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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-02
WHERE HE TOOK HIS DEGREE
indianapolis self-Made Mans Neat
counterstroke to Somewhat
Snobbish Remark.

George Kreitlein, an indianapolis
business man, is self-made and sue
cessful. His gun club decided to
hold an open trap shoot, and it was
announced that all entries must be
in before six o'clock Wednesday eve
ming. About eight o'clock in the
evening the clubs telephone bell
rang, and Voice on the other end of
the phone said: 81 desire to speak
to the head Of the shoot committee"
Kreitlein happened to be near and he
answered the phone. "The head of
the shoot committee is speaking"
said he. "What can l do for your"
'This is John Astorbilt Jones-Yale
49," said the voice. eyes" I'D
like to enter your tournament" said
the voice. Sorry" said Kreitlein,
"entry list closed at six O'Clock"
"But," said the voice, 'I'm sure
you'll make an exception in my case"
"Can't be DONE" ''Can't be done p
repeated the voice. 81 don't think
you quite understand who I am. Pm
John Astorbilt Jones-Yale 49,"
"And this" was the reply, "is George
Kreitlein-night school, '67-and /
say it can't be DONE"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-02
THE AERoPLANE.

The first successful aeroplane was
made by the Wright brothers of Day
ton, o., who made their ever-mem-
orable fight at Kitty Hawk, N. c.,
in December, 1908. For three years
after that there were but two men
who could ay-Wilbur and 0rville
Wright, Since 1906 the advance has
been phenomenal, as the present
Europeah war clearly proves. The
future Of the aeroplane no man can
tell.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-02
When Actor Made an Enemy.


Willie Edouin once told of an actor
IN a certain company who one day In
cautiously disclosed the secret that he
was actually saving So a week. The
rest of the company were dumfounded
at it. Then they enjoyed "the joke"
immensely. He was chaffed unmerci-
fully. There was only one person
present who did not join in the fun
against him. He remained silent and
when the money saver left he took an
opportunity Of slipping out after him
and congratulated him on his common
sense in providing for rainy day.
Then he informed him that he himself
had often thought OF doing the same
thing, but circumstances had always
been against him, and just then he
was at his wits ends. Would the
saver mind lending him, say, a ten
spot till Sunday? He did not get It
and became from that. time one Of the
most bitter ridiculers OF saving as
tending to make a man think OF no
one but himself. 1t really requires
courage in many circles to own TO
ones qualities.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-02

Antl.Nolso Ordinance Passed IN New
York Hailed az Step In the
Right Direction.

The new anti-noise ordinance pro-
vides prompt punishment for any
person plying a trade in the streets
who shall make or permit to be made
"any noise tending to disturb~the
peace and quiet Of The neighborhood
for the purpose Of directing atten-
lion to his wares OF trade or calling"
This is an improvement upon the
I'D ordinance and will put a stop to
ome Of the needless noises that have
cen an abommation 10 the COM
nmiiy There are, however, many
other noises that are just as needless
and just as annoying that do not
come under the penalties Of the law
because they are not made by persons
plying a trade and are not intended
o attract attention to wares OF to
callings. They are many in number
and various in nature, running all
the way from the unnecessary noises
Of automobiles to the pounding Of
fiat car wheels and the deafening rat
tie of elevated trains, The new or
dinance, therefore, is but step in
the right direction, but even a step
is to be welcomed.-New York
World.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-02
Throuah rntne Problem.

There Il q phase OF the road aues
ton which q state-wide m its applicA-
zion. That relates 70 the through or
trunk lines which accommodate
shro-si. ttafiic. To leavs the eonstrac-
ton and care OF these roads IN the
hands Of local authorities musl result
in uneven and inharmonious sapa. aaa
desultory care involving practically q
failure Of such roads for standard d
eheiE utilily.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-02
H0PKINSVlLLE KENTUCKIAN
Published Trl.weekIy. for one year
McCALL'S MAGAZINE

p1v~au Srogdzme Is ioUed by more than
1900, 600 American Women q
because INGALLS, is their home helper,
bringing every month "a to 1876 big pages (all
attraetively illustrated and printed on fine
quality pape) brimful Of valuable information
on clothes, housekeeping. pure food recipes.
cooking entertaining. health. baby. beauty.
etiquette. plain and fancy needle work. en-
broidery. home dress-makins. home millinery
and home decoration;
because INGALLS, is their fashion authority
and guide in correct dress Qor themselves and
ehildrenl showing over 50new designs Of latest
styles monthly and telling what to wear and
and how to make it at least expense;
because MccALL's is more than magazine,
more than fashion authority and household
guide--because INGALLS, is a real FRIEND
and INSPIRATION to all women who arpre-
ciate the best IN magazine reading 1.-The bes, in
stories and articles to entert7in and tho best in
practical departments suggesting ways 10
economic. to cam money at home 10 lighter
burdens and to make life ri~re worth yylile
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-02
DON'T Youhsf

