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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-17
Pictures For Patients.

Superintendent Sights of the Wes-
tern Asylum will soon resume the
moving picture shows abandoned
during the heated term, and will
arrange to use the same high class
films as shown at the Princess.
DR.. Sights was one of the first off
Gals to see the benefits of this class
of entertainment for his patients.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-17
Education and Caste Prejudice.

1t was thought that the education
of Ceylonese on Western lines had
GTeaned them from caste. class and
FJkcial prejudices. That was a mere
{ lAncy. In the case Of the Occidental
educational does not obl!terate such
antfpathies OF bis. What reason was
there. then. for believing tt. a sim
liar education would cure the Orien-
tal?-Ceylon Mail
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-17

81 suffered habitually from con.
stipalion. Doan's Regulets relieved
az d strengthened the bowels. so that
they have ben regular ever since.
"A. E. Davis. grocer. Sulphur
Springs, Tex.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-17
To the Bitter End.

Mrs. Brown-Jones-Mrs. Smith is OPP
posing your nomination bitterly. Can't
you conciliate her in any way?
Mrs. Smith-It is impossible. TWEEN
ty-four years ago said that her baby
was small for its age.-Harper's Maya
zine. N
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-17
Reforming
Mildred

Mildred was astonishingiy proficient
In the gentle art OF self-depreciation
she had a horror Of permitting people
to think herself or her possessions
better than they really we're. She
could not bear that any one should be-
lieve she was trying to appear smart
er or nicer than she was in reality.
For instance, If person casually
admired her bracelet, which was set
with tiny French brilliants that de-
fed the criticism of anyone but an ex-
pert with a magnifying glass. Mildred
always spoke up hurriedly.
They aren't real diamonds. you
know" she would explain. They
look real. don't they? But they
aren't"
When visitors CHANGED to remark
on the beauty Of the Flemish wood
work in her home she would hasten to
say: But you know It isn't real oak
Its just pine stained The effect is
exactly as good and you couldn't tell
the difference unless It was explained
to you-but It isn't real oak at ALL"
One day she said to visitors: mo,
father isn't rich enough to own an
automobile" Yet these same visitors
had been assured ten minutes before
by her father that he disliked cheap
cars and was waiting until American
manufacturers did better work before
he bought a machine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-17
aOhl You kihD

When the average boy insists on q
spotless collar every day one may be
sure that he is leaving his childhood
behind and that the responsibilities of
life have begun
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08

tools are manufactured in this city
There are few concerns making
special tools, but these are only "A
drop In the bucket Nearly all OF
the lathes, monitors, drilling. milling
and grinding machines and other
varieties of machine tools that have
been so large factor in the work
OF supplying the phenomenal demand
for Detroit-made motor cars, have
been shipped in from outside and DIS
tributed through Ihe local Johbers.
IL will not be long however, before
Detroit will have machine tool
plant OF its own, and one OF the finest
in the country Several months ago,
through the efforts of the Detroit
Board OF Commerce, large eastern
concern became interested in Detroit
as a manufacturing center and. after
looking over the ground thoroughly,
has decided 10 locate here. The com
pany is now negotiating for site and
expects 10 start moving not later than
June l BY next fall, and perhaps
earlier the new plant will be in full
operation
Before the advent of the motor car,
machine tools were found principally
in the general machine shops. The
rapid development OF the automobile
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
DETROIT FURNACES FAMOUS.

When Uncle Sans pocketbook is
fat the members Of his big family APP
pear TO want all the comforts OF home.
One OF these is a furnace and the de-
sire for such equipment has proven
profitable for the Detroit manufac-
turers OF heating apparatuses The
period OF prosperity has been helpful
to the makers OF hot air. steam and
hot water heating systems alike. While
four times as many steam and hot
water plants are being installed now
adays as formerly. there Is also big
demand for hot air furnaces. A few
years ago there was general preju-
dice against installing hot water or
steam plants In cottages or bunga-
lows, but time has changed opinions
and II is now a common spectacle to
see hot water or steam pipes In the
smaller houses.
The product of Detroit furnace
fuundries finds its way not only into
the homes of the Americans, but also
into foreign dwellings and palaces.
The home OF the mikado OF Japan IS
now heated with steam vplant man
ufactured in this city.
The owners of a Detroit plant have
13 foundries in the United States, six
in European centers and one In Can
ada.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
IRON AND STEEL
TRADE B00Ms
Vast Building in City Gives Great
Impetus To This Line Of
Industry.

