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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24
Music math Charms.

~ couple of sailors, returning from
long voyage, strolled into the bar
parlor If public house near the docks.
Above the rumble of the traffic in the
street could be heard at intervals a
harsh, unmusical voice. After listen
ing intently moment one of the sail
ors turned to his companion and said:
"Eh, Jack. lad; it's a long time since
we heard that song
What song?"
"The one that fellows singing in the
street.-The Light of Other Days
"Stow it," calculated the other, gruf-
ay. That fellow ein't singing The
Light OF Other Days at all, man. I've
been listening to him, He's a-pipng
The Banks Of Allan Water"
Each sailor was certain he was right,
and, with characteristic contempt for
money, wager was NADIA months
wages depending on the result
Here, Tommy.' cried out one of
the men to the little son OF the land
lord; run out aud get to know what
that fellows singing"
Tommy departed on his GRAND,
which did not take many minutes
"Well," demanded Jack, when the
youngster returned, (which of us is
rght?'
"Naythur." replied Tommy, grin
ming THE feller's not singing. He's
hawking hy'papers!" - London An
swerS.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24
HE WANTS A MUSTACHE.
Has New Idea Efforts So Far Have
Proved FruitIess.

Wiser in his generation than most
young men is a clerk in one Of the
railroad offices here, noted as much
for his good looks as the extreme
youthfulness Of his appearance.
Many times since he passed his
twenty-lirst milestone has he en-
deavored to raise mustache, as well
in the way of nature as by artificial
methods Of culture. The restorers
and capillary developers and mus
tache-in-a-night preparations did
nothing but crack his skin and change
the color of his down to all the shades
of the rainbow.
One day he saw a barber singeing
hair and learned that the process was
used to make the hair grow. Now he
is singeing his mustache regularly,
and he claims with good results.
How did he do ii?
The easiest thing in the world. He
smokes his cigarettes short. Every
time one gets down to a quarter OF
an inch it singes three or four mus
tache hairs, and MS he smokes about
90 coffin tacks day, he expects to
have a mustache like Buffalo Bin in
side Of month,--St. Louis Repub-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24

have secured the right proportions.
Then cover neatly ON both sides with
red silk and overland together. Cover
the seams with loose stitch in scarlet
embroidery silk and finish the top with
six red silk leaves. These you can buy
at any embroidery store ready-made,
or you can make them yourself by COW
ering leaf-shaped pieces Of pasteboard
with silk. Cover wire with red silk
and fasten to the flower, and you have
very decorative gift at small expense.
HELEN WARD.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24

A wholesale hrm in Louisville
trimmed large number of postal
cards smaller and they were held for
one cent postage under the following
fool regulation in the postal guide:
The Postmaster General alone is
authorized by law to determine the
quality, form and size Of postal earCisv
and to prescribe the regulation Vnder'
which they may be sent in the mails,
and it is not within the discretion of
others to change the card so adopted.
Such change of form or face will rem
der the stamp impressed thereon
valueless"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24
A PRETTY WRAPPER.

figure it up satinette house dress 10
not such a great extravaganza after
all.
This robe is made like wrapper, with
dartless fronts and plain sides. 1t is
cut in the back upon a wrapper pat
tern with a double box plat resembling
a Vatican, front and back, long enough
to fall The full length of the wrapper.
The yoke and sleeves from the elbow
10 the wrist are of plain satinette of
a color to match the rest of the gown.
The shades of tan, green and brown
are much worn with ribbons to match
the sleeves. HELEN GREY-PAGE
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24

The average man donesn't know
that he has distinguished ancestors
until he msrries, and his wife makes
ne aincoysfy .-Atchison Globe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24

L. &, Dunn, of the Western Union,
died suddenly at Chattanooga,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24
PRETTY LITTLE G[FT.

a FurksIn for the Room ia Red. Blue.
Green or yellow.
The match receiver is as old as the
match; and, like its companion, will
never so out of style The thing is to
make something that is absolutely new.
A little match receiver which, as a
gift, is sure o please, is made of paste
board covered with changeable red silk
of as brilliant IA hue as you can obtain.
Cut the body of the fuchsia in five
pieces to make a symmetrical shape.
Fit them over u round bulb until you
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24

Over 100000 horses were last year
imported into Belgium for food for
the pocror classes, 1900 being killed
in Antwerp alone for the 20 shops
where this meat IL sold Exclusively.
Large quantities are also sold in
Paris, both open and ia disguised
form, at cheap restaurants.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24
AM EXPERIMENT. IN SONG.
Found just the Leader for the Church
Choir

