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tHE SOUTH KEHTUCKIAN.
6. J. MfiXcUxx.
hi to vmv
W. A. WILUUS.
TI'F.spU UOKNIXQ
MEACHAM & VALGUS.
I'VHLiHHEHH J.5 PUOl'lttHTOIt1!,
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Oae ru)',mic vear, in ai-vanca 00
Oor cui.y. i)t month ,, ...... too
Uac riv KKtc to any ona ttontliug u tcu
urn eauuucriutT.
',' ffOPKINSVlUE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
1080.
'LAWYERS?
W- litiWKKU. Atturiioy t Law, onlco
villi roiieo. i-iin-n.
wt A.tHMWWIS, Attorney nt Law, ocxt lo
II l our I llouae, amit li r.
limn Slruet, oror Hcmler
sou's iww store.
BUKATntTT PAYNE, Hopper Block, op.
poslte I'helpsft '.ua,-
TT A. I'HKI.IH a SON, rioppor llpicli, rear
JJL. or
f LlalHtr'setoiw.
A.t.'IIA MI'I.IN, n'uliber House, rear of
W" INrilKir'iTeCABKii.i; Mala Knt,
apposite I'lantcreUnnk.
tJlTTKU HTI'RNT. nana In Court llous
JJk huim from tlaln olruel, . .
T II. KSIU1IT ft OX, Mala Street, oppoiita
' V Ka(lM IIOUSO. '
LAX UK ( I.AIIK, Main street, opposite
Hlaaln-s Uu.
IOAII I'. IHtASIIKU, Attorns II lit,
Malastre.it, opu. i'Miotel'a liana, .
tlVl.iND H Villi RK. tut Mnwt, orer
koarb a 1-alliaai't aewstur.
.doctors.
K. I'ATTON. Si. II.. nMre wmlic.t
I werXallllean, V irjclofa street. .
1) W. DUTIiKS.offitxitipMtii.rt, m il door
t toTlKrnpbitirt. MnIaM.
L(l. I.KX ASOKK, M. D.f mvr Gray A
, i MILLINKRS.
hCu li AtlTIN'iOppiwIlo 1'liu.aln Ho-,
rl.npauira.
M1
truly opposite 1 lirlsllan Church.
, ; . JEWELERS. .... ,
Yah. I. W AHI., Mam avreel. Hnuklaavllle,
RilBKUTMII IX. Ja-.CouH St.,Uroilfll
Wllaa'old.laat.
- l'UOToGiurnrns.
JanafH)a'.VH'.W. - SV ,....S.aSa
OI.AUKNCK AXUKKHON. Hi-nry t1ork,n-
DUCUfilSTS.
r a m i rxkii.
lied KiMm,
GIHH 4UAUKKK.
llla.Rjf. , '
Mala. Sllwl, llnpkliia-
riAKT UAVIWIN.Kaia .,MI flour to
VI
' K. H. UHpr ' rtruu ima ,
rllhtaaii Virginia nmim
GW. WIW, Mai Htratt, 0iihiIm K.
Mapper t Hon,
II.
(iUOCKltS.
"uTiTrrETlHOS MalMrert,aiii)o"l
K.M. Holier ,
P'l iTi'Jl.i H. IvTl.ia'.iihUlaiicl.Ojrticr
MalaaK.il Xahfl!l Uima,
WX. M 11.14, (nrt lrxt, hvimI Coart
llMa 4. - '
R.r,i
aula of ItaMCll.
pkTN'K a Tol'Xi!, Xanhvilla Mrect, near
A iaa
adrpot.
TJOIIT tirVN'S,IKiiHlialilcMla.niarXah.
, tula Ruraa.
JW. I.ASnKI!, KuwllineH.. In rar of
liljluuk.
L.
U. AM. Virginia S'.
MoMaiHl VwttiMrv.
baiircra Ontrnl
SM. lUKHItHlJt, romnr Ualaau l Hprluf
Kreata,
TuRXlTlTAK AS1) COFFIN
I)KALK!W.
tW?VTlArBpa"ta"irV
Mala Mi.
Ilourj ntvk.
G
KO.O.TIIOMrnn'C. K. al.p Mala Mnvt,
ap.lalm, rnomp3n cuaaiaa a ihiiiuuik.
. I. ' ' T,
KKSTAUUANiU"
S'ROKlTitfu W Hall, Hlowlltlll,rl.,
HVM Koauif't afcap. '
BlTTLDRnS fe CARPENTER?.
t -r 1 B WII.LIAUAOK
'' k J anil llallilara.
A hUN, Carpcautta
LIVKRY RTAIiLlCS
-TJ AJiXKRHTABI.K. nntliaat
nmr rnncn.
I km llrii1cs J . M
lllpUiia. rmpriutor.
ni I. PMITn,miralVlrlolaaaa (pnn-
jLt Rtroeia.
I fT RVITILSnrthcoraiT KnMollvlllc and
VI. virirlBlasuwiu.' I .
TOK WKIT.t., llwrr. ft'l antl aalo atnble,
U Nmillalrp,nr-rae-oi.
CIGAR MANUFACTURER.
F.
ruad au,.4iipoitltilt')Hita
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
i. ?.' circuit rnllHT. .
inh. ii f.rai.a.lnil-fa.('a,llis. Kt.. Knt Gal-
thir :itrk, jlnklnlll. Ky. Court movta
Drat Homlar In March -tniisoiitciniiar.
' 4 ' QITARTHRLY COURT,
A. V. Long JniljK. Moata lait Momlar In
ianuarr, April, July ami octolior, . .
COUSTY COURT.
A. V. Tonir .Tu'lffA, inali Brnahrr AUoruey.
MU Ural Manilay in every laoutli.
, i'-ciTY COURT.
4oe Mdtrrnll, JmlAto! Jaa. llroatnltt, At-
taraay; P. M. owon c.lty Msrli
county orncKiu,
Jh Mn-nthltt. Orttj r. F. Hojorl,
a-liorin;. n. j.oim.jAnor. ,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
II A3 A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL AT
; . ' f2.50 per flay. .
TREMONT HOUSE.
. tf. . No Lltiviors sold.
cvitKnritoiHPTY.Y Axn
PKiailASKU'lhY. i wmi a
iKittln of inv onli-lii-Hti-d rciiitnly
with a vlnlilrt'atiMO on tliia
illw'nae, Inn- U,ll-ulli'ror vna
aviiil me thalr V. O. anil Kx
VroiiH aiWn', Jr. H. O Jtaol,
hu, 1S1) I'oiil it.. JiuiY Vork. i
.JLrJ3.X2J
BUSINESS CARDS.
fill. W. Ma FU(UA,
A".
