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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29
Costly Land.

In the city of LoDdonf morethan
ESQ los an inch was pad for every
piece of the hand between King Will
liam statue and Trinitysquare, E. @.
The ground about Lombard street
is estimated to be worth not less
than e., 100000 an acre; FL, $4,000
was asked from the southeastern
Railway company for a small piece
of land in Bermondsey. This piece
of property was l6 feet b depth-and
contained an area of 4,l34 super
fetal feet, so that sltei price asked
was at the rate of k13, 900, 600 an
nora ... ..
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29
FORCE OF A GUNBOAT.
Returned Missionary Tells Of Per-
sonaI Experience.

Returned Missionary Tells of Per-
sonal Experience.
Moral influence is good, but it is
also o good thing to have something
behind it, says the New York Elk
aminer. A missionary who recently
arrived in this country from Turkey
in Asia mentioned to the writer the
following experience. Of course, we
must suppress all names and places,
from regard for his safety and that
Of his associates.
81 left, !" he said, "the town of -
in the morning. In the afternoon of
that day it was attacked by the
Kurds and several hundred of the in
habitants were slaughtered. When
/ reached the seaport, intending to
take the steamer on the way to
America, was told by the local au-
thority that l could not have a per-
NIT to embark, for he was com
manded to detan person answer
ing to my description until further
orders. I explained to him the
necessity of my taking the steamer
and the great inconvenience of de-
lay. He expressed his regret, but
he declared his inability to allow me
to proceed. Presently the steamer
sailed without me and had to wait
another week.
"Day after day passed, bringing
only politeness and promises. The
consul telegraphed to Constantin-
ople, but the telegram had to pass
through the hands of the govern
ment, and my name was purposely so
muddled that the minister could only
telegraph back: I have received
your communication, but cannot
make out to whom it refers Atlast
the consul managed to get word to
the commander of the gunboat,
which was lying 60 miles off,. Next
morning, looking out on the Mediter-
ranean, ! saw the smoke of an APP
preaching steamer. AS it came
nearer / said to myself: why,
that looks like one of the white
squadron Presently I saw at-'her
forepeak the stars and stripes. She
anchored in the port and the com
mandi called ON the local authority
and said to him: i have come to
inquire into the case of, MR.
The local magistrate, with great ur-
banity, said: sob, that is albright.
5bs papers arein order and he ,can
60 at any time The commander re-
piled: i am very glad 9of 1T, Jfor
otherwise should have been5com-
peIled to deniand him! I" ~ rHt'-,'
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29

A phenomenon has tasan noticed in
various parts. Of Nebraska. Water
stands higher in wells and is found
in larger volumes in streams than in
several years at this season. There
has been very little rain in Nebraska
during the last fall and winter, yet
streams which were dry last year
are filed with water from some I'M
known source, and wells show more
water than usual. The weather
bureau has begun an investigation,
and the railroads are assisting.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29
Forests Of Spain.

Spain is waking up to the neces-
sity OF reafforesting her mountains.
The little king recently went to a
village q few miles east of Madrid
and planted a pine sapling, after
which 1000 children selected from the
Madrid schools each planted tree.
Medals were distributed among
them, with the inscription: First
arbor day instituted in the reign of
Alfonso Kill, 1896 Similar festi-
walls are to be held yearly in differ
ent places and the children are to be
taken out to see how their trees
grow. in the hope that they will
foster tree planting in their dis
tricts
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29
Woman's Beauty No Secret

from the system the poisonous impurities
which cause the terrible chronic diseases Pc
culiar to women. The aches, pains, blues ner-
ow complexion. etc., which accompany ali fe-
male troubles are caused by kidney poison and
o failureof the delicate organs OF womanhood
to perform their natural function. AS a GER
tain remedy for diseases peculiar TO females
and for all diseases Of the kidneys and biao.
der Wintersmith's Buchu has had thirty years
success. II you would avoid many OF the
troubles Of women use 81.
Wintersmith's Buchu.
Your Druggist sells it.
Arthur Peter & Co., Louisville, KY,
Gen. Agents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29

Ii you are possessed Of wool dyed,
upshrinkable, fifty four-inch-wide sag
acity, ,yon will not suffer, sick head
ache any longer, but will try the new
and famous cure known as Ramon's
Tonic Liver Pills. They are abso-
lutely harmless, andiShe best remedy
ever compounded ,&t all forms Of
biliousness, disordered Niver, sour
stomach etcZ All duggistshakethe
and they cost but Is cents aifbox.
They wIll giyeryou samplefree. eiA
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29
Cheap Horses.

