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Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06

/ feel thoroughly ashamed of
myself for what / said in the
Blade about that.
Bro. Gould said his former note
"Please send the balance of the
subscription to me, and 1 thought
he meant the balance OF the
money that he had paid for Miner,
whereas he only meant to say that
/ must send him Gould the pa
per for the balance of the unex
pired time that was due Miner,
and / made a donkey of myself.
and sent back the money and then
complained of how hard Bro
Gould was on me.
1 ought to have known that
there was any man in the world
as mean as that, outside of Stan
ford, Ky. If l had just held on to
that money like any other news
paper man would have done, /
would have been all right, and
would have had my money, and
would not have exposed myself
either.
This thing of being honest will
give any man that tries it a lot
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
That Preachers Fund.

The following from Bro. Jerre
Russell of Hardyville, KY, is
worth the reading, and his exam
pie merits followers.
81 have never read any paper
that has so awakened me in regard
to my Christian duty toward the
shams and evils of the day as
The Blade.
There is something about
Moore's fearless way of saying
things that stimulates a man who
wants to attack Satan in high
places.
The preachers need some Of
Moore's grit to bring them out
like Bro. McGarvey in his Lex
ington address. That address
will do more good than all the
literary learning sermons preached
in Lexington the last year x x x.
Let the Blade 60 to the preach
ers. IF their consciences: are so
soft as to be bruised by any of
Moore's old chestnuts, let them
go; we can:do better without them
than with them.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
The Change in India.

Thirty years ago it required great
deal of moral courage in India for any
one to be total abstainer. At that time
comparatively few missionaries had
adopted this rule, and when gentle
man was asked to drink glass of wine
at dinner table it some times required
no little moral courage for him to de-
cline. But few hosts could understand his
scruples, and sometimes whole party
would feel affronted IL he did not con-
form to the common custom. All this
has since been changed; an abstainer's
principles are well understood, and he
is now seldom pressed to touch wine
glass Even the queen has caused 1.
to be known that the practice of total
abstinence is no longer to be consid-
cred at her table breach of the best
stiquette known in the empire. With
the pathway of duty thus made plain
and easy, there ought to be no longer
hesitation on the part of anyone In
walking in it-Union Signal
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
A Lady Wants to Know what /
Think About the Bible,
Christ and Miracles.
AT HOME, Jan 25, '92.

AT HOME, Jan 70, '92.
Elder Charles C. Moore,
Will you please state in your
next issue, your views on the
Bible, Christ, miracles, and what
constitutes Christian. There is
much 1 would like to ask you, but
having only a limited education
can not express myself clearly.
I sometimes see the Blade, and
have an intense admiration for
both editor and paper. In some
of your isms 1 agree. And will
you please tell me with your vast
intellect and profound knowledge,
why you are not the one preacher
of the "Reform" or "Campbel-
lite" church. / am under the
impression youihave said some
thing that possibly deserved ex-
communication. 1 don't know
how 1 got the idea, but it's there.
Please answer my inquiries,
and very much oblige one Of yonr
most devoted admirers, in the
fearless manner of conducting
your paper.
Respectfully
EMMA w.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
PROHIBITION NOTES

THE preacher that supports q license
party perpetrates farce when ho
fights the saloon.-Nashville Issue
If you license rum drinking to make
men sober, why not license thieving to
make them honest, and prostitution to
make them virtuouA-Senator Frye.
The Pennsylvania supreme court de-
cides that rum-sellers are liable for
damages in case of injuries resulting
from the sale of liquor to intoxicated
persons
EXPERIENCE has taught that the clos
ing of the saloons on Sunday has good
results in Denver.-Denver Republican.
Why not try it on Monday. then?-N.
Y. Voice.
THE Wine and Spirit Gazette says
that saloon-keepers in Pittsburgh, who
used to make 81, 500 to %. 900 a year,
now clear ten times as much under
high license.
THE prohibition club of Canton, O.,
recently organized with nine mem bers,
now numbers sixty-seven. and has just
dedicated a prohibition hall in the Y.
M. c. A. building.
TRUMBULL county. O., prohibition
lists have reorganized with o. c. Phelps
as chairman and L. d. Oviatt, secre-
tary. The county will be thoroughly
organized upon the White Rose league
plan
THE total prohibition vote of Nebras-
ka this year was 1922, more than double
the vote last year, and forming the
largest per cent of the total vote ever
polled in the state.-The New England
Home.
''TAKE prohibition out of politicsI''
shrek the politicians take your
hell-dives out of politics." we answer
back; take the dirty beast out of your
bosoms and the blow aimed at it won't
hurt it,
WERE the Almighty to sift all the
four million whisky party church bal
lots to discover how much religious con.
sistency they represented, He couldn't
find enough to dust the eyelids of q
church mouse.-The Issue.
PROHIBITION itself is repugnant to q
large majority in both political parties
1t has no more determined foes than
the republicans Constitutional prohi-
bition suffered a crushing defeat in
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts chiefly
through republican votes This ought
not to be overlooked~A Y. Wine and
Spirit Gazette.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06

