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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-13

EDWARD BhASSEf, HegiS'"'
First publication March %.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
Fully Satisfied.

M. ]. Haddix, chief engineer OF
the Burlington water works. was
one of the early members of the old
Burlington Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. and since 1873 has been in
charge of the big engines and ma
chinery of the Burlington water
works. He writes as follows:
Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 81, 1902.
DR.. Caldwell, Monticello, Ill
Dear Sir: Our grandchild suf-
tered with stomach and bowel
trouble, and when other medicines
had failed, we began giving her
Syrup Pepsin. We are fully salts.
fed with the result, and can high.
ly recommend it to my friends for
these troubles.
Yours respectfully,
NJ. ]. Haddix.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
CONCERNING CONSERVATISM.
Is Good If of the Right Sort-False
Phases of 1t.

Is Good If of the Right Sort-FalSe
Phases of II.
1t is good to be not Over-quick TO
enthusc over the future prospects
of large projects; but it seems to
be better not TO be- blind TO evil
dent promises, says Cent per Cent.
/ Conservatism is not merely the re-
verse Of observation-disclosures.
Nowadays it has become a cloak
word for those who, through ig-
nOrance or motive. cry down all
that is new; il is, in fact, a bust
ness with sOme-it takes time 10
prove them wrong; meanwhile
they are building regulations for
cautiOusness.
Is there today any cOnspicu-
GUS railroad, or mine or other EN-
terprise that, at the outset. did
not meet with Encouragement or
Influenced or incompetent expert
opinion, to say nothing of natural
and fOstered adverse public opin-
ion? Is there a going business
of any sort that has not had its
share Of more or less genuine in
itial disfavOr? And the fact that
today there are thousands of go
ing businesses shows how mucl
sOunder, and, therefore, more adj
mirable. was the faith Of THEN
founders.
Conservatism is good quality
but ulteriOr purposes of irrespOn
sibility, masking as "cOnserva
tism, " deserves all the discredit
that can be given. Conservatism
on the part of investors is good
if il is of the right sort, and not Z
miscalled timidity, lack of faith OF
suspicious distrust. Nothing car
more seriously injure a country's
interests than cOnservatism-Ot
the wrong sort.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
MODERN METHODS.
Baby Gets Better Treatment Now
Than Ever Before.

Than Ever Before.
Hospital methods are adopted
more each year in the private
treatment of babies-the meth
DDS, that is to say, Of the superior
modern hospital conducted under
the best medical supervision, says
Golfers Weekly. The cradle is
doomed and all its rocking mem
cries. The child lies upon its bed
and is not picked up and carried
about the room even when it We lis.
Visitors and relatives are no
longer encouraged to pound it in
the ribs, pinch its chin or transfer
microbes TO its lips. This strict
less is laughed at by ribald out
siders and resented by relics of the
old regime, which, like every other
fossil. is attributed to nature, no
doubt with Justice, but without
much relevance. Actually. this
intelligent treatment of infancy
is doing much to check nervous
ness in our children. to protect
them from bad habits aud need
less exactiOns and TO make them
self-reliant. BabyhoOd indeed is
the best conducted age at present.
When the child grows older it
meets undOubted loss in the sub
stitutiOn of nurses for mothers
care. tendency encouraged by
the new activities Of women and by
city life At the beginning, how
ever, in the first weeks and months
Of his existence, when change and
development are more rapid than
at any other period, the human be
ing has never had such decent
treatment as it is the happy fash.
ion to bestow upon him now. He
is treated for his own welfare in
stead Of for the amusement of his
friends.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
Unique Wedding Party.

A short time ago wedding
took place at st. Luke s church,
Reddall Hill, Cradley Heath, at
which man named John Hill was
married TO a young woman whose
name was also Hill. The fathers
of the bride and bridegroom were
each named John Hill, the wit
nesses were all named Hill, and
both the bridegroom and bride re-
sided at Old Hill.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
WOMEN AT PARTIES.
Often Go for Fear of What Other
Women Might Say.

