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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21
OBITUARY.

Died on the 3lst ult., at l2 o'clock
p. m, of dysentery, in the goth year
of her age, Samantha Lurells, daugh-
ter of Layinia j. and f. II. Renshaw,
and wife of Washington Diuguid.
Deceased leaves devoted husband,
two children-one bright-eyed little
girl Of four summers, the other an IN
FAINT babe-fond parents, a loving
sister and three brothers, together
with innumerable relatives and
friends to mourn their irreparable
loss.
just passing from the bloom of
youth to the Threshold of woman's
estate, one of the fairest and lovely
of earth is cut down by the ruthless
hand of death. Loved and respected
by all, idolized by relatives and
friends, while society will mourn the
loss of one of its brilliant ornaments.
To attempt to give pen picture of
all the graces and virtuous qualities
of the female character, as delineated
and happily cxemplified in the brief
life of the subject of this notice,
would be an idle toying with mean
ingless words. Suffice it to say that
for Kindness and sympathy, duty and
affection, innocence and purity, amia-
BILE and lovely disposition virtuous
life and exalted character, she was
the peer OF many and by none excell-
ed. Gentle and modest, intelligent
and beautiful, with countenance
glowing with sunny smiles, like sun
beams playing upon the landscape in
dazzling splendor, 10 behold which
was but TO love, enjoy and admire.
Deceased was paying visit to her
parents three weeks subsequent to
her confinement, but ere many hours
had elapsed after her arrival, in
sidious disease had given warning to
summon physician to her bedside;
and by prompt medical treatment
and kind ministrations of anxious
friends her convalescence and speedy
recovery was not doubted for a
moment till the seventh day of her
sickness when a crisis had come.
Symptoms of a malignant character
had set up which baffled the skill of
her physician and cast gloom over
the household. Every indication of
recovery was now adverse, save one,
and that was that serene, cheerful
and happy expression of the counte-
nance which inspired ali, and even
the physician, with hope, almost up
to the hour of dissolution, which
occurred on the 10th day of her illness.
She was conscious TO the last; and
long before her departure she had
grown icy cold and rigid, still that
indescribable lovely expression con-
tinued. And when she felt that she
must go she called the grief-stricken
family group around her and address
ell them as follows: "My dear hus-
band, we can be together but lttlo
while longer" Then, in a sweet.
ringing voice called out: "Pa, my
deal pa, your baby will soon be gone p
And again, "My dear papa, don't
greve after me-" Then, kissing little
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21
GOOD SHOOTING.

Soma Remarkable Hunting Adventures
Related 10y an Old Toledo settler.
"Gamc usod to bc thick near Toledo"
remarked an old citizen, Il have heard
so" "ics; theio were lots OF deer
and ducks andsquirrols. WhyrCaptain
lluntlcy shot seventeen squirrels of one
troe on tho east side OF the river, not far
from where the brickyard now is. Old
hunters did not think it much of trick
h. shoot three or four deer or one hun.
drod wild ducks ina day. Right dowt
down there. where Point Place Club
House stands. shot two deer with q
rifle at one shot. II n fellow had no
meat n the house, all he hal TO do was
TO pick up his rifle and 90 out for m
hour OF two and shoot all he wanted
And fish! Why, have seen the spawn
of whitcliSh roll up along the 'shCrA of
the lake until II was at least two inches
deep You don't see that now. White.
fish have been pretty vel cleaned out
OF the lake. 1Ha W. Jt
,iOut whore Fitch livolI saw man
shoot four rabbits with Il rifle ut one
shot, and down at Presquc Isle man
shot eleven Wild ducks at one shot. You
SEQ ho got their heads in line and clipped
the whole eleven Of them us easy a,roll-
ing off u log"
That was doing pretty well, sug-
gcstcd the scribe, .-r,
"Yes, fairly well, but not as well ms
old man Odcon did, You know 0Joon
Hall in this city and Odcon island are
callel after him. He used to be u crack
shot, and was tsld of n shot ho made
that would mako Some of our modern
day hunters blow their bazoos for len
wears II they would make such one.
But old Odcon did not think itany great
thing" lh
"What was itp"
"Wcll, he went ont hunting near the
bay shore ono day. and came across
deer. lie killed the dccr. The ball won't
right through it, killed swan in tho
lake and bored right through the heads
of nine wild ducks. Now that was a
shot, But 0deon could shoot; and
please don't forget what ! have told you.
about Odeon, when you hear these mod
crn-day snipc and sparrow hunters blow
about what they have shot. Toledo
Blade.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21
Dimensions Of Heaven.
columbus (Ga.) Enquirer.


