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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
Not the Odor Of Araby.

Theodore P. Shonts at dinner at
the Chicago club, praised the venti-
lation of New York's tubes. Our
tubes" he said, smell as sweet, al
most, as a clover field in June. But
l wish you could smell the under
ground railways of London, especially
those railways that haven't been cleo
trified!" Mr.. Shonts' beaming smile
was evidence of the fact that an APP
propriate story had come into his
mind. 1.-TWO spirits clad In winding
Sheets" he said, advanced with slow,
shrinking steps toward portal over
which were inscribed the words, All
hope abandon, ye who enter here
From this portal belched vast val
umes Of foul black smoke. The first
spirit, as he neared the dreadful gate
way, shifted. My world he said. 1t
smells like the blawsted tuppenny
tube! oh. not so bad as that said
the second spirit"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
Tho Standard Yard.

In 1856 there was completed q gun
metal bar, representing the imperial
standard yard of Great Britain. It was
found, however, that standards made
of bronze or gun metal were liable to
an appreciable alteration In length
through molecular and other changes,
and accordingly few years ago. the
imperial standard was replaced with a
bar Of iridio-platinum. consisting Of 80
per cent. platinum and 10 per cent.
iridium.
This new alloy is less alterable than
bronze. The new bar was made of an
Xshaped cross-section to combine
rigidity with comparative lightness,
and for one year II was subjected 10
a series of tests and measurements In
volving the most refined methods
known to science. The bar has marked
on 1t the length both of the standard
yard and of the standard meter.-Har-
psr's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
THAcKERAY IN BOOK STORES.

Idle as it may be to gauge the
worth or permanence of a novelist
~ the passing demand for his works,
he proof of the author is, after all,
n the reading. BY this test Thack-
ray, whose centenary we celebrated
recently, is found to preserve a Wig
,rous grip on contemporary attention.
In the Libraries he. is always in de-
nand, a little above Scott and a lit
lie below Dickens and Eliot. In the
book stores of the novelists whom
We group as Victorian, Dickens sells
pest and Thackeray next; this by
common report, which must allow
'or the fluctuations of popular taste.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

Old Man Was the Items Entire STAFF
and He Had Only One
Paper.

A travelling Philadelphia salesman
passed through. small New jersey
town the other day, and having some
time to wait for the train, walked up
the main street, relates the Philadel-
phia Times. He came to a small
house and saw over the door the
sign, "Blankville Item"
Entering. be inquired Of the old
white-hsired man who greeted him
for the managing editor. a. ~
T'm him." came the short an
swer. t rr w
"How large a staff have your
asked the young man, by way Of
making conversation.
why" grunted the old man, "my
canes about two inches thick
"No, no." interrupted the sales
man. 81 mean how many men have
you on the paper. How many work
for you"
WAL" the other returned, "I'm
the only one"
Somewhat discouraged, the man
asked how business had been, and,
after receiving the answer that it
had "been the same for twenty
years." he endeavored to make a
smooth exit by asking for a paper.
"Pd like to let you have one,"
said the one-man staff, ''but you
see I-er-I only got one and that's
mine"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
Fsathered ouadruped.

L. ]. Davis Of Sedgwick has a freak
chicken that he is raising this sum
mer, says the Kansas City Journal.
II has four legs. Three of the dun
sticks" are on one side. The other leg
is like any well-regulated chicken
ought to have. Mr.. Davis says he
hopes TO raise the chicken and perfect
new breed. He says the man who
makes two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before is consid-
cred a public benefactor, and If he can
succeed In making four "durmsticks"
grow where only two ordinarily sprout
be will be somewhat OF a philanthro
pist himself
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
A Reasonable Request.

"Sit down." exclaimed the man Of
few inches.
The man of many took no notice.
"Sit DOWN." repeated the little man
again. Il can't see anything!"
But still the giant paid no heed. and
the little man could only hear the
tantalizing sounds OF feet and car
riage wheels az the procession passed
along.
-you-sit--down2" he cried.
for the third time. I've paid two
guineas for this seat and you're blot
ting every blessed thing from view!"
Again no response.
well. II you won't sit down."
roared the little man. humping the
giant on his massive back, will you
at least oblige me by tying your ears
back7"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
CATCHING THE CROWD EASY
Test Of Public Mans Success. How
ever IL to Hold Peoples Re-
spect and Confidence.

