KENTUCKY'S TOBACCO WAR.
CARE FOR EX-PRESIDENTS. IS
ESTATES OF OLD SOLDIERS.
PLEA
OF
GROVER
CLEVELAND
N ight R id e rs In flict an A g g reg ate
A n Ohio C ounty to F ig h t U nited
SISTERHOOD.
Loss of N early $1,000,000.
The last exploit of the Kentucky
tobacco night riders In seising the elty
of Hopkinsville, destroying $2im.nno
w orth of property and seriously wound
ing two men. has aroused an intensity
of Interest throughout rhe S tate and fur
l»eyond its borders. These riders are
the m ost conspicuous feature of the
w ar th at is being waged by the tohait'o
I row ers at Kentucky against the Am eri
can Tobacco Company. By reducing
the com petition in the buying of tobac
co to practically nothing the company
forced down the price of leaf tobacco
until the growers say they can not real
ise enough to |>ay for raising It. The
tobacco crop is a m ainstay In many
parts of Kentucky, and thousands de
pend on it for their dally bread. The
growers determ ined to force the price
up.
The plan proposed In the beginning,
and which is still being followed, was
to form a com bination of the growers
to opiRise the com bination of the m anu
facturers and by w ithholding the to
bacco m ake the tobacco tru st come to
term s. Many associations of growers
have been form ed in thp different to
bacco raising regions of Kentucky. But
some of the growers did not come into
the association ranks and others grew
weary of w aiting and sold th eir crops.
The more violent men In the associa
tions have resorted to the m easures
th at gave rise to the night riders, and
by destroying the property of the t<v
baeco company and the growers who
are not allied with them have sought
to carry through I heir plan by force
and terror
The Hopkinsville rail was the second
tim e in twelve months that the night
riders seized and terrorized a city. On
December 1, 190(1, they entered Prince
S tates fo r $500,000.
U rges D u ty to M ake P ro v isio n for
F rank W. Howell, a D ayton lawyer
M en W ho H ave P illed H ig h e st
^is now entitled to t&# w orld’s record
P o st in N ation.
ns adm inistrator at c-srates. He has
»een appointed by Judge C. W. Dale ns
R eferring to the poverty of Jefferson adm inistrator of 8.432 estates, and has
when he left the presidency as a blow been compelled to give bond in the
to nationul pride. Grover Cleveland, sum of $.‘{. 200 , 000 .
T he appointm ent ns adm inistrator
w riting In the Youth’s Companion un
der to title “O ur People and T heir ex grew out of the following s itu a tio n :
P residents,” argues that deflulte and T he central branch of the N ational
Point« In B a tte r M aking.
generous provision should be m ade for M ilitary Home* is located a t Dayton, W hen bu tter will not gather the
the m aintenance of chief m agistrate« and was established by the U nited difficulty can be traced usually to ad
a t the expiration of their term s. He S tates governm ent, by a special act, vanced lactation or too low a tem pera
deals w ith the subject „t length and March 3, 1805. T he Jurisdiction of this tore of cream . T he m ilk from one
explains th at he feels he cun do so large tract of ground, more th an a cow long In lactation is sufficient to
w ithout his sincerity being questioned, mile square in extent, was ceded to th*» spoil a whole churning. The viscosity
since he Is beyond the need of aid U nited S tates governm ent by the S tate of such m ilk renders separation of but
of Ohio April 13. 18(17.
from the public treasury.
ter fata slow and lm p erfsct It often
"The condition is by no m eans m et,” Upon this land th e “ C entral B ranch happens during the w inter m onths th at
of
the
N
ational
M
ilitary
Homes
was
Mr. Cleveland w rites, "by the m eager
butter, or cream , rather, will break or
and spasmodic relief occasionally fu r built for disabled soldiers and sailors separate Into sm all particles, which re
nished under the guise of a m ilitary who have fought the battles for liberty fuse to adhere or gather, in spite of all
pension or some other pretext, nor and union. As fa r ns the U nited S tates coaxing. T he only rem edy is to raise
would It be best met by m aking com governm ent Is concerned nothin# has the tem perature of the whole m ass up
pensation dependent upon the discharge been neglected, and the central branch to the proper degree. In this work the
of senatorial or other ofllclal duty. Our Is a veritable paradise.
