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ordinary conception of a solid has always seemed to me little short of an absurdfty. Now, what I am about to state you can- not prove even by the strongest micro scope. but after finding for yourself iron crystals you are prepared to believe the hypothesis that is as old as some of the ancient Greek philosophers, and accepted by nearly all the scientists since Dalton: That bar of iron is composed of millions of billions of atoms, no two of which, per haps. are in actual contact. They are kept apart by the action of the law of e. pulsion, and are held together in groups by the action of the law of cohesion, he spaces between these atoms permitting the compression of the iron. I know there is a difference of opinion as to this last thought. a few scientists holding that the molecule has the property of comprehensibility but I have given the views more largely held.
 There is wonderful theory connected with atoms that is worthy of considers ton. We are told that they are all in notion and take a regular course or drec- tion. X scientist has said, "fhe soidest body hides within itself inconceivable velosities. Even the molecules of gran
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manliness, the quiet balance of genuine qualities of worth, all of which were sobered and tempered by plety which no one questioned and all admired, gave him an opportunity for the wield of an influence which was used to the greatest advantage.
 While the superiority of his intelectu- ality excited admiration, the gentleness of his religious spirit begot the most le- spectful reverence. A superior preacner, he was in constant demand in this nd in other states to occupy pulpits on extra ordinary occasions, all of which served to reflect the distinguished institution Of which he was the head.
 One remarkable fact about pr. Manly was that of his eXtensiveness and var iety of scholarship. His learning was var jed rather than profound. Not that ne was a mere smatterer. for no one de- splsed more the pedantic and superficial than he, but his research in different
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the young prisoner, "I will be a good girl"
 The mother was sent for. Gladly she took the errant daughter to her bosom, the tears of the two commnelng, and tho girl was "as one whom a mother comforteth." The court wisely gave the mother custody of the daughter.
 The father pities
 The mother comforts.
 Pity and comfort--how much we frail. forgetful humans need thcm
 In an age when God was thought to be q tyran; Isaiah gave a true picture of him in the holiest choicest passage of sa cred literature. In all the book there is but one other to compare with it:
 When thy father and thy mother for sake thee, then the Lord will take thee up
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and distant fields of thought was re- r1arkable. He had devoted unusual at tention on all subjects then taught in tine most advanced schools of learning. an1 was thereby enabled to assist students in the various departments by timely advice, not only, but was able to as sist intelligently the direction of the sev- efal departments in the great institution over which he presided. His fame as a college president widened to the utmost limits of the states of the south and even beyond.
 Wherever young men touched pr. Man lE, no matter how. whether in the class room. by social contact, by discipline. or ly hearing him preach or lecture. there was resultant benefit His vast range of Information imparted in simplicity and yet always with dignity; his unusual method of reaching young men. not by ary fixed standard, but by means sug- eested at the particular time and his
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Evans

