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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12

their own success among the novel
ties.
Next to the siGe-hare, the approved
shape is that which has the brim spit
up sharply at the back, and the cieIt
filed with flowers and ribbon. Smart
little toqucS are brought out in great
numbers and seem 10 he driving bon
nets almost out Of the field. At a
luncheon party yesterday a great pie
tire" hat Of autumu-lenf green straw
was the most notable piece of head
gear. II WAS trimmed with long
scarf of black gauze. draped lightly
in veil fashion. while sweeping over it
from side 10 side were gray heron
p,umes The brim of this hat was
lined with pale pink chiffon and had
knot Of pink roses with dark green
foliage behind.
Among the models Of prominent
importer is shown a hat of emerald
green felt with a wide curving brim
lined with black velvet Dark crimson
roses with foliage are fastened about
the crown with loops OF black velvet
ribbon. At the side an antique paste
buckle holds three or four long black
ostrich feathers.
Tn the same collection is small
toque Of silver gray velvet arranged in
front with loops and bows of cream
color and old rose; these are caught
with an ornament of diamonds and
turquoise in the middle, and are sur
mounted by a long full osprey of pale
yellow paradise plumes. Under the
brim towards the back a cluster Of
cherries with leaves falls upon the
hair.
I do not know that l have ever seen
New York so sunburned. The women
who are drifting home from the'couu-
Try delight so much In their brown and
red that they leave Oft wells to show
their colors and TO proong the life
of these as much as possible Women
who do not tan" or who have taken
care Of their comp'eXious look pale and
washed out by contrast. The new au-
tumn gowns with their gay tartans
and the rich warm duhlia and fawn
tones their Spanish browns ana their
deep eurrant reds. go wen with these
brilliant complexous. Russian green,
deep Danish blue aud the iridescent
goods that show red, violet. green and
gold are being made up IN quantities.
skirts are made fuN or scant, much
MS their wearers desire Oyerskirts
have Increased ~ numbers and in them
pretepslors, They are eul longer than
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12
1897 Clubbing / list, 1871

THE KENTUCKTANS Clubbing List for this
fully culed, and only he best public lions used
Our readers AXE saving ordering all Of their
ing matter through us,
When thau periodical wanted connection with the KEN
TUCAN send list and weturn the
Cash must all ORDERS
Draft, Postohce Money Order or Express Order
TUCKIAN. Address all orders O
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12
TIE SERVANT PROBLEM


It's Simple Soiui on ~ the CRY of 81.
p crsbur.
While othcrcivilizcd sucalcoun-
tries employers and employees have
not vet found the solution Oh the inn
portant question how to regulate and
improve the relations between mas
tor and servant to their mutual salts
faction and are organizing societies
and meetings, with speeches, rcsolu-
tons and articles aud letters to the
press, arguing on both sides Of the
problem, autocratic Russia is, re-
marks the Anglo-Russian. solving The
long and complicated dispute in its
own peculiar fashion. Don't ar
que says the governor Of st. Peters
burg to The employer and cmploye;
'dhe authorities exist for no other
purpose than to relieve You of such
mental work" With this object the
government has prepared a little
"Sluzhitelskaya Kuizhka'-that is
servants containing reg
uations, which assign practically all
rights TO the master and all duties to
the servant. The ''knizhka" Will be
supplied gratis to all applicants from
the office of the governor, and no
servants can be engaged without pro-
ducing this document Should this
order be disobeyed, the employer will
be fined 30 rubles. the servants 10
rubles Servants of either sex can be
dismissed If they absent themselves
from the premises Of their employer
during three hours. The regulations
make no mention Of any justiiica-
tory circumstances, or what is called
force majeure.
Another reason for dismissal is the
case where a servant is summoned be-
fore court of justice by the police,
being charged with any criminal Of
tense. The regulations again say
nothing about the result of the sum-
mons. SO that if even the accused is
declared utterly innocent, he or she
can still be dismissed, and left in such
case without character to seek an
other situation The employer can
also dismiss servants for rudeness to-
ward him or members of his family,
but no protection is offered to serv-
ants against any rude conduct or
abuse of the employer. On the CON
trary, the regulations distinctly give
the employer the right to use
ukoritelnye-i. e., rcproachful ex-
pressions. What the Russian police
understand under The term 're-
proachful" is left entirely to the en-
| ployer to decide. We know. for in
stance, how the governor of Odessa.
Vice Admiral Zelenoi, gave violent
slap on the face to an Odessa citizen
and Knocked out two Of his teeth, in
The way of ''reproaeh' for having
opened his shop half an hour before
| The legal time; the admiral himself
ultimately received decoration from
the late czar, Alexander H., for I
whole series Of similar 'reproaches
made to the inhabitants of 0dessi
during his governorship. Even loya
Rnsian papers eriticise the head o
the poFice's new domestic servic,
regulations, and point out that the,
tend TO make domestic service still
more unpopular, and will increas
the number Of those unhappy womcI
who cannot withstand the tempta
tions of the easier life offered to then
in vice.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12

