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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17

perhaps you had better let me help
YOU" she said. "Now, here's a black
and white that is very swell and would
be safe"
GLOW about that one with the pink
strpes?'
That's pretty waist, and should
think it would be suitable"
"Come to think Of it, she's got a
pink-striped waist, and she might like
something different"
"The green figured one, perhaps"
81 don't know. Maybe that would
be all right, but I'm not much in the
habit of doing this, and | don't want
to send something down there that
she would be dissatisfied with. Let
me see; was it green that she said
she wanted, or a blue? twas eithera
green or blue, Pm pretty sure"
"Most likely to have been green"
"Do you think sop
eyes, should think so; certainly"
"If | was sure, ! wouldn't hesitate
a minute about taking it. Maybe |
had better chance it and take it any
way. What do you think?"
"Well," said the saleswoman, tact
fully Ignoring the doubt and laying
the waist aside, "now we've got two
of them-the crimson and the green
figured"
"Did say would take the Grim.
son? | thought it vas"
"No, that will be all right. Now,
what do you think of the black and
white?'
E1m afraid that wouldn't do at all"
"Then a plain white Here's an
awful pretty one. Look at the en-
broidery on that. Let's see if | have
that in the size-yes, here it is.
There! | call that a nice selection. l
wouldn't want any nicer. 1t isn't
every gentleman that could go into
store and pick out a selection like
that"
"You think it would be all right,
them"
"Certainly'-with conviction.
"Well, | suppose ! might as well
take them. How much will they be
now|
The saleswoman mentioned the
amount, and the man whistled softly.
at was somewhere about third of
that that she said, he observed. "Oh
well, hang it, she won't know the dif
ference"
The saleswoman took the address
that he gave her, and he paid for the
purchase and went to the elevator
While he was waiting for a car to &C
down he suddenly changed coonte'
nance, and, pulling paper from the
side pocket of his overtoat, hurried
back to the waist counter.
"Have you sent those things up?"
he inquired Of the saleswoman, who
was looking very apprehensive.
eyes, sir" she replied
"Well," said the man, with anair Of
resignation, 81 guess I'll have to take
the risk. Only found that letter.
Chicago Daily Record.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
PUBLIC SALE
of Short Horn Cattle at Hopkins
vile, Kentucky.

Saturday, May 25th, 1901, we
will sell a fine lot of pedigreed
Short Horn Cattle, consistiog of 10
head of fine young Bulls, recorded
or eligeable, 10 head of COWS and
heifers, recorded or eligible. The
pedigrees will be furnished at the
time of sale. The balance of the
stock consists of lot of extra good,
pure-bred Short-horn cows, not ele-
gible to registry, now springing to
calf.
All stock will be guaranteed
represented.
This Stock was selected with the
cardinal features in view-milking
and beef producing qualities.
This will be an opportunity to
purchase good stock at your price.
Bear in mind that the old reliable
Short Horn cattle have no equal.
Write or call on Mr.. c. H. Layne,
Hopkinsville, KY, or Mr.. G. H.
Augustus, Paris, H., for a cata-
logue of stock to be sold.
Sale commences at 10 o'clock.
Every thing will sell without re-
serve. p. L. SToNEBURNER,
G. H. AUGUSTUS,
( (N1Gi lilis. Illinois.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17

A young man in Manchester, N. H.,
proposed marriage to a lady of that
city, and was rejected. He angrily
demanded why he was refused She
manifested her Indignation by en-
phatically declaring: Because you
are just one degree above monkey"
He rushed to mirror, gazed at his
reflection, and, perhaps, being con-
WINGED that he bore some resemblance
to an ape, he dashed his fist through
the glass and fled from the house.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
THE FOURTH
Murder in Louisville In the Past
Two Weeks.

Louisville, May, l4.-Jas. Smith,
COL, shot and killed Sam Beard
this morning without the slightest
provocation. This makes the fourth
bloody murder that has occurred in
this city in two weeks, and it is
probable from the circumstances
attending the various cases, that
there VIII be a quadruple hanging
at an early date.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17

Mr., f. d. Arnold, Arnold, la.
writes: He was troubled with kidney
disease about three years. Had to
get up several times during the night
but three bottles OF FOLEY'S KID
NEY CURE effected a complete cure,
he feels better than he ever did and
recommends it to his friends. For
sale by all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
WILL RESIGN.
Post rlaster General Smith TO
Throw Up Ills Job.

