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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03
THE FARM.
ABouT THE FARM.

Make war on the poison ivy.
Cut the rye heads out OF the wheat
Timothy sod is right for rutabagas.
Study the matter of raising little
alfalfa.
There is too much waste land along
our fences.
Clean out the swill barrel. Rotten
swill is unfit for hogs
II penned out-of-doors be sure to
have a shelter from rain, and an
awning or trees to shade from the
sun. Hogs easily blister and suffer
Give them good water.
A hog can be reared in the pasture
with the cattle, almost without cost
1t will learn to love and to follow the
COWS as easily as will pet sheep
Free-range hogs are healthy,
Don't let crust form on cultivated
land Start the cultivator going soor
after each rain A crust means thai
the soil moisture can rapidly evap-
crate. A dust much prevents such
evaporation. Stir the soil every week
or ten days, until time TO lay-by tn.
crop.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03
Value of Newspapers.

Il never took newspaper that
didn't pay more than ! paid for H.,
saws the noted Bill Arp. One time an
old friend of mine, way down south,
started newspaper and sent me a
copy and subscribed for il just 10
encourage him, and after while
published an order to sell a lot At
public auction. So ] inquired about
the lot and told a friend TO run 1t up
TO $50 He bid off the lot at s3S
and sold in less than month for
800 80 | made 1862 clear By taking
the paper.
My father told me that when he
was young man he saw notice
in paper that a school teacher was
wanted away off in distant country,
and he went and got the situation,
and little girl WIS sent to him, and
after a while she grew mp sweet
and beautiful and he married her
Now II he had not taken that paper
what do you suppose would have be-
come of me2 would have been
some other fellow, or maybe would
MT have been at all--Clay City Times.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03
WORKING BUTTER TWICE.

The best makers prefer to work
butter twice. The first time 1t is
worked just enough TO mix the salt.
Then for four or six hours it is left
on the worker, or in some other
place, where the temperature is from
sixty TO sixty-five degrees F., SO that
the butter will remain in the right
condition to work vol. This viii
give time for the salt to dissolve.
Then 1t should be worked just enough
to obliterate the strcaks and notifies
This second working eXpols some
more Of the water, for the salt has
had time to draw the moisture to-
gether in drops and 1t is worked out,
thus making a drier butter contain
ing from eighty-five TO eighty-seven
per cent. OF butter fat. Such butter
will be firmer and better and more
satisfactory to the consumer than 1t
usually is when worked hut once
Immediately after the butter Is
worked It should be packed in neat,
clean packages, or put up In such
form as is required by he market 70
which II is Ia be sent.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03

loss, II any, in weight Then 1t is
as sweet and juicy as Il can possibly
be. Cattle. horses and sheep Will eat
it with pleasure and profit. Then,
too. It's appearance wnen put into the
NOW is the best II ever will he,
Contrast NOV of grass put in green
with one cut after the sugay juices
have changed to wood and The stalk
and head is hard and grey and tell
me which you prefer TO look at.
With the modern machinery for
harvesting grass, II the weather is at
all favorable, there is no excuse for
having grass spoil in the NOV. If 1t
does we need no proof that some
body has been lax in doing his work.
Early in the season cut my stint in
the forenoon and lei II lie as long
as possible the same day before rak-
ing. Then put 1t into cocks, not
too large, and let 1t lie a day, when
It is opened thoroughly to the air
and sun, and drawn in in the after
noon. Thus proceed from day 70
day, taking pains not to cut in any
forenoon more than can handle the
next. In this way am not very
badly caught II great storm comes
up. My hay comes out 'as bright as
dollar" in the winter and spring
and my cattle eat 1t up clean and
! do well on It, e. L. Vincent
| prooma county y
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03
RESOLUTIONS

