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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-09-07
BOSTONlAN STRATEGY.
The Trick Which an Aunt Played Upo,
uer Scnpe- Grace NephnM.

An amusing story comes from ono
OF the clubs here-a club which adorns
the sacred slopes OF Beacon Hill. Mr.
A., a scion of IN old house. has noble
pretensions. but limited finances.
and has his eyes fixed longinglv
upon tho Golfers of n maiden
aunt who has good deal of
money and far more brains than
some OF the younger members of his
family. The youth had gambled
heavily. and at last got himself into q
state of financial chaos, where he had
nothing left but absolute reputation
of his debts of honor or suicide,
unless his aunt would play the role of
fairy godmother. as she had done be-
fore. In desperation he applied to
her. of course, without specifying the
nature Of the transactions which had
loft him so heavily involved. The old
lady was too shrewd, however, not to
know.
Been gambling. ohP" she said.
"Wcll. I've paid your gambling debts
before, and / can again. l suppose;
but this time I'll make condition"
With some trcpidation tho nephew
inquired what the condition was.
you need a wife to keep you
straight" his aunt answered, with q
wicked CLEAN in her eye Now you've
had every opportunity to choose
good wife and you haven done it.
Now none of the girls in our set
would take you for gift, even with
your money thrown in. So I've
selected wife for you. She's good
and pious, and healthy-sure to out
live you-and not bad-looking. She's
old enough to take care Of you and
herself too, and if you'll marry her
I'll do something handsome for YOU"
"Who is shep" the young man de-
She's my nurse just at present, but
! can get another il you can't spare
her"
"oh. I can spare her perfectly well,
aunt; and l could never think Of tax
ing her away from you"
The end of all tho talk was that tho
young man did actually agree to mar
ry a woman who was said to be forty
and his aunts hired nurse. If his
debts could be paid and ho guaranteed
an income of Sc. 900 a year.
And what he got by it was that his
aunt invited a cousin. his rival in the
race for the old lady's fortune, to
dinner and told him the story. adding
that she had simply made the proposal |
rs n test, and that she should refuse TO
receive at her house a man who would
marry servant for money. Tho
affair is still unsettled so far as tho
gambling debts go, and 1t can hardly
DO held that IL presents the aunt in an
lmiable light. - Boston Letter.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-09-07
TROOPS OF eEeeARs.
The Ono Great DetrImont to an UnexceIod
Tropical Panorama.

Tranio., pauara ~ a." oi0u
Thropohout tho entiro trim ocross
Cubo wIorcvor tbo troin hailed IN
noured a dismal troon of boggors Iot-
terv.ticlyot scllors drIcoros w;tb al,
nonnors ot siclonirr - swoots % which
tho Cnbon Ladies horght froolv ond
otto yoroc;orsl,, ord nn1dIors - o.or
worms and beotlos grovo oroen oo-
coonnts aud frosb count,.r chooso
similar to tbo Germon schn,oorcoso
II ono o1iobts for refrosbment onotbor
SAVAGE horde Of ..erosi with ali SORTS
of edibles and refcscos ara IN be bot-
lied with. and ~ mooI ot cafo ia
taken Won ara unblnsLin DIV cborged
from ono to twodoIIors in roid Rnt oil
these onnovoncos oro ne noucbt whom
Won consider tbo olorions tronicol nan
oromo nrovided in tbis trim across tho
island The lopoliposs Of tbo nortborn
eoastwise countrv disanneors on Ieov-
inc Matnnzas and of n sndden vour
train is wbirliny throuob a variable
notnro,s gordon Croot oronoo ,,rnvos
are as common os ninc woods in
Maine. Vast nino-onnlo plontotions
fll tho snoco betwoon Hero tho view
sweens across ,ivor voIIov and vast
reaches of cnne.grounds Tho last ont.
tines heinz burrisd 70 Ibo mossivo and
croaninc machinery with tho snlordig
Hillas bn5inJ tbo whole srrronndod hv
statolv COCO troos and tbo lor1Iv noin
There for milos sIretcbos an.
otbor volIev rIoin of rnoo
and yellow whore tbo "lost cut', ~
tobacco is being ni,od Inv tbe onorarios
mon Tho cni,s Or ing.raol,s ~ oar.
rieJ from iboro hotoro ,ho dow fo,Is
ot tbreo y, cloct 70 tSo oroot casoS 10
tobooos ,vhsro aro w oli othor ~otio
houses raIms ond frn;,s and aowars
,ntoIl"La H. - anJ ~ ,hana 80
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-09-07
~fARvATlON IN LONDON.
A System OF Food Distribution Which Il
Doing Much Good.

