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but failed. We called
several physicians but
the spasms continued,
her tongue became
partially paralyzed
and the doctors said
she would never talk
again. Night and day
we watched the poor
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
The Human Machinery.

Man has within him a stationary
engine called his heart, which, with its
veins and arteries, constitutes a per-
feet system of hydraulics, compared
with which mans best work is clumsy,
intricate and wasteful. The lungs
are working bellows, the most per-
feet method of sanitary ventilation.
The stomach is a working vat of mar
velous perfection. The brain is a
wondrous condenser, and the skin is
great working evaporation, with re-
serve automatic appliances, ready for
extra work in moments of need. All
these are in action at all times, day
and night, tireless, unceasing, self
winding and repairing for 70 years or
more. Ladies' Home Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
THE oHAMELEON.
4 Groiesque Little Nightmare Which
Stares Two Ways at Once.

The chameleon is in many ways a
very queer creature; if he were only a
little bigger he might pose as model
for the dreadful dragons Of the story
books. If boy should take his slate
and try to invent an animal, he would
probably produce something very like
a chameleon. The head is enormous,
and being three-sided, with all sorts
of projecting points and angles, this
alone gives the harmless little reptile
a grotesque and almost terrifying as
pect; but the eyes with which he
glares out Of this extraordinary head
piece cap the climax. In the words of
the great Snowman, they "must be
seen to be appreciated"
On each side is an immense eye
ball, full and bullying, but covered
with the same shagreened skin as the
rest Of the head except at the very
center, where there is a minute aper-
ture corresponding to the pupil.
These great punctured eyeballs con-
stantly roll about hither ard thither,
but with no coordination in their
movement so those who have
watched them say. You cannot tell
whether the absurd little reptile is
looking at you or not; he seems to be
taking a general view Of things, look
ing at nothing in particular-or rath-
.er, as if to save time, looking at sew
eral things at once.
AT first, perhaps, both optics are
turned upward toward your face;
leaf quivers behind his head, and in
a moment one eye turns in that d.
rection, while the other retains its
upward gaze. Presently fly appears;
one eye rapidly and intently follows
all its motions, while the other still !
keeps close watch upon your face
One feels as if he were being "shad- !
owed" by malicious imp.
The chameleon's trick of chang
ing color so as to suit his surround
ings is too well known to call for COM
ment Altogether, this innocent but |
demonstrating freak is a kind of !
Liliputian nightmare, and has de-
cidedly uncanny effect on the specta-
tor.-Philadelphia Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
FEATS OF HINDOO PORTERS.
Hardy Hill-Men Climb Steep Noun
tains with Cumbersome Packs.

Hardy Hill-Men Climb Steep Noun
tains with Cumbersome Packs.
Darjeeling tea, said Mr.. George w.
Christison, in a recent lecture before
the British Society of Arts, is all car
ried by the hardy hill men up the steep
mountain roads to the nearest railway
station on the way to market. 1t is
no unusual days work for a coolie to
carry a tea chest weighing from 10
to 1870 pounds distance Of five or six
miles, making at the same time an
ascent Of from $500 to $500 feet in
sheer vertical elevation.
There can be no deception about
task like that, and we cannot but have
an admiration for the powers of en-
durance Of those who perform such a
feat. Of course these people are
trained to load carrying and mountain
climbing form their infancy, and
hence the peculiar set of muscular
faculties required for them are fully
developed, if not actually called into
existence at the cost Of others-so
much so that walking on level, after
few miles, becomes positively pain
full to them.
In the prosecution of their own
trade, or in domestic affairs, they fire.
quently undertake long, arduous jour
neys over ridges and along and across
hot valleys, varying many thousands
of feet in elevation, occupying many
days, carrying heavy loads of from $50
to 200 pounds, and over and in addi-
ton to their food and bedding most
cheerfully lighting fire, cooking and
eating their scanty meal, and going to
sleep by the wayside.
There is a story still current Of a
Rhootean in old times having carried
a grand piano up the hill to Darrell
ing, a distance Of so miles forward,
and involving a rise of more than
5000 feet in elevation by the old road.
These hill tribes are a hardy people,
capable of performing marvellous
journeys without partaking of food,
or on the most meager fare
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08

Opinions are like anything
else, never interesting when too free.
IN Y, Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
HE "FOoLED' THE THEATER.
Rural Visitor in Washington Beat
Both Hotel and PLAYHOUSE.


