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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
LARGE CROPS AND CHEAPER
RATES.

The farmers of the Northwest are
iubilant not only over their large crops
but the reduction of the transpOrta-
ton charges. The reduction of grain
rates according to St Paul dispatch.
ranges from five cents a hundred
pounds from the most distant points,
to half cent from points nearest st.
Paul and the head of navigation on the
Great Lakes. These rates are going
into operation over two tranS-conti-
mental railroads. and it is said they will
be met by all other roads doing bust
ness in the same territory and tribu-
tary to it. With the large North
western wheat crop of two hundred or
so million bushels, the aggregate of
this in favor of the farmers reduction
is a large one. There can be no in
crease of rates made elsewhere. 1t is
stated. to even the receipts up in the
interests of the railroads. The reduc-
ton is looked upon as one of the evo-
lutiOns in transportation.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
To Cast the largest Bell in
The World,

At recent meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Grand Army of the
Republic a plan was presented by Col
Frank Hume, an officer who served
with distinction in the army of the
Confederacy, which, if carried out, will
mean that the largest bell ever cast
will be hung in the Arlington Gene
terry, the former home of Robert Il.
Lee, overlooking Washington and the
wide sweep of the Potomac River, and
where are also buried some of the Con-
federate dead. 1t is Col. Humes idea
that this bell should be tolled during
the funeral rites of the military heroes
of the country when they are buried
within these historic grounds.
Mr.. Hume unfolded his plan to the
Grand Army veterans, his purpose be-
ing to have the bell cast from a large
number of obsolete cannon now stored
at the Government arsenal at Water
vliet and other points. The president
of one of the largest bell fOundries in
the country, who was communicated
with. stated that the idea was feas-
ible one, but that the cost of the under
taking would be large. The belief is
that the funds, however great they
may be, will be raised, not only
through contributions by the G.. A. X.
veterans, but by those who wore the
gray.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
A MAN WITHOUT A PULL.
Rapid Rise of Frank II. Hitchcock
Now First Assistant Post
master General.

Several accounts have appeared in
the papers and magazines descriptive of
the rapid rise of First Assistant Post
master General Frank ii. Hitchcock
Starting with subordinate clerkship in
the Department of Agriculture some 10
years ago where his duties consisted
mainly in labelling and storing away
the skins and skulls of mice, rats, and
other mammals collected by the animal
and bird division of the Department
of Agriculture, Mr.. Hitchcock has been
advanced rapidly to the head and di-
recting force of first one and then an
other separate branch of the govern
ment the last appointment being to the
Post Office Department and later in
cidentally to membership in the Keep
investigating committee to which was
referred the important duty of investi-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
ECHOES OF PERRY'S FIGHT.
SHIPS SUNK BY AMERICAN FOR
CES RECENTLY DISCOVERED.
Ihey Will Be Raised from Beds of
Mud and Preserved as Records
OF War of 1912,

Following Commodore Perry's
thrashing of the British fleet i'm his
great Lake Erie fight. three of the
British war boats were sunk in the
Thames River, near Lake st. Clair.
The question has arisen to whom do
these vessels belong? After lying for
gotten. covered with mud and water,
for nearly a century. they have been
discovered, and it is proposed to raise
them. Over this, and their removal
to Detroit. an international contro-
versy is threatened.
These ships were Il part of the fleet
which resisted Commodore Perry at
Put-in-Bay. At that time the whole
northwestern country, including De-
troit, had fallen into British hands.
After Perry's crushing defeat. the
battered remnant of the British fleet
slipped away to Detroit taking the
British General Proctor aboard, and
with arms, ammunition, government
papers and other plumber from Detroit,
made speed to Lake st. Clair. The
little fleet of four took refuge on
the Thames, and i'm the famous
land and naval battle which followed,
the ships were all sunk. Tecumseh,
the Indian chief who was allied with
the British, was killed. and General
Proctor later committed suicide.
Gunboats Recently Discovered.
These vessels have remained forgot
ten until recently when unusually
low water in the Thames revealed one
of them. \ plan was originated to re-
cover them and present them to De
trOit as memorials. Divers and eX-
perts have been ut work, and have To-
Gated three of the vessels at points
one. two and six miles up stream
from Chatham. The ships are nearly
covered with sand and earth.
In the one most exposed the hull
was found to contain boxes ana bar
rels of cannon balls and other war
stores. Further search is expected
to bring TO light chests of silver and
other valuableS which the records show
were taken on to the boats.
Canadian newspapers are vigorously
protesting against the American seiz-
ure of these ancient relies, but it is
stated that as the vessels are now
private property, the explorers will be
able to effect bargain whereby they
can obtain undisputed possession.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
Carnegie Did Not Say II.

