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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-11
FIaAT.NO A Crocodile.
An Exciting Adventure In a Chinese
Timber Camp.

a chance visitor to a Chinese
timber camp has related in Cham
bers Journal an extraordinary ad-
venture with a crocodile, in which
the crocodile came very near having
the best of it: Arriving in my
boat at the little jetty or landing
place, was astonished to find Ora
ham, the white man in charge Of
the camp, lying on rattan couch
within a few yards Of the bank,
with heavy express rifle across his
knees, gazing intently at rough
fence erected in the stream.
Throwing myself down near him
in the welcome shade, learned the
following story:
1.-TWO nights before Graham was
sleeping peacefully in his little
palm leaf house, in clearing about
twenty yards from the river bank,
when his dog began to growl. Ora
ham turned out and walked round
the hut to ascertain the cause of
the disturbance, but, seeing moth
ing, addressed himself to the dog
in his usual vigorous sailing ship
language and retired to bed again
Five minutes later he was once
more aroused by a yelp from the
dog, and this time, really annoyed,
he seized a stick and sailed forth
to inhict punishment on the dis
turber of his dreams. Suddenly
dark form glided swiftly from the
shadows, and Graham felt himself
seized by the right knee as in a
wise. STOPPING to free himself, he
found he was in the grip of large
crocodile, whose teeth we're firmly
embedded in the flesh.
Backward and forward the
struggle swayed, the crocodile
striving to pull its destined victim
to the waters edge and Graham,
hampered as he was by his impris-
oned leg, fighting for his life to
reach higher ground. At last the
beast, hurting its victim to the
ground with a shake of its powerful
head. began to drag him swiftly to-
ward the water.
Poor Graham, feeling, as he ex-
pressed it, that it was all over bar
the shouting determined to make
one last effort for his life, and, TAX
ing advantage of a momentary halt
rs the brute was steering past a
tree stump, he sat up and succeeded
in getting both his thumbs into the
reptiles eye sockets-the only yul-
nerable part Of a crocodile's head.
"The rest of the story is per-
haps best told in Graham's own
words, or as nearly as circum-
stances viii permit:
GAS soon as l gets my thumbs
made fast in is eyes, e opens is
mouth to shout an lets 90 my leg.
linen hrst thing next mornln' the
coolies lays is breakfast for i'm, as
you see, an ! gets into this chair
an ere / stays, if it's a month";
"Vainly 1 tried to persuade him
to come away with me to the next
station and see a doctor. l argued |
with him, l implored him, but it
was absolutely useless. He refused |
to move from that chair till he had |
bagged his crocodile, and was at |
last obliged to leave him, having
dressed his leg and exhausted every
known means Of persuasion short Of
brute force.
II met him again a week later in
q hospital bed, suffering severely,
but quite happy in the knowledge
that the bones of that crocodile |
were bleaching in the sun outside
his house"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-11
[. & n.
TINE TABLE.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

No. 52-St. LOUIS Express, 1855 a. 10
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail, 1923 p. 10
No. &C. & st. L. Linn, SIS a. m
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 1855 p. mv
No. 94.-Dixie Flyer, 5:54 p. N
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. 5l-St. L. Express 5;95 D. N
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail 5:S9 a. N,
Nc. CSC. &N o. Lin. 1850 p. ID
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 7:05 a. m.
No. 95.-Dixie Flyer, 1882 a. no
No. 81 and "a connect at ST. Louis and other
pants west.
No. 81 connects at Gutnrie Tor MelaphR line
points as far south as Erin ana FOR Louisvile
c Ecinnku and the East.
No. IS and IS make direct connection at Guth.
rie ior Louisville, Cincinnati and all point
north and east Thereof. No. s. and IS also con.
meet Tor Memphis ana way points
70. % runs through 10 Chicago ana will not
carry passengers TO point Soutn Of EvanEvne e.
Also carries through slsepeTs TO St. Loul,.
No. 90 through sleepers 10 ATLANTA, NJ aeon,
Taekson vile, ST. Augustine an Tampa, Fla.
A no Pullman sleepers 70 New Orleans. Con-
iests at Guthrie for points East and West. 70.
g will net carry local passengers for potts North
NASHVILLE Tenn.
J, c. HOOE, Agt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-11
Need No Defense.