A kaV I M a
5
Ofllno. noppcr Block. Itcsidcuce,
Ooi iipi- Vll lflnia tllld lirnnil alrnnt.
.iiiiiUr. .:
A. 1'. CAlirilKLL.
U. Y. Williams.
11
DENTISTS,
OlUrt niMtaltn, Over ''flljr hauk." cwnor
f Main ami llmullvillo atreeu, I llunly
BETHEL FEMALE COLLEGE.
THE-
SPIIIITG SESSIOIT
orEKS ON
Uji. Jinuarj j 1 2th, 1 830.
Far Information apply to tha rroiltlcnt.
Uantf, , , .1. V. 1UTST.;
Georgetown.
3Tem&l3 Seminary,
vorKnp.1 ik IMC. i
The next uh.Miinin vwiroiini on tha flmt
M m liny In N'lilt'UilHT. Ih;u. For nil&lociitM.
ailUruai oio at, limirjiotown, K y
Eminence, Ky College
FOB MALES AND FEMALES, ;
Till impnlnr ltititutlnn wilt mien ftnlw-pnlv
tlitntmlnn Hii(iiH4mrl loo will nav all
pitHtidit r itofinttnir, wlin?, liirht. niel.nnil
tuition In the rollt'K1 rtt(r, (rr Qve motithA,
unl H will nay fur mm In lnnarRtAry e
imrtmciil. Vim-hI muie frif The fneulty in
yuml tu uitv in tli KU HtMid (fr rnthloituo.
Uft.Ulf.TSKlt.
' IIKIIHiK STHKHT, ' -:
UOPKINSVILU; . ". KY
J. E'. Hipkins Pro'p.
ItiijTjlK-t. IlnrltK, lrWlnannti 8nMln llmni'i
nlA) r.tily. Ilorptt nut! Wuli it lutuvht cml
MihL' A ruiiiiiiiMlitHi HUm-L 11, uear iiuininy
WMtiTNttJii-litil.
atV" 1'rmi.ii.lcr of all klmla fur ialu atrotaii
or ti hulk
CA8BAQE it' ( itrmnt Wnrm ilr-itmyed
Miiiiuut Ihi k t iHiitwu. tf-Uhlf nm
"Hli rnH i-terj h imr. Two nwiiU far
ttetM.iinit 3r4Ut kUUttj). hcuTT AiOltHIS,
Kianklin, In l.
"ShefbTnllc,
FZHALE COL'SCi:.
roiS)IKIl40 TKA718 AGO.
llenlUtr l'lion; ton instructor; hljrh
tnnlarl if nrhuUrnhlii; Arm autt iHtvmmic
(lri'l)Unr; lnt hilt HHtnKfw nt loa int trruiK.
Mnnnt HBiltuitlon, llrb nitmih. In aiivHini.
tw.lK); htnrl. Uutitith aixl uiiiii tlve ntnu(ii,
in mlvniic1. yiliawO. Fori ntiilutfii uihlnwn
W. Jl.ftTfAKT, I'vlrtr Ipal.
ln1Rl.lv nn one .r?i(ratl'n hna Tveoirni
n mnra imhe fmni ii jmironn, tmr It ho th
TTlna 1 roiiimvuiUiiun art Ha!!1 Ilnlr l!e
'tivwrrl Wt hut erhn tho mire o( mllline
who Iihvii urrt it whun we prtnt'Minra ft tha
iM'Mt Hnlr lrer(iiM)( In the witrhl. ItmaniU
imrtvlhU Tt'ow ho aro offerll with I.h-
i(Uh wnlii airini,i.iniri with if rh luff
ur irrlMiiiin. dml relief nml renew fit in th'n lu
vlyM ivnimlv. Wht'it the titiir In Indlnril
ftt -iif A i.lirrt nofthd Keituner wll
cii rtithfl rot, of Hip Jmir, atxt prefterve
ai I if Uittt.ii'tiu 'a tiiii')iii,r to tliniKmv
. i i i'i tti aitur.il color. i Kiiltuu, llo
" .' i " , .
BETHEL COLLEGE
RUS8ELLVILLE, KY.
WIT TPIIM HRillXS aKITFMUKH FOURTH.
Knllramtpr-nmn for Ir-rtu of ivp montlt., In-i-liMlinff
hoard, hidicliifl;. tuition, fuul. wa'hinff,
lifclil aail booka,4uly t7.00 - -.
1 . l I . t I Manf utlM I la - 1
i .laf at"ll-,tnT-i pv vo in,Mi.,t ,j.iqvn.iHKip
llrlntsTTimn urnrnrlflrr vund.
vxiai ran. Diiiiauna tvuiarKnnir nnnnny.
hi'n'l iHMttal for rntaloumK oonlnluluff full
IMi'Uaiiliu-a. AltlriM.
-. . . iaMI,IKWAI!UKNKR.rna't. !.
F. II. CLARKE, M. D.; r
rSfSICIAMiSO SOREEfirl.
Olllon Willi Ir. n.
, Galne-, 11 ill atreot
Sot25tf.:
Trr J M'ohn'a.
NICK AND WELL HOUSE,
ELKTON, KY-.
N. Tobin, - ? Proprietor.
Uooil rooina. (ood aerranti). ami Dlnlnr-
rooin anpiilloil with everything tlia market af-
tiar Speehil 4ceommoilationa for Comioer
I Trarohira. IMfoblSiu
WiUarcl Hotel,
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE,
LOUISVILLE, KY.
LEiSURE HOURS.
A MftgRBino of Clioico Liioiatnrt for
the. People.
rVBLISUEO ItlOPiTIILY.
.. BY
W. L WIERSHON & CO., !
111; .BiTintlwny, N. Y
" ThrnnliHahrra et this popular MnKiulne
liave drtrriniiiml to give mure gooil, Intoraat
Injrniul Inatrurtlvo ronillnjt mnttcr to auli
ar.rlliora than nan ho uUtaini'il anywlum, for
tin) annm prico. they hao. thrrofore, cngnm'il
(imnulier nrrojiulnr oontrlhutor well knjwn
to the pin, niIor mo year lo,, win. w,n i""
Hent tliroiigli thoeoliimn. of the Man7lno,
Orliilnnl Artialtia. roiislntliig of BlograplHca.
Travel Natural HlBtiuy, woikaot Facts ami
Klctlon,o.
