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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
scoREs THE ovERCoAT.
President Prefers Doubie-hreasted
BOX Coat to the Heavier and
Longer style.

President Roosevelt has nor worn
an overcoat a half dozen times this
winter, but goes out attired IN o
louble-breasted box coat, his soft kat
wei down on his head, and his hands
incased in pair of stout, wel.-made
gloves. Wearing a collar much lower
than the present regulation style, his
throat is little protected, and yet he
seldom has a cold. This characteristic
habit of going without an overcoat
is partaken of By his sons, and Kermit
Roosevelt has scarcely had an over
coat on this winter, though boys who
visit him at the white house wear heavy
winter wraps.
Archibald occasionally puts on a
REFER, but he, too, objects to being
hampered by excessive clothing, and
generally bolts about the white house
avn at such a rapid gait wrapping up
is unnecessary. Even baby Quintin
plays about the lawn with only light
wrap on. The president is hardy and
wholesome, and without word of die
tation to them in the matter, they par
take OF his habits TO marked degree,
Their love of company is evidently
an inheritance, for while the president
dined or lunched with As different in
vited guests in space :; "a hours
last week during Mrs. Roosevelt's alb
sence in New York. Kermit, Archibald
and Quintin are seldom without play
mates from the outside world. While
Kermit goes about without an over
coat, clad in a gray bicycle suit, with
a cap Of the same material, he never
forgets to go down under the east
portico each night and cover the great
coop of his fine fighting cock, "Red
Cloud" and his wife, Mrs. Red Cloud y
with heavy tarpauin to keep out
the cold.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
THE HORSE IN CONGRESS.
ain introduced which would Pre-
vent Docking of His Tail in Dis
trtct OF Columbia. ui

Senator Gallinger's bill making it
unlawful for any person to dock the
tail of horse within the District Of
Columbia was introduced at the In
stance Of the Washington Humane
society, which recently passed reso-
lutions thanking President Roose-
velt for his determination not 20
have a pair Of short-tailed carriage
horses. Several pair that were 9TH
erwise satisfactory were rejected be-
cause they had short tails, and the
presidents bold stand on this qoes-
tion was heral5od FAR and wide.
What che Humane society did not
know at the time i4 PASSED the resO-
lrrsio-e@. ard ~ahaA Se==sc= g. .sSss2Eoz
d6Ss not know yet, b THAI President
RO@Rvek's faTorite riding horse
BleSstein, has had his tail dOelsed So
closely that there ~ not enough Iefi
TO vaggle.
HO~cPeT, Mr.. Galfinger's bill pro-
vi5ss just the same THAI sftcr II be-
comes a law eEery doclsed horse in
the district shall be Registered, and
that after 80 days frSm IT'S passage
any person driving an unregistered
docked tail animal win be held TO
have violated the law and shall be
Liable TO fine Of $500 and 90 days in
jail for each offehse.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
ONE GIRLS BRAVERY
Thirteen Year Old Plays Piano
While SchoOihouse Is Burning.
Prevents Panic Among the Hundreds
OF Children as They March Out
Through the Clouds of smoke
Rolling Through Corridors.

While clouds of smoke filed the hall
ways from a fierce fire which ragged
in the basement of the Lincoln school
at Chicago just before noon the other
day, Ethel Barker, 13 years old, daugh-
ter of Alderman John T. Barker, sat
at a piano in the main corridor up,
stairs and played a lively two-steP forl
the 300 children TO keep time by while
marching out Of the burning building
Miss Barker did not cease playing
until the last child had left the build
ing, and when she tried to escape she
was twice driven back by clouds Of
dense smoke, which by that time
rolled through the corridors. She.
finally reached door and went 10 the
first floor by groping along the walls
and along the stair banisters
When the girl volunteered to play
the march she was the only pupil whg
knew the building was on FIRE, for She
q heard the whispered announcek
ment that preceded the ringing of thel
fire-drill gong. When the gong sounds
ed she ran from the eighth gradel
room and began to play. As result
Of her coolness all the children were
taken out safely, although a panic was
narrowly averted when they reached
the lower floor and found that the
building was on fire.
Talking of the fire, Miss Barker
said: 81 knew that the building was
On fire and was afraid IL I did not run
TO the piano and begin playing the
children would get excited and run
down the stairs pell-mell I tried to
think of the music more than of the
fire. / played favorite march, and
made my fingers fly over the keys. 1
guess the pupils marched out in
double-quick time. 1t makes me shiver
now TO think of being in the building,
but didn't mind Il much at the time
The smoke was terrible, but I kept
playing until all were out"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
A NOVEL EXPERIMENT.
Defeats Surgical Operatives Performed BY
Means O a MAHnst.