Mothers-in-law are much abused,
says a Washington Jurist, and many
OF the things said about them are SIAN
ders. The same is true Of many
things; why bother to defend themi
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-11
Wisdom and Luck

Wisdom gets a great deal OF the
credit to which luck is entitled.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14
A PHEASANT TALE.

It's wonder more don't raise pleas
ants. Big money in it, and pheasant
tastes so pleasant. In England they're
thick. On the Suffolk estate l0l 600
eggs were gathered and 300 birds
bagged in one season. It's like bee
hives of pheasants busted loose-like
shootin' with a mowin' machine
But Oregon didn't do so bad. Six
teen years after thirtylsix were turned
loose 100000 were shot. But some es-
tates didn't do so we'll Pheasants
were brought from Asia and Europe
ind served brand Of climate thOi
didn't suit their system We have
forty-'leven kinds. and those climates
should have been matched first.
They were turned loose on a new
fauna and fora without instructions as
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14
Catarrh Will Go
Relief Comes in Two Minutes-conn-
pIete Cure in Few Weeks


Don't go on hawking yourself sick
every morning; it's cruel, it's harm
full and it's unnecessary.
If after breathing HYOMEI the
wonder-worker, you are not rid of vile
catarrh. YOU can have your money
back
No stomach dosing-just take the
little hard rubber pocket inhaler that
comes with each outfit, and pour into
it few drops OF HYOMEI. Breathe
it according to directions. In two
minutes it will relieve you Of that
stuffed up feeling. Use it a few min-
utes every day, and in few weeks
you will be entirely free from cat
arrh.
Breathing HYOMEI is very pleas
ant and certain way to cure catarrh.
Get an outfit today; 1t only costs
81 90; it's worth $1,000 to any catarrh
sufferer. For sale by VIM. L. Gokay
and druggists everywhere. who guar
antee it to cure catarrh, Group,
coughs, colds, sore throat and bron-
chitis. After you once own Hyomei
hard rubber inhaler which comes with
the outfit, you can buy an extra bot
tie of HYOMEI liquid for only 80
cents; the inhaler lasts a life time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14

my name in your testimonials" Mira
II. w. MITCHELL, Box 8, Sabattus, Me.
Another Woman Helped.
, Graniteville, VT. I'll was passing
throughthe Change ofLife andsuffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia L. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restoredmy health and
strength, and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women l am willing you
should publish my letter" - Mrs.
CHARLES BARcLAY, R.F D., Granite
vile, VT.
Women who are passing through
this critical period or who are suffer
ing from any of those distressing illa
peculiar to their sex should not lose
sight of the fact that for thirty years
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, which is made from roots and
herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills. In almost every COM
lmunity you viii find women who
have been restored to health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14
SENATOR CLAY DEAD
Representative in Upper House Of
Congress from Georgia

Washington, Nov. 14-United
States Senator Alexander Stephens
Clay of Georgia died yesterday in
sanitarium in Atlanta, Ga.
Senator Clay had been in i'll health
for some time, In the past session
of congress he was forced to remain
away from the Senate chamber on
several occasions, although he refus-
ed to leave the floor until practically
forced to do so. The tariff session
was severe drain on his gradually
waning strength, for he gave close
attention to the debate attending the
drawing up of the Aldrich-Payne mea-
sure.
The senator had served in the SEN
ate continuously for IA years, having
been elected in 1896 to succeed John
b. Gordon. He was chairman of the
committee on woman suffrage and a
member of seven other committees
including the important committees
on appropriations and postoffices and
post roads. No man on either side OF
the chamber had better grasp OF
the important questions. coming be
fore those organizations than did Sen
ator Clay. He was strongly partisan
although he decided all questions OF
administration on their merit and
sought party advantage on the broad
field of principle.
The body was removed to the Clay
home at Marietta where the funera
services will be held tomorrow. Sen
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14
PRICES WILL CONE DOWN
That Is Provided Certain Things Hap
As Experts Claim

