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Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1892-01-09
4 ''ShOnuf" Story About q
Handsome Young Lawyer
who Married q 'sQueenly''
Young Lady.

A littl over twenty years ago, ny
wife and I--same one I've got yet
were living on North Upper street
in Lexington, near the University
building We had a right new
house, and we had nice things in
it, and nice things to eat. We
wern't all the time getting new
cooks. We got one when We
went there, and she staid there as
lon as we lived there, which was
five years. 1 was in a bank at a
salary of$1OO.OO a month, and l
was raising big quantities of fine
hemp on my farm and getting fine
prices for it. President Robert
Milligan and family were our
near neighbor and intimcnt friends.
We concluded to take young men
from the University to board with
us; and through President Milli-
gan we could get pick and choice
of the whole school.
Emil Leibling boarded with
US. He is now the greatest plan
list in Chicago, and among the
very first in America. James
Lane Allen, now among the first
of Southern writer's, vas with us,
and W. b. Smith, Ph. d. the
most learned man I ever saw.
They and my wife and my nieces
would play croquet in the summer
evenings uutil dark would stop
them, and come into the house fol
supper long after the cook had
gotten tired ringing the bell for
them.
They played croquet just like
they did everything else-with
all their might and soul and
strength-and Leibling and Smith
would quarrel like children. and
accuse the other OF cheating is if il
was a matter of as much impOr-
tance as the Prince of Wales
cheating at baccarat.
The handsomest young man il
all the party was rich and talented
and was preparing himself for the
law. A few hours before l write
this l have heard, for the frs
time in long time, how he wa
doing, though l had heard som'
years ago, that he was drinking
Soon after: he graduated h
married a very wealthy youns
lady, of whom another brigh
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1892-01-09
PARTY o. ThR PUTURR

- Rsss Lave For NJ DsaAnnss Hsss 0s
OaDDressisn sf the uGass 1so0A
Whether it shall come - dsvslsy-
meat sf the prohibition peStv, - Of he
psopls's party, OF Of Ne mugwumD
movement; whsthsg Il shall eens - .
com mbination Of some O I'll se ths sle-
ments now in revolt sgsinse old par.
tisa, a whether IL shall osms from aA
uprising Of new slsnsntA vs 10 not
know. We DO not very uusA ssss. Dut
of this We are csrtaini tAs party which
tie future Of America dsnsnds must
have for its dominant note the supprss-
don Of the liquor 6s1ao There sss
several imperative rsasons Why this
should be 90 One . tAat the drink
issue y the only enc now commanding
the sttention Of ~ people that -
quiyss . party for it, right settlement
TasiA reform, currency reform. ballot
reform. suffrage reform. ere lsgisls-
tive reforms. They call fos certain
Shaness of law, and thst - an But
IN the suppression Of the saloon.
the enactment Of The law ID only the
real beginning sf the bsttlA When
. certain change 10 made n our Anan'
sial systsm. there u - imperative ne
ssssfsy for . new sdninistration -
rsnds. the change operative Wsns,
suffrage IL secured he memsnt a
amendment 10 voted into Ne state con
stlt.tion. No party 10 necessary b.
hind such change 70 make IL effective
90 slso Of the tariff. Any change I.
a,y Of these directions might - -
cured By non-partissn sstisa and b
just - sieotual - u secured By ths
trianph Of . new party specifically Dc
vstsA 10 1t. But ths supDssssion Of the
liquor trafde 10 not secured by the mere
sasstmsnt of law. II requires for II
accomplishment the combined energies
Of the administrative powsss q stsAs>
and nations Behind this one iasnl
sloas. Of all thst sFs saamerinS for I
hsariAg. . party that b pls@esd - II
tsiunph is nsesssasH-N. Z. vs4aA
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1892-01-09
A Rare Instance Of OfJOurnalistic
C0urtesy.

