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

Oofl Confound it. what are they trying
to do with US, anyway? We must have
run against stone wall.
11:29-I wish hadn't come in so
early. What beauty Grace Leaning
ton Island as clever as she's pretty.
might have been with her instead of
wasting time in this stuffy car for the
past hour, too! I'm Rocky Mountain
sheep If they haven't run that switch
engine up beside us again. l wonder
why they keep ringing the confounded
bell! They certainly can't be afraid of
running over people while the old ma
chine is standing still at this time of
night.
11:40-No use. I can't go to sleep
here. They've run the switch engine
away. but that fellow in the next berth
is going to die ia a minute or two. No
man can use his breathing apparatus
to make such sounds as he's making
and live. wonder if he has wife
and family! Itll be a sad task to break
the news to them
11:53-Oh heavens. but this is love-
ly! The conductor and porter are now
auarreling with somebody about his
ticket. was just going to sleep, too.
/ wish had sat up and smoked
12:O7-At last things are quiet. The
porter has turned down the lights.
Now for a good. refreshing sleep. /
need it. | wonder If Grace bennington
is likely to get stout in her old age?
12:21-Um- MN! Heavens! We must
have been run into by the fast mail
that time. hope nobodys killed It's
that COMPOUNDED switch engine. It has
come back and hooked onto us l won
der where we're going now? Oh, we'll,
I don't care much Danger and death
no longer seem terrible TO me. Maybe
they're going to shove us into the
roundhouse. If they'd only keep the
car moving | believe / could go to
sleep easier than when it's standing
stiu. I wouldn't be surprised If Grace
might get rather heavy after she's IS
or 40. Her mother must weigh at least
10 pounds.
12;33-Bang, once more I'll bet the
man who's running thai switch engine
never had hold Of a throttle before,
But perhaps his brake Is broken, so
that the only way he can stop is by
running against something I'm so
glad got here as soon as the car was
opened. It would have been a pity If
had missed any OF the refreshing
rest I'm getting.
12:4O--I'm going to report this con-
ductor don't believe the company
pays him merely to stand In the aisles
and gossip with the porter while pas
sengers are trying to get the sleep
they've given up their good cash for.
! 1:o2-Thers II is again. The switch
I engines got back. oh. loot, dad burn
yoa toOu You cant disturb me any
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
300 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages,
and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally. acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and Civ
ing the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ture in doing its work. The propri-
etors have so much faith in its Gu
Tative powers that they offer one
hundred dollars for any case that it
fails TO cure. Send for list of testi-
mOnials. Address
+. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipAtion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Waiting for Bite" is the apt
title of the front page picture of the
August American Boy, bringing a
vision of cooling breezes, sandy
shores, camps, boats and woods, with
all the delightful occupations Incl
dent 1.-The good old summer time. "
OF course every reader Of the Am
erican Boy will want to know about
the American Boy Day celebrations
and this number contains an account
of the splendid one at the Lewis and
Clark Exposition at Portland, Ore,
with pictures of many of, the boys
and their friends who took part in
it; and also of the celebration at
Bedford. Pa, with a large group
picture. Those fine continued stories
"For the Mikado" and "A French
Frog and an American Eagle" still
! increases interest. Among the other
stories, of which there is variety
enough to please every reader,
Jimmy and the Goat" in which a
boy for a prize triumphantly rides a
notorious butter" will be read
with delight.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

President Roosevelt Saturday re-
ceived the Russian and japanese
peace ENJOYS on board the Mayhower
at Oyster Bay. The plenipotentia-
ries were introduced to each other
by the President, and afterwards
were entertained at luncheon. Dur
ing the luncheon the President of
fered the following toast: II drink
TO the welfare and prosperity of the
sOvereiGns and peoples of the two
great nations whose representatives
have met one another on this ship.
1t is my most earnest hope and
prayer, in the interest not only of
these two great powers, but of all
mankind, that a just and lasting
peace may speedily be concluded be-
tween them" The peace conference
was to assemble at Portsmouth, N.
H., yesterday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
BIG SHOW
Preparations Being Made for
Fair at Dunbar's Cave.

The directors of the Montgomery
Fair Association, Which will hold it's
annual fair at Dunbar's Cave next
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
have appointed the following recep-
ton committee for Farmers Day,
next Thursday; j, P. Killebtrew,
Michael Savage, A. B. Killebrew,
w. B. Dunlop, M. L. Rudolph, H.
E. Bryant, Col. John F. Shelton and
Dancey Fort A number of distin-
guished men, including Senator
Carmack, Congressman Gaines, Hon.
J. E. Washington and Chairman F.
G.. Ewing. of the executive commit
tee OF the Tobacco Growers AssOci-
alton. have been invited.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
SMALL FIRE.
Mr.. Barbour's Family Lose
Their Clothing.

