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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
THREE CLASSES OF HIGHWAYS
Classification Is Prime step in Fed.
eraI Aid to Good Roads, Says
Congressman 6orIand.

With various bills before congress
for federal aid to road building the
classification of highways so that
important through routes may be out
lined clearly from the country's maze
of thoroughfares of one kind or an
other, becomes a question of more
and more interest. Congressman w.
p. Borland of Missouri, a good-roads
advocate, has expressed himself on
this subject as follows:
1T will be necessary in my judg-
ment, to classify all existing high
ways into at least three classifications.
The first class is that Of the great
cross-state or interstate highways.
The second consists Of the main
feeders or great country roads;
and third, the by-roads, local roads
or lanes. These various classes of
roads should be built, improved and
maintained with a view to the
amount of traffic that they can bear
and must bear. The first class should
be of the most permanent and scien-
tific construction. The second class
could be of a less expensive nature
and would need less maintenance.
The third class could be improved
only to the extent that the community
required. The expense of building
and maintaining these roads should
be distributed upon the same basis.
"The roads of the first class should
be supported by the taxing power Of
a large area of country. The second
class of roads should also have a
wide taxing power at least co-exten-
sive with the county and possibly
with a group of counties or with
9@s state AID; Tsis would i lsssys
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08


two ways-in the amount of pasturage
required and in the amount Of winter
feed needed.
In Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, In
diana and Ohio, wherever there is
bluegrass, sheep should be run. These
regions are peculiarly adapted to
sheep growing in connection with gen.
eral farming. The grass comes early
in the spring and fingers until very
late in the fall. In about three years
out of every five the pasturage is such
that the sheep can take pretty good
care of themselves until we'll along in
to the winter With pasture of this
sort and cornfield full of soy beans
or cowpeas the problem of sheep feed
ing pretty nearly solves itself.
In this way the sheep-feeding season
is greatly shortened and the feeding
cost is cut down to a point where it
amounts to very little. While you are
forced to be shoveling out the corn,
the silage and the cake to the cattle,
the sheep are managing to get along
with very little expense to their owner.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
BETTER ROADS ARE FAVORED
tate Of Iowa Is Lauded by Depa t
ment of Agriculture as Model In
Construction Of Roads.

Iowa is lauded by the department Of
agriculture as a model road builder. In
Iowa a measure of control over high
way construction has been given to
the state, and a comparison with the
results obtained when the supervision
rested entirely with the counties
shows that state control is the best.
Indiana needs some form Of central
lied power over highway construction
and maintenance. In isolated Gases It
is excellent. Wayne codhty, f6f in.
stance, has capable superintendent
OF roads, and its highways are models.
But this does not obtain over tho
whole state.-Richmond Palladium.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
REVIVED INTEREST IN SHEEP
Saving In Feed In Getting Animal
Ready for Market Is Big Point
PLENTY Of Pasturage.

The renewed interest in the profits
of the sheep business has caused
good many farmers to put in sheep
instead Of cattle. II is easier to do
business on small capital where you
arc handling sheep. You can take the
money used in buying a single steer
and buy several sheep, and the saw
ing in feed in getting the two classes
Of animals ready for the buyer is
worth considering. This is noticed in
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
l.. & N.
Time Card
Effective April 10, 1916.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

No. sc. & N. o. Linn. l1:56 p. m.
No. 5l-St. L. Express 5:29 p. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 9:35 a. m.
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 700 a. m.
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail 5:36 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. L. Linn. 5:29 a. m.
No. 52-St. Louis Express 9:55:a m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer 1902 p. m.
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 p. m
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail 1915 p. m.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for
Memphis and points 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 ard all points north and
east thereof.
No. SO carries through sleepers to
Atlanta, Macon, Jacksonville, St.
Augustine, and Tampa, Fla. Also
Pullman sleepeIs to New Orleans.
Connect at Guthrie for points East
and West. No. 80 will not carry To-
cal passengers for points north Of
Nashville Tenn.
j. Z. HOOE, A t.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
A Splendid Tonic.

