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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
MAKES THE SKY BLUE
To the Presence of Dust In the Air
Is Due Our Soft, Uniformly Diff
fused Daylight.

Did you ever stop to think or ask
what causes the color In the sky? 1t
is dust, the everyday dust that an
noys the good housekeeper. So you
see how the most despised things
contribute toward making the world
beautiful. Without dust there would
be no blue armament. The heavens
would be blacker than we see it on
moonless nights On this background
the glowing sun would shine out
sharply. The same sharp contrast Of
intense light and deep shadow would
characterize the surface of the earth.
and the moon and stars would remain
visible by day.
To the presence of dust In the air
is due our soft, uniformly diffused
daylight, for which our eyes are spe-
cially adapted Each infinitesimal
particle of dust catches up a particle
of sunlight and breaks up, scattering
it into every nook and corner of our
houses. The moon has no atmo-
sphere. and no dust In suspension,
the result being that on that satellite
there is no diffused light, but only in
tense sunlight and intense darkness.
But why is it that while sunlight is
white the sky is blue, and less often
yellow and red? 1t all depends on
the size of the dust particles. It
is only the very finest particles that
ascend to the upper regions. The
coarser ones float nearer the earth.
The finer particles reflect the blue
rays. but allow the longer-vaved yell
low and red rays to pass. 1t is only
the coarser particles that interrupt
the yellow and red waves So on the
mountains, where the air Is too rare
to support the coarse PARTICLES, the
sky is intensely blue. while the low
err and heavier strata. which sustains
the coarse particles, range through
all the colors to a deep red.
Investigations at Paris have shown
that in a cubic centimeter of air,
which would be, say, half thimble-
full, there are quarter of million
dust particles The air at the level
of Eiffel Tower contains about half
as many, while in the high Alps there
are no more than 200 particles to the
cubic centimetre.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
Honest
business
Methods
Pay i'm
LonS; Rum
By HARVEY PEAKE

Some people, fooy enough allow themselves persuaded
they are of special importance and buy goods that particular
at lower prices than else They become looking
Tor reductions and feel angered called pay the regular price
for anything
But worst of all they spread the impression among their friends
that they have socaled pull So-andSos and offer
influence to get the reduction in price for their friends also
OF there times when
business to cut
tain lines refuse to leave the shelves depleted
this the cut general and applies much Mrs
Mrs Smith.
Some statesmen who desire to be clever opinion
Of their ability along this line inclined work this confidence
their customers; They will take the favored p
inform them that special favor they going
for 81 an article for which else paying while reality
ST the regular proft-bearing price
This ruse work for while but is nevertheless bust
1t well enough to impress customer with the
article is worth than he is asked for actually
the but they be led believe can buy for less
money than any else
Honest business methods pay in the long
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
SHEEP AS BURDEN BEARERS
Mountain Paths Along Foothills Of
HimaIayas Are So Precipitous
Little Animals Preferred.

In the northern part of India sheep
are put 20 a use unthought of In Euro
pean countries, says the Westminster
Gazette The mountain paths among
the foothills of the Himalayas are SO
precipitous that the sheep, more sure.
footed than larger beasts, are pre-
ferred as burden carriers.
The load for each sheep is from six.
teen pounds to twenty pounds The
sheep are driven from village to vii.
lage with the wool still growing. and
In each town the farmer shears as
much wool as he can sell there and
loads the sheep with the grain he re,
ceives In exchange After his flock
has been sheared he turns 1t home
ward, each sheep having on It's back
small bag containing the purchased
grain.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
Perplexlng Puzzle.

slashes In each OF the square pieces
of leather and then loop the long strip
through the cuts as shown in figure
No. l.
You will find the first loop easy
enough, but the last loop is the puz.
zler. IT, however, you carry the free
end of the strip over the lower SLASH
OF the leather square. slip 1t back
through the upper sash. slip the upper
square. loop and all. through the low.
er, into the lower end OF the long
strip and put the strip back till II
forms the loop. you will solve the
problem. Study the pictures marked
No. and No 2. and then try the
puzzle.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
Too Late to Chance.

