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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
PENSIONS AND SUSPENSIONS.
Statistics of the Pension Bureaus
Work the Past Year.

Washington, Oct. l0.-The Speaker
laid before the House today a communi-
cation from Secretary Smith, replying to
House resolution requesting informa-
ton as to the number ofinvalid pensions
granted during the year ending Septem-
Der /, 1893, the number Of claims reject
ed and the number suspended. The in
formation submitted is compiled by Com
missioner Lochren, and shows that the
number OF invalid pensions granted dur
ing the period was 1924, of which 46,
O57 were under the act of l890,and 9,lS7
under the general law. The number Of
like claims rejected during this period
was 81, 1902 4S,343 of them being under
the act OF June, 1890, and $3.50 being
under the general law.
The number Of claims OF this class sus.
pended during the same time wss 1887
OF which 1922 were under the act Of
1890, and 1850 under the general laws
Those under the general law were sus.
pended during the whole period, and
those under the act Of 1890 were sus-
pended in the months Of May, June
July and August, 1893.
In conclusion Mr.. Lochran says that
it is proper to add that, pursuant TO the
act OF March /, 1893, the pensions Of 81
$50 persons who are residing outside Of
the jurisdiction Of the United States
have been suspended since the first q
July, 1893. OF the lo9S2 cases suspend.
ed under the act OF June "a, 1890, pay
ment has been resumed in 6,O72 cases Ia
October 7, 1893.
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Roll of Honor.
HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Third Year-Forest Norman, Nellie
Simons.
Second Year-Olivia Fallon, Mary
Ryan. ...'I
First Year-Marion Bowmer, Ernest
Boyd, friedrich D'Huy, Wallie Lishen,
Willie Mullen, Ladosca May, Anil
0elze, Austin Popham, Pearl Perrigo,
Herbert Riedel, Rosa Ryan, Albert Sol,
brig, Maggie Skillman, Jessie Willis,
James Witt.
GRAMMER DEPARTMENT.
Sixth Grade-Anna Hambleton, Jane
Hambleton, Eddie Montgomery. Robert
Witt, Ernest Popham.
Fifth Grade-Ella ALL, Shelby Conrad,
Joe Fallon, Walter Graham, Jennie Lon
don, Ella Popham, Lillian Sippel, Moor
man Willis.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
Fourth Grade-Ida Hampton, Ruth
Haynes, Nora Perigo, Anna Lillard,
Oracle Plank, Muriel Gregory, Carl
Lishen, Warfield Collins, Isadore Pop
ham, Charlie Zirkle.
Third Grade-Charlie Laf1eist, Dora
Berry, Willie Ali, George Windelken,
David Murray, John Newton.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Second Grade Warren Hicks, Carlton
Gregory, John London, Bessie Long,
Maggie Wroe.
First Grade-Everett Zirkle, George
Downs, Philip Downs, Leonard Gregory,
Arthur Gregory, Jim Hicks, Willie Long,
Benjamin O'Brien, Effie McMannaway,
Belle McMannaway.
J. ii. LOGAN, Supt.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
At Chatamauga.

Capt. Sam X. Cox returned Saturday
from Chicamauga, the scene of the
bloodiest battle of the late war, where
he went under commission from Gov
ernor Brown to aid in locating the exact
position held by each of the commands
OF the armies on the two bloody days OF
the memorable battle.
The other Commissioners from this
State were: Capt. Wallace Herr, Of
Greensboro, Col. j. H. Weller, A. T. Pull
len, Maj. ], S. Clarke, Judge John s.
Tuttle and Col. r. NJ. Kelley.
The various spots of interest on the
battlefield are being marked and mon
uments are being erected to the heroe
OF both armies who fell there. The ex-
act spot where Gen. Ben Hardin Helm
was killed was located by the Commits
sioners and will be marked by suitable
monument.
The battlefield has been made q
National park and is in charge Of a COM
mission composed OF commissioned
officer from the United States Army, q
Confederate volunteer soldier and sol
der from the ranks Of the Federal volun-
teers.
Capt. Cox speaks in the highest terms
OF the progress Of the work of beautify'
ing the historic field, and he predicts
that when the plans Of the commission
have been carried out it will be one o.
the most beautiful and attractive spots
in the South. About three hundred
men are engaged constantly in improv
ing and identifying the grounds. Hart
ford Herald.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18

