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Evening star., 1902-03-08
PALMS IN VOGUE.
Now Among the Favorite Decorations
Of Fashionable Houses.

From the New York Sun.
Palms are today among the most fash
ionable household decorations. Their pop
ularity represents the growth chiefly of the
last ten years. Thousands Of palms are
purchased outright in this part of the
country every year at an enormous outlay
Of money, and thousands Of dollars are
spent in hiring palms and in having them
carefully looked after. Except on special
occasions Towering plants are not much
seen in the houses Of the well-to-do, their
place having been taken by the palm.
AS rule, the first thing to greet the eye
on entering the hall, the drawing room, the
dining room Of a fashionable house, is a
palm, and the boudoir, sleeping rooms and
nursery even are apt to contain each one
or more handsome palms. A main reason,
some people think, for the vogue of the
palm is that 1t Is perhaps the most expen-
sive of the family Of decorative foliage
plants, and has aristocratic uncertainty of
constitution which makes the purchase of
one take on the alluring phase of a specu-
lation. Palms like some people," said a
dealer, have very uncertain dispositions"
Another reason given for it's prestige is
that nowhere in this country can the for
eign varieties be raised out OF doors. and
the largest and handsomest specimens must
be imported from Madagascar, Asia, At
rica and Australia. thus insuring to their
owners the distinction of having some
thing out Of the common. Many varieties,
though, are now propagated very success
fully In this country under glass, and there
are florists who do nothing else. When the
baby plant is about foot high. 1t seems,
these dealers turn it over to Others who
make a speciality of coaxing 1t on to stur-
dier growth and getting 1T ready for the re-
tail dealers. In one extensive palm nursery
for example, as many as one million infant
palms have been seen under glass al one
time, every one of which, surviving the
perils of a first year, is sure Of good mar
kof
Evening star., 1902-03-08
How Shrimps Are Sold.

From the New Dreams Times Democrat
did you know that there is no definite
way OF measuring shrimps?' asked a man
who deals extensively in this popular artt-
Gle OF food at the old French market. EFT
is fact that shrimps are bought and sold
in this market largely by guess, just as
they are served in q restaurant in smaller
quantities. I suppose there are several
dozen shrimps In an ordinary order. but II
you should ask the waiter who serves
them. or the man who runs the restaurant.
he could not tell you how many shrimps
they would give you for quarter which
Is the price Of single order. They be-
come expert, and I dare say the quantity
does not vary q great dear In the bulk and
weight. But shrimps vary in size, and
while man may get a dozen and q half
at one time. he will get more than two
dozen at the next. This is the way the
business runs.
Down here at the market, where We
buy them by the wagonload in season, we
have no way of measuring them. Men who
make business Of gathering shrimps SIM
ply bring them into the market and We
buy them in the bulk. They have their
regular customers here in the market We
never ask how many buckets or how many
pounds or how many gross Of shrimps they
have. It ts simply question Of giving SO
much for the lot. There Is rarely any dis
pute between the buyer and the seller.
You see. they are caught In such great
quantities. and 1t IL q matter Of 30 much
ease to catch them. that there is really no
need OF anything like an exact measure in
the shrimp business, and I guess this is
why we have never measured them"
Evening star., 1902-03-08
Pro-Boer Literature.
From the London Spectator.


The Boer Relief Association, a German
society which prOcaims it's non-political
character. has published with an appeal
for subscriptions a choice anthology OF
anglophobe sentiments from the utterances
of the late Prince Bismarck Among
these are the amiable prophecy that
South Africa will one day be the
grave Of the British empire: England
will bleed to death there:' an extreme
ly unf1attering portrait OF Mr.. Chamber
lain, and a long comparison between the
average Englshman-sensble, respectable
and trustworthy-and English policy, which
was marked by an incredible measure OF
as brutal violent and unscrupulous in deal
ing with weaker foreign races but at least
she has made no pretense to superior vir-
tue. Finally the compiler Of this singular
testament Of hate describes a conversa-
ton between Bismarck and DR.. Leyds in
1896. In which the ex-chancellor denounced
England, expressed his sympathy with the
Beers and urged them to arm for the COM
ing conflict II 1t were not that these ap-
peals were made to willing ears one could
afford to laugh at the fact of their publi-
cation by society which declares itself
void Of political color. The truth is that
hatred Of England Is becoming automatic
In Germany-something outside party poll
tics-just as all parties in the house of
commons are united over the MULTIPLICATION
table.
Evening star., 1902-03-08
Rulers Of Ripe Age.
From the Westminster Gazette.