SHs complains that he never can
meet his bEiss
'T.acky dogi Eins sIvays show
up on the first Of the month. -
JuAGA
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-02
GETTING READY.
WIIlis-what are YOU polishing y,

willis-what are you polishing up
your gun for7
Gillis-On account of this Euro
pean war.
Willis-Surely, You don't think
we viii be drawn into III
Gillis-tNo, but think Of the horde
Of book agents who win BE- out sell
ing ''Ths History Of tho Great Con-
eict.s--PHck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-02

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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
well educated, is a pitiable thing.

well educated, is pitiable thing.
How often stenographers are morti-
ned by the use of some unfamiliar
word or term, or quotation, because
OF the shallowness of their prepare
ton! 1t is not enough to be able to
take dictation when ordinary letters
are given, not enough to do the ordi-
nary routine of office work. The am
bilious stenographer must be pre-
pared for the unusual word or express
sion, must have good reserves of
knowledge to draw from in case of
emergency. If she is constantly slip
ping up on her grammar, or is all at
sea the moment she steps out of her
ordinary routine, her employer knows
that her preparation is shallow, that
her education is limited, and her pros
poets will be limited, also
Everywhere we go we see men and
women. especially from twenty-five to
forty years of age, who are cramped
and seriously handicapped by the lack
of early training. | often receive let
tiers from such people, asking if it is
possible for them to educate them
selves so late in life. OF course it Is.
There are so many good correspond
ence schools today and institutions
like Chautauqua, so many evening
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14

While to develop her mental faculties
or to take advantage of opportunities
within reach to fit herself for a su-
perior position. Thousands of girls
Unexpectedly thrown on their own re-
sources have been held down all their
lives because of neglected tasks in
youth which at the time were dis
missed with a careless Il don't think
it worth while" They did not think
it would pay to go to the bottom of
any study at school, to learn to keep
accounts accurately, or fit themselves
to do anything in such a way as to
be able to make a living by it. They
expected to marry, and never pre-
pared for being dependentent on
themselves-a contingency against
which marriage, in many instances, is
no safeguard.
The number of perpetual clerks is
constantly being recruited by those
who did not think it worth while as
boys to learn to write a good hand
or to master the fundamental
branches of knowledge requisite in a
business career. The ignorance COM
mon among young men and young
women in factories, stores and of
fees, everywhere, in fact, in this land
of opportunity where youth should be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
HOW NOBEL MADE DISCOVERY
Cut Finger Caused Him to Find Way
of Handling Nitrogycerin.
With Safety.

When that very dangerous explosive,
traordinary precautions had to be TAX
en- to prevent accidents while the sub,
stance was being handled, but. not
withstanding this, so many disasters
occurred that there seemed to be
strong probabilities that its manufac-
ture and use would have to be pro-
hibited, says an English paper.
After several governments had actu-
ally interdicted its use, however,
means were discovered by which this
powerful explosive could be used with
minimum of danger to those who
handled it.
One of the methods employed was to
convert the JGitroglycerin into dyna-
mite by it's absorption in the infusorial
earth known as kieselguhr. This
process, however, involved a reduction
of the explosive power of the nitro
glycerin and explosives chemists per
sisted in their researches to find some
substance which, when added to nitro
glycerin, would render it safe for ham
ding without diminishing it's explosive
force.
One of these chemists was Nobel.
1t is on record that one day while No
bel was at work in his laboratory he
cut his finger, and in order to stop
the bleeding he painted some collodion
"a liquid preparation akin to guncot-
tom over the cut TO form a protective
artificial skin
Having done this. he poured some of
the cOllodion, by way Of an experiment,
| into a vessel containing nitroglycerin,
when he noticed that the two sub
stances mixed and formed jellylike
mass.
He at once set to work to investi-
gate this substance, and the outcome
of these experiments was blasting gel
attn, mixture containing 80 per cent
of nitroglycerin and 10 per cent of
| soluble guncotton. Thus, as result
! of very trivial occurrence, that vio-
lent explosive, blasting gelatin. was
| discovered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14

