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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09

Corning and John v. T.. Pruyn- Two
daughters were born to Mr.. and Mrs,
Burch, Minnie, now Nine. Ribot, and
Hattie, now Mrs. Morgan, OF Detroit
When Nine. Ribot was bat young girl
Mr.. and Mrs. Burch became divorced,
and at this time Mr.. Burch went abroad
to live. taxing his eldest daughter with
him. Mrs Burch ultimately became
the wife OF DR.. Pomeroy, of Detroit,
and st last accounts was still living in
Detroit with her younger daughter.
Mr.. Burch never married, but continued
to live abroad and travelled extensively,
until his death in Nice In the winter Of
1888 When quite young Nine. Ribot
married Frenchman named Demon
geot. Several years after his death she
married M. Ribot, who was Demon
geot's greatest friend They have two
sons, who are now at school, and have
live in Paris in winter and in the coun-
try near by in summer.
The first time saw Nine. Ribot was
in 1881, and / never shall forget how
she impressed me- Our Introduction
was made in a Paris railway station,
than which there is no noisier place in
Christendom. She had come to meet her
which had been in Austria and Ba-
varia, and / thought her very beautiful,
She was tall and well formed, extremely
graceful and composed in manner. Her
eyes were large, dark and lustrous, her
complexion was a true olive in hue, re-
lieyed by few brown moles, consid-
cred a great mark of beauty in fofeign
lands, and to her red lips and full teeth
gave firmness to her face. She re-
sembled her cousin j. ". L. Pruyn, Of
Albany, SO strongly that had she
chosen to play the part Of Rosalind
she could, despite her femininity have
easily passed for him.
And now time has added to her
charms. She is, as all who knew heI
say, a noble woman, nobly planned
One whom all Americans may be
pleased to know is wife to grea'
Frenchman, whom seems destined &c
stand in very high places. In Buffalo
live three own cousins to Nine. Ribot
Mrs. James e. Curtiss, Of Richmond
avenue who was Miss Burch, OF Little
Falls, her brother, William t. Burch
and John A. Burch, general agent o.
the Lake Shore railroad Another couslr
is Mrs. John t. Randall, of Little FANS
who formerly lived here. Besides Nine
Ribot has many Pruyn and Cornlns
connections.
Despite her long residence abroad,
believe Nine. Ribot still loves the coun
try of her birth, and honors the institu
lions that her father respected, and Sc
let us hope by this token America may
be drawn closer to France, as we water
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09
oRpERs OF KNIoHrHoop.

The Order of the Templars was
founded in 1119. H
Among the old French orders is that
of the Bee, female society, founded
in 1903.
The Order of the Knights of st,
Patrick was established in 1883 as an
Irish title of nobility.
The most famous of the Prussian
orders is that of the Black Eagle.
founded in 1701 as a reward for valor.
The most ancient English decora-
ton was the Order of the Round
Table, said to have been founded in
$40 or 52S.
The Order of the Garter is the moss
highly esteemed English decoration,
The story of it's origin in 1349 is too
we'll known to need repeating.
Among the Spanish orders one of
the most conspicuous during the last
century was tho Orderof the Immacu-
late Conception, founded in It'll.
There are twelve orders whose
members are designated as Knights
of st. George. Nearly every country
| in Europe has an Order of st. George.
The Scottish Order of St Andrew is
claimed to be one of the Oldest in
Europe. 1t was founded in honor OF
the patron saint of the country in
| ISL.
The Legion of Honor Of France was
established as reward for distin-
guished services in any line, whether
military civil, scientific or literary.
1t was founded in 1909.
The Order of the Bath was founded
by Henry Nv in 1899, and was revived
by George L The number OF knights
Ia limited and to be member OF the
order Is considered one Of the highest
distinctions Of an English nobleman.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09
AROUND THE MAHOGANY.