of trouble. There never was
bigger lie in the world than that
"honesty is the best policy"
Some grand rascal started that
saying SO he could get other people
to be honest and not swindle him.
while he was swindling them.
If you want to be poor, and un-
popular, and have trouble all
your lite, you just try being honest.
But then l came out all right in
this case, for Bro. Gould sent me
back 40 cents more than / sent
him.
l believe the "Raven plan" will
work all right until you strike
Stanford, KY You can't fool
those fellows on it. You'll get
left every time.
You know there was an old
lady who was always telling her
bov to "trust in Providence"
She and the boy were going
down a steep hill in an old buggy
with a kicking horse, and the
breeching broke.
The old lady was scared nearly
to death as they went flying down
the hill, but the boy told her to
"trust in Providence"
The old lady said, "You are q
fool to be talking about trusting
in Providence when the breech-
ing's done broke"
Bro. Gould is all right; but
when it comes to trusting in Provi-
dence to get any money out oi
Stanford, "lhe breeching's done
broke" with me, and it will be 8
cold day before any other man
about that town gets my paper
without paying for it in advance
Those fellow over there never
heard about Elijah and the ravens
and when they saw me talking
about the "raven plan," they
thought l was raven distracted.
Those people at Stanford have
so much of Barnes religion and
Walton's politics that they could
not be honest if they were to try,
and they don't even try.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06

When I feel that 1 can not COM
mand words to do justice to the
occasion my habit is to keep my
mouth shut. But if 49 other men
in the State of Kentucky will do
that we, will have Prohibition
here.
These Democratic roughs and
toughs and thugs and bummers
have been running over this
country rough shod until that is
their game.
They are just as low down in
tellectually as they are morally,
and when they see their little
game has played they will knock
under just like any other bullying
cravens and towards.
/ Henry Watterson Of the Courier
Journal has a case Of continent
ACHILLES heel vulnerability. He Is
just the same breed of dogs with
the rest of them, and if the Pro-
hibitionists and moralists of this
state will furnish me the funds TO
put out a first class circulation of
the Blade, it is just as easy to pu
him in the true light before the
people of Kentucky, as being a
pal and tool of John
Atherton, as it is to show these
little Lexingtot papers to be the
tools of Hull Davidson, and Mitch
Afford and Billy May.
Give me the money to tackle
the star-eyed little tin god OF
Kentucky journalism, aud it
would put me on my mettle, and l
would feel like l had something
worthy of my steel; but to fool
with these little two-for- FIVE Lex
ington editors makes me feel like
l am shooting grape shot at snow
birds 1t makes me tired.
Put up the shekels and turn
me loose on Henry, and listen to
the racket.
If you don't like it you will
have your own treasurer, and you
can pocket your shads again.
One of the best Democratic edi-
tors in the state is ready to fur
nish me the facts about Bro.
Watterson, and 1 will show that
he is one OF the last men in the
state that ought to have Water in
his name.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
Bounce Him Bro. WinslOw, He
Going for Your Man
Keeley.