The Pettis County Enterprise
(Mo.), has shown me a rare
instance of editorial kindness.
The Enterprise is q regular Dem
ocratic paper, and I have no claim
in the world on it.
l never cav the editor in my
life nor anybody that was any kin
to him, so far as I know; and yet,
purely as gratuity and as an IN
stance of kindness to the Blade,
his paper contains the following
displayed advertisement.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1892-01-09

The Nevada Prohisitisa stsss ssnls~
s,es held 1T Reno . few days aso
plsdgsd the national DsehiSitlsn com
aittss it's u,tirins se-oDsration fss the
ssnpaign of 1seA The ststs Se0mittss
planned and sonnsassA . fu1A 10 "
ussA for Immediate work In Tie stote.
Nevada will nominsAs complete state
prshibitien tickets n tAs future. and
viu work for her sAsso u NE enc nill'
IN vstsrs' agrssnsnts ~ eur DsssaAsn'
~ candidate nazA yooA
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1892-01-09

But there is much or-serious
import in what that writer says
about the encoachments of the
Catholic church upon the liberty
of our institutions. The Democ-
racy Of this city has lately added
insult to injury by putting a
Catholic upon the school board OF
the Protestant schools, when the
Catholics had already demanded
and obtained their pro rata of the
public school fund; had their own
separate schools, and refused to
let their children attend schools
with Protestants.
Nobody but a lot of towards
that were willing to truckle to
the devil to get him to vote for
Democracy would ever have sub
mitted to such an ignominy. If
nine men from the Christian
church who are Presidents and
professors of Kentucky University
were elected to the city council of
this city, at one time, the Catholics
would make Rome howl, and the
Presbyterians. Baptists, Metho
dists and Episcopalians, Jews and
infdels would join in and howl
with them, just as one dog can
start all the other dogs in town,
by barking at the moon.
But let nine Catholic Irishmen,
pretty much all saloon-keepers,
get into the city council, and not
a dog will wag his tongue any
more than those Bible dogs did
when the children of Israel made
that famous march nt about $50
miles in forty years.
Daniels lions never had any
worse case of lock jaw than this
whole town has now, when they
look at nine Catholics out of six
teen councilmen, all in row.
The Catholic Irish here, as else
where, are the most ignorant of
all the white races. The Jews of
this town, as class are the most
intelligent and best citizens in the
city. There are now nine CathO-
lies and one Jew in the council.
But if you want to see - raised
in this town, you put nine Jews
and one Catholic in that city
council.
My father was soldier fighting
the Indians and British tor the
liberties of this country, when the
daddies of all these Lexington
Irish were sucking the Pope's Toe
on the other side of the ocean, oil
helping the British and Indians
on this side. DR.. Gano of George.
town said to me yesterday, "Youl
grandfather taught me my Greek
and Latin" He also taught such
men as Madison c. johnson, th'
greatest lawyer Lexington eve
had.
But if you want to see the clerg!
of this city rear up on their hint
legs and paw the air, put me in tn
} City Council. "The Hathel
} Chinee."
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1892-01-09

observance of Sunday. In many
places they have succeeded in
abolishing the Sunday laws of our
ancestors.
Our unsectarian mode of dis
tributing state money to public
schools, without regard to any re-
ligious denomination, is a great
obstacle to Jesuitic views of for
eign priests, who desire to control
the native youth, and unsus-
piciously to prepare the way for
the complete supremacy of the
Roman Catholic church in the
United States. All the open and
secret arts of the most intriguing
class of men in the world are set
in motion to secure the discontin-
uance of this American practice
and to effect the distribution to
schools distinctly Romanist, for
uses wholly sectarian, anti Repub-
lican and anti-American.
This fact stands plainly out
that the masses of our foreign
population are determined to
move steadily forward, in a line
Of their own, with regard to the
laws or feelings of our people who
have sheltered them.
Armed rebellion or secret plot,
bribery or bullying, all modes of
action or coercion, however
wicked or unnecessary, are to be
unscrupulously seized and re-
morselessly welded to complete
their foolish and disorganizlng
purposes.
This unaccOuntable course of
conduct is the work of the Jesuits
who are more potent for evil, in
American society to day than
they were in Spain during the
reign of Phillip II.
However / have written you a
long letter which l hope you will
give to your readers.
Very truly,
Dc. %, 'al. JEssAMINE.
Barring what is, in that letter,
said about the Sunday law, it is
eminently sensible and accurate.
/ have SO lately expressed myself
on the Sunday law that l will not
now make the argument on the
subject The institution and legal
enforcement of any Sunday, Sab
bath, or OF any holy day, is not
only opposed to one of the funda-
mental principles of the American
government but is unchristian.
The mere recommendation of the
observance of Thanksgiving
day" as is done by the President
of the United States, and by the
governors of the States, is not
to the spirit of our insti-
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1892-01-09
WILSON & STARKS.
50, "a and sc E. Main Street.
Kaufman. Straus & Co.
n EAST MAINtsT


