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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-07-13
CRIMINAL INDIFFERENCE.
Native Americans Who Arc n Disgrace
to tho Nation.

Native Americans Who Arc Disgrace
to the Nation. -...ar--,-s
A well ll-educated and wealthy resi-
dent of Chicago was asked, few days
sncc, TO name his choice for Prosi-
dcst IIo replied that he was not
enough Interested in politics to have
one; and, further. that he would not
walk to Lincoln Park II ho could
choose the next President of tho
United States. Another woll-known
resident stated that hc never voted, as
his namo being on the registration
list rendered him liable for jury duty.
1t seems scarcely credible that ma
tive Americans and propcriy-owners
at that, could show such lack of in-
torcst in public affairs. 1t is no won-
der that politics are rotten when the
only mon who could improve The con-
dition of the political system show
such criminal apathy in re-
gard 10 public matters. These
very men are the ones who most voc;f-
erously cry out against the evils
which exist, and snecringly shrug
their shoulders at the mere mention of
tho name politician. They 60
abroad and decry rcpublicanism in
foreign countries. They toady TO
aristocracy and pride themselves that
they have never soilod their hands in
the political mire. Many of thom
fcign disgust at political jobberY, and
look upon politician with loathing
which conveys the idea that they are
better than he, because they have not
freQuen!ed ward caucuses and have
not been associated with tho common
people" They build themselves q
pinnacle of egotism upon which they
pose as gentlemen. From of their
naughty perch they gaze upon tho
surging plcbian mass and inwardly
congratulate themselves that they
have never bcon polluted by contact
with The hoi poioi
These men call themselves Amer
leans They are 10 be found every
whcro-more often in the capitals and
watering-placos of Europe than on
their native shores. They arc glad
enough, when involved in any trouble.
to seek the protection of the United
States; they are willing enough 10
amass their fortunes in this country,
but they endure the country of their
nativity as necessary evil, and flock
abroad to loll about the courts of
Europe and seek, by fair and foul
means. to snatch tho sop of rccog-
milton from some rotton scion OF n
polluted aristocracy. Such men exist,
and are not only tolerated, but form
goodly portion of what is termed So
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-07-13
MARRIAGE OF CHILDREN.
An Evil That win Continue Untn Parents
Assert Their Authority.

Assert Their Authority.
Recently boy and girl from Ohio
Wandered around for four days
and visited three States en-
dcavoring 10 find some one who would
marry thcm regardless of the fact that
neither was Of actual marriageablc
age. Their parents had, Of course.
objected. but the boy found full-grown
mon willing to aid hIm in u scheme to
run away with tho girl, and the girl
had the most active assistance In
avoiding tho parental vigilance Of
some full-grown women. who SYM
pathiz,d with her probably because
they had no little girls of their own to
misguide in most important affair Of
life. This boy and girl, after being
thus aided TO escape. tried West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania, but failed to
get license to marry. Then they re-
turned TO Ohio and could not get any
ono TO marry them there. In desper-
alton tho boy tolegraphcd for lis
fathers consent. which ho didn't get,
and the girls brother turned up and
did her the good service to take her
home.
The failure of these children 10 got
married is very discouraging to them
and 10 those who abetted them, but it
is most encouraging 10 society. 1t is
creditablo that in three States they did
not succeed in finding any one willing
TO aid in making them miserable for
life, but they had the good fortune not
TO strike New Jersey. II boy was 10
bo sent 10 school tho matter would be
important enough to employ the fam
lily Judgment; II he wanted TO buy n
shotgun or n dog OF n suit of clothes.
hc would got the advice of his friends;
but when he Starts out 30 get married
he generally displays very small dis
position 10 consult either his oAn
judgment or that Of any body else
vino has any sense TO spare. II the
girl wanted 10 buy new spring hat
all her friends would be called to con-
suit about tho color Of the ribbons,
and they would warn her against this
or that; but when sho wants to dispose
of herself for lifc against her parents
wishes her friends warn her against
nothing. They turn in and help her
to escape from homo and plunge into
every possible misery.
These things have been done tImo
and time again, and they will continue
to DO done. although there are enough
horrible examples known to every
body TO be sufficient warning. II is
useless to moralizo on such things.
The responsibility is upon those who
are older Girls, while i'll playing
with their dolls. are made to believe
that getting married Is the whole Of
life. There arc grown women who
devote themselves to teaching such
things. who assume tho responsibility
Of making matches regardless Of tho
character and fitness of tho parties,
and they do 1t with less concern for
tho result than they would have in
matching yard of ribbon, where they
would exact perfect harmony. The
mat CHI makers mako the mistakes and
children have to suffer the conse-
quencos. This will continue TO be so
until all children learn that their bost
friends arc their parents. --IHilddeI-
phid Press
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-07-13
.'liE SOLDIERS SCHOOL.
Why Peace Trainin should Up as Like
That of War u, Possible.


