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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
REWARD Is SURPRISED.
He Didn't Know That Cranes Are
Splendid Fighters.
kad at Running, Too. Thsy Are Quite Ex-
pert--with six-Foot strides One of
the Birds Pursued n FOX
That Had Insuited Him.


A long, lean crane stood motionless
in the Mig cover down on the flats, at
Seabe4ry Settlement, N. Y, the other
afternoon watching for fish or frog
to come within reach of his pointed,
heavy bill. A cold wind was blowing
and ruffied up the birds feathers in a
way to make him SILVER A brown bird
started to fly past the still figure, then
there was quick jerk and the brown
bird disappeared. The thin crane
looked as though he felt better. After
bit he waded to the shore and stood
on the bank looking into the water as
if for fish or frog.
As the sun was shining red for mo-
ment through crack in the clouds
fox, sleek in winter fur, came into view
from Mp the creek looking here and
there for a mouse or better game. He
had started early that day, probably in
the hope that he might capture bird.
He stalked a crow, unsuccessfully
flushed two or three brown birds,
sneaked up wind at woodchuck, and
got little mole. Then he saw the
cranes back and neck over the bank
and straightway dropped back onto his
launches to calculate bit. He worked
his way toward the crane so slowly as
not to be noticed till within ten feet OF
the bird, when. the birds head came
around with startled suddenness. The
fox stopped, and the crane looked in
dignant. The fox took two steps nearer,
and the crane bristled up his neck feath-
ers and drew his head back as if to
strike. Then the fox saw that the crane
would fight. If anything can tickle
a fox it is to have bird stand fight.
The fox took two jumps lightly for
ward, then yelped out in pain. The
crane had struck at his eye and ripped
his cheek bare. He grabbed the crane
by the leg and then, like pug dog
pulling a string-tied ball, ran around
in circle, tripping the crane up. The
crane screamed and gave the fox
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
ALMOST A MIRACLE.
Child Saved from a Rattle snake
by Another Serpent.
The Fling Snake Arrived Just in Time to
Rescue Little Chariey--Mrs. Dean
Watched the Entire Perform-
ance from Her House.

Charley, the four-year-old son of L.
P. Dean, planter living below Cou-
shatta, La, in Natchitoches parish, had
a marvellous escape from death the
other day, and owes his life to the
kindly Intervention of a king snake.
Dean says he had often heard of the
usefulness of the king snake in destroy
ing other serpents, while it is itself
perfectly harmless, but he never quite
believed this until his own child's life
was saved SO miraculously. Dean him
self was away from home, but Mrs.
Dean relates the story in substance as
it is given below.
She was upstairs busy with her sew
ing, having let little Charley 80 out
into the yard to play Every now and
then she would get up from her work
and go to the window to see if he was
all right and to call down pleasant
word to him to keep him satisfied.
Presently, however, she became inter
ested in her work, and allowed longer
time than usual to elapse without
speaking to him. When she did think
of him and got up to go to the window
the little fellow was not under the tree
where she had left him, but seemed to
have grown tired and wandered off to
the edge of large vine-clad summer
house, where he was sitting very still,
gazing intently at something which
his mother could not see.
After watching him for awhile in
silence Mrs. Dean became convinced
that something unusual was the matter
with Charley, as he was bright, active
child, and never accustomed to sitting
still, even for moment at time. BY
and by she grew alarmed at his still
ness and called to him, but he did not
answer. Then following her child's in
tent gaze, the mother was almost par
alyzed with fear when she beheld the
hideous head of large rattlesnake pro-
truding through the vines just above
Charley's face. The child was being
charmed by the monster. Literally
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
supsr.tltlou. Rivsrn,nn.

