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i 11 i porker A 1 I i BLADEG 1 liTiiiiTTlD BrA HEATHEN IN TIlE INTEREST OF GOOD MORALSPUBLISIIED WEEKLY 100 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME XII NUMBER 49 LEXINGTON KENTUCKY SUNDAY JANUARY 31 E M 304 100 A YEAR TERMS OF THE BLADE 1 Issue for one year 6LOO In clubs of live or more 60 cen each a year Terms100 per year In advance foreign subscription 150 Five copies one year 260 Make all Money Orders Drafts and Express Orders payable to the Blue Grass Blade Lexington Kyha When you change your address ado h > vise this office giving your old well as the new address When you send your subscription say > whether you ara a now or old sub M4 scriberfil dhow expiration of subscription and Mervo as a receipt as the date changes vsoon ar Subscriber pays gcrlpt v o this publication are L ex lrntlonunlosl fered by UTe subscriber Thei rs Invariably hold a subscribe- funbioie to the publisher for th > 4BcrlpUon price of all capers r celved untlt the paper is paid for i dtseonw Offlce of publication 161 East Third street near Walnut 1 Entered at the Post Office at LexlngI ton talterI Ky as Second Address all communications to ILUE GRASS BLADE P O BOX Y 393 Lexington Kentucky Fayette Telephone 619 Cumberland Telephone 307 THE DAMNED STUFF CALLS ALCOHOL I believe that alcohol to a certain degree demoralizes those who mak It those who sell It and those wh drink It I believe from the time It Issuc- from the tolled and poisonous worm of the distillery until It empties Into the hell of crime death and dishonor It demoralizes everybody that touches It I do not believe that anybody ca contemplate the subject without h- V coming prejudiced against this Iiqui crime All you have to do Is to think of i deathsof the suicides of the Insan of the poverty of the Ignorance of distress of the little children tug at the faded dresses of weeping j despairing wives asking for or the men of genius It hr- vrecked s of the millions who have truggted with Imaginary serpents produced by this devilish thing And when you think of the jails of the almshouses of the prisons and of the scaffolds upon either bank I do not wonder that every thoughtful man Is prejudiced against the damned stuff called alcohol ROBERT G INGERSOLL K Keep Church and State forev separateGrrt gi religion Washington The divorce between Church and State should be absolute Garfield TRAY ALMOST FOOLED GOD fSomehody told mo a good ono A little boy saw a big old dog out of doors and came In and told his mother that he hind seen a lion The mother said to him Now my son you know that was nothing bu big old dog and you must go up stn 1V and say your prayers and ask God to tell you what you must come and tell me rn refitC I naked God and ho said ho thought Tray was a lion himself when he first saw hint That boy ought to be educated for 4ha ministry I r 4 r SIC EM PARSON SIC EM PRIEST Archbishop Quigley of Chicago Urges That the State Should Support Catholic SchoolsI SAYS LIBERALISM IS THE FOE Preshyterlan public demand for Investigation Into the questionable and Inefficient meth ors of instruction In parochial schools pnlIlxos and widows to pay a large part orI their share of the public burdens Archbishop Quigley said In an ad dress before the Roman Catholic Wo mens league of Chicago The new world was discovered by plantedIn not get It out of our heads that Catho lie s will yet claim the new world again lhis portlonately with tho Increase of the number of Catholics He urged the establishment of a subsidiary system of public schools for the benefit of Catholics to be paid for by the state but controlled by the church HeI characterized the rule requiring candl for public school teachers t ve normal school training to 1 tyranny and oppression The supreme and fundamental er urgedthe gates to the state all rights and this where the state and church con ¬ ttlctI a the state Ho declare- that the Unites St at gsfrmstltutlon 2d for Ii ¬ undertaking through t tho y content tUn e er foothold They will scruple at nO violation of justice to gain their ears Preshter infidehad A Roman Catholic Plea For State Aid corntry thState schools By massing their forces tousleD e places and have become emboldens In their Ideas ns to their Importance and as to their probable success In Inesc a e York and sums w claimith oa As yet It Is only by Indirect and RomanCatholics then it largod r demandhe rs hi not succeed but some of them are ns