That of War ~ Possible.
Though it is impossible to make the
young soldier. say of two or three
years service, physically old; though
wo can not give him tho hardened
muscles and tho steady nerves which
he will have somo six or seven years
later, VIC can to n certain extent make
him veteran by giving him perpetual
practice in peace of tho work which
he will have TO do In war. No doubt,
ns we'll know by my own unpleasant
experiences in tho Franz German
war, the actual whistling Of bullets.
the crashing of shells, and the sight of
friends killed and wounded. have an
effect which can not be simulated In
peace; but it is certainly possible to
givo the young soldier such in
struction that all the phases of
an action will be familiar 10
him, and that he will inslincively
know the right course to pursue under
different circumstances. So long as
fighting was conducted in stiff lines
or heavy columns. tho regular drill.
which still goes on in the barrack
yard. was undoubtedly q very valua-
bio training for war; bat the case Is
altered now. and wo are handicapping
ourselves # VIC do not give 10 the
young soldier constant instruction in
all those fighting exercises which have
taken tho place of the siarched move
mcnts formerly in vogue. II the chief
portion Of his time is spcntin tho ordi-
nary drills. whereas on the field OF
battle those drills will absolutely dis
appear, we are no. training tho man
for war. but. on the contrary. training
him for something different so that
when he finds himself in the presence
Of an enemy every thing will be COM
paratively now 10 him. 10 the
effect on the nerves produced
by the bullets and the sight of
wounds and death. we deliberately
add tho confusion which arises from
his having to perform movements to
which he is unaccusiomed. or at least
little accustomed; and by such train
ing we are deliberately uniting him
TO be steady on tho field of action. 1t
is said with justice that the best train
ing for the soldier and that which
soonest changes him into q veteran.
is tho actual practice of war; We
should therefore endoavor TO mako our
peace training as like that of war as
possible. b. this means wo shall
soonest ingraft the qualities of old SOL
dicrs upon those of young ones, and
shall have done all that in us lies to
obtain the steadiness of the veteran in
combination with the fire of youth.
Ano her quality which may be i'm
pressed upon tho you g soldier with
great advantage is that strong esprit
dc corps which gives much of their
tonc to soldiers. old or young Fort
nightly ReUieU.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-07-13
CAPILLARY ADHESION.
The True Theory OF tho walking OF Flles
on Smooth Surfaces.

