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LISTENING TO A C1Tps CLOCKS.
Voices OF the Night That Come to the Ear
of a Wakeful Man.

of U Wakeful Man.
II suppose" said q New Yorker. that there
must be tower clocks in New York that strike.
but l have never happened to live near one. and
I do not recall hearing one strike In the night,
Lately / spent q few nights In a smaller city.
where the repose at night Is moro complete.
and such sounds as break the silence travel
easier. and where the distances are less and
sounds are moro easily heard on that account,
and where older customs still prevail and tower
/ heard the city's clocks strike.
they numbered, and each had as much indiyidu-
atty "a though 1t had been human, liked the
clock that was nearest best. II had a. rather
hiRh-pitched voice and a quick strike; it
tone was. 1t vas encouraging. too; In fact. the
clocks predominant CHARACTERISTIC was its
chirpineRs and cheerfulness, and i liked to
hear il; 1t was my friend among the clocks.
There Was another clock on, at q distance
Q clock with q low. deep voice. that cams boom
Ing across the intervening space, with little
more than its tone left. however-wlthout much
volume when II reached me, There was one
that struck OFT a little preliminary flourish on
the bells before It struck the hour. as though II
then there were others that were Just common
place. ordinary voices.
But heard now at the regular intervals.
breaking the stiffness OF the night, when they
notes were not COMPOUNDED with the noises OF
the city. these several voices seemed to come
from watch towers or from sentry boxes set
aloft In the city. and to tell inexorably Of the
passing OF time. They TOLD L to one hn9thori Il
were asleep, but a any were awake the voices
came 70 them with all the greater weight. for
these must take the message Tor
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CUT u RELICS.
Sailors of the st. Louis Had 10 Have Money
and they Found n Way to Got 1t.

and they Found n Way to Got 1t.
When the st. Louis reached this port n few
days ago she brought n lot of sailors who were
eager to make the most Of such shore leave as
they might get. but their funds were low. A
long time had elapsed since the last pay day,
and there was no one on board with money to
lend. 1t happened that several of the sailors
had pieces of one OF the Guantanamo cables.
which had been cut, and. to their surprise, the
demand for such souvenirs was strong in New
York. and the market price ruled high. The
temptation was great and the sailors who had
not secured a genuine piece of cable found that
any old piece Of wire cable. such as is used
aboard ships. might be palmed of as easily If it
were properly labelled,
the proceeds of O small piece OF ordinary wire
cable a sailor might pay. his expenses ashore for
this city is employed a Germqn whose nephew
is In the crew Of the 1t. Louis. This German
received from his nephew q genuine, piece OF
American flag, he hung it over a case Of wax
flowers in his parlor. 1t was his most valuable
his nephew as a naval hero, whose bravery
entitled him to be ranked with Dewey, schley.
and Farragut, This German returned from q
short trip to Albany yesterday in a state of
Vieh it Is I rdon't know" he said at the store.
is away from der sea, efery damned saloon vim
dow has a piece Of der Guantanamo cable. und
brought me. und not Won piece Is like der
9odder; T,ich it Is don't know und want to
The st. Louis had dropped down the bay.
and until this German, sees his nephew again
he will be doubtful about the history Of his
piece Of cable; AS a matter Of fact 1t Is genu-
Inc, and the Albany pieces, which don't agree
with it in diameter and strands, are mere pieces
Of Junk, of value only as they represented the
ingenuity Of the sailors and the good time they
had on their proceeds. There are q dozen such
pieces of cable in Bowery saloons. but the pro-
prietors OF them are not worrying as to whether
they are genuine.
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for Il. The guard commanded him 70 halt, but
back between the. shoniders. Ae Was picked
wShohad shot his comrade thus unnecessarily
Ind 10 clear out TO keep himself out OF trouble
Of the hands Of the an angry civilians nnd r cSm wo out
Who Shot him Jared worse. HS was, commended
s by el the S9 Pess they 5SF ala san not lS SSSS Gpo6 or Rim with III
any great regard. As for the mon. one OF them
thrashed the shooter regularly, every day. and
SSTEf6hi s S6 sasV T XissF S0 P mad iR BEEN aSslSs SstsI gSar.
ly every day for nearly n month he desertod.
IN tho navy there 6 not often orEo3hiEed q pig:
Ned and endanRering their lives. When q gang
@a AISF,SSP m men FROM 3 io miR n sSip c enHs to.
Rether. in a foreign port, provost guards from
both ships, composed Of marines and marine
loose. and they often have heavy work cut out
for them on these occasions. Under ordinary
oircumstanSes, however; an AmeEblcaA mmamnv
Legs" so called blythe Pluejackets-constitutes
q little provost guard In his own person. He
s sSSs 1 tMenty, 70 li ESrteSr b la * la"n AND 7 he sSR Very ~
rarely returns to his chip WITHOUT them. de
picks them up ono BY one, and carries them
them or puts them in charge Of q steam cutter
cox'un who knows how to do business with q
boathook. Chief masters.at.arn are men En99
and they. know ,prec!sely whore to go to
aeS 1iS0' sencrsll y gives, the man he cap
steam cutter. and By these means sucgeeSs in
TO 20 atthem slngle-handed II there are a dozen
Of Them and he decent s often com nr @ out seso :
o%nstrate their ability before they get the rate.
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Lizards Stop = Train.
FrOm he 81. Loud 0lobs-D emOc rat.

