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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-26
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Week End tickets on sale SATURDAY
and Sundays good to return until Mon
day p. m. Rate $1.00. Rate for seasO
tickets $40.
Week End tickets on sale Saturdays
and Sundays good to return until Mon
day p. m. Rate so cents. Rate for
season tickets 80 cents.
Cheap Tickets on sale daily until No.
vember Both. Season and sixty day
tickets permit holder to return via. a
diverse route including toat line from
Norfolk to Richmond. Direct connec:
ton made with C. & o. trains at Louis
vile.
]. B. MALLON, Agent.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02

! The Ashes of LOUe !
8 BY ID. f. johnson I
BY d. e. johnson


tCopyrIght. by Dally story Pub. 90
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
The Homemaker.

It must be taken into consideration
that every successful homemaker is
necessarily a housekeeper-one who
keeps the house in the hollow of her
hand, so to speak. One whose eye
guards every detail of expenditure;
one whose heart and mind are cen.
tered in the beautifying. guidance and
maintenance of her stronghold. 1t
would be foolish to insist that every
housekeeper possess the rare and
beautiful gift of creating and evolving
a home, says Margaret Anglin in Pic
torial Review. The h%ousekeeper works
for her wages, %oftentimes g%rudgingly;
the homemaker takes up her daily
tasks with inspiration. Her labor is
performed with love; and as I believe
some poet has remarked, even the
sweeping of a room may become a
beautiful action.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
OF b

and its plant is nearly a wreck. Dr..
Boyd has offered to do the work at 70
cents a ton, a saving of $1.19 a ton,
and at the end of ten years to turn the
plant over to the city free of charge.
He'says that experiments hat he has
carried on in Chicago convince him
that even at his low figures he can
make a good profit.
A number of cities in the country
are now investigating DR.. Boyd's sys-
TEN, among them Milwaukee, Lancas-
ter, Pa, and Long Branch, n. j.
Milwaukee has had no end of trou-
Bile. The authorities originally esti-
mated that its city plant would cost
100000, but it cost over 500, 900 be-
fore it was finished.
Then it was discovered that the
plant had been built on a %quicksand
foundation and that it was in danger
of sliding into the river. Then it was
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02

found that It could not be operated
with as small a force as had been esti-
mated. A much larger force had to be
engaged and as a result the expense
increased.
Then the machinery gave out and
finally graft was discovered. Politics
had crept into the plant and politicians
used it as an easy berth for their
friends.
One case was discovered in which a
politician sold the garbage collectors
old horses and wagons at %exorbitant
prices in consideration for getting
them the positions. The collectors in
turn went outside the city. collected
garbage at so much a barrel, pocketed
the fee and brought the stuff into the
city to be burned at the city plant at
city expense.
An investigation also showed that
the coal bills at the plant were enor-
nous and inquiry developed that the
city was footing the fuel bills Of a
neighborhood that was using city coal
to heat the homes. Finally the ma
chinery gave o and the plant was
closed. Just now the city is burying
its garbage.
The proposition of the Rockford ply
stefan, who was formerly health com
missioner there, seems to be a good
way out of the dilemma and it is prob
able that his offer will be accepted.
The council has written to a number
of eastern cities and most of them
favor reduction over incarceration. DR..
Bading, the health commissioner, is
opposed to reduction and for that rea-
son the council has sent out a number
of letters to eastern cities to secure
information as to the best methods.
DR.. Boyd says that the possibilities
from garbage are much more than
most people believe. He says that fer
tilizer and grease alone make garbage
profitable to handle, but under the new
government law the manufacture of
denatured alcohol will greatly reduce
the cost of the disposal of refuse.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
panaer In WhIte Lad.

At a recent meeting of the senate
in Paris Prof. Dieulafoy, commissaire
du gouyernement, recommended the
prohibition of white lead as an in
gredient Of paint, and concluded his
remarks by saying that to permit the
use Of white lead for painting the in
terror of houses was the same thing
as knowingly to expose painters to.
the risk of being poisoned, although
the laws of hygiene and the dictates.
Of humanity gave them a right to pro-
lection.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
Red River PrOSpectOr
peterloratlon Of the MastIn.

