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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09
STuoY OF JAPANESE.
Difficulties Of the Spoken and the
Written Language.


Army officers who are thinking Of
taking up the study OF Japanese should
pause before they attempt the task
and ask themselves whether they have
a peculiarly strong linguistic aptitude.
Even the Japanese fnd their Language
very difficult. The Anglo-Saxons who
growl abOut the difficulties of our spell
ing and favor the simpIiied system
would never live If they had to under
go what the subject of the mikado suf-
fers in the matter of language.
1t takes a Japanese child seven years
to learn the essential parts of the
alphabet. There are PA signs which
serve the same purpose as initial let
tiers in English dictionaries. Then
after you have tracked down in one OF
these 24l signs some part of the char
acter for which you are about to
make a search you still have a veri-
table darkest Africa ahead of you.
The pompous FIRST personal pronouD is
avoided whenever it is possible In
speaking Japanese. If it must be
used il is introduced casually. but gen
orally the abstract noun "selfishness"
serves in its stead.
For example, a Japanese would not
say. 81 don't drink wine" but Wine
don't drink" or, if this is not clear
enough, "SelGshness wine don't drink
Reference 10 your possessions must be
deprecatOry. Thus if man wishes to
point out his own residence he says.
THAT miserable house." which. Of
course. could refer to no other than his
own.
ON the other hand. That beautiful
house" would easily identify the house
as belonging to some one else. More
over, any one who wishes to learn
Japanese must be prepared to learn
two languages-the written and the
spoken. The one differs so materially
from the other that if Japanese Is
reading a book or newspaper and
wishes to do so aloud it becomes nee
essary for him to translate the written
words into the collOquial. 10 be able
to read any of the higher class Japa-
nese newspapers it is necessary to
master at least from 2.5O0 to 1900
ideographs. Army and Navy Journal
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09
PROMPT TO ACT.
A Man Who Seemed Always to Be
Ready For Emergencies.

A Man Who Seemed Always to Be
Ready For Emergencies.
To be ready for emergencies was one
Of the gifts of DR.. Samuel Gridley
Howe. the great teacher Of the blind.
writes his daughter, Mrs. Laura r.
Richards. who has edited his Letters
and Journals" She gives several in
stances in which his quick action pre-
vented serious accidents.
Once at Green Peace my father was
going to drive with my mother and my
sister Florence in a closed carriage
with a large window in front.
AS the driver was mounting the box
he dropped his whip and got down TO
recover it. This startled the young
horses. and they bolted down the
driveway.
My father tried to open the big win
dow. but it stuck fast. He flashed
through the plate glass as if it had
been paper and. catching up the reins,
stopped the runaWays in less time than
it takes to tell it.
When Thomas came running up.
white and breathlPss. he found doc
tor" quietly shaking the bits of glass
from his coat and hat and explaining
to my terrified mother that ne event
so quick there was no time to get cut"
Still another memory of my mothers
shows his QuicknPSs in a different
way. He was walking along Washing
ton street one day when a furious dog
rushed at him and bit his hand severe
~
There was no Pasteur institute in
the fOrties. My father instantly raised
up the skin and flesh Of the bitten part
and. holding it firmly entered the
nearest apOthecary's shop.
"Cut this piece off" he said briefly.
The apOthecary exclaimed in horror
He could not. he would not. without a
surgeons order. 1t was out of the
question.
II am surgeon" said my father.
land command you to cut II off,"
1t was cut off. My father dressed
the wound with his other hand and
went about his business.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09
Made Him Sick.

A noted golfer one afternoon played
rather badly. He turned to his caddie
after be had fooled a drive and said
in his genial way:
This isn't a pleasant spectacle for
you. I'm as bad as a Scotch laird at
st. Andrews. The st. Andrews cad
dies are all old men. and one day when
this laird was in especially bad form
his caddie, after nine holes of missed
shots and puts. shook his gray old
head. surrendered the laird's bag of
clubs to another caddie and said
"'Ye'll no mind, laird? | made hut
a poor breakfast this mornin', and I'm
no in a condition to stand any MAR
or"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09
JURlES IN ENGLAND.
They Get Through Their Work Quickly
and With Little Fuss.

