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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08
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EsagaziDe Writer Tells a Number Of
Time-Worn Expressions That
May Well Be Lost.

Orson SWEET Marden, in Sue.
cess Magazine, declares that sane
persons should eliminate the fol
lowing from their daily talk:
Saying that fate is against you.
Finding fault with the weather.
Anticipating evils in the future.
Pretending, and be your real
self.
Going around with a gloomy
face.
Faultfnding nagging and wor-
rying.
Taking offense where none is
intended.
Dwelling on fancied Sights and
wrongs.
Talking big things and doing
small ones.
scolding and flying into a pas
sion over trihes.
Roasting of what you can do in
stead of doing it.
Thinking that life is a grind, and
not worth living.
Talking continually about your-
self and your affairs.
Deprecating yourself and max
ing light of your abilities.
Saying unkind things about ac-
quaintances and friends.
Exaggerating and making
mountains out Of molehills.
Lamenting the past, holding on
to disagreeable experiences.
Plying yourself and bemoan-
ing your lack of opportunities.
Comparing yourself with 9th
ers to your own disadvantage.
Work once in awhile and take
time to renew your energies.
Waiting round for chances to
turn up. Go and turn them up.
Writing letters when the blood
is hot which you may regret later.
Thinking that all the good chan
ces and opportunities are gone by.
Thinking of yourself to the ex-
clusiOn of everything and every
one else.
Carping and criticising. See
the best rather than the worst in
others.
Dreaming that you would be
happier in some other place or
circumstances.
Belittling those whom you envy
because you feel that they are
to. yourself.
Dilating on your pains and
aches and misfOrtunes to every
body who will listen to you.
Specializing as to what You
would do in some one else's place,
and do your best inyour own.
Longing for the good things
that others have instead of going
to work and earning them for
yourself.
Looking for opportunities hun
dreds or thousands of miles away
instead Of right where you are.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08
Buying Wheat at
HerndOn.

Representing Liberty
Mills, Nashville, Tenn
I desire to buy all the
wheat in this section
and will pay the high
est market price for
same. See me before
you sell. t4
w. r. Faulkner,
Herndon, XIV
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08
FOr Sale.

A fine farm for sale. Will offer
the Ferguson farm, in ! mile of
Herndon, KY; Is miles South of
Hopkinsville; to the highest bidder,
at the courthouse door on July 10th,
1905, to be sold for division. For
further particulars see John M. Nc
Knight, Herndon, KY.
l. M. cKNIGHT.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

'Tisn't safe to be a day without
DR.. Thomas Electric Oil in the
house. Never can tell what moment
an accident is going to happen.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

D. B. Bean, president of the Ten
nessee Coal Company, died at his
home in Knoxville.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

Master boilermakers from all over
the world are holding the 4th annual
convention in Chicago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

Can't be perfect health without
pure blood. Burdock Blood Bitters
makes pure blood. Tones and in
vigorates the whole system.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

Rioting has been resumed in the
streets of LODI, Russian Poland.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

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.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

The dead body of Frank Milligan
was found on the river bank at
GAINESVILLE.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
0GRANlZED CHARITYS WAYS
Sc Louis Minister severely Ar
raiens Methods Ised by Char
ity Organizations.

St Louis. Nov. REV. Harry L.
Davenport pastor Of Calvary II f.
church. Will ask the grand jury 20 make
a thorough Investigation Of the meth
DDS used by charitable organizations Of
S. Louis IN the collection and distrl-
button OF funds.
In the course of a sermon he severely
arraigned the methods OF the city's or
gained charitss. saying among other
things
"A fact not generally known. and TO
some truth hard TO believe Is that a
certain large charitable organization
collected last year over $40. 900. and that
over s2o,oe0 Of that was used In sal
aries. or consumed IN running expense.
Five thousand OF this goes as salary 10
the manager That Of this vast amount
handled for the pnnT. while s.. 1000 was
spent in foods S2.625 was spent in in
vesiisating he cases TO whom the food
was given"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
FOUR PASSENGERS KILLED
Terrible Accident AZ a Grand Trunk
Grade Crossing on Hue island
ANcnue, Chicago.

