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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18
ROMANCE OF THE TELEGRAPH.
Some of the Difficulties Of Cd rating
Line Through Queer Countrfes.

A good deal of romance hovers
around the means by which the
worlds news is gathered, says the
New York Sun. The speed and
accuracy with which telegraph mes
sages are transmitted between the
uttermost parts of the earth is mar
velous when the conditions under
which they are sometimes trans
mitted are considered.
The European telegraph line
offers o good illustration. It runs
from London to Lowestoft, on the
east coast Of England. 1t then dips
under the sea to Emden, on the
German coast, whence IL passes
through Germany to the Russian
frontier. From this point the wire
passes by way OF Warsaw, Rowno,
Odessa, the Caucasus and Titis 70
Persia, and by Tauris Is Teheran,
the capital of ths shAh's qIeer
douala. There 1t joins the Indian
governments line, whish rams Rom
the Persian capital 10 Bushire, on
the Persian aalf. Thence she WIRES
run through Beloechissan and com
ptete zoe route by ccssaecs.L., !.
Kurfaehee, in northarn lnaz6. The
opesaSAon Of this Immense stretnh of
line passing through countries Of
such varying climates and general
characteristics. . obviously one OF
much difficulty.
On tfse snow-swept steps OF Russia
the wires DIRE sometimes snapped
like thread by the rapid flight Of
aocks of wild geese. The poles are
cut down and made into firewood by
the nomad tribes OF the Caucasian
districts, and the cunning innkeep-
ers OF Georgia seek TO boom thg NJ
posthorse trade by deliberately Gre
ating faults in the wires. In certain
parts Of the mountainous regions OF
Asia the maintenance Of the solitary
line involves no little personal risk
and hardship to the staff hands.
Communication is often cut off by
avalanches in the mountain dis
tricts, and the work of repairing
after snowfall of five or six feet is
40 light matter
These mountain stations are pro
visioned with several months sup
plies before the winter sets in, as
the staff will be in touch with the
rest OF the world by the wire only
Until the spring weather opensV5ttI
the passes. In these supplies areal-
ways included liberal allowance OF
books and games wherewith to re-
lieve the monotony Of the tedious
winter exile.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18
f.NTr IS G, :? .

Inv ,stigs'; a >dys' Try 's" hres
?. fine :, T. cir ~
Ale X h;.6 t'p cd, Isl .Jerience
of Il. Shu' !, hrr4t o. IN me water
hrs+' a few We KS : ter I'd. He had
81. SleO Cd d + .ncL II seven, and
was ing wb tcJ .sas when ] shot
ny r AZ II WA Eating for them
20 .eej sog' her that he could get
oe' or s.ot. I'd while lying there
Ohe ,ght' Fsj licked up his heels
ne '.stl' ,oy. The antelope had
sAsd, re .gn that they had sus-
p,c'qd .,lything wrong, but they
Hs bis leels waving back and forth,
and Instantly ali was commotioa.
He dropped his heels very suddesey
and lay there confounding his So
piGity, when hc ,a.2t ~gaas zoe
whole bunch was moving up toward
the spot where those mysterious
things had been seen. He under
stood IL at once. His heels made .
new kinl OF flag, and he was not
slow to act on the suggestion. He
waved them again, and again she
antelopes stopped TO gaze at the GU
rious black things moving slowly
back and forth up there on the ridge.
When the boots dropped out of
sight again the antelope, impelled
by their fatal curiosity, moved near
er to them. So they kept it up until
the bunch was not seventy-five
yards away. Presently he got two
OF them in range, and, drawing a
fine sight, he fired, and they both
fell. The others wheeled like The
wind and were off over the ridge,
but not before another bullet cut
down buck Outing.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

Another fall Of the barometer,
with rising temperature may be ex-
pected by Sunday. A cold wave will
closely follow this period, with prob
able snow in the North and slight
freezing. Promise of rather bitter
cold wave, also, about the last Of this
month.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Reported by TATUa, EMERY Il Co.,
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS
BOURBON STOCK YARDS.
QUOTATIONS..

