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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
Red-HaIred charmere.

There are no red-haired old
maids"
The speaker, a red.haired actress,
lighted fresh cigarette and went
on:
"The red-haired have an excess Of
iron in their blood. This causes them
to overflow with vitality, animal spir-
it's, gayety, wit, charm-but must
not boast, must ~"
She smiled, and, smoothing her rud-
dy locks with slim white hand, she
added:
AT any rate, it is a palpable fact
that the red-haired girl never gets
left, AS a rule she is married at 20.
A red-haired old maid is a greater rar-
ity than millionaire anarchist. Leap
year begins with 1908, but we red
haired girls have no need of leap
year"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
DEATH m THEIR OCCUPATIONS
Makers Of Mirrors Poisoned by the
Vapor Of Mercury.

Every mirror is made at the cost
of human suffering and poisoning. The
Sfvering Of the glass by applying a
layer of tinfoil alleged with mercury
involves so much risk of poisoning,
the work people constantly breathing
the mercury vapor, that numerous at
tempts have been made to use an
other metal for the purpose.
1t was shown by Liebig that fine
adherent deposit of metallic silver
could be applied to glass by reducing
solution of silver salt with milk
sugar, 80 this method has been en-
ployed as a commercial process. There
have been partly successful attempts
to get like deposit of copper.
The mirror often lacks brilliance
and is usually disfgured with stains.
But it has been found by one F. d.
Chattaway of England that solutions
OF copper salts can produce brilliant
reddish films of metallic copper which
are as perfect refectors as silver mir
rors. His method of coating glass
with a layer of copper. it is thought,
Will probably be used extensively in
making mirrors and other glassware
articles.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
Tlnfoil Valuable.

Several of the best-known choco'
late manufacturers on the continent
are advising customers not to throw
away the tinfoil in which the choco-
late is enveloped, but to keep 1t until
called for by an agent, who will gladly
pay the market price for 1t. The pres
ent high price of tin is due to the &C
ton of English and Dutch spectators,
who have forced 1t far beyond its
actual value. The chocolate industry
in Europe spends nearly 100000
annually for tinfoll. which il generally
thrown to the winds.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
Poetry Won Bandits Heart.

Prof Bliss Perry tells story to H.
lustrate the advantages of literary
wisdom. A friend he says, was trav-
cling in French mountains when on a
lonely road he was stopped by high
waymen, his life threatened, and his
valuables demanded. His literary in
stincts were to the fore, even in his
extremity, and half unconsciously he
burst forth with an appropriate coup
let, quoted from some obscure French
poet.
Hold" cried the leader of the high
waymen. my comrades, this gentle
man is acquainted with the works Of
our friend, M. So-and-So He is, then,
our brother"
The purse was returned, courtesies
extended, and the traveller and three
bandits adjourned to an inn near by
and spent a pleasant evening. BIOS
ton Herald.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
JUST WANTED TO SEE MONEY
And the Little Old Lady Had Her
Confidence Restored.

She was a little old lady, so little
and so old that with considerable
friends she would never, never have
been allowed alone in the hurried
throng on the busy streets. She was
such an old little lady that she had
only just learned that there had been
trouble in the banks, and she had
made such haste as she could to be
sure that her money--all the money
she had saved-was safe.
Have you got my money!" she
asked TREMENDOUSLY when she finally
reached the teller's window.
How much did you have?" asked
the teller kindly. No one could help
being kind to such a little old lady.
twenty-five dollars" she answered.
1.-TWO tens and five. l didn't wish to
take it out" she continued apologize
ally, "but should feel better if you
could just let me see it."
So they showed her carefully two
tens and a five" Her faded eyes
frightened, and with grateful
Thank YOU" she left, every line of
her bent little figure showing happy
contentment and confidence, for she
had seen her money.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
Edison to Mark Twain.

Thomas A. Edison paid a very
pretty compliment to Mark Twain at
a dinner OF the Engineers club to An
drew Carnegie Using his place card
as a memorandum. page, and writing
with lead pencil in the small round
letters characteristic of his hand, Mr..
Edison inscribed a sentiment and
handed the card ialy over to his neigh
Dor. L, A. Martin. II read:
can American loves his family. II
he has any love left over for some
other person he generally selects
Mark Twain. Syracuse Herald.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
PORTRAITS OF
KENTUCKY'S GOV
ERNORS FREE, FREEl
Every Governors Picture
from Isaac Shelby to Au-
gustus E. Wilson.

