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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
Tagged Train With Shirt.

Tearing his shirt from his back an
Ohio man tagged a train and saved
it from a wreck, but H. T. Aston,
Raleigh, N. c.. once prevented a
wreck with Electric Bitters. Il
was in terrible plight when be-
gan to use them" he writes, my
stom oh, head. back and kidneys
were all badly affected and my liver
was in had condition. but four bot
ties of E ectric Bitters made me feel
like a new man." A trial will con-
vince you of their matchless merit
for any stomach, liver or kidney
trouble. Price so cents at all drug
gists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
GOOD FRIEND OF THE FARMER
valusbls Work Done BY humble
Earthworn Has Not Been euf-
nolently Appreciates.

The humble earthyorm IL one Of
mans best friends. The farmer and
the gardener could not spare him.
DIR. J. Newton Friend tells about him
In Science Progress. From DR..
Friends observations II appears that
worms aerate the soil in a variety OF
ways.
In burrowing through the soil the
worms render 1t more porous and per
meable to gases, not merely by virtue
OF the air spaces formed, but by rea-
son OF the fact that the soil is thus
continually kept in gentle motion.
Again, the soil passing through the
bodies of worms is excreted in finer
condition, being ground by attrition
through the intestines. Darwin esti-
mated that no fewer than fifteen tons
Of soil annually pass through the
bodies of worms for every acre.
Further, worms breathe in oxygen
and exhale carbon dioxide, and the
latter gas, as is well known, readily
dissolves in water, forming an acid
solution which will render alkaline
earths and metallic oxides-e. e., iron
soluble.
Worms materially aid in producing
soluble salts of iron In the soil when
other agencies. g., dilute mineral
acids-fail. The iron is eventually
given back to the soil in more SOL
uble condition, and presumably in one
which can be directly absorbed by
plant roots.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
LITTLE MISTAKES OF SPEECH
Common Errors That Creep Into Ev'
eryday Conversation Of Even
the Most Cultured.

If some one were to tell you that
your language was crude, unculti-
waited, slovenly, inaccurate, your
pride would be wounded and you
would challenge the truth of the
statement. But marshal the army
of words and phrases with which
you fought your battles of yester-
day; pass them in review; do you
recognize any Of the following as
having been in your service? Did
your child "behave himself?" Did
your friend live con" Maple street
Did you have your "photo" taken
Was the play "a SUGGEST" Did you
do '1ike" some one else did? Were
you ''real" happy? Was your friend
"overly" strong? Did you see five
''fsh" in the brook, sit "side of
some one, or find "those" kind OF
books at Martins? Or, worse than
this, did you "put your foot in it p
Were your friends lawfully jolly"
mighty sorry" or "dead tired ~
Did you "give yourself away" have
a "cinch," "jump on" the girl" or
clay her out in great shape?" Were
you cup against it ?"-Harper's Ba-
Ear. a.i,~r~~.,iiv-,-.;ia
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
POINTER FOR THE BATSMAN
Right Way Of Hitting Pitched Ball
Is Shown as a Matter of
Some Importance.

Some Of the grueling training OF
pennant chasers in southern training
camps is indicated by Edward Lyle
Fox in Outing. Here is what he says
Of the batting:
"a man steps to the plate. The ball
comes sailing up, white and big, r.
diculously easy TO hit. The batter
must think 30, too. We see him bunch
his shoulders, draw In his upper lip,
act just as men do when they're going
to kill it. Then he swings. The i'm
pact has the dull sound Of a falling
plank hitting the sidewalk on one end
High above second base the ball
arches, wabbles and bolts in shining
arc. The batter looks sheepish.
"Hey!" cries the manager, and we
see him rush toward the plate. what
do you mean by hitting a ball like
that? Why, man, If you don't change
your swing you'll be a fy-ball hitter
all your life"
Whats the matter with it?" The
voice betrays disappointment.
Matter" roars the manager. MAT
ter! Why, you're hitting as If you
were eating soup; coming up under
the ball as If IL were a piece OF clam
floating in a bowl of chowder and
your bat was a ladlel Matter! When
will you ever learn to meet ball
squarely on the nose-not hitting un
der itY Now try again"
He does, and this time we hear q
ring, see a white streak that shoots
not ten feet from the ground and
brings up win A~c4sn' against the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
ALL HAD STARVED TO DEaTF
Fl.hlno Colony In the Far North
Len Without Provisions, suc-
cunbed 70 Last Individual

