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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-04-11
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''Petrolium v. Nasby, Josh Billings" mark
Twain" John G. SAKE, "Mrs. Parting tor" I"
miles o. Reilly" "Hans Breitman,n "Artemus
Ward. ?, ssOrpheus C. Keer,n "Bin Nye," Frank
r. Stockton, Donald G.. Mitchell, II. G. Bunner
sSam Slick" Eugene Field, Richard Grant
White, Capt. George II Derby l.'John Phoenix !,
oliver Wendell Holmes, Mortimer Thompson
go. X. 2hilander Doesticks, p. BIZ, Bret
HaIte.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-04-11
Special Features.

HilliSssiTss Si the Uuitsd states; PsEfi-
cuiars About Thaos ThSasand Americas
magnatss. Organized Labor1 strenEth 0f the
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municate something concerning anoth-
er friend. But unfortunately he could
not remember the other friends name,
and at last, frantic with his inefectual
attempts to make his friend understand
who was the person meant, he seized
him by the arm and dragged him
through several streets to the residence
of the other, and there pointed to his
(the second friend's) name on the door.
A complicated instance of mental
eclipse is that of gentleman living In
Edinburgh. He was once found early
in the morning seeking in vain for his
residence. He appealed to housemaid
cleaning doorstep. "Lassie, can you
tell me which is Johnnie IS house|
he asked. "Eh, mon," replied the girl,
''but you'Ie Johnnie - yerself."
That's not what want to know" was
the angry retort. II want to know
where Johnnie IS house ISL"
That distinguished lawyer, Lord Ell
don, was the lord chancellor of England
and had to keep a cumbrous piece of
the national machinery known as "the
great seal" His house in Queen square
caught fire and to save the seal from
robbers he buried it in his garden, but
unfortunately forgot the exact spot
The story is told in many forms of the
man who went home to dress for a
party, but unhappily wound up his
watch before taking off his clothes.
This set up a sequence Of automatic
actions which ended in his going to bed
instead of going to his party.-Roches-
ter Post-EXpress
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shine, and dim with tears. when l hrst
caught sight Of the little cottage of Tar
dif. who was stretching out his nets on
the stone causeway under the winiows.
Martin called to him. and be dung down
his nets and ran to meet us.
I'VE are come to spend the day with
YOU, Tardif," cried, when he was with
in hearing of my voice.
1T will be a day from heaven. ne said,
taking off his tisherman's cap. and look
ing round at the blue sky with its sun
flecked clouds, and the sea with its scat
tered islets.
Ii was like a day from heaven. We
wandered about the cliffs, visiting every
spot which was most memorable to either
of us, and Tardif rowed us in his boat
past the entrance of the Gouliot Caves,
He was very quiet, but he listened to our
free talk together, for could not think
of good old Tardf as any stranger; and
he seemed to watch us both, with far
off, faithful, quiet look upon his face.
Sometimes | fancied he did not near
what we were saying, and again his eyes
would brighten with sudden CLEAN, as
III MS WnOle SOui anu ueaIt suphC 'H'SHe"
them upon us. 1t was the last day of our
holiday. for in the morning we should re-
turn to London and to work; but II was
| such a perfect day as had never known
before
"You are quite happy, Mrs. Martin
DobreeT said Tardif to me, when we
were parting from him.
IL did not know | could ever be so hap
| py," answered.
We saw him to the last moment stand
ing on the cliff, and waving his hat to us
high above his head. Now and then
there came a shout across the water. Be
fore we were quite beyond earshot. we
heard Tardif's voice calling amid the
spashing of the waves:
"God be with you, my friends. Adieu
man zellev
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JOHN swINToN. paper work, he took
up the study of law and medicine, In
1860 he held a position as chief editor
ial writer with the New York Times,
which he filled for ten years. For
II years he was editorial writer on the
New York Sun. In 1888 he established
John Swinton's Paper, which he con-
Quoted four years. He first appeared
as an orator in 1874, when he ad-
dressed a turbulent crowd in Tomp-
kins square, a meeting which the po-
lice finally dispersed. From that time
Mr. SwintOn was busy as an orator
and writer. championing the cause of
the poor and oppressed. In the fall of
the same year he was nominated for
Mayor of New York by a small force
of men who took the name of the Iu-
dustrfal Political Party, but he re-
ceived very few votes. He was also
candidate for Senator and came near
being elected. He was a speaker at
many meetings. He fought the tene-
ment house cigar evil and organized
support for the great Fall River strike
in 1873, and assisted workingmen's
movements of every kind with money
as well as with his pen and voice.
He was never afraid to speak what
he believed boldly and unrcseryedly.
Being a Scotch Calvinist, he was
strongly impregnated with the idea
that Divine Providence was on the
side he espoused. 1t was his boast
that he never, no matter what the
ideas of his employers were, wrote a
line contrary to his honest convictions
as uttered on the stump.
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A CORPORATION WITH A SOUL.
Favors Shown Its Employees by a New