Chicago, Nov. 14.-Lower cost of
living in sight
That is the prediction of leading.
food experts today, in view of the re-
markable and continued decline in
the grain markets
1t is agreed that the decrease from
the high cost of living of the past
two years will be material IF
If the meat trust and the grain
gamblers do not coneer enough grain
and enough meat in elevators and
storage plants to keep prices up.
Here is the situation:
The worlds supply of foodstuffs
is much larger today than at the
same time last year Especially in
the United States is this true. Here
we have a supply of foodstuffs which
ought to do wonders toward solving
the high cost of living as far as the
table is concerned.
In the last nine weeks there has
been reduction of about % cents a
bushel in wheat, while corn has drop
I ped cent lower than that.
The time is ripe for prices on all
meats and breadstuffs. These should
4 be lower this winter than they have
been for several years if the law Of
supply and demand is allowed to reg
ulate the prices, unhampered by other
influences.
Wheat shot upwards few months
ago when the American crop was re-
ported as several million bushels
! short of Loot xraarie ,roduotfon TLo,
came reports OF bumper crops in
other wheat producing countries-the
Argentine, Russia and India.
These countries are now underselI-
Ing the American farmer in the for
eign markets and by so doing are
keeping American wheat at home.
The expectation of wheat from both
coasts has fallen off fully 60 per cent.
This will result in cheaper bread, IT,
as above mentioned, the grain gam
bier keeps his finger out OF the flour
bin.
The visible supply of wheat in the
United States is double what 1t was
year ago. It increased over 1000.
600 bushels last week, and is now
over 10000 bushels, nearly one.haIi
bushel for each man, woman and
child in the country. Last year at this
time it was 27000,000 bushels. Chica
go alone has now 100000 bushels
The big -four trust has bought large
quantities. The Armour Grain com
pany bought over 100000 bushels IL
one week.
The trade in -four has never beer
so dull before. Millers have sup
ply OF -four far exceeding the demand
The decline in corn rices result,
from the fact that the American far
mer Is hauling out Of his field the
It is, bumper crop. totaling over 8,
biggest corn crop he ever harvested
O0O,OO0,0O0 bushels, or over 100000
600 bushels more than last year.
And to set the price still lower tn,
Argentine Republic has also harvest
ed a big corn crop. This means tina
the American farmer will feed hi!
corn TO livestock rather than sell an,
thus hogs, cattle and sheep will b.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14
MARYs swegT REvENeE.

Mary Mary. sweet and contrary
How does your garden grove
Are those tomatoes getting redg
How is your cabbage row?'
"Oh, sir. I've had a horrid time!
A bachelor lives next door.
His hens have torn my garden up
My roses are no more.
"Ile went and shot my pretty cat.
His dos digs IN my yard,
Boohoo. lie is a nasty mani
ia Ike 10 hit him hard"
Mary. Mary, fearful Mary,
How grows the garden bed?
HOws that garden SASS. my pretty lassf
Is the bachelor stih ahead?'
oh sir I have sweet revenge!
| hirted with that bach
I made him think that l was rich,
And quick We made a match.
Il cooked those h0rnd. nasty hens.
To that vile dog yelled Scat
And now while he sweats with the hoe
l nurse my brand new cat
c. NJ BARNITZ.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14

ENGLISH COCK AND HEN PHEAsASTs.
to what bugs. worms aud greens were
good to eat. Food was not supplied.
and they died. Those accustomed to
hills were placed on plains. Those
whose habitat was plains with bushy
coverts were turned loose In dark for
ests. on bleak peaks and sandy deserts
1t was pure and simple case Of ma
turc taking.
Pheasants need variety of environ
ment. They feed. mate and multiply
best where are verdant hills, vine clad
groves and mountains interspersed
with cleaning streams, meadows and
fields Of grain 4 climate aud habitat
selected to suit their original haunts,
food and protection supplied when nee
essary. they should flourish million
miles away from home. and your Tn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14

more plentiful. This in turn means
lower priced pork chops, ham, bacon,
lard, steaks and mutton-the meat
trust willing.
Never in the history of the coun-
try hive so many cattle and sheep
been sent to the feed lots as this
year Feeders are everywhere turn
ing corn into meat at rate which
ought to be very satisfactory at the
corner butcher shop these coming
winter days.
Meat prices will have to drop, or
the meat trust will have to build ad-
ditional cold storage plants to hold
the surplus quantity.
The lowering of the prices of meats
and breadstuffs the two commodities
which eat the biggest holes in the
wife's table allowance, ought to
bring down with them prices of other
| foodstuffs, because the demand being
turned toward low-priced meats will
thereby lessen the demand for meat
substitutes which have been so large
/ ly eaten because of the high prices of
meal, and reckoning along the law of
supply and demand the latter should
come down too, making the cost OF
living as far as the table is concern.
ed much more reasonable than at any
time since the upward fight of food
stuffs began.
This downward tendency of food
stuff prices will give the farmer less
money for his crop. per bushel OF
pound. but the soil having given him
more bushels, the more bushels hav,
ing given more pounds of meat to sell
he'll come out even, or maybe ahead
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14