The Russian minister OF marine re
Gently received advlces Of a terrible
occurrence in the far northern island
OF Nova zembla. Some time ago the
head OF an Archangel firm founded
fishing colony in Nova zembla, the
members of which were employed to
fish solely on his account. A steamer
was recently dispatched thither, but
when the crew landed they found not
a single living person. No provisions
had been supplied for the ten months
during which communication with the
island is impossible, and the entire
colony had persisted OF hunger. The
luckless fisherfolk, to Judge by pen.
ciled notes left by one Of the victims.
a man named Chenoff, underwent ter
rible experiences before death over
took them. Chenoff seems to have
been the last man left alive, and saw
all his companions die one after the
other. This is his own account Of his
impressions: I'VE are at the end Of
our provisions and we can get moth
ing. not even the tiniest fish. A ship
appears; It is a fresh delusion, for
she does not come our way. 1t is ter
rible to see our children dying of
hunger. Driven by necessity, we are
taking the wool Of our clothing and
eating that The children are
all dead Only four fishermen and
two women are left alive. We are
suffering horribly. Two fishermen
ate the flesh of the dead, and they
have died as the result. A.
Chenoff, am the only living person
remaining, and / am tracing these
lines. My hands shake, my eyes are
growing dim, and feel that the end
is near"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
Only A Fire Hero

but the crowd cheered. as. with
burned hands. he held up a small
round box, "Fellowsl" he shouted,
this Buckleh's Arnica Salve | hold.
has everything beat for burns"
Right also for boils, ulcers. sores.
pimples. eczema, cuts, sprains. bruj-
ses. Surest pile cure. 1t subdGSs
Inflammation, kills pain. Only Is
cents at all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
Business Victim.

Does you member dat dawg ]
used to have?" asked Mr.. Erastus Pink
ley.
YES" replied Uncle Raspberry. "You
means dat mixed dog?"
"He was kind o. mixed; he was
what | calls a black-an'-tan-dale ter
rier Well. sub. dat dawg ain brought
me nuffn' but bad luck. sold i'm to
4 man foh two dollahs, an de two dol
labs he slipped me were counterfeit"
Whit you gineter dor
"Whut kin / dor II shows I'm any
way 10 prove de transaction wus IN
legal. he's gineter make me taks de
dawa back.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07

Roosevelt now claims that the
presidential situation is as follows:
Roosevelt 325 votes, Taft ZIG, con
tested Taft votes $50. contested
Roosevelt votes 8. Lafollette &c, I'M
instructed 80. The Taft managers
claim 461 for Taft, or within 70 of
enough 10 nominate, and concede
273 IL Roosevelt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
COLORED TEACHERS
Elected By The School Board
Friday Night.

Fannie M. PostelI, Fannie M. Rob
irson. Bessie E. Walker, Clyde Boyd
Jennie L. Poole, Annie B. Buckner
Rosa F. Merriwether, Cornelia 5
Steele, Emma F. Major. Augusta
Turner. Matte M. Glass, Bessie
Moseley, Lottie E Dade, Louise
Glass and Virginia /. Mcneil.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07

The Kentucky State University
has announced that chicken breed
ing will be added to its curriculum.
This will be decided feature for a
university to undertake. the State
University being probably the first
in the country to adopt such course.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
REACH HEIGHTS OF LUXURY
Good Reasons Why the Newest Oeear
Liners Are Referred to az
Floating Palaces.

While the first photograph of the
new steamship Titanic received in
New York shows a ship in most re-
spects like the Olympic there is pro
nounced difference in the deck, or
what is on the Olympic the lower
proven promenade deck. On this deck
on the new ship there is no public
promenade at all.
Instead the staterooms are brought
out flush with the outside of the SUI
perstructure, and the rooms them
selves made much larger The sitting
rooms of some of the suites on this
deck are 10 by ID feet, in fact, this
deck is the most luxurious of the YES
sci.
The restaurant is much larger than
that of the Olympic and 1t has a nov
city in the shape of a private prom
enade deck on the starboard side, to
be used exclusively by its patrons. Ad-
joining it is a reception room where
hosts and hostesses may meet their
guests before going into the restau-
rant. -'-''r'T'--z''@-------
The biggest novelty is two private
promenades connected with the two
most luxurious suites on the ship.
These suites are about the most ex-
pensive ever installed on a ship so
far as the passenger is concerned. 1t
will be possible for the occupants to
be just as exclusive on shipboard as
in their own homes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07

