davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10
Commission Getting Data on Resources

has undertaken. Other important data
will be collected through special chan.
nels, including state conservation com.
missions now being formed and sew.
eral Of the national organizations rep.
resented at the White House confer
ence.
by early fall the commission expects
to have sufficient material 20 begin the
study OF the inventory OF the country's
resources and by the middle OF Oc.
tober II hopes to have the greater part
Of this material in hand, so that IN,
full commission, which will hold its
first meeting December /, may tase
up at once the study of data which the
summers work has brought together.
One week later the commission will
hold joint meeting In Washington
with the governors OF the states or
their representatives. with the view
Of closer cooperation with the state
commissions
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10

WASHlNGTON.-The person whC
w reaches the age Of % has lived
long enough. lie has no technical
right TO go on living. anyway OF
course, they usually do. Just as lots
Of people refuse to be Oslerized at 60
but they do Il at their own risk. 50
TO speak, and In defiance of for.
midable array Of mortality statistics.
This was the discovery made by
life insurance interests the other day
when they looked up the technical
demise of Brig. Gen. ID. II. Rucker
Of Washington. father OF Mrs. Philip
II. Sheridan. The general has reached
the hoary age Of 96. and being still
hale. was surprised by being informed
by the life insurance concern which
had been carrying him on its books
for years and years that IL was ready
to pay his claim.
The action is declared a startling
innovation in insurance annals. Local
experts could not recall any previous
case OF such action, at 90 or any other
age. But when they looked up their
tables OF logarithms and trigonometry
they were convinced that the &C
ton was not only justifable, but
logical.
These tables showed conclusively
that out of 100000 individuals at the
promising age Of ten just three may
expect 10 round out 95 full cycles
Those three in turn have no right at
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10
PICKING HIGH FRUIT.
Bag Which viii Keep Fruit from Be
ing Bruised.

Peaches. pears, apples. etc. out OF
reach by ordinary means can be gath
ered by using the device shown in the
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10
USED CHURCH AS scHooLRoom
Proceedings That Somewhat Aston
ished the Sexton.

The sexton of one church that keeps
open doors all day long didn't know
whether to regard the matter in the
/ light OF a Dissertation or devotional
exercise lie paid no attention when
the three women. watched by n man
who stood NJ the lower end ~ the
aisle. walked the length of the church
and back again. Even when they made
the trip a second time he scarcely gave
them a thought. but when the trio
started around the church a third time
and the man called out, step n little
more briskly. please" he began TO
wonder. and presently made inquiry.
Il hope you won't be offended" the
man replied. Il am a physical culture
instructor. am teaching these yOuns
ladies to walk. have already taught
them to walk IN the street. In the
drawing room. In the theater and every
place else they are likely To find them
selves. ! am now teaching them 20
walk in church. Very few women can
walk there properly. Some lopc. some
swagger. some skip. others adopt a
mincing gait. All these styles are
very Inappropriate for church. \ dig
nlned. subdued gait alone II suitable
for devotional purposes. Church IL
the best place for pupils in walking 20
receive practical instruction. therefore
have brought them here"
Great fathers!" gaspcd the sexton.
What next"
But he said no more TIL the walk.
ing exercise was ended. Then he fol.
lowed the class 10 the door.
Il hope" he said. you will practice
the lesson learned today by coming
here TO church once In n while"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10

r HE wife of the Republican candi
date for the presidency has many
valuable possessions, gifts from the
mighty ones Of earth. kings. emperors
and princes. but her most cherished
treasure is a round mahogany table,
black with age and showing daily
use.
This table is used by the Taft fam
H. whenever their household goods
are set up and has been ever since
Mrs. Taft attained the dignity OF the
married state. 1t was the table on
which the wedding breakfast Of Will
liam Howard Taft and Helen Heron
was served some odd years ago.
Judge Heron and Mrs. Heron.
parents OF Mrs. Taft, were lovers OF
old mahogany, and they had many
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information aud Gossip Picked Up Here
aud There In Wsshnston.
Gen. Rucker Beats Mortality Table

