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ITi- I yTHH iWIJrWecfrttkSjtiitlCltlblfHs mIWiorLzlMaaEiMe aN fal- sL in conjunction with THE BEEf JA 11 l H EAR H EARLINGTON HOPKINS COUNTY KENTUCKY THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11 1897 NO C WARflq wilit to caution nil users oCSimmone ft ltguliitor n a subject oUhe deepest- trrest to their heAlth proprietorpdirn that customers are often deceived byII lying and taking some medicine of A appearance or tests believing it to Simmons Regulator warn r the word is on a or bottle thaI itis not Simmons ver llogalalor No ono chic makes or br Ins maim Bimmous Liver or Bhlna cxllptl Simmons Liver Regulator II Co nail no medicine i Jpyjiia ew is the same We alone can 11 and we cannot bo responsible if other inolicmcj represented as tho same do not lioln as OU lire to ct will Boirthia ftctwciIinminiIiyouhave been in the habit of using a medicine which PpoIll to bcRininioiis Liver Regula r L4c4iIIo the name was somawbat like and tho packfieq did not havo the word I gulalor on have been imposed- Un I of have not boon tver Regulator at All flho Regulator has 11 favorably known for lany years ana il who use it know how necessary u for ever and Ague Bilious on I Ifad lypej4ia and all disorders from a pnre l Veaskou to look for yourselvei and- o that bimmons Liver Regalnlor u van readily distinguish uy Red 7i t wrapper all by our name is the only ciDO Simmons Liver Regulator i J H ZEILIH A con i I Tko tSimmons Elrrr Regulator FN RAILROAD p THE GREAT IOUGH TRUNK LINE r V between ibe cities of nati Lexington Louisville Evansville St Louis And the cities of hVillc Memphis Montgomery obile and New Orleans tl ou t Cl1 r1ge ND SIEED UNRIVALED Im TEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE From St Louis Evansville and Il dcrson to the lilTHEAST AND SOUTH t THROUGH COACHES JFrom above cities to Nashville a and Chattanooga nick fag direct con i ncction mH ULLMAN PALACE CARS For AUantaSavannhi Marion Jacksonville and Loints- IN FLORIDA 5 IVnnncctions arc made at Guthrie IT and NasliviUc fr nil points IjNdAXEast South and West I an Palace Car- sMIGRANTS r rSeeking homes on the line of tin road w receive special low rain See l1Olliltis cpinpniiy I r IcfIor write to C I tt G P A T A Ixiulnville Krntttri y GEORGE KING DRUGGIST t if CIIAttLES KENTUCKY Uice Cine of Druggists Sunb1 cs prescription rflltlp Compounbtb I Eell I J W PnlTOHBTTJI QCi1L I PROPRMADISONVILLE KY S I ROUTE OF THE 4 ITEDNA5HYILLE THB ONLY Palmas VIIUbml 4 Tan Bervice wi XewMt ud1iBeat Day OoaoUM lee Net DbbaOarr PKOM THf SOUTH TO a I terre Haute Indianapolis CHICAGO MilWaukee St Paula I I ANf V OINTafNTHt J 4 11 ANDNowrHWES- rfa ROORHS V4 PdllUIS ur Atqoki A- Cb4dI JITIT mL H L 9ItUW aD- Ub A GfAi UIt Q iI 2 c If 1 tJ LfJ Il tn- u I 1- 1i r lnor TilkQUAINO1 LINCOLN mill tnrtVIIIVSTHE SAME CIRCUIT WITH HIM Modes of Cxpreuton Quaint Sayings That Aso Untlko Tliono of Any Ono Else An Instance of Sftrcatm TlecollectloiU of a Contemporary Copyright 1660 by the Author Although ho WaR very grave In his own person ho loved tho most bizarro and irregular wits Roger North Lifo of Lord GuilfordI While as a rnleMr Lincoln era ployed direct slut unembellished Ian pungo to convey his thoughts and was terse and emphatic though without precedent in style thorn nevertheless frequently ooonrs in his speeches writ lugs and random sayings n quaintness expression derived from no mOlto- lnUl1l1trwt1lo while not TIqncntlym fosionunqverrdqulrcdDesirous to inform mo that a state IfJunoa pD tongusgoe itTImeaupoatnewasrecoiy yourself no concern about my voting somo thiouts contradicted There is not a word of a truth in tbo II nta Hero tho lat ovoicrarr thapreamblethe mind heroIn his early youth ho had a similar ho was 28WOI youyearsspeech which ho desired to Introduce Wo byany ftofhtimtho American onfindtho nineteenth century of the Christian myfiolf lontheg guage Ho not only did not indulge Inwhir ivitminimized itolbequoted from may bo found this axtrava gnnco of statement All tho armies of guilt watoh havo place Of The souls Quirk teller tbo I My ment ia also br what nUCo wnlTmmDtoken in 1871 From a photograph I tbo taaio circuit with 111 wu a Iswer on pie Unco1a with whom ho wu on con1lnofot trlen4ahlp flu IIUondM tho stato ttoi tu stint mooo flit ontj reporl we of Lincoln onllNohraakn bat spoei roMdoa in Doochmont near I Mr Whitney now I Dcson I Europo Aslci and Africa comblnc with t all tho troaanrcs of tho tmrth except our own in their military chest with a Napoloon for a commander could not by force tako a drink Stow tho Ohio uor mako a track on tho Dluo rldgo in a trial ofa Uioueand years II y- In Lila UBQ ot comparisons or lllnatra tiona ho was somottinw to ox travagauco of language and figures of gpooob as in a letter of Instructions to General Hooker about tbo needful dis position of his army whore ho soys In ono word I would uot taku any risk of being entangled upon the rlvort like an ox jumped half over a lIablo to ho torn by dogs In front and Yroar vrltliont a fair chance to go ono j II Tho mind thatway or kick tho other could devise so bold a comparison must boon poaessod of a ox nbcrauoo 411 of fancy In similar vein and ardor of imagination ho on 10joinsWilderness on grip and chow and choke an much as poss1b1rpootod to bo taken serIously In lila fa of 0 1860 BO idoftenwhen I first hoard that was ccfoatedreflection ye t itsitoxtrotno way of putting 10 freedom of opiatolary corrospoudonco dcd to bo understood lit ctorallyfrom a letter nOwenflowroto never len betosoon I stay away because am con Y0scionsmyself Con lstOllaJs a U for tho author of such gross oxnggora tionu in his lost speech of May io mustnot promlsowhai towoperform what wo ofiloreaconco of language there flare another bold figure taken from tho great speech wbid rang out a a fitirlll trumpet blast startling all The battle of freedom abeviolation of the eternal right but as aura and school children read setliatbThokcrated into Gods hnIlO references ttf lilmsnlt astherelugInho says 50iakwwrti of mo u rtetizsr ecithlg lii pers 1 nUbOUgh7 tdIfl4t4lt pro 1W1 Nomor Itwinleotedtl + U 1 r i I iL- Hc too manner HeBcrlDiag an atn i Self disparagement could scarcely go than tho following the full JfOUMAH p JCJD comlChicago thderstandingthrco dlfToront audiences e e but I- so under wanto of ho tiino whateveriiiof this lecture which hodo Zrichtbtodohiverso I commenced when lie ruefully IIOldonDont speak of it for it plagues wo nut ho was used to kind In Juno 18CO InndeIIml great effort to sot up nrntlficallonnCBB meeting at Springfield to which how a tbivedn I know it would be for whllo I that Horndon nnd I would bo I did not know that anybody oleo John Pnlllermcththgbut sometimes there would bo a rift in tho somber cloud which Isisulnoo you loft And while in grcss ho wroto to all so anxious for ino to dlstlugulshd I havo concluded to do so bolero II lind n LoudLy of statement which peculiarly his own end stamped h his own individuality Thus one Johnson his foster brothers son o n watch in Champaign which was sequcuily recovered and Lincoln in commenting on the probabilities of lila thus summarized tho case Tho disappeared front where he might taken it aud it reappeared at a whero ho might havo loft itII a certain moan lawyer ho said doctrine of the transmigration of may bo true but if EO when was born no ouo died thiTcarBDynwjjft KIIOWU nuow notinng poUIIlallender Assoon l1li lie found an- ipportuiiity whisllCred to we That can crowd the most words Into fewest ideas of anyone I ever saw ouco wrote to retain him in n COED letter came back with his indorse on it Count mo iu Another well recognised that his quaint sayings aro generally uullko tim quaint saylnja of anybody ami hear the Llncnlnlan stamp and ito as unerringly ns if lila sig 1114appended thereto Take for oiooAjilo this modo to portray a some involved but veritable fact You fool all of tho ptoplo ono of tho you may fool some of the pee nutho time but you cant foot all the peoplo nil of the time II That Id at once be recognized na Lincolns I men A CAMDELL Tbo man who loaned LIncoln money to pay hit campaign expenses oven though it should bo found nailed upon tho north pole Most obscure men raised on the frontier would on being translated Into polito society attempt to somewhat chasten their language to harmonize with the now social sphere No so however our hero an witness his first drawing room utterance after tho election When at tile Tremont House in Obloago Mrs f Judd called to tako I rMrai Lincoln out for a drivo Lincoln I reported thus How dyo Mrs Judd how dyol My wlfcll bo down as soon ns she gets her trottin harness on And ho was homespun and nndramatlo throughout Uuliko most men with lib iU envlronmonts ho never assumed doubtful virtue of artificial dignity no- I exhibited tho vulgarity of na nfIocte style in Springfield on At a mass meeting i1 1800 ho said candidlyIIIvo 20come just to see you and lot you ECO mo To General Grant ho wrote astbeoonfoss that I was wrong and you II HQ once wroto This Is m Isplain as adding up tho weight of thrco LmeImal1f1ogs ho was elected being greatly bJnprcucd from many quarters to Issue an A nfk ho 09to the aqutbern 0frequentlyI Mr Gilmor i dulgcz in sarcasm something unusna- ior him It would make mo appear- asI if I repented for tho critao of having been elected and was anxious to apolc- giso and bog forgiveness To the com znittce from the Vlrilnl convention ho agreed on April 4 1801 that It the Tentlou wuld adjourn Without t ho would IitgIven fort for a taW any He was terribly annoyed with offlcp after tho inau xIpraihiuJj QmcLI RY1 S1d- r rf C r l 00 r xnorofl DovlR wuntiiat way 01 mar DQ n man do n thing whether ho wants to or not has made mo appoint etc But sometimes ho was in a cheerful aood oven in bestowing office Onoo in ay presenco ho wrote on a card for 1 raiting offlco Booker a noto reading hpsr To tho secretary Of the treasury ho bearer is an applicant fox ho position of in tho custom housa t Baltimore and if his rocommoudn Ions aro satisfactory and I recollect hem to havo been good tho fact that id is a Methodist is in his favor as they omplain of us somo Among tho predisposing causes of this ondenoy early illiteracy is tho least po ont Tho controlling causes aro moro oinplox and recondite HKNHY 0 Wnrrsnv Lincoln Spoclflo Lire Work Ono often thinks of his life as cutoff but no great man slnco Caesar hen seen 11s life work ended as did Lincoln Na- leon 11Iodupon n desert rock but not ntil Ausorlitz and Wagram had bo memories and tho dust of tho em oven ns nil dust Cromwell know t England had not at heart materially tered Washington did not know that to had created ono of the groat perhaps 0 greatest empires to bo known to But Lincoln had n specific task to to savo his country and to mako It- rcoand on that fateful 14th of April accompllshedbotbhlngs Thero arc those who would say that put this man whoro ho was to work To tho thoughtful mind It wot not chance however but design that the design of which all groat is n part War is indeed tho craci the nations It is the student of century hcnco who shall properly place I civil war in American history But iatover Hint placo be there can