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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-24
Railway VoIapuk.

To him who. in the love of nature,
holds communion with the railway
trains, she speaks in various Lam
guages. Sometimes she speaks through
tho conductor and says. briefly. "Tix,"
or Fare Sometimes tho train
butcher interprets for her and then
she talks of books that nobody reads,
and fruit that robody eats. and things
that nobody buys. Sometimes. again,
the brakeman interprets and then sho
voices her thoughts in weird. mys-
terious pathos, that sounds like some-
thing you never heard. and you learn,
when it is miles too late, that 'Kyor-
dltpnnnl Chair car fp Blroomhdr
meant "Carrolltonl Change cars for
Bradford!' Again. she employs the
hackman at the station, and he roars:
BUS forrup townl Going ritupl HackP
KavahackP kavahackP kavahackp Bus
for Thamerica Mouse! Merchant Sotell
This sway for the Planter Sousep' And
still again, the passengers hold con-
verse with you, and one man asks you
"Whyn't you gone to stop off at
EnverP' which you understand to
mean "Why are you not going to stop
off at Denvcrl" And yet another be-
gins his narrativo-"Devlell you bout
the time" etc. which by interpreta-
ton Is, did ever tell you, etc. Aud
SO The way of the traveller is Polyglot.
-Bardette. in Brootlyn Edg'e.
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MARRIED FOR WHIST.
Why an Old Lady Gave Fortune for n
uu,band.

u
uu,band.
a singular marriage, which can
hardly be classed under the head of
sentimental, took place in this city
not long ago The bride is over sew
enty years of age, and looks even
older while tho groom is a man of
forty, good looking in face and figure,
robust powerfullY-built fellow Of
Russian parcntagc. This anomalous
couple, having returned from their
brief honeymoon, arc now living
quietly at their handsome residence on
one Of the most fashionable avenues
of the city.
The marriage is undisguisedly one
of convenience on both sides, since
for some time previous to the ccre-
mony the old lady, a widow for many
years past, had openly declared
her desire to obtain a second matrl-
monial partner. giving as reason
that she desired to secure husband
with whom she could indulge her
fondneSs for whist playing. Aware
of the extent to which her weakness
for whist was carried, the old lady
offered in consid GRAFTON for the con-
slant service rcquircd-i. e., that
every evening should be wholly given
up to the gamc-to settle upon the
groom upon tho morning of the mar
riage tho large sum If one hundred
thousand dollars. For n timo the
gilded bait failed TO attract. Finally,
however. "Barkis" was found and,
truo TO her promise, the old lady had
legal document executed, by which,
her prospective husband became pos
sessed of one hundred thousand dol
lars. - Washington Letter.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-24
THE THIEVES MARKET.
How Burglars and others Get Rid of Their
Spoils in Russia,

How burglars and others Get Rid of Their
Spoils In Russia,
The most interesting shops in Russia
are In what is called tho thieves
market. whore you may be sure that
every thing you see is stolen property.
There is n law under which merchant
in the thieves quarter is permitted to
buy at his own risk from any one who
comes 10 sell. and after certain time
has been givon tho owner and the
police to recover his property, he may
expose the article for sale TO the pub
lie. The pawnshops are conducted by
tho government, and there all unre-
deemed pledges are sold at public
auction after n year and n day have
expired, but the purchaser is not al-
lowed to examine tho goods nor
purchase what ho wills. All articles
are put up in the order Of their num-
bers, like unclaimed packages at an
express Office, and II one wants to
bid on q particular article he must
wait till it is reached on the list In
tho thieves market. however there is
no pawning. Every thing is pure hased
outright or left by tho thief with the
merchant for salo on commission.
Usually thief who has an article to
sell is compelled to wait thirty days
before he receives his pay and, in the
meantime. the owner has tho right TO
recover by proving his property,
through the police, and paying the
merchant fec for his service. but
very shrewd means arc taken by the
jews that infest this quarter to evade
tho recovery of such articles. The
thieves with articles for sale are usu-
ally the servants of the hi CHER classes
who pilfer their masters and mistresses
of ornaments. clothing. china, books
and other articles which are not
missed till long after tho limit
of exemption from recovery. In these
shops the bric-a-brac hunter can find
mine of curios and jewelry that can
be purchased very cheap ! found
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MhThQn II sample eTrsatmentEHE
NuAI HnIiEtwe mail enough tof NEE
convince. b. s. LAUDKRBAcA 4 Co,
~ Broad-st., Newark, Nj.
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HiNDoo JEWELLERS.
How They Produce Exquisite Bangles OF
tho Choicest Designs.