Keeley's painting process cure
for inebriates continues to exhibit
peculiarities. George Mears OF
Aurora, ILL.,, recently "cured, "
spent an afternoon lately practic-
ing with q relolyer on his wife
aud one of his neighbors, badly
ulv,y;,,ttHaing a boy and a woman.
Dn the same day DR.. E. B, Plumb,
undergoing treatment in the Kee-
ley branch in Desmoins, Ia. jumped
out of a third story window and
died in the city hospital. What
ever the secret may be, its effects
are POWERFUL The South West
Liquor Organ.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06

Put me down one dollar to the
preachers fund-wish l could say
ten dollars"
Now to get this matter in the
right shape. The Blade is a
costly paper-costs now over $50.
per week to get it out. the i'm
provements / contemplate will
increase the cost about one
third. The issue is only 1900
two dollar men, one dollar men
and dead heads.
Moore's craven plan" has got
the list in Noah's ark confusion.
The point is, the presnt list of the
Blade will not justify my furnish
ing, absolutely free, sample copies
in any quantity. l am willing
that Moore shall bear big part
of the expense. Hence without
consulting him for this part Of
my part of the business-I con-
tract.
l. To send specimens one month
(four numbers) for only five cents.
2. The names to specimens
must reach at least one thousand.
Il have over that number on my
list now.)
8. 1t will require $4,000 pei
month to specimneize 1000 persons
With the above pledge, 1 have oil
but $48.O0 for the first month.
Now wake up! if you can not
send $1,000 or 500 or $1.00 fol
this work, send me what you can
ifit is only a nickel.
Remember that five cents will
send it to one preacher one month
long enough for him to make
up his mind about taking it fol
one year.
Roll in your funds. Address
r. B. NEAL,
Centerville, Ky.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
"YOur Knock Down and Drag
out Style is Just the Thing
for the Times"
CHICAGO, Jan. 12, '92.

Mr.. c. c. Moore.
DEAR SIR-Your favor just re-
ceived, and after looking at two
or three of your editorials 1 am
compelled to heartily congratulate
you on the way you come down
On those fellows who vote for
whisky, Democracy and murder.
Best of all l have yet read and the
most enjoyable is your overhaul
ing of Thompson of the New Era.
He SO richly deserves it, and it is
done SO much to my taste that I
enjoyed a roaring laugh over it.
Your knock down and drag out
style is just the thing for the
t;mes, and the men who have
been nearly the ruin of our party
are these old granny goody-good,
keep sweet sort of innocents.
Yes I will take your paper, and
pay for it. l have so many Pro-
hibition papers that I can not read
q column a month, and they are
gratuitous-dead heads, all but
two. But you are working the
line / am working. and l like the
flavor of your work. Good speed
to your work. 1 do not like your
being a.Rationalist, but Il can fix
you on that when l get down
there, for ] imagine l will make
some speeches in Kentucky for
you before the campaign is over
Speak to Neal about it and let
me know whether / can't deliver
a few hundred bolts in your part
of Kentucky through you and
Neal.
l am yours truly
j. s. HUGHES.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06

l will trust anybody-Hot-
tentot, Zulu, CamaDche, Chinee,
Sandwich Islander-except any
man in Stanford, KY.
That town beat me out of SIS.
The first time a man gets swindled
it's the other fellows fault. AThe
next time he gets swindled by
that same man it is his own fault.
And now for fear there might
be an honest man in Stanford,
whose feelings 1 might hurt. I will
say now, once for all that no man
from,Stanford need send to me for
sample copies or anything else in
the newspaper line, unless the
money accompanies the order,
Then / will look at the money,
and, if it is not counterfeit, I will
put it in my pocket and mediate
over it before / will send him my
paper. The Blade::has the United
States for a market and l aint
afraid of any one horse town.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06

PILLAR POINT, N. Y, 1
Jan. IL, 1892.

Jan. IL, 1892.
C. c. Moore.
DEAR BRo.-Your letter of Dec.
80 received enclosing postal note
for 67 cents balance due on Geo.
Miners paper. You entirely
misunderstood me. 1 meant for
you to send me the paper, the
Blue Grass Blade, the balance of
the time for which / had paid, and
not return the money.
Am sorry to make You this
trouble.
Enclosed find 81 90 for which
send the Blade to my address for
six months.
o. H. GoULD.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06

