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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
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TO PREVENT WHITE scoURs
Pennsylvania State Experiment sta.
ton Outlines Some Suggestions
to Prevent Disease.

White scours is germ disease,
heuce its suppression lies in the pre-
vention of infection. The Pennsylva-
mia state experiment station outlines
the following suggestions for the pre-.
vention Of this disease
The COW should be permitted to
drop her calf upon a clean bed of
straw in thoroughly dlsinfected
stall. Immediately after birth of the
calf, the umbilical cord should be
soaked in per cent solution of
some standard dip. A wide-mouthed
vessel will be the most convenient
container for the solution, as 1t may
be held close to the body and the cord
folded down into the solution.
To prevent contamination the cord
should not be touched with the fin
gers. After soaking, both the cord
and an area three inches In diameter
surrounding it should be painted with
iodine, by means of small piece Of
absorbent cotton. A drying powder
of equal parts bOric acitl, powdered
alum and flowers of sulphur should
then be busted on the cord twice daily
until it has dried off. The powder
should be applied with a busting can.
Additional precautions include the
rinsing of the cows udder with a dip
solution to destroy germs on these
parts before the calf is sucked, and
thorough cleaning Of the stable, in
Guiding disinfection of the walls and
floors.
If the calf is very valuable, dairy
men are advised by the Pennsylvania
station to inject a serum prepared
from a number of organisms found in
calves with white scours, as a pre-
ventive. This should be done as soon
as the calf is dropped.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
lightning Rods Protect strawstacks.
C. r. ATKINS.

Lightning Rods Protect straWstacks.
For several years an Iowa farmer
has protected his strawstacks with
lightning rods in the same manner
that he protects his farm buildings,
The uprights on stack are supported
on a footboard which runs the full
length of the stack, along the ridge.
The rods are grounded through gas
pipes, the lower ends of which are
buried deep in the earth. This ap-
paratus is used from year to year.
When a stack is to be removed the
cable and rods are rolled up and put
aside until new stack has been built.
The device can be quickly and easily
installed. Though twelve trees on this
farm and three barns on neighboring
farms have been struck by lightning
in recent years, the barns and stacks
on this farm have so far enjoyed com
plete immunity from damage by light
ning.-From the April Popular Me.
chanics Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
l.. &: N.
Time Card
Effective Aug. l3. 1916.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

No.s9S-C. & N. o. Lin. 1921 am.
No. 5l-St. L. Express 5:29 p. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 9:35 a. m.
No. 55- 5--Hopkinsville Ac. 700 a. m.
No. 53-St. l.. Fast Mail 5:36 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. l.. Lin. 5:29 a. m.
No. 52-St. Louis Express 9;55 a. m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer 1902 p. m.
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 p. m
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail 1924 p. m.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for
Memphis and points as far south as
Erin. and for Louisville, Cincinnati
and the.East.
Nos. SO and 55 make direct con-
nection at Guthrie for Louisville,
Cincinnati aud all points north and
east thereof.
No. SO carries through sleepers to
Atlanta, Macon, Jacksonville, st.
Augustine, and Tampa, Fla. Also
Pullman sleepers to New Orleans.
Connect at Guthrie for points East
and West. No. SO. will not carry 10
cal passengers for points north Of
Nashville; Tenn.
w. N. CHANDLER, Ticket Agent
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
"A Strange Story.

Argyle, Mich. Mrs. VIM. II. Car
son, 10 letter from Argyle. 50. .:
i was almost Wild with paiu in my
head, and other severe pains, due to
womanly troubles. Cardui gave me
great relief at once, Further use Of
Cardui raised me from my bed of
agony. Cardui saved my life, and |
cant be thankful enough for what il
did for me-" Wheth seriously sick
or simply ailng, take Cardui, the
woman's tonic. As a general tonic
for women, to improve the appetite
and build up the constitution Cardui
is in a c ass by it elf. hose who have
used it say it does the work; it relieves,
it cures. Try it. Your druggis have
il. Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
Notice TO Patrons.

On account of the high price of
dairy feed and the sanitary precau-
tions | use to produce clean milk,
find am obliged to raise the price of
milk to 121 cents quart and 64 cents
a pint, beginning Dec. l. Hoping
this will meet with your approval and
thanking you for past patronage and
a continuance of same,
am yours truly,
c. r. ATKINS.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
Possible to Be Too Bright.

