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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
England's First Census.

Britain's house of lords was for near
ly half century an implacable oppo-
nent Of census Of the population,
fearing a growth Of sentiment polit-
ically antagonistic to the landed arts
tocracy as the result Of the disclosure
Of the rapid growth Of the commercial
cities and manufacturing towns. The
first census Of English, in 1910, reveal.
ed total population Of 1892, $40.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Steam.

If the cover of the kettle is lifted the
boiling water seems to be covered by
a cloud of white steam, but this cloud
did not exist before the cover was
raised 1t has been formed by the
sudden cooling of the vapor. In a
glass boiler which is either completely
sealed or provided with only narrow
outlet for the vapor the space above
the water is perfectly transparent and
apparently empty.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Reloium's Sea Front.

The sea front Of Belgium. which ex-
tends about forty miles, stretching
from Holland to France, is paved al
most entirely for the entire length and
forms one huge. wide ocean boulevard
And this. by the way. is the most pro-
ductive of public works in the king
dom
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Oldest Shot Tower.

The oldest shot tower in the world.
which William Watts made in Bristol.
England. in 1869, by saving hole in
the center of the floors of house and
building a we'll in the cellar, is still
in operation
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
The Swedes.

The Swedes are probably the tallest
people in Europe and have. on the
whole, erect, handsome figures. To
some extent this advantage is due 70
physical exercise. which is compulsory
in the elementary schools.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07

before all Others of New grow
ND the way they have.
AM CERTAIN THAT THAT CONTEMPORARY MARTIN
HuzzLEWTs WHO SAID EVERYTHING DEGENERATEs IN
HAWK AND a MAN A YANKEE" FoREsAW OUR CITIES
WERE DESTINED
The money graspers who went before coopd children
dark poorly ventilated schooroom designed the
breeding of disease. We GOT OUR FIGHTING SPIRIT UP
reaching out to right and left took all the land needed
REMEDIED THINGS
And the thing is going hold true of everything
SOME DAY WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR FIGHTING
SPIRIT UP IN OTHER WAYS and will politely our
% called "ARISTOCRACY" and our called be
aside and make for REAL BEST FAMILIES AND
THE REAL ARISTOCRACY.
THE PEOPLE HAVE vENTURED TO cRITIcsE
DARE TO ASSUME THEMSELVES
OTHERS MERELY BECAUSE HAPPEN TO BE A
LITTLE FINER
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Gold Pen Tips.

OSmium is a metal. interesting as
being the heaviest known. and has a
specific gravity of 22.447. 1t was dis
covered in 1903 by Tenant as an al
10y of iridium in platinum ores The
metal is rare and is not used in the
arts. The alloy of osmium and iridium
Cknown as osmiridium) resists the &c.
ton of acids and is used for the tips
Of gold pens.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Useless Effort.

It was most as hot in summer as around
the torrid zone.
Twill be most as cold as in the arctic
regions. you will own.
So what's the use Of setting out this great
world for to roam
When you have it all brought to you II
you stick to home. sweet home? !.
washington Star.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Consolation.

Wife OF Belated Fox Hunter-Oh.
Perkins. what do you think can have
happened to Sir John? Surely If he'd
been thrown and hurt the mare would
have found her way home by now!
Coachman-Oh, no. mum. A nice
gentle animal like 'er would have
browsed round the body until 1t was
found.-Punch.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Opposed to a Chance.

I'm afraid" said the lawyer. 1--WE
can't get justice in this court. shall
move for change of venue"
"For heavens sake" cried the legiS-
lator who was to undergo trial. 'if
you really think that. let's let well
aid.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Street Ire atment.

Hewitt-Have they been treating
your street?
Jewett-Yes; they have been pouring
oil on the troubled macadam.-New
York Press.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
The Hardy Goat.

The goat because of its hardy nature
IS less liable to tuberculosis than the
COW. It utilizes food better and gives
more milk, considering its bodily
weight Goats prefer billy ground and
do not do SO well on low, swampy
ground. They need protection against
cold rains and should be well housed.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Apple Trees In tasmania.

pPpso sVeSeiU saeuSes
lasmanians plant apple trees close
together. The average orchard Is set
out ten feet apart instead of twenty
or forty feet. and as many as GOD
bushels are sometimes gathered from
a single acre.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Swedish Court Sails.

A rule in force at the Swedish court
balls is that the ladies who dance must
appear in white. while those who are
spectators only must wear black.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Greatest Whispering Gallery.

