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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-10
The Curfew Heroine.

1t lacked but half an hour of Cur
few toll. The old sbell.ringer came
from under the wattled roof of his
cottage stoop and stood with uncov-
cred head In the clear, sweet scented
air. lie had grown blind and deaf
in the service, but his arm was as
muscular as ever, and he who listen
ed this day marked no faltcring in
the heavy metallic throbs Of the cath
edral bell. Old Jasper had lived
through many changes. He had
tolled out his notes of mourning for
good Queen Bess, and with tears
scarcely dry he had rung the glad
tidings of the coronation of James.
Charles |. had been crowned, resigned
and expiated his weakness before all
England in Jasper's time; and now
he, who under his army held all the
commonwealth IN the hollow of his
hand, ruled as more than monarch,
and still the old man, with the habit
of long life upon him rang his ma
tin In sorrow.
Jasper stood alone new, lifting his
dimmed eyes up to the softly dap
pied sky.
The walls of his memory seemed
so written over-so crossed and re-
crossed by the annals of the years
that had gone bcfore-that there
seemed little room for anything in
the present. Little reckoned he that
Cromwell's spearsmen who camped
on the moor beyond the village; that
Cromwell himself rode with his
guardsmen league away; he only
knew that the bell that had been
rung in the tower when William the
Conqueror made curfew law, had
been spared by Puritan and Ronnd-
head, and that his arm for sixty
years had never failed him at even
tide.
IIe was moving with slow ster
toward the gate, when woman
came hurriedly in from the street and
stood beside him; a lovely woman
but with face so blanched that il
seem carved in the whitest marble
with all its roundness and dimples
Her great solemn eyes were raised
TO the aged face in pitiful appeal, ant
the lips were forming words that hi
could not understand.
"Speak up, lass; l am deaf ant
cannot hear your clatter."
The voice raised, and the hand
clasped and unclasped, and rum
themselves together, palm and palm
"For heavens sake, Jasper, do no
ring the curfew tonight"
"What, not ring, curfewp Ye mus
be daft, lassie."
"Jasper, for sweet heavens sake
for my sake, for one night in all you
long life, forget to ring the bell. Fai
this once, and my lover shall live
iwhom Cromwell says shall die a
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-10
THE OLD LAWYERS STORY.
How He Got His Start in Life by
Studying up Dead Cats.
[Alta Californian.l

81 learned my trade" the old law
yer began, din a little New York viii
lage, but manifested no particular
aptness for the law, and barely
scratched through my examination.
My shingle was not honored with a
call for many weeks, and when | did
get one it was from a member Of my
own family. One of my brothers,
Frank, had craze for poultry and
raised fancy breeds with great sue
cess until all old maid moved into an
adjoining house and her predatory
cat began to decimate his costly
chicks at fearful rate. Frank re-
monstratcd, but in vain, and finally,
made desperate by the loss of nearly
an entire Matching, he poisoned the
cat. The old vinegar-faced female
that owned the Thomas feline raised
a fearful row over her pets death
and, as Frank was rather loud in
congratulating himself OH getting
rid of the chicken-d destroyer, she had
little trouble in tracing the cats fatal
illness. There was only one way ia
reach Frank in law, 10 her mind, and
that was by criminal prosecution,
and she accordingly caused his ar
rest on a charge Of indictable misde-
meanor, brought under a section OF
the penal code similar TO the one in
this state that provides that person
found guilty of administering poi
son to an animal the property of an
other" shall be punished by a fine III
TO $500, or Imprisonment up to SIX
months, or both. Well, the case
looked black. The cat was certainly
an animal, and Frank had freely ad.
mitted administering the fatal dose.
"Nobody disputed the right of the
cats owner to prosecute and l count
ed the pages of every statute book in
town, hardly knowing what sought
Finally a paragraph was found, set
ting forth that an animal, to be prop
erty, must have a valuation fixed by
law. Turning to the ratings of ami,
mails in the section OH the larceny o.
live stock, found that dogs were
worth dollar in law, sheep and pigs
little more, and horses and cows
etc., sufficient to make theft of then
grand larceny, but not word was
about cats. An idea struck me, ant
| Oraced up my miserable brother by
telling him that could easily wipt
out the foul accusation that besmirch
ed his fair fame, and we went into
court. The old girl didn't shed {
tear, but she swore very stoutly
against Frank, and then introduced
all the people who had heard Frank
confession as witnesses Then | in
troduced my demurrer. Your hon
or l said, this complaint charges
the defendant with poisoning an ami
NAL, the property of another,' and
quoted the section on which the ac
cusation was based. Cats, SIR
went on, have no value in law anC
therefore cannot be property. Imov,
for a dismissal on this ground
"Frank was acquitted on the spot
and one of the best lawyers in New
York City, who was present, was s,
struck by the plea that he offered M
place in his Office. Under his tut
tion / soon began to appreciate m.
profession, and his help started me t,
the front at rapid rate."s
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-10