ArchlilsbollQulgle whichhe have aid from the public treasury In carrying on their schools Wo will simply say that the mo ment this should be granted In any state there would break n storm against Romanism In this country 011p081t1unc The people of this country arc with Constltutlon land They do not propose to see any tier o sstem t Iteculian ar rt ren the best possible educational ad IntelIIhtnt If any bony of people are not satisfied with what Is being done and wish to carry on school in tho Interest of their expto thelRomnn question whether they nro to bo per andtrain isira host and most Intelligent citizens of theseCatholic orthem trainIng Let Roman Catholic archbishops cease to find fault with the public untilt1ey t Allk proportionto A church that can not hold its own and maintain Itself and its Institutions In this country where all creeds are protection 1I1eelltoho Republichns wit GOh Orders that were carrying on their schools were found tp be hostile to the government and to he teaching and breeding rebellion In the minds necessaryto their schools The French Republic was In Jeopardy These same orders arc at work In our own country It may be absoutely necessary to open their schools InC this country to the supervision of theydo Tho Intellectual training Is confessedSio ly poor The moral clent The teachers who were dan EC da furnger Rome wishes to ho paid for currying enoughfor Misupport for Roman Catholic schools In addlI tion beThe rl so blame eAf lie The whole Protestant wo varld tunlty presents Itself to worm Into r the public school with Bible ready and praying They have thoroughly Protestantized the publicI schools The Catholic Jew and Infl oyo the Catholic wants his share of the sw If the Protestant would bei co winsistent clutches off the public schools and then stand back and say Hands oft to the Catholic A Plague on both your houses say the Jew and Infldels W boHI L b GRANTED d MRS EMILY VARDEN WITH 800 YEARLY ALIMONYde Dr George Varden Exonerated By the Court of Charge of Cruel and Inhuman Treatment LexingtQji Ky Jan 1SSpeclal Mrs Emil Green Varden the upI was granted a divorce here today h Judge Watts Parker of the Fayetpr Circuit Court The petition vorce was filed by Mrs Varden about a year ago she alleging cruel and Inhuman treatment In granting the divorce Judge Parker stated the In the testimony no evidence had been produced sustaining the allegations In the petition and he exonerated D Varden of the charge made by hi wife Mrs Varden was also allows 800 n year alimony for the support of herself and two children Tim couple were married several ago Mrs Varden returned to theI homo of her parents In this city about two years ago and later filed suit for the divorce The court still mats tains charge of the children leaves them In care of the and will allow the lawyers for tat s ides to agree as to the time in whit the father will be allowed to see the and If the attorneys fall to reach a agreement Judge Parker will himse Itor set apart a day In each month for Dr Varden to be with his childrenw Comment The charge against Rev Varden was abusive treatment of his wife Judge Parker In granting divorce said time defendant may ha been n man surly and Illtempered but there Is no testimony to show that ho was cruel or Inhuman or th he ever laid so much ns the weight ofof a huger upon the plaintiff In a cru manner From the testimony the Court sa that he would absolve the detendn from tho allegations of being a wine bibber a profane swearer and a slov- enly man TO ALL WHO HAVE Any of Paines Works for Free Dist r button aeMissoula Montana Mr Moore Editor of made Dear SirI have seen my commit cation to you In the Blade wherejl Paine oxpto people who have never seen such a book W B PARSONS CommentDr W B Parsons i reliable and faithful worker All you who have any of Pallias wo for free illctrlbntlon please communi- cate with him wt l L J < y h SLAYS WIFEI maAND RY CRIME COMMITTED BY MA NIAC BEFORE BABYS EYESI A J Bolks Crazed by Irresponsible Teachings Slashes Woman to Pieces and Stabs Himself 4fFrom Los Angeles Express razed with a religious frenzy at trlbuted to his belief In the teachings of the manic tnalcing mountebank nters A J Bolks formerly of ux City la butchered his wife at an ve whnting y of n frenzied fanatic spilled own lifes blood with the same knife When found the man and wife lay gashed and dead in the sleeping room they occupied in the house of ss Slaughter at 6t6 Thorne street uated near Pasadena Ave