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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
PESTS In CONVERSATION.
The Bouncer. The Booster and the
ForestaIler.

me DounCoFs me booster ana the
Forestaller.
Here are some things that Ros-
sitter Johnson said at meeting OF
the American Society for the In
provement of Speech, about the art
Of conversations:
Conversation has many different
meanings Sometimes it means
that every one in the room is talk
ing at once while the salad goes
around; sometimes it means that
one old gentleman with long white
hair and countenancs OF great
benevolence is speaking while 40
persons listen with rapt attention
to his ideas Of philosophy Con
versation invariably requires a.
talker and a listener and lay it
down as general proposition that
not only should all takers have
something to say, but they should
know how to say it, and they should
be very careful not to oversay it. OF
course, you all know about the talk
ers who go on and on forever like
the brook. The trouble with some
takers is that they acquire pretty
good style and they want to exhibit
1t. They are like the boy who
graduates from a business college,
and who thinks he can go into prac-
tical business without any further
capital.
There are learned men and
brilliant students who cannot talk
well because they have not acquired
the art of editing their conversation.
Listeners should know how to
listen, but | am sorry to say that q
great many don't. OF the latter
there are three classes which are
particularly pernicious. They are:
O The bouncer; (2) the booster; (0
the forestaller. The bouncer may
be described as the man who bursts
suddenly into room in which there
are several persons and begins to
talk without reference to what is GO
ing on. The booster is he who as
sumes that you do not know just
what you are going to say, and that
it is his duty to supply the proper
words. The forestaller has many
traits in common with his brother,
the boos ter. He assumes after he
has heard you say three words that
he knows all the rest OF the SEN
tence, and he proceeds forthwith to
say it for you He is like the little
dog who runs ahead of his mates
and1turns every corner on the as
sumption that it is the right one,
and that he has guessed accurately
the direction his master will take.
1.-THE true art OF conversation in
its highest aspect consists, like
writing history, in telling the truth,
and telling it imaginatively. The
best talker is an imaginative talker.
1t is he whose conversation delights
you. Concerning rapid CONVERSE
ton, ! would say that every witty
repartee consists in either denying
a premise you are expected to grant
or in granting a premise you we're
expected to deny. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
IRRESPONSIBLE EMPLOYEES.
How Their Carelessness Often Cuts
Down a Concerns Earnings.

Down Concerns Earnings.
You step aboard the lightning ex-
press, and the brakeman insults you.
Not a high official on the road
hired that brakeman, and part Of
them do not even know that brake
men are necessary.
The brakeman is the only repre-
sentative on the railroad that you
come in direct contact with for this
trip, and by the action OF that
brakeman you Judge the president,
the vice president and the entire
board of directors.
Because the humblest employee an
noyed you, you and your friends and
your freight go by another road.
Your wife does not like the sales
woman, and with q woman's reason
is opposed to the proprietor of the
store, and her trade goes elsewhere.
You should not judge the railroad
by the break the brakeman makes,
nor should your wife reckon the
proprietor q fool because a tired
saleswoman was spleeny, but you do
it, and so does she do it, and so long
as you both do it, so long must the
outer end Of business properly repre-
sent the inside of II.
Don't talk to me of reason. Don t
put yourself on a pedestal so high
above the people that the public
neck must break itself to see you
Hardware.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
POPULAR ooLoRs.
Men Favor Blue While Most Women
Favor Red.

Favor Red.
While blue is pre-eminently and
overwhelmingly the masculine ia
vorite, it is by no means so general
feminine favorite. The favorite
woman's color, standing at the head
OF the female list, is red. Roughly
speaking, Of every 30 masculine
votes, 10 would be for blue and 3 for
red; while of every 30 feminine
votes, four would be for blue and
FIVE for red. Red and blue are thus
much more nearly equally popular
among women than among men.
Other relatively marked masculine
preferences are for the colors re-
lated to blue (blue violet and violet,
and other feminine preferences are
for lighter red (or pink, and, to
less extent, for green and yellow.
Further, men confine their selec-
tons to relatively fewer colors than
do women; and finally, while all
men and women alike are much
more apt to choose normal than q
transitional color and a darker than
lighter shade, yet the tendency to
do so (about the same in the former
direction) is markedly different in
the latter respect; of a dozen men,
ten would choose among the darker
colors and only two among the
lighter for the most pleasing COLOR
while of a dozen women, seven
would choose among the darker and
five among the lighter shades.
Passing to the discussion of the
preferences among the combinations
of colors enumerated above, the first
noteworthy result is that no COM
bination of colors occupies the posi-
ton of decided favorite as did blue
among the single colors; but that
preferences for the several combina-
tons vary gradually from the most
to the least favorite. The two most
frequently land about equality pre-
ferred combinations are red with
violet and red with blue, which are
somewhat similar in effect (the
violet being very dark in appear
ance); more than one fifth of all the.
persons contributing to the results
choose one or the other of these
combinations. - Prof. Joseph Jas
trow, in Appletons' Popular Science
Monthly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
A Natural Curiosity.