Chicago. Noy. 7-Rushlng at fun
speed into crowded Blue Island
street car. striking the car in the mid
die and hurting IL through the air. a
Grand Trunk passenger uain killed
four passengers and wounded several
more probably fatally
A score more werc moro or less Sc
riously hurt. Clothes were torn. mus
cles bruised ana faces scratched. The
car was totally wrecked The accident
occurred at The Grand Trunk tracks in
Western avenue. 2 mile south OF Blue
Island ana two miles from Harvey.
The dead George Gore. Harvey. m:
PASSENGER. Fred Mcleod. mo.orman:
unidentified man. unidentified woman.
The accident was a repetition 81
many due 10 the deadly unguarded
grade crossing. The neishhoI hood is
sparsoly settled, and both trains and
street cars run az full speed The
Blue Island ear. which runs between
Blue Island and Harvey. was bowling
alone, taking IT'S passengers TO their
work. when the passenger train struck
IL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
A MINNEAPOLIS TRAGEDY
Mrs. stella brennan Kills Three
stepchiIdren, Fatally wound.a
Fourth and Attempts Suicide.

Minneapolis. Mimi, Nov. 6.-Three
children are dead and one is badly
wounded while the mother lies fatally
injured at the city hospital as the re-
suit OF tragedy at the home OF Jas.
Brennan. a fireman. The dead:
Alice Brennan, aged 10.
Lizzie Brennan. l5.
Arthur Brennan, 5.
Seriously injured:
Thomas Brennan. II.
Mrs Stella Brennan, 81.
Five snots we're fired in quick sue
cession. The first intimatlon OF the
tragedy was heard by w. G. Farmer,
who lived on the first floor OF the Bren-
nan home.
The woman says a stranger shot the
children first through a window and
then he self. The police think Mrs.
Brennan did the shooting. The couple
had separated. but recently became re-
conciled. She Is step-mother OF the
children. ana is believed to have be
come temporarily deranged because
OF Jealousy OF the children. The wo-
man has tried suicide twice previously.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

- '1'N '"@3aNt7 =
Elihu Root. Secretary Of State.
CIRCULAR OF INSTRUCTION
Secretary Wilson Wishes TO Place
Ills Department Above Suspicion
of Graft and Fayoritixm.

Washington, Nov. 3.-Secretary vii.
son OF the department of agriculture
has issued the following instructions
relative TO the outside interests Of en-
ployes Of that department:
mo officer or employe or the govern
ment who IS in position, either 10 in
fuence the award OF contract with
the department. or TO cause purchases
Of supplies 10 be made for the depart
ment, shall be interested in any firm,
company or corporation doing business
with the department.
Officers CT employees who are en-
gagged upon Investigations OF special In
dustries for the department shall not be
connected with, or interested in any
firm. company or corporation whose
scope OF business includes the IT iustry.
which the officer or the empio. Is in
vestigating for the department. and al.
officer or empioye engaged in The abovs
described work shall in no case allo~
his name, his work. or his connection
with the department TO be used in pr.
motirg or excloitlng or selling stock IL
any firm, company or corpora ion. the
scope cf whose business incl Ides the
special industry which officer or en-
ploye Is investigating for ~. depart
mcnt.
No officer CT employe sh ~ perform
or be engaged upon work for private
individuals. firms. companies corpora
tons c. Institutions without tho writ
ten cot o; the secretary. Cost had
and obtained through he chief OF the
bureau. Office or division In which said
officer or ongloye Sorves"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
President Roosevelt Designates Ma
tional Thanksgiving Day.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER BOTH.
lie Asks the People TO Render
Thanks for Past blessings aud
Consecratc fhcmseIvcs to Lives
of Cleanliness aud Honor.