Cora, Ky.-Mrs. Iva Moore, Of
this place, says: II was SO weak,
could hardly walk. tried Cardui,
and was greatly relieved. Ii Is a
splendid tonic. have recommended
Cardui to many friends, who tried it
with good re.ults." Testimony like
this comes unsolicited from thous-
ands of earnest. women, who have
been benefited by the timely use of
thai successful tonic medicine. Car.
dui. Purely vegetable, mild, butre-
liable, Cardui well merits its high
place in the esteem of those who
have tried it. 1t relieves women's
pains, and strengthens weak women.
1t is certainly worth trial. Your
druggist sells Cardui.-Adver Use.
ment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08

the small road district or local COM
munity only the burden of the smaller
or purely local roads. However much
politicians may twist and turn and
argue about the question we must
eventually come to some scientific
solution of the problem. l realize that
when we begin to talk about real road
improvement political difficulties Of
all kinds are encountered; what the
people will demand in the next few
years in this country is good rosds
and not politics."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
Cottage For Rent.

Seven-room cottage at l04 w. 18th
street. Good repair, bath and electric
lights, garden and fruit trees. One
square from Main. Immediate pos
session.
CHAS. M. MEACHAM.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
SUMMER HOURS.

Carnegie Library will be open
during the summer months from $50
to IL O'Clock, and from 3 to 6:3Op. m.
MRS. VIRGINIA LIPSCOMB,
Librarian.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
TO PUBLIC

| wish to notify the public and es-
pecially the ladies that have resigned
my position with the Frankel Store
and will hereafter be associated with
the j. T. Edwards Co.
MISS ELVA HOOSER.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
Roads Indicate Prosperity.

In regions where the roads have
been improved the farmers are the
most prosperous and community life
has been developed. In regions where
the roads have not been improved, the
schools, the churches and all other
cisiiizing agencies have run down.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
For Sale

Four H. P. Gasoline tank cooled
international engine, in good condi-
ton, at very ow price. May be
seen at PLANTERS HDW. co.
Incorporated.
Advef tisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08

See j. Il. Dagg for contracting
building and general repair work Of
al kinds. Phone 476.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
Dirt Roads In United States.

Two million miles of dirt roads
have been built in the United States.
The total length of public roads of
ali kinds in this country is estimated
at 2,25O,OOO miles.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08

This is the time to sack your grapes
to protect them from insects. Don't
wait too long. Sacks for sale at tnis
office for 10 cents per hundred.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
Eggs For Matching.

Barred Plymouth Rocks, Thompson
strain with new blood from Holder
man, Miles and Latham. Fine winter
layers, 10 dozen eggs FROM one pen
in January. Eggs Is for 81 so or 90
for $3.50. Phone "a or 449.
STANDARD'POULTRY CO.,
HOpkinSville, Ky
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08

Standhope Buggy for sale. Hand
made. $3.50 vehicle for $50. Phone
476. Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
Different 9ruposlttan.

But, surely, Bunkun," said the
white man, "you are not afraid of that
old dog? Why. he eats right out of
my hand!" "Yassah! Yassah! When
he eats out o. yo' hand. it's yo' hand;
but when he done takes a fool notion
to eat out o. muh leg, it's muh Leg,
sah!"-Kansas City Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
SION OF Prosperity.

X Improved live stock on farm is
. sign OF prosperity. The way to be-
gin is by swatting the scrub sire.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
Good morningl Have you
seen The Courierf
Evansville's best paper.
advertisement.
Ham Sacks.

Plenty of ham sacks just received
at this office. Call and get your
supply.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08

Smithson Water delivered Tues.
days and Saturdays. Phone 6331.
advertisement
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08

BOARDERS WANTED-By Mrs.
Geo. F. Shelton, East Dist street.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08
Preferred Locals

FOR SALE CHEAP Two-wheel
good as new. Phone 8OO-1.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-08

,a4@o careiessness Is Costly.
careiessness in caro- OF feed VIII
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
The Test.