clings to the point of needle there arc legions of living creatures. They have their delicately constructed organs Of as similation, their system of blood clreula- tion, and their nerve organization. 1 say this latter, for they evidently feel pain and experience pleasure; they live III frolicsome fashion and suffer death.
 In man single blood globule is Jess than the 3500th part of an inch. and a drop of blood that might be suspended rom pin-point would contain a million globuleS. How inconceivably small. then, must be the globule of blood in those tiny creatures to which a drop of water is a vast universe.
 said to q scientific friend some slime ago, Your razor is a saw" He asked what l meant l asked Did you ever look at a razor blade through q strong mieroscope?' ?' He had not I said. You have microscope here. now get your sharpest razor.' The blade was placed under the lenses. when To. there spranR into view a long row of saw-teenth. looked, and to me. being more imaginative than my friend, there was the irregular ridge of a mountain range. Some of the
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ing the he'd of the firm in the senate owing cheefly to the boneheddedness of the volatile VoX Populi, they have inS sidentily turned out few congressman. Sydney J. Bowie, who is linneal deSend- ent of Old Bowie nife, was one of -hare products, and Sydney was no slouch 1im- self, and cut a few large chunks of ice while he was in congress, and now Cred aftur aiorning the state senate a few times just to get in practice has annexed the job. Fred has not been in congress long enuff to creeate enny considerabul stur as vet. but his constituents confidint- ly expect him to start sumthinS rp there just as soon as he gets familier with the scenery, which as matter of fact is sum different frum Lime Br lneh, Polk County.
 Fred got settled in Annisfun and got good finn grip on the ladder of fame just in time to get hooked by that smoth Nung man. who is eethcr now the prcsit dent of trust, or in the p"nnNtenSi1tY that warked us all on that notabul men
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"If I had a big farm like So and So,' sfghs the small owner.
 If 1 had a million dollars" walls the prosperous business man.
 And so on.
 Whereas, none of these would be happy over the possession of the things they so ardently wish for. Why?
 Because. in the first place, there iS more enjoyment in getting things than in h'.v- ing them. The baby got his joy in get ting the soap, not in possession of il.
 Besides
 Whatever you wish for and get ,hCre Is always something the matter with t when you get it-some fly in the ointment of enjoyment. And there is always some thing more that you want to get.
 You sec, the problem of personal happi- ness cannot bc worked out by a.ithine- tie When you merely add to what ou
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dency of the University of Alabama Ar the time of his election. he was the pas tor of an important church in Charles ton, s. C.
 pr. Manly was one Of a distinguished family in North Carolina. Two brothers of his were men of eminenee, one of whom was Judge Matthias E. Manly Of the old North state, while the other, Governor Charles Manly, was the chief executive of North Carolina. The family has been distinguished in the annals of the south for number of generations.
 Without demonstration, Dr. Manly 'ools charge of the University of Alabama. and with the beginning of his official incum- bency began a new era of prosperity in the history of the institution. For eight cen years he presided over the nstitu- tion which never had eighteen brighter years in it's history He was quietly Identified with all the interests of the state. and soon same to be known and prized as one of its foremost citizens.
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young girl who tried to commit suicide
 Nobody loves me. Even my mother since she married my stepfather does not want me at home The first chance get I'll kill myself, for there is no use living"
 These are exceptions to the rule that father pities and mother comforts. On the other hand
 Who that read the proceedings of the Beattie trial in Virginia, in which young man was tried for the murder of his wife. was not impressed with the pity which that old gray haired man showered on his boy?
 In one of the Chicago courts a young girl was charged with delinquency. That means she was bad if not wicked girl. The judge hesitated as to his duty and then
 If nc ther will take me back" sobbed
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of Ala bzness. Fred fell for it to the tune of about 50 samolions. for on pag0 S2l vol. is Fred's verry handsum and mobile feeturs frum q woodcut of gen nerus proportions. Also enuff re ed'ns mattur to convince the most skeptical that there is sertainly sum class to Fred. still he was yung when this hap pened, and it will be overlooked. Fred ls Baptist, belongs to the K. of P's, odd Felers, Elks. and the Farmers Ally ance. He is sum polytician all rite. Just what the l.. in Fred's name stands for we don't know. but it not Lemon, we will bet a penny,
 Evvery man in Fred district is lis frend. and they sollemly declare that he is the jollyest, big-harted feller in the world, and when you see him you win be convinced of the fact It is saee to say that he will he attending congress rum his district for menny moons to cum. and if he lives up to expectasi,ns and what he promises, Sum day. they will be running excursions down to Lime
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Do you remember that advertisement in which the baby is reaching for bar of soap which floats in the water and the legend
 He will not be happy until he sets :t'" There is a true touch of human na gre in the picture. Baby, youth, man. woman we all reach for something that we fancy will make us happy.
 However,
 One might draw a companion lietuIe, a picture of the baby when he mas get tho bar of soap and write under II the words, lies got it, but is not happy"
 Which would be another true picture of the nature that is in us all. We get what we want. but are not made happy thereby.
 "lf my business were established l would be happy man, says one.
 If I owned good home | should be perfectly content and happy"
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N R. BASIL MANLY was equally a
 patriot, an educator and preach- A CT. He had the prescience and sa- sasity of stateman and devoted much thought to all matters that affected the state or nation, and as occasion would require he would not hesitate to express his views. With him the question vas one of principle and not one of reserved silence because of his position as an tdu- cator and minister. Though exceedingly reserved and modest there were reserved powers of aggressiveness in his nature which We're withheld, subject to the de- mand of principle. He was not of the maudlin type who sought refuge in his ministry as means of escape from duty as a citizen and patriot His views were always stated with such calmnass, wisdom and moderation as to carry force,
 There were the balance and boise of elements in his constitution that made
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Edwin A. Nye

