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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-23

Whoever saw finer spell Of " ia
ter weather than this?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-23
NEW STORE

Now Open and ready for bus.
mess with a new stock of
Hardware and House Furnish
ings. Everything bright and
new. Prices low. Perfect sat.
isfaCtOry guaranteed.
JACK MEADOR.
Main street next door to
Clark & Co.'S.
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Cant say" replied Zeb with smile.
II never dun axed her. and she never
dun told me-"
"And what did the revenue men have
to say about ito"
"Nuthin' 'tall--not to me. As soon as
daylight come they headed fur Knox
Vile, and we didn't see no mo- of 'em
fur months. They give out that a
ghost rolled six of 'em over a cliff and
hit the rest of the gang with stones and
clubs, and none OF 'em wouldn't come
back fur love or money"
''Well, 1t was smart trick on the
part of Mrs. White"
Eyes, rayther peart, l reckon-ray-
Their peart.. That is, IL it was her"
"But il must have been her"
Cant say as 1t was. though 1t took
most quart of coon's lie to git that
hoarseness out O. her throat arter-
wards"
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06
STOLE CHICKENS FOR PUPPY.
Intelligent Dog Keeps Her OfTsprinH
Alive While II IL Chained in
the Woods.

William Wilderman, of Mont Vail,
N. j., has a dog of which he is ex-
tremely fond. although he has had il
only since Saturday. He and friend
were wandering through the woods
between Mont Vail and Pearl River
on Saturday afternoon when he dis
covered tracks which he thought were
those of fox.
These explain why a chicken or
two disappeared from Mont Vail every
day for the last fortnight" said he to
his friend.
Lets see where these fox tracks
lead to-" was the response.
The trail led to n sapling. to which
a young dog was found tied by a stout
rope. Lying at the feet of the pup
was it's mother. and all about it were
scattered the feathers of at least so
chickens. An examination of the rope
showed that the mother had made fu-
tile attempts to free her offspring by
cutting the rope with her teeth. Tho
feathers indicated that, failing in this,
she had stolen chickens for it's food
Mr., Wildman led the pup home by
means Of the rope The mother fol.
lowed joyfully.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

One evening, when night had fallen
dark and grim over the peaks of the
Cumberland, and had brought with il
such strange stiffness that one could
hear the opening of the chestnut
burrs and the fall of the nuts on the
shrivelcd leaves below. asked the old
'possum hunter. if he had never met
with anything weird and mysterious
up there on the rugged slopes.
YES, I've met up with some quare
things in my time,'' he replied after a
minute and I've always sorter reek-
oned that ghost or Zspeerit once
helped me out o powerful tight
place"
Being pressed Zfor=the story, he
stirred up the logs on. the fire, lighted
his pipe and continued:
u reckon have told yo' why went
into moonshinc whisky.. 1t was the
same way with all the re. could
turn our con into money that way,
and In no other. Nobody ever did
make any money at 1t, and every man
about "A still run the risk of bein' sent
of to state prison most any day in the
week. ! did heap o thinkin' befo'
went into the blzness. The ole woman
was agin 1t from the start, and many a
night she woke me up as she cried
out:
"'Zeb White, I've bin dreamin' that
them reyenoo fellers had cotched yo'
and sent yo' to the penitentiary fur
two y'arsl'
"Bimeby," continued the old man, II
decided to go into it. We had to pack
the still 10 miles over the hills on our
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IAN. you didn't know Eddie was .

you didn't know Eddie was
Dip asked the captain.
~ what?" Iaughter.)
"a Dip"
81 don't know what you mean"
ibid you ever hear of pickpoeketk9"
Yes, sir.
well. dip is pickpocket. That's
what Eddie is. .
u don't care what he Is. He did me a
good turn. / never saw him until night
before last"
This fellow can be yapged. said ont.
of the big men. 'He admits himself he's
out o money an amt got job.
That's why he amt vag," said the
capita. THE sag has always got job
and plenty Of money Then TO 1iazen:
You Keep away from Eddie an his
crowd. This meant that Hazen was
free to go. Z##
He started TO leave the station and
was attracted by the buzz of the court
room.. lie went In. hoping TO see Eddie
again.3The crowd around the maRis-
trate was shifting and noisy. ZCases
AAaAIh AD1Att ~
follow them in the confusion of sounds.
.Atlast he saw Eddie coming out of
the throng, held by a turnkey.
He slipped forward along the wall
and touched him ON the arm.
Hello, there" he said.
Eddie turned and grinBed.
"Did you fix it?'' he asked.
"They let me GO
ats wonder bein' with me-"
Here, bere!" growled the turnkey.
"Come on"
"f'm sent out" said Eddie.
"Whcre?"
"1he bridewell-I won't be there day
after tomorrow. Good-b
''Say. / want 10 thank you for"
"That's all right"
"You never told me your name"
"You ask here at the station. They'll
give you my history"
"Come on" said the turnkey, pulling.
Eddie wiuked and the battered door
closed behind him.-Chlcago Daily Rec
ord
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The Finest Ro.d