Favors Show1 Its Employees by a New
York Bank.
1t seems to be certain that ere long
the saying, Corporations have no
SOUL" will be sent into limbo. One Incl
dent to help the cynical remark that
way, says the New York Times, devel-
oped at the Fifth Avenue Bank during
the scorching weather. While the
clerks were sweltering In the heat some
one suggested laughlngly that they
looked as if they needed the comforts
of shower bath. The suggestion
reached the ears of President Frissell
and Cashier Dean. They did not look
OH it as facetious, but as sensible. So
shower baths were at once installed in
the lavatory in the basement of the
bank building, and under these the
clerks were permitted to cool off at as
frequent intervals as they chose during
the superheated days.
Relations between employer and en-
ployed have always been most cordial
and friendly at the bank, and the
thoughtfulness for the welfare Of the
clerks has been frequent subject Of
favorable comment among members
of the Bank Clerks Association and
similar organizations. The Fifth Ave
nue. Bank people themselves haven't
had much to say about 1t, but the bank
clerks know that such things as pri-
vate lockers, bicycle storage rooms, a
substantial luncheon in a room pro-
vided especially for the purpose, and at
cost prices, and now bathing facilities,
do not at all lessen the interest taken
by those clerks in the routine work and
the success of the bank.
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Not What He Meant at AL

