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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-05-04
uor sellers SIS bill inblosed 10 letter
in which they said they though. | had
worked hard enough to be better paid.

Once, after lecturlng al consideran'e
personal expense, 10 town some dis
tance from Worcester, where expected
a remuneration at least sufficient to re.
imhurse me, l was merely rendered a
vote of thanks l arose aud requested
that the vote should he put in writing, as,
perhaps, The conductor On the train would
accept it for my fare. The committee
took the hint and a liberal collection
was then taken up for ne.
One of the most terrible scenes ever
witnessed throughout my forty years
career as public speaker, aud yet one
with very ludicrous side to it, occurred
in DR.. Herron's church the First Presby7
terian in Pittsburgh, in 1851. vas
speaking 10 densely crowded house,
when ell Of sudden there was terrific
crash in the gallery. A frigbtiul panic
ensued. The people thought the gallery
was falling end made stampede to es-
cape from the building. Some threw
themselves from the gallery to the door
below. Oilers jumped from the win
dows. In the midst of the confusion the
stove was upset. Fortunately the Gre 10
it was verv low, and no confagration
followed. But the occurrence terrified
the already frantic people. Above the
din l could hear tho stentorian tones OF
three or four powerful n on in the front
Of the gallery who seemed to be trying
to quell the panic bv shouting at the top
of their voice. while they gesticulated
wildly with their hands and arms. The
fiddle, it was the fiddle, the eddie; ; hut
what on earth fiddle could have to do
with it was more than l could make out.
At length some good brother nesr the
pulpit struck up From Greenland's Icy
Mountains. Others joined in the ia
miIiar hymn, ond order and quiet we're
at length restored. The meeting did not
last long, though, after that. When the
audience had dispersed the noor vas
strewn with false hair, hair-pins, over
shoes, bonnets, gloves, skirts. canes,
capes, wraps Of all kinds. overcosts, and
every conceivable article Of wearing ap-
parel. A large cart load OF these things
was taken 10 the MAYORS Office the mex,
morning 10 await the claims of their
owners After the trouble was sll over
| learned that the craeh which created
the panic was caused by some mau's
stepping upon the big bass eddie which
was at that time used 10 the choir, and
which. when not in reqaisition, WAS al.
lowed to repoee on the gallery door.
This was whas the men 10 the gallery
whom heard shouting aboat the fiddles
were trying to explain to the fright.craz-
ed people below"
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NiGhtmare.

sick hesdaehe. depression OF spirits. and
want OF ambition are symptoms OF, .
diseased liver. Tue lungs, stomach, and
bowsls Aie oil 10 sympathy. Life Is only
living death. DR.. Pteics's "Golden
Medical Discovery" acts upon the tor-
pii liver, and efiec'ually removes all
these difficulties ami disorders. New sus
Ieelings. gloomy forebodipgs, and .ir,
Inability Of temper sll disappear.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-05-04
puefrv
EARLY SPRING.

Once more the Heavenly Power makes all
things new.
And domes the red plowed hills
With loving blue;
The blackbirds have their wills,
The throstles, too.
Opens a door in Heaven. From the SHES OF
glass
A jacobs ladder falls
On creeping grass;
Aud DER the mountain walls
Young angels pass.
Before them fleets the shower, and bursts the
buds;
And shine the level lands,
And FASH the foods.
The stars are from their hands
Flung through the woods.
The woods with living airs how softly famed
Light airs from where the deep,
All down the sand.
No breathing in his sleep
Heard by the land.
o, follow, leaping blood, the seasons lure;
Oh, heart, look down and up.
Serene, secure.
Warm as crocus bud,
Like snowdrops pure.
Past, future, glimpse and fade through som,
slight spell,
A CLEAN from yonder vale;
Some far blue fell,
And sympathies how frail
In sound and smell.
Till at thy chuckled note, thou twinkling bird
Thy fairy fancies range.
And slightly stirred
Ring little bells of change !,
From word to word.
For now The Heavenly Father makes all thing'
new,
And thaws the cold, and fills
The flower with dew.
The blackbirds have their will
The poets, too.
-Tsnnyson's New Volume.
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WIVES! MOTHERS! DAUGHTERSi

BE YOUR OWN PHYSICIAN! A
lady who was for years great sufferer
from Female Complaints and weaknesses,
so common 10 her sex, and despaired OF
being cured, finally found remedies which
completely cured her. after all else had
failed. Any lady can use the remedies
and cure herself, without being subject
ed to g medical examination. From
gratitude che will send DaEE, Recipes,
Treatise aud foil directions,
sealed Address (with stamp), Mas.
W. c. HOLMES, 65s Brosduay, y. Y,
Name paper).
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Educated and Experienced.