Gle Samuel has the goods to raise this
toothsome dainty for an epIcurean
world.
Pheasants are affected by the same
conditions and diseases that affect
chickens. aud the feeding and housing
Of adult birds are nearly the same.
The varieties best adapted TO this
country are the English and the Eng
lIsh aud Chinese crossed
The birds In our pictures were raised
by Riverside boy In his fathers yard.
They were fed like chicks and when
grown were placed in a large screened
run yard and housed aud fed Like
chickens
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14

10 OriI 0und q no
TYR Pills before
childbirth, and we
lare all surprised &
lsee how much good
lit did. My pllysi-
ician said WfthOus
doubt it was the
ICompound that
helped YOU ]
thank you for your
kindness in Using
.Ime and give you full
permission to use
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14

ator Clay who was 81 years old, is
survived by a widow, five sons and
daughter, besides his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Clay Of Cobb county.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-14
HER
PHYSICIAN
APPROVES
Taking lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Sabattus, Maine.-"You told me 20
take LNia /. Iinkham Vegetable
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-26
NEW BATTLESHIP READY.
South Carolina Will Become Active
Part of Navy Next Week.

Philadelphia, Feb. 26.-The South
Carolina, one of the first of the all big
gun battleships, will become a part cf
the active strength of the United
states navy at the League Island navy
yard next week, when she will be for
mally placed i'm commission, with Cap
tain Augustus Fechtler as her first
commander. The South Carolina is a
sister ship of the Michigan. which was
recently placed in commission here.
The most distinguishing feature OF
these two giant lighting machines arc
their four great turrets. out of each
Of which protrudes a pair of 12-inch
guns of the latest and most powerful
tyne. II is expected that the South
Carolina. soon after going into COM
mission. will be ordered TO Charleston
to receive the magnificent silver serv-
ice 20 be presented TO her by the state
whose namc she bears.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-26
TOUR OF Gar FREDERICK OF
NO SIGNIFICANCE IT'S SAID
Monarch Of Bulgaria Likes to
Travel aed Russia is First
Objective Point.
EASTERN QUESTION REVIVED

Vienna, Feb. ga slight revival of
interest in the Near Eastern question
mas been occasioned this week by the
visit OF Car Ferdinand of Bulgaria to
Car Nicholas of Russia. Political ru-
mors are always rife when potentates
travel though, as a matter of fact,
but little importance should be at
tached to their visits, for history shows
that international relations are never
seriously affected by these official
courteses
or all the sovereigns of Europe the
Journeyings of the Bulgarian ruler
certainly should attract the least at
tention, for he is nearly always con
the CO." Though comparatively young
In years-today. by the bye is his
forty-ninth NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has
probably travelled more extensively
than any other European ruler Some
thirty years ago he visited the United
States and later made a voyage of ex-
ploration into the unknown regions of
South America. During the first few
years that followed his election as
Prince of Bulgaria his frequent jour
neys to the capitals of Europe involv-
ed such expense and kept him away
from Sofia so much that for time
his popularity among his own people
suffered
Ii Is but natural that on his present
tour Of the courts of Europe, the first
he has made since Bulgaria succeeded
i'm throwing off the suzerainty of the
Porte. Ferdinand should elect to make
the Russian court his first objective
point. Russia, acting through motives
not wholly unselflsh was the first of
the powers to recognize Ferdinand as
full-fledged and independent sover-
eign. In order to induce Russia to
recognize his claims as an indepen-
dent sovereign Ferdinand aroused the
resentment of Austria Hungary by vio-
lating solemn promises which he had
made to the Vienna government in
connection with the conclusion of a
treaty of commerce, and also offended
the religious sentiment OF the greater
part of Europe by causing his eldest
boy. Prince Boris, to be converted from
Catholicism to the Russian Church.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-26
U. S. STRONG IN CANADA.
American Factories Representing Over
s15OOO0,co0 Are in Operation.


