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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15
A WONDERFUL FREAK.
She Couldn't Marry Him. But Was Ahl'
to Say Something Nice.

She Couldn't Marry Him. but Was Able
to Say Something Nice.
Penelope, can't you say something
to soften the blowP' implored the
young man.
20, Philip, Philip! What can l sayP
1t is all over between us"
That doesn't soften it any," re-
Joined Philip; that's what you said
before"
And the unhappy youth looked
mournfully at Il ten-dollar volume of
poems he had presented her few
months before, and heaved sigh so
deep, so profound that it made his
shoes perceptibly tighter.
Penelope" he continued, "when a
young man builds up all his hopes on
the promise OF II young woman, and
that young woman deliberately goes
back on that promise, ii knocks tho
props, as it were, out from under his
hopes, aud they come down, kerwash!
You may have II perception some time,
Penelope he added, with increasing
gloom, "of the feelings OF human
being standing by wreck of this
kind, and looking at the debris o! his
own happiness.
II couldn't help it, Philip she re-
piled. II have become satisfied that
we were not made for each other. We
should not be happy together. We"
as il because | am mugwumpP"
he demanded.
mo. Philip. it is not that. l think,
with proper nursing, you would re-
cover from that in time. Neither have
any objection TO your personal APP
pearaace. your position in society, your
habits"
MY habitsr' he calculated. 81 hope
not Penelope Witherspoon, | never
in my life took n drink of any thing in
toxicating, never chewel tobacco,
never smoked a cigar, never went to a
circus, and never was in a ballroom.
/ don't drink tea or coffee, eat peanuts,
chew gum, read novels, swear, gam
bic, lie, use snuff, play checkers, sit up
late at night, go to theaters, eat be-
tween meals, nor read Amelie Rives.
! never kissed young woman in my
life"
80 far as my experience goes, as
sented Penelope, rctrospectively, Il
can certify that you have not, Philip"
she added. with "A plOw of tender wOm-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15
AN INTERESTING CASE.
A Curious Legal Question Recently ID
clded by mn English Court.

A Curious Legal Question Recently De-
elded by an English Court.
The children OF Marc Thomegay
have recently caused the record OF one
of the most curious legal complications
over known. Marc was workman of
Geneva, who came TO England in 1854
According TO his own account, as he
told il in a petition TO the council OF
Geneva some years afterward, lone of
the first ties he formed in England was
an attachment for Miss Martha Powis
whom he intended to marry as soon as
fortune would allow him TO do so."
Being unable to marry, they lived to-
gether for several years and had three
children. In l749, however, he mar
ried Elizabeth Woolhouse, and one
daughter was born to them. Eliza
beth Woodhouse died in l747, and in
1851 he finally married Martha Powis,
by whom he had three more chill.
dren. Two OF her children, born
before her marriage, returned to
Geneva and married there and IN Or
der to legitimize them Marc in IVA
appealed 10 the council. This, not be-
ing contrary to the law OF Switzerland,
was granted, and the children pro-
nounced legitimate. In 1856 a lady,
who was descended from Marc and his
wife Elizabeth, died intestate in En-
gland. possessed of Il large property,
aud to find her next kin 1t was neces-
sary TO go back to tho children OF
Martha Powis. Then came the issue
between the descendants OF the three
children born before wedloclS. but
legitimizea by the Geneva court and
the children born after wedlock, who
were legitimate unquestionably ac-
cording to English law. The English
law does not permit children to be
made legitimate by subsequent mar
riage, but It gives effect to the laws OF
other countries which hold the con-
trary The question was: or what
country was Marc citizen when he
married Martha Powis? The court
holds that he had become a citizen OF
England, and had never renounced his
allegiance, and it was decided that the
representatives of the first children
could receive no share OF the property.
N Y Sun
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15
Novelties in Jewelry.

A new vase is of silver with gold re-
lief work profusely decorated with
passion flowers. 1t makes handsome
center-piece.
A parrots head with ruby eyes
makes a. attractive brooch. The
feathers are in the new opalescent
finished gold and look very lifelike.
A dainty pin represents a feather
fan of eight fluffy plumes, each in a
different shade of gold. In the center
is flashing diamond.
A quiet but rich-looking charm has
in the center circular sardonyx in
taglio, mounted within frame OF gold
and platinum in alternate squares.
A human head of solid moonstone,
wearing high hat OF gold, and further
embellished with silver collar round
the neck, makes an odd scarf-pin.
A bracelet recently made to order is
faced with eighteen large opals. In
corners of the setting sparkle thirty
six diamonds. The combination is ef-
fective. .-Jeioelers' Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15
CULTURED FARMERS.
why They Are More Successful Than Their
Ignorant Ncighbors.