/ that age to expect that Father Time
will dole out TO them an average OF
more than six months apiece. More
than that would be ovcrdraft. for hon
oring which the guardian OF the hour
! glass and the scythc should be held
directly responsible
According TO these same mortality
tables life f. seen to be n thing OF uncer.
families. They prove unquestionably
that the longer you live the older
you are likely 10 be before YOU die
That Is Co say. while the expectation
OF life decreases as the age advances
It does not fall away nearly 50 fast a.
that advance.
The youngster OF ten can count on
living TO be nearly So. but when he
has reached the manly age of 81 his
chances are better lie can now
count on rounding 60 At as. rotund
and jolly. his chances are the best
for living out the allotted span OF
three score years and ten.
Bat that 10 not the end OF his hopes
by any means. When he gets TO b.
90 his expectation increases 20 IS
edging away just like that elusive pot
Of geld at the end OF the rainbow
But at 20 the chances Of life still give
him six more years. At so his chances
are of the best for seeing 81. but u.
on the gambling chance that is his. he
marches on to 80, there is still a year
and half to his account in the ma
tional bank OF life.
Bit at 80 you come 10 the end OF the
mortality tables. The account has
dVindled to six months. and II you
are obstinate enough To go right on
living, the statistician simply don't
know what TO do with you unless he
pays the claim. calling YOU dead,
and thus keeping the tables correct
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10

A LTHOUGH only a short time has
~ elapsed since President Roosevelt
appointed the national conservation
commission, the work of taking stock
OF the nations resources has been
begun. 1t will be carried on vigorous.
ly to enable the commission TO make
its report to the president by Janu.
AIRY !, 1909.
A large amount OF the material on
waters, lands and minerals is avail
able in the executive department, the
heads of which have offered their co
operation in the task the commission
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10
THE RorTINo OF APPl es.
eIs Principal Kinds Of Disease Which
Attack the Fruit.

There arc six principal kinds 81
rots that attack apples. and pcrhap;
there are minor ones. These six ar,
the bitter rot black rot, blue mold
brown rot. pink rot and one that has
no English name. but is known only
by its scientific name, Alternaria.
Blue mold seems 10 be able To grow
at a lower temperature than any OF
the other molds. Some apples were
inoculated with the spores of all these
molds and rots and placed in cold
storage at just below freezing. 81 de-
grees. Al the end OF nine weeks the
blue mold had spread in all the ap-
pies in which IL had been pricked.
while none OF the other molds had de-
veloped al all.
This is interesting, as showing what
we may expect from fruit kept in cold
storage. Its keeping depends largely
on whether or not the blue mold has
obtained a foothold on the fruit
On the other hand when the apples
that had been inoculated with the
other rots were taken into a living
room where the temperature was at
20 degrees. a normal temperature for
human beings, all the different molds
and rots developed with great rapidly.
In two weeks all Of the fruits were
half or wholly rotten.
The lesson TO be drawn from this,
says Farmers Review, is that the
grower of apples must know some
thing about the different kinds of rot
so that he can tell when his fruit is
affected Such affected fruit must be
dealt with according to its exposure.
II IL has become affected with blue
mold germs 1t must be put TO some
immediate use rather than be put into
cold storage.
Molds and rots are produced by
vegetable organisms that are like
plants in that some Will grow in one
temperature and some in another.
However, all of the molds and rots !
that affect apples will grow at above |
IS degrees. Therefore In the ordinary |
cellar it is impossible to keep fruit |
that has been exposed TO any of these |
rots.
The germs Of the various diseases
are not killed by low temperature;
they are only reduced to a quiescent
state Therefore when apples that
have become inoculated by the forms
other than blue mold come out Of the
storage house they begin TO develop
these rots very rapidly. and the PEG.
pie imagine that the cold storage ex-
perience has the power of making
fruit rot more quickly than it other.
wise would. We have probably no
good reason for believing this.
The least aggressive rot seems TO
be the pink rot; and apples that have
been affected with pink rot before
storage will frequently be At to sell
two or three weeks after the apples
come out of cold storage.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10
HAND PICKED.

