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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
A FAMOUS OLD LOCOMOTIVE
Fifty Years Ago 1t Made 7e Miles an
Hour.

One of the fastest of all English To-
comotives, the Cornwall, was built
nearly 80 years ago, and is still in
use. She was designed when the
now vanished broad gauge of seven
feet was in operation on the Great
Western railroad, during the famous
contest between that gauge and the
now standard gauge of feet 81
inches. "The Great Western"
broad gauge locomotive, had made
70 miles an hour, and thereby beaten
all records, and it was thought desir-
able to beat this on the narrow gauge.
hence the Cornwall, which was built
on a new plan. Like nearly all the
old-time English machines, the Corn
wall has only one pair of drivers.
They are eight feet six inches in di-
ameter, and, as originally built, the
boiler was swung below the axle,
not above, as is the universal prac-
tice now. This was done in order to
keep the center of gravity low, since
it was feared that otherwise the ma
chine would be top heavy and in
danger of overturning. On her trial
trip, the Cornwall made a record of
70 miles an hour, one mile an hour
better than anything her rival, the
Great Western, could do. Because
OF her great speed the Cornwall was
shown at the London worlds fair in
1851, but as the location of her boil
er was not approved, she failed to
take the prize. In 1863 the boiler was
taken out and new one put in, this
time above the axle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
When Royalty Mourns.

The most expensive item of prin-
cess dress allowance is, strangely
enough, that of mourning. Scarce
ly month passes but the royal fam
lily finds itself suddenly plunged in
complimentary, and sometimes deep,
mourning. To take but one instance,
the unexpected death of Prince
Henry of Battenberg caused
mourning orders to the extent Of
$4,000 to be sent out by various
members Of the royal family within
~ hours Of the sad news.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
WAR NEWS.
Il Is the Daily Journ rs Most Ex-
pensive Luxury.

Il 10 the Daily Journ rs Most Ex-
pensive Luxury.
Reporting a war is not alone ardu-
Gus and hazardous work for the war
correspondent; it is the daily news
papers most expensive form OF enter
prise. War news must travel by the
quickest possible agency. News
paper readers would not be content
now to wait three or four DAYS for de-
tails of Waterloo; and Crimean
campaign or an Indian mutiny re-
ported by the slow methods employed
during those historic events would
not do for the present generation,
says the London Mail.
Telegraphing must be employed in
these times on the most lavish scale.
Battle narratives must be served pip
ing hot. In the Franco-Prussian
war special train and special steam
er was the most enterprising speed
method devised by one distinguished
correspondent for getting himself
and his copy from Sedan to England.
War pictures by telegraph may be
said to have had their birth in the war
Of 1901. A young Irish doctor
an amateur in journalism-rode away
from the scene of the Napoleonic
debacle, through oil the risks of the
theater of war, over the Belgian
frontier, on to the nearest telegraph
office, possessed of adequate appli-
ances,' and narrated over the wires a
graphic story, which taught the news
papers the real art Of reporting war.
So that some years later, when the
sun went down over the historic bat
tlefeld of Isandlwana, in which the
prince imperial lost his life, it seemed
the proper course for Archibald
Forbes to ride off through all the long
hours of the night to telegraph sta
ton and cable a war narrative which
in vividness has not perhaps been ex-
celled since.
Telegraphing is but one of several
subdivisions of expense, but tele-
graphing is the prime duty of to-day.
From this point of view the Graeco-
Turkish war, though not what may
be termed of first Importance, hap
pened to take place in the most ex-
pensive European zone. AS we 90
east the cost of telegraphy increases.
At home press kilograms for publica-
ton are transmitted from any part
of the United Kingdom at rates which
work out to the average charge Of
Id for eight words. This scale would
make the telegraphic cost of close
column of the Daily Mail 16 s. But
les would not pay for eight lines of |
the Daily Mail from Larissa or Elias
soma.
From st. Petersburg or Moscow
kilograms cost SD per word. The
rate for kilograms from Turkey is GID
per word; from Greece I'd per word.
The post Office charge for transmit
ting from Larissa or Athens ,O0O
words-about column-would be
at I'd per word, Just ESQ.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
A Curious Deduction.