u. S. District Attorney wise has
decided that he can find no law to
punish body of anarchists who tore
down an American flag and trampled
it under foot at May day celebra-
ton. The police should at least
have locked them up for disorderly
conduct.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
A Great Building Falls

when its foundation is undermined.
and if the foundation Of health
good digestion-is attacked, quick
collapse follows On the first sign
of Indigestion, D.. Kings New Life
Pills should be taken to tone the
stomach and regulate liver. kidneys
and bowels. Peasant, safe and only
IS cents at all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07

The Treasury Department has
withdrawn its opposition to the coin
age of additional denominations of
money and is not opposing the bill
introduced by Representative Bulk
ley, of Ohio, providing for three
cent and one-half cent pieces.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

New Orleans is threatened by the
Goods that are now nearing the gulf.
Water is tapping over the levee in
some places.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07

FOR SALE:-Nice saddle and
harness mare. 1871 hands high.
Good disposition. Can be registered.
Black in color with one white hind
foot. Tel. 1851. Robt. Il. Nc.
Carroll.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
Lots for Homes.

Three residence lots on Canton
Pike and West 18th Street so cheap
you can't afford to miss one for a
home. John e. Duffy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
REALIZATION.

81 wonder if your sister realizes,
Johnny, that during the last three
months have spent many dollars in
sweets on her."
"I'm sure she does, Mr.. Sweetly ;
that's why she's not letting on she's
-. - A. ~ NJ. -
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
Iron Fence For Sale.

Second hand Iron Fence-Good as
new. 131 #. and gate. A Bargain
if taken at once" See or write
MEACHAM CON TRACTING CO.,
Incorporated.
Hopkinsville. KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
Chickens For Sale.

To close out, want to sell 10 Buff
Orpington fowls at 90 cts each. Also
hen and % young chicks at bargain
price. s. E. CHASTAIN. or inquir e
at this office.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
$4,000

To loan on first-class real estate Sc.
curity. The rs. KNIGHT & co.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07

CEDAR CHEsTs-Solid Tennessee
Red Cedar. Nice to store things
away for the Summer.
KEAcH FURNITURE Co.
Incorporated.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
PREFERRED LOCALS

See ]. H. Dagg for contracting
building and general repairswork Of
all kinds. Phone 476.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
value Of Words.

Value Of Words.
Words are wise mems counters
they do not reckon by them; but they
are the money of fools.-Thomas
Hobbes-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-07
NothIna poIna.

Geraldine-Did you ask pa for my
handf Gerald aid Geraldine
What Vas his Answsrf Gerald--Ae
.I| HILL INNF1l..ss-. : ses', 4ayf
The Press., 1912-07-17

expressed it, gave an order to hurry on to the hiding place. The brigade soon reached the wood, and the colonel, listening, heard confused sounds-cais- sons rumbling, occasional shouts and now and again the report of musket shot
 'Is there anybody here who can climb a tree?" asked the colonel.
 "I kinw cried the boy before any one else could reply.
 "You gentlemen of the staff" snap ped the commander. 'Is there any one of you who can get up in that tree and look about? I want to know where the enemy is and how we can get away"
 The staff officers were booted and spurred, not a convenient foot cover ing with which to climb trees. Each man looked up at the tree, but no one volunteered.
 "Some one," the colonel went on ir- ritably, must get where he can see about us and find an unObstructed route or we'll all be captured"
 "Why don't you let me go upP" said the boy.
 "Go," said the colonel.
 The boy slid down from the order ly's horse and ran to the tree. Having no foot covering, he was well accou- tered for climbing. One of the order lies put him as high on the trunk as he could reach where there were Il few scattered lower branches, and the ha to a point where the branches were thick he ran up like a squirrel, never stopping even for breath till he reach ed a point where he had an unob- structed view.
 "Well," called the colonel, "what do you see?"
 "sojers, lots of lem, that away" pointing.
 "Where elseW
 "There, and there, and there" look ing east, west and south.
 A bullet sang away up where the boy was,
 'but note, if you can, way for us to get away from those troops"
 MdHcu SIId4ShL up there, pOlnLluS northeast. That's the only place where there ain't none of 'em."
 "'Come down."
 And the boy did come down, pitch ing from his lofty perch, struck by a bullet from sharpshooter. They pick ed him up and, carrying him with them, escaped by the route he had in- dicated. He was buried with the hon. Ors of war.
The Press., 1912-07-17
MoNsoN.