Mothers apron strings should be of a rubber like material.
 And when there is a real need there should be no sudden jerk only a gen. tie, wise pulling in.
 Isaiah said:
 "As father pitieth his children so the Lord pities them that fear him. As one whom a mother comforteth will l com fort you"
 The father "pitieth.'
 The mother "comforteth." ."
 As rule that is true of father and mother, though not always.
 once | saw father turn heartlcSsly away from his son in the latter's direst need though the boy we'll deserved his fathers pity. IL seemed to me no father could do such a thing.
 Said Marie krcjick Of Chicago, q
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Branch, Polk County, Ga, because Fred was born there, and that interesting phase will cum into it's own.
 Tho verry yung indeed. Fred as . lawyer ranks with the verry best in the state. and in all branches of the aw, 1t Is sed of him in u criminal case that he can make q wooden jurryman weep so fluently that it would sumtimes tatie the servces of d plummer to stop him. He has Verry brite legal mind 1t $ go brite that they sumtimes use it in An nistun to help out the Crate White Way"
 Annistun is to he congratulated on r. ed, and 1t is hoped trat they will con- tinue to send him to congress and hold him there. and not let him get away rum them as they did Bowie. He is q valuabul member of the Alabama dele easion in congress beleeve me. and vfli sum day make lasting mark on he history of the country. And he is rum Lime Branch. Polk County.
 Yours trooly. BILL VINES.
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that Fred mossied around the country quite a good deal accommodating nolledSe and gold meddals enuff to decorate q Rushian General at varius and sundry edducasional institusions and aftur soak ing tip all the law there was to be soaked at the University of Ala. He ioKed round for good phase to lite and he lit-in Annistun. Annistun has acclrnu- lated a lot of good things meerly thru luck That's the way she got Tom l'i.sn- CT, and Fred.
 Fred hadn't moor than got to toWl, and joined all the lodges, changed socks and unpacl, his gold meddals and diplom- CT, before John B. Knox who can shut one eye and see 40 years into the future on enny subject under the Sun, except how to elect himself to the |. $. Senate tagged him as the rite number and Fred straitway hung his hat on peg and u'i- ed off his coat and went to work in the law offises of sed John B.
 The law firm of John F. Knox at a's while they have newer succeeded in land
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have something more of the same so.t- outside possessions-you do not get the answer.
 And you slowly-very slowly-learn the lesson that if you cannot be happy wien you get a thousand dollars ten thousand will not make you blessed.
 Happiness is not in what yen have. but in what you are.
 Happiness is inside you
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"O be tied too closely to mothers
 apron strings may prove disastrous 4 to a child