The Mormon tabernacle in Salt Lake
City is the most perfect whispering
gallery in the world The dropping of
a pin into a silk hat at one end of the
huge structure is distinctly heard at
the other end.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
nur;no tha Revoiuf;on

0uTtJ9 eI10 1AOVOEOSFO1ss
do you think Paul Revere will get
through in time. Sam?'' asked John
Hancock anxiously as he and Samuel
Adams peered out into the dark from
their hiding. place.
He win If that old spark plug o. his
amt foundered." returned Adams
Harper's Weekly.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
The Way 1t Works.

"How is that no tip hotel panning
out?''
Fine. Everybody tips on the sly
with a view to getting ahead of the
other guests. and the employees are all
happy. "-kansas City Journal.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
The Worlds Islands.

The islands of the world have to-
tai length of more than seventeen
times the circumference of the earth
at the equator.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
As ALWAYS,

Mrs. Jawback-Im always ready to
listen to reason.
Mr.. Jawback-Huh!
Mrs. Jawback-But | insist on de-
Gliding for myself what is and what is
not ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Leader.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07

The Shadow Self.
Ny shadow Is the oldest thing.
don't believe Il has much SENSE
Sometimes q half lies on the lawn
While half is leaning 'gainst the fence.
Sometimes It's very long and slim.
And then again IT'S short and small
really do not understand
About nay shadow self at all.
Little Folks
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
The Chauffeur.

A rubber mask adorns- his nose
Large goggles hide his eyes.
Two winglike things are on his ears.
AS down the street he flies.
A rubber coat enwraps his form.
Great gloves his two hands fill.
rakish hat is on his head
In fact. he's dressed to kill"
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Napoleon's Toy Cannon.

Napoleon's first plaything was toy
cannon. Later in life he declared that
the whole course of his life was deter
mined by that toy.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
HOOKING Versus Landinq.

81 was engaged ten times says the
lady with the double chin. before
finally married"
Yes" comments the lady with the
fur bonnet. Its awfully hard for some
women TO land a man definitely
Judge
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Strength of the Arms.

Equality of strength in the two arms
occurs almost twice as frequently with
women as with men. large majority
Of the sterner sex being stronger ia
their right arms than in their left. .
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
A Fierce Break.

Gladys Stenogg-Lost yer Job, didjer,
Tess! Whadjer do-make a mistake?
Tessie Typer-Yep! Called tn boss
"honey" when his wife wuz in tn next
room-Puck.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Still Another.

Timely and recurrent hitting of the hay,
With equal promptitude and expedition
In shaking Morpheus maVltinally may
Confer robustness. scads and erudition.
Chicago Tribune.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Metal Pans.-

Although the first American patent
for metal pan was granted to Balti-
morean in 1910. it was half century
later that the Industry began to -four
iSh.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Gas Nantes.

When gas mantles are blackened
they can be cleared by sprinkling with
salt when the fame is turned low.
Turn the light full for a minute and
repeat until clear.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
The Riaht Combination.

A little pluck. little luck.
A little neryy grin
And courage stout-with these look out
The man Is bound to win.
Detroit Free Press
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
An Aerial Crank.

Mas sheets are missing from the bed
The clothesline from the yard.
While in the garnet overhead
Dad 1abors good and hard.
His best umbrellas cut in holes.
No thought Of coming rain.
And with his bamboo fishing poles
He's built an aeroplane.
Chicago News.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Air You Breathe.

The air breathed daily by a person
weighs thirty-four pounds-about sly
times as much as the food and drink
consumed in the same time.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
How Could He Help 1t?

81 wish you'd quit reminding me Of
your first wife," she complained.
How can | help it?' he replied.
"She supported me twice as good as
you ever done''-San Francisco Chron-
icle
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Do Ii Now.

Don't love me when I'm dead and gone
And weep above my tomb
If you've a blossom saved for me
Gimme the dad burned bloom.
Houston Post.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Eiddlsr,s Velvet Crab.

The nddler's velvet crab II very f.
piushhke feel Of its upper surface,
which Ia denssly covered with short
silky hairs.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Handle apped.

I've plans for reading Tolstoy.
And gladly I announce 'em.
I'd call for all his novels
If l ever could pronounce 'em.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Push.

IT'S true we all must live and learn,
And those who fail will live to rue 1t.
For fortunes wheel will never turn
Unless you put your shoulder to 1t.
New York Times.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
The Athletic Girl.

The masher believed she was winsorne
and shy
AS a goo-gooly glance he cast her. -
But he's now laid out in the surgical ward.
A beautiful study in plaster
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Raskinu Sharks.

Seventeen species OF sharks. some of
them twenty-five feet in length. in.
habit the far eastern seas, while the
basking shark Of the Indian ocean
frequently attains a length Of fifty
feet.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
IreIand's Trees.

Only about one acre in every hun
dred in Ireland is timbered.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
A SUGAR Coated pill.

