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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02
He Saw Double.

Mr.. Lushleigh came up the stair
way with his shoes in his hand and
his hat hanging precariously upon
one ear, singing, eve Won't Go
Home Till Morning" with won
drous disregard for pronunciation
and melody. Mrs. Lushleigh met
him with a cold stare and exclaim-
ed:
"Well, to see you in such a condi-
ton! William Henry Lushleigh, |
am beside myself with indigna-
tion~
"Thash ri'," agreed Mr.. Lush
leigh, modify watching the bureau
as it waltzed about him, "thash ri
you're beshide y'shelf. 1 en- see
you right there beshide y'shelf.
Glad you tol me. Was beginning
to Think I'sh a bigamisht."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02
POWER or IMAGINATION.
A Druggists story Of How Il Worked
In Ono Case.

IN Ono Cdoes
"The power of imagination, said
a New York druggist, Sis past com
prehension. Not long since a do
nestic in the employ Of promi-
nent family came into the store in
great haste with prescription
which called for two grains of NOR
phine in two ounces Of aqua pura--
that is. distilled water--the accom-
panying direction reading, "A tea
spoonful every hour until the pain
is allayed.' The patient for whom
it was intended was the head OF the
family, who was suffering from a
severe attack Of nervous neuralgia
'Now, it so happened that the
family physician who had written
the prescription was behind the
counter when the messenger arriv-
ed, having dropped in, as was his
wont, on the way to his Office.
While l was putting up the pre-
scription we chatted and laughed
and joked and passed the time Of
day as only professional men are
capable of doing. | filled the bot
tie, eorked it carefully and labeled
it properly, and when the retreat
ing form of the domestic had dis
appeared out of the store door re-
turned to my companionable physi-
clan visitor. As | did so / saw to
my amazement the two grains OF
morphine reposing upon the pre-
scription scales.
"Doctor,' l calculated, I've Civ
en- that girl nothing but distilled
water. The morphine is here.
| Look at it. What shall I do?'
"Do?' he replied, with admira-
bic sang froid. DO: Why, nothing
at all. I'll wager you that the aqua
pura will work as well without the
opiate as with it.
"'Agreed.' said I. And do you
know, concluded the pharmacist,
"the doctor was right, and the pa
tient with the nervous neuralgia
an exceptionally intelligent col
lege bGed man-was sleeping as
peacefully as a babe after the sec
ond dose Of the 'miXMre' Faith is
everythingswhere medicine is con-
cerned."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02
Horseshoes.

There were horseshoes as far
back as history can take us, but
they were not iron ones fastened bv
nails to the hoof. When such shoes
first came into use will probably
never be known. The ancient horse
shoes-those used by the Greeks.
Romans and others-were plates
covering the entire bottom of the
foot and fastened by throngs fixed
about the animals ankle. The old
est horseshoe nails found by an
tiquaries date back to the time of
Childeric l., who died in 4S1. 1t
is generally understood that horse
shoes were introduced into England
by William the Conqueror in 1866.
New York American.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02

The utter rout Of the attackers was
imminent unless support arrived
speedily.
Hand to hand face to face, arm to
arm. man to man, fought the stubborn
grenadiers who won at Waterloo with
the rawboned. uucouth, unframed he
roes OF the backwoods.
Back. back they surged.
But il was not the backwoodsmen
the fur capped squirrel hunters nor
VOLTS shaFpshoters that fell back.
The British grenadiers gave way be
fore the onslaught of men who, hav-
ing nothing but their lives TO offer
their country. freely offered all they
had
In the fore part of the supporting
column Gilbert Steele sped headlong
into the fray. Grasping bis musket
| by the barrel with both hands, be
welded the stock into the faces Of
his foes. OF sudden it shattered into
pieces against the appraised gun Of an
| Irish giant, and he drew from his belt
| a wicked curved bladed dirk which he
! had purchased at wharf in New Or
! leans from a seaman who had brought
/ it from Morocco.
! On he lunged. distancing his nearess
friend. until he was practically alone
in u struggle in small group of the
enemy at one side of the main conflict
| Eyes and nostrils dilated, nerves
/ a-quiver, Gilbert Steele was superman
when something struck him-some-
where-he could not tell just where
or how-and a great blackness de-
scended over the eyes and the brain Of
the young patriot
He gasped for breath. clutched at
his bosom and fell choking to his
knees. Then his head bent forward
and he lay huddled in. motionless
| pile beside a dismounted cannon
A sallow faced, pockmarked Brit
Usher reclaimed from the Whitechapel
slums and who had seen service In
India mopped blood from the side Of
his jaw and mumbled to the man be-
side him.
"'E was game, but l broke his neck
with my bare fist"
Thus speaking, he stumbled on. kick
ing vengefuny the PROSTATE body of
Gilbert Steele as he went
And many miles away there was one
who watched and hoped and prayed
for the return Of Gilbert Steele
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02
A Useful Remedy.

