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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
Tennyson's First Poems.

The wind came sweeping through the
garden OF an old Lincolnshire rectOry
one morning in the beginning Of last
century and blew upon child Of Eve
wears olG. UhV opened his arms to the
blast and let it carry him along. cry
!ng ~ he travelled. II hear voice
hats calling ia the wind" That was
TcunyS0n's hrst line II poetry. The
first poem be ever composed was writ
lcu upou . slate one Sunday morning
at LoUth. The subject, set him by his
brother Charles, was FLOWERS" and
little Alfred covered his slate with
blank verse after the model Of Thorn
sons Seasons His next attempt was
an elegy upon his grandmother, who
had just died. written at the request
of his grandfather. When it was writ
ten the old man put 10 shillings into
the boys hand and said, There, that
is the first money you have ever earn
ed by your poetry, and, take my word
for it. it will be the ast.'-Westmin-
ster Gazette
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
Opanina an OYSTER.

The Cooks Oracle" a book which
was never far from the kitchens of our
great -grandmothers. is very precise in
its directions as to the proper manner
of preserving and eating oysters, says
an English journal. The true lover
of an oyster" writes the author, will
have some regard for the feelings Of
his little favorite and will never aban-
don it to the mercies of bungling OPP
orator. but will open it himself and
contrive to detach the fish from the
she'll so dexterously that the oyster is
hardly conscious he has been elected
from his lodging till he feels the teeth
of the piscivorous gOurmand tickling
him to death"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
GOOD IN SPIDERS.
They Don't Bite and Do Kill Many In
furious Insects.

They Don't Bite and Do Kill Many In
furious insects.
1 think it can be said that there
never has been one absolutely authen-
tic case Of spider bite. The so called
spider bites received occasionally, and
generally In early summer. often in
bed, are inflicted by certain blood
sucking insects Of several species.
large and small The mandibles of
the average sized spiders are hardly
powerful enough to pierce the human
skin, and all of the poison contained
In an arachnid's glands injected into
the 6esh Of a human bling will not
make as much fuss as a respectable
bee sting. Moreover. spiders are not
mammal bloodsuckers and wouldn't
bite If they could. So much for the
negative qualities Of spiders.
IL it were not for the spiders we
should all promptly starve to death.
Perhaps this is a little startling; It Is
none the less true To enlarge upon
II, certain spiders prey upon certain'
caterpillars, regularly inhabit theLr
abodes and kill so many Of them that
often whole colonies OF the insects are
/ wiped out Of existence. These cater
pillars normally feed upon the leaves
Of trees, bushes and shrubs, frequent-
IL entirely denuding a plant II they
we're plentiful enough to exhaust their
common food they would turn to the
weeds and grasses, Without check of
any kind they would overrun the
earth and destroy every green and
growing thing. The spiders beauti-
fully preserve the balance of NATURE
S. F. Aaron 10 Golfers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
TRIAL BY RICE.
The Way Suspected Criminals In Benz
gal Are Treated.

gal Are Treated.
They have peculiar methods Of try
ing suspects 10 Bengal one of these
is called trial by rice says a writer
in the Wide World Magazine. After a
priest had been consulted as to an
suspicious day every person suspected
and those who were usually near the
place at night were ordered to be pres
ent at 10 o'clock that morning. On
that date all turned up. First the
people were made to sit in a semi
circle, and plate" "a square of plan
tain leaf was set before each. Then
priest walked up and down chanting
aud scattering flowers. These said
flowers. by The way. must be picked by
"A Brahmap and they must be those
which are facing the sun. This cere-
rony over. Que OF the clerks went to
each man and gave him about two
ounces of dry raw rice and told him to
chew it to "a pulp. Then commenced
what looked like a chewing match.
After about ten minutes had elapsed
they were told to stop and eject it into
the plaintain leaf All did so easily
with the exception Of three men. In
the case of these three the chewed
rice had in two cases become slightly
noistened. but not sufficiently so to al
low of it's being easily elected. and
they had much ado to get rid Of it.
The third man had chewed his into
-four. and it came out as such, perfect
Nv dry. One of these three men prompt
ly commenced to cry and begged for
mercy, confessing everything and stat
ing that man No. 3, who had acted as
a kind Of -four MILL was the chief in
stigator. 1t is a curious fact that fear,
arising from an evil conscience, pre-
vents saliva coming to the mouth. with
the result described.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
This Was In Denmark.

