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I A TOO BUMPTI0D3 H8C8E. The Federal House of Representatives. I seeing but little of doing any- thing In the line of legitimate busbies. Is giving its attention to several matters not proierly withiu Us cognisance. One cf tbesr Is the proposition to censurs Ambassador Bayard for speecbea made la Cog land.

Aa a general proposition, the three departments of the Uoverumeatthe Leglslatrvxs Ute Kxecutive and the Judicial ro quit independent oi un ao, other. To however, there are some exception. The assent of the Senate ia reuitvd certain appointments to oSto Hidu by the Fresidenk and to treatifS uvgodated by him, The House of Keprvcvtitatives has the exclusive rigtt to eAbibtt articles of impeachment. while th. Svnate has the exclusive right to try those Impeached.

Apart frvu stub exceptionai cases the House has nothing do with public -'cinoera. it niuy, iuUwd, with th con-furfWKB of the Senate and the Preel- dent, thw laws aSectiag public officers, but imwcr even in that ree spect Is luiiited by the ConstituUo. The House has no Jurisdiction to censure Mr. Bayard. W'heu it atruck out the clause in the resolutions authoriaing the ciMuruittee tiaveatlgatisji his case to report by impeachment or otherwise, it put itself out of court.

A resolution. jt oeaaure by the House would have I BO. mote force ta resolutioaa 1 pgased at public meeting uf 154 divorce -seekers in Oklahoma South XVakota. The House may ln- peachi Mr. Bayard if It choose, but a res- lutloix to censure hhn without a trial ls beyond Us delegated powers, and has no effect except to rsl-tat the suspicion among thoughtful nrwa that Mr.

Bayard I lta done soruetbiug very creditable. la like tuanoer tb House is trying to idevise aooie plan to- force Controller Bowler to respect aa unconstitutional law. Now, to begin with, thia none of the House's business. The case In court, and wilt in due course be deckled by the. proper trlbuiat.

namely. in the Supreme Court oX the United State. To be sure, the House can Impeach Irx Bowler and the Senate can try remove him. but If. after that was avcomplisheda the- Supreme.

Cv'-trt ahould declare the bounty act unconsti-tuttbaa it would be rather awkward for both the House and the Senate. The House has been figuring on a bill to compel an, official to enforce aa, unconstitutional act until It la decrarcad uaconstitutionat by the, Supreme But the court have repeatedly dvcidei that aa uncoiistitutlonal act la no law at ail. It ia null, and void. These are strong word. It ha not even the.

Value of a. piece of blank for th Of be A worth aomethlriK. but an uncon-artltutlonal act of CongrMs Is not' good for anything. It protects nobody and it binds nobody. In contemplation of law It Is a compacte nonentity.

If CbngrcMH can not malt it good by pausing It the flint time, it can not do uo by pausing other laws about, it. Of course. Controller BotW Knew that he was refusing to execute the Jaw at his pertt if it should be declared constitutional nut he would tlo have obeyed it at perl! if it turned out to be contrary to the This was not a very comfortable but Mr. Bowler bad no alternative but to resign. But the point is that t'ue House has nothing to do with the matter unless it chooses to tmpeach Mr.

Bowler. There no way to give validity to an unconstitutional law. Passing a dozen laws requiring its enforce-atent will not help the matter in the hast. The House should read the Con stitution and attend to its own bust ess. It is too buiaptious.

THE BOLE OF HT5T50 CAMPS. With the coming of the Utah Senators the Republicans begin their arrangements to take possession of the Senate offices. Yet the Republican party claims to be for sound money, while the Senate which it controls is for free silver coinage at 14 to 1. The free-ilver majority, as well as the Republican majority, is obtained by the votes of the Senators from the new States. Xine States, with a population of 2.000.0W.

furnish eighteen Senators out of ninety in a full Senate. At present there are only eighty-nine, on account of the Delaware vacancy. Seven of these ten States have a population ksa thaa that of the city of Philadelphia, yet they contribute fourteen votes out of the possible ninety, or nearly ojae-slxih. Dubois a few duys ago alluded to the fact that he represented a "km ket borough." but plea-led In extenuation that the representation in the Senate was settled at the adoption of the Federal Constitution. But at that time conditions were very differ ent.

The whole country had a repre sentation of less than four millions. or only two-thirds as much aa New York now has. The few small States then existing were needed to form the I'nioa. and concessions were necessarily made to them, because they were sovereign States and could remain out or come In as they chose. But It was not settled in 178H- that Territories should become States before they had adequate population to Justify them assuming equality In the Senate with the older Commonwealths.