Don't try to dazzle people with your
brightness. Automobile lights are
something of a nuisance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
Individual DrInkinu CUPS.

The day of the common drinking cup
Is about past. However, there are
some places which persist in the prac-
tice. One Gipper or cup to serve the
entire student body is the reason why
so many colds and other diseases are
so easily transmitted among school
children. Individual drinking cups
ought to be insisted upon in all of our
school work.-The Progressive Farmer
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
Clear Bad Skin From Within

Pimply. muddy compilations are
due to impurities in the blood.
Clear up the skin by taking DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Their mild
laxative qualities remove the poisons
from the system and brighten the
eye. A full, free, non. gripping bowel
movement in the morning is he re
wa d of dose of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills the night before. At tyour
Druggist, 25c. advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
Makes a Difference.

If man falls down stairway in his
home and breaks a leg he figures that
the damage is two weeks in bed and
the doctors fee. If the same man
stubs his toe and falls down in a street
car he figures that the damage is
easily $4,000.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
FATHERS FIRST THOUGHT.

Mother-I'm afraid our daughter
has lost her head completely ove1
that young man.
Father-Then Of course she won't
need that new hat you were going tc
get her.-Boston Transcript.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
CALVES FED IN STANCHIONS
Practice Prevents Them From Getting
Into Each Others Feed
Also Protects Ears.

Feed the calves in stanchions. This
keeps them from getting each others
feed and also helps to keep them
from the habit of sucking each other.
Heifers often have their udders in
cured by being sucked.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-30
PAY YOUR TAXES NOW.

Penalty will be added Nov.
80. Avoid this and also the
final rush by settling now with
the state and county.
JEWELL SMITH, S. c. c.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
HUBBY WAS NO ENTERTAINER
All Right Otherwise, but Fact That He
"Had No Conversation" Caused
the Separation.

Sweet and, though sophisticated, ap-
parently not much more than seven
teen, she was explaining quite loudly
enough for all the car to hear why she
had left her husband.
"He was good provider, but he just
sat around all evening and had no
conversation"
-"Why did you marry hlm2"
"His grandmother died, see, and he
had no place to go, so he came to me
and said, Say, If you want to get mar
ried, here's your chance, take me or
leave me- He was great and full Of
pep when out with the bunch. but in
his own home he had no conversation"
"Are you sorry you had to leave
him?
swell, I had lovely fornlture, but
life is not all furniture, and what is
the use of the costliest carpets II your
husband has no conversatlonT
"Do you think you'll ever 60 back to
him?
ard go back tomorrow If he wouldn't
sit behind newspaper like stuffed
dummy in bedroom slippers"
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

| Thanksgiving: think we ought to
give something more besides giving
| thanks
There's young fellah setting down
| here that has been secretary of our
committee of arrangements, who has
been Citing off lot Of ideas up at our
place about us folks Citing together,
and want to tell you they're sound.
move you that we go into commit
fee of the whole, or something, and
that, after we git organized, that Dan
Meeker be made secretary of the
blamed business. whatever it Is"
1t didn't take more than minute
to make Dan secretary. They wanted
to make April president but he
wouldn't have 1t. But he would act as
treasurer, so the Methodist minister
turned over the collection.
"Wait minute" said April Jones'
you amt through with this here col
lection yet. Here's this hill west OF
town, that sends half the farmers to
Spragueville with their produce be-
cause it's too hard to haul. How many
men'll give a days work with teams
to grade her down."
Fifty hands went up in the air like
bayonets. "Good" said April Jones.
"That's the first thing we tackle. But
we're going to git power plant at the
old dam, and we're going to pay off the
mortgage on the Methodist church, and
do few more things. And, as for the
mortgage, put me down, Mr.. Secre-
tary. for two hundred for starter"
There isn't any mortgage on the Cen
tral NJ. q. church at Hometown, and
there Is power plant at the dam. and
Dan Meeker Is working in the bank.
No, April hasn't taken him into part
nershlp.
But June has.
Copyright 1916. Western Newspaper Union.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

