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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-12-12
To The Insuring Public.

1t is with pleasure that we thank
j. M. Higgins & Son for their quick
and liberal adjustment of our to-
bacco loss, sustained by us on Satur-
day morning. 1t is a pleasure for
us to recommend this firm to people
that want Ere Insurance that in
sares, and in case of loss their loss
looked after in quick and business
way. H.H. TANDY & CO.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-12-12

Theodore Bertram, a famous bari
tone. who made his reputation at
Wotan, committed suicide at Bey-
aeuth, as a result of dependency
over the tragic death of his wife,
who was drowned in the wreck of
Che steamer Berlin.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-12-12
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Unable to agree as to the guilt of
Steve Adams, accused of the murder
of Fred Tyler. the jury which has
had his case was discharged at Rath-
drum, Idaho. Four men voted for
conviction and eight for acquittal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-12-12

The price of wheat steadily de-
elined during the last week, nearly
all causes contributing to the falling
off. An important factor was the
renewal of optimistic reports con-
corning Argentine, the crop there
being unusually large.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-11-14
Commencing Saturday, Nov. Is, We will Sell:

500 Boys $3.50, So and 81 Suits at
So each.
500 Boys So, Sc and 81 Suits at $500
each.
100 Overcoats at $3.50; would be cheap
at $780,
100 Mems $3.50 and $500 Suits at
$500 EACH
600 Mems $500 and $500 Suits at
$780,
400 Mems Overcoa is at $1,000; would
be cheap at $500.
200 Mems Overcoats at $3.50; would be
cheap at $4,000
Come to the big Clothing Sale if you
want to dress we'll, look well and feel well.
We want to make this the record
breaking sale, and sell more Clothing than
was ever sold before in the same length
Of time You can save from SO to IS per
cent at this sale.
RennenberWe have only beenin busi-
ness about six weeks, which is a guaran-
tee that not one dollars worth Of goods
in our entire store is DID, but in this big
sale everything is new and fresh and right
up to date.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-11-14

3 BIG BARGAINS IN SHOES FOR THE
BIG TEN DAYS SALE:
Hamilton Brown Shoes for Ladies and
Men at SIPS, $3.50 and S3.5O--wouId
be cheap at twice the money!
Come to the Big Ten Days Sale for
Shoes as we'll as for Clothing.
Our stock Of Ladies' and Misses Suits.
Skirts, CIoaks, Jackets and Refers is very
large and the goods entirely new---not
one dollars worth from last years stock.
Prices lower than any house in Missis-
sippi
It is a well known fact that we carry the
nobbiest, newest and largest stock of
Hats for men and boys in jackson. The
goods are the best and the pncest are the
lowest. Come to the Big New Store for
Hats.
Mems, Boys and Ladies' Underwear
Our stock is the largest ever before in
jackson. Our prices the lowest.
Come to the big 10 days sale for
everything in Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes,
Hats and Groceries. We have it at lower !.
prices than the lowest.
Come to our Big Store if you want to
save money!
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20

A recent church notice in Manches-
ter, England, read "a potato pie sup
per will be held on Saturday evening.
Subject for Sunday evening, "A Night
Of Agony"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
slLo SURPRISES SWISS.
Our Method of Wintering Stock
Revelation to European Agri-
cultuists.

In describing the introduction of
American silos into Switzerland, Con-
sui F. B. Keene writes from Geneva:
Just outside of Geneva there is a
small but model American farm, the
property of an American who has
long resided in this city. To a mod
ell dairy and equally up-to-date quar-
tiers for fowls and swine, the owner
last autumn added two seventy-dve
ton American sflos While twelve
acres of fine American corn were be-
ing ground and packed into these,
farmers came in from the country
round about to see what was to them
a curiosity and a revelation. There
were as many as fifteen or twenty in
a day. These silos were, as far as
l know. the first to be set up in
Switzerland. During the past win
ter they have fed thirty head of fine
cattle. The practical illustration Of
vintering thirty head Of stock on
the twelve acre crop Of corn has re-
suited in inquiries for seed corn and
in orders for three silos by farmers
who came, saw and were convinced.
Each of these three silos will be
new advertisement for the system,
which is bound to spread. The
American model farmer in question
grinds his ensilage by electric pow
er. It may be that, in a country
Astounding in water power, the spread
of silos will create a demand for cleo
trio motors, in which our American
makers may find it profitable to Geek
their share.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20

