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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22
MATRIMONIAL.
Coke Gocutohcn.
IRussellyllle Herald.l

AS announced, the wedding of Mr..
J. G. Coke, Jr,, of this place, and Miss
Carrie McCutchen, OF Auburn, took
place Wednesday Oct. 18th at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church In
Auburn at o'clock In the afternoon.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Mr.. Mccormick, pastor OF the
church. The building was beautiful
ly decorated with flowers, aud dur.
lug the ceremony the bride aud groom
stood beneath an exquisite floral
arch.
There were no female attendants,
the usbers being Messrs. Hugh Cap
erton, NJ. NJ. Wall, e. b. Wills, s. G.
Long, A. G. Rhca, Jr., NJ. d. Bowden
aud Samuel Rose.
Immediately after the ceremony
the young couple left on the train for
this place, where, at the residence Of
the groom's father, Mr.. J. c. Coke, a
reception and supper were rendered
them, the ushers and 4 few special
friends being present. The wedding
presents were both numerous aud
elegant.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Coke are residing
temporarily In Russellville, but will
shortly move to their farm few
miles from here. With their host Of
other friends, We extend our best
wishes, and hope that their days may
be many, that their cares may be
few, aud that they may enjoy the full
measure OF true happiness that they
deserve.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22

Cards are out announcing the mar
riage Of Mr.. Thos. Green, Jr., to Miss
lila T. Nourse, daughter Of Rev. w.
L. Nourse, at the Ninth st. Presbyte-
rian church next Tuesday evening
al 8 o'clock. All of this city.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22

At II o'clock yesterday morning,
Mr.. Edward A. Startling and Miss
Mamie Gallagher were married at
Christ church, Rev. Craik officiating.
Both the contracting parties are quite
well and popularity known in society
circles In Louisville. The bride Is
the daughter Of Edward +. Gallagh.
or, until recently stamp clerk In the
Post-offlce. Mr.. Startling has been
for years, and Is still, connected with
the Old Kentucky Woolen-mills. Mr.,
and Mrs. Startling left at IL 80 for a
short bridal trip through the South
Commercial l4lh.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22
Dissolution Notice!

The firm Of Gardner & Miller having Dissolved,
the business will be continued by John ID. Gard
ner, who now takes great pleasure in thanking
the people OF Garrettsburg and this vicinity for
their many kindnesses and liberal patronage,
and hope to be able in the future to conduct
the business in such manner and on such prin-
ciples as TO merit the continuance Of their good
will and liberal part OF their patronage.
have Just returned from the Eaet with supply
OF everything usually kept in Il country store,
and think / will lie full able to compete in
prices with any retail store in country or town,
/ hope the people White and Black Will con-
slider their interest and give me call.
JNO. ID. GARDNER.
HOWELL, KY, Oct. 18th, 1886. octl9-iw.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22
SPECIAL LOCALS.
Ladies Cloaks
.... -AND
Dress Goods.

The cheapest and
handsomest lin e of
Cloaks in the city are
at Mrs. Carrie Harris.
Her line of Dire S
Goods is extensive
and carefully selected
and ladies will have
no trouble in suiting
themselves if tn e y
will call on Mrs. Car
RE Hart, Main Street,
opp. Opera House.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22
Lumber /! Lumber!

The largest and most complete
stock of Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds.
Shingles, Laths, Boards, Ceiling,
Flooring and Weather-boarding ever
on this market. Our facilities for
contracting has no equal.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22
EXCELSIOR WAGONS

Will run lighter and carry heavier
loads than any wagon sold on this
market, and warranted to give salts
faction.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22
HOTTER AND HOTTER.
The Wet and Dry Fight Waxing
Warmer as the Time
Draws Near.
what's Being Done By Both Sides.