81 suppose" he began, as he e,.,...,
railroad ticket otfice-.I suppose e, rs,a
tickets to New York %" ~~5''a q
Certainly, SIR, was the reply.
You have direct line?"
line? ~ wy IN;
As You see, sir" replied the agent. a..
Y-e-s, see. You land passengers i, y
York ahead of competing lines, OF c69,.e !,
of course." s.''
Luxurious eoaches-no dust-fpe,t 4.
ing cars-seenery unexcelled 90 -2
Yes, sir.
by taking your line l avoid delays and :.
duce the chances of accident to M !.
mum il-
Yes. sir, you do. Have ticket ia v.
York over our line, sir?' Nv
Cant say yet. I m going to see five Oh.
agents, each with the shortest and mos $
rect line, and if | find liar among tbs :. =
I'll ticket over his road!"-Ohio State In y.
nal. O'''
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06
HE SIGHED FOR THE REAL
Culinary Ways Were he
meath Contempt.

'"rhcre isn't much use In kicking,
suppose" the man said, but where
are the things which used TO be? We
can't get 'em. don't you know"
"As to what?" the listener qucried.
"Well, buclSwheat cakes and maple
sirup. for one, That's "A mere sample;
there are 500 others"
"Wcli," he continued, with energy
and feeling. edo you for moment
fancy that in this pfcposterous age Of
adulleration YOU can enter any hotel
or restaurant in Chicago and have
served to you a genuine buekuheat
cake2 | should say not. | do say not.
They and genuine buckwheat cakes
are strangers. And IL isn't the fault
of the caterers, either. There is no
longer any such thing as the real. simon.
pure, absolute buckWheat flour in the
general market. Not a pound"
"uh. | grant you, one may buy a
little. here and there, In certain stores.
the delcatcHsen shops and all that,
where they keep II as curiosity, In.
side glass cases with locks on them.
hut YOU have To pay four or five prices
for 1t nj that, The normal buckwhcat
-four of commerce would be joke IL
IL were not q crime. Cornmeal. wheat
flour, oats, rice, with just flavorng
Of the proper goods. are its constitu.
ents. They mix II up in portable two.
pound packages, with dab Of baking
powder in its gisZard, aud call IL self.
rising cakes baked while you watt
Pshaw! They sicken one who was
born wher6 The glorious buckwheat
bowers. They weary one Of living.
MY boy, for one day of griddle life
such ms my mother used to live, back
in the Allegheny foothills, would give
our empire In the Philippines. What
n thing Of Joy Il truly is. the cake from
BuckwhrHtville How tcnderly brown,
how mutely amorous, how usciously
melting, how dvlnely seductive, how
poutingly ardent, how resilient, how
noble.
Once there were gods who dreamed
and their sleep fancics dwelt upon
cakes such as those. hivcd in srup
from the maple tree, Can you buy
maple strip MOVIE Can you buy maple
| sugar and make your OWN Not upon
your Cook county life. They boil a
mess OF brown sugar and New Orleans
molasses aud tamarnck bark. or some.
thing Of that sort, together. wash IL 10
maple sap and label t'Nermout' That's
the best they can get, Iassure GU. It's
enough TO drive an honest citizen TO
crime IT he's been properly brought up"
II should say IL was" asscnttd the
listener, Chicago Chronicle.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

Miss Emma Eamrs has brother
Harold. who was an ensign In the
United states navy, His ship was sta.
toned at Leghorn. and one day the
flagship entered the harh0r with the
fleet commanders on board. The lat.
ter was very digniiled and was never
known to lose his self-control. One
day the commander was In swimming,
and young Eames made friendly
wager with a fellow officer that he
would destroy his seniors equanimity
in naval parlance. rattle" him. The
wager was accepted, aud q moment
afterWarh Eames was In the water
swimming toward his superior ON.
Ger. Suddenly he paused. aud. stop.
plug his powerful overland stroke. be-
gan treading water, Then he saluted
precisely as II he had been on n quar-.
tet-deek. To the young mans Intense
surprise the commander returned the
salute With equal gravity. Mr.. Eamea
lest his Philadelphia Post.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06
COMPANY DINNERS DREADED.
By the Majority of Guests and
Keep the Hostess I'm a state
of Anxiety.