Six head Of fair-sized, entirely
sound horses were sold In the town
of Lakeview, Ore, receptly, for an
average Of six dollars and fifty cents
each. One OF the horses brought
only one dollar and hfty cents
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29

The funeral Of City Auditor W Walsh,
OF Lexington will take place. in that
city this afternoon, 'g' e..
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29

Mrs. Sandidge, wife of Judge Sam
didge, of Burksville. and q. most Iowa
BILE woman, is dead. -
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29

Mrs. Virginia Lyme, the ! estjmable
mother OF John Lyme, of the Hendar
son Journal, is dead ~ /,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-29
I. Sd ~. ZINE TABLE.

sunday. .s.4
North bound ST. Louis and Chicago Fast
roins have through trains solid and sleepeTs
20 Chicago and st. Louis.
Fast Line stops only at important stations
ana crossings Has through Pullman sleep
4aE5Ia a JIM. Agent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-20
Leaner Pork.

The requirements Of the market are
undoubtedly shifting from the lard to-
ward the bacon hog The number of
the latter kind being used is not great
as yet, but still the tendency Is in that
direction, and everything points to-
ward their preference in the future.
Or couse, with scarcity Of corn and
corresponding lack Of fat, the lard pro-
Queer would demand a premium, but
this condition promises to be the ex-
ception rather than the rule hereafter
The kind of hog the farmer will raise
depends largely on the preference of
the packer, who will look to the public
taste and the values of various hog pro-
ducts for his guide. Heretofore the far
mer has had little or no inducement to
produce bacon hog He usually sold
to the shipper, who sold to the packer
and the packer wanted fat hogs. With
abundance Of corn, hogs could be made
fat cheaply, and the farmer found 1T to
his advantage to feed them for fat
and heavy weights. But change Is
now coming about. Packers tire call
ing for more and more light hogs, be-
ca use the consumers prefer the meat
from that kind. The foreign consumer
Is buying literally of pork from bacon
hogs at an advance, while American
hogs must sell at a reduction. Packers
are after this foreign trade, and to get
1T and keep it must have hogs which
are similar to those produced by Eu-
ropean farmers. AS the packers de-
mand more hogs of this kind, American
producers will furnish them, and will
find them as profitable as any.-Na-
tional Stockman.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-20

LADY'S COSTUME-This is an ideal
summer toilette. Made of green and
white figured organdy and daintily
trimmed with lace, nothing prettier has
yet been created by Dame Fashion. The
stylish bodice possesses a fitted lining,
which may be either white or colored.
as desired. The full blouse front,
trimmed with lace insertion, fastens
invisibly at the left side, while the lin
ing closes in the center front, as usual.
The back displays a slight fulness con-
fined by gathers at the neck and waist
line. The crush collar and belt are
of black and white striped ribbon. The
sleeves are very pretty feature of the
costume. At the top they are orna-
mented with draped epaulettes trim
med with lace to match the bodice.
while at the lower edge they are gath
cred into narrow bands covered with
insertion, from which full ruffies fall
gracefully over the hands The skirt is
worthy companion to the stylish bod
Ice. 1t is cut with seven cores, and
has it's two back cores gathered. as
shown in the small view at the right
of the Illustration. Two pretty ruffles
edged with lace and headed by rows Of
insertion trim the bottom. 1t is made
up over fve-gored foundation skirt
Joined to the outer skirt at the belt.
Rartiste, lawi, dimity, chambray,
gingham, grass linen, ttaffeta, China or
novelty silks, challis, cashmere and
other light woolens are appropriate to
the development of this design.
20.640-Lady's basque waist with
blouse front requires for medium size
yards Of material % inches wide, or
S1s yards SO inches wide. Lining re-
quired, 11s yards; insertion represent
ed, 51a yards; lace, yards Cut in
sizes. 80, "a, SO, SO and 40 inches, bust
measure.
2O,5S9-Lady's seven-gored skirt
Chaving it's two back cores gathered
and a five-gored foundation skirt,
suitable for wash fabrics, requires for
medium size s yards of material q
inches wide, IN yards, 80 inches wide.
or 613 yards SO inches wide. Lining re-
quired, 6 yards. Length of skirt in
front, Al inches; width around bottom,
61s yards. Cut in sizes, %, "a, 26, %
and 80 inches, waist measure.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-20
ABOUT THE FARM |

