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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-01
SIC and WeIght OF JupIter.

The diameter of Jupiter is about
$4,000 miles, OF nearly IL times that
of the earth. Its volume is 1888
times that Of the earth; but owing
to its being Of less density, its mass
Of weight is but 800 times the earth's.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-01
Adulterated Tobacco.

The London Lancet says that the rea~
son English smoking tobacco is so high
ly scented is because it is adulterated
with the following substances: Orris
root Tonquin bean, juniper berries,
coriander seeds, storax, cascarilla bark.
angelica root, cinnamon blossoms, bad
lana cloves, saltpeter. cassia, glycerin,
rosewood, sugar, bay leaves, green
oranges, oil OF lemon, amber, vanilla,
bergumot, nutmeg balsam, cardamons,
cubebs, sassafras. galangal, calamuE
root, licorice root. walnut leaves, etc.
1T is 900 years since the fork made
It's appearance in Europe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-01

and for the pleasure of carrying out
what, in Mr.. Eddy's hands, becomes
more than hobby, attaining the pro-
portions of serious scientific expert
Iuent EARL MAGO.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13
A HEROIC EXAMPLE
How = French Omcer BrAved the Infection
OF Cholera

How = French Omcer BrAved the Infection
OF Cholera-
Exposure to the fire of an enemy is
not the only form of bravery which an
officer or a soldier may be called upon
to show. Not long ago the French
papers chronicled the death of Lieut.
Col Azan, of the army, of infectious
pneumonia contracted while visiting q
military hospital where there were
cases of this disease, and encouraging
the men. In connection with this case,
the exploit of Col. Gardarens, of the
sixth regiment of the line, also in the
French army, is recalled.
During one of the Algerian cam
paigns, when the position of the
French troops was somewhat precari-
Gus, some cases of cholera appeared in
the regiment. They were all in one
mess. A feeling of panic spread among
the men, which it was necessary to al
lay in some way, in order to prevent a
disaster.
At that time the fact was not fully
known that cholera is communicated
wholly through the food and drink,
and is in no other way contagious ;"
But Col. Gardarens had reason to be-
Geve that it was not infectious in the
ordinary sense.
One evening a man had died of 'chol-
era in the quarters and lay dead on his
bed The men had fed from the vicin-
ity in CONSERVATION. The colonel or
dered them to follow him to the pres
ence of the victim Of cholera and they
obeyed.
With his own hands he lifted the
dead man from his bed and had the
body removed. sNow 1 will show
you," he said, chat cholera is not in
fictitious I shall pass the night on this
mans bed"
He did so. Not only did he crawl
into the dead soldiers bed, without
any change of the clothing, but the
wondering soldiers heard him snoring
TRANQUILITY through the hours of the
night. In the morning he rose, dressed,
gave the military salute and departed,
having evidently rested well.
Whatever the soldiers may have
thought, they were debarred by this
example from showing any further
signs of panic. youths Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13