For the first time in the history of
the State complete collection of
the portraits of Kentucky's Govern
or's has been secured, and the Louis
Vile Evening Post has made it pos
sible to place them in the hands of
every citizen of this grand old Com
monwealth.
The collection was secured after
art galleries and private collections
all over the United States had been
drawn upon. A few of them are
very rare, and one of the Governors
is the only picture in existence. 1t
was secured at an expense of sever
al hundred dollars.
The portraits of Kentucky Govern
ors are grouped around new map
of Kentucky which hiss just been es
pecially engraved at cost of So, 800,
and is the latest and best map OF
Kentucky ever printed. 1t shows
all of the new railroads built in Ken
lucky in 1907.
In addition to the latest Kentucky
map and portraits of Kentucky's
Governors. there are nine other
maps of great value, among them a
map Of the United States, showing
all Of the new possessions, including
the Philippines, Hawaii, Porto Rico,
and map Of Panama showing the
canal zone, also a map of the world.
In addition to these maps there
are the portrrits of all the Presidents
of the United States and the Rulers
of all Nations, together with coat of
arms and flags. The three last CEN
sus reports and a complete census
report of all the towns in the State
of Kentucky.
Taking this wall chart as a whole
it is one of the latest up-to-date at
lases for the nome JnaC mas Deen
produced up to this time.
1t contains six pages 28x36 inches.
This wall chart is given away abso-
lutely free to readers of this paper.
Ask US about it..
Every home in Kentucky should
have one of these Governors Wall
Charts, for there has never before
been, published in any form COM
plete collections of Kentucky Cover
nors' portraits, and every man, wo-
man and child in every home of the
State shouldIknow who all of their
Governors have been and when they
served.
1t has cost the Evening Post sever
al thousand dollars to secure this col
lection of Kentucky Governors por-
traits, and while the chart alone is
worth at least $3.50, yet we give it
away to old subscribers who renew
their subscription or to new sub
scribers. Everybody should have a
daily newspaper this year as well as
their county paper. This is Presi-
Dental year. Call at our Office and
see this splendid Kentucky Cover
nors' Wall Chart, or send for circu-
lar with full description.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
poINr ON sEcoND MARaIAeEsi
Sexes Differ When II Comes to Choice
of Future Mate.

There's a curious thing said a
minister, that I've noticed about sec
ond marriages It is this; Widowers
rarely marry women whom they knew
either before OF during their first
period of married life, while with wild
ows the case, as rule, is just re-
versed.
How do explain this? Well,
don't; l Just mention the fact But |
suppose my guess is as good as an
others. OF course, to begin with, a
man has more freedom of choice;
that is, his activities are apt to give
him a larger circle of acquaintances
than q woman.
"A woman, If her first marriage
has been happy, longs for a continue
ton of that happiness; if 1t has not
been wholly SO, she is still searching
for satisfaction of ideals. She is
more likely to regard with favor a
sutton whom she has known for some
time than a recent acquaintance.
Women, you remember, are naturally
more conservative than men, and a
woman is much more disposed to be
careful about a second marriage than
a first.
"Of course, these are only theories
that I'm indulging in. But the facts
regarding the tendencies in second
marriages are as l have stated Amy
one can confirm them by running over
the second marriages of his or her
friends"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
CORRECT ENGLISH
HO TO USE IT. .
A Monthly Magazine Devot-
ed to the Use of English
Josephine Turck Baker
Editor.
PARTIAL CONTENTS

PARTIAL CONTENTS
Course ins.Grammar.
How to Increase Ones Vocabulary,
The Art of Conversation.
Shall and Will: SHOULD and Would:
How to Use Them,
Pronunciation Century Dictionary.
Correct English in the Home.
Correct English in the School.
What to Say and What Not to Say.
Course in Letter Writing and Punct-
uation.
Twenty Daily Drills.
Business English for the Business
Man.
Compound Words: How to Write
Them.
Studies in English Literature.
AGENTS WANTED-$100 a year.
Send 10 cents for sample copy.
CORRECT ENGLISH.
Evanston, III.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
Haa GOOD opInIon Of womsn,

Men have no organization In the
world that IL doing as much for the
world at the present time and for civ
ilization as the National Federation of
Women's Clubs" said Prof zeublin
of Chicago in an address at Minneap-
oils. He said that woman is not only
stronger mentally, but she IL superior
to man physically, and the day OF her
equality with man is at an end as shs
IL in every respect his superior
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
Impudsnt Boy.

