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Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-05

Local weather Record.
| FOR AUGUST 4, 1885.
z H., 8. 2. II
AM. AN. Pm. Pm
Barometer. -. 1897 aa;ss 1920 5000 800
Humidity.... IS 4s so So 81
Wind, direc-
ton and We
per hour WIG we VT 90 90
weather . Clear Fair Fair Clear Clear
Mean bar 9.9s; mean temp, g.; mean humid
Max temp, 70; min. temp, Sd; rainfall %
Max. hourly velocity of wind, 10 miles
FOR AUGUST 4, 1885.
|. Mean bar. %. "a; mean temp. "A.
Max. temp, 81; min. temp 81.
J. H. SHERMAN, 8. G. q. sA.
Note: "A minus sign l-]prefxed to thermometer
readings indicates teInperature below zero.
IA dashT-lin connect on with rainfall indicates
precipitation too small 1 measure.
IMMATURE ALMANAC.
AUGUSTA.
SUN RISES, 4:51 Moon SETS, Hon WATER,
sun SETS 7:O4 1887 2:19
BIRTHS.
CHAPMAN-In Hartford. August 2, son to G. H.
and Kate Chapman.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-05
MARRIAGES.

COLLINS-SHE Hartford, August 8, by
Rev C. E. Stowe, Arthur H. Collins and Margar-
ct G.. Sheard.
CoLLINS~In Derby, July %, a to Mr.. and
Mrs. Patrick Collins.
BRENNAN-In Ansonia, July 20, daughter to
Patrick and Sarah Brennan.
CLARKE Ansonia July 20, son to Mr.. and Mrs.
Horatio Clark
Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-05

The business of Bleaching and Pressing Hats will
be continued by NOT at the old stand but in the
rear of tie New Haven Savings Bank, Orange
street, near Chapel street.
aus St. W, s. BALDWIN.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-19
VITAL STATISTICS
Facts with Regard to tho Birth and Death
Rates Of Various Nations.

Facts with Regard to tho Birth and Death
Ratios of Various Nations.
Statisticans are bringing out some
curious facts with regard to the birth
and death rates of the leading nations
OF the world. Unfortunately. our
tables are not as accurate AS those
collected in the European States.
Abroad, there is a careful record OF
marriages, births and deaths. These
arc collected by us without any
thoroughness, save only when a census
Is being taken. In England and Wales,
it has been found that the birth-rLte is
S5.4, and the dcath-rate 2O.5 per thou
sand persons. In Sweden, the birth
rate Is 30.2, against death-ratc Of
1871. In tho Girmln Empire, birth
rate 1913 and death-rate 26.l. Austria,
49,. birth rate, 29.6 death-rate. The
official returns state that our annual
birth. ratio is SO. and dcath-rata lS, but
clearly our hirth-patc is much larger,
as We arc growing in numbers faster
than any people on earth. Our in
crease is fully 100000 since the last
census was takenin 1880. Our colored
population have higher blrth-ratc
than have the Southern whites. Among
the latter it is 2S,7l, while for tho col
ored it is 35.03. Although the death.
ratio Of the blacks is quite large, still
they are increasing relatively faster
than the whites; it is also curious fac
that more colored females are borr
than whites. but taking blacks ant
whites together, the births of the male'
exceed those of the females. Dem
oresrS Monthly.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-19
The Hebrews of Italy.


The Lunaio ISraelitico of Leghorn
gives some interesting particulars about
the Jews of Italy. The entire number
in the Peninsula (even including tho
Italia irrcdenta) is As, $50, or about on @
per cent. of all the Jews in Europe.
Italy has much fewer Jews than the
single city of Vienna. In Trieste the
bulk of the Israelite community are
Italian jews, numbering $3.50. In
Rome there are 5000, in Leghorn, A.
$50; Turin, 1900; Venice, $500; Flor.
ence, 2,40); Ferrara, 1850; Ancona, l..
TO; Modcna, 1,70O; Mantua, 1880
Milan, 100; Verona, 975; Padua, $50;
Naples, $50; P 81, $40, and Genoa, only
500. The chief rabbinical school in
Italy is now at Mantua. Padua held
this position formerly, and still has for
the head of its jewish community the
greatest Hebrew scholar in Italy, Rabbi
Ende Lolli, who Is professor of Hebrew
at the University OF Padua, and was Il
pupil of the celebrated Luzzatto. = M
Y. Post.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-19
GOOD AND EVIL.
The Constant Warfare Carried On by
Every Thinking Individual.

