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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-18
PREFERRED LOCALS

See ]. H. Dage for contracting
building and general repair work Of
all kinds. Phone 476.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-18

"An~ easy Job will suit me, sena-
tor"
"How about winding the clocks
every week."
u might make that do. But what's
the matter with my tearing the. leaves
on the calendar every month";
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-18
NATURAL.

Bason-Whats the mother hawk
doing there with that younger OneS
Egbert-Perhaps she's teaching it
to prey.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-18
Fruit Trees.

At bargain prices. 45 best varieties
2 years old Apple, Pears. Peach.
Plum and Cherry. Now ready to
plant.
Sees. E. CHASTAIN 2 229 e e. Is st.
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Iron Fence For Sale.

Second hand Iron Fence-Good as
new. 13l TT. and gate. A Bargain
if taken at once. See or write
MEACHAM CONTRACTING CO.,
Incorporated.
Hopkinsville, KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-18

President Henri Brisson, OF the
French Chamber of Deputies, died
suddenly Sunday, aged n years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-18

Bryan and Wilson we're both speak
mrs at the Jefferson banquet in Wash
ingtCn the other night.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-18
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

Illinois and Pennsylvania have Civ
en- Roosevelt stock a considerable
boost.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-18
10000

To loan on first-class real estate Sc
curity. The rs. KNIGHT & co.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-18
FOR SALE.

Thoroughbred Single Comb f. l.
Red and Brown Leghorn Eggs, $500
per setting of Is.
r. E. LONG.
Home n me 2l-4
Crofton, KY.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11

neVer-tO- be- forgotten evening, when the
ticket chopper detected him. Freddy"
was an hour and thirty minutes late for
supper.
Upon the following day he experimental
with pair OF shears and some light green
cardboard. The result was a bundle OF OBJ
lorg strips each one the color thickness,
length and breadth of a subway ticket.
Freddy" has seldom walked home since;
but worst Of all, he revealed the secret to a
number Of his fellows. and they in turn
passed the information along. Some Of
the boys were Obliged to use the ~
trains. and It necessitatod the use of pink
cardboard The cardboard sales picked mp
wonderfully, and certain officials Of the In
terborough began u sit up and take no
tce. \ remedy was sought ticket chop
pers were instructed to keen an extra
sharp lookout but the remedy has never
proved TO he effective, and the INTERIOR
ouGh IS san looking for a specific
If Freddy" lives long enough and does
not mend his ways we may yet see him
behind hat-topped mahogany desk OF his
own. selling banana or mining stock. And,
it may be observed, downtown New York
is fihl of just such promising youths.
One OF the methods Of beating the ticket
chopper is that adopted by youth In the
employ Of 4 large Broadway furricr. He
has a piece Of small rubber band. about
eight inches long. one end Of tho elastic
is threaded into the end OF q genuine sub
way ticket The other end is fastened 10
a safety pin and attached to the sleeve
lining q few inches above his cuff. As he
approaches the ticket chopper he draws
down the ticket and holds II between his
thumb and finger. He then goes through
the motion Of deposting II I'm the box. and,
quite needless TO say. the ticket vanlshes
from sight. This bright youth has let all
his fellow employees INTO the secret. and
one Of them boasts quite openly that he
hasn't paid an uptown fare in two months.
Doubtless, they all feel that they have just
as much right TO beat the subway as their
employer has to accommodate an occasion
al retail customer with So set OF furs
for $225.
The dishonest ticket chopper Is another
proposition with which the lnterborough
people have to deal. \ ticket choppers
salary is a small one. II he IS a man Of
family he must content himself with three
or four rooms in some cheap cold water"
fiat Unless his wife takes in washing or
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11

as you enter" cars one OF the hie surface
lines recently made a test Of the other type
Of car. 4 "spotter' was instructed to ride
at will from i:30 until p. m. He was told
not TO pay his fares unless the conductors
demanded them from him. out OF fifty
seven different cars boarded that evening
only thirty conductors made a point of get
ting the tnsters nickel
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
FREE GAS FOR TWO YEARS.

