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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05
THE Woods CITIZENS
A FOREST is MORE THAN A COL
LECTION OF TREES.
It Has It's Inhabitants Who Are Quite
as Interesting in Their Way
as Those of City-How
to Study Them.

A forest is sometimes described as a
collection of trees, and the description
is about as enlightening as the state
ment that city is a collection of build
ings. Like the city, the forest has a
vast population, without which it
would be as undressing as a city
without its citizens. We admire beau
tiful trees as we admire beautiful
buildings, for themselves, but more in
teresting to some of us at least are the
lives and works of the creatures which
inhabit the buildings and trees respec-
lively. When l enter a forest in winter
or summer. am always aware that
am not alone. though the air be so still
that one might hear the growing of the
trees. know that | am watched by
many eyes, and that at every football
scores of ears are at all times on the
alert.
If you go into the woods in the early
spring you may at first be under the
impression that there is little life about
you. But sit down awhile, and wait in
some spot where your figure will not
be too conspicuous. and you will prob
ably see some of the creatures whose
work you temporarily interrupted.
First of all, perhaps, you will hear
faint, crisp drumming sound-the
sound made by a wood mouse, when he
drums with one fore foot on a dry leaf,
and after a short interval, you will
probably hear the answering "br-r-r-r"
of another mouse. Then, if you are
quiet you will see the dainty form of
the creature itself, with its tawny Up
per parts, white belly and feet, its
large black eyes, its well-shaped trans
lucent ears, its trembling whiskers, and
its long. silky tail, the latter held care
fully off the ground in a graceful curve.
Out from the shadow of a bunch of
withered leaves he skips, leaps lightly
over the ground to a wild cherry tree,
where he searches for and eventually
finds a cherry stone. A simple matter,
this hunting for and finding of a meal;
and yet to the mouse it was business
very important business. since 1t must
be attended to faithfully every day if
he would avoid hunger or even starva-
ton.
Next, perhaps you will be aware that
red squirrel is peeriTg out at you
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

An ordinance recently passed by
the city council prohibits any per
son from entering Hopewell Gene
terry For the purpose of perform
ing any labor upon, or placing any
kird of improvement upon any lot
within said cemetery, under con-
tract with the owner of such lot.
ProvIded That nothing in this
ordinance shall be construed 90
prevent the owner OF any lot from
erecting or putting in any monument
or tombstone, by contract, or from
doing any sodding or improving
upon his or her lot, in person ~
II the Kentuckian properly un-
derstands this ordinance, the coun
Gil has apparently exceeded its
powers under the constitution.
Many of the lots, in fact most of
them, are private property, the
owners holding deeds to them, The
constitution guarantees 10 every
one the peaceable possession of his
own property, and it is questiona-
bic If the council has any authority
to prohibit the improvement OF pri-
vate lots, IN or out of the cemetery,
10 any way the owners may prefer
TO have them beauti6ed. It looks
very much like the ordinance was
passed for some purpose not clear
Ca the surface and as it affects the
dead as we'll as the living, an
explanation S needed
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05
HOw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Ca.
tarrh Cure. +. j. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
u. J. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions, and
financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
terually, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

Or. R. L. Bradley, graduated
veterinary surgeon and dentist, who
recently located in Hopkinsvllle,
has a card in this issue of the Ken
tuckian. DR.. Bradley has had long
experience IN the business and
treats all diseases of domesticated
animals scientifically and performs
all operations known to the veterin
airy profession. He is by no means
a stranger to the people of Hopkins
VILE and Christian county, having
formerly lived here. His Office is at
Curtis Skrrritt's livery stable, East
Ninth street, near L. 81 ~ Depot
Consult him when in need of veter
mary work.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

