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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-07

The Court--'How is this, Mr..
Johnson2 The last time you were
here you consented to be sworn, and
now simply make affirmation" Mr..
Johnson-"Well, yo' honah, de rea-
son am dat 'spects amt quite SO
suah about de Jacks ob dis case as de
odder = Baltimore Life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-07
CALRsTEpT MEDICINE Co.

OALRSIEUI NIEDIOIINE OO'
GENrs:-I have tried your wonder
full Carlstedt's German Liver Powder,
and found it one of the most pleasant
liver medicines / have ever taken.
Three doses completely restored my
health, and have been feeling like
new man. l write you these lines to
inform suffering humanity what a
valuable medicine yol have.
Hopkinsville, Ky, j. o. COOPER
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-07
CHRONIC HEADACHE, NERVOUSNESS.

OHhUNIO dhADAOHL, NLhVUOSNESo'
was a sufferer from chronic ner
vous headaches and sleeplessness.
Life became burden. / tried doc
tors in vain: finally / took DR.. o. A.
Carlstedt's German Liver Syrup and
! firmly believe it saved my life.
Miss PEARL CAMPBELL.
Enp1ewOod Ills ...".
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-07

Last February l felt very badly. 1
kept getting worse until / was almost
mad. / could not lege nay own child
rem. l was on the brink of suicide.
Finally l got bottle of DIR. o. A.
Carlstedt's German Liver Syrup.
That night, for the first time in
months, slept well and began to i'm
prove. Now / am well and truly
happy woman. Mas. T. o. SCHMIDT,
Milwaukee Wis.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-07
Women Church Managers.

The board of trustees of the Pres
byterian church at Junction City,
Kan, for the fiscal year just closed,
was composed entirely of women,
and it is stated that their term Of
Office was marked by the most care
full, economical and generally salts
factory administration OF the
church's financial affairs that it has
ever had.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-07

HEADACHES, INDIGESTION, ETC. y YEARS.
For % years l had headaches, indi-
gestion, constipation and general de-
bility with pains in my sides and
shoulders. Tried doctors without
svail. DR.. o. A. Carlstedt's German
Liver Syrup cured me; it's worth its
weight in gold. S. A. BAKER.
indianapolis, Ind. r. DIP.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-07
Delay not moment when Costiye or Bill
SICK HEADACHE, NO MORE.

Isuffered nearly three years with
my head. / had severe headaches
and during the last year dizziness,
pressure and throbbing in the brain.
] have taken three bottles of DR.. o.
A. Carlstedt's German Liver Syrup
and my head is now we'll,
Newburg, N. Y. MIS-. A. S. JONES.
TIRED, COULD NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT.
From overwork / became nervous,
tired, weak, exhausted and unable to
sleep or rest. 1 finally took DR.. 0. A.
Carlstedt's German Liver Syrup and
now sleep soundly every night from
eight to ten hours. l am well and
life is pleasure.
EDWARD A. CRAWFORD.
Amo, Kansas.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-07
LIVING SKELETON.

Mr.. James Bennett, of Island, KY,
SAYS: eff not for DR.. Carlstedt's Ger.
man Liver Powder l would have been
in my grave. Tried the leading doc
tors of Louisville. They were puz-
zled and / was given up. was moth
ing but living skeleton. l began
using DR.. Carlstedts Medicine and
the change was wonderful. | know it's
the best medicine on earth"
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
Lying PROSTATE Yet unharmed

know how to fall, the sensation is not at all
pleasant"
"We all like to fall though" exclaimed
third. 'It is real fun when you get used
to it,
Mr.. Belasco took his position at the end
OF the cushion and called to one of his pu-
pills to go through the ordeal. Suddenly
his genial expression changed to one of
suppressed fury. He grasped the young
lady by the hair and hurled her with
great force to the floor. She fell. The
noise of her falling was dlstinguishable
above the din of the wagons on the cob
blestones of Market street. She lay
moment with her eyes closed and then got
up, smiled and said:
''It didn't hurt me the least Bit"
The young lady. who fell with perfect
grace and abandon, was fortunate, from
the onlooker's nnpoint, because one or
two falls were considered sufficient by her
teacher, and she was allowed to sit down
and arrange her fallen hair and watch the
others. One of the iron-clad rules of this
particular lesson is that the pupil remove
all the hairpins from his or her hair ana
allow the tresses to flow as nature in
tended. But if novice exhibited the
slightest timidity or lack of faith in the
softness of the floor and strove to lessen
the force of her fall by her arms, she was
placed under the ban, and required to 60
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
way that makes the observers blood