Nntwlthatnnillnn tho Increincrt outlay of
inunev which thin rainier necenwy, the
arrliiiion prloo o( the Miigailne ruinatim the
"OurtoiiiiB:l.Mayoar or M ocnta for aix
,tt'ohaonil a trial ' inlncrlptlon of three
montha Kith a handnomo proniluui tor to
Aitmiti wanted In ovory town., Steady era
nlovment ami good pav. .
Kiir tnitlier partioiilari and agent! terms
jcmlatamp to ihepiiullnliora.
; VV. L. MERSIION&CO,
111, Broadway, N. y
it is so.;
I've en many a fflrt f -'
Wlin wtmlil iiinrrv n thurl,
Provhliiijf li.-M (iioiiiy f Khl, . : '
And wonhl live twruR'iit,
When :hi money whk MHUit
When Hhu fmuni thut Iht huurt had been
Buhl,
I've known many n lna
Whu wouM tliiii(Jitlurtly pnna
Whole hours inumi'imumg lliw ntrt'et,
Whilu her ni oilier would m-mb
AlMhu while nt the tub, -
ISuver uiiuiling ilio mid or tho beat. ' -
There Is many n man, , ' ' , " .
Who wiliih-uitx; if lieean,-:
ho mutlrr lutw emuty his iitirwe,
, Ami hit. tiylori.iHV look.'
When he Mt.tt.leitl.lH hook,
Hut his iijumu hurt bolted, oi vrorao. -
I know peo(t lotto nice, '
, 'i'lit-y will mint in a ti ice, ,
If you mi! nt ion hartl Inlior Uthuin
Vot thun imrcot Wciu puur, 1
And fim'vd lu undinu
Jinny haiMohtM llrv'a uurruut to ateui.
There are many about,
Witii la e 1oiik drawn out," -Who
would prutu for tin iihi hi of u lnufh;
Vutlliey'.ieheataUUiu week, ,
riiiouh ui Mmidiiy kn inct'f '
To my ilund tliuyrc too ih-juh by hiiif.'
! Jt la m1 it ia koI
. You iiik) iuiilu, if you like, ,'
' . Jiut.u in m. ' :
' ' Eallroada to Heavea;' V;i. : .
tDurllngUm riawkeyc.t :
, Ou the road onoe more, with Leb
iiiioii In the tliritaiice, Hie tat paseoti-gci-iliuiiiiiiinlJly
on. (lie wiiulow
utiiiv, llie airosn jmtmi'iijjer suuiii)
ualeep, anil tho lull, llilu passenger
ifuJinb' "lieu (jiuni'i Tour Arouml
llie iVorlil." nnrt won uWlng why
(jrci'iio's August Flower aliould ba
primed above i ilia dooi of a Iiuil
dliii't Temple at Uouaivi. 1 To 1110
comes tliu brakeuian, sealing liimsell'
on llie arm of llie seal, saye: .
"1 went 10 ciiiircli yosiertliiy.'!
"Yen? And what uluiroli did yon
alleud ?," . I said wi'li Uiat "inieres
ting inflection that uks for more.
"Wliiuli do you guesnflio akod.
"Some union mUsioii vliureli,". 1
lio&irdud.
... vNow," lie aa!d,"I dun'l llko to run
011 llieae uraueli roada very mueh. J
duii'i elcn (to to cliurcli, and when I
do 1 waul to run 011 me main line,
where your run in regular and you
fo on acliedule time, and don't liave
10 Wail on connections. I dou'l like
(o run 011 a branch. . (Jood enough,"
but 1 don't like It."
"EpUcopal ?" I gucswd.
Limited express, lie said ; nil pal
ace c.i i'i mid i 2 extra for a teat ; last
time and stops only at bit; stations.
Nice line, but too exhaustive for a
brnkcmuii. All train men in uni
lorm ; coiiducioi i punch and lantern
ailvtfr-plated, and no train boys
allowed. Then die passengers are
allowed to talk hack at the conduc
tor: uud it makes then! too free ami
easy.- An, l couliln I ilaiitl llie palace
cura. IKcli road enough. ' Don't of
ten hear ol a receiver being appoint
ed lor Ilia! lino. Somo mighty nice
people travel 011 it too.
UniversalislM suggested.
ltroad guage, said the brakeman ;
docs too much complimentary busi
ness. Everybody travels 011 a.piiHs.
Ci.iiduclor ilooHii't get a tare onco in
liny miles. .Slops at all flag stations,
and won't run into any thing but a
Union depot. Train orders are
rague, though, anil the tram men
doin gel along well with the passen
ger. Jvo, I iloii lfii lo mo univer
alUl, lliough 1 know somo awlully
good men w ho mil 011 that road.
J'reoliyleriim ? 1 akcd.
Narrrow guat c, eh, said tho hr ike
man ; pretty track, straight as a rule ;
luiiliell right ..through, a iiiounlaiii
rather than go aroiimi it: spirn-level
grade; piisengers have to show ihoir
lirkrts before ihoy get 011 tho tniin.
Mixhty strict road, but 1I10 cars ore a
lit t lu narrow; Imvetosit, one in a
seal, ami 110 room in Jho. aisle to
dance, f Then there's 110 stup over
tickets allowed ; xot to go through to
the station you are ticketed for, or
you can't grit ;0njit, till. When tho
'ear'x lull, no extra coaches; cars
liuillal tho shops to hold just so
many, and noboit else allowed on.
ilut you don't ofien hear of an acci
kent on Unit road. Its run right up
u !ho rules, (fc
" May .be you joindil M Froe Think
crs? i said. ,
Scrub road,., said (ho .brakeman;
dirt road-bed; and not ballast; no
time can! imrt -no- - trail dispatcher.
All trains run wild, and every engin
eer makes his own time, just as he
please". . Smoke it you want to;
kind of go-aa-you please road. . Toe
many side tracks, and every' switch
open all the time, with the switchman
aouud asleep 'and the target lamp
dead out. Get on as you tiicaso and
get off when you want to. ' Don't
liave 10 miow your iickois, nuu ine
conductor isnXexpented to do any-
1 h ny: but amuse he nasseiiL'ers nto,
sir, I was ollbred a pnss, but I don't
like the. lino. I (tou t like to travel
011 a road that has no Icrmiiius. Uo
von know, fir, I asked a division mi
dcriuleiideiit vvhero Hint road run to,
antl he said ho hoped to din it he
know. 1 axked him If the general su
perintendent could tell me, and he
said he didn't believe they ..had any
lrcneral suDoriutcudoiit, and . if Ihey
had, ho didn't know any more about
the road than the passengers. I asked
b i 111 who-reported loitnd ho said no
body. I ntked a conductor who ho
got 'ordurs from, and belaid he didn't
lako orders from any Hiving soul or
dead ghost. And when 1 asked the
engineer whore, he got his orders
from, ho said -he'd like to- soo any
body give him orders he'd run
that train to suit himself or lie d run
it Into the ditch. Now you see, sir,
1 am a railroad man, and I don't care
to run on a road thnl hat 118 time,
makes no connections, runs nowhere,
and has 110 siiDoriiite'lidenl. It may
be right, but I've railroaded loo long
to lindoi-dti'.nd it. . 5
Did you try the Methodist, I said.