bo no lonbt of the position in it of thowar irosidont Liko William tho Silent his lamination of nil about him was n mat not of personal desire but of abso 0 nnd constant growth Theroarofow ye interesting characters In history in Lincoln There is uono who in uito tho same manner fits himself eo ibsolatoly into his circumstances It tim highest form of genius that eo duecs as to mako production stem ffortlcss and it is perhaps the greatest nil tributes to Lincoln that what ho Bodms sometimes only what tho av era zo man would havo done in H3 place COAL NOTESCIb Fillsburg Pa reports arc that shipfii ts by rivers arc retarded 200000 bushels going out last weekfit of The report regarding the purchase of a large tract of coal land in the first and second Monongahela pools by Carnegie is denied The owners of the land assert that no offer has been made for it It is only a probability 5 At the Gas Exposition held in Madison Square Garden New York one of the leading attractions was a miniature coal mine in full operation under the Thor N Mordue of the West Moreland Coal Co V The St Joseph Mo Herald of last coal mines can week says The Atchison not supply onetenth of the demand for rcoal because of scarcity of miners They want Snore men Jt In scale of the largo power plants near New York Citythere are circular steel towers resembling stand pipes They are cooling towers of selfcooling con They are packed with layer upon layer of vitrified tiles set rpon cod through which the heated condenser water trickles while a powerful current of air Is forcea upward through It from a fan at the base When tbo water reaches tho bottom It Is ccol enough to use again having lost by evaporation only S Per cent They arc used also in ice factories to cool the water healed by tbe liqulfactlon of the ammonia 5 Tbe President of ibo American Com- o missioners appointed by Congress two years ago to investigate the proposed orrotlle fern ship canal rombo Lakes tithe Atlantic report that the scheme Is feasible It is doubtful however If tbe plan cpuld bo put upon a practical business basjs to warrant investment wk- hyewtoremunerIve return to anyone eicopt the skippers I sA SytnJY OIT LINCOLN PECULIARITIES HIS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRUCTURE An Eitrabrdinary Combination of Unflttcd RirM Wbcrefii tIlJl OrcatnoM laf tio Grew Ubo tho Hickory nnd Itlponcd Like the OcUt Ills rjoco In history BRAHAM LINCOLN was Aa man apart from his kind in mind body and fortune Physically lip Was what would be called in biology a freak and in botany a sport one of thoso abrupt departures from tho morphological lIne for which science can as yet glvo no ron son No resemblance could over bo traced between him and any of his rela tives hoar or remote No two mon of tho same raco could well bo moro unlike than ho and his father and ot his thrco sons iiouo showed any great likeness to him iu form or features or any suggestion of tho earno mental or moral traits From the social domestic and physical standpoint alike ho seemed indeed tim man without n model and without n shadow a bcJnlf sons into our sphere for a cpcclfio purpose and because of ills mission not permitted to become a part of tim stock in which ho was born or too deeply rooted hi its social organ ism 1 It ill in his physical structure T am por3uidcd that the key is to bo found to Ihoso amazing episodes which alarmed or disgusted his friends and hnvo puzzled his biographers Caricature dur ing his lifo mado tho public familiar with como of his oddities but measure ments taken after his death and pre d1U the lt1b110 urehives show that envenomed though it was the fiercest political strife had fallen of tho reality His physical struc e was at war with itself Bo was 0 4 inches in height yet all that and moro was in tho upper part his legs nnd chest for his lower body and his diaphragm less Iithanand his appetite feeble a isphrnsotoo small to power so machine and thoro waj uuwnaunv a i deficiency somewhere Ho had scarcely nn ounce ot tnt on his body Ho was n I small eater disliked spirits and o cared not at nil for fruit or sweetmeatssringe tho hottest weather or after iktheasoffrom no calculating prudence o abstemious His system craved I Idnonot bring him happiness ndnlgenco- stimulants would havo brought roThe0anatomyioconstruct0knowledge CaTheshould hold a 1 u ofkindL0givenwork of a body corrospoll But there aro aro curious exceptions and Abraham Lincoln was one Hadji On lz upon tho ed501arntothem thus I a asdhtpbrngm enhighintalllacgts otomach that of a a ndweaklypowerful man and chest n irgo man with n slight tendency tbconsump tioiii When Lluooln sat in his homo offico In his favorite position his onItho lower round vcr on level with his forehead and n fit this position not edlugthe tes theaW n comic illustrated papnr O ioniig Ittition was In too tccc iiio uormat man uswhloh walking touches with tho iioel first arly letovedcscrlblng o Lincoln planted his wholo foot evenly on Ibo ground and lifted it iu tho samo way so that his track was like that which may bo mado by a heavy man on stilts tho bottom of tho stilt being shaped like n perfectly flat foot It would bo wearisome repetition to glvo tho many statements about tho awk wardness of lila movements duo to this very peculiar struoturo Itmaybouotod once more however that oddly as ho fi appeared to strangers when standing or walking this was greatly increased 4fJ when ho was lying down as then lila outlino appeared In full relief When j tbo caricaturist of 1800 stated that ho was tbfn as a lath and cast n shadow lIkQ a lightning rod it was but a mod erate exaggeration for that heated cam paign Such was this odd combination tho Jogs of A gianL svith tho stomach of a dwarf tho arms of an athlete hung upon tho chest of a consumptive a man FIRST of immense physical strength who was I never really well and a born humorist ever with an lutractablo liver Extraordinary as this combination of unfitted ports was it was no more ex was traordinary than the combination of frohobilious temperament and thoro is ron n son to boliovo that tho bile duct endedngton too near the pylorus as oc has illhiorofrom tho afterIyalso possessed tim encophalia tempera Lincoln neat and another element which gave to his mind in certain respects tho roomy softness cf a poetical and deli 3emparts of three mon awkwardly joined In- oue so ho had as many temporaUlents thseemedat tickstraordinarytforco called tenacity of life often foundres ent xilsbledensIhciAgodramcnts asrentconsists in tim liar icronionsunasozzabloyu 1tremomind But in Lincoln somo of tho ton dciest emotions never had healthful sat IIitragodSprltllwol lnnrnntn in Irirvtn Unit tllAaA IJJt storliuJfUn6fu rl 1ftVt ono day of real tranquil onJoYliJOi to il o is raro that n roan is BO humble or mi fortunate ns nottoflndEoniotlilug In his ancestry to which ho may point with pride but tho uniform testimony is that fouuil ou that point Lincoln maintained a significant reserve row Indeed nro tho mon whodo not confess U sontInenticut al attachment tho placo of It was or childhood but it was oulyuudur very strong political pressure that LhwolllLinci mentioned that ho vas born forgot tnoky and nil his Illinois intimates toll towered that lila only references to his early lifo old in Indiana woro in connection with nun ncr and poverty hard straggles and milk now BlckllCBO coIn A man thus constituted of discordant elements ns I said before cannot devel to mop normally or happily Ho cannot about csoapo tho most depressing melancholy ami ho is fortunate if ho escapes nu at right took of insanity And right hose in my mo years Thoro floM across should Abo had job at to over tho mice house I via nosy ronrnAtT OF LINCOLN latol I By permission of S 8 McCluro opinion is tho key to tho solution of thoso in his early lifo His TU shall I say uunaturallovo affairs his grotosqno and utterly unpardonable love letter If such It may ho called action at tho time first sot for his mnr I I which it would seem that noth lug but temporary insanity could excuse and his fits of tenderness alternating with coarseness all are explained by tho fact that ho had not yet grown into complete mastery of his peculiar makeup i Whence then tho greatness of this I I tho greatest man of our time If not of all time It lies largely in tho fact that ho never ceased to grow Ho grow like tbo hickory ho ripened like tbo hardy russet Ho novor rondo tho same mis take twice and to tno last day of lila gan lIfo ho was a persistent patient and thoroughly honest learner Tho root of tho matter wai In him thorough honesty and inherent lovo for his follow men antI a sincere dcslro to benefit thorn with an imnioueo fund of brainpower an intellect which only needed time to work itself clear and a- charity for the errors of others so groat- that to his colaborcra it often scorned ox cessivo It is tho rule that when culo gjsta have unduly exalted n martyred hero there follow n react ion and n time when writers fall to do liitii justice and- O for awhilo it threatened to be with Lincoln A voluminous lifo of him npwblle pearod in which every good thing douo by his administration was credited to blltrhim and to those who know his cabinet I officers it seemed that tho laurels und I I bOCli stripped from them to nddwlmtr- Her was not uocdodto tho glory of tho con traL figure It was a rather dangerous- proceeding In the case oZ almost any other man there wohltl have been a storm of protest cud tim hare would- hnvx suffered for tho unwisdom of his biographers Even In tim case of Lin coin it should bo noted that this publl r jiIwrC c- I The Finesi work and ale f = 1 1IVegdjng r Plsillng Cards br on shari nolire and at hst prim at lhis LffmAAs4AAAAwAAA J JI r was fOllowed eooi Thy olhoraln all tho faults end follies of his lifo woro shown in tho grosiicst That tho rnaotion was no slight final proof that Lincolns place in very zenith of tho firmament ISIOrj 4 F First roirmAit OF LIKCOLN wIre A DEAnDa Bj permission of S So McCluroJ fixed Tho world road thoso person DJBatlignored For thoso eccentricities ontkolyfromworld has shown oven moro charity for tho frailties of Ooorgo Wash Tho last great trial of his fame been most triumphantly passed and mankind now accept and oven height most florid eulogy passed soon his death upon the and martyred president AbrahamL J IL BEADLE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT Little Impression on tho Great Kmanclpator Concerning Lincolns lifo in Spring Ills before tho war an old resident city says used to como to my fathers store his feet on tim counter anti tall the affairs of tho nation I was ono night when Abo coma in ing as melancholy as a man whoso wont lay- nVhats tho matter Lincoln my asked Oh nothing much Im dlsconi n bit I fear my tilt with Douglas not very suooesaful Nonsonso Abel remarked my fa Your words havo electrified tho try They will bear rich fruit for Your reputation Juts boon inanely heretofore now it is national o you think EO Well I hope Kohoerfnlwill never forgot tho first few lays ho was nominated At that time gflcld had no postal delivery Qed In the habit of going to ho- mco lato in tho afternoon for our Somotirnco 200 pooplo would 8lDl3nYtA1PF IbPt9Pk Tim tho