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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
Family Of Hymn Writers.

The Wesley family all wrote hymns,
including the father. three sons and a
daughter. though the two brothers,
John and Charles, wrote the most Of
all. The first volume of hymns by
John Wesley was published in 1898.
and the first one by Charles Wesley
in 1889. Following these at inter
walls, John Wesley published five more
volumes separately. Charles Wesley
published SO volumes separately, and
the two brothers published several
volumes together. Most of the vol
umes were small, some of them con-
tanning less than twenty hymns, but
20 of them contained more than one
hundred hymns each, and one OF
Charles Wesley's volumes contained
ASS. Charles Wesley is said to have
written altogether $500 hymns His
volume of hymns for children, pub
lished in 1853, contained 5000. The
sister, Mehitabel Wesley, who, by an
unhappy marriage, became Mrs.
Wright, wrote some hymns, but did
not publish any.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
lust A GENERAL NUISANCE
Dat smudge, or Dat Louise, One Of the
Most Annoying Small Things
in the Universe.

The oat louise has no wings, and yet
It flies through the air, borne on the
gentle breezes which watt over the
fields. 1t has no legs, and yet 1t ad-
heres to the flesh of man with devo-
ton that is inspiring. Some persons
call it the oat smudge, but most per-
sons call 1t by some harder name.
A fine way to accumulate the tribe
is to take a trolley trip near fields
where the honest husbandman has
been garnering his crops. There the
oat lice, which are about the size of
overgrown black fleas, fill the air quite
numerously.
After such ride they can be found
adhering to the arms and face, with
a small sprinkling down the neck. At
heart they are innocent young things.
neither biting nor singing, and yet,
because of their peculiar rolling mo-
ton, they are ticklish little devils. So
people shake them off.
The particular niche in nature filled
by oat lice is not quite clear, SO It is
quite reasonable to assume that they
have been set apart to Offset the mani
fold joys OF the suburbanite.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
BEST OF LIGHTNING RODS
Conductor, II 10 Claimed, VIII Give the
Most Effective Protection
Yet Devised.

Mention is made in a recent num-
Der of a German journal of light
ming conductor which, it is claimed,
gives much more effective protection
than the usual rod. The inventor
took an ordinary lightning rod and
equipped il below the point with a
disk that was overlaid by electrolysis
with about two milligrams of bro
mide of radium, so put on that it
was weatherproof.
The experiments made showed
that the preparation of radium ion
lied the air, making it conductive,
for a wide circuit around the point
of the lightning rod. This led, nat
urallyy to decided fall of potential
in the atmospheric electricity and to
equalization between the various
strata Of air lying in layers one over
another.
The charge of atmospheric cleo
tricity in these strata flowed toward
the point through the air, which was
still a good conductor even at a con-
siderable distance from the point of
the conducting rod, and was carried
from the point to the ground
In addition to the increase of ra-
dius Of action of the lightning rod,
the iOnizing of the air by a pSepara-
ton Of radium seems to cause the
carrying of of stronger currents of
atmospheric electricity.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
FUTURE OF FISHERS ISLAND
Possibility Of Great Doinss at Place
Which Is Key to Long Island
Sound.

Almost of the entrance to the
Thames estuary, whose mouth makes
New London's wonderful harbor, per-
haps a sort of delta cast up in some
former day by the sediment which the
estuary brought down, Fishers island
Is a remarkable bit Of land. 1t is
withal key to the entrance Of Long
Island sound and bears an impor-
tant fort whose unseen guns would, IL
effectively served, pour terrible han
on any above surface craft which
should seek to enter for improper pur-
poses the approach 10 New York and
the Connecticut coast. Aside from
this Fishers island has at its western
end hotel or two and a few summer
cottages and for the rest 1t is a great
poultry range. where are raised In
astonishing quantities chickens and
ducks and turkeys and geese. says the
New Haven Register.
II the now rumored plans are car
ried out the poultry will have to move
before long to some spot that has less
strategic military value. Young John
Hays Hammond has invented a wire
less controlled torpedo which, 1t is an
ticipated. has wonderful possibilities
II 1t will do what is claimed for It
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
ILLS SHARK WITH cRoWBAR
at Battle Waged for an Hour
Against a Man-Eater Results
in Victory.