Some breeds there are that have
been driven into obscurity by the un-
bridled craving of breeders for par
ticular properties. Mos t,lamentable of
these is the case of the mastif who,
10 or 20 years ago., was the king of
the heavy brigade. Size and massive
heads became the alpha and omega of
the breeders. Increase in size result
ed in numbering. overfed apathetics,
that could not get out Of their own
way, and only by an effort could sup
port their catfish c%arcasses on sprawl
ing legs and splay feet, says r. f..
Mayhem, in E~verybody's Magazine.
And in the intensity Of desire to pro
duce massive heads, the hither end of
the wretched animal was forgotten,
and paralyzed or se~miparalyzed hind
quarters were the result. Hence, the
downfall of the mastiff and, in a meas
ure, of the st. Bernard. Their former
position in the dog world is now occu-
pied by the Great Dane, the deerhound
and the Russian wolfhound.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
Do Work sapphIre MInes.

Preparations are being made to
work. the sapphire mines at Yogo
gulch extensively, Yogo dixie, which
is in Montana, is four miles long and
it is estimated that the workable rock
will approximate 10, 900, 600 cubic
yards. While the stones found there
are comparatively small, they are I'M
usually brilliant. without flaws and of
beautiful tints. Their shape is gem
orally of such character that the
culls, or smaller ones, are well suited
for bearings Of watches. and for this
purpose they need little cutting.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
His Wooden Leg a StOrerOOm.

The wooden leg supplied the key
to the mystery. 1t had been followed
out and in this cavity were found a
canteen Of whisky, a roll of money, a
set of fine saws and several keys.
After that. Spencer said, Woods
was never locked in a cell until his
false leg had been u%nstrapped and
searched. The famous leg" said
Spencer, who seemed to have its his
tory at his tongues end, had also
figured as a weapon in assaulting
many a policeman
Woods only smiled when Magistrate
Kochersperger held him on the lar
ceny charge.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
Contained Whisky, Money, Burglar
fools and Other Things.

Standardization a wooden leg
f0f a long time enabled John Woods
TO laugh cell locks to cor and ac-
Quire a record as a iailbreaker vas
told in the city hall police court by
Special Policeman Spencer. The leg
8ld not figure as a factor in the prose
cution, Woods being held on the
chafee If stealing a ring belonging to
John Gaynor Of 2S13 Agate street.
Spencer said that Woods was a jew
eler by trade. His wooden leg served
him until recently, when the police
found it was not only a mea of 10.
comotion. but q orehouse for lock
picks, false KEYS. lquor and money.
Twice Woods a sa we'd his way
out Of cells in le Trenton avenue po-
lice station 10 a way that mystihed
the turnkeys tad house %sergeants,
said Spencer.a once Woods. apparent
ly sober, was placed IA a cell. An hour
later he was uproariously drunk. He
was taken oui VI his cell and search
ed, all but mis- wooden leg, and then
locked Up again. Within another hour
he was again detected cutting the lock
from bis cell door with a fine saw.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
-IU~~~M~~~NN~~o~N~~
uNcLE sAM HUNS FoR Heroes.
Naval Department Has Medals for
Many Modest Sailors.

Many Modest Sailors.
Northumberland Sam is to run
opposition to Andrew Carnegie in
hero medal distributing. Beneiciar-
les are to be those who fought with
the American navy or marines in the
Spanish-American war. 1t is not re-
quired that heroes" Uncle Sam is
hunting for saved the lives of any
one. If a veteran can prove he was
especially active in the wal he will
get a medal.
The navy is looking for every man
who helped whip the Spaniards, as it
has several hundred medals on it's
hands of which it wishes to dispose, -
the instructions received here read.
k9eroes who risked their lives in the
Of their country are being ad-
but still the most of them
answer the honor roll
resolution on March
of the navy was
bronze medals
e~hsagehehts
est lhdles ana
the spanish
d of awards
gements, but
d the list so
no men VINO
-
Wv" AM"
ms oays NuHr
seo o'OOo'
mn, contro-
q AAen.
lis.
FOIL
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
ROCKFORD PHYSICIAN CLAIMS I'M
PoRTANT DISCOVERY.
Proposition to City Officials of
Milwaukee to Take Charge of
Plant-says He Can Ef-
feet Great Saving.