The manner in which the common
wych- hazel discharges its seeds al
terests those who love to pry into
the workings of nature. The seed
vessel partially opens, exposing the
point of the seeds; then by an in
:lined pressure from below the
seed is projected just as one would
project bean between the finger
and the thumb. Many species of
plants eject the seed from the
,arpels in the same way, though the
wych-hazel attracts the chief atten-
ton by reason of its popularity of
lowering at one season and matur-
ng the last years productions at
she same time. IN. Y. Independent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
BITUMEN AND PETROL UM.
Early knowledge of These Mineral
Products-The Asphaltum Lake.

Petroleum, asphalt and bitumen
may be regarded as so related to one
another, so like in origin and prop
critics, as to be capable of being
considered in the same treatise; and
we may, therefore, speak properly
now of one, now of the other. The
oldest known form of natural hydro
carbon was the bitumen which rose
to the surface of the Dead sea, called
from that circumstance the AS
phaltum lake Tradition says that
it used to appear on the surface in
considerable masses, and was COL
lected by the Arabs and exported to
Egypt, where it was used in en-
balming, and for few purposes in
the arts. The ancients were also
acquainted with the liquid form Of
bitumen, petroleum. Rerodotus
speaks Of the mineral oil of Zante;
and other Greek authors mention
the springs of Agrigentum, the
product of which was burned in
lamps, and was known as Sicllian
oil. The fire worshipers of Persia
erected temples over the burning
springs.
OF the use of these substance in
the middle ages, and later, we
chiefly know that the petroleum
springs of Pechelbronn, in the six
teenth century, spontaneously fur
nished mineral oil in such quantities
that the peasants around used it
to feed their lamps and grease their
carriage wheels. The virtues OF the
mineral springs of the Jura noun
tain were made known in 1712 by o
Greek doctor, who pronounced them
a treasure that had been unknown
from the beginning of the world.
Since then new sources have been
discovered in all parts of the world,
and the uses and applications of
petroleum have been immensely and
wonderfully extended. "A. Jaccard,
in Appletons' Popular Science
Mon thly
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
ornoorr cocar DsauCronx.

refeo First Monday In February term
t,,ree weeks third Monday In May-term two
recks. frst Monday In September-term three
CunrsrI ~ Fourth Monday In February
torrn ak weeks; First Monday in June-te m
Tour weeks; Fourth Monday in september
GALLOWAY second Monday in April-terln
three weeks First Monday IN August-term
two weeks: Second Monday IN november
term three weeks.
LYoN.--Ffrst Monday in May--term two
weeKs: FIRST Monday IN August-term two
weeks: frst Monday IN september- term two
weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09

In the February Century General
Porter in his recollections of Gam
paigning with Grant" recounts anec-
dotes aud describes incidents of the
movements of the army from Spot
sylvania to North Anna. General
Porter records Grants bearing under
receipt of bad news, and sets forth
the Generals relations with his sub
ordinates and his comments on va
rious movements, and in brief gives
the look of events as seen from the
headquarters point Of view.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09

DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey combines
new and valuable medical agencies.
1t advances new theory in the treat
meut of cough, colds, lung and bron-
cbial affections. 1t cures and cures
quickly Itlaffords immediate relief to
consumptives and many who were
thought to have consumption have
been cured by its use.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
Smoked and Fought

