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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-22
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ersl lsof the best friends That ssgsn.l
tas III eveS had was Horace Por-
t te, lneT asst e,eeting was Ii ElAt- |
tanoQga in the auslnals7 &c ]. 1{a3y Al
soon after General {the1, 81 ,ssilia
Porter became member of sGfasR
stall and served with him constantly
until Lees surrender. When Grant
became President Horace Porter
was made his private secretary, and
until General Grant breathed his fast
at Mt. McGregor the two men were
close friends. Nor did General Por-
ter's love for his chief cease with
death, for to him the success of the
movement to raise the half million
OF dollars which the Grant monument
IN Riverside Park will cost. The
inauguration of the tomb will take
place next spring, on General Grants
birthday. and General Porter will be
the orator OF the occasion.
During these years of intimacy with
Grant General Porter kept a diary
and In his momento of leisure he has
arranged his unique stores of anec.
dote and memoranda into series of
twelve articles entitled campaigning
with Grant" and The Century Mapa.
zine has secured all rights in the
series and will print it during the
coming year. Since the famous
War Series" for which Gen.
eral Grant himself wrote fonr articles
(the beginning of his "Memoirs".) no
magazine has had such treat to Law
oetore its readers.
another great serial in The Cen
Jury is novel of the American Rev.
9p,tuiSIl G5, written by the wellkuown
rIIn?llaoeelphia physician, DR.. S. Weir
MiecheH' The story is supposed to
pe the autobiography of the hero. |
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker "who |
becomes an officer on General
Washington's staff, and the Characters
IN the story include Washington
Franklin, and Lafayette. tbs said
that the readers of "Hugh Wynne
Free Quaker" will obtain a clearer
idea OF the Revolutionary War than
can be had from any other single
source. 1t is believed that DIR. Mitch,
ell has written "the great American
novel" for which we have been
waiting so many years.
These are only two of the features
O. The Century for the coming year.
Eew of our readers will be with
out it in 1897. 1t costs $500 year r.
not too high a price for what The
Century gives; but many people are
to club together in groups
OF tour, raging one dollar each, and |
securing the reading of the magazine
one week IN themonth The publish
ers advise the making Up of clubs
early. Send S4.00 to The Century |
Co, Union Square, New York. with |
the name of the person to whom the
is to be sent. If you be. |
gin your subscription with the Dec. |
ember (Christmas) number, the pub |
fishers will send you a copy of the
November number, free, in which the |
TWO great serials here described be-
yin. .-.. .r
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-22
Dissolution Notice.

The partnership heretofore existing
between j. X. Twyman and R. E.
Baker, under the firm name Of ivy
man & Baker, has this day been dis
solved by mutual consent, 4. E. Baker
retiring. The business will be con-
tinued by j. X. Twyman, who assumes
all liabilities of the late firm and will
collect all amounts due the same.
Dec. 4, 1896, : ! K ( P RWsn
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-22
hers, County Assoclatlon.

location was called to order
at b Dec.5, at 10:l5 o'clock, by
Sups Mcdaniel.
Nifty, th&Wssiding teacher,
sfp1e attending teachers and
mes a friendly, cordial man
fie1e them all at home at
one .
hse was made by U. L,
beet, "Longitude and
Va discussed by Forest Tim
made the subject plain and
illustration On the board,
I points were added by;
Duffy, Gray and Donnell.
scond SUBJECT was led by
lry f. Stons3 who made
EinaI and enjoyable talk on
lggesting many good games
children indoors and to de
Nm out of doors.
eSlbiect Introduced was "How
rh Primary Geography" dis
Miss Brumfield, Messrs.
IA Donnell, all of whom advo-
Trough oral instruction before
i text.
ENge o'clock dinner was an
and a very ample and de-
Frepastit proved.
dinner Purpose and Value
Government" was discussed
Muffy, who strongly empha-
thSlyalde Of civil government,
ID Reaching the privileges
.espSnsibilities of citizenship.
ow to Secure and Retain Atten-
was discussed by Geo. V. Don
a a practical, pointed way.
9 last subject personal I'm
'mept Of Teachers" was intro,
| by q. TX lylardy, followed by
ereises were interspersed at
te7vals with pleasant mu
d Horde, Donnell, Cayce
ton and Prof. Donnell,
4 pndered recitations by
Major and Elsie Kim
people dispensed their
&ty and the day, APP
HEARTILY enjoyed by
ft, in social, if not
s., sep Of meeting.
sdies orchestra. |
heath has secured a
iEent for the Clara |
J Orchestra which |
= Efficient musical per-
A delighted audience
IF Nov. 26th, at the
~ 4 he company is pass
phthe return date is a
God fortune tor the
~ Ale SNhe city. An
Sogram will be Civ
Is in store for those
!sists oil about fif-
music is both in
:. Solos on the
IN and harm ara |
fail to please.
Tuesday night,
fgal prices.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-22
No Longer Democrats.