The Constant Warfare Carried On by
Every Thinking Individual.
You observe how intensely interesting
life becomes when it resolves itself into
one long and fierce combat between the
intelligences and their forces that make
for the right, and those which are
ranged to resist it. The man who is
absorbed in his own personal interests
and ambitions knows nothing about iti
for he does not recognize any forces op.
posed to him outside the sphere Of his
own mundane hopes and fears He
struggles blindly with events. as tho
sailor does with the elements caring
only for his own cargo, and making
only for his port or destination. But he
who. divested of all personal inclina-
ton, enrolls himself in this mortal life
in the host of those who, from unseen
realms, are combating for the universal
good, begins soon to be conscious that
there are rival influences at work, who
use the base passions of earthly
men with which to frustrato
that grand endeavor; and they finally
get to perceive certain method in tho
operations of both sides, and to recog-
nlze the fact that the success of the side
on which they are fighting must depend
upon the strength of the altruistc sen.
timent which animates the combatantsi
for in proportion to that depends, in Its
turn, thcir receptivity TO the divine inn
pulse under which they combat. Hence
It often happens that we who are en-
gagged intelligently In this strange war
fare find ourselves impelled to adopt n
course OF action the ultimate bearing OF
which is concealed from us. Often it Is
even difficult for us to justify our acts
to ourselves on any principle of com
mon sense; often we really believe we
are struggling to accomplish purpose
which, after we have failed, We find did,
in fact, achieve another and altogether
different result, the meaning. ol
which now becomes clear
though it would have beer
impossible of achievement except under
the mask of another design. In othel
words, we are constantly making feint'
to deceive the enemy, and are ourselves
kept in ignorance at the time that thel
are feints; but as we come, in the cours'
of long experience, to be moro fam
liar with the divine tactics, and Il
recognize the marvellous operation o
the laws which govern the forces a
work on both sides. we become over
whelmed at the magnitude of the strug
gle; and as our lives become wholly do
voted to it, we recognize in every mi
mute detail which affects them its boarin!
upon the vast issues at stake, and are a
: once crushed by sense of our own in
significance and uplifted by the stupen
, dous consideration that no one is too in
significant to affect, by his own person
: al effort, the destiny Of that whole hu
man race Of which he forms minut
fractional part.-Fropl Laurence Oh
: plants "Massollam; Problem Of III
Pcriod.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-19
SOLD BY A HoosIER.
How an Indians Farmer Rntertaiaed a
Chicago Drpmmor,


Here Is story by a brakeman.
Maybe it's chestnut. but il SO It's tho
brakeman's fault. Coming in over
the Monon route few days ago a
Chicago drummer sat musing. by the
open window and wiping perspiration
and coal SCOT from his brow, and, Of
course, occupying two seats. Down
in Indiana some place q native came
in the smoker, and saws;
"Shove along, stranger, an give
Teller show. Been killing hogs and
feel all used up"
Then the. native sat down and settled
himself comfortably, much to the
drummer's disgust, and resumed;
aSay, stranger, killing hogsis hard
work. Did you ever kill any hogs p
But the drummer did not condescent
to answer.
"By gosh" continued the irrepres
sible Hoosier, "we killed the bigges
hog Yesterday that was ever killed II
Inieany. How much do you s'pos'
that hog weighedWs n-tsrF
Still no answer.
"He was so tarnal big that It tool
eight of us to lift him up to the ham
stick, it did, b. gosh. You hain't n
idea how much that hog weighed, hay
you stranger P'' !,
mo, l haven't" the drummer fnall
blurted out; show much did you
darned old hog weighph
"I don't know, mister. We didn'
! weigh him l''-- Chicago Herald.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-19
ABOUT THlSTLES.
A Species Of Plant Preceded by Vast Evol.
lutlOnary History.

