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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-08-04
August 4, 1886.
TraueIers' Guide.
NEW HAVEN STEAMBOAT co.

Daily for New York-Farc 81, includ.
Ing berth-ExcursiOn Tickets $3.50.
Steamer c. b. NORTHAM. Capt FL. Peck leaves
NeWHaven u o clock pm, Sunday excepted Stale
rooms sold at Peck Bishops, and at Kiock's Drug
leaves New Haven at 1918 a. m. Sundays excepted.
From New York-The c. H. NORTHAM leaves
Peck Slip at p M, and the CONTINENTAL AT II
p M, Sundays excepte.. Saturday 12 O'Clock mid
night Sunday nights, Elm City at II D. m
Sunday Boat for N York-Steamer F M CITY at
10 a. m, Steamer NEW HAVEN at 1920 n m
Stateroems for latter sold q, the Elliott House
Free stage from ms. Building a On m TickatS
sold and baggage checked thro to PhiIadelpbia
(via both routes), Baltimore am Washington
JAMES H WARN A1an+
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-08-04

Horseback Travelling VS.. Railway
Witnessing a Madrid Bull Fight
One Man Injured MORALLY and
Eighteen Horses Killed.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-08-04
ADVICE TO Mothers.

Weak Back, with a weary aching lameneSs
the best curative known Burdock Blood Bftters.
au2 d&W 1w
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
sensation vs.. Bible Preachinr.

No doubt many of the Clergy would
make excellent political speakers, comic
lecturers, or actors on the stage, but it
would be hardly fair for them to appear
in the church's livery and claim secular
popularity on account of their cloth.
No man can serve two masters, or act
as chaplain and jester at the same time.
Ii is true that the stipends of the clergy
are small, and, although they vino
preach the gospel still live by the gos-
pei, they do not fare sumptuously, but
getting food and raiment have there
w. til to be content. The churches pay
what they can for pastors, not for secu-
lar lecturers; and if the latter be what
they want they need not pay an annual
stipend at all. Even the most agnostic
of skeptics have admitted that the Bible
has no ual as an instrument of lit
erary and philosephic GU ture. 1t gives
employment to the highest and finest
faculties of the mind. The clergyman
who substitutes literature for theology.
Shakespeare and the other poets Tor
theBible, Tyndall and llarwin for st.
Paul, social science for the Sermon on
the Mount, gives his congregation stones
for bread, and shows clearly that he
made the great mistake of his life when
no took upon him the pastoral office
and became professedly preacher %
the everlasting gospel.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

Two friends were at musical con-
cert. Cne of them remarked:
"The violinist, see. is lie t-handed."
"Yes, | see, but not very badly, L
should Tia NIX"
81 adly9 Why, You dent mean to say
that there are degrees in lelt-handod-
ness?"
"Cf course / do"
al dn't know that?"
cts q fact, nevertheless. This
fiddler seems to get along very we'll.
at least he acts all right. Tell you
what's fact, knew q man once who
was so badly left-handed that he
couldn't eat with his right hand"
@N hat"
cts fat. He used his left-hnnd
for everything. Why, he couldn't sleep
with his rig t-hand."
"You are foolish"
"No, Pm stat ng fact"
Couldn't eat or sleep with his right
hand?"
@That's what / said"
"W hy?"
"Didn't HAYES right-hand. "-Arkan
sdao TraDeler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

II heard EN- oroak. didn't your"
II thought 1 heard some noise moro liks
q mans voice."
"Oh. no! that was me. was just going
to say something."
"What was II, Eliphs;ct7"
81 like yon putty well, Clorindy"-
scraps, scrape, from the chair. Eliphalet
was very close now. He put out his arm; It
slipped around Clorinda's waist, and the
chair stopped rocking. "Clorindy-I-"
Something precluded the use Of turtle,
words, and when FL phalet went home that
night he was so elated that be forgot all
about the larded bridge, and Clorinda, in
her little room over the porch, thought she
family heard
Splashl-Chicdgo Ledger.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

A Thief with a Conscience.

