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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
First in the World.

The Columbia Mills; Columbia,
South Carolina, were the first tex
tile mills in the world to depend en-
tirely upon the electric drive. These
motors, manufactured by the General
Electric Company, are still giving
as satisfactory service as the day
they were installed fourteen years
ago.
Today a total of over 100000 h.
p. is used in cotton mills in the South.
This is more than third of the total
horsepower required. Nearly 400
textile mills in the United States
have been equipped with electricity
by single company using nearly g.
900 motors and generating machines
and utilizing over 100000 electrical!
horsepower.
The effect of the introduction of
electric. power in the Southern cot
ton mills has been to ilitrease great
ly the number of mills as well assthe
number of spindles. The capital now
invested in cotton mills IN the South
is estimated at $25O,O0l,OOO; an in
crease since 1880 ofe$229, 100000 or
1000 per cent. In the past FIVE years
the total spindlage. of the United
States was increased from %. $780,
633 to ,25.924,274~or by 1864, 4G1:
Nearly 50 l,or cent of this inolease
was in the Southern States. >
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
THE sWoRDFrsH.
Overload of the Sea and the Daintisst
Feeder That Swims


The swordfish is the overload of the
sea. Neither the whale, the shark nor
any other giant of the deep can con-
quer him in private fight or public
brawl. Nevertheless he is peaceful in
the main and seeks the simple life,
amusing himself often with worldwide
travel and always with delicate gusta-
tory joys. He Is the daintieSt feeder
that Swims, always kills his own game
and thereby insures its freshness,
wherefore his flesh is delight to the
palate of mankind and wherefore,
again, men go forth to kill him for
market and thereby at times fall upon
adventures that make the hunting of
tigers and the shooting of grizzlies pale
into pastimes for the weary weakling.
For the bold swordfish is still hunted
in mode rs primitive as that the Eski-
mo uses to kill the stupid whale. and
often the sting of the harpoon changes
this luxurious ocean gaStronome into
a raging water devil, quick to perceive
his advantage, charging with the speed
of bullet and the accuracy of a
sWordSman up against the lone fisher
man in the dory who tries to bring
him to gaff. Then must the fisherman
measure with eXactness the lunge of
the monster, avoid it by a marvel of
nice sidestepping in a plunging dory.
or he will be spitted like q lark.-Wil-
liam Inglis in Harpers Weekly.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
Garments Were Plain.

The hOmeSpun garments of colonial
days were plain, and wore like iron /;
their ingredients were indicated in
the name commonly applied to tn )
cloth-"hnsey woolsey." 1t was u
fabric of wooden weft, woven on a
linen warp. Linen was much more
commonly produced in the household
than cotton fabrics, and wool was
more In use than all other fabrics
combined.
Cotton was a scarce commodity
IN colonial American until long after
the Revolution. 1t possessed a value
equal to that of wool, and sometimes
very much higher. What little of it
was used prior to the 10Th century
was mostly imported from Barbados.
When Samuel Slater started the first
American cotton mill at Pawtucket,
IN 1893, he insisted upon using cotton
from the Indies, because of the poor
quality of the cotton then raised at
home. No one dreamed when the
shipping and Commercial List and
New York Price Current" first made
Its appearance, that America was
destined to become the cotton-pro-
ducing country of the world; nor did
Slater's little mill Of $50 spindles,
which had then been in operation five
years, give signs that it was the germ
of an American industry which would
consume annually within 100 years
more cotton than all the world was
then growing.
The history of the textile indus
tries during the colonial period is no
where suggestive of the development
which confronts and amazes the stu
dent at the opening of the Goth cen
fury, employing more capital AMI
creating a greater value Of annual
product than any other group, except
iron and steel.
Our forefathers realized how i'm
portant it was that the colonists
should learn to clothe themselves
They resorted to all sorts of exped-
tents, some of which smack strongly
Of state sOcialisms, to overcome the
difficulties in the way. They offered
bounties to increase the number of
sheep and promote the growth of flax.
In Massachusetts laws were passed
making it compulsory that each fam
lily should spin a given quantity Of
yarn every year, under penalties Of
heavy fines.
Gradually the household textile in
dustries assumed an Importance
which alarmed the mother country,
and the lords of trade attempted
various restrictive orders to prevent
and harass n development which
threatened to destroy the colonial
market for III. chief PRODUCTS Of
British industry. Parliament passed
act in 1774-which was shortly after
the Arkwright inventions had inaug-
urated the modern factory system
forbidding the expectation, under
heavy penalties, of any of the ma
chimes used in the cotton, silk, wool
en-, or linen manufacture.
This statute, which remained in
force, with certain notifications, I'M
til 1915, was evidence of a puerile
hope that the English people could
keep the fruits of inventive genius
bottled up in their. little island. whila
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
A--LINGUIsTIc EscAPADE.
When Henry w. LongfeIIow Shocked
intellectual Boston.

