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AsTcEss, Oct i0.-The following ofsieers
were elected az today's session ot The grand
lodge. O; P, OREGON jurisdiction: Grand
chancellor, q. Ill. Irvine, Albany: grand
Eics-ehaneeilor. A. A. Cleveland. Astoria ,
grand rseiase, &. T. Bsyard. The nailss;
grand keeper OF records and seal. Ward s.
stevens. Portland; grand master of the ex-
caeslaer, Waiter Il. Struhhle, Portland .
grand naaster-at-arms. Adam Cross. La
c-ande; grand inner guard. Gustav
seAuize, Portland: grand onier guard
Charles Fellows, Portland.
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WEST SEATTLE
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We have Choicest Property in all Of the City
which We pleased show Intending Purchasers.


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Sapa, Cal, Oct. i0--At this mornings
session Of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union for California number OF com
mittees were appointed. and the reports ef
the secretary, treasurer, auditor and county
presidents read. In the afternoon reports
Of committees were heard, after which Mrs
t. X Johnston, president. delivered an ad-
dress. She claimed that there should he a
third party, whose aim should be securing
woman suffrage. devotional exercises
held III the opera house tonight
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DESvEg. Oct. l0.--The Woman Congress
today elected Julia Ward Hove, of Rhode
Island. as president; Isabel Howland. of
New York, secretary: Henrietta Woicots,
of Massachusetts,, treasurer; Sophia Hoff-
mann and Charlotte Pierce. Of Pennsyl-
vania. auditors, and vice presidents from
every state n. the + r1ior
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"worId" Corner.tone Laid.

NFw Yosg, Oct i0--The cornerstone Of
the Pulitzer building the new home OF the
Horid. was laid al / O'Clock this afternoon.
Colonel Cockeriii, on behalf Of Mr.. Pulitzer.
made a brief Introductory, and Chauneey
NJ. pepew delivered the formal address.
Bishop Tuttie, Of Missouri opened the ex-
ercises with PRAYER, aud the stone was laid
by Joseph Pulitzer, IT,, years OF age.
Among those presen; we're ex-President
Cleveland. Governor HUI and Mayor Grant.
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w2sBJseTos Oct fo---ComfnanaeT Coed
rich. chairman of the trial board. teie-
graphed Secretary Tracy this morning that
the test OF the dynamite cruiser sssufius
hAd been sEecss siuI 10 degree net aatlci-
pated The guns were fred Eve times Ia
sevente.n minutes, Instead 81 thirty min
ntes. which had been estimated Is The nec-
eszary time to FIRE that ngmbeT ot shots.
The speed of the vessel was up 20 the re-
ami sr3asat and qyea t@yan4
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Issn..gasT AFfIDsvfTs.
pyosf 81 ~an- Mfm@saI fharsetsy Made ia
the sBja WAY

WAsA4Ea7os, Oct. io~in the ease oi the
Central Pacific RsIiway Company, Seers-
tary Noble iod&y oysrr4ied the decision u
CJsr.a missioner epAFks. nade May 3. is.7.
sAhi, required tie company 20 lie sith it
Lisa a IAnds selected under sts grants tie
yssaAi Aasdayst 10 use IA Agricultural cases.
The renegal pfoeeaaFs a sfs1grABt ,asl-
soaa eosBpanFs Is for tie agent 70 make a
Ia. q! lands sesee1e9. and saefa!t the sanas
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DExvER. 0c;. l0-A Pueblo special 10
TIE ESpssbJieas says while workman wers
sakfnr 8 wen for natural gas near pashgo.
a sell was suddenly stgsck- The gas *
sisea from = lamp At ths month of the
xssi causing a terrific explosloH- one nasn
gas crsrxAtsi Sna ;wu othsra ard 3 wofasn
burned so badly that recovery = sloabtfni.
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PREPARING FOR WAR.