Politeness, 1t is true. must have Its
origin in a kind heart and a desire to
please; but tact and thOughtfulness and
quick wit are also essential to good
manners.
A very stout hostess who was enter
tanning a large company one evening
turned to a group Of young men stand
ing near her chair and smilingly asked:
May | trouble one of you young gen
tlemen for glass Of water from the
pitcher In the tableY
Several of the young men hurried to
comply with the request One, who was
particularly active, succeeded in reach
ing the table first.
AS he handed the glass Of water tC
the hostess she complimented him Oh
his quickness.
"Oh, that's nothing" he said. 81 am
used to it. got into many a circus and
menagerie when was boy by carry
ing weter for the elephant"
1t was only when he saw the express
sion on the lady's face, and noticed the
silence. that the young man realized
what be had said.
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The Doctors dilemma
BY Hesba Stretton
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friend Of mine, who is an excellent law
yer. | am come to offer myself TO You
in place Of your guardians on the olher
side Of the world"
moved a little nearer to Monsieur
Laurentie, and put my hand through hs
arm. He folded his own thin, brown
hand over 1t caressingly, and looked down
at me, with something like tears gllsten-
ing in his eyes.
"Is It all settled?" he asked, lis mon
sieur come to rob me Of my English
daughter? She will go away now to her
own island, and forget Nille-en-bois ana
her poor old French father!'
Never! never!' | answered vehement
ly, Il shall not forget you as long as
live. Besides, | mean to come back very
often; every year if can. ! almost wish
could stay here altogether; but you
know that is impossible, monsieur. Is II
not quite impossible"
Quite impossiblew he repeated, some
what sadly, madame is too rich now;
she will have many good friends"
mot one better than you" | said. mot
one more dear than you. Yes. J am richi
and have been planning something to dc
for Ville-en-bois. Would you like the
church enlarged and beautiied, Monsieur
le Cure?"
"It is large enough and fine enough al
ready" he answered.
"Shall put some painted windows and
marble images into it?" | asked.
mo, no, madame" he replied, ''let il
remain as 1t is during my short lifetime.
~ thought So" | said, "but ! believe
| have discovered what Monsieur lie Cure
would approve. 1t is truly English
! There is no sentiment. no romance about
it. Cannot you guess what it is, my wist
and learned monsieur
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cious an element to the memory of
those sad days, And of the two, who
will doubt that the angel Of the hospi-
tai" has won the more enduring fameT
Even after so many years have pass
ed 1t is difficult for us to read without
being Overcome by "A flood of mingled
wrath and pity the story of the thou
sands of brave men who died unat-
tended in the hospitals at Scutarl, or
perlshed mlserably of cold and starva-
ton in the trenches about Sebastopol,
while medicines and medical appli-
ances lay wasted on the beach at
Varna, and food in abundance was rot
ting in the holds of vessels in Balaclaya
harbor. There were 10000 sick in the
hospitals. The death rate was as high
as 80 per cent; four out of every five
patients who underwent amputation
died Of hospital gangrene amidst filth
that would have disgraced a tribe of
savages. Such was the story that
stirred every woman's heart in the
three kingdoms as with a trumpet note,
and Miss Florence Nightingale was
asked to organize a nursing service in
the great hospital at Scutari.
Florence Nightingale was the daugh-
ter of wealthy English household, but
born in Florence, Italy, from which
city she derived her name That she
was a woman of fine intellect, clear
Judgment, and heroic will, cannot be
doubted. Dean Stanley indeed has
called her "a woman of commanding
genius" Most certainly she proved
herself In the Crlmea to have great
powers of administration But all hei
genius ran in womanly channels, espe
cially in that of nursing. Every woman
she said. has, sooner or later, some 9th
er human life dependent upon her skill
as a nurse; and nursing she insisted
was an art, one of the finest of all arts
Florence Nightingale has Away.
.practiced what she preached. Born t
the ease and luxury of a rich woman's
life. she yet turned aside, and spent tel
years studying nursing as an art, firs
at the great Morayian hospital at Kai
serworth. next with the Sisters Of st
Vincent de Paul, I'm Paris. Then sh,
organized home for sick gOvernesse,
in London. Then came the opportunity
of her life in the call to the east.
On Oct. %. 1854. she sailed for Scu
tari with a band of thirty-eight nurses
Of whom ten were Roman Catholic Sis
tiers Of Mercy and fourteen members o
an Anglican sisterhood She had a keel
horror of parade and started with he
gallant band without public notice o
any kind. arriving at Scutari on Nov
3, the very day OF a great battle.
What a colossal task lay before thes
gentle heroines. The hospital hat
1880 patients. and the wards wer
rank with fever and cholera and th
odor Of undressed wounds. To thi
army Of the sick and dying were addet
I'm a few hoGrs tho wounded from In
herman. bringing the number up {
5000. In this vast den Of pain aud foul
ness moved the delicate form Of tn
lady with the lamp" Instantly ney
intelligence. instinct with pity. fertil
with wOmanly invention. swept throug
the hospital Dirt became a crime, an
fresh air and clean linen and sweei
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Consumption Can BE Cured.


Reading aloud Is recommended by
physicians as a benefit to persons af-
fected with any chest complaint.
The recommendation is made because
in all cases of lung trouble 1t is impor-
tant for the sufferer to indulge in exer-
else by which the chest is In part hiled
by and emptied of air, for the exercise
is strengthening to the throat, lungs
and muscles of the chest. Reading
aloud can be practlced by all, and can
be pleasure and profit to both reader
and hearers. In this treatment 1t is
recommended that the reading be delib-
crate, without being allowed to drag,
that the enunciation be clear the body
be held in an easy, unstralned, upright
position, so that the chest shall have
free play, and that the breathing be as
deep as possible, without undue effort.
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Wonderful Gave in Montana.

A new and wonderful natural cave,
believed to be one of the largest
known. has been discovered In the
canon of the jefferson, on the line of
the Northern Pacific railway, about
fifty miles east of Butte. Montana. An
exploration party from Butte spent
several days in the cave. going over
an area of ten miles and to a depth
of nearly 1000 feet
A large river with a cataract of
about 100 feet was explored for dis
tance of several miles without dis
covering Its source or outlet. A few
articles Of stone and copper utensils
and some. bones, believed to be hui
man bones. were also found in one of
the Iarge apartments of the cave
There were other evidences that at
some time In a prehistoric period the
cave was inhabited.
1t Is believed that an earthquake
closed the entrance to the cave and
killed Its inhabitants. The formation
of stalactite and other natural decor
atoms throughout the cave are most
beautiful.
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CHAprER xxvIIl.-tContlnued.D