Hoods Sarsaparilla is prepared by C
l. Hood & Co., Apothecsries, Lowell
Mass, who have thorough nowledge
of Pharmacy, and many yesrs practical
experience 10 the business. 1t is prcpat-
ed with the creates. skill and care, under
the direction OF the men who originated
it. Hence Hoods Sarsapsrlla may be
depended upon as thoroughly pure
honest and relisble medicine.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY

Monroe Lodge, No. 1S9, F. and A.
M. .--Meets at Masonic Hall in Woodsfeld, on
Wednesday evenings. on or before each full
moon j. P. SrRIGGs, W. H.; JAS. r. NORRIS,
Secretary.
Woodsfield Chapter, No. S., II. a.
M..-Meets in Masonic Hall. Woodsfeld, on
Monday evening after full moon. ]. r. SrRIaes
VI. E. II. p: JAS. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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Columbus Times.

The President has not We! formally
announced his selection of the partner oI
his Ioys, but when he does it will be in
order for the Senate to demand 'the pa.
pers in The case," before They conclude
to allow him TO make the appointment
The Senate has done just as absurd
things as this, lately.
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L. o. q. f. DIRECTORY.

WOodsfield Lodge, No. 377, /. U.
o. F.--Meets every Tuesday evening G
LupE, N G.; G.. B. CLdNGAN, Rec. Secretary
Woodsfield Encampment,N No. 1853
--Meets in Lodge Room the first and third
Friday evening of each month. ASHER OKEY
.. P; FRITZ REEF, Scribe.
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"Sce mammal" exclaimed q lice gil
as she looked out of the window during
a snowstorm--"see the popped raiu
coming down."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-05-04

"How do you tell fool when you
see one ?" asks correspondent. How
BY The Kind of questions be asks.
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a. q. w. POTTS,
General Insurance Agent,
hannibal, Ohio,
Ag,t for the following Companies:
Also for Tornadoes, Cyclones, Hurricanes
and Wind Storms.
AMAZON. CincIunati.
ROYAL Of Liverpool, England.
THE NORTHERN. England.
LONDON and LANCASHIRE.
England.
QUEEN Of Liverpool, England.
OHIO. OF Dayton. Dayton.
Applications also taken for various other
Companies, all of which are the most relia.
Bile Companies in the United States. All
ola5ses Of
Town and Country Buildings,
M Merchandise, Lumber. Stock.
Grain and Farm Inplen1 enss.
insured at low rates in good Companies. Ap.
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promptly attended to. ma27,'84
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-15

solid minion for four hours on a
stretch, had appeared in that office,
they would have been received as ac-
complishers of the Supremacy impos-
sible, and drcnched with hospitable
beer till the brewery was bankrupt.
II can see that printing office of pre-
historic times yet, with its horse bills
on the walls, it's ID boxes clogged
with tallow, because we always stood
the candle in the * box at nigh s its
towel, which was not considered soil
ed until it could stand alone, and 9TH
er signs and symbols that marked the
establishment of that kind in Missis-
sippi valley; and l can see also the
tramping jour who fitted by in the
summer aud tarried day, with his
wallet stuffed with one shirt and a
hatful of hand bills for if he couldn't
get any type to set he would do a tenn
perance lecture. His way of life was
simple, his needs not complex; all h.
wanted was plate and bed and money
enough to get drunk on and he was
satisfied. But it may be, as have
said, that am among strangers, and
sing the .glories of a forgotten age TO
unfamiliar ears, so will make even
and stop"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-15
DRY Sailing.
Advice That Deserves the Consideration
OF Farmers and Dalrymen.

