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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
GINGER APPLES.

To make the junket slightly warm a
pint of new milk, taking care that it
does not get really hot. Blood heat is
sufficient Sweeten to taste, teaspoon
full of powdered sugar being enough
for most people, and sprinkle in a
pinch of ground ginger. On removing
from the fire add teaspoonful of rem
net. Pour into custard cups or into
a large glass dish. When firm gar
nish the top with few slices of pre-
served ginger, and with 1t send to
table a dish of the same. A little
"ginger" may be introduced into a
plain pudding by using the follow
ing sauce; Beat the whites of one
or two eggs TO a very stiff froth
and add n gill of whipped cream,
a tablespoonful Of chopped ginger and
a sufficient quantity of the strip to
flavor strongly. Ginger apples, too,
are delicious to serve for luncheon or
Sunday evening supper. To make
them pare and core some good pippins
and fill the cavity left in the center
Of each apple with a spoonful Of chop
ped preserved ginger. Stand them in
a fireproof dish and pour over them a
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
GOOD NEWS.
Many CIOyerpOrt Readers Have
Heard It And PrOfited
Their by.

Good news travels fast, and the
thousands of bad back sufferers in Clo-
verport are glad to lean that prompt
relief is within their reach. Many a
lame. weak and aching back is bad no
more, thanks to Deans Kidney Pills.
Thousands upon thousands of people
are telling the good news Of their ex-
perieuce with the Old Quaker Remedy.
Here is an example worth reading:
MIS-. Chss. Egeman, Central Ave-,
Elizabethtown, Ky, says; "On April
IS, 1905, my husband recommended
Doau's Kidney Pills in my behalf stat
ing that they had been of great value
to me in removing pains from my back
and other difficulties arising from dis
ordered kidneys. can now add that
during the four years which have since
elapsed, have used the remedy on sew
eral occasions when suffering from acute
stta cks OF hackache and it has never
failed TO help me. A number of persons
seeing my statement in the paper, have
called upon me and have always told
them that Doan's Kidney Pills are an
excellent remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price Sc
cents. Ester Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New Y9G, sole agents for the United
Hnember the name-Doans-
take 10 other.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
GIFT OF LANGUAGE.
Advantages of the Man Who Is Able
to Talk Well.

Advantages of the Man Who Is Able
to Talk Well.
There is no other one thing which
enables us to make so good an i'm.
preston, especially upon those who do
not know us thoroughly, as the ability
to converse well. A man who can talk
well, who has the art of putting things
in an attractive way. who can interest
others Immediately by his power of
speech, has very great advantage
over one who may know more than he,
but who cannot express himself with
ease or eloquence
You may be good singer, n fine
artist, you may have great many ac-
complishments which people occasion
ally see or enjoy, you may have very
beautiful home and n lot of PROPERTY
which comparatively few people ever
know about, but if you are good con.
verser every one you meet recognizes
and appreciates your art. Everybody
you converse with feels the influence
Of your skill and charm.
In other words, there is no accom-
plishment. no attainment, which you
can use so constantly and effectively
which will give so much pleasure to
your friends as fine conversation.
There is no doubt that the gift of Ian.
guage was intended to be a much
greater accomplishment than the ma
jcrity of us have ever made Of it
Orison SWEET Marden in Success Mag
nzinn
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
Gretna Green.

Gretna Green is parish in Scotland,
just "over the border" where mar
riages used to be performed according
to the law of Scotland. The ceremony
was binding performed by layman in
the simplest form. when, being regis
tered, the parties, in the presence e
witnesses. were declared man and wife.
The first person who officiated at these
strange unions was George Scott, who
began Ibis unlicensed ministry" about
the year 1756.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
PAPER AND CANVAS.
An Aneedote of Turner, the Great
Landscape Painter.


