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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
The interstate Commerce C nm

The interstate Commerce c minis
sion has granted the Easle rail
roads five per cent. increase il
freight rates. excepting rail-lake
and-rail and lake traffic; bituminous
anthracite coal. coke, iron ore Ia e;
he'd by une xpired orders of the
commission, cement, starch, brick
tile. clay and plaster rate increa es
previously rescinded. are permitted.
The commission declares the Euro
pean war disarrsnged the wo Ids
commerce and says THE means of
transportation is an indispensable
agency for our industrial life and
for the common veal should be
kept abreast Of public require
ments" 1t is estimated the annual
income of the railroads will be in
creastd thirty million dollars as a re.
suit.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
NOTHING NEW IN JOKE LINE
Insist That This HAS Never
Been Sprung Before"

A reader OF the Docket In New Yorh
city cut out the item relating to the
dissolution of partnership. in which
one partner makes the statement that
those who owe the firm will settle
with him. and those that the firm owes
will settle with Nose" and sends II
back to us with this notation: This
was an old chestnut when / lived in
-. which was in 1856"
To this charge we enter a plea OF
confession and avoidance. We con
tend that the courts will take judicial
notice of the fact that there is nothing
new under the sun, and in our judg.
ment the jokesmith is we'll within
his rights H. resurrecting a joke
which was old in 1855.
The incident brings to mind the fol.
lowing story "The editor of a Mime
sofa newspaper back in the sos con
cocted the following: 'Yon Yonson put
four sticks of dynamite in the stove
last Sunday to thaw them out. The
handles were nickel plated and only
cost $1o.'" A professor of English
literature in an eastern university
wrote a very interesting article on
this joke, claiming that it represented
a distinctly American brand of humor,
and that 1t could not have happened
in any other country or at any other
time.
But alas for the professor Of Eng,
fish literature-for there is nothing
new under the sun. Reference to ii
Chronicles. Chapter 16, Verses IL and
10, produces the following:
IL. And Asa In the thirty and
ninth year Of his reign was diseased
In his feet. until his disease was ex.
ceedingly great; yet in his disease
he sought not to the Lord. but to the
physicians.
10. And Asa slept with his fathers
Vests Docket.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22

European War Seems to Make Pros.
peot Of American Thoroughbred
Gloomy.

1T will take years for the thor
oughbred OF America to get back to
the high state OF perfection II occu-
pied ten years ago. now that the only
hope OF improving the strain has been
cut of by the war In Europe" re-
marked J. p. Mayberry. a well known
horseman OF Sheepshead Bay, at the
Raleigh, the Washington Post states.
The inimical laws enacted In the
various states, particularly In New
York, In the last ten years checked
the improvement Of the breed. and
the American thoroughbred has been
steadily going backward ever since.
ANY one who knows anything about
the thoroughbred type knows that the
American thoroughbred of today does
not compare with the racer OF i've
years ago. When the antiracing laws
Of New York drove the sport out Of
the Empire state in 1910 many OF
the breeders OF Observation-Disclosures
who had helped largely to build up
the horse in America-began to dis
pose OF their horses. Many we're
shipped abroad, ana In four years
more than fifty per cent Of the best
thoroughbred stock has gone back to
Europe.
Reports from the warning nations
are ito the effect that the countries
that have been foremost In improving
the thoroughbred, England. France,
Germany and Austria-the seat of the
warm all probability will command.
eer most OF the racers Of the European
turf. II this be so 1t will remove al
most the last hope the turf has to
rebuild the rapidly diminishing quail
ity Of the American thoroughbred.
The horses that are parading around
the race tracks Of this country are
mere ghosts Of what we had i've
years ago. There is not a real good
horse on the American turf at this
time. whereas dozen years ago there
were scores"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
Stop That Cough--Now.