fashion of Stborshis box full of mall Those vroro lively times In Spring The town was overrun with prom men from nil parts of tho country my privilege to attend tho recep given to isis follow townsmen by olu after his election I will never tho picture ho presented M ho above his wlfo and friends Thoro was not in his manf the slightest indication of what is called the big head Mrs Lin was very gracious and mado a line impression that night I hoard Abo say thing 7 father in the hallway ai wo woro to loayoi I I guess Mary will carry herself well In Washington old man Speaking of Mrs Lincoln reminds of on that took placo somo bcforeAbobecameaiiatiOnal hero was a well to do tailor in Spring who owned a handsome house just tho street from the Lincolns Mrs Lincoln did not feel pleased that a tailor live in a finer residonco than that occupied by n loading lawyer When was off on circuit therefore sho j a story added to their house Tho was nearly finished when Abo re turned Ho strodo down tho street gazed his house in surprise and then crossed tho tailors side of tbo road Who lives in that palatial mansion there ho asked of ills neighbor 4 The widow Lincoln answered Bmillng tailor Thou was heard a from tho top story of tho Lincoln Abol Abel Comotodlnnorl Youro Abraham Lincoln to tho man and tbo mans bODes worth Tho nations loyalty In tears upsprlnga t nnThrough him tho soil of labor IIblnea niRh oor the sllktn broideries of kip KB Born ot tbo people well ho know to grasp small The wants and of the weak and wo hold him with no ahadowy clasp Thproforo his namo Is hootohold to us all Alice parr Cured After Suffering 15 Years Mr E B Hackett a prominent Dry Goods Merchant of Morganfield Iysaf feted for years with Constipation and In adigestionman to use laxLivergreat good Ho gave It a trial nod he Lie to feel better after the first dose After using it Mr Hackett who was troubled with Piles was surprised to find himself cured of this most dreaded of alt afflictions He is now a well man and does not tma to use any medicine It cures and you do not become a stave to the medicine It you are efJlfted la this manner give it a trial as It will only cost you a5cta and should it not prove as we say the druggist will refund to you your money For sate by St Bernard Drug Store theTheUnited States for 1896 was 250000000 the output of the silver mines was only about 3100000 A Well Known Physician Dr W R McDowell of Central City Kysays German Liver Powder is tbe best family medicine made and no home should be without it satisfactoryrrefunded where not by StyBernard r i i Subscribe for TilE v t1f15I 1i CONSU M P T FON G NIEMS I PRACTICAL OOateqmaRer and JeWeIer Late with Tabor Brosr Manufacturing Jewelers Dallas Tex and Ernest Wiggers Nashville Ten Q nessee Am prepared to do Class Jewelry Repairing Office at Walker Twy mans Main street west Railroad V SATISFACTION GUARANTEED A PBOSTONPRA- CTICE LIMITED TO- lscascs of the Eye Ear Nose Throat MADISONVILLE KY Office In Hustler Building Upstairs A LA BELLE JARDINIERE FRIT5CH5oNIIFASHIONABLE J 1L I j L Pt u v MERCHANT TAILORS I1rbdi rwrwwawn I IMPORTR OF CLOTHS AND SUITIKCS six Upper Pine St Evanivllle Indii Jlopkink BEST TRAINS TO City Montana Colorado Pacific Goast t Uta3WtIfltUfl Omaha sill Paul L Nebraska 1Louis or Chica1 VESTIBULED TRAINS 4 SLEEPERS DINING 0IRSj CHAIR OIRSSFitAll4 i CONSULT TICKET AGENT OR M RUGG TRAV PASSR AOSMT ST LOUIS MOI L flnnhlto patent Protect WEDBEllbrlDILYOU Write JOHN flUItN tatent Attorneys Washington- U C tor their 1800 Prize o- lrerERUVI TASTELESS tHILLTDNICISJUSTASCOOD WARRANTED GAWIA ILLS Nov III 1m Medicine Co 8t Louis SI- oicnetemenWO aoId last boUho of- oxwvwit tJfumcJ nt hay In nil ocr uaimed this yenrboughs tbreO ItroM i rho drug business hersor U rear npenance Dover nn article tuatSno IJUcn unlyersnlsau mAUICUCJna CO 1 nLAA sondlna ft ketch and ellptiOIi may ucertln tree an iocntlon tB qule Cocuinunlcatkn5 trIcii WIIrOfd MSUCJ torecurtnX pate Atner4 We Washington 0 nl k uba ilunu Vo spoelAi notlco tu tho PIt3WUfanJcloutlnomalx IjCOJIoo UN lATJNTII MU XarlcJut II Evv- NT SUmclenl7l1ealed b7 enOUle la N Lflbted IRVIr7lhlnK HQTBL IE ADIIaONVILL KY JOtlEs1J PrPrieior F r T f IJI I jtLC 7n iJ a 0p- J f fi J Jif1 7 Ce BeV it == I BE SPis HlNB COMPANY i lln oorteJ3 Enie tIpcstoU1ce ft EattItion a Second eIAtnateft =1UPTIN RATES ithiaitrjctIyIndvanca 5 ThreeMonthI 2 Single COpIe 1 RrrllcatlonC the c nt =UI for partlcularl f- 4TIIURSDAY if =IEBRUARY U I R i J I I =ANNOUNCEMENTS aJUDGEanDounceIdictate for Circuit Judge iD thll the Fe nc clal District subject to the action of Ihe 1 cratic p- artAi ITATE SENATE Wo are authorized tp announce T Robinson as a candidate for Stile Senator from the counties of Chrlstlansubject to the actIon of 1101epubilcan rarlC IFFORECAST zt atheI 11 DFor Tliursday proba l1bly locol snow slightly n AN illustrated Sunday called Tte will andLouisyilcCivitscryice examinations will be held in Louisville on April 21 and 26 Republicans wanting jobs take intnoticePHYSICIANS at Princeton and several other Kentucky tow ndverlistffcytlie insertion ol a Juu1vctaithtdto the Kentucky Senatorial affair 1 You may expect the latest in seVem all s111ItrvjII be no wine served at the istrtioftv ndelplua affair J It will be pared in Philadelphia and t Washington by special train rigIthe New York World turns out to be a two yearago speech of Mrteri Lyman Gago rehashed and dubbed interview by that paper to show its enterprise Mr Gage s he tionhaspressihbiglQiisteem Porter a Hartford editor is to be his private secretary and Mr ti Perry S Heath who was promi nent in the last campaign is to have a place he wants very much B EXPRESSING faith that proP L- J9 coming encouraging but without works will not bring it about Every little helps r wait to commence some or improvements that you know J must be done begin now Give somebody achance hunA GENTLEMAN said the other day I think aniindictment vouIBagainst the Louisville a Post as a common scoldTheihcrc is truth in the nbThat paper descends very 1 and very often into vituperation against any and everything that just does tor not suit the tastes of its cdithe 4pcorrects our state Joathatfavor of good roads as the turapil- be themesgenerally in line condition and toll ep4 light but an alltmpt on the part of vaga on bonds and malcontents to get free riding tin expense of tax payers He says ore ta syndtinflEtlrnPlkesrrtheyiwpald favor free board 3nd clothes r = 1 000 I GoV0aiv1ias hovnhollit 1Um c tla nd judgc ment 4 l 1 pardoning I writncrit in the1- t and j iIUbut tbe Governor may t J tcpic1 upon to send batieCI 0- f I back to their 4 mammys when sentenced by the courts to penal servitude with hardened criminal WE have the advance numbe of the Hanson Exchange ey and T M Gooch editors declare for free silver and say theirs shall be a clean pure i holer some sheet free from rancc terness and personal politics We believe these gentlemen bc cause 100they arc gentlemen and what an l exception theirs wilj bc to ti S titude of the ultra free silver gans whose stock in trade is their idiotic and vicious scurrilitycen 1897TilE Kentucky Educational As pubsociation thelugdogIItional ssociation is a dispatch reporting the hanging ofa negro man by a Bowling natmobnor1UWU1has not been long since a Russell CluymeksIca thaItiiiiiHERE is a plain unbiased state meat of fact with reference to wor1IItucky hn tnccs mule by a Democratic pijrbiit nnt 01 not by a free silver rall Thu Luxing ton PressTranscript sa5 s The last session of the Legislature dis appointed the hopes of the people but for its action the tiaU jugymajority in that Legislature and Ihe Re publican House did provide for our finan enDemoto y House our floating debt would have by this time in a manageable and satisfactory condition Mr lien T Robinson n this issue we announce the candidacy of Mr Ben T Robinson of Mortons Gap as a candidate for office of State Senator subject to the action of the Republican party 1 Mr Robinson is an energetic young Republican of excellent thelaperyearslrhas proven himself a hustler on former occasions notably in his race for doorhecper at the organi ation of the last Legislature Mr Robinson if elected will guard the erests of his district with his best care peanut Politicstu onelhiJyUnited States to a minimum opposition to its ratification by United States Senatecomes almost entirely from the silver Snators who tary ofOlney foritspredeavor to delay action by r talkinght to consider the true m of each section and anwithadopting so important an civi me gainstlization by mere factional p anIfperversity Swift JusticeallGovernor Bradleys dctermina Vi hasIIassault at Lebanon has leen promptly carried out by Col 1 Castleman the Lo eithtroops to insure a trial and prevent beenirslerity In less than nine hours after the prisoner started from Lou RaidredVEBlack Thejury mibuchcitycrimesmob Give us more of it very arpThe syndicate owning the orraIwhil up1Joaquman outlet to Stockton Cal the Fpleaebruary froletheicaterailroad and in the mines Si 754 for theytsurlthemighliirtysixrrjining machinery and develop Tifey estimate that they or in 20000000 tons of in a district six and half miles rV r I pora tT i This is tho tract which w arni ned by Mr Jno B Atkin 1889 for New York capitalists on his favorable report this s upon dous enterprise has been inaugu coalTheytitian with foreign coal Rhyme em to Death And my poets Shall with satire steeped in gall vinegar inCorccThings unaltcmptcd yet in se or rhyme have been tly perpetrated deliberately perpetrated upon a long suffering lic hereaboutsand surely y have suffered longby crtain gerehizers who have rushed lessly into jingling longitude that only sometimes rhymed and feetoungemarccnions have possessed nor rhyme reason mitigating feature excusenot even sprin ladies of the Dcestrict planreeous thirty minute poems t possessed more merit than total output of our several mason cuhne scribblers conibbledstoche rhymer has worked kedi on the principle that notionswhen there were notions rhymed and rattled all was well1 Perhaps your poet does not know it perhaps he may never know it but the verdict of a long public in impoctic prc 13eeglve us a rest Lincoln Today we celebrate the ainivcr bornfairlyour first page will be found much matter of special interest about his life and career In an autobiography vr hi sayownwas 12 I 9 n Ha aprdinwe coredis Notinguishedilies perhaps I shouldsay 1S mother died when he was ten years old thiandliterally grown up without an ed uc preationA writer has said Neither in this country nor elsewhere in the world will the memory of Lincoln ev goerpreserve what George Wa padsagacity of the people and 1AitHWbi5nl ii6Iu111dH nation administrationthen people the emancipator whose struck the shackles from the m 4000000 slaves the ruler who factforon enlightened popular will is strong underlIkIces9 theingd willcommand the rdl3lIn generaeeConfiscation the senseless warefarc on business enterprises organized corporations continues to be over the country pros will be a long time coming It in a bersedhas tended to retard their p rcatliephase of the mania is not of the usual order but seems to have been the born in envy and stimulated bythey greed