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of the bvaves into the daily menu OF the man who
patronizes the "hash-houses' of the big city.
The man who yelled through the hole in the wall
the waiter and answering grunt from the backness
within told the with the apron and the with
appetite that the cook understood that what
wanted half dozen oysters, fried, with a liberal
background of broken crackers rolled in the yOk of
The remarkable thing the little incident related
above is that oyster fishing in the waters of the east
began midnight, August 81 yet at IL: :02 Sepen
ber Just two minutes after the long had been
dipped into the beds, thousand miles awaya customer
had been able to successfully gather full sized meal
OF the delicacy.
In fact the first oyster farmer in the Chesapeake bay
pulled up his first biva1ve at the time that the
tauran patron doing the same, the only difference
being in the distance.
This tale might lead skepcal persons believe that
either oysters manufactured nowadays else the
midnight admrer OF the mussel being fed the
produce of 1907
The knew that it September and that oys-
ters appear during each month the spelling Of which
contains r. Hence he felt perfectly safe the oys-
ters by one slid from the fork into his mouth.
Scientists tell that many of the big dealers in oysters
nowadays putting the hodover product of the pre-
year into refrigerator plants in order that the in
longing for the decacy previous to September Is
may satiaed 1t is just about the middle of Sepem
Der when begin taste the catch of the year
then until the first of May, including September,
October November. December, January, February-lots
oysters in February it has two Rs-March and April
have the bivalve stewed fried, baked raw and in
Numerous other edible and nedible ways.
But scientific friends tell to take oysters in
soup the first two weeks of the oyster This
they say will eradicate all possibility of evil effects The
man who has cousin who is we'll acquainted with the
brother young lady who found pearl in a
oyster course will revolt from the edct that early
season bivalves should cooked because boiling
destroys the luster of the pearl and renders it vaueess
However there few who do not relish oyster soup
even if they simply CAN'T bear oysters" many fol-
lowed the scientific ultimatum. Restaurant statistics
have that fried oysters the most palatabe the
and women who patronze restaurants. Next comes
oyster and then the escalloped OYSTER followed
in succession by the and the baked product
Scarcely less exciting than the rush for boom
town site the dash of the Oystermen for the
midnight of the 31st of August According law not
q boat must until the 1st of September has ar
rived.
First reach the oyster beds and first to gather car
70 and sprint the wharf first in the market
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starting point to the oyster BEDS and the few who are
privileged to be when the fleet gets way
participate in as pretty moonlight race as is to be
seen on the water.
with every stitch of canvas set the boats skim along
IN the silent night skipper exerting himself
the limit of his seamanshp creep ahead of the field
10 insure race to ALL United States guard
BOAT watches the start and that captain
until the legal time The boat also accompanies the
fleet to watch the fishing and prevent any piraca tricks
when the beds reached.
Each oysterman must fish in his own ground when
the boats reach the beds How they to find their
particular fishing ground in dark is mystery to
the landsman.
Sometimes they mistake ese's bed for theirs
Hence the presence of the guard boat prevent
between rival shippers who either Intentionally or by
mistake attempt to fish the same ground
In recent Of the shippers of oyster boats
have been fitted with steam and gasoline engines to
beat their rivals who have depend sail power alone
curious collection of engines seen on the
boats. Discarded gasoline machines that would have
found their way to the scrap heap but for the oyster
had been oiled and put in readiness for the sea-
marine work helped the fortunate shippers who owned
them to show clean pair of heels to sailing craft
when the grand rush for the oyster beds began
Now that the oyster is we'll under way and the
mollusk is obainabe fresh from the of the east
coast of the United Sates the topic bvaves
naturally engrossing with the epicure The
son that fishermen cannot pluck oysters between April
and September is because the months of May, June,
July and August the spawning months
Sometimes the bivalves transplanted during the
and then the reproduction is often arrested
An average oyster will produce 100000 eggs and a
large Go00ooo0 When ripe the sexual products
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190 of inch in diameter, and it's subsequent growth
varies with it's environment Single oysters on hrm Dot
become round Deep those in clusters or on
soft bottom grow irregular and elongate On undsturDed
natural beds they in clusters and the beds repose
AS rule muddy substream upon which they nave
been built up from comparatively small nucleus ny
the xaon year year. young upon the shells
of their predecessors.
Oysters live from above low-water mark to depth
of Is fathoms where density between 1902 and 1O25
the optimum being from 1.O1 to 1922, and in
so degrees F. degrees F. The embryos and fry
qure more equabe and stable conditions, the tempera.
required being between 6S degrees and 80 degrees
F. The best and most productive beds commonly in
strong tidal currents which disseminate the fry and food
and keep the old shells clean enough to catch the spa
Datoms constitute about 80 of the oysters food
the rest consisting of other small plants and animals and
in the breeding of its eggs and fry The lat
ter by other mollusca aso and from its attach
ment until reaches large size the oyster preyed
by sarfsh, drills (UrOsalpnx), drumsh, and
other aggressive enemies, while passive fight
against starvation and sutocaton with musses barna
ces, sponges worms aquatic vegetation and other
life or luxurant organisms growing the beds.
Ostrea Vrginica from the Gulf of Saint Law
to the tropics but between Cape Breton and Cape
Cod the Sheepscot river Maine is its only locality 1t
has also been introduced in San Francisco bay where
it breeds to limited extent.
The greatest production is in Chesapeake bay, where
the principal yield is from the Most Of
the oysters New England and from New York and
the outer of New Jersey produced by planted
beds the entire yield of the Pacific similarly
rived there has been recently considerable increase
in oyster culture in New Jersey, Virginia and other
states The number of persons engaged in the industry
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rail. and she only eats one meal q
day now, and that is salt fish and
crackers.
Yes, but don't you see, women are
dressing just like men and trying to
look like men, and do you know what
is going to happen? They will cease
to attract men. They don't want
women to look straight up and down
and have no more figure than a lead
pencil. They admire their opposites.
Amt people that set the styles dippy
Now, madam. l guess your hair 10 dry
enough" ....-. .
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PUZZLE SOLVED.
Coffee at Bottom Of Trouble.