dairy therm om eter Is alm ost Indis
people ought to m uke definite and dec If nil the veterans who entered the pensable, as It will save much tim e
orous provisions for all cases alike, central branch had lived there would and worry. If the churn is a revolv
based on m otives of Justice and fair have l>een no contention and nothing ing one and the cream Just breaks into
ness. and adequate to the situ atio n .” to narrate. W hen death comes the m inute particles, refusing to gather,
Mr. Cleveland describes the lim ita veteran receives a decent and honor then add w arm w ater to th at used in
tions th at his form er high office place able burial, and his belongings a re col rinsing the bu tter until It reaches about
on a retired President in his choice of lected, and if not claim ed by relatives, 64 degrees. T he butter particles will
occupations and m eans of livelihood, are sold, and the money, together with generally adhere a fte r a few revolu
and how ¡xtpular conception of him as a all of the pension money to which he tions of the chum . Trouble of this
repository of national dignity enforces is entitled, is placed iu the “posthu kind can be avoided. Before attem pt
a scale of living th at m ay not be w ithin m ous fund,” which Is in the keeping of ing to churn the cream should be test
the. treasu rer of tlie C entral Branch. ed until 64 degrees is reached in w in
his private means.
‘T h ere is a sort of vague, hut none National M ilitary Homes. Som etim es ter, and should be smooth and velvety
the less Im perative, feeling abroad in tlie deceased veteran leaves consider and have the required degree of acid
the land th a t one who has occupied the able property which he 1ms gained by ity. If th is degree of w arm th is not
great office of P resident holds in trust Investm ent or speculation w ith his im parted to cream by the tem perature
for his fellow citizcms a certain dig pension money. F ou r test cases arc of the room In which it is kept, then It
nity which, in his conduct and m anner now being fought out to determ ine can be raised to the right degree by
of life, he is bound to protect against w hether these estates shall revert to setting the cream Jar or can in a
larger one containing w arm w ater.—
SKETCH OF COURT ROOM AND CHIEF FIGURES IN THE THAW TRIAL.
Field and Farm .
R ack fo r D ehorning;.
In the construction of this rack for
dehorning, there are three sill pieces
4 feet long and 4 in. x 4 In. These are
m ortised 8 Inches each side of the cen
ter for the posts. F our of these posts
are 5 f t 4 in. long, and the two others
5 ft. 8 in. long. T hree cap pieces 3 in.
r 4 In., and 4 ft. 2 In. long, are m or
tised to fit over the tops of the posts.
The stanchions In front are bolted at
the bottom between a 2 in. x 4 In. piece,
and the sill, leaving a space up and
down In fro nt five Inches wide. Two
and a half feet from the bottom of the
stanchion cut a place for the anim al’s
neck. The lever, which can be m ade of
wagon tire, is 5 feet 6 in. long. A %-
Inch hole is punched in the top of the
lever, a second hole 1 3 ^ Inches from
the top hole, and a th ird hole 11 inches
D C B O R K IK O RACK.
ton, Ky., a town of several thousand
Inhabitants, about thirty miles north of
Hopkinsville, took possession of the |x>-
llce and Are departm ents, the w ater
works, the telephone and telegraph of
fices and w ith the town shut off from
the rest of the world dynam ited and si t
fire to the Hteger & D ollar and the
John C. O rr tobacco factories, which
were allied w ith the tru s t
The first appearance of the night
riders was in November, 1906. when
they destroyed some tobacco Iwirns and
•m all factories In Todd County, w ith a
loss of about $10,000. The first raid
carne on the night of November 11.
1906, when m asked hands entered the
tow ns of Kddyville and K uttaw a, situ
ated close together lu Lyon and C ald
well Counties, ami destroyed the plants
of the Am erican Snuff Company and
M. C. Riee, w ith $20.000 loss.
Beside* them* there have been many
sm aller raids nnd visits to individual
growers. Tobacco barns have l»een
burned, growers who refused to [pool
their tobacco have been taken from
their homes and whipped, houses have
been fired Into and the occupants
wounded. The aggregate losses by
these raids aiuouut to nearly $ 1 .iM».onn.
A
S y n th e tl«
H e a lth
Creed.
The "baok-to-narure” movement, of
which the most prominent lenders are Dr.
