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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12
NAY Be OF VALUE TO ARMY
Small Motorcycle, op~ated at Small
Expense, Expected to Be Adopted
by War Department.

Some interesting experiments
we're made recently by Capt. Frank
+. Evans Of the United States Ma
rine corps with view toward estab-
fishing the practicability of small
motorcycle recently designed by a
well-known inventor.
A private, equipped in heavy
marching order, tried out the ma
chine, says Popular Science Month
ly. He had had no previous expert
ence with automobiles or motor
cycles, yet his success in operating
it has led to the belief that it would
be a welcome addition to the fight
ing equipment of our soldiers,
The machine will carry as much
as 800 pounds and attain a speed of
25 miles an hour, although its
weight is but 80 pounds. 1t takes
hills easily. Private Davis, who
tried it out, found no difficulty in
ascending a 14-degree incline.
The machine is SO small that it
will turn around corners without
danger. 1t is also so light that it
may be lifted over any ordinary OBJ
stacle. One of the tests consisted
in riding it up to four-foot fence,
stopping the engine, and lifting the
machine over the fence, all of which
was done with very little delay.
The dimensions of the little ma
chine are 4S inches by 9 inches by
10 inches. 1t is small enough to be
plaything. Yet it will carry 300
pounds for so miles at an operating
expense of ten cents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12
UNWILLING TO EXCHANGE.

ooh, motherw exclaimed a little
girl, as she ran in the house after
school. sect all your trash ready,
for the city is going to have free de-
livery during cleanup week"
"Well,' replied mother decisiyely,
81 hope they don't bring us any, and
/ am sure no one else wants ours"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12
consumer.
EXPERT OPINION.

do you think it waste of time
to say please over the telephone?"
TNot any more waste Of time
than half the other conversation that
goes over the wire," replied the
cynical operator.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12
DEFERRED.

Mrs. Knicker-Haye you a refer
ence from your last place?
Bridget-No, mum; Oh haven't
gotten the place yet.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12
THE THRICE-A-WEEK
sBIBGH Of THE
m New YORK WORLD
IN 1917

Practically a Daily at the Price of
Weekly. No other Newspaper
in the world gives SO much at SO
low price.
The value and need of newspaper
n the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half way into
its third year, and, whether peace be
at hand or yet be far off, it and the
events to follow it are sure to be of
absorbing interest for many month
to come. ta.I
These are Notwithstanding affairs, in
which the United States, willing or
unwilling, is compelled to take a part.
No intelligent person can ignore such
issues.
THE TRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is SLIGO
per year, and this pays for 156
papers. We offer this unequalled
newspaper and the
BROWNSVILLE KENTUCKIAN
~. (Tri-weekly,)
together for one year for $2.65.
The regular subscription price OF
the two papers is $500
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12
OF TROUBLE.

'What was all that gasoline
trouble on the border about? Did
they strike bunch of tanks?'
"No; a bunch of self-starters."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12
ONE EXCEPTION.

81 have often been struck with the
works of nature"
"Haye you ever been struck by
lightningY'
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12
NO MORE DopolNo.

Jones-Motor cars are very dan
gerous.
Willams-That's the reason I'm
going to buy one.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12
SPICE OF LIFE.

"Have you much variety in your
boarding house"
1--WE have three different names
for the meals"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12

Gone body cannot occupy more
than one place at the same time"
'Huh! Did you ever see fat
woman in street carp"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-12
PAPER UP.

Broker-At two cents share this
mining stock is bargain. Why, the
paper in the certificate is worth a
cent and half.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02
Tom Daly's Column
THE MAKE.BLIEvE SISTER

