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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-11-22
The Beautiful Country Of the Upper
Nile.

The Beautiful Country Of the Upper
Nile.
For the first five hundred or six
hundred miles of its course, from the
Victoria Nyanza to point some
where north OF Lsdo, the Niie is
known to the Arabs as the BsEr.el-
Gebel, the River of the Mountains.
This il the most beautiful part of the
river. The country is diversified
with mountains and forests, green
hillsides aud bright brooks. For
stretches ofmany miles the river Is
broad and slow. In other parts are
wooded islands and foaming rapids.
About half way between the Victoria
Nyapza and Ladof the Nile flows
through the northern end Of the Al
bert Nyanza. About twenty-five
miles above the Albert Lake are the
Muchison Falls. Below the lake, for
more than one hundred miles, the
stream 10 broad and placid, travers-
ing a comparatively level country and
always navigable for vessels drawing
four or five feet. In this part Of Its
course, about forty miles below the
Albert Lake, It passes Wadelia, the
present head quarters Of Emin's gov
ernment.-From "Where Emin Is,"
bv Colonel ii. G. Prout, in November
Scribner.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-11-22

Out Of $4,600,0O0 consolidated
bonds issued by President ingalls,
for Improvement purposes on the
Chesapeake and Ohio, he has as yet
used but sl,50O,0U0. With this be
bought 1,600 freight care. sixteen
yestibule passenger cars and thirty
locomotives. New shops have been
built at Clifton Forge, the shops at
Richmond have been enlarged, ten
miles OF new siding, two branch
| lines leading to important coal mines,
and large improvements to the track
Iin the way Of laying now steel and
rebuilding bridges. Louisville
Courier Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-11-22
PHrIA. "a, March All, 1850

Dr.. KIRK;
Dear Doctor--I had violent at
tack Of gravel, afterwards had palms
across small Of my back, extending
around my side; my stomach was
disordered, bad taste In my mouth,
tongue coated was compelled to stop
work for q few days. Itook the MI
crobe Killer according TO your d.
rections, and was soon feeling all
right again. Wesalways keep q jug
ON hand 10 take when we get cold, or
for any emergency.
II. P. MoaRIpdE, (with B. Shoe
maker.) For sale by Buckner Leav-
ell, sole agentfor Christian county.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-11-22
PHOTOGRAPHS!

Before you have your picture taken come
be satisned that my pictures arc equal TO the
best city work. Special attention given to
m akinx Liie-sixe Portraits by the new Bro
midc Process. Fine line Of Picture France
aIWaye on hsnd, CLARENCE AND OERSoN,
Main Street, iiorEikSstLLE. kr
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-11-22

sign, which was 40 suggestive Of the
prevailing New York publ, spirit
that made copy Of 1t.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-11-22

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, one q dose.
Cure headache, constipation and In
digestion.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
JAPAN'S SOVEREIGN.
The MikadO's Ancestry, His Personal APP
pearance and His Habits.