"A man can no more change his
reputation than he can change his
face or his arms" said Senator La
Toilette at a banquet in Madison.
There was once a wicked old Madi-
son millionaire who took his pastor
aside and said:
az am going to devote the re-
mainder of my life to doing good
DIR. Thirdly, outspoken man, re-
torted:
DO you mean John H. Good, the
wealthy farmer, or young Sam Good,
the Socialist millionaire
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
Creator
Intended
Some Men
to be Fat
By w. r. RUDDELL
Portland. Ore.

For breakfast usually destroyed platter of cakes three
hniced bacon, besides fruits and
lifelong abandoned for month"; cutting out
all the and about all the vegetables piece of glass
milk taking the place of my meals and little rice being
chief item dinner bill Of fare Lunch omitted wholly
addition miles every all sorts
of my with gymnasium outfit Prior going
perpaed all Of muscular contorons and rolled the
till my body bruised
thirty days felt fit to three-me
go the ring with the champion.
occurred that ought get weighed
1 made bee line for the scales
Ny grocer they ounce they
showed had gained fourteen pounds the period my abstinence
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28

A prominent merchant once dismissed
a salesman whom he overheard saying to a
shopper: Eve usually sell that for SIPS,
but seeing it's you, I'll let you have it
for 81.
The article regularly sold at ST. Moth
ing could injure business more than to
make customers feel that personal influence
governs prices. In the first place, an intel.
hgent buyer cannot help discovering the
salesman's duplicity, and aside from the
fact that it is against all good business
principles, there is another thing to be con-
eiderpd
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
Bees and Wasps.

Bees and wasps lay up stores for
the winter, the wasps not as carefully
as the bees, but in the center OF the
cone-shaped nest Of the paper making
wasps may be found goodly stores of
honey
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
SOMETHING TO PUZZLE OVER
Directions for Making Perplexing Lit
tie Device That viii Amply Re-
pay One for Solving II.

Here is an ingenious puzzle that
will repay you for the trouble OF solv-
ing 1t: Get two pieces OF leather,
each an inch square. and one long
strip of flexible leather with a long
slash in each end Cut two cross
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
One BUSY POTATO.

Did you know that II there were
but one good potato In the world and
that was placed under the care OF a
first-class gardener, 1t would probably
produce 100000 other tubers in
ten years time
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
THE BOY WHO TslE5.

The boy who wins Is sure OF praise.
And YET. ! somehow pr1ze
Through stress OF dark and cloudy days
The gallant ooy who tries.
Not cree nor twice nor thrice he lifts
His sturdy hand. ere nfe
Shows bright and clear the blue that
riffs
With peace the SKY of strife
The lad whose valor holds its own
In presence Of defeat.
VINO tails and rises, makes no moan
In dust. or cold. or heat.
| lind II in my very soul
To bless the stubborn stun
That takes OF poverty It's toll.
And makes that dole enough.
thousand praise the boy who wins,
But twice ten thousand rise
B@vond this world of clamorous dins
To praise the boy who tries.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
Modern Pharmacy.

I'VE have very fine course in phar-
macy" says the president OF the cor
lege to the father OF the student who
is entering.
I'm glad to hear that. Ny boy ex-
poets to become a druggist"
Well, we give special lectures on
soap. stamps. cigars, perfumery. soda
water. candy, city directories, tele-
phone books and stationery. Life.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28

have about come to the conclusion
that the good Lord intended for some of
his creatures to be fat and some thin, re-
CARELESS of medicines and so-called infal-
lible cures.
For long while tried all the alleged
obesity cures and none of them did me any
good. Then determined to starve myself
and take lots of exercise.
All my life had been lover Of good
eating, and counted that day lost on which
| did not consume for my dinner the bet
ter part of sirloin steak as thick as a
darkY's foot, with all the trimmings
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
Hoods
Sarsaparilla

