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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03

another wonderful discovery has keen made
and thai too by lady in this county. Dis
ease fastened its clutches upon her and for
ssvrn yesrs she withstood its seyerest tests,
but her vital rgans were undermined and
death seemed ir,minent. For three months
shs coughed in;ess ntly and could not sleep.
She bought Of us a bottle Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption and was so much
relieved on taking the first dose that she 81, pit
all night and witt one i,ottle has been mirac-
uiorsly cured. Hei name is Mrs. ,Luther
Lutf.n Thus write w c. Hamrick & 20.
q Shelby, N c..aGetsa free trial botrle at
w. 4. Evans Drug Store
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03

Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay is the lat
est Kentuckian named for Cabinet
lhonors, his friends thinking that
his eminent services demand such
Recognition and naming the War
Department as one that would be
tongenial 20 him.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03

!, The belt salve inthe yordfof cuts, bruises,
sores, ulee4s, salt RI cum, fever sores, teti n,
cl.spised h-nds, chiblkins, corns, and all skin
efuptions, aud positively cnre piles, o no pay
re1dIted. guVa-teed gi' sperfsc tsat
'isffeti,,n;I or f,roneyLfeftnded Price. 7s cts
per box at w, -, Evans
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03
Piles! Piles. Itohine Piles.

SYMProMs-Moisture; intense itching
aud singing; most at night; worse by
scratching If allowed to CONTINUE tu-
mors form, which often bleed and ulcci :
ate, becoming very sore. Swayne's 0int.
ment stops ths itching and bleeding, heals
liberation, and in most eases removes the
tumors. At druggists OF BY mail, Soc
DIR. Swayne & Son, Philadelphia.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03

The Winchester Democrat says
there has not been child born in
Liberty, the county seat Of Casey,
In thirteen years.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03

Daily newspapers are paying 50. 80
per word for baseball news from
Australia, where two clubs rom
this country are playing.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03

SwIFTrS SPECIFIC
is entirely vegetable preparation containnt
no Mercury, I'se3n, Arsenic, oreiher poisonous
substances
Has cu.cd rnllfcds ofcascs Of Epithelioma or
Cancer Of III kin, thousands OF cases Of Eczema.
Dlood IIImors ard Skin Diseases, ana nllt;
'drchs of thousands OF cases OF Scroiula, Dlooo
Poison, Az rood faint.
SwfFT's SPECIFIC ,,a,
Has relieved thousands Of cases Of Mcrcuria
poisonirg rheumatism, and Stiffness oil Inc
.Joints.
WHAT PHYSICIANS sATioF THE SWIFT sPheifie'
We append the statement OIL few:
II have sod s. S. S. on patients convaleseing
from fever and from mcpslcsMit The Dest results
j. n. CHENEY, NJ. d. Ellaville' ga!
BRrNr.. IA. j. Willie White was afflicted win
scrofulr seven wears | prescribed ,. D. - ane
to-day he IS fat anu robust hoy n
RIcuNoas, VA, Dec, Is, 1851 have taken
three bottles Of Swft's Specific. lot Hcnn9afy
blood po,son II ncis much batter than potash OF
any other lemrdy have ever n.eh ,,,n
'"' ~ rD T. WINFIELD, NIL
Book or Contagious Blood Poison mailed ifee.
All drugriste feii s. S. S. J'nE swrrr. SPECIFIC
cS.. Drawer .. Atlanta Ga New YORK, 800
Brondwuv
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03

On the Dist inst, vote will be
taken in the National House on the
Senate Tariff Bill.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03

The Legislative. plum is one not
mpohs sought after, especially in
doubtful districts.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03
A man who has practiced medicine for 40
wears ought to know salt from sugar |;
rad tvhuk n

feau WHAT ne-says..
ToLEpo, o., Jan. 10, 1887.
,Messrs. +. j. Cheney & Co.--Gentle-
men 81 have been In the general prac-
tice of medicine for most 40 years, and
would saw thatinall my practice and ex-
perience, have never seen preparation
that | could prescribe with as much con-
fidence OF success as can Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by you. Have pre-
scribed it great many times and Its Ell
iect is wonderful, and would say in con-
clusion that .haye yet, 70 find case of
Catarrh that it would not cure, II they
would take, It according to directions.
Yours Truly,
L. L. GORSUCH. NJ. D.
Office, 2l5 Summit st.
We will give 500 for any case of Ca
tarrh that can not be cured with Halls
Catarrh Cure. Taken internally.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, To-,
ledo, o. 10 Sold by Druggists, 10.
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lRRewarded ne ! .lgose who