A man eating shark up to his eyes
mud and a straL ger In the Bronx,
Ias killed near Throggs Week after
everyone within half a mile of him
had screamed at least once and missed
MIN with a rock at least twice David
MCGOWAN, an inspector in the Bronx
department of sewers. is the amateur
toreador who finally sent him winging
or fiippering into the valley of death.
Mr. MCGOWAN, accompanied by a
quartet of pickax wielders and a dor
BILE sextette of shovelers, was inDrov.
ing the Bronx sewerage facilities
when he heard a hoarse cry. Mr.. Nc
Gowan selected a crowbar he could
trust and hurried to where a strug-
Cling form was creating a whirlpool.
He inserted the crowbar into the huge
bulk. The head of an indignant shark
appeared, and Mr.. MCGOWAN. with four
excellently executed handsprings, was
back on shore again.
Then began a battle which lasted an
hour and endangered the life and
property of all who dwell near Weir
Creek. Pickaxes we're hurled by the
drainage pickadores and shovels de-
scribed parabolas that were interest
ing. but dangerous.
Finally. when the shark was at the
point Of death from ennui and ex-
haustion. Mr.. MCGOWAN stepped for
ward and inflicted the fatal wound.
The shark groaned. sighed, whistled.
rolled over, kicked once and was no
more. He was found to weigh 200
pounds when dragged to the shore
and was seven feet long.-New Yors
Herald.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
NECESSARY TO FIND TICKET
Bishop Had Good Reason for Making
Search for Article That He
Had Misplaced.

The distinguished and well-beloved
bishop OF a certain southern state IL
so absent-minded that his family is al
ways spprehensive for his welfare
when he Is away from them.
Not long ago. while making a Jour
ney by rail. the bishop was unable To-
find his ticket when the conductor
asked for 1t.
Never mind, bishop" said the conf
ductor, who knew him well. "T1l get
it on my second round"
However, when the conductor
passed through the car again. the
ticket was still missing.
"Oh, weff bishop. it will be all right
II you never and it," the conductor AS
sured him.
mo it won't, my friend" contradict
ed the bishop. 1--WE got to find that
ticket. L want to know where I'm
going. "-Youth's Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05

Settlers in western Kansas are find
ing that there is money In the de-
spised soapweed that they have been
burning to get II out Of the way. Soap
manufacturers are now paying SO a
ton for the plant at the railway sta
tons. Since man can ordinarily get
out a ton a day, the gathering of the
soap weed gives the settler a chance
TO make good wages at time when
there is nothing to do on the farm or
ranch. Besides, every plant means
Just that much more pasture ground.
After cutting, the soapweed is allowed
tc dry from 60 to 80 days and is then
baled in ordinary broom-corn ma
chimes. This species of Spanish bay
onet gathered by the Kansas farmers
is technically known as bacata and
has exceptionally large fruit. For a
long time this weed has been made
into a soapy decoction which the
Indian and Mexican women have
used, particularly for washing their
hair. 1t is wen suited for this pur-
pose, as ii contains no alkali. Pres
ent-day manufacturers use it for toilet
and wool soaps
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
LIMIT TO THE OBSERVATION
Peculiar Fact That Most People Can
SEQ Only What They Are
Trained to See.

There once visited the Canary
Islands a painter who had lately come
from Holland The picture which re-
corded his first impression Of Tene-
rife gave. not the hot, clear, fiattish
coloring which is typical OF the is
land. but a study of windmill, shown
atmospherically among gray mists
and deep subdued tones. In the far
Their foreground trudged two figures.
silhouetted In the gloom almost dead
black against the CLEAN of a wet
road. Il was faithful record, but OF
Teneriffe In rare mood; and every
one who saw 1t, said at once, "Oh.
yes-Dutch." This is an example,
such as most artists could multiply, OF
that instructive habit by which we Sc
lect for notice the things which we
have grown accustomed to seeing. 1t
may partly explain how two thor
oughly realistic" painters can record
almost Numerically opposed impress
sions of the same scene. II may fur
Their point to an explanation, In part,
Of many wide differences of opinion
among experts, even upon matters Of
fact = scientific, social, national.
Trained observers are likely to be
men who see what they have been
trained to see, and nothing else. They
20 in blinkers. of which each pair is
made on a different and the only cor
'ect pattern.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
READING COUNTS FOR MUCH
Matter to Which Too Little Attention
Is Paid by the Ordinary Man
I or Woman,