If one does not study things be-
cause they "train the mind" why,
then. should one study them? The
answer is extraordinarily simple; one
studies things because they serve a
purpose do not say, mark you, use
full purpose, but purpose-a valid
purpose, genuine purpose, not a
make-believe purpose. Mental disci'
pline is not valid or genuine purpose
it is q make-believe. Meanwhile the
number of purposes, of genuine, valid
purposes, is simply infinite. Learning
to read Virgil, is. of course, just as
valid, purpose as learning to play a
symphony. or learning to bake pump
kin pie. The test is, however, not, did
the student get mental discipline? but
can he read and enjoy Virgil? can he
play the symphony? will someone eat
the pie? And because peOpl rarely
care to read Virgil, because almost
none of the thousands who study Latin
ever can or do read Virgil, therefore
in so far as they are concerned study
ing Latin has no purpose and cannot
be defended as mental discipline.-At.
lantic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
French Words in EnuIish.

Men have been trying to invent the
international language, and they have
all failed but it is being formed nat
urally; the present international war
is helping to this end, and hundreds of
French words, which people use be-
cause they think they look nice, have
crept into the English language from
the battlefields.
William de Morgan is one of those
writer's who like to sprinkle their
pages with French, and l asked him
the other day, "Why do you scatter
French phrases through your work.
Don't you like French words, Mr..
Moore?" he asked, and l said 81 avoid
them" He was surprised and said :
Il always like to put four or five
French words on page" William de
Morgan, you know, did not publish his
first novel until he was on toward
seventy, so l answered, Eyes, Mr.. de
Morgan, but you came late into liter
ature -
People who use French in English
writing are always those who don't
know French very well.-From an in
terview with George Moore by ]. L.
Balderston in the Atlantic Monthly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05


tragedy in the Chesapeake
the decline
nn He going fishery studying crab life at
first handfr eve
chief OF the decreased
which carried on
been
Of artificial propagation
valuable
Winter uninterrupted pursuit OF the ha
persistent grabbing could not DC H'
which beginning to show o.,.o.
uneXceed field STUDY
different Places one
followed by crab fishers
the sportsman who spends uy
handlne baited with meat
nelgD
days catch Not so IS the luck Oh
crabs and not for pleasure HIS
d IS calculated to bring for less expenditure OF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
Remington Gardens.

