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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25

Hoods Pills become the favorite
carthatic with all who use them. All
druggist. 25e.-
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predictions that it would be generally
used as a substitute for cotton may
not have been entirely fulfilled, it is
goods made OF wool and cotton. The
attention called to the new fiber gave
an incentive 10 flax growing, however.
which has resulted in much larger
acl cage of this crop than ever before.
Many farms that were abandoned in
New England, or in former days raised
flax for spinning, were planted with
this crop, and the general output last
year was enormous. The real extent
to which tibrelia is used in the man
ufacture of goods can be gathered
partly from the fact that in 1890 over
1000, 900 of fax straw were burned
in the fields after the seed had been
gathered, while too day little, if any,
such straw is thus destroyed.
In the West the haxseed is sown
broadcast for the fiber at the rate of
two bushels to the acre, and all the
cultivation given to it is that required
to keep down the weeds until the
leaves shade the ground. The pants
are allowed to ripen their seeds, md
then the straw is pulled and put up in
small bundles for drying. The seeds
are thrashed out a good deal as an
ordinary farmer would thrash his cats
or wheat. that is, with fail or with
a machine thrasher, the latter being
the more desirable, as it does not in
lure the straw so much. Some still
resort to the "rotting" process, so
common in early New England days.
The bundles are taken to the shallow
pond or brook, and stood in it with
the butts downward. After standing
thsre for five or ten days the core will
come out of the fiber when the stalks
are broken. When rotted sufficiently
the bundles are taken out with a
pitchfork and stood up to drain and
dry.
The next process is that called
"grassing." The stalks are spread crt
upon the grass and turned over once
or twice day for a week. This i'm
proves the color of the fiber. The
"brenking" process which follows is
done by set of futed rollers, aud the
"hatchelling" by machine that sepa-
rates the fine and coarse fibers. New
and improved machinery has been in.
vented for all of these processes, and
some factories take the flax direct
from the farmers before the rotting
and bleaching processes have taken
place. A good crop of flax will pro-
duce 600 pounds of fiber to the acre.
Sold in the open market, this means
ubOnt $40 Dpr acrn
But flax seed is exhausting to the
soil, and, after it has been grown two
or three years on one field, u period
of from five to eight years should
elapse before another crop is planted.
The soil has to be heavily MANFRED,
from 400 to 600 pounds of mineral
fertilizers being required each year to
the acre, besides barnyard and other
monures. Potash aud phoSphoric acid
are the chief ingredients that the soil
requires to produce gool flax. New
York Tribune.
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SHE MAKES FARMING rAy.

Miss Annie Dennis is a woman who
has discovered the secret of making
agriculture pay. She is n Georgian,
and what she does not make in the
regular discharge of her occupation
she makes by winning prizes.
She runs dairy of forty COWS, and
she finds ready sale for all her milk
and butter. She raises celery and
plants from fifteen to twenty acres in
tomatoes. She has no regular can.
merry, but large house with boiler
and evaporator, in which the vegeta.
able and fruit canning is done.
She cans IN glass and tin. She ships
fruit in its natural state to Boston.
New York and other places, and when
tue shipping season is over the can.
ming commences. As yet she only sup.
plies her own State with her canned
goods, such rs corn, tomatoes and
okra, and these three vegetables com.
bined for soup. She raises sugar cane
and finds ready sale for the besI
Georgia syrup.
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~ vIcroRIA c1rLD -

As o matter of fact, s1ys London
lit.Bits, our sovereigus have rarely
taken any active part i'm politics since
George Ills time, but they could
rtill do some very astonishing things
IL they choose. The Queen could dis.
miss every Tommy Atkins 10 our
army, rom the Commanderiu- Chief
to the youngest drummer boy. She
could disband the navy in tho same
way, aud sell all our ships, stores and
arsenals 60 the frstcustomer that camo
Along. Acting entirely on her own
responsibility, she could declare war
against any foreign country, or make
% present to any foreign Powog Of any
part OF tho empire. She could make
every man, woman and caild in the
country a peer Of the realm, with the
Ei8ht, In the case of males who are OF
80, to q seat in the House Of Lords.
With q single word she corld dismiss
any Government that happened to be
in power, and could, it is believed,
pardon and liberate oil tho criminals
IN our Jails. These are few OF the
things tho Ques2 eQHlA de e she liked ;
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HER FIRST BICYCLE LESSON.

