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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02
VAIN TO DREAM OF EQUALITY
The World So Constituted That the
Desire 10 compl.te Inn
possibility.

Like it, or not like it, you have
TO swallow the fact that equality OF
opportunity is as impossible in any
world that we know Of as equality in
brains or person. Men don't start
from scratch; they don't get what
they deserve, in any material sense /;
and they never will unless you can
imagine them coming into the world
without parents, relations or friends,
and no generation overlapping an
other, and each generation being
completely wound up when il do
parts, so that a clean start may be
made with a new one. Then we
might do complete justice to each
man within the term of his natural
life; but honestly, I would rather
be a slave in the present world than
a king in that world even though
great many lucky dogs get twice as
many bones as they deserve or as l
do. Mankind may not be good
enough for socialism, but it is GER
tainly too good for individualism. |
Its nature being mixed. it demands
what the ancients called a mixed |
Gazette.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02
RABBITS DESTROYING TREES.

The farmers and fruit growers in
the surrounding country have de-
cided to wrap the walnut trees with
strong rubber covering to keep the
jacErabbits from running them.
John B. Stump, who owns a 800
acre walnut orchard two miles west
Of this city, reports that the rabbits
have kept the leaves so closely
trimmed that the trees are not al
lowed to gain much headwHy.-Mon-
mouth correspondence Portland Orc
gonian. 2
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02
10 ~
Time Card No. ia
Effective Sunday April 30. 191,

ClleCliNe OuLudy Aprll on, lSll'
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Ne. sc. &N o. Linn. 11:56 .. n
Ne. 5l-St. L. Express 5:35 .. n
No. 95.-Dixie Flyer, 9:31 IN
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 7:05 q. N
{ No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail 5:33 a. u
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. 92AC. & St. L. Linz, 5:25 a. IL
, No. 52-St. LOUIS Express, s:53a.,
No. 94.-Dixie Flyer. GIT D.
: No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 ..
:: No. -64--St. L. Fast Mail, 1920 p
Nos. So and ga will make Nos. 81
and 91's stops except 81 will not stoE
, at Warrington and No. 95 will
. not stop at Warrington or Empire
No. 81 and 81 connect at St. LOui. and oth.i
, points west.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for Msmphis I'm
points as far south AZ Erin and sor Louisvi
Cincinnati and the East.
No. 81 and IS make direct conn at Gut
RE for Louisville, Cincinnati and all point
raorth and east Thereof. No. 50 and IS also con
acct for Memphis and way points.
No. "a runs through 70 Chicago and win no
carry passengers TO point South Of Evansville
Also carries through sleepers to st. Louis.
Nc. % through sieepers to Atlanta, Macon
Jaekson vile, St. Augustins an Tampa, Fla
Also Pullman sleepers 10 New Orleans. Con
fnscts At Guthrie for points East and West. N
70 win not carry local passengers for poits Nortl
Nashville Tenn.
J.C. HOOE. Agt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02

Dyspepsia is Americas curse.
Burdock Blood Bitters conquers
dyspepsia every time. 1t drives out
impurities, tones the stomach. re-
stores perfect digestion. normal
weight, and good health.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02

For any pain, from top to toe.
from any cause. apply DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil. Pain can't stay where
il is used. D. E., ~.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02
IN NEED or pocToRINa.

Editor (extending manuscript y
You ought TO take this story to some
doctor of literature.
: Author (puzzled)-Why5
Editor The plot is weak, the con-
structiou very bad, the style nervous
shd the sentiment dscidsdlz slcklIl
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02
GETTING EVEN

Blobbs-Scribbles has had no less
than nine plays rejected.
Slobbs-What is he doing now?
Blobbs-Writing essays ON the de-
cline Of the drama.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02
QUESTIONABLE ADVICE.

"Have you young chicken,
am rather green at cooking"
"Such being the case, madam
don't you think you'd better have an
old experienced fowl?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02
NO ROOM FOR OTHER PARTS.