Real estate in boarding house cof-
fee is still material for acetiousness.
If what is said is true, the terrapin
of the future will come from Florida
Bacon is bacon, says an exchange,
except when it is fried instead of
broiled.
The idea of genuine terrapin sold
in tin cans at al economical price is
| ridiculous.
To be English one should have an
egg, tea and marmalade with toast
| for breakfast.
Good butter in town is often as diff
fcult to find as man to be served
with subpoena.
Bamboo sprouts in Japan are what
asparagus is to us. There is no &c
counting for taste.
A silly person says golf players
should be fond of sausages because
they come in links.
Attention is being given here to
Swedish cookery, features of>which
are very palatable.
The world is full of people who
think there should be Oolong or
| Hyson In tea biscuits.
What are china tea cups without
handles good for? asks some one. In
all ell-regulated families, custard.
Men at public banquets who ask for
a second help of soup, must be under
the impression that nothing more is
to follow. a.rItg
Bread pudding continues to mas
querade at country hotels under q
variety of names to humbug the un-
sophisticated.
So daintily is cabbage prepared
and served these days in fashionable
restaurants that prejudice against
the vegetable is decreasing.
1t is peculiar gastronomic taste of
the Chinese to prefer eggs of so ancient
period as to be actually objectiona-
BILE. OF these they are as proud as
an Englishman of his old port
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09
SAYINGS AND poINos.


A Stspdish, Maine, man has nearly
finished robe made wholly Of eats
skins.
Two men to five women are en-
ployed IN teaching in the United
States
Considerable money was lost last
year in attempts to introduce Cali
fornia grapes in the English market.
A New York retailer of footwear
for the fair sex, whose shop is on
Third avenue advertises for "a Tril-
by" shoe salesman, and one who
knows how to ft feet properly
The navy Of Great Britain has 65,-
600 men; France, 81, 600; Germany,
l6, 600; Russia, $4,000; Austria, 5000;
Italy, 10, ooo Spain, IA, 900; Holland.
:. OlO; Turkey, $4,000; the United
States, 5000.
The home Of Timothy Tarn, in the
.,arislr of Dufton, near Apple by,
Yestsnoreland county, England is
uhcr most isolated dwelling place in
he three Kingdoms. No human be-
ing lives nearer than eleven miles.
The tunes of the piano organ are
changed once year, and the cost of
new set, consisting of ten tunes, is
labout SIS Owing to the intricacies
Of the instrument, if new tune is
eoeaired, an entire fresh set.must
be put in.
4 family living in the New Jersey
iuburbs kept eleven servants, but
linaly took to boarding because the
adv of the house was threatened
with general prostration from the
labor involved in su perintending he,
household.
A New York widow, in looking over
her late husbands effects, found an
old savings fund book having but a
single deposit for S., dated 1920. She
laid claim to the money and, to hel
surprise, found that the principal and
Accumulated interest amounted tc
S24s.
At Dover, KY, ohm Best was re
pairing the paddle wheel of ferry
boat when the engineer unthought-
fully turned on the steam and started
the machinery. Best held on to the
wheel and made four revolution.
with it before the machinery wa:
stopped. He was none the worse fol
his experience except the effect of a
succession of cold baths.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09
INDUSTRIOUS YAoUIs.
Hostile Now but Once They Made Good
Section Hands.

Section Hands.
Tn the wears Immediately following
the building of the Sonora railroad
which connects Benson, Ari, with
Guaymas on the Gulf of California, the
traveller. after crossing the Mexican
border. saw that the section men en-
ployed on the track were small, DARK
active men, clad in blue dungaree
Jumpers and trousers and broad
brimmed straw hats. They were bare
footed or shod in sandals and they
worked steadily ana industriously, IN
striking contrast to the impassiveness
of the average Mexican laborer' They
were Yaqui Indians, who came from
their town of TORN or other places
along the lower Yaqui river.
"The best workers l ever saw, SAID
the late Il. j. Seely, the first superin-
tendent of the road. There's only one
trouble with them. Everything may De
going along all right and you've got
good track and plenty of good iaborers.
But there comes word to your men
from their chief at home that they're
needed in the Yaqui country TO repel
the Mexican troops or to take part In
domestic warfare. Almost on the IN
slant they all start for their homes
and you wake up the next morning 10
find that you haven't any laborers. They
are very resourceful and self-reliant.
I remember once that the supply train
failed to come as ordered, so that our
Yauui laborers were left temporarily
without provisions. Instead OF grum-
bling or striking they at once scattered
and went to hunting roots to eat, and
there was no complaint by them or fall
ure to perform duty while waiting for
the delayed supplies"
JJp to 1886, in their country along the
lower Yaqui river, within the TERRA
caliente," or hot belt. the Yaquis were
always able to beat Mexican troops who
were in repeated expeditions to reduce
them. They were not at that time ma
rauding Indians, but lived Independent
" in their own country, repeling all in
truders and not molesting the whites
except those who tried to enter their do
mains. They made their own gun-pow-
der and were patriotic and invincible
fighters Banded together against the
outside world, within their own borders
they had factions and sometimes con-
spiracies and assassinations.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09
THEIR FIRST oFFENsES.
Crest Writers and How They Got Int
the Business.

