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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-05-31
FINALE.

In thus recounting a leaf from my book of
personal experience [ have given to this
beautiful north Wisconsin village no tinge of
the roseate hue, but have only told true tale
of its attributes and surroundings. which
will, l am sure, be found to ontain much of
interest, but which is tame and barren of
itself as compared with the real features of
the place which has given it the well won
name of Logdy C7ieteE
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
THE DISCOVERER OF GRANT

A striking feature of Mr.. Forncy's
career IN politics and journalism was his
discovery of Gen. Grant as Presidential
candidate. The suggestion was first
made by Mr.. Forney in the fall Of 1867,
just after his return from Europe, where
he had been to visit the Paris Expo
sition of that year, to Chief Justice
Carter, OF the District Of Colorado, and
Senator Thayer, of Nebraska. After di-
costing the idea for day or two it i'm
pressed Mr.. Forney favorably, and-but
he can tell the story in his own words !:
Iretired to my rooms on Capitol hill
and prepared the tive-column article
which appeared in the Washington
Chronicle and the Philadelphia Press
Of Nov. Z, 1867. After it was in type
Senator Thayer and myself called
upon John A. Rawlins, Chief of Gen.
Grants staff, and read it to him. He in
stantly advised that it should appear the
very next day; but answered that
Gen. Grant was not candidate for Pres
ident, and did not desire to be, and, if
printed it without authority, there was
little doubt that some superserviceable
politician would call upon him and ask
him if he had been made q candidate
with his sanction. He will, of course,
reply that he never saw the article until
it was in print, and SO all your schemes
to make him President gang agley.
Then Rawlins took it In to Gen. Grant
and staid long time. When he re-
turned he SAID, Gen. Grant is quite
pleased with your statement Of his po'
litical record, and surprised that he
proves to be SO good Republican. >"
OF course Grant was predestined to be
President Of the United States. but there
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
CHANGES OF.A CENTURY.

The nineteenth century has witnessed
many and very great discoveries and
changes:
In 1909 Fulton took out his first
patent for the invention Of a steamboat.
The first steamships which made regu-
lar trips across the Atlantic ocean were
the Sirius and Great Western in
1880.
The first public application to prac-
teal use Of gas for illumination was
made in 1902.
In 1918 the streets OF London were for
the first time lighted with gas.
In 1918 there was built in Waltham,
Mass, a mill, believed to have been the
first in the world, which combined oil
the requirements for making flashed
cloth from the raw cotton.
In 100 there were only twenty-five
postoflices in the whole country, and up
to 1887 the rate OF postage was 20 cents
for letter sent over 400 miles.
In 1907 wooden clocks began to be
made by machinery. This ushered in the
era Of cheap clocks.
About the year 1888 the first railroad
of any considerable length in the United
States was constructed.
In 1910 the first experiments in pho
Biography were made by Daguerre.
About 1910 the first express business
was established.
The anthracite coal business may be
said to have begun in 1920.
In 1886 the patent for the invention Of
matches was granted.
Steel pens were introduced for use
in 1903.
The first successful trial OF reaper
took place in 1888.
In 1916 Elias Howe obtained patent
or his first sewing machine.
The first successful method OF making
,ulcan zed India rubber WIS patented
1889.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
NrR KrHLEs IN aLnrEs.


The broad inserted bands of lace still
continue to be worn in kid as well as il
silk gloves. Very elegant ones have =
rich beading extending from the mid.
die, close to the fingers, up to the very
edge of the length. An odd extreme OF
ancy is shown in glove into which ali
applique OF lace holds four tiny bits Of
yold-colored silk wrought to initiate gold
,oins. The glove has an edge above
the hem wrought in gold thread, and is
finished by a sold and white tassel.
These are ivory white and intended only
ior evening wear. Caroubier red, cur.
:ant red and scarlet have appeared in
mp rted kids for fall wear, as also a
nr.ous yellow, called old gold; this
after has the advantage Of harmonizing
yith almost any costume and does not
Ill easily. Dark grape, dark wine
lor, lrolze-graen and shade resem-
ling hrass-color are among the new
uts. A very elegant applique Of lace
rrears upon the wrist of novel glove
itro,luced by a well-known maker.
he laced kid glove fits the hand and
INST beautifully, and is in favor with
rose who find difficulty in buttoning II
iov' over their plump wrists. The I'M
ressed kids come in all the popular
indies and are worn for driving or walk
,g. A glove to be neat must be Of
ool make and fit, End the less orna-
.>ntation it has the more elegant.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
AFTER THE VICrORY.

