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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17

Unsophisticated Stranger (at sea-
side hotelD-What are the rates of
board herel erk--Five dollars
day up.
Stranger-Oh, | don't care about 60
ing up. Gimme a cheap room ON the
fust floor. Good News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17

-Cbaunccy NJ. Dcpcw t'lls tho New
York farmers to take for the.r motto.
''Rcciproci,y, Rital'at on, Revenue
But somebody has got hold OF the farm.
ers' revenue. AMI to get rctaliat on he
must find homo roo pros ty at home.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17

Mr. Carnegie, our tariff millionaire.
has had his four-in-haud coaching tour
in Scotland again. lio can afford III
the tariff has made b IN rich. The
profits on steel rails at mills for tho
first six months OF the year wore more
than s., ,00a, 900
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17

"Yes; l left it in my pigeon-hole
last night, and this morning | found
that the Office rats had smelled it out
and eaten II. Rochester Post-Express.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17

Instead OF making Uncle Sam pay
duties to himself, why did not McKlE
Icy leave tho duly for tho foreigner ,s
pay2
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17

Young Maxwell, have you de-
cided yet to take my poem on
"Cheese9"
Editor i am very sorry to inform
you that your poem has disappeared.
Don't you known what has be-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17

Subscribe for the KESrucKlAS, only
$500 year.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17

Eleven children out Of twelve need
DIR. Bulls Worm destroyers occasion
ally. These dainty little candies are
always safe and sure.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17
Eupepsy.


This is what you ought to have, in
fact you must have it, to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching for It
daily, and mourning because they find
It not. Thousands upon thousands of
dollars are spent annually by our
people in the hope that they may at
tain this boon. And yet it may be
had by all. We guarantee that Elec-
trio Bitters, if used according to di-
rections and the use persisted in, will
bring you Good Digestions and oust
the demon Dyspepsia and - in
stall instead Eupepsy. We recon-
mend Electric bitters for Dyspepsia
and all diseases of Liver, Stomach,
and Kidneys. Sold at SOC and Sl,OO
per bottle by H. B. GARNER's Phar-
macy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17

l75c Each, Ladies Fast Black Pure
Wool Jersey Ribbed Vests
cheap at sl.25.
|1Oc Each, Mems Finest linen Col
lars Coon e. Co. and Booker
Brand, regular price 2Oc.
&c A yard, Fine Dress Ginghams
new and extreme styles worth
10c.
25c A yard, GO iacb Cardinal
Table Damask color guaran-
teed.
5c Each, Mems fine Muslin Hand
kerchief fast color borders worth
lOc.
5c Each, New Novelties in Ladies
~ fine Hemstitched Handkerchief.
33c Boys DATING Cloth Waists
worth Soc.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17
Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved.

From a letter written by Mrs. Ann
b. Hurd of Groton, S. d., we quote:
"Was taken with bad cold, which
settled on my Lungs, cough set in and
finally terminated in Consumption.
-Four doctors gave me up saying Icould
live but a short time. | gave myself up
to my Savior, determined il | could
not stay with my friends ON earth.
would meet my absent ones above.
My husband was advised to got DR..
Kings New discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds. ] gave it
a trial, took in all eight bottles; it has
cured me and thank God am now
a well and hearty. woman" Trial
bottles free at the H. B. Garner Drug
Co.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17
BASSETT & co.
Partial list Of BARGAINS for this
Week. Come in now and sup
ply your want.
GRAND SELECTIONS. CHOICE BARGAINS.

l9Sc A yard, All Wool Striped anc
Plain skirting q yds. wide
cheap at Sl.25.
1Sc Childrens extra fine quality
full Regular Imported Hose
cost 2lc to import.
25C Ladies fine Ribbed Hose down
from 50c.
S5c A pair Mems extra fine import.
ed Cashmere Socks, worth zoe
25c A yard, for All Wool Kersey
Painting worth 40c.
doc A yard, fine all wool Surab
Cloth Dress Goods, with side
band.
I On Each, All Linen Barnsle,
Huck Towels down from 25c
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

