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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-12-14

the famous "Buckskin Joe." edied
SIX years later, leaving the widow
with three more children to care for.
The loss Of the third husband did not
discourage her. She efinally removed
to her present farm of three acres,
where she has been since 1914.
She claims to have walked to d.
troit and back sixty-seven times be-
fore wagons could be run. She has
very tender way of tel ing her life,
and tears flow copionsly down her
care and time worn checks. She had
hoped that Mr.. Cleveland would be
the next President, as she believed
she would receive large amount of
back pension money. She chews
aud smokes, but never drank drop
OF liquor except once, after she had
lain in sno bank six days, aud
when found was nearly dead. Mrs
Todd is quite feeble and can't liye
much longer.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-12-14
The Victim of Conscience.

~ am in terror" sighed poor Mrs.
Coodmother, "every time hear the
bell ring; | know I'll hear something
dreadful about Jack. I'm sure he's
been into some awful mischief" What
makes you think sop asked her aus
band. "Oh. he camo directly home
from school this afternoon, sat down
md studied his lessons for tomorrow
for nearly two hours, and has been
ns good rs TN angel ever since.
Dear, dear. what has that boy been
nm to, | would like 10 knowp"-,-Bar-
dette.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-12-14
FROM TRlGG COUNTY.

ROARING STRING, Dec. S-Last
Friday night large and attentive
audience greeted the Roaring Spring
Stage Club at their concert. given in
the Masonic Hall, under the direct
management and appreciative talent
of Mrs. Nj. R4scoe. The stage was
unsurpassed in beauty, and the rare
paintings, hung here and there, IN
graceful posture, flashed upon ones
vision the beautiful and great of i'm
aginatiOn, while the soul was buoy
ed by the sweet scente fragrance of
the rich and beautiful bouquets, one
could but see aud feel that the prog
ressive throb of the strong and gener-
Gus hearts and energetic hands OF the
club, had touched il thus, by the
public wand of an enhancing spirit
that moves and one The quietrepose of
esteem and admiration. The aud
ience was first met by comic recits-
ton, 81 dQn't want to be good, by
Master Ernest Snodgrass.
Music, southern lIome, Polka. by
Misses Connie McNichols and Dais-
lie Bunpns.
Whats in My Pallet" Master Chris
Brandon.
"Naughty Girl" by Miss Y Z,lpah Ma
graw, Ida DIwson, and Master Ohio
Ledford.
The Queen of the FAIRIES" by Miss
Inez Ledford.
"Quartette" Come when the Lilies
bloom sgain-Miss SaIlie Cren4haw,
Connie McNchols, Sam McNichols,
aud Bracie Campbell.
"Nobody's Child Miss Mary Migian
fonly eight summers, was the
most touching piece of the evening.
"My New 5 ate"by Miss Mabel lille.
AMONG THE BREAKERs.
Llrry,-Mr. Frank Campbell,
Biddie BIne,-Miss Ella. Ledford,
Mother Carey,-Mtss Sallic Cren.
shaw.
Bsss Starbrighl, Miss Lizzie Nance
Lawrence Hunter,-Mr. Ernest
Crenshaw.
Peter Paragraph,-H. B. NJ Kin
ney.
Minnie DAze,-Mjss Daisie Bum
pus.
Bruce ITunter,-Bracie Campb III.
David (aiias Paul Hunter )-Mr.
Sid Lediord.
Scud-Mr. Sam McNichols.
Here was the best actin5 ever dis.
played by home talent-Scud the ne
gro kept the house ia perfect uproar
all the time VIII le Mother Carey and
Peter Paragraph, drove them to tears.
The cat without the owner" q
larce.)
Song "Good Night" Miss Sallie
Crenshaw, Miss Connie M'Nicbols,
Mr.. Bracie Campbell, Mr., Sam Nc
Nichols.
Thus closed the best concert
ever given to the people here; all
were richly compensated for their
time and money aud Left with bright
smiles for their respective homes, tor
miles away. For AS the echoing grDt-
toes lure on the wanderor in his lone
retreat 80 does such an entertainment
as was given the new club, attract and
make happy the good people of Trigg,
and Christian Counties.
HAMLET.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-12-14