we are apt to think that a great
city, containing the comforts and ele-
gancies Of modern life, cannot exist
without railroads at it's gates Bogota,
the capital Of the Republic Of Colon
bia, is an exception Having poDu-
lation Of 125, 900 fine residences, excel
lent schools and colleges, literary, ar
tistic and musical societies, clubs,
polo, tennis, balls, dinners, elegant so
ciety that knows the Partisan fash
ions, Bogota lies on a plateau which
no railroad has yet reached There is,
however, a short railroad on the plat
eau itself. But to get to it by the
most used route, one must journey two
and half days on muleback Anoth
err way of approach, reducing the mule
ride to seven or eight hours, requires
several days Of river navigation. But
the railroad is coming, although late
Youths Companion
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20

That fisherman is always talking
about the whoppers he caught" HE
doesn't catch them" answered Miss
Cayenne, lie merely tells them
Washington Star.
City Visitor-I suppose there's quite
little idle gossip in village like this.
The Postmaster-Idle? Not a bit Of
it! Works eighteen hours day an
never takes a holiday. Puck.
Little Willie-say, pa, what is an
idle theory? Pa-There is no such
thing, my son. Every man or woman
who has theory keeps it working
overtime Chicago Daily News.
81 dropped some money in the mar
ket today" announced Mr. Wyss at
the dinnertable. ''Again?" exclaimed
Mrs. Wyss, reproachfully. NO" re-
piled Mr.. Wyss, mournfully; "a loss"
Judge.
First Summer Girl-Who is that
clean-shaven, handsome boy? Second
Summer Girl-Oh, he's an actor. First
Summer Girl-No; / mean the other
one. Second Summer Girl-Oh, he
hasn't any money, er.-Harper's
Weekly.
Gosh, all hemlock!" exclaimed the
first farmer, "ain't yet struck water
yet? How deep hev We gomez" Bout
a hundred feet" replied the other,
placidly. can amt we discouraged"
20! l dunno, / can't say amt git
tin along we'll. philadelphia Press.
But" protested the space writer,
perhaps you could use this article II
I were to boil it DOWN." Nothing do
ing" rejoined the man behind the blue
pencil If you were to take gallon
of water and obil it down to apint,
it would still be water "-Chicago
Daily News.
'Im afraid, said Mrs. Oldcastle,
'Mr. Harkins would have been better
off if he had never inherited that
money from his aunt. He is rapidly
becoming voluptuary." do you
think so?" replied her hostess. But
mebbe he'd Of got that way anyhow.
Most men begin to fatten up when
they get along about his age. Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Haven't you loaned that De Broke
a good deal of money!" mo. I've let
him have a number Of small sums"
Knowing his reputation, why did you
give him that last fye?" ut was this
way. He said if I'd let him have it he'd
pay me something on what he already
owed me-" ''Well?" 80 l let him
have the FIVE and he paid me 81 on
account. "-Cleyeland Plain-Dealer
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
The AImiahty Dollar.

A recent headline, Rule Of the Dol.
lar" has suggested the inquiry Who
originated the familiar phrase, the
almighty dollar?" 1t was washington
Irving, in "the Creole Village" which
he published in 1897. The phrase be-
came so popular and excited so much
controversy in consequence Of doubt
whether the adjective was irreverent
that its author had to explain eighteen
years later that he intended mo irrev-
erance, even to the dollar, which he
is well aware is becoming daily more
and more an object Of worship" DOL
lar" is certainly one Of the worlds
great words now, and it is difficult to
realize that it only means "Valleyer,"
the "thaler" having been named af-
ter the Joachimsthal, in Bohemia, in
whose valley it was first coined in the
sixteenth century.-New York World.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
For Whom He Prayed.

