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Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
The Wine Of Brenlen.

1t sounds like the most monstrouS
exaggeration to say that II wine exists
of which single glass is worth S5n,
900, yet that is the fabulous value mt
which the ancient Rudcsheimer of
Bremen is appraised Only one large
cask of this precious beverage which
dates from 1868, remains. Ii is never
sold, but OH presentation Of II Doctor
certificate the sick of Bremen are al
lowed a small quantity. Three per-
sons only have been honorcd by gifts
of tiny bottles of the rare beverage
Emperor William |, his son Frederick
and Prince Bismarck. The wine re-
sembles dark beer in color. while tine
taste is hard and the aroma peculiar.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
Short and Sweet.

l received from Mt. Sterling,
KY. an envelope containing moth
ing but the following verse in
manuscript.
can not tell whether the writ
ing is that of a man. or woman,
but it's got sap in it.
Better be mum,
And always dumb,
Than pray with some,
"Thy Kingdom Gomez
Then vote for rum.
| wish Bro. Curran of the Y.
nj. G. A. would memorize that
and add it as a kind of postscript
to his prayers every night.
EDITOR.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

A FAIR WARNING.
An English Duke Warns Against Amer

Ah Duht w AXainSt Ahok~
lean brewery Schemes.
The Duke Of Marlborough writing
to the press in regard to British ill.,
vestments in American enterprises.
strongly advises against seductive
brewery schemes.
He says - g Brewerie5 and stock
yards and elevators are very fine
things so long as you can get them
managed by local American boards
who have strong share interest in
them, but do not let us blind our
selves to the fact that you are really
only buying good will, a four walled
factory and lot OF beer barrels. The
real value of America is in real estate,
and i'm real estate / include not only
such property as MiddlesborouSh, but
also all American railways in which
you can hold an effective block OF
stock which will control the manage
ment. 1t is in the real estate "f ono
form and another that future unearned
increment Of value lies. Breweries will
vanish, but coal regions AMI rail
ways will remain. This is sim
ply common sense view of
investment generally, and it seems
strange that our English public
do not see the advantage that is To be
derived from joint enterprise with
American companies managed and
directed in New York, rather than in
schemes that are run from London
and where the water that gets into the
concern before it ever belongs to the
English public is quite co!o5s,;a
Take the capitalization of these
breweries and other schemes that
have been brought out in London. 1t
is notorious in America that the Eng
lish investor has not hal ut tine out
side seventy per cent. for the eloJ he
paid for his shares. The promoters on
both sides, the lawyers, the trust com
panies, &c., all have had their shares
Of the plumber. In New York no one
discusses financial scheme for Eng
land at a lower rate than setting aside
from thirty to thirty-live per cent. foI
expenses connect ell with the bringing
out of a company"
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
ALCOHOL AND MURDER.

TolstOi Gives the Effect Of Drink In
DeadeninS the Human Conscience.
A sober man scruples to do that
which a drunken man will execute
without hesitation. These words en-
body the essential motives that in.
duces people to have recourse to
Supplying drugs and drinks. People
employ them either for the purpose OF
sitting remorse, after having per-
formed an action disapproved by their
conscience, or else in order to induce
q state of mind in which they shall be
capable Of doing something contrary
to the dictates of their conscience, and
to which the animal nature OF man is
impelling him.
A sober man has conscientious
scruples to visit lewd women, to steal,
to commit murder. A drunken man,
on the contrary, is troubled with no
such scruples. Hence it is that il a
person wishes to do something which
his conscience forbids him to do, he
first Supplies his faculties.
recollect being struck by the state
ment made by man cook on his trial
for the murder Of an old lady-a rela-
tive of mine-in whose service he had
been living From the account he
gave of the crime and the manner in
which it was perpetrated, it appears
that when he had sent his paramount,
the maid servant, out Of the house,
and the time had come for him to do
the deed, he seized a knife and re-
paired to the bedroom where his in
tended victim was, but as he drew
near he felt that in his sober senses he
could not possibly perpetrate such a
crime. "a sober man has cOnscien-
tious scruples." He turned back,
gulped down two tumblers of brandy
that he had provided before, felt that
he was ready to do the deed and did
it.
Nine-tenths of the total number OF
crime that stain humanity are COM
mitted in the same way: First take
a drink to give you courage"
Not only do people cloud their own
faculties in order to stifie the voice Of
conscience, but, knowing what the
effect of alcohol is, whenever they
wish to make other people perform an
act that is contrary to the dictates Of
their conscience they purposely stu
pefy them in order to render them
temporarily deaf to its remonstrances.
In war soldiers are always made
drunk when they are about to be sent
into close hand-to-hand combat. Dur
ing the storming of Sebastopol all
the French soldiers were completely
intoxicated. After the storming CT a
fortress in the Cen trail Asian war, when
\ the Russian soldiers showed no iRssf
nation to pIunder and-kill the defeTi
less old men and children Of the place,
Skobeloff ordered them to be duty
piled with brandy till they were drunk.
Then they rushed out to accomplish
the CHASTITY work.-Tolstoi in the Coz
temporary Review.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
The NafLOn's Rum Holes.

