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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-12-25
No Such Volume of Business
Ever Done In the
City.
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS.
Express Companies Send Out
$4,000 Packages In Five
Days

Hopkinsville's Christmas trade has
been the greatest in the history of
the city. The merchants have been
worked to death all of this week and
the stores have been open day and
night.
The express companies have been
the busiest people in the city. both
companies finding it necessary to
put on five to eight men to handle
the business. The average number
of packages sent out each day has
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-12-25
win preach at Hurricane.

Rev ]. L. Dotson, Of Hopkinsville
will preach at Hurricane Baptist
church near Rock Castle on the first
Saturday, Saturday night and Sun
day in January He has been called
to the pastorate Of the church. and
it is probably that he will accept
the call. l.-Cadiz Record.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-12-25
First Presbyterian Church.

Rev. R. T. Roberts, financial agent
of Mclean College, will occupy the
pulpit Of the First Presbyterian
church Sunday morning ard even
ing, in the absence Of the pastor,
who is in Frankfort, spending the
holidays with his mother.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-12-25
SUDDEN DEATH
= FOR M'LAURIN
Mississippi Senator Expires
Without Warning at Home
in Brandon.

jackson. Miss, Dec. % United
States Senator A. j. McLaurin died
d alddenly last night at his home in
a 2krandon. Death was due to an at
tack of of heart failure, which came
without the slightest warning.
When the fatal stroke came upon
him Senator McLaurin was seated
in rocking chair in front of the
fireplace in his library. He sudden
ly fell forward without speaking a
word, and life was extinct when
members of his family reached his
side.
VARDAMAN OR WILLIAMS.
Former Gov. James K. Vardaman
and Senator-elect John Sharp Will
Jams are mentioned in connection
with the selection of a successor to
complete the unexpired term of the
late Senator McLaurin. Several
months ago Mr.. Vardaman announ-
ced his candidacy for the subse-
quent term.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-12-25
GRANGE MEETING.

The next regular monthly
meeting of the Church Hill
Grange will be held on Fri
day, Dec. 31st, the fifth Fri
day Of this month.
Miss Edna Adams, Sec.
Big shipment of Holly just receiv-
ed at Metcalfe's Greenhouse. Cut
flowers. pot plants, etc.. of every
variety and description. Place your
orders at once.
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Alaska is q cold and barren region
and is almost useless except a. .
hunting ground for the seal and other
fur-bearing animals." declared a stan
dard school geography published 90 re-
Gently as 1875. The discovery of gold
served materially to broaden that view,
and q representative Of the depart
ment Of agriculture now reports that
the territory's agricultural possibilities
have been grievously underestimated.
In the Yukon valley he has ripened
oats. barley and winter wheat for sue
cessive seasons, and found them fully
as heavy as the best grain of the
states. Grasses grow abundantly, as
do all the harder vegetables; and
when 1t comes to live stock, Galloway
cattle. long-haired, hardy breed, stand
the climate WELL Such facts suggest
that 1t should not be difficult to carry
out the aim of the Alaska ukon-Paci.
nc exposition. ito correct the common
impression that Alaska and Yukon are
nothing but countries OF cold and
gold"
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And it's possible that she has no re-
frigerator
But her room is cold enough to keep
the bird long time.
Another thought-why not endanger
the keeping powers of the big bird by
strewing a few Jumps of coal on her
floor?
We are using up coal at such . ruin
Gus rate, we American people, that
there will be none to burn In CON-
paratively short time; but / do not
think that the poor are nearly as ex-
travagant In their use of it as the rest
of us are
Did it ever occur to you that the
superfuous heat In your houses, the
heat that is making nervous wrecks
of many of your women folk, would
comfortably warm thousands Of poor
people all winter long?
Aren't we foolish? We shovel In
coal to the wrong furnaces. In your
house it is so hot that you are always
shifting with colds, while In the
homes of the poor On the next block
but one it is SO cold that they are all
shifting with colds.
All smiling together but not all get
ting together to devise means by
which they might share little of your
superfiuous coal.
Merry Christmas!
said that to myself Just to cheer
myself up, because / felt that I was
going on in anything but Christmas
strain about things in general. Moth
ing slap-stlck about this style of hui
NOR. l dare say I'll find a slap-stick
In my stocking from some editor who
likes more ginger than am able to
compass.
But when I'm thinking I let my
thoughts follow their own way-never
trying to coerce them. and what I'm
after is a Merry Christmas for lots of
people. We elected the man most of
us wanted. and he's sort of Santa
Claus himself He'll do all he can to
give us a succession of Merry Christ
masses. Let's get together and help
all we can.
Hello. Central! Give me that man
who is said to be starving. There's
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I'VE BEEN
THINKING
ABOUT CHRISTMAS
BY
Charles Battell LOOMS
Copyright by W. @. Chapman)