young woman writing in the San
Francisco Argonaut describes her
first bicycle lesson in n manner which
will strike responsive chords IN many
hearts.
cit came my turn" she says, "and
l tried to look unconcerned. A young
man rolled out wheel in front of me
in business-like way, turned a screw.
lowered the seat, gave it final shake
to see that it was all right, and then
motioned to me to mount.
81 have been in hurricane when
our steamer was hove to off the coast
of New Zealand, and all the woodwork
was washed overheard; l have been in
railway smashup, and was handed
out of the car through n hole in the
roof; have sat by the off window of
stage coach when a wheel slipped
over the side OF precipice / have
been in many strange adventures, but
never had such an acute feeling OF
peril as when | slt on the top of that
bicycle, holding on for life to the
steering bac. "
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NAl1Es roE nER arrsrs.

A well known Louisville girl whose
brains have won for her the reouta.
ton OF being enc Of the most brilliant
women in the city recently held a
Eooa party Mt her house, and the
names she gave some of her acGuaint
Gnces we're so excellent that feel it
IS my duty to give the public the ben.
eft OF them. Ny consideration for
the people named will not allow me to
give their right names, but You can
draw your own conclusions, and / dare
say that the right people will be
spotted in more than one instance.
Great Expectations" is the psen-
donym which has been given to n
young lady who believes that she will
eventually win the heart and hand of
n man of birth and fortune. Unfor
tunntely, she has not yet met this
man. "Hhe Sign Of the Tyre" is the
name that has been given to well
known mairon, for what reason can
only guess. Several well known spin.
ster5 have been dubbed "Piain Tale,
From the Hills" These ladies-or
girls, rs thoy prefer being c,lled-are
Just chuck full of stories which have
become threadbare from constant tell.
inc. Louisville (Ky) Post
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\ Buster.

Boys and men who have neither trav-
eled far nor read much sometimes have
contracted notions as to the size of the
globe we inhabit
y country lad. brought up In the
mountains of West Virginia. once ne.
companied his father on visit to hi.;
uncle. who lived in IN adjoining coun.
ty. After his return home. he nut ON
airs, and often referred to his visit.
relating the sights" he had seen TO his
associates, who listened with open
mouthcd wonder.
one day something was said about
the size of the world. when our hero
thus delivered himself:
Il tell YOU what. boys. If the world
Is MS big out the other way as it is the
way me and pap was. she's n bus.ey.'
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Both the method and results when
syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
aud refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispeis colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to tie taste and ac.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it tho most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute. y.
CALiF0RNiA re SYRUP co.
SAY FRfSCiScO. CA.
LOUISVILLE, kK. HsW roRG aH
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Because he had palpitation of tine
heart. Mr.. A. ]. Allen determined to
quit smoking. He thought the to-
bacco habit was the cause OF his
trouble, but when he ceased smoking
tho pulsations Of the heart were
more violent than ever. Mr.. Allen IL
II registered chemist OF Lynn, Mass.
and ut second thought he conclui lei
that, if tobacco wasn't the cause, it
must b, acute dyspepsia. His
knowledge OF chemistry naturally
prompted him to take Ripans
Tabules, well knowing their efficacy
in disorders Of the stomach, live-
and bowels. Quick relief followed.
and now there is no more distress IN
the region of his heart. But tho re-
marl;ablc part OF Mr. Aliens cxpcr-
fence follows: He decided To foTcgo
smoking anyhow, and discovered
that Hipnns TaDulcs not only sGt;s-
fed the longing for tobacco, which
all smokers are familiar with, but u:
first he actually looked forward VITA
pleasure 10 the three periods each
day when he took the Tabules. NJ.
Allen no longer smokes, and has no
desire TO. nor does he take the
Tabules. lie is well man. and docs
not need medicine Of any kind. Mr..
Allen believes Riplns Tabules will
prove powerful all TO any mau who
desires to abandon the tobacco
habit.
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FEMIytSE LIFE N A 1r54rH3rsr

