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The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1889-11-06
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.
A Queer Mixture of Crank, PhiIOsOph er,
Anarchist and Humanitarian.

A Queer Mixture of Crank, Philosophers,
Anarchist and Humanitarian.
George Francis Train-crank and
philosopher, and, according to his
own statement, an anarchist, but with
al, the mildest-mannered man that
ever waved the red flag without know
ing what it meant Mr.. Train is in
some respects the most remarkable
citizen that New York, thai hOt-bed
of remarkable men, possesses, and his
unique eccentricities are wOrld-famed.
George Francis Train was born in
Boston March q, 1929. In 1888 his
father, mother and three sisters died
of yellow fever in New Orleans. In
1912 he was in college in Cambridge,
Mass. He was married October 3,
1851. In 1853 he established the
house of George Francis Train & Co.,
shippers, in Melbourne, Australia,
and during the same Y ear declined the
presidency of the Australian republic.
In 1860-61 he devoted himself to the
introduction of street railways in
London, but not succeeding in this,
returned to America in 1862 and be-
came noted as a public speaker In
1862 Train was assaulted in Boston,
Dayton, and elsewhere on account of
his utterances, and an attempt was
also made to assassinate him at Alton,
Ill. He obtained the original capital
about ,000;O0O-to construct the
Union Pacific. In 1864 he organized
the Credit MObilier with a capital Of
$4,000, 900 and obtained donations of
land grants for the company at Oma-
ha. In 1872 he went to Europe and
delivered many public speeches, and
on his return published some alleged
obscene literature, and Anthony Com
stock put him in the Tombs. Train
was also adjudged lunatic, but after
years confinement was released. In
1874 he became the champion Of work
ingmen, and quit eating animal food.
butter and condiments He refused
the Greenback presidential nomina-
ton in 1876. also refusing Invitations
to lecture. In 1877 he began psyche
logical conversations in Madison
Square. Train is said to be rich He
owns real estate in Omaha and other
parts Of the West.
For many years Train has refused to
shake hands with men and women,
claiming that it weakened his physical
and intellectual powers. He goes every
day to Central Park to feed the birds
and enjoy the company OF the chill
dreu, with whom he is a great favor
lite. Recently he tasted many days.
lecturing at intervals during his fast
Minneapolis Journal
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Electric Light in Mimi g.

The use OF electric light in mining
operations has been productive of much
good by diminishing the terrors of the
intense darkness which exists in the
subterranean passages. and by secur-
ing additional protection to the thou
sands of human lives that are daily ex-
posed to the dangers of explosion Of
the so-called fire-damp. Any inven-
ton which increases the pleasures of
labor by lessening its terrors and its
dangers. should be classed with those
that contribute to the happiness and
progress Of the race. The Hillside
Coal and Iron Company is showing that
the electric current can be probably
used in mining work. It is now en-
gagged in building an electric railway
185 feet below the surface of the
ground, which, when completed and
in running order. viii do away with
twelve mules and drivers. and will ef-
feet a saving OF at least 500 day to
the company. The road will be about
1,50O feet long. The motor-car will be
capable Of hauling twenty loaded cars
at a speed of eight luiles an hour. Tho
mines viii also be lit by electric light
IN. \. Mail and Express
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EVILS OF IDLENESS.
The Moral Force OF Occupation and En-
pIOyment of the Mind.

The Moral Force OF Occupation and En-
pIOyment of the Mind.
Occupation and industry are so often
recommended merely for the material
gains they bring that their moral force
is not always recognized as it should
be. Yet occupation that brings no
material reward, and is, by comparison
with work. the merest triiing, may
be, if innocent in itself, a moral force
simply because it keeps the individual
out of temptations and gives employ
ment to his energies
Idleness is a fruitful breeder of mis-
chief. The mind, if not the body, must
be at work during idle hours 1t is
difficult to conceive of a period of in
action for the brain except during
sleep or inseEsibility. Thoughts come
unbidden; they may be mischievous or
merely idle, but occupation supplants
them with other thoughts relating t.
the work or play in which one is en-
gagged, or stirs the mind to speculation
or planning. II is not possible, even
though it might appear to be desirable,
to keep men at work during all their
waking hours. They must have rest
and recreation, and it is during this
period that they need some occupa-
ton, harmless in itself, to keep tn en-
out Of mischief. 1t is for these other
wise idle hours that good amusements
should be prOyided-books or papers
to be read, societies, literary enter
tainments. concerts and theatrical per-
formances of an improving kind to be
attended. Baltimore Sun.
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SENSIBLE HOUSE DRESS.
The Easiest Way Of Modelling a Gown z
Everyday Use.