ST. Ipuis. Oct l0~-The National Typo
shetsn considered the apprentice system
and the eighf~houF agitation today. The
committee recommended adoption Of The
old style Of apprenticeship. and the report
xss fsyogshly received
With reference to the elghihouF agita-
ton. & resolution was aesoisted that ''in the
opinion oi the Typothsi2s there Is nothing
In the state OF the printing trade Of the
country whieh jassifies = reduction Of the
hoars a lafsor. ard ws therefore recon.
mend each local Typothets 20 take such
.rtion a. " IS rnest the situation.
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E.mGE4BNERslA fet- Ia raraas3 j. Ran
Ha eff his saratuer home st NsiiingfoFd
thAs morning. taking tie train feF Wash
snxton lie was accompanied BY Mr.
Randall ard two children Randall th0sgi.
ss.klng a. q be bal beer sick aid nos ap.
~4s 90 tsa the Invalid sspressatssa. he was
lse@rfgl and wA8kr.4 umAsslssea
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EtLESsBUaG, Oct io.-The Baptist con-
sention for Washington and Northern
Idaho, which has been in session here for
the past week adjourned today, after
very favorable meeting, and q splendid
showing was made throughout the district.
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oia Eaiirnasf Ness.

81. Paui., Oct. l0.~A telegram received
in ~. Paul yesterday announces the com
pietion Of the Oregon Railway Saviga-
tion line from Rockford 10 Spokane Falls.
Wash. This opens another line from the
East 10 Eastern Washington. The new
line i via the Union Pacific. Oregon Short
Line and Oregon Railway A. Navigation. 10
is further stated that the Oregon Railway
A savisation's projected line 10 Muilon
has been completed TO 81. Joe. Idaho.
John sherman Open. the ohis Campaign.
CoLussus, o.. OCT. i0.--senator John
sherman made his FIRST speech today in
this years canvass, in 0rville. The sena~
Tor was listened to bY large audience.
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0,,.t FI,e In H.stimers.


BALTIMORE. oct f0.--Tbs FERTILIZER fac
tory oi oEersons 4 60. burned today; loss
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sossissfn Yse4E. tssxei os-sss rs saeona sEssss.
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-25
counterfeiiers in China.

Two coppersmiths out OF employ
ment in Hankow privately formed u
little company to make copper cash,
apd began their operations for some
reason by melting down about eight
pounds of imperial copper coins. The
band had made but. little progress in
their secret trade, having only
manufactured altogether some ten
thousand coins, equivalent TO little
more than three pounds, when they
were captured, tried and condemned.
According to the report, the ringleader
was sentenced to immediate decapita-
tion for melting down coin OF the
realm; the next, who had assisted in
the work OF coming, was sentenced to
decapitation after Imprisonment; while
two others, who had polished the
spurious coins, and the last, who acted
as book-keeper, were treated not as
principals, but as accessories, liable to
importation to Turkestan and employ
ment as slaves TO the troops there-a
fate believed 70 be worse than immedi-
alto decapitatiou. Some othcr men,
who seem to have nothing TO do with
the colning itself, but acted as domestic
servants to the principals, received
sentences Of three years Punishment
and q hundred blows each.r-Fskin Ga
sette.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-25
FULL OF FUN.

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no'r ,ro ~ o,ns "i'n,, " 'i''e Ad'''-
DG.p % ioon' ga" N'"' w. !, no'
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.sN Sou W o"n,n " up' '%iii'n WI
N"o9','U'ou'yl o'' ''i"D . "l' uoo''
"s'enauu ~ 'o-,oi--Sl-pos your i p"'uon' S.r'
'e''ain'y' '"ne your own 'i'p' A'''
noopy' cautioned ms ino.ncr
tthey were guests Ut uihher), ID ~
possioie you arc ea'ihs WIN your
kiil,eE res ma RESPONDED noopy,
WIN LOOK oi in'snso cnursin' out l
forgot was ViSitih -H"'Pc' $ Da."''
--forelgnerS generally speak with
toreign accent a carpenter wlth II
broad-axe-sent n writer oil plays
with four or 1--WE acts-sent' An IN
dlan with u lltIle-aNe-seht (tohahawh)'
Ana Il butcher WIN u he'lt-iNoiseh''' =
Ie1ds o9'mJS'
Small Soy (to grocery clerKl-
Come can you get my thlngs' I'm
In an awful hurry Mother wants them
for support Clerk-"W nat wlli you
nave young mah' omlu boy a
par oil soap ana Il quart Oh NeroSeno' y
-- Detroit frce frc1S'
Magistrate TO prisoncr)-"Iou
are charged sir. with beating your
wife Prisoner-"fe'' sah' an Ise
proud OF it, sah.' Maglstrate-'Prond
OF itP' Prisoner-"kase sah' she
weighs twenty pouns mon me -
Epoch.
y onng Mah-"Do you make any
reduction ior goods pnrcnaseu III guam
tltlesF Jeweler (smillhg) YER
talnly' Young M"h-'lheh give mo
dozen OF your cheapest ehgagemehV
rings am gong 10 uVe III oa't Lake
Clty ana lcel that IL Is necessary 10
economize. '-JeWeters' Heee'y.
I a.AN l.. I..l. h..
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-25

Why Women Swim Well.