Ed. Glass, COL, and 1. II. Jones, col.
are stumping the county for the Wet
side. We have not been able to get
list of their appointments.
There will be a temperance concert
at the Christian church tonight, coll
Quoted by Mrs. Clarence Anderson.
The public is invited.
Mrs. Wilson had an appointment
to address the colored people at the
Christian church last night in the in.
terest Of prohibition.
Mrs. Wilson spoke at the Baptist
church Monday night. The church
was densely packed, every available
foot of standing room being occupied,
Many ladies stood up during the en-
tire services, while large numbers Of
ladies and gentlemen were turned
away, being unable TO get even stand
ing room on the floor or In the gall
lcry. Her address was strong pre-
sentation of the Dry side of the pro-
hibition question. At the conclusion
PSI ladies pinned on prohibition
badges and pledged themselves to
work for prohibition until the day
of the election.
Some strange things are being de-
veloped in the fight. Some citizens
who have been total abstainers all
their lives favor the Wet side, while
one of the most prominent saloon
men in the city has taken the stump
for the Dry side.
The anti-liquor men will hold a
grand rally at the court house Mon
day night. Mr.. Feland will discuss
the law Oh the question, Judge Pc
tree its effects on taxation, Maj.
Brsathilt It's political bearings and
Col. Mcpherson and Judge Landes
its moral features. r. w. Henry,
Robt. Lander and others will also
speak.
The Dry men are claiming that
they will not lose q district in the
county outside of IIopkinsville.
There were l,70l votes cast in the
city districts last August, including
rs or 100 that are charged as being
illegal by the contestants in the coun-
ty judgeship matter. 1t is not at all
likely that more than 100 votes will
be cast in the two city precincts. II
the Wet men get 1000 of these the
coutest'will be very close in the coun-
ty, from present indications.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22
CALL AND SEE US

While at the Fair and get prices on
Tin Roofing and .Guttering; il you
want any galvanized iron work we
are prepared to give you low prices !;
all we ask is for you to come to see
us. We can please you in work and
prices.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22
JONES & co.
NOTICE.

All persons holding claims against
the estate of d. B. Owsley, decd,
will present same properly proven, at
II. W. Henry's office, Monday, Octo-
Der 18th, for payment.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-21
Furnishing Obituary Poetry.

Another business that is heard of now and
then, the furnishing of obituary poetry, is
successful in the hands of man who lives
somewhere on the east side. He watches the
papers for death notices, and, having chosen
one that long experience has taught him is
apt to he available for his purpose, he goes to
the bereaved locality, inspects the house, asks
what questions about the family he can of
the neighbors, and then goes home and writes
a poem" appropriate to the occasion. A day
or two after the funeral he calls upon the
relatives, and, expressing sympathy for their
affiiction, claims to have been friend of the
departed, and, moved by the termination of
his or her career, has written this little
tribute, which he delicately offers for rea-
sonable sum- 1t is said that his price is
usually 81, and that he makes from SO to SIS
a week from his literary efforts.
There is another sort of people who make
a practice of inspecting the death notices for
business. The attention of these persons is
limited to the decease of wives. They are
women of rather uncertain repute, ard their
object is to get an engagement as house
keeper for the widower Their method of
operation is much the same as that employed
by the obituary poet. But they sometimes
go further. l heard Of a man who had lest
his wife, and at the funeral was surprised TO
see several strange women. Hardy was the
burial over before he received six appiica-
tions for the position of housekeeper, each
one of the applicants having been seen at the
fnneraL-'Un Bills" New York Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-21
characteristics of the Germans.

Perhaps the popular idea that a eSerman is
a somewhat phlegmatic, unexcitable i1oii-
vidual, with more staying powers than mo
mentuM, is. take it ell in all, a tolerably cor
rect one. 1t is a sore point to refer, within
the hearing of any of the Kaiser Wilhelm's
subjects, to Noltaire's doubt whether ''un
Allemand peut avoir de rcsprit." Yet the
doubt must not unfrequently have struck
others besides the venomous Frenchman, u
certain lumpishness being common to the
people at large
No race is more frugal, more patient, more
hardy or more easy to govern; hence they
make the best of colonists, just as the
Celt, and the Celto-L.atin, the Frenchmc II,
make the worst. Yet these qualities, in
which he so abounds when transplanted to a
foreign soil, are less marked at home. The
heavineSs of the German makes him, as a
workman, dilatory, unpunctual, slow. and
often "bungling" His handiworll has sell
dom the neatness of the Frcnchman's, and it
is not often that he can be depended on to
finish what he has contracted to perform
within the stipulated period Hence, railway
contractors preferred the English navy. not
that he was SO much stronger than the Ger
man, but simply because he did not find so
many excuses for interference with his con-
tilfhous work.-Peoples of the World.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-21
PociicaI Child of Prosaic Mother.

