ,o s,ono ""l, "nnn1 |"
MT m anann W;o,o.;o Va Ii o.onJ ..oJ oto'''
padosto1 co No. ~ s"U.o ~ .Lo on
farno ,yh;,;sL psonos % 4 -, " 1 ;,aari.' ouno
ton Save how Il ] wos nnt % Mn f. Sunp 0uodn
V;otor;s 20 tha roonon p"o n W &c.; Saoo
Nonoiaon WIZ wns t;,Iaa tnn. " ,It1 ,,,;.p
b;s faco 70 tha f"a Thara = a,." m';n W.
tho incIoS,,ro iono aat ra,s.a S ,n ai,ar -
tomh With a arooa e mortod ma 'vu 'sa "i.a !. =,
toros ond a. ,ho rs foot of th;s ,;..Ia ~ ~
Cruelty with an ;nScr;nt;on - IN Fronob %
Higher nm in tha ;no,nsad % ion m;ooo
of Ground ia tbo otto of anothar drovs p
w;tb roo,,mhont % oross " % srSnaso &c.,
70 tho ,romnrv ~ tbo soid;o, ,b 1920 mo
Sillod at tbs some t;mo "T,oonar IT, ar
Rogers 7 tb;nI of Rot.;nrton,s borIoS
hnt 9, no mama Il 70 70 be seen A 1E1, nasiyo
was @ r oisn tiIioJ a. % tbe soma % ,;n,a I Tho
trses % Ioot 90 n,cs 90 and %raen ond tharo
are res severa, , I,t,le beds eds made % with 9TH stone %
T adr;nrs [ In which orc niantod H. hudron [
gees lilies and little shrubs Mt oaro
snJ taanlng in order are ev;dont evo,y, NV
where Tbere IL a little wooden cross
fast decaving which records that II
was nut nm 70 mari the snot hv tba
ROYAL Scots Fusiliers The little place
looks pretty. and outside are ali the dry.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1885-10-30
FLIES.
Some of the Lessons Which tho "Nulsance'
Inculoates.


Some of the Lessons Which the "Nulsance"
Inculoates.
Do all of my readers give unani.
nous vote Of nuisance ~ on the fly
question: There will be at least one
dissenting voice. for it is not supposa.
BILE that the Creator made anything in
vain, that all Of the ordinary creature.
around us. II our servants, not oul
masters, In some way, or in some re.
spects, are blessings To understand
and appreciate the uses and advantages
Of a large class Of what may be termed
soavengers, cleansers, it should be
known that all living and breathing
creatures are constantly throwing of
foul and poisonous gases, and that all
decaying animal and vegetable sub
stances are as steadily polluting tn
air by decomposition and decay, Will
these combined influences would soon
render the air so contaminated, SO
poisonous, that animal life would be
impossible, aside from some purifying
influences. The vegetable world does
wonders in this publication, the whole
woody fibre of the world being COM
posed of the carbonic acid gas which
results from breathing, combustion, de-
cay, ETC., while a large class, like the
fly, crow, hyena, buzzard. swine, etc,
true to their mission In this world, are
ever busy in appropriating what would
otherwise prove poisonous to us, food
for them A dead carcass is found on
the surface, warmed by the sun, when
decay promptly commences. The
scavengers seize upon 1t, devour it
greedy as II to protect us, the smaller
bugs aud insects Offering their aid, as
rapidly as possible covering with the
soil what they can not promptly dis
pose OF, that all Of the gases may not
escape into the air, but enter the soil,
there to nourish the vegetable king
dom. while the rays of the sun and the
winds scatter the escaping gases far
and wide, soon to DO absorbed by the
leaves and grasses. reappearing In
forms of beauty, and wholesome fruits,
grains, etc. st.p lf.ht bla s&3fl
The fly does his part In this greal
and important work of publication,
seeing 18th his ten thousand and three
eyes what would pass unnoticed by us
eagerly devouring his appropriate
food. This he finds in the smalles
atoms Of animal and vegetable matterl
too small to be noticed by thS ddl
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1885-10-30
A Singular Ceremony.

