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The times., 1897-11-08
TRUSTEES, SALE IMPROVED PROP
ERI4 FACING CONDUIT ROAD

Under and by virtue OF a certain deed ot
trust, dated the tWent y-seCond day OF
Marcn, o94, and recorded oB the twenty
second day OF March, 1 S94 in Liber $50;
az IOlO 80, one OF the i1hd records Of the
district OF Columbia and az the request Oe
lhG party secured thereby, default having
ocCutled III The payment Ot the indebreil
ness secured thereby, the unde rsfgued
tsuSteee VII sell 90 puDllc auction, IL 'front.'
ENIH DAY OF NOVEMBER So at
.. oU q clock p IA ali that Piece OF parcel
OF 4aIu ana premises situate ia the county
OF aShiigtOur District OF Columbia and
Qesishated as part OF Sm9llwood's sub
DIVISION or part or wv hitena --u0 and ST
Philip and Jacob" Described bT ro,.Is5
aud huunus as follows beginning IN Inc
easterly side OF the Conduit road at p
point measured south - degrees. O3 min
OtSsr east 80 feet from a stone marked
W A,-l-b, planted on said easterly
sue OF Ihc tOuuuU road, and running
thence south % degrees, O3 minutes Isl
: leett thence north 81 degrees. fl Min
uies east - IL feet, thence north 80
degrees. o. minutes west 1906 feet, md
tncnce south 90 degrees, 5S minutes VaS5
bo.oO Ieet 10 The place of beginning The
same being improved by a tWo-stoTy, six
room dwelling, chicken house WOOdSnesi
We'll, pump. etc.
TERMS OF SALE-AH cash. A deDosft
or 81 90 VIII be required at the time OF
sale, and the terms OF sale 10 De complied
sale, otherwise the property win be TesoId
al the risk and cost or the defauring pur-
er's cost.
JACKSON H. RALsToN. Trustee.
WASH. Loan and Trust Building
FREDERICK L. SIDDONS Trustee
WASH. Loan and Trust Building
nO4-d&ds
The times., 1897-11-08

Your credit is good ct Lansburgh's Fur
hiture House, 18th and + SITS. ocaaf
The times., 1897-11-08
a moN TIL
Medicines Furnished.

II you have tried doctors without benefit
do not give Up, but try tins Oldest and
He courts diseases pronounced incurable
10y others. All diseases of the nervous sys-
te!n, all diseases of the stomach, liver, aud
bowels, all Diseases OF the genIto-urtnary
system. LOST VITALITY RESTO RED
Daily office hours, o 10 B; Monday,
"Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Til
s p. IA. Sundays, / o to u.
30 CONSTELLATION FREE. ga
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Lansburgh
Furniture Co.
1926 F St.
AUCTION SALES.

THOMAS BOWLING & CO., Aucts.,
6I2 E st. N ".
TRUSTEES SALE OF A TwO-sTORY.
S-ROg n BRICK DWELLING, NO. j IO4
TRINIDAD AVENUE NE.
By virtue OF a certain deed OF trust
dated April ., 1885, and duly recorded
IL Ioer 30 1852, at folio D. ct sea,une
u u Iae Land Records for the District OF
Coldn9la' and at the request OF the party
secured thereby, we wilI sell at Dublio
auc' lOn' on NOVEMBER 8, 1897, at three
CLOCK p m, the following described
property Situate IN the District of COIuun-
pa ana designated a and being lot eighty
JWC to@G J. IA Zeu0 B. BabbUt-s Subdivision
ot lots one and two 3. in block one
u J. IN the tract OF land called Trinidad
tOEsther with the improvements thereon,
khMS OF SALE-Au cash. A de-
posit OF 81 90 VIII be required at the time
Oi s4le, ana the terms Of sale To be COM
pneu with Within ten DAYS from the date
Oi safe otherwise the property VIII be re-
sJlu ar the risk and cost OF the defaultiug
purcha ser. COnvevaucfUl- a+c ar nTIr
chaser's cost.
FLANK D. FOSTER trustee
615 Z st. nv.
GEO. P. CHASE trustee.
Equity Building, 4 Il ST. NV.
nO5-d-1s
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THOMAS BOWLING & CO., Auetioneera.
612 E ST NV.
The times., 1897-11-08
UNpErsTAKERs.