The country has grown since 17X3. and the popula tion which gives to an older State an additional, member of 'the House has Increased nearly six-fold. The exist ence of States with 45.000, tt.uo or population, each able to overturn in the Senate the wishes of six millions 4f people, was not then contemplated. For years past these mining camps have held the country by the throat, brought oa a panic, deranged business and prevented needed financial legislation, in order to force the payment of 144 per cent bounty upon one of their products. Yet the Republican leaders, for the sake of a few offices and with the hope of their help la the coming campaign, still cater to them, and form a coalition even with those outside their own by which they give them virtual coatrol of financial legislation in the Senate.

These are the tangible etalences which the Republican party gives of being a sound-money party. Meantime, the leaders of the parly, and especially those who aspire to the presidency, are voiceless on this subject They still sing the praise of the party, but say nothing of its being in the clutch of the silverites, who have given notice that they will quit it next use unless it declare unequivocally for the debasement of the currency. They have submitted so long to the rule of the niiniog camps that it Is not surprising that suoh men as Senator Cbaadler are seeking a modus Vivendi with, tbem, for the coming campaign. That they are by no means sanguine of the success of these efforts ia evident from the proposition to enlarge the number of States that will vote for a Republican La case the' election be thrown Into the House. This is to be done, ef course, by the old-fashioned.

Republican system of stealing seats. At leaat one Kentucky Congressman is expected to be the victim of thi foresight. But unless the record of this Congress shall be better than the past two montha Justliies us in expecting the reneva ire Kepublicana of the House of the task of choosing a President. IaTB riIa)'8 "8C00F. XUas Kate Field la a brilliant newspa-.

per woman too brilliant to waste her time and columns of the Journal for which n.x. correspondent by sending back Iviiy statements from that accomplished Hawaiian liar and ass. Lor in. A. Thurston.

Thurston put out several such statements after the lamented Greahaia packed, aim oft to. Honolulu, and there haa neve since been a day when he would not repeat his slanders in any pa-pr that would compliment bin with the space. Judge Oreshant Is dead and gone, and his friends must speak charitably, but it is the conviction of most Ameri cana that he should have dismissed. Thurston long before he did. If there was ever a vulgar, Ireacheroua dt-ma- goguo, this Hawaiian Minister was one.

Never since the days, of Oeuet has the representative of a foreign power dared so openly to Intrigue and meddle with, the affairs of the United States. Judge Gresham thought him of such lit, tie Importance that be gave him rope until fellow snared himself past the limit diplomatic forbearance. When dis- missed fie had the grace to. say little when in Washington, even denying that bad. been recalled, but when he started Westward his tongue loosened, THE C0URIE1W0UKN AU LOUISVILLE, MORNING, JANUARY! 28.

1896; By the time he arrived In Chicago he was Inveighing bitterly against the Secretary: when he got to San Francisco he was denouncing Mr. Cleveland; and before he sailed for Honolulu he was deluging the press with "statements." With the termination of his mission the fellow lost his Importance, and when Miss Field rediscovered him he had been so nearly foraotten that it reouired an effort of the memory to recall that she was not fttiflkinf of a certain Populist Senator who has dlRtingulshed himself in some fashion lately by a- discourse on pen sions. Mlfs Field has had experience enough to know the news, value of an Item, but she i an intense partisan. She does not like Mr. ieveland nor the Democratic party, or she would never have afforded such an adventurer as.

Thurston the opport unity to vilify the memory of a statesman whose public life was a dis-proval of these charges of duplicity and treachery. A Q0E8TIOS OF 8T-40E M0BAL8. An astonishing amount of twaddle niters through the columns of the mod ern newspaper In the discussion of the decency or Indecency of stage performances. Taking for granted that there can be a question either aa to what con stitutes propriety or morals, the dispu tation has raged to the great profit of playwrights and play-actors, especially the latter. The vital point that in morals as In law it is the intention and not the consequence of the act that determines its nature has beem lost sight of while the debate rages around such trilling details as fhe length of an actress' skirt or the height to which a dancer kicks.

Here, for instance. Is Yvette Guil- bert whose manager offered to bet OOo in Chicago last week, that no man could truthfully swear that he had ever seen the color of Mademoiselle's lingerie when was singing. Because she la conventionally dressed and soberly mannered, Yvette maintains that her performance is irreproachable, and that as she presents a human side of life it is Innocent and seemly. Ciasy Fltagerald. a theatrical star of another nation, beautiful and nearly as notorious, also denies that she does anything to offend the fastidioua.

Her stockings are as much In evidence as her sleeves, and while the Pariaiehne suggests wantonnesa with tonea and looks, the London girl is so prodigal of physicial charms as to leave scarcely anything to the imagination. This is noydenish, she admits, but she protests that it is not shameful. Both the danoer and the chanteuse have the same object In view; and it does not matter as to the difference of their methods. The intention of their performances is vile and skirts and tights have nothing to do with the result. An actress as Rosalind In "doublet and hose" is an innocent and wholly charming picture, and the tights and fleecy skirts of the danseuse, since they are demanded by the necessities of tier art, are not improper.