An Englishman having business in a
certain Danish town arrived at the
railway station. He inquired OF a
group Of men standing near the way to
the house he wanted, whereupon one
of them offered to go with him and
show him. With recolections Of what
such a service meant in England he
said. II don't want a guide but
surely you asked us 10 show you the
way" said one Of them. "YeS. but l
don't want guide" MY dear sir. l
am not a guide; am the bishop"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
Her Distress.

Mary, aged fourteen. was found one
day by an older sister sobbing and cry
ing.
what is the natter" she asked
with great concern.
Three boys have asked me TO so ia
the dance tonight" was the uneXpect
ed reply.
We'll. my dear child. certainly thai
Is not such a terrible misfortune"
''Yes. but l told the first one 1 would
so with him. and the last one was a
long painter"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
To-day and To-morrow.

Happy men are full of the present,
for its bounty sutIices them and wise
men also. for its duties engage them.
Our grand business undoubtedly is
not to see what lies dimly at a dis
lance, but to do what lies clearly at
hand. - Edward Fitz Gerald. Polo
MUS"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
Charm.

Tact, courtesy good manners, neat
ness OF appearance, absence of obnox-
ious mannerisms, gentleness. amiabil.
ity, deference-all these enter into
that composite quality we call charm
which excuses in its possessor. SC
many shortcomings we call by harsh
er names In those who have 1t not.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30

How do you recognize an infant in
dustryt" inquired an English tourist
Of a colonial politician.
Like most infants answered the
politician. lit Is recognized by the
amount Of noise il makes when il
wants 70 be noticed London Tele
graph
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30

DO the Bankers own their piaaOr
'One octave Of it."-Life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
Important Il True.

Miss Kim told your husband, I'M
der the influence of the wine at din
ner the other night, declared he had
married beauty and brains" Mrs.
b. Well, Well How nice. Miss K
Nice? Aren't you going to investi-
gate? Evidently he's bigamist-
Newark Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
Romance In Hiah Life.

so that helress is engaged TO a no
beman."
ayes"
eAnd YOU say the affair was ROMAN
tic?
ooh. very. Why, the duke was ever
TOO poor to hire lawyer Kansas
City Journal
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30

Mrs. Benham-lou still insist thA
woman has more curiosity than man
Benham-Sure. Did you ever know
man TO waut 10 dnd out II he could geI
on street car backward without com
hitting suicide?- York Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
Afraid Of consequences,

Dog Halter ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, here,
sir. VIII that dog bite me? Dog
Owner (scornfulIyl-Do you suppose he
has no instinct Of self preservatiOn?--
baltimore American.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30
Handicapped.

"Precocious children do not always
grow up to be geniuses." mo" an.
swered Miss Cayenne. Sometimes
they are kept so busy thinking up odd
things for their fathers to tell down
town that they neglect the ordinary
branches of education. Washington
Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-30

The sagacious are generally lucky
BackwOOd.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
Tariff

The wholesale dry goods merchants
OF New York, representing 104 houses
dealing in cotton goods, have prepared
an object lesson on the effect of the
Aldrich schedules on cotton cloth.
Five samples of cloth have been
placed on a poster and beside each
sample there is an analysis of the
Aldrich shedule as applied to that
particular cloth and a statement of
the effect on its cost and selling price.
A plain bleached cloth for women's
and children's wear shows an increase
of duty of 93& per cent. If the cost
of this cloth should be advanced a
half cent a yard, the increase in the
duty would be 121R per cent. Simple
colored dress goods used by the
masses shows an increase of 51b per
cent; plain dyed cotton cloth, an in
crease of q per cent; common col
ored sateen used by women for skirts,
waists, dress Innings, etc., will bear
a duty 46h per cent. higher. 1t is
said that Senator Aldrich has agreed
to the concessions demanded by the
president on raw materials. But that
will hardly pay the extra clothing bill
of the men and ONE of the coun-
try. Some object lessons are needed
to cause the people to open their eyes
to the facts behind this tariff jugglery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
Aldrich's Nav.

