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Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07

Ought they not to- keep them
selves pure and in no wise bc M
accessory to the most gigantic 81
evils? Give your vote for no man
known to be friend of the liquor
traffic: neither speak in its favor
or you may he made to feel like u
good Bro. Minister of Queen
County, who had made speech
against National Prohibition and
stepping down aitcrward into the
congregation was met by half
drunken man who tapped him on
the shoulder and said: "That i.
my doctrine exactly" That
brother was stumpcd to think that
the very men he was instrumental
in saving were agreeing with him
on the supposed faIlacy of Prohi-
bition. The brother is to dav Il
sound National lrohibitionist. so
Brethren let u not Law the hand of
sanction on the liquor traffic,
neither use rash Judgment but let
our voting be such as bccometh
Christians,against, not for the coun-
tenancing of AN evil and then we
may expect God to approve of it.
Otherwise lie will not, as he cam
not look upon sin with the least
degree of allowance.
Rev. NJ. +. BOYLE.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07
Old Presby terlrnislh Coming
Around All Right.
Rock DALE, KY, Feb. 2, 81.

Rock DALE, KY, Feb. 2, 81.
Pardon my knocking once more
for admission to your esteemed
paper, but have been reading
some of late and thinking too. |
was reading an article in the West
ern Recorder on Qualifications
For the Ministry. by w. w.
Gardner, D. d., which by the way
is most excellent article, and
ought to be read by every minister
of the Gospel. When l came
across the following languages;
"Lay hands suddenly on no man,
neither be partaker OF other mems
sins 4 Tim. 5:22). That is if
we hastily induct unsuitable men
into the ministry. we thereby be-
come partakers of all the evil that
may result to the cause Of Christ
and the souls of men, and this APP
plies alike to churches and Presby-
teries.
Now do not intend by any
means to try and twist this to mean
anything but what the good
Brother has made it mean or that
it was intended to have reference
to any thing outside ofthe question
spoken of above.
But permit me to draw from it
another idea. That is, does not
the placing of ones vote in the bal
lot box for person known to be
directly or indirectly connected
with the liquor traffic make said
one partaker OF the evil following
the Equalization OF said traffic? Is
it not SO tar as the vote goes
countenancing it? Ought not
churches and Presbyteries as citi-
zens watch over themselves at all
times that they make not them
selves partakers Of all the evil fol-
lowing the licensing of the liquor
traffic?
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07
Hon. Eugene Underwood the
lsrObab CanGl idate Of the
Prohibition Party for
Governor.

l The recent Conference of the
Prohibition party, at Louisville
contained the finest Representative,
men from all parts of the State.
1t was decided to have q State
Convention about the first of May
to make nominations for Cover.
nor and Lieutenant Governor.
For the latter place | heard nc
name suggested, nor was there
any official suggestion for Cover
nor, but an official expression
seemed to point to Hon. Eugene
Underwood, of Bowling Green, as
the man.
| Mr.. Underwood's father was Il
Judge of the Kentucky Court Of
Appeals, and the brother of the
possible nominee was once Lieu
tenant Governor of this State
1t is claimed by many of those
who known all three that Eugene
Underwood is the flower of the
flock.
He is an intensely enthusiastic
party Prohibitionist, and has IA re-
cord that is invulnerable.
lie is worth sevcnty-hve thou
sand dollars, and is willing to use
his meney in all proper demands Of
a campaign that would consist
with the principles Of the Prohi-
bition party.
He is seventy years old, but his
moderate and philisophic life, has
preserved his great physical and
intellectual vigor.
On the Woman Suffrage ques.
ton he is all right in his private
preferences, but thinks it is policy
not to emphasize that feature.
do not object to his position
on that subject. We who are pro
nounced Woman Sutfragists have
given a decided color to our views
on that subject, but claim we do
not make it any test of party
fealty, and | hope that our earnest
support of Mr.. Underwood in the
event Of his nomination, will show
the sincerity of our claims.
| believe that any dispassionate
judgment will rank him higher
than any other nomination that
the other parties have made for
Governor.
| believe the women of the
Equal Rights Association, should,
under the circumstances, use their
influence for Mr.. Underwood,
should he be the the nominee, and
| believe they will do it.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07

would like to suggest that there
are two other newspapers aud an
other man that are responsible
for this matter before my time
comes.
j am the only man in the whole
lot who has eyer publicly an
nounced that lie was neither u
quarreling nor u fighting man,
and if anybody wants to do either
of these, it seems to me that it
would be in order to dispose OF
the other three first.
Go for me without mercy if you
want to, but let me have j"s,jcc,
and toat fair.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07