Washington, May l4.-It is stat
ed here that Postmaster General
Emory G. Smith will resign as soon
as the president gets back from the
Pacific coast trip. He has sold his
house and moved all his belongings
back to Philadelphia.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
Six Million Boxes a Year.

In 1895, none; in 1900, 6,ooo,ooo
boxes; that's Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic's jump into popularity. The
people have cast their verdict. Best
medicine for the bowels in the world.
All druggists, 1oc.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
Twentieth Century Medicine

Cascarets Candy Cathartic are as
far ahead of ancient pill poisons and
liquid physic as the electric light of
the tallow candle. Genuine stamped
c. c. c. Never sold in bulk. All
druggists, Ioc.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17

Mr. Cleveland, on the advice of his
former Secretary of War, Daniel
S. Lamont, purchased outright a
year ago a block of Northern Pa
cihc stock, then selling at about 40.
William c. Whitney and Thomas
f. Ryan are also credited with big
profits by deals in the same stock.
Mr.. Lamont is now President
of the Northern Pacific. New York
special to st. Louis Republic.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17

Geo, @. Hickock, Curtiss, Wis.
says: "FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE
has been tested and found to be all
you claim for It. have given 1t to
my fetEer and it is the only thing
that ever helped him." For sale by
all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
THE COOKS ART CRITICISM.
Not Exactly an Irish Bull, But Next
Thing to It.


Some one had just made what is
generally known as an Irish bull"
When the laughter had subsidized, the
man who always has an anecdote on
tap responded to the duty call with
the inevitable |'that reminds me, +"
saws the New York Mail and Ex-
press.
"|You know we have just returned
from Europe" he said. Naturally
Mrs. B. had TO cart home presents
for all her friends and relations.
When the trunks arrived at the house
the cook was summoned to help us
unpack Mary became intensely 10
terested as the souvenirs were brought
TO light But above all she was taken
with a picture OF the Virgin, which
my wife had picked up in Paris. 1t
really was very clever piece of work.
Al first sight the eyesappeared closed,
but as one looked intently they APP
peared to open.
Shure, an amt it wonderful
said the awed girl. why, the most
times you do be lookin', the most
times you do be seem somethin'.'
Naturally, after that remark, we
had to give the girl the picture"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
NOT A CANDIDATE
For United States Senator, So
Yerkes States.
However, lie Declines 10 Commit
Himself to Support VIM.
J. DebOe.

Washington, May 1T am NOT
a candidate for United States Sena-
tor, have not been and have no in
tentions of being.
JOHN w. YERKEs
Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue Yerkes wrote and signed the
above on the back of the bill of fare
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17

An Atchison girl, who works her
self to death for the church, makes
her mother, who does her own work,
pay her ten cents every time she
washes the dishes -Atchison Globe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
Bradburn Will Run.

Bowling Green, KY, May a.
Hon, b. w. BrIdburn announces
that he will be a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for attorney
general. He is a member of the
Goebel reward commission, and is
well in with the powers that be.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
CLEVELAND A WINNER.
Ex-President Takes $500, 900 Pro-
fits on Northern Pacific,

Grover Cleveland has made $780,
600 by the advance in Northern =
Pacific Railroad stock, if story
current in the Waldorf. Astoria to-
night is true.
One of group of brokers, dis
GUESSING the stock market, said that
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
They Work While You Sleep.

While your mind and body rest Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic repair your
your liver, your bowels,
put them in perfect order. Genuine
tablets stamped c. c. c. Never sold
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
ALL FOR HIS WIFE.