Landscape Painter.
In a book entitled "Stories Of the
English Artists" X. Davies and c.
Hunt tell an interesting anecdote OF
Turner, the great landscape painter.
He disliked to part with his pictures
and when he sold one invariably wore
a look of detection and oppression. If
a friend asked him what was the mat
ter he would sorrowfully explain, I've
lost one of my children this week"
Once a rich Birmingham manufac-
turer elliott by name, introduced
himself to the painter and stated that
he had come to buy.
Don't want to SELF or some such
laconic rebuff was the answer.
The manufacturer then drew from
his pocket a bundle of banknotes, about
$4,000 worth.
Mere paper" observed Turner, with
grim humCr. a little softened. how
ever. and evidently enjoying the Joke. 3
ITO be bdrtered fer mere canvas
replied the persistent elliott. wavin
his hard ut the building OF Car
thage' and it's companions
This tone Of cool depreciation seem
ed to have happy effect, and finally
elliott departed with some 5000
worth of Turner's pictures.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
A Strenuous Wooer.

"The "reminiscences Of Bismarck"
contains i'm account of his courtship.
He was young prussian officer when
he first met Johanna Won PuttkamC".
but he made application at once to her
father for permission to pay his adj
dresses. Aghast at Bismarck's pro-
posal. the old gentleman did not abso-
lutely decline it. Instead he wrote Civ
ing permission to pay sort of visit
Of inspection" at the Puttkamer home.
Bismarck FASTENED to Reinfeld. The
whole Puttkamer family was lined up
to greet him. The father and mother
glared at him solemnly, and Johanna
herself stood between them, her eyes
cast modeetly downward. With the
swift. whiiiwind decision that scored
Bismarck his later political triumphs
he carried the situation by storm.
Galloping up the driveway, he leaped
from his horse. ran forward and flung
his arms around Johanna. taking no
heed of her scandalized parents and
catching her to his breast and cover
ing her hlushing face with kisses.
After that there could be no talk of
probation" or waiting" The betroth-
al was necessarily an accepted fact
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
WHEN WOMEN REGISTER.
A Hotel Clerk Explains Why q Blotter
Is Necessary.

Is Necessary.
"Hotel clerks get to be great OBJ.
servers of human nature" said an old
hotel lobbyist" During the many
hours out of each day that ! spend
warming this chair have learned
many tricks of their trade which 90
to prove my statement
"ln fact. this clerk here has pc.
cullar trick of his own which shows
how keen an observer he is. If you
watch him at work you will find when
ever Il woman is registering he holds
blotter so as to hide the other names
on the page. At first when | noticed
II | thought that he was merely hold
ing the blotter In readiness to use It
on the newly written name. but when
| found that he did II only when a
woman was registering my curiosity
got the better of me. and / asked the
reason.
why said he, women are the
most nervous creatures in the world.
| hold that blotter up to show that
am not watching them write their
names and at the same time to keep
them from trying to excel the other
handwriting on the page. If they no.
ticed that ! was watching them close
ly 1t is safe bet that they would get
nervous and make an awful botch Of
their signatures trying to be fancy.
On the other hand. If they saw a par
ticularly pretty signature on the next
line the chances are that they would
try to improve theirs with a flourish
or two, which generally means a choice
blot to be scratched out by yours
truly
IL decided to test his theory by look
ing over womans shoulder while she
registered. The result was just what
he said 1t would milwaukee Sen
tinel.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
Got IL Free.

a good old preacher who had decid-
I'd to leave an unremunerative charge.
finding it Impossible to collect his sal
airy, said in his farewell sermon: II
have little more to add, dear brethren.
save this-you were all in favor of free
salvation, and the manner in which
you have treated me proves that you
have got it,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
Our Neiohbors.

"We simply must move" said his
wife positively. Il can't stand this
place any anger."
"All righ' replied her husband. -
know n nat we can get that is S.
cheaper than this one"
"Wen. should say not. If we move
into that the neighbors would think
we couldn't afford to stay where we
are" -Detr0it Free Press.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

Tom lin restauranD-Ex Excuse me, old
man, but would you mind paying my
check? | haven't anything but forty
dollar bill Jack-A forty dollar bill!
Why. never heard of a bin Of that
denomination. Tom-Here 1t is-a bill
from my tailor!-Chicago News.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
Extenuatina Circumstances.

