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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-29
THE CONTRACT.
An Interesting Document Filed in Com
mon Pleas Court.

mon Pleas Court
A Mrs. Cohen appeared in Cleve-
land short time ago in search of her
husband, who, she says, deserted her
in London about nine years ago.
Isaac Cohen was picked out as the
derelict husband Mrs. Cohen says
that Cohen has not acted in accord
ance with the promises he made in
London in 1888, when the covenant
of marriage was entered into, as she
claims. An abstract of the covenant
Of marriage which the plaintiff in the
proceedings recently begun has in her
possession san interesting document.
The diverse side is printed in He
brew and on the reverse side is the
following:
Con the fourth day Of the week,
the twenty-third day of the month
Shebat, in the year 5643, a. m, cor
responding to the 3lst of January.
1883, the holy covenant Of marriage
was entered into in London, between
the bridegroom, Isaac Cohen, and his
bride, Rose Simmons.
''1'he said bridegroom made the
following declaration to his bride:
BE thou my wife according to
the law Of Moses and Of Israel. |
faithfully promise that | will be IA
true husband unto thee. | will honor
and cherish thee; will work for thee;
| will protect and support thee, and
will provide all tiMt is necessary for
thy due sustenancc, even as it be-
seemeth ii Jewish husband to do. |
also take upon myself all such fur
Their obligations for thy maintenance,
during thy lifetime, as is prescribed
by our religious statute
"And the said bride has plighted
her troth unto him, III affection and
sincerity, and has thus taken upon
herself the ful6llment Of all the du-
ties incumbent upon Jewish wife.
"This covenant of marriage was
duly executed and witnessed this day,
according to the usage Of Israel. -
Cleveland Leader.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-29
Very Pretty.

South American lovers have a
pretty custom. 1t is well known that
when the petals of the great laurel
magnolia are touched, however light
ly, the result is a brown spot, which
develops in a few hours. The fact is
taken advantage Of by the lover, who
pulls magnolia flower, and on one of
its pure, white petals writes motto
or message with hard, sharp-pointed
pencil Then he sends the flower,
the young lady puts it in a vase Of
water, and in three or four hours the
message written on the leaf becomes
quite visible and remains so.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-29
Jolly HOUSE PARTY.



/ think both the shacks and their
owners are at their very best when a
louse party is on. The shacks, to be-
gin with, writes Able Carter Good
oe, in Scribner's, are pretelnatural-
y clean, and the young Englishmen
most extraordinarily polite aud agree
able They do things ON a large scale
ut these house parties. When the
six or eight EngGshmen who consti-
'tute a crack polo team, and who for
tunately have neighboring shacks,
invite 80 people with their traps and
tents and servants, and two other
crack polo teams with 30 or 40 polo
ponies, besides the horses they ride or
drive and the half-breeds who bring
the ponies and the Indians who al
ways turn up, and when one reflects
that all these people and horses are to
stay for two days and that the shacks
are 10 miles from a railroad and 35
miles from the nearest town and pro-
visions and great many necessities,
one is divided between admiration
for their hospitality and distress at
all the trouble one is inevitably Civ
ing them. And when, as happened
in our case, a regular blizzard came
up and all the 80 people and ponies
and dogs and traps had to stay over
"a hours longer than they had been
expected to stay, we wondered that
the young Enghshmen did not rise
in body and politely invite us to go
anyway. But they did nothing Of
the kind. Their politeness was more
than equal to the test, and so they
killed another steer and cheerfully
continued to help wash innumerable
coffee cups and plates and glasses and
invented amusing games for lis. Of
course, the majority of the so people
had to camp near the shacks, as it
was impossible toulouse them all, and
it was most delightful and unique
sensation to sit back comfortably in
your trap, which had been drawn up
to the camping ground, and watch a
genial young Englishman take out
the horses aud send them to the stable,
while several other equally agreeable
young men ran up your bell tent and
arranged your trunks and put up
stove and hung mirror to the tent
pole and pitchforIled sweet, fresh hay
into corner for bed and spread
down the buffalo robes and blankets
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AFTER SAYING YES"