-tiaNNFNNsyt~
A certain low form Of aquatic ami
NAL life anchors itself to a rock and
reeds on whatever the current brings.
The average man feeds his mind in
much the same way. He falls into line
Tor current amusements. He reads
only current literature. He listens to
what happens to go by He makes but
little systematic attempt to shut out
the unfit or to put himself in line for
the fit. 100
y The result is, says the Minneapolis
Journal, a defective grade of human
life that rarely elevates society and
often degrades it. If a man would
make the most OF himself and that is
manitestly the supreme purpose for
which he was put into the world, it is
worth his while to do his daily work
where unclean things, mental and
physical, are not made common.
It makes a good deal of difference
In the worth Of the man today as to
whether his reading last night was
"'Hamlet" and Isaiah" or "The Other
Mans Wife," whether he went to the
art institute or the burlesque show. An
ancsent teacher OF well-balanced mind
gave this direction to his disciples as
to the topics TO be selected for delib-
crate thought:
FINALLY, my brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are
honorable. whatsoever things are just.
Whatsoever things are pure. whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things
are Of good report. II there be any yir-
tue and If there be any praise, think
on these things"
To think on these things one must
see and hear these things. To see
and hear these things one must make
an effort to do so,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
British North Horneo.

The state Of British North BorneoI
is governed by the British North Bor-
neo company. chartered company,
the only one remaining under theI
British flag The governor is appoint
ed by the company with the approval
Of the British secretary of state forI
the colonies. The population is esti-
mated at 100000, there being less
than 400 whites. United States Con-
sui Hanson, at Sandakan. states that
he is informed that within twenty
miles of that place are natives who
have never seen a white man. and
who live by the spear and the blow
pipe just as did their ancestors OF
the tenth century. Mr.. Hanson states
that elephants and rhinoceroses are
so plentiful that they are a nuisance
to owners OF rubber and cocoanut es-
tates by destroying young trees, and
that "the telegraph line across the
country is out of commission third
of the time because the elephants rub
against the posts and push them
down.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
Historical Misnomers.

History Is full OF misnomers Our
fathers began to call Lincoln Old
Abe when he was only fifty-one years
of age. He died at fifty-six and SO
never was old.
The most famous regiment that has
participated in any American war
was Morgan's Virginia Rifenen of the
Revolution. But 1872 OF those troops
were from Pennsylvania and only 1853
from Virginia and SIS from Maryland.
The pet name for Napoleon was the
Little Corporal, but he never was a
corporal. He entered the French army
as Observation-Disclosures Ledger
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
Sources Of Worlds Rivers.

The Shannon has its source in q
lake, the Rhone in a glacier. and the
Abyssinian branch of the Nile in q
confluence of fountains. The country
where some OF the mightiest rivers
of the globe have their rise has not
yet been sufficiently explored to render
their true source ascertainable. The
origin of others is doubtful, owing TO
a number OF rills presenting equal
claims to be considered as the river
head; but many are clearly referaAle
to single spring. the current OF
which is speedily swelled by tributary
waters. ultimately flowing in broad
and deep channels to the sea.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05

War Has Made n More or Less Ncoes-
sary IN Enpisnd--Use Special
Costume.

Farm work for women has become
fashionable College girls from Newn-
ham, oxford and almost the entire en-
rollment from Sheffield university are
among the volunteers for war work
In the fields, and girls who had pre-
viously devoted all their energies to
sport and fashion are making a fad
OF II. A special costume for women
farmers has been designed and exhib-
tied. The suit is made Of tough
brown linen fashioned into a long coat
buttoned down the front. Knicker-
bockers of the same material are
worn underneath, buttoning below the
knee. This costume Is not only cheap,
but allows as much freedom Of move
ment as mans dress. Because of the
knickers the women farmers can climb
trees for pruning or picking fruit.
Some prejudice is encountered on the
part of the old-fashioned farmers.
When they receive an application for
work from q girl who looks like the
of q comic opera, they are
inclined to give a refusal on the spot.
Most of the applicants have little idea
of what real farm work Is like. They
think of rose-covered cottage, with
tea served in the garden among the
flowers. and an arcadian existence.
But they are willing to learn about
pigs, chickens and stock. and gen.
orally do well at fruit picking and
hay raking.-London Mail.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
How Dogs Smell.

