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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
CONSTABLES.
COUNCILMEN.

First Ward-Chas. J. Gee.
Second Wards. G. Buckner.
Third Ward-J. A. Southall.
Fourth Ward-G. W.'Carloss.
Sixth WaId-R. M. Woodbridge.
Seventh Ward-Bailey Russell.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23

The chances of passing the cur
rency bill at the present session are
said to be much better,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23

See ]. H. Dagg for contracting
building and general repair work Of
all kinds. Phone 476.
Advertisement.
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Love That 'RanIshes Solitude.

Little do men perceive what soli.
tude is and how far II extendeth; for
a crowd is not company, and faces are
but a gallery Of pictures. and talk but
a tinkling cymbal where there is no
love.-Bacon.
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Preferred Locals.

FOR SALE.-New Singer Sewing
Machine. Phone 1868. Advertise
ment,
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LOST-On South Virginia street.
during the Fair. Silver Mesh bag.
Call 341-2.-Advertisement
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Strayed.

From my farm about two weeks
ago. one dark red barrow: weight
from $50 to 300 pounds. Will pay
reasonable amount for information
or his return. 9
J. M. ADAMS,
Route No. 3 out Church Hill.
OF Hopkinsville. Advertisement.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Democratic Ticket.

State Senator-R. M. Salmon.
representatives,. c. Duffy,
County Judge-Walter Knight.
County Clerk-Lucian ]. Harris, Jr.
County Attorney-Ira d. Smith.
Sherif-Jewell w. Smith.
Assessor-W. j. MCGEE.
Jailer-A. E. Mullins.
School Suppl. E. Foster.I
Coroner. H. Rice.
MAGISTRATES.
District No. 2-J. M. Morris.
q" 3-Sylvester Reese.
&c Nv. w. Garrett.
{" 81. D. Rogers.
=" &C. L. Dade.;
&" IL. W. Cox.
f" SC. w. Lyle.
CoNSTABLEs.
District No. 2-T. S. Winfree.
z" " 81. F. Adcock.
I" -" IL. W.IMeans.
=" " sc. L. Hight.
CoUNCILMEN.
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Socrates and Beauty.

All visitors to the museums OF
Rome become familiar with the busts
of Socrates. Whe does not recognize
at first glance the almost comic face
with its turn-up nose and utter alb
sence of the slightest claim to good
looks? We cannot help smiling at II
and yet when we think of the man.
the ugliness of his face becomes pa.
thetic. He worshiped beauty, his life
was devoted to teaching how life could
be made harmonious in every way and
such a nose must, in spite of his philo.
sophy, have been a constant trial to
him. His prayer was: Grant me to
be beautiful in the inner man and all
have of outward things to he at
peace with those within. May count
tie wise man only rich; and may my
store of gold be such as none but the
good can bear"
He counted material wealth without
wealth OF spirit mockery and to have
outward beauty without inward beauty
was to be an imposter. All the same.
to have ones inward beauty so denied
by ones face must have been very an
noylng and our smile at Socrates may
well be mixed with a little sympathy.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

Moslem graveyards. BY one cable
order a Bagdad importer bought fifty
American reapers. for use in Assyrian
wheat fields.
From this region-made famous by
New Testament history-the stagna-
ton of centuries is passing. and
travel writers can no longer dub It
'changeless and inert"
It's a railroad-the same magic
power that built up our vast west
that's rousing this long-dormant re-
gion of The middle east. It's a great
railroad, too, greater far in possibili-
ties than even the famous Russian
road across Siberia. The "Bagdad
railway" this singularly significant
road is called, and already it is half
completed. When finished 1t will
stretch 1870 miles-from Scutari to
Basra on the Persian gulf, the old
"Balsora" of Sinbad the sailors tales.
From the Mediterranean to the Eu-
pirates, now spanued by a temporary
bridge, the line is in operation, and
on three sections under construction
10000 men are steadily at work From
the Euphrates the route pushes east
to Mosul-on the site of old Nineveh
thence down the classic Tigris to
Bagdad and Basra.
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BAGDAD HAS BOOM
Holy Land, After Long Sleep, Is
Waking Up.
Yankee Fever CT Progress and Con-
struotion Has Broken Out In Pal
estine and Swept East tc
Ancient Chaldea.