Milwaukee, Wis.-That d|enatured
alcohol can be made from garbage and
that an important industry is about to
be created is the contention of DR.. w.
A. Boyd, of Rockford, H., who has
made a proposition to Milwaukee to
take charge of its garbage and to save
the city $4,000 a year if it uses his
method instead of the municipal plant
that it now operates.
The city is paying at the rate of
$1.S9 a ton for burning the garbage
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
WON BY VOICE OF A GIRL.
New York Man Webs a Lowell (Mass.)
Telephone Operator.

lSlGplOUS OpCTdbOTs
Lowell, Mass.-Falling in love with
her voice. which he heard over the
wire, and then with the girl herself,
Donald w. Wardwell of New York
city has carried off Florence M. In
gals, a pretty telephone operator of
this city.
The wedding took place at the res
idence of Rev. A. st. John Chambre.
pastor of st. Anne's Episcopal church.
Few of their friends knew of it, but
the news quickly spread, and when
then took a train for Boston en- route
for New York 100 young women were
at the station to give them a sendoff.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Thomas Ingalls, of West Fourth street.
Her father is dead. She has a
brother teaching in the Philip
pine islands. She herself is a
graduate of the Lowell high school.
class of 1903. She has been in the
local telephone exchange for three
years.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02
A Merry suqqestlon.

do you think that government own
ership of railways will N come to
pass?"
Hal hal" said the man who dearly
loves a pun; "in my opinion the pass
will be the principal feature Of it,
Washington STAR.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-05-02

Indoor life, with the numerous arti.
fetal and unwholesome conditions
which it imposes, is a powerful fac
tor in lowering the vitality, diminish.
ing the power to resist disease and
in maintaining a continual contact
with conditions productive of disease.
Monkeys and most other wild animals
deteriorate rapidly in captivity be-
cause of the deprivation of the fresh
air and sunshine to which they are
naturally adapted. Civilized women
are almost compelled to live %sedentary
lives. This fact, declares a writer in
Good Health, accounts in large degree
Nor the almost universal invalidism
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07

the midst of her momentary sense of relief.
She took the bag from old Balys back as she
SPOKE and leaving the horse in the cabin, she
started out to conceal herself and the bag.
She wandered about for nearly an hour,
when she unexpectedly found himself stand
ing in the road around bend of which one
OF the men suddenly came on foot.
"Aha!" he said, exultngly. 1--WE ketched
ye, hev l? Thought yed fool u.s. Ell? But we
ye, hev 1? Thought yed fool us, eh?"
He started toward her, when Madge, drop
ping the mail bag behind her, stood in front
of It with pistol held out in either hand.
Stop right where you are!" she said.
"Ha, ha, hal" he roared. "Ye air plucky,
amt ye, little gal?----a
They stood in a sharp curve in the road.
A sound of hoofs was heard, and the man
called out, jeeringly:
an through"
"Oh, Pm comm, an my names Bill, too"
Madge turned to see the old white mule
she had met on the other side of the noun
tain, and sitting .astride its .bony back was
the man who had spoken so kindly to her.
her, pistol in hand. dYou jist keep yer bark
ers p'inted fair at him while l git him into.
proper shape"
While Madge still covered the scoundrel
with her. pistols, the old man, disarmed and
bound him until he was utterly helpless.
Now" he said, "we're ready to extend the
right hand Of fellowship to Brother Bill, an
Here he isl"
The evil-looking fellow who had questioned
Madge on the mountain now came hurrying
around the curve.
"Up with yer handsH cried the old man
"up with em instanter, or Wen both riddle
you with bullets!"
Dazed with amazement, the second man
was easily made a prisoner, when the old
man said:
Gosh! amt glad l did come back?
seen these fellers behind them boulders up on
the mounting, an l knowed thar was mischief
brewin', an / put out fast old Sol here
would fetch me, an glad am to get here as
| / did"
A party of miners with burro train came
| along few minutes later, and assisted in TAX
ing the hold-ups on to Eagle Cliff, where they
/ were properly cared for in way that kept
them from doing any further harm.
| The mail reached Eagle Cliff only little
behind time, and Madge was the heroine of
the day.
The doctor offered to go in person to attend
her father, and with him and the little old
man as an escort, she rode home in safety
and triumph, to hear her father say:
81 knswed I could trust ye to git the mail
there, Madge."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07