The Easiest Way of Modelling a Gown for
Everyday Use.
1t is sometimes quite problem how
to make up everyday house dresses.
The wrapper is not a very good work.
ing dress, and a separate basque waist
is not always convenient to manage.
But the Gretchen waist is both neat
and convenient, and withal the easiest
way to model house dress. 1t is sim
ply a close-fitting, plain waist, such as
were worn many years ago; and which
seem the most sensible for wash goods.
Any good basque neatly fitted and cut
off at the waist line will serve as pat
tern. Line the waist and face it with
a bias strip half an inch wide, to make
a firm basis for sewing on the skirt.
Make the sleeves to full slightly at the
shoulders and wide enough to raise to
the elbow, If to work in. Gore the
front and side breadths slightly, and
have the back straight and full Gath
er the skirt by turning it down and sew
it over and over.
The bottom of the skirt may be
finished off with braid, or a narrow
strip of the same goods may be gath
cred and used as a rufle by inserting
it IN the hem. This is particularly
pretty if a stripe runs lengthwise of
the goods. and serves to prevent wear
at the hem. A pocket for a simple
dress, like this, without drapery, is
neater looking if put on the outside.
The Gretchen dress is suitable if made
up in print, gingh am or seersucker
goods. and is very easily washed and
irOned. In contrast to the drapery
usually worn, this dress has a pretty.
prim appearance, refreshing to the
eye. With some neat lace or q cam
brio tie at the neck and a nice apron,
one can feel we'll dressed for ordinary
occasions at home.
A busting cap is a serviceable little
addition when sweeping or working at
any dusty task. And this is the way
we make one: Take a piece of cam
bric-brown or blue, as preferred
twenty-five inches in length, and cut
in a circular shape. or rather, in a
long oval, so that the piece may be
twenty inches wide. Cut out facing
Of the same or any contrasting shade.
about one and one-fourth inches in
width, and face the outer edge. Stitch
it down on the inside edge only, with
two rows of stitching. leaving room
for one-balf yard elastic cord to be run
in Gather this up to suit the head.
Pink the outer edges with scissors.
Now / assure you, girls, these caps are
dangerously becoming, usually. Cor.
Ohio Farmer.
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ARTILLERY IN ACTION.
Its Fire Able by Itself TO Repulse an In
fantry Attack.