A bsyndicatebeen formed to take the char VII1etrainlwayand take it at an apj ue based on present contract es of sleepyconduit system put e luxuriant cars with conduct grant 3 cent fares and Ienlnglon whilawentmoreattractive seems rather vision arymWStrangers visiting Loui svilleIn e not man particularly admiring elor tofortabsence of conductors and arc distant sed with the convenientdre Ou of transmitting the faredeath othetheging to all parts of the city sentl the one fare We do not think lime botharccrashtmlusbenefit the citizens attentionfacts t be turned co filtering the we I on with themwouldchartered rights Once in I CtherewiIJductorte I J 1 e ScrofulaMokes life to thousands peop cameledifferent ways like goitre swellings run sorca boils salt rheum pim rusheplesly a- som man is it ii foreothe polsoicatederad UK andOno Truo Blood Purlflor InThousnmls of voluntary testimonial tell tiesofInhe whenritedreJy perfectly and permanentlycured Hood1Sarsaparilla Prep MassaredoniybyC11100dC0LOwCiio aro the best nftcrdtnne Hoods Pills piiis aid digcsuo zo The usurper and confiscator eftmHgreatkuleexpense t must expect in turn to poiledand displaced by some rival capitalists The trouble is that wily schemers usually unload a confiding public before k is wiped out We arc op andifMINE INSPECTOR NORWOOD Pressure on Oov Bradley to Re thin this Capable Official 8Theinesswood the last of the Democi State appointees as State Ins tor of Mines expires on Fcbri 28 but Mr Norwoods successor will not be appointed till April i it then An authoritative report says that the Inspector is in- can the midst of his annual report he not finish it before April i that the Governor will gladly thisene goes even it comthepoint Prof Norwood having ismeonly political but that Mr rwood is the most efficient man for the place that either party in the State contains Further than s it is said that the Governor has been subjected to tremendous ssure from prominent men of parties who are interested mines and the thousands of miners an andMr Norwood The rumor further cs that the Governor really the19tonrty some time ago and postponing the appointment to j byWwill not occur till July LASrS3pen bsLIFED aneathH is never stayed briefIepassndT D thaeathTV1 1 powersIeThe endless life devoid of strifeTwork we enter in youth we wastein futile baste TT porheGrow shorter in their speedILet each and all his Take anew our load allPrepare our way against that day GodIProgress Engiitybers The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen have 513 lodges and 23500 mem essWhere a French railroad crosses a veryoCtenmin ofliutesamo tonuntcrossing tender to raise the gates onceR woukithI notmon w risk eing killed than walt five minutes Few conductors on the Henderson di n have bad better SUccess in running sons and are held In higher estimation by IheycdIeepcausedwhile on duty and thereby causa n wreck He left Earlington on first alongt r for several trains to pass there e wailing an hour or so for trains he abontbackingout his g to bymiddlethe uMr and therefore no one being on the last set brakes back it went at a fearful it struck an upgrade six miles Still the boys slept on not even wthemDui a kind providence bad decreed wise and the calling for brakes by neer Harrison who was on the second f poorduintoasq of ruins a moment later Mr tioIntrust that the officials will be as lenient him aa their discipline will allow to be Master of Train Devney Jjandaibreath was in is lible to maLt the mjstako and he looks upon the con as one of his best men The reo r Ii suit of the colIisldSwas that only scigino and caboosowere derailed and cars badly mashed up Mannofs Mr Devney Everybody from official down was n with work on this division last and it is safe to say that nevi be in one week were moro cars handled lison this division Th- betw Ateenurday A hand car with some cross on was descending a heavy i it collided with freight train No menbystives by jumping and the car was left the track to be crushed by the locomcitiveof Cond alonguctortake a rise now as the men lost nil their dinner buckets The rccord was broken last week when nine tections of train No 58 was shown upon the register in one daytitoIf there was n busy placo on the road last week it was Earlinglon where every ofone from foreman OBrien and Master of ns Devney down lo yard crews agent and operators were kept on the jump Even our clever yard clerks bad to bustle and the callers of crews were in many becases osDOWN IN TIlE NINES Heclahenow from the injuries he received in a wreck in Ten andnesseeIf- this thn ground hog sign proves lo bs year our miners can still count several weeks good work before i open Weigher James Fegan was again bustling last weelcas in addition to Ihe large amount of coal shipped he shipped over a hundred tom of coke every day except one tICSerIs lastryWe are pleased to state that Foreman Thomas Robinson has so far recovered from his late illness as to be able to return to his post of duty at the Empire tldNow the report is in circulation that inisperjpany selling the coal Where the in such a case O Tecurcomplaint about the amount of work have done the past two weeks they bee n able to work eleven and a half out of twelve which is certainly good for coal mincn to put in in a mild winter Two barges of coal were towed up the river to Nashville last Sunday We under- in stand that this coal is mined at a lower ce than that paid the Kentucky miner d comes from Illinois The cost of tra on the river is 10lvand co diomingfrom this state it can be sold at a lower putIcIV to lWftAj tt be a record breaker when the number of cars of coal shipped is taken into consider ali en from all mines on the Henderson die vision which shipped on that day a total one hundred and sixtytwo cars were forma warded Now get down your books and see if anything like this was pU whshedforyoperators who only worked their regularfes lillledoublsayingIhatsame mines can increase the above amount to 200 cars dailyrenhe Monongahela pool regulating bust less of the Pittsburg coal operators is ted as about to collapse because mew ppers broke the agreement and sent l South on the last rise while the mar kets along the water roulo to New Orleans was overstocked MORTONS GAPtlS Meveralvill geMiss Mary Morgan of the OUguestdays last week O ur town is now bIrarlitiglast shopevt at the Baptist church Sunday Mrs R C Harris visited friends and re latives in Madisonville last week Mrs J M Ezell returned from 11 coderMSunday where she had been v a rela tivesMMr A W Davis will return to Louis ing ville one day this week N Nourish men Htenafter Thats the whole secret In a klnsvrJcssents strength And theres feedt againuses MiMULSIONith Hypophosphites It goes TRAIGur TO THE BLOOD a yearthefigissibleit C ber Especially Is this so in bror al troubles in the andcureof which Scott PS CrlenHonmystulouamlxture Mrta1ttcnarfc on salmoncolored Get VIPoraaJutSO enihorne I iYOUROPhis PORTUNITYMr A New Eightvolume Eu cyclopaedia About Your Own PriceMr radeEery ono who has had occasion to eneycJomenoffectuallycouccalod in somo long article onwlllbo glad to know of tho appearance a now gouoral reference work built spdifforontwho can road may successfully consultM it Such a work Is Tho Now Standard American Encyclopaedia In eight 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desires to own It reDetailed particulars regarding tho rk and how to secure It at practically your own price may bo found la an thlaIssuoCROFTON iss Mallie Gray of Madisonville was guest of Miss Lula Clark Thursday r Bud Terrell died Wednesday of- rippe Rev C C Hall of Karlington was in town Friday homeIromMr Saxton Croft died Friday Mr barberinMr John M West ol this place has lorforr W E Gray of this place willopen a school at Kirkmansville Februarys r DelativesThe cold spell caused some of Ihe L Br R R Cos cord wood to disappear Wednesday night about 9 oclock two rode up to the horse lot of Mr J E theirhorsests saw them and told Mr Croft He couldgethorses Dr Andrew Seargent and wife ot Hop ofVS Mr Jno Ashmore Is so he can bo out t Pj FJMrIimissedonce merchant at this city but retired a few ago and was elected police judge of thereweremem of the the Christian Church and also sgolIedaughterSalik manyi J MADISONVILLE PFSam Story has relumed from a 10 her parents at Akron Ala are glad to note that Miss Issie New a lair Madisonville girl Is taking viable place In Nashville shosIn Hendersonelgi LP Wed fsaoMMr Groundhog but we satisfied that bo caught a reflection of bogship in the shifting scenes of the nti then turned In for another slum cursaftern andoonfew f loriendsMiss Ida Speed who Is at college at Richmond Is spending a few days in Cmtha cinnatf to attend the operas of Nordica and Eames Claytor who is with the Scbubcrls Sundayed in our town on the seventh Miss Myrtle Lindsay Is home from a visit to Hopkinsvillo Mrs Nannie Morton has returned from Oneonta Ala- sMr English has gone to Birmingham enc the winter ness Joinhis parents HANSON T L Ashby went to Evansuille Mon L Day of the Nebo country was in our town one day last week Eugene Stevens of Madisonvillo was in Hanson this week tbK W Coffman and Mr Gabbert of Sacramento were here Tuesday Let Hanson follow with the curfe law Noah Bailey of the country is suffering with A severe attack of rheumatism Miss Bonnie Fowler of the Ditney country is visiting in Hanson this week- S tChas Hallums of Springfield of tb tobacco firm of J F Adams Br Co was 0here one day this week Rev Scbellon of Greenville Ihe presid ing elder of the ME Church of the Green River district passed through Hanson Llast Friday on his way to Embery Church re he went to hold quarterly meeting DALTON Mr A T Wyatt went to Dawson Wednesday Uncle Daniel Brown of Madisonville was at this place Tuesday oa an election eering tour Mr C C Daves and sister Miss Lelia ITare confined to their rooms with measles Prof J B Furgerson of Union be gan his spring term of school hero last Monday toM r N S Morgon who Las been con fined to his bed with rheumatism for sometime is now able to be up and oat in town again Tho Dramatic Club of this place met last Tuesday night and selected characters paratory to a concert in the near fa tareMr Allied Stephens n produce dealer of this neighborhood had quite a mister tune a few days ago while attempting to 7SC raieinaiors cut soc Soc Fascinators cut to 380 raclOC4SC Fleeced Hose cut to r7c StSoc35C Mens Knit Drawers cut to 23CSIC Mens Knit Shirts cut to 20COne lot Childrens Knit reg allcutAnd many others equally GREAT BLAIR r PEN urnea Irt good order To give our readers this Abso Perfect at madennFountaii Pen Company of New subscriberstheir lotyprices cross Tradewatcr about three miles west of this place His team became frightened and ran off the bridge Team wagon and driver were burled into the water below and on acccount of the swiftness of tho rent his team was unablo to escape was drowned Mr Stephens swam to g and was rescued by some passing friend We sympatlze with him In Ins loss of two fine mules but are glad Indeed t be himself was rescued SEBREE t Popocratic primary March 27 Miss Annie Winstead Is visiting Black ford Rev J W Ligon filled his appointment here last Sunday Miss