Commissioner douglas, of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, has prepared a
statement Of the liquor licenses .ap-
proved during the past year, from
whichit appears that in lss9-9O there
were granted 465 wholesale liqu, Ii
censes, and 693 retail liquor lirej PES,
making a total in the national oSi fal
Of 1,l58. These 1egalized pfHrvs FOR
the sale, wholesale and retail, u JIM
toxicating liquors We're a direct re-
sponsibility Of the national govern
ment. These licenses are authorized
by congress-the congress which rep
resents the nation at large-incluaing
the prohibitory as well as the license
states, and localities in different por-
lions OF the union.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

1t seems to me that if | had had
a falling out with a government
mule, and he should come up to
me and propose to shake hands
that / would shake.
Bro. Lloyd's only objection to
me is that | don't believe every
thing in the Bible, he says. But
the way he is doing is an awful
commentary on his faith in that
passage about forgiving seventy
times seven. That's the kind of
scripture that knocks them.
It's mighty easy to believe in
the garden of Eden, and Samson
and Balaam's Jackass, aud snakes
and donkeys talking Hebrew
without having studied the gram
mar, when can't speak it as well
as | can English though | studied
Hebrew heap the harder.
It's mighty easy to believe
about Noah's three ring circus and
menagerie with the only living
giratles on the road, and Jonah's
tussle with the whale, aud
JOshua's achievements in astron-
omy; but when it comes to fOrgiv-
ing Il fellow "seventy times seven
and it iOots up 400 times, and
turning the other cheek also when
you get slapped in the face, and
selling all you have and giving
it to the poor, and taking oil your
new satin lined overcoat and CIV
ing it to the tramp that has none,
it pans out mighty poor.
Here | am a poor heathen-
once of the kind that Bro. Lloyd
says "needs the Physician
walking around with Il great big
olive branch over my shoulder,
aud wanting to he at peace with
the ~hole world, aud yet, when
Bro. Lloyd started all this racke,
his own self, right in the middle
ola Prohibition convention he
does what his Christian brother
and a Prohibition paper says "is
wrong.
Awful commentary on his faith
in the Christian religion.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

Topeka, Kan, has twelve ardent So
cialists all told, and this number is
not likely to be increased unless the
facilities for the importation Of beer
are greatly enlarged.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Tribune has stumbled upon an
important truth, namely. that the sa-
looms are hotbeds of anarchy, while
their absence conduces to thoughtful
action on social questions.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

Garvey to lock horns out in the
tabernacle at Woodland park this
Summer.
Bro. McGarvey knows more
theology than all the rest of that
debating party put together. He
is an author of some pretty solid
theological books; is Professor
of theology in Kentucky Univer-
sity and has had experience in
Palestine.
The Arena has recognized his
scholarship and he is a man that
old Col. Bob would have to rec
ognize as worthy of his steel.
IfBro. McGarvey will agree to
debate with him believe the hea-
then will get their old war horse
here.
1t would be a regular eye
opener, and we would have mil
lion of people in Lexington.
When the old Colonel would
let himself out on the subject of
women there would not be a
woman in town that would not be
dead gone on him, and they
would say he was The sweetest old
man they ever saw.
If there is anybody in the
country that can down him,
don't see why Bro. McGarvey
may not be the man, and if any.
body can do it l want it done,
and if Bro. McGarvey will agree
to tackle him l would give $500
to listen to the racket.
The people would enjoy that
and they would learn something
The intelligent people of the
country do not care to hear such
questions discussed as those
gentlemen propose.
They want to know about big
ger things in theology than that
Bro. Cave of the Christian
church has kicked clear out of the
harness. Bro. McQuary of the
Episcopal church says that Jonah
and the whale are too hard fol
him, and last week all the big
guns among the Presbyterian
were to meet at Detroit and SET
what they could do with Bro
Briggs Professor of Biblical The
ology in the Union Theological
Seminary in New York.
Lots ofpeople are beginning tc
see that bulldOzing and brOw-beat
ing are not arguments, and they
want to know the treason for tn,
faith that is in you.
The Prohibition move is only
one feature in a great revolution
that is brewing, and the indispo
: sition to sympathize with thi
spirit of reform in public morals
that is noticeable among the grea
masses of the sanctified is con
vincing thinking men that mucl
of this is sham and hypocrisy ant
men of capacity are beginning t.
. measure their fellow men by wha
! they do, and not by what the
, believe.
The people want to know if TIN
fundamental claims of theOlOg
are trae, asi orly1shallow wit
), Want tokuow- at,or1 wirat-thes
gentlemen are going to debate.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