"Did you ever read the sixteenth
verse of the twenty-first chapter of
Revelation? No? Well, read It and
you will get some interesting figures
about the world above the skies. 1t
gives the dimensions of heaven, and
reads this way: And he measured
the city with reed, 1900 furlongs.
The length and the breadth and the
height of it are equal"
"llave you ever made the calcula-
ton ?"
eyes, here it is now," and he hand
ed the reporter the following:
"Twelve thousand furlongs equal
7,920000 feet, which, being cubed, is
496, ,703,0SS, ,0O0,000,0O0,0O0 cubic feet.
Reserving one-half of this spece for
the throne and court of heaven, and
half of the balance for streets, we
have the remainder l24,l9S, ,272, ,000,-
000,000,000 cubic feet. Divide this by
4,006, the cubic feet in a room sixteen
feet square, and there will be 30,32l,- :
S43,750,000,000 rooms. Now, suppose
the world always will hold 900,000,000
inhabitants, and that a generation
lasts thirty-three and one-third years.
making in all 2,070,000,000,000, in
habitants every century, and that the
world win stand 100000 years, or
1000 centuries, making in all 2,070,-
000000,0O0 inhabitants. Then suppose
there were 100 worlds equal to this
in the number of the inhabitants and
duration of years, making total of
2,979,OO0,0O0,0O0000 persons, and
there would be more than hundred
rooms sixteen feet square for each
person."
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21
PiTH AND POINT.

Where one ''man wants but little
hero below" three others arc within
hailing distance who want nll.-Chicag0
Ledger. ,ras
Another author of Shakespeare has
been discovered. William is getting to
be about rs numerous al Washington's
nurses. NcD Haren NcWs.
An exchange says that ice two
inches thick will support a man. In
midsummer it supports the ice man and
his entire family. -PMlalc'Dhia CAL.
-Philanthropic Gcnt--Do yon over
wash your face? Mcndiesnt-T wash il
every morning with great regularity.
sir. p. Cent would advise you 10
wash it with soap. too. Chicago Maa.
Young Lady-My dear Professor, /
want to thank you for your lecture,
You made it all so plain that could
understand every word. Professor-l
am truly glad you did understand it.
have studied the subject for about thir.
teen years. and | ilatter myself that
can bring the subject within the com.
prchcnsion of the weakest intellect. -
School J0urndt.
--'I'll engage you." said tho theater
manager 10 the actor in scasch OF job,
''but times ac hard Just now and !
can't give you any Patti prices How
would one hundred dollars week su
you9n mo. Gully" said the actor,
THAT won't do at all. That isn't
enough. Say. sec here! Suppose yor
give me ten dollars week and pay IL. "
---SomerUiiic Jouradi.
New Haven grandmothcrs make
presents Of ten thousand dollar cheeks
when thoir grand-daughtors are mar.
ricd. Tho custom is laudnblc one
and wonld. doubtless. become very pop
'ular with MARI agcablcyoung men, even
in Boston. although. Of course, culture
and the ability 10 bake beans nrc the
only indispensable requisites of n bride
hcrcabouts -- boston Giobc.
Young lady Arc you going shop
ping. map Moihcr-Ycs. my darling
Y. L>-Will you bring me quarter Of
u yard OF navy blue serge? Ger.
tainlv Do you want it 10 patch? Y
l.. NO. ! want II Tor n bath ng SUIT
and please bring me twonty-iiyc yards
of trimming. NJ Yes. bnt haln't y)u
better use the trimming for 4 suit and
the navy blue serge for the trimming?
Chicago Tribune,
--"Thcn You are g ,ing to the seaside
soon. Cicclv. dear" said her morning
caller. 10. bless you. mol We g II
the mountains this year. The seaside
is too damp. II ruins nil ones nice
summer dresses. Yes, that's So
Esp,c ally il You try t,maSe them 10
two seasons. you know" No need Of
u fan N close that interview II was
cool enough W thout. - Hqryord Post
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21