London.-The Holy Land is wax
Ing up A "boom"-a regular Yankee
fever of progress and construction
has broken out in Palestine and swept
east to ancient Chaldea, where even
the old Garden of Eden is being irri-
gated and put back on the map and
the market
Outside the cTumbled walls of Nine
web, Yankee moving machines are
humming in wheat fields that cover
the bones of kings. Down on the big
Euphrates irrigation dam cube con-
crete mixers from Chicago are busily
digesting old bricks, taken from the.
walls Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS palace at
ruined Babylon. Aleppo. SO long
sleepy, old-world Syrian town." is
planning 100000 union depot. and
low-speed Jerusalem donkeys are now
lodging the noisy motorcycles OF
nervous tourists-doing Palestine ION.
the high"
In the date gardens around Bagdad,
where for 1000 years the Arab farm
er was content with his rude cher
rid" Gan empower goatskin and wind
lass device for lifting irrigating wa
teri. over 400 English gas engines
now puff away. pumping water from
the ancient Tigris. On this same
historic stream motor boats from Ra-
cine sputter about among high popped
Aram Salinas" and "bungalows"-
still built just as In Sinbad's golden
age. In the dark, narrow, camel
smelling bazaar streets of Bagdad I
saw Yankee sewing machines, dollar
watches. safety razors and American
patent medicines, offered for sale be-
side costly Persian rugs, bronzes,
sticky native candy. and prayer
bricks made from the holy dirt OF
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passed out of his hands. ana ne
sometimes questioned whether il
would ever do good in any ones
hands. But he had a sense Of humOr.
too, a grim sense in this instance.
when he thought of certain political
and financial circles. even if he did
dust his thin hands carefully with his
spotless handkerchief when he laid
the money down.
Armies eyes had filled with the
ready tears that welled to their sweep
ing. black lashes. and trembled there
as she raised her eyes to him.
"Ah. father" she said. he was so.
so good to me, always-and so kind,
And see how thoughtful he waste
leave me all this! oh, Jimmy, my
poor Jimmy"
And she rocked forward. like an old
woman. and wept
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

counts meanwhile, and 1t could not
long pretend to have forgotten mate
rial things. 1t would present its bills,
and they must be paid. Annie would
have hardly a cent to meet them with.
And Father Daugherty knew, even II
Annie did not know, what the world
would do then.
Yet he smiled, though he shook his
head, as ne thought of the free-hand-
ed, discriminating generosity that
had been akin to the improvidence of
Jimmys nature. And now he had but
one more duty to perform; the safe
in Jimmy's saloon had not been open
ed. No one, not even the bartender,
knew the combination. and Father
Daugherty had locksmith to drill the
lock. The gang had attended jim
my's funeral in black neckties, and
had mourned him sincerely, but, now
that he was buried, their attitude be
came the common worldly attitude,
with perhaps a little more than the
usual aggressiveness in it. They were
In quandary as to the bundle in the
new gas franchise. and many confer
ences with Baldwin had nerved them
to desperate eXpedients. So it was on
Baldwin's advice that they determined
to be represented at the opening of
the safe Two of the number were de
tailed to this duty McQuirk of the
Ninth. and Bretzenger OF the Twenty
fourth. When they made their de-
mand on Father Daugherty, explaining
that they came t. their capacity as
Jimmy's nearest friends. he assented
with a readiness that relieved them
both, and delighted Bretzenger,
though McQuirk, who knew Father
Daugherty better than his colleague
did, was fearful and suspicious.
Father Daugherty said that he had
thought Of having witnesses, and they
would serve as well as any. II was
very kind of them.
The priest and the two aldermen
waited in the saloon for two hours
while the locksmith drilled away ST.
lently. The street door was closed |;
the Grape still hung from the handle
that had never gone Unmatched so long
at a time before. the curtains were
drawn. and outside the crowds forever
shuffled by on the sidewalk, all obliv-
ious to the little drama of hopes and
fears that was unfolding It's cross-pur
poses within. The saloon was dark,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

