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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-06

BOARDING SCHOOLS.
How Glrls'lArel Benefited by Attending
Institutions OF This Kind.

How Glrls'lArel Benedtcd by Attending
Institutions OF This Kind.
"shall we send the girls to boarding.
SCHOOL," Well, that depends good
deal upon where the girls live and what
their temperaments are. If the homo
of the young lady under consideration
is in the country or some small village,
there are reasons besides the superior
advantages for book education why
it is best to send her away to school.
Contact with other minds and indvid-
uals besides the narrow circle which
such places alfordcfurnishes n valuable
part of the education which is to fit tho
young girl to bo n woman. Going away
to school is not going to make smooth
all the rough places, but it goes long
distance toward giving q young girl II
certain self-relianco and confidence,
which are the best possible cures for
awkwardness. In the narrow circle of
relatives and intimate friends she feels
that she is understood and judged kind
ly. The moment she is set out among
strangers she says to herself: What
do they think of mep" The constant
reitcration of question causes em-
barrassment and awkwardnoss. If she
is sent among people without any Of
her own family to fall back upon she
must stand upon her own merits, and
she will find that in the main people
are much kinder than she gave them
credit for.
BY all means let the school be care
fully chosen. In = good school the
young girl, besides her studies and con-
tact with people, learns system, and
comes under discipline which is good
for her. The meals are regular, the
sleep is regular, and a certain amount
of exercise is insisted upon. To tho
girl who has been rather spoiled ut
home and allowed to retire at one or
two, rise at ten or eleven, and subsist
on fruit cake and pickles, never walk
ing over two blocks if she can help it,
such change is highly desirable.
Something to do every day, and a stated
time to do it in, with obligations which
must be met is discipline which, even
II not kept up, is invaluable. Detroit
Tribune.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-06

-Argand, poor Swiss, invented n
lamp with wick fitted into hollow
cylinder. up which n current of air
was permitted to pass, thus giving q
supply Of oxygon to the interior as
well rs tho exterior Of the circular
frame. AT first Argand used the lamp
without glass chimney. Ono day he
was busy in his work-room, and sitting
before Ii burning lamp. His little
brother was amusing himself by plac-
ing bottomless oil fllsk over differ
ont articles. Suddenly he placed il
upon the flame OF the lamp, which in-
slantly shot up the long, circular neck
of the flask with increased billiancy.
1t did moro, for 1t had flashed into Ar
gand's mind the idea of the lamp-chim-
ney. by which his invention was per-
tocled.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-06
The Pope as a Gardener.

The Pope has strong horticultural
tastes and planted tho Vatican garden
with fruit trees and vines as soon as he
assumed the Papal tiara. He takes
especial interest in v.niculture, but for
some reason or other the vines would
not yield until this year. when. for tho
first time. four casks of wine havo
been made from tho Vatican crop.
Every day during tho vintage his
Holiness came down into the garden
and watched the process, showing by
his sensible orders that he understood
the system thoroughly. London Court
journal.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-06
COULDN'T EXFlAlN.
A Sentimental white Man Tries to Pick q
Quarrel with an old Negro.

| A Sentimental White Man TrIea IN pich N
Quarrel with an old Negro.
A traveller who had read much of tho
negro. and who had. while listening to
negro melodies sung bv white men,
been impressed with the "darkey's"
fullness Of sentiment, stood watching
an old negro who worked at a country
hotel.
"How do You dop" said the whito
man, bowing with sort of tender and
sympathetic politeness.
GLOW does / dop" replied the old
fellow.
"Yes."
"Wall, docs bout dc bes' l ken,
sah."
81 mean how is your healthP"
"Sorter slow at de present. Ain't
been all right in mer health fur seb-
eral days. Went dc uder day whar cr
fricn' o mine killed haugs an | stood
roun, de rro roasti,, hnr,r r,olts ~, do
hot rocl,s an, oat;n, om 7 di1 in IN
made ma sin,, 7, ,in,t o,,ina do trr
or ole man far oct l;Lo or how sah.
oin,t gwino tor Jo ., ,aIi W. ,s,on
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mo bitc do nail1 o1r - - So' wants ter sco
"You still misunderstood mo and IN
,ruth. do not 500 how am N on
tighten Won. Poetrv-nnd I wish now
,,on,io,od Il 4. no,bin,
70 cat or drink"
.Sutbin' 10 war den. cbp Wall +
like tor dress nm cz much cz onvbodv.
,Jos mix some red in or suit n cIozo an,
I'm dar, | tell YER"
"Just keen quiet now until ox-
plain myself. Poetry IL the music
of"
"AIusicl Now I rot ver-cot YER dis
time. sho. Nlusic-w'v. bless ver life
chile. rse or Gddlor frnn do oio bopso
rse made nil desc vera folksroun, vera
shake do hoofs at dances I tell YER
Use rot er ole fiddle datu take dc Sont
nm rheumatic outen or foot in two min
its"
II am determinod IN mako Won mn.
dorstond mo. Pootrv-ond when ox-
plain It / know that Won will ocknowl. |
edge its innuence-is revival of
feeling which you have felt before. a
feeling brought up by certain words.
whose tenderness, like the falling of
teardrops, brings glimpses of your own
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-06