A curious ceremony was performed
recently at Travancore. India. The
Maharajah was weighed against mass
of pure gold, which was then dispensed
in charity. This custom, called "Tul-
abhara," is of great antiquity. 1t is
not unknown in other parts Of India;
though OF course gold is only used in
the case of wealthy persons, the hum
bier sort being content to weigh them
selves against spices or grain. On the
present occasion the Maharajah
weighed little over nine stone. The
Brahmins, it is said, wished 70 defer
the ceremony, in the hope that the
Maharajah might more nearly approach
the weight Of his father, who did not
undergo the rite until forty-seven
years old, when he weighed fourteen
and three-quarters stone.-N. y Euew-
is,g Post.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1885-10-30
THE eENTLEMANLY CLERK.

Ho TO tho gcntlomanly clerk
Put mild Interrogation
Regarding early trains, OF which
He wRnted Information.
The gcntiemanly clerk no heed
Paid 10 the exhortaton;
For no h nails sat trimming there
In thoughtful cogitation.
Agnin tho guest accosted him;
Exprchssd his perturbation
For interruptinR him In such
Important occupation.
hut he must 10 the city go,
And with his appreciation,
He'd like 10 lGnrn the earliest train
That leaves tho railroad station.
Hho gcntlemanly clerk looked up
With weary Indignation;
Then 10 his nails returned without
The slightest hesitation.
The guest spake out again. this time
with much evaporation.
His language full of cuss words was,
His tone OF agitation.
II VIII eubmlt.to this, The orl0d,
"for no cons aderatiOn.
To your employer will go
And Hsk an explanation.
l sock this carlvansorul
My few weeks of vacation
To pass away In peace and quiet
And rcatful reercatlon---"
"And 80 do II" tho clerk broke In
With placid observation.
The guest first stared then walked ava
In silent contemplation.
boston Saturday EUentnD Gdzett'
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1885-10-30

Mark Miller, noted dcsperado,
was killed IN Menifec county last
week by Rowland Stone. The muir
derer himself was the kind of Row,
land Stone that gathers 10 remorse.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1885-10-30

Mary's life ended ten years before
her husbands. She died in 1881. after
having made him miserable for thirty
years. Wesley survived her. living to
the ripe age of lightweight. In a
worldly way he had gained nothing by
his marriage. 1t lost him his fellow
sh; p at Oxford and at least temporarily
alienated his brother Charles and his
wife.-M. Y. Critic.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1885-10-30

tured at Paris. The material for the
case was compressed and took perfect
polish. and the tone Of the instrument
though not loud, was very sweet--s
soft, full. quasi-continuous sound, 70
sembling somewhat that Of the organ
Chicago Inter Ocean. a''iAa 'l7
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1885-10-30

old Judge Saunders is great
brag, and has told about a dozen differ
ent stories in regard to the weight OF q
certain big catfish that ho caught A
friend, trying to entrap him, asked:
Judge, what was the precise weight
Of that big fish you caughtp" judge
Saunders Ito colored wsiter): Bob,
what did | say yesterday that catfish
weighedp'' "What time yesterday,
boss--in do nawning, at dinner time,
or after support" Christian at York
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1885-10-30

"A sale of unclaimed articles left In
the cars Of the New York Elevated
Railroad recently took place. There
were no fewer than 800 umbrellas and
parasols, $50 books, 80 hats. and $50
empty purses and money bagA
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1885-10-30

Very entertaining stories com,
from the West this summer. One is al
account Of q rattlesnake stopping y
locomotive. --Bosloa Rpsk lAl7d Tn3I
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FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A BOYS JUDGMENT.

