Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

There are now in use on American
railroads go. Ais locomotives, 1925
passenger coaches, G,325 baggage cars
845, ,9l4 freight cars. Their value is cs
timated at 800, 600, 900.
81 have a girl" says Jerseyman
'tbats so modest she wouldn't even
learn improper fractions in school,
my girl is more modest than that,
retorted another, "she always goes into
the next room to change her mind"
Aunt Minerva to fashionable niece
-'Do you expect TO do anything in the
direction of charity this winter, ClaraP'
Miss Clara, blightly-"0, yes, aunty,
| am already planning my costume fol
the Charity all."-Epoch.
MIR. Palnttc-"Will you allow me tc
paint that picturesque Old building back
of your house2" Mr.. Waybac&-''No,
l reckon l won't 90 to that expense
but wouldn't mind a coat of white
wash, mister. il We din't tax me toe
much for it. Golden Days.
The strength of shafts OF bars OF
iron is, for bending and twisting
strains, rs the cubes of their diameter.
Thus, two-inch shaft is eight times as
strong rs one inch shaft, while a
three inch shaft is twenty-sevon times
as strong.
The force Of habit Is always strong.
A Baltimore young man who was call.
ing on n street car conductors daugh-
ter says that the father wandered in al
n rather late hour; and, opening the
door, mechanically exclaimed: "Sit
close, please. Baltimore american.
Washington Sunday-school- Teach.
or Ito little giti} -..Nsw, Angcline,
can you tell me what it means TO return
good for eviP' Angelinc Brooks
"Well, miss, i don't exactly know dc
's''.''-. i.., ,ink il mean ef any one
sasscs YER uoan't yor Js.ss i-.,. ;,
HdrDcrS Bdzdr.
"A company of GATORS were cracking
jokes the other day when one of them
startled the rest by asking: "Did you
ever see bun dance on the tablet"
After struggling awhile they said they
hoped they always would be able to sec
such a thing-especially when hungry.
7-SG Afbd'lS (PL) Messenger
AT the reception. Vawze
from Bawstine)-"Which do you like
the better, Mr.. Miller winter springP"
Mr.. Miller drom Minneapolis)-''Well,
good hard No. spring grinds pretty
well, and there's the most money in it;
but after all, give me the regular old
fashioned winter wheat that ain
growed any, and I'll guarantee you the
best Hour every time! '--Pack,
An exchange says that folded
newspaper placed under the coat IN the
sm"h OF 'he BACK Is m excellent substi-
'u'e LOT IN overco"' lhere Is consid-
eraDie warmth IN newspaper, that a
,"c'. many y ma" mas become heated
W sinlpiy rc"uins au ar''c'e III u news
P"Per' anu ~ suon 'i',es ne wants 10
make II NOT lor the euitor' too'-NoT-
''S'oD" heTala'
Among the fowls OF tho air" are
threc' the eagle swan ana raven, which
i've TO the age oi loo years or more.
Inc paroquet and heron attain the
Soouly age OF sixty years. The spar
IoW-naWh' uurH anu pe'ican may iiVe
" w lo,',, WINE ic .lo Pe"cocA anu nm
''cl Ie'''h @ 'ne quarter century, ana the
canary twehty-iour years - boSto"
D""ye"
ANY device That VIII make the cars
comiort"oie ana DO away with the
ehahees Oh hre IN case OF accident Will
satisfy inc puoiici the railways nave
ohiy 10 cohsluer the question OF elt-
cheney ana economy IL Is even credible
that a temperature below the sitting
ne'sn' usu'ny ro'cncu oy the stoves
V, Moui" ~ -. ."soiui ~ ~ s'e"' iHa"y tray
eieis -DoS'o" o'''
In 1901 Z'oo"zol acres OF land IN
DlNo'a were newly ,l'ea ON l'ooo'oE
acres were acquired Dy maj PROOF ana
cas-" en'ry, "U' 800 acres were pur-
c"aseu py i"nu SCRIP mere was large
illil'isrrsio'i lnvo tnc DeVl's Lake as
tiio' Ahe are" VI unssurEeyeo ianu
Inhou up DuV no. iileu on uilrlng tne
,o'a, ' " :" W "'o'' AV0'000
nv, ,,
o sn'P m"o,u'ny' launcneu
I, ,uii wv yonls "so ~ nai'i'nore' mas
oo," ~ 'oe, " Do''o" Pa.'ies @ as coa'
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