and at tn OarvanzaAbout dragged his sleeping wife from their d to the floor stamped upon her and plunged Into her body the de of a new and keenedged knife had bought only a few days ter slashing the womans throat and stabbing her In me abdomen and rious parts of te body the crazed rderer used the same weapon to k r his Jugular and the blood of and wife mingled on the bed boor rtihe room where tho tragedy wa toil slept with his parents ungest of their five children Thi little boy of 4 was awakened by the tumult and his baby eyes opened de in wonder at the scene he could not understand but which was trlghtI fyl to him His baby heart nightI his baby voice was raised In a screamI that awoke all the sleepers in th ttle I Beheld a Fearful Sight III an adjoining room slept thj j r children of the Bolks P J tteraan tj enC rys screams they undertook to iirer tl e room but found the door locked F ir several minutes they labored to ti- t II the little boy how to open the or to them and when his tiny fin g TS finally turned the key they enter ed to behold a sight that will remain III their memories all their lives Upon beholding their parents lying ad in their own blood the children scent up their screams Papa has killed mamma agonIzed who tearful of what she might behold had flown to neighbors for assistance These neighbors entered the room and found partly upon the bed and partly on tho floor too body of Mrs Dolls across her figure lay prone that of bar murderous husband Baby foot had been made upon the floor showing where the little one had trod- den in his efforts to find out what was going on and to give the alarm to hl childt gulnarv hue It was a scene of horror and th resifta en Slaughter who knew the Bolks out ts TeachingsThla 9II said Miss Slaughter whe- een n at her home this morning Mr evend > came strangem lyre was m ° less crazy on religion He wan go around muttering prayers an- olding his face toward the sky ould talk as though ho was ern zyors Ills wife was a religious woman she was sensible and I think a sometimes feared her husband att man grown gnWinters knowing for sure The Dolls h andel 4 All Itlne children but the young thatnt t youngest I know nothing of the family beyond the fact that Mr Bolks was well todo and had brought his wife and children here with the intcn Ion of making Los Angeles their homeIn the room where tho man tend wife slept there was always kept a small lamp burning The Bulks went to bed at 8 oclock and I went upstairs asni a m I was awakened by the children screaming horrorm of tits quietect seenng shocked me terribly It the crazy wretch had only kill himself first es pn paUtellrks erl m lag over their loss tho oldest boy cried out Send for Mr Winters he j i mlldngfor hisfather divine S Comment Tho shave hu been sent by Dr E E Entice of California me to print It with my com- ments aboutft thIs country all the time A later account says that the vll INFamount was a rich man This same thing Is being done all tho time by all preachers They nro all simply scheming to get money without working for it and they all know they are lying and robbng the people who are fools enough to pay their money But under time laws of this country and probably Justly we cannot a libertythougju ether the law should allow a man prayIng under false pretenses If the pay was stopped of course they would 8t prayingIf ofI silly superstition as Infidels common ly represent It to be that would be quite another matter but crimes of this sort are continually being perpe nobody thing like that If I and Infidel editor were to mur der my wife and then suicide It would be printed In every prominent paper expectsInfidels religiousrrenz d s natural thing that though a week hads proba l if an Infidel had not sent me the clip pingPreachers dont care for the crime that their preaching Induces The really enjoy It It Is an advertise ment of them to have some body gc crazy under the influence of their eno mon ey by Itt run war each albs net to bear Wlllters especlatl tJ jiTIiipS liI n U nInsanlt Of course neither Winters nor any other preacher can influence intelll gent and strong minded people bu there ac thousands o people that have not good sense that preachers can Influence and there Is no good J reason why a villain like Winters should not be arrested and punished thernurder Right here in Lexington the son of my first cousin Mrs Judge C S French became so deranged under the preaching of Geo 0 Barnes that h had to be sent to