A SUGAR Coated PHI.
"How did you persuade your daush-
ter to learn kitchen work."
"By calling 1t domestic science. -
Spokane Epokssman-Re
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07

Bryant's Great Poem.
Bryant's 'Thanatopsis" is based upol.
a passage from Horace.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Get Rid Of False
= AriSfOcracy"
and Large
= Cities.
~ Dr. WOODS HUTCHINSON Of New !, orl

- CAN think of no better way to spend few billion
dollars than in making the monsroses of cities
: in which obliged to i've If our fore
fathers hadn't been edy in their pursuit of the
! dollar they WOULD NEVER HAVE PERMIT
- TED THE GREAT CONGFSTFD CITIES &c 49,
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
Good
American
Singers.
Why
There Are
SO Few

T only natural that, having concentrated all the
and energies of all ones years upon object the
: CLUSTON OF EVERYTHING ELSE IN LIFE,
should finally gain that object
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-30
CURIOUS BITS
OF HISTORY
WHEN THE CRESCENT
WENT DOWN
BEFORE THE CROSS

$3.50
n Will soon be twelve cen
turtles since the Cross end the
Crescent met In deadly combat
In the beautiful valley Of the
Loire. In France. and the cres.
cent went down In ignominous
defeat Mahomet had ben dead
hundred years, but Ute wor-
Slippers we're pressing forward
With fanstieal real. and bid fair
20 conquer the earth. They had
Invaded Persia and Syria, and
had pressed into Egypt. Thence
they had swarmed into Spain,
laying waste lts towns and
cities with fire and swerd. And
now they were overrunnlna
France In plunderlna hordes,
dealing death and destruction to
the Inhabitants. Against them
went Charles Mar,el, until then
= petty Franklsh king. He was
able 10 N ster only . '-'S thou
sand soldiers, picked up here
and there; but they were made
OF stern stuff. and were defend.
Ing their homes. For two days
the battl, raoed-some accounts
say seven dsys-snd al It's
close many thousands Of Sara
Gems lay dead. while che rest
we're In terror-strIeksn flight. II
Was a marvellous Victory, and u
rolled back the tloe Of Moslem
conquest. Blu for II, Mohsm-
mechanism might have overrun
Europe, and set back the hands
OF progress a thousand years.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-30
@AA AG.GszaaAa. 400 e. e

Irregular bowel movement lead TO
chronic constipation and a constipate
habit fills the system with impurities.
HERBINE is great bowel regulator.
1t purifies the system, vitalizes the
blood and puts the digestive organs
in fine vigorous condition. Price soc.
Sod by Hickman Drug Co.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-30

William A. Cook, aged 20 years,
living at Mayfield. died Wednesday.
Rev. Sturgeon wingo attended a
ministers meeting In Berkeley on
Wednesday OF last week
Miss Faustina Wingo was a guest
at the Caldwell Everett wedding IN
Trenton. Tenn. last Thursday.
sohwab Suits are doubly guarantee
TO be all wool and to wear to your
satisfaction. See them at Liebovitz
Kentucky surprises nobody by re
oording substantial victory for the
Democrats The Blue Grass State
l. normally Democratic.
FOR SALE-Rose Comb Rhode Is
land Rcd and Silver laced Wyandott
cockercls 800 each. also few Odd
Wyandott hens and Pullets at 40
cents each. MRS. FLORENCE RICE.
Present Taft Is going to draw the
line between protection and freB
trade Oh cotton and Woolen made
goods MIR. farmer. watch the way
our congressman votes Oh these
bills.
No more applicants for pardon viii
be seen By Gov. Wilson during the
remainder OF his term OF office. The
Governor says that there Is 30 much
business on HE hands now that he
Snl not have time TO talk TO any
body about a pardon unless IL Is
ms tier OF ufe and death.
The Ozark Mountains we're named
b. the early French who explored
Tie Mississippi Valley. They named
the mountains more properly called
hiilsJ Aux Archie place OF beaut-
uul hills. From Aux Arc" the I'm
gllsh took the name OF ozarks. Some
OF the most beautiful scenery In the
United States Is In thes5 hills.
Eggs are going up as is their Gus
tom with the approach OF the Christ
n4as holidays. They have advanced
several cents In price per dozen here
within the past week. and bid fair
TO 80 up some more before they reach
top notch. In Chicago markets
fresh eggs are rare as jewels and
are not quoted In the daily bulletins,
there being not enough to place on
T. market
J. +. Dillon, manager Of the Lyric,
week beginning Jan. !, 1872. Miss
agnes Archer. who from the first
Nights appearance here. has been
a fayorite with our people. was never
90 clever. and sie filled the part OF
Lady Isabel" trimming full. Per
fcctly she portrayed her part as the
happy, oontented wife of Archibald
Carlyle" In the quaint little suburb
/ bl last ~ hAA anu tet'A ~ Z" w.
appointed lover OF a seemingly UNI
grateful husband, when she gives her
heart and hand to another ("Francis
Levinson') who later. deserts her
and the child in a lonely tenement
In London. Her acting OF the part
OF a miserable, degraded outcast, who
had brought shame upon a family OF
the nobility, is without criticism. In
the last act, however. when disguised
as a goyernoss In the home OF her
husband who had since married
woman she despised. thinking his Tor
mer wife dead. Miss Archer easily
surpassed any dramatic act seen In
this city for several years, and in the
latter part of the act when she dis
closes her identity to her husband
while on her death bed, many moist
eyes were to be seen in the audience
The play was good. but Miss Archer
was even better.-Daily Citizen scar
cy. Ark.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-30
A BURGLARS Awful Deed.