The society reporter has made
ii great discovery during the week,
says the Nebraska State journal.
In common with other people he
has been wondering why women
60 TO so many parties when the
effort often makes them so tired
that they can scarcely drag one
foot after another. and now she
knows. The lady who elucidated
this problem says that she often
attends parties when she doesn't
want to 60 at all, because she is
compelled to do so by the fear that
people will think she was not in
vited. This accounts for the queer
assortment of guests found at
many large parties, for this lady
seems to voice the sentiment of
many.
\ lady left out of the party has
the desOlate feeling of the small
boy who is not "in it," In cOnse-
quence of this, women with no pos
sibIc community of interests or
tastes are brought together by mu-
tual entertainment, when they
simply have no use for each other.
Under these conditions parties
are sometimes wearisome af-
fairs, but satisfy the pride
of both hostess and guest.
The latter gives indubitable proof
that she really was invited, and
the hostess shows to her acquaint-
ance that she had the right to in
vite this especial guest. The fact
that neither enjoys the others So
ciety has nothing to do with the
social amenities.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05

Rev. Joseph G Wright, editor of
the Diocese of Springfield, Green
vile, Illinois, writes: II am
pleased to acknowledge the merit
of your medicine. DR.. Caldwell s
Syrup Hepsin, and thank you for
placing such an efficacious remedy
for stomach and bowel troubles on
the market. l always keep your
medicine in the house, anu use no
other kind. For persons of seden-
tary habits laxative and stomach
tonic is a necessity, and Syrup
Pepsin meets my requirements in
this line better than any medicine
! ever used, Keeping me in splen-
did health"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
FARM WORK BY "sIGNs."
Quaint Customs Find Favor Among
the Pennsylvania Dutch.

Quaint Customs Find Favor Among
the Pennsylvania Dutch.
The farmers Of the township of
Fayette, adjoining Waterloo, are
largely of Pennsylvania Dutch or.
igin, says Rhe Rochester Post Elk
press. I'll are a hardy and
thrifty ract andfOr general intelli-
gence cOmp& efavorablyw with their
neighbOrs Of\ Anglo Saxon stock.
They are, however, full of the
quaint superstitions and rural
folk lore of their fOrefathers, and
many interesting anecdotes are
told by Fayette people illustrat-
ing the length to which the good
Dutch yeOmanry go in their devO-
ton to the "signs" in the conduct
of their farms and the routine of
their lives.
In all earthly matters the al
manac seems to be their Bible, and
the moon and the consultations
are as really venerated, though in
a different way, as they were by
their yellOw-haired ancestors
along the shores of the North sea.
Not only in the tilIing of their
land, but in all the minute con
Germs of their daily lives the
"signs" must be right before any
thing is done, OF-"wOe betide."
If a cheese is to be cut il must be-
done in the increase Of the moon,
or by the same tOkeG, it will fade
away with incredible rapidity be
fore the daily demands of the fam.
lily, who will yet derive a miracu-
lousy scanty nutriment there.
from; whereas if, in obedience
to the sage counsel of the elders
of the house, it is done as the moon
wakes, it will be like the widows
measure Of meal and cruise of oil.
If fence posts are to he set spade
must not be put to the ground till
the position of the sun in the zOdi-
ac be determined from the book
of fate, the almanac. Otherwise il
is only a matter of time when not
the frost below. hut the stars
above will heave them from their
| places. The swine must not be
slaughtered with disregard to the
stellar divinities or the pork will
dwindlc in he barrel as if an army
corps were feeding thereon.
In the sowing. filling and har-
vesting Of their crops, Of course,
the same fidelity 10 the Old-fOlk
notions Of their fathers is shown
but in this they are not peculiar,
for here their ideas are shared by
the unscientific Of every class and
race. In Il Waterloo business
place recently, where these signs
were under animated discussion
for an hour, only one man raised
the voice of skepticism against
these fancies, and all but two of
those expressed positive faith in
one or more of the signs of Fayettc
/ Dutch Olk-lOre.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05

