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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08
THE VILLAGE POSTOFFIOE.
BY NJ. QUAD.


Half an hour before the arrival Of the
daily mail they begin to come in-thS
merchant who expects a letter-the
blacksmith who thinks he may possibly
get one-the carpenter who hasn't had
one for year, but who still lives in
hopes-the laborer who hasn't the
slightest idea that he will ever get any
thing more interesting than circular
advising him to insure his life before il
is internally too late-the farmer who
has friends out West or down East, and
who can confidently count on his weekly
paper, anyhow. AS the mail-boy ar
rives at the door there is a ripple Of ex.
citement which extends even to the
barefooted boy who has been sent down
with three big coppers to mail letter
directed in a oramped, old-fashioneA
hand. One can see by the way he looks
from the letter to the jars of candy in
front of the store that he is specializing
on the risks of dropping the missive in
to the river and investing the money
where it will do Uncle Sam no good.
There is hush while the mail is be-
ing distributed. The pampered aristo-
crat who can afford to pay box rent n
he rate of 40 cents per year keeps his
eye on his particular box, while the
down-trodden citizen, who is compelled
to 60 into the general delivery" ST.
lently argues that the heavier the mail
bag the more chance he has of being
favored. Just at this particular mo-
ment the Postmaster is "a bigger man
than ole Grant," or anybody else, and il
he does not feel at least 80 per cent. Of
his official importance it is because he
has to stop now and then to decipher
the superscription of letter.
After what seems an interminable de-
lay the window is opened and general
rush is made, and in ten minutes the
only person left cautiously approaches
the window and inquiries
Anything for any of us?"
Nothing" is the reply as the letters
are overrun.
"Anything for brother Jiln's folks p
"Nothing."
"Walker wanted me to inquire for
him."
Nothing for any Of the Walk
ers."
cold Mrs. Lee hailed me as driv by
and said she was looking for a letter |
from her son Bill in Leadville. dispose
it amt any use toinquire, for Bill couldn't |
write letter in three weeks"
"Nothing for Mrs Lee"
The nan started to go, but sud-
denly recollecting himself he turned and |
said
"Come to think of it, McArthurs
hired man has sent off tor lottery ticket.
He won't draw nuthin', of course, for
them lotteries arc dead swindle, but it's
about time he got it, and he hollered
at me from the barn this morning and
asked me to inquire. His name is Sam
White, but l never asked him how he
spelled it.
Nothing for him, was the monotoA-
GUS reply.
"Well, that's all, I guess. Purity bad
weather on wheat, amt it? Looks like
rain. but maybe it'll scud around"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08


A FRUTT-PICKER is the latest invention.
1t is simply II ring or collar OF sheet
metal four or five inches high and the
same in diameter, with the upper por.
ton formed into half dozen points like
q crown, each point being covered with
an indiarubber disk or shield to prevent
the fruit from injury by contact. A
socket in the side receives light pole OF
any required length, and from the bot
tom of the ring or crown extends n ligh,
hose of cotton drilling, or other light
material. to convey the fruit down to the
hand of the operator, or into a basket,
wagon, or wherever desired. Standing
on the ground the operator reaches for
the fruit, the points of the crown passing
on each side Of tho stem, and light up
ward shove easily detaches the fruit, and
it drops down through the crown and
hose. The operator can hold the pole in
one hand and the hose in the other, or
the hose can be hooked to small, mov-
able bracket placed ON the pole for that
purpose, thus allowing of handling the
pole with both hands, or an assistant can
manage the hose.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08

4 FEW days ago little child gave ex-
preston to an old story in the follow
ing terse manner: 1t seems that the lie
tie fellow had discovered bee crawling
up his hand. Finally, the bee stopped
for moment, and after remaining sta
tionary for an instant stung the little
fellow. When the cry Of pain was oves
the little child said o his mamma thai
he didn't care about the bees walking
about ON him, but he didn't like his sit
ting down on him.-Dayton Journal
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08
POROSITY OF MATTER.

