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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
FACTS ABOUT WORKING DAY
During the Last twenty-five Years It
Has Only Been Shortened an
Hour.

We are far better off than we were
fifty or seventy years ago, the New
York Republic observes. At the begin
ming of the century, the wage Garner
iabored from sun to sun, and later,
when expensive machinery and artifi-
cial light were introduced into the fac
tories, the working day was extended
far into the night. In 1910 American
cotton operatives worked IA hours per
day, and as late as 1852 13 hours, while
today the average working day in the
mills is under ten hours. The hours of
labor of farm laborers, except in har-
vest times, seem to have diminished,
and in a considerable number of occu-
pations, notably in the building trades,
an eight hour day has been introduced.
In other. occupations, affecting the
health of the workers or in which
women and children are largely en-
ployed, a shorter working day has
been secured by legislation. But this
progress, though considerable, is not
nearly so great as is generally sup
posed. The ten hour day still pre-
walls in most industries, while the II
and 10 hour day is far from being ex'
tinct. During the ten years from 1891
to 1901, the average working day fell
only a quarter of an hour. In the last
25 years, less than one hour has been
taken from the hours of daily labor.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
PearY Saws He Knows.

Lord Rayleigh is one of the most
interesting members Of the British
peerage.
His loTdship is a noted scientist, and
it was for his scientific work that he
received the high honor of the Order
of Merit. Although Lord Rayleigh is
a profound scholar, he has a humor-
Gus side TO his nature, and he once
played a neat little joke on learned
friend with whom he had been dis
cussing some deep subjects.
What is the difference between the
north and south poles?" he asked very
gravely.
His lordship's friend thought he had
a new scientific problem to grapple
with and brought all the weight Of
his brain to bear upon the question.
Il really must give it up he said at
last.
"The answer is simple enough re-
piled Lord Rayleigh with a smile,
there is all the difference in the
world"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
FISH KNOCKS OUT FISHERMAN
Gives Man Black Eye and Breaks Its
Own Nose-Will Be Kept as
Trophy.

It was a starlight night end Joe
Rivers good launch Yankee lazily slid
through a succession Of oiled waves.
Biff! and Skipper Jerry Shively at the
wheel measured his full length of six
feet five upon the deck. Bang. Some
thing careened off the spokes Of the
wheel and lay fluttering in the SOUP
pers.
who did that" beloved Jerry as
he arose to his feet and giared down
upon the covering crew.
Something from overheard" timor-
ously replied William Askerson, able
seaman. seen it come aboard
A few turns of the wheel and the
Yankee settled back to it's course,
while the crew began to search and
finally came upon the fluttering thing
in the scuppers.
II was flying fish, and not a large
one at that. But it had sent a man
who weighed over $50 pounds to the
mat for the full count of ten and had
given him the blacklist Of eyes in the
bargain.
The flying fish and the black eye
were brought into port here one day
last week by Mr.. Shively, who pro-
poses to keep the first and is making
every effort to rid himself of the lat
ter. The flying fish had its nose
broken in the encounter and only lived
few minutes.-Los Angeles Times
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
Military Weddlnn Cake.

The very latest British war fashion
IS the military wedding cake. SO
largely has this become a feature OF
weddings associated with military and
naval men that the wholesale manu-
facturers are specializing in toy or
naments of warlike character to dec
crate the cakes.
These are mostly ornamental can
non, guns and rifles, with battleships
for naval men and very well executed
models Of aeroplanes for bridegrooms
connected with the flying corps Ar
mored cars and flags Of all nations
also figure Sugared Cupids and harps
are at a discount.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
Refraetor for University.

The astronomical observatory Of the
University OF Michigan at Ann Arbor
hopes ultimately to possess a 24-inch
refractor, thanks to the generosity OF
r. p. Lamont of Chicago. This tele-
scope was ordered I'm 1911, and the
latest report OF the Jena glassmakers
was that the crown disk had been
made, while a mass of flint glass sufii-
GENTLY large for the flint disk had
been produced. The completion OF the
latter disk would require some months.
even under normal conditions, and the
war will probably cause further delay.
Meanwhile the mounting has made
good progress at the observatory shop
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
Roped and Tied.