Kensingtor gardens, London, Eng
land, were at first only 26 acres In ex-
tent, but have been several times en-
larged, and now have an area of 24O
acres. The gardens are traversed by
walks and ornamented with rows and
clumps Of noble trees. Near the west
ern border Of the gardens, or park. for
such they are, stands Kensington pal
ace, an edifice OF brick originally the
seat of Heneage Finch, earl of Noting
ham and lord chancellor of England.
The palace was afterwards bought by
King William II, who enlarged it I'M
der the supervision of Christopher
Wren, the architect of st. Pauls cathe-
dral. William and his consort, Mary,
died in Kensington palace and there
died Queen Anne and King George II.
If was the birthplace of Queen Vic
toria. 1t has not been q royal resi-
dence since 176O.
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in part: "YOu have put forth RUE
that is mighty hard to follow. / am
an honorable young man, intensely In
terested in a sweet girl, the daughter
of widow, who lives in nearby
town. My business keeps my nose to
the grindstone seven days out OF the
week from early morning until nearly
nine at night If 1 make the attempt
to call on this young lady, cannot
reach her home until nearly ten. 1t
would be useless for me to take OFT my
hat if could not remain longer than
half an hour. You can judge how
quickly time can pass and, arriving
often at half after ten, l have re-
manned until almost one before noting
the time. She says her neighbors are
beginning to talk. Now, it's either
give the girl up or continue calling to
decide to the satisfaction of both If
we are sufficiently cOngenial to each
other to wed or not. It's up to you to
decide for me-"
While it is not pleasing to have
ones opinion overruled, there's much
satisfaction in the old maxim, Cir
cumstances alter cases." and in "All
the world loves a lover" l am no eX-
ception and would willingly stretch
an adverse judgment that 1t might
smooth your path. Neighbors are wont
to talk if q light, whether too bright
or too dim, burns too late in girls
parlor, if they have beheld, from be-
IL Il nT1fn
Let it be known, however, that if the
girl sits up entertaining her guest Ia
ter than the generally accepted hour
Of leave-taking her mother shelters her
good name by being always present,
and gossiping tongues will have little
to feed on.
An honorable young man will make
his decision under those circumstances
as speedily as possible. He should
quit calling if he cannot see his way
clearly to matrimony. No greater I'M
kindness can be shown young woman
than to cause her to lose her beauty
sleep several evenings a week for per-
haps years for the sake of man who
has not the remotest idea of making
her his wife.
Courtship extended into the wee
sma' hours is highly imprudent. The
man who respects his sweetheart will
not indulge in such indiscretion. A
girl must respect herself if she de-
sires others to respect her. The girl
who permits her male callers to keep
late hours invites censure. Only when
4 lovers business ties him down so
completely that he is not enabled to
call early should the proprieties be
stretched to welcome him later. If
his visits are necessarily brief because
Of this he will be anxious to marry.
counting afterward as long as he
Dleases. Rules cannot be made to gov
ern all cases.
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bedridden mother-in-law. 1.-THE girls
in the shops admired my blouses and
1 turned my hand to making blouses
for them. l have no sewing machine
and my fingers must fairly fly to earn
bread and q roof for SO many of US
but 1 do not complain. L want my
husband to be proud of what l have
done when he comes back to u.s." she
said.
OF the thirty-odd homes of soldiers
now on the border we found every wife
a genius in one line or another in
supporting the family when the mans
pay was not forthcoming. Such wom-
en- never realize their strength until
they stand at the helm. Not one wom-
an had sunk powerless at the in
creased burdens laid upon her.
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MARRYING A DOLL.

OF the idle and brainless the world has
enough,
Who eat what they never have earned
| Who hate the pure stream from the foun-
tain of truth,
And wisdom and knowledge have
spurned.
If all men should love wisely, the
| major part of the worlds woes would
| be eliminated. 1t is usually the grave
very sensible man who loses his heart
to the fluffy, kitten kind of girl, weds
her and expects to make companion
able, judicious wife of her.
It does not take him long to learn
after wedlock that it is impossible to
| make a hardworking bee out of a but
| terfy. He should not complain if he
has to pay his hard-earned dollars for
every hands turn that is done for her
He should have realized that if a
girls ambition is just to look bewitch-
ingly pretty it will take half a life
time to make her realize that darning
hubby's socks is of far more import
ance than spending hours doctOring UP
her face to look fascinating in his
eyes. If the cook leaves in a huff, the
doll wife is as helpless as babe. She
could not tell to save her life whether
an egg should be baked, brOiled
stewed or boiled, or whether it takes
five minutes or an hour.
The doll wife loves herself more
than she could love the best husband
on earth. She never will become do
mesticated while there is shred of
her youth, beauty and power to fasci-
nate left. Even having children does
not bring about needed reform. She
will dress her little girls like dolls and
rig out her boys in long curls and
fluffy frocks until they rebel and their
strenuous fight for pants is too much
for her.
Her children-like her husband-are
imbued with the belief that there is
nothing mother can do. The doll of
sweet sixteen or even twenty is a
sight lovely to behold, but the woman
like doll when she is nearly forty
though ever so fair-is cross to even
the most patient of husbands.
There is no use whatever in at
tempting to give advice to the man
who is in love. He is firm in the be.
lief that you are prejudiced against
his sweetheart, and resents it, After
he marries the beauty whose sole aim
is to outshine other girls he realizes
that much beauty and little brains are
poor combination in q wife.
A wife should be useful as well as
ornamental. It's a mans own fault If
the doll he weds refuses to learn to
do household tasks after marriage. Ee
should have expected that.
If man puts the question fairly to
a girl: "Can you manage a home from
the parlor to the kitchen?" ere he pro-
poses, under ban of leaving her if she
answers NO" more girls would learn
to be housekeepers without delay.
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Faint Praise.