They Get Through Their Work Quickly
and With Little Fuss.
The working of the British jury sys-
TEN exhibits a marked contrast with
that Of our own. 1t is possible that my
experience in British courts was ey-
ceptional, but in not a single instance
did I see a juror challenged on reject
ed I'm all Of the courts requiring ju-
rieS the necessary number Of men
were present, and they were sworn in
without question In the Sherif's dep
atty court ia Scotland the presiding
judge gave notice TO the jury that he
expected TO adjourn the court at .
O'Clock and stated that If they could
all remain until that hour he would at
once dismiss the men who had been
called for q second panel, The jurors
conferred together and decided TO re-
main tiil I o'clock. whereupon the
Judge notified the other men to appear
at 1890. The one jury impaneled for
che morning session rendered six YER
diets in cases involving prosecutions
for thefts, fraud and burglary.
In the court Of quarter sessions at
Taunton. England ! saw SINGLE jury
in one day render eleven vordicts.
found that it was customary in the
Several sorts Of court that J attended
for the same jury to act in successive
cases. In no instance did I see a jury
leave their seats to make mp their YER
dict. Usually the issue before them
was made SO plain that all who gave
attention knew I'm advance what the
decision would be- / made note Of an
exceptional instance Of delay when the
court was forced TO wait nine minutes
for the report Of the jury. In this case
the judge who gave the Instructions
was himself in doubt as TO what the
verdict Ought TO be.
A Scottish jury consists of fifteen
persons, and a majority may render a
verdict. In England the number is
twelve. and unanimity is required. But
Z noted no difference as to practical
results in the two countries. The
twelve men in the English jury were
as prompt and certain in their action
as were the eight ont of fifteen in the
Scottish iury.-McClure's Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09
ABOARD A SUBMARINE.
The Crew, the Work and the Kind cf
Life the Men Lead

Lite the Men Lead.
Tife aboard a submarine is not SO
unpleasant or dangerous as one mlght
Hmagine, but It is entirely different
efrom that ied on other types OF ships.
The crew. usually consisting Of two
officers and fourteen men. is selected
from volunteers after most rigid
lpnedicai examination. Service rarely
uextends beyond period Of two years
and real work on a submarine ia limit
ed to about three weeks in the sum
raer and one in the winter. During the
remainder Of the time the men live on
q parent" ship or on shore. The boat
is, however. put through the various
evOIutions once every week
The first impression on entering a
submarine is one Of heat. the air being
rather close and heavy. but the men
soon become accustomed to t. stand
sng room space is about six and one
half feet, and toward both ends the
boat tapers away almost to a point.
There are no portfolios. The hatchway
In the coming tower is the only aper-
ture. Under water electric light IL
used. There are ventilators but when
the boat dives they are shut off with
cap.
Life GA board q submarine is essen
TALLY Gin common" The way men
and many objects are crammed to-
gether in narrow space is almost
miraculous.
Cooking is done in an electric oven,
and no foods which have a strong or
&iisagreeabIe smell are used. OF course
smoking Is allowed only when on the
surface and then on the bridge. Ow-
sng to the character of the men select
ed discipline is perfect.
There is scarcely any noise in sub
gAarine when submerged. The greatest
depth the boat descends does not ex-
coed thirty feet. AT that depth her
speed is about g knots. The air Is
quite "breathable" for four hours, but
Ga case of emergency the crew can re-
main closed in for seventy hours with
out danger.
The men love the life. With the Off
GERS they are as one family. sharing
everything equally, including the dan
gers. which are not much to speak of,
provided every one does his duty.
IWhen the weather is fair there is very
little rolling. In rough weather the
Kaen escape knocking about by holding
on to "steadying lines."-New York
Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09
The Navel Oranqe.

