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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05
BREvITIES OF FUN.

There's one great drawback to
a fiat" What's that2" You have
no attic to put things you don't
want in. Chicago Record.
The average man thinks that
his reputation as kind father has
been firmly established if the baby
cries to come to him. -Atchison
Globe.
Father ''That fellow that
comes here to see you so often is a
pretty cheap man" Daughter =
'Then buy him for me, pa. LON
don Figaro.
-He-'T wonder why nobody has
asked Miss Garlinghorn to waltz
this evening"" She--'The dear girl
is too angular to fit we'll in o round
dance. Chicago Tribune.
--sDo you enjoy novel reading,
Miss Belinda2"' ION, very much;
one can associate with people In
fiction that one wouldn't dare to
speak to in real life. Chicago
Record.
doctor, why is it that people
are generally so much more pleased
with boy babies than with girls?"
Nothing simpler, madam. A boy
baby never comes amiss. House
hold Words.
bats is quite a Bohemian in
his ways, isn't heP" ''Batts2 No.
Never. He got hold of a fve-dollar
bill last week and what do you think
he did2 Went and bought meal
ticket. indianapolis Journal.
With tears in his deep brown
eyes he pleaded earnestly for little
more time. But the finty- hearted
landlord remained unmoved. Con-
sequently, the tenant didn't remain
40 that condition. Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05
A CHAMPION SWIMMER.
The Feat of Young Sag Harbor
Il. w. Woman.

The Feat of Young Sag Harbor
Il. w. Woman.
During the warm days of Septem-
Der Miss Madge Johnson, of Sag
Harbor, L. l., performed a feat
which is most remarkable among
natatorial exploits.
Three miles out in the bay lies
Shelter island, the celebrated sum-
mer resort. Sag Harbor has its row
Of bathing houses on the beach, and
the village owns many good swim
mers among those who come cut for
their daily salt water dip every
morning from early in the summer
to late in the fall.
But among these only one person
had ever attempted to swim to
Shelter island and accomplished the
deed. This person was an athletic
older brother of Miss Johnson, who
is girl of 10.
She determined secretly to try the
same thing. Taking only a sister
into her confidence she found some
boys to row a boat beside her, in
case she should give out, and then
set out, her sister waiting for her
on the shore. She got along very
well until she came to the tremend-
Gus current which flowed in the di-
rect line between the town and the
island, and which the ferry avoids
by taking circuitous route.
This would in the end have been
less difficult for her. Old boatmen,
watching her struggles from land,
said that she could have gone three
times as far with the same amount
OF strength that she expended upon
that current At last she got
through it and reached the island.
Here she had TO swim out of her
line to land, but finally managed to
touch shore and gain her point. The
plan was that the boat was to take
her back to Sag Harbor, but the
rowers proved even more exhausted
than she. Both boys declared them
selves completely used up.
She was obliged to take the oars
herself and row them over to the
village. Here, as may be imagined,
she was received with quite an ova-
ton for her prowess. And it was,
indeed, most remarkable feat, one
that will be seldom attempted by
other women or even by many men.
Philadelphia Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05
How an Elephant Sleeps.

One Of the most erroneous of the
many queer ideas which the layman
has on the questions of natural his
tory Is the one respecting the
elephants mode Of sleeping. Even
the old school of naturalists de-
clared that the elephant had never
been known to sleep except in a
standing position, says the St. Louis
Republic. OF late, however, say,
within the last century, it has been
learned that the error came about
by persons studying the habits of
such beasts as had not been long in
captivity Such animals, when
undergoing the process of domestic
alton, have been known to stand for
IL, 18 or even "a months without
once lying down to sleep. This is
as a want of confidence in
their keepers, coupled with long
ing desire for liberty. While ele-
plants are at perfect ease and rec
onciled to their fate, they will lie
down on their sides and sleep as all
other beasts do.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05

