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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12
ROYAL LIBRARY AT BERLIN.

ing steadily better. "Jobs" and all man
ner of dishonest dealing, as well as all
undue influences and prejudices, either
political, religious or social, are, of
course, vigilantly kept out of the school
board and it's subordinate commissions,
and to be a member of either central
board or commissions is synonymous
with sterling integrity and high in
telligence.
The communal schools are taught
by about 2,400 teachers of both sexes,
about 60 per cent. of female TO 40 pei
cent. of male teachers. These teachers
positions are virtually for life-with
certain stated exceptions-and entitle,
after lapse of 80 years or more of faith
full service, to pension until death.
The salaries paid are low enough when
compared with American salaries
averaging from 1900 marks (about $1,000
to 5000 ($750) for class teaching, and
from $500 to 5000 marks $3.50 to 1,500)
for principals and their assistants.
Duties, too, are more onerous, as the
school hours are longer and there are
fewer days of vacation Though the
vacations and the off days come more
frequently, the latter, in fact, being
only about 60 days. exclusive of Sun
days, during the whole year. But the
climate being a milder and more even
one, both summer and winter, school
teaching is, in reality, more healthful
occupation here than it is in large
American cities.
Besides the free or lower communal
schools the city also supervises and
controls about ITO private schools.
These include the special schools for
commerce and trades (among the lat
ter being schools for tailors, dyers,
chairmakers, trimmers, masons, car
penters, printers, etc., the finishing
schools for u number of quasi-profes-
Bions, as stenographers, typewriters,
bookkeepers, ETC.. schools for the blind,
the deaf, ETC.; also number of high
schools for girls, The gymnasia, the
"real-gymnasia" (or semitechnical
schools), the real" schools, seminaries
for teachers, several Jewish schools,
etc. All these are supervised, not nomi-
nally, but very much indeed, 80 that
neither morally nor intellectually are
they permitted to sink below a certain
fixed level.
The libraries, public or semi-public,
fittingly belong in here as well, and they,
too, are with a few exceptions, under
municipal control. The largest OF
them, the Royal library aud the Uni
yersity library (tbe latter with 10000
volumes, literary and scientific, the for
mer with about 6oo,ooo) are exempted
from this control, but nearly every
municipal school and many other mu-
nicipal institutions boast of libraries
that are OF special use to many. It is
due, in very large measure, to the char
acter OF both the technical and trade
schools and of the libraries to which
the pupils have free access that Ger
man industry has made such enormous
strides during tho past 90 years, and
that the phrase 'Made in Germany"
primarily intended by the noble Briton
to shame German goods into insignif-
csnce and to restrict German oompeti-
tors, has assumed a very different mean
ing on the borders Of the Thames Of
late.
WOLF Won scHIERBRAND.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12
Military Signal Torch.

A new torch for military signal
ing consists of an asbestos ball in a
wire cage, at the end of a long staff.
Just below the asbestos ball is a
copper drip cup. The ball is dipped
into a bucket of kerosene oil, and
is set on fire at a little bonfire,
which is kept burning during the
operation. AS fast as the oil burns
out, the torch is dipped in the oil, so
that the signaling can go on as long
as the kerosene lasts. The torch is
extinguished with copper snuffer.
The old form of torch was large
copper cylinder, with an ordinary
wick at the end of staff. The
cylinder containing the oil could be
used for only a few minutes at
time because it became heated and
caused the oil to explode. The new.
torch gives out much larger fame,
which can be seen with the naked
eye for seven miles, and through
field glass for twelve miles on clear
nights, and at a good distance in
rain or mist. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
me IoT St. PauD-"I see it is
correct to pronounce st. John, Sin
jun" She (of Minneapolis)-"Of
course. He-'Then how would
YOU pronounce st. PaulY" She
Simple. Pittsburgh Bulletin.
From remains found, it is GER
Jain that the elephant, the rhino
ceros, the bear, the hyena and other
wild animals were at one time COM
mon in England. Probably they
found there was no living with the
human species there, and 80 got
out. Boston Transcript.
Mother = ''Charlie, you said
you'd been to Sunday school. :"
Charlie with a far-away look)-
'Yes'm." Mother How does it
happen that your hands smell fishy2"
Charlie I'll carried home the
Sunday school paper, an tn outside
is nil about Jonah and tho whale !"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