When you catch Cold, or tegin tr
Cough, the first thing to do is to
take DR.. Bells Pine-Tar. Horny. Il
penetrates the Innings of the Thro I
and Lungs and fights the Germs OF
the Disc ase. giving quick relief and
natur h, aling. 'Our whole fami.
Y d. pend on Pine-Tar. Honey for
Coughs and Cllds." writes Mr.. E.
Williams Hamilton. Ohio. 1t a.
ways helrs. 25c. at your Druggist.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
Colds Are Often Most Serious
Stop Possible Complications.

The disregard of a c Id has often
brought many regret. The fact OF
Sret zing. Coughing. or Fever
should be warning enough that our
system needs immediate attention.
Certsin'y loss of Sleep is most seri
Gus. 1t is warning given By Ma
ture IL is a mans duty to himself
to assist by doing his part. D.
Kings New Discovery is b sad o.,
a scenific ansly sis of Co d.. SOC,
at y our Druggist. Buy a bottle to-
day. -Adver tisemeat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
Leopard Al LARGE In MountsIns

A full grown leopard on its way
from Germany to a menagerie in Italy
escaped from the train at Lecco, on
the Swiss-Italian frontier and took to
the mountains. Italian gendarmes and
several sportsmen armed with rifles
and assisted by dogs climbed through
a forest without finding any trace OF
the leopard. which seems to have
taken refuge on the higher slopes of
the neighboring mountains. and win
be menace to the woodcutters when
II finds no food.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
The Liver Regulates The Body
A Sluggish Liver Needs Care.

Someone hts said that p op'e will
Chronic Liver Complaint should he
shut up away from humanity, foi
ttey ave pessim SITS and see through
a "glass darby" Why? Bacaus,
mental states depend upon physica
states, Biiousness. Headaches
Dizziness and Constipation disappear
after using DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. 25c. at your Druggist. -Ad-
v rtisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
Notice.

BY order of the church, there will
be special business meeting at the
First Baptist church on Wednesday,
Dec. %. at 7 p. m, for the purpose
of arranging for securing a par
sonage.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22

Enoch Watts, formerly porter in
the State library, is charged by Lii
brarian Frank Kavanaugh with hav-
ing sold to a secondhand book store
Z73 Kentucky Law Reports taken
from the storeroom in the basement,
The books have been recovered and
further Investigations are being
made.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22

England having annt xed Egypt
mas appointed Prince Hussein Ktmai
20 succeed the khedive of Egypt,
Abbas Bilmi. Prince HusseiD Ktm mai
Will take the ii lie of sultan. The
new sultan is an uncle of Abbas Hill
mi.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22

Fort Deposit, Ala. reports the
lynching of a negro from Rome. for
I'm attempted crime that amounts to
auicide in the South.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
TUESDAY. DECEMBER %

I'd SiVeIy. a young man a Chatts.
nsoga. Tenn. rejected by Florenct
Nor ger. killed himself witha shot
gun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
Little Alexis Sore Point.

Little Alick was in the train the
other day, and in the seat opposite to
him was an old pensioner whose
breast was covered with medals.
Alick gazed at him and the medals
long and earnestly, and at last said to
hfs mother: Mamma, why does that
man wear his money on his coati
Won't they let him have pockets?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22

jackson, Tenn, is preparing to
vote on commission government nj xt
month. with the city council and
somebody else anxious to give it q
krial. Business administrations for
cities. are growing in popularity all
over the country.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
Value OF NuotatIons.

Our oratorical friend quoted a
great deal of poetry" Eyes. And
don't blame him. The most discreet
thing he can do is to put as much re-
sponsibillty as possible for what he
says on somebody else"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
RuIIyI oh. Very RuII.eyI

Irish Policeman-If ye want To
smoke here yen have to aither put
out yer cigar or go somewhere Use.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22

Don't fail to see Hard
wick's line of jewelry before
buying your Christmas pres
ents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22

Biggest assortment of cut
glass in the city at Half
Price at Hardwick's Jewelry
Store.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-22
Daily ThoLuht.

