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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24
LORDS PRAYER ON PIN.
Seemingly Impossible Feat
by New York Man.

Probably we have all heard OF one
dollar gold pieces with the Lords
Prayer engraved on one side. Sey-
eral years ago these were worn by
many as watch charms. Occasion
ally even now one may be seen thus
worn. Such minute engraving may
well be considered skillful work.
But recently this has been made to
Eeem, at least by comparison. quite
a simple matter, because Mr.. Will
liam L. Stuart, young man engag-
ed in business in New York city, has
performed the seemingly impossible
feat of engraving the entire Lords
Prayer on an ordinary pin, to which
he has added his name and the year
altogether 276tpletters and figures,
says St. Nicholas.
Mr., Stuart did the work at odd
times during his regular employ
ment and with very ordinary tools,
which seemingly are not adapted to
such fine engraving. The pin was
set in block of wood, and COM
mon engraver's tool was used. A
simple microscope costing only about
25 cents, and known as a linen
tester" furnished the necessary
mapnifyin0.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24
COrnstalk Paper Expensive

1t costs more to make paper Of
cornstalks than it does from wood
pulp, according to a statement
made by Alexander Thompson. in an
address on Paper Making" before
the Cincinnati Society of Natural
History. Mr.. Thompson stated that
only 300 pounds Of commercial pu p
could be produced from a ton of
cornstalks, while 1900 pounds of
pulp is yielded by a ton of spruce
wood, with lie 8 expense in the pro-
duction.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24
Notice.

All persons holding claims against
the estate of Walter A. Foard, de-
ceased, are hereby notified TO file
same. properly proven, before me or
my attorneys, Downer & Russell, at
their Office in Hopl,insville, KY. on
or before the first day of June, 1909
LAURA c. FOARD, Admx.
of Walter A. Foard, decd.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24

Excursion fares to Ashland. KY,
and return. Dates Of sale May II
and 10. Return limit. Tickets WI
be good to leaveIAshland not lat r
than midnight of May %, 1909.
Fare $3.50. G. r. Newman, agent
Illinois Central.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24
Races Spring Meeting New
Louisville Jockey Club.

Account of the above occasion the
l c. will sell tickets reduced rate to
Louisville as follows:
Dates
of Sales Rate Limit
May LIST II Fare May
and End Plus IS cents 23rd
May 3rd Fare Plus IS cents May 4
May 5,8.12. Is, Ii Plus Two days
Is, 20 and LAD IS cents after date
of sale
For further information call on
agent. c.. r NEWMAN.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24
Own a Home
DON'T PAY RENT

For sale at bargain: A beauti.
full new home on one of the best
corner lots in the city. Also mod
ern up-to-date house on East Ninth
street. Call on Planters Bank and
Trust Co.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24

cheap place at the price, $4OO
316 acres. II miles south of Hopkinsville, KY,
Groom house, good barns, and good stable, and
all other improvements necessary, 40 acres of good
timber; this place is well watered, and a splendid
tract of land price $500 per acre.
80 acres, miles north of town on the Greenville
road, price 81 100000.
225 acres, 5 miles east of town on the Russellville
pike, large modern house of IL rooms. with all
conveniences out buildings all in frst-cass condi-
ton, 80 acres of splendid timber, several fine
springs, and one of the best stock and grain farms
in the county. Price $4,000 per acre.
2lO acres, miles south of town, 7.room house,
two good barns, stable, cabins, granary and all
necessary out buildings. fences in good repair, 80
acres of timber, land in high state Of cultivation,
price only $500 per acre.
90 acres south of town, right on the pike This is
one of the choicest little homes in The county, with
a brand new house, place neawIy fenced, well wa
tered and all in fine stand of grass. Price only
$8,5OOOO.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24
Poultry PRINTING.

We have a very large and COM
plete line of poultry cuts and are
prepared to do any and all kinds OF
printing for poultry raisers at low
prices.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24
TINE TABLE.
TRAINS cHING NORTH.

