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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
MUST BE LEFT TO INDIVIDUAL
Quantity Of sleep Desirable Cannot Be
Made a Matter Of General
Regulation.

How many hours do you lie in
bed? One great man who was much
suppressed with the value of getting
started early in the morning was Doc
Cor Johnson:
176O. Resolved, To rise as early as
. can.
1901. My purpose is, To regulate my
Eleep.
1894. My purpose is from this time,
to rise early.
1894 (September). resolve, To rise
tsrly; not later than six. If can;
3 hope sooner. but as soon as | can.
1865. My resolution, | purpose to
wise at eight, because, though shall
mot yet rise early. 1t will be much ear
gier than | now rise, for | often lie
all two.
1863. ! purpose and hope to rise
early in the morning. at eight, and by
degrees at six.
1772. hope to rise by degrees more
early in the morning.
IVA. ] hope to rise at eight.
The subject of sleep, being one on
(which men of science are in discord,
rs not to be dismissed lightly. Some
think that most people sleep too much,
and that If they ate nationally they
could get along with little sleep, while
Others think all the emphasis should
pe put on plenty of sleep as a pre-
bervative of health and youth. Indi-
viduals may vary as much about
sleep needs as they do about diet and
ssxercise.-Harper's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
She was Smothering.

Rockford. Ala. Mrs. M. G. Pas
chal, of this place, says: Il was taken
with nervous prostration, and had
headache, backache, pains in my
right side, and smothering spells.
called in physicians to treat my case,
but without relief. Finally, tried
Cardui, and it gave perfect satisfac-
ton. | recommend it to every sick
woman" Are you weak, tired,
worn-out? Do you suffer from any
of the pains peculiar to weak women?
Cardui he's a record of over so years
in relieving such troubles, and will
certainly benefit you, 1t prevents
those frequent headaches, and keeps
you up. out Of bed. feeling happy.
Try Cardui.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
Fertilizing Belgium.

1t was related by travellers many
ye ars after the ba' of Waterloo
that the Belgian fields thereabout
we're so greatly enriched by the flow
Of blood, by the decaying bones. by
the rotted flesh of the dead. that
wheat stalks grew six feet tall.
Belgium is again being fortified
BY human carrion. About Wa erloo
the oncoming struggle Of the Ger
mans and the allies may soon be
fought. The dead may be nun
bered by tens of thousands. The
loss of life probably will eclipse any
figures presented by historians.
Wheat may again grow six feet
tall in B :lgium. 1t wi. be wa cred
by the tears of widows and orphans
as well as fertilizer by the blood and
bones of soldiers.-State Journal
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
With Roar, the Eagle Broke Into
Debris.

the richest city in the world would bt
theirs TO plumber.
Each side possessed a number OF
aeroplanes, but they had hardly
come into use. Each knew accurate.
ly the positions of the opposing forces,
and warfare had proved that little
damage could be done by dropping
bombs from above Moreover, the new.
est field guns could be elevated per-
pendicularly, and no aeroplane could
hope to escape from that well-aimed
fire.
From the heights" said the defend
ing general. zone can see far under
the sea-"
1t was one of those simple truths
which everyone had heard and every
one had forgotten.
So, on the following night, equipped
with searchlights and stabilizators,
which enabled them to hover with
their engines shut off, aeroplanes
took up their position above the wa.
ter, waiting
John Winthrop was In command
OF this aerial squadron. He had a
sweetheart in the beleaguered town,
as what soldier had not? The thought
of her gave him courage for the SUI
preme task that was his. From his
position beside the pilot he watched
the selenium searchlight-a far more
powerful light than anything known
before, and solving the secret Of that
"cold light" for which inventors had
sought so long He saw II play upon
the waves, and, where It fell, he saw.
not the ripping surface of the water,
but the sandy bottom. Through the
glass which focused the rays upon
the retina he could see the inhabit-
ants Of the deep sea, passing lazily
about their business. Here was a
school OF flshes-there the culver of
some scavenger monster come to prey
upon what lay beneath that mass of
metal which had once been the Queen
Dorothy. And then
A 1.-THE black shadow passed be-
meath the surface. She was so far
below the waves that nothing could
be diseerned clearly except the fish,
like rudder and the diving plane.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
.ssssse..es.es.....s.e.eee
FISH and THE HAWK
BY CLARENCE wILsERFoRcE.

