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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07

very hot weather the mixture should
contain twelve parts crude oil to ten
OF kerosene.
%. Grassy marshes VIII ere an inch
or more Of water is standing in the
grass are especially in need OF oiing.
%. Especial attention should be
paid to small Accommodations of wat
err.
"a. Water liable to serve as breed
ing places and which cannot be emp
tied should be treated with larvs-
eide.
% A good larvacide msde from
tobacco can he had from tobacco
coz Germs.
&c. Bodies OF water which can
neither be oiled nor treated with lar
vscide can be kept free of mosquito
larvs by stocking with fish. Native
minnows are best.
q. Mosquitoes rarely make their
way across open ground for a dis.
lance of more than 100 yards. There
fore, if mosquitoes do not breed
within 300 feet of a house they rare
ly cause great discomfort therein.
20. Female mosquitoes, the biters.
live a month or two. They work
their way through the woods and
dense grass. They hide in heavy
cover.
20. Clean the vines and bushes
away for space of 100 feet from
the house. Vines on the wall are
excellent hiding places for mosqui-
toes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07
MAKING WAR ON
THE MOSQUITO

The Chicago Tribune publishes the
following outline for work against
the mosquito. prepared by Dr. W.
A. Evans:
l. Find the breeding places.
2. Destroy all bottles. cans and
bncseis capable of catching water.
8. Fill up the COW tracks and ruts.
4. Drain the small pools ard pud-
dies
5. Drain the marshes.
6 Clean out ard straighten the
bitches.
Z. Clean and slope the ditch
banks
s. Tile bitches whenever possible.
9. Screen al tanks and water bar
rels with No. Is screening.
10. Tag the breeding places which
cannot be drained. emptied or de-
stroyed
II. Oil the breeding places.
y. Oil once every three weeks in
cool weather.
Is. Oil once every two weeks in
warm weather.
IA. Oil once every ten days in ve,y
hor weather.
10 Oil efter every hard rain.
16. Oh after every hard wind.
II. Cover the entire surface of the
pond with a thin film of oil.
Is. The oil mixture to be use is a
combination Of kerosene and crude
oil.
10. When a spray pump is not
available sprinkler may be used.
20. One ounce of oil properly used
is enough to cover fifteen square feet
of water with thin finn.
q. Ia cooler weather the oil mix
ture used can consist of three parts
kerosene and two parts crude oil. In
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07

| will sell at public outcry. at the
Or. John P. Bell farm. near Bell sta.a
ton. on Thursday. Sept. 16, 1915, thst
following property: IL head good
work mules. 5 head horses and colts,
10 head good cattle, 40 fat hogs. lot
of good creek bottom corn. full line
implements for conducting large
and up-to-date farm. Barbecue will
be served on the grounds. Sale be-
gins at 10 o'clock a. m.
Term:-Sums of $25 and under,
cash; also all cattle and hogs cash.
Sums over $25 on all other property.
twelve months time. bankable notes
with 6 per cent. Interest from date
of sale G. S Moore. of Springfield,
Tenn. Auctioneer.
JESSE W. FOARD.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07
Appendicitis.

The appendix is little worm.
shaped side branch Of the food tube.
1t is three to four inches long ant
has very tiny opeoiog larger
than an old-fashioned knitting need
lie.
If anything irritating finds its way
into the appendix il is hard for it to
find its way out.
1t is barely thirty years ago that
the medical profession began 70 rec
ognizs the disease. though it has al
ways existed. no doubt. under the
name of peritonitis, etc.
1t isnot caused by any special for
eign substance such as grape seeds.
fruit seeds and the like. but any irri-
tating substance slipping into it
would set up inflammation and pain.
Operations show oftener than not
no foreign substances whatever.
Appendicitis is considered a dis
ease of young life as the appendix
is larger in childhood and youth than
it is in later life. Most cases occur
before 80. We are told the appen.
dix is slowly shrinking and after
several more generations it may be-
come too small to give trouble.
Ii is merely trouble maker. bav-
ing no function whatever in the
body's work.
1t belongs to set of organs called
vestigiui organs. as they appear to
be mere vestiges OF once useful
organs.
Appendicitis is not nearly as fatal
as is thought. The United States
census OF 1900 (Which was the first
one to recognize appendicitis as a
separate cause of DEATH gives only
5 600 deaths in the United States for
the ten previous years-about one
death in every 200.
The great danger in appendicitis
is in neglecting to recognize and
treat the disease esrly-as the sur
rounding cavity. under appendicitis,
may become SO badly inflsmed that
the patient may die from other caus-
es than the opeaation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07
WAR ON CATS.