Myrtle, she said, II am not afraid to
die; | am ready to CO." But whence
those star-lit sparkles and sunny
smiles so ineXpressibly depicted upon
that happy countenance? Was ma
ture trying TO make believe and de-
ceive us when death hung on the
issue? Not at all. 1t was her i'm
prisoned spirit struggling with its
tenement of clay 10 join kindred
spirits as they kissed her dying pill
low, and angels hovered round about
her to bear that spirit home to its
highest mansion in our Fathers
house, eternal in the Heavens. Then
oh, that men would cease to teach a
religion which will do to die by,
meaning the experience Of life con-
tinued through and beyond the
shadows, may be worse than the ex-
periences Of that life in this world,
but instead thereof would that men
everywhere, as one day they surely
will, teach and believe, preach and
practice that religion which will do
to live by. Then, indeed, would the
millinnium soon come on. 'Tis but
another evidence 10 us that the surest
and saddest thing that we must meet
with in llle is death. And It's not
consistent with our natures to recon-
cile ourselves to the sad fate of sur
rendering up one of our family, but
rather the losing of them seems to
bring them closer TO us. We try to
supply their absence in the present
with their many pleasing and fond
actions in the past, We try 10 feel
that they are not gone but only
absent for a.time, and the manylittle
things that they have done while
here with us crowd round us thick
and fast. Theirlkeep-sakes, and
thousand other "reminiscences come
to us so often that we cannot help
weeping. But all this does not le-
move the fact nor relieve the feeling
of those who have been robbed of
dear one. And the best consolation
is TO be found in preparing to meet
our absent ones in better world
than this, where those crosses and
trials we have here are not part of
life's woes, but rather enjoy the
bright anticipation and joyous hope
of joining them in an eternal home
where we will be happier and
better family than it is possible for
us TO be here. With these thoughts
before us let us live, and love each
other BETTER as a marked improve
ment made upon us by the separation
of our dear ones, who are now watch
ing and waiting for us over there.
1t is her voice so sweet and clear
That in mine ears did sound.
Beloved, there's no such thing as death
'Tis life that have found,
The life that thrills in leaf and ilowor,
And fills the woods with song;
That throbs in all the cleaning stars
When winter nights are long, sa
The life that passes with the Winds
From utmost shore to shore;
Embracing all the mighty world
Is mine forevermore.
LUTHER.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21
Official Programme Of the Autum-
nal Festivities in st. Louis.
SEVEN WEEKS OF CONTINUOUS At
FRACTIONS,

SEVEN WEEKS OF CONTINUOUS At
FRACTIONS.
FIRST WEEK, Wednesday, Septem-
ber Sth: Grand opening of the St.
Louis Exposition, Liberati, the world
renowned Cornetist, and Concerts by
U. s. Cavalry Band in the Great
Music Hall, afternoon and evening.
SECOND WEEK, Monday, Septcm-
ber 18th: Public Schools Reception
at the Exposition, Liberati and Con-
certs in the Grand Music Hall, Chill
dren's Organ Chorus of $500 voices,
Annual Nocturnal Parade of the Ath-
lett Societies and Flambeau Battal-
ion of ST. Louis, Brilliant Floats and
Pyrotechnics.
THIRD WEEK, Monday, September
goth: Triennial Concave of the
knights Templar of the United
States, Grand Parade of Thirty
Thousand Templars in Line, Charity
Jubilee and Knights Templar Drill
Parade at the Fair Grounds, Concert
by Gilmore, Cannon Chorus, Three
Thousand Musicians, Night Parade
of the ST. Louis Trades Display Asso-
citation, Reception of the Templars at
the Exposition, Concerts in the Grand
Music Hall by Gilmorc's Band twice
daily, Parade of the Military and the
Fire Brigade of st. Louis, Parade of
the Flambeau Battalion, Brilliant
Illumination of the Boulevards at
night.
FOURTH WEEK, Monday, Septem-
ber 27th Night Parade of the Uni
formed Secret Societies of st. Louis,
three thousand strong, Organ Recital
of the "Storm at Sea" with Gilmore's
Band. atthe Grand Music Hall, Noe
turnal Illuminated Parade of the
League of American Wheelmen, one
thousand six hundred men in line,
Georgeous Illumination OF the Boule-
wards at night.
FIFTH WEEK, Monday, October 4th
The st. Louis Annual Fair, Gilmore
Concerts at the Exposition Music
Hall, afternoon and evening, Annual
Pageant of the Yelled Prophets ard
Grand Ball, Georgeous Illumination
of the Boulevards at night, Gilmore's
Great Band, and Anvil Chorus by the
Busch Zouaves.
SIXTH WEEK, Monday, October
1lth; Grand Display OF Cut Flowers
Reception in the Art Galleries, Irish
and Scotch Melodies by Gilmore's
Band, Old Folks Concert in the
Great Music Hall.
SEVENTH WEEK, Monday, October
18th: Special Attractions at the Ex-
position, Gilmores Band in the
Grand Music Hall, Anvil Chorus by
the Rainwater Rifles, Organ Recitals,
French and German Concerts, closing
of the Exposition on Saturday, Octo-
ber 23rd, the Fortieth Day, with An
nual Parade of the Yelled Exhibitors
and Grand Gilmore Concert with
National Airs in the Great Music
Hall.
The round trip to st. Louis, good
until October 10Th, is only $795,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21
REPTILES IN MEXICO.