How They Produce Exquisite Bangles OF
tho Choicest Designs.
One of my companions. having
made bargain with the smith, hand
ed him three English ilorins which ho
desired to have manufactured into one
bangle of the cho' ccst East Indian de-
sign and workmanship. The coolio
man heated the coins, cut them into
narrow pieces. of which he welded tho
ends together using hammer and
anvil, thus making bar of four or
five inches long. and rs Remember,
two or three lines in width and thick
ness. Covering ono end of this strip
of metal with damp clay, TO protect
his fingers from the heat, the bangle
maker stuck the silver into the dimin-
utive charcoal Ere, which ho sot aglow
by blowing through tube similar in
appearance TO a glass blowers pipe.
When the metal was at dull rcd heat
he beat it soundly, forging it round
and smooth 10 tho diameter of tele-
graph wire; them carefully bending it
in circle, joined the two ends, weld
ing thom together neatly and with
dispatch. This done. and tho
joint having bel covered with
rough mass of hot silver FASH
ioncd into ball of the size of small
cherry. the Hindoo held out the half,
finished trinket for our inspection and
approval. II, next smoothed and pol
ished the surface of tho ball by ham,
merng; then he gravcd and stamped
1t with various dies, cutting simple,
conventional patterns of irregular de-
sign. Next. having selected small
silver serpent from an assortment Of
ready-made devices and charms which
he kept in n cocoanut shell. he plunged
it into the fire and blew through his
blow-pipe until tho cobra became
blood red. Pinching tho reptiles tail
between bits Of moist clay, the Hindoo
drew it from the fire. and, before it
lost its angry hue, deftly cork-screwed
the emblem of Immortality around tho
wire of the bangle in four complete
coils, all tho time tapping the snake
here and there gently with his mallet,
in this way fastening 1t securely in its
place. Plunging the ornament into n
calabash of cocoanut oil. he waited till
the serpent ceased Kissing. and tho
Indian bracelet was then ready to DO
clasped on the wrist of whomsoover
the gallant gentleman had in his mind
when he found it in his heart to give
the order for it. -IHterior.
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china that had been stolen from the
Winter Palace. and other imperial resi-
dencos. aud was told that after an cn-
tertainmont the thieves quarter was
always full of it, the walters carrying
it away under their coats. We knew
1t was genuine by the marks and tho
pattern, for VIC had been through tho
china closets Of the palace the day be-
fore. All SORTS of clothing. hats,
boots, shoes, shirts. cravnts, dresses,
skirts. stockings and every conceiva-
bic article that enters into the use of
men and women can be purchased in
the thieves quarter. and the buyer need
ask no question. An article exposed
for sale there that has not beel stolen
is as rare as an honest dealer w e
Curtis, in ChicdgO AeUS.
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Quite at His Ease.

They had been promonading in the
moonlight for some time in silence.
'Do you smoke. Mr.. RusherP"
"oh, yesi I'm quite lover of tho
weed"
Then don't hesitate ON my account
to light cigar"
"Ihanks, l won't; / feel just as II |
were aloner' Detroit Free Press.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-24

"A Nashville lady sent Luxurious
easy-chair back 10 the factory three
times to have the scat made "a little
softer,' then "a little harder" and so
oil. Finally it suited her exactly and
she paid for 1t. The chair seat had
not been touched. That is the way
our mothers fooled our fathers when
their shirts didn't fit
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-24

DE- Freund of Vienna, has como
to tho conclusion that the cause Of
cancer Is an excess of sugar in the
blood, and he proposes 30 cure tho
disease by reducing tho quantity
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-24

1t is estimated that the Pope's
Jubilee gifts foot up to at least S15,
900, 900 worth of all sorts of valuablos.
including wines and tobacco.
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27
HERE AND THERE.