II never said" declares Andrew Car.
negie, in an interview. that to die
rich is to die disgraced."
George Washington did not live to
repudiate the little Ratchet. William
Tell passed to his rest with no oppor
tunity to turn from the mythical apple
the arrow that was to go on saving
Switzerland for ages jefferson did
not ride on horseback to the Capitol to
take the inaugural oath. Mr.. Carnegie.
living and able, meets common report
before it has hardened into tradition
and declares that the facts are other
wise. Yet his advantage over the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13

eating the Government Printing Office
and which will further look into the
question of duplication of work by the
various bureaus and branches of the
government at Washington.
While these advances have been
gratifying to Mr.. IIitchcock's friends
and doubtless to himself. they have en-
tailed severe extra work. When he
left the department of Agriculture to
become chief clerk of the Department
of Commerce and Labor he still had
several uncompleted publications of
the former Department which occupied
all his spare evenings for months. Up
on Secretary COrtelyou's resignation
from the Department of Commerce and
Labor to engage in the work of elect
ing Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr.. Hitchcock went
with him as his principal assistant, his
uncOmpleted duties, however. still fol-
lowing him as they had previously and
were not even completed upon
his appointment to the Post Office De
partment. 1t is doubtful if he has yet
caught up with important lines of
statistical work which he undertook
TO do prior to accepting his present APP
pOintment.
Mr.. Hitchcock is very properly de-
scribed in current number of
The World To-day" as THE man With
out a pull" as his remarkable rise in
the service of the government has been
the result of ability unaided by polit-
zeal Influence. His qualifications are
perhaps most correctly summed up in
the words of Secretary Wilson. who, in
expressing regrets at his loss to the
Department of Agriculture, said:
lie has industry. application and in
telligence. He is born organizer can
pick good men, tell them what to do
and how to do it, and get the best
work out of them. He is of a class
not big crowd-that make themselves
Indispensable. The government can't
get along without men like Mr.. Hitch
cock"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
CLOvERPoRT, KENTUCKY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1905
The Poor Worm Must Die.

However, in the silk worm culture,
where the cOcoons are gathered for
their silk alone, it is necessary to XIII
the worm before ii breaks the tiny
threads. This is done quickly, however,
by either the use of hot. moist air or
steam, or the modern painless method
of destructive gases. The methods Of
Keeling the silk from the cOcOOns vary
according to the country where the in
dustry thrives.
The history of silk culture In the
United States dates far back to the
days of the early colonists of Virginia,
South Carolina and Georgia, while it
was introduced in New England
about the year 1860. In 1901. Secre-
tary Wilson, of the Department of
Agriculture, after a visit to the South
investigating agricultural conditions
and possibilities. came to the conclu-
sion that something should be done to
amelOrate the condition of the ex-
tremely poor people of that section,
and particularly the colored race.
silk culture was among the ideas
which suggested themselves to him.
and his interest in that line led to an
by Congress of $4,000
subject. Congress during it's session
Of 1902-1903 repeated the appropria-
ton, and additional appropriations
have been since made.
Good Outlook for New Industry.
1t is believed that there are many
portions of the United States well |
adapted to silk raising. many places
which might well become silk CEN
ters. where labor can be employee |
practically at rates comparable TO |
hose of Southern Europe. The estab-
ishment of silk mill in such loca-
ton is believed feasible by the De-
Dartment officials. and can be made to
pay Foreign capital is becoming in
-erested in the subject, the proprietor
Of n large estate in Italy especially |
giving the matter careful considera-
lion. What the success of silk cul-
-ure would mean in the United States
night well be indicated when il is
earned that nearly $100,000,000 was
sent out of this country to be eXpend-
ID in the purchase of both raw silk
md the manufactured article.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
her for the samples she recently sent
him.
Life History of a Silk Worm.

