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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

On every side in the Malay wilds
the traces of the beasts which here
live as scheduled, as safe from moles-
tation, as did their ancestors in pre-
Adamite days-are visible on tree
trunk, on beaten game path and on
the yielding clay at the drinking
places by the hurrying stream. Here
a belt of mud nine feet from the
ground shows that an elephant has
rubbed his itching back against the
rough bark of a tree, and, see, coarse
hairs are still sticking in the hardened
clay There a long, sharp scratch re-
peated at regular intervals marks the
passing of a rhinoceros. Here. again,
is the pad mark of a tiger barely an
hour old, and the pitted tracks of deer
of all sizes and varieties surround the
deeply punched holes which are the
footsteps of an elephant - Cornhiii
Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

In his heart Of hearts the average
Americl.n believes In his country and
its institutions and has faith that II
will successfully work out Its great
political, industrial and social prob
lens IN ways that are in harmony
with Individual liberty and demo
cratic form of government But that
does not prevent an occasional hank
ering after the fieshpots Of the Egypt
Of paternal government, whether 1t is
frankly monarchical or nominally re-
publican. We are prone to forget that
such government is very close cor
poration and one that is apt to be ar
bitrary in its methods and, since 1t
controls the courts. less amenable to
public sentiment than were the private
corporations 1t supplanted. That for
getfulness makes us an easy mark for
constituencies writer's who find 1t prof
table to attack our institutions and
industries by writing up" the advan
tages of public ownership In other
lands, while preserving discreet ST.
lence as to it's disadvantages.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

Trees, like animals eat, sleep, grow
and die. When the weather is warm
tree goes to sleep at shutdown and in
the morning wakes again. A cloudy
sky makes the tree drowsy. Rain puts
1t to sleep. So the only days of pros
perity and tree activity are the clear
days.
In sleep the leaves of many trees
fold together and droop The closing
Of the leaves checks the cooling proc
ess of evaporation and maintains bodi-
ly heat All young and tender foliage
tends thus to curl up to sleep when
the weather is bad or night is In the
sky. Older and sitter leaves go to
sleep sitting up, just like grandfather
in his armchair.
The breathing of the tree is as neces-
sary as is the breathing Of animals.
All life consists of continuous build
ing up and tearing down of cells. The
material for building new cells is made
of food taken in and elaborated-made
overly Intricate chemical processes.
The oxygen in the air is one of the
chemical ingredients both in destroy
ing and building the cells of animals
and trees. The leaves are the lungs.
which inhale carbon dioxide and ex-
hale pure oxygen.-New York Herald.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
NATURE AS A FAKER.
She Sometimes Deeeivss Even the Eye
Of the Scientist.


OF the Scientist.
On the so called table mounds Of
Iowa are numerous impressions of
what look exactly like cloven feet. 1t
is not surprising that superstitious
people should attribute them to the
devil taking his walks abroad, though
as matter of fact they are not foot
prints of any kind whatsoever, but
merely weather worn impressions left
by species of mollusk-like animal
known to science as pentamerus
To the Smithsonian institution not
long ago somebody sent from the Bad
Lands of Nebraska what purported to
be n fossil ham. 1t did In very truth
look like q ham, and, to render the
verlsimilitude complete, the bone was
actually sticking out at one end OF It.
Nevertheless an investigation showed
that the alleged bone was in reality
"vaculite"-an extinct mollusk's shell.
rodlike In form-and the rest OF the
cham was a mere accidental agglom-
Grafton of stony stuff.
One day quite recently young man
walked into the National museum at
Washington and presented to the an
thropologist in charge petrified foo.
1t was received with many thanks,
though recognized at a glance as
water worn fragment Of rock which
had accidentally assumed a shape re-
sembling a foot.
Such chance limitations as these fire.
ouently occur In nature. Another one,
deposited in the same institution, was
supposed by the finder to be petri-
fed oyster. 1t looks dis If on the half
shell. All its parts are wonderfully
distinct, and there is even small
pearl in it seemingly. Yet 1t is not an
oyster at all.
Many years ago the cocoon" was
introduced as a fossil to a wondering
world by Sir William Dawson, an en-
inent geologist. 1t was accepted by
science for quite awhile as the earliest
and oldest of known animals-the
dawn animal" as its name signifies.
Recent scientific investigation, how
ever, has proved that it is not and
never was an animal at all. 1t is meres
ly a curious crystalline combination of
two minerals which has the look Of
something that once upon time was
alive.
It has recently been proved that
many markings on sedimentary rocks
long supposed to be fossil prints #
algae and other plants are in reality
tracks left by insects, mollusks and
worms. Some Of these alleged plants"
had actually received names and been
classified into genera and species.
But it has been sufficiently shown
that markings exactly similar can be
produced by allowing such animals as
those above mentioned to creep across
a surface Of moist plaster or wet clay,
counterfeiting rock in a plastic and
not yet hardened condition, and one
well known vegetable frequently noted
as fossil has in this way been satisfac-
torily identified with the trail Of the
larva of the dragon fly. - Saturday
Evening Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
TORTOISE SHELL.
2be Way the Plates Are Removed
From tho Animal.