to the flesh. 1t tore her, and wound
ed and bruised but there in the SOL
emn twilight the brave woman
swung, and fought with the curfew ;
and God gave her victory.
The old bell-ringer said to himself
"Aye, IIuldah, my work is done.
The pulleys are getting too heavy for
my old arms. My ears too have fail
ed me. l dinna hear one stroke of
the curfew. Dear old bell, it is my
ears have gone false and not you.
Farewell, old friend"
And just beyond The worn pave
ment shadowy form again went
fitting past him. There were drops
of blood upon the white garments,
and the face was like the face of one
who walked in her sleep, and the
hands hung wounded and powerless
at her side.
Cromwell paused with lns horse
men under the dismantled Maypole
before the village green. lie saw
the man who was to die at sunset
standing up in the dusky air, tall as
king and beautiful as Absalom.
He gazed with knitted brow and an
CRY eye, but his lips did not give ut
terance to the quick command that
trembled on them, for girl came
flying towards him. Pikeman and
Archer stepped aside to let her pass,
She threw herself upon the turf at
his horses feet she lifted her bleed
ing and tortured hands 10 his gaze,
and once more poured out her prayer
fOrthe life of her lover; with trem-
bling lips she told hlm why Richard
still livcd-why the curfew had not
sounded.
Lady Maud, looking out of her lat
ticed window at the castle, saw the
great Protector dismount, lift the
fainting form In his arms and bear
her TO her lover. She saw the guards
release the prisoner, and she heard
the shouts of joy at his deliverance j;
then she welcomed the night that
shut the scene out from her envious
eye and sculptured her in its gloom.
AT the next matin bell old Jasper
died, and at curfew toll he was laid
beside the wife who had died in his
youth, but the memory of whom had
been with him always.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-10
Wonderful Cures,

w. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and
Retail Druggists of Rome, Ca, say
We have been selling DR.. Kings New
Discovery, Electric Bitters and Buck
lens Arnica Salve for two years
Have never handled remedies
that sell as well, or give such
universal satisfaction. There have
been some wonderful cures effected
by these medicines in this city. Sew
eral cases of pronounced Consump.
tion have been entirely cured by use
of a few bottles of DR.. Kings New
Discovery, taken in connection with
Electric Bitters. We guarantee then
always.
Sold by j. r. Armistead.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-10

Did you Sup
pose Mustang Liniment only good
for horses1 1t is for inaamma-
ton of all flesh.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-10

Have used Tongaline, both in pri-
vate and hospital practice, and found
it all l could desire. Physicians here
who have tried Tongaline regard it
as excellent. G. M. Field, M. D.,
Plainfeld, N. j.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

HIGH water undermined a cotton fac
tory at Plattville, Ale, and the struc-
turc collapsed, causing loss of $4,000.
In attempting to repair broken cleo
trio light wire at Philadelphia Sunday
night, Daniel Coyle, aged 30, received
a shock and fell dead to the street.
By the burning of q block of stores at
Bronson, Michigan, Mrs Tim-thy Hur-
ley aud her daughter lost their lives,
while Mr.. Hurley and three small chill
Gren were terribly injured.
A FLEE at the office of the Mail at
Toronto did damage to the amount OF
$4,000, the chief sufferer being the
Bell Telephone company.
SEVENTEEN buildings with number
of horses, mules and cows, were des-
troycd by fire at Columbia, Mo, entail
ing a loss of $63450. The insurance
aggregates SIS, 700. Fire at Bronson,
Mich, Tuesday morning, burned four
stores, a woman and her daughter per
ishing in the flames, while other persons
were badly burned or wounded, The
financial loss is about $4,000,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08