The three great topics in the
news of the past month-the North
ern Securities decision, the first
steps in the construction of the
Panama Canal, and the progress of
the war IN the far east--are COM
prehensively treated in the Review
Of Reviews for April. In addition
to the editorial summaries, Mr..
Walter Wellman sketches the per-
sonnet of the Isthmlan Canal Com.
mission. which has just sailed for
Panama, and outlines the success
i've stages of its work. Mr.. E. j.,
Dillon, the well.known English
correspondent and writer on Rus
sian affairs, discusses the question,
Has Russia Any Strong MANI
DR.. q. Frederick Wright contrib
utes an important paper on "Rus-
sla S Civilizlng Work in ASIA and
there are brief summaries of "Rus.
sian Opinion on American Med
ding IN the Far East" and
what the People Read in Russia, "
besides ten pages in the depart
ment of Leading Articles of the
Month" made up from current dis
cussions of the Russo-Japanese
war IN the leading European re.
views.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

from knot-hole in an old tree. Keep
still, and, when he goes out TO dine,
perhaps he will betray the whereabouts
of some store of nuts gathered months
ago. And these little boards. how
many busy days they Representatives,
at the end of which even the why legs
must have ached. 1 sometimes won
der if, at the end of autumn, the SPUR
rels and other creatures which have
been laying up food for the winter, feel
any. satisfaction, askin 10 that which
is felt by farmers when their crops are
all garnered. And | wonder it, when
the stores of red squirrel are .discov-
cred and eaten up by pig,-the owner
does not have feeling somewhat sim
liar to that experienced by a thrifty
man whose savings are stolen by a
burglar;
And, perhaps close 10 you on the
ground, pellet of matter fur may be-
tray the presence Of some large owl;
probably the barred owl which lives in
a hollow high up in the very tree
against which you lean. He, too, has
much business in the wood, and his
business is with the mice, the squirrels,
the rabbits and the grouse-with any
living creature which he can KILL He
is an actor of many roles, this great
owl with the big round head. and the
dark had-human eyes Now he
is the midnight hunter, coursing the
startled rabbit through the forest
glades. Now he is a poacher, killing
grouse within the boundaries of some
game preserve; and next night behold
him as the farmers ally, exterminatine
rats and mice and moles. At one hour
he is a murderer, Staying perhaps a
mother squirrel, whose babies will
slowly starve to death in their nest; al
the next he is an angel of mercy, end
ing as with lightning the sufferings Of
some trapped or wounded creature
which otherwise might linger in agony
for days.
Yes, there is always important bust
ness going forward in the forest anC
the better it is understood the more
important it seems. There are beaver.
telling trees, making dams, flooding
acres of land, and building houses SUI
perior to those of certain tribes of men
There are porcupines stripping anC
killing a hundred trees apiece per an
mum; woodchucks and chipmunks ex
caVating long, winding subterraneal
tunnels, muskrats diving for mussel
ard the roots of water plants, and mini
aud offers fishing in the streams ant
ponds. All the year round. and at al
hours OF the day and night. there ar
citizens of the forest city plying thei
trades, earning their bread" and do
Ing their parts toward the carrying ou
OF the beautiful plan"
nRNEeT HAROLD BAYNEs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

Hon. Alexander Campbell Temp.
kins, of Ow,nsboro, whose death
is hourly expected. was paralyzed
three weeks ago. He was born in
Virginia in 1870 and has for years
been prominent in business and
politics. He served in the Legis-
lature of 1895 and agalD in 1901.
He was a candidate for delegate to
st. Louis when stricken. He was
a Confederate Veteran and a man
of wealth, his estate being worth
$3.50, 600 to 5000, 1000. Samuel w
Tompkius is his only child.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

The Free Leaf Tobacco Bill, re-
commended as d substitute by Com
missioner Yerkes, was favorably
reported Friday and will come up
10 the House this week. Congress-
man Stanley wires the KentuckIan
that the bill will surely pass the
House without formidable opposi.
ton. If it can be reached in the Sen.
ate it will encounter no serious
trouble there. Those interested in
the bill should write to Senators
c. S. Blackburn and Jas. B. Nc
Creary, U. S. Senate, Washington
d. c., urging them to use every
possible effort to get the bill through
before adjournment. The bill al
lows the buying and selling of lea
tobacco by anybody in any quaint
ty. 1t will open a new market FOL
tobacco in the South, as the retail
dealers can buy tobacco in hogs
heads and sell It in its natural leaf
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05
BRYAN LOSES
That $50, 600 Request Ruled out
of viii.