The men engaged in cutting off the
ends Of protruding ties on the ele-
waited railway at New York were ex-
pHcitly instructed for the sake Of in
nocent passers-by on the street be-
low never to allow a piece of tie to
fan to the street without a rope at
tached to it.
One day, as the end Of a tie was
sawed Off, the man on the job threw
the rope, tie and all, into the street.
"Hy, there, what er you dom p
yelled an indignant foreman.
I'VE told me not TO let anything drop
to the street widout a rope attached
rejoined the man in a surly tone
We'll, amt / obeyin' orders?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
ONLY ADVERTISING OF VALUE
Must Be Absolute Truth ls the Un.
varying Experience Of American
Men Of Business.

The only kind Of advertising that
has any real value is that based on
the truth. so that when the convention
Of the Associated Advertising Clubs
of the World, in session at Indianap-
oils, reafirmed truthful publicity as
their slogan they but formulated the
unvsrying experience Of the business
world. Lincoln's famous remark to
the effect, that you can fool some of
the people all the time, and all of the
people some Of the time, but you can
not fool all the people all the time"
is peculiarly applicable to the publicity
field; the attempt to fool the people by
means of dishonest advertising is Gu
mulative in its retribution and the ad-
vertiser who tries Il spells his own
ultimate confusion. This is by no
means a mere assumption, for Stats
tics prove that the public is quick to
detect the fraudulent variety; faint
earmarks of insincerity and mendac-
fly soon become conspicuous warnings,
and the truthful advertisements bring
results out of all proportion to those
which fail to keep faith with the buy
err. Even without the laws here and
there aimed at the dishonest practice
of the fake advertiser, the business
world is learning quickly that the sue
cess won by the trickster is a transit
tory one, while the firm foundations
are those that are built upon truth
and Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
Warsaw Has a German Newspaper

Warsaw Has a German Newspaper
Two weeks after the occupation Of
Warsaw by the Teutonic allies the
first German newspaper printed in the
ancient capital Of Poland made its
appearance in the streets. 1t is a four
page sheet entitled Warsaw German
Gazette. It is published by the own
ers OF the Grenzboten of Berlin, who
also have founded a German paper in
LODI. The newspaper occupies a large
building on Mieiowa street and the
plant is equipped with six linotype
machines and several presses. Evil
IDENTIFY the publisher Intends TO make
the venture permanent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
The Piano.

The janitor of a hall out in the
country was asked by an entertainer
from the city if there wasn't piano
that he could use for the evenings
entertainment. Wall yes, there is
a piano down in the cellar" said the
janitor, but you couldn't play on it;
leastways, not as it is, for it's full OF
books" Then the janitor bawled to
his wife; Susan, where's the works
of that piano." And Susan's voice
fioated down from upstairs: Amt
they out in the garden?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
cood Flour From old Wheat

Wheat thirty.four years old has lust
been threshed, and il made exception
ally good bread. The wheat was
grown and harvested in 1881 by a
farmer near Grantham, Lincolnshire,
England, who swore he would not sell
Il until Il reached a certain price.
That price was still a secret when the
farmer died. The grain was then pdt
on the market, oflngirg a good price.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13

a number OF Englishmen who we're
rejected BY the recruiting officer talk
"a getting up a company Of their own.
they might cali themselves the Refus
sliers Boston Transcript.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13
Name. please.

Watching a neighbor's house to see
wbQ comes out thereof in the wee sma
hous nehows more curiosity than love.
--Degtfet Evening News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13

We are enabled to give our readers, old
and new, the benefit of this money-sav-
ing club offer, only because Of a very spe-
cial arrangement with the publishers of
McCAIIIS MACHINE
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-13

,1ey re7v yencecaA yte or call at e6e eAa pass,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-07
BULLET DROPS FROM EAR.
What the Doctors Failed to Do
Kindly Nature Slowly.
Performed.