Washington. Nov. s.-The president
has issued his Thanksgiving proclama-
ton. setying aside Thursday. the sO,h
day Of November. as a day Of national
thanksgiving
BY the President OF the United States
OF America:
\ Proclamation.
When nearly three centuries ago the
first settlers came 10 the country which
has now become this great republic.
they fronted not only hardship and prl-
WALTON. but terrible risk 10 their lives
In those grim years. the custom grew
OF setting apart one day in each year
Tor special service OF thanksgiving 70
the Almighty for preserving the people
through the changing seasons. The
custom has now become national and
hallowed by immemorial usage We
live in easier and more plentiful times
than our forefathcrs. the men who with
rugged strength faced the rugged days.
and yet the dangers to national life are
quite as great now as al any prev lous
time in our history Il is eminently
lifting that once e year our people
should set apart a day for praise and
thanksgiving TO the giyer OF good and
az the same time tina, they express their
tsankfulness for the abundant mercies
received. should manfu,ly acknowledge
their shortcomings and pledge them
selves soiennly and in good faith TO
stfive to overcome them.
During the past year we have been
blessed With bountiful crops. Our bust
ness prosperity has been great No
other people has ever stood on as high
a level OF material well-being as ours
now stands. We are rot threatened By
foes from without. The foes from whom
We should pray 10 be delivered are our
own passions. appetltes and follies: and
against these there Is always need that
We should war.
Therefore now set apart Thursday.
the thirfie;h day OF this November. as
day of thanksgiving for the past and
OF prayer for the future: and on that
day ask that throughout the land the
people gather In their homes and places
Of worship. and in rendering thanks
unto the Most High for the manifold
blessings OF the past year, consecrate
them selves TO a life Of cleanliness. hon
or and wisdom, so that this nation may
do its allotted work on the earth in a
manner worthy Of those who founded
II and Of those who preserved Il.
In witness whereof | have nereunto
set my hand and caused the seal Of the
United States TO be affixed
Done at the city OF Washington this
second day Of November in the year
Of our Lord one thousand. nine hun
dred and five. and Of the indepen-
6ence Of the United States. the one
hundred and ,hirtieth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

One Of the extraordinary monu
ments Of the world is the colossa.
statue Ct Christ erected recently Oh
the border line between Chile and Ar
gentina, 1900 feet above the level o.
the sea. on the summit OF the Andes
TO commemorate the re1narkabl
treaty Of peace and arbitration wh'cl
prevented the two nations from plum
ing into a bloody war The statue
cast from bronze Of the old came
which the spanlards eft at the time
Argentine independence The scui.
tor Is young Argentine. Mate
Alfonso
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

The last British soldier viii shortly
take his departure from tie continent
OF North America The British gov
eminent after long negotiations. haa
recently notified the Dominion an
thor.t.es that il IS ready TO turn Over
the famous Halifax N 50 citadel
be garrisoned by Canadian volunteers
as the Quebec citadel already is Til
Halifax citadel is a massive stone
structure a mile in circumference. II
crowns a hill $50 feet high that over.
looks the city and the harbor-a nat
ural fortress If there ever was one.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
br.um is easily disturbed.

AZ least this much progress toward
civilization has been made by the erst.
while wariike Sioux Indians. nearly
half OF them are communicates 81
Christian churches And so enthu
siastic are they il their religion that
in far OF China and Africa mission.
aries supported by money contributed
by these supposed savages are teach
ing the Gospel TO heathens. From be
ing the subjects Of missionary work.
they are Joining In the task OF Chris
tanning the world.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

After five years OF a Jun there is
ssa-n AN agitation Ia this country and
abroad % have an liquid poi>ons KEEP.
IN bottles made in such a fashion tha,
the moment. any one picks one Of
them mp the dangerous contents Viii
be revealed by the warning sense q
touch. This agitation has resulted
from The growing number Of cases in
which persons have go. up al night
and mistakenly have drunk some poi.
son under tho idea they were taking
nclicine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
FOUR FLOORS COLLAPSED
Two Men Went Down Beneath HIM
dreds of Tons Of Fircproof Wa
terfaI and DebrIs

Omaha, Ne5.. Nov. Four FIRE
proof floors OF new slx-sfory building
being constructed by Hayden Bros at
Sixteenth and Douglass streets. COL
lapsed. killing Albert Lumpkin and
James McNamara The mea we're car
ried down with the freproohng materi-
al and we're covered with a hundred
tons OF debris when their bodies were
found
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