NAV not paralyze a home so com
pletely as mothers long illness.
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills are a
splendid remedy for women. Iney
gave me wonderful benefit In consti-
patton and female trouble" wrote MIS-
M. c. Dunlap, Of Leadill, Tenn. II
ailing try them. 25c at Helm q FL
llscn.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-30

Meeting nights OF Fulton Lodge.
No. SO. l. o. o. F.-Thursday Sept.
1923; Oct. L. &c: Nov. s-2S; Dec. z
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-30

Phone 1856 and for trial order u
our Aussless eookins cal. NJ oloeki
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-30

we deliver the goods anywhere you
ell us to.-Whlte Bros. Phone 1856.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-30

Copyright, 1911. by Joseph "a. Bowiss)
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-30

William A. Cook. aged 20 years.
living at Mayfield. died Wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23

SIMPLE. unobtruSivc. elderly man. who
seemed sadly out of place in this atmosphere
OF the H0MedHN wise.
Mrs. Crawford told me YOU liked my,
poems ne venturcd an instant after we
were introduced.
what was there for me to do? Yes"
weakly ''''
I'm happy to hear it. | like TO hear
from people who read them. WAS we'll on
IN years before | began to write. Had ~
tend TO business in the early DAYS: tbrn I
never met literary people until aftcr ,,,,,
wilc died. My wife didn't care ,bnn, s,,"f. ,''l
'hliiSS' ,31n..d-wcU, | couldn't leave her alone
The infection on that word her mad, ,,,
swallow something in my throat. \ sbnrt
silence and he turned to me win SOM,
thlhS OF cntrcaty in his crude. whol..n,,,..
i3cc. DO YOU think | have written ,n,'-
thinH worth while in that book"
W nat had wished 10 say vas "U.,r,.
"'udTh' IS poet, YOU are the Lord NI,vor
oI pupVlIlc; but YOU have done vo,,r ',.,,,l
thlng worth while. You never I"i, ,'n'r
WHY ''o,I[' 10 60 IN quest of any cottonb,ck
iil' mus Manhood was your genius. and yom
',NTd up TO the biggest in YOU" Wb5,
"'u say was. "Ot course, Won b,,,n HON..
something worth while" navy ''''''
hen we reached the street Mrs Cr,u-
i"rd IHa,. sad to me, Have YOU cniovrd +
answered, truthiully this time. Yes"
Anne Pdlan
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
SOMETHING WORTH WHILE
MRS. CRAWFORD y

MRS. CRAWFORD was a very lovablc.
mothcrly sort. Her only apparent
iault was her desire to improve my mind.
W hcn, after the strain OF commercial rou-
tine, would slip into my ballroom, much
as u bolt would slip into its accustomed
soc kct, to lie on my three by inch couch
and think of nothing, then suddenly the
gentle tapping on my door, and the soft
Are YOU there, Dear" She would rustic
IN and sit beside me- Talk of Thought vibra.
mons and other mystcrlou, things. of which
knew nothing and cared lcssi Among the
books She brought To- my intellectually be-
mghtcd quarters was a volume entitled
~ Poems OF Sunshine by Henry Warden.
Oh, yes. read them. and yawncd over such
passages as Look aloft in despair; G,od for
liN world has a care" and The dark IS
mere; but the day Is coming" The whole
collection at best WAS mass of sentimental
doggcrcl without ideas or art. However
was polite and told Mrs Crawford had read
her TREND verses with considerable interest
On I'm SO glad, Dcaryl You must come
next Thursday evening to the Clarks and
meet Mr.. Warden and tell him yourself"
Served me right for ibbingl
The following Thursday evening found
me al the Clarks. II was an odd collection
OF folk One Clcopatrician young woman
VINO spoke Of when She played the lead i'm
topeka; small group OF men and women
who carried their minds on their sleeves:
othera who were the pcdantic opponents of
various new cults; and Henry Warden.