Mamma" asked Tommy, what
year were you and papa married"
I'm the year 1906, dear" answered
Mrs. Hunkar.
WAS that a leap Year,"
IL believe 1t was.
why. mamma, did you have to-"
mo, didn't. you insolent little ras
cali" interrupted his indignant
mother. HAnd I've a great mind u
spank you for thinking of IT,"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15

Can't look well, eat we'll or feel
we'll with impure blood feeding'.your
body. Keep the blood pure with
Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat simply,
take exercise, keep clean and you
will have long life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15

Don't use harsh physics. The re-
action weakens the bowels, leads to
chronic constipation. Get Doan's
Regulets. They operate easily, tone
the stomach. cure constipation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
A Literal Youth.

why, Johnny" said Mrs. MugginS,
what are you doing here? IL Wilile's
party over?"
Nome" blubbered Johnny. But
the minute got inside the house Will
Hes rather told me TO make myself at
home, and came "--Harper's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
Has Record for Divorces.

The worlds record for the greatest
number of divorce cases is held by the
Hungarian city of Arad.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
The Youna Old Man.

The old man who is young, Who has
seen much of cities and men and
many lands, is the cream of friends.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15

Y 20. 81 and 81 connect at St. Louis
points west.
No. 81 connects at Guthfis for Memphis LA
points as far south as Erin aud Tor Louisvi't
CtncinnAti and the East.
o. So and SIS make direct connection at Gast
for Louisville, Cincinnati and ali poiut,
north and east thereof. No. 50 and SIS Also cor
meet for Memphis and way points.
No. % runs through to Chicago and will no
carry passengers to point South of Evansvllls
Alsocrrries through sleepers to st. Louis.
No. ;, through sleepers to Atlanta, MacoI
yGeksouvile,St. Augustine aud Tampa, Fla
Also Pullman lespers to New Orisaus. Cos
ects at Guthrie tor prints Elsc and West. NJ
will not carry lo:ai plsss1{.cs Tor prints Y lrtt
Nashville Tenn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
ETRAINs GOING SOUTH

No. 51-St. L. Express SIG p. n.
No. 63-St. L. Fast Mail 5:37 a. NJ
No. &C. & N o. Lin. 1850 p. m
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 7:05 a. n
No. 95. Dixie Flyer, 9:37 a. m.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-15
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TINE TABLE.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

TRAINS cHING NORTH.
Mo. 52-St. LOUIS Express, 1915 a. m
No. 3D. st. L. Fast Mail, 1905 p. M.
No. &C. & st. L. Linn, 500 a. m
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 p. ms
No. 94.-Dixie Flyer, SAB p. m.
Monroe City Democrat., 1908-07-16

publicans. as usual. are straininC at
gnats and making mountains Of mole
hills.
Monroe City Democrat., 1908-07-16
STATE POLITICS.

There are other national questions OF
high Importance, like that of deep water
wavs, L would like to discuss. but of
necessity 1 must defer that to future
occasion. I shall be obliged also to post
none any elaborate discussion of State
affairs. as perhaps 1 ought to do, until
after the State ticket has been nominated
and the platform enunciated. Only one
or two things I desire to advert TO
briefly.
on the 4th of August the people will
nominate n State ticket at the primary
election to be held on that day. The pri-
mary law was intended to give the peo-
DIe n free rein in the selection of caudi-
dates. We have heard a great deal of
talk, particularly by the Republicans of
Missouri about bosses and machines
One might have supposed from their saw
age denunciation of machines that all
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-03-27
spiritual realm, whose frontiers tran
scend political frontiers, and whose
commonwealth is in heaven"