"O be tied too closely to mothers
 apron strings may prove disastrous to a child.
 It depends upon the mother and upon the length and substance of the strings. Surely a mother must hold her children to herself by the bonds of affection, else they may stray far. But she must not tie them too closely.
 She must give them rope.
 The apron strings should be long enough and they should stretch enough so that the children will not feel the constant tension of mothers hold on them
 Give the children freedom.
 If child does not enjoy rational free dom 1t can never grow into strength Of character. It must learn to choose and to deciue for itself It must learn to act independently and to take the con sequence Of it's action
 Loosen the strings.
 The child that feels the apron strings drawn taut and fast must lead a narrow existence. It. ought to learn wisdom by experience. and no matter how wise the mother she cannot substitute her own wisdom
 Individuality is a great force, and n- dlvidualty is built up by the individual who is forced to think and act for him self As much as possible let the child dc for itself.
 Ever see bear cubs at play?
 The mother you may be sure is not far sxay She keeps an eye on the cubs, all right, but she does not let them see that she is watching. Her apron strings are lcng and expansive. The cubs gambol and wrestle and tumble. Even when they hsht the mother apparently pays no at tention.
 But
 When there is danger or a real neces- sity the mother bear quickly rounds up her children.
 Wise bear.
 Let the children play and wrestle and get dirty. And even should they fight do not interfere too quickly. In case of real necessity the child will come to the motli- eI--the better way.
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K XISTUR EDDlTUR On the 18th of MI Sept. 1S73 Lime Branch. Polk A County, Ga, sprang, at one zig iunp. suddenly into prominence. If you don't know the answer gentle reedef l would not admit it if l weer you. for It will be positive evvidense that you air not posted. But, as to detail; on me day and date above ritten the Honerabui Frederick l.. Blac,lmun of Annistun was born, and that interesting event hap- pened at Lime Branch, Polk County as above enumerated. Where Lime Brancn is. we wot not. but it is in Polk County, and Polk County is in Ga. Look it up yourself.
 Just as soon as I'red's brite legal nina got to working good which 1t soon dld, he carefully looked Lime Branch oVNer and desided that it was a good plase- to leave. and he promptly gurded up his loins and packed his carpet bag and forthwith hked. and he has successfully staid hoked evyer cents. 1t is recorded
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-28
WOMAN'S LAUGH.

A woman has no natural grace
more bewitching than a sweet laugh.
1t is like the sound of flutes on the
water; it leaps from her heart in a
clear, sparkling rill, and the heart
that hears it feels as if bathed in the
cool, celebrating spring. How
much we owe to that sweet laugh? 1t
turns the prose Of our life into poet
ry; it filings showers of sunshine
over the darksome wood in which we
are travelling; it touches with light
our sleep, which Is no more the
image of death, but gemmed with
dreams that are the shadow of inn
mortality. .-.lsa z
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-28
WOMEN AS GARDENERS.

At a recent woman's congress,
held in London, presided over by
Lady Falmouth, it was pointed out
that there are good openings in Eng
land for women gardeners. The coll
lege course is two years, and the girl
must not be under twenty years Of
age. Where the old gardeners have
been retired on pensions young wom-
en- have taken their places. The
kitchen and show gardens of these
English places contain several acres
of ground and it requires all the
self-confdence the college course
gives the girl to manage the under
gardeners and helpers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-28
Eczema Cure a Beauty Wash

Although ID. d. ID. Prescription
has been recognized for years as the
one remedy for Eczema, Psoriasis,
and all other forms of skin diseases.
it is now known that there is no
other wash, even those used by the
beauty specialists, that can compare
with this mid liquid for cleansing
the skin Of pimples. blackheads, rash,
and all similar skin affections.
For this reason alone, bottle of
d. ID. d. should be kept on hand in
every household. A trial 25c bottle
will show on the merits Of this great
remedy as a complexion wash.
ID. d. d. seems to remove the
cause, whatever the trouble may
be, cleansing the skin, and leaving it
as soft, as smooth and clear as that
of healthy child.
Get 25c bottle today and keep ii
in the house.
l.. l.. Elgin. Hopkinsville, Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-28
WITHOUT THE DOCTORS AID
Aunt Jane aust Died by HERSELF Be-
fore the Man of Medicine
Had Arrived.

Like many of the older set of
southern darkies when the Civil war
closed, Uncle Ephraim and his wife,
Aunt Jane, as they were Familiarity
known, chose to remain with their
former mistress rather than to try
their fortunes elsewhere. Because Of
this fact Mrs. Smith was peculiarly
attached to her former slaves and
saw to it that they stood in need of
none of the ordinary comforts of life.
Sickness, however, had laid hold on
Aunt Jane, and for days Ephraim
had been kept away from the "Big
House" Early one morning, upon
opening the rear door of her home,
Mrs. Smith saw Ephraim approach
ing, Knowing that Aunt Jane had
been sick, she said ''Ephraim, how
is Jane?'' "W'y, she's dead" "Eph-
RAM, you don't say so; is she dead ?"
eyes, yes'm; she's dead" "When did
she die, Ephraim ~ ''She died about
midnight last night" "Well, well,
well-did the doctor get there before
she died ?" 'No, MN, she jes' died
by herself" National Monthly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-28
SAYINGS OF OTHER DAYS
standing We May Scott
at Rcsults.