Copyright by W. q. Chapman)
Merry Christmas.
Did you ever think how pretty those
letters look, and how delightful the
words sound?
The M and the c are red and there's
a, jolly looking Santa Claus, ruddy-
checked and stout, looking out from
behind them, and the salutation
sounds like sieighbells and the crankle
of good packing snow, and happy
voices.
, Merry Christmas!
f, Have you ever tried telephoning the
good wish to the abject poor whs live
huddled In tenements? The trouble
is that most of them have no tele-
phones. But II they only did have
them 1t would be such a kindly thing
to wake them out OF their troubled
sleep on Christmas morning to wish
them q Merry Christmas.
Then ring on.
! 1t wouldn't take much time and Il
wouldn't take any money Qf you
chose the poverty stricken of your
own town. and they needn't know who
spoke to them.
Then they could go back to bed and
go to sleep again or else stay up to
enter upon their firing, sordid round
of things. but they would know that
even II there was to be no Christmas
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ne ALMOST REMEMBERED n.


Donald had returned from . visit
70 the country, and was full Of rem
iniscences of persons and things that
had interested him. Il met q boy,
mamma" he said, that had the queer
est name II ever heard He said his
folks found It in the Old Testament.
It was-it vas-let me see-yes. 1t
was Father william. or William Fa-
Their; rye forgotten just now which.
But It was one or the other"
But, Donald" said his mother,
'there II no such name a. Father Will
liam or William Father In the Old
Testament"
Are you sure, mammal"
Il certainly am. dear. have read
It through several times. William il .
comparatively modern name. 1t isn't
anywhere in the Bible"
well. but-oh, l remember now!"
exclaimed Donald. 1T was Bildad!"-
Youths Companion.
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Inner for them, and even II they had
"HsIlo Mr.. Starving Man.

dinner for them, and even II they had
no stockings, let alone anything to
put in them. some unknown person
had wished them well.
think we all wish the poor well.
Those people who at a banquet gave
three cheers for the poor gave them
with great vim, I've been told.
But as the really poor seldom go to
the expense Of having telephones put
in on the bare chance that some one
may wish them a Merry Christmas,
most of us will be unable to wish them
well unless we go to see them.
And that suggests another thought
that their lack of telephone is like
ly to prove expensive for us.
You can call a poor man up and
wish him a Merry Christmas with all
the feeling and all the sincerity in
the world. and then you can ring on
before he gets chance to ask your
number, but if you go to see him, why.
1T looks as If you ought to take some
thing with you beside mere saluta-
lions.
A winsome manner and a cheerful
voice, and a hearty hand-clasp go q
long way to bring touch of gold into
the gray day lof bed-ridden woman
whom Santa Claus omitted to call
upon, owing to the shocking condition
Of her chimney flue, but, after you
have gone away, hunger is just as
likely to visit her as IL you had not
visited her yourself.
1t might not be bad idea to take
something along.
If you who read this intended to
take something along or to send some
thing pleasant, don't take offense at
my reminding you. l was taking to
myself as much as to anybocJ-think-
ing aloud.
Isn't it lucky thing that we don't
feel called upon to be charitable ex-
cept at stated times-Christmas and
New Years and Thanksgiving day? l
think that's ALL II we had to think
of the poor every week they would get
on our nerves.
Talk about duplicate wedding pres
ents-I fancy that some of the poor
In our town, people who are not
troubled by Visitors to any great ex-
tent from January to Christmas week,
have duplicate turkeys on Christmas
day.
OF course the poor woman can put
the duplicate in her refrigerator and
have 1t served up cold for many cold
day, but perhaps q smallish chicken
every month or SO would not cost
much more than the big turkeys that
come to her from different donors
nazE chxstmas morning.
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England alone of all the great Euro
pean powers has done but little exper.
imentation with aerial war-craft. Yet
she is Of all nations the most threat.
ened by the recent inventions and i'm.
provements in aerial work, because
she has depended largely for security
on her splendid isolation, protected by
her powerful navy. says Henry B. Her.
sey in the Century. Now she realizes
that this isolation cannot be main.
tanned against aerial attack by any
present means Of defense, and that
such defense must be prepared in the
form of feet Of air cruisers.
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HIS CAUSE FOR THANkFuLNEss
Discouraged Man Had No Need to
Worry Over Financial Trouble.