That granite is porous is shown by
placing piece of it in vessel of water
under the receiver of an air-pump and
removing the air. Little bubbles will
soon be seen rising through the water.
These bubbles are the air contained in
the invisible pores OF the granite. A
piece of iron is made smaller by ham,
mering. This proves its porosity. Its
particles could not be brought into
closer contact if there were no intersti-
ces between them. An experiment per-
formed some years ago at Florence,
Italy, to ascertain whether water could
be compressed, proved that gold is
porous. A violent pressure was brought
to bear on hollow sphere of gold filed
with water. The water made its way
through the gold and appeared on the
outside of the sphere. Water will thus
pass through pores not more than one
half of the millionth OF an inch in diam
eter.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08

DIR. HAMMOND is one OF the medical
celebrities who, in advance, told how
and why Tanner must fail in his fast.
It was Hammond who declared no man
could live ten days without water. Tan
ner lived sixteen days without it. It
was also Hammond who told that Tan
ner must become insane and die before
the expiration Of the forty days. Tan
ner did not become insane, and survived
his full forty days fast, and yet eats
prodigiously, all which seems to render
him an affront, as it were, to DR.. Ham
mond. Now, not to be outdone, Ham,
mond, according to the dispatches last
week, proposes to enter a man for
the next fasting match who will go thir.
ty days without water and fifty without
food. Tanner demonstrated the falsity
of all OF Hammond's theories, and THAI
his pretensions very much exceeded hif
knowledge, and now, to get even, Ham
mond proposes to show that Tanneri
feat vast anything remarkable any
how,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08
CLUB LIST.
~ Co22ESPoN0ENTS.

We want frc3h, reliable AMI readable letters
from every msishb where the SEMI
WEEKLY SOuru KESruCxIAN circulates. Give
us tho ,eYs plainly, correctly, b ny and intel
is.3iy, w,tlIIt nit lio's c1n.ntat ~ rh1torica'
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m lttsti 81 NJ ihstrt't ~ the ral ling pnblic
Use bat on, side of the paper and write as often
a'ybIlt;; n,g'iC;h,D cl'Il SIS, ahl NJ
oftencr.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08
4 TYPOGRAPHICAL REFORM NRC-
ESSARY.

4 TYPOGRAPHICAL REFORM NEC-
ESSARY.
Mr.. Brodie, Of Pittsburgh. Pa, is the
possessor OF pet monkey, purchased Of
an old sea Captain some years ago, and
the animal has got good deal of sense,
as the following little incident will show:
Mr.. Brodie gets the Times OF this city,
and also the Boomerang. When the
pet from the tropics is told to bring
either of these papers to Mr.. Brod e's
mother, he knows which is which aud
brings the one desired. When he gets
the Times for the old lady, however, he
very thoughtfully brings her.spectalces
also. This shows that even the brute
creation can distinguish between clear,
legible print and that which is the re-
verse. We do not mako any comment
on this little incident, but simply give
the bare facts. When paper gets so
dim geographically and editorially that
q bobtail baboon from heather land
begins to notice it, thoro ought to be o
reform. Boomerang.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08

DIR. HEMPHILL paused somewhat about
"tenthly" in his sermon, and said
ave would all be glad if that young
man in the vestibule will come inside
and satisfy himself that she is, or is not,
here. That would be much better than
keeping half-inch draught en the occu-
pants of the back pew" And, in the
solemn silence that followed, the congre.
cation could hear a sound outside a.
of the retreat of an army with ban.
ners.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08
IN IRISH THEORY LBOUT THE
NTflTIN

