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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
BECAME A PROPRIETOR.
Sherman Tells Why He Purchased Prop
erty In Washington.

Sherman Tells Why He Purchased Prop
erty in Washington.
when entered congress my pay as
a member was eight dollars day dar,
ing the session, and it was said we had
roast beef but we paid fo-,it if we had
it," says Senator John Sherman, in his
"Recollections" "At the close of the
34th congress the compensation was III
creased to $4,000 year. During the
latter part of the war and afterward
prices of food, board and lodging were
considerably advanced.
"In 1864 I offered the proprietor of
Wizards hotel my monthly pay of $3.50
for board and lodgings in very modest
quarters for my wife and myself, but
he demanded $500 month. This led me
To purchase house in which to live,
Il change which have never regretted.
1t was quite the fashion then for the old
families, who were in full sympathy
with the confedcrates, to underrate
property (even their own) in Washing
ton, on the ground that when the con-
federacy was acknowledged the capital
would be removed and real estate
could, therefore, be obtained upon very
reasonable terms
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
Needed More Room.


Maj. Gleason, the autocrat of Long
Island City, has recently taken to
four-in-hand ties, He explains his
reasons as follows: II used to wear
a little tie about as big as my finger,
but the boys made over $50, 900 on
my election, and so they thought
they'd have to buy me somethin',
and they had this pin made for me.
It's the first jewelry I ever wore in
all my life" 1t is a diamond battle
ak, with blood-red edge of rubies
and big emerald in the handle. 81
had to have some place to put it, !"
he said apologetically, $50 the boys
bought me this ready-made tie"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
mot A LADY,"
Queer Ideas of the Trades People Of
Scotland.

Queer Ideas of the Trades People of
Scotland.
The last time the significance of that
very versatile and comprehensive word
gentleman" came up for discussion in
the present writer's hearing one of the
takers was reminded of the amusing
experiences of an American woman in
Scotland, says Harper's Weekly. She
had been studying to be a trained
nurse and went abroad in the summer.
In Edinburgh she undertook to buy a
macintosh. She found one that
suited her, but the price was too high.
She said to the shop girl: II have to
work for my living and can't afford to
pay so much. You must sell it to me
cheaper" "Vait a minute" said the
girl, and went to the rear of the shop
to the proprietor and sad: "That per-
son would like that cloak, but she says
she's not lady, and wants a reduc-
ton" Whether she got the cloak or not
did not appear, but unquestionably she
got very surprising illustration of The
difference between the meaning of the
word 'lady" in Scotland and its mean
ing in the United States.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
To Clean Marble.

An excellent way to clean marble
is as follows: Sift together two parts
of common soda and one of powdered
chalk, mix them with water to a
common paste, spread it over the
marble to be cleaned and let it re-
main for few hours or over night,
if necessary. Wash it off with soft
soan and lukewarm water, and dry
with soft rag. Or make the mix
ture, about the thickness of cream,
of strong soap lees and quicklime,
lay it over the marble for at least
IL hours, and wash off as above. If
the stains resist these remedies let
the stone or marble mason see them.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
CHAMPION HARp-LUcK STORY.
Girl Gives Him Money to Keep-Jnts Him
His Dilemma.

Girl Gives Him Money to Keep-JIlts Him
His Dilemma.
Cupid leads men into strange capers,
and many of these capers have an inter
csting financial side. A seven-dollar-
a-week porter in a large china store
came 70 his employer recently and
made this interesting confession:
'Im in peck O trouble. I've been
engaged to a girl, you know-was aw-
full gone on her-and blew in nearly all
my wages on her - theaters, sleigh
rides, oyster stews and all sorts of
things. Well, she's mad at me and
wrote this letter to say that I'm fired.
Look at all this stuff she sent back
photograph, SIS ring, 81 ring, $13 gold
chain, SIS locket-wasnt l chumpP
But the worst of it is, we were going
to get married, and she was giving
me her money to keep. had $40 of
her money. OF course, you know, l
thought she wouldn't want 1t soon, and
I've been and blew it in on this suit
of clothes, and three sweaters: had to
look decent to go around with her, you
konw. Now, l have to pony up that
cash and 1 amt got it. Will you let
me draw It on these here wimmin's
trinlSets ?n
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
NATURAL sorT SOAP.
1t Is Found in a Series Of Pits in the p