What Is swceter thsn ioses
That bloom IN the beauty { .luneY
Or the stately and fragrant U les
v hose bells ring summer tuner
All, sweeter the roses blowing
TN the checks Of ih0te we love,
And the lily OF health that's glowing
The cheeks' red rose above.
But how soon the lily and the rose
with,r in the faces of our American
womenl Why isit? Because so many
Of them are victims Of weaknesses, ir-
regLlaritios and functional derange-
menls incidental to the sex, IL uey
would use DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pres
criplion all these beauty and health
destroying ailments might be warded
Of, and we would hear less about
women "growing old before Their
time"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-12-14

Earnest, persistent work always
has its reward, no matter in what
direction 1t may be exerlcd. 1t has
been our constant aim TO furnish the
people with the best paper in this
section, and the many words of COM
mendation we receive are encourage
ing, and while they are not calculated
to make us "stuck up" they have the
effect of nerving us to go ahead in
our good work. We give al the
news 10 be gathered and our readers
appreciate what we are doing. Friends
show your paper 10 your neighbors
and make them subscribe. Only W q
year, twice week.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-12-14
She Was Completely Cured.

A daughter of my customer missed
menstruaiion on arriving at puberty
her health was completely wrecked.
At my suggestion she used one bottle
Ot Brad6eld's Female Regulator,
which cureG her. j w, HELsUMs,
Wster Valley, Miss.
Sold by Buckner Leavell, Druggist
Hopkinsville, Ky.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-12-14

"A Clergyman, being recently absent
from home on business, his little son
calmly folded his hands and asked tho
blessing usually pronounced by his
father at their morning meal At
lunch, being asked to pronounce the
blessing, he replied, with grave face.
'No; don't like the looks O them
taters. .n---Trov Times.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-12-14

To regulate the stomach, liver and
bowels, DIR. Pierce's pellets excel.
One q dose.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

food. II is not necessary fornr.,
to mature; they may be used ' wh crop
tops are only a fow inches HON %hen til
given by chopping them mt M, aud al
lengths. In this manner onita Shot
amount of green food may i w. larg|
An excellent crop, one that nav ~, grow
when young and tender, and Wits 1e cd
grow out again as fast as cut, is s' IN WHY
rian grass, and a small plot viii 'auhsa
for quite large flock. go ahsws
THIS has been given as a sure ,,
tive of gapes in chickens: Pit ptteven
three ounces of larkspur seed ls .To
druggists) in four-ounce vial N ss q .
nearly full with alcohol. Shaio" i !. I'll
casionally for few days, then rs DC
as the chicks are ready to come :" or 500 %
nest. let one person hold the ch;cl "a
another with finger apply the nrsna an
ton on the comb, rubbing it in p y I'm
Be careful not to get it in the eyes '. VI
is poisonous and may iniures - ,h as
Gapes are caused by a louise that is o ineh
Matched with the chick. and will way az
crawl down to the nostril and form $40 20
small red worm, that has ALWAYS Lin, %
the chicks for me: hence the nec a.,ls
of applying the remedy in time. S'S''
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
Farm and Garden Notos.

To MAKE corn-crib rat and mouse
proof, line it throughout, overhead and
all, with wire-cloth, having meshes SO
small that these rodents cannot enter.
This does not impede the air circulation.
GYPSUM, when pure, is useful to many
crops. as is we'll known, but especially
to clover, corn. oats, grass, cabbage,
turnips, etc. About 100 pounds per acre
are usually applied early in the spring.
A NOVEL way of exterminating Eng
fish sparrows comes to us from sub
scriber in Canada: "The best way to get
rid of English sparrows is to feed them
with bread moistened in whisky. They
will be senseless for few minutes and
can be picked up like apples under a
tree"
EXPERIMENT in transplanting the
beautiful Alphine flower, edelweiss, into
the other mountain ranges of Europe
show that the flower changes it's charac-
ter in new home. In the mountains of
Bohemia it has become new species,
bearing red blossoms instead of the
beautiful pure white blooms of Switzer-
land.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

