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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
CRUEL JOKE ON. A SQUIRREL
Naturalist Replaces Nuts With Stones
-Repents When He Sees Hungry
Frisky Dig Snow Away.

Most squirrels keep two or more
stores of food. Rev. j. G. Wood, the
naturalist, tells of friend who found
one of these reserve stores, which a
squirrel had provided for an emergency
and, in a moment of thoughtlessness,
the man determined to play joke on
he squirrel. He accordingly replaced
the nuts by small, round stones and
carefully concealed all evidences "
his visit.
One cold day in winter he passed the
pot and found that the squirrel had
c"llcd there a short time previously.
Fills he knew by The fact that ton
inches of snow l..:d been scratched
from the top Of the hole. outside Of
which the stones had been cast by the
disappointed animal.
This struc'I the Joker with remorse.
He said: 81 never felt the folly Of
practical joking so much In my life.
Fancy the poor little fellow, n.rped
with cold, and scanty food, but, fore
seeing long winter, resolved to econ
omize his little hoard as much as pos
sible. Fancy him Mt last determined
to break this-perhaps his last-mag-
azine. and cheerfully brushing away
the snow, fully confident that a good
meal awaited him as the reward of his
cold job, and after all finding nothing
but stones. never felt more mean
and ashamed In my life"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
BREEDING DOGS WITH WOLVES
Darwin's Belief Was That Domestic
CANNES Represent Several Races
Of the Wild Animal.

In "The Origin Of the Species" OAR
win expressed the opinion that the dog
was originally descended from the
wolf. He was inclined to think that
in different parts of the globe man
had tanned the particular species Of
wolf which would be found there, and
that our domestic dogs, therefore, rep
resent not one but several races of the
wild animal, writes r. B. Townshend
in the Westminster Gazette. 1t has
long been known that dog and wolf
will interbreed freely. Button, for
example, tells us that he made such
cross successfully. Indeed, in Rus
STA the Tsars long kept up fierce
pack of hounds for wolf hunting in
which strong strain of wolf was
evident. Unfortunately, few years
ago the little daughter Of huntsman.
crossing their kennel alone, stumbled
and fell, and the savage brutes set
upon her and devoured her on the
spot. The indignant tsar had the
whole pack destroyed.
LNcu III GuSiuuu Tic CIOSS Win tiiC
wolf has been resOrted to for otter
hounds in order to increase the cour-
age and strength Of jaw Of the dogs.
But as the first cross proved rather
too wild and uncertain in temper for
safe handling, the masters Of otter
hounds have always crossed back
again and again to the dog till there
remained perhaps only one sixty
fourth of wolf blood, or even less.
This fact establishes the fertility of
the hybrid between the wolf and the
dog when bred back to one Of the
original parents, but so far there has
been no evidence to show how far the
hybrids would be fertile when bred
together continuously. Recently, how
ever, in the present century. this has
been tested by DIR. Alaric Benin of
the Stockholm geological gardens,
who has given a brief account Of the
results obtained by him.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
Natural Liberty.

The natural liberty of man, by EN-.
tering into society. is abridged or re-
strained, so far only as is necessary
for the great end Of society, the best
good Of the whole. In the state Of na-
ture every man is, under God, judge
and sole judge of his own rights and
of the injuries done him. By entering
into society he agrees to an arbiter or
Indifferent Judge between him his
neighbors; but he no more renounces
his original right than by taking a
cause out Of tho ordinary course of
law, and leaving the decision to ref
erees or Indifferent arbitrators. In the
last case he must pay the referees for
time and trouble. He should also be
willing to pay his just quota for the
support of government, the law and
the Constitution.-Samuel Adams.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
why FEAR DEATHS cALL7'
Philosopher Regards Passing Away az
Only Natural and oood-Fears
the Unnatural.