New Haven, Conn, March 81 -
Judge eager today ruled out the
sealed letter as evidence in the APP
peal Of VIM. ]. Bryan from the ne
cision of the probate Court decln-
ing to allow the ''sealed letter to be
probated as a part of the will of p.
S, Bennett. 1t was in the sealed
letter that bequest of $4,000 was
made TO Bryan.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

In accordance with the will of c.
NJ. Shrader, the in6del soldier who
died at Philadelphia last month,
his ashes were scattered upon the
swollen waters of the Ohio at LOUIS
Vile on the night of March 81. His
relative, who carried out the pro.
visions Of the strange will, crossed
the river in a ferry boat with a
party of friends and sowed the
ashes overheard.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

Now that chicken stealing is a
felony IN Kentucky, the friends of
the watermelon are objecting to the
discrimination 10 favor of the
chicken. The enforcement of the
neg law is expected to make many
.ofthe strong Republican counties
reliably Democratic, as ccnvlcts
are deprived of suffrage.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

Harry Sommers, of the Elizabeth
town News, has evidently joined
the Hearst forces in Kentucky. His
paper contains a two column de-
feuse of the New 70 k journalist,
backed up by very complimenta
Nv review OF his record and bust.
ness career.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

Rev. p. T. Hale, of Greensboro,
has accepted the call to the presl-
dency of the Southwestern Baptist
University at Jackson, Tenn. His
resignation leaves the Owensborc
church, one of the strongest of this
denomlnati"n in the State, without
a pastor. DR.. Hale's wife, former
ly Miss Lena Bolinger, OF MAY field
was educated at Bethel College, ID
this city.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

After a long deadlock, Mrs.
Smith, of Richmond, was elected
hostess OF the Kentucky building at
st. Louis. Well, some family had
TO be represented in the selection
and Why not the Smith family?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05
Hoods JGrSGpGriLEO
and Pills

Remove it, give new life, new cour-
age, strength and animation.
They cleanse the blood and clear the
complexion.
Accept no substitute.
81 felt tired all the time and could not
sleep. After taking Hoods sarsaparilla
a while Z could sleep well and the tired
feeling had gone. This great medicine has
also cured me OF scrofula." Mrs. C. NJ.
RooT, Giload, Conn.
Hoods SarsaparIlla promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

During the trial Of the Bennett
will case at New Haven, Com ,
Wednesday, the court s'eruly or
dered Mr.. William Jennings Bryan
to. sit down. II Mr.. Bryan oteyed,
we move that the New Haven Judge
RE made boss OF the democratic
party, aud that lie strike out the
word "to" IN TO sit down, and
substitute the worus, $50 way
back and, '-Cynthiaua Democrat
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05
hALFACRE- WlLKERSON
of Empire People Took
Place Sunday.
mary work.

Mr.. John Halfacre and Miss Beck
ey Wilkerson, young people living
near Empire, were united in
marriage Sunday. The wedding
occurred at the brides home, the
Rev. Ira league, of the Baptist
church, officiating t
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

Miss Pearl Trlgg, of Glasgow,
will be married April 20 to Mr..
Morgan Shuster, surveyor Of the
port at Manila, p 1. They will pro-
coed on d wedding tour 10 the Phil
ippnes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

Sidney Johnston Hayden, a
Louisville man in New York
City, jumped out OF the 21st story of
d sky-scraper with suicide as his
object He succeeded. The DIS
tance he fell was 525 feet.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05