Gen. Badeau, in his Life Of Gen.
! Grant" speaking of the interview be.
ween Lee and Grant, the day after the
urrendcr, says:
1.-The conversation was protracted,
md the restless Sheridan, not used to
waiting, at last rode up and asked per.
mission to cross the lines and visit some
# lis old comrades in the rebel army.
Leave, of course, was given, and with
lin went Gems. Ingalls, and Seth Will
ans, both men of the old army, with as
many personal friends among the rebel
'flic, rs as under the national flag. They
,oun found acquaintance, and, when the
interview between Grant and Lee was
'ver, the three returned, bringing with
hem nearly every officer Of high rank
n the rebel army to pay their respects
20 Grant and to thank him for the terms
10 had accorded them the day before.
Lee now babe good morning and re-
turned to his own headquarters, while
the national chief and those with him
repaired to farmhouse hard by, where
Tue capitulation had been signed.
di.h also, came Longstreet, Gordon,
Heth, Wilcox, Pickett and other rebel
Ulcers of fame, splendid soldiers, who
had given their enemies much trouble !;
and Sheridan, Ord, Griffin and the men
on Grants staff met them cordially.
FIRST, Of course, the rebels were pre-
scented to Grant, who greeted them with
kindness. Most of them he knew per-
sonally. Longstreet had been at his
wedding; Cadmus Wilcox was his grooms-
man; Heth was a subaltern with him in
the Mexican war. Others he had served
with in garrison OF on the Pacific coast.
They all expressed their appreciation Of
his magnanimity. To be allowed not
only their lives and liberty, but their
swords, had touched them deeply. One
said to him in my hearing, General,
we have come to congratulate you on
having wound us up Il hope, replied
Grant, it will be for the good Of us all.
Then the other national officers took
their turn, shaking hands cordially with
men whom they had met in many bat
tie or with whom they had earlier shared
tent or blanket on the Indian trail OF
Mexican frontier; with classmates o.
West Point and sworn friends Of boy,
hood. Some shed tears as they Rugged
each other after years Of separation ant
strife. Countrymen all they felt them
selves now, and not few Of the rebels
declared that they were glad the wal
ended in the triumph Of the nation"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11

Mr.. GEORGE T. ANaELL, Of Boston,
in public address, stated that samples
Of glucose examined contained sulphuric
acid, copperas and sulphate Of lime.
DR.. R. G. Kedzie, Professor of Chemis-
try in the Michigan State Agricultural
College, analysed seventeen specimens
Of common table sirups and found fifteen
Of them made of glucose. One Of them
contained al grains of oil Of vitriol and
724 grains Of lime to the gallon and an
other, which had caused serious sick
ness to whole family, contained seven
ty-two grains Of oil of vitriol, twenty
eight of sulphate Of iron (copperas) and
1868 grains of lime to the gallon. As the
glucose is made by boiling corn starch
IN sulphuric acid (oil of vitrioD, and
then mixing it with lime, the presence
Of these deleterious articles is easily ex-
planned.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
LOCUST LEAVES.