For weeks the beleaguered city had
held out against the artillery of its
enemies. Night and day the cannon
Numbered, but, though the forts were
ruins and the countryside a plowed
field. the defenders had repealed every
assault. until those without we're in
despair.
If the warships within the port could
be destroyed, the city must fall. But
they we're hidden from artillery range
by a high, protecting bluff, and from
torpedo boats by a stout boom which
closed the harbor. Within that sane
tuary their mighty guns made a sue
cessful assault impossible.
Then 1t was that the enemy sent In
their submarines, to creep beneath the
booms and explode torpedoes against
the vessels sides. But the pass was
narrow, and the searchlights played
all night, 30 that the moment that the
periscope appeared upon the surface
of the waves, hundred guns belched
forth destruction, and the submarines
never came back.
The besiegers we're in despair. And
It was then that a new device was
tried.
A submarine without a periscopel
Why not? It was not necessary to see
ones entrance. One could feelit. The
warships were jammed together in
side the small harbor, and a subma-
rine, creeping like a blind mole I'M
der the boom, could not fail to hit
her objective.
The enemy tried it. They sent the
North Pole" beneath the boom at
night, and five minutes. after she had
left the line of the blockading ships,
the Queen Dorothy went up into the
air in a mass Of twisted iron and
steel. d.
The North Pole" having accom-
plished her task, put out to sea again
for fresh torpedoes. This had been
only trial attack. There were eight
submarines, and each of them ought
to account for two battleships. BY
the next morning the defenders fleet
would be scrap-iron, and the town
would be at the mercy Of the besieg-
ers' artillery.
1t was then that the defending gen.
eral hit upon his idea. 1t was desper-
ate to be at the mercy of the enemy;
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
Story q Emperor Alexander.


The ,-ta Emperor Alexander OF
.ussia I'll. hard to put a stop to al
JAohsm In his army. Whenever a
ase OF iuebr.,ty came to his notice
e ORDERED summary punishment.
One evening an officer, decidedly
he worse for liquor, was driving on
ne Of the JJu.eyards of st. Peters
Jurg. To his terror, he saw the czar
n his open carriage coming from tn
opposite direction Nouoning the of
fcer's driver to stop, and stepping hi
own carriage, the emperor exclaimed
in an anSry tone:
Major Y, what are you dola
here"
Pulling himself together, partly SO
bered by the ears presence. the Of
tcer stood up, saluted, and replied
with shaky voice:
"Your majesty, l am just taking e
drunken officer to the guard-house."
This presence Of mind and ready
wit pleased the emperor so much
that he pardoned the officer there and
then.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
No More Interruntions-

One Of the theological seminaries
Of the Methodist church has a profes
sor known throughout the denomina
rlon for his impatience with modern
Biblical critics and criticism This pro
lessor was lecturing to the class one
day on the subject Of BALKAN and his
ass, dwelling particularly on the mir.
acle of an ass being endowed with the
power Of human speech In the midst
or the lecture one Of the students in.
corrupted him to ask whether he did
not think a phenomenon so unusual as
an ass talking unbelievable. The pro.
lessor hesitated a moment, then an.
swered emphatically: mo! nothing un,
usual, l am constantly afflicted by hav,
Ing to listen to it," Needless to say
there were no more Interruptions
National Monthly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
Bio Sales for Macaulay.

After his publisher had told him that
10000 copies of his History of Eng
land had been sold, Macaulay wrote
in his diary that his fame seemed as
sured, Girard writes in the Philadel-
phia Ledger
He compared this sale, which he
deemed immense, with the first years
sale of SCOTS most popular poems
1000 and $500 copies, respectively. 1t
was better than anything Byron could
show.
Macaulay related how Thackeray
said people in the London museum
had turned from the wonderful hippo
potamus to look at him. Now the
best sellers" jump to hundreds Of
thousands of circulation in a year
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
Valuable Life Preserver.

