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surance on it for three months cost $90
600 In cash. There are masterpieces there
that have never been seen In public
gallery before.
Another interesting exhibit close by, is
ilouring-mill, covering a space, per-
haps, forty feet square. 1t is made in
limitation Of brickwork outside. The
machinery inside Is in constant motion,
and turns out fifty barrels of flour a
day.
The main hall of Music Hall has no
exhibits In it this year; but instead, the
chairs have been removed and carpet
covers the floor, This carpet (the largest
$1,000. In the center of the vast audi.
forum is placed a platform, on which
the orchestra ia seated, while those who
flock to the building to enjoy the music
and listen TO the singers are situated
comfortably in the galleries overlooking
the brilliant scene. The brightest of
lights and the most profuse decorations
enliven the place, and the transforma.
ton OF the renowned old Hall makes II
ono of the most attractive places in the
series of buildings,
The great dynamo plant in the north
end Of tho Park building, which gener.
ates the electric current that feeds the
ten thousand electric lights in the differ
ent buildings, is an exposition Of en-
Rinery in itself II Is the largest plant of
the kind that has ever been erected in
the world
The exhibit Of the State of Florida is
very interesting. 1t displays everything
that the State produces, from six-foot
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chess and checkers with human intelli.
gence, and, what is more to the point,
vanquishes all Corners Seated cross
legged on table, Ajeeb is clad in Turk
ish costume, grasping pipe in the left
hand. The right hand hangs idly at his
side until it is lifted to make a move.
| This he does with strangely human
like action-especially, for instance, when
he jumps three men at checkers and re-
moves each Of the prisoners to basket
at his side. In the game of chess he
takes the first move, and 1t is always the
same. He first moves the Queens Pawn
to Queens fourth, frequently following
with Kings Pawn to Kings fourth, and
seems to be fond of the Kings's Knight
to Kings Bishops third. He works
quickly, apparently taking exactly the
same time to think as his opponents, who
generally work rapidly also. For ''check"
he throws back his head, and for "check-
mate" he does the same twice. Before
each game an attendant winds n crank
and opens doors to show the people the
complicated, clock-like machinery within,
and to convince them that there is no one
concealed inside. He moves the table
also to disprove the theory Of any con-
nection with the floor. If there be a
man concealed within, as several good
people aver, he must be a salamander to
be able to endure the heat, and have a
stoic's indifference to cramped position
for hours at n time. While it might DO
| within the bounds Of human skill to in
vent machinery that would respond cor
| rectly to correct moves, 1t would be a
superhuman achievement to perfect
mechanism that could aticipate an ignor-
ant or laundering reply, and meet II
with a speedy check-mate Ajeeb's black
face is unmovable, but he seems to be in
deep thought. 1t is certainly strange
device, and can be seen without extra
charge after you have entered the portals
of the Centennial Exposition. Ajeeb
has beaten some of the best chess and
checker players of the world, having
been on exhibition first at the Crystal
Palace, in London, several years ago, and
later at the Eden Musee, in New York
| City.
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tnrpOn IisN, caught VIII a hook and line,