GENERAL SHERMAN is said to know how to
shake hands better than any American in pub
lie life.
SENATOR LELAND STANFORD is understood
to have spent quarter of a million dollars on
art during his recent European trip.
Roswell P. FLOWER boasts that he repre-
sents in Congress district that is richer than
any State except New York and Pennsylvania
MISS ARNOLD has written to her friends In
England, announcing that her father, Sir
Edwin Arnold, will shortly pay visit to
Australia.
Asia farmer Mary Anderson is failure.
Her expensive farm in Colorado has been taken
possession of by coyotes and jack-rabbits. Her
half-brother was her unierstudy in the role of
farmer and she left him in charge; but he was
failure, too.
JOHN HAcKLEY. who has given q 100000
library building to Muskegan. Mich. worked
his way to that city 20 years ago. poor boy on
a lumber vessel. He was determined to sue
ceed, if it was in the wood, and it was. He
made fortune in lumber
MRS. AUGUSTA E. SrETsoN. of New York,
was formally ordained on Tuesday evening as a
pastor of the Church of Christ or Christian
Scientists. She is a Boston lady, who has been
preaching in New York for the last three years.
She is the second woman who has been thus
ronored, the other being Mrs. Mary B. G.. Eddy,
the founder of the Sect
MIR. NJ. G. MULHALI, the well-known Sta
tistician, says that a good statistician should
know three or four modern languages, possess
an easy incom3 and good digestion. he able to
study eight hours daily without sense of fatigue,
have no political tendencies pursue his lahors
regardless of all around him, and never leave
off any subject till he has worked out the re-
suit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
Davis, Fifth AYenue Muesum.

The typewriter contest at this house is
genuine novelty, and very pleasing one to
boot. Eight young ladies. all experts on the
typewriter, have entered for the race, which
promises from yesterdays record to be close
one. The fair contestants occupy raised stage
in the hall On the second floor, and they have
every facility for making fast time. The names
of the young ladies are not given, and they are
known by numbers simply. The contest is
superintended by Prof. Smart. of the Eclectic
Shorthand and Business College of this city,
which guarantees the genuineness of the race.
1t is a very pretty sight to see the young ladies
putting in their best licks on the delicate ma
chimes and the large audience, in which were
many who had never seen typewrlters in opera
tion were deeply interested IN the exhibition.
The prizes, amounting in all to $500. are large
enough to stimulate the contestants. and an ex-
citing race is in sight.
There is a good and varied performance in
the theater. James Irwin does wonders on the
high trapeze. He balances himself on his
head on the trapeze and does all sorts of things.
eating drinking and smoking, in that position
Harry Pink's balancing of light and heavy
weights, Lavam's feat on an invisible slack
wire, Charles Kana's musical act and Cooper
and Copperfield's character sketch are also
good features Samson, the breaker of iron
and other very solid things is another curiosity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
Harry Williams Academy.

Lester and Williams London Novelty and
Gaiety Company held the boards-and the
audience in continual roar-last night at
Harry Williams Academy. The burlesque,
me and Jack" was received with instant ap-
proval. A round dozen of handsome womel,
each of whom is an artist in her role. aided and
abetted by variety men of ability, rendered a
performance which was. if anything, much
above the shows for which the Academy is so
deservedly popular. Miss Estrella Sylvia, as
Prince DandyLiHe, and later in variety of
''pas seul," made a hit. The singing of the
Washburn sisters was excellent anu they had
to answer encores until they were tired
out. To say that Gallagher and West
me and Jack" took" the audi
ence is one way of expressing degree
of popularity for first night not always
attained. They were excruciatir gly funny, and
made a most decide / hit. Sid Euson and Miss
Annie Queen had sei-to with the gloves in .
burlesque on the Slavin-McAuliffe match.
Later the pair took part in sketch in which
some excellent singing, dancing and "busi-
nesS' was witnessed. The performance closed
on a happy adjustment of the difficulties in the
burlesque, in which the heroine comes out in
triumph and the bold, bad baron is very prop
erly defeated. The costuming of the piece was
excellent. II is bound to have crowded houses
during the rest of the week.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
1T WOULD NOT WORK.