nN tneN are more III III hhth
Ignorant Ncighbors.
An educated farmer, used to reading
and study, thought, reasoning, and all
the mental culture by which knowledge
is gained, has clearer insight into
common things than one whose mind
has been uncultivated. We go into the
highly-cultivated corn field and see the
strong stalks, the deep-green leaves,
the great ears which load the plants,
and we then pass ON to the poor patch
in which the farmer has never put
hoe, and we see miserable, stunted
plants, yellow and diseased, hidden by
mass of pernicious weeds which take
all the nutriment there is in the soil.
Is not this plain picture of two men,
one whose mind has been enriched
by useful knowledge, while that of
the other has been left in ignorance?
The one is fruitful OF useful
thoughts, able to judge well of prac-
tical matters; to reach wise con-
clusions; TO curb evil tendencies, to use
self-restraint, and to reach the highest
aims in life, The other is barren Of
i'd ,as; believes all the common super
stitions Of the ignorant; guides his af-
affairs by impulse and not by judg-
ment, has blind belief in what he
thinks he knows, and scorn for all
knowledge gained from books and in
telligcnt study. And which of these
two men will make the better farmer.
We were recently in Southern To-
cality where the farming is the poor
est and the farmers as poor as their
work, where the wretched cabins for
the greater part had no windows, the
logs were unchinked, and the Gland
/ pike" hogs lay around the mud puddle
at the door. There was school-house
which was kept open fer few
weeks in the season when there
was no farm work doing. The
teacher of this school, who was little
above the average, had incidentally
remarked to her scholars in regard to
the recent eclipse of the moon that the
| elflu WAS TOuIu uhi iiONNu biOhhp
the sun and the moon moved around
the earth. For this incredible state
ment the teacher was discharged forth
with, with u caution not to teach such
nonsense as that any more, by the
barefooted, ragged director, who was
the Aeading authority upon all such
questions in the vicinity. This school
and its environs matched, and in all
cases, bad or good, the school and the
farming and the circumstances OF the
people match, for II is the well-culti-
waited mind that makes the good and
prosperous farmer, and where the
clean, neat school-house, the church.
the farmers club, the institute, the
agricultural journals and secular news
papers. and the public library are
found there will be found thriving,
prosperous community.--M y Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15
MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.


Living on a Joke for Two Years. Only to
:. Find 1t Was All Mistake.
"John, dearr'
"Well, Mag-what is it?"
81 don't believe you love me as you
used to do"
"Why notP"
"Oh, you don't say such rapturous
words aud do such crazy things"
Don't | kiss you every morning
when leave and every night when /
retuIn?n
"Yes. Just as you take your medicine
when you're sick-because you've got
to-"
What little goose of darling you
are, to be sure.n
"And don't believe you'd give mo
the same answer you did during our
courtship days--when / asked you
about Eve" .I. "a
"What was that?"
"Why, that Adam got a bonanza
when he got Eve"
'Oh, ! never said any such thing"
you did, John"
"You misunderstood me-"
mo, / did not you wretch"
"Now, Mag. I'll tell you"
"Whatpm
This is what l said. remember 1t
distinctly. 1t was a little joke of
mine.n
"Oh, it WASP Well, may be your love
for me was joke"
"Now, Mag.n
"Well, go on"
"You asked me what reply the Lord
companion"
"Yes, and you said He gave him
bonanza, and implied that l was your
bonanza. Oh, l am a poor deceived
wife"
"Now, Magl / said no such thing. 1
said, when Adam asked for a COM
panion, that
"The Lord gave him a bonanza.
mo, dear-you misunderstood me.
A woman can nevor see joke. l said
He gave him bone-answer."
"And Two been living on that miser-
able joke these two years past"
"Ha! hal ha!n
"0h, yes! laugh, you monsterl And
now | suppose you tell me that bone
answer and bonanza are not the
sameln j.
"0h, that's outside the limits of my
joke. A joke don't want to be covered
all over with frills and furbelows, like
a woman's gown"
"Oh, it doesn'tP"
mo, dear. A joke is masculine"
"Of course That's why 1t is brutal. "
Goodbye, dear. Here comes my
car" 81
Goodbye. Do you really love me,
JohnP"
Cant stop now. Tell you all about
it to-night"-N z. Farmer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15
But Yet an Orphan.