Found Just the Leader for the Church
Choir.
There was disturbance on the cor
ner, and, as usual, the crowd rushed
thither to see what was going on. A
Young man who had been well dressed
prior to his engagement with the
bully Of the neighborhood, arose
dirty and overheated, but with the
satisfaction which victory brings
shining from his countenance. 1t
was a popular victory. The people
refrained from calling the police, and
the combatants walked away in oppo-
site directions. The conqueror had
gone less than a block when sober
ly-garbed man touched him ON the
shoulder.
II want to talk business with you,"
he said.
"You mean about that affoirup the
street,"
yes"
"All right. You don't look like an
officer of'the law. But I'm willing
to go anywhere YOU like and explain
everything that happened"
I'm only a private citizen |
wanted to see if YOU couldn't devote
your undoubted talents to a good
cause. ! take it that you give some
systematic attention to the manly
art"
81 have taken a number of lessons
in boxing"
And that last blow, Judging from
what | read in the newspapers about
such things, was what is technically
termed AN uppercut.'
"And a very good specimen twas"
"Can YOU do that whenever you
feel like it. or was it merely the re-
suit Of momentary Inspirations
"Ihave generally found that ! could
work it in whenever it happened to
he needed"
Young man, our church needs
YOU"
"I-er-I wasn't aware that that
sort of thing could be of benefit to
a church.
"You have not studied the question
with the breadth of mind which |
always endeavor to preserve. Our
choir has been very much handi-
capped in its usefulness by the fact
that the young women do not always
agree in their ideas of how music
should be interpreted. They might
make up their little differences if
the tenors and bases did not take
sides. The result is a highly unde-
sirable condition of affairs and one
which is totally at variance with the
spirit Of the surroundings"
81 can't help you with your choir
I don't know anything about music.
81 don't want you to know any
thing about music. If you know any.
thing about music you'd probably get
into the wrangle with the rest of them
All | want you TO do is to lead"
"But / never had the slightest ex-
perience They wouldn't respect
me-"
'>Yes they would You get up a
private exhibition and I'll invite the
members Of the choir and show them
what YOU car do. Then they'll re-
spect you to the verge of veneration.
The organ always plays the tune and
they can follow that All you will
have to do is to stand up and shake
the stick at them, and III guarantee
that in less than a week we'll have
an esprit de corps that isn't equaled
in any similar institution in the coun-
try Here's my card Think it over
and let me know whether you will
undertake this work or whether YOU
will insist on going ahead and wasting
talents which might do so much for
the benefit of society"-Detroit Free
Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24
A Boon to Humanity.

"Coggs has invented a machine that
will spring out and knock man OIL a
doorstep"
"What is it for?"
Those people who stick a circular
under the door and ring the bell. ~
Detroit Free Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24

Mermod & Jaccod Jewelry Co, az
st. Louis, burned cut.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24
a ROBE OF sATINErrE.

New Mornine Gown Design Whicn
Wu,Aeu Like So We'll.
Satinette Is the new name by which
foulard is known. Satinette is perhaps
a little heavier than fouard and a
little SIMMER, but IL is no more eN-
pensive, and can be obtained three
quarters OF q yard wide for 40 cents a
yard.
For a medium-size person ten yards
Of satinette makes a very good house
dress or morning robe. as il is the
style TO call 1t, so when you come to
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24
CANDIDATES GALORE
Eleven Women known to Be Conteating
For Librarian