Attendant On botanical gardens
sternly)-Don't you know it's against
the rules TO pluck flowers in here?
Little Girl-B-b-b-but. sir. ] thought all
that folks In glass houses shouldn't do
was to throw stones.-Success Maya
zine
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
PRESERVED GINGER.
eeme Ways Of Using This East indian
Sweet

Preserved ginger Is one Of those del
1cacies which might oftener be used
for culinary purposes than is the case.
There are many delightful dishes In
connection with which 1t may suit
ably be employed, while numerous
others into the composition Of which
It does not actually enter, in them
selves perhaps of a somewhat insipid
nature, are greatly enhanced in fla
vor by being served with dish of
preserved ginger or with ginger ia
vored sauce. Ginger junket is one of
these dishes, and a mighty easy and
dainty little dessert 1t is, to be sure.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
Trouble Makers Ousted.

When sufferer fro9 d stomach trouble
takes DR.. Kings Ney >Life Pills he's
mighty glad to see/Iia Dyspepsia and
Indigestion fy. bit more. he's tickled
over his new fine appetite, strong nerves
healthy vigor, all because stUm ,ch liver
and kidneys now work right. 25c at
Sewers Drug Co.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
HENDERSON ROUTE NOTES.

Regular Homeseekers excursions to
the South and Southwest on April 6 to
20, Nay 4 and I8, June and 10, July
8 and 20, Aug. 8 and II, Sept. IL and 81
and Oct. S and 10
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

Most disfguring skin eruptions, scro.
fula, pimpes, rashes, ETC., are due to
impure blood Burdock Blood Bitters
IS cleansing blood tonic. Makes you
clear eyed, clear Drained, clear skinned.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

$500 Louisville and return from Co-
verport, June S, 6, 7, 8, and the morning
of June 9th on account Of Mystic Shrine
Good to return June IL.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

If you havsp't the time to exercesi
regularly, Doaps Regulets will prevent
constipation. They induce mild, easy,
healthful sctish Of the bowels without
gripping. Ask your druggist fer them.
25c.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
GINGER JrNKEr.

strip, either of sugar and water fla
vored with lemon and with a piece Of
green ginger cooked IN it, or, if there
is enough of the ginger strip, this may
be used with the addition of little
water. Bake till soft and transparent,
but not broken, basting occasionally
with the strip. Serve hot or cold
with little whipped cream garnished
with pieces of ginger.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
To Fresh EYES.

Willie. accompanied by his father.
was visiting a circus and menagerie.
"Oh, papa" the boy exclaimed as they
passed before an elephant, look at
the big COW with her horns in her
mouth eating hay with her tail" -
Christian Register.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

We do not know Of any other pill
that is as good as DSTtt's Little Early
Risers, the famousNSttle liver pills
smsll gentle, plsas1nt and sure pills
with reputation. Sold by all drug
pists
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

Stops earache Dr1wo minutes; tooth
ache or pain of huJh ~ scald in five
minutes hoarsene1one hour; muscle
ache, two hoursTsore throat. twelve
hours-Dr. Thomas Electric Oil
monarch over pain.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
NOTICE

Please do not ask us TO publish Obtu-
aries free. All newspapers of any con.
sequence charge for such matter. We
gladly publish accounts of death i'm.
mediateIy after they occur Editor.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

500. so Cloverport to Seattle and re-
turn on account Of the Alaska Yukon
Pacific Exposition.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

Itching piles provoke profanity, but
profanity wonY cure them Doans
Ointment cugfs itching, bleeding or
protrudng piles after years of suffering.
At any drug store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

There is nothing so utterly hollow as
n kind word that should have been
spoken yesterday Evangel.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

$.95 Clovenport 10 Memphis, Tenn,
and return JuneX7, 8, 9, on account
of The United/ tostederato Veterans
Reunion. Good to return June a.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

The right word is always a power
and communicates its deffniteness TO
our action.-Eliot.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

Courage, like cowardice. is undoubt-
edly contagious, but some persons are
not liable to catch ito. ID. Prentice.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09
Wonld Seem Not.

"In these stories of the middle ages
we always read about the heros good
right arm
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-09

"Was there never southpaw
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-12
The Smithsonian Institution.