The records of the humane societies
on both sides of the Atlantic show that
of late years fair proportion of their
medals fell to the lot of girls. There
were several notable instances of res
cue from drowning last summer by
girls under twenty years of age.
Many women are accomplished swim
mers. This is but natural. As their
bones are generally lighter than
those OF men, and their flesh more
buoyant, they have less difficulty
TO, overcome in acquiring the art.
Some OF them could fout at their first
attempt if they could require the req
uisite faith in the power of the water
to hold them up. Swimming is very
much an art of faith, for it is gener-
ally the case that when a person be-
lieves sufficiently in the buoyancy of
the water to trust TO II his precious
body, 10! he is n swimmer. There were
young girls at Newport last summer
who could float on the surface Of the
ocean with no more difficulty than they
experienced in lying upon sofa.
They could have floated for hours, IL
necessary. Some of the most famous
swimming feats have been accom-
plished by very young women.-Raiid .
delphia Record. 81 ~
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-25
Burn Those Old Letters.

1t is odd how people allow the ac'
cIimulation Of old letters, They often
contain personal matter, which. hav-
ing served its purpose, positively call
for their destruction. They become
mixed with letters which ought 10 be
preserved, and the task of separating
them is formidable. The immediate
destruction of "A letter from friend or
relative is always distasteful, and, as
time goes on, Il mountain OF corre-
spondenoe is heaped up, some portion
of which is pretty apt to fall under
eyes never intended to see it, and
thereby mischief be occasioned. 1t may
be set down as 4 good rule to go by,
that all letters not worth saving for
business reasons, and which in their
personal rccitals compromise any one,
should be destroyed. Many letters
written under excitement. casual prov
ocation or misunderstanding of facts,
do not reflect the permanent views or
feelings OF the writer's, aud their pres
ervation is u bluuder Every month,
mt least, n family would do well to go
over its epistolary litter laying here,
there and everywhere, and commit TO
the flames the greater part of it. This
should be systematically done. Pills
6urJh Chronicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-25

AFRICAN RUNNERS.
Messenger, whose Powers OF Endurance
Are simply MarvclOuG

I
messenger, ,ro "s, s,'n,,r IMvr, M,ry,i"u. % .'"''
Tho Arob conriers of the snItan of
Norocco ara renuirel IN make on foot
,bo distanco between Tnnoler and Fez
about one hundred and fiftv miles by
b,rtuons roads climbing bio mount
aims and swimming bridgeles5 rivers.
in three and one-half days. They
would he ant TO regard the taubark in
Madison Square Garden as a regular
picnic. and tbev would not reouire auy
rrbhjnp down or other attention. Their
uttIe 5opro coI,es would suffice for
nntriment nnd when they retired for "A
tbrec hours' snoo2e a cord tied TO n
foot and set ON fire nj the other end
would wake tbem M the proper time,
Then there are King Khana's postal
runners in Bechuanalapl.5 They arc
sbart-dis,once nedestrians. hut they
arc rottling travellers over the rough
EST of roads. and, toughened by long
experience. they would PROBABLY do well
In n six-days' burst of speed. They
are placed fifteen miles apart between
Shoshong. His Majestys capital, and
Kimberley and thew get the roval mail
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-25
Persian Horse manship.


The Persians are good riders, and
an English naval officer, "who had
gone ashore Mt Abusheher, and was
there mounted on spirited horse,
afforded no small entertainment to the
Persians by his bad horsemanship. "
lie was greatly mortified at this, and
an English-speaking native, with whom
he had some slight acquaintance, en-
deavored to comfort him on the follow
ing day in these words: "Don't be
ashamed sir; nobody knows you. Bad
riderP / toll them you, like all En-
glish, ride we'll, but that time
they sec you, you very drunk. "
The worthy Persian thought that
it would have been reproach for n
man OF warlilSe nation not to ride
we'll, but none for European TO get
drunk Some mounted Arabs endeav-
ored to entertain Mr.. Layard, the ex-
plorer OF Ninevah. "They would gall
lop Oft TO a distance, put their lances
at rest and then make deliberately for
his head. The compliment consisted
In stopping the charger suddenly short
so that the spear point would Just
touch his face. He naively adds that
his life would have been sacrificed IL
the well-trained steeds had made the
slightest false step, or by any inequality
in the ground disappointed the expec-
tationa of their masters. ~ SATURDAY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-25
Charitable CritIc,sm.