Go but fight For the benefit of those
who have ever been blessed with enough
to eat and good place to sleep, I will
endeavor to portray some Of the trials
and perplexities OF the midnight biy-
| ouac. ...s
What would the young men of to-day
think of an employer that would forci-
bly, drag them from bed at three or four
o'clock i'll the morning and compel
them to cook their own breakfast in a
given time Cor go without it), and then
oblige them to carry all their cook
ing utensils, bedding, clothing, and
three days rations, in addition to a
fourteen-pound musket and from forty
to sixty rounds of ammunition, over
twenty or thirty miles of I'M
even, barren country, through torrid
heat or pelting rain, and at midnight
turn them loose like so many animals
to get their supper and find place to
sleep as best they could? And ali this
for the paltry sum of sixteen dollars
in greenba:ks per month. I imagine
they would promptly say: "None of
that on my plate" Yet the veterans
had this to do, in addition to exposure
to shot and shell.
Now, let me explain to you what the
tired soldier had to do after guns were
stacked. The first thing to be found
was wood and water. Imagine the
delights of stumbling around in the
darkness in strange and hostile coun-
try, infested with bushwhackers watch
ing for a chance to shoot any stray
Yankees they found away from their
camp, searching for fuel, and, what
was usually more difficult to
ind, pure water. Should the
light prove stormy, another difficulty
presented itself, that of kindling fire.
Sometimes it would take an hour or
more to get the coffee boiling. But by
one or two o'clock in the morning the
soldier would be able to sit down to his
sumptuous repast of hard tack and
coffee. Then came the search for a
dry, smooth place to spread his gum
blanket. This found, he sank to rest
with no covering but blanket and the
broad canopy OF heaven. Sometimes
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
THE DAIRYMAN.
Exercise for Cows.

The question of proper exercise for
COWS is one not always considered in
reference to the chief pointto be gained
the hygienic results. Every animal
requires exercise, and much of it, to hold
the digestion intact. But they want ex-
ercise in proportion to what is required
of them. Racing men know this per-
fectly. They have had to make this a
special study. The horse under training
must have fast and sometimes exhaus-
tive exercise. He becomes network of
bone and muscle and sinews that may be
ikened to the strongest combination of
wood, steel, and brass known.
The young animal takes much exercise
naturally. The thoroughbred colt more
than any other of the domestic animals,
swine the least. Why? 1t has been
bred into them, is what is termed heredi-
tary. The thoroughbred horse is the
superior in speed andI endurance to any
wild breed OF horses, and eyor the far
famed Arab, o well-breS, carefully
trained, and excellently fed horse, is
Deaten by the thoroughbred at either
short or long distances. Why again?
The power Of heredity asserts itself
under larger number of channels than
in the Arabian horse, but principally in
those arising from the best possible and
most varied food, in connection with the
best sanitary conditions coupled with
the necessary exercise to Keep everv
part of the animal frame in perfect
vigor.
10 return to the dairy COW. She must
be creature of considerable exercise,
for without fair exercise the digestive
organs cannot prepare, nor can the food
be properly, and fully assimiliated.
Hence the dairy COW must be large
feeder and heredity must be he1e
strongly in the direction of the viscera
and glands that produce superiority in
this direction. She must eat much and
digest much. If heredity is strong in
this direction, it will probably be strong
in the milk function, else heridity will
not have been in that direction; the
probability is strong that exercise
enough was not given when young.
But milk will be sure to follow if one
conform to the directions herein out
lined for the dairy cow-a special and
not a general purpose COW. The COW
must have much exercise in summer;
this she naturally gets in grazing. In
winter, also, some daily exercise is nee
essary. when giving milk, even if it must
be under blanket. When not in milk,
the exercise must be sufficient to enable
the digestive organs to assume their
normal strength, perhaps weakened by
protracted milking and a minimum Of
ayarciSe
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

