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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26
A BOoKLOvER'S MISTAKE.
Why he Was Compelled to Marry His
Housekeeper

Why he Was Compelled to Marry His
Housekeeper.
NJ. A. Brisson tells delightful an
ecdote in one of his series of spirited
articles which appear under the head
ing of "Promenades ct Visites." A
certain well-known Frenchman, an
octogenarian, spent most Of his time
in his younger days hunting up val
liable books among the secondhand
bookshops in the neighborhood Of the
Place st. Michel and the Place Dau-
phine. He rarely came across a
find" but his feryor never abated.
He was a bachelor, and for a house
keeper had an extremely plain wom-
an, who, however, had caught from
her master the taste for old books,
and occasionally came home with an
armful when she had been market
ing.
One day the housekeeper ap-
peared with parcel of books wrapped
in paper, and asked her master to
look at them. Among the rubbish
was a small volume bound in red mo-
rocco.
"What have you paid for this?" the
master gasped, after looking at the
title page,
Thirty sous for the lot" the SER
want replied.
'But, my good woman, this book
alone is worth 10000 francsp the
bibliomaniac went on, and the mo-
ment after regretted the unwise
speech. The woman pricked up her
ears and in vain did the master try
to recall his remark. Cpl give you
100 francs for it," he said.
"But monsieur said just now it was
worth 10000"
EI'll give you 500."
"No, no."
"SeVen hundred and fifty"
But it was no use, and, to make a
long story short, the master married
the bonnie in order to obtain the first
edition of "Heptameron" 1559). By
this time, says M. Brisson, the wife
has gone to a better world, but the
comtesse and the portrait of Marquee
rite in the little red morocco volume
remain with him.-Paris Messenger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26
and FeaPS

Co together with many women who are
approaching the first experience of ma
ternity. The husband finds it hard per-
haps to understand the changing moods
of his wife. Indeed she cannot under
stand herself She only knows that she
is nervous, restless and anxious. A
great change has come over her which
She cannot understand or explain.
Women do not always reflect that at
this crisis they are living for two in
stead of one; that they need health for
two and strength for two. The need for
increased health and strength by the
prospective mother is perfectly met and
satisfied by DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. It tranquilizes the nerves,
promotes the appetite and gives refresh
ing sleep. 1t makes the baby's adj
vent practically painless, and gives the
mother strength to give her child.
vIhave before written you of the great bene-
fit both myself and family have received from
your most excellent medicine" SAYS Mrs. P. S.
Peterson, of Welcome, Wis. "I have since
tested its wonderful powers in the case of the
coming of my fifth child, Tool; two bottles OF
Favorite Prescription ana two of Golden
Medical Discovery the first two months and
three of Favorite Prescription the last two
months It saved me so much terrible suffer
ing that consider it a heavenly blessing"
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong and sick
women well. Accept no substitute for
the medicine which works wonders for
weak women.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
the bowels and stimulate the sluggish
liver.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26
Holiday Excursion Rates.

For the Christmas and New Year
Holidays the Illinois Central will
sell round trip tickets to all points
on their Southern Lines, to all
points on st. Louis Division be.
tween st. Louis and Paducah,
Cairo and Ashley inclusive, and to
all points on the Y. & NJ. V. r. r.,
at rate of one and one third fare.
Tickets will be sold on Dec. %, "a,
Is, 30 and 81, and Jan. 1, limited to
Jan. 3rd, for return.
e. M. SHERWOOD, Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26
KEN TUCKIAN,
Hopkinsvjlle, KY
Commissioner 5 Sale.
Christian Circuit Court, Kentucky
c. e. Sempkius,
Halle Sempkins, &c.