of wild fruit in the woods, and along
the shore he found oysters in plenty.
One OF the sailors, probably mistrusting
the captains Intentions, had secretly
furnished the boy with a sheath-knife,
some matches, a fish-line and handful
of salt
1t was about 10 o'clock in the forenoon
when Luke was left ashore. Before
night he had satisfied his hunger for the
first time in weeks, and built himself a
shelter. That was his introduction to a
Crusoe life which lasted till the 18th Of
October. During the six months no one
landed at the island and he saw no sail
within three of four miles. His bill of
fare consisted of fruits, berries, roots,
oysters, fish and wild onions. He caught
several turtles, but not knowing how to
prepare them he could not use them.
Now and then to vary his diet, he killed
bird, but the only species he could lay
hold OF were rather rank in taste.
The Sth day OF August was memoir
able day to Luke Smith. A heavy sea
had been beating on the west side OF the
island for two days previous, and the
tides had also been unusually higher
along the western shore, just at average
high-water mark, was continuous bluff
five or six feet high. As Luke walked
along the beach on the forenoon Of the
8th, with the tide out, he noticed that
this bluff had been badly cut into in
places. At one spot a great tree had
been up-rooted and carried off by the
waves, and as the boy looked into the
hole thus left he saw what appeared 10
be wooden box about sixteen inches
square. II took all his strength to lift it
out on the sands, and searching about
he soon discovered four more just like it.
They were iron-bound cedar boxes, and
they were full of gold and silver coins,
and had been buried there for twenty
years or more.
The money was nearly all Spanish,
and counted up about $1,000 to the box.
Who buried it will never be known, but
there are those who connect it with
Cuban filibustering expedition OF years
ago.
Luke Smith was taken off the island
by a revenue cutter on the date l have
named, and Of course his money went
with him. Had it been almost any other
craft he would probably have been rob-
bed OF goodly portion. The captain of
the cutter not only landed him at Pensa-
cola, but stood by him until the courts
appointed a legal guardian.
Luke was at once sent to school, and
in due time TO college, and to-day he is
one of the brightest lawyersin Louisville
The captain who left him on Doubloon
Island, as it is now called, expecting
him to die of starvation, heard of the
treasure find as did hundreds OF others,
and it was said he never got over being
mad to his dying day.-Detroit Free
Press,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
LUKE SMITHS FORTUNE
How a Louisville Lawyer Got His
Start in Life.

If you look at your school maps you
will notice that the State OF Florida pro-
jects out into the ocean like great
thumb, and that off its southern limits,
in what is known as the Straits OF Flor
dia, there are dozen or more islands.
Some OF these are inhabited by fishermen
shell-gathers and turtle-catchers, and
some are not visited once year by any
body. Some OF the islands are only banks
of sand, with here and there shrub or
tree, while others are covered with lux
urant vegetation and are veritable gems
of the sea.
In the spring OF 1878 boy fourteen
years OF age, named Luke Smith, who
was an orphan and had lived several
years at Columbus, KY, managed to make
his way down to New Orleans on steam
boat. He was disappointed in finding
anything to do after his arrival, and for
two or three weeks lived by begging on
the streets. Being threatened with ar
rest for this, and being now as anxious
1 to leave the city as he had formerly been
to reach it, he hid himselfaway on board
Of small schooner loaded for Charles
ton. He did not discover himself to the
crew until he was near perishing with
hunger and thirst The schooner had
small crew and the boy could have been
OF use, but both the captain and mate
treated him in the most shameful man
ner. He was logged and cuffed until he
tried to Jump overheard TO escape his
prosecutors, and the food he got was
hardly enough to sustain life.
The only offense he had committed
was in hiding aboard, but the officers,
who were both hard drinkers, looked
upon this as crime punishable almost
with death. They would probably have
driven him to suicide but for the inter
ference of the crew, who threatened TO
report their conduct and their cruelties
az soon as they entered port. This made
them let up little, but it also set them
to planning. Learning that they might
get into the clutches of the law II they
Carried Luke to Charleston, where he
could make complaint, they determin-
ed TO maroon him.
A course was steeered for the cluster
OF islands mentioned, and on reaching
them the captain had himself and Luke
pulled ashore on pretense of seeing some
shell-gatherers.
The island that the captain had Sc
lected was about five miles from her
nearest neighbor, and entirely uninhab-
tied. 1t was only about mile across In
any direction, but fairly well wooded,
and contained fine spring Of fresh
water.
Shortly after getting into the wood,
out OF sight Of the sailors in the yawl,
the captain informed Luke that he was
TO be left there, and Threatened to kill
him II he attempted to regain the boat.
Luke was rather pleased than otherwise,
and the captain finally showed up on
the beach and reported the boy to have
run away from him and concealed him.
self. The boat was ordered to pull of
at once, and when Luke Smith crept
down TO the beach it was TO behold the
schooner three or four miles distant. I Q
first thing be did, as he afterwards told
me, was to hunt for fresh water. He not
only found the spring. but an abundance
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
put Money in Thy Purse. {"