The erection of many high build
ings in Detroit within the past ~
years has given the iron and steel
trade Of the city big boom. The
trade Is now five times as large as
IL was Ave years ago. according u
the local representatives OF the Dig
steel plants OF the country Most
OF the steel used in Detroit comes
from the mills in Pittsburg.
Eighty per cent OF the steel used
in the United States for building
purposes comes from the mines in
northern Michigan, Minnesota and
Wisconsin. OF recent years there
has been an unusually large amount
of ore taken from the northern
mines, the production. last year. be-
ing 40,0O0.O00 tons. as compared
with 100000 tons ten years ago.
OF the 1910 shipments. IS per cent
went 10 Pittsburg for smelling pur-
poses From Is TO 10 million tons
OF il was made into pig iron. The
latter. an turn, became steel billets
and these We're afterwards made
into boiler plate. steel rails and all
kinds OF steel for building material.
In spite of the fact chat such i'm
mense quantities OF ore are being
removed from the Superior mines
every year. il is figured. the steel
men say. that there is enough re-
naming TO last 10 years. at the pres
ent rate of consumption. Therefore,
the steel interests are not worrying
over lack OF material.
In addition 10 the northern mines,
there are many in other parts OF the
United States-Tennessee Alabama,
New York and New Jersey while
the Canadian northwest and Alaska
also have some The product of che
Superior mines has had the call for
some time and will continue to be in
favor, as the steel men contend that
the, ore from the other mines does
not produce as good building ma
terial as the Superior grade.
While the use of steel in skyscrap-
ers has proven a great impetus 20
the ore trade in the past few years
there has also been big demand for
steel rails, many miles OF new rail
way having been built in the United
States and Canada and abroad For
the building trade. the steel men
predict that there will be a greater
call in the future than ever before
for steel, inasmuch as all the high
buildings erected now have steel
frames
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
BOOM IN HARDWARE TRADE.
Increased Business Reflects Prosper
ity Of the Farmer.

Prosperity among the farmers dur
ing the past few years has given the
hardware trade a ebig boom. IL.
have doubled. The automobile bust.
ness has, of course, been a ource OF
profit TO the hardware men, particu
larry to the wholesalers, but its effect
on the trade is small in comparison
with that of good crops in the coun-
try When times are good the farm
ers buy extensively, stocking up with
new garden tools, implements and
household furnishings, including
stoves, ranges and kitchen utensils
They also do much repairing about
their barns and homes, such as in
stalling new eavetroughs and erect
ing galvanized chimneys, etc, while
many, OF course. build new homes and
barns All this activity on the part
Of the farmers means more grist for
the hardware mill.
From the condition Of the hardware
trade il is also evident that pros
perity is not confined TO the country
In the towns and cities there is a
big demand for all kinds OF hardware.
particularly SKATES anu DIZZY Ab
matter OF fact, the bicycle has
come back" Just when IL was
thought 10 have outlived its useful
ness, ii hobs up more serenely than
ever. The hardware men say there
will be "a big run on wheels this
year" The bicycle they explain, is
now recognized as a cheap and sue
cessful means of transportation by
working men, whereas, in former
years, il was regarded more as lux
ury and used largely for pleasure.
The demand for wheels is confined
exclusively TO that OF the model for
men. there being practically no call
at all for womens wheels. All the
BICYCLES used in Detroit are imported,
no factory for their manufacture be
ing located here.
The price OF bicycles is now with
in the reach OF most workingmen, a
wheel which fused TO cost 81 ~ being
now sold for $25.
In the skate line. the roller is popu-
lar. the wholesalers being unable To
get enough TO meet the demand.
There has also been big run on ice
skates
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
Whitina-Paris White.