did You ever see an honest thief?"
asked Mr.. Carpenter, the Front street
ma ketman. We'll, have. A man came
intothe store VI onday morning and asked
me if l had any pickerel. 1opened the
fish-box, and he picked out fafr-sized
one. How much do you want for that
one? asked the man. I'll weigh it and
see,' 1 replied. did so, and told him
he could have it for 40 cents. Said he:
Il stole pickerel from your stand out
there last Saturday night and / want
to pay for it. 1t was nearly as big a.
this one you've just weighed for me,
and had you weigh this one SO / could
find ont now much the other one was
worth. Now. am willing to pay You
double for it. Idon't know what made
me steal it, for never did such thing
before, and l passed most wretched
Sunday on account ~ ii. Port Jeruis
Union
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

SWELL, WE'LL" said Mrs. Catson, put
ting aside newspaper and turning to
her husband, "a pair of earrings
caused the Burmese war. never heard
of anything so strange"
"Oh," said Mr.. Catson, Il have heard
of stranger things"
Nonsense.
swell, 1 have, and I'll give you an
example. One night, in Boston, a
young man, meeting an acquaintance,
said: Come, let's have n drink l
was never in Boston, but that remark
brought about our marriage"
"Why, George" exclaimed Mrs. Cat
son, ~you are foolish. Neither of us
was ever in Boston. You must be los
ing your mind
"Tell you what I'll do. promised to
get you new cloak, didn't II"
Eyes"
well, now, I'll bet you the cloak
that can prove my assertion"
All right"
"If L succeed, you don't get the
cloak"
Il understand"
swell, one night in Boston about ten
years ago, young man, meeting q
friend, asked him to come and have a
drink. The friend, drug clerk, did
so. He took several drinks and got
drunk. That settled it.
Settled what?"
"The fact of our marriage"
"How can you be so foolish?"
~Never mind, I'll explain. The drug
clerk got drunk and went to the store.
Shortly afterward a servant girl entered
and handed him a prescription. In
putting it up he used morphine instead
of quinine. Tho girl went away and
delivered the medicine 10 Mrs. Potter,
who took it and died"
"Oh, what's the use of prolonging
this foolishness?"
~Hold on. The death of that woman
drew you and me closer together than
we ever were before"
Eve were not acquainted with each
other ten years ago."
"That is very true, but wait. Mr..
Potter, the lady's husband, was almost
crazed by grief. He could stay in New
York no longer, so he came down to
Kentucky, and, after awhile went into
business.
ooh, hush"
~Wait minute. He had not been
in business long until l met him. He
took fancy to me and gave me en-
ployment. After had been with him
several years, he sent me to Arkansas.
/ had been in this State but short
time until / met you. Summary: If
the friend had not asked the drug clerk
to drink on ono certain occasion he
would not have got drunk. If he
hadn't been drunk he would not have
made q mistake in filling the prescrip-
ton, and had he not made a mistake
Mrs. Potter would not have been kill
cd, and had she not died Potter would
not have left New York, and had he
not left that city should not have met
him, and had l not gone into business
with him"
ooh, for goodness sake. hush. You
are enough to drive anybody crazy"
She arose and left the room. Her
husband mused ~I'll make her an
other bet. Ill bet that she doesn't get
that cloak. / have always thought
that the logic of events failed to meet
with proper appreciation in this coun-
try. "-Arkansa,o Trareler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

beyond The seeming limits Of the ness
and peacefully repose beneath the
false bottom away from gallinaceous
sight. The good fat hen was. q
cautious bird aud was accustom-
ed to look into the nest after she had
deposited her egg. in order to assure
herself that IL was really there before
beginning her gleeful csckle. The first
time the ingenious nest was put III
position the hen was nearly knocked
over the ropes in one round with aston
ishment when she found no egg. Con-
sternation was on her face. 1t occurred
to the honest hen, however. that she
had made q mistake. She was off her
base. She had laid no egg. So, like
the good hen she was, she Immediately
proceeded to Law another.
900
The scheme worked well. Workhard
gathered in two eggs o day for some
time. The nest was altered so that two
eggs would drop through the false bot
tom instead of one, and a third egg was
laid by the hen. The old hen thought
it was mighty funny, but being unsus-
picious she did not suspect. The good
work went on and the number of eggs
which suddenly disappeared was in
increased gradually until the good fat
hen every day laid 0 o 0OOOOOOOO.
-CieUeld7ad Plain Dealer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
Thought Her Age NsbOdy's Business.

