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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02

Tommy Deagen, soldier Of for
tune and distinctive character,
worked for the trolley company in
the old days-"the good old days.
he called them, but that is largely
his point Of view. He had worked
five OF six days, and he had worked
hard as conductor. He liked the
work and he found it worth while.
One day as he hoped off his car at
the division Office he saw a crowd of
conductors standing around.
whats this, boysY A strike p
he asked in surprise.
"Nope," was the reply; "this is
pay day. Didn't you know it?"
"What?" said Deagen; edo they
pay you, too ?"-Boston Record.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
sPoRTsMAN's GOOD BAG"

A gentleman out ferreting re-
Gently, in the Kildare hunt country
not far from Mas, had a strange ex-
perience. From the first likely look
ing hole his ferrets bolted weasel
and two rabbits, all of which he
shot. About 100 yards further on
the same fence, and quite near the
herds house, big cat was evicted,
and almost Immediately from the
same hole three rabbits. Then from
a ditch running parallel to the
first, and near a -four mill, the
ferrets bolted II rats, all of which
were fortunately dispatched, and
then the ferrets lying in, his men
dug to them, to find that they had
two dead rabbits, and beyond them
in the end of the hole four live ones.
Freeman's Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
RECORD CROP
Of Tobacco Raised By Chris
tan County Farmer.

Fred Harmed, near this city, last
year raised on two acres of land a.
O0S pounds Of tobacco, got a fiat
price of $40 per hundred for this to-
bacco, or 5000. 40 per acre. The to-
bacco which Mr.. Harmed raised on
this two acres was the largest ever
seen hereabouts. the leaves measur-
ing as high as rty-four inches in
length and thirty inches in width.
This. too, with the plants topped at
eighteen and twenty leaves. This Is
believed to b. a record for tobacco
yield and until somebody else comes
forward with a better showing, MIR.
Harmed claims the title of boss"
tobacco raiser of the dark producing
district.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Chance for DiOgOneS.

There is one honest man among
the ''lifers" serving time in Michi-
gan prison. At least Mrs. AL ]
Straus, of Cincinnati, believes so.
Neil Sinclair. of Chippewa county, is
the prisoner and he is probably
richer today than he has been for
some time. at least.
Recently Mrs. Straus visited the
prison. Later she missed two
diamond rings which she valued at
1000. Believing she lost them in
the hotel where she was shopping
she reported the loss and search was
instituted. But it developed that
Sinclair found the jewels in the
prison yard. They were in a cham.
ois bag and probably had been kicked
about unconsciously for some time
by other convicts. The jewels we're
promptly returned to the owner.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
FOUND JEwELRY IN HApDocK.

An Edinburgh (Scotland) laun-
dress has made a most curious find
in the stomach of a haddock, which
has turned out to be of considerable
value. She had bought supply Of
haddocks recently to serve up for
dinner, when, upon opening one of
them to clean it, she was amazed to
find a diamond and opal earring
lodging in the stomach of the fish.
The ornament measured an inch in
length, and contained IL diamonds
and large opal of rich quality, in
a silver setting with gold mounting.
From the circlet of diamonds sur
the opal there is one miss
ing.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
DUTIES ARE HIS
Suggestion Of School for Tosstmastsro
Really Worthy Of Some
Consideration.

The function and responsibilities
Of tie toastmaster are as yet imper-
fecily understood. The ordinary
conception Of a POSTMASTER is OF
a man who gracefully winds up an
after-dinner speaker and sets him
going. People usually overlook the
much more important duty Of keep
ing a speaker under control after
be has been set in motion.
The situation really calls for a
professional POSTMASTER. During
the midwinter season in New York
city alone there must be nights when
10000 men, dispersed in hotels and
club rooms, are dining in behalf Of
some cause or other.
The orator may be inspired, the
audience may be impressed, there
may be applause or there may be
riot-but always there is a sensation
of dealing with distractions. 1t is
either politics, or economies; it is
always a cause.
Having in mind, then, the great
Importance of the public banquet
as an educational institution, we re-
affirm the necessity of placing that
institution on an ordered and scien-
tifc basis. To speak of the govern
ment regulation Of public banquets
is premature. At present the crying
need is for toastmasters who shall
hold the balance firm between the
amount Of oratory expended and the
amount of food consumed. A school
for toastmasters might deal ade-
quately with the emergency.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
LIVES WITH BROKEN NECK.