Excepting the foor-walkers he was
the only one Of his sex in the room,
and his hesitating and embarrassed
manner made it evident that he had an
idea that he might be intruding.
That, possibly, was because all the
counters were piled high with gar
ments that were exclusively fem
lnine-mainly white embroideries
and laces and frills and things with
pink and blue ribbons running
through them. He looked around in
helpless way at the signs, but he did
not seem to get any direction from
them. AT last he asked one Of the
hoorwalkers for ladies waists.
Second aisle down. SAID the floor
walker, and then, seeing that the man
was still perplexed, he added: step
this way, please" and steered him %
the right place and secured a black
eyed little saleswoman for him.
81 want a waist or two--for my
wife," explained the man. "Some
thing not too expensive and"
Something in percale or linen, or
do you want a wool waist?"
I'm not quite sure. Ithink-wait
a minute"
He dived into his breast pocket and
produced bundle of papers, through
which he rummaged, looking at first
expectant and then disappointed. Il
thought ] had her letter." he said.
"She told me exactly what it was she
wanted me to get. Let me see nowr'
"Was it pique or madras?" suggest
ed the saleswoman. The man shook
his head doubtfully.
bingham or corded zephyr, lawn,
batiste?"
MAYBE it was" said the man, TAX
ing out his handkerchief and wiping
his forehead; 81 think something like
this might do"
CHATS a striped barege and in the
latest style. l think she would like
that; it's an awful sweet material"
81 guess the material is all right
but l don't like the color. think
maybe something brighter. She,
down in Florida now. You know what
she. would want-something-hov
do you think this would do? You SEE
she's rather particular about getting
something that just suits her"
The saleswoman looked as if she
thought the lady's chances of getting
something that just suited her were
rather doubtful. She heaved gentle
Sigh.
"What complicated person is your
wife?" she asked.
"Kind Of dark"
N'Then she might like this cochin
cal crimson. That's a new shade"
Isn't that just a little too-oo-?"
~Oh, dear. no. The bright colors
are very stylish. What is her meas
ure?7
~Measure?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17
"Measure?"
~Her bust measure"

"Her bust measure"
A reflection Of the cochineal GRIM
son appeared on the mans face as he
confessed that he did NOT know.
"It's rather necessary to know the
size" said the saleswoman, tapping
her order book with her pencil.
''You are sure that You haven't got
her letter."
"Tll look again" said the man. I'M
buttoning his overcoat ~No,V he
added. after "a search. 81 haven't got
it. | guess | might have left it at
home. If il was at the Office | would
60 and get it, He paused and looked
around him in perplexity, then his
face frightened. "There," he said,
"that girl there. l guess she's about
my wife's build gure-to dot"
"Thirty-eight,' said the saleswom-
an, briskly. "Here's 80 in this.
That would be just about the thing.
You had better take it. "
"Do you think sop asked the man,
doubtfully
"I'm sure Of it. Was it only one
that you wanted"
"She said two or three. / think if
there weren't so many bla-so many
different patterns l could pick out
something that she would like"
The saleswoman sighed again.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-17

Whisky makes a man stagger
and chloroform makes him limp.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
Horizontal Rain on EifYel Tower.

The Eiffel tower forms a meteorological
station Of exceptional value, and ever
since its completion in 1889 careful rec
ords have been taken of the condition of
the air at its summit. Being so much
above the surrounding country, the
strength of the wind and the temperature
are absolutely different from what they
are near the ground level. The meteoro-
logical instruments are all fixed on the
topmost platform of the tower and are
connected electrically with a station be-
low. In this way hourly records can be
obtained from all these instruments with
out the necessity of ascending the tower.
1t is curious to note that it has proved
impossible to obtain any satisfactory rec
ord of the rainfall at the summit. The
wind there is SO strong that the rain
drops move practically horizontally and
do not fall into the gauge. Even in heavy
rains the gauge has registered nothing,
and, further, all horizontal surfaces in
the n~eighborhood have been quite dry
while water has been streaming from the
vertical surfaces. In ordinary weather
the speed of the wind at the summit of
the tower proves to be more than three
times as much as at a level of 20 feet
above the ground. For so per cent of the
year this speed exceeds - miles an hour,
a matter of Importance ia view of recent
attempts at the construction Of flying
MISUNDERSTANDING.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
HOWlSON EMBARRASSED.
AdmirnTs Pay Did Not Permit Him
to Keep Britfsher's Pace.