" Watery Depths.
Some years ago, upon the coast Of
France, there occurred one of those
romantic episodes that seem to be-
long to the realm OF fiction. A YES
sci had foundered within sight Of
port--gone down with all her cargo.
Two divers were sent to report upon
the cause Of the disaster and the
prospect Of raising the goods. One
Of these represented the insurance
brokers, who had instituted the in
vestigation, and the other the cap
tain and owners of the vessel
The brokers man touched bottom
first, and found himself on bed of
white sand. He was fortunate
enough almost Immediately to dis
cover the wreck, and at once climbed
the crags upon which the vessel
rested. Investigation showed him
that there had been foul play, for an
auger hole was plainly visible in the
hull Of The ship.
He had turned to point out his
discovery to the other diver, who
was now by his side, when he felt
himself suddenly clutched by the
waist and dragged down upon the
sand. Hers his assailant murder
ously attempted to break the glass
of his helmet, but the assailed man
fought desperately for his life.
He firmly believed himself to be in
the cluth of mailman and for few
minutes the water was thick with
sand that few up around the COM
batants. In the end the first diver
was worsted, and his assailant
forced him to loose his hold upon his
line.
Death seemed imminent, but the
divers wits did not forsake him.
Finding that he was no match for
his adversary, he fell back and ap-
parently swooned, and in this con-
dition the other man prepared to
leave him, cut off from communica-
ton with the upper world. He
gave the signal to be drawn up, but
as he began to ascend the apparent
ly swooning man sprang to his feet
and clutched the rising mans legs
with firm grip, and the two were
hauled to the surface together.
Then, indeed, the ready witted
diver tainted in earnest, and before
be regained consciousness his enemy
had escaped to land, and when cap
tured was attempting to leave the
country. At the trial he explained
the reason of his conduct.
1t was the old story of greed lead
ing to unlawful deed, and of the re-
sulting danger melting to fresh
crime; an overinsured cargo, a scut-
tied ship and then a frantic effort
on the part Of the ship owners to
avoid disgrace and punishment by
Offering to the diver share of the
profits on condition that the discov-
cry, sure to be made by his rival,
should never be heard above the
surface. -Argonaut.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05
A WAVE MOTOR.
The Power Of the Sea Utilized in
San Francisco.

The Power Of the Sea Utilized in
San Francisco.
Down at the foot Of Powell street,
on the bay beach, is the model Of a
wave motor that seems to work on
principle that abstracts power
from the eternal pulsations of the
sea, without being dependent upon
the vagaries of that motion, says
the San Francisco Call. It is simple
in conception, yet unerring in ex-
ception, and its advantage over
other motors, as claimed by the in
ventor, is that the whole machinery
is on the solid land and not out on
the surface of the water, at the
mercy Of wind and tide, breaker and
calm.
A float or large buoy is securely
anchored in the water, and on it is
stepped strong pole or mast, long
enough that its top will describe
considerable of an arc as the struc-
ture pitches on the inrolling waves.
OF course, the float will move for
ward and back to its anchor, but
this motion is an assistant.
From the top of the mast wire
rope runs ashore to the motor
proper. Near this machine it is at
tached to chain which goes over a
coRged drum, drawn around an
ordinary pulley stationed below and
up over another drum down to
heavy weight. With these drums
are pawl and ratchet wheels so ar
ranged in relation to each other that
their revolutions in opposite direc-
tions roll the flywheel constantly in
one direction.
The pull of the float only sets the
fywheel IN motion, but raises the
weight, and the Stacking Of the wire
rope permits it to sink again without
checking the ever turning fywheel.
The recurring tug on the wire rope
caused by the pitching float imme-
diately begins to lift the weights,
and this is the philosophy of the
wave-engendered power.
At the place where ]. M. Dryer,
the inventor, has tried his motor
there are hardly any waves, and
even under those conditions he
found that the machine worked sue
cessfully. He intends to move out
to Bakers Beach, where the break
ers are heavier and more regular.
Mr.. Dryer is q mining engineer
from El Dorado, and has spent con-
siderable time in the study Of a new
practical plan for utilizing the
power Of the sea. His invention Is
patented, and @ company OF mining
men are interested IN the new motor
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05