While the whole of Paris, and
the half of Lexington, and a big
slice of Harrodsburg are going
for me without gloves about that
Sweeney "bad break a gentle
man from Augusta, KY, who |
think is a minister writes me
February End, how he is working
for the Blade and winds up, 81
think tine Blade is calculated to
make Prohibition votes where
the Voice would not be read.
Ever yours for the fight to the
bitter end, III. b. AsBuRY."
And then a gentleman whose
religion l do not know, came in
and talked about the Sweeney
piece, and Dragged on Bro. Mat
thews and Bro. Felix for preach
ing Prohibition sermons and gave
me SO just to help the Blade.
Then there comes the letter
from Mrs. Clark which I publish,
and then here's a letter from a
lady in South Elkhorn that gives
me tatfy until | blush to read it,
but she's for Prohibition until
the last gun fires, and a whole lot
of other things from other people;
but my burned little old paper is
not big enough to hold them, and
the world is losing one Of the
most delightful rackets you ever
did go fishing.
If somebody will just furnish
me the money to print every
thing that everybody writes me
from all over this State, with the
women that are backing me l
can make it so hot that Sala-
mander couldn't live in this
town unless he voted for Prohi-
bition.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07

barrow. It was regular join
i. Sullivan knock out.
Gano makes six counts and the
Sun undertakes to answer them
and concludes by saying, "With
these two exceptions we do not
see that the purport of our article
is materially impaired by Gen.
Gano's letter.
In plain English that's what /
mean by somewhat damaged
but still in the ring
The facts are all against you,
my blooming Aurora, and you
ought to have given It up like a
little man and tackled some easier
job. That's the way / do.
The contest was between Gen.
Gano and Hansl, and the General
closes his argument by saying,
"The election is over aud Mr..
Hansl is out of the bank and
harmony prevails. S,11O votes
were cast against Mr.. Hansl and
only 376 cast for him. Out of
100000 of the stock held here in
Dallas, only $4,000 voted for
Hansl and that in the hands of
two parties"
That do settle it; and there's no
possible show for the Sun man
except to prove that Gen. Gano's
statement is not true.
Give it up for a bad job, Broth
err.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07
---e - -
business Notice.

] have bought out all interests
in the Farmers Friend Wire and
Picket Fence and desire to close
the business of the old firm by
the first of March, at which time
the books must be closed up.
From that time / will run a
strictly cash business.
ID. III. BEATTY.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07
Great Gathering Of Young Men.

The Tenth Annual Convention
of the Young Mems Christian
Association, will be held in Lex
ington - and %. This will
without question be the largest,
by far, OF such gatherings ever
held in the State, and its intlu-
ence upon the future work for
young men will be great. The
attendance last year at Paris was
$50, and We expect it will reach
twice that number this year. The
coming Convention is looked for
ward to with great interest by
Christian young men and Chris
tiau business men of the State.
Already those who are interested
in the work of reaching young
men are considering the question
of attending.
The following persons of pro-
minence will be present to assist
in the exercises: Rt. Rev. Il. U.
Dudley, D. d., Bishop of Ken
lucky, g. j. Hicks, Secretary In
ternational Committee; Mr.. II. +.
Williams, Editor "Young Mems
Era," Chicago; Mr.. l. E. Brown,
State Secretary, Illinois; MIR. IL.
o. Williams, State Secretary,
Virginia, and Mr.. l.. l.. Doggett,
Secretary State Committee, Ohio.
With these gentlemen on the
ground, the success of the Con-
vention as far as the presentation
of the best methods of work and
the latest plans Of operation are
concerned, is assured.
All the Associations will be
represented. Christian young
men and pastors in towns where
there are no associations are
cordially invited. There will be
reduced railroad rates and the
Association will entertain all
delegations. Persons thinking of
attending the Convention should
write to Henry A. Rosevear,
State Secretary, Y. M. G. A.
Louisville, for programmes and
full information.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07

cents. The book will not only
flatten out the wrinkles of the
human understanding, but will
set people to Matching ont u few
thoughts on their own account.
1t is a book badly needed by all
the parsons and clergy generally.
1t is of the subject religio-for-
tissimo-scientiiico, as it were.
Il is less harmless than Rich
mond burglar. - Nicholasville
Democrat.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07

put two organizers in the field for the
present. Prof. A. L. Voters, of Client,
is engaged for six months at 500 per
month. he to pay his own expenses.
And Jas. T. Barbee, oi Glasgow, il en-.
gagged Tor sixty days nj SO per month
and expenses,
They will enter the field about the
10Th of this month The Committee also
decided 10 call the State Nominating
Convention for Nav II.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07
The Farmers Alliance Busted
Agin.

