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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28
A FAMOUS ALIBI.
One of the Most Remarkable Gases In
Criminal Annals.

What is to this day one of the most
remarkable cases of Identification in
the history of the law courts happened
nearly 100 years ago in Europe In the
year 1903 there arrived in Florence a
traveller, accompanied by a servant
They took quarters in the best hotel
The stranger asked the proprietor how
he could amuse himself during several
hours stay in town. The proprietor
regretted exceedingly that there was
but little choice in amusements, the
season being nearly over. But trial
for murder and arson, he said, was 60
ing on, and if the honorable visitor
would but attend the court doubtless he
would be interested to the same extent
as was the populace for miles around
The stranger took the advice, and
managed to get a seat in the front row
of the spectators benches in the court
room. The defendant, protested his
Innocence, and asserted that at the time
the crime was committed he was not in
Florence, but in Rome.
Circumstantial evidence piled high
against him, however, and his case
seemed hopeless. Suddenly his eyes met
those of the stranger.
your honor" cried the prisoner. 81
have just found the man who can
prove me innocent" Then he asked per-
mission to address the stranger openly
and to put several questions to him.
The permission was granted, but the
stranger said he had never seen the
defendant before.
But" asked the accused, were you
not in Rome III February year ago?"
What Of it?" was the return.
DO you remember man in blue
suit who carried your trunk one
stormy night to the Hotel Roma?"
L do the stranger answered.
Do you recall that on the way from
the post wagon to the hotel the man
told you he had fought in the panish
army, and he showed to you a sabre cut
on the forehead which he received
while in that service?"
THAT, too, is correct, and I dismissed
you with French coin, not having
changed enough money to the currency
of the country" said the traveller.
The prisoner brushed his hair back
from his forehead and showed over the
left temple deep scar.
The crime for which he was on trial
had been committed in Florence on
the very day the two men were to-
gether in Rome. The judge accepted
the alibi and acquitted the prisoner.
Three weeks later three highwaymen
were captured following a robbery CT
the post wagon bound south from Flor
ence. The three prisoners were the
traveller, his servant, and the man with
the scar. The traveller" and his SER
want had gone to Florence merely to
get their confederate out of his scrape.
and the trick would have succeeded had
not the three continued their opera
lions and been caught. All three were
sentenced to death.-New York Press
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28
0NE LON nsoMH RoX
lie Liked TO Make Believe He De
lunged to Some One,


The boy sat cuddied so close to tht
woman ia gray that everybody though
sure he belonged to her, so when IA
unoonseioualy dug his muddy shoes In
TO the hroadeloth skirt OF his left hant
neighbour, she leaned over and said
Madam, will you kindly make YOU
little boy square himself afoundY lie i
aoiling my skirt with his muddy ahoea
The woman in gray bluahed little
and nudged the boy away.
MY boy?" she said. MY goodness,
he isn't mine!"
The boy squirn;ed uneasily. He was
such little fellow that he could not
begin to touch his feet to the floor, so
he stuck them out straight in front OF
him like pegs to hang things on ana
looked at them deprecatingly.
Il am sorry | got your dress dirty,
he said to the woman on his left. i
hope it will brush Off"
The timidity in his voice took short
cut to the woman's heart, and she
smiled upon him kindly.
oh, 1t doesn't matter" she said.
Then, as his eyes were still fastened
upon hers, she added, Are you going
up town alone?"
eyes, maam," he said, 81 always go
alone. There amt anybody to go with
me. Father is dead and mother is
dead. | live with Aunt Clara in Brook
lyn, but she says Aunt Anna ought to
help do something for me, so once or
twice a week, when she gets tired out
and wants to go some place to get rest
ed up, she packs me off over here to
stay with Aunt Anna. l am going up
there now Sometimes I don't find
Aunt Anna at home, but l hope she
will be at home today, because it looks
like it is going to rain, and I don't like
to hang around in the street in the
rain
The woman felt something break in
side her throat and she said: "YOu are
very little body to be knocked about
this way" rather unsteady.
ooh, don't mind" he said. ct new
er get lost. But | get lonesome some
times on the long trips, and when
see anybody that l think | would like
to belong to I scrooge up close to her
so l can make believe that l really an
her little boy. This morning, l was
playing that belonged to that lady on
the other side of me, and | got so in
terested that forgot all about my feet.
That is why l got your dress dirty"
The woman put her arms around the
tiny chap and ''scrooged" him up SO
close that she hurt him, and every 9TH
er woman who had heard his artless
confidence glared at her green-eyed
and looked as if she would not only
let him wipe his shoes on her very best
gown, but would feel like spanking him
if he didn't .-New York Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The chief barriers in the way of the
adoption Of generally improved sys-
TEN Of agriculture are ignorance and
prejudice. Too many men still think
old ways good enough for them. Con-
servatism and caution and a decent
regard for ones grandfather are all
we'll enough up to a certain point, but
every man should be able to see that
the world moves on the farm as we'll
as elsewhere.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The continual tramping of stock will
kill trees of any sort, even the bur oak
Thus wnen you turn stock in your Or
chard or in your grove you are taking
the surest and most effective method
TO kill your trees. This fact should be
remembered by men who work hard to
set out groves and orchards and then
deliberately take this means of de-
strOying them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