The yellow fever epidemic in Jack
sonville, Fla, will suspend for the
present all business of the State Alli-
ance Exchange, or cause its removal
to some other city for few months at
least.
Tho california Cacbler suggests
that by sitting ordinary wood ashes
when taken from the stove, a good lot
of charcoal and burnt bone can be OBJ
tanned, which is relished by the fowls
and is of much benefit to them.
Tho watermelon growers of the
South, especially in South Georgia,
complain that railroad charges and
commissions have left them with hardly
any profit for the labor, and a conycn-
ton is to be held at Thomasvillc, Ga,
to consult as to the future.
The Supreme Court of Georgia has
decided that the obstruction of u pri-
vatc way is a private nuisance, for the
abatement of which the magistracy OF
the district has Jurisdiction, though
the ordinary may also have current
jurisdiction.
The Union Academy Grange in
Alabama has started out with an eye
to business having appointed a pur-
chasing agent for the members and
their families. BY thus purchasing to-
gether, in bulk, a large sum can be
saved to the Grange.
Colonel b. G.. Swanson, Of La
Grange, Ga, had a calf recently born
on his farm with five legs, the fifth,
however, only useful as a steering ma
chine. It comes from between the
shoulders, and is a perfectly formed
lee. The calf is fully developed and
doing well.
1t is claimed that carbOlic acid is
an indispensable agent in the poultry
house for cleanliness and ridding it OF
vormin. A pint of the crude can be
had for fifty cents. One ounce in a
gallon of water, and sprinkled with a
broom all over the house and fur
nishing once month, is sutfici ent'
Fanny Field says the chest time
to sell poultry and eggs is when they
are ready to sell, Watch the market
reports and catch the highest prices
Promptness in having your products
ready. and knowing just where to sell
70 the best advantage, is the "secret
of success" on the part Of the thrifty
farmer.
One strong colony, says the Aner'
tca,s AqricultutSt, of Wenham, Mass,
contains a sufficient number of bees tC
form several new ones; that is, pro-
vided queens, foundation and plenty
of sugar (or natural forage) are used.
No one should think Of making this
operation a success without these
three important factors.
Many touching aid tender tributes
have been paid by Northern and West
ern Oranges and Grange journals to
the Iamentcd Put Darden, Of Missis-
sipi. which shows how his patriotic
fidelitg to the National Grange won
for him a warm place in the hearts OF
those who in war were his deadly enc
mics but in peace his firm friends
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27
Words of Cheer.

Hon. Daniel bennett, of Brookhayen,
Miss, agricultural editor of the New
Orleans PicGyune, is not only prac-
tical farmer, but very close observer
and careful adviser. What he says
about Mississippi is equally applicable
TO other States where truck-farmlng
and fruit-growing are made prominent
He says: 1t is an admitted fact that the
Crystal Springs and Copiah County
hOrticulturists have been complaining
for eight or ten years; sometimes
about low prices, at other times short
crops, blight cracked and wormy
tomatoes. bad seasons, too wet or too
dry, greedy and sharp commission
merchants, high railroad charges, ETC.,
and yet they have been gradually max
ING money improving their places,
paying old store accounts and hv-
ing better than ever before, and
the merchants are doing better,
have more money, better credit, gain
ing more and more every year. and
the whole country shows thrift and
hopefulness to a greater extent than at
any previous period since the war, un-
der the "all cotton" craze.
Besides this, horticulture has infused
a new energy into the farmers OF
Copiah County and elsewhere, "a new
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27
ESSAY ON BULLHEADS.
Description of sport That Has Peculiar
Charms for Lazy Men.

Description of sport That Has Peculiar
Charms for Lazy Men.
BullhCads are born, not made. No
manufacturer would ever place on the
market such u ridiculous combination
Of big and little tip, three horns and
no middle They deserve no favor at
the hands of crcdulous public. They
have no responsibility. They are in
tolcrably indolcnt. They won't work
for living. They just shove thcm-
selves under the eel grass, gapc their
mouths and wait and loaf, If a snail
crawls in, that is his i'll fortune. The
bullhead doesn't care much, anyhow.
1t takes lazincss to catch bullhcads.
Patience won't do it, The successful
bullhcader is slower than doctors
bill, and as undesirable. He is either
too lean to stand up, or too fat to walk.
His stomach hollOws so far in toward
his spine that he can't tell the differ
encc between hunger and the back
ache. He INDUCES in plug tobacco.
He will sit all day on the tip OF q
dccayed hemlock knot and fish, He
waits Happiness spreads Il dreamy
mantle over him.
A bullhead bite is not an impressive
event. 1t is not an emotional affair 1t
feels like thump on the back. 1t is
something like one jump out of dull
toothachc. 1t is not SO expressive,
however. Sometimes they don't bite
at all. They let the bait drop into
their mouth, if it chooses. Mouth
closes. Bullhead rubs his stomach
on the mud and waits. Fisherman
waits, the bullhead waits longer. Fish
crman waits for the ''bob'' to go under.
Bullhead waits for fisherman to come
down and get him. Fisherman waits
for bullhead to come up and see what
has become of him. Finally he pulls
up his line to look at his worm. Line
sticks at the end. Bullhead is in no
hurry. Neither is the fisherman. More
pull Still sticks. Lug, pull, slow,
lazy, always lazy; lazy at both ends.
Six bullheads are a good days wOrk
for practical fisherman. More than
that spOils the rhythm. Theoretical
fellows have alleged that they have
taken more than that, They have
described their game as ''old lunkers. "
They are ambitious creatures, in the
spring-time of life. They carried their
bait in their hip-pOcket, cOrked. They
are not credible witnesses. They ex-
aggerate.
Now, skin the catch. StraddIe a
plank by lantern light. Skin, smoke,
cuff "skeeters," smell fshy. Six
inches of bullhead yield two and one
third inches of skinned bull tail.
Fried and served up hot they taste
ike swamp malaria burnt INFO decayed
chip.-Puck.
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27
Thelr Only Medlclne CheNt.