. ,
A Country infested by Thousands OF
creeping an" 'r""''"s creatures,
"a, AS Eden had its serpent, so all these
Mexican paradiscs are infested by a
thousand danoerous crecpino and
icro,ylin,, crc,,nras .vcritcs . corro,
e - - 0oi,o
Spohuene' now oiteh nave Dc'sy ana !
sighed for suits OF battle armor, as
after delightful day in some gray
walled hacienda and an evening of
music and dancing in the great hail Of
,ho oos, orr ,r,nhlns horan IN ,ho 0oI
U ;,mao So of onr chamhor on3 ended IL "' nn,r ,J
WIN Win tho dawniSn, Tho foct of ho;nS
ohiircJ y shale scornions ont ot s thss
SiapLats hofora we ilnrn 70 onsaonoo ono
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% U"dos ond nj taram,nias frhr, mnJor ~,
piHes ;,ie % ANY a. so"so INV ,ho r"y, mo.,roaao, uns
iomS %1,N e,o,., ~ a"dn @ amJ,i'o'''s ieSsos
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20 nor mGS ..,i"ad w s,,ot roa,nrosi
nnalv U, 70 na,od ,uSon vo;oms oo' ;f oSSoaon Somon
o%S omo y tr;nSs fhT Ss ora,1,.n% @ oo ,,o tbo noa
Ous ous,s 'T omT suia,'s uinm,ms J up rnu ,n', pou,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21
A Captains Fortunate Discovery.

Capt. Coleman, Schr. Weymouth,
plying between Atlantic City and N.
Y, had been troubled with cough
so that he was unable to sleep and
was induced to try DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. Itnot on
ly gave him instant relief, but allayed
the extreme soreness in his breast.
His children were similarly affected
and single dose had the same happy
effect. DR.. Kings New Discovery
is now the standard remedy in the
Coleman household and on board the
schooner.
Free Trial Bottles of this Standard
Remedy at j. r. Armistead's Drug
Store.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21

which will give an opportunity to
visit this great Western Metropolis,
and see its many attractions at any
time, which are of greater interest
and more varied than on any pre-
vious occasion. 1t will certainly pay
pay you 10 take the trip.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21

We are putting more reading mat
ter in the KENTUcKIAN than ever be-
fore, yet the price remains unchanged
only ~ a year. Try it for year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-03-17
G0tham's Wealthy Homes.