ELLEN OSBORN'S
FASHION LETTER.
Skirts Are Full or SCant--- 0yerskirtS Increase
i'll Numbers and Their Professions
TCopyneht 1871
seeeeseeeeeeee@esee&se eSe>eseseeeseesee sesses
IConyrieht. WI

, Ia the spring. rcarhlng nearly or lulte
10 the bottom Of Tie gown. Sometimes
thct are drapc,R sometimes left to
hang square and snshcd. When EN-
plovet. they carry most Of the trim
ming. the urderskirt being finished IN
Il majority of cases with u plain hem
short Louise Quinlc jackets are fight
ing for the place of the Elton and the
holcro. Busques are made with belts
almost universally The Russian
blouse remains the bcst-liked fancy
bodice. and of boiices in general II
may be said that the more unexpected
their effects the more successful they
are considered. The onc-sided arrange
ment. with the seam upon the icft
shoulder. bids fair to last another sea-
son.
A trim walking dress noticed on n
crowded corner recently was of maple
rreen faced cloth. with n tunic skirt
crossed with tlrcc sets Of tucks set at
equal intervals from the waist down.
The bodice was iight-titting and the
long sleeves were of sill, matching the
SMITH III SnNAlt. " liiN INV ~ 80
accordon-plaited uousseline dc sole
run with q thread OF gold. were the
principal decoration.
The ncckband and folded bcltwerc Of
green and gold brocade.
A handsome silver blue gown was
not many steps behind. It's material
was n soft finished corded silk, a little
heavier than tnffeta but not so glossy
1t was made with long overskirt,
edged with a heavy silver and black
embroidery and draped to show on one
side an accordion-piaited underskirt.
The bodice displayed rows of pulfs
crossed from side to side by sets of mar
row black velvet ribbon.
At an out-of-door tea served at a
Staten Island country house recently
a quaint hut successful dress was OF q
beautifulOpal gray cloth Of light weight
and soft texture. The skirt was GOV
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12
FIGHTING A RATTLEsNAKE.
Idaho Man Forced to Tear the Rep
tile from Him.


Idaho Man Forced to Tear the Rep
tile from Him.
Bernard Sharkcy, owner of the
Copper Queen mine, near Salmon
Idaho. has had an encounter with a
atiosnake which. for sensational
features. las seldom been eQualed in
a contest With reptile. Mr Sharkey
was passing along q mountain trail.
The footing was uncertain and he
was holding to bushes, grass. etc, on
The upper side Of the trail with ono
hand. Intent upon where he was
stepping. he did not notice he had
aroused snake. and had no warning
Of impending danger until the RATHER
darted its rangs into his hand. The
shock caused MIR. Sharkcy TO lose his
footing and Slip from the trail, and
he rolled down the side Of the noun
tain for a considerable distance.
The snake did not release his hold.
but attempted to coil itself around
Mr. Sharkcy'sarm during the descent.
Gaining his feet, Mr.. Sharkcy at
tempted TO shake the reptile Off, but
found it impossible He then drew
his revolver and shot it. The snake
loosencd lis clutch on his hand, but
dartcd at him again and sunk its
teeth in his leather coat. Holding TO
the coat it twmed itself about his
body, but with both hands free Mr.
Sharkey continued to battle with bet
ter advantage. lie looscned the coils
of the snake, got his foot on its body
and literally tore it loose from his
coat, piece Of the leather being car
ricd away in its month. He succeed
ed in killing the snake, which proved
to be six feet in length and had lG
rattles
BY this time Mr. Sharkey was suf-
fering intense pain, but he hurried
to a nearby cabin, where, by great
good fortune, he found bountifuI
supply Of whisky He drank this in
large quantities, while another man
went for a doctor, distance of &c
miles. He was almost dead when the
physician arrived, but the latter sue
ceedcd in saving his lifc.-Denvel
Republican.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12