DEERLODGE, MONTANA, Dec 1G, 1885.
] have been using BRANDRETH's PILLS
for the last thirteen years, and though l
have had nine children, | have never had a
doctor in the house, except three times,
when we had an epidemic Of scarlet fever,
which we soon banshcd by a vigorous use
of BRANDRETH's PILLS. | have used them
for myself, two or three Il night for a
month, for liver complaint. dyspepsia and
constipation. In diarrhGar cramps, WIND
collie, Indigestion, one or two BRANDRETH
PILLS fixed the children at once. A box OF
Pills is all the medicine chest we require
IN the house. WeusC them forrheumatlsm,
colds, catarrh, biliousness and impure
blood. They never have failed to cure all the
above complaints in a very few days.
WILLIAM w. b. MILLER.
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27
important to Renters

Chief-Justico Bleckley, of the Su-
preme Court of Georgia, recently rem
dered the following decision, which
will provo Of great interest to renters
of farming lands:
/. Proof that a crop scizod under q
distress warrant was on the rented
premises when the levy was made IS
equivalent to proof that it was then in
the tenants possession.
2. Under the Act of September II,
1888, a special lien for rent arises in
favor of the tran8feree of u rent note
when the crop natures if the transfer
was made in writing before such ma
turitv. 1t makes no difference that the
transfer was as collateral (the note be-
ing negotiable), as the transfer for
that purpose passes the legal title.
3. A crop produced on any part OF
the rented premises is liable for the
whole rent of the entire premises, and
whether produced by the tenant or his
sub-tcnant, unless the landlord as
sented to the sub-lctting or ratified it
whilst owner of the rent contract, OF
the transfcrce of the contract did sc
after acquiring his title.
4. The note in this case, properly
construed, was Il contract for the pay
ment of rent only, though as printed il
was adapted for use to cover advances
on account also.
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27

and almost Unsuitable thirst for horti'
cultural and agricultural knowledge,
and they have become Il wide-awake
people, with more thorough practical
knowledge of trucl-farming, pOmol-
ogy and agriculture generally than
any people above or below them in the
two States. But how much of this
great-reform and Improvement should
be credited to horticulture and how
much to prohibition it is hard to de-
eide, but these twin-sisters, working
hand-in-hand, have regcnerated and
saved the country around Crystal
Springs,
These people do not give up truck
farming on account Of disasters like
those of 1888. Many of them have
made money this year. They are learn
ing how to run this new machine. They
find that knowledge of the soil, Of fer
tilizcrs, seeds, planting, cultivation,
marketing, etc, are all important in
this business, and prOmptnesS, energy
untiring industry, foresight and sound
Judgment are all needed to secure sue
cess and avert disasters, The new
hedged horticulturiSts below Crystal
Springs must not become discouraged
because they can not fly in PIN
feathers, without strength, skill or
wings. Be patient, and pinfcathcrs
will develop, and wings, and skill, and
strength will enable them to soar
perhaps -Djrie Farmer.
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27
COMMERCIAL CLIPPINGS.