"Over 5000 birds, many of them
rare and almost extinct species, are
destroyed annually by cats" says
Gilbert Pearson. secretary of the
National Association of Audubon So
cieties.
There is no wild animal or bird
of prey on this continent which
compares in destructiveness with the
domestic cat. 1t depopulates the
woods of our native songsters and
left alone will render silent every
grove in America. Game birds have
suffered terribly from its ravages,
vagrant and so-called 'domesticated'
cats together destroy more birds
than all the other forces in America
combined.
He points out that the common
view of cats as civilized household
pets is false. The cat that sleeps by
the fire in the daytime reverts to its
primeval instincts at night, and be-
comes a wild beast. 1t roams abroad
in search of prey. And unfortunately
its favorite prey consists chiefly OF
our insect catching birds, those most
valuable to man both economically
and esthetically.
He reports one case in which a
large colony of birds, sea terms or
sea swallows, on an island near Man.
tasket, was almost wiped outsby
eight cats. From several thousand
they were reduced to few hundred
before bird-lovers discovered the
cause of the slaughter and destroyed
the cats.
The city of Montclair, N. j., has
taken action to lessen this evil. to-
gether with the spreading Of infec-
tious diseases by cats. 1t has passed
an ordinance providing for the i'm
pounding, sale or destruction" of all
vagra ant or unidentified cats found
roaming at large. The only salvation
for pussy is to wear a tag bearing
her owners name and address. IL
this policy were followed generally.
it would result in the defamation of
the worthless cats and as result the
repopulation of bird communities.
--Owensboro Messenger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07

Birmingham steel industries are
all busy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07
New Public Lands.

President Wilson has eliminated
from the Cleveland national forest
in Southern California 100000 acres
of rolling chaparral land which will
be subject to homestead settlement
from Nov. 2 to Nov. 20 next aud
open to disposition under the gener-
al laws after that date. The lands
lie along the boundaries Of the nat
ional forest in Riverside and San
Diego counties. II also was an
nounced that more than $500. 900
acres Of land In the Bellefourche dis.
trict. South Dakota. recently
opened to entry under the enlarged
homestead law would be subject to
entry as 800 acre homesteads after
Oct. II.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07
". C. 7. U.

The w. c. T. u. will meet at the
Hopkinsville Public Library on to
morrow Wednesday, afternoon,
Sept. 8th., at a o'clock. This is an
important meeting as the annual
election of officers will be held, and
also the election of delegates to the
State Convention at Bowling Green.
A large attendance is desired.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07

Business Houses and Everybody
To Work Roads.

The report came In yesterday thai
10 Pembroke, Trenton, Springfield
and ermediate points has ness
houses are going TO cluee 40 'o-mor-
row and practically war, b,ie will
work on the Roads. The Good RoA ads
enthusiasm is the livesr Tsp of news
for this week all over Western Ken
lucky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07
Prof. Reed Exonerated.

Louisville. KY. Sept. 6.-Prof. C..
E. Reed, principal of the boys con-
solidated high school. was exonerat-
ed of all blame by coroDer's jury
which investigated the tragic death
of Howard Branch. Jr.. ageds. TIE
boy was killed Thursday. when he
leaped from passing drsy and ran
directly into the path of Prof. Reeds
automobile.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07

Charles A. Boynton. one of the
veterans of the Associated Press,
and one of the best known American
newspaper men of the last twenty
five years. died in Washington Sum
day, aged 70 years. He had not
been in active service since 1909.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07

BLIND MARY" is in town at
Kate Lewis on GAINESVILLE pike. Box
s. Will do no business except at
that place. advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07
THE BEST WAR
STORY | HAVE hEARD."
BY WILL OWEN.