stately, huge piles on whose main portal
the bear (l3erln's municipal emblem)
stands guard IN sculpfural ciIigy Tie
communal schools. There are now
slightly over 220 Of them within 4he
city limits. and their average attend
oncc is about 10000, boys and girls.
The number of these communal schools
grows somewhat in excess Of the pop
ulation increase, as the intention is TO
reduce the Attendance at each indi-
vidual school somewhat, so as to bring
the average number of pupils in each
class down to 40 or 80. 1t is now about
so. which is higher than it ought to be.
All the communal schools which have
been built since 1885 are much better
from the hygienic as well as artistic
point of view than those erected be-
fore that date, and the last so or 60
school buildings have little. II anything.
TO be desired in those respects. The city
disposcs over very large educational
fund, large enough with wise manage
ment to realize gradually all the aims
striven for, and this fund is annually
growing larger, due in part to the in
creasing number of taxpaying inlbab-
itants and also TO specific requests
made by private citizens of large means.
There is n school commission for
every district. in all counting several
hundreds Of members, so that the par
ticular needs of each district are well
known and looked after. These com
missioners are made up of citizens
specially fitted by profession, reputa-
ton and means for these honorary offices
(wholly without emoluments), and at
the head of these subcommissions stand
the central board. The latter is endowed
with all requisite power and with such
special talent and technique as the case
calls for. This system has proved its
efficiency more and more as the years go
by, as is best evidenced by the fact that
the public schools of Berlin are becom-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12
DIsEAsEs or rHE sIIIN.

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dent to eczema, letter, salt-rheum, and other
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For sale by druggists at Is Gents per box.
Try DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are Just what horse needs when in bad condi.
ion. Tonic blood purifier and vermifuge.
Sold by r G. Hardwick, druggist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

articles, wish to more particularly con-
fine myself to those schools which are
solely under municipal direction,
started and managed wholly or in part
by municipal enterprise and with muni-
cipal funds, viz: the lower schools, such
as the communal schools, the gymnasia,
etc. And while these do not enjoy SC
widespread a reputation as the others
before mentioned, they areof even more
importance to the city as a whole, fol
in these are taught 95 per cent. of Ber-
Tins youth of both sexes, the future
bone and sinew of the municipality.
L will here premise that, as the re
suit Ola somewhat thorough research
do not think these Berlin municipal
schools are altogether perfect. Just to
mention one or two drawbacks, think
that many of them, especially the older
ones, are deficient in hygienic pro
visions, and the discipline maintained
in them strike me also as too rigorous,
setting at naught, in some cases, pa
rental authority to an extent which
would not be relished by American par
ents. In these two respects, believe,
the better kind of American public
schools is ahead of those Of Berlin.
Ventilation is a thing, for instance, in
which, believe, German schoolmasters
and German school architects might to
good advantage take lessons from their
American colleagues, fact, by the way,
which was officially admitted in the
German educational government report
on the worlds fair of 1893 In word, l
think the Berlin communal school is
not model in all respects. Butin most
essential respects at least it may we'll
be termed so. These essentials, L take
it, are the amount of knowledge taught
the average pupil and the even chance
afforded each child of Berlin parents
to run through the entire school course
at municipal expense. In this last
mentioned report particularly / find
Berlin ahead of the large American
cities, even of New York and Chicago,
where there is constant overcrowding
in the public schools. and yet, even with
that disturbing factor, not nearly
enough seating capacity to accommo-
date all the children of citizens who
would like-or, at any rate, who ought
to send their offspring to the public
schools.
To insure, of course, the school at
tendance of all children Of the school
going age, ii Is also necessary to have
an efficient and comprehensive ssys-
tenn Of watching truants. Such a thor
ough, unfailing system as prevails here
is, of course, one duplicated with ease
in such cities and countries where po-
lice surveillance is as exact and unvary-
ing, and such police surveillance again
is thing which in America, rightly,
too, would not be tolerated. However,
mean to speak of matters as find
them here, without going around into
the why and wherefore. The reader
then may pick out what seems worthy
Of emulation and draw his own conclu-
sions from the facts cited.
The Berlin communal school system,
In its present shape, is not very old. ~
dates since after the war of 1870. Wher-
ever yea will go to-day in Berlin, in
the most crowded business quarters as
we'll as In the moro sparselyvsettled
suburban DISTRICTS. you win encounter,
separated by short distances. those
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12
EDUCATION In BERLIN.
How tho Germans Manage Public
and Private Schools.
IN Many Respects tho System ~ Dctter
Than Ours--Jobbery an Unknown
Crime Among Members OF
school Boards.