Modern Slang. He- Il am 90.
ing to kiss you" She Well,
like thatlp Town Topics.
"Uncie Simon, why does all the
world love lover?" because they
know he will be spending money as
long as he can raise cent. Chi
cago r ecord.
~ hear you had a financial dis
cussion with Deadwood Pete. Did
you find him open to conviction?"
mo, but when l left him the doc
tor had to take IA stitches in him. T"
Detroit Tribune.
-"Johnl" called his wife, ''are
you putting The baby to sleep2"
The pugilist laughed bitterly In the
darkness. I've got him against
the ropes, he answered, for there
was hope yet. Detroit Tribune.
Father - 'It was strangely
quiet in the parlor while that young
fellow was calling last evening,
Edith Daughter--''Yes; hes one
of the y. Of M. taclSlers and seems
to think Of nothing else "--Detroit
Free Press.
Mrs. Dusenberry-'Tt's dread
full to be disappointed in love" Mr..
Dusenberry- There is something a
great deal worse than that" Mrs.
Dusenberry-''What for instance?"
Mr., Dusenberry-"To be disap-
pointed in marriage. Texas Sitter.
Mr.. Spriggins (gently)-"My
dear, Boston man was shot at by
a burglar, and his life was saved by
a button which the bullet struck.
Mrs. Spriggins-"Well, what of it2"
Mr.. Spriggins (meekly)-'N Nothing;
only the buttons must have been
on. boston Traveller.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05
GEN. TROOHU AND EUGENE.
a Promise to the Empress Not
Worth Very Much.

Controversy is still raging around
the memoirs of Gen; Trochu, frag-
ments Of which have been published
of late. With reference to the in
cident which occurred before the fall
of the empire, on September 4,
1870, DR.. Thomas W. Evans COM
municates to the American Registe
letter, in which he gives his i'm
portant testimony on the matter.
DR.. Evans, who was the first and
almost the only person with whom
Empress Eugene conversed inn
mediately after her departure from
the Tuileries, explicitly states that
Gen. Trochu's memory was not too
trustworthy. The empress asked
him, DR.. Evans says: what am
to do if the Tuileries should be in
vaded?" He replied: "Most posi-
lively it cannot be- 1t is impossible
that they should approach you or
reach you, for before that they will
have to pass over my body. I prom
Use to defend and protect you" In
stead of adhering to this promise,
DR.. Evans says that, before the close
of the day, Trochu was member, of
another government, and never
troubled about what had become of
the empress, who complained rather
sarcastically, to the American
of the generals conduct.
The letter written by DIR. Evans is
AN important historical document,
and it is quoted to-day by some OF
the French papers. 1t is formid-
able indictment against a man who
failed to keep solemn pledge, -
Paris Correspondence London Tele-
graph.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05
Francis Joseph.

The present emperor of Austria is
Francis Joseph, who assembled the
throne December 2, 1848. He is of
the royal house of Hapsburg, which
has held the throne since 1882.
Twenty-six sovereigns of this house
have ruled over Austria. Rudolph
l., the nobleman who founded this
royal family, built a castle on the
Habichtsburg, or Hawks mountain,
whence the name of the family.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05
oheap TeIephone Service.

For fee of from two to eight
cents message, one may talk from
even the smallest OF Swiss towns
over long distance telephone sys-
tenn to any part Of the country, The
instruments are kept in perfect re-
pair and the service Is said 10 DO ex-
ce[ent
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05
poo,
BARRIERS.

7th street, Hopkinsville, KY
Especial attention to patrons, clean linen,
atisfactory service. Call and beconvinced.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05

-Razors were known as early as
the first century before Christ. The
Romans all shaved, and the BARRIERS
implement closely resembled O small
and much worn butcher knife.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05

The Greensboro Gaslight Company
is soon to reduce it's prices.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05

In connection with @. o. & s. w. and Illinois
Central to Louisville, Cincinnatti, Memphis,
n u
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05

Close connection made at Princeton with
through solid vestibule trains carrying Pull
man buffet sleepers and free reclining chair
cas-.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-05

The hot blast was introduced
into furnace use some time between
1882 and 1888.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-11
Circuit Court Notes.