The Farmers Alliance is ripped
up the back again. Brother Err.
win did it with his little Ratchet
Bully for Irwin.
They fell out over the tobacco
barn that some of them built
down about Louisville, and they
laid the party wide open like q
watermelon.
Erwin was the editor of the
State Union, the party organ of
this State.
They bounced him and he ran
off and carried the paper with
him, and now the journalistic
representation of the party in
this State has simmered down to
a corner in the Farmers Home
Journal, in Louisville, about as
big as the niger column in John
Bells paper.
The Home Journal used to be
run here. The editors name and
the name of Cassidy's paper are
the only two things in journalism
that ! can't recollect.
The journal is one of these
papers that tell about eggs with
two yellows in them, and three
legged chickens, and when to
SOW wheat and corn and punkins,
and how to find water with a
peach tree switch, and whether
rcd cobs or white ones are the
best to smoke meat.
Ever since that Nebraska" bust
ness it does me good to see the
Farmers Alliance fellows come to
grief.
They went in with the Prohi-
bitionists aud elected KEN and
llelvorson, both Prohibitionists,
to Congress, and then they were
so full of themselves that they
shook the Prolibs. Then they
busted at Ocala, and now they
have busted in Kentucky; both
in less than three months since
they came out as world heaters.
They quarrelled about the most
effective way to get more tobacco
into the world, while the balance
Of Christianzed civilization is
trying to get the nasty, dirty,
sinking stuff out of the world.
Coming up from Louisville on
The Louisville Southern the other
day they were smoking in all the
ears but the ladies' car.
| sat in the ladies' car, and q
lirty fellow game in with a whis-
Ky bottle sticking out of his
pocket and cigar in his mouth.
| got the conductor to put him
)ut. A tobacco drummer sat
behind me and four men talked
,obacco near ne. and dirty
,iped dog in human shape
'hawed long green tobacco and
nut the floor around him in such
shape that | had to go out and
'ide on the platform.
This is the kind of cattle the
Farmers Alliance is
breeding.
II instead Of encouraging that
,ind of IA savage there had been
ONE kind of law that could
ave chucked him OFT the bridge
t Tyrone so as to let him go
own the 256 feet where 10 Rus
ell jumped oft, it would be good
or the country.
1t cured me Of travelling over
he Louisville Southern.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07
How Ii Struck Hmrr0Glsburg.

HARRoDsBURG, KY, Jan. 81, 81.
Dear Bro:-The Blade of to-
day has raised Ballyhoo, and
walked snakes here.
Ii you have any spare copies
and will send here for distribution
Monday, they will be productive
of much good think.
Your Bro,
w. w. GODDARD.
Spare copies run 0ut.-ED.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07

MIR. CHARLES g. MOORE CORRECTs
HIS STATEMENT CONCERNING
/ THE GREEN.LONG MATTER.
Editor Of the Transcript.
DEAR SIR:-Please allow me to
correct through your columns, a
mistake | made in lass Saturday.
issue of my paper regarding the
Green and Long matter.
The account that l got was
from the Middlesborough Demo-
crat, which had been taken from
the Lexington Leader. l take
the Leader in the list of my ex-
changes, but had never seen the
article as originally published in
the Leader, and never saw or
heard of the Leaders subsequent
explanation of its mistake; nor
did | know from any source that
there was any doubt about the
statement that saw in print,
until after it appeared in my pa
per. | regret to be the occasio n
of pain to anybody, even under
circumstances where it is evide mt
that l have been thus most natu-
rally mistaken. and I write this
correction, which will also appear
in my paper, in short time after
having heard for the first time
that the account that | saw was
inaccurate.
The editor of the Leader has
also kindly promised to publish
it.
Almost daily horrible things
are occurring as the result of the
liquor traffic in our State. They
are dreadful things to publish,
and | think there is no justitica.
ton in publishing them, except
the purpose to arouse all proper
thinking people against the enor-
nifty.
1t seems to me that abstract
reasoning and gIittering general
tiles are having no effect upon
our people, and that am justified
in showing the horror of the in
dividual Instances that occur in
our country.
| feel that the responsibility of
the legalized liquor crime lies
upon the highest class of society,
and in many instances upon the
most popular preachers, and such
is the testimony Of Prohibition
workers everywhere.
AS Il political body we have
reasoned with ministers and ap-
pealed to their religion to intlu-
ence them. Our appeals are often
received with great Indifference,
and in some instances with bitter
opposition.
So that when a case of this
kind occurs | confess All inclina-
ton to show to the people that
the things against which we are
them are of actual oc-
currence in real life more dread
tul than we would paint them in
theory.
| suppose there are instances
in which my zeal gets the better
Of my judgment, and thi, may be
a case OF that kind; but no man
has ever yet aroused his fellow
men to oppose so stupendous an
error AS the liquor traffic and in
huence IN this State by moderate
means or conservative utterances.
Though the remedy may have
seemed severe, there was no feel
ing of personal unkiudness in
my heart, and my purpose was
the ultimate good of my country.
| am, sir, respectfully,
CHARLES &. MOORE,
LEXINGTON, KY, Feb. ,, 1891.
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Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07
Death Of kalikau.s.