Maud Thomas visited Mrs Gallo way last week Mrs Wash Edward has employed Mr hn Mahier of Henderson and run tailor shop Mr John Morehead of Evansville is in the city en route to Dixon his old home The K of P have organized a Uniform Rank and will commence drilling at once CANCER CURED- AND LIFE SAVED s By tho Poroltttcnt Uao of P- Ayers Sarsaparillaa 1 was troubled for years with n sore on my knee which several physicians who treated me called n cancer assuring mo that nothing could 1m ilono to save my life Asa lust I was induced to try Ayors Sarsaparilla and after Ink lug n miinbtT ot bottles the sure Ifgnn to disappear Ruth tny rcnrr l hcullh tinpmvo I iwrsbtcil III tins Itreatment until the sore was on i Urvly Irnihtl Since then 1 nso 1 Aycrs Snrwiimrilla occasionally ns n tonic and liloodpnrlfler anti In iloiil it swiiia ns though I could not luup housi without IttlZ3 S A Fuil9 liloomneld l- aAYERS The Only Yorlds Fair Sarsaparilla ftyoro Pills Regulate tho Llvcr 1 eIissss as us sssss BISHOPS1JOB IOTI I encarefullycast pointofwe have aboutcompleted i COUNTEROnveJvcntspacelo Shlrlll as rosort SHOES1Mcnf I Shoes I In Iheso you will tea Many Varieties Odds and Ends as y many different lotsrWe shall nof to name you Ibeyarethedegrcoof 11 wholecountersPRICE SHOES Remember the GREATin Ladies BARGAINS we are offeringand Misses Overcoats and Wraps Styles not the Latest Mens RefI BARGAINS that they MUST MOVE AND AREMOVING REMEMBER THE PLACE I tBISHOP MADISONVUL KENTUCKYrI I 5I S I C USSSJISS S S S S ThingsaA SECURITY FOUNTAIN orplaceThewritingimprovetim itime In f pencilswill last II lifetime tL I J ne only not filledpen with weak interqal mechanitbe carried that can 4onNonLcakablc Reversible FeedBar i t i v 14Karat Gold Pens of Regular Shape Perfect Action NOTHINGIfge9 or mnnnrAf11 r rn l Intely Fountain Pen n V n rr They cost no more neyen considerably tt ot 11r less than the l 1 tJ V inperfect malces i iJ yet offered for gale 1r1Ll No rGoJd Pen fine p intat I No Z Gold Pen joe or stubpoint aooNo y Gold3 Pen or tll point 250 poHandsomeJyTo insure getting these Pens at priccsuld be sent direcJ tp this office with the naV1cdordra for them price ofmId you wish to have them insured the pe dcsircd against Jos1in UQ send EarlingtonyLi c o p t or0CI cn u 1 U kiHTY11 T1i 1Ti r- L w iiI Itt L i1 N TIME TABLE 4 T1MB CF TRAINS AT RAKL1NOTON Effective December 20 iSoj MORTfl 1 No 52 I n Nog2 fifit a m No54 1031 p m 70 750 a m No S 45S pm BOUTII i Not 5111 pm pmNoNot 440 p m t No 77 7JJ am J No 91 ami No 54 arll fait trainj W W BTURIDGB Agent JTimeTable I G R R- Uffecllvp S July 19 1896 1 EAST BOUND No i No 4 No 6 I Lv New Oilcan 715 pm Boo a m- tv Memphlim Bij a m p tn Fulton ISPJP m njj pm Gas a m Lv Paducah s jj p m iooa m 800 a tn- Lv Princeton 440 pm 128am 937 am I LvNoilanvllle 4z pm jioam 1045 a m UiCrnlrd 633 pm 400 a m fl2OPin Ar Loulivllle 1110 pm 755 a m ji7 P m- Ar Cincinnati 640 am 1135 a in- VEST HOUND NO5LvLv Lonltville Jjo a m 6jj p m 803 am Lv Central City 813 a m 1035 a m rjo pm t jjjpmLvIv Paducali iiiopm 157 a m 50 P m- ArS Fulton 12 5pin jjoam 730 pm- Ar Memphis 6 4Opm 710 a m Ar Now Oilcan 740 p m 730 pm MI trains run dally Nat 3 and 4 carry Pull man Duffel Sleeper reclining chair can between Cincinnati and New Orleans Direct conn ell on made at all junctions HANSON C P and T A earno ttaNEnin s News Notes Personal Paragraphs and Other Doings at Home Worthy ol Special Mention i Read TilE DEES advertisements L anti buy of TilE flEES advertisers Thf arc reliable The measles are doing a great work throughout Hopkins county probably sent across by our Web ster neighbors who have had their MIH It is a pleasure to recall that I there has been scarcely any use for vour new city jail since the holiday I rapes superinduced by an ex ss of mean liquor H Mask ball on Friday night cclc ating Vajcntines day in advance und advancing the interests ot the I local musical talent Encourage I our band and orchestra The continuation of the old board CountyIcreditable fair this year and a pos- sibleI dividend to stockholders You may hear Sam Jones at youianti accommodation by the L 4 f Nrailroad Sec notice else where Dont forget the mask ball at nishtOurtoiitngcmcnt possible to further tli interests of band and orchestra work in tfiis city That new girl at Mike Longs is f the pride of all hearts in that fam ily The only girl among several boy she will be queen end boss 0 of tho establishment She is al ready said to make her grand mother stand around Mr and Mrs Munns of Daw son while absent from home lost tlicir house by fire on Friday Mrs Munns is widely anIher time in this work Rev L O Spencer preached his farewell sermon here Sunday evening The house could not V hold the crowd that went to hear V him and many returned to theirv home becauscthey could not gain admittance Princeton Banner rwV Numerous artists have come tot t light in Earlington who are pre eminent in designing tacky cos v p tunics It is said that they will have another opportunity to prac tice their art soon A good honest r laugh is better than medicine Let v 4 us indulge ii J T Alexanders telephone line rc is filling a long felt want with the A people of the towns he reaches in if Webster county and elsewhere Beside the revenue derived fromJ the numerous calls Jim gets fre jibquent valuable orders by wires talked to Calhoun the other j v day and the service is excellent The total precipitation rain and I melted snow at Earlington for the year iSgfi was 5220 inchessome what above the average The I greatest rainfall for one month was I 147 inches in May the least was inches in January Laif month the precipitation as recorded by the Earlington weather jf observing station was 370 inches I i Superietendoflt Dixon descended I iii from train No 52 at Madisonville a t few days ago in a singularly abrupt manner It is lot lcnown whether i1 4 his action oil this occason may be 11c9nstrucd to indicate any hostility m or ill will on his part toward that li village but it is certain that his at iitudc was singularly uncererno 5s nious and abrupt It surely was I t i pot a passing humor but none L t the less humorous ii 4 young man In Lowell Mass troubled 1 foe years with a constant uocelon pf gboiri on Lila MC k was completely cured by 1rt iahnfOttlytlJ etfbeitI 8Dt Ayers Sarsapa- T rWW Another rMtilt of tbe trsatmttal Cl WM lrtt1hpf4yadi11O with le- I i 11 I c resedavolrdupo- I J n qr Q Hopkins County Fafr The election of officers by tho stockholders of the Hopkins County Fair Company on Satur day last resulted in a continuation office the gentlemen who so suc enterprisolast presidentSamhis candidacy for county clerk and the selection pi R C Tapp in his stead The officers are Jno 0 Atkin son Dircctorinchicf H H I TappVcePrcsident SecretaryCand Floral Hall Manager The Tacky Party The tacky party given at the residence of Mrs Isiaah Fox last Thursday night was a most enjoy able affair All the young people were dressed in the tackiest cos tumes obtainablesome in winter and sonic in summer attire Jewelry ribbons laces artificial flowers veils paint ponder and curls of every description pre youngladiesblacked boots and shoes with va rious colored strijgs bandana handkerchiefs gaudy vests linen dusters etc among the young gentlemen Some of the hats show better dayseven though they were much battered Old fashioned games the games of our ancestors were indulged in but it is to be hoped that they did not present such a comical appearance as did these young people Quite a large number of ladies and gen tlemen were present to see these tackles and seemed to enjoy the sight hugely Delicious refreshments were served and the party adjourned at 1030 p m Grand Jury The names of the grand jurymen arc Ira King Fillmorc Teagtie TippettOscarWillis Harris Samuel Adams A M Barnett W T Mangum William E Wilson and Peter Berry Hopkliuville Masons Hopkinsvillehave of the big Ragsdalc Cooper Cos building Their quarters will be especially roomy and well equipped In view of the fact that the annual conclave of Ken tucky Knights Templars is to meet in that city this year this action is of special interest The B M Club The Bachelor Maids held a most enjoyable meeting at the home of Unistcad Saturday afternoon The President Miss Minnie Bourland called the meet ing to order Owing to some mis understanding there was no Chat but the reporters notes were read amid much laughter France be ing the subject under discussion for that week was then talked about with ardor After the Maids had dwelt upon many entertaining sub jects they adjourned to meet with Miss Ethel Evans next Saturday riatrlmonlal The marriage of Miss Della Ash more anil Mr Ben V Southard was announced to take place at Dawson last night February loth 1897 Mr Geo W Gentry and MissI Hattie Clemeuts were at the home of Mrs E W Logan near Slaughtcrsvillc last night February 10 1897 The marriage of Miss Tola Clark to Mr R T Miller both of theI White Plains neighborhood will take place on the 14th iastant Invitations arc out for the mar riage of Miss Lena Furnish ofI Union County to Dr G B Payne of Bordley Ky on February 17 Everybody is complaining of the bad roads which are said to have Illno bottom It is quite unfor tunate because tobacco is just now beginning to move and the hard ship will be great espcially to the poor horses that have to pull heavy loads The people do not deserve so much sympathy for they could if they would have good roads and smooth hauling A trial trip over the roads leading out of Earling ton will convince any one of the benefit to be derived from good graded dirt roads the only kind now practical for this county This office is turning out some book work of original songs by Rev S W fichelton Presiding Elder of the M E Church of the Green River District Rev S W Schelton is a man of discerning judgement and recognizes good work on sight and wilt have no other if such work can be executed anywhere in the Union The in side figures of heap John print ers possess no fascinating influence over him He wants uptodate work and is willing to pay for it Judge Thompson of Louisville while sitting with his family in his residence a few evenings ago allowed a negro burglar to get away with a bundle of clothing and jewelry The Judge wont to investi gate the noise and discovered the burglar who escaped Your Pr sent Need Is pure rich blood and a strong body because with the approach of spring and tne beginning of warmer weather your physi cal system ttlll undergo radical cbangees All the impurities which have accumulated during colder weather must now be expelled or serious consequences will tesult The one true blood puri er prominently la the public eye today is Hoods Sarsapa riiu Itt record ot cures ft unequalled Jlssalw are tbe largest fa the world A few bottlea of Hoods Sarseparilte will prepare you for apilag bjr purify wg and aarfcbtng your blood and toeing and ini YlltatSgy wboUiytt t a 1 Court News Pratt is knocking out the business In hand at this term of custoMarydispatch There were 130 indictments to be gin with and in three days the Judge has disposed of about 60 of these cases 53indictmentsresident property owners for not complying with tim law that re quires a description of their