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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-08-19
NOW IT'S "SWAT THE WEED
Arkansas Begins Campaign to Protect
Soils From Useless Growths.

Fayetteville, Ark.-'Swat 'em" ap'
plies to other things In Arkansas be,
sides the fly. 4 campaign against
weeds was announced recently by the
extension division Of the University of
Arkansas. with the terse advice:
Swat EN- and save future labor and
soil fertility and soil moisture"
Weeds may cost a community or
state millions Of dollars, according to
an extension division bulletin. Spread
Of weeds is said to be due TO careless
ness.s After farmers let weeds ripen
the seeds are scattered by travellers or
birds or are sold with hay to infest
other neighborhoods. The bulletin
urges children be taught TO swat"
weeds and never let one ripen to seed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-08-19
A Tartar Proverb.

A Turco-Tartar proverb throws
strong light on the question Of the
amount Of veracity to be looked for In
official documents by orientals. The
proverb runs as follows: HE who
speaks the truth will be expelled from
nine villages"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-08-19
Her Fear,

Aaud-What makes you so awfully
nervous. dear?
Clara-Why, Fred Is to have an In
terview with papa this afternoon.
"Oh! And are you afraid your IA
Their will not give his cOnsentT
mo; fear Fred won't show up"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-08-19

Entered as Second Glass Matter Aug
10, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago
Illinois, under Act Of March 3, 1879.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-08-19
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-08-19

JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Pub.
Usher.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
NEW WORKERS READ BOOKS
Not so Much to Pass an Idle Hour, but
TO obtain instruction, Accord
Ing to Library Statistics.

With cabarets, dancing, theaters
and all kinds Of amusements to lure
New Workers, no one would ever give
this city credit for being the literary
center, a New York correspondent Of
the Pittsburgh Dispatch writes.
There are more book-lovers in this
town than in any other city in the
world. This may cause a smile, but
facts prove the assertion. The an
nual report of the New York public
library shows that the years circulA-
tion Of books is close to eleven mill
lion volumes. 1t is the opinion Of
those in charge of the public libra
ries, than whom there are no better
Judges, no better instructors, that
New York today is reading not mere
ly for pleasure or amusement, but
for instruction. Statistics gathered
by the central library show that New
York is reading less to pass an idle
hour or two-the book Of a.day, so to
speak-than it has at any time be-
fore. 1t has learned how to read.
In other words, it has acquired the
art of reading, which is the secret of
reading. According to the libra
rians, the New York reader Of the
present is not only deriving pleasure
from a good book, but mental food.
Their tastes run to books on sociol-
ogy, to poetry, to drama and TO arts.
There is also a great demand for
Shakespeare's works, Dickens, Scott
Thackeray, Stevenson and all the
so-called standard authors. An in
teresting phase showing the bent Of
the mind of New York's readers i.
noted by library officials in the. in
creased demand for books on art, es.
pecially as to interior household dec
grafton. it is not only the women
who require these books, but mor'
particularly the men.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
Texas Woman NearDe ath.

Wills Point. Tex In letter from
Wills Point. Mrs Victoria StallinRs
says: IL was afflicted with womanly
troubles, had dreadful cough, "a d
suffered awful ! aims. certainly
would have died if had not been
relieved by taking Cardui. Now !
am stronger, and in better health
than | ever was IN my life. | can't
say halt enough for Is great med
icine. Do sou need relief? Try
Cardui for your womanly troubles,
Its long cord of successful use is
your guarantee. Thousands OF la
dies have been belped.to health and
happiness by Cardui. 1t wi surely
h Up you, Try bottle to day.
ADVERTISEMENT.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11

Not Necessarily Absndoned by Women
Who Have Chosen to Pursue
Career"

We often hear that women used to
be more maternal than they are now.
The difference was that they had
larger families and we're compelled to
do more work about the house, be-
cause modern household conveniences
were then wanting, asserts DR.. Mary
Kent Isham, successful New York
physician. The fact of large family
is not necessarily an indication that
there is much maternal feeling in tho
mother. The maternal instinct is
found in women who want children
whether they have them or not-and
who occupy themselves preferable in
ways which deal with the young.
The majority Of single women and
of women with careers do not lack the
maternal spirit and do not lack the
sex instinct, but they are wanting in
q certain recklessness which would
enable them to accept the wrong hus-
band or GO in for what has been called
"unbridled motherhood" They are
perhaps trained into too great self.
control and caution. Others are too
intense and passionately maternal to
marry. They must have whole crowds
of children with whom to deal, like
the old woman in the shoe. The hus.
band is a secondary consideration. A
large number of women who are en-.
gagged in social service and who, for
various reasons, have been deprived
of homes of their own, or find the
duties in their homes too limited, are
spending their generous helping Of
maternal energy in a larger socia
field.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
SHOOK PEARLS FROM GOWN
One Woman at Least Who Believes
That Tight styles Are Strictly
All Right.