think the announcement is {
little tardy for news, you may
regard it as history. | am not {
kicker on u small matter of thai
kind.
You remember when Sharkey
Witbers brought him here from
the Sandwich Islands to look al
our Bluegrass horses, that we
called him Calico tor short.
He was the cleverest King
ever run with. lie was a niger
but he wasn't so stuck up over il
us the Lexington niggers are.
believe he has gone to heaven
that is the kitchen part Of it, so
to speak.
The reason he didn't put on
airs was because he wasn't IL
thoroughbred African niger.
ran across "a genuine old
country King once who lived
where "Atrica's sunny fountain
rolls down the golden sand,' and
| tell you that fellow could raise
that sand too. Talk about proud;
you oughter seen that darkcy.
He and Napoleon III. were
getting their hash at the Tuil-
leries, and that niger wouldn't
any more speak to "a white man
that didn't take off his hat to him
than anything.
Old Pole was pretty stiff then
himself for it was before he
found out that he was not long
enough to knock the persimmon
at Sedan; but that darkey got
away with him on style.
l don't recollect exactly where
he came from, but think maybe
it was up about Kartoum some
where, where Gordon got
knocked out.
But he had too much style for
me and | didn't like him as
well as | did poor old Calico
If Napoleon was not dead |
would write to him and get him
to send me that African Kings
address, if he isn't dead too, and |
would send him the Blade.
Congo is solid for Prohibition,
and against Harrison, and the
Blade might make ii nucleus for
the party up the Nile.
| never could get along very
well with royalty, but the Duke
of Sutherland and | were old
chums-well, that is, not exactly
the Duke himself, but his head
steward. 1t was about the same,
or better, for the Duke was not
at home. and the steward was a
jolly fellow, and was just dead
gone on me, and we had IL whole
palace to ourselves with three
thousand acres in the yard, and
deer and lakes and boats and
fruits and flowers, and books and
paintings, and statuary, until
you couldn't rest.
l wasn't much struck on the
Prince of Wales. The first time
| ever met him, as an American
citizen | looked down on him.
He was in a $50 opera box,
and l was in so cent one, seven
stories above him on the opposite
side.
1t was at Convent Garden, and
pretty little Adalina Patti was on
the stage just a going tin TIA
liam of course. But she could
not get there like our poor dead
Emma Abbott used to do--and is
doing now, if that is true about
angels singing.
IT Wales had known then that
his sister was going to marry my
cousin, TIE Marquis of Lorne, |
reckon he might have looked up
at me, and ! would have shown
my proud American hauteur by
shooting peanut ut him.
But neither of us knew any
thing about what was coming,
and his habits at that time were
rather too loose for my Prohi-
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07

We have read with pleasure and
profit 1.-The Rational Niew," by
q. Q. Moore, Lexington. The
book sold for $3.50. The author
has reduced the price for the
bound volumes to half-price, Is
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07
Lexington COumcilmsen Imdict.
cd for Selling Whisky On
sunday.