They were discussing death, little
group OF men, all of them in the best
of health and the glory of living. Men
of the world, in sense, and enjoying
life to its utmost. the subject of death
was introduced by the announcement
that a widely-known man with whom
all of them had been acquainted had
passed away.
One of the party, according to the
Columbus (O) Dispatch, said he hated
to think of death, that he was actually
afraid to think Of IL. He So loved life
that death seemed terrible enemy,
and he would like to escape 1t. But
the philosopher of the party-only he
was not known as a philosopher until
he delivered his little preachment-
said he could not understand such an
attitude toward death.
IL am not afraid of anything that is
natural" he said. at is the unnatural
that alarms me. 1t would be unnatural
to live forever, and l would hate to be
sentenced to such a punishment. But
death is natural; am not afraid of it.
Billions of people have died; they are
dying every day. Little children have
died and old men and women, and the
birds and beasts all pass away, and the
fishes in the streams, and every living
thing upon the earth is to die. Why,
then, should great hulk of a chap
like myself, one who has had and is
having his time, why should l fear
death?"
Not afraid of that which is natural?
If only all of us could understand that
the natural is good and the unnatural
bad, what splendid world it would
be for everything and everybody.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
French Drapery.

The French are pastmasters in the
art of draping fabrics. A Parisienne
has truthfully said that French taste
is distinctly feminine and as clear as
tie G"ilic language itself, says an ex-
change. 1t possesses the genius OF
curves, the secret of what is graceful
and the intuition of what brings about
harmony. These characteristics are
al to he found in French art. French
industries and French creations.
Ii is in France that we find the
work of the most skilful hands, the
most artistic jewelry, the richest
clothes and the most beautiful hats. In
foreign countries the idea Of ugliness
or bad taste is never associated with
the women of France.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
Flowers Of the States.

Twenty-six states of the Union have
adopted state flowers-ofiicial or for
mally agreed upon erhblems. Massa-
chusetts Is not one of them, although
there is a sort Of growing idea, amount
ing almost to common consent, that
the trailing arbutus is our state flower.
says the Boston Transcript. If it Is,
we have that emblem in common with
the province of Nova Scotia. Connecti-
cut has legally adopted flower, and
II Is in many respects the finest pos
sessed by any state in the Union. 1t
is the mountain laurel. There are
flowers more beautiful than our laurel
of the woods, but its bloom is so easily
conventionalized, so bright and so dec
oratlve, that II is peculiarly fitted for
emblematic purposes.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
Antiquity Of Nursery Rhymes.

"Sing a Song of Sixpence" is as old
as the sixteenth century. "Three
Blind Mice" is found in q music book
dated 1909. "The Frog and the Mouse"
was licensed in 1880. "Three Children
Sliding on the Ice" dates from 1889.
London Bridge Is Falling Down" is Of
"unfathomable"' antiquity. "BOys and
Girls Come Out to Play" is certainly
rs old as the reign of Charles the Sec
ond, as is alss Lucy LOcket Lost Her
Pocket" to the tune Of which the
American song. yankee Doodle"
was written. 'Pussy Cat, Where
Have You Been" is one Of the
age of Queen Bess. Little Jack
Horner" is older than the Seven
teenth century. 1.-The Old Woman
Tossed In q Blanket" is of the reign
Of james the Second. to which mon
arch 1t is said to allude.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
SheIman Stock Farm.

offer for sale Shslman Stock Farm
of ls5 acres on broad county road q
miles East Of Stephensport a railroad
and Ohio river. 20 acres Ia woods 80 In
cultivation rs In clover remainder in
grass, lime stone land part Of It a lit
tie rolling we'll fenced about 800 rods
OF wire fence, some fine tobacco land,
good tobacco barn, stock barn 36x64
ten foot machine shed full length Of
the barn, well and pond at barn. never
failing spring. new six room cottage
and cistern. garage, blacksmith shop
and several other out buildings, about
500 bushels Of corn 30 tons of clover
hay two good mares, one horse. one
fine jack, two big Jersey milch cows,
four Jersey hsifer calves, nine duroo|
hogs. seven hampshire hogs. two vag.
CONS and lot of good farming implies
ments will be sold all together IL de-
sired. A. v. Whitworth,
stephensport, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
Time to Work Hard.

When fortune begins to smile upon
you is the time you will have to
spunk up most. Then 1t is that most
folks begin to take 1t easy-and fail.
Getting into the public eye is a chal-
'enge to make good. There are thou
ands of others In the same business.
on must surpass them or remain one
Of the crowd. II the place you occupy
gets crowded you must spunk up a
little more. Put on little more steam,
a little more brains and push are
needed. Maybe the other fellow is at
his limit now. Keep on pushing to the
front. The courage with which you
strive will receive Its reward. Work
with brain and hand and the victory
is bound to be yours.-Pennsylvanis
Grit
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
Learn to Listen.

