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The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
SINGING RED HOT RIvETS
Daily Show In skyserAper That 10 ee.
Ing Erected Attracts Crowds In
New York.

~ the northwest corner ~ Broad.
way and Reads street. New York. they
nrr erecting n new skyscraper. The
ironworkers who are putting up the
steel framework give free show
ever! day 20 people ON broadway by
singing red hot r.ycts.
The rivets are rcd hot when the
singers throw them and they can
easily be followed by the eye. even
though the ironworkers are WORKING
five or Xix stories IN the air. The men
who tend the furnace and heat the
rivets have to kc,p moving lively 10
keep the riyeters supplied with riyets.
As soon as a riy.t In red hot one Of
the furnace tenders removes Il with n
pair Of long handled tongs. With a
quick underhand sling he sends II
flying through the air to another iron.
worker 20 or 30 feet away. who
catches II In u small keg. Then the
receiver takes the rivet out with a
pair Of longs and passes II over to the
ironworkcr. who hammers Il into
place with the cOmrressed air riveter.
From constant practise the men who
sling the riyets are able to throw them
from any position or to any reasonable
distance or height without missing.
They cannot AFFORD TO miss or the red
hot riyets might drop down on some.
body's head, II requires skin to sling
the rivets. The man on the receiving
end must be quick too II he wants to
catch the rivets and he must have
his nerve with him all the time. for
usually he is sitting astride a steel
beam perhaps 100 feet above the
ground.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
Come National Anthems.

The Portuguese will have to seek a
new national anthem, for the one
hitherto In use In by no means suited
to "A republic. II was composed by an
emperor, Dom Pedro OF Brazil. and,
like the British anthem. Is an invoca'
ton on behalf OF the sovereign. Pos.
sibly the new anthem will be shorter
than the old one. which drags some
what toward the end. The length of
most national anthems is In inverse
ratio to the size Of their proprietary
countries. There are only 10 bars in
the Russian anthem, and 2S In "Hail
Columbia" But In the Siamese an
them there are rs bars, and the in
habitants Of San Marine require 81
bars to express their patriotic fer
vor.-London Chronicle.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
LUMETER A NEW INSTRUMENT
Device Made BY British Opticians to
Measure the Surface Brightness Of
Illuminated Objects.

Tn. "lumctct" Is nm instrument de
signed ~ T. :. Dow and V. u. Mackin.
n,y. British op,iciyus, To measure the
surface ~ hrighin ~ Of illuminated
objects, and II gives u simple means
~ studying the dist ibution OF lighting
The illuminated obj,ct under test Is
viewed through an aperture In an u.
Eliminated screen. which II kept NJ uni.
form brightness by u suiiably.plac'd
small glow lamp. The relative bril-
liancy OF the observed surface and the
screen can he adjusted until they ap.
pear equal. and II graduated scale then
Indicates the surface brightness Of the
standard illuminate screen. Trials oi
N. instrument In classrOoms. work.
rooms. etc. have shown surprising va.
rlations In the lighting OF Interiors,
In a technical college Classroom 20 by
20 feet IN size. With large windows on
h" street side, the illumination Of the
prsi. lighted desk ~ five o'clock ON u
september day We ten ioot.candles.
while that of the poorest seat was only
&C foot.candlc. and the illumination Of
the blackboard Va led from FIVE foot.
candles. at one end To 0.5 at the other.
In one of l.ondon's underground tubes
the horizontal illun nation was IL to
l.3 footcandlcs with the train at rest.
falling TO az 10 90 foot'cand!es on en-.
tering the tunnel.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
OIL MAY REPLACE COAL
Owner. Of steel .u. Az Planning
On Experiment y th New Process
o. n atlns.