and an electric bulb glowed to shed
| light for the locksmith. The two al
dermen pulled their cigars in silence
save for an occasional whisper, one
with another. Father Daugherty s
gaunt form leaned against the dusty
bar, strangely out of keeping with
such a scene, though the saloons in
his parish knew him. especially on
Saturday nights, when he conducted
little raids of his own, and turned his
prisoners over to their wives. Now
his weary visage was relaxed in pa
tfent waiting. At last the locksmith
dropped his tools, and said:
THERE"
The thick steel doors swung out on
their noiseless hinges. The two alder.
men sprang to the side of the safe.
The priest drew near slowly, but his
little eyes were turned on the alder
men, and they fell back a pace Then
the priests long figure sank to a
kneeling posture, and he peered into
the safe. There was nothing in view.
1t was strangely empty, for a safe of
its monstrous size and mystery, and
the tenacity of its combination He
thrust in his hand and fumbled
through all it's hollow interior, and
then he drew forth-a soiled linen col
lar, II was ludicrous, and for once
he laughed. a little laugh. There
was not a ledger. not a book.
HE kept no accounts, your river
ence," said McQuirk.
1T was just like him." said Father
Daugherty. But he kept on with his
search. And, when he opened the lit
tie drawer Of maplewood, he found a
parcel, done snugly up in thick brown
paper. He tore it open, and there
swelled into his sight packages Of
bank notes almost bursting in their
yellow paper straps. The bills were
new, and as freshly green as the
spring itself; more tempting thus,
some way. to the reluctant con-
science. The two aldermen bent over
the black. STOPPING figure of the
priest. their eyes fixed on the money
There Il was at last, the bundle itself,
the price of. or a part of the price of
the new gas franchise. The priest
Strengthened painfully, and got to his
feet. He held the bundle in his thin
fingers. and glanced at his witnesses.
with a keen and curious eye They
met his gaze. expectant, eager, draw
ing dry, hot breaths. Involuntarily.
they extended their hands. Father
Daugherty looked at them. and a lit
tie twinkle of amusement showed in
the eyes that were wontedly so mild
and sad
Would you?" he said.
The two aldermen hastily raised
their hands. and together. in strange
unison, wiped their brows. The room
had suddenly grown hot for them, and
their brows were wet. though Father
Daugherty was cool and composed, as
he ever was. Yet they remembered;
they could not so easily give up; it
was theirs by every right They could
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

had come to Leadam street spread
blackly. Many a man, and many a
woman, and many a child, cried. The
poor had lost friend, and they would
not soon forget him. In the long days
of the distant winter they would think
of him over and over. Every one in
that ward was poor, though the re-
formers, condescending that way
whenever Jimmy was up for re-elec-
ton, somehow never grasped the real
significance Of the fact. And 1t was
a somber Monday around the city
hall. Jimmy had been a man with a
genius for friendship. The gang
mourned him in a sadness that had
added to 1t the remorse of a recent
sobriety, but their grief, genuine as it
was, had in it an evil bitterness their
hearts would not have owned They
were FESTIVE and troubled. Whenever
they got together In little groups, they
read CONSERVATION In one another's
faces; and now and then they cursed
the caution they had extolled on Sat
urday night. Besides these varied eff
fects, Jimmy's death, while 1t could
not create a crisis in the market,
nevertheless gave rise to nervous
feelings in certain segments of finan-
cial circles. 1t was inevitable that
financial and political circles should
overlap and intersect each other in
this matter, and there were confer
ences which seemed to reflect a sense
of personal resentment at Jimmy for
having been murdered so inopportune-
ly. In the end, the fnanciers were
peremptory with Baldwin. He must
fix the thing some way And he as
sured them that he would give the
appointment of the administrator his
immediate attention. Already, he said,
he had a man in view who would be
reasonable and practical. There were
suggestions Of strong handed methods.
but that was never George R. Bald
wins way. He went out with his air
of affability unimpaired Meanwhile,
political and financial circles could
only wait and hope.
The excitement of the first few
days following the tragedy kept An
MES mind occupied; but, when the
funeral was over, and she returned to
her little fiat, when the neighborly
women had at last gone back to their
homes and their interrupted duties.
and the world to its work, Annie was
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
Have Analysed Gases.

