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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

VI -------ssssyr>- n M
|HRISTMAS a1readyl However welcome y
it's coming Christmas always seems to
take us by surprise. Is the year really
so soon at the end of its journey? Why, it
seems only yesterday that it needed a special
effort of remembrance to date Our letters
with the new ammo d0Dtini" And have you
noticed that one always does that reluctantly
with something almost of misgiving7 The
figures of the old year have human
look, but those of the chill, I'M /
familiar, almost 1nenacng expression. Nine
teen hundred and five we know. 1t is nearly
AL in 1t has done its best-and it's worst.
Between Christmas Day and New-Year it has
hardly time to change its character. Good or
bad, as it may have been we feel at home
with it, and fain to keep the old
almanac little longer on the wall But
the last leaves falling, the days are
shortening. There is a smell of coming snow
in the air, and for weeks past it has already
been Christmas in the shops.
Yes, however it strikes US, a year
older. On the first of January last we had
twelve brand-new months of a brand-new year
to spend, and the last of them is ali but
spent. We had spring to look out
for like the coming of ones sweetheart
summer bounteous in prospect with mex
haustible wealth of royal sunshine, autumn
woods; and of the four new seasons that were
to be ours but one remains:
And here is but December left and l.
To wonder if the hawthorn bloomed in May
And if the wild rose with so fine flush
Mantled the cheek of June, and if the way
The stream went singing foamed with meadow sweet
And if the throste sang in yonder bush,
And if the lark dizzed with song the sky.
l watched and lstened-yet sweet, fleet
The mad young year went byl
Strange, that feeling at the end of the year that
somehow we have missed it, have failed experience
it all to the FULL taken it too careessy not dwelt
sufficiently its rich expressive hours. Each year
feel the same, and however intent we may have
been, however have watched and listened, sensi-
lively eager to hold and exhaust each passing
moment, when the year-end has come, we seem
somehow to have been cheated after all. Who,
at the beginning of each year, has not promised
himself strcter effectiveness to his experience?
This year he will load every rift with ore"
This year. said, when first along the lane
With tiny nipples of the tender green
The winter lackened hedge grew bright again. =
This year watch and listen Il have seen I
So many springs steal profitless away,
This year garner every sound and sweet
And you, young year, make not such haste to bring
Hawthorn and rose jumble indscreet,
Treasure on treasure of the precious spring,
But bring all softly forth upon the air.
Unhast1ng to be fair.
Yet, for all our watchfulness the wear seems { N
to have escaped US. We know that the birds an
sang, that the flowers doomed that the grass ia
was green, but it to us that we did
not take JOY of them with sufficient
keenness; our sweetheart came, but we did
not look deep enough into her eyes. If only
we live to see the wild rose again! But
meanwhile here is the snow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