tarpon fish, taught wlth a hook and line
To the natural pro~ths Of the lands that
hnvs bern tesc,ed from the mAtahes
III the horticultural 1efAstMeht tuHr
Ut DO most beautiful kposh on oarth) ths
Illuminated fountains, with the watoI
splashing in oipclos of silver from thclI
glass umbrellas; the hanging globes OF
illuminated colorcd waters; the hanging
baskets of flowers, many radiant with
tiny ipcandescent globes; the big, gro
tesque umbrellas, with light hanging
from the tip of each rib, and the cool
grottoes and soft lights overhead; the
owls blinking and moon and stars twink
ling at each touch of the man who con
trolls thcso electric effects makes up a
scene never before paralleled, and which
receives the plaudits of the thousands
who visit it daily,
The exhibits of the different branches
of the Government service are among the
most interesting. Here are seen the sig
natures of Queen Victoria, of the En-
peror of Japan, and the autographs OF all
the ruling monarchs of the world. The
seals of the different departments of the
Government, and those of the barbaric
Kings are also shown. Among the
uniaue in this line is huge whale tooth,
the seal of King of the Sandwich
Islands. The display of the War De-
partment is both extensive and highly
interesting. 1t consists in part OF the
instruments used by the officers OF thu
Signal Service, ancient and historic guns
field artillery from the Calling to the
mountain Howitzer, the different uni
forms of the army, complete tents with
camp equipage, all sorts of small arms
and field signals and flags,
In the Navy Department is shown a
complete exhibit Of Uncle Sans navy,
from the union jack that flies at the fore
of n great man of-war to the pinnacle Ian
tern. There is also seen the new compass
which had to be invented TO compensate
for the deviation caused by the use o.
iron in building ships, old-fashioned COM
passes, models of old guns, and samples
OF old cutlasses, three-inch, breech- load
ing Howitzers, shells used in the NAM
moth new guns, photographs of survey
ing parties, models of the North Allan
tic Ocean and the caribbean Sea, flags
used in the different branches of the
service, National flags of foreign coun-
tries, signal flags of men ofwar, ma
chimes for deep-sea sounding, the old
clog and line," and thousand other ar
ticles that can not be here enumerated
And the thousaAdth part has not been
told
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Reader, did you ever pause for a
moment to consider the vast amount
of reading matter you get in single
copy of the SeUTH KENTUCKIAN
which costs you less than cents a
copy? If you have not, do so aud
we think you will be warranted in
coming right along and contributing
two dollars more for yearly sup
ply, to be given in broken doses,
twice week-Tuesdays and Fridays,
and paper stopped when out, unless
otherwise ordered. You actually get
more local, editorial and general
news than from any other paper pub
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while our list is rapidly increasing,
come forward If You are not already
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SPECIAL FEATURES
OF THE CINCINNATI CENTENNIAL Ex-
POSITION, NOW IN FULL BLAST.
Novelties, Attractions and Curiosities
of tho Most Complete Museums In the

Novelties, Attractions and Curiosities
Never Before Collected Together-One
of tho Most Complete Museums In the
World.
The Cincinnati Centennial is so large
and of such varied character, com
posed as it is OF articles quaint, inge-
NOUS, novel and intricate, from all parts
of the country, and from every sort Of
industry, that it would be impossible to
give anything like an adequate idea Of it,
so the only way left is to tell the reader
of few of the most interesting, leaving
II to his imagination to picture what the
immense buildings look like when viewed
rs a whole.
Among the things that attract good
deal Of attention is q wonderfully realis-
tic scene of pioneer life on a farm. 1t
occupies n space of about four hundred
feet In one corner ID log cabin, sur
rounded by n stake-a l-rider fence. The
lady Of the house is hanging out her
washing, and nearby is a small boy, en-
| joying himself in sport. In front of the
| N''a AuhEa u oc'P hNbAiNf ohopuhuOu
from poles, and beneath it burns fire
| (gas), which boils the soap. There is a
man blowing in the field others are
! maulng rails; lusty fellows are putting
up log-cabin, and nearby is camp of
emigrants for whom the cabin is being
built a well with real water-wheel
stands on the bank of the river, which
l.. A.
stream n colored man is fishing; several
"prairie schoonars" come numbering
down the road. In short, there is moth
ing left out of the picture that would add
| to its naturalness. 1t is indeed pho
tograph, as it were, of the scenes en-
acted by our forefathers century ago.
The art gallery is the most valuable
ever collected in this country, and is
estimated to be worth 500, 900 ~he in
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Sumter OF days subsistence ofrorded