in the interstate and territorial trans.
portation of property, and the passen-
gers and their employees. The bill was
referred to committee of the whole,
and the house Immediately went into
a committee of the whole in considera-
ton Of the measU re. Pending the dis
cussion the committee rose. Mr.. Will
lis reported the river and harbor bill.
The report of the majority on the Hurd
Romeis election case was submitted and
Mr.. Mortin obtained leave to file the
minority report. The house then ad-
journed.
THURSDAY, April, 1.
Senate.-Shortly after the opening of
the senate, Sen. Edmunas moved that
when the senate adjourn it would be
until Monday next. Agreed to. The
committee on library reported favor
ably tha bill for the cree,
ton Of q monument to Abraham Lin
coin. AT the suggestion of Sen Logan
an understanding was secured by which
hiz army bill will be taken up on Mon
day next, Immediately after the morn
ing business, and in consideration con-
tinue throughout the day and if neces-
sary from day to day until disposed of
Sen. Platt spoke on the Washington
territory bill. After an executive ses-
sion the senate ad journed.
House. After the morning hour the
house went into the committee of the
whole. and spent the day considering
the ONeil labor bill, without reaching
a vote.
FRIDAY, April 2.
House Mr.. Harner presented a me.
mortal of The shipwrights and caukers,
Kgights of Labor of Philadelphia, pro-
testing against the passage Of the free
ship bill. Referred. The committee
on agricultural appropriation bill, and it
was referred to the committee of the
whole. on motion of Mr.. O'Neu, of
Missouri, the private business was dis
pensed with, and the house went into
committee of the whole, Mr.. Springer
in the chair, on the labor arbitration
bill, and debates being limited at 30
minutes on the first section. Ga notion
of Me- Lowery an amendment was
adopted, providing, that in no case
shall any witness be compelled to dis
close the secrets or produce the records
Of any labor organization at which he
may be an officer or member. The
second section of the bill was agreed to
with certain amendments recommended
by the committee on labor, and the
third and fourth sections were agreed
without charge. While the fifth sec
ton was under consideration for the
purpose Of limiting the debate, but be-
fore motion to that end could be sub
mitted, a melton to take q recess until
1880 was agreed to. The evening ses-
sion being for the consideration of the
pension bills. The house at the evening
session passed 80 pernsion bills, and ad-
jOurned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08
WASHINGTON.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND signed the bill
granting $4,000 per anuum pension to
Mrs. Gen. Hancock.
THE senate passed an order appro.
priating 100000 for the erection Of a
monument to Abraham Lincoln at
Washington.
SENATOR FAIR introduced the Morrow
Chinese bill in the senate, with an
amendment changing from twenty
years to ten years the period during
which thu entrance Of Chinese laborers
into the United States shall be prehib.
ited,
CLAIMING that Alabama has defaulted
in certain legal obligations, the attor-
ney general Of New York decides that
savings banGs of the Empire state can
not invest in Alabama tate bonds.
A CONFERENCE was held between Gen.
Crook aud staff and the Indian chief,
Geronimo, and his tribe. The chief
begged that the lives OF himself and
companions be spared, but was told
that fight to the death or unconditiop.
al surrender were the only alternatives
left.
4 BILL was introduced IN the house
authorizing the secretary Of the treas
ury TO receive in the Eame of the Unit
ed States as gift from j w. Drexel,
the cottage at Mount McGregor IN
which General Grant spent his las,
days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08

IN the upper peninsula of Michigan
travel and traffic have been suspended,
owing to the snow blockade, and work
in the pineries has been abandoned.
So heavy has been the rainfall
throughout Georgia that trains are
side tracked on eight railways entering
Atlanta, and the cities of West Point
and Rome are nearly submerged. The
destruction Of property has been very
great
In the Brazil Ind, mining district
/ 800 miners have signed the temper
ance pledge, and several saloons have
been closed owing to the conversion of
the proprietors. The revival has been
conducted by Mr.. J. E. Martin, Presi-
dent Of the Vigo Temperance Union.
AN assembly of knights Of Labor in
Chicago passed resolution demanding
that the government assume ownership
and control of all railroads and tele.
graphs in the United States, to be oper-
ated in the interest of the people.
A PORTLAND newspaper is responsible
for the allegation that an association at
San Francisco is negotiating to place
5000 Cinnamon in Maine at "a week
for wages and board, the employ era to
furnish hunks ana blankets for the ce-
lestials.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08
CRIME.