Nv that we are alive and love each other across
| space and time. AGve-but how? Scarce
| otherwise, surely, than the unforgotten dead
are alive-alve in unforgetting love.
| 1t is rather strange if you will give it a
| thought, how much of real life is thus
"A literally ghost-story. Probably it happens
HI with the majority of us that those who mean
Ill most to us, by the necessities of existence.
iii must be far away, met but and then in
Ifk brief flashes of meeting that often seem to
III say SO much less than absence; intercourse
is intercourse of the imagination-yet how
h real! They belong to the unseen in our lives,
4 and have all its power u.s. The inter
) course of mother and son-s it not often
like that in world which sends its men on
the four winds, to build and fight while the
mother must stay in the old nest? Seldom at
Christmas mother gather all her children
beneath the wing of her smile. Her big boys
are seven seas away, and even her girls have
Christmas-tre of their own But mother
hood is in it's very nature ghosty, a
spiritual, thing, and the big boys and the old
mother not really divided. They meet
unseen by the Christmas fire, they meet
all the year round in that mysterious ether
of the SOUL where space and time are not
Yes, it is strange to think how small pro-
portion of our lives spend with those love;
when say that spend all our time with them
Husband and wife even-how much of the nearness
of the closest of human relations is, and must be-
WnaC KOSSetC mas called parted presence ! The
must go forth to his labor until the evening
How few of the twenty-four hours can these two
beings who have given their whole lives to each
other really give! Husband and wife even must
be content to be ghosts each other for the greater
part of each day. AS Rossetti says in his poem
eyes, hands, voice, lips, can meet so strangely
seldom in the happiest marriage; only in the in
visible home of the heart the most fortunate
husband and wife be always together:
Your heart is never away,
But with mine, forever,
Forever without endeavor,
Tomorrow, love- to-day;
Two bent hearts astray,
Two souls power may sever,
Together, my love, foreverl
When said that the absent were ghosts,
don't think you quite liked the saying 1t
gave you a little shiver. 1t seemed rather grimy
fantastic But do you not begin to see
= what l meant? begin to the comfort in
the thought? begin to see the inner connection
. between Christmas and the ghost-story?
\ 4 Yes, the real lesson of Christmas is the ever
" presence of the absent through love; the,
4 ghostly, that is to say the spiritual, nature of
all human intercourse Our realities
exist only in and through imaginatons,
NJ and the most important part of our lives is
hIY lived in dream with drean-faces, the faces
tlH{ of the absent and the dead--who, in the
~ ISOLATION of this thought, alike brought
| have friend who is dead-but I say to
myself that he is in New-Zealand; for, if he
were really in New-Zealand we should
hardly seem less distant, be in
frequent communication We should say
that both busy men, that the mails
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

When l said that the absent were gh
don't think you quite liked the sayir
gave you little shiver. 1t seemed rather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

Your heart is never away,
But ever with mine, forever,
Forever without endeavor,
Tomorrow, love, as to-day
Two blent hearts never astray,
Two souls no power may sever,
Together, o my love, foreverl
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11
.CHAT Off THE BAT.

One of the fastest teams in the
Kitty league opens here today. 1t is
the great unsolved mystery of the
circuit why such snappy aggrega-
ton of good ball tossers as the Hop
pers remain at the bottom of the
list.-Cairo Bulletin.
A whole fstful of errors were
made by the two teams Friday.
Those made by the Nut Students did
no end of damage, every run
crossing the pan being the result of
wild throw or a boot.
Henderson was put out of the
game in the fourth inning by Quinn,
for objecting too strenuously to one
of the umpire's decisions, Barlow
was sent from center field to take
his place at second and Manager
Rutledge went out into the vacant
garden. Cairo Bulletin.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Editor r. w. Brown, Of Louisville,
is to be the next Exalted Ruler of
the Supreme Lodge Of Elks, now in
session at Buffalo. A dispatch from
Buffalo says that it is conceded that
he will be accorded the honor with
out opposition. Mr.. Brown has for
several years been regarded as the
leader of the order in Kentucky and
it is a source of pride to the Ken
lucky Elks that he is to be given the
highest office in the order in such a
complimentary way.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11
A WHOPPER.
Cabbage Plant Which Meas
IL Feet in Circumference.

Mr.. C. w. Smithson, of near How
ell, on Saturday brought to the
Kentuckian office the largest cab
bage plant we have seen this season.
the monster plant measured twelve
feet in circumference. The variety
is known as "Smithson's Mammoth
Hogshead." MIR. Smithson is one of
the most prosperous farmers of his
section. He can also be relied upon
for correct time, being the owner of
a fine watch awarded him in the
Kentuckian U. M. contest about two
years ago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11
CoLORED INsTITCTE.
In session and to Continue
For Five Days.