fTbe Way the Plates Are Removed
From tho Animal
THE comb Of tortoise shell has a
very pale and translucent yellow, the
bnly really valuable kind OF she'll
''Many people think this pale, un-
mottled shell the cheaper kind" the
dealer said. "Do you know whyf Be
cause the limitations are all made like
this
''That is one vulgar error about
shell Another is that the tortoise Is
KILLED to get its shell casing. That Is
as absurd an error as it would be to
say a sheep was killed to get its wool
s4what is done is this: The fisher
men, having caught tortoise, tie him
and then cover his back with dry grass
mnd leaves They set fire to this stun,
&C burns slowly. and the heat causes
ahe thirteen plates Of the shell to
Roosen at the joints. With a knife the
pilates are pried of, and afterward the
kortoise is set free. The base, or root,
auf his she'll is intact and win grow
again. If tortoises were killed to get
their shell they would long since have
Become extinct.
.'No, no. Every tortoise is, as IT
were, a farm-a shell farm. Fishermen
catch him regularly and with heat and
a knife gently remove his SHE'LL
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
Americanized.

The problems of "civilizing" the In
dian has it's amusing side. In this con-
nection an Official Of the bureau Of In
dian affairs tells of a certain "Bobtail
Coyote" who was sent to a govern
ment school from his reservation in
Wyoming. When Bob left he was
clad in buckskin and spoke only his
mother tongue.
He remained at school during the
stipulated time, gradually becoming a
white man" to all intents and pur-
poses. But no greater transformation
was manifested when he returned to
his own people than that Of his name,
evolved from the savage Bobtail Coy
ote to that which appeared on his neat
ly engraved card, "Robert T, Wolff
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
A Famous Perfume.

Queen Alexandra's favorite perfume,
it is well known, is a certain scent
which is a combination of rare .es-
sences, the secret of which is so care
fully guarded that no money can pur-
chase the recipe. The late Queen Vic
toria used this same perfume for more
than fifty years. Nobody but the man
ufacturer knows the formula, but a
Paris perfumer Of long experience has
pronounced it a blend of rose, violet.
Jasmine, lavender and orange blossom
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
a Rusty Iron Nail.

1t has been discovered that happy
millers family living in the vicinity of
the battlefield of Waterloo has de-
rived a regular income since 1916 from
the sale of rusty iron nail. 1t was
not many years after the battle that
an eccentric Englishman on the
strength of an eyewitness evidence
discovered that Napoleon's hat had
been hanging on that nail. the emperor
having rested awhile at the mill dur
ing the battle. An offer for the old
nail was Immediately accepted by the
previously guileless miller, who after
the deal replaced it by another old
nail and painted an inscription round
it on the wall pointing out its histor-
ical value. One nail after another has
gone to enrich collections as priceless
Napoleonic relics.-Argonaut.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
coLoRS IN THE OCEAN.
Various Causes For the Different Tints
Of Tho Water.