The Emperor Nero had good many
faults, among them being that of van
ity. He has gained the reputation OF
cruelty largely on account of the fact
that he insisted upon appearing in pub
lie as an amateur actor. His ambition,
however, was to play the fiddle before
large popular audience, but for a
time no suitable opportunity arose.
At last, in the tenth year of his reign,
Rome was almost entirely destroyed
by fire, and the whole population was
out in the streets. ''At last he said,
my chance has come" And he sailed
forth with his fiddle in one hand and
an original composition in the other.
Having seated himself on the top Of a
pile of smoldering ruins, he struck
up a nocturne in II sharps and five
flats But the people did not seem to
be pleased. Don't look veXed," he
called out. 81 am not unfeeling, but
have always understood that when
there has been a fire the best thing
that can be done is to play on the
ruins. Judy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY held his first
regular cabinet meeting at IL o'clock
on the 9th. 1t is said he intends to
make practice of holding conferences
with his official advisers twice a week,
on Tuesday and Friday.
ONE hundred and five bodies were re-
covered up to the 9th from the San
Francisco mine near Sombrerete, Mex,
and 65 miners were said to be still
missing. Nearly all the bodies recov-
cred We're so burned as to be unrecog-
nizable.
WHILE Taylor Stivers and John
Bailey were working in a mine at Alta
mont, Ky, on the 9th large piece of
slate fell upon them and their bodies
had to be mined out.
A MEXICAN woman, named Luz San
tos Rodriguez, and her three daughters
were drowned in a lagoon about 20
miles from Brownsville, Tex. One of
the girls went in to battle and got be-
yond her depth and the others tried to
save her and all were drowned.
FINANCIAL distress is said to be most
acute throughout Cuba Famine is
ravaging the small towns of the prov
inces of Pinars del Rio, Havana and
Matanzas and smallpox is also in
creasing at an alarming rate and most
of the victims die.
"A SPECIAL from w dSn1nQCOn TO Cn6
New York Herald on the 9th said that
President Mckinley was emphasizing
his earnest desire for the prompt rati-
fcation of the general arbitrat ion
treaty by personal appeals to his
friends in the senate.
A ROLLING mill in the yard of the
Dupont powder works at Wilmington,
Del, blew up on the 9th. The build
ing was destroyed and James Walker
!. was killed.
FIRE started at the Be1videre apart
ment house at Chicago on the after
noon of the 9th and Quilted the third
and fourth floors and caused a total
loss of $4,000; fully covered by in
surance. Many of the tenants had
narrow escapes
THE government of Sweden has noti-
fed the Canadian government that
Prof. Andrae will start from Stock
holm about the end of June in search
of the north pole and requests that in
structions be given to report the bal
loon if sighted.
AT meeting of the Miners union at
Leadville, Col, on the 9th it was de-
cided to declare the strike off. The
strike has lasted nearly nine months
and has cost the camp fully 81, 900, 900,
besides the money contributed by SYM
pathizers-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13
WHAT "a sruPENpoUs LIE.

We hear a farmer say when he reads
that John BREEDER, Mishicott, Wis.,
grew 173 bushels of Salzer's Silver
King Barley per acre in 1896. Don't
you believe it? just write him! You
see Salzer's seeds are bred up to big
yields. And Oats 23O bushels, corn 260,
Wheat 60 bushels, Potatoes 1,6oo BUSH
els, Grasses 6 tons per acre, ETC., etc.
5000 FOR 10 CENTS
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10 CENTS
stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, and get IL farm seed SAM
pies, worth $40, to get start. Xxi
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13
whv Hand Orrans Vanish.

Philanthropist-Yo is the first
hand organ have seen for some weeks.
Got too cold Tor them, suppose.
Organist-Eet ees SO, Signor. Zee
peoples keepa windows shut and notta
paw us to nova on.-N. Y. Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

'sWhy. frankie, what are you read
ing in that book about bringing up
children?''
ssPm just looking to see whether I'm
being properly brought up."-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

Mrs. HENRY WARD BEECHER, widow
of the noted divine. died at Stamford,
Conn.,, on the Sth, aged 81.
By the upsetting of a lamp the home
of Elihu Reed, at Bivalve, n. J., with
its contents, was completely destroyed
by fire and his four>year-old daughter
burned to death.
ELLA PARKER, aged IS, and her
brother Robert, aged IL, were struck
by a train and killed while they were
on a trestle near Terre Haute, Ind,
watching the high water of the Wa
bash river.
Two Swedes, named Carl Nelson and
John Carson, We're driving on the rail-
road track at Altoona, Ill, in buggy
when they were struck by train and
fatally injured.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DIR. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

