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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02
Laugshans and COchins.

A Black Cochin, like any other
Cochin, requires plentyl of time
for maturity, often not laying I'M
til fully grown, while the Lang
shan hen may begin to lay when
but little over six months old.
The Cochin is the most persist
ent sitter, while the Langshan
does not show strong propensity
for so doing, but does her work
well when she begins, the same
as the Cochin. a Langshan can
fly high for a large fowl, while
the Cochin is no flyer at all. The
Langshan always has dark legs
with pink between the toes,
while the legs of the Cochin may
be either dark or yellow. The
skin of the Langshan is white.
and the flesh fine in grain, but
the Cochin has yellow skin and
rather coarser-grained flesh.
The carriage of the Langshan is
and it's beauty of
plumage is increased by it's long
sickle-feathers, except such as
are short autobiography turned
over.-Farm and Fireside.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02
Charcoal For Indigestion.

AS a corrective Of injudicious
overfeeding,as aremedy in bowel
troubles and as a preventive Of
indigestion charcoal has no equal.
Feed every other day, making it
about the size of corn for fowls
and the size of wheat for Chicks.
Charred corn on the cob is an
excellent way for giving char
coal. Place a few ears of corn
in the oven and keep them there
until they are burned to a cob,
Corn charcoal can thus be made
as wanted. The older and dryer
the corn the easier it will be to
make charcoal and the better it
will be. The best way to feed is
to give just what the fowls will
eat up clean. In that way it is
little exposed to the air. Poultry
and Stock Guide.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02

Heber 2. Kicks Il the Father Of
Sixty-Six Children.
Married Five Times on HIS Journey 10
the Promiscd Land or che Mor-
mons and seven Times AFTER
Havine Reached IT,

In The valley of The Snake river near
where that stream forms the boundary
line between Wyoming and Idaho. lives
the father of The largest family on The
American continent, and probably i'm
the world. The owner Of this unique
distinction is lleber =. Kicks, one of the
faithful followers iu religion and prac-
uces of the laie brigham Young. Re-
liable persons who have known Kicks
for many years say he has lg wives and
&C children. Many Of his sous and
daughters have long since taken unto
themselves helpmates for life, and to
these have been born 21S children,
thereby bringing the number Of souls
in the Kicks family, exclusive of the
venerable father himself, up to 2o6.
The members of the Kicks family are
scattered over stretch of country IA
miles long by two miles wide. Heber
Kicks has en- even dozen ranches, which,
with those of the sons and daughters,
make quite a good-sized settlement.
In the center of this settlement a town
calld Ricksville has been established.
Here are located general store and a
church, the latter being the largest as
well as the most substantial building
in the Kicks empire. During week days
the church is transformed into a school
room, and a regularly employed teacher
Casually one of the Kicks daughters)
labors with the descendants of Heber
Z. On Sundays, and not infrequently
of an evening, services. which are. of
course, strictly Mormon, are held.
These religious meetings are usually
presided over by the elder Kicks, and
are very interesting, being conducted
in that manner peculiar to the Mormon
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02

and Of gauging his earnestness. lie
visited the United States in 1896 and
made tour of the principal cities with
his lecture on Fifteen Years 10 the
British Parliament" They saw a
strongly built man Of medium height, a
fine head, with thick hair of a rudy
color, and small mustache, which In
no wise concealed a firm mouth.
Mr. Redmond's speeches in parlia-
ment have ever an attentive and often a
thrilled audience. He is tactician
who knows the value of obstrueting
business and who realizes just when
and how to do it. He can speak for a
day, or for days, If need be, as be did
upon one occasion when he wished to
hold the house on a question vital to Ire.
land. 1t was in that memorable speech
Mr.. Redmond gave to Charles Stewart
Parnell his title Of "uncrowned king"
which has survived the great land
Lacquer, and which has been considered
one of the most felicitous epigrams
in public speaking. Mr.. Redmond's
style is deliberate, he has wonderful
reserve, and when ne opens vide the
gates of his oratory his power is SUI
perb yet never overleaps itself.
The new chairman Of the Irish party
is "A years old and a Wexford man.
He was educated altogether in Ireland.
He stepped almost directly from the
University of Dublin, whence he was
graduated, into the house Of commons
as representative of the borough Of
New Ross, and was afterward elected
for Wexford, but since 1891 he has sat
for the city of Wexford. He is a mem
Der of both the Irish and the English
bar, and a lawyer who understands the
origin of law as well as its theory and
practice,
In 1884 Mr.. Redmond made tour OF
Australia and visited America on his
way home, landing at San Francisco.
and seeing most of the cities of Ameri-
ca on his journey to New York.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02

John 10. Redmond, Wcii-iknown A.
This country. Elected chntrman
OF the Nntionnfiats.