a uNHDN NHRewarded ne those who
UHuI Wreidth is and then aci; they
HIIiFt1FI NIL dnd honorablc = mploy-
HE 0hkf1 a msilt lhat wiiI not take them
~. ia,l from tieir homes and fanii-
ics. nThe'proats an largs'an sure fpreyert
indus Nous person, man y have made andarc
now nlal;Ins several hundred-lollsrs a'monthI
II ia easy FOR my nIiet TO make Ss5ssndGp%WdS
ye4 nay, f.sl,o swilling, towohl Either seq
youug OF old; capital nst mead I'd - Y: sirri
you. Evesyillingmewa Nospxial Ahil itxye,
CURED; yuu; reader. eaf dblit peNesl ksscY
ones Wife TO us at'onceias full ra.ii cala ~
which etiSal free. = "a ddssslSp.i y ilir.
STrrsoN s. Co.. Portland, Maine
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03

There have been some fresh dis
turbances in Perry county, though
no one was hurt in the last encoun-
Ter.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-03
THURSDAY, JANUARY srd, 1889.

Candidates for the Legislature
are less numerous
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QUESTIONS 70 De ANSWERED 4
Where are you going2
When are you going? ~.
Where will yob start from?
How manfi are there in your,
wgils to 4. A. AspRnws.a rmisrapt AVID.
Travelling passenger agent Charleston, VIVA;
who viii give you the proper answers To The
above questions and send you papers show
ins .ou,ss aud amount he tickets will cos,
Youwill gave time and money By taking the
e. 80. Il MUELLER, Gen'i Pass. At,
w C.WlCKAM, RECEIVER.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-16

With this simple instrument conversation
is carried ON without words or ears, and
with singular freedom from the errors of
articulate speech Swinging the lantern
above the head Is termed the high ball"
signal, and signifies to go ahead, and that
In hurry. To stop the train the reverse
signal is given, the lantern Is swung across
tho TRACK in the lower half of tn, circle.
When the engineer sees the light held in
high and stationary position he under
stands that he Is backing up against n
train and must use caution and go slow.
A slight movement of the lantern mp and
down means come ahead easy" This is
resorted to when car-length separates
the car to be coupled. All trades have
their peculiarities, and i'm the parlance of
the switchman, "a Car length means q
space of about one hundred feet, or more
than three times the actual length OF
car.
A switching crew is comprised of three
men, of which one Of them, the foreman,
has general charge and keeps lookout,
lending q hand to the work rs necessity
compels. OF the remaining two, one
throws the switches while the other per-
forms the dangerous task of cutting Oft :"
cars and making couplings. A crew does
double duty; it breaks up" trains and
sends cars TO the different 'in-freight"
yards where they are unlocked, and also
gathers together and makes up" trains to
be hauled out of the city. Many switch
men own lanterns for which they have
paid quite pretty little sum, and which
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with the individual who swings the lam
tern, sets the brakes. and throws the
switches in one of Chicagos great
switching yards. This will lie noticed at
once, but, as the provocation often seems
great, the profanity almost matter of
course, and really adding emphasis to
orders and force TO warnings and signals
of danger, the visitor soon ceases to re-
gard it as intended wicko1ness and ac-
cepts it as a necessary adjunct of the
business.
The first, and, after everything has
been examined, the greatest, wonder TO
be seen there is the excellent system that
prevails and the wonderful order brought
out of the seeming Chinese puzzle" of
mingled tracks, frogs, and switches.
Bells are changing in half dozen differ
emit keys, and locomotives with from one
TO twenty cars are crossing each others
tracks in manner that would seem to
insure the destruction of some of them.
That collisions occur but seldom is
chargeable to the knowledge possessed
by the members of the different switching
crews, and the watchfulness exercised by
them. The gentle lady who causes sweet
music TO Issue from the pianoforte under
stands the black and white rows of ivory
which constitute the keyboard Of that
wonderful instrument, and the combina-
tion of harmonious chords that may be
produced therefrom, no better than
the roughly dressed, profane- speaking
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and watchfulness of the profane yet con-
scientious switchmen.
As was stated in the outset, tho life of
switchman is surrounded by danger. A
false step or loss of balance may cost a
leg or n hand, while misunderstanding
as TO a signal or switch may bring
about a horrible death. Long familiarity
with danger produces lack of caution,
and the Oldest and most experienced men
often lose their lives or limbs through
sheer thoughtlessness. Few switchmen
serve many years without losing some
member, finger at least, and the hands
of many of them present q decidedly
crippled appearance.
At great many of the railway cross
ings in Chicago fagmen are stationed to
warn people of the approach of trains or
locomotives. OF these. who number
more than 500. the great majority have
once been switchmen, and nearly all of
them are crippled in some way. Many
stump about with wooden leg, while
still larger number have but the one hand
with which they wave the cautionary
signal flag. The ex-switchman who has
survived the shock of an accident to be-
come fagman at n crossing can rival a
sailor in spinning yarns, and the little
box OF shanty where he makes his head
quarters while on duty is seldom without
a fair quota Of admiring auditors. 1t Is
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Let the Cat Ont.