State of Oregon VS. Ira Millard was an
trial and was given to the jury last
night. A verdict OF guilty was found.
sentence will be pronounced Saturday. :
State vs. VIM. Blanck-pIea of not
guilty withdrawn, plea Of guilty entered.
To be sentenced Saturday. Blanck is
the man who dreamed he was fighting a
brakeman in boxcar and nearly beat
his partner to death.
State VS. John Hays. Referred to the
grand jury on motion of the district at
torney.
State VS. George Harth. Plea of not
guilty entered.
State VS. Hogan. Plea of not guilty
withdrawn and plea CT guilty entered.
To be sentenced Saturday.
State VS. R F Wickham. Not true
bill.
State VS. G Fisher. A true bill found
and defendant given until tomorrow to
plead.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-11
wAYsIDE eLEANINes.

Cream of maize at Meier & Benton's.
The grand jury expects to finish its
labors Saturday.
For close prices on hay and grain see
The Dalles Commission Co. 9-15..
Granite iron ea,kettles for 70 cts. at
Maier & Benton's. l14t
Wanted, girl to do general Homework.
Apply at the European House. n9-11
Powder and shot, rifles and shot guns
at Maier & Benton's. 11-4t
sauer krau., cranberries, new raisins,
cider, citron, celery, etc., at Maier &
Benton's. 11-4t
Licenses to wed have been issued to
Henry E. Goodrich and Milla R. Blanck
and to Frank ]. Ward and Noamah
Smith.
The programs for the Circle ball, to
be given Friday, November 18th, in the
Vogt, are said, by those who have
seen them, to be unique and beautiful.
The trial of Jones, arrested with Mar
rhal who skipped, before Justice Filloon
yesterday afternoon, resulted in his dis
charge, there being no evidence against
him.
There will be preaching service at the
First Christian church tonight at 80
conducted by Rev. L. G. kaufman of
Silverton. Or. All members and friends
are requested to attend.
New sweet cider, raisins. sweet, sour
and dill pickels, pigs feet, pickle pork,
mackerel, salmon bellies, Goldfish, sauer
kraut, cranberries. figs, dates, nuts, etc.
at Dalles Commission Co.'s store. Cat
Pneumonia is thinning out the siwash
population along the Okanogan river, on
the Colville reservation. Six or seven
Indiana have died of the disease recent
ly. and others are doomed with it, and
are not expected to recover.
The grand jury today returned true
bills against E. Simmons, Hugh Brown
and Robert Wilson, charged with as
sault and battery upon Geo Rea, and
against I. ". Rowland for larceny by
bailee In stealing wheat from j. L.
Story.
Ohoer Ine city cnarter the Seattle
council had until Monday to elect a sue
cessor to Mayor Wood. Hereafter ii
must meet once day until it has agreed
upon Woods successor. The three
prominent candidates for the office are
T. ]. Humes. II. R. Clise and j. NJ. E.
Atkinson.
Those who have received invitations
to the Circle ball on Friday evening,
November 18th. please bear in mind ii
is to be held in the Nogt. No expense
has been spared to make this the ball oI
the season. The Circle never does any.
thing by halves. and it's guests are in
cured pleasant evening
The finishing touches are being put on
the Commercial rooms, and they are
certainly as fine as any in the North
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-11
Not out of sight.


Mondays Mountaineer contained the
following:
Saturday night Cascade Lodge, B. P.
O. Elks, gave Stag soc1alp that was
"out of sight," because It was conducted
in the hall behind closed doors. What
was done cannot be given to the public
for the reason that it was 'closed ses-
sion.
Now the writer of this article, being a
timer" of secret organizations, did not
intend to disclose what she saw and
heard of that Hstag social,'' but when
Brother Douthit make such bold state
ment in his journal, we wish to correct
him and say that it might have been a
closed session, but not closed windows,
and a view from Third street, through
the open windows of the Elks' hall
(when the hands of the old time piece
were rapidly nearing the midnight hourl
to passers by was scene of curiosity,
mingled with enjoyment. Whether
they were trying to sing "AuId Lang
Syne" or America" the writer could
not decide; nor are we familiar enough
with the Elks' language to know whether
the sounds that made the walls of that
massive structure of the Vogt building
tremble, was intended for medley or a
soothing lullaby that one hears in
the neighborhood of an Indian wal
Adance. But suffice to cay we coull9 dis
tinguish Judge Bd-w's voice, and
others too numerous to mention, and
if there were quartet of spectators un-
invited sharing the Elks' pleasures, we
fully agree with Bro. Douthit that The
Dalles Elks know how to entertain but
contradict his statement tLat they were
tout of sight, Xxx.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-11
Committee.