Collecting and housing specimens Is
not the only work of the institution
which sent to Africa the expedition
headed by ex-President Roosevelt.
The Smithsonian is amply supported
by it's own endowment and is further
charged with disbursements out of its
endowment for certain government
purposes, which cost last year up
ward of S2,OOO,OOO The officers OF
the institution manage the National
museum, even the construction and
fitting up OF the new building, and
supervise the National Geological park.
They are also actively supporting the
movement for a national art gallery
at Washington.
The idea of the SmithsOnian's
founder, "the increase and spread Of
knowledge" has been given a broad
application by those called in to adj
minister on the liberal bequest. One
feature of the collection which is con-
stantly growing will show to future
generations the appearance, environ
ment, dress. weapons, implements and
ways of living Of the primitive and
savage tribes of men which now ex-
ist, but may be doomed to early ex-
tinction. The late Professor Langley,
who was the presiding genius of the
institute for many years, labored upon
theories of aerial navigation which
have recently been adopted by prac-
teal men. Having studied the heav-
ems as an astronomer, he was able to
demonstrate where others only the
orized upon the practicability Of
flight.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-12
ssTins,, In Wall Street.

No matter how many fortunes are
wrecked in stock speculation, faith in
tips in Wall street dies hard. Writ
ing in the current Moody's Magazine,
Mr.. E. r. La Grange declares that the
claim of the financial tipster and the
blind belief Of the investor are folly.
He says:
The man who would not buy a pair of
shoes without having an idea or their
value will put up every dollar he has on
some stock on the say-so or recommends
ton of some irresponsible party who is
not in a position to know what course to
take in speculation and has never himself
demonstrated that his theories are OF
value by making any considerable amount
of money by their practice
Business in Wall street is trade or
profession which taxes the ability of
the keenest and the knowledge of the
most experienced. There is always
money in New York ready to snap up
every chance to earn even 10 per cent
a year. If there were experts in Wall
street capable of devising and work
ing a system for profit. the owners Of
money would monopolize their serv-
ices. Regular business in Wall street
is conducted on a system, but returns
on it are not much greater than those
on merchandise and manufacturing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-12
THE PLAIN OF CUISINES.
It's Transformation Into the Field ct
the Cloth of Gold.

It's Transformation Into the Field Of
the Cloth of Gold.
It was q magnifij ent display when
Henry VIII. of England and Philip /.
of France met in good fellowship on
the plain of Cuisines.
The kings retinue had been selected
from the noblest of the kingd0m.
Wolsey, with his 900 followers, headed
the escort and was followed by dukes.
earls, barOns. bishops and knights
with their retainers. The escort mum.
bered 1000 horsemen. not including
the queens escort. numbering nearly
1000 persons and 800 horses. The
French king had an equally splendid
retinue King Henry and his great
cava.cade were taken, on arrival at
Cuisines, to the magnificent palace pro-
vided by Wolsey. There was an old
palace there, and Wolsey had estab-
lished himself in that and erected
one for his king. The palace was the
most beautiful place imaginable. 1t
had so many glazed windows that it
looked as though built of crystal. and
much of the woodwork, both inside
and out, was covered with gold. All
the way from the gate to the door
were rows of silver statues. Inside
the walls of the chambers and halls
were hung with magnificent tapestry
embroidered in gold. and the ceilings
were draped with white silk.
But Henry was not to spend all Of
his time in his fine palace, for tents
had been erected on the plain, and il
these the two kings and their suits
were to lodge The tents of the French
king were pitched just outside the
walls of the town of Ardres and eX-
tended almost to the tents of King
Henry.
The tents in which the two queens
were lodged were covered with cloth
of gold, as were also the tents of the
ladies in attendance upon them and OF
all members of the royal families. The
effect was dazzling. Beautiful pavil-
IONS. hung with cloth Of gold, dotted
the plain; banners fioated everywhere;
fountains of wine spOuted in the bright
June sunshine; horses. decorated with
fluttering ribbons, pranced about gayly.
So gorgeous had the dreary plain been
made that it has become known in his
tory as the Field OF the Cloth of
Gold"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-12
8 PAGES
Lake Champlain In History.