But Mademoiselle Uuilbert. with her songs, and Cissy Fitzgerald, with her display of stockings and undergarments, mean to be wanton and both succeed, i. The abominations of the modern tbea ter need not be lost sight of in discussions of the changing standards of taste which reconcile the audience of today to what would not have been tolerated a tfeuerathjn back. The question, what is Is no more difficult to asswtr now than it was a hundred or a thouaaud year ago. If the intent be bad, tne let can not be good, be it never so well or so gracefully done.

If the in-twut pure, no one can object, and no one can be doubt as to the numberless Miu.4 tb.ii are committed iu the name of art. Let the sound-money Democrats who refuse to vote for Blackburn stand arm to the lat. Upon their fidelity to principle dciwnds in a large measure the future of Democracy in Kentucky. For them to abandon their party and go over to the man who In his desperate efforts advance his personal interests has well nigh destroyed that party In thia State, would be to surrender hope-leasly to the party's worst enemy. Blackburn has repudiated and obstructed the party's pledges, defied Its authority, bolted It platform.

Even now he Is seeking to carry into the next campaign the mutiny which proved so disastrous in the last. He represents the Democratic party of Kentucky even less than Hunter represents the Republicans. It would be a misfortune to the State that either should be elected Its United States Senator. Ploa.e to observe that the two new silver Senators toat have JuhI been added to fhe Uuited States Senate, already the stronghold of sitverisni. be-long to the Republican party, which vaunteth Itself as the sound-money party.

Let Kentucky see to it that she docs not weaken the cause of honest money in Congress by electing a free-silver Senator, whether he call himself a Republican or a Democrat. "The New York Sun ought to seek its facts from better sources," says a Republican organ. "Dr. Hunter was not a silver man in 1894. and be is not one now." Fron what source should those facts be sought? Taey have been sougnt time and sgain from Hunter himself; but he is a dumb oa the subject aa an Egyptian mummy.

Why not elect Cot, Walter Evans Mayor? CoL Evans could evidently attend to his congressional duties and act as Mayor, and still have time for running- the scuatorial election at Frankfort. The, weather man predicted; a bright, sunny day yesterday, and be would have succeeded if It bad not been for the clouds and, the smoke. Yesterday was aa oars; aa the of Hunter. other departments, and seeing that they are getting the ax as fast as their place can be filled by Republicans, have deter mined not to sit tamely by and see the ground cut gradually from under their feet, but have decided that as soon as the Ilrst one oi their number is tired all of them will hand In their reainttaliona in a body, which would leave the Superin tendent in charge of a large number ol in sane patients, without any attendants who understand anything auoul tlie care of the insane and idiots." The Lexington Argonaut tells of the in vention of a Kentucky man and aiso nar rates some lnteraung bits of history: Mr. Thomas Saxton.

the ingenious me chanic of this city, who lias charge of the machinery of the mechanical department of the State College, and is the inventor of numerous mechanical appliances, is preparing to construct a steamer for tile use of fishing parties. It will be eighiy- four feet long and fifteen feel beam. The power will be by gaaoliue, and It will have a high rate of speed. Ihere will be lockers for provisions, lugs and bait." etc. in fact il will be a beautiful and speedy cratt.

There are some, how ever, who suspect that Mr. Saxton is real-1 going to construct a torpedo boat for submission to a Government test. Mr. Saxton is now looking for a building in which to construct it. After It is tinished it will be hauled to the Kentucky river and launched, it is known to but few that a silversmith named West -constructed In this city the lirtii steamboat in the United States, it was tested on Town Branch, which was uanttmu.

uj just be low liroadway for thai jiurpose. The machinery of tins cra.lt may be seen in the museum of the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic' Asylum. The steamboats of Pulton, Kuui-sey and others were, constructed afterward. It is also known to but a few that at the beginning of the present century many sailing ships were built on the Ohio river, at Pittsburgh, fitusione. Portsmouth, Maysville and at Frankfort and louisville, loaucd with Western produce, and sent down the rivers on the tided to New Orleans and tlience to liic West indies.

South America and Atlantic ports. A ship was aiso bulll in at -Scott's Lauding on Kentucky, eighteen miles from Lexinglon. it was named the tien-eral Scott, loaded Villi Hluegiass produce, and sent down on the tiac. A largu party of iadic-s and went over Irom Lexington to sue-the ship launched." According to the Bowling Ureen Sunday Journal the Watt's Mill country must be a veritable cradling place of iiewspjr genius. That paper says: "Had you noticed the rapidity with which Walt's Mill people are coining to the front In Warren county newspaper world? Messrs.