1t happened in Chelsea and on the
day of the great Sullivan ilrain fight,
saws the Boston Courier. a little boy,
the son of highly respectable citizen,
questioned his father as follows
Papa, who do YOU think is going to
win, kilrain or Sullivan"
what is that 2" exclaimed the aston
ished parent. you talking about prize
fighting? What company have you
been keeping? Mary Ito the mother),
do YOU hear this boy? Do you hear him
asking me about this prize-fght? ?"
oh" replied the mother, mother
like, Il suppose he has heard some of
his playmates talking about it. Boys
will be boys, you know"
He has no business to be with such
playmates. He never hears me speak
ing Of any such low and disgraceful
exhibitions, such brutalizing spec
tacles. would have this prize-fghting
business put down by the strong arm
of the law, swept off the face of the
earth. Ny lad, if / ever hear YOU talk
ing about anything of the kind again
rll-I'll-well, you'll get into trouble,
that's ALL"
Next morning, when he went down
stairs, his wife handed him the paper,
saying:
Il had the curiosity to look to see
how the prize fight came out, and it
appears Kilrain was whipped"
Whipped" exclaimed the de-
nouncer of prize fighting Then,
by lingo, I've lost So"
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are sometimes demolished, or so badly
injured as to render trip to the repair
shops n necessity. BY the rip" is meant
the repair yards, where slight disabili-
ties, such as the loss of lung" are re-
paired. When the draw-bar by means of
which cars are coupled together is pulled
loose, the situation is described by the
expressive words, lung out, to which is
generally added the bit of profanity most
appropriate TO the situation. A "lungless"
car is as useless as wagon without q
whifiletree to which the horse should be
attached.
Chicago railroads demand moro of their
switchmen than do those of any other
city in the world. This is due to the hun
dreds of miles OF track, far surprising
that of any other city, with all of
which he must be familiar. A single
trip frequently takes crew TO half
a-doZen yards filed with locomo.
tives and moving trains. They must
not only understand the different signals
in use, but be familiar with all the time
tables as we'll. A seemingly trifing
blunder may destroy much property and
take away numbers of lives. No very
disastrous accident has ever occurred in
any of the Chicago yards, which fact is
in itself high encomium on the fidelity
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ever sew. and she isn't day older than 7
am
.she wore wig
Il uon't believe IL.
but IL Is true nevertheless" replied the
clerk. and / know IL. because We made IL
here.
After the young matron hal left the shop
tho clerk turned TO the writer with a sigh
OF relief and observed:
That Is the tenth so far this week"
Tenth what?" was asked.
Tenth miracle seeker. You have no idea
OF the craze there is for gray hair. Young
women. especially those with fresh COM
plexions. are absolutely wild about H. 1t
gives TO a face that is not striking certain
effect that must Le seen TO be appreciated.
don't wonder that the women all envy the
owner OF fine head OF gray hair. But
CRAVING the hair Is beyond the hair
dresser's art. We can make hair yellow as
gold. red as copper. black "A "A ravens wing.
and as brown as the coat OF a deer In win
ter. but gray Is out OF our power. We can
can often make wigs OF gray which would
defy detection. You remember the late
Matthew Arnold's visit TO America? When
he was In Washington he said. with his ac-
customed candor. that he met there the
handsomest woman in the world. She was
the wife OF ex-senator Joseph A. Mcdonald.
OF Indiana. Mrs. Mcdonald is slender
woman. with flashing dark-gray eyes, a
complexion OF peaches and cream. and has
a wonderful head OF whitish-gray hair.
She would be an ordinary looking woman
were II not for her hair"
is there no way OF grazing the hair by
artificial means?"
Yes. but the artifce is Transparent
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Young Sothern's name was first
made Edward, but 1t was changed at
the christening to that of Edward.
Edwin Booth and the elder Sothern
were very intimate friends, and when
young Sothern was born the father
chose Booth, of all his friends, to stand
godfather to the boy. Mr.. Booth ac-
cepted the honor, and told number
of his friends, with some pride, that he
was going to be godfather to Ned
Sotherns son. One of his cautious
friends asked solemnly If he realized
the fearful responsibility he was going
to take on himself by accepting the
honor