-"Where is your homer" asked a
man OF disconsolate-looking stranger.
II haven't any home at present." was
the reply. "My wife's mother is max
Ing her visit. p SommerVille Journal.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-06

If a man really desires to discover
pow popular he is as aspeaker, let him
charge fifty cents admission, - Boston
Globe, --' '-------sf - ,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-14
Tho CInssc. Iyhich cheer

Glad to see Won loogng So well The last
time / saw VOW yoa wc:e pal and "as
worried by your depression What have You
been doing"
II bought pair OF glasses. That WIS all
The manager # a large business establish
mcnt on Union square had met q friend
whom lie had not seen before IN months, and
the former renewed health was the subject
Of ia conversation.
Tell ne all about it,
you remember how felt last spring
was haldyabl to do any work had shoot
ing pains through my head and / felt dizzy
after had been an hour or 50 in the Office
thought | was bilious, and | took enough
pills to start u drug store. They only weal.
ened mo Then | went to my doctor He
said | was drinking too much So | stopped
even beer, but got no better went 10 him
again. He gave me a thorough examination
and suggested that / stop smoking So
broke OF that habit, with no gain in health
All this time | was taking medicine by the
quart lie next told mo must take q yaca-
ton did So The first day was in the
country lolled al ol'nd in the open air. and
the next morning | fclt better than l had
done in months That day | rolled into II
hammock and read q novel The next morn
Ing was as badly broke up as before |
rested that day and felt better the next Fl
nally began 10 connect the use Of my eyes
with my sickness. drove into the nearest
village. bought pair of spectaces, and that
very day ! began 70 improve. When | ar
rived home | went 10 an oculist and had
classes OF the right power prescribed. use
these in reading and working, and since then
have been different man / am no longer
worried about my health l don't fear in
sanity | am not dreadng death, AMI think
of getting married uext year, and intend 20
dance at my grandchilds silver wedding.
Simple cure, wasn't it|-New York Mail
and LXDress.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-14

Upon one of Chicago great railways there
D., one locomotive which is profoundly ro-
spected because no. bad spirit has ever got
into amy part OF %. boiler furnace. crank or
whistle In fifteen year, 10 has never been
Of tho track has never harmed ANS body;
ha. never failed 10 brln- in IT. train. lts
record Is as pure as was that oi Georgo
Washington before the cherry tree episode.
The engineers all Ike this one machine be
cause tho devils, great and small, all keep
away from It, Waether one good priest
nung some holy water Oh the he'l ntaeuight
Is not known but the biaci, imps keep away
from engine o.
According 10 the account glvcn by an en-
pl0ye upon rhe same railway, tAa company
has four new dining car-, ~ which one vas
uulueay for three months. and t..u IT'S bad
luck lett &C. 10 got OF the tract. often, is
lamps would sma BE-, i-5 tables stood deserted,
It's food uneateu. until m tir,s months rs
losses reached 500 The other three cars,
meanwhile, behaved well ard made plenty Of
money At last the bad car took fire from
It's kitchen and burned ont that department,
and when 10 was repaired and sent back 10
work It began u do well aud ha made money
"rl.nt along "lt seemed sa.d the work
man. "as though the bad luck was all burned
ont 81 her Cor Chicago journal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-14
CANDIDATE SHERMAN.