The human race seems TO have weakness
for weather prophecy. The various signs in
which mortals put their faith are almost as
uun,berless as the uortals themselves. On Il
calm. bright dag last week, with only few
flaky clouds TO be seen in the distance,
a Chicago and Northwestern train was
scuddinC along toward Lake Geneva. In one
of the coaches was 4 matron who was worried
about a good many things, and among them
the weather.
Il do believe it's going TO rain" she said,
petulantly and unpoetically; Il feel it in my
bones"
.Oh, no, mamma replied a 5-year-old
miss, whose nose was fattened against the
window, and whose pretty eyes were gazing
eagerly ct the fitting landscape and horizon;
sOh. no, mamma. it won't rain. The clouds
are out in their nice blue and white dresses.
When they have their ugly black dresses on,
then it rains Chicago Herald
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-21
The Plagiarisms of Royalty.

1t would seem that the Prince of Wales sons
have been guilty Of a very fragrant piece Of
plagiarism. No passage in The Cruise of the
Bacchante" has been SO admirably quoted rs
the ore written while between Barbados and
Martinique. which begins: I'VE should lie les;
than men," and ending, ''hut the sad memory
of their useless valor," etc. 1t is indeed q
q most eloquent and effective passage, as well
it maNkc. for it turns out TO have been copied
almost word for word from Charles kingsley's
charming work, AT Last" where it VIII be
found iii the second chapter. Canon Dalton
allowed it to be published, without hint, hap
PLY without suspicion, of its true origin. The
princes however, may console themselves IN
der this unpleasant exposure by rejecting,
that they have only initiated LORD Bcaco.ls
field who. it may be remembered. borrowed
nearly half his elaborate oration on the Duke
of Wellington from Il translation Of work
by Theirs 1t was stolen without the change
of single word. These royal authors have
plundered Canon Kingsley il much about the
same fashion.-Chicago Times.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-21
AROUND NIAGARA FALLS.
Changed for the Better During the Pa
Two YparS-Tl,a Car.fiIeycr bridge.

Changed for ti,e Better During the Past
Two Years-The Cantilever Bridge.
Up at the falls things have changed woli-
derfully for the better within the past few
years. The general appearance OF the place
| is more prosperous than l ever saw IT before
The iberality of the state of New York has
freed the visitor on the American side from
all the petty tolls and exactions that existed
around the great cataract. All the usual fifty
cent places are free 1t is rather strange that
this expenditure Of, may say, millions, was
due to the suggestion of Lord Dufferin when
governor general of Canada, and yet his own
country has not so far followed his advice A
green fence made of iron now stretches from
the falls two miles down to the old suspension
bridge This is great improvement and
prevents you from tumbling into eternity by
false step in the dark, as many persons We're
in the habit of doing. Nothing was ever so
serious az interruption of days pleasure at
Niagara than to take a step off the cliff.
l am sorry to say the picturesque stone
towers of the old suspension bridge are being
taken down and in their places steel towers
are to be erected, and the material therefor is
being constructed at this moment in Detroit.
This improvement will be a wonder of ergi-
neering, for the stone towers will be taken
down ard the iron towers put in their place
without for moment interrupting the pas
sage OF. train across the aerial structure.
The new cantilever bridge is finished, and
whatever it is as a work of engineering it is
the most brutally ugly structure that ever
has been erected in America which is saying
q good deal
1t is painted dull drab color which adds,
If possible, to its general hideousness. 1t
gives the idea Of great strength, which, doubt
less, it possesses, but it is angular and bald
and altogether offensive to the eye. In the
capital of Switzerland there is an iron bridge
which spans the chasm similar to that of Nj
agara, but the bridge at Berne springs from
its abutments into beautiful airy and fairy
like arch that is pleasure to look at and is as
strong as there is any need for Instead of
an arch at Niagara we have ugly angles, and
the bridge looks like a difficult problem in
Euclid.-Cor. Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-21
Hc ErnLe I'm the I'iirfotiOn