Madame Mohl was excessively sensi-
tive on the subject of her age. At the
ago of 81, then Mary Clarke, she was
married to Julius MohL This passage
is from Miss Kathleen O'Meara's recent
book:
"Merimee. M. Mohl's temoin at their
marriage, used to tell story of her
answering the Mayor when he asked
her age: Monsieur. that 8 no business
of yours; if it were, would Jump out
of the window soonef than tell you.
Sixty eight seemed to be the period
beyond which. to the last, she never
owned that she had passed, and it was
very amusing to see how cleverly she
kept to this date. Her friends would
sometimes maliciOusly try to ontrap
her into betraying her age, but they
never succeeded. One OF them tells
me that he never knew her TO fa to
make the sub ract on instantly and cor
dear Madame OIL, that was fifty years
agor she would reply: Yes, so is was I;
/ was but IL at the time;' or, Yes, it
must be sixty We RS nee that hap
penedP Yes, 1 remember; / was then
oh Id, years old
"There was no surer way of provok-
ing her anger than by abiding. even
inferen tally, to her real age. Count
Walsh, when he met her for the first
time as Madame Mohl. sa to her,
Madame, AZ we are both of us very old,
perhaps you could tell me something of
compatr OF of yours to whose house 1
was taken fifty Odd years ago by Tn ers
She was Miss Clarke. one of the most
charming persons 1 ever met The
dear old LADY blushed like girl, pain
fully divided between the pleasure of
being so flatteringly remembered and
the vexation OF having her age thus
| Thought home to her."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01


Iloved thee long and dearly.
Florence VAno;
Ny life's bright dream and early
Hath come again;
Ironew In my fond vision.
Ny hearts dear pain
Ny hopes and thy derlsion.
Florence Vane.
The-ruin lone and hoary.
The ruin old,
Where thou didst bark my story.
At even told
That spot the hues Elysian.
OF sky and pain
1 treasure my vision
Florence Vnnel
Thou vast lovelier than the roses
In their prime;
Thy voice excelled the closes
OF sweetest rhyme;
Thy heart was AS river
Without n main.
Would had loved thee never,
Florence Vanei
But fairest. coolest wondcri
Thy glorious clay
Lieth the green sod under
Alas the day
And il boots not TO remember
Thy disdain,
To quicken loves pale ember,
Florence Vane.
The lilies of the valley
BY young graves weep;
The daisies love to daily
Where maidens sleep;
May their bloom in beauty vying:
Never wane
Where thine earthly part Is lying.
Florence Vanel
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

RECENT experiments confirm the
opinion OF sanitary authorities that,
though natural soil is an exec % Fl ter
for iml ure air that may pass through
1t, it is poor filter for fected W ter.
Mr.. Raphac umpelly, OF the National
Board of Health, finds that sand inter
poses absolute y no barrier between
wells and i feet on with germs from
cesspoo $, cemeteries, ETC., lyi g even
at great dista ces in the lower wet
stratum of sand; and that it is probable
that a dry grave or possibly dry,
coarse sand, is no obstacle to the free
entrance into houses above of these or.
ganisms, which swarm in the ground
around leaky drairs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
liOOdWinking a Hen.

Mr.. Ingenious Workhard has per-
formed O great service for his country,
it will be observed. and he deserves q
crow-mo from every thoughtful citizen.
OF course he will not receive one from
every thou htful citizen, but il he did
it would be no more tn n he deserves.
Mr.. Workhard was the happy pos
SCISSOR of q good fat hen which, like
other good fat hen Z, laid one egg day,
including Sundays. Mr.. Workhard,
however, Was not satisfied with what
his good fat hen accomplished in this
direction. 30 he set about, to devise
ways and means by which it wo1ld be
persuaded TO add to the daily delivery.
Coaxing proved (hen) Ruthless and
crue treatment was in vain. Workha d
racked his brain and stuffed. AT last
he hit upon plan.
90
A nest with false bottom was con
strueted. Z worked automatically in
such way that when the good fat her
laid her accustomed egg it would &c
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

CONTRARY to general belief, it is
stated that the srmber Of suicides in
this country is sinai. in comparison
with Europe. Ont Of tho more than
twenty-five thousssS cases of self-de-
struction which occc, annually in
Europe and the Uc.ss5 States together,
only about one thorsAnd six hundred
can be laid to our score
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