Boston has a lighthouse keeper
daughter who. perhaps, has not
emulated Ida Lewis, yet she is an &c.
complished oarswomau rs we'll as a
versatile writer. Miss Louise Lynden
has lived with her father on that
beautiful headland for nearly fifteen
years, and, although graduate of the
Boston Girls High School in 1879,
she has preferred to keep herself on
the island summer and winter, ever
since her father was appointed as
keeper of the light in 1850. Miss
Lynden is an accomplished photo3.
rapher, and many of her charming
stories are illustrated by her own pic
lures detroit Free Press.
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Ihn Sin-EnInr

Among curious customs and super.
stitions noticed in recent article in
Blackwood on the Legends and Folk
Lore of North Wales" there is one the
singularity Of which is heightened bv
the statement that it still survives i'm
North and South Wales aud the Bor-
der. At funeral "a hireling who lives
by such services has handed over to
him a loaf of bread. a maple bowl full
OF beer or milk, and a sixpcnce. i'm con
sideration of which he takes upon him
all the sins OF the dcfunct, and frees
him or her from walking after death. "
The scape-goat IS currently called q
"Sin-eater."
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RIBBON BLOUSE.

a certain wise woman had yards aud
yards of pom padour ribbon Which she
had recklessly purchased one day ut a
bargain sale. 1t was black with n
blurred design in peach blossoms all
use it and evolved this method:
She bought peach colored satin rib
bon of the same width-two inches
and covered it with black point
desprit. Then she joined the lace
covered ribbon and the pompadour
until she had enough material for a
blouse waist. She inserted sleeves of
plain peach-colored satin and WAS
ready for dinners and theatre parties.
New York World.
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FAnM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Drnughts in the poultry house are
an invitation to roup to enter and
ravaSe your flock.
For successful celery culture there
must be plenty of water, either natur-
ally or artifcially applied.
A good mixer must he n good feel
er, but it by no means follows that
good feeder is good mixer.
The unsightly webs of the tent
caterpillar that appear in the orchard
should be cut of and burned.
The best ground fora peach orchard
is sandy soil that has been planted
for several years with general crops.
The objection to late growth on
trees is that 1t produces tender wood
that is liable to be Injured by freez.
ing.
Cut ont and burn all plants of rasp-
berries and biackberries affected with
orange rust. 1t is the only safe rem
edy.
Spraying with london purple, ono
ounce to ten gallons of water, is given
as sure remedy for the tent cater.
pillr.
In some sections peppermint plants
are being substituted for hay as
stock feed. They are said to give ex.
cellent results.
Experiments show that while the
percentage OF total solids of the milk
may be somewhat changed by varying
the food, yet the proportion of solids
to one another is Independent of the
food and is determined by the COW.
Bowel diseases are often caused by
oyerlce ling, ald q lack OF salt will
also affect the stock. At this season,
when the horses are idle at times,
they should be fed in a manner only
to keep them in fair condition. Tt il
of no advantage TO them to make them
oyeriat.
When corn fodder is given to tho
COWS anil sheep TO pick over do not
throw the refuse stalks in the barn
yard to be tramplod, but cut them M.
or shred them, 50 as TO convert them
into absorbent material in the stalls
or barnyard. They can then also DO
more readily handled for use when
spreading manure.
Exhaustive experiments are 70.
porte / by the French Society of Aeri.
culture, iu which ration composed
chiefly OF potatoes afforded rapid gains
in live weights OF both sheep and cat.
tie, large percentage i'm dressed
weight OF the slaughtered animals. and
flesh Of excellent quality. Cooked DO
totoes proved more effective and p-ofit.
able than uncooked.
The blowing of laul upon which
fall weeds arc still standing is often
done IN sloyouly manner, tho stub.
bile not boiug completely covered.
every furrow showing the ends OF tho
plants, the roots only bciuz buried.
II would be better TO cut down
sucn material, let it dry, rake into
piles and burn, or, what ig better.
burn the field over il 1T can b, accom-.
plishej. Flowing can thon be done
moro satisfactorily and more weeds
will be destroyed
There is more digsstiblc matter i'm
tho corn plant than in the grain, and
ihl fact is one which has been salts.
'nctoriIy demonstrated. Ono acre of
fodder gives more actual nutrition
than do two tons Of timothy hay, and
tho butts md coarser portions, which
are usually considered OF but littio
value, contain more nutrition than the
tops and blades. lt may be added
that much depends ON the stage at
which the fodder was cut, how stored.
and how prepared before feeding it to
the stock.
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STACKING AND BAIdyG ronnrp