| The war with Japan left Russia prac-
| ticalIy without a navy. 1t is not sur
prising that she should be thinking
and planning the construction Of a new
! fleet, and reasonable naval program
would be taken everywhere as matter
of course. A reasonable program
would recognize accomplished facts
the loss of Port Arthur, the dashing OF
| the hopes of an ice-free port in the
| Pacific, the blow to the schemes OF
empire in the East But the naval pro-
gram which the admiralty has prepared
| and wants the duma to approve is con-
sidered wild not only by all the lib
erals but by many of the conservative
editors and writers as we'll. The total
to be spent in nine years is consider
ably over billion, and the appropria-
i lions for this year for new cOnstfuc-
ton and some Improvement work at
ports and naval stations amount to
$43, 100000. This certainly seems far
too ambitious a program for country
struggling with a famine in some prov
inces and suffering from poor crops
| generally, industrial and political dis
order and staggering debt burdens. AL
most the entire press has opposed the
schemes Of the admiralty as fOreshad-
| owed in semi-offical statements, ana
| has pointed to the need of agrarian re-
I form. which will cost a good deal OF
money. of universal primary education,
of public works and other things that
are essential in themselves, and, in
addition conditions of pacifcation and
regeneration. But it is reported that
the court. including the Gar himself,
! is determined to force the acceptance
of the program as it stands. Indeed.
| the duma has already been told by high
bureaucrats that it would be dissolved
if it should decline to ratffy the naval
budget. What the Octoberists and the
other moderates and conservatives in
that body will do remains to be seen.
The fanatical reactionaries, it is be-
leved, will vote against the naval pro-
gram in order to bring about the disso-
luton threatened. They love the navy,
but their hatred of the duma and OF
reform is deeper. Perhaps, however,
the government will finally agree to
compromise on an alternative program
Of more modest proportions to cover
shorter period. The prospects of new
foreign loans will have something to
do with it's attitude.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-03-27
EVERYBODY LIKED HIM.

At an auction in a storage warehouse
the auctioneer had but just restored
harmony between two females, each of
whom believed herself to be the pur-
chaser Of two pigs in blue CHINA
automobile, when small voice plped
I'D, demanding to know when the kit
tens were to be put up for sale. The
auctioneer paid no attention, says
writer in the New York Sun, because a
roll-top desk was In danger of going
for six dollars and a half. Again the
small voice arose, and as no one an
swered, it died down.
The roll-top desk finally brought
twelve dollars, and In the triumphant
moment that followed, the auctiOneer
heard the small, persistent person say
ing:
please, aren't you going to put up
the Kittens"
"Kittens?" said the auctioneer, Won
dering If he had missed a lot.
Here the small person was raised on
some ones shoulder. He proved to be
black-eyed, curly-haired little chap.
Every one smiled and asked him what
kittens he meant. He was quite abashed
by so much attention, but managed to
lisp out:
The men that drive the horses said
the kittens what lives in the box are
going to be sold, and l want one"
AS a grimy fist containing four cents
was held out for the auctioneer's in
spection, the small person grew so in
popular favor that the kittens were
sent for, and he was allowed to take
his choice He trotted off, having
bought the only live stock Of the morn
ing, but holding it so tightly round its
fat little waist-line that it stood small
chance Of being live stock long.
Men smiled tolerantly after the re-
treating little figure, and even the auc-
tioneer was moved to momentary 81
lence, all of which goes to show that
the simple, natural child Is never real
" out Of fashion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-03-27
DINNER SERVED AT OPERA.

Queen Sets Fashion of Giving Box
Parties at COvent Garden.
BY having her dinner brought from
Buckingham Palace and served in the
rear of the royal box during the inter,
val between the first and second acts
Of the opera on Thursday highs, the
Queen set fashion that society be-
l1eves will not only become popular for
the charm of the idea, but will also
solve the practical problem Of minister
ing to the appetite at early perform
ances without missing parts Of the
opera, says the London correspondent
of the New York Times. Owing to the
increasing demand for the rendition of
operas without cuts, the eating prob
lem has recently become very acute at
the long performances. The situation
becomes especially annoying when the
performance begins as early as 6 30,
as was the case with "Siegfried" In
English at Covent Garden on Thursday,
During the general scamper to neigh
boring refreshment bars and sandwich
acts four attendants carefully carried
into the rear Of the royal box a small
table, already set, and containing the
Queens favorite dishes. The food had
been prepared at the palace and kept
warm by means Of patent heat-retain-
ing devices.
Thus Queen Alexandra, with one or
two friends. was able to turn from the
stage to dinner, which they had time
to enjoy heartily before the beginning
Of the next act. When the curtain
assembled the attendants disappeared
with the dinner table as silently as
they had appeared.
Many persons believe that box dinner
parties will be accepted as really
smart and sensible functions as Co
vent Garden in the future.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-03-27

