Hopkinsville Kentuckian, 1889-03-08

"Thoro.thcro! The little glrly mustn't cry." "I just can't help it, Horace. It's so hard to see you go! Why must we et'er bo separated for a slnglo kourt It Is too cruel!" "Hut I'll be back so soon, lie a brave little woman!" "O Horace! I can'f.'" "Hut you must I'm not worth ory ory-lng - lng ory-lng for' "Yes you are, too." "Indeed I'm not, lllrdlo." "Indocd. you are!" "Well, well, aweothoart, I'm oft now. Just ono more kiss." He took a dozon, and gasped out: "Just one more." Tvo a mind to keop tight hold of you. and not lot you go at all," aho whlapored. "What would you do with ugly old me around all tho time?" "I'd be tho happiest woman in all the wide world!" "No?" "I would! " "You don't love mo that muah?" "Love you? O Horace!" "You little precious!" "You dear old boy!" He took another, and another, and a few more. Sho also soomod to be help helping - ing helping herself to a bountiful supply. Thon he suld : "Good-bye, darling," "It it time for you to really got' "Indeed it Is. Good-bye, Blnlio." "Go-o-o-d-bye precious! Are you sure your watch isn't too fast?" "Oh, It's just right. Good-bye, wlfoy, dear." "Uye-byo, darling. Como home just tho minute you can." "Yos, Indeed; I'll run all the wny." "Yon oVar fellow! OooJ- bye!" "ffood-bye. Throw me a kiss." "Hyo-byo, my treasure boy!" The door bangs imd I hour him go down tho steps, and 1 think the ngony is ended. Hut tho noxt moment tho door opons, his hood pops in, and be aays: "Just one moro kiss; I couldn't go without it," Ho doesn't go without it and a good many othors bosido, and gimps: "Now I am off!" Then he goes out to the cornor, walk ing backward half the way, and flut fluttering - tering fluttering his handkerchief. I catch sight of a duintv llttlo bit of cambric waving from a window below my room, and I drop Into a chair iu all the querulous querulous-noss - noss querulous-noss and cynicism of my old bachelor bachelorhood - hood bachelorhood and say: "Well, I hope, to goodness it will last; but I just don't believe it will. If I folt sure it would, I don't know but I'd got married mysolf." Zenaa Dane, in nick. Prevention of Disease. 1 The aclcnee and practiced medlolne and surgery aro undergoing a revolu revolution - tion revolution of such magnitude and Importance that Its limits can hardly bo conceived. Looking into the future, in tho light of recent discoveries, it may not soom im impossible - possible impossible that a time may come when the cause of evory infectious disease will bo known; when all sucb diseases will bo preventublo or oasily curable; when protection can bo affordod against all diseases, such as scar scarlet - let scarlet fovcr, mooslos, yellow fevor, whoop whooping - ing whooping cough, etc in which one at attack - tack attack secures Immunity from subsequent contagion; whon, in short, no constitu constitutional - tional constitutional disease will bo incurable, and such scourges as epidemics will bo un unknown. - known. unknown. These, indeed, may be but a part of what will follow discoveries in bacteriology. The higher the plane of aotunl knowlodgo the more extended is tho horizon. What has been accom accomplished - plished accomplished within the past ten years, aa regards knowledge of the cause, pre prevention - vention prevention and treatment of disease, far transcends what would have boon re regarded, - garded, regarded, a quarter of a century ago, as the wildest and most impossible specu speculation. - lation. speculation. .f'onim. A New Work Harness. It la clulmed by the manufacturers that there is a valuable Invention and revolution in the make and the ma materials - terials materials of harness for work horses. It is Bald to be made of stool, Is applied in an entirely new way, and does not cost half as much aa leuther hurnoss, and will lust ton times as long. We do not know how much humbug thore la In tho claims sot forth for thla new revolution in harness. The Now York 2W(me, in referring to it, snys: "It is a general farm-work harness takea the place of common leather harness in every spot and plnco. For tho com coming - ing coming season it la not only greatly Im Improved - proved Improved and strengthened by using a better grade of steel, but It is now sold at a greatly reduced price, placing it in roaoh of . all." This Is a subject which comos home to every fanner, and If thore Is any better way In which harness enn be attached to horses, tho sooner it Is known tho better. From the ploturoa we have soon of the har harness - ness harness on horses, it must be a radical revolution lu not only the sbhpo of the contrivance for the horse, but more especially a change from loathor to Wei Iowa atuit Utjisltr, I