fantry Attack.
The idea prevailing before the
FrancO-Prussian war that the effect of
artillery fire on the ranks of the enc
my was moral rather than actual is
cOnclusively wiped out by the account
of two actions found in the recent
work by the great authority on this
arm, Prince Kraft HohenlOhe. AL
though Prussia gave the Austrians a
tremendous licking in 1866 she recOg-
nized the fact that the Austrian bat
teries were far superior to hers and
Immediately set to work to improve
them, with the following result in 1870.
as described by Prince Kraft: Il
could never have believed that the in
struction given in time of peace would
have borne such excellent fruit in spite
of the excitement of action. Standing
behind the Captain of battery l heard
him quietly give the order: Against
infantry in front, 1900 PAGES, from the
right flank, ready! Fire one gum
Then he waited, holding his field glass
to his eye until the enc
my approached the point on
which the guns were laid, and
gave the order: Rapid firing from
the right hankr Then there was a
hellish sight. for the advancing enemy
disappeared from view in the clouds of
smoke which the shells threw up as
they burst and tore their way through
the ranks. After one or two minutes
the attacking enemy came out on one
side of the smoke. 1t had passed the
point on which the guns were laid and
in spite of terrible loss approached
with undeniable bravery. Then the
Captain gave the command: Cease fir
ing! 1000 paces-One gun-cease fir
ingr And when the guns were now
laid he cried: at 1,600 PAGES, from
the right flank, rapid firiugr The ef-
feet was brilliant, horrible, over
whelming. No attack could have re-
sisted it." Again, we have the effct
of the German guns at St. Privat:
when the head of the French column
became visible over the hill our trial
shots reached it at a range oil
1900 PAGES and my thirty guns opened
a rapid fire. The enemy's in
fantry was enveloped in the thick
smoke which the shells made as they
burst. But after very short time We
saw the red trousers of the masses
which were approaching US appear
through the cloud. l stopped the fire.
A trial shot was fired at 1,7O0 PAGES
range; this was to show US the point
up to which we should let them ad
vance before reOpening the rapid fire
We did the same for the ranges of l.,
500, 1000, LOO and 900 PAGES. II
| spite of the horrible devastation which
the shells cause in their ranks, these
brave troops continued to advance
but at 900 PAGES the effect OF our fire
was too deadly for them; they turned
around and fed; we hurled shells after
them as long as we could see them.
Here was an infantry attack which wal
repulsed purely and simply by the fire
of artillery" The proposition is alst
laid down that line of artillery car
not be broken by a frontal attack by
infantry. The effect Of shrapnel
reaches out to $500 yards, and from
LOO to 1900 yards the effect of artil
lery is absolutely annihilating.-Lon
l don Ta1oororh
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Physicians Confess

All honest, conscientious physicians who
give 3. B. B. Botanic Blood Balml trial,
frankly admit its superiority over ALL other
blood medicines.
Dr. W. J. Adair, OF Rockmart, Ca, writes I:
81 regard b. b. b. as one OF the best blood
medicines"
DR.. A. II. Roscoe, Nashville, Tenn, writes f:
"AlI reports OF b. b. B. are favorable, and IFS
speedy action IS truly wonderful"
DR.. ]. w. Rhodes, Charlottesville. Ca,
writes az confess 3. b. B. Is the best and
quickest medicine for rheumatism have
ever tried"
Dr. s. ]. Farmer, Charlottesville, Ga,
writes: 81 cheerfully recommend b. B. b.
as fine tonic Alternative. It's use cured an
exerescence OF the neck afte. other remedies
effected no perceptlble good"
DR.. q. II. Montgomery, Jacksonville, Ala,
writes "My mother insisted on my getting
b. r. b. for her rheumatism, as her case
stubbOuly resisted the usual remedies Size
experienced immediate relief. and her I'M
pr0vement has been truly wonderful"
A prOmineu. physician who wishes his
name not given says "A patient Of mine
whose case OF tertiary syphilis vas surely
killing him, and which 10 treatment Sc M
Ell to check. was entirely cured Win about
twelve bottles Of b. b. B. He was fairly
made mp Of skin and bones and terrible
Ulcers lo-zz
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RoeuERY ON The TuRF.
That IL Exists Wherever Races Are Run
No One VIII Deny.