Advice That Deserves the Considcrat ton
OF Farmers and DaIrymen.
The man who thinks the subject of
dairy thought and Improvement OK
hausted is wonderfully mistaken. AL
most every day some inquiring mind and
patient hand is turning up to the light
some new truth or exposing some old
error. At the dairy conventions for tho
past year we we have heard considcra-
bic discussion on the injurious effects of
working dry salt into dry butter. Over
thirty years ago when there was but lit
tie if any ground dairy salt in use, we
remember that it was the practice of the
best butter makers in New York TO roll
common barrel salt with a rolling-pin
on y table in order TO make it fine
enough that it would not injure the
grain of the butter in working. We
have noted great many times since the
injury the grain received sailing and
Immediately working thereafter. Some
people say there is no such thing as
grain in butter, but that it
should be called texture. 1t matters
not what we call it so that we all
understand alike what is meant 1t
is, however, very desirable that butter
should have Il clear, compact. firm grain
or texture. On such II consistency de-
ponds its resistance to heat, the rctcn-
ton of its flavor and its keeping quail
tiles. We want butter to keep long
enough so that family of five persons
can get to the bottom OF a twenty-pound
tub without finding one-third of the
butter so badly off-flavOr as to be worth
less for the table. Perfect grain should
be waxy and hardly grease n bright
steel knife in cutting it. Such grain
shows skill and good Judgment in every
step of the way in its working. 1t
stands to reason then that the working
of dry salt into the best grained butter
in the world mast have a grinding, dis
effect on the butter, making
it salvy and oily, of loose rather than
firm texture. 1t is for thu purpose of
avoiding the injury from overwork;ng
that the granular system of churning
has been adopted. Under no circum-
stances, however, should dry salt DO
worked into butter. Hoods Dairyman.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-15
Rheumatic,

For ten years / have suffered from
muscular rheumatism. l have tried
several of the best physicians in the
State, and tried one of the medical
colleges in this city, but all to no pur-
pose. | went d Florida 10 try a
warmer climate and test some of the
springs there, said TO be good for such
diseases, but obtained no permanent
benefit. My joints became stiff, and
| could not walk with crutches or
sticks. About four months ago l
commenced taken Swifl's Specific,
and am now well. My joints are
supple again and | can do as much
hard work as any man in the city.
ALLEN EUNIcE, (col)
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. Is, 1885.
Treatise OH Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga. New York, l57 W. ODD
st.
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A Pocketbook Encyclopedia.
A rod is l6la feet Or 81 yards.
A mile is 800 rods.
A mile is l,7G0 yards.
I'll lOn -

A rod is l6la feet or 81 yards.
A mile is 800 rods.
A mile is l,760 yards.
A mile is $3.50 feet.
A square foot is LA square inches.
A square yard contains 8 square
feet.
A square rod is 272lS square feet.
An acre contains 1850 square feet.
An acre contains 4.8i0 square feet.
An acre contains 100 square rods.
A section or square mile contains
40 acres.
A quarter section contains 100
acres.
An acre is s rods wide by 20 rods
long.
An acre is 10 rods wide by l6 rods
long.
An acre is about 2SO3l feet square.
A solid foot contains 1,72S solid
inches.
A pint (of watei) weighs | pound,
A solid foot of water weighs 621a
pounds.
A gallon of water holds 23l solid
inches.
A gallon of milk weighs 8 pounds
and 10 ounces.
A pint of water holds 2STs sole
inches (2S.S75).
A barrel OH gallons holds d..
solid feet (4.2lD.
A solid foot contains nearly Y.
solid pints GAS.
A bushcl (struck) contains 2,l5C
solid inches.
A bushel (heaping) contains II
struck bushels.
A struck bushel contains about II
solid feet.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-15
INTEMPERANCE.
Read to the Temperance Society at
Empire by Miss Richie
Campbell.

