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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
HERNDoN, Ky.

To THE South KENTTCLIAH:
Seeing a correspondent from How
ell, and several other little stations
on the line of the l. A. u L. r. r., |
thought would try and get up an
article that would be of some interest
to your readers. The location Of
Herndon is on the Dover road, ten
miles south of Hopkinsville and it
being the largest station on the road
we feel very proud of our town. 1t
has been built up in the last six
months. Major " Gossett's was the
first established business house at
this place, and they are moving ON
nicely supplying the wants ofthe peo-
pie.
We cannot well write letter from
this place without mentioning our
friend Mr.. Ed. Gossett, one of the
handsomest and most excellent
Dudes of Clarksville. We are glad
that our young clerk Gossett will
stand still long enough to get his
height without taking his shadow.
He is not quite as tall as Clark, of
Howell, his height being five feet
eight inches and Clark seven feet
eleven inches.
We must not forget 10 mention
that we have drug store and gro
Gerry also.
A Methodist church is being erec-
ted which will be dedicated the last
Of May.
Herndon being the largest station
and most popular place on the road,
has been honored with fine ware
house and the people are bringing
their tobacco in from all parts of the
country.
Mr.. Garden Coleman has had Q
beautiful mansion built to carry hii
lovely bride to, 10 spend her future
days. 1 hope them long and pros
porous life. a .5,gi
Howell is not the only place tina
has plenty of water. Herndon is sur
rounded by water; it has a beautiful
blue spring, and Mr.. Wooten will b,
crowded with boarders coming il
from all parts of the country to drinl
the blue water for their health.
We are glad to say that we have {
young physician just settled here, DR.
Matthews, a very handsome and in
telligent young man and not onl.
are the girls Of this neighborhoot
"stuck" on him but all the old maids
A school room has been built nea
here and hope when the weathe
: opens we will have fourishin
school. Htf.eF
We will be able 10 tell you whe
, we will put our gas-lights. on tn
streets in our next letter.
, Truly,
! RUBY.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
wAsHlNaroN's soyHoop.
A Story That Confirms the Anecdote ot
the Little Hatchet.


There Is story told Of George
Washington's bovhood--unfortu aatcly
there are not many stories-which is to
the point His father had taken u great
deal of pride in his blooded horses, and
his mother afterward took great pains
to keep the stock pure. She had sov.
eral young horses that had not yet been
broken, and one of them in particular,
sorrel, was extremely spirited No
one had been able to do anything with
it, and it was pronounced thoroughly
vicious, as people are apt to pronounce
horses which they have not learned to
master. George was determined to
ride this colt, and told his companions
that if they would help him catch it, he
would ride and tame it,
EARLY in the morning they set out for
the pasture, where the boys managed
to surround the sorrel and then to put
bit into its'mouth. Washington sprang
on its back, the boys dropped the bride
and away flew the angry animal. Its
rider at once began to command, the
horse resisted, backing about the field,
reariag and plunging. The boys be.
came thoroughly alarmed, but Wash.
ington kept his seat, never once losing
his self-control or his mastery of the
colt. The struggle was sharp one;
when suddenly, as if determined to rid
itself of its rider, the creature leaped
into the air with tremendous bound.
1t was its last. The violence burst q
blood-vessel, and the noble horse fell
dead.
Before the boys could sufficiently re-
cover to consider how they should ex.
tricate themselves from the scrape,
they were called to breakfast; and the
mistress of the house, knowing that they
had been in the fields, began to ask
after her stock.
pray, young gentlemen" said she,
"have you seen my blooded colts il
your rambles? l hope they are vel
taken care of. My favorite, I am told
is Us large rs his sire"
The boys looked at one another, anC
no one liked to speak. or course tht
mother repeated her question.
"The sorrel is dead, madam" sale
her son. II killed him.
Aud then he told the whole story
They say that his mother flushed will
anger, as her son often used to, and
then, like him, controlled herself, and
presently said, quietly;
at is well; but while 1 regret thu
loss of my favorite, rejoice in my sor
who always speaks the truth. ."--He=e-
kiah ButterlO5rth, IN 81. Nicholas.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
socIAL1T1Es.