Mow, you're shouting he said, Willi
some enthusiasm. Nioo road, 'eh ;
fast time and plenty of passenger,
Enjiinos carrvapowor of stoam, ana
don't you- forget it, stoaia guage
show ft hundred and enough all. the
time.- Lively road ; ;whoti the con
ductor shouts all aboard yon can
hoar him nt the next station.' Every
iraln-lamp shinos likq n. head-light.
Stnn over checkstflvoU on all through
tickets ; passengers can drop off the
train as they like, do tho statiqu two
or throe days, and hop 611 the next
revival irain that eoines thundering
alonor. Good, whole-souled, coui-
nanlonable conductors,: ain't a road
in llie country where the passengers
fool more at home. Fo passes; eyety
passongor pays full Irafflo rales, for
his tickot. wosioyau-nouna mr
breaks on all traius, too ; pretty safo
HOPKIKSYILLE, KENTUCKY,
road, but 1 dldu't ride over it ycatei'
day. - ' ' '' '
Maybe you went to the Congrega
tional Church? I raid.
Popular road, suid tho brakeman,
an old road, too; one of the 'oldest in
the country. Good road-bed and
comtortahie ears. Well - managed
road, too; directors don't iiitcrlro
with division superiutetidenls and
trahi orders, Road's. mighty popular
but It's pretty Independent, too,
Seo, didn't 0110 of tho division super-;:
intendents down .East discontinue
one of the oldest stations on this line
two or three years ago? Ilut it is a
mighty pleasant road to travel ou ;
always hna such a splendid class of
passengers. .:
Perhaps yon tried . the -Baptist ? ' I
giiessoil onco more. '
Ahl A ill an lil the lirakomnn, she's
a daisy isii'l he? River road ; beau
tlfiikcurve ; sweep mound most any
thing to keep closo to llie river;' but
it's all slcel rail and rock ballast sin-glotrack-all
the way, Mid' not a side
track from the rQiind-lipnse to the
termlnes. Takes a heap ot water to
run her. though ; double (auks nt eve
ry stalinn, and there J sit 't nil 'engine
in the shops that can pull a pound or
run a milo ill less than two gauges.
But it runs through a bestiiiful conn- j
try; those river, roads- always do;
river on one side,-hills 011 the other,
and it Is a steady climb up grade all
the-way till th riin. e.iols where the
fountain head of the river begins.
Yes, sir, I'll take the river road overy
time lor a lovely trip, 'sure connec
tions and good lime, and: 110 -prairie
dust blowing in at, the : windows.
And yesterday when the conductor
came round for the tickols with a lit
tle harkot puuch, I did'utaik him to !
pass me, bull paid my faro like a
little mini Iwenty-livo cems' for an
hour's run and a littlo concert by llie 1
passengers thrown In. . I tell you,
Pilgrim, you take llie river' road
when you want .
Hiitjii.it hero the long whistle from
the eiigiuo announced 11 station, and
the brakeman hurried to the door;
shouting. ;. .
Zionsville! This train -makes no
stops between here and Indianapolis.
The Disadvantages of City Boys.
Some months ago, IJev 'Washing
ton Uludden, ot bpuiiiulleld, Mass.,
believing that if ho could find out
h ow the active aud prominent men of
his own city spent ttieir boyhood, it
would help to solve Hie pi;ublein ot
what Uthe best training lor boys, pro-
pared the following circular, which
was sent to the ouoiiiiuureti men wno
could lairly be saidio maud at the head
of the liuaiiclal, comuierciul, proles
sionnl and educational intercuts of the
eiiys . ....
Wy Doar air 1 uesiro to mm out
for the benefit of the boys,' how the
leading moil ot tliKi city spent their
boyhooa. w 111 you oemuu cuougn
to lell me '.
1. Whelhor your homo duriug the
first filled! years of your life was ou
a lunii, in a village, or a city, and, '
2 Whether you were accustomed
during any part 01 that period, to en
gage in any kind of work when you
were not lu school r
1 shouid be glad, of course, to have
you go into pailicuiat's as fully as
you are disposed lo do ; but I do not
wisli to lux your pulienco, and I shall
be greally obliged lura simple answer,
tu llicse two questions ,
Ho loss than -eighty-eight of the
busy iioutlemeu who received this
eii'LUlar were kind enough to answer
the questions somo of tiiciu briefly
most of them quito fully, and it tinn
ed out that lew had been brought tip
like most of.the boys who crowd the
ball grounds and lilt Ihu streets of our
cities in these latter days. Here iaa
Uriel summary of llio rut urns; . ' ,
Ot these oiifhiy-eight incii, twelve
sueiit the first lilteeii years of their life
.iu tlte;, cilylwelve In village and sixty-
t. warn Itii'iimr1 Itov. - i '
Ilut of the twenty-four who lived
in villages and-citles, bIx were prac
tically fanners boys; lor tnoy uvea 111
small villages, or Ou the oul-siris of
cities, and had the same kind Of work
to do ihat-tariners' boys tiufOv :
Four othej'S told substantially the
sairie storyi As Iheso were about tho
same as farmer's boys, "we may add
them to that list, so that seventy, out
of eighty-eight almost Cpur-Iitihe of
all these men. hud' the Uuluing of
tarm-lire. ',. "'. .
Now how was it with (no lliirtccn
city and village boys 011 the list ? Did
they havo an easy lime of it ; five -of
them did, as Ihey lustily ; five of them
had no work in particular to (do, hut
one ol the livo says that he studiod
law when out of school, and that was
not exactly piny. Tho 'rest of the
piuhtcon were poor boys not pau-
pors, by any means, but children of
the ntlinuier classes, many 01 tiiuiii 111
narrow and u.edy. cireuiLstancos
and though they lived in cities or vil
lages, ihoy wore accustomed from the
earliest years to hard woik .
Was generally employed, says oue
during the Summer mon'.lis, and in
vacation in 1101115 any Kiim ot woi-k
that is ottered. ..,-:
FonroftliQ city boys were news
boys. One 01 iliom says: The last
veal' I was connected with the press, I
earned one hundred dollar, before
brcukfxst.