The mellow moonlight never fell with
more witching power over the Alhambra
than falls the soothing sunlight this de-
lightful Sabbath morning over the quiet
little homes on Hackley street. The
orange and citron tree, tipped with
silver, never looked more beautiful than
bur little locust tree now locks, tipped
with gold. The morning-glories that
sweep around our doors are all in mute
conversation with the breezes that wan
der close and kiss them. We under
stand their smiles and mods, but, out Of
respect to the morning glories, we at
tempt no translation of them, for earth
has NO language with which we can ac-
curately paint the dress of the flowers.
A spray of three large purple blossoms
has pceped in at lis through window
that has not been closed for many days
they speak to us in the same sweet Ian
guage that did their sisters in cur child
hood days, and, for momsnt, returns
our childhood's faith in q fower-sur-
rounded, fower-crowned, mIsic-tilled
heaven. Delightful, indeed, though
Eden must have been, we cannot ;mag-
inc it superior 10 the great, wide, un-
fenced, deep old wildwood through which
we went nut gathering tho other day.
There rested such holy calm, gl.'h q
pure, sweet peace over the whole
scene that a serpent would not have
dared to lift its head. The sky WIS soft
and Llue, and seemed to rest upon the
gold uf the tree-tops. The music Of the
falling nuts and whispering leaves was
full Of suggestions OF the beautiful that
the heart can better understand than the
tongue express. One little pond or lake in
the depth OF this old wilderness is avision
Of beauty III itself. 1t is round as
rose and lined with MOSES OF every
kind, and fringed here and there with
groups of fern and maiden hair that
seem holding and peeping and laugh
ing in ecstasy at the sight Of their own
beautiful forms reflected in the spark
ling water beneath. Moss-covered logs
lie here and there all through it, form
ing tiny green islands in that lone little
sea. From tine joyous bird-songs that
rose out of it and echoed around it We
named it the "Bird,' Paradise" II
you should ever go nutting in that wild
old wood, do not fail to find and feast
your soul upon the transcendent beauty
oi that tropic-like bit Of lake.
Mrs. J. Y. II. KooNS.
MusclE, Ind.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11

Francis Bret Harte was born at Alba
ny, N. Y, in 1887. At II he went to
California, where he taught school. be.
came miner and then compositor in
newspaper Office at Eureka, New. Re-
turning to San Francisco, he was CON-
positor, and afterward editor of thl
Golden Era. He held positions sue
cessively in the Surveyor Generals Office,
the United States Marshal's Office and the
Branch Mint, and was concerned in the
management of the Californian. He
became widely known by his poems and
characteristic pictures Of California life
in the Overland Monthly. founded and
edited by him in July, 1868. Since then
he has published several volumes OF
stories, sketches and poetry. Harte now
lives IN England.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11

Mrs. ELIZABETH CAMProN, who was
wns nearly so years of age, committed
suicide by drowning in shallow pool
near her house at Metuchin, N. ]. She
suffered from many Authorizations, the
most remarkable Of which was that she
was in danger Of hanging at the hands
Of Gen. Hancock. She learned from the
newspapers that Gen. Hancock. had had
something to do with the hanging Of n
woman, and became possessed with the
idea that, if elected, he would imme-
diately seek put and execute her in Or
der to get her property.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
rLEANANrRLEN.
CALLING red-headed man liar is ex-
nerimentin0 with avnlos;yaa

CALLING a red headed man q liar is ex-
perimenting with explosives.
SUE may dress in silk, or may dress in satin,
May know the languages Greek and Latin,
May know fine art may love and sigh
Blu abe amt no good II she can't make pie.
IT is proposed to make education a
necessary qualification for future Pc
destrian matches, SO that he who runs
may read. y
SOMEBODY notes that love is more in
teresting than marriage, for the same
reason that romance is more enticing
than history.
"WHY," asked Sunday-school teach
or Of little boy, ''dld Jacob marry the
two daughters Of nban?" "I dunno, ex-
cept perhaps he was satisfied with one
iaother-in-law."
"IsN'T. your husband title baldT
asked one lady of anothe., in q store
recently. "There isn't bald hair in
his head, was the hasty reply of the
wife.
The small boy said to the little girl
"Do you wish to be my little wife?"
The little girl, after rejecting" Yes
The small boy--"Then take off my
boots"
II LIKE hot weather BEST" said o
Philadelphia girl, ''because it makes pa
and ma so sleepy that they don't come
bothering around the parlor the nights
1 have company"
"WHY is it your loaves are SO much
smaller than they used to be?" asked a
Galveston man of his baker. at don't
know, unless it is 1 use less dough thar
formerly" responded the latter. Gal.
veston Nous.
HEn lips were Ike the leaves, he said,
BY autumnu crimson tint,d;
Some people autumn leaves preserve
by pressing them, she limited.
The meaning of the gentle hint
The lover did discern,
And 30 he clasped her round the neck,
And glued his lips to hernl
A LITTLE girl once said that she would
I've very glad to go to heaven, because
they had plenty of preserves there. On
being cross-examined she took down hei
catechism and triumphantly read /:
"Why ought the saints to love God
Answer: Because He mikes, preserves,
and keeps them"
Mr.. PRIasBY Cat dinner, to a fair
Knickerbocker ON a visit to Boston for
the third or fourth time)-"l've heard
you are so awfully, all, clever, you
know" Miss Sharp" Excuse me, Mr..
Prigsby, you must have made mistake
for l assure you Tn next to an idiot. -
Columbia Spectator.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
YILUABLE SECRET.