A very nice and gentle minister &C
cepted a call to a new church in a
town where many of the members
bred horses and sometimes raced
them. A few weeks later he was
asked to invite the prayers Of the
congregation for Lucy Grey
Willingly and gladly he did so for
three Sundays. On the fourth, one
Of the deacons told the minister he
need not do it any more.
"Why?" asked the good man with
an anxious look, lis she dead?"
ooh, nc" said the deacon. She s
won the steeplechase." Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
seIf-Windinq Watches.

matchmaking is no longer what it
used to be-" said collector ''Where
will you find today artists making and
selling readily watches worth $2500
apiece?
"Brequet was the greatest watch
maker the world has ever seen. He
was a Swiss, but he lived in France.
The watch collector who hasn't
Breuuet timepiece has a sadly inco:ri
plete collection. Brequet watches
were the acme of beauty Of original
ity, and Of accuracy One played
tune every hour, another had on its
dial little figures that danced, third
was a self-winder.
"They were very ingenious, those
self-winding watches They worked
on the pedometer principle. The mo-
ton of the body in walking kept
them wound I have a Brequet self
winder, and some times out of Curl
osity, carry it for a week or two.
My stride winds it, it never runs down,
and it keeps, after all these years, fair
ly good time. New York Press.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
BANK SAFE LOCKS.
Robberies More Frequently Committed
by Employees than by Outsiders.

1SSSS'tSS VtS'S iSH0Cutiy OOiHAueeSA
by Employees than by Outsiders.
When a new device is invented its
author or its manufacturer tries TO
convince the public of it's enormous
superiority over everything else, With
the best of intentions and in perfect
honesty, he sometimes indulges in ex-
travagant claims. There may be truth
in what he says, but it is occasionally
mixed with error 1t is wise, there
fore, to receive some of the statements
with caution. Here, for instance, is q
story put forward by the advocates OF
one particular type Of bank lock- The
point Of it all is that only small pro-
portion OF the bank safe locks are so
made that persons in the employ Of
the bank cannot steal the ''combina-
ton" Any one who knows much
about such devices knows that the COM
bination includes several numbers
say, 26, 49 and IS. In order to open
the lock, person must rotate knob
in one direction until an index points
to its first number Then he turns 1t
the other way to the second. Having
moved it once more till the index
points to the third crowded there be
only three, the task is virtually COM
pleted To steal the combination is to
learn the secret Of the number which
is ordinarily known only to two or
three officials Of bank, safe deposit
pnu1DaOxy n+J,or hi1 Gin
house.
The pretence is put forward that few
locks are SO guarded at the back-or
the inside surface of the door-that
any one who knows much about such
things cannot set hold of the secret il
an interval ranging from half a min
ute to two minutes. All he needs, it is
asserted, is a scrowdriyer. Ordinarily
during banking hours the safe door is
left open for convenience, or if not,
could be swung open on short notice.
Of course, any one in the employ OF
the bank would have a better chance to
do this than an outsider And it is as
serted that most of the bank robberies
are committed by employees AS an
extra precaution, it is customary from
time to time to change the combina-
tion, so that if anybody has once learn
ed the old one dishonesty the knowl-
edge will be useless.
There is, however, still another pro-
lection which has not been mentioned,
and which ought to thwart the designs
of persons who have the right figures
in the wrong way. Most bank safes
have a lock which can be opened only
at a certain hour, say, 10 a. m. A clock
inside the dor is SO connected with the
lock that before that time the COM
bination won't work. Nothing short
of dynamite will do the business. at
any but the appointed hour An I'M
faithful employee might hide himself
and stay all night in q bank, but the
secret would do him no good. The lock
would not surrender until the
usual time, when several other persons
would have arrived.-New York Tri-
bune.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
saved Horge BY Trepannina sui.

To save the sight of one Of its
eyes, and possibly the animals life,
DR.. William F. Doyle, veterinary
surgeon of the Brooklyn branch of
the police department trepanned the
skull Of Seven Up, a traffic squad
horse attached to the Fort Hamilton
station. A piece Of bone three inch.
es in diameter was taken from the
skull above the right eye. The op-
Grafton was successful and Seven Up,
who is a general favorite near Fort
hamilton, is back on duty.-New
YCrK Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
Cold Storage.