Another: I have paid my own
way since eight veal's of age, without
anv assistance except my board from
my clgntll AO my cioveniu year.
Of ull these oighty boys, five" only
had nolhinir particular to do.
While these boys were growing
and working, ft great many otliers-
sons of merchants ami lawyers were
growing up In Springfield, going, to
school and nmiisini: themselves, as
linvii of their class are npt to do.
Where are they? Only- five of this
class are heard froiil among the; eigh-.
ty eight solid men of that city. ;Somo
of 1 hem, perhaps, are prosperous men
in oilier citios, but. the number can
nul ho large, for in Springfield, only
five men out of eighty-clht came
from this, class. Ninoty-feur and a
halt per cent were either .farmers or
poor and hard working town boys ,
;,v?: ;" A Cross 3aty. 8: . j.
i' Nothing is so conducive to a man's
remaining a baoheloraa stopping for
on hiirlit at - the house of a maiTtod
Ir'end and being kept awake for five
or six, hours by the crying of a' cross
baby. All cross and:orying babies
need only Hop Bittere to make them
well and smiling. , loung man, . re
member this, Ed. ,,
,TUESDAY, lBRUARY. 21,
' i-l ' . i -
j A Chanel Acquaintance.
HOW A WASHI jo'TON MAtf-UArPENEU
' 1 '
TO EXPRESS! 118 VIEWS TO THE
rHK81I)ENT.
. ! .
' ' 'Bntiirdoy'aCliieago Intor-Orcan. "
Washington February 8. One of
our most popuinr und enierpris'ing
business men was in New . Vork sev
eral weeks ago. and got into the train
to come home. 1 The parlor cur was
crowded, but the porter said : '
"lake your seat anywhere,' sir, ror
a few minutes. Somo ol these pass
engers will get out sooii, and then I
will give you' a mi. ,
My friend: entered the car, and
without ceremony, sealed himself be
side a stranger who was reading a
New York - -morning paper. My
riend is a littlo sensitive about tho
slory 1 uui going to lell, anil I will
nut give his came ; but for the pur
pose of Identification, I will-call him
I'eicia. He is a very sociable man, a
stalwart ltcpubliuuu, and .pretty well
up on politics. , . 1 -
The stranger lam clowu Ills paper
pretty soon and' engaged in conversa
tion wttli retere on 1110 topics ot the
lav. Business, speculation ami other
mutters were discussed, and very nut
urirtly,' the conversation 'ran Into pol
itics, of which ciiblectthe stranger
did -not seem anxious to. talk, Peters
asked him how far he was going, and
the Btrangnr replied that lie was 011
his way lo Washington. '.' . .
"Live there r asked Pelers." ' ,
"Only temporarily," was the strang
ers reply, and lie proceeded 10 ex
plain that he was In office. '
What part or ttie country ore you
from'?'"'.' (: :'.ii i'- j,:: . ..,.t
"Ohio." ,
"Lots of Ohio men around Wash
ington since' Hayes came in, re
marked Peters, with aimilo. .
"Ycb." replied the stranucr, "we
Ohio people think we can, supply the
brains and muscle for the whole coun-
trv.'"'' -'..-.' 'ni " 1
"Modest folksi those Ohio men,"
said 1'elers again, "Out thei J'resi
doiit. General of the Briny, Chief
Justice, Secretary of the Treasury
and abouUhalf the offices, and now
ihey want 10 nominate another Ohio
man for President. Do you think
John Sherman stands any chance of
being nominated t
. "1- really don't like tn express an
opinion on'that subject,'' replied the
stranger, frankly.' "Secretary Sher
man is a tricnd or mtne.auu twouiu
ike very much to se- bun 'resident,
but cannot-estimule his strength."
They say liayos is giving him a
big lilt," suggested Peters. .
JNorepiy.
"I understand that civil service or
der, about olilce holders fooling
with political conventions has been
temporarily withdrawn so that.Johu
Shei'iiinn can get me oouiiicru oum
gates to Chicaso," said Peters. .
"A great many tliiugs have been
said by Secretary Sherman's oppo
nents that are neither true nor reason
able,'", answered the stranger, some
what sharply. 1 : . '
. "I. liko to see Haves stand by his
friends." remarked Peters, "but if
hat civil-service order ever was in
euded to bo enforced, it ought to be
enforced now, while the fight for the
nomination is boing made.,. But it
was never meant 10 be 1 enforced.
Haves issued it to satisfy some of the
namby-pamby, gilt-edged politicians
who are niwaj-s (or reiprm - wnen
ihey are out of office. It never mado
any difference with the - political ma
chinery of this country; aud it was
never intended to bo more than ft
pretension." ' .'. .'.'. ' :
. "xuo I'residont was sineore in is
suing (hat order," said .the stranger,
"and I happened to know that ho de
sires its enforcement." , . ;
'I liope he isn't lying awake: nights"
fretting about it," remarked Peters.
The stranger changed the tonic ol
conversation, and pretty soon "Peters
asked if ho wouldn't smokeV The
proffered olgar was declined, and Pu
lers went lo the smoking-room alone.
There ho met an acquaintance, who
asked':-'-" v.-t,---j . ; - '
"What ' gcntleinan was that you
were talking with ?" - i
"Duiino,"-'.:responded Peters. "I
believe he is an -Ohio' Congressman.
,1 did't ask his name, but ho said lie
was In'offlce.',. , . . ." '..,' " i "'
' . "What wero .'you ialkihg about?"
"Poliiics mostly.1 ' lie seenas to be
nn administration man. Says . he
wants John Sherninu nominated,, and
seemed a little touchy when l'said
that Hayes'i civil service roform busi
ness was -a humbug, lie , said he
knew Hayes was sinoore.and, all that."
"Don't you know who he is?".
"No, I never saw him before.!'
"Never saw tho President of the
United Stales?" ." .'.' ', ,! '
"Holy MososT' Is that Hayes?" '
Yes"r" - " '"' ' ' ;':.'
LEITOHSVTLLE.
I am at home again , and ask ad
mittance; onee more lor this scroll.
It lightened, thundered, and rained,
for two days and nights last week.
Mr. .1. E. Carpenter's school has
clo8ed.the prize was awarded to Miss
M. Wilklns ; without aotiot sue mer
ited L but deliver me from such
iudfircs : Mr. Carpentor gave a social
hop iu honor of llie school, there was
plenty ot good jnusio, consisting pnu
cipally ot ohin musio- , , -,
There is ft widower near this (own
who is now wearing a white shirt,
the flrsfho has worn for fifteen years,
so sayeth an old inhabitant ; the mat.
rimouial boom must have struck him
Bacon is worth 10 cents per pound
here and still going up.