Senator Sherman career presents some
curious changes Of opinion on the pro
tectiye tariff A we'll informed cOntem-
porary saws that while arguing in 1887
in favor of increasing the duties on i'm
ports for the sake of obtaining more rev
enue, Senator Sherman said
The first and obvious inquiry of every
Senator discussing this question is How
much is il necessary TO raise by tarifl on
import goodsy
Theories in regard to protection and
free trale he dismissed AS unworthy OF
consideration in the presence of this prac-
iical question of revenue, and he went on
to declare.
1t il, therefore, simply an absuTdily To
talk now about free trade tariff and To
talk about protective tariff is unneces-
sary, because the wit of man could not
possibly frame a tariff that would pro-
luce $40. 00O, 900 in gold without ample
protection 10 American industry.
Twenty years after this declaration its
author denounces President Cleveland
for recommending a reduction of tariff
duties which would yield still larger
revenue than that which he then regard
ed as ample for protection
Again Senator Sherman declared that
il was not against the pauper labor OF
Europe OF against the competition OF
British goods that the American manu-
facturers demanded protection.
/; was against our paper currency
wherein lay the only evil.
Specie payments have been resumed
and the internal taxes on manuiac-
lures, he champiOned, abolished, but
still Mr. Sherman sticks TO the tariff
that he once advocated on account
of the depreciation Of the currency
and the internal revenue taxes Now
the foremost Republican candidate FOL
the presidency actually denounces as
Free Trade Il schedule of tariff duties
above what he thought would be right
when the manufacturers were brought to
specie basis as they have been, and the
internal revenue taxes abolished as ha,
been done.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-14
STAY EAST, YOUNG MAN.
THE Other Side OF the Question-suceess
Lie, In the Man Of Grit.

rr.Assemblyman Walter G. Smith, OF
Tompkins county. is in California lie tells
The Ithaca Journal all about the frosts, the
ice and the 500 a ton coal. Hear him:
"lf YOU are making "a living in the state oi
Ne,y York curb your nomadic impulses and
STAY there. 1t is Gods own country. You
do not appreciate that fact AS well as do,
sitting among the sand hills and dlsputlnS
RIGHT Ia them with the fieas; sitting here
amid frosts and rain and cold and heat, and
looking forward 10 eight months OF drought.
II may seem little enough Ia you, but as for
rs we want 10 see the grand procession of
the eastern Seasons-the snowbanks OF WIN
ter. the Frightening bIoomof spring, the rich
garniture of summer, the scarlet and gold of
autumn. We want TO see a stream Of fresh
water and n we'll Of the same We want to
see silk hats and short hair. We want some
thing good 10 eat, and TO he whore We cap
find A decent home 10 live in for less than $50
a month"
There are. of course, some temperaments
calculated to profit by the acceptance of Mr..
Greeleys famous advice, Young man, 90
west" but there are good many more
young men who can do quite as well in the
east if they will only make up their minds to
do it, The difference between the west and
the east j. very well described by the old
farmers saw about the comparative merits
o. farms "1hcrc's more in the man than IN
the land y young man with brains and
grit viii get rich in the east as well as ia
the west, and will thank Mr Smith for the
hint
There are thousands of acres of unimproyed
land here in the eastern states, in New ork,
New jersey, Delaware, Maryland and yin
ginia, convenient to large city markets, y nero
the young man who is not afraid OF work can
make q royal living after a few years Of
plucIy activity As a rule, such land can be
bought and cleared for less per acre than
would be required 10 set ones self up q, q
farmer on some remote western tract OF laud
and then there will be the additional adyar
tarcs OF q climate 10 which one is accustom-'l
and convenience to markets. The iastua
Is very important, and is too often ignored.
Stay east. young man The east can get
along without YOU, but both you and it car
get along very well together II YOU will. ii
yon will only do in the east hall the real,
live, Nileawake hustling that you would
have to do il YOU went west, You viii be well
of in few years. The capabilities of the
eastern states are not half developed yet
Read, think keep your ewes open for sugges-
tons aud above all, work, aud you viii b.
an right even if You don't 60 west-NcU
0rk Press.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-14