j. wILLIAA M LEE.
UNDERTAKEN.
$50 Pa. Ave. Y. w.
First-class service. 'Phone. 1885.
The times., 1897-11-08

Hon. Warner Miller, of Herkiloer, az
rived in the city last night. lie is at the
Arlin gton.
The times., 1897-11-08

Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Castle. Of Honolulu,
are at the Arlington Hotel. Mr.. Castle
IS an old resident Of Honolulu, and was
there during the stormy times of the last
revolution, which made a republic cut Of
the monarchy. MI. and Mrs. Castle are
well known IN Washington. They VIII
spend some time in the city.
The times., 1897-11-08

Lieut.. Emmous, Z. S. A, OF New York,
is at the Ebbitt House. He has been de
tailed to make an inspection Of certain
exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution with
reference 10 exhibits ia New YORK, which
may be brought here.
The times., 1897-11-08

Representative j D. Hicks, of Altoona.
is at the National Hotel.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18

Ono peculiarity Of this season, from
a racing standpoint, Is the hardness III
the makers ID securingmen to represent
them on The path. AZ the national
cycle shows, where the good men have
heretofore generally secured engage
ments for the ensuing season, they went
vainly from one manufacturer to am
other last winter Even the very best
of the men were disappointed aud Bald
and Cooper we're about the only racing
men who bad engagements at that time.
Since then James Michael and John S.
Johnson may be said TO be The only very
prominent riders who have nude con.
tracts to ride certain wheels, but q
number of racing men on the Pacific
coast have signed with Dave Shufer on
the great tire team. Earl kiser, one Of
the fastest men in the country, has not
yet secured position, but will go into
training for the circuit, confident that
when the time comes there will be a
big scramble to secure crack riders. 1t
is limited that Tom Eek may secure
Kiser for his team. This procrstination
on the part of the makers, due no doubt
to the ultra conservatism engendereI
by last years financial disasters, has
worried the racing men not u little, but
they are gathering new hope as the sea
son progresses, aud now predictions are
heard on all sides that the racing sea
son of'97 will be a mos! successful one
1t certainly promises to be so in the
New England and Eastern Atlantic
states, where the National Cycle Track
association is organizing a grand cir
cult extending throughout the early
summer months, and will offer hand
some purses for the professionals, in
many Instances exceeding the limit sci
10y the H. A. W., for which, however,
special sanction has been obtained. To
add to the attractions of this circuit a
special envoy has been deputized to go
to Europe and bring back some of the
best foreign riders to compete on Amer
lean tracks. From all appearances the
central and western states will have no
national circuit races before the 4th
of July. There has been considerable
talk of organizing two national circuits,
one for the east and another for the
west, to be followed separately during
the early part of the season, but tO
come together at the national meet of
the i. a. w, in Philadelphia in August
Jimmy Michael and Johnny johnson
win ride in competition this year. The
sturdy little Welshmsn feels quite con-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18
A Novel Paper Gutter.

When Lord Dufferin was viceroy of
India he was presented with a novel
paper-knife. One day the Mahara-
jah Holkar of Indore-who visited
England some years ago-paid him a
visit at the residency, and asked for
his ivory paper-knife as a remem-
brance. Lord Dufferin consented,
the Indian potentate left, and the
viceroy saw him some months later,
when Hokar introduced a fine young
elephant into the room. A pile of
newspapers lay at Lord Duferin's
side; the animal went up to them,
cut them neatly with his tusks, which
had been purposely sharpened, and
laid them in neat heap on the floor,
ready for perusal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18