So combines the great cura-
tive principles of Roots, Banks
and Herbs as to raise them
to their highest efficiency;
hence its unequaled cures.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28

the new occupation in which he proposes to engage.
national land exchange would help greatly in
this direction.
Such an organization could cooperate with rail
roads and steamship lines and board of trade and other
public bodies in all parts of the United States to
better distribution Of immigrants coming TO the coun-
try from abroad and could assist in securing nte-
gent and reasonable presentation of the merits of each
section Of the country for the settler and investor
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28

A man may consider himself truly
famous when he has five-cent cigars
and yellow dogs named after him.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28

Australia Likes American Magazines.
American magazines are constantly
Increasing their popularity in both
Australia and New Zealand.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28
WOuld-be
Farmers
Many of City-Bred
Underestimate
Work
By GEO. B. BRABBIT

!.
HE VAST majority of bred persons have place farms
and conception of the sefdenial independence initiative
and sefiance required make farming fruit
kMAH poultry raising any branches industry
E&SSl from the capital required.
S& G8H Indeed of those who undertake change
R destined disastrous failure much araching
q" results than the life of the particular individual.
49, There is large class of city dwele whom this doe,
not apply who have been who
son or another, have dred into city employment.
The plan of Rudolph Sprcke hardly the situation
would be the strictly
land exchange along the lines the stock exchange
the object of which should be regulate the conduct of members selling
lands distance either for colonization
ties for investment sale and exchange of lands and give the pur.
chaser guaranty of fair dealing getting
full knowledge what he buying difficulties
encounter if he becomes a settler investor.
Those engaged the business selling lands should themselves take
the initiative such scale the confidence public
the of the enterprise
rural communities
the farms What is wanted information for the land
purchaser fuller understanding upon
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-28

The spoke of the wheel which creak-
eth most, doth not bear the greatest
burden in the cart-Thomas Fuller.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31
ALMOST READY TO GO TO PIECES.

new building is soon to replace this
one, and it Is high time, for the county
superintendent said:
Its shame. "A crying shame. l
know it and feel IL all the time: so do
any number of other superintendents
all over the state But what can we
do when the general public simply
says over and over again, Il went to
school like that one, got my education,
all l ever had, and what was good
enough for me is good enough for my
own children. reckon?"
We went inside the old shack, and
the county superintendent asked me to
look at the rough walls, the knife
hewn desks of pattern long out of
date. Then he said:
"What kind of work can you get
out of 'em when it's so much worse
than they are used 70 at home?
Mighty rough, isn't 1t? But that isn't
the real tough part of 1t. l came out
here during a sudden cold snap last
winter to see how they could heat the
school. You'll notice they have piece
Of an old stove in the middle of the
room and there Is no protector about
1t to distribute the heat. l made the
child who was sitting next to the
stove move his seat, and | placed q
thermometer where he had been sit
ting. busy with his lessons. THE
MERCURY RACED UP TO 10 DE
GREES. ] took the same thermOm-
eter and hung it against the far wall
Of the wind shaken house. 1T
DROPPED SUDDENLY TO 40 DE
CRIES. No child>could do real mental
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31

Judge O'Rear accuses the Demo
Gratis of waving the bloody shirt
because they have asked him if he
approves Governor Wilson's pardon
of the murderers Of Governor Goe-
bel. Caleb Powers and Finley are
on the stump for O'Rear, and he
cannot we'll condemn the pardons
grated them by Governor Willsor,
for fear they will turn against him.
1t is all right for the Republicans to
appeal to the friends of Taylor. Pow
ers ard Finley for their votes, but it
is all wrong for the Democrats, who
mourn the assassination Of Governor
Goebel. to call attention to the sig
nificant fact.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31

