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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05
jim WARE.
More From Ills Recent Letters
From The Philippines.
Under Constant Fire At Catba-
logan, Island OF
Samar.

Catbalogan Samar, July Isl
wrote you a letter a few days ago
and it is still here, no boat having
come to take mail to Manila; but /
am going to write again, knowing
you will be glad to get another
letter (even if you do have to pay
the postage.) You see we can get
no stamps at all here, so we have
to mark envelope Soldiers Mail"
and you pay at your end of the
line; next time get to Manila l am
going to buy lot of stamps, but
they do stick together so bad. Ii is
now 7:30 a. m. came to the Office a
little early in order to get a chance
to write you. Havejust had break
fast and a good one too, just what
wanted. Had a cupQ qt.) of coffee,
5 good hot biscuits and 2 fine fish
which 1 got the cook to fry for me
(gave him part of them as payD
Gould have had fried bacon and
gravy and also dried fruit didn't
want it thought Well now about
the "War." l must say we can not
see any chance for it ending soon
when we were at Manila and also
at Masbate, we thought it would
soon end but since we have been
here things look quite blue; we had
thought all fighting was over, but
now we see quite different, for not
a single day has passed since we
have been here but what we have
had attacks "a days.. WeHgot in
formation last night that there
would be a large force here who
would attack us. We doubled oul
outposts and had every man in the
trenches all night. They didn
come. This a. m. at o'clock they
fired ascannon from the mountain a
the gun boat. The gunboat free
back several times. One of the
gunboat's crew was shot a day o.
so ago and died yesterday, and th
crew on boat are as mad as can b
and will make it hot for every nigge
they see. viii have to stop and d.
some work, will finish later.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05
ECZMA, ITCHING HUMORS,
PIMPLES CURED BY B. B. B.


Does your Skin Itch ard Burn 2
Distressing Eruptions on the Shin 80
you feel ashamed tr be seen ia COM
pany2 Do scabs and Scales from on
the Shin, Hair or Scalp2 Rash form
on the Skin2 Prickling Pain in the
Skin3 Boils2 Pimples2 Bone Pains2
Swollen Joints2 Falling Hair? All
Run Down. Skin Pale? Old Soresg
Eatiug Sores? Ulcers7 All these are
symptoms Of Eczema and Impurities
and Poisons in the blood To cure
TO stay cured take 3. b, B. Botanic
Blood Balm) which makes the blood
pure and rich b. b. b, will cause
the cores to heal, itching of eczema TO
stop forever, the skin to become clear
and the breath sweet. b. b. b. is
just the remedy you have been look
ing for. Thoroughly tested for 30
years. Our readers are advised to
try B, b B. For sale by druggists
at ST per large bottle; six large bottles
full toeatment) SIS. Complete direc-
tions with each bottle. So sufferers
map test it, a trial bottle given away,
Write forit. Address BLOOD BALM
CO., Atlanta, Ga. Describe your
trouble and Free personal medical
advice given,
B. B. B. sold by r. G.. Hardwick
Hopkinsville, KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

Catbalogan, Samar, July 19.-3
p. NIT is raining now, as it does
every evening. feel like writing,
yet don t know a thing to write you
for have told you all the news,
and as we are shut up in this town
don't have much chance to get
news. 1t is just like being in Jail.
Our gunboat fired on some enemy
at ? o'clock today, at long range.
Guard duty is quite heavy here and
it rains nearly every night; so l am
glad have the job of clerk for
"Capt. of the Port" although
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

July 1911 d. m.-Well l have
just Witnessed my frstreal military
funeral The marine who was
killed from our gunboat has just
been buried. AS he was brought
out of the hospital, our band (the
best in the Philippine Islands)
played"nearer my God to thee and
then they marched off, (band IN
'front.'. next some of our boys as
guards and then came the coffin
wrapped in a flag, and carried by
some of his comrades and followed
by squad of his comrades from
the ship. They were dressed in
white, our boys in brown. AS they
marched off the band played the
dead march all the way to where
he was buried, which is on top of a
very high knob, where we have an
outpost, where there are some of
the 43rd boys buried They fired
3 volleys over him and then the
buglar sounded taps, " the last
rites to a soldier. Poor fellow,
perhaps he is like myself-has dear
ones far away who will grieve so
much for aim.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05
Tetter, saIt-Rheum and Eczema

The intense itching and smarting
incident to these diseases, is instant
allayed by applying Chamberlain
Eye and Skin Ointmhnt. Many very
bad cases have been permanently
cured by it. 1t is equally efficient
for itching piles and favorite rem
edy for sore nipples, chapped hands
chilblains, frost bites and chronic
sose epes. 25 cts. per box, EOr sale
by f. @. Hardwick.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05
To Cure ChiIIs and Fever.