intellectual Boston.
In the original impression Of Long
fellows poem of "Hiawatha' there
were found in the. seventh book the
three lines following:
Straight into the river Kwasind
Plunged as if he were an otter,
Dove as If he were a beaver.
How this offending preterit passed
the proofreader without protest is one
Of those mysteries which have never
been revealed. But the form certainly
made its appearance and can still be
found in copies Of the poem which
were regularly published and sold.
Boston never received such a shock
since the days when Fenimore Cooper
states that the English language was
spoken in its purity. But that attack
came from an outsider. Here the Of
fender was of her own household, was,
in fact, her favorite son. What means
of suppression were resorted to will
rious reticence has always been pre-
served in regard to this linguistic esca-
pade. The biographers Of Longfellow
appear to be silent upon the subject.
Measures OF some sort must, however.
have been taken at once. Dove" was
expunged. and the decorous "dived"
assumed its place, and the whole trans
action was so completely hushed up
that no public scandal was created.
Let him who possesses a copy of that
first impression continue to cherish it.
Whatever may be its worth now, the
time will come when it will reach the
value of the virtuous woman of Scrip
ture, and its price will be far above
rubies.-ProfessOr Thomas r. Louns-
bury In Harper's Magazine.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
The Oricin of a Miserable Joke.

Confucius had just met William Penn
at one of Cleopatras o'clock teas.
Penn? Seems to me l have heard of
you, sir"
'Yes," said Penn, with a pleased
smile. 81 am the man who was might
fer than the sword"
"Ah, yesT said Confucius. You are
also the man who invented sleep, are
you notT
NO." said Penn; II founded Phila-
delphia."
"Oh, yes" said Confucius. 81 knew
It was something of that kind."-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
Growth is Steady.

From that day to this the growth
of the textile industry in America ha )
been steady and wholesome. Only in
the most remote country districts can
the ancient spinning wheel be heard
of an evening spinning yarn for the
family stockings and mittens aud the
old hand loom is now utilized. if al
all, for the making Of rag carpet and
rugs.
The textile industry began with
water power but soon Outgrew the
tiny mills scattered about the various
streams. Steam power was neces-
sary to run the large mills, except in
cities well favored by extensive water
power and now electricity is taking
the lead. Electricity is peculiarly
adapted to textile mill work, because
In. the manufacture of textile fabrics
the power must be absolutely uni
form. In addition to regularity cleo
tricity is the cleanest power in the
world. BY driving large machines
and groups Of small ma chmery by in
dividual motors, little or no shafting
and betting is necessary and any part
of the plant can be shut down with
out affecting the remainder, increas-
ing the output and lessening the cost
of production.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
SWISS BALLOON WINS.

BERLIN, Nov. 3.-The Zero Club
of Berlin Saturday awarded officially
the prizes in the international race
from this city October IL. The Swiss
balloon Helvetia is given first prize,
the English Banshee second, and the
Belgian, Belgica, third prize. Up to
the time of this announcement the
Banshee had been regarded as the
winner of the race.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
PRIZES FOR AEROp1-ANES.