Judge Parker was first appointed
to the bench by the then Gov. Hill
in 1885 and he and Hill are still
such close friends that the former
leader has the credit of being be-
hind the Parker boom.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05
Young Plants

Every farmer knows that
some plants grow better than
others. Soil may be the same
and seed may seem the same
but some plants are weak and
others strong. s.
And that's the. way with
children. They are like young
plants. Same food, same home,
same care but some grow big
and strong while others stay
small and weak.
SCOTS Emulsion offers an
easy way out of the difficulty.
Child weakness often means
starvation, not because of lack
of food, but because the food
loes not feed.
SCOTS Emulsion really feeds
nd gives the child growing
strength.
Whatever the cause of weak.
ness and failure to grow
SCOTS Emulsion seems 20 find
it and set the matter right.
Send To- free sample.
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-05
APRIL s. 1904

1t is said provisions are getting
so scarce in Manchuria that there
is nothing a man can chew.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
SAVED BY AN ARIZOElAN
The Courageous Performance of L. C
 Haynes of This County.

An Arizona man and a Maricopa county man has earned one of the Carnegie medals for courage. He IS l.. C. Haynes of Coldwater in the lower part of this county. The brave per formance of MT. Haynes might never have been heard at hon-e if the matter had been left to him but information of it has come to the office of the Re- publican from Edmund Rath of Hale, Mo. who was a witness of the daring of MT. Haynes.
 MT. Rath writes:
 "On the night of July 9. while east ward bound on a Wabash train, we were stopped by a washout. The train stopped on a grade where there was d double track with some switch wires north of them and high water on both sides of the grade. A man by the name of Vandyke stepped off the car and it being dark he did not see the wires or the water and caught his toe on the wires which sent him head first into the water.
 He was heard by L. C. Haynes of Coldwater, Ariz, who was on his way to Virginia to see his sick mother. and the writer, who rushed to his rescue MT Haynes, plunging into the water, seized the drowning man, and the writer helped them up the grade.
 MT. Haynes surely deserves credit for the act"
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18

tried to forget his troubles by living the strenuous life of an Arizona edi- tor, prospector, rancher and miner.
 MT. Ferrington died recently, leav- ing his entire fortune to his daughter, and MT C. H. Pratt of Pittsburg, the administrator of the estate, came to Arizona, accompanied by Mrs. Hall. who, during all these years had re- mained true to her first lo-e. Several years ago MT Hall changed his given name from DeForrest to Dick Wick, which so complicated matters that MT. Pratt spent some time in company with Dick to assure himself that there was no mistake. Wednesday MT. Pratt asked Dick to go to Phoenix with him and upon his arrival surren- dered him to the caresses of his long lost wife and daughter. the latter be- ing the living image of her father. Mrs. Hall and daughter, accompanied by Mrs. Pratt, went from here to Colo rado Springs, where they will be join ed by Dick ard MT. Pratt within Q few days upon the completion of some important mining business here. Mrs. Hall will probably invest con- siderable of her fortune in the de- Velopment of some of the mining pro perties acquired by Dick during his residence here. After spending some time in Colorado and eastern points it Is possible that MT. Hall and family may take up their residence in Wick enburg. The Miner extends congratu- lations.
 This seems like one of Dicks fairy tales but as Dick himself and Mr. Pratt vCuch for the ruth of thu same, and he has introduced lady and little child as his wife and daughter to his friends we must ac- cept their statements. We hear of several cases of heart flilure in Ari- zona.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
TRUE STORY OF MARY LEE
As Given to the World by the San
 Francisco Call.

