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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
TALKING CAT.

A cat named Peter is making a
reputation in the German city OF
Hamburger. as it is stated Peter
speaks very clearly. The animal is
attracting considerable attention In
scientific circles, and experts from
the zoo are to examine Peter. Some
time ago Peters mistress was very
much surprised when. instead of the
expected "Miaou" which answers a
call, the cat distinctly pronounced the
word mo" This was already won
derful. But what is still more SO is
that the cat was taught some other
simple words which it learnt quickly.
Milk" anna" (this being the name
of its mistress), and others were soon
used quite easily by the cat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
i. TIE i.
SGD Ap
BOOK
sd. LOUIS AM oLo cIrY.

st. Louis was founded February 10,
1894, as an Indian trading post, by
Pierre Laclede Lingueste. acting for
a mercantile company which had re-
ceived from the French director gen.
eral Of Louisiana exclusive trading
rights with the Indians on the Mis-
souri, river. It Became the capital
of upper Louisiana the following year,
and remained under French control
till 1870, though the treaty OF Paris.
of 1868. had given 1t to Spain. BY
the cession of Louisiana to France.
1900, It again came under French
Jurisdiction, and so remained till the
purchase Of the entire territory by
the United States in 1903. The set
Element was Incorporated as a town
November 8. 1909 The town re-
ceived a city charter December 3,
1922. In 1870 the former city Of Ca
rondolet was annexed and I'm 1875 the
city was separated from all county
authority.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
PREPARE FOR WINTER WHEAT
Grain Farmers Pillow Immediately Aft
er Barley or Oats ls Harvested
Prevent Evaporation.

Oats and barley stubbIe land in
tended for winter grain and to be
seeded to grass should be piowed
early and narrowed soon after plow-
ing, SO the ground can settle. Heavy
land should be plOwed with three
horses. We use the. suIIxy pillow, set
to cut an even furrow and a good
depth Harrow and roll before the
pTowed ground dries out. A fine, mel
low top soil will prevent evaporation
Of moisture and it,can be put in nice
order for drilling with a second or
third working with the spring-tooth
harrow and roller, says a writer In the
baltimore American. Land plowed
Just before sowing is too spongy; it
should be plowed at least two weeks
before the train is drilled. Expert
grain farmers plow Immediately after
the barley or oats fs harvested and
then harrow and roll. When oats or
barley precede a crop Of winter wheat
the land is much dryer than a proper
Ty managed summer fallow, and If the
season should be dry and hot 1t is
difficult to get such Land mellow and
moist enough for termination of
grain. If barnyard manure is to be
spread over the field it win pay to hire
a spreader for the manure can be
spread so much better. as the spreader
cuts the manure fine and spreads an
even and regular coat over the en-
tire ground. Two active men with a
two-horse spFeader viii haul and
spread large Pile of manure I'm a
day. The regular price for the use
OF spreaderr ik so cents per day. If
a spreader cannot be had, haul and
spread direct from wagon or cart. The
manure spread one day should be
narrowed into the ground the next;
there is no loss of plant food from
the manure drying out from action of
sun and wind Spread Ia two-horss
wagon loads Of rooted manure and
drill the. gain in with 900 pounds of
good animal bone fertilizer to- the
acre. The manure and fertilizer will
give a. larger yield Of grain and a. bet.
ter quality of straw than either ma
nure1 or fertilizer used alone.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
FIRST CHERRY ORCHARD.

Cherries we're first cultivated In
England about a century before Christ.
but the best modern species of fruit
were introduced into Kent from Elan
ders about the beginning OF the six.
teenth century One of the very first
cherry orchards was that at Teyn-
ham. near Faversham, from which
much Of Kent was afterwards supplied
and the Garden of England" still
maintains it's supremacy, the chief or
chards being along the Kentish bor-.
ders of the Thames. the Darent. and
the Midway. Bushino, Venetian am
bassador at the court of James t..
relates that It was a favorite amuse-
ment in the Kentish garden to- try
who could eat the most cherries, and
give details of one match wherein q
young woman won with 20 pounds at
a sitting.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28


Pens for writing pufposes are b
ing manufactured today IN Germany
by a process which Is exciting curl
osity. The trouble found vita steel
pens is that they oxidize easily and
the Ink sticks TO them. This fault
Is not to be found with gold pens.
but. on the other hand. these are too
flexible to be entirely satisfactory.
in order to form point
suitable for writing purposes. the
material Of that part OF the pen has
to be mixed with some hard metal
like iridium. and this operation Is
both complicated and expensive. The
new pen is of tantalum and comes
to the manufacturer in the form Of
a black powder. The pen that IN
made Of this has the tenacity Of steel
and the flexibility Of goId.-Harper's
Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
CURE ijji FoR iDiocY.