The various stages in the life of a
silk worm are interesting. First, we
have the tiny eggs which hatch into
the caterpillar or larva. This larva,
when Matched, upon coming into con-
tact with the air, increased in volume
larger than it had in the egg. and 1t
quickly begins to gnaw the under sur
face of the mulberry leaf. 1t eats day
and night at all hours, except when
asleep, and in about thirty days grows
$4,000 times larger than 1t was at
birth. AS it grows it mOlts its skin
probably four or five times. The most
interesting period in its career is
when the worm reaches an age of
20 or 81 days, when its appetite al
most ceases, its size diminishes, and
it general appearance is sickly. Very
soon, however, it begins to move about,
lifts up its head, and turns in every
direction, seeking a place in which to
spin net to hold the cocoon which Is
to be spun. For sometime. through
the veil which very soon is to sur
round it, the diligent larva, with its
back turned outward, may be seen
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
VOL. XXX.
AMERICAN SILK GOWNS.
THE PRESIDENTS WIFE HAS M
TERESTED HERSELF IN F0S-
TERING SILK WORM
CULTURE.

Secretary Wilson Believes that Many
Por, ions of the Country Well
Adapted to the Industry. Depart
ment Will Furnish the Eggs and
Mulberry Trees Free.
The japanese have class of labor
ers who work for their board and keep
alone. All they want is a place to live
and plenty of food in the shape of
leaves from a particular kind of tree,
and they are willing to turn millions
of dollars into the pockets of their en-
ployers. In fact, Japan sent to the
United States over So 100000 worth
of their products during the last year,
and they never received one cent of
this vast sum. France. Italy, China
and various other countries, too, have
labOrers of this kind, but in the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13

! MANY Legislators nave Already Set
Their Faces Against the Accept
ance of Railroad and Telegraphic
FaVors.
When Congress convened last fall ii
met in extra session upon the call OF
the President and this session contin-
ued over into the regular session.
which met December 9TH. There was
no interval between the two sessions.
1t was thus apparent that there could
have been no travelling back and forth,
no returning of the Members of Con
gresS to their homes following the
special session and coming on TO Con
gress again for the regular session;
yet the House of Representatives by
large majority passed a resolution
voting themselves extra mileage for
this extra session. amounting TO nearly
$200,O00-a mileage grab for imaginary
travel.
Fortunately for the honor of Con-
gress, the Senate refused TO even CON
slider the question. But the incident
brought out the fact that the majority
of the Members of Congress, including
some of our most renowned legislators,
and including nearly all the Represen-
tatives who voted for this indefensible
grab at graft, habitually travel on free
railroad passes. Many of them not
only secure train passes from the rail
roads but Pullman passes as well and
also free meal privileges on dining
cars.
Anti-Pass Cranks Will Soon be
Common.
There have been several men in Con-
gress during recent years who have,
sometimes perhaps with too much os-
tentation, refused railroad passes, and
they have been generally looked upon
as cranks and denominated anti-pass
freaks. A contemporary remarks,
however, in connection with the com
ing TO Congress of Governor La
Toilette, of Wisconsin, and one or two
others who have reform" ideas, that it
is recorded in charming verse anent an
old-faShioned preacher of the gospel
in an English village that those who
came to scoff remained to pray and
among the numberless political posi-
bilities of the not far off future is
looming up a change of heart in many
Congressman who have hitherto
laughed to scorn attempts to prohibit
them from asking or accepting such
railroad avors-amounting in fact
to nothing more nor less than so much
cash.
1t is a promising sign that a number
Of national legislators of their own
volition have effected this reform,
wisely seeing that consistency demands
it and likewise noting the popular feel
ing throughout the country against the
practice.
1t is a fair sized business in itself
which provides the issuance of rail
road and telegraphic ''courtesies" to
legislators. The practice is. of course,
not confined to Congress, but occurs in
every state legislature, TO say nothing
of other public officials.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13

completing its task. 1t is calculated
that with its head alone the silk worm
makes 60 movements every minute,
describing arcs of circles, crossed in
the form of the figure 8. Meanwhile
the web grows closer and the veil
thickens, and in about seventy-two
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
NO, 9
ANTI-PASS SENTIMENT.
1T IS GROWING IN CONGRESS- As
WELL As THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.

