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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27
ACROSS THE ANDES.
Tho Trans-Andean Railway, Ten Thou
sand Feet Above the Sea.

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ss.,s , .ions .,ena, - .o.,an % NJ aer,,na,e This
'..,,, 'n,1' ha .,o no,h,nr ,ass ,hsn tha comnle-
,,an ~ ~ tho trans- -Andean railroad form
,n, s"' .nothor -, t ra,Iraad Ill line from the A.
,aS,ic S 40 tho Pacific and the first across
,ha.on-,ran,a ~ South Amer;ca II 10
u siua,nan vaars s,ncs th,s worl WAS be-
an,, and 4, "a now consdantlv exnected
go a. n,,,i ho sn,shad nv tha heg,n-
ning [ ~ ,soa Tho road n 10 RIM from
puenoa Avres 10 Valparaiso. n distance
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27
POSTAGE STAMP swlnoLE.
A Hoax which Has Made Its Dishonest
Originator Wealthy.

Originator Wealthy.
Now and then some one announces
himself as the victim OF the one million
postage-stsmp hoax. II is firmly bo-
ileved that II 1000, 200 stamps are coli
lccted and forwarded to some one, bed
will be provided for an invalid boy In
some hospital, or home for an orphan.
Christian churches havo been the spe-
cial victims and there Is hardly one IN
England, the United States, Australia,
India or In any other country, that has
not had several members begging, bor-
rowing and even stealing postage-stamps
in order 10 make up the million that
will 20 10 clothe and feed some orphan
or old person.
This swindle originated In the fertile
brain OF postage-stamp collector ut
Stettin Germany. lie desired TO get
vast collections TO sort out and sell
again, and hit upon plan TO set tho
whole civilized world TO go TO work for
him free OF charge. lie preyed on the
sympathies of people by announcing
that an orphan would be cared for in
"the Syrian Home,n for every 1000, 900
stamps sent 10 him. This worked
we'll; and the next dodge was the start
ing of mythical mission in China, the
Holy Sisters OF which agreed, for every
million stamps sent to them, to save
from the jaws of the crocodiles OF tho
Yellow river at least one Chinese baby,
and then educate and christianize it
IN, =. . 4. mana v,ora IN In qant NOT N Iaru-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27
ABOUT PORK CHOPS.
Mr.. Gladstone Quotes the Odyssey RI
gnrding Their Early Use.

Mr.. Gladstone Quotes the Odyssey Re-
snrdins Their Early Use.
Mr.. Gladstone writes thus on the sub
ject of pork chops in Nineteenth Cent
.ury: Although the question respecting
the keeping OF swine and the use OF
pork is by no means disposed of, either
by the authorities quoted In the text or
by Wilkinson, venture at this stage to
offer the following conjectures as some-
what probable in themselves and not in
consistent with the evidence as whole;
1. That in the warm climates of Egypt
and Ph@nicia the use of pork was, op
sanitary grounds, repressed by prohibi-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27
POTATOES IN GERMANY.
How the Tubers Arc "Put Up" and Dried
by Industrious Peasants.

How the Tubers Arc "Put Up ana Dttou
by Industrious Peasants.
In the city OF Offenburg stands mon
ument to Francis Drake, the English
Admiral of Elizabeth's time, who is pop
ularly supposed by Germans to have in
troduced the potato from America into
Europe. Consul Monaghan, at Man
helm, writes about the potato in Ger
many. Potatoes constitute one OF the
staple products Of every state in the
German Empire. The "apple of the
earth" as the French call it, gets the
name OF ''the bread OF the poor" in Ger
many. In many parts OF the Empire,
with milk, the potato constitutes the
chief article OF sustenance. Germans
refuse TO take the potato out
of the ground till potful
boiled shows them to be mealy;
and this they will only be when fully
ripened. Some potatoes contain more
starch than others. Hence an effort
here to plant and produce only those
kinds containing the largest amount OF
this nutritive substance. Potatoes do
not contain the largest amount os starch
Just when taken out of the earth, but
some time afterward, usually in the
month Of December. From the time OF
digging until December there is an in
crease in the amount Of starch. This
remains good during January, after
which decline in the amount sets in.
The chemist, Stockhardt, has just proved
scientifically what every one with keen
taste can prove for himself, viz: that an
increase and decline or decrease in the
amount OF starch in potatoes takes place
as above indicated.
"Here," writes the Consul from Man
helm to the State Department, potatoes
are put up and dried; sometimes they
are left longer in the earth where they
grew or In holes dug for the purpose
and covered with loose layers CT earth,
sods, or straw and manure, sometimes
they are packed in road sand wagon
dust), layer for layer OF sand and pota-
toes. This system is said to keep them
very we'll. A second method Is one
learned from our people--that of drying
them-taking care TO dry them when the
starch is strongest In them. American
dried potatoes In London at 40 marks or
$40 centner set Germans wild. They
worked night and day experiment
ing until they learned the proc
ess after which wandering teachers
went from place to place giving the poor
peasantry instructions how todoit. The
Germans express hope TO be able 10
produce and dry so many potatoes that
they will be absolutely independent Of
the outside world. l can not help ex-
pressing an opinion-an opini,a which
have often heard expressed here--that
II our American sweet potatoes could be
properly put and pushed upon the Ger
man market, all we could supply would
bo bought at profitable prices. An Of
fort should be made. have heard peo-
pie wonder hundred times whether
they Sweet potatoes--dried ones) are to
be obtained in Europe or not."--Amef-
lean Dairyman.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27