FFOW NC 0E' LOHN UI0Oe DtHlOcFU.
Los ANGELES. Cal. July 17.-Train No, 20, on
the Southern Pacific, arrived here behind
schedule time yesterday. The cause OF the
delay was one OF tho most peculiar ever re-
ported op the road. When making the up
grade at Beaumont Hill. near Fingal. 4 horde Of
The wheels and rails became 30 slippery from
the crushing OF the s~aurians that the train came
TO a standstill. The engineer pulled the eand
ont. Then the crew went to carrying sand
from the hillside, and ran along ahead Of the
train got through the pests at Cabazon and re-
sumed its journey. The crew say they never
saw such q swarm Of lizards on the desert and
think they were migrating from the loWlandS
up 70 the toothiuA
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no means lacking In intelligence, and hia
der from all who see them perform. MI. Barnes
ACQUIRED, the elks when they were young and
though 1t required unlimited patience, RaApssiyv
succeeded in breaking them TO harness. W6ils
training the elks, the owner noticed that they
seemed utterly imalnerent to what height they
Of Sfd teaching them to dive The process. was a
SLOW one, ons now alter two, years OF labor,
ability in this feat, as they make a RenadISononl
plunge Of afty feet into q tank OF water. Here.
making tho dive. As win be noticed' thu s ~
mai makes q headlonG plunge with his feet
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DYING ELH0.
Trick Animals of Peculiar Daring.

From the Spirit Of the dSHAeS.
There seems to be no limit to the ingenuity
OF mar in devising sensations to please the
public. Especially is this true in the matter Of
training animals to perform feats which at FIRST
seem impossible. One Of the smallest OF In
scots. the flea. and one Of the largest Of AMI
mails. the elephant. have been put through a
course OF training which has resulted In their
performing feats which seem almost super
natural. However. it remained for Mr.. VIII H.
Barnes of Sioux City, Iowa. TO train an animal
which was generally considered to be the dull
est Of q~uadrupeds. namely, the elk. His eforta
have proved beyond q doubt hat the elk is By
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Answered in the Negative.
Prom As cinannaR EnQulr,r.

TOLEDO. July 19.5Judee Jason A. Barber q,
OF climbing a pear tree yesterday TO ses if beS
could 80 the trick as well as ne could when a a
the limbs e, the ground. The only mfshaps 6a
e ms y neTe were a broken arm. two broken
end scratches about the face. Form SuIs
Judge Barber had adjourned court Tor thss
snmmer vacation before he tackled the psaS
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
SOWLE-LESS CORPORATIONS
Get the State Printing Contracts,
Revoked Last Week. 81.