Great Writers and How They Got Into
the Business.
J. M. Barrie made journalism a STEP
ping stone TO literary work of a more
detailed style. So did Rudyard Kipling
Hall Caine began life as an architect
though he ever rejoiced in scribbling
AT Is he wrote a poem, which was IA
vorably accepted, and some years later,
during his leisure hours, he wrote 1.-THE
Shadow of Crime" which was found
ed on a story told to him when boy
by his grandfather. George Elliot did
not seriously turn her thoughts to lit
erature till she reached her 9th year.
1t was in the summer Of 1875 when she
positively decided to write story. Her
thoughts grew busy, and one night she
had a dream that she was writing a
tale, the title of which was 1.-THE Sad
Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Bar
ton" and this dream, as we know, be-
came a reality. Charlotte Bronte orig
nally intended becoming schoolmls-
tress, and studied in Brussels with thai
intention, giving her services as Eng
lis!l pupil-teacher in return. Mrs Gas
Sell'C tuition for literary work was let
ter writing Some of her more dis
corning correspondents advised her TO
use her pen for the public benefit, ana
the suggestion was finally carried out.
II. Rider Hsggard and Stanley j. Wey-
man both forsook the law for the PEN
WI lie Jerome K. Jerome and Morley
Roher ts tried profession after prote J.
sion before they turned their attention
20 literature. The work of literary
asairant is "a mill that grinds exceed
I'M ~ small" and the pen Is no easy
weapon with which to fight hfes pat
les, but. as will be seen; choice rathei
chan circumstances has in the case OF
,ae,v. Of our popular authors led to theiI
a ioptsng writing as q profession.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09

serious note of alarm was struck
last summer by Surgeon-Major Rennie,
who sent communication to the. Ian
Get, which was published on Sept. 10,
showing that typhoid fever was spread
at Meerut, In India, by half-baked,
doughty plum-cakes eaten by the soldiers
OF our army at that station, where Inn
. pure water was used in making the
dough. A month later Drs. Waldo and
Welsh published their experiments on
the Temperature at which our bread Ia
baksi and carefully recorded the bac-
49,. sr.<-A A 49, s--.-- Us
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09

ploy of a railroad, and then went to
Chicago as treasurer Of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad, and ui-
t.mately returned to New York, where
re reca1Btiy died worth millions AT this
time fsaac Sherman also lived in AL
hanv and later on went to New York,
where his daughter, Mrs. Bradley-Mar-
lin. survives him. Almost all Of these
men were destined to make money and
when the western fever was at Its
hs,oht Mr.. Burch went to Chicago and
became millionaire.
He married Miss Turner OF Albany
ana Of three sisters renowned for their
5eauty ana accomplishments. the other
two marrying respectively Erastus
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09
,nllnnlo Lorrasronc eroa

CABINET w "A s
formed to support
M. Faure, the new
D r e s | d e n t o I
France. only after
much time and en-
ergy had been
consumed by de-
bate and dalliance.
This condition Of
uncertainty might
have continued in
definitely but for
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09
I'll i NTFE OF RIB0T.
siiz WAS ONCE PLAIN MINNIE
EURcH.