/
It's strange as people grow older what lots OF
And how they get fun of notions and begin
| To pick and choose,
anu start on such strange IDEAS and want
-. such queer things done wan
why, what Is fellow to live for, If he never
can have any fun!
Now there are fathers and mothers as ooos
as good can be, e
But they fret il boy goes coasting, for fear
he run into u tree
They fret if boy goes skating. for fear ba1,
get fall; -'o -
And they're sure that he'll come home
broken II he asks to play base ball
And as for stealing ride as the big teams roll
And ss for 9 swim in the river if the current
Or climbing roof on y ladder or shining n
good high pole
Why, they look at a boy if he tries it as If he
had got no soul!
They want you to enter the parlor and how
cu IKE grown-up man;
iney want want you to move without racket-just
m snow me the fellow who can!
10 come down stairs on tiptoes inst craap;ro
as still as a mouse,
ana TO keep things quiet and chilly as If boys
never hved in the house,!
When you open your eyes in the morning and
nm are lying awake in bed,
lhey q rather you wouldn't take pillows To
=, shy at another ones head;
Ineyd like you to talk in whispers and nevar
TO rant or shout
And empty your jacket pockets so they never
would look bulged out.
Then, I'm spite OF all this nonsense thev,Il ,oor
in a fellows eyes - -"oA
AS II you were the ones who were foolish ora
they were the ones who were wise. "'u
on q think as people grow older, they ouobt |
to grow wiser, too o"e"'
Jul wouldn't make such plumbers in talking /
to boys-would you?
Wiie A,roLs
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A COY COQUETTE.

Ezekiel Moses, leah. me sab,
Don be crowdin' quite so clus;
Lun dat lamp alone, too. please, sab.
Else dey's gwine to be fuss.
Took dat han from of my shoulder
Praps ye tink I'm no count trash:
Ebery night we git more holder
link yer smart TO be so brash.
What dye praise dat Calline foah?
III dat gal so mighty dear,
Leah dis kitchun, dar's de doah:
Court dat Calline. What do keerf
Course keer-I-don't be leabin'.
But yer nuf to rifle saint
Amt yer shamed yo'self for bleabin,
Calline's liam some when she hain'tp
Please, now, don't git wuss'n ebber-
Keep dar now-Oh, well.
III yer tarmined-kiss me? Nebberl
ctop dis instep or I'll yell!
Well, III you amt tarned basbsuii
fshaw! who'd hab man wild skeers,
Dar. now. don't git ober rashful.
fo dc TACK I'll box your ears.
Bless me! what's de use OBJ sistin'7
~ cause yer boun to hab yer way.
NSe aIore one week-now, listen
oay Jess one week from dis day?
Marry now! and what's de harm fn'tp
Zeekel Mosesi why, fo' shamer
How blushi Well, if yer 'farmin.a
dat beats Calline jes de same1
-c. ID. Turner, in N. Y. Maj and Erpryss
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| OF his household. If he runs 10 nr;o
glsnness, he makes his children's live,
burden to them because of fraction,
and declensions if he is an athlete. bf
maybe ruins them for all time bv the
brutal vigor of his training if he is Of.
Terminate, he interferes with the maid
taxes the reins of domestic government
out OF his wife's hands, orders the din
ners, and looks after the children like
an Indian bearer or supernumerary
nurse. he is at all times the MOSQUITO
OF the establishment, buzzing here.
sunging there, creating fever and irri-
tatlon everywhere /; making one wonder
Tor what purpose such as he are
sent into the world at all, and what
good end they subserve. In politics.
the restless obstructive and the pert
querlst, the oppostionist for the sake of
opposition, and insolent to the EXTREMIST
point, he keeps things alive in the sense
In which lire OF thorns can make the
water boil. But suppose you want the
water to be cool and fresh and still.
what good then does your cracking fire
OF thornsP Is it not hindrance rather
tkan help? and bane instead of
blessing?
No! view him how we may, we are
forced back to the same position-the
human mosquito is mistake in anthro-
pology, and in no sense creature TO be
preserved for its uses in the general
economy. When we shall have mended
all the moral fractures and put society
straight and square, then will there be
no room for the human mosquito: and
the force expressed in his ugly energies
now, will have merged into nobler and |
better forms. Meanwhile, seeing that |
lighting is useless and all defence-work |
lllusory, we must bear him with what
patience we can COMMANDING other
moral catholicon having yet been dis
covered able to heal the hurts made bv
the creature in its attacks. And per-
iaps-who knows?-patience being in
tself one OF the sweeter virtues-it is in
he teaching and the exercise of this to
lis fellow-men that the human MOSQUITO
las his raison d'etre. Chambers Jour
adt.
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CRACK sTepPERs.