"How SOP asked Booth, slightly
alarmed.
"You will have to be responsible for
the boys entire career" answered the
friend. Knowing the somewhat cratic
disposition of the elder Sothern, this
suggestion almost paralyzed Mr..
Booth.
GOOD heavens!" he exclaimed, IL
can't undertake such a responsibility
as that for Ned Sotherns son." and he
at once telegraphed to Sothern his re-
grets at being unable to accept the in
tended honor. Young Sothern's name
was, as a consequence, changed from
Edwin TO Edward, and now, in view of
the young mans career, both profess
sionally and socially, Mr.. Booth re-
grets that he gave the excuse for
changing the name.
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the vast systems of railroads which, like
a net, spread over our broad country.
Most people would no doubt decide
that of the latter and numerous class
those subjected TO the greatest perils are
the engineer, stoker-the entire crew, in
fact-of the limited express, as with a
roar and swish ii dashes on over
bridges, under arches, in its long journey
across half the mighty continent.
Yet this judgment would be incorrect.
The railroaders subjected to the greatest
dangers, and who most frequently lose
their lives and limbs, are undoubtedly the
swtchmen.
OF these the general public has little
knowledge. We all see the keen eyed
engineer, with his hand upon the steel
bar which serves as rein to cccirol the
iron horse, the fireman shoyoling coal,
the conductor making signals, and the
brakeman turning the circle which sets
or releases the clamps that retard the
movements of the wheels; but few of us
know anthing of the men who transfer
cars from track to track and from yard TO
yard; who break up incoming trains, and
who, from many sources, make up others
to go out again in their stead.
As everybody with the possible oxcep-
ton of the New Workers, who are strug-
Cling for the Worlds Fair we'll knows,
Chicago, the terminal point Of more than
a score OF trunk lines, is the greatest
railroad center on the globe. More trains
being there received and dispatched than
elsewhere, it becomes the best possible
place to study the switchman at his
task.
To select the best hotel in Chicago the
finest store, the largest grain elevator, or
the most imposing building, is an under
taking few would care 10 essay The
same difficulty would confront one who
desired TO point out the leading railroad
switching yards. Many of them are on
so vast n scale as to leave the critic in
grave fear of making an errorif he desig-
mated any one of them in particular. At
the same time lie would hazard nothing
in pronouncing those of the Chicago,
Milwaukee, and st. Paul Railway to be
quite the equal OF any and all others.
At Western avenue, three miles back
from the lake, a great viaduct crosses
the tracks of the Northwestern and st.
Paul Roads. Here, as evening closes in
and the work of making up the trains for
the next day begins, an animated scene
may be witnessed.
The trails left by light-hearted chill
eren sporting in the first snow of winter
would seem scarcely more confused than
do those lines Of intersecting steel rails,
which from the yiaduct stretch out for
two miles and more to the westward.
Here, at seven o'clock, the hour when
the night gangs of switchmen go on duty,
and the heavy work begins. half score
and more of huge engines may be seen,
while at the roun l-house nearly as many
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entire code Of signals which reduces ac-
cidents to n minimum.
Unfortunately there is no universal
system of lights and signals, though with
but few exceptions the various roads of
the country use the code adopted by the
convention of freight managers held in
the city of Philadelphia few years ago.
Before that time each road had its own
code, which added to the switchman's
care and danger, since a crew from one
yard must often invade others. and must
thoroughly understand the different sys-
TENS and the points at which they change.
The Philadelphia code has bettered
things and largely reduced the list of ac-
cidents, but matters in that direction can
be still further improved, and no doubt
this will be brought about Mt no very far
distant time. 1t surely will be if the men
who do the actual work in the yards ever
come 10 decide the matter. AS it is. the
switchmsn is not completely educated in
the knowledge of his craft until he knows
the meaning of every signal light in each
and every one of the numerous Chicago
yards. One light only has universal
meaning Rod is everywhere the signal
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Benevolen,