Persons in the rose room of the AS
tor, one night recently, were interest
ed when they heard a pretty woman
with diamonds glistening on dainty
hands say:
1.-The pearls have gone-the string
snapped in two"
She wore a coat with a moleskin
collar the New York. Herald states
Her husband suggested that she take
off her coat. She then tugged on the
end of a string and brought forth 6
sad looking affair-six pearls left al
the end of the necklace. After stand
ing up once or twice and engaging the
attention of a waiter she brought
forth a handful of pearls by the time
her husband returned from a tele
phone call.
Good thing this dress was tight,
she laughed.
They proceeded to count the pearls
before they ate soup and 1t was the
consensus that three pearls had
strayed from the string.
Again the pretty woman stood up
shrugged her shoulders. Result, one
more pearl. Two we're missing. They
ate their dinner, not forgetting the
mishap, and started out Of the dining
room in Indian order, the woman first
then the husband. then the waiter
who had aided in picking up pearls
and finally head waiter. The walters
had orders to keep their eyes open
for pearls.
Would the woman tell her namef
No.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
WILL IRRIGATE VAST TRACT
Engineers Plan irrigation Scheme In
India That Is of Enormous I'M
portance to Country.

The great irrigation scheme known
as the Punjab Triple canal is now
nearing completion. This enormous
system will irrigate about two mil
lions of acres in the central Puniab.
1t appears that in the Puniab two
crops are grown in the year, the
kharif or summer crop, from April
to September, and the rabi or winter
crop, from October to March. The
melting of the Himalayan SHOWS and
the monsoon afford abundant water
for the first of these, but not for the
rabi, which is the more valuable of
the two crops. Transfer of water
from west to east has therefore be-
come essential. This supply has to
be carried from the Jhelum river
across two other great and widely
separated rivers, the Chenab and
Raw; and across numerous for
midable hill torrents. So complete
is the scheme that flour mills are
actually provided at the important
falls, to use the power which would
otherwise run to waste. There are
22,645 miles of channels for irrigat-
ing purposes in the entire system.
The total cost is estimated at $685.
100000.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
LAY CRITICISM.

"Do you go to the theater fol
amusement OF instruction ?"
Solely for amusement" answered
the man whose hair was thin on top.
"Then you don't care for the work
of playwrights with a 'message? ?"
"Not particularly. 1t always
seemed to me that a man with a
message ought to be willing to de-
liver it free of charge"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
HOPEFUL FELLOW.

'Have you seen any conspicuous
examples of optimism lately?"
eyes. 1 noticed one this morn
ing"
"Tell me about it."
"a furniture dealer, despite the
fact that prohibition is being strictly
enforced in this town, advertises q
special sale of cellarettes."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11

that fits around
the sound box, an
ar m extending
downward there
from just behind
the needle, and a
brush made of
alternate a yers
of bristles a n d
felt. The bris-
ties engage the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
OF A POKER KIND.

She-Now tell the truth. Weren't
you gambling at your club last
night?
He-Indeed, we had only been
talking of spiritualistic experiments,
and We were just sitting around the
table holding hands.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11

same safety for
glasses should, 1t
would seem, also
meet with popular
approval.
A device has
been placed on
the market which
will meet with
much favor. Il il
very simple and
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
WHY HE CAME.

Landlady (delighted) - And SO
Doctor Curem advised you to come
here? Fbtgsary----
New Boarder - Yes; Pm under
treatment and he said must avoid
Overeating. -.sN7s ; !! g,EssEs''
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
MISREPRESENTATION.

at was a driving rain that
brought us back"
"Why, what were you doing with
reins in driving an auto?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
|, . & N .
Time Card
Effective January 10, 1916.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

IhAlNO OOl4NO OOO III
mo. sc. & N. o. Lin. ll:56 p. m.
No. 51-St. L. Express 5:29 p. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 9:95 a. m.
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac, $50 a. m.
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail $3.50 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & Sc. L. Lin. 5:29 a. m.
No. 52-St. Louis Express $3.50 a m,
No. 94-Dixie Flyer 7:08 p. m.
No. Sc = Hopkinsville Ac. 1858 p. m.
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail 1915 p. m.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for
Memphis and pc nts as far south as
Erin, and for Louisville, Cincinnati
and the East.
Nos. SO and So make direct con.
nection at Guthrie for Louisville,
Cincinnati a d all po'n's north and
east thereof.
No. SO c rries through sleepers to
Atlanta, Macon, Jacksonville. st
Augustine, and Tampa, Fla. Also
Pullman sleepers to New Orleans.
Connect at Guthrie for points East
and West. No. SO will not carry 10.
cal passengers for points north o.
Nashville, Tenn.
]. C. H0OE, Agt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
Vain Hope.