Doing Much Good.
One of the most active charities in
London is that which provides food
for the unemployed. and also for
laborers who are not allowed TO leave
the docks, where they arc busy dur
ing working hours. and who can pay
only the smallest possible sum for
what they cat. Those who have work
arc expected to give one penny for an
amount of food which the unemployed
can obtain for half-penny, and it is
estimated that the first sum covers tho
actual cost of the bowl of nourishing
soup of which dock-dinDcr consists.
This is supplemented by slice of
pudding, when the applicant can
afford an extra half-pennv.
A visitor at the place whor5 the food
is distributed says that on cold
spring day nine hundred and sixty
men were served from the food trucks
in less than an hour. This took place
after tho worst distress of winter
was over Said the attendant in
charge: 1--WE are daily implored to
give food to men who have had mono
for tweny-four or forty-eight hours.
please. I've no money to-day"
said one poor fellow Il know you
don't giUe the food quite, because
thero'd be such q lot of us if you did;
but will you take my matches. and let
me have little for them?''
In the midst of such bitter want,
great deal Of brotherly kindness is
shown by men who feel that n starv-
ing comrades need is greater than
their own. A poorlYdressed man one
day gave q penny to two Others, tell
ing them to buy soup and pudding for
themselves Ole of them came 10 tho
truck and asked for two slices of
pudding.
why didn't you get some soup,
instead of two pieces of puddingP"
asked the one to whom he had been
indebted.
"Oh, was the answer. as he handed |
one slice to another man, "here's a
chum of mine who can get along with |
piece OF TINS.
And the man who was thus helped |
was seen, few minutes after. divid-
ing his share with neighbor more
needy than himself
Last October an elderly man, look
ing very white and thin. stood for
three days outside the gate. watching
the others as they ate their hot stew.
On the first day friend lont him
penny, but ON the second no one could |
afford to repeat the loan, and on the
third the man fell to the ground
exhausted. He had been reduced
by starvation to the lowest
point of human endurance. and
actually died on the spot
where he hoped to be fed. Punctually
at noon two wretched-looking cats ap-
pear, and wait until some one takes
pity on them. Some of the men leave
a little food in their basins for the
poor animals, besides breaking off a
blt of pudding for anxiously- wat ching
One day the attendant was,
rs usual, collecting two basins of
;crapings, one for the black cat and
one for the white, when he saw lean,
starved human creature peering at
lim through the ratings. The two
cats finished their meal and retired,
and the watcher. springing toward the
basin, ravenously devoured the rest
II the food.
The amount of good done by this
ystom of food distribution is almost
ncalculablo. - LongmaftS MagaEipe.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-09-07

Wife Ito husband in the grocery
business)-'John. l do wish you
would join church and become q
Christian. You promised me you
would" Husband-'1 know / did.
Maria, and ] will. but I've got 10 work
OF that stock Of maple sugar first
,pm no hypocrite. IN Y. SHiA
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-09-07

There Is a post-office in Virginia
called 'SBlAokH and Whites
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-09-07
A Pretty Scrap-Bag.


Buy two felt tides Of contras ting
shades, peacock blue and garnet arc
pretty. and embroider design of wild
roses on the blue and a bunch of OK
eyed daisies on the garnet. Sow the
sides together and slash up two inches
at the bottom for fringe. Make an in-
side lining of cambric for the scraps
and baste to the top of the felt. turn
ing the litter over it one inch and
hemming to cambric. Sew around
the top pretty silk cord. Finish with
n satin bow on each side near the top.
Suspend by two brass chains sewn on
near the center This will make n
pretty and useful decoration for the
family sitting-room. = Boston budget
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-09-07
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-09-07

The average school-boy thinks
that the difference between montal
arithmetic and menial arithmetic 10
all In the L L--Drake's MagasIne
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26
Home.Nlnde WING aud Cidcr.