Defeats Surgical Operation Performed BY
Means Of a NaGsst.
Some novel experiments are now
being successfully tried in theeye hos
pital Of the Berlin university, says the
Cincinnati Gazette, the object being
to test the efficacy of the elect1o-lnag-
net as a curative agent in the cases of
persons into whose eyes some foreign
objects have intTuded themselves.
There are many industries in which
the #o=kInen are lssbS5 20 be injured
in this way, and thers are few metal
workers OF smiths in Berlin from
whose eyes pieces Of metal OF other
objects have not at some time BEEN re-
moved.
Hitherto this has been a most pain
ful operation, and in those oasks in
which the objects penetrated to CON
siderable distance within the eyes it
did not always prove successful.
Now, however, the important dis
covery has been made that by the use
Of an electro-magnet foreign object
can be drawn out of the eye as skill
fully as the most expert surgeon could
perform such an operation Mate-
over, the patient suffers compaEa-
lively little while the electTo-magnet
is doing its work, for the foreign,ob-
ject, unless it has gone far into the
eye, is generally drawn out quickly
and without leaving any serious
wound. If it has penetrated far, a
passage must be cut, through which
it may be drawn out. Though this is
a painful operation, it is not more
painful than would be the subsequent
work of the surgeon in extracting the
object--s work which the electro
magnet now does, and in the doing
causing hardly any poin.
The success Of the physicians Of
the Berlin university is attracting
considerable attention throughout
Europe, and it is predicted by many
.thas N = short time 20 s!cctso-zIssg5isstt st
via become an indispensable pOrtioH-
x every Rhysiciaa's and surgeOn's
paraph eraalla. =.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
CORROSIVE POWER OF WATER
Tiny Stream Borss Holes Into Iron with
Remarkable Speed.

The erosive action Of running wa
ter is familiar to everyone, and it
is illustrated il the gullying Of every
soft road and hillside every time it
rains. Still, very few have an ade-
quate idea Of the cutting power pos
sible to water under great pressure.
Virginia City, New, says Golden
Days, ie supplied with water from
Marlette lake, on the Tahoe side Of
the mountain. The water Is led
through the ridge by long tunnel,
coming out on the crest Of a high
mountain opposite Mount Davidson,
on which Virginia City is situated,
with Washoe valley between. TIE
water is led down The mountain s;dr
to the bottom, through the divide be-
tween Washoe and Eagle valleys, and
up again to the required height, in
iron pipes, The depression in the
line of the conduit is 1920 feet, and
the pressure in the pipes at the bot
tom is 800 pounds to the square inch.
One pipe is II inches in diameter,
and is quarter-inch iron, lap welded,
in lengths of 18 feet, with screw
joints. There is little trouble from
it, but the other, which is IL inches
in diameter, and is riveted pipe,
makes more or less trouble all the
fine. The pipe is laid with the seam
down, and whenever crack is made
by the frost or sun warping it, or
from any other cause, the stream
pours forth with tremendous force.
If the joint is broken open, of course
the whole stream is loose and goes
tearing down the mountain, but
usually the escape is very small
One break, less than five-eighths of
an inch in diameter, which caused a
great loss of water, was made in a
curious way. A little jet of water,
hardly visible to the naked eye, es-
capped through a joint and struck the
pipe two or three feet off, eating away
the iron until the pressure inside
broke it through. When such break
occurs the noise can be heard for hall
a mile, and the earth shakes for hun.
dreds of feet around. A break the
size of knitting needle will GU
a hole IN the pipe in half an n'houT
Such breaks are repaired by putting
band Ground the pipe, pouring il
melted lead, and tamping it in. Sucl
stream bores through rock like
sand blast. The flying water, it j
said, is as hard as iron, and feels rougl
like hle 10 the touch. .l-. l.i
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
THE BRITISH COAL TRADE.
Causing IA Good Deal OF fAppFehensiOn
on Part Of Owners and
Merchants.