adopted by the Teachers Of law
renee County;
Whereas the Lawrence County
Teachers Institute assembled July %
to July 81. 1906. be II resolved that
the following resolutions be adopted;
list, We commend our worthy Coun-
ty Superintendent for the time and
place OF holding the Institute.
2nd. We heartily indorse the able
manner in which our worthy IN
structor, Geo. Milton Elan, has con-
Quoted the Institute.
3rd. We extend our thanks to the
members of the Board of Education
for the use Of the Public School
building, and also to the citizens Of
Louisa for the hospltable manner in
which we have been entertained
9TH. That We extend our thanks to
the many visitors. and especially TO
those who have given talks and rec
itations.
9Th. That We extend a. vote of
thanks to Mr. Henry Haws for lae
very excellent music rendered during
the session,
9Th That we as body OF teachers
heartily endorse the locating of the
Kentucky Normal College at Louisa
It'll That we as the representatives
of Public Education do agree 10 hell
all religious movements for the bet
terment Of humanity.
Sth. That We as teachers pledge om
support to the Sunday School in
placing the Bible in every home N
our districts,
9th. That we as teachers OF Law
renee county recommend the passage
BY the next General Assembly, of q
more drastic compulsory school law
and one that will be capable OF be
ing enforced in every instance.
10th. That we tender our thanks e
all who assisted in the passage o
the law establishing Normal Train
ing Schools in Kentucky
18th. That in as much as the coun
~ is the unit of taxation for al
governmental purposes except III
control of our public schools, that "
recommend to the Kentucky Legisla
ture the passage OF a law maxim
the county the unit instead OF III
district, in order thar the standar
of education may be raised, the sal
aries OF teachers Increased copat
I High Schools established, and III
building and equipment Of bette
school houses
18th. That these resolunl1s b
/ published in both cur county paper
and in the Southern Schc'i Journa
w. A. Hayes,
" L. Sparks.
5. Y. Dobbins.
Committee
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03
CAMP MEETING

War has been waged nearly six
thousand years between God and the
Devil. The soul of men and women
is the battle. VIII sou accept life or
death? II Is with you,
A hard battle will begin in Rowan
county Ky. Aug. .. 1906. at the camp
ground on Trlplett All Of Gods
dear preachers and children are cor
daily Invited to come and take part
in the battle. Everything viii be
prepared for good time VIII be
conducted by Rev. J c. L. Moore.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03
A NEGLECTED FENCE.

A neglected fence is always a det-
riment to the farm especially if i;
be stock and grain farm. The
neglected fence teaches the farm ami
mails that a fence may be ignored
when they wish to get into field
where they should not be. A neg
lected fence is always nnsightly and
is usually a harbor OF weeds and
predatory insects.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03

IN POOR HEALTH FOR YEARS.
Ira W. Kelley. of Mansfield, PA,
writes II was In poor health i9r
two years. suffering from kidney and
bladder trouble. and spent consider
able money consulting physicians
without obtaining any marked oene-
tit but was cured by Foleys Kidney
Cure. and desire to add my testi-
mony that 1t may be the cause OF
restoring the health o; others. Re
fuse substitutes. Sold by Louisa
Drug Company.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03

fit any size, over this scatter some
salt II you choose, but that matter is
not important Tie over with new
manila paper rather than newspaper
or that which has been wrapped
around package of goods. These
are little things, but they all count
in the appearance of the finished
product. Mrs, w. c. r
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03
HOW mo- SAVE THR MILK.

Take the calves away from the
cows and save the milk Vnat Is
the use of keeping COW Tor whole
year and getting nothing out of hey
but yearling that sells for abou;
two cents pound. Twenty-Five cent
butter fat converted into two cent
steer meat is not progre ssing in the
sight direction.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03
LucKIEsT MAN IN ARKANSAS

Pm the luckiest man N ArKan-
sas," writes H. L. Stanley. of Bruno.
since the restoration Of my wlfes
health after five years Of continuous
coughing and bleeding from the lungs
and owe my good fortune to The
worlds greatest medicine, DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
which know from experience viii
cure consumption II taken in time.
My wife improved with first bottle
and twelve bottles completed the
cure" Cures the worst coughs and
colds or money refunded At A. NJ.
Hughes. Druggist 50cts and si.QQ
Trial bottle free
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03
MOST CALVES oyeRFED.