Woods and lias by own and control the Courier; lien Wall owns the Sunday Juur-ital, and Marion Robertson works on and will soon owu the Tiniesr-if they don't watch him. With the exception of the Democrat, all of the HowUng.Oreen papers have men on them from Watt's Miii. lue smallest precinct in the county." IC D. Nix. the lately deposed United States Maihai of Oklahoma, formerly lived in Weatern Kentucky, where lat widely known, lie Ut a native otlCalloway county, and was engaged In the mercantile business for many years.

Later he be-came a commercial traveler and was regarded as one of the best all-around men oa the road. At the time of Lis removal from Kentucky to Oklahoma there was no more popular man thau Dumas island his friends in the Purchase will tloata to believe the charges' of oUiciaj corruption that have been preferred agiatnst him Sebree's new coal mine- does not seem to be panning out well. Th Earllngion Ue says: "Mr. Eugene. Giannini, formerly Barnesley, but now employed at.

the Sebree ceal mine, made trutads in thi county a visit last week, aad reports the coal at the new mine recently opened near Bears very hard, so ntuch so that It ha I III anIE IR9. KATHKRYXE (Who may be Assistant Physician of th HAUSER. OF LEX INQTOJt ifopitiniiviiie.) 11 flllD flfiOU "I'nele" Dirk Nelson, who hat beea post master at Uirilsvltle, Livlnmiton oounty. for forty years. Is Uyin.

llt is seventy-five' years of age. Owenahoro intends to have a nrsttclass base-ball team this year. The Mesaeniser says: "Mr. J. K.

Sheridan, wno will man-a the Oweiisboro Base-hall Club, has closed a deal tor the usu of the Fair Grounds for the of 'Sti. A new grand stand will be built and the grounds put In good conditioa. Mr. Kdward Uaua. wno Is President of the club, Is a well-known Louisville man and is one of the prime movers of the Paunyrlle League.

whicH Is to be composed of four or six clubs. The towns anxious for a franchise are Cairo, I1L; Jackson. Pacinian. Ky. Hop- kinsville, Ky.

Henderson. and CUr-ville, and, as it is an assured thing that Owenaboro will be a member, and that the above-named towns can all sup port a club, there appears to be no reason why it should not prove a success." Dr. Scott, the new Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, at Lexington, has only been in ofnee a few dayti. but he Is already swinging the ax like a veteran at the work and the spoils basket already contains half a dozen good Democratic heads. The Lex ington Argonaut, commenting on the lightning changes, says: "The alarming swiftness with which the Republican ax has been used has raised a tir in the asylum which may bring 'about quite a serious state of aXXairs.

it Is xaUl the ward attendants, who have charge of the pa tients, viewing the steady and swift de- capitation of their fellow-employe in Capt Mine, who la known Western Kentucky Lunatic Asylum at KENTUCKY. to be shot down almost entirely. He says. it is impossible to mine it." Editor John McMeloan. of the Murray Ledger, has adopted a new method of contributing to the.

conscience fund. The current number of h.s paper contains this unique and spky editorial announcement: "Al contracts for whisky advertisements In the Ledger have expired, and from this date no whisky advertisement shall appear in these columns at any price If the saloon people desire to expatiate on the merits of any peculiar brand of their damn-tioa, they can look elsewhere for a medium through which to extoll its virtue. The Ledger make no claim to sanrtlflcatiun. but when a saloon-keeper tell us that a Pi ad. In the Ledger has sold for him 1.2u0 worth of whisky.

It make feel that we have been in a small measure responsible for the damage done; and we promise to 'sin no Smith Alford. of Lexington, who is the champion yiO-yard sprinter of the South, will run this season for the world's cham pionship honors. Ho will go into training in th spring, and expects to race at Atlanta. Chicaico and New York. He says this ts his last year In th sprinting line, and he hopet to close his career by carrying off some big honors.

a a A Warren county man Is the custodian of a weapon which has history. The Bonlln Oreen Journal says: "Mr. Ben-scfl Sublett showed us Friday a breeoh-Idiar rifle which was given htm by almost every man. woman and child ia iVarren county. Capt.

Hines. and a squid of men, consisting of about fifteen a tjave and gallant lads a ever shouldered a. musket, were encamped for a few day near the residence of Mr. Sublet t's father, and Benson, then a young man, was presented the gun for piloting the party out of the country. Mr.

Sublett prizes the gun very highly, and had It ail brightened up to -return to Judge I lines, had he been here at the Confederate re union. This wag in theVinter of and these fifteen young soldiers were often heard or in battle before the surrender at Appomattox. Capt. Hlnes told 'Mr. Sublett to keep the gun until he called or It.

and that day ha- not yet come. The rift was captured in battle by Capt. Hlnes, and. for those days, the guu was one of the finest anH, nicest made A correspondent of the Hardin Star tells ef a condition of affairs that Is by no means peculiar to that country: "The condition of our roads Is fearful, especially those which have been 'worked late lp the' fall. The stoicism with which we bear with this condition yearly Is worthy the emulation of a Pequod Indian.

