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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-20

WASHINGTON BrEEAT. ANGUS Nc
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-20

Miss Mary Thomas is visiting friend
ir Norfolk
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-20

Misses Halle Cooke and Nadine En-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22
Siberia's Snow Flower.

Travellers in Siberia tell of the Won
derful flower that grows there, and
which blooms only in January, when
the winter is at its height. The bios
som has something of the character
istic of a morning glory" lasting
only a single day. The flower, when
it opens, is star-shaped, its petals of
the same length as the leaves, and
about half an inch in width. On the
third day the extremities Of the an
theirs, which are five in number, show
minute, glistening specks, veritable
vegetable diamonds, about the size
of a pint head-these are the seed of
the flower. A Russian nobleman
named Anthoskoff took a number of
the seeds to st. Petersburg. They
were placed in pot of snow and
frozen earth. On the coolest day of
the following January the miraculous
flower burst through its icy covering
and displayed its beauties to the won
dering scientists. The plant has been
very appropriately named "the snow
flower. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22
A Test for Water.

There is urgent need of a simple
and reliable test for ascertaining the
purity of water, An analytical chem
list gives the following directions,
which are readily understood, and can
be applied by person of average in
telligence. "Fill clean bottle three
fourths full of the water to be tested,
and dissolve in the water half tea
spoonful of the purest sugar-loai, or
granulated will answer, cork the
bottle and place it.in a warm spot for
two days; if at the end Of this period
the water becomes cloudy or milky, it
is unfit for household use. If on the
other hand it remains clear and fresh
looking the probabilities are that it
is at least approximately pure and fit
for all domestic purposes"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22

seen in Fnshionpbic Dry Goods
Atofe 1hIA MeeIa

stofe This WeeIs
At one OF the leading dry goods
houses. where they have The latest of
everything. there was displayed in a
case where novelties are usually seen
very pretty colarettc for wear these
first cold days. 1t was made of black
sash ribbon-though any color could
be used
The cape part consisted Of big loops
OF black gros grain sash ribbon unlined.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22
Tales From Town 'fODiCS

l9mo, 2S PAGES, Quarterly Maga2ine Of Fiction,
now in IT'S sixth year Issued FIRST day OF March,
June, september and peceuhe.
ia a Scomblete novel BY some well-known author
leaus each lumber; the remainder OF the volume
consists Of Stories burlcsques, p0ei y, wittcisms
etc, from TOWN TOPICS, so far back as to-
cents; $3.50 per year,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22
A CATS ECCENTRICITIEs.
The Pet of the Boston Post 0fice-Likes
the Elevator.

A slender black cat in the Boston
post office building has developed a
number of traits that make her amost
interesting study She is fearless and
Independent, and yet quiet and tame
as a lady's pet, The size or appear
ance Of dog has no terror for her, if
she is disposed to attack him, and she
walks among the people in the build
ing and outside as unconcerned as if
: she knew them all.
More remarkable still is her way of
getting round from one place to an
other. She has a number of places in
the building to visit, particularly on
the third floor, where there is young
lady whom she likes to call upon at
frequent intervals, and instead of
running up and down the stairs, as
other cats naturally would do, she
takes an elevator. With an air of inn
posing dignity, she takes up a position
among the rest of the passengers wait
ing for the elevator, and when she
gets on board the elevator she looks
earnestly through the door as the car
ascends. Lacking means to signify
where she intends to get off, she re-
mains in the car until it stops at her
desired destination, and even force,
unless it is irresistible, cannot make
her leave the elevator till it reaches
the floor where she wants to go. The
elevator men know her habits so
well that if she happens to be the only
passenger going up they generally
offer her the third floor first. AS she
returns from visit, she again avails
herself of the elevator service,
whether she wishes to go up or down,
flor it is a matter of course with her
to complete her round in the upper
part of the building while she is up
thatlway.--Boston Transcript.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22
snmple of Kentuclsy Justice.