way that makes the observers blood
curdle
Miss La Faille was not the only aspiring
young actress that measured her length
on the cushion yesterday; halfscore of
others followed her. They were not all
shot at. either. They were seized by the
hair and hurled down by their stern
teacher.
One of the most important accomplish
ments of an actress is to be able TO fall
They must learn to fall down with min
iature crash and hot yet really injure
themselves. 1t is a hard thing to learn,
too. 81 devote an hour day." said Miss
Drinkall, ito my falling. fall on the
hard floor now and it does not hurt me in
the least. But when I began you may be
assured was covered with black and blue
spots and sore in every muscle"
"There is quite science attached to the
accomplishment of falling. 1t looks easy,
the same as swimming does" said an
other future debutante, "but when you
come to actually practice it you find it an
exceedingly difficult matter.
ut requires nerve too," chimed in an
other coming histrionic heroine, the DOS
SCISSOR of mass of golden curls. when
your head strikes the floor, unless you
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
Pre- sidential Autographs.

From the Collector it is learned that
Presidential years brings out a crop of in
teresting autographs. Sometimes it brings
entirely new men into the market, but
generally it lifts 25-cent and 5O-cent speci-
mems to higher plane.
A Republican nomination will carry a
5O-cent man to 81 so, while his election
will make it So. If an entirely dark horse
should be chosen, his letters might easily
be quoted at from So to $40, as there would
be great rush for him, and probably an
insufficient supply.
For long time Arthur was $40 to S12.
but is now $5 to S.. Collectors who have
complete sets of Presidents desire the new
men at once, and their competition drives
up the price.
As ex-President Harrison generally die
tates his letters the price of his autograph
letter continues very high.
The Democratic Convention at CHICAGO
will help the value OF some man for a
time, but it will probably fall back after
November.
Mckinley letters have never been yery
plentiful and have generally sold at ST.
He is already worth 81 and will be higher
later on.
The letters of Vice. Presidents are never
IN very great demand unless for other rea-
sons than holding that office. 1t is an Of
nee OF possibilities and amounts to very
little in itself.
With the new President comes a new
batch OF Cabinet officers and it generally
includes several unknown men. It is gem
orally months before any of their letters
turn up, but they come in time.
The autograph fend is very busy in
these times, and his pressing communica-
tlons form large part of the mail of each
residential candidate. Like the poor.
the fiend is always with us; but let us be
gentle with him, as often he graduates
into a reputable collector.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

bears and wolves 20, rhinoceroses 25, the ass
and the horse 25 to 80, the lion 30 tc 40, the
camel 40. According to Aristotle, Button
and Cuvier the elephant lives two
centuries; some authors say even four
or FIVE. After his victory over Porus, Al
exander consecrated to the sun an ele-
phant that had fought for the Indian mon
arch and gave it the name of Ajax, and
then, having attached an inscription to it,
he set it at liberty. The animal was found
35Oyears later. Button says the stag's age is
30 or 40 years. Fishes, especially the
large species, are long-liyed. According
to Bacon. eels reach so years, carp have
been known to live at least 150 years, when
they seemed as lively and agile as ever.
Dolphins, surgeons and sharks live over
century and attain huge size. Pike
have been known to weigh 1000 pounds,
indicating great age. A pike caught at
Kaisers-Lautern was 10 feet long and
weighed $50 pounds; this was in the year
1897. 1t bore in its gills a copper bolt
with an inscription stating that it had
been put in the pond by the order of
Frederick II, that is, 261 years before.
Whale-fshers have exterminated the huge
whales of the polar seas. Those that were
formerly met with were of prodigious
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
Old Facts for the Curious.

