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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
HOW PARIS REPORTERS WRITE
Specimens 81 What the English Call
Journalese culled From the
French Newspapers.

Literature" Is the agreeable
name coined by M. Adrien .Valvy,
humorist-in-ordinary to the Gaulois.
for what in English is called Journal
esq.," and he quotes few good speci-
mems of "litteratuture." This man.
wrapped In the dread but necessary
mantle Of social justice, seemed at the
moment truly a pillar of society, as
in the picture craven by the philoso-
piers burning pen" wrote a pictur-
eSque reporter He was describing
an execution, and the pillar Of society
was the executioner. Another, or per-
haps the same, reporter went to Asni-
eres on a cold day,
"Ahl the cold that morning In the
streets of Asnieres! Along the pave
ment the water lay, still numbed with
the cold. At street corner, where the
wind whistled more bitingly, were
spread large splashes of ice. BY the
Seine II was terrible. With a steamer
of smoke like the white feather of
Henri Tvs helm rising from Its roof,
the Felicite crossed the river. The
Felicite All, what a warm and COM
Portable name was the ferry boat"
Here is the graceful picture:
1T was after lunch! The hour OF
toasts was long since past. Nine. q.
rose. She laughed. Ladies and gen.
tlemen, have an idea she said, and
laughed again. She bent her fore
head, upon which blond curls played,
and lifted it. laughing again. II
amused her to be making a speech"
NJ. Vely warrants that all these
specimens are authentic.-Paris Cor
respondent London Telegraph.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
THE BOY ON THE FARM.

There is the making of a good
man in the boy on the farm, but he
can be irretrievably spoiled in the
making, if too much is put upon
him; if his shoulders are loaded
with blame for everything that goes
wrong indoors and out; if everybody
feels privileged to give him orders,
and If he is regarded as a mere ma
chine without muscles to tire, sensi-
bilities to wound, intellect to stimu-
late, or a soul to inspire with long
ings for better things. Those into
whose hands are committed These
youths ordained TO eat their bread
in the sweat Of their face, have q
responsibility above that Of merely
providing food, shelter and clothing.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
DlsInfectlno Theaters.

A committee of French doctors has
been instructed TO submit to the Paris
police a scheme of regulations for
minimizing the danger of the dissem-
ination of infectious diseases at theat.
rical performances. 1t is proposed, In
the first place, that every theater shall
be disinfected after every performance
by means of sawdust gteeped in anti
septics. II also is recommended that
windows and doors shall be kept wide
open in the intervals between the per.
formances, that the cushioned seats
shall be sponged with antiseptics, that
the cloak-room attendants shall under
go regular medical inspection, and fin
ally that the air of the house shall be
sterilized once a week by means OF
steam charged with formaldehyde.
Pestiferous microbes certainly will
need to be Of very hardy character to
resist this drastic treatment.-West-
minister Gazette.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Jewel Box Alarm.

Paris is now interested In my lady's
Jewel box with burglar alarm works In
it. When the burglar picks up the
box, or hampers with II, the thing gets
busy with more noise than an alarm
clock. Tips advice 20 any lady who
is warned by an alarm clock jewel box
that burglar is in the room with her
is to refuse to be wakened by IL and
to interfere with his enterprise. Same
advice to men. That device let's Mr..
Burglar get too near before setting up
its changing clamor The less fooling
any body does with burglars at close
quarters the better. The kind OF
burglar alarm to recommend itself to
people who think their lives are more
valuable than precious stones would
be one that would tell you the dark
lantern visitor was coming when he
was five blocks away from your house.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Stopped Those Pains.

Copper Hill, Va.-Mrs. Ida Con-
ner of this place, says: For years,
1 had pain in my right side, and |
was very sick with womanly trou-
bles. | tried different doctors but
could get no relief. had given up
all hope of ever getting well. took
Cardui, and it relieved the pain in
my side, and now feel like new
person. It list wonderful medicine "
Many women are completely worn
out and discouraged on account OF
some womanly trouble. Are you?
Take Cardui. the woman's tonic. Its
rec ird shows that it will help you.
Why wait? Try it today. Ask your
druggist about it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
THREE YEARS FOR FORGERY.
M. L. Montgomery Gets Qulck
Justice.