For Librarian.
A list of the many candidates for
the offices to be filled by the General
Assembly was secured from members
who nave received letters requesting
their support. 1t is supposed that
very few candidates have failed to APP
peal through the mail for votes. The
most interesting contests will be those
in which only ladies are engaged, as
for Librarian and Enrolling Clerk of
the Senate.
II any names are omitted from the
following list it is because they have
not written to all the members.
LIBRARIAN.
Salary of $1,000 year $500 for as
sistant.
Miss Leila Calhoun, Owensboro.
Miss Pauline Hardin, Covington.
Miss j. O. Cochran, Louisville.
Miss Lutte Mitchell, Sulphur.
Miss Celeste Lucas, Lexington.
Mrs. j. b. Martin, Glasgow.
Miss Crutcber, Shelby county.
Miss Barnett, Henry county.
Miss Leila w. Henley, Cloverport.
Miss A. Dee Sublett, Blandville.
Mrs. Boyd, Munfordville.
IN THE SENATE.
President pro TEN William
Goebel, Covington.
Chief Clerk, eight dollars per day
William Cromwell, Frankfort,
Assistant CLERK, eight dollars per
day-James E Stone, Breckenridge
county.
Enrolling Clerk, six dollars per day
Mrs. M. B r. Day, of Frankfort;
Mrs. Caswell Bennett, of Trigg coun
ty; Mrs Emma Walker Herr, Of Lex
ington; Mrs. F. B. Richardson, of
Christian.
Sergeant alarms, five dollars per
Day Charles E Sommers, Eliza
BEETHOVEN.
Doorkeeper, five dollars per day
Robert Tyler, Bullitt county, One
or two opponents whose names are
not known.
Cloak.room Keeper, three dollars
per day-Ed Stanton, Frankfort.
Three pages to be elected. Salary
$3.50 per day each. Also janitor at
81 per day.
IN THE HOUSE
Speaker, ten dollars per dav-J. ID.
Mocquot. of Paducah; j. c. W. Beck
ham, of Nelson county; South Trim
ole, of Franklin county.
Chief Clerk, eight dollars per day
Henry Ware, Of Bourbon county;
j Breck. Hill, of Lee county; John
L. Bashaw, of Louisville.
Assistant Clerk, eight dollars per
day II Green r. Keller, Nicholas
county.
Sergeant.at-Arm five dollars per
day-Percy Haly, Of Frankfort;
Thomas Tanner, of Frankfort.
Enrolling Clerk, six dollars per day
Miss Susie Tobin, of Frankfort;
Henry Williams, Bowling Green;
John H. Stuart, Frankfort; James
Dorman, Jr., Harrison county; Hay
den Williams, Hardin county; V. s..
Dawson, Dulaney, KY.
Doorkeeper, four dollars per day
A. g. King, of Barren county;
Charles M. Embry, Madison county;
j. c. McWhortsr, Crab Orchard; G.,
ID. Subleti, Salyersville; w. NJ
Lyons, Green county; w. M Mans
field, Rowlett's Station.
Pages; salary of $3.50 per day each
Harris X. Alexander, OF Maysvile;
Charley Smith, Cynthiana; G.. W.
Drake, Wolfe county.
Janitor four dollars perday Todd
Ball.
A cloak room keeper, at a salary
of $3 or 81 per day, is also to be
elected.
The officers and members of the
General Assembly receive pay for
Sundays and holidays during the
sessions. The contests for pages are
always warm, and there will be more
candidates for these places. The two
houses always vote additional pay to
their officers.
Mermod 4 Jaccod Jewelry Co., at
!.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24
CIRCUIT COURT DIRECTORY

TRIee-First Monday in February-term
three weeks third Monday in May--term two
weeks.
HR1srIAS Fourth Monday in February
terIu six weeks First Monday in June--tein
tour weeks : arth Monday in september
term six week
CALLowAY.--secondM Monday in April-term
three weeks FIRST Monday in August-term
Two weeks Second Monday In November
--term tn rec weeks.
LYoN.-Flrst Monday in May--term TWO
weeK- first Monday in AugUst-term TWO
weeks; drst Monday ia September term two
weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24
Convenient.

She-Why does your friendiiusist on
wearing soft hat with ventilator.
even in cold weather.
He--It IL tho easiest kind to talb
Mrepgh -Deirolt Free Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-24

Some people are like nails.
They have to be thumped on the
head to make them go straight.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
MURDERED BY TRAMPS.
Mrs. isaac Paul, wife of Garnett
Farmer, Slain for Money.

Mrs isaac Paul, wife of Garnett
Farmer, Slain for Money.
GARNELT Kan, Oct 16.-Mrs. Isaac
Paul, the wife of well-known farm
err, was brutally murdered at her
home, five miles east of this city, at
IL o'clock yesterday morning. When
the murder occurred her husband was
working in the orchard, a stones
throw from the house. He was at
tracted by the barking of dog and
rushing to the house found his wife
diving on the floor An ugly cash in
the back of her head, blow from a
corn knife, opening the skull, told the
story of the murder, while the open
bureau drawers and the contents
strewn over all the rooms, revealed
the object.
Paul and his wife have not been
prosperous, but, by hard labor and
frugality had saved $3.50. The MUIR
derers got the entire amount. 1t was
the work of tramps, but they eluded
the angry neighbors, who have secured
the woods and hills all day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
FIELDS RESIGNATION.
1T WAS SENT TO THE PRES
IDENT LAST APRIL.
Has Just Been Accepted--Attorney Gem
eral NICK emma to Succeed Him on the
Supreme Bench of the Unitod States
To Take Effect December 1.