That IL Exists wherever Races Are Run
No One VIII Deny.
The attraction Of betting is easy to
understand. but one must think little
more to comprehend why betting on
races tends so exceptionally to make
men rogues. It is all very well to
deny the fact, and to assert, what is
perfectly true, that there are honest
owners, honest trainers, honest
jockeys, and honest boozmakers on
the turf; but as a matter of fact, no
experienced sportsman" denies that
the amount of roguery in racing trans
actions is extraordinary. Numbers of
owners are utterly distrusted, the
jockey who never sells a race is
praised as a moral herO-iust remem-
Der the columns Of moral laudation
lavished on Archer-and as for the
bOOkmaker who always pays-which
he must do if he is to get good custom
ers-he stands on a level with mill
iOnaire philanthropist.
c There is not a betting man in the
country who is not full to the lip Of
stories of roguery, and not a stable
boy who could not enlarge the betting
mans repertOry if he told all he knew.
Nobody connected with races even
affects to be surprised when he hears
Of sharp practice, and there are great
owners who would no more bet than
archbishops, because they know that if
they did, even their characters could
not escape the mud which more or less
smirches every man whose chief inter
est in human affairs is the comparative
running of your horses. Now, why is
that? Spectators on Change are very
often not nice men, and some Of them
are, we fear. deliberate and accom-
plished liars; but they are not all
smirched as the turf-men are, even in
the eyes of the very strict, and large
majority play fair. So do the majority
of card-players, whom one would, a
prior, expect to be at least as much
inclined to sharp practice as any bet
ting-man. The question has been
answered a hundred times by sporting
writers, by statement that somehow
not only betting-men, but horse-deal-
ers also, catch rOguery as a sort OF
disease from the beasts themselves;
but that is, of course, only a jOculaT
confession of ignorance, and we fear
the true answer must be much more
cynical. There is no such rOguery in
any amusement as there is on the turf,
because there is no amusement in
which roguery pays so well, and is SC
little liable to adequate punishment.
If a man cheats at cards he can be
detected past all doubt or explanation
and if he is detected he is for the rest
of his life hOpelessly ruined man. II
is next to impossible, on the contrary
to pIDve q robbery on the turf. You
may suspect that a ''ring" knows &C
curately which horse will win, its
members having squared" every
formidable competitOr-thati is, having
bribed his owner, or his trainer, or hi!
jockey, or his attendants-Or you MAJ
believe that horse has been run up Il
preposterous odds by artistic lying
but what is the value of the suspicion
Nobody dare peach, and unless some
body peaches, to obtain evidence re
quires almost supernatural acumen.-
)ndon Spectator.
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We are willing to bear personal
testimony to the efficacy and value OF
Hoods Sarsaparilla. which we have
been advertising some years in our
paper, having used it for blood impur-
tiles with great success. It is a prepa-
ration Of standard merit. made Of per
fectly pure ingredients, and thoroughly
effective in cleansing aud purifying
the system. For eruptiOns, boiIs, ETC.,
it can be relied upon every time. Our
own experience with it has been mosl
gratifying. and We are glad 70 give
it this -endorsemenl.-Ashol Mass,
Transcript. 1871.
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THE REAL PRESIDENT.
A New and Unique Variety of Crank Tha
Infests Washington.

A New and Unique Variety OF Crank That
Infests Washington.
The most interesting of the late
corners is the man who imagines he is
the President, and who resembles the
President so remarkably that have
several times mistaken one for the
other when they were not close at
hand. In close quarters one could de-
tect that uncertain movement Of the
eye which is found in every crank, and
l was curious to know what he was.
''Can you direct me to the insane
asylum" said to him one day as 1
met him in the street.
mo, sir" he replied, 81 am some
what a stranger in the city, and have
not learned the location of that insti-
tuition"
CATER an Office. 1 SUPPOSED"
mo, SIR" drawing himself up proud
ly, II am not after an Office; am the
real incumbent of the highest Office in
the land"
"Ah, what is that?"
"Hush," he said, in a whisper, "you
must not say a word about it, but l as
sure you 1 am the President of the
United States"
''But 1 thought Mr.. Harrison was
elected President" ventured.
''Hushl / am Mr.. Harrison-Benja-
min L. Harrison, sir, but you must not
tell any one. am simply biding my
time. 1t viii all come out after lit
tie, the imposture will be exposed
without any further effort of mine, but
merely by the imbecility of the i'm
postor; then 1 will come into my own
and the country will have the real
President.
what will be your policy when you
become PRESIDENT"
''Ah, that is my secret; but may
say to you, sir, that / will fight. Twill
raise an army of 5000 600 soldiers and
drive every foreign power off from
American soil, and then l will march
against the monarchies of the old
world and assist the struggling repub-
ncans there to establish the rule Of the
people. Oh. I'll do it. I'll do it.n
but how long are you going to al
low the impostOr to unsurp your
/ placer"
"Oh, Pm very patient I'm in no
hurry. 1t may be several years-it
may be 1000. OOO,O 600 years-but I'll
get there, never fear. am the most
/ patient man ever born, and peaceful,
too. wouldn't make any trouble
about the mater. You see, the impos-
tor looks so much like me that people
viii believe he is the rightful Presi-
dent. and so shall just wait for time
to develop the fact that he is so unfit
for the place that he can not be the
true man."
The old man utterly refused to d.
vulge his real name, and he remains q
mystery. Washington Letter.
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SPANS ROYAL FAMILY.
An AssembIaGe OF Women and a eros.
Child In Arms.