little and her voice trembled slightly as she
said:
'How do you do?"
"Ain't you lost?" asked one of the men,
staring boldly at her from under his bushy
'''No, Pm not" Madge replied, in frmer
voice.
"Ain't trav'lin' round the country alone, be
you?"
"I'm going to Eagle Cliff"
"Oh! ye be? And where mought ye hev
come from"
"From No Mans Gulch, few miles back
here. l live there"
"Oh, ye do, Ell? Ye amt the reg'lar mail
carrier?"
"No"
Madge felt her voice trembling again at
this proof that they had noticed the mail
bag.
"My father is the mail-carrier, but he is
sick today, and I'm carrying it for him.
must ride on, too, or I'll not get back home
tonight Goodbye"
And she rode on, not noting the significant
looks of the men. But she instinctively felt
them to be enemies, and breathed long
breath of relief aA she rode around a curve
in the trail which hid her from their view.
! The descent here was very abrupt, and a
gallop of two miles brought Madge to thick
growth of timber.
Looking back as she entered it, she saw two
men riding furiously down the trail behind
| her and She felt confident that they were
the men she had met on the mountains sum-
init.
"They're after mel" was Madge's immediate
and correct conclusion. "They want the mail
bag. They wouldn't attack me up there on
the summit for fear they'd be seen by some
one going up or coming down. Get on, Bally!
! Get on, sir-on, on, on!"
Bally responded nobly to his young riders
command, and bounded into the gloomy
woods.
Eagle Cliff was yet eight miles away, and
the nearest cabin was six miles distant Old
Bally was past his prime, and he was still ex-
hausted from his climb up the mountain, and
Madge felt his speed decreasing before they
had gone a mile.
Refining him up for an instant she distinct
ly heard the horses of her pursuers coming
on behind her, and she knew that they were
riding faster than old Bally' could carry
deserted cabin stood a short distance
within the wood, and Madge, hastily dis
mounting, ran into it, leading old Bally after
her.
Three minutes later the two men rode
swiftly by. urging their horses on at their ut
SBut Pm afraid they'll discover my trick
and come back to hunt me-" said Madge, in
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07

wore, and from this there hung pair of pis-
tolls she felt sure she could use if need be.
Stopping for few minutes at the cabin of
the Widow Barton, two miles distant, she Sc
cured her promise to take care of Jed Prouty
that day, and then Madge rode swiftly away,
determined to cover the eighteen miles be-
tween her and Eagle Cliff before noon, if pos
sible
She rode almost to the summit of the noun
tain without meeting human being or. see
ing living creature excepting the little
snowbirds flying out and in among the
branches of the trees and out across the
snow
Then she met small elderly man coming
down the trail on a feeble-looking old mule.
Her right hand was laid firmly on the butt
of one of her pistols, he rened up when
they met
How fur is it to the next cabin?" he
asked.
about ten miles," replied Madge.
"Where you bound fer?"
Eagle Cliff"
"Alone%
Yes; excepting for my horse and these
She threw, open her packet as she spoke
and revealed the shining handles of the
pistols.
The man laughed harshly, but his voice was
kindly enough as he said:
Gritty, amt ye, little gal? Well, if no
body meant you any more harm n | do,
you'd be safe without them little protectors
at yer belt. l got a little gal O. my own,
bout your age, back in Missoury, an /
wouldn't harm you any more'n / would her.
But l reckon it'd skeer her out of a years
growth ter find herself alone up here on
this mounting. Goodbye, an the Lord bless
ye."
His voice had genuine ring that assured
Madge of his sincerity, and she felt rather
ashamed of the display she had made of her
weapons
Goodbye, sir" she replied; "and I'm much
obliged for your good wishes"
She had left the timber behind now, and
was allowing old Bally to take his time in
going up the steep and snowy trail, bringing
them nearer and nearer to the summit of the
mountain.
She jumped lightly down from his back
when nearly to the summit and walked by
his side, but when the summit was finally
reached, she mounted again, and said:
"Now, old fellow, III give you five or ter
minutes to rest in, and then you must take
me flying down to the Cliff in less than"
"Hello, miss!"
Madge whirled quickly around in her saddle
The mountain had on its summit many mas
sive boulders, and from behind one of these
close to the roadside, two men had suddenly
come
Courageous as she was. Madge was taker
SO wholly by surprise that her face paled
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07