tain Howden, of Company G.. The
Captain that day picked up a good
many relics of the battle, and on our
return we met an old lady on the road,
who appeared simply to be making the
journey from one house to another,
The Captain was very polite to her.
showed her the relics he had gathered,
and made elaborate explanations con-
corning some Of them. During the
conversation he pulled from his pocket
good-sized plug of tobacco, and hay
ing bit off a chunk he carefully re-
placed the same in the pocket he took
it from. The old lady eyed the tobacco
with peculiar interest, while the Cap
tain went on with his talk about
relics. At length, not appearing
to notice what he was talking
about, she broke out: Captain, I
reckon you chaw first-rate terbaccer."
The Captain, not appearing to notice
the precise drift of her remark, re-
piled: "Well, yes, tolerably good, but
it is bad practice" "You don't think
SO, do you?" responded the lady. cit
never hurt me any," just then the
Captain took a hint, and drawing the
plug from his pocket, handed it to the
Old lady, who very complacently re-
ceiyed it and put it in her pocket. The
Captain, expecting her to merely bite
off small corner, was little dazed to
see his whole plug disappear in that
manner, and so he ventured to remark:
II guess you are out of tobacco, amt
you?' ooh, no" was the reply, "but I
don't like to get out" The Captain
afterward remarked that he thought it
was going to take him a long time to
get thoroughly acquainted with Geor-
gia customs.
SEvEETY-EIGHrR ILLINOIS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
THE FARMER.
Tho Enemlc. of the Corn

Tho Enemies of the Corn Crop.
correspondent of the Germantown
telegraph thus writes concerning some
of the pests of the farm:
The corn crop is one of the most
profitable of our crops, but the cut
worm seems to lay claim to it and some
times destroys large percentage of it.
Seventy years among this crop, know
much Of the habits of this insect. Like
all evil doors, it loves darkness. Look
for it i'll the day time and you will find
it burrowcd number of inches down.
Just before day dawns you will find it
quite near the top. At 10 o'clock it is
two or more inches below. It's method
of the ground. We see the wise arrange
ment between the animal and the vcge-
table species. The animal lives ON the
vegetable product which seems the most
natural.
In the year 1916 man showed my
father how to prepare seed corn to pre-
vent crows from pullingit up. This was
the method: Take about a half-pint of
tar, dissolve it as quickly as possible,
put in about six quarts of corn, stir it
one and a half minutes, then drain of
the water. Stir in q little plaster of
paris or some dry matter, which separ-
ates the kernels one IRON another.
Spread it till it cools.
One man said to me on one occasion:
"The crows are pulling the corn" 1
went to the field. All i could find
pulled were perhaps dozen or two
hills. tarred some corn for friend
and he planted some the next day. 1t
came up we'll. He continued planting
the three following days, each day plant
ing less. When prepared it will come
up at the end of twelve months as we'll
as the first day. One advantage in tar
ring is if cold, wet storm comes on
after planting it will not rot. The great
est advantage is that you can let the
crows come into your field, and if you
keep out all scarecrows they will destroy
the cutworm. If you will but watch you
will see the crows leaving the field be-
tween daylight and sunrise. Let the
crows in where they have been shut out
till the worms are quite plenty, and in
two years hardly enough will be found
to pay the crow for coming.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
THE FORESTER.
Planting Forest Trees.

We have been told for many years that
We ought to plant more trees, and that
we shall soon severely feel need of the
timber which We are now SO recklessly
destroying.
The comparatively slow growth of
forest trees has been, and proably will
continue to be, the great obstacle to
planting and growing timber in q gen.
eral way. We are all anxious for inn
mediate returns from our investments.
We can plant rapid growing varieties
rs do the people of France, from which
We may hope to reap a harvest in our
day, But where shall we plant them. It
would, no doubt, be difficult matter to
of his rich, finely titled fields to trees
Fortunately this sacrifice is not at all
necessary. Almost every farm has waste
land, that can never bring the owner any
returns while it remains in it's present
! condition. He must pay taxes upon it,
and he should certainly endeavor to
realize something from it. Yet how
seldom he does. Not one farmer in 10
900 thinks it worth his while to plant
such lands to forest trees. These arc
isolated places in this country where
forest trees are planted to considerable
extent. The few instances that have
SO1u0 uPOn ItGOiO, ulC ICpOElCu CHILL
emily successful. A few plantations of
black walnut have already attaine d bear
ing size, and prove very profitable to the
owners. A handsome yearly income is
derived from the nuts produced, and the
timber upon single acre will soon be
worth thousands of dollars. Notwith-
standing these large profits, trce-plant-
ing is seldom done except in some por-
lions of the West and Northwest, where
land has been obtained from the govern
ment under the tree claim act" 1t is a
lamentable fact that but little practical
good has resulted from this we'll in
tended provision of the Government.
The settlers upon these lands have not,
the law. They have shown but little in
terest in the welfare of the trees after
having secured title to the land.
Those who inhabit open prairie coun-
tries doubtless need the protection that
growing timber alone can afford. The
natural conditions of such countries are
not particularly favorable to tree growth,
but by judicious selection of varieties
in planting, quite measure of success
may be attained by the planter. The
general practice of planting forest trees
in such sections of the country cannot,
IN the progressive order of things, be
long deferred. Much planting is already
being done by the people in these re-
gions, about their houses and yards, and
we may confidently hope even in the
present generation to also see miniature
forests growing up under the hand of
man IN these naturally treeless sections
of country.
1t would indeed be surprising if these
! same regions eventually surpassed in
expanse and value of forests, that were
once heavily wooded, but which are be-
ing SO rapidly denuded by the wood
mans ax.-Cor. Farm, Field and Stock.
/ 1nGn.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