goods arriving daily Laces and embroderies
cowdng shelves from the to the widest and richest
patterns We show them in all sorts OF materials treat for the
ladies and wholesome surprise those who them
lady Lexington anticipating make up Spring Underwear
Chdens Misses Dresses of White Goods afford miss
amning stock of these goods
Early Spring W00em Dress Material.
Novelty Suing the and oldest of patterns
pleasing the below actual anticipation,
yard line of spring shades of Henetas Just
opened coo change spite the additional duty
on them
WASH GOORS.
Just received and stock quantity of fine Zephyr Cling
hams all patterns and coong modest pin stripes and checks
Scotch They quoted
marked per yard full line of dress Ginghams in
designs, estimated to be worth 5c; price is 1Oc.
LADIES' MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SPECIAL SALE.
Forty dozen Cdren Muslin Drawers six button hoes patent
facing, at 10c pair worth zoe.
Ladies' Mother Hoher Hubbard Gown good musn well trimmed
soc; they worth 83c.
Lakes Muslin Drawers "Fu of the Loom" Cotton hem
and tucks above, 22c; worth 4Oc
Spaing Hosiery Ladies and Gents We in
black fancy prior the going effect Of the
BILL and prices thereon will show how these purchases bne
fit customers.
Ladies' regular made fast black Hose regular 35c;
still have them marked 25c.
Ladies' black and coored Li Hose, worth 6O We still offer
them at 4Oc.
Ladies' fancy striped Cotton Hose boot patterns costing
40c still marked at 25c.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1892-01-09
TOILET ARTICLES.

Colgate Turkish Bath Soap full dozen 50 All Gycerne
different Epey Cream genuine article 2Oc
Vasane bottles O Ammonia for household only
per quart bottle.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1892-01-09
The New Era's Logic on the
ssMilliOn Vote Plan.o


milepast as possible?
Our correspondent misunder-
stands us. In our JUDGMENT the
more that pledge is pushed the
more harm it will do, and if q
million names should be secured
to th&t pledge we greatly fear
that tie Prohibition party will
never5e able to win.-New Era
Upin Ohio, where the New
Era iApublished, they 60 to school
and l.5lrn logic out Of books, and
it does not sound like this home
made logic we Kentucky Prohibi-
tionists use.
In this piece from the New Era
the fist paragraph is a question
that hss been asked the editor,
and the latter paragraph is his
answer.
At the last Prohibition national
vote we got 25O,0O0 votes. Now
tie New Era man says that if a
million men should pledge them
selves 10 vote for Prohibition he
fears they would "never win"
Of course then if taoo million men
should pledge themselves to vote
for Prohibition the chances against
our winning would be taoice as
great. If fUe million men should
pledge themselves to vote for
Prohibition it would give us a
terrible black eye. If ten million
men should pledge themselves to
vote fo- Prohibition, our cause
would look almost hopeless, and if
t,ce'aty million men should pledge
themselves to vote for it, we
would nave to disband the Prohi-
bition party, and all join the
Peoples party, or 60 back to the
Democrats and Republicans.
l hate to say anything against
any Prohibition paper, but it
sounds 70 me like our New Era
brother is talking too much with
his mouth.
1t looks like he is jealous of the
New York Voice and wants to
some things partly, if
not wh5lly, because they are ad-
vocated. and originated by the
Voice.
l waI!t to see people patronize
the New Era, and l want them to
ha!F, ~ eat stAeyy-s shiakLthay
ought t& do SO. But it would e
better that the New Era and the
Blade, and a half dozen more of
the best papers in the Prohibition
ranks should 60 to the everlasting
bow-wows than that the Voice
should be broken down by the
of such papers as the New
Era.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-21
He Might Have Known.
my friend, there's no