Mr.. Joseph Mulhattan spent Sat-
urday in the city.
DIR. j. P. Thomas, of Elmo, was in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. 7. c. Rawlings, of Bellcview F,
was in the city Friday.
Miss Annie Lacey visited the Misses
Bradshaw last week.
Miss Mary Burnett is visiting the
family OF Mr.. l. Burnett.
Mr.. c. A. Fort, Of Saddlcrsville,
Tenn, was in the city Sunday.
Mrs. =. w. Baker, Of Belleview,
was In the city Saturday, shopping.
Miss Belle Henry, of Casky, spent
a day or two of last week In the city,
Mrs. Mary WIthers, of New Or
lcaus, is visiting her son, Mr.. r. b.
Withers.
The Misses Blakeley, of the Mont
gomery ncighborhood, were In the
city Saturday.
Misses Belle and Julia Robertson,
of Burlington, Iowa, expected to re-
turn home to-day.
Mr.. Geo. w. Johnson, representing
Ross, Robbins & Co, Cincinnati, was
In the city yesterday.
Mrs. Peter Barker, formerly Miss
Annie Johnston, spent last week at
Mr.. G. V. Thompson's.
Mr.. W. r. Putnam, ofStuarts Dis
trict, was In the city Saturday and
took out news policy In the KEN
TUCKIAS.
Mr.. r. j. Salmon, Secretary of
the Crabtree Coal Mining Company,
Dawson, Ky, was in the city Satur-
day, on business.
Mr.. Geo. S. Gaines, of Montgom-
cry, returned home Saturday, from
the eastern cities, where he had been
TO purchase stock of goods for the
spring trade.
Judge A. ]. Stokes, of Darlington
was in the city Saturday and came
with the crowd to the KENTucKIAN
Office aud patiently waited for his
turn TO get a subscription receipt.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
April 4tll, 1856.
Irish Home Rule.

Premier Gladstone announced his
views on Irish Home Rule in the
British Parliament on the Sth. The
daily papers have been filled with the
speech and comments upon it during
the last few days, but the whole mat
ter is one not easily understood by
those who have not made English pol
itics study. The sum and substance
of Gladstone's policy is given bv the
correspondent of the Louisville Times
as follows:
First-On and after the day when
the Home rule act comes into effect,
Irish peers will cease to attend the
House of Lords, and Irish members
will not have voice or vote in the
deliberations of the House of Com
mons.
Second-The provisions ofthe home
rule acts are only to be altered on an
address to the Crown from the Irish
legislature, or by the present imperi-
al character of Parliament being re-
stored by having the Irish members
once more brought back to Westmin-
ster.
Third-1reland is 10 remain with
in the empire under the imperial
crown, liable to the imperial debt,
subject to the same vicissitudes of a
war tariff identical with Great Bri-
tain, but in all matters pertaining to
the Crown, the succession to the
Crown, the army and navy organiza'
ton, armed forces, foreign colonial
relations, the imposition of duties, Of
customs and excise Ireland is to have
no voice in the Imperial Legislature
or to have control of the executive Of
the empire, which is reserved to rep
resentatives Of England, Scotland and
| Wales.
Four-Ireland to contribute f32,'
100000 per annum as tribute to tht
Imperial excheQuor, and E36O,0O0 to-
ward the repayment of the nationa
debt.
Five-The Viceroy,who may hence
; forth be a Roman Catholic, will bt
clothed with many prerogatives o
the Crown.
1t is by no means certain that tn
Premier's views will be approved b.
Parliament. There is such opposi
ton to the scheme in his own part.
that several of his cabinet minister
have resigned. The British press i
pretty evenly divided on the subjec
and the discussion of the bill Is ere
ating more interest than any question
that has claimed public attention il
England for many years.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
THE TEAR-KERSHIEF.


A Tyrolese Custom Which Is Both I'M.
pressive and Peculiar.
In some portions of Trrol peculiar
and beautiful custom still prevails.
When a girl is about to lie married, be-
fore she leaves her home to go TO the
church, her mother hands her a kerr
chief, which is called = tnar-kerchief.
1t is made Of newly spun linen, and has
never been used. 1t is with this ker-
chief that she dries her tears when sho
leaves her father's house, aad whilo she
stands at the altar.
After the marriage is o7er, and the
bride has gone with her husband to
their own new home, she folds up the
kerchief and places it UNIV ashed m her
linen closet, where it remains un-
touched. The tear-kerchief has only
performed half OF its mission.
Children are born, grow up, r1arry,
and move away from the cid home.
Each daughter receives from the
mother new tear-kerchief. Her own
still remains where it was placed In the
linen closet on, the day of the mar
riage. Generations come and 90. The
young rosy bride has become wrin-
kled old woman. She may have sur
vived her husband and all her children,
All her friends may have died off, and
still that last present which she received
| from her mother has not fulfilled itS
object, But it comes at last, At last
the weary eyelids close for the long,
long sleep, and the tired, wrinklet
hands are folded over pulseless heart
Th0n the tear-kerohief is taken from
its place and spread over the placit
features of the dead, never to be re-
moved until we are summoned to come
forth on the resurrect ton morn n.-7era
Sytings.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13

A bill regulating the sale of fertili-
zers and protecting farmers il the
use of the same aspassed the House.
1t provides that all fertilizers must
be anaiyzed by samples at the A. and
M. College, and that packages of fer
tilizer must be labelled with certi-
fed analysis. Violations of the law
are punishable by 500 for each Of
fense.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
LlGHTNlNe'S FREAKS.