How? Save doctors bills. Always
keep on hand bottle Of that finest Of
remedies, DIR. Hale's Household Cough
Cure to allay the first irritation caused by
cold. Don't think you can fix up some
thing just as good when for 25c.or SOC. you
can have the result Of years of practice
and experience expended in making this
preparation absolutely the best. For sale
by Short & HAYNES. .l
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18

For lame back or for a pain in the
side or chest, try saturating piece of
flannel with Chamberlain's Pain Balm
and binding 1t onto the affected parts.
This treatment will cure any ordinary
case in one or two days. Pain Balm also
cures rheumatism. so cent bottle for sale
by A. r. Fisher, Cloyerport and Witt 4
Meador, Hardinsburg.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
Refined Cruelty.

"They say wilkins abuses his wife
shamefully."
'The deuce he does! Oily, he doesn't
appear to be brutal fellow at all. What
does he do, beat herr"
30, no. He waits until after they get
seated in the theatre and then tells her
that her hat isn't on straight"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
Was the Infanta Pretty9

An Iowa lady answered this query
thus: She had a lovely complexion but
no better than all my girls have since
they began to use Parks Tea. 1t is Won
derful how pretty they lock now. A. r.
Fisher, druggist.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
CLOvERPoRT HIGH SCHOOL.
Report for the Month Ending Oct. 8.
1898.

Honorable mention is made of pupils
who attend regularly, are OF good de-
pertinent and are proficient in the
branches of study pursued. To entitle a
name upon the role of honor the pupil
must be present every day; must not be
tardy; must be of good department and
must make an average scholarship of IS
per cent. ... ......
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
Teachers' Association.

The Cloverport Magisterial District AS
ISOLATION will meet in the Public School
building at Cloyerport, on Saturday, Oct.
2l, 1893. Following Is the program
Reading dyanee leading Miss Ruby Ryan
MISUNDERSTANDING sherman Ball
(;rammar--Analysis. Lueila Wheatley
Geography Points in Geography
~; ~. Logan
spe siMSa Of TeaehinE. .safiie Perkins
Writing--Analysis OF Letters Clint Basham
Physiology Samuel Tucker
Observation-Disclosures of Expression
...f. ~ .N... Nora Shumate
Civil Recommendations Of Govern.
ment. .i,. ....f.,.. -. John Blythe
Defamation -. ~. Rosa Allen
MARY MooRMAN, Pres.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
CAN YOU
- "A
I RE ALI r.m .0.. 600. e..l ..raE
AND WRITE?


Then read this lad" and write letter TO LEWIS
Third and Market, Louisville. Mention this SPECIAL
PROPOSITION to OUT OF TOWN wearers of
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS, HATS and SHOES.
When you need anything in our line send the amount
of money which you want to spend for the article de-
sired and state plainly what you want YOU'LL GET
1T by return express and if the cost amounts to S.
more the express will be PAID By US for 200 miles
from Louisville II goods fail to please, money will be
refunded. What's the matter with laying in your fall
supply this way? CITY STYLES in the country and
delivered to you free Try it
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18

IN totR do IP'
IN coll do 1P
protested MEM
Der Of the family
that had long
been afflicted
with n case OF
cons m pti o n.
Reference W as
had to DIR. Fem
ner's Golden Re-
lief. Doubt had
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
The Advertising

OF Hoods Sarsaparilla is always with
in the bounds of reason because it is
true; it always appeals to the sober,
common sense of thinking people be-
cause it is true; and it is always fully
substantiated by endorsements which, in
the financial world would be accepted
without a moments hesitation.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18

Now is your time to purchase Queens
ware and Glassware, We have a few
remnents left, and are closing out at
cost. We will make 1t TO your interest
TO call. Babbage's. pH
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18

HOOPS PILIs cure liver ills, con-
stipation, billiousness, jaundice, sick
headache, indigestion
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
HaHBIIE!EEM
SUFFERS.