c. e. Sempkins,
Halle Sempkins, &c.
By virtue Of a judgment and or
der of sale of the Christian Circuit
Court, rendered at the September
term thereof, 1902. in the above
cause | shall proceed to offer for
sale at the court house door in Hon
klnsville. Ky, to the highest bidder.
at public auction, on Monday, the
5th day OF Jan 1903. at IL O'clock
a. m. or thereabout (being county
court day. upon a credit of six
months the following described
property, to-wit:
A certain lot of ground and i'm
provements, situated on the east
side of Liberty street, in HOPKINS.
vile, Christian county, XIV. and
bounded as follows: Beginning al
stake on the east edge Of Liberty
street, J. h. Quarles' S. w. corner.
thence with his line in an easteri,
direction 134 feet to a stake: theme,
IN a southerly direction passino
through the center of a well 70 feet
I inches to stake in Miss r. A
Sites line; thence with her line in
a westerly direction 134 feet to the
east edge of Liberty street; thence
with the east edge of Liberty street
in a northerly direction 48 feet q
inches to the beginning, and beinp
part Of lot No Of Sites add.
ton to the city, or sufficient Thereof
to produce the sums OF money order
ed to be made, amounting to S91I. AZ.
For the purchase price, the pur.
chaser must execute bond with an
proved surety or securities, bear
ing legal interest from the dav Of
sale until paid, and having the
force and effect of replevrn bond
Bidders will be prepared to com
ply promptly with these terms.
FRANK RIvEs,
Master Commissioner.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26
Manager Wanted!

We desire to employ a trust
worthy lady or gentleman t. manage
our business in this county and al.
j1iuing territory. Our house is we'll
and favorably known,
$40 straight cash salary and all
expenses paid each week by check
direct from headquarters. Expense
money advanced; previous experience
unnecessary. Address
THos. J, COOPER, Mgr,
lO4O Caxton Building, Chicago, Ill.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26
They Work While You Sleep.

While your mind and bodyrest Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic repair your
digestion, your liver, your bowels,
put them in perfect order. Genuine
tablets stamped c. c. c. Never sold
in bulk. All druggists, Ioc,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26

RhOm IT may C"1Ccfn mat on DS-
cember the l6tn. 1902, The Mayo
and Board OF Couucll Of the city o.
Hopklnsvle, adopted, passed an.
approved an ordlu0nce which is "a
words and figures as follows, I,
wit:
ORDINANCE.
Whereas. 10 Is deemed desira },
that certain territory lying on IN,
south side Of Hopkiusvilte. Ky be
tween the Palmyra road and thu
Cox Mill road be annexed to anC
included 90 the corpu dle units o
the city ol HOukue.inv.
1t is therefore ordained by The
Board of Couucli oi the clty OF Hop
klnsyille.
LIST. Tha, upon ITS own motion
certain territory iying south Ut tbs
corporate limits ot the city OF Hop
kinsvile, between ,he Palmyra
road and the cox Mill road, consist
ing OF ABOUT SIX (6) acres. and
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning in the center OF the Cox
Mill road opposite the corner post
between the lands Of NJ. +. Creu-
shaw aud j. l.. Trice; thence with
said line $ Is e Il poles and IA
links; thence 5. 124 w Is poles
and II links win said Erice's line,
to the corner between said Creu-
shaw and L. d. Moore; thence S
rs E 65A poles 90 Virginia streer
where the corporate line now
crosses said street; thence n. 50
w. SO poles with he city line 10 The
beginning, be annexed to, and IN
cluded in the corporate limits Of the
city of HopkiusvIle.
2nd. The Clerk Of the Board OF
Council is hereby ordered and di-
rected in publishing and advertls-
ing this ordinance 10 give notice
that proceedings VIii be instituted
10 the name Of and ou behalf of the
city.uf Hopk nsville n the Christian
Circuit Court for the purpose of an
nexiug the territory described in
the next preceding sect on 10 and in
GLIDING same within the corporate
limits OF the city ot HopkIusyiI!e.
Adopted Dec 10th, 1902
CHAs. 5. JACKSON. Clerk.
Approved Dec 10Th. 1902
JoUETT HENRY, Mayor.
NOTICE.
In pursuance OF the foregoing Of
diuauce. Notice, to all whom il
may concern, is hereby given that
within thirty (50) days alter the
adoption, publication and advertise
meut OF said ordinance aud this
notice a petition wlli be flied IN the
Christian C.rcu., Court m the uame
and on behalf OF the city OF Hop
kinsvllle The object of which wlli
be 10 annex the territory described
10 the above ordinance To, and ~
clude same N'hn the corporate
limits of the city OF Hopkiusville.
ard in said petition there viii be
set out tic rasSagr. publication
and advertisement of SAID ordi-
nance, th- ouI-c and purpose
thereof. 'uec'hy' Arh the me'es anc
bounds CT '6r Territory " hIth u
proposed go ur annexed 20 the city
Of Hopkr-vH.,: aud said petition
will contain prayer asking for
judgment of the court authorizing
said Board Of Council to annex sale
territory aforesaid.
This December 10th, 1902.
CHAs. S. JACKSON,
Clerk of the Board of Council OF
the CITY of Hopkiusville, Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby gwen To al
whom 1t may c3Gcr,n thai Ca De
cember the l6th, 1902, The Mayo
and Board OF Couucil Of the city o.
Hopklnsvile. adprted, passed an
approved an ordiuance which is a.
words and figures as follows, I,
wit.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26
Tobacco Seed
For Sale!