, Eggn are scarce, none in mni'Ket.
If Shortfellow wfthes for Infornm'
tion, concerning the distance of brass
and isrnorance travollnir together, ho
must consult .with the constablo of
this place. ' ' '
If promises can be depended on,
there will bo sovoral now subscribers
for the Kentuokian, from this ylcln;
itv very soon. ; ,
Mr. F. Tetty gave a birthday party
theI4th Mr. T. Williams or Missis,
sini was r resent: the entertainment
was well managed and passed off
pleasantly to all who wero present,
If the ladies near here are counting
the grays, they.. would do well to
count Uv Gray, and they will, soon
have their number, as he is often
seen about. .
, v , Tedia.
IS80.
mini
List of Premiums to be Dis
tributed to our Subscrib
ers at our 2nd- Annual .:
!', Distribution. '
Encouraged by tliQ' succosa of 8 sim
ilar undertaking last year, wo, have de
termined to diHtribnto.n number of
vnlunble premiums among our sub
scribers noxt fall'. Every cash sub
scriber will get a tioket ill' tho distri
bution and- have an equal chance at
the preminms..' i:i . : . '
.Those who hsvo already pnnl tor
the paper caii got tickets by showing
receipts.--- ' ,
Ve have selected the premiums
with cart and otFer nearly three times
many as we did last year. As
will be seen from the list: below there
are thirty prizes, ranging from eighty
dollars: dowrj. , , - ' 1 ,, ; , ''
1.,; A , No. , 1" Two-horse - ,
Wagon, made by M. C- Forbes ; $80.
2. A No.l Y hite'B Sewinir i U '
Machine.. ....'.. $50.
8. '; An elegant Silver Tea-set .'.,
of six' pieces (mm J' M. Howe . $5p.
4. One gents' Saddle, msiU
by J. A. IS. Johnson. . .... . . . $20.
5. A gennine 3 ox. . Silver .,,!,
VVatcli,. Waltham movemeat,
from Jas. L. Wahl.: : . . . .". $20.
6. South Bend Chilled Plow
from Vinlroo 4 Hart,.. . V. ; J . . 815.
7. '., Oliver. Ciiilled 1 Plow,
from C.'O,' Sliniiklin.. V. $18.
8. Improved Dexter Corn- ..
ehelleir, from M. Oregory Ic Bro. $12.,
,9. .Silver Butter Dish, from ' ...
Robert Mills. .Ir. . $10,
1!). Solid "'18 ' karat Gold ' . "
King, from .Ins. L.1 Vahl;U. . $10.
!. II,1' Extra Largo Farm' Boll,;1 : " ''
from Wiiifree Hart.;.;'."..',.'' $10.
12. Donlilo Plow, manufac
tured by Moore b lidmunds.. $10.
13. Silver Cake-basket, from . .,.
Robort Mills, Jr...: . - $8.
14. ?nt of Table Spoonr, ,
from J. M. Howe, . ....... .'. ' $5.
'. . 'Gold Pen and Holder,
from J, M, Howe. : . .-. . .'....' $0.
10. Carving Kuife and Fork,
from C,A. Thompson... ..... . $5.
17. Tin Chamber Set, three '
pieces, from 0. A. Thompson.. $5.
18. ' Atalnut Baby Cradle,
from A.WiPyle.V.i .M'.V.:.. .;
19. Finn Riding Bridle. . .'. . 85.
20. Box best 5o Cigars, from ' ..:
J. W. Lander... . 85
21. ' Silver Ubblot. 84.
.'22;' Silver Goblet. . t ; . . $4,
- JB.- NickW Plated Clock. $3.
; 24. Good Riding Bridle. . : . , $3.
25. Good Riding Bridie.... . $3.
. 26. Gold Front Sleeve But-, ; ,
tons... . .,. . ,.,r. ,, .;
27. , Weekly Cpurier-Jotirnal
one year .: .'.....'.':.....
. 28. Weekly Courier-Journal
one year. . .". . . '. .. . . . .....'
t 29. South Kcntuckinn one
$2.
,$2!
$'2.
82,
$2.
year.,
30.
year.w
South Kentuckian
one
1 ' Eomanco in Seal Life-r . " '
V, '' -'V -.'-. ;'-l.'-
New York, Feb. 12. John and
Thomas Burton, cousins, livod in the
little town of Tuckahoo.up the Har
loin railroad, married there and had
children. Thomas went away and
caused a report to be sont back that
he was dead, which was so success
fully managed that It was generally
believed. - About that time John s
wife died and ho , married Thomas'
widow. Thoy had sort of romnut
Ic.attaiJiincnt . in early , youth,! and
their marriage was very huppv. ' A
child wus horn to them. ' Lust week
Thomas Burton returned home aud
and demanded his wile. John was
loth to give her, up. .... lie had a large
family of , children : four of his own
by his first wile, two of hers by her
lirst husband and one. of their own.
There was pinch conferring between
the parlies Tho argument .that, in
duced John 'in his decision to give
her up was that her reputation . must
suficrif she lived with him longer.
bo oh Monday be helped her pack
her thlngsand with her baby In her
nrins she started out to join lior first
husband.' ' : ' ,'
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'-, Poos of Doctors, .....
The fee of doctors is hn item that,
very many persons are interetod u.
just nt present. We behove the
schedule for Aisits is (JiJ.OO, which
would tax a man of a daily visit, over
$1,000 a year for medical attendance
alonelAnd 0110 siuglo bottle of Hop bit
ters taken in timo would save tho $1.-
000 and all tho year's .sickness. Al.
., a Cootcbman's Answer.
Mr. Spurgeon once related the fol
lowing anecdote as he gave put an
anthem. To appreciate the story, il
mtiBt be remembered that Scotch
Presbyterians, with few exceptions,
sing only the Psalms of David :
A high' churchman and a Scotch
Presbyterian minister has been at the
snnio church. '1 be former asked the
latter II he did not like the-lnlroits."
He replied: 1 don't kuow whatau
Inlroit is.
SMd thO''"Cliui-climnii,Biit did you
not eiijoy the anthem .
Ue replied : No, 1 did not enjoy it
at all.
Iam yery orry, said the church
man, because it was used iu the early
church ; in fact it was originally sung
by David. '
Ah i said the Scotchman, then that
explains the scripfuro. I can under
stand now, if David sung it at that
time, why Saul threw his javelin at
him..' ' .- -
This was followed by a loud peal
of laughter, when Mr. Spurgoou said.