said the pastor, would throw cold wa
ter on the whole service"
well, little cold water amt going
to hurt a Baptist, is it?" asked April
with something that approached q
chuckle. And, not quite so pleasantly
he said he would see.
April Jones was suspicious per
son; and that night when Dan asked
him if he wouldn't come to the Con
gregatiOnal service, he rOared
what are you fellows up to?
amt no heather, that you have to start
missionarying me"
1t took little time to convince him
that there was no conspiracy of cOrdi-
| ality against him. Suddenly the old
fellow got up, raised one finger at
arms length above his head, and said ::
81 tell you what I'm going TO do:
ain't going to any Of 'em, and I'm go
ing to 'em all !" And with this para
doXical prOnouncement he stomped off
to bed.
Next morning April Jones sent the
cashier to ask the three clergymen to
meet him at the bank.
I'm much obliged to you all for your
invitations" he said, while the COngre-
gatiOnalist looked at him mystified. and
the Methodist and Baptist looked at
each other. 'but can't be in no three
places at once. That shows you the
ruinOus effect of competition. Now.
I'm going to suggest this: Let's omen
up the school auditorium and have one
big. bang-up Thanksgiving service and
invite the whole town.
That is how the famous town
Thanksgiving in Hometown came
about Before they got through April
Jones was made chairman of the COM
mittee of arrangements. and Dan Meek
or was called over from the grocery
and made secretary. 1t was agreed that
the Methodist minister was to open
the meeting. that the Baptist pastor
should offer prayer. and that the Con.
gregatlOnal brother should preach the
sermon. with the Methodist to pro-
nounce the benedlctiOn.
"And we'll have three cholrs get to-
gether up at June's, house tomorrow
night" suggested Dan, "and practice
each others hymnsl r.
SO one idea suggested another. and
before Thursday arrived the whole
town had been invited, and had agreed
TO come.
No one in Hometown Will forget that
Thanksgiving service in the school au-
ditoriuln. What singing there was by
that chorus of nearly thirty voices.
mingllng in the best old Methodist
and Baptist and Congregational
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Home. Ground Flour and cereaIs.

Grinding wheat to make flour may
be done at home as easily as the grind
Ing Of coffee. And thus family may
have whole wheat flour, freshly ground,
thing that is usually difficult to OBJ
tain. The New York Medical Journal
advises It's readers to buy their wheat
from seedsmen rather than from gro
GERS or feed stores because 1t Will be
cheaper and more efficient
The grinder can be used also for
cracking wheat, corn, barley, oats.
rye and other grains for use as break
fast cereals. And the cereals will need
chewing, which win not only strength
en- the muscles of the chewers' jaws,
but Will keep their teeth from decay,
that is If they begin as children.
Homemade cereals need long. cook
ing, so fireless cooker is almost indis-
pensable.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

help, but hindrance. It made too
hard a haul, and it shut Hometown
In so that itsalmest. forgot about the
ldsoutside. Even 4Hometown's ad-
vantages were In some ways disad-
vantage. ~
"Three squares day have come so
easy to most of us here" said Dan to
himself, "that we've kind of forgot that
there is anything else"
There never was a town so good
that it couldn't be made better. Dan
thought it would be a fine idea to get
up some kind of community club or
something and take up the work where
Harry Dee claimed creation had left
off. Harry Dee agreed with him, but
that is all he did. 1t doesn't take
much effort to agree. Dan did well as
clerk in the grocery, but as stim-
ulator of the town he didn't make
much progress. Likewise he didn't
make much progress up at the Jones
place. June smiled, but April stormed.
AS Thanksgiving approached, the
three local pastors began to think
about their Thanksgiving services. The
choirs were rehearsed, and certain
Thanksgiving sermons were busted off,
looked over and rewritten. One day
! the minister of the Methodist church
said to his wife:
There's April Jones. He has more
to be thankful for than any of us, as
far as this worlds goods go. Wouldn't
it be fine thing to get Ape out to
our Thanksgiving meeting"
His wife Immediately said 1t would
and she couldn't help wondering If
it might not ultimately have some
effect on her husbands back salary
although it was worldly thought. So
that very afternoon her husband called
at the bank and invited April Jones.
April Jones said he'd see-and he
was so decent about it that the min
lister told his wife that April Jones
was a misjudged man. The Baptist
pastor saw them through the bank
window and, as May taught in the Bap.
tist Sunday school and June sang In
the choir, he decided that it would be
no more than right to drop in and have
talk with their father and mention
the Thanksgiving services.
"The absence of our leading citizen,
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Their rhanksoIvIno SERIOUS.