We find II handy to have the cover,
ing of the strawberry beds when re-
moved placed near by so that it may be
used il necessary TO protect the plants
in case of n late frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

Spring winds and spring sunshine arc
great tonics for all the North country
folk VINO have four months winter,
Those who live in perpetual summer
and sunshine know nothing about it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The growing of the corn crop bids
fair to be revOlutionized in the near
future if all the good things promised
by the corn experts are realized.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The supreme court of the state OF
Nebraska has recently held that grow
ing crops on a farm sold at Judicial
sale do not go to the purchaser.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

Norway makes flour out of fish and
Sweden a -four out of milk. When
these get on the market, it will be easy
to make dish of fish gravy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

Plant the odd corners around the
homestead with sunf1owers. They will
hide blemish, take the place of weeds
and furnish a very valuable food for
your poultry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

At a recent sale in Nebraska of Jer-
sey red hogs 81 head brought an aver
age of $l0S,2a apiece, Three out OF the
lot sold for $40, $S2o and $166 re-
spectNely.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The American people would prefer
cheaper nails and oil and fewer libra
ries and colleges This may be heresy.
but it is the truth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

we believe that the best way to
manage the dairy business on the aver
age farm is to keep enough COWS to
Keep one man busy caring for them;
then hire him for that special work.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

1t would be worth $500 to any man
who raises hogs to get five acres Of
land into an alfalfa pasture for the
pigs. 1t makes the best pasture in the
world for them
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The new Swedish process of convert
ing the casein of skimmilk into flour
gives value to skimmilk of 81 per
pound where it can be so used.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

Would not it be a good idea to take
enough pride in the school grounds OF
your district to see that at least doz-
en- good shade trees are planted this
spring? Get two or three of the neigh
bOrs to join you in this patriotic work.
If you will take the common water elm
and cut the tops back well, the trees
will live and do well under schoo1yard
conditions.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The difference of few degrees of
temperature or few inches of rainfall
will usually definitely settle the ques-
ton of what crops may or may not be
raised in any given country.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The butcher bird is a regular pirate.
While he kills a good many mice and
bugs, he kills too many of our small
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

All kinds of stock enjoy variation
in their food ration just as much as do
human beings.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

In South Africa the ants will eat ur
a railway tie in about four months,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

For the first time in several years our
old favorites, the bluebirds, are back
again in very large numbers. On late
March day on short trip in the coun-
try we saw over 100 of these birds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The practice of economy in the earli-
er years of mans life sometimes de-
velOps into stinginess as the man gets
older. This is bad. AS between the
usefulness of lazy man and a stingy
one there is not much to choose, save
that the latter can be meaner in his
stinginess than the former in his lazi-
ness
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The poorest grade steers are always
found in the dairy sections, the milk
business being always at war with the
beef interests. This might be remedied
to some extent if a better class of sires
were used
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

We are asked whether ice in the
spring of the year ever sinks and if
not how it disappears in such
short time. It is like this: 1t does not
sink, but a process of disintegratfon
goes on in the mass until it falls all to
pieces in needlelike crystals not a
quarter of On inch in diameter; these
quickly melt in the water and the
heavy iceield is gone in few minutes
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The tame grasses-clover, timothy
and blue grass-will never become ac-
climated and do we'll in the short grass
or range country. These grasses must
have an average rainfall of not less
than thirty inches. The bronze grass
up to this time is the only one which
seems suited to that country
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

birds to give him a@ honorable plaes
i'm the bird family,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

We have seen barb wire fence sep
arating two droves of hogs, one of
which was eXterminated by the cholera,
the other with never sick hog in it.
We have also seen a wire fence divide
two cornields, one of which yielded IS
bushels an acre, the other % bushels.
Wire fences are great things.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

We are experimenting with several
new varieties of potato this year. 1t
seems to us that none of these in com
mon use today is as fine in quality as
some OF the old sorts-Peachblow
Neshannock, Pink Eyes and others
which were common forty years ago
and what varieties we do have seem
to run out in less time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