biologists and ther experts differ
as to the period that must elapse be.
fore the coal felds now actively min.
ing will show signs of exhaustion.
Vast areas Of coal deposits exist In
Alaska. China and elsewhere which
remain untouched, but approximately
400 years Ia the lowest calculation Of
the time required to consume the coal
deposits Of America and England at
the present rate Of consumption.
In the meantime vast changes in the
production Of power for manufactur.
ing purposes are certain to take place.
Streams In all parts OF the world will
be utilized for generating electricity.
Problems relating to the transmission
II the current over long distances with
n minimum leakage are engaging the
attention Of electrical engineers. A
solution will surely be- forthcoming.
a century hence the smoke nuisance
In cities may not be understood, for
he simple reason that all power used
In factories and heat Tor domestic pur.
poses are likely to he supplied by wa.
tergenera,ed electricity. The produc.
ton OF coal has already become &c
expensive that experiments IN the ~
" oil as fuel IN steamships and war
vessels have made considerable pros
'css. Relative success appears TO have
attended these tiiaig.
No more interesting experiment with
vii fuel has been made. however. tina
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
Those Dangerous hatpins.

One of the many objections to the
big hats which the women are wear
Ing nowadays IN that they need to be
secured by pins Of proportionate mag
nitude, and that the points Of these
pins protrude in a manner which rem
ders them menace To all who come
within their reach. No one can ride
IN a crowded car without mourning
the risk OF being jabbed by one = of
these fofa,m6bft Weapons, aud 1t
really is time that the public were
protected from this by no means
negligible danger by the adoption and
enforcement of legislation appropriate
70 the need
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
SOME DANGERS OF ARSENIC
Drug Ussd BY Thousands Of Women to
Disaeh Their Skin 10 On Ae-
cumulative Poison.

You no doubt have observed the lily
white complexion OF some women
These women are sacrificing years OF
their lives for that beautiful skin by
the use Of arsenic" said ID. V. Duvall
chemist Of Manchester. England.
IT is a well known fact that thou
sands Of women In all countries Of the
world use the poison In small quaint
ties to bleach their skin. II is an ef
fective means of whitening and clear.
Ing the complexion. but the complexion
given by It's use has no permanency
unless the absorption Of the drug be
continued.
Arsenic, as science has long told us
In an accumulative poison. when one
takes II either by prescription for the
upbuilding Of an appetite or for the
bleaching Of the skin he does not feel
any III effects for several years. The
effect Of the drug IL bracing and makes
a person feel like eating. II also aids
the digestion. The average user Of the
poison takes II In such small quantities
that he does not realize how much OF
II will accumulate In his system in
che course Of four or Ave years.
Being an accunulative poison Il
often takes that length Of time TO see
the results Of the drug. Then the user
may complain Of no being able TO con.
troll his fingers or toes. Subsequently
he loses control Of his hands and arms.
Arsenical poisoning liz the result.
Five years ago In Manchester there
was an epidemic OF paralysis. Several
thousands Of persons were stricken.
Several hundred died and the medical
profession Of England made n thorough
investigation Of the malady and traced
II TO beer The investigators discov.
cred that the brewers were using glu.
cose In the brewing Of their product.
which was found TO contain a small
quantity Of arsenic. This drug. i'm.
bibed In small quantities in beer. had
gradually accumulated In the bodies
OF thousands OF persons. had impover.
ished their blood and left q great per.
centage Of them helpless. washing
ton Post.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
Tobacco and Theology.

II was Frenchman who discovered
a vitala connection between English
tobacco and English theology. NJ. sMts'
son Visited ,hese'1sh0res. Stingr The
closing years Of the sewAntSAnth Gen.
fury, aud In 1897 he wrote book en-
titled memoirs OF Travels Over Eng.
land" Everywhere he went he found
men and women smoking. II was this.
he asserted. that made "the generality
Of Englishmen so taciturn. so thought.
full, aud so melancholy. Smoking
makes men profound theologists, for
no men in the world will smoke a.pipe
better than an English clergyman, and
all the world knows that the English
theology Is the most profound theology
Of ali."-I.ondon Chronicle. ''''
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
Rats Dislike Petrol.

Rats appear to have q strong objec
ton to petrol. Not long ago a visitor
exploring the London sewers was told
by bis guide a. they walked under
Long Acre and Soho that the sewers IN
this neighborhood are almost entirely
Tree from rats. This immunity has
been noticed only since the develop
neut OF the motor car industry and the
establishment Of its headquarters In
shaftsbpry avenue and Long Acre. A
large quantity Of petrol thus fnds III
way down the drains. and this. In the
opinion Of the sewer men. eifectually
keeps the rats away.-Londop Chroni
Gle.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
A Novel for Tsnnyson.