Chairman l.. A. w. Racing Board)
new appointed 10 extend the time for
receiving applications for sanctions to
April IS. Albert Mott, of Baltimore,
ex-chief consul of the Maryland dl-
vision L. A. W., was rendered the APP
pointment early in March at the fif-
tcenth annual banquet of the Maryland
Bicycle club. He was previously chair
man of the Maryland division racing
board, chairman Of the national trans
portation and rules and regulations
committee, and a member of the high
way Improvement committee
Owing to the delay ip selecting Mr..
Mott, it will be impossible to start the
circuit before the middle of May. That
will be too late to make the start ON the
Pacific coast, since it would not allow
enough time for the circuit chas-
ers to cover the southern ter
ritory and reach Massachusetts for
the great Decoration day meet
in Boston, which is an annual fix
ture and is practically the opening
meet Of the season in the north. More
over, the cities In California, Utah, New
Mexico, Arizona, Texas and Louisiana
will not apply for sanctions unless they
can have races on Sunday, as they can
not draw paying gates on working days,
and since the league forbids that this
is an additional reason why the circuit
is almost certain to start somewhere in
the south east of the Mississippi.
In all probability the first national
circuit meet in '97 will be held in Ten
nessee in conjunction with one of the
race meets on the southern indoor cir
cult, yariously designated as the Coils
cum and Jack Prince circuit. This
opened at Memphis on the I'd of April,
and it is likely that a number of the
crackajacks will ride in this circuit un-
til the opening of the national circuit;
which may occur as joint meet of a
weeks duration at any of the points in
.cluded in the Coliseum circuit. The
two would then coincide, the Coliseum
circuit being followed through Mem
phis, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Mont
gomery to Jacksonville, Fla. Then, if
time permits, national circuit meets
may be given in Savannah, Ga, and
Charlotte, N. c., where a new race track
is being projected.
Already the cracloajacks are gather
ing in the south to train for the sea-
son. The old cement track in Savannah
will be the general training ground.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18

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fident of success in this sort of work
inaSmuch as be won sweeping victories
in competition in Europe when riding
as an amateur. He is now under sus
pension of the L. A. w. at the request OF
the National Cyclists union of England
which suspended him in February for
his failure to appear at a race meet in
Leeds last summer, before he came to
America. This difficulty does not seem
to weigh very heavily on the boy won
der, and he thinks the suspension will
be quickly removed when his attorney
pays an account demanded by the
Leeds promoters for bill-posting an
nouncing his coming.
johnson has almost wholly recovered
from his nearly fatal attack of pneu-
monia at Bradford, Canada. and after
spending some time at the invigorating
baths at Hot Springs, will go to Savan-
nah to begin training. There has been
some uncertainty as to whether he
would associate himself with his old
trainer and manager, Tom Eek, or al
low his brother Anton to take charge
of him, Eek asserts that he has
signed" Johnny for his team, however.
While in Chicago a few weeks ago,
Tom Eek divulged to a group of news
paper men his age, which he placed
at As years This is said to have been
tender subject to the veteran for a
number of years, possibly because of
his snow-white hair and mustache, to
account for which very good story is
told. When a boy, 16 years DID, Eek
went out rowing with two youthful
companions on small lake near his
home. A heavy storm arose, and In
the squat the boat was swamped and
overturned As it rolled over the three
were thrown into the angry water, and
Tom saw his companions disappear in
the waves. Eek, however, succeeded in
grasping the keel as the boat rolled
over There was enough air under it
TO keep It afloat with young Tom
astride OF the bottom, and there he
clung in desperation through all The
weary hours of the blacklist and most
disagreeable of nights. The water
dashed over him with every wave, and
the capsized boat rolled frightfully. He
recalled ever and anon with bitterest
anguish the fate of his comrades, and
shuddered at the thought of similar
fate overtaking him When daylight
finally stole slowly out from the east.
Tom saw with amazement that the shore
was only 100 yards away. He slipped
off the boat, and letting himself care
fully down into the water until his
feet touched the bottom, he found II
rose only 70 his waist Moreover, the
anchor was firmly imbedded In the bot
tom, and had held the boat securely
from drifting all night. When he
reached home he found that his friends
had promptly waded TO shore In the
dark, and supposed that of course he
had done likewise. Ever since that
terrible night Tom Eck's hair has been
as white as II is to-day.
II. W. PERRY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18
PAPER IN THE OXFORD BIBLES
Its Manufacturers Have Kept the
Process Strictly Secret.