Willie-Say, pa, what part of
speech is woman?
Pa-Woman, my son, is no part
Of speech she is all Of it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02
New SWIMMING Machine,

Providing cork Jacket. which
keeps Its wearer upright in the water.
with a propeller driven by two cranks.
. New Yorker has invented deviss
which n a variation from most styles
Of swimming machines
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02

Doan's Regulets cure constipation
without gripping, nausea, nor any
weakening effect. AK your drug.
gist for them. % cents per box.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02

Painter-How on earth do you
suppose that can make portrait
of you from two photographs, one
taken in 1868 and one in 1911?
Sitter-That's all right. Make
the face from the 1868 one, and the
dress from the 1911 one.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02

Mrs. Whye-D0 you keep youn cooks
long?
Mrs. Shye-Not very. tried to
get the last ons to stay long enough
for me to get snapshot Of her az q
souvenir. but she was too quick ter
me.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02
MEANS BUSINESS.

"Hes glad the baseball seasons a.
most here"
"a fan, ehl"
enc; he manufactures pop
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-02
THE PROBLEM.

Have you a 6reless cooker in
your homer"
eyes. but we have also a cookies
fire."
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
Utilization Of Waste.

A distinguished chemist once OBJ
served that my lady writes tender
sentiments to her lord with ink made
from an old copper coffee pot on paper
made from old collars" The utiliza-
ton Of waste products, which is add
ing so enormously to the wealth Of
the world, furnishes many such fan
tastic adaptations.
Give me-" DR.. Long said, "the sew
age Of New York, and I will return
you yearly the superior milk Of 100000
cows" The waste soapsuds from
wooden factories which used to pol
lutte hundreds of rivers, is now precip-
itated and the coagulum Is pressed
into bricks and converted into supe-
rior Illuminating gas. These are only
examples Of the ingenuity Of man.
That the field Is far from exhausted is
instanced in the estimate that from
600 to 1000 tons of fine coal are
thrown away every day in the ashes Of
New York. 1t is not impossible that
some one will shortly invent a pro-
cess for retaining this wasted ma
terial.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
Teaching School Girls to Swim.

In the apparatus in use in Ger
many for teaching school girls how to
swim the pupil Is supported in such
a position as to leave the legs and
arms free to perform the motions
Of a swimmer. The body is hung in
a wide belt, suspended from a. over
head rail, while the feet are attached
to a pair Of ropes running over pull
leys and adjustable to various re-
quirements.
The pupils thus suspended are then
taught how to perform the movements
OF the breast stroke until the action
becomes Utmost instructive. There
Is decided advantage In teaching
these movements in sue a way in
stead Of in the water, for the pupil
Is not distracted by the fear OF a
ducking. II is not at all easy to learn
the swimming movements even out
of water, hence the advantage Of &C.
curing this knowledge until It be-
comes almost instructive before en-
tering the water.-Scientific Ameri-
can.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
Old Map OF South America.

Claude Vautin, an English mining
engineer, who has been prospecting in
Peru, returned the other day on the
steamship Zacapa. Besides looking
after mining property, he has been
collecting interesting antiquities Of
the country.
One of the most interesting things
he brings back with him is a map of
South America made by the Jesuits In
1892. 1t gives an outline Of the land
as far north as Cuba and is apparent
ly accurate. Its purpose is evidently
plain, for every missionary station in
the country at that time Is indicated
on the map. and the line of travel
necessary TO reach them is marked
out. This map was obtained by Mr..
Vautin at Puno, Peru.
Another interesting collection he
brought back is the death masks Of
the Incas. These were hammered out
of metal and placed over the faces Of
the dead. Three Of these obtained by
Mr. Vautin are of sheet gold.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
RUDE AWAKENING FOR ELIZA
Too Late She Discovered That Wis
tor Was Not the Object Of
Her Alteration.

The gentle Eliza was sitting drearily
in the darkened room, waiting miser-
ably for a visitor, whom she feared
would never come. To tell the truth,
Eliza and William had quarreled bit
terly the night before. But what is
that? A ring, a step, masculine
voice. She waited not, but threw
herself into the visitors arms.
"Oh, my darling!" she sobbed, with
her head upon his bosom. Il am so
glad you have called. | did so long
to make up and do my best to pay
you for bringing light into my life.
Let us settle peacefully once more
with each other"
We'll, MISS" said a strange voice,
I'm willin', I'm sure. But my In
structions is that If you don't I'm to
cut off the gas"
And 1t was only then that Eliza
found out she had mistaken a COM
mon gas person for her William
London Tit-Bits.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
The
National Grange
WILL BE GREAT CONVENTION
Prospects for the Next Annual Meet
ing of the Grange at Columbus
In November.