Long before Berlin became the cap
ital OF the newly-united empire she was
known Throughout Germany as "the
City OF Intelligence" mainly because OF
the lnrge number of admirable schools
Ct every kind within her precincts IS
q matter Of course. however, the inn
Ietus given tho whole city since the
close of the war of 1901 made itself
also felt in the educational field, and
to-day, without question, Berlin stands
Prccnlinent among German cities as the
educational center; not i'm the same de-
gree. il is true, as Paris does for
France, but certainly more than Lon
don does for England. Berlin uni
versity, for instance, counts by far the
largest number Of students. having ex
ceeded the COCO limit some time ago.
Besides that, however, are such special
institutions of learning MS the Technical
high school, the academy of Mining,
the Pedlgogic seminary, the Jewish
Science school, the Art academy, the
High School for Music, the Art school,
the Veterinary college, the Dental Hi gil
school, the War academies, and a whole
string of technical military schools, and
tire Surgical academy.
1t is those high schools, several of
them acknowledged to be the best in the
world, more especially which have given
Berlin her reputation as an educational
world center. But in this instance, to
keep within the scope OF this series of
rsssE-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

rnfoa.-Ftfst Monday ~ februpry-ter
.,,.ee weeks third Monday In May--term two
weeks Hrsi Monday IN 5optember-term three
p fffnfsIfAN .--Fourth Monday IN February
terin six weeks First Monday IA June-tei "a
four weeks; Fourth Monday IN september
term six weeks.
GALLOWAY second Monday ia 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 hrst Monday In Augvst-term two
weeks drst Monday in september term two
weeks
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12


time, is not the result Of accumulated years
It IS the effect of wrong living and unhealthy
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the body will be full of youth.
Thousands Of people who seemed to have
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It gives the blood making organs power to
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1t does not igake iabby fat like cod liver
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1t aids digestion and the natural action of
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Where constipated condition exists, the
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12
NOTICE.

WANT every man and woman in the Uniscl
States interested in the Opium and WHISKY
habits to have one Of my books on these Or
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

Columbia opera company is re-
ported to have been held up by cow
bows in MONTANA
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

-Mother-"Your penwiper has
never been used at ALL" Little
Johnny-"Don't need it; my new
pants is black"
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For further information, address
II. O. MoRpUE, A. g.
OF Louisville. Ky.
greensboro. Ky,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

Warren county, KY, was the scene
of horrible assault upon a colored
woman.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

His important speeches
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

His biography, written by his wife /.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

The results of the campaign in 1896
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

We All remember
The story Of Ponce
de Leon seeking
the fountain OF
eternal youth and
we all sympathize
with him IN his
$ e arc IA. Youth
means so much. II
means more than
for sometimes
life become s a
weariness. But
\ youth with
"a its Astounding
r. health and vieor
~ elastic step
q glowing cheeks,
Y and sparkling
eyes - we all
p covet genu
- inc youth.
- The weak
ness or dis
- ease which
fir uges people
before their
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

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Positions permanent. Reference. Enci9se
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

CITY Judge Jewell, of Lexington, is
still confined to his room with a per-
sistent illness, and his friends are un-
easy about him.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-12

A review of the political situation
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-02
TIE ARIZONA KICKER,
Alleged Assault on Contemporary--Th
Hanging of Sam Parker.


Our esteemed contemporary is out with
the story that third attempt was made to
assassinate him last Sunday night as he
was walking in the western suburbs of the
town. He says he was fired ON five times
by some one concealed in Dead Mans ra-
vine, and that all the bullets passed close to
his sacred person. Not being armed, he
ran away. There is not man, woman or
child in Giveadam Gulch who believes the
story. There are plenty of men who would
be rejoiced to hear that the cranky, small
souled and lying old reprobate had passed
in his checks, but they wouldn't waste
cartridges on him. No one has ever at
tempted his life, and if he ever dies
among us he'll have to get in front of
drove of steers or coax a thunderbolt to
hit him. We have no love for him, and
yet we would not speak of him harshly.
He was born that way and can't help him
self, and he hasn't the sand to go out and
hang himself and let his wife run the con-
Germ and make living out of it.
Three or four weeks ago Sam Parker
and Jim Davis, both of Pine Hill, went
up into the mountains for bear hunt
Two weeks ago Sam Parker returned
alOu0, W zap Uudu DdFlS UHu IJG6Il u5-
voured by grizzly bear. For some reason
or other the people didn't believe the
story, and Sam was arrested for murder
and confined in Jail. The other day it oc.
CURED to the philosophers that they must
either believe the story or find the bear
and secure a denial, and as there was no
hope of the latter they adopted middle
course-that is times being dull and Sam
complaining of his surroundings, they
took him out and hung and buried him.
Word was kindly sent to us, and we were
there an hour in advance We had a long
talk with Sam, and, though he insisted
on the truth of his bear story, he admitted
that the middle course was the one to take
and interposed no serious objections He
thanked the crowd in advance for the
trouble to be taken on his account, and
his remarks at the last moment were
timely and we'll chosen. He may not have
quarreled and shot his companion, but he
has lost nothing by being hung, as he was
cross eyed and had harelip, and there
was little in life for him. M. QUAD
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-02