PARIS, Nov. 3.-The National
Aerial League has offered prize OF
1000 to the first aeropiane that
travels from Chalons to Paris. A
scientific paper called Nature has
offered another prize of an equal
amount to the first aeroplane that
travels 100 kilometers lsixty-two
miles, in a straight line.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
An Uncommon Souvenir.

A small grocery on First avenue has
souvenir for Wednesday. 1t is
tiny paper cornucopia of prepared
mustard which the proprietor, who is
a foreigner, hands the customer with
as much display of courtesy as if it
were a lite s;iver knife. fork or
- ~ol, AID which IS aocel ed III the
a.-s.nes in ~..iln II IS c1er.I.-N. Y.
.-t,-s.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
Just a Plain Commoner.

Royal names for hotels are some
times the cause of peculiar misunder-
standings. An aged farmer from the
Eome county decided to make visit
tn Toronto. 1t was the first time ne
hid been at a city station and when
hotel crier- hurried to him with the In
teerogation: King Edward?" the new.
ccmer simply smiled as he answered.:
mo sir-Thomas Cox of Eramosa-"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
They Married.


Trotter fwho has been abrcad)-So
s1iG;, :lAd Charlie finally married ]:
TiSs Iomer-Yes. Trctter-I suppose
tser gre, happy Miss Hnmpr-Un-
9oyhtp6ly: thev ea"h married some
i''e else.-Chicago News
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
.IIc& \ lie Her

Hewitt didn't know that you lived
on the first floor. 1 understood your
wife to say that you lived on the sec
ond floor. Jewett-If you knew my
wife you would know that she always
stretches story.-Exchange
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
First Steps of Evolution.

The first steps of evolution were
the fulling mill, utilizing the power of
the small streams, relieving Che
housewife of the duty of finishing the
cloth, and the carding- machine. Far
mers for miles brought their WOO! to
be converted in rolls ready for the
spinning wheel. After Slater had
successfully applied the Arkwright
invention to the spinning of cotton
at Pawtucket, little mills sprang up
all over New England which spun
both cotton and wooden yarns by
waterpower. Hand looms were still
in use in all these mills until 1913,
when the invention of a power loom
by Francis c. Lowell led 10 the build
ing of the Waltham factory and the
American textile industry was fair
ly launched. Power spinning and
weaving machines were quickly APP
piled to the manufacture of woolenS
end the death knell of the household
Of textiles was sounded
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
a Bad Quarrel.

why don't you try to get him to
straighten up?
He's his own worst enemy"
"Well?
ITS pretty hard to patch up that
kind of quarrel. "-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
Monument to -Paupers.

Ernesto Nathan, the Syndic' Of
Rome, says. the Frankfurter Zeitung,
recently had erected at his own ex..
pense a marble shaft in the potter's
field of the Roman ceme;ery. The in
scription states 49, tie ely. mindful
Of its obi;sa- ic1 70 the Industry Of the
lowly. remeSrA Is -losc whose toll
bei1g over Ii. : s@,.al into names ss
graves.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
Descrihinn the Climate.

''Is your climate changeable?" asked
the stranger.
mot very" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. 1T keeps shiftin' around a
little till it strikes kind of weather
nobody likes; then it sticks. Wash
ington Star
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
The Important Item.

He-Here is a thrilling account Of
the way in which that daring woman
climbed to the top of a mountain
which is five miles high. Wonderful,
isn't It? She-Yes. What did she
wear?ECleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
Generous.

"My husband is the most -urselfsh-
OF mon" exclaimed Mrs. Youngwife.
81 gave him a whole box of cigars,
and he only smoked one and gave all
the rest away"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
MOnOpoIizing Water.