WASHINGTON, Oct. I5.-It was an
nounced at the Supreme court yester-
day that Justice Stephen j. Field OF
California had notified President Nc
Kinley of his intention to retire as
member of the court and had informed
his colleagues of this fact. 1t is ex-
pected that his successor will be nom
mated by the President Immediately
after the converting of Congress in
December and that Attorney General
McKenna, also of California, will be
named for the office.
Justice Field, it is learned, notified
the President last April of his inten-
ton to retire, but the President did
not acknowledge it until October 9.
Justice Field will be 81 years old
November i. When he is retired he
will have served thirtyfour years and
seven months on the bench, longer
than any other justice since the Or
ganization of the court. Justice Story
served thirty-three years and i've
months. According to law, supreme
Judge having served ten years may re-
tire at 70 and his salary of $4,000 a
year will be continued the remainder
of his life. After Judge Field leaves
the bench he will probably devote
himself to putting together his recol-
lections of the supreme court, which
he has wanted to do for years.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
THAT HE MIGHT WE'D.
ELI Shaw Accused OF Killing His Moth
er and Grandmother.

ELI Shaw Accused of Killing His Moth-
err and Grandmother.
CAMDEN, n. j., Oct. 16-Eli Shaw
was taken into custody by the police
officials yesterday afternoon and for
mally charged with the murder of his
mother Mrs Sarah Shaw, and grand
mother, Mrs. Emma Zane, which oc-
Cured in this city Thursday morning.
The arrest was based on newly discov-
cred evidence, including the finding
of SO caliber revolver, of which two
chambe had been fired, at the bot
tom of chimney.
Shaw was found at the home of a
cousin, entertaining his sweetheart,
whom he was to have married to-day.
When charged with the crime, Shaw
protested his innocence, and in an
Swer to the question as to the owner
ship of the revolver, said it belonged
to him.
Prosecutor Jenkins rigidily cross
examined him for three hours. When
he left Shaw's cell, the prosecutor
stated he felt sure he had the right
man. The motive for the crime, he
said, was doubtless a desire on the
part of Shaw to inherit the property,
in order to be married His salary
was small, and he had made arrange
ments to rent an expensive house.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
nIasons accommodated.

NoeALEs, Ariz., Oct. 16-Archbishop
Lopez of the state of Sonora, Mexico,
has issued an edict communicating
all mem bers of the Masonic frater-
nifty. Nearly all of the highest Of
ficials in the state and many OF the
leading citizens are members OF the
Masonic order, and at the same time
many of them are devout Catholics
What action will be taken by the men
affected is not yet determined One
of the leading Masons expressed HIM
self as determined to adhere to Ma
sonry at all hazards
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
PANIC IN A THEATER
DOME OF A CINCINNATI
PLAY HOUSE FALLS IN.
Three Dead and Thirty-three Injured In
n Rush for the Doors Caused by the
Rotting of the Roof Trusses-Built
Twenty-Five Years Ago

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 16. about
$3.50 o'clock last night, as the perform
ance at Robinson's opera house began,
the plastering began to fall from the
center of the dome ceiling, forty or
fifty feet above the heads of the peo-
pie seated in the parquette. This con-
tinued three minutes, causing rush
out of the house. The house and the
galleries were partly empied, when
the dome in the center of the roof,
with its supporting timbers and truss
es, came tumbling down. This eX-
tended clear across the opera house,
and was about thirty feet wide. When
it fell, the ends of it struck either side
of the gallery, crushing it, and scat
tering tim Der in every direction and
landing in the center of the parquette.
Scarcely nybody was hurt in the gal
lery, and nobody was hurt in the bal
cony or dress circles. There were
very few in the gallery at the time.
The injured are those who had not yet
escaped from the parquette.
There are three dead, and thirty
three more or less seriously injured
are at the Cincinnati hospital, while
many suffered slight injuries but wer e
able to go to their homes
The theater was built over twenty
five years ago, and the accident was
caused by the rotting OF the WOO den
trusses which held the roof.
The disaster recalls forcibly IN ore
fearful one which took place in the
same building in February, 1876, when
q scnrn of children lost their lives.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
Many Yellow Fever Cases.