Patience and have faith
and thy prayer will be answered.
Iongfellow.
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
OFFICER SHOOTS ANETA BOY.
Citizens Greatly Incensed Over Shoot.
ing of Young Man-Just Home
From College.

Devils Lake.-The little town of
Aneta is stirred up to high pitch as
result of the shooting of Adrian Tor
fin, who had just returned from the
agricultural college, by Night Watch
man Henry Carlson. The young man
is in critical condition. Whether
the shooting was accidental, or wheth-
er the trigger was pulled Intentionally
is matter which will be Investigated.
The affair happened about midnight
when a bunch OF ball players, who had
partaken of beer at the racetrack,
which is about a half mile out of
Aneta were returning home.
While it is believed by many that
the shooting was accidental, the fact
that an officer was prodding a young
man with loaded gun has brought
forth great censure. The Waterman
is new officer. Young Torfin is one
Of the most popular men in that sec
ton. He has been playing second
base on the Aneta team. The bullet
entered his side.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
NEW BULL MOOSE CANDIDATE,
Third Party Will Nominate in Part
BY Affi-
davit.

Bismarck. - Several new names
have been added to the lists of candi
dates for state Offices.
The Bull Moose party nominees by
petition number only five, but it is
understood others will be nominated
by affidavit, as is permitted where
vacancies in the ticket exist
While the fight for the republican
nomination for lieutenant governor
has been supposed to rest between
three candidates, Frame, Kraabel and
Bessesen, there now are five candi-
dates, A. w. McMasters of Tolley, and
Henry Sagehorn of Krem, being late
entrants.
Rollef Berg of Courtney, is a new
entrant in the field for the republi
can nomination for state treasurer.
For the United States senatorial
nomination, Herman N. Midtbo Of Mi
not, is candidate. Midbo has been
a candidate for various offices in al
most every election in the last eight
or ten years.
In the democratic party, there are
contests for the gubernatorial, sena-
torial, attorney generalship and for
one congressional nomination. The
socialist party and the progressive
party are without contests.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
DEMOCRATS PICK kNuDsoN
Nominate Him For Governorship by
Petition After
MeAtind

Grand Forks.-A petition nominal
ing Oliver Knudson of Michigan, as a
candidate for governor at the demo-
cratic primaries was filed at Bismarck
by L. E. Birdsell. The necessary affi-
davit that Mr. Knudson is bona fide
candidate for the nomination was
made in this city by five leaders of
the democratic party.
According to reports meeting was
held in this city by NJ F. Murphy, l..
E. Birdsell, John Valley, DR.. Orr
Sanders, X. F. Brockoff, and State
Chairman D. H. Macarthur. AS re-
suit of this consultation the necessary
affidavit to the petition, which had
already been circulated, was signed by
the five men first named. AS yester
day was the last day on which petit
tons could be filed, it was Immediately
rushed to Bismarck by Mr.. Birdsell.
Mr.. Knudson, when asked as to
whether or not he had consented to
be a candidate for the nomination and
had given permission for the filing of
his petition, said he had nothing to
say on the matter for publication at
present.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
INCREASE THE WHEAT YIELD
Result of Tests Made at North Da-
kota Experiment Station In Chang
ing Grain Crops.

Tests have been made at the North
Dakota experiment station in grow
ing wheat after oats, barley and
spring rye, three-fourths bushels after
barley, and one and one-sixth BUSH
els after oats. The second wheat
crop was decreased slightly after the
spring rye, one and one-third bushels
after the barley and three and one
third bushels after oats.
This shows a slight increase after
the first year, and little decrease
the second year. From this 1t is
plain that changing the small grain
crops has very little beneficial effect
In fact, the yields of wheat after both
oats and barley, our most common
cereal grains, arc less than on land
that has produced wheat continuous
". To make q real rotation, it is
necessary to bring In the cultivated
crops and grasses.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
PROMINENT MEN At BANQUET.
Rail Heads and Eloquent Speakers
Gather For Historical Society
Affair.