CHAPTER XXVlIl.-tContlnu
"AIy daughter" he said, Il bade you
leave even your duty in my keeping. no"
/ summon you to fulfill it. Your uuty
lies yonder by your husband slue III
his agony Of death"
Il will CO." whispered my lips scare
is moving to pronounce the words so SUN
and cold they felt.
"Good! he said, "you have chosen the
better part. Come! The good God VIII
protect you"
He drew my hand through his arm
and led me to the low doorway.
The inner room, as ! entered, was very
dark with the overhanging caves, ana my
eyes, contracted by the strong sunlight
could discern but little in the gloom Iar-
diff was kneeling beside a low bed, bath-
ing my husbands forehead. lie made
way for me, and / felt him touch my
hand with his lips as | took his place.
Richards face, sunken, haggard, dying
with filmy eyes, dawned gradually out
of the dim twilight, line after line, until
it lay sharp and distinct under my gaze
The poor, miserable face! the restless
dreary, dying eyes!
"Where is OliviaT" he muttered, in
hoarse and labored voice.
II am here, Richard | answered, fall
ing on my knees where Tardif had been
kneeling, and putting my hand in his
''look at me. | am Olivia"
"You are mine, you know" he said, his
fingers closing round my wrist with q
grasp as weak as very young child's
'she is my wife, Monsieur lie Cure"
"Yes," | sobbed, II am your wife
Richard"
"Do they hear it?' he asked, in whis
per.
1--WE hear it." answered Tardif.
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A strange, spasmodic smile fitted
across his CHASTITY face, look OF triumph
and success. His fingers frightened over
my hand, and | left it passively in their
clasp.
"Mine" he murmured.
"Olivia," he said, after long pause
and in a stronger voice, you always
smoke the truth to me. This priest and
his follower have been trying to frighten
me into repentance, as if were an old
woman. They say am near dying Ieii
me, is it true|
Richard" | said, "it is true"
His lips closed after cry, and seemed
as If they would never open again. lie
shut his eyes weariedly. Feebly and hit
fully came his gasps for breath, and he
moaned at times. But still his nngers
held me fast though the slightest effort
of mine would have set me free. left
nv hand In his cold grasp, and spoke TO
him whenever he moaned.
There was long silence. l could hear
the chirping of the sparrows in the
thatched roof. Monsieur Laurentie and
Tardif stood at the foot Of the bed, look
ing down upon us both, but l only saw
their shadows falling across us. My eyes
were fastened upon the face | should
soon see no more. The little light there
was seemed to be fading away from it,
leaving it all dark and blank.
"Oliyiaw he cried, once again, in
tone of mingled anger and entreaty.
81 am here" | answered, laying my
other hand upon his, which was at last
relaxing its hold and falling away help
lessly. But where was he? Where was
the voice which half a minute ago called
Olivia? Where was the life gone that
had grasped my hand? He had not heard
my answer, or felt my touch upon his
cold fingers.
Tardif lifted me gently from my place
beside him, and carried me away into the
open air, under the overshadowing caves.
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PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PLAGUE,
Those of Rome in l 656 Were Most Strin-
gent, but Availed Little.

Those of Rome in 1856 We're Most Strin-
gent, but Availed Little.
1t Is curious TO note that there is
hardly an order issued to-day by the
government relative to the plague that
has broken out in Naples that was not
contained in the edicts of Alexander
VII. in 1856, when Rome was last Wis
tied by the pest, to say nothing of the
penalties which he inflicted.
Then, the moment news came that
Naples was infected the energetic pom
tiff suspended all communication with
the kingdom of the two Sicilies on pain
of death. Only letters were allowed to
pass after such rigid dlsinfection that
little of them was left. All persons
belonging to the papal states who
found themselves In suspected districts
were forbidden, also on pain Of death,
to return. while death was likewise
the punishment for those who, coming
into a city, did not present themselves
at a certain office. Also hotel or inn
keepers. heads OF converts, etc, who
received any one not having the papal
guarantee and who did not declare the
names Of their guests, ran the risk OF
FIVE years Imprisonment All this be
fore there was one case in the papal
states.
Reading the precautions then taken
is like picking up a modern newspa-
per. says the Pail Mall Gazette. Laza-
rettes strictly guarded, isolation and
disinfection. navigation Of the Tiber
forbidden and the churches closed. but
all to no apparent purpose. At one time
during that terrible year there was not
one house In Trastevere "a thiekly pop
ulated district OF R0mei in which the
plague did not enter. so that Il was
cut OF from the rest Of the city by 4
high. thick wall After twelve months
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Good signs for Teiling Character.