Nansen's discovery of deep water
in the Arctic ocean leads NJ. de Ian
parent to infer that the Antarctic
continent is of equal extent, and has
on it mountains of height CORE
spending to Nansen's ocean sound
ings. From this he goes on to de-
duce the theory that the earth is
top-shaped, and spins, with the
south pole for its point.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
CHAT NolR IS NO MORE.
Famous Restaurant Torn Down After
The Death of Sails.

the Deatn OF Saliss
Rodolphe Sails is dead, and the
Chat NOR, that curious place Of en-
tertainment which under his owner
ship gained an international fame,
has been pulled down. The Chat
Noir has become so famous that its
disappearance is an event to all who
have ever been in Paris, and to
many others besides. Perhaps its no
toriety had nothing to do with its
decadence, for if it had not de-
cayed the death of its owner would
not have been sufficient to drive it
out of existence.
Sails was known as the gentilhom-
me-cabaretier, or gentleman innkeep-
er. He was the son of well-to-do
distiller, and although not exactly
of noble lineage, he was man of edu-
cation and some literary taste He
certainly had more culture than is
necessary for the ordinary business
Of keeping a cafe. One of his tricks,
by the, way, was that of addressing
his customers as "monseigneur" or
"my lord"
The Chat Noir stood until recent
ly in the Rue Victor Masse, in the
Quarter Montmartre, a region in
habited by artists and many other
kinds of people having no relations
with fashionable society. Sails
prided himself on being citizen of
Montmartre and having no knowl-
edge Of the respectable or Philistine
quarters of Paris.
On the exterior the Chat Noir was
very Enthusiastically decorated, pre-
senting a mixture of antique features
with others that were entirely orig
inal The most striking feature
about it was large figure of black
cat, the animal which gave its name
to the establishment. This cat had
its tail erect and appeared to be suf-
fering from excitement of an intense
nature. The figure was stuck just
in the middle of the front of the
building. Inside the emblem of
the black cat appeared many times
and in many forms.
For many years Sails had attract
ed to his cafe singers, writer's, poets
and artists of all kinds. Many of
them have gained great regulations
in France, and even outside that
country.
Among those who entertained his
patrons was Aristide Bruant, who
writes and sings songs of the low life
of Paris that for blood-curdling re-
alism are unequaled by any compost
tons of the kind at the present day.
The well-known artists and men of
letters who have graduated from the
Chat Noir include Goudeau, Will
cite, MacNab, Alphonse Atlas,
Caran dAche, Capus, Braunt, Yer
Iaine, Maurice Donnay, Jules Jouy,
Georges Auriol, Marsolleau, Paul
Arene, Edward Harsucourt, Court
cline, Ponchon, Henri REVERE, Del
met, Meusy and Steinlen
When the Chat Noir became IA
nous Sails charged high prices for
omission to its concerts, which was
reasonable, but somewhat Philistine.
Lately he had serious disagreements
With some of his old associates.-San
francisco Examiner.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
MEMOIRS OF GREAT MEN.
A Branch of Literature Which Is Be-
coming Very Popular.

The number of public men who are
willing to write out for publication
their memories of men and affairs
seems to be on the increase, though
we hear occasionally of destinations
on the broad ground of public policy.
One publisher is said to have offered
the late Hannibal Hamlin a bonus of
100000 and large royalty if he
would write his recollections Of politi-
cal affairs, which went back to the
time of William Henry Harrison's adj
ministration, but Mr.. Hamlin, who
was a very secretive man, declined to
entertain the proposition. 1t is said
in publishing circles in New York
that President Harrison was guar
anteed as much as one years salary
as president if he would write a vol
ume containing his recollections and
his part in political affairs up to the
day of his leaving the presidency. 1t
seemed to him that such work would
not be a proper one to publish during
his lifetime, but it is the understand
ing of publishers that he will prepare
such a personal history to be printed
after his death.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE
Annals Of Savage Warfare Does Not
Produce His Equal.