b1 WILL Wv EN-.
think one Of the funniest stories
that / have heard in connection with
the war is one Of two Jews--the enc
Germsn and the other Russian.
At dead of night, they leave their
respective trenches each bearing a
banner.
They meet in the no mans land
between the trenches. exchange ban.
ners. and silently return with their
trophies. and are both decorated for
proves. Business as usual
BY HAROLD BEGBIE.
OF humorous stories | like best
that Of the old sergeant who said
cheerfulIy to rather dismal regi.
ment just arrived from England at
one Of the bases: Come. my lads.
buck up; it's only the first seven
year of war that are really bad"
BY ALFRED LESTER.
Army doctor to officer friend
watching recruits march by: 'It's
strange how one can tell by a little
observation what mans occupation
was previously to lining the Colors
For instance, look at Private Jone
there-I'll bet he was a clerk. for he
is always trying to put his rife be
hind his ear!'
BY HORACE
ANNESLEY VACHELL.
The following story illustrates the
Irishman's well-known love of fight
ing. A wounded Tommy. belon ARG
to the Leinsters. who had been in
several bayonet charges. regretted |
bis inability TO deal with more than
ore Hun at time. This is how he
put it: 81 was afther wan Of 'em.
sorr, and. faith, cud see not wan
but himl | REMEMBERED afterwards
that I'd passed by two others whom
| could 'av shtuck wild the greatest |
aise. From The Strand Magazine |
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07
WANTED.

Position By experienced middle
aged lady as nurse or housekeeper
Cal at No. 81 West Third street.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07
PLANTERS PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION, inc.

Report of sales by the Planters
Protective Association of Kentucky
and Tennessee, Incorporated, for
month ending August 81, and for
the season to date. Also total sales
of the 1919 crop
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-07

According to the average expec-
tation of life, the kaiser will live fif-
teen years longer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Hard Work, Indeed.

A young woman who pounds the
typewriter all day figures that her
hands travel about five miles during
her working hours. IF girl writes
the word then" she says. figure
how muck ground she covers. TAX
ing the four letters in order, her
hands travel altogether a distance OF
no less than Az inches. suppose
that the word comes at the end OF
a line. She raises her hand to shift
her paper up notch and she has COW
cred inches raising her hand and
as much coming back to the space
bar. There are 14R inches OF mo
ton Just over the circumstance OF
writing a word of four letters at the
end of a line Studying the amount
Of travel done by the hands in the
course of an extended article written
by the typewriter, il runs up into
large fractions of miles in the course
OF the day The forearms are kept
always at right angles to the upper
arm. and that throws a certain strain
on the biceps muscles. They and the
muscles Of the forearms ought to be
strengthened greatly by a course OF
typewriting. but this is the sort Of ex-
ercise that is too near home, like
homework. sweeping and the like, to
be attractive"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

her bookcase where she kept a small
looking-glass carefully hidden beneath
a gilt-lettered Teachers Creed" The
principal had often noted and APP
proved the cheerful and long-sustained
attention that Miss Lucy gave to her
Greed each morning.
However, that morning the inspec-
ton was short. The dampness had
fiattened her fresh waist into a SLOW
emily. limp garment, and the end of
her nose was damp and coldly pink.
Being mere feminine creature of
clothes, she slammed the bookcase
door and sitting down at her desk
looked gloomily and bitterly at the 60
members of Glass A. Owing to the
inclement weather Class A was in an
mbecoming state of damp grcasiness
and nature. in vain attempt to give
a bath TO her neglected children, had
only nade matters worse.
Anna Karenina looked like wet
fresh sausage and according 30 her
usual custom in rainy weather she
had taken off the blue hair ribbon
that was her sole garter, thus letting
both her stockings hang down over
her shoes True. her legs felt cold.
but she had an idea that her stock
irgS TINS worn resemblCd the CATERS
that Miss Lucy sometimes doomed
Mike Anna whose r1urning af,iu-
tions no pleading could extend farther
than the dainty wpttipg rf n finger tip
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
make II Big, and Lots Of Color in It.