The dogs well-known keen sense OF
smell is OF great service to him and
his master. In addition to the olfac-
tory or smelling nerves which have
their terminal inside the dogs nos
trils the entire area Of the black mem
brane around his nose is very sensi-
tive. This sensitiveness Is acute. how
ever, only when the membrane Is
moist. and II is natures provision for
keeping II 20 that makes the dogs
nose always cold aud clammy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
Really . serlou. Matter

Two neighbors had long litigation
about small spring. which they both
claimed. The Judge. wearied cut with
the case, at last said: What is the
use of making so much fuss about q
little waterT "Your honor will see
the serious nature OF the case" re-
Piled one Of the lawyers. when l In
form you that the parties are both
mifkmen."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
A Clogged System Needs At
tention.

Are you bilious. dizzv and listlest?
DR.. Kings New Life Pills taken at
once seizes upon constipation and
starts the bowels moving naturally
and easily. Moreover it scs with
out gripping. Neglect Of cloeged
system often leads to most serious
complications. Poisonous matters
and boiy poorly functioning need
immediate attention. If you wish
to wake no to-m,rro morning hap
by in mind and entirely satisfied.
start your treatment t'-night. 25c.
a bottle. Advertisement.
---
Old newspapers for sale here.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
stapIe Food Of Costa RIea.

Rice is one OF the most important
articles Of food used in Costa RIGA. It
is eaten at least twice day by every
inhabitant OF the republic. The per
capita consumption OF rice in Costa
RIGA is thus at least 100 pounds a
year, and the total amount Of rice con-
sumed is 30,O00.0O0 pounds a year.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
Early German Marriage Custom.

Among the early Germans money
was given to the brides relatives on
the wedding day, but this usage was
not followed II the marriage happened
60 be an unequal one.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05

Londoners Eat Much Fish.
In normal times London devours
more than million and half pounds
Of FISH every day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-05
And Trouble Follows.

? Love may be blind. but II mans
wife is a brunette she can see a blonde
hair or his vest 1S blocks away.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-07
Important

In this Basement Store of the
Palais Royal are Suits made to retail
up to $ssoo-offered at sos
possessing every feature that sensi-
bic men admire and their loved ones
find most ultimate satisfaction in
possessing. With Christmas money
given now the difference between
$8.oS and $500 will be literally
saved.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-07
To Women

The sensible woman wants a Suit
that can be worn at least two sea-
sons. This is possible if an ad-
vanced style is selected without any
fad feature added. Then, too, it
must be a suit of pure wool and
spongcd before making up. I'm
perative-that it be man tailored and
without snowy trimmings. Such a
suit can be as appropriately worn
for all occasions as the geegaw Suit
seems inappropriate on any occasion.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-07
Details

The college girl of II 10 70 years
will find English Norfolk Suits
tailored better than are the imported
that have TO retail at five times
S.oS. Milady who demands every
latest fashion whim finds all the
latest Chin Chin" and belted
models, some velvet trimmed. The
more conservative women and elder
" ladies find fine wool Cloth Suits
plainly tailored in straight lines they
look for.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-07
To the Men

The loved ones Of Your family are
TO have sensible Christmas Presents
not gcegaws hurriedly selected at
the last moment Thus it is that
sensible men give Christmas money
early and allow their loved ones tho
bliss OF early and effective Xmas
shopping. And what could be more
useful and appreciated than one of
these handsome suits at such a trc-
mendous saving.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-07
A Word to the
Sensible