IN IRISH THEORY IBOUT THE
NOON.
When the earth was very young, says
DR.. Ball, Astronomer Royal for Ireland,
it went round 30 fast that the day was
only three hours long. The earth was
liquid then, and, as it spun round at
that fearful speed, and as the sun caused
ever-increasing tides on the surface, il
at last burst in two. The smaller paHt
was the moon, which has been going
round the earth ever since at an increas-
ing distance. The moon now raises
tides on the earth, and while there was
any liquid to operate on in the moon
the earth returned the compliment.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08

An unloved lover: Mistress-"I IN
derstand, Mary, that you are about 10
get married {" Mary-"It's shrue,
mum, an niver mater man walked than
Denis Mulcahey." Mistress-"You
love him very dearly?" Mary-"m
dade do not" Mistress" And why
not, Mary ?" Mary-"Becaze he bes
always afther botherin' to squazo me. &"
brooklyn Eagle.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08

Is "Gcorgc Washington Ratchet .....
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08

AT funeral service in Boston, when
the customary invitation to review the
remains was given, three blind men SOL
EMMY fell into the procession, felt their
way up the aisle, paused at the open
coffin for o moment and then sadly
passed on.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08

A LARGE dry goods firm OF Boston
proposes to its employees that each shall
contribute $40 in weekly assessments Of
30 cents toward treating one out of
twenty-five of their number TO trip to
Europe next summer, luck TO decide
who shall go.
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as1lt', wa will res ,iy1 Subscriptions for N
SEIG- WEEKLY SJurH KENrUC&tAN:
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SORROW and humiliation are not pleas
ant things, and yet many man spends
q whole weeks wages in getting them.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-08

The country uses over 3UO, 900, 0OC
postal cards q year. This is 1000, DOC
a day, or several tons every twenty-iou,
hours.
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nEv0CRtTIU COUNTY COMMITTEE.
G u ChinDlin, Ch'm., iIJIRInsiillc.
Chas. VI. Ma man, >ec'ty., -
;. Il. Bu:kner,
q :. lIriwh,
Il W. Walker,
u. W. llalry, "
J. VI. PPonl, Btinbri Isc.
Jno. NJ. Dulin, Crofton.
Ben Garter, Pc lee.
Jn1. G. WnitlO;k. NewSteal.i
Austin Pcay. GirrG'tshIrg.'
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Every Subscriber,
AT So A YEAR.

GIVEN A TICKET FREE!
The following list Of premiums
will be distributed
SATURDAY. OCTOBER It'll, 1884.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12
Montgomery and sars6eId.


A telegram was received by Captain Hart
nett yesterday stating that on Monday the
sarsfield Guard would mail complete pro-
gramme as to their time OF coming and the
number of people that would come on with
them.
The officers of the militia of the State, the
naval and regular army officers quartered in
this vicinity have been requested to attend.
The Governor and staff, Mayor King and the
members of the City Government will be in
attendance. together with many of the distin-
guished citizens of our city and State. The
Montgomerys intend making this the bon ton
affair of the season and we advise all wishing
to see the brilliant display to procure tickets
at once. The two front rows of the gallery
have been reserved, and Stockbridge has the
tickets for sale. These are the most desirable
seats in The hall and will meet with ready
ali
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12
Superior Court.
BFFORE .TT1ncE RoNNEv


SATURDAY-The grand jury came in in the morn
ing, reported finally and were discharged Among
the indictments reported the following only have
been made public:
Harry L. Milliken, larceny of cigars and knife
from dwelling house of Harmon I, futile. Upon
arraignment he plead guilty.
John Flynn, indicted as common thief. Pleaded
guilty of larceny.
James Devine, breaking and entering the store OF
G. w. Simonton and Milton A. Jewell in the night
time. Pleaded guilty OF larceny.
George H. Wallace, rape upon Eliza A. CARD
alias Eliza Mckinney. Plea not guilty.
George W. Blake, larceny of bank bills and gold
coin to the amount of $410, the property of Mary
S. Leighton. Pleaded guilty.
Herbert Todd, larceny of one quilt aud one com,
forter from Ann Lysaith. Pleaded guilty.
Elliot L. Walker, larceny of 500 worth of wool,
the property of the Pondicherry Mills in Bridgon.
Plea guilty.
Charles Reer, assault and battery upon one
Charles Newman. Pleaded guilty. Newman, the
complainant, acknowledged satisfaction IN writing
for the injury and upon payment of costs the re,
spondent was discharged.
Benjamin DeWolf Elmer W. Chambers, Edward
Doyle and John Headly, riot and assault and bat,
terry.
The traverse jury viii come in Monday morning
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12

