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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-30
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-30

For further information, address
II. G. NeRpyE, A. g, A
or Louisville, Ky.
W. l.. NIhLs,
greensboro. KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-30

Good morning, lieutenant, 1
hear you are engaged to Miss Rosen-
burg. Where is she now2" Lieu
tenant-"Oh, she's at home con-
graduating herself" - Fliegende
Blaetter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-30


A quite novel surgical operation
has successfully been performed at
Parma, Italy, by Prof. Camille Yer
deli, in the presence of all the ply
sicians of the Parmese hospital, and
with very satisfactory results. The
new operation was the washing Of
the heart. 1t was the first opera
ton of the kind, and Prof. Verdelli
employed the washing apparatus re-
Gently invented by Prof. Riva
After making an operative incision
Prot. Verdelli first cleaned the per-
icardium Of the patient, a 12-year-
old boy, Of the pus which had 40
cumulated thereon, and then pro-
ceeded to wash the heart with q
'strong solution of soda biborate
borax). The operation was very
{ lccessful, inasmuch as no further
IMPLICATION has arisen; the boy is
doing very we'll and is on his
~, to complete recovery. Prot.
! Hi has received numerous con-
t Ntions for his success with the
:, n Reration from surgeons all
0 ope. -Philadelphia Record.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-30

Ciose connection made at Princeton with
through solid yestibule trains carrying Pull
man buffet sleepers and free reclining CHAIR
cars.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-30
'rm Work in France.

o,, ne Go correspondent of one Of
tho tborsand papers says that the
,,is;+ 49, American women who
orc are n, students and teach
their French much to enIighten
obstacle in 4hesrs, The greatest
~ vomon IN 10y Of the elevation
u 49, = La is the lack of
moderation slWN -, lood.
ers. Their deriPy reform teau
violent, and theykare raalc"I anu
sensible element. aIe Vhe moie
is the contempt ner GoS1aoLe
have for women, a, FrePchme1
to their loose idsasspt natural
This evil, says the m9ran'y'
eats like a gangrene popaent'
al life, nation
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-30
Habits of the Ok

Teacher-Name a domestic animal
useful for clothing, and describe it's
habits2
Pupil-The OK. He don't have
any habits, because he lives In 3
stable.
Mamma" asked the little boy,
what does this story mean by talk
ing about a great-grandmotherS
Amt all grandmothers greatf"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03

A number of women recently gave
what they called a kitchen party to Il
common friend who had just gone to
housekeeping. They assembled at
the home of one of the party, and
went in a body to the house honored.
They carried provisions for a lunch,
and made a sort OF picnic of the af-
fair, for the establishment was not
as yet fully furnished or settled.
But the feature of the occasion was
the presentation of their remember
ances. These were in the form of
kitchen furnishings; those pans and
kettles, knives, forks and spoons, of
which no housewife can ever have
too many, and which, therefore, did
not at all interfere with the purchas-
rs she had already made. Each
guest had an especial gift which was
proffered with the accompaniment
of rhyme that, as no one of them
was poet, was merely funny dog
gerel and added to the hilarity of
the evening. Such neighborly acts
are pleasant and sweet remember
ances, and when done as this was,
in the form of jest, cannot possibly
offend the most sensitive recipient.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Truthful Children.

Children are naturally truthful.
Nature does not lie. Let nothing be
done to alter this happy disposition.
Cultivate IN them the love of truth,
candOr and the confession of error.
1t is lamentable to think what fear
full falsehoods are uttered to deter
children, TO keep them quiet, or to
make them obedient. Threats OF
being taken by old men, and black
men, and other like terrOrs, are re-
sorted to by ignorant and foolish
servants to frighten them and make
them lie still i'm bed. 1t is ascertain
ed that deaths, fits, idiocy or in
sanity have been the consequences
of such inhumanity. But, setting
aside the probable chance of such
calamities, there are other certain
results. If the child discovers the
falsehoods practiced upon him, he
becomes boldly Indifferent to the
threats, is more disobedient aud
wilful than ever, disbelieves all that
is said to him, and, finding no re-
spect for truth in others, has no re-
gard for 1t himself. Firmness in adj
herring to promises or any particular
line of discipline in relation to chill
dren is of first Importance.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
For the Housewife.