/ believe the code of etiquette
demands that l shall assume that
you are a married lady, and gal
lantry demands that I shall pre-
sumo that your entire note is sin
cere. You will therefore, Madam,
allow me to decline the statement
that you have "only a limited edu
cation,' and to proceed on the
supposition that your tribute to
my ca acity and attainments are an
ebullition of a very generous heart,
rather than the more deliberate
convictions of your brain.
l take great pleasure in con-
sidering just such Questions as
you PROFOUND; but of course you
know that the columns of a
newspaper are too limited for more
than an outline reference.
Those questions, and other ger
main thereto, / have succinctly
elaborated-if that be not con-
tradiction in terms-in my book
the "Rational View;;' and if yon
will furnish me privately your'ad-
dress to be kept confdentially, if
you desire it, or that of some
friend to whom l may send the
book for you, without your dis
closing your identity, l shall be
happy to present to one SO kind
and so highly appreciative, a
copy of the book with my COM
pliments geographically spread
upon its fly leaf.
But for the present 1 will give
you an outline of my ideas of the
four subjects about which you
ask me.
For the sake of terseness ! shall
speak dogmatically.
The Bible is not in any sense OF
the word, an inspired book. 1t
does not claim to be inspired,
even in the most latitudinrian of all
the modern theories of inspiration
The authorship of the first five
books of the Bible, technically
know as the Pentateuch, is abso-
lutely unknown, and without any
clue. The internal evidence
shows that Moses, to whom they
are commonly imputed, could not
have written all of them since
they give an account of the death
of Moses.
The cosmogony, or "Genesis, !"
is purely mythical, with no scien.
tifc substratum, and the myths
have their counterparts among
other nations.
For the history of the Jews as
given in the Bible, there is con-
siderable foundation in fact, re-
garding even the early part of the
history; while in the latter part of
the history it becomes about as au-
thentic as other histories of those
times, none of which were with
out the most glarnig evidences of
unauthenticity.
The Jews according to their
own accounts of themselves, and
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
me noInera


The experience of the last ten years
has taught us women many lessons,
and one most easily learned has been
that there is no power on earth that the
rum seller breads but law and law en-
forced And they only dread us as we
insist upon this at the hands of our
brothers, and they are Jealous of the
influence we exert upon men. Is it
any wonder women. knowing these
things, feeling their utter helplessness
in themselves, want the ballot as the
short road to success? Moral suasion
work is God-like, but we must not stop
there. Crystalize our desire to save
men into ballots for their protection.
help to blot of our statute books the
license laws which disgrace our civili-
zation and rIt in their place wholesome
enactments which will protect the in
nocent and throw around the tempted
victim of she drink habit a wall Of de-
tense and safety. Strange that the
world can not discern why women ad.
vocate these views But they never
can! No computator ever estimated
yet the price of q boy to his mother
Indiana Phalanx
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
SEIZE THE BALLOT Ak

And Cut on the Head of the Monster and
Save the Nation and the Life and Honor
of the Church and Civilization.
Many years ago, when the writer was
q missionary to Africa, one of the mis-
sionaries heard strange noise one
night in the cook-house, and taking .
light he discovered large snake, four.
teen feet long coiled around his fat
chubby dog which was now apparent
" dead, slimed over, and ready to be
swallowed by the hideous reptile. The
missionary seized long dirk, thrust it
through his under jaw and pinned him
to the ground, and got an AZ and cut
OF his head, after which the dog re-
vived
Now, metaphorically, the cook-house
is this country in its length and
breadth. The dog is the living, throb-
bing heart of the nation. The serpent
ls the liquor power. The coil of the
serpent around the dog is the control Of
the liquor power in politics The Slim
ing process of the serpent is the decep-
ton practiced by the liquor power
through its political parties upon the
Christian voters of the country. The
passiveness of the dog under the coils
Of the serpent is the stupidity and sp-
parent moral insensibility of the great
mass of Christian voters whose parties
are now under the coils of the deadly
serpent the liquor power. The dirk in
the hands of the missionary, piercing the
Jaw of the serpent and pinning him to
the ground, is the prohibition party
slightly wounding the liquor power and
indicating what shall soon be its fate.
The ak in the hands of the missionary
that cut off the serpent's head is the
com bined vote of the American church
and others for the national suppression
of the saloons; and as the dog revived
when freed from the coils of the SER
pent so will the nation revive in purity
and prosperity, take on new life in civil
and political affairs. including the
churches the home and social life.
when freed from the deadly coils of the
liquor power which is now deceiving
and stimulating the church voters as q
body and other citizens all over with
moral and political corruption prepara-
tory to the utter destruction of soul,
body and nation
Fellow citizens, do You zee and feel
the deadly serpent of the still, the
liquor power. which is daily tightening
its Shiny coils around our national and
church life? If so. then arise at once
seize the AK the united ballot and let
us cut off the head of the serpent and
thereby save the life of the nation and
the spirituality of the church to honor
God and bless mankind-J. p. PingroaI
/ In Nashville Issue.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
You bet Your Sweet Life L Will
Take the Risk.
MILLERsBURG, Jan. 12, '92.

