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Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

Christian farmers are sending
there with their Bibles and hymn
books and missionaries. For
twelve hundred years the heather
of the Mohammedan world, far
outnumbering all the Christians
in the world, have looked at the
drunkenness of this land, and of
Christian Europe, and speak of us
all as "Christian dogs.
L must confess that upon this
point of voting for Democracy,
when any man of any sense can
see that at every town in the
Bluegrass region drunkards are
putting drunkards in office, until
the whole country is run by them,
that there are thousands of men
who claim to be substantial farm.
ers and representative men who,
so far from showing common
sense do not exercise common de-
cency, and think it is smart to be
led around like bulls, by the nose,
by these men who pay their little
country newspapers to boost
them.
l don't See how any man of any
high toned independence of char
actcr and any brains to do his own
thinking, can imagine that there
is any dignity in cOuntenancing a
convention like that that Editor
Bell described at Georgetown, OF
like this cut and dried thing that
three or four ward politicians per-
petrated at Lexington in the name
of the Democracy of Fayettt
County.
Our men have lost their man
hood, and if the women of thi.
country do not try to influence
their husbands and brothers anC
sons, this country will but repea
the history of nation after nation
that has struggled through adj
versity into existence; hOurisheC
for a while upon the success at
tanned by its patriots, and then
sunk to ruin when their citizens
lost all moral vigor, and suffered
themselves to be bound and en-
shaved by designing few.
There are thousands of mel
now in Kentucky who know thai
they will feel a contempt FOL
themselves when they have voteo
the Democratic ticket in thi
state next August.
They know they are going t.
do it not for any principle. bu
because that is the winning side
and they feel mean about it in an
ticipation, but they will go ahea'
and do it just the same becaus
they lack moral courage and tn
manly independence that dares t.
do right.
But my Brethren of the Prohi
bition party, let us remember tina
LeOnidas with three hundre
T Spartans made Thermopyl,
famous as long as history shall b
!; written, while the very names Q
the leaders of the hosts that Ovel
whelmed him are almost forsOtte
by us.
Once there were steel panoplie
soldiers on steel pan2plied horses
J that rode in lcgions with banner
that bore the Roman Eagles, thu
fiOated over them. They WEI
proud and imperiOus and scornfu
and they went to crush one ma
and his twelve followers. An
they thought they had done
most effectually when they kille
r the leader and scattered the littl
} group that followed him. b,
through two thousand years, mi
i. lions of people have done hi
l honor, while the names of tho.
, proud generals have died forevt
from the pages of history.
, Gentlemen of the PrOhibitiO
) party, yours. of all the polite
parties on earth, is the only on
) that has taken the teaching of TIN
5 Nazarenc as their guide, and | b
| lieve your cause will prevail.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
Likes the Blade and me More
Than he did al First.