A Species of Plant Preceded by Vast Evol.
lutionary History.
The thistle pedigree Is long and
curious one. The group forms ap-
parently the central and most primitive
existing tribe of the composite family
and it bears in its own features the Wis.,
ible marks of vast previous evolution
ary history. Starting apparently from
blossoms with five distinct and separate
yellow petals, like the buttercups, the
ancestors OF thistlehood gradually
progressed, as it seems, by insect selec-
ton, to condition something like that
of the harebell or the Canterbury bell,
in which the petals have coalesced at
their bases into single large and
united tube. Clustering together next
into closely serried heads, like those of
the scabious, the rampions and the COM
mon blue sheepsbit, they endeavored to
make up for the individual minuteness
of their dwarfed flowers by the number
and mass collected in group on the
summit Of each stem. In this way they
gradually assumed the distinctive
crowded composite form, each floret
consisting Of a tubular five-lobed oorolla,
o calyx reduced to hairs or down and q
single tiny seed like fruit. OF this stage
in the development Of the family the
simpler and less specialized member Of
the thistle group, such as the unarmed
saw-works and the Alpine saus-
surea, are now the best sur
viving representatives. From some
such early central form the evolving
composites split up and diversified
themselves into all their astonishing
and almost incredible existing variety.
Some of them, varying but little in
minor details from the parent stock, ac-
quired prickly leaves and grew into the
thistle kind, or developed hooked and
sticky involucres, and were known as
burdocks. Others, producing at their
edge a row of brilliantly -colored and at.
tractive tlorets, which serve the purpose
of petals for the compound head,
lbranched of into all tho marvellous
wealth Of dalses, asters, suniowers,
mar.golds, dahlas, golden rods, OK
eyes and cinerarias. In yet others the
whole mass of florets, central as well a.
external has assumed the raylike or
strapliko form; and to this group be-
long the dandclions, hawkwceds, sal
siiics, lettuces, sow thlstles, chicories,
nippleworts and oatscars BY far the
most successful of all Towering plants
the composites have taken possession in
one form or another OF the whole
world, and among the entire wealth OF
their extraordinary diversity there is no
group more universally fortunate than
the common thistle. What from the
purely agricultural point Of wow we
describe rs very persistent and almost
inerad cable weed from the higher bio.
logical point of view we should more
properly regard as a dominant an d ad.
mirably adapted species of plant. The
, one conception is merely narrow, prac.
tfcal and human; the other is positive,
philosophical and universal. Long
man's Magazine.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-19
DELICIOUS CAKE.


TootIsOme Morsels Made According te
Miss Parloa's Recipes.
At one of the lessons given by Mis-
Parloa in Boston. the following cake
was made: A generous cupful of but
Tor was beaten to q cream, two Of sugar
added gradually, the juice of lemon
the yelks of five eggs and the whites Of
three, a small cup of milk, and three
cups OF pastry -four, through which was
sifted two teaspoonfuls of baking pow.
der. The whole mixture was stirred
rapidly and thoroughly, and baked in
two sheets in u moderate oven for twen-
ty-fve minutes. 1t was then cut into
small squares, portion of the crust re,
moved from each, and the cavity filled
with preserved strawberries, This was
not done until the cake was cold. The
crust was replaced and covered with an
icing made as above. This is called
Viennois cake. -
Fairy gingerbread will be appreciated
by the little ones. Beat until light
cup of butter and two of sugar, stir in
one tablespoonful of ginger and one
cup of milk, in which has been dis
solved three-fourths of a teaspoonful Of
| soda str in four small cups Of sifted
flour, turn the baking pans upside
down, wipe very clean, butter layishly
and spread the mixture upon them very
thinly. Bake in a moderate oven until
brown, and while still hot, cut into
squares with case-knife and slip of
the,pan. The two important points to
remember are that the batter must he
spread very thin, and cut the instant it
is taken from the oven, 1t should he
kept in tin box, A large dish can he
madc with the quantities given above,
1t is quite possible to make very do
lightful cream cakes in the precincts Of
ones own kitchen, as know from ex-
per:ence The friend who gave me this
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-19
HOW HAIR GROWS.
Its Color Depending on the Amount Of
Air Contained In the Hair-Shaft,