Whiting is extensively used in
polishing preparations and in various
lines OF manufacture Ia is a white,
levigated and washed chalk, and, ac-
cording TO its quality. is known under
different names. The raw material
used in the manufacture OF the better
grades OF whiting are selected Englisi.
and French chalk and English clih-
stone
Certain brands OF whiting are used
by rubber manufacturers and the
moulding trade and Il is also in great
demand for kalsOmine and cold water
paint. cable Insulation, linoleum and
oIleloth. paints and colors. matches.
etc. Paris white is the finest grade
OF whiting and is used by potterics.
china and porcelain makers and IN
other manufactures.
Large quantities OF this product arc
manufactured in this city for local
| and countrywide use
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
AUTOMOBILE ELECTRIC
LIGHTING
CONTINUED from page I9.l

been as thoroughly demonstrated Tor
the automobile as for the home, the
public building or the street. IL has
been proven on city streets and on
country roads, In pleasant weather
and in mud and wind and rain.
The user is beginning 10 demand
electric lights on his car. Some man
ufacturers are making IL their stan
dard equipment, others are making
il optional while still others, ana
some OF them. the so called progress
sive ones. are not furnishing IL at all.
These latter ones will wake up some
day in the near future TO thu TACT
that they have not been keeping
abreast of the times. They are not
keeping up with the procession TO
say nothing OF leading IL.
Perhaps. one OF the greatest ad-
vances along this line, however, IS
the acknowledgements electric
generator This generates all the
electricity required for lighting and
ignition while the car is in motion,
absolutely without expense. A stor-
age battery is provided, "hoated on
the line" into which the surplus
electricity is stored and a supply Is
thus provided for lighting the car
when il is not in motion. Various
devices for controlling the generator
have been invented but it goes with
out SAYING that the best are the SIM
plest. those that are purely mechani-
cal in their action, positive and auto
matte
Electric lamps have been devised
Ill
for every possible automobile re-
Quirement Some manufacturers, max
ing specially OF them. have several
complete lines OF pleasing designs.
The tungsten filament has been so
perfected for use in bulbs that break
age is practically a negligible guam
tity. New devices have been invented
for holding the lamps in the socket
so that they cannot be loosened by
the jolting of the car. From one
half 10 twenty-five candle power
bulbs can be secured. The tail light
ordinarily carries two candle power,
side lights four candle power and
head light from l6 TO "A candle pow
err Special devices are provided so
that any or all lamps can be removed
from the car without disturbing the
wiring and a small switch controls
the lights. All the lamps may be
burned at once or they may be burn
ed in any combination desired. ET-
cry lamp on the car can be instant
" lighted or extinguished In any
wind or weather by simply pushing
switch without slackening speed
or leaving the seat.
With all these advantages, why
not electric lights"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
Fuel Oil.

One of the necessary problems IN
the industrial world relates TO the
matter OF fuel: fuel that can be stor-
ed with safety, saving OF storage
space and economy in heating cost per
hour Various substitutes have come
70 the surface In efforts 10 repiac,
coal Principal among these is oil
fuel. which has been made OF great
commercial value because of its gen.
eral adaptability
So important is the matter of mol
in the industrial world that furnaces
are now made adaptable TO the use Of
both coal and oil
Perfection of detail in equipment
and methods through the various De.
partments OF refining. manufacture
and distribution has made fuel oil
commonly popular in industrial cen.
ters. The miles OF pipe lines. Che
immense refineries. the large ocean
terminals. the many distributing sta
lions are all constructed and main
tanned with the view TO giving con
sumers adaptable and economical OF
fuel service. Manufacturers and
others now use oil fuel extensively
because IL has been found to be OF hgl
ccmbustible power, because II can bC
stored safely and i'm large quantities
I in comparatively limited space. Fu.
I oil can be economically Transported
and is being much used because man
ufacurers realize its numerous QUA,
| ties OF excellence.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
MILK CANS IN DEMAND.
Farmers Use Them Extensively For
Shipments To City.

