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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-19
Oiscouraglnq.

Her admlrer swallowed hard, pulled
at his collar, and finally made up his
mind. Lillian" he said desperately.
Tets get married." Lillian's bored Sx-
preston vanished. "All right" she
agreed; but who can you uarryT"-
Judge.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-19
That's Why.

He had been calling for some time
and she thought she would give him
a gentle hint. 1T is not good for man
to live alone" she said. That's why
we have clubs" he responded calmly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-19
Egypt Mother of Literature.

Egypt Mother of Literature.
Egypt was the mother of literature,
and the scribe" could attain to great
ness second only to the king. Novels,
poems, and history have been deci-
phered on the imperishable monu-
ments Of granite and in remains Of
papyri, together with lists of the
authors.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-19

Where Sneezing Is Unknown.
In some parts of Africa the natives
DO not know how to sneeze.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-19

Cynical Man Wrote This.
It is a mistake to imagine that all
women are fond of retailing gossip.
Most Of them would rather wholesale
lt-Exchange.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-19
Daily Thought.

II is indeed a desirable thing to be
well descended, but the glory belongs
TO our ancestors.-Plutarch
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-19

Yes. it's mighty fine, and you
can have it whenever you wish
il you start with the healthy,
hUstling. Single Comb Buff Leg
horns. heavy layers. when eggs
are high.
One Half Price on all Eggs Now
First Prize Pen 90. sips per Is
Second Pen. .75c per Is
Third Pen. Soc per Is
Something to suit anyone.
w. F. McREYNOLDS,
Address Grscey, KY, R. r. No. 8.
Phone 1905, Hopkinsville Elk.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-19

See our great combination
offer in this issue. This Of
fer expires May %.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-19

local comnee bgIO
III nbsodwh eHgh by then
Whehe 6cuhn eauden s thereafter b LESS than Also hep Of
III eanGkes wMndte rehne homh m day 10th
Thean usoHeh faem than wMpH to
& buy hIaeenafr Hepogam fmped tn Irrespective a
Nsapo Sn6 keae h deapH owner family
dIAenag d en md
work free
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15
Henry Russell Miller
Mark Truitt =, :::::s.:a,.

returned 10 the thought that had led
10 the moment.
A little timidly ne. made the ener:
I'm going TO leave the brown mare
With you. II you'd like her
But he neede& not IS fear The
moment had passed The man who
was big enough to suffer but not 10
achieve was gone; only the iaded
mild-mannered preacher remained.
It's good OF you 10 think of II. But
you can sell her we'll And yon'll need
the money"
Il know. But want you 70 have
her. | traded TO get her for YOU
Courtney would not spoil his pleas
ure. 'Of course. +" His acceptance
halted NO, give her to Doctor
Hedges"
Mark shook his head Fl want you
TO have her
lie needs good horse The one
he has
1T was fair trade, Mark assert.
ed defensiyely
4 turn OF the road brought them
within sight OF a great hill that stood
across the valley. over its level top
swept breezes filtered pure through
many leagues OF forest. Hedges
Hill" the village called il, finding hu'
morous matter therein.
Courtney pointed. That Is where
the doctor wants TO build his sana
torium for consumptives.'
Il know. He's cracked over that
He'll never do it,
perhaps not. 1t would be too bad
It. Courtney added quietly, ''is his big
idea
Mark looked long at the hill, as
though from the site OF the sana'
forum in Spain might be cleaned
some hint OF the meaning OF the big
idea"
After while he said slowly
Would you really rather he'd have
the mare?"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15
BIG BANQUETS
WILL FEATURE
Y.M.C.A. JUBILEE
Celebration of Half Century oil
Progress To BE Spread Over
Three Days
]. A. MACDONALD AND
SETH LOW TO BE GUESTS
Final Dinner. April 80, Will BE
For the Boys of the
Association