Men like the girl who can chatter,
but they love the girl who can listen.
There are so few of us who learn this
in early youth. But as we get older
we realize that people in general would
rather talk to a good listener than to
be entertained by the most brilliant
cOnversationalist In the world.
If you are not popular with men and
with women, make up your mind to
find out why you are not. Study your
self and try to realize If you are dis
loyal, unsympathetlc, opinionated or
selfish.-Exchange.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
Didn't Win by His Teeth.

A Philadelphia dentist had the nerve
to publish picture Of Washington
with this statement underneath:
sour first president owed his won
derful health to sound teeth"
I assume that the dentist knows more
about. teeth than he knows about his
tory, writes correspondent In the
Philadelphia Ledger. Washington's
teeth were his one physical defect.
They amounted almost to a facial
blemish when he smiled. and one sour
critic Of our hrst president who knew
him well said the reason he 20 rarely
laughed was his dislike to showing the
savages of decay u hlQ mouth.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
GIVE EWES A CHANCE

II Is well to give the breeding
ewes an extra chance at this
time to- the end that they may he
in good condition Mt the time of
breeding. On their thrift AMI
strength ut breeding time de-
ponds largely our success with
the coming crop of lambs.
on most farms on which d.
versified farming is followed
there Is opportunity for frequent
change Of pasture. This is rel
ished by sheep more than by
any other stock, and they re-
spond quickly by laying on flesh
and showing that thrift and
strength so satisfactory to ev-
cry fockmaster.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
KEEP ONE STANDARD BREED
Stick to II for Couple Of Years, or
Until Satisfied There 10 Some
thing Better.

II you wish to go into the poultry
business systematically, select one
standard breed and stick to II for .
couple Of years, or until you are salts
fed there is something better. Mixing
fiOcks Is bad.
Another point to bear In mind IL that
you should not sell eggs when every
body else Is selling. That 10 when the
market n lowest.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
50 years. This surely indicates q
world wide tendency to standardize.

50 years. This surely indicates q
world wide tendency to standardize.
Every builders ladder is built to
scale, and the fiyeman's ladder is on
the scale of the seaman's run up the
ratlines, not the bricklayer's trudge up
the wooden rungs: But perhaps the
greatest triumph Of standardizing is
that Of the circus. London Tit-Bits
says: There are big and little circuses
in the world, but the ring is always
of the same diameter, for the bare
back rider has discovered the exact
angle at which he can square the cir
Gle. No matter whether 1t be ring
cut in the turf or luxuriously APP
pointed theater, the circus ring never
varies foot.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
SPREAD MANURE ON FIELDS
Loss Of Plant Food by Fermentation
and Leaching Ought to Be Pre-
vented-Test at Wooster.

To prevent loss of plant food by fer
mentation and teaching in barnyards
and stables. manure should be spread
on the corn ground during the late
winter and early spring months.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-21
EMERGENCY FUND
CUT TO $4,000

Inserting s36.40J for the territorial
immigration station instead of cutting
cut the immigration money entirely,
as had been originally planned. the
finance committee OF the house today
reported out on the appropriation bill,
recommending that 1t pass as amend.
ed. The bill passed second readinS
and comes up on third reading Mon
day. .-~ ~ ill.,.
In part, the report of the committee
is as follows: -. 80
After due and careful; consideration
your committee is OF the opinion that
the specific sal1ry amounts as pro-
rided by this bill will not prove to be
to the best interests OF the territory,
and your committee therefore begs to
present herewith the bill in an amend
ed form, with The, recommendation
that the members of the house ma.
more intelligently consider the same. "
Very little changes In salaries were
made by the house committee, al
though several new items were added.
Tha emersency fpnd was cut from.
$l6O, 900 TO $4,000
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-21
school BUDGET IS
EADYF0RSENATE
Increases ct S71,900 Made
and Expense of Survey
Provided For