Aho AhclharNuDlo otFORc EApeffBuceu ANu
Observed in Minnesota.
The Granite Falls Journal, Minnesota,
gives an account by N. o. Garlic an /
Christian Olson, farmers of Grani.s
Falls, Of TIE remarkable results of "a
stroke of lightning which struck tie
prairie about mile and a half from
Olson's house. 1t occurred in June
last, during heavy storm.
They say it made hole in the ground
between five and six feet across, and
nearly six feet deep, and from this hole
there tend six trenches two feet deep,
branching off in different directions,
and extending for distance of from
six to eight rods. And what was
very singular, not q particle of
the sod and dirt thrown from the hole
and trenches was to be seen, except
now and then large piece of sod
twenty or thirty rods away. Mr.. Olson
says that by actual measurement the
bitches plowed out by the lightning
from where it struck were all of an
equal distance apart; four of them were
of the same length, and the other two
six feet shorter. The report is said to
have been as terrible as ii an explosion
had occurred. A lady sitting at win
dow in house mile away sensibly
felt the shock; two men were sitting
outside another house a mile away
from the scene, and so forcibly did they
feel it that they Immediately jumped
to their feet and went into the house
without speaking. Mr. c. A. Bennett,
editor of the Journal, writes us that
he vouches for the truthfulness of the
above account.-Scientifc american.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
SPECIAL LOCALS.

Some of our neighbors have been
trying hard to push the BUZZARD
to the front under the guise of taking
measures for FIRST-CLASS MER-
CHANT TAILORS abroad. Are
tie public ignorant of the fact that
we ourselves are still in the ring
WE ARE STRIKERSl Striking for
all the trade we can get and you may
rest assured that if there is any ad-
vantage to our patrons in the GUS
TOM MADE BUZZARD we have
got him full pledged and waiting on
the breeze just as cheap and as good
as you can find elsewhere.
We have samples from the leading
houses, who do this sort of business,
and those wishing to have their suits
made abroad will take notice that we
have decided advantage over our
competitors in that we can have you
measured by practical tailor and
cutter, and will make any necessary
alteration without extra charge. We
have their list prices and these are
the prices 10 our customers. We ask
no profit on the Buzzard. --
Jas. Pye & Co.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
HOPKINSvILLE, KY
ATTENTION LADIES!

My stock of Dress Goods, Millinery
Goods and Trimmings to match every
style is large, complete and varied. 1t
will pay handsomely to inspect my
stock and learn of the extremely low
prices at which 1 am Offering these
goods. MRS. j. STAUFT,
North Main Street.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
EXCELSIOR
PLANNING MILLS.
SPECIAL LOCALS

We noW hare the lar
gest Planning Mills and
Wagon Factory in South
erp Kentucky. We have
just completed our ne1U
Bricb r actory and
Warehouse, wb jcb is
451265 feet, t1Oo stories
high, Which has q capac-
ity of 80 car loads of
goods. We have every
facility to build houses
and manufacture 1OaS-
ohs at the loueSt possible
cost. We are determined
TO use every means in
our poWer to do good
1Oorb and sell the best
goods that cGn6e obtain
ed, sell as cheap as it is
possible for US to do. We
employ the best mechan-
les an d Warrant all
work to give entire salts
faction. We most cordi-
ally invjte ali of our
friends and customers to
call andSee us ot our new
office on Main and Tenth
streets. ReSp'ct.
Forbes & Bro.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13

Lyon county Democratic ticket; j
W. Watkins, Judge E. H. Jones, at
torney W. q. O'Hara, sheriff; I. II
Molloy, circuit clerk !; NJ. p. Molloy
county clerk; w. II. Harris, jailer
D. H. Black, assessor; j. G. Glenn
School Supt.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions of youth, nervous, weakness
early decay, loss Of manhood, &C., will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE,
This great remedy was discovered by mis-
sionary in South America. Send self -ad-
dressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH T. IEMAN
Station d. New York City.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
Feet!