LOUISVILLE KY, Oct. 16.-Cattle--
Receipts 1874. Market ruled steady
to firm at about Mondays prices, a
pretty good clearance made. Pros.
poets steady.
Hoes Receipts 2777. Marie
opened tops selling at s. 90, closed
weak and &c to 'oc lower than the
opening, tons 81 80 to 80 95, this af
ternocn, several cara unsold. Out
'cpk not far 7P,]a
DA4A- -4tD LA4bs.- Receipts light
Market slow, shade lower. Common
grades very dull.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18
| manfully faces the . =

al ~ lt1s,s sS.Hi Hanfuliy races tue p
cessity of living on what remains.
The officer who is tempted to ease
his financial strait by running into
debt speedily finds his last case worse
than his first, for the secretary of
The navy exercises paternal super
vision over the debts of his young
men, and loug-suffering tradesiaen
can bring naval debtors to bool by
un appeal to the head Of the depart
nient. 1t is always possible to draw
two months pay in advance be-
fore going upon cruise, and this
helps to make things pleasant for
those left ashore, though the bach
elors of the navy take advantage OF
The privilege perhaps as often as
the married men. Baltimore Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

An incline car at Pittsburgh broke
the cable and ran wild Wednesday
Three people were killed and s in
jured. The car was demolished, but
the passengets saved themselves by
lying fiat on the floor. The three
who refused were killed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

ton last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. t. Cooper went tc
Atlanta Tuesday to attend the Expo
sition.
Miss Minnie E. Taylor has re-
turned to her home in Bennettstowr
after short visit to the family Of
Mr.. w. r. Thompson.
Mr.. A. G. Pool and wife, of Meade
vile, Va, are on short visit to the
family of Mr.. r. S. Pool, at Gracey
Miss Nora Fowler, of Henderson
is the pleasant guest of Mrs. w. T.
Williamson this week.
Mrs. E. N. Miller and little son,
Earnest, have returned home from a
three months visit to father and
brother in Arkansas.
Mrs. Austin Peay, Jr., of Hopkins
vile, is visiting her parents in this
city.-Clarksville Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. McCown, of the
Bluff Springs neighborhood were in
the city Wednesday.
Mrs. E. A. Hathaway went to Hop
kinsville this morning, called there by
the serious illness of Mr.. Taliaferro,
a relative, who has typhoid fever
Owensboro Enquirer.
Miss Florence Rice, of Greenville,
is visiting Miss Matte Sue Browning,
near Church Hill, this week.
Miss Carrie Bailey, Of Pembroke, is
visiting Mrs. w. T. Williamson.
Mrs. J, B. Nance, of Pee Dee, left
his city yesterday afternoon for
Texas, to visit relatives
Miss Zadie Howard of Madisonville,
is the guest of Mrs. Polk Canister.
Mr.. T. L. Metcalfe has gone to the
Atlanta Exposition.
Mr.. Frank Bell went to Louisville
his week.
Mrs. A. G. Bush, of Louisville, is
listing relatives in the city.
Rev. r. S. Carriers family has ar
ived from Virginia and they will go |
o housekeeping on Liberty street |
1r. Carter is the new rector of Grace
.hurch.
MIR. G. Ell. Tandy came home from
Nashville to attend the Cox Boulware
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

In spite of the false report in the
Courier-Journal, the National Far.
mers' Congress at Atlanta, declared
unequivocally for free coinage at IL
to l. Following is the resoluti )
adopted by an overwhelming major
ity:
Resolved, That we favor the free
and unlimited coinase OF both silver
and gold at the present ratio of 10
to l, guarded by an import Anty up
on foreign bullion an foreign coin
equal to the differe &C between the
bullion value aud Il" coinage val .e
of the metal at t dat Of importa-
ton, whenever the bullion value Of
the metal is less tlau its ,oin yalue !"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

The latest evidence of the Courier
Journals loyal Support" of the
Democratic cket, was an editorial to
"scratchers" explaining to them how
they could scratch Hardin and vote
the rest of the ticket.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

If Mr.. Geo. ". Long, the Republi
can candidate for Treasurer, will con-
sent to lewiston of time with Dem
ocrat, joint debate can be arranged
when he fills his appointment here on
the 22nd
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

This is the last week nominations
can be made for Office. The Official
ballots must be closed to names
fifteen days before the election,
which is Oct. Goth.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

The Republicans no longe have
hopes of carrying the state. emo
Gratis have recovered from their littls
eca-c o. last summer ana afo pAopal
ing to surprise even the "oldest in
habitant" with the majority in this
district. You can't get republican
bets except on the eize of Hardin
majority. Watts all right.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