prop erty in this county subject to taxa CountyClerk The whole week is set for the criminal docket Up to yesterday noon the Court had sentenced fivo men to short penitentiaryFour up for cattle stealing and one for malicious cutting with intent to kill George Vannoy and Jack Hamp ton on charge of grand larceny stealing cattle from H G Coleman were each given two years John Stewart and Bud Adams upon the same charge for stealing cattle from A L Jagoe were also sentenced Stewart for two years and Adams for eighteen months Atlas Moss upon the charge of malicious cutting for cutting Owen neighborhood to one year in the penitentiary byAtttorncypetition to change the city ot Madisonvillc from the fifth class into the fourth class The petit jurors arc as follows- D 5 Fowler John W Woodward Den Ray Sam J Oats G A Wallace Richard Burton K Hewlett T U Day Dick Myen J W Khea J D SisV Monk Hicks Wm L Harris Thos LongstaCf Lee Cunningham J A Greer Abner Hili Wm Drinkley Lafayette Qrinkley D F Todd Ed Castlebury Robert Eison John JJarnhill Joe Smith Miss Furman Evansville Au thoress Miss Pearl Furman used to be an occasional visitor to Madison youngladyincity This was before she wrote books The authoress is the same Miss Furman only now she isi known by her proper nameIMiss Lucy S Furman whose volume of Stories ofn Sactified Town II says the Critic is attracting considerable attention comes of an old South Carolina family but was born and reared in Hen derson Ky Her father was a physician whose constant com panion she was in childhood and early youth on his daily rounds Driving about in the quiet streets of the towns and along the country roads Miss Furman had ample time to ruminate over the sights she saw in the houses that she en tered with her father and to re ceive from him an education that went to the roots of human life as the observations of country phy sicians arc apt to do Miss Fur countrylifefore that when she grew up she should write about what she had known so long and so well The incidents of her volume of stories bylieof her friends at the station For several years past Miss Fur man has lived at Evansville Ind The Whole Story Of the great sales attained and great cures accomplished by Hoods Sarsaparilla is quickly told It purifies and enriches the bloodtones the stomach and gives strength and vigor Disease cannot enter tho sys tern fortified by the rich red blood which comes by taking Hoods Sarsaprilla Hoods Pills cura nausea sick headache indigestion bilousness Alt druggists 25c Henderson is to have a new flouring mill of three hundred barrel capacity to be erected by Mr J D Wilford an experienced mill man of Bowling Green It is expected that the work will begin about March ist The stockholders of the Southern B L Association at Knoxville Team will hold a meeting in that city on March 4 to consider the matter of permanent receiver ship asked for that association ap plication for which has been con tinued to March 8 A good recommendation for Simmons Liver Regulator is that it is purely vegetable and strongly tonic Then loi it is Better than Pills because easier to take in liquid or powder and no griping while the relief from Constipation Biliousness Sick Headache and Dyspepsia is quick and sure I find Simmons Liver Regulator a very safe and valuable family modi ctnoRev J M Rollins Fairfield Va The UniTed Gas Coke Com panys product plant at Glassport Pa will start up shortly and give employment to about 400 men The Robcsonia iron furnace near Reading Pall has been fired after being out of blast for nine months Thus 200 men are given cmyloy ment The True Remedy W M Repine editor Tiskilwa III Chief says Wo wont keep house without Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds Experimented with many others but never got the trite remedy until we used Dr Kings New Discovery No pther remedy can take Its placo in our home as in it we have a certain and cure cure for Coughs Colds Whooping Cough etc It is idle to ex perialeut with other remedies even If they are urged on you as just as good as Dr Kings New Discovery They are not as good because this remedy has a record of curie aad besides Is guaranteed It never falls id curedTrial bottles free at St Bwaard Drug Stor i I I II r w PERSONAL Miss Paulin Davis is visiting relatives in Paducah 4 I Miss Ida Hampton of Header r son is visiting relatives here Mn Charles Fields of Hartford spent Sunday in our city Mr Dick Harrison of Monarch spent Sunday with friends here Miss Cora Head of Providence is visiting Miss Fannie McCulley Mr J J Lipscomb of Richland paid us a friendly visit last weekd gforphia HopkinsilleFox Misses Jennie McGary and Fan nie McCutley visited friends in c Providence this week Mr C D Wright of Richland who doesnt forget to call came to see THE BEE last week h a Rev C C Hall and wife have been in Christian county for several days but are home again Miss Eva Day of Crofton returned home last Thursday after a visit of several weeks with Mrs J E DayaMr Green Champlin of Hop kinsvillc visited his friends In this city a few days since Of course I his trip was of a business nature a Geo W Robinson has gone to Nashville this morning where hew expects to help in the building of the structures for the Tennes see Centennial Mr W T Scott of the Ncbo country called in last week and patted us on the back in a most friendly manner Mr Scott is a staunch friend and remembers the editor h Great variety of Valentines at W C McLeodshGen Buckncr says the reten tion in office by Mr McKinley of some of the Sound Money Demo crats now holding places would be a good way to recognize that party Twentyfive pounds of Sugar at W C McLeods for zoo The St Joseph Mo Nail Works have resumed operation o after having been in idleness for a number of years thus giving employment to a large number of men Ten pounds Green Coffee at W to C McLeods for 100 Clarksvillc seems to sprout storries of late Now comes the tale of a man who found a skillet of gold buried under a persimmon tree He had dreamed it all out Fifteen bars good Laundry Soap at W C McLeods for 25 cents The Case Threshing Machine Co Racine Wis announce theSresumption of operations this after six months shut down Good Broom for 10 cents at W C McLcodsthThe ordinance reducing salaries which passed the lower Board ofth Louisville last Thursday night contemplates the saving to them cityof 60000 per annum D Good Molasses 55 cents per l gallon at W C McLeods Muscular Rheumatism Promptly Relieved Mr J KHolton a well known fur dealer of Oxford Pa says ho sometimes suffers with muscular rheumatism and while having pne of the most painful attacks he called at W T J Browns drug store and Mr Drown advised him to try ChamberN lains Pain Balm he did so him immediate relief Pain Balm is also 1Whas used it and found it to be an excellent remedy If troubled with rheumatism give it a trial It is certain to relieve the pain as soon as applied and its continued use will effect a cure For sale at 25 and 50 cm Is per bottle by St Bernard Drug Store Earlington Den T Robinson Mor tons Gap Georgo King St CharlesT Whitely Malleable Casting Com pany at MuncIe Ind have re sumed operations giving employ ment to 800 men Free Pills Send your address to II IL Bucklen Co Chicago and get a free sample box of Dr Kings New Life Pills A trial will convince you of their merits These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Constipation and Sick Headache For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable They aro guaranteed to bo perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable They do not weaken by their action but by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system Regular size 25C per box Sold by St Bernard Drug Stor- eLottery Our AttourneyGcneral Taylor is preparing a move against the Lottery Company at Louisville which has withstood all attacks in the past and operates daily with out regard tc laws enacted for its suppression Neuralgia is the prayer of the nerves for pure blood Hoods Sarsaparilla is the One Truo Blood Purifier and Nerve Builder To Compound Prescriptionsproperly time It requires experience and a complete knowl edge of drugs It requires the drug gist to have a large variety of drugs fresh drugs He must give the best possible work and for compen sation he roust be reasonable WITH TIlE ABOVE FACTS REMEM DIm WERE CAREFUL ST BERNARD DRUG STORE 1RYt4OPPR r4 Du U j- I I I POLITICAL POINTS Did you ever see so many can didates And still they come Judge Halls proposedreforms have not thus far received much 4 attention aside from the endorse ment given by THE BEE The public should show their interest The Hopkins county Bimetallic League held a meeting on Monday and did some speechifying aimed at some pacifying Hopkins county has thus far fur two Democratic candi ates for Circuit Judge Pretty ood number for one county Are not others- Madisonvillc was a popular resort on Monday for people who had court business and people who hadnt The smiling candidate pohitilans abroad in the land A lady of Madisonvillc by forceI of circumstances made to turner pen to rhyming and given as topic The rooster wrote the followingIII4DuringTho rooster he went on a buster And of his poor remains The housewife made n duster Forced to rhyme she rhymed 4 ith reasonand confined hers to single verse Whats in a name There are Silver Johns and Silver Char leys1OSilver Toms Dicks boyshoho bears a name that shouldbe his passport to the nomination for the office of Assessor which he seeks He owns and possesses the name of Jenningsa good and honest name in itself And yet not its goodness and honesty is its reCOin mendation chiefly nor yet those qualities in its possessor But the fact that importunes yea demands I Gife should be bourne in triumph to- othe office he seeks who bears a portion of the name of the humr CountryWilham St PEOPLES PAUTY CONVENTION A call is hereby made for the Peoples party of Hopkins county- to meet in mass convention ataMadisonville in the courthouse on March r tlclockthe State convention that meets in a Louisville April 7 1897 Also to consider the nominating of candidates R for county offices andattend such other business as may come before the meeting All legal voters who really favor financial andarc willing to co operate with the Peoples partyC arc invited to be present take part and help bring about the much needed reform- J A DAVENPORT Chr P P H C jFebruaryTATE lsLUCIoSCOUNTYS FRANK J CHENEY makes oath that bo i JCUBNEYToledo County and State aforesaid and at said firm wilt pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and everyDof Catarrh that cannot be e use of HALLS CATARRH CURE tjSworny presence this Gth day of December A m886oSEAL fNotrory Public of at Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Send for testimmonlals F J CHENEY Co 0ASold by Druggists 75C Jails Family Pills are the best If OUR CLUBBING OFF1Rg ow is the Time to Subscribe for Your Winter Rending its BEE and DAILY ANDpSUNDAY both one year for 650 TilE BEE and DAILY only GLonEDEIocRATbothl year 450 TilE DEE and DAILY and SUN DAY COUntER JOURNAL bothuone year for 825 itc BEE and DAILY onLycCOURIERJOURNAL both one year for 650 TilE BEE and LouisviLLEaEVENING POST both one