The Christian county Colored In
stitute held its opening session yes
terday morning. The exercises were
opened with prayer by Rev. E. Will
Jams, and P. T. Frazer, of the color
ed college, conducted the singing.
F. L. Williams, of Covington, is in
structor. There are nearly one
hundred colored teachers of the
county in attendance and great en-
thusiasm is manifest. Miss McDan-
iel, the county superintendent, says
that there are about seventy-fve
teachers employed every year. Dur
ing the time she has filled her posi-
ton, she has done a great deal Of
hard work towards advancing teach
ers to that point of excellence which
fits them to instruct their pupils and
arouse interest among the colored
people as to their duty towards their
children in giving them opportunity
to learn. The standard of ability of
colored teachers has been greatly
advanced and the colored people Of
this county owe an everlasting debt
of gratitude to Miss Mcdaniel for
her tireless efforts in their behalf.
The sessions Of the institute will
continue up to and including Friday
afternoon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11
A Grim Tragedy

is daily enacted, in thousands of
homes, as death claims, in each one,
another victim of Consumption or
Pneumonia. But when Coughs and
Colds are properly treated, the
tragedy is averted. F. G. Huntley,
of Oaklandon, Ind, writes: my
wife had the consumption, and
three doctors gave her up. Finally
she took DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
which cured her, and to-day she is
we'll and strong" 1t kills the germs
of all diseases. One dose relieves.
Guaranteed at SOC and 81 90 by re.
Hardwick, druggist. Trial bottle
free.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

The new refinery law of Kansas,
intended to put the Standard Oil
Company out of business, has been
declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court of Kansas. Lawyers
and agents of the Standard Oil Com
pany say they expected the courts to
wipe out this law. They say it will
be a warning to other states that
contemplate similar action.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Admiral Kruger Sunday afternoon
boarded and took charge of the
Kniaz Potemkine at Kusjenji, Rou-
mania. Everything on board was in
a state of wild disorder and the
books and papers Of the vessel had
been destroyed by the mutinous
crew. The Russian Government is
awaiting Admiral Kruger's report
before deciding upon any line of ac.
ton.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

There is more catarrh in this sec
ton 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 disease
and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven ca
tarrh to be constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, o., is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts d.
Irectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails
to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
aimonials.
Address: f. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, o. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
'stipation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11
BROWNS COME
BACK HOME.
Henderson Series Began Yes
terday on Local
Diamond.
CAIRO WON SUNDAY.
Games Here Three Days and
Then to Henderson
For Three.
STANDING 10 my Q

The Browns returned yesterday
from a rather disastrous trip. They
left home with a record Of winning
8 out of II games and and return
with only 8 out of 9 games to their
credit, having taken only one game
in each series-from Paducah twice
and Cairo once. The team is now
only points behind Henderson and
the schedule calls for 6 games with
Henderson, here and three at
Henderson. There is now a fine
chance to get out of the last place,
but Cairo, the fourth team,is nearly
80 points ahead. The Sunday games
resulted in victories as follows:
Cairo, 3; Hopkinsville, 0. At
Cairo.
Princeton, 5; vincennes, 2. At
Princeton.
Paducah, II; Henderson, 3. At
Paducah.
The first game with Henderson
was not played yesterday afternoon
on account of rain, A double head
er will be played tomorrow if the
weather will permit. A game to-
day at 3:45. Zinkin will be the
umpire throughout the series.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11
Circle Meeting.

Program of circle No. 4 to con-
vene with Pleasant Hill Baptist
church Friday night, July 18th, 1905:
FRIDAY NIGHT.
Sermon-Rev. ]. P. Cleavenger.
SATURDAY, BEGINNING 9 A. M.
l. Devotional Exereises-Rev. 7.
T. Powell.
II. Sermon for criticism on Matt,
28:19-20.-Rev. ]. M. Jones; Rev. B.
F. Hyde, alternate.
III. Good Methods of Raising
Money for the Lords cause-Rev-
P. A. Thomas.
w. THE SUNDAY-SCHooL."
(D Qualification and Duties OF
Officers and Teachers-Rev.
Edmund Harrison, Ii. D,
(2) Some of the Benefits of
Attending-Rev. T. T. Pow.
ell.
SUNDAY, 10 A. M.
l. History Of Missions in Japan
and Present Opportunities-Rev. B
F. Hyde, Rev. j. P. Cleavenger.
II. Sermon-Rev. J. U. Spurlin
D. j. MCCORD, Prest. of Circle
B. F. Fuller, Clerk of Circle.
Rev. F. w. Whittenbraker,
Com. on Program.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11
Fell From Train.