Sunday night at a quarter past
eight fire alarm was turned in from
the corner Of Third and Clay streets.
The fire department promptly re-
sponded, but found it unnecessary to
turn on the water, as the fire had
not gained sufficient Roadway to
necessitate it. The fire originated in
the family room Of Mr.. A. F. Bar
bour, who has a chair in Hotel
Latham barber shop. The family
was not at home, but were visiting
on East Ninth street.
The fire was discovered by neigh
bors, who saw through the windows
that the room was full Of smoke.
The door was forced open and the
destruction of the building and its
contents was narrowly averted by
the prompt action of the fire de
partment and the neighbors. Mr..
Barbour was notified and when he
arrived the fire had been extiguish-
ed. He had no idea how the fire
originated, rs every ssras-aution was
taken before the family started on
their family call. 1t is thought that
rats got hold of some
that were in the closet,
thus starting the fire. Most of the
belonging to the family was
either burned or ruined with water.
Mr.. Barbour's loss is placed at $3.50.
Long & Cooper had a risk on the
property and have tabulated the
damages for adjustment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Mrs. Mary j. Carlisle, wife of
former SecretaryEof the Treasury
John e. Carlisle, died Friday at their
country home in West Islip, L. l.,
after an illness Of three weeks. The
funeral will be held Sunday and the
body will be placed in vault in the
Babylon cemetery until fall when it
will be removed to Covington, KY,
for burial. Mrs Carlisle was seventy
years of age and was a daughter of
Major John A. Goodson, of Coving-
ton.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
BETSY ROSS

A quiet house, a quiet street.
A needle and a thread.
A scissors and a square Of blue,
Some strips OF white and red
And slender hands that deftly stitched
The shining stars across
Twas thus the nag OF Liberty
Was made by Betsy Ross.
Though Father Time has worn to rags
The ermine robes Of hinge.
And left the guns Of war TO rust
Among forgotten things.
Though crowns and scepters al his toucl
Have turned to dust and dross-
Yet not a broken stitch has marred
Tho work Of Betsy Ross
In stately hall and lowly home
This day It's colors wave
The shelter OF the worlds bppressed.
The beacon OF the brave.
Let glory on the nations shield
Among the stars emboss
The thread. the needle and the name
And fame Of Betsy Ross
-Minna irving. IN Lcslie's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

President Roosevelt preached a
lay sermon to the Christian Brother
hood of Oyster Bay Sunday after
noon. His appearance was a sur
prise to most of the audience, as he
had stipulated that there should be
TO advance announcement of his ac-
ceptance of an invitation to address
the brotherhood. He took the text
for his discourse from the Scrip
lures, largely from Matthew, and
his discourse was a disquisition on
the substantial elements of a life of
grace and christian conduct.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
A Pleasant Evening
~ in the Yards
BY S. {. KIsER.



hIARY Of man who has bought a
~ berth in a sleeping car that is TO be
started on its journey at three o'clock
in the morning, the passengers being
permitted to enter at 1890 and go to
bed
10:45--Ah. this is delightful There
is nobody in the upper berth: the night
is just cool enough for comfort. and
III have over four hours Of good. solid
sleep before the car starts.
10:56-They have run a switch en-
CINE up beside this car. and it is blow
ing off steam with a roar that would
make Niagara sound like the humming
of a mosquito. | wonder why they don't
save their coal!
11:0l-They are now ringing the bell
on the switch engine It sounds as if
it were about five and one-half inches
from my ear.
11:14-Biff! That was an awful
bump. l guess l was doing. thought
for minute that nc had been wrecked.
They must have let freight train get
loose and bang into us. Another shock
like that and my heart is likely to Jump
the fence.
Il: 16-We're moving can't under
stand it. The agent said our car would
stand in the yard till three o'clock.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
Southern Arkansas Lands

Timbered, rolling, perfect drain
age, no swanps. good water. Grew
corn, cotton, small grains, cowp Aas,
and believed to be the coming clover
and alfalfa country porous clay soil
and clay subsoil-cheapest lands in
Southwest. Splendid stock country,
10 months range.
Write for Southern Arkansas book
let and Homeseekers' rates Aug. Is,
Sept. 5 and 10, Oct. and II.
E. w. LaBeaume, G. P. &T.A.,
Cotton Belt Route. st. Louis. Mo.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
FOR SALEl