Tennyson would have secuted the
dea Of limit Of 10000 words for
,ovels. william Allingham notes In
lis diary on August 20, 1880, when on
. visit to Farringford. "Tennyson IL q
constant novel reader. and says.
What ] dislike 10 beginning a new
,ovel. ! should like to have novel
70 read In q million volumes, 70 last
ne my life.' London Chronicle.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
The Moderated Phrase.

"Yon do not! seem much impressed
by fervem oratory.'
Nope" replied Farmer Corntossel.
did YOU ever notice a poll parrots
vocabulary"
what has that TO do with III"
'The words a poll parrot picks up
show that it's human nature to fro
quently be most emphatic when you're
sayin the wrong thing"
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
Made OF Goloshes.

In a local restaurant the other day
q clerk. when ordering his lunch
made up his mind to try dish OF
Hungarian golash perika. He ate
part OF the stew In silence. then he
observed to the man who sat on the
stool next to him: odd dish. this
gOl0sh,"
3" YES" replied the other, what ID
II made out of"
II don't know exactly" was the
reply, but judging from the name
and the taste. it's principally old over
shoes"
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
individuality In Musicians.

The musical performer has two
fold duty to the music; he must sup
plement and must not contradict.
Supplement because no composer can
indicate on paper more than the mere
shell OF the music. but, also. never
imagine anything that the composer
might have indicated, but did not.
Might not this train Of thought be
perhaps carried further? 1t seems
arguable that It applies not only to
rhythmical problems. but to the
whole neld Of musical Interpretation,
London Times.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
The RiQht Spirit.

"A painter" said Robert Henri. In
one Of his luminous addresses In New
York on art should have something
Of Constable's feeling.
81 hear you sell all your pictures? p
said Constable TO younger artist.
why. yes was the reply. I'm
pretty fortunate that way. Don't you
sell all yours?'
NO said Constable. I don't sell
any OF them, and III tell you why.
When paint a bad picture. don't like
to part with It, and when paint Q
good one, like to keep IT,"
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
Merely an Exception.

A man In Massachusetts,. aged nifty.
two, has been sent to the workhouse
because q woman, aged seventy, com.
planned that he kissed her. And yet
BENJAMIN Franklin said that old WON
On were 30 grateful for little atten-
hons.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
Very Much So.

Don't you think the old stories Of
wife killers 40 far from being hor.
rible, are really III their illusions.
highly amusing?" irr
eyes, indeed, particularly the one
where the man Just tickled bis wife
= DEATH"
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
No Tragedy sittlne Down.

The queen OF Prussia received mo
on the tragic note. At last to shift the
ground ! asked her to sit down. There
is nothing that cuts into u tragic scene
better, for when people are seated Il
becomes q comedy Napoleon Quoted
from the "CorsicaH').
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
siIssful ianerahes.

"Were you nervous when you pro-
posed to your Wife," asked the senti.
mental person. b, @',,us
NO" replied Mr.. Meekton; hut III
could have foreseen the next ten
years would have been"
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10

Not Always. -
ARTISTS are generally tempera.
mental"
yet know one who 10 u cold and
calm az Q clam ~ ~
Il know another Of that typo. too.
rot he IL always making scenes"
"How 10 thatr
HE paints 'em for theaters."
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10

The Mede.
"Aah lady frsn', jsv bone cut me At
De ball. sab" ~
That's too bad. Sam. Did she CUT
yuu with acerbityf"
mo. sah. She done cut me with .
Raaah. sah."
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
Out 81 Date.

:" ,"Hopeiessly out of style. you say,"
why. l saw her yesterday In .
gown that was week old. as sure -
I'm alive"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01

