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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
ENDED THE SUPPLY.

There is an amusing anecdots
ABOUT King Louis Of Bavaria in
Lady Dorothy NevilPs remini-
scenes: Resolving to relieve the
needs of one of his poor but brave
aids-de-camp, he sent him a small
portfolio, bound like a book, in
which were deposited 500 crowns,
Some time afterward he met the Of
fcer and said to him, 'Ah, well, how
did you like the new work which 1
sent you?' Excessively, sir replied
the colonel. 4 read it with such in
terest that expect the second vol
ume with impotence The king
smiled, and when the officers birth
day arrived, he presented him with
another portfolio, similar in every
respect to the first, but with these
words engraved upon it: This book
is complete in two volumes
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
MOTHER THE BEST TEACHER
Victor EmmsnueI's Effective Reply I'd
Women Who Appealed for the Re
lialous Teaching Orders.

During the conflict in Italy be-
tween the church and state depu-
tation OF ladies waited on King Vic
tor Emmanuel and asked him to re-
woke the decree which banished some
of the teaching orders from their
city. They said it would be impos-
sible to have their daughters prop
erly educated.
The king listened and then said
courteously; 81 feel that you are
mistaken in your views, as l know
at this moment there are many ladies
In your town who are as well quail
fled to educate your children as the
teachers who are leaving"
The ladies looked at each other,
and then their spokeswoman begged
the king to point out the excellent
teachers he had mentioned. ""Ths
teachers" said Victor Emmanuel,
care yourselves, for your daughter.
cannot have any persons better quail
fed to superintend their education
than their own mothers" HONS
Notes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
FATAL REALISM.

Playing in the cellar of his home
at Philadelphia, few days ago.
Charles Smith, an 11-year-old boy,
slipped a moose about his neck, after
having first attached an end to the
ceiling. He then jumped from the
top of a table on which he was stand
ing. When his mother was brought
to the cellar a few minutes later at.
tracted by the calls Of her younger
son, the child was dead. The boy got
his younger brother, Raymond, to
go to the cellar with him. Charlie:
got a rope from the kitchen, and,
hauling a table to the middle of the
cellar, reached up and fastened one
end to a rafter. Then making &
moose he placed it over his head and
threw himself from the table. His
brother watched his dying struggle,
in glee, thinking that Charles was
only making the scene realistic
Later when his brothers movements
were stilled and he would not an
swer the child became frightened
and called his mother.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
WRITING PLAY IN CROWD
Clyde Fitch, the pramatist, Was Able
to Write Under Almost Any Cir
cumstances.

II is not often one sees the actual
writing of a play. Naturally few
authors care for onlookers while
they work. Clyde Fitch was a con-
spicuous exception. He was able to
write under almost any circum-
stances. Indeed, had he not been, he
hardly could have produced as album
dainty as he did. Habitually he
rose early and was at his desk while
the morning was yet young. But he
made no hard and fast rule as to
working hours. An instance of his
freedom from that notionalism so
typical Of creative writer's occurred
while he was in the midst Of 'The
Girl With the Green Eyes" A par
ty Of intimates were spending the
weekend with him at his country
house. During the lazy Sunday
afternoon, while his guests we're oc-
cupying themselves variously, he
took paper and pencil to corner Of
the long room in which they were
all gathered. Disregarding their
games and chatter, he worked out
his scene-a scene in the second act
of that delightful comedy, which
ranks with the best work he has ever
done.-Metropolitan Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
WAS A SOLDIER OF PEACE.
with All Men Of His Mind, Wars
Would Soon Cease.

