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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11
UNLOADING THE GRAIN.

for dairy farm, for the raising of poul-
try and bees, are as varied as the inven-
tive genius of man can think upon. Ag-
ricultural construction, such as barn and
stable fittings, fencings, gates and other
practical ideas, is considered in all its de-
tails. The subject of horticulture and
arboriculture have their full attention.
In general there is no invention pertain
ing to the farm or the field which does
not come within this category.
And what other city is so conveniently
situated as Cincinnati TO draw from sur
rounding territory the fullest proofs Of
the advancement and vast strides which
have been made in agriculture.
To the north are the rich sheep and
cattle interests of Ohio. The valley of
the beautiful river is rich with its cereal
crops; the blue grass regions of Kentucky
extend to the east and west, and the
grain growing areas Of Indiana and Illi-
nois are adjacent. Cincinnati, with great
truth, may be considered as the natural
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11
CINCINNATI CENTENNIAL NOTES.

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II you wan 70 s'liohls - o,sar you must
Keep On W tne ou'siue VI 'iie nuii'ihss' ni
Get up On tne gone q uhe park o,niu- ni
ing II yeuwantSa q Diro s-eye view Oh Oin'
clnnau'
None OF the hotels In the city VIII
charge eXhorpitant rates Inc tare VIII
be as usual
Thespeciai privileges to be sold TO the,
highest bidder viii net small fortunes to
the successful ones. >''- y '' . - ~ y
The bridges spanning the canal in
Machinery Hall will be transformed into
Venetian structures
The schools Of the Ohio Valley are all
sending prompt responses to be counted
in ON the eduqational exhibit rrTC
The Music Committee is arranging for
spectacularhiece for Music Hall that
will have run of several weeks &, -,,
The Catholic schools committee OF the
Educational Department are working
hard to get up creditable exhibit
The lazy, the tired and the aged can go
TO the top Of the main exhibition build
ing in the phrkIby means Of elevators. :
The schools and churches are, organ
lzing interesting displays in their line,
and the results attained will be- surpris-
ing. a,j n,
Hon. John d. Caldwell, Chairman OF
the Pioneer Exhibit, is known among the
type-writers Iat headquarters, as the
"Great Dictator,p /. sl
Two hundred iand atty children were
selected at Turner Hall, in Cincinnati,
the other night to participate in the great
0GptenPla, %se PrnJ9n, SRsS'aSlS sSd 5,s o.,n+t
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11
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and Vine, in the busiest portion of the
city, The club, was organized in 1874 for
the protection of game and fish and for
social purposes It's annual receptions
are the finest over given in the state, In
the seeind story Of the building is a very
6ne collection of. hearly five thousand
preserved specimens Of fish and birds.
Its rooms are well furnished and COM
mudioGs, and besides the large display
COON, include library and reading room.
There are about 1900 members, each
paying so a year. Ladies' aud children
are pivilegetl7to visit the collections every
0 to Iolclook, free. Visitors at
other times are TO be introduced by mem
bers Visitors to the city during the
Centennial can spend a very pleasant
hour in this house and will be made well
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11
THE GOVERNMENT DISPLAY


At the Cincinnati Centennial Exposition
of the Northwest Territory.
A Washington special to Cincinnati
gives the gratifying announcement that,
in response to the request of the Execu'
tive Committee of the Smithsonian In
stitution, the Fish Commission and
National Museum, the subcommittee
have recommended to to the full Commit
tee on Appropriations an appropriation Of
$3.50, $50 for their exhibit at the Cincin-
natl Centennial Exposition. This will
allow of most complete and elaborate
display of this important Government
department. Hon. Ben. Butterworth i'm
pressed upon the committee the National
Importance of this occasion. The unani-
nous report of the Appropriation Com
mittee was submitted to the House
Wednesday favoring vote of the money
without reduction, and in view of the
character and extent of the display prom
.sed, beyond anything Of the kind ever
attempted, 1t is suggested by Mr.. Butter
worth'thnt a whole wing Of the Expo
sition buildings be set apart for the Gov
ernment exhibits.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11
CINCINNATI cENrINNIAL NOTES.