Air Contained In the Hair-Shaft,
At birth, almost the entire surface Of
the body is cover with fine, soft hairs.
These fall off and are replaced by others
smaller and weaker than the first ones,
except over the scalp, the eyebrows and
tho cyelashes. Later on in life in some
situations the hairs become greatly de-
veloped, especially those of the beard OF
man, and about the entrances of the
nose and ears in advanced life. The
hairs, like the nails, are simply special
notifications Of the skin; made up Of
the same materials and, like it, subject
to many diseases. The skin is made up
OF cells which are at first deeply situated,
soft and spongy in structure, but as
they are pushed up toward the surface
by the continued formation of new ones,
become hard and horny. In most situu-
tions the cells Of the skin proper be-
come loosened, and after they have
served proper time as a protective to
the underlying parts, they fall of and
are lost. Those which compose the
hair, on the contrary, become closely
attached to the next one above them,
and push the old ones before them in
the shape of a continuous, fibrous col
umn. The lower cells overlap five or
six of those in advance, and, as they
harden, become practically fused with
| them. -l..
The essential parts Of har arc the
root and shaft. The root Is imbedded
deep b,low the general surface of the SIX n
in little sack or pocket, into which
opens small gland that furnishes il
With natural chair OIL that keeps it
from becoming brittle. At the bottom
of the sack (follicle) is a collection OF
living cells, freely supplied with blood
vessels and nerves. The outer of these
cells are pushed up by To growth Of
new ones, and thus the hair Is started
on its way toward the surface. The
layer of skin in which the root is bedded
is that which contains the coloring mat.
ter that gives the tint to the complexion
OF the d fferent races OF men and to in
dividuals in each race. Hence the
l
means of coloring the hair are supple q
with tho materials which make up 1T
primary structure. The shaft OF eacl
hair is hard and horny externally but
contains within core OF softer, more
spongy material, through which nu
trtive flu DIS from the root are able t.
find their way, at least during youth
and the younger periods OF adult llfe'
The color OF the hair depends on thu
proper color OF the hair-celis, the hal
pigment (Which is the same colorlns
material as tints the complcxlon) ant
the amount OF air contained in tn
shaft The proper color OF the hair
cells, according to Its intensity, produces
pale, blonde or deep-red color: The
brownish black coloring matter gives al
shades OF brunette colo6ratlon, from pail
brown to ebony black. Combination
of these two give all shades between tina
exhibited by the fairest Saxon and tn
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-19

Two Indians entered drug store
on TIL ri street. One was tall young
man. and his companion was an aged
and dried up specimen of humanity.
They were dressed in dark, ill-iitting
clothes, and each of them had on moe
casins. Their black slouch hats par
tally concealed their jet black halt.
Marching into the centre of the store
the red man, after the style of the pow.
WOW around the camp fire, expressed
himself as follows: "Big lniua wants
heap big sweet wind.n Without any
hesitation the clerk turned off two
glasses of soda water and gave them to
the two red men. The Ind ans drank
and were satisfied, -St Pau GloI.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-19

EARLY marriages is the rule among
French Canadians. Originating in the
eatly history of the country, when
women were few and government and
church alike encouraged girls in their
teens to become wives, the practice has
become permanent, and for lads who
have not reached their majority to be
fathers and girls Of sixteen to become
mothers is too common to cause remark
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-25
The Alaska Seaiers.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2o.-Aeting Score
tarE Fairchild has received a telegram
from Capt. Abbey, commanding the reve-
nue. steamer Corwir1, dated at Nanaimo, B.
e.. which is as follows: | respectfully re-
port the CorWin here. At the request of
Gov. sWinefcrd aud Judge Davis I have
brought here TWENTY-FIVE British sea1nen.
released from the seized s~aa}ers. I am to-
land the remaining American seaman at.
Port Townsend. The master and mates of
the seized craft have been convicted and
sentenced TO fines OF imnisonment or both.
made full,depositions for the libel suits
before leaving siitt.a.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-25
OF Interest 70 Land ATTORNEYS.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Tf1e following
circular letter addressed to registers and
receivers Of the United States land offices.
Was issued today by S. II, stocksiager, act
ing commissioner Of the general land Off
ce: 1t has come to the knowledge of this
Office that in many towns in which United
States land Offices are located. and in other
places certain land agent and attorneys
adopt business signs Of q character to rep
resent their offices as land Offices. As an
example signs may bear the words Unit
ed States land office in bold letters of IL
size to be readily seen at d distance, adding
in very small letters the words cuisines
transacted here" or papers drawn here.
and that the effect and apparent purpose
OF such signs is to mislead and deceive the
public and particularly settlers and appIi-
cants who are uniformed, and who often
60 to these offices having their papers
made out pay fees and leave their entry
money, fully believing that they lave been
transacting business with the authorities
or government officers. You are hereby
authorized to notify all agents and attor-
neys in your district using deceptive on
misleading Advertisements of any character
that the use Of the same must be forthwith
discontinued, and you will forthwith re
port all such agents or attorneys to this of
fee in order that proper steps may be ia
ken to prohibit them from practice before
the land department and local land Offices
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-25
The Fishery Case.