This is the true story of Mary Les as printed in the San Francisco Call, along with a picture that does her rank injustice. for Mary is rather a pretty girl after the oriental type of beauty.
 Mary Lee is one of the best known characters in Phoenix, or was till she left here short time ago to take the body of her father back to China. She was modest and well behaved, hard worker on the little vegetable garden south of rtown, and so far as Phoenix people know she never killed a man, never busted a broncho or shot up a town, nor did she wander very far over the hills of Arizona, alone and unprc- tected. She just attended to her own business, made all the money she could and saved as much as she could of what she made, incidentally getting as much education as possible and ex- pressing a desire to some day go as missionary to her own people or marry some good white man and es- tablish q fireside in her own country which is America. even though she is
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
DENOUEnENT OF A ROMANCE
In Which Dick Wick Hall Is Reunited d
 With His Wife and Child.

The following very romantic story was launhced to the world by the Wickenburg Miner in it's issue of yes
 terday. It will be both interesting and surprising to the many friends of Dick Wick Hall who will congratulate him on the happy ending of an episode that would have driven some mon to worse crimes than a starting d newspaper or floating q mine. Here is the story:
 Dick Wick Hall surprised his many friends Friday by returning from Phoenix wreathed in smiles and ac- companied by his wife and little seven year old daughter. None but MT. Halls most intimate friends were aware of the fact that he was a bene- dict and the history thereof is an in teresting romance. MT. Hall was mar ried about eight years ago to the only daughter of James Ferrington, a wealthy banker of Pittsburg and New York, who separated the happy cou- pie after but d few days of married life, upon which Dick came west and
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18

poets to do considerable development work this summer. If the Illizona turns out as MT. Pratt has every reason to believe it twill. he will begin operations on a large scale.
 Mir. Platt went to Wickenburg Fri day evening of last week, on his way 10 the Ryland mine which he has bonded and is letting a contract on. He thinks this is one of the big=est things he has seen anywhere. There is a bluff, the ore face showing forty feet long and nine feet wide of va lues. There are between 5000 tons and 5000 tons of paying ore in sight NewsHe:ald.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
PUTTING IN A kCU MILL

Forty tons of machinery and lum- Der is new on the ground at Quarsite for the erection of a mill, says the Yuma SeE.inel The road from Mo hawk Summit to Quantsfte is now in good condition and teams are loaded win one ton per animal. The Southern Pacific company donated $500 to put the road in first class condition.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
SALE OF MINES.

The Castle Dome Mining company has purchased from S. P. Smith and J. H. Cox of Quarsite four claims To- cated at the Old Napoleon camp, be- tween Quartzite and Ehrenburg. says the Yuma Sentinel. The claims con- tain high grade ores of mercury and some values in gold silver and copper The company intends starting active operations October 1st and a reduction plant January 1st
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
PLATT AND HIS MINES.

Charles Platt Of Kirkland has a fine property about three and one half miles south of Kirkland that looks well. He has two shafts down 175 feet in good ore. He has a force of men working, using power drills. and ex-
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18

Tt is wonder to me-" said Doc Morrison, how worthy useful men arr. to develop out of the useless boys of these days. s."-Atchison Globe. ~
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18

When a woman discovers her first wrinkle she goes on a still hunt to see if she can acquire a reputation for having fine mind.-New York Press.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18

Bill Tower, who lives at Shannon, wears a straw hat that looks like a sun bonnet. People call him Sunbonnec Bill.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18

Do not believe the stories heard about big salaries; you have told stor- les of this kind yourself and know how unreliable they are.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18

Don't ever grieve to death if you can help it. Such death is very unsatis- factory to the doctors, as it affords them nothing to cut out.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18

It takes will power to let your wife have a will of her own.-New York Press.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18

Marriage is a pottery in which fam fly jars are made.-Chicago News
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
TRADE TOPICS

For correct prescription work try Dowd's the little drug store with the little prices. Opera house block.
 Women and girls who have been un fortunate and are in need os . home and friends can find them by address ing Crittenton Home, Highland addi tion, Phoenix, Arizona
 Strangers in Phoenix it will pay you to look up Dowd's, the little drug store with the little prices. Opera House block
Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
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Arizona republican., 1904-07-18

Courtship is the flying pan and mat rimony is the fire.--Chlcago News.