Washington, Dec. l8.-The Demo
cratic senators have adopted res
olutions blacklisting the five senators
who supported Palmer and Buckner.
The senators thus barred out of the
Democratic caucus are Lindsay, of
Kentucky; Gray, of Delaware; Gallery,
of Louisiana; Palmer, of Illinois, and
Villas, of Wisconsin.
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-22

Is making things lively for the little boys and girls Opke
tie has of
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The low wonderful
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-22

Katie Stofel, who lived near
Georgetown, KY, committed suicide
Saturday night, Relatives believe
that her mind was affected.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-05-08
PlTH AND. POINT.

Mr.. Boodles-"You began life as q
parefooted boy, I understands" New
Clerk-"Ies, sir; was born without
shoes. N. Y. Herald.
Observation-Disclosures has pretty
easy time of it," Spatts-'In what
way"' Hunker-"His wife drives hin,
to drink, and cabnan drives hin,
home. Town Topics.
Nothing Else to Do.-Husband-"I
see Jorkins has been scheming with
other peoples money again." Wife
well, poor fellow, he hasn't any of his
own. "-Detroit Free Press. =
First Doctor-"I ordered him an ice
cold bath every morning." Second Doc
tor-"What! when he had influenza ?"
First Doctor-"Yes. 1t will give him
pneumonia, and made my whole repu-
tation curing hat."-Punch.
-Dolly-"I hear Marie Antique was
a great belle at the dance the other even
ing. She told me she danced every
dance" Polly-"Oh, yes. Mary's just
the kind of girl to be belle at leap
year dance."-Harper's Bazaar.
-Expressive.-Mrs. De Tong-"I'm
going out, Nanette." Nanette-"Oui,
madame" Mrs. De Tong-''And want
you to be sure and take care of the
baby" Nahette-"Oui, madame. +
bottle it at seek o'clock. '-Pick-M e-Up.
Miss Bellefeld-"How on earth did
you come to get engaged to Willie Van
Braam:' Miss Point Breeze-''Well,
you see. just at the time he proposed
L didn't happen to be engaged to any.
onc."-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
king Cophetua addressed the beg
gar maid kindly. ''Is that real?" he
asked, pointing to the color of her
cheek. eyes," answered the maid,"
"that is a straight fush." swell, that
beats mel" exclaimed his majesty, d.
rectjng Il flourish of trumpets by way
of ending the parley.-Detroit Tribune.
AT Hotel.-Guest Ito waiter)-
81 can't eat this soup!" Waiter takes
it away and brings another kind of
soup. Guest-':I can't eat this soup!"
Waiter, angrily, but silently, for the
third time brings another kind. Guest
(again)-''I can't eat this SOUP" Wait
er, furious, calls the hotel proprietor.
Proprietor Ito guest)-"Why can't you
eat this soup?" Guest (quietly)-''Be-
cause 1 have no spoon!"-Texas Sift.
inoS
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-05-08
"oH, SoTHIN' VERY PARTICULAR"