AUDITOR FRANK BORST and eX-IreaS-
urer r. H Sawvel were sentenced at
Butler, Ind, on the sth to five years
imprisonment for the embezzlement of
DeKalb county funds
AT the Mill Haven Co. IS works at Gar
nett, Ga, about 20 of the employees
quarreled during a game of cards and
the whole party used their revO1vers.
One man was killed and five others
were wounded.
WHILE Orlando Howe, of Little Rock,
Ark, and his two sons We're wallxing
along the track to go to Stillwen. Mo-,
train struck them and two of them
were instantly killed and one of the
boys fatally injured.
I JAMES POWERS, a cabman at Chicago,
shot and killed his wife and then fatal
ly shot himself. jealousy was sup
posed to have been tho cause.
MOST of the big business places in
Mapleton, Pa, were destroyed by fire
on the night of the Sth, entailing a
loss of $4,000
Col. JOHN HENDERSON, general coun-
sci of the Florida Central g. Peninsula
railroad, was appointed by Gov. Blox-
ham, of Florida, to the place in the
United States senate left vacant by the
expiration of Senator Calls term. The
legislature will choose a regular sue
cessor next month.
A TREMENDOUS rainfall in Alabama
on the 9Th did great damage. In the
interior of the state hundreds of bridges
were swept away and considerable
havoc wrought to crops
d. N BoATEsI, acting minister and
consul-general of Greece in New York,
has called upon all Greeks in the
United States in the name of their
king to go back to their country, as
their fatherland needs them to fight.
Gov. LORD, of Oregon, has appointed
ex-senator Corbett United States sena-
to fill the vacancy caused by the fail
ure of the legislature to elect at it's
recent session. Mr.. Corbett represent
ed Oregon in the United States senate
from 1866 to 1872.
HEAVY snowslide started from, a
mountain peak near the Morgan mine
at Park City. Utah, and struck a bunk
house in which nine miners were sleep
ing: Only five of the men were rescued
alive.
THE Bingham block at Rome, n. Y,
burned to the ground early On the
morning of the 5th and many business
firms suffered. The damage reached
$500, 600.
THERE were wild scenes of disorder
in the Oklahoma senate on the 9th
and President Johnson and Senators
Brown and Learned resigned, declar-
ing that the body was too corrupt for
honest men to be connected with it.
AT the crossing of two roads at Bir-
mingham, Ala, two freight trains col
lided on the nth and an engineer and a
tramp were fatally injured and several
more trainmen badly hurt.
THE Palmer family, consisting of
four brothers aged 16, 81, 81 and 81
years, who lived on farm near
Toluca, Ill, was wiped out recently by
measles.
REV. Mr.. CARNEY, of Otaka, Ok, was
compelled to leave town for beating
his wife. The church of which he was
pastor compelled him to resign.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

Easy to have rheumatism. Just as easy
to get rid of it with st. Jacobs Oil.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

The man who rides hobby, thinks no
body else is making any headway.-Ram'i
Horn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

With cold neuralgia increases. With st.
Jacobs Oil it decreases and is cured.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

Railroad men will not dance except al
grand ball."-Atchison Globe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

81 think the joke has been carried far
enough said the editor, as he marked "ac-
cepted' on it.-Brooklyn Life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

She-"Does the baby take after its moth
er?'' H@.Well, it hasn't begun to tall
yet.''-Yonkers Statesman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

Just try 10c box of Cascarets candy ca
thartic, finest liver and bowel regulator made.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys anc
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe, l0c
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

It takes backbone to take any kind of q
stand that will leave a man standing alone
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

Prostitutes are like burns and scalds. ALE
are cured by St. Jacobs Oil.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

The degree of every mans manhood is de
tcrmined by how much he says no to him
self.-Ram's Horn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

A funeral at house attracts people who,
never go there at any other time.-Atchison
C1obo
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

It takes higher degree of courage to be-
Horn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

| Nobody has sympathy for fat man.
| though every real fat one needs it all the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

The way to get better position is to more
than fill your present one.-Ram's Horn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

The man who knows himself well, VIII
know a good deal about other men.-Ram's
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