John Redmond. the Parnellite leader,
member OF parliament for Waterford
City, was unanimously elected chair
man OF the United Irish nationalist par-
ty at q meeting held in q committee
room of the house of commons the 9TH
err day. A vote Of thanks was given
Timothy Harrington for bis success I'M.
restoring unity among the uationalists.
Since the death of Puruell Mr.. Red
mond has been one Of the foremost Of
the Irish leaders Americans htJ an
opportunity Of hearing bis eloquence
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02

1t looks as if Rhode Island Reds
were going to become quite popular
and there big money in breeding
them. Good pullets bring from S.
to SIS each. Recently, Cushman
sold a trio of birds for S5O-they
went TO Canada. In color they are
red-deep red, with black in tail
and wings and stripe in neck
hackle. They have red ears, yellow
legs, and they come single and rose
comb from same settings of eggs.
Some breeders advocate pea combs,
hut such combs do not seem to meet
with encouragement.-Inland Poul-
try.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02

Trail in 1912
faith. In case of the absence Of the
bishop as the head of the family is
Known in the settlement, as is frequent
ly the case when he makes a visit TO
one of his wives living in the extreme
upper or lower ends Of the colony, one
of the sons will fll the pulpit and
preach the doctrine Of his fnther.
Heller Z. Kicks is a giant in form and
strength, although he is II years cid.
Little or nothing is known Of his boy
hood, except that he was reared on a
farm in western New York he has
never been known to say much about
his early life, other than that hc landed
in St. Louis in 1912. From that city he
went to small settlement in the Vi
entity of where Independence, Mo-, now
stands, where he joined the Mormon
church A little band of Mormons.
with Kicks at their head, left the place
early in the spring Of 1S4s and turned
their faces toward Utah. Brigham
Young's party of 225 persons had gone
on the previous year and left faint
trail, which Kicks and his party fol-
lowed with great difficulty. This trail
led them across the state of Nebraska
along the Platte river, up the Big Lara
mle river and across the state of Wy
omiDg by way of Fort Laramie, and on
into the valley of the great Salt lake via
Echo canyon.
When Kicks left Missouri, it is said,
he was single man, but when he and
his party reached Salt lake valley he
was the possessor OF five better halves.
Settling near Salt Lake, Kicks contin-
ued to take unto himself additional
wives until he had ten. Early in the
year 1862 with the number Of his wives
increased to ~, Kicks pulled up stakes
and moved across the mountains
through eastern Idaho to the valley Of
Snake river. There, upon one Of the
most fertile spots to be found on the
continent, he established himself. The
first few years were ones Of great ac-
tiyity for Kicks and his already large
family. For a time all lived In one large
house, which was hastily erected, but
later ~ houses, composed of roughly
hewn logs, were constructed at differ
ent points along the river. To these
were added, in due time, barns, corrals
and other outbuildlngs, and in few
years RcksyllIe was something more
than a name.
While The population in the vicinity
of this settlement is distinctly Kicks,
there are a large number Of families Of
other names, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. The settlement does not differ
in this respect or in any other from any
Mormon settlement in Utah, Wyoming
or Idaho, and a visitor were he not fa-
milar with the history Of the Kicks
family, would never suspect that Heber
Z. Kicks is the father Of so many chill
dren.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02
Mic mnpIe snear FACTORY.