A husband who was apprised of his wifes
filtration with the handsome basSo of a comic
opera company at Long Branch, wired her
that he would run down from New York and
arrive at Long Branch at 6:i7. Instead he
arrived carly III the afternoon and saw her
drive Off in the family equipage with the
basso. He followed in hired cab for a long
distance, then called TO his own driver, who
halted. Stepping out of his hired equipage
he sent it back. forced the baSso to mount the
box 10y the coachman, stepped in and sat by
his wife, and then had the coachman drive
very slowly by in full view of the hotel. The
Irritation was completely broken up.-New
York Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-21
The Knot and the 1liin.

The knot" and the mile are terms often
used interchangeable, but enormously So.
The fact is that a mile is less than s. per cent
of knot. Three and one-half miles are equal,
within a very small fraction, to three knots.
The knot is 6,0S2.G feet in length The
statute mile is $3.50 feet. The result Of the
difference is that speed iii miles Per hour is
always considerably larger than when stated
in knots, and if q person forgcts this and
states speed at so many knots, when il w,ls
really so many miles, be may be giving fig
ures vcrsing on the Incredible -philrdel-
r.lia Call
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-21
The Ghost End the Real.

After the ghost scene in a recent perform
ance of Hamlet IN London, Mr.. Wilson
Barrett went to the private box of the Prince
of Wales TO pay his respects, and found, be-
sides the heir to the English throne. modest
man sitting in q corner. ALLOW me-" said
his royal highness, Ito present to the fictitious
prince of Denmark this real prince of Den-
mark-my aw."-Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-21
x,,,;rr the Elm Trees.

The elms of Flushing, L. l., are suffering
for the third year from the ravages OF the
larva, of the saw fly, an import from Ter
many. which, very curiously, in its native
country, confines its ravages to the pine
f)rc<tc.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-16
HASTY JUDGMENTS.
Why Life Should Not he Judged from Mo-
ment to Moment.

Why Life Should Not He Judged from Mo-
ment to Moment.
Science is continually discovering
the unsupported uses of common things;
noxious weeds and plants which have
long been regarded as pests and nui-
sances by the gardener and the farmer,
studied more closely, reveal the most
benefcent qualities. 1t has been re-
Gently discovered, for instance, that the
Canada thistle, one of the most stub
born and exasperating of all the farm
er's foes, can be manufactured into a
fabric of most serviceable quality.
This is only one illustration out of a
thousand which make clear mans ig-
norance of the real uses of the things
that surround him, and throw broad
and penetrating light on the difficulties
and obstacles which surround his
own growth and development. Every
some experience, bitter indeed at the
time, which, now that it has been
passed and lies clear in the distance, is
seen to have been a piece of rare good
fortune. Many mans disappoint-
ment in the path which he had laid out
for himself has turned him into another
field, where he has achieved a success
and acquired an influence of which he
never dreamed. Many woman's sor-
row, bitter beyond tears at the moment,
has revealed to her unsupported re-
sources of power, and brought uncal-
culated wealth of hope and peace and
Joy. At this moment you may be con-
fronting some apparently insurmount-
able obstacle, bearing some almost in
tolerable burden, sitting in the shadow
of some overwhelming sorrow. These
things are unspeakab1y dark and bitter
to you. You are sure there is no good
in them, and that they mean only
calamity and loss. But how do you
know that in this hard and stony seed
there is not concealed the flower of the
sweetest Joy of your life; or that in
this terrible discipline you are not
being prepared for a responsibility and
service which you covet above all
things else; or that in this unspeak-
able loss there is not being developed
in you that power of affection which is
beyond all comparison the highest and
the most permanent return of loves
Do you Judge your life from moment to
moment; wait until the Interior pur.
poses are disclosed; wait until the un-
suspected uses are revealed; wait until
the great plan which you are working
out lies clear and complete before you
Christian Union.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-16