No. 52-St. Loms Express, 1905 q. m
No. 3D. st. L. Past Mail, 1923 ,. II
No. &C. & St. J.. Linn, e:06 a. m
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 p. m
No. 94.-Dixie Flyer. 5:53 p. m
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. 51-St. l.. Express 5:32 p. N
Nc. 63-St. L. Fast Mail 5:35 q. n
No. CSC. IN 0. Lin. 11:50 p. n
NO. 65-Hopkinsville Ac. 7:05 a. m
No. 95.-Dixie Flyer, 9:43 a. m
No. 81 and 81 connect at St. Louis and other
p3nts west
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for Memphis LIN
intE as far south a. Erin Nnd for LouiAVi
CIRcinnAd and the East.
No. So and SIS make direcr connection at Gutb
iOr Louisville, Cincinnati and ali pOini s
north and east Thereof. No. SO aud SIS also con.
meet for Memphis midway points.
40 % runs through 70 Chicago and will rot
carry passengers 70 point South Of EVansVine.
Also carries through sleepers to 81. Louis.
No. %, through sleepers to Atlanta, Macon
Jacksonville, st. Augustine and TAmFGs Fla
A - Pullman sleepsra 70 New Orleans Con
pects at Guthrie for points East and West. Q.
% WIN not carry local passengers Tor potts Nor b
Nashville Tenn.
JIG. HOOE, Agt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24

Home Seekers rates TO the North
west and Southwest ON first an,i
third Tuesdays. For further iu.or.
nation call on agent Illinms Central.
G. n. Newman
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24
Ham Sacks Here.

Big shipment Of ham sacks. two
sizes. just received and for sale al
this office.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24
SALE.

Several young, dark red Short
Horn bulls, of beef and milking
strain. w. S. Moore. u miles sou,h
of Hopkinsville, r. F. d. No. /
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-24

80 acres near Pee Dee, six-room house. two
barns stable and cabin. 10 acres Of good timber,
and nice young orchard, price $500 per acre.
lis acres seven miles from Hopknsve on Brad
shaw pike, room cottage, barn and stable, two
cabins, nine acres in timber. land all first class,
price $40 90 per acre.
230 acres just outside of Pembroke, Groom
house. and all other necessary outbudings most
Of the land in clover and timothy all in a very
high state of cultivation, price $50 90 per acre.
225 acres near Howell, KY, large 1-room house,
with good barn and stable, and all out buildings in
good repair, we'll watered, and everything up in
good shape, price $4,000 per acre.
225 acres, near Herndon, KY. Groom house. 2
tobacco barns, one cabin, stable small orchard
price IS. 25O.OO -.
500 acres. 10 miles south of Hopkinsville, Clarks-
vile pike, room house, tobacco barns, one sta
Bile. one hay barn, 8 cabins, windmill, and all i'm
provements right up-to-date 40 acres of fine tim
Ser no better farm anywhere. Price per acre $50.
200 acres, near Julien, KY, small cottage stable,
cabins, has spring branch running through farm,
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Uncle Eben.

by one of dem wise provisions Of
nature" said Uncle Eben, "a man dat
thinks he's too good to work ain gin
orally competent to dc work dat nd
amount to muffin nohow. Washing
ton Star
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MlIIlNl| W|Ag W||IIIl ON AlORO(C COAST
AGAINST WHICH SDANIARDS REBEL