It Is a shame and a standing reproach to our progress to be so indifferent as to neglect the wofully needed improvement of our public highways. Mossbacks we are." Ths seme cry comes from a majority of the counties in the State. One of Kentucky's greatest needs Is good highways. There has been an awakening in this matter in recent years, but it has resulted in much theorizing and little practical Improvement. It is a question which deserves the attention of every county that is without a complete system of good roads.

It is a lamentable tact that counties that have euough roadmaking material in their borders to build a highway around the globe have not a mile of graveled or macadamized thoroughfare. An Indiana mail, who doesn't want much, wrote to Peler Strange, keeper of the Bowliutf Green Kennel Club, to know at what price he, could get "a three or four-year-old blacjc and white fox-hound; a good looker, anyone that has, and can do it yet. catch a stout old red fox in from one to three hours." The Indiana man adds: "I want the dog to be guaran-tr-ud to do this, and one that will never quit a race, till the fox is caught or haled. 1 can't puy no big price for such a dog." Tilts same Miuti is looking otrt for "an experienced colored man, thirty or forty years old. oi habits, and an experienced fox hunter, to come and live with him' and do errands around the house and garden and go hunting wh needed." lie wlli board and clothe such a man "if he conies welt recoinmeiided." Keeper Strange says he can't rill the order.

Patlucah, lor the first time in that city's history, hiis a colored noiary public, recently appointed by Gov. lit aotey. Wants Things ICveiied Uv (Henderson Journal.) Three Democrat 111 Kentucky Legislature have beep. -sick and one has died. And now Poraiut Poor is getting sickly.

Why don't riama of the- Republicans get sick and ulej Is the devil taking care of bl: own. A A. I aHT. (Philadelphia Times.) Wits the present style of sleeves it's str nge that even woman suffragists woo id want to add to the burdens already on i lie sex's shoulders. Thej Conie AfterwarU.

Dispatch.) politician does not always sea his -leal oays wireu ma in me nanus of hll friends. Vith the Turkey Inside, (Peoria Herald.) Instead Uoa ana TDa 'rao lying down toztfiutur i ueac tux to ur 7 PERSONAL BOTES. Miss Fronle Steuley, daughter of Mr. O. O.

Stealey, 3ie Courier-Journal's Washington is ill with typhoid fever, a bit of aiews tlfat will be learned with regret by the numerous friends of Mr. and Miss Stataley. i Speed Guffy. OS the only Democrat in the Guffy family, is registered at the W'illard. Banker B.

F. I to ard. of Hardiasburg. ls a guest ef the Wit ard Hotel. United States Marshal James Black burn returned last might from Owenaboro, where he has been attending the United States Court.

Pro. W. T. Poyjter. of Shelbyvllle.

Is registered at the Wlllard. Mr. J. 8. Richie anaTMiss May Ritchie, of Auburn, are spending a few days In the city.

Mr. R. W. Ball, ef Is at the Wlllard. a Mr.

II W. Jones, otf Big Spring. Is In the city spending a few days visiting his brother. Manager Jonta. ef the Wlllard.

Mr. and Mrs. IL H. LltteL of Buffalo, N. are in the city on a short visit.

Mr. Littel said last nig that his mission her was of a purely a octal nature, and ha no connection whatever with hi large street-railway lni-est In thi city. In speaking of th receiit victory which hi company has just won ia Buffalo, ilr. Uttel said light made on ua and for th pur pose or avtartin avnothc- street-railway ootcpany in Buffalo was long and hotly contested. It was engineered by two ex Louisvillians.

Torn Johtsoa and John Page, and they did all in their power to tret a new franchise arantuei for their pro posed company, but the Jlallroad Com missioner, after mature deliberation, de cided that we that is, our cumpaay fully of a lh of a franchise to a new company was not accessary to the welfare oa th Buffalo public and would only mar -the beauty of tne city ny graiironing it wtth tracks." e. Mr. A. B. Skillman, capitalist and bank.

er of Cloverport. is registered at th Wlll ard. C. L. Searcy and daughter, of Waco.

are guests of the Wlllard. Mr. Searcy is prominent Madison county merchant and farmer and ex-member th Legis lature. Saunders Craig, a -well-known tobacco man. ef Carrollton, is in th city on business and is at the Wlllard.

Lawyer John Speed, of Taylors vilU. is in the city on legal buwiness. Mr. E. W.

Bramble, of Cynthlana, Is registered at th Louisville Hotel. Mrs. M. E. Moore and am, of Faducah, are in the city for a day or two.

a R. B. Bradshaw, of Owenaboro, is at Seel bach's Hotel. Mr. J.