of them has been completed and tested,
and is now in sections at the shop
waiting to be packed up and shipped to
Washington.
The motive is electricity and the cur
rent is supplied to it through light
cable from a dynamo on ship or on
land. The motor is of the ordinary
simple form-a dynamo reversed-and
the coil fits into the body of the torpedo
shell and is paid out as it goes along.
Thus the mechanism can travel three or
four miles from its base of power. The
cable does not have to be dragged
through the water, but lies stationary
and is spun out as a spider lets himself
down by his web. The torpedo itself is
twenty-eight feet long and of cigar
shape. 1t will not float but is submerged
few feet and is supported by a raft of
cork, which is twenty feet long and
about two feet wide This can be rid
died with shot without destroying it's
buoyant power The charge of two
hundred pounds of dynamite is put in
the bow, and the whole apparatus then
weighs three thousand seven hundred
pounds. Those built for experiment
have been driven at a speed of eleven
miles an hour. The propulsion is by
a screw, the shaft of which is coupled
directly to the shaft of the motors arma-
ture. The same current that drives the
motor actuates the magnets which control
the rudder. Variations in the amount of
| current affect relay which reverses
the large magnets and moves the rud-
der. The iron piece that runs from the
forward end of the raft to the forward
end of the torpedo is sharpened to
knife edge in order to cut through any
| obstruction. When it can't cut its way
| through it dives under. Two little
painted spheres raised several inches
above the raft indicate the position of
the torpedo and the direction in which
| it is pointed.
The advantages of this system of
torpedo management are numerous.
Unlimited power as long as the connec-
possibility of launching it long before
the enemy is within range, keeping it
moving alongside, and discharing it in
any direction while under fire, are
few of the more noticeable points. The
danger of breaking the connection wire
and thus losing all control of the tor
pedo is the main drawback. A little
iron-clad surrounded by convoy of a
dozen of these torpedos might creep
into the midst of feet and discharge
them in all directions They can be
sent ahead to blow up torpedo block
ade in entering a harbor, while a fleet
of them operated from the shore might
be kept in motion to guard the mouth
of harbor from entrance.-M y
Tribune.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-16
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The yearly exports of umbrellas
from England are valued at f5ol 600
"A Russian convict is said to have
survived a punishment of two thousand
lashes.
1t has cost the British Government
$330,000 to suppress the locust plague
in Cyprus.
The Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil
is planning the erection of an academy
of arts, which will be the first of its kind
in South America.
Archer and Wood, the two noted
English jockeys, according to the in
come tax assessment, made last year re-
spectively $50. 600 and $45. 900.
In China and Japan girls are named
after some beautiful natural object, and
such names are common as Cherry
flower, Peach blossom, Plum blossom,
Bamboo-leaf, Pine-woods, etc.
"A patent has been granted in Russia
for lucifer match that can be used an
indefinite number of times, the wood
being impregnated with a special chem
ical solution that will allow of such re-
use.
The depression in Scotch agricul-
ture is so great that, in one recent num-
Der of a paper published in the north,
forty seven country mansions, with
245,000 acres of shootings attached,
were advertised to let.
In Servia it is the custom to build
the partition walls of houses quite thick,
and set stoves in the walls half way
through, so that they do duty in warm
ing two rooms. The stove has no OPEN
ing in either room, but is managed
through an aperture in the wall.
The best decorated man in Prussia
is the Crown Prince of Germany, who
has seventy-two orders and decorations
to plant on his breast, which make him
look as if he wore breastplate. Count
Puckler, the Marshal of the place, comes
next with fifty-one; Bismarck follows
with modest forty-eight.
The Island of Juan Fernandez, mp
on which Alexander Selkirk, the pro-
totype of Robinson CrusOe, spent his
four solitary years, has never since been
inhabited until twelve years ago, when
the present Governor Rodt settled upon
it with a small colony. Rodt is Swift
ger. In 1866 he fought for Austria
against the Prussians, and in 1870 for
France. After the defeat of the French
he emigrated to Chill, and made himself
useful to the government, at whose in
vitation he undertook the colonization
of Robinson Crusoe's lonely island.
Here he has resided for the last twelve
years as Governor and Judge. Most OF
the settlers over whom he presides are
German and Swiss