VIII Rogers. cowboy, turned repor-
ter during the New York performances
of 1.-The Stampede" and wrote long
pieces for Mr.. Hearst's journals. ROg-
ers really wrote them-he stopped in
at the Astor every evening and dictat-
ed them to the young lady who stenogs
there. Rogers acted just like regular
reporter.
He carried copies Of the paper
around with him until the next days
paper came out. When his first story
was published week ago, Rogers
proudly showed it to regular news
paper man and inquired his opinion.
The newspaper man read it and show
cred praise upon it.
ut is very good. WiIl." he told him
VERY good, indeed. Quite praise
worthy. I know how it is-Fd prob
ably be an awful joke trying to throw
a rope, too"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05

devices which warriors of bygon days re-
battle the ed OF war;
example, the bureau had before working mou
tofa
The aSae was loheu
Of o with padded lining
Of intended TO ne
Shoulder plates and eaues Oh the
samen completed the equipment
likewise being studied order TO pro
present sodpece types the British and Germans
similar those USED by
being studied
hand
grenade Which,
than the kind in use in Europe
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
WOMEN AT THE HELM.

With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat in unwomanly rags
Plying her needle and thread.
A newspaper man said to me the
other day: There must be sad condi-
tons among the families of many of
the men who have gone to the front.
Ten to one their wives and children
are on the border of starvation if the
soldier has found any hitch in getting
his pay home to them promptly"
''You do not know the spirit of moth
erhood," l answered. Come, let us
DO little investigating today and see
for ourselves what the helpmeets OF
the soldiers are doing"
He readily agreed, with the proviso
that we should draw lots as TO which
might write up what we discovered
when the days Investigations were
over. 1 won.
At the first home to which we di-
rected our steps we were met at the
door by a comedy young woman with
IOuI ullAc OnCS, WIN eppSdACd ~ bS
about OF one size, clinging to her
skirts.
"Yes, my husband has gone to the
border" she said. "He was a clerk
with a good position in a department
store, where 1 was also employed be
fore we were married. He thought he
would be able to send money home
after the first week, but there was &
delay in receiving it and in conse
Quence we were reduced by the enc
Of the second week TO dire want. Their
/ put my shoulder to the wheel.
got a girl l had known to sleep here
at night with the children while
went to work among the night shift II
the factory near by. Taking care OF
my little ones by day and working al
night is strenuous-I get so little sleeI
and rest-but woman never knows
how much Sc can endure for her loved
ones sake until she is put to it."
The wife of a mechanic who haC
thrown up an excellent position to an
swer his country's call was in quite as
sorry a plight for lack of money tt
care for still larger family and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
Seif-Poesession.

The car over which the driver had
Just lost control was big, high-pow
cred one. 1t mounted the curb at 10
miles an hour, crashed through a plate
glass front and continued its way,
leaving wreckage In It's path, to the
rear Of the store, where 1t was brought
to a stop. The Palm Beached driver
looked about, and perceiving it was q
motor accessory shop, remarked: II
Just dropped In to see If / could get
a new windshield you bet" replied
the proprietor, land 1 can fix that
steering gear for you. too. If you'll
wait about ten minutes"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05

he sa hOws what you Will ma IN the
O and the stars
them around th
discovery be worked out to be worth
people to study his dis
cove that will be worth the $lO
Gibson said Christ and the IL
APOSTLES jurymen original states few
ampes.
Wilson, Bryan Roosevelt and Others trying
perfect symmetrical group
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
Literary People Lonu Lived.

Three score and ten has been mere
nothing so far as ages go among prom
inent American literary persons, a
leading instance being Mrs. Amelia Jo-
sephine Barr, who published a novel
at eighty-fve. Among others, Charles
W. Eliot is eighty-two, John Burroughs
seventy-nine, Col. Henry Watterson,
seventy-six, Henry Hills Alden and
William Dean Howells eighty, Lyman
Abbott eighty-one, and George w. Ca
BILE seventy-one.