Oh, NoTHIN' VERY PARTICULAR"
|"'thln so yard of US they all went over
|Dut Frank.
Jump, You idiot yells do you
"ane to git stove?' Mebbe he didn't
'esr' put reckon il wouldn't make no
~ .nerence, for as I'm livin', Doc, that
D.'ennan lay himself out on his stun
''.A IN the bottom of the boat, grabbed
ioot cleat with both hands and hung
w LOT dear life. Well. old whale kept
s'eam on. l could see the boat go down
nt'ie by the head as she got close to
Ns.'ah knew the rope was scrapin' the
anps keel. We was all holdin' breath
"u "aitin' to see Frank splatter his
,aa,hs against the ships side, when the
!, oasMent nose down, stern up and un-
80 the water with a kerchug. She
.ssss reacliin' us by about five yard
III hands aboard ship leant over to
e frank and the splinters come up,
~. me boat would sure fetch again the
.iand go to kindlin' wood. We waited
~ ~ waited waite an waited, but, by gum,
,,a .e weren't no splinters an there
Urn no Frank. All of q sudden one
~. =. we men sings out: by the holy
f0Ae' tookl' I whipped round and
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-05-08
KNOW THYsELF.
Science Helps You to Be Your
Own Doctor.
Ine Story OF a Woman Who Kept Posted
on the Work of Science and Saved
Her Own Life.
, From the Era, Bradford, Pa.

From the Era, Bradford, Pr.
100 lew people are acquainted with the
RAPID advance OF medical science, and too
many doctors are still plodding in the old
know themselves, that ali physicians are
ABREAST OF the worlds knowledge, much OF
our suffering will come to an end. Medic
a. a. scientists are not delving into the depths
physicians, but for the benefit of the
world. They place in the hands of the well
man means of keeping well, in the hands
OF Inc SICK means. of recovery. To the
parent they give the power of saving the
child. Science is working for you-will you
accept the proffered help?
mrs. George ROwend, an estimable lady
who resides at No: ct East Main Street,
mas cause Is to feel grateful toward the
One DAY recently, reporter, learning that
Mrs. Rowend had been greatly benefited by
the use OF new medicine, interviewed her.
She stated that she had been suffering with
female trouble for many years She had
been doctored for the ailment for a long
time-in fact, nearly all her life--and had
never received anything more than tempo
rary relief. During the last three years her
condition grew worse and was aggravated
by an affection of the heart. Her health was
80 poor that she found it almost impossible
to perform her household duties.
II never believed in proprietary medi-
cines,'' said Mrs. Rowend, .'but one day last
fall read an article in q newspaper which
told OF the cures effected by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, and decided to try the medi-
cine. Before had taken the contents of
one box began to feel better. The depress-
ing weakness which had bothered me for 50
many years began to disappear, and the ac-
ton OF the heart at once became stronger
and more regular.
II took nine boxes of the pills and I am
| now feeling better than I have for several
years, and have unbounded faith in the
incidence
Mrs. Rowend is steadily gaining in health
and strength and gives all the credit for her
restoration to health to DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
richness to the blood and restore shattered
| nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or may be had by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y, for
| 50 cents per box, or six boxes for $3.50.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-05-08
m m ~. y
EFFORT.

~ enos.xh to tune TIE Tyre
And wait tor haEmonins to come.
90 sendeth not CELESTIAL fire
'Go 49,, human hearts are cold and numb.
.r,s not enough to calmly wait !,
Mat uuickeaing dew should on US fall.
~ vaguely long for what is great
Whiio still pursuing what is small.
~ weep for all the worlds distress.
,rhe drops that from inaction flow
: n Nor us, nor other lives. will bless.
..r,s not enough the love to take
That other hearts on ours outpour;
rive soul is only kept awake
BY giving something from its store.
,.r;s not enough with drooping wing y
And aimless feet to walk this earth;
Effort alone can blessing bring
And crown the soul with sovereign
worth. '
Infer Ocean
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-05-08