The best way to prepare new
iron kettle for use is to fill it with
clean potato Feelings and water,
boil them for an hour or more. then
wash the kettle with hot water,
wipe it dry, and rub it with little
lard. In this way you will prevent
rust and all the annoyances likely to
occur in the use of new kettle.
save your cotton rags. These will
make pretty rugs for the bathroom.
Cut them into narrow strips, sew the
strips together and wind them into
rolls. When YOU have enough pre-
pared, braid them into three strands
and sew these braided strands to-
getber so as to form an oval orround
mat, as desired.
A daily oil massage, lasting fifteen
minutes will eventually hide the
bones of the throat, and alcohol
massage will reduce uperabundant
flesh.
A pound of cOpperas, which can be
bought for a few cents, dissolved in
n gallon OF boiling water, is excellent
to cleanse a sink or clost. Remem-
Der the cOpperas is poisonous.
A saucer Of venegar placed on the
stove while cabbage is being boiled,
will keep the house from being per-
vaded with the disagreeable Odor
which always accompanies the cook
ing of this vegetable.
The brightness of furnished brass
may be restored by dissolving in Il
saucer of ammonia little Of the
securing soap sold. Apply with a
brush, and polish with chamOis.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Better than Our Grandmothers.

The young woman of the present
generation who ventures to have a
headache or nerves. is immedi-
ately confronted by indignant critics
with her grandmother. If the
grandmother is living, the fact of
her continued living is made to tell;
and if she sleeps with her fathers,
her grandchild is confronted with
her ghost, the ghost being endowed
with as many eXcellencies as those
with whom Betsy Trotwood endowed
the niece who was never born. And
as poor David Copperfield was re-
preached with the virtues of his
imaginary sister, so the grand
daughter of the period is reproached
with the ghOstly perfection of her
grandmother, who never had a
headache-at least according to ira
dition--but who, on the contrary,
was model of physical perfection.
When it comes to the testimony of
those who saw the grandmother in
Able Robin, chaplain in Rocham-
beau's army during the Revolution,
wrote of American women in 1882:
"Tney are tall ana well proper
toned, their features are generally
regular, their compilations are gem
orally fair and without color. At 20
years of age the women have no
longer the freshness of youth. At 80
or 40 they are wrinkled and de-
crepit.
And the Chevalier Louis Felix de
Bearyour, after praising the beauty
of American women to the skies,
says: AT the age of 20 their forms
change, and at 80 the whole of their
charms have disappeared These
observers were not mere hasty trav-
ellers, but had lived here for years,
and their verdict is that women of
100 years ago showed a fragile
beauty and early decline which this
end of the century damsel, with her
athletic record and her prolonged
youth. would scorn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
The New Woman.

On the Maine Central railroad she
acts as gate tender at crossings.
In AinswOrth, Neb., she is the
foreman of a newspaper printing
office.
In Bothsbay, Me-, she is a boat
builder, and her sister is a yatch
designer.
The eighteen girl seniors of the
Christian College, Columbus, Mo-.
were polled as to their life ideals the
other day. Only one confessed a
leaning toward matrimony.
Most of the mint used in the mint
juleps of all Chicago, is raised on
the mint farm of woman in Lake
View.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Recipes.