There will not be ,lull exhibit In the
entire collection. '1f@ 'y ~
The Commissioners headquarters will
be removed to the Centennial buildings
next week. Ia lllylfkI "
The public schools Of Hamilton county,
outside of Cincinnati, have organized for
a combined Centennial display of all their
grades.
"a THOUSAND editors are expected to par
ticipate in the dedicatory exercises of the
Press Clubs elegant quarters at the Cen
tcnnial buildings in few weeks
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11

gray, as rare as it is beautiful Another
Jar, tall and slender, in color, per-
feet bit of mahogany, has ghze SO
brilliant that 1t might have been polished
for hundred years. About the slender
throat few angry clouds seem drifting,
and underneath hugo serpent lifts its
hideous head and seems to undulate
about the body OF the jar. The effect is
superbly decorative and thoroughly aFHs-
tic. Another vase of the same type is In
delicious tint---a little more than green
and little less than blue-the handles
exquisitely shaped and carrying out the
idea Of the decoration-a mass of strug-
Cling serpents falling into space.
In all its styles the Characteristic feat
ure Of Rookwood ware is that the colot
grounds are decorative in themselves,
and that their combinations are used TO
reinforce the applied decoration. For the
latter not only Japanesque dragons, but
natural flowers and conventional forms
are used. As the decoration is all free
hand, done by trained artists, there isno
limit to tho variety and freedom of its
treatment The result is that no two
pieces are exactly alike, except as Ito
shape. Here is picture of some of the
pretticst models.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11
cuvlER CLUB.

An Interesting Exhibit of Bird and Fish
8sfGh Specimens. ltf
One of the most Interesting museums
in Cincinnati is owned by the Cuvier
Club, an association of eminently re-
spectacle citizens, whose club house, a
picture OF which is given below, is stu
rted on Longworth street, between Race
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11
CERAMICS IN CINCINNATI.
AN INTERESTING BRANCH OF ART
IN THE QUEEN CITY. ..f &

A Glimpse ut tho Far-Famed Rookwood
Pottery, tho Creation Of n Daughter of
an Honest PIoneer. Nleholas LongwOrth.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11


Without pause, without a sound:
So spins the flying world away Il
This clay well mixed WITH mart and sand,
Follows the motion Of my ,hand,O m esil
For sono must follow and some command,
Though all are made Of clay,ln 3AoAAs
In another roomh mdn is busy iillhfg
molds with liquid clay, and in still aus
other the molds themselves are being
made after original designs by Rookwood
artists.
Then there is the room where an expert
chemist experiments with mysterious
mixtures to produce RoolSwood' famous
glazes and high art colors. y
In another the precious pottery is be-
Ing packed, and upstairs, in o long
sunny room filled with glass cases II is
displayed in all its glory.
1t Is such pity the lovely jugs and
Jars cannot understand all the nice things
one says about them. II they were de-
butantes their heads would be quito
turned by such compliments, I'm sure.
But the really thrilling thing about the
pottery is the cellar where the ldlns arc
and where the pottery is 'fired.n
And how do they Sire" it,
Never mind, dear girls, I am not to DO
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11

beguiled into de-
scribing anything
80 caviare to the
general public as
that, and then be
taken to task for
my t e C h n / cal
terms. You may
see it yourself
when you come
to town for the
Centennial. Until
then, to console
you, I send a pic
ture of a lar that
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11

a WARE. has just come
ut of the very bottomless fires of the
pit, or otherwise the kiln. 1t is what
such art connoisseur as Professor Morse
would call regular heart rt-breaker.
B. Il. d.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11

L saw some ex-
quisite faience the
day at Rock
wood. One rose
ar,encircled with
dragons writh-
ing and twisting
beneath the glaze
as IL they felt
themselves inns
prisoned like flies
in amber, is re-
markable for its
color,a symphony
in dull green ana
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11


During the Centennial Exposition
Rookwood ware, aside from its own
merit, will have an especial interest, for
Rookwood pottery was founded by a
daughter of the Longworths, Mrs. Maria
Longworth Storer. The history of the
Longworths in Ohio is the history of Gin
cinnati itself, especially in its artistic de-
velopments. The Art Museum, the Art
School and lockwood pottery, these three
bear witness to their liberality and en-
couragement, but the greatest of these,
In practical results, is the pottery.
Visitors are welcomed there with charm
ing cordially, and a pleasant morning
may be spent in making tour of the
rooms and Watching tho artists at their
work. The big wheel, patiently turned
by woman's hand, the potter bending
intently over the wet clay that seems
alive under his fingers, and beyond the
low window, with a tracery Of leaves
across the pane, might be a picture of
mediaeval days, recalling, Longfellow's
Keiramos with its famous song of. the
potter, la'19 ia.fW hge "''r
"Turn, turn, my wheel; turn round and
round
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11
RooKwoon JUGS AND Jars.

