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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-28
The Biggest Sale Of Good Quality
Eatables EverPu on in Hopkinsville

If money is any item at all to you, YOU want
to attend this sale. We want to keep all OF our
force busy, and want to meet you in our store, so
we will for THREE DAYS offer such reduction
in prices as to mean MORE FOR LESS MONEY
than you have ever purchased Our unsurpassed
buying facilities make US always headquarters for
QUALITY AND PRICE.
No goods charged No telephone orders &C.
cepted. You must come in person to avail your
self of these prices. No Sale Goods punched on
Cards Commences Wednesday Morning and lasts
Until Saturday:
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fered or died OF this disease. And cul-
lures OF this germ injected into animals
have produced all the symptoms Of rheu
matte fever in those animals. The name
of this germ is the steptococcus rheu-
maticus. Under the microscope a col
lection Of this germ looks like string
OF beads. (Coccus means berry, in
Greek; and streptos means a string) BY
far the main area, the main portal OF in.
lection in the body. where this strep.
tococcus lies in wait to enter the system,
is the mouth; although there are other
focuses OF such infection-as the ear and
the nose.
In 1898 two French physicians, 1ribou-
let and Apert, produced rheumatic fever
in a rabbit by an injection of a hitherto
unrecognized streptococcus obtained from
the blood OF a patient with that disease.
A year after, three German physicians,
Westphal, Wassermann and Walkoff,
produced rheumatic fever in all Of eighty
rabbits by a germ having the same APP
pearance and biological properties as
was used by the French physicians.
And two years after, the English
this germ from eight successive cases OF
rheumatic fever and demonstrated it's
presence post norton in human organs
that had been involved in the disease.
In 1903 DR.. Vernon Shaw proved that
monkeys are susceptible 10 the rheu-
matte infection by the Injection of a cul.
ture Of what is now known as the strep-
tococcus rheumaticus, obtained on au-
topsy from a patient that had had rheu-
matte heart disease.
The distinguished English authority,
DR.. r. Llewellyn Jones, In his book on
rheumatism, emphasizes the matter OF
diet and also the relief gained by patients
who visit the natural hot springs. One
OF the most valuable results OF a course
OF baths at one of the natural hot springs
is not only in relieving the disease at
once. but in preventing after effects OF
heart disease. etc.
or course, as in all infections, tuber-
culosis and the rest rheumatic fever has
its predisposing causes, which make the
bodily tissues Joint, heart and so on)
eongenial soil for the streptococcus rheu.
maticus to grow and multiply and de.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28

particularly in the Philippines, where
growing discomfort makes an uprising
feared. Congress will do little or nothing
for the Philippines Health conditions in
the archipelago are not good and there
will be much illness among the soldiers.
Some very low temperatures and eX-
cess OF moisture prevail this month. The
entire first week is Saturnine, with drlz-
cling rains over large part Of the land
and a predOminance of easterly winds
The moon in perigee al solar conjunction
on the 9th brings low barometric pres
sure, followed by intense cold and high
winds. A clearer atmosphere follows up
TO and including the 9Th. This is sue
ceeded by an area Of disturbance that
will develop into record breaking wealth
er conditions. The Winter ahead will be
the severest in years.
Specific incidents to be looked for on
or near the following dates include:
December 4-5-Rumor OF a change in
the Cabinet. Stocks erratic because of a
Government report, but war issues at
tain new records.
December G-8-A social announcement
of importance.
December l4-Death OF a prominent
society woman. New troubles for New
iork's subway.
December lS-19-Congression hap
penings OF great moment The social
world favored by an incident OF national
interest
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28