MILLERsBURa, Jan. IL, '92.
Mr.. c. c. Moore,
DEAR SRI have been receiv-
ing the Blade for some time, and
like it very much. 1t is always a
welcom visitor to our house.
/ take more pleasure in reading
it than any other paper.
L have been a Prohibitionist all
my life-one of the kind that vote
as they pray.
Enclosed find check for $500
to pay for what time l have been
taking the Blade, if l have been
taking it a year. If not 1 am
satisfied any way.
l have received two dollars
worth from it IF you feel like
taking any more risks on get
ting your money you can continue
to send me the Blade; if not you
will have to stop it.
With best wishes for the sue
cess of the Blade 1 remain
Respectfully Yours
j. W. PAYNE.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
.sPut me down for $4,000 Old
the 05OOO.OO Proposition

WILDWOOD, KY, JAM, 16, '92.
Bro. Moore
1 have just read the first page
of the Blade, and drop it to tell
you to put me down for $4,000
on the 100000 proposition.
Ever yours in the glorious cause.
w. w. GODDARD.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
Great 50 Gents On The Dollar Sale:
G L O T II I N G..

We are going to make someimprove
ments in our store room after Janu-
ary 1st. The contract is signed and
seaIed'--with the contrators--conse,
quently we are compelled to sell our
stock or pack it away. We prefer
selling it at sacrifice. Nothing re
served. Every suit of clothes, everv
overcoat, every pair pants.
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06

We will just split them in hall
This means so cents on the dollar
The cheapest sale of fine ready mad
clothing in Kentucky.

our business is not conducted by fakes and guessing
The that's selling watch chains street corner for 81 90
and throwing in watch show his generosity Watching
Bunco Steerer Dazzle and Green goods
promise great returns for small investments Intelligent
minds are ON to the racket and take stock
gerry lis value that they One hundred worth Of goods
Tor one hundred cents in cash what give people, But at
this sale one hundred worth at
Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-06
FOR PROHIBITION.

-
TRUTH AS POSTMASTER.
Fast flows the wine and faster,
In banquet hall tonight;
And Truth sits as toast-master,
To give the toasts Alright
"Drink to q hstless morrowt
Dyink-to will that lagsi
Drink-to remorse and sorrowf
And poverty TO ragsi
"Here's to the nerves that quiveri
Here's to the maniac's criesI
To suicides black riverl
And misery's haggard eyesi
sDrink-deeds most foul and cruell
And shame that shrinks asidei
Fine honor's tarnished jewel,
And wounds Of murder widei
"Here's that our children languishi
Here's doom to unknown hvesi
Here's to a mothers anguishi
And broken hearts of wivesi
"Drink TO the souls disaster,
And everlasting blight"
Thus Truth, the grim toast-masters
Who gives the toasts Alright
Il L c., In N. Y. Votca
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-09-24

Posters are out announcing that Hon.
a. j. Crook, Populist nominee for Gov
ernor, and Capt. James Gum, nominee
for Congress, will address the voters Of
DeLamar tonight on the political is
sues. 1t is not only the privilege, but
the duty, of every American voter to
hear and read every side of the ques-
tons before him, in order that he may
draw correct conclusions and vote intel
ligently. All should turn out. You
don't have to take the medicine if it
dom suit you, but it is not nitro glyce-
rine and there can be no harm in shak-
ing the bottle.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-09-24

T. W. Jones and force of carpenters
have gone to Bruneau TO construct the
new bridge across that river. A good
bridge is much needed at that point, as
there are often times when the stream
cannot be forded. The one built several
years ago was never used for the reason
that the approaches were never COM
peted and the bridge itself was not con-
structed substantially enough to stand
the force of that vicious stream during
high water. 1t is TO be hoped that the
present bridge may be built in such
manner that it will not be necessary 10
again rebuild.