Detroits y " { A viii celebrate
It's hftieth anm,ersary during the
4s-et o. April y, A1A three great
banquets
,ne nrst wlu De- held in TIE Hotel
PoutChartrain on the evening OF April
~ Seth Low former mayor OF New
York and an eX-presideut OF Column
bla university win be The principal
speaker of the evening This ban
quet win be for the business men OF
Detroit
Tuesday evening. April 9S the iuhi-
lee banquet will be held in the big
gymnasium i'm the y a. G.. \. build
ing. This will be for the frst 500 Of
the $500 members Who arrive and
gain admission. as 500 is the capacity
OF the gymnasium. The dinner VIII
be served al I o'clock j.. A Mac
donald IL. D. editor OF the toronto
Globe. and the Rev ~ s Rice, pastor
OF the North Woodward VI thodist
church will be the principal SPEAKERS.
Dr. Macdonald is member Dt the
board OF governors OF the University
OF Toronto yice-presldent sot the To-
greatest in Canada and is one of the
noted men OF the Domnione During
the dinner there Will be music b.
kurth.s orchestra, aud vocal selec-
lions By quartet.
S.ssz aJs5sl
Thursday eFehf4fg5 ABtft 80, hi Tire big
gymnasium and Will BIZ for the boys
OF the association.
Detroit's present y. NJ c. 4. was
organized In 1864 by dozen men,
and two rooms in the Merrill block.
Jefferson and Woodward-ayes. We're
rented and fitted up the total expend-
iture being about $1,000 One room
was reading room and Office, and
the other was used as place for
holding religious and other meetings.
After four years. paid secretary was
put in charge, and the work advanced
more rapidly. The association moved
from Merrill hall TO the Williams
block, Monroe-ave. and Campus Mar
thus. was housed for time In va
cant store building at Woodward ave.
and Grand Circus park. and, later, In
the old Casino theater, on -riswold-
St
In 1875, a half dozen association
men bought an old livery stable back
or the Detroit, opera house, az one
time a freight shed for the Detroit q
Pontiac railroad, aud turned II over
10 the association. The price paid
was $14, 500. These quarters were
soon too small and the association
next built and moved into struc
the old Casino theater on Griswold
ST This was dedicated in November,
1887. This entire cost with equipment
was $4,000. The association re.
NAMED In these quarters until i've
years ago, when it moved into its
present building, valued with equip
ment at nearly s1,000,O0O This struc-
ture is also taxed TO capacity and the
association is arranging for wider
work throughout the city by means
OF branches.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15
ESTIMATOR DOES WORK
FOR SCHOOL BOARDS

George V. Gambler, member OF the
board OF estimates, and head OF the
George " Gambler Co., roofers, Is the
cause OF a resolution adopted by the
Board OF Estimates, last Friday, pro.
viding that any number OF the board
who has contractual relations with
any department OF the municipal gov.
eminent IS 70 be excused from parti-
cipation in the discussion OF the est.
mates OF that department.
Capt A. E. Stewart, supervisor or
properties OF the school board, admits
that Mr., Gambler has done work for
the school board Mr.. Gambler Is a
member OF the school committee OF
the Board OF Estimates. Vouchers In
Controller Engels office show that the
Gambler company has received So
005.3S for repairing the roofs OF 80
schools since July I. 1913, and that
the company was the successfully bid
der on about $4,000 worth OF roofing.
Assistant Corporation Counsel At
itinson says that there Is nothing He
gal in this transaction.
"As matter of sound public pol
lev" he says, 1T Is the almost univer-
sal rule that a municipal officer may
not make contract for work under
taken by a municipality. There Is.
however. no positive legislative enact
ment preventing a member of the
Board OF Estimates from entering
into contracts with the Board OF Edu-
cation. Legally. the city OF Detroit
and the Board OF Education are sep
arate corporations with co-terminous
bouud aries"'
AIR Gambler has taken part In the
q scussions OF the estimators' school
board committee. but Il is expected
that II he tries 10 take part In discus
sions i'm committee OF the whole, when
tie school budget l. before the houss,
tnere may be an effort to prevent him
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15
CHAPTER u.
The Path Of Youth.