A Jury of ravens would not be long in de-
Gliding that a linnet could not sing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-13

was Cut Oh anu InISc T1OS severed, the
saw penetrating the intestines.
A. w. DUNN, late assessor and col
lector for the city of Goliad, Tex. com
mitted suicide because he was found
short few hundred dollars in his &C
counts.
THE California supreme court has af-
frmed the decision of the lower court
in the case of Theodore Durrant. found
guilty of the murder of Blanche La
mont in Emanuel church almost two
years ago. The case will now be sent
back to the superior court in San Fran
cisco, which will fix a date for Dur
rants execution.
Gov. BRADLEY. of Kentucky. on the
5th, appointed Maj A T. Wood, of
Mount Sterling, United States senator
to succeed blackburn. The governor
also issued a proclamation calling an
extra session of the legislature March
IS to elect a senator for the full term.
A SPECIAL from Helena, Mont. on
the 5th said that Representative Mar
tin BricIley. of jefferson county, was
expelled from the legislature for cor
ruption in office.
Ex-CoUNTY TREASURER GILRoY WINS
arrested at South Enid, Ok, for an al
legged shortage of $500.
THE Union elevator at Peoria, Ill,
was burned to the ground 1t had
fully 600, 900 bushels of wheat, corn and
oats stored Il it. The loss amounted
To $500. 0e0-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
tons, which perhaps gives one as good
an idea as anything of its huge size.
A New Metal.


After several years of experimenting
Messrs. Wilfred Van Wart, Franz Popp,
and j. Bradley of Birmingham, Eng
land, have discovered a new silver-col-
ored metal of beautiful appearance and
OK great strength. Mr.. F. w. Burtsall,
professor of civil and mechanical en-
cheering at the Mason Science college
in that city has tested deliberately
tubes made from the new metal. The
results of these tests show, it is claim
ed, that the metal is very much
stronger and of really greater utility
than any other metal of the same spe-
cifc gravity at present known. 1t is
an alloy of aluminium, with a specific
gravity Of 2.73-that is, about one-third
the weight of steel of the same volume
and is. therefore, of about the same
specific gravity as pure aluminium,
which is the lightest metal in mercan-
tile use. In all the tests made the
metal was found to be homogeneous.
1t is non-corrosive, the atmosphere and
water have no effect, and sulphuric acid
does not aver mark it. In color 1t is
whittier than silver and takes an attract
i've polish, which is declared to have
the advantage of not furnishing.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
Cheap and Durable Roof.

In a report made to the State Depart
Eent by Mr.. Monaghan, Consul at
Chemnitz, Germany, a description is
given of a new plan for a cheap and
durable roof, invented by M. Kohler OF
Limbach, Saxony. 1t consists simply
of cement and gravel, or cement and
sand, being thus as durable as slate,
with the advantages of being very much
cheaper, looks as we'll or better and can
be made much easier and put on quick
er. The practical values in this case,
as compared with ordinary plans or
methods, are rated as follows: First
of all, security against fire; second, it
fills the primary requirements of a
really satisfactory roof, that is, dura-
bility and effective resistance to all
kinds of weather; it is light and can be
made heavier, according to preference;
and it may receive any of the colors of
natural slate and various shades be-
sides. The weight of a square yard of
these tiles is calculated at sixty pounds,
but they may be made heavier or light
or as desired. Certain ridges are formed
around the inside of the plate and per-
NIT of one SO lying on and in the ridges
of another as to preclude the posi-
bility of wind or water working their
way inside.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
MolecuIes In a pin-Head.