Pottoes made their way very slowly
into ppuar favor 10 England. and were
so co$ly that they were only seen on the
tables of the very rich. Fifty cents per
pound was the price OF them in the reign
of James I. Shortly after the restoration
the Givernment and the Royal Society
tried 10 encourage their cultivation, but
progrSs was extremely slow ami it was
not uitil nearly the end of the eighteenth
centuy that the tuber came into general
use.
Secondhand plateglass dealers do
large BUSINESS in San Francisco and other
large eities. Nearly ali of it is bought
from Insurance com panies. The large
plates are insured when put in the win
dow, nd when any of them is broken
the owner usually prefers that the lnsur-
ance ompany should replace the broken
plate Rther than that he should be paid
its prize. The dealer in the second-h hand
glass ontriyes to utilize what remains of
the uTbroken part OF the glass. cutting it
into paes OF smaller size and disposing of
them q opportunity offers.
The smallest tree in the world is the
Greenlsnd birch. 1t is only three inches
high, YET it covers radius of nearly three
feet.
CycAts in France must not only carry
a bell sld lamp but must have name
plate ssfnewhere bearing their full name
and address. Riding on the sidewalk is
allowedwhen the roadway is under repair.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

size. 1t is supposed, with some prob
ability, that they lived several centuries
and that they may even reach the age of
1000 years.
II Is not known with any degree of pre-
cision how long birds live, except that
Ineir longevity is great. An eagle died at
vienna at 1O3. Button says the life of the
crow is loS years, and Hesiod says 1000
years. paroquet brought to Florence in
1858 oy the Princess Provere d. Urbin when
sne went there to espouse the Grand Duke
feroinand was then 20 years old, and
II lived fully 100 years after. The cele-
DRAFTED naturalist Willoughby had certain
PROOF that goose lived century, and it
IS conceded that the swans is longer yet;
some authorities give it two and even three
centuries
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
through the operation at least twenty

through the operation at least twenty
times.
There are several kinds of falls" said
Miss La Failie. when ones senses reel
from sorrow one falls directly backward,
the shoulders being the first portion of the
body to strike the ground.
A front fall is when one is reduced to
the depths of despair. Then the fall is
nat on the face, the hands being used to
protect the face.
When one is shot or stabbed there IS
nrst reel and stagger and then fall to
the SIDE or partially on the back, as the
case may be. The hands are then at the
side and the eyes are closed.
Whenever we fall we imagine we are
In the midst of some terrific passionate
scene and fall as naturally as We would on
such an occasion.
AT first 1t produces headache and
causes nausea to fall and the tendency is
to throw out the arms to protect yourself,
but with the right kind of practice this all
wears off and it becomes really pleasur-
able sensation.
"The first lessons are always on the
cushion, but this only continues for about
three weeks of daily lessons. After we
are thrown down on the hard floor and fall
down ourselves on 1t.
"At home we practice falling down
flight OF stairs, and trip ourselves pur-
posely to fall.
1T is not always the heaviest women
who fall the heaviest. 1t is all art. A
light woman unversed would fall with
great weight. We simply relax every
muscle and fall as though we had no con-
troll whatever over our limbs"
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
Embryonic actresses
Say SO Of Belas-
cos Falls
LIKE BEING SWUNG DOWN
BY THE HHIR
Hard Floors Have No Terror for
Them, and When They Strike
They Rise Up
Smiling

Bang!l There was the report of a pistol
yesterday in Belasco's Lyceum of Acting
and a young girl threw up her arms, cast
her eyes beavenward in a spasm of agony
and fell prostrate-on soft cushion.
Frederick Belasco fired the shot and
Miss La Faille fell. There was no bullet
that penetrated the heart of La Faille, but
she fell just the same and lay as though
she were dead. There was nothing at all
unusual about it because Miss La Faille is
shot at three days in the week and falls in
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

RudArd Kipling's "Letters of Marque,"
DESCRIPTIONS of the old cities OF Rajputana,
written when he was reporter for the
Pionees will soon be brought out in Lon
don. hey were reprinted in pamphlet
form irIIndia, but could not be published,
owingo some difficulty about the copy
right, Thich has now been removed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
For Feeding a Horse.