Prlco tho gold thnt was left over. Mooro 's lawyer, McCaho, got a gold- mounted knife for $1(10, and these two cxponslvo wenpons played a lending part In a bloody tragedy In hito Pine, Nov. Moore had a mlno there, and. as was usual in thoso days, somebody tried to jump the claim. Mooro nnd McCube wore caught In tho tunnel by a bnnd of fighters hired by tho other claimants, and cut their way out with their bowle knives. Several men wero killed in the fight, and aa most of tho dead had only knife wound. It is sup supposed - posed supposed that Moor) und his lawyer did somo game and lively work. . A llttlo gambler named Barney Konny used a six nnd one-half inch bowle of Prlco's make with deadly ef effect - fect effect about cightoon yoars ago. Ho was playing poker with throo othor sport in a saloon In Portland, Oro. Somobody was caught cheating, and Harney grubbed tho pot. Instantly tho throe confederates pulled tholr pistols and blazed away at Barney, who drew his -knife and waded In desperately. After a brief, but furious combat, in which fifteen shots were fired. Barney walked, out of the room, leuvlng tho othors on tho floor. Ono was deal, u second mor mortally - tally mortally wounded, nnd the third cut so badly that he bad to be iu u hospital for months. In 18G1 Prlco made two knivos for Colonel Jack Gumhlo. who suppliod Mexican gold onzas for tho handlo frames. Tho bnndlos wero Inlaid with nballne sholl and gold quartz, and tho Colonol paid f 100 for tho two woapons. Gamblo gnvo one to his friend, Charles Norris, who lost it some years later. It was a moro fancy of Gamble's to have such a woapon, as he was never known to uso it Joe Wintors, in 18(14, walked Into Price's place with two frlonds, buw throe (lo-knlvos in the caso, bpught them, and, turning around, presented ono to each of his companions just as he would hand about cigars. Ono of tho mon who bought an ex extravagantly - travagantly extravagantly expensive knlfo from Prlco camo into tho shop some time after a fight had occurred In a mine und sev sev-oral - oral sev-oral mon had boon carved to death, and exchanged the weapon for somo othor wares. As he put the gold, mounted bowle down, ho Bnld with a Bhlvor that he would novor uso a knlfo again. Whon tho woupon was exam examined, - ined, examined, the blade was found rusted with blood, and there was blood oven In the croviuos botwoon the slabs of tho han handle - dle handle and tho tfrnmo. Thoro woro no guards on tho hilts of those knives, bo bo-cauBe - cauBe bo-cauBe the men who bought them car carried - ried carried them for sudden uso, and a guard is likely to catch in the clothing and delay tho draw. The first big knives mado by Price were for a party of United States sur surveyors, - veyors, surveyors, who wanted them as Bubstl Bubstl-tutoB - tutoB Bubstl-tutoB for axes In cutting trails through the brush. The blados were twelve inchoa long and vory heavy, and In tho hands of a strong man would cut a per person's - son's person's hood off nt ono blow. San Fran Francisco - cisco Francisco Examiner. The Toothpick Industry. A toothpick factory Is one of the flourishing wood-working establish establish-ments - ments establish-ments at Harbor Springs, Mich., and It Is one ot the largest factories of the kind lp the country. White birch is exclusively used in the manufacture of the toothpicks, and about 7,600.000 of the handy little splinters aro turned out dally. The logs ore sawed up Into bolts each 28 inchoa In length, then thoroughly steamed and cut up Into veneer. The veneer is cut Up into long ribbons, 8 Inches In width, and these ribbons, eight or ten of thorn at a time, are run through the toothpick machin machinery, - ery, machinery, coming out nt the othor end, the perfect pieces fulling Into one buskot, the broken pieces and refuse fulling Into anothor. The picks aro packed Into boxes, 3,609 lu a box, by girls, mostly comely looking squnws, and aro thon packed Into cases and finally into big boxos, roady for shipment to all parts of tho world. Tho white birch toothpicks aro vory neat and cloan in uppearance, swoot to the tuste, and thoro Is a wldo market for thorn. The goods sell at tho fuctory ut$l.U0 a case ! of 160,000 picks, or 100 small boxes, each containing 1,600, and the small boxos retail at-1 cents each, or 800 picks for 1 cent, at which rate almost every body can afford to take .a f re.n toothplok after aaea meal. , .

GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE. float tha Aflalra ol Ilia French Itopublla Ara Ailinlnlatared. Franco. 1 what haa boon oullcd "a llmttod domocracy, with nrlntocrnllc iippondafjoa." To fully undcnitani iU character we mtmt romombor tlmt It in n united at'ito, that la, one In which the nntlunul govormnont lias tho ro ro-nponil)lllty - nponil)lllty ro-nponil)lllty of looking ufUir public atTnlin "U over the country. Thla dia dia-lln(uUhai - lln(uUhai dia-lln(uUhai It In mnny Important par par-lli'iiluin - lli'iiluin par-lli'iiluin from thoso coiiulriua which, llko our own, are fednrutivu, und the powor of the central government U limited by tlione of Included Slutoa. Of courao, in Franco, there are locul authorities to look ufler local mut torn, but thla docs not luBaon the powor of tho central government to overrule liny dcclaion or oi'tion of a locul body at I La pleuauro. 'l'ho con con-etitutlon - etitutlon con-etitutlon of the Kronch Uopuljllo was adoptod February J5, 1H76. nnd ro ro-viid - viid ro-viid in Auguat, 1KKI. Ity it tho leglalntivo power 1 vented In the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and tho oxecutivo in the I'reuldcnt of tho republic Tho IVpullea nro elect elected - ed elected by univerBiil 6ulTrnco, under the plan culled "acrutlu do Hutu," adopted by tho National Aiiacinbly in Each department thoro tire elhty elhty-aeven - aeven elhty-aeven in all forum ono doctoral dia dia-trlct - trlct dia-trlct nnd chooac depullca In tho ratio of one to each 7it.(K); iuhnbttauU for for-ulgnera - ulgnera for-ulgnera exciudetl. Thutotnl number of Deputies la nov Ml, of whom alxtoen are sent from F'tvnch colonloa. To have tho right to vote at Deputy oleclloua a man mtwt bo twenty twenty-one - one twenty-one year of age, and have been a res resident - ident resident for two years In hia town or can canton. - ton. canton. The only requisite for it Deputy Is to bo a citizen and twonty-flre yoars of ago, but members of families who havo roigned in France we forever lnuliglblo for this olectlon. Tho Son Son-ate - ate Son-ate ia composed of Ait) members, of whom 75 wero elected for lifo by the orlglnnl constitution, but by the revlaioa of 1IM4 It was provided that vacancies among the oxlsting lifo Senntorshlps should be filled, as thoy occurred, by thooloctlon of ordinary Senators for the term of nine years. Kvory three years one-third ot the Sena Senators - tors Senators retire nnd their places are filled by new mombors. The Senators aro elected by dologatea chosen by tho communes orintiniclpalitios of FrantHi. who aro in conjunction with the momlors of the departmental councils, and the Depu Deputies - ties Deputies of the departmental, in mak making - ing making tho choice. No other qualifi qualification - cation qualification is required for a Senator than to be a Frenchman, forty yeurs of ago, and not a member of a deposed dy dynasty, - nasty, dynasty, or a (ienernl or Admiral on act act-lvo - lvo act-lvo service. The two houses form the National Assembly, which meets each year on tho second Tuesday in Janu January, - ary, January, unless previously collod together by the President, and they must re remain - main remain in session at least Ave months In the your, and both Deputies and Sena Senators - tors Senators are paid for their services, the former drawing a salary of $1,800, the latter !,0U0 a year. Tho President is elected by a ninjorlty of the votes of tho Senate and House of Deputlos for a term of seven years, and he is eli eligible - gible eligible for a aocond term or more more-lie - lie more-lie has tho power of appoint appointment - ment appointment to all civil and military posts and he has, as advisers, a Cabinet of ten members. 'l'ho present Chief Magistrate of the French Hcpublio is M. fSadl-Cnrnot, who was elected Do Do-combor - combor Do-combor S, 1MH7. Tho last ministry was appointed March .11), 1HHK, under tho Premiership of M. Charles Thomas FloqueL The French Cabinet Is very unstable, as whonover ono of its meas measures - ures measures is overthrown by an ndvorse voto in tho Chamber Its members aro bound to resl.n. Often tho term of official lifo for a cabinet Is limited to a few weeks or evon a few days, as ad adverse - verse adverse vole, from an assembly Includ

ing so many shades of political opinion are the rule ruthor than tho exception. Chicago Inter-Ocean. m m Worse Than Damages. About ten o'clock of a dark night, as we wore speeding down tho rivor from Nntchos, thore enmo a sudden hall out of the darkness, and the next Instant our stoamor crashed Into a hoop-pole barge floating with the current, and having no light out, our wheel smash smashed - ed smashed the stoorlng oar and made the spllntora fly generally, and the bout had been checked before a slnglo por por-sou - sou por-sou on the barge uppearod In sight. Then it waa a bare-headed man, who had yelled at us with bis head out of a cabin window. Ho was followed bv 0 woman, but while ho was terribly ex excited - cited excited she took matters very coolly. "What 'ere craft ar' thatP" she de demanded, - manded, demanded, looking up at us. . ' "The I.ucy Jones," ropllod the cap captain. - tain. captain. "Aro you much damaged?" "Dnmngod! Who's shotitln' 'bout dnmagosP" she yollod. "What I'm talkin' 'boutjls your bumming along yero and tumblln' me outer bed, and, captain, I'll make ye holler if I havo to fuller ye all the way down to the ocoan to git my hands In yer ha'r!" ha'r!"-Dctroit - Dctroit ha'r!"-Dctroit Fret Press. , A Prosperous Hotel Porter. There Is ono hotel porter in Chi cngo Who has not the distinction of being tho oldest man In tho bustnoss, yot ho is undoubtedly the wealthiest. The aristocratlo tourist who makes his home at the Grand Pacific during his stay in Chicago la greeted on his ar arrival - rival arrival by a tall man of gontool appear appearance, - ance, appearance, who takes hia big traveling bog with a Chostorllcldlau bow and con conducts - ducts conducts him to tho foot of the elovntor. This man Is John Culllton, tho rtohost hotel porter in the world. Culllton is said to be worth more than one hun hundred - dred hundred thousand dollars, and lives in elegance on Park avonuo. Ho pridos himself on tho memory of names and faces, and knows every publio man in America who has chanced to stop at theilrand l'acillc Hotel. Ho is nlwaya posted on the railway time-tables and is prepared to give hia opinion rondlly ou the nmusoments In the olty. Like his contemporaries, who onjoyod the profits of tlckot-sculplng before that business became a apeclulty and waa controled by agents, he mode an inde independent - pendent independent fortune, and continually added to It. lib haa tea assistants, who re receive - ceive receive sixty dollar a motto, each and toair Bflari. CSWV Vu