1t takes some people long time to
find out that coffee is hurting them.
But when once the fact is clear,
most people try to keep away from
the thing which is followed by ever
increasing detrimert to the heart,
stomach and nerves..
Until two years ago I was heavy
coffee drinker," writes an Ill. stock
man, "and had been all my life. I am
now Sc years old.
About three years ago I began to
have nervous spells and could not
sleep nights, was bothered by indi.
gestion, bloating, and gas on stomach
affected my heart.
Il spent lots Of money doctoring-
one doctor told me I had chronic ca.
tarrh of the stomach; another that (
die at any time. They all dieted mo
until I was nearly starved but I
seemed to get worse instead of better.
Having heard of the good Postum
had done for nervous people, I dis
carded coffee altogether and began to
use Postum regularly. soon got bet
ter, and now, after nearly two years,
I can truthfully say l am sound and
well.
Il sleep well at night, do not have
the nervous spells and am not both.
cred with indigestion or palpitation.
weigh 80 pounds more than when
began Postum, and am better every
way than ever was while drinking cof-
fee. can't say too much in praise of
Postum, as am sure it saved my life."
There's Reason ~
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well.
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter9 A new
one appears from time to time. TheY
are Eeouine. true. and full o1 huna1
oteIeBts - -. 'iF - -, - zsg4 FgE5.h
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Overheard During a Shampoo.

my, my, the women that come in
here and want US to bleach their hair!
Yes, bleach their hair yellow, just as
they did awhile back. And do you
know why? Because violet is the
rage. If you wear violet you've got to
be a blOnde-see?
"Ain't it the truth? And what do
the dressmakers think women are 60
ing to do with their hips? Why, it is
as much as your life is worth to eat
a square meal nowadays. l know a
girl who always was as thin az a
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Through her influence her husband
had persuaded the great man to leave
his comfortless den and take lodg-
ings in the elegant Thrale villa; where
he enjoyed as much personal inde-
pendence as if living in a home of his
own. He repaid Mrs. Thrale's friend
ship "by an affection as pure as the
affection of a father, tinged with a
gallantry which, though awkward, was
more priced by her than the batteries
of society" Montaigne asserted that
women were incapable of. great and
enduring attachments like those which
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history records as having existed be-
tween men; but later on in his life
he was forced to lean upon the un-
selfish devotion of a woman-his
adopted daughter, whose soul he ac-
knowledged would lone day be capable
of that perfect and sacred friendship
to which we do not read any of her
sex has yet attained" E. Bry-
an, in Uncle Remus' Magazine.
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NOT CONFINED TO STERN SEX