Process Strictly Secret
epapermakingfor Oxford Bibles
is a specially important and interest
ing part of the work. At Wolvercote,
mile or two out of Oxford, the uni
versity has large mill for the supply
of its own requirements. A good
deal of the paper they turn out here
is made out of old ships sails, the ma
terials of which, after battling with
storms in all quarters of the world
come here for the purpose of being
made into paper, printed in almost
every language under heaven, and
bound up into volumes to be again
scattered far and vide into all the ut
termost parts Of the earth.
This Wolvercote paper mill has
much to do with the great reputation
that Oxford has acquired in the pro-
duction of Bibles and other devotional
books. Twenty years ago and more
the management here hit on a valua-
BILE Invention in papermaking, and
ever since their "India paper" has
been the envy and the puzzle of manu-
facturers all over the kingdom. There
are said to be only three persons liv-
ing who know the secret of its make,
and, though the process has never
been legally protected, and all the
world is free to initiate the extremely
thin, but thoroughly Opaque and won
derfully strong and durable, paper
of the best Oxford Bibles if they only
knew how, all the world has hitherto
quite failed to do So
It is as thin as tissue, but perfectly
OPAQUE, and SO strong that a strip of
it three inches wide has proved to be
capable of sustaining a quarter of
hundredweight. Over 100 works and
editions are now printed on this pa
per. This special advantage has very
largely helped Oxford to retain the
leading position which it originally
gained by being nearly the first, if not
quite the first, printer Of books in the
kingdom, and by the prestige of its
name.--Chambers' Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18

Neading Bicycle Trainer in America)
James Michael, the little Welshman.
and Tom Cooper are in training there
under the care of Mother" Webb,
Cooper's trainer. The manager OF the
team of which these two stars are MEM
bers, which is the largest team in the
country, is also quartered in Savannah.
where he is endeavoring to draw the
other fiTst-class speed merchants Of
the land. Dave Shafer, training man.
ager of the team, who has just con.
cluded a three-weel1s' indoor tourna-
ment in San Francisco, is in Savannah
with such well-known riders as Otto
Heigler, Fred Loughead, Charlie Wells,
Orlando Stevens, Floyd Mcfarland and
Others. These men are already in con-
dition and may at once enter the
Coliseum circuit. Arthur Gardiner, ac-
companied by James Bowler, is expect
ed to join the training party, and Conn
Baker, Charles Murphy and Frank Jen-
ny,who trained in Savannah last spring,
are likely TO go there again this year
as soon as they secure engagements
with manufacturers. 1t Is even asserted
that the great Arthur Augustus Zim-
norman Will go into training on the
Savannah track with the intention of
learning what amount of speed Is left
in him T.. C. Bald is training I'm Louis
Vile, and Earl Kiser is in Tennessee, rid
ing on the Coliseum circuit.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18
TIE WHIPPING POST.
Methods Of Punishment in Old Co.
lonial Days.

Methods Of Punishment in Old Co.
lonial Days.
Prior to our revolution whipping.
post stoo1 in Philadelphia at the
southeast corner Of Third and Market
streets. They were also to be found
in most American cities at that time
The pillory, which usually accom-
panied the whipping Of criminals,
was regarded as species of public
entertainment. The rabblo evinccd
such pleasure in pelting the culprits
with eggs, vegetables, and clods that
Watson, in his historical annals Of
Philadelphia, declared that, inasmuch
as these punishmcnts were inflicted
only on market days, the price of eggs
was then Systematically higher than
common.
Two centuries ago these punish
ments were frequently accompanied
by the barbarity of Sitting the nos
trils or clipping the cars of the worst
offenders. Afterward the sheriff
usually held up the excise fragments
of the cars to the gaze and vociferous
applause of the multitude. We have
no record indicating that nose or ear
splitting ever prevailed in America,
but instead thereof the pitiless pelt-
ing of the offenders with mud or eggs
was universal custom bequeathed
to us by old England, and practiced
until the date Of the revolutionary
war.
Tho penalty of whipping was also
a salient feature in the blue laws of
New England, as many miserable
Quakers abundantly discovered whose
zeal had improvidently led them into
these colonies. So strong was the
prejudice against Quakerism that it
was punished by the cato nine-tails,
while the victims were dragged at the
rear Of a cart from township to town
ship. 1t was also deemed the only
argument that could be used with
slaves, or white offenders Of the lowest
class, which could be hoped to impress
them with a proper sense Of their
transgressiQns. To simply imprison
an INDECENT slave for a larceny was
rather a reward than a penalty for
his crime, and left no conscientious
Ieproaches upon his torpid nature
Cosmopolitan. ''"'e--''- ."'''''''Ny'>
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18
Walnut Lane'Herd
EN- LlsH Sc kS II X ) .