A man who had his neck broken
some two months ago in Sparrow's
Point, Nd, was brought back to his
home in Gloucester City, N. j., the
other day, with his head and neck
in a plaster cast. The man is able
to sit up, and states that in a short
time he expects to be as well as
usual. When he was taken to the
hospital Immediately after the acct
dent it was not expected that he
would live "A hours. The doctors,
however, gave him special attention,
and to their amazement he has con-
tinued steadily to improve.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
A Log On The Track

of the fast express means serious
trouble ahead if not removed, so
does loss of appetite. 1t means lack
of vitality. loss of strength and nerve
weakness. If appetite fails. take
Electric Bitters quickly to overcome
the cause by toning up the stomach
and curing the indigestion. Michael
Hessheimer of Lincoln. Neb.. had
been sick over three years, but six
bottles of Electric Bitters put him
right on his feet again. They have
helped thousands. They give pure
blood, strong nerves. good digestion.
Only so cents at all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Bodies on a Berg.

Ohico~s of the North-German
L.oyo iiner Princess Irene. which
locked at New York told Friday of
a wireless which they intercepted on
Wednesday, in which a ship-the
name not earned-reported that it
passing fifty miles from the scene of
the Titanic disaster. she had sighted
an iceberg on which were the bodies
of more than a dozen men. All
wore lifebelts. and the bodies were
huddled in groups on the berg. 1t
was the opinion of the officers of the
shep that the men had climbed on the
mass of ice and had frozen to death
as they were swept southwark. No
at'empt was made to take off the
bodies.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Saved By His Wife.

She's g wise woman who knows
Just what to DO when her husbands
life is ia danger, but Mrs. R. j.
Flint, Brairtree, VT, is Of that kind,
"She iu.is ID on my using DR.. Kings
New Discovery" writes Mar. F. for
q dreadful cough, when was so
weak my friends all thought had
only a short time to live, and it COM
plete'y owed me-" A quick cure
for coLADs and colds, it's the most
safe ard reliable medicine for many
throat and lung troubles-g RI p II,
bronchitis, Group, whooping cough,
quinsy. tonsilitis. hepnorrhages. A
trial will convince you. so cts. and
$1.00. Guaranteed by all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
ARE TOO FOND OF LITIGATION
Habit Of Running to the Courts With
Every Dispute Americana Most
Costly Folly.

If one were asked to name the
costliest folly known in this country
he would not be far from the mark
if he should say it was the Ameri-
can craze for litigation, declares a
writer in The Docket. In some COM
munities, especially the small ones
in rural districts, a mans impor-
lance seems to be measured by the
number of lawsuits he has on hand,
and he who has none is often regard
ed as a person of slight consequence.
But the habit of going to law is
not confined to small neighborhoods,
nor to persons Of trifing affairs, as
a single instance will show. There
is now in process of settlement in a
neighboring state the estate of man
which at the time of his death was
valued at $1,O00,000. Rival claim
ants to the property engaged in liti-
cation which has extended over a
period of several years, and now, as
the end approaches, it is said the
estate has dwindled to about $685.
600.
Manifestly, the parties to this liti-
cation have made a heavy invest
ment in experience, but unhappily
for them it is not what fnanciers
call a "liquid asset"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
FOUR AND FOUR ARE EIGHT.

A theatrical manager once ex-
pressed disappointment because his
leading man, an Irishman, refused
to attempt the part of King Henry
VIII.
"Why, you can play almost any
thing and everything" said the
manager, ''and yet you will not
take one part of King Henry WIZ
"No, indeed" replied the actor,
81 can't but I'll tell you what l will
do-I'll play the two parts of King
Henry ~, and that will be just the
same"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
LONG NIGHT OF ANNoYancEs
Troubles Of Scottish Household, start
Ing From Small Source, Came
In Sequences.

