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Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-29

The word religion" may
mean anything which is con-.
Quoted as a religious cere-
mony, but the word "Chris-
tianity," according to the
teachings of Christ himself,
includes only a life of love
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-29

Much has been said on
the subject of dress since
the days of the ancients and
one cannot help but COM
pare the fashions of today
with the dress Of 1000
years ago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03
Iron Ore for 200 Years.

There is still considerable amount
Of iron ore in the ground, as shown
by a report on the worlds resources
presented at the International Geol-
ogical congress at Stockholm. 1t was
estimated that the total actual supply
of iron ore existing in deposits that
can be worked at an economic profit
amounts TO 22,4OS,0OO,000 long tons.
representing 1O.192,OOO,OOO tons of
iron.
This total would supply the require
ments of the world for considerably
less than two centuries, even were
the present rate of output not eX.
ceeded on the average However, the
potential resources of the world not
yet developed are estimated to
amount to 23,377 100000 tons of ore
The output of iron ore in 1912 is esti-
mated at 146,OOO,OOO tons for the ter
principal countries.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03
SUCCESS MUST BE EARNED
Earnest, Intelligent Effort, With In
dustry, viii Set One Well on the
Path to the Goal.

Most men who have amounted to
lnything started with nothing but abil-
ty and determinations combination
which recognizes no man-made limita-
ions.
Any kind of work is better than idle
ness, which is directly responsible for
most of the unhappiness in this world.
Idleness is a dangerous thing; it
nay grow into habit that might stick
% you after you get back in harness,
md the man who loafs on his job is
only fooling himself.
Eternal, intelligent effort is the price
If commercial growth, and where
here is no progression there is bound
be retrogression. Business is some
hing like aeroplaning; to stop is to
lrop and to drop is generally to bust.
Pin your faith to the law of COM
pensation, but don't take any stock in
he law of chance; there's no such
thing. Waiting for something to turn
up in the belief that things are bound
to come your way eventually is throw
ng dice with fate. Many a good dog
never got decent bone until his teeth
we're gone.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03
Ancient Breakfast Foods.

We moderns look on breakfast foods
as Of the blessings, or curses, of
civilization. 1t is always easy to di-
vide man into two classes according
to his way of thinking about break.
fast foods. He belongs either to the
class that thinks the Scotch produced
such men as Burns and Sir Walter
Scott because Of or in spite of their
fondness for oatmeal Those who
belongs to the "in-spite-of" class
think that breakfast foods aid and
abet softening teeth, anemia, poor
digestion and nervousness. The "be,
cause-of" class looks on breakfast
foods as the mainstay of life.
Whatever we think of breakfast
foods most Of us think them a modern
Characteristic. They are not.
In the Canary Islands ever since
fourteen hundred and something, the
natives have eaten a breakfast food
called gofio, which is made from
wheat and barley. In times when the
wheat or barley crop has failed they
have used other edible grains in the
preparation of this food, so they have
had plenty of variety.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03
I0kERS HAD THEIR INNINGS
Telephone Prank That Left English
Office Man Decidedly Not In the
Best Of Humor

Before the eyes Of leading London
stock broker there appeared for a
few brief moments visions of for
tune, fame and honor He was sit
ting in his office when the telephone
bell rang.
Hello" he answered.
"Oh, that is Mr.. Blank. is II not?
Why do you smoke your cigars
through a holder?
In some establishment the broker
put his cigar down.
No, no, do not put 1t down. and
If you do, find an ash tray for It,"
This was so uncanny he shifted
his chair slightly from the instru-
ment
DO not move away" continued the
voice, "and do not tug so impatiently
at your mustache."
Down went his hand
Who on earth are your" shouted
the broker, and how do you know
what am doing with my cigar and
hand7 You talk as IL you could see
me-"
An amazing reply came:
Il can see you. There you are,
twitching your tie straight AS a
matter Of fact, have invented an in
strument which enables you to see
over a telephone wire, and | am talk
ing to you because | cannot finance
the idea myself and want you to float
1t on half shares"
The possibilities Of the scheme
we're immense. The broker, for an
instant, saw himself dealing in vast
orders for government departments.
He saw big orders for foreign rights.
1t was one Of the miracles of mod
ern science. The capitalist would
make fortune, and-then he glanced
out of the window across the street.
Beaming down at him from a win
dow, overlooking his Office, was a
row of grinning faces, among which
he recognized two or three fellow
members Of the house.
Hastily he slammed down the re-
ceiver. The rosy visions faded away
and sadly he drew back out of sight
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03
How Customs Chance.

