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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
JOKE ON HOPPER.

Amusing Experience of Chimmie Fad.
den While Travelling in Georgia.
Charles Hopper (Chimmie Fad.
den) had most amusing experien &C
some years ago while travelling with
small company in Georgia. a
stop was made on Sunday at AL.
bany, Ga. The population of the
town is composed largely of colored
people 1t was a dull day, and as
Hopper walked down the street he
observed many curious types of hui
manity, the quaintest of all perhaps
being an aged negro, very ragged
and poverty stricken, with snow.
white wool. His form was bent and
gnarled by the vicissitudes of long
life. Hopper asked the negro his
name
Hiram Jasper Scripture Ding
man, was the reply.
You must be very old man,
Hiram, +" said Hopper
"OldW answered Hiram. "I'm Ito
years old.
What memories you must haveI
Perhaps you remember Washing
ton?"
Washington answered the
black centenarian contemptuously.
II knew Columbus.
"You did? How Interestingly
What sort of looking man was
Columbus?p
Uncle Hiram looked Hopper over
a minute, and as he started to walk
away said; Columbus? He fa-
vored you great deal, only he was
thicker. "--Berkshire Democrat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
THE
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and fore gn countries, will vouch for
the accuracy and fairness of it's news
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1t is splendidly illustrated and
among its special features are a fine
humor page, exhaustive market re-
ports, all the latest fashions for wom
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greatest living American and English
authors,
Conan DOYLE, JEROME X. JEROME,
STANLEY WEYMAE, MARY E. WILKINS,
ANTHONY HOPE, BRET HARTE,
BRANDER MATTHEWS, Etc.
We offer this unequaled newspaper
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
BREVITIES OF FUN,

The Stipendiary Can't you
and your husband live together
without fightingq" Mrs. Mulcahy--
mo, yer amer, not happily. Tit
Bits.
Clara ar suppose the brightest
moment in your life was when
Jack proposed2" Cora Brightest2
There wasn'ta particle OF light in the
rooml"--Yonkers Statesman.
Prison Inspector THAT man
over there seems to po3itively en-
Joy the treadmill" Warder-" eyes,
sir. Els used TO the haction, e was
a bicycle thief" II second the mo-
ton, said the man on the rear Of
the tandem. Household Words.
isn't Larimer dreadfully ex-
clusive2' said Hiland to Halket
Decidedly So" replied the latter,
When he hears a story difficult to
believe he never advises the relator
to repeat it to the marines What
does he do?" HE tells him to re-
peat it to the ultra marines. =
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
AT the Gin Shop. Mrs. Messy
(hobnoobing)-"My respects; and
how's your family settled, Mrs.
Dossy2" Nicely, thank you, mem.
Sarah and Alice is in formatory, |
Bills been took in a 'ome, and Joe's !
jined o refuge All, they do look
after EN- well, those good gentle
mem -Household Words.
81 wanted to speak to you about
that dog you sold me-" said the
small man. well, he's all there,
ain't hep" eyes. But you told me
ne was a hunting dog" do you
mean to contradict what 1 said?"
Not for the world, sir. Not for
he world. But will go SO far as
o say l didn't understand that his
pecialty was hurting place to lie
lown in. Washington Star.
The telephone is great institu-
ion. Little Binks always wanted
o tell big Brasher that he thought
i'm a mendacious scoundrel, so he
ang him up on the wire the other
lorning and did it. ''Oh, l am, am
?" roared Brasher furiously. II
m, eh? Well, I'll fix you when we
leet Who are your "None of
our business, said little Binks,
nd to this moment Brasher doesn't
now who did it.-Harper's Bazaar.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
Seeing Defects.

Seeing flaws is a good business, or
q bad business, according to your
purpose in observing. An inspec-
tor of machinery, or a corrector Of
faults, does well to note defects in
order to supply what is lacking.
But man who is trying to get the
most power he can, safely, out of
machine as it stands, or who would
profit by the best words Of a speaker
or writer, had better not trouble
himself over what is lacking. 1t is
enough for him to recognize and use
what there is. The average fault
finder gets no good himself, and
does no good to anybody else. The
lowest grade of intellect commonly
shows itself in the power to see OBJ
vious defects. The highest grade
evidences itself in finding something
worth seeing where the average
man would miss it, IS. S. Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
Royal Extravaganza.