Relics Of Prehistoric Times Found in
the Valley of the Nile

NeuCS OF FrenlSltOrlC Times round IN
the Valley of the Nile.
Mr. John Ward, f. S. A., writing
in the London Antiquary, gives
some very interesting details Of
excavation work carried on up
the Nile some months ago. Many
thousand tombs, mostly prehis
tOric, have been opened, Most Of
them have no inscriptions what
ever, but in some cylinders and
scarabs we're found, with inscrip-
tons so old that it will require
great study to dccipher their
meaning. Most of the remains are
mere skeletons, and have never
been mumified. These we're gen
orally found lying on their side,
their face to the east, their knees
drawn up to their chins. Nearly
all of the poor old skulls still pos
sessed excellent teeth. Some
exquisitely formed alabaster
dishes and vases, not turned in
the lathe. but wrought by hand,
and cylinder of solid gold were
found in the tombs, nearly all Of
which had been tunneled into by
robbers thousands of years ago.
In one tomb a fine papyrus was
discovered; the owner had it
buried beside him, that he might
peruse it at his leisure in the flu
ture state. 1t was a portion of
the Egyptian Bible, the "Book of
the Dead" Many of the larger
tombs had facades built of brick,
with one or two chambers outside
the rOck-cut portion. Others were
closed by hut-shaped erectiOns
over the mouth of the shaft, and
it was very extraordinary (sayS
Mr.. Ward on descending one of
these shafts to see several lateral
chambers cut in the crumbling
rock, each with its CHASTITY Occu-
pant, placidly lying on it's side, it's
hand up to its head, or else with
the knees drawn up to the chin.
But the most curious style of
burial, and one that has never
been seen before, so far as Mr..
Ward knows, is the following
Numbers of boxes were found,
especially in the northern part of
the huge cemetery, about three
feet by two feet, and nine inches
deep. In each of these there was
found complete adult skeleton.
How the ancient folk were
doubled up into such small space
passes belief, and yet they had
been boxed up with the flesh on
their bones. Some similar boxes
were found, but made of red baked
CLAW.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
PHILOSOPHY OF A TRAILER.
Negro Who Ran his Horse to Death
While He Slept

Negro Who Ran his Horse to Death
While He Slept.
Charles Littlefeld, according to
the Illustrated Sporting News,
tells the following reminiscence Of
his early days as a jockey, when
racing had a strong hold in the
south, some time before the war.
1t was down near Alexandria,
La, a lazy old negro known as
"Uncle Eph," who had won "A
spurious reputation as a trainer OF
thOrOughbreds, because he had
been lucky enough to train two or
three gOO6 horses, was preparing
"A horse for a race at mile heats.
Eph was above all things an Opt
mistic philosopher. Nothing that
could happen would he profess to
wish otherwise, and Mr.. Little
fields story aptly illustrates this
peculiar trait.
Uncle Eph stretched himself in
the shade of a big live oak that
was growing in the infield, not far
from the judges stand, and in
structed his little ebony exercise
boy to gallOp the horse two miles.
The morning was hot one and
Eph was sleepy; so sleepy was he,
in fact, that he was just a tritie ir-
ritated when the boy pulled the
horse to a standstill in front of
him and asked for instructions.
Use done gallOped him two
miles, sab; shall / go round agin%'
Uncle Eph looked up, and, rails
ing himself upon his elbow, looked
sternly and reprOvingly at the boy
and said: Now you look heah,
you lazy, no account, little, black
Niger, you just gallOp dat horse
around dat track agin, and agin.
and agin, an you keep him gOin'
till tells you to stop, dye heah?"
With the immediate responsible
ity off his mind for the time being,
Uncle Eph quickly dOzed of, and
he slept sOundly for two solid
hours, and in the meantime Sam
and the unfortunate horse were
having hot time. II ended as only
such training incident could.
With the bride and saddle OF
his arm little San kicked at the
old trainers ribs vigorously, with
this suggestion: "COme on, Uncle
Eph, let's go hum"
Uncle Eph yawned, rubbed his
Eyes, and then sat upright, blinking
in Owllike fashion at the hot sun
that had been fiercely beating
upon him for the last hour. Then
looking about him, he turned to
Sam with the question: "Whar's
Idat hOSS?"
He done drapped dead over at
the haIf-miIc pole"
"What's dat YOU say, niger
drappcd dead?"
YES. he drappcd mos ten min
utcS back"
WAL. reckon it's jest as good
! he did. If he can't stand work he
iran't stand racin'. an it's jest as
good he's dun fur. He won't cost
no mo oats nur no mo- trainin
| bills"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
Expelled from France.

Four thousand foreigners were
expelled by the police from France
last year. Fifteen hundred of
these were Spaniards, 1900 Belg-
gians and 500 Germans.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
You Know what You Are Taking

When you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle
showing that it is simply Iron and
Ouiuine in a tasteless form. Ne
Cure, No Pay. SOC.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
A Luminous Fly.