RICE BLANCMANGE.-Put a cupful
of rice into six cupfuls of cold water,
and boil till a thick paste is formed,
the rice being entirely dissolved.
Then stir in a cupful of sugar, the
grated rind of a lemon, salt, and
cinnamon to taste. Beat half cup
full of cream and stir that in also,
adding as coloring material half a
cupfnl Of jelly or the juice of pre-
serves. Put in wet mOlds, and when
stiff it is ready to serve with Gus
tard or cream dressing.
Compete OF ORANGE.-Put one
pound of sugar and half-cupful of
water over the fire, and boil for five
minutes after it begins to boil. Have
ready separated six good-sized or
anges. Dip each piece in the hot
syrup and place on platter. When
finished pour the syrup over, and
stand away until icy cold.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03

The art of letting alone should be
acquired. my dear" the other
day, said lady to young relative,
who was insisting that a delicate
mother should not wear herself out
by undertaking some work on which
the mothers heart was set, "you tire
her great deal more by your
opposition than she would tire her.
self by doing as she wishes to-
1t was true, though it was hard for
the loving daughter to understand
why. One has to arrive at a certain
place in life 70 comprehend that the
largest kindness which may be done
to any one is, in nine cases out of
ten, just to let the person alone.
Especially in the dealings of the
young with the old there is need OF
caution, for even kindness may fail
if it be over-done.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Lemon Juice for the skin.

Lemon juice, it is said, rubbed on
the cheeks before going to bed and
allowed to dry there, will remove
freckles, sunburn, and whiten the
skin, besides giving it a charming
smoothness and softness to the
touch. This should be done about
three times a week, both winter and
summer, and is one of the greatest
aids to such compilations as are
afflicted with enlarged and black
ened pores. These enlarged pores
are due to deficient circulation of
the blood and are to be greatly
aided by vigorous rubbing with a
coarse towel every time the face is
washed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03

Frances Willard urges women to
read the newspapers. Talking on
the subject lately she said: "Wo-
men are a set of passivities on that
subject, as a class" and adds, II am
never more annoyed for my sect
than when the newsboy goes trot-
ting through at full speed, if he finds
the car contains chiefly women,
never dreaming that they may want
a paper. 1 clutch his sleeve with a
vim and buy one of every variety he
has, and ask him what he is think
ing about to lose patronage in that
way.
Gossip is nothing but small news,
the nickels, pennies, and dimes,
while the newspaper deals in dol
lars and VS. and KS; so it widens
the mind more to read the newspa-
pers than to gossip about the neigh
bors.n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Trustees Sale Of Real Estate.

BY virtue of the authority conferred
upon me by Deed of Trust executed June
18th, 1898, by Witherspoon 81 Rutledge
to c. w, WitherspOon, Sec. and Tr. Of
the Maury County Building IL Loan
Association and his successor as Trus-
tee, recorded Book 20, p. So, r. o. NJ. c..
l will sell at the Court House Door in
Columbia, Tenn, to the highest bidder,
for cash, free from the right and equity
of redemption, dover and homestead at
public cutlery on
Wednesday the 18th day of July, 1896,
between the hours of 10 a. m. and ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03

o'clock m. the following described
house and lot lying in the 4th Ward of
Columbia, Tenn. Bounded. North by
Tom Peeler, East by an alley, South by
calvin Bridges and West by Glade
street, fronting 80 feet on Glade street,
running back 200 IT. and being the lot
purchased by Witherspoon & Rutledge
from I. w. Richardson and wife. Said
sale will be made at the request of said
Association to satisfy expense of sale
and its debt secured by said Trust Deed
II. o. FULTON, Sec. IL Treas,
June Pat. Trustee
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
What is

CastOra is Dr. Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance 1t is harmless substitute
for ParegOrc Drops Soothing syrups, and Castor OIL
1t is Pleasant Its guarantee Is thirty years. by
Millions Mothers CastOria destroys Worms and alIays
feverishness. CastOria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures DiarrhOea and Wind Collie CastOria relieves
teething troubles, constipation and fatulency.
CastOria assimates the food regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Rheumatism Cured in A Dar,

"Mystic Cure" for Rhumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in one to three
days. Its action upon the system is re-
markable and mysterious. 1t removes at
once the cause, and the disease immedi-
ately disappears. The first dose greatly
benefits; 75cts. Sold by A. b. Rains,
druggist, Columbia. nov29Sm
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Dress and Fashion.