The statement is made by Prof. Will
liam Crookes of London that. to count
the molecules in a pin-head space at
the rate of 10, 900, 900 per second,
would require 250,OOO ears. The
smallest particle that the human eye
can detect measures about one one
hundred-thousandth of an inch on a
side, and such a particle is composed
oil rom sixty millions to one hundred
millions of molecules; one one-hun-
dredth of a cubic inch of gas contains
$4,000, 900, 900, 900, 000, 900 to 5000, 00O,-
600, 600, O00, oO0, 600 molecules. Probably
no microscope will ever be constructed
OF such high power that these par
ticles can be seen by its aid, and as to
the measurement of their actual size,
this is a problem that taxes to the
utmost the of investigators.
the chief reliance at present being
placed on the method which employs
very fine films, these being made of
soar solution, as in bubbles, of deposits
OF metals by electroplating, or of olive
oil on water-the latter a favorite
process; the thickness of the films is
measured in various ways. and the ap-
proximate size of the molecules then
calculated. In one case the film was
found to be n ten-millionth of an
inch thick, and as, presumably, there
were at least five layers of molecules,
the individual molecules could be no
more than n ffty-millionth inch in
diameter.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26

by any ean when he reaches here
early in June, nor is he entirely IN
known to Americans. In 1896 he WIS.,
tied nearly all the seaports of the Unit
ed States and Canada, while making a
trip around the world, as first lieuten-
ant on board the Italian cruiser Chris
toforo Colombo. Everywhere he was
received with marked attention, not on
ly from his own countrymen, but also
from Americans.
The prince is the third son of ANA
dec, brother to King Humbert, and was
born at Madrid prior to his fathers abb
dication of the Spanish crown. He is
only "a years old, but is an accom-
plished linguist and musician, and has
received very thorough military train
ing. During his trip round the world
he lived in every respect the life of the
other officers of the cruiser, and at no
time was allowed nor did he assume
to claim special favors on account of
his birth.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26

The American party will be under the
leadership of Henry G.. Bryant OF Phil
adelphia, and will include Samuel ].
Entrikin, who was second in command
Of the Perry expedition of 1892. and
e. B. latham, of the coast survey.
For the genuine mountain climber,
the one who is inspired by the high
ideal of effort for efforts sake, hardly
a mountain in the world could be Sc
lected which would offer a better field
for his exertions than Mount st. Elias.
In the first place, 1t is the journey of a
lifetime for the ordinary man to get
even to the foot of it. Lying, as it
does, zeal the sixtieth parallel, and
beyond all that strip of land which
stretches down the coast, as if to
bridge over the gap between the terri
tory and the rest of the United States,
it requires a long journey by sea be-
fore it can even be seen. Even when
it is approached the very name of the
landing at Icy Bay, where the traveller
must disembark through the surf, is
enough to give a, chill to the most
eager plans.
Then Mount st. Elias is one of the
highest peaks in America, its summit
being estimated at over $4,000 feet
above sea level. 1t lies far from sup
plies, and the explorer must carry with
him from Sitka everything that he ex-
poets to use. 1t is in the center of
a great region of glaciers and rugged
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
rha sidereal CLOCK.

The fine elements of scientific call
culation involved in the construction
and operation of that wonderful in
strument, the sidereal clock at the
Greenwich observatory, are illustrated
by the fact that, on one occasion, the
correction for a "level' error having
become inconveniently large, owing
apparently to a subsistence of the east
eIn support, about a ton weight of
stone was placed on the western pier;
this, however, having no effect, the
stones were removed and a sheet of
very thin paper was put under the sup
port on the eastern side, by which
means the error was at once correct
ed. But this instrument is exceeded
in ingenious mechanism by the transit
circle, which consists Of a large tele-
scope, the outside of which is moi un-
like a great cannon, being of solid
iron, and is supported by trunnIons
which allow the telescope to be ele-
waited or depressed, to point north or
south, and to make a complete revolu-
ton, but never to diverge from the
north and south line. Its field of view
is large, admitting a great amount of
light, thus fulfilling its purpose, viz,
that Of noting the exact time al which
stars and planets pass south and north
Of Greenwich. Upon looking through
this telescope is noted what seems to
he a vertical row of iron bars at equal
distances from each other-they are.
however, spiders webs. the center one.
Messing through the focus Of the object
glass, being the meridian line. BY OBJ
serving the time, therefore, at which