NAVAL OBSERVATORY EXHIBIT.
In examining the many curious articles
entering into the makeup of this part of
Uncle Sans display, one will see illus
trations of all the principle instruments
connected with observatory work. Here
are equatorial telescopes, transit instru-
ments, a photo-heliograph especially de-
signed and used for observations Of the
transit of Venus), and all the necessary
clocks, chronographs aud electrical ap-
planes. You will also observe the
workings of the new Government time
service, that supplies the correct time
from Washington to 90, 900 miles of rail-
road, directly, and thousands of addi-
tional miles, indirectly. 1t is 50 ar
ranged at the Centennial buildings that
n ball drops daily ut noon on time sig
mai given out at Washington, which for
Cincinnati, a central time, Is just IL
o'clock a. M On tho wall near by are
Ave clocks illustrating the Ave arbitrary
1tandards of time, and all these are cor
rected daily by the noon-time signal.
Near the fountain, in the center Of the
main Exhibition Hall, over one Of the
bridges on the canal, In Machinery Hall,
and In the Ohio State Exhibit, are gongs
which are struck by this same Washing
ton signal.
In another portion of the display can
DC seen portable magnetic instrumen IS
which are used in surveys, and which
we're used by General Greeley in his ia
nous Arctic explorations. Suspended
also from the walls can be seen large
maps illustrating the distribution of
! time, photographs Of the moon, Venus
and other heavenly bodies, and instru-
ments showing their uses in astronomi-
cal work. Taken from the photographic
Office in the Capital and placed in this
dlsploy one may find the instruments
used in surveying, and for deep-sea
sounding, with photographs illustrating
how the different apparatus are used.
Also rough aud finished charts and mod
els showing the confirmation of the
sarth's surface, and also the bottom of
the sea. TO the. scientist this magnia-
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who have erected their household gods
in them can testify that life is quite en-
durable under proper circumstances. 1t
is altogether a question of the ''circum-
stances, - however, and those which were
| in use in the State of Ohio when the 'log
houses were the fashion were not calcu-
lated to arouse any considerable amount
| of hankering after them. The above cut
is correct copy of one regretted in the
grand park of the Centennial EXPOSE
ton, and which has n history particu-
larly interesting at this time. 1t was
built during the early part of the cen
tury IN Indiana, and was occupied by
Gen. William Henry Harrison during
the campaign in which occurred the IA.
nous battle of Tippecanoe. 1t was used
in the famous clog cabin and hardcider
campaign" of 1910, when the General
was elected President of the United
States, and is in an excellent state of pre-
seryation. This is n typical log Of
the primitive variety. Another is erected
on the opposite side of the park, which
indicates the influence of esthetics, and
that Indians were not quite so numerous
or ofIicous in their attentions rs in the
neighborhood where the other was built.
The logs of which it was built were
hewn square, and some attempt at SYM
metry was made, The chimneys of both
cabins are a faithful reproduction of one
of the forms in vogue in pioneer times,
when the quarrying of stone for the pur-
pose was considered "tOo much work for
a shilling" These rude structures mark
one limit of the time which has elapsed
since the settlement of the Ohio Valley
and Central States, while the magnia-
cent buildings of the Centennial EXPOSE
ton mark the other; or, to express it
flguratively, 1888 to 1888.
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WHAT ONE MAY WITNESS
IN A BRIEF WALK AROUND THE EAST
END OF PARK HALL,

At the Cincinnati Exposition-As to the
Government Facilitates the Work of Its
Officers.
No one who attends the Exposition at
Cincinnati should fail to call upon Lieu
tenant Chas. II. Mcclellan, Assistant In-
spectOr Of the
UNITED STATES LIFE-sAvING SERVICE,
And get HIM to explain the uses of the
hundreds of articles that go to make up
this portion of the Government exhibit.
He will show you the apparatus such as
is used in saving life and property at all
the life saving stations in Uncle Sans
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has been placed model post Office, per
feet in every detail, and in which all
business connected with that depart
partment of the Government can be
transacted just the same as though you
apply to one of the main offices.
The model, which is about twenty feet
square, was built at Lake Geneva, Wis
consin, and is under the control of Post
master Riley, of Cincinnati, who has de-
tailed n sufficient number Of clerks to
look after the great volume of business
done there daily.
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RESCuING SHIPWRECkED CREW.
territory, and there are just forty such
stations along the Jersey coast alone-a
distance of $50 miles. Each station has
eight men and all the apparatus neces-
sary to do the work, and these stations
are to be found in active operation on the
Atlantic, Pacific and the great lakes.
Among the articles seen is n large self
bailing and self-righting life-boat. If it
is upset it rights itself immediately, and
If it is filed with water it balls itself in
exactly ten seconds.
The "Breeches Buoy (as it is called
apparatus attracts much attention. 1t
is used in landing people from wrecks
when it is too dangerous to launch the
surf-boats. All the appliances, in fact,
are TO be seen, from the rope that is fired
by means of cannon ball to the wrecked
vessel to the carriages on which the life
boats are transported along the beach.
An idea may be gained of the value Of
this branch of the Government service,
which is said TO make better returns for
the money expected on it than any other,
by a perusal Of the summary of work
done for the year ending June 80, 1897:
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Are You Going to Kansas
Missouri, Colorado, Cali
fornia or Any of The
Western States7