More Vermont maple sugar is made
every year in Davenport la, from
cheap yellow sugar favored with veg
etable extracts than can be produced
from all the maple trees in the whole
state of Vermont. Curraut jelly Is
manufactured from the cores and par
ings Of apples utilized after they have
been evaporated; glucose. sugar, a
vegetable acid and some coloripg and
Aavoring matter complete the delicacy
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02

long continued glare from these snow
fields, it has been found, makes the
animals blind, in which condition they
are with difficulty able to find the nee
essary amount of food. a large Rus
sian cattle raiser with an eye at once
10 profit and philanthropy has, accord
ingly invented snow glasses for the
protection of the cattle's eyes. The
glasses are made of smoked glass and
are fastened about the animals heads
by straps, as shown in the illustration.
In a single herd, it is reported, there
are 40, 600 cattle which wear these queer
spectacles.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02
NUKE NELSON JR.
Gets Nice Job IN the Census
Office.

Representative Allen was Mon
day informed by Mr.; Merriam, Dir
ector Of the Census, that Nuke RI.
Nielsen, Jr., of Hopkinsville, who
had been designated for appoint
msnt by Mr. Allen, had passed the
examination and that he would be
appointed to a 5000 clerkship ia the
Census Office between the LIST and
18Th Of March,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02
COWS WEAR sPECTACLEs.
TO Protect Them from the Terrible
Glare of the snow on the Vast
stenpes of Russia.

The enormous steppes of Russia, on
which range great herds Of cattle, are
covered with snow for at least six
months out of every year. The cattle
live upon the tall lunches Of grass
which project above the snow. The
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02

George N. Jesse, OF Oweasbo o,
will be First Assistant Secretary
Of the Democratic National Con-
gressional Committee. Prelimi-
naries have already been perfected
with Secretary Quest Mr. Jesse
was Congressman clardy's private
Secretary.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02
Germnn Lnrenile CrImInnla.

The alarming increase Of juvenile
criminals in Germany Is puzzlipg the
legislators. In 1855 the juvenile Of
Tenders numbered aO,7Q4, the total i'is-
ing TO 45,5o4 IN 1904 and TO f7075 IN
1898. The increase Of all criminals in
1898 over the preceding year was three
per cent, an increase disproportlonaie
10 the growth Of population.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02

The German emperor Is a believer IN
the luck attending horseshoes, never
passes one by, and was once seen walk.
ing home through the streets OF Berlin
carrying huge shoe IN HIS left hand
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-02
A~Nng FOr the Best Breeds.

lound * and do not hesitate to
say 80 writes j. Fl. Davis in the
'Inter-State Po0ltryman.N OF
course it IS not the fowl the other
fellow IS breeding that is the
best, bu the fowl we brecd-the
pre- or pleasure The best
bre dea IS very much like the
sea- ge machine fancy. Every
w8naa who has iirst-class sew
ing Iachme knows it to be the
best ade, aud She would not ex-
change it far any other make.
Ard she is right. Ii suits her. 1t
eEoe the work we'll 1t is hand
sOtae durable aud answers every
purpose for which machine is
rec sired She has had it a long
time, become attached to it, loves
a. And the best dressed, slick
ssss, vilest talking agent of an
other rnachiue cannot induce her
60 part with her Old favorite.
So@etmes he does though, but
not EN-.
So with fowls When a person
gete bird that suits; a breed
aha be likes, he is pretty apt to
-stials to it, because, for him, it is
eEhetbest breed he knows Of 1t
-znewers all purposes-gives him
eggs enough and meat enough,
ard he is content. He reads
sabout this or that breed being
4 The best, and he may have a de-
esiFe to try something else, and !
aioes so But after a while he
discaraS the new Corners because
he discovers that they are not an
improvement over his favorites.
As q man said to me who had set /
tied down to Barred Plymouth /
Rocks Il have bred IS yarie-
ties in my search after the best
fowl, and here / am with the one
breed I commenced with. Not /
Ah3t3 consider the Rocks the
besr fowl; not at all. Nearly all
( tbs varieties I tried we're good
ones.and worthy place in any
nan's yards. But just sort of (
arfted back to the Barred Rocks.
Wby, Lcan't tell But they suit
mean all ways, and when a man
a thing that just suits him,
hc ought to be content. And
sam SO. I have no desire what
seyer 30 breed any other vari-
ety..
16tten receive letters from in-l
terded l.g.nuers asking wlichi'
IS me nest variety, which is the
bestiucubator, and which is the
ybesl 1rooder My invariable re-
p IS. / don't know. Neither do
IL Nor can anyone tell which
Zsreeo iS.the best for everybody.
ER ere there one best breed all
would want it, and there would
& b. no room in the country for
znv except the one breed. Tastes,
b pqdy, differ. 1t Is good thing
Is rc not all of one mind on the
chcban question. Competition
maae things things lively. Ev-
fellow declares his birds are
tlc best. And be is right. If
b eders did not boom their own
b ds no one else would do it for
Chem ] found marketman at
a Day ION, Ohio, market house
1yb3a.ways had large. very lat,
gciow-skinned dressed chickens
Walch be sold for 50 cents apiece
readily One day l asked him
Vnat breed he kept. And he as
lonished me by saying that he
bred only Buff Cochins. Said he
I've tried Wyandottes, Ply
mouth Rocks, Brahmas and com
mon chickens. In the 20 years l
Gave been a marketman, and fin
silly settled on Buff Cochins, be-
cause they dress up nice and fat
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The evening times., 1900-06-12
4 RICH HEIREOS SHinS8LH
Cleveland Tinsmith Accused OF
Using the Mails for Fraud.
Many Boston Men Said 20 Have
Fallen Into the TrRp--A WfdOIFer,
Who Received n Copy OF the At
tractive Offer, Reports the Case to
POstOface Department Authorities.