Lake Champlain is a body of water
Of such restricted Importance today
that the program which is being
formulated for a celebration in July
Of the tercentenary of its discovery
could well be set down by the unin-
formed as a somewhat farfetched
proposition But the lake is practical
BILE waterway leading from Canada
well toward the headwaters of the
Hudson, and more than once in the
career of the republic 1t has been a
key point on the war map. Along and
near its banks and upon its bosom en-
counters took place which materially
affected the fortunes of the struggling
nation.
In the fall of 17T6 General Benedict
Arnold, returning from his i'll fated
expedition of the year before to Que
bee, fought a naval battle on Lake
Champlain with such skill as to turn
back to Canada a British army under
General Carleton which was marching
TO assail Fort Ticonderoga, then held
by colonials under General Gates.
After the repulse of Carleton 5000 Of
Gates soldiers Joined Washington in
New Jersey. A second and more
formidable British invasion of New
York was checked by stirring battles
on and near the lake in 1914. This
was the movement of General Provost,
who came down from Canada intend
Ing to penetrate the state from the
western shore. He was beaten by
General Macomb's American forces at
Plattsburg, and the same day the war
ships protecting his landing and sup
ply ships were wiped off the lake by
an American squadron under Captain
Macdonough. Provost returned to
Canada. GEORGE L. KILMER.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-12
BROWNING'S "SORDELL0."
The Critics Had Lots of Fun With the
Famous Poem.

The Critics Had Lots or run with the
Famous Poem.
When Robert Browning was twen-
ty-eight years old and after he had
written ''Paracelsus' and his tragedy
Of "Strafford,'' he wrote "Sordelio."
about which there has always been
such a variety of opinion. Dante IN
his "Purgatory" wrote of Sardello.
who was a poet of Provence.
"When "Sordello" appeared it made
a sensation Punch said it had Of
fered E100 to any person who would
reasonably explain one single line and
that after year no one had claimed
this reward Burlesques were writ
ten on it, and in one, of these it was
claimed that the funniest lines were
some of the exact original ones
A story is told of witty Douglas Jer-
rold. who met a friend one day and
asked, Have you read 'Sordello"
Does it mean anything?"
The friend replied that it meant
nothing whatever. Thank heaven!
said Jerrold Then am not mad. |
read it yesterday and feared had
lost my WIS. IL Is Only DloW HliA-i
who has lost his
Another story was that criminals at
Newgate prison who were condemned
to death were offered full pardon If
they would listen to the reading Of
''Sordello," but in every instance they
FASTENED with glee TO the gallOws
Browning once said that he blamed
nobody but himself for the work and
that it had many faults of expression;
that he meant to lay stress on incl
dents in the development of soul
and that little else is worth study.
This estimate of his work was given
twenty-five years after it was written,
when he had revised it and dedicated
it to a friend He rewrote very little
Of it, and his followers have belief
that he considered "Sordello' his best
literary work 1t certainly has many
beautiful lines, and in particular there
is a word picture as striking as any
thing in our language:
That autumn eve was stilled.
A last remains Of sunset dimly burned
Ger the far forests like a torch flame
turned
In one long flame of crimson; as a brand
The woods beneath lay black.
Boston Globe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-12
The Floating Fort.

England's premier recently declared
that new developments in naval con-
struction threaten to make the present
3deaI battleship obsolete, or words to
that effect. Possibly he had in mind
the concrete armOr for battleships
which Italy is working upon. At first
thought it would seem that concrete
sides strong enough to turn projectiles
would make a big ship unwieldy.
This was the original objection
brought against iron armor.
Recent modern efforts at the i'm
provement of battleships have led in
the direction of the floating fort. Our
mammoth ships are often called float
Ing forts. Experts in concrete armor
insist that concrete in the sides of a
battleship will resist shots just as well
as the stone wall of a land fort. The
stone wall is well nigh irresistible on
land. Navy men hesitate to encounter
coast fortifications having stone para
pets. If it turns out that warships can
bear up ard maneuver under the
weight of stone parapets naval condi-
lions may be revolutionized before the
next great sea battle. Italian experts
declare that concrete armor need not
be heavier than steel armor having the
same power of resistance.