From the Swedish of Anna wahlenberg.
Down the long lane which led from
the park to the villa hurried a young
girl with flushed cheeks. Not till she
had entered the garden Of her home
did she slacken her pace, and instead
Of going up on the veranda she crept
through the shrubbery, elise, Elise"
she whispered to herself, "what have
you done?"
She had promised herself for life to
a man whom she had met only a few
days before. These days had passed
like a dream, in Jest and laughter,
without another thought than the
pleasure Of the moment To be sure
she had suspected how it might end,
but not that it should happen so soon.
And not till the promised word was
spoken did she awaken out of her
dream.
Just now, when he drew her arm
more closely to him, and whispered in
her ear that they would be married
before the year was out, she felt the
blood grow cold in her veins, and the
man who walked beside her seemed
all at once like any stranger she might
pass on the street.
And as she sat there asking her
self what she knew of him and why
she liked him she could answer moth
ing And when she examined her
heart she found it as empty and cold
as if no warm feelings had ever stirred
it. But her cheeks burned hotter and
redder, until she went into the house
to Join the others, so that she might
escape from herself and her thoughts.
The drawing-room clock licked
harder than usual that afternoon, and
Elise kept looking up'from her work
to notice how the hands flew. 1t
would soon strike six. But just be-
fore the stroke she cast her embroid-
cry away from her, sprang up and
rushed out without answering her
mothers astonished questions.
Only few steps beyond the garden
she met him. He was punctual to the
minute, and beamed with Joy because
she came out to meet him. But when
she passed the gate and proposed to
him a walk a little further he looked
at her in surprise She did not appear
very anxious to introduce her lover
to her family.
Elise hastily led the way across the
field and up the hill. She threw her
self down on a messy stone under the
spruces, and he stretched himself on
the heather beside her. The stone
did not make room for him.
care you very sure" she began,
care you really, really sure that you
love me"
At first he looked serious, but then
burst out laughing in his bright, jolly
way.
"Sure Of it? But there is surely no
one who has forced me to say It'll"
'No. But you don't know me.
What is it about me you love%
Everything" He loved the folds
of her dress He loved the flower she
wore on her breast, and he did not
understand that under each question
to him lay a question to herself;
What is it love in him?"
But why should she be the only one
to doubt and worry? And so to dis
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-29
CIRCUIT COURT DIRECTORY

TRIes.-First Monday in February-term
three weeks third Monday in May-term two
weeks; first Monday in September-term three
weeks.
HRIsTIAN Fourth Monday in February
Germ six weeks: First Monday in June-teln
four weeks nth Monday in September
term six week.
CALLowAY.-SecondM Monday in April-term
three weeks First Monday in August-term
Two weeks: Second Monday in November
term three weeks.
LYoN.-First Monday in May-term two
weeKS; first Monday in August-term two
weeks; first Monday in September term two
weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-29
Modern Dainties.
garment

Many of the fruits and vegetables
now eaten in England were almost
unknown to our forefathers. Not un-
til Henry WIS time we're either rasp-
berries, or strawberries, or cherries
grown in England. ard we dc not read
of the turnip, caulAower and ounce
being cultivated before the sixteenth
century, or the carrot before the sew
pnteenth century
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-29
An Immense Farm.

The largest farm in this country,
probably in the world, is in Loui-
siana. 1t extends 100 miles east and
west. 1t contained, at the time of its
purchase by a syndicate of northern
capitalists, 100000 acres. The
fencing is said to have cost $4,000.
The Southern Pacific railroad runs
for SO miles through the farm.
The wise man never has a great
head on his shoulders the next morn
ing. Chicago News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-29

ANDREW SARGENT, NJ. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Hopkinsvlle, KY.
Office fifth and Main streets, opposite City
Court Room
Telephone Office 1913. Residence 53-4.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-29
A FRleNp oE LoNo Acc.

In the attic. neglected and covered with
dust.
Midst old boxes and other things careless
~ thrust
There rests. at the end Of his glorious
course.
what is left Of our thoroughbred, bold
rocking-horse.
or his head and his legs and his rockers be-
reft
The skin-covered body Is all That IS left
OF the beauty that one Chriatfnas dazzleu
my Wow.
As nonderrd how he and OLD santa Claus
too.
Ever came down that chimney SO murky
and small
A problem never could fa'hom at all.
All. he was horse. though No young
Ever rode on mis- charger so fast and 50
FAR
Az on that uoble high-spiritcd steed.
That ncvr once failed at the moment Of
need
Aud an of nv brothers. win reins taut or
slack.
Through all manner OF dangers rode safe
on his back.
Adventures we've had under every cline.
Nor have we been bound by he limits Of
with Marions men in the thick Of the
night
We have charged on the British and put
them 10 night
Where thousands Of cannons have volleyd
and Numbered.
We boldly charged with the gallant Six
Hundred;
We have hunted the bunaloes over the
plains
with Indians fought and never been slain;
1tbpttnb 10 nd vyfld &c 10 g1pul,a N e
lair.
We often have followed and captured him
there:
And we always were eager and forward to
press
To snccor unfortunate maids in distress.
How it pains me to think OF that heautys
decay
AS his bright eyes fell out and his name
fell away.
Yet still he was hearty and active and hale
Soon after his ruin was almost complete.
From that he kept sinking stnl faster and
faster,
Till the loss OF his head was his final dis
astcr.
Then, the day Of his beauty and usefulness
To the gloom Of the attic he vanished at
last.
The boys are grown up. we are all of us
men.
But sometimes l wonder IL ever again
We can find any other at all to compare
With the steed that in fancy we rode every
where.
Edmund r. Terry. in Youths Companion
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-29
An Infallible Sign.