One of the latest substitutes for the
ordinary life preserver is a curious
device which, when extended for use,
has a shape resembling that of a
bowling pin. 1t is intended TO be en-
tered by single person, and in that
case keeps the user entirely dry, but
II is said that its buoyancy is SO great
that, in case Of a catastrophe, as many
as 20 persons can DO supported for
an indefinite period by hanging TO the
loops around the lower part Of the
hood.-Popular Mechanics.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
DEALERS IN

size in the world that can make a
better showing than the Servian
army made during wars with Turkey
and Bulgaria. 1t is fighting force
that is conceded to have every quail
ty OF strength that a military ma
chine may possess.
Its plan of organization is distinct
i've. Compulsory service is personal
for all able-bodied men and pecunia-
ry for all who are incapable of per-
sonal service. These latter must pax
an indirect tax of 30 per cent. addi-
tional. The military forces are d.
vided into national army and the
landsturm, which forms the last line
of defense. Service in the national
army begins at Fl and ends after AZ
In the landsturm it begins at H. and
ends at 81; begins again at 46 and
ends at so.
The additional army consists of
three bans, the first ban including all
ablebodied men between 2l and 81.
the second ban all between 81 and SO
and the third those between SO and
As.
The first ban has its cadre, a school
through which every able.bodied
man of Fl must pass. No one is al
lowed to change his nationality while
belonging to the first ban, nor can
any member thereof receive any
outside appointment or become even
a monk until he has served his term
in the army.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
Erenzled Fiction.

The fighters FLASHED in the first
round. The challenger smote the
champion In the right eye, and a
mouse rapidly developed. The referee
stepped between.
1--WE will postpone the entertain
ment," he announced. "You know, old
chappies, It will be fought a week from
tonight. Rain checks go, and tea will
be served"
For It was in dear old Lun'non, to
be sure, old top, and they base their
ethics there on the code laid down
for the noble game of polo.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
Professional Amenities.

= A couple of stars were rehearsing
In a new play This is a lie. com.
ments the reader-plays don't have
Two stHrs. Yes, but this was a very
modern 1EAy, with a very reckless
manager. 49,.
Wen. anyhow as we were saying
before you interrupted. a couple Of
stars were rehearsing, and the first
@BAr said: SS-sssir .;..a- ,- ..'a.-
y "Now, in this scene | am supposed
to exit at the rear, while you stand
in front, facing the audience. Now,
what will be your cue to resume your
lines?"
"The look Of satisfaction on the
faces Of the audience" answered the
second star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
GOT THE ORDERS TWISTED
-T)1at Part Of Case Clear to Great De-
teetive, but He Was Silent as
to the "lnfluence."

What can ! do you for-do for you,
fnadam?" inquired the great detective
suavely.
The woman with the nose-glasses
sank into the great detectives famous
chair.
Il am perplexed, puzzled, non
plused, at a loss" said the woman
with the nose-glasses. This morn
ing when l came down to breakfast
the cat was hanging over the back of a
chair in the parlor, all twisted up in
the most amazing shapc-I couldn't
really begin to describe it, and out in
che yard the parlor clock was lying
aon its back in the center of the grass
plot. It's all so unusual that decided
TO come right to you. | couldn't con.
suit my husband about it, because be-
ing day Waterman in a night school,
he leaves the house at five o'clock in
che morning"
Madam" said the great detective
after some elaboration, do you re-
member the last words you said to
your husband last night?"
Eyes" replied the woman with the
rlose-glasses. 81 attended the prayer
meeting and dance last night, so /
didn't get home until quite late, and
Ghe last thing | said to my husband
was, Dilwyn, don't forset TO wind up
the clock and put out the cat"
Exactly" cried the great detective.
-And he got it twisted won't say
under what influence. Detroit Free
Press
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
Left willy WONDERING.

Mother-Now, Willy, you told me
a falsehood. Do you know what hap
pens to little boys who tell false
hoods.
Willy (sheepishly)-Nc, ma'am.
Mother-Why, big black man with
only one eye in the center Of his fore
head comes along and flies with him
up to the moon and makes him pick
sticks for the balance of his life.
Now. you will never tell a falsehood
again, will you? 1t is awfully wickedl
Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
Good Advice From Parson eaaster.