noticed this debate sometime
ago and felt like commenting on it
some but / hated to keep stirring
up that old chestnut about my re-
ligiOn.
Ireckon my religion, considering
the amount of it that | have on
hand, has given other people more
trouble than that of any man in
the United States.
But / must endorse what the
Journal says about debates of
that kind.
Alexander Campbell and
Nathan L. Rice had a debate here
nearly fifty years ago about how
much water it took to baptize a
man.
There are little narrOw-minded,
sectarian, partizan jealousies that
exist here to this day about it.
and l do not suppose that in the
state of Kentucky there is any
responsible, intelligent and good
man, who says that he ever knew
any man or woman that was made
any purer or better by it.
Nobody seriously cares which
way you decide your questions.
even if you decide them, and the
chances are forty to one that not
a single man will change his opin;
ion, and the women will be sure
not to do it. Why don't you
tackle something bigger? lnfdels
laugh at you gentlemen for stop.
ping to fight each other while
they are solid MuldoOns.
I'll tell you what let's do, i
you want to see some fun; let,
get Col. Ingersoll and Bro. Nc
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
Alcohol Shouid BE SehctsIIiel.

Since the Investigation lately made
in regard to the use of tti.er as IL
drink by the people Of ireland. Ether
hasheen scheduled rs a POISON in Ire
land and the Committee of the British
Parliament which has been invc5tiSat-
ing, reports that "siIce this has been
done, the sale in ::rocers' shops has
practically ceased, md thai of drug
Sists is largely curtailed."
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
Protecting Industry"

The New York Press is running
a series of tariff pictures to show
how homo industries have been de-
veloped under the republican party's
protective policy. Here is one OF the
most telling, from the issue Of May 6 {:
In 1910 we imported LAS, 1862 gallons
of foreign wines, and our own product
in gallons was only ia, 74.
In 1880 We imported only 5,O6O.S
gallons Of foreign wines, whereas
our own product in gallons was over
~, 600. 900.
The liquor interests in this country
have reason to be exceedingly grate-
ful!-Voice.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
The Other Fellows are Getting
After Bro. Lloyd.

G.. c. Moore of the Blue Grass
Blade, was present, and by his
candid expressions inspired all
present with the belief that he is
candid, earnest, and is in this
movement for right and justice.
lie spoke most pleasantly to FL
der Lloyd, of Georgetown, but
Brother Lloyd is not heartily in
favor of reciprocity-that is
wrong.-SOUTMERN JOURNAL.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
Maine Gone Dry.

Liquor is shut out Of Lewiston I'M
der the new Maine prohibitory law.
The term Of the city liquor agent ex-
p:res in a few days, and n special
meeting Of the Board OF Alderman
called to elect u successor resulted In
a tie vote. The probability Is that
ttere will be no agent elected and
l--- 4i.aAa ara axnectSd this Summer
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
The Only Method.

The people are being aroused to the
enormity of the evils of the liquor
traffic, and are beginning to realize
the necessity for combined political
action rs the only method to remove
the legal sanction and support which
this traffic has received.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
A Sample Of Kentucky Demo.
cratic Leaders Opinion
Of Each Other.