It is a curious fact that American
housewives are so loath TO believe that
a dinner with fuss and feathers is
dreaded by the vast majority of peo-
pie. The highest compliment we can
possibly show a guest at dinner is to
let him partake of an ordinary meal:
to let him come quietly in and ''be one
Of the family" yet this is the very COM
pliment which we withhold from him.
Instead Of giving guest what he would
relish most. we give him what he really
enjoys least. Let n hostess be ever so
graceful and tactful, let there be years
Of experience on her shoulders, vet
nothing can eonceI from her guests
that the dinner which she is serving is
other than an unusual ore 1t is a for
NAL affair, and no amount of grace can
make anything else out of il. For moth
ing speaks so loudly nor so unerring-
~ as formal company dinner. Every
course shows ii; every movement of the
waitress proclaims il; every piece of
china fairly cries out the occasion. And
of course no one at the table really
enjoys il. The guest certainly does not.
because he knows he is being made
company of, and that feeling is always
enough to Offset every enjoyment The
hostess does not. for she hasn't the
time. Her eyes are for the table and
her servants; not for her guest.-Ed-
ward W, Box. in Ladies' Heme Journal.
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IGLLRJO- 49, sL-2lA4J NR-1da
'POSSUM TALKS.
Zeb White Tells About q Mountain Ghost.
BY M. QUAD.

which direction it came / reckon the
only reason that kept us together was
fear. Each man had a feelin' that II
he got away from the crowd that aw-
full thing would grab him and take his
life. II took from about eight o'clock
In the eyenin' till mighty nigh day
break to gitthe kegs safe away and
move the still two miles, and all this
time that ghost was wanderin' up and
down and utterin' them quare noises.
After the first alarm them reyenoo fell
lers went into hidin' and wasn't heard
of agin, but we knew they was still in
the woods. When we was all through
/ started for home, and daylight was
eatin up the fog as opened the cabin
doc. Lynn on#the outside of the bed
and sound asleep was my ole woman.
On the bed beside her was sheet SO
damp you could wiring water out of it,
and her shoes and clothes was in the
same fix. AFTER leetle woke her up
and says:
"'Mebbe yo've bin walkin' in yo'r
sleep and fell into the branch?'
"'Mebbe | hev,' says she as she sits
up and stares at me and can hardly
speak loud fur hoarseness. Is the
whisky all safe?'
"'All safe
"'And did yo' move the still?'
"'Moved it two miles
"'Then git yo'rself bite to eat and
femme sleep till noon, fur thar was
1uara upisax hout last uiUhf and /
didn't git wink O. sleep"
"And it was Mrs. White who played
the ghost?''
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06
Beware of OIntmenfs for Catarp
Tint Contain MercnrY

as mercury will surely destroy the sense d
smell and completely derange the whole ",
TEN when entering it through the muc59
except on prescriptions from repu,aBt
physicians, as the damage they will %
often ten fold to the good you can poss,bi
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cur.
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toleds
O., contains no mercury, and is taken ints-
nally, acting directly upon the blood ar,
mucous surfaces of the system. In buyir
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gs-
uine. 1t is taken internally, and made i
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Taa
monials free.
Sold bv Druggists, price 75c per bottle,
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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1ft,RT. lklves.
THE CLERK AND THE MASTER.