The True Theory OF tho Walking OF Flles
on Smooth Surfaces.
1t Is curious how the understanding
of many common and apparently
simple things become modified by
fuller investigation. The explanation
Of how flies walk on tho ceiling. as
given in somo of tho old readers. was
based on tho theory that each little
fly foot was miniature air-pump-a
theory now regarded MS fallacious.
This supposed that tho bottom of tho
foot adhered by suction TO tho glass,
thus pressing out all air beneath 1t,
aud was held in place by tho pressure
of tho air without But flies have been
known TO walk on tho inner sido
of glass receiver of an air-pump
after all tho air has been exhausted,
which shows that thcy do not need tho
pressure of tho air to uphold them.
Moreover. n microscopic examination
of fly's foot clearly disproves the
sucker theory, for the foot cushion
is covered with hairs that prevent all
close contact with tho glass. A later
theory, propounded by Hookc, was
that flies stick 10 tho glass by means
Of visoous substance oxuded from
tho hairs in thoir feet This theory
was thoroughly Investigated some
eight years or so ago by D. Rombouis
who demonstrated that II was only
partly sound. for though these hairs
do certainly cxude nm oily liquid, tho
liquid is not sticky and docs not
harden when dried. 1t Is to Dr.
Rombouts' experiments that science
owes what is now regarded as the truc
theory of tho walking of flies on
smooth substances, that they hang on
by the help of capillary adheslon-thc
molecular attraction between solid
and liquid bodies. BY series Of nice
calculations. such as weighing hairs
and measuring their dlameters and
sticking the cut end OF hair in oil or
water to mako 1t adhere when touched
to glass, this scientist proved that
capillary attraction would uphold
fly wero II four-ninths rs hoavy again
as 1t is at present. 1t Is true that the
foot-hairs are very minute, but as each
1y is SAID to be furnished with TO- 900
TO IL, 900 of these we need not be sur
prsed at what they can do. Reason
ing from this theory wo would con-
clude that flies find 1t difficult to
mount n glass slightly dampened, be-
cause of tho repulsion between the
watory surface and the oily
LIQUID from tho feet. and
they are likewise impeded by slight
coating of DUST because the inter-
spaces between the hairs are filled with
dust, and observation seems to show
this to be the case Whom we see
fly making his toilet, ho is not, as We
might suppose. cleaning his body but
his feet, so that they may the moro
readily adhere Every one has noticed
how quickly fly takes flight even
when he has been DOING in the same
position for half an hour This new
theory makes it easier to understand
how he can so readily detach himself;
for the air-pressuro theory and tho
gum" theory both implied moro or
less effort in releasing his feet from
their involuntary hold. Chicago Inter-
Ocean,
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pockets of the workers. and keeps I'm
idlenoss n whole army of drones, who
for the most part impoverish the ma
lion instead of adding to Its wealth.
A closer comparison may perhaps
be made by comparing England and
France taken together (whosc popu-.
lations now exceed that of the U iited
States by about 20 per cenD with tho
United States. England and Franco
together pay GSl. 500. 600 n year on
their public dob, and f6S 200 900 for
army and navy, and give up 100000
able bodied mel TO the army. Esli-
mating their useful labor at only f20
per annum each, we have q further cx-
pense of Ga. 600 900 yearly. Thus tho
cost to France and England together.
Of army and navy and debts can not
be put down at less than fl64 800, 900
per annum. Even during the present
period of enormous rcpaymcnts tho
United S atcs is only paying fl9. 0o0.'
900 year on the debt. and its total
expenditure on war. debt and men is
less than $50. 800. 900; leaving fl33-
800. 900 as somewhat about the cost of
the English and French war system 10
those nations over and above the cost
of the Unitod States system or
course if we consider the amount per
head, the Unitel States figures still
better England and France spend
Sl075 per head. or S54 per family Of
five persons; the Uiited States less
than SO IS per hcad-in fact, about
Sl3.25 per family of five. q T.
Bettdny in Contemporary RcUieu.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-07-13
BUSINESS FACULTY.
Boys That Have 1t, and othtrs Who Must
Acq uiro IL.

Many boys have natural aptitude
for business. They like 10 be in tho
world and of the world. to sharpen
their wits against the wits of others.
TO combat circumstances and prove
superior TO them. They are fond Of
saying that they are cup TO tho
times" that they "know good thing
when they SEQ it," They take nothing
for granted. Like charity. they prove
all things. They arc active, vlgilant
ingenious and sclf-coniident. They
are fluent IN conversation. and they
endeayor 10 please. They have natur-
ally an alert manner, and are quick
but careful in making decisions.
They are apt to discover quickly tho
more prominent traits of mans
character.
Such qualities come naturally 10
many boys. They go 10 make up
what Is called "tho business faculty.
This term means these five things:
integrity, industry, good Judgment
push and capacity for obsor-
walton. Those who naturally possess
these have every reason 10 congratu-
late themselves; for with the addition
of one other requsite-practical
knowledge Of details to be obtained
when the choice of occupation is made
they have the ammunition for the
battles of commercial life. 1t makes
no great difference how humble tho
start is. Many of the most successful
business mon-men who have mado
their nfmes known to half the mer-
camille world-began thoir CONNER
cial career MS cash boys. or at tho
crossroads store. or on the farm
Those who do not naturally possess
the five qualities mentioned, neOd not
be discouraged. The business faculty
may be acquired to n large degree.
and 1t may also be cultivated and
sharpened. Youth is the time for
molding character and nature Is so
kind to an ambitious. determined boy
that there is no telling TO what degree
of success ho may attain. IN T.
Ledger.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-07-13
NATIONAL DEBTS.
A Comparison In which tho United States
figures Handsomely.