The Sunddy-Schooi Times SAYS: "A pet
theory of those who are unwilling TO accept
total abstinence as truest temperance in the
line of liquor drinking is that pure wines and
cider are comparatively harmless in contrast
with adulterated liquor. Vet there is no
form of drunkenness which has more of
brutality in it than that which is the result
of cider drinking; and from the days of
Noah to the present dav, n man who has
been made drunken by home male wine is
likely to be as disgracefully drunken as if it
were strychnine whisky which had brought
him down. Only a few days ago silk
weaver in Hebron, Conn, murdered his wife
and two children and then set fire TO the
house. He was Swiss immigrant, and be
lieved in home made liquors. The telegraph
report reads: He had half a dozen barrels Of
home made wine and cider in his cellar, and
drinking from these made him crazy and
promoted the murder If the blood-stained
ashes of his household show the sort cf tome
made by home made wine and cider, total alb
stinence from these liquors would seem to be
the truest temperance
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26
The March of the oprn.

Farmer Grey's little Molly had been sent
60 the corn field for roasting ears for din
ner She had prudently husked the ears in
the field, and was now homeward bound
with her apron full of corn. Molly was sing
ing as blithe,y as the robin swayng ON a
cornstalk near h,r But she was a child full
Of whims and fair fanCies, and she stopped
singing and looked over the LANDSCAPE, The
great "teu-acre field planted with corn lay
on the gentle slope Of hill, aud reached even
to the green and shadowY valley. Through
the valley rsn a deep strorg stream.
THE corno said Molly, "lookS as # it was
all marching down-hil to the valley. And
SO it is! Some of it will march into the
house; think | see it. 1t will be put into
fritters or succotash, and it will be boiled and
canned. 1t will march down there ripe, and
it will be turned into muSh and pudding and
nice crisp corn-Cake with loads of butter on
it. Oh, my! And then winter evenings all
of us will have such fun popping some OF It
and making popcorn balls. Good Cornl l
am SO glad YOU are marching down TO the
houseH
Lower down the valley lay the mill,
great. dark old mill the wheel, turned by
the roaring river, rising and falling with a
plash.
down to the mill Will you be afraid Of the
great mill-stones! You will be ground into
meal, you will be put into bags and barrels,
you will be sent east. north, west south
You will help feed the world. VIII you not
he glad, corn when you make thin people
fat, weak people strong, hungry people con-
tent! You will die to do good, q Cornl when
you have marched down to the mill. You
win have done the errand God sent you to
dorn
But farther down the valley were tall
chimneys, great brick walls, high fences, with
wide gates out Of which rumbled vans under
clouds of black smoke and dense steam.
80 corn' said Molly, you will march
down to the distillery. You will die to do
evil and not to do good. You win be hat
God never meant you TO be- You will drive
men and women crazy with evil drink: YOU
will fill them with disease, you will make
them poor. You will rob little children of
homes, food, Clothes books Joy. You will
give them fears, tears, pain. You will kill
thousands, corn, instead of feeding thou
sands o beautiful corn! is it not terrible
that after all these lovely summer days. YOU
must carry your beauty and your wealth
down to the dstillery to ruin the land! You
will be ground and scalded and decayed and
distilled, until out OF good has come evil and
out of life death; and you will have come to
very bad end, U my beautiful corn ~
Youths temperance Banner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26
Fighting Injurious Insects.

Professor A. J. Cook, of the Michigan
Agricultural College, tells when not to
use Paris green: "'I would never use
Paris green on fruit that is to be used
within a few days from the time the
po son is applied. Thus | would never
use it to fence out the curraut slug.
Neither would l use these arsen-
ties on cabbages. Certainly not after
the head has formed, for the very
formation of the vegetable makes
such use dangerous. Again, no one
should ever use or handle these sub
stances with the bare, unprotected hand
especially is this caution necessary in
case of any abrasion of the skin. Neg
lect of this caution resulted in the death
of very talented young horticulturist
OF Indiana some years since. am free
to say-and / have probably handled
these poisons as much as any one in the
country-tnat reasonable caution makes
their use perfectly safe.
In using these arsenites to destroy the
codling moth larva, we at the same time
Kill the canker worms, the several species
of leaf rollers that often fairly dig out
the buds in early spring and are very de-
structive; the old American tent cater
pillar that faunts his tent in the Or
chardlsts face Just as the leaves are put
ting out in May, and thus in using this
remedy we are killing not simply two,
but several birds with one stone.
would also use three insecticides, to
protect against all eaf-eating insects,
where there is no danger. Thus on
shade and ornamental trees that are be-
ing defoliated, on fruit vines and trees
early in the season, and on such vegeta-
bles as potatoes, melons, ETC., where the
foliage is not used 10 swell our larders.
1t remains to be said that as this
poison must be eaten to destroy, it is
impotent against the plum curcuIio, as
here the egg is pushed by the mother
weevil through the poison beyond the
reach of harm. The same is true of all
lice and bugs. They do not MUNICH and
chew, but insert their sharp beaks and
suck the rich juices of the plant Hence
they can pump the very life out of the
plants, though the latter be thoroughly
coated with Paris green, and not even
receive the first gripe Of stomach acne. {"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26