Take DR.. MENDENHAL's CHILL AMI
FEVER CURE. If it fails to cure any
case of Chills and Fever, no matter Of
how long standing, your money will
be refused, Pleasant to take, anC
can be taken by delicatepersons VIII {
can not take Quinine. Price, 81
cents.
For sale by r. O. Hardwick anC
Jas o. Cook.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

DR.. cADY's CONDITION POWDERS, are
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge, They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put
q horse in prime condition. Price rs
cents per package. For sale by r.
G. Hardwick
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05
.'Take Heed WI surely speed. !,

Be sure to heed the first symptoms
of indigestion, nervousness and i'm
pure blood, and thus avoid chronic
dyspepsia, nervous prostration and
all the evils produced by bad blood.
Aood's Sarsnparilla is your safeguard,
1t quickly sets the stomach right,
strengthens and quiets the nerves,
purifes, enriches and vitalizes the
blood and keeps up the health tone.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

Have by some surgeon Shylocll
on thy charge to stop his wounds
lest he do bleed to death. - People
can bleed to death. The loss of
blood weakens the body. 1t must
follow that gain of blood gives the
body strength. The strengthening
effect of DR.. Pierce S Golden Medi-
cal Discovery is IN large part due
to its action on the blOod-making
glands and the increased supply Of
pure, rich blood it produces. 1t is
only when the blood is impover-
ished and impure that disease finds
soil in which TO root. The "DIs-
covery" purifes the blood and
makes it autagonistic to disease.
When the body is emaciated, the
lungs are weak, and there is obsti-
nate lingering cough, Golden Med
ical Discovery puts the body on
fighting footing against disease,
and so increases the vitality that
disease is thrown off, and ply
sical health perfectly and perma-
nently restored. 1t has cured
thousands who were hopeless and
helpless, and who had tried all
other means of cure without avail,
Twenty-one one-cent stamps to
cover expense of mailing only will
obtain a copy of Dr. Pierce Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser, 1908
pages, in paper cover. Send
thirty-one stamps if cloth binding
is preferred. Address DR.. h. V,
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05
All Flowers Look Alike.

All the flowers Of the arctic region
are either white or yellow, and there
are 762 varieties.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05
rIMEIY HINT.

You should be wise and see that your blood Ia
bich and pure and your whole system put IN 9
perfectly healthy condition by the use OF Dr.
Carlstedts German Liver Powder. Then you
will be free from malaria, typhoid fever, colds
and the grip. DR.. Carlstedt's German Liver
Powder Is the best medicine money can buy
For your Gold try DE-. Otto's Spruce
Gum Balsam. Price 25c and soc
Bottle.
For sale by
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

--------r
don t like Office work.
This is a town of 6OOO natives and
has some good houses. which we Of
course occupy. Must stop now
and write passes
Catbalooan- Samar Tu1v % Ia
m have Iittle headache this
m but will write a few lines before.
yorl, haoi,s. ou- opnboa+ 6red *
shots last niobt at some liobts out-
ON tba b,c Tbav NAV have been
some natives fsbing bpt IL is
aoainst tbe law for them 10 fish AT
g" 'o '''"'- VIZ raw WI 1N~ii ~ non ~
night and the gunboat is always
glad 20 shoot at them for it was one
of their men that was killed and
they are awful mad about it. They
fred at some a few moments ago
who were outside Of the limits. 1t
is Just like Xmas here for we have
so much shooting. Our Col. came
back last night and [ expect we
will change things here in few
days. If we do get more soldiers
here we will get out i'm the mount
aims and make it hot for them.
t.adar-+and-4,,a fo,.
+be .+at..- .,o.a. .or,o +;r,a +odau
- ,,.;ii .4L;.t.4... - -
u,,;1' iii 49,, f,a,., -, o.. r,,, "a
f,..,,, 80 g. Nil. 90 ;.,,;n 4,La.
Io,r +ina hn+ a.,.ar.thaIass -
,riu he nsu. 30 ,.,r III .,oso hv
,.ait ,al L. &c.
49,, I9...1,.',,.,,,, - fa,...7.,a
----
we nave had iotS OF shoot'ng
Once l wrote you last nlSht we goI
8oou dose ana last sunday we
nao d Jim Danoy' Iet sure
they were gong 10 Try ana come IN
town. out at the time we had TWO
gun ooats mere ana "hat we ala tor
them was the greatest plenty you
see TWO gun ooatS ana all OF us ooys
can make IotS Oh Iun lor tnem' l.
maven had the pleasure OF many
oIg nunts ana nsnes' uon tnink.
fsb tborrb and verv cbe., rb,va
been livinq bicb for the last few
d,ve we b,ya LOT of ra
+ives or;so,ars bar. .nd mono
them one Cinnamon who i
sn1ardid cool, and +ha corDor,1 ,,bo
has cbarca y, the nrisor i rood
friend Of mine and we make the
ICbinaman cook for Ms. he takes
GREAT Measure IN doino so For
breakfast we had coffee biscuits
hot nan cal,as chicken fsb and
r norl, cho,s ire+ A. oood if NOT ba+-
= Ter than Hotel Latham for the
2 cool,ino is tbe yerv hest
r We have killed , INSURGENTS can
, tains and y men that we know of
since we b3v, hsap here narhans
MANY mare f,,. ua b,va car+,iD1v
snent much ammunition and vo,
have NO idea how far o,a Of +base
rifles will shoot # i. marvellous
-
O".O"'oS an 9'Nl"'' 1s'1uo' july
z+'-' d. NJ e9'eFo"y was d ousy
u@y ioI us as '"9'o Were sever aL
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