During the day when the battle OF
he Wilderness was fought Gen.
GRANT smoked 20 very strong ci-
gsrs. This was about his highest
lhcord.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09


health. They usually go together
An observing man learns that a woman
who is physically weak and nervous and in
capable, is likely to be ill-natured too The
sweetest temper is ruined by continual
A woman whose nerves arc constantly
racked and dragged by facilitating drains
and Inflammation, cannot be genial com
panion or happy wife and she is totally
untitled to be mother.
These troubles prevail almost universally
among women largely because of careless
ness and neglect. There is no real need of
them. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is
a positive specific for the weaknesses and
diseases Of the feminine organism
II cures them radically and completely.
1t heals, strengthens and purihes. It is the
only scientific remedy devised for this spe-
cial purpose by an educated, skilled physi.
clan. It Is the only medicine that makes
motherhood easy and absolutely safe.
Miss Lauretta McNees, of Reno CP. o. Box 7z5),
Washoe Co., New, writes: II have discontinued
taking the Prescription and will not take
any more lat presently. Last month had no
pain at all and worked every day without any
Inconvenience whatever. IL was the hrst time
say too much for your medicines, especially
the Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pei
let's know of lady who took one bottle Of
your Favorite Prescription and she says she
was not sick like she was with her first baby.
This was her second baby. She thinks il a
grand medicine. SO do l."
Dr. Pierce has had life-tim of expert
ence in this particular field. His 1000 page
illustrated book, "The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser" contains several
chapters devoted to wonian's special physi-
ology. A paper-bound copy will be sent free
on receipt of 81 one-cent stamps to pay the
cost of mailing only. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
For cloth-bound copy send 81 stamps.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09

A union feature of the Century for
February is the symposium of opin-
ions by four Confederate and three
Union general officers by way of COM
ment upon the paper published in
the November Century entitled "Why
the Confederecy failed" The off
GERS are General S. d. Lee, Wheeler,
Alexander, Law, Buell., Howard and
Cox.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09

Uncle Ned-'Don't be pert,
dear-you know what that is2"
Nossie--'Oh, it's speaking to
grown-up people the way they speak
10 yon"-Tnith.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09

The Pennsylvania State Capitol
was destroyed by fire tuesday after
noon. The Legislature was in ser
sion when the fire was discovered aud
panic followed. The loss is ST.
10000.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
It's Poor Business.

Nothing pays smaller dividends in
spiritual results than making a
speciality Of discovering the short
comings of other folks. Rams
Horn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09

The Tennessee Legislative Demo
cratic caucus has indorsed bill by
which the Governor is to appoint
election commissioners, who in turn
shall appoint all election officers and
receive returns.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
TRAINS come SOUTH.

For further information, address
II. @. MoRpUR, A. g.
or Louisville KY
W. L. MILLS,
greensboro, Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09

The tariff bill is at last beginning
to assume shape
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09

A bill was introduced in the Neva-
da Legislature providing that not
more than one dollar shall be charged
for admission to any glove contests
held in the state under the new law
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09

His important speeches
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09

His biography, written by his wife :.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
A review of the political situation

The results of the campaign in 1896
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-09
MAKE YOURSELF READY

for the Christmas festivities anu your
formal New Year calls by having the
finishing touches put on your new
suit before it is too late. Perfection
of fit can only be gained by making
the clothing to suit the man. We
will make your business or dress suit
as near perfection as it's possible to
make it. Choose the fabric and we
do the rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
DUNCANsoN BROS, AUCrIoyEERs.