a lunatic asylum an died there In consequence lexlngtonbecame jfchild loin ans aln I u can to stop It These assassins In Kentucky are thee aschurches ato ROME CON CRESS FUN It Is the desire that Dr J D Wll I Freelhauge ht it to be held la Rome Italy next presidel1C at isa eminently qualified ro participate InI the deliberations at the Congress On his return from Homo the Doctor wl11I oxpnc er n gress and It Is needleas to speak abilityhe to be o neI dollar and as the expense will bo very heavy It Is hoped that all who are able will subscribe for as many books as possible IrisAll money received is deposited In Tile Central Trust and Sate Dtposit Company of Cincinnati and will acknowledged through the Blade Contributions and subscriptions with and without money will be re calved by the Secretary of the Na tlonal Liberal Party Address MORRIS SACHS rhoAtlas Bank Bldg Cincinnati O Fundtier Previously acknowledged 12fi 00 Amount in bank 110 00 panViola HiggIns Point Isabel 0 Is Philadelphia Ia 1 i Send In your order for Dog Fennel In tho Orient fVn l edition now out UCHTNOT IDELS TO CONSIDER MR HEARSTS PRESIDENT CANDIDACY FOR ik t The Blade takes no part In politics of any kind except as connected with religion hecausohe pietist and is pandering to the Cath calledPaine thoJade thathe elity Wo arc all proud that Jeffer presdents anyleaning put Into any tangible expression we ought to recognize It thntHearst president and put 2000000 Into the campaign startingthe presidency but even If he does the between Mai candidates Is that he would buy othershne money to be repaid by political emol ents 1 J mom and perquisites jIr onlrJresldentlnl moral element Into his campaign All rnbblttootes liquorbutnone Walter inl Ament smallablllt pubt thelead Inhe tof One most desirable thing he has done remarkably cartoons In favor of temperance No ternd newspaper ever before Inthis deserlngJf l manya t ¬ tis grave peonI has made himself the friend of organ Againhe hiringlawyers thesedirections some public service RELIGION AS A JUROR QUALIFICATION atD not10nJ J orthem del SOclel In CrejlCt I thought that was shoat as flagrant travesty on law In America ns I had ever heard but In the Chicago Chronl cle of January 15th there Is an exam Inatlon of witnesses In court that Ills counts my case examinationIs 0 you a Christian asked tho ofstates attorney WaltonWhat Vs is 1Do ton asked Mr Barlett for the de c fense I WaltonHave of the 11 ble No I cant say that I have behave you read nn 1 1on r ital ilIs No there is not he said i accept this juror said Mr lett I dont know anything man that was being tried but nttorneJ that Judge and prosecuting ought to be sent to the for life l
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liTiiiiTTlD BrA HEATHEN IN TIlE INTEREST OF GOOD MORALSPUBLISIIED WEEKLY 100 A YEAR IN ADVANCEVOLUME XII NUMBER 49 LEXINGTON KENTUCKY SUNDAY JANUARY 31 E M 304 100 A YEAR
TERMS OF THE BLADE1 Issue for one year 6LOO
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Terms100 per year In advanceforeign subscription 150Five copies one year 260
Make all Money Orders Drafts andExpress Orders payable to theBlue Grass Blade Lexington Kyha
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funbioie to the publisher for th>4BcrlpUon price of all capers r
celved untlt the paper is paid for idtseonwOfflce of publication 161 East Thirdstreet near Walnut1 Entered at the Post Office at LexlngItontalterIKy as Second
Address all communications to
ILUE GRASS BLADE P O BOXY 393 Lexington Kentucky
Fayette Telephone 619Cumberland Telephone 307
THE DAMNED STUFF CALLSALCOHOL
I believe that alcohol to a certaindegree demoralizes those who makIt those who sell It and those whdrink It
I believe from the time It Issuc-from the tolled and poisonous wormof the distillery until It empties Intothe hell of crime death and dishonorIt demoralizes everybody that touchesIt
I do not believe that anybody cacontemplate the subject without h-
V coming prejudiced against this Iiquicrime
All you have to do Is to think of ideathsof the suicides of the Insan
of the poverty of the Ignorance ofdistress of the little children tug
at the faded dresses of weepingj despairing wives asking foror the men of genius It hr-
vreckeds
of the millions who havetruggted with Imaginary serpents
produced by this devilish thingAnd when you think of the jails of
the almshouses of the prisons and ofthe scaffolds upon either bank I donot wonder that every thoughtful manIs prejudiced against the damned stuffcalled alcohol