A Comparison In Which tho United Stat os
Figures Handsomely.
While the United States have paid
off in ten years 81, 006, 900, 900 of public
debt, and In ten years more will have
reduced 1t 10 insignificant proportions,
tho eight chief European nations owed
between them in 1880 E3 9S7 200. 600.
or nearly A. 900 millions sterling; and
thsdebt has increased bv .f1, $50. 900. :
900 between 1865 and 1880. or nearly
80 per cont 1t is scarcely necessary
to point out the serious effect which
the payment OF interest on this enor-
nous debt must have upon the Euro
pean nations, to say nothing of repay
ment of capital. At 8 por cont only
the interest amounts to fl20, 000 600
per annum, and much of 1t is charge
able with considerably higher interest.
1t Is possible to argue that the inter-
est is paid in the main TO members OF
tho several nations concerned, and
therefore can not impoverlsh them;
but in any case 1t comes out Of tho
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-Presidont-"Yes. NJ. Snapper
the Faculty have decided that you
have broken The rules, and thero Is no
course for us but to suspend you"
Studcnt-"H' m; how about suspend
ing the rulosp" HdUen Ne0s.
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kansas has 1000 900 milch COWS,
and with butter profit of $40 per
COW, they would represent clear
profit of S28, 900. 900
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The Base Ball Curyer!


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utes practice with the Basc Ball Curver will
enable you to pitch all the Curves as we'll ne
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-09-08
THE GREAT MASTER.

L am my own MASTER" cried young
man, proudly, when friend tried to per-
suade him from an enterprise which he
had on hand; II am my own master!"
did you ever consider what respon-
sible post that is asked a friend.
Responsibilities it?"
"a master must lay out the work he
wants done, and zee that it is done right.
He should try to secure the best ends by
the best means. He must keep on the
lookout again 1T obstacles and accidents,
and watch that every thing goes straight,
else he will fail"
"Well."
g To be master OF yourself you have
your conscience to keep clear, your heart
to cultivate, your temper to govern, your
will to direct, and your judgment to in
struct. You are master over hard lot
and if you don't master them they will
master YOU
That is So" said the young man.
"Now, L could undertake no such
thing" said his friend; 81 should fail
sure il l did. Saul wanted to be his own
master, and failed. Herod did Judas
did. No man is fit for it. 'One is my
Master, even Christ l work under
Gods direction. When he is Master, all
goss right" DR.. Bacon.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-09-08
A BouSr1FuL HARvEsr.

The crop reports from our Western and
Northwestern States and Territories indicate
that this years harvest will be one of unusu-
al profit to the farmer. Especially is this
true of Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota aud Ne
braska, the crop indications for all of which
are more bushels TO the acre and more and
better grain to the bushel than ever before.
There is no better season for testing the merit
Of an agricultural region than this; the crops
are standing in the field, shock or stack, and
the investigator can get ct the facts by ocu-
lar demonstration.
To encourage intelligent investigation of
the wonderful agricultural regions penetrated
by its lines, the Chicago u Northwestern Rail
way has arranged for a series of BIZ weekly
Harvest Excursions to points in Iowa, Da-
kota, Minnesota, Nebraska aud Wyoming,
to be run during the months of August, Sep
TENDER and October, for which tickets will
be sold at one fare for the round trip, or one
half the usual rates. The conditions are ex-
tremely liberal, allowing thirty days for re-
turn and permitting stop over at different
points. These excursions will afford rare
opportunities to investigate the claims made
for these wonderfully productive regions, to
locate claim on 100 acres of government
free land, to buy quarter section or more
of the cheap railroad lands, TO invest in town
property, to "spy OUT the multi arious min
eral deposits of the Black Hills, or to make a
trip for health and pleasure. Write to E. p.
Wilson, General Passenger Agent Chicago
q Northwestern Railway, Chicago, ILL.,, for
detailed information, and it will be furnished
promptly and free of charge.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-09-08
A HORSE WHO CAN TALK!