The fear is frequently expressed
that the tendency towards mOnopii-
cation of water power, which has
already made very great progress
in some parts Of the country, will re-
suit in practically all of this eX-
tremely valuable natural resource
passing from the people as a whole
into the hands of comparatively a
few men, with resulting higher cost
Of water power and waterdevelOped
electricity to consumers and ire
mendous advantage to the few pos
SCISSORS. If this danger is justified
by the present laws, it Is a matter
of great Importance to make this
fact apparent at once. For this pur-
pose nothing could be more effective
than such a presentation of all the
laws. on the subject as that which
the Commission is preparing.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
Well Bred,

"Do you speak the truth?"
''Not always"
"Why not always?"
81 hate to be impolite. Nashville
American. =
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
Aidind Nature,

: Some women are just naturally
nomely, and others U9ar big pompa-
dours. all the way around.-Nashville
American.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03

What 10 we live for ie 80 n maika
ess 'ilc-;;@@;i::..t =. e.: .her"-ii..s:1;..-
Hot
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
England permitted her sons to carry
their brains across the water.
Spinning Machinery.

Slater brought his spinning ma
chinely in his head; in the same way
Arthur Scholfeld, three years later,
brought the first wool-carding ma
chime, which he built and put into
operation at Byfeld, Mass. in 1894,
thus fixing the date of the beginning
OF the factory manufacture of wool
ny machinery operated by power in
the United States. American ma
chinists and inventors did the rest
1t Is not to he denied, however, that
the. English statute did retard, en-
barrass, and make trebly difficult the
early development of our textile fac
tories. A century ago the American
textile industries were easily 100
years behind those of Great Britain.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03

Paradise is. fer those who contro.
fhct anger Ecrsn
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
LAWS ON WATER USE
IN A SINGLE VOLUME
National Conservation Commission
, to Compile All Court
Decisions.

WASHINGTON, Nov 3.--The Ma
tional Conservation Committee is
compiling for publication in a single
volume all the laws and court de-
cisions, both. State and Federal.
which relate to the use of water in
the United States. This manual
will be of immense practical value
and it is somewhat remarkable, con-
sidering the wide number OF interests
which are touched by these laws.
that no such compilation has been
made before this.
With the constantly growing de-
mand for Inter State waterways, the
increasing utilization of water power
for the development of electricity,
and the widening areas o. semiariG
Western plains that are being made
arabic through irrigation, those laws
at the present time affect the in
terests of a wide variety Of indi-
viduals and corporations, and in the
future the number whose
business is directly touched will be-
yond doubt be greatly increased.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
A Single Volume.

A single volume containing all the
laws which bear upon the use of
waters in the various parts Of the
country, will be an exceedingly useful
reference handbook. 1t holds posi-
bilities of an even greater usefulness
in that it will exhibit within the linn
its that make heady comparison pos
sible, not only the general tendencies
of the laws and decisions on this,
subject, but the discrepancies that
exist between the regulations of diff
ferent States.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
Absolutely Complete.

The National Conservation Com
mission in its endeavOr to make the
compilation absolutely complete and
accurate has called upon the Cover
nors of all the States for assistance
and the replies in every instance
have promised support. Consider
ably more than half the States have
already appointed State COnserva-
ton Commissions for the specific
purpose of cooperating with the Ma
tional Commission in its work of
gathering the material which will be
embodied in the report to the Presi-
dent the first of the year. In the
other States the State officials whose
work most nearly touches this pro-
iect are at work.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-03
Extremely Thorough.

The work which the National Con-
servation Commission is doing along
this line is extremely thorough and
the compilation will be complete. 1t
will include all State and National
statutes and all court decisions which
concern water rights and kindred
questions on bOth.navigabie and non
navigable streams and lakes. The eli
tations will include all acts which
relate to riparian rights, and public
usufruct of water, and all statutes
which concern mills, pollution OF
water, interference with navigation
or the use Of streams for power.
damming of streams, diverting
stream flow, and so on-in short. all
acts which affect the use of waters
and their private appropriation t.
power or other purposes. In the
book which will be included also some
authorize tive discussion of the prin
ciples involved in those laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09
MIL SIC
Adapted From Forrest Crissey