year foroTilE DEE mind TWICEAWEEK GLOBEDEMOCRAT one year for 0 175 TilE BEE and TWICEAWEEK COURIERJOURNAL both one year for 150 Tim BEE and WEEKLY LoutpISVILLE COMMERCIAL one year for 125 TilE BEE and any leading pi1ilib cation at row PRICEcGoto the St Bernard Store for scarlet underwear at whole sale pricesdBuy blankets and quilts now They are cheap at St Bernard Store Dont Use Drugs t unless you need them and then only pure drugs uch as are sold by responsible druggists We keep only the best That is the great distinction to be looked for when the time comes that you need them Nowhere else will you find so com plete a stock A good time to begin that spring medicine ST BERNARD DRUG STORE DRY AN HOPPER Manager iI 1 Wboca think 0tomejlmploSalProtect your Ideul thar may bring OU wealth Writ JOHN CO Patent Altar nays Wublnnon Do for eMIr 81800 prlio offer and new lisa ut ODe Uuwund Invention muled JOB WORK Will receive prompt attention at this office Estimates furnished W upon application 1 1 LL 0astmmmwmimmwt tmmmmmmttmm E T IIALSEY PRESIDENT W C NONES VICEPRESIDENT W M GRAHAM SECV BEN VV ROBINSON GENL MOR I Bird EyeJellico Coal Co I HALSEY i Whitley County I I Kentucky IJELLI Address TENN iw VI Jnh 11 UM MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF i JELLIED From the wellknown Jellico Vein VANflEPOOLUnsurpassed both as a Steam iand a Domestic Coal 3IE Sole Miners of the Famous BIRD EYE CANNEL 4Special attention given to Mining Screening and Handling = WE ARE PREPARED TO FILL ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY =t GIVE US A TRIALG 4PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY uuummuuumuuu u uuu ummmm u The Bolt Trust has collaps d- an prices have fallen 20 per cent within the past week Why suffer with Coughs Colds and La rippe when LAXATIVE BROMO QUiNINE ill cure you in ono day Does not produce the ringing in the head like Sulphate lQuinine Put up in tablets convenient or taking Guaranteed to cure or money refunded Price 25 Cents For sale by Bernard Drug Store Earlinglon Ky Kimballs Woolen Mills at Hunt ington Mass have resumed work after being closed abcut a year All claims for Dr Bells Pine Tar Honey re substantiated by tho reports from those who have used it Coughs Colds Incipient Consumption and all bronchial affec ons are the diseases in which it is especi lly efficacious OrrelPs woolen mill at Glendale I I has started upemploying 130 men Bucklcns Arnica Salve The best Salve in the world for Cuts Bruises Sores Ulcers Salt Rheum Fever ores Teller Chapped Hands Chilblain orns and all Skin Eruptions and pod tively cures Piles or no pay required It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded Price 25c per box For Sale by St Bernard Drug Store The Blackinton Woolen Mills at orth Adams Mass which have closed several months resumed on full time last week A neglected cold is an allembracing cause of disease It clogs the lungs with mucous It strains and breaks dovn the lung tissues It poisons the blood by de riving it of its natural pply of oxygen r Bells Pine Tar Honey is an unfailing bure for coughs and colds of all descrip ons Uptodate druggists sell it Five thousand men were thrown ut of employment by the burning the Fairchild Shipbuilding works Glasgow Scotland Any tendency to premature baldness ay be promptly checked by the use of yers Hair Vigor Dont delay till the scalp is bare and the hairroots destroyed you would realize the best results be in at once with this invaluable prepara tion The Mineral Springs Manufacturing Co manufacturers of wools at Stafford Springs Conn cm- ioying 300 hands started up last week nft several months idleness HOW TO FIND OUT Fill a bottle or common water glass with rine and let it stand twenty four hours a sediment or setting indicates a diseased of the kidneys When urine stains linen It is positive evidence of kid ney trouble Too frequent desire to urin te or pain in the back is also convincing roof that the kidneys and bladder are out f order WHAT TO DO There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed that Dr Kilmers Swamp Root lie great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in relieving pain in the back kidney bladder and every part of the urinary assages It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it or ad effects following use of liquor wine or eet and overcomes that unpleasant no- easity of being compelled to get up many times during the night to urinate The mild and extraordinary effect of Swamp Hoot is soon realized It stands the high xt for its most wonderful cures of the most- istressing cases If you need a medicine you should have the best Sold by drug gists price fitly cents and one dqllar For a sample bottle and pamphlet both sent free by mall mention TUB DES and send your full posloOice address to Dr Khmer Co Dingbampton NY The proprie ors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this of- ferSent FreeTo any person interested in hu mane matters or who loves ani mals we will send free upon ap plication copy Of the ALLIANCE the organ of this Society In ad dition to itensely interesting reading it contains a of the valuable and unusual premiums given by this paper Address THE NATIONAL HUMANE ALLIANCE 410411 United Charities Building New York We have many items to close out before we take stock Dont miss us St BERNARD STORE i L u O I Telegraph O 1 I L9 2- For a SIIOFXTrI IN1EWe will sell BAILEYS 0 K 200 SHOES lAt g I 179 I J Per Pair FOR CASH This is done to in I17 troduce the best TWO DOLLAR Shoe ever put on this market If you want the Best Bargain ever offered COME QUICK How much we lose on each pair of Shoes js our business and your GAIN See the Big Pile of them in our Window BAILEY st co Micxvi1ic ICy l7gIj ARE YOU HUNGRY + If you are there is but one place in Earlington to get a quick lunchat BEALLS gg LUNCH AT ALL HOURS Hot Coffee all the time Fresh Stock of Fruit h Confections Cakes Canned Goods Fine Ci gars and Tobacco at REASONABLE PRICES L X BEALL CORDIER BUILDING MAIN AND RAILROAD EAR LINGTONKY- i C If you have anything to haul see BARNETT ARNOLD for rates u WALKER TWYMAN TINNER Successors to THOS EJ11 WALKER Old Joker THE PIONEER TINNER Nail Street West of Railroad w 1effJMNGTNKY1 z L L r n complcm WCI or P STOVES CASTINGS AND TINWAp Repairing Roofing and Guttering Skyhigh in quality and prices dirt cheap If you need anything in their line WALKER TVY rAN are the men you are looking for You can get what you want and have a little money left A HANDSOME ILLUSTRATED 1uYBNT Bn SSGgLtiI S3r4Yeisr LOUISVILLE KENTUOK- Y0nna n ttwiz4 CIOt11111f1011 La ihoag tMrng ta w BOOKKEEPING SHORTHAND TELEGRAPHY ItN- VneyiMttdfacUIUafortMnttng arotluaUi f Xumtfli Situations RStOB V 1t1l tSUBSCRIBE POR TElIF E3S a rXvv V w1 c I r 1 Ar r i t iI TfT3i 11 CJ 1- J 1 LL f A fiTIIE BLACK SHEEPS WOOL J ILuiiiByySARTEA mfOUIJOOn WILLIAM V QoP1r1l1bt18r by tho Author Dnrno Corners was tho rich woman o her village She had three forms in fee besides a warm leasehold mid n Rood bit of money at Interest All her neighbors know ns ranch And they gossiped not n llttlo that her house wns so bat and poorly furnished und that sho herself went about looking liko n ragplok or At least they thought her house barn though none cf them over got farther than tho bIg drafty kitchen where Miulaunp span tho year around Marianne was tho damos faraway cousin Sow a said flho might bo her heir but the girl Jiorself know better Tho old woman it was plain could not last much longer yet no ono of her three grandchildren overcame near her except to ask fur money That was why sho shut her door in their faces calling Y them to her fow cronies a pack of in grato upstarts For Marianne sho had another story Igivo you board and keep Yon aro to look for nothing moreEho said almost daily It is through your grandmother you aro kin to mo and sho had iw much as I If her substance has been wasted that is no affair of mine Then sho would run i on to talk of the grandchildren rating them soundly yet for nil that showing sho was proud of them and their fino spendthrift ways Mnriauno sang and spun through tho days not contentedly but With what grows fiho could Sho would have loft tho damn and sought n bettor service but fcr Jonkin her llttlo blind brother Ho had n place nt table a bed in tho at tio and leavo to sit through summer days upon tho low browod porch whoro 1 ho could hear tho birds and bees what timo his nimble fingers wove osiers into hampers and fish creels for tho folk JO1nd about Marianno spent nil her holidays in cutting and fetching tho osier wands Tho dame had you see her own so crets which sho wished to remain so cret Sti trusted nobody entirely That is mush the habit of the selfish shrewd Marlanuo had como to her n stranger from her own village farther to the south In all tho five years slnco she had mado no friendhardly on no quaintance indeed Jonkin blind though ho was know tbo village and tho conn i trysido much better than sho did for Dame Bowers liked to have the lad at be nbroaditho caruo to tho door of tho Lion innf Inside a strolling minstrel sat playing merry tunes and sad ones upon his fid die Jonkin listened awhile spellbound then crept inside and begged with tears running over his cheeks to bo allowed to touch tho wonderful singing thing Tho fiddler was good natured Ho put fiddle and bow in tho lads hands set or his fingers upon tho strings and lot hirer draw long wails of sound from the cat gut Why you might play with a bit of 1I 911J you kayo got tho fingers and the car of a bOrn fiddler ho said after tuninnte JuukJn tarots Ijavu worship r ed him for the saying He ran homo c stumbling many times in his engerness to roach Marianne and burst in upon her crying out Sister sister I must have a fiddleI must or I shall diet p Y Marianne shook her head sadly She knowjliey had neither of them a single penny indeed they seldom saw tho color of money Damo Borners with those who bought Jen settledI lIE BEGGED TO DE ALLOWED TO TOUcn TUB 6IXGINO TI1INO kets and spent tho triflo thoy fetched for doublets and shoes and caps for him His shirts Marianno mado after her 4 days work was done and both of them i knitted this long stockings as well as many besides which tho dame sold in the market town But the very next day as sho camo up from the swamp with her arms fall of green withes Uariauuo found a bright now farthing Sho put it in her pocket smiling and saying softly to herself I will not toll Jenkin not yet at t least Poor lade it would only tantalize him to know my plan If it works I f shall bo able to mako this shortly two farthings and in turn swell them to four farthings With a wholo penny ono may do many things Heaven send that before tho damo dies Lmay bo able to buy the fiddle for him since with that ho would bo suro of a living Next day sho asked the dame to soil setlfarthings worth of wool makes two l farthings worth of yarn she mlm Coked A fine scheme this of yours A scheme to rob mot Your handful would grow in tho spinning to two of my fleeces But I will sell it to you nover fear Wo mako tho bargain now but it is my heirs and executors who shall deliver you whut I have sold It shall be put down in my will today No doubt you will best them but I shall not