A writer in the Fortnjghtly ReuielO has
developed plan by which England, as be
asserts, ''can retaliate on the United States
without raising the price of food to tie con-
sumer." The idea does more credit to the
ingenuity of the writer than to his good
Judgment; but it is interesting both as show
ing the dissatisfaction of England with our
tariff policy and the ease with which people
can be og themselves on that subject. The
plan is 10 levy duty on grain, meat, dairy
PRODUCTS and other food imported from the
United States, only in cases where the i'm
porratIon of such food from the English
colonies can be encouraged. These duties
are to form a retaliation fund, which is to be
paid in bouuties on the importation of food
products from the colonies, or from other
countries that admit English goods free of
dutv. This it is claimed would prevent the
price of taxed iood from rising because what
ever was charged on one importation would
be spent In bounties in making other i'm
portstions cheaper.
This is 4 decided example of the way in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
Harris Theatre.

1t doesn't take much of vehicle to carry
Joseph ]. Sullivan successfully through a
couple of hours to the qualification of an
audience. AS She! III Clutch, in Later On" !"
at the Bijou last season. he caused roars of
laughter at his every appearance on the stage,
as, indeed, he has always done in his special
ties on the variety stage. This season he is
starring with company of his own in play
put together for the purpose OF allowing his
unique affected awkwardness and peculiar
Irish humor full swing, and he takes it. The
house was packed uncomfortably at both per-
fOrmances yesterday, and there was one con-
tnuous roar OF laughter from the time the cur
tain went until IL dropped the last act,
Mr.. Sullivan's grotesque peculiar1ties indeed.
preventing full enjoyment of the dramatic
scenes of the play by those who attend the
theater to weep instead of to laugh. The
music incidental to the play is pretty and well
rendered, and the quartets and duets of girls
are pretty, young and sweet-yoiced. Take it
altogether, 'Black Thorn" may be safely set
down for highly successful weeks run.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
LATE PHASES OF TIE GAS QUESTION.

Coal smoke, Pittsburg's old-time trade
mark, was 'eatu.. of the local landscape
yes's jty. Ut ther. was no cessation of the
hum and bustl of machinery or of the tre-
mendous activities Of the town. With excel
lent steam producing slack, deliverable at
the mills for less than one dollar per ton,
there is no need for fear about keeping up
Lhc fires on such an economical basis as no
other city on the continent can duplicate.
This takes 10 account, either. of the econo-
mics which improved methods of burning
the coal artificial gaS-plants and mixtures
%. oil viii soon very generally introduce.
From the best practical Information, We
have no hesitation in believing the state
meut to be correct that very soon most OF
our manufactures will be getting their fuel
at no higher rate than many of them have
been paving of late TO the Philadelphia
Company.
The question Of the domestic supply is of
the most interest now. 1t is true that to
domestic consumers the cleanliness and con-
veHience OF the gas are important considera-
lions; and We should be all very sorry to
athS to ~ pdNA " tuS COdl SCuttlS anu W
;he tedious lighting of fires, and to the
smoke and SCOT. If the rather sparse and
not particularly explicit explanations of the
Philadelphia Company are al all to be relied
upon, the withdrawal of tine gas from the
mills is to ensure greatly prolonged exist
eHce for and extension OF the domestic sup
lIy. This is very cheerful and eucour-
aging but it is neither so cheerful nor en-
cou~acng to see the intimatIcn given in
certain quarters that the company proposes
10 raise from ten to fifteen cents per thou
sand on the price. There is such thing as
killing the goose that lays the golden eggs;
ana it there is such an abundance of gas
around the city as the company's high
officials have time and again avowed, big
lit in rates will be powerful incentive to
other people to take up the problem OF house
supply.
We are evidently on the eve of some i'm
pOrtant changes as to the light aud fuel
question. Ii the mills can get artificial gas
at less than 10 cents per thousand feet, it
will be only a question Of time until the
domestic consumers fad the problem solved
ior them also. Ii one company does not do
it another will Fortunately under the
natural gas laws the field is open to all
comers who have the capital to enter it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
A TIMELY RHYME