Many Legislators Have Already Set
Their Faces Against the Accept
ance of Railroad and Telegraphic
FaVorS.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
ZcbraS.

what is algebra?" asked the
teacher.
ITS white mule covered with
black stripes. | saw one at the circus"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13

heroes of history is doubtful one.
Protesting not too much, says the n. Y.
World. the ironmaster protests prob
ably too late. The public will believe
his denial and cling, nevertheless, to
the ear-tickling phrase.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13

United States, where the pay for Ia
Dor is the highest in the world, the
possibilities for employment of this
class of help are just as great as in
the countries where it flourishes. The
question arises at once, what sort of
an industry is this which employs the
time and services of its help and then
pays them nothing?
Mrs. Roosevelt's Helping Hand.
These willing workers" are nothing
more than the lowly silk worm, living
on the leaf Of>the mulberry, and then
diligently spinning the glistening
strands of silver into an egg-shape
form that the keeper may reap the
reward, and the presidents wife
has made a compact with Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson to foster their
growth in the United States. Mrs.
Roosevelt takes a deep interest in the
question of American silk growing,
and believes that there is in the indus
try much hope for the farmers wives
fand other women who need an Income
from work at home. Our first lady of
the land. by the way, has the rare at
tribute of much modesty, combined
with great generosity, and except to
ner Close CIRCLE OF Has
to say about her many philanthropics
mostly directed toward the advance
ment of women's interests.
AS to silk growing, Mrs. Roosevelt
became interested in it something over
a year ago, securing Secretary WI
sons powerful support; she stands
sponsor for what promises to become
very considerable American industry.
At the last Inauguration she wore
magnificent silk gown, made of Amer
lean silk and woven on American
looms.
Money in Raising Cocoons.
The silk worm thrives most any
place where mulberry trees will grow.
The raising of them, according to
Fanny Brigham, requires only Go days
a year. Forty thousand worms hatch
from a single ounce of eggs, and their
cocoons when dried weigh about so
pounds, worth on an average a dollar
pound.
1t is Mrs. Roosevelts idea that silk
worm culture in the United States will
be conducted principally by the farm
ers wives and daughters, as it is in
Europe. Secretary Wilson Is con-
WINGED that there is Il good profit in
the industry, and. he will send to any
body, free of charge, all the mulberry
q uttings or seedlings required to start
Tx worm growing. 1t takes about
zee years, with good care to get the
4 lberry trees ready for cropping
IN the Department will send the
be inner all the eggs which the grove
wiz feed. The silk raiser is, there
fore really under no money expense
for Writing the project, his share be-
ing ly a little patience and indus
try. A shining example noted is Miss
Ethel Pritchett, OF Albany, Indiana,
who is sixteen years old, and who has
produced silk cocoons from Italian
eggs Amer than anything shown by
Italy. Secretary Wilson highly praised
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13

hours the worm is completely shut up
in its cocoon. If the worm in the
cocoon is unmolested, it energies in
about four or five days with wings,
becoming a member of the insect
world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-26
Patriarchs of the Senate.

Seven old senators have died or
been retired in the last twelve months,
but there are still nine 70-year-old
men in the Senate. These nine are
headed by Morgan and Pettus of Ala
bama, who have behind them Piatt
and Depew of New York. Frye of
Maine, Proctor of Vermont, Cullom of
Illinois, Allison of Iowa, and Teller
of Colorado. 1t would be difficult to
pick nine other senators of equal in
fiuence, or even activity.
Messrs. Morgan and Pettus are
older than the rest of the 70-year-old
men, but the indications are that both
of AIabama's senators will return to
Washington in October in excellent
condition Both propose to spend the
summer in Alabama. Mr.. Frye seems
to grow stronger as he grows older,
and the other six veterans, with the
single exception of Mr.. Platt of New
York ARE as ready for senatorial du-
ties as they ever have been.
The country could net afford to have
senators retired as supreme court
judges, for, it would thus lose the
services of some of its best men.
Each of the nine veteran senators has
a fine senatorial record behind him,
and all nine of them promise to serve
in the Senate the remainder OF their
lives. Senator Teller is now a DEM
ocrat, and his reelection is to some
extent uncertain, because his state
may go republican. If 1t remains
democratic he too, will be reelected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-26