The checklist guy ! ever heard Of lived
in a big uptown apartment house. He
burned gas for two years and refused to
pay his bill We couldn't cut off his gas
without interfering with the supply of the
whole building He was never at home
when any Of us called. and his wife kept
a big bulldog chained Up close to the hall
door. She refused to let any of us set "A
foot inside Of her apartment. 1t seems the
man could never be found to serve sum-
mons on him. and the matter drifted along
for two years. Finally the company spent
a few hundred dollars in diggn' up the
street I'm front of the place. 1t made new
connections for the house and cut out the
old pipe. | heard afterward that the land
lord refused the man permission TO put in
gasolene stove and that he moved TO
Brooklyn.
There's rubber hose trick that's
worked by a few. They unscrew the con-
nections and pass a piece OF hose from the
supply pipe To the other pipe. No gas goes
through the meter They keep tabs on the
visits Of the meter reader and know when
TO expect him. day or two before he's
due TO show up they take off the hose and
fix the connections as they were. The COM
panics got wise to this some time ago, and
now they've all got special men who have
nothin else to do but TO look after Gus
toners woh burn only 20 or 40 cents worth
Of gas a month.
There was a builder who lived in his
oup house I'm Brooklyn who came near
roin' to iau When the house was piped
for gas ne had half-inch pipe run from
the supply pipe TO the service pipe oehind
the plaster. After the meter was put in ne
moved in and burned gas TO beat the band.
Two-thIrds Of the gas never passed through
the meter. and one Of the inspectors called
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
Transportation, Gas and Slot
Machine Companies Have To
Be Alert Against Old and
New Swindles.

on him to tcst tho meter and find out why
the monthly bills were so small for big
house The inspector found tho meter o. K.
and tho builder told him that he used coal
for cookn and Kerosene for lghtin, He
had a lot Of oil lamps scattered around the
rooms as "A bluff lie noated along for three
vars until he had fallin out with the
plumber who did the work for him. The
plumber tipped off tho company The COM
pany dug mp al his bills for the whole
time end multiplied 'cm by five. Then
they offered him chance To nay up or so
to jail He paid"
Those individuals who weigh themselves
collectively upon prny-n th"-clot machines
arc always with us. as are those conspira-
tors who tap the mains Of the. electric
light and power companies TO th' tune OF
thousands of dollars annually. The hrst-
named arr scarcely worth mentioning, ana
the bold and dangerous operations ot tho
latter cannot be classified as petty graft
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
Memories of Lincoln
Continued from second page.

,bo t-,rragut statue as thov had been for
that Of Lincoln Tho widow of the dead
hero was a member Of tire committee that
was to decide upon tie award. When she
saw the model submitted by Winnie Ream
she declared that IS my husband
Through the pickering back and forth that
followed she insisted that Winnie Ream
WAS the artist who had caught the very
character and soul of Admiral Farragut'
and that hers was the statue that would
best represent the man as he was. In the
end she had her way. and Winnie Ream for
the second time received n commission from
Congress. This time she received $4,000.
It was during the time that she was
working upon the Farragut statue that
young Lieutenant Richard Hoxie stormed
the citadel Of the young artists heart and
led her into the captivity of matrimony.
Since that time some Of her years have
known not the clnk Of her chisel, while
; others have been full Of artistic endeavor.
To-day, at the age Of sixty-six, she In
working actively upon a statue Of ex-Gov-
ernOr Kirkwood, who presided over the
destinies of Iowa during the Civil War.
The finishing touches arc just now being
placed upon this statue, ana 1t will take its
place also in the Nat,onl. Capitol as one Of
Iowas contributions 10 Statuary Hail.
Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxie is as sprightly
and vivacious to-day as she was a genera
tion ago. and takes active part in much OF
the social life Of the nations capital. AS a
woman who has gained success in art and
in money earning, she contributes brill
liant germ Of advice to those OF her younger
sisters who have ambition.
II am a sculptor" she said, and my life
has been happy One-so happy that have
feared always that | was eating my white
bread and that some terrible storm was
sure TO break over me, for 1t seemed as II
heaven could not give me so much Ny
work has never been labor. but an ecstatic
delight OF my soul. I have worked in my
studio. not envying kings in their splendor:
, my mind to me was my kingdom. and my
work more than diamonds and rubies.
| Just as skill which is due 10 long and
| patient plodding looks askance at the tri-
umph of youth and strength, so must man
| view the entry of woman upon fresh fields
! of labor The crime of the elder Pitt
youth and inexperiencc-s hard 10 forgive
but woman will live II down, and men are
! ,hivalrous and will lend helping hand
and welcome the fellow workers.
| IF you have reason to think you hays
! talent as a sculptor shut yourself up in n
| room with some modelling clay and apply
! Yourself for two hours to seeing what yoi
| can do. II at the end Of that time YOU
! have not evolved from the clay something
| suggestive of talent. then come out, close
the door and leave all hope behind"
,copyright. 1912. by ". A. Du Puy)
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
Tricks That Are Slick Ways That Are Bazen Pecua