Clardy Tobacco, the most
popular shipping tobacco
raised in the GAINESVILLE
district. On 80 acres last
year r, +. Rives averaged
1900 pounds, On 45 acres
R. H. Rives averaged 1850
pounds. Five plants made
4 pounds, 3 ounces net to-
bacco. Has more spread
and length of leaf than any
other tobacco grown. Seed
40c an ounce, 3 ounces ST..
Sent by mail postpaid. Cor.
respond if larger quantities
or wholesale lots are want
ed. Address
KEN TTTTKJAN
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26
DON'T T e? E9!'. : +, : 8 sR z :

You can be cured of any form of tobacco using
new life and viFcr by taking MD-TO-RAE,
that makes weak men strong Many gain
ten pounds in ten days. over SOC, 600
cured. All druggists. Cure guaranteed. Book
let and advice FREE Address STERLING
REMEDY co. Chicago or New York. 45
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-26

We VIII sell at public auction, on
Thursday, Jan. 8, 1908, at the late
home Of S. H. Claggett, deceased,
all Of the personal property of the
deceased, consisting of IS head of
fine work mules and horses, lot OF
Shorthorn cattle, stock hogs, bind
ers, mowers, drills, hay Kicker,
disc harrows, 500 wheat sacks, etc. 4,
IS tons baled clover and timothy
hay, IS or 80 bbls. corn, 1917 bush
els clover seed, household and
kitchen furniture, and all else
necessary to operate a good farm.
Sale to begin at $50 o'clock a.
m.
TERMS Sums under $40 cash,
over $40 six months notes without
intertes.
Dr. J. e. Gray, Of Bowling Green,
8eytie ger.
'Aunn' = AND I'D. CLAGcETT,
~4se 4o70aea@ !
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-19
His Qualifications.

He was pleading his cause earnestly.
Il am wealthy" he said, land could
make ample provision for you" Sh,
nodded and checked one point off on
her fingers. Il have had experience
with the world" he continued. She
checked off another point. 81 have
passed the frivolous point" he went
on, land have the steadfastness. the
age and the wisdom to guard and
guide you we'll"
He paused for an answer.
THE points you make are strong
ones" she said, 'but they lead indeyia-
tingly to the conclusion that you would
make an excellent father for me. You
have all the necessary qualifications
but just now l am looking for q hus-
hand"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-19

A professor Of biology has published
his predictions concerning the future
of mankind. He makes some strange
| forecasts as to the characteristics or
the race in the distant future. Strange
men, far different from those now l1V-
| ing, will walk the earth in centuries
to come" he says. "They will be
race of brainy, four-toed giants" The
| brain Of course, will be the dominant
organ, and the body will be much larg-
er than that Of the present man. This
future man will not suffer from appen-
dicitis, as the useless appendix VIII
have disappeared, as will also the little
toe of each foot and the floating ribs.
The chest and the upper and lower
limbs will be large as compared with
those of to-day. All the diseases which
arise from the development Of microbes
will have been banished, and the first
signs of old age will not show them
selves until the one hundredth year.
The blonde hair of the future will be
exclusively peroxide, as the extreme
types of light and dark people will
have merged into a uniform medium
type. Thus there will be no race prob
lem to worry any section hereafter.
There will be no tremendous dentists
bills, because mans teeth will not de-
cay, and no need of disappointing and
perfdious hair restOratives, because
there will be no badness. There will
be no surplus women, because it will
be practicable to predetermine sex, and
the supply will harmonic with the de-
mand. The future memory will be dis
eliminating. All the useless details
which 1t Is necessary to learn in order
to master a few important things will
be discarded and forgotten, while eS-
sential facts will remain as though
craven on enduring bronze. Evidently
the learned professor has not read
The First Man in the Moon" serial
story which ran recently In one Of the
magazines According to this ingenious
tale the inhabitants of Mars. through
the operation Of the law Of the survival
OF the fittest, had little left but brains.
Their lOcomotion was accomplished by
means Of machinery more adaptable
and inconceivably more rapid than legs.
However, the time Is so far distant
when all these transformations are to
take place that the average man Jeed
not worry respecting the legs or appur-
tenances of his immediate offspring
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-19