That considerations Of ccmm0-
sense and a decent regard Tor th
health and comfort ~ vast uumbe.
Of people are having weight IN the dc
termination 81 the date Of future pres
idonual inauguraeous Is evident from
the response made 70 the Efforts d tn
committee charged with the duty %
preparing ard urging a constitutional
amendment changing the date from
March 20 late. day p spring Forty.
ono governors Of states and territories
have agreed 10 serve on the commit
tee which win draw the amendment
and Urge It's acceptance By congress.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

Washington. Nov. 3.-Tormal orders
have been announced at the navy le-
Garment detachirg Capt W. s. Cow es
from command OF the baiilesh!p Mis-
sori. November %. and assigning
Capt. r. G. Pendle,on as his successor.
Capt. Cowlss will resume his duties as
naval aid to the pres dent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

Washington, Nov. 6.-Sixtt million
dollars will be necessary to complete
the engineering work OF Qualifications
of the snscoast OF the United States
under plans OF the Endicott board. &C
corcing to the report OF Brig.-Gen. AZ
exander Mackenzie, CHIEF OF engineers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

Mountainyiew. Okla. Nov. c THE
tornado that struck this place satlr-
lay killed at least eight persons.
The dead are:
w. T. White.
+. W. Clark.
j. S Barkloy.
Mrs. Jennie Jones.
Mrs. W. ~ Holt and two children
Mrs. Robert Hulme
Mrs. Smith
The seriously injured are:
I. d Dunn.
J. W. Gray.
Mrs. George Broughton. aged e5. ana
her three-year-old child.
Mrs. J. 5. Barkley; probably fatally
John Jordan, aged Il; probably "a
tai
Mrs. E Mcbride ana daughter
J. Z. Hollis.
J. ID. Hollis.
b. A Mittendorf.
J. w Hittle. Cache. Okla.
Joseph Walker. Oceana. Okla; psoh-
ably fatally.
Many Others are less seriously IA
jured.
The schOolaolse. two churches. two
livery barns. one hotel. a cotton gin
and about 4 dozen dwellings were
b.owI. away and more houses were
wrecked
The business part OF the town was
untouched. except a few windows be-
ing blown in
The twister came up in exactly the
same manner as the one at Snyder
Immediately after the storm intense
darkness prevailed. Many cattle We're
killed.
The little town OF Cement. sc miles
from Mountainyiew, in Custer county.
was struck by the storm and &c per-
sons reported killed.
A general storm prevailed all over
Oklahoma. At Moore. several build
ings were wrecked. and the downpocr
OF rain was terrific
In Guthrie and vicinity the heaviest
rain OF the year prevailed.
A heavy rain preceded the cyclone.
and as the sky was completely over
cast the storm came absolutely with
out warning. and the first intimation
the residents OF the city had OF cy-
clone was the crash made by the
schoolhouse. as II whirled over the
roofs. crashed into the ground the
structure being crushed like an egg
she'll
No damage was done outside OF the
town. The pathway OF .he tornado IS
about 100 yards wide and only one
mile long. but in this small area the
havoc was great
The Methodist church is a complete
wreck The Christian church. which
was used as a school building. was to
tally destroyed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
The WAR IN KENTUCKY
Man nnd wife wounded. the Latter
Fatally, when Troops Charged
ON the Halls Refuge.

Lexington KY Nov In a battle
bHvecn 'he Ban outlaws and he milf
tary conlIny Of Can't Ailrecht al Mid
diesboro. a man named Patterson and
his wife were wogndfd.. the woman
fatally. Both were shot through The
body with Krag-Jcreensen rifles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

In Iowa there are at present "a wom.
en bank cashiers ana rs women assist
ant bank cashiers And these banks
are solvent, sound and subs lauual and
maze money Statistics. moreover
show tha, no bank directed by q WON.
an In Iowa has ever closed its doors
through failure
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
BOTH LEGS WERE CUT OFF
serions Accident 40 Conductor Allen
fiory, Of the Frisco in the
-. Louis Yards.