Intcmperance is the gigantic evil of
the world. Not only those who be-
come subject TO its influence suffer
from its effects, but those possessed
with the greatest moral courage and
fortitude to withstand the tempta-
tions il sets upon them, are the chief
sufferers. 1t steals upon its victims
by force of habit, and after getting
control of their better judgment, it
makes known its purpose by forever
blighting their prospect for happi-
piness, and sending their souls to the
darkest regions, and in this way it
hopes to brutalize the world and de-
stroy the peace of every happy fami-
ly in existence. 1t has shaken the
pulpit to its foundation, and defed
the jury-bench and openly challenges
the ballot box. 1t is mockcry 10
christianity, and has stamped our po-
litical institutions with shame, and it
has threatened to convert moral civil
lization into barbarism.
We see evidences of its effects ev-
cry day. The jails and penitentiaries,
poor-houses and asylums and count
less number of friendless widows and
orphans turned out upon the cold
charities of the world. 1t comes like
an epidemic or flood and ploughs
the country like a tornado, leaving
nothing in its tracks but poverty's
barren waste, death and fitful fevers.
1t enters the mansions of the rich
and destroys their happiness and
turns them out penniless upon the
streets. 1t also flaps its wings across
the threshold of the humble cottage
and sets the souls of their inmates ON
fire with shame and paints their
brows with sorrow. Yes, it causes
more sorrows, more griefs, more pain
full partings, more weary heart-aches
than the combihed troubles of the
earth, from the fact that wars, fam
ines and pestilences bring nothing but
desolation in their tracks, and they.
are only messengers of peace, in the
track of intemperance; and now are
we poweress to check its bloody cru
SADIE Of its crimes and depredations ?
The conscientious heart answers no.
10 remove the cause that produces
them, hurl back the demon intemper-
ance and the desired work is effected.
1t can be accomplished by a strict
adherence TO temperance laws and
temperance societies with a united eff
Fort of both men and women, the
friends of christianity and civ
ilization and with this effort peace
will return as a blooming rose to the
desolated homes of the countless mil
lions of fallen humanity, and we will
10 longer listen in vain for the rust
ling wing of hope and the future will
rise wrapped in the shining robes of
victory.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-15
GRAPE MiLDEW.
EneGtaal Remedies for the Treatment Of
Two Vine Diseases.

Prof. Riley furnishes the results Of
some of the Investigations which have
been made for destroying grape mil
dew. After pointing out the difference
between the two most common forms
of mildew, which require unlike treat
ment, he gives the following remedy
which promises success in the treat
ment of the downy mildew fPeronos-
pOrGj, which usually shows itself on
the under side of the leaves in the form
of small patch of whitish down, the
tissues afterward becoming Scorched
and turning brown as if sun-burnt. The
under side is finely sprayed with tho
ordinary milk-kerosene emulsion in
connection with two to five per cent.
OF carbolic acid and the same quantity
Of glycerinc, diluted with from twenty
to fifty parts of water to one of the
cmulsons But more effcctual rene
dy is Stacked lime and sulphate of cop
per, applied IN June. This preparation
Is made by dissolving a pound of sui
phatc of copper in gallon of water.
Then, in separate vessel, apply
quart or a little more of water to two
pounds of unslacked lime, and mix tho
contents of the two vessels together,
making a blush thin paste. Mix
thoroughly, and apply lightly to the
leayes-not the fruit--with small
broom. Sulphur for this form of mil
dew has proved failure. 1t is deycl-
oped most in wet weather.
The other form, or powdery miklew,
lourishes most in dry weather. 1t Is ex-
hibited chiefly on the upper side of the
leaf. producing white powdcry APP
pearance, which is much less conspici.-
Gus on the lower surface. This form is
less injurious to our native grapes than
to the European grape and its hybrida
Sulphur is the most efficient remedy,
and Prof. Riley indorses the mode
adopted by William Saunders, of Was
ington, who uses weak solution Of
lime and sulphur obtained by pouring
water on lump lime, and adding one
fourth as much sulphur. This is
sprayed on the vines. The powdery
mildew is the Uncinstla spirdliS, and in
its conidial form it is known as Oidiuns
tuckeri. Country Gentleman.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-15
TESTING SEEDS.
q Simple Method of Which Every FarAA
Can Avail Himself