New York II is curious how sud
slcnly fashion takes the town, For
weeks it is in the newspapers and the
shop windpws then some bright after
noon between three and -four o'clock
one woman. the first TO experiment
with IL. scuds neNously along Broad
way. Within halls an hour every won-
an ia sight is parading the same idea
as screnely and uuconsciously as II
she had been born and brought up in
the new collar or color or bonnet or
belt which a few minutes earlier was
a dubious something offered but not
accepted. talked about but untried BY
dinner time the novelty is am old story
from the Battery to Spuyten Duyvil
and IS spreading into the wilds of
Brooklyn.
This was the history OF the side-flare
nat. tip 10 n given day last week II
was an experiment Of the milhners,
Doomed in print but Of uncertain for
tunes. When / left the house that
given day | rubbed my eyes. had gone
40 sleep on fiat brims. walked to a
world in which everything was turned
VIZ on the left side. They are of bril-
liant coorings. these tilted autumn
hats; some of felt and some Of warm
dark straws. A strong green with red
tones is favorite shade; it goes by
the name of maple leaf green. Deep
crimson is almost as popular and is
combined with dove gray or with
green. \ vivid corpdlower blue makes
an emphatic note In every group OF
women. and when it is not next neigh
Dor TO white peoples it is apt to he
making friends with ivy leaves and
berries. The hat that is not adorned
with great "panache" Of ostrich
plumes. six or seven in Il bunch, makes
up for the deficiency by serving as
nest for "A paradise bird or harboring
the biggest part of "a great gray heron.
Meadow grasses in feathrry sprays
and twisted into wreaths are having
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12

In 1860 the army hadno retired list.
When finally one was established u au'
thorized the retirement of seven per
cent Of the number Of officers borne on
the rolls Of the army. Then by sue
cessive stages the list was increased
to 300; then to 400; then. by the com
pulsory retirement Of officers for age
al g., until II has now reached about
COO, Military Gazette, Chicago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12
Degrees Of Genius.

sour typewriter girl IS awfully
clever; she can sharpen lead pencils"
Pooh! Ours can beat that. She
has five clerks in the ofice'dying TO
sharpen them for her" II Detroit
Eree Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12
Stamp Portraits.

In 1915 law was passedprohibit-
ING the use Of the portraits Of living
men on the United States stamps,
thus placing living men in the same
position that women occupied
whether dead or alive, forpo woman's
portrait has ever graced stamp he-
longing to The Uniled S.Sics, pos'aI
or revenue.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12
American Riaes fornussin.

A dispatch from Odessa says that the
Russian authorities greatly fancy Ger
tain make of American rifles, and have
ordered. or are about 20 order, $4,000
following a sample which has an IN
usually heavy stock and a shorter bar
rel than the ordinary model of thu
piece
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12

Several colored amateur octors
we're presenting a play in PFtsburg,
Ca. when one of the characters, inn
personated by John Singleton. issup-
posed to be shot by hisrival Through
some blunder, the pistol contained q
bullet, and the actor was shot dead.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12

How foolish it makes fellow feel
to carefully guard a secret a long time
and then find that everybody knows
il Washington Democrat
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-12

The fact that a great many peo-
pie can't make speeches would not
make so much difference, il they
didn't insist ON trying it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-06
SCORED BY THE GRAND JURY
Laws of Alabama Give Federal Off,
ciafs Too Great an Opportunity
to Secure Fees.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Dec. 5. - The
United States Grand Jury. just prior to
its final adjournment yesterday, rendered
it's report. United States Commissioners
were severely censured for allowing de-
PENDANTS in many cases TO give '.stra ""
bonds, accepting as sureties persons
whose irresponsi bility is notorious" The
laws for the suppression OF illicit distilling
and sale OF liquor were severely criticized
being characterized as cum bersome, ex-
travaeant, ineffective and dangerous, ant
designed chiefly for securing fees 10 Off
cials, witnesses and informers.
The report, contin uing, says the Grand
Jury found q great disregard for the
sacred nature OF an oath among informers
and witnesses. 1t says that action against
such persons for perjury is the only re-
dress, and that it was through such action
that the jury was made acquainted with
these Outrages."
Judge Boarman, in reply, said that he
recognized the existence OF such prac-
tlces, which were greatly to be d eplored,
and that he had recently consulted with
the Attorney-General and several Con-
gressmen with view to remedying the
defects.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-06
COMBAT IN A THEATER.
Rival Claimants Fight for the Posses
sion of a PLayhouse's Fur
nishj10s.