In Which Readers of The Dispatch Should
be Interested.
A few verses in our esteemed contemporary,
the Saturday Rerie,U. are of timely importance.
''Falling loud on our tympanum, fearful as the
crack o. doom;
Speeding westward, awful, thund'ring; 'tis the
Rudyard Kipling boom.
Rudyard Kipling, gifted STRIPPING, praise and
glory to his name.
Pressing. rhyming, braveiy climbing to the PIN
nacle of Fame.n
This graceful recognition of new develop
ment in the literary world is especially inter-
esting owing to the fact that the biggest gun
that MIR. Kipling has yet load ed will be heard
in The DISPATCH on November through the
beginning of his first serial, THE LIGHT
THAT FAILED"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28

which people who embark into the develop
ment of special economic theories befog
themselves into failure to recognize the
universal law that the supply of staple
cannot be limited without raising the price
above what il would be if tine supply were
not limited. The plan seems fine one on
paper to serve the English purpose of re-
taliation; but its complete illustration of
the weakness which attends all economic
theories framed especially to reach special
conclusion is that it proposes to at once cut
off the American imports OF food products
for the purpose of retaliation and to keep
them up in order to pay duties to
yield bounties on the same products
from the colonies. 1t is plain that
the duties, If imposed, must accom-
plish one of two results. Either the i'm
ports of our food products will be excluded
from the English market, or they will come
in paying the duty, and therefore enhanced
in price to the amount of the duty. If the
former is the case, there will be no imports
to pay the bounty on colonial products, and
the limited supply must raise prices suff-
ciently to stimulate colonial production. Ii
the second proves true the price will be en-
hanced on both American and colonial pro-
ducts, whether the latter is stimulated by
the bounty or not.
1t is entirely possible for England to levy
duties and pay bountIes as proposed by this
writer. But the problem in England is to do
it without raising the price of food, as the
need of food there is so manifest that the
Government: which would enhance its price
would expose itself to the danger Of certain
destruction. And John Bull can no more
impose burden and RESTRICT IN of this sort
on his food supply. without raising the
price, than he can lift himself by the straps
of his boots out of his tight little island and
set himself down in some of his colonies on
the other side Of the world.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
Social Chatter.

miss -@ daughter of a prominent
merchant lives in East End, Mr.. - -,
engaged in glass business-courtship OF long
duration-broken." Is the significant note sent
in by friend regarding two young people,
whose contemplated marriage has been an ab-
sorbinS topic of conversation among their large
circle of friends for some weeks past.
THE first dance of the Allegheny Cotilion
will be given in the assembly room of the Mo-
nongahela House this evening. The chaperons
for the affair are Mrs. Simpson Horner, Mrs.
Palmer, Mrs. H. W. Mckee and Mrs. W. &.
Stewart.
The young people of the Heart and Hand
Society, of the Third Presbyterian Church. met
yesterday afternoon, in the church parlors, to
sew for the Orphans Home. A song service
was held in the lecture room last evening.
MISS ROSA FRIEDsAM and Mr.. Henry Fink
elpearl will be married to-day at 5 o'clock p. NJ,
by Rabbi L. Mayer at the brides home in Alle-
gheny. A Western wedding trip will succeed
the wedding festivities.
MISS HELEN w. LEECH, a popular Seven
teenth ward teacher, has resigned her position
and will be welded Thursday to Mr.. Edwin A.
Smith. a prosperous young business man of
Pittsburg.
Mrs. EDWARD O'NEIL. of Sewickley who
gave such an enjoyable and brilliant reception
last Thursday, will be hostess to a small COM
pany on the evening of the same day this
week.
THE marriage of Miss Bessie Murphy ana
Mr.. George F. Wagner, both of the East End,
will be celebrated this evening at the home of
the BRIDES parents, on Meadow street.
AN entertainment and social will be given BY
the Y. P. S. Z. E. and Mission Band of the
Southside Presbyterian Church this evening
LAWYER P. A. KNOX, big man physically
and intellectually, from Greene county, was in
the city yesterday.
MRS. H. B. BIRCH. 642 Penn avenue. has
invited several friends to a II o'clock luncheon
to-day.
Mr.. EDWARD EVERETT will to-day marry
Miss Mary Golden, of Braddock.
MRS. JOHN ARTHURs, of Boquet street. re-
ceives this afternoon.
HALLOWEEN parties and frolics are the
order of the week.
Mrs. ]. DAWSON GALLERY gave a card
party last evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
A BAD OUTLOOK.