J. H. Kellogg of Battle Creek, I>r. Dewey,
Profs. Fisher and Chittenden of Yale and
Prof. Metchnikoff of Rusaia, has now
found a synthetising exposition at the
hsnda of I>r. Daniel H. Sager in a new
book published by Stokes, entitled, ’T he
A rt of Living in Good Health.” This
new apostle of the simpler life, with the
added authority of a successful *’M. I>.,”
commends much of the work of those
pioneers and founds his system on a
creed, the vest-poeket edition of which is :
"Breathe deep ; chew long ; drink enough ;
eat little.” Bathing, exercise, early sleep
and cheerfulness are other articles.
A m erica n
W in «
Nobel
P rise.
The U niversity of Chicago hears that
th< head of its department of physics.
Pi of. Albert A. Michelson, is to receive
the year’s Nobel prize for the host work
in his line. Prof. Michelson is now in
London, where the Copley medal has been
awarded to him by the Ixmdon Royal So
ciety. Dr. Michelson is the discoverer of
a method of measuring the velocity of
light. Though born in Germany, he has
lired here since childhood and is s grad
uate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
.Me to row MX
loss or deterioration. Obedience to this
obligation prescribes for him only such
work as in popular judgm ent is not
undignified. T his suggests w ithout a r
gument a reciprocal connection be
tween the curtailm ent of opportunities
nnd a reasonable obligation of indem
nification.”
One division of the Cleveland article
is devoted to the “O ccupations of an
ex-President,” nnd In it the form er
President reveals the m ultiplicity oJ
things which persons endeavor to bring
to the attention of the retired states
m an and tlih class of affairs he is asked
to engage in.
NEW S OF MINOR NOTE.
The Central Hotel at Colon, Panama,
was burned. Loss $3.000.
Fire in the York building in Boston,
caused a loss of $100,000 to several manu
facturing firms ami to the owner of the
building.
Judge Strimple, in Cleveland appointed
Owen L. Wilcox as receiver for the Cleve
land and Sharon Electric Railway Obm-
pany In order to defeat the alleged plot
of majority stockholders to freeze out the
minority.
Dr. John M. Flint, formerly of Chi
cago. now of the University of California,
was chosen to succeed l)r. W illiam Car-
mall as head of the departmeq$ of sur
gery in the Yale Medical school at New
Haven, Conn.
Sir John Roger. Governor of the Eng
lish Gold Coast colony, told a Philadel
phia audience the negro was the greatest
problem confronting civilization and was
becoming as acute in the English colo
nies as in the United States.
Queen Alexandra of England spent her
bhthday at Sandringham, where the cus
tomary celebrations were held. The King
and Queen of Norway were among the
visitors. Handsome gifts were received
fiom most of the crowned heads of Eu
rope.
According to advices received from
Washington, the government officials are
not satisfied with the new double eagle
being’ coined at the Philadelphia mint,
and have ordered coinage stopped tempo
rarily to permit a change in the process.
The design of the coin will not be chang
ed.
James iHniglas, vice president of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers,
has presented to the government four
acres of land on the palisades of the Hud
son. near Fort I^e, as a site for a monu
ment to commemorate the deeds of the
continental aoldiara during th« Revolu
tionary war.
! from the second hole. T he upper hole
the Montgomery County treasu rer oi Is for the attachm ent of tw o Iron straps
the U nited S tates governm ent. It li one on each side, which are fastened to
contended by Mr. Howell, the adm in the left hand stanchion. From the
istrator. that the money left by the old lower hole tw o pieces of Iron 14 Inches
veterans who die intestate belongs to tong go to the right hand stanchion.
Montgomery County and should go to
W in te r W ork on Farm «.
w ard the school fund. U nited States
D istrict A ttorney M cPherson of Cin One of the greatest needs on the
cinnati Is looking after the Interests of average Southern farm nowadays is
the governm ent. H e claim s th at the m ore work in w inter. Ever sluce I
money belongs to the U nited States. 1 could rem em ber. It has seemed to me
The am ount Involved in the cases rep 'th a t life on the common Georgia farm
resented by Mr. Howell, the adm inis 1 is too m uch of a happy-go-lucky style.
I To get results In anything, one has to
trator, is som ething over $500,000.