Here are the tariff rates Senator
Aldrich wants to put on laces: Cost
ing five cents or less per dozen yards,
two cents per dozen yards; costing
more than five cents per dozen yards,
two-tifths of one cent for each cent in
value, and in addition thereto on all
of the foregoing 80 per centum ad
valorem."
That is to say, if Aldrich has his
way, all laces costing five cents or
a dozen yards must pay a tax
of 70 per cent, while the cheaper
laces must pay more than 10 per cent.
If there are laces costing as little as
two cents a dozen yards the tariff
rate on them would be 100 per cent.
Why did not Aldrich give the tariff
rates in plain English in his bill?
The answer is that Aldrich tried
to hide the fact that he is ~endeavoring
to raise the tariff on laces above the
60 per cent. or less in tn present tar
iff law, though even the existing rates
are too high.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
Session of Tariff Education.

The present tariff session is the
most instructive in the history of con.
gress. The people never before have
learned as much or learned 1t so rap
idly concerning the dishonesty and
the cost of high protection. Even ii
the law resulting from this session
should be no Improvement on the
Dingley act, or If it should be still
more costly to the people, still more
favorable to the trusts, yet the session
will not have been without great ben
eft. 1t may be said ever now, regard
less Of the precise form of the fin
ished bill, that the real fight for tariff
revision has just begun. The people
have become wise to the impositions
they are made to endure. The agita-
ton Of substantial and equitable re-
auctions in the import duties will con-
tinue and along more intelligent lines,
until justice is accomplished.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
THE NEW WOMAN
Made Over by Quitting Coffee.

Coffee probably wrecks a greater
percentage of Southerners than of
Northern people for Southerners use
it more freely.
The work it does Is distressing
enough in some instances; as an Illus
t~ration, a woman of Richmond, Va,
writes:
Il was a coffee drinker for years
and for about six years my health was
completely shattered. ] suffered fear
fully with headache and nervousness,
also palpitation of the heart and loss
Of appetite.
my sight gradually began to fail
and finally I lost the sight of one
eye altogether. The eye was op-
Grated upon and the sight partially
restored, then 1 became totally blind
in the other eye.
"My doctor used to urge me to
give up coffee, but I was willful and
continued to drink it until finally in a
case of severe illness the doctor in
sisted that I must give up the coffee,
so I began using Postum, and in a
month | felt like a new creature.
Il steadily gained in health and
strength. About a month ago | be-
gan using Grape-Nuts food and the
effect has been wonderful. I really
feel like a new woman and have
gained about rs pounds.
Il am quite an elderly lady and be.
fore using Postum and Grape-nuts |
could not walk a square without x
ceeding fatigue, now | walk ten or
twelve without feeling it. Formerly
in reading | could remember but little
but now my memory holds fast what
| read.
Several friends who have seen the
remarkable effects Of Postum and
Grape-Nuts on me have urged that !
give the facts to the public for the
sake Of suffering humanity, so, al
though I dislike publicity, you can
publish this letter II you like"
Read "The Road to Wellyille,n IN
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever rend the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. The,
are genuine, true, und full Of hurnoS
interest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
FORGOT THE TARIFF
ROOSEVELT TO BLAME FOR PRES
EMIT CONDITIONS.
In the Light of His Record Talk of
Recalling the Ex-President to
the White House Is Pal
pabiy Absurd.