rebelng against the which
Riff Morocco
mind the
1 expansion is likely be obtained
H6M1H campaign against the wild
kYsg integrity of Morocco
the Sultan Of that picturesque and
the proceedings
nounced that the purpose of the Is limited
possessions and frontiers
directed against Morocco Spanard given
to reading thinking bsy about questions
policy Eighty cent of them unable
onsm OF the the Moroccan
from their knowledge what
uay SPANS possessions in Morocco
coast used convict saonand
ew mine owners who been and being
government at high cost to the nation
one the most picturesque chapters of European history
OF the invasion Of Spain by the Moo which left
the greatness of the invaders in the Ahma
Before the invention the
the field They credited indeed with
h time In European warfare at the Ageca
having long been familiar with its
cal purposes Morocco received the expelled Moors
tha refused Christianity
OF Isabella of CASTLE and Ferdinand
Iheir settlement African
Ing pirates for centuries
as Christians and Mohammedan
enduring angonsm other whether
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dren. Your husband died a man to
be admired by all humanity, and God
Will watch over and take care of you.
With all my hearts sincerest sorrow,
believe me, your sriend,
JACK DEMPSEY,
20. H, Fourteenth U. s. Cavalry, Ma
Mia, P. |.
Letters Of thanks followed, and the
correspondence continued through the
years that Sergt. Dempsey remained In
Manila fulfilling his promise to the
Norwegian widow and her little ones.
Five years after the Mayday sailing
the same transport-the Logan-which
had carried Sergt. Dempsey away from
San Francisco steamed back through
the Golden Gate with Sergt. Dempsey
on board. Letters Of such a character
had been exchanged meanwhile that
Jack was not surprised to be ap-
preached on the pier by little Nor.
Wegian woman, who gazed first at a.
photograph which she held In her hand
and then at the face of the stalwart
soldier, while the tears streamed down
her cheeks. The tall, handsome ser
geant took her In his arms, but did
not speak for awhile. Then they
walked away together. Later a gen
eral order was issued and three regi-
ments lined up while the bands of
their regiments played the wedding
march.
Finally Sergt. Dempsey's regiment
was ordered to New York, and 1t was
while he was serving as Gen. Grants
orderly at Governors Island that he
received, on May 13, 1908, his honor
able discharge from the United States
army, in which he had served so faith.
fully and we'll.
Mr.. Dempsey returned to civil life
as an employe of William Morris, inc,
and Is now superintendent of the build
ing In 42d street into which Mr.. Nor
rls has recently moved his offices.
Having created a comfortable home
In New York. Mrs. Dempsey returned
to Norway two months ago to get her
two daughters, who had been left in
the care Of their late fathers parents.
New York Herald.
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Prof. Harlan of California has dis
covered that the ordinary black ant
will remove the scale from fruit trees
without injuring the tree or leaves in
the least He says their work Is more
complete than that accomplished by
spraying or by any of the imported
insects. The ants are captured by
placing a plate Of sugar near an ant
hill, and when covered with ants the
plate is put in the forks of the infect
ed tree. The ants leave the sugar and
go to work on the scale. AS soon as
they all leave the sugar the plate is
placed at the foot Of the tree, and as
the ants come down after having
cleaned the tree Of scale, they again
assemble on the sugar and are thus
easily removed to another tree.
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given for life, and the ship headed
again In the direction of Tientsin.
During the remainder of the passage
Sergt. Dempsey was kept to his berth
below. Illness followed his being
snatched from watery grave and this
was accentuated by grief over the ca
tastrophe, so that when the coast was
reached the regimental surgeon Or
dered that Dempsey be sent to the
Japanese general hospital at Nagasaki
The days that Sergt. Jack was lying
on his back on the hospital cot were
spent In moody reflection, but before
he again started for the front, sound
enough physically, he had formed
resolution which he did not communi-
cate to even his most intimate com
rades
Sergt. Dempsey followed his regi-
ment to China in another transport,
but found that 1t had gone to the front
already, so he fell in with the famous
Reilly's battery, and made the march
with them to Peking. Although
wounded In the first skirmish, Sergt.
Dempsey subsequently rejoined his
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Supply of Nitrate.