Alfred II. Love, the president Of
the Universal Peace union, told the
other day in Philadelphia a peace
story.
"At the Christmas season." he
said, "men talk sincerely about low
ing one another, about the universal
brotherhood Of man, and in the same
breath they assert that it is right to
burn and MAIN and kill in war.
"They are not so logical as a
young colorcd recruit who served in
the Philippines.
'This young man, at the end OF
his initial engagement, was hailed be-
fore his captain.
! $50 you ran at the first fire, did
youT said the captain, scornfully.
"'Yes, sab; an I'd a run sooner
sab, if I'd knowed it wuz comm
"Have you no regard for your
reputation, Calhoun
"'Mah reputation hain't muffin to
to me, sab, 'longside o. nah life
"The captain smiled and twirled
his mustache. Here was an intelli'
gent young man. He'd talk him
over to the right point of view.
Even if YOU should lose YOU
life, Calhoun, he said,, you'd have
the satisfaction of knowing that you
had died for your country
"Wot satisfaction could dat be
to me, sab, when de power o feelin
it wuz gomez
Then patriotism means nothing
to you?'
Muffin, sab. / wouldn't put
nah life in de scales agin any gov.
eminent dat eber existed, for nc
government could replace de loss o
me-
Calhoun, if all soldiers were
like you, the worlds governments
would all go to pieces
"'0n de contrary, sab, dey'd last
foreber; for if all soldiers wuz lik,
me, den dere couldn't neber be No
fightin'.'"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
Specifies Forl Thanks.

Mena. Ark find Cardui to be
al you represent" writes Mrs, H.B.
York, Of this city. IL suffered from
womanly ailments. for nearly two
years, before tried Cardui. have
been 50 relieved since taking il, |
cannot say enough in its praise. 1t
has done me world Of good, and /
recommend Cardui to all women Fl"
,iardui is over 80 years old. and the
demand is greater today than ever.
Cardui is the standard, tonic med b.
icine, for women of every age.
Would you like to be well and
strong? Then take Cardui. Its rec.
ord showsthat it will help you. Be.
gin today. Why wait?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
BY THE FIREsIDe.

Mrs. Haymow-Si, what does this
here paper mean by rollin' stock,
somethin' 'baout a railroad, hain't
it?
81 Haymow-I d'n know, unless
it's that there watered kind. 1 heard
one O. railroad fellers say onct 'at he
made big roll in water stock.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
BASE LIBEL.

"oh, Mrs. Uppingham, I was SO
sorry to read about your trouble
with the customs inspectors at New
York. The papers said you had to
give up nearly $4,000 worth of raro
old lace that you had sewed to your
corset"
"That was a miserable lie. The
papers are always misrepresenting
things. l had it fastened to my
chemise."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
COULDN'T TELL A LIE.

care those socks all wool, young
manS" queried the old gentleman.
T-er-don't think so, sir" re-
piled the new clerk. "They are
marked half hose on the box"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
IN THAT MUCH.

"You don't appear to be in very
good humor to-day" said the visitor
to the sanctum.
"Well," replied the editor, II
guess am out Of humor to-day"
"Good! then you'll be in good
humor if you buy this batch Of
jokes of mine"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09

For professional Nurses, call
NURSES REGISTRY. long distance
phone, No. Gil, Evansville. Ind.
Good service. calls promptly answer
ed. Refer to Evansville Hospitals
and Physicians.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
FOOTBALL.

Willis-Under this years football
rules YOU can't assist the man with
tie ball.
Gnhs-Grcat Scott What do
they do-stand around and let him
die?-Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09

Mr.. Haggie-I won't pay for that
last quart of milk. Ny wife thought
it was chalk mixture and gave it to
the children for medicine.
Milkman-Then it will cost you
IS cents. 1 used to be a druggist,
and prescription work costs money.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
DEPRIVED OF HIS SUPPORT.

Kind Old Gent-What do you
mean by saying your occupations
gone?
Soulweary Samuel-They have
pulled down the house used to lean
against.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09
A RARE BIRD.

Lady-Does this parrot talk well ?
Dealer-No; but he's a wonderful
listener. SQUIRE.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-01
THE SANE FOURTH.