1t Is Found in a Series OF Pits In the Big
torn Mountains.
A party Of gentlemen from the
east. who have Teen hunting and
fishing du-ipg the pest month
in the Big Horn mountains and
basin, met while there with a per-
tinent illustration Of the natural
marvels of the great central west, says
the Denver News. This was nothing
less than the discovery OF series of
pits or watts OF natural soft soap, theex-
cellent quality of The product showing
that old Dame Nature is we'll compe-
tent, when in the mood, to hold up fully
the end of her string as housewife.
These natural soft soap pits, seven
in number, and having an average ca
pacity of about LOCO gallons, are scat
tered over an area of two or three acres
of allIali land, situated just below the
mouth of half dozen hot springs and
two large springs of practically pure
lubricating oil. The water from the
hot springs and the oil drainage COM
bining with each other and acting on
the alkali deposit, constitute a natural
soap mandatory, the product of
which is gathered in the adjacent Sc
lies of earth cavities or pits. Just be-
low the pits themselves is wide tract
of spongiest marsh soil, in whose
depths the soft soap surplus is alb
sorbed. The product is perfectly mar
ketable, and in the coming Commercial
development of the Big Horn basin
there will doubtless be a natural soft
snan syndicate
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
A V0nan's Story.
~NARRArIvE OF woMAN'S ILLS.
...-,,. l,nctlng and Lack of Outdoor
exercise Bring Much Vice.

...,.& l,nctAAE and Lack of Outdoor
Tsxcrcise Bring Much Vice.
(From the Detroit SUM-
The large. pretentious brick residence at
ANIL avenue, ia this city, is the home,
heroine Of this interesting story.
a1AMhliss Margaret Stenbaugh, AND her
aasiences during the past four years are
naibiished here for the first time.
Miss Stenbaugh is a pretty girl OF about
20 wears and is to-day the true picture Of
the ideal, healthy, robust and jovial Ameri-
can girl. She was not always so, as is
proven by the accompanying statement
made by her.
-Four years ago." she said, I was such Q
scrawny, puny little midget, pale and ema-
eiated by an ailment peculiar to us women,
that nv father and mother gave me up to
die. The local practitioner, whose name
vss ~ Glassford, Il was at that time living
At ST. Ia, Ont.,) said it was only matter
of days when would be laid away in the
churchyard. " could not walk. / became
30 weak, and regularly every night my
father used to carry me up stairs to my
room. can distinctly remember my tell.
ing him that he wouldn't have to carry me
about much longer, and how he said while
the tesys glistened in his eyea, that he
would be willing to do it always, if he
could only have me with him.
"At this time, l read, or was told by some
body, Of the wonderful cures that were being
wrought by DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, and my father went to Brant-
ford, where he purchased couple of boxes
from w. Wallace. l commenced taking
them, and thought for a time that they did
me no good, but very shortly noticed great
change. They began to act on my trouble,
and in the short space of six weeks was
able to walk. / continued taking the pills,
and in six months was in the condition
!, you see me now. fully believe that they
alone saved me from the grave, and you will
always find myself and the balance of our
family ready to talk about the good DR..
Williams Pink Pills did for mel
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
18th day of December, 1898.
d. A. DELANEY, Notary Public,
Wayne Co., Michigan.
An ANALYSIS Of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People shows that they contain,
in q condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness 10 the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They are
an unfailing specific forsuch diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner-
yous headache, the after effects of la grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow
compilations, all forms Of weakness either In
male or female, and all diseases resulting
from vitiated humors in the blood. DR..
Williams Pink Pills are sold by all dealers,
or will be sent post paid on receipt of price,
$50 cents box, or boxes for $2.50-they
are never sold in bulk or by the 1907 by ad.
dressing DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schs'
nectady, N. Y. -
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
Never Touched Him.

at is claimed by the complainant
that you assaulted him." said the
Judge.
HE lies, your honor, ! never
touched him. Parker and Willough-
by picked him up and carried him tc
the pump. All I did was to work
the pump-handle. - arper's Bazaar.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
want Protection.

The Davarian PEASANTS, who have a
horror OF fire, address the following
prayer to their favorite saint: 30, holy
st. Florianl Protect this house; burn
the otkers.s
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
L. & N. TIME TABLE.

Nashville Accommodation does not run on
sunday.
North bound st. Louis and Chicago Fast
,roins have through trains solid and sleepers
20 Chicago and St. Louis.
Fast Line stops only at important stations
aud crossings. HaS through Pullman sleep.
'rs TO Atlanta. Ga.
J. M.ADAMs.Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
DR. VI -. OSGOOD,
Lowell, Mass.

