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Blue-grass blade., 1894-04-01
| WANT
To Catch some Infide1 or Jeu
in some Rottenness.

The purpose of this newspaper is to
put politics into religion or religion in
TO politics and stir them together like
the white of an egg and the yellow I'M.
til they can't be separated.
General Gentry who has just left one
church to join another one and who
consequently has double soak of reliS
ion, is, i'll this county, the leader of the
gang that is going to vote for the gam
bier Owens, who is suspected by us in.
fdels of being an infdel, but against
whom we can not make out a clear case
If he is an infidel. he is one OF the COW
ardly kind that is afraid to say it.
The first man who wrote To me that
he was going To vote for George W.
Balm, the Prohibition Christian for Con
gress, was a man who said II am mixed
about religion" You know when they
get mixed" they always come our way
after while; they never go back.
Two pronounced iniidcls i'll Icxing-
ton, one a life long Democrat and the
other life long Republican have told
me they are going to vote for Prohibi-
ton Methodist Balm.
They want to get it i'll for Billy" be-
cause he is Christian hypocrite, and
lilCN Ndul " Stt IL III lol IttduSt
he is suspected of being an InGdel hyp-
ocritc. If he is that he is the only one
on record.
! want some Christian or Iniidcl friend
10 catch up with some iniidel or Jew i'll
some kind of villainy or rottenness, and
write me about il; because | want To
show To the world that | am Just as will
ing to expose an iniidel AS | am to ex
pose Christian; but can't get good
case against any infidel or Jew
If any body will just find out for NE
that Bill Owens. the gambler candidate
for Congress against libertine and hypo-
critic Christian Breckinridgc. is an inf
del, will work that racket for all there
is i'll ii, for that kind of infidel is of nc
account on the earth to Rationalism
and want to beat him and Breckin
| ridge both with Christian man who is
perfectly pure man in his morals (; and
every intelligent intidel i'll the country
can appreciate that now is the oppOrtun
! ity for them to show that inhdels art
more i'll favor of purity i'll men and wO
men than Christians are.
I This whole Blue Grass region stinks
with the stencil OF Christian ioulness
and villainy, but no body ever gets any
thing against the Jews or our genuine
home made heather. Among these
/ Christian fellows who have been caugh,
/ up with and exposed We have Presbyte-
Blue-grass blade., 1894-04-01
The Program for the Noni-
nation of George W. Balm
for Congress fro m this Dis
trict.

Ii is now understoodd that conven-
ton will be called in Lexington just one
week after the Democratic convention
for the purpose of nominating George
W. Balm for Congress from this district
The time of the Democratic convention
will not be determined until the close
Of the Pollard dBreckinridge trial.
At our convention it is understood
that Rev. J. w. McGarvey of the Univcr-
sity of Kentucky will make the nominal
ing speech and that if the speech sec
onding his nomination is made bv any
body in this city it will be Mr.. ]. II.
Beauchamp. There is nobody that can
do this any more forcibly and gracefully
than Mr. Beauchanp, but it is thought
that it would perhaps he in better taste
not to have both nominating spe, chcs
from the same place.
The policy of the campaign is to eX-
hibit practically fundamental principle
Of Prohibition politics; namely, that the
Office should seek the man, rather than
that the man should seek the office Col
Bain's political views and his powers as
all orator are so thoroughly recognized
throughout this State that there would
hardly be any occasion for his taking the
stump after the ordinary methods of the
old parties; and yet, if there are very
earnest calls for him, he will he advised
by his friends who will manage the cam
paign to respond to them, and will al
,ost certainly do so.
While Col Balm will of course make
-sce as the champion of Prohibition
al he is, his friends feel themselves
sarranted in believing that his support
ought not to be, and will not be, limited
to party Prohibitionists; but they be
lieve that the interest of our national poll.
tics, and much more of our state politics
demand that all moral citizens Of this
district, regardless of any previous poll
tical or religious affiliation should com
bine to support Col. Balm whose life has
been one of the highest personal purity
and intelligent philanthropy, as opposed
to the narrow partisanism and immoral.
ity Of any man now likelyto oppose him
II is, by his friends, urged that both the
Blue-grass blade., 1894-04-01