The situation in the British coal
trade is causing good deal of appre-
hension on the part Of owners and mer-
chants. and there is a resumption Of
the outcry against the export tax
which formed 50 prominent a feature
of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's last
budget, says the London correspond
ent of the New York Tribune. Coal
exports have decreased by 15s, 900 tons
during the first ten months Of the pres
ent year, and the average number OF
days worked by the eollieries has gen
orally fallen off, while IN most of the
principal districts the supply is in ex-
cess of the demand. The iron indus
try. which usually accounts for from
100000 to 4O,OO0,O 900 tons a year, has,
greatly reduced It's consumption, ow-
ing TO the reduction IN the number of
furnaces in blast. In the face of all
this, new collieries which were begun
and old ones which were reopened
during the boom last year are increas-
ing their capacity, and there is every
probability of a considerably larger
quantity of coal being put on the mar
ket. Prices have not yet fallen to any
thing like the level Of three years ago.
but the decline that has alreadytaken
place leaves them five shillingy below
the high water mark of lastyear, and
the tendency is to drop still lower.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
TWINS END FAMILY DIscoRD.
Both sides In LRwsuit Are Thus
Blessed and PIainttR Sdgns De-
fendant's Bond.

Two sets of twins brought peace
in a lawsuit at Chicago the other
day in the court of Jsetioe Dooley,
and such good feeling resNlted that
the plaintiff signed thsas Defendants
bonds.
Joseph Krasme, 544 South JefreF-
son street, appeared to prosecute his
relatives Esther, Lena and Anna Hal-
perrin, as wen as Dora hUor, $50 Hal
sted street. op a charge OF eonSPir-
acy. Attorney Miles Devine repre-
sented Krasme and agked that tGb
proceedings be continued.
MY clients wife has given birth
TO twins" said he.
Attorney Elliott, for the defend
ants, stepped forward and said;
''Your honor, believe the sttor-
ney for the prosecution has set up a
good ground for continuance. One
of my clients, Lena Halper1n, has
also given birth TO twins"
KTasme felt so eIated over the
state of affairs that he signed the
defendants bonds. -
"And, your honor, my client inZ
forms me that he intends to name
one of the twins after me-" said At
torney Devine.
Same here" said Attorney Eli
ott Then they all went out to-
gether.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
tAN ENGLIsH FISH YARN.
Ltttio Goldfish Found Alive in Stomach
Of Z Iaek


A second edition Of the legend Of
Jonah on a email scale is just now
the subject of much talk among ang-
lers, who naturally are always inter
ested in facts connected with rod and
line. According to the Anglers News
a jack which was caughtin compe-
tition at Ongar, in Essex, was subse-
quently dissected to find out what
bait, and how much of it, had been
bolted before capture, and in its stom-
ach was found a goldfish, which the
glutton had swallowed holus-bolus.
A slight twitching was noticed in the
miniature Jonah's dorsal fin, and it
was promptly transferred to a globe
of water, where next morning it was
found swimming about quite lively.
The unfortunate prisoner must have
been in the jacks interior for at least
10 hours before his release, and the
vitality Of the tiny creature was
therefore remarkable. During the
incarceration its upper lip was con-
siderahly damaged, but by persistent
ly swimming round the globe with the
wounded portion pressed to the glass
it succeeded in "resetting" its wound
ed framework back into its natural
state. For II days the rejuvenated
Jonah lived contentedly in its globe
of water after rescue from its can
nibahstic confrere, 1t was then
taken TO the local anglers club for
exhibition, and there the temperature
of the room apparently disagreed
with it, for two or three mornings
later it was found dead. But in its
short life its experience was certainly
remarkable one.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
Illinois Central R.
THRoucH
Sleeping uGfA MlCs
FROM cItNNATr1 L uls
LIE TO
HnTkPRIN&l
AOISPRlN&
hnAANsAsMA MENhHs