NIL Montgomery, who was IN
~di:ted for forging Mr.. Lucian ID.
% wis name to a check, was sentenc
ei tn three years in the state penn
tentiary last Thursday morhing
The trial of Joe Sewers. the negro
charged with the murder of Kid"
Davis, also colored. was held Thurs
day afternoon. The jury took the
taIe at 5 O'Clock Thursday and ye--
4eriay afternoon returned a verde t
of guilty of voluntary mansaughter
The criminal docket being finish
ed, the equity cases were taken up.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
PROUD TO TELL ABOUT CURES
Folks Who Have Been Sick Like 70
See Their Cases N Print, Says
Doctor.

"Any doctor who cures a patient Of
an illness serious enough 10 be writ
ten up in a medical magazine has a
right to feel proud Of himself, but
he isn't nearly so proud as the per-
son he cured" said a doctor. cit ac-
tuaIIy looks as if seeing the history
Of their cases in print compensatea
some folks for being sick.
Nearly everybody nowadays who
has a pretty hard pull to get back
10 health asks me if I am not going
to write up the case for publication.
The mere suggestion that it is not
interesting enough FOR copy nearly
causes relapse. As an incentive 10
recovery I have tried my literary
skill OH several cases that contained
not one sensational feature from q
scientific standpoint.
"The patients were pretty sick, Of
course, and thought they were going
to die. Over and over l assured them
that they had straight attack Of
fever or stomach trouble without
complications, but they were con-
vinced l was only Yntting it mildly
to keep from soaring them to death
When, just to please them, | finally
wrote history of the illness they
we're so proud that they had the
story printed in pamphlet form at
their own gxpenss-"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
TWO RATHER BRIGHT DOGS
One Recognized the Letter Was Over
Weight and the other Perceived
Wrong Address

Two suburbanites, one living near
Morton and the other near Primes,
we're swapping stories of country life
as they went home on the 5:35 train.
81 have most intelligent dog"
said the Primes man. II just hand him
a letter and say: There, Sp0t' and
Off he goes to the post office. | gave
him one yesterday and he dropped IT.
He refused to pick 1t up, but wagged
his tail instead I suspected some
thing was wrong and picked UP the
letter and weighed It. It required two
cents more postage"
Without the least show of surprise
the man from Morton proceeded with
his story.
Dogs are intelligent" he began my
collie. Carlo, always posts my letters.
and one day he, like your dog, dropped
a letter on the floor. I thought posi-
bly, one stamp was not enough. but
in weighing the letter 7 found that the
postage was all right gave 1t back
to Carlo. but he let n fall again to
the floor. inspected the letter care
fully and found that II was addressed
to South Penn square. New York. in
stead of to Philadelphia. "-Philadel-
phia Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
NEW YORK sTrL A FUR STATE.

That the reputation of the state OF
New York as a fur bearing district
has not been entirely lost and that
that reputation 50 far as Wayne
county is concerned is still being
kept up is shown by the fact that ap-
proximately $4,000 worth of furs
were shipped to New York by one
dealer during the fall of 1910 and
50 far during 1911.
Since the season opened last fall
he has bought furs as follows: Fifty
thousand muskrats, 10000 skunks,
500 raccoons, 900 minks, 800 red
foxes, 500 ermine, which make
total of over 10000 skins. Undoubt-
edly this does not represent the en-
tire catch, for there are probably
other dealers.-Newark IN. W
Union-Gazette.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Build an Altar for All.

There was a fat-topped rock COW
cred with stones. and as was looking.
a writer In the May Wide World says,
several Somali women passed. Each
one left the road and, selecting a
stone, placed it on the heap. l In
quired the reason of this. The So
mali version is as follows: In the
old days before the Somalis inhabited
the country there was very bad man
After a career of crime. the Prophet
All, one of Mohammed's successors,
pursued him and caught him up by
the big rock. The bad man lodged
All round the rock until the prophet,
growing furious, drew his sword and
split the rock clean in two, and the
miscreant with 1t. In turning to go
Ais horse kicked, and the marks OF
his hoofs are shown in two round
holes in the otherwise smooth stone.
The split rock has Just such an APP
pearance, and from time immemorial
It has been the custom for women
passing to add a stone to the pile on
the altar close by. The Somalis have
many legends OF the people who DC
cupied the country before them, and
talk OF them as having been Persians.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
psaes wave sweat Ancient Eaypt.