as before the death of her husband,
until the end of his own life. For 16
years Dr. Johnson was soothed, up
held and inspired by the friendship of
Mrs. Thrale, who, says his biograph-
er, ministered to him in body and
mind, and was the most tender of
nurses-no comfort that wealth could
purchase or womanly ingenuity, set
to work by womanly compassion, could
devise being wanting to his sick-room.
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The Good That Never Dies.

Dickens: There is nothing, innocent
or good, that dies and is forgotten. Let
US hold to that faith or none. An in
FAINT, a prattling child, will live again
In the better thoughts of those who
loved it. and will play it's part, through
them, in the redeeming actions Of the
world, though its body be burnt to
ashes or drowned in the deepest sea.
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The Doctors Fee.

The average man will give lawyer
$500 to $500, together with a lfetime's
praise, to keep him ou, of the peniten-
tiary for from two to ten years, and at
the same time he will raise a phos-
phorescent glow and a kick that can
be heard around the world if a doctor
charges him $50 to $l00 to keep him
out of hell for lifetime. We are the
only people under Gods ethereal tent
to-day who keep open shop "a hours
each day and S65 days in each year.
We are also the only laborers to keep
on working for people who do not pay.
I can carry my part of charity with
as good grace as most men. l can
60 through rain, snow or mud and do
my best, provided the case is one of
worthy need, but to reward continually
downright rascality, willful drunken
ness and wanton laziness is getting
out of my line.-TeXas State Journal
of Medicine.
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Women Also Are Capable Of "Pla.
tonic" Friendship.

There are instances when men of
genius have been sustained and in
spired in their work and life by the
friendship of women. For IS years the
poet Cowper-a victim of fits of mel
ancholia--was cheered and supported
by the ministering friendship of Mrs.
Unwin, in whose hoTe he lived after
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OOZe from the
genital openings
and fertilization
results from
their accidental
meeting in the
water. Segmenta-
tion results in
five or six hours
in the production
of a ciliated gas
trula, a cup
s b a ped free
swimming organ
ism, often car.
rled by the cur
rents to found
new and remote
beds. An embry-
onic shell soon
appears, and the
little oyster
sinks to the bot
tom. where, if ia
vorably situated,
it becomes at
tao h cd ~
its left valve
an q grad u
ally assumes the
adult form. The
recently attached
sDat is $50 to
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Pennsylvania Statesmen.

The Pennsylvanians in George
Washington's first cabinet were Tim
othy Pickering, secretary of state, and
for a time secretary of war and post
master-general, and William Bradford,
attorney-general. Pickering was the
only Pennsylvania in his second ad-
ministratiOn.
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Ii Airhk LAVA Ela

He Might Have FIared Up.
Willie Oceanbreeze-What did her
Gather say to the match?
Tessie Summersirl-Oh, he made
tight of it.-Smart Set.
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A Queer Harvest.

It was little Ethel's first VISIT to
church, and the sermon had for its
text, LAS We SOW, so shall ye reap"
But on her return home she could not
remember it, and in consequence was
chided by her mother for being stupid.
A fortnight later a seamstress came
to the house to do days work. After
watching. her for awhile fashion old
style garments into those that were
th evogue, Ethel suddenly exclaimed:
20 mamma, l know now what the
preacher said. 1t was: What you sew
in the winter you shall rip in the sum-
mer.'"
Not an Up-to-Date Church.
Two cOlored sisters living in q gu
burban town met ON the street one
day, and Sister Washington, who had
recently Joined the church. was de.
scribing her experiences.
Deed Mrs. Johnsing, Use fined the
Baptist church, but l couldn't do all
the jining here, cause they had to
take me to the city church to haptize
me. You know there amt no pool.
room In the church ere'-Success.
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Consequently the
oystermen strain
every nerve to win
in this bivalvular
race. Midnight of
August 81 finds
the fleet ready for
the run. Every oys-
terman has his
boat as trim and
ready as care can
make it.
When the clock
has licked the
month Of August
from the calendar
the race is begun.
1t is a run of sew.
eral miles from the
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There really are six and not merely
I'VE fine arts; the sixth and highest
art is the art Of living
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dow. was examined again and again
and treated to no avail, and kept get
ting worse. I have to praise Doan's
Kidney Pills for my final relief and
cure. Since using them 1 have gained
In strength and flesh and have no sign
Of kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
FOster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
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MODESTY.