Everything is made at lockwood from
pepper-boxes and after-dinner coffee cups
TO claret jugs and rose jars. In fact, the
controlling idea in the enterprise has
been TO apply art to simple things and to
common materials. In order to form a
style as distinctive as possible no direct
imitation Of other .wares has been at
tempted. Clay has been chosen only
from the Ohio valley, first-class artists in
Europe, America and japan have been
secured, originality has been encouraged
aud quality has never been sacrificed TO
quantity. A steady adherence to these
IDEAS, without regard to Immediate COM
merclal interest, has placed Rookwood
faiencc in the front rank of ceramic art,
In America 1t is unequalled and in Europe
its artistic success is cordially ac-
tunula1 sol .HlHI-
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-05-11

Turn, turn, my Wheel turn round and
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
He Was Il Bad Man.

Detroit Free Press: A big man and a
little man entered a saloon on Michigan
avenue, near Third street, the other
day and called for drinks. While the
little man fingered over his the big
man called the barkeeper aside and
asked:
ever see him before?"
"Non
''That's Texas Dick. He is the man
who grabbed grizzly bear by the ear
and broke its neck. Don't rile him, for
he is on a tear and very dangerous.
When the little man received change
for a quarter he looked at it in surprise
and said:
II gave you $2."
mo, sir.n
what! Call me liar! 1 want the
change for my two-dollar bill"
The big man winked vigorously at
the barkeeper not to engage in a dis
pute with the dangerous man, and as
consequence change was made on the
new basis, and the pair went out to
tackle another place. They found it
not far away, and it was in charge of a
consumptive looking young man.
Everything went smoothly until Texas
Dick claimed to have laid down a two
dollar bill. Then the young man fished
up club and went for the two, and
they got out doors so fast that they un-
hinged the hy-screen. The other
saloonist saw them as they went down
the street neck and neck, tleeing from
the wrath of ninety-pound man, and
he kicked himself and muttered:
"Twenty years of experience, and
still a fool. 1t was put-up job on mel"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY.

A daisy, having "A topaz center and dia-
mond paved petals, makes beautiful brooch.
A saddle, below which is a riding whip and
bride, in repousse, is pleasing pattern in
match boxes.
A leopard's head, handsomely marked, hav-
ing topaz eyes, is pretty addition TO ena-
meled scarf pins.
A peculiar brooch represents an alligator's
head. The scales are turquoises and the
eyes are rubies surrounded by diamonds.
A tiny bell of Roman gold, the exterior
completely covered with fOrgct-m nots is q
pleasing pattern in queen cham pendants.
A pretty scarf pin of sardonyx represents
the head of negro jockey. The cap is of
gold, red and blue stripes being represented
by rubles and sapphires
A pnwheel of dull gold emitting sparks of
crimson enamel is a design in scarf pins
which reminds US that the day of pyrotech-
MICS is not far OFF.
Among the handsomest miniature portrait
brooches now shown is a painting of Deshon-
liers on ivory. Surrounding il is flashing
circle OF forty-five sparkling diamonds.
An oval shaped opal, around which is
cohed a snake of Roman gold, is novel
design in scarf pins.
dainty ladies' watch has miniature
painting in enamel, on its back, surrounded
by ring OF tiny cleaning pearls.
A small heartshaped watch case in dull
gold IN the center of which Is a bunch of
enameled flowers and grasses, is much ad-
mred.
An oxidized silver bonbonniere recently
seen had upon the cover, in relief a well ex-
ecuted neurological head. Around the rim,
at equal distances, were set six opals.
: A watch shown by "a downtown dealer
would be entirely hidden by 20 cent piece.
On the back, in straight lines, are set thirty
seven brilliants and thirty-two rubies.
In Boston, in 1862, the then noted DIR.
Seth Hudson and Joshua Howe stood a
second time in the pillory for the space
of one hour, and the former received
twenty and the latter thirty-nine stripeI
Tor stealing, and were compelled To naJ
triple damages t9SOl and cost
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
A Very Bright Girl.

