Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

Bulgaria is derived from VolSa;
Bulgarans means the people that came
from their settlement along the Volga
river
"A large meteor fell on the streets
of Portsmouth. Va. the other day and
broke into fragments. The pieces were
too hot to handle comfortably.-M Y
Sun.
I'm days gone by II was customary
for the servants of the nobility, par
ticularly tho gcntleman-usher, to attend
bareheaded On grand occasions coach
men also drove barehcaded.
Now, girls, sticka pin here. Paris
ian ladies of the best families never
wear high-hecled shoes, nor any other
modern abomination. They are per-
fectly natural. piquant and charming.
-Itttsburgh Chronicle.
A bit of paper stuck 10 the wheel
of his buggy, and huttering as it re-
volyed. attracted the attention of James
Wood, Of Portland, Me-, just as he
stopped to get out. He picked II oil,
and found IL to be n one-dollar bill.
Engineer Ed Drohan, of the Gin
cinnati Southern railroad, will likely
have difficulty hereafter in procuring
substitutes. Four men who have Mt
different times made the run for him
have been accidentally killed on his
engine. - Cincinnati Times.
"A peculiarity Of the older orange
trees in Florida this season is that most
of their fruit is borne in clusters in tho
tops of the trees, where the branches
were most completely denudcd of their
leaves last winter.
"A French scientist, who says he
has investigated five thousand, four
hundred shocks Of earthquakes. attrlb-
utcs them, like the tides, to the inau
cnce of the sun and moon. The inter
ior sea Of fire. ho argues, is sui. .ect t.
the same laws as the surface sea o.
water.
Captain Clarence L. Dutton, OF Tho
Geological Survey, has explored Cratel
lake. in Oregon, heretofore unsurycyed
The crest OF the ridge surrounding thu
lake is 800 feet above the water. 1--WE
submerged cindcr cones were found
800 and 200 feet high. The creates
depth found WIS 2,0l5 feet, and Cap
tain Dutton believes this to b tha deep
est body of fresh water on thccontln"nt
An Auburn young man. banjo
struck, was the cause of SO much snt
fering to the gentleman that lodged II
the adjoining room that the latte
bought q vse, saw and file, and
according TO report. that night whe
White Wings sifted through the wall
Il was met by sonata in l. on tn
saw" The duet was kept up until
late hour. when the ban o.st gave IN
Buffalo EIpreSs.
-Four years ago, says the Palmyr
(Mo.) Spectator, u bucket OF butter wa
accidentally dropped into y cistern o
the farm OF Edwin c. Spence, nea
Philadelphia. Marion County. Recent
the cistcrn was cleaned out, and tn
bucket of butter was found. When I'll
cover was firstremoved from the buck'
the butter was found in II good state
= preservation, and tasted vs. sweet :
!. when il fell into the cistern four veal
ago, but in n few moments atterlt W.
exposed TO the air it chang d, and WI
so rancid that no one could bear
taste ii.
Nobody outside Of the profeSsio
has any idea how difficult II is for u
4 ed tor TO please some of his patron
For instance: A Wcstorn paper al
nounces as follows: "Mr. Maguirc NJ
wash himself before he assumes Il
Office OF sheriff" This made Magui
A mad. and he demanded retractio
' which the paper made thus; "M
Mcguire requests us to deny that
Ie will wash himself beiora h. assum
the olllce of sheriff" Oddly cnoug
J. this only onraged Mcguire the m)r
Some people are so hard to please,
?. 7eIdS SifiHgS.
"A curious fact is mentioned by t
Boston Post in the career of the vcn'
able Uriel Cr6cker. whose ninetie
birthday was celebrated recently at !
summer home on the Jerusalem roa
Cohasset. He was a moving spirit
raising funds for the erection OF I
~ Bunker Hill monument, and upon
completion he was used as II "tt
= weight" to test the strength of the N
l.. chine which was to hoist the capsto
- into position, being hoisted from t
ground to the top of the derrick boo
about twenty-five feet above the top
3 the monument. He was the only p
son who ever assembled tho structure
\ that height.