A judge down in Kentucky deserves to
go to the head of the class. He charged q
jury the other day as follows: IF you
believe what the counsel for heplaintifi
has told you, your verdict will be for
the plaintiff; but if, on the other hand,
you believe what the defendants coun-
sci has told you, you will give your YER
diet for the defendant. But if you are
like me, and don't believe what either
of them said, don't know what you
will do" 1t is needless to say that, hav'
ing full confidence in the court, the jury
disagreed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22

These loops were fastened on ribbon
ruche of black ribbon edged with a
tiny rutfle of black net, Inside this
was another ruche, also of net, which
came next to the face, giving soft eff
feet.
The collarette was tied with two
long ends of black ribbon that were
simply lSnotted at the throat. There
was no. buckle or ornament of any
kind, the beauty consisting entirely in
the richness of the black ribbon and
the very tasty arrangement of net
around the neck.
HELEN GREY-PAGE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22
wasps Kill Flies

An Irish observer estimates that
wasps capture between 800 and 400
flies on two Of his cows in about 20
minutes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22

bard, with balloon sleeves to the elbow.
1t was trimmed with very elaborate
neck trimming of rose-colored cash
mere, which was made like Quaker
collarette, with Quaker tabs falling in
front. Large pearl buttons trimmed
the points and there was ruffle of the
cashmere all around the collarette. The
sleeves from the elbow to the wrist were
of the same cashmere, trimmed with
narrow bands of black braid, which also
trimmed the collarette. Each strap was
finished with pearl button.
The crepon material is not thin and is
consequently not delicate goods,
HELEN GREY-PAGE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22

A Correspondent of the FL Dorado
Republican says that mo mani who
lives on meat was ever known to
lick his wife or ask for divorce. Ma
poleon lost Waterloo because the allied
forces had bacon for breakfast the
morning Of the fight. The French had
vegetable soup. The south had to give
in at Appomattox because they were
out of meat. No war can be success
fully waged without meat"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22
THIS DOC IS A TRAVELLER.
Rail and Water Suits bin Knows How
to Get Back

Johnnie Smith, son of Joe Smith,
has a dog called Jack that has de-
veloped into a genuine tramp, care
less Of his associations, and with
dcprayed desire to work free lunches
rather than to cat warm and re-
spectacle meal at home. Jack is a
Skye terrier. with dirty, ragged, un-
kempt coat, his one redccming feature
being pair Of bright, brown eyes that
sparkle and glsten through the
tangled hair tumbling over them
whenever he. is interested in some
tender morsel he hegs you for with
such pitiful muteness.
Jacks star trip was to New York
on CLYDE ship, One Of his Sport
ing" friends got on the boat and Jack
followed. remained there, saw the
sights Of New York for day or two,
and concluded he would return home
The ships officers tried to run him
ashore, and after some difficulty sue
ceeded, but he slipped in at night
among the busy trucks and over the
freight plank into the forward hold,
and slowed himself away on pile
of guano When he came forth,
day out, he was hungry, discolored,
ill-smelling, and altogether wretched
specimen of the canine family, and
when he tried to ogle the purser out
of square meal, that dignitary said
"begone" and poor Jack scurried
away, fearing, perhaps, that he was
unwclcome enough to be tossed over
board.
A half hour later, Jack, tail in air,
trotted up to the same officer, and
laid at his feet whopping big rat,
as much as to say:
'Look here, old fellow, I'm willing
to work; now come down and give a
poor dog bone"
The purser understood the mean
ing of those bright, brown eyes, and
provided Jack with a rousing dinner
Jack has been the purser's friend
ever Since. He knows his ship, and
when it is in port frequently calls on
board, rubs his little black nose
against the purser's legs, wags his
little stump of tail, and trots off.
Jack never was ELUSIVE in his demon
STATIONS of friendship, but in quiet
way lets his friends know that he is
fond of them.
Jack concluded on another occa-
sion to 90 south. He boarded an f.
G. & p. train and landed in Tampa,
loafed around there a day or two,
finally returning to the depot, where
he waited until the same conductor
would go back to where he came from,
got aboard, landed, sure enough, in
Jacksonville, trotted down the street,
shifted around among has friends, and
a day or two later went to Green Cove.
Since then he has visited all the points
along the east coast as far as Miami,
and is now off on another, journey to
goodness knows where. Jacksonville
(Fla) Times-Union.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22
oIRouIv couRr prREoroRY

TRToG.-First Monday in February-term
three weeks third Monday in May-term two
weeks first Monday in september--term three
weeks.
HR1sTrAN Fourth Monday In February
tour weeks; .rrth Monday in September
Term six week.
CALLowAv.--oecond 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
weeK' FIRST Monday in AugUst-term two
weeks FIRST MONDAY in september term two
weeks
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22
. Some CT Our Expenses.

tits said to cost the people of the
United States $25, 100000 a year to
be born, $3O,OO0,OOO a year to get
married, $90,OOO,OOO a year to get
drunk, and $75,OOO,O0O a year to be
buried. And yet. there are those who
maintain that life is worth living
Denver Times-Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22
A LITTLE GIRLS DRESS.