Everybody knows some old saying
which few Of us perhaps believe in
our hearts. Yet, although we do not
believe them, still we are interested
in them, and as often as not follow
the directions notwithstanding that
we may scott at the results. As for
instance most people pick up a pin
when they see it, but they do not
cherish any hope Of the action af-
fecting their luck. When our ears
burn we say some one is speaking OF
us; perchance we think we speak
truly, probably we do not.
Here, however, are some other
old-time sayings given for what they
are worth. If you
Drop slice of bread or butter a
hungry visitor will come.
Eat goose on Michaelmas day, you
will have plenty of money through
out the coming year.
Pick an oak apple with worm in
it, you will be rich; with fly in it,
however, poverty must be yours.
Meet a man with a wooden leg,
YOU may expect a surprise soon.
Break your apron string, your
lover is thinking of you.
Have an irritation of the right
foot, you will walk on strange
ground with good results; your left
foot having the opposite effect.
Break, says Woman's Life, your
needle when sewing a garment, you
will live to wear it out.
See a frog sitting on dry ground
in the springtime, you will shed as
many tears during the year as will
make a pond large enough for it
to swim in.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-28
COULDN'T UNDERSTAND.

"Can't make it out nohow," writes
Uncle Kitchel .Pixley in the Shreve-
port (La.) Times. "Ye see, it was
this way; Me and old Seth Boards
ley was runnin' for constable and
after l hears Colonel Roosevelt sail
in into crooks, down at the depot
that time, l begins sailin' into Seth.
Course Seth hadn't no crooked rec
ord-hasn't had no record at all, ex-
cept for chawing plug for forty
years; but I paints him crookeder n
Sam Hill. Then our township gives
him 139 more votes than it gives me.
Now, what's eatin' me is, what's the
answer"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-28
OPINION OF 5ALzAc.

He was the least capable and most
self-conscious Of artists. His obser-
walton was that of an inspired and
very careful auctioneer; he was a
visionary and fanatic; he was
gross, ignorant, morbid of mind,
cruel in heart, vexed with strain OF
sadism that makes him on the whole
corrupting and ignoble in effect. But
he OWNED and invented prodigiously
if he observed and recorded tedious
ly, and his achievement remains a
phantasmagoria Of desperate sugges-
tons and strange, affecting situa-
tons and potent and inordinate eff
fects.-W. Il. Henley.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-28
The Narrow Skirt

1t is said that a garment is never
fashionable to a woman when It be-
comes too fashionable. From this ar
gument is predicted the downfall of
the narrow skirt. II is even limited
that this is the psychological moment
for the appearance again of the GRIN
Oline.
But even If this disaster does not
descend upon fashionable women 1t is
argued that a reaction in favor Of a
more capacious skirt Is inevitable.
All these agitators forget the fact that
woman is not always swayed by
whims, and the comfort and hygiene of
the moderately narrow skirt is too
pronounced to be quickly discarded by
even the most tickle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-28
HAVE YOU TRIED PAXTINE
The Great TolIet Germiclda2

You don't have to pay soc or S1.O0 a
pint for historian antiseptics or per-
oxide. You can make 16 pints Of mora
cleansing, germicidal, healing and deodor-
izing antiseptic solution with one Csc
box Of Paxtine,-a soluble antiseptic
powder. cbtainable at any drug store.
Paxtine destroys germs that cause
disease, decay and odors,-that is why it
is the best mouth wash and gargle, and
why it purifies the breath, cleanses and
preserves the teeth better than ordinary
dentifrices, and in sponge bathing it COM
pletely eradicates perspiratiOn and other
disagreeabe body doors. Every dainty
woman appreciates this and its many
other toilet and hygienic uses.
FaXtine is splendid for sore throat.
inhamed eyes and to purify mouth and
breath after smoking. You can get Pax
tine Toilet Antseptic at any drug store,
price Csc and soc, or by mail postpaid
from The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston,
Mass, who will send you a free sample
IL you would like to try it before buying.