The - Of public mans sue
cess witNthe people is his ability
to hold their respect and confidence,
not simply to catch the crowd. A
man may be severely criticised for
some individual act, but no single
act is to form the basis Of popular
judgment. The man who wears with
the people Il the man worth while,
the man who serves the people best
and WHOSE public words and deeds
will bear the scrutiny Of time. 1t is
no indictment Of 9 mans sincerity
or quality Of intellect for him to
possess the knack Of catching the
fancy Of those to whom he speaks,
whether from the rostrum or
through the press. Indeed, that is
very necessary accomplishment
these days. But II Is an indictment
OF him when he seeks no more than
TO gain superficial popular approval
for purely selfish ends. -
The people may be taken of their
feet for the moment by an apt
phrase, but they cannot be kept of
their feet by one. They may APP
plaud the eloquence of demagogue
at first, but they will after a while
find him out and reject him. The
people are ultimately correct in the
application of their own test. They
often act by impulse and with error,
but they always come back finally
to sober judgment, and then comes
the reckoning for, those who have
played upon their credulity.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
A TYPE.

Captain Hardness Lloyd described
It a luncheon at Tuxedo the typical
Toung British officer.
"a typical British officer" he
Iaid, was one who, quartered for
.wo years at Cairo, never got out to
zee the Pyramids.
"'You see,' he explained, what
with polo and parties and cricket
and bridge / never had, my dear fell
low, a minute 10 myself
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
HE WOULD LIVE TO BE $40
Little Girls Estimate Was Based on
Double Life Her UneIe Was
Living.

DR.. Kenyon L. Butterfeld, presi-
dent of the Massachusetts, Agricul-
tural college, said at a Republican
banquet at White River Junction:
Gin politics we must be straight
forward. On the tariff question, the
labor question, the trust question, we
must be open and above board. Any
inconsistency or crawfshing will be
visited on our heads thousandfold.
Yea, even out of the mouths of
babes shall we be condemned"
DR.. Butterf2ld smiled.
Like the rich uncle" he resumed.
"a rich uncle of the rosy-gilled type
was riding his little niece on his
knee when the child lisped:
Uncle, how long does a person
liver
"Three score years and ten, my
dear, is our scriptural allotment he
replied piously.
"Then you,' said the pretty little
girl, will live to be a hundred and
forty won't youY
CHA, hap he laughed. Why
should you think that, yetY
Because, said she, 4 heard
mamma and papa say that you were
leading a double life"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
cleaning the inside OF Shoes.


It is possible to clean the inside OF
shoes thoroughly, and the process will
appeal to neat women.
Take an old tooth brush which has
been thoroughly cleansed with hot wa
ter and washing soda-or q new brush.
for that matter-wet very slightly.
soap 1t enough to make light suds.
and with It carefully rub and clean the
inside OF your shoes. II Is not neces-
sary to get them very wet The chem
ical action OF the soap does the work.
Let the suds remain q few minutes.
then rinse with the brush in the same
way, put the shoes on ventilated shoe
trees to dry In the air. and they will
be as fresh as new pair.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
How the caueus orIaInated.


This day learned that the Caucus
club meets at certain times In the gar
ret OF Tom Dawes. the adjutant OF
the Boston regiment. He has a large
house and he has movable partition
In the garnet which he takes down
and the whole club meets in one room.
There they smoke tobacco until you
cannot see nom one end Of the gar
ret to the other. There they drink
Zip. suppose. and they choose a
moderator who puts questions 10 the
vote regularly; and selectmen. asses
sors. collectors. nre-wards and repro
sentatives are regularly chosen before
they are chosen In the town.-From
John Adams Journal
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
A TECHNICAL MIND.

What in the name of common
sense are you arresting me for|
asked the motorist who had accident
ally violated a regulation.
81 amt arrestin' you in the name
of comAxpn sense" replied the rustic
sheriff. sI'm arrestin' you in the
name of the law"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
TERRA INcooNITA.