Shredded fodder can be stacked out
OF doors just the same rs hay or straw.
Or course, it is better to have some.
thing underneath it to keep it from
lying on the ground, which, without
protection, would draw more or less
moisture to either hay, straw or fod
der. The shredded fodder keeps we'll
when pTopcrly stacked, bu5 you want
to be careful in making the stack. so
shaping it that it will shed the water.
covering the top in such manner ms
TO turn the water from the top until
the fodder settles. It wants to be left
standing in tho stack week or two
until 1t passes through sweating or
heating process, when it will cure ont
nicely and can then be baked very
safely and shipped anywhere. Our
farmers in the vicinity stack a great
deal OF their fodder in this way and
then tale it from the stack.
we are feeding to our own horses
around tue factory shredded folder
tbot has been stacked aud is now beiuo
baIed This feed will soon get to he
an article OF merchantabie commodity.
the same as hay or straw, Just as soon
rs people realize its great value as u
feed. We have baled and Skinned q
carload to Philadelphia, AMI it makes
a better feed for horses or cattle than
the best timothy hay. In fact verv
little grain is fel when using corn
fodder. 1t has also been shipped to
ST. Louis, and wherever tlis shredded
corn fodder has been introduced 1t IS
considered far better than hay for
lcCding purposes Breeders Gazette.
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FUR COSTUMES.

In Norway the question OF costume
IS more one of comfort and Of preser.
walton from the Intense cold than a
feeling of National pride. Experience
has taught the people of the North
that 1t is extremely important for
their welfare that nothing they wear
should impede the free circulation o.!
the blood, which maintains the animal
heat or the body, and this accounts for
the very uDshapely construction of TIE
National "kapia" or pelisse. 1t il
made of reindeer skin, with the hair
attached, very loose aed comfortable:
1t reaches far below the knee and is
provided with an aperture for the
head to pass through, fitting, in fact.
so closely around the neck that the
cold air and snow cannot penetrate it.
The shoes are also of reindeer skin,
shnrp-pointed and extremely graceful
OF form, and are lined with lambswool
or velvet. The cap is, perhaps, the
most picturesque part of the entire
garb, for, square at the top, it is either
brilliant blue or vivid red, lined with
eiderdown and edged with a broad
band OF otter fur. In Lapland and
Finland a mask of fur is attached
thereto and is drawn down over the
face in very windy weather, thus trans
forming the handsomest man or pref.
tiest woman into the semblance o.; T.
queer and legendary looking hairy
ANNA. New York Commercial AL.
vertIser.
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AGRICULTURAL.
cOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
KEEPING CABBAGE

Most people bury cabbage for win
'er use, and If properly done it is the
cry best way to keep them. They
IRE, however, not easily got q. when
he ground is frozen or covered with
now. a part of the crop may be sat
sfactorily kept as follows: Trim the
reads very closely, wrap in newspa
)erS, and pack in barrels. Set in a
'ool cellar and use as needed. They
will not dry out or decay as when
placed in the cellar without protec.
ion. If this process is followed. a
quantity can be taken from the ground
1t one time. American Agriculturist.
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STRAW TOR COWS

Cows may be fel and kept alive on
straw, iftbe winter is motto severe for
hem under such sad circumstances.
md, although given some grain fool
with the straw, they cannot be expect
I'd to afford much milk, and what they
may give will be very poor. A COW
needs good digestible rough food AS
we'll as grain, if she is expected to
give milk, and clover hay is tho best
coarse fodder. The ordinary method
81 feeding cut straw with pu'ped roots
VIII do very well for cattle that are
lattening, if sufficient fattening food
IS fed with it. This is so because the
int only is expected, and no growth of
Josh, for which the same heterogeneous
elements are needed as for milk. If
there is surplus of straw to be dis
posed of, it may be sold and clover
hay procured with the money. This
VIII he better economy than feeding
the straw. New York Times.
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The Picture OF n, Is,.,a