The largest stock of fine Seasoned
Lumber ever in the city-100 car
loads.
3 car loads Sash, Doors and Blinds,
10 Shingles,
10 Cedar Posts,
5 3 #. Boards,
10" Hogshead Material,
A z" Lime and Cement,
l Land Plaster,
L Fertilizer,
l Plows,
l Barbed Wire,
l Buggies,
10 Excelsior Wagons.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
& Buildings,

Our experience and ability as Con-
tractors and Builders is such that we
can compete with anybody. We have
built most OF the finest and most sub
stantial business and dwelling houses
in the city. We make plans and es-
Inmates on demand.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13

Princeton has been supplied with
weather signals, W. L. Edmunds do
mating the flags.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13

There was several others offered
but taken in at the bids. Next sale
Saturday, April "a, 1885.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
EXCELSIOR WAGONS,

The largest and most complete
stock of Wagons ever offered to the
public. The Celebrated Excelsior
Steel Skein Wagon has no equal.
The workmanship and material cane
not be surpassed. We warrant each
wagon to give entire satisfaction.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13

Violators of the local option law
are giving the town of fMayfield trou-
BILE.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
cansles'si stock Sale.

Twelve head of horses and mules
were sold at Cansler's Stock Sale last
Saturday as follows:
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13

"A death from sea-Sickness occurred
recently Gu a vessel in the Gulf Of
Mexico
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
TINE TABLE FOR TRAINS.

@s@~@- @@A~- Wv 6@s~4~e'Sf
DEPART SoUTH-4.85 and 8:25 A. M; 4:iS T.
DEPART NoRTH-lO:3O and--A. M; 1888 p. M.
ARRIVE FROM S0UTH.-l0 80 A, NJ. 1885, 9:3S Pm,
ARRIVE FROM NORTH-4:35 A. Nj, lasP.A-
Time Table Of G., 0. as. W. R. R.
GOING SOUTH,
Lv. Louisville $3.50 Nm.
" S:8b p. M.
/" Nortonville S:52 M.
2:3i A. NJ.
GOING NORTH.
Ly. Memphis ll:lOP.M.
S.l5 A. N.
/" Norto nville ll:8 An.
7.S2P.M.
POST oFFICE-West Main Street, bet. 9Th
and 9th.
Open for letters stamps-7 AN. to0P.M.
u money orders-6 A. NJ. to4P.M.
delivery, sundays-9:i5 toi:l5P.M
soUTHERN EXPRESS OFFICE,
Seventh st. near Main.
Open SA. NJ. toSP.h.
TELEGRAPH OFFICES.
WESTERN UNION-Up stairs corner Main and
9th streets. Mrs. Randlc and Miss Park, opera
tors.
BALTIMORE Il OHI0-Up stairs corner Main
aud 9th streets. j.. X. Smyser, operator.
tI' TELEPHONE OFFICE.
Main St. bet. sth and 9th up stairs. Clarence
Lindsay, operator.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13

-About five hundred divorce suits
were were filed in st. Louis during the year
1885,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
DR.. and Mrs. d. L. Iglehart
request your presence
at the marriage of their daughter


Mary,
to
Robert Gordon Crosby,
on Wednesday, April 18th,
at 8 80 o'clock, A. M,
1707 Guadalupe Street,
Austin, Texas,
1886.
The invitation of which the above
is a copy brings the intelligence Of
the approaching marriage of one Of
the writer's school-mates. We wisl
him a long life of uninterrupted hap
piness in the new relation into which
he will enter tomorrow morning
He has many friends here who knew
him in years gone by whose best
wishes will attend him.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-13
DRESS-MAKING

Will be carried on as usual with all
the latest styles by Mrs. L. Bell. With
many thanks for liberal patronage
extended she hopes for a continuance
of the same. No. 30l Liberty st.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-22
sw,x. Frce.a.d-Easy Prisons

John Howard, the prison angel. himself
could not have wished to exceed the toler-
ance Of Swiss Jail officials The freie
Presse Of Feb 6 mentions that the manager
Of the Fry bourg penitsntiary runs flourish
ing ~beer-shop with board partitions"
where convicts are permitted TO invest their
overtime earnings A convict murderer re
ceived fourteen days leave Of absence to
visit his sick sister at Lausanne. bat over
staid his furlough and had to b fetched
back and fined But the same man has
now again received permission to visit
Lausanne in the intsress of his own health.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-22