1t will be seen in this issue that DIR
Carleton of Bethany, KY, sends the
BLADE a list of gentlemen who will vote
for Balm. hope this will be done every
where i'll the district and that every
friend of the BLADE and of prohibition
and of good morals will take pains to gel
lists of this kind and send them will
print them all.
! am getting individual cards and let
tiers and oral promises for Balm, but give
them to me at least lin blocks of five,
and let us see if we can't best old bud
lev at that game.
Blue-grass blade., 1894-04-01

rian Breckinrids ar,
| i'll the Christian
the forger now
Headley the forg
!. Y. Smith til
devil or somewf
knows. Then there is t.
day School man honest
gone to hell or China. Thei.
O'Brien the Catholic wife and baby
derer who climbed a rope to heaveu;-
then there is Methodist Sunday Sch
Superintendent Scrugham who stole a,
the money i'll the City National Ban.
and went to Canada And then there's
the Kerr-Howerton Presbyterian filth
and family altar doings. And then there
is Christian church deacon Stewards
making his wife blow her brains out
and then getting killed i'll a saloon; and
then there's the cutting up of Mrs.
Long, of the Christian church, and we
had here that Methodist choir singer
bank cashier, ten thousand dollar dog
business; and then there was 4 Baptist
church usher who ran off and left his
family, and who repented and came back
when his money gave out, and is now a
good Christian as book keeper i'll dis
tillery. Then there's the combination
Baptist and Christian church -- and
= tobacco warehouse receipt dupli-
Gators who scooted for Mexico, and then
a few more that I have overlooked
but of all the crowd my cousin Willie"
of the "silver tongue" takes the cake
yea, the entire bakery.
But the funny part of all this business
is that not in one single instance i'll the
whole state of Kentucky is auy lew or
iufidel in il.
Every one of this whole oapg tha,
I have mentioned has not orIy been a
Christian but thev are ali the lind tha,
do public preaching and pravinp and
nsaim SINGING and halleluiah shontiuq
and out Of the whole there is not a maj,
who would vote for Christian Prohibi.
Zionist Ceoroe W Rain They would
see him in hades first And vet in6dels
tell me that they are GOING 10 vote fo,
Rain and old Rrother Goddard one nj
the finest and richest farmers in Rlue
prassdom. who is lust as rank a Prohi-
bitionist as am. and almost as much o.
an infideI as am. is perfectlv euthusi
astic about Rain for Conpress
A man who can not see that every ras
cal in the country goes into the church
lust as naturally as a rat into his hole
is burned fool.
Dr.E III Ward is an Episcopal cler
pvman of this CITY. He paid me for m,
naner one dav on a street car and ast e1
me not to sneak about il and | said
{ wouldn't and ri bet there Is not a ma,
IN tb;s ,o,., Who u';I, teiI ,,o, he eve
. ,,aard ~, s,,' - -, Z, a,d ~,
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:. Lmnu. Tho, ,,a road - anJ he ,ras TN,
: -" Wv. nc, -. ~, ~. ~ anu "' "'' mi
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Blue-grass blade., 1894-04-01

In reading the proof for the above ar
ticle find that two of these cases are
accidentally combined i'll one so as to
obscure it. But it's all right; am glad
of il.
! notice also that | omitted to mention
that my mother-inlaw was also a wo-
man.
Blue-grass blade., 1894-04-01

Do you wan: bargain i'll Ladies' OF
Gents Watch, gold or silver; cheap oI
fine clock, solid silver or Rogers forks
triple plated Roger kives, ISk solid gold
rings, gold or steel rim spectacles, o
anything else i'll the gold or silverw-.
line? If so call at onr store or III
your wants known on a postal We
surprise you with our low prices.
article fully guaranteed On
will cause you to buy befc"
ready. Same location fc
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Lexington, W.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
THE TESTERS. HANDIwoRK.