We'll. has anyone been robbed or
murdered or anything?" he asked of
the man in the car who seemed Deep
ly interested in his newspaper.
Someone is always being robbed or
murdered" was the reply, "but here
is something worse than that. BY
George, but this country seems bound
to go to destruction"
What is it?"
When the Panama canal was pro-
jected its estimated cost was about
Sis, 1000 O0O." 4
Eyes. remember the figures. re-
member Of thinking what i would do
If had such sum in my pocket"
And now it is announced that It
is sure to cost double that sum-
you can't mean it,"
But | do mean it. Here it is in
black and white. Yes. sir, that canal
is to cost this country $3.50, 900, OOO
Two, hundred and thirty million, and
who knows that, the cost will even stop
there?"
1T is simply terrific"
Terrific! Sir. that is no name for
1t. 1t is simply appalling. It's mon
strous. It's amazing Why, sir"
do you think anything win be done
about it?" interrupted the inquirer.
do I? Do 1? You bet there will.
Why. when the public at large comes
to understand It such howl will go
up from millions of throats-there will
be demand for such a reckoning
the great American nation viii want
such an accounting"
Excuse me, but want to say that
/ have just been fired from my job.
was going home feeling as blue as a
rag, but now see where have cause
to be thankful. | shan't have to pay
those s230.o0O,000 No, sir, and I
don't feel burned bit sorry for the
rest of you, and get OF here and
good-by to you, overburdened tax
payer"
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YES" said the drummer, dreamily,
Il will take another" and as he said
this he drummed upon the table and
gazed out into the smoke-filled room
with far-away eyes. 1T was a curious
story" said he. THE way l happened
to be in Mexico was this: was travel
ing for the house of Guggenheimer &
Co., who were interested in California
wines. Guggenheimer has gone under,
am sorry to say. He was forced to
suspend payment when there came
that crash in 1893. Well, Guggenheimer
wanted to start a branch establish
ment In Nogales, right across the Ari-
zona line. Our firm had told me to
purchase cheap building for an Of
fee anywhere in the town. was young
then, hadn't been travelling long. and
my inexperience was enormous. There
were a great many things didn't
know. When ! arrived in the town,
was struck by the shabby shanties of
which 1t was composed. A good wind
looked as II it would blow the whole
town down. However, as l was walk
ing around the place. I saw near the
barracks little shanty with a roughly
scrawled sign on 1t In Spanish which
meant: This building to let or for
SALE The architecture Of this edilce
was extremely simple. In fact, it was
nothing but four, walls and q roof. 1
said to myself: This will do well
enough for our temporary ofice,' and,
approaching the building, l noticed
that 1t had barred window, behind
which l saw a Head. The Head saw
me as soon as saw the Head, and 1t
smiled frank and kindly smile. Then
the Head opened its mouth and cried:
How are you? Better on than
am. I'll swear
II was struck with the frank smile
of the Head and particularly as it az
forded me an opportunity to talk bust
ness.
AS for that said 1, it rests entire
~ with you to change our places
THE Head looked at me without re-
plying.
~ have just noticed said /, that
this building is to let or for saIe.'
The Head burst into a roar of
laughter.
Well, SIR said I, somewhat net
tied, I don't see anything to laugh at.
If this building suits me, / would like |
to buy it.
"'You would like to buy IT,?
Yes. 1t is possible for me to In
spect IT.?
oh, nothing is easier. All you
have to do is to push back the bolt
and come in
1T seemed singular, but the door
was fastened by bolt on the outside.
/ pushed back the bolt and entered.
Another thing struck me strangely
the building was remarkable for a COM
plete absence Of furniture, but mas
much as all intended to do with 1t
was to use 1t for storing wine, OF
course didn't need any furniture.
THE Head noticed my establishment
and said again, with its open smile:
The furniture is being upholstered
"'Ah,' replied, and let me ask
whether you are willing to sell, and II |
30 whether your price is high?'
"'Oh, think not. would be willing
to sell at reasonable figure
Suppose were to give you hun
dred dollars, would you take it?'
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THE Head again laughed. I shou