We, the undersigned, appointed
to dispose of the work house and old
Jail property, will offer them for
sale at public auction in front
of the Court House on the first Mon
day in September. The Jail build
ing and ground will be sold sepa-
rately and as a whole. The work
house will be sold separately from
the land enclosed around it and then
sold as a whole. The right is re-
served to reject any and all bids.
w. T. WILLIAMSON, ! Commission
S. G.. BUcKNER, I ers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

At meeting of the Republican
county committee Of Fayette county,
formal notice was given the Republi-
can party by the colored members of
the committee that unless negroes
were given equal prominence on the
ticket selected to oppose the Dem
ocratic nominees, there would be a
split in the party, the negroes going
over to the opposition.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
Six Million Acres.

The State of Texas will place on
sale Sept. LIST, 1905, six million acres
of state lands scattered throughout
the state at from S1.00 to $500 per
acre, one-fortieth cash down, forty
wears time on balance, 8 per cent in
terest.
Write for particulars, also about
cheap rates to the Southwest Aug.
Is, Sept. 5 and 10, Oct. II.
E. w. LaBeaume. G. P. & T. A.,
Cotton Belt Route. st. Louis, Mo.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

The call for the extra session of
the 59th Congress will compel the
organization of the House of Repre-
sentatives three weeks earlier than
it otherwise would be organized, and
if the delay in the organization Of
the House were all that would re-
tard the legislation that the Presi-
dent asks for, he would get some
action inside of the three weeks be-
fore the beginning of the regular
session. 1t is practically foregone
conclusion that your Uncle Joe"
Cannon will be reelected Speaker
and the old officers of the 58th Con
gress a.so reelected. So far as the
Democratic minority is concerned,
there is not a shadow of doubt that
the Hon. John Sharp Williams, of
Mississippi, will again be the caucus
for Speaker, which carries
with it the floor leadership during
the life of the 59th Congress and
there could not be a better selection.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
Buys Out Drug Store.

Mr.. ]. T. Heard, Of Hopkinsville,
has bought out a half interest in the
drug store of c. F. Gillim, at the
corner of Fourth and Hathaway
streets. Mr.. Heard is a fine phar-
macistand is we'll known in this city.
The Gillim drug store has proved
success and a large business has been
established at that place. Owens
horo Messenger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
St. Francis Valley Lands

Of Southeast Missouri and NORTH
east Arkansas, river bottom made
soil, rich as cream; for corn, wheat,
oats, clover, timothy, alfalfa, fruits
and vegetables. Yield big crop, no
failures. Open winters. Lands now
cheap but advancing, investigate
this fall. Homeseekers' rates Aug.
Is, Sept. 8 and II. Write for St.
Francis Valley booklet.
E. w. LaBeaume, G. P. & T. A.,
Cotton Belt Route, st. Louis, Mo.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

more by blowing your whistle than you
do by ringing your bell The next time
/ get a berth In a sleeper that doesn't
start tin three in Tie morning they'll
have to have a keeper on each side Of
me, I'll tell them that Let her whis-
Tel Don't mind mel I'll bet a hun
dred dollars that engineer has a grudge
against somebody ia this car and is
trying to give him a case of nervous
prostration. Grace takes after her
mother. That's plain enough. Still, l
don't know but that I'd rather be mar
ried to a woman who got little too
plump along late in life than to nave
one who dried up to nothing but skin
and bones
1:23-We're off again. This is the
ninth time they've run us down the
track and then run US back, with a
nerve-destroying bump at each end.
Oh, well. / guess there's no use trying
to go to sleep now. I'm going to take 1t
philosophically and save wear and tear
on my temper.
1:S7-For heavens sakel They're
yelling at somebody now to get up on
the roof OF this car and pour water into
it. wonder IL they didn't have time
to attend to that earlier in the eve
ming. when people were not trying to
sleep? believe this road is run by
lunatlcs.
1:50-I know that man in the next
berth is now in the last throes Con-
found him. he ought to diel Any man
who can sleep through racket like
this deserves an ignominious death.
Still. I don't suppose he's to blame,
after ALL He makes so much noise Of
his own that he doesn tjSnow anything
else is going on. That's the great adj
vantage of being snorer never
thought of it before. Now know why
a man who shores is always able to
sleep overtime.
2:02-Ouch! That bump nearly threw
me into the aisle. / wonder why they
always run into us from the direction
toward which ones head points? I'll
bet there are seven distinct imprints
of my skull on the partition between
this and the next berth, Oh. If the
coupling would only break and let us
run into the river!
2:14-They must have hauled us
back near the station. Twenty people
outside are trying TO talk at once-
can't make out what they're saying, but
II must be funny | can hear our por-
ter, who evidently is standing at the
car steps. laughing with great enthusi-
asm.
2:29-Hello! Our old friend the
switch engine has returned with steam
up and the safety-valve showing what
it's there for. don't suppose they can
find room for it anywhere else in the
yard.
2:41-Thank heaven! Only 10 min
utes to wait in this inferno. Jerusalem!
They're going to shunt us around
somewhere again. | wonder If ii would
do that poor fellow any good to pour
some kind of lubricant into his wind
pipe? It's too bad that Grace's hair is
so dark. Otherwise the down on her
upper lip wouldn't show at all.
2:53-The Pullman conductor has
Just yelled to the porter that the train
to which we are to be attached is an
hour and so minutes late. Good-by.
proud world godo-by! I'm going out
to throw myself in front of the switch
engine. II en- all-wise Providence felt
that | had any right to live this could
never have happened to me.-Chicago
Record-Herald
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
County Court.