HALIFAX, Sept. 20.-At the opening of
the hearing in the case Of the seized Amer
lean schooner David J. Adams this morn
ing, Counselor Meagher, who represents
the United States, again endeavored to Sc
cure the exclusion Of reporters. Only one
OF those present, however, had been sub
pened. After the counsel had cited the
authority for the exclusion Of the witness.
the court ordered this reporter to retire
from the oon He refused to do SO and
the sheriff WIS ordered to remove him.
After some alteration he went out. It was
discovered that those concerned in it had
put themselves il peril, as the sheriff has
10 jurisdiction IN courts of admiralty.
Later, when another Of the subp<ened re-
Torter5 came in, Meagher demanded his
expulsion. hut the court refused to have
u }ti1lng more to 10 with that class Of pro-
c~edare, Nhereupon the expelled reporter
returned. Iha evidence taken was il cor
ro5oratioa Of tf1at heretofore given in the
case and the prosecution closed. Meagher
asked that permission be granted to take,
testimony for the defense in the United
States where nearly all the witnesses are.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-25

bitter fight between them and the
Northern Pacific Coal company, of
which Col. Sanders IS attorney, will
tell against the latter IN the election.
Even with an nnobjectionable candid
ate the republican ticket would be
beatan; bsit =zvith 50 vulnerable d
standard bearer as Sanders, the as
sufance Of democratic victory in Mon
tana this fall IS made donbir sure.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-25
On Their Reservation,

From a deer hunter who wa. in this
morning from Nevada creek (Nest sidel
we learn that there are several lodges of
indians presumably Tlatheads} on Nevada
creek hunting and Staying deer. These In
dams, IS we'll ss II others in Montana,
cannot leave their reservation without via-
Iating the law. It is known by all hunters
that when q band Of Indians camp on the
deer trails, il amounts to d slaughter, and
that they 50 surround the game that few
escape. sIaior Roman, Z. S. Indian agent.
OF the tlatt1eads, was so obliging last fall
that as soon as he was apprised that his In
dams were oil their reservation and hunt
Ing deer near Dyon's Hill, he sent a mes
senger and called them back. It is hoped
he viii be as yigilant now and save the
game that would be marcilessly slaughter
ed by his wards while on their hunting
pIcnI$.-IadSDen1eHt.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-25

TIE war department has appropi-
atea loco foz tie erection o. temper
2ry buildings to shelter tbs cavalry
Row IN charge q the Yellowstone
Park. Congress failed to provide for
the payment Of the PazE superiatan-
dent and his assistants. The cos5-
pany q cavalry was detailed Tor ser
vice there until the matter Of civil c.
military supervision Of tie Park Was
definitely settled.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-25

We : reliably informed that the
Sanders men are going to start q
paper here to boom the "ola war
horse" The "ola var-horsc7' and the
Mp. iron horse are too closely allied
to warrant the support OF Col. San
dars IN Northern Montana.
Il will be an upsliil job to grind
out Sanders music which viii allure
the voters Of this section to vote
against the interests Of Great Falls
which means hard times for them
selves.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-25

I'HE Washington Star is authority
for the statement that Secretary Man
ming viii be sent as Minister to Aus
tia. This will amount TO the prae-
tical retirement from active politics.,
Of enc Of the most astute political
managers OF the country.