II is gratifying to see from the com
piled and final returns that the strenu-
Gus campaign for the safe and sane
celebration of the Fourth of July has
had very great effect in reducing the
numbers Of killed and injured in such
celebration. To the Chicago Tribune
is due the inception Of the campaign.
1t began some ten years ago the COM
pilation Of statistics of deaths, wounds,
and total accidents in Fourth of July
complete list in 1908, the bloody roster
was an appalling one; and the cam
paign made but very little progress for
seven years. From 1908 to 1909 there
was an average gain in the total of ac-
cidents, but there WAS decided lin
itation in the number of those who were
killed; although the death list of 1909
was considerably greater than that OF
either of the four years pre-
vious; yet it WAS not more
than half of that Of either of the years
1908 and 1904 But. with the year
1910 the campaign for safe and sane
Fourth, for making the day distinctly
less bloody than the report of an aver
age battle, showed marked and graft
flying improvement. This improvement
continued in an even greater degree in
the present year. so that the list OF
deaths and injuries and total Of acci,
dents in the Fourth of July celebrations
Of 1911 is away below that Of any
former year on record, Still, the total
for the nine years, of which full reports
have been printed. is an appalling one;
17l9 deaths. 37,4l0 non-fatal injuries
and 39,129 total accidents; an average
of nearly 200 deaths, over 1000 non.
fatal injuries, and distinctly more
than 1000 in total accidents, The table
telling the story of the gain in the
campaign for a safe and sane Fourth is
as follows;
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-01
THE DONNER PARTY.

Every one who has read story after
story of the awful suffering, starvation,
horror, and perilous rescue of the Don
ner party must have felt that the story
has never been fully told. There is
in every account heretofore given
something that needs explanation; there
is with every account some attempt to
exculpate or TO blame ono person or
another; to excuse or to attack what was
decided upon, and 10 minimize or en-
phasize the suffering and the horrors Of
the party.
Every one. therefore. will be glad TO
know that the full and actual story Of
that dreadful experience is about to
be given to the public. This Donner
party was the first party of immigrants
from Illinois TO California. 1t left
Sangamon county in 1876. under the
leadership of George Donncr. The
party was belated; it took more than
the usual time to make it's trip; and,
on getting into the Sierra Nevada
mountains, was snowbound; and was
held there in months Of famine almost
one-half Of the party dying before help
could be brought. The tragic story has
been told many times Of the heroic
journey made by those who were able
10 cross the divide aud bring the news
| into the western valley of the horrible
plight of the party on the east side of
| the range
Mrs. L. p Donncr Houghton. a
| daughter Of the leader of the party
was child of four years at the time
OF the journey. Ever since her matur.
ing years she has keenly felt the inius.
tIce of many accounts of the Douner
expedition; and, after years of research
OF Intervening surviving members OF
the party, OF collecting original docu
ments, she has written what will prob
ably be the final and historic account
OF the expedition. Her book is said to
be mot only viudication of the sur
viving members Of the Donner party
but wildly written story of heroicsl
~ borne hardship, and contribution
of no mean Importance to the histor,
Of the West
The appearance of the book is syn
chronous with the beginning of ar
elaborate monument to the Donne,
party on the old trail near Donner
Lake, to be erected by the "nativ,
sons and daughters of the Colder
West
L
| The book will be one that ought Il
settle many controversies, although it Ii
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-01
THE BIG BATTLESHIPS.

The battleship Utah, at present the
most powerful ship in the U. S. navy,
was put into commission yesterday with
due and formal ceremony. Wo de-
scribed the size. cost, and armament
of this ship the other day. and at the
same time showed that it would not
be long before two other great ships
would entirely eclipse the Utah. These
ships, the Arkansas and the Wyoming,
arc now under construction; each will
be of 26,000 tons displacement
In our notation the other day of the
comparative size Of fighting ships, we
showed that there was constant in
crease in the size. This is shown
plainly in our own navy. The Utah
and the Florida are sister ships, each
of 2l,S25 tons displacement, The Ar
kansas and the Wyoming of 26,000 tons
each are. as stated, now building. The
New York and the new Texas will be
of $1,000 tons each when completed.
Two new batt!eships authorized by the
latest naval act are expected 10 be OF
2S,500 tons displacement, each.
All these are marked advances IN the
way of bigness and of power; but
even these are thrown into eclipse by
the aspirations of the Construction Bu-
rcau of the Navy, as we find reported
in special dispatch to the New York
Tribune from Washington under date of
| August Goth, as follows:
| Increase In the displacement of future
American battleships Will be one OF the
| important questions naval officers Will
| be called upon to determine in the near
| future. There are indications that an
effort will be made TO bring the dis
| placement up TO $4,000 tons, and it is
| even ntimated that the advantages of a
| 40. .000-ton type Will be strongly urged
about $l5, 900 900. and it would be- OF
| course, the most powerful fighting ma
chine afioat. When 1t is considered that
the Utah, which will soon be In com
| mission. has displacement OF 21,S25
| tons and carries ten 12-inch guns
| the proposed ship OF $4,000 tons, with
| ten 16-inch guns, as It's main bat
| terry, shows the great departure from
present construction. II is thought there
are enough friends OF the service III
| Congress to secure an authorization OF
the ship, in case II Is decided to recon
mend II for future construction. The
practicabiity of the 16-inch guns has
| yet TO be determined, but naval ordnance
officers will be able to settle the ques-
ton OF it's use without difficulty.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-01
MOSTLY FOR TAFT.