Judge Field, in test case at
Louisville, has decided that school
trustees must be elected by viva
voce vote, and the county cerk has
been restrained from putting the
names Of candidates for trustees on
the regular secret ballot.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

Uragon has had number of won
en- who have distinguished then
selves in various ways, some In lit
erature, SONS ia art, some as slayers
OF wild oeasts, others as increasers
OF pspMAtion, some by climbing
mountRins, others by tumDling down
them, and 80 on; but a deed OF
bravery Aes lately been done by q
Portland woman which 1t Is quitecer-
tain NO other woman in the state,
and probsbly no other woman In the
werld, s&s nerve enough even TO at
tempt, says the Morning Orsgonian.
This woman 10 employ Cd In large
sssablisAmens on Third street, and
her name must be kept secret to pre-
vent the place bcing ovcrrun with
people snxtous 70 zee the woman who
II 30 brave.
There are quito number OF other
women employed IN the same room,
as well rs several men. Recently a
rat strayed into the room and could
not find Its way out, and the men
started to catch and kill him.
This was easier said than done, for
the rat was agile and daring, and
fed from one ambush to another,
while the women and girls few up
on the chairs and tables, and would
have perched on the ceiling like flies
if they had been able.
There was one exception - the
brave woman who has immortalized
herself She stood her ground, and
finally, when the rat had been poked
from behind barrel and was dash
ing over the floor almost over her
feet, she ''crouched" down and let
her skirt touch the floor and cap
tured the rat, and when it endeav-
ored to push it's way out she swatted
it over the head and laid it out.
This is fact, and if any persons
la any country can produce SIM
liar case OF bravery and presence OF
mind on the part OF o woman he can
take the bakery.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

The vote in Christian county will
be about $500. Of this the Republic
ans will have say $3.50, the Demo
Gratis 1900 and the Populists $50. Set
this guess down in your book and see
how much we miss it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18
City Tax for 1896,

All city taxes for 1895 not paid by
Nov. lst, Will be subject to penalty
of 6 per cent. which will be added.
L. G. CRAvENs,
Oct. l5-3t. City Tox Collector.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Governor,
P. WAT HARDIN, of Mercer.
For Lieutenant Governor,
R.T. TYLER, OF Fulton.
For Treasurer,
R.C. FORD, OF Clay.
For Auditor,
l.. G. NORMAN, of Boone.
For Register of the Land Office,
G.B, SWANGO. Of Wolfe.
For Attorney General,
w. J.HENDRICK,o of Fleming.
For Secretary ofState,
HENRY 8. HALE, OF Graves.
. For Supt. OF Public Instruction.
ED. PORTER THOMPSON, ofOwen.
For Commissioner Of Agriculture,
ION B. NALL. OF Louisville.
For Railroad Commissioners,
+. FLETCHER DEMPSEY, of Hopkins,
GEO. H. ALEXANDER of Jefferson,
GREEN r. KELLAR. of Nicholas.
For Circuit Court Judge.
L. c. LINN, of Galloway.
For Magistrate Pembroke District,
WIN. l.. PARKER.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

DIR. and Mrs. T. W. Blakey spent
several days at the Atlanta Exposi-
ton last week.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

Mr.. Louis Windmuller has written
for the October number of The Forum
an article ent.t'e ed, 81 he Resuscitation
of Blue Laws" criticising the action
OF the Police Commissioners of New
York in enforcing the Sunday excise
law.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

DR.. Chiffon Allen, of Winchester. is
dead.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18
Does

this by giving 1t fair trial. Insist upon
Hoods and only Hoods. 81; six for IS.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

Miss Minnie E. Taylor has re-
turned to her home in Bennettstown
after short visit to the family Of
Mr.. w. r. Thompson.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Cooper went
Atlanta Tuesday to attend the Expo
sition.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-18

Mr.. A. G.. Pool and wife, of Meat
vile, Va, are on a short visit to t
family of Mr.. r. S. Pool, at Grac,
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-09-21
Newspapers Endorse.