II some of the notables OF ancient
times were living now how differently
they would act!
Noah would charter an ocean liner.
Nero would step into the parlor and
turn on the monograph while Rome
burned and the heather ragged. Ben
Hur would pilot 60 horsepower rae
ing car and spin around saucer tracks
Jason would hire the great detective
to find the Golden Fleece, instead Of
going after it himself. lcarus would
mount to the sun in Bleriot mono
plane without fear of its wings melting
OF. Napoleon would invade Russia in
Pullman palace car, Demosthenes
would go on the ChautauQua circuit.
Cain would plead circumstantial evil
dence, self-defense and emotional in
sanity.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03
TOOK POSSESSION OF HOUSE
crownIna EecentricIty Of EnoIlshwom-
ans Life, That Was Filled With
Eccentricities.

In an old book published N Paris I'M
der the title of lie Journal dun voy-
age au Levant," there is an amusing
ccount Of the way in which Lady
lester Lucy Stanhope, the eccentric
English traveller, took possession of
he house at Djoun, where eventually
ne made her permanent home.
She was pleased with the house and
3 surrounding gardens. and accepted
n invitation to dinner. AS she sat af-
er dinner, with the owner, Christian
merchant, he said to her that II she
ked the place, he should be glad II
he would stay the night. When she
aid that she liked 1t so much that
he would stay there the rest of her
days, he took 1t as a polite figure Of
speech; but fortnight later, as she
still prolonged her visit. he suggested
hat Europe might be expecting her
return.
81 do not intend to return" she 70
piled, carelessly.
"Ah, then you intend to build pal
ace in the neighborhood? said he.
mo, this house suits me very we'll"
But | cannot let 1t or sell 1t, mi
lady"
Il do not wish to hire II or buy 1t,
but intend to keep it," was the start
ling reply.
In this dilemma the merchant dis
patched a messenger posthaste to
Emir Beshyr, who sent word to Lady
Hester that she must give up the
house. Lady Hester, however, wrote
to Constantinople, whence a courier
came to the emir, bearing the order,
obey the princess of Europe in ev-
erything."
So the disguised merchant fled, leav-
ing her ladyship in possession. There
for 20 years she lived the life of a
recluse, growing more and more with
drawn from the world, and more ac-
customed to dwell in a mental and
spiritual realm of her own creation,
until she died, and was buried in the
garden of the house that she had
usurped.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03
Troublesome Gender.

The trouble that Latin gender gives
to American boys and girls who are
struggling with the rudiments of that
tongue should inspire in them a sym
pathetic feeling for a small descend.
ant of the race of Attlia who found the
gender of our English nouns and pro
nouns a stumbling block.
A solid little figure trudged up to
the librarian in the children's room.
That little boy" he declared, indi-
eating the rest of the room vaguely
with his thumb, "he hit me-"
The liberty teacher" followed him
back across the room until the ac-
cusing thumb halted near table
where sat guilty.looking child about
half the size of the plaintiff.
The accuser explained: That little
boy, she hit me. That little boy is
! little girl; but he. has short hair,
and when | point at him, she hits me. "
Youths Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03
Around the Old Drum Stove.

Ever see any big snowstorm when
you was young, Uncle Cy?" said the
wit behind the counter.
Sure, | did" cackled the old man
81 seen some whoppers. | remember
one where tn snow wuz six feet
above my head Yessir"
"Oh, nonsense, Uncle Cy. That's
impossible. There never was such %
snow"
TITS true. | tell ye."
ut couldn't have been"
Eyes, twas. Six feet above my
head. | guess l ought to know ]
wuz down cellar at tn time!"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03

On the first day that the London
Times was issued at a penny tive
cents) its circulation was quadrupled
Three hundred thousand copies were
sold. The London Daily Mail says
"The demand is the most amazing
thing that has ever been known in
the history Of newspapers. Four or
five hundred thousand people applied
for the paper in vain. On arrival at
their newsagent's or bookstalls they
found that all the copies had been re
served for regular purchasers"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03
Discoverer Of the Pacific.