Many royal personages will attain vener-
able ages If they live to reach their birth
days in the course of 1902 Among reigning
sovereigns, the pope. Of course, heads the
list. He will be ninety-two on March 2
Next comes the Grand Duke Of Luxembourg,
who will be eighty-ave in July, followed
closely by the King Of Denmark who will
be eighty-four in April; the Grand Duke Of
Saxe-Weimar, who will be efghtyfour in
June and the Grand Duke of MecklenburG-
Strelitz who will be eighty-three in Octo-
ber This makes five octogenarians out of a
total of forty rulers enumerated in the
Almanach de Gotha. The septuagenarians
are seven in number, and include the King
of Saxony, the King Of Sweden and Nor
way and the Emperor Of Austria, who is
the youngest of them, and will be seventy
one In August Other venerable members
of royal families include the Duke of Cam
bridge, who will be eighty-three in March: :
his sister, the Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
burg -Strelitz, who will be eighty in July:
the Queen Dowager of Hanover who will
be eighty-four in April; the Princess Ma
thilde, daughter of Jerome Bonaparte who
will be eighty in May and oldest Of all.
the Duchess Of Anhalt-Bernburg, who is
the eldest sister of the King of Denmark
and will be ninety-one in October.
Evening star., 1902-03-08
EARTHQUAKES AND CAUSES.
Suggestions Which May Lead to Fruit
full Investigations.


From the San Francisco Chronicle
One Of the most disastrous earthquakes
Of recent times is that reported from Rus
sian Transcaucasia. The town of Shamaka
has been practically destroyed, only a
dozen houses being left standing, while a
population Of 25OOO has been rendered
homeless. The number Of fatalities is as
yet unknown. Perhaps it never will be
correctly determined, for the fissured earth
swallowed up some Of the victims. and
others are buried In ruins where they may
never be disturbed. Over 300 bodies had
been recovered at the latest accounts
To the student Of seismic phenomena the
interesting and suggestive feature In the
Shamaka earthquake Is that it has occurred
In the neighborhood of the Baku oil district
the most productive field in the world. not
excepting that Of Beaumont, In Texas 1t
is furthermore, section OF the world
which has hitherto been exempt from these
phenomena. The scientific inquirer will
naturally search for cause, for cause and
erect go together in the scientific analysis
reservoir tapped by the oil wells of Baku,
on the shores Of the Caspian sea, located
under the site of Shamaka, and has the
tremendous drain of mineral oil from the
shrinkage In the earth's crust in that neigh
borhood? The inquiry is not far-fetched.
1t is usually assumed that water takes the
place OF the oil withdrawn from the meas
ures. filling the vacuum created by the lat
ter's withdrawal, but II the water being
more tenuous, should find an Independent
vent elsewhere. the vacuum created by the
draining Of the mineral oil would remain,
and shrinkage Of the unsupported crust
OF the earth would naturally follow sooner
or later.
1t has been suggested that the tapping Of
the oil measures In the southern part Of
TINS state has relieved the mineral oll-bear-
Ing formations from the pressure Of the gas
created In them, and the possible subter-
ranean gas explosions produced by exces
sive pressure. and thus removed one of the
supposed causes Of earthquakes in that sec
tion. There may be nothing in the theory
but it has been observed that the Los An,
geles district has been notably exempt from
seismic disturbances since the oil measures
were tapped and vent given to the gases
generated in them. Likewise, the theory
that the Shamaka earthquake was due to
the drain on the petroleum reservoirs in the
Caucasus by the Baku wells may be en-
tirely at fault But the two phenomena
seem to invite the attention Of the scientist.
and open new field for the study of sells
mic disturbances
Evening star., 1902-03-08
When Richard III Was Crowned.
IN the London Chrontcl'