GLOW do you know that his love
dream is over"
because | heard him tell Hetty,
as they left church last night, that he
knew a shorter way Of reaching her
home than the route they had been
taking.-Detroit Free Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-29
Tales From Town 'fODiCS

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JJne, September ana Decembei
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The Short f. Inc

W. A. KELLoND, A. G, p, A. Louisville, Ky.
A. II. HANSON G. P. A.. Chicago, Ill,
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-31

asked to see the marshal, and he will
inform you"
come at that hour"
ut is safe, and it would be safer
still if you stayed here till then. The
are everywhere, and M. de Gomeron
will guarantee your protection here
Il am deeply grateful" The count
bowed slightly, a faint tone of irony in
his voice. Then you agree?"
Yes
This being so, perhaps you had bet
ter go over these notes, that you may
be in a position to exactly understand
what we can do; our terms, of course
are as before, but we will require
moray, and that al once"
But large advances have already
been made" objected the Italian.
They are gone" said Latin.
"How? Nothing has been done; and
both Velasco and Savoy are unwilling
to throw more money into the business
unless some action is taken. How has
the money gomez"
1T is gone, and there is an end OF
it" exclaimed Latin, sullenly. "As for
the action you wish taken, you have
Very Welll Until then, monsieur, we
will not discuss this point further
The voices dropped again after this,
and they began to pore over the papers
and a map that the free lance had
spread before him, making an OCCASION
al remark, which | did not follow. But
L had heard enough to be convinced
that the plot of Anet was still in full
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-31

1t was narrow business, and it was
we'll 1 had tried the strength Of the
cord again. [ looked out from the
window cautiously to see if the noise
had attracted any attention, and
found, to my satisfaction, that it had
not. After allowing little time to
elapse, so as to be on the safe side.
[ attempted to throw the looped end 1
had made to the ladder so that it
might fall over the parapet, between
tive embrasures, but discovered, after
half dozen casts, that this was not
feasible from where I stood Then 1
bethought me of my boyhood's train
ing amongst the cliffs that overhung
the bay of Auriac, and, stepping out on
to the ledge of the window, managed,
with an effort to hold onto the stump
J. of the gargoyle with one. hand, and bal
ancing myself carefully, for a slip
meant instant death, flung the loop
once more. and had the satisfaction
Of seeing it fall as desired. Without
any further hesitation I put my foot
on the rungs and in minute more was
lying on my face behind the parapet,
and thanking God [ had made the eff
fort, for before me was large sky
light, half open, from which I could
command view Of the interior Of
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Life at tbe NORTH Pole.
Chat With Gen. A W. Greely About the Arctic REGION.

Copyrighted, 1897. by Frank G. Carpenter)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct 2S.-All
the forces of exploration are being
massed for the icy north. The pro-
ceeds of Nansen's lectures in this coun-
try will so into a new expedition to
reach the north pole. Lieut.. Peary has
his fund of $150,0O0 made up, and is
making his arrangements to start on
f1ve-years' race from Northern Green
land. Wellman, the newspaper man,
has 100 dogs in training in Norway, and
his expedition will be ready to start
in the spring In the meantime the
man who has perhaps done more than
any other now living to increase our
knowledge of polar matters is working
away quietly here at Washington, at
tending to his official duties at the
war department and devoting his lei
sure to writing books on a variety of
subjects. 1 refer to Gen. A. W. Greely,
whose party made the land point far
thest north that has vet been attain
ed. Nansen drifted nearer the pole,
but he was upon the water, and for
practical results his observations are
of little value. For three long years
Gen. Greely lived aim \st under the
shadow of the pole; if, J Iced, the pole
can cast a shadow. SUI unded by ice
ard snow he studied polar conditions
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-31