Lived i'm. Bunalo Years Ago with Her
Parents ana HAS well-Known ReIa-
tiyes lin Different Parts OF the Coun-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09

The composer Mascagni has sent to a
lottery which is being got up in Rome
for the relief of the earthquake suf-
ferers a White silk fan. on each stick of
which he has written bar or two from
one of his own operas, including the
new ones, "Radcliff" and ''Suitano Sill
vano."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09

The morals of the world are only
casuistry.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09

Mr.. Ische-What month is it in which
Il is urlucky to be married?
Mrs. Ische-Great Scott! what poor
memory you have, my dear. We wers
married in June.-Life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09

the prfSenoe and power Of Alexandra
RibofA M. Ribot, who is a veritable
NormsA In strength and intelligence. is
not new man to those who keep an
eye upon public affairs in France He
has figured in the cabinet Of former
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09

For further information, address
FL. c. MoRDUE, A. G. P. A.
or Louisville, Ky.
w. L. MILLS,
Owrnsboro, KY
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-09
what a baby Can Do.

Friend--I don't understand why yea
and your husband should have separat-
ed so soon.
Mrs. Aftermath-It was all owing ID
the baby's temper.
Mercy on Us! How could that be p
1--WE couldn't agree as to which ONE
OF rs the baby took after"
Love is the poetry of the sens ek
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-29

weight in pounds and sometimes BY
he number Of ms which II contains.
Job fonts are always turned out BY
count The proportion Of letters in a
font Is interesting as showing how
much more some letters are uasd than
othsrs. In q 1900 lower-case m font
81 ''minion g." weighing $50 pounds.
there are 1900 as, 1900 BIS. 1000 c's,
5000 d's, $4,000 e's, 800 ks and 800 ia.
the alphabet It is followed By + with
10000; then by and a, with 800 eacD
then by 9, with 5000. The least used
letters are =, with 300. and J and Z.
with 800 each. OF the numerals o and
1 are most used, having TOO each. Some
Of the fractions have fifty types to the
font aud the braces have only twenty
I've each.
The great newspaper offices use thou
snnds Of pounds Of typo every year.
But the recent introduction Of linotype
machines, which cast the type line by
line a. fast as II Is set. has severely
injured the business Of making body
type. A great Chicago dealer says
that the linotype machines have cut in
at least Is per cent, the effect being
felt most in the orders from the big
city dailies. An effort is being made.
however, to fight the linotype machine
with machine which will set real
type, and in this the type founders
place good leal Of hope for the future.
But the business of producing new
styles Of Job type and casting them Il
still O great industry.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-29

Mankind has been oftener prosecuted
for righteousness sake than for the
devils sake.
The man who cheats another robs
himself.
Strength is born in the deep silence
of long suffering hearts; not amidst
Joy.
Every life is prayer of some kind.
Liberty has ruined more people than
slavery.
The paths of righteousness lead
straight into the valley OF the shadow
of death.
Search for truth is the noblest occu-
patton of man: its publication duty.
To be wise we have to learn some
thing and forget something every day.
It is safe to assume that the man who
does not slam the car door IS Chris
tian.
No matter how much religion we
profess, all that counts ls that We
live.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-29

All truth is mons. nse to the man who
has let a lie make its home in his
heart.
Despise rot little temptations:
rightly met, they have often nerved
the character for some fiery trial.
The man who makes his own god
has one that drives him with an iron
whip.
No matter what kind of a house
truth builds, it always puts it on the
rock.
There is no land flowing with milk
and honey tnat does not have giants
in it.
There isn't a millionaire alive to-day
whom an angel would consider rich.
There are certain ridiculous things
men and women do that are as natural
to catch from each other as the measles
are.
If We were sure of having enough to
| last us through to the end, it would
be the greatest wisdom to spend as We
go.
The body of an unknown man was
found in the woods near Mahanoy City.
If your religion makes you want to
| fight to defend it you've got the wrong
| kind.
No matter who has the floor. self
conceit will always find way to speak
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-29