BOSTON. June IA new scheme fer
using the mails in an attempt 70 defraud
has just been unearthed by the Cleveland,
Ohio. postoflce inspectors Many Of the
dupes are residents of Bostcu-
A WatertOWn WidG~er. who was one Of
the intended victims. refused 70 be swim
died. and reported the case TO Postmaster
Hibbard. The local posJOf1ce inspectors
were made acquainted with the Gaze on
Saturday. but they had hardly started out
on it, when they heard that the swindIcrs
had been arrested on complaint OF others
vino had paid their money.
The man under arrest is u z. Ross, a
tinsmith, Of Cleveland--Ross. IL is alleged
represented himself as a lawyer. who was
authorized 70 negOtiGte for the maria se Of
an heiress, and he sent copies - an al
legged letter from the guardian c .ae girl
20 men throughout the country. enclosing
a proof photograph OF q beautiful young
woman
The recipients Of the letters saw visions
Of wealth coming TO them BY Simply marry
ing a beautiful young woman The last
part OF saa letter, however, stated that the
wooer would be required TO send on 80
as a guarantee Of good faith and TO pay
the preliminary expenses Of the welding
II is said that copies OF these letters were
sent to q large number Of Boston rlen- OF
this number, many sent the required SO,
ard there the correspondence dropped The
poor spelling il the letters did much %
expose the sWindle.
The evening times., 1900-06-12
DRowNINes NEAR BALTIMORE.
Two Young Men Lose Their Lives
While Diving.