1t is only the professional beggar,
graduated after a severe course OF
training, who remembers his part on
all occasions. Mrs. Bancroft, an En-
glish lady, was guilty Of setting very
effective trap for little boy, who one
day came up to her in the street, whin-
ing.
"Please, mum, a 'alfpenny, mum.
So 'ungry, mum. Amt 'ad nothink to
cat since yesterday mornin' mum. Do.
mum. I'm poor horfun, mum.
"Poor boyl An orphanp"
"Yes, num-"
Dear me! where do your father
and mother livep"
''In Queen street, mumPn- Yohth's
Companions -r~---TrTJfa
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15
FULL OF FUN.

"a Iother lio nailed,n said the
clerk as he tackled up ''selling out at
cost" sign. -Terre Haate Erpress
The fraudulent old beau who dyes
his hair has no right TO be writing TO
any girl about his undying love. M
o. RcdyUne.
New Clerk-"These apples seem
TO be very small" Proprietor Crrita-
bly)-"Well, what do you expect when
you open the wrong end OF the barrelP"
--Boston Beacon. .
-Al-"lleartless girl, you refuse
me! | have 500 900 worth of diamonds
for you. Is there no silver lining to
my dark cloud?'n She-"Ycs, II you
put it in that light.n-Dstron Free
Press.
Enthusiastic Bride-'Oh. am so
happy with Fredl Love makes time
fly. Matter OF Fact Old Father-''And
when you have heen married as long
as have, you'll find thatatime makes
love n.y."
Minister (who has Just driven his
horse TO a wedding in ( country)-
"Cau hitch out her pective
Bridegroom-"Wal Sal
and the folks rath him
done In the hon -. '.i
is IL not .IY; q. }, as he
gazcd ut C. .'' Of Mag
ara, "th, ''f" ldgniticant
quantity O! 'gs'a-s Il ariscs from
that vast vols no = water should be
mist?"-Yt-DS, :, .iJ1
The word ''small-pox" fell to Tcm-
my to spell, but he loundcred hope
lessly. Tommy" said the teacher,
"do you know what n little boy who
fails on so simple word as smallpox
ought to getPn "Yes'm,n replied Tom
my, "he ought to get vaccinatcd. y
LIFE.
-"Young man." shouted her papa
over the banisters Mt about a. m,
''you seem TO take no note OF time!"
mo" replied the prosperous young
merchant in business-like tone,
'never for more than thirty days. "
And the old man returned quietly to
bed and dreamed OF his prospective
son-in-law and Doodle. -Neto Hduen
NeiCs.
Your honor" said n vagrant TO
the police Judge, 'it's a shame to i'm
pose that fine. belong to the refined
class, do" Refined ciass?' "Yes,
sir. Wasn't fined the last time I was
up hereP" "Yes" "And wasn't re-
fined this time?n The court included
sixty days In tho work-house in the
sentence. Merchant Traveller.
My dear boy" said a mother to
her son, as he handed round his plate
for more turkey, "this is the fourth
time you have been helped" II know,
mother" replied the boy, "but that
turkey peclxed mo once. and 1 want to
get square with him." lie got his
turkey. Francisco Wasp.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15

IA young man, q Protestant attend
ed Roman Catholic church for the
first time on recent Sunday at Bar
Harbor. When he was going out he
thought he saw the congregation drop
ping offerings into receptacle at the
side of the door, so when he reached
1t Le put forth his hand and deposited
a Quarter in the holy water font.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15

Goodbye. Do you really love me,
JohnP"
Cant stop now Tell you all about
1t tonight. IN Z. Farmer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15

"A story is told OF u young man
who was going West to open a jewelry
store. When asked what capital he
had, he repliedi "a orowbar."
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country thaR all other diseases put together and
until The last few years WAS supposed To be IN
durable. For great many years Doctors pro-
Eounced il Ii local disease, and prescribed local
medes, and by constantly failing TO cure with
local treatment pronounced 1t incurablc Science
has proven catarrh 10 be a constitutional dis
ease, and therefore requires constitutional treat
ment Halls Calarrh Cure, manufactured bv +.
J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio. is the only con-
stituiional cure on the market 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to g teaSpoonlul.
1t acs directly upon lhe blood and mucus sur
face OF the system. They ofFcr one hundred
dollars Tor any Case it tails to cure. Send Tor
circulars and testimonials. Address.
F. J. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo. O.
Il Sold by Druggists, .5c. June I'm
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04
Gen. L. A. PERRY,
Pensacola, Fla.
A SPECIAL APPEAL.