If evolution is the law of nature,
surely rotation is that of fashion,
for we swing around circle, and
about every 100 years we reach our
starting point again. We have the
mob caps of old, and the dainty
coats, with their exquisite embroid-
cry and finish, and we have many
other things that we find lovely, and
many that we could live without.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Unconscious Influence.

Few persons estimate correctly
either the amount or.the kind of in
duence which they exert. Some
who think of themselves as possess
ing large magnetism and welding a
vast power, are really no. much
felt. Others who never suppose
themselves very important, do by
speech and act become leading fac
tors. Both the one and the other of
these are exceptions. insignificant
people do not as rule suppose
themselves largely influential, nor is
it very common for persons of great
power to take a very humble view
of their worth. Still it is true that
most people exert influence which
they do not design and of which
they are unconscious. Not acts
alone, nor words, but even the eX-
preston of the continuance and the
tones of the voice affect in one way
or another those about us. Most per-
sons protest against the change OF
being influenced. The pride in be-
ing considered Independent thinkers
is very general. Yet few are such
Not one in a score could analyze the
process by which his conclusions
are reached, or tell distinctively
why he thinks thus or SO. Could he
do so, he would perhaps be surprised
to find how largely his ideas have
taken their tone and coloring from
those about him. We know less, il
anything, of the extent TO which We
are influenced than of the times and
manners of our influencing. Both OF
these are going on all the time, and
while there is nothing in our lives
which is not the result of something
that has passed, there are few things
which may not lead to something il
the tutuTe.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03

This is the name of book that is
now being sold in the county. We
are glad to have read it, and hope
every reader of this will procure a
copy. A wide and excellent range
of sources has been drawn upon in
compiling this volume, and a high
standard has been maintained
throughout.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
"Co-operative Housekeeping"

Did any of the readers of the Wo-
mans Department ever hear a wo-
man lecture on female suffrage, wo-
mans rights and kindred topics? l
went to hear one lecture once. To
aear woman lecture may not be
unusual to some of you, but to a per-
son whose earliest teaching was
that little girls should be seen and
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Castoria.

"Csstorfa Is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. G. OsaooD,
Lowell, Mass.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03

"Castoria is the best remedy for children OF
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest Of their children and use Castoria in
stead Of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtfu
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DR. ]. r. KNcHELoK,
Conway, Ark.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Don't Drift Into the Critical Habit.


do not drift into the critical
habit" writes Ruth Ashmore, in dis
cussing THE Critical Girl in The
Ladies Home Journal. Have an
opinion-and a sensible one-about
everything, but when you come to
judge the people remember that you
see very little of what they really
are unless you winter and summer
with them. Find the kindly, Iowa.
BILE nature of the man who knows
tile of books. Look for the beauti-
full self-sacrifice made daily by some
woman who knows nothing about
pictures, and teach yourself day in
and day out to look for the best in
everything. 1t is the every day
joys and sorrows, mysdear girl, that
go to make up life. 1t is not the one
great sorrow nor the one intense
Joy. 1t is the accumulation of the
little ones that constitute living, SO
do not be critical of the little faults,
and do be quick to find the find the
little virtues and praise them. So
much that is good in people dies for
want of encouragement AS | said
before, have an Opinion-and well
thought out One-about everything
that comes into your life, but do not
have too many opinions about people.
Their hearts are not open books,
and, as you must be judged yourself
sOmeday, give them the kindest
Judgement now"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Castoria.

"Castoria is so we'll adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
Longfellow's First Poem.