ROBERT G INGERSOLL
K Keep Church and State forevseparateGrrtgireligion Washington
The divorce between Church andState should be absolute Garfield
TRAY ALMOST FOOLED GOD
fSomehody told mo a good onoA little boy saw a big old dog out of
doors and came In and told his motherthat he hind seen a lion
The mother said to him Now myson you know that was nothing bubig old dog and you must go up stn
1V and say your prayers and ask Godto tell you what you must come andtell me
rnrefitC Inaked God and ho said ho thoughtTray was a lion himself when he firstsaw hint
That boy ought to be educated for4ha ministry I
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SIC EM
PARSON
SIC EM PRIEST
Archbishop Quigley of Chicago UrgesThat the State Should Support
Catholic SchoolsISAYS LIBERALISM IS THE FOE
Preshyterlanpublic demand for Investigation Intothe questionable and Inefficient methors of instruction In parochialschoolspnlIlxosand widows to pay a large part orItheir share of the public burdens
Archbishop Quigley said In an address before the Roman Catholic Womens league of Chicago
The new world was discovered byplantedInnot get It out of our heads that Catholies will yet claim the new worldagainlhisportlonately with tho Increase of thenumber of Catholics He urged theestablishment of a subsidiary systemof public schools for the benefit ofCatholics to be paid for by the statebut controlled by the church HeIcharacterized the rule requiring candl
for public school teachers tve normal school training to 1
tyranny and oppressionThe supreme and fundamental erurgedthegates to the state all rights and thiswhere the state and church con ¬ttlctIa the state Ho declare-
that the Unites St at gsfrmstltutlon2d for Ii
¬ undertaking through ttho y contenttUn e
er foothold They will scruple atnO violation of justice to gain theirears
PreshterinfidehadA Roman Catholic Plea For State AidcorntrythStateschools By massing their forcestousleD eplaces and have become emboldensIn their Ideas ns to their Importanceand as to their probable success InInesc a
eYork andsumswclaimith oa
As yet It Is only by Indirect and
RomanCatholicsthen itlargod r
demandhe rs
hinot succeed but some of them are ns
ArchlilsbollQulglewhichhehave aid from the public treasury Incarrying on their schools
Wo will simply say that the moment this should be granted In anystate there would break n stormagainst Romanism In this country011p081t1uncThe people of this country arc with
Constltutlonland They do not propose to see anytier osstemtIteculian arrt
ren the best possible educational ad
IntelIIhtntIf any bony of people are not satisfiedwith what Is being done and wish tocarry on school in tho Interest of theirexptothelRomnnquestion whether they nro to bo perandtrainisirahost and most Intelligent citizens of
theseCatholicorthemtrainIngLet Roman Catholic archbishopscease to find fault with the publicuntilt1ey
t Allk
proportiontoA church that can not hold its own
and maintain Itself and its InstitutionsIn this country where all creeds areprotection1I1eelltohoRepublichnswitGOhOrders that were carrying on theirschools were found tp be hostile tothe government and to he teachingand breeding rebellion In the mindsnecessarytotheir schools The French Republicwas In Jeopardy
These same orders arc at work Inour own country It may be absoutelynecessary to open their schools InCthis country to the supervision oftheydoTho Intellectual training Is confessedSioly poor The moralclent The teachers who were danEC
dafurngerRome wishes to ho paid for curryingenoughforMisupportfor Roman Catholic schools In addlItion
beTherlsoblameeAflie The whole Protestantwovarldtunlty presents Itself to worm Into
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the public school with Bible readyand praying They havethoroughly Protestantized the publicIschools The Catholic Jew and Infloyothe Catholic wants his share of thesw If the Protestant would beicowinsistentclutches off the public schools andthen stand back and say Hands oftto the Catholic
A Plague on both your housessay the Jew and Infldels W
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GRANTEDd
MRS EMILY VARDEN WITH 800
YEARLY ALIMONYdeDr George Varden Exonerated By the
Court of Charge of Cruel andInhuman Treatment
LexingtQji Ky Jan 1SSpeclalMrs Emil Green Varden theupIwas granted a divorce here today h