If"C. @. @. Certain Chill Cure"
Is not the best remedy you have
ever used for Chills and Fever
your money will be refunded.
Pleasant to take. Price 90 cts.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-18
BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR.

Every great medieval structure in
Christian Europe recalls in its archi-
lecture the extremes Of hope and fear.
Above the main doors OF the Cathedral
Of Notre Dame, in Paris, strange figures
imprisoned by one arm in the stone
strive with agonized faces to get out;
devils sit upon wicked kings and priests;
alter the last judgment demons like NOM
keysyhurry the troop Of the condemned,
still including kings and priests, away.
Yet nature triumphed over all these
letters, and / remember that between
The Princeton union., 1893-04-20
Her Letter.

A young lady organist in a church in
Colorado was somewhat captivated
with the young pastor of a church in
the next street, and was delighted to-
hear one week that by an exchange he
was to preach the next Sunday in her:
own church.
The organ was pumped by an OBJ
streperous old sexton, who would often
stop when he thought the organ vol
untary had lasted long enough.
This day the organist was anxious
that all should go well, and as the serv-.
ice was about to begin she wrote q note
intended solely for the sexton's eye.
He took it, and, in spite of her ago
nized beckonings. carried it straight to
the preacher. What was the gentle
mans astonishment when he read:
"Oblige me this morning by blowing
The Princeton union., 1893-04-20
N HAT PEOPI1 E Ia UGH 4 Y
ILLUSTRATIONS OF
PHASES OF HUMANITY.
It Required Both Heads Of the Fam
5 lily to Take the Children to the
Circus--She Took Him to
Task, but They Had Both
rS Been Joking. @l8
1t Would Take Both of Them. !.

Clearly something lay heavy on the
mind Of the head Of the family as he
fingered over his coffee. Now and then
he darted a quick look at the partner
OF his joys and sorroWs across the table
and coughed lightly, only to turn his
gaze again into his cup, says the Detroit
Tribune At length he spoke.
Circus coming, Mary
The demure lady across the table
nodded affirmatiyely. He was playing
with his fork absently. 1t was several
minutes before he had anything fur
ther to say. &
Il guess he observed, with an air
Which was only a fair imitation of the
offhand, ''that nothing is more instluc-
tive than a good circus
The careful observer might have no.
ticed a shadow settling upon the fine
face of the matron. No word fell from
her lips however.
ESPECIALLY for children"
He was folding his napkin carefully
Il suppose he sighed Stimulating re-
gret. ''that I'll have to go with our chill
dren.'' " <Lsr @
''William!'' y.
Liz pdI lutI OI Ills JOYS dllIl SOIfONS
threw large quantities Of astonishment,
chaglin, and reproach into the single
word.
after such strict religious train
ing as you have had!'' she exclaimed.
AS he rose from the table he sighed
in earnest. Standing irresolutely by
the window, he stared at the landscape,
half in sadness, half in shame. III
:'William!''
Her voice was something softer than
before.
''William'-. <s. -s- &g
She came and trllstingly twined her
arms about his neck.
Il think .,..$ e. #
She kissed his forehead fondly
1T will need both Of us to take the
children to the circus" ~
He strained her to his breast. and
their souls united in a community Of
purpose. -5+ 81.
The Princeton union., 1893-04-20
Altering the Case.

"Spatts, I forgot to register last
week.
.'Waren't you registered already p
NO Moved into another precinct a
few months ago.
That's too bad, Hunker. You've lost
your vote.
4 s.Too late now, Of course?"
Eyes, it's too late.'
4 No way Of fixing it at all?
':No. The laws clear on that point
h "It's too bad. l was going to vote for
your man this time
"Say, Hunker, you leave the matter
with me. I'll fix you all right ~ Chi
cago Tribune. #
The Princeton union., 1893-04-20
Turning His Talents: to Use.