The first we know of the navel
orange. which is very valuable not
only on account Of its fine quality and
taste. but also because of it's being
seedless, is OF single tree that was
found growing on the northern shore
of the Mediterranean sea. This was
about the year 1865. Crafts OF this
tree were taken to Spain by the MOOrs
several hundred years ago. and from
Spain the trees were carried to South
America by the Spanards.-St. Nicho-
las
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09
a Hot Spot.

II believe that Monterey, Mexico, is
the hottest spot in the world in the
daytime" said an Arizona man. II
have seen the thermometer register as
nigh as 100 degrees in the late after.
noon. 1t was so hot that the natives
who ventured on the streets would
mug the foot wide shade Of the low
Buildings like lichen clings to tree
bark. But here's the funny part Of it..
When the SUE sets it begins to cool off,
and at night it is positively necessary
to sleep under blankets. The nights
are delightfully."- cool. and presume it
is because one is able to get good
sleep that it is possible to live in that
climate Washington Post
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09
Beat Solomon a Mile.

She-That's Mr. Osborn over there,
He married a million. He-YO don't
say! Well. that beats Solomon TO a
frazzIe. Boston Transcript.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09
The compIets Rookkeepsr.

Mrs. Knlcker-How DO you make
your books balance? Mrs. Booker
That's easy. always spend the exact
sam receive right away.-New York
Eun
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09

''Do you think can stand an opera
ton. doctorr'
''Y0u know your financial condition
better than do."-Exchange.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09

should submit them.
DR.. willie in the privacy
your hOme "Fnvorte Prescription has cured
hundre Of OF the of
makers
No found in IT, Some
DON'T triHe
your Dspenay Medical Association DR. r.
N. advice received be we'll
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-09

Gain has oft with treacherOus hopes
ed men 70 ruin. -SOphOcles.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29

The News is anxious to know that
the paper is delivered to all subscrib-
ers. If you fail to get yours, please
notify the office.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
SODA WATER IS
HEAVILY TAXED
Georgia Legislators Determined That
Nothing But Aqua Vitae Shall BE .,
Drunk in That State.

ATLANTA, Ca, July EFF the
Georgia Legislature incorporates int.
the general tax bill all the provisions
introduced by the members, it will
be soon nearly as hard to get a drink
of soda water in the state as it is
now to get a drink of whisky.
Face to face with a deficit and with
salaries and bills unpaid, the solons
are grubbing desperately to find rev,
enue producers. Since the advent OF
prohibition the soft drink industry has
become the biggest thing in the state
Hence it offered the easiest solution
of the problem. Here are some OF
the tax clauses already passed by the
house: Five dollars year upon eact
faucet of a soda water fountain; $500
per year for each manufacturer o,
carbonated water; $25 per year upor
each bottling machine in the state;
revenue stamp costing five cents
for each gallon of syrup or tincture OF
extract manufactured or sold.
All of these taxes are in addition
to the tax levied by the cities, towns
and villages in which the dealer re-
sides-and these towns have not over
looked the soft drink dealers in their
plans for raising revenue. These
levies, too, are in addition to certain
specific taxes which have been d.
rected against certain big manufac-
turers of we'll known bottled drinks.
Several ambitious members say they
have measures being drawn which will
help increase the funds.
Conservative members are alarmed
and declare unless the ASSEMBLY goes
slow it will cut off nearly all the
states revenue instead of increasing
1t.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
MODERN Way
TO RAISE CORN

GREENSBORO, Ala, July 29.-That
scientific farming can be made to pay
has been fully and completely demon
strated here by w. H. knight, who is
one of Hale county's most progress
s1ve farmers. On two acres of land at
his home in Greensboro he, has raised
a crop of corn that will yield at a con-
sentative estimate at least one hun
dred bushels to the acre. This corn is
now made, and the crop is safe.
The crop was raised on sandy land
which has a clay sub-soil. It was
planted in rows six feet wide and
twelve inches apart The DR.. Napp
method, the same used by the United
States government at it's experimental
station, was the plan of cultivation
used. all the cultivation being done by
blowing, hoeing not being employed at
all. About 800 pounds of fertilizer to
the acre were used. Between the
rows of corn Mr.. Knight has a fine
crop of peas. This corn patch DEM
onstrates the fact that a small uuan-
tity of land well cultivated will Weld
much more than a large quantity
poorly attended. Mr. Knight has corn
on his plantation in the country. the
yield of which will almost if not en-
tirely equal that of the patch in town.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1909.
Circulation Double That of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
CIRCULATION TALK.