St Louis. Nov. Alien Fiery. a
Frisco conductor, and brother Of Jo-
seph Flory, former state railroad COM
missioner and republican candidate for
governor IN 1900, was run over by an
engine near Tower Grove station. Bo,h
legs were cut of Re is az ST. Mays
hosI itai In = very serious condition.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

New York. Nov. IA gathering u
Jews az the Sixty-Sesenih street svno-
Eogue sent letter to President Roose-
welt, imploring him 70 use his if.lu-
ence a. stop the massacrcs Of their
Drethr in Russia Similar commu.
nicatiors we're sent to Lord Ro;hscild
and Claude Monteplore. OF London.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

Prof. otto Won Stocks ager. the dis
tinguithei Belgian explorer and al
vetgrcr. whose recent gift 10 The mts
scum az his native town. Hcrenthals
Attracted much attention in Europe
has announced the discovery or one Of
the strangest races of mankind
race q amphlbians In Lake Brause-
which Won Stockslager discOverel
and named In honor OF his distinguish.
ed co-wcrker, Frans BrauCer-the Bel
gis- discovered 2 tribo Of men. won
en- and children who live practically
al the time in tho water. ealing ana
sleeping there.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

Although perfum have been used
~ most Of mankind Tor over 5000
years their value as therapeutic
agent has only recently been demon.
stn,ed- The perfumes Of flowers or
those coming from plants are said "a
be the most healthful ard soothing to-
the nervous and those afflicted win
diseases OF a nervous character. Accord
Ing % The doctors the s.ea- Il VIC els
as q natural selatve having the power
81 slbduing or toalns down a nervous
system or temperament whose cquili
brum is easily disturbed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
A TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST
One Man, Seventy Mich Cow. and
Ten Horses Crcmnted I'm the nurn-
Ing OF n Dairy Barn.

Evansville. Ind, Nov. G.-The dairy
barn OF Schaefer & Boeke. near this
city, was destroyed by fire. and Philip
Wilks. aged Gs, was burned to death.
Seventy mich cows and ten horses
were cremated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

San Jose, Cal, Nov. G-CLnerce Won
Doke,en. young student of the Santa
Clara high school. died at n local sani-
tarlum from the effects OF a crushed
skull. which injury 10 received durks
q football game.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
Judge Chri.msn Acquitted.

Kansas City, Mo. Nov. &c. Lee
Chrisman. judge OF the county court
charged with the improper letting OF
county road contract. was acquitted By
Q jury In the criminal court here
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10

81. Louis. Nov st. Louis social.
lists. through the organization OF the
Socialist PARTY. are raising funds 10 help
the revoluiIonists OF Russia in their
fight against the cars government
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
EIGHT KILLED
BY A TORNADO
The Terrible Twister That S,rncI
Mountain View, Okla.
DEVASTATION IN ITS WAKE

Cement said to Have Been Struel a..
the storm and sixteen Person.
Killed, Hut This ~ Yet
Lacks Condemnation.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-05-14
49,
In a Hard Corner.

When Mr. Waldrop the pianist of
Dick Jose's concert company ran up
against the Opera House piano the
other evening it was amusing to see
the expressions pass over his face
when he first struck a chord-or rat.i-
err what he expected to be a chord-oa
the intrument.
He saw he was in for it but he
waded in and did the best he could
and was artist enough to drown the
defects of the instrument with lot
of noise He said afterwards that of
al the pianos he had ever met in his
tour. this particular one was the
limit
When it was explained TO him thai
the plumber, who generally attende
to the tuning of the old music box
was out of town. he accepted the eX
PLANTATION gracefully and said he
thought rs much.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-05-14
Not Dead, But Sleeping.

Sheriff Quirk was notified this morn
ing that a man with a face bathed in
gore was either asleep or dead in
buggy on the Occidental road. Ac-
companied by ex-oficio Coroner, Judge
Smith. he proceeded to the place
and found the man mot dead but only
sleeping" and snoring to beat the
band. The sleeper was a well known
resident of Silver City who had evi-
IDENTIFY been in a fistic mix-up and
when aroused from his slumber drove
into town and after wash and sum
dry interviews with the contents Of
a bottle assumed something like nor
NAL condition or. as near as possible
after a hold-over jag. He is utterly
oblivious, however, as to how long
he had been enjoying the "sleep thai
knits up the ravelled sleave of care, -
or how he got on the Occidental road
Or acquired the bleeding scars on his
physiog-Virginia Chronicle.