LEE-BURG, KY, May 26, 81.
c. G. Moore: Lexington ky.
DEAR SIR:-I have been receiv-
ing your paper for several months.
Who gave you my name l do not
know. l see in it you request all
to notify you whether they will
pay for it or not. l did not COM
ply with your request for l was
prejudiced against you, at that
time, from what | had heard, and
hence would have done you an
injustice, had l passed judgment
at that time.
AS | don't want to wrong any
one, / determined to investigate
for myself, and that nvest;gation
has led me. to here inclose 50 90
to pay for the Blade one year.
You say some things about
which l don't agree with you, and
1 don't suppose it makes any diff
ference to you whether |, or any
one else, agrees with you in full
or not, as | see You are a man of
your own head, and belong to no
one, and hence l shall not offer
any suggestions. l kinder like a
man of firmness, and more es-
pecially in the Prohibition cause.
| am something on the order of
Bob Neal. "Give Charley good
backing; lay aside the bones and
help him eat all the Prohibition
fish he can CATCH.
| never knew but two men that |
thought were as consistent and true
to their convictions as l believe you
are. One of those is my kinsman,
DIR. Chinn of your city. The
other was my father.
The Doctor is 100 well known
to the readers of the Blade for any
comment from me.
OF my father l have a word to
say. During the war a squad OF
soldiers were plundering his house,
and one of them was in the act OF
pulling on his best Sunday coat,
when Father wrenched the coat
from him, landing the soldier on
the other side of the room. AT
that they all drew their bayonets
and pricked the dear old mans
flesh until the blood ran down to
his heels; at the same time de-
handing the coat.
He replied "No l will not; if
am to die this way it is right, and
if l am not to die this way you
cannot kill me-.
He had always been a believer
in this doctrine, and when put t.
the test could not be driven from
it at the point of the bayonet
And, friend Moore, l think you
are made of this kind of stuff too
f and for this l like you.
The time is coming, and now
is, when we want men of firmnes;
. to the front in Prohibition.
l have a boy, an only child, a.
, dear to me as the ruddy drop
that gather about his heart
find my hopes centering in hi
manly body, with his faithful
!, young wife by his side; and if
fall with the unfinished PrOhibi
ton work on my hands, l wan
him to take it up, and help t.
press it to victory.
If / were to vote for whisk,
and that boy should fall by it
agency, l could not, wearing tn
|. browning sorrow of his disgrace
and looking into the eyes of he
!, who gave him being, and who's
heart he had brOken-I could not
, ifI had voted for whisky fin'
: answers to my conscience, or sup
, port for my remorse.
| don't know how any othe
father feels, but that is the wa,
| feel, if God permits me to speal
r the truth.
; May it be the feeling of ever,
father.
Yours,
Ii. c. CHM.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06
Blue GRASS SEED HAND
STRIPPER.

S,ve your Kentucky Blue
Grass seed with Kings Patent
Hand Seed Strippcr.
Warranted to strip 20 Bushels
a day. Order of your dealer, or di-
rect from Il. G. King. Carlisle,
Ky. Price $3.50. If
Blue-grass blade., 1891-06-06

is now one of our arristocracy, be-
cause he dealt in pole-cat skins
and you may object to the estab-
lishment off boiler factory near
your residence because it is noisy;
but all of the authorities have de-
cided that saloons are not danger
GUS, and do not smell bad, and
are not noisy, and dog my cats if
| would not have one, if L were a
rich saloon-keeping alderman in
this city, like we have here, just
as big and fine and prominent as
Alderman Berkley's dry goods
store. and / would build it right
beside his store if | wanted to,
and show him that l had as many
rights as a soloon-keeper rs he
has as a dry goods store keeper
l have a nice little home out on
Third street right in among the
aristocracy. If 1 were a council
man in this town and l had voted
to put a saloon right by the side
of the cottage of some poor widow
woman who had no vote to de-
fend herself, and a saloon man
would want to put a saloon beside
my home, | could not oppose him.
| would not have the cheek to do
it.
The Baker Brothers on Lime
stone street are PrOhibitionists
and devoted Christian people.
They make their living max
ing carriages. They said that
ladies come to look at their car
riages and that they were afraid
to 60 about saloons. They begged
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23
July4. 1863.


During the long and terrible siege of vicfs-
burg. women, children and families remained
within the city As the bombardment grew
hotter and hotter. there was no longer safety
for them in the houses. They burrowed
caves in the hillsides, and lived there, prairie
dog fashion, to avoid the Mimic balls and
bursting shells that constantly swept the
doomed city
There were often heartrending scenes. in
spite of the precaution OF living in caves. A
lady who passed through tie siege writes;
Sitting in the cave evening, heard
the most heartrending screams and means
A mother bad taken child into a cave about
a hundred yards from US Having laid it
upon its little bed, as the poor woman be-
ieved, in safety, she took her seat near the
entrance of the cave A mortar shell came
rushing through the air entering the earth
above the sleeping child, cutting through
into the cave. OH most horrible sight to
the mother, crushing in the upper part of the
little sleeping head, and taking away the
young innocent life without word or look
Of passing love 20 be treasured in the
mothers heart
Il sat near the square in the moonlight,
silent and sorrowful, hearing the means OF
mother for her dead child, the child that
few moments since lived to caress and 70
love, speaking the tender words that endear
so much the tie of mother and child"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