'NWhy do you say Jiblots in .
profoundedly learned manT
because he knows what is in the
back Of the dictionary"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
pr.f.r GERMAN language.

In Russian schools pupils have the
option Of learning French or German.
ana 10 per cent choose German
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11

er. why the farmer and consumer
should not 90 further and deal with
each other direct to q great extent
especially in the smaller cities. More
over, there 10 no reason Why the
farmer should not get better prices
and the consumer lower than those
he has been accustomed to pay. It 10
still a doubtful question. however,
whether the consumer will be willing
to abandon the luxury Of picking up
the telephone and having a wagon or
automobile around at his door with
his supplies. neatly packed. in favor
Of the way which enabled his grand
mother to make every penny count.
The plan Of the farmers, suggested
by Mr.. Yoakum, will serve to put the
test to the ultimate consumer, for
whom SO many eloquent pleas have
been made recently upon the stump.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11

though merely In a hazy way I am
not really acutely conscious Of this
noise until my attention Is directly
conferred upon it.
1T is this submerged consciousness,
this ability to note what is going on
without actually bringing the aware
ness to the direct scrutiny Of the
brain which is called the lower or sub
stratum Of consciousness.
This bright sphere Of conscious
ness is the part of the consciousness
which Is active for the moment. My
conscious consciousness il the part
at work while l have my mind fixed
upon one particular matter.
: Nov, in certain individuals there
may not be merely n single; con-
scious consciousness. There may be
two. There may be two Of the bright,
luminous spheres arising out Of the
substratum.
when such is the case, we have
what is called 4 multiple personality.
Only one Of these consciousnesses
is at work at the same time. The
one ordinarily active is the n rec
ognized as the personality Of the in
dividual in question; the other, rarely
coming to the front and swaying the
persons actions, may appear to be a
totally different person, having no
traits in common with the personality
which we are in the habit of associat-
ing with this particular body"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11
THE MULTIPLE PERSONALITY.

Every Man, Says Prof. Perry, Has
Two Forms Of Consciousness.
Cambridge Dispatch to New York
Worldly
Prof. Ralph B. Perry of the division
of philosophy at Harvard university,
is Of the opinion that every man has
two forms of consciousness, and says:
1.-THE lower being primitive, unciviliz-
ed, half submerged; while the other,
rising above it as a bright light out
of a fog, is dominating, comfortable,
intellectual. In certain individuals
there may be two Of these dominant
consciousnesses arising out Of the
same substratum Of conscious con-
sciousness. When such is the case,
the subject may be said to have a
double personality. This at least is
one explanation Of the phenomenon
Of multiple personality.
I'VE may say that the lower stratum
of consciousness is that portion Of the
brain which is at work without our
being fully aware of it.
ut is the part Of the consciousness
which tells US of certain things which
are going on about us, but which our
attention is not at the moment CEN
tered upon. For instance, / may in a
certain way be aware Of the noise
which comes in to me through the
window from across the street, al
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11
friends against what they were con-
WINGED was q very dull CITY.

friends against what they were con
WINGED was a very dull city.
This one saving incident occurred at
MONDAY, while one American wls
sitting with another American at a
little white-topped. table under an
awning in the Latin quarter. The cafe
where he sat is close to the Luxem-
bourg Gardens, and just around the
corner from the Sorbonne. It is. in
fact, q cafe somewhat famous in the
night life Of the city. But then, as al
ready stated, 1t was high noon. and
the sun shone bright on the clean
and empty street in front Of the little
row Of tables.
Suddenly; u American says, his
companion touched him on the arm.
well. I never" said she-it was she
did you see that little man kiss
that big girl there on the corne right
in the street," The startled male
American says he looked about wildly
and asked what girl and what corner.
and why shouldn't they? Then, fol-
lowing her eager gestures, he discov-
cred the guilty party about q block
away.
AlteT tAat pair came anOtner pair
another man in baggy trousers and
another girl with a shortish tight skirt
and large hat. The four Of them were
laughing and capering about like chill
dren and coming toward the cafe
their line Of march being along the
middle Of the street.
Just opposite the row of little ia
bles-deserted except for the two
Americans and an elderly Frenchman,
who might have been q professor
one Of the girls executed q high kick,
which shot her slipper some fifteen
feet in the general direction Of the
sky. There were shrieks of laughter.
One Of the young men in baggy trous-
ers caught the shoe as It fell upon
the tip Of his walking stick. and, bear
ing the substantial trophy aloft, began
to dance about the street and sing.
The girl meanwhile hoped about on
one foot and begged for the slipper.
AS the quartet vanished around the
next corner, still singing and laugh
ing gayly, the American girl, who had
been watching breathlessly the prog
ress of the harmless little comedy,
heaved a sigh and turned to her COM
panion.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11