I keep everlastingly at It. so to speak.
A n A p o n t le o f I f a p p i n e * « .
F or years I have heard staid old farm*
Miss Laurence Alma-Tadema, daughter ' era discussing fall plowing and spring
of the well-known artist and author of plowing, but I have seen too little of
several successful novels, has come from It In actual observation, w rites J. C.
her English home to lecture in America
In the Southern C ultivator.
on “Happiness.” When asked by a New | M.. T here
used to be an idea, which Is
York reporter to tell what she meant by
happiness. Miss Alma-Tadema said it still prevalent, concerning results from
would take an hour and twenty minutes fall and w inter plowing. Some ar-
to tell that, and it had taken her five ‘ gued It w as injurious to plow deep in
months to write down what had required the fall, others th a t It w as absurd to
years to learn. As to how it could be a t plow In th e springtim e to any great
tained, she is quoted as saying: “By man
T he tru th of the m atter is that
aging one’s self ; by working hato and depth.
plowing at any tim e when the
developing one’s self to the limit. It good
never comes ex<A»pt by being sought. It soli Is in good condition is a good thing
is not a m atter of condition or of wealth. to do. U sually In the spring the sub
It does not depend on marriage.” Hap soil is too wet to plow, nnd when It
piness lies in the curtailment of desire. Is turned up or broken In this condi
Do without things.
tion dam aging results are likely to oc
cur.
O ar M nnnfN P tnrlnx O utput.
John M. ( ’arson, chief of the Bureau
ow to K ill a Pig.
of M anufactures at Washington, now esti The pig H should
be throw n on Its back,
mates that the annual production of man and held until stuck.
m an should
ufactures in the United States is $15,- stand astride the body, One w ith
his feet
000.000,000, this being the total published
in his annual report. Of this total, about close against Its sides and tak e hold
$ l.08tl.000.000 worth were exported, in of the fro nt logs. In this way the hog
cluding foodstuffs partly manufactured can be easily controlled. Another per-
am) parts for further use in manufacture. | son should do the sticking. A narrow ,
This was over half the entire export trad« stralght-blnded knife, eight inches
of the year.
long, should be inserted in the hog’s
throat, a fte r m aking an incision
iu
through the skin. Just In front of the
On observing his Toth birthday anni breast bone. The point of the knife
versary recently Andrew Carnegie **• should be directed tow ard the root of
pressed the opinion that a man’s useful
tali and held exactly In line with
ness increases with age. When asked If the
a man could accomplish as much at 70 as the backbone. W hen the knife has
at 40, he replied : “ More, bless you. mor \ been run Into the th ro a t six or eight
Al* things being equal, a man’s efficiency Inches, the depth depending on the size
is increased at 70. He is equipped with of the bog. It should be given a quick
greater experience.” The recipe he gav® tu rn to one side and w ithdraw n. The
for happiness was “To obey the judg« arteries th a t are to be cut run close
within and make others happy.”
together, Just Inside of the breast bone,
and will both he cut when the knife la
’rhe report of the bureau of manufac turned, provided It la sharp on both
tures just issued sets the value of tb® side« of the p o in t A pig killed In thla
annual production hy manufacturers 1 r way will die to a very few m inutes,
the United S û tes at $15,000,ÜUX
and will bleed out thoroughly.
I t S o m e tim e , D o e , H o t
K la e to I t , .\e u ie .
P r a c tic a lly
"W ould you like me for a sister thlt
year, Bessie?” T he sensitive-looking
girl who asked the quest inn slipped bet
arm round llessle M llburn's w aist as
they walked down the boarding school
Se|/-<’lo«lnj( Door«.
trail together.