A. Freeman, of Beard, Is a guest of th Gait House, I CoL V- B. Thompson, of arrodsburg. the well-known whisky man and politi cian. Is in the city on business and Is reg istered at th Gait House.

Mr. Marion E. Taylor, of the firm of Wright A Taylor, ha received a copy of reflations passed by the Grand Array Club at Massachusetts thanking his firm for thei courtesies and kindnesses shown them during th encampment. James F. Brown, of Rockfield.

la regis tered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. S. B. Bishop, a coalman from Reader, is a guest of the Fifth Avenu Ho tel.

a. C. E. McCormick. editor of th Bullitt County Pioneer, is in the city.

CioL and Mrs. A. McCoy, of Cav City, are in the city for a few days, guests of the Wlllard Hotel. Htate Personal. D.

B. Gilbert aad Zeph T- Conner, 1st of Murray, will erect a tobacco factory in Little Rock. lilt Matti Buckner, of Morganfleld. has accepted a position as teacher in the graded school at Sebree. W.

Blessing has removed with his family from Klrbyton. Carlisle county, to his did ahoroe at Owenton. Thomas W. Rash, one of Madisonvllle' leading cltisens. ha gen to California for hi health.

Rev. Robert Craig, of Henderson, will go to Philadelphia to become assistant rector of St. Timothy' church. Rev. lfaobert Mahan, of Cllnton.

expects soon to beufin the publication of a monthly Journal to Je known as the American Clip per. George Fristoe, of Melber, McCraeken county, celebrated his ninety-eighth birth day a few years ago. Th old gentleman Is In good health. Dr. Butleir Boyd, the fourth, and only living son of (he late Hon.

Linn Boyd, has been elected a member of the City Council at Clarksvilrie, Tenn. Banker Jk)ha G. Morton, of Mad'son. ville, began buslueas In 187, and though he is getting (along In years Is still looking. after the raaaagement of his bank.

II iii berry Howe, Hopkinsvillev Jan. 27. (SpeciaL)- Judge John Hanberry, of th Hopkinsville Circuit court, miss JMolia Day Row. a popular sociexjr woman of Crof ton. a.

sta tion, north of tills city, were married at the home of lie. bride at 4 o'clock this afternoon. 1 h- Charles Naah. naator ot tne nayuBi crr.4rcu in mi city, outdated. Kentucky In New York, New York.

Jai. 27. 8eelal. Louisville Dolnager, St, Denis; J. W.

Matthews, Imperial: J. G. Oiark, Astpr. Winchester T. J.

Stuart. Aster. THE COUR1ERVJ0URNAL ALMANAC. What the citatA Papers Have to Say. A hoat It, The has Just received the 1S96 almanac Issued by the Courier-Journal The book is well pointed and is full ot in formation.

The prtoe of it is only twenty- live cents and everybody who wants to know what is gotr, on in the country should set one. Tre book tells it all. (Hussellville Ledgeit It is a veritable enxycloiedia of informa tion and would be addition of value to any library. The dtuta It contains about Kentucky make it, ic orv than worth, the price twenty-five, -(Harrodsburg Sayings. The Courier-Journal Almanac is an en cyclopedia, of th most, useful knowledge, (Big Sandy News.

The Courier-Journal Almanac, "a refer ence book for the honue. office and farm is a condensed of useful Inform (nation conveniently arranged, and served In an attractive form. Jt value a a book of reference a-nd th low price (2S oents) at which) it can be ebUtlned should create a ready demand for Jt. (Danville Ad vocate- It is a cyclopedia of historic facts for the office, household and giving also a succinct outline ot the electro-planetary theory governing weatlser changes, designed to enabi tbe ttrdinary observer to determine-periods of rainfall, cyclones and other weather paeiyoniha; interesting data concerning 8tu' and national aflair. etc, H.U book, of (oft paces, tun-, i -al.

ft ,2. -i, A i bracing a very wide range of "subjects, domestic, political, religious, military, educational, aad everything, almost the general reader would like te to. The-wonder Is how such a comprehensive work can be sold for twenty-five cents. (Paris Ken ucklan-Cit uten. We are in receipt of the Courier-Journal almanac for 1x4, and rind It to be by long odds the most complete work of th kind the Courier-Journal has put out In many a year.

From cover to cover It is Mfcbock full of valuable information of all sorts, neatly and conveniently arranged and indexed, making an encyclopedia that. Is worth th price to any one. It will be found especially valuable as a handy book of reference by office-men, and equally of value to the home and tfarm. as industrial matters and farm details are handled with elaborate accuracy. In all we have net met anything tn its line to date, which we could so cheerfully and conscientiously commend to our readers.