"castoria is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest of their children, and use Castoria
instead of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down their Threats, thereby
sending them to premature graves"
DR.. J. F. KNcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
Castoria.

"castoris is an excellent medicine for chill
dFen. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DIR. @. =. OsoooD,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17

ment have spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of castoria has won us % look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
Castoria.

"castoria is so we'll adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
II. A. ARCHER, II. D.,
n nxtord prooiyI,,,, "
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17


90 Cricket Guide. ByI3S Oficia Croquet Guide.
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ateur Oarsman. Mitchell.
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80. How TO Play Lacrosse 49, Spalding's Bicycle
Wv. H. Corbett Guide.
80. Practical Ball Playing 49, Athletic Almanac Tor
By Arthur A. Irwin 1896 BY ]. f. Sullivan
49, Lawn Tennis Guide Az Ofhcial Handbook of
85. Intercollegiate A.A,A. A. A. U.
A. Guide 49, Spaldng's Base Bal
81. All Around Athletics. Guide for 1880
Price, 10c, per book, postpaid to any address in
the United States or Canada. Address
Department &C."
American Sports Publishing Co.,
241 BROADWAY, N. Y.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
What. is

Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregorc, Drops, Soothing Syrups, Castor Oil.
1t is Pleasant. Its guarantee thirty ycss' use by
Millions of Mothers Castoria destroys alays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Curd,
Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, constipation and fatulency.
CastOria assimiates the food regulates stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
tOr is the ChiIdren's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17

The cenaur Company, TT Murray Street, New City,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17

For further Information, address
II. G. MoRpUE, A. G. p A
or Louisville, KY.
W. L. MILLS.
greensboro, Ky,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-17
NORTH ROuND

Local freight will carry passengers betwee
Hopkinsville and Princeton.
UNIOET0WN BRANCH.
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-03-18
Where Is Butler County At?

The Butler county Republican con-
ventiOn February 20 was the scene of q
lively fight over resolutions. The fol-
lowing set Of resolutions was tabled by
a vote of 48 to IS:
''l. That we reafirm the cardinal
party principles, protection and reci-
proClty, and demand protection equally
for all classes and industries.
"2. We heartily indorse Congressman
Charles Curtis.
$50. We demand the restoration of
silver at Is to l to It's constitutional
money function by the side of gold.
'4. Richard Blue has misrepFeseRted
Butler county on every possible 0ccs-
sion; offered grstutitous insult to the
intelligence OF the rank and file of the
Republican party by insinustions Of
dishonesty to those who do not agree
with him in his efforts to foist gold
standard on q long-suffering people.
Therefore we request and demand that
the party and State be not disgraced by
placing his name on the Republican
ticket.
SO. The United States Senate is the
highest law-making power, and we
urge our Legislature that it exercise
greater care In selecting Kansas mem
bers, and TO not send any more weak
kneed accidents of railroad attorneys
to represent us at Washington.
''6. We are opposed to Instruction Of
delegates to convention, but favor
men as delegates of good repute and
known integrity, whose business prln-
Ciples and ideas and whose moral
standing are such that they may safely
be relied upon to deal justlyand honor
ably with the masses"
After the delegates were elected res
olutions indOrSing Mckinley and Char
ley Curtis were adopted.
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-03-18

10 Free Coinage Of silver Glass Legislation.
A favorite argument of goldltes ls
that free and unlimited coinage Of sill.
YER would enable q foreigner to bring
80 cents worth Of silver to this country
and have It converted into q dollar,
aud that would be class legislation.
To this l reply that the monetary
value Of the silver In silver dollar is
already 100 cents, just as the monetary
value Of the gold In q gold dollar Is 100
cents. The bullion price of the silver
In o silver dollar Is but little more than
one-hah as much as formerly, and only
about one-hRf Its present monetary
value, and why? Because Of the classs
legislation Of the Republican party In
favor Of the goldites which has en-
HANGED the bullion price Of gold to al
most double the bullion price of silver.
1t should be kept in mind that while
there has been q constant divergence
between the bullion price Of gold and
the bullion price Of silver since the Re-
publican party put the country's cur
rency on q gold basis, the same diver.
Eence is witnessed betwe en- the price of
gold bullion and the prices Of all other
commodities, such as wheat, corn, cot
ton, live StoCk, land, labor, ETC., while
, there has bean . remarkable samenesH
between che price Of silver bullion and
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-03-18