CT tho water.
Sky and cloud colors are often re-
Hected in the sea, but just as the air
has it's sunset glory so water has its
changing tints quite apart from mere
reflection.
Olive and brown lines in the waves
off the coast come from the muddy
sediment washed from the shore, as
blues arise chiefly from reflected sky.
But there are many other colors In the
ocean. On almost every long voyage
at sea spots of reddish brown color
are noticed at one time or another.
EVhen a few drops of the discolored
water are examined under micro
scope myriads of minute cylinder shap-
ed algae are seen, some separate, some
Joined together in scores. 1t is this
organism-sometimes called "sea saw
hust'-which has given the name to-
the Red sea, although it also abounds
In other waters Sometimes the wa
ter far from land will be seen TO be of
a chocolate hue, for an extent of sew
eral miles. and this is caused by mil
lions upon millions Of minute one cell.
ed animals which lash themselves
along. each ON his erratic individual
course. by means of the finest of hair
Hike threads of cilia.-Pearson's
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
Mot ExaetIx Mhat be Meant.

A German who did not talk very
fluent English and who had been in
England some little time was DESTROYS
of giving his wife fOrtnight's holi-
day at the seaside He found, how
ever, that he would be unable to spare
the time himself, but promised to ac-
company her there and return the fol
lowing day.
Accordingly on the morning when
they were 20 make the journey he
went to the ticket Office and said to the
official
please give me Won ticket to Brigh-
ton for meself to return tomorrow"
Then, to the amusement of every one,
he added, "And Won oder for my wife
nevaire 10 returnr"--London Tit-Bits.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
Oxygen TippIino.

Oxygen tipping is the latest form
Of the drug habit" said a doctor. 1.-TWO
physicians have died of it this year,
and it is stated that there are quite
hundred oxygen tipplers among the
laity of our big cities
Oxygen, you know, is wonderful
stimulant. Its Inhalation keeps death
off the dying for days and days. But
taken regularly it soon wrecks the
health. It's effect Is said to be delight
full. Like champagne, it creates gay
ETY.. Along with this gayety goes a
feeling of tremendous power and ligh,
ness. Drunk on oxygen, the most slug
gish and melancholy persons have 6
joyous and heartening idea that they
can do anything in the world."-NeW
York Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
EnaIand,s Prettisst villanes.

After a very careful survey we ven
ture to write down the names Of the
six English villages that we consider
the prettiest in the land so far as our
own opinion and wide experience are
concerned. The choice is made Impair
tally and with full knowledge and due
recognition Of the claims of each TO its
high place. Here are the six: Bon
church, Isle of Wight; Clovelly. Devon
shire; WitchamptOu, Dorset; SOnning,
Oxfordshire; Shere, Surrey, and Clap
ham, Yorkshire.-Lo London Strand Maya
zine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
Without Dissemination.

The late Josiah w. Leeds of Phila-
delphia was notable for his lifelong
fight against immodesty. He loved
simplicity as he loved modesty. Osten-
tation he abhorred, especially the os-
sentation of funerals and cemeteries.
He used often to quote an epitaph
that he had once seen in a secluded
graveyard.
This epitaph which was cut on the
simplest cheapest stone it is possible
to imagine. said
THE monument is very plain, no
doubt, but oil the money in the world
would not have brought our poor dear
father back to us again. Washington
Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

There are eighty-four schools In Lon
don for the education of children who
are not included under the extreme
term idiots or imbeciles," bot are
feeble minded and defective" They
are attended by 5000 children. of
whom about two-thirds learn some
useful manual work, while the rest
are hopeless and require permanent
custodial care.--London Telegraph.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
An Episode In Court.