Little jamie, aged three, was play
ing with his little friend. Jack. AT the
time jamie CHANGED TO have a rather
heavy cold and was sneezing quite
often. Jacks mother heard him sew
eral times and alphabetically asked:
why, jamie. what a cold you haVe'
Doesn't your mother give you any
thing for it?" yes ma'am," jamie
very respectfully answered. 'She gives
me a clean handkerchief whereupon
he produced the prescribed remedy
--Delineator.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02
The Way Of the World.

Four-year-old James awakened
early one morning and found his ia
Their dressing by lamplight and ask,
ed why he was up so early. "ToI
earn potatoes for you, my lad" was
his fathers reply. Presently James
slowly climbed out of bed, and his
father asked why he got up so early.
"Why, to eat the potatoes" came
the answer.-Delineator.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02
sun Cooking.

A German, Baron Tehernhausen,
was the first sun cook. He began in
1887 TO boil water, and in 1858 he had
very good success in boiling eggs.
Sir John Herschel and Button are 9th
er famous names associated with sun
cooking. Sun cooking-roasting and
boiling by sunlight instead of coal or
gas-has been going on for three hun
dred years, There are sun stoves
that roast a slrloin or boil soup TO
perfection They are only used, how
ever, by scientists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02
An Interesting Link.

One eurioas incident in the siege
of BaSajos may be related. The day
after the assault two Spanish ladies,
the younger beauAful girl of four
teen, appealed for help to two offs
GERS Of the rifles, who were passingI
through one of the streets of the
town. Their dresses were torn,
their ears. from which rings had
been roughly snatched, were bleed
ing, and to escape outrage or death
they cast themselves on the protec-
ton of the first British officers thew
met. One of the officers was Cap
tain Harry Smith of the rifles. Two
years later he married the girl he
had saved in a scene so wild. Cap
tain Harry Smith in after years
served at the Cape as Sir Harry, and
this Spanish girl, as Lady Smith,
gave her name to the historic town
which Sir George White defended
with such stubborn valor.-"Wel-
lington's Men"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02

jet was not the one that was worry
| ing him
Perhaps. after all. it was the girl
that the men with Wolf had seen him
! with who was responsible for his
! Cropping spirits Yes. thar must be
| i-. the men finally reasoned. But they
could not understand why Of all men
I Ebert steele should he disturbed over
81 girl. Surely youth of his makeup
ana personality would never lack at
tention from and admirers among the
! women folks. 10. indeed! OF this
they were assured.
Forward march, At last the wei
come order came. But a very few
hours now would pass ere the momen-
tous issues at stake on that day would
be decided
I The detachment to which Gilbert
had been assigned was TO occupy
line of trenches outside the earth
works which partially protected New
Orleans. An attack was to be made
on the right flank of the British line;
then these attackers would fall back
behind the Notifications. 1t devolved
lupon Steele and his associates to aid
in covering the retreat Of the attack
ing division and to repel the onslaught
of the Brltishers which, it was well
calculated. would follow.
The maneuver. as briefly Indicated
was one of great strategic importance
to the American side. General Jack
son had outlined it 10 his staff, and
they unanimously indorsed it.
The onslaught began. The Ameri-
cans valiantly assaied the forbidding
lines of grenadiers Cannon thunder
ed. rifles spat their deadly missiles.
swords glistened before the brightness
of blue steel became dulled with
blood, men and horses writhed and
screamed in the death agony, prayers
and curses were heard on every side
amid the awful din, men who had
souls and men who had lost their souls
went down in the hellish holocaust to
sin no more, fathers stabbed fathers
and rode them down with sharp shod
chargers. towards killed brave men
and brave men killed towards, all on
springtime morning, for the ghouish
imp of misrule was running amuck
among mankind. eager for the harvest
Of tears. suffering and death.
A false king had decreed that honest
men should murder one another IN or
der to support his dishonest govern
ment and so his men went forth %
battle. singing hymns in cause they
little knew was unholy.
Gilbert steele lay in the trench
barely deep enough 10 shelter him
from the singing messengers of lead
that threatened him
The exultaton of the lighting man
combating his mortal foe sent his
blood a-tlngllng. thrilled his throbbing
J heart. captured his soul.
The fears If Yesterday. the Fremont
tions of the night. were gone. lie
was going 10 win. and he was going
TO liye-for Madeleine
The impulse to jump from the mud
dy trench aud to rush single handed
across the bullet swept field before
him 20 the succor OF his nero com
rades. who were hand 10 hand with
the foe. almost controlled him for the
moment then he gritted his teeth and
mastered himself
IL loaded his hot harrecd match
locI Again ana Itul hr a.4 thr
smoke blucEeud rarir across The
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02