SAM JONES sa.s ~: p aging pro-
gressive eucbre Is pam, Its. This ac-
counts for its popul IT,.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

THE rules of William and Mary Col
lege in 1772 for ads a.. students to
drink anything es-ep' ~cider, beer.
toddy, and spirits srd .ster."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

AMONG the lO2. 900 shareholders Of
the Panama Canal are 0Dv women.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

No MAN can he a thoroughly pure
Christian without the aid Of soap.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
The RaDbLcy

BoARDING-HoUsE MIsrREss-@Jane,
go right down to the market this IN
slant and order me ten square inches
of elephant steak" Jane Good
gracious, mum, and phwat's got into
yez now? Boarding House Mistress
81 ont stand there asking me foolish
questions. Jane, but go right along and
do as l tell YOU I've just been read
ng one Of Du Chaillu's books, and he
says that elephant steak is so perma-
nent that it takes half an hour to eat
square inch OF 1t. '-SonaerUille Jour
97nI
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-30
THE DEMOCRATIC NORrHWEr THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 80 1886
DITCH NOTICE.


fected by the Ditch Improvement herein Designated.
Sept
To D. srando others.
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and26
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where Bush ek h
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dtou tic apprtOnm madeby
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-30
Probate Notice.

NJ Office is hereby given, that Henry Rohrs, as ad-
IN mnistrator of Henry Schroeder, has filed final
account his administration which will be for hear
ing and settlement, October Q, 1886.
D. .MEEKISON, Probate Judge.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-30
Probate Notice.

MOTTO E is hereby given, that John Wilson, as
IN administrator Of Elizabeth BucklIn, deceased,
has fled final account of his administration which
will be ior hearing snd settlement Oct. I'd. 1886.
D. MEEKIS0N,
Probate Judge.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-30
DITCH NOTICE.
all Lot and Land Owners and Municipal Private Corporations that will be G
fected by the Ditch Improvement Herein Designated.

To all Lot Land and Private Corporations that will be
feCted by the Ditch Improvement Herein Designated
County
Ditch Charles
m2h
route a owt
80
Ola
east
of
= Estimated
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~
CHAS EyERS Auditor Henry County, Ohio.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-24
KE1LY's KY.
Sept. Dist 1886.

Sept. Dist 1886.
The campaign is warming up and
from now until the November election
the air will be resonant with the No
fence law, Prohibition, etc.
The majority Of the people in this
community are against the stock law.
On the prohibition question they are
about divided, but when il came to
the scratch in the Congressional con-
test jim Mckenzie carried the day
Ellis and Adair were nowhere. Laf-
foon was away in the rear, but we of
this section were mostly for McKen-
zie and quinine. How can any man
who ever had chills or fever go back
on "Quinine jim"
But SO much for politics and now
for other themes.
The farmers are cutting tobacco
everywhere. There is going TO be
much good, heavy tobacco. These
late rains and heavy dews have been
of great advantage TO the raisers of
the weed. 1t is estimated that there
is at least fourth more tobacco rails
ed this year than ever before in this
county.
The fall shooting has begun and
here and there is heard the pop of
the big mouthed shot gun or the shot
of the rifle soaring the squirrels al
most into fits. Squirrels are plenti-
full, but they are as wild as arunaway
streak of lightning. The winter sport
promises to be good. Birds are abund-
ant and rabbits are in plenty. The
woods are beginning TO put on their
autumn tints, and ere long the hunt
ers will be here. The dudes and dan
dies and the steady men of business
from the city with fine bred dogs and
fine breech-loading guns; the sturdy
farmers with the old faithful rifles
that at every crack make fur, feath-
ers or blood fly, and last and least
Though not in his own estimation)
the small boy with the old army mus
ket or battered up shot gun popping
away at everything that runs or flies
and shooting away a pound of shot
for every ounce of game killed. But
he makes as much noise as anybody
else and is satisfied, and now before
1 close just listen:
1t is well-known that snakes shed
their skins every year. Well man
told me to-day that he found nine OIL
these shielded skins on one stumT
and three more by it, twelve in all
This is late l know, but better late
than never. Scat in pace,
ROVER.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-24
Anything you need in the job line,
call in and see us as we will treat
you right in prices and work.
ASHES AND LIME.