(Ashland News. If you want a complete encyclopedia of facts and data, together with weather forecast for every day ia the year, you should send to the Courier-Journal Company for on of their almanacs. (Burks-vltla Herald. It is a model of beauty and a regular encyclopedia of Information. It gives an accurate weather forecast and Is the most serviceable handbook a farmer could have, and costs only twenty-live) cents.

Tal of Two Cities. Is quite an interesting work. (Grayson Eagle. If you have not a Courier-Journal Almanac you should buy one twenty-etve cents only. It is not only an almanac, but a veritable cyclopedia of Information, con taining over 500 pages en hundred of sub jects.

It gives statistics of areas and pop ulations, armies, navies; gives the nnmes of Government and State officials; will enlighten you on matters political, com mercial and agricultural: in' short, it Zi: Style. (ML Vernon Eagle. Th Courier-Journal Quarterly Almanic Is a thing of beauty typographically, and as a reference hook Is Invaluable. It is a cyclopedia of historic and statistic facts for th office, farm and household, and. besides, contains weatner forecasts and items of Information that are of easy ac cess.

(Lexington Herald. The new Almanac Just published by the Courier-Journal is a valuable reference book, a perfect encyclopedia of cvei.ts accurate Information. Il Ktands as an umnlre for the settlement of the matiy questions that come up in the every day business life, it should tie tn every onice. Pad ucah standard. SMILES.

Abreast of the Ti me. RAVELER (In th gLe-J West) Those Indi ans are mere or less civilised, are they not? Native Civilised? Why, th medicineman Is treating six cases of appendicitis! (Puck. ADark Subterfuge. Effi Jack, papa said we must not see each other any more. Jack Indeed! Shall I turn the gas out? (Harper's Basar.

A Marked Difference, "What's the difference between notoriety and fame?" "Well, if a man is notorious he's still alive: if he't famous he's dead." (Chicago Record. The Strange Part of It. Smilher What oa earth made Brown- kin and Jonesley sick to-day? Rinktums Drinkle each other's health last night. (New Yor- World. Part net-.

Tommy Papa, what comes after a mill ion, a cotillion? Papa No. my son, a million and a cotil lion generally go together. (Harper's Basar. MAY BE SETTLED TO-DAY. After All sit.

Paul I Likely to Lose the O. A. IL Encampment. Indianapolis, Jan. 27.

Com mander-in-Chief Walker, of the G. A. R-, left to-night for Chicago, to be pres ent at the meeting to-morrow between the Western Passenger Association rep- reaehtatlve and the delegation from St. Paul, which will decide as to whether or not the encampment will be taken away from St. Paul.

CoL Walker to-day re ceived a number of urgent telegrams. one of which was from the chairman of the St. Paul committee. Insisting upon his being present at the meeting tomorrow. Commander Walker also re ceived a telegram from T.

B. Sample, of Pittsburgh, to-day, in which he said that It looked a though the Knight of Pythias meeting would be taken from Minneapolis on account of the troubles wtth the Western Passenger Associa tion. Mr. Sample is one of the supreme officers of the Knights of Pythias and Is attending the meeting which Is now held at Cincinnati. He asks that the national encampment of the G.

A. R. be made a week later In order not to conflict with the Knights ot Pythias meeting. CoL Walker said that this could not be done If the encampment stays at St. Paul, as it would conflict with the Min nesota State Fair, and two weeks later would be too late on account of the weather.

If the encampment Is taken from St. Paul, however, CoL Walker says It will probably he a week later than now fixed. It would be held about September 15. THOUSANDS OF MEDALS. The Time of Delivery I tests With the Warld's'Kair Commission.

Washington, Jan. 27. The Treasury Deartment to-day received from the manufacturers one hundred and nine teen cases containing 23,750 Columbian World's Exposition bronse medals which were awarded to exhibitor. So far as the department Is concerned the medals are ready fur delivery). The time of delivery now rests entirely with the World's Fair Commission.

It is ex pected that the diploma will be com pleted some time next month when the Commission will De caned together and arrangement made for their delivery to the exnimiors entitled, to them. FREE MAIL DELIVERY. Kighteea Potoffice Will Soon De Added to the LiL Washington, Jan. 27. Free delivery mail service will be extended to eighteen postomceai on April 1.

swelling the total number of free delivery olfices to $33. The -new list embrace the following: Amherst. Laco nia, N. Itock- vflle. Jamaica, N.

Burlinz- aon, Washington and Knglewood. H. Dubois, Bloomlnglon. Wabash and. Hammond.

Bel vide re, 1IL; Benton Harbor and Calumet. Marshall and Temple. tiraat Falls, and Pomona, Cai. J. FIFTY-FOUR Killed By a Fire-Damp Explosion IN A WELSH COLLIERY The Shall Wreekrd and Escape Cat Off.

