Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-02-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Nevada ranchman, to protect
his cattle from the effects of blizzards,
has painted them all with mixture Of
tar rcd clay and linsecd oil
The hammering of brass in a
Philadelphia decorative art society has
been cnjoined. The rural peace and
quletness of the town must be pre-
served
Tho thermometer has shown but
iorly-eight degrees in Greenland thus
iar This winter, and the inhabitants
lax OF advertising the country as a
Florida resort for inyalids.
A little town in Texas has started
lying match to secure funds for a
public library. just now it's nip and
tuck between the editor of the county
paper and the oldest inhabitant.
First Arcola Man-"What is your
opinion of Anarchy~ Second Arcola
Man-"lt's just the fling. I'm base
ball player and rub myself with il
every night 10 take out the soreness.
-Arcoid Record.
Some one asks: "Does 1t pay to
be good?" Perhaps our evidence in
The matter will not be taken, and SO we
shall not answer the question directly,
but we Will say that is good to be paid.
-LoUeN Cihzcn.
when lady enters crowded
street ear she should not rush for the
front end at once. as she invariably
does, but turn and look Mt tho men on
The end of the seats. They get them
because they know they are safe.
Pa said little Johnny, teacher
How 'do'pS do rsn Ehse,gat Easegt promoting me-"
said to-day" "And what was t6atPSsG
"Sho said that il l kept on Id belong
TO the criminal class. Merchant TraU-
cler.
"A Yankee Captain was caught in
the jaws of whale, but was finally
rescued, badly wounded On being
asked what he thought while in that
position. he replied: 81 thought he
would make about forty barrels. -
Exchange
A grocer at Lafayette, Ind, stored
twenty-five tons of groceries on floor
made to hold up fifteen tons, and was
the most surprised man in town when
everything gave way with a crash.
He had never figured ON pressure and
resistance.
-"Dress," said Bagley, with all tho
force of mn original idea, "does not
make a man." NO" replied Pom
pano, gloomily, as he fingered his wife's
dressmakcr's bill he had just received,
"but 1t often breaks a man. "-PhilddeL-
phia Call.
"A fatal mistake; Jennie,
why do you snub that little girl with
whom you were formerly so friondlyP"
Jennie-"She is mad Mt me-" "Why
is she mad atyou?" because l forgot
one day, and said she was an old friend
of mine. "-7eras Sytings.
For several years one of the Nash
Vile ponitcntiary convicts has EN-
ploy cd odd moments in making largo
frame for cabinet photographs. 1t is
made Of bcautifully-carved wood. and
only with the aid of pocket-knife, and
contains 20,374 distinct pieces.
-"What is the price of that teaP"
she asked of the guileless grocer. "Onc
dollar 'narf, marm.n was the response.
as not that too steepP" was the next
question. and the G. replied: ''Yes,
marin, that's what they do with it,
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Previous Question. Clara,
] love but thee alone. Indeed l speak
the truth" He epaused-tho blush DER
spread her check. She let him draw
her near; scarce for emotion could she
speak. Yet still she asked, in accents
meek: "How much have you a yearP"
m Y. Ledger.
Mr.. Waldo "a guest Of Mrs. Wa
bash, of Chicago)-"That is n very odd
looking table-knife, Mrs. Wabash; sill
yer, is it notP" Mrs. Wabash-"Ycs,
i: has been in the family a great many
years, and prize it very highly as an
heirloom. l only use it to eat pie
with. "-7erds SyhngS.
--"Zedekiah' saw you coming out
OF that saloon on the corner this after
noon' SAID a woman to her husband.
She spoke with chilling severity, but
Zedekiah rallied, and exclaimed, with
an air OF innocent surprise; ''Well, my
dear, you wouldn't have your husband
staying IN saloon all day, would
your y Ledger.
do you intend to try housekeep-
ingP" asked one travelling man of an
other as they were discussing their
plans. 80, yes. will try il. We've,
got the place. and there are only fif-
teen or twenty payments due and a
couple OF outside mortgages on it, but
we shall nevertheless do our best to
keep the house. "--herchdnt 1daveler.
The Dignity of Art; He-"Are you
doing any painting now, Miss Glaize?"