The night Of President McKiu
ley's Inauguration the theaters il
Washington were thronged Will
strangers, who, being unable to fine
accommodations at the hotels, sought
refuge in the temples Of Thespis
at the Grand, after the performance
had been concluded, the audience
dispersed and the theater darkened
there was seen to emerge from the
! interior of the house, gripsack in
/ hand, an old fellow, very rural, and
wearing "whisk-broom" whiskers. He
looked a trifle dazed and altogether
sleepy He went his way, however,
without saying anything to the few
attaches who were standing in the
lobby.
A matinee was given the next day,
and as the people filed in the door
keeper recognized the rural and be-
lated countryman Of the night be-
fore. The same valise was tightly
gripped in his hand, and as he came
to a full stop, he asked:
'Do yer run this here showw
81 only take tickets at the door"
was the reply.
"Waal, see here" continued the
rural one, yesterday l see Mr.. Nc
Kinley swore in, and | follered that
ere purcession Ground till / we're
most ready ter drap. Cum in last
night and bought a ticket for this
here show. Soon as l got sot cum
fer'ably, l fell asleep and never woke
up ontil a man with lantern shook
me and made me git, so l never seed
nuthin Kin l go in now?"
The applicant for free admission
was informed that he would have to
purchase another ticket.
"But l didn't see nuthin' last
night" he protested.
The doorkeeper was obdurate and
refused to be shaken.
The old man was getting excited.
he broke out with:
"This is one of them bunco games
l hearn Kassiah tell NV, and I
won't"
What he would not was never
learned, for all of a sudden he began
and between loud outlaws,
as he walked away, he was heard to
"Gol dern me eff 1 don't do .'em
up! The ticket / bought fer the
show cost me half a dollar, and they
wanted to charge me four dollars fer
a bed at the hotel. GOSH / had a
good sleep. But if them there fell
lers knowed that they'd claim the
other $3.50"
And with that he disappeared in
the street.-Chicago Times-Herald
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
RICH LITERARY FINDS.
Priceless Manuscripts Discovered in
Out-of-the-Way Places.

Considering that the whole of an
cient literature was confined to manu-
script, it is wonderful that so much
of it has been retained, though schol-
ars are always signing after what has
been lost. The preservation of some
of the most precious examples has
been little less than miraculous To
a single copy discovered in monas-
terry of Westphalia we owe what we
have of Tacitus, for instance. This
is the more remarkable since the en-
peror Of that name had copies of the
works of his distinguished ancestor
placed in all the imperial libraries,
and caused ten copies Of them yearly
to be transcribed
A page of the second decade Of
Liyy, we are told, says James Payn, in
the London Illustrated News, was dis
covered by man of letters on the bat
tledore while he was amusing himself
in the country. He rushed up to
town, but arrived too late "The
battledore maker had used up all his
parchment a week before" Two
manuscripts Of Cicero, on Glory, were
presented to Petrarch. He lent them
to his old preceptor, who, urged by
extreme want, pawned them and died
without revealing the name Of the
pawnbroker. Two centuries after it
was mentioned in catalogue of books
bequeathed to a convent, but could
not be found. 1t is supposed that
Petrus Aleyonius, the physician Of
the institution, stole it, and, having
transposed certain passages, (which
stand isolated and far above his gem
ius," to one of his own works, de-
stroyed it.
The original magma Charta," pre-
served in the Cottonian library, has
certain mutilations, presumably from
a pair Of shears. 1t is said that Sir
Richard Cotton, calling one day at his
tailor's, discovered that the man was
holding in his hand, ready to cut up
for measures, a copy Of the great char
ter of English liberties, with all its
appendices Of seals and signatures.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
A PERVERSE GENERATION.
Boys Are Not Now What Once They
Were, Says One Father.