Through sleepg car rtefstlon
can now be secled ircmPifinIn.stl
md Louisville q the llpq Cen
'fgal to Hot SPIRITS via hppis on
its New Orleanl LimiteI, eaving
Ciucinpati dsilyIt GOO PmEculs
vile at $40 pm 9aching RtprlngY
5 is the next afrnoou. isfiisS
,ilnan slaeninkar and Eeeclin
p chair car Cinnnati tonPnls
sleeping ear nd coac aPair
peAot Springs.
Through TeseAtions lnnhu
na Louisville d Hot Spfl eAe
lso be secured Pn the claL
ewing Cincinnii S:lb E and
ouisville 1901 pm dsilyFving
Hot Syringe 9;5 the nextpinR;;
leeping car fr9i CinAln1 and
ach from Louisille to phls'
eeping car Nempis to hotgs. .
dining. car seroice b route.
A special iolderd this n@ieee
we'll as full psrtiulars cping
he above can be iRd OF 3 Of
he Illinois CentralSnd cftlne
ines.
W. A. KELLoND, 4 9.
1ouisvi5.
A h. HANSON, 9. PA.' CFlll'
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
HYPNorIsM BECOMES A FAD.
Univerrity Become Experts In
the MysteriOus Art.

The students of Syracuse uni
versity have taken up the fad of hyp-
notism. and several have become ex-
pert in making their fellow students
do all sorts of funny stunts" The
experimenting was started by j.
Richard Street, professor of psych-
olOgy, who is a firm believer that
hypnotism win come to be used le-
Ultimately in many useful ways. He
taught his stundents how 20 hypno-
tie. and encouraged them in their
experiments.
At the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity
house the boys perform in a manner
highly amusing 10 spectators. The
star hypnotist there is A. S. Hur-
rell. of the class of 1904, who IS an
expert hyPnotist. He gave an exhi-
bition before several people, and sue
ceeded in putting E. A. Lowther,
1909. into a hypnotic state. and has
his fellow student completely at his
mercy. Hurrell says he can hypno-
tize anyone.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
ARsoLU4ELY no cHANcE.
aecently Overhead or en
u,rtoA pasfwa1 Train