production: when half the people go
hungry for fruits which they need. and
cannot obtain. This condition of trade
is not found in the case of staple goods
of other kinds. and manufactured
articles: for all these goods are handled
according to more thorough business
system. The more perishablc nature OF
our fruit must of necessity modify and
limit the same system of thorough com
mercial canvassing by which more dur
able products are placed constantly in
evcry town and hamlet in the country;
but feel sure that regular fruit markets
can be built up in thousands of towns
that now get no supplies. except IN
the most irregular way. by most ener-
getic system of canvassing. This sub
ject demands the serious attention OF
our growers and dealers.
This difficulty is being more and more
overcome each year by the growers ship
ping direct to dealers in small cities
and larger towns. Arrangements are
made at the opening of the season. and
the shipments continue throughout the
season. If for any reason their is an
overplus, that is shipped to the larger
markets and sold upon its merits for
vantages in this system, the grower
saves his commission. and the gets his
fruit direct from the grower, and knows
whose fault it is if poor quality is sent
him.
The more generally this is done. the
better it will be for all concerned, un-
less the grower is so situated as to be
unable to get freight rates rs reasonable
this way as in shipping to central
market. It will pay any grower to look
about before the opening of the next
overcome this apparent over-production
of fruit, for it is only apparent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
THE HoUsEKEEpER
(;ood wn,k. Abo,,t ~. H.,

1t saves great deal of labor With.
the house to have clean, good ws vail,
about it. 1t is almost impossible to la .a'
the family floors clean If the mud w!
dirt are constantly being tracked in 'I \,
the necessary going to and fro. It y
quires little labor and expense to mob
stone or wooden walks, bit in absa ra'
of those, coal-ashes or gravel can /,
scattered on the frequented paths. nal
ing them, with little beating, almos
as hard as stone.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
THE ORCHARDIsT.
exercise.
Distril,utin~Fruit.

In his last annual address, Parker
Earle, President of the American Horti-
cultural Society, uses these words:
4There have been many writer's in
which the price of winter apples has
paid the producer very lean profits, and
paid the dealers more losses than gains,
while at the same time an apple was q
rarity, if not an absolute stranger, in
half the farmers homes and laborers'
cottages in America.
The same difficulty exists with most
of our fruits. So many Of our available
markets are not reached; and the fruit
growsy s-tfers from an apparent over.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

and had suffered the loss OF one eye,
and was threatened with the loss OF
the other, through sympathy with the
injured one. He was lying down, with
eyes closed, when the train entered
one OF those long tunnels under the
Cumberland Mountains. 1t was mid
day, but when the officer made an eff
fort to see, it was dark as midnight
In despair he cried out:
Gone, gone; my sight is gone. /
was afraid of it. 1t seemed to go from
me in an instant"
Just then we emerged again into
daylight, and the officer was thrown to
the other extreme of thankfulness and
praise that his sight was still preserved
to him. Then he remarked:
"What blessed thing it is to have
two eyes, for if one is destroyed we
may still see. Chicago Ledger.
The Gallant Young Colonel Scdgwick.