Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-05-16

time and carefully prepared, tnefeOy
lnteventine loss Of both his time and pa.
tience and rendering him tractablei
for it Is an old saying that The way
to a mans heart Is through his sto-
mach. /" She sees that the cream does
NOT spoil for want of churDing, and
/ that her garden seeds are carefully
/ earnered She puts a neat darn in the
/ table linen and a large one in the heel
of her husbands sock, with several
small ones in the opposite corner. To
her is usually committed the task or
pleasure as the case may be. OF max
inc household purchases; and she Will
realize more profit from fifty cents
than a man will from dollar. There
are numerous fowls to be looked after,
which If properly cared for can be
made both food and raiment. Though
there are many ways in which to
economize the mater familias," with
a numerous progeny is often sorely
tried for ways and means with which
to provide for her little ones; but low
ing hands and patience will accom-
plish much.
The fathers cast-off clothing, IL not
too much worn. can be cut down for
the small boy and the little man win
be Just as proud Of his first trousers
and Jacket is if they were really
tailor-made suit. The soiled best
gown can be cleansed turned and re-
made, and may prove very satisfactory
to the wearer provided she can turn
deaf ear to lynx-eyed gossips. other
examples Of like nature could be add
ed. but these are sufficient for the dill
igent. The most difficult. but most
important thing of all is to economic
time and labor, which often seems Inn
possible. The farmer realizes the adj
vantages of such labor-saving ma
chimes as the grain drill, the harvester.
the mower the rake and many others
over the old time hand implements,
but the good wife is often chef of the
kitchen and she finds no such alterna-
tives. She must boil and bake and
fry and stew
Now. If some one would invent an /
automatic cooking machine that
would turn out dish Of salad on one
side a baked ham on the other a ME
here and a cake there 10 would be the
acme of perfection. and the house mo-
ther could smile and let the world
move on.
HOW TO BEST INDUCE IMMIGRA-
TION
This subject was assigned to Hon.
T. b. Killebrew, of Nashville, Tenn.
lut at the last moment he found he
could not be present
Commissioner Nall made brief re-
snonse. saying it was very desirable
that such immigrants as he. had met
in certain counties should be encour-
aced to locate in this State He had
known some old, almost deserted fields
to be brought up to a yield Of 20
bushels of wheat per acre by intelligent
rotation under the hands Of immi-
grants from some of the States to the
north of us There was room for
many more such people and they
would be welcomed. He said he had
recently issued a large edition OF
Hand Book of Kentucky" for dis
tribution outside the State. In it was
gathered a great portion Of the mat
ter contained in the Biennial Report
of the Bureau of Agriculture, all that
particularly descriptive of our State
and county resources with other sta
t;stical matter pertinent to the sub
iect. This hand book is now being
sent freely to every immigration so
ciety or place where prospective i'm
MIGRANTS can be reached. He hoped
cur citizens would join in the euort
TO induce our own people to remain ana
others to come here. M