Proposing total of $685., 400 for gen
eral and special funds in the school
budget, the senate ways and means
committee today reported en- house
bill 152. The totals represent an in
crease of S71,900 over the hill that
came from the house.
Among other amendments proposed
by the committee were the following
F. That the item Salaries and Office
Force" be changed from $4,000 to
So, 1000 to provide for an additional
clerk -...
That the name Survey director
proposed in lieu of inspector general
be changed to statistical clerk.
whose salary will remain at $4S00
The item general expenses viii be
changed from $1,000 to S15.500, and
stationery and incidentals be increas
ed from $4,000 to $4,000.
Federal School Survey Included
Travelling expenses" is raised from
Federal Survey of Schools" is sub
stituted fer travelling expenses of the
superintendent t.. E..>.~.*
The item Industrial and Manual
Training is increased from $4,000 tC
$4,000. This proposal is made in view
of the intent Of the department to put
more emphasis on agricultural and
similar work.
The item Special Schools" is chang
ed from $S7, 900 to $4,000, while new
buildings for normal and training
schools get $4,000 instead of 0,00O
This latter fund is to provide for the
construction OF Broom concrete
building for the normal school and
changes in the present building.
This makes a total increase in the
general fund from $2O2,S0O to $780,.
400.
Special Fund Is Increased
Under the special fund an increase
from $725.200 to s769, 900 is proposed.
Hilo high school is to get $4,000. and
$4,000 goes to the Union school
Buildings in Kau get $4,000 instead
of $500, bringing the Hawaii total to
$I4s,5 500.
Molokai and Lanai get $4,000 instead
of $500. 1852
For. Honolulu $103,S00 instead of
$4,000 is proposed by the committee
The former amount was recommended
by the school department The item
provides for two Few concrete build
ings of the type constructed at Cen
trail Grammar school. For an addition
to Pohukaina school, $4,000 is propos-
ed; for large frame schoolhouse at
Manoa, $1,000.
Salary Changes Advanced
Final recommendation is made that
the salary changes provided under the
general fund shall become effective on
July 1. 1917, instead of January /, 1918,
due to the desire to have school EN-
ployes share the benefit of salary in
creases with employees Of other depart
ments." '-. .....5 M.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-21
WOULD SEGREGATE
ARM0RY EXPENDITURE
.:> ISLAND BY ISLAND

- Because the senate has greatly
reduced the estimates for armories
submitted by the adjutant generals
office, Brig.-Gen. Samuel l. Johnson
has written a letter to the speaker of
the house of representatives which, in
part, reads as follows:
IN orderethat the territory NAV re-
ceiye the fullest value for it's expen-
ditures. il Ia suggested that the ap-
preparation be made available BY is
lands. or by districts. BY this is
meant that the sum of the allotments
for new arrloffes and arnory addi-
tons for any one island be set aside
for the construction of arrnories on
that island or in that district. BY this
method 1t is believed that the expendi.
lures can be equalized." -
The communication has been refer
red to the finance committee.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-21
SENATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
in WORKMENs COMPENSATION BILL


As the result o.. a. hearing held this
morning On house Bill SO, introduced
by Representative c. y. MARQUEE and
re,atIns TO the woTkmen's compensa.
tion act. the bill will receive several
important amendments by the Judi
efary committee OF the senate.
Foremost OF these changes Is one
regarding the length OF time to elapse
otter an injury before an employe may
be eligible for compensation.
As the bill came from the house 1t
provided that the; present period OF
two weeks should be eliminated. The
senate committee will probably recon-
mend that the iflday period be de-
creased TO seven days. #H
This section Of the proposed bill,
which one senator: declared this morn
ing TO be the &yery meat" OF the
measure, aroused considerable discus,
sion. The industrial accident board
was represented at the hearing by
Attorney w. T. Garden, and the insur-
ance companies by Chauncey F.
Cleveland.
Judge W. l. Whitney appeared for
the Chamber OF Commerce.
Garden wanted the time limit taken
cut entirely, thing which was only
fair. be SAID. On the other hand the
Insurance companies GsKed that the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-21
signs -.
INSURANCE BILL