We are trying to impress on our
readers the necessity of paying their
subscriptions if they expect to con-
tinue to receive the paper. 1t is inn
possible to run a newspaper and give
the papers away. White paper bills
must be paid in cash. Wages must
be paid every Saturday. Telegraph
bills must be paid promptly. Every.
thing used in making the Daily News
must be paid for and the paper has
lost enough money carrying people
on the subscription lists who
do not pay. PLEASE REMEMBER
THIS when our collector calls On you.
We have put Mr.. Berry Riley in charge
of the circulation. He will call on
you with instructions to collect. I'm
less something is paid on back sub
scriptions he has orders to discontinue
the paper. We feel sure that there is
no one who can deny the fairness of
this action. WE MUST HAVE THE
MONEY.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
Will
WORK AHEAD
OF BOIL WEEVIL

FORREST CITY, Ark, July 29.-At
the meeting of the District Farmers
Union for the Eastern District of A.
kansas, the district consisting of sew
en- counties, the following resolution
was adopted
Whereas, the boil weevile has in
vaded many of the cotton growing
countries of Arkansas and realizing,
as we do, that it is only a short time
until our part of the state will be in
vaded by this pest, therefore be it,
Resolved, by the District Union in
convention assembled, that we urge
upon all farmers to plant wheat and
other food crops and to break away
from the one crop of cotton as much
as possible"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
newman Mill
in OPERATION
Big Plant Started to Cutting Timber
This Morning and is Occasion of
Much Rejoicing.

The saw mill of the big ]. J. New
man lumber plant is running in full
blast today, the planer will commence
work next week and in a few DAYS
all hands will be at work in the big
plant. 1t was not expected that the
mill would be run in earnest before
Monday, but it had been tried several
times and it was decided to go to work
with full force today.
The mill burned for its third time
about eighteen months ago, just after
the panic of 1907 had set in, and it
was impossible to begin it's recon-
struction during the following year on
account of the great financial strin-
gency. With the coming of better
times at the beginning of the present
year, however, reconstruction was be-
gun and profiting by former misfort-
unes, the company determined to
make the mill fire-proof and modern
in every respect The contract for
rebuilding was let to Messrs Filler and
Stowell of Milwaukee. who did tbs
iron, steel and cement work and in
stalled most of the machinery
The big fire-proof mill is capable
of saving 100000 feet of lumber a
day and has every convenience for
handling it, The planer has ever a
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
TARIFF WEARY.

The people of the country are get
ting weary of the tariff wrangling
that is going on in Washington and
almost anything now will be relief.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
WOODMEN ARE
PRESENTDE With
HANDSOME GAVEL
Was Made of Four Kinds of Wood
and Contained Fifty Separate
Pieces,

Mr.. K. Bradford of the Mississippi
Central shops presented to Leaf River
Camp No. % last Tuesday night a
handsome gavel for the Consul Com
mander's desk The gavel was made
at the M. g. Shops and consisted of
four different kinds of wood, white
holly, white hickory, black walnut
and cedar and contained fifty sepa-
rate and distinct pieces of wood. The
instrument was highly polished and
altogether as handsome piece of work
manship as could be seen anywhere.
The camp by unanimous vote tender
ed thanks to the donor for the beau
tiful symbol of authority
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
A WELCOME SOUND.