According to a London paper
Prince Albert Edward of Wales is
a very eXtravagant man. 1t is as
serted that he has spent over $780,
900, 600 in 80 years OF this amount
he has received $25, 000 600 from the
English nation as regular allow
ance, and So, 0O0,0 for travelling
expenses and. special allowances.
The other 500 900, 600 is in the form
of private debts.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
ENOUGH FOR THE MONEY.
The Customer Expsc ed Too Much
for His $50 Suit.

Sometimes a particular person ex-
poets too much, and in the follow
ing case if the complainant really
had grievance the other got the
best of the argument
See here, what do you mean by
this?" exclaimed an irate customer,
as he rushed into a tailor shop and
excitedly thrust a bundle into the
hands Of the proprietor
''Vot it is, dis?" inquired the
tailor
It's that suit l ordered here the
other day-that's what it is, con-
tinued the caller hotly. And it's
the worst | ever saw. Your sign
there in the window says "A Per
feet Fit Guaranteed but when I
got home and tried that suit on it
made me look like a country guy
and nearly drove my wife into hys-
terics.
We'll" drawled the impertur-
bable man of the shears. 81 guess
Mysteries is de best We can do cor
you in de line of fits You certainly
can't expect us to trow in an cpl
leptic fit NIT a $50 suit of cloding.
Lewiston Journal. ~.s
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
THE
1WICE-A-WE Elk
COQriGr=JOQPlaI
81 YEAR.
issued Wednesday and atur.
day Mornings.

Beginning January l, 1897, the
Weekly Courier Journal was changed
to the Twice-a Week Courier-Journal.
Publication days are Wednesday and
Saturday. The Wednesday paper
will be devoted to news and political
topics. The Saturday issue will be
devoted to stories, miscellany, pict.
ures, poetry, etc.'--a perfect family
paper.
Each issue will be six pages, or
twelve pages week-an increase of
two pages week, lO4 pages or 1872
columns year.
The politics of the paper will not be
changed, and the battle for pure De.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
REFLECTIONS IN CHAPEL.
A Highly Polished Brass Gross Give .
Forbidden information.

Recently the governor of one of
our county prisons was greatly per-
picked by the discovery that the fe-
male criminals in his charge man
aged in some mysterious manner to
ascertain the presence of every in
dividual man on the other side of
the impervious dividing barrier
which separates the male from the
female worshipers in the Jail chapel
One of the women Inadvertently
made an exclamation showing that
she had suddenly become aware that
her husband was within the same
walls, although his presence, ought,
according to the rule, to have been
completely unknown to her. None
of the officers could account for an
unpermitted knowledge, which was
found to be shared by all the other
women. AT last a very careful ex-
animation of the chapel gave an ex-
PLANTATION of the mystery AL
though strictly divided, as we have
said, both the male and the female
prisoners faced the altar in their
seats, and over it had been fixed a
very large brass cross against the
wall, so highly polished as to form q
very good mirror, and in its clear
surface the women saw the refec-
ton of every man as he passed to
his place, and had enjoyed the spec
tacle with IMMUNITY till the wife's
affection overcame her discretion.
The brass cross instantaneously dis
appeared. London Hospital.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
FAMOUS WAR HORSES.
Six Battle Steeds of the Century Gel
ebrated in Song and Story.

SIX Battle SteedS of the Century Gel
ebrated in Song and Story.
Chief among the most celebrated
war horses of our nearly completed
nineteenth century may be men
toned Marengo, Copenhagen, Gin
cinuati, Traveller, Lexington and
Winchester, the favorite chargers of
Napoleon, Wellington, Grant, Lee,
Sherman and Sheridan The Amer
lean battle steeds / saw during or
after the war of 1961-65. Winches-
ter, the most widely celebrated of
the four in song and story, enjoyed
the unique distinction of having his
gallant master as a biographer.
After his death, in 1873, he was
skillfully mounted by taxidermist,
and is to be seen among the many
relics of the Mexican and civil wars
included in the most interesting col
lections of the museum of the Mill
tary Service institution on Gov
ernor's island, New York harbor. l
hiuJ POihbpo NC ptIlulGlcu W It,
member that l have conversed with
two important personages who had
ridden Napoleon and Wellington's
favorite war horses, and have seen
many memorials of those celebrated
chargers, such as their painted por-
traits, their hoofs now transformed
into silver-mounted snuffboxes and
inkstands; bracelets and breastpins
made from their hair, and Maren-
COS skeleton, treasured relic of
the United Service institution at
Whitehall, London. Cincinnati, Co
penhagen, Lexington and Traveller
all received honorable burial, after
having enjoyed an "old age of dig
nitied leisure" while over the grave
of the illustrious English soldiers
charger stands a marble tombstone
with brief and beautiful inscrip-
ton, written by his eldest son, the
second duke, who erected it soon
after Wellington's death at Walmer
castle. Gen. James Grant Wilson,
DC. L., in Our Animal Friends.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
The Man-Faced Grab.