The next annual session of the Ma
tionaI Grange is to be held in Column
bus, O., next November and it prom
Uses to be the most interesting gather
ing the order has ever held. The
beautiful Memorial hall in Columbus
has been engaged for the session,
which will continue from ten days to
two weeks; while the central location
of Columbus, and it's ease OF access
from all parts Of the country. will
serve to render the attendance large,
coming from the 80 states now repre-
scented in the national organization.
This years session will be particu-
larly interesting from the fact that 1t
is the biennial election year, when
choice of a full list of officers for the
next two years will be made. In an
organization national in it's character
it is to be expected there will be
lively contest for the Offices, as the
several sections of the country are
calling for recognition.
The national session will also be
called upon to define it's position on
Vi tuC 6iSab iuSoSiOhS nv" va
gaging the attention of the country,
and especially those affecting the in
terests of the rural people. Upon the
outcome of the reciprocity contest
and the question Of direct election OF
United States senators will depend
very much the action OF the Column
bus session, because the Grange oppo-
sition to Canadian reciprocity is well
known, while direct election of sena-
tors has been one of the strongest
planks in the Grange platform for
years.
The National Grange gathering at
Columbus will represent nearly one
million members, holding 100000
meetings a year, throughout the sub
ordinate Oranges of the country, with
total audience in attendance there
of of fully six million people. The
gathering therefore takes on large ma
tional significance and such action as
1t votes TO take, in defining the Grange
policy of the coming year, will natural
ly command more than ordinary at
| tention.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
MAKING GOOD ROADS
UNITED STATES AWAY BEHIND
REST OF THE WORLD IN
THIS WORK.
EVOLUTION OF THE HIGHWAY
Awakening Of the People to Necessity
for Road Improvement Slow Pro-
cess-State Governments at Last
Aroused-vote Money for Work.
BY HOWARD II. GROSS.

is 1t not strange that in this coun-
try, where we have the largest aggre-
gate of wealth that the world has
ever known and where we have
achieved the greatest success in hui
man history along certain lines of en-
deavor, that We have failed to keep
pace with the march of progress, and
that we are century behind the rest
of the world in the matter of handling
public roads?
The conditions of the highways In
American are great surprise to the
foreign traveller, who has been used
TO smooth, hard roads throughout his
land. Upon his arrival in New York
he is overwhelmed by the immensely
of the buildings and the gigantic scale
upon which everything is done. A day
or two in the metropolis prepares him
TO believe that Americans can do
anything and accomplish anything.
The resources of the country seem to
be boundless. In this frame of mind
ne starts his journey westward, and
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
For Good Roads.

One of the most-discussed public
questions Of the present time is that
of good roads. great variety of in
terests, rural and urban, being now in
cooperation to secure the extension
of improved highways. The interest
aroused in this question the past few
years has been well-nigh marvellous,
in fact so distinctly so that, many are
thinking of this as new movement
and are discussing 1t accordingly.
But as a matter of fact, the Grange
has been agitating the good roads
question for more than thirty years.
In subordinate Oranges and in the
Pomona meetings the subject has
been agitated and resolutions adopt
ed state Oranges have named COM
mittees and have influenced state leg
islation for increased highway appro-
priations; while the National Grange,
through it's legislative leaders at
Washington and through all the many
channels of its activity as a nation
wide organization, has for two
decades or more been pleading for
federal aid In the construction CT
trunk lines of interstate highway. y.
deed. the Grange has long been recog.
nized as one of the pioneers In good
roads agitation and the present condi.
ton of interest in the subject is large.
ly the result of the awakening of the
public in general to the persistent and
repeated leadership of the Grange in
this worthy direction.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20

