The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-02-14

II 6koOr zen. 1hWOoh ho was Sfoiy ihOh
Ia man, strong, intelligent and brave to
ltemerity, but with too reckless a disre-
gard of consequences. Had he been
tempered with dash OF prudence and
caution, to-day his country and family
might not mourn him. He should in
deed sleep his last sleep at Arlington.
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That terrible affair at Frankfort in
wolves many innocent people. There
are some in this world who would rather
say and believe an evil thing of another
than "to say their prayers or to believe
the Holy creed" Caskoden was right.
/ notice Miss Ada Drury, Of Brock
ridge county, who is a Jefferson coun-
y teacher, was on the program at the
Association last Saturday to read paper
on "a Plea for Friday Afternoon" Miss
Ada is a very popular instructor.
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/ see the trumpet creeper is our
States floral emblem, selected by our
State Botanist at Lexington, in 1898 at
the Worlds Fair. He certainly select
ed It because of its lnxuriant wild growth
and not for its peculiar beauty. Wild,
modest violets far excel, but are not fra
grant.
The calendars for 1900 presented by
VARIOUS publishing houses show, in many
cases, great improvement over those OF
last year in literary as we'll as artistic
qualities. The tendency Of the times
has made them assume quite an impor-
lance besides their original usefulness as
mere recorders OF dates. "The Richard
Mansfield Calendar" and the "Kipling
Kalendar" are said to be imposing works
of art.
An Australian editor OF "David
Horum" will soon appear and the story
will be put into German 1t is as pop
ular in England (the English understand
"hoss" TALK as in this country. What
the charm in the book lie, l cannot see,
except its simplicity and that it is an
American story OF rural life. A taste for
Reading is the purest Joy in existence,
nothing being necessary on our part but
willingness to approach book in the
proper spirit. Perhaps lacked proper
approach to David"
GoodyI Goody for Kate Sanborn in
.N. Y. Review, of Saturday, Jan. 9th,
who comes to the defense Of women as
humorists. A writer of the Review had
Inserted that there we're no women hui
morists or if they were humorous, it was
sporadic flashes" and they lapse, he
said, into "gravity or sentimentality."
Right here let me say that Thackeray
MAS humorist, moralist and cynic. He
have us verses full Of psthos, sad, tender
Ithoughts-and again he would break out
into "slds-splittiDg farce" But wo-
han, well,-you know, the writer wasn't
willing to admit she should stand side
by side with man if she WAS taken from
bis side. But back to my subject.
When read the article declaring there
here were no women humorists, l be-
ean to think OF the creator Of Samantha
Allen" Betsy Bobbett" &c. A woman,
Miss Marietta Holley, OF North Adams,
.N. Y permeated those books with her
wit and fun, equal to Mark Twain and
Bill Nye. Miss Sanborn gives long list
\ f women humorists aud we can quote
from John Boyle O'Reilly who says,
''Women have more humor than wit"
DIR. Holmes also is authority for the
same opinion and they are two excellent
judges. So the opposite sex, and espec'
tally the writer in question, must ac-
knowledge both the qualities in the
gsntler sex. Shakespeare gave his wo-
men characters sense of bumor often
times and today it is not an extinct spec
Bes any more than when Rosslind, Jes-
Women as Wen rs rlul