An ingenious man has invented device
LOT feeding his horse, and be does it with
one OF the ordinary alarm clocks. For in
stance, II the horse is to have its morning
1eed OF grain at 5 o'clock, the alarm is set.
and when the morning comes the horse
gets its breakfast before its owners eyes
are open. 1t is so arranged that the alarm
pulls the slide, letting the grain run
through sluice to manger.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

Longevity of animals.
Rabbits and guineapigs live years,
squirrels and hares 8, cats about 10, dogs
about IL, foxes IA to 16, cattle 15 to Is,
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

The tone of a piano is best when the in
strument is not near a wall.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-03
DARING ROBBERS


WICHITA FALLS i. b.. - Two rob
0eTs rutt.ed fho CiGy Na.lJrDI anE Of
ms city al , - 2. m. to-day add de
mQIGel tie money Of Cashier Dorsey
VINO resisted hem. Shooting began.
resulting il rao deeth @: Cashier Frank
D3rgGT and Tn3 would 2 Of BOX
keeper j. f. It5gfOsd, L.rEicrU's ia
lIr,ts are uo5 Strlljs8, oe.EE ouiy slight
Il 81 aCunCs. The robbers secured
.unig q few huuGrcd dollars in silver.
They then uu.IiL 4 theIr horses ana
made Iuu foC ia r lives. By this
tine u 3uy q tE6 citZeU7 had armed
thtmSoiVes. Gn4 2 battle took place
O1e Of the robbers horse WAS shot W.
der hjm, ana &c i8 believed that Ghe rob.
Der was wounded. lie mounted pe~
hIui his partner AID aJnut mile from
town met . farmer in g buggy. Trey
took MS horses ans started for the bills.
n the meantime the cibz us had
occurred horses and at last reports were
pihlU q quarter Ct q mile Of the rob
bers With good prospects, Of Overtaking
them.
WARRFN, Arkansas, Feb. 25.-A
daring and desperate attempt at bank
ROBBERY occurred here ct 3 o'clock this
afternoon Tle robbers failed TO get
any money. nut the brave cashier,
Adair, lies dangerously wounded, and
I. M Good "lD, a leading citizen, mer-
chant and bank director, i5 dead.
There were only three Of the rObbeTz
IN sight; one a tail, red cCmplfXiOne6,
eaUdy-m0u8tach,d individual, and the
other two, apparently brothers, black
hair and dark CC~mpltxiJnCd, r und
faces, appearing to be Of foreign birth.
FIhnU h.vA h1ayo re- M md - Fou, 1-i1~.
from town for about ten DAYS near
Mere PenHingtOn's house Tley have
been about town 0Cc2 6iOnallv. and one
Of them made e deposit Of SIS IN the
Merchants and Planters B3nk shortly
atterWard, drawing out halt al O time.
To-day they were natICed coming into
town, but no attention was paid to
them unlll they walked into the b4nk
single file. On entering the bank tn
n who had deposit ted ard drawn out
the $25 demanded of the cashier to
know If be DID not pay interest on de
posts. lie replied in the negative,
y hereup3n with an oath the robber
presented his pistol and ordered the
cashier to hold up bis hands. At THE
time T. II Goodwin and d. w. Sutton,
two directors. were sitting inside the
Cffce, and did not pay any attention
until Mr., Adair, instead of holding up
his hands, reached for his pistol, lying
close by. Then the robbers fired OF
him, the ball grazing his head, stun
ming him so that he fell to the floor.
Doubtless the robbers thought Adair
dead and rushed inside to get the pIur-
der, but Goodwin and Sutton being liz
their way, they were fred on and
Goodwin fell, fatally wounded. Adair
ahOt from the floor when the bandits
fled, with q posse of citizans in pursuit
Adair is not expected to recover.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-03
CANADA WANTS ITS REGIMENT
A Petition to the Prince Of Wales 70
One RundCedth's Return

ToRoETO, Ontario, T b q A pei
ton to the Prince OF Wales IS being
circulated and largely eigned asking
him to interfere in behalf OF the D0min
ion to have the r ryal Canadian Raj
ment, row in England, sent baok 10
Canada, whore IL was rails d
As the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain.
Colonial secretary, and Lord WOlaei8y,
Ccmman er III ChieJ Of the British
army, are warm friends Of Canada, il
il Thought ell that is r q tired nov 10
secure the return Of the Oua Hundredth
IL the personal favor OF TIE Prince Of
Wales, the epecGat patron Of the corps
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-03
is J. M. VERBOEF THE POLE
FINDER?
Some Peis- rs Believe Re Lef, the Feary
Party InsentionsIlY.