More calves suffer from overfeed-
ing than from scant diet Keep the
calf little hungry and eager for
more rather than fill it to dnllness.
The endeayor should be to prevent
tire beginning of Indigestion, which
leads to securing and perhaps fatal
d:arrhea. Nothing causes Indigestion
sooner than overlooking or irregu-
,asiiy IN the quantity, time and tenn
penuure of the milk, especially while
the calf is young. Absolute cleanli-
ness about the feeding vessels is OF
course essential with frequent scald.
lug al d it is on this score more
tfAi any other thing htF so ma ~
Vt au. Colorado people ne having
trouble with their calves.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-03

The recent heavy rains have dam
aged the unthreshed wheat Farmers
should not permit their wheat to be
threshed out until Il is thoroughly
dry, says an exchange. Damp and
wet wheat coming to market can not
be sold except at discount of TWEEN
ty-five to thirty cents per bushel. In
threshing when damp, one-fourth of
the grain passes through the thresher
without being hulled out, and goes
into the straw pile The dealers in
the towns have no place to spread
damp wheat; and when wheat is once
threshed damp. il is almost impossi-
BILE to dry it out ard keep 1t from
becoming musty. We would advise
pushing the shocks over the day You
start threshing. so as to let the butts
Of the bundles dry out Wet straw
makes damp wheat, so do not permit
your wheat 70 he thresbed until it
is dry
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-19
CONCRETE FENCE POSTS.
now Colorado Ranchman Make,
Them at Little EXPENSE

Ihem at Little Expense
y cattleman named George Wright
Who has Il ranch near Holly. Prowers
county. tells in Denver Field and Farm
now he cuts in half Il big item in fence
building by making his posts of con.
crete. The cheapest fence post w,
can get in eastern Colorado" he saws
cost us 1G cents even when bough,
IN carload lots, which makes fenc
ing an expensive luxury in the con
duct of cattle ranch. Cement is com
Paratively cheap, and we have sand in
unlimited quantities. About year arc
l hit upon the idea of making fence
posts of cement. tried it and have
found by actual tests that fence posts
capable of lasting an age. which Will
withstand the destructive prairie fires
may be made for cents each.
My men are now putting in all their
spare time making concrete fence
posts. The molds are of very simple
construction. \ level plot of ground is
selected. on which floor is built of
inch lumber, laid on stringers. This
section of floor is as wide as the posts
are long, and along both sides and
ends are nailed strips of inch lumber.
making a big fiat shallow trough.
Then crosswiSc are fastened other inch
strips five inches high or as high as the
posts are TO be wide They are placed
slightly diagonal that the posts NAV
taper from EIGHT inches at the bottom
to four inches ut the top.
Large spikes are then fixed along
the molds at intervals to make holes for
the wire fastenings. and then the molds
are ready TO receive the concrete. In
mixing the concrete for fence posts no
crushed rock or gravel is used. but only
screened sand in proportions of about
five parts Of sand to one of cement. 1t
is mixed dry at first, ana then enough
water is adCc to make slightly fluid
substance. Pieces of barbed wire cut
the length of the post are then placed
in the mold, and the concrete is poured
over them and firmly tampcd
"This wire serves to reinforce the
concrete and gives it greater resisting
power After lying about twelve hours
the concrete is set. and the posts are
ready to be taken out, while the molds
can be used for Il second batch. Owing
to the scarcity of timber in all parts Of
the country, concrete is quite generally
used for building purposes; but, so far
as know, am the first person to use
it in making fence posts. | am very
well satisfied with my experiments and
intend to keep Up the manufacture"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-19

The plant which has this most re-
markable leaf is named after Queen
Victoria. 1t was the tribute of a Brit
ish traveller in PARKWAY land when
he discovered the unusual growth
The leaf was more than five feet in
diameter, and around it extended a
rim about three to five inches high
When it first opens, the flower is
white, with pink in the middle, which
spreads over the whole flower the
more it advances in age, and it is gen
orally found the next day Of pink
color AS if to enhance its beauty, it
is sweet scented. Like others of the
tribe, it possesses fleshy disk and
petals and stamens pass gradually in
to each other, and many petaloid
leaves may be observed. I'VE met
them afterward frequently" says an
explorer, land the higher we advanced
the more gigantic they became. We
measured a leaf which was six feet
five inches in diameter, its rim five
and half inches high and the flower
across fifteen inches."-Dundee Adver-
tiSer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-19
The Great Cocker.