The boy with long ffaxen curls
looks great deal prettier to his
mother than the short haired boys
who play with him
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

Most people are like eggs-too full
of themselves to hold any thing else.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

You never SEQ a bankrupt at char
ity soup house. His victims go
there.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

Life is postly make up Of praying
for rain and then wishing it would d
clear Of.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

All liver diseases are cured by Hoods
Pills. 25c
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

The less people know about the
other the politer they are when they
meet.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

don't like Office work
This is town of 60O0 natives and
has some good houses, which we Of
course occupy. Must stop now
and write passes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

O a - II q H 4 a.
Bears the 1Iho Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature Of &<SHzzzzS
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05
riGEsT Y0uR Fonn.

DIGEST YOUR FOOD.
Ninety per cent. Of I'll sickness is caused by
food not being properly digested, it creates poi
sons and goes into your blood and then you are
liable to almost any disease the human system
Is heir to. Use DR.. Carlste9t's German Liver
Powder and watch the results. You will feel
the good effects after taking one dose. Give II
a trial and be convinced. Price 25c.
Or. Otto's Spruce Gum BaIsam Cures
Your Cough, Just the Medicine
foP Children.
For sale bY
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-05

9 a. m. / understand the mail for
the states closes some time today,
so will bring this letter to a close,
mail will go from here to Ccbu and
from there to Manila so it will take.
a long time, but nevertheless it
will be new to you. I viii close by
saying l am well and dong better
than l ever have done for years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02

sun shines" I said. What do you
mean by That - When h said: II
cant bear TO see the sun shine. Ny
heart is 50 dark that all the brightness
OF h natural world seems a mockery
to me-" 0 darkened soul, o broken
hearted man, broken hearted woman
Why do you not come into the shell
ter? I swing the door wide open. I
swing IL from wall to wall Come in.
Come in You want a place where
your troubles shall Be interpreted,
where your burdens shall be unstrap-
ped, where your tears shall be wiped
away
Church Of God be a hrumg place to
all these people, Give them a seat
where they can rest their weary souls.
Flash some light from your chandeliers
upon their darkness. With some sooth-
ing hymn hush their griefs. Oh. church
of God, gate OF heaven. let me go
through it, All other institutions are
going to fail, but the church of Cod
its foundation is the Rock of Ages, its
charter is for everlasting years. its
keys are held by the universal Proprie-
tor, it's dividend Is heaven. its president
is God!
Sure as thy truth shall last,
To Zion shall be given
The highest glories earth can yield
And brighter bliss of heaven.
God grant that all this audience, the
youngest, the oldest, the worst, the
best, may find their safe and glorious
hiding place where Joash found it-in
the temple!
Copyright. 1900. by Louis Klopsch.)
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
GAYLORD'S
BIG RACKET STORE
Big Sale of Dress
Goods and Silks!
[ WILL SELL THIS WEEK.