1t is related of Franklin that, from
the window Of his Office in Philadelphia
he noticed mechanic, among number
of others, at work on house which was
being erected close by, who always ap-
peared to be in merry humor, and who
Ind kind and cheerful smile for every
one he met. Let the day be ever SO
cold, gloomy or sunless, the happy smile
danced like a sunbeam on his cheerful
countenance. Meeting him one day,
Franklin requested to know the secret
Of his constant happy flow Of spirits.
cts no secret, doctor" the man re-
piled. "I've got one Of the best Of
wives, and when go to work she always
gives me kind word of encouragement
and blessing with her parting kiss
and when go home she is sure to meet
me with smile and kiss Of welcome;
and then tea is sure to be ready; and, as
we chat in the evening, I find she has
been doing so many little thingO through
the day to please me that cannot find
it in my heart to speak an unkind word
or give on unkind look to anybody"
And Franklin adds:
"What an influence, then, hath WON
an over the heart Of man, to soften it
and make it the fountain Of cheerful ant
pure emotions. Speak gently, then; {
happy smile and kind word Of greet
ing after the tolls Of the day are owe
cost nothing, and go far toward making
home happy and peaceful"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11

DIR. GATnING, inventor Of the famous
gun, has inst perfected another instru.
ment OF war that is reported to be most
complete in its deadly properties. 1t is
capable OF firing 1000 shots in a minute,
and by the use of the instrument three
men can do the work of 300 rihemen. II
is capable of killing man or horse one
mile away. 1t is somewhat in the form
of the present Gatling gun, but more
complete. and may be taken to pieces al
will, ard therefore can be moved about
easily.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
TIE WOODEN MAT.

Somewhere about tho year 1850,
travelling millwright, foot-sorc and witt
the broadcast Northern Doric accent.
stopped ct Soho, at the engine factory u
Boulton & Watt, and asked for work.
His aspect was little better than one Of
beggary and poor looks, and Boultoi
had hidden him God speed to some othei
shop, when, as he was turning ava!
sorrowfully, Boulton suddenly called
him back.
"What kind Of hats yon yc have OIL
YOUR head, ME mon?"
cts just thinner, sir"
Thinner, me mon let's look at it.
Where did you set it?"
"I just made it, sir, my ainscl."
Chow did you make it?"
at lust turned it in the lathe"
"But it's oval, mun, and the lathe
turns things round"
"a weel I just gar d the lathe gang
anither gait, to please me. I'd a lang
journey afore me, and I thocht tc have
a hat, to keep out water, and 1 hadna
muckle silver to spare, and 1 made me
ane."
By his Unborn mechanism the man
had invented an oval lathe and made his
hat, and the hat made his fortune.
Boulton was not the man to lose SO valu.
able help; thus the after-famous Will
lam Mnrdock-the originator of loco
motive and lighting by gas-took sui
md service under Boulton & Watt. and
in 17S4 made the first vehicle impelled
by steam in England, and with the very
hands and brain-cunning that had pro
luced the thinner at."-America'
Aachinist.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
4 LITERARY PIR.iTE.