For the Use of the Youngest Membe r
of the Family.
There is an imitation crepon which is
very pretty and very serviceable. 1t is
half cotton and half wool, with n wavy
figure stamped upon it. The surface is
little rough, making it look almost ex-
actly like crepon, although it is much
more durable.
For children's clothes this material is
very nice, and for 81 little girls after
noon best it cannot be eXcelled.
A very pretty model of such dress
was made in the old-style Mother Hub
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22

"The country should make some pro.
visions for our ex-presidents," said the
colonel. "They should be given life
senatorships, or something of that
kind"
"Yes, indeed" said Mrs. Cobb, enthu.
siastically. I'VE ought to give them
something or abolish the Office OF ex.
president entirely."-Military Gazette,
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
Cumberland Loan and Building Association.
Adjourned Animal Meeting.

An adjourned annual meeting OF the share,
holders OF the Cumberland Loan and
Building Association will be held at
the Board OF Trade rooms corner of
Milk and Exchange streets. on Wednes
day May 18th 1897, at 3 O'Clock p. NJ,
for the election OF Board of fifteen Directors.
and three Audltors, and the transaction OF such
other business as may legally come before it,
JAMES F. HAWKES.. President.
JAMES L. RACKLEFF, Secretary.
nlay6 dtd
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
ilearn that there Is at least one dreaded diseas
that science has been able to cure in all it.
stages and that Is Catarrh. Halps Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constii ution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
powers. that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address, f. J. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, O.
EFSIod druggists, 75c.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
CITY OF PORTLAND.
To the Electors of the
City of Portland.

Notice Is hereby given that the Board of
open session at Room Number Eleven Q1)
City Building. upon each of the nine Secular DAYS
prior to the Meeting of the Electors of the CITY
Of Portland, to be held on the Seventeenth day
OF May next; being May 3rd to May 18th, in
elusive, from nine in the forenoon, to one
O'Clock in the afternoon, and from three till
FIVE o'clock in the afternoon, and from seven
till nine in the evening, excepting on the last
day OF said session, "wednesday May 18TH
when it will not be in session after 5 o'clock in
the afternoon, to receive evidence touching on
the qualification of voters in said city, and to
revise and correct the voting lists. There will
also be sessions on May 18th. 14th and 5th to
enable the Board to verify the correctness of
said Lists and for closing up the records of said
sessions.
All Registered Voters who changed their
residence from, one Ward to another previous
to Apr. l. 1897, and have not had their resi-
dence properly corrected on the Voting List of
the Ward where they reside on said first day of
April should make application for the above
purpose to the Board of Registration, Room
No. City Building on each Of the nine secular
days May 3rd TO May 18th. inclusive, set apart
as above indicated, for the revision and cor
rection OF the Voting Lists.
AUGUSTUS L. GERRIsH. ! Board of
MICHAEL G. MCCAIN J of Voters.
Forllaha, May ), 1897. may3dtd
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
BRIEFLY TOLD

/. The Supreme Council of the American
Protective Association began its annual
meeting Tuesday in Washington. The
reports will show that during the year
about 312 lodges have been established.
Judge Day of Ohio Tuesday qualified
and assumed his office as assistant secre-
tary of state.
Nothing has been heard from the seal
ing schooner Willard Ainsworth, from
Seattle, for six weeks, and fears are en-
tertained for her safety.
:, The steamer Comet, owned by the CO.
burn steamboat company, capsized Mon
day night by running into sunken pier
at Kineo. About - woodmen were
aboard, who chung to the hull of the
steamer until they were rescued. The
Comet lies with the bulge of the hull
above water directly on the pier and will
be raised, it is thought, without much
damage.
The fourth annual national convention
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
Board of Erin, began its session at Tam
many hall, Tuesday. Thursday national
officers for the ensuing year will be elect
ed.
Some days will elapse before the final
notifications of the boundary line arbitra-
ton treaty, between Great Britain and
Venezuela are exchanged. This is due tc
the non-arrival of the copy of the treaty
prepared in London for presentation tc
the Venezuelan government through its
minister at Washington.
John Stane, one of GARDENERS oldest
and most respected citizen, died Tuesday
morning He was born in Gardiner
December 20, 1906, and has always lived
there. He was in the grocery business
for nearly 60 years. He leaves two sons
and daughter.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