The discoverer OF the Pacific ocean
was Vasco Nunez de Balboa. On the
early morning of the 25th Of Septem'
Der, 1913, Balboa, and a small party o,
men. made their laborious way up the
densely covered face of a steep ridge
from the summit Of which they were
rewarded with the vision of the great
South sea" which, up TO that time,
had never been seen by the eye OF 9
white man.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-03
seanIane Ilfehoats.

The British admiralty has decided
that all seaplanes used by naval afr.
men shall carry a miniature lifeboat
suspended underneath the body OF
the machine. The boats are TO be built
OF cedar. equipped with two oars. a
mast and sail. and weigh only 80
pounds.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
ECZEMA ON ENTIRE SCALP

r. L. d. No. 2, Sunfleld Mich.-'I
was troubled with eczema. 1t began
with a sore on the top OF the scalp,
broke out as a pimple and grew larger
until it was large red spot with
crust or scab over it. This became
larger finally covering the entire scalp
and spread TO different parts of the
body, the limbs and back and in the
ears. These sores grew larger grad
uaiiy until some were as large as
quarter of dollar. They would itch
and If scratched they would bleed and
smart. The clothing would irritate
them at night when it was being re-
moved causing them TO itch and smart
SO ! could not sleep. A watery fluid
would run from them. My scalp be-
came covered with a scale and when
the hair was raised up it would raise
this scale; the hair was coming out
terribly.
Il treated about six months and got
no relief and after using Cuticura
Soap and Ointment with two applica-
lions we could notice great differ
ence. It began to get better right
away In a months time / was COM
pletely cured" {Signed) Mrs. Bertha
Underwood, Jan. 8, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
ree,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston" ADV.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
CHAPTER v.
The Immortsis

When | became conscious again I
was lying on q BILE. Two men were
leaning over me; third came up.
holding a basin. There was an odor
of carbolic in the air.
The man with the basin made a
horrid grimace when he caught my
eye; his face was curious golden
yellow, his eyes jet black, and at first
| took him for a fever phantom
Then my bewildered eyes fastened
on his scarlet fez, pulled down over
his left ear, the sky-blue Zouave
jacket, with its bright-yellow ara
besques, the canvas breeches, leggings
laced close over the thin shins and
ankles CO an Arab. And I knew him
for soldier OF African rifemen, one
OF those brave children of the desert
whom We callsd 'Turcos," and whose
faith In the greatness OF France had
never faltered since the first blue bat
talon OF Africa was formed under the
eagles of the First Empire.
Halo. Mustapha!" / said, family:
what are they doing to me now?"
The Turco's golden-bronze visage re-
Taxed; he saluted me.
"Macachc sahir," he said; they
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
Big Balloons to Have Wheels.

German manufacturers of dirigibie
airships are seeking a landing ap-
paratus that will insure the safety OF
their delicate gas bags. Many of the
most serious accidents to Count Yep
pelin's craft in the past were due TO
faulty landings.
A car of considerable length re
quires the most righteousness in eff
fecting landing, for an uneven sur
face is liable to warp the structure
of the gigantic balloon, causing 1T to
burst.
Landing cars are now being pro-
vided on which the huge gas bag
rests when it Is drawn to earth.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
CopYR ICzHT %

I cared very much, now that Buck
hurst was gone
Suddenly the chapel bell OF La
Trappe rang out a startling peal; the
Prussian captain shouted: stop that
bell! Shoot every civilian In the
house," But the Uhlans, who rushed
up the terrace, found the great doors
bolted and the lower windows
screened with steel shutters
On the battlements OF the south
wing a red radiance grew brighter;
somebody had thrown wood into the
iron basket of the ancient beacon,
and set fire to it.
THAT teaches me lesson," bawied
the enraged Rittmeister, shaking his
fiat up at the Frightening alarm signal.
An Uhlan laid heavy hand on the
shoulder of the listening Countess;
she tried to draw back, but he pushed
her brutally into the carriage. and she
stumbled and fell into the cushions
beside me.
Fever had already begun to turn my
head; the jolting OF the carriage
brought me TO my senses at times. II
l could only have tainted, but 1 could
not, and the agony grew so intense
that I bit my lip through to choke the
scream that strained my throat.
Once-it was, think, very near day
break came out Of a dream in
which l was swimming through oceans
OF water, drinking as / swan. The car
riage had stopped
Are you suffering?" came a low
voice, close TO my ear.
Madame, could | have a little wa.
ter? / muttered.
Very gently she laid me back. l
was entirely without power to move
below my waist, or to support my
body.
She filed my cap with river water
and held it while | drank. After I
had my fiji she bathed my face, pass
ing her wet hands through my hair
and over my eyes. The carriage
moved on and / tainted.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
Sightseeing in New York.