has made one serious mistake. at which
am surprised. Can any one pick it
out?"
All agreed that it seemed perfect.
Don't you see that the girls eyes
are openT said the bachelor girl.
what girl, l ask you, ever received
a real kiss, such as Is portrayed here,
with her eyes not blissfully closed? A
woman always closes her eyes when
she is kissed by the man she is fond
Of"
The women all agreed that the criti-
cism was true and said how strange it
was they hadn't noticed it, while the
men glanced at each other with looks
which admitted their own stupidity.
"Now, as to whether the mans eyes
ought to be closed, l don't know, as l
have never noticed"
And then the bachelor girl was sud-
denly overcome with confusion as a
chorus of delighted shrieks and shouts
arose from the assemblage present
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-03-27

Father" said Tommy Bardell of the
William Henry Harrison grammar
school. you want to come next Sat
urday afternoon and see us play q
game with the Oliver Wendell Holmes
football team. We're going to do EN-
up"
DO you belong to a football team?'
asked his father. 1T is news to me-
DO l." exclaimed Tommy, proudly
well, l reckon! I'm the Quarter-ba back
of the Tornadoes."
1.-The TOrnadoes? Who are they?"
That's the name of our school
team
"H'mph! And you are going to play
a game next Saturday, are you? Well
I'll go and see it"
The game took place according tC
announcement, and the Tornadoes were
beaten by a score of 26 to O.
Tommy" said his father, oyertak
ing him while he was on his way home
what did you tell me was the name OF
your team?"
The Tornadoes," answered the boy
but we're going to change it to some
thing else. We amt even fog!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-03-27

Education has two sides, the mate
rial and the immaterial, and of these
the immaterial is the nobler; but so
severe. apparently, is the contest among
individuals for wages, and so keen
among nations the struggle for suprem-
acy in commercial and industrial pur-
suits and operations, that the advan-
tages of education IN the intellectual
and spiritual development of mankind
are often kept out of sight. The Danes,
in their peoples high schools, have bet
ter than other nations, succeeded in
combining the two sides of continuation
school work. Against the danger in
volved in excessive utilitarianism Prof.
Sadler utters timely warning: Let
us not identify the world for which we
seek to train every child solely with
the world of material interests and of
visible things. Let us not forget, in
our educational plans, the weight that
should be attached to the claims of the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-03-27

Some think that a line set in very
large type is strong and convincing
but all strong men are not six-footers
and a wild yell is neither polite, elo-
quent or reasoning.
In all legitimate advertising it is
better to be definite. Separate one arti-
Gle from another clearly. Make each
proposition distinct Exhibit the feat.
ures as you would a picture. Indi-
viduality is an asset of all goods and
should be of the representation Of them
in the advertisement. People of this
age like facts and the really interested
buyer likes them best of all.
A newspaper may boom town
through it's editorial columns, but q
critical investor looks to the adver-
Using columns for substantial evidence
of push and life. To him they are the
thermometers measuring the intensity
of public warmth. They are the pulse
which indicates the healthy condition
of the collective body of the people
They tell him whether or not the com
munity is up to times in business mat
tiers.
A large advertiser says: When
read an advertisement that is particu-
larly attractive to me, I assume that
it will be equally attractive to others
When | read a line of argument that
appeals to me | reason that the same
line will convince others. Suppose you
take the question of position. Do you
yourself read more frequently the adj
vertisements which are at the top OF
the column or page or those at the
bottom? What display attracts you
most? Then about prices. Are you
tempted to buy Il 81 article because
it is marked down to IS cents? The
argument which caused you to consider
it will serve you in turn when you
write about the special price you de
sire to make.