enough I let drive 1T Frank, hopin' to
knock him overheard if 1 hit him. He
seen it comm, lodged, an just as the
boat went tail up again yelled:
81 can't swim!'
''Down went the boat like soundin
lead, an this time we all slid over to
starboard to see her come up. Seven
or eight seconds passed, maybe, an
then about Is fathoms OF our beam
up come the boat, bottom up! oh
Lord! groaned the cook, he's a goner!
But he warn't. No, sir. The boat
hadn't travelled 20 yeard afore she
1ighted, an we seen Franks head bob
up over the gunnel. Well, old whale
didn't run so far this time, for he broke
water u few hundred fathom off. In
about minute he sent up stream OF
blood. 1 seen then that the harpoon
was good throw, an he wasn't goin' to
fight long.
II sent the second boat out after him.
but they didn't git far fore down goes
whale for the third time, an in Sec
ond the little boat slowed again an we
knew he was comm at us. There warn't
no way to make the Dutchman jump,
an there warn't no way to stop the
whale, so we just waited again while the
little boat made tracks for us like she
was goin' to ram. Just when l reck-
oned by the line out that the whale was
passin' under us there was a tremen-
dous bang an every mothers son was
throwed fiat. Old Liz rolled to star.
beard an then back to port an lay
rockin' while we got up. Reckon you
guess what happened, Doc? That whale
miscalkilated. He laid his course fine
as silk, but his elevation was OH Il
couple o. points. He didn't fetch deep
enough, an hit old Liz welt tha'd
like to rip the keel off her. That set
tied the business, too. We looked over
the rail an seen some bloody water,
then a fipper and soon big black
body foated up alongside. There was
our whale, sir, dead as a hunk O salt
pork, with the top O. his head half tore
off. He was blue whale, Doc, and he
measured close to G. feet. What be-
come O the Dutchman? Why. the boat
slowed down when the whale rammed
us an the other boat took him on.
Hurt? No. He went to work cutth
up that whale along with the rest OF
'em. I did hear afterward that he was
grumblin' cause twas his bucket l
throwed at him an it warn't picked up.
Right lively whale, warn't it, Doc.
Fright lively" repeated the DOCTOR
absently.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-05-08
A HOSPlTABLE. COUNTRY.
California rs the Old-Time Settlers
Knew 1t.

California As the Old-Time Settlers
Knew 1t.
The "early Californian" who help
lessly looks on at the invasion of6the
land by swarms of tourists: railroads
and hotels, signs regretfully for the
picturesque and delightful past, whose
traditions sound like fairy tale. One
such man, in his "reminiscences, de-
scribes the boundless hospitality which
existed. It was the custom never to
charge q traveller for anything-food,
lodging, care of horses-and no man
was suffered to go hungry.
He WAS sheltered overnight, and the
next morning was furnished with a
clean shirt for his journey, As the roads
were dry and dusty. If he returned
that way, he could bring the shirt;
otherwise, muy bien (all rightly.
He might take fresh horse, and on
his return journey pick up his own,
fattened and rested. If he did not re-
turn, all right again. A travelling par
ty out OF meat was privileged to kill
beef, but was expected to hang the hide
the most valuable part of the animal
-OH q UuSAI ~ CAC AOoS'oANCs "AA~AS eAA>
owner could find it.
TO offer money was an offense. n
party travelled from San Francisco to
Los Angeles in 1929, about Christmas
time, sending word ahead to some of
the smaller ranches where they intend
ed to stop. In the party was young
American who knew Spanish, but was
new to the customs of the country. AT
one house he was handed some fruit,
and offered in exchange two reals.
The sonora let the coin fall to the floor
in surprise, while the old don, her hus-
band, fell upon his knees, exclai1ning
in SPANISH:
'eive us no money, no money at all.
Everything is free in a gentleman's
house."
At many of the ranches no language
but Spanish had ever been heard. nor
was it even known that any other ex-
listed Some of their entertainers were
really afraid Of the American. and one
man asked if there were any other
people like him..
In those days not even the servants
would accept money for their services
to traveller, but, on the other hand,
the most courteous than ks were ex-
pected and usually punctiliously rem
Gered.-Youth's Companion.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by maintained condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have rrmbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, Csc.
Hall 8 Family Pills are the best.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-05-08