A series Of annoying though some
what amusing adventures befel a
household in Glasgow (Scotland) 4,
one recent night. The trouble start
ed about six o'clock, when the kitch-
en- range took fire, matters becoming
SO serious that the fire brigade had
to be summoned. After their de-
parture, and during the temporary
absence Of the householder, a we'll
dressed man called, and announcing
that he was a representative from
the fire station, proceeded to potter
about the fireplace. After a few
minutes examination he collected
shilling for his work, and then de-
parted. When the husband was in
formed of the mans visit he became
suspicious and informed the police.
The tired couple had hardly retired
for the night when they we're rudely
awakened about midnight by two
police officers wishing a full descrip-
ton Of the impostor. Again the per-
secuted couple retired to rest. But
about 700 a. m. the gentleman from
the next close aroused them with the
news that their "confagration" had
eaten its way through to his bed
room. The new outbreak was speed
lily subdued, but not before the
range which had been the original
cause Of the trouble had been
"dozed" with cold chisel and few
buckets Of water thrown behind to
complete the general disorder.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Saves Leg Of Boy.

ut seemed that my 14-year old
boy would have to lose his leg, on
account of an ugly ulcer, caused by
a bad bruise," wrote D. F. Howard,
Aquone, N. c. "All remedies and
doctors treatment failed till we tried
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and cured
him with one box," Cures burns,
boils, skin eruptions, piles. rs cents
at all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Could Not write

Versailles. Ky, Mrs Elisha Green.
of this place. says: Il could not
write all the different pains l had.
when ! fret tried Cardui. could
scarcely Wa Now | am able4o
run the seWlLg mochine and do my
work; and my neighbors tell me the
medicine must be good, for ! look so
much better" Cardui is specific,
pain relieving. tonic remedy, for
women In The past so years. it has
been found to relieve women's I'M
necessary pains. and female misery,
for which over a million suffering
women have successfully used it.
Try Cardui for your troubles 1t
will help you. At the nearnest drug
store.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Golden Opportunity.

A stranger passed through our
show street the other evening and
heard our popular youth and beauty in
the strenuous MARBLE of gladstone
song. He was much impressed. and
later, in lauding the town to ye editor.
he said that he didn't know of place
on earth where there was such a gold
en- opportunity for good music teach
'er.-Hedge Corners Herald.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Fortunes In Faces.

There's often much truth in the
saying her face is her fortune"
but It's never said where pimples.
skin eruptions blotches. or other
blemishes disfigure it. Impure blood
is back of them all, and shows the
need Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
They promote health and beauty.
Try them. rs cents at all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
a Lead Pencil Danger.

In the United States the danger of
putting pencils In the mouth has long
been recognized. and in all the schools
every precaution is taken to prevent
the Interchange of pencils as well as
the moistening of them with the lips
A great many children and even their
elders. who ought to know better per
sist in putting pencils in their mouth
regardless Of the risk they v''n.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
UP TO HER.

"Mabel, you're wasting your time
with that young Mr.. Poonkley. l
don't think he has any idea Of be-
coming serious"
"Oh, mother, you're mistaken. He
told me last night that his hat was
in the ring. All I've got to do now
is show him that somebody else
wants me-"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
HEROIC.

eyes, l once saved a girl from
drowning.
"How was that? ?"
"She was out rowing with a fell
low who began to rock the boat"
eyes ?"
81 yelled to her to jump out and
wade ashore before they got where
the water was deeper"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

"My husband" she said, doesn't
belong to any lodges or clubs. He
is not a man who travels much and
he is at home every night"
81 don't see how he manages 10
live without any amusement at ali. I"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02

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. H., Nc.
Carroll.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Real vIetors In Life.

There are people. like the Apostle
Paul. Whose lives have been battered
and twisted. but whose spirits are ra-
diant as the sun. You win listen in
vain for wailings or complaints. These
are the victors in life and filters OF
the common load that humanity car
ries.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
PREFERRED LOCALS
See ]. H. Dagg for contracting
building and general repair work Of
all kinds. Phone 476.