Judge Watts Parker of the FayetprCircuit Court The petitionvorce was filed by Mrs Vardenabout a year ago she alleging crueland Inhuman treatment In grantingthe divorce Judge Parker stated theIn the testimony no evidence had beenproduced sustaining the allegations Inthe petition and he exonerated DVarden of the charge made by hiwife Mrs Varden was also allows
800 n year alimony for the supportof herself and two children Tim
couple were married severalago Mrs Varden returned to theIhomo of her parents In this city abouttwo years ago and later filed suit forthe divorce The court still matstains charge of the childrenleaves them In care of theand will allow the lawyers for tats ides to agree as to the time in whitthe father will be allowed to see theand If the attorneys fall to reach aagreement Judge Parker will himse Itorset apart a day In each month for DrVarden to be with his childrenw
Comment The charge against RevVarden was abusive treatment of hiswife Judge Parker In grantingdivorce said time defendant may habeen n man surly and Illtemperedbut there Is no testimony to showthat ho was cruel or Inhuman or thhe ever laid so much ns the weight ofofa huger upon the plaintiff In a crumanner
From the testimony the Court sathat he would absolve the detendnfrom tho allegations of being a winebibber a profane swearer and a slov-enly man
TO ALL WHO HAVE
Any of Paines Works for Free Dist rbutton
aeMissoula MontanaMr Moore Editor of made
Dear SirI have seen my commitcation to you In the BladewherejlPaineoxptopeople who have never seen such abook W B PARSONS
CommentDr W B Parsons i
reliable and faithful worker Allyou who have any of Pallias wofor free illctrlbntlon please communi-cate with him
wt l L J < y h
SLAYS WIFEI
maANDRY CRIME COMMITTED BY MA
NIAC BEFORE BABYS EYESI
A J Bolks Crazed by IrresponsibleTeachings Slashes Woman toPieces and Stabs Himself
4fFrom Los Angeles Expressrazed with a religious frenzy at
trlbuted to his belief In the teachingsof the manic tnalcing mountebank
nters A J Bolks formerly ofux City la butchered his wife at
anvewhntingy of n frenzied fanatic spilled
own lifes blood with the sameknife When found the man and wifelay gashed and dead in the sleepingroom they occupied in the house of
ss Slaughter at 6t6 Thorne streetuated near Pasadena Ave and at
tnOarvanzaAboutdragged his sleeping wife from their
d to the floor stamped upon her andplunged Into her body the
de of a new and keenedged knifehad bought only a few dayster slashing the womans throat
and stabbing her In me abdomen andrious parts of te body the crazedrderer used the same weapon tok r his Jugular and the blood of
and wife mingled on the bedboorrtihe room where tho tragedy wa
toil slept with his parentsungest of their five children Thi
little boy of 4 was awakened by thetumult and his baby eyes opened
de in wonder at the scene he couldnot understand but which was trlghtIfyl to him His baby heartnightIhis baby voice was raised In a screamIthat awoke all the sleepers in th
ttleI Beheld a Fearful Sight
III an adjoining room slept thjj r children of the Bolks P
J tteraan tjenCrys screams they undertook to iirer
tl e room but found the door lockedF ir several minutes they labored toti-
t
II the little boy how to open theor to them and when his tiny fin
g TS finally turned the key they entered to behold a sight that will remainIII their memories all their lives
Upon beholding their parents lyingad in their own blood the children
scent up their screams Papa haskilled mammaagonIzedwho tearful of what she might beholdhad flown to neighbors for assistanceThese neighbors entered the room andfound partly upon the bed and partly
on tho floor too body of Mrs Dollsacross her figure lay prone that of
bar murderous husband Baby foothad been made upon the floor
showing where the little one had trod-den in his efforts to find out what wasgoing on and to give the alarm to hlchildtgulnarv hue
It was a scene of horror and thresiftaenSlaughter who knew the Bolks outtsTeachingsThla 9II
said Miss Slaughter whe-een
nat her home this morning Mrevend> camestrangem lyre
was m °less crazy on religion He wan
go around muttering prayers an-
olding his face toward the skyould talk as though ho was ernzyors
Ills wife was a religious womanshe was sensible and I think asometimes feared her husbandattman growngnWintersknowing for sure The Dolls handel 4All Itlne children but the youngthatnt tyoungest I know nothing of thefamily beyond the fact that Mr Bolkswas well todo and had brought hiswife and children here with the intcnIon of making Los Angeles their
homeInthe room where tho man tend