FINE HEAVY BLACK SATEEN
WAIST. worth SEQ: my price Is $50
GOOD WOO AIS brass buttons.
at s1.0e: tYimmed in braid and pleated
at $50: BLACK SATEEN WAIST
s1.ss: FINE FLANNELETTE WAIST.
in polka dots. at so cents
LADIES' BLACK SATEEN UNDER
SHIRTS at $50. Is. IS cents. and all
lined at $l.O0.
Al colors in undershirts at so cents TO
SI.e0.
LADIES' CAPES fur trimmed. from
% cents up to $500. all grades.
JACKETS from s1.15. se.75. $500.
$3.50. SEQ up TO $1,000.
All kinds OF wraps in fur coliarettes
at S1-2S up to $500.
FUR tufts with the head and
tail brown n grey fox. at $3.50.
COLLARETTES TO match with head
and tail at $3.50. CHILDREN'S FUR
SETS. MUFF and CoLLARETTES. at
s1.25.
MEN AND BOYS CLOTHING-I
have the largest stock OF any clothier
in the city. Dc you need a boys suit?
Any size from 3to 16 years old. short
pants. from so cents TO $500: long pants
all price. at s2.5 to $500 n suit.
MEMS FINE wORSTED PANTS
All the pretty Fall shades. u~p-to-date.
beautiful Sunday pants from se.5o to
$3.50.
NICE CASSIMER PANTS from $l.oo
S2.00 a pair.
All grades OF UNDERWEAR to suit
the season and the person. Baby vests
as small as No. l to 6. Ladies' and
Mems and Children's Union suits at %
cents a suit.
MEMS HEAVY FLEECED UN-
DERSUIT: good; generally worth SO
cents, my price 80 cents each. pants 70
match.
Come to the Big Racket and buy your
goods at the right price.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
Charged With Stealing Letters

Norfolk, Va, October 29.-Joseph D.
Miller, colored, a night mailing clerk
at the Norfolk postoffice. is under ar
rest upon the charge of robbing the
mails. He is charged with stealing val
liable letters from the mail. Miller
was caught by means of decoy letters
containing marked bills. Two of these
letters were found on him, one of them
being in his hat. The prisoner has
been employed at the postoffice for
about eight a The case came up
before Commissioner Bowden this af-
ternoon. Miller waived examination
and was committed to Jail to await
trial al the November term of the
United States district court.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02

HAMILTON SERGE. double fold. at
II cents per yard.
CASHMERE FINISH PLAIDS at
10 cents per yard
CAMELS HAIR FINISH PLIADS
IS inches wide, at 10 cents per yard.
yard.
A big drive in 5o-cent PLAIDS for %
cents per yard.
My line of 800 Crepons at 70 cents
per yard.
Ny s1.25 line at So cents. Ny $500
line at $1.1S.
That handsome line at s1.15 is equal
to any in the city at 500 and s2.25.
BLACK TAFFETA SILKS at IS cents
per yard.
FINE GLOSSY BLACK HEAVY
TAFFBTA SILKS. 20 inches wide, at
63 cents: q inches at so cents.
EXTRA VALUE. NICE SILKS for
Waists. at 10. %. SO and so cents per
yard.
Do you need Lining. Bindings. Trim
mings. Braids. Silks and Jets. all to
match camels hair all wool serge. 81
inches wide, at IS cents per yard,
worth $1.O0.
HERRING BONE SERGE, "a inches
wide, in tar mo blue. at IS cents per
yard, cheap at 80 cents. all wool.
VENETIAN, all WOOL. in all colors,
10 II WHY, II III III ptA dAds
cheap al 70 cents.
a big drive in all the new Silks and
Velvets. Crincle Sateen. the new up-to-
date trimmings, at 75 cents per yard,
worth s1.00 per yard.
All kinds of Ribbons. No. so. all silk.
at 10 cents per yard.
A big drive in all the new shapes in
WALKING HATS from 80 cents TO
$500.
All nice and new things and very
stylish LADIES' RAINY DAY SKIRTS
we'll made, heavy and warm, for S1.25,
s.. A. 8. Is and s.. 30 each
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02