By the use of a new German instru-
ment, which takes the index of refrac-
ton of mixed gases, Haber and Lowe
are able to find the amount of carbon
dioxide and methane contained in
mine gases. The method is also use
full in many other cases, such as for
benzol vapors in the gas distilled by
gas or coke plants, also sulphurous
anhydride in the gases coming from
pyrites roasting. as well as percent
ages Of ozone in the air They are
also able to check the purity of hydro
gen made by the electrolytic process,
observe the gases in human breath
and carry out other very useful tests
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
STRONG, Bur OLD IN YEARS
History RepIete With Records Of Men
Who Have Done Great Things Be-
yond Their Allotted Space.

There are some old men who are
think that none but young men can
do much. Some, indeed, shoot up like
a rocket. and go out like one. Others
rise slowly. like fixed stars. and as
they are slow to rise they are slow to
set.
Cromwell was only a captain when
he was forty-one, and his greatest
deeds were performed between forty
eight and fifty-six, when he died.
Young was an old man when he
wrote some Of his best poetry. and he
was sixty when he began his Might
Thoughts" Thomas Scott wrote as
much at seventy as at any period OF
his life.
Talleyrand at the age Of eighty
stood at the head of affairs in France
under Napoleon. and then under the
Bourbons.
When the Russians were deter
mined to make a stand and fight the
French before the walls of Moscow,
they put old Kutsof at the head OF
the army in place of Barclay de folly.
General Butcher was seventy when
he was defeated at Ligny and fell
under his horse. and the French cav.
airy rode over him. yet a day or two
after he led on his Prussians against
Napoleon at Waterloo. After many
years of warfare. those old men, Well.
ington and Soult. stood at the head
of their respective cabinets. one in
England and the other in France. pre-
serving by their talents the peace of
Europe and the world
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

left to face life alone She could not
adjust herself to the change, and fear
and despair added their blackness to
her grief. Father Daugherty knew
how great a blow Jimmy's death
would be to her, and, though he gave
what comfort he could, he left her
grief to time. He did not belong to
the preaching orders. But, as he pom
dered in his wise old head, he shrewd-
ly guessed that the careless Jimmy
would hardly have made provision
against anything so far from his
thoughts as death, and he perceived
that If Annie were to be protected
from a future with which she, alone
and unaided, would hardly have the
capacity to deal. some one must act.
Long ago might Father Daugherty
have celebrated his silver jubilee as
pastor of st. Patrick's, but he was not
the man for celebrations. The parish
was one big family to him, and he
knew the joys and sorrows, the little
hopes and pathetic ambitions of every
one in it. The sorrows Of his chill
dren he bore in his own heart; they
had wrought their complex and tragic
tale in his face. The joys he left
them to taste alone; but he found too
much sorrow to have time for joy.
During all those years he had given
himself unsparingly; II it was all he
had to give, It was the most precious
thing he could have given-a daily
sacrifice that exhausted a tempera-
ment keenly sensitive and sympa-
thetic. So he had grown old and
white before his time. Many a man
had he kept straight when times were
hard and the right to work denied
him; many a widow had he saved
from the wiles of the claim-agent. The
corporations and the lawyers hated
him.
And so, on Monday morning, the
clerks of the probate court had
scarcely had time to yawn reluctant
ly before beginning new weeks
work, when Father Daugherty appear
ed to file Annie's waiver of her own
right to be appointed Administrative of
the estate of James Herman, deceased,
with an application for the appoint.
ment. instead, of Francis Daugherty
as administrator.
"He must keep a set of blanks"
whispered one clerk to another.
AS Father Daugherty went about his
inventory, he saw that the result
would be what he had expected. Jim.
nv had left no estate, no insurance,
nothing but the saloon. And that,
with Jimmy dead, was nothing, for its
value lay all in Jimmy's personality
and the importance Of his position in
politics. The fixtures would hardly
pay for the burying of him. When
the debts the law prefers had been
paid, Annie would have scarce pen
ny. The world might preserve re-
spectful and sympathetic attitude dur
ing the few exciting days when 1t was
paying it's last conventional tributes to
the dead man. but It kept itemized &C
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
FINDS POISON IN FLOWERS
Bouquet Carried to Sick Friend Affects
Clergyman, Causing Swelling
Of Nose.