Admiral Henry l.. Howison, Z. s. ",
retired, was the principal in a very en-
barrassing incident several years ago."
said Mr.. Rupert Meyer a few days ago.
Admiral Howison was a captain at the
time, and his vessel came into port at
New Orleans. A British man-of-war had
been lying in the harbor for some days.
and her commander Immediately extend
ed the courtesies of the service to the new
arrival.
Anchor had hardly been dropped from
Captain Howison's ship when a boat
from the British cruiser pulled alongside
and an officer came aboard with an in
~vitation to the American commander TO
dine with the British captain. The in
~vitation was for that night and was &C
cepted. Captain Howison invited the
British captain to dine with him on the
following night. The British commander,
who seemed to have taken a great fancy
to the Yankee sailor, again invited him to
dinner for the third night after his ar
rival, and again the invitation was &C
cepted and returned.
ION the third invitation of the Briton
Captain Howison declined and was oblig-
ed to exhibit one Of the great disadvan-
tages under which thekeommanders of
Ahi Az III az III SiNll hlo
reason. He told the hospitable British
sailor that American naval commanders
are compelled to pay the expenses of all
entertainment out of their own pockets,
and he was not able to afford continuous
dinner giving. The British captain imme-
diately called upon Captain Howison and
announced his ignorance of the condi-
tions prevailing in our navy, saying be
felt that he should apologize.
This matter of, entertaining / have
heard naval officers make the subject of
frequent complaint. There is no allow
ance for such purpose, even when one of
our ships is in a foreign port, and the ex-
pense of entertaining foreign naval off,
GERS, all of whom have a large allowance
for such purposes, falls upon the officers
Of the American ships personally. 1t is
divided up among the officers and makes
serious inroads upon their by no means
large pay."-Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
Robbed.

"We were simply robbed Of the game"
declared the fat man. "While I was down
at the summer resort Jones proposed that
we old boys play a game Of ball and
show the youngsters a thing or two. It
was a great game, if l do say it, and
when I went out TO bat in the ninth in
ming my sic were four TALES behind. /
caught the ball on the end Of my bat and
knocked it clean out of sight in a patch
Of weeds. You ought to have heard the
crowd yell when 1 made the grand rounds.
They were still hunting for the ball
when l reached home, and Jones shouted
for me to keep on. I had forgotten for
the moment that you could run till the
ball was found, but I made up for the
time lost by Logging it faster. Say, I made
four home runs, which tied the score.
and was coming in with the run that
would have won the game when / stub
bed my toe and fell down. Then before
L could get up they found the ball and
threw it in.
"And right there was committed the
rankest piece Of robbery ever seen on a
ballfield. The umpire decided hat 1 was
out and that my four home runs didn't
count I would have licked the umpire,
only when / caught my breath he was no
where in sight."-Detroit Free Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
Hoke Smiths Greatness

A man from Georgia, n of the dele
gates to the industrial convention, was
talking about Hoke Smith.
Down in our state" a the dele
gate, 1.-The name of HokeS Smith is hello
in v~eneratfon. Apropos Of this they
tell a story about a couple of crack
ers' who were sitting on a fence talk
ing politics. 1t was when Hoke Smith
was serving as secretary of the int
rior in Cleveland's cabinet.
"Hoke Smiths a great man, suh,'
said one cracker.
"Yaas. sub, he's a great man, but he
amt es great a man as Grover Cleve-
land" said the other.
"'Yaas, sub, Iioke Smiths a greataf
man that Grover Cleveland
wall. ah reckon he amt eS great
a man es General Robert E. Lee
"FYaas, sub, Hoke Smiths a greataf
man than Robert E. Lee
".Ah reckon he amt es great a mar
es Jeff son Davis
Eyes. sub, Hoke Smiths a greataf
man than Jeff'son Davis
"a long pause followed, and eacf
chewed meditatively.
"'Hoke Smith amt eS great es God.
remarked the doubling cracker.
This argument seemed a clincher
but the other cracker proved equal t.
it. He spat cOpiously and then drawl
ed out: 'Mebbe not-mebbe not. Hok,
Smiths a young man yit. '"-Philadel
phia Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
Lrnchine and Crime