A preacher is never a welcome guest
on a boat, not because rivermen are
sinners who are afraid they'll be con-
verified, but simply because they fear
that at the next landing they might
have to take aboard a white horse.
When such thing does occur, colored
roustabouts are as scarce as icebergs at
New Orleans. It is considered posi-
tive sign of approaching danger, and
even a white man reluctantly remains
at his post. A cross-eyed man never
secures good quarters on steamboat,
and if he happens to be seen by any
Memphis roustabouts the dusky in
dividuals are sure to take three spins
on their heel and dampen the palms of
their hands.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31

was sure he would start down the mid
die aisle the moment / made any seri-
Gus effort to put him out.
SIN one of the pews, about halfway
down the aisle, sat little girl with
one hand resting on the arm of the
pew. The dog halted here, and with
his nose gently pushed the little girls
hand off the pew. She snatched it
away and looked around wondering
ly and saw for the first time the dog
standing there wagging his tail and
looking at her. She laughed outright,
and then the dog wagged his tail more
and started on again. By this time
everybody in the church knew about
the dog, and everybody was interested
in him.
''He kept on down the middle aisle,
past the pulpit, and around the end of
one of the blocks of pews toward
side aisle and started along the side
aisle toward the rear of the church
again. Then the sexton started up the
side aisle from the rear of the church,
intending to drive the dog out, but
when the dog saw him coming he
wagged his tail and turned and started
back the way he had come and around
into the middle aisle again. He stopped
there once and turned toward the pull
pit and looked up at the minister,
wagging his tail all the time; he
seemed to be the best-natured dog that
ever lived.
"Then he turned once more and
eta-fad hooly He oo,,oa dnxuo 70 xuhara
he had started, and then trotted along
the base of the pews and out of the
church by door opposite to the one by
which he had entered. The instant he
stepped through the door we heard the
most tremendous uproar; he had met
another dog outside.
"As matter of fact, suppose our
dog had come into the church to escape
the other dog; he didn't want to fight,
and suppose he thought if the other
dog saw him go into church he'd feel
kind of ashamed of himself and go
away. But he didn't; he just hung
around outside and waited. The peace
full dog was diplomatic, you see, too; he
went out by a different door from the
one he came in at, thinking, no doubt,
that the dog that wanted to fight would
wait for him where he came in, and
that he would escape the other dog and
get away quietly by going out at the
other door; but the other dog must have
guessed his intentions, for he was wait
ing for him there.
"Our dog didn't want to fight, but he
didn't run away; good-natured, shaggy
and gentle as he was, he pitched in and
fought like a demon. Between them
they made more noise than an earth
quake. 1t pretty nearly broke up the
gravity of the entire congregation, and
the sexton had to go out and drive
them away; SO we never knew how the
fight came out"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31

inches apart extend from the bottom
board to the outer strip These make a
rack through which the fowls can extend
their heads to reach the food which is
placed inside. The ledge along the
outer edge retains any scattered food.
The drinking dishes are set at each end
outside of the upright boards. The
hens are kept from getting into the
food with their feet, yet can reach it
easily and withdraw their heads with
out danger of getting hung by the neck.
1t may be very cheaply constructed by
anyone accustomed to the use of tools
Miss Mamie Cable, in Farm and
Home
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
A yyboopIne-Coueh class.

In a private school in East Orange,
N. j., which has a large number of
pupils, there are great many cases of
whooping cough. In order that the
scholars so afflicted shall not fall be-
hind in their studies special class has
been formed which meets after the
regular school hours. 1t is attended
by all the pupils suffering from whoop-
ing cough, regardless of their grade In
the school. They take the regular
studies and have their recitatiuxS 1hst
the same as though they wcrs ~1fh
their classes, and are thus ena6f&d 20
keep shrssst 81 their sehoolmatss.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
PERFECTLY SAFE.

sacola, or from Philadelphia to Chicago.
This fellow yearly makes a dozen or
two tours of the country, and he ac-
complishes these fiealike feats by
using the railroads. The ingenuity he
displays in evading the officers is re-
markable, and the risks he runs in tuck
ing himself away under car and ca
boose are sometimes hair-crrling. A
few days ago a Pennsylvania railroad
engine ran into the West Philadelphia
yard, after making run from Pitts
burgh, and, stepping to the front of
the machine, the engineer discovered a
man hidden away under the pilot He
had ridden hundreds of miles in this
perilous position, and did not seem at
all tagged out by his experience. He
had crawled in when the engine was
standing over an ash pit, and it was
necessary to run the engine over an
other such opening in the track before
he could be released.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31