Produce His Equal
If there is a natural fighter in all
the world superior to the northern
Cheyenne-the annals Of savage war
fare fail to produce him. Imagine
the most skillful Of horsemen, the
best Of shots, the most powerful, ply
sically, of all Indians; picture the
craft of the Apache, the cruelty of the
Sioux and dash and heroic courage
Such gs no other Indian ever showed
save perhaps the lroquois-imagine,
in short, an Indian who can fight in
ambush like red man and stand up
to his medicine in open field like
Wellington's squares at Waterloo,
and you have the northern Cheyenne.
ryThe Cheyenne is a product Of tho
red race which is sui generis. He
hasn't an equal. Ever since the
white man began to invade the wild
west he has been the tireless foe of
civilization and progress, the grim
and desperate adversary of the pio-
near and the railway builder. He has
git0n more trouble than any other
tribe excepting the Sioux, and
his numbers have never been large
enough to fill a good-sized theater to
uncomfortable proportions.
When the Cheyenne first began to
get particularly dangerous-along,
about 185O-it was stated that the
northern band numbered 900 and the
southern 1000. Since that time the
Cheyenne has been in almost innum-
cradle fights and forays. In 1862 Col.
Chivington wiped out a whole camp
of Cheyennes, killing perhaps 800 Of
the tribe. In 1866 Custer blotted
out 103 of them at Washita. In 1879
the northern Cheyennes, deported to
Indian territory, broke loose and 81
of Observation-Disclosures
near Fort Robinson. Yet at this
present day the tribe numbers over
i 200 in the northern band and 2, 100
in the southern.
Extinction, unless it be extinction
on the battlefield, cuts no figure with
the Cheyenne. In peace he multi
plies. There were Sc births and only
IL deaths among the northern tribe
last year.
The northern Cheyennes are SUI
perior to the southern or Oklahoma
band. They average six feet in
height, the character of their women |
is unimpeachable and they do not |
knew the meaning of fear. They are
proud and sullen, and only anxious
for opportunities to fight the white
man. If given pay for it they will
fight other Indians for the white man
with the utmost pleasure. During
the Sioux war of 1890 the Cheyenne |
scouts of Lieut. Casey were most val
udble allies.
The Cheyennes are Algonquins-
the same proud race which produced
Powhatan and Philip, Pontiac and
Tecumseh. When they first fought
their way from the east no chronol-
ogy teaches, but legend of the tribe
has it that they lived near Lake SUI
perior 200 years ago. Cheyenne"
was name given them by the French
noureurs du bois; they call them
selves "Chish-chish-chash. "-Chica-
90 News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
Culture Among Servants.

Advanced domestic servants who
read Carlyle, Ruskin, Darwin, Hux-
ley and Herbert Spencer have been
discovered by the Daily Telegraph in
London. 1t has also found cook
who took Latin prize at the Poly
technic, and housemaid who passed
a university extension geometry ex-
animation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
Paper for Bank Notes.

Bank Of England notes are made
tromnewwhite linen cuttings-never
from anything that has been worn.
So carefully is the paper prepared
that even the number Of dips into the
pulp made by each workman is regis
tered on a dial by machinery.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06

-Ostend is to have new docks, at
cost of Sl5,000,0O0. The Belgian
government viii share the expense
with the city.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
Camel as a scape Goat.

A very curious use to which the
camel is sometimes put among the
desert tribes is related by q distin-
guished traveller. He tells us that
he once saw one employed to appease
a quarrel between two parties, much
as the Escape goat" was used in the
religious rites of the Jewish people.
The camel was brought out and ac-
cused by both parties to the contro-
versy of all the injuries, real or inn
aginary, which they had suffered. All
the mischief that had been done they
laid upon the camel. They upbraid-
ed it with being the cause of the feud
which had separated friends, reviled
It with every opprobrious epithet, and
finally killed it, declaring themselves
reconciled over its body
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-30
AGREE TO ALLOTMENT.
Details OF the Treaty Negotiated with the
Creeks by the Dawes Commission.

Dt'hiiH VI tne treaty NeeOtlattU win the
Creeks by the Dawes Commission.
MuskoGEE, !. T., Sept. %. The
Dawes and Creek commissions, in Joint
session yesterday, concluded treaty
whereby the Creek Indians agree to
allotment and change in the form of
their government Townsites are to
be laid off where towns now exist and
residents can secure title to their town
property by the payment of 80 per
cent of an assessed valuation of their
lots, exclusive of improvements. Al
lotments of 1860 acres each are to be
made to every citizen, and all the resi-
due of Creek lands is to be held or sold
and the money held as fund to equal
lie the various allotments, the loca-
ton, condition of soil and fertility of
land to be taken into consideration by
the allotting agents Provision is made
for the setting aside of lands for school
and church purposes No recognition
is given to either coal, coal OF or graz
ing or mineral leases Of any kind The
new treaty meets the approval of the
Indians, but will be fought by all
those owning town property or having
mineral or grazing franchises in the
nation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-30
NEWS NOTES.