THuSTEES' SALE OF THE FOUR-STOR PRESS
ED-BRICk BUILDING, No. 9O6 I4TH STREET.
LTTCIIFIEIID.''
BY virtue of a certain deed of trust to u.s. dated
October 70, 1898, and duly recorded October ~
land records of the District of Columbia and mt
the request OF the party secured thereby, we the
undersigned trustees, will sell, at public auction
IN front of the premises, on FRIDAY, THE THIR-
IiElH DAY OF JULY. A. ID. 1897, AT HALF
PAST FIVE O'CLOCK PM, the following described
land and promises, situate in the city OF Washing
ton In the District Of Columbia, and dasigna ted as
and being part Of original lot twenty-five (22l, In
square two hundred and eighteen CHS, contained
within the following metes and bounds, viz: Be-
ginning for the same the line OF Fourteenth
u4th) ST. at the southeast corner of Said LOT and
running thence north along said street seventeen
40 feet two and twO-thirds u 2-3 inches to cen
north: thence west along said party wall sixty lG0
feet thence south seventeen 10 feet two and two
thirds q 23D inches to the south line OF said Tot
and thence east along said south line sixty 100
feet to the place OF beginning, together with the
Improvements, consisting of fOur-story pressed
brick building used as part of THE LtchfieId.''
Terms Of sale: one-third of the purchase money
to be paid In cash. and the balance In two equal
tpstallments payable In and two years, with
interest at six t6) per centum per amum payable
semi annually, from day of SALE secured By deed
OF trust upon the property sold all cash. at the
required OF the purchaser at the time OF sale. All
tonveyancing, recording and notarial fees mt the
purchasers cost. Terms Of sale to be complied with
within ten days from day Of SALE otherwise the
trustees the right to resell the property at
the risk and cost of the purchaser in default.
WILLIAM E EIMONSTON,
Adds b. BROWNE, -, :.
fy17.f&ds 'Trrusfaes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
FUTURE DAYS.
DUNcANsoN BROS, AUcT1oNEERs.

N'A->'O-> A'ANoo-,
TRUSTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE DOJJBI. r
IWO.SToRY AND BASEMENT BAY-WINDOW
BtlCk DWELLING, NO, l4O8 cor ITNfRIA
STREET. NEAR o STREET NORTHWEST.
~ virtue OF deed Of trust, duly recorded in
Liber No. 1897, folio 375 ct sea- of the land re..
oids OF the District Of Columbia we will sell in
1ionI Of the premises. FRIDAY the TTiIR.
IiEIH DAY Of JULY, AID 1897 at FIVE
O'CLOCK PM, the following described land ,rI
promises situate In the city Of Washington. Dis
Irict OF columbia. and designated as mart or lot
NO. twelve u2) In Samuel Hedfern's suhdIvisio, of
square numi cred three hundred and sixty-sIx 1asO
US sald subdivision Is recorded I'm the Office OF the
surveyor OF the District of Columbia in Bn,k w
r., page i45. contained within the following metes
ana bounds. VIZ: Beginning for the same nj n
called columbia street, ffty-seven $50 feet SIX 0,,
mones north from the north line Of o street and
running thence west twenty t2O) feet thence mort h
!orv,tw" tf-) feet six 49, inches to the line of n
ten u0 foot alley: thence east along the line M
sald ailey twenty t2o feet thence south fort
~ rect SIX ~ inches to the place of heyiIinin1
tosether WIN. all and singular the improvements
teEances. A "PP"A
Terms or sale: One third cash. balance In ono
anu TWO years. notes to be given bearing 6 Der
cent PEI annum interest payable semi annually and
10 ne secured on the property sold Or all cash III
optlon OF purchaser. COnveyancing, etc at cost
OF purchaser deposit OF 500 required Mt time
.! SAFE Ierns to be complied with in fifteen DAYS
uner a. trustees reserve the right resell the
property AZ the risk and COS of the defaulting pur-
chaser. AFTER 1--WE days advertisement In some
newspaper published In Washington DC
F. SOUTHARD PARKER,
BkAINARD Il. WARMER,
~. -uNus Trustees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
AUCTION SALES.
MONDAY.
CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
real Estate BEING NOS. 5O2-504 TIL

CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REM. Estate BEING nos. 5O2-504 TIL
STREET SOUTHEAST.
By virtue of decree OF the Supreme Court of
the District Of Columbia, passed on the ID day OF
July. 1897. In equity cause No. 1902. wherein
William E. Wallace, by Charles f. Walsh, his next
friend, is complainant. and Edward ]. Accardi and
others arc Defendants the undersigned trustees will
sell at public auction In front OF the premises on
MONDAY. JULY THE NINETEENTH, 1897, AT
real estate: All that parcel Of land situate and
being In the city OF Washington In the District Of
Columbia. and distinguished and being part Of
lot ", numbered eleven uD OF venable's sub
division OF part Of square numbered nine hundred
and three e03 beginning for the same thirty three
3S) feet four ~ inches from the northwest corner
OF said square, and running thence south with 7th
street east thirty three (33 feet four ~ inches,
thence east sixty -four 64l feet ~ inch. thence
north thirty-three CSS) feet four a. inches, and
place Of beginning together with all the improve
ments thereon.
Terms Of sale: As prescribed by said decree to
be one-third OF the purchase money to lie paid In
cash. the balance in and two years, IN equal
instaliments. for which the note OF the purchaser
purchasers shall he taken, bearing interest ON
the date Of SALE and secured by deed OF trust on
the property sOld all cash Mt the option OF the
purchaser purchasers. deposit of 800 requir-
ed on each parcel upon acceptance OF bid. Terms
date Of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the
right to resell at the risk and cost OF the defaulng
purchaser after five days advertisement In The
Evening Star newspaper. All conveyancng and
recording Mt purchasers cost.
CHAS A. DOUGLASS. Trustee,
'Fendall building.
JOSEPH l. WELLER, Trustee,
RATCIIFFE. SUTTON L CO..
Auctioneers. tys-d&ds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
Selling Berries I'm Indians.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Rural life in certain sections of Indiana
Is simply incomprenensible to those who
nave not seen it, and many phases Of 1t are
incomprehensible to outsiders who have.
A farmer drove up to the village general
store alighted from his blackboard, hitched
his horse and accosted the proprietor by
calling out: "Whuts strawb'ries today.
Sam?'
Were payin' cents for good ones, fresh
picked"
Couldn't make 1t 6, could ye?"
nope. The rains hev brought 'em for
ward nightly. and the prices he'd to tum-
ble." '
The farmer sat down on a salt barrel in
the shade In front of the store and waited.
At the end of half an hour he came to the
door and said:
"Mandy'n be put out about it. She reck-
oned they'd be about now"
Sorry, Jim," replied the storekeeper "but
I'm sellin 'em fer T."
The farmer sauntered down to the black
smith shop and pitched quoits for an hour.
Then he came back.
Split the difference" he said, land call
it five and half"
All right" was the reluctant rejoinder
Let 1t go at that. How many you got?'
Bout four quarts and half" he said,
and they're jest as slick berries as We
ever set yer teeth into"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
G. G. SLOAN & co., ,Auctioneer.. 14o7 st. NV

v. ". SAoAN e ObAFtioneers, l4O7 st. NV.
cHAMcERY SALE tF RESIDENCE AND Bus,-
NESS PROPERTY. BENG HOUSES nos. 80,
3l2 AND 314 ,STHHET NORTHEAST, AND
THREE UNIMPR,vEn LOIS on MASsACHU-
E SGIlrTu A sTSTlhsS, BsTWEEN THIRD AND
Under and by authority Of decree of the su-
Rreme Court of the District of Columbia PASSED in
Equity Cause No. 1922, Docket A. wherein Mary
Elizabeth watson Is HE complainant and Clara A.
Lan.el and Others are deffndgnts, the undersigned
premises. on MONDAY. THE NINETEENTH DAY
OF JULY. 1897, ut f1yEaCCEOCK PM. all those
certain pieces OF PARCELS Of land with the improve
ments thereon. stuated In, THE city Of Washington.
In In, the District Of colmh dsscrihed and being
twenty -four go tw4aty- Ave t25 twcnty-six (2ej
and twenty-sevenJ (29 in Ernest L. Schmit's trI,s-
tees Subdivision Of original lot three in square
numbered seven hundred and eighty-two (7s2i. as
page o. of the records Of the surveyors Office for
said District Said slbl0ts "a, g. % are improved
bv comfortable dwellings, known as Nos. $40. 312
and 80 & street northeast. Said sublots 25 &c
ayenLe and are unimproyed THESE LOTS WILL
BE OFFERED AND SOLD SEPARATELY
Terms OF sal, prescribed by the decree One third
u the purchase money In cash. third in one
year and ne-third in two years from the day Of
sale, the deferred payments to be secured by deed
o. trust upon the property sold and to bear interest
from the day of sale at the rate of six per cent
per annnm, payable semi-annually, or all cash, at
the option OF the purchasers purchaser. Terms
to be complied with within ten days the property
purchasers y purchaser, after five days notice A
deposit of 800 will be required on each LOT at the
time Ct sale. All conveyancing to be at the cost
Of purchasers or purchaser.
ERNEST l.. SCHMIDT, Trustee
Fendail Law Building, Az and D st. NV
jy6-d&da