Everybody has heard of horse laugh"
but who has ever seen an equine gifted with
the power of speech? Such an animal would
be pronounced miracle; but SO would the
telegraph and the telephone have been hun
dred years ago. Why, even very recently a
cure for consumption would have been looked
upon as miraculous, but now people are be-
ginning to realize that the disease is not in,
durable. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery will cure it, if taken in time. This
world renowned remedy will not make new
lungs, but it will restore diseased ones to a
healthy state when all other means have
failed. Thousands can gratefully testify to
this. All druggists.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-09-08
FAMOUS YOUNGSTERS.

A swedish boy, tough little kuot, fell
out of the window and was severely hurt;
but with clenched lips he kept back the
cry of pain. The king Gastavus Adol-
phus, who saw him fall, pFopheeied that
that boy would make man for an ener-
genoy. Aud SO he did, for he became
the famous General Bauer.
A woman fell off the dock in Italy. She
was fat and frightened. No one of a
crowd Of men dared to jump IN after her;
but a boy struck the water almost as
soon as she, and managed to keep her up
until stronger arms got hold of her.
Egeryb oiy said the boy was very daring,
very kind, very quick, but also very reck-
less, for he might have been drowned.
The boy was Garibaldi, and il you will
read his life You will find these we're just
his traits all through-that he was SO
alert that nobody could tell when he
would make an attack with his td-shirt-
ed soldiers; 30 indiscreet sometimes as to
make his ellow-patriots wish he was in
Gaines, but also 30 brave and magnani-
nous that all the world, except tyrsnts,
10 7ed to hear and talk about MIN.
A boy used to crush the flowers TO get
their color, and painted the white side Of
his fathe % cottage in Tyrol with all sorts
of pictures, which the mountaineers
gazed at as wonderful. He vas the great
artist, Titan.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-09-08

An old painter watched little fellow
who anu sed himself making drawings OF
his pot and brushes, easel and stool, and
said: "That boy will beat me one day..
30 he did, for it was Michael Angelo.
A German boy was reading blood
and thunder novel. Right in the midst
OF it he said to himself: Nov, this will
never do. 1 get too much excited over it.
I can't study SO well after it. So here
goes!' and he flung the book into the
river. He was Fichte, the great German
philosopher.
There was New England boy who
built himself q booth down at the rear OF
his fathers farm, in swamp, where
mel her the boys nor the COWS would dis
turb him. There he read books like
"Locke on the Human Understanding"
wrote compositions, watched the bal
ancing of the clouds, reveled in the craeh
and the fash of the storm, and tried to
feel the nearness OF God who made ell
things. He was Jonathan Edwards
Sunday School Times.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-09-08
Fifty Notable Years.

FIFTY NOTABLE YEARS. Views of the Ministry of
Christian Universalism during the last Hall Century, with
Biographical Sketches BY Rev. John g. Adams, D. D. With
Portraits Svo 1856 pages. Cloth, 5000 Gilt 81 Half
calf, $3.50. Turkey morocco, $40 as
1t is the of this volume to keep honorable
brance of the worthy ministers of the Unversa faith
who in times past when owned and misrepreented
and of the churches had the Christian and loyalty
to and maintain In addition to the Biographical
Sketches hundred in number the book contains much other
matter of interest to the reader such the and
progress of the Unversas Church America its growth
with the genius and civilization of Republics its
in the reormaory of the fifty its
stausedueaona resources and aspects definite organized
work. missionary spirit and intent with outlook into the
future 1t elegantly illustrated with fifteen steel engravings
Several of which have been prepared by first
class artists expressly this voume the following Rev.
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