Teacher (encouragingly) - Come,
now, Willie, spell chickens.
WILHELM afraid I'm too young to
spell chickens, teacher, but you might
try me on eggs.
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nVe years ago with
duh backache, which
got so severe in time
that I co,,L not get
around. The kid
ney secretions. be-
came badly disor-
dered, and at times
there was almost a
o0nanlofo etnn Of thu
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KEPT GETTING WORSE.


Nat Anderson, Greenwood, 8. c.,
0ays: Kidney trouble began about
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23
TO ERECT MONUMENT
Goebel Statue Will be in
Place in a Month.

Lexington, KY. July 2l.-Wm.
Adams & Son. of this city, the con-
tractors who will erect the monu-
ment which will be built by the State
over the grave of Gov. William Goe-
bel in the Frankfort cemetery, ex-
pect to have the monument COM
pleted and in place within less than
a month and it will then be yelled
until the time for the dedication GER
emonies, which will be held in Sep
TENDER. Adams & Son this week
sent large force of workmen to
Frankfort to lay the foundation for
the big granite base of the monu-
ment. This base is to be 18 feet high
and cover the grave. 1t was cat in
Vermont quarries and then shipped
direct to Frankfort.
Mr.. Adams said today that he ex-
pected the bronze statue of Gov.
Goebel, executed by Charles H. ME-
haus, of New York, to arrive by the
time the base is ready to receive it.
He has received notice of its ship
ment from New York.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23
SPEAKING IN GRAVES.
Tobacco Rally Was Largely
Attended and Rousing
Speeches Made.

A great crowd of tobacco. farmers
were addressed at Mayfield Monday
by Col. Joel B. Fort and Col. Felix
G. Ewing. The Messenger says:
Mr.. Fort made one of his very
best speeches. 1t was not infamma-
tory and not inclined to cause people
to become lawless and violate the
laws of their country, but he gave
plenty of hints to the hill billies and
to the opposition of the tobacco asso-
citation that to undertake to break
down the great work of the people
who raise tobacco have brought
about, would be a little dangerous
during the coming fall and winter.
after he closed his remarks, Hon.
Felix G.. Ewing was introduced by
Mr.. Usher to make a few remarks
before the great crowd of people
which was before him. Mr.. Ewing
only spoke a few minutes and said on
account of his feeble health he would
have to return to mis- room. Mr..
Ewing told the people that they had
won the fight, and that if they would
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23
BRUNER WARNS BANKS
That Their Statements Must
Be Given to Paper Of
Largest Circulation.

Secretary of State Bruner is re-
ceiving frequent complaints that
many of the banks are disobeying
the law in not having their quarterly
reports published in the newspaper
having the largest circulation. The
law says the bank report must be
published in the local newspaper
having the largest bonafide circula-
ton, and a heavy fine is provided for
q violation oft he law. OF course it is
a hard matter sometimes to deter
mine which newspaper has the larg-
est bonafide circulation, but it is al
legged that in many instances the
banks do not even inquire as to the
circulation of the newspaper in
which their reports are published.
AS yet the Secretary of State has
taken no steps to have any particu-
lar bank fined for this violation of
the law, because no prima facie case
has been made out against any par
ticular bank; but he is looking into
several complaints that have been
made, and may decide to enforce the
law strictly in the future. Frank
fort Dispatch.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23
Moved to Mexico.