Boston Globe: My little Mabel is now
six years old and she has learned quite
a number of bible verses. She was re-
peating blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall sec God" when she said:
"Why, mother, Willie (her baby
brother) must be pure in heart, because
he's just come from God, SO he must
have seen Him."
She asked number of questions when
her baby brother came, among the rest
if God finished up the babies and sent
them around to the doctors as fast as
He got them done.
The baby was sick this winter and l
left him in the carriage asleep to go
into the next room, / was astonished
to hear Mabel say to her father: IL
want you to understand that | was left
in care of the baby. He is more rela-
relation to me than he is to you, any,
way. | am an own sister to him and
you are not always a good-natured
father to him."
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
fields sauce, hot hat-iron for ironing

fields sauce, hot flat-iron for ironing
trousers, baggage, blotter, tidy for
chair, or any of those things. In fact
have not given half the list on this
barometer, because / could not remem-
Der them, though | may have added
others which were not on the Indicator.
The message arrives at the Office, but
the clerk is engaged in conversation
with lady. He does not jump when the
alarm sounds, but continues the dia-
logue. Another guest wires the Office
that he would like a copy of the Con-
gressional Record. The message is filed
away automatically, and the thrilling
conversation goes on. Then No. 5-S
asks to have his mail sent up. No. %
wants to know what time the bus
leaves the house for the train going
east, and whether that train will con-
meet at Alliance, o.. with a tide-water
train for Cleaveland in time to catch
the Lake Shore train which will bring
him into New York at 1880, and whether
all those trains are reported on time or
not, and if not, will the Office kindly
state why? Other guests also manifest
a morbid curiosity through their trans
mitters, but the clerk does not get eX-
cited, for he knows that all those re-
marks are filed away in the large black
walnut box at the back OF the Office.
When he gets ready, provided he has
been through course OF study in this
brand of business, he takes one Dom at
time, and addressing pale young
.banister polisher' by the name of
'front.' he begins to scatter informa-
tion, baggage, fowls, morning
papers, time tables, etc, all over
the house. 1t is also supposed to
be great time-saver. For instance,
No. 0S wants to know the correct time.
He moves an indicator around like the
combination on safe, reads a few
pages of instruction, and then pushes a
button, perhaps. Instead of ringing
for boy and waiting for him some
time, then asking him TO obtain the
correct time at the office, and come
back with the information, conversing
with various people on his way back,
and expecting compensation for it, the
| guest can ask the Office and receive the
answer without getting out of bed. You
| leave call for certain hour, and at
| that time your own private gong wlll
make it SO disagreeahle for you that
YOU win be glad to rise. Again, if you
| wish to know the amount of your bill,
YOU go through certain exercises with
the large barometer in your room and,
supposing you have been ut the house
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
just Like You, Girls.

Detroit Free Press: 80, Kitty! I've
something the best to tell you'll"
''No?"
"Oh, but I have, thought"
''Do tell me, quick"
"You'll never lisp it to any one?'
"No, indeed"
Il wouldn't have you breathe it for
the world"
"Oh, won'tl"
''Not to any one, remember"
'No-hope to die if / do"
swell, then-Oh, it seems so funny!"
sob, do hurry up and tell me-"
Sim afraid you'll tell.
"Oh, indeed, indeed / won't"
"I'd never forgive you if you did"
'Well, but l won't"
''He might not like it, you know"
who's her"
"Oh, forgot How foolish am"
'Are you ever going to tell me?"
"Yes, yes-I said to myself right
away that I'd tell you, anyhow"
well, do then"
"Well, then: oh, you'll be awfully
surprisedl''
"Oh, do hurry and tell.n
':Well-I-Pm engaged"
"No?"
"Yesrn
swell, who TOP"
ITO Charlie Lawson"
81 ami"
'Tee. hee, heel''
isn't it funny?"
"Why you old darling!"
"Don't you congratulate meIn
''Of course do. Charles perfectly
lovelyl I'm awfully glad for you both. F"
"Oh, thanks!n
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
ana containing beautiful map of the

ana containing beautiful map of the
English sparrow.
One after another the great men are
dying out, and the question is daily
asked: "Who will be next to gop' We
are taking quinine every day.
There are two things that try the
patience of a man: Waiting for the
fellow who has promised to return the
So borrowed at the church fair, and for
a freight tram to move off the crossing.
An old enemy of ours has recently
struck the lottery for so. All! how the
wicked prosper in this world, while the
righteous go on playing 4-1144 and
never draw prize! But our reward is
not here.
While we were on our way to Albany
yesterday we got off at Adams station
to help greese the engine, and took in
two new subscribers. And only last
week, while we were throwing on wood
on Montezuma, the engineer introduced
us TO man who paid us 81. We are
gradually getting there.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
Banking News.