Now let ns sing the anthem.
A negro boy who escaped from the
Franklin jail has voluntarily returned.
NUMBER 8.
Pirst Look In a Mirror.
Tno effect which the sudden seeing
of theinselvos as otliers see them hail
upon several Siamese women is nnr
ruted by a lady :
A few wecks'go a company ol Si
amese women came to see me and my
house. They consider it a great trout
it 1 invite them through my rooms
and lot them look at my bed, table
chairs, pictures and nick-nacks, and
especially if they can got - a look at
themselves in the mirror on my bu
reau. : ' 1 ,-'. . ',".:.,- .1
One or two; of those who came had
beeu before, end they wcjo telling of
how ihey looked in the glass till the
others were all anxious tu see, too, so
they gathered in a crowd and 1 stood
dolore the mirror;. 5; ' !
, Ono quick look, and then a ' sur
prised, startled cry. and some of them
hid their laces, others jumped away,
and somo looked ubout lo see who
was really there, ;. r: i : 1
They had never seen theinselvoe
before, and did not know hov miser
ably they looked ' with their black
leeih and naked bodies. They drew
their, scarfs over Iheir breasts and
tried to hide from the eight ,of them-:
selves. ... . i
One turned and said to hie.' "AV'e
ire very hatclul looking; : dou't you
IHllK for - i. ..': ' . . "'
- I did uot toll them 'I had always
thought so. hut 1 said : ,
'"Now', since you know .how you
look, is it any wondor that wo always
tell voti to wear more clothes and 10 ,
quit chewing bclol ?'', ; , . ;.. ,; '
Some of them would not ue iniiueod
to look Die second time, while .others
stood and looked.' " '' ;
aa-aaaaa-MwaaaaraaM ' ' , ,
'An Interesting Story.-' : "
An interesting story in connection
with the last silver ' dollar ,' has1 ju.t
come to light here. The ' secret has
come ont. throngh the llecord .news-,
papers, as to rl'o the young ladv was
that.sat to, Mr. Morgan,,, the designer,
as a model lor tho head which ap
pears on the coin. The lady who has
thus been raised 'to fame,' and ''whose'
name will bo chronicled , iu history, is
Miss Anna W. Williams, residing
with her widowed mother at 1,023
Spring Garden street, in this city
lu 1879, when Mr.' Morgan was mak
ing desigus for the coin, he was intro
duced to the 'Jsdyr.by 1 Mr. ... Thomas
Eakins, a friend of the family. He
desired to liave a true .representative
of American beauty emblazoned upon
the coin, and the profile of Miss Wil
lianis nppeared to him as the best ap
proach 10 it he had seei.. ' The lady,
who is' of a very modest and retiring
.disposition, was induced lo sit, and
after four or live interviews suflicient
sketches had been secured td proceed
with work. The artist wrought up
the face alterward .to its present ap
pearance, as it is shown upon the coin.
It jvould be impossible to recognize in it
any resemblance toMiss YVilliums. The
Grecian noso and the delicate lips had
their foundation ill her features, but
the full rounded chin resembles-more
that of the wife of Mr. Morgan.
Miss Williams is ablpnde'and consid
ered, quite pretty. She is a teacher ill
girl s department ' of the House ol
Kefitge, and about 18 years ot age.
This sctsfn rest the numerous stories
which haVo been in" circulation as to
whoiu.the face on the coin bolongs.
Philadelphia letter.
t'i '
: .Yellow Fever Romance-
:;v,: 1; . j.-- 1". ...... v'i ,'.'' .
Last vent when the epidemic was
racing in Memphis, among tho Cin
ciiiuati physicans who tendered their
services and lives to . Health. Ulhcei
Minor, waifyoiiiig Dr. Collins, bf this
city, an mlusunlly bright and intense-
tiiRl- man; who was making a prccari-
ons living at' his practicii, hot through
lack of ability, lorot that he had abun
dance, but-l'aim tho Jack of patients;1 '
: His sor vices, tuge;licr with those of
five others, wero accopted, ami ou
certain evening thoy ell wont. to the
Ohio and Mississippi ". Railroad ' depot
to take tho 9:30 train fur the South.
Young Colliiis,iin taking leave of the
Heallh ofiiccrs, who had gone down to
se the little band oft; said: "Doctor, I
will either make a reputation in Mem-
plus or never come home again. Jtl
arrived iu that city,, mid reportiug ' to
tho Howard Association for duty, was
given ah assignment in a part of the
town whero the diseaso was carrying
people off by the scores.' .
; -Amdiig-others that he attended wnfc
the family of a' wealthy plaateh ' -He
was succcasfiu 111 bunging the children
through; (he- sickness, one of whom
was a beautiful and intelligent joung
lady. , . .... , . V
Within a short'time the doctor hint
solf, worn down by unceasing labor,
was. smitten with the scourge, and InV
tossing leverislily in his shall rnoui.
The young lady, hearing of tho civ
cunistance, went to the house and
nursed Into, tenderly through his ill
ness. - - -
It is almost needless to say that by
this time the youthful pair became
mutually attached, a proposal and uc
ceptauco followed, to which consent
was unhesitatingly given- by tho, p
rents. They were afterwards marriod
the father investing his new son-iu
law with a handsome interest in his
large plantation. Dr. Collins is now
oue of the rising young physicians of
Memphis, and is the ethcient secretary
of its Board of lhalth. Cinch n.ti
Commercial , , . ....
Tho Interchangeable family ulster
supplies a want long felt." in the
possession of a young married cou
ple it can be worn by either party.
. A yonng man from the country pas
sing McCood's tobacco store iu St.
John, saw a five cents piece on the
sidewalk, and imediately put his fojt
on it uutil he could pick it up undis
covered, and you can be: that itietio
youth exhannlod his vocabulary of ,n drunkeniifsit. The honorable gen- '
cuss words when he found it was only ti, , appreciate the dolicacy o, ilio
a tin tobacco stump. 'And thus! Mi t. and iinme,lkloiyemigi-.itotl t
through life do we chase phnntjiii it'-e field of his foinieVlahois iu Miuici.
shadows Bud think them reap, ' County,. '
rHEJ SOUTH KEHTUCKIAN.,
ADVERTISING RATE.;
One square, orieaa, llrst Insertion- ...
One Mpiftre, or less, sceoml lni tiou . .
One siU are, three months
t);iusiUiibsr twelve mi nths ,
Two siiiuxred. six nlimllis
Two stjunrea, one year" ,
Olie-Iimi'lh column, per year.
One-thin! column, per year. ............
One-half column, per year. ..... . ......