The amateur pear planter should
stick TO the tried varieties.
Asparagus culture has been revolu.
tionized. Gardeners now SOW the seed
In rows in rich, well prepared land
and cultivate It like other garden
crops.
The export Of fruit offers much TO
be hoped for in the future; as the
foreign markets are often willing &c
pay very high price for American
fruits.
The soil of the orchard needs man.
asement just as surely as does the
soil OF the field in which vegetables
are growing. 1t needs to be kept sup,
piled with the elements of plant food
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10
Red Rose on Coffin of Bismarck's Friend

York Stats Zeitung and other papers
Then his actress wife died. leaving
him win three children. He moved
to Winona, Mimi. where he took
charge OF the Herald
After a few years he married again
lie came to Washington and went 70
work in the storeroom OF the govern.
ment printing Office. The heavy work
OF lifting documents was too much for
the old man and he suffered a severe
strain, which made an operation nee.
essary.
All his life the old soldier wore a
rose of red. but he never told why un.
I'll few days before his death.
The story Of the red rose was woven
around the figure of Bismarck. whom
he loved.
A battle which the iron chancellor
had been witnessing had ended. the
sun was setting on a field OF carnage,
and Bismarck, with bowed head,
turned and rode away. his aids around
him.
The figure OF young officer ir the
full pride Of manhood lying white.
faced on the field caught the eye of
the prime minister. Without a word
he dismounted, picked a red rose from
a bush near by and placed it over the
young officers heart. And as he
placed 1t there tear fell from hes
eye. SO, when the old baron died, I'M
honored, unknown. they placed a red
rose on his breast. for they knew his
secret at last.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10
Enalish Sense OF Humor

In one OF his burleSque sketches on
English history Bin Nye spoke OF
Julius Caesars jumping into the water
as he approached the English coast,
wadlrg ashore, running up 10 Lon.
don' and walking Though Regen,
street
An acquaintance OF mine reported
To me- said Mr. Nye, that he had
asked an Englishman how he liked
the story Not at all, not at ALL was
the reply That fellow Nye doesn't
know what he's aDout. There wasn't
any Regent street then. you know p"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10
Buns In Melons.

The bugs that isfest melons and
.pashes are mercilcss horde. Il
rs tedious 10 XIII them by hand and
poisoning them Is very unsatisfac.
tory. Get a lot Of empty strawberry
boxes, tack gauze over them aud in.
vert one over each fairsizes melon;
the tugs will have 10 stay away then.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10

accompanying illustration. without
bruises. says the Prairie Farmer.
Bend stout wire in a circle and
sew TO 1t a small bag Attach the
wire to a long pole. This will enable
you 10 pull fruit from the top of a
tree without injuring IL.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
They Are Scared.
The American Farmer says:

The American Farmer says:
''The brewers and distillers, hard
pressed by the temperance wave, are
endeavoring to stem the tide. In
page advertisements in the daily
papers they are telling US what ruin
would oyertake US if no more malt or
sourmash were made. An especial
drive is being made at the farmers
with the old argument that if the
distilleries and breweries should be
forced to close there would be a great
ly reduced market for corn, rye and
barley. There was a time when this
argument had great influence with
farmers, but they have learned better.
There is plenty of market for all the
grain raised without using it to de-
bauch and craze the people. More
over, the cattle fattened on slops at
distillerjes come into competition
with those matured on the farms, to
the great loss of legitimate stock
raising. The truth is, that the whisk-
ey traffic hasn't a single excuse fo-
being and will have to 60. The peo-
pie have decreed its execution and
long before the end of this century
there Will not be saloon in any
State of the Union"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
Diarrhoea Cured.

my father has for years been troub-
led with diarrhoea, and tried every
means possible to effect cure, without
avail" writes John H. Zirkle Of Phil
ippi, W. Va. "He saw Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
advertised in the Philippi Republican
and decided to try it. The result is one
bottle cured him and he has not suffer
ed with the disease for eighteen months.
Before taking this remedy he was con.
stant sufferer. He is now sound and
we'll, and although 60 years old, can do
as much work as young man. Sold
by Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
Why James Lee Got Well.