Until Cambyses with his Persian
myriads swept across defeated Khem,
and Phoenicia and Greece, adopting
her stored-up wisdom, added thereto
the graces Of a more artistic orna-
mentation and aggressive commercial
enterprise, Egypt led all nations In
the arts of peace and the accumula-
ton of wealth by peaceful trade. And
while It is true that individual enter
prise was largely hampered by the
royal control of foreign trade, II must
be remembered that the king acted
largely as a trustee for his people
and that the Egyptians under most
OF their sovereigns probably suffered
less from plague and famine and were
more justly ruled than most OF their
contemporaries. Nobility Of the
Trades-The Merchant" Charles Win
slow Hall. in the National Magazine
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
COULDN'T HEAR SCHOOL BELL
Fascinations Of the Bright June Morn
Ing Made Boy Deaf to Call
Of Duty.

A big bumblebee lay helpless upon
a plantain leaf under the morning
glory vine-a sad. example of the eff
fects of too much intoxicating drink.
He had imbibed honey freely all the
day before and now, past eight o'clock
of a bright June morning, when his
fellows had been at work for hours,
he sprawled. half paralyzed. shock
ing sight to busy people.
took blade Of grass and tickled
him gently in his yellow plush region.
He raised one legs-he was lying on
his side--and waved It toward me I'm
feeble protestationl. The gesture spoke
plainly. It said: "Lsmme lone. can't
yer. JUS wanta have iii nap"
A little napl A little nap. indeed.
on that morning when all the garden
was rustling and humming and whir.
ring and twittering with life. The
robin. who was the father OF hum
CRY family living In the apple tree.
was hunting worms on the lawn; the
portulacas had been open for half an
hour-ever since the sun had touched
them; the fat toad who lived near
the yellow lilies was awake and look
ing about with slyiy twinkling eyes
Che had probably been up all night.
tool; and the morning glories had
been unfolded since daylight. The
school bell rang. But I did not hear
it. A school bell on such a morningi
No, did not hear 1.-THE Outlook
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
MANY VARIETIES OF PALMS
Some Interesting Facts About TIM
Widely Differing Members Of
This Tree Family.

In general palms are erect, un
branched trees with buttressed basea
Many attain heights of 100 feet and
at their SUBMITS they bear a rosette
Of large leaves, each resembling 9
large fan in some kinds and a feath-
er in others. In some species the fan
like leaves exceed 40 feet in length
and six feet in breadth; the leaves
resembling feathers are twenty feet
by four or more, without division.
Some species are low growing, even
creeping others are slender stemmed
plants which climb by means Of
hooked spines; some have flexible
stems which extend from tree to tree
in festoons and attain several hun
bred feet, 500 being common, and
some writers place the length at
1900 and even more. In the ordi-
nary species the flowers are borne
in huge clusters. The fruits are
mostly berries and drupes. They are
enclosed in a fibrous husk and fire.
quently contain a hard nut. The
flowers, which are generally small,
bear no relation in size to the fruit,
which may be as small as a pea or,
as in the double cocoanut, larger than
mans head
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Fan Fever Injury.

Reeves Cayce. billing clerk at the
4. c. depot. split one OF the fingers
of his right hand Wednesday after
noon willie catching balls in prac-
tice game with another young man
of the depot Office. Agent Tom l..
Morrow is something of fan him
self, but he has warned the boys
that they mustn't cripple themselves
initiating Yon an HUM.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Ants PLAGUE EnoIIsh District.

An extraordinary plague OF ants 10
causing alarm In the Durham. Eng
land. colliery village OF Ryhope. One
hundred and twenty miners houses
are infested with myriads OF the pests.
which swarm In the living rooms. caus-
Ing serious discomfort and damage.
The ants spread rapidly, and swarm
about the cupboards and on the food
In the houses. They are OF a foreign
species. and were brought to the will
age ia consignments Of Egyptian hay.
The solliery owners have engaged en-
perts to exterminate the pests. The
infested houses are dealt with In turn.
the ants being dug out IN colonies ana
their oests destroyed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01

r. Pinkham'S Vegetable Compound,
and did. Today am well and strong
and do all my own homework. owe
my health to Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and advise my
friends who are afflicted with any
female complaint to try it, Mrs.
ORvILLE Rock, r.. r. No. 5, Paw Paw,
Michigan.
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
For thirty years il has been the STAN
dard remedy for women's ills, and has
positively restored the health of thou
sands of women. Whydon't you try it?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
PLEASANT COMPARISON.