Didn't the Chinese invent gun
powder9' "Yes and now they're
mighty sorry they did
TeacherA mole eats daily as much
as it weighs. Pupil-~Bnt how does it
know how much it weighs?
'What made Plodder think of talk.
ing up literary worlS?" Some one
offered him penny for his thoughts
He--Will you be my wife some
time this year? She--I will. Bnt I
can't answer for any time later than
that
Visitor, to convict How do you hap
pen to be here? Convict-Th unlucly
number 10 got me here. Twelve iu-
rors and judge.
"Will you marry meo II am al
ready engaged to our men, But
you can marry only one, know.
Let me be the one
He-Although you are engaged to
me you don't treat me bit better
than you do Dick. She How selfish
you are! I'm engaged to him. too.
II suppose Mrs, DeStyle was ele-
gantly dressed at the ball last night?,'
II couldn't tell about that WIN
not?" II couldn't see the dress for
the sleeves"
Did you ever see man who didn't know
how preaching ought to be done.
Ninetyseven out of every 100 Arctic
explorers have returned alive.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT

DIES MONIES, Dec. 1O.-Our patent law
is the most liberal and equitable on
the book. 1t makes no distinction
between boy or girl, man or woman,
race or color, citizen or alien Many
false notions exist in regard to the
rights of a patentee and one very COM
mon is that person can make for his
own use a patented invention without
infringing the rights of the inventor
and owner of the patent. The fallacy
of such an idea is apparent when it is re-
membered that if one person could do SO
all other persons would have the same
right and the inventor and patentee
would have no protection whatever.
improvements on patented inventions
are always in order and often patenta BILE
and add to the value of the original
invention and where one or more per.
sons contribute to the perfection of
any art or invention each has rights
that the law recognizes, and, place
of having with each other, they should
pool their interests and assist each
other in getting the perfected product
of their joint efforts into general use.
Five patents were issued to Iowa
inventors December 4th.
Printed copies of the drawings and
specifica tions Of any one patent sent to
any address for 25 cents. Valuable
information for inventors free.
THOMAS G.. AND j. RALPH ORwIG,
Solicitors of Patents
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
BREyITIES.

Count Ferdinand De Lesseps died
on the 18th at Lachinaie, near Va.
tame, in the department of L'Indre.
France. He was 90 years of age.
Berlin dispatch: Robert f. Kneebs,
the American horseman charged with
fraudulent practices on the German
turf, has been released on 10000 marks
bail. He will sail for the United
States from Liverpool this week.
William and George Taylor, charged
with the murder of the Meeks
family, We're taken to BrooIfeld.
Mo-, under heavy guard. The
men waived formal arraignment,
pleaded not guilty and were granted
change of venue to Carroll county.
There is no danger of lynching.
At meeting in Chicago of the
principal western railroads having
lines in Iowa it was unanimously
agreed that after January 1 next the
Iowa roads will make no more through
rates in grain and its products from
Iowa and northern Illinois points to
points east of Chicago, or to points
east of the eastern terminals of these
western roads, but that the western
roads will charge full local rates on
this class of freight from the above
western territory to Chicago, and the
eastern roads will have to charge their
full local rates from Chicago east.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
The Women know Best.

Much comment has been caused by
the official reports of the United States
and Canadian governments, in which
are presented the evidences of the SUI
perior strength, purity and wholesome
ness OF the Royal Baking Powder.
1t is true that the good housewife
looks upon communication of the ROYAL
Baking Powder from scientists and
official sources such as these very much
like the gliding of refined gold " Her
practical experience long since taught
her in the most convincing way the
great usefulness and superiority of the
Royal article. A higher proof than
this she does not want and cannot have.
Yet it is pleasant for her to realize
that the facts established by these
great competitive tests. these scientific
examinations made under direction OF
the Government, exactly parallel those
she had before worked out in her own
common sense practical way.
1t does not appear that any baking
powder, when presented in competi-
ton with the Royal, either at the Gov
eminent tests or before Worlds Fair
1uries, has ever received favor or award
over the Royal or made an equal show
ing in purity, strength or wholesome.
ESGS-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
| SELECTED HANKEYE MENTION
DRUNKEN FlGHT.
Death of One and Possibly Two OF the
Participants.

Death of One and Possibly Two OF the
Participants.
WEST UNION, Dec. L.. While four
'oung men We're going home about
four miles northeast of this city, two
If them became engaged in row and
got out of the wagon to have fight,
which soon after resulted in free-for-
all, resulting in the death of one of
them by the name of Nelson. by being
stabbed in fifteen or twenty places and
large cut down the side of his face
and throat and one arm nearly severed
from his body. His brother was also
stabbed and cut in several places. and
it is thought he cannot live. Some
shots We're also fired, but it is not
known by whom or if any took effect.
The other two young men, named Will
Smith and Frank Dorland. were ar
rested by Sheriff O'Neil and are now
in jail in West Union. They had all
been drinking. and We're badly intoxi-
Gated at the time of the fight.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS /
TERRIBLE CHARGES.