SOME COSTLY KNIVES. Uladoa That Warn Ma,lo for Ilmlneaf la tho Karly California Daya, Iu 1858 M. Price, who thon had a small cutlery ahop, sat up nights and made a tine bowle knife, which he ex exhibited - hibited exhibited iu tho first Mechanic' Fair hold in San Francisco. After the fair Ward Katon took tho knlfo to the B:ink Exchango and ruflbd It for J 1.10. Prlco had taken gront care in toinpcring the blade, and had offered to forfeit (flOO if nny better stool could be found. At that timo Hilly Allison, of Yolo, waa making knives, which wero sought by nil mon who wanted reliable weapons. Survoyor-Genernl Hlgley had an Alli Allison - son Allison knlfo, and ho backed It against Prlco's blade. Tho test was made In tho Hunk Exchango and aroused as much intorost as n Nationul election. General Hlgley laid a half dollar on tho counter and drove tho Allison blade through It without turning tho point or edge. Wurd ronton wield wielded - ed wielded tho Prlco bludo with a steady, strong nrm, and achieved the samo feat. Genoral Hlgley thon tried two half dollnrs, nnd tho point of his knlfo turned. Eaton piled up throe of tho coins, drove tho Price knife through thorn, and when hu raised the wonjwu the throe half dollars were impaled on tho point, which was not turned. That mado Price's bowle knivos as famous on this count as Toledo blades wore In .Spain, and every man who wool heeled hud to hnve ono. Murlon Moore, a noted mining and sporting man, whoso nitro-glycerino blow up Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express office on the corner of California nnd Montgom Montgomery - ery Montgomery streets, ordered of l'rico the best kmfo he could make. Mooro gave l'rico a gold brick nnd a piece of gold quartz, that he had taken out of amino with his own hands, and told him to work tho metal in. Price mado an eight-inch bowle, having a gold handle inluld with quartz. Mooro paid 173 for tho weapon, und handed back to

IT WAS DISTRESSING. Vlie ZXortal Afonr of Mr. nod lira, Aloahy'a First Naoaratloo. It was by the morost accident that I happened to hear tho following dis distressing - tressing distressing conversation botwoon young Mr. nnd Mrs. Mushy. Thoy hud just returned from their wedding tour, mid worn about to undergo tho mortal agony of their first separation, for Mushy was going back to his offlco desk, thoro to remain for four long, weary, dreadful hours. "How shall I ever live a vhU half day without you, dearie?" whispered Mrs. Mushy. "You won't miss me much, will you, darling?" ' "Jias you? O Horoeo!" "Kvor and ever so much?" "Kvory momont will soom an age ! V "My darling!" "And you wilt oome homo just as Boon as ovor you can, dearie?" "You know that I will." "O Horace! I'm so glud!" "Glad you ara my own dear little wlfoy?" "Yos, darling." "I'm a thousand, thousand times glad!" "You old dnrllng!" "Hut now I really must go!" "O Horace!"

When the Moths Come to Administer on Our Estate And take account of our stock on hand next Summer, they are going to be the worst dis disappointed - appointed disappointed moths you ever saw in the whole couf se of your life, for there isn't going to be winter goods enough on hand to make 1 Square Meal for a Moth with a Wife and 2 Small Children. We are going to sell out so clean that there won't be enough winter woolens on hand to rock a baby moth to sleep in. We are going to sell our winter stock if we have to Mark them Down to 10 Cents on the Dollar. And we are going to commence at once Accumulations of stock and selling goods on credit are the two rocks upon which American merchants ior an hundred years have been going to pieces, and as long as the top of our head is warm we are going to steer our craft clear of both. WE DON'T SELL GOODS ON CREDIT, and when the "Blue Birds sing in the Spring" we will be sold out of Winter Clothing. THIS "WES WILL SELL: