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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
Why Guns Stand Fire.

One of the chief sources of strength
In big guns lies in the miles and miles
of steel ribbon with which the tube
is REINFORCED. This ribbon, one-six.
teenth of an inch thick and about a
quarter of an inch wide, is wound
round the tube or core of the great
cannon. On 12-inch gun about 1870
miles Of the ribbon is wound, weight
of 10 tons. The ribbon has a tensile
strength of 100 tons a square inch.
From the time the ingots of steel
some of which are nearly 100 tons in
weight, are taken from the steel foun-
dry, where they are cast as octagonal
masses, to when, as a complete weap-
on, the gun is tested to prove its pow.
er and accuracy, scores of intricate
processes are gone through.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
PREPARE SEEDED FOR OATS
Not Generally Necessary to Pillow
Land Before sowlnq--DlsI< Har-
row Is Recommends.

Oats usually follow a cultivated
crop such as corn or potatoes; hence
Il is not generally necessary to pillow
the land before sowing. Oats do well
on fall-plowed land, but II the land
has not been plowed in the fall better
yields are usually produced from
sowing in a seeded made by disk
ing and narrowing than in one made
by spring blowing. Early seeding for
oats is very desirable. AS a good seed
bed can be made much more quickly
with the disk harrow than with the
pillow on land that was in cultivated
crop last year, the saving in time is
an advantage. Two dislklngs and one
narrowing with the spike-toothed har-
row will put clean land in good shape
for sowing with the drill.
Oats grow best in seeded that
has or inches of loose surface soil,
but which is firm below that depth.
This is another reason why disking is
to be preferred to spring blowing, for
there is not time for plowed land to
settle before the seed is sown. Still
another reason why the disk is better
is that a field can be plowed, and the
cheaper way of doing a Job should
always be chosen If it gives just as
good results as the more expensive
way.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
- a STo R, q
Carlyle on Humor.

Carlyle says humor is the finest
perfection of pathetic genius, and
Thackeray calls it a combination of
love and of wit. The magic sisters,
Philosophy and Science, analyze life
into several elemental colors of the
spectrum. Their humane brother,
Humor. mixes and mingles and syn
thesizes these seven elemental tints
into the glorious effulgence of life's
sunshine and into the rollicking sun
beams Of pleasure and of Joy from
the unassorted relations of life that
muddle and befuddle the intellect.
Humor distills the pure Joy of living
and extracts the essence of the truth
that "the things that are" are better
than the things that are not" and
that the things that might be" could
not be half as good as the things
that are"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
DAIRYING ON A LARGE SCALE
Number Of Unpleasant Surprises Are
In Store at Start-Start With
Few Cows and Grow Up.

The man who starts dairying on a
large scale by buying the whole dairy
herd is in for a number of unpleasant
surprises. The best way to get into
the dairy business is to grow into it.,
starting with few cows and selecting
and culling as experience dictates. 1t
is slow way to be sure. but it is a
safe one. Only those who have been
through the mill know how hard it is
to set out and buy good mich cows.
The endeavor Of every dairyman is to
sell off his poorest animals and keeT
the best
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
Nitrogen.

One Of natures methods Of fixing
nitrogen is familiar to everyone, but
does not seem to have suggested itself
to chemists as one 10 be initiated.
When water trickles through the
earth in which there is much organic
matter and oozes out through the NOR
tar OF a wall, the wall becomes in
crusted with pure inter, or saltpeter.
What has happened is this: The water
has dissolved much OF the potassium
in the soil and picked up millions of
the nitrifying bacteria in the earth
and carried them through the mortar,
in which there is much lime. The
potassium deposited on the wall Is
exposed TO the air and the nitrifying
bacteria begin TO draw from this the
nitrogen which combines with the
potassium to make inter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
Kansas Woman Helpless.

Wallace. Va. Mrs. Mary Vest. of
this place, says, 81 hadn't been very
we'll for three years, and at last was
taken bad. could not stand on my
feet, had such pains. ached all
over. | felt like crying all the time.
Mother insisted on my trying Cardui.
Now feel well. and do nearly all my
homework" No medicine for weak
and ailing women, has been 50
successful as Cardui. 1t goes to the
spot, relieving pain and distress. and
building up womanly strength, in
way that will surely please you.
Only try il once --Adve tisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20

Acting Governor T. A. Combs APP
pointed the following Lexington men
Colonies on his staff last week: Coun-
ty Judge F. A. Bullock, DR.. S. H.
HALEY, J. Ed Bassett, Roger H.
Smith, Prof. F. Paul Anderson, Post
master Moses Kaufman, Mayor James
c. Rogers, Commissioner w. H. Nc
Corkle, George Land, Harry Schoon-
maker, Frank g. OFT, City Clerk
James J. O'Brien, R. c. Stoll, Desha
Breckenridge and j. Sherman Porter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
Elns In SYRUP.

Pick over, wash and drain half
pound of dried figs and steam until
they begin to look soft. Boil together
for five minutes a half cupful each of
sugar and water. Into this drop the
figs, cover closely and draw to the
side of fire, where they will keep very
hot, yet not simmer, for half an hour.
Transfer the figs to a serving dish and
boil down the strip until thick and
rich. Take from the fire, add half
tablespoonful Of vanilla and two ia.
blespoonfuls of sherry, pour over the
figs and set aside. Servo very cold
with cream and cake.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20

The forward drive of the Russian
armies in Volhynia, Galicia and Bulk
owina continues with apparently I'M
dimished successes. From the Pri-
pet marshes southwark to Czernowitz
the forces Of Gen. Brusiloff, accord
ing to reports from Petrograd, are
throwing back counter-attacks and
are advancing steadily against the
Austrian armies. In thirteen days the
Russians have taken prisoner almost
10000 men and have captured i'm
mense stores of war booty.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
DOUBLING VALUE OF MANURE
Treatment Of Acid Phosphate Is Sug'
gested by Ohio Experiment Sta
tion-Cost Is Small.

A suggestion that seems worth while
comes from the Ohio experiment sta
ton. 1t is this: Treat your barnyard
manure with acid phosphate and dou.
BILE it's value"
Manure is good fertilizer, but it is
not sufficient on the older farm lands
which are deficient in phosphorus.
The expense of treating the manure
to make it well-balanced ferti.
lizer is not great, only 40 pounds Of
the acid phosphate being used to the
ton OF mangrs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20

Gen. Jacinto Trevino, commanding
the Carranza army of the North, Fri
day addressed Gen. j. j. Pershing,
American expeditionary commander,
that any movement of American
troops from their present lines in any
but northern direction would be
considered the opening Of hostilities.
Perishing is ready to handle any trJu-
BILE that may bee started.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
Sure His Time Had Come.

II happened in an English hospital
ward that at the moment when a pa
tient was Just recovering conscious
ness on his return to bed from the OPP
Grating theater a Wesleyan minister
and two clerical friends came walking
in to pay visit. The patient started
up and stared at the trio of black
coats. Great Scott" he exclaimed.
The undertakers!"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20

A lazy liver leads to chronic dys-
pepsia and nstipation, weakens
the whole system. Doan's Regulets
Csc per box) act mildly on the liver
and bowels. At al drug stores. -
Advertisement
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20

A pretty Kentucky girl has just
married man named N. g. Nix, but
people cannot always be judged by
their names. One of the dullest fell
lows we ever knew was named Bright.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20

Cheapest accident insurance-Dr.
Thomas Electric Oil. For burns,
scalds, cuts and emergencies. All
druggists sell it. 25c and 50c.-Ad-
vertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20

The first number of the Madison
vile Messenger appeared Friday and
will be published semi-weekly by
Will T. Mills, C. c. Owens, Jr.,
Sloane Owens and A. c. Bailey. 1t is
a four-page paper of seven columns
and is attractive in appearance and
well edited.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
TUESDAY, JUNE 20

Glynn, of New York, came out Of
the st. Louis convention with repu-
tation for oratory that few people
knew he possessed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20

Feel languid. weak, run down?
Headache? Stomach "off?" A good
remedy is Burdock Blood Bitters.
Ask your druggist. Price $780,
A Advertisement
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20

For any itchiness of the skin, for
skin rashes. chap, pimples. etc., try
Doan's Ointment. SOC at all drug
stores. Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
Not So Foolish.

did you hear that chap ask the
gateman what time the 6;16 leavesf
What a foolish question" "Oh, i
don't knowl That man has probably
Travelled on this line before"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-20
LOOKING for Trouble.

"A man dat ain got no cares ner
troubles" said Uncle Eben, won't be
satisfied to let well enough alone. He'll
go an git hisse'f a dog"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-24
DEMOCRATS
CONTINUED from page y

dered him by men who have spent
life time in politics, and who claim to
know tho political topography and
geography OF West Virginia better
than he does. 1t Is said of him In GER
tain quarters more In disgust than in
anger that he Is Extensively autocratIc
and dlctatorial In his attitude toward
those experienced leaders who arc
sincere In their desire to help him und
by tho same token holp their party,
1t is alleged that he has acted hide
pendentIy and without consultation In
the several formal statements he has
issued 10 the public, and that by so
doing no failed to hit the mark ut
which he apparently was aiming that,
lntsead, of serious attention and
thought being given to his rather un-
usual and noval statements, their text
and composition were such, as we'll
as the manner Of statement, as to cause
them TO DO lightly treated and cIassed
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-24
aken a captive to ConstantinopIe 4

taken a captive to Constantinople in
1S49.
The Kurds, who constituted two
thirds Of the population Of Bitlis and
who have held sway in this mountain
Gus region of Asia Minor for many
centuries, have been variously ap-
praised by travellers. One extreme
view is that they are as destitute Of
annals as the wolves and jaCkals
among whom they have lived in the
mountains from immemorial times,
while the writer who estimates the
other side of the shield OF their char
acter speaks glowingly Of the noun
taineers thus: Every nation that ever
acquired fame and name in the east
crn worlds history-Assyrian, Par
THAN, Greek, Roman, Persian, the
Arabs, Mohammedans and MongOls-.
has invaded this part of western Asia,
yet the holders Of the hills and the
possessors Of the tongue have with
stood every army and have retained
the purity Of their Aryan blood and
their Aryan language
Persian Legends,
Concerning the origin of the Kurds
there are two picturesque Persian
legends. The first relates that at the
suggestion of the devil the scrpcnts of
the neurological monster Zohak were
regularly fed upon human brains, Two
youths who had been condemned to
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-24
SAVES DAUGHTER
Advice Of Mother no Doubt Pre-
vent. Daughter, Undmsly End.

Ready, KY" was not able 10 do
Bnything for nearly six months" writes
Mrs. Laura Bratcher, Of this place, and
was down in bed for three months.
| cannot tell you how | suffered with
my head, and with nervousness and
wonany troubles.
Our family doctor tod my husband he
could not do me any good, and he had
10 give it UP. We tiled another doctor,
but he did not help me,
At last, my mother advised me TO take
Cardui, the womans tonic. / thought
Il was no use for was nearly dead and
nothing seemed TO do me any good, Bio
| took eleven bottles, and now | am able
10 do all Of my work and my OWE
washing,
Think Cardul is the best medicine In
The world. My weight has increased,
and look the picture Of health. I"
If you suffer from any Of the ailments
peculiar TO women, get a bottle OF Cardl
Today, Delay is dangerous. We know
II will help you, for it has helped so
many thousands Of other weak women
In the past 50 years.
AtalI druggists,
WvHt h, ohatnnooRu Medicine Co., LAdist
ADVISORY Dept Chattanooga, Tenn, for SJEeiSl
fVRyuctioH5 on your case and 64.pag0 book, HONG
Treatment loE WoaOR-" IN nlain UEAanaE. NC IA
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-24

built a fortress during his campaign
Of world conquest" Nineteen CEN
turtles later. almost under the shadow
Of this castle. the great Turkish sui
tan, SoIyman the Magnificent, met one
of his few defeats at the hands Of the
Persians whom he subdued many
times, just as he defeated many Euro
pcan armies on the plains and in the
mountain Businesses Of Hungary dur
ing his brilliant reign of nearly half a
century, marking the height Of the
Ottoman empire,
ConqucrS by lIntrimOny.
At was in the fourteenth century
that a subject Of the great Mongol war
lord Tamerlane, was appointed to rule
this part of Kurdistan after the con-
quest Of Diarbekir The official en-
trusted with this duty was Amir Cara
Uthman BLACK Lord Uthman), who,
instead Of perpetrNting such crueltes
as did his master in building a pyramid
of 1000 human beings piled up With
alternate layers Of brick and mortar,
conquered the land by matrimony.
Taking a daughter Of the noble Kur-
dish family of Hakkan as his wife
CARA Uthman soon won his way into
the affections OF the people, so that
when Tamcrlanes power began TO
wano this viccroy was able to retain
a strong hold upon the mountain
tribes Tthman's descendants adopted
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-24

to see the situation in West Virginia
with cold, unbiased and practical
eye. 1t is evident to them that he is
blind to a condition of affairs which
they all see, and have seen for weeks.
It is this: The campaign in West
Virginia will, when 1t gets to going
with systematic work on both sides
and the party lines which are now
slack are drawn taut, that the fight
so far as the state ticket is concerned,
Will narrow down between Robinson
and Cornwell. The election Of gov
ernor will be the issue, and the only
one left. 1t will be conceded that the
state Is gone for Hughes, and all the
rest OF the Republican state ticket is
as good as elected. Then all the forces
Of the Democratic campaigners will
be thrown behind Cornwell in a final
and desperate effort to save him from
the wreck.
This is what is going to happen, and
there isn't veteran Democratic man
ager who hasn't so figured it out They
think that Cornwell has chance,
and they think that he is the only can
didate on the state ticket who has.
The failure Of Chairman Lewis to
grasp the real situation Of his party in
West Virginia was a surprise to them.
They hadn't figured that he was such
tyro in the game as not to see situa-
ton which was so plain to their eyes.
They unanimously agree, however.
that he will see it in due course Of
time. They are willing to compliment
him in declaring that he is not of those
who are so blind that they will not see
when finally shown.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-24

as comedy by many. Furthermore, it
is claimed, these statements were i'll
timed; the stage wasn't properly set
for them; and the hand on the dial
was no where near pointing to the
well known psychological moment
To Override Lewis.
Democratic leaders who have dis
cussed the matter with me deprecate
the difference of opinion which has
arisen with the new and untried chair
man Of their party. They said it was
most uniortunae that there should be
any conflict in authority just as the
preparations for starting an aggressive
campaign were getting under way.
But unpleasant and unfortunate as 1t
appeared to them to be- they were con-
fident that Chairman Lewis would not
have his way, The reason why he
wouldn't have his way was very sim
pie; they said that the candidates
wouldn't let him have his way. They
would proceed to wage their cam
paign for votes-Republican votes--as
they had originally Individually plan
ned and they hadn't planned to lay
their heads on the sacrifcal altar for
woodrow Wilson or Woodrow Wilson's
administration. Neither was popular
in West Virginia and every Democratic
who knows politics from pinochle
knows IT. Evidently they did not con-
slider Chairman Lewis able to differ
entiate between the two widely differ
cnt games.
John ]. Cornwell knows all about
the ruction, and has been appealed TO.
lie has listened, counseIed moderation
and lapsod into silence so far as the
rumpus is concerned. He doesn't care
for CorRwell is going to run his own
campaign to suit himself, in the inter
est OF himself. and strictly for himself.
He and his friends believe that they
know the situation in West Virginia
Just @ttle better than Chairman
Lewis or anybody eles does, and they
are not fooling themselves about the
strength of the Republican majority
in West Virginia in a presidential
wear. They know that Wilson haSnt
chance to beat Hughes out Of Wost
Virginia's sixteen electoral votes even
if Wilson could get every single Demo-
cratic vote in the state. This they
know he cannot do. There arc certain
elements in the Democratic party who
are lost wholly and entirely to Wilson
on account of dissatisfaction with his
alleged strict neutrality, and because
OF his weakness in coping with the
Mexican affairs. There is batch Of
yotes-and a big batch-which is 60
ing against Wilson in West Virginia
T not because they love Hughes more
but because they love the present adj
ministration decidedly less.
COrnwcll Comes First.
Under these we'll known circum-
stances Cornwcll's friends say that he
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-24