A few days ago District Attornes
Whitman got letter from q woman
in Connecticut saying that she would
be in New York for q few days. nam
ing the days, and was very anxious to
see the district attorney. Would Mr..
Whitman write and let her know
when she could see him. The district
attorney answered by letter, naming
the daJ and hour. says the New York
Sun. The visitor, well-dressed, mid
die aged woman, appeared at the time
set, and was shown at once into Mr..
Whftman's Office $50 you are Dis
trict Attorney Whitman" said the
woman. I've always wondered how
you looked. Now I'm going 70 see the
Brooklyn bridge" And she left be
fore the district attorney could reply
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
Importance of Trifies,

A proofreader, anent the impor-
tanee Of trifes, read from his note
book these absurd sentences OF a sim
gle letter:
THE conflict was dreadful and the
enemy was repulsed with great laugh
ter"
When the presidents wife entered
the humble sitting-room of the house
she was politely offered a hair"
"A man was yesterday arrested on
the charge Of having eaten a cabman
for demanding more than his fare"
AN employ in the service OF the
government was accused OF having
stolen a small OK from the mail. The
stolen property was fouEj in his vest
pocket"
'fThe Russian soldier, Knackinoffos-
kewsky. was found dead with long
word sticking in his throat"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06

removed his helmet and thrust his
blond head through the smoky aper-
ture. March those prisoners IN be-
low" he shouted down.
y moment later came a trample OF
feet on the landing outside, the door
was flung open, and three prisoners
were brutally pushed into the room
l tried to turn and look at them:
they stood In the dusk near the bed.
but | could only make out that one
was q Turco, his jacket in rags, his
canvas breaches covered with mud
Again the lieutenant came to the
loophole and glanced out then shook
his head. motioning the soldiers back.
ut is too high and the arc of fire
too limited" he said, shortly Detail
four men to hold the stairs, ten men
and sergeant in the room below, and
you'd better take your prisoners down
there. Bayonet that Turco tiger if
he shows his teeth again. march,"
AS the prisoners filed out I turned
once more and thought l recognized
Salah Ben Ahmed in the disheyeled
Turco, but could not be certain, SO
disfigured and tattered the soldier ap-
peared -4., .sa
Under the windows the fat, high
pitched drums began to rattle; deep
voices shouted; the whole street I'M
dulated with masses of gray-and- black
uniforms, moving forward through the
smoke. A superb regimental band be-
gan to play; the troops broke out into
heavy cheering.
''Vorwarts! Vorwarts!" came the
steady commands. I
f'The invasion has begun" | said
Her face was expression;ess, save
for the brightness OF her eyes.
Suddenly a company Of pioneers ar
rived on the double-quick. halted, fell
out, and began to break down the
locked doors of the houses on either
side of the street. At the same time
Prussian infantry came hurrying past,
dragging behind them dozens OF yehi-
cles, long hay-wagons, gardeners
carts, heavy wheelbarrows, even a
dingy private carriage, with furnished
lamps, rocking crafty on rusty springs.
The soldiers wheeled these wagons
into double line, forming a complete
chain across the street, where the Tur-
cos had commenced to dig their ditch
and breastworks-a barricade high
enough to check charge, and cum
ningly arranged, too, for the wooden
abatis could not be seen from the
eastern end of the street, where
charge OF French infantry or cavalry
must enter Morsbronn IL it entered
at all.
Something is going to happen !
said. as a group OF smartly uniformed
officers appeared on the roof of the
opposite house and hastily scrambled
to the ridsepole.
A colonel OF infantry, splendidly
mounted, drew bride under our loop
hole and looked up at the officers on
the roof across the way.
Attention, you up therei' he shout
ed. ''Es 1t infantry"
mol" bawled an officer, followed
hand to his cheek. IRIS their brigade
of heavy cavalry coming like an earth
quake."
THE cuirassiers!" / cried, eIectri-
fed. IT'S MicheIs euirassiers, mad
dame! And-oh, the barricadei" |
groaned, twisting my fingers III help
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
POLISH JEW HELD IN HONOR
Warsaw Policeman Gets Remarkable
Recognition From All Glasses OF
the People.