Grand Forks. - j. M. Hannaford,
president of the Northern Pacific rail
road, and Thomas Cooper, land COM
missioner for the same company, Ed
mund Pennington, president of the
500 railroad, and A. D. Albert, man.
aging editor Of The Minneapolis Trib-
une, were prominent outside men to
attend the Mississippi Valley Histor-
ical association banquet here Wednes'
day night Mr.. Albert acted as toast
master.
Among the North Dakota speakers
at the banquet were President F. l..
McVey of the university, Judge
Charles F. Amidon of Fargo and JUS
tice A. A. Bruce of Bismarck.
The banquet was given in the Uni
versity Commons, and proved to be
one of the biggest and most elabor-
ate spreads ever given in the state.
About 500 sat down to the spread.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
KNOW HOW TO KILL INSECTS
May Be Eradicated Easiest When
Young, and Treatment Against
Them Should Be Started Early,

In killing insects the first thing is
to know how to go to them. They
cannot all be killed in the same way.
Some insects, as the potato bug and
cabbage worm, eat the, leaves. These
can be killed by applying a poison to
the leaves. Some insects, like lice,
and mites, and mosquitoes, do not eat
but stick their tongues or feeding APP
paratus into the leaf or skin and suck
their food. Applying poison does
not hurt these insects. For these, ad-
vantage is taken of the fact that in
sects breathe through number Of
small holes along the abdomen. When
q little oil gets on an insect it spreads
over its body, and in SO doing closes
up the breathing pores, and the in
sect suffocates. Fine dust can be
used in some cases. Chickens dust
themselves, which, helps keep them
free from lice. For killing lice, what
ever is used must come in contact
with their bodies. .as f
+ The insects are killed easiest when
young. Treatment against them should
be started early.-North Dakota Ex.
pertinent Station. 1.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
DAMAGE By CABBAGE WORMS
Measures Must 30 Taken to Keep Pese
IN chock-Pyrethrum Powder
10 Recommended.

The cabbage worm causes conside>
able damage. It is not alone what L
eats, but what has to be thrown away
on account of being eaten into.
When full grown, the cabbage worm
Is velvety green or blush, with yel-
low stripes, in color, and little over
an inch long. 1t feeds on the leaves
of the cabbage; when the cabbage
is forming heads 1t eats into 1t.
The cabbage worm matches from an
egg laid by white butterfly, which
flies around from in April till heavy
frosts in the fall. 1t is ready to lay
eggs as soon as 1t appears, and the
eggs hatch in four to eight days, and
the worm can develop into a butterfly
in two or three weeks.
The cabbage worm has enemies, but
these cannot be depended on to keep
them In check. SO it Is necessary to
take measures against 1t. One Of the
best ways is to spray the cabbage with
either paris green or lead arsenate:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
TEACHERS POOR EXAMPLES
Or. Aehsr, Of Valley City, Holds Better
Models for Hygiene instruction
Are Necessary.

Grand Forks.-Dr. Rudolph Acher
had vision In addressing the soci-
ology section of the Mississippi Valley
Historical Association, vision Of the
days when he was boy in school and
used to draw pictures on his slate of
impossible persons of many angles, ex-
pressionless faces and mops Of hair,
all of which he labeled teacher"
DR.. Acher is head of the department
Of psychology and child study in the
state normal school Of Valley City.
He was speaking of Factors in
Race Betterment," and deploring the
failure of the educational agencies Of
society to teach young people the prin-
ciples Of eugenics and euthenics, to
give proper care to physical develop
ment and to impress on those of good
heredity their duty to rear children
and benefit the race.
THE schools" he said, ARE not
doing their part. Human nature Is
good enough to respond to such teach.
ing, II the educational agencies would
only wake up and make the appeal. 1t
is just here that our educational sys.
tenn is distressingly lacking. Our
courses of study from the kindergarten
to the university are apparently made
for some neuter beings who have no
duties and responsibilities, so far as
home making and parenthood are con-
cerned.
For the most part teachers them
selves are not by any means the pic
ture of health and vigor. On the
other hand, the pale, frail, dyspeptic,
prematurely old specimen of peda'
gogue is only too plentiful And what
a travesty on the wohle movement for
better health and longer life this state
Of affairs is. How can children be in.
spired to care for their bodies and
live hygienic, robust lives with such
patterns before them"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
ROAD WITHOUT HEAVY GRADE
Two important Points Ar Neg|eoeeo
N Making and RepaiHns-ose0
10 Useful Implement.