two) to the sense of demerit, because IL
should deepen and intensity the con-
sciousness Of the lavish gifts, the in
herited advantages, the high level of
opportunity from which we started, and
from which 1t might have been fairly
hoped that we should have been able tol
achieve far more than we actually have
achieved. The higher prido ought to
deepen modesty.-London Spectator.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27
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rur rInsr syNproMs OF DEATH

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II. B. GAnNEn, Druggist.
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THAT rERnlpLr couoH.

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all or any of these things are the first
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English Cough Remedy wiii cure
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27
DO NOT surrrR Any LoNorn.

Knowing that cough can be
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of consumption broken in a week,
we hereby guarantee DIR. Acker's
English Cough Remedy, and will re-
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it as per directions, and do not find
our statement correct.
II. B. GARNER, Druggist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27
DIR. AcKER's ENGLISH PILLS.

Are active, effective and pure For
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27

The Humorist (presenting slip Of
paper) Il bring you, sir, a joke from
away across the continent.
The Editor (reading) Yes, it seems
rather far fetched. Town Topics.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27

"a penny for your thoughtsF' said
the editor OF the cheap evening paper,
as he clipped the best things out OF
the humorous weeklies. Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27

Mrs. Prim Your husband is quite
literary, | am told.
Mrs. Missit- Yes, indeed. Why,
with his books and papers he litters a
room worse than any one ever saw.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27

One Success. -Tom-Gucer fellow,
hat Jimson; he has no head for bust
ness, and he doesn't seem 10 know it.
Jack That's SO. He has failed in
everything he has tried with ono ex-
ception.
Tom-What is that2
Jack--As an editor. lie is the sue
cessful editor of Tho business World.
Light.
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OUR VERY BEST PEOPLE

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Fl n. GARNER. Druggist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27
JUDGES ON STRIKE.
They Mako Demand which Causes Con.
siderable Merrlment.

siderable Merrlment.
Belgium is said TO be the paradise OF
strikers" since, during recent years,
there has been scarcely month when
tho Belgium public has not been follow
ing the details of semo extensive sus-
pension OF labor due to a demand for in
creased wages.
There have been glass-worlers'
strikes, carpenters strikes, drivers
strikes and doclsmen's strikes; and when
no other Belgian workmen arc striking,
the miners are almost sure to be. The
miners strike has been, indeed, the
cause of another very remarkable de-
mand for higher wages.
Tho magistrates OF the courts oi
Ghent, by reason of their constant labor
in jndging the cases against striking
miners, and the wear and tear Of send
ing these strikers 10 prison, lately came
TO feel the need OF relief for their over
worked courts, and of Increased COM
pensation OF their burdonsome labor.
Inasmuch as the government had not
seen fit to proceed OF its own motion to
grant the needed relief, the judges
unanimously participated in demand
for higher salaries.
This demand created great deal OF
merriment among the Belgian working
men, who declared that there was but u
single step left open to the magistrates,
and that was to hang up their judicial
| gowns and ''go into the street"
The judges, however, were happily
found too conscious OF the dignity Of
their Office to turn OUT and march
about with banners inscribed with such
notices as 1--WE demand justice for JUS
tice," or NO increase, no more SON
tences OF strikers"
Although the Judges have been en-
tirely peaccable, the miners have
caused il TO be announced that, II they
make any trouble, they, the miners,
shall insist upon passing on the judges
cases.--Youth's Companion.
- e~s--
nowoe L,l:f..,. A Mor,not, a1iior ts
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-06-27

Texas Editor-A Mormon editor is
in jail for supporting four wives.
Wife You say he was an editora
"That's the way it reads
Sand he supported four wivesF
"Just SO.
"Well, l don't believe it.'-Texas
Siftings.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-23
WASHINGTON PARAGRAPHS.
(From our correspondence