An English organ-builder was ono
day asked what was thought of Mr..
Blank as an organist.
f"Sir, he said, with mock solemnity,
"he is Almost respectable man
ayes, have no doubts OF that, but 1
want to know how he ,anlss us per-
former ON the organ"
"Sir, he is most exemplary man,
and one who plays as though he were
nlso n charitable man.
Z 'Now would ycu mind telling mo
whet YOU mean by say Ing he performs
Ike u charitable manP'
"Well, il | must be explicit, Mr..
lana plays upon the organ as though
rs did not let his left hand know what
sss Fisat hand was doing. - KoHth5
ConpaHion
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-25
ANCIENT ROMAN WOMEN.
Tho Position TIcy OccIolel In tho Iiots
nld In the stIts.

zho Position They occI,ieI In tho uoaso
nnd In the state.
Examining history. thea. think we
must cometo the cOncluiion that the
Roman ideas OF marriage had not bad
effect either on the happiness or morals
OF the women. II we take the period
OF Roman history from l50 b. c. to $50
A. D., we shall be surprised ut the
number OF the women OF whom 1t IL
recorded that they were loved ardcntly
by their husbands, exercised u bsne-
fetal influence on them, AM helped
them in their political or literary work.
Many OF these women had received an
excellent education, the were capable
and thoughtful and took an active in
terestin tho welfara OF the state. 1t
is well known that it was Cornella,
the mother of the Gracchi, that
inspired her sons with the resolution
to cope with the evils that beset
the state, and her purpose did not
wavef when she 6new that they had to
face death in their countrY's cause.
Julia. the daughter of Julius Caesar,
and the wife Of Pompey. kept the two
leaders on good terms us long as she
lived, and acted with great sweetness
and prudence. Cornelia, Pompey's
second Wife. was u woman of great
culture and most faithful and devot-
ed wife. PIularch thus describes hec:
"The young woman possessed many
charms besides her youthful beauty,
for she was well instructed in letters.
in playing on the Tyre, and in geom e.
try, and she had been accustomed to
listen TO philosophical discourses with
profit. In addition to this she had Il
disposition free from all affectation and
pedantie display which such acquire
ments, generally breed in women"
The Intervention OF Octavia, the wife
of Antony, in affairs OF state, was en-
tirely beneficial and judicious. The
first Agrippina displayed courage and
energy, herself crushed mutiny
among the soldiers, and was
III tNtll Nug % hpiP W hCl
husband. Tacitus praises his mother
in-law, the wife of Agricola, as n
model OF virtue, and he describes her
rs living in the utmost harmony with
her husband, each preierring the other
in love. And Pliny the younger gives
a. beautiful picture of his wife, Cal
purnia, telling friend how she
showed the greatest ability, frugality,
and knowledge of literature, Especial
ly "she has my books" he says; "she
reads them again ana again; she even
commits them to memory. What anx-
iety she feels when am going to make
IL speech before the judges, what joy
when | have finished i'll She places
people here and there in the audience
TO bring her word wEat applauses have
been accorded TO my speech, what has
been the issue of the trial. II give
readings of my works anywhere she
sits close by, separated by screen,
and drinks in my praises with most
greedy ears. My verses also she sings
and sets them TO the music OF the Tyre,
no artist guiding her but only love,
who is the best master. -COntenlpO-
Tdrs RerietU.
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Bound IN leather, full gilt. P
CONFIDENTIAL. Address II
sac, Boston, Mass. Predatory LIE
This is the only ElECTRO.MEl
and perfect Il IL invaluable to all
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village in u house which stood on the
edge of the forest. A great tree over
hung her shanty. In the village all
the trees had been cut down as o pre-
caution against the gorillas. One
night one Of these animals came out of
the feaest, got up into the big tree
which ~verhung the wOman's house,
climbed down onto che roof, threw the
roof Oft swung down into the hut,
seized the woman, climbed up through
the hole III the roof up in the tree and
went away into the woods, carrying
the IA with him. His great
strength made this an easy thing for
him to do. He could hold her in one
arm and with his two hind legs and
his one flee forearm make his way up
and down trees OF through the woods.
The woman was gOue for many days.
The Pe"ple saw that her house roof
had been torn of. They looked care
fully around the house aud saw that
there were no tracks whatever. They
then knew that the dread enemy had
carried her off. One day she came
hack. She told a wonderful story.
The gorilla had carried her for miles
int" the woods, and finally had climb
ed "A great tree and deposited her in
his home. There he treated her kind
", brought her food and drink, but
would not permit her to leave. After
watching her carefully for many days
lie finally left her, probably intending
to return in a short time, convinced
that she would remain. The woman
came down to the ground, and after
wandering in the forest for several
days made her way back to the vii
lage. The people at first were about
to kill her, but they finally concluded
that she was possessed of extraordi-
nary powers. They therefore built
her a house for herself, supplied her
with every comfort, and looked up to
her as a sacred person."-Indianapo-
lis .News.
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A Peculiar Document.
ANTE-NUPTIAL AGREEMENT OF A PRO.
SAIC BUSINESS-LIKE NATURE.