Had Richard Courtney thought TO
look back TO his own adolescence, he
might have understood his failure
Mark, ~%hose life, the preacher sup
posed was 10 be made over by many
books and sermons on purpose, UNI
selfishress and clean living, was in
fact seeing miracle OF quite another
sort unfold within him.
Companionshlp. once sought had
suddenly become distasteful lie was
happy only when wandering alone in
the woods, idle gun-on-s houlder,-or
drifting lazily In his canoe. In his
wanderings river nook and forest
we're people, not as in former time
by the bold fraternity called forth
from his books. but by cloudy exqui-
site figures that danced before him
and then whisked provokingly out OF
sight. To see futtering skirt in the
distance or hear unexpected q ripple
OF girlish laugher was TO put him In
an inexplicable but delicious tremor.
And no one taught him to understand
the miracle.
Sometimes, shyly, ashamed without
knowing why, he asked questions OF
Richard Courtney, but always he was
put off with carefully inconclusive an
swers. The unwisdom OF maturity
that seeks to blind budding youth to-
the first vital fact of its existence!
The knowlcdge-of the fact of an in.
stinct, not OF its relation-could not
be denied him. He won IL out OF the
air. from other boys beholding the
same miracle, from chance sayings OF
Al. -. r. a II.
left alone in Courtney's study. he
strayed upon a volume OF Arabian
Nights from which no prudish hand
had subtraeted instinctively surrep-
tltious. he carried IL home
The first ecstacy Of sex knowledge
passed lie added TO his years and
stature and was put TO work in his
fathers shop. A while, for the most
part. a new interest pushed his rev
elation into the background The
labor-not hard or prolonged-he
liked. To swing hammer and sledge
and feel them grow lighter in his
grasp. to see the red iron taking form
under his blows, we're TO him Joy, not
a task. Congenial toll awoke another
Instinct. he wanted to do something"
But the urgent first instinct. never
quite asleep. stirred at capricious in.
tervals. the more imperative for its
Mpses. At such times he would fee
to the woods or river TO feast his eyes
and Imagination upon the sensuous
shadowy shapes his fancy conjured.
And once. pretending a two days
hunt I'm the hills. he stole by a round
about way. ON passionate quest, To
Concord. lie returned not ashamed
but disappointed And this, for him,
was the Interpretation OF his miracle,
he felt that gross deception had
been put upon him. In the reaction
he renounced his miracle. utterly and
forever-or 80 he thought
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15
ODDS and ENDS

NEW YORK Three ear-old Annie
Franklin awoke screaming Take me
to papa. and said she saw him dead.
Friends whore the child was sleeping
TOOK her home and found Benjamin
Franklin. her ather a suicide by gas
NEW YORK Jane Est, !. w. W.
Grebrand. charged with screaming In
church. duplicated her yells in court.
Magistrate Campbell said You're
good " itness Sentence tonight.
CHICAGO Anton MaNck won SO
aet by drinking 90 Whistles In rapid
succession snakes are keeping him
awake az the county jail hospital.
CIuCAGO-p Denied admittance to a
dress rehearsal bf society amateur
theatricaIs an Orchestra hall. a new
hut inspired girl reporter turned in q
Gre alarm She go IN
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15

chaser the custom being 90 hle double
where such sales have
been made.
The opinion was referred 10 the
committee ON liquor regulation
Ald, Heating presented an ordinance
putting the proposed new location OF
George Weirs saloon or Jefferson ave
hack ia the restricted district The
ordinance is designed 20 prevent Weir
from removing from his present iocA
tion on Jefferson-aNe 20 point nearer
the Fairview manufacturing district
The fight for the transfer has been
before the liquor committee Cor "a year
Weir being bitterly opposed py The
manufacturers
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15
PRIEST APPEALS
TO SUPREME COURT
Father Gnam Takes Cases
Against Archbishop to SUI
preme Tribunal of Canada

PORT HURON. Mich. April IS
Especial. The suit OF the Rev. FIR.
- 1-eioee, Par % 1870 - :, -
at wyoming. Ont against Archbishop
Mcneil, OF Toronto, which was recent
IS ui-mtssed by Judge Britton, has
beer appealed 10 the supreme court
o. Toronto.
AS a result. il is alleged, OF false
reports spread about because OF his
dismissal OF an organist OF his church.
FIR Gnam was removed from his par
ish by Bishop Fallon. Fr. Gnam then
brought his case before the church
courts. but Bishop Fallan attempted
TO eyict him from the parish house.
The case was then taken before the
high court OF Toronto, which decided
that Fr Gnam was still parish priest
and that II Bishop Fallon desired to
remove him. he must start his pro-
ceedings over again. This Bishop
Fallon refused 10 do and Fr. Gnam
brought suit for damages charging
SANDER illegal removal and suspen-
siCI.
Archbishop Mcneil is said to have
entered the fray at this juncture
guaranteeing FIR. Gnam retention as
parish priest and complete vindica-
ton, together with maintenance in the
meantime on condition that the suit
against Bishop Fa11on be dropped
The archbishop, il Is alleged. did
nothing 10 bring about the things he
had promised and FIR Gnam brought
suit for $4,000 for breach OF agree
ment in failing. TO maintain him or 10
restore him to his parish.
The suit was heard in Sarnia in
March and the appeal from Judge
Brittons decision was taken Tuesday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15
THROW OUT VOTE
OF WEST BRANCH
Electors of Three Wards Cast
Votes At Same Place-Cad-:
lilac "Drys" Gain