The lantern fly of Surinam,
South America, has two sets of
eyes to catch the light from all pos
sible directions, The luminosity
which CLOVIS from the head is so
brilliant that it is easy to read
by it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
Sentenced to Death

Fred Arnold, burglar, who
shot and killed woman, has been
found guilty and sentenced to death
at Denver. His two companions
are also under death sentence.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
Navigation Resumed.

Navigation was resumed between
Louisville and Cincinnati on Mon
day, after a suspension of eight
weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
LAX-FOS c'' sad s SiHl9 s,aIssdSe
troubles by removing the cause. Price soc
" S. H. WIHSTEAD ME0. co. Paducah, kI.

Chief of Police Gunther. acting
under orders from Mayor Barth, of
Louisville, has given positive or
ders that all forms of gambling
must be suppressed in Louisville
and that the slot machines must be
removed from saloons at once.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
Buried in Frankfort.

The body OF Eugene Moore, the
prominent lawyer who died in
Louisville, was taken to Frankfort
for burial.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
BETWEEN cLARksWlLE & ,HOpnNsMLLE

Connections: At Nashville with L. & N. and
N. c. & st. L. Ry.; at Clarksvile with l.. 4 N.
X. r., and at HOpknsvi1e with L. g. ". and ].
c. R.R.
Trains leave Nashville for Knoxville at a.
M, and go p. m; for Lebanon and Carthage al
same hours, and also al 1890 a. m. and 4:90 p.
Ell. BTNSON, Traffic Manager,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
Retains Championship.

BY defeating Sutton four points
out of 500 at billiards, Vignaux, Of
Paris, retains the worlds champ
ionship.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
Between Gentlemen.

A gentleman who calls another
gentleman a liar is no gentleman.
Chicago Daily News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
SECURED Control.

The Dupont Powder Company
has secured control of the manu-.
facture of powder on the Pacific
coast.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
Scholarship for Sale.

We have for sale at great bar
gain a 500 scholarship in the
Southern School of Osteopathy,
Ky. Address KENrUcK-
IAN, Hopkinsville. Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05

Only one remedy in the world
( that will at once stop itchiness of
the skin in any part of the body;
Doan's Ointment At any drug
store. so cents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
w. w. GRAY,
TOnsOriaI Artist,

West Seventh Street, Elb Building
Clean towels and everything fresh
Give us a call.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05
Captured Town.

Dominican insurgents, after des-
perate fight, captured the town OF
San Pedro de Macoris.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05

Q A g " O. IA
Bears the q Tie Kind You Have AIwaso Bought
'SI If LM|zHIzAzZm
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-05

BETWEEN NASHVILLE AND GAINESVILLE.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-09
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
THANK REPORTER O'BRIEN
Commend His Courageous Conduct i'm
Risldng His Life to Assist in
Capture of Burglars.

At a meeting of the Police Commits
sioners last evening a resolution was
adopted commencing John d. O'Brien,
Call reporter, for his cool and cour-
ageous conduct several nights ago,
when he risked his own life and was
wounded in assisting Policemen d. j.
Keohane' and ]. B. O'Connor in the
capture of two burglars.
Antonio Blanco appeared before the
board with an application for re-
newal of his license for the Poodle
Dog restaurant. Action in the mat
ter was deferred until next week s
meeting. Commissioner Hutton de-
nounced the manner in which the
Poodle Dog is conducted. He said
that the place is a disgrace to San
Francisco and he gave notice that he
purposed to not only vote against the
renewal of that restaurants license,
but all other French restaurants that
are conducted in a similar manner.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-09

shut down. I then put my coat. got my
street, going through the heavy iron doors
10 the store in front. AS soon as / opened
the Shipley street door two men confronted
me. one Of them sticking a revolver in my
iace; while the other gave a light rap on
the head Both men had white handkerchiefs
over the lower part Of their faces.
one SAID 10 me, Keep quiet. kid l ran
back through the office. telling father and
bruno there was hold-up and going on into
the engine-room. l do not remember whether
the two men knocked off my hat at the door
or not / cannot recall whether they followed
me very closely. l was out in the engine
room when 1 heard the noise of the shattered
glass. J heard no shot
l asked for my hat when they were taking
me away to the police station. No l do not
Know whether 1t was my head when 1 start
ed first to leave the shop
This man Sam Mason. who is quoted as saw
ing he saw me with a revolver on Saturday
night. is the fellow had discharged for drunk
enness and neglecL of work He turned down
a valve on the condenser. / believed he did IN
malfciously TO hurt I did not get on we'll
with him AS TO his statement / want to saw
that never had a revolver in my life and had
none on Saturday night. I saw none except
those of the two men at the door Neither
father nor | nor Bruno ever had a revolver at
the factory. Father had one at the house.
which he kept locked up. l have not seen II
for year.
one on Shipley street. I know nothing what
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-09
MAsON.s CONTRADICTIONS.