Shipments TO CRY.
The fact that the practice OF deliv-
ering milk by the can system in the
towns and cities has been done away
with in recent years. the bottle
method supplanting IL, has caused no
falling OF in the manufacture of milk
cans. As matter OF fact, the trade
is increasing all the time, according
To the manufacturers, OF whom their
are about four in the United States.
While the delivery wagon type OF can
has been practically discarded. the
making or the bigger vessels. the kind
used by the farmers TO ship their
milk To the creameries. goes on apace.
The farmers are shipping more milk
to the creameries today than ever be
fore They find that the facilities,
such as the suburban railway, etc.
for transporting their milk TO the
cities and towns. are OF an advantage
Gus character: that they can make
much more money and save great
deal OF labor by selling their milk TO
the creameries than by making but.
ter With IL on the farm.
In the making OF the big milk cans.
an Improvement has come about by
the use OF steel. plate as well as tin
plate. The latter is now used only
as covering Tor the steel The new
process of manufacture makes the
cans more durable and more sanitary.
Formerly the milk came in contact
with rough edges where the tin plate
was cut and Joined in sections, where.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
INSULATED WIRE-oNE OF DE-
TROIT'S IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES

Insulated wire is an article which
has been much in demand OF late
years, principally because OF the ten
dency towards the use OF electricity
for the lighting of dwellings and office
buildings. Few homes are built in
Detroit nowadays without being wired
for electric. lighting, with the result
that Detroit insulated wire works are
kent busy. The wire used for such
work is insulated with rubber, and
the insulation is regarded as an abso-
lutte safeguard against danger from
shock. Detroiters are given unusual
" good protection in this regard, for
the reason that all wiring Is carefully
inspected by a representative or the
public lighting commission before be,
ing approved for use.
Ii Is amistake. however. for one TO
harbor the idea that street wires are
safe because they are insulated. These
wires carry heavy voltage and the In
sulation, which consists of three
braids OF cotton, saturated with com
position OF pitch and other substances,
Is not regarded by electricians as al
solute protection. AS matter or fact,
no trained electrician will work about
charged wires without first separating
himself and the wires by means OF
rubber sheet and seeing TO 1t that his
feet are resting on dry wood. Rubber
IS no longer used for insulating street
wires because OF the advance in price
OF the commodity. Rubber tape which
used TO cost 81 a pound now costs 80
Relative TO the dangers surrounding
electric wires, Frank X. Mistersky.
general superintendent of the public
lighting commission, gives some
wholesale advice.
THE Times can do the public a
good service by pointing out the dan
ger connected with electric wires.
said Mr.. Mistersky. First OF all, tell
the public not 10 NEEDLE with loose
wire, which may be considered dead
II is just as liable TO be charged as
il is TO be dead, although IL may be
apparently disconnected with an cleo
trio current II may be charged by a
live wire crossing 1t at some point
NV advice TO my own children and
wife Is to never touch a wire Of any
kind +"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08

as there is now complete covering
OF tin plate over the rough parts
where the steel sections are riveeed
together
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
THE MAKING OF PAINTS,
OILS AND VARNISHES
Detroits Goods Popular the Wnoie
World over.