Educators are certainly the great
est benefactors of the race, and after
reading DR.. Franklin Niles popular
works, cannot help declaring him to
be among the most entertaining and
educating authors. "--New York
Daily. He is not stranger to our
readers, as his advertisements appear
in our columns in every issue, calling
attention to the fact that his elegant
work on Nervous and Heart Dis
eases is distributed free by our en-
terprising druggist A. NJ. Gilbert.
Trial bottles of DR.. Miles Nervine
are given away, also Book of Testi-
monials showing that it is unequalled
for Nervous Prostitution, Headache,
Poor Memory, Dizziness, Sleepless--
ness, Neuralgia, Hysterie, Fits, Epi-
lepsy.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-09-21
West Virginia State News.

At Piedmont, Charles Clinton, son
of c. G. Cridler, went out hunting
the other evening aud accidentally
shot himself, the load of shot enter
ing under his left arm, inflicting a
dangerous wound.
West Virginia manufactured coke
worth 81, $4,000 in 1894.
The trial of Riley Watson for the
murder of Albert McComas was con.
cluded in Lincoln county. McComas
was murdered at his own home be-
cause he refused to drink with Wat
son. The judge imposed a lifetime
sentence on Watson.
Hon. j. G. Brady, Of Ohio county,
has declined to accept the appoint
ment as regent of the Bluefield col
ored institute.
The Pickens & Addison narrow
gauge railroad will be built.
Louis Hess, sent up for highway
robbery, died in the Moundsyille
pen.
The Davis Coal and Coke Co.,
shipped 100000 tons OF coal and
coke in 1894.
Albert Baker, an lS-year-old boy
living ten miles east of Huntington,
drank quantity of sweet cider the
other evening, and died few hours
later in horrible agony. 1t is thought
the beverage was poisoned, caused
by standing in brass vessel.
At Huntington, the 5-year.old
child of Mrs. Margaret was horri-
bly, burned by the overturning of a
large kettle of boiling water. The
little one can not recover.
Col. William Proctor Smith, of
national reputation, died at Anderson,
aged 60. He was chief of engineers
and ranked as colonel on the staff Of
Gen. Robert E. Lee, during the late
civil war. He was special friend
of and stood high in the esteem of
Gen. Lee, and was a distinguished
graduate Of West Point.
Senator Elkins has sent q check
for $3.50 for the State Confederate
Soldiers home now projected.
DR.. Robert Taught, of Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, was drownded while bath
ing in the Kanawha river about five
miles above Pt. Pleasant. The body
has not been recovered.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-09-21
Strong Witnesses

Among the thousands OF testimon
ials of cures by DR.. Miles New
Heart Cure, is that of Nathan ALI
sons, a well-known citizen of Glen
Rock, Pa, who had for years had
shortness of breath, sleeplessness,
pain in left side, shoulders, smother
ing spells, ETC.; one bottle of Niles
New Heart Cure and one box of
Nerve and Liver Pills, cured him.
Peter Jaquet, Salem, N. j., is anoth-
er witness who for twenty years suf-
fered with heart disease, was pro-
nounced incurable by physicians,
death stared him in the face, could
not lie down for fear of smothering
to death. Immediately after using
the New Cure felt better and could
lie down and sleep all night and it
now we'll man. The New Cure is
sold, also free book, by A. M. Gill
bert.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-09-21
ANEoDorAL LITERATURE.
Gathered and Compiled by W. G.
A QUAINT SERMON.