Yesterday being county court day,
a large crowd was in town-the
largest for some time. The property
of the late tobacco manufacturing
company, on North Virginia street,
rear of Odd Fellows building, was
sold to Mr.. w. T. Tandy for $500.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

The revenue agents have been
given another set back in their work
Of compromising omitted tax asses
ments for cash in hand, with the as
sistance Of employed attorneys. In
a written opinion delivered by At
torney General Hays, it is held that
revenue agents in instituting suits
for back taxes must employ the
county attorney of the county in
which the action is instituted, and
pay him the usual fees.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
A New Cottage.

Mr.. r. r. Conway closed a con-
tract yesterday Ewith Hester &
Thompson for the erection of cot
tage on East Seventh street near
South Kentucky College. The con-
tract price was $1,000. Work will
commence at once.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
Association This Week.

Pembroke had a street fair last
week and this week is entertaining
the Bethel Baptist Association. 1t
begins today and lasts two or three
days. The horse show will be the
next event. Our little neighbor is
equal to almost any undertaking.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Editor Sam Limbaugh will give his
printers a holiday this week and the
Russellville News will not be issued.
The editor took his vacation at Crab
Orchard Springs last month.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

The Chautauqua at Glenwood
Park, Louisville. opened Friday with
w. j. Bryan and Gov. Hanley as the
speakers Mr.. Bryan's lecture, 'The
Prince of Peace" was heard by
5000 people,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Maj. Thomas Lawson, COpfeder-
ate veteran and an inmate of the
Home at Pewee Valley, was killed
by an electric car Friday night. He
was 76 years old and a native of
Virginia.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Robert W. Criswell, editor of a
weekly publication, fell in front of
an express train at a subway station
in New York. The head was severed
from the body, Traffic was delayed
nearly an hour while policemen and
railway employees worked to remove
the horribly mangled remains.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Harry Yohey, whose heart was on
the right side instead of the left,
died last week at Indianapolis, aged
% years. An operation was per-
formed, but the doctors could afford
him no relief and he suffered con-
slant pain.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

A colonization company has been
formed at Shelbyville, KY, to estab-
fish a Swiss colony. More than half
of the $25, 900 needed has been sub
scribed to buy a farm. A commit
tee will go to Switzerland to secure
the colOnists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Miss Corinne Blackburn, daughter
of Senator Blackburn, was married
at Washington Saturday to Mr.. w.
H. Gale. of New York.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Editor Henry Watterson, of the
Courier-Journal. has returned from
his tour abroad. He spent several
months on the continent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Sam Jones is stirring up things in
Springfield. ILL.,, by criticising Gov.
Deneen for his failure as reformer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
The Weather.

Washington, D. c., Aug. For
Kentucky: Showers tonight. Tues
day fair.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08
First Ward Officers.

Election officers for Democratic
primary Aug. Is: A. T. Davenport
and J. w. Heath, judfes; w. M.
clerk.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Capt. Evan P Howell, long prom
inently identified with Southern
journalism, died Sunday at his home
in Atlanta, Ca, after an illness of
three week.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Where a stimulant in indicated the
doctor prescribes good, pure whis-
key. /. w. HARPER is the ideal
liquor-none better. Sold by w. r.
Long, HopkinsVille. KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-08

Gives these organs vigor and tone for the
proper performance Of their functions, and
cures all their ordinary ailments. Take It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-13

4, thousands whom 1t has cured voucb for .ne value of Hoods sarsaparilIa as a