The Head again laughed. I should
smile would
The deuce!' said / to myself, per-
haps there is something wrong with
this building, and then aloud added,
Will you guarantee that the building
is solidly constructed
SOLID? My dear sir, II you had
spent as much time in 1t as l have,
you would never dream of trying to
break out-I mean, to break 1t down.
Very well, then, l will give you a
hundred dollars for IT,
THE Head regarded me with the
same open smile
fare you In earnest?' said he.
1T was evident that he doubted my
financial responsibility. So took out
my purse, and from 1t extracted i've
twenty-dollar pieces. There is your
hundred dollars said I.
HE extended his hand. took the
gold pieces, looked at me. and as he
apparently hesitated. I said to him:
"T wish to enter into possession
soon. 80 you must sign the usual docu-
ments'
Very well,' he said. I'm sorry
cannot offer you any refreshments.
but my servant has just gone out and
taken the keys Of the cellar with her.
Il thanked him. assuring him that /.
was much obliged. but that l was not
in the habit Of drinking between meals.
I took out Of my pocketbook sheet of
paper and drew up contract Of sale,
and when he had signed 1t, babe him
farewell.
: "A few days afterwards 1 appeared
before my newly purchased building,
with two big trucks filed with casks
Of wine. But what was my astonish-
ment when found eight men In my
house. ordered them to go away. But
as they stared at me without replying,
l informed them that l had bought the
building some days before from a man
who was in the house, and to whom l
had paid hundred dollars.
AT these words the eight inmates
laughed like lunatics. At first 1 be-
lieved they were jeering at my foreign
accent; but, as they would not leave
my building, l at once went and COM
planned to a police officer, to whom I
related my story.
"He looked at me scrutinizingly
while / was talking. and by his looks 1
could have sworn that the man was
laughing internally. When / had I'M
ished. he told me to wait for him, and
he entered the barracks near my
building. l thought he had gone for
reinforcements. but be returned alone
after some minutes.
Sir said he. I'm sorry, but you
have lost your hundred dollars. The
man whom you negotiated with was
one Of this regiment. and had been
placed under arrest for I'VE days.
When his time was up and he was re-
leased he seemed to be unusually flush
with money. No one knew how, and
after treating his companions he sud-
denly fed. He IL now a deserter'
But said /, what is this building
which bought-or. rather. which /
thought boughtr
oh, senior, said he. struggling his
shoulders, 1t Is the calaboose-what
you call?-military prison
Great heavens! My friend, the de-
serter. before he had skipped, had sold
me the jail"
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How to Tell a Good School.