The Mil1adO's Ancestry, His Personal APP
pearance and His Habits.
The MikadO has the bluest blood of
any ruler on the face of the earth. The
present dynasty of Japan runs back to
the gods and His Imperial Majesty is
the 121st Emperor of Japan. The
Japanese have their history and their
mythology, and the present Emperor
comes from Jimmu Tenno, who was the
first Mikado, and who ruled Japan 66
years before Christ was born. This
man was a descendant of the sun god
dess, and MutsuhitO, the present En-
peror, traces his descent directly from
him. Japanese history gives the story
of each of the 120 Emperors between
the two, and if you will think moment
you will see how far back $50 B. G. is.
This was before Rome had become an
empire. England was unknown even
to the Romans, and hundreds of
years were yet to elapse be-
fore Caesar penetrated Gaul. The.
present Emperor was born at Kiota,
November 8, 1852 He was declared
heir-apparent to the throne when he
was eight years old, and he succeeded
on the death of his father in 1867. He
was crowned in 1868 and was married
at the age of seventeen in 1869.
His Imperial Majesty is now thirty
eight years old. Let me tell you how
he looks. He is taller than the aver
age Japanese and his appearance is
not half as imposing now as when he
wore the rich Japanese costumes and
sat cross-legged on his mats of state.
He has dark brown cafe-au-lait COM
plexion and his eyes, which look out
through almond Sits, are of a brill
liant black His hair is very thick
and he parts it in European style. 1t
is combed we'll up from a good fore
head and His Majesty's eyebrows
have the decided arch which IS indica-
tive of Japanese beauty. His nose is
large and inclined to fatness. 1t has
the wide nostrils of the Japanese and
His Mai jesty's lips are thick. He is OF
medium size, but is inclined to stoop,
which I imagine may come from the
earlier part of his life having been
spent in sitting upon the floor. He
wears a mustache and chin whiskers
and these, like those of most of his
race, are thin. The Court Chamber
lain tells me that for the past sixteen
wears he has worn nothing but Europe
an clothes, and has to large extent
adopted European ways. His dress
is that of General of the
army, and he takes great pride
in military matters. He reviews
his troops several times year and is
thoroughly up in the organization OF
his armies. When he goes out to ride
he is always accompanied by his i'm
perial guards, and he has lately pur-
chased several new state carriages
which are the wonder of TOkio.-
Frank G. Carpenter, in Chicago Il1es,
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
WHAT JOHN EATS.
Cinnamon en- Voyage Fed on Rice, Beans,
Orange-PeeI and Chow-ChOw'
d,

Cinnamon en- Voyage Fed on Rice, Beans,
Orange-PeeI and Chow-Chow'
The new line of Trans-Pacific steam
ers between Hong Kong and Vancou-
yer, British Columbia. connecting
thence with San Francisco, has sig
nalized its establishment by reducing
its rate for Chinese passengers from
$50 to $25. This rate includes food
during the voyage, which may last 30
days. and transportation over nearly
one-quarter of the circumference of the
earth. One of the recently arrived
steamers brought 1,500 Chinese, and
in view of the low rate, the writer was
led to inquire of the steamship agent
if it were possible to properly feed the
immigrants during the 80 days at sea
and yet make profit. His reply was
in the affirmative.
''But what sort of rations are fur
nished?" / asked.
Chiefly rice" he said. THAT is,
rice is the chief staple of Chinese
food at home and abroad, and if it is
properly cooked Chinaman will rare
ly grumble. But we take out small
quantity of meat to cook with it. We
also take large quantities of beans
red beans, white beans, black beans,
brown beans, every kind of bean that
China produces, and beans are cheap
there. You would laugh to hear how
cheap. Then we furnish orange peel
for relish, of which the Chinese are
fond; also dried shrimps and variety
of dried fish, and for an occasional bit
of dessert dried abalone. But the
thing we have to be the most particu-
lar about is the elbows.
"What are those-the sauces?"
Eyes, the chow elbows. We take out
% different kinds of these elbows! 1t
seems as if every Chinaman has a par
ticular kind that he prefers. AS they
eat their rice and fish and beans, they
keep tasting these.
"Of course, we got them cheap in
Hong Kong. They don't cost like
Worcestershire sauce. Altogether these
immigrants get as good food on ship
board as they get at home; in fact they
often fat up with us.
Now, what do you suppose it cost
us day to feed each one of these 1900
Chinese on our last trip"
Fifteen cents-for guess"
'Just A. cents day, or about $1.1S a
head for the trip over here. Cor.
Denver Republican.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
GRANDMA'S LITTLE BOY.

'sHer little boy grows up so fast
Said Grandma, that some sunny day,
He'll wake, and be a man, at last,
And wander from her far away.
Oh, then what shall his poor old Grandma do:
81 fear her boy may soon forget"
Sighed Grandma, those who love him here
And leave them with scarce one regret,
May be without one sigh or tear
A tender look beamed in his eyes of blue;
He whispered: Grandma, I'll take care Of
your
"But Grandma will be very old,
And only in the way, she fears:"
His chubby arms her neck infold,
His earnest eyes are full of tears
"And oft we give the old love for the new"
"But Grandma" said he, IN take care OF
you!
"I'll build for you house so fine;
And you shall have six easy-chairs;
Dozens of servants, when you dine,
And lots of comforts everywhereST"
While Grandma smiled at him, her knitting
through,
"Don't fret said he, 'for I'll take care of
your
Dear Grandma softly shades her eyes
The sunlight, may be, makes them weep;
Close to her heart her darling lies,
Rocked in calm and gentle sleep.
And kisses fall upon the lips, so true,
That said: Don't worry; I'll take care oi
you!"
George Cooper in N. Y. Independent.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
PlTH AND POINT.