lConFersation Recently overhead or 81
Englisa Railway Train.
eyes, saidth v6luble one to the
Auet.looking man on bis right in a
ford-class carriage on local line,
IA always Ike to talk with you, De-
a 1 learn spmething You have
stAething to SAY. You don't sit
lii Ia log and let another man do all
tht hlking You have ideas, and you
xl8ss them we'll.
'hhatter myself" began the 9TH
er, bit he was Immediately interfered
eThS IT'S the way it is, you see; | can
sit and hear you talk all day while
there ave men7i wouldn't hsten to a
minute.t
4 waSgoing 70 say
q tola my wife only last night
that / could get more solid informa-
ton by herring you talkten minutes
than by listening TO some, men 8
week" n l y
@May | remark"
"There's that Smith. ] hide my
self behind my newspaper whenever |
see him enter the same carriage. De-
cent sort Of fellow, too, but he wants
to talk the whole time, and there's
nothing il what be says. I'm not
much Of talker myself, but do ike
to get a word in edgewise occasion
ally"
eff you win allow me-"
81 can't think how you manage to
pick up SO much Information on all
kinds OF subjects. / don't want to
fiatter you, but you seem to be well up
in almost everything
'If you would give me a mo-
ment-D !. v--.a,. .-e--e
q should talk all day long if Iwere
as good as you at it. Folks often say
to me: Jones, why don't you talk?
but, bless you'll I'm wise enough to
keep my mouthshpt when / am with
men who know a great deal more
than / DO"
''To talk well one must have"
That's Just it, you see. One must
have a good listener, Nov, what ! ad-
mire myself for more than anything
elss is, I'm good listeaAer. 1canridt
all the way from our station into towr
listening to yopas / aln doing now
and hardly open ny mouth TO cay 9
word. Why? Because ! know a COOS
Vdficer Whon near 0He.
''BUt ySu 3gn't-" RI
''0h, yes, do. IAHdesstaHd every,
tlhSng yon cay cn the t155ect, but, o.
eeuFee, can't .epesa, NJ ideas up N
s0eh hasBags as you use. You are g
BatuFal talhss. 4 R nst You open
your naoUth and woFaS-FRs ,oat cfsal
as brock, and ! can't help but listen
Ahl here we are at the terninus. See
yoH to-mOFFow noEumg. .D-London
Tit-Bits.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03

A man living in a tenement in Bat
tersea, London, told the children of
the neighborhood that the penny-in-
the-slot gas meter was a new and re-
splendent bright red money box, spe-
cially designed to accommodate the
savings Of economical youngsters.
On this assumption they cheerfully
dropped their copper savings into the
slot, and the ingenious decayer
burned the gas which cost him moth
ing. When the collector oaaps and
cleared away all The pennies, Ae eha-
grin Of the ehildrsn w INTENSE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
chInan,an Has Joke ON Americans

ChInansan Has Joke on Americans.
"In the town of Zamboanga, in the
Island of Mindanoa," said fRepre-
sentative Mercer. who has just re-
turned from the Philippines, all
Americans are called John by the
natives-men, women and children
alike. You know in the United
States the almost invariable custom
Is to call Cinnamon John and they
do not relish it at all, as they have
their names like any other national
ity. A Ohinaman who had some ex-
perience With the custom referred
to lived in Zamboanga, and when he
heard the Americans were coming he
hustled around to all the inhabitants
OF the village and informed them
that there was nothing which the
Americans regarded as a greater
compliment than being called john
Consequently, wherever an American
goes in that village the natives bow
and scrape and salute him as John
Then theS look pleased, and their
manner indicates that few copper
cOins would be aPpreciattvely re
ceived. and theF cannot understand
u1l,y the AmeClcona do not responf ?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
illinois CeutTal R R.

nflRh Illinois Central Excursion
~OeSF go Cuba wiz leave Chicago,
Si Lcui- Gu ;inuati and Louisville
JanuaYy 80, 1892, reaching same
points Oh the return February IL.
"A delightful voyage across the Gulf
pf Mexico, sixty-days' stay on the
Island of Cnba, including visit to
Havana, EaSSnz4s! the Valley of
Romuri the Caves of Bella Mar and
bther interesting points under the es-
tort Of the American Tourist Asso-
lialion. Rate from the points men
(o3ed will be Si5500 for the round
tih. which amount will include all
%ltnses everywhere. Itineraries,
Av0g fall particulars, Of your local
nalH.a|.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03

ps By a special aWangemeI
can get the KENTUcKIAN a
Twice a-Week Courier. Journa
cue year for only $3.50. This
cash subscriptions only a
scriptions under this conn
sfIer must be sent through tn
uekian Office.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
"Reminiscences
And Portraits of

''Petroliurn v. Nasty" "Josh Billings" "Mark
Twain" John 6. SAKE, Mrs. Partington," /"
miles O'Reiiiy," "Hans Breitman," "Artemus
Ward, . "Orpheus c. Keer," "Biu Nye," Frank
r. Stockton, Donald G. Mitchell, H. c. Bunner,
'.Sam Slick Eugene Field, Richard Grant
White, Capt. George n Derby t''JOhn PhOenixn , ,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mortimer Thompson
20. X. Phlander Doesticks, p. BIZ, Bret
Harte.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03