CHANGING through a pile of ancient
copy books and letter writer's. one dim
~ realizes what an awful thing it used
to be to compose and put upon paper
a thoroughly correct epistle. 1t was
not an affair to be lightly taken in
hand any more than matrimony. No,
not even if one had learned penman-
ship from the immortal Cocker himself
in his house in "Paul's Churchyard, be-
twiXt the Signes of the Sugar-Loaf and
the Naked Boy and Shears" Cookers
fame rests on his arithmetic, now OBJ.
solete, but the worthy man, besides be-
ing a ready reckoner. was also a
mighty penman. Doubtless many Il
seventeenth century youth toled along
with inky fingers under his direction
Hearken to what the master says to
him: Let not your breast lie on the
desk you write on or your nose on
the paper, but sit in as majestical q
posture as you can. With practice you
may do brave things."-London Mail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-19
FRUIT TREE LABELS.
Those MadeSof Sheet Zinc Said to
Last Many Years.

AHOSe haoe~ OF Sneet Zinc Said to
Last Many Years.
Sheet zinc cut into strips an inch
wide and four or five inches long make
permanent tree labels. If the name is
written on the zinc with a soft lead
pencil ii remains for years.
The label must be properly attached
because the zinc is soft and if hung to
a wire by means of a hole in the end
of the zinc label the constant tapping
In the wind will soon wear the hole
out and the label will drop to the
ground. Some orchardists simply wrap
the label itself around one of the low
er limbs, where it will remain and ex-
pand as the limb grows. This is good
plan. says a writer in Farm, Field and
Fireside, and satisfactory except that
owing to the color of the zinc and the
bark of the limb being so much alike
the label is inconspicuous. Another
objection is that it is easily removed
by mischeyous persons.
The better way is to loop the tags
securely on piece Of galvanized wire
about No. ~. The wire should be
eight or ten inches long in order to
make LOOP Big enough to hang loose
~ on one @. the lower limbs. Then
if the ends OF the wire are twisted to-
gether with Il pair of pliers the label
probably will remain on the tree as
long as wanted The connection be
tween the label and the wire must
prevent the swinging and tapping of
the label. but this may be easily pre-
vented by looping the zinc on to the
wire and clinching it down tight with
the pliers.
A good ink for writing on the zinc
labels may be made by mixing in an
earthenware dish one ounce Of verdi
girls. one ounce of sal ammoniac. half
an ounce of lamp1lack and half a pint
of rain water. This ink should be used
with a quill pen upon bright zinc and
should be we'll shaken in the bottle be-
fore using.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-19
HER KING
CHARLES
SPANIEL
By ABBIE r. RANSOM

podney Jackson was ut his desk in
49, ofire Of the Hustler in that envia-
s LIZ srote of mind which usually fol
,ars GOOD dinner and makes a fine
',,,r railroad on which to travel far
rto the castles Of Spain.
Two months before he had been
,-oten hearted because he and Della
pooslen had quarreled. She had Civ
an him back his ring. 1t wasn't a dia-
uond He couldn't afford one. In
stood he had bought her an opal-"to
commemorate the month of our en-
c,cement," he said, land no bad luck
con follow so happy a courtship- as
airs" But it was over. The bad
uck their friends had prophesied came.
Her heart had been broken, his life
mined and he ended it all by accept
Inc position on the staff of the Hus
ter. one Of the "yellows," at nearly
double the salary the staid, conserva-
five Daily Chronicle had been paying
him.
lady's voice on the other side of
the partition which separted his desk
from that Of the city editors reached
bis ears. 1t wasn't an ordinary lady's
voice-at least not to him-for it caused
him to jerk his feet off his desk. sit
UPRIGHT and peer furtively around the
corner to ohtain mere glimpse Of
blue tailor made suit. tie pink rim of
an ear and some locks of brown hair
under brown veil.
Now, tailor made suits. pink ears and
brown hair and wells are more common
every day than sunshine, but these par
tcular ones made his heart beat to the
tune of come Back, Sweetheart, to
Me-" while he strained his own ears in
most unmanly fashion to catch every
word the voice was saying.
q Inserted the ad. day before yester-
day." was what he heard, land as yet
have received no answer whatever. If
you will put little notice among your
news items that my dog has been lost.
perhaps the finder may see it there.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-19