How to Increase the Fertility of Soil
Without Purchasing Nitrogen.
In applying wood ashes about seven
ty per cent. of lime and magnesia are
contained in the ashes, while about
twelve per cent. compose potash and
six per cent. makes up the phosphoric
acid in the shape ofphosphates. When
we take a fair view OF the value OF
hardwood ashes they may safely be
classed as complete fertilizer with
the exception of containing no nitro
gen. The question, then, is how to
use them and where. We may consid-
er that some soils are deficient in lime
and potash, and thus put the ashes to
good use, but suppose we were remov-
ing crop, and had on hand supply
of ashes, how should we be guided in
using them? Let US consider. As
stated, ashes contain no nitrogen, but
are rich in other substances, being
deficient only in that one organic
material. We look around for some
thing to balance the ashes as plant food.
We do not wish to buy nitrogen If il
can be avoided We have just moved
crop of clover, and there has been
left large mass of roots which cen
tain fair proportion of nitrogen. We
pillow that sod, apply the ashes broad
cast, run a harrow over the field, and
the land is ready for corni in the spring.
If we have no clover sod we at once
pillow piece of land, sow the ashes and
put the land in millet or buckwheat
As soon as the crop ilowersit is plowet
and ten bushels of lime applied
In the spring the land goes in whea
and is seeded to clover. In another
year the clover will furnish the nitro
gen and the plant food will be partially
balanced Thus, with the use of lime
and ashes, and the blowing under o
green manural crops we can gradually
increase the fertility of the soil with
out the necessity of purchasing nitro
gen, and it is economical to do so, a
the time and labor lost one season vii
be gained the next. Farm. Field an
StocEmdn.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-24
Thinning Root Crops.

1t may seem sometimes a hard thing
to do to pull up promising plants and
throw them away, and farmer is thus
tempted to permit the roots to stand
too close in the rows. But it is indis.
pensable to success that tho plants
have plenty of room. Large roots
weighing from ten to sixteen pounds
can not be crown at less than sixteen
inches apart, and eighteen inches is
better still. At this distance, with full
rows, there will be $500 roots to the
acre, and if the roots average ten
pounds, which is not at all difficult TO
reach, there will be forty-nine tons 10
the acre. At half the distance the
roots may only average three pounds,
making only little more than twenty
nine tons to the acre. The same APP
plies to corn, for all plants need abun-
dant feeding space for the roots, and
must not DO crowded much. -Anssricdn
5gricuIturist
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-24

AS the fall trade approaches the
business men should look around TO
see where they can spend their money
to the best advantage in
advertising. Considering the fact
thatthe KENTUCKIAN is now in its
eighth year, aud the cheapest semi
weekly,in the State, it must neccssa-
rily have good circulation to sus-
tain it. The merchants who place
their advertisements with us lay
them before a class of people who pay
cash for their paper and hence are oil
more value TO an advertiser than
those who take a paper on a credit
and never pay for it, or for amy thing
else they buy. Our paper is largely
circulated in this and adjoining coun'
ties and those who patronizc our col
umns viii get value received for the
money invested. So bring in youi
advertisements.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-24

In exulting over the defeat of Hon.
Jas. A. Mckenzie, the Louisville
Times takes occasion to say that he
has been retired permanently. It's true
he has been beaten in the district.
He has been defeated by means aud
methods which is it not necessary to
discuss now, but one thing has been
clearly shown in the midst of defeat
he is invincible at home. No man
or set of men in this county can beat
jim Mckenzie. Perhaps no man ev-
er had TO encounter such opposition
in his own county as he did i'm the
contest just closed, and yet he carried
the county over his political and per-
sonal enemies, who united upon one
of his opponents, by 1929 MAORI
ty, although he did not visit one
fourth of the districts of the county.
Mr.. Mckenzie may be laid on the
shelf, he may be politically dead, but
he at least has enough friends in the
four counties of the district that gave
him a majority over Mr.. Laffoon, to
see that he is decently buried. In the
meantime those who need the votes
of Christian county in their races fol
office would do well to consult will
Quinine Jim's friends.