The commissions draft of the charter
provided for the election of school COM
mittee on general ticket. That plan
does not appear, however, in the draft to
be submitted to the people. In that the
present method of nominating and elect
ing the school committee by wards is left
unchanged. The proposition to elect
three women on the school board ON a
general ticket is not contained in this
charter and will be voted on as distinct
proposition.
In the commission draft of charter
the mayors power was good deal en-
larged. But in the pending draft the in
crease is comparatively trifing. Outside
of the fire department his powers
are not materially augmented.
AS regards the fire department. the
mayors power is increased. Now the Off
GERS of that department are elected by the
city council, but the new charter puts
the department under the control OF a
commission of three aldermen OF which
the mayor shall be chairman. This COM
mission is to be appointed by the mayor,
and to contain representatives OF both
political parties Subject to the approval
OF the board of aldermen the mayor is to
appoint the chief engineer Of the fire de-
partment; four assistant engineers and a
city electrician he is also to appoint all
firemen, but he must appoint these from
certified list furnished by the police and
fire department. examining board Prac-
tically all the additional power given the
mayor is in connection with this depart
ment. His control of the police depart
ment is not materially increased, if at
all. The street department remains sub
stantially as at Rpresent. Z Hell is given,
however, the important and useful power
to veto items in appropriation bills, thus
the passage of bad appropria-
lions by linking them with good ones.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

The Bell Telephone company has won
the case brought against it by the United
States to annul the last Berliner patent.
The effect of this decision will be to con-
tinue the control Of the telephone by the
Bell company for seventeen years from
the date of the last patent which was
granted in 1895. The Government asked
to have the patent of 1891 set aside on the
ground that the delay of thirteen years
in the patent office was fraudulent and
through the fault of the telephone COM
pany, and that the patent issued in 1880
covered the same ground on which the
new patent was applied for in 1891. The
Court in its opinion held that there was
no evidence of corruption or undue infiu-
ence exercised over the patent office by
the telephone company and that there
was no evidence that the delay in grant
ing the patent had been brought about by
the company.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

The peculiar labor conditions which
source of serious political complications.
The numerical preponderance of the
Japanese and their growing commercial
interests in that island have induced, on
the part of Japan, the adoption Of some
what aggressive policy which, unless
under the control of oriental influences.
To avert this in some measure, the gov
eminent of Hawaii seems disposed to re-
sort to practicable measures, for instance,
in advertising for bids for public works,
it is stipulated that the contract will be
awarded only on condition that at least so
per cent of the unskilled laborers en-
ployed in the undertaking shall consist of
Hawaiians, Americans and Europea ms.
This barrier interposed against the Japan
ese can only be construed as q plain hint
that they are not wanted, and this togeth-
er with the recent deportation of 400
japanese immigrants from the port of
Honolulu, most likely, has impelled the
japanese Government to dispatch two
cruisers to Hawaiian waters for the os-
tensible purpose of protecting its sub
jects. 1t looks as though Hawaii had
reached the parting of the ways and
must soon pass under new control, and
whether it shall be American or Asiatic
will greatly depend upon the wisdom and
craftsmanship shown by the authorities
in Washington.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 12.

American manufactures are now get
ting to be world-embracing and the first
TO be established in China is the Inter
national Cotton MILL located in small
town near Shanghai, under the auspices
of the American Trading company of
New York. 1t is the third cotton kmill
erected in China and the machinery was
started early in April with considerable
ceremony, with the building handsomely
decorated with American and Chinese
flags and to the tune of no less patri-
otto air than "Hail Columbia
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
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