The Inner doors of the barn should "To be sure I would,” Bessie an
me so arranged thut they will close of swered prom ptly, but w ith a trade of
them selves; this Is particularly neces , em barrassm ent which was Instantly re-
sary if they opeu into the granary or fleeted In the m anner of the o th er girl
other room, w here the anim als ought . j us
she hurried to u d d ;
not to enter. A sim ple contrivance is "Because
father will let me Join the
to fasten a weight to the door, so th at I sorority
now, If you girls still w ant
It will close readily of Itself. H ard [ me. Ever since he cam e here and saw
w are stores sell spring hinges which
I was left out of all the good times
answ er the desired purpose for heavy bow
by
not
belonging, and found out th a t I
doors, but the weight and pulley is to was crying
nights about It, and all
be preferred for lighter doors. A sim
he's been weakening. I thought
ple arrangem ent la to have the black that,
I'd tell you to-day, because I knew that
sm ith m ake holes a t Intervals In a flat th
is w as the afternoon for sorority
strip of iron, so th at It may be screwed meeting,
to the door near the top. Hpok a chain "Yes, of and------”
course, Jean. I ’ll tell th«
in the hole in the end of this strip, run
aud Bessie turned Into her class
it through a pulley (obtainable at a girls,”
hardw are store for a few cents) fasten room.
hours later, when the Beta
ed to the fram e of the door or the Jamb, T au A. few
sorority m eeting broke up,
as it is popularly known, and on the Bessie Hho M llburn
was the center of a
knot of girls.
“ It’s a m ess!" she w as declaring.
"Blackballed, after the way we rushed
her last year, and a fte r telling her
right out th a t we’d bid her again if
her fath er ever gave In. I think some
body ought to explain to her th a t the
one vote against her w as by a new
member, who Just did It to show her
power, and not because she had any
thing against Jean herself."
“T h at wouldn’t be true," said Isabel
U ardaer, In the tone of leadership.
“Madge has a real objection to Jean.
She thinks her m anner and her accent
are afTected. B ut anyw ay, we couldn't
tell an outsider about the action we
took at a sorority meeting, ilees. W hat
you thinking of? T here’s nothing
other end fasten a piece of iron of the are
say to Jean. She'll sim ply have to
desired weight.
U sually window to
w eights are used for this purpose, but realize, as tim e goee on, th a t she didn’t
they should not be so heavy, for a light get another bid.”
door, th a t they will cause the door to “All the same, It’s a mess,” Bessie
close too quickly. T he illustration repeated, w arm ly. "She’s a dandy girl,
shows the idea plainly.
• I think, but she's fearfully sensitive,
and I don't know how to look her In
the face.’’
%
S e ttin g Tree« In W in te r.
F ru it and shade trees m ay be set any For two days a fte r th a t Bessie Mll
tim e during the w inter if the soil is in burn dodged Into doorways and flew
proper condition for the work, says a down halls to avoid Jean Hill. Then
report by the Oklahom a Station. The som ething happened. A new and de
condition of the soil a t the tim e trees sirable girl, straight from Paris, w ith
are set has m ore to do w ith the success trunks full of sm art gowns, and a de
or failure of the trees than does the cidedly foreign m aim er, had entered
season of setting. If the land Is in school, and all the sororities w anted
good condition In the fall, and the trees her.
can be obtained. It is better to set them For the first tim e Bessie had forgot
then than to w ait and run the risk of ten Jean ’s disappointm ent as she came
not having the soil in good condition down the hall, planning an Im m ediate
la te r on. The land should he in a thor grand spread to which th e new girl
ough state of cultivation and should be 1 was to be asked, and suddenly m et a
m oist enough to w ork well when the , group of pale, shocked girls.
trees are set. If they are in good con "Tried to kill herself!” she heard.
dition there Is no need of «w atering ' “F ath er telegraphed for.” "Said she
couldn’t bonr It because we didn’t like
them.
T rees set in the fall may he a little ' her any more.” "Dean T rent says we
difficult to protect from rabbits, but 1 sorority girls hnve been cruel. She says
they are usually In better condition to ’twould have been our fault If Jean had
sta rt grow th In the spring than those killed herself.”
th at have been heeled in all winter. “T h at’s perfect nonsense!” pro
T here are not so m any poor trees sold nounced the Incisive voice of Isabel
in the fall as In the spring, and for this lia rd n e r. "A girl th a t's morbid enough
reason fall setting usually gives better to slash her w rist w ith a penknife
would be ciueer, sorority or no sorority,
results than spring setting.
and I say It’s a very good thing w#
kept her out. I hope her fa th e r will
W eig h t of L im e P er Bn«hel.