AS she is domesticated, protected, well
fed. she becomes not the more like her
mistress, but the more herself. Her
personal preference is law. At given
minute she does not wish to be fon-
died, and repays a caress with
scratch. She chooses her own time TO
be affectionate Her habits and choices
are persistent. Let her be punished
forty times for sharpening her claws
on the carpet, and she will continue to
do so. This is not because she does
not know what the punishment means,
but because she does not care. Like
Falstaff, she has 1.-The disease OF not
listening, the malady of not marking.
Such stoical persistence, such untouch-
ed originality of impulse, such splen-
did characteristics Of the primeval Jun
gle, unmarried by centuries of so-called
'petting," are surely impressive. 10
the woman who has patience, and VINO
is not so anxious as man might be TO
mold qualities to her own image, the
cat will prove a more and more fasci-
mating companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-19
An Airy Invention.

Yes, I've got fine new scheme. It's
a life-saving net for aeronauts. You
spread it on light steel rods and hang
it to the bottom of the car of the bal
loon. Then when the aeronaut topples
out or the balloon blows up he falls
into the net and Is saved"
But suppose they both fall?"
''Who? The man and the net? They
can't fall. The net is fastened to the
car by tested steel chains"
''But supposing the balloon falls?"
1.-The balloon can't fall either-ths
net Is In the way."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-19

ago he was member Of the section
gang on the Santa Fe Railroad, earn
ing only 60 cents a day with his spade.
lie was considered by the foreman one
of the best hands in the gang, and en-
tirely trustworthy, though he was by
no means favorite with the other
hands, because he took care of HE
earnings and engaged in no pastimes
of questionable propriety. In the sec
ton house at night, and when prevent
ed by the weather from work on the
roadbed, he spent his leisure in study
and reading, and was utilized by the
unambitious laborers as a kind of bu-
reau of useful information He was
also a sort of supreme court, to whom
all questions debated by the section
gang was appealed. BY his reading
and study he fitted himself for col
lege course.
He worked for the Santa Fe between
Galveston and Brennan for about one
year, during which time the foreman
had never charged him for one hours
lost time. Another thing said of him
Is that he never lost or broke an nipple
ment of any kind, and his spade was
not only always In place, but as bright
as dollar and as sharp as it is neces-
sary for spade to be- At the end of
the years service for the Santa Fee he
had saved enough to pay his expenses
for one year in Baylor University,
which he entered. After graduating
at Baylor, Professor Brooks was a
member of the faculty until two years
ago, when he entered Harvard to take
postgraduate course. Professor
Brooks now ranks easily among the
ripest scholars in America, Is a fine
speaker, and has won distinction as a
lecturer. He speaks very rapidly.
enunciates very distinctly, and gestic.
ulates with grace and force.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-19

him at the time was w. II. j. Reaney,
chaplain of the United States navy and
who was with Dewey at Manila. Chap
lain Reaney says there is no doubt in
his mind Of the apparition.
Rev. Father Tapson, a Catholic priest
Of st. Lucia, expresses his belief, after
an investigation, in the apparition, and
adds:
''There are 300 persons who saw the
vision, and surely that number could
not have been mistaken. You will also
note that not one soul of all this de-
voted congregation was as much as
harmed, while death and destruction
swept the mountain sides above and
around them and the populous city at
their feet"
Morne Rouge was a suburb of st.
Pierre and was situated on the side of
Mount Pelee between the city and the
volcanic summit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-19