"Git sense, bruddren, and sistahs!"
4hundered good old Parson Bagster.
during the recent revival at Ebenezer
chapel. Cit sense and gumption. SOS
yo kin look out for yo'se'fs. De Lawd's
been taking keer o. child'en, fools and
cuIlud folks for 10 desc many years,
and yo1l dess sets around and lets
him do IT, But s'pose de Lawd should
fall asleep some wahm afternoon, den
whuh would yo lazy niggers be att
Hur-rump!"-Kansas City Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
WHAT WAR In BALKANS
COST DEFEATED STATES
Bulgaria Lost Half of Its Pop
ulatiOn ~ Servia's Army
Made Great Showing.
(From a Bulletin of the National
Geographical Society,"

Ge0graphlcal society,"
If the United States should call to
the colors as many men in proper
ton to the population as Servia has
done it would mean an army of up
ward of 5000, 900 men. and this does
not take into account the fact that
the recent wars in the Balkans have
made such heavy inroads into the
percentage of adult male population.
Probably if the United States called
as many men to the colors in proper
ton to the adult male population it
would mean an army of $4,000, 900.
How terrible the ravages of the
wars in the Near East have been is
indicated by the census of conquer
ed territory taken by Bulgaria in the
early months Of the present year.
That count showed that where, pre-.
vious to the wars, there had been a
population of 7O2. 900. there is now a
population Of only 30l, 900. Ofcourse,
Servia did not suffer that much, but
these figures are indicative of the
depopulating effect of the great wars
it had to face.
Military critics everywhere admit
that in matters Of discipline, leader
ship and spirit there is no army its
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
Fewer Study for Ministry.

Statistics show that in the early
days OF American colleges about one
half the graduates adopted the min
istry as a profession At the present
time only about five per cent Of the
college graduates become ministers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29

PORTLAND. Ne. has lost one OF its
largest historical trees. II stood on
Benedict, sArnold's trail and was more
than one1hundred years old. Il meas
arsd four feet three inches across the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-29
VERY LIKELY.

"what is that queer old faddist
there humming~
q guess what you bear Is the bee
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-23
FRANCE IS DETERMINED
TO CRUSH M|L|TAR|sM
Fatherland Must BE Reunited and
Belgium Restored to Fulncss of
Political and Material Life.
NO COMPROMISE FOR PEACE
Only When End Is Attained Will Re-
public BE Willing to Sheath Its
Sword = Premier Interprets Ma
tional Thought mt War Session.

PARIS. December 22.-P Premier
NiNiani, stating the views of the gov
ernment concerning the war to the
Chamber of Deputies to-day, said:
France. acting in accord with her
allies. viii not sheath her arms until
after taking vengeance for outraged
rights. until she has united for all time
to the French fathcriand the provinces
raVishcd from her by force; restor ed
heroic Belgium to the fulness OF her
material life and her political indie
pcndence, and until Pruss!an militar-
ism has been crushed, to the end that
II be possible to reconstruct, on a
basis of justice. n Europe rcgenerated.' -
Several places in the Chamber were
vacant when the historic war session
opened. some because OF deaths on the
battlefield, and others because the SOL
dier Deputies have refused to leave
the battle front
Nearly 200 Deputies have joined the
colors. some serving as privates
Others have high rank. while still
tary departments.
Several members of the Chamber
were IN their constituencies in the
north at the time the Germans began
their remarkable dash to the south
ward. Some of those were able to
make their way through the lines OF
the German troops, but others could
not, and were detained as hostages
Representatives of all political
groups from Socialists to the extreme
conservatives. had assembled in the
lohbics. before Speaker Deschanel
called order.
The discussions were conducted with
animation. 1t was easy to discern the
new national spirit which has been in
evidence since the beginning of hos
tilitics. 1t pervadcs the entire assem-
blage, and the members OF the Chamber
generally expressed their determina-
ton to show confidence In the admin
istration by supporting the government
proposals without argument
y patriotic address by NJ. Deschancl
reused the members to enthusia site
cheering.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-23