In connection w ith a very thorough take her straig h t home.”
study of the quality of various kinds of “W hat Is It?” the new desirable girl
lime used for agricultural purposes in asked Bpssle, In an undertone. " I don’t
New' Jersey, L. A. Vorhees, of th e New even know w hat the word sorority
Jersey Station, m ade careful estim ates m eans.”
of the weight per bushel of the different Isabel turned quickly. “W hy, soror
m aterials.
ity m eans sisterhood,” she explained.
H is results show “th a t the weight of In her sweetest tones. "Look— this Is
stone lime per bushel (heaped meas the pin w e w ear—right over our
u re ), Is quite variable and w ithout any hearts.”—Y outh's Companion.
constant relation to the analysis of the
samples. T he average w eight per
B irth of th e H ailsto n e.
bushel of the twelve m agnesian limes If It were not for the countless tril
was ninety-seven pounds, nnd th a t of lions of dust particles th a t float, sep
the six ‘m arble’ lim es w as 101 pounds.” arately Invisible, In the atm osphere,
The weight per bushel of seven oyster- there could be no raindrops, snow crys
shell limes exam ined varied from tal or hailstones. From a perfectly
thirty-nine to seventy-five pounds, av dustless atm osphere the m oisture would
eraging fifty-one nnd a half pounds. (lesceud In ceaseless rain w ithout dro ps
The prepared or* so-called “agricul The dust particles serve as nuclei about
tu ra l” limes exam ined were still more which the vapor gathers.
variable in weight.
The snow crystal Is the m ost beauti
ful creation of the serial m oisture, and
Feed for B reedin g A nim al«.
It 1« Im portant th at breeding anim al» the hailstone Is the m ost extraordinary.
have laxative feeds when they are put T he heart of every hallstoue la a tiny
upon dry feed* a fte r being tnken from speck of dust. Such a speck, w ith a
the pasture. Such articles as oil meal, little m oisture condensed about It, 1«
flaxseed meal, etc., should en ter large the germ from which may be form ed a
ly Into the ration. W hen anim als are hailstone, capable of felling a m an or
changed from pastu re to dry feeding sm nshlng a window. R ut flrst It m ust
there Is a tendency to constipation, and l>e caught up by a current of a ir and
steps m ust be taken to have the bow carried to th e level of the lofty cirrus
els move freely, or there Is danger of clouds, five or six, or even ten m iles
serions trouble. In case the above a r high. T hen continually growing by
ticles do not have the desired efTect. fresh accessions of m oisture. It begins
Epsom salts or raw linseed oil m ust Its long plunge to the earth, spinning
through the clouds, and flashing In th*
be used.
sun like a diamond bolt shot from *
I.e.sou In RecInlm lnK W u la l.nnrts rainbow.
On King Island, form erly a barren
T h e N e w P la n .
sand heap, rising above the aeh be
keep your money.
tween T asm ania and A ustralia, acci Corporation*,
Don't
give
up for campaign funds,
dent has given a suggestive lesson In For the parties
to accept It
the use of certain grasses for reclaim Would be known
as plunderbnnds.
ing arid w astes. A few years ago a Keep your money, 'twill
be useful;
shipwreck cast on shore some m at When you’ve faced the law benign
tresses stuffed w ith yellow flowered You will need a part for lawyer*
clover. A few seeds took root, caus And the rest to pay your fine,
ing a large area to become covered —Philadelphia Ledger.
w ith rich verdure. T he power of clo
A pproval.
ver and other legum inous plan ts to fer
hope your titled son-in-law will
tilise poor soli through their nitrogen- Ik# "I yon
”
t
absorbing bacteria Is well known.
“We’re getting on,” answ ered Mr.
Dnmrox. looking up from his oheck-
R e n .o n . foe P enning.
T he chief reasons for pruning tree »ook; “he seems to think very well of
arc to modify the vigor of the tre e ; tt ny handw riting and the kind of rlgara
produce larger and better fru it; to keep t smoke.”—W ashington Star.
the tree w ithin m anageable shape and Lov# Is a good deal like scarlet fever.
lim its; to change the habit of th# tree Some people recover from It, all right,
from fru it to wood productions, or vie* w hile others suffer all th eir lives from
v e rsa ; to remove surplus or Injured the bad effects.
p a rts; to f a d llta tt harvesting and
spraying; to facllltats tillage, and to W* often wonder how It la possible
to r some prop;# to know so little
tr-ta to «-m s dealrsd fo ra .
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