home we learn Of various social occasions
which display the ladies in toilets just be-
iwixt the lightness of summer and the
heaviness OF winter. Leaf parties are cur
rent new indulgence, and IL looks as though
autumn leaves were TO figure conspicuously
in the ensuing winter amateur decorations
OF various sorts. To be specific. an excel
lent toilet worn on n recent sunny yet not
very warm day had a dress made OF striped
cheviot. The front OF the waist was COM
posed OF a full surah vest. The felt hat had
velvet bow and velvet flower. There
was a summary aspect to the costume and
yet the materials were quite suitable to
chilly weather.
The employment OF velvet. not only in
ribbons but also in the composition OF flow
ers. Is a happy stroke in millinery. There
is nothing softer or more becoming 10 the
face than this material. AS the ribbon vel
vets this season are being made with differ
emit colored backs, great deal OF variety
is impaired 10 costumes and millinery
trimmed with t some of the velvet
and felt bonnets made 10 match the color
OF costumes have strings OF contrasting
shade. black having red or green, while
brown has light blue or old pink.
Tho toilet pictured in No. is not recon-
mended. just as il is. to la les Of moderate
means. 1t is transient affair. and could
not properly be worn longer than this sin
Gle month; but its outlines are those which
will considerably prevail later. and the
reader is. therefore, advised to study its
pOlulS WIN d Wow W ldNhoi
than servils reproduction. There is some
thing 10 be said. however. in defense OF
womens most lavish outlay for dress. 1t
was belle with practically limitless flnan-
cial resources who said TO the writer:
NO longer can foolish men send shafts OF
puny satire at us women on account OF our
supposed extravaganza. No woman from
the days Of Eve to those of Langtry could
ever have pleaded guilty OF such utterly
silly and profltless squandering as that OF
which RAMON pVnlOifn1
Jubilee Plunger.' stands self accused.
Even the most ardent votary Of Worth
would be puzzled TO throw away a mil
lion and a quarter in two years, and |
am quite certain that II any woman did
spend such sum she would take care to
get something more for IL than the dull and
dreary round OF vacuous pleasures which
seems 10 have made up life for the
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moro are making ready to do their share

moro are making ready 10 do their share
in the labors of the night.
The scene from the Siaduct is Mt once
imposing and fascinating. The evening
express-trains are arriving amid the
bright cleaning of head Ii ghts and the
scintillating columns of sparks flying
upward from many smoke-stacks. Loco
motives puff and snort, whistles blow,
bells ring, trains change places, lights
are displayed which in number and bril-
liancy seem to rival the hues of the rain
bow. and all blend and change with a
rapidity suggestive of kaleidoscope
rather than an actual scene.
To descend from the underground of
observation on the yiaduct and attempt to
traverse, unattended, tho net work of
steel rolls with switches come citing them
in every direction, would appear like
counting death, aud would seem to war
rant the arrest of the foolhardy indi-
vidual for a would-be suicide. Accom-
panied by guide, however, who thorough
ly knows the ground, the journey may be
made with tolerable safety, and such a
tour will we'll repay the investment of
toll and labor.
The army swore terribly in Flanders, :"
says Uncle Toby in the novel; and in
this regard, as well as in facing death at