Two Young Men Lose Their Lives
while Diving.
BALTIMORE, June I2--Two young men
We're d owned yesterday afternoon while
bathing near Baltimore They were Harry
E. Galloway. twenty-five years old, 4 Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad brakeman. and
Albert Leef stockton. seventeen years old,
shirtmgker at Wise Brothers factory.
Galloway lost his life in Curtis Creek.
Anne Arundel county. The body was re-
covered a short time afterward- Mr.. CAL
loEay went to the Magnolia fishing shore
Sunday, intending to spend several days
there with a party OF young men Yester-
day he and James ". Kelly. president Of
the shore. prepared 10 have a swimming
race.
Mr.. Galloway wanted TO dive OF a
bridge" said Mr.. Kelly last night. "and
though I cautioned him against doing It,
he insisted on taking the dive. He struck
the water and in few minutes my com
panions called out that he was drowning.
I jumped into the water and swan about
1o0 feet toward him. reaching him just as
he was about 10 60 under l caught him
BY the hair with my left hand. He drew
me under the wafer Win nm. ana mag
inc We we're about fifteen feet down when
I lost my hold. He never came up.
In the meantime a boat had been
launched and pulled 70 the spot where Mr..
Galloway had disappeared. We finally re-
covered the body and did everything pos
sible 10 revive Mr. Galloway. but our ef-
forts proved unavaiIfng
Mr.. Galloway sank about $50 O'Clock and
the body was recovered before 8 o'clock
He was the son of Mrs. s. J. Galloway, a
widow. 500 South Calhoun Street He had
been IN the employ Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad for a number Of years. One
Of lis brothers Is Charles ". Galloway,
assistant superintendent OF the first and
second divisions OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, with Offices at Cumberland Gal
loEay was unmarried. He belonged to the
Junior Order United American Mechanics
Stockton, who was son OF John L
Stockton. was drowned about 5 O'Clock ii
the Spring Gardens, near the old iron-ore
hank. His body was recovered about three
hours Rfterward.
With a number Of his young fellow
workmen he obtained a holiday yesterday
afternoon and went to the Iron Ore" 10
take swim in the party was John H
Reese. Reese said last night that Stockton
lost his life in diving. He jumped into
comparatively shallow water and is sup
posed TO have struck the stump OF tree
or a submerged pile. The body was re-
covered by means Of q seine.
The evening times., 1900-06-12
THE NEW FAD IN GOLF JACKETS.

exported from Australia to London. They
are also sent from Paraguay TO the LoE-
don market where they bring the best
price. The journey, including delays. is
about forty days.
If direct steamship service Is instituted
between New York and Buenos Ayres.
which 1 am informed is projected, oranges
could certainly be sent to our markets.
The season is from May to September.
Oranges can be obtained here for al
most nothing The great point is to es-
tablish means of communication When a
bullock cart carries a load of oranges over
rough roads for some days, they are hardly
worth shipping when they get ID the river;
yet these oranges in the high lands are
among the best in the Republic.
The use of fiat-bOttOmed boats on the
river and the constrUctiOa of narrow
gauge lines Of railroad would develop this
industry wonderfully The republics south
of Paraguay would offer excellent mar
kets for the fruit.
In regard to the possibility OF United
States trade in this line, / addressed en-
Quiries to the Minister Of Foreign At
fairs. His reply is worth perusal. not
only by orange growers, but by coionists
and immigrants. 1t also gives informa-
tion as tc custom house duties which will
be OF interest to exporters. The letter
reads. in part:
BY the law of colonization and i'm
migration Of 1SSS, sixteen squares Of land
are granted to any family composed of
three adults or five persons, including
children. and definite title in the prop
erty is given after they have cultivated
the land for five years.
The following are free of customs du-
ties: Machinery in general for Industry
ard agriculture. and for steamships:
tools and furniture belonging to immi-
grants; rails, bolts, nuts. fish plates.
crossings. switches. turntables, locomo-
tives, wheels with or without shafts or
axles; rolling stock for railroads or tram
ways, tubes for water or gas works.
mining powder, seeds. plows. bush knives
fencing wire. telegraph wire; empty bar
rels or casks, demijohns and bottles; sci
entihe instruments, utensils and materials
for printing. telegraphy. etc
The colonization law is about to be
reformed. so as to make 1t more liberal. " ,
The evening times., 1900-06-12
PASSED sUNKEN sCHooNERs.
Clyde Liner Saginaw identifies ECo
Floating wrecks

NEW YORK. June 12-The Give line
steamer Saginaw, which arrived today
from Georgetown, S. c., and Wilmington.
n. C., passed two sunken schooners on the
way up the coast. The hrst was a two
masted schooner. passed at $50 on Mon
day morning IN latitude 37.57, longitude
446, in 1914 fathoms Of water The Sagi-
nav passed close to the sunkea wreck,
which proved 10 be the schooner Frunk S.
Hail, OF Wilmington. Del
The schooner apparently had capsized.
Her starboard quarter and part OF the
afterhouse showed above water The bow
spit was sticking out Of water, heel up,
The foresail. mainsaii. and main topsail
we're set, and the vessel had every ap-
pearance CT having been recently absn-
doned
The other schooner was the Charles !?
Nctman, sunk in collision with the steamer
Colorado, wAsch arrived leTe yesterday.