Ottawa. ont, Feb. 26.-1t is estimat-
ed that there. are now between $50 and
200 American factories or branches of
American factories in Canada, fifty of
these being in Toronto and twenty In
Hamilton. and that between Sl50'OOO.-
GOO ana S2OO. 1000 600 OF American capi-
tai is invested in Industrial enterprises
IN the Dominion.
The transfer of industries and of
capital is bound 20 continue. assisted
by the tariff and the opportunities for
Investment which the Dominion now
afords. according To industrial experts
who have studied the conditions. Re-
taliatory measures approaching COM
mcrcial nonintercourse may check the
movement these experts say. but only
temporarily and only partially.
I'm plain English. the United States
has announced TO Canada that unless
this country gets busy and proves it
self innocent OF favoring other nations
the United states will swat us with its
maximum tarim on March 81" says the
ottawa Citizen. in discussing the tarlf
question. The paper then goes on O.
say that Canada Is not looking Tor
trouble. that "a has not Disseminated
against the United states and that u
has neither the need or the inclination
to plead its cause with that country.
Relative tR "blustcring." the same
paper says: Germany tried that. and
got The worst of a. The United states
has great deal more 20 lose by such
n course than Germany had
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-26
NEW CAR HERE TOMORROW.
Calumet People Will Have Opportunity
to See New "Diner."

Announcement has. been made by
the Copper Range officials in Calumet
that the new combination dining and
observation car, which was received
this week from the Pullman factories
at Chicago, will be brought to Calumet
tomorrow. The new car will be tested
over all the terminals of the road. Its
wheel base is much longer than that
of most cars. and it will be tried on the
various curves. The car is one of the
latest manufactured. 1t is expected
that large number of local people
will inspect it tomorrow. 1t will ar
rive here about noon. Vice President
and General Manager r. r. McKeever
will also visit Calumet.
1t is planned by the officials to place
the new car in commission In the near
future. IT will run from Calumet to
Claiming and return as a part of the
st. paul train. providing the patrons
of this service with up-to-date parlor
and dining facilities. The train will
also run out of Laurium, and will prove
q big convenience for the residents OF
that village.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-26
UNDER CHURCH SPIRES
In CALUMET TOMORROW

A knee drill will be conducted at
the Salvation Army barracks on Sew
enth street at o'clock tomorrow
morning. The services is a special
prayer service, and it is expected that
the attendance will be large.
Services at the Red Jacket Congre-
gational church will be as usual to-
morrow morning and evening. In the
morning, Rev. Mandus Barrett will
preach on, "The Prerogatives of a De-
vout Life" and in the evening, "The
Backbone Of Character"
At the First Presbyterian church of
Calumet, Rev. ID. ID. Stalker will preach
tomorrow morning on the theme. al
most Persuaded" and i'm the evening.
"The Gateway Into the Kingdom
Rev. A. E. Healey, pastor of the Os-
ceola NJ. T.. church has recovered from
his recent illness and viii occupy the
pulpit at that church tomorrow morn
ing.
Il. Minors of Pewabic will preach
at tho Boston NJ T.. church i'm the
morning and in the evening, Rev. A. Z.
Healey will preach.
The sacrament of the LORDS supper
will be observed at the usual morning
service at the Calumet NJ. r.. church,
and in the evening, Rev. E. Sedweek
will preach on, THE purpose of Divine
Fellowship"
Int
Pascoe of Hancock. will conduct the
morning service at the Tamarack NJ.
T.. church and in the evening the pas
to. Rev. J. c. McCune will preach
on. "The Good shepherd or the Advo-
cate"
At the Laurium NJ. Il. church, Rev
w. NJ. ward will preach on the "Prln-
ciplc of Methodism." i'm the morning
and, "The Reign of the Demagosue'
i'm the evening.
ITO Walk Humbly With Cod" is the
theme selected by Rev. ]. A. Ten
Broeck for his morning discourse II
the Christ church. Episcopal, tomorro" "
morning The usual evening services
will be held
Services at the Calumet Congrega
tional church viii be i'm charge of Rev
l.. X. Long, both morning and evening
The morning subject is. Let No Mar
Rob You of Your Prize" and for the
evening. what and Where are Youl
Treasures"
Special services will be conducted
at the First Baptist church Of Lauriuo
tomorrow evening. The service is call
ed. "An Evening With Hymn Writers
The program will include solos, quar-
tcttcs and readings.