Canals, even if the railways do carry
nearly all the freight, still pay to main
tain just for their value as freight rate
regulators. The transport service which
can do the work for the lowest price
will always fix the rate for such ser
vice whether it gets the business or
not.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

Scientific agriculture will reclaim and
restore the deserted farms of the East
and will double the productiveness of
rich Western land The work of the
agricultural colleges and experiment
stations has only just begun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

There are two kinds of bad roads
-' and sand roads. The mud
I'D only in wet weather; the
Jad is bad all the time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

A friend of ours is setting out q
thousand evergreens this spring around
his farm homestead He will probably
make the mistake so many do and
plant them about ten feet apart each
way when they should be 20 feet. The
thickly planted evergreen windbreak
is always a failure.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

One of the results of the late coal
strike has been to turn capital toward
the manufacture of the Ignite Goals of
Dakota and Montana, which when me-
chanlcally treated make a fuel equal
IN value to hard coal. By next winter
this prepared fuel will be on the
market.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The stock food companies do not
show any disposition to take hand in
the several stock feeding experiments
undertaken at the experiment stations
this winter. They ran up against a
very hard proposition year ago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

One of the statistical genuises con-
nected with the agricultural depart
ment at Washington has figured out
that the value of the manure product
of the country is $2,O71, 100000 Fig
ures are great things.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

Three years ago key of nails. a hun
dred pounds of pork, a cord of wood
and a ton Of soft coal each brought
about the same price, about 81 Today
the nails are worth $2.75 and the wood
80, the pork 81 and the coal SIS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28
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correspondence Solicited.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The lawn should have a top dressing
OF we'll rOtted stable manure each
spring, as the continuous moving tends
TO enfeeble the grass roots; but mind
that this manure has been we'll rotted,
otherwise lot of foul seed will be
scattered over the lawn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

We heard a successful potato raiser
say recently that no matter how he
might prepare and fertilize specially
field he could not now raise on old land
more than one-half the crop of potatoes
he could in an early day on new land.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

An average of 80 inches of rainfall
will usually provide sufficient moisture
to insure good crops OF grass and grain
without irrigation. With only 20
inches crops may still be successfully
raised if due care is given to conserv-
ing the moisture by proper cultivation.
With only ten inches irrigation is in
6ispenSable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

The prairie dog in western Kansas
and Nebraska instead of following the
Indian and the buffalo is increasing in
numbers and is one of the biggest nui-
sances connected with farming in that
section of the country.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

No other mans inventions has so
materially affected the food supply Of
the world as the modern reaper and
harvester If all the grain used for
bread today were cut with a sickle,
flour would be So instead of 81 a sack.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

We attended two farm sales recently.
one where lot of much abused and
poorly cared for farm machinery was
sold for a song, another where an
equal amour of farm tools which had
been we'll cared for brought more than
half OF their first cost The difference
to the owners was not far from $10O.
which represented the pay the careful
man got for his trouble.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-28

Judge Rufus B. Smith of the superior
court was journeying East some time
ago, accompanied by his young son
Desiring to smoke, he went forward
to the smoking car, as the room for
that purpose on the sleeper was small
and nearly all the space occupied
After he had been enjoying his cigar
some minutes it occurred to the judge
that he might be setting bad example
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-06
Like Mist Before
The Rising Sun!

Our enormous stock of Tobac-
co Canvas is melting away.
Our farmer friends are begin
ming to realize how low our
prices are and orders are pour
ing in by telephone and by
mail.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-06

The voting contest inaugurated
by the Kentuckian last fall to de-
termine the most popular young
lady in Christian county, was de-
cided Wednesday afternoon in favor
of Miss Alberta Baker, of Julien.
The interest manifested sur
passed all expectations. The total
vote was considerable more than
$500, and the Kentuckian's sub
scription list received a boom that
brought many new patrons and in
duced many dellnquents to pay up
their arrearages.
The contest began about Septem-
Der LIST and was to have closed
December Doth, but was postponed
until March 4th. 1t had grown in
interest from the first and closed
with a degree of excitement that
sidetracked political races and all
other matters for the last three days
The coupons were saved by
thousands and all day Wednesday
the holders were busy bringing then
in and redeeming them with certi
fed ballots. This was done in ad
vance of the count to Tighten the
labor of the judges at the fna
count. Counting committees wen
over the coupons and certified t
the contents of the packages anC
these were all taken up and de
stroyed and the votes all entered
on one ballot. Some ballots were
for 1000 to 1000 votes and perhaps
10000 coupons were converted into
ballots. Many subscribers who
paid up, some for several years at
a time, took their ballot certificates
away with them and these were de-
posted the last day. Miss Baker
had $4,000 reserve ballots that
were not put in until five minutes
before the vote closed. These had
been gathered up by her friends in
most systematic and thorough
manner. They came from all por-
tons of the county and subscribers
in distant states caught the fever
and sent coupons from as far as
California.
There were FIVE official counts
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-06