The market for American fresh fruits
is constantly widening. The latest ex.
pertinent in shipping perishable fruit to
Europe has proved success, and two
large consignment some 10000 packages
in all, reached London last week in good
condition, and were sold at auction at
prices eminently satisfactory to the ship
pers. This marks the success, and on a
large scale, of an enterprise that never
would have been undertaken by persons
not possessed of much courage or carried
through except by those with much per.
sistence. The difficulties in the way we're
many, and had long been considered in-
superable, but the American fruit grow
ers and dealers needed new outlet for
their product and determined to get it.
They met with repeated failures at first,
but a lesson was learned from each, and
now adequate facilities for this trade have
been developed or created, and it is as
firmly established as that in wheat or
heiresses.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-02
ENGLISH ROYALTY.

The chancellor of the exohequer went
out of his way recently, says Labouchere
in London Truth, to explain how little
the monarchy costs England. The Drown
lands, he said, belong to the sovereign
and produce $2,C60,0O0 per annum. The
queen receives instead of this revenue
$1,925,000 and the rest of the royal family
$1,060,00O. Therefore the total cost of
monarchy to the taxpayers is $685. 900.
The entire calculation proceeds on the
erroneous assum ption that the crown
lands are the private property of the
sovereign. This they are not. They
originally formed portion of the gen.
eral revenue of the country, out of which
came the maintenance of the sovereign.
That abject funky, Lord Butte, wishing
to curry favor with George III, inserted
in the OWL list act which was passed on
that monsrch's accession renunciation
by him of the crown lands, and this re-
nunclation by sovereign of what he did
nut possess is the basis of the theory of
these crown lands being the private
property of the occupant of the throne.
According, therefore, to Sir Michael
Hicks Beach's own figures, monarchy
costs England $2,9S5,OOO. The real
amount is, however, much higher, for
there are numberless expenses incidental
to the institution whicb he does not in
clude. The hard fact remains that in
France the president receives 100000
per annum and fulhlls with decent spleu-
dor all the duties of the head of the state,
while with England the monarchy costs
nearer e1,oOO,ooO than 100000 francs.
A defense, therefore, Of monarchy on the
ground of economy hardly holds water.
But the president of the United States re-
csives only $4,000 per annum and part
Of very plain house for himself and his
family, the greater part Of the White
house being devoted to public business,
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-02

whereas the English queen has several
gorgeous palaces, surrounded by spacious
parks and all Of which are cared for by
innumerabe tinnkies of high aud low de-
gree. So taking the very lowest esti-
mate the monarchy of England costs at
least 60 times more than our presidency.
1t would be rather difficult to convince
even an Englishmsn that Victoria does
60 times as much work or is 60 times
more valuable than President Mckinley.
Happy America who has the best and
cheapest government on earth.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-02

Total $9S, 1855, 1858 $ia4, 4,2S1, 1888
These figures show that the ratio of in
crease of exports from New York to the
total increase was little higher in August
of this year and in the eight months end
ing with August than in 1896, but while
the share of New York remains nearly
stationary that of other cities, notably
Baltimore and Philadelphia, has advanced
in very marked degree-Baltimor by
over so per cent and Philadelphia by 80
per cent on the eight months and still
more on the single month of August.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-02
Not This Kind.

The bicycle the elderly wheelman was
riding was machine that had been made
to order for him. 1t was not racer. II
was plain, substantial, Trustworthy bi.
cycle without any frills and would have
carried man of twice his weight.
He sat straight up and rode in the dig
nified manner of a man who had no ambi-
tion to be mistaken for soorcher.
An unthinking youth with legs shaped
like darning needle and back bumped
like hyena's rode up alongside.
He glanced at the machine of the elderly
wheelman and from his thin lips escaped
the word:
"IceP'
The elderly wheelman turned his head
slowly in the direction of the unthinking
youth and replied:
But you couldn't buy it on the Install
ment plan, my son.
And the unthinking youth rode on in
silence. Chicago Tribune.