Mr.. Madison Squeer-I suppose in
your family there are a number Of
historic jewels?
His Grace-Yes, indeed. I must
get them out some day and show
them to you, by Jove!
Mr. Madison squeer-Ah then you
still have the tickets ?-Tit-Bits,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
a SONG OF TIE ROAD.

lift my cap to Beauty.
] lift my cap to Love;
bow before my Duty,
And know that Gods above
My heart through shining arches
OF leaf and blossom goes;
My soul, triumphant, marches
Through life to LIES repose.
And l. through ali this glory
Nor know nor fear my fate
The great things are so simple
The simple are so great
Fired c. Bowles, in LittelHs Living age
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
IN srYLEs

In elbow sleeves and elbow gloves
she's lad Just JUS" ike 's's''; ali other doves.
Re sure of that
She feels uncomfortable and stiff
l~aneath her lord.
She looks a sight but what's the dit3
She's IA Ia mode.
rs network waists and network hose
She stoutly clings;
And network wells, and, goodness knows,
What other things.
An elbow network dream, We gods!-
She takes the road.
She looks a sight, but what's the odds7
She's a la mode.
Louisville Courier Journal
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
Relic of Antiquity.

NJ G. Ramsay, Of York, Pa, is the
possessor Of a rare treasure of anti
uuity, which has been handed down
through a long line of ancestry It is
that of an old High Boy or beautiful
walnut piece formerly owned by
Thomas Reed, a signer of the Decla-
ration of independence. Reed former
ly lived in Delaware and then in Mary
land. After his death it passed into
the hands of one of his nearest rela-
tiyes, and finally passed into the keep
ing Of a family by the name Of Burns.
living in the southeastern part Of
Maryland. 1t has since come into the
Ramsay family
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-20
TINY BOY TRAVELS
ALONE FROM RUSSIA
is SCRUBBED IN EVERY CITY HE
REACHES
Small Bunch Of Human Freight Is
Tagged Like Trunk That Has
Made a Tour of the
World