be some one in your class who has a
father and mother who do not know
how to pray there will be some one in
your class who is destined to command
in church or state, some Cromwell to
diSSolve a parliament, some Beethoven
to IL the worlds harp strings, some
John Howard to pour fresh air in the
laZaretto, some Florence Nightingale
to bandage h battle wounds, some
Miss Dix to SOothe the craZed brain,
some John Frederick Oberlin to edu-
cate the beSotted, some David Brain
erd to change the Indians Warhoop to
a Sabbath three-fourths of Christen-
dom, some John Knox to made queens
turn pale, some a to demoliSh
idolatry and strike for the kingdom OF
heaven. There are sleeping in your
cradles by night, there are playing in
your nurseries by day, imperial souls
waiting for dominion, and whichever
side the cradle they get. out will decide
h destiny Of empires. For each one
of those children sin and holiness con-
tend-Athaliah On theo one side, Jehoshe-
ba on the other. But I hear people
say: Whats b use Of bothering
children with religious instruction?
Let them grow up and choose for
themselves. Don't interfere with their
vOlition." Suppose some one had said
to ~Jehosheba: Don't interfere with
that young Joash- Let him grow up
and decide whether he likes the palace
or not; whether he wants to be king
or not Don't disturb his volition-"
Jehosheba knew right we'll that unless
that day the young king was rescued
he would never be rescued at ALL /
tell you, my friends, the reason we
dome reclaim all our chilrden from
worldiness is because we begin too late.
Parents wait uptl their children lie
before they teach them the value of
truth They wait until their children
swear before they teach them the i'm
portance of righteous conversation
They wait until their children are all
wrapt up in his world before they tell
them of a better world. Too late with
your prayers. Too late with Your
discipline. Too late with your bene-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
CA

Sufferers from this horrible malady
nearly always inherit it-not necessarily
from the parents, but may be from some
remote ancestor, for Cancer often runs
through several generations. This deadly
poison may lay dormant in the blood for
years, or until you reach middle life, then
the first little sore or ulcer makes its ap-
pearance-or a swollen gland in the
breast, or some other part of the body,
gives the first warning.
To cure Cancer thoroughly and perma-
nently all the poisonous virus must be
eliminated from the blood-every vestage
IF it driven out. This S. S. S. does, and
IS the only medicine that can reach deep
seated, obstinate blood troubles like this.
When all the poison has been forced out
of the system the Cancer heals, and the
disease lever returns.
Cancer begins often in a small way, asthe
following letter from Mrs. Shirer shows:
small pimple came on my jaw about an inch
below the ear on the left side of my face. It gave
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
Injunction Against Railway Com

Niles, of the federal court today
granted ar injunction, preventing the
Mississippi railroad commission from
enforcing h joint rate clause of the
new mileage tariff On cotton seed on
the Illinois Central. The railroad COM
pany contends that the committee has
no right to compel a railroad to issue
a bill of lading beyond a junction point.
The case will be heard next month, in
connection with an injunction secured
by the Yazoo River and Mississippi
Valley railroad, preventing h COM
mission from enforcing h milage
law on cotton seed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02

me no pain or 1nconven-
eince. and I should have
forgotten about it had il
not u to infame and
itch; it would bleed a
little, then scab over, but
'Hould not heal. This
continued for some time,
when my jaw began to
swell, ing very
painful. The Cancer be-
gan to eat and spread,
until it was as large as q
half dollar, when I heard
of S. S. S. and determin-
ed to give it a fair trial,
end il was remarkable
what a wonderful effect
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
aug3,3 mos

WANTED TWO RELIABLE TRAVELLING
Statesmen in each State; permanent posi-
ton: SALARY and expenses: experience not
absolutely essential Address Piedmont
Tobacco Works, Greensboro N C.
eep1S 6m r
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-12
WORRYING ABOUT LEVI
YOUNG MIR. JONES FRIENDS CAN
NOT FIND HIM.

Levi T. Jones. clerk In the employ
of Noyes Bros. & Cutler. has been miss
ing from his home since Thursday, and,
although there is nothing to indicate d.
rectly that harm has befallen him, some
of his relatives are somewhat disturbed
a his unexpected absence, as Is shown by
the following advertisement published
last evening:
LOST-The friends Of L. 7. J.. Gal Good
rich aV., aIe anxious to know of his
whereabouts He was last seen on
Fourth st. at 1902 p. M, Thursday,
Aug. 9.
A reporter for the G o b called last
night at the address given and saw W.
G. Jones, a brother OF the missing young
man. When questioned as to the adver-
tisement he showed an indisposition to
talk at any great length. and seemed in
clined to make light of it. He said:
My brother is old enough to take care
of himself. and / have no doubt he will
turn up all right in a day or two. He
lived here with US and was not in the
habit of absenting himself from home
without letting the family know, but 1
think in this case it may have been due
to thoughtlessness. His summer vaca-
ton commenced on Wednesday last, and,
being free from business Obligations he
may have gone to one of the lakes or on
some other pleasure trip. He could not
have had a great deal of money with
him, but l suppose he must have enough
for his temporary needs. 1 am sure we
will hear from him IN some way within
a day OF two.