anna polar surroundings He had the
1lnest scientific instruments. His library
contained the best works of former ex-
Plofers, and his knowledge of the Arc
TIC regions was soaked into him. as If
We're In such way that today his au-
thoflty upon polar matters is unsur-
passed
HOW GREELY SUFFERED.
Gen. Greedy is now fifty-three Years
OF age. He is tall, straight and fine
looking, his black beard and hair lust
beginning to show their first gray
strands Looking at him you would
not imagine that he had gone through
some OF the most terrible experiences
known to man. He was thirty-seven
When he was started for the pole to be
gone Two years. He went with the un-
oerstanding that he was TO be relieved
al that time, and he took with him onIv
stores for twenty-seven months. The
TWO years ended and no expedition
came Greely's stores We're about used
up and still no expedition The partv
then started southwark to find a place
Tor winter quarters until the following
summer could bring a snip. They drift
| ed IN the Arctic waters of Smiths
sound for thirty days on an ice foe
ana when they went into camp at Cane
| Saplne they had only six weeks nro
| visions to last them for six months
| AS time went on their rations got lower
and lower. They soon became so small
that only the hardest could survive
There were twenty-five in the partv
when they sailed from st. John in 1881
only seven were left when they were
rescued by Capt. Schley in 1883. and
these seven were so far gone that had
SchIey arrived two days later all would
have been dead. During their last days
the men lived by boiling their seal
skin boots and clothing They ate
moss and shrimps, and of these were
allowed only enough to sustain life.
The diary of that starving time has
been given to the world, and Gen.
Greely has told how his men died one
after another, and how one Of them
had to be shot by his order in order
tc save the lives of the rest.
met Gen. Greedy in the library Of
the war department yesterday. The
subject of Peary's new scheme came
| up, and I asked Gen. Greedy as to
| Nhether a white man could stand five
| '>SNA VI al CllC exposure, saying that L
| supposed he would be less able to re-
| sists the intense cold from year to year
Gen. Greely replied:
Five years is a long time on the
shores Of the Arctic ocean, but 1 think
man could stand it that long, al
though l believe he would be able to
do less work as time went on. We
| were no SO strong the second year as
we were the first. Still we had learned
now to use our energy better by the
experiences of the first year, and
through that knowledge were able to
do quite as much the second and the
third years of our stay as at the begin
ming. From the point of experiences
Lieut.. Peary's fourth and fifth years
might be worth quite as much as his
first and second
Were you able to work all the time
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went back to the turret. There spent
good hour or so in re-examining it.,
and splicing one or two parts that
seemed tri1e weak, at the same time
keeping wary eye on who passed and
repassed the street, without, however,
discovering anything to attract atten
ton. Finally the woman brought up
my dinner, and managed to eat after
fashion. but made more play with
the Beaugency, which was mild and Of
a good vintage. When the table was
cleared I sat still for about half an
hour or so, playing with my glass, and
then rising saw that my door was Sc
curely fastened in such manner that
no one could effect an entrance, eX-
cept by bursting the lock. This being
done I removed mysboots, and unslung
my sword, keeping my pistols, how
ever. in my belt, and after a good
look around to see that no one was
observing me,managed to loop the lad
der round the gargoyle, and then test
ed it once more with long pull. The
silk held well enough, but the stone
work Of the gargoyle gave and fell with
heavy crash into the fosse below.
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osity by spying what was about I
dismissed the matter.
After allowing little time to elapse
I descended to the shop and began
carelessly running my eyes. over the
miscellaneous collection of articles
therein. ; The fence followed me about,
now recommending this thing and now
that. At last I saw what looked to be
ball of rope lying in a corner and
covered with dust.
What is that?" I inquired, touch
ing it with the point of my sword.
The man stopped without word,
and picking it up, busted it carefully;
then he unrolled a ladder of silken
cord, about twelve or fifteen feet in
length.
"This, captain,' he said, swinging it
backward and forward, belonged not
so long ago to M. de Bellievre, though
you may not believe me-"
L have no doubt you are speaking
the truth, but it seems rather weak"
"On the contrary, monsieur, will you
test 1t and see.''
We managed to do this by means
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of two hooks that were slung from a
beam above US, in a manner to satisfy
me that the ladder was sufficient to
bear double my weight; and then, as
if content with this, [ flung it aside.
"Will not monsieur take it?" asked
the man; it is cheap.
1T is. good enough" I answered, If
I had a business on hand; but at pres
ent l am waiting"
eff monsieur has leisure, I might be
able to give him a hint that would
be worth something in crowns"
"I am lazy when in luck, compere.
No, I will not take the ladder"
'It may come in useful, though, and
will occupy but a small space in mor-
sieurs rooms;" and, seeing that I ap-
peared to waver, shall 1 take it up?
1 will let it go for 10 crowns
Five crowns or nothing" L said
firmly.
But it is of the finest silk"
"T do not want to buy. You can
take my price or leave it,"
Very we'll, then, monsieur thanks,
and I will take it up myself"
You need not trouble. L am going
up and will take it with me-
With these words I took the ladder
folded in long loops in my hands and