Thy friend has friend, and thy
friends friend has a friend; be dis
Greet
"A hesitating, vacillating man
never dies with any celebrity, because
it takes him SO long to come to con-
clusion. SiftingS.
Some men are like silk hats. So
long as they battle against the wind
they are smooth enough; but with the
breeze of fortune at their backs a
thousand rough places bristle up that
were never seen before.
1t is not the least advantage of
friendship that by communicating our
thoughts to another we render them
distinct to ourselves, and reduce the
subjects of our sorrow and anxiety to
their just magnitude for our own con-
temptation. IN. Y. Ledger.
Whatever amuses serves to kill
time, to lull the faculties and to Danish
reflection. Whatever entertains usual
ly awakens the understanding or
gratifies the fancy. Whatever diverts
is lively in its nature, and sometimes
tumultuous in its effects. .-Crabb.
The responsibilities of life are
gauged not by what we are, but by
what we may become. The man who
has ventured only to the limits of his
conscious force has only reached the
threshold of his possible attainments.
F G. Clark.
An idle word may be seemingly
harmless in its utterance; but let it be
famed by passion, let it be fed with
the fuel of misconception, of evil in
tention, of prejudice, and it will soon
grow into sweeping fire, that will
melt the chains of human friendship,
that will burn to ashes many cherished
hopes, and blacken more fair names
than one.-Charles A. Dickey.
AT least seventy per cent. OF the
troubles we meet with in ordinary life
are imaginary. That is the difficulties
seen worse and worse as we ponder over
them and try to see how bad they are.
We can make just what we like of our
everyday life. If we look for the dis
agreeable features we'll get them null
tiplied a dozen times. If we think
only of the bright, happy parts OF life
we will find just what we are looking
for.-Rural New Yorker.
In the employment of men, that
class of labor that is purely mental
commands higher price than does that
class where only physical strength is
wanted. One brain may design a
steam engine, but more than one is
necessary to build it. Hence, then,
among brain workers experience and
originality are factors of success.
Neither can we gauge mans worth
commercially speaking-by lapse OF
time, for one man with frosty locks
may have travelled a shorter distance
along the highway of observation than
his neighbor with half his years.
American Engineer.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
Help a Little.
When? Where?

When? Where?
To-day, tomorrow, every day, just
where you are.
You have heard of the girl who sat
down and sighed the morning hours
away, longing to be missionary and
help somebody, while her mother was
toiling in the kitchen, and loo. ing after
three little children at the same time.
You can find a place to help brother
and sister or friend, and you can help
every body in the house by your patient.
kind obliging spirit, 'fn honor pre-
ferring one another" self-forgetful and
mindful of others.
1t seems a very little thing to '1enda
hand in these quiet home ways, but If
you could see the record the angels
make of such day, you would see that
it was very great thing.
Boys, girls, watch eagerly your
chance. Do not be cheated out of your
happy privilege. 1t is a great, noble,
blessed thing to he able to ''help a
little, mo matter how little it may be-
Home Journal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