Thirteen years ago Corey Hill, S.,
was shot by Madison county citi-
zen. The ball from rifle struck
Hill in the ear and penetrated, it is
believed by physicians, the brain or
its lining. The injured man was
unconscious for some time, but rail-
lied and almost recovered, though
the bullet never was removed from
his skull.
A few days ago the ball dropped
out of the ear it had entered. Hill
suffered aftef the wound with partial
loss of vision Of the left eye and
never recovered ability to focus the
eyes, the ball evidently cutting the
fibers enclosing the eye nerves. He
suffered at times from slight head
aches and dizziness.
Lately the ear became infiamed.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-07

her governess had given her prob
lem in algebra (a-b)x(a-b)-? She had
stared at that riddle as she stared at
this one.
DR.. Royce had happened along then
and smiled at the easy task. He
could probably solve this problem,
too, but he was not here. She was
alone and the solution depended
solely on her.
She thought and thought while Nell
cleared the table. She offered to help
Nell and was permitted to aid in the
work. When the last dish was re-
moved to the wash basin Gloria and
Nell took opposite ends of the coarse
tablecloth. When it was folded twice
the two girls began to bring the two
ends together, as people do who are
folding tablecloths.
Nell stopped short at the proper mo-
ment; Gloria went toward her. The
solution came to her in flash. In
stead of putting the two ends of the
tablecloth in Nell's fingers, she sud-
denly whipped the cloth over her head,
brought it down around her elbows
and, after furious struggle, forced
Nell back into chair and knotted the
tablecloth corners under the arms. She
snatched a pair of dish towels from
the wall and tied Nell's feet to the
legs of the chair. Nell fought like a
mad woman in straitjacket, but
the knots held.
Gloria was out Of breath, but she
was proud as Punch over her victory.
She stood up painting and exclaimed:
"Welll *s
So far SO good. But there was still
Trask to settle with, and Jed. She
had not tablecloths enough for all
three. and she doubted if she could
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-07
FAKE CHARITIES
REAP Big HARVEST
Prominent English Society
Folks Find Names Have Been
Fraudulently Used.
BIG rHEFTs REVEALED

Correspondence OF The Associated Press),
London, July 2o.-London society
has been stirred by the revelation that
some Of its titled and most prominent
members have unwittingly been lend
ing their names to fraudulent war
charity organizations. The names Of
the frauds and Of the leaders Of Eng
lands aristocracy who served on COM
mittees were not given out by the
government committee which made
the disclosures,
Following close ON the heels OF the
report the founder of the war fund
was arrested, speedily convicted and
sentenced to six months imprison-
ment at hard labor for converting its
money to his own use. In passing
sentence the court condemned widely
known persons who had allowed their
names to be used on dummy commit
tees"
Rumors that all was not straight in
the affairs OF many of the Charity"
organizations which have sprung up
since the outbreak OF the war were
heard early this year and resulted in
the appointment Of the committee. Its
report bristles with stories of fake
charities, astounding proof Of the gull
libility OF mankind and the ease where
with distinguished persons may be
trapped into lending their names to
what is described as organized ro-
query"
Many Fakes Found.
The report, for instance, refers to
one charity that published no &C
counts, to another with a merely nom
inal committee, to a third whose bal
ance sheet fails to account for $780,
600, to fourth startca by an undis-
charged bankrupt, to fifth that was
the invention OF foreign swindler,
To all these the public gave freely.
The favorite dodge says the re-
port. is really to expend the major
part Of the sun, collected on the nomi-
nal object OF the charity and only
steal 10000 or $4,000 pounds"
After calling his attention to the
recklessness of titled and prominent
people in lending their names to thes,
fake charities, the committee recon-.
lmends state supervision withou
registration Of charity funds.
But says the Daily Mail, "that
is not enough. First let us have tn,
title Of the bogus charities or til,
names OF their 'treasurers. Titlet
and prominen. people who lend theil
names in this way place vicious ant
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-07