Ifyou should avail yourself of the
advantages that are now offered by
the Kansas City Route, the only d.
rect route from the South to the
West and Northwest. This line runs
its entire trains, with Pullman Palace
Sleeping Cars and free Reclining
Chair Cars, from Memphis to Kan.
sas City, saving many hours time
over any other route. If you are 60
ing you will save money by purchas-
ing your ticekts via Memphis and the
Kansas City Route. Send for large
map of this Short Route mailed free
Address,
j. e. LOCKWOOD,
Kansas City, Mo.
Or, H. d. ELLIS, Ticket Agent,
81 Madison Street Memphis. Tenn,
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cent exhibit viii DO icaud wonderfully
Ia AnnnnAlnlr


i'hs export Thai president cleveland
smokes cigarettes Is being offset by the
Democrats with q rumor that General
Harrison plays lawn tennis, Thus it np-
pears that cruel assaults on the private
characters of the Presidential candidates
are creeping into print after all, These
hideous falsehools ought to be stopped.
Chicago News.
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LOUISVILLE MARKETS.
FLOUR, MEAL AND MILLsrurF.

FLOUR, MEAL AND MiLLsrUfF.
FLouR-Round lots sell as follows: Choice
patents, So OOCG5.50 plain patents, A.I5G5,
choice; A.5jdI IS; plain fancy. sl.Q5; No. l,
50 sOdl; extra family, IS 50Gs.75; buckwheat,
So 25d6 80 for Eastern; IS, 60tG5.75 for Western.
CORSMEAL-Bolted,$ $3.50 q 100 ID; kiln dried,
$50.
MILL FRRD-we quote on arrival; Bran, SIS
shorts, $lo. so; shipstufls, SIS.
GRAIN AND HAY.
wHEAT-we quote No. 2 wheat TO arrive; SIC
for red and 76o for longberry.
JORs-No. mixed, TO arrive, zoe; white,
oATs-So. 2 new oats, 2Sc; No. 2 white
RYE-No. ? rye, 20
HkY-Fancy timothy, SIT IS; choice,
800; low grades, SlSGlB 90.
sTRAw-s6 q ton.
PROVISIONS.
BAcoN-Clear rib sides, % C. clear sides, oc;7 +
shoulders, &c.
BULK MEArs-Cear rib sides, &c clear
sides, &c; cured shoulders, 81 90.
SUGAR-CuRED MEATS Hams, laGl3c; for
large to small average; shoulders vc; break
fast bacon llIE.
LARD-Choice leaf loo; in kegs ard buckets,
l0l4c; prime steam, Sc.
GROCERIES.
CoFFEE-Rio. ordinary. laCGllc; prime, II "a
lie; choice. lG9l7n; fancy. lSc; peaberry, l9c
golden Rio, l9c; Java, 2l(d2Sc; Mocha, 1GtG2sc
Laguayra, Is; Arbuckle's Ariosa, 1916.
MoLissKs-Corn syrup, $40; sugar syrup, s9G
S5c New Orleans molasses, good, 25GI5c.
RICK-5GGc for good to prime.
SUGAR-Granulated. 734c; confectionery A.
G54c;C. 81 G6A; powdered. Sc; cut-loaf, SIC
New Orleans sugars, 6(d61fs.
CAsDLEs-star, Nos. 10 s, SS9c e Ii.
STARCH-8c e. N.
SOAP-German, 81. 80 q box of 90 TBS for com
mon, $3.50 for best; ivory, AG6.7S for rs n
boxes.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BUSTER-Choice country, l5c d n; low
grades, 1912; dairy. 2Ae2sc; Elgin creamery,
use: oleomargarine, l5(G17c.
CHVRsE-F- ncy fully cream cbeddar, l31f(G
l3c; twins, 1870; Young Americas. lsx0itc;
prime Ohio factory, ll@l2fc; skim cheese,
7Gd9c.
PouLrRY-Hens, 81 30 q dozen; ducks, live,
81 .sOCG3 E, dozen; youngspring chickens, Sl.2S
013.O0 Il dozen
EG0s-we quote at &c q dozen.
TALLow-4c 4 H.
BEEswAX-20c q ID.
BROOM -CoRN-a13c for com mon TO good.
GIEsEsG-C Choice large, $i.6sCGl 90.
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LIGHTHOUSES

Not So Uncomfortable MS They Appear to
lie After All.
To those who have never had practl-
cal experience of life in the lowly edi-
flee depicted below, it may appear that
the dscomforts would be of endless va
riety and of huge dimensions. Those
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A oR-GENERAL. tested to its utmost
limit I'm providing for so many people
The parade on Thursday, the 18th, was
one of the most brilliant on record, even
eclipsing in numbers and elegance the
knights of Pythias, whose procession
was regarded as something unusually
fnagnitlcent.
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A GRAND PARADE
OF PATRlARCHS MILITANT OF THE
UNITED STATES.