The Toledo Blade devotes at least one
day in week TO "pulverizing the rum
power" and if 1t were not for the obsti-
macy of the recipient OF it's sturdy blows,
generally delivered in incisive italics, the
pulverization would be so far advanced
by this time as TO promise an early con-
clusion of the great work But, although
small progress has been made, hope
springs eternal in the breast of our Cleve.
land contemporary, and the promise is
held out that, in some other year than
this, the rum power shall find Itself pull.
verified and scattered like chat in the
wind or like the dust of the lone Hoss
Shay"
The latest effort OF the Blade is pa
thelic plea for prohibition in order to re-
form those drunkards who have lost all
control of their apetites. The editor
argues-and we suspect correctly-that
long continued inebriety impairs the will
power TO such an extent that the inebriate
cannot refrain from indulgence in liquor.
TO save this class of citizens the BLADE
urges that the sale of intoxicants must be
prohibited. Washington Post.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-14
COL. lNeERsoLL's BIG SPEECH.
Only by An Accident Was 1t Preserved
for Posterity To Eeid.
''The past rises before me like a dream"

"'The past rises before me like "A dream"
Such was the opening sentence of Col
Robert G. Ingersolls speech at indianapolis
IN 1876 Prior 10 that time he had placed in
nomination Hon. James g Blaine at CincIn-
natl He was then only lawyer at Peoria
and did not possess national reputation
That speech made him famous. Perhaps
without exception, the tribute paid by niger
soil to the soldiers on that occasion Is the
most brilliant piece of word painting in the
English language Some have claimed that
the words OF Webster in reply 10 Haync, OF
South Carolina. have never been surpassed in
terseness and eloqueuce. bat actually there b
hardly a comparison The speech Of Web
ster was carefully prepared That Of niger
soil was on the occasion of 70 soldiers reunion
IL was delivered 10 soldiers from little plat
form hastily constructed, on the eastern slide
OF the circle IN that city. just rs he fan ly
opened his mouth and before his audience
could hear a word a band from somewhere
struck up directly in the rear of the orator
l.aughngly be- waited for the clangor 90 sub
side He then began his famous speech and
perhaps no mln had ever had more complete
influence over Nj, hearers than di lugersoN
oh that occasion Men and women cricd and
were not ashamed of what might sometime,
be- called weakness There were signs of
storm and paiierns raindrops lel bus the
multitude stood entranced and SPELL bound
That speech ha. made THE name of Robert
q lugers0ll Impershabl- Vet 10 was only
bv an accident on AN incident that 10 has
been handed down 20 posterity 40 that
time John d Nicholas was managing editor
of The indianapolis journal Ills shorthand
reporter was Charles " Stagg. who then
Happened 90 bee engaged ga an important
case in the supreme court As the neXt
best thing Nicholus took IN long hand
the speech as nearly verbatim as possible,
but was SO dissatisfied with tine "ofk that
he went 70 Col lu-ersoH aad asked has
aid in making a perfect report TIE colonel
said he did NOT have the scratch ot a pencil
or the sign of "a note, thlt every word ho had
spoken wa, eStemporc. and while he could
recall the greater portion, boz could not fur
nish 10 commercially
~ deruor resort tle reH paper man
then returned to his desk and attempted the
task of vriun- ont that wonderful tribute %
the men Who ild dome and dared thit this
might De amtim hu short uma young
man stumbled up beside ilu AMI 1>s..l II be-
would like report OF n,er,o.i, -r,.rh In
Dis hand he hyiI % loH So. loItl. partially
brown. partially white and au .IlN He
said hifnlm. seas Pint i.eI-. tIl. Boo. WAS
g int elias, -fnn,Unl.. tht n- Na- m
hard lG'k aud Was un boz, way from tucu-
ulu to Chicago, thl, b.. Bad crawl. under
fh.l Platform and taken .l.Hu fI..r..rh with
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-14
NEAT BARREL-BOOM.