Bishop Bell Of Los Angeles is quot
ed as saying in an address before a
California chautauqua:
IF President Taft fails to make
good on the tariff and %disappoints the
people after making them promises, it
may be necessary to recall to the
White House our dearly beloved Theo-
dore."
Either the good bishop is not IA
miliar with the record, or else is a
subscriber to the homely old phiIos-
ophy that the hair of the dog is good
for the bite.
His dearly beloved Theodore" took
office with the promise to carry out
the policies of his predecessor. It
was a happy expression, and chimed
with both the sense of the situation
and the sentiment of the times. Mr..
Mckinley had served with the utmost
a~cceptability in the White House, and
at the hour of his death the country
was prospecting as never before. 1t
was good to hear from his successor,
therefore, that the country should full
ly realize on what was contained in
the Mckinley policies.
Now it so happened that Mr.. Nc
Kinley in his last public speech had
committed himself to tariff revision.
Had he lived he would have asked of
congress at its next session-less
than three months away--a revision
on protection lines of the Dingley
law, then but four years old. He had
stated the case in his Buffalo address.
Why did not Mr.. Roosevelt take
that up with congress? 1t was not
only in line with his promise, but
the very thing the country expected.
Had he done so, terrifying his mes
sage with references to Mr.. McKin-
ley's authority in the field of the tar
if, he would undoubtedly have Sc.
cured action on the subject.
But, for some reason, he passed
over the tariff at that time, and ad.
dressed himself to other things. Later
his attention was called to the sub
ject, and then he promised a message
but sent it in. The tariff was
lost in the strenuous shuttle, and not
a step was taken by him toward car.
rying out the most momentous pol
icy Mr.. Mckinley had in mind when
death took him.
So that If our tariff task is to-day
unusually difficult, whose fault Is it sc
much as that of the mar Bishop Bel
would call to office again to save the
country" Who does not know the in
equalities of the Dingley law coult
have been corrected with comparative
ease eight years ago if an appeal haC
been made In Mr.. McKinley's name
and the influence of the national ad
ministration thrown in it's favor? Ant
why did Mr.. Roosevelt, after pledgins
himself to the Mckinley policies, neg
lect the most important of them ant
permit the country to drift into thu
present tariff embarrassments? Asl
Mr.. Aldrich.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
Dead issues and LIVING Ones.

Party measures based upon party
principles come and go, changing with
the times. But the principles never
change or die.
The venal jobbery that sent Vice
President Schuyler Colfax into retire
ment, Blaine's mercenary use of the
speakership, the sutlership scandals
that brought impeachment of Belknap,
the knavery of the carpetbaggers and
some other Republican sins to which
reference is made In the Tilden plat
form of 1876 are dead issues.
Unfortunately the Republican waste
of the public money, the multiplied
ton of unnecessary Offices, the atroc-
tiles of the robber tariff, the centrali-
cation of power in Washington and
some other Republican sins which the
Democratic platform of 1875 touched
sharply continue to be issues that are
still very much alive.
The Democratic party must push
them to the front in next years con-
gressional elections. Turn the rascals
out,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
People,s interests BETRAYED.

In the long history Of tariff monger-
ing there has never been a more
shameless betrayal Of the people than
the present form Of the Payne-Aldrich
bill. This bill, with its maximum and
minimum clause and other features
Intended to impede and kill impcrta-
ton for the benefit Of an already enor-
mously rich ring Of trusts, will in
crease the cost Of living enormously
and place the consumer at the mercy
of the ~monopolists who . lay tolls
upon all the necsssaries Of life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
I.-continued.