On his second voyage, In 1893, COlum.
bus discovered an island on Sunday,
from which circumstance he gave Il the
name OF Dominica. which, being in,
terpreted, means Lords Day. or Sun.
day. Island. When the great sailor re-,
turned 10 Spain and told the story of
his adventures, Queen Isabella asked
him what the island was like. Crump.
ling up piece of paper in his hand
and throwing il down before her. Co.
lumbuS said. That is the nearest pic.
ture can give" whereby he intended
to convey the notion that Dominica
is largely made up of steep mountains
and deep ravines. In 1871 the island
became one Of the British West indies.
but is now not in too flouriShing CON.
dtGcn.
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AsrArAGrs.

The tops OF asparagus shoull be cut
down before the seeds fall, as the scat
tcring OF the latter over the bed viii
produce plants in all directions. The
cnt stalks should be- cleared away an
a good dressing ofmanure be applisI.
This should be we'll sp11ed i'm and n
mulch be spread over tho rows. M.
nure may be used for both puruosos
The object is TO fertilize the beds os
1T canno, be done in the spring. and
to prevent deep frseziug. rs the nc.
paraeu7 is plant that starts GROWING
very carly i'm the season. Nitrate Of
soda is often used to force the aspor,
gus into quicker growth. Asitisveiv
soluble, it should not be mixed with
the manure, but should be nppliad
carly in the spring. Scatter it along
the rows
mere Us no reason why every farmer
should not have au aa1aragu4 bel
Njch, mellow md deeply broken soil
ls required. After the soil has bacp
prepared, open burrows three and one.
bali feet apart and ten inches dcer
Tn order to bring the bel spccIiiv
INTO bearing get yclr-olj roots and
put them bro the burrows about too
feet apart Then fIl mp the burrows
and top dress with salt fins wilrriye
bed that Will last for forty or Gnv
years With worry little care. fr the bel
ls old and neglected. aud is thick with
crowns white Che roots aro suipIling.
lt can be restored by cutting ont
rUucr4 rTvuf tIrpfuI fI, I.1 ..I d.
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W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS
SUPERIORITY OF Durcu LACE.

Dutch laces do not have the solid an
lavish richness of design that make
the Venetian aud d'Alencon SO regal.
But 1t is conceded that for beauty oil
texture and airiness of design they are
unsurpassed. Flax has always been
sent from many countries to De rotted
In their rivers, the waters of which
produce winter, cleaner, more elastic
tibres. Their damp cellars are signally
good for the spinning of thread 50
minute that dry air would make il
brittle. New York Adver tiser.
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GRACEFUL AS ANTELoPes
are the Women of the Lower Ciasses
of Central America.


The women Of the Pueblo in Hon
duras and Nicaragua were better look
ing than the women OF the lower Glasses
OF any country l have ever visited
writes Richard Harding Davis. They
were individually more beautiful. and
the proportion of beautiful women was
greater. A woman there Is accustomed
from her childhood 10 carry heavy bur
dens on her head, and this gives to all
OF them an erect carriage and fear
less uplifting OF the head when they
walk or stand. They have never
known tight dress or tight shoe. and
they move as easily and as gracefully
as an antelope. Their hair is very rich
ana heavy, and they oil IL and comb IL
ana braid II from morning to night
ana wear 1t parted in the middle. and
drawn tightly back over the ears. and
drawn around the head in heavy bra.ds
Ihelr complexion IS light brown, and
their eyes have the sad look which one
sees In the eyes of a deer or a dog. and
which Is not so much the sign OF anv
sorrow as Of the lack Of intellIgence
Inc women of the upper classes are like
most Spanish-American women, badly
ana over dressed In s. gown fashioned
after some forgotten Partisan mode.
with powder over their faces. and with
thelr hair friZzled and curled In ridic-
uious profusion. They are a very sorry
contrast to woman of the people. such
MS you see standing In the doorways OF
ehe mud nuts, or advancing towards
you along the trail with an carthen jar
on her shoulder, straight of limb. ana
with firm, fine lower jaw, low,
broad forehead, and shy, sad eyes.