he guess that she had sat at her win
dow with binoculars to her eyes and
watched the whole tragedy. He be-
gan to grow superstitious. Gloria was
apparently able to perform miracles.
She wore the invisible cloak, Per-
haps she would leave as mystically
as she had come.
Finally he grew brave enough to
shout out at her: who are you?
What was Freneau to your"
Gloria knew that anyone who blus-
tiers is likely to be weak, so she an
swered coldly: Never mind who |
am. The main thing is, who are you
and what was Freneau to your"
The very name Freneau seemed to
madden Trask. He emitted loud
yelp Of hate and derision and left the
table. He moved toward Gloria, but
changed his mind or deferred his pur-
pose and went up the stairs, closing
the hatch and fastening it above.
There was nothing reassuring in his
last look at Gloria.
Nell was clearing up the table
when she saw that Gloria was faint
with hunger and terror. She Offered
Gloria the remnant Of the supper
Gloria was glad to get it. She ate
like another pauper, She felt that
she would need what strength she
would acquire. Her wits were dane
ing as she tried to think out a means
Of escape. She could not fight Nell
and her father and the big man, too
She could not overcome them with
force, and she had no weapon but her
five wits, and they had never been
trained to suchiproblems.
She was as helpless before them as
she had been when she was a little
5-year-old filly at Palm Beach and
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-07

dazzied II she had been convinced. At
last she spoke:
Say, what do you think you are!
The Dime Savings bank! And who
do you think ann amt on auc-
ton. If your father had all the
money you're maxim up he has, do
you think you could buy my father
with it? No"
Gloria liked her better for that, but
she was none the less determined to
escape il she could. She talked no
more. But she thought harder than
ever before.
Nell went on getting her fathers,
supper at the little stove, Gathering
the pans and jabbing the fire with
the poker angrily.
Gloria had often steamed up the
Hudson on her fathers yacht. This
was her first voyage on a canal
barge. The place was extremely un-
like her fathers yacht, but the SAVIOR
OF the frying pan made Gloria demo-
cratically hungry. When Trask came
back, however, his cold eyes took her
appetite away. But not his own. She
watched him wolf his food; she felt
that he was half insane, relentless
fanatic on wild crusade.
His eyes kept rolling in her direc-
ton. He found her so mysterious
that he was half afraid Of her. He
remembered the loneliness Of that
winter night by the Soldiers and Sail
ors' monument. He remembered the
appearance OF Freneau a.one and no
other human being in view. His very
hands remembered the death grasp
they took on Freneau's throat. He
smiled. That was one good deed, at
least, he told himself.
But he could not imagine how this
girl could have seen him. How could
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-07

contemplate blot on our socical sys-
tenn, and it would do world of good
if the names of these dummy patrons
were published along with the frauds
they have helped to foster
Many promoters have found the
war charity gilt-edged investment,
the Daily Sketch deduces and adds:
There are certain men and women in
society who think that they have full
filled most Of their obligations to
charity by allowing their names to go
on every committee which writes to
them"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-07

hoodwink those giants in the same
way.
Another scheme occurred to her
She had noticed Nell poking up the
fire in the little stove. Now Nell was
quieting down and it was safe to
leave her.
She ran to the stove, lifted the
lid and set the poker in the red Goals.
1t was a grand idea and she was tre-
mendously enthusiastic But the poker
was not. 1t was in no hurry what
ever. They say that watched poker
never glows. Gloria heard some
body working at the hatch be-
fore the poker had attained
as much blush as hardened sinner
feels on his cheek at little mis-
take.
She heard Trask's footstep. She
could see his feet ON the stairway.
She stared at the poker and whis-
pered: Hurry up" The poker was
in no hurry,
Trask paused to call Jed, then he
began to come down the stairway.
Gloria was stupefied to see how
much there was Of him. His face
appeared last of all and it appalled,
her. He carried rope in his hand.
Trask did not see Gloria at first.
But he caught sight of the animated
bolster in the rocking chair and it
frightened him. He stared back. But
muffled shrek came from the
depths. pain Pa! Its me! She
did it!'
Trask understood that the witch
woman had performed another OF her
feats and he was sure that he was
under the voodoo. Then he saw
Gloria standing by the stove. She
looked so small and so timid that
he regained his courage. He
roared at Gloria and moved toward
Nell. Gloria cried: Stand back"
Trask was so astonished by her
impudence that he laughed.
why, you little fluffy pullet, III
tie you up and drop you in the river!'
"Oh, you will" said Gloria.
She snatched the poker from the
fire. Trask laughed at it. She hit
the table with it and sparks flew.
She rubbed it on the wooden top Of
the table and smoke arose There
was Kissing sound. Trask shud.
dered. Gloria jabbed at him with her
red hot sword. He could feel the
soaring pain Of it before it reached
him When it arrived where he was
he was not there. Gloria was trifle
conceitcd over her success.
And now, what next? She saw the
rope in his hand. He had brought ii
| to tie her with. The next idea came.
She gloated a trifle.
you thought you would tie me MP,
did you? Well, you can just tie your
self upp
Trask ccrld hardly believe that
anyone would be cruel enough to in
flict such an insulting injury. But
Glorias arguments were pokes with
the poker
If Trask had beer more intelligent
and less confused, and had known
how, he might have tied himself up
as the cabinet tricksters do-so that
he could slip out easily. But this
was beyond him at the time, and
Gloria was vigilant
She made him fast.n the rope
around a stanchion, then knot il
about one wrist, then pass it around
him till he looked like a package
of Gloria's own, tying. The last knots
she attended 10 herself She set the
poker on a plate within easy reach
and knetted, and knotted, and knot
ted. Trask CRASHED his teeth with
rage, but he could not bulge, He
yelled just once, then she seized !
dish towel, whirled it into roll
and gagged him so that he could
not even gnash his teeth.
Gloria heard footsteps along the
| deck overhead, Probably Jed wa.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-07