One column, per year . ,
llusiness locals, tcu eenta per line.
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;. .WASHINGTON LEXTEB-;
, - , IryASiiiNdrott, Fob. 20 1880.
; FaHilonablo Society at llie capital
now takes recess, after several weeks
of unusual' gaiety.. For a lime Iho
1 olind of parties and reccpliuue cease
and the devotees of fashion tollies get
a respite Horn their dissipations.
Lent must bo 10 them must welcome
rest. Tile receptions at ;the 'While .
llou-e this season .havo been more
largely attended and brilliant tliuii
any since tho fraudulent president
look possession of il. At tho last
publio reception 011 Saturday night
.there : was a rush aud a good part of
the crowd appeared to have come lu
from tho sireot oil the. way home
trom their daily labors. It is one of
the forcible Illustration ot; (he spirit
of this goverument to see high and
low, capitalist and -laborer alike wel
come, .tuv struggle e masse ikn,ugli
the spacious and elegant parlor occu
pied by Iho chief magistrate of the '
land," uud grasp their rulers by tho
hand.. i -,V '' "' v- '
But llie high-toned and aristocrntta
reception occurred -on Tuosday even
ing, when Mr- aud Mr?., Hayes re
ceived the Diplomatic Corps. It was
a 'really 'brilliant, not 16 suy gorgeous
iitfair. ' When Mrs.i Lincoln reigned
in the White House she .innugftraled
llie plan of making a division of So
ciety .n,l'lcc.theg!iesls. had entered.
She hud a door set apart for 'tho
Judges ot the Supreme -Court' Scnn-
atiH-sf fti-iny and Iniry and foreign'
Maltsters, , iMembera ,01,- congress,
were herded with, Iho common .peo
ple, Mini ncltinlly torced .through the
same door. When iirs. Jnlia- trnnt
succeeded to the sceptre she realized
that any distinction or , this Klmt
would make any aihniuisirni.ioh ' nn- '
popular: so she decided Hiatal! per
sons who entered, the front door of
Iho Mansion were' eiililied lo rliff
same social privilege;' and nil doors
should be alike to the guest. - But lo
get over the difficulty and please roy
ally as well us democracy, Airs, (rtunl
discovered a side, door, a sort of ueafc '
eulrauccd where those who wished 10 ,
avoid the erowd could pass lu, take
up their position In iho rear of the
throne." aud irlare upon 111a etruit-
gling erowd-of liutnaitily as it passed .
by iu single file.- .Mrs. uuye's arm-
locralic uoiioiis have led her to revive
the system of.Mrs. Lincoln, aud she
has doors tor the Common-psople and
oihflr doors for, the great. !. 1 ,i-
It is said that oue ol the most im- .
pressive and gorgeous receptions ever
given in the White House occurred
to ward Hie last ol President Llucoiu
first term.- The White House looked
old, worn ami dingy, tor ibis preced
ed llie golden spleu'dor of the Grant
i-egimu, but the . brilliancy aud mag- .
nilicence was mado up by -the scarlet .
uuilorms of the Manue Hand- wtttt
tho irilt buttons and shouldered straps
of tho brave defenders' of the Union,'
who , -clustered about the Capital in .
those historic days. , The same strug
gling tide ol humanity inuudated the
doors of the Kxecutiye Mansion-, but'
at every turn, a soldier was stationed'"
to keep tho crowd within. the limit of
Mrs. Lincoln s. law.. Bayonets glit
tering Over the ' daintily dressed,
ladies who declared thai "mob 'law"
was now inaugurated and they should
never visit the White ' House again
until (t cliantjeJl'r Butit the guests,
lell insulted at the presonce of the
bayonets what. was holr astonish
ment upon going into the "preseuce
to und a genuine crown ou Mnr Lin
coln's head.'' It was made of gilt, but
looked, precisely liKe inose : wnicu
are found ou the heads- cf UiosOuls'-.
tinguUbod' women about whom wo .
read in Agnei Slrickland's' "Lives of .
tue uucous 01 Hiiif laud, ine stones
of gems were wautiugj bnt the ' Unset
and gilt ' was all tliere. Thero was
only time .allowed 14 note that dear. -old
Abraham looked down at, his lit
tle . "bobbing" woman at his . side, sa
lie might at ft irolicsome kitten. .
'J'hat "crown- was a hai'mless'head
dress invented by a Philadelphia; mil
incr. aiid Mi's. Lincoln ridiculed it so
sevorly thalits debut and withdrawal
all took place tho same Bight,,. ,1
ine uiu introdqced lu llie House at'
the extra Session to make the Com
missioner -of "Agriculture a Cubiuet
OUiocr, lias got' si-favorable .-report
from U10 Uommittee, but it will never
go beyond this. The proppsilion has.
general! y-.oeeu regarded as one of Lo
Duc's crazy scheiiios.,Tbo lax-paying
people of this country are opposed to
any incroaso of their burdens' fit tho
shape of ' additional office-holders.
Thou from apolitical point of. view,
there Is yery tittle probability of the
passage 0: nils bill. A democratic
Congress will not lie likely lo enlarge
the powers and add to llie patronage
and influence of a republican ' admin
istration. This bill will have arrayed
-against it all the interests exocpl that
or agriculture. Whenever It cornea
belore tho House, amendments will
be offered lo create a, department of
commerce 1 department of manufact
ure and departments representing
other interest each to . bo presided
over by a cabinet officer with the us
ual assistants, and secretaries' ami
oher accessories.- It will be con
tended thut conimerco, for instance,
is ns much entitled lo a posillou in
the cabinet a agricullure. The. op
position to tho bill is so strong that it
will bodofcated, iiotwltlistvudiuga
favorablo report from the coojtuiUee.
There are rumors on llie sli'Riif. to-,
day ofa littlo niipleasautess betcen
Mr. Unyca and John Sheriuan. lKl
Teporien 111111 nayesiooK 1110 sec re
tnry tn task for using the Treasury to
lorward liU presidential aspirations
and charged thai ho had "Stultified"
llie Administration. Report has it
that Rutherford got riiiht up on his
car- and informed Sherman that tho
Civil Service rules must not bo en
tirely ignored, at least not so long be
fore the election, '
', ; - - ' '; Tiioxo.
JocklhsEint. - ,
tlBtetUfeaeer.'t .
a.. , . '
rnere was a peculiar htilcss 111 1
1 pi ointment of Hon. AlstOuRawlinu
a mem'ier of the li ousts Conimiiu-e
utt Emigration and Labor lifter his
min e had been Miioken from the
, t,'i tnmittee on Religion and moral a
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