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all othe diseases pu
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it
a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven catarrh
to be a constitutional disease, and there
fore requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrah Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
Itis taken internally in doses from ten
drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. O..
- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-11
Immense Lake rramc.

A London daily paper seems suddenly
to have awoke to the fact that we have
not only large lakes in America, but that
we have few ships and steamships on
their mighty waters, and remarks: Few
people on this side of the Atlantic re-
alize the magnitude of the trade on the
great American lakes. Comparing the
average number of vessels passing
through the Suez canal with that of the
500 canal, the traffic OF the former is in
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-11
circle Pointers.
Xxx.

The Pacific Circle, Women of Wood
craft, Pacific jurisdiction. is fraternal
and beneficiary order that is thoroughly
wide awake. On April 1, 1897, it had
but seven members, the originators of
the order. Today in the nine Pacific
states it numbers three thousand, nearly
all of whom are carrying protection GER
tificates protection for those who re-
main behind these members IN case of
death, and depending on their careful
management to insure against actual
want for their families. The Pacific Cir
Gle expect to overlap the five thousand
mark by January 1, 1898.
Their amount OF insurance is from
$500 to $4,000, and an enduring monu-
ment similar to that of the Woodmen,
will be placed at the grave of every de-
ceased beneficiary lady member. The
order has paid all death claims in full
this year, Two in Oregon during Sep
tember.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-11

y
west. As soon as everything is finished
and the tout ensemble is in place, a spe-
cial reporter will be detailed to write a
description of the clubs new home.
Until then any attempt to do the sub
ject justice would fail.
The o. R.&N. has made new frelght
schedule between this city and Portland
which is now in effect, the rates being
the same each way First-class freight
is fifteen cents per hundred pounds !;
second 1211a cents: third 10 cents, and
fourth ~ cents. This is in less than
carload lots. Carload lots is five cents
per hundred for all freight except class
A, which is IL cents. Wheat is cents
per hundred pounds.
Chauncey M. Depew will not be ora
tor of the occasion of unveiling the mon
ument erected near Walla Walla to the
memory of Marcus Whitman, on No
vember 90, the 50th anniversary of the
Whitman massacre. At the exercises at
the monument on the brow OF the hill
DR.. James L. Wilson will be the orator.
In the evening public exercises will be
held in the opera house at Walla Walla,
Rev. L. II. Hallock, of Oakland, form
erly pastor of the First Congregational
church of Taco ma, being the principal
speaker.
The case of G. E. Bayard, administra-
tor, against the Standard Oil Co. is up
for trial today, and most of the alter
noon was taken up in securing a jury.
The case involves some nice questions OF
law, and with Judge Bennett on one side
and Cake and Fenton on the other, it
promises to be battle royal. The &C.
tion is brought to recover damages for
| the death of Perry Watkins, who was
killed by his horse running away.
Plaintiffs allege that the horse became
frightened at the oil tank put up near
the road and that it caused the accident
The Degree of Honor had social
thine last night after regular lodge work.
fThe committee on amusement had pro-
vided guessing contest, and the editor
of this paper is pleased to state that he
walked off with the BOBBY prize. He
1 has been guessing what. position the Or.
egonian would take next so long thai
his guesser has slipped cog, broke Its
main spring, aud is generally all broke
up. The prize consisted of rubber
doll that whistled through hole in Its
head when squeezed, another point ot
similarity with the results in that other
guessing contest.
Ira Millard has been found guilty as
charged, and he was charged with in
decency. He will be sentenced tomor.
row, but as he has already been. in jai
four months, his sentence will undoubt.
edly be light. OF course offenses against
the law must b. punished, and yet il
does look as though it tcould be man
aged with less expense, and it certainly
could be if justices of the peace should
instead Of binding prisoners over to the
grand jury, make the punishment fl
the crime when within their jurisdic
ton. The MiIlard case will cost the
county between $500 aud $3.50, when il
should have been disposed OF for $75.
New line of carving sets just received
! at Maier & Benton's. 11-4t