When that serious-minded old Phi
grim. Governor Bradford, ordered O
day set apart for prayer and thanks
giving for the first harvest in the new
country, he certainly never dreamed
Of the elaborate feasts that would be
served up on that occasion for nearly
300 years. And as for all the nlcetles
Of table service and fruit and floral
decorations and the etiquette Of lnvl-
tations and all that sort Of thing. why
the mere thought Of 1t would be
enough to cast any housewife Of those
days into outer darkness. For the
stern members Of the Plymouth col
ony considered such superflulties az
so many traps cunningly bsIted for hdV
perdItIon by mans worst enemy.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
nIIIITITIIITTIIIIITIITlT'

neighbor told my mother about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
I took it, and now feel like new
person. l don't suffer any more and
am regular every month. Mrs. HAZEL
HAMILTON, 822 South 18th st.
When remedy has lived for forty
years, steadily growing in popularity
and influence, and thousands upon
thousands of women declare they owe
their health to it, is it not reasona-
BILE to believe that it is an article OF
great merit?
IfyOu want special advice write
to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co. (cOnfidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, read
and answered by a woman and
held in strict confidence.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

are going to do with this money. Us
folks here in Hometown have got a
lot to be thankful for, but we don't
know it. We ought to give thanks for
these three brothers here, who are pull
ing the weeds in our little Vineyard.
We ought to give thanks for our good
school. We ought to give thanks for
our good soil, and the good power in
our river that we amt never developed
yet. But tell you what think about
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

He give us navigable river, hut 1t
amt never been navigated by anything
much but bulheads and canoes. He
give us high hill to shut off the
west wind, but there's some of us that
amt been tc the top of it yet. He
give us good soil, but we're keepin
it more or less Of secret. He give
us lot of natural advantages. and
quite bunch of natural loafers, one
of whom guess am which. Fac.
is, he give us a darned sight more than
we ever give ourselves. Six days he
IabOred and made Hometown; and 1t
amt, never had any next week since"
OF course, 1t wasn't as bad as that.
Dan Meeker. who had been tent-bOy
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

hymnsl How the preachers We'd with
each aother in eloqueneel And when
the Methodist minister took up coli,
lection. although nobody knew exactly
what for, everybody laughed right out.
But that was April Jones' turn to
speak. 81 don't know whether it's
just regular for me to speak now, after
these good brothers,, said April, "or to
speak at all. but / tell you what we
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
OF INTEREST TO MOTHERS

The cost Of food today is a serious
matter to all of. you. To cut dowV
your food bills and at the same time
improve the health of your family,
serve them Skinner's Macaronl anS
Spaghetti two or three times per wee..
Children love it and thrive on 1t. T.
is the, best possible food for adults
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha,
Nebr., for beautiful cook book telling
how to serve it in a hundred ways
It's free to every mother.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

with a Chautanqua last summer, came
home to realize that Hometown had
about the best people in the world In 1t
industrious in their work, honest in
their dealings and kind to their neigh
bors. But ii hadn't any navIgable river,
Harry to the contrary notwithstnnd-
ing. The Old mill dam below, long
out of use since the sawmiII was gone.
hut still in existence. backed the river
up for a mile and bred canoes and bull
heada The hill west of town wasn't
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Local Magnate.

"Are you the postmasterT
"Yep."
"Gimme two stamps"
"Here ye are. also sell dry goods.
groceries, hardware an collins. Need
anything of tn sort9"
mo. I'm just passing through here.
Fact is, I'm on my way to the station
now"
"That SO? I operate tn only hack
line in town. Sam, my driver, will take
yer to the depo' for quarter.""-Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

A dog treed cat upon an electro,
light pole between Lexington anc
Mount Sterling and made a cross cir
cult which plunged Mount Sterling In
to total darkness. The old-time oil
lamp was In some ways undesirable
but one cat could not put out every
lamp in tOwn.-Loulsvi1le Ccurier-Jour
nal.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

teen / suffered eacl
month so / had to be
in bed. I had head
ache, backache and
such pains l would
cramp double every
month. / did not
know what it was
to be easy a minute.
My health was all
run down and the
doctors did not do
me any GOOD. A
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