From the London Chronicle.
While mems minds as well as women's
are turned on coronation robes and kindred
splendors. 1t Is Interesting to compare the
old with the new fashions. The descrip-
ton of the costume worn by Richard III at
his crowning and ordered by himself was
according to a list. stnl extant. composed Of
"a doublet made of two yards and a quar-
ter and half Of blue clothe of gold,
wrought with netts and pyne apples with
a stomacher Of the same, lined oon ell Of
Holland clothe.' and oon ell of busk, in
stede Of green eiothe> of gold, and longe
gown for to ride In. made Of eight yerds Of
p'pul velvet fuLed with tymbres and a
half and thirteen bakks Of ermyn, and four
tymbres seventeen coombes Of ermyns pow
dered with $500 powderings made Of boggy
shanks, and a payfe Of short spurs with
gilt" To give the exact meaning OF the
old wording would make pretty task for
scholars the day before King Edward VIPs
amounting. But the 'Ionge gown for the
cycle in is an obvious hint for today.
Evening star., 1902-03-08
Our Flexible Language.

From the Chicago News.
The Frenchman came to the advertise
ment window.
Monsieur would advertees for one youth
for re office" he said with difficulty.
What kind OF q youth does he wish?'
asked the clerk.
"One fast youth"
"A fast YOUTH Does he mean one that
drinks and CANDLES and"
Mono! I think It must be ze nighty
youth"
"Flighty? Does he want one that IL a
little of In the head?"
mo; cit Is a quick youth monsieur wants
What q strange language!"
Evening star., 1902-03-08


II used, however to he proudest OF the
cures created with pretty skins that were
bit out OF condition, roughencd with
acne, discoored from chaps long neglect
ed, or cobwebbed over with little wrinkles
for which there was no excuse. These. ono
and all, l treated with spray baths. l used
a series of ordinary atomiZers with tubes
OF varying sizes and bulks that would send
out the liquid IN jets, a stream, or sprays
OF varying force. The purest distilled
water was the substance OF the BATH
though sometimes | substituted oxygenized
ma tural water, which was expensive, but
most effective. When it was a case Of mild
eczema. a lukewarm CASTLE soap spray was
the thing. This was allowed to dry on the
skin and then sprayed off. The chapped
faces got warm, perfumed. oiled spray,
and SO fond We're my patients of this treat
ment that numbers of them came to me
twice day to have their faces washed,
never pretending to use wash cloth and
water themselves.
After washing tender skin that is rough
and irritated, sterilized linen or absorbent
cotton Is the proper thing to for dry
ing. Crash and Turkish towels are well
enough for the body when bathing but II
a woman wishes to preserve the fine velvet
surface of her cheeks she will resist indul-
gence In those widely recommended heroic
methods of scrubbing and brushing her
face, methods applicable only to walking
shoes and window glasses"
Evening star., 1902-03-08
Had Little Use for Street Cars,

From the Chicago Tribune.
During a residence of forty-siX years in
Chicago Frederick ID. Ehlen, pioneer
wheelwright. who died on Tuesday even
ing, patroniZed the street railroad COM
panies only half dozen times. That was
during the Worlds Fair, when the distance
from his North Side residence to jackson
Park made walking out OF the question.
1t was due to his habit of walking that he
finally contracted pneumonia, which caused
his death in his eighty-first year.
Evening star., 1902-03-08
The Secret.

Frank Dempster Sherman in Frank Leslie's
Magazine.
Softly the little wind goes by,
whisper-nothing more;
Some message from the azure sky
Brought down to iearth's green door.
Fragrant and fresh the wonder-word,
But what 1t means, who knoTs7
Only the butterfly, the bird
The leaf, the grass and rose.
Theirs the divine felicity
Tte gift Of wisdom rare
The melody, the mystery,
The secret OF the air.
Evening star., 1902-03-08
One Mans Theory.

From the Chicago News.
Hixon-"I wonder why some folks think
the moon has anything to do with making
people crazy?"
Dixon-"Probably the idea originated
with some man during his honeymoon"
Evening star., 1902-03-08
No Time Lost.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the chicago tribune.
Mrs. Seldom -Holme-"Do you know any
thing about these people that moved into
the house next door to you yesterday"
Mrs Jenner Lee Ondego-"I know all
about them. They haven't put any blinds
on their windows yet"
Evening star., 1902-03-08
The Spray Bath.

use washing the outsides of some cups ana
plattcrS, You know.
Evening star., 1902-03-08
An Absent Minded Minister.