New ORLEANS, Oct. 16.-Fever cases
rolled up rapidly yesterday. BY six
o'clock there were forty-eight. The
large number of cases, however, did
not represent CORRESPONDING increase
in foci From a single house on Bour-
bon street four cases were reported in
a bunch by DR.. Formento, and in his
official statement to the board the
doctor wrote that, somewhat remark
able to say, the cases were taken al
most simultaneously.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
CORMAN TO RETIRE.
The Maryland Leader Ready to Retire

The Maryland Leader Ready to Retire
in the Interest of Party Harmony.
BALTIMORE, Md, Oct 1G.-United
States Senator German yesterday Is
sued an open letter to Edwin +. Abel,
publisher of the Baltimore Sun, in
which he offers to relinquish the lead
ership of the Democracy in Maryland,
providing Mr. Abel will accept it and
support the Democratic ticket in the
coming state and legislative cam
paign. He also int,mates that he will
forego his ambition to succeed himself
in the United States Senate if it can
be shown that such step is neces-
sary to Democratic success
The letter, which is very long one,
reviews the course of the Sun In Its
opposition to Mr.. German, because OF
his views upon civil service, tariff and
ballot reform measures. TO all the
charges made against him upon this
score, Mr.. German pleads guilty, but
quotes the Sun as having admitted
that such questions were largely mat
ters of opinion, and asserts that every
man is free to think as he pleases re-
garding them. He defends his course
in regard to all these questions.
Mr.. Abel declined to say what
course he would pursue in the matter,
or to express any opinion concerning
the letter, which appears in the Sun
as a paid advertisement
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
A BOY ASSASSINATED
The g. Year-Old Son of Captain Bridges
of Guthrie Wantoniy Killed.

The o. Year-Old Son OF thpt"hh "~"
of Guthrie wantoniy Killed
GUTHRIE, Okla. Oct. 16 Captain Il.
L. Bridges, well known attorney,
found his 5-year-old son lying on the
sidewalk at his front gate about
o'clock this morning. The child failed
to move when spoken to, and when
the father took him in his arms, he
was found to be dead with bullet
hole over his right eye.
The 13-year-old son of John Mathews
who lives on the opposite side of the
street, was arrested for the killing.
The Mathews boy had whipped Cap
tain Bridges son yesterday The bull
let came from across the street,
apparently from Mathews house, and
n 29-caliber target rifle with an empty
she'll, which had just been fired, was
found behind door in the Mathews
house. No one saw the shooting, and
the boy denies having done it.
Captain Bridges formerly lived ut
Sedalia, Mo
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
Kansas city Collectorship.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct, 16. The
friends of John A. Duncan, who have
been booming him for collector of
revenue at Kansas City, have practi-
cally abandoned the fight, and to-day
they concede that the place will go to
F. E. Kellogg of Rich Hill, who has
been pushed by Kerens of St LOUIS
and Webster Davis, second assistant
secretary of the interior.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
Big Increase in Exports.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16-The treasury
statement of the merchandise and cur
rency imports and exports of the
United States during September shows
the exports of domestic merchandise
to have aggregated SOB, 100000, as
compared with $50, TAG, 1862 for Septem-
Der last year. This brings the in
crease of such exports for the last
nine months over the same period last
year up to over $50, 900, 900.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
Gas Motors for Beer Wagons.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. :6.-Aton Steu-
YER. president of local brewing com
pany, says that in few days the big
brewery wagons will be propelled by
a gasoline engine instead of horses.
Herbert lutheran. a young man OF
this city, is the inventor of the engine,
which weighs only 200 pounds, and
which will! run ten hours on five gal
Ions of gasoline, which can be bought
for five cents per gallon. No engineer
is required, and it is self-oiling.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22
M millionaire for Senator.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 16-W. j.
Hart, j. f. Herrick, William Pate,
Edward G. Vail, Charles p. Smith, j.
j. Adams, A. j. Howey, L. Ii. Cook,
Joseph A. Hickman, George Matthews,
II. j. Huntington and Anthony Fit<-
patrick, Cuyahoga county Democratic
candidates for the Legislature, have
signed pledge to vote for no million
aire for United States Senator, T. l..
Johnson, j. r. Mclean, L. T.. Holden,
Paul Sorg and Calvin Brice being par
ticularly aimed at.