The women in Russia do two-thirds of the
work in the country. There are immense
wheat, oat and hay fields everywhere, and in
August there is great activity in the country.
The large majority of persons at work are
women They wear short dresses, plain and
straight, and long piece of cloth over their
heads like the Arabs. The wheat is sown
broadcast, and if not cut by the women with
sickles is harvested with the old fashioned
scythe, which has a two pound snead and a
broad, short blade. From the snead up to
the handle there Is wooden bow something
like, in appearance, the half of heavy bar
rel hoop. This bow keeps the wheat, etc,
from falling back over the scythe handle and
scattering. have never yet seen a man who
would deign TO gather up, bind and stack the
wheat or oats when once it was felled The
women must 60 this while the men do the
s'gentlenanlyn work, although l have seen
many women cutting the grain with the
scythe. The neighhors club together in har-
vest and help one another.
A Russian harvesting rendezvous is quite
lively, and is the scene of a motley crowd.
The old men and young, boys and girls, with
their mothers, grandmothers and aged
women, assemble at daybreak. There are a
number OF horses, on which are carried
water, food and extra implements. The
horses, the boys and men ride, while the old
women walk. They always carry the scythes
forks and Takes back and forth every day
and work as long as there is daylight; anC
since it is daybreak at 5 a. HI. and not dark
till $3.50 p. m, the hours of labor are long
ones.-St. Petersburg Cor New York Mai
and Express.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

A new amusement Is suggested by a
club of young persons-sixteen in num-
Der. They are writing book-a novel.
So far the secretary is having the most
fun out of it. but great expectations
trenble way down in all the sixteen
hearts. This novel is to have sixteen
chapters, and each chapter is to be writ
ten by a different member. When fin
ished the successive chapters are handed
back TO the secretary, who, consequently,
is the only enc who knows the various
writers. They are all in fear and trem-
bling lest the love making fall to their lot
that being considered the moss difficult
part to do justice to. There will certainly
be much amusement afforded by the
undertaking. Chicago Herald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23
what Is Dirt, Any wayf

A good ash door, properly laid, viii cost
less in its fifty years of wear than the car
pets that are bought TO cover a cheaper floor.
But suspect the carpet item in this estimate
must be that OF health In our old carpets,
in spite of good housekeeping. lurk the germs
of the diseases that from time 70 time render
the house so sad and homeless
What is this dirt any wayi The queerest
stuff imaginable Should you burn it in the
passage, its candescence would show with the
spectroscope lines indicating almost all known
substances. The iron lines would indicate
the wear from the nails in your shoes. The
carbon lines would come from the coal dust,
and the yellow salt lines would only show
that chloride Of sodium is always present
everywhere. But where you have old wall
papers or old carpets, you can be sure that
some of this dust is several generations old;
and if there be not some bacteria of a bad
sort, and germs Of old fevers with all the
rest, shall be surprised Globe Democrat.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

A remarkable case of disease is at pres
ent engrossing the attention Of medical
men i'll Austria. There is lying at the
hospital of the city of Ischl patient af-
hicted with a bony excrescence protrud-
ing from between the lower cervical YER
tebrae. The excrescence has the form
of horn, is round and straight, with a
diameter of one and half inches. 1t
has grown to length of about eight
inches, and would probably have been
much longer by this time but for the fact
that the point was broken off several
times to be sent to the pathologic insti-
tute of Vienna for examination. There
is no feeling in the horn. the breaking off
of the points, which the patient did him
self, causing him no pain whatever. At
the root where the horn is attached to the
spinal column it is soft and movable, but
it rapidly grows hard and is like bone at
short distance from the root.--Foreign
Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