/ goes TO business" the children are lucky
II they can afford to butter the daily bread.
| During his long tour OF duty hundreds OF
dollars worth Of tickets are dropped into
the box before the chopper. He knows that
/ these tickets can be sold at a discount to
certain unscrupulous persons. who make
a business of buying them up. The tempta-
! ton presses him sorely Possibly the ticket
agent suggests that he rob the box and
turn over the tickets to him, to be sold
| twice A bit of wire does the rest: the
stolen tickets are turned over TO the agent
and the spoils divided
/ The game goes on merrily for a while:
/ then comes the day when one OF the Inter
borough spoilers takes up his stand al
the stairs 20 check the station. With an
invisible counting machine in his overcoat
pocket he keeps a count OF the number Of
persons whD enter the station. If the sta
ton is an important one. with two or more
entrances. "spotter' will take up po-
sition at each stairway well ont Of sight
/ Of the agent and chopper This watch may
be kept UP for twelve or even twenty-four
hours, and then the count Is telephOned
| i'm to the auditor. When the ticket agents
returns arrive a comparison is made. r.
after making due allowance for employees
detectives, policemen. fremou and others
who pass the gate without dropping tick
cts, marked discrepancy is found between
the cash returns and the spoilers" count
Il watch Is set upon the station crew. When
the time is ripe the chopper is arrested
and searched for tickets. He is closely
questioned TO his business connection
with the agent; and If the latter Is in
with him the colony upon the right bank
OF the Hudson gets two new members.
The next time YOU pass an ~ or sub
way chopper and perceive that hn is per-
, mittinG the tickets to accumulate in the
| box instead of ''chopping" them vigorous
! ly. as the rules require. YOU may stife your
/ conscience with the reflection that Mrs
| Chopper and the kiddies will no loubt enjoy
! the luxuries Of T-bone slrons and moving
| picture shows for a brief space.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
ABANDONED TRANSFER SLIPS.

In the vicinaGe Of Broadway and 34th
street. Third avenue and 42d street. and,
indeed, near many other busy transfer
points. hundreds of shopgirls and office
boys may be found who never dream Of
paying carfare homeward. Transfer slips
demanded and then thrown away are the Sc
cret Of the free rides nickel is sub
stantial sum of money in the eyes Of a girl
who labors sixty or more hours Cor = or s.,
She can well afford to tarry for few mo-
ments at some busy corner until she sees
transfer flutter to the asphalt
Not many years ago saloon near an inn
portant surface junction openly advertised
a large glass Of beer and "A transfer (either
north or SOUTH for five cents. host Of
urchins in the employ Of the enterprislng
heermOngcr spent their waking hours I'm
gathering castaway transfers for him. The
business grew to such proportions that tn"
transportation company was forced to take
notice Of H. II was whispered that certain
conductors were wont To exchange whole
pads Of transfers for quart bottles OF whis-
key. The courts We're appealed 10, and the
business was stopped. to the intense dis
appointment Of the saloonkceper. his youth
ful aids and the small army Of customers
who had TO choose between a ride home
and their evening beer.
As for the willy car conductor and his
thousand and one schemes for beating the
cash register. that Is a story IN Itself.
Spoilers" have partly solved the problem.
but new and Ingenious methods ior mulct-
ing the companies are constantly coming
10 light, and the aggregate annual losses
through dishonest conductors must be cN-
pressed by at least six figures.
Every New Yorker is familiar with the
person who goes into a brown study or else
busics himself with a newspaper while the
conductor Is calling for fares and transfers.
, During the rush hours on the surface lines
the ovcrworked conductors are prone TO
overlook many nickels, and many persons
well able 10 pay take sort NJ unholy de-
light I'm getting the better OF the company.
Preparatory to installing additional pay
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11