The hum of the machinery at the
Newman mill, which started this
morning for permanent operation is
a welcome sound to the people of
Hattiesburg. When this mill burned
down, in the midst of the panic it
looked as if Hattiesburg had received
a body blow from which it would be
hard to recover. In spite of the loss
however, our city has made as much
progress as any city in the state and
in addition to that we have the new
mill started up, which will add thou
sands Of dollars to the pay rolls OF
the city and the money win go to peo-
ple/who will spend their money with
Hattiesburg merchants. It would as
tonish the most enthusiastic booster
of Hattiesburg if the aggregate pay
roll CT this city were unroll6d for his
inspection but he can get an inkling
il he will make a little calculation on
tGe amount paid 91t, by the Newman
Brookhayen, Tatum and McInnis
mills, the machine shops, railway
shops and switch crews; the planers,
Ice factories, fertilizer factory, and |
compress; the brick Yards and gravel
pits; to which should be added the
Wholesale and commission business.
With the welcome sound of the New
nan machinery added to the hum OF
Industry already going in Hattiesburg
here is no chance for a pessimistic
ote about the future. Optimistic
oosters are the only people who can
ct a place in the procession.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
DEATH BLOW
TO SOCIALISM
Thought That Reclamation OF ARC
and Swamp Lands of the United
States Will Accomplish This
Result.

CHICAGO, July 29.-Reclamation OF
the arid and swamp lands of the
Noeuo lnJIeMod e 90 II!M selelS pelIun
if not the death blow, to socialism
and anarchy, is the opinion of George
Eames Barstow, president of the Sew
enteenth Annual Irrigation Congress,
who arrived i'll Chicago today on his
way to Spokane, Wash, to attend the
session of the congress.
I'm the next fifteen or twenty years
most of the arid and swamp lands on
the Western States will be reclaimed
and ready for settlement" he said,
"and the land will provide homes and
farms for at least 40,O00,00O people.
Nothing is so destructive of social
ism and anarchy as individual owner
ship of homes and land, and no
amount of lecturing against these
isms will do as much to kill socal
| istic discomfort as the irrigation OF
millions of acres of land for the ben
eft of a population ready to apply
brain, Drawn and muscle to the PROD
uction of the fruits of the earth.
Men owning homes in what will
become the richest farming country in
the world will not be attracted by the
arguments of socialistic agitators
We want to get as many people from
the cities out on the lands as we pos.
sibly can"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT
TIESBuRG AND COUNTY OF FOR.
REST.
FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE:

The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency,
Tribune Bldg, New York. Tribune
8ldg. Chicago. =
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVE
For Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and
Oklahoma: The Crockett Agency,
New Orleans and Dallas.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29

The losses that have been sustained
by the business interests would be
astonishing if they could be present
ed to the people of the country so that
they could understand them. 1t is
highly important therefore that an
end should be put to the suspense so
that good times may start again.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS
NOMINATE KENT

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. July 20
William P. Kent was today nominated
for Governor by the Virginia state
convention here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-29
Member Of the Associated Press

Entered as second-class matter on
May %, 1907. at the postoffice at Hat
tiesburg, Miss. under the Act of Con-
xress of March Q, 1879.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-21
FOOTBALL RESULTS.

Yale. 2; Harvard, O
Brown. a Carlisle 6.
FOTdham. 3: Holy Cross. 8.
New York University. q Union, o.
Navy. As. Davidson. s.
Syracuse, s: Illinois, ".
lafayette. 10; Lehigh. O.
Michigan. II: Minnesota. 6.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-21

the center. For pluck. common sense in
the game, and positive grit, this little
player Is premier. The Central man
played throughout the entire Tech game
with a bleeding hand, and played a star
game. at that.
The center is a hard one 70 pick this
year, principally because there IS such
an equality among the contenders for
the position. but Schmidt, of Business,
deserves the place over krentziein or
Western. and Stack. OF Central, because
OF his swift. accurate passing. and the
fact that no one has gotten through him
for any gain. Much OF the defensive
strength is In the guards and center, as
IL les entirely with them 10 stop the
plunges through guard. and in this the
StenOgrapher center has shown himself
most reliable.
There is at least one agreement in all
minds as 10 the merits Of the holder Of
a position on the All-High team IN 1909
Farmer OF Technical who win captain
next years Maroon and Gray, is one OF
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