FrOm our corresponding
Jan. Goth, 1890.
Secretary Blaine has the sympathy
of every body IN the terrible hereave-
ment which has fallen upon him by
the sudden death of his brilliant
you0g son Walker Blaine. His funer.
al took place Saturday and was at
tended by nearly every public mai
in Washington and an immense
crowd Of private citizens.
Ex-senator Tom PIatt, of New
York. heard about the incipient Nor.
ton Presidential boom, and came
over here to read the riot act to the
Vice President and to inform hin
that New York would have but one
candidate to present to the Nationa
republican nominating convention
in 1892, and his name would b.
Plat. Mr.. Morton refused to SCI
things IN just that light. but befOr'
Mr.. Platt went back home the tH'
would-oe candidates patched up som
sort of truce. Mr.. Platt was heart
to say to friend, "Oh let MortoI
think he is candidate, and spen,
his money, it will put 1t in circula
, tion,"
S As every Congressman aske
s about it expresses himself in favo
, of an immediate settlement Of th
question Of location for the World
Fair, it is fair to presume that /
will be settled Iuis week, or next a
the farthest.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-23
SENATOR VANCE ON IaH
RACE QUESTION.

ut is not Question, that can
be settled by long speeches and COM
pllcatcd statutes, bat it is one that
must he left entirely te the Southern
people to work out in their own way
and in their own time. Our Repu0>
llcan friends on the other side Of the
Senate chamber must have confidence
IN Us and Re patient with those men
in the Southern States who are
honestly ana hopefully working to
bring about d better condition OF
things. Those Of US in the South
who have been brought In contact
with the negro ever e:uca we were
born are better able to work out this
problem than those gentlamen on
the other side Of the chamber, who
are actuated entirely bY political
motives and The desire for personal
notoriety. If they will let US alone
and keep their communicating agents
away from the colorei people Of the
: o til he problem vii work ltsell
out 20 the satisfaction Of all con
cerned.
cit is this constant interf renee
on the part of Northern politicians,
continued the Sen 2tOr that causes
most Of the trouble among the col
ored people Of the South. Why. at
this moment have in my desk let
ters from colored men in my State
asking me to see a certain republic
an Senator about some money claim
ed to be due for political work done
during the last campaign. 1t appears
| that these cOlored men were employ
| ed to 90 certain work for the Tepub
| lican managers in the last contest
and were promised a money consid-
Grafton for the labor performed
Times are hard and crops are rot
the best dOwa my way, so these re
publican workers who put theil
shoulders to the Harrison wheel wan
me to help them get their money.
declare, said tie 5 nator, smiling a
the idea of presenting the letters il
question to one Of the ric'.est repub'
hcsns in the Senate, 81 am almost
too tender-he hearted to 90 such an I'm
charitable piece eff business. Tu'
question in 10y mind is which vii
suffer the most? The Senator, upoI
being brought face to face with such
an pnrigLteous debt, or the poo
dagkies being kept out Of ttelr hare
earned money"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-23
HEkY EEFE NEGROES ysOVE.

The exodus which has begun 10
North Carolina does 20, follow pos
htlcal lines and the colorcd cons
gresham w5o has gone to his dis
trict to persuade bis followers to re-.
main among the pine barrens instead
of emigrating to the rich lands of
Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas
will waste his breath. The negroes
are surely net fleeing from POLITICAL
persecution when they are represent
ed by q "bright mulatto - as Mr.
Cheatham describes himself IN the
Congressional Directory. There
were enough negro votes counted in
that district to do tie work they
we're intended to dc, although Dem
ocratic officials counted them. What
is it tken that drives them to emf,
CRATE? just what has Cause1 The
abandonment Of thousands Of farm:
in New England, what has pileC
mortgages upon New York and Ohi'
farms, what is driving even the farm
ers Of Iliroi5 and Iowa to th
money-lenders? 1t is the burden Q
the tariff. 1t is the demand of th
Government that the agriculturis
shall pay tithcs TO monopolies an
trusts, to a favored few. The r.
publican tariff wrings the sweat frol
the brow Of the negro laborer Of tn
South as it does that of the whit
laborer Of The North. There is L
color line in high tariff. All
game that comes to its net.-Nutio
~ Democrat.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-23
Fsss. EE.&EsEskS0N'S
INCONSISTENCY. .

What strikes US as odd is that
President Harrison, whose heart
hlcedS-or words 10 that efTect-for
the wrongs IF the cclored map, takes
great pans never tt appoint one to
al Office.
What, ncve,? Well, hardly ever.
HE darby is FIRST class bit OF
political property and is worked for
al tt; is ~Orth st election time, but
when it cones to recognition OF
his figLts, why, the republicans are
just shade worse than 1.-The wicked
democrats. IN. \. Herald, 18Th.
Just sc. Truly the colored man
has hard lot of it politically. He
has been dured by republican
tEjckater8 so long that be now feels
like he was born to "stick TO his
party" and that thCc is no living
outside of il. He will not cast even
50 much IS a single vote with the
democratic party and so he can not
IN fNNN iaNOLS llouI ATS, anu
yet the democrats take care Of him -
especially in the South.
And now when be turns to hi:
WOES shipped republican administra
ton for crumb of encouragement
to still put his head in the halter L
DOItic | sPrFlOm---loi he 10 sen
away with nothing but the Oft re
peatsd lie Of his wrongs inflicted b.
the people &C the South. 1t a
proves that the white people Of thi
country mean to rule it. Whit
republicans have no greater banker
ing for being governed by the negr
than democrats do. They are sin
ply not hor est enough to tell tt
negro plain truth as we preach 1t.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-23
DIR. GHRsso.g ON POLITICS