Mr.. G. R. Grant is holding his second public
exhibition this season at the gallery of Mr.. j.
Eastman Chase in Boston and shows twenty
works in oil, most of them landscapes, con-
tanning one or more figures The Journa
says many of those figures show good drawing,
but the true color of flesh is sometimes lacking.
No. 2, "The Wish, representing young
woman looking over her shoulder at the new
moon in soft twilight, is best in color and is
interesting in composition. Some good land
scapes are also shown, of which one, in which
girl with COW appears, and another entitled
" A Gray Day." are among the best works Of
their class that Mr.. Grant has painted. Mr..
Grants many friends in Portlhnd will be in
terested in his exhibition
Three of the beautiful water colors exhibited
in the collection at Mr.. Stnbbs' have been
sold. They are No. %, Rehn's "Atlantic City
Marsh;" No. 30, Eaton's. Greek View" and
No. 80. George Smillies "Sketch from Ma
tire "
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12
The Gospel Mission.

Many of our citizens believing that Rev. s..
f. Pearson has done and is doing a large
amount of good among class of people that
our churches do not reach, have expressed a
desire to see the Mission sustained, and to this
end number OF our prominent merchants and
business men intend holding meeting in the
Mission this evening at 730 o'clock to decide
on what action is necessary to raisa sufficient
funds to carry on this work, which has done SO
much good for the past six years without max
ing public appeal for support All interested
in the cause of temperance are earnestly invit-
nd tn aftoud
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12
TSe NEarsI,aIship.

We fully agree with our esteemed contem-
porary, the Press, that it is the imperative duty
OF the mayor and aldermen to elect success
or to Mr.. Andrews at the earliest possible
moment. II the case is to go before the courts
Tor review the sooner the better. There is
nothing to be gained By delay. The hearing was
pushed to a speedy conclusion, let the ques-
ton of law be disposed of with equal CELEBRITY.
II the board have firmly decided that the evil
dence presented warranted the removal of the
marshal we fail to 500 what that gentleman
expects to gain by taking the matter into the
courts. Ii the law, which constituted the al
dermen tribunal to hear and decide such
cases, is constitutional, the action of the board
must be sustained. Invoking the law to make
a man change his opinion, or in other words
to put jury on trial because their verdict is
unpopular involves hitherto unknown prin-
ciple ia legal practice.-Cumbetland Globe
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12
Auction sale Of the washburn N ome.,ead