FOR RENT-Seven room resi-
dence on Virginia and 18th streets.
Modern. garden. stable and carriage
house. Cumberland Phone 456.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Chickens For Sale.

To close out, want to sell 10 Buff
Orpington fowls at so cts each. Also
hen and % young chicks at bargain
price. S. E. CHASTAIN, or inquire
at this office.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Special PRIVILEGE.

isn't II against the law to be loud
and boisterous in the street," 1T
u.s." replied Mr. Chuggins. unless you
do so with a mechanical screecher at.
tached to motor car
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
AFTER DARK.

"'Can crook 90 straight?' is a
question being discussed in the
newspapers"
"Well, crook has been known to
make Decline for q bank"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
euardIna an ImpressIon.

why doesn't that Partisan play
wright accept those challenger" He's
in a predicament. He is a tragic au-
thor and can't afford to let the pub
lice see him in anything as funny as q
French duel"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02

First Tramp-Gee! but I'd like
to live in Alaska.
Second Tramp-Why?
First Tramp-Just thing of sleep
ing six months on one stretch!
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Lots for Homes.

Three residence lots on Canton
Pike and West 18th Street so cheap
you can't afford to miss one for
home. John c. Duffy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
In the Good Old DAYS.

OF course, the old-fashioned belle
may have walked barefoot halfway to
church to keep from spelling her Sun
day shoes. but she didn't put her Golf
fure in the bureau drawer when she
went to bed. Galveston News
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
THEIR VIEW.

Mrs. Wayupp-She says their
family settled in Boston.
Mrs. Blase--Not to hear the
ra9csmcn there te'k.--Judge.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
LOVES SACRIFICE.

"Say, Kate, j got enough to
blow ye to that seat in the show. Ye
kin tell me about il when ye come
out Harper's Bazaar.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
Iron Fence For Sale.

Second hand Iron Fence-Good as
new. 131 #. and gate. A Bargain
if taken at once. See or write
MEACHAM CONTRACTING CO.,
Incorporated.
Hopk lie, KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-02
$4,000

To loan on frst-class real estate Sc
curity. The rs. KNIGHT & co.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-06

A nan In rags, who proved to be Of
good family and once a barrister al
the court OF Marseilles, was arrested
In Paris the other morning for being
without visible means Of support
why don't you work." he was asked
by the magistrate. q" do not like
work." was the ingenious reply. The
prisoner went on to say that although
he was q lawyer In q good position,
social obligations and the necessity of
wearing good clothes became irksome
to him twenty years ago. He left Mar
settles. his family, his friends, and re
spectability to tramp the roads OF
France, where he could breathe, he
says, as he could not breathe In the
trammels Of convention. After some
years he got tired of tramping and
enlisted In the Foreign Legion under
a false name. He remained with the
corps for ten years, and then came
back to France to tramp the roads
again, begging as he went. The magis
trate offered to find this incurable
v~agabond food and lodging In a home.
but he refused. and was therefore sent
to prison.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-06
on Rusty Sidewalk Nail

While working on a we'll digging
machine a Minnesota man jumped mp
on a rusty sidewalk spike. The nail
drove part OF bis black wooden sock
far up into his foot. He removed as
much of the sock as he could, put on
Aliens Ulcerine Salve, and kept right
on with his work. The saivs drew out
parts of the sock snd all otEer poisons
and in a week his foot was healed cp.
This salve is one of the Oldest eme
dies in America and since 1869 it has
been known as the only salve powerful
enough to cure chronic ulcers and old
sores of long standing.
Aliens Ulcerine Salve acts by draw
ing out the poisons the healing the sore
FROM the bottom up 1t is 60 powerful
that it heals new cuts and sores in one
third the time that common sales and
liniments take. And it heals scalds
and burns without a c Sold by
Frank G. Smith. and other leading
druggistS
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-06
Found Use for sawdust.