When our great poet, Longfellow,
was nine years old, his teacher want
ed him to write composition. Lit
tie Henry, like all children, shrank
from the undertaking. His teacher
said:
You can write, can you not?'
Yes, was the reply.
"Then you can put words to-
gether?"
Eyes, sir
Chen" said the master you
may take your slate and go behind
the school house, and then you can
find something to write about, and
then you can tell what it is used for,
and what is done with it, and that
will be a composition. Henry took
his slate and went out. He went be-
hind Mr.. Finney's barn, which
CHANGED to be near, and seeing a
fine turnip growing up he thought
he knew what that was, what it was
for and what would be done with it.
A half-hOur had been allowed
Henry for his first undertaking in
writing compositions. In half an
hour he carried in his work, all ac-
eomplished, and the teacher is said
to have been affected almost to tears
when he saw what little Henry had
done in the short time. 1t read as
follows:
Mr. Finney's Turnip.
Mr.. Finney had II turnip
And it grew behind barn;
And it grew, and it grew,
And the turnip did no harm.
And it grew and it grew,
Till it could grow no taller,
Then Mr.. Finney took it up
And put it in the cellar.
There it lay, there it lay,
Till it began to rot,
When his daughter, Susie, washed 1t
And put it i'm the pot.
Then she boiled it, and boiled it,
As long as she was able,
Then his daughter, Lizzie, took 1t,
And she she put it on the table.
Mr. Finney and his Wife,
Both sat down to sup,
And they ate and they ate,
Until they ate the turnip up.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
iii So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY

"our physicians in the children's depart.
ment have spoken highly of their expert.
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits Of CastOria has won US to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN @. SMITH, Pres.,
fray Street. Nov York CITY.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03

Tho Centaur Company, Murray Street, Now York City
The record-union., 1896-11-16
SHOOTING AT Man TARGETS.
New Kind Of Practice for National
GuardSmen.
Company e Tried 1t Yesterday
Scores r1ade at the Regu-
lar Target.

Captain Shoemaker took Company
z out for practice yesterday at the new
man target, which more resembles
work on the battlefield than in stand
ing under a shed and pumping lead
into a square target exactly 200 yards
distant
The place selected for the exercise
was the broad plain north of the city
which is overflowed in winter, and over
which the bullets might whistle for
miles without striking anything but
hard mud.
The shooting was at the standing
target, the same in the position of a
man kneeling, and again lying down.
To each man was allotted a group OF
three figures, and ten groups in all
were used. Scoring on the standing
target counts /, on the l1neeling target
4, and on that lying down 5.
The men begin their shooting, as
skirnlishers, at 600 yards, and are re-
quired to discharge two shots in a half
minute. They advanced IS yards in
quick time, then run % yards, which
takes them to the 500-yard point; here
two more shots are fired, two more at
400 yards, at 800 and at 200 yards.
Then the shirmishers advance 100
yards nearer the enemy" when they
retreat, stopping at 200 yards to shoot
again at 300, at 400, at 500. and lastly
The record-union., 1896-11-16

The longest after-dinner speech is one
made by the Rev. Henry Whitehead,
who died on March 9th last. He was
cruate of ST. Luke's, Berwick street,
during the outbreak of cholera in that
parish in September, 1853, when 700
people died within 100 yards Of the
parish church in ten days. On the eve
of his leaving London for a country liv-
ing to which he had been appointed, he
was entertained at dinner by a number
of friends. 1t is proof of his original .
tty and humor that in returning thanks
for the toast of his health, he was able
TO fix the attention and sustain the in
terest of his hearers for three hours on
Twenty Years as a London Curate, .
probably the longest after dinner
speech on record. He left behind him
several volumes of sermons, the most
notable being Sermons on the Saints
Days" These are, perhaps, the short
est sermons ever published, and were
probably delivered to the smallest con :
gregation. Mr.. Gladstone, in July,
1887, at the house of Sir Joseph and
Lady Pease at Kensington, delivered
an after-dinner speech which occupied
more than four columns of the Times y
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