World over.
/ Paints. varnishes and oils, etc.
form an industry Of considerable mo
ment.
The paint business as We know II
today is nightly improved over the
paint industry OF so short period
as ten years ago, for science and mod-
arn methods have been applied TO
every branch of the paint business
inst as they have TO all lines OF man
ufacture.
The paint OF today is better than
the paint OF ten years ago because
competition and extensive demand
have worked together IN making pet
ter paints and better paint working
equipment necessary.
Detroit's Paints Standard.
/ II has been very aptly said tha'
ANYTHING made In New York must OF
necessity be the best in all essen
tails. And SO il is with Detroit paints
whether il be the paint that Is slath
cred" over the barn door or the peau
tiful paint that gives the expensive
coupe or automobile finish that Is
akin TO art All over this vide coun-
try-yes, and abroad-paint, varnlsh
and oil products made in Detroit nave
a following all their own.
These products are recognized as
standard. and the demand for them
is not only steady but more extensive
as the years come and go mis- Is
true OF our ready mixed paints or
paint mixing parts; true OF all rea-
sonably expensive varnishes ana vi
the greater per cent or our OILS.
Paints for thousand uses are made
in Detroit. from the simple barn
paint 10 the paint of the lustrous
hanson. or TO the bottom decoration
OF a mighty ship. Why, the paln'
composition on the bottom OF The
greatest war machine afioat, the Eng
fish warship Superb, is OF good Old
American manufacture. The bodies
OF many foreign owned ocean racers
are painted with American paints
their spars and decks and interior
woodwork is covered with American
varnish-and where only oil is used
il is just likely TO come from these
United States as not.
Great developments have been made
in the manufacture OF high grade
paints, varnishes and oils in this city.
Take the paint and yarnish used on
the handsome sutombile, for example.
They Withstand constant exposure 10
all sorts of weather, mud, and the Sc
verest test of all, the wiper who
washes and brushes the mud and dust
away.
Then comes the paint which makes
bricks, stone walls, smokestacks. etc,
imperyiohs to storms. The beauti.
ful enamel. the railroad coach paint
and varnish, the yacht paint and var.
nish. the paint best adapted for Gov
ering the exterior OF the towering
sky-scraper or the Brooklyn bridge
and paints, varnishes and oils for a
thousand other purposes one and all
are produced in Detroit-and they are
made we'll
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08

naturally created a new market and
the manufacturers soon found II
necessary TO Increase their faciliues
in order 10 keep pace with the de
mand When IL is considered that al
Detroit alone. there are more than
IS car makers and about 10 parts
concerns. nearly all of which. nave
sprung into existence within the past
decade, and that every one OF these
concerns is a user of machine tools
II can be readily seen that me
machine tool men have been doing
some business.
A tour OF Detroit's automobile rae
tories will reveal some OF the larSest
and best-equipped machine shops IN
the country, or in the world, for that
matter. for Detroit leads the world in
auto production These constitute the
very heart OF the industry, for here
the various parts are fashioned, ana
an automobile is no better than us
weakest part Hence the necessity tor
absolute precision and perfectly
clean work, which can be obtained
only by the use OF machine tools
Then. 100. IL would be impossible TO
turn out automobiles by hand, even
II Il were practicable, and keep pace
with the popular demand, Without
machine tools, therefore, the develop
ment OF the automobile 10 its present
proportions would have been physi'
cal impossibility.
AS one result of this remarkable
expansion in Detroit there has been
attracted TO this city vast army OF
skilled mechanics. In fact, II is claim
ed that Detroit numbers among her
working hosts higher grade OF
mechanics than is found in any other
city in the country. and this has oeeh
brought about largely through the III
creased use of machine tools
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
YEARLY SALES IN
TOOLS, 100000
And All Bought From Outside
Boston Firm Coming Here Is
First in Field.

Ten years ago the sale OF machine
tools In Detroit did not exceed $2OO,OOC
annually. In the years 1909 and 1910
between s5,000.000 and 100000
worth OF these products were purchas
ed by local manufacturers, principal.
~ makers of motor cars, so that the
yearly sales are now somewhere IN
the neighborhood of $S,000,000
In view of this showing and the
additional fact that Detroit is the
Recognized center Of the automobile
Industry in America, it seems rather
singular that practically no machine
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
White Lead.

Incident to the enormous pant
manufacturing business in this city as
the manufacture OF white lead-thc
basis of all paints. The RAPID sro"t1
OF paint manufacture has mace heCes
sary the economical production OF
white lead. In addition TO supplylhs
Detroit paint makers win Whi'e
lead. valued at millions yearly. larS'
quantities are exported by our deal
ers.
White lead is mixture OF lead car
Donate and hydrated lead oxide. It's
use in paint making is as a pigment.
White lead is now put up In various
convenient forms. from the one pound
tin 20 heavy kegs,