dumb with fright, Mrs. Dean did not
window sill, expecting every second
to see the hideous fangs strike her
child's death-blow. How long time
passed holding her in this suspense, of
course she could not tell, but, as she
describes it, it seemed to her years
of direst agony, when suddenly a
miracle was performed before her very
eyes as she gazed. From out the
thick of the vines there glided quickly
between Charley and the rattler
a beautiful pied king snake, arch
ing his back and rearing his head. For
a moment the two gazed at each other,
then the rattler's fiery eyes wavered
and his head dropped, and the king
snake was master of the situation.
One, two, three sharp strikes from his
enemy and the RATHER writhed and
squirmed, and at last lay dead in his
tracks, while the king snake glided
gracefully away through the grass,
leaving Charley safe and sound where
he sat.
Not till ali danger was passed did
Mrs. Dean recover sufficiently to go
down to her child, and when she got
to him it was only to fall in dead
faint beside him. 1t was thus her hus-
band found her a few moments later,
and his establishment knew no bounds
when he heard the marvellous story of
his little sons peril and rescue.
Mr.. Dean now has the RATHER pre-
served in alcohol. and the bites which
the king snake gave him are clearly
apparent to convince the most incredu-
lous ~-~
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
MONSTER ALLIGATOR.


To F. A. Dennette and to his brother,
Elton d. Dennctte, says the Florida
Times-Union, belongs the credit for
killing Fort Georges famous gator, a
giant in size, and SO old that his back is
crusted with barnacles and moss. But
their encounter with the saurian was
not without excitement and some dam
age to the hunters.
They found the gator in one of the
small creeks that make into the island.
snealSed up on him in their boat, and
let him have bullet from Winches-
ter. The big fellow gave a roar of
pain and rage, and at once started for
the small craft, his jaws wide open and
his tail lashing the water into yeasty
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
Care of the Poultry House.

Whitewash the poultry house inside,
so as to make the interior light and
cheerful Poultry have a repugnance
to dark quarters, and will remain out
side, exposed to storms, in preference
to resorting during the day to dark
and uncomfortable poultry house.
Ducks must be kept in house with a
board floor covered with straw. They
should be laying now, as they USUALLY
begin early in the season.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
Put HI. Cur in Evidence.

A piece of evidence in Quebec
breach Of promise case was cuff with
an offer of marriage written on it. One
night while the defendant was holding
the plaintiffs hand and whispered fer
vid words, he popped the question in
manuscript on the smooth linen of her
wrist She was sentimental or shrewd
enough to keep that article out of the
wash, and it has proved of practical
value
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
schooled In Camping.

The,sroppiers of Monte Carlo have q
schoolfof gambling in which they learn
the ms and outs of the games, the
methods Of defeating triskery, Fanuaa
dexterity in clearing the boarSe and
paving the stakes, readine% in reckon
inc. and In dealing and shufing tho
cards, and SO on. Most Of AAm como
from Alsace, md are very posf,g pada,
receiving only sixty dollsrs Esputh.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
LOOK OUT FOR THE
OPENING CHAPTERS.
GOOD FEEDING RACK.
An Excellent Device Tor Keeping Food
and Water Clean.

Feed and water for fowls may be
protected from dirtand waste as shown
in the cut below, The base is board
or plank 4 feet long and l foot wide.
An upright piece of inch board foot
square is firmly nailed crosswise,
inches from the end. Thin boards
inches wide are nailed all around the
edge. Three strips inch square and
feet long are nailed to the top of the
vertical boards, one at each upper cor
ner, and the third midway between.
On each side series of vertical Stats 3
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
a DOG IN CHURCH.
All the Congregation Interested In
summer Day Incident.

you might think" said a church
usher to New York Sun reporter,
shat there was nothing to do in a
church but seat people; but, dear me,
strange things are happening all the
time. One summer day, when the
church doors were open, saw a dog
appear stood at the back of the pews
just beyond the end of the middle
aisle, and the dog stood right at the
end of the aisle, looking at me and
wagging his tail. He was a nice-look
ing dog, sort of red dog, shaggy and
gentle looking, but of course church was
no place for him. But he was nearer the
aisle than l was, and he was bound to
make the tour of the church, and
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
A student.s Queer Onense.