MT. and Mrs. 0. A. Sweet have gone to Providence for two weeks.
 The insurance has been satisfactori- ly adjusted on the Heimann & Lichten plant.
 MT. and Mrs. John O'Brien have gone to Kalamazoo, Mich. for a visit of three weeks.
 The stores began the Wednesday half holiday last week, and will con- tinue through July and August.
 Maurice Newton, employed as black smith for O. O. McCray, has resigned his position and will sail for Europe Saturday. MT. Newton will spend his time in England, Sweden, Ger many and France.
 The assessors have completed their work on the 1912 tax levy and have turned their books over to H. F. Mil Ter, the collector. The total levy for 1912 is the heaviest in the history of the town, amounting to $40, 1885. The reason for the levy being so heavy this year is not on account of so heavy an appropriation, but on account of the treasury being so depleted at the opening of the year.
 O. E. Bradway received an ap- pointment Saturday from Gov. Foss as member of the dairy bureau of the board of agriculture. That MT. Bradway is we'll qualified for the position is conceded by all. He con- ducts fine farm on East hill, is the president of the Eastern Hampden agricultural association, which has been very successful during his ad- ministration, and he is an authority on all kinds of dairy products.
 Heimann 6 Lichten are putting in machinery for the manufacture of felt hats and will soon be operating. The insurance adjusters have been here this week in conference with MT. Heimann. Taken altogether, the outlook is encouraging. MT. Heimann is unable to announce definite plans for the future, but reiterates advice to employees against making contracts out of town. It is the unofficial opinion of the Register that Heimann & Lichten ought to have another mil lion, and that Monson is an ideal place to gather it together.
The Press., 1912-07-17
HAPPY WOMEN.
Plenty of Them in Stafford Springs and
 Good Reason for It.

Good Reason for It.
 Wouldn't any woman be happy,
 After years of backache suffering,
 Days of misery, nights of unrest,
 The distress of urinary troubles,
 She finds relief and cure?
 No reason why any Stafford Springs reader
 Should suffer in the face of evi- dence like this:
 Mrs. John Irons, Furnace Avenue, Stafford Springs, Conn, says: Kid ney trouble came on me first with a heavy pain through the lower part of my back, then the kidney secretions bothered me and became all run down. I could hardly get about to attend to my homework. Being ad- vised to try Doan's Kidney Pills by relative whom they had benefited, I obtained box at the Eaton Drug Store. Their use brought the best of results. The pains quickly disap- peared and my kidneys were restored to a normal condition. take pleas ure in recommending Doan's Kidney Pills in return for all they have done for me. "
 } For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster. Milburn O., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name -Doan's- and take mo other.
The Press., 1912-07-17

Emily Elizabeth, only daughter oi Jerome & Emily Holt died Jan. 2l, 1858 Ae. yrs.
 Herbert, son of Jerome & Emily Holt died Jan. Is. 1844, aged 19 mos.
 Francis J. son of Jerome & Emily Holt died Jan. 8, 1844, aged 10 yrs & mos.
 Emily, daughter of Jerome & Emily Holt died Dec. 29, IS43, aged yrs.
 Betsey, wife of Amasa Holt died Oct 8, 1851. Ae. "A.
 Amasa Holt died June 23, 1850. Ae. 69.
 Clarissa Holt, wife of Dea. John Holt died Feb. 25, 184O. Aged 65.
 Dea. John Holt died April P, 1S41. Ae. 65.
 In memory of Matilda, daughter oi John & Clarissa Holt who died June 26, 1884, aged 29 years.
 Waity M. wife of Lester Carew died June 22, 1868. Aged 56 yrs mos 2 d'ys.
The Press., 1912-07-17
Swiss EnuIisn,