A remarkable operation has Just
ben performed with great success on
an imbecile child OF Professor Erwin
Payr, director Of the surgical clinic
attached to the University OF Leipsic.
saxony. The professor planted a
piece of the thyroid gland taken from
healthy child born OF a healthy
mother intothe liver OF an imbecile
child. who Immediately afterward be.
an to improve in intelligence. which
steadily increased until a complete
cure was effected and the patient was
discharged from the clinic.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
To XIII Wire Grass.

The so-called wire grasses are many.
Such grasses as propagate by means
of creeping root-stalks constantly re-
produce new plants at the roofing
joints, as couch or quack grass, John
SON grass, Bermuda grass and mem
bers of the bluegrass family. This
pasture, If adapted to tillage, should
be completely pulverized to the depth
of four inches with cutaway or disk
harrow In July and kept narrowed
once a week so long as the soil re-
mains dry during the remainder OF
the season. allowing no green spear
Of grass to get a foothold.
By fall the mass Of roots win be
practically lifeless If the season has
been normally dry and hot. The
whole should then be turned under
ten inches deep. using a jointer. In
the spring. harrow every week until
time to plant a cultivated crop. then
keep perfectly clean and the battle
win be won.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
OLD SUGGESTIONS.

To the ancients an eclipse Of the
sun was outside the law Of nature, and
a presage of dire events. In Rome,
II was held to be blasphemy against
the gods to ascribe this event to nat
ural causes, and among the pagan
peoples the inexplicable darkness that
blotted out the glory Of the flre-Dall.
the source of fight and life was ac-
companied by lamentations and hor'
rible fears. Even now in this mod
ern world those Chinese who have not
cut OF their pigtails and studied SCH
entific text books believe that great
dragons are trying to devour the sun.
and with brazen pots they make ter
rife noise to scare away those mon
steFs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
MORE MEN THAN WOMEN.

The worlds total population is esh
mated at 100 millions, out OF which
the proportion of the sexes is known
for 1,O3S, 900 900, the ration being 1000
males to 800 females. The ratio va
ries very considerably in different
places. In Europe there were. for
every 1000 men. 1927 women; Africa.
1.O45; America. 964; Asia. 961; Aus
tralia, 937. The maximum proportion
of women is found in Uganda, 1,467;
the minimum, in the Alaska gold fields
and the Malay states. with 391 and sS'
respectively.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
The Wilson Campaign Fund

The Kentuckian will publish the
names of all subscribers to the ma
tional Democratic campaign fund as
the money is received. 1t will be
transmitted to the National Treas
urer, Rolla Wells. who will send
each contributor handsomely litho-
graphed receipt.
Address all subscriptions to the
Wilson Campaign Fund.-" care of
this paper. Make cheques payable
to that fund. Send in your subscrip-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
ANCIENT REMEDY FOR Badness.

Badness may be becoming more
common; but 1t is not by any means
a modern afiiction. A French Egyp-
tologist has unearthed q papyrus that
gives q recipe for the cure OF badness.
prepared for q king who reigned some
ak thousand years ago. The prescrip-
ton was made for the kings mother.
This earliest OF hair tonica was salve
composed OF dates. the paws OF dogs.
and the hoofs Of asses. mixed and boil
ed in oil. As no testimonial from the
kings mother has been discovered,
the salve cannot be recommended.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
"Under Way"