Prince Toumanoff, student in the
University of Odessa, has just been ex-
PEELED and ordered TO leave town within
forty-eight hours, because he would not
have his hair cut short. There is con-
sternatinn among the students OF
Odessa.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31

PHOSPHORUS, which in weak moment
she did, but forgot to tell her husband
before retiring at night. 1t had just
struck twelve when the husband
awoke, and was startled to see some
thing sparkle at the foot of the bed.
He had never heard of FREELY in the
locality, nor did he ever remember
seeing such terrible looking object as
the toe presented. ,,,,,
Reaching carefully out of his bed till
he found one of his slippers, he raised
it high in the air and brought 1t down
with terrible force upon the mysterious
light A shrek and an avalanche of
bedclothes, and oil was over. When at
last he released himself from the ava
lanche he discovered his wife groaning
IN the corner. He had struck the phos-
phorsted toel
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
TRAMP'S QUEER RIDE.
He Was Found Hidden Under the Pilot of
the Locomotive.

There are two different kinds of
tramp. There is the Wandering Willie,
who travels afoot from place to place,
keeping within the circumscribed area
of three or four states, and there's his
brother, who hops from Boston to Pen
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31

For further information, address
II. c. MoRDUE, A. G. P. A.
or Louisville, Ky.
W. L. MILLS,
Owrnsboro, Ky,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-31
ROUGH ON THE TOE.

A Solemn Midnight Tragedy In n New
York Home.
A New York lady grievously torment
ed with corn on one of her toes was
advised by friend to anoint it with
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-03

will award the victory. The majority of
people in both parties are in favor of
the free coinage of silver. They are to-
day behind the free silver movement. and
they will push it on to success and have
silver re-established to its old equality
with gold. Iii the next campaign the re-
Mobilization of silver will lie the controlling
issue upon which Democracy will appeal
to the people. Party platforms should
always be plain and direct. Whatever
reason existed for different constructions
of the platform of 1892 should no longer
exist, and for this purpose that to be
adopted in 1896 should be so plain that
even Il school boy can understand it. The
platform should declare for the free coin
age of silver.
'Of course" said Mr.. Crisp. there is
Il contingency in which the people might
not be called upon to settle the question
that is the probable action of an interna-
tional conference. That would he the
best and easiest method of rc-establishing
silver. and with less of the element of OK
pertinent in it. If such a conference should
be called. and it took action restoring sill
yer SO that the people would be satisfied,
we would have no financial issue for 1896.
L am in favor of it's free coinage, as
have always BEEN"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-03

present and speak. DR.. Smith is TO
write a special hymn for the convention.
The singing will be by choir of 1000
voices, assisted by an immense orchestra.
Fully 10000 Christian Endeavorers will
take part in the meeting, in addition to
the outsiders, who will be attracted by
the novelty of the occasion. The En-
deavorers will march in procession from
their meeting place to the common. The
meeting on the common will be held in the
afternoon, and the morning sessions will
be devoted to the general theme, Our
Country" In two big tents, each of
which seats 10000 people, services of a
patriotic nature will be held. A number
Of prominent men representing all sec
tons of this country and Canada, have
been secured TO address these meets. a
feature of the day will be the presentation
to each delegate of 4 copy of handsome
Illuminated card containing the hymn,
America"
During the last year the increase in the
membership of the Christian EndeavOr
societies of the world has been over 300
coo. The officers of the united societies
are already assured of a greater attend
ance at Boston than there was at New
York three years ago.
The program will include the names OF
the leading pulpit orators of the United
States among them being T. Dewitt Tai
mage, John q. Wooley and c. III. Park
hurst
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-03
SCARED BY a HAG.
Sad Case of a Foolish Bride Who Ia
Dying in Florida.