In bulletin issued from the Forestry
Division of the Agricultural Department
at Washington occurs the following ad-
vice:
Early winter telling Oecember) has
the preference. Always remove the bark
from felled tember to aid seasoning, but
not from the standing tree. If winter
felled shape the timber to size within a
fortnight after telling and have it placed
on blocks, away from sun and rain as
much as possible, as il ought not to dry
too rapidly. Sufficiently thorough sea
soning for most purposes is obtained in
from twelve to eighteen months, while
for special work, according to the size,
from two TO ten years is required.
When timber is cut in the leaf it is
advantageous to let the trees lie full
length until the leaves are thoroughly
withered (two or three weeks before
cutting TO size. With conifers this is
good practice at any season, and if it
can be done, all winter-felled trees
should be left lying to leaf out in spring,
by which most of the sap is worked out
and evaporated.
The best method of obtaining proper
seasoning without costly apparatus in
shorter time is to immerse the prepared
timber in water, from one to three
weeks, to dissolve the fermentable mat
ter nearest the surface. This is best
done by running water-if such is not at
hand, a bath may be substituted, the
water Of which needs frequent change.
Timber so treated, like raft timber, will
season more quickly and is known to be
more durable.
If practicable the application of boil
ing water or steam is an advantage in
teaching out the sap.
Never apply paint or any other coat
ing to green or unseasoned timber. If
the wood is not well dried or seasoned,
the coat will only hasten decay.
Good coatings consist of oily or resin
| Gus substances, which make a smooth
coat, capable of being uniformly applied !;
they must cover every part, must not
crack, and possess certain amount of
| Elasticity otter drying Coal-tar, with
or without sand or plaster or pitch,
| especially if mixed with oil of turpen-
tine and applied hot thus penetrating
more deeply, answers best. A mixture
of three parts coal-tar and one part clean,
unsalted grease, to prevent the tar from
| drying until 1t has had time to FIJI the
minute pores, is recommended One
barrel Of coal-tar will cover 300 posts.
Wood-tar is not seryiceable because it
does not dry.
Oil paints are next in value. Boiled
linseed oil or any other drying vege-
table-not animal-oils are used with
lead or any other body dixie pulverized
charcoaD to give substance. Immersion
in crude petroleum is also recon-
mended.
Charring of those parts which come
into contact with the ground can be con-
sidered only as an imperfect preserya-
tive, unless a considerable layer Of char.
coal is formed, and if it is not carefully
done the effect is often detrimental, as
the process both weakens the timber and
produces cracks thus exposing the in
J terror TO ierments.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26
A Fatalistic Snicide.

"There is strange thing about the re-
cent suicide of Mr.. Henry Powell" said
friend of the family. "He jumped
into the Atlantic Ocean at the place
where, some forty years ago, the Ocean
Monarch burned. The ship was con-
sumed, and over three hundred people
perished with her. Mr.. Powell was a
passenger on her and had thrilling es-
cape Probably as he trod the deck Of
the Seryia ten days ago the memory Of
that occasion came back to him. He was
a nervous, excitable man, and perhaps
the thought of the way his life had once
Eeen saved there when he vas a young
man made him think that fate impelled
him there to end his life, an old man
suffering from many ills. And so the
same waves in which he once battled so
well and brayely for life at last swallowed
him. For forty years they had been
waiting for their prey. Once he had
escaped them, but the cruel waves
did not let him go. "-Ne,0 York Tele-
qgY1n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26
Satisfying Murdered Indians
Relatives.