A Nav Jersey girl is e1gaRca b ht
7tapried 70 her greA6fathee, bat ths
ngo. necora -lIsr D expresses th,
sti 10 ~ sqe
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03

According 20 the London correspond
ent of the New York Tribune,
moters of the London s. Irighton' an'
tric railway make the ennous To selt
that they viii convey rfsr abooi
"a miles in 80 minutes.
length OF their tunRel
Il $ proposed that LufnbaQu
sunnels, with . totd =
miles. The schemes ts io4p 81
an integesting bat beesls - 90
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03

FII Particulars SpneoFniPg 6, oT ing
abo Z can be had of agents Of the
Illibis Central, or by addressing the
neatst Of the undersigned Iepresen-
tati hs Of the Central
VIM. MURRAY, D. P. A,
New Orleans.
j. Al ScoTT, D. P. A., Memphis
w. A. KELLoND, A. G. P. A.,
Louisville,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-01-03
THE GENTRY
MAGAZINE =
WI make of 1902 a year of
HUMOR
Contributors
IA the Year Of Humor.

y To the Year of Humor.
mark TW3in," r. p. Duane r'Nr. DOoley''l
joel Chandltr Harris ("Uncle Remus") Edward
". Townsond t''Chinnic Faddea'l, George AIDE
Ruth hcEnery Stewart, Japes Whitc9uah = ley
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Gelett Burecss, Frane
r. Stockton, Tudor Jenks. EIlie Pafker Butler,
Cardyn Wells, Harry S. Edwards Chester
Bailey Fernzrd, Charles Battell LooEiis. Oliver
Herford. Elliot Flower, Albert BiEeloW Paine,
Beatrice Herford.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-04-18
SUI MONS.

In the Second Judicial District Court of the
state OF Nevada, in and for Churchill County.
The State of Nevada sends to Hinton G.. Lee
Greeting:
0OU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED TO
appear in an action commenced against
YOU as defendant by l. H. Kent as plaintiff in
he Second Judicial District Court of the State
OF Nevada, in and for the County Of Churchill,
and answer the complaint therein within
mons, exclusive of day of s~ervice,) If served
in said County, or twenty days If served out Of
said County, but Within said District, and in
all other cases forty days; or judgment by de
fault will be taken against you according to the
prayer OF said complaint. This action Is
brought to recover of and from you the sum of
1910. is for goods, wares and merchandise sold
and delivered to you by said ~plaintif, at your
special Instance and request, of the reasonable
ralue of said sum of S6l0.lS, all With four
years last past, and within the said County of
Churchill.
All Of which will more fully appear from the
Complaint, which is on file in the office of tho
Clerk OF said Court, at Saltwater in said Coun-
ty. and to which you are especially referred.
And you are further notified that If you fail to
appear and answer said Complaint, the said
plaintiff will take Judgment for said amount
besides interest and costs of suit.
In testimony wher of, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal Of said
Court, at saltwater, this 9Th day OF
January, A. D., 1902.
j. W. RICHARDS,
Clerk of the Second Judicial District Court Of
the State Of Nevada, in and for Churchill County
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-04-18
Round Trip Homeseekers' Rates.

To accommodate those who have
never seer California, and who may
wish to look over the ground before
finally deciding to move West, the
Southern Pacific, through its Passen-
ger Traffic Manager, Mr.. E. 0 Nc
Cormick, has applied to the Trans
Continental Passenger Association for
permission to put in a very low second
class round-tr trip rate to California,
similar to the homeseekers rates which
were made last year and which brought
thousands Of settlers to the State.
Tickets will be On sale at the low rates
twice a month, first and third Tuesdays
during March, April and May. The
Southern Pacific is deserving OF much
credit for this action which cannot tall
to be beneficial to California and New
ada.