world is to invest in life insurance. By
the continual payment Of comforts
BILE sum for old age, or In case Of death,
bis dependents are insured against
want. This business is profitable to
the companies who carry it on, so prof
table that they erect immense build
ings with the money collected, pay
prfncely salaries to their officers, and
support numberless agents to worry
the lives out of busy people who are
not insured or who are insured in other
companies. Might not this idea be
seized by the government without VIC
lsting any of the rights of citizens, In
asmuch as it is reasonable for the care
of the helplessP A man will pay $25
to $50 q year into an insurance company
who would howl dreadfully if he were
taxed half that amount, yet the sssur-
snce Of the government that his family
should not come to want would be as
reliable as that of the company"
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-03-18
Government Ingursnco.

Superintendent Glotfelter Of Atchi.
son city schools had an extended article
In recent issue Of the Champion on
"The Disseminated" He says In it
many good things, showing that he is
trying to decide In his own mind on
some solution for the present lamenta-
BILE industrial conditions. The follow
ing extract conveys an idea that the
Professor IL not one of those peculiar
mortalS who is afraid to intrust the
government with those things which in
the governments hands would be Of
increased benefit to the governed. He
says:
"The helpless poor ought to be COM
PEELED TO beg, God grant that the
traveller to this land may never be Inn
pressed by the number OF beggars that
beset hia path. Ths custom Of the
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-03-18
Russell sage's FortificatlOns.

It is q certainty that not man alive
will ever get into Russell Ssge's Office
to throw another bomb at him. His
outer room is furnitured like bank.
and the visitors card is showed through
q small hole In the high fenCe-just
such hole as that through which the
paying teller hands money for an hon.
Ored check. Outside of the fence,
against the white plastered wall, stands
q along bench, upon which visitors sit.
-NetO York World.
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-03-18
Consumption Cured.

An old physician retired from practice, hay
ing had placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula Of simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure Of
Consumption, Bronchitis, CatarFh, Asthma,
and all throat and lung affections, also posi-
all Nervous Complaints, after having tested
its wonderful curative powers In Thousands Of
cases, has felt it his duty to make Ii known to
his suffering fellows ActuAted by this mo-
tive and desire to relieve human suffering
win send free Of charge to all who desire it,
this recipe in German, French or English, with
full directions for preparing Bnd using. Sent
by mail by addressing with stamp, naming
this paper. w. A. NoYRs, $50 P0lrer$ Block,
Rochester, ". \.
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-03-18

for the very necessity Of the govern
ments adopting this one metal as
money Of redemption will constantly
increase the demand for it, and ire
slstiIDly continue to enhance It's value,
and to the same extent depress the
price Of everything it measures; and If
this were not true, the market value Of
no commodity on earth 10 so suscepti-
bic Of manipulation by interested par
ties Gs that Of gold, and no cOmbina-
tion Of men was ever formed or ever
will be equal In power to increase at
their will the value of their own prop.
erty, and thereby control the selling
price of the great staples of industry,
to that already organized in the bank.
ing systems Of the principal CONNER
cisl countries of the globe.
eff we need an object lesson to con-
vince us Of the absolute truth Of this
statement the history of our country
during its Civil war furnishes that
lesson, for In the hour Of supreme need
the great volume Of gold In the United
States found a hiding place In the
vaults Of banks, and refused to come
forth until In times of greatest peril
the credit Of the whole nation was only
sufficient to exchange $3 of It's
most solemn promises to pay for q
single dollar in gold. / cannot shut
my eyes to the real issue involved in
this contest.
~ know If the policy Of portion Of
my own party and Of the great major
Ity Of the Republican party prevails we
are to retire S5O0,0OQO0O Of non
interest. bearing national currency as
sound 90 was ever issued by any
government on earth and substitute
for 1t $500, 100000 of interest bearing
bonds, and I know that the annual
interest on these bonds, every cent Of
which the toilerS Of the nation must
provide, will not be less than $l5,OOO,-
600 to be paid In gold In addition to the
principal sum when due.
'TO such q wrong, as 1t appears to
me, can never knowingly assent. l
want It, therefore, understood by every
friend I have In Iowa that to the ut
most extent Of the ability possess /
will do all / can to restore the financial
system adopted by our fathers and
guaranteed to their descendants In the
most solemn form that human rights
Of any kind can be secured to q free
people. Respectfully yours,
(Signed) "HoRACE BoIEs."
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