Everybody says I'm light on my
feet, father" said the gilded youth.
"Umph," replied the disappointed
parent. who didn't raise his boy to
be dancer. Il wouldn't go so far as
to wish you had been born clubfooted.
son. but do wish your head was
heavy enough TO act as sort OF drag
70 your feet
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11

can be made at home If one VIII but
secure some stout though pliable wire.
The wire is fastened to the wall with
screw or staple and then twisted tc
the shape shown in the sketch.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
THE DISTINCTION.

"Pa," asked Willie, "what's the
difference between an invalid and a
sick person."
San invalid, my son." answered
pa, ''has money."-Judge.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
HIS PRESENT MISSION.

"Pa, what is a peacemaker?"
"He is the man, my child, whose
main success lies in precipitating a
fight"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
SWEEPS DUST FROM RECORDS
Automatic Cleaner for the Photograph
That viii Save Much Time
and Labor.

An automatic cleaner for phono
graph records, invented by Joseph w.
Pitcher of Washington, d. c., has just
been patented. 1t consists of a ring
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
TIE REASON.

''Why, do you make your wife do
all the carving at dinner?"
'Why not? Oughtn't wife to be
a help meat?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
TO PRoLoNG LIFE OF GLASS
Simple Arrangement Which Requires
Only a Quantity Of Stout But
Pllable Wire.

Cups are often hung in china closets
or in cupboards by hooks, thus prolong.
ing their lives by keeping them out OF
harms way. A device for securing the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11

surface Of the record first, removing
dust from the lines, and the felt sweeps
small particles out of the needles way
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
MUTUAL SUSPICION.

She-Weren't they married in
rather a hurry?
He-Yes, each was afraid that thu
other would back OUT.
HAM SACKS for sale at this office
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-11
LOGICAL CONCLUSION.

81 must dress this hurt have re-
ceived."
Here is some raw cotton, ma"
"Ah, my son, that was well done
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-09
HAS LARGE BALANCE.

The treasurer of Kalamazoo county, Michigan, the county in which is stu- ated the city of the same name, re- ports balance of $25,72S for the year ending September 30. 1915. This bal ance is significant when it is remem- bered that the county went dry on May 1 of that year and thereby for feited s20,000 in liquor license rev enue. For the year ending Septem- Der 30, 1914, the balance amounted to only s6,S7S.30, practically s19,000 less than for 1915, although the county treasurer received for 1914 the liquor license revenue which was forfeited the following year.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-09
RESPECT FOR MINISTER.

A saloonkeeper offered a young min ister $40 to help pay a church debt. The money was needed very badly, but the minister replied Before I accept that contribution must let you know my attitude toward your busi. ness. AS long as I am minister in this town I shall fight your busi- ness as hard as know how. I shall tell the young men and boys what you will do to them. and if get chance when election time comes shall vote to put you out of business" The sa- loonkeeper thrust the money toward the minister and said: Take 1t; I wouldn't have any respect for you if you didn't do those very things"
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-09
WAR TEACHES LESSON.

The signal service the present European conflict has rendered against alcohol will be named in fu- ture years as a major compensation not taught us that alcohol is a curse, and that traffic In it is treason. This knowledge the world already pos sessed. although it had only begun to take action. The war has taught us the alcohol problem, how to arrive at the final prohibition that is our goal.- Daniel A. Polling
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-09
For County and Probate Judge.

The News is authorized to announce w. l.. Britt, of Boughton township as a candidate for County and Probate Judge of Nevada county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
 The News is authorized to announce A. M. Denman as a candidae for County and Probate Judge of Nevada County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
 The News is authorized to announce J. w. Franks as a candidate for Coun- ty and Probate Judge of Nevada County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
 For Circuit Clerk:-
 The News is authorized to announce C. C. Calhoun as a candidate for Cir cult Clerk of Nevada County, subject to the action of the Democratic party. For County and Probate Clerk
 The News is authorized to announce Ed. s. Gladden. as a candidate for County and Probate Clerk of Nevada County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
 The News is authorized to announce Fred Galloway, of Emmet township as candidate for County and Pre- bate Clerk of Nevada County, subject to the action of the Democratic pri- mary.
 The News is authorized to announce K. D. (Dave) Martin, of Missouri township, as a candidate for County and Probate Clerk of Nevada County, subject to hte action of the Democrat ic party.
 The news is authorized to announce Algia Dillard, of Missouri township as candidate for County and Probate Clerk of Nevada County, subject to the action of the Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-09
of $52S0 per day, of $1,5S4 per month, and of $19,00S per year.
PROHIBITION AND PROSPERITY.