but man must furnish the rope with
which to tie her.
Nov is the time to prepare for
next years crop. Let no farmer un-
derestimate, in this preparation, the
importance Of water. Without sufi1-
cient moisture. there can be no bac-
terial action to prepare the plant food
and also no medium by which this
plant food can be carried in solution
to the young plant. Fertility Is es-
sential, as a matter OF course. but
is useless without the necessary per-
centage of moisture in the soil. While
the moisture that falls cannot all be
saved for the crop. the fact remains
that much can be spared and still a
sufficient quantity conserved to sus-
tain the crop through the growing
season. AS only about seven inches
of water are required to mature a
fair sized crop, provided the crop gets
all of 1t, and as the average rainfall
Of the state averages more than twice
that quantity, it will readily be seen
that tillage for the purpose of con-
servation Of moisture will practically
insure a crop every year.
SOAA oAAOuAO OO 6A0"" va ~
orally and in much larger way. Win
ter rye is also a good crop as 1t
stands the winter we'll and natures
early enough to escape the hot, dry
PERIOD. Both corn and rye are ex-
cellent crops to rid the land Of weeds
which not only rob the soil Of mois-
ture and fertility but lower the grade
of all kinds Of grain. A clean farm
is, to q great extent, immune from
the effects Of drought. Deep and
early blowing with proper tillage at
time Of planting, and, in some in
stances, while the grain is growing,
also tends to conserve moisture. Judg-
ment of course must be used where
the land is inclined to blow. II the
proper amount Of tillage tends to
cause the land to blow, the remedy
must be sought in some other way.
Something then is wrong with the
land. Doubtless it has been farmed
too long, consecutively, to small
grain. In that case, seed it down to
grass for a couple Of years. There
always will be a large use for brains
on a we'll regulated farm.
more corn and more alfalfa, more
pigs and more poultry and more we'll
patronized creameries will solve the
problem of North Dakota prosperity.
The exclusive wheat farmer is out Of
place here. He always was, but the
surprising tendency of our soil to
stand abuse has permitted many to
endure for a long period and a few
to get rich. The future is not bright
for the farmer who detests cows, pigs
and up-to-date scientific farming"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11
A BIT OF REAL r
American Tourists Thought the Bou.
levards Like Coney Island.
(NeW York Times.)

(NeW f0fK T1meS.J
Americans who come to Paris ex-
pecting to see on every hand those
evidences Of the gayety Of the French
nation which they have somehow been
taught to expect, are not infrequently
frankly disappointed with what they
do see. There was a party Of such
Americans, engaged in gathering their
first Impressions Of the Gallo capital,
who were heard to declare that the IA
nous spectacle presented by the boul-
evards at night reminded them Of a
sort Of cross between Broadway and
Coney Island, with more Of Coney ISL
and than Broadway. But for one
harmless incident, in fact, these par
ticular Americans might have gone
home resolved to warn all their
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11
NEWS AND RELIABILITY.