MY herd Is headed by Prince Lee 34O46,
son Of sam small 2 SOL, he by Sam Jones 80.
OFT. My breeding sows represent the best
strains Of blood In America, two OF them pigs
Of WorT vs. Fair prize winners. Stock Tor sale
at all tunes Nice lot of young stock now
ready for service. Satisfaction guaranteed
Inspection solicited JNo. w. FoARD,
Church Hill, Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18
crncplr coUnr DInEoroRE

rntco.-First Monday in February
three Wees ss. IN
Wocka.
unisrfAN Fourth Monday IN February
ec.,t ,veeks. Fonrth Mondav in senfenber-
term six weeks.
GALLOWAY --Second Monday In April-term
three weeks First Monday in August-term
two weeks Second Monday in November
term three weeks.
LYoN.-First Monday in May--term two
weeKs first Monday In Augvst--term two
weeks drst Monday In September term two
weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18

1t win Probably Open in the south
This Year
The crncisnjacks Are Training IN sa-
vanDnh, Gn.--.Johnson ana Michael
90 Ride In Competitions
One on Eek.
Especial chicago LotterI

Speculation is rife now regarding the
national bicycle circuit for 1897 The
Indications point to the probable start
ing of it in the south instead Of in Cali
fornia as last year President Potter's
unavoidable delay in appointing a sue
cessor to Chairman Gideon, OF the rae
ing board, who declined on account OF
his wife's illness to accept the Office
again when the reappointmcnt WIS ten
dered him, made it necessary for the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18
A We'll Behaved People.

The Norwegians of all classes are
the best-behaved people in Europe,
1t is often argued that an aristocracy
is necessary to give by example a
high tone to society; but Norway is
almost the only country in Europe
without an aristocracy or any preten-
sions to one.-Tit-Bits.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-18

Greece has acct pied the mediation
of the Powers and the war is practi-
cally at an end. The Hellenes-must
pay $25, 900, 900 indemnity.
The citizen., 1897-11-26
PAID BRIDESMAIDS.
European Custom Which Is Find.
ing EnXnr in Now NnrIS


That weddings are fast losing their
simplicity and sentimentalty is an ac-
knowledged fact, but of late they have
done more than that-they have de-
scended tc the level of the funerals
where paid mourners used to weep.
The custom has been inaugurated of
hiring pretty bridesmaids and the
whole affair is reduced to a business
level. This has been done in this coun-
try and the idea is being taken up in
Paris and London. Paid bridesmaids is
term calculated t" shock the aesthet-
ically minded. but some who assist at
the altar have an eye to the main
chance, goodly sums being paid to
beautiful girls for their services at
fashionable marriages. There is one
belle who has earned sufficient to pro-
vide for herself an elegant trousseau
by thus minsterng to the wants Of
ultra-fashionable brides. This girls
figure is perfection and shows off the
beauties of expensive gowns in the fin
est style. while her complexion is sur
pasSipgly lovely and her features fault
lcssly regular. So run after is she that
she can afford to turn up the nose of
disdain at any but really frst-class af-
fairs. and it is becoming quite an honor
to have her name figure in the wedding
report of really influential brides.
There Is another fashionable brides
maid in London-rea!ly New York
maiden-who earns quite comfortable
sum by posing as bridesmaid. Her
beauty is Incompatible and her figure
so fine that she always causes a sensa-
ton wherever she appears in the robes
of honor 1t is no unussll thing for
her to have a dozen invitations within
a week. Of course the majority of the
applicants are perfect strangers, and
frequently it is her painful duty to de-
cline to appear at second-rate we'd
dings, though the price offered is often
exceptional. A recent New York we'd
ding witnessed the satin-robed bride
attended by 13 exqusitely lovely.
bridesmaids, ten of whom were paid
over $50 to appear. the costumes
works of art-being provided for the
occasion by the brides father. One
favored beauty, who prides herself on
having appeared at 200 weddings, issues
dainty circulars, and directly fash
ionable engagement is publicly an
nounced forwards her prospectus to the
bride-to-be, with a goodly assortment
of press opinions, letters of reference,
ETC., being almost certain of securing
an order to attend.-Chicago News.