Farm, Stock & Home.
Now is the time to watch closely the
flow Of milk in your herd. If there are
indications of shrinkage examine the
pasture and see that the cows have an
abundance Of succulent, palatable food
II they have plenty of feed see that the
water supply is ample. Cows should be
supplied with a cool shady place to
which they can retire during midday.
Shade should be provided at the highest
point in the pasture. We have always
noticed that cows during the warmest
portion of the day seek some high point
where they get the benefit of the wind.
When the flies become troublesome
keep the cows in the barn during the
afternoon and let them out in the pas
ture during the night. At the expert
ment station the COWS generally come
UP to the barn before noon. The win
dowS are covered with screens and cur
tanned, which makes the stable cool
and dark. The cows all know their stall
and toward midday the herd can be
seen slowly moving up the lane leading
to the barn, as the cows reach the barn
door, which is left open, they throw
their heads to one side and then to the
other, driving off the flies, then they
step into the darkened room, leiSurely
chewing their cud. When they are all
in the door is closed and during the
afternoon the process of digestion and
elaboration of milk goes quietly on.
After milking they are again turned
out, and during the fore part Of the
night they are industriously grazing.
If the pasture is short, oats are now
ed and allowed to wilt and each one
firds her portion in her manger. No
crop is too valuable for the cows, for
more is realized by feeding the green
grain to them than could be obtained
by allowing it to ripen. 1t always pays
to keep the cows comfortable and fur
nished with an abundance of food.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-20
MRS. LEASE SAYS THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE A TRIFLE DEFI-
CIENT.
WISE BEYOND OUR TIMES
ON OTHER SUBJECTS, BUT WOE
FULLY LACKING IN RECOGNI-
MILTON OF SILVER.
HER IL. OF L. PICNIC SERMON.
Prison Agents Inspecting the Ca
reer of ParteIlO-News of Min
neapOIis.

eve are behind our times, but our
intelligence is not up to our needs Our
knowledge of science and inventions
is beyond our knowledge Of the science
of finance"
Before an audience of 700 people, at
the Knights of Labor picnic at Ply
mouth avenue and Morgan, yesterday
afternoon, Mrs. Mary E. Lease spoke
on economic questions for nearly two
hours.
Mary Lease is tall, imposing and en-
ergetic in her eloQuence, with an eye
that flashed fire every time she hurled
forth some epithet at the money pow
ers of this country and that of Europe
She is the same Mary Lease that in
the past has taken her stand with the
common people and with her voice,
IT not vote, has worked for the prin-
ciples that she has thought to be right
In her address yesterday she touched
on the different topics that at this
time are interesting the people She
devoted, however, most of her time to
the money question.
The restoration of silver she did not
consider panacea for all ills, but it
making the money Of payment the
same as the money Of obligation.
I'VE are living in a most wonderful
day., said the speaker, Sin a day when
a tidal wave Of unrest seems to be
sweeping over the people. It must be
evideSt to many that we are standing
at the beginning of a new progress Of
the people; In a new period of reform
atlon, when every step is all important
TO student of history it must be ap-
parent that we are moving. At a GER
tain age we were battling for political
freedom; grace is now ready for an
other step. You have all some ideas
as your issues at this moment
1t has been the hope that the last bat
tie for human rights has been fought.
but the battle with human greed has
not been fought out. This battle be-
tween human greed and human slavery
will still have to be settled The Am
er1can people are liberty loving and
lawful people, that will pay every dol
lar of debt it owes, but we have reach
ed the time when we realize that the
money of our fathers is good enough
Tor the American people, the Minnesota
farmer and the English lord
The speaker then turned her atten-
ton to the land monopoly, and but for
the lateness of the hour would have en-
tered strong plea for the religion of
Henry George, Single Tax, Of which
she is an advocate.
DR.. A. A. Ames delivered a short adj
dress in which he called the newspa-
pers liars, spoke of the money power
and "Shylocks," bringing the gold
standard down, troubles of the laboring
people, financial authors, who did not
seem to know where to start from
in solving the problem Mr.
Ames said he had studied tho
question and believed he had
solved 1t to his satisfaction
Thereupon he spoke of bond issues and
greenbacks and seemed to favor the
latter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-20
c0nfornnna
BODIES IN THE ASHES.
Three Men Lost Life I'm the Chicago
Car Barn Fire.