Clergyman was badly afflicted with alb
sent-mindedness, despite the fact that his
wife watched him like a hawk One prank
OF his disordered brain finally proved his
undoing with his congregation. which had
hitherto been long suffering. He had fire.
quently to be told to remove his hat after
reaching the desk and one Sunday morning
he read among the announcements from
the pulpit his wifes laundry list.
He was somewhat more liberal In his
views than this congregation, but not wish
ing to create trouble, carefully suppressed
any overt act or expression which he
thought might be obnoxious to them, and
only indulged himself privately. But one
Sabbath morning he arose. after the hymn,
and announced in the usual dignified man
ner: You will flni my text In the first
chapter OF the frst book OF the Scriptures"
His hand went into the rear pocket Of his
Goat for the customary manuscript. In
stead he brought forth book and opened
1t. His whole face lighted up with q smile
OF pleasure, and he began reading aloud,
with great interest. His elder parishioners
sat aglast. while the younger members
broke into filters. 1t soon became evident
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26
DIDN'T BITE HIN.
John Turner Was struck With a
Pitchfork.

Mr. John H. White, the superin.
tendeut of Or. NJ. w. Williams
stock farm, who became involved in
a difficulty with John Turner, a
negro hostler, last week, has com
promised the matter with Turner.
The statement in the warrant sworn
out by Turner that Mr.. White had
bitten off his lip was without foun-
datlon, Turner began the trouble
by applying an insulting epithet to
Mr.. White, who picked up a pitch
fork and struck Turner with the
iron part Of it, cutting his lip. A
brief struggle followed in which the
negro was soon worsted. In order to
stop prosecution on both sides, the
matter has been dropped, Mr..
White paying the costs. Turner
has been discharged from his en-
ploy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26

There is more Catarrh q this
section of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced it a local dis
ease, and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced II
jncurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional dis
ease. and therefore requires con
stitutional treatment. Halls Ca
iarrh Cure, manufactured by F.. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to teaspoon
snl. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer Que hundred dollars for
any case il fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials Address
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
Sod by druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26
COOLEY KILLED.
Escaped FOOtpads to be Run Over
By Train.

h. w. Cooley, while standing near
the railroad track at Hanson, was
struck by an incoming freight train
and knocked some distance Friday
He was picked up and carried to
the hotel, where he died Saturday.
A few days before at Nortonville he
was held up by footpads, who rob-
bed him and then beat him with a
club. Cooley's home was at Kelly,
in this county, though he had been
at Henderson for some time.
He was a son of Milo Cooley and
was 40 years old. He leaves
family consisting of wife and four
children. The burial took place al
Kelly Sunday,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26
MRS. THOS, GREEN.
Death of an Estimable Lady Near
casky.

Mrs, lila Triplett Green, wife of
Mr.. Thomas Green, and daughter
of the Rev. w. L. Nourse, D. D.,
died of typhoid fever late Saturday
night, aged thirty-slx years, at her
home near Casky. Six children
survive her.
Funeral services were held Mon
day morning at the Ninth Street
Presbyterian church, conducted by
the pastors of the local churches.
The interment took place al
Hopewell cemetery.
Mrs. Green was a lifelong mem
Der of the Presbyterian church and
a lady of many estimable traits OF
character.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26
Couldn't Eat Meat or Solid Food.

An interesting case, showing the
effect of =. d. o. on indigestion is
reported by John Canada, 222 Put
nam street, Nashville. He says;
Il took Pre-Digested OIL according
to directions aud can say with
much delight that the medicine is
simply wonderful. 1t did me
more good than any Doctors medi-
cine ever did. And 1t is so pleas
ant to take. Before taking Pre-
Digested Oil was so troubled with
indigestion and all the different all
meuts that accompany it that ]
cOuldu t eat any meat or any solid
food scarcely. But now, thanks to
p. d. O, can eat almost anything
without feeling the least bit oil
pain.
Pre-Digested Oil (P. D. o. en-
tiers the stomach predigested and
then relieves that organ of the task
of digestlDg what it finds there.
One teaspoonful after each meal
will cure the most stubborn case oil
indigestion quickly.
Brown OIL Ointment cures all
sores, piles and skin diseases.
Both for sale by all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26
Physician and Druggist.