 State Senator Peterson of Mime sota, speaking of the men thrown out of employment in Moorhead by the closing of it's saloons, says:
 "The election put out of the liquor trade probably three hundred men, in cluding the employers. Those who were welded to the business of course had to seek employment elsewhere, but many of them elected to stay and go into other lines of work. And for such there has been abundance of work at a good wage. There has been no man in Moorhead able and willing to work who could not get employ ment.
 "The banks have not suffered. The savings accounts have increased in number and amount and one of tho banks is increasing its capital from $25, 900 to $60,0O0"
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-09
FIGHT MODERATE DRINKING.

From an economic viewpoint the drunkard is nOneXistent. What "big business" is fighting today is mod crate drinking"-th ounce-and-a-half- a-day kind of thing. With the excep- tion of those connected with the trade in alcoholic drinks-and their hangers on-the entire world of business and industry Is lined up against alcohol, and the battle (since drunkenness is self-confessed defeat) is being waged against moderate drinking. It Is with the man who can drink and be sober, thank heaven!" that industry is pick ing quarrel. The physiologist has shown that he is morally defective poisoned atop; the medico-actuar,al man has shown that he is physically depleted, warped, defective and throws away from ten to thirteen years of his imperfect life; and big business" has learned that economically he Is so bad an investment that only in rare cases is 1t worth while to bother with tinkering and repairing him. Vance Thompson in Drink and Be Sober"
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-09
DECREASE IN CRIME.

Five months under prohibition law have now elapsed and the results are beginning to be very apparent" says the deputy sheriff of Jefferson coun- ty, Alabama. The decrease in crime in Jefferson county is clearly indicat- ed by the jail records, which show a total number of state prisoners now in Jail of 160, against 336 December 1, 1914, one year ago today, and this In the face of the fact that no straw bonds are being taken, and that ev- cry care is taken to ascertain the ab- solute sufIiciency of every bond ap- proved"
 The state pays thirty cents a day for feeding each prisoner in the Jef- ferson county jail, therefore this de- crease of 176 inmates means a saving
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-09
LIQUOR A LIABILITY.

"A Zeppelin is the strictest Sunday school institution there is-no drink ing, no smoking. We have got to have clear heads and cool, steady nerves. So said Commander Mathy, in charge of a dirigible in an air raid upon Lon don. Even Germany" comments the Chicago Tribune" a kind of United Societies among the nations-even Germany realizes that in time of stress liquor is not an asset, but li- ability"
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-09
PROHIBITION AND PROSPERITY.

The city of Wheeling, w. Va, has, under the first year of state prohibi- ton, experienced the greatest building boom in its history. Other demonstra- tions of the Siamese-twinslike nature of prohibition and prosperity are indi- cated in the following items (many more might be cited):
 The Reymann brewery was convert ed into a packing plant, employing 225 men where the brewery employed 75.
 White Front cafe rented for S250 a month. Now as a confectionery it rents for $500.
 The Senate saloon was torn down and on it's site bank is being built
 Within distance of two blocks buildings (some of them three-story structures), formerly occupied by liquor firms, now house a ladies' and mems furnishings firm. a wall paper store, a drug store, a butcher shop, shoe store, a confectionery, a billiard room and an automobile agency.
 There are more restaurants and ho- tels in the city than ever before.
 The business of one shoe merchant increased S5 per cent during the year
 Number of meals served in the workhouse the last Il wet months were 41,S32. Number of meals served the first II dry months, 10,01S. Say ing to the city at ten cents per meal $2,3S2.
 Number of workhouse employees last wet year. 15. Number of work house employees the first dry month, two. This alone cut workhouse ex- penses $7S0 a month.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-09
ANNOUNCEMENT FEES.
Congress .......
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Chancery Judge :

For Chancery Judge:
 The News is authorized to announce M. E.. Sanderson, of Texarkana, as a candidate for Chancery Judge, of the 9th Chancery District of Arkansas, subject to the action of the Democrat ic primary