Three Men Lost Life I'm the Chicago
Car Barn Fire.
CHICAGO, July 19.-Three men lost
their lives in the fire which destroyed
the car barns of the Chicago City
Railway company at Cottage Grove
avenue and Thirty-ninth street, last
night. The bodies were discovered
in the ruins Of the burned build
ing after daylight this morn
ing, and until hort time
before the discovery was made it was
not suspected that any human being
had persisted. The names Of the dead
are: Patrick j. Martin, conductor;
William L. Elwell, driver, Frank Cros-
by, tow boy. 1t was not known until
o'clock this morning that the ruins
of the big car barn had cooled suff1-
GENTLY to permit the f1remen to make
an investigation. Shortly before that
time employees of the street railway
company informed the fire department
that some of their number were miss
Ing. A search was at once instituted
and in an hours time the bodies of
Martin, Elwell and Crosby were found.
All were so badly burned that it was
with the utmost difficulty that they
were finally identified. With the other
employees of the company, they had
been engaged early in the night in
removing horses and cars from the
burning plant and had in some I'M
accountable manner been cut off by
the flames.
The search for bodies was kept up
during the greater part of the day,
but as no more were found and no
one had been reported missing it was
abandoned. None Of those who received
injuries at the fire is expected to die.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-20
EVOLUTION of THE CONVENTION.
American Political Gatherings Have
No Counterpart in Other COun-

Indianapolis Journal.
No feature of American politics is
more characteristic or has a more Gu
rious evolution than the national nom
mating conventions. There Is nothing
like them in any other country, and in
their present form they have been Of
slow growth here No doubt they had
their origin in the germ which was the
beginning Of all our, popular assem-
blages and almost the corner stone of
popular government itself, the New
England town meeting, though it is
long call from the little meeting of a
score or two of persons to discuss and
decide questions of township govern
ment and the great quadrennial as
semblages of thousands which formu-
late party platforms and nominate
candidates for president and vice-pres-
ident.
In the first three presidential cleo
tons after the adoption of the consti-
tuition the electoral college operated in
the constitutionaEAwa The electors
were untrammeledsby pledges or nom
nations and. voted for whom they
pleased. In the election for the fourth
term in 1S00 and thereafter until 1924.
candidates were selected by the con-
gressional caucus and the electors
were it's mere puppets. The congress
sional caucus was caucus of the mem
bers of congress of either political par
ty which named the candidates for
whom the electors We're expected to
vote. This was a bad system and
would not be tolerated now In the
nature of things it could not last very
long. In 1920 the Democratic congress
sional caucus met, but took no action.
The Federal party was then all but
dead. In 1924 less than one-fourth of
the Democratic members of congress
attended the caucus, and in that year
the system came to an end At the
next. election the various state legisla-
lures nominated the. candidates for
president and vice president, and in
1882 the present system of nominating
conventions came into USE Before the
era Of national conventions there was
no national platforms. The congress
sional caucus sometimes adopted a de-
claration of principles, and as a rule
candidates ran on their party and per-
scnal records. Washington did not
need any platform. In 1900 the Demo-
cratic caucus adopted a sort of plat
form, but there was no Federal plat
form. For the next twenty years
neither party had any platform except
It's public acts. The first Democratic
national convention was held in 1885
and the first wfsigs convention in 1899,
though the latter party was not fully
organized until 1874. The national con-
ventfon of those days and for many
years afterwards, were small affairs
compared with those Of today The
number Of states were fewer, the
population smaller, travelling was diff
cult and expensive and the modern
complete systensof representation had
not been devised
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-20
DYNMITE ON THE TRACK.
Insurgents Wreck a Train and XIII
Ten PeOpIe