There was objection to this, and he
threatened to resign. He was finally
given a command and served with dis
tinction during the trying times, late in
the war, when he was compelled to
sleep on the ground because he could
not buy tent, when the credit or the
country was exhausted and the affairs
Of the colonists were in distressing con-
dition. He served in the South in 1879
so, and achieved some distinction In
the field, in spite of the starved and
poorly equipped condition of his forces.
He was appointed to command In Vir-
ginia, and remained there most of the
time until June. 1871.
At the close of the war an effort was
made to have Baron Steuben reim'
bursed for his expenditures and paid
for his services to the nation. General
Washington warmly urged this, and
his last letter, before retiring from
public life, was written to Steuben, and
contained the warmest expressions OF
appreciation Of the baron's services to
the country Steuben resigned from
the army in March, 1874, and a month
later was presented by Congress with
a gold-hilted sword and vote OF
thanks. Then it required seven years
active effort for the baron to secure
settlement for his services, and then
only after it had been plainly shown
that he had been reduced to the ex-
tremity of either starving here or beg
ging In Europe. The compensation,
when it was finally made, was so mis-
erly in amount that the debts of Steu-
ben had absorbed all he received, and
the man who had done so much to
make the victory of the American
forces possible was compelled to retire
to little farm given him by the State
Of New York and which was located
in what is now the town of Steuben,
about twenty-five miles north of Utica.
Here he built a log house Of five
rooms, and lived, almost in poverty,
until his death in December, 1884.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-19

him to his bed, by the flames leapls
across the room and tapping at the mat
tress, he made his way to the bars Wh5
held him captive and beat his MDt
against the screening until he fell ni .
suffocated.
The man who persisted in this Um
BILE manner was one of the most inR
esting characters in Chicago. The liz Fl
Of Blind Billy" as he was called, UM
been a tumultuous one. He came from
the old Kent family. From youth DIV
companiOnShip was with politicians
the ward type, policemen and de(e.
tives, and characters about popua
bars. He had a ready gift of speeol
good memory, and a fondness for par
fiamentary law. He was kindly to tN
poor, helpful to his constituents Of h
underestimate class.
With these qualities was an untoF
tunate appetite for liquor, an abusive
tongue and considerable phySia
strength. Long before he went to 1
Legislature he made men fear him By
the power of his tongue and his will
ingness to fight if his word was dispnt
ed. He studied civil engineering SOM
and dabbled in real estate, but his re-
business was practical politics. Vi
won victory after victory against ~
strongest kind of opposition. He ser
ed two terms In the Legislature eat
In the COS, making for himself a naa
there for being practical" in all he %,
dertook.
In 1892, while in Chicago, he engasa
in a saloon brawl, during which 8
drunken man shot out both his eyes
For a long time it was supposed nj
would die, but he recovered and re
turned to the Legislature signifies
When his term was ended he announN
ed that he would run for the City Coun
Gil, and did so, gaining his seat quit
easily.
After his blindness came he was al
ways led about by boy or young naH
the last one being civil service mes
senger, whom he paid $500 a year fol
caring for him. Although blind, he was
willing to fight anywhere, but his ID
trinity probably saved him his life s
number of times. He knew the heads
of every big corporation In the TiTt
and his figure was familiar to NJ
man, woman and child in his warNHl
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-19

At a recent pedestrian contest a veg
etarian won in the international match
from Berlin to Dresden. The distance
Is 125 miles. The winner walked it in
a little more than twenty-seyen hours.
His competitor, meat eater, fell be-
hind an hour and forty-fiye minutes.
The vegetarian has also beaten the ia
nous race of the Greek from Mara
thOn to Athens, who covered 40 miles
In twenty-seven hours. While proof Is
still lacking that an exclusive yege-
tartan diet is the best muscle-maker,
data are accommodating which show
that meat is not Indispensable and that
health may be promoted by diminish
ing It's consumption. The Greeks, who
were in their golden age the most
graceful as well as the most stalwart
athletes, ate little meat. While the
price of beef continues high Americans
can better afford to experiment with a
vegetable diet as muscle-maker.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-19

Chestnut streets are of extraordinary
interest. In 1890 Philadelphia offered
Congress the use Of the building until
the Capitol was permanently estab-
lished and the name of Congress Hall,
then applied to it, has remained ever
since. It-Was here that Washington
was inaugurated in 1893 and John
Adams in 1907, and other important
events took place within the building
in the ten years that the government
used it as a Capitol. The hall is a
modest little structure of red brick-7O
feet long, 80 feet wide and 30 feet
high. The floor has fallen in and pill
lars, plaster and gallery ratings are
lying In the cellar