Yesterday morning Mr., William
H. Jesup stepped from an outgoing
l. c. train, and the platform being
wet and slippery, he fell lengthwise
with the train. Fortunately Mr..
Jesup did not lose his presence of
mind and rolled from the track,
thus escaping serious injury, or
probable death.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Gov. Beckham has asked the State
Insurance Commissioner to investi-
gate at once the charges filed with
the Executive that fire insurance
companies are charging upon prop
erty insured in Kentucky rates that
are out of proportion to the losses
and much higher than the rates
charged in other States.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Lexington is enforcing a law pro-
hibiting horses and cattle from
grazing on the streets with a fine
that may go as high as $50. This
question is becoming live issue in
all the cities of the State and it
won Id not be surprising to see
the next legislature undertake to
regulate cattle on public highways
by a general law. A law should be
passed making the owners of live
stock liable for all damages done by
stock turned out.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

The Japanese have occupied the
island of Sakhalin, with no opposi-
zion worth mentioning. There is a
difference of opinion as to the effect
1t will have on the negotiations at
Washington, some of the irreconcil-
ables declaring that it makes peace
at the present juncture more diff
ecult than ever before.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Kansas has lost nearly $60O,OOO by
the failure Of the First National
Bank Of Topeka. 1t is announced
that Gov. Hoch will demand the
resignation of State Treasurer T. T.
Kelly on, the ground of improper
conduct in office, and that Kelly will
resist the demand.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11
Force of Habit.

They got a walking delegate
To umpire while they played;
He said he'd iveit to them straight
But what mess he made.
Nobody ever got to first
The players were appalled,,
They said he surely was the worst,
For strikes were all he called.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

A daughter was born Thursday to
the wife of DIR. John Young Brown,
son of former Gov. John Young
Brown, of Kentucky, at the new st.
Louis City Hospital, into which DR..
Brown, who is superintendent,
moved his family only three days
before.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Judge Thos. H. Paynter spent last
week at Dawson and also visited Pa
ducah day or two. The first dis
trict is turning out to be a Paynter
stronghold in the approaching sena-
tCrial race.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Bristol, Tenn, held a city election
on the town cow, and the animals
will continue to roam the streets as
a result. The cows won by thirty
votes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

1t sometimes becomes a necessity
for Judge Lynch's court to assume
jurisdiction in order to give murder
ers and assassins their just deserts.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Notice is hereby given to all whom
it may concern that on the 9TH day
Of July, 1905, the Mayor and Board
Of Council Of the City Of Hopkins
vile, passed adopted and approved
an ordinance which is in words and
figures as follows to-wit:
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

A tornado in Montague county,
Texas, Thursday, killed 26 persons
and destroyed much property.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Elihu Root, the new Secretary of
State, is said to have presidential
aspirations.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

The L. & N. roundhouse at Nash
vile was partially burned Thursday.
The loss was $50, 600
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11
The Weather.

Washington, D. c., July.-For
Kentucky: Showers tonight. Tues
day generally fair and warmer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Paducah's cow law has been taken
To the Court of Appeals.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. w. Long will
leave today for a sojourn on the
lakes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11

Frank James will act as starter"
at the Uniontown fair Aug. 8 to IL.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-11
ORDINANCE.