and 1t was through those slugs that one
of our bright young collectors lost his Joo
This collector was smitten with great
idea. He knew that We expected to find
certain percentage of metal slugs in tho
boxes. He decided to manufacture his oWn
slugs and turn in a quantity OF them
every working day in place Of the five-ceht
pieces. He bought good clothes, blew him
self to a diamond ring. and If he'd only
had sense enough to turn in a smaller
quantity Of the slugs he might have been
working for us to-day. He neglected 10
change the pattern of the slugs and grew
too hoggsh We nailed him one fair morn-
ing, and now he's learning how TO cane
chairs
with these new machines out that take
either a nickel, a dime, or quarter, It
goes without saying that we're looking for
more trouble with the 5-pfenng pieces.
They pass for dime and can be used for
long-distance calls. | doubt whether the
graft will ever grow To be worth while for
anybody TO import the German coin In
quantities I doubt it, Most people are
honest. anyway and the company can af-
ford TO lose a few thousands on the other
kind"
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
THE INDUCEM EMIT.

A. Barton Hepburn. at tho st. Andrew q
societv banquet I'm New York, said to n
neighbor:
"a Scot asked me the other day to join
a new organization for the prevention ot
the extinction of the seal. sable and erm'ne'
But what makes you I asked. take
such an interest in the organization
This he replied. and he drew from bis
wallet a Fifth avenue furrter's bill ad-
dressed TO his wife
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
HANDY GERMAN SMALL CHANGE.

Eve been puzzling my head for the last
two wears to account for the increasing de-
mand for those German and 10 ptennlg
nIeces" observed money exchange clerk
recently. DAY after day we've teen both-
sred by messenger boys, office boys. team
sters and all kinds of people who all seem
to want German small change. Or course
when we have il we're glad to get ria Oh H.
II saves us from having TO ship IL 10 the
other side. As the demand for the ana ~
rfeunig pieces grew got curious ana used
N ask these people questions. Most OF EN-
said thew were collecting foreign CONS
One fellow told me twas none of my ousl-
ness Another walked out of the door with
ont repIving-acted as if he was atralo OF
something.
..sbout three months ago I spoke OF the
matter 10 an Ellis Island man. He laushed
AZ me and then explained the sltua''oh'
They can he used for many different pur-
i,,osss although most of 'em find their way
Gbto tbe telephone slot machines. In inc
Inh.aner theatres. where candy slot ma
cbires are fixed upon the rear OF the seats
the Ave-pfennig piece comes in handy. I've
besrd that on more than one occasion at
,osst hundred boxes OF chocolates nave
boen secured from certain moving picture
theatres It seems that a gang oi SouhS
scanps worked together with pocketlui
of the German coin. Under cover OF the
darkness they slid from seat to seat anu
helped themselves
probably the most profitable deal ever
made with the German small chanse Was
tho one put over about eight months dso
h, a veIJ-known New York swindler Oh
cerr,an descent. With a satchelful OF the
nfennig pieces he paid flying WISH u
Montreal and Quebec. In certain resol l"
IN these two cities the outlawed gamDllhs
slot machines still Cor did exist NatchlHs
his opnortunitv while the bartender hGd
his hack turned or was otherwise busily en-
gsgod. the New Yorker inserted his prem
MIG rieces and spun the machine. lie
nlavcd every color at each revolution
Necessarily he drew a prize I'm Canadian
money AZ each operation and stuck to the
machine until the pfennig pieces began 10
drop out. Ten minutes in each resort was
tirne enough for him, and to make snort
story shorter he is reported 10 have cleaned
IN several hundred dollars IN two DAYS
z time.
Yes. it's true about the German CONS
admitted an official of the New YORK 1el'-
phone Company. They've been USED IN
our automatic machines for several years
especially in the downtown district. There
nothing serious about the situation now
ever, for II doesn't amount to a tenth %
per cent Of our total automatic receipts
We get quite few metal slugs' thouEh'
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
PETTY Schemer's Name Is Le-
eion and He Is a Thorn in
the Flesh of Public
Service Corporations.
BY stephen Reynolds.