Say, boy!' called ont an excited man of
middle age, rushing from one of the tall
office buildings on Dearborn street yester-
day afternoon "what will you take for
your whole stock of hose Internal things"
The boy had been standing on the side
walk in front of the building all day rasp-
ing a calliope whistle back and forth across
his mouth, stopping only when somebody
wanted to buy one and beginning again
with renewed energy when the sale was
completed
He counted up the whistles he had on
hand, made II rapid mental calculation
and replied:
"I'll take n dollar 'naf fur de lot"
IF buy all you've got will you goaway
from here ana not come back any more,'
asked the excited man.
sure! 90 ont o. de business
Gland 'em over. Hold on, | want the
one you're blowing, too, Here's your
money"
"All right, boss! Here's dc goods"
He turned over his entire stock, pockctcd
his 81 so and Disappeared
The middle aged man went inside the
building with his load Of calliope whistles,
and a few minutes later he was at his desk
near one of the front windows in the third
story. The wooden whistles, broken to
fragments, We're in his wastebasket, and "A
look of peace to which he had long been a
stranger, WAS on his face.
Fifteen minutes had passed away-fif-
teen quiet, peaceful, happy minutes.
Thea weird, horrible, agonizng yet
strangely familiar sound broke on his ear
He raised the window and look ed out.
The sidewalk directly below was black
with struggling mass of boys. Each boy
was loaded down with caliope whistles
and each was blowing one of the instru-
mentS of torture with all his might The
uproar was frghtful and getting worse
every moment.
Then the peaceful, happy look faded out
of that middle aged mans face He shut
down the window, closed his desk, put on
his hat and overcoat, went out of the
building by the back stairs and faded
away presently in the gloom of Randolph
street.
He had made the mistake of his life
Chicago Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-21
Barred Out.

Mr.. w. Hamilton Gibson, the artist. tells
this rs one Of his experiences in New Eng
land. He was stopping ut the home of n
man named Galusha, where he had lodged
during the preceding summer. lie had OBJ
served on his previous visit that the
Galushas were making great preparations
for the annual fair at North Adams, and
he was surprised to note that, at the time
of his later visit, no such preparations were
being made. So he asked Mr.. Gausha
what it meant The old gentleman replied
that there had been no crop, and that times
were too hard to hold successful fair
Mr. Gibson then turned to Mr.. Galusha' s
grandson, Chauncey, fine strapping boy,
and faoetiously remarked, "Why, there's
Chauncey; he'd make a. good exhibit at
any fair" NO. 1 wouldn't" replied
Chauncey; "cause I hain't got no pedi
gree. "-San Francisco Argonaut.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-21
NassRr's Pin Money Fund.

NaSsar is the only woman's college in the
country that has pin money fund. Some
good old New Workers denoted a certain
sum for free fund" not long ago, to be
used for fun exclusively. Every year there
are few girls in the college who are
actually penniless. They have sufficient
Drains to secure the free scholarships and
depend on their darning baskets for the
fees that cover incidental expenses. All
throngh the year parties are made IN for
lectures, concerts, operas, readings, field
sports and excursions about the country
These trips cost money and the girl who
hash any may draw ON the pin money
tund' for expenses and nobody but the
Lady of Nassar" and the treasurer will
be the wiser.-Albany Argus.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-21

The debutante's outfit costs anywhere
from $1,000 TO 5000 Don't shake Your
heads incredulously over that estimate,
good people who only look on. One nun
dred dollars for gown is moderate sum
III Paris, or even in New York, and made
moiselle must have at least Il dozen to do
credit to her family. Then there are wraps.
jackets, pcignoirs, hats, gloves, shoes and
stockings, fans wreaths and gimcracks in
Vulnerable without once mentioning lin
Ger'e' which, IN this luxury loving time,
becomes very formidable item.
Julie TillOn, the most famous nrtist in
that line, will tell you that of the scores Of
American ladies who have putronized her
most consider fifteen dollars fair price
for single nightdress, while silk petit
coats-those bewitching things all lace and
rustllng ruffies are cheap ut ten and
twelve dollars apiece. -Boston Herald
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-21
SCIENTIFIC WAITS.