In Connection With tho Capture of
Port Arthur.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE World
Yokohama dispatch says: Japanese
troops entered Port Arthur Novem-
Der = and inassacred practically the
whole population in cold blood. The
defenseless, unarmed inhabitants were
butchered in their houses and the
bodies unspeakably mutilated. There
was totally unrestrained reign
OF murder for three days. The whole
town was plundered, with appalling
atrocities. 1t was stain on Japanese
civilization; they in this instance re-
lapsed into barbarism. All pretenses
that the circumstances justified the
atrocities are false. The civilized
world will be Mortified by the details.
The foreign correspondents, revolted
by the spectacle, left The army in
body.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
EASTERN WAR.

CHEZ Foo, Dec. g. Tsung- Iii Yamen
has decided to send a special ambassa-
dor to Toxic, fully authorized to nego-
tate treaty OF peace. This is the
result of the intimation from United
States Minister DENLY that he and the
United States minister to Japan had
prepared the way for direct commun-
ication between China and japan,
though the nature of the preliminary
negotiations are kept secret
SHANGHAI, Dec ,12.-Before consider
ing any peace proposals from China,
Japan insists upon the surrender, for
execution, of all Chinese generals who
have offered money rewards for
Japanese heads.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14

The governor OF Alabama proposes
= remedy for lynching that deserves
consideration by people OF other states
as well II is that law be passed
giving to the families Of man killed
by mob the right to civil action
against the authorities OF the town or
county where the deed was done. II
this were made generally the law it
would place the lawless element under
bonds to keep the peace. While many
of the lawless are not taxpayers, they
are none the less dependent upon
those who do pay the taxes. Mob
rule itself is greatly destructive to
property, but it is SO Indirectly. Il
property owners had to pay additional
taxes for each case OF mob rule that
occurred in their locality they would
bestir themselves to protect lives OF
those obnoxious to the mob, because
they would then be directly interested,
and so plainly that no one could mis-
take the fact.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
SEELEY CAPTURED.
Bookkeeper Who Stole S354,OOO In the
Tolls in Chicago.

Bookkeeper Who Stole S354,OOO In the
Tolls in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12-Samuel G. Seeley,
the defaulting bool1keeper of the Hide
and Leather bank, New York, was ar
rested at SOC LaSalle avenue. His
whereabouts were revealed to the po-
lice by a young man who claimed to
have been his companion for week.
Seeley at first refused to give his name,
but insisted that he was not the man
wanted, although the police pointed
to the marks upon his person corre-
spending precisely to those described
in the circular issued by Inspector Nc
Laughlin and offering a reward of
$1,000 for his arrest and conviction.
However, after spending sleepless
night in prison, he called Inspector
Shea and confessed that he was the
man wanted. Seeley assisted depos-
1tor named Baker to beat the bank out
of 1854 900.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
ILLINOIS CORN CROP.
It Was Not Seriously Damaged by tho

1t Was Not Seriously Damaged by the
Drouth.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. lathe last
report of the crop correspondents to
the Illinois board of agriculture CON
firms the report made Aug. /, to the
effect that the corn crop was not Sc
riously damaged by drouths. The
area planted was s,7o5, S75 acres, the
greatest since 1889. The acreage and
yield by sections are as follows: North
ern division, 10000 acres. 81 bush
els; central, 200, 500 acres, 35 bushels;
southern, 9S6, 900 bushels. Is bushels:
The total yield is 205,637, 900 bushels,
37,959,0o0 larger than in 1893. The in
crease in the northern division is IL
$4,000, central, 100000 and south
ern, 2,5s9,600, compared with last year.
The decrease in the southern portion
is due to the drouth and the chinch
bugs. The quality averages 90 per
cent in the northern division, 95 in the
central and 70 per cent in the south
ern But little immature, soft or rot
ten corn is reported.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
DEPOT ROBBED AT KRUM.
One Roober Killed and Another wounde,