An ante-nuptial agreement, a docu-
ment rarely met with in this part of
the country. was fled in the country
clerks Office at Albany the other day.
Its intent is to protect the respective
possessions of each of the contracting
parties from liability for debts con-
tracted by the other. Following is 1:
literal copy, including a few mistakes
in photography:
"know all men by these presents
that, l., Samuel Woods, manufacturer.
of the city of Montreal, in the province
of Quebec, i'll the Dominion Of Canada,
of the first part, and Jennie L. Martin.
spinster. of the city of Albany, of the
United States of America, of the second
part, being about to be joined in the
bonds OF holy matrimony, hereby mu-
tually and agree that the afore-
said Samuel Woods, Of the first part,
shall not be liable for any debts now or
hereafter for which the aforesaid Jen-
ME L. Martin is ormay be liable and,
furthermore, that the aforementioned
party Of the second part shall not be
liable for any debts which the said
party Of the first part now owes, or
which he may hereafter contract !; also
that she, the said Jennie l.. Martin,
shall be separate as to all property,
whether real or personal, which she
now has OF hereafter may acquire, to
have and to hold entirely apart for her
own benefit or use as she, the Aforesaid
Jennie L. Martin, may see fit, and in
consideration of which she hereby re-
nOunces all right of DOVER"
The document is signed by Samuel
Woods aud Jennie L. Martin, and wit
messed by Graham Martin, It was
executed on September 80, 1S79.-Al-
baay N. Y. Expsess.
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THEY Il MADE O FGUN COTTON, HENCE
SHOULD BE UsED WITH CARE.

Umbrella and zane handles, collars,
cuffs, and scores Of other articles OF
convenience, utility and even elegance,
manufactured from celluloid, are in
daily use by large numbers of people.
The question is asked: inlay they be
safely used - Celiuloid is made from
gun cotton. the powerful and violent
explosive compound. Gun cotton is
made by s%aturating absorbent paper
with a mixture of two parts Of nitric
acid and five parts of sulphurlc acid.
The ccllulOse of the paper. derived
from the cellular tissue of the cotton
in common use, is changed by the
combination and becomes gun cotton.
To make cellulOid, the xcess of acid
is washed out by Il free use of water,
and by pressure carefully applied.
After the removal of all uncOmbined
acid, it is reduced to q homogeneous
pulpy mass, strained until it becomes
nearly dry, and is then mixed with
about one-third of its weight of gum
camphor. These materials are mixed
as uniformly as possible by careful
manipulation with wooden instru-
ments, and then by grinding. The
pulp which is turned out by grinding
is spread out and rcduded to slabs Of
various thickness and rolled between
steam heated rollers. and then becomes
moderately elastic in strips Of medium
thickness. In this form it is worked
up into the various articles which are
offered for sale aud use. Although
gun cotton is easily manufactured, it's
manufacture for experiment or for
general use is not recommended j; aud,
although cellulOid articles may be
safely used with ordinary care, q bon
fire of such articles for amusement is
not recommended. No injuries from
such use have been reported. A
word to the wise, however, sufices.-
american Analyst.