oStu bbto"NNN ny VIC Iu~
court for selling liquor on Sunday
Danahy was fined 1875, and Multi
gan was fined SO in two cases an,
50 for violating the cigarette law
| These two men are among tn
most prominent politicians in tn
State.
| An ex-saloon keeper in thi
town who has reformed and nov
takes the Blade, and is now en-
gagged in laudable business, tolc
me a few days since that he tool
a Cincinnati man into Lexington
saloon here few Sundays ago, JUS
to show him the sights. He sale
some of the prominent citizens o.
the city were drinking whisky ant
playing cards up stairs and down
The Cincinnati fellow said it beat
his town.
| am not a Sunday law man.
am opposed to it in the Prohibi.
ton platform.
| want every saloon keeper in
town to violate it; its mixing up
religion and politics and you know
I can't stand that.
l will send my paper free to all
saloon keepers in the city who will
promise to keep open on Sunday
as long as l send it.
| will give each one of them a
chrome for each man that they will
report killed in his saloon; and in
fights where death does not ensue
| will pay by the pint for all in
stances of saloon bloodshed on
Sunday.
If Councilman Muligan will
bring in his account for that fellow
that got his brains knocked out
with an AK handle down at his sa
loon, 1 will audit it, and place il to
his running credit. Gases of
knocking in the head' and "tar
and feathers" as Councilman Dam
ahy threatened me, will not count.
There must be blood.
There is lot of burned old
hypocritical Presbyterians around
this town who don't have any re-
ligion but to keep Sunday, and
they are backing these saloon men.
They don't Care what
these saloon fellows do, so they
don't do it on Sunday; and I've got
more respect for the saloon fellows
than / have for those Presbyterians.
The saloon fellows don't make
any pretensions to being Christians
and the others do; and as between
the Pharisee and the Publican who
went up to the temple to pray, l
am for the Publican-not Republi-
can, mind y9Y-by a large major
ity.
Go it, my jolly old gin-slingers.
Pm on your side, and would rather
take my chances with you than
with the others.
You can just bet that l know
the Bible and III give it to you
straight. 1t says "The Publicans
and harlots will enter the Kingdom
Of Heaven" before these sanctimo-
NOUS whisky voting Presbyterians
that do business up and down Main
and Short streets and Cheapside
and Jordons Row and Silk Stock
ing Row.
All of us sinners-men that run
race horses and faro banks and
abuse preachers in A4ne wspapers,
stand better shoWl6r our white
ally when old Brother Peter gets
Town his books than any of these
fellows do; and that poor woman
hat wrote me that letter from Me-
yowan street thanking me for my
work against whisky that she said
nad put her in a hell on earth
stands n better chance than one of,
Your diamond dedizzened, silk
'uStling, seal skinned darlings, that
goes into one Of these daisy church.
IS and kneels upon one of Charlie
Brewers "Antique Prayer Rugs
Mary Magdalene was u Mcgowan ,,
street woman, and she got there all
he same.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07
Self Explanatory.

The subjoined communication
appeared in the Transcript of last
Tuesday morning, Feb. 3.
The headlines are by the editor
of the Transcript.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-07

A SQUARE RETRACTION.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-02-26
woman's Medical College.

The fine new building of the Woman's
Medical College of the New York 1nfirm
ary, in East Fifteenth street, was opened
last Saturday. 1t is an important adj
vance in the facilities for the medical
education of women. The cost of the
new building, which is very complete
and well-equipped structure, was about
$4,000 To the necessary fund required
Miss Mary E. Garrett contributed $1,000
Other donators were: Mrs. j. j. Astor.
81, 900; Mrs. w. W. Aston, $1,000; Mrs.
G. E. Butler, 81 900; the Misses Cooper,
S., 900 Mrs. w E. Dodge, $1,000; H. g.
de Forest, $4,000, IA Friend" $4,000;
a friend by Mrs. haydock, $4,000; Miss
Melissa Gardiner $1,000, Miss Hitch>
cock, $4,000; d. IL P. jacob, S1,100
D. Willis James, coo; Mr.. and Mrs. j.
S. Kennedy, 3,0oo; Miss r. L. Kennedy,
$4,000; Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lewis, $1,000
Mrs. P. R. Pyne, 1850: Mrs. R. L. Stuart
$4,000: Miss Phoebe Anna Thorne. So,
600: Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Tiffany, $4,000
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius Tuckerman, $1,000
The sum of $4,000 is needed to pay of
the present indebtedness, and $1o,oM
with which to provide space and furnisi
TWENTY-FIVE more beds for the infirmary
OF this latter sum $4,000 has already
been subscribed.