The father of family nudged the
old bachelor who stood beside him
ON the car platform. The old bach
elor knew what it meant. The IA
Their of family was about to revert
to the dreary old subject-his chill
dren.
81 WONDER" he said, "why the
boys of the present generation are
so much more peryerse than the boys
were when | was young? If I re-
member rightly, l usually did what
my parents wanted me to do. What
are you smiling about? What makes
you think l didn't? You didn't say
so? Of course you don't say so, but
your smile did. Well, boys are very
different now, aren't they? Yes;
they are. Of course they are. What
do you know about it? That's all
right. You needn't shake your head
There's nothing in it. Well, my
youngest boy wouldn't respond to
the breakfast bell a few mornings
ago. | went upstairs and told him
to get up Immediately He's ten
years old, and he defed me. He said
he wouldn't get up; it was Saturday
morning, and no school, and he was
going to stay in bed as long as he
wanted to. How was that for the
spirit Of '76? But | settled him.
All right says ], you stay right here
in bed until your mother tells you
that you can get up, but don't get
up until she does Say, you should
have seen him jump! He was into his
clothes in no time, and at the break
fast table as soon as L was. | don't
know what to make of that boy. He
isn't bit like me at his age-not q
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
HAND-LooMs.
Revival Of an old-Time Domestic IN
dustrY In England.

dustry IN England.
Word comes from England that do
nestle weaving has been revived
there, that women Of fashion have
formed a "drawing-room society foi
the promotion Of the handiwork, anc
that hand-looms are among the pres.
ents given to brides. Those inter
ested in domestic industries in this
country are wondering if there will
be revival of a hand-looming here
There is some talk about it among the
linen workers and in art needlework
circles in this city, for anything cal
culated to open an additional source
of revenue for gentlewomen has dis
tinct value. In England the weavers
so far have devoted themselves to
making household linen, table linen,
and toweling, plain and bordered. 1t
is said that articles so woven are of
far more value than those turned out
by the gross from the machines of a
factory, and that there are great pos
sibilities for the art in the way Of silk
fabrics.
This domestic weaving has its root
in Sweden, and it is from the teachers
sent out by the Swedish industrial
schools that English women have inn
bibed interest in the art. These
Swedish teachers are not only expert
weavers, but adopts in mounting the
looms and in giving instruction con-
corning them. Attention is called to
the fact that in Italy the Roman scarfs
and silks so much priced have never
been woven other than by hand.
81 thrink there are infinite inn
provements to be looked for in weav-
ing, when the design, material, choice
of colors, as well as the work, will
come under the individual supervis-
ion Of well-trained artists" said an
enthusiast on the subject. 81 have
seen denim evolved from q material
relegated only to laboring-men's over
alls to uses which border on the aes-
thetic; and there are other cotton fab
RIGS that would improve as much, even
more, under more favorable condi-
tions, when the trained, art-loving
consumer works hand in hand with
the manufacturer. The linsey wool
sey' made to-day on clumsy hand
looms in the backwoods and noun
famous districts of the south is an
illustration. Experiments with this
linsey woolsey, and in the printing
and embroidery of other home-spun
cotton fabrics, are calculated to en-
courage pioneers in the matter Of i'm
provement. With denim, its posi-
bilities are just beginning to be found
out when the blue, that is so trust
worthy in tone, has become useful in
so many household departments.
They do not make it flexible yet, but
they will in time, when the manner of
its weaving has been carefully thought
out and improved upon, Now it is
invariable in surface. There is no
doubt but that great things might be
achieved in the realm of art manufac-
ture if all the modern knowledge and
skill acquired since the old days Of
hand looming be brought to bear on
the subject. IN. Y. Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
Addressed by Photograph.

The post office at Boston lately de-
liyered a letter, the only clew TO whose
destination, besides the name of the
city and state, was a small photograph
of the man for whom it was in
tended. He was the local manager of
one of the transatlantic cable lines,
and after the missive had been II
days in the post office, one of the Of
fetal guessers of blind addresses rec
ognized it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
A Strange Fact.