One of the most singular looking
creatures that ever walked the earth
or swan the waters under the
earth" is the world-famous man
faced crab of Japan. It's body is
hardly an inch in length, yet the
head is fitted with a face which is
the perfect counterpart of that Of
a Chinese coolie-a veritable missing
link, with eyes, nose and mouth all
clearly defined.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
HUNTING LIONS.



English Sporismon.
In recent years scores Of English.
men and Americans have gone to
Africa on hunting expeditions.
Somaliland has been favorite spot,
and the crack of rifles there has be.
come familiar to the natives, as well
as to the wild animals, saya the At
lanta Journal
AS result lions are becoming
somewhat scarce, aud elephants are
exceptionally rare. In order to get
a shot at the king Of beasts now it
is necessary to go back into the
country considerable distance,
where other hunters have not been
too often seen.
Hunting lions, as described by
those who have tried 1t, is fasci-
mating sport The element of dan
ger is largely imaginary, but there
is enough of the reality to add zest to
the sport. Two methods are In
vogue. The most common is to
track. the lions to their resting
places and catch them while asleep.
Lions hunt at might and rest in a
cool, shady spot during the day. II
the weather is cloudy and they are
hungry they may stay out in the
open little longer, but, as q rule,
they crawl into a Jungle soon after
saxs9r nj l.1
again makes travel comfortable for
them. They can be soon worried
into exhaust ton when the sun is
shining, and they endeavor to avoid
exertion when the mercury is high.
Tracking lions is described as en-
ticingly exciting to the sportsman.
After striking the trail in the early
morning and following it for some
distance, the certainty of getting
sight of the game keeps hunter and
servants in a state of expectancy
that is trying. At times, if the
trail is fresh, the lion may be To-
Gated within few minutes.
At other times the beast may have
gone miles, and the tracking will &C.
cupy several hours. The character
of the soil has much to do with the
trailing, as on sandy ground the
spoor is plain and may be followed
as fast as the hunter cares to walk,
while on rocky soil the trail is often
lost and the hunter must proceed
with extreme caution.
The other popular way of bagging
the great game is to set a bait and
stay awake at night looking for the
lions. A donkey or the carcass of
q dead animal will serve as bait, and
will attract the hungry attention of
any stray lion that may pass.
In a country where there are
many hyenas this method of hunt
ing lions is most satisfactory, as the
cries of the hyenas will lure the
larger game from places miles away.
Of course, moonlight nights are bet
ter for this form of hunting.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
CARING FOR CREAM.