Teeth that are long and not narrow
denote large, liberal views, strong pas
sions, and heroic virtues. If they are
long and narrow, weak character Is
denoted Long noses are cautious and
prudent; short ones impulslve; and tip
tilted ones hopeful, lmpu.slve and joy
GUS. Deep-colored eyes, with we'll
arched lids, both upper and lower, show
a truthful and affeetionate nature. An
eyebrow slightly curling at the outer
edge indicates jealous nature.
If the apex of the ear les close to the
head the owner possesses a refined ma
ture. But If the top starts away from
the head at a well-dehled angle, that
person has an uneven disposition, and
is not to be relied upon.
If girls thumb lies fat or droops a
little, martial submission to the master
mind is indicated If the thumb has a
tendency to stand at right angles to the
hand the damsel owning it Is head
| strong.
A strong character has a strong, erect
thumb. Fingers which bend backward
mean powerful determination. If they
are round, strength, both physical and
mental, is indicated.
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Educating Young Indians.

The work of educating young Indl-
ans In the West is at times difficult
but 1t is seldom dull If the teachers
must confess to feeling of doubt as to
their success with boys bearing such
names as Daniel Red Eyes and Andrew
Yellow Thunder they can at least con-
sole themselves with the fact that the
correction Of compositions" is more
diverting than in some Eastern schools
The superintendent Of the Lemhi Res
ervation in Idaho Is Mr.. Mackey. He
has preserved proofs of his pupils
work in English, in the form of varl
GUS essays written by the Indian boys,
and In several notes of excuse. Here Is
Daniel Red Eyes idea of the school in
which he is a pupil:
I'VE learn how work in garden, and
cut wood, make fence and many hard
work. The girls in hous sew and wash
dress and cooking dinner. | don't like
go to school because my father he tell
me don't want to go to school. That
I'LL udNC W soy VI huht W soy obOuh
a school,"
Daniel had reasonably good opinion
of himself, as this excuse, sent to his
teacher, indicates:
81 wish you excuse me this afternoon.
My horse all run away yesterday even
ing and | didn't find. hunting my
horse this afternoon. Well, | guess
that all toll you about. Your good boy,
Daniel Red Eyes,
Rather more promising is the attitude
of young Mr.. Yellow Thunder, who ex-
presses contritiOn for fault:
Dear Teacher, | am sorry that ran
away from school yesterday. but | was
crazy boy. will come to school Mon.
day and not run away any more, An
drew Yellow Thunder"
So, in spite of truants and runaways
and the various veXations of school
teaching In wild country. the good
work goes on, and the reward Is hap
PLY not confined to a mere sense of
duty performed
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pure food became the order of the day
1t was strange passion Of half-wor'
Shipping loyalty that this woman arous-
ed in every one about her; she estab-
llshed a sort of quiet despotism before
which all, even the highest officials,
bowed their heads.
She toiled increasingly all day, and
when all the medical officers had re-
tired for the night and silence and
darkness had settled down over the
miles of PROSTATE sick she was always
seen alone with little lamp In her
hand making her solitary rounds. 1t
was this picture that Longfellow had
in mind:
As if door in heaven should be opened,
and then closed suddenly,
The vision came and went,
The light shone and was spent.
On England's annals through the long
hereafter Of her speech and song
That light its rays shall cast
From portals Of the past.
A lady with a lamp shall stand in the
great history Of the land,
A noble type Of good,
Heroic womanhood,
Florence Nightingale remained in
the Crimea till the last British soldier
had left its shores, then stole back to
England as quietly as she had left it.
Within ten years the Red Cross Socl-
ETY. was organized, whose emblem now
CLEANS on every battlefield; it owes its
beginning to her.