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 19.-Adorned with a
motley array of tags, which were pinne,'
on his coat, shirt and trousers, in many
cities on the route from far off Minsk,
Russia, to this city, 7-year-old Benjamin
Meyerson is quartered in the Hebrew
Home for Immigrants in this city.
He is bound for Omaha, where his pa
rents, who left Russia several years ago,
now reside.
The boy remained with his uncle until
recently, when his parents sent for him
and he was started alone on what prob
ably has been the most remarkable Jour-
ney ever taken by little fellow of his
age.
Benjamin's uncle tagged him, 80 that
the railroad men might know where to
ship the tiny human freight.
He also appended to the boys coat a
request that wherever the wee journeyer
stopped he should be bathed.
The child has been scrubbed in a score
of cities.
At each point where the boy changed
cars he was retagged until when he ar
rived two days on the Etruria he looked
like a baggage trunk which had gone
through the grand tour.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-20
TORNADO AND RAIN DO
DAMAGE TO ST. JOSEPH
Houses Are Wrecked, Street Railway
Tracks Torn Up and Cellars
FIooded-Some Narrowly
Escape Death
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July ia tornado
and tremendous rain did heavy damage in
st. Joseph and vicinity last night.
Houses were wrecked, street railway
tracks torn out and cellars flooded.
The family of Daniel Riordan, one mile
east of the city, had narrow escape
from DEATH
The residence, two stories in height,
was torn from the foundation and COM
pletely demolished
Riordan and his wife and three chill
dren had taken refuge in the basement.
They were buried in the debris, and the
wind lifted the house bodily from the
foundation, but none of the heavy tim
bers fell on them.
Scores of houses were dashed from their
foundations in the city by rain, which
amounted to a cloudburst Sewers could
not carry off the water and raging tor
ents flowed through the outlying parts
of the city.
In Brookdale, suburb, scores of fami-
lies were driven from their homes by
water, which reached the windows upon
the first floor. The home of Fred Shoe
maker where funeral party was caught
by the storm. was struck by lightning
twice and several persons stunned. Re-
ports from farming sections east of the
city said crops were levelled in the path
of the storm and the loss will be heavy.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-20
PHILANTHRoPIsT STRAUSS
PREDICTS PURE MILK LAW
Says President Roosevelt Is Investi-
eating Subject for Federal Action
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 19-Nathan Strauss,
merchant and philanthropist, has sailed
for Europe to attend the second annual
milk congress to be held In Brussels from
September IL to 16.
Four hundred scientists. medical ex-
perts and philanthropists have indicated
that they will be present during the ses-
sions of the congress.
Fifteen years ago said that the time
was coming when 1t would be considered
criminal to feed young children on milk
which had not been pasteurized," said
Mr. Strauss.
1.-THE agitation for pasteurized milk has
spread to Buffalo, Boston and as far west
as San Francisco.
Besides this, Surgeon General Wyman
of the public health service, at the direc-
ton of President Roosevelt, has taken
up the investigation of the whole milk
subject with the view of the enactment
bv congress of pure milk law that will
compel the eradication of the tubercular
cattle from the dairy herd and require
the pasteurization of all milk that cannot
be certified as free from germs of dis
ease"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-20
WOMAN GLOBE TR0TTER
is HOMEWARD BOUND
Has Covered q Stance EquaIine Equa-
torial circumference OF the Earth.
Penetrated Interior of
Korea
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press
NEW YORK, July ia lone woman
traveller, who since last October has COW
cred a distance equaling the equatorial
circumference of the earth, arrived yes
terday aboard the North German Lloyd
steamship Friedrich der Crosse.
She is Mrs. Lucy S. Noble of Detroit, a
widow of middle age, with taste for
exploration and means to crafty 1t.
She headed for the unknown world by
-ay of San Francisco last October,
whence she took steamship to Japan.
1T have covered 25,00O miles, said Mrs.
Noble, land have seen something to in
terest and instruct in each of the thirty
five countries L have visited.
IT went alone, and when 1 came to a
place where help was required l hired
guides and interpreters.
Il have travelled in almost every kind of
conveyance, from the continental railway
cars . the mule and the camel"
MS. Noble went to China, Korea, Siam,
Burma, India, Egypt, Ceylon, Persia,
Arabia and every country in Europe.
The most notable feat was trip into
the interior of Korea, where Mrs. Noble,
accompanied by guides, went into parts
of that country where, it is said, not a
white man has ever gone.
Her advent created the greatest excite
ment among the natives, although she
was actually in danger at no time.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-20
JAPANESE
ARE KILLED
KOREAN SOLDIERS FIRE ON
POLICE STATION
BREAK FROM CONTROL AND RIOT
IN STREETS
Seoul Now Quiet and Under Military
PatroI-More Outbreaks Feared
as Result of Emperor's
Abdca
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SEOUL, Korea, July 49, p. m Tho
city became quiet at nightfall and is now
under military patrol.
A heavy rain following the outbreak of
today was largely instrumental In dis
persing the crowds.
All traffic has been stopped and the
Japanese shops are guarded.
The police report that twenty-five jap
anese were killed and wounded in the
days rioting.
The casualties among the Koreans are
unknown.
An official Japanese report ascribes the
shooting today to Korean soldiers who
could not be controlled by their officers.
The noise of the firing and the news
that casualties had resulted greatly
alarmed the emperor, who at o'clock to-
night sent by the minister of Justice a
long apologetic message to Marquis Ito to
the effect that he regretted that his ig-
norant subjects had caused violent COM
motion.
He therefore relied upon Marquis Ito
to take measures necessary to prevent
further trouble.
After the emeute Marquis Ito called
upon General Hazgawa to take military
charge of the city. Japanese troops have
been offered for the safeguarding of for
egn consulates in Seoul.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-20
MESSAGE
THE FIRST SINCE 1905
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SEOUL, Korea, July 19-The abdica-
tion edict of the emperor is his first COM
munication to the world since the repudia-
ton of the convention of 1906
A translation of the text of the edict
follows:
II have been in succession to my ances-
tors, on the throne, forty.four years and
have met many disturbances.
II have not reached my own desire.
proper men, and progress is not controlled
by men, the times are contrary to natural
events.
"A crisis extremely urgent in the life Of
the people has arisen and the progress of
the state is more than before imperiled.
81 fear danger like that that befalls
person crossing the ice.
Fortunately we have son endowed by
nature with virtue, brilliant, and well
worthy of being charged with plans for
the development of the government, to
whom we transfer our inheritance, sane
toned by the custom of ancient times.
Therefore be it known that as soon as
it is proper to be done we will hand the
affairs of state over to the crown prince
as our representative"
Court usage is said to make the meaning
of the above an actual abdication.
While insuAlcient time has elapsed to
show the effect of the emperors action on
the situation, advisory opinion at the Jap
anese residency general regards the alb
dication as taking away the force of
Japans intended blow.