Through all the day toll away and try TO
do my best.
And when the evening shadows fall hur.
~ home TO rest
TO bIlssfiil rest, 10 glad surccase from all
the worldly care
That claims me In the countingbouke and
breeds ard there:
The door that shuts behind mo when /
leave the busy mart
Divides me from the plots OF men and
leaves me light OF heart.
hurry past the narlne lights to arms that
To taste again the sweet delights Of child
ish miHstressy,
To feel soft arms around my neck, 70 claim
the fair reward
THAT those 1 love so freely give-and
humbiy thank the Lord
No steps OF marble from my door In grace.
fui textures wind.
But honest peace preeedes me there ard
care remains behind.
But no whose word Is law unto the men
who toll away
Must worry stlil when am through until
another day.
The cares that weigh on him may not be
banished from his mind
when desks and books are closed at night
ard doors are locked behind.
The tickefs cease their fretting ard hur-
~ home TO rest
While he walks up his marble steps with
trouble In hts breast
A dozen things have brought him JOY. a
score or others, though,
Have always risen to annoy or bring him
doubt or woe
The night affords him no respite~-it does
not end his care
The office may be dark. but stiil. In spirit.
he IL there
To plan and plot and scheme and pull a
hundred fragile strings
And hear the fearful tapping Of host Of
aabie wings
o little hands upon my breast, soft arms
about me twined,
Sweet lips that unto mine are pFest, why
am I not resigned7
Why must there. as ] toll along. come
creeping through the day
The old disturbing wish TO Ming my happi.
ness hwayT
At night bic to peaceful bliss, he carries
home his cares,
And yet. oh fDpli how gladly would bear
the weight he bearsl
-. E klser, IN Chicago Times-HerHld,
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

Gentleman Ito village eobhlerl-
What's that yellow powder YOU are TAX
ing sa constantly, my friend
GehhieF It's snuff -catarrh snug.
rs II any soods I'm troubled some
What that way myself
with the air Of man wha eould say
much II he ehosel-"w Well. I've had ca
taFrh for morn &c years. aud I've never
took nothln fort but this. - noch.
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nnhx 0rran,.

Boil together four cupfpla of sugar,
one-fourth teaspoouful Of cream of tar.
tar, and eupful and half of water.
DO not stir ii, but when II win harden
in cold water pour Il on buttered tin
to cool, Drop little vanilla on the mas.
and VIXEN cool enough to handle pull
IL very white. Stiff a little powdered
sugar on warm platter, and pull the
candy out until half an inch thick. and
eat into six-ineh lengths. Arrange
these pieces on the warm sngared plat.
ter and s}ft little powdered sugar over
the top, then set aside until quite hard.
Usually about DAY Ladies World
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

This Is question that shouls -.
every one. 1t is blot upon our "a .n9ts'eust
. symptom OF governmental III. he'll I.t Nns-
right laws would act as speedily M, he
hostetters Stomach Bitters does M Is
sIIpanon or dyspepsia. They would s1,. Co
this is just what the bitters doe. -, 4 al13
man constitution 1t makes the e'' m ne h.
strong by curing indigestion, bilious s 9,iasa
liver trouble. '1'--Sas Il
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06
A FAVORABLE Notice.

Wright-Old Dreiboan's book is havirrt
wonderful sale
Penner-You surprise mel OF course. Il,
book has merit, but it's the driest kind d
scientific treatise.
"True. But some one of the reviewer y
ferred to it as AN immortal work. and II,
typo made it immoral "-Philade.pla
Press
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

Science remarked the eastern
man. lis great thing"
YES, indeed. suit" exclaimed Col.
kaintaek; "hy flndlu' germs In watuh,
sub. il confirmed enah suspicious.
hansas CITY Independsnt.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06
Talk
About 1t

That's always the way with
our Hair Vigor. When PET
sons use it they arc always so
highly pleased with it that they
tell their friends about it.
If your hair is short. TOO
thin. splits at the ends. is rough.
OF is falling out. our Hair VigOf
viii perfectly satisfy you.
II your hair is Just q LITTLE
gray. or perfectly white. Ayers
Hair Vigor will bring back TO It
al the dark. rich color it had
years and years ago. 81; q st.I sfsl-
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

why did Colt introduce an autonob1.
in his last farce comedy?" 'He was trelg
hearing the critics accuse him of hor,
lay."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

A man who is in the habit Of telling ever
thing he hears soon doesn't soon hear ven
much.-Washington Qa.) Democrat.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

Popularity often makes a man beBey.
what he knows isn't true.-Chicago Ds.y
! Natvs
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

After six years suffering / was cured BY
Plso's Cure.--Mary Thomson, 293 Ohio Ave-
Allegheny, Pa, March 10. '9l.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do NJ
stain the hands or spot the kettle Sold,
all druggists.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

The great virtue is industry; all the Other
virtues follow in its train.-Atchison Globe
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-06

To Cure n CGIa In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money II ii fails to cure .c
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29
NEW THEATRE PROJECT
HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR THE
PRESENT SEASON AT
LEAST.
BIDS RECEIVED ON PLANS
Prepared by a Well known Wheel
ing Architect-Phe Building of the
Theatre Was to Depend Upon It's
Cost and the Figures Were EN-
cessive--A Modern Theatre Idea.