hold servant had remained
once been the splendor Of
one too delicate, the ether
X no Of assistance. And now
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02

"You mean because she wishes to
be lost?
"Who can tellw
THAT is she hides"
"Who knows?"
He said. with a half smile:
Il find the idea singularly unhatter-
ing TO myself" He turned to find
himself face to face with Father
OMara. tired Of face. with broad
shoulders bowed a little.
You bring good news, trust, sirF
inquired Raoul.
O'Mara shook his head.
'None," he said, and then: IN. de
Valette is coming back persuaded
him. If he does not rest Not a
word. not a trace. Of her anywhere. AT
any other time we could have had all
the neichborhood to help Us. But the
young men marched last night. ana
the rest won't assist-nOt out of heart
lessness. There's come a rumor that
General Jackson fought great battle
above New Orleans this morning. and
one army or the other. they don't know
which. was almost massacred. Try
to think Of something to say to your
cousin, If anything has happened TO
her He shook his head again.
De Valette had come now. The long
night had told upon him sadly yet
eyes and jaws were still set grimly.
In them there was no weakening,
He looked nj them both-at his cous-
in, at the priest.
"Mnd this" he said-"I have NOT
given up"
RaOul said slowly:
"lf may suggest. isn't there JUST
y possibility Could It be that YOU
seek IN the wrong direohOnT
"She was seen 20 enter the woods. +
'eurned ne Valerie
"0rt" rsls' ,rl rc0Vl. "supD se she
lersef had lot wished TO b. seen II
[ro zm coHrrxvxD.l
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02


\ tnorning again.
Lcmaitre had come from the woods
-Lemaitre, who played the organ IN
the chapel. Aunt Marguerite saw MIN
as he entered the gate. She was wait
ing as he neared the house. He an
swered the look of eyes, shaking his
head.
She cried softly:
"My poor brotherw
Come. ma'm'selle." said Louise;
zone must not give up hope that she
has been safe all the time"
"safe! exclaimed Mile. de Valette.
Little Madeleine alone in the forest!
And all l may do is to pray that my
brother has found her!
Louise shrugged her bent shoulders.
THAT cold blooded NJ. Raoul there
he does not need any one to pray
for him! See him! How calmly be
sits on the porch yonder! He gave
up the search pretty early, eh? All
that is one sort of bridegroom AND
/ think If one sort of misfortune has
befallen him he deserves It."
zone sort of misfortune" repeated
Mile. de Valette. what do you meal
by one sort of misfortuneY
II have my IDEAS" replied ole
Louise sagely. Now 1t is more thar
twenty-four hours that Mile. Made
leine has been lost. Ha! If she haC
wished to be found. she would hav'
been. She went away without telling
anybody. have though to myself
why did she do that7 Was it be
cause she Gid not like this marriage
perhapsT You want the answer.
think you can see it. sitting on tn
porch yonder'
SILENCE" commanded Mile. de Va
lette angrilv. You're a foolv'
The old servant watched her &C
She did not see NJ. Raoul de Valett
as he left his chair upon the pore
and came toward her. He was be
side her when, at length, she repeate'
to herself:
Fool
lie said. smiling at her shoulder;
81 trust you address yourself, goo
woman."
She turned.
ut might be that | spoke to tn
blind. NJ. Raoul"
And who is blind here?'
She shrugged her shoulders.
"Al of you perhaps" she returned
Because we have not found Mile
Madeleine?"
perhaps because you search only i
the woods for her"
He asked slowg:>
Where do you think we should loo
] for herr"
She answered deliberately:
Nowhere whore you are, Msseu
Raoul."
Then" he said musingly. you d
not think that she is lost"
oh. maybe
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02