wife slept there was always kept asmall lamp burning The Bulks wentto bed at 8 oclock and I went upstairsasnia m I wasawakened by the children screaminghorrorm of
titsquietectseenngshocked me terribly It the crazywretch had only kill himself firstes pn
paUtellrks erlm
lag over their loss tho oldest boycried out Send for Mr Winters he
j i
mlldngforhisfatherdivineS
Comment Tho shave hu been sentby Dr E E Entice of California
me to print It with my com-mentsaboutftthIs country all the time
A later account says that the vll
INFamountwas a rich manThis same thing Is being done all
tho time by all preachersThey nro all simply scheming to
get money without working for itand they all know they are lying androbbng the people who are foolsenough to pay their money
But under time laws of this countryand probably Justly we cannot a
libertythougjuether the law should allow a manprayIngunder false pretenses If the pay
was stopped of course they would8t prayingIf ofIsilly superstition as Infidels commonly represent It to be that would bequite another matter but crimes ofthis sort are continually being perpenobodything like that
If I and Infidel editor were to murder my wife and then suicide It wouldbe printed In every prominent paper
expectsInfidelsreligiousrrenz d
s
natural thing that though a weekhadsproba l
if an Infidel had not sent me the clippingPreachers
dont care for the crimethat their preaching Induces Thereally enjoy It It Is an advertisement of them to have some body gccrazy under the influence of theirenomoney byIttrun war each albs
net to bear Wlllters especlatltJ jiTIiipS liI n UnInsanltOf course neither Winters nor any
other preacher can influence intelllgent and strong minded people buthere ac thousands o people thathave not good sense that preacherscan Influence and there Is no good Jreason why a villain like Wintersshould not be arrested and punished
thernurderRight here in Lexington the son ofmy first cousin Mrs Judge C SFrench became so deranged under thepreaching of Geo 0 Barnes that hhad to be sent to a lunatic asylum andied there In consequence
lexlngtonbecamejfchildloinansaln I
u can to stop ItThese assassins In Kentucky aretheeaschurchesatoROME CON
CRESS FUN
It Is the desire that Dr J D Wll I
Freelhaugehtit
to be held la Rome Italy nextpresidel1C atisa
eminently qualified ro participate InIthe deliberations at the Congress Onhis return from Homo the Doctor wl11Ioxpncer
ngress and It Is needleas to speak
abilityhe to
be oneIdollar and as the expense will bo veryheavy It Is hoped that all who areable will subscribe for as many booksas possible
IrisAll money received is deposited InTile Central Trust and Sate DtpositCompany of Cincinnati and willacknowledged through the Blade
Contributions and subscriptionswith and without money will be re
calved by the Secretary of the Natlonal Liberal Party Address
MORRIS SACHSrhoAtlas Bank Bldg Cincinnati O
FundtierPreviously acknowledged 12fi 00Amount in bank 110 00
panViola HiggIns Point Isabel 0 IsPhiladelphia Ia 1
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Send In your order for Dog FennelIn tho Orient fVn l edition now out
UCHTNOT
IDELS TO CONSIDER MR
HEARSTS
PRESIDENT
CANDIDACY FOR iktThe Blade takes no part In politics
of any kind except as connected withreligion
hecausohepietist and is pandering to the Cath
calledPainethoJadethatheelity Wo arc all proud that Jefferpresdentsanyleaningput Into any tangible expression weought to recognize It
thntHearstpresident and put 2000000 Into thecampaign
startingthepresidency but even If he does thebetweenMai candidates Is that he would buyothershnemoney to be repaid by political emol
ents1J
mom and perquisitesjIronlrJresldentlnlmoral element Into his campaign All
rnbblttootesliquorbutnoneWalterinlAmentsmallabllltpubttheleadInhetofOne most desirable thing he has doneremarkablycartoons In favor of temperance Noterndnewspaper ever beforeInthisdeserlngJf lmanya t
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tis gravepeonIhas made himself the friend of organAgainhehiringlawyersthesedirectionssome public service
RELIGION AS A JURORQUALIFICATIONatDnot10nJ Jorthemdel SOclel InCrejlCtI thought that was shoat as flagrant
travesty on law In America ns I hadever heard but In the Chicago Chronlcle of January 15th there Is an examInatlon of witnesses In court that Illscounts my case
examinationIs 0
you a Christian asked thoofstates attorney
WaltonWhat Vs
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