The State printing contracts
have been awarded to the George
Fetter Printing Company, of Louis
vile, for the first class, and the
Courier-Job Printing Company for
the second class. The bids were
AZ and AZ per cent. respectively Of
the maximum allowed by law.
The Sowle Printing Company
was elected State printer last fall,
but its contract vas revoked last
week. e.Ita lgl @
Judge Toney, of Louisville, is
sued an injunction on behalf of
Sowle to prevent the letting of the
contract, and as this was ignored
by the State printing board, there
may be interesting developments.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
The Pembroke School.

We learn from reliable sources,
says the Pembroke Review, that
Miss Jennie West will have charge
of the public school at this place
during the fall term. She will be
assisted by Miss Theresa Cannon,
of our town and the school we pre-
sumo will be conducted upon the
same plan as it was last season,
there having been no change made
in instructors. Miss West is from
Hopkinsville, and her ability to
conduct a school successfully has
been clearly demonstrated in this
community, while Miss Canno n S
record and standing as a teacher
is too well and favorably known to
require comment.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Will be Welded August 10.

Mr.. Hunter Wood, Jr., and Miss
Betsy Dudley Blakemore, will be
married Wednesday, August 10,
The wedding will take place al
Grace Episcopal church, and will
be brilliant society event.
The groom-to-be is the second sor
of Mr.. Hunter Wood and is engag,
ed in the practice of law with his
father, Miss Blakemore is the
daughter of Col. w. II. Blakemore
Both are prominent in local society
circles.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Synopsis Of the Terms.
Spaniards Conceded Everything.

Washington July Especial 1.-The following dispatch
9.05 a.
oaya July 6The Spanish have surrendered Partic-
ulars later sHAFTER. ~
This taken that the hitch in the proceedings had been
removed by Spanish back-down
informed that Simpsons fleet
enter harbor this morning.
report sent last night was as follows: IN
Santiago and all of the island east of
signed at O'Clock this after
approved Miles Gems Blanco and Tora await
guns defen be turned
to the good The 10000 refugees at Ell Cany
and Sboney city, infantry will
will attend the sick and wounded
the Santiago except
Hqun come the city and surren
the full the uragua railway
belongs Spanish The Spanish soldiers
American transports and they will be al
portable church along The Spanish are to
disposed to make trouble the points
would be surrender evacuation and whet
err they would give up This caused the hitch set
tied this morning.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
THREE OF A KIND.
Socks and Two Companions
XIV
Caught for Burglary.
Two of Them Taken i'm the Act
and the Other Arrested
This Morning.

About 10 o'clock last night Ben
Long, son ofEsq. W.R. Long, PASSED
in front of Petree G. Co. S shoe store
and noticed that the grating Of the
cellar was opened. He reported
the circumstance to the police and
officers Wadlington and Lander
stationed themselves across the
street and awaited developments.
They had been there a few min
utes, when officer Lander conclud-
ed to make a reconnaissance. He
accordingly entered the open cellar
and thence went uptothe store room
above. He found two negro boys,
Lucien Fortson, aged Is, and Wal
ter Washington, aged II. This
morning Jas. Washington, aged
Is, known as "Socks," was also
taken in charge and lodged in jail.
The other boys stated that Socks,
VINO formerly worked at Petree a.
Co. s store, was the leader of the
gang and told them how to get in,
They claimed that Socks paid
them five cents apiece to go in and
get some shoes of his, left in the cell
lar. Socks does not admit that he
was in the cellar, but says he was
out of town last night. Later he
crossed himself by stating that he
dropped cigarette through the
grating and went down after it.
Judge Leavell held over all three
of them under bonds of $500 each
and they are now in jail to await
the action Of the grand jury q
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
COIOred School Teachers.

The following corps of teachers
for the colored Public Schools have
been elected by the trustees; Prin-
cipal, Prof. ]. p. Jetton; ]. Wesley
Bronaugh, Peter Boyd; Mrs. Jen-
ME L. Poole, Mrs. Rosa l.. Allen
Misses Rosa #. Morgan, Millie
Davis, Kittie ], Kinchelow. Tive
teachers are yet to be selected for
the city school.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
A New Principal.