Wilmington. Del.-Poison in bou-
quet of flowers is believed to have
caused a painful swelling in the face
of DR.. w. l.. S. Murray, one of the
veteran clergymen of the Methodist
Episcopal church, now stationed at
Epworth church this city. While car
rying the flowers to a sick friend Doc
tor Murray inhaled their perfume
The bouquet evidently contained a
poison of some sort, because shortly
after there was a noticeable swelling
In the clergyman's nose. which soon
spread ever his whole face Aside from
the pain. Doctor Murray experienced
no serious trouble.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
AUCTION OFF PETRIFlED MAN
Grewsome Pataeonian Relic Sold
Under Hammer In Paris to
Highest Bidder.

Paris.-A petrified man was sold by
auction in Paris recently. The man
lived some thousands of years ago in
Patagonia. He was about six feet five
inches in height.
Though he is now a stone STATUE,
the body bears traces Of two deep
wounds. 1t is supposed that the man
was killed. and that his body was
slowly changed to stone by the action
OF water charged with lime salts.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF ART
Economic Inquiry, Conducted Along
Scientific Lines. Means Much to
the Human Race.

Notwithstanding the growth in re-
cent years of the work OF the geologi-
cal survey along practical economic
lines, scientific work has not been
neglected, according TO the annual re
port of the director for last year In
fact, in the survey the scientific inves-
legations are inseparable from the
economic work, though the one or the
other may predominant in purpose ac-
cording to the needs of the particular
research in hand. In any field econo-
mic work of the highest rank is i'm
possible without full knowledge of the
scientific laws and principles pertain
ing to the subject of the work, but as
there is no application OF geology
which does not involve unsolved prob
lens, some of them of the highest i'm
portance, the best knowledge available
is nevertheless relative. 1t thus fol
lows that the broad and searching
observations which should accompany
every piece of good economic work
comprehend data that are eventually
combined in the construction of new
scientific hypothesis, some OF which,
rs more observations accumulate,
grow into established laws or princi-
pies that are in turn Of the greatest
practical consequence. Thus the de-
tailed studies of the metalliferous de
posits in one region or another bring
to light evidence from which to deter
mine the genesis Of the ores and the
modes or conditions by their occur
renee, and the economic inquiry be-
comes more intelligent and successful
when once this new principle regard
ing the mode of an ore occurrence is
understood.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

We desire to be classified according
to our exceptional virtues; we are apt
to classify our neighbor according to
his exceptional faults.-Henry Bates
Diamond.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
Test Three-YearOIo Ecos.

Trenton. n. IA test Of eggs
three years old was made by the state
board of health here. II the board
survives $4,000 worth of ancient eggs
will be released from cold storage.
The Washington times., 1913-03-16

The "Sisterhood" held their meeting
last Monday evening in the vestry room
OF the Eighth Street Temple, when Mrs
Eugene Schwab presided. DR.. Simon
gave an interesting talk on current
topics. and Miss Frank and Miss Ehr-
Itch gave several musical numbers.
The Washington times., 1913-03-16
Presidents Daughters, Proclaimed
Adverse to Society, DiSpr0Ve Tale
Dignity and Simplicity Mark
Secretary Of State When
Meeting Diplomats.

The Secretary and State and Mrs.
Bryan will leave Washington tonight
for Nebraska. and will be absent frem
the Capital for ten days. q
Yesterday afternoon they entered
formally upon the ceremonies attend
ing the Secretary's position as head
of the Cabinet and officially received
all of the foreign ambassadors, min
listers, and other members of the Dip
Iomatic Corps.
Curiosity both in and out Of the
Diplomatic Corps ran high as to how
the great commoner would meet the
direct representatives of the crowncd d
heads. of Europe. The result was ex-
actly as might. have been expected.
The simplicity of the Secretary as he
received the ,ntroductions from Chan
dler Hale, master of ceremonies Of
the State Department, was not more
simple and straightforward than the
greeting extended by the ambassadors
themselves. . '.'-E
1t was a splendid illustration Of
American. dignity and !, simplicity.
James Bryce. the direct representa-
tive of King George of England. felt
the democratic atmosphere and, greet
ing Mr.. Bryan cordially. passed few
words with Mrs. Bryan and retired
to a comfortable sofa at one side os
the drawing room. where, with a
young diplomat by his side, he enjoy
ed the. reception until almost the last
guest departed. X
NJ ,Jusserand. who had some re-
marks to make to the Secretary Of
State upon the official confirmation
of the new President of France, tar