nUntn n which he was born. Especial
ly since he had had to go through life
with the nickname Ape" natural
shortening of his longer name; but one
that was not so very complimentary.
"a darned good name, April or
Ape" said Harry Dee time and again.
IF it's Ape he's as sociable as a
gorilla. And, if it's April he's as
pleasant as the breaking up of hard
winter"
Yet April had acquired funds, if he
hadn't made friends. And he had 9TH
er riches. Chief among them was
June, daughter, named for her birth
month, like her father. She was well
named, too-for she had roses in her
cheeks, and eyes that were twin
patches of blue sky. Nearly every
body preferred her to her sister May.
Dan Meeker certainly did-or to any
one. April, May and June were the
whole Jones family.
AS for Hometown, and the kind of
town Hometown was, this is the way
Harry Dee described 1t when he went
down to the city, and they asked:
Hometown is the best little town
the Lord ever made, but there amt
anybody else ever worked at it much.
When he quit, everybody else laid off.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Quite So.

"The men behind this street-sprink
ling system are paradoxical set"
"How so?"
"They propose to raise the dust by
laying It,"
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

Trunk straps made Of steel links
have been invented that are more dur
able than leather ones.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
The Result.

II hear Dick Jones is shower"
"He always was pushing sort OF
fellow"
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

WoMAN's GROWING GLORY
is her hair. If yours Is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use La Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change 1t In
the natural way. Price $1.00.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

Fernando lei Cano of Santa Rosa,
CAL, says he is one hundred and fif-
teen years old.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Admirable.

He-The ostrich doesn't see much
and digests everything.
She-What an ideal husband
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Puzzled.

Giraffee-NOw what was 1t was to
remember when tied this knot in my
neck?
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

one-fourth of the worlds diet con-
slsts Of vegetables.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the orig
inal little liver pills put up 40 years ago
They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger II you
darken your ugly. grizzly, gray hairs BY
using ia Creole" Hair Dressing. ADV.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

The substitute for absinthe I'm
Greece is a liquor known as mastica.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Il DON'T SUFFER
ANY MORE /"
"FeeI Like a New Person" /"
says Mrs. Hamilton.

New Castle, Ind.-"From the time
Twas eleven years old until / was seven
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Appropriate.

"How was the teamsters' union dim
ner?"
II believe 1t was a Ia Carte"
Meade County news., 1916-11-30

Chinese athletes believe duck brains
to be the most strengthening food.
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Siam has resumed the cultivation Of
cotton. once a leading industry in that
country.
soAp is STRONGLY ALKALINE

and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with La Creole" Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. S1.00.--Advs
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
APRIL JONES
GIVES THANKS
Douglas haIIoch

PRIL Jones was the
worst crouch in Home
town. Perhaps it was
enough to make a man
grouchy, to have had
parents with no more
originality than to name
him april" because
April happened to be the
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Quite Evident.

Quite Evident.
"Get move on you, therei I want
a polish"
"You don't have to tell IT,"
Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Ir,nor+ant n rNo+hare

Examine carefully every bottle .oi
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that II
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-17
THREE YEARS To
MAKE 4 PICTURE
Photoplay "Cabiria" Con
tains 5000 Characters and
Cost $250,OO0.

According to manager Lynn r. Nc
ClintOck, of the Texas Grand theater.
il required three years TO make and
complete the phOJoplay "Cabiria." Five
thousand characters were used at
various times i'm the construction of
the plot 1t has been exhibited in
every country on the globe, and mon
archs Of the warning nations of Europe
have seen it and proclaimed il n
masterpiece. 1t was written bv
Gabrielle D'Annunzio, Italy's master
dramatist and produced by the italia
Firm company of TorinO, italy. at a
cost of over S250000
"Cabiria" is a historical photodrama.
derived from the story of the seige Of
Carthage and the campaign of Hannibal
in the second Punic war.
Cabiria, the character from whom tbe
play is named, was the daughter of
Batto. Sicilian patriician. She was
abducted by Phoenician pirates in the
confusion attendant upon the eruption
of Mount Etna and carried to Carthage.
then beseiged by the Roman army.
She is exhibited at a prize market and
chosen by the high priest as a sacri-
flee to Moloch, She is saved by Fluvius
Axilla, a Roman spy, and his giant
slave, Maciste When they are no
longer able to remain in hiding
Fluvius escapes and Maciste carries
Cabiria into Hasdruble's garden.
Cabiria is adopted by HasdrubIes
daughter. SophQnisba, and the giant is
captured and chained to a grist mill
In the denouement. both are rescued
and carried back to Italy.