The goth of July n Red-Letter Day In the
History Of the Most Popular Secret
Order on the Globe.
The Conclave of the Patriarchs Mill
tant of the United States and Canadas,
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And now tlse Expected" visits of Mrs.
Cleveland round about the country begin
to be postponed for u short time -
New York World.
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CHESSAUT0MAT0N AJEEB
WHO BEATS EVERYBODY AT CHESS
AND CHECKERS.

A Most Wonderful Piece of Mechanism,
That Astounds the World With Its Mar
velous Intelligence and Skill.
In a quiet apartment in the tower OF
Park Hall, and reached by an elevator,
is one of the most surprising attractions
Of the Cincinnati Centennial Exposition.
The ching" is called "Ajeeb" (meaning
Monderiull-an automaton that plays
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THE MARKETS.
PROVISIONS.

PROVISIONS.
Butter Country, 20 to IS cents.
CoGee-Green, 20 to - cents; roasted, 20 u
rs cents.
Eggs-S cents.
Poultry-Hens, s. 90 to $50, Chickens, small
$3.50 to LIS. large 81 to AS.
Bacon Country Hams, Is to IA cts; Should
era, to .; Sides, IL; Sugar cured hams Is to Il
Dried Beef, is cents.
Lard-Choice leaf, . to 10 cts.
sugas-Granulatcd,9 to 9l5 cts.
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
Potatoes-Irish, new, SOC per bu; Sweet
Apples-s2 90 to $50 Darrell.
OnlOng--
Cabbage crate.
Beans gallon.
CANNED GOODS.
Tomatoes-3ib cans, $3.50 dozen.
Corn-2ib cans, $3.50.
Beans-2ib cans, SI.s5.
Peas-2ib can, $3.50.
oysters-Cove, 2ib can $500
lib can Sl,S0.
Beef-Gib cans 20 to IS cts.
MiscELLAHIRs SUPPLIES.
Flour-Patent, Si.75, Standard $3.50.
Molasses and Syrups-SJ to 90 cents.
Nuts-20 cents.
Oils-90 cents.
WoOl-30
Feathers-4O cents.
seed-Clover, $3.50
Najls-$2.75.
GRAIH, ETc.
Wheat, 65 cts, Osts, 40 cents, Corn Hay
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which occurred IL
Cincinnati, begin
ming on Monda y,
the 23d, and con
tinuing until Sat
urday, the 2Sth OF
July, was one OF
the largest bodies
that ever met at
one time. Tn ere
were near y fl v q
thousand uniform
ed men in line, and
nearly as m an y
more ununiformed.
The body was com
manded by Lieu
tenant General Jno.
c. Underwood, ex-
Governor of Ken
lucky. The CON
course of Odd Eel
lows drew a still
larger crowd of ad-
mirers and friends,
and Cincinna tbs
hospital ity W as
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The whole week was one of joity and
good fellowship, the first three days
being given up to social pleasures and an
occasional business meeting, interspersed
with the reception of troops and their
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THE CENTENNIAL PosT-oFFIcE.
Get Your Letters While stroiling Through
thn Rig ExpositIOn.

The visitor attending the Cincinnati
Centennial Exposition should have his
mail addressed to the buildings, in which
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~ Passengers should purchase Tickets via
this Line, Il is omphatically the Most Attract
i've Route in the South to-day.
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MAGNIFICENT PULLMAN BUFFET
SLEEPING CARS RUN BETwEEN
LoUJsIxlt MF,, AND AN NEW ~ ar ORLEANS RIIE
CHANGE.
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WELLS RICHARDSON & co, Props Burlington, VI
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HAY-Fancy timothy, SlIto Is; choice,
&c 90; low grades, Sl5CGl6 90.