Everybody in GAINESVILLE, O., knows
Mrs. Mary Lee, Of rural route s. She
writes: my husband, James Lee, firm
ly believes he owes his life to the use Of
DR.. Kings New Discovery. His lungs
were so severely affected that consump-
ton seemed inevitable, when friend
recommended New Discovery. We
tried it, and it's use has restored him to
perfect health" DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is the King of throat and lung
remedies. For coughs and colds it has
no equal. The first dose gives relief.
Try it! Sold under guarantee at Der
rick's Drug Store and Kaufman Drug
Co. SOC. and $100. Trial bottle free.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
REDUCED RATES
To Fort Worth, Texas. and Return
via Southern Railway.

Account national convention of
Farmers Union to be held September
1st to 5th, 1908, the Southern railway
announces very low round trip rates
from all points to Fort Worth, Texas,
tickets to be cold August 29th, 30th
and 31st, good to return, leaving Fort
Worth not later than September 80,
1908. The rate from Columbia will
be S40.s0.
For detailed information, tickets,
etc., see Southern railway agents or
address
J. G. LUSK, D. P. A.,
Charleston, S. G.
J. L. MEEK, A. G. P. A.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
For Sale.

Prettiest and cheapest lots on the
market for speculative and building
purposes, at Eau Claire Heights, within
incorporate limits, convenient to trolley
ine,. $50 to $285 each. Terms $40 cash;
s. per month, no interest or taxes. 5
per cent. discount for cash.
One store house and lot at Livingston,
size lot 240x120, corner lot. Price $3.50.
Store house and dwelling attached at
Livingston. Size Of lot 120x60. The
dwelling has four rooms. Price $500.
LOO acres of land, 900 acres
cleared, 200 acres second growth pine.
Operating now l7-horse farm, 8-room
brick dwelling, 4-room cottage. IA ten
ant houses, two barns, one brick store
house 25x50, blacksmith shop, ginhouse,
12-horse Tezer engine, saw mill, one
8O-saw gin and Murray system, 900
acres in pasture. S. A. L. railroad
passes through the middle of the place.
In the survey is included the town of
Leeds. Price S16,500; $500 cash, bal
ance one, two and three years. The
place has plenty Of labor and the land
is in good state of cultivation.
An improved place, 173 acres, three
miles from Sally and four miles from
Perry, 100 acres in cultivation and will
make bale of cotton per acre. Some
saw timber, balance woods.
AL improved place three miles from
Lexington, 155 acres. three hundred
Thousand feet saw timber, 800 cords
good oak wood. Price 1000.
An improved place of 334 acres on
Ancrum ferry road, twelve miles from
Columbia, sixty acres in cultivation,
balance saw timber and woods. Grist
mill and Gin. Price $4,000, easy terms.
500 acres of land on road to Augusta,
nine miles from Columbia and two and
one-half miles from Lexington. About
fifty acres in cultivation, saw timber
enough to cut one million feet of lum-
Der, balance woods. Price $4,000.
Large store house, dwelling over the
store and rooms on the side. Also on
same lot a two and single story dwell
ing Rents for $56.25 per month. Price
$, 100, 81, 800 cash, balance one, two,
three and four years.
An improved place of $40 acres, -
miles from Columbia on the Camden
road. The place has a S-horse farm
open on it, also 15U acres in pasture
well watered Price $3.50 per acre
Terms, $1,000 dollars cash, balance one
two AID three years
10 acres Of land, five miles from the
city, on the Winnsboro road, SO acres III
cultivation. 60 acres in woods Price
1878 per acre, is cash, balance Oh
easy terms.
43 acres Of fne bottom land three ard
half miles from city, and will make a
bale OF cotton to the acre or * bushels
OF corn. Price 800 PEI acre, easy
terms.
Enquiries will be answered promptly,
ard will take pleasure showing TIE
prODertv.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26

Pain anywhere stopped in 20 minutes
sure with one of DR.. Shoop's Pink Pain
Tablets. The formula is on the 25-cent
box. Ask your doctor or druggist about
this formula! Stops womanly pains,
headache, pains anywhere Write DR..
Shoop, Racine, Wis, for free trial. TO
prove value of his headache, or Pink
Pain Tablets. Sold by Kaufman Drug
Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
New Bank For Columbia.