NV HAVEN, Conn Feb 25.-S1me
Of his classmates and intimate friends
here are inclined to think that If the
north pole has been reached Oy any ore,
John NJ Verh0ef. the missing member
Of Lieut.. Peary s first expedition, Is Ist
the KIND Of man to accomplish mat
feat
Nerhoef's sister has alwaya declined
to believe that he was lost N 6 Green
land creva85e, and acting under this
belief, has never had Uh young mans
estate prObated. 1t IS even said here
that she COntemplates Il e organization
OF an expedition to search for Eerhoef.
While at Yale, Verhoef Was looked
upon as an eccentric md unique char
ecccr. Some persons profess to believe
that Eerhoef )ined Peary's party with
the express IDEA Of abandoning it and
setting out on his own account to make
the highest point north.
It is said that he frequently stated
aboard the Peary vessel that he could
live as the E8kimOs doom blubber-
and some believe that be left the party
with the determination to make this
experiment
Lieut.. Peary has believed from the
first that Verhoef lost his life in a
crevasse.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-03
BRIDGE WRECKED AT DAVEN-
PORT.
Draw Span Of a Trans Mississippi S'ruc-
ture Destroyed by Ice Loss, 100000

ture Destroyed by Ice Loss, 100000
DAVENPORT. Iowa, Frb. 25.-The
north halt of the draw span Of the gov
eminent bridge acr0s7 the Mississippi
river collapsed this afternoon and fell
into the river. The accident was caused
by the ice, which had gorged g mile
east Of the bridge. and suddenly broke
and rushed with tremendous force
against the false work. The structure,
in its semi completed condition, was
unable to withstand euch an onslaught.
and the huge steel beams and lofty
derricks crashed to the river bottom, a
twisted, useless mass. 1t was expected
that the bridge would be in solid 0
dition by to morrow.
Less than thirty feet away when the
span fell was a Chicago, Rock Island,
and Pacific train, consisting OF two
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-03

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-12
CHICAGO MARKETS

Chicago, April 1l.-Wheat-As a result
OF the government report. wheat was
rather nervous at opening today. II
opened at 6SJ4 dG6ikc for May, the advance
being attributed largely 10 firmer cables
and reports Of frost in California Prices
went back 10 $3.50,
Corn-Opened shade frmer at sOlsc for
May, or sc over yesterdays close, IN sym
pathy with wheat.
Oats--May opened at 1880, against yes
terday's close, 193. a1S5sc. The close was
as follows:
wheat-Cash. es9sc: May. e4%c; June,
Corn-Cash. 2SEc; May. 294c; July, sOssc.
Oats-Cash, 1870; May, 1850.
Cattle-Heavy beeves closed weak but
light and medium weights OF desirable
qualify are selling about 10 cents higher
than week ago and show an advance OF
2Oq5 cents within a fortnight. Common
to choice cattle are selling at So 40q4 20
with the bulk OF the sales $3.75d420. with
few fancy beeves probably selling at
S4.5eT460. There Is a fair demand for
butcher stuff and prices 10d15 cents bet
largely at s2&d350 and choice heifers
are unusually high. Texas cattle are
selling readily at l0Q15 cents above last
Hogs-There was a good demand this
morning for hogs, long as the limited
supply lasted, and prices ruled stronger 10
8 cents higher for the more desirable Of
4er1ngs. Common 70 prime droveS sold
at g. 4OT390. largely at Sa.75a8S6, and
prime light at - 91G4Oo The best heavy
and mixed hogs sold 10 cents higher than
a week ago, but prime light were cents
lower than then.
Sheep-Inferior to choice sheep were sal
able at S27Jq3.S0 and lambs were wanted
at S.e5tG4.70. A few spring lambs weigh
ing 40 pounds sell at $3.50 and common
Texas sheep sell around 1855. Heavy
sheep sell 10 poor advant age, as the ex-
port demand Is poor. Heavy westerns
have sold this week at $3.50 and lighter
sheep from the same feed lot at $3.50
Receipts-Cattle. go; hogs, 1000. sheep,
2nn