It's dark day." SOME one said to Brother
Williams "a very dark hopeless day"
And then the old negro said: Hits ez,
you lock at It, But why don't you unlock
de sunshine? Amt you got some hid round
de house somers--in some Oh co'ner what
you clean forgot? Stir 'roun'! and t'un
de sunshine loose It's DARN yo' house
and heart"
.Here J" the dark day mourner said.
heres a dollar for you old man."
BLESS God". Brother williams said. II
knowed you'd turn loose de sunshine. Hit
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-07

Since that period the department has
been in the hands Of civilians seven
years out of eleven.
The navy department has been adj
ministered by a naval officer only
three years out Of the last twenty.
The rest of the time II was in the
hands Of lawyers or journalists.
Just prior to the Tangicr incident
that threatened war, the navy was ad-
ministered by 4 journalist and the
war department by a stock broker.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-07

coming down. The poker was cold.
There was no time for relocating 1t.
She put out the lamp that Nell had
lighted, she set at the foot Of the
stairs wicker rocker, she laid it
on its side, and fell back to await
Developments.
led came down the stairs in the
dark. As he left the last step he
put his foot in the wicker rocker as
in a trap. Jed went on over with
crash that shook the barge: he
was yelling that he was being bitten
to death by a wildcat, when Gloria
sided past him, ran up the stairs and
out on deck. She closed the hatch,
fastened it and voted herself three
cheers. .t
She looked about her now and saw
that she was in the middle OF the
Hudson river, and a great distance
from either shore. The view was
magnificent in the cleaning, but she
had had enough of il and the hateful
tug was furrowing the water and
dragging the barge farther and father
north.
She saw the tiller of the barge
Hopping idly, and it occurred to her
that il she could get free from the tug
she could steer the barge to shore
herself Somewhere below was her
fathers home. ,Stas and his father
and mother would be waiting for her.
Perhaps her own father was alarmed,
1t was time for her to 60 home. She
would take her prisoners back to her,
father and deliver them to whatever
punishment seemed right.
She had never steered a canal
barge, but she imagined that it would
be about the same as a motor boat In
general principles. Fortunately, she
! had been carried so far north that the
current would act as engine power.
She was delighted with the scheme.
She went forward and saw this
big hawser connecting the barge with
the tug The hawser sagged in the
middle and cut the water. The tug
was buckled down to its work, churn-
ing tip noisy wake. She could see
the backs Of the crew of the tug
where they sat smoking and solemn
ana Dofea 70 aeatn.
They would have had good laugh
II they had seen Gioria trying 70 unite
the Knots IN tnat hawser with ner
little hands. She was Laughing to
THINK now surprised tney wouio pc
later when they discovered by chance
that the barge had disappeared.
When a parcel came home from a
shop Gloria always tried to unite it,
then always went for the scissors. So
now, when she saw she could not
quite unknot the hawser, she looked
for the shears. She found an AK on