WEST BRANCH, Mich April To-
(speciaD- BY vote OF IA TO four the
board OF supervisors decided TO throw
out the local option vote OF West
Branch city as result protest
made by Enos Rosebrugh and Thomas
Holt, who contended that the election
was Illegal iuasmuch as electors from
the three wards of the city cast their
ballots at d central polling place, in
the Second ward, the votes also being
counted by an all-city board or IN
spectors.
The wet majority OF West Branch
city was So, and the majority for the
county was 10. The case will be APP
pealed TO the supreme court.
CADILLAC. Mich. April 10 (Spe-
two precincts not yet
counted, Cadillac Is dry today by
a majority of is votes, as a result Of
the recount granted BY the board OF
supervisors Monday on petition OF
both "Wet" and dry" factions
In the IL precincts recounted to-
tai OF 81 wet" and Ar dry votes
we're thrown oalt The 'drys' also
gained through errors in interpreta'
tion OF the law on the part OF election
boards. many OF the wet votes which
were counted being defaced by the
writing OF the word wet across the
face OF the ballot
OWOSSO. Mich, April 15.-(Spe-
ciaD With five of % precincts yet
to be recounted the "drys' have
majority of 81, a gain OF 10 over the
original figures.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15

One OF the French manufacturers
has produced a hydroaeroplane so
powerful that 1t is in realty little less
than a flying tugboat.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15

only One "6RoMo ouINlNEs
To get the genuine. call for full name,
LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININR Lock
for signature Of Il. W. GROVE. Gumn
a Cold In one day. Ieo-Aay,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15

PORT HURON, Mich, April IS
Special THE suit OF the Rev. FIR.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15
PAMPHLET DESCRIBES
INSTRUCTION CAMP

The passenger department of .-e
Pere Marquette mas published a
pamphlet concerning the students
military instruction camp, which is
TO DO held on the camp grounds in
ludington, July g to Aug. T. under
the supervision OF the chief OF STAFF
OF the United States army. There
will be three other instruction camps.
in Burlington. VT, Asheville, \. c.,
and Monterey, Cal.
The camp is open TO students in
good standing in first class uniyer-
sity or college or the graduating
class OF high or preparatory school,
or recent college graduates They
must be between the ages of Is and
80, and must be physically qualified.
instruction will be given in all
branches of army training. Copies OF
the folder may be- obtained from w.
f. Wolfenden, general passenger
agent. Detroit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-30
cam k,,akt Il

~ hembers q - party around Z
~ hle II. an ekcIusiyo club IN down
rtwn akyse1aper w6re much amused
* &C., evening BY Z controversy
|hetween their walter and another en-
6loyee Of the club.
one Of tho party had ordered sirur
What the strip was for has nothing to
do with this story. Going to the
dumb waiter. the servitor shouted II
his best ordering voice:
'sirupy'
Il don't getchu." came the Response
down tho shaft
..sirup!r' this time with two excla'
nation points and rising infection.
~Come again." was the imperturbab's
response.
.Sirupr It went mp the shaft IKE
the blast OF an explosion
Jaw. spell It" said the echo
-S-u-r"-the waiter had bis rect
o,ented firmly-''s-u-r"-he had tgnt
ened his vest and taken a deep breath
.--s.su-r. Say. bring some one to the
,haft that can understand me. VIII
1uh?"
And he waited with some dignity the
coming Of a person with sharper ears
| Pittsburgh Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-30

uafaasa Work il ErAkeS.

The French nation Is mass OF In0l-s
vidual particles. scintillating, assertfve
strangers to all the ethics of cohe-
sion. They are incapable Of team work,
writes Samuel r. Orth In the Atlantic.
You never read of French football or
baseball or organized sports They are
q nation of individualists. brilliant In
dividualists Their philosophy. poetry,
art, music, science. literature. all bear
the imprint of superindividual1sm
that has filed the world with its "a
dance. They defy every known law
of human gravitation and fly on IN
million fragments. careless of results.
In truth. they never think of results.
They have the child's love for the DO
Ing and the child's scorn for the thing
done, They begin more processes, IN
ventions, contrivances, experiments.
and end fewer than all the rest OF Eu-
rope put together. The French pro-
pose; the Germans and the English dis.
| pose.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-30
courtship BY Flowers.