The Missouri Broom Manufacturing
Co., doing business in the state prison
at Jefferson City, has gone into the
hands of trustee.
Fifteen joints and miscellaneous
assortment of gambling institutions
were raided at Topeka, Kan. by the
sheriff. Two wagons were kept busy
hauling fixtures, including bars, mir
rors and crap tables.
A broken axle on an outbound Wa
bash freight train caused a wreck one
mile from Liberty, Mo-, last night.
Five cars were thrown into the ditch
and badly damaged. The wreck was
cleared inside Of two hours. No one
was injured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-30
A CLEVER Ruse.
How = Convict Worked His Way Out Of the
kanaaa Psnitentiary.

kansas psnitentiary.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept 90 Homer A.
Call, a convict, has been released from
the penitentiary-given an uncondi-
tional pardon by Gov. Leedy. Call was
sent up from Labette county for a
term of IS years for assault upon Laura
liavely, girl under is years old. A
week ago Call wrote Gov Leedy and
told him that be had taken the girl to
Missouri and was properly married
there. He stated that upon his return
the brother Of the girl prosecuted him
maIiciously and had him convicted.
Gov. Leedy wrote Call and told him
that II he would send for the girl
and marry her at the peniten-
tiary he won Id pardon him. Call
agreed to this, and a few days ago a
girl appeared at the penitentiary and
said her name was IIavely. She asked
for Call and the two went before Chap
lain Balleau and were married. Calls
pardon arrived from the governor the
next day and he was free. Since the
marriage it has developed that the
woman who appeared at the peniten-
tiary was not Miss Ilavely at all, but
an imposter. Miss Havcly's brother
has written State Auditor Morris that
his sister is in Texas, and has not been
away from her home; that she is to be
married in a few days to a Texas man.
Call, however, is free, and he cannot
again be placed in Jail, as he was I'M
conditionally pardoned.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-30
MONETARY MATTERS
The Commission Preparing for thu
Work Before Them.
A COROyE1 OF GOLD FOR mrs. EDDY.
Present from IA ,sas City Admirers
Liberia No Condemnation Of
MOther.-Malt Trust.

WASHINGTON, Sept a9.-The mem
bers of the monetary commission are
holding daily sessions at the Arlington
hotel, laying out the programme for
the work that is before them, Their
discussions are informal, but within a
few days they expect to BE- able to an.
nounce the subcommittee which will
have charge of the various branches of
the investigation to be made. There
will be three of these subcommittee
-one on gold and silver, which will
investigate the subject of our basic
money, the extent of the use Of silver,
etc; one on United States notes, which
will investigate the several classes of
outstanding United States notes, the
ACCESSIBILITY of retiring the green
backs, etc, and one on banking, the
duty of which will be to consider and
formulate banking scheme which
will meet the demands and require.
mcnts of the country. As the discus
sion has proceeded the members re-
alize the wide scope of the investiga.
ton upon which they are entering and
are beginning to doubt their ability to
complete their labors ami submit their
report before congress assemblies.
A CoRoNET OF GOLD FOR MRS EDDY
BosToN, Sept. 29.-Mrs Mary Baker
Eddy, the famous founder and present
leader of the Christian science cult
and the author OF 'Sci.ace and
HEALTH was crowned yesterday by
her Kansas City disciples. At her rus
tic retreat at Concord. n. H.. she re.
ceived by express remarkable and
costly token of the love and respect
in which she is held in Missouri. The
gift is a magnificent coronet of gold,
beautifully chased and nlaid with en-
amel and incrusted with precious gems
LIBERIA NO GOOD.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. ~ -Otley Waite
and five children and q. W. Farmer
and wife, all colored, who belong to a
party of 3l5 emigrants who left Savan.
nah for Liberia by the steamer Labra.
dor in March, 1896. have inst arrived
here from Liberia. rhe Farmers are
destitute and the Waites have only
enough money to enable them to reach
the United States. All tine adult mem.
bers of the party described the condi.
ton of those whom they left in Liberia
as being most pitiable.
CONVENTION OF MOTHERS.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. The fourth an
nual convention of mothers convened
Yesterday. The attendance was much
larger than at any previous conven.
ton. In the audience were about a
dozen men. Mrs. ]. N. Grouse called
the meeting to order and announced
Mature Study" and methods of open
ing the child's eyes to the beauties of
nature, the subject of the session.
MALT TRUST INCORPORATED.
TRENTON, N. D., Sept. 80. The Amer.
lean Mailing Co., organized to manu-.
facture and deal in malt, with an an,
thorized capital Of 100000, 900, was in
here yesterday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-30
WATER FOR CROPS.
The National Irrigation Congress-
Meets In Annual Session.
JUDGE EMERY MAKES An ADDRESS.
chairman Moses, Of the National Executive
Committee, Gives u Resume Of the Ir-
rigatiOn Work for the Year-The
! Delegates Enthusiastic.