Dying III Florida.
AS q result of what some folks claim
is witchcraft, Mrs. w. r. Langford. q
bride of bat few weeks, who lives about
twelve miles from Barlow, Fla, is on
her deathbcd.
Some time ago Mrs. Langford came to
Barlow to attend the Normal Institute,
hoping to pass her examination and after
ward get an appointment as school teach
er. Mrs. Langford was in high spirits
and soon became noted as one of the jOl-
Hest of the Normal students One day
as she was walking alone in the suburbs
of the town she was accosted by an old
woman of the Meg Merrilies type, whom
Mrs. Langford had never seen before
The bag surprised Mrs. Langford by ad-
dressing her by name and by telling her
that she had been married only a few
days, and that she was the second wife
of her husband; all of which was true.
Mrs. Langford wondered how the old
woman should be so familiar with the
circumstances of her life, but her aston
ishment increased when the bag. pointing
skinny finger at her, said Enjoy your
self while you may, dearie. for in three
months from to-day you will be corpse"
The old woman disappeared, and has
not been seen since, nor has any clue to
her identity been discovered. Mrs Lang
ford returned from her walk and told her
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-03
WORLDS SUPPLY OF WHEAT.
Changes Made in the Availa bic Stock
in One Week.

Special cable and telegraphic dispatches
to Bradstreet's covering principal points
of accumulation in the United States,
Canada and Europe. together with sup
plies afOat for Europe from all sources.
indicate the following changes in avaia-
BILE stocks last Saturday as compared
with the preceding Saturday: Available
supplies-U nited States and Canada cast
of Rocky Mountains, wheat decrease
2,451, 600; United States, Pacific coast
wheat. decrease $4,000; total decrease,
wheat, both coasts, 2,5S0,O00; afloat for
and in Europe, wheat. increase 1872 loco;
total decrease worlds available wheat,
2,3SS,000. United States and Canada
east of Rocky Mountains. corn, decrease
100000; United States and Canada east
of Rocky Mountains, oats, increase 3d.
600. Leading decreases of wheat last
week not reported by the official visible
supply statement include 10000 bushels
in northwestern interior elevators. 16i. 90
at Louisville. $4,000 at Newport News
and $4,000 at Leavenworth The only
corresponding Increase was I02. 900 bush
els in Minnesota private elevators.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-03
MANY GIRLS MANGLED.
Pinned in Montreal FirC-Trap by
Iron-Barred Windows.

W. c. McDonald's extensive tobacco
factory in Montreal, Que, was partially
destroyed by fire Thursday evening. The
loss will reach half million dollars, on
which there was no insurance. There was
not n fire escape on the outside nor any
appliances on the inside of the building
for the fighting of the fire. Even the
windows were guarded by heavy iron
screens, presumably to prevent theft. The
fire started ut 8 o'clock in the drying
room, and for while smoldcred. Then
suddenly the flames burst through and n
most awful panic ensucd.
There were 900 employees in the build
ting, and more than half this number were
women and girls. The shrieks of the
women as they beat against the iron
screens, praying the crowd to do some
thing to save them, were most hcartrend-
ing. AS the flames burst out three fire.
men were on the roof, and for fully TWEEN
ty minutes their lives were despaired of,
till finally ladders were found to bring
them down. They were badly burned.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-03
No Pope Joan.

Though the story has been refuted
over and over again, there is still a
widespread belief that there existed
in the middle ages a female pope. Pope
Joan, rs she is called, has even given
her name to n game of cards which is
mentioned in SheridanS school for
Scandal" The tradition with regard
to the female pope has been traced
back to the eleventh century, but she
is said to have lived much earlier. her
pOntificate having taken place in the
ninth century and having lasted for
more than two years. The name she
is alleged to have assumed is John VII.
At the last meeting of the Academy Of
Inscriptions, in Paris, NJ. Muntz dealt
another blow ut the story, which he
characteriZes as n vulgar fable invent
ed in the middle ages. Never, he de-
clares, after careful study Of the
question, has woman worn the tiara /;
and, moreover, there was no interreg-
mum at the period when the pretended
John VII. governed the church.