The Union Savings bank of Coluna-
bia with capital stock of $25, 900 has
been organized. Mr.. Joseph Nor
wood was elected president, J. H.. NJ.
Beatty, vice president, and E. W. VIII
son, cashier.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, August rs. 1908.
How to Toll Rabies in a Dog.

How to Tell Rabies in a Dog.
Here are the symptoms and pro-
gressive stages of rabies given by DIR.
George G.. Rambaud, of the Pasteur
Institute, by which owners of dogs
may know the disease in their pets.
The symptoms appear in this order:
l. Change in the disposition of the
dog.
2. Unusual show of attachment to
its master.
3. Disappearance from it's home for
from several hours to two days.
4. Change in the bark or total ab-
sence of barking, even on provoca-
ton.
5. Lack of appetite, difficult in
chewing and swallowing solid food.
6. Excitement and hallucinations.
The dog snaps at imaginary objects
and may attack his master. 1t is ex-
cited by the sight of another dog,
though this stage may be absent in
the dumb form of disease.
Z. The dog eats it's own bedding,
tears cushions, carpets, etc.
s. It seems to be unable to eat. The
dog takes food into the mouth, but
the food drops out after the dog has
made one or two attempts to swallow
it. Drinking, however, is interferred
with very little, or mot at all, and
there is no hydrophobia ('water
fear'') in the stricter sense of the
word.
8. Unsteady gait, which shows the
beginning of paralysis in the hind
quarters. The pupils of the eyes are
dilated.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
Picnic 4 Success.

The annual temperance picnic of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was held at Chaplin Friday a
week. The day was in every way a
success. The speakers were Mrs. Jos.
Sprott, Of Manning, State President
Of the w. c. T. e.; Hon. G. c..
Featherstone, Of Laurens: DR.. c. E..
Burts, pastor OF FIST Baptist church,
Edg3field; Mr.. Howard Morrell, of
RichlanG.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-05-28
Why Mr.. Lewis
Did Not Speak.
An Answer to the Fitzgerald
Dudley M. Hughes Club.
Editor Fitzgerald Enterprise:

Editor Fitzgerald Enterprise:
/ notice in your issue of the Goth
inst. an article signed ''Dudley M.
Hughes Club" that does Mr.. Lew
is an injustice. i happened to be
with Mr.. Lewis in the evening of
May 22d when Mr.. Lewis was APP
preached by a supporter of Mr..
Hughes proposing a joint debate
that evening. Mr.. Lewis had been
upon his teet the whole day and
was greatly fatigued.
He stated that he had not antic-
ipated such a proposition and that
he was in no physical condition to
accept. In view of these facts,
upon the advice of his friends, Mr..
Lewis declined to speak.
| have the utmost respect for Mr..
Hughes. l believe him worthy,
capable and honest. [ do not be
lieve that any man who knows Mr..
Lewis will say less of him. The
act creating Ben Hill county placed
us in the 3rd Congressional Dis
trict which was then represented
by Mr.. Lewis. His constituents
in this county have never had the
opportunity to vote for him, never
theless when we were placed in his
district he at once began to render
valuable service to us as will be
attested by number OF our old
soldiers who have been assisted by
him in getting prom recognition of
their claims in the pension Office at
Nv ashington.
He is now pressing bill in con-
gress appropriating 100000 for
the building of a soldiers home
at Fitzgerald. There is also bill
appropriating $4,000 for post
Office building in Fitzgerald. We
do not believe that a new man in
congress can or will give us as
efficient service as Mr.. Lewis. For
these reasons we believe that Fitz-
gerald and Ben Hill county should |
give Mr.. Lewis practically solid
vote in the June primary.
Respectfully,
De B. JAY.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-05-28

North Carolina is dry; other states will follow
civilization has reached the stage that looks with
horror on the greatest evidence of human depravi-
tity. We are passing to higher plain.
Corn advanced cents yesterday and cotton is
up ten dollars bale since the first of the month
Money is more plentiful and cheaper than it has
been for many years. The probability is that Hoke
did it.
A bet was made on Southern train between
Atlanta and McDonough Tuesday evening of five
dollars even that Joe Brown would not carry his
own county; another bet by the same party in the
forenoon of five dollars to ten that Joe Brown would
not carry county in the state