:
One Robber Killed and Another Wounded
by the Officers.
OTTUMwA, Dec. 1o.-Burglars robbed
the Burlington depot at Krum last
night, took hand car and started
toward Ottumwa. Detective Harrison
OF the Burlington road took officers
and an engine from here and met the
robbers. In a battle following one
burglar was killed and two others
escaped. Harrison receiEed a flesh
wound. Undertaken Fraak Junkin
and Deputy Sheriff Ricketts, boarded
the fast mail at Fairfield 10 go to
Batavia to look after the body OF the
bandit. The train failed to stop and
the men jumped. Junkin was killed
and Ricketts, is in critical ..os.dition.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14

A SUGGESTION is made to have q
short daily discussion OF current news
in the public schools, and to this end
to have digest of the news from
o daily paper- II the news be news
Of the worlds important events, not
the daily record of crime and party
politics, that is found in some news
papers, the suggestion is good, and
ought to be acted on. Correct cur
rent history is certainly as important
as is the history of the B. G. or
medieval period. A teacher who
would spend half hour every day
posting his or her pupils on the
worlds daily events, would do as
much for education as listening for
the same length of time to rules of
grammar and other equally dry Sub
jects. and this paragraph is not meant
in any sease to reflect on the iupor-
lance of all dry studies now pursued
in the public schools, whether OF
grammar or constitutional history.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
ALABAMA CONFLICT.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 1O.-A Sc.
cret caucus of Kolb's friends decided
to keep within the limits of the law
until the present session of the legis-
lature closes. If it passes a fair cleo
ton law and a fair contest law, the
party will stand by the result in con-
test: if not, state convention will be
called to consider the situation.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 1O.-Capt.
Reuben f. Kolb, who claims to be gov
ernor of Alabama, has signed a certifi-
cate for Col. w. s. Reese to the federal
senate in Morgans place. 1t is stated
he also signed certificates tor populist
congressman of the lower house of
congress.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
DRUNKEN FIGHT.
Death of One and Possibly Two of the
Participants.

Death of One and Possibly Two of the
Participants.
WEsT UNION, Dee. 12.-While four
young men were going home about
four miles northeast of this city, two
Of them became engaged in row and
got out of the wagon to have fight,
which soon after resulted in free-for-
all, resulting in the death of one of
them by the name of Nelson. by being
stabbed in fifteen or twenty places and
a large cut down the side of his face
and throat and one arm nearly severed
from his body. His brother was also
stabbed and cut in several places. and
it is thought he cannot live. Some
shots We're also fired, but it is not
known by whom or if any took effect.
The other two young men. named Win
Smith and Frank Dorland, were ar
rested by Sheriff OiNeil and are now
in jail in West Union. They had all
been drinking, and We're badly intoSi-
Gated at the time of the fight.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
LYNCH LAW.
Three Notorious Alabama Desperadoes
Killed.

Three Notorious Alabama Desperadoes
Killed.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 13.-Three
of the notorious Meachemite gang in
Clarke county have been lynched. For
many years they ran illicit distilleries,
made counterfeit money and commit
ted robberies and murder To inform
on them meant certain death. In
August, 1893 James McCorgnedale,
prominent citizen, was assassinated.
The citizens drove the gang from the
county, the fight resulting in ten
deaths Recently the Meachemites re-
turned to their old haunts and began
to wreak vengeance. Murphray Pink
was shot down by George Benson,
Charles Smith and Lee Brown They
were acquitted on the preliminary
trial, but the fact becoming known
that they belonged to the Meacham
gang they We're hunted down and
1ynched
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-12-14
SHOT BY BURGLARS.
William H. Price of Cleveland Murdered Ii
His Own House.

William III. Price of Cleveland Murdered In
His Own House.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 13-William III.
Price, member of the firm of printing
press manufacturers, Chandler & Price,
was almost instantly killed by burg
lar at his home at No. 124 Hawthorne
avenue, at 2:3O o'clock a. m. Shots
were heard and minute later Price
was found by his son, lying with his
face downward on the floor and rap
idly expiring. He had been shot
through the body three times. Price
and his wife We're awakened by two
men in their bedroom. Price sprang
from his bed and as he did so one of
the burglars shot at him three times,
all OF the bullets taking effect, one in
the right leg near the knee, one in the
stomach and the third in the region of
the heart. Price fell and as he did so
the two burglars ran out of the room.