CANrALoUPEs are sOM by the pound II
Salem, Mass,
TEprE-rouRTus Of EDgland's export OF tin
plate comes to America,
Ir is estimated that the coal output TINS
year will exceed &G0O0O0O tons.
CmcAGo annually distributes more fruit
than any other city in the world.
THERE are about 1900 Photographic cs-
tablishmeuts in this country, employing 40
0OOpeoplo,
Or the 100000 francs worth of china
made last year at Limoges, onc-half came
to America
Iris estimated than $4,000 mocling-blrds
are caught monthly in the immediate vicinity
of New Orleans.
IN order to popularizc thciro wares the
German champagne makers are said to put
German labels on French wine.
TIE United States imports annuallya about
$4,000 pounds Of vanilla beans, valued at
100000, Nearly all Of it comes from Mexico
and France.
ABOUT 5000 Southern Watcrmelons are
sold in New York every day during the
season. Most of them come from Georgia
and Florida.
THE largest market for the purchase and
sale of mules is st. Louis, where the trade
reaches $6OO0,O0O. Atlanta comes next with
a trade Of s., 100000
THERE are 100000 retail tobacco dealers
in the United States and 100000 workers in
tcrcsted in the manufacture of smoking
and chewing tobacco.
ONE of the largest shoe contracts mado is
that of a firm in Bangor, Me, who have en-
gagged to make 100000 pairs of WgWam slip
pers within a year, for which ttNv are to re-
cCiye $T40OO
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27

Is PRICKLY ASH BITTERs good for any.
thingf Read what Frank GriggsbY, OF
Dodge City, Kas., says; For three years l
suffered from a disease that my physician
pronounced incurable. Ny friends hau
given me up to die, when l was induced to
try your remedy. took it for three months
and have gained 80 pounds in weight. Am
well man and Prickly Ash Bitters saved
my life am under lifelong obligations to
this medicine, and will never cease to rec
ommond itn
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27
KISSING THE. FAIR.
Day when Men Were Not Hashful in Oscu-
la.ory Gare'1cS.

Day When Men Were Noi HaHhtul in Oscu-
latory Care3Scs'
The communion of cOn~cDial souls
by osculation is one OF those ancient
customs which never grow Old. As to
its Invention, it is certain that Nature
was its author, and it began with the
first courtshtp. There is an old rhyme
which says:
But some reply what fool would daunce
II that when dauncc is donnc
He may not have a lady lips
That which in daunce he wonE
It almost makes one wish he lived
during certain period described by
Hone in his queer old "Table Book, "
when in Ireland they had "kissing
bees" on Easter Monday, on which oc-
casion it was the duty of each female
to receive at least Il dozen hearty
kisses" This was what might be
termed promiscuouS OSCILLATION, and 1t
is probable that these ceremonies were
extensively patronized by Eye ancient
maiden ladies' of the day.
There was a time when kissing the
bride in church gave rise to some ridlc-
ulous scenes. As it was considered a
high honor to kiss her first, there was
Il great rush after the ceremony, and
the "fair damscl" was often carried
out in a swoon. In the "Collior'S
WeddinUn we are shown how
Four rustic fellows wait the while
To kiss the bride at the church stile.
Time and again genius has been re-
wardcd with kisses, The cheering
pit which commissioned the Voluptu-
Gus DuchcsSc de Villar to kiss Noltaire
during successful performance OF
"Meropo' did not impose a severe
talk on the fair lady, nor was the kiss
ungrcefuIly received The Duchess
of DcvOnshiro offered to kiss all those
who voted for her favoritc Fox when
he was in the hot contest for WeStmln"
ster, and on a par with this cnthuSl'
astic action was that of Lady Gordon
at one of the Scotch uprising5 in be-
half of Prince Charlie. She turn 3d
recruiting sergeant and offered as
bounty a shilling to be taken from
between chcrry-ripe lips by the mouth
of the recruit.
One would suppose that kissing would
obtain in Iceland, as the act is Sald to
give warmth to the blood; but not so.
A man who osculates an unmarried
female against her will notc the line,
reador) renders himself liable; and
oven if he has obtained the lady S
sanction her cruel guardian can demand
legal reparatiOn.
Who does not remember the story of
the jolly vicar who, when he had OBJ
taincd the long-sought kiss, wanted an
Other and another and when he had
taken a score, would eXclaim:
Now TO my twenty add hundred morc
A thousand to that hundreds so kiss on
To make that thousand up million;
Treble that million, and, when that's done,
Let's kiss afrcsh as when we first begun.
We might proceed W infinjtUm with
this congcnial subject, but as kisses
upon papcEarc "but hollow mock
cry we decline. As bluff King
Hal said to Anne Bolcyn:
Sweetheart,
were unmanncry to take you out
AndnOt to kiss you.
Notes and queries,
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27
Yeritnhlo Gardens of Eden

Are some of those fertile and picturesque
regions Of the south and southwest where
malaria Is most prevalent. nttCr's
Stomach Btters is the true spC, i pre-
ventivo and renders aresidcnco in malaria
stricken localities safo to those who use it
as a safeguard. Disorders of tho stomach,
liver, bowels and kidneys arc checked and
removed byit.