Ford & Sturgeon, a prominent
drug firm at Rocky Hill Station,
KY, writes: "We were requested
by DR.. G. B. Snigley to send for
Herbine for the benefit of our Gus
toners. We ordered three dozen
in December, and we are glad t.
say, Herbine have given such great
satisfaction that we have duplIca-
ten this order three times, and to-
day we gave your salesman anoth-
er order. We beg to say DR.. G. B..
Suigley takes pleasure In recon-
mending Herbine. " SOC bottle at
X. c. HardwIck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26

Editor H. A Sommers, of the Eliz-
abethtown News, was in the city
last week Mr.. Sommers is super
intendent of the Presbyterian Sun
day School in his town and was a
delegate to the Sunday School Con
vention, with two Of his young lady
teachers, Misses Katie Sweets and
Lucy Robertson. They were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Chas. VI.
Meacham.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26
Hoods TarSapGriLLG
whlch strengthens thewhole digestlve systen

Miss Mabel O'Rear, the fourteen
year-old daughter of Judge of the
Court of Appeals O'Rear, was
drowned in the Ohio river at Gin
cinuati, Friday night. Miss o.
Rear and Miss Annie Stewart and
Oscar Mortashead were out in the
river IN a canoe when the waves of
a steamboat upset the craft. Mort
tashead and Miss Stewart were
rescued by the steamboat crew,
but Miss O'Rear was carried away
and drowned
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26

The vote for Commonwealth at
torney in the 18th district stood;
{. =. Marshall, 1871; A. T. Ladd,
1884; p. J Beard, 1871; c. H. San.
ford, 2,612; J. w. Reason, 1860
The nomination went to Sanford,
although he received only 2,6l2
votes out of total of 1924. In
other words three-fourths of the
electors voted against the nominee,
thus showing one. of the absurdites
of primary election as a means q
arriving at the will of the peor in
a party founded on the principle Of
majority rule.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26

Gov. Beckham has given out a
letter in which he describes as ex-
cellent the conduct of the Louisville
battery that made a record for
craP-shootiug and lost one member
from drunkenness while in camp at
Mammoth Cave. This gives official
endorsement to gambling in at least
two departments of the State gov
ernment--the army and the elee.
mosynary institutions.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26
Went to Visit His Sister.

A. J. Cottingham went to Wash
ington, County, Ark, to see his
sister and while there was taken
with huX (dysentery) and was
very bad off. He decided to try
Chamberlain S Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and was so
much pleased with the prompt cure
which it effected, that he wrote the
manufacturers a letter in praise OF
their medicine Mr. Cottingham
resides at Lockland, Ark. This
remedy is for sale by {. *. WHY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26

Elias Barry is the new editor Of
the Benton Democrat. If he proves
to be as good a hand at the bellows
as John Barry, his namesake of
the New Haven Echo, the people OF
Marshall county ought to realize
that he is good thing and push
him along.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26

In another part of to.days paper
will be an announcement of voting
contest to be conducted by the Ken
tuckian for the next 4 months. Get
ready to take part in it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26

The triangular contest in the new
Eighth Mississippi district for con-
gress between John Sharp Williams,
Patrick Henry and Col. Chas. f.
Hooker ended in a victory for Will
Jams. All candidates are members
OF the present congress, having been
thrown into the same district when
the state was redistricted.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26
TENNESSEE SENSATION.
Prominent Citizens Arrested For
Completely In Assassination.

-Four of the most prominent citi-
zens of Sumner County and one of
Nashville were arrested for alleged
completely in the murder of Dr. A.
H. Williams who was shot down al
most at his own threshold on the
night Of April 10, 1896. Nine men
are charged with being complicat
ed
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26
Cured Paralysis.

w. S. Baily, P. O. True, Texas,
writes: my wife had been suffer
ing five years with paralysis in her
arm, when | was persuaded to use
Billiards. Snow Liniment, which
cured her all right. have also
used it for old sores, frost bites,
and skin eruptions 1t does the
work. DC, SOC and 81 bottle at
II. c. Hardwick S.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26

The leaders of the two factions in
ihe Democratic committee ct Nc
Cracker county have been sent to
lhe rear and a new chairman, c.
" Morrison, elected by the com
mittee.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-26

The city council of LogausPort,
Ind, rallroaded an ordinance
through donating a valuable street
railway franchise to a favored
corporation, while an Indignation
meeting was in progress on the
steps OF the council chamber. The
police had to keep down a riotous
outbreak