more of the most popular young
ladies in the county were voted for,
Miss Tony Ware, who led the
contest until the heavy reserve
strength of Miss Baker was voted,
is the oldest daughter of Mr.. J. D.
Ware, of this city. The votes she
received were high compliment to
the recipient Although she was
handicapped by the fact that while
the Kentuckian is read by practi-
cally all of the people of the county,
its city circulation is not more than
one-ffth of It's county circulation.
AS it became in the end a contest
between town 7Dd country, the ad-
vantage was necessarily with the
country. The 1900 votes she re-
ceived were fitting testimonial of
the high esteem in which she is
held, both in the city and the coun-
ty.
Other young ladies received very
complimentary votes, as will be
seen from the official tabulation.
Miss Essie Day, who holds third
place, is a daughter of Mr.. c. M.
Day, of Croftou, but is at present
schoolgirl at Pembroke. She is
quite young and will some day be
heard from again in future pop
ularity contests.
The furniture won by Miss Baker
is one of the handsomest suits ever
brought to Hopkinsville. 1t is on
exhibition at Pyle g. Garnett's
store and will be formally presented
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-06
BUSH BUSY BUsnWHAcKING.
Booked for Several Speeches Next
Week.

Judge Chas. H. Bush, has a list
Of appointments in Trigg and Lyon
counties, beginning tomorrow. He
speaks at follows:
Golden Pond, Trigg county, Sal.
urday March 7, 1870 p. m.
Canton, Trigg county, Tuesday
March 10, 100 p. m.
Trigg Furnace, Trigg county,
Wednesday March II, 1:;0 p. m.
Lamasco, Lyon county, Thurs.
day March II, l:30 p. m.
Wallonia, Trigg county, Satur-
day March IA, 1;30 p. m.
He of course invites his opponent
to meet him.
Judge Bush has been in Trigg
county this week and is getting his
contest in that county we'll in hand.
Here in this county, the disaffec.
ton against him is gradually dis
appearing and if full vote is cast
his majority in Christian may 60
to 1000,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-06
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
Brakeman Injured at Crofton
Gets Damages.

An $4,000 damage judgment OF
the Logan Circuit Court in the case
Of the L. & N, against H. W. Gordon,
was affirmed. The appellee Cor
don, while in the employ of the COM
pany as a brakeman, was thrown
from a car at Crofton, and sustain.
ed injuries which resulted in the
amputation of one of his legs. The
company appealed on the instruct
ions.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-06
Dat Of Over $1,000 Votes Cast She
Received 25,256.
MISS TONY WARE A STRONG SECOND.

made by the judges, Mayor Jouett
Henry and County Judge w. T..
Fowler. The fourth of these was
made Tuesday afternoon and the
previous counts all included in a
statement up to the last day. The
final count was therefore only one
days transactions and the labor
saving method adopted made the
work comparatively easy and the
result was known in a few minutes
after the box was closed at four
o'clock.
Mr.. Geo. c. Long and Mr.. Geo. E.
Gary assisted the judges and a
large crowd was on hand to learn
the result.
Miss Baker, who wins the elegant
suit of bedroom furniture, worth
$ll0, is the second daughter of Mrs.
Julia Stowe Baker, and is a most
attractive young lady. She is
young, vivacious and pretty and
her popularity is attested by the
many thousands of votes received
in contest IN which a dozen or
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-06
CAT WITH RABIES.
Two CrOften rlen Were Bitten and
Mad Stone Applied.

Mr.. Ernest Brown, of Crofton.
and Mr. Win Long. of near that
place, were each bitten by a cat
supposed to be afflicted with rabies.
The former was bitten on the
hand and the latter on the heel.
Both young men went to Paducah
and had Capt. Fowler's maidstone
applied to the wounds. The stone
adhered to Mr.. Longs heel for
about sixty hours and to the wound
on Mr.. Browns hand for fourteen
hours.
They returned home this week
and no serious results are now an
ticipated.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-06
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Youthful Inmate of HOuse of III
Fame Takes Laudanum.

Ruby Ashby, little girl who
came from Dickson, Tenn, several
weeks ago and has since been an
inmate of house of i'll fame near
the city, attempted to destroy her
life Wednesday by taking lauda-
mum. This was the second attempt
she has made. Physicians sue
ceeded in relieving her and she is
up again. She claims to be only 13
years old. A love affair and re-
morse over her life of shame are
the probable causes of the act.