The following, from the South
ern Journals account of the late
Democratic Convention at Louis
ville,is Il sample of what prominent
Democrats in this state think of
each other.
MCKENZIE TO BLACKBURN.
"Mr. Chairman and gentleman
of the conventions: | have listened
to those old dried apple resolu-
tons and fervently wished that |
was somewhere else. Everybo ly
yelled and Blackburn's face be-
came purple. The cheering con-
tinued for several minutes and
Mckenzie went on:
"There is absolutely nothing in
them. | have also listened to the
argument of the Senator who
wrote them, and there is nothing
in it except a reflection on Grover
Cleveland" Loud cheering.
Gentlemen, Grover Cleveland
has got more sense than all the
one horse politicians that were
ever placed on Resolution Com
mittees in Kentucky. Cheers.
A number of delegates insisted
that Mckenzie take the stage, but
he replied: All hell can't make
me do it.
He continued: There is evil
IDENTIFY somebody in Kentucky
with grievance against Grover"
[Deafening and long. continued
applause. Blackburn's face wore
an ominous scowl, and it was evil
dent that he was boiling with
rage.
BLACKBURN TO MCKENZIE.
The confusion became SO great
that Mckenzie had to sit down.
Blackburn rose to reply and every
ear was strained to hear him. He
protested for himself and the
Committee that an injustice had
been done covertly and by insinu-
alton. He concluded: 81 will
not reply to the ill-conceived ut
terance of the gentleman from
Christian, because | cannot find
anything in his utterances big
enough to reply to, and another
reason which | will not give here
because it is already painfully ap.
parant to this audience"
MCKENZIE TO BLACKBURN.
"Mr. Chairman you have per-
mitted personal attack to be
made on me, and | have right tc
be heard on a question of personal
privilege. No man on Gods
green earth can deliberately insult
me without an apology. l have
never in all my life entertained al
unkind feeling toward Senator
Blackburn. He is a member Of
the greatest deliberative body OF
the globe, and when he goes ou
of his way to insult me, as he ha'
done tonight, his conduct is I'M
worthy thrthigh ese-itiaq ka holds
We all stand here equals, and
demand a DELEGATE from the hum
BILE county OF Christian, to b'
treated with decency and respect
even by a United States Senator
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

Beatrice has the largest saloon H.
cense in the State Of Nebraska. At a
recent meeting of the city council the
license was increased from $500 to
81, 900 and the occupation tax reduced
from $500 to $500, making total Ii
cense Of 81, 900.
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Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
a Whole String Of Them From
The NiclOlasville Demo
cart.

When Jim McKinzie made his
pass at 10 Blackburn's string of
dried apple resolutions, he wanted
"unlimited coinage of silver ac-
cording to the Bible He said
Grover was little off on silver,
but in the political pool box he
was a favorite that "all hell could
not beat.0 Blackburn retorted
that Mckenzie had failed to take
the advice of the Blue Grass
Blade.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
Gatiing Guns.

Ballots, with Prohibition enforced,
are tho modern appliances, the riPfd
and effective GatlinS guns, which will
settle this whole question Of the liquor
traffic. Our determined and strong
convictions, once focused in our
votes-and the work is done.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

There are no flies on the devil,
and when he lobbied Deity into the
new Constitution Preamble, he
got there with both hoofs His
trail is over the rest of the seven
months monster. When the devil
wants to put up vicious job on
the people he always encourages
pious talk and opens with unctious
prayer.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

The Devil it always Moderator
at-large when, affairs of the sub
Joined nature occur, and goes to
bed on what feathers his High
Tariff industry has failed to
scorch, with Michiaevellian
twinkle in his eye.
Ed. j. s. Sweeney, pastor of
the Christian church, Paris, and
Rev. j. b. Moody, Baptist min
lister, will begin a debate at Fair
view, Fleming county Tuesday,
at l o'clock. Elder Sweeney has
chosen Ed. J. S. Kendrick, of
Winchester, as moderator, and
Rev. Mr.. Moody will be
represented by a Southern
Kentucky minister. The following
subjects will be discussed:
"kemission of Sins with like
blessings OF Salvation is Received
Before Baptism. Moody afiirms.
Baptism to Penitent believer is
For lin order toy the Pardon of
Past SINS" Sweeney affirms.
"The Scriptures teach that Man
is 80 DEPRIVED that he is Unable
Without Direct Enabling Power
the Holy Spirit to Obey the
GOSPEL of the Son of God"
Moody affirms. Two days will
be given to each of the above
subjects, and the communion
question will be discussed also,
provided the gentlemen can agree
on a statement, making an eight
days debate. Lunch will be
served from baskets brought in
from the surrounding country
.hG Aehate Vi ll take place at Mt
Pisgah Church, near FAIR view
about five miles beyond the Blue
Lick Springs.
A perplexing thing in our so
ciety is that there are people
who will sit on a hard bench and
listen to this mental delinquency
that will leave their narrow
gagued minds with all their pref
udice, hatred and bad temper mp
permost, and come away. with
their last state worse than the
first. A debate is the last resor
offailure to gain hearers. Wher
a preacher must debate, or lecture
on Ingersoll, quasi-debate wit!
Ingersoll not present, or edit
religious news paper, he gives vi
the gum stump.
The Mt. Sterling Advocate
says:
The preachers seem to be rest
ing Q little in their welfare on thu
devil and in the Interim have con
cluded to measure swords will
each other. Brethren Sweeney ant
Moody are booked for debate, 81
are Brethren Fitch and Kendrick
and now comes the news tina
Brethren J. w. McGarvey ant
Joseph Young will lock horns il
the near future. Stick to you
pulpits brethren and hunt for TIN
points upon which you agree
rather than point out how wild
are your differences.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