OF the late NJ Labiche, one of the authors
Of the comedy. 10 Voyage de NJ Peril
chon," it is related that while he was its
mayor in 1870 the village of Sauvigny was
entered by Prussian cavalry regiment. the
colonel of which demanded rations and a
levy of $4,000 Labiche refused to give
either Then have you carriage Yes +"
Get it ready and follow me TO the com
mandant" what for" TO be judged,
condemned and shot. Hurry up" The car
riage was brought. and they set out
Labiche was smoking cigar As they
drove he offered the colonel another and
then said: M IL colonel, if anyone five
years ago had told me You would do this. l
would have been incredulous" why man.
said the colonel, you are dreaming. /
now see you for the first time' Pardon,
for the second time. had the pleasure of
dining with you and pouring out wine for
You. too "Where.' AT the German TN
bassy. had the honor of sitting at your
right We conversed like friends Your
amiability charmed me | exclaimed TO my
self: What a fine fellow He will make
q mark in Berlin society,"" But it was
not L. NO, Then it must have been your
brother. You have the same beautiful
mustache, the elegance, the same distinction,
the same Greek profile. Come, my dear
colonel, No false modesty, wasn't it YOU"
The prussian mused And you say your
town can not support NV regiment" Alas,
nor your word of honor" The most
sacred Back went the carriage and the
regiment marched on, and the colonel, press
ing Labiche's hand in friendly farewell,
said: 1T was J.. But devil bit Of you
should have remembered Chicago Times
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-22
The Stranger Who Was Delighted.

Prince Gunthcr, Of Sonderhausen, had Q
theatre, but though dramatist be was not
quite so modest as the king OF Bavaria,
since he insisted on all the court and the cit
issns in turn sitting out the performance
In his box Were clay pipes, Rhine wine. and
tobacco, SO that if the play was dull and
long the visitor doomed to witness it could
not complain Noticing q stranger yawn-
ing through the piece, he asked him how he
liked it Being assured that i; was delight
full. and his only regret was that it was too
short, the prince shouted to the actors:
Hey, hey there. Here's q Prussian major
who wants to see the play again So act it
through once more And acted through
again it was, the weary audience getting
home some time near daylght-Ths Ar
gouaut
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-22

In editing newspaper pen is a neces-
sary article; SO Is a pencil, inasmuch as 1t
may at times he more convenient than a pen
to write with. A pair OF scissors is also
necessary. But what is most necessary is
brains Next TO brains in value l estimate
what we call the newspaper instinct, the
sense Of what news the public require and
Whist discussion viii be most effective.
Next after this come special talents and
general knowledge; and the more knowl-
edge, general and special, a newspaper man
has the more useful he will be.
But with all these gifts and graces he
won't accomplish much unless he also posses
ses sens Of hurnor and an uncomproniis-
ing love of truth and of the United States
constitution
A pair OF scissors, however, is not as good
as a pair of moderate-sized shears. and
neither scissors nor shears can make a jour
nalist-C A. Dana. Editor New York Sun
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-21

With Democratic politics in this State"
People would have less reason to discredit
this statement, if the Intelhgencer Office
bad not such reputation for bringing in
news by the grapevine route. For example,
that alleged Washington telegram sboot
Col THos. 0'BRIEN, that was published {"
few weeks ago, but which originated in the
Intelheencer Office, has not been forgotten.
Though we do not believe the eommuni-
cations appearing in the Inteiligencer
were from Democrats, still it is their own
lookout ifDemocrats wish to seek the press
Of the enemy to make public their supposed
grievances, rather than seek publicity
through the press of their own party. This
is a free country and everybody has right
TO do as he plesses about such matters
But still we don't see any need oil
patronizing the enemy. Indeed,
when We consider the situation
! il looks ike there was something
wrong in the Democracy of Democrats who
would do this. One reason the Intellger'
Ger gives for this is that Democrats prefer
10 be heard througha newspaper that gives
them the widest possible hearing in
given field" But Democrats would make
great mistake BY going to the Intelhgen
Ger for "the widest possible hearing" Why
lot seek the columns of the REGIsTER, tbs
mas daily circulation larger than the In
teiEgencer2
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-21

Assn is the intention to have considers
bic work done upon the streets Of the city
the sooner it can be begun the better vii
it be. Work done in the summer is more
substantial than that done late 10 the sea
son. Also. as there are good many meu
without employment at present, work would
now be very acceptable. There is no long
or any need for the unpleasant feeling be
tween the Board of Public Works and the
Finance Committee. The sooner all goe:
on hsrmoniOusly the better.
As natural gas mains are to be laid
through the streets, the Board should have
the companies to locate the mains and put
down those where Improvements are sx,
pected TO be made at once so that
the streets need not be disturbed after they
have been improved Fourteenth street is
expected to be improved, which it certain,
" deserves to be, and the Board should see
that it any gas company expects to lay
mains it should be done soon.