Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-16
MISCELLANEOUS.


AN English engineer proposes by
means of electricity to condense the
solid part of smoke, and send the solid
iiiod portion back to the furnace.
Mrs Mary Coy. Of Covode, Pa.
during the twelve months last past
wove 1, ,759 yards of carpeting and $40
yards of cloth with an ordinary hand
loom.
"A bit of soft paper is recommended
by an English doctor for dropping
medicine into the eve as being equally
effective as brushes, glass droppers,
etc, and far less likely to introduce
foreign substances. ,...-t t,,,- q
You may be one Of the heirs to a
vast estate in Europe, but II you have
reason to suspect that such is the case
keep still about it. If you admit 1t
you'll be taken for either crank or a
swindler Detroit Free Press.
"A tree that was cut down in the
Little Shookum Valley, near Whatcom,
w. T., yielded $4,000 feet of lumber,
which, at $3.50 per thousand. makes
the tree worth 1862. The Whatcom
ReUeille says that the timber lands in
the county will average ten such trees
to an acre.
While using stove backing on her
kitchen range the other day. Mrs. Mar
garet Twibell. of Montpelier, Ind, got
small quantity of the polish in cut
on her hand. Blood poisoning ensued,
the hand swelled to great size, and it
is thought that II will be necessary to
amputate 1t.
willie Walters" said the teacher,
whic is the shortest day in the yearp"
"Twenly-first Of December" replied
Willie, who was correct as far ms the
writer knows. "And Tommy Turf may
tell US which is the longest day, said
1no ts.si,s-. induiRonLly. .Suuday,n
shouted Tommy. y.--finstaaesf,n.s. s...-.s-.s.
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"A drunken laborer named John
Davies, at Dowlais, Eng, on his way
home lay down beside the railroSd
track so close to the rails that train
coming along, the engine ran over and
cut off the heel Of his boot When the
train stopped and backed up the man
was still asleep and was indignant at
being made to get up and go home. =
"A cat in 2. Pearson's feed store at
Burlington, Kan, attacked its master
the other day and bit him severely in
a.. L., H. 49,, ,,,t fn,. asuistanca and
brought back two men, who charged
the enraged animal, but were routed
and driven out after being badly bitten.
The cat held the premises until the
marshal camo along with his revolver
and shot it.
"A New York clergyman, who went
to preach in ncighboring city, aston
ished the congregation by saying: 81
must take the first train home, after tn o
Service. as have wife and three chill
dren there. and have never seen one of
them" The people were greatly relieved
on learning that the lone" that the
clergyman had never seen had been born
since he left home the day before. =
~ Y. Ledger.
Carefully prepared statistics show
that there are 100000 criminals in this
country, only $4,000 of whom are
incarcerated OF the 100000 it is
estimated that one-third are under
twenty years of age, one-half under
twenty-one years of age, and fraction
under twenty-five years of age, and
the chances are that all of them will
continue criminals through the rest of
their lives.
Blacksmith Miller, of Louisville,
was shoeing mule the other day, and
drove nail through the hoof so that
the point projected an inch and half.
He was about TO twist off the nail and
clinch it, when the mule gave his hoof
tremendous jerk and the nail caught
AIiller's arm and completely severed
the muscles and arteries of the left fore
arm. Miller's life was saved with
difficulty.
Tomato Mustard: Four tablespoon
fuls of salt, two tablespoonfuls of black
pepper. one.half tablespoonful allspice,
three tablespoonfuls flour Of mustard,
one tablespoonful cloves, six pods red
pepper, one gallon skinned tomatoes, or
four cans of canned tomatoes, four
chopped onions, one quart vinegar. Boil
the mixture thirty minutes, then strain
through sieve and bottle. Good
Cheer.
Cheese cloth makes the best dust
ers. A wide-meshed kind is sold for
the purpose--five cents yard-and is
as soft as silk. You want duster TO
hold the dust not merely to push II of
into the air of the room. Shake it
from an open window after using.
Dust the walls and ceilings Of rooms
with square of Canton flannel, nap
outside, tied around the mop of a long
handled window brush. - Chicago Jour
nal
Notwithstanding the winter is up
on us north here, rattlesnake stories
continue to come in from the sunny
south. These serpents are very abund-
ant this year near Waukecnah, Fla.
The other day one was discovered carry
ing off half-grown turkey. Two dogs
were ''set on it. 1t struck both be-
fore it was killed, and both died. The
turkey was released unharmed, which
shows that tho rattlers do not poison
their own food. This particular snake
was six feet seven inches long and had
fifteen rattles.
The Railroad Gazette says that the
mechanical construction of the bicycle
is well worth study, The requisite
amount of strength is probably OBJ
tanned with smaller proportion OF
weight than in any other machine, and,
considering the trying nature of the
strains, fair amount of durability is
obtained. The price per pound, how
ever (about S3), ofthe best and lightcst
machines is considerably in excess of
II.