Il N L as everybody called nlDl, 0aQ CdTTlcu
the mail between the towns of Eagle
HegsNg9Al Cliff and Granitevile, distance of
SSGSAy forty miles, and in all that time he
had never lost single trip, rec
ord of which he was very proud.
He lived in lonely gulch, half way Be
Madge, 10 years old, had been his housekeeper
since her mother had ded-two years before
Nthe time our story opens.
She did not know what fear was. When
she was but twelve years old her father had
given her little rifle, and had taught her
how to use it.
Her fathers trips were so arranged that he
was at home every night with Madge. He
would go to Graniteville in the morning, get
the mail, and return to his cabin by night
returning home in the afternoon with the mail
for Graniteville.
He came home from Graniteville one night
complaining of feeling tagged out"
last mile or two" he said, as he threw him
self down on his bunk, under which he told
Madge to put the bag of mail for Eagle Cliff
''PI git right into bed and take some hot
drinks and sleep it all off by morning." he
said.
But when morning came, he was too sick
and weak to hold up his head, and riding to
Eagle Cliff was an utter impossibility to him.
II can't go" he said, with one hand press
ed to his throbbing and burning brow-"I
=
git to the Cliff somehow"
II could take it, dad, if it want for leav.
ing you,' said Madge, promptly, "but | can't
leave you alone, sick as you are"
',You needn't leave me alone, my girl" her
father said. "You could stop at the Widder
Barton's cabin and ask her to come up and dc
all there is to be done for me.
Yesterday was pay day in Granitvillc,
and lots of the miners sent money
home in registered letters, fer, you know
there amt any other way of sending it from
there; and them registered letters is all in that
mailbag. Then,. some of the boys give me
their money to buy money orders fer 'em al
the ,Chf, and Others sent theirs over to the
bank there.
"I've nearly five hundred dollars in my belt
Madge, and there's paper with it telin' jest
who it all belongs to and what's to be done
with it,"
Madge did all she could for her father.
comfort. and in twenty minutes she was or
his trusty old horse, with the belt of money
buekled tight around her slender waist under
her dress, and the mailbag securely strapped
to the saddle behind her.
second belt was around her waist out
side her dress, but under the loose jacket che
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
Copyright by James Elverson.

7OR fourteen years, "Old Jed Prouty," I"
as everybody called him, had carried
Il the mail between the towns of Eagle
III Cliff and Graniteville, distance of
y forty miles, and in all that time he
had never lost a single trim. q rec
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-26
.D|AZ FOES IN JAIL
AILOS ANGELES
Four Leaders of Revolutionary
Junta Fall Into Hands Of the
Police After Long Chase,

Los Angeles. Aug. 25.--Wlth tho
arrest OF four Mexicans here today,
the revolutionary movement, which,
under the name hof La Juhta has for
three years been p soWte OF endless
trouble and anuoyAncgTto the admin
lstratlon Of the preSfdent OF Mexico.
Is believed to have kbeen stamped out.
The men arrested here are Ricardo
Flores Megan. president Of La Junta,
for whose arrest the Mexican govern
ment Is said TO have offered a reward
Of SEQ. 900: Librado Rivera, secretary;
Modesto Dian. editor of La Revolu-
ton, one Of four papers published by
La Junta. and Antonio l. Villareal.
The men in custody have been
hunted through the western half OF
tho United States, into Canada and
along the Mexican border.
Antonio Villareal, one OF the men
captured here, was the editor OF La
Regeneration, the 81. Louis revolu-
tlonary paper. He was captured some
months ago near El Paso and con-
demned 10 deportation from the
United States. He escaped from the
immigration officers who we're about
to turn him over 10 the Mexican au-
thorltlea, going TO Canada.
Villareal IL said to be the leader Of
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-26
A!II; A!II;r rS':''z:i, !! GOLD
ss5j[OLEKFR
THE MAILS
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
MISSING FROM STEAMER
PoStoffiCe Inspectors at Work
on What is Believed to Be
Gigantic Conspiracy to Loot
Treasure Sacks.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 25.--A special
from Fairbanks, Alaska, says: What
is believed to be gigantic conspiracy
to rob the United States mails is now
in operation in Alaska. Only yester-
day word was received from the coast
that the third pouch missing in
month had been reported at Skagwav.
The sack contained $4,000 in gold
dust, addressed to Seattle banks.
Postoftice inspectors already in the
north working on the two former rob
berries, have taken up the latest theft.
1t is almost certain that the sacks
were stolen while in transit on the
Yukon river boats between this point
and Dawson. Several men are under
suspicion. but no arrests have been
made.
Ever since the gold dust shippers
have decided to use the mails for
sending out their metal instead of
patronizing the express companies, as
they previously did, because of the
high tariff, there has been trouble. II
will necessitate the employment of
guards by the government to watch
the gold shipments. As they have
been practically unguarded up to date,
robberies have been easy, and II is
believed that the thefts have resulted
from systematic operations of bandits
working with we'll laid plans.