tnere ~ fathOms off our port, was the
little whaleboat, full o. water to tho
gunnel. an Frank standin' IN IN her.
waist deep, holdin' on to rowlock for
GEAR life. So help me, Doc, that boat
was towed clean under old Liz, the
Dutchman in her, an come up sound on
the other side.
Yes, sir; under the ship as slick as a
whistle an the Dutchman in her. That
Whale was a scientist, sir. He calkilated
all right to lose the boat; but, bless YOU.
It's bigger job than anyone wanted
to tackle to stave that craft, an as for
foatin', she was boxed at each end an
couldn't sink. But that amt the end
OF the story. We remembered the fell
lers that jumped an we seen the big
boat would pick 'em up before we could
put another over, so we turned to look
at Frank again. There weren't anythin'
left in the boat to bail with an he
couldn't do notl1in' but wait on the
pleasure of that whale. He travelled
away from the ship as fast as he come
at it, an he must "a gone a third of a
mile before the boat Stacked. Then we
seen her slow down an come to dead
stop. Lines busted says I; man a
boat an fetch in the Dutchman.' I
hadn't no more'n spoke the words when
big wave seemed to rise up, near the
boat an old whale bowed 30 foot high.
Then he got old Liz in range. Up his
tail goes an he under the water again.
l. could see frank wade forrard in the
boat an try to pay out line, but it was
damned, an before he could make it
loose the boat gave jerk round, al
most a-throwin' him out, an come at
us again. What I'm sayin's truth, Doc,
that boat struck ANOTHER bee line for
us. I suppose, more properly speakin',
the whale did. Gosh! How she did
come kitin'! Frank quit foolin' with
the line an just hung on. I reckoned
the boat was movin' Eastern ever, only
she didn't throw so much water, cause
she set down almost to her roWlocks.
We stood speeches. while she was driv-
in for us. When she got within 100
yards the mate took big breath and
let fly:
"Junp, you Dutch lubber, or you're
4 dead man.
''But he didn't jump, an could see
him gittin' ready for another dive under
old Liz.
81 grabbed up q bucket, climbed on
tue rail, an when the boat come near
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Reckon you've got something on
tour mind, cap" said the doctor.
"Oh, nothin' very particl1ler," said the
laptain, "but when whales was intro
Buced it reminded me. I had old Liz
y Behring sea way two years ago-old
liz was my ship, her full name bein'
elizabeth j. Barker-an' we'd lad a
bretty good season. September we put
round for the Horn, and, as things
happened, didn't see another whale till
re struck into the Forties. Then, sir,
bout II o'clock one fine mornin', we do
~ about six knots, we raised a whale
hat was whale"
big, bet," said the doctor.
NO, not SO terrible big" said t he cap
ain, "but pesky. Twas standin' about
midships when one of the men sings
but: Hi, Cap, look at FER blow Sure
nouoh, half mile off and dead abeam
o starboard, he was BLOWN. He sent
1p good spout and then seemed to
kinder settle himself, like he was nap
,in', shown a good bit Of his length. /
hove old Liz to, and we put over couple
bf boats. Rowin' in the small boat was
Dutchman named Frank. mention
him, cause he comes into the yarn
pretty prominent. Frank was good
sailor, but one of them fellers that has
dreadful little to say. He tended right
10 business and kept his hatch bat
tened close. Well, as it turned out, the
little boat licked the big one and got
first whack at the whale. They put a
|'arpoon into him just over his port fin
md down he went.
Il stood a-watchin' things through a
,lass. waited an waited for the boat
10 start of in tow, but she didn't do
Flothin' but set still, which was puzzlin'.
In about five minutes somethin' big an
black broke water tween us and the
boat, an there was old blower, not
nore'n 200 yards from the place he went
down. lie warn't UP long, but enough
TO git his bearin's, I guess, for down he
went again, an I could see the bow
man gettin' ready to give him all the
rope he'd take. Then the boat started,
slowed a bit an come dead for the ship
at 40-mile clip. I never see a boat
she got within a quarter of 4 mile l
thinks to myself: This is gittin' blamed
|interestin'. wonder is that whale 60
in to sheer off or is he goi1l' to give us
ram? That boat, sir, Travelled for us
as true as a hair, an could see the men
III her gittin' excited. On she come,
lthrowin' spray like liner, and I cal
faiilated if she held her course she'd hit
us so near 'midships it wouldn't be
worth measurin' the difference. Then
see the man in the bow make a pass
Tor the rope with the Ratchet, but he
was nervous like, an missed it, for the
hatchet went overheard an he, losin'
his balance, along With it. The rest of
|the men warn't long decidin' what
fthey'd do. 1t was go overheard or git
smashed to flinders, and when they got