LINCOLN, NEBR., Dec. 5.-The Lansing
Theater, the leading playhouse in the city,
was this morning before daylight dis
mantled of most of its furnishings, al
most riot accom- panying the work, and
as q result J. F. Lansing. halloween; L.
c. Burr and Roscoe Pound, his LAWYERS.
and a score OF laborers were to-day ar
rested.
The trouble Is the outcome of the sale
of the properly under foreclosure a week
ago. Lansing med that there was a
conspiracy to defraud him out of his b old
ings. The District Court, however, con-
irmed the sale on Saturday and declared
the title vested in the purchaser, William
Oliver OF New York.
Between and 3 o'clock Lansing, his at
torneYs and a number OF stage hands
gained entrance and began to remove
scenery and chairs. Agents of Oliver were
notified and in the controversy which fol-
lowed there was a personal collision be-
tween attorneys OF the rival claimants
The police Quelled the disturbance about
the time it began 10 DO interesting. Later
warrants were sworn out and the Lansing
party was arrested, being released on bail.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-06

Com mittee who favor annexation advo-
cate this course because they say they Sc
no reason for trave:sing the same ground
twice as they would be com peIed to do in
case the matter should be first considered
in ex cutive session, fail there and then
be taken up in the form OF a resolution in
oren Senate and House.
The i'm migration bill, for which Senator
Lodge Stands sponsor, is practically a. the
head of the Senate legislative calendar and
will be considered early in the session.
Senator Lodge to-day repeated his inten-
tion of pressing the bill, but he will not
antagonze the Hawaiian treaty with il.
The first bill on the calendar is Sena-
ter Gears measure providing for the ad-
justment of the Pacific railroad debt, brt
the sale of. Union Pacific dou ubtless will
have the effect of causing the temporary
withdrawal of this bill and the substitu-
ton of others.
OF the 300 bills on the calendar about
200 are private pension bills, and all Of
those probably will be disposed of at one
sitting when taken up. There are also
several hundred recess appointments to
be considered in executive session.
1t is not probable that much will be
done in the way of legislation the present
week. There Will be an adjournment on
the day after rec living the message or
Monday, and as there is no disposition to
press the Hawaiian matter until the For
eign Relations Committee agrees upon a
line of action, the indications now are
that it will not be taken up in the Senate
bsfore next week.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-06
CONTEST FOR A P0STOFFicE.
Mobiles Custodian of the Mails Re-
fuses to Give Way to His
SUccaSSon
Successor.

MOBILE, Dec. 5.-The controversy over
the Postma mastership at Mobile is attracting
attenuon on account of the i'm portant le-
gal phases of the case and the possible
effect OF the spirit of the civil service law.
POSTMASTER Rapier, who refuses to surren-
der the office to P. B. Barker, is a CIeve-
land appointee whose commission is dated
December IL, 1894, and his official term
VIII, therefore, not expire until Decem Der,
1888 Rapler contends that the section of
the revised statutes under which second
class postmasters are appointed provides
IN terms that such postmaster are ap-
pointed Tor the term of four years and can
be removed by the President only, and
with the advice ana consent of the Senate.
he President, on the 1st of October,
gave to Z. d. Barker, a Republican, a
com mission as Rapier's successor. Barker,
who was out of the city, did not return
until recently, and on the ! I of Dece N Der
demanded of Postmaster Rapier the sur
render OF the Office. Rapier claims he re-
celved 10 notice of his removal accord ing
to law, and will not surrender the office
until the legality of the removal has been
passed on by the courts.
Barker, the new appointee, was post
master of Mobile during the Harrison
administration and served his full term of
four years.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-06