The farmers and the Con- Con,
were "outen" it. They were not
into it. They were extraneous.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
Anniller Showing.

The Worcester, Mass, Times pub
fishes the following striking figures
from the records Of the police depart
ment and the city relief department
for the year just ended, April 80, 1891,
under No License, as compared with
the year ended April 30, 1890, under a
81, 200 High License:
1889 90, 1S90-9l
81. 400 license.) mo licel 80 \
Relief orders drawn. .s5.57s.9t $.sOt.s
Arrests for drunkenness 2.y76 l.S90
TOTAL 8tT0SO. Ssoe0 AeeS
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

Jim Mckenzie is called "the
gentleman from Christian" but
his language was from Chicago.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

Drunken Scenes at the State
Conventional
Endorsed.

LOUISVILLE, KY. May 18th
Especial Correspondence 1.-THE
Times" evening issue of the
"Courier-Journ,l," said a week
ago. "The probabilities are that
the cold water fellows will find a
big object lesson in the dying
Democratic Convention" This
prophecy has been confirmed.
SalOonists say they never did a
better business.
Wednesday night, Hon. Jas.
A. McKinzie. Vice-Chairman
Worlds Fair Commissioners, was
too drunk, it is reported to nOmi
nate Clardy the farmers candi-
date for Governor. The Conven-
ton adopted a Free Silver plank
and endorsed Cleveland. Thurs
day McKinzie made a drunken
speech against the "dried apple
resolution" and attacked Senator
Joe Blackburn. Blackburn re-
fused to reply saying his reason
was painfully apparent to the
Convention" referring TO McKen-
zie's condition. NEW YORK
VOICE.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

This is a sample of the way the
rest of the world is viewing Ken
lucky, Isn't the Honorable
"Quinine" James a sweet scented
Geraneum to represent US at the
Worlds Fair? But there is no
doubt about him being truly Il
representative man. No man can
be regarded as a Kentucky patriot
who does not encourage Ken
tucky's great staple; and that is
whisky.
When the Kentucky Alliance
people were here in mass Con-
vention, some of them said to me
that twO-thirds of them were
PrOhibitionists.
| thought at the time that il
it was true | never saw IA lot of
men whose noses did them such
injustice.
1t seems to me that if there
was any sympathy for Prohibi-
ton in the party it was peculiarly
inapposite to select drunken
Democrat to nominate their can
didate for Governor.
It's strange kind of a party
whose candidates are nominated
by the members of another party,
even if they have sober men.
1t would look IA little singular
for Republicans to be nominating
Democrats, or Democrats to be
nominating ProhibitiOnists.
don't believe the Alliance people
know what they are trying to do
any how.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

The following, from the South
ern Journals account of the late
Democratic Convention at Louis
yille,is "a sample of what prominent
Democrats in this state think of
each other.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-04
Banished the Missionaries.

TIFLIs, Nov. s.-The procurator of
the Russian synod has arrested the
chief leaders of the Protestant move
ment. Messrs. Bagdasarianz, the
leader of the Protestant Armenians;
Kalreit, of the German Baptists;
Mayayeff. the Russian, and Lerashoff,
Methodist, were all torn from their
families and sent secretly for term
of five years to mountain district on
the Russian frontier. Hundreds of
members of these sects have also been
cruelty banished and reduced to the
condition of paupers. Their friends
are afraid to leave for fear that they
will be compelled to share the same
fate ~