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 29.--Dcegates
to the National Irrigation congress
which began its sixth annual session
yesterday, made record for industry
in disposing of work on hand and set
ting pace for more elaborate pro-
ceedngs to follow. The initial session
and afternoon was marked by an over.
flow of enthusiasm on the part of the
participants and visitors. Addresses
by such men as Judge Emery, of Kan
sas. +. r. Moses, of the same state,
and Assistant Land Commissioner
Best, of Washington, did not fail to
awaken interest in the movements
they championed and the sentiments
they expressed were applauded and
echoed by local speakers, whose inter
est in irrigation projects is reaching
the point entertained by districts
where the enterprise is no longer in
its infancy.
1t was two p. IN. when President
Booth called the congress to order
in assembly hall of the University
OF Nebraska. On the PLATFORM be-
sides officers of the congress. were
Gov. Ilolcomb, Mayor Graham and
Chancellor MacI.can, of the university.
Rev. j. G. Mailley Offered prayer.
Chairman Of the National Committee
Moses announced the secretaries and
Secretary lleintz read the call for the
meeting of the convention. President
Booth introduced Gov. IIolcomb, who
welcomed the delegates in an address
of some length. Chancellor MacLean,
of the University of Nebraska, second
ed on behalf of the educational inter-
ests Of the state the welcome of the
governor
On behalf of the congress, Judge j.
$, Emery, Of Lawrence. Kan, with an
international reputation as an author
ity on irrigational subjects, responded
to the addresses of welcome. His
speech was happy mixture of humor
and an exposition of the question
which called the congress together.
80 deep and abiding was his faith in
irrigation for soil culture, said Judge
Emery, that he, with other Kansans,
had come to regard that system OF
farm moisture as the natural one, and
rainfall as the secondary element.
The virgin soil was the source of all
wealth, and when the people learned
so to regard 1t, and by scientific means
aided nature in supplying the deficient
moisture, it would mean regeneration
not only Of the west, but of the sister
hood of states.
President Booth, after announcing
various committees, addressed himself
to the convention proper in carefully
prepared paper Il. H. Moses, of Great
Bend, Kan, chairman of the national
executive committee, gave a resume of
the irrigation work for the year At
night the members of the congress
were rendered an informal reception
at the capitol building by Gov. IIol-
comb, other state officers and Lincoln
citizens.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-30

His name was received by the dele
gates and spectators with jeers and
Kisses. and jacob Worth, the leader Of
the opposition to Senator Platt, wa,
cried down when he essayed to present
Lows name, None of the defeated
Low men, however, express an inten-
ton to bolt the regular ticket. The
st. Louis platform was indorsed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-30
NOT FRIENDLY TO GOURLEY
The Hypnotic" Evangelist Receives Rough
Treatment firm, 4 owran,a pan,Ia

The "Hypnotic" Evangelist Receives Rough
Treatment from Lawrence People.
LAWRENCE, Kan, Sept. cd. H.
Gourley, the hypnotic" preacher, did
not heed the warning of 300 indignant
citizens Monday night, when they cut
down his tent and told him to leave
town. Last night he opened meeting
again, the sheriff and a posse being
present to preserve order. Every
thing went smoothly until several
girls fell under the hypnotic preach
er's influence, when suddenly 500 men
marched into the tent. Down came
the tent, which was soon torn into
shreds the people getting out unin-
jured. Mr.. Gourley has been warned
that he will receive a robe of tar and
feathers next,