"Bob" Davis, who is editor OF
Munsey's Magazine and the author
of several plays, is the possessor OF
sense Of humor and a power of ex-
preston that is frequently picture
esque. Speaking of man who had
achieved some distinction as a kill
Joy said: "That fellow is a great
athlete. He can throw a wet blanket
200 yards in any gathering"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
THOSE FAMILIAR PHRASES
Expressions That Are Nearly Always
TO BE Found In Novels Writ
ten by Women.

Faces are proud" and ladies with
an imperfect nose have "a pure.
proud, lovely woman's face. with glo-
rious soul-lit eyes" Heroines are
slight" Chairs, on the other hand.
are deep" and after the accident
of a sprained ankle you almost carry
Elsie's slight figure TO a deep chair"
In the important matter Of costume,
emotional dresses are worn. and vir.
ginial thoughts go with white frocks.
"Clinging white draperies" are essen
tial TO the heroine and "colors" are
not worn.
Eyes are extremely significant. The
heroines have glorious dark-blue
soul-lit womanly eyes" Ladies' of a
villianous type. on the other hand. are
recognizable by their green eyes"
On encountering at a country house
eyes "scintillating like emeralds." a
bachelor should dispatch a telegram
himself TO the deathbed OF
mis- grand-aunt, Barbara Bailey" In
Chapter "a Green Eyes are "unmask-
ed" Heroines with "pansy eyes," la
dies with orbs misty with unshed
tears" are delicate and unlike any
thing on earth. Though they have
shortened their hair and Heightened
their skirts. "as yet no thought OF
love has entered their bright young
lives" and FALL dat seemed too far
away from thsf young glorious
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
FORGOT HER SECOND WEDDING
Woman Signed Her First Married
Name 10 Bank Check and Much
Trouble Resulted.

"T icgf ny Identity oncefo for the time
being after was married to my sec
ond husband" said a woman who for
D. oriy rvsd N New York city, and
WI d, nov dwe'ls in a iiew England
cwi Soon after my second mar
',ge." she added, Il withdrew my
. ~~souai funds from New York bank
and depc-ited the money in the town
where ! now live, giving my present
name, Of course, and leaving my sigma
ture. had no occasion to draw
agsirst tte deposit for nearly two
months, ard when did so I signed
my first married name TO the check.
The person 10 whom gave the check
did not know I wss married 10 my
present husband. NJ the transaction
was one that did not require any men
ton Of my second marriage.
when the check was sent TO my
bark in the town where I live II was
returned, marked no funds The
check was forwarded TO me BY the
person 10 whom gave II, and II was
addressed TO me ~ had signed II.
One Of the curious things In connec-
ton with It was that my present hur-
band 10 q director Of the bank. but, Of
course. the cashier newer thought 10
ask him, although the bank oficial
knew my other married name II IL
the sort Of mistake that n woman
makes only once"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
TWO FROM TRIGG
Accepted at Local Station for
Army Service.

Two young men were accepted Tor
service in the U. S. army by Sergt
Thompson of the local recruiting
s station Wednesday. They were FL
M. Gober, Jr., and OLIVE H. Thomas,
both of near Cadiz. Gober is only
eighteen years old, but his father
accompanied him here and signed
the papers. Thomas is twenty-one.
The new recruits were sent to JEFF
ferson Barracks Thursday for a
months training. They will then
be assigned to cavalry service in
some regiment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
in FOUR WARDS
Primary Elections viii be Held
on July IL.

Yesterday was the day for closing
entries in the city primary called
an six wards July II. In the Seventh
and Fourth wards there will be no
elections, W. A P'Pool and F. W.
Dabney having no opposition. In
the other wards the announced can
<iidates are as follows:
First-E. H. Higgins and John j.
Metcalfe.
Second-D. D. Cayce and W. S.
Harmed.
Third-N. A. Barnett and h. L.
Haydon.
Sixth-De. J. B. Jackson, W. h.
Draper.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Decisions Of the Ear.