Governor Pinkham today signed the
new insurance law. sending word to
this effect through the territorial sec.
ietary 10 the senate. The new law
regulates the organization and govern
ment of insurance. companies AMI In
surance business, provides penalties
for violation Of it's provisions and
MAKES new office of fire marshal. II
also repeats all existing laws relatin:
TO insurance.
Gerrit Wilder's taipole bill. which
stirred two fiery debates in the SEN
ate before passing. was also signed by
the territorial executive. Other bills
were signed as follows:
House Bill No. Ito, as Act 1l6, en-
titled: IAN act TO amend section 1924
OF the revised laws of Hawaii, 1915,
relating to the revocation Of licenses
to practise medicine and surgery
House Bill No. iii, as Act III, en-.
titled: An act relating to the pay
Of. and services rendered by second
district magistrates. and repeating sec
lions 1853 and 1854 Of tife Revised
Laws or Hawaii, 1915.
{ House Bill No. Ayl. as Act lis, en-
titled: An act to provide for the
protection of frogs and tadpoles.
House Bill No. 3S4. as Act liz, en-.
titled: IAN act making an appropria-,
ticn for reimbursement to Capt. y. c.
Nelson
House Bill No. 391, as Act 100, en-
titled: An act TO provide for the APP
pointment of commission on game
and fisheries"
house bill 1871 providing scheduled
salary for school teachers of the ter
ritory. This becomes Act. ia |....
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-21

GOIERN0RSIGNS
DOZEN MORE ACTS

I
Word that the governor had signed
IL new bills was received yesterday
afternoon by the senate. These are
as follows:
House bill No. PSI, as act 102, en-.
titled: "An act appropriating the
sum Of five thousand dollars ($5000D
for the completion OF a survey, map
and plans OF certain lands in Homo.
lulu"
House bill No. 2Os, as act 10S, en-.
titled: An act TO amend the law
providing for the parole OF prisoners.
as embraced within chapters 107 and
ZIG OF the Revised Laws of Hawaii.
1915"
House bill No. 315. as act 104. en-
titled: IAN act making appropriation
to pay James =. Coke for services
rendered and expenses incurred In
behalf OF the Territory OF Hawaii at
Washington city during the months of
january and February, 1916"
senate bill no. II, as act los. en-
titled: AN act to amend section 2172
Of the Revised Laws Of Hawaii. 1915,
authorizing the issuance Of municipal
bonds 81. ..-..:.
Senate Bill No. 80, as act loo, en-
titled: An act making an appropri.
alton by way OF advancement out Of
the general revenues for the compile
ton OF roads i'm and To the homestead
tract In the district OF Makawao, eoun.
~ OF Mani, 10 be reimbursed oat Of the
proceeds OF sales Of homesteads in
said district :
Senate bill No. 81, as act l07, en-
titled: AN act to amend section ]
OF act IA OF the Session Laws of 1915.
prohibiting the operation of aeroplane.
balloon and other air craft In the ter
ritory or Hawaii with certain restrie-
tons
Senate bill No. 80. as act los. en-
titled; IAN aci to amend sections 666
and C69 Of chapter 4S Of the Revised
Laws Of Hawaii, 1915, relating tp. EN-.
ineut domain
Senate bin 40. 40, as act l09, en-
titlsd: IAN act to amend section 1881
OF the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915.
relating 20 highyays
Senate bin No. 70, as act 10, en-.
titled: IN act to extend for a period
az 10 years section 1850 of the Re.
vised Laws Of Hawaii. 1915. relative
TO exemption Of property from taxa.
tion.
Senate bill No. 104, as act Ill, en-
titled An act To provide for the
publication OF tie decisions Of the
United States district court for Ha.
wall.
Senate bill No. Ia. as act IL, en-
titled. "An act TO provide for the
display OF patriotic emblems In the
court houses and court rooms Of the
territory, and 10 make an appropri9o
lion Tor the completion and ffrnishing
az the Bay View home at Ealaupapa,
Molokai.'.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-21
ABATEMENT BILL
|. IS REPORTED
Recommendation

As forecast by the Star-Bulletin, the
Judiciary committee Of the house to-
day reported out its inability to agree
On the senate abatement bill.
The committees report recommend
ed that the measure be taken up for
discussion and final disposition by the
of the whole of the house.
chairman Andrews moved that it be
taken up next Tuesday afternoon. The
house agree 10 the suggestion.
The report was signed by four mem
bers of the acknowledgements
tives Andrews. Leal. Tavares and
Brown.
A few who signed the report appear
to be of the opinion that an abatement
law is not needed, as the present laws
cover the subject and afford the ne
cessary protection.