THE MABE-BLTEVE SISIBh
Theirs N orphdnt 'svlum dcrost our
square,
An I oot a piakc-b'Hcue sister there;
4 dear Htiic thing bout four pears old,
IN biz Bluc cycs an hair Ike o0ld
an the Scectcst dimplcs eUcr did see
when she stands at her t0tndcr an srntlcs
al 9nc.
Poor, dear Httic hiuO ain't pot no ma
Likc J am got an no dear pa,
Cause she dint mp really sister = ALL
FIRST time ! seen her trds 'es las tdH
wen toc Uus sctin' out front one DAY.
Me an ma. an The orphdnts theD
Wus out fur their crcrctsc 'croSt the Udv'
An last Of 'cm all at tralkcd IN Inc
Wus iss Httic make bTicre sister o mine.
she jcs' looked orer At as an ncn
She kep on iootin' d0cn N dgcn,
Sortcr trondcrin'-iikc as though
She rue hinkin' she oughtcr know
who arc are, an after irhilc
Thc dear Wtlc Hiug bcginnod 10 smtle
An clappcd her hands an cricd, 80, looki
Thcrc's uy ma at the angels took.
dpdcd mn ma ut thmkcd tCuz lost
Hcllo. mn MAJ" she hollcred dcrost
An tbrowcd Hiss to rs ScttiH there.
An ma said "Goodncssi do dcclarci"
An thromcd he, Kiss an nodded her
hedd.
"HclIo. Httic d1rliHq" mn dear ma Sdtd,
An throtrcd more Kisses an nodded some
moro
An ,rufcbcd her up 10 the 'sVlW1n door.
An men irhcu the Wtle thing rent inside
M ma she jes set back an cricd.
~ uighf ir'cn all mn prayers irut said
An ma iru= tWcktr' nc into bed
She figscd me lots an her cheek trUs tcet,
an she said. "lfy ddrliHg acc mustn't
forgct
A. moor Httlc dear Httlc orphnrt oirl
Al ainf got no ono In all the 1rorP
70 lore an IN tore her Itc UoU an me.
les mink boio thankful trc oVghter be"
So crcrU mOrHin' mn ma an me
We stand NJ our 1rindcr an 1rdu tili she
GETS M at her irinder dcrost the trdV,
Arr' IRE can ten Mt she's trim 10 SAP
"Good morHin'. ma" jes' rs plain as ddy.
an mn pa Scs II trc icUsni so poor
Hc'd take her ont o. hc 'SyIUm sure
an bring her orcr 10 our mouse here.
"Jcs' ,rait an 1rc'H do II pet. mn dear,
Nh pa he SdUS an mn ma SdUS, "Do!
Tnr sure I'm able To care for ttro,
TN fhiuk ~ the jon 'df wc nH troUld feel
II the makC.b1icrc ,cus onIy real
Think Of II! Wouldn't Il jcs' be hncP
uy make blcrc sister tru1y mne'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02
THE SUEZ CANAL

The plan Of a water connection between
the Mediterranean and the Red Sea goes
back to early Egyptian history. Such
canal seems to have been constructed N
the reigns of Seti l and Rameses II, aboui
1900 b. C., extending from the Nile 70
Lake Timsah and thence TO the Red Sea.
An international commission of engineer
made preliminary survey in 1S46 10 ascer'
tain the practcability of a level-watei
canal. The English engineer on the com
mission, George Stephenson, strongly op
posed canal and recommended TO his GOV.
ernment railroad from Cairo to Suez, an1
this was constructed by British capital
1868. In the same year NJ. de Lesseps.
Frenchman, succeeded in forming com
pany with a capital stock of S40,000,OOO'p
build the canal.
But when De Lesseps found It impossiDH
to enlist the large amount of capital necss
sary, he turned TO Said Pasha, secures
from him a large loan for prellminaV
work and promoting, and later a subscrF
ton for nearly half the stock, which VA
about $S5 900 600 Said was not able TO pay
his subscription and his warrants had 70
Cashed in London. The Egyptian Govern
ment had agreed to furnish labor al
nominal price, the native workers TO be weh
treated and their health to be cared fof
The violation Of the latter condition on tn
part of the canal company aroused pie
test in the name Of humanity, especial4
from England, which had never looked wa
favor on the canal, and suggested 70 "
Sultan of Turkey that the work be stoppea
Egypt being under the suzerainty Of IuI-
key. The Sultan decided that the natlw
Egyptian workmen should not be compeise
TO do the work
The company complained that this W
a breach Of contract, and the French Ea'
peror was asked to arbitrate a dlfticult ~
ternatiOnal dispute. The result was tn.,
Egypt was further mulcted OF neAr4
S2O,O0O.0OO The Khedive in 1875 appeai4
to Europe for aid In his financial dincnE
ties. His canal stock was sold to Engla4
for $1,000 900. This made Engan4
though originally opposed to the ptole1t
the heaviest owner in 1t and, combined w.
the general financial assistance rendered
Egypt, gave that Power direct interest p
Egyptian affairs.
very short time sufiiced 10 show ~.
the canal was OF the utmost advantaee
England as a passageway TO her OrienW
possessions, England and France az ~.
exercised together tutelage over hti
Later events led the British TO assume u'
responsibility alone The Suez canal
the key 10 this political Development AZ
became IN part % the complicated s|l1'''|
ln the Near East.
f1omm4eus article; 'fhs Flrsf DdftIe n W
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02
BEAT! BEAT! DRUMSl