against the plan were soon among its
foremost advocates.
New Jersey began state aid with an
appropriation of $4,000 per year, this
sum was soon increased to five times
the amount. The state aid plan of
road building spread from state to
state, until now fully half of the states
have adopted 1t, and 1t has everywhere
proved popular and successful. 1t is
the plan that gets the roads and so
distributes the burden that the taxa
ton is not appreciably higher than it
was before. State aid would have
been impractical In the early days of
the republic, but now under the coun-
try-wide plan of distribution of food
products and the factory output and
the enormous amount of city and cor
porate property, all of which Is
benefited by good roads. The plan re-
moves heavy burden from the farm
ers, by requiring all classes of property
to stand its just proportion of the cost.
New York presents a striking exam
pie of the growth of the good roads
sentiment and the possibilities of road
construction. This state began state
aid with a measly appropriation of
$4,000. but in FIVE years by heavy
majority voted constitutional amend
ment authorizing the issue of $50, 0O0,-
600 Of bonds for state aid in road
building. Thus the wave of progress
goes on with increasing momentum,
and 1t will eventually sweep the whole
country.
When one looks back over the cam
paign for good roads in any community
he finds that when the subject was
first brought up scores of good peo-
pie became frightened at the ex-
pense, and they were loud In denuncia-
ton of the proposal, saying and be-
lieving, that 1t meant the confiscation
of their property. That they never
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
The Pink Marble Personal.

While the Japanese are rapidly as
Stimulating western business notions,
they have not yet entirely Invested
themselves of Oriental extravaganza
of expression in their advertisements,
especially those Of a personal nature,
as the following, which some time ago
appeared in a Toxic newspaper, will
testify:
IL am beautiful woman. My abun.
dant, undulating hair envelops me as
a cloud. Supple as a willow is my
waist. Soft and brilliant is my visage
as the satin of flowers. / am endowed
with wealth sufficient to saunter
through life hand in hand with my be-
loved. Were to meet gracious lord,
kindly, intelligent, well educated and
of good taste, l would unite myself
with him for life, and later share with
him the pleasure Of being laid to rest
eternal in a tomb Of pink marble"
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
NOTES FROM PACIFIC SLOPE
Five New Oranges Organized in State
Of Neutrality-suspicious. In Co.
operative Movements.

Five new Oranges were organized
In the state of Washington during the
past month, as follows: Moxell, No.
112; Boundary Hill, No. 400; Keyport,
No 459; Bissell, No. 461; Carlisle, No.
462. In each case the start is
promising one and the members Of
the new Oranges are all taking hold
with hearty interest.
Many of the Washington Oranges
are taking an active interest in coop
erative movements, and in several
sections practical undertakings of this
sort are in progress. In the Island
county Pomona, recently at Clinton,
the subject was extensively consider
ed and unanimous approval was
given to a resolution calling for
general discussion of cooperative mat
ters throughout all the Oranges of
that section.
Gala Grange of oregon has provided
itself with complete and up-to-date
library that the members find very
useful. The library movement is
spreading in Oregon, and the Oranges
are getting behind 1t enthusiastic
ally.
At London, Ore, big outdoor
Grange event was carried out. con-
sisting of three days field meeting,
June 1917, with very large attend
ance. Patrons came from all that part
of Oregon and there was enthusiastic
speaking, good entertainment fea-
lures, the discussion of many live
problems Of the day, sociability and
good time generally.
Many Oregon Oranges are taking
up the parcels post question and the
subject is getting a lively discussion
on all sides. Many Pomona Oranges
have passed stirring resolutions on
the subject, and propose to push it
for all it is worth.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
Oxygen AZ a Cutting Tool.

A Jet of burning oxygen from blow
pipe may be successfully employed to
cut sheet iron, iron tubes, and small
bars. The cut made Is almost as
sharp and thin as that made by saw.
In earlier attempts difficulty was en-
countered in clearing the cut of liquid
metal and in preventing the spread Of
the melting effect beyond the borde.s
of the cut. In later processes two
blowpipes were used. The first has
an ordinary oxyhydrogen flame, which
heats the iron to redness at the place
where the cut is to be made. This is
followed Immediately by the second
jet, composed Of pure oxygen, which
instantly burns the metal without melt
ing. The liquidized iron is blown
swiftly from the assure, so that there
is no serious spreading OF the heat to
surrounding parts.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
IN AGONY WITH ITCHING