%TYAHERE was despair at Valette,
despair profound 4 night had
III come and gone. and now II
was morning. and still she
had not been found. Leagues they had
travelled through wood and brake.
through road and forest path---a father
grim eyed, grim jawed; priest with
close set lips and anxious eyes bent,
little old man who could do nothing
but play the organ. And the bride
groom to be-he had hunted "a little
100. Only the fragile old aunt and
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02


could shoot the left eye out OF a Wild
turkey ut 6fty pacesl
And live up to that reputation he
did
Heard suddenly from the lips OF
GilbeH's commanding officer was the
cry Of Ready, men! Form into line!
Fix bayonets! Go at them. boys!
Charge
Almost before he realized what had
happened Gilbert found himself in the
van Of a wild. triumphant dash across
the open death zone that separated the
trenches from the energy.
The Britishers. having been re-en-
forced 10y two regiments of fresh
troops. concealed in the forest beyond,
had shattered the attacking force OF
Americans. kept their flank from be-
ING turned. had maintained their gen.
eral alignment and held their position.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-13
DO 1T NOW
Webster People Should Not
Wait Until IL * too Late

The appalling death rate from kidney
disease is due in most cases to the fact
that the little kidney troubles are usu.
ally neglected until they become seri-
Gus. The slight symptoms give place
to chronic disorders and the sufferer
goes gradually into the grasp of dia-
betes, dropsy, Bright's disease, gravel
or some other serious form of kidney
complaint.
If you suffer from backache, head
aches, dizzy spells, if the kidney sec
retions are irregular of passage and
unnatural in appearance, do not delay.
Help the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for kidney disorders they cure where
others fail. Over one hundred thou
people have recommended them.
Here is one of many cases in your
vicinity.
Mrs. |. NJ, Chapman, 10th Ave. and
End St. Aberdeen. S. OAK. says: Il
highly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
to my friends and neighbors. For
some time I was in constant misery,
suffering from terrible pains in my
back. was often seized by violent
head aches and at times became so
dizzy | was forced to lie down. /
gradually grew worse and my limbs
became badly swollen. At that criti-
cal period someone advised me to try
Doan's Kidney Pills and | did so,
receiving excellent results. Recently
injured my back and it began to give
me some trouble. at once procured
Doan's Kidney Pills and the results.of
their use were just as satisfactory as
before"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-D oan's and
take no other.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-13

Postmaster Siglinger has remodeled
the interior, extended the fixtures and
is adding rs new lock boxes, when the
changes are completed it will reduce
the size of the lobby but will add
materially to the room and convenience
of the working force and put it in bet
ter condition to handle the rapidly
increasing business of the office more
promptly. Sig is bound to keep the
Webster Office up-to-date.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-13

Aaron Burr died at Port Richmond.
Staten Island. Sept. IA. 1886. His re-
mains were conveyed to Princeton. N.
j., where. according to his request, ne
was inferred at the feet OF his father
and grandfather. Both his father and
grandfather were presidents of Prince
ton college
Concerning the tombstone which
marks his burial place. we quote from
the history Of his life by Parton:
Some efforts were made and some
money subscribed soon after his death
to procure a suitable monument, but
the project failed For nearly two
years the spot where he lay was I'M
marked when one morning 1t was dis
covered that a small. very substantial
and not inexpensive monument of
granite and marble had been placed
during the night over his remains. No
one In the town saw the monument
erected or knew anything whatever
respecting 1t. There was no stonecut-
ter In the vicinity capable Of execut-
ing the work. The stone bears the In
scription: Aaron Burr. Born Tsbru-
airy, g. 176d Died. September "a
1880 "-Phiiadelphia PrssR
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-13
The Falkland Islands,

The Falkland islands are among the
least known and most out Of the way
corners of the widely scattered Brit
ish empire. They form sort Of Brit
ish suburb of the south pole, some 500
miles from the antarctic end Of Ameri-
ca. Cape Horn. A former governor Of
the Falkland Islands. the late Sir Will
liam Robinson, used to say that he
would have committed suicide while
there IL he could have found tree tall
enough TO hang himself on.-London
Standard.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-13
FIorlsts' Jaraen.