1t is claimed that at the present rate
of use the known supply Of nitrate Of
soda will be exhausted in less than
fifty years, while as matter of fact
the consumption is increasing steadily
and rapidly. 1t is therefore safe to
say that before twenty-five years have
passed the supply will be low, unless
new fields are discovered, and that the
price will be high, Over million and
half tons were used last year. This
Is not encouraging for the young gen.
GRAFTON Of farmers, except for the fact
that we will always have our clovers
our alfalfa, our cowpeas-the great lie
gume family - and properly rotated
these will supply the soil with nitro
gen from the inexhaustible supply In
the air.
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own regiment, but his comrades soon
found that the rollcking sergeant OF
former days had been transformed to a
sober, serious, thoughtful soldier, The
canteen was forsaken and it was not
long before the men learned that the
spendthrift of earlier days had become
a man scrupulously careful OF his earn
ings, and every dollar went down to
the credit Of the paymaster
At the close Of the disturbance his
regiment was again ordered to. Manila,
and as soon as the troops were landed
Sergt. Dempsey walked up the Escolta
to the shipping commissioners office
and wired the Norwegian consul The
superintendent of army trasport wrote
Jack letter giving him the home ad-
dress of the unfortunate quartermas-
ter, Olav Nassjo, Afterward a letter
from Norway arrived informing him
that his savior had left widow and
two babies, who were without means
Of support.
When the next pay day arrived
Sergt. Dempsey had a short conflden.
tial talk with Maj Kilbourne. The
next mail out of Manila carried an en-.
velope addressed to the widow OF
Quartermaster NassIo. In 1t was q
letter which read:
Dear Madam-While bound for China
on q transport your husband-like all
brave Norsemen-leaped from the
bridge In an effort to save me from
drowning after | had fallen overheard
during n storm. was saved, but In
the gallant act he lost his own life.
| learned through the Norwegian con,
sui that he had yourself and two little
babies dependent upon him. | can
now only offer you my sympathy and
life, and both are freely and fully
given. Inclosed please find $500, which
is all have earned since the acct
dent. Each month you will receive all
my pay except tribe for necessities.
This, should YOU live, you shall have
so long as am able to earn 1t, Your
husband did not hesitate that eventful
day as he stood on the bridge OF the
transport. and |, as United States
soldier, will not hesitate to make any
restitution In my power. My prayers
shall always be for you and the chill
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The young orchard should be culti
waited. but not with grain or grass
crops. Corn, potatoes, beans or other
vegetables, well cultivated, are ideal
for young orchard. The ground
should be stirred every two or three
weeks until the middle of August. In
going through the orchard with the
harrow, care should be taken not to
injure, bruise or bark" the trees. To
avoid this, the horses ought to be
muzzled and the outside portions of
traces and whiffletrees padded.
In going through some young Or
chards early in the season for the pur-
pose of demonstrating pruning, Prof.
Surface found many cases OF trees
which had been seriously damaged
through being grazed by whiffletrees,
or struck or bitten by the horses In
going through the orchard, rub off all
unnecessary sprouts.-Rural World.
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u + 4; Is: H;:E!!!(|5!!1k (l9'.t
&ssas UN ea2
Women and Poultry.

There is no field open to women to-
day that is less crowded than the
poultry field; none that offers as good
returns for ones labor; none that
affords so much freedom when taken
as vocation, and none that makes
one so nearly Independent of others.
Some of our best planned poultry
farms, as we'll as our best-paying ones,
are the outgrowth of woman's skill
and ingenuity in planning, and her
financial ability in conducting the en-
terprise. Most women show quail
fication for neatness about poultry of
which men are occasionally void, and
as cleanliness Is an important factor,
she often outstrips our lords Of crea-
tion" in results obtained. The care
of poultry is productive of good health
to women engaged therein, giving
them sufficient exercise in the open
air, and just enough care and respon-
sibility to make their work interest
ing and to make them feel their i'm
portance. The field for women Is
almost unlimited, and it pays her bet
ter profits than she can reasonably ex-
pect from most other business ven-
tures.-Commercial Poultry.
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Destroying Weeds,

In Denmark the farmers are com.
PEELED by law to destroy all weeds on
their premises, and in France a farm.
er may prosecute his neighbor for
damages If the neighbor allows weeds
to go to seed. 1t would save millions
of dollars in this country If laws pra.
vailed which prevented farmers from
growing weeds to seed on their own
as we'll as others farms.
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NEW BURGLAR ALARM.
German Invention Utilixes Window
and Doorway Curtains.

German Invention Utilixes Window
and Doorway Curtains.
Deputy Consul General Ulysses ].
Bywater reports, according to Daily
Consular Reports, on a simple ap.
pliance for giving warning of attempt
ed burglary or forcible entry into
premises, which Is thus described by
the consular officer:
This appliance has been thoroughly
tested by the police authorities Of
Dresden and Berlin, and the most ex-
perienced experts were unable to find
flaws In the apparatus, or to enter into
the protected premises without start
Ing the alarm. The appliance itself
Is very simple, consisting of curtain
or portiere, wired with fine conductors.
At certain places on the curtain are
affixed small metal knobs, which are
connected with the wire conductors.
The curtain Is then drawn across the
window or door, or around the safe,
and the slightest disturbance of this
position breaks the circuit, as the met
al knobs are thrown out of contact
with each other.
Should the burglar notice the wires
and cut one or several thereof the
breaking of the circuit would also
start the alarm. Any other attempt to
destroy the protecting curtain would
also be noticed. Any curtain, unless
made Of fireproof material, would also
act as fire alarm. The alarm itself
may consist of a series of bells, lights
or other electrical appliances. This in
vention can be used to protect doors,
windows, safes, etc., and naturally the
curtains, forming the most conspicu-
GUS part of the device, can be designed
and arranged to suit individual TASTE
The inventor recently gave the writer
an exhibition Of the working of the
apparatus, and the impression was that
this invention is unique In simplicity
and reliance.
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Food value of ButtermiIk.