No doubt originally the expression
had to do with weighing anchor, and
the progress given to the ship by haul
ing her up to the anchor being con.
tinued by wind or stream. Probably
under weigh" was more correct. But
today the above spelling is usually
adopted. Quite recently in London.
England, court, Judge Lumley Smith,
X. c., when trying a collision case,
asked If there was any authoritative
way of spelling under way or under
weigh"-which was accurate? The
leader of the admiralty bar at the
court, answered that for many years
the word had been spelled under
way" and he believed that was gen
orally accepted IN official quarters.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
BOY srEEpLEJAck

An English telegraph boy named
Woolaston of Brockham. Surrey. has
recently attained local fame. He was
entrusted with telegram addressed
to the foreman OF firm of contrac.
tors who were repairing the village
church spire. When the boy arrived
at the church the foreman was at the
top of the scaffolding which sur.
rounded the steeple. The lad would
not part with the telegram, but as
cended the scaffolding and delivered
1t to the man to whom 1t was ad
dressed. The reply was written at an
altitude of some 100 feet, and Wollas
ton made the descent without assis
lance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
BINDER FOR SHOCKING CORN
Llttle Device contrlVed by Nebrasss
Mam SO That Band May Be- Put
on With Much Ease.

In describing q continuance for
shocking corn, Nebraska man writes
N the Missouri Valley Farmer as fol-
lows:
have worked out a little device to
help with the large shock, so that the
band may be pat on with ease The de-
vice consists of tanering shaft 3h
feet long to which a crank Is attached.
c and D is a crossbar or washer
through which a rope passes after be-
ing attached to the other end, and
fastens to- the crank. e is the loop
in the rope to fasten to the hook after
the rope has been carried around the
shock. The operator takes hold Of the
crank, reels in the rope and pulls up
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28

him. The mistake only caused FIRE
boat to steam down the river; swing
two lines Of hose ashore; drew five
fire engine, two truck companies and
Fire Chief Seyferlich to the scene;
called out two fire insurance auto
patrols; stopped work on the part of
the Office force In five big Office build
ings, and drew a crowd of 10000 PEG
pie. What did Joseph Fleet cost the
city?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28

Treats-aIl diseases of domesticated
animals scientifically and performs
all operations known to the Veteri-
nary profession. Special attention
given to the shoeing Of horses with
diseased feet.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
GOT HIS LETTER MAILED.

To Joseph Fleet Of a small town IN
Illinois, fire and letter boxes look
alike. He had written to his wife In
forming her of his intent to leave the
strenuous city of Chicago and return
to his own quieter territory; the letter
he slipped into the fire-alarm boxr To
say the least the city was cross with
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28

ton at once, no matter how large of
how small
The Democratic national campaign
for the election Of Governor Wood
row Wilson as President and Gov
ernor Thomas R. Marshall as Vice
President of the United States is the
peoples campaign.
The Finance Committee ask you to
aid them in their plan of raising
campaign funds by popular subscrip-
tons.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28

s Of Metcalfes Prosperity Shspe which y going
irritation of folks necks and tenn
that tie slides well in collar,
oa smooth ovedge utterly impossible for
collar Our shirt department
which epo0d only work done right but the shirts
department the hands
Of skilled workmen.
all Remember that tyou buy or
$40 worth books and cake during August AID
other Finished the profits from the business and
pleasure for Hopkinsle and
rounding country people
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28

In most sections OF the north . good
crop Of kohl-rabi may be grown II seed
Is sown not lRtsr than the middle OF
August. White Vienna IL . good va
rlety. See that the sou Is well en-
richsd with rotten manure before sow
ing the seed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
UNUSUAL INDUSTRY.

From a start of six head of deer, an
Indiana farmer increased his flock to
seventy in fifteen years. The deer
raising proved quite profitable, the
farmer selling several deer each year.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
DR.. R. l.. BRADLEY,
veteFlnarY Surqeon and Dentlst

Office, Infirmary and ShoeiDg Forge
8th. bet. Main and Water Sis.
Office Phone. 2lf.
Night Phone, III.
Night Phone Home, t479.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28
For Shocking Corn.