miles away, out of the reach OF even
good roads. He had little but his out
fit and few cherished belongings
There was his cornet, for he was
something of a musician; his artists
case, a few favorite books.
1t was at Cross Cut Gully that he
found himself clear out of funds.
Good fortune, however, stepped in and
saved the day. A rugged, half-tipsy
miner discovered him Willing away
lonely hour near the edge of stream,
discoursing some old familiar tunes on
his cornet.
The very thing. boss!" he hailed
Arden heartily. See here, and he
drew out a buckskin bag. 1t was
filled with nuggets.
How much to give us some patri-
otto and dance music up at the
Gulch?" was his next ready challenge
iii do it for good meal, replied
Arden accommodatingfy.
But you WON'T" dissented his new
acquaintance. Here and here, and
there!" and Arden's eyes sparkled as
nearly three ounces of dust was
poured into his palm.
They meant new life for the penni-
less wanderer; they helped him on
his way, as far as Quartzville. Here
a frontier circus was in progress.
Mixing with the crowd, Arden was
robbed OF what was left of his
stake"
His funds ran SO low that he re-
painted tavern sign for five dollars
One of the habitues of the place came
across him thus engaged. He was a
rough card playing rustler. and
was promptly seized with an idea.
Can you paint picters, tOo?' he in.
| quired
you mean portraits asked Ar
den
! That's It. | want one done. When
you're through with that sign. come
! inside and ask for Broncho Jim.
This Arden dill He found his pros
pectiye client in a duly hilarious state
with a wealth of poker chips at his
elbow. Froncho lin passed him ovei
mint slab, validated for half hun
dred.
Double that when you get hel
/ done" was the announcement.
"Her-whomt asked Arden won
deringly.
"Ziatina. down al the circus. She:
no use for me, bur I've hit the fancl
that Id like her picter. Make II pig
and lots OF color in ii Take me.
Il think | do. assented Arden. ant
set out on his queer mission.
Ziatina was popular name at tn
little settlement just then. She wa
a half-breed, graceful as gazelle
with great black eyes and willow.
form. She was the star Of the show
and her appearance in a sketch bring
ing in scouts, cowboys and the usua
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
ART OR
NATURE?
BY LUCY COPINGER
Copyright, by J. B. Lippincott Coz

Copyright, by ]. B. Lippincott Coz
Anna Karenina and Sophie Bauer
schmidt were sitting on the curb-stone
in front of the Bauerschmidt saloon.
They were talking about Miss Lucy.
"My sister," said Sophie, "seen Miss
Lucy and she says she's swell"
Sophie's sister. creature of very
big pompadour that hung coquettishly
into one eye. worked at the beauty
, counter of department store and was
therefore the social oracle of the Bau-
erschmidt circle.
There was an element of gloom in
Annals nature that discounted for her
all things pedagogical. "a SWELL"
she echoed disdainfully, "she aind
even no lady My mother says she
aind nothing bud working-woman.
Ladies never do no work. They jusd
! sids all day ind puds things on their
| faces like my mother"
! well, anyhow" said Sophie, Miss
Luzy's got nice Clothes
"They aind so much" insisted
! Anna; "she aind god no silk peddicoad
und she never wears no beads"
But she's pretty, anyhow" said
Sophie.
"Hod air" Anna scoffed. why
she's god red hair"
It's the style" argued Sophie, my
sister put stuff on her hair, and some
of it's red and the rest aint,"
"Thad'S like my mothers" Anna
agreed; but Miss Luzy's is jusd al
red"
but it's curly" wavered Sophie
"its curly down by her ear"
"Aind you never neXd?" cried Anna
nngered at such denseness. Thad aint
no real curl"
Its spit then" said Sophie.
"She puds il ub," said Anna, will
finality; Il bed you she does"
Il bet you she don't" snapped Sc
phie
| "Whad1l you bed?" cried Anna.
"Nothun," said Sophie feminnely,
you're afraid" Anna jered. 9
bed you cend she does"
, 81 bet you a cent she don't" erie
the tainted Sophie.
, "All right" said Anna; 'jusd wal
, dill id rains" Then, growing wear
of Sophie's company, she departed t
!, the more congenial pursuits of tn
gang,
Two days later it rained. Miss Luc!
having come to school in the mids
!, of a damp. depressing drizzle, went t
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
EQUINE luxuriee.

Shower baths have been provided
for horses in certain of the larger
cities through the kindness of the hu.
name societies, remarks an exchange,
Arrangements have been made with
the municipal fire departments by
which the societies are allowed to tap
the fire plugs and attach hose and
spray. so that teamsters and others
may give their steeds a bath by merely
hating for moment and turning on
the spray. Water for drinking pur'
poses may also be drawn.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
The New Mheeze.