December 22-The defensive branches
OF the Government unusually active.
December 2S-31-A turbulent period.
Storms cause a tie-up in transportation.
Jupiter smiles bengnantly during De-
cember upon those born in the Fall of
lS4S, Winter or Spring Of 1852, Summer
OF 1855 Springs OF 1856 or 1860. Summers
Of 1864. 1867, 1859, 1870 or 1877, Winter
OF 1878, Summer OF 1891, Fall OF 1885,
Winter Of 1892, or in 1885, or between
the 10th and 10Th of January. March,
May July, or November OF any year.
All their matters will be expedited and
many favors extended.
The Oppressive Saturn surrounds thnsa
born in the Fall of 1850, Winter of 1864,
Fall OF 1866, Spring of 1857, Falls OF
1862, 1868, or 1867, Spring of 1869, Fall
OF 1874, Summer Of 1879, Winter OF
1880, Summer OF 1856, Fall of 1887. or
Winter or 1898; or between the Sd and
9th of January April, July or October OF
any year.
Changes journeys or increased ac-
tiyity II born in the opening days of
April, June Cctober, or December. Be
careful OF accident, fire, or feverish COM
plants If born in tho third week of
February, May August. or November.
Crosses and bereavement tor the coming
year OF life II the natal day occurs on
December 10, IL, Is, Ia, 26, 81, rs or
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28
What the Stars Promise for December

Y TENUS in elimination at the Deem
" Der new moon betokens an even
trend for the executive depart
ments of government, with the Inaugural
ton Of popular policies and a disposition
TO respond to the public will, This like
wise denotes unusual activity in social
and aristocratic circles, and happily &C.
cords with the coming marriage of Presi-
dent Wilson. There will be other inter
esting weddings before the close of the
month.
Congress meets under a happy dispos-
ton of the celestial arbters, Jupiter ris-
ing at the fall of the gavel, with Venus
enthroned in the midst of the legislative
body. These give assurance Of many
popular measures becoming law. Mars
in the navy quarter in good aspect
10 the luminaries in the maritime sec
tion foreshadows a greater preliminary
activity in this than in the military
branch OF the service.
Advantages are Teaped by the post
Office and by transportation interests In
the first half Of the month, with some
minor casualties thereafter on both
land and sea. Building disasters and
much loss through fire may be expected
In the Far West. The Southern States
are pleasantly conditioned socially and
industrially, and the cotton growing in
dustry will be particularly prosperous.
Our insular affairs give some anxiety,
Great britain uTvhts Raaarvaa
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28

velop the disease in. There is in some
families a hereditary predisposition to
rheumatism. Humidity and dampness
ments are such predispositions; that is
why man, the natural breadwinner, suf-
fers rheumatic fever more than 10 won.
enfolk, nearly tree to one times as
much. Drivers, b rvants, bakers, sailors,
laborers, suffer most. Many people prone
to rheumatism suffer with the onset of
inclement weather.
There is mucn rheumatic fever in Feb
ruary and March by reason OF the pre-
disposing changeable weather. Young
adults very frequently become affected,
and the first attack is very likely to be
followed by others as the years roll on,
until the pathetic condition of chronic
rheumatism we have considered comes
to pass. We seldom die of rheumatism.
II isn't in itself a fatal disease, not Of
ten. We die rather Of the complications
to which rheumatism leads. The doctor
can cure the early rheumatism. Why
don't they stay cured? Because the SUI.
iSISIs nave not btOppeu OF VIII not STOP
up the turgid springs whence How
through the arteries from time to time
the germs responsible for this disease:
they will not have their teeth attended
to.
And now as to the complications. The
rheumatic heart affections, which occur
in at least three-fourths OF the cases, and
which become more and more serious
with each recurring attack OF rheumatic
fever. The delicate interior surface OF
the heart. especially the valves, past
which the blood must flow, becomes al.
cerated and roughened, and the germs
from the blood get foothold, producing
grave negotiations"
So that II you have occasion to con-
suit a doctor for heart disturbance his
first question will be. have you had
rheumatism" In like manner may the
pericardium 1.-THE sac in which the heart
lies) suffer; also the heart muscle, I'M
dergoing all too often fatty degeneration
and weakening OF the cardiac walls. And
the rheumatic infection oftentimes
reaches also. by the blood and lymph
channels, the lungs and the pleural mem.
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branes, and the nervous system. so that
there may follow delirium, coma, convul-
sions, St. Vitus dance. actual brain in
fiammation.
am anxious to add a word here about
rheumatism in children, because here,
more even than later in life, is the heart
damaged and what more compelling
sympathy is there than a white faced,
blue Tipped, painting child with its heart
beating irregularly and unanimously
against its ribs like a frightened bird
trying to escape from its cage? During
the first four years OF life rheumatism is
fortunately rare; probably because in.
fants and little children are not so much
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28