RECOVESINQ THE B0DIE3 Cardiff. Wales, Jan. 27, Th resident of the town and vicinity of Tylorstown, which 1 situated near here, were terrified by a terrible reverbratlon to-day, which shook the whole town and caused people to rush out of doors wondering' whether they were being overwhelmed by an earthquake. It was ascertained in a short time that the concussion was caused by an explosion in a neighbor Ing colliery with disastrous" consequences to life and property. The latest report places the number of dead at fifty-four, though It is feared that-th further exploration of the wrecked mine will develop the bodies of more.

The1 mining population of the locality knew all too quickly what the muffled, thunderous rumble of the explosion meant and rushed to the mouth of th pit, only to have their worst fears con-lirmed. The shaft was found to be entirely shattered, and it was evident that there was little hope that any of those In the pit could have survived the explosion. The despair of thef women who nocked about the mouth of th pit was little more terrible than thai horrible anxiety of those that hoped to find that those who were missing from their aide had, by some chance, not entered the mine. The pit was found to have caught flra and the hindrance that thi caused to the work of the rescue parties added to the excitement and tension of feeling, it was only through braving the utmost peril that the living were able to prosecute their quest for th dead. Th work of exploration is going steadily forward, but under great difficulty, th numerous cava-ina obstructing th advance and making It impossible to reach remote portions of the mine while the defective ventilation often drive back those who are advancing on their sad errand.

The Ut-t to come out brought with them five bodies. lion has been found alive, and it is not now thought that any will be. It Is Impossible to ascertain the exact number of the victim, as the number of men in th mine at the time of the explosion Is not known. But those who have been engaged in the work of exploration and the few survivors who have been rescued tell terrible stories of the see nek they witnemsed and dead bodies they found or stumbled over, strewn in all directions, as they fell, overcome by fire damp or hurled by the force of the explosion. One of the survivors, a fireman, who was in the mine itself when the ex- plosion came, started to work his way.

In the direction of the entrance, with painful and almost hopeless labor, making frequent pauses. In one spot he -was obliged to stop and wait for four hours onj account of the after damp. At the end of that time he ventured to advance few steps further, when he had to desist again and wait another two hours in hopeless darkness. Another fireman who made his way out of the death pit by a long Journey relates that he passed numerous men on the way who were unconscious and help-leys and badly burned. He would do nothing for them and was obliged to leave them to their fate.

The rescuers continued tbair work tn-defatlgibly all through the night encouraged by the saving of a few to hope that still others remain alive in the min whose lives may possibly be saved. THE GROUNDED STEAMER. Wreckers Hope To Float th St. Paul All Safe By Wednesday. Long Branch.

Jan. 27. The In ter national Navigation Company's steamer St. Paul, which ran aground off Long Island on Sunday morning, was still lying broadside to the shore' to night. She is headed southwest and has scarcely moved an inch from the posi tion In which the tugs left her early yesterday morning, after they had suc ceeded In moving her about fifty or sixty yards astern from the spot where she was stuck in the sand when she ran head-on in Saturday morning's fog.

The Wrecking Company's men are working night and day to get her away from the Jersey coast. The steamer is in no immediate danger, and assur ances have come from the Captain and other officers aboard that she is perfectly intact, and that there is not the slightest sign of a leak anywhere. The St. Paul's sister ship, the St. Louis, which will sail from New York for Southampton next Wednesday, hove In sight of her disabled twin sister this evening, and her; whistle shrieked an encouraging salute to the stranded steamer.

No attempt was made at high tide this evening to pull-the vessel off, a th off-shore wind was decidedly unfavorable for such an effort, aa It drove the water away from the vessel. Tha wreckers have great hopes of getting the vessel off next Wednesday on tha neap tide, and are fervently wishing; that the wind may change to tn east or southeast by that time. RUNYON'S SUCCESSOR. Report That Potter Palmer, of Chicaeo, Will Be Named By the President. Chicago, Jan.

27. Potter Palmar, sj life-long Democrat, will, it Is asserted, probably, be naiuVd by President Cleve land aa the successor to the lata Rasa yon as Ambassador Extraordinary aad Plenipotentiary to Germany. W. K. Carlisle, eldest son of Secretary Carlisle, said he wilt be one' of tba strongest supporters of -Mr.

Palmer for the appointment. Palmer declined to say whether a would accept the place or not. said It had not yet been offered to although rumors of his name being under consideration had reached him. Wro. J.

Strong, who Is a business partner of W. K. Carlisle, gave his knowledge of the matter reluctantly. 11 had heard the matter. of Mr.

Palmer's appointment dtecusaed freely and considered from th trend of th dlacuaainaa Mr. Palmer's appointment assured. 1 It ir.