Sherman's boom with the barrel at
tachmcnt is working well so far as music
can move the procession. A dispatch
from Charleston says That representative
Republicans have organized SO as to send
solid Sherman delegation to the Ma
tional Convention. The correspondent
saws also, at il said here that Sherman
is willing to have John = Wise Of Viz
gina, or Henry Clay Warmolh of Louis
lana given the second place on the ticket,
he also wants 10 run on The protection
/ platform as against the Presidents last
message The idea Is to appeal Ia the
manufacturing interests OF the South and
to bring over Southern capitalists by
arguments addressed TO their pockets.
II is proposed to have mass-meeiings al
several important points In the South,
addressed by national leaders Of the Re
publican party. The advocates of this
new Southern policy say that with Sler-
man and a good Southern man for Vice
President they can carry Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama,
Louisiana, and Tennessee.
Every active Democrat in the South
who knows aught of the peoples senii-
ments will at once fly to greet the Sher-
man boom on the local personality of the
DanvilIe massacre broker. II Mr.. Sher-
man opines that the people of the South
would give power to its rankest enemies,
with pledges as collateral for some great
promised blessing, he is "a badly mis-
taken as Blaine's gang were when they
tried to steal the presidency after the
Republican dog had had his day. 1t may
be that the fOolishness Of the Democratic
party may beat it, but all the use that the
South can be TO Mr. Sherman is TO pack
the convention. The Southern people
could not be made solidly Democratic by
anything 80 quickly as by John Sherman
az Republican candidate for the presi-
dency
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-14

Ike many other industries, tho work Cl
bottle making has OF late years suffered 20
much from foreign competition that 1t hes
almos, been driven irom this country, Goi-
many and Belgium being The lars pro
ducers. 1t Is hoped, however, Tat the lost
industry may he again revived here, these
hopes being founded upon a lately invented
machine. which viii tmu out bottle, far more
expediuously than they can b. made 10y hah4
and at a 1.-THE OF the cost. This machine D.
the invention OF Mr.. Howard NJ. Ashley, and
is being worked at the gias, mandatory oi
Mcssrs. Sykes. Macvay q Co., Of Castleford.
in this machine the molten glass Is poured
INTO a mold, and the application OF air undcl
pressure distends the glass and causes 1t to
ill the interior Of that mold. 1t is believed
that when this machine Is complete, with siA
or ight molds, it viii be possible by 1t "a
make twenty four bottles per minute
Chambers Journal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-14

Ii the yirulence OF English town fogs is
ever 10 be abated, it will be by dint Of steady,
quiet. unobtrusive alterations ~ domestic
ARRANGEMENTS, which it would be- beneath the
dignity Of ii newspaper writer % notice 1t
IS not too much to hope that Iu time tho pro
duction OF smoke from house chmncys will
be- stOpped Tor at least the summer half of the
year. owing 10 a General Use OF Gas cooking
stoves and Litchcucrs burning small coke
Already there is a very sensible difference IN
this respect, for in entire rows OF houses in
many towns not single fire is lighted for
months together The more that gas is pop
ularlzed among tue poor, by weekly collec
tons Of rental, automatic prepayment meters
and similar devices, the more smOkeles5 viii
our towns become, for the humblest work
mans wife is the most likely % appreciate
the labor and time saving capabilitie, of the
simple boiling stove FOR preparing thu early
cup of tea, and il Is the small Tires otherwise
required for such purpose that make the
most smoke SmCReies,nes IN summer Is q
very good object for immediate cadcayor;
winter smokc.cs,ncss is n more acriouf prob
lem. Abuse II as We may. the cheerful open
ire ui coal, - most suitable Tor ,ombAtlng
the chill, and danp- which make zap an Eng
lish winter.-Jourual ot Gas Lighting.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-14

The sudden death OF Mr. X. + Blank
enship Yesterday morning deeply moved
the whole community, and the effect OF
the shock, If anything, increased as the
sad details of the accident became known;
and hundreds of his personal friends
showed such distress at his loss as /.
never displayed except in sympathy fol-
the best of good men.
Mr. Blankensbip was typical man OF
business. successful i'm complete knOWl-
edge Of modern affairs, and with the
ability and character 10 carry him up
ward from the first steps of the difficult
ladder Of business mans career. His
conscientiousnes in public relations
and his high character in domestic and
social relations have made him for long
years one of the prominent figures OF
Richmond, endeared as personal friend
As well as a publc-spifi,ed citizen. He
is universally mourned, and his loss will
long be felt