Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-08
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

do you smileP" somebody asked of him.
'Oh, because, l can't hear the foolish
things that people say" was the reply.
The echo of the Riel rebellion is
the liberation of Poundmaker. In this
the adage of Hudibras is reversed:
Poundmaker fought, and lives to fight
again, while Ricl ran away, and was
hanged.
"A mathematical musician has been
working out calculation as to the pay
ments made to Nine. Patti at the re-
cent Paris concerts. The prima donna
received f6O0 per night, or 20s. for
each note.
The snort of the iron horse is heard
on all sides of our go-ahead town. 1t
looks as if it was being girdled with
bands of steel, but notwithstanding il
continues to bulge out.-Bartos0 (Fia. J
Informant. -
Everybody is glad that Mr.. Edison
is married. They want him to invent
a method whereby the baby's midnight
shrieks will be carried off on wire to
trighten away the cats on the roof
Macon Telegraph.
The largest plate glass window in
this country was put up in Broadway,
New York, few days ago. 1t is pure
French plate, IS fesA IL inches in
height, feet 4 inches wide and IL
inches thick.-M Y. Sun.
The innate modesty of newspaper
men is shown by the fact that Texas
editor killed three men the other day,
and in alluding to the incident after
ward acknowledged that he only tried
to kill one.-Nea0 Haccn NesOS.
"A fast train moves 80 feet in a
second; sound. LOO feet; the earth in
its orbit, $4,000 feet; and light, 1,100,-
OOO,O 900 feet, or million times faster
than sound. The earth in its orbit
moves l8 miles in a second. meteorites
30 miles, and comets 45 miles.
The American Iron and Steel AS
sociation of Philadelphia has received
from the manufacturers complete re.
ports of the production of cut nails and
spikes in 1885, The total production
was 6,696, 8l5 kegs Of 100 pounds each,
against 7,581,S79 kegs In 1884 and
7,762,7S7 kegs in 1888 The product of
1888 was the largest ever attained.
"A young colored woman called
upon a Lincolnton, (Ga)' Judge re-
Gently, and asked for marriage IL
ccnse. When the judge asked for the
name of her intended husband, she
said she hadn't decided yet, but thought
it would be good thing to have.a IL
cense in case some man should offer
himself. She didn't get it.-N. Y.
Herald.
"A prosperous farmer of Owings-
vile, Ky, well-preserved wild
over of over fifty, has two sons, who
were both in love with the same girl.
She found difficulty in deciding which
to take, and the old man solved the
problem by sending the boys of on
business and marrying the girl himself
while they were away.-LouisUille Co,t-
rier-JOuTndi.
Frank Carpenter, who was Lieu
tenant in the Eighth Vermont regiment,
cherishes carefully copies of the Rich
mond Inquirer of 1864. He was then
a prisoner in Libby prison, and was a
subscriber to the Inquirer, paying
twenty dollars, for three months sub
scription. He paid six dollars for the
of a personal, which was
copied in New York and led to his re-
lease.
"A Pittsfield (Mass.) man has
acquired several thousand dollars
with his buck-saw, He is intelligent
md liberal, recently gave one hundred
iollars in lump to a public enter
Prise, has represented the town in the
Legislature, is an active politician and, !
although more than sixty years old,
sawed nearly three hundred cords OF |
wood during the last year.--Boston |
Journal.
The underground railway in Brook
yn is estimated to cost five million
iollars. A speed of thirty-five miles |
IN hour is promised. The fare will be
i've cents over the whole road. 1t will
axe a person twenty minutes to 90 a
distance which now occupies two hours
n passing over. The road will have |
N average depth of twenty-five feet.
The roof of the tunnel will be white
porcelain brick, which will reflect the
ight of the electric lamps. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Practical education: A college
tudent at Easton, Pa, promptly
tipped a hazing party in the bud by
Numbering his pocket battery and
hooting the door panels full OF holes
nst about the time the committee on
he powers of the Senate were demand
ng his papers. This shows how thor
ughly is that young man prepared for
ollege life who learns how to shoot
1hile attending the grammar school of
is native village. Don't leave every
hing to be learned in college, young
lan.-Bardette.e
Henry X. Brown, the sculptor,
Tho lives at Newburgh, has been ad-
ldged of unsound mind and COM
littee will be appointed to take charge
his affairs. Mr.. Brown is now in
is seventy-second year and has been
feeble health for a long time, but his
rental failure dates from the death of
is wife, few years ago, to whom he
'as devotedly attached. He is one OF
he most justly honored of American
,ulptors, and his statue of Washing
IN in Union Square, New York, Is
ill the best equestrian figure that has
cen made in America. Y. Times.
No, young man, no, you do not
have to know very much about cards
play progressive euchre." In fact,
lie less you know about anything the
lore you'll play cards. The most ex-
crt card player and most successful
amber we ever knew was a man in
enver who spelled God with little g
nd two DIS, swore every time he said
nything, lied every time he swore,
nd could be safely trusted to. steal
nything he could hide in his hands.
ard playing may require high culture
nd refined training, but somehow the
YES of the best experts do not seem
, indicate this.-Burdette.
AT theatrical entertainment q
w weeks ago young eady with q
lree7story hat sat Immediately in
ont Of newspaper man. Noticing
lat her exaggerated headgear OBJ
ructcd the journalists view Of the