work with this difference In temper
allure in the schoOlroom. and there
was grave danger for the children
physically"
If the white schools In old Kentucky
are bad the negro schools in many
localities are almost beyond the flight
Of Imagination. At small village In
this county of Daviess | ran across n
very poor one, not any worse than
others | had seen, but 1t was rather
peculiar I'm it's style of architecture
The windows were broken, the door
unlocked and partly ajar, the front
steps entirely gone. and the fence that
had once separated the building from
the roadway had disappeared except
for some lonely pieces OF posts. On
pushing open the loose door l saw n
bleak interior. with trash covering q
badly warped door. The room contain
ed rusty stove overhowing ashes on
to the floor, and two rickety benches
made of undressed lumber. The walls
of the room We're made Of undressed
siding nailed 10 studding and stripped
There had never been any inner wall
OF plaster or ceiling TO keep out the
cold 1T WAS AS BLEAK AS A
CATTLE BARN. Is II any wonder
that illiteracy stalks menacing figure
about the old state of "the dark and
bloody groundY
TO assist in the strong campaign
necessary for the development Of the
educational movement buttons bear
ing the inscription my 5 for improve
ment Kentucky schools" are TO be sold
by the educational committee in Louis
Vile.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31

There Is no doubt that Ex-senator
Jack Oliver. who is the Republican
candidate for Secretary Of State.
feels just as bitter as Judge O'Rear
does on the subject of railroad pas =
es. He is a great friend OF the Cor
stitution--sleeps with it under his
pillow at night. and grieves when its
provisions are neglected by the
Legislature. In the meantime, how
ever, Senator Jack blithely travels
all over the state on railroad passes.
and as he has made many trips with
Judge O'Rear, that distinguishes
jurlst must have personal lntor-
nation on the subject. Why does
not Judge O'Rear begin his reforms
at home. and convince the members
of his own family, and his fellow
candidates, that they should not err
gage in the discreditable practice of
riding on railroad passes?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31
AGED WOMAN
Called To Her Reward After
Long IllueSS.

Mrs. S Morris. "i'r ~ Mr.. W.
w. Morris. died at her home on
Twyman street Saturday. aged about
70 years She was a consistent
member of the Methodist church
and had been for many years
Three children survive her. Mrs. j.
x. rwyman, Mrs R. E, Baker and
Booth Morris. Also her husband
Mr.. w. W. Morris. Funeral ser.
vices we're held at Mr.. j. K. ivy
mans Sunday afternoon and the
burial followed at Riverside Gene
terv Rev. A. K. Kasey conducted the
services.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31
Halloween tonight.
$3.50 Recipe Free For
Weak Men.
Send Name and Address Today
You Can Have it Free and
Be Strong and Vigorous.

have in my possession prescription for ner-
yous debility. lack Of vigor. weakened manhood.
falling memory and lame back brought on by
excesses. unnatural drains. or the folies Of
youth. that has cured so many worn and nervous
men right in their owe homes without any ad-
ditonal help or medieine-that think every man
who wishes 20 regain his rsnly re%e= and y..s...
~ quickly and quietly. should have a copy. SO
l have determined TO send copy Of the preserip-
ton free Of charge. in plain. ordinary sealed en-
vel lpe. 20 any man who will write me for IT,
This prescription comes from a physician w no
has made special study Of men and' am con-
WINGED II is the surest acting combination for the
cure of deficient manhood and vgor failure ever
put together
think owe II TO my fellow men 10 send them
copy In confidence so that any man anywhere
who Is weak and discouraged with repeated A.il.
ures may stop drugging himself with harmful
patent medicines. secure what believe ia the
quickest-actinR restorative. up-building. SPOT.
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himself at home quietly and quickly Just drop
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copy Of this splendid recipe in plain. ordinary
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would ehargetss % to IS og Cor imsrsly IwritIns
out prescription like this-but send Z entirely
free.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31

Governor McCreary is closing the
most remarkable campaign in his
long public career. He has not CIV
en- his Republican opponent mo-
ment's rest. but has mercilessly ar.
raip n ID him aud tis party until thev
have been on the defensive from the
very beginning. Governor Nc.
ACreary will end this contest in full
mental and bodily vigor. and will
give the State- such a progressive
administration that the Democracy
will not be out of power again in
twenty years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31