Probably in no city in the world"
said an ex-officcr of the Army and Navy
Club few days since, "does pedestrian
catch glimpse of so many magnificent
interiors as in New York. Naval men
you know are great walkers when they
reach port 1t an exercise that is benc-
fetal in thousand ways, and in the
course of my trips about the world have
become familiar with the appearance of
the streets of all the coast aud many of
the interior towns of importance. 1t is
rather peculiar that the older the city the
less the surface display and the more
beautiful the zealously screened interiors.
For instance in Rome the houses which
are most elaborately decorated within
have such somber and unattractive ex-
tcriors that they might almost be called
rcpellent In Chicago on the other hand
when a merchant prince or millionaire
pork packer builds house he has it near
the sidewalk and when the gas is lighted
at night he is apt to raise the shades and
pull the curtains back so that passers by
may look in and sec in what costly
manner he lives. New York has not this
shoddy idea but where the houses are so
plncn 70 fhn c,1nvpully and ha ho,,ea
maids are careless there is very often
chance to catch sight of interiors that
force man of any sort of cultivation or
taste to stop and admire. Last night l
went to dinner in Fifty-seventh street,
west, and as | had plenty of time | left
the navy yard about five o'clock, crossed
the bridge, walked up Broadway and
moved thence up Madison avenue and
along Filty-seventh street to my destina-
ton, Everywhere along the route above
Madison square | caught sight of magni-
ticcntly ponellcd walls, plush and laced
curtains that cost fortunes, warm bronzes,
richly framed pictures and the like set off
by subducd colorcd lights. On all sides
were views of sumptuously furnished
apartments sometimes in the basement
and sometimes on the second and third
floors of the houses, but never ostenta-
tiously shown. l don't know whether
people are generally aware of it or not,
but there is more to be seen in stroll
about New York streets than in any other
city in the world. And when the wind
ows are not too securely screened flying
glimpscs of magniicently furnished homes
may he had which must plunge beggar
into the very depths of dependency"
--B,0oklyn Edgle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-03-17
He was Hungry Too.

A lean young man, with brown over
coat and slouch hat has been haunting
uptown hotels for several weeks, work.
ing on the sympathy Of guests by the
pathetic look with which he presents to
their gaze piece of paper on which is
generally written, 81 am hungry" The
young fellow is thought to be deaf and
dumb, but he is known to have picked
up such considerable sums of money as
to be out of want, and the fact that he
still hangs around Madison Square has
led many OF those who contributed to his
relief to believe him an imposter. About
8 o'clock last night, Jones, who is
heavy capitalist from the West, came
rushing along Twenty -third-st. from the
elevated station. Jones is one OF the
hotel guests who has contributed liberal
ly once or twice to the pocket of the deaf
and dumb man. As he was fastening to
his hotel, not having eaten bit since
morning, he was suddenly confronted by
this same cadaverous young man, who
thrusted piece of paper in his hand.
Jones, not noticing who it was, and
thinking it Il message of some kind, look.
ed at it and read:
81 am hungry"
He looked up and his eye met the stare
of the mute. Jones took in the situa-
ton. He stopped, took ont his pencil
and deliberately wrote on the paper un.
dcrneath the above inscription:
$50 am l." ,...
He gravely handed it back to the beg
gar and shot into the side door of his
hotel like bullet. The beggar was ar
rested by the police later and several
dollars were found in his possession. lie
had made his hunger profitable calling
--Neao York. Tribune,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-03-17
The Fish and Rain.

The water in lake was fast drying
up. The fish were all alarmed. A meet
ing of the animals in the lake was held.
The crocodile, as the most powerful
among them, took the chair. The tor
toise made a long speech, and concluded
by saying, Therefore it is, do not care
whether it is land or water. 1t is the
same to me; can live in either" The
crab made another long speech, and, in
the end, observed, "No less with me,
brethren, Should the lake dry up, | will
go to the neighboring fields and live in
the holes" The snails, the lceches, the
watcr-snakes and various other animals,
gave some excuse or other to keep away
from praying for rain. The crocodile
summed up, saying, 81 care not where |
live. On land find better food than in
water, for you must all admit that hare,
or rabbit, or some other land animal of
the KIND, li much better tarc than lsh or
frogs" At this there was loud applause,
and the meeting came to an end. But
the poor fish, who could not live out of
water for one moment, thought it their
duty, however, to pray; so they did.
Very soon the sky was overcast, the
clouds poured, and the lake was full. All
the animals rcjoiced at it. The fish, with
heartfelt pride and pleasure, observed,
Heaven bleSseth the many for the few"
Eastern Fable.