The girls cheeks burned redder
something In Mr.. Jackson's manner
held SO much power, knowledge, DOS
session, that she was mastered in snita
of herself.
I've lost my dog" she said. the one
you gave me. | was shopping with
Aunt Esther and left the dear little fel.
low in the carriage. When we came
out OF Blacks he was gone. | adver
used him, and then found this in the
found column, and | came here"
i see. Mr.. Jackson responded
well | found dog-a King Charles
spaniel, near Blacks. Two other dogs
We're worrying him. and | picked him
up. thought perhaps he'd been turn.
ed down because his owner was tired
OF him. I've been turned down nv
self that way, and know how it feels
so took pity on the little cuss."
The eyes opposite him filled slowly.
WAS it Teddy she asked. "Oh. |
Didn't tire Of him; | liked him better
than ever after-it was all that opal
rims" she added irreevantly.
He studied her narrowly.
Il gave the opal to another girl" he
said. and we haven't quarreled vet"
She rose. "Goodby, Mr.. Jackson.
Perhaps she viii appreciate my dog
100"
Perhaps she might" he said. stand
ing before her. But, you see, you
don't know yet that it is your dog.
You haven't proved property"
Il leave it for you to do. Goodby."
Don't hurry. l forgot to tell you
that the other girl was my sister"
oh"
I've saved enough in the last two
months in ice cream, candy and such
to buy ring"
Another oh"
rs it my dog, Mr.. Jackson?"
"Shall buy the ring?"
you may bring Teddy up tonight if
you like"
Not unless | buy the ring"
a few minutes later the office boy
remarked to himself:
by gee, She looks as if Jack had
been kissing her"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-19
snfetx In Thunderstorms.

According to Professor Rowland, the
safest of all places in thunderstorm
is an iron bedstead. Lying on this,
one is in kind Of metal cage winch
acts as lightning screen. This is
contrary to IL very generally accepted
theory. as metal Of all kinds and forms
is generally avoided under the belief
that it attracts the electric fluid. Trees,
experience shows, are very dangerous
places to shelter beneath in thunder
storms. and isolated trees more so than
a clump, especially if near water An
oak tree by the side Of pond is con-
sidered by electricians as peculiarly
unsafe, but water and damp ground
are to be avoided quite as much as
trees. If the storm is directly over
head it would be safer to lie on the
earth fiat than to stand up. Indoors
the safest placement to the iron bed
lis in the middle of the room, and
room in the middle Of the house is
safer than one at the bottom or top.
All drafts and air currents should be
avoided and all metal objects, such as
mirrors, picture frames and wire Del
pulls, should be kept as clear as posi-
BILE
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-19
THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.
It Was Built by oliver Evans, Who
Couldn't Lay Up Money.

1t Was Built by oliver Evans, Who
Couldn't Lay Up Money.
The real inventor of the locomotive
never realized a cent from his inven-
ton.
His name was Oliver Evans. He was
born i'll Delaware in 1856 and spent all
his life perfecting inventions which
ware destined to bring him nothing but
more poverty. He was the original IN
venttro of the high pressure engine used
In locomotives, the only kind that could
be employed to advantage in this form
pf transportation. but realized nothing
for his idea.
His application of the notion to both
land and water power was somewhat
lovel.
In 1904 the municipality Of Philadel-
phia called for bids for the dredging Of
the river and the cleaning of the docks.
Evans put in bid lower than any Of
his competitors and when it was ac-
cepted determined to build steam
boat to do the work.
He fitted out a scow with a steam
engine. building both the engine and
the scow in his own workshop.
When the boat was ready to be
launched Evans determined to give the
people of Philadelphia an object lesson
In mechanics, so he put the boat on
wheels, fitted up push wheel behind,
set his engine to work and propelled
the boat through the streets to the riv
er in the midst of an open mouthed
throng. not Il few of whom had a dim
idea that he ought to be arrested for
witchcraft
When the boat reached the bank of
the river, the wheels and axles were
taken off. the craft was launched. fitted
out with other wheels and made to do
the work of dredging the harbor.
So far as the invention of mechani-
cal devices went Evans had a splendid
genius, but when dollars and cents
came up for consideration he was
mere child. and even allowed himself
to be cheated out of the money that
was due him for cleaning the Philadel-
phia harbor with his new tangled
steamboat.