a Mild Species of Insanity with wbic,
Old and Young Are Often Afflicted.
''See that man over therepr ex
claimed gentleman to reporter yes
terday, pointing to an old man who was
walking down Chestnut Street in from,
OF Independence Hall; the old fellow
had his head bent and seemed in deem
thought That's crack stopper
"A crack stepperI'
IN no; you watch him and see how
ne walks. He won't step on a SINGLE
crack between the flag-stones, no mat
ter how it Inconvenience him. There
are quantity of men who are in the
napit OF stepping over the cracks in
nagstone pavements; it's a mild form
OF insanity; | do it myself occasional
$50 do l."
do you? Well, most civ men do
Children play games in this wav and
men keep it up all their lives. Some
Times they vary it by stepping on all the
cracks and taking particular care not to
mss one There goes an other,
), In the course of q half-hour no less
Ihan fourteen men were observed roipc
up ana down this pavement stepping
over the cracks. Of fifteen men taken
It random, twelve acknowledged that
hey occasionally practiced this peculiar
lablt. They said they didn't know whv
hey did it. and sometimes did it uncon- |
ciously, but the interesting fact re-.
MANS that about seventy-five per cent.
! city men are crack steppers.-Phila.
'elRhia Times.
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PRACTICAL.
Tne Editor Who Didn't Appreciate . wit.
ticism.

The Editor Who Didn't Appreciate = wit
| ticism.
A fat old man who should have known
better dragged himself up three lono
flights of stairs and entered an editorial
room. va
"Whew! Coming up these stairs
makes me blow" he said.
Yes the editor replied. "Wba
can / do for youP" M
The old fellow laughed as he took a
small piece ofpaper from tin spectacle
case. Here's something that / iotted
down." he said. "You needn't mt
my" laughed heartily-..my name To
The editor took the scrap of pane,
and read the following:
III a war should occur between En-.
gland and Russia it would be a wall
Street affair-between the Bull and the
Bear > 'Ao
wall Street will have nothing IN do
with it, said the editor.
20, don't you see? 1t is a pun that
made up myself
INC, J don't see. IL appears to read
iii right, though if there were really
of it the telegraph would
Hand it herelr The old fol-
ow snatched his contribution and
nggcd himself down stairs,-ArkansaU |
lraue1er,
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the aid of bit of twlne I happeped to
nave In my pocket, the strange fishing
apparatus was soon made. 'sBetter let
george nsn Ior them, as he seems to-
understand it" suggested.
Alter some trouble George clambered,
up to the branch Just beside the hole,
and let the stocking down. He bobbedI
1t up and down with no result, when Al
strange whirring and clucking was
heard IN the tree, and George began tot
pull up the stocking. When the owl
had got nearly to the top he stopped.
he pulled one way and George pulledI
the other, and it seemed for moment
doubtful which would gain the mastery
suddenly the obstruction gave away.
and George came tumbling to the
ground, pulling after him, its claws Sc
curely fastened in the stocking, large
gray owl l jumped toward it and
ciutched it tightly before it had chance
to get away.
WHO has the owlp" asked George.
feeling OF himself to see that no homes
were broken.
II have" ! answered. ..Oucbr,,
Inns latter exclamation was caused by
the owls fastening his strong bill in
my hand.
"Or he has you," exclaimed Frank
springlng to my assistance. In the
struggle the owl was killed, and George
was inconsolable, for he had wanted to-
take him home and tame him.
"A pretty time you would have had
tanning him, said ]. GROSSLY, wrapping
my hand in my handkerchief.
Better begin on young one," COM
mented Frank.
After examining the dead bird, and,
some further talk, George decided to
ny again, and after several Intellectual
attempts to make the young owls take
lold OF the stocking, he succeeded in
up two young birds almost full
y fiedged. George and Frank each
ook one claiming the dead bird as
nv share.
The young birds lived for some time.
nd Georges got quite tame, so that he
Touid answer to his name and eat from
eorge's hand, but finally they both
led. For my part. have that fellow
yer my head and this scar on my hand
remember the time learned a new
ay to catch owls. BROOKLYN Advance.
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"A correspondent sends the follow