The Obsetyar Taxes a Trip
With a Camera
AS BLEAK is A CATTLE BAaA

sehoolhouos Fer White Pupils "cry-
ing Shame" and Those For colored
Children Almost Beyond the Flight
Of Imagination.
Simply 10 show that these condt
tons, these same wretched school con.
ditions, are common all over the state
| went to Daviess county, In the west
ern part of Kentucky. This Is another
of those old. rich communities that
We're luxurious and prosperous long
before the civil war. and it Is therefore
able to build and equip comfortable
schools for all of the children within
its borders. out in what Is known as
the-but | must not show pictures and
tell names at the same time-where
corn. tobacco. hay and wheat are
grown in perfection. discovered a
poor little school building that was al
most ready TO 20 ta pieces. Its front
looked as II the children had needed
extra fuel or kindling during the cold
weather for their old battered drum
stove. | am glad to be able to say that
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31

Harry Sommers announces that he
has given G. f. Sommers and w. H..
Marriott each an equal share in the
profits Of the Eizabethtown News
MIR. Sommers is his brother and Mr..
Marriott his nephew. This does not
mean that the man who has made
the paper a success for 80 years is TO
retire. He will still edit the paper
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31

While Judge O'Rear is harping on
the evils Of riding on railroad passes
his family continues to ride on them
and Judge O'Rear da es not deny
that this is true. If you will ask
certain railroads to furnish copies OF
the passes issued to bis family cur
ing his term as Judge of the Court
of Appeals. the response will prove
his insincerity, and startle the peo-
pie of the state, some of whom be-
lieve that he means what he says.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31
Death of Mrs. Keats.

Mrs. Keats. an aged lady of the
Noah Spring neighbnrhood and
mother of Mr.. E. {. Keats, died
last Friday. She was about seven
ty.fve years old. The intermenr
took place at Bellwood. Tenn
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31
Weighs Fifty Pounds.

On exhibition in the Kentuckian
office is a pumpkin grown by Mr.,
T. F. Thompson, of the Edwards
Mill neighborhood. which weighs 80
pounds. 1t measures 81 by so inches
and is the largest one reported 10
date.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-31
POLITICAL NOTES

| ElwardJ Mcdermott has dose
some Of the most effective work Of
the Campaign. He has been wei
coined everywhere by great audiences
His speeches have appealed to the
intelligence of his hearers without
| D lssion or partisnship. he has made
arguments for Democratic success
that unanswerable. He has stripped
the Republican platform of its pre-
tense and the Republican party Gifts
mask of sincerity until both stand
exposed to public condemnation.
Mr.. McDermottis the type of man
needed as presiding officer of the
Senate. He will not pack committees
or suppress Legislation in behalf Of
any part or interest. His courage,
character and capacity make him a
tower of strength to his party in
this important contest.
Early in the contest. Judge Rear
charged Governor MCcreary with III
sincerity on the question of the
county unit, but the Democratic
nominee had no trouble convincing
the people that he was responsible
for the County Unit plank in the
Democratic platform; that it won d
not have been there without the fight
that he had made for it: that he sin
cerely favored its extension, and
hat, if elected, he would keep these
pledges so sscredly made. In all his
long official career, Governor Nc |
Creary has never broken his word,
and Kentuckians know that he will
do his duty in this matter.
When the Democrats are elected, /,
there will be no more important of.
fee in their control than thu ettOr.
ney -yeneraIship |; will be filled.
not by d fl dgling lawyer. who has
guess At the law, but in the person /
of Hon. James Garrett the Demo-
Gratis will be represented by a man
of high intelligence, wide experience
and exceptional ability. He will
make record that will further the
Interests Of the Democracy. and he
will set mark that his fuccessor in
office will find it difficult to surpass.
Governor McCreary's aggressive
Campaign has kept O'Rear on the
defensive. He has spent half his
time trying to explain away the
charges brought against him by the
Democratic nominee.
When you are looking over your
state tax bills for this year, don't
forget that the increase is due to the !
Republican administration at Frank |
fort, which has received O'Rear's |
hearty endorsement. The increase
in the value of farm lands for asses
sment purposes in the last two years
alone, has been over ninety two mill |
ion dollars. When Judge O'Rear
was asked if he appraved what the
State Board of Equalization had done
ia placing this burden upon the
shoulders of the farmers, ne answer
ed that they had done their duty I'M
der the law, and the endorsed their
acts.