gan ueepIy TO WISH tnat mis- hopes had
never been aroused. Far better never
to have risen to the heights of ex-
pectancy at all than on attaining them
to be thus rudely cast from them.
But Valentine had not realized how
slowly move the executive wheels Of
the government of a great and busy
accountability for his official actions,
and in the important matter Of the
pardon of a man convicted to state
prison for a felony haste is entirely
out of the question. And it was one
day when Jimmy Valentine had lost
every vestige of confidence in Rose
Lane and her uncle and in the lawyer
whom he had retained that hurried
footsteps resounded down the cell cor
ridor. A paper, glorious paper bear
ing the seal of the Empire State. was
flashed before his eyes.
you are pardoned" came the well
come announcement 1.-THE governor
has released your
In one Of the parlors of the Ten
Eyck hotel. In Albany, within two
short blocks of the capitol. Mrs. Web
ster and Mrs. Moore sat patiently
waiting.
"You don't suppose Mr.. Valentine
would feel uncomfortable in coming
to meet our party in nice respecta-
BILE place like this. do your? asked
prim little Mrs. Moore of her cowork-
err in the Gate of Hope society.
"No," was the positive response.
'That young man wouldn't feel I'M
comfortable or embarrassed any
where In the world This is the first
victory for the Gate of Hope, Mrs.
Moore. and I trust your report will be
such as to encourage others to join
u.s."
'It will be exact. Mrs. Webster. of
that you may rest assured. By the
way. do you not think we should have
had few reporters here to give pub
lie notice of our first triumph"
"Your report. my dear-we will send
that to all papers," and Mrs. Webster
smiled proudly as she spoke.
A messenger boy came In with a
note from Valentine. who had come to
Albany to thank the governor for his
release and to meet the people who
had worked to secure him his pardon
The note. written from the governors
executive chamber. notified the ladies
that he would be with them in fifteen
minutes.
Rose Lane and her father. william
Lane, an Illinois banker. came into the
parlor and greeted the two ladies, whs
Informed the newcomers that Mr.
Valentine would shortly arrive. De
clining the invitation Of Mrs. Moore
and Mrs. Webster to join In light re
freshments In the tea room on the mez
canine door. Rose and her father re
NAMED in the parlor. while the TIVE
ladies' departed.
Rose had not seen her father 70
months. and on his arrival In the cas-
she persuaded him to accompany he
TO Albany to assure the governor tina
II he pardoned Valentine he wouls
guarantee him good bnsiness Dosi
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01

in search of any kind Of work that
strong hands and arms could perform.
So there should be tempered judg-
ment shown, say |, in dwelling on
the present fate of Jimmy Valentine
when it is considered that he was the
ambitious lad who left the crumpled
note lying on the floor in his bedroom
and set out to fight the world single
handed.
That Jimmy should have lost in his
first grapple with life should afford
no reasonable person ground for re-
proach. Those of us who have not
lost as yet quite humanity perhaps in
cline toward comparisons which favor
our own acknowledged virtues. but
at the same time the environment of
our fellow beings at critical periods in
their lives should always be remem-
bered when the final estimate is made.
1t is human to have human emotions.
1t is human to have inhuman ideas
concerning some of our fellow men at
various times: but. after all, why not
adopt the optimistic philosophy of JIM
my Valentine himself? For was it
not he who at the time "Frisco Eddie"
bungled the inside job" of a safe
looting expedition in Omaha sought to
soothe the latter's feelings by saying
alphabetically
Nobody Is a failure until he admits
| 1t himself. You will never admit
you're failure, Eddie. so cheer up.
You, therefore. can never be one."
Consequently Jimmy Valentine must
be given a chance. His doctrine is the
doctrine of hope. Give him chance
to apply 1t to himself and await un-
condemningly and dispassionately the
result.
If he succeeds in making a man OF
himself, man such as his Creator in
tended him to be, who is there TO say
that his past has anything in it to
concern a critical world? Or who Is
there to deny to Jimmy Valentine his
birthright If he should miraculously
redeem 1t?
But should he fail In the great test
well. perhaps no word should just
now be sent regarding him to the old
home in the little town. to the father
and the mother who would not under
| stand.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01

The further fact that this hoy rs.
pired 10 be mining engineer made
no difference TO this father or 10 this
mother IL had already been decided
for him that he must study for the
ministry.
Three years passed The lad was In
college. The study of theology did
not suit his temperament or his de-
sires. lie wanted. above all things.
TO 20 out into the world Of action. 10
battle with the might of the strong
man he was becoming against big
tangible odds: out I'm the open air un-
der the open heavens. down in the
bowels Of the earth or wherever there
were mines to be dug and equipped
and operated lie wanted to study
the problems that faced the men who
decoyed the glistening ores from Sc
cretive Mother Earth. and he thrilled
with the idea that he could succeed
In this profession.
He sat I'm his room in the college
dOrmitOrY one ------ -----.- morning
and wrote his father. that he could
not continue his study for the minis
try; that he wanted above a.. other
things in life 10 enter the school of
mines at the university.
He waited FIVE days The answer
came The same night there were a
vacant room and a vacant bed in the
dormitory. Next morning came a
search. Under a table was found
crumpled note that the tears of the
lad had bnrred as he read. The letter
was taken to the president Of the col
lege. When this gray haired gentle
man adjusted his spectaces he pressed
the paper fat on his desk and read:
"If you do not continue your course
in theology | will cease to pay your
bills at college. Should you discon-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01

tinue them you must return home.
where | will secure you a position as
bookkeeper at your uncle's store"
Signed to this eloquent, brief epistlc
was the name of the young mans IA
ther.
Several years have passed since that
crumpled letter was picked up from
the floor of the college students room.
Several years have passed since an
aged couple. soon to exc out their
need of existence in a small country
town, have heard news from the son
who would not become minister.
Several years have passed since a
young college student appeared penni-
less and discouraged in middle west
ern city and vainly walked the streets
for davs snbsisting as best he might.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01
CHAPTER vi.

THE weeks dragged slowly on
for Jimmy Valentine after the
momentous day when Rose
Lane and Lieutenant Governor
Fay visited the prison-weeks Of won
der weeks OF hope. weeks Of despair.
He concluded that the girl had for
gotten him; that her interest In him
had been but the evanescent manifes-
sation OF a fieeting impulse. Probably
"Izzy" Snedden was right after all.
Izzy, doing a bit of four for bur-
glary. seemed to know great deal
about women. and he had assured
Valentine that "a girl don't know
what 1t means to keep her word. not
that she don't mean TO. but she just
materially talks so much that she
can't remember half what she says. "
The lieutenant governor. too. had
apparently forgotten about the ex-
istenee OF No. 1883, and Valentine be-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01

bladder remedy, be-
cause of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root ful6lls almost
every wish in over
coming rheumatism,
pain in the back, kid
neys, liver, bladder
and every part of the
urinary passage. 1t
COrreCts inability To
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01

Natick, Mass.,-"I cannot express what
went through during the Change of Life before
Ii tried Lydia f.. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
mound. i was i'm such a nervous condition
could not keep still. My limbs were cold.
had creepy sensations and could not sleep
nights. 1 was finally told by two physicians
that had a tumOr.
CT read one day of the wonderful cures made
|by Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and decided to try it, and it has made me a well
woman. My neighbors and friends declare 1t
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01
ANOTHER SIMILAR CASE.

ANOTHER SIMILAR CASE.
Cornwallville, N. Y.-"I have been taking
lydia r.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
some time for Change of Life, nervousness, and
a fibrOid growth.
"Two doctors advised me to go to the
hospital but one day while was away visiting,
1 met woman who told me to take Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. did SO and
know it helped me wonderfully. am very
thankful that 1 was told to try Lydia e.
Pinlham's Vegetable Compound" w
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Mm&MMuu&
Mm4AmaS#
Bv lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comp

The Change of Life is the most critical period of
womans existence, and neglect of health at this time
invites disease.
Women everywhere should remember that there is no
other remedy known medicine that will successfully
carry women through this trying period as Lydia f.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound made from native roots
and herbs. Here is proof:
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back2

Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everyone knows of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01

Binghamton, NY. The regular ffty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
all druggists. Don't make amy mistake
but remember the name, Swamp Root,
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and The adj
dIsss, Bipshamtop, n. X. on ST. 3 bottle.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01

r.
Compound worth its weight in gold for women during this
life. If it will help others publish this
Creation 81 No. Main St. Natick Mass
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01

on death near the county line road
bridge and the fact that the lad we
are considering could swim very well
made no difference to the father as
well as TO the mother. The son must
keep away from the water. That was
Anal.
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find outfit you have kid
ney or bladder trouble.
When writingmention
reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address to
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-01

If the best Is not too good for You
Lewisport Best -four is the flour you
ought to use.