An account Of a jubilee celebration
in honor of a Jewish policeman OF
Warsaw. Poland, Is contained in the
American Hebrew. The celebration
was in honor OF fifty years service
by Doruch Yablonsky, an ex-guards-
man.
In 1863 he was appointed consta-
BILE in the Polish capital by the vice
roy, Grand Duke Constantine. who
took into consideration his brilliant
conduct in the Crimean war, for
which he was decorated with medal.
Yablonsky, who is now the only Jew
on the Warsaw police force, per
formed the duties Of constable for
~ years, until eight years ago, when
he was transferred to the clerical de-
partmcnt-
He is now Lightweight years old.
and holds several decorations The
entire police force joined in the jubi-
lee celebration, and 7ablcnsky was
tae object Of hearty praise and con
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
ALWAYS HAD CHANGE COMING
Escaped inmate of Ohio Asylum Only
Had to Return to Secure His
Two Dollars.

! The escape of Harry Kendall Thaw
from MatteaWan recalled the sensa-
tional escape of McNicholas from the
icounty jail several months ago to
reporter of the Cleveland Leader.
There was no chop suey at Mat
jteawan, was there" the reporter ask
ed So far as could be learned there
Was none.
/ Sole1nnly motioning Ike. tbs waiter.
Ito bring another potation, he ex-
piaiped the mystery OF his chop suey
Srer1ark
When McNicholas escaped from
Ehe county Jail he was in the hospital
ward A few minutes before he made
mis- getaway he asked me to get him
two plates of chop suey. The oblig-
ing son of Manchu demandedSa de-
posit of two dollars. McNicholas was
rich. and | paid the deposit
When I reached the jail with the
stcaming dishes found that Nc
..lichnl. flown And there were
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
SYNOPSIS.

Scarlet. an American soldier or for
tune in the employ Of the French I'm
aerial Police at the outbreak OF the Fran
ro-prussian war, ~ ordered to arrest
John Buckhurst. a leader OF the Com
4nunists and suspected OF having stolen
The French crown jewels. While search
tng for Buckhurst, Scarlet IS ordered to
Of socialists and escort them TO the Bel
lSian border Scarlet finds Sylvia Elyep
~ the Odeon disguised a peasant and
carries her to La Trappe where the
countess and her friends are assembled.
All are arrested. The countess saves
scarlet from Il fatal fall from the roof
1T the house. He denounces Buckbur5t
AZ the leader Of the Reds and the coun-
ess conducts him 90 where Buckhurst II
sz@erefed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
HAD NO RIGHT TO BE OUT
Little Jasper indignant Because His
Product Seemingly Had Dis
obeyed His Orders.

Little Jasper Senter learned from
the minister's sermon one Sunday that
man was made of clay, so after return
ing from church he resolved to make
him man after his own fashion. The
work proceeded in the clay bank back
OF the garden until his mother called
Jasper to luncheon. He had completed
all OF the man save one leg.
That afternoon Jasper and his moth
er while walking along the street, met
man with one leg, walking with
crutches. Jasper accosted him and
grabbed his coat.
See here!" he said Il thought /
told you to stay there in the yard till
put that other leg on ou."--Judge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06

picked bullet from your spine, my
Inspector
An officer in the uniform Of staff
surgeon came around the table where
was lying.
a millimeter farther and that bull
let would have cracked your spine.
Remember that and keep of your
feet OUT The cannon are tuning
up" as a terrible discharge shattered
the glass in the window panes beside
me
Where am /. doctor?" l asked.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06

two dishes of chop suey on my
hands.
Sheriff Smith waved me c.way.
tried TO explain that there was money
due McNicholas from the Chinaman.
Nothing doing; he was too busy try
ing to apprehend McNicholas.
i ate the chop suey and kept the
two dollars. Some day when / run
across McNicholas I'll buy two dishes
OF chop suey and pay him two dol
lars. Sa-h-m day"