The florists have a trade Jargon OF
their own. When a man who grows
flowers for living rattles or some
thing like paper whites, valleys and
Romans the confused layman has to
stop to think what the tumble of words
means. Ii Is only the trade way of say
ing paper white narcissus. lily Of the
valley and Roman hyacipth. Likewise
''mum" Is their word for chlysanthe-
mum. and time and space are likewise
saved by saying ''cyp" instead of
cypripedium. so Bridesmaid roses are
maids" American Beauties are beau
ties." Perle du Jardin becomes ''perle"
and is pronounced pearl. while Souve-
mir du President Carnot IL reduced to
its last word. just as those other Illus
trious French rose names. General
Jacqueminot and Marechai Mel. where
shortened to Jack" and "Niel'' In the
heyday Of their glory. New York
Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-13

The breathing" of locomotive
that il to say. the number Of puffs
given during journey-depends upon
the circumstances Of It's driving
wheels and their speed. No mat
ter what the rate OF speed may
be. for every one round Of the driving
wheels a locomotive viii give four
puffs-two out of each cylinder. the
cylinders being double. Ii the av-
erage circumference Of the driving
wheel 10 twenty feet and the speed per
hour nifty miles. a locomotive will
give, going at express speed. $50 pufrs
per minute. 1850 puts per hour and
1'055 puffs per mile.-London Stand.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-13
JOHN DEITz is
UNDER ARREST
Wisconsin Man Surrendars After
Fierce Battle.
IS WOUNDED III THE HAND
One of the sherifrs Posse Killed and
Two Wounded Before the
Fighting Ceases.

Winter, Wis, Oct S.--John Deitz
surrendered this afternoon, but Win
ter believes he would have been a
dead man tonight had he not been
hurried away TO Hayward to escape
the anger of an excited mob that grew
by magic when the news came that
Deitz or one of his family had not
only wounded two deputies, but had
shot another through the head and
killed him.
The dead man is Oscar Hart He
was found on the hill behind the Deitz
cabin. A bullet from one OF the rifles
fired from the house had gone straight
through his head.
When the armed guard heard this
their citation that Deitz had surren
dered changed to resentment. Hand
cuffed to Deputy Sheriff Fred Thorbin,
Deitz was brought to the outskirts Of
Winter shortly before S D. N. Auto
mobiles brought the family and q few
picked guards. Mrs. Deitz and the two
children we're taken into Winter, but
the mob was so threatening that Mad
den dared not expose his chief pris-
oners and Deitz and his son Leslie
were hurried to Hayward. Later in
the evening the entire family was
taken there and lodged behind the
bars
The long battle between Sawyer
county officials and Deitz ended at
just 3:20 p. NJ. when Helen Deitz,
John Deitz' youngest daughter,
emerged from the cabin carrying a
white flag Deputy Sheriff Fred Thor.
bin at once went to meet the girl,
accompanied by a guard
Father Wounded; Mother Sick"
We've got to quit" said the child.
My father is shot and my mother is
sick and so am /. We haven't had
anything to eat all day"
Within ten minutes after the sur
render Deitz was in irons. Tae first
person TO enter the cabin after Deitz
had asked for quarter was Rev. Father
PiloD of st. Joseph's Catholic church,
who had labored necessarily to pre-
vent bloodshed
Deitz surrendered only after he had
fired upwards of 1000 rounds of am
munition and after he had been plead
ed with for many hours by his wife.
Mrs. Deitz is declared to have pleaded
with him on her knees to save her
and the children from what she felt
was certain death. Deitz continued
the fight for three hours after he was
wounded, refusing even to stop long
enough to dress the injury. He finally
became so weak from the loss of blood
that he was unable longer to direct
the campaign from the cabin.
When Deitz was put in irons he ad-
mitted that the attack of this morning
was complete surprise to him. He
said he and his family left the cabin
and went about the yard without any
thought of being fired upon.
Deitz was wanted for the shooting
Of Bert Horel at Winter a month ago,
but for several years he has resisted
arrest for holding up logs at Cam
eron dam owned by a lumber com
pany, who, he claimed. owed him
money.
A week ago three of Deitz' children
were ambushed by deputies and two
Of them shot and captured.