likely to be hurtful in the extreme. 1t
is a very noticeable fact that, while
what is called education has never
before been so widely diffused
among the masses as it is to-day.
nervousness, excitability, brain ex-
haustion and insanity are more preva-
lent than ever before-the two truths
not impossibly standing to each other
in the relation of cause and effect. Not
that education is not good, but that we
do not yet properly conduct it.
In childhood and youth, too, the
brain is properly capable of much
less amount of work than In adult
years. The brain is the last organ OF
the body to become mature-on an
average of five years that 1t Is
Younger than the rest of the body, and
in youth is even more delicate than Is
the muscular system. When this latter
has become somewhat developed, and
the brain is necessary for self-preserva-
ton, it catches up what it has lost
in the race, and in those who are
aging, and whose bodies are sinking
to decay, if it has met with no mishap,
ripe and full, is at its best. The proper
amount of time must be allowed it for
development. Any attempt to ''force"
a precocious growth is likely to be fol-
lowed by adult enfeeblement.
Nutrition is function of the tissues,
which, however, even with rich and
wholesome blood in the arteries in
tended to supply them, may in some
part of the organism become so ex-
hausted by overwork as to be unable
to appropriate it. The brain, when
sufficiently overworked, is incapable
of recuperation by nutrition. In the
midst of plenty, it, so to speak, starves.
The symptoms then appearing are
mental agitation and loss of healthy
self-consciousness. The history of
such case is generally as follows:
First, irritability. Then. sleeplessness,
resulting from an inability to stop
thinking either of one thing or things
in general Next, from overmastering
the will at night the mental uncon-
! Probability extends into the day. Final
Iy, the thinking faculty or imagination
breaks wholly loose from the will and
asserts tor it's creations q reality in
dependent of and superior to that of
healthy sense. This is nothing more
nor less than insanity. At any point
in the history the victims judgment
may easily become so vitiated, and his
will so overpowered, that he co mmits
suicide, or does something in the
course, or as a consequence of doing,
which death ensues. st. Louis Globe
! Democrat.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
j. W. DORRINGTON, Proprietor.
NUMBER II.

just under one of the leaves which were
hanging over the edge.
All might have been well if Annie
had not remembered Tottie. She could
not pass the window without saying
word of comfort to the poor doll, whose
position was most trying.
"Pm coming, darling, sOon," cried
the child, little thinking what true
words she was speaking, only she was
going in very different way from what
she meant.
The CHEEKY words were followed by
terrible scream; for on turning toward
the door, Annie beheld a big blaze
One leaf of the picture book had first
been scorched, then had caught fire;
the rest followed; and to the little girl,
locked in alone, it seemed as if the
whole house woro burning
Poor child; she rushes from door to
window, from window to door, so fam
ming the flames and making them
spread. The chair is blazing now.
What can she do? In vain she
screams, Mother, father, nurser' no
one can hear her. Then in despair she
runs to the window, gets on the sill,
and turning round with her feet dang
ling, wonders whether she dare let her.
self drop. Glancing behind she sees the
fire spreading; the smoke is being
drawn toward the open window, and
already makes her cough.
Just as she is hesitating sparrow
flies past He has come for crumbs to
that window all through the winter,
and knows Annie well. He gives lit
tie twitter 1t is really a cry of fright,
for he does not like the smoke. But
Annie does not know this; she only
heard him twitter, and suddenly some
words come into her mind, 'One of
them shall not fall to the ground with
out your father"
She does not know exactly where
they come from, but she knows that
they mean that He takes care of the
sparrows.
"Then he will take care of me if | do
fall" she says aloud; that's better
than being burnt. I'm coming, Tot
tier' As she speaks she slips off the
window-sill.
The next moment she is lying hig-
gledy-piggledy on the same rose-bush
which had held Tottie. l say had held,
for poor Tottie was doomed to second
tumble as Annie's big body came in
contact with her little one.
OF course Annie was too heavy to re-
main on the bush, but it broke her fall,
and beyond some scratches and spraln
she came to no harm.
'Oh, I'm glad jumped, Tottie," she
said, picking up her doll; 1--WE will give
the sparrow an extra breakfast tO-mOr-
row for reminding me of that text. 1
conldn't have done it if it had not been
for that"
Meanwhile cook had woke up feeling
better, and thinking she would like to
have a chat with Miss Annie, went to
find her. She found instead a blazing
room, but getting prompt help from the
cOachman, the fire was soon put out
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlisle returned di-
rectly they heard the bad news, and
took their little girl away with them
whilst they looked for new nurse and
hOusemaid.
Tottie is old and tattered now, but
she is still in Annie's eyes 1.-The pret-
tiest doll in the world" And over the
little girls bed you may see an illumi-
mated text which often reminds her oil
the friendly sparrow
Not one of them shall fall to the
ground without your Father. "-E. Nj.
| Waterworth, in Little Folks.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
Misplaced Sympathy.