Newspapers seldom indulge the
public with views behind the scenes.
The public often believes that GER
tain things should be done in the
public press that find no place there.
Hence, the public. or perchance, an
individual, feels that justice has not
been done. One of the common opin-
ions is that any one has, a a matter
Of right, the privilege Of expressing
any opinion he may have on any
question in the columns Of a news
paper. Yet a little reflection would
show that his right to utilize a news
papers business is no greater than
his right to utilize that of the mer-
chant or the banker. The publishing
of such opinions is a matter strictly
within the judgment Of the newspaper.
If it cares to do so, we'll, and good:
If not, it is the court Of last resort.
The news columns Of q newspaper
are strictly for news. Comment or
opinion has no place in them. In
any we'll governed newspaper Office,
the reporter who fails to distinguish
between news and comment has a
warm time. Commenting on this fea-
ture of newspaper work, the last is-
sue Of the Editor, a newspaper for
newspaper men, says In speaking of
the reporter. train yourself never
to have an opinion at all during work
ing hours" That means that the re-
porter must keep his opinions out Of
his news.
The time has passed when news
papers dip into every trivial question
that arises. The news columns fur
nish the reading public with the facts
in such cases and the public, so ia
speak, writes its own opinion. This
requires that news shall be uncolored.
and shall be a truthful statement OF
facts. If it is not, it is not news.
Despite what the public may think
the newspapers today are striving aft
er reliability in news. The truth
just as near as it is possible to find
it, is the requisite demanded Of news
gathers. So strong is this policy. tina,
the great news gathering agencies
spend large sums of money in correct
ing errors, however slight, If found
after a piece Of news has gone out
News and reliability are terms which
are SO related in the newspaper Office
that they convey the same meaning.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11
ABOLIsHING THE MIDDLEMAN.

Wnen b. r. Yoakum, chairman OF
the Frisco lines, argued that the trou-
BILE with the United States was not
the high cost Of living but the high
cost of selling he epitomized a condi-
ton on which much comment previ-
ously had been made without attract
ing the attention it deserved.
The average householder who COM
planned Of the high price of foodstuffs
did not pause t think that he him
self might be to blame. 1t had been
pointed out, from various sources,
that the difference between the cost
of living today and the cost ten or
fifteen years ago was represented by
the increased service, including the
telephone, the Theoretically sealed
packages, and the automobile delivery
wagon, that makes such a fine i'm
preston at the door.
Nh. Yoakum's way Of putting the
matter, epigrammatic and convincing,
had the great value Of bringing the
subject home, not so much to the
householders as to the original source
Of supply-the farmer. He pointed out
that while the price Of foodstuffs at
the city shops had increased. the pro-
fits to the farmers had not increased.
The high cost Of selling was taking
all the profits.
Were the farmers to sell direct to
the consumers, argued Mr.. Yoakum
both would receive benefit from the
close relationship and the elimina-
ton of the middleman. The plan was
tried in a somewhat sensational man
ner on the lawn in front Of the city
hall at Dies Moines. Now word comes
from New York that it is to be tried
on a much broader and much more
substantial plan by hfty farmers, who
say they are the advance guard o.
more than a million of their brothers
in New York and Pennsylvania.
Upon their arrival in New York, thu
fifty farmers announced that they hat
been authorized to put into effect /.
plan whereby the farmer is to sci
his produce direct to the city retailer
without the Intervention of the mid
dlemen. They expect to organize /.
masket or distributing station. wher'
the produce of thousands Of FARM
will go straight to the hands OF re
~tailers, at a reduction to the ultimate
consumer of at least forty per cen
from present prices.
Certainly the scheme sounds feast
BILE enough. There is no reason, eth
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11
CHANGED RAPIDLY
New Phase Of the Fargo Bonding
Proposition Has Arisen.

Fargo. N. D., Sept. 1.-THE bond
action involving the waterworks
pidity in the last few hours and is now
before the district court with NJ. A.
Hildreth appearing as intervenor. 1t
is claimed, by the i%ntervenor, that the
bonds in question are illegal. The
question arose on the action COM
menced by w. ]. Price against the
city, and came. to a head when City
Treasurer Mitchell refused to sign the
city bonds.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11

AS usually treated. a sprained an
kle will disable a a for three or
four weeks, but by applying Cham
b~erlain's Liniment freely as soon as
the injury is received and observing
the directions with each bottle, q
cure can be effected in from two to
four days. For sale by all dealers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11

president will present his side Of the
case on his western trip and his ut
terances should receive honest and
candid consideration.