resonant melody prevailed the house with q sweet unobstrusfveness that soothed and charmed
 And how often since then have I en- jcyed the delicious liberty of being able to have my own kind of music to suit the mood of the moment-and that wholly on my own invitation and without the slightest dependence upon the convent ences of another. Moods are transient, vanishing things as best and unless they are met with the right response, on the instant they feet away as caprfeiously as gifts of the fairies. But now, in the combination of a few records and ma hogany cabinet with it's marvellous but simple mechanism-all occupying a trif- ling space-I have the means for meet ing every worthy mood, for expressing in liquid notes the feelings which steal upon me with the twilight or whenever the sordid world recedes a little.
 But one has no need to feel the pen sive touch of dreams in order to appreei- ate the spirit of the Talking Machine. His
 aerriest moods are easily served by 1t. The livest and brightest music Is as well rendered by it as the saddest. only moment since I sat listening to the gay swing measure of "The Merry Widow Waltz" and now Narcissus with its mir ror-like cadence, comes tripping from the magic instrument.
 Perhaps, "The Last Hope" which l repeat oftenest, for, the liquid quality in this lends itself trresistibly to repro duetion. Then there is the rare charm Of it's unobtrusiveness. There are times and places when one wishes for music that commands-big music, so to speak, that requires your whole thought, that tolerates no quiet little side line thinking. Now when I want music of that sort 20 to my music room and listen to Caruso, Nelba, Patti, Tetrizini, etc. That's what I call wholething music. Certainly It isn't home music of the sort that lets you think and dream and-for moments al a time-utterly forget that the world is spinning.
 But the Victrola is as reticent, as un- obstrusive as a brook, it asks nothing and gives delight for the sheer delight or giving it. "Go right on with your thoughts, good friend" my Vietrola seems to say to me and I'll fall in with your mood and give you cheer and melody all the way. Forget me, if you will, for the time being, but presently you will arouse to the fact that my song has sent you on this pleasant dream and has really been making itself felt in your heart all the time.
 Talking Machine Company, 2O07 Sec ond avenue, Birmingham, are the fac- tory distributors and dealers for this artistic and mechanical triumph. Lovers of the best music should have our attrac- tive catalogs sent free on application. We invite you to come and see and heal the Victrola.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09

Do you know how it feels to long for music to fit your mood and be utterly unable to command it? To hunger for a bit of melody wholly independent of an other human being-a strain of harmony which you may control according to your own sweet will and be denied it if you ere a stranger to this peculiar kind of unsatisfied longing you cannot know how keen and insstent 1t Is or how much of an ache it can put into the void of your untitled desire.
 Always I have felt this but with in creasing force as years have gone for ward. Perhaps my case is not wholly typical; still, l cannot compass the stretch of egotism to believe myself so very different, in any respect from the average of my fellows. But l mention this only because of my limitations; the total incapacity to produce anything re- sembling either vocal or instrumental harmony. To be perfectly plain with you, l cannot so much as whistle Yankee Doodle" And when it comes to the mat ter of singing a half grown rooster in the throes of his first experiences with his growing machine is musical prodigy by comparison with myself.
 But there's another side to this in tensely personal matter-a voracious ap- petite for music of the simpler sort. This, you say, would really include the best of classical music. So it does? What a contradiction-to love good music and still be unable to sing, whistle or hum a tune or to play a bar of music on any instrument. Believe me there are great possibilities of something akin to suffering in this anomalous situation. There are times when a man wants his kind of music as much as he wants his kind of food. You may say he doesn't need it so much, but even that is some thing of an open question. It is prob ebly quite as necessary to his emotional be- ing and development as food is to his physical nourishment.
 Anyhow the lack of means by which to meet this need was what brought me to the Victrola. While at dinner at the house of friend-a man as incapable of musical performance as myself-soft unobstrusive strains made the dinner hour delightful. This music was my kind. 1 recognized that on the instant. It neither souelched nor mangled sociability. In stead of forbiddng conversation it offered a gentle and genial accompaniment to the social chatter.
 Promptly thereafter sought out the en- porium where Talking Machines are dis pensed to the discerning and made my selection, choosing neither the small nor the great-one of the medium volume and meoldious singing tone.
 It sounded well in the show room-but once in the home its charms of resonance and melody multiplied. On the instant it became part of the home. Its soft