Arrived only Friday from New
York-from the leading maker Of
women's tailored suits retailing at
$3.50 to $4,000. Reduced to sos
for choice-because the maker closes
his winter season, and his entire
stock is purchased by the representa-
tive of the Palais Royal Basement
Store
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28
HOME ON TUESDAY
FROM THE RANCH

George A. Baker returned home
Tuesday afternoon from the Baker
& Bigss ranch near Lamar where he
has been for two or three weeks
While there Mr. Baker looked after
the shipment to Pueblo market of a
punch Of ninety head of fat hogs and
the sale OF herd of short horn Dur
ham cattle The hogs we're eight
months old and had an average weight
Of one hundred and eighty-two pounds.
Mr.. Baker win. probably. return
TO the ranch In the course Of the next
lay or two in company with VIII
Cummings. who is shortly to be in
stalled there as manager. NJ. c.
burning. who has been superintendent
OF the property for the last year or
Two. will remain on the ranch and
viii cooperate with Mr.. Cummings In
looking after its cultivation and con-
troll
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28
CANON CITY PIONEER
DEAD III CALIFORNIA

A telegram was received here today
from Long Beach. California. announc-
ing the death there at , o'clock this
morning OF Edward Pauls. one OF the
picnesr1 oe Yrsmont county. Mr.. and
Mn. PAuls left Canon City ysar or
% ago 70 spenr their declining days
with their son. Lee Pauis. q Long
Beach and II was there that the form.
or breathed his last this morning.
Deceased. who would have been sew
enty-eight years OF age In May Of this
year. had been in failing health for =
long time and Il was due in some
measure 70 that fact that he remov-
ed from here to the Pacific coast
Mr.. Pauls came to Colorado from
st. Louis. Missouri. in 1859 and short.
~ after settled In Canon City. where
he made his home for nearly half a
century. He came to this state IN
the days Of the gold excitement in
the Pike's Peak region; making the
trip across the plains with party Of
companions BY OK team.
Bcsides the wife the surviving mem.
bers Of the family are Mrs. A. N
wyckon Of this city. Frank /. Paul.
Of Victor. Lee Pauls Of Long Beach,
Mrs. Eila Coleman Of Santa Crus,
California. and Hrs. Meadows oi
Seattle. waskington.
Mr.. Pauis viii be remembered -
having conducted . phonogrAph and
music store It $40 Main street fos
.one dine prsviou.ly 70 going - Call
lernia Ths rsmains vim b bsouGh,
= Canon CITY sor burial = IAhe,l1o
,l1y. EAa 80 & iAs,E pEslvll
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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28

sequence. Temporary requisition has
been made on the auxiliary PUMPING
plant on South First street to main
tain the municipal water supply. For
several days there has been large
quantities of slush ice in the river.
which has added to the difficulties Of
re-opening Of the pipe line
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28
w.s.r~orx. Pip. Line Frozen Up

The recent cold weather has had
the effect of freezing up the water
works pipe line in the Royal Gorge
and the usual flow OF water from the
intake into the settling basins at the
reservoirs has been shut of in con-
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28

Preliminary prayer meetings for the
coming revival meetings will be held
over the Park this "wednesday ey
enips. They ara reported 70 DO %
follows: At DR. Bells on Grand and
walnut; Z. R. Mahood's on 18th ST.;
n the Carver home on Grand We
nue: at the Arien home On v7lio~
ssrse,. and At ths home Of A. = osb
kard, on sherman Avncnne. B. q.
wooaford viii be The leader At the
lafisr place.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28

The Fourmilc Progressive club Will
meet next wednesday with Mrs. Au-
gustne. A pleasant afternoon is an
tIcipated.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28

The East Canon Embroidery CLUB
me, with Mrs. z. II. Carpenter Tues
day and VIII meet with Mira Cotton
|ef 18th street next Tuesday.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28

The East Canon Division Of Pres
byterian Aid met with Mrs. Williams
of DozIer avenue last Thursday after
noon A large number of the ladies'
we're present. and the afternoon was
spent very pleasantly
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28
LINCOLN PARK
, NEWS NOTES

hany OF the ranchers Of Lincoln
faFk are still busy getting on the
9emnants Of their last years apple
crop; though pruning for the coming
years production seems to be the
main industry at present.