forces formerly commanded by the Ger
man Crown Prince.
The invaders were driven back from
the right bank of the Meuse In the
first important attack made by the
French forces on that side OF the river.
North OF the forest of Malant 1ur,
French scouts and sappers crept up
to the wire acknowledgements OF the enemy
under cover OF darkness after success
fully evading the rays OF the German
searchliShts. and succeeded In clip
ping several avenues through the wire
cntanglements protecting the earth
works r.
They accomplished their perilous
task before dawn. and at daybreaR
while heavy mist still hung over. the
field, the French guns and quick -firers
directed disastrous fire upon the Ger
man trenches. at tho conclusion OF
this terrific prelude the French in
fantry debouched from their positions
and attacked from beyond the en-
tanglements.
After the first rush they Rugged the
ground while the big guns and mitrail-
leuses ratified their fire upon the pits
once more for n prearranged period of
three minutes. Quickly following tho
cessation Of the artillery fire, the
French sprang through the openings
made in the wire meshes and over
whelmed the occupants OF the trenches
with ferociouS bayonet attack which
won the trenches. but only after severe
losses on both sides. The German
casualties. however. were the heavier.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-23
FORMER SENATOR WEST
Is FOUND DEAD IN BED
Was Appointed by Governor OF Georgia
to Fill Vacancy Caused by
Death of Bacon.

Dcatn Oh bdCOus
VALDoSTA. GA, December 22-wn-
liam Stanley West, former United
States Senator from Georgia. was
found dead in bed at his homo early
to-day. He retired last night appar-
entiy In good health. and died some
time during the night
Physicians stated that death appar-
emily was due to apoplexy.
MT. west was appointed by Gov
ernor Slaton to the United States Sen
ate on March 2. 1914. to nll tho vacancy
caused by the death of Senator A. o.
bacon! HIS term expired last Novem-
per. when Thomas w. Hardwick then
Congressman. was elected to the SON
ate.
MIR. West was born in Marion County.
Ca, August %. 1S49. and was grad
uated from Mercer University at Ma
con In 1880.
The former Senator had been promi
heht In Georgia politics for many
years. lie served several terms In the
Legislature. He was n delegate at
urge 10 the Democratic National Con-
Vention In Denver in 1905 His
wife and fourteen-year-old son. VIII
nam West. Jr., survive him.
Funeral services for Mr.. West Will
take place ut his home here to-mor-
row afternoon. Burial also will be
here DIR. Allen Wilson. of the First
Christian Church, VIII conduct the
services Governor Slaton, of Georgia,
is included in the list of pnilbearers
The former Senator had slight at
tack of indigestion yesterday, but was
improved late in the day. Physicians
attribute his sudden death to heart
failure.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-23
GET RID OF HUMORS
AND AVOID DISEASE

Humors In tho blood cause internal
arrangements that affect the whole
system, as well as pimples. boils and
other eruptions. They AFFECT ali tho
organs and functions membranes ami
tissues. and are directly Responsible
Tor the readiness with which some peo-
pie contract disease
For forty years Hoods Sarsaparilla
nus oeon moro successful than any
other medicine In expellinR humor.
and removing their Inward and out
ward effects. 1t is distinguished for
It's thoroughess in purifying the blood
which 1t enriches and inyigorates. No
other medicine acts like 1t, for no other
medicine IL like It.
Get Hoods Sarsaparilla to-day. In
sist on having Hood's.-Advertlseme
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-23
STEAMER is BEAcHED
Denver Springs Lcnk nr She Is Leaving
for Gcrmnny.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA, December 90.
The Mallory Line steamer Denver,
which left Norfolk this afternoon at
O'Clock with cargo OF 1920 bales
or cotton for Bremen, Germany, spranE
Il leak as she passed Lamberts Point.
near Norfolk, WAS benched by the pilot
Off Primers Point. short distance
farther out. The Denver drew twenty
four feet OF water, and was beached
III eighteen feet OF water. which Will
make 1t necessary. It is said. to lighter
large part of tho cargo before she
can be hoatcd. She is in no danger.
The, crew Will remain on board, the
captain having gone to Norfolk to-
night 10 make an official report TO the
head offices Of the line In New York.
HEAVILY LOADED WITH COTTON,
STEAMER SAILS FOR BREMEN
NORFOLK, VA, December %
Loaded almost to her rail with cot