"A correspondent sends the follow
ing account of mistake made hv .
little girl in his vicinity. She always
JOINS the family in reading the Scrint'
ures during the family devotions tak;pg
ner verse in turn. She easily reads the
=, words, but needs some help on
.ne longer but is always eager to pro-
nounce all the words herself and some
tunes guesses. Recently it came her
turn to read the verse: mo man can
serve two masters. for either he win
nate the one and love the other, or else
NE VIII hold to the one and despise the
otner; lie cannot serve God and Nam
mon. She made slight variation at
Ine end and finished the verse: ..Ye
'annot serve God and women.'-Ch;.
MO Tribune. o"s-
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The colored Baptists of Kentucky
have $4,000 communicates, and q col.
lege with over 200 students.
| 1t is said that three-fourths of the
Bibles shipped from New York to for
egn mission stations go to Mexico and
South America.
| Massachusetts stands at the head
OF the Congregationalists in the United
States as to numbers, having 532
churches, with $685. members and 941
ministers. Post
The American Missionary Associ-
alton has at the New Orleans Exposition
fine display of work done by Indian
children and others in the various fields
of labor.
The will OF Guy Little, of Bismarck.
u. T.. recently probated, leaves $50, 600
in trust for the benefit of Pembroke
Academy, at Pembroke, N. H.. subject
to the life interest of the widow.
The attendance on the public
schools of England is shown by a recent
report to have risen within few wears
from 1000. 900 to 5000, 600. As a result
Juvenile crime has considerably dimin-
ished.
-Baptists of the South have since
last May, sent into the foreign mission
held twenty-one missionaries. It is es-
timated that it win take SIG. 900 each
month to meet the demand of the for
eign field.
"A New England preacher saws that
the chinese students who have retutned
TO this country after two years alb
sence in China have great difficulty in
remembering the English language.
which they were supposed to have
learned so well.
Miss Black, who recently started |
Tor China under the auspices of the |
w oman's Missionary Association of the
English Presbyterian Church. is the
nth daughter that has gone out from
Sne manse to the foreign field.-M Y
Sun.
Children of school age must be re-
narkaoly scarce in some sections of
New Hampshire, judging from the fol-
owing taken from Boston paper: In
warner there is one school district
Vnich contains but one pupil, four dis
ricts have but two pupils each. and two
ave only six between them.
The California millionaires annea,
0 De doing their best to build up the
EDUCATIONAL and artistic interests OF the I
cast. The latest benefactor is Mrs n {
J. Croker, who proposes to deed her t
rt gallery to San Francisco, provided
ne people raise one hundred thousand s
oiiars to maintain the collection.
uTrent. 4
-Over-reading as well as over-study
one OF the evils of modern education, o
ne evil has been commented on by ed. c
Gators for many years past, but the v
ultiplicity of books and their growing s.
leapness stand in the way of any per. =
anent remedy. OF course it goes with 81
lt saying that reading in itself is not 8
ny harmless, but most beneficial. But II
lldren too often read so much that
ey fail to assimilate what they read +
a thus the exercise is a dead loss W
UGH fun has been made of s.the man
one book" but he possessed at least Ia
virtue OF knowing one book thor
ghly-a virtue which many modern is
aders do not possess. If school chill 10
IN were taught to read less and think re
ire, It would be gain all around tn
Y. Tribune. q
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There are twenty-four gambling
houses in Paris, in which betweeSn
S3o, 900, 600 and $S5, O00. COZ has been
lost during the last five wears. The
minimum profits of the banks IN the
cub are put down at 81, 200 daily. The
ave average income OF the bankers is 500
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during 1884 forty-one steam YES
seis, i46 sailing craft and seven large
Dafges were built in New England, the
C, Total value being placed at $4,sls. 400.
ms is decrease of 81, 600, 600 in tho
y ,saa OF vessels built as compared with