can't justly be accused OF egotism
when, as between making Wilson's
personality and his own paramount
before the voters OF West Virginia, he
elects to boost his own, 1t isn't in
tended by Cornwell to ignore Wilson
and the national administration abso-
luteIy. He couldn't do that. But it
will be observed as his speaking tours
continue that he will not be found
bearing down heavily on the loud ped
ais when he handles those subjects.
He will give them a laudatory lick
and a pleasant promise and pass on
to an oratorical entrapmCnt of liberal
and independent Republican voters
hoping enough of them will be caught
in the molasses to catch such flies as
will enable one candidate on the DEM
ocratic ticket to pull through anyway,
and that one John ]. Cornwell him
self"
While observing the Comwell course
on the hastings, the railbirds watching
the tryouts and the race will find time
TO observe what some other candidates
on the Democratic ticket will be doing
to carry out the idea of Chairman
Lewis and play the personality OF
woodrow Wilson clear across the
boards. What will Congressman Nicely
be doing about this up in the First dis
trict and Congressman Littlepase in
the Sixth? One might think that as
they are candidates on the national
ticket and had a votc-ifno a voice
in doing everything their president
wanted done, they would go to their
constituents with frequent and elo-
qucnt pleas, holding Wilson up TO the
highest rmg on ramc's ladder. But
they are not expected by anybody, I'M
less it is the interesting state chair
man, to do anything Of the kind. The
chapter allotted by them to Wilson
will. it is predicted, be brief; that to
narration OF laws Congress has
passed will be somewhat lengthier,
and thence on to less extra hazards,
mindful to keep their own personali-
ties and their own neighborhood his
tories and their own local activities
with a few anecdotes TO tickle the
small-town folk, shining high and
bright above all things else. There
will be no partisan boastirg from
them, no more than there will be from
John Cornwell. II they say anything
to kindle the partisan ire OF a single
Republican in the audience it will not
be intentional on their part. Far from
it. II they could make it Impossible for
their auditors to tell from their
speeches what ticket they are candi-
dates on, they would gladly do it, They
are running in strongly Republican
districts these two, they weren't born
into the game Of politics yesterday,
and they don't have to be told by any,
body who was, how to smear their
forensic molasses so as to make the
greatest catch. Not Nicely and not Old
Adam. The other congressional candl-
dates on the ticket with them are new
to the game and unknown. They
might fall for the Lewis game to force
Wilson to the forefront md they might
not. II they have good advisers 1t Is
safe to say that they will mot,
Lewis Fails to See,
The insstence Of Chairman Lewis
on making Wilson and his admlnlstra-
ton conspicuous in the Democratic
campaign has proved to practically
every experienced politician Of that
party who has talked Of this matter
with the CORRESPONDENT, that he fails
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-24
COARSE RED CLOTH
rs MADE IN BITLLS

Of Kurdish descent, are largely en-
gagged in the manufacture Of a coarse
red cloth, while their commercial
activities are chiefly confined to the
export Of an inferior grade Of tobacco
and the gathering and shipment Of
gum tragacanth.
Its Location.
"BltlIs for hundreds OF years has
been town Of great stragetic import
anco because it is situated on tho main
highway between the Van plateua and
the plains Of MesoDotania. Lake Van
is only fifty miles 10 the onst; MuSh is
forty miles to the northwest, and Err
zerum a little more than 100 miles In
the same direction. Roads load through
mountain pass in southerly dlrec-
ton toward Mosul, which Ia moro than
$50 miles distant In an airline,
owing to It's elevation, nearly
mile above sea Lowell, BItlis suffers
greatly from snowstorms and It not In
frequently happens that many OF Its
narrow streets are blocked by snow
drifts for four or Avo months Of the
year, although the temperature seldom
falls below zero.
Like many of the towns in this
morning land n history BitlIs has
had most interesting past, Fact and
fable are so intrIcately interviewer,
however that the reader Of Kurdish
literature finds it equally hard to be
WIDELY credulous or altogether skep-
teal. One Of the most interesting ira
dirions OF the town concerns the site
OF the ruins of a castle occupying the
triangle at the junCture Of two streams
near the center Of the city. Here
Alexander the Great is said to have