The latest calculation makes the worlds
age 1929, 1000 years.
The north star cannot be seen south Of
the equator, but it ~ visible everywhere to
the north of the line
A steam roller in Vienna is worked with
perfectly smokelcss fuel called massute.
composed of the liquid residuum of petro-
leum retineries.
The latest advces about the moon state
that it is IA dead, desolate waste of played
Pit volcanoes and cooled off lava beds.
without atmosphere.
Umbrellas made Of paper are one of the
latest products of French ingenuity. The
paper is toughened and rendered water
proof by being treated to "a solution Of Rela-
tine with bichromate of potash.
Watch crystals are made by blowing a
sphere of glass about one yard in diameter.
after whic1 the disks are cut from it by
means of a pair of compasses having a dia-
mond at the extremity of one leg
Trunks are now made of paper pulp that
has been subjected to great pressure in the
same manner as the material used for the
manufacture of paper car wheels Owing
to the tenacity of the paper it is practically
impossible to injure trunk made of this
material
Persons with tender feet will be inter
ested in new insole for boots and shoes.
1t is made of hollow india rubber inflated
with air or gas under pressure the exter-
nal protective covering being canvas. silk
or other similar material. Inserted in the
shoe, it relieves the pressure of the leather
against all tender parts of the foot.
Water may be heated above 2l2 degs.
and while it is under ordinary atmospheric
pressure, provided it is kept perfectly ques-
cent; but let the slightest motion be COM
muncated to it--even the tremor produced
by IL footstep-and behold!t the water which
was calm and quiet suddenly flashes into
steam.
To cut sheet brass chemically the follow
ing method meets with great success:
Make a strong solution of bichloride of
mercury in alcohol. With quill pen draw
a line across the brass where it is to be cut.
Let it dry on, and, with the same pen, draw
over this line with nitric acid The brass
may then be broken across like glass cut
with "A diamond
The surface Of any given quantity of
gold, according to the best authorities.
may be extended by the hammer 3lO.Sl4
times. The thickness of the metal thus
extended appears to be no more than the
5GS, G20th part of an inch Eight ounces
of this wonderful metal would gild silver
wire of sufficient length to extend entirely
around the globe.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-21
ENDORSEMEN S.

a. Il. SPoFFAKD, Librarian Of Congress
The VI rk may rairly be termed Breviary of
American Politics.
moN: :. j. RANp.1I: Ind, pens st pc to a
ties"
TX l. !. HAYES Historian: You have
sNcii the desired information in such form
~ '
Ion $ S. Cox: "Only one work is compgr-
"ole with 1.-THE Statistical Atlas by the
"oNefhinent-and to say this s high euIoHy'
BENSON J. ossING. LII. D., Historian: Like
coLcaNc mirror, it reflects to single locus
"a cpitouc of the essential elements OF our ma
.iohnl history, showing clearly at a glance the
puogress OF The nation from It's infancy To IT'S
present period of maturity"
RoF H. +. WITTER, JR.: at is concise com
piele, and in the study of Political History III
lspensible."
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treat utility TO tue people without regard to
party or occupation"
StPT, &. X. SnAwHAN: 81 think it very fine
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-21
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

The lines of the Roundbay electric tram
way at Leeds, England, which were put in
operation recently, are equipped with the
electrical system and apparatus of an
American company.
a new electrical device on the nicke-in-
the-slot order has been introduced in the
railway cars in England. BY placing a
penny in the receptacle the light burns for
fifteen minutes and is then eXtinguished
automatically.
The wonderful growth in the use of cleo
tricity in this country for lighting pur-
poses is shown by recent statistics. There
are now 100 central stations, with a capi.
tai of $50, 20300O Tro~e supply ls3, 900 arc
lamps and 2,l3d.374 iNtecn candle power
glow lamps Tie power developed is 49,
$50 horse power
Owing to the lack of penetrating power
possessed by the electric arc light in thick
weather its use in lighthouses is not rec
omcndcd. Inventive taleu is now being
brought to bear in England to ascertain a
better composition of the carbons, with a
view to supplying the required rays for
prnctrative effect.
In European countries where the tele-
phone ism the hands Of the state "A large
I'i'O'''O" "a ''Ic Illi'plldHt7 use II. in
Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Ger
many from 100 to 400 persons in every 100
600 of the population are subscribers In
Great Britain, on the other hand, only IS
in 100000 employ it.
The application Of the power Of cleo
trlclty in mining processes is being in
creased rapidly. Electrical apparatus is
used in ventiating, pumping, lighting,
signaling. subsurtace hauling hosting,
surface transportation, underwriting, drill
ing, chnnnriing, blasting, crushing, pulvcr-
izing, separating and cleaning.