A very remarkable example Of the way in
which Chicago is showing disposition to
repudiate the agreement under which she
obtained the location of the Worlds Fair is
presented by a recent editorial in the Chi
cago Tribune arguing that the Government
ought to pay for the expense of procuring
exhibits from other countries. That journal
conceds that Chicago is pecuniarily inter-
ested in the Fair; but it claims that the
whole country is interested and that the
people who come there from all parts of the
United States will be benefited. Conse-
quently it argues that if Chicago provides
the site and buildings, "the other part of
the expense ought to be borne by the Gen.
eral Government"
This remarkable argument can be an
swered ii necessary in two ways: first, that
unless Chicago goes to work before long to
make the Fair a success, visitors to II will
get precious little benefit; and second, that
if they are benefited they will pay for it by
money set afoat in the business channels OF
Chicago. But it is not necessary to enlarge
upon the argument, for the simple reason
that the claim is a repudiation of the under
standing by virtue of which Chicago OBJ
tained the Fair. 1t was urged upon Con-
gress that Chicago was so keen for the
advantages OF the Fair that she would pro-
vide all the funds. Indeed, the funds were
already raised-if we could believe the rep
resentatives of the Chicagoans-ail but the
beggarly one or two hundred thousand
needed to make up the round ten millions
The United States would not be asked to do
anything except to provide the money for
the Government exhibit and the expenses of
the representatives of the Government.
After Chicago has secured the fair on
such representations it is very remarkable
proceeding to turn around and take the po-
sition which has been taken, if the Tribune
properly represents the community. In
stead of bearing all the expenses of the Fair,
as the city which would derive direct pc
cuniary profit from it, it now seems to be
the Chicago idea to provide only the money
to fill in site not suited to the Fair, but
which will add millions of dollars worth of
land to the area Of the city, and to provide
buildings which will permanently orna-
ment the city. In other words, Chicago's
money is only to be spent for the permanent
benefit of Chicago, and it is proposed to try
and make the Government pay for getting
up the Fair out of which her people will
make money.
This is not only bad faith, but it IS
course that if persisted in will wreck the
enterprise. Indeed. the course OF Chicago's
representatives and the act of the commits
sion to which Secretary Window has called
attention, in using up the Government ap-
preparation to pay princely salaries to its
officers, are most promising in the direction
of turning that enterprise into a scandal.
If there is not a very sharp change OF policy
the outcome will be the reverse of credit
able
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
INCREASING IN MEMBERSHIP.

First Annual Meeting and Election of Of
ficers of the Presbyterian Union.
The first annual meeting of the Presbyterian
Union of P1ttsburg and Allegheny was held
yesterday afternoon in the parlors of the First
Church. on Wood street. There was good at
tendance present, representative of the 125
members of the union. In the absence of Pres
ident Pitcairn, Rev. 1. N. Hays occupied the
chair.
The report of the Treasurer. Mr.. William A.
Shauw, was read. showing receipts for the year
amounting to s995, and expenditures SS94 75
leaving a balance of 800 25 The receipts
came from dues. and the expenditures were
for three addresses delivered during the year
by noted men and receptions rendered them
while here.
The names of Il applicants for membership
were received and will be acted on later.
An election of officers then resulted as fol-
lows: President, William McCreery; Vice
President. Rev. George I. Purves, u. D; Secre-
tary, Rev. E. R. Donehoo; Treasurer, Wilson
A. Shaw; Executive Committee, Robert A.
Orr, Rev. John Fox. Harold Pierce, j. Frank
Robinson and Rev. Dewitt M. Benham.