This statement was a backdown
from what the witness had been tell
ing the police and the Coroner pressed
him on his inconsistency.
Did you not tell the detectives
that you knew it was a revelver?" he
asked.
NO" said the colored man, trying
TO evade the question: II am telling
the truth now. and positively 1 cannot
say that it was revolver" This was
all the Coroner could get out of him.
Stephen Slavich, a boy of 16, told
a clear and effective story of the trag-
edy as seen and heard from the side
walk in front of the packing house.
He said
was going UP Fourth street when 1 heard a
shot fred and some glass falling. Immedi-
ately there was a loud groan. as of some one
saying 'Oh-h-h!' Then | heard sounds of
people trarnpling on broken glass and of
scufne. 1 ran up the street to a store just
above Shipley street and told a standing
there that some shot. came back
then to Heide's saloon, where a crowd
collecting. l the glass fell just after
the shot was fired and not before. /
one in Shipley street until the police and crowd
gathered If there was any one there 1 think
l might have seen him. but am not sure.
This ended the testimony for the
day and the inquest was adjourned
until Thursday morning, in order to
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-09
WAS NOT SHOT IN STRUGGLE.
Captain Martin and DIR. Bacigalupi
Expound New Theories.

Captain Martin and DIR. BacigaIupi
ExpOund New Theories.
After four days investigation by
half a dozen detectives and at the
completion of the first day of the in
quest, Captain of Detectives Martin
still believes that Joseph Buttgenbach
came to his death from a bullet fired
from a revolver in the hands of Albert
Buttgenbach, son of the murdered
man. The police. although not in pos
session of direct evidence to estab-
lish their theory, intimate that at least
two witnesses will be found to
strengthen the web they are attempt
ing to weave around Albert Buttgen-
bach.
To a representative of The Cali last
night Captain Martin, for the first
time since the mysterious murder
consented to expound his theory of
the crime. Although his statement in
several instances is at variance with
the testimony given at the Coroner's
inquest yesterday, he does not hesi-
tate to say that whoever fired the
fatal shot did so with malice and de-
liberateness.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-09
CONSIDERS COLLECTION
OF INHERITANCE TAXES
Supervisors Finance Committee
Averse to Expending $4,000 Pre-
Iiminary to Litigation

IiIfllnafy 10 lI1JIgat1On.
The Supervisors Finance Commit
tee met yesterday for the purpose OF
devising a plan for the collection OF
collateral inheritance taxes on estates
The sum of more than 100000 re-
mains due and unpaid, and it is
planned to have this money turned
into the State treasury.
County Clerk Greif stated that he
would cooperate with the City Treas
urer in keeping up the quarterly re-
ports of probable amounts due in
taxes from estates of decedents. Greif
stated that it would cost at least
$4,000 to take off the names Of estates
owing inheritance taxes. Then il
would be necessary to bring many
suits against the executors and heirs
and this might be futile in cases
where the estates had already been
distributed.
The members of the committee, Su-
pervisors D'Ancona and Payot, did not
feel justified in recommending that the
city expend the money for something
which benefits the State alone. Payot
thought the State should stand the
expense, but D'Ancona informed him
that the duty Of collecting the taxes
devolved on the County Clerk Fur
ther consideration of the matter was
postponed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-09
Makes Break for Liberty

Frank West, alias Frank Smith, made
a dash from Judge LAWYERS court last
night when he was ordered into GUS
tody by the magistrate for perjury.
West was a witness for his wife, who
was being tried for assault to commit
grand larceny. When the jury brought
in a verdict against the woman Judge
Lawlor, who was not satisfied with
Vests testimony, ordered him placed
under arrest. West, who was sitting
with the spectators, made a bolt for
the door, but was caught in the cor
ridor by Deputy Sheriff F. ]. Coyle and
landed in Jail.