Tie Statesvilie Lustlnlurd, in con-
versation with DR.. GGissom on his
return from St. Louis recently, gath
cred some of his views On the polite
al situation. OF the national admin
istration and the t~o parties in
North Carolina the Luudmurk says {:
DR.. Griss0m talked most enters
tainingIy OF political topics. His
travels qualify him to speak OF the
temper of the country concerning tue
present rational ADM nistration and
be testjfes to the universal disap>
polntmCnt. AS to State politics he
observes that there is 20 Republican
party in North C@roiina-that it has
disbanded. lie says the Republics
ans viii carry not more than ore OF
tue congressional districts Of the
| State, (the black, If that, next fall
and that the emily danger that threat
ems the Democratic party is that 81
it's falling to pieces by its own
weiCht.''
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-23
NOTICE.

In pursuance Of a fcc-ce Of The
Superior Court for Halifax county
entered in that Special Proceeding
now pending in said court. entitled
Arreu Vaughan aud Others 20 The
Court. | shall sell in the town Of
Halifax, on the tst Monday in Feb
ruary, 1890. the LAID ia the petition
described beng that tract Of la'd
near Dawsons Y Rosds, known on
the "MiI'y Vaughan tract bounded
by the lands Of 4. Gsraoaldl, }. Ii.
Fu;rell snd others aud containing
sixtv-two acres, more or less.
TERMS: one third cash--balarce
10 six months with interest flon
day OF sale for which boad OF pur-
chaser With appeared &c. urlty viii
be required. This January i. lo9J.
W. \ DUNN,
l94w. Commissioner.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-23
PRESS OPINIONS.

We know there are plenty Of men
who say if judges are not satisfied
with $4,000 year, let them resign;
there are plenty of men willing to
serve for that. Very many Of the
men who are anxious TO accept a
Judgeship at the present salary are
barely competent to fill the office Of
county Justice.-HickorY Press.
......
Frequently there is as much talent
out of office as there is in IT, and
there is no reason why the outside
talent would not be just as effective
if employed as the inside talent. AS
a general thing men who want Office
are IN favor of rotation till they get
what they want. After that they
swing around and think it best not
to rotate. The chief thing seems to
be, If they are out put item in, but
if they are IN let them stay there
Concord Times.
......
We learn that Judge Walter Clark,
Of the Supreme Coxrt Bench refuses
to ride upon free pass. He buys
his tickets like any other ordinary
citizen, There is much IN. the manly
independence of this eminent jurist
to admire, AMI We have watched his
public life with muca interest. Il he
not a good and fit man to occupy the
Gubernatorial Chair? The people are
considering this Qlestlon--Free
Lance.
A bill has been introduced in the
VIrginia Legislature to revive the
whipping post in that State. Il
ought to pass and become a law
Public whipping is just mode o
punishment which, if the zine" sys'
tenn be done away with in certsir
cases, reaches the rich as we'll as thu
poor. The humiliation Of such p1nisl
ment will keep many would-be crimi
mails from giving way to their pas
sions or ualawful deslres If thu
whipping post was in use in all th'
States, TIE lash unsparingly applied
there would be less law-breaking
less petty thievlng, less disgustin!
drunkenness, and the moral atmos
phere pervading every communit
would be better and parer. Th
whipping post may be "relic Q
barbaism," but it is the most effet
. tive way of dealing with this class {
offenders. Gold Leaf.
;, North Carolina has besides negro
@ es great many white men who ca
not read their ballots. Among thes
" llliterate white men are many GOO
r substantial citizens, aud beside
q North CaroliLa is so very conserv
70 tive that the Australian System
n not likely to become in general fav'
20 soon. There are but little lntimid
4! ton and fraud practiced at election
N in this State and the Democrat
,e party has long protracted lease
~ Dower,-SanfOrd ErOypSS.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-23
TEYHE CHANGED.

Al meeting os the Executive
Committee of the Sunday-school AS
ISOLATION of n. c. hell in Durham
May 2, 1889. it was decided to hold
State Convention in Wilmington
on Gil of April next. The time
has been changed to February %
p. Sunday school workers and
those interested in the Convention
will note the change,