Beat beat. drums! Blow, bugles. blowt
Through the windOws-through the doors
burst like a ruthless force
Into the solemn church and scatter the con-
gregation,
Into the school where the scholar is study
ing;
Leave not the bridegroom quiet-no han
piness must he have now with his
bride. MS
Nor the peaceful farmer any peace. plow-
ing his field or gathering his grain.
So fierce you whirr and pound YOUR dr,,n,s
SO shrill you bugles blow.
Beat beat drums Blow, bugles. bIo,vt
over the traffic of cities-over the rup,hi.
Of wheels In the streets;
No bargainers' bargains by day-no bro,ars
or speculators-would they continue .
Would the takers be talking9 Would ~
singer attempt to sing?
Would the lawyer rise in the court IN sta,o
his case before the Judge?
Then rattle quicker heavier drums-,,o,,
bugles wilder blow ''u
Beat beat drums Blow, bugles. blowt
Make no parley-stop for no expostui.tto-
Mind not the timid-mind not the weenor ~ -,
prayer VT
Mind not the old man beseeehing the vouna
man. ''""b
Let not the childs voice be heard nor a.
mothers entreaties, '"o
Make even the trestles 10 shake the A.
where they lie awaiting the hearsee
80 strong sou tnump of terrible drums -
LOUD you nngles blow
--Wait Whltnian.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

deer put in there for?" he demanded. At
first we gave it up, but then we saw
light. That's stag" We said; its a
stag hotel, see?" We'll, well: always
thought it was meant for dear to let
you know it wasn't cheap" Which, after
all, wouldn't have been displeasing to
the worthy founder Of the house Peter
Samuel Dooner established his hotel as
a shelter for male animals only and So
in all departments excepting the restau-
rant, it has always remained; and today
it is the only stag house of the first
class in town. Peter Dooner was hard
TO shake from an ideal when he had
once given himself to II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

CON GOUCHER, now the dean Of
Philadelphia printers; Clayt Mckenzie
and some others still about town, who
worked upon the Age in wartime, could
tell you how the mob storming the Of
flee of that Democratic organ in the mid
hour of the Civil War found only Peter
Dooner, foreman of the pressroom, and
Jim Breen, a hunchback fiy-boy, left
to defend the place; and they could tell
you how Peter barricaded the front door
and went up to the roof, whence he
treated the crowd to buckets OF scald.
ing water passed to him by the hunch.
back. This is on the house," yelled
Peter to the mob below; but they went
away.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

WE ARE coming in for our share of
foolish war talk More and more fire.
quently we hear the suggestion that Ger
mantown be rechristened, Early in 1915
We heard how the Germantown Tool
Works had lost some of it's trade in
Australasia because of its name, and
now in that part OF the world the Arm,
for business purposes, is known as the
Griffith Tool Company. We can under
stand that, but why should all things
German be put out Of the sight OF man
because some members of the family
have recently gone insane?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

The precious quality Of sincerity
was the supreme feature of the late vii.
liam Winters play reviews. As a critic
he felt honestly unable TO indorse many
modern stage developments, and this rigid
attitude won him much opposition from
a younger generation. AS a judge OF
good acting. however, no such conser.
vatism ever msrred his vision. He adored
the ''palmy" days of histrionic giants. but
his appraisement Of the individual per.
former of our day was keen and valid
to the last. Much as he hated Ibsen. he
felt constrained TO laud Richard Mans
field's personal Interpretation Of Peer
Gynt Bad actors feared Mr.. Winter.
Good actors loved him. phat yefdict
would b an honorable epitapp for any
critic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