Mathematical calculations show
that an iron ship weighs ~ per cent.
less than a wooden one, and will carry
1l6 tons Of cargo for every 100 tons
carried by wooden ship of the same
dimensions, and both loaded to TIE
same draught Of water.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
Pilesl Pilesi Itchng Ti,es

SYMPTOMS - Moisture; intense itching ana
singing; most at night; worse by scratching
n allowed 20 continue tumors form, which Of.
en- bleed and uleerate, becoming very sore
bwAYSE's OINTMENT stops the itching and
bleeding heals liberation, aud In most cases
removes M tumOrs- At Druggists, or by mail
for 50 ceuts.D D. swayne& son. Philadelphia
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08
He Was Almost Correct.

The Teacher-When a woman's
husband dies, Patsie, what is she
calledY
Patsie-A wilder
The Teacher-And when mans
wife dies what do we call him?
Patsie (after some thought)-A
wid-out-her, muml-Cincinnati Conn
mercial-Tribune.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08

Mrs. Dyer-Do you believe all your
husband says2
Mrs. Duell--When he talks in his
sleep.--~Town Topics.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08

Seest thou a man wise in his own
conceit? There is more hope of a
fool than of him.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08

Train up child in the way he
should go; and when he is old. he
will not depart from IT,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-08

With woman her soul should al
WAYS be at least as we'll clad as her
body.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-09
Arrival OF Vi=i:ors

The arrival of visitors 10 attend the
Fruit. Flower and Vegetable Festival yes
terday and last night was much greater
than on the day before The international
and Great Northern from the Columbia Tap
and the north end brought in about .0V
people. The Southern Pacific ran TWO spc-
cial trains one from orange and the other
from Columbus, the aggregate being aSout
800 people. Their regular trains also car
ried in 100. The Houstoa and Texas Cen
trail on their 81 80 rate from the main line
and the Austin branch brought in bctwec:l
800 and coo PEOPLE. The morning train Is
expected to bring large crowd also
The International and Great Northeri'
will run special excursion trains from Pal
estine soutn. which will arrive in Houston
tomorrow morning and noon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-09
!. & c. N. PLEADED GUILTY
Violation of the Railroad Commits
sion's Tariff Was Charged.
THE FINES AGGREGATED $4,000
Other Cases Against other Lines
VIII He Filed Soon--Shrcvcport
Route Stockholders Met.

Austin, Texas. December Sin the Fifty
third district court today Attorney General
Crane filed twenty penalty suits against
the international and Great Northern rail-
way, alleging violation of the railroad COM
missions tariffs and charging that the
railway company had, on various and sun
dry occasions Disseminated In favor of the
National Cotton Oil company and T. +.
Smith of Houston, and Jones & Smith OF
Crockett, in the transportation OF cotton
seed.
The defendant, through its attorney, NJ i.
A. Steaddnan, pleaded guilty and Judgment
for $500 penalty was entered for the State
in each case, the aggregate amount as
ssssea being $4,000, which was imme-
diately paid. AS in the Southern Pacific
cases the attorney general agrees to hold
in suspense other charges against the de-
s=as
PENDANT company provided it makes no fur
Their attempt to evade the commission law
other cases against other lines will be filed
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-09