Butter Mixers.
Milk may be set for cream ia vari-
Gus kinds OF vessels AID unlor diller-
cnt conditions The poorest method
is to set Il shallow tin pans or
crooks on pantry shelves or in q
cellar. Milk thus set is exposed to
a greater air contact than when set
otherwise, and so is more liable to
be affected by injurious doors, by
diseases transmitted through the
atmosphere, aud by heat and cold.
Milk so SIT win oftentimcs rapidly
sour, or in very cold weather may
freeze. Ii il sours badly in summer
when skinned, curds will be likely
to get in the cream and remain
more or less in the butter, after
churning, forming white spots,
thereby seriously injuring the
quality OF the butter Or il the
milk or cream freezes, an inferior
grade of butter will be, made from
II cream is to be secured by set
ting milk, the best plan will be to
set the milk in round tin cans, about
IS inches deep and 8 inches in diam
eter. II the can is placed in ice
water or cold spring water, to the
height OF the milk in the can, the
conditions for cream separation will
be greatly improved, especially If
inside a refrigerator or creamer.
This method helps keep the milk
at uniform temperature and en-
ables the cream to rise to best adj
vantage. Such cans as these, open
at the top, are commonly known as
Shotgun" cans, and may be bought
of dairy-supply houses, or can be
made by any good timer.
These deep cans are skinned in
one Of two wavs-either by q cGa-
ical skinner from the surface or y
means of faucetor valve at the
bottom of the can, where the skim |
milk is drawn off. In experiments |
at the Indiana station, in com
pairing these two methods of skim
ming, where the milk was skinned |
from above there was an average |
loss about twice as great as in that |
skinned by drawing off from be-
low. During 10 days in February
the average loss from surface skim
ming was "a per cent, while that
skimmed-from below showed loss
of but II per cent
1t is important that milk should
be set only in tin vessels of good
quality. The cheap tin sold on five
and ten-cent counters is so thin a
wash that it is readily corroded to
the under metal, which gives ruin
Gus flavor to the milk if it sours in
the vessel at ALL Where used for
holding milk the tin should be of |
xxx grade. This is more durable,
sitter and less affected by the acid |
in sour milk.
In general, persons striving to
make a fine quality of butter should |
have cabinet creamer. In this the
milk may be kept to best advantage |
and properly protected from OBJ
jectionable odors and dirt. Bulletin
Purdue University Experiment Sta
ton.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
InhnitesImaI Varia ION.

Time is valuable, but one seldom
hears of much fuss being made over
the thirty-sixmillionth part of the
swing of pendulum. 1t has been
ascertained, however, that the pen
dulum in the Paris observatory
varies one-third of an oscillation in
10000 and a large sum of
money is to be expended in correct
ing the error.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
Viii Try for a Record.

Two Paris aeronauts are going to
try to beat the balloon record by re-
naming "a hours in the air. The
record is now held by NJ CASTOR
Tissandier, who in March, 1875,
made balloon journey of 20 hours
and 40 minutes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
One Mode Of EXECUTION.

The Chinese condemn criminals to
death by preventing sleep. Suffer
srs last from IL to 20 days, when
death comes to their relief.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
New Electric LIght oI0be.

Electric light globes are now
made with corrugations on one-half
and clear glass on the other half,
the corrugated side rejecting
through the plain glass.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
One Inch of Rain.

One inch of rain falling upon one
square mile is equivalent to about
1880, 900 gallons of water
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22
a True Saying.

First keep myself in peace, and
then thou shalt be able to paclfy
others. Thomas attempts.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-22

mocracy and true Democratic prin-
ciples will he continued successfully
in the future AS in the past. In spite
OF the expense involved in the inn
provemeDts noted, the price of the
Twice-a week Courier-Journal will re-
main same, 81 year. A feature dur
ing the coming year will be the edi-
torials of Mr. Henry Watterson on
political and other topics of the day.
Daily COurier-JOurnaI year, So
Daily and Sunday | year, 8
Sunday alone year. 2
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-09

In this cause it being made to appear to the court by affidavit of J. w Bush, attor- ney for complainants that the defendants, A. J. Norris, Ludwig Markert Phillip Mar kert Sophia Markert, Maria Markert, Jo- seph Markert Ignatz Markert, Tillie Schnei- der and Floreid Markert, Frank Markert, minors; Edward Markert, Geo. A. Markert, Franclska Refs and Marguerite Shadt minor, are non-residents of Alabama and that A. J. Norris and Phillip Markert re- sides in Fdgefield, in the State of South Carolina; Ludwig Markert resides in Still water, in the state of Minnesota; So- Markert reside in Croswallstadt, Germany; Ignatz Markert resides in New Market, in the state of Minnesota Tillie Schneider re sides in Albany in the state of Georgias and Edward Markert reside Tn Hawkins yille in the state of Georgia; Geo. A. Mar kert resides in Phanheim, Bavaria, Ger many Franciska Refs resides in Obenburg, Germany; and Margaret Snadt a minor, resides in Frankfort-on-the-M Main, Germany, and further, that in the belief of said affi- ant the defendants are of the age of 21 years, except Floreid Markert, Marguerite under q years of age, it is therefore ordered by the court, that publication be made in the Birmingham State-Herasd, a newspaper published in the city of Birmingham, Ala weeks, requiring them, the said A. J. Nor ris, Ludwig Markert, Phillip Markert, So- phia Markert, Maria Markert, Joseph Mar kert Ignatz Markert, Tille Schneider, and Edward Markert, Geo. A. Markert, Fran cska Refs and Marguerite Shadt a minor to answer or demur to the bill of complaint in this cause by the 26th day of July 1897, or in thirty days thereafter decree pro confesso may be taken against them.
 Done this the 18th day of June, 1897.
 THOMAS COBBS,
 6-26-1aw4w Chancellor.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-09
HOT WEATHER DYSPEPSIA.
Thousands Suffer From it at This Season
 of the Year