the stalk so the second man has no
trouble in putting a band on a large
shock.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-09-28

the venison bringing 90 cents per
pound. He also make a shipment of
horns once a year. The bucks shed
their horns in March each year, and
they are sold for the making Of knit
handles.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20
Iiamma Brewing Co. wholesale

liammS Brewing Co, (wholesale.)
Il. p. Navin, (wholesalc.)
o. e. Smith.
j. j. Schlimgen and Frank Will
laims.
Tobin and Gormley.
w. S. Pascoc.
Walter S. Robson.
Chas. Martin.
l.. f. Geiger.
Dave II. Kempton.
Moved and seconded TO adjourn to
100 p. m. Motion carried.
Meeting called to order at 1870
p. IN.
All members present.
Board continued the work on the
liquor bonds and on motion the fol-
lowing bonds were approved:
Minneapolis Brewing Co, (wlole-
sale) MI. Vernon, S. D..
Barnard Ballock, Mt. Vernon, S.
On motion Commissioner Gleeson
was instructed to examine bridge site
between sections is and 19 in Blen-
don twp. and to report at the next
meeting of the board. The twp. board
of said twp. having appeared before
IIlt ttlIllIl.o % lOll'i . Win a htpi ioi
bridge.
On motion the board allowed the
bill of the county %surgeyor, j. i. Mel
son for surveying the Lisbon-Beulah
road, amount of bill S71.6O.
ON motion Chas. Annis was grant
ed a refund of $500 road poll, the
same having been paid twice.
On motion the board allowed j. III.
! T,,,,;- .,cl void for candies to ljpht
booths for primary election, .35.
On motion board allowed refund OF
$13.63 to Albert Jebson, he having
paid axes on lot 10 block 3 f. NJ
Green's addition. by mistake.
On motion the following commits
sioner bills were allowed.
A. j. Curtis, 2 days county com
missioner work and ! day CONT worl
$1,000.
A. j. Annis, two days county com
missioner work and mileage $3.50
j. C. Lehman, two days county
commissioner work and ] day com
work and mileage $1,000.
Nels Jenson, two days INT,
commissioner work, $500.
On motion the board adjourned.
County of Dawson, State of Soutl
Dakota:
/, r. A. Zangle, county auditor o
J said county in said state do flereb,
certify that the above and foregoini
is d true and correct report of tn
proceedings of the County Commits
sioners of Dawson county at a meet
q ing held at the court house in tn
, City of Mitchell, S. d., on the lit
!. and the 18TH days OF June, 1912.
Dated at Mitchell, South Dakota
;, this 18th day of June, 1912.
r. A .ZANGLE,
= County Audito
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20

of the delegation. today received the
resignation of Henry +. Cochems rs
a delegate. Several other delegates
threatened similar action. 1t was
rumored that McGovern himself
might withdraw. His friends refused
to verify the rumor. however. and
he would not talk prior to the assem-
biying OF the convention.
Cochems, who nominated LaFol,
lettc for President four years ago,
attack upon the Wisconsin progress
mating McGovern for temporary
chairman and his resignation.
"LaFollette himself aud his man
ayers are out to lick Roosevelt, that's
all said Cochems. They are utterly
d|isregarding the progressive princi-
pies, the fight for the people, VIII ich
Roosevelt, just as much as LalFol-
lctte, is waging. For ten days Man
ager Houser has been trafficing With
the Taft crowd, defending the rotten
steadS OF the national committee anG
conducting a campaign of vengeance
upon Roosevelt, rather than support
of the progrcssiVes.
Walter IIouser, L~al'ollette's cam
paign manager, John j. Hannah, see
rotary to the senator. and Walter
Rogers. OF Wisconsin, national com
mitteeman, united today in declaring
that the Wisconsin and also the
North Dakota delegation would vote
solidly at ali times for the nomina-
ton OF LaFollette. They also saiG
Wisconsin's 26 votes will be cast with
the Taft forces against "purging The
temporary roll, as proposed by Roose-
Welt"
THE proposition of Gov. Iiadley
and the Roosevelt crowd is utterly
absurd and too wild-eyed for consid-
eration," said Col. Hannah. "Why
should Il personally conducted roll OF
delegates as chosen by Hadley " amy
one else be substituted for these
chosen by the national committee?
We Will vote to have the whole affair
referred to the credentials commit
tee"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20
HIGH SCHOOL SENIO RS