: In remote Alpine hamlets ana VII
Ia pcs especially in the Bernese ODER
land there still exist ancient and pref
ty customs Of proposing marriage oy
the language of flowers. II maid
accepts a bouquet Of edelweiss from
man she at the same time accepts hin'
N her lance. the idea being that the
man has risked his life to obtain the
flowers for the woman he loves An
other method which exists In the can
ton Of GIarus Is for the young man TO
place a fowerpot containing single
rose and a note on the window Sill OF
the girls room when she Is absent
from home and wait-perhaps days
for a reply. II the maid takes the rose
the Young man boldly enters the house
TO arrange matters with her parents,
but II the rose is allowed to fade away
the proposal is rejected without SID
gle word having been exchanged be
tween the couple. Sometimes nckie
GIRL will keep young man waiting q
Law or two for an answer. OUT wnat'
ever It may he II Is final
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-30

The late Bishop Potter Of the Epis-
cOpal church and Edwin Booth, the
actor, were very great friends, and the
bishop. in telling of his first meeting
with Mr.. Booth. said: II was preach
ing a sermon at Newport. r. l.. and It
was very hot summers day. The
door of the church was open. and l
noticed a gentleman get up from rear
pew and go and sit down on the door
step. but thought nothing OF 1t until
after awhile realized that was talk
ing to this man only. When the serv.
ices were over found out that he was
Edwin Booth-that by some unknown
influence had been drawn to speak to
him-as If my sermon was to him
Alone"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-30
wh6n Rutto,s Were Bio.

Bachynna5R, writes in his "Seere
Memoirs Nov Is. Tstj: The mani;
for butt"a> today extremely ridicn
rt,s i''u. re not only OF enormous
sire. soislt aeui M big MS six pOum
crowns hta miniatures ana picture
are made upon them. and this 0rna
menf ton * extremely costly Somt
or sliein represent the medals OF TIT
twelve Caesars. others antique stat
ues and still others the Metamor
phoses of Ovid" isabey. In his bio
graphical notes. says that when ht
came to Paris he worked for living
BY making copies OF Vanloos ana
Bouchers on the lids of snuffboxes
and that for these medalliOns he was
paid from 6 to francs each "As II
was still the fashion," he said. ITO
wear buttons as big as a i've franc
piece upon which cupids, flowers and
landscapes we're cut in cameo, went
into that business. | got IL sous FOL
each."-Philadel)h ia Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-30

We are Offering for sale the valu-
able farm purchased last fall by the
late j, l.. Burner, situated, at Buck
ton Station Southern r r., contain
ing 220 acres of land-80 acres III
river and cresk bottom, hst will pro-
duce so huste com per acra, IS acres
in gently rolling up land that will
produce 20 bushels wheat per acre, Is
acres in timber and wood-large old
dwelling, barn, grauary, henerY. ice
house, AID other outbuildings In fair.
ly good repair, s acres in full bear
ing apple orchard, every fl watered
by running stream, about so acres
now in wheat and timothy. The loca-
ton of the farm, and its productive
ness makes it an ideal stock and dairy
farm S ore at the station, and close
schc oil and chuic Oh. In order to make
sale bv March 1st at which time pos
session will. be given, will make a
BARGAIN PRICE. Round trip fare from
Woodstock 80 cents Apply at once to
j. N. DAVIS & CO.,
Real Estate Agents,
Jan. % Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-30
Act of a Monster.


Where is Carmania7 Translate II
into Kirman and a few who are up In
the affairs Of the middle east could
identify the Persian province. Most OF
Us know 30 little of that part OF the
world But the chief town. Kirman.
also known as Carmania. was the scene
In 1875 Of one Of the most terrible
events ever in the history OF Asia
Agha Mohammed, founder Of the Kajar
dynasty. then besieged and took the
place and. raging at the escape OF bis
defeated rival. with three followers,
ordered 10000 eyes Of the inhabitants
to b. brought to him he counted
them with his dagger point and said
% his minister. "If one had been want
ing would have made up the number
With your own eyes."-Lcndon Stand
aFi1
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-30
curious Standards.

An eighteenth century Glasgow
sweep suspended over the door OF his
house the announcement:
Barny Keir, he does live here.
He'll sweep your vents, and not too dear.
And should they chance to go on fire
He'll put them out at your desire.
Edinburgh once enjoyed the distfnc-
ton of possessing the most prolix Sign
board on record:
"John Main, Stationer, Bibles, Tes-
taments, Psalms, Hymns, Prayer
books. Catechisms, Proverbs. Books,
new and old, in various branches OF
literature Money or exchange for old
Books; Papers. Pens, and Ink; Wax
and Waters; Blacklead, Hair. and
Hair Pencils; Colored Books, Memo
randum Books, Religious Tracts,
Books neatly bound, on moderate
terms."-London Mail.