Citizen-Why are you in this condi-
ton?
Tramp-It is not long to tell, sir.
can't live with my wife.
Citizen Qflled with sympathy be-
cause he has just had a quarrel with
his own)-Poor man! [ deeply feel for
you. Here's quarter Tell me why
you can't live with your wife.
Because she won't support me. Ia,
tat'-N. Y. Weekly.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
VOLUME XVIII.
LINES TO AN OLD PORTRAIT.
Why is it that your pretty lips
Are married. in that merry smile?

Why is it that your pretty lips
Are parted in that merry smile?
Why hide your dainty hnger-tips
Within that ugly muf meanwhilet
'Tis strange in looking on your face
For modern man like me to know
He's gazing at his grandmamma,
Who lived one hundred years ago.
Suppose, while you sit smiling there,
You tell me, as I'd like you to,
The thought that still from year to year
So pleases and amuses you.
Or, better, tell me of your life
Its joys and laughter, tears and woe;
/ think they must have had them then
AS now, one hundred years ago.
'Twould be pleasant thing to hear
You tell of all that happened then,
About your lovers and your friends
Among that ancient race of men.
We've many things that you had not,
But. after all. do not know
think should have liked it then;
You lived one hundred years ago.
j. F. Jenkins, in Life.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
1T seems we'll enough for clu

1t seems well enough for club-din-
ners to be partaken of by men exclu-
sively, for manifestly it would be bore
for ladies to be present; but what
special element of pleasure can there
be in adinner-party at home from which
the ladies of the family are excluded?
What is it for? One can't help thinking
of the ldlady who said, when her hus-
band gave a whist party, it kept her at
the key-hole and Mirady at the window
blinds all night long g.-Judge.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

The following passage occurs in a
notice recently posted on the court
house door by constable of Wicomico
County, Md: 81 have seesed and took
into execution, a'cordin to law and in
iquity, the following aforesaid Drop-
erty."
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

When the mob at Liverpool tried to
drown the voice of Beecher, when he
stood there and spoke for the union, he
would turn to the reporters and talk to
them. Finally when he had finished
his speech he turned to the bowling
mob and shouted at the top of his voice,
''You have not heard me, but / have
talked to these reporters. They have
taken down all have said. There is a
new idea out in the world. Catch it if
you cam"
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
Physicians in Russia.

DIR. G. Yaroshevski contributes to
the Russkaya Meditsina as article on
the state of the medical profession in
Russia. He points out that there are
only $4,000 doctors for a population of
100,000,0 900, or one medical man to
every $500 persons. This number of
doctors in proportion to the population
is very much less than in other Euro
pean countries, yet the destitution
among members of the profession is
alarming. Of late there have been
numbers of suicides of medical men
who were without the bare necessities
Of life. The fees for medical attend
ance are very low. Still, in Odessa,
40 per cent. of the whole pop
ulation and 81 per cent. of the very
poor died without having had medical
attendance. A similar state of affairs
exists at Kostrome. DR.. Yaroshevski
attributes this deplorable condition of
things to the ignorance of the Russian
people, who prefer to consult sooth-
Sayers and magicians rather than edu-
Gated medical men, to the monopoly
enjoyed by the pharmacists, and to the
large number of Feldshers who are al
lowed to practice. The Feldshers are
men who have some rough knowledge
of surgery and the use of a few drugs.
They are generally men who have
served in the Ambulance Corps or
have been hospital attendants, and on
the strength of this slight knowledge
they are licensed to practice
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

How long does this train stop for
refreshments?'' asked q traveller as he
entered a railroad restaurant in
Georgia. ut depends on how hungry
de conductah am" said the waiter.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

disappointment is often the only
thorn that guards the rose, Merchant
Traveller,
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

"A buzzard which was caught and
Oelled in Georgia nearly twenty-four
years ago was captured the other day
near Paris, Ky. 1t was old and couldn't
fly, and was captured by some little
boys, who afterward turned it loose.
On its neck was a leather strap, to
which was attached small brass bell
Inscribed: Atlanta, Ca, April q,
1865"