With so many Of our best youth
already enlisted and with some OF our
colleges wondering II therell be enough
students about next year to resume
classes, 1t may be idle to offer tips to
athletic scouts, but here's an item from
the Doylestown Intellisencer that might
bear investigating;
Howard Drew. negro printer has run
100 yards seventeen times Ia l-s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

Not a man was lost There
was not even case Of serious Illness
The men landed in splendid
morale with keen, confident and eager
spirit, The physical appear
ance OF our men Is truly inspiring
Pershing,
The physical appearance of our
able bodied civilians at home is just as
fine, but somehow it is not so inspiring.
There are about 10000 places TO be filled
in the regular army.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

under the sign,
W h ic h may he
seen upon the
wall OF the hotel
on Tenth street
above Chestnut,
and had never
consciously no
tice d it. The
other day an ac.
Quaintance. wish.
ing to he helpful,
pointed IT out to
us as funny"
We couldn't see
IL. whats the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02
FOURTH or JULY CONTEST

Come, though your methods be crude and
empirical
Come, though Bour mood be Sedate or
sdtiricdl;
Come iCith your rhymes and 0rolo Fourth
o. Julyricdl
MdUbe-10hO knOlrS9-youH accom- plish
the miracle
That is TO say, capture the $3.50 bit
OF gold for eight lines Of verse for July &.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

Oratorically waving the American
flag from the pine-clad hills of Maine
to the everglades Of Florida" won't do
for the new Fourth Of July speeches,
A certain starry banner caught a certain
welcome breeze In a certain French
port" the other day. The ancient formula
needs drastic revision and glorious en-.
largement
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

The Officers Reserve Corps Of En-.
gineers has been entirely filled. II is well
to keep little facts like this on tap when
the "glooms' begin croakng about war.
time apathy and similar mournful myths
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

WYE SUGGEST to the Mayor, Mr.. Gaff-
w ney, Director Twinng and Mr.. Lewis,
composing the board of strategy. that they
abandon some of the impractical schemes
which have been proposed, forget per
sonalties and tackle the whole problem
anew on frank grounds. They need not
fear putting the issue before the people
in its proper form. But the course they
are at present pursuing will lead nowhere
except to further obfuscation and ruina-
tion. Did the people want the Taylor
method Of financing the new system a.
well as his construction program, or did
they not? If they did not, let them have
an opportunity to say 50 and decide in
favor of the temporary transfer charge
which Director Twining and others think
would he more fair.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

The news that Clam MARITIME is to be
something or other in Austria struck us
first as bit Of information diverted from
a restaurant menu. To class It with the
oyster cocktail might be not altogether
an inconcinnity Maybe that's a new
one for you.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

with twenty-three of the States
bone dry beginning yesterday the other
twenty-five cannot consider partial pro.
hibition an un,American institution.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

The news that the Crown Prince
is again directing operations against Yer.
dun ought TO be the finest kind Of en-.
couragement 10 the French counter.at.
tackers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

Can the Kaiserw cries New Jer.
sey slogan hunter. Why not make it
Crate the kinEs!" and complete the
whole Job?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

Answers 10 odtuIudy Rulh
1. lens Is In the French Department of Pas
de-Calais.
2. The Duke - Wellington's name was Arthw
Wellesley.
3. Cinnabar il an Important ore Of mercury
Its color varies from bright red tO Drown
I, James CTichtOn, the Scotch sche ar. cele
brated for the great variety OF bis accom-
plishments was known as the Admira5f
CrichtOn."
5. The sun is distant from the earth abOui
900 miles.
g. Til" n"lgaran name Of Bulgaria is BuI
Rariya.
:, Cu,..t,.s,S Of AraEOn, first wife OF Henri
NiiI, was the English queen who sold Il
have done England little goOd but l
should he sorrN to do IL any harm"
3. The Cyclades form q group OF islands in tis
Aegean Sea OF the coast OF Greece
8. Gerard MercatOT, after whom the word-mag
projection Is named, was q celebrate
Dutch EeOgrapher. His dates are l5if
1904.
10. -Four candidates were named for Presideni
Of the United states N 1850. JneN ver
Stephen A. Douglas. of Illinois, NOrtherp
Democrats John G. BreckinrldEe, Of Ken
tucky. Southern Democrats John Bell q
Tennessee, Constitutional Unlonlst, ant
Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. Repubican
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