The Board of Curators of the
Vanderbilt Training School, which
10 located at Elkton, KY, and is
under the control of the Louisville
Conference, Methodist Episcopal
Shurch, South, recently held a
meeting at Elkton and elected Prof.
;. d. Harrison, Of Tennessee, as
Principal Of the School, Prof. r.. e.
crockett the former Principal,
having resigned because of i'll
(, health.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
PEACE RUMORS.
Spain Said to Have Opened
Negotiations at Washington.
The French Ambassador to Act
AS Mediator In the
Matter.

London, July 16.--(Special.) "A
Madrid dispatch this afternoon
says several newspapers assert
that the Spanish government open
ed peace negotiations to-day at
Washington through the French
Ambassador.
Washington, July 16.--(Specia1.)
The navy department decided this
afternoon at 2o'clock to hold Commo-
dore Watson's squadron till Santi-
ago actually and finally surrenders.
This change of plan since morning,
gives color to the report from Mad
rid that peace negotiations have
actually begun.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Mr.. Carey's New House.

Mr.. Dabney c. Carey has moved
into his handsome new cottage on
South Virginia street, adjoining
Mr.. e. II. Anderson's S. tits quite an
attractive residence, built in mod
ern style, with waterworks and
other up-to-date improvements.
The house was just finished this
week by Forbes g. Bro, and Mr..
Carey moved in day or two ago,
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Vincent 70 Cents in Owensboro

Owensboro, July 16.-Local de-
liveries of wheat are heavy, much
being sold at seventy cents. IT
opened yesterday at sixty-eight
cents, and dealers predict fluctu-
ating price for several days. Sew
eral large crops are being held
back for a rise.
e, p. Millett, of Henderson, has
bought the wholesale whisky bust
ness of II. G. Overstreet & Co., this
city.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
..Teddy,s Choice" the Latest.

Sam Frankel, who is always up
to-date, has received a consign-
ment of "Teddy's Choice hats, the
newest thing out. They are mod
eled after the Cuban sombreros
and are put up in ''red, white and
blue boxes. They are all the &C
in the large cities and will doubt
less prove popular here.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Will Visit Chickamauga.

A party of eight from Marion,
KY, arrived on the l;50 train this
afternoon, en- route to Chickamauga
on a visit of two or three days.
They were Messrs w. ID. Walling-
ford, Houston Orme, J. A, Farmer,
Ed Gray, Lewis Clifton, Levi Cook,
Rob Cook and Henry Stone.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Next Week VIII be Cav.

The indications are that next
week will be quite a gay one in So
ciety. The city is filing up with
visiting young ladies and two form
al receptions are already on the
program for next week, in honor OF
visiting bellies.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Small Pox in Clay County.

Pineville, KY, July 16.-(Spe-
cial. 1T is reported here that there
are twenty cases of smallpox in
Clay county and an epidemic of the
disease is threatened.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16

Mrs. Sarah Means, of this city,
has received a letter from her son
Walter Means, who is a soldier in
the regular army, saying he was
wounded 10 the battle Of Santiago
July 2 and is still in the hospital.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Judgemnt for the Plaintiff.

Judge Cansler heard the, case
this morning of Forbes & Bro. VS..
Mrs. Merritt, who sued for S43 for
plans and specifications of a bust,
ness building for Mrs. Merritt,
Judgment was given the plaintiffs
for $50.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Both Sides Won.

The Progress, during the past
few days, has interviewed quite a
number of persons regarding the
Chandler-Moore debate at Sharon
Grove and we reach the conclusion
that it was signal victory for
both sides. Elkton Progress.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Lyon Institute,

The Lyon County Teachers In
stitute will convene at Eddyville
July 18 and continue five days.
The exercises will be conducted by
r.. M. Ship, Of Winchester, Ky.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Gen. Brooke Getting Read to
Start For Porto Rico.
A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN AHEAD.

Washington, July 16.--(Special.) --General
Brooke, commanding the First corps, arrived
this morning and is comforting with Gen. Cor
bin regarding the Porto Rican invasion. The
report that Sampson had entered the harbor
came from the signal operator at Playa Del
Este this morning.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Going Over the Papers.