The Ladies Memorial Association of FredeI-
icksburg Virginia, respectfully Call your aiten-
ton 10 the fact that there lie buried in orr Con-
federate cemetery, 1900 southern soldiers from
the following states:
Maryland. Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina Georgia, FlorGa, Alabama, Nississipp;,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee.
The wooden posts with their names on them,
are rapidly decaying, and ii is necessary To re-
place them as soon possible Having no
means a. our disposal for this purpose, We are
compelled to ask tor aid, feeling that ap.
peal will not be IN vain.
Many of these graves, which we have lovingly
cared ior during 30 many years contain the dear
ones of southern homes, where their memories
are still cherished, and n throb of sympathy will
go out 10 us in our efforts To rescue their names
from oblivion. Mothers, widows, orphans, sis
tiers and comrades help us in our sacred work,
and we believe that before another year we will
have money enough 10 begin our work. II
SEINE responsible person in each city, Town and
village will offer TO receive contributions for this
cause, and will forward them 10 Chas. Wallace,
ESQ, President First National Bank, Fredericks-
burg, Va, we will be very grateful.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04
BLIGHT IN PEARS.

\ special from Th"masN'lie t" the "a
vannAh News ajye~ ,ht following inter
e>tng l.en> ahou, II, Zig TO the pear
crop in th2t ncghhorno"@:
Professor NJ Z " ira been making some
Ye.N Interesting tN}tr II Hf~ WIN ms powerful
mcrusr.. rs H. - Ouv curse and action OF the
blight II peers
Among these me Tie following: Taking a
small >tc'nn u u hlign,ei lwjs hr nrSt stepped
t thoroughly IN Il iitlc wafer, and then placed
one drop 81 HE fluid under he microscope. \
glance at the same revealed the presence OF
thousands ct minute bacteria which have the
property Of seii-propa cation with amazing ra-
piditv. l. is this vegetable pest that aoSOrbs
HE juice that saps the vital energies OF the pear
trees.
Again. he exhibited several half rotten young
pears, which had been simply pricked with the
point o: pin previously dipped into the above
named huid. The specimens were freshly
p'uckei and perfectly sound. In few hours
symptoms of decay manifested and decom
position rapidly ensues Fruit from the same
Dough simultaneously stuck with clean pins
were not affected in the least. This shows the
incubation power OF the virus OF the blight
The disease is extending To The ounce and crab
apple trees also, but the professor thinks it has
reached It's elimination and is beginning to de-
cline.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04
A SPECIAL APPEAL,
Florida's brave Dead I'm Old Vir.
.inia.

Sinia.
The following correspondence is selt-explana-
tory:
PENSACOLA, Fla, May %, 1889
To the Editor Of the FLORIDlAS.
| cheertully transmit 10 you the copy Of let
ter just received by me, that l may thus give
wider publicity to the appeal which it enclosed.
Very truly yours,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04
LETTER HEADS

Plain paper, linen, or assorted - OffS
and neatly printed, at FLoRip'-
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04

Shoe and Leather Reporter: What
this country really needs is less scram-
bling for office and more strawberries in
the shortcake.
-Mupsey's Weekly: No, Georgiana.
Because a dude sucks the head of his cane
IS 10 good reason for supposing that it is
sugar cane.
-Seedy Strarger-Sir, | have mis-
sion.
Fly TownSmar-Wcll, You've 90 a
good thing. Take it out into the glcam.
ing and sit down on il; Iou look weary
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04
nporEarti Physicians.