W. P. Toland and family left at
noon today for Mexico, where they
will make their future home. Mr..
Toland was a citizen of greensboro
for nearly seven years and the great
err part of that time he was head
miller at Bransford's Mills on East
Fourth. He is to accept a position
with the Pollock Milling Company.
-Owensboro Inquirer.
Mr.. Toland is a former Hopkins
vile man, related to Mr.. N. thinner.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23

The rapid rise of Austin L. Peay,
. Christian county boy, in the poll
sics of Tennessee, his adopted State,
is very gratifying to his Kentucky
friends, who admire his talents as a
leader, and his worth as a citizen.
His service in the legislature gave
him State prominence and in the
recent gubernatorial contest lac was
Gov. Patterson's State campaign
manager and was largely instru-
mental in steering him to victory.
Now the news comes that he is to be
made chairman of the newly organ
Eed Democratic State Committee.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23
BATTLE WITH MINERS.
One Negro Killed and Three
Deputies Shot.

Birmingham, Ala, July 2l.-A
clash between deputies and negro
miners in the Blue Creek region,
twenty miles south of Birmingham
on the Birmingham Mineral division
of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road, to-day resulted in one negro
being shot and two deputies, New
som and Whatley, being seriously
wounded, the frst-named in the
shoulder and the latter in the thigh.
The deputies were on guard on the
hill overlooking the mining town
when they saw armed negroes COM
ing along the road. The deputies
called to the negroes to stop when a
fight was offered. Two of the ne
groes used their guns with precision.
The deputies appeared to pick out
one man and he was literally filled
with lead. The shooting created
much excitement,
Sheriff Higdon, upon being in
formed of the disorder, prepared for
requirements to the Blue Creek
region. Arrangements had been
made previously for forty members
of the military and these were at
Johns before another two hours.
There was a general distribution of
troops throughout the district this
afternoon, a gatling gun being be-
ing placed at Republic and one at
while troops have been
so that they can be mo-
bilized in a very short time.
The eviction of miners from COM
pany houses began at No. 7 mines,
Pratt division, this morning. There
was no disorder.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23
RIGDON WHIPPED.
Charged With Unlawfully
Taking Up Cattle.

Maysville, KY, July 22.-Shortly
before daylight, Samuel Rigdon, of
Murphyville, was taken out and
brutally whipped by masked men,
who declared that Rigdon had taken
up unlawfully cattle belonging, to
Lucy Wells and Ben Cole.
Rigdon is prominent Equity man.
and tobacco had nothing to do with
the whipping.
This morning he swore out war.
rants here for Ben Cole and Bayless
Wilson, whom he charges were il
the gang that whipped him.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Will Not Dispense Intoxi-
cants Beyond Ohio River.

Chicago, July 21.-GeneraI Pass
enger Agent Samuel G. Hatch an
nounced today that the Illinois Gems.
trail Railway Company has decided
not to allow the sale of liquor on any
of its diners or buffet cars south of
the Ohio river. There are so many
local option States along our road, F"
he said, that we have decided not
to permit the sale of any iRtoxi-
eating drinks on our trains south of
the Ohio. Texas has had law sim
liar to that of Louisiana in force for
some time and its effect, l under
stand, has been beneficial to all con-
cerned.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23

all stand together, low prices in to-
bacco would never be heark of again
in this country. He said it would not
be long until all of our tobacco would
be sold at schedule prices, and that
the people would have plenty of
money. There was more earnest
ness and determination on the part
of the people who were present than
have ever been seen here before"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23
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Signature "a LNAzzz1
NIGHT RIDERS
Lash a Gossip Who Spread
Unfounded Tale of Domes-
tic Strife.

Maysville, KY, July 22.-Night
riders near here whipped Perry Dill
lon last night on charge of abusing
his wife. Dillon's wife denied that
she had been abused and then they
whipped Bogie Humphrey, who gave
out the information because he re.
peated things which he heard with.
out knowing whether they were true
or not.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23
Roiestvensky Not Dead.

Berlin, July 21.-The announce
ment made yesterday from Bad
Nauheim that Vice Admiral Rojest-
vensky, who commanded the Russian
fleet that was annihilated by the
Japanese in the battle of the Sea of
Japan in May, 1905, had died there
the night of July 10 from heart trou-
bic is incorrect.
A Russian named Rojestvensky did
die at Bad Nauheim, but he was not
the Admiral.