that is, the soil must slip from the mold board
evenly leaving the surface bright and clean.
Poor securing is due to many causes. The mold
board may be too soft to take a good polish, or
1t may be imperfectly ground, slight imper
fections may have been left in the surface
To test a good mold board is easy matter.
By running the fingers over the surface from
the bottom to the top one can easily tell whether
the plow has the right shape, and whether it's
surface is perfect. pillow should have hardened
edge and point-the harder the better-because
upon the wearing qualities of the pillow depend
success failure to very large degree
For breaking new sod, pillow with long,
sloping share and mold board should be used, but
for stubble well-tilled ground the pillow with
short steep mold board is better. The breaking
pillow turns the sod over evenly, and all
growth so that it rOts and forms humus in the
soil.
Upon the shape of the pillow also depends the
draft. pillow unsuited to the soil which it is
used will cause a much greater draft than Is
necessary, wearing out the strength of the team
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14

schools, lectures, books, Libraries and
periodicals, that men and women who
are determined to improve themselves
have abundant opportunities to do so.
One trouble with people who are
smarting under the consciousness of
deficient education is that they do
not realize the immense value of util-
ling spare minutes. Like many boys
who will not save their pennies and
small change because they cannot see
how a fortune could ever grow by
the saving, they cannot see low a little
studying here and there each day will
ever amount to good substitute for
a college education.
People who feel their lack of educa-
ton, and who can afford the outlay,
can make wonderful strides in a year
by putting themselves under good tu-
tors, who will direct their reading and
study along different lines.
There is one special advantage in
self-education-you can adapt the
studies to your own particular needs
DeIIer Iudu you COuIU IN ScnOOl or col
lege. Everyone who reaches middle
life without an education should first
read and study along the line of his
own vocation, and then broaden him.
self as much as possible by reading
on other lines.
Every well-ordered household ought
to protect the time of those who de-
sire to study at home. At a fixed
hour every evening during the long
winter there should be by common
consent quiet period for mental con-
centration, for what is worth while in
mental discipline, a quiet hour unin-
terrupted by the thief callers. There
is a divine hunger in every normal
being for self-expansion, a yearning
for growth or enlargement. Beware
of selling this craving of nature for
self-unfoldment. There is untold
wealth locked up in the long winter
evenings and odd moments ahead of
you. A great opportunity confronts
you. What will you do with it?
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
MaIayan Rubber Industry.

Since 1897 developments in the rub
Der industry in Malay have been enor-
nous. In 1897 about $50 acres were
planted to rubber. Year after year
more jungle was cleared and the acre
age increased rapidly. A tremendous
development was felt in 1906. De-
mand for rubber the world over taxed
the supply and spectators rushed to
put land under cultivation 1t is stated
that in that year alone 100000 acres
were alienated for rubber cultivation.
In 1912 there were 621, 621 acres under
rubber, and at the end of 1912 there
were 1855 rubber estates Of over 100
acres in extent, the average yield per
acre being 260 pounds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
PadereWski's "Pupil."

Paderewski arrived in a small west
ern town about noon one day and de-
cfded to take a walk in the afternoon.
While strolling along he heard a piano,
and, following the sound, came to a
house on which was sign reading:
Miss Jones. Piano lessons 25 cents
an hour"
Pausing to listen he heard the young
woman trying to play one of Chopin s
nocturnes, and not succeeding very
well.
Paderewski walked up to the house
and knocked. Miss Jones came to the
door and recognized him at once. De-
lighted, she invited him in and he sat
down and played the nocturne as only
Paderewski can, afterward spending
an hour in correcting her mistakes.
Miss Jones thanked him and he de-
parted.
Some months afterward he returned
to the town, and again took the same
walk.
He soon came to the home of Miss
Jones, and, looking at the sign, read:
Miss Jones. Piano lessons 81 an
hour. pupil of Paderewski)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
Historic Pen Used at Wedding.

One of the many aristocratic Eng
lish war nurses is Lady Bangor, who
is helping to look after the wounded
in Egypt. Like her husband, who
was a captain in the royal artillery be-
fore he came into the title, and who
is now back in the service, Lady Ban
gor is Irish, and was Miss Agnes Da-
ere Hamilton of Cornacassa, Monag-
han. When she was married in 1905,
the register was signed with a his
toric pen, namely, the quill used by
the ambassadors of the powers when
they signed the treaty of Vienna. The
Lord Bangor of that day, being secre-
tary to Lord Castlereagh, secured the
pen as memento, and it is treasure
at Castle Ward, big place, beautiful
ly situated on Strangford Tough, and
a mixture of Greek and Byzantine ar
chitecture. The builder and his wife
could not agree about the style, so a
compromise was made.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14