\ !
CnN>U~ DFF1It.
WA>H'NGr -. =. (. 1taY ! 1889
To Il, Ne ca psocs-sloH:'
lDv ys,iou> mea,caj Associations ABA tAe
rn.dic, tgr.,S,.ou w. i.s ela "a ieaIl ;h4t Or.
John 5. Billings Sarle,G l. 5. Amy, tAs con
senJed 10 take charge OF he Report on the No.-
tsllty and Vital Statistics o! he United States a
returned by the Eleventh. Census.
As The United 5 ares has no system of regis
traiion OF vital statistics, such Is relied upon
by other civilized nations Tor the purpose OF as
certaining the actual movement OF population.
our census affords the only opportunity OF ob
tanning near approximate estimate OF the
birth and death rates of much the larger part OF
The country. which is entirely unproyided with
any satisfactory system ct State and municipal
registration
In view of this, the Census Office during the
month of May this year, will issue to the med-
Cal profession throughout the country Phys-
clans Registers for the purpose Of Obtaining
more accurate returns OF deaths than it is posi-.
bic for the enumerators 10 make. 1t is earnestly
hoped that physicians in every part OF the coun-
try will cooperate with the Census Office in this
from June l. 1899 to May u, 1890 Nearly Sc
900 of these registration books were filled up
and returned TO the office IN $780, and nearly
all of them used :or statistical purposes Ii is
hoped that double this number will be blamed
for the Eleventh Census.
Physicians net receiving Registers can obtain
them by sending their names and addresses 70
the Census Office, and, with the Register, AZ
official envelope which requires no stamp will
be provided sor their return 10 Washington
Ii ali medical and surgical practitioners
throughout the country will lend Their aid the
mortality and vital statistics OF the Eleventh
Census will be more comprehensive and COM
plete than they have ever been. Every physi-
clan should take personal pride in having this
report as full and accurate as it is possible 10
make il.
Ii is hereby promised Nat all information OBJ
tanned through this source shall, be held strictly
confidential
D. Do,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04
Notice of incorporate

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN Ina
~ undersigned persons have forme S..;,ia n
for the purpose OF constructing, maiI's -. III
operating \ railroad, or tram roac .s ~, ~
Poinsett TO Rock Ledge and Cocoa, WIZ a u
Of extending TO City Point, about pslalsslI -
Indian River. through the towns OF hoeA - "a "
rairoad i" or ' tram 1q 2oad company so IS Ind
and Lake Poinsett Railway COMPANY II
road is to run from Lake Poinsett 70 n N
and Cocoa, with privilege OF extens'vS IN
Point, through Rock Ledge, Cocoa anu ~ s -
about parallel with the river, TO II In q
all in Brevard county, Fla The conpaJS s.
stock consists of one hundred snsIes rit1l4Fa
dred dollars each, $4,000 in all, VIII VII a%plsn
increasing stock to $50 shares st iW p,sm
The undersigned compose IFS nrss
rectOrs, this March 5th, 1889. ,,.cRCDq|
HIS s si PsoNI.
R.P. PADDu5ssS
March 10, lSS9-Sm E. rAHo]
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Notice Of Attachme-s

In the Circuit Court OF the Second y r,sda
cult in and Tor Liberty County, F'"S
John A. Graham VS.. James l. CAFES
To James L. Gates: ~
You are are hereby notified that =, srl ,s y
erty attached to satisfy the demand o. TO y
ham, in the sum OF twenty thousApu .hsll
(s2O, 2OO) dollars. Now unless y'Sa ,ed be-
plead or demur to the declaratiou Couf y
the office of the Clerk of the Circu 4s for
Second Judicial Circuit OF fi9l,uSs .y be-
county, at Bristol, on or before 1on nsnt sn
day of Septem Der, A. ID. 1877, luus s,r sold TO-
dered against you and your proper
said demand. ,.ryGLE i
+ E 8 s. WALKEssi;s , n
Plaintiff s'
May 29th, 1SS9-3m
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04

Daring The month of Nay twenty-five yes
sels entered The port of Fernandna and thirty
seven cleared, having total tonnage of Is. lG3
The total amount of lumber shipped was S,2i5,-
600 feet. O'her coasIwiSe shipments were Ma.
val stores. 30 barrels: logs cedar, ,943: cases
cedar. 2,114; vegetables 356 crats; cotton seed
oil, 264 barrels hardware, 100 packages old
railroad iron, 500 tons; oNS'rrS. 29e cases to-
baccO. 50 barrels; shingles, $3.50 barrels; mer-
CAsn,.isc 545 packages
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04

Office seekers are beginning to manifest
anxiety to know how long the tribe of
Benjamin will hold out.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04
FRFDER1CkSBrRG. Va Nav 25 1880

DEAR SIR:-Wil you kindly distribute the
enclosed appeal wherever it Will make it most
public in your State:
There are nearly fifty soldiers from Florida
buried in our cemetery aud If iheir friends and
relations each contribute mite towards pre-
serving their graves believe would succeed in
my sacred undertaking, for such il certainly is
TO me.
know all the States have been severely taxed
bu, we can all do something and our generation
is the one 70 90 IT, Ny address is
Mis- l. Y BARNEY
Fredericksburg, Va.
Gen r PrppY
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-04

We are doing more job work-in better style
and cheaper-than ever before II you want
job work neatly and promptly executed, at rea-
Sonable prices, come TO the
ELORIDIAS OFFICE.