To see Germany's eventual defeat
no Lens Is necessary, but it certainly
helps
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

QUIZ
I. The Serbian Premier announces that hi
country will send mission to Washing
ton. Who IL this statesman?
2. What were the so-called "NOyAdes" OF u
French Revolution?
g. What Is the second largest city In Mexico'
I. who Is the Hawaiian delegate in COnEresii
5. Who r. the present Pope?
9. What is the nearest French equivalent to the
tIngIsn 'nIl rIEhI'y
!. Who was ''Beau Brummell and when dh
he live?
+. Where Is the Magnetic North Pole?
y. How many republics are there In Europs
and what are they?
10. Who wrote that lone today Is worth twl
tOmOrrOWs'?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

Although our eye is always skinned
for Just that sort Of thing, for quite
a quarter Of century we had passed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

II he'd only called It Man and
Vegetable Superman," Bernard Shaw
would have been as great n prophet as
he occasionally thinks he is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

TO Italy. took AQuila Venice and Ligorio,
mcnaced Rome again. and retired to the
bar',s Of the Danube. Here ended his con-
quests and his invasions In 453 he mar
ried Idico a princess Of Bactria, aud upon
his wedding night was stabbed to death by
his bride who had married him only the
better to carry out her intent Of avenging
two brothers whom her husband had mur-
dcrcd.
! have but touched upon the maip points
in his red history There was much rapine
and murder destruction and massacre not
here recorded. And at Troyes and Rome
he could have accomplished more in had
he chosen. This is fact based upon his
tory, and indicates a something of human
ity in his barbarlsm, a strange streak of
good alloy in man Of evil All this in
eighteen years
The Twentieth Century Scourge
Now William II Of Germany in less than
three, from August 1914, to April. 1917.
The invasion Of Belgium and the north of
France, the invasion Of Serbia and Monte
negro, Of Rumania and Poland all under
conditions Of infamy monstrosity pilIage,
devastation, orgy murder ncendiarism
violation and sacrilege, coupled with perfidy
beyond compare, It's all too near TO require
detail, yet II is all eXempihed in the ancient
words OF Nellclus PaterCulus in his accusa- p
tion against the Germans: Asst iii. in
summa feritate versutissimi--natum men
dacio genus-ferocious and perfdious-a
race born TO the lie
And then the recent horrors in northern
France, in the Sommo and Aisne and Disc
country with, after destruction of every
living and inanmate thing, the sardonic
signs, "NiCht argern, nur wundern =" Not
an atom of pity anywhere. Not an atom
And yet Attia showed the word was i'm
his dictionary at Troyon when In re-
sponSe to the prayers of the bishop
he did not raze the town. although
he took the priest to the borders of the
Rhine, that, as the legend tells, his
presence might bring good fortune TO the
army And he did not devastate Italy as
he might have done, when he avoided the
ruthless carrying out Of ALL the evil i'm his
power As did Genghiz-Khan and Tibe-
rus
And as did not William II Of Germany
he who at every occasion invokes Alter
Gott," he who has profaned unmentlonablv
sacrlleged and burned 1900 houses of the
Almighty God, murdered priests and sisters
of charity, aged men and little children
Indeed, he could not he compared with
| Nero Heliogabalus, Caligula, Tiberius OF
| Attlla without injustice to these tyrants
| Indeed
And it's high time the mantle Of suprem,
| evil in barbarous reputation were taken
| from the age-old shoulders of the King ot
| the Huns and placed upon the living shoul.
ders of william, Emperor Of the Boche. WIN
| outtyranted all the tyrants of time
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-02

grant a certificate OF public convenience
for anything the Mayor wants since Com
missioner Magee has taken it upon him
SELF ex oficio, to dictate the city's policy
but the public has very little confidence
in a Public Service Commission that re-
fused to permit the city to take advan
tage OF excellent bids for work In the
heart Of the city, although authorizing II
at the same time to build an elevated line
through miles Of vacant fields, pet hobby
Of the Mayors.
The Frankford line to Bridge street
should be rushed to completion and op-
Grated We have reason to think that
there is no necessity for municipal equip
mont OF It. but that a suitable and tenn
porary lease with the y. r. T. can be
effected, II required