This IL the time of the year that
roads are being made and repaired.
The thing that is wanted In q road
bed Is that 1t be hard and smooth.
and without heavy grades. The first
two of these points are too often neg
lected in road making and repairing.
The road Is often worse after being
repaired than before.
When soil is put onto road It
should be laid down in uniform layers
and packed down before another lay
er is put on. A road built up In this
way will be smooth and will soon
pack hard. When a layer of soil has
been laid down. level it by disking
and narrowing. Packing with q roller
Is helpful. When the soil IL just
dumped onto the road, that in some
places will be looser. 80 that the
packing will be uneven; when put ON
in layers this Is avoided.
In case heavy rain falls on the
road bed which has lot of loose dirt
dumped on 1t, the horses and wagons
will 60 clear through 1t, making it
almost impossible.
The road drag is the best implement
for keeping the surface of the road in
good shape. 1t fills up any little de-
pressions, and the road bed can be
made a little higher in the middle, SO
1t will shed water. Ruts in road
are caused by water standing on the
road; if this water could not remain
on the road there would be no ruts.
To make a good road bed, put on
the soil in thin layers, disk or har-
row, and pack each layer before put
ting on the next. Keep the surface
smooth by using the road drag.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETS
Mississippi Valley Association Holds
lntsrsstlng Meet AZ Grand
Forks.

Grand Forthwith Governor l. b.
Hanna presiding, the annual meeting
OF the Mississippi Valley Historical as.
ISOLATION, one Of the biggest organiza.
lions of the middle west, was held in
Grand Forks beginning Tuesday morn
ing, the association continuing in con-
vention through Thursday night.
Two special features marked tho
meeting in Grand Forks. Wednesday
night, the Commercial club gave q
banquet complimentary to the visiting
delegates and Thursday night, the
Sock and Buskin society Of the univer-
sity presented "A Pageant of the
Northwest" q INSTALLATION of the
early history of the great northwest.
The banquet was served in the uni.
versity Commons.
The pageant marked the dedication
Of the Bankside theater, situated on
the banks Of the coulee, which runs
through the university campus. The
pageant was written by university
students, and was staged by three
hundred varsity attendants.
Governor l.. B. Hanna, who presided
and welcomed the delegates, arrived
Monday night.
There were four sessions Tuesday.
The first general sessions were held
In the city hall auditorium It was a
Joint session with the North Dakota
State Historical society. One after
noon session was held 1T the same
place, and the sociology section of the
association met in the auditorium of
Woodwork hall at p. m.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-04
PROPER WAY OF MAKING HAY
Lsaves Contain Most Food Value
oi,ouid 30 Made Into Windro~s
When u Begins to Wit.

In making hay do not let the hay
No IN the svath too long. This causes
ths leaves to dry up and rattle OF.
The leaves contain the most food
wine. The leaves are also the natural
Wv for the moisture to get out Of the
plant. When they are allowed to dry
M It takes quite while for the moist
ure to get out Of the stem.
IN making hay make it into wind
rows when It begins to wilt It viii,
in reality dry quicker in the wind
rows than when spread out The
leaves win not be 90 dry, but the
stem will be drier. and that u the
important thing. In this way more
leaves will 10 saved, and better
color and flavor secured. North d.
kota Experiment Station.