"You are charged with snatchtng a
woman's pocketbook."
81 know it, judge. But l wouldn't
do such a thing, hungry and broke as
/ am"
"Too conscientious, suppose"
"No; don't pretend that. But why
should l snatch woman's pocketbook?
What would / want with a couple Of
car tickets, a powder rag. a piece OF
chewing gum and a dressmaker's adj
dress?"
Once more criminal overshot his
mark. His familiarity with the con-
tents convicted. him-E Exchange.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

A recent Partisan caricature shows a
bearded Turk In a tJrbhn upon the
crenelated roof of his house looking
through a fieldglass. Allah IN jest"
he exclaims. "Now that my neigh
bors' wives go about with faces un-
covered | see that they are quite as
homely as my own
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders,
laborers rely on DR.. Thomas Elec-
trio Oil. Takes the sting out of cuts,
burns or bruises at once. Pain can
not stay where it is used.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

The gypsles are nearer to the ami.
mails than any race known to us IN
Europe. They have the lawIessness, the
abandonment, the natural physical
grace In form and gesture OF animals
Only stealthy and wary something M
their eyes makes them human. --Ar-
thpr Gym0ns.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
Accomplished.

"Shes got future"
"Can she act?'
mo, but she can work her eyes bet
ter than any lady in the business, and
as for wearing swell clothes-gee, she
couldn't do better If she was twinsr'
Life. fssrisr
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com
plexion sallowY Liver needs waking
I'D. Doan's Re0ulets cure bilious
attacks. rs cents at any drug store
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
Very Careful.

Indulgent Uncle-Jack, are you care
tut about your personal expenses these
faysf Jack-Yes. sir. manage, with
some effort, TO make them balance my
income TO the exact cent. Chicago
Tribune.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

Don't think that piles can't be
cured. Thousands of obstinate cases
have been cured by Doan's Ointment.
so cents at any drug store.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

Generally debilitated for years,
Had sick headaches, lacked ambition,
was worn out and all run down. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters made me well
woman. Mrs. Chas. Freitoy, Moos-
up. Conn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

The world doesn't really grow worse
VERY time You need medicine. Calves
on News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10
Poultry Printing.

We have very large and COM
plete line of poultry cuts and are
prepared to do any and all kinds of
printing for poultry raisecs at low
prices.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-31

per cent. Of illiteracy; Spain 68
per cent; and Portugal 70 per
cent; These are all white coun-
tries with centuries of civilization
behind them. There are 10000
Negro students III higher institu-
tions of learning, pursuing all
branches from trade to classical
and scientific courses. Forty
thousand colored youths have
graduated from secondary insti-
from colleges.
The race has developed 10000
teachers, 10000 clergymen, LOO
physicians and surgeons, 1000
lawyers and 400 Journalists and
literary people. 1t has 200 in
stitutions for higher education in
the United States. In 1904 it
owned property amounting to
ST, 100000. In 1900 the farm
property belonging to Negroes
was valued at S2Oo,OOO.OOo. 1t
operates 746,7I5 farws and owns
I87,797 farms, or about 25 per
cent. of the total.
This is not a bad showing for
a race which the Democrats de-
clare to be unfit for citizenship.
The instincts of self-preservation
demand that the American Negro
vote for Taft and Sherman and a
continuance of the Republican
policies.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-31
COLORED VOTERS TAKE
NOTICE.