II an Indian is KILLED in quarrel his
relatives are usually appeased 10y pay
ment. remember once a fancy, over
bearing young Assinaboine buck came
into the Milk River Agency and bent
his bow and arrow on the agents pet
dog. The agent warned him il he shot
the dog he would kill the Indian. The
young buck shot his arrow, the agent
killed him. We expected to have some
trouble, bat the grief.stri,keu father
came forward on behalf of the relatives
and claimed that, in consideration of the
young man being such good buffalo
runner, the agent must pay for the loss
of such person o red blanket, piece
of calico and four pounds of sugar. lie
complied with their demands, but the
vengeful relatives thereafter adopted
him as their banker. The mother and
other relatives of the slam young man
sea cely ever met the agent without en-.
bracing him, and with endeariug epithets
begging for something more IN remcm-
brance Of the good buffalo runner.
Forest and Stream,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26
Who Is Ii =?

Who is it that loafs at case while you toll
from morning till night.
The saloon keeper
Who is it buys houses and lands. and struts
in fine clothes, with the money which might
have kept your family from being turned
into the street, and from going in rags:
The saloon keeper
Whoi it takes your last cent for his poison
GUS drink ks, and shuts the door in the face OF
your wife when she asks credit for five cent
loaf of bread.
The saloon keeper.
Who is it, when your money and reputa-
tion IS gone, aud you have no friend left to
pay for your drink will take you by the
collar and kick you into tue gutter.
The saloon keeper
Who is it rohs You of sense and reason, puts
you lower than brute beasts drives you into
jailS and penitentiaries, and sends you to the
gallows.
The saloon keeper.
Is this man, who lives by crushing human
hearts, the man you should delight to honor
by placing him in Office,
Throw this chain off your neck, and shake
his clutch from off your souL-Zton's
Watchman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26
ScOtchmen Discuss Our Ccn.erboard.

An extremely interesting discussion
took place at the recent meeting of the
Institution of Naval Architects, held in
Glasgow, upon the subject of the ccntcr-
board. 1t was stated that experiments
made by Mr., Froude "proved that the
leading part of a plane moving obliquciy
through the water had much greater re.
sistance per square foot than the remain
ing part of the 'ane. The triangular
centerboard of the American yachts,
having long leading edge, was most
advantageously placed in this respect,
and its resistance rcr square foot at a
given speed was much greater than that
OF the ship proper, or of any draught she
could be given, so far as large yachts are
concerned Mr.. Watson, the designer OF
the Thistle, spoke, aud maintained that
a keel boat would still beat center
boarder,- Chi ago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26
Money NIade Keeping Hons.

Hundreds Of farmers who never kept an ac-
count, would kill every ''pesky hen" on the
farm, if it was not for the women folks The
women intuitiyely know that the hens do not
"eat their heads of every six months" but
properly kept pay better than any other farm
animals.
This is true. A record, simple to keep, so IL
would be used and show the facts in detail.
would prove that every hen paid profit They
could be made TO pay, from one to three dollars
each. Mr. James l.. Burgess, Nashua, n. H.,
reported to the Nashau Telegraph that his
wife made a clean net profit last year, of 1858
for eggs alone, from only sixteen hens. He
thinks her success was largely due to using
Sheridan's Condition Powder, a much adver-
tised preparation 10 make hens lay.
Do your hens pay like that? Do you want
TO learn how TO make them pay better?
Are you in delicate health and want 10 COM
mence poultry raising, for the sake Of open air
employmenU II 80, get some reliable advice
how TO do it, A new, enlarged, and much i'm
proved edition of that valuable book, the Far
mers Poultry Raising Guide, has Just been
printed. II contains much very practical in
formation.
Among the many new features, which every
person who keeps hens should have, is blank
records and accounts for eacn month of the
year. Il also contains long series Of very
valuable articles, by 4; +. Hunter, How TO
Make Money With Few Hens" OF him the
Lowell, Mass, journal says: The most sensi-
bic poultry literature we have read we tind un-
der the name A. +. Hunter. lie evidently knows
what he Is talking about" THESE two features
alone, are worth ten times the cost of the book:
which the publishers, i. :. Johnson a. Co., p
Custom House ST., Boston, Mass, send, post
paid, for only . cents in stamps.
There is really no way that persons on a
farm or near a large town can secure a cash
income, with so little effort, as by keeping a
few hens. For SUCH this book is very Valu-
able. Send TO johnson q Co., for testimonial
circular.
G. w. Cushing, of bingham, Mass, says: II
believe the Farmers Poultry Raising Guide
which received with "a large can Of Sheri-
practical knowledge for O person raising only a
few fowls than many poultry books which cost
two dollars.