The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-06


The Australian ballot lie q snare and a
delusion. The election laws are 30 COM
plloatod the people will never learn how
10 carry them out
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President Kruger is making good his
promise. We recolleCt he said at the be-
ginning Of the Boer conflict that elf the
republic must belong to England a price
should be paid 10 stagger humanity"
OF course we all think the British will
win In the end but these early successes
Of the Beers and their splendid fighting
qualities make us predict a far longer
and bloodier war than the causes at FIRST
seemed to warrant
o.
We who have laughed until we cried
over "Peok's Bad Boy" will be glad to
get hold Of the authors new book, q
sequel, "Peok's Uncle Ike and the Red
Headed Boy" Many people believe
that TO the popularity Of "PeCk's Bad
Boy" Governor Peck owed his success in
politics. It certainly made him widely
known and we have yearned for another
in the same vein-frOm the same pen.
o.
Speaker Henderson is a believer in
the old time school debating society
This is natural in such a man as Dol.
Henderson who possesses much ability as
apublic speaker and a debster. His pre-.
decessor "Czar" Reed was a strong pre-
siding officer because Of his skill in
debate.
There are men and women for whom
faith, hope, and charity forever abide
and to-day as in the past Judeas news
are still glad tidiDgs. There are women
who bear their own sorrow Of life by
soothing the sOrrows Of Others. Many to
whom the experiences of life have taught
a brave lesson prove it by their walk
They understand the Ten Command
ments and the Golden Rule and they
know and they love and they practice
the great virtues which the apostles tell
US are 10 abide. What more?
o.
Some interesting experiments Of wire
less telephony are still going on. Poles
have been erected and between them
the Professor has succeeded in transmit
ting the sound OF succession Of taps
which we're made with a view one i'm
AGNES Of sending messages by the Morse
method, They can be heard by a special
telephone to the ear. To a man up a
tree it is not telephony at all but sys-
tenn Of telegraphY in which a telephone
is used as a receiver. So come again.
o.
We hear, think, talk and pray a great
deal oyer a souls salvation. How about
a States salvatiOn2 Does rot a State need
it as much for the sake of souls in that
State? Just at present fine theme for
discussion is States salvation-sn ar
gument that might benefit the growing
men-to make them higher, nobler, bet
ter, purer than their present generation.
Let us stand for purity, honesty and ed
uCation as we'll as for temperance.
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The National Committee meets in
Washington next month. Already many
Of our cities are bidding for the next Re-
publican National convention. The
Quaker City hasn't been in the contest
since 1872 when Gen. Grant was nomi.
mated the second time. She is maniDu-
lRting all her wires for 1900. Some
members consider Kentucky a splendid
ighting-grOund for the next campaign
and suggest Louisville. Please Mr..
Chairman, or Committeeman, orWho-
ever you may be, give us a rest. Wait.
This gubernatOrial fight may not be
5nded by 1900.
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One sign Of the artistic procliyities of
times may be noticed in the beautiful
dress that certain booksellers are giving
10 some of the popular novels of the
day. A friend who is gathering books
oT the holiday season as gifts writes me
hat he finds many Of the popular books
ban be gotten in twelve or more different
styles Of half calf, polished morocco,
md leyant. He says that Gov. Roose.
Telts "Rough Riders" is one of them,
Fhile the works OF Kipling and George
eliot are shown in thirty i've different
tyles from cloth, half calf, half moroo-
% and half levant to full crushed lavant
moky designs are in demand this
utumn.
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I notice one thing about Hawaii-that
the islands are annexed Americans are
ct fOCking there 10 large numbers as
as expected Instead foreigners are
oonpying the best lands The soil is
CHI fruit and vegetables grow with lux
rance; corn makes excellent crops and
here, with a good road one can sleep
very night In the cold belt and q down
the morning 10 the warmer belt. The
roata nj aU1icultura in that sactiop