Some time ago a Wheeling gentleman
who has been associated with amusement
enterprises to such an extent as to
make him a thoroughly practical man,
commissioned a local architect to prepare
plans for a new theatre. The play house
was to be built only in the event that the
bids received upon the plans and specih-
cations did not exceed in the aggregate
sum which the gentleman believed ne
would be justified In investing in the en-
terprise. He had carefully considered the
probable revenue to be derived from a
theatre which would play all attractions
with a scale of prices of such range as
would catch all patrons of the theatre in
the community.
The site selected was on a Side" or
back" street, but was as accessible as
either of the existing theatres and the
plans called for a modern structure with
a model stage of sufficient proportions 10
permit the proper presentation OF any Of
the big scenic productions, and other
wise designed to meet all the requirements
of an up-to-date house In connection
with the theatre proper, there was TO be
a promenade, in which the orchestra
a cafe attachment.
Builders offered bids upon the work.
and they were opened some days ago.
The aggregate cost Of the theatre was
found to be practically twice as much as
the protector of the enterprise had fixed
as the maximum amount that he would
invest in a new theatre, md the matter
has therefore been dropped for the pres
ent.
This is but one OF number Of new
theatre projects which have been talked
of in Wheeling during the past few years,
but this was a bona fide business propo-
sition. and the gentleman behind II was
in earnest. Other movements OF a like
nature have failed for different reasons
one because capitalists who contemplated
the Investment wanted to rent the house
for period Of years before the first
brick wss laid. and at an annual rental
which no well posted amusement manager
would touch.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29
Amateur Notes.


The Crescents. of Wheeling, will play
the ]. J. Sli,bpners, of Benwood. this
afternoon at the Forty-first street
grounds, and no doubt there will be a
large crowd present. 1t is the intention
OF the Crescents to win this game, as
the Benwood boys have taken three
games from them without a defeat The
Slippners are the HARDEST proposition
the Crescents have tackled so far this
season. The Wheeling team will line
up strong this afternoon, and will be
in the game to win. The battery for
the Slippners will be J. Kelly and E.
Ferdinand.
The j. J. Shippers, of Benwood, de-
feated Sam Munics' Merchants yester-
day on the Riverside grounds by
Smith; Donley and Taylor.
The Winder & Parkers challenge the
w w. Twins for game this morning
on the Terminal grounds. The Irwin
Hibberd contest was declared off by the
latter team.
The Chas Bauers added another
scalp to their belt Saturday by defeat
ing the strong Park View team. The
score:
Park View II 0 2 Q Q 9-S
The feature. of the game was the
pitching of Stimmel and West, and also
the catching of Coss
The Charles Bauers will play the
strong VIII Gutmans Sunday on the
Tunnel green The Bauers will be
stronger than ever, as they will add
couple of good players to their team.
The match game of base ball between
the Travelling Mems base ball club will
day. August 18TH.
The Happy Nine team will cross bats
with the Pearl Laundrys on the Forti-
eth street grounds. Game called at 2
o'clock z.sA1
One of the most interesting games of
the season will be played next Satur-
day, August 4th, between the Bruns-
wicks and Blue Ribbons. of Bellaire.
These two clubs met twice. the Bell
aire club winning the first victory by
score of to 4. and the second game
being won by the Brunswicks by a
score of / to 0, seventeen innings The
Brunswicks is the old o. f. Crescent
team, which was disbanded for the
season, but Gala Mitchell. proprietor
of the Hotel Brunswick, will back the
club until the end of the season.
The Jacky Arthurs and j. E. Doyles
will cross bats. this afternoon at Nc
Mechen The battery for the Arthurs
will be Davis and Stephens.
The w. W. Twins will cross bats
with the Winder & Parkers this morn
ing at 8 o'clock sharp on the Terminal
grounds.
The N. w. lrwins vii cross bats with
the Al. Hibberds this afternoon on the
Terminal grounds at o'clock sharp
The Detweiler Grays adept the chal-
we Of the Benwood pers for Sum