There are many cases among young
adults. The really grave fact is that
every case of rheumatism in childhood
must be looked upon as a probable case
OF heart disease. Rheumatic heart dis.
ease is indeed the most frequent and the
most important of all the heart affec-
tions, and forms one OF the most serious
and anXiety-fraught subjects with which
specialists in chlldren's diseases have to
deal.
Rheumatic heart disease is a direct
consequence OF the contact OF the strep-
tococcus rheumaticus with the cardiac
valves, the pericardial sac. and the heart
muscle through the coronary arteries,
whose office 1t is to supply the heart
muscles with blood. And the hurt is
done also by the toxins, the poisons,
which those streptococci produce and
throw out into the blood.
When we think OF factors which pre-
dispose children to rheumatism we must
consider also heredity; changeable, cold
and inclement weather; dust whirlinE
winds (for dust, city dust certainly, con-
tains many germs. the rheumatism germ
among them); a clay soil, damp houses.
Overcrowding and poor sanitation are
weighty considerations, especially In
Cltles anu toWnsi where rheumatic neart
disease Is commoner than In the country.
The paths OF infection. so often by way
OF the tonsils, point also to the congrega-
ton OF children in schools as a factor.
And parents having children with poor
health, with catarrhs, diseased tonsils
and unhealthy throats (adenoids gener-
ally) cannot be too strongly urged to
have those abnormal conditions attended
to.
Apart from rheumatism many other
diseases, more or less serious, may cous
from infection arising out of unclean
mouths and throats-diphtheri pneu-
monia, tuberculosis, stomach ulcers,
headaches and other neura lgias.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28
How We Incubate
the Rheumatism Germ.

am not here referring to a number
of conditions which have been called
rheumatism. largely because of the old
and the mistaken idea that rheumatic
Joints are due to an unhealthy working
of the bodily chemistry or to nervous
disorders In fact, the word rheumatism
has become a convenient grab-bag into
which to throw any ailment that Is OBJ
scure and which presents swelling, red
ness, heat, pain and disability. People
keep on speaking OF rheumatism OF the
chest which is really neuralgia OF the
nerves running along the ribs; OF rheu-
matism of the loins, which is really a
neuralgia of the lumbar nerves; OF mus
cular rheumatism, and so on.
But the real thing, real out and out
bona hde rheumatism, that is, rheumatic
fever, is a germ disease. This fact,
which doctors long suspected, is now
proved More than a century ago doc
tors observed how often sufferers from
sore throat, especially tonsilitis, came
down while suffering thus, or shortly al
ter with rheumatism. II has for many
years been noticed, too, that rheumatism
is liable, though of course not always, TO
come in epidemics, having IN this respect
the character OF infectious diseases.
Also that some cases OF rheumatism were
very severe, while others were mild,
again TeCdllluB piOPOANs PSNNAANA W -
fictitious diseases. The doctors conjec-
tured that rheumatism must be not only
a germ disease, due to one specific germ,
but that there may also be mixed intec-
ton in rheumatic fever.
Thus, for instance, tuberculosis Is due
essentially to the presence OF the tuber-
Gle bacillus in the body; II this germ
alone is active the disease is not nearly
so serious as when pus and other Viru-
lent germs are added to the tubercle
bacillus; the sufferer from such a mixed
infection In tuberculosis, consumption,
does very badly indeed. Similarly q
rheumatic fever, in which only the spe-
cifc germ would be present, would lie
not nearly so severe nor so liable TO COM
plications as a case In which other and
perhaps more viTulent bacteria would be
present in the inhamed parts.
And, as stