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THI L1ZIMTQI gOED Let your light ho shine before men that they may sec your good works, and glorify your Father vhich is in Heaven. EST ERE D AT THE POSF-OFFICE AT LEXISGTON AS SECOM)-CIASS MATTER. Vol. I. LEXINGTON, ICY., APRIL, 1891. No. 8. J. STEWART SMITH, MANUFACTURING JJISrENSARY PHARMACIST, 49 E. Short street. Telephone, 100. HENRY VOGT, DEALER IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, Fruits, Poultry and Vegetables. Spe cial attention paid to Coun try Produce. Comer Rroarfirny tint Short Stm t, Telephone 177. Lexington, Ky. TAYLOR HAWKINS, pANOY GOODS AND NOTIONS, The Ladies' Favorite Store. 7 W. Main street. Lexington, Ky. W. PLUNKETT & CO., STATIONERS, JOB PRINTERS, 43 E. MA IX S T. , L EXIXG TOX, K Y. Fine Job Printing in all its branches. JOHN HUTCHISON, DEALER IX STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, Pure Kentucky Whiskies, and Im ported Liquors of all kinds, warranted pure. Corner Main and Mill Streets. Telephone Xo. 4. LEXIXU TOX, KY S. BASSETT & SONS, FINE SHOES OF ALL KINDS LARGE ASSORTMENT, LOW PRICES. 20 EAST MA IX STREET.- C. A. JOHNS, Corner Main and Walnut Streets, opposite Post Oj)ice. DRUGGIST, LEXINGTON, - KY. MUSIC AND ART DEALERS. Call and Examine Our Stock. THE MIL WARD CO., o c lAiu at t 4. , I 8 & 10 W. Mam, Lexington, Ky. 1 LEXIXG TOX PL UMUIXG CO. FINE SANITARY PLUMBING, Heating by IIft Water Circulation. Steam, lirass Goods, Drain Pipe. Lexington, Ky. C. S. BELL, JR., Dealer in FRU1TS,CONFEOTIONARIES Fixht Game, VejeUihb. 8 and 10 West Short Street. joiins, PHOTOGRAPHER, 55 East Main Street, LEXINGTON, - KENTUCKY. The BEST FLOUR is the sale by all first-class Grocers. Don t tail to use Cream Jnour. it you want good Bread and a. happy Cook. ; PRFAM K ( ) R vitetl 80n,e friemls t0 lni at UADRiVl r LiU U JA, liv0 aml tako tea cx S?fy l!10 .LeinSto Koiler,the urgency of punctual coming. The Lexington Record will 1)0 issued the first of every month. The subscription price is One Dol lar a year. Advertising space is Three Dollars per inch for one year, if paid in advance; or four dollars when paid by the quarter. Please address all questions and commu nications to Lexington Record, 1 So S. Mill St., Lexington, Ken tucky. Mrs. Eugenia Dlwlai Potts, Editor. Mrs. J. W. McConnell, Business Manager. Owing to certain changes in the printing office and unavoida ble delav this issue of The Re cord is two weeks late. Punctuality is an old-fashioned and unpopular virtue, and why? It should by right rank with ' truth and charity and love and peace, for the violation of it causes much sin. A wealthy Christian family always took the;r u,oSage m small trunks when travelling, for they said the lifting of huge Saratogas made the poor feliows swear and almost "broke their backs. How much swearin"-. think you, has been caused by the failure of somebody to keep an ap pointment? How much valuable time lost? How much chafing of the spirit" and fretting of temper? Many persons are habitually tardy. It is with them a habit, and a very bad one. They may not miss the time lost, but to those whom they have kept waiting the "latter is serious. The consequence . , 1 is that it has become customary to say, "appoint the hour ahead so astocatoh them at the right time." You are asked to a reception from five to seven, and some other people are expected from seven to nine. You go at six, somebody else at half past five, and so on, lagging in and lapping over the hour and seriously incommoding your hostess. Why should it be considered elegant to keep people waiting, and give unnecessary trouble? And why should prompt- Iness be relegated to trade "those common people who make their own living?" A Lexington hostess had a much-prized guest who was com pelled to leave on the eight o'clock evening train. Sh in- Txn -I-.. 