Auction Sale of the Washburn m omestead
This property is probably the finest residence
ever offered for sale at auction in Portland
and will be sold on Tuesday next, the 18th
inst, at O'Clock p. m, on the premises, to be
followed Immediately by sale at auction of the
extensive and elegant, as well az useful varie.
" OF furniture, carpets, draperies, bedding
aud other household property in the house.
The property is situated at the southeas.erly
corner Of Neal and Spring streets, in Portland.
There is no location in Portland more pleasant.
slightly or healthy. The neighborhood is In all
respects desirable, and free from all things OBJ
iectionable; and the property Is within two
minutes walk Of the Spring street line of horse
cars.
The lot has frontage on Spring street of
one hundred Q00) feet, and is about one hun
dred and thirty (13W feet deep on the Neal
street side, and has also frontage of a little
over one hundred 400 feet on Clifford street,
with an access to the stable through Clifford
street.
The house was constructed by Gov. Wash
burn for his own use. under his own eye, BY the
best mechanics and Of the best materials, at an
expense exceeding thirty five thousand 1885, 000)
dollars The interior arrangement is architec-
turally fine, and combines with this everything
desired for home-like comfort The entrance
upon the first floor is into large and wide
hall, from which opens the drawing room, Ii
brary, dining room and small libraiv, or
smoking room, and on the same floor is the
kitchen. On the second floor are five cham
bers roomy and pleasant, and on the third
floor three chambers, together with large
and pleasant room, formerly used by Gov.
Washburn as a room for writing and other
miscellaneous work.
Under the whole is dry, large, cemented
cellar, including especially cool vegetable
cellar; and the house throughout is thorough
ly supplied with conveniences for heating and
for the Sebago water,
The furniture, which will be offered for sale
Immediately after the house is sold, includes a
full set of parlor furniture, with draperies of
blue silk, with lace curtains, etajere, drawing
room set in blue silk, comfortable, and car
pet patterned for the room; and the house
throughout is amply and handsomely furnish
ed, most of the carpets being new.
The house will be opened for examination
today, the 18th inst. between and 10
O'Clock a m, and and O'Clock D. M, and
also on Tuesday morning, between and 70
O'Clock a. m may12-d2t
DR.. W. Wilson was suddenly called away
Saturday, en- important professional business,
but he will be on band to deliver his lectures
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12

The managers of the Temporary Home CRATE
fully acknowledge the receipt OF $4S from
Misses Gertrude Stevens, Margaret Davis, Isa-
bella Robinson and Carmen Fox, and Messrs
Philip Hunt and Arthur Gould. This money
was raised by holding an exhibition Of dolls dur
ing vacation week, and is to be devoted to the
nursery department of the new home.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12
ReaI Estate Transfers.

The following transfers Of real estate in this
county have been recorded at the registry Of
deeds:
Portland-Silas B. VIM TO David f. Muir
dock ct al, land and buildings on Franklin
street, 81.
Scarboro-Charles L. Homer, Jr., to Wins
low Homer, land, $1,000.
Windham-Thomas BODICE to Nathan Il.
Wood, land, $500.
sebago-Mary I. Ward ct al to Sumner Gar
ley, land, $275.
Brunswick Isabella Ward to Lettie V.
French, land, $3.50.
Naples-Rlchard j. Chaplin to Gardiner B.
Wiley, land $500.
Harrison-Albert Burnham to Lyman
Shedd, land, $1100.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12
The prohibi,ory Amendment.

General Neal Dow, Major FL. A. Shorey.
Rev. d. W. LeLacheur, Rev. Fl. @. Munson
and other well known prohibtionists met at
the Chadwick house one evening last week and
decided on holding meetings in every village,
town and city in the State, commencing about
the middle of June, for the purpose of instruct
ing our citizens as to the reasons and necessi-
ties for voting for the prohibitory amendment
at the September election.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12

Saturday night Mr.. Solomon Stuart's house
at Libby's Corner, was entered during the lat
ter part of the evening by burglar. Mrs.
Stuart thought she heard somebody prowliDg
around the house, and when Mr.. Stuart's STEP
son returned he met the burglar Just leaving
the front door with suit of clothes over his
arm. The young man ordered the burglar to
halt but he ran dropping the clothes in his
haste. The young man had revolver; and
fired two shots at the burglar but failed to him
him. On entering the house he found the burg
lar had secured small sum of money that had
been left in his room and his gold watch.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-12

ADVICE TO MoTHERs.-MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used
when children are cutting teeth 1t rel ewes
the little sufferer at once; 1t produces natl al,
quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain,
and the little cherub awakes as bright as
outton." 1t is very pleasant to taste. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and
is the best known remedy for diarrhea, whether
arising from teething her causes Twenty
five cents bottle
dec1 SM&W&w1y