Thousands Suffer From it at This Season
 of the Year
 Hot weather dyspepsia may be recog- nized by the following symptoms: De- pression of spirits, heaviness and pain in the stomach after meals, loss of flesh and appetite, no desire for food, bad taste in the mouth especially in the morning, wind in stomach and bowels, irritable disposition nervous weakness, weaTiness, ,costiveness, headache. palpitation, l1eart- burn. It is amistake to treat such troub- les with "tonics," blood purifiers" "ca- thartics," pills" because the whole trouble is in the stomach. It is indiges- ton or dyspepsia and nothing else.
 ' All these symptoms rapidly disappear when the stomach is relieved, strength- ened and cleansed by Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets They should be taken after meals and few carried in the pocket to be used whenever any pain or distress is felt in the stomach. They are prepared only for stomach troubles.
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are endors- ed by such physicians as Dr. Haraldson, sDr Jennison and Dr. Mayer, because they contain the natural digestive acids and fruit essences which when taken into the stomach cause the prompt digestion of the food before it has had time to fer ment and sour, which is the cause of the mischief.
 Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are pIeas- snt to take and unequaled for invalids, children and every person afflicted with imperfect digestion. It is safe to say they will cure any form of stomach trou- yble except cancer of the stomach
 Nearly an druggists sell Stuart's Dys- pepsia Tablets, full size packages at 50 rents. A book on stomach troubles and thousands of testimonials sent free by addressing Stuart Co.,, Marshall, Mich.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-09

My nerves were all unstrung; could noi walk across the floor, and in gcing up- stairs I had to stop almost every step to collect my thoughts. Going downstairs was almost all inpossibiity as at every step it seemed as if I were walking on . air and would have to fall over. was attacked with fits about once week; at times would fall on the street. It was impossible for me to sleep to any extent, as I was subject to violent nervous spells I also was subject to illusions; thought somebody was going to kill me; that I was going to jump out of the window, and other things l had doctored with the best physicians. and to the last one paid about $1oo, but got no ,relief He said he did not think l would ever get better. As a last resort. l tried Munyon's physicians. and was told that I could be cured. That was about two months ago. Since then I have not had a nervous spell, I can sleep we'll have no more illusions, and, with the exception of A. slight pain in the back, am as well as ever was in my life"
 Munyon puts. up separate cure 1or each disease. At all druggiSts, mostly Zo cents a vial. Personal letters to Prof. Munvon, 1.505 Arch Street. Philadelphia. Pa, answered with free medical advica for any disease.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-09
Desk Fans $15.OO. Warrior Y Machine Works. Phone 042.
 Chace's City Band, East Lake, Sunday. Phil Memoli, Director. 4-28-tf
PRELIMINARY HEARING
Of Four White Men Charged With Nun der at Blossburg Being Held by
 Justice Benners.

In the circuit court room in the county court house the preliminary hearing of the case of the state vs. Tom Jones, Char ley Clark, Joe Williams and Jack Hol- lum, charged with murder, is being held by Justice l. H. BenneIs
 The defendants were arrested on war rants sworn out by a ne gro living a t Bloss burg, he having charged them with having killed Jim Thomas, the negro who was accused of having attempted a crim- inal assault on a white woman several days since, an account of which has al- ready appear red in these columns.
 The state is represented by Solicitor Charles Ferguson, Assistant Solicitor Hugh Morrow and MT. P. G. Bowman; the defendants by Messrs. J. T. Shugart and Felix Blackburn.