s'Mr. Freshman said the editor-in
chief, edo you make a speciality Of any
particular branch Of editorial writing?''
Eyes, SIR answered the new man on
the staff, eagerly. It have given special
attention and much thought to the
treatment Of palaeontolog subjects.
historical criticism and comparative
philoIogy.'
HIN! You surprise me, Mr.. Fresh
man." rejoined the editor. You may
turn in, if you please, half a column or
so on the necessity of raising less cot
ton and more hogs down South. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Princeton union., 1893-04-20
Long Lived.

a certain popular lecturer gave evil
dence Of great longevity on one occa-
sion, according to an old lady in 4 New
England town.
At the close Of his last lecture in that
place, as the audience was leaving the
hall. a gentleman remarked that it was.
a funny slip of the tongue which made
the lecturer. say that the 4 ilgrisn faith
The Princeton union., 1893-04-20

is r11sset tinted Her chief drinks ,ere
milk and lemonade e. and She declares
that with hot water she can cure any
bodily ailment; she bathes in it, drinks
81, and goes to bed with a bag of it for
the seat Of pain
The Princeton union., 1893-04-20
A Point Well Taken.

'Well, my dear, how would Farmer
Brown suit you for a husband? He
seems uncommon sweet on you lately
Perhaps so. father, but his hail. is
so red that. E
True, true, my child; but you should
recollect that he has very little OF il. :.
The Princeton union., 1893-04-20
FACTS F0 Z & E Is IR SEX.
N FOR MOTHER
AND D.$DAUGHTER.
Opportunities Neglected by Wom-
y en--A Cottage Bedroom--The
5% Hoop Skirt WAREHOUSES; and
Their II a bits To Promote
Ha abit-T ansykills M Moths.
Opportunities Neglected by WON en-

OPPORTUNITIES Neglected by Women.
Women who take really good care
OF themselves stand the wear and tear
Of life quite as well as men, The com
mon fallacy that wives break earlier
than husbands is nonsense, yet every
woman who threatens to marry a man
five Years her junior is warned to ex-
pect a time when she will be mistaken
for his mother. The trouble, according
to the Illustrated American, all arises
from gross Carelessness. In the hum
drum serenity of the best married lives
many a woman comes to believe that
John has ceased to notice the sheen
of her hair, the smoothness OF her lips,
Or her figures symmetrical proportions;
so long as she is sweet. serene and sym
pathetic, keeps the house well, and
brings UP fine sons and daughters, he
cares for nothing more. Never was
a greater mistake indulged in, to the
future woe Of hundreds Of excellent
wives. During the priod when women
are busy in the nursery and filling the
office of mother men are engaged in
earning bread and butter and solidify-
ing their financial positions. These
years flash by so quickly that half their
lives are gone before this fact is real
lied. Then comes the day of reckoning,
when the sons and daughters have
flown the parent nest, the housekeep-
ing goes by clockwork and JOINTS office
regulates itself and needs merely per-
functory supervision. 1t is at this crit
ical period that, with leisure and money
to command, John finds time to contem-
plate the lady by his side. Naturally,
he objects to a tat, numbering, round
shouldered, coarse-sl1inned companion.
All the sentiment of his youth rises
up to protest against this rough-haired,
red-handed person identifying himself
with the pretty girl he married twenty
five years ago. She is his wife, and a
good one, therefore he does love and
respect her; but pride and tenderness
are put to the test when she waddles,
pants develops a triple chin, and screws
her dull, grizzled locks into an uncom-
promising twist. His brother James
carries a lovely woman on his arm, who
is at least five years older than Maria
and has raised three more children.
Why is her rounded figure i'll hand
some proportions, her white hair silky
and curled? She never looks apoplectic,
| and it is a positive pleasure to press
her smooth, fair hands, He dimly re-
members during the busy period hear
ing Maria inveigh against the vanity OF
| her sister-in-law-those constitutional
walks in all weathers, baths, manicur'
ing, pedicuring, shampoos and restric,
ton in diet. Maria said then that, nc
good come Of it, but her prophecy must
be at fault, for beauty was certainly
the result. Thus. John, the quiet, duti
| full husband. rebels silently, but it does
| not take long for a woman's quick con
ception to ferret out such matters anc
bewail her lost opportunities.
The Princeton union., 1893-04-20

Sers reached the bleak shores one hun
Edred and seventy years ago. =s
Oh, well, 4 said the little old lady,
quick to furnish an excuse for her
fayorite lecturer, ST dare say it's one OF
his old lectures, and he forgot to
change the date!'' "a. &. s.5