and the patience of the plowman. The more
abrupt the curvature of the mold board the more
pulveriZing the action upon the furrow slice.
The use of Golfer reduces the draft materially,
particularly tough Soils clover sod and the like.
Some farmers claim that the only frst-class
blowing that be done is with the walking
plow, but have seen some of the best blowing
done with a sulky pillow. There is not much diff
ference in the draft sulky pow carrying
man will be about easy on a team as walking,
because the friction of the mold board of the
walking plow is eliminated to some extent
The draft of the walking plow depends largely
upon the way in which 1t is set. If properly
adjusted with steady pull so that the heel or
wing does not press too heavily against the
soil, the plow will easily, smoothly and with
very little attention from the plowman. l have
seen the men follow the pillow round after round
without touching the handle, except at the
turning point.
Another important thing in blowing is to have
the width of the furrow just right. If the pillow
is set to take a larger land than it turn
properly, it will leave much vegetation I'M
covered, and the field will be ridgy. The pillow
should be set to exactly cut and all that it
enters. and no more. When pillow properly
1t should set exactly level.
No is good farmer unless he is first of
all good powman. Upon the skill with which
he plows his fields depends to a considerable
extent the facility with which he can cultivate
his crop, and, in fact, it's yield.
The question of deep or shallow blowing is one
which must be studied by every man. and
adapted to the needs of his soil and his crop.
Deeply plowed soil contains moisture longer,
affords better home for fertilizer and all kinds of
plant food, is more easily cultivated, and is al
ways to be desired, ....,.>..., .-...-......
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
s-Fa-=s-s---'--- >sszss 49, rs7as.---.
PhvSician IF p1inAbeA

DR.. Richard Pearson Strong, having
quelled the epidemic of typhus fever
in Serbia, thereby saving countless
thousands of lives. now returns to this
country to resume his place as pro-
fessor of tropical medicine at the
Harvard Medical school He had pre-
vious plague experience in the Phil
ippines and China. Doctor Strong
was born in Fortress Monroe, Virginia,
March IS, 1872. 1t is said that even
as child he was attracted to medicine
as a profession, and that the medical
officers at the fort were his chosen
friends. He graduated from the medi-
cal school at Johns Hopkins, winning
his M. D., in 1897. Then came a year
as resident house physician at the
Johns Hopkins hospital. He entered
the army July %. 1898, as assistant
surgeon. After his splendid work in
China he was induced to attach him
self to Harvard university, where he
has operated along research lines.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14

The United States health service is
starting a campaign of education to
reduce typhoid. 1t is pointed out that
few communities in this country hav-
ing population of 1000 or more have
remained free from this disease for a
year at time.
In many American cities there has
occurred within the last twenty years
a considerable reduction of typhoid
fever. Due in q large part to imprcTea
sanitary conditions in the cities, the
| typhoid rate for some entire states
has shown a material decrease. Fol-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
EXPLANATION OF THE CROWD
Few Members of Big Gatherings Act
and Think as They Would Do
as individuals.

The most striking popularity pre-
scented by Psychological crowd. &C
Cordiug 10 Gustav lie Bou. is the fol-
lowing: Whoever be the individuals
that compose It. however like or IN
like be their mode OF life. their occu-
rations their character or their in
telligence. the fact that they have
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
Needed IL.

Theatrical Manager-Hi. there!
What are you doing with that pistol?
Discouraged Lover-Going to kill
myself
Theatrical Manager-Hold on a min
ute. If you're bound to do it, won't
you be good enough to leave note
saying you did it for love of Miss Star.
our leading lady? It's a dull season
and every little helps.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
Work for CRIPPLED Soldiers

One form which Germany's provi-
sion for the employment of crippled
soldiers is taking is the purchase of
two large landed estates in the neigh
borhood of Magdeburg, where each
man will have a plot of ground for
growing vegetables and fruit. which
can be easily disposed of in the
Magdeburg market. One estate cost
S375,000, and the other about the same
price.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
WIRELESS MESSAGE ON PIANO
New York Man Tells of Results Of Ex-
periments He Has Conducted for
Some Time.
nest ~ HaWkins of Peekskill

Ernest ". Hawkins of Peekskill
n. Y. sends the following interesting
account of his experiments with a
Lowell form of antennae for wireless
telegraphy:
To catch the mysterious electric
waves that carry our wireless mes
sages through space l find that our
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14

been transformed into q crowd puts
them in possession of a sort of col
lective mind which makes them feel.
think and act in a manner quite diff
ferent from that in which each indi-
vidual of them would feel. think and
act were he in a state of isolation.
There are certain ideas and feelings
which do not come into being or do
not transform themselves into acts
except in the case of individuals form
ing a crowd.
The psychological crowd is a pro
visional being formed of heterogene-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
War Influences Paris Veil Styles.

The war veil is the latest freak of
fashion in Paris. Though quite gro
tesque in appearance, it is popular in
the sense that it expresses the patriot
ism of the women.
The two designs most frequently
seen are those of a black cannon wo-
ven in the mesh just where it rests on
the cheek, and beauty spot" woven
to the shape of the Red Cross, but
done in white on black background.