Even more indicative of the inner
spirit Of school, however, are the lit
tie indications given by the talk Of
boys at home on their vacations, says
Appleton's Magazine. Don't make the
mistake of believing what they tell
you about the lessons, or the food, or
even the prowess Of the football team
A boy is an inveterate generalizer and.
moreover, you are quite likely to mis-.
understand his terminology. He will
tell You that the food is rotten"
that the milk is always sour, that Mr..
So-and-so is fearful soak" and
gives out hundred lines of Virgil to
q lesson right straight along, and that
the football team has never been
beaten; all Of which will only mean
that sometimes It has happened that
the food was not above criticism,
the milk was sour, Mr. So-and-so gave
out long lesson. and the football
team has won. No, don't try to pump
him about the school, but Just notice
how he talks Of 1t, and Of the masters.
If he fires up whsn you suggest that
there is anything to criticise in It. If
he speaks Of this or that master with
q gentle suggestion Of affection In his
voice, and more especially II he does
not try to entertain you with stories
Of how this or that boy beat OUT this
or that master, then the chances are
that he goes to good school.
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Isidor Wulfson is a city officer to be
proud Of. As inspector of weights and
measures he ipspects and has no no
ton that the ofilee might be used an
. mere ezcase for drawing a salary.
He earns his salary and the public is
benefited far more than the salary's
worth. Those citizens who buy hay
and grain owe him an especial vote OF
thanks.
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II the world had not passed beyond
the age Of myth-making. the disaster
in southern Italy would be ascribed to
the turning Of Encsladus in his sleep.
Enceladus was one of the giants who
rebelled against Jupiter. He was killed
by one of Jupiter's thunderbolts. &C.
cording to Virgil, and buried under
Mount Etna When he turns In his
grave the earth quakes, and when he
breathes the mountain belches forth
IRE and smoke. It was the peculiar
geographical and geological formations
round Sicily and the Strait of Messina
that gave rise to many of the ancient
myths. The rock Of Scylla, dangerous
to navigators, was believed to be the
home of a monster which seized the
sailors from the decks of the ships
that passed too near. The whirlpool
Of Charybdis, across the strait, was
said to be caused by another monster
which swallowed the sea and spewed
it out again three times a day. The
Sirens lived on an island in the neigh
borhood and charmed sailors to their
destruction. They were finally foiled
by Odysseus. who closed the ears of
his sailors with wax and had himself
dashed to the mast of his ship. So
chagrined were the three sisters that
they threw themselves into the sea,
and were transformed into rocky, Is
lands which bear their names.
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Prof Munyon has generously placed
MS Cold Cure with druggists through
on; the United States and has author
lied them to sell 1t for the small sum
OF Is cts. q bottle. He says these
pellets contain no opium, morphine, CO.
caine or other harmful drugs, and he
guarantees that they Will relieve the
head. throat and lungs almost imme-
diately. He gives this guarantee with
each bottle of his medicine: IF you
buy my Cold Cure and 1t does not give
perfect satisfaction. will refund your
money" Prof. Munyon has just issued
Magazine-Almanac. which will be
sent free to any person who addresses
The Munyon Company, Philadelphia.
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paralyzed me and
affected my kid
neys. My back hurt
me terribly. and
the urine was bad
ly disordered. Doc
tors said my right
kidney was practi-
cally dead. They
said l could never
walk again. Tread
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Concerning that declaration that
woman Is mans horse. 1t is further
commented that the gray mare is often
the better horse. Besides which cyni.
cal persons may observe that IL a man
puts his money on the horses long
enough he is apt to go broke.
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a man next door who has q telephone
and he'll let him use It."
Hello, starving man. Buck up.
Christmas is still with us and there
are lot of people who have their
eyes on you You may die-we must
all debut l think you'll die of Q
surfeit Of Christmas cheer"
Merry Christmas.
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To Enjoy


the full confidence Of the Well-Informed
Of the World and the Commendation OF
the most eminent physicians it was essen
tial that the component parts OF Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA should ne
known to and approved by them; there
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub
lishes full statement with every package.
The perfect purity and uniformity OF pro-
duct. which they demand in laxative
remedy Of an ethical character. are assured
by the Company original method Of man
ufacture known to the Company only.
The figs Of California are used in the
production Of Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of
SIENNA to promote the pleasant taste. but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most bene6cially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only. and for sale
by all leading druggists.
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ALL OF ONE KIND.

'Have your poems been read by
many people?"
"Certainly-about twenty publishers
that know Of"
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Tho Gallant-May.I kiss the tips Of
your little white fingers? -
The Debutante-Of course, silly!
But mind you don't rub any Of the
rouge on my lips.
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The first time a girl is engaged she
inagines that she Is as important as
the heroine In . novel.
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Occasionally . woman goes to
church for the purpose of ascertaining
how many Of her neighbors don't
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ONE KIDNEY GONE


Sylvanus o. verrill, Milford. Me-.
says: Five years ago a bad injury
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TIE hishwaynan has . low way q
doing things.