Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-26
MISCELLANEOUS.
lin New York now they sell scrap
beef at three cents a pound, and the
Sun says it is wholesome.

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nc ceptm messenger says that
alcs''ne - recommended as an appro-
pan'o ics,ucllco n ior consulhptiVeS' as
many n suhorers nave Deen perfectly
curcu Dy 'he pure air OF the holy Land.
"A western paper describing a re-
cent storm sad; "Ihe metal roof that
was blown off the Watts block was
nug1u upon lne o,iico Oh u laWyer'Who
lne u"> pciorS h"u pcguh FORECLOSURE
oi 'ne oiock'
"A peculiar case OF poisoning oc-
cured tho other day near New Bruins
WICK N; T. A farmer was walking
through his corn-ficld. when his arm
was scratched in some way by corn
stalk. The arm swelled up and the
'"'"T,, w., "ieu ''c next uay
-WheneVer tho finishing touches are
beng put upon an important building,
before 1t Is opened to the public, there
Is always IAN army OF painters and
decorators at work on 1t: You never
knew OF anything smaller than IAN
army to be thus employed.-BaStoH
transcript
"A man named Simon Goulet was
taken to the general hospital last night
suffering from disiocatcd jaw. Goulet,
VINO Is prominent Rouge politician,
was relating the trlumphs OF the recent
SIlamply election, when he laughed so
neartily that he dslocated his jaw
Montredt GdEeAe.
Cotton was cultivated in India $50
years before Christ, and was gathered
from the field by hand, exactly as it is
beng done to-day. The seed was then
separated from the ibre by hand, until
the invention OF the cotton-gin by
Mhithey, anu TINS invention revolu-
tlohizeu me culture OF cotton through
out the world.
S. A. Wilson and wife, of Waltham,
Mass, narrowly escaped sufocation
one night recently. Tie sneezng of u
cat awoke Mr.. Wilson, and he found
the room full of smoke. An alarm was
given, and it was found that fire had
been started in the basement by an in
cendlary. II 1t had not been for pussy's
sneeze the family would have met a
terrible death.-BoStoh Herald
"A novel conflict took place recently
near st. AIMS, B. c., between calf
and grown bull. During the battle
the young bovine was caught between
the horns of its opponent, and, says the
local chronicler, 1.-THE conqueror
marched oil in triumph with his con-
sansu neous and believing crown"
Ihe cali was extricated only by cutting
oil a third OF the other animals horns.
The unique idea Of a Concord
philosopher: mo mere COLLECTIVELY
can be a self. No aggregate, unless
pervaded in every part by continuous
whole, can possibly attain any indie.
pendent sclfhood. A self is one which
Is separately alive. In this form it may
exist without knowing it exists. The
self can know itself only by discrim-
mating itself from itself through self
related distinctions in itself"
--"Gentlemen," he said to the re-
porters. as the sheriff put the knot
where it would do the most good, "will
You grant me one last request before
dieP' The reporters, to man, said
they would. Then write ME down as
having been simply hanged not
launched into eternity I'm no dude. "
This request caused some cOnsterna-
ton among the younger reporters, but
they all kept their word.-N. Y. Sun.
"A scientist, discoursing on snakes.
said: Il am told that out in Kansas
there are snakes that catch hold of the
legs of land turtles, or tortles,' as they
call them here, A snake will swallow
the hind leg of the tortle. and, of
course, can not swallow any more.
Then the 'tortle' goes tramping about
with the snake attached to his leg, and
using the snake pretty roughly. The
snake can not let go, for its teeth,
which are turned back or inward. are
locked fast 1t keeps its hold until tho
leg becomes so decomposed that it
drops of. That fact accounts for the
great number of lame 'tortles' found
in that country. Chicago HcrGld.
"A two-foot alligator and two big
artificial swans are in fountain basin
in Macon, Ga, Tho other day it was
noticed that the alligator was not to be
seen and that one of the swans seemed
to be anchored close to the fountain.