HAVANA, July 10. - Impelled by rumors
that the insurgents would attempt to dyna-
mite trains in Puerto Principe, the railroad
administrator of the Thirteenth ordered Mig
uel Torres, an engineer, to take out a mixed
and in of a mishap to avoid a catas
trophe as far as possible. About fifty-fiye
kilometres out the fireman said to the en-
gineer: did you a horseman pass the
hne?'
The latter answered Eyes" and shortened
the speed of the train. About 200 metres be-
yond two dynamite shells exploded DESTROY
ing the first and third-class cars. Two pas
sengers were killed. A corporal was hurled
by the explosion to a great distance and
eight soldiers who were on guard at the
doors were killed and one was wounded Six
passengers were also wounded. The insur-
gent leaders Enrique Collazo and Rego from
Santa Clara, have arrived in Puerto Prin-
cipe. Justus Avoza who has been moving
toward Sagua, is now near Santo Domingo.
The professor and the secretary of the fac
ulty of pharmacy in the University have been
imprisoned for conspiracy.
In an engagement between Gen. Bernal and
several rebel bands, 1900 strong, the insur-
gents left Al killed and carried off 60 wounded.
led as well as three insurgent majors and sew
eral other officers. The troops had four kill
led and Is wounded, six of them seriously So
MADRID, July ia dispatch received here
from Cuba says Gen. Bernal has defeated the
combined insurgent bands under Lazo and
Perez, the rebel loss amounting to Al killed
and 60 wounded. The insurgent Perez was
amongst the killed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-20
WHICH is SOUND.

There are two farm papers in Min
nesota rendering their readers oppos-
ing counsel in this silver question
Farm Stock and Home preaching the
gospel and free coinage of cheap money
says:
Don't be frightened at Cheap"
money, one needs to be concerned only
about its ability to pay debts taxes,
and all other charges, that makes 1t
sound" no matter how cheap.
This is the gist, the crux, Of all its
arguments, a cheap money to pay
debts with, as If debt paying was the
only, or the main question Of money.
We fail to find in its columns any
Iaudation Of the buying power Of this
cheap money, and 1t Is the purchasing
function that is moneys chief USE
But on the other side is the North
western Farmer 1t reviews the era
of cheap money" this country went
through from 1862 to 1879, seventeen
years. 1t notes the REPETITION now Of
the same arguments used by the Green
hackers then for their cheap money,
and then 1T recounts the experience Of
the return of sound money, always en-
HANGED after plunge into depressed
money, the decline in prices measured
in the approaching currency, the losses
of traders selling in falling
market The comparative increase of
debts, the bankruptcies, and, finally,
the restoration and the ensuing pros
perity.
Turning the debt paying power 1t
looking for something cheap to pay 1t
with that their quest will be fruitless.
1t says:
Whatever happens capital will not
suffer. The silver agitation has been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-20

strong enough to alarm men whose
business 1t is to deal in money and
nearly all notes on which money has
been loaned, during the last three or
four years, have been made payable in
gold or it's equivalent. If silver is
made legal tender and gold goes to
a premium, these contracts will still be
in force with interest and principal
payable in gold. 1t also looks very
much as If bankers could pay their
depositors in silver and demand gold in
payment of notes due to them under
the specific contract which most Of
their notes contain. AS is generally
the case, the plain people, who do not
study the financial situation, get the
worst Of it, while the capitalist makes
money whether prices go up or down.
This is sound sense and absolute
truth. Cheap money will hurt more,
and only those who fancy it will keep
them. Which of these two conclusions
is the better, the safer. the more
worthy of being followed! Clearly the
latter.