In the consideration of a change
from steam to electric drive In a st
Paul (Minn.) saw and box mill, the
q stumbling block was the matter
of the disposition Of the sawdust &C
cuinulated about the machinery. Un
der the old system this was made use
OF under the boilers, and thus 1t saved
thu expense OF fuel and OF being car
ried away. but the problem was event
rally solved by the erection OF a stor
age house where the sawdust was
stored In the shape Of bales and dis
posed Of during the winter. when II
demanded a higher price than could
be secured In the summer. In win
ter the material Is In demand for bed
ding In stables. The change from
steam to electricity proved to be o
desirable n from every standpoint
after the matter of the disposal of the
refuse was solved In this manner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-06
MATTER DEFERRED
Democrats Will Not C t o
Pierre Dec. 10

Aberdeen. Dec. 6.-Opinions from
Attorney General Royal c. Johnson,
Judge L. w. Crowfoots of Aberdeen;
A. e. Hitchcock, of Mitchell; T. FL.
Null, of Huron, and others hold that
the clause of the Richards primary
law requiring that recommendations
for Office, both federal and state. be
made by the state central committees
at Pierre. Is imperative until after the
election of the state central committees,
under the Richards law itself in 1914.
Based upon these decisions, the dem
ocratic committeeman, by unanimous
vote here, decided not to 60 TO Pierre
December 10 to make recommendations.
Over 400 democrats responded to the
call from Chairman James Coffey, of
the state central committee. Nearly
every county 10 the state was repre-
scented. The Richards law proved the
only contest ut the meeting.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-06
HOW GEMS ARE INITIATED
Nature Copied With Remarkable Sue.
cess by the Men Who Make coun-
terfeIt Precious Stones.

The makers OF imitation precious
gems copy nature with remarkable
success.
Zircons are composed of zirconia.
Their luster is deceptive, a means hay-
ing been discovered of extracting the
color, thus leaving them diamonds to
all appearances, although their false
ness promptly proclaims itself under
test.
Precious stones are frequently dyed
with such thoroughness that, 1t is said,
the stone may be broken without dis
covery of the process-that is, by the
uninitiated.
The village Of Oberstein, in Ger
many, devotes itself to the making Of
imitation jeweiry and the dyeing of
chalcedony and ether stones. The
onyx, carnelian, blocdstone, and agate
may be enriched In color by INNER.
sion In the dye-pot. The stones are
placed in vessels containing the color
ing matter and are then subjected to
great heat for periods varying from a
few hours to a week Or more. In the
case OF ~chalcedony, which shows
bands OF different degrees Of intensity,
certain Of the bands take the color
and others do not. The stone then re-
ceives a further stewing in pots con-
tanning other dyes.
Fuorspar Is capable of great i'm
provement In tint when subjected to
a heating process and crucidolite IL
given a hue OF blood-red by a similar
method.
The emerald and the cat's-eye are of
all stones the most easily initiated.
One family az Oberstein is said to
possess the secret of converting cru
cidolite into ~cat's-eye. Cat's-eye may
also be made Of aragonite. some OF the
hornblende and even OF hbrous gyp
sum.-Harper's Weekly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-06
THE DOCTORS QUESTION.


Much Sickness Due TO Bowel Disorders
A doctors first question when con.
suited by a patient is, "Are your bowels
reguiar?" He knows that ninety-eight
per cent. Of illness Is attended with in.
active bowels and torpid liver. and
that this condition must be removed
gently and thoroughly before health
can be restored.
Rexall 0rderlies are a positive. pleas
ant and safe remedy for constipation
and bowel disorders In general We
are SO certain of their great remedial
value that we promise to return the
purchasers money In every case when
they fail to produce entire satisfaction.
Rexall Orderlies are eaten like candy,
They act quietly and have a soothing.
strengthening, healing Influence on the
entire intestinal tract. They do not
purge. grlpe. cause nausea, latulence,
excessive ~looseness. diarrhoea or 9th.
or annoying effect. They are especial.
" good for children. weak persons or
old folks. Two sizes. csc. and 10c. Sold
only at y store-The Rexall Store.
Prank c. Smith.