From an article in tho Louisville
Times, we note that the prisoners in the
penitentiaries of Frankfort and Jefl'er
Bonville are subjected to the "strap" and
severe flogging for infraction of prison
discipline. Men who aro sent up for
minor offenses for short terms are frequently
subjected to tho whipping pro
cess. This beini the case would it not
bo more humane to Hog these offenders
where tho petty crimes are committed,
and let them go to say nothing of the
heavy expense entailed in sending them
up to Frankfort? Flogging is not moio
barbarious outside the prison walls. How
can a true philanthropist hesitate in the
premises j Henderbon News.
Tub V.w.i'u of a Potato. Did you
ever calculate tho value of a single potato
on the basis that that single tuber was
the only ono left in tho world V That
ono would, of course, contain within
itself tho possibility of restocking the
world with a valuable article of food. I'
one potato would produce, when planted,
but ten potatoes, in ten years the total
product of that one potato would bo
10,000,000,000, which would stock tho
whole world with seed. If the whole
world were reduced to one potato it
would be better that London or Chicago
be blotted from tho earth than for
that one tuber to bo lost. St. Louis Ito-public.
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ttrowliw tlm riirmttr'a Markst.
TW imnn tnnt tho AlcKlnley bill will
do our farmers by reason of tho increased
cast of manufactured articles is by no
means tho only evil it will inflict upon
them. Tho greater evil will bo in the
damage dono to tho farmers' foreign
market.
This restriction of our foreign market
for farm products may not necessarily
come in the form of direct retaliation.