germ was destroyed in the boiling
process that the seed undergoes be
fore it goes into the press. The oil
leaves the press an absolutely pure
vegetable oil, free from germs, and
free from the prevalent hog cholera
disease.
We may not feel the want of olive
oil as the Inquirer does, but there is
no reason in the world why we should
not accept refined cottonseed oil n
,4e place of hogs fat. We know the
oil is wholesome, and no man knows
what the condition of the hog was
from which a given quantity of lard
was taken. A good dea lof cottonseed
oil is transformed into butter, and
even that change should be encour-
aged. Our butter, lard and olive oil
should in a word be cottonseed oil
properly doctored and suited to the
traditions of the human taste.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-26
FEMlNlZlNG PROCESS
IN WOMEN'S COLLEGES

have come with opportunity and governs
her life on the principle of noblesse oblige.
The college woman, like the college man,
is master of herself and her surround
ings."
NOW" exultantly chuckles the person
who wrote the communication, do you
consider in spite of this testimony, that
college girls are really showing tend
ency to feminization?'
1t does surely appear that the argu-
ment is against us. But we refuse to yield
a jot. The trouble with "Skeptic" is that
he is constituting Miss Salmon enormously.
He doubtless concludes that each college
girl does all the things described by her.
Each doesn't anything of the sort. Miss
Salmon means that divers and sundry col
lege girls do divers and sundry deeds she
tells about. They do just one thing at
a time They are not octopi. They have
only two hands. They are just girls.
But what else is needed TO prove tn,
Terminating tendency among college wo-
men than these very words from Miss
Salmon:
"She marries and has children?"
How now, Mr. Skepic? DO you insist
on your position after that? If you do
you're just heartless wanton cynic.
Come in out of the cold. Give up your
pessimistic view. Help along by faith in
the feminizing process. Believe in it. Work
for it. It's a good thing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-26
Oreqon's Whipping Post.

Nearly every state nowadays in
dulges in some form of freak legisla-
ton, and Oregons relates to whip
ping post for wife heaters. The new
statute provides that a man--an al
legged man-convicted of wife beating
must himself be dashed by the chief
of police or one of his subordinates,
or by the sheriff or one of his depu-
ties. In Portland the sheriff an
nounces his intention to appoint the
beaten wife his deputy for the pur-
pose of administering the punishment.
No convictions have been secured
for wife-beating in Oregon since the
whipping post was established, but
when a verdict of that sort is OBJ
tanned the officials have no discretion
the culprit must so to the whipping
post, and the hope is that the first
offender will be given a big dose of
his own medicine.
The drawback in Oregon will be the
revenge of the whipped husband
when he returns home, especially If
he has been well whipped by the i'll.
treated wife. A wife-beater is the
most despicable creature in the world,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-26
THE GRADUATION GOWN.

From the Boston Transcript
Already the sentiment in favor of
simple and inexpensive graduation gowns
Is strong enough to warrant mothers
in clothing their daughters in the popu-
lar shirt-waist suit on that much antici-
pated day in June. And this mas not al
ways been the case. Time was. and not
so long ago either, when parents with
slender purses seemed to feel they had
not discharged a sacred duty to their
daughters if they did not appear at gradu-
ton time in gowns every whit as fine
as the children of fortune could so easily
afford. But now that so many both
known and unknown persons are preach
ing that simplicity and inexpensiveness
may easily conform to the real standards
of beauty, the gospel is falling where it
may mean much to families who have all
and more than they can do to meet ex-
penses in this age of high prices Any
one may embrace 1t and feel quite sure Of
being on the right track without being
obliged to learn If his more prosperous
nelghbor has also chosen that path