The examination papers have
not been looked into yet and it is
not known how many of the teach
ers who applied for certificates yes
terday were successful.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
The Cadiz Fleet.

Washington. July, 10. The Cadiz
fleet under Admiral Camara, is ex-
Pected to reach Cartagena, Spain,
Sunday next
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
rlrs. KOOn Very Sick.

Mrs. ]. ID. Koon was taken sud
denly i'll last night and is still very
sick to-day, eo
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Our Costly Collier.

Washington, July 16.-(Special.)
Secretary Long decided this
morning, despite protests, to fit the
cruiser Buffalo as a warship.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16

Miss Armstrong, the music teach
err, has arrived and is boarding at
Mr.W. S. Dawson 5.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16

Miss Fannie Brown, OF Hopkins.
Vile, who has been the guest OF
Sam Bennett is visiting in the coun-
try. Fulton Leader.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
New Suits Filed.

IVY following suits were fled
nome ON in Judge cansler's court,
noon az Rrkvs, w. II. West and
once for STIR
on q bridaito Is. J. M. Han.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16

Mr.. Cullo m Renshaw, of Sinking
Fork returned home after a few
days visit to relatives here, f',''
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Prepared to Sail For Spain at
a Moments Notice.
ORDERS ARE MOMENTARILY EXPECTED.

Siboney, Cuba, July 16.--(Special0 --Com-
modore Watson's raiding Squadron is now IN
readiness to sail for Spain. Orders are mo-
mently expected and the men are eager to
start.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Council OF War Called
To Consider Weighty Matters.

Washington July 6Specal president Mckinley
Agr have congratulations gratitude Gen
Shafter for his brilliant achievement at Santiago. "
Councilo began White morning The
subject the conference unknown but supposed
Rico dispatch of to Spain
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Ten Have Died Among
the Spanish Prisoners.

Portsmouth, N H. July HSpeciaL)- There were two more
among Spanish prisoners here last night making all
are many further deaths expected
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16

The wreck OF the cristobal Colon
has been fastened to the shore 10
keep it from being washed into
deep water.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
The Solace Arrives
With More Wounded Soldiers.

Norfolk, July 16-Speca) hospital ship Solace with
including 40 Spaniards will disembark the
the naval hospital here this afternoon
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Sending Troops to the
Front to Guard Coast Towns.

Gibraltar July regiments Spanish infan
have been ordered from Seville Ageas are
ing dug in the vicinity of Carbonera,
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
Havana Wants Peace
Says a Madrid Special.

Madrid July 16Special 1.-The impartial dispatches from Hay
there has been great change public opinion
pected few days There much rejoicing prospect of
of hostites.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
FOrtifying the HarbOr
At Barcelona, Spain.

Barcelona Spain July 6Speca) lines orpedos
been sunk in the harbor here at other points.
The daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1898-1898, 1898-07-16
No Liberty Of Person.
No Freedom of the Press.

Madrid July 6Specal To-day newspapers noticeable
spaces the suppression
news by government
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-22
THE MICHIGAN MIX UP.
Peculiar Political Convention in Session a
Grand Rapids The Platform.

Grand Rapids. Mich, June IA de-
sire for harmony seemed to be the dis
Jinguished sentiment among the dele
gates when the state Democratic and
Populist conventions opened today.
The Populists expressed themselves
willing to concede. anything reasona-
ble,' but declared thoy waald oppose
changing their name of Democratic.
Peoples Union Silver party, to plain
Democratic Silver party. Republicans
appeared agreeable to go with ma
iority of the triple alliance and all con-
ceded the nomination of eX-Congress-
man Justin r. Whiting, of St. Clair,
for governor, and the selection of Dan
iel j. Campau, chairman of the Demo-
cratic state central committee as tenn
porary chairman of the Democratic con-
vention. The convention appealed for
a just and frugal administration, one
permitting the use of constitutional
system of gold and silver money; a gov
ernmcnt in which Democracy shall
stand guard and whose affairs shall be
administered by that peerless leader"
William Jennings Bryan. DR.. Nichols
was made temporary chairman of the
Populst convention and Stanly Parkhill
of the Silver Republican convention.