~" W. -Ht ~
Shortly after his determination to
tell Kate half a truth, Darlington left
the office and made an early train into
New Jersey. All the way over to the
Cavenaugh station he was restless and
uneasy. The fatal papers still reposed
in his pocket. He had not dared to
leave them in the office safe; his part
ner, who had had no hand In the In
vestigation, might stumble across
them, and that was the last thing in
the world he desired. He knew not
exactly what to do with them; for
they burned like fire In his pocket,
and seemed to scorch his fingers
whenever he touched them to learn
If they we're still there. A thousand
and one absurd suggestions assailed
him. Surprising, for instance, there
should be a wreck; %supposing he
should be robbed; s%upposing he should
leave his vest on the links; and so
forth and SO forth. 1t was very de-
pressing. II only he stood in the open,
Handicapped; If only he might
throw the gauntlet at Cavenaugh's
feet the moment they met!
An, IL he had only attended to his
town affairs! But he hadn't; and his
.inquisitiveness had plunged him into
"a Chinese tangle from which there
seemed to be no exit. But there was
IAN exit; only, If at that moment Cas-
isandra had whispered the secret into
his ear, it would have appealed to him
las the most improbable thing under
the sun. However, there r no trust
worthy Cassandras these sordid days;
"a single look into the future costs a
dollar; and as for Greek chosuses,
they trundle push-carts on the East
side.
He had broken bread and eaten salt
lat Cavenaugh's table and now 1t was
4decreed that he must betray him. It
was not a pleasant thought. And still
less pleasant was the thought Of tell
ing Kate Tin a roundabout fashion,
Ut is true) that her father was not an
honest man. According to financial
ethics, what Cavenaugh did was sim
ply keen business instinct; nothing
more. II you or should happen to
bend an odd cornice Of the majestic
pillar Of law we'd be hailed Off to the
county jail forthwith; but II we
possessed the skill to smash the whole
fabric, or, rather, to continue the met
;aphor, the whole pillar, the great
world would sit up and admire us.
What are old laws for, anyhow? Build
you SO wisely your law, there
will always be some one to come
along and tack on b nice little amend
ment, subtly undoing in a moment
what it took years Of labor to accom-
plish. In this instance Cavenaugh had
been careless; he had forgotten to in
troduce his amendment. An infinites-
imal grain Of sand will stop the best
regulated clock. The infallible invari-
ably die on the heels Of their first
victory,
On leaving the traip, Darlington es-
pied the C~avenaugh station carriage,
The coachman was talking to a little
wiry old man, whose gray ayes twin
killed. and whose complexion was mot
tiled and withered like q wind-fall ap'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
SHOWN IN THEIR TRUE LIGHT
BY Their Action on the Tariff the
West Is Enabled TO Knows Its
Friends and Enemies.

Tariff standpatters are o before
the country in their true light. The
vote on the Aldrich senate bill is lu-
minous. The west now knows its
friends and its enemies.
Aldrieh passed his tariff bill in the
senate by playing on the cupidity and
~selishness of other senators, regard
less of party lines. He knew, and
those that voted with him knew, that
his bill is a violation of the solemn
pledges of the Republican party to re-
duce the burdens of American con-
sumers.
When these high tariff apostles
claim that they are following the Re
publican party's mandate, on the tariff
reform issue, they add falsehood to
treachery. Their bill is in the inter-
est of the pampered trusts. On no i'm
portant schedule does it attempt a
genuine downward" revision, as
promised consumers by the Republi-
al party.
Let the west do honor to the Re-
publican boilers. These men fought
a winning fight, though temporarily
showed under by Aldrich and other
agents of the New England mill
bosses. They have kindled a flame OF
enthusiasm for genuine tariff reform
that can not die out until the peoples
victory is won.
The west knows it's friends, and
party lines will have little weight
when the next popular appeal is made.
The standpatters are merely digging
a ditch for their own destruction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05

The CIothesIine Test,

"Let me see her clothes on the
line" said an old-fashioned woman re-
Gently, "and l can tell you if she is a
good housekeeper." The test lies in
the way the garments are hung, If
the skirts are scattered around pro-
miscuously the woman let's garbage
stand on her kitchen table owe night.
The shirts, like we men, should always
hang together, shoulder to shoulder,
and everything of it's kind should hang
In a row.-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
Old Game of Foolino the People.

While the talk at the White House
is of the necessity of keeping the
party's promises to the people that the
tariff should be revised downward,
the Republican conferees are keeping
the old Dingley wool and WOODEN
schedules in the new tariff and also
keeping campaign promises privately
made that the Dingley schedules
should be retained in their entirety.
Whether congress will consent to rat
ify the deal remains to be seen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05
sentiments Of the Tin Workers.

In the Pittsburg Sun Of July is is
this advertisement:
sixty tin house men, timers,
catchers and helpers, to work in open
shops; Syrians, Poles and Roumani-
n preferred; steady employment and
good wages for men willing to work;
fare paid and no fees charged for this
work"
We have marched, rooted and voted
for Blaine, Harrison, Mckinley. and
Big Bill. Now we car go to hell.
Tariff for protection of American la
Dor. Tut, tut!