WHEREAS, it is deemed desirable
that certain territory lying on the
South side Of Hopkinsville, Ken
lucky, between the Palmyra road
and the Clarksville Pike, be annexed
to and included in the Corporate
Limits of the City Of Hopkinsville.
1t is therefore ordained by the
Board of Council Of the City of Hop
kinsville, KY.
/ FIRST: That upon its own mo-
ton certain territory lying South Of
the Corporate Limits Of the City Of
Hopkinsville, between the Palmyra
Road and the GAINESVILLE Pike, con-
sisting of about 35 acres and bound
ed and described as follows; Begin
ming at the intersection of the Cor
porate line with Nelson's West line;
thence S. 24-4, w. 1900 feet to a
stone in G. B. Underwood's orchard;
thence N. 76-1, w. 1929 feet to a
Gate Post on the East side of the
Palmyra Road or Virginia Street;
thence N. 14-4 E. 1,O791 feet to a
Cedar post on the East side of Vir-
GINA Street, at a point where the
Corporate line intersects Virginia
Street; thence S. so E. 676-A feet to
a Stone corner; thence N. II E. 794
feet to the beginning, be annexed to,
and included in the Corporate Limits
of the City of Hopkinsville.
SECOND: That the Clerk of the
Board of Council is hereby ordered
and directed in publishing and adj
vcrtising this ordinance to give no
tice that proceedings will be institu
ted in the name of and on behalf of
the City of Hopkinsville, in the
Christian Circuit Court, for the pur-
pose of annexing the territory de-
scribed in the next proceeding sec
ton to and including same within
the corporate Limits of the City of
Hopkinsville, KY. This ordinance
takes effect on and after its adop-
ton and publication
Adopted July, 7th, 1905.
JNO. G. DUFFY,
Clerk of the Board of Council of
the City of Hopkinsville, KY.
Approved, July 7th, 1905.
JOUETT HENRY, Mayor.
Notice.
In pursuance of the foregoing or
dinance notice to all whom it may
concern, is hereby given that within
thirty (3O) days after the adoption,
publication and advertisement of
said ordinance and this notice, a pet
ton will be filed in the Christian
Circuit Court in the name and on be-
half of the City of Hopkinsville,
the object Of which will be to an
mex the territory described in the
above ordinance to, and include same
within the Corporate Limits of the
City of Hopkinsville, and in
said petition there will be set out the
passage, publication and advertise
ment of said ordinance; the object
and purpose thereof, together
with the metes and bounds Of the
territory which is proposed to be an
nexed to the City of Hopkinsville;
and said petition will contain a
prayer asking for a Judgment of
the Court authorizing said Board of
Council to annex said territory afore-
said. This July 7th, 1905.
JNO. C. DUFFY,
Clerk of the Board of Council Of
the City of Hopkinsville, KY.
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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-09-23
OBJECT TO PEACE TREATY.
Japanese People Ask that Ratification
BE Refused

sc aSruSe0.
Toxic, Sept pa number OF d.
rect memorials to the throne from
an association objecting to the con-
ditionss of the peace treaty and ask
ing that it's ratification be refused
sistent editorials of the leading pa
pers demanding the resignation of
the government ministry, it is be-
lieved that they will continue to
hold office until the post-bellum mea.
sures, especially with regard to fin
ance and the Chinese and Korean
problems have assumed a definite
shape
It has transpired that notwithstan-
ding Premier Katsuras assurance to
the editors, there exists clause In
the peace treaty by which Japan
agrees not to fortify the Straits of
Soya. Intense indignation is felt ov-
er this concession among influential
men who regard it as a restriction
placed on Japan's territorial liberty.
The solitary instance of public re-
joicing at the conclusion of peace
with Russia will take place at
meeting to be held today at Kotaka,
in the remote northeast corner of
the island of Nippur.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-09-23

respond to an encore, SO well did
his number please the audience.
Mrs. Katherine Audrain Mckay
sang new selection that was more
pleasing. if possible, than her first
number. Miss Katherine Norfieet rem.
dered most difficult violin selec-
ton, "n Trovatore Fantasie." a Sc
lection that is always beautiful when
played as it was last night by this
little genius
The other numbers were the same
as rendered on the evening of the
first appearance of the chorus. Miss
Helen Norf1eet accompanied the cho-
rus in her inimitable manner.
The receipts, which are to be ap-
piled on the new piano of the Pres
byterian Sunday school, amounted
to about $42