Out of a job?" asked Yorick Hamm.
aside from the fact that the same is
couched in unprofessional language"
replied Hamlet Fatt, with dignity.
your inquiry savors OF ribaldry and
is, moreover, uncouth. an actor is
never at liberty these days If you
don't see his na.aa On Broadway
bill. he is pe;tins more money from
the movies. judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Knew Her Name.

had occasion To pass little boy
a good many times one afternoon lie
was sitting on the steps and although
we were strangers each time | passed
he greeted with me with. Hello, and
! responded likewise. Finally the last
time passed by he said II know
what your name u.s." and upon in
quiring what. hr said Mrs. Going
Back and Forth ~ Exchange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
A Straw
Chance
JE SIZE e. SHERwIN

G3k,&&sS2x<x}9xsk3s3sS sSGe8G88&8988&
Copyright 1915. by W. G. Chapman.)
ITO plunge into the wilderness and
forget, or to ransack the mountains
and gain great wealth, the only thing,
1t seems, that will buy me my hap
piness!"
Thus unused Arden Vale, and he
looked grim, desperate, determined all
at once. His case was a prototype OF
the common variety Of the poor. strug-
Cling man Of genius, loving and be-
loved in turn by the daughter of
Croesus.
He was too honorable and sensible
to ask pretty Bettina Royce to en-
gage herself to him until he had made
some kind of hopeful financial start
in life. Then, too. her father. while
neither tyrannical nor snobbish, was
stickler for prudence and what was
| due his daughter socially.
There was only mutual, tacit I'M
derstanding between Bettina and Ar
den at their parting interview. He
spoke Of going forth to win the world.
Her mute lips, framed to an express
sion of real mental pain, assured him
that his love was her world, and she
spoke of his return in a gladstone,
hopeful way that sent him on his jour
ney happy.
Mr. Royce made his fortune at min
ing in day" ruminated Arden If
| lay the mere formation for one in
a year | will be thankful
The district had seen some great
finds" of late-gold, always gold
Arden started for the Bonanza dis
trict on foot. 1t was three hundred
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
New Fire Peril.

Birds carrying matches to their
nests under the caves Of a college
building in New York we're blamed
for fire starting. The new art OF
fire prevention would preferably place
the blame on the human agency which
left such dangerous little weapons as
matches where the birds could find
them to carry them 70 the caves.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Back Broken Thrice. Lives.

BY means of delicate operation in
the Cooper hospital Dominick Perallo
may live, although his spine was brok-
en- in three places when he was buried
under a slide of coal
Perallo was partially paralyzed by
the bones touching on the vital cord.
and their removal restored the sense
of touch ia the limbs. The hospital
doctors say that the patient is almost
sure TO recover-Philadelphia North
American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Faulty Educational System.

An hours inquiry into the various
tests which are put today to Judge
the extent Of child's education will
convince one that the main object or
our schools is to cultivate an auto
matte efficiency in what can only be
termed the mechanical departments
of the brain. 1t is the exact opposite
of what education in its real sense
ought to produce.-Exchange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

Only the expert cA.i tell an imitation
diamond from real stone when the
Imitation in new. but after the fake
stone has been worn for little time
It soon loses its lnstor, Il is TINS
which makes real diamond valuable
No matter how long IT is worn 1t will
keep its suarfle almost as well as
ever
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
How lsInaIass Is Made.

The raw material of isinglass is the
air bladders or sounds of fish, and is
not of value except for this one pur-
pose In Russia, where the finest ISM
glass is made, the sounds OF the stur
gcon are cut open aud STEPPED in wa
ter until tho outer membrane separ
rates from the inner tEe= the latter
is washed and deicd In the sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Little Time 70 Waste.

Life is short, and we never have
too much time for gladdening the
hearts of those who are travelling the
dark journey with US Oh, be swift
TO love. make haste to be kind
Amiel.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

Kind looks, kind words, kind act
and warm handshakes- these are a
secondary means of grace when men
are in trouble and fighting their ur
seen battles. pr John Hall.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
When Success Is sweetss...

Success is sweet the sweeter i long
delayed and attained through mani
fold struggles and defeats.-A. Bron'
son Alcoft
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
or;c,n of the Bicycle.

The modern bicycle seems TO haVs
ad its origin in 1854. P. H. Fischer,
mechanic of Schweinfurt, Germany.
ided pedal cranks to the velocipede>
ute independently Ernest Michaux
il upou the same idea in 1855. Rub
er tires seem to have been hrst
sed IN 1865 BY NJ Thevanon of Lyons.