operation in 1868 is shown to have been
$685.. On October 81 LIST there were in
active operation 3617, having an author
'zed capital of $3.50 230, 295. The total out
standing circulation of the banks then
outstanding was $229, 199, $50 of which
S2O2 994 800 was secured by bonds OF the
Uni, ed States and the balance by lawful
money deposl:ed with the Treasurer of
the United States. The circulation out
Standing of all national banks on October
81 last was $3.50, 131, ,005, of which amount
$l.55S, 500 was secured by bonds held for
the account OF lnsolvent and liquidating
banks and S26 205, 325 by lawful money de-
posted for their account and by active
banks reducing circulation. The net de-
crease in the amount of circulation Sc
cured by bonds during the year was $12,-
5S4, ,334 and the gross decrease in the total
circulation was s., ,S51 1872.
The 1867 banks in operation are divid ed
geographically as follows: 5S8 with a
authorized capital OF $3.50 291, ,620 in the
New England States; $50, with an aggre-
gate OF $195, 124 275, in the Eastern States;
$40, with a capital stock of S66 761, 800, in
the Southern States; 1916, with capital
stock of $3.50. 369, ,961, in the Middle States;
357, with capital stock OF $32, 654 loo, IN
the Western States, and 124, with capi-
tai stock of ST. 465, 900. in the Pacific
States.
During the year forty-four banks were
organized, with an aggregate capital stock
OF ST, 40 600. During the year seventy-one
banks went into voluntary liquidation.
There were paid to creditors of insolvent
banks during the year $13. 169, 78l in dlvi-
dends. The magnitude OF TINS unequared
record, the report says, will be more forci-
oly illustrated If considered in the l ght
OF what has been accomplished hereto
fore In the way of dividend payments to
the creditors of insolvent institutions.
In 1893 there was paid in dividends
IS, 433 ,64t; in 1894, So 124 577; in 1895.
S3 $50. .552; in 1896, 81 451 $50, and in 1897,
$l3, l69 78l, making a total of dividends
paid within tie five years from 1898 to
1897 of S27, $50, SIS, or 3614 per cent of all
dividends that have ever been paid to
creditors Of insolvent national banks.
From 1868 to 1897 there has been paid in
dividends $50, 935, ,925 and in the year en-
oraced in this report $l3 169, 781, or 171A
per cent of all the divIuends that have
been paid during the period of thirty -four
years of the existence of the system.
Since October 81 the end of the report
year, seventeen additional dividends have
been ordered, amounting 10 about $625, 900.
The report contains the latest compiled
statistics relative to the worlds monetary
systems and the stock of gold, silver and
paper currency.
very Interesting feature of this state
ment Is the per capita amount of each
kind OF money in the cour try. The per
capita averages in the principal countries
OF the world are as follows: United States
$23 20, United Kingdom 500 Co. France
$34 68, Germany SIS 45, Austria Hungary
50 80 and Russia So 95
Inc Com ptrolleT renews his recon-
mendauon OF last year, urging that Ma
tionai Bank Examiners be paid an annual
salary, instead OF fees as now
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-06
ITALY'S CABIN EFT
HAS RESIGNED
General PelIieux'S Action Re-
garded as a Political
Move.
Making 1t Possible for RudlnI tc
Select a Unanimous
Ministry.
specIal DLspatch % LEE CA11


LONDON, Dec. 5-The Rome cores
pondent of the Morning Post says: The
Cabinet has res gned. General pellieux's s
action is regarded as a political move to
MAKE it possible for the Marquis di Rudini
to secure unanimous ministry. The
Ministers OF Finance, Justice and Public
Works in the retiring Cabinet will not ap-
pear in its successor.
ROME, Dec. 4.-General PeIlieux, Min
lister OF War, maintains the attitude he
has taken up in consequence of the action
OF Parliament in amending the bill
dealing with army promotions against
his advice and persists in his resigna-
ton.
King Humbert, the Marquis d. Rudini,
the Premier and other members OF the
Cabinet urge General Peliieux 10 recon-
slider his action, but h refuses to do so.
In view of this 1t is expected that the en-
tire Cabinet will resign and that the Mar
quis di Rudini will reconstruct the
Ministry.
The present Italian Ministry is as fol-
lows: President of the Council and Min
lister of the Interior. the Marquis An
tonic di Rudini; Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, the Marquis Emilio Visconti
Venosta; Minister of the Treasury, Pro-
lessor Luigi Luzzatti; Minister OF FL
nance, Signor Ascancio Branca; Minister
of Justice and Ecclesias tical Affairs, Pro-
fessor Luca Emanuelo Gianturco; Minis
ter of War, General Luigi Pe.lieux; Minis
ter of Marine, Admiral Benedetto Brin,
spector-general of naval engineering
Minister Of Commerce. Industry and Ag-
riculture, Comte Francisco Gucciaradini; :;
Minister of Public instruction, Comte
Codronchi; Minister of Public Works,
Giucio Prlnetti.