y Quincy was prodigious reader,
Il MI anaconda-like digestion, and as
n.l.,ted his mental food with amazing
I,ility. An ardent lover OF books, but
ring nothing for pet editions-the
ic,ties and luxuries Of paper, printing,
nd binding. Tree-calf and sheep,
'uraey morocco and muslin, were all
ne TO him. His pursuit of books was
Ike that OF the savage who seeks but
> appease the hunger of the momtnt.
common with the whole tribe OF
'ook borrowers, he rarely returned u
.ook loaned to him, folio or quarto
jnsle or one of set, though sometimes
book was greatly enhanced in value
y a profuse edging d manuscript
otes. When short Of writing paper.
d, never hesitated to tear out the leaves
IL hroatl-margined book, whether his
WI or belonging to another.
II is remarkable fact that, in spite
these piratical proceedings, none OF
y friends ever complained Of him.
hIars pith Men and Books.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
Our Agents

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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11

MARX TWAIN says the only introduce
ton to a literary audience that he ever
had that seemed to him the right word
in the right place. real inspiration
was as follows: Ladies and gentle
men, shall not waste any unnecessary
time in the introduction. / don't know
anything about this man OF least / only
know two things about him-one is that
he has never been in the penitentiary,
and the other is, can't see why"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
"PATIENCE" POETRY.

I'm e-in-the-sights young man,
A do-the- thing brown ytnng man,
terrible masher and regular crasher.
Dead head-at-the-shows young man.
Tina brown-stone-front young man,
Arrow-brimmed-haty young man,
A waiter-ior-cash, but still living on hash,
Six-dollar-a-week young man.
I'm an-only-daughter young girl,
A Observation-Disclosures young girl,
A languishinR, dainty, ll-powder-and-painty
sit-up-till-e.even young girl
I'm would-be-esthetic young girl,
dote-on-the-arts young girl,
A poet-in-embryo, don't-know-a -thing-y ou-knoWI
All-on-the-surface young girl
I'm novel-reading young girl,
A lie-awake-t ll-three young girl,
A romantic, half-crazy, but terribly lazy,
I.etma-do-the-work young girl
-BrOOkiyn Eagle.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11

"wHAT," asks an o1cited correspond
emit in Iowa. twill stand out more
prominently in the history Of the year
1880 than the fact that $4,000, 600 free
people chose for themselves q ruler ?"
Nothing that we know Of, unless it is
the fact that 2-year-old colt trotted in
1926. - Chicago Tribune.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
Enemies Ready TO Strike.

Every family is constantly in dan
ger from impure water, unripe fruit,
unwholesome food, contagious dis
eases, cramps, cholera morbus, cough:
and colds, indigestion and simple fe.
yer. In such cases a bottle of Par,
ker's Tonic kept in the house renders
it unnecessary to call a physician
No thing so good for children. 81 ct
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
CLUB LIST.
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11

THE retort courteous He latter pro-
posing and being rejected) 81 suppose
in the end you will be marrying some
IDIOT Of fellow" She (breaking in)-
Excuse me, if ] meant to do that
should have accepted your offer"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11

can be but little doubt that John W.
Forney was one Of the most potent in
struments in the hands Of the fate that
shaped the civil career Of the great
Captain. philadelphia Press.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
Trough OIL Pain" Porus plaster

Ask for Wells "Rough on COrns." l5c. Quick
complete cure. Hard or soft cOrns. warts, bun.
ions,
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"Rough on Toothache.n

II you are losing your grip on life, try 'wells
Health Renewer." Goes direct to weak spots
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
Trough on Itch -

Hacking, irritating Coughs, Colds. Sore Throat,
cured by "Rough on Coughs" Troches, l5c.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
The Hope of The Nation.

Slough on Itch" cures humors eruptions.
rng,,worin, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet,
chillblains.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11
Trough on Gorns."

Palpitation. Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness,
Indigestion. Headache, sleeplessness cured by
Wells Health Renewerp
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"Rough on Pain Porus Plaster,

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rs cents.
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WhOopIng Cough.

"Wells Health Remover" restores healt
and ylgor; cures Dyspepsia, Headache, Ner
vOusness, Debility, o..
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-11

and the many throat affections Of children,
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Trough on Coughs. Troches, l5c. Basam,
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Mothers.
Life Preserver.

II you are falling, broken, worn ont and ner
vous, use "Wells' Health Remover" &c.
Druggists.