QUAINT SERMON.
Rev. Mr.. Dodd, who lived few
miles from Cambridge, had several
times been preaching against drunk
enness. and thereby very much of
Tended some of the Cambridge stu
dents, who thought he had made
some reflections on them, as they
had been guilty at Sunday times of
indulging in carousals.
On one occasion, as Mr.. Dodd was
walking towards Cambridge, he met
some of the gownsmen, who, as soon
as they saw him at distance, re-
solved to make him an object of ridi-
cule. When he came up they asked
him if he had not been preaching
very much against drunkenness of
late. He answered in the affirmative.
They then told him they had favor
to beg of him, and it was that he
would preach a sermon to them then
and there from text of their choos-
ing. He replied that it was an i'm
position, for a man ought to have
some time for. thought before preach
ing. They, however, would suffer
no denial, but peremptorily ordered
him to take his position on hollow
tree close by, and instanter preach q
sermon from the word MALT. He
then begsn:-"Beloved, let me crave
your attention. l am little man
came at short notice-to preach q
short sermon-from short text-to
a thin congregational an unworthy
pulpit. Beloved, my text is Malt. l
cannot divide it into sentences, there
being none; nor into words, there be-
ing but one. / must therefore, of
necessity, divide it into letters, which
/ find in my text to be four-MALT.
MIS- Moral. Ais Allegorical. L
lis Literal. It's Theological.
The Moral is, to teach you rustics
good manners; therefore, M-my
masters, A-all of you, L-leave off,
Tipping.
The Allegorical is, when one thing
is spoken ofand another meant. The
thing spoken OF is Malt. The thing
meant is the Spirit of Malt, which
you rustics make. M-your meat
A-your applause. L-Your Liber-
ty, and T-your Trust.
The Literal is, according to the
letters, M-mueh, A-ale, Little,
Trust.
The Theological is, according to
the effects it words-in some. M
murder,-in others, A-adulterys-
in all, L-looseness of llfe-and in
many T-treachery.
1 shall conclude the subject
First, by way of erhortdtion: M
my masters, ALL of you, L.
listen, Ito my text.
Second, by way of cqutiom NJ
my masters, ALL of you, L-look
for THE truth.
Third, by way of communicating
the truth, which is this; "A drunkard
is the annoyance of modesty; the
spoil of civility; the destruction of
reason; the robbers agent; the ale
houses benefactor; his neighbours
scoff; walking swill-bowl; the pic
ture of a beast; the monster Of a
man.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-09-21

Daily. Others daily except Sunday.
tStops only to land passengers from Bal
timore.
Blue Mountain Express, (Parlor Carr
leaves Baltimore 3.22 p. M, stopping at
Westminster, New Windsor, Union Bridge,
Bruceville connection for Frederick },
Thurmont, Blue Ridge, Buena Vista
Spring, Blue Mountain, tSmithburg,
Hagerstown.
Blue Mountain Express, (East) leaves
Hagerstown SAB a. m, stopping at above
stations, also Rocky Ridge, Glyndon,
Owings Mills and SudbrOok Park.
Additional trains leave BALTIC. for Union
Bridge and intermediate Stations at 1917
a, M, and 505 and 6 .07 p. M; and leave
Union Bridge for Baito. and Inter. Stations
as 5.25 a. M. Bruceville 6.25 a. m., and
Union Bridge at 12.45 p. M, daily, except
Sunday.
Sundays only-Leave BALTIC. for Union
Bridge and Inter. Stations, $50 a. m. and
2.3O p. m, md leave Bruceyille 6.25 .. m.
and Union Bridge Tor baltimore ii In
termediate Stations 3.5S p IN
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-09-21
Our Minerals.

The United States has been the
principal source of the worlds gold
supply ever since the discovery Of
gold in California.
OF our total petroleum production
in 1890, 45,S22,672, barrels, 44,5s9,-
864 barrels were produced in Penn
sylvania and New York.
There we're hardly any silver pro-
duced in this country before 1860.
In that year extensive mines were
discovered in Nevada.
Pennsylvania produced in 1861,
45,226,992 long tons OF anthracite
coal, valued at $T3.953,135.
The value OF our mineral products
in 1891 reached the enormous aggre-
gate of $66s,524,537.
The amount of bituminous coal
mined IN the United STAGES IN 1891,
was los, 29l ,72l long tons, and it's
total value was $lI7,lO6,4s3.
The only country which exceeded
the United States in coal output
during the year 1891 was England.
In 1884 the value of the precious
stones mined in this country some
what exceeded 100000.
The only quicksilver mines Of
consequence in this country are To-
Gated in California.
In 1891 this country produced 81.
29I $50 barrels OF petroleum, valued
at $32,576,288.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-09-21
The Youngest Soldier in the War.

CLARKsBURG, W. Va, September 2.
The work of making directory of
the Union soldiers, now living, in
West Virginia, which has progressed
almost to completion, has revealed
the youngest soldier who took part
in the conflict. Heis Julius Pell, a
prosperous farmer, who enlisted as o
drummer boy at the age often years
when the first call for troops was is
sued. He is a son of Capt. William
Pell, and was with his fathers COM
pany all through the war.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-09-21
Nervous Prostration.

This malady affects more business
and professional men, than any other
in the long category of disease to
which flesh is heir to. Blood power
ty is often the first step towards it.
In women it brings about all the dis
eases and sufierings peculiar to
women. MAGIC BLOOD AND NERVE
Tonic, is positive cure for all forms
of nervous exhaustion, and resultant
affections. $l.00 per bottle.