AT Oxford, Conn, Monday morning,
young and handsome girl named
Louisa Z. Williams refused to marry
John Andrews, whereupon he killed her
with an AK and blew cut his brains With
a revolver.
ABE LowENTHAL, of New Orleans, is
the third Of the witnesses in the Ford
murder case who have been convicted
of willful perjury The penalty is i'm
prisoment in the penitentiary for not
less than five years.
AL BENNETT, formerly salesman for a
safe company, was shot and killed at
Memphis, Tenn, Wednesday, by his
mistress, Laura May Porter, who then
shot herself, inhiting perhaps a mortal
wound
IN the the Graham case at Springfield,
Mo-, Wednesday, Cora Lee was held
without bail as accessory before the
fact, while Mrs. Molloy, as accessory
after the killing, was held in So 600
bonds, 1t is feared now that Graham
will be lynohed,
A SENTENCE OF eighties years and
six mouths in state prison was passed
upon Michael Kurtz, of Troy, for taking
100000 worth Of diamonds aud jswelry
from Marks j5welry store. He made
a confession in order to save himself
and secure the punishment of his ac-
complete, VIM. ID. Porter, but the
scheme failed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08

In an age of great conceptions and
great achievement it is natural to ex-
pect failures on gigantic scales, but
the tie failure that seems TO threaten
the De Lesseps canal scheme on the
Isthmus Of Panama promises to be
gigantic beyond all proportions. The
famous old canal digger either made
grossly erroneous statements Of the
cost of the proposed canal or he has
been grossly deceived and pluudered
by those connected with him. All
ready over 1920, coo, GOO have been
spent and not one tenth Of the necess-
airy work has been done. It's now
estimated that the least sum for which
the proposed work could be finished
is $3O6, 00O,0 in addition to what
has already been spent. De Lesseps
has been on the ground during the
past month, having been accompani
ed by several representative men OF
various nations whom he invited tC
visit, inspect and report upon the con
dition and prospect Of the work. Il
is safe to assert that no amount o
cooked reports viii be able to csncea
much longer the thinness Of this eau
al bubble or to postpone its collapse
Gross Encouragement, positive pluR
derlng and reckless extravaganza,
have characterized the administration
of the company's affairs on the 18th
mus. Great loss there must be, an(
this will fall principally on France
where the money squandered wa
aised.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08
LATEST KILOGRAMS.
FOREIGN.

THE government of Greece, having
failed in it's efforts to obtain a loan, has
summoned the chamber of deputies to
assemble and grant credits.
N. DE LEssEPs is confined to bis bed
in Paris from the effects Of a fall on
board steamship When returning from
Panama
SOME natives of Senegambia made an
attack on the French Garrison, killing
nine soldiers and wounding thirty -
two.
A LoYDoN cablegram states that a
formidable opposition to Gladstone's
plans for quie ting Ireland is being or
ganizsd by Chamberlain and Trevel-
yam.
A DECREE has been issued at Panama
by General Santo Domingo Villa, sus
pending for sixty days the American
newspaper, The Star and Herald, be-
cause sub-editor declined to publish
certain correspondence submitted by
the authorities
IT is reported that Queen Victoria has
accepted the resiS nations OF Joseph
Chamberlain and G. O. Treyelyan, mem
bers Of Mr.. Gladstone's cabinet, and
that the office Of secretary of Scotland
will be rendered to the Earl os Dalhou~
sic.
CIT is reported that Russia has notified
the powers Of her iutertion to occupy
Bulgaria in the event of Prince Alex
andor's final refusal 10 accept the gov.
ernorship of Roumelia for five years
only.
TIVE DAMAGE done TO property by the
miners in Charleroi alone already
amounts TO $4,000 600 The strikers
threaten to destroy the gas works, and
strong re-enforcements of troops have
been sent to help protect the city. The
glass works have been looted and de-
stroyed, involving a loss of $1,000 900
and throwing thousands Of people out
OF employment,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08