Texas Siftings: He wanted position
in the bank. The president was salts
fed with the credentials, and before
engaging him put him through little
civil service ross-eXamination.
Suppose. now, Il man was to come in
here and deposit $50 in one-dollar bills,
how would you count them?n
"I'd wet my fingers and lift up each
bill until got to the last one"
"Why would you not lift up the last
one?"
Because there might possibly be one
more bill under it, and if the depositor
was to see it he would want it back, but
if the twentieth bill is notified up, and
there should be another bill in the pile,
the bank makes it, don't you seer"
you will do" said the bank presi-
dent. you have been in the business
before, but 1 didn't suppose you knew
that tricl.n
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
A BOON TO HOTEL BOARDERS.
Bill Nye's Description Of Hotel
Electricity.
A FEW ITEMS FROM SMlTHvlLLE.
A Very Bright Girl-The Minister'S
Wife-He Was Bad Mana
Bank Clerks Qualifica-
tions-Splinters.
A FEW ITEMS FROM sMlTHvlLLE.

A Receipt To Change the Weather.
DcnUcr NCirs.
To turn the warmest season back,
And bring December in advance;
To shove the weather off its track,
Put on your ice cream summer pants!
To make the rain in torrents pour,
The wind in frigid whirls to dance,
To make it freeze three feet or more,
Put on your coolest Jonah pantsl
To blast the fruit with fatal frost,
To hear the fruit mans maddest rants,
To hear him wall his all is lost
Put on your Jack Frost summer pants!
To bring cold winter back once more,
To make December swap with May,
To have snow at summers door,
Put all your winter clothes away.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
Born With One Ear Only.

1t is not considered wonderful by ply
sicians that in all the millions of human
beings born into the world there should
{ be occasionally some one who lack the
usual members, says the New York
Mail and Express. Their wonder is
rather excited by the fact, that, except
ing in rare cases, the structure of each
one of the multitude is entirely similar
to all the rest. The lay mind, however,
is liable to surprise on learning of such
a case as the one recently reported,
which was that of the birth of a healthy,
strong and remarkably pretty and
bright child, a girl, who is perfectly
formed in every respect save that she
has only one ear.
She is the four-months-old-daughter
OF Mrs. Murray, of No. 249 Waverly
place, and is the only child of the fam
by. The father is a member OF the fire
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
Take Advantage of th, News.

Washington Critic: A farmer resld-
ing near Falls Church, Va, lring the
frog season is in the habit ofsgathering
amess or two of these amphibious ami
mails for his own table. A few days
since he got hold of an extra large frog
and dressed it, when his little SON.
about three years old---saw 1T and asded:
Papa, what is that?" His papa an
swered: "That is the devil" ''Is he
dead?" Eyes, my son, as dead as Hec-
tor" The boy drew away from it in
perfect awe. That evening at bedtime
his mother said: ''Come, my son, and
say your prayers before you go to bed. "
Mamma, was the reply, mo need say
ing any more prayers; the devil is
dead. :"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24

two days, and have had n fire in your
be announced on your gong as follows:
One, pause, three, pause, two, pause,
one, pause, eight. When there is u
cipher in the amount l do not know
what the method is, but by using due
care in making up the bill this need
not OcCur.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
OUR GUESTS.
Bill Nye Writes an Article On the
Hotel BoardeFs.

What electricity is doing for our
hotels is comically described by Bill
Nye in the New York World:
''Take the hotel scheme, for instance.
We go to dial which is marked room
32. There we find that by treating it a
certain way it will announce TO the clerk
that room 32 wants a fire, ice-water,
pens, ink, paper, lemons, towels, fire.
escape, Mumm's extra, pillow shams,
New York World, menu, Croton frappe,
carriage, laundry, physician, sleeping
car ticket, berth-mark for same, Long
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
The Minister'S Wife.

Minister'S Wife, am so glad that
you are going to Europe for the sum
mer, Jasper. think it was so noble OF
the church to give you this delightful
vacation. OF course, | should like TO go
too, but that is out of the question.
Minister-Oh, yes.
Wife-What is your sermon for to-
day?
Minister-The poor ye have always
with YOU.