Child In Arms.
These women are not all Spanish.
The Queen is an Austrian and the In
fanta Paz lives in Bavaria, but the
Queen dOwager. better known as Isa-
bel H.. has unmistakable national
characteristics. Unconventional and
acute, kindly and full of fun. the
quintcssence of ''gracia," gOod-natured
to all, making up for the grave defects
Of her education by the keenness of
wits, the Queen Isabel Get history ap-
preciate her political conduct. l am
talking at present of her character) is
a pure Spanish type; she is what
Tame would call a Representative
type" Of not a few Spaniards. Nor
does her daughter, the Infanta Isa-
bel, Countess of Girgenti, belle tho
country of her birth. Familiar
and gay. marvel of liveli-
ness and activity, no slave
OF etiquette, endowed with frank and
decided character, the lnianta Isabel
practices virtue in a thoroughly Span
ish manner, without angularity super
sensitiveness. or afTectatiOn, and with
out the smallest trace of prudery.
What distinguishes her from the group
Of Spanish women with whom she
would naturally be classcd is a manly
independence, an affection for sport
and bodily exercise which seems rather
to belong to the Saxon race. No one
can deny individuality to the Infanta
Isabel, and this quality makes her
very "sympathique" and assimiIates
her to the women of the Renaissance.
The Infanta Paz possesses refined
tastes, such as a love Of painting and
making verses, but has given no proof
of a really artistic temperament. The
Infanta Eulalia, elegant and highly
strung. has no distinguishing mark
among the multitudes Of ladies who
are the ornaments of bathrooms and
delight the eye with their beauty
FOctniGhtly Review.
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CALM AS THUNDER.
Bob Burdette swOOps Down upon a Poet
ess and Takes Her Scalp.
Some sentimental being, writing
about the placid days of our siresi


Some sentimental being, writing
about the placid days of our siresi
says, very prettily:
With the minuet in fashion,
Who could fly into a passion?
All would wear the calm they wore
Long ago
Well, if the "calm they wore long
ago" has gone with the minuet, we
pray that that stiltedN 'cake-walk"
style Of walk-around which passed for
dancing ''lOng ago" may never be re-
vived. 1t was in the "calm" days of
the minuet that in England 22S crimes
were punishable by death; for some
offenses men were boiled to death; for
others they were ''caImly" burned at
the stake. this punishment being ad-
ministered to Presbyterians and
Baptists; the "calmn people who
danced minuets also dug up the mold
ering bones Of people whom they dis
liked and hanged and burned them
over again; when men were branded
with hot irons for begging; when civil
war seemed to be the great national
pastime; when the world was given
over to cruelty and heartlessness as it
has never been since; ali, yes; we'll,
they were too calm" for our blood
''lOng ago. We prefer little more
vigor in dancing and little less of it
in killing and torturing to suit our
degenerate idea of 'calmness." II
any body wishes to dance on stills, like
a stOrk, this is a free country and
he may hop around the ballroom
10 please himself. but on the vile
caitiff trying to revive the ''calm" that
went with that style Of heel shaking
we'll hew his carcass into as many
( pieces as there are figures in a cOLillOn.
/ Makes us feel a little ''calm" inst to
think about it.-BOb Burdette, in
Brooklyn Eagle.
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"A veteran captain in the Cunard
service, who was invited to visit Pitts
burgh, Pa. where he has friends and
an old schoolmate. replied: Nothing
could induce me to trust myself on a
railway train over the Allegheny
mountains. No. sir; it is too much Of
risk for me to trust my bones on such
a Journey
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DON'T hawk, hawk, blow. spit, and
disgust every body with your offensive
breath. but use DR.. sags's Catarrh
Remedy aud end il.
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Oh, how can fair maiden smile and be
gay,
Be lovely and loving and dear,
AS sweet as rose and as bright as the
May
When her liver is all out OF gear
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spirits cheerful and Der temper sweet.
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Carpenters Work.

am prepared 10 do all kinds OF
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Also estimates furnished on short
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