Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-05-31
CRISP COMBINATIONS.

Tho late Melbourne exposition resulted
In deficit of 81 100000.
Calvins old church, tho Cathedral OF
st. Pierre. In Geneva. Is. II Is said, TO bc
restored.
A spring Of natural cologne, with the
perfume Of patchouli. has been discovered
in Algiers.
A new theatre to cost nearly 81 ,000.0 900
is to be built on the Champ de Mars. 81.
Petersburg.
Tho so called antique oak is ordinary
American oak sawed In a peculiar way
and stained to look like tho old English
oak. ..l-.
India rubber Is being tried as substi-
tute for asphalt in pavements in Berlin.
and tho result 10 said to DO good. but ex-
pensive.
The total Indian population OF the
United States In 1885 wns 247.76i, and
the Indians had 2l9,466 square miles Of
territory reserved for their use.
The Prussian minister Of war at a re-
cent reception TO the emperor surprised
his guest with music furnished by an
orchestra made up Of army officers
A Russian joint stock company Is
building an immense boat theatre to float
up and down the Volga river. Perform
ances are to DO given Mt every large town.
There Is a great increase in the con-
sumption OF African teakwood, on NC
count OF It's property Of preserving from
rust iron or steel that is In contact with Ii
English gold coin is 10 deprecated by
wear that banker who recently accepted
el 900 in gold half sovereigns. upon do
posting 1t found 1t short weight by fi9.
The saw Is largely used now instead OF
the ak in bringing down the giant red
woods in California The tree Is sawed
partly through. and then Is forced over
by wedges.
An offer OF 500 was recently made for
maidstone owned In Charlotte, N. G.
Tho stone has record OF having cured
more than a hundred cases Of mad dog
and snake bites.
A fashionable young woman In New
York has undergone remarkable sursi-
cal operation. long and painful. by which
her tip tilted nose became an organ OF
pure Grecian design. --.
A fox that was being closely pursued
down in Georgia by hounds and hunters
threw itself in front OF an express train
| and was so mutilated that not even the
brush could be found.
Seamless boiler tubes are now made
from solid ingots of metal by q process
that twists and stretches tho iibers. and
Is said to make tube much stronger
than the ordinary ones
A resident OF Washington. who Ia no
table M the possessor Of an extraordi-
narily large head. Ia said to have sold 1t &c
certain number Of physicians for 81
900, the delivery Of the head to take
place on the death Of it's present owner
The demand for lizard skins for pursei
and simihr objects Is said to have ex
hausted the supply in Java The gov
eminent has interfered to protect tho
lizards, who are wanted as scayengers
and lizard skins havo to DO obtained now
from South America. W so Z
A peculiar accident was met with By
| Oliver Tucker, whose homo Ia nt Elder
ville, Pa. He was climbing a tree, wher
1t split, allowing him TO drop into the
opening, which closed upon him, crush
ing him terribly. Ono Of his Dyes was
squeezed from Its socket
Philadelphia's Exchange for Women'i
Work shows among other curiosities Q
small bit OF mummy wrapping more
than 1000 years old. 1t Is a part Of the
wrapping OF Rameses II. and wal
brought thither by Z. L Wilson. who
CHANGED to be on hand when tho mumm,
was unrolled. t.r1
An employment which would seem
perfectly delightful to small boys Is tast-
Ing molasses. The molasses faster fro
quently has twenty or thirty samples 70
experiment upon, taking care to swallow
as little us possible. 1t Is said that only
| n man with sweet tooth and a clear head
can bear up under the strain OF tho 90
cupation.