A vote for Bryan is a vote for
Lynching and Disfranchisement.
Northern Negroes who may be
inclined to vote for Bryan, lynch
ing and disfranchisement, ought
to be interested in the dispatch
from Mississippi telling how a
mob would not permit the bodies
of two negroes who had been
lynched to be cut down until. a
train bearing Booker T. Washing
ton had passed and the cele-
brated Negro educator had been
witness from a car window of the
cruel spectacle.
Booker T. Washington is noted
for the moderation of his utter
ances, and it cannot be claimed
that he has ever given prOvOcation
} violence. His abilities and en-
ergies are devoted to the uplifting
of his race along educational and
industrial lines, and he is esteem
ed by intelligent whites as well as
blacks. Yet the prejudice which
aims to keep the Negro down po-
htically and socially could not
spare Booker 7. Washington, and
the object of theMississippi lynch
ers every one of whom no doubt
will vote for Bryan, was evidently
to distress and humiliate that IA
nous and talented Negro.
The colored man in Ohio, New
York or any other state who votes
for Bryan and against Taft and
a Republican administration, in
dOrses the crimes of lynching
mobs and helps to make it harder
than ever for the southern colored
man to maintain his self-reSpect
and escape insults and violence.
World Record Established.
The intelligent Negro does not
worship false gods, He is
thoroughly familiar with the con-
dition of his brother in the south,
where Democracy is in the saddle.
He knows that at heart the lead
ers Of the Democratic party do
not wish his association in politics,
but only hope to use him and dis
gruntle him against the Republi-
can party, in order that they may,
without benefit to him, be elevated
into power. 1t does not need the
declaration from the Democratic
party tht it is a white mans party,
to convince the Negro with any
brains that his interest and future
welfare and that of his race lie in
the hands of the Republican party.
In Uncle Sans Service.
Under the kindly fostering care
of the Republican party, that
wiped the stain of slavery from
the Stars and Stripes, with the
blood of statesmen, the colored
race has established a worlds rec
ord in the progres of civilization
and enlightened, aggressive citi-
zenship. Today cOlored men and
women, to the number of 1913
are occupying positions in the
Government service under Repub-
liCan administration, and draw in
the aggregate, the sum of $8,O32,
355 annually from the public
treasury. They are to be found in
every position, from that of COM
mon laborer to that of Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary. Their salaries range
from 5000 TO $4,000 a year, the
latter sum being paid to our color
ed EnvoyExtraordinary and Min
lister Plenipotentiary to Haiti.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-31
NOTHING TO OFFER.
William I. Bryan and his na

William J. Bryan and his ma
tional Democratic campaign COM
mittee are covertly attempting to
secure the support of Negro
voters. In this extremity to
force Mr.. Bryan's election upon
the country, his campaign mana
gers find themselves close to a
powder magazine. They fully
understand the attitude of Dem
ocratS in southern states on the
Negro question, and know that
these Democrats would rebel
against afiiliation with Negroes.
Mr.. Bryan and his managers,
however, are hopeful that they
may utilize a certain portion of
the Negro votes in northernDem-
ocratic states, and even in North
ern Republican states, without it
being discovered by the Demo
cratic voter of the South.
1t would be interesting to know
in detail just whatMr. Bryan and
his managers are offering Ne
| groes in exchange for their votes.
If it be patronage, the Southern
Democrat will have a reckoning
on that score at a later day. II
patronage has been promised
with no intention of keeping the
promise, Mr.. Bryan and his man
ayers would stand discredited as
tricksterS and political Swindlers,
If not patronage, the only other
offer would be money, and it can
not be believed that Mr.. Bryan
would indulge in that kind OF
thing.
The truth is, Mr.. Bryan and
his managers have nothing to
offer the Negro in exchange for
his vote. They cannot give the
Negroes office, and they would
not dare to give them anything
else, even if the Negro would be
willing to accept it.
Though seeking votes, Mr..
Bryan does not dare publicly tc
declare his views on questions
that affect the Negro race.
Bruce L. Keenan,, of Talequa
nominee for presidential elector
on the Republican ticket in Ok
lahoma, addressed not long ago {
letter to Mr.. Bryan that put the
latter's sincerity to a severe test
Mr.. Bryan received the letter
but did not reply to 1t. Keenan,
pledged himself to vote for Mr.
| Bryan if the latter would make
public his views on any of sever
proposals. Mr.. Keenan's Offer
was as follows:
No. I. State if you approve ii
a general way the course Of south
| ern sentiment on the race ques-
ton, as indicated by constitution
al and Legislative enactments on
the suffrage question respecting
franchise, and if you would ap-
prove of a change in the national
constitution so that this program
could be said to be within and
not without the constitution.
If you approve of this course
of your southern allies, I will
support you for having the cour-
age to say so; if you do not ap-