Nothing is a greater blemish to the face
of a woman han red nose. This irritat-
ing condition may arise from various
causes. one of the chief being indigestion.
A habit of boiling the food is very often
the cause of the indigestion which shows
itself thus. Sufferers from red noses arts
ing from indigestion should be most care
full in their diet, avoiding heated foods ana
hot drinks. The food should be taken
slowly ard each mouthful be well masu-
Gated. Sometimes red nose Is que 20 ny
ness of the nasal duct or deAcacy OIL 'ne
capillary organs. The Inflammation may
then be treated as follows; Prepare a
wash containing 1854 grains OF powdered
borax, one teaspoonful OF eau DE colosne
and five ounces of soft water. First ms
solve the boraX in the water and then aad
the cologne When the nose burns damp
It With this lotion and let 1t dry en- "a
when dry 1t still burns, repeat the treat
ment. Another mixture for the same trou-
bic may be made as follows
Dissolve thirty grains of boraX into one
ounce OF rose water and orange water III
! equal parts Wet the nose with this lotlon
abou three times day, iettlng It dry on
| When the redness OF the nclse arises from
Kind of congestion it should be washeu
in warm water only on going to bed.
| cold In the head VIII oIten prouu0e a
red and infamed condition 9: tho nose a
| little cold cream should men DC applea
n the sore parts. The following is an cas-,
| ilv nrepared and safe recipe for cola
cream Get half a pound of the very best
lard, put in basin, pour on 1t boiling
water and when cold d-ain II of Re
neat this process three times; then atter
! quite freeing the lard from water peat "
| 10 a cream with fork and scent 1t Win es-
sence Of bsrgamot. ,, :,
rtih the fingers. To wash them little not
water should be shifted up and then eject
| Cd
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-09
ALABAMA MASONS.
4 large Attendance on the Ludg {
at Montgomery.


Montgomery, Ala. December THE Ma
sons of Alabama are here in full force. The
Grand Council Of Royal and Select Master
Masons met in annual grand conyocation
OF councils represented After the transac-
ton of routine buailess officers for the
ensuing year were elected and installed as
follows: s. d. Bloch, Camden, thrice illns-
Eufaula, deputy illustrious grand master;
Robert S. league, Montgomery, Ala, Illus
trious grand =. G.. w; w. II. Dingley,
Montgomery Ala, illustrious grand treas
urer; II. c. Armstrong, illustrious grand
secretary; c. X. Westcott, Illustrious grand
marshal, n. n. Polk. Birmingham, illustrl-
GUS grand CAPTAIN of the guard l.. j. Ad-
Ter Uniontown. grand conductor Of the
council W. 5. Foster Mobile, grand stew
ard: c. a. Allen, Montgomery, grand SEN
tincl.
The Grand Chapter convened this after
noon With the following grand officers IN
their places Josiah Jernisan. grand high
priest; w. J. Rhodes, deputy grand high
priest; E. 5. Gatchell, grant king; ]. +.
MCQUEEN, actirg grand scribe; w. Ii. Ding
lev. grand treasurer; H. C. Armstrong,
grand secretary; j. M. Mason grand chap
lain; C. K. Bricken, grand G.. OF H. George
A. Beauchamp, grand p. s.; b. NJ Hili.
grand r. A. c.; w. T.. oakley, grand mas
ter OF third veil; l.. Lazarus. grand master
NJ second veil, r. J. Thomasson. grand
master OF first veil, C. a. Allen, grand SEN
tinei.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-09
POSTAL COMPANY COMING.
Expects to he in Houston by the
First of June. ,-------.

Major George W. Foster, superintendent
of the Postal Telegraph and Gable company
Of Texas, arrived yesterday from Dallas,
incidentally, to pay his respects to Hous-
ten friends and attend the carnival. but
principally to arrange for the receipt OF a
large amount of supplies for the lines con-
struction through Texas. The major says
that they have seven gangs working from
Dallas south on the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas to Taylor At that point they will
separate, FIVE gangs working towards
Houston and the other two by way of the
International and Great Northern 10 AUS
tin and san Antonio. They expect to be
working their wires into Houston by June
/. II is Major Fosters idea to have the
gangs on the Katy and those on the South
ern Pacific working this way from tho
east TO meet at Houston. The right OF way
along the Southern Pacific from New Or
leans has BEN secured as far as the Sa-
hine river and the distance between there
ard Houston is now In the civil court ~
appeals The right of way along the Katy
has been arranged fer as far south as Tay-
lor. but the right Of construction TO this
eity can be obtained upon short notice In
a few DAYS the company will ship large
number OF po.cs etc. to be used on the
two roads. Houston being distributing
station.
The Postal opened their Office ~ For,
Worth last Friday and today begins bust
ness Al Dsniscn. Paris sherman, Texar-
kama ana Dallas are now receiving servtrs
| from the new company.