Does lynching prevent crime? On the
other hand, does Ii o promote crime?
These questions have been asked many
times, but no satisfactory answer has
been given to them. The conditions
have now become so well marked and
the relations between ~lyncning and
crime are so lear that II Is possible TO
answer the first question in the mega
tive and insist upon an affirmative
answer TO the second.
The number OF lynchings during the
present year to date has been ninety
nine. In no other year during
the last decade has the number been
so large during the same period OF
this total there lave been thirteen in
the north and eighty-slX In The south.
This Is not stated invIdiousiy, but be-
cause the relations W lynchings
and crime are most conspicuous and
most easily studied in the south. II
the theory of the advocates OF lynch
ing be true, then this unusual increase
in the number of lynchlngs should have
been accompanied by an unusua de-
crease in crimes committed. Has such
been the case?
Far from it. While crime has in
creased over the country, II has in
creased most rapidly in the south. and
in the four states. Mississippi, Geor-
gia. Alabama, and louisiana, where
lynchings are most frequent In Mis-
sissippi the record of the last thirty
days show forty-five murders commit
ted. In other states there has been
a corresponding increase. Evidently
lynching does not prevent murder
Chicago b
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
The Sensitive Turk

1t is hard work being an author, if
you are simultaneously a Turk. One
such there is in the person of Georges
Dorys, of Samos, who finds Paris a
more congenial place of residence than
Constantinople, since the Sultan has
ordained his death. The reason for i'm
posing this hardship is that Mr.. Dorys
has written a book wherein he %purports
to describe the life of the Sultan. The
Sultan, feeling that his life is unfit
for publication, has done his best to
suppress this volume, thereby rousing
such interest that a general call will
be made for it. AS absolute ruler he
a order the death of Dorys without
hearing or trial, but as Dorys is away
from home. the execution Of h order
is Indefinitely postponed. The Sultan
is not so beloved by his people that
any fanatic is likely to follow the bio
grapher to Paris and there knife or
pistol him, or end his carer with a
bow string, after the approved fashion.
Nor can he be tied in a weighted bag
in his hotel and cast into the Seine,
because French hotels lack the ap-
planes for murder, and the guests
would be sure to stop one, even if the
landlord did not foresee that there
would be a mess and an injury to his
trade.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
STrickS,, and HerOfsm

Another mean trick"-that was Pro-
fessor Charles Eliot Norton'S charac-
teriZation of Funston's exploit in
catching Aguinaldo-has been per-
formed in the Philippines. Ferguson,
an American scout, disguised as an
insurgent and accompanied by eight
Macabebe natives, went into a camp
of over 400 insurgents at night, and
seized and bound Inc brought away,
without alarming the camp, an Ameri-
can deserter named Howard. who for
months had been harassing Il troops.
The mean trick" suggests in a way,
without being so bloody, the exploit by
which Hannah Dustin. m of the early
colonists of New England, delivered
herself from the Indians more than
two centuries ago. For this exploit
she has a monument in New Hamp-
shire and lives in the song and story of
the country. There have been many
more such mean tricks in the history
of the warfare of our fathers with In
dams, Frenchmen. and Englishmen;
though not alias. for. instance, the
one which Washington attempted on
Sir William Howe by the aid of Ma
than Hale-have succeeded as b
liantly a sthese Philippine feats.-New
York Nail and Express.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
True Charity

A wealthy young New York woman,
sets an example that might we'll be fol-
lowed in every city of the country.
Twice a wee she drives into the sec
tons occupied by the very poor and
takes a carriage DAD of crippled chill
dren out for a long drive. There is no
estimating b mount Of happiness
that h thus carries into the lives of
the unfortunate children, and what
ever the cost to her Of the inconven-
fence of foregoing hackneyed social
pleasures on her charity drive days.
she is more thar compensated by the
knowledge of the love that is felt for
her by hearts that are still young
enough to be saved from ~perversion by
her kindness. But she has done more
than merely take the children for dives.
She has unearthed an amount Of knowl-
edge regarding the uncared-for Grip
pies, old and young, that has appealed
to the hearts Of many, and others have
been interested in the work b inau-
gurated, sc hat today a vast amount
of gentlest charity is being lone by the
Church Settlement Society along lines
first laid by the rich and gentle dis
trict Observation-Disclosures Herald.