Can Avail Himself
The plan OF testing seeds by seeds
men before sending out is more and
more appreciated. In fact, before Or
dering the years supply. seedsmen now
generally test samples-at beast the
better class of them do. 1t is no less
essential that buyers test seeds before
planting. This is fairly accomplished
by placing the seeds between folds Of
flannel or blotting-paper, and keeping
them moist and ut q temperature ri
sixty-tive to seventy degrees Fahrenheit.
For testing seeds in a large and crit.
ical way, however, many different
plans have been devised. Perhaps tho
most complete, insuring proper warmth
and at the same time constant moisture,
is that of prominent seed firm of
England. 1t may easily be applied to
the testing of seeds on the farm, where
a considerable number OF samples is re-
quired to be tested. The arrangement
consists of wooden frame with sloping
glass cover, inside of which is fixed a
shallow tank of water In this tank are
placed bricks of the ordinary size and
of porous nature, the surfaces of
which stand well above the water,
but in position to absorb sufficient
moisture to cause termination; and on
these bricks the seeds being tested are
laid.
The surfaces of the bricks are divided
into spaces sufficient to contain one
test of from two hundred to three hun
dred seeds, and numbered for the sake
Of accuracy in registration. The tenn
perature is kept at about seventy do.
grees Fahrenheit, and at this point tests
of clovers and some Of the grass seeds
can be completed in from two TO three
days. Its advantages are that seedo
can be watched in the actual process
of termination, and non-gerniinating
seeds examined for the cause. The
ease with which a humid atmosphere
and even temperature can be obtained
and preserved when the bricks are once
heated is apparent. The regular sup
ply Of the exact amount of moisture
without its having to be applied by
hand at almost haphazard, as in the
case of tests in soil, and speed, ac-
curacy and simplicity in working, arc
also apparent.-Chicdgo Tribune.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-15
Cobalt for Tobacco Flies.

A terrible thing is for the farmers
to allow the tobacco ilics to live the
long summer through and lay from
70 to 225 eggs and have their crops
eaten up, then grumble because the
luggy, worthless staff brings only 81
or 50, when fine leaf Is selling from
$40 to SIT.
HOW TO PREVENT 1T.
Plantlwhen the season comes, in the
turnings and in all the fields and
patches every 30 or 40 yards, a James
town weeds Hoe and cultivate and
when in bloom or before, go to the
City Pharmacy, of the nice aud polite
Harry b. Garner, of uopkinsvillc,
Ky, buy some Cobalt and in a
quart bottle, put one teacup of sugar,
one heaping teaspoon full Of Cobalt,
fill nearly full of water; if gotten
from a spring it will sour and be of
no use, Cork up then, through the
cork make hole, insert small quill
least end downward, then about sun
down 90 around dropping or 4
drops in bloom. If more than 5 or
6 blossoms appear to one plant pull
them of before poisoning. In the
morning go around plnching the
blooms at the stem. If left on, in a
few days your valuable plant will die.
This can be done by boys or girls too
small to labor. Keep adding Cobolt,
sugar and water, as it decreases, To
be more successful the patches which
are now blooming at the stables,
barns, etc, should be be poisoned.
l know some skeptics will say this
plan will not do. They say it draws
them right to their destruction, for
they never lay an egg after good
suck. l have done this for fifteen
years. So farmers try once and | say
to you by the profit arising thereirom
you will be enabled next year to 60
to the Church Hill Grange Sale and
buy thoroughbred heifer or bull
and subscribe for the SEMI-WEEKLY
SoUTH KENTUCKIAN. So buy and
use more Cobalt. Tie a string around
the neck of the bottle and hang it
high so the children can't get it. Put
in same place every time and you will
not lose it.
S. ID. RADFoRD.
June l, 'S6. Church Hill, Ky.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-15

Say, Bromley, does your wife ever
belabor you with the broom?"
mo, Darringer. Not because she's
so docile, however. I've hedgcd against
such exhibitions of sweet temper"
"In what way, Bromley"
"By buying her a carpct-swecper.
"How docs that increase the amcni-
tiesp"
at works like charm. The sweeper
catches at the chandelier, knocks the
vases off the mantel, and finishes up by
giving her most consoling whack on
The back of the head. The inventor of il
builded better than he knew. ,---Phiia-
tlelphid Gull.