The petrifed remains of huge ami
NAL have been discovered near Percy.
Ia, by man named S. +. Dawson. 1t
was lying beneath the surface on the
bank of the Dies Moines river. The total
length of the body measures, without the
head. over forty feet The head was de-
tached from the body, and when dis
covered was some distance away from it.
At nine feet from the end of the tail it
measured four feet six inches in width.
In support of his theory that this is the
petrifed remains of some extinct monster,
Mr.. Dawson, in describing the find, shows
that it is entirely unlike the stone forma-
ton in the vicinity. A spar of quartzite
formation was discovered in the locality
where the blood vessels and intestinal
canal should be, and another formation
was found in other parts. The remains
We're in bed of dark blue stone sur
rounded by petrified remains of insects
and other animals. Mr.. Dawson is con-
fident that the monster belonged to the
carboniferous age.-Demorest' $ Monthly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

Mr.. George Bancroft accounted for his
own longevity the other day with three
reasons: First, that he was the middle
child in his fathers family, equally dis
tant from the youngest and the oldest;
second, that he had always gone to bed
at 10 o'clock, unless it had been impossi-
bic; and. third. that he had always spent
four hours in each day in the open air,
unless prevented by storm. He added
that his riding, of which the newspapers
had made so much, was primarily for
the purpose of beiEg out of doors, and
not of being on Observation-Disclosures
Ieslie's.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23
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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23
Growth of the Slate Business.

estate is more universally used than any
other stone said a builder recently to a re-
porter.
''What are its chief usesN'
"Flagging, roofing, flooring, floor tiles,
molding for tiles, vestibule trimmings,
slabs, wainscoting, mantels, hearthstones,
steps, risers, platforms, sills and lintels,
turned balusters, laundry and bath tubs,
sinks and wash trays, meat and water tanks,
refrigerator and cooling room shelves, els
tern Innings, brewers watts, managers, butch
ers' and curriers' tables, bar fixtures, billiard
table beds, school states and blaclboards,
counter tops, vault work, grave Innings and
covers and memorial tablets. 1t could hardly
be put to many more uses. In composition
and texture it is admirably adapted to the
reception of curved and nodded designs; it is
susceptible of high polish and possesses
great power of resistance to the principal lie
structive elements. besides having the a,ldi-
tional merit of wide range of color, embrace
ing black, dark blue, purple, purple clouded
green, gray clouded green, light green, and
clear, bright red. New York Mail and Ex-
press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

The queen, speaking of American wo-
men writers, says Mrs. Frances Hodgson
Burnett is devoted to old armor; Miss
Mary L. Booth, of Harper's Bazaar, to old
coins; Mrs, Frank Leslie, to laces; Jen-
ME June, to rare china; Anna Katharine
Green, TO illuminated books and old mis-
sails, and Mrs, Mary NIapes Dodge, to rare
prints. Exchange.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

Among the loot taken from King Thee
baw's palace in Burmah and about to be
sent to London is carved ivory chair,
which. as it took two years to make, was
not completed when the king was cap
tured. 1t was composed of twenty-five
elephant tusks and worth many thousands
of rupees. -Chcao9 EsAA
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

Probably one of the oldest meeting
houses in the world is the Bangund
church, in Norway, the age of which is
500 years. The pagoda like structure is
covered with shingles and an inch or two
of tar. Runic inscriptions, interesting to
scholars, are on the building. New York
Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

No, Patti has no babies. The family
have decided that they can't afford it.
When they realized that it would cost the
youugster 800 every time he wanted his
mother to sing him TO sleep. cash up, or
no concert. they decided that no baby
could stand it without mortgaging the
nursery and fittings. London It'd Bits.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

The French government has again taken
up the building of great armor clad ships.
Eight are now being pressed forward to
completion. Admiral Pallu de la Bar
riere has caused vessel to be built en-
cased with cocoanut fibre instead of
armor plates. 1t is said to have greater
power of resistance than steel.-Paris
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

A leaf of tobacco laid for two hours
within six feet of open kerosene will be
found to be as rank as possible with the
smell and flavor of the oil, and even
when dried and pressed into heavy hogs
heads will take the odor from other arti-
cles in the hold of q ship, even from
sugar.-New York World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23
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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-23

layers Of wadded cotton lining are laid Under
them