INDUSTRIAL schools are demanded
in all quarters nowadays The de.
mand is reasonable one and should
be granted. 1t is not to be denied by
any intelligent, competent observer
that the public school system Of to day
good though it be so far as ii goes, is
inefficient in the very important mat
ter of fitting boys to earn their living,
Something more is needed. Much of
the time and labor and money expend-
ed in teaching boys and girls a smat-
tering of numbers, languages and sci
ences, too often resulting in imparting
the dangerous idea that education is
to take the place of labor, might be
more probably employed in teaching
the boys the elements Of carpentry,
blacksmithing and other manual occu.
patiohs, and the girls the elements oil
work suitable for women. Education
net practical leads to estheucism and
makes undeIsaid and overworked
clerks OF men who under proper train
ing and inspiration in industrial
schools, might have become an in
ventor or other highly successful me
chanic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08
Polish for Mahogany Wood.

All French polishing is injured Dy
spirits, heat or lamp oil, as the pollsin
is made of gums resins which are SOL
dble in spirits, are dissolved in alco-
hol, and when applied to the furniture
remain on the wood as thin deposit
while the alcohol evaporates from con
tact with the air This deposit IS ais,
solved when either heat or any kln9
of spirit comes in contact with IT, ana
must be re polished. To polish furnl,,
ture so that it wiz resist stains anu
water: Melt four pieces Of sandaTagS
the siz. Of walnuts, in pint OF oollteu
oil. asd boil for an hour; take the
mixture off the fire, and when cool
bat not cold, add one drachm OF en-
ice turpentine and little oil OF la!
pentine. Apply to the wood leave " y
on four or five hours, and then rug
off. Rub the furniture but only Apply
the polish once in every two months.
Articles that have never been hrenI -
polished. and that are stained, can oo
brought back to the right color oy ~.
ing linseed oil colered with alkahie5s
root to the proper tone. The OH shoui1
be daily rubbed in.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08
Rough ON Dallas.
Texas siftings.

Said Dallas Tex woman to fe-
male friend:
you should make your husband
quit chewing tobacco. Ifyou tell him
to quit it, he will give it up l should
thlnk."
Yes, if ask him to, but I am not
going to ask him to quit chewing to-
bacco
when he kisses you don't the
taste of the tobacco really make you
sick9"
Eyes, bu, I want him to keep on
chewing. He kisses three or four
other women, and the tobacco makes
them sicker than Inc, for I've got used
to it already"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08
When not in Positive AGONY.

The rheumatic are seldom free from a certain
soreness or stiffness in the joints and muscles
which serves as a constant reminder that the
virus only waits an unfavorabe change OF wealth
err or the aid Of q cold to emphasize its presence
with excruciating twinges. To prevent the recur-
renee and mitigate the pain there is no finer or
safer source Of relief than Hostetters Stomach
utters, a medicine every way preferable
OF which are taken to the prejudice Of
health and the jeopardy Of life, and with
ont permanently remedial effect. Sleep
bauished by rheumatic and neuralgia pain at
night is restored by this benefcent soother Of the
nervous system. and tina slumber which il super
induces is far more refreshing and beneficial than
the stupor into which the brain is thrown by a
narcotic. Appetite and digestion, as well as
sleep, are improved by ii, and il is an admirable
regulator and tonic for the bowels and Kidneys
Use 1t for rheumatism before retiring.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08
One Obstacle Out of the Way.
San Francisco Post.

II wish we could get married at
once, Mary" said he, as he clasped
her to his manly breast, but think
we had better wait until January
when my salary shall be raised from
So to 81 week. You have nothing OF
your own, have you, darling to help
a little9'
Nothing"
Your father wouldn't be likely to
give you house and lot, or anything
else, when you marry, would he, my
love2"
mo, for he hasn't anything to
give"
Your mother; has she anything in
her own right"
ALAS, no she is dead"
"She is really desd9'
Yes"
"Well, that is some consideration
| think we'll try it on S. considering
that there will be no mother ln-laW Ia
the family"