5EXAMlNE CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING RECORD OF THE CLASS
OF 1911 W THE STATE COLLEGE,.
One is assistant in Botany in Columbia university; another al Harvard;
another at the University of Missouri; and others at the State College.
One is instructor in Horticulture in the University of Idaho. Three young
mon have excellent positions in Minnesota high schools; another with a
large high school in Iowa, where he is director of athletics. One is assist
ant dairy inspenor. Three are electrical engineers with the General Flee
trio Company at Pittsburgh. One is manager OF a Montana ranch. Three
ARE engaged in engineering work in South Dakota. Some of the young a
lies are teaching, N having charge of the home economics course in a
prominent Illinois high school. The graduates in Pharmacy captured all
but m o The hfgheet points in the examination OF last ear beforet III
State Ioard OF Pharmacy, and are now employed as registered phaTna-
cists. The other graduates are either working in the Government service,
teaching, or in business
HIGH SCHOOL GRADuATEs.. As MUCH OR MORE, CAN BE DONE
FOR YOU uY THE
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE,
BIOOKNGs SOUTH DAKOTA
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20
la TOILETTE MEN ARE AGAINST
ROOSENELT'E NIGHT ON ROLL

Chicago.-Wholesale disruption of
the Wisconsin delegates, with several
| designations threatened, marked the
entrance of the LaFollette workers
into the convention today.
Gov. McGovern, elected chairman
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20
TEACHERS, EXAMINATION.

Regular examination for teachers
certificate viii be held at court
house, Mitchell, S. d., July .lS and 10
1912.
Second, third and primary grades
only may write at this time.-O. r.
Browne, county superintendent of
schools.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20

Mrs. c. A. Doane and little daugh-
ter have been visiting with relatives
in the city a week or two and de-
parted this morning for her home at
Sioux City.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20

case he repeated the argument he
made personally before the national
committee, claiming that the Taft
convention was q rump n and that
the Roosevelt convention was the on
" legal one.
In concluding, Record said:
1--WE, as we'll as you, want 10 re
main in the republican party. We
don't wan to be driven out by force
or by conscience. But we cannot en-
dorse the proposition that this on
vention can be packed by an outside
organization. We must say that
these who are charged with fraud
must stand aside to permit us whose
title to seats is unquestioned to say
who are and who are not the legal
delegates to this convention.
Denies Fraud in Arizona.
Judge Robert T.. Morris of Arizona,
replied to Record and insisted that
his statements of the facts were UNI
founded. He declared that the charg-
es OF fraud in Arizona We're bascless
and defended the action of the Ariz-
ona state committee in calling the
regular state convention which elect
ed the Teft delceatcs.
"EVeryth ilg WIS regular and in
accord VIII h eEat procedure OF
the party he declared.
hi ltoosnN alt men" he said,
started to 'nva!idate NE state ON
venIion BY flimsy, f.ctiNoas contests
TO keep the representation below the
legal figure. We took steps TO prevent
this and when these sharp tricks fail
ed they bean To shout fraud.
81 deny that the central committee
was controlled by federal onice-hold-
crs. There We're three officials among
the fifteen and the charge circulated
here is absolutely false and without
foundation.
They say there was fraud" Yell
ed Morris. II threw the charge into
their teeth. All that was used by the
Taft men vas parliamontary tactics.
The fact of the matter was that
the republicans knew whether they
We're democrats"
supposed to be u slip but he ON
tinued:
4 used the term adyiscdly, be
left for Mt. Vernon, holding meet
ings there and at plaukinton and
cause there are democrats in Arizona
who will vote the republican ticket
by fall"
Themes II. Devinc, of Colorado,
Nelson took tickets TO be disposed OF
in this city. This morning the party
who is slated for chairman of the
republican committee should tho Taft
people control, spoke against the
Iladly amendment. He expressed sur
prise owe The lladley attitude, saying
that the governor had endorsed the
committee when it ruled in his favor
in the Missouri contest.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-20
MednesdaN. .Inne ~

"Wednesday, Iune II, THI2.
Meeting called TO order at 9 o.
clock a. m. by Chairman A. j. Cur
It's.
All members present.
ON motion the board allowed the
following primary election bills: