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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30

Never In Order. or Intended to BE, but
the Manager Could Hardly Do E
Business Without H.

An indignant woman threw open the
door and rushed into the Office Of the
manager OF a furniture house that
sells most Of its goods on the install
ment plan.
She complained bitterly that she
had selected a dresser a day or two
before and that when II was delivered
she found II to be defective: In several
places the wood had been seriously
married and vanished over. Apparent.
ly II had been sold before and taken
back after several months use because
the original purchaser could not pay
for II.
The manager listened patiently; he
expressed his regret and said that he
would adjust the matter at once to
her entire satisfaction. Asking her
to excuse him a moment, he reached
for telephone on his desk. Then the
wrathful woman heard a one sided
conversation like this:
Give me Mr. Jones' This is the
manager. Mrs. So-and-So is here;
she says that a dresser you sent her
day before yesterday is second hand.
/ have told you before that you must
never send out any such stun as that
even IL you haven't perfect piece In
stock. No, l don't care to hear your
excuses; turn over your desk to Mr..
Smith. go to the cashier and get your
time; you're discharged and that
ends IT,"
The manager slammed the receiver
back on its hook with a bang. Then
he turned to the wrathful woman and
said: 8! go IA ,a--il al
Thank you, madam, for bringing
this matter to our attention.; if you
will keep that dresser a day or two
will have it replaced out of the next
shipment from the factory. l rather
hate to discharge Jones because he
has a wife and large family, but we
can't stand for anything like this"
The woman's indignation turned to
pity. She said that possibly she had
been a little hasty, and perhaps the
piece Of furniture was not second hand
after all; she ended by saying she
would rather keep It than have the
man lose his place
The manager thanked her and said
that under the circumstances he might
the matter The woman
departed in good humor. Then the
manager smiled as he looked at his
which never had been in
order and never would be. 1t is a
phony phone, but he needs it in his
business. (
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30
WheeIbarrow In China.

Though China has now over 5000
miles Of railroad, says a writer in the
Wide World Magazine. the trans
portation facilities in many parts OF
the country are quite as primitive as
they were 1000 years ago. The wheel
barrow with a sail rugged up to help
II along is the commonest convey
ance, and now and then, on the wind
swept plains Of the north, the trav-
eler may chance upon such a string
of these odd craft" under sail. The
wind must be well "abaft the beam"
10 be Of much use; but when 1t is
blowing strongly from dead astern"
the creaking barrows. with scant ef-
fort on the part Of their "helmsmen,"
are often driven along at a speed Of
ak or seven miles an hour.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30

plications lnI'tho last seven months
and that Il has taken an extra force
OF clerks. wording double shift. tc
complete the adjudication OF about
100000 OF these applications.
Prom May II to the end Of June
said the commissioner. "46S.000 ap
plicatlons were received Each case
had to be fully Investigated and the
Qualification Of tho claim confirmed
u has been a tremendous task. and
the fact that We have adjudlcated
more than 100000 claims in the last
seven months Is a high tribute to the
C c.-ncy Of cur Office force
"A number Of complaints have been
received from veterans who have
learned that some OF their friends
who filed applications on the same
day they did have already received
notification Of the adjudication Of
their claims.
These complainants cannot under
stand why an application filed on the
same day should be adjudicated sew
eral weeks before theirs. This is ex-
planned by the fact that In one day
we have received as many as $4,000
Naturally several weeks
must pass before the last of those
$1,000 claims have been attended to-"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30
Curious Duel.

An apothecary having refused to
give up his seat in a theater to an
officers lady, the officer felt himself
insulted, and sent him a challenge.
The apothecary presented himself at
the place of meeting at the appointed
time. He said, however, that he was
not accustomed to the use OF fire
arms. but he would propose another
way OF settling the dispute. He then
drew from his pocket pill box, took
from it two pills, and thus addressed
his antagonist: CAS- a man Of honor.
you would surely wish to fight me
only on equal terms. Here are two
pills, one composed Of the most dead
ly poison, and the other perfectly
harmless. We are on equal ground
II we each swallow one. You shall
take your choice, and l promise
faithfully to take the one you leave"
The officer laughed heartily at the
strange proposal, and, shaking hands,
they parted good friends.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30
Vacations Of the Presldents.

OF the twenty-seven presidents OF
the United States, fourteen were law
yers in their early days, and nineteen
had become lawyers before their cleo
ton. Seventeen, including the pres
ent incumbent, were college men. The
others occupied stations that offered
equal opportunities for a return to
their vocations. In the present gen.
Grafton seven presidents have been
lawyers. OF these, four-Hayes. Ar
thur. Cleveland and Benjamin Harri-
son-returned to the practice of law.
Mr.. Cleveland, however. soon with
drew from his profession and became
active in other directions, notably. in
with Princeton university.
OF the four mentioned, Mr.. Harrison
gave closest attention to professional
work.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30
Carnival Called off
for Wilson LnauQuraI.

Washington will have no inaugura
ton week carnival. This was decided
at a conference between Chairman w
c. Eustis of the inaugural committee
and Chairman Isaac Cans Of the
Chamber OF Commerce carnival com
mittec.
Mr. Eustis said that plans for an
elaborate carnival made by the Cham
Der of Commerce would be impractical
bic, because of the lateness of the
season, and also because it might mar
the glory Of the Inauguration cere-
mony itself
W. H. Santelmann, leader of the
Marine band, said he will play any
thing the dancers want at the in
augural ball So far as he is con-
cerned. the statesmen and other
guests at the party can dance the
turkey trot, the bunny hug, the Texas
Tommy, the angleworm wiggle, the
grubworm shuttle, the horse trot. the
alligator amble, the merry widow
waltz, the Partisan glide, the camel
slide, the wallaby hop. the hartbeest's
cavort or the blind staggers. On his
list of raggy songs to be played at
the ball are Steamboat Bill" Wait
ing for the Robert f. Lee" ION the
and "Everybody's Doin'
It," and he is trying to think Of
others.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30
In Vindication of
the Weather Bureau.

Concentrating at the weather bu-
reau Offices. the spot in Washington
where the signs of the skies" of con-
tinents are read, one finds the old
horoscope instinct very much alive.
The weather department is becom-
ing more important, not so much be-
cause of infallible weather predic-
tons as for it's records of general
averages on which probabilities may
be based. Willis p. Moore of the
weather bureau has "weathered"
many a storm of disapproval, when
predictions went awry, but he remains
a weather scientist in every sense of
the word. The Supreme court of New
York has lately rendered a decision,
which determined the responsibility
of the individual under certain ad-
verse weather conditions, which is
looked upon as triumph for weather
bureau records. An Italian banker was
sued for five hundred dollars dam
ages, owing TO icy approaches to his
premises. The records of the wealth
er bureau showed that rain and sleet
had fallen for two days before the &C
cident and that the temperature was
low enough to cause the mixture to
CONCEAL; consequently. on the day of
the accident 1t was proven by the rec
ords OF the weather bureau that icy
sidewalks would have been unavoid-
able. The weather affects nearly every
phase Of human effort, and the evil
dence OF interested witnesses falls be
fore the immutable records OF the
weather bureau. The gigantic activi-
ties Of a great nation are often de-.
pendent in the last analysis on phe-
nomena. measured by simple mathe-
matical calculations and matters OF
routine record OF the weather. 30 that
the tme-honored tradition placing
conversation about the weather only
subordinate to courteous salutatiOo IA
fully indicated ~ modern science.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30
D|V|N|NG ROD IS NIL
U. S. Geological Survey Pro.
nounces II Deceptive.
Unconscious Work Of wuI Say Ex
perts; Also That Rod May Be
Worked by Operators Who
Know Ground signs.

Washington.-Local experts who use
the divining rod for the purpose OF
locating assure veins, water courses
etc. will doubtless take issue with the
report of the United States Geological
Survey on the subject. The biologists
claim that there is nothing in the con-
tention that underground water can
be located with the divining rod, ex-
cept where II is obvious to any one
conversant with the subject that they
could as readily locate the presence
Of water without the use of the divin-
ing rod as with 1t.
The question is one that has been
studied and commented on for many
years. The divining rod men contend
that they can do what they claim and
that the rod moves downward over a
water course despite any effort on
their part to restrain It. On the 9TH
er hand the geological experts main
tain that such is not the case, but that
the rod is consciously or unconsciously
manipulated by the holder OF the rod.
The report Of the government experts
Is as follows:
The United States Geological Sur
vey states in water supply paper 255,
entitled Underground Waters for
Farm Use," just reissued, that no APP
pliance, either mechanical or electric,
has yet been devised that will detect
water in places where plain common
sense and close observation will not
show its presence Just as we'll Nu-
merous mechanical devices have been
proposed for detecting the presence Of
underground water, ranging in COM
plexity from the simple forked branch
of witch hazel or other tree to more
or less elaborate mechanical or cleo
trio contrivances. Many of the oper-
ators of these devices, especially those
who use the home-cut forked branch,
are entirely honest in the belief that
the working of the rod Is Influenced
by enthusiastically regarded as elec-
trio currents following underground
streams of water-that are entirely
of their own bodies and
many people have implicit faith in
heir own and others ability to locate
water in this way.
In experiments with a rod made
from a forked branch 1t seemed to
turn downward at certain points in
dependent Of the operators will. but
more complete tests showed that this
down turning resulted from slight and, |
until watched for, unconscious muscu-
ar action, the effects of which were |
through the arms and
wrists to the rod. No movement of |
he rod from causes outside Of the
body could be detected, and IL soon |
became obvious that the view held by
,ther men Of science is correct-that
he operation Of the "divining rod" is
due to unconscious move
nents Of the body or OF the muscles
# the ahnd. The experiments made
how that these movements occur
most frequently at places where the
porator's experience has led him to
'elieve that water may be found.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30
How's This ?

We ofer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
+. J. CHENEY a CO.. Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known F. j.
cheney Tor the last IS years. and believe
transactions and financially able 10 carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo. o.
Halls catarrh Cure Is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cOus surfaces OF the system. Testimonials
'ent free. Price rs cents per bottle. Sold
y all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills fOr constipation
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30
Historic.

A newly rich woman. who was anx-
ious to make favorable impression
IN her neighborhood. decided 10 show
her collection OF antiques TO the
bishop when he called. The time
came. and one by one she displayed
the whole collection. giving him the
history OF each piece. There" she
said. pointing impressively TO an old
yellow teapot. that teapot was used
In the Boston Tea Party"
body's.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30

Cheaper Coal.
Fewer divorces.
The White Way.
ODen-air concerts.
The Federal Court
Cleaner back Yards.
Lower insurance rates.
A big revival Of religion.
Backing ~ the b M. A.
An Ole sime county fair.
Painting the court house.
An increase Of population.
A handsome library building.
A new /. c. passenger station.
Less politics and more business.
A ball team that can play ball.
Less kicking and more pulling
All the tobacco sold here poss'-
BILE.
That S75. 900 post office build
ing.
Every body to boOst Hopkins
vile.
At least a traction line TO the
Western Hospital.
Slower driving at Ninth and
Main.
Better gas and better street
lights.
That big office building near
the /. c. depot.
Virginia and Peace Parks b eau
titled.
An extension of the turnpike
system
Advertising the town ty the
merchants.
A share Of that 100000 to
be spent by the |. c railroad
in putting down a new track
leading cut Of the city.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-30
$4,000 Apply for
$1-a-Day Pensions.

In answer TO the complaints OF de-
lay that have been pouring In from
applicants for pensions under the so
called -dollAr-a-day'' act Of May IL
last. James l. Davenport. Commits
sioner OF Pensions. the other day ex-
planned that the pension Office has
been swamDed with nearly 100000 ap
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Augusta Must Use
Savannah River or
Lose Appropriation

AUGUSTA, Sept. l6.-Chairman T.
:. Gray. Of the Savannah River Traf-
fic Committee, and fifty Augusta bust
ness men are visiting the wholesale
merchants, cotton exporters and cot
ton mill men for the purpose Of get
ting 100000 tons of freight guaran-
teed each year for the next two years
for the Savannah River.
BY virtue OF her position, being on
a navigable river, Augusta has bet
ter freight rates than has Atlanta,
Macon, Columbia or any other inte-
rior city in this section. However, the
people have not supported the river
steamers as they should have, and
Colonel D. c. Kingman. of the United
States Corps Of Engineers in charge
Of the Savannah River has stated
that this city must get busy at once
or lose the appropriations which The
Government makes annually to keer
the channel open.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
WINNER IN
FIRST FIGHT IN
j. 8. COURT
Execution of Writ of Habeas Cor
pus Suspended Until After Ex-
tradition Hearing Is Held,

LdTTLETON, y. H., Sept. 16-
Harry X. Thaw was arraigned to-day
in United States Court for the first
time in his long, turbulent fight for
freedom and won partial victory
Judge AldriCh suspended execution
of the writ of habeas corpus and in
strVcted counsel for both sides that
arguments might be heard later or
that fresh applications could be made
subsequently,.
This action was taken because
Thaw's eXtradition hearing before
Governor F'elker has not yet taken
place, being postponed until next
Tuesday.
The court ordered Thaw committed
to the custody of United States Mar
shall Mute and Sheriff Drew Thaw
will be taken TO Woodsvilie
Judge AldriCh left it to the attor-
news to fix a date and inform the
court when they are prepared to pre-
sent arguments on the continuance
or disContinuanCe of the writ granted
Saturday. Thaw. was taken to the
Thayer Hotel from the courtroom and
on the way was CheeTed by hundreds
Of women. men and girls.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
INDIGESTION, GAS
OR BAD STOMACH
Time 1t! Pape's Diapepsin
Ends All Stomach Misery
in Five Minutes.

DO some foods YOU eat hit back
taste good, but work badly; fer
ment into stubborn Jumps and
cause a sick, sour. gassy stomach?
Now, Mr.. or Mrs DyspeptiC, jot
this down: Pape'S Diapepsin di-
gests everything, leaving nothing
TO sour and unset you. There
never was anything so safely
quick. so certainly effective. No
difference how badly your stom-
ach IS dtsordered you will get
happy relief in five minutes. but
what pleases you most is that il
strengthens and regulates your
stomach 80 you can eat your IA
vorite foods without fear
Most remedies give you Telief
sometimes-they are slow, but not
sure. "Papes Diapepsin" is quick.
positive and puts your stomach in
healthy condition so the misery
won't come back.
You feel different as soon as
, "Pape's Diapepsin" comes in con-
tact with the mach-distresS
just vanishes-your stomach gets
sweet. no gases. no belChing. no
eruCtations Of und gested food,
your head clears and you feel fine
Go now. make the best invest
ment you ever made. by getting \
large fifty-Ceut ease of PaDe'S
DiapepSin firm any drug store. You
realize in five minutes how need
less it is to suffer from indiges-
ton, dyspepsia or any stomach
disorder.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

criticised su,. u,rI, as tina, and re-
,..,r.,r., -, -..s,.,.,.., ,.,... f;r,,. g., ,r
MOI VIII continue 10 'FIt'r!se H. ana
care very h'le LOT your E"ou ppln-
IONS al al,F rate. Ny suggestions 10
you Noula De ihal YOU lay out an
uflslha. Nm" u" discuss ana not at
tempt To- ape other sensationalIsiS II
IS nara J." ma Eihe what Atlanta mas
uoH' lhal On" Shohld he el'fnHI'N
cur sea WIN Su'A characters ana SEN
sdtionaHeiS' she certainly has had /"
auIIt'' OF i.IS character OF people.
Sympathizes with Detectives
Gu seem 10 taNe special privilege
40 l't'ing the world know that YOU
are an c&~uttt'lINe. nave often
h'dId pf fA-R1mpl"rs ana "N-dIuuN-
ards ana eN-b1noits generally GIVING
ny their vocation and going 10 preach
ing presume if"n the way Won
pay IN" eN-ueiertlNe that YOU rIa~7
\oui+"It with them. Inc only ones
VINO nave my sympathy IN mat mat
ter are the detectives mat YOU nave
IA me past associated with.
ON the same page or The paper
maj contained your pTeluo" OF ~en-a-
tl"n was an act or Two olher preach
"fr, one Tor kliIluE q girl ana one
NhcTe pastor ana ms flock spent tine
( gay In jail II would appear from
that That some Of YOU preachers, sup
posed {" be, would do well TO take
car" oL your """ Spooning affairs.
'Ii IS guile amusing That in your
urade YOU should TAX" the newspa-
pers 10 task for sensational pubii"S-
lions. DID 1t not occur to YOU at that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
WARM WEATHER
PREDICTED FOR
WEDNESDAY,
Plenty More in Store, Says Fore
caster vonHerrmann-SCoffs
at EquinOCtiaI Storms.

Atian;au~ oWoke Tuesday morning
TO find the city stiu in the grip Of
the first cold spell Of the fail, the
thermometer standing at 80. The mer-
curry rose slowly an morning. and
Government Forccastcr EonHerImann
predicted that warm weather viii be
here again Wednesday,
The cold weather is due to high
pressure over the North Atlantic
Ocean. causing the northeast winds
to bring cool moist air from the sea.
According go MI vonHerrmann.
there is plenty of warm weather in
store for Atlanta. cool spells like
the present one are not unusual for
this time of year The lowest tenn
pcraturo for September 16 shown on
the official records. which cover the
past A. years, was 80 degrees in 1892.
The records also show a temperature
of above 90 degrees for every day
during September hut that figure is
not expected tu Ice reached during
1918
This cold spell should not be called
am cquuoctial storm" said Nh Won
Hermann The theory Of cuuinoc-
thai storms was exploded long ago,
and the custom OF calling every rain
storm around September - and equi-
noctial storm is as great a fallaCy as
saving that the moon governs the
" Gather, or waiting till the dark OF
the moon To plant certain crops The
records show only one especially Sc
we're storm during the past - years
on or around September %
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Continued from Page {.

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what ! am reported to- have said
,b,ut "ye1l,v. journalism, I ,a,n,
9ai" ""'" ""'"' !e'i"" J""' ''"''7''''
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So construed WAS a reference To- Tho
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'u'''''' ~ nus VI '''7
en- mat nave I"uhd pace IN 'Ne
papers Of to-day. and i'm that con-
uectiou / said "ihcre is a marked
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me p'l''i III NHal some papers pun
llsh Of this sort to-day Twenty
wears ago had a paper i'm Atlanta
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"I Se'hl-hude women, lhelf papers
would have been dcbarrcd from the
homes Of the hest pcopIe."
.c. FL,
Was nor speaking el'htI III par
tcular Endorsement of the police cor
STANDING for every officer I WAS
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as '''''S CO '''N'"'' ~
IaNor OF Ia" ana "rder dcrenrN ana
good morals and 1 was showing that
one Of the greatest needs of our day
was that all good men should stand
squarely behind law and order, and
II We do not have worthy officers. get
them, and stand behind them In the
performance Of every duty That was
my text and that the line Of my talk.
! have given 10 10 You thus at length,
because ! think II due you as well
as myself that ! do SO.
As far as those parts OF your letter
go that refer 60 myself personally or
Your opinion OF me, or the motive
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Quits Society Whirl
To Sell Wallpaper

ST LOUIS, Sept 16.--"I simply
want to show that a society girl can
be OF benefit to the world" Miss
Marie Bakewell said to-day in the
drapery and house decorating depart
ment of a store. where, as a sales
woman. she was exhibiting rolls OF
wallpaper in contrast to serving
afternoon tea to members Of the local
smart set
Miss Blackwell comes Of an aristo-
cratic family and has given up so
ciety to see how 1t feels to earn her
own living.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17


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