There is a cure. 1t seems. for so.
called decisions OF the ear In deaf
people who think they hear sounds
like the whistling OF wind. the rustling
OF leaves. the cracking noises Of a
telephone. thunder. organ pipes or
shouting Such sounds are remem-
bered. says Doctor Manage. a French
aurist. and are caused by persistent
excitation OF the auditory nerve cen
tiers.
He has invented an apparatus for
studying these really inaudibls but
none the less tormenting noises. which
are apt TO take the form IN time OF
a persistent delusion. and he has sue
ceedsd In relieving many sufferers BY
applications OF electric alternating
currents OF very high freQusnoy o. By
-. -.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Latest Ohio Lynching.

Cleveland. o.. June q "A negro
was shot to death in the street near
the Lorain car barns today by a mob
of so men and boys. after he had ia.
tally shot John Decker. a white man.
The negro had been chided by Deck
er for stealing cherries
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
FIRMS i';;'; SIGN WAS CHANGED
Bulky Lumber Dealer Gave Way TO
Son when Lsttsr Passed
Him IN Weight.

when I knew John Fiske.- said a
westchester politician. he was in the
lumber business on the West side Of
New York city, with his son as a
partner. Both we're heavyweights and
both had the same name. John, ST..
for years had scaled about SEQ
pounds. He was n mammoth man,
being more than SIX feet tall, very
wide and very deep chested. His son
was constructed ON similar lines. and
they were styled By their intimates
~ the Heavyweight frm-'
Tukher.' rsmarksd the son one
Any. I rsthsr tlzfnk that rye been
gnknfuS on you lsssfy ana I wouldn't
- ssrprfssd \ I weighed more than
you % now
~Tooiish tsIi. pzy boz. I'll beat
ypu tv 100 pounds. Ten Ers heavy.
but ycu srs not in my class Jet
~Lsts get on the scales and nnd
out Whist do you sayr
Quite willing to submit to the test.
they weighed. John. Gs., balanced
the bsam at exactly ss2 pounds.
John. Jr., scaled seB. Although sstou-
ishsd. John. ST.. merely said: I
didn't think n, John. and 200 ssr-
tsiniy DON'T look II. my boy
'ssparEtinx, the young MAN rzvc
no more Thought to the incident. but
the next day he was further SUE
prised. The firms sign had been
changed. Hitherto II had read John
Fiske & Son. but now the depossd
heavyweight had transformed II 60
John Fiske' & Father"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Louisville Selected.

The Millinery Travelling M MS
National Association in session at
Indianapolis selected Louisville as
the next place of me. TING. NJ. F.
Herring. Of Louisville. was elected
second vice president AMI R L. Cecil,
also of Louisville. was CHOSEN a di-
rector.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
FOR THE FLY.

Flies may be effectually disposed
Of without the use Of poison. Take
half teaspoonful Of black pepper
and a whole teaspoonful Of cream,
mix well and put on plate; then
place where the flies are most trou-
blesome and they viii soon disap-
pear.-Homs department. National
Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Here Dbl her own statement,


placement. l could
not be on my feet for
a long time. My
physician tEeate d
|me for seven months
without much relief
and at last sent me
TO Ann Arb0r for
|an operation. / was
theIefour weeks and
came home suffering
worse than before.
MY mother advised
line to try Lydia
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01

Safe Cracker (ready to explode
the powder)-Say, Bill, when we get
at the money in this safe we'll have a
jolly jamboree.
Yeggman-Yes; there'll be a big
blowout, all right
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
WOMEN
MAYAYOID
OPERATIONS
By taking Lydia E. Pmkham's
Vegetable Compound

The following letter from Mrs.
Orville Rock will prove how unwise
IL is for women to submit to the
dangers of a surgical operation when
1t may be avoided by taking Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
She was fOurweelxs in the hospital
and came home suffering worse
than before.
Here is her own statement.
Paw Paw, Mich.--"Two years ago
/ suffered very severely with a dis
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Taking Vacation.

oSergt. Garland Jones, Of the night
force, and Officer A. W. Wither-
spoon. of the sub-station. will be of
duty next week, taking their annual
vacations.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-01
Henry Watterson will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the banquet Of the
Indiana Associated Press members.
operators Held to Account.

In France the operators OF aero
planes are held responsible for dam
ago done to persons or property when
4oominG 70 the earth. In two cases
zach operators have been found guilty
q homicile and punished. although
"a. .ols11.aai IA. no. a usal ~