he thousands. 1t Is q big, busy build
ng humming with life and movement
more than $50 men and girls working
It its benches every day.
Four metals are combined to make
Ehat Is known as type metal-lead, tin,
:opper and antimony. The four are
mixed according to a secret formula
The lead being the largest Ingredient
md placed in the crucible. Anthony,
which il a most expensive metal, is
ised because It gives hardness to the
ype-composition and because It has
he unusual quality Of expanding in
.ooling, thus preventing the type when
:ast from failing away" from the
mold and produces sharpness Of thu
lace and body Of the type.
The first step IN type-making Is the
utting Of the letters desired on the
,nds Of pieces Of hard, fine steel. This
3 very difficult work and the men who
10 1t receive high wages. Each letter
n q font must be exactly the same
height and the width must be cut ac-
,ording to rule. A separate one Of these
lies or punches" is required for each
character in every font Of type, and the
making Of them Is the most expensive
part Of the business. Some Of them
.ost as high as 81. When a set of
punches" Is complete 1t goes to the
natrix department Here little rec.
angular pieces of pure copper known
ts strikes" have been prepared. Fol-
ninion or long primer type they are
about two inches long by half an inch
broad. At exactly the proper point
near the top Of each the steel die is
driven in, and then the strike" or en-
bryo matrix goes to the filter, who rubs
and polishes it down on big pieces of
sandstone until 1t is everywhere square
md perfect and the depth Of the letter
Is exactly the same as the rest Of the
font matrices.
Next the mold is made. This work re-
1uires the most skilled mechanics in
steel. The pieces are all cut out by
Athes, planers and shapers and ground
1own to just the right size and then
polished on emery laps. There are
two main parts to the mold and they
may be % adjusted as to make room
FOR casting the bodies Of letters Of any
width from a 3-m size to an size A
great deal depends upon the accuracy
,f these molds. The matrix Is now
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-29

fastened In tho mold so that II will
form one end Of the hole between the
two parts Then one Of the parts 10
fastened 10 the casting machine and
the other TO q movable arm. The metal
It kept fluid IN . little furnace heated
by gas and is projected by great force
into the mold by means Of pump.
At every revolution Of the crank the
mold approaches the pump spout, takes
q charge Of metal and flies back with q
fully formed type, which Is cooled with
air-blasts and water from above. When
the movable arm is as far back as pos
sible, q half Of the mold lifts and tho
type jumps out. At the lower end Of
each one there II 'jet" Of metal
which clings and has to be broken of
by an automatic device. In some Of
the larger styles Of type the "5et" is
removed by hand. When all the as In
the font are made the b matrix - put
In, and 80 on to the end Of the alpha
bet. 4 casting machine Will turn out
from 100 to IT'S type q minute.
a tpe font II sometimes measured pS
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-29
swordsmanship Against q Tise.


Sir James Outram, known as the Bay.
Ard Of India, was a mighty hunter"
and an accomplished swordsman. He
once performed the hazardous feat Of
killing a tiger with his sword, and from
the back Of his horse. General Nichol
son performed a similar feat
He rode round and round the tiger n
1 gallop, gradually narrowing the cir.
Gle, until at last he was near enough
to deliver his blow. He had only the
one blow, and II he failed to kill the
tiger, he himself would have been
Slain.
The explanation Of the feat 10 that
ne tiger does not spring upon the horse
man during the circling process. be-
cause he Is watching his opportunity.
AZ the circle draws closer and closer
upon him. he becomes bewildered By
the strange manoeuvre, 10 unlike that
Of any hunter he has ever encountered
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-29
WEARS AN ALUMINIUM EAR.
Rhat Science Has Done for an Ul
fortunate Englishman.

THAT Science Has Done for an Un,
fortunate Enslishman.
We have had people with glass eyA
PORCELAIN teeth, and artificial whis.
kers, and now along comes . man with
an aluminium ear. He Is 63 years OF
aso. and was admitted Into the Queen I
Hospital at Birmingham, England. in
April, 1898, with an epithelioma Of the
left auricla
The greater part ofthe diseased ea.
vas cut of by the attending surgeon
Ind . plaster-of-paris cast was taken
Of the left side Of his head. Then an ar
tflcial ear was built up in wax to
match the healthy one on the opposite
side. This bogus ear was then made
In vulcanite and aluminium, tinted and
enameled to harmonize with the COM
plexion. No artificial contrivance.
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measurement must be made to the
:hOusandth part Of an inch, and II q
mold or die is not exact to the hairs
breadth whole casting may be lost.
For In this age of newspapers every
printed page is judged to a certain ex-
tent from an artistic point of view, and
4 the Impressions of some type are
heavier than those of others or If the
alignment IL imperfect or the spacing
lneven II II subjected to condemna-
hon. In this way type-founding be
comes a real art.
One Of tho largest manufactures Of
ype In the world Is located in Chicago
md the amount Of type in tons which
{ turns out yearly runs well up Into