be there to see it And yon will not watt long You know and I know you know IfihalJ not see tho now year VYpniaro unkind dame Marianne said horhcart sinking She thought of all the laoo and linen tho rich silver plato land warm furry blankets tho damn had hidden mid heaped in closets f and chests How could tho old woman k d 111 I Y1 arCJnStlpa Ion lY sent npdlyhalftheslckness1aihoworld It 1 too fndlra by partt1 ti nmss but ttic G S to Ile td upon r illsIf Adalr 1Ur JIMc i lt tl ly gruogo nor a tow lockS Trom n stray fleece I hopo yon will live to hear Jenkin fiddle at yonr great grauddaugh ters wedding sho wont on n little sadly Damo Bcrnots shook her head f saying half fiercely You mock mo You know I halo to die yet dlo I must I should not mind it much if I thought I shonld be able to know how thoso oafs of villagers will fool when they find out what riches I bavo left Tho dame had tho gift of prophecy it appeared Before Twelfth Night came all who had known her wero gossiping over her strange will and tho great in heritances ho had loft to those sho had professed to hato All to tho last stiver went to tho grandchildren farm to each of tho threo grandsons tho leave hold to the graudaughter who had mar- led a shipmaster and tbo money to tho ono who was a town councilors wife As for tho fino things thoy were to bo divided equally between tho five Still tho heirs wero not satisfied Tho old woman must have been crazy at tho very last they said A far things worth of wool to Marianne in deed I Who knows what n farthings worth is Sho ought never to havo named tho beggar Perhnpa not said the town conn cilor Tho damo was a wiso woman bnt too tonder hearted by far Sho could not have been so unjust as to wish to give away our substance but sick fan dies aro curious things Perhaps sho had stirrings of charity Tat said tho eldest grandson In that cam sho could have given all sho choso to her own flesh and blood Wo will sell everything sho loft behind that nono of us wants With your good leave out of tho moneys I will settlo thin ri diculous claim No lot mo settlo itl No let mot And mot said tho rest in chorus for each of them feared tho farthing was a lack piece and wished to keep tho others from touching it Far things do not grow in osier thickets they said in their hearts We know tho damo had dealings with black magic What if some familiar lost what this girl found Moro than ono of them offered Marianne privily n half penny for her bit of brass But sho would not part with it except for wool So when tho solo was over as the heirs eat nbont tho kitchen fire sho went in to them with n lumpy duety bundle and said as sho hold it before their eyes Let mo hvo this Nobody would buy it Oh tho good black sheeps wooll You must have hidden itl It would have fetched a Cno price It is not more than half moth oaten tho councilors wifo said angrily kicking tho bundle as sho spokeIt is not worth carrying away whispered her husband But tho oldest grandson smiling craftily tossed it over to Marianno saying Them Yon havo got n bargain But pay me and I will make it up to tho rest Take it quick said Jenkin draw ing her to her wheel Tho others wont away leaving thorn hard ntwork Jon thoItho OPCCO had to bo thrown away that tho spinning was dono before midnight By morning tho yarn had been knit into n rain of long stockings soft and fine Both had worked ns though in n dream without stopping even to fling fagots upon Iho fire Morning came in time to give light for the toeing off Then they rose nnd stretched themsolves nnd Jenkin said We must be gone before those hawks awake elm they will como and pluck- us I can scarccly believe what my eyes see Mariuuiio nail tanning her flu gers down the soft knitted lengths Wolmvo done n days work in half a night The airien must have helped ui They lidthe osier fairies Thoy romo and tell me they love Olin will al ways holp us because you are kind and do not frighten them in their home Jcnkln said Thou the two locked bands and went out to the Lion inn and there found n great bustle and confusion 11 Heres astute of things said tho landlord A herald has como proclaim lug that our good king is ill and like to Iqso use of his legs unless he can thud at once some stockings of black sheeps wool spun and knit in tho dark As though spinning nnd knitting could goon without light Those doctors are fools but thnt is tho word it is said they have from the good people who it la well known know everything They do know everything Jenkin geld softly Of course you can guess the rest how tho king was cured by wear- Ing tho stocking and how Jenkin got his fiddle and Marianne became a lady in waiting nnd at last married n knight And everybody lived happy ever after except tho grandchildren who soon wasted their inheritance so not oven a farthing was left of it A Reminder of Army Life Mr Lou Smith editor of the Commercial Myersdale Pa saysiA chronic diarrhoea that returns at frequent inter vals as a reminder of army life has been more effectually controlled by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme dy than any other I have ever used It possesses true merit For sale by St Ber nard Drug Store Earlington Den T Rob inson Mortons Gap George King St Charles There is niuch scheming and swapping and reorganizing now in base ball circles preparatory to the coming struggle for first honors in 1897 Consumption can often be prevented by giving early attention to a cold whether slight or severe A cold quickly disappears when Dr Dells Pine Tar Honey is taken Like His Subscription Bill Can you tell me what kind of weather we may expect next month wrote a farmer to his local paper and the editor replied as follows It is my opinion that the weather next month will be very much like your subscription bill The farmer wondered for an hour what the editor was driv ing at when he happened to think of the word unsettled He sent a order Will some of our subscribers make a note of this An advertisement in the London Times wanted a servant for 50 a year who will only have to cock and a tthcjllfhes for a family of nty horses p Q1 Cur Jolored Eiti ens pertsininaCEO ALixAMDtii Kttliniion Kr BUlla Pritchetl and wire were In Mad sonville Sunday Mr Andy Goodloe Is very sick Rev Eishback preached at the A M E Zion Church Thursday night Miss Annie Bishop of Madisonville was out visiting friends last week Mr Ben Cunningham visited Madison ville Sunday Come out to the Reading club tonight Rev T H Merrlweather preached at Nortonvilla Sunday Little Edith Klmble was buried last MondayMr brother was found dead on bis bed Tuesday morning Rev Gordon was in the city Monday Miss Clara Ross of Madisonville is vis King her sister Mrs Pritchett Mrs Davis will be out Tuesday to give painting lessons There Is talk of an other marriage In town Guess who Joe Faulkner says he is heartbroken Ed Bailey says be got knocked out the other day Boys stick to the right thing Fate Wilkes feed the boys on possum Not long ago a farmer who lives three miles from here came to my store before breakfast and bought bottle of Chamberlains Cough Remedy lie said their little boy had a bad cold and as they had used what they had In the house his wife would not let him go to plow until he came and got another bottle The little boy who was with him rnmuked Now I will soon be well for Chamberlains toff1 medicine always cures me R C McElroy Black Haw Pa In speaking of this remedy Mr McElroy said people came from far and wide to his store to get itand many of then would not know what to do without it tor sale by St Bernard Drugstore Earlington Den T Robinson Mortons Gip George King St Charles The Wheeling Lake Erie and the Columbus Sandnsky Hocking Railroads have gone into the hands of receivers as a result ofthe coal rate war The dock holders are left in the lurch and the coal consumers chuckle Hoarseaess leads to a serious irritation of the throat and may end in a racking rasping cough From this condition Ills but a step to serious lung trouble Dr Bells Pine Tar Honey will quickly clear the throat and leave the voice clear and smooth It is an infallible remedy for all disorders of the throat and lungs Get a bottle today What Is the most expensive product In the world It is charcoal thread which Is employed for incandescent lamps It is for the most part manufactured at Paris and comes from the bands of an artist who desires his name to remain unknown in or der to better protect the secret of manufacture It Ii by the gramrs grains that this product is sold at wholesale In reducing its price to the basis of pounds it is easily found that the filaments for lamps of 20 candles are worth 8000 per pound and that for lamps of 30 candles they are worth 12000 per pound The former have diameter of twentythousandths of i millimeter millimeter 00394 inch and the latter four and onehalf thousandths of a millimeter The filaments for lamps of 3 candles are so light that it would require nearly 1500000 of them to weigh a pound As the length of each of them is 10 centi meters 3937 inches their total length wopld be 187 milesIBe Beautiful If your blood Is bad your face shows it- It is nature warning you that the condition- of the blood needs attention before serious diseases set in Beauty is blood deep and when you see pimples and liver spots on your face go al once and secure a bottle of Carlstedts German Liver Medicines as they will purify the blood clear the com plexion and bring the rosy flush of health to the faded face and take away the liver spots and pimples For sale by St Ber nard Drug Store It Is probable the Monongahela coal pool organized by a majority of the Mo nongabela river coal operators Pittsburgh Pa will be broken and that hereafter the operators will act independently It is said an agreement was reached recently among the shippers not to send any more coal to Southern markets until the present stock is exhausted but it now appears that this was broken on the last rise hence the trouble JUJ1BO DLUINU iTrail Mark A Quirt for a Cent DOES NOT STREAK TUB CLOTHES The blest Blulcg made Take no other For sale by St Bernard Drug Store Shopping Where are you going tomypretty maid Going to the dry goods store she said What arc you going iormy pretty maid Im only going shopping good sir she said And what will you buy there my pretty maid Why noibingl Im snopping good sir she said Mine Inspector James D Hilbouse of Alabama reports a large decrease in the output of coal In that state during 1896 as compared with the year 1895 The falling off will amount to not less than 500000 tons and it may amount more The out look though is generally much more hopeful for 1897 The output for 1895 was nearly six million tons and for 1896 will fall much short of that probably not more than five million tons A letter from Laredo Texas states- that The coal mines twentylive miles above this city are taking out from 300 to 400 tons of coal daily There is a propo sition being entertained by the company working the Santa Thomas coal mines to utilize the waste coal from screenings at these mines to generate electricity which is to be transmitted up and down both banks of the Rio Grande to raise water by electric motors 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