About four years ago I broke out
with sores on my arms like boils. AT
ter two months they were all over my
body, some coming, and some going
away. In about six months the boils
quit, but my arms, neck and body
broke out with an itching, burning
rash. 1t would burn and itch, and
come out in pimples like grains Of
wheat. / was In a terrible condition;
l could not sleep or rest. Parts of my
flesh were raw, fand | could scarcely
bear my clothes on. / could not lie
in bed in any position and rest. In
about a year the sores extended down
to my feet. Then | suffered agony
with the burning, itching sores.
could hardly walk and for long time
l could not put on socks.
'All this time | was trying every
thing | could hear Of and had the skill
of three doctors. They said 1t was
eczema. got no benefit from all
this. / was nearly worn out. and had
given up in despair Of ever being cured
when / was advised by friend to try
Cuticura Remedies. l purchased Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent,
and used exactly as directed. ! used
the CuticuBa Remedies constantly for
four months, and nothing else, and was
perfectly cured. 1t is now year, and
have not had the least bit since. l
am ready to praise the Cuticura REM
edies at any time (Signed) L. L..
Cate. Exile, Ky, Nov. 10, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere, a sample of each, with 81
page book. will be mailed free on APP
plication 10 "Cuticura," Dept Il, X,
Boston.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20

from the railway window he can see
roads that are practically bottomless
and teams struggling through the
mire that is nearly knee deep. He is
perfectly amazed that such conditions
should obtain. He cannot understand
why 1t should be so In country that
has such marvellous resources. The
fact is that America is the only coun-
try in the world that is rich enough to
stand the drain, handicap and the
losses that bad roads impose.
Again, may we ask, why is it that
IN this land, where so many great
successes have been scored in so
many fields that we have utterly
failed in dealing with the highways?
In the writer's opinion the reason will
be found in certain fundamental mis-
conceptions. They date back to CO
lonial times. In the early days the
people settled along the water courses,
in the valleys. Farming was done In
a primitive way. 1t was the day OF
the homespun. The hand loom and
spinning wheel we're found every
where. The people lived very simply;
what they wore, they made; what
they ate, they raised. The community
was self-centered and had very little
to do with the settlement over the
hills in the next valley. The spirit Of
home rule was everywhere dominant.
The roads were regarded purely as OF
local concern. They were just such
roads as the people cared to build.
and whether good or bad 1t was no
ones business but their own.
Thus the concept that the highways
were purely a local matter and did
not concern any one outside OF the
immediate vicinity became firmly es-
tablished and held undisputed sway
until about 20 years ago, when New
Jersey man made a discovery that
was far more important than finding
the north pole, and that was that the
roads were public property-they be-
longed to all the people and as such
It was the states duty to take up the
question of highway Improvement and
not leave the whole burden upon the
township where the amount Of taxable
property was IL WOO
that the worlds food supply had to
pass over these roads and that bad
roads increased the cost Of delivery
made the food supply intermittant in
stead Of constant, and that bad roads
produced heavy burden to every one
and was a serious economic error A
movement was started for state aid
in road building. II met great oppo-
sition. and principally from those who
would most greatly benefit from 1t
the farmers. They feared 1t was a
scheme to take the roads out of their
hands, and no telling where they
would land or what taxation would be
put upon them, but the movement
grew because Il was right. In two or
three years after the people had had
the experience of building roads un-
der the plan, had used and paid for
them-they found 1t was splendid In
yestment and that instead of adding
TO their burdens the good roads took
many burdens off. The plan became
so popular opposition died out and
those who at first were strongly
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20

could stand the tax and that good
roads spelled ruin. In every case, how
ever, where the plan was proceeded
with by state aid, the people were sur
prised that they had the roads and
that they did not feel the tax,
that, in fact, more and more roads
were demanded, up to the lawful limit.
Thus it has ever been, and probably
will be, for years to come.
Good roads mean more social life,
more pleasure, less drudgery. They
mean better schools, a more enlight-
ened and intelligent citizenship, they
mean progress and civilization.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-20
Prudential Reasons.

80 you are going to send your
cook off. But isn't her name Ara
bella Gunn?"
Whats that got to do with our
getting rid of herr"
But, my dear boy, isn't there an
ordinance against discharging A
Gum within the city limits?''