ur "doormat thief is unquestionahly
che pariah of the underworld. He
~.nks with those thieves who filch
r,, and rolls from areaways. with those
~ ua in wait for children bound store
a-d with pennies in their little fists. A
sr,ber of castles intervene between the
asorr,at thief and the successful cracks
and I'm one Of those criminal castles
t.,o,e the petty grafters who annoy our
,,c corporatons The subway, the T.
Ids the surface lines, the gas and tele-
.Lone companies are among the sufferers
neil as many of the larger business
1s,ob,,ehments which line the canyon be-
low Grace Church.
81 MS consider. for a starter, the Ger
-, tn-pfennig piece. It's about thirteen
'a;,s lighter than our nickel. It's also
sron.tbousandths of an inch thicker, but
,hansandths of an inch don't count when
,sor,re slipped into a telephone slot ma
ob,ne The 10-pfennig piece is worth
made over two cents in our money. but the
demand for them is so great that only forty
,f them can now be had for dollar. Even
AZ that rate. they cut the srafters tele-
rbone bills into halves and yield dividend
of 100 per cent
al More remarkable still-and Il greater divi-
ldend paver-is the German tlve-pfennig
niece It's a nickel coin about grain
lhsavjer than our dime. It's about SIX
,bousandths Of an inch thicker, hut It's
diameter is identical with that of dime
and it's equally good for flve-mnute Bay
Ridge call. Its value is a little over
cent but even at two cents the flve-pfennis
niece Yields a 800 per cent dividend, payable
IN telephone calls. opera glasses or choco-
lates according to the automatic slot ma
chine handy.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
GETTING FREE SUBWAY RIDES.

Passing over those precocious youths who
steal postage stamps from their employers
and fence them with shady Nassau street
firms for two-thrds of their face value,
we will speak Of some of the more ingen-
ious methods for getting by" the ticket
choppers Of the IT, and subway.
In an office building on Park Row worked
a young chap whom we will call Freddy.
He lived on the upper West Side and used
the subway twice daily. His salary was
s. weekly, and his mother was wont TO
hand him Il cents each working day-l0
for his subway fares and for coffee with
which 10 wash down his homemade lunch
con. FREDDY was allowed an hour for
luncheon and. sad TO relate, developed Il
fondness for craps He soon learned to do
without his coffee. for tho other boys usual
~ got his nickel
Then came the day when Freddy" ven
turcd his carfare. He lost. That evening
he approached the ticket chopper, and after
4 few moments spent I'm observing the
rushing passengers he boldly Joined the
crowd and went through the motions Of
Tipping ticket into the box He was
forced 10 70 sort to this eXpedient upon Soy
Cial occasions, and all vent well until one
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11

the people. but it amt worth while. It's
pretty hard to get a jury together that
would send a man up for beatin' gas
company.
THE neatest way Of beatin meter is
with quicksilver. I'm rot goin' to tell you
just how TO do 1t. but I'll say that the
game is to clog up the wheels in the meter.
The gas passes through all right, but the
wheels don't 80 round nearly as fast as
they should. There's bunch Of mechanics
in this town who're wise to the game, and
their gas bills don't amount to more than
% cents a month apiece.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
"sTIcKINc" THE GAS COMPANIES


Almost every one with an elastic con
science seems to take a peculiar delight
in sticking" the gas companies. IL IS
matter Of record that SLOW meter was
once reported to "A certain company. The
complaint clerk notified was blessed with
normal heart He neither tainted nor col
Iapsed but II Is said that he forgot to go
10 luncheon the day the complaint reached
him. Later IL was learned that the COM
plainant was a stockholder and director or
the company which supplied his residence
with gas.
There's a lot Of people who try to beat
tho quarter meters" an employe OF one OF
the companies Informed the writer. by
stickin' I'm the blade Of a pcnknifc at the
proper angle you can get a quarters worth
Of gas Some people bore a little hole near
the edge Of "A quarter and then tie a piece
OF fine wire on to It. They drop the quar-
ter into the slot and hold on to. the wire
After they twist around the knob as far
As II Will 20 they pull out the quarter
Tbor Of course. there's the lead slugs.
.,Thaye schemes are all right as far as
they 20. but the people don't stop To iisure
that tho dial shows Just how much gas
collector opens up prepayment box and
finds only dollar in it when the dial
shows that g worth Of gas has passed
through II there's trouble. II the family
dor.t make good tho deficit they'll eat their
supper by candleIight. We rip out the
meter and lock the valve in doublePuick
time If there's any lead sluss I'm the box
We force tho family to make good.
The only way these schemes beat us Is
where a family Is movin' out. II they
know that they're to move month or two
beforehand they work the wire or penknife
game for all its worth. They're not at
home when the collector comes around to
opcn the box and they can stall along all
right for two months. When they move
out our collector finds an empty box or
batch Of slugs. The company loses. we
could put detectives on the trail ana trace