1 iM .1 AMW ""' niu me iaDt iiuiu uuuuie wnen sue was compelled to sit down to her beautifully spread table alone .with her departing guest, who hastily "snatched a bite,'' and rushed out, meeting the first batch of lag gards on the steps. Of course the hostess smilingly served her tea without the the intended Hamlet of the play, but who can excuse such rudeness? Where invitations are issued for a whole evening, ad. libitum, a wide margin might be forgiven, but now-a-days you are told when to come and when to go. But society delinquents are tri fles compared with people who come late to church. At the Episcopal Church all who are late miss the General Confession and Absolution which is the very ker nel and essence of the service. At other churches they carefully avoid what they term the "open ing exeiist s," as if singing, read ing and praying were not praising God. Shall we not i n all kindness and earnestness resolve to cure this grievous habit? Punctuality does not mean halt an hour earlv, or fifteen minutes late. It means such a calculation ahead as will enable us nine times out of ten to assemble at the appointed time, The Sunday School of the col ored church on Constitution street presents an interesting sight. It is a Mission of the Broadway Chris tian Church, and a dozen ladies from that congregation and more gentlemen, teach the colored peo ple every Sunday afternoon. They have an attendance averaging one hundred and fifty neat, attentive students. - Eyerena, For tired eyes, inllamed lids, harmless, painless, gives instant relief. Prepared by a specialist. Send 25 cents to E. Southern, 185 South Mill St., Lexington, Ky. Broadway Christian Church The Congregation of the Broad way Christian Church hold their meetings in Morrison Chapel of Kentucky University at present. Their church carpet was laid and some of their pews placed there, and it is very comfortable. There are additions at nearly every sor vice,and candidates for baptism use the new baptistry at the Chestnut Street Church. The work of clearing away the rubbish at the old church is progressing well and the brick work on the parsonage facing on Second street is begun. The foundation of the church building is nearly completed. An efficient building committee watch es every step. A Friend ofTlie Itcrord. "The March number of The Record is here." writes a friend in Kansas, and I read it through, advertisements and all. It is growing to be quite a paper. I think the la3t two numbers are most excellent specimens, and such an enterprise to care for the sick deserves the patronage, not only of all the church people in your community, but of all the business men as well, for it speaks well tor the citv of Lexington. The business men ought to sub scribe for it. and send it abroad as an advertisement for the town. It shows up the better na ture of the citizens to good ad vantage. A friend in a distant citv writes "Received March number of The Record. Send it on. I enclose one dollar. It is a perfect little gem is doing a grand work, and the editorial in behalf of the sales' ladies and clerks in this number is alone worth the subscription price.' Trying to Ciot Kven. A trani r-.icakcd up to the window of Col. Merrill's kitchen, and taking off his remnant of a hat said to Matilda Snowball, i who is blacker than the ace of j spades: "Pair lady, can't you give a i poor but respectable man some thing to stay his stomach? Have you no pie, for instance?" Matilda had both compassion and pie, and cutting one of the latter in half, gave one of them 1 to the polite visitor, remarking that he was a gentleman, if he was white. "Thanks," he responded. "May you retain your present beauty for a thousand years." "Dat's twice too much," said Matilda blushing. "Well, if it's twice too much, fair lady, give me the other half of the pie to make us even." He got it. TIic Season Over. Cliollie (singing) How can 1 leave thee. Kthel (coldly) The front tloor is still doing business at the old stand. Trv that. "Once more I have served my country," remarked the clergy man, after he had married a young couple. "I don't see how your remark applies," said his wife. "I have done what I could for the united states.