Before the extra session of Congress
adjourned, the Chicago Tribune took
poll of the preferences of its mem
bers on Presidential candidates for the
two parties. This poll showed that IN
the upper house of Congress 81 Repub-
lican Senators were for Taft. 10 for LA
Toilette, | for Roosevelt, and | de-
clined to announce any preference. OF
the Republicans in the House 10 were
for Taft, J6 for La Toilette. | for
Roosevelt, and % declined to state a
preference. OF the total Republican
membership of Congress, therefore. l56
wero for Taft, 20 for La Toilette, 9 for
Roosevelt. aud 90 noncommiital.
The Democrats of the Senate and
House lined up 30 for Harmon, 80 for
Clark, 45 for Wilson, Is for Folk, Id
for Marshall, S for Underwood, . for
Carter Harrison, . for Governor Foss
for Dix. and II noncommttal.
1t thus appears that President Taft
has more than two to one of the Re-
publican Congressman affirmativcly
for his denomination; but no Democrat
has any very pronounced or decided
lead as against any other Democrat SO
far as Congressional preference is con.
cerned.
We can well believe. however, that Of
the 81 Republican Senators who de.
clared for Taft. good many did so
with a scowl, for the antagonism of a
large number of the standpat Senators
to President Taft is well known.
The fact that Governor Harmon leads
all the Democratic candidates, although
that lead is small, is most significant
feature of the figures. 1t has been ON
impression all along that Mr.. Harmon
was likely TO develop a strength in the
Democratic National Convention next
year that would surprise the support
ers of other candidates. and this poll
of the Democrats Of the House distinct.
ly confirms that impression.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-01
THE MONETARY COMMISSION

Congress, at its extra session. dealt
more harshly with the Monetary Com.
mission than the concurrent reports in.
dIcated. 1t cut off the salaries Of the
members of that commission at once.
while calling for report by the first
Monday III January, and dissolving tho
body altogether by March 31st OF next
year A good deal of complaint was
made of this, and it is said that some
of the members of the commission arc
feeling as If they were badly used. This
is quite natural 1t seems like petty
business for Congress ostensbIy to con.
tinue the commission in existence for
upward of six months, and decline
to pay its members. II is particularly
uncommon, and decidedly in the ma.
ture of an imposition, sor Congress 10
demand report from that commission
to be turned in upward OF four months
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-01

There is marked Improvement
shown in the decrease in deaths and
injuries in the larger cities In 1907
New York reported 90 deaths, Chicago
10, and Pittsbnrg 10 This year New
York City has but 3 deaths, Chicago g,
and Pittsburg !. And in all the cities
of the country, and in every place
where celebrations were had, the re.
duction was substantially in the same
ratio, 1t is most gratifying result
of the campaign for a safe and sane
Fourth of July, and speaks we'll for the
awakened common sense of the Ameri-
can people and their determination to
prevent the celebration of the Fourth
OF July becoming horror of blood
and OF manning of men.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-01

in the future, and decline to pay
the commission for the time in which
it is making that report. The action
indicates either personal hostility
against tho members Of the commits
sion on the part OF leading members
of Congress, or else disgust and im-
patience because the report had not
been sent in heretofore.
1T is explained that some of The
members of the commission are very
poor. and cannot afford to work for
the public without pay. BX-Senators
Money Of Mississippi and Burrows of
Michigan are said To be in this class.
They have each served long time IN
Congress, made no money out Of Their
positions. and now are suddenly cut of
from the official salary upon which
they have relied, and are also required
to work for the public upward of six
months without pay. II is ssid III their
behalf that they have refused chances
TO 90 into profitable business in order
that they might devote their time tc
the work Of the commission, which they
arc entirely willing to continue, but dc
not think that they ought TO be re
auired TO do it unless paid for the
work. Probably they will continue
however. relying upon Congress to pay
them for the work which they do, In
the meantime, however, if any of The
members Of the commission finds al
opportunity TO go into profitable busi
ness, and drops the monetary commits
sion work altogether, it would be diff
cult to urge any just complaint against
hin,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-01
EDISON'S SIZING UP.

The great inventor. Mr., Thomas 4.
Edison, is taking about his first holi-
day in the course of his life He has
been strenuous, steady worker, and
has found health and recreation
through the shifting of his labors and
the diverting Of his mind from one
subject or project to another. The rest
fulness of shifting occupation and in
tellectual attention is recognized by
every one who has read or thought
upon the subject; and Mr.. Edison is
himself one of the finest examples in
the world Of that beneficial process.
AS was to be expected from a man OF
his originality OF mind, Mr.. Edison
looks upon famous European exhibits
from a point of view all his own. Not.
ing the conquest Of Alsace and Lor.
raine, he says that conquest has cost
Germany n thousand dollars an acre
and the Germans thought they got
these provinces for nothing. He thinks
that if on every monumental trophy III
Paris there should be engraved the de
tails of its cost by capture, none but
madmen would think Of ever again
paying the price of glory and of con
quest by war. lie condenses his philo.
sophy on this point into the maxim
that Conquest costs, but never pays -
Mr.. Edison s views are essentially
sound, humane, and N the interest OF
the pace propaganda, and arc expressed
with an originality and force that
cannot but awaken the attention of the
world. His conclusions miffed the
Frcnchmeu a little, but he hastened to
square things by praisiDg French bread.
"We never taste such bread in Ameri.
ca,' he says, Gas YOU find everywhere
over here. - But whether a glory-lov.
ing nation, an art.loving nation, a ma
tion that cXults in its intellectual. mar.
tlal, scientific. and inventive genius
| and record Will be Modified by the
praise of its breadmaking may be
| doubted Still, the justice of Mr.. Edi
son S reflections and the soundness of
his philosophy can in no wise be over
| thrown He he's from an economic
standpoint. struck the balance in way
both picturesque and conclusive.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-01
ADVERTISING TALKS
Continued From Pago One.

grand opera. If he is as Ell
fective in preaching the
Gospel to his congregation
as he was in defining to sew
eral hundred men and wom-
en- the great power Of the
HUMAN APPEAL in AD-
Y VER1'ISING, then there
must be a tremendous
amount of good work done
by his flock.
Men and women cannot
sit under oratory from a
sincere man without being
IIMPELLED by it to do the
best that lies in them. DR..
Anderson is a sincere man,
If he could preach the
GOSPEL OF HONEST
ADVERTISING from every
platform in the United
States, it would be a great
help to the cause.
The ST. LOUIS ADVER-
TISING CLUB must get
tremendous inspiration from
this man. THE CLUB is TIC
BE CONGRATULATED
too, for the thought that
prompted a Chaplain. 1t is
the regimental idea, and &
good one, too. A band oil
fighters for all honest cause
needs the COUNSEL anc
EXAMPLE Of a good chap,
lain.
But just a few thoughts
from DR.. Anderson's s
speech, and the lesson is
taught:
"Write from the heart always
Write to be believed. Write to b;
regarded as sincere,
"NEVER PUT A DISHONEST
THOUGHT ON PAPER. Thinl
of the responsibility of a printed
lie. DO NOT INITIATE, for al
limitation is thief and liar. b,
| ORIGINAL as often as it is pos
sible to be.
"BE HUMANITY to under
stand nature. Be charitable il
thought and i'll act. Think of tn
good things in life. Paint the ros
without the thorn Love musi
and laughter.
JUST BE A HUMAN BEING
writing TO other human beings
and then you have HUMAN Ma
lTURE in advertising"