Buttermilk is a nutritious and
wholesome food, or drink, and 1t is
relished by a great many people.
There is good sale for 1t in all towns
and cities OF any size. The quality of
buttermilk, like all other foods, is de-
termined by the way 1t is prepared
To secure the most wholesome prod.
uct, keep the milk as pure and clean
as possible, use the most pure water
obtainahle and practice absolutely clean
methods in churning. 1t must be held
at low temperature in order to have
1t freah for any great length of tina
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PhiIadeIphia.s Boast.

Chicago and New York doX -.
have their uses We must hi ~ ,Io.,.
and beef, and we must haI eor,'
mercial metropolis, but it@is bar5 -
believe that any one woWld willineIv
live in New York unlesg possessed 81 Of
IN income of a millioY or SO a wear
In this city we five with comfort
and due sense sf proportion. There
are few flats in the city, and there
are enough people who don't need
homes to fill them, but the average
Philadelphia is welded to his hearth
stone. He owns his house and lives
in it with pride and comfort, without
ostentation.
Ouradvice to people in Chicago and
New York is to come to Philadelphia
to live, where babies may be born
without the fear of the landlord, and
where they may be nurtured in COM
Portable homes and brought up to be
respected citizens. Philadelphia Ins
quirer.
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Slaughter of Robins.

Virginia, North Carolina and Ten.
nessee have the undesirable distinc.
tion of being the only states in the
Union where the slaughter of robins
Is permitted by law. Recent investi.
cations show that not less than 9,O0O,-
600 robins are killed in these three
states during the winter months. 1t
is fact that every robin earns 81 in
the destruction of insects injurious to
crops every year. The hunters sell
them at 5 cents apiece. This is a
waste of millions of dollars and ought
to appeal to the hard, common sense
of every farmer. 1t ought to be
stopped in every state.
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THIEVES TO CATCH THIEVES.
Many Former Bandits Now in Me4
icO's Mounted Police.


The rurales or mounted police have
pretty nearly put stop to brigandage.
Several years ago the government rec
ognized the wisdom of the old adage,
set a thief to catch thief" and Of
fered pardon and protection to all
brigands who would enlist as rurales.
Most of them took advantage of the
offer, writes Dillon Wallace in Outing.
and with these men On the side of the
law and order hold-ups soon became
infrequent, and the rurales developed
into wonderfully efficient mounted
force to hunt down bandits. They are
fearless riders, they know every noun.
tain pass and fastness, and when they
once start after man he Is pretty
sure to be caught or killed-generaliy
killed.
The rurales Of Mexico compare IA.
vorably In bravery and reckless daring
with that wonderful organization, the
northwest mounted police of Canada,
and are by far the best armed force In
Mexico Their calling gives them on
portunity for wild adventure, and thus
satisfies the craving for a life of dan.
ger, which led many of them to be
brigands In the first instance. They
are free and easy lot. quite in con.
trast to the peaceably inclined police
men of the towns and the slow NOV.
ing, indolent soldiery of the regular
army,
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Weight and Feed.

When one comes to figure on a
difference In weight for the same age
and feed Of 200 to 400 pounds, and
a difference In price of several cents,
he can see as plainly as he can see
anything that there is more money in
improved stock. Suppose a 2-year-old
scrub steer weighs 900 pounds and
sells for cents a pound, while a
2-year-old pure bred weighs 1900
and sells for 6A cents, there will be
$36 for one and s75 for the other.
Is there any man in his right senses
who can think it will not pay to keep
well-bred stock when he compares
these figures? They are not imag.
mary at all, but represent the quota
t1ons in the market reports during the
last few months. The real question
then is. how to. get better cattle.
Bulls are cheap just now, and in fact
have been selling lower than cows and
heifers.-Denver Field and Farm.