Swiss English always seems designed to round off the scenery with the touch of humor. For years the best in the writer's collection has been an inscrip. tion by path leading to a waterfall near Meiringen, which explained that q toll was necessary for ''the founda- uon and untertaining" of that path Until recently. however, there was nothing quite equal to the Strassburg cathedral notice: Express interdic- tion to circulate during divine service. Beadle have to preserve order" But Switzerland has at least tied with Ger many now in the collection. In a cer- tain Oberland valley, too unspoiled yet to be given away by name, there is a series of gates which bear a short re- quest in Oberland German to the way farer to close them. And twice 1t is translated into the English "ShuG upr' London Spectator.
The Press., 1912-07-17
HUMAN ALEINOS.
EVOn Their Interior Organs, Brain Ino
 cIudod. Lack Color.

Even Their Interior Organs, 6raIn In" cIudOd, Lack Color.
 There is no race of human albinos, and the alDinO appears in nearly all races. Latin albus means white in English. The word albino is applied to white plants and white animals. Specifically when we hear the word we think of white humans-men ob women without color. In a full or complete albino (human) all pigment or color is absent in the skin, in the in teriOr organs and even in the brain 4'hite negroes and Indians exist as well as in Caucasian or white races.' some of these being quite dark.
 A total albinO has white epl dermis or skin and also white hair ana red eyes, due to the absence of pig ment in the membranes of the eye which is for the purpose of screening, light that is too bright for the retina- that is, in albinos; others can see the retina in the rear of the eye, and this; appears to be red.
 Albinism is not disease, nor are tho minds of albinos weaker than those of others. White blackbirds. mice hares and birds are albinOs. And theL white elephants are sacred and wor shiped by some races in Asia.-Ex change
The Press., 1912-07-17
THE MUMMIES MOVED.
They Raised Their Heads as # to Bic
 Adiau to Africa

buSy BN0tSS0 BV0dOS @S bB k0 Ob0'
 Adieu to Africa.
 In his book Africa of Today" Joseph King Goodrich tells of the shipment of a number of mummies from the banks of the Nile to various museums
 "They were put on board lighter in the river." he says, ''and arranged side by side. As the boat was moving away from the bank many of the num- mics seemed to come back to life. Certainly they moved and the heads seemed to rise as if the bodies were turning so that their eyes might take a last look at the place where these old kings and queens had lain in peace for over two thousand years.
 '"The effect upon the boatmen was most panicky. and even the unsuper- stitious foreigner felt as if something uncanny were occurring.
 "The explanation is absurdly simple. The heat of the sun had caused the expansion of certain parts, but it was never a satisfactory explanation to those Nile boatmen. who were for long time loath to handle mummies as cargo"
The Press., 1912-07-17
Deafness CannOt be Cured

Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu- tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in- famed condition of the mucous lining Of the EuStachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal nine cases out or ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inl1amed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of Deafness (cauSed by CataFrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for circu- lars free. E. ). CHENEY q O., Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Press., 1912-07-17
How eo Kill Flies.

To clear rooms ot flies use carbOlic acid. heating a shovel and pouring on 1t twenty drops of the poison. The vapoT will Kill the flies Another method: Burn pyrethrmm powder ID the room The flies will fall to the floor sfunetied and may be swept up and burned The powder should be mOistened and mOIded into cones. and after drying each cone should be placed upon dish and lighted at the top. 1t will burn slowly and the OdOa is not disagreeabie.
 Flies pass the winter hidden in cracks and holes iD attics and cellars Many of these may be killed In the spring by the two methods just de acribed.
The Press., 1912-07-17

Of The Press, thirty years ago.
 The directors of the Stafford Springs Cemetery association met on Tuesday evening, and voted to assess 10 per cent. on the subscriptions to the improvement fund; also appointed G. H. Baker, Andrew Whiton, w. D. Heald, R. s. Hicks, Julius Converse and o. J. Holmes a committee to select a landscape architect, and other wise take measures to have the grounds properly laid out.
 The new steamer Block Island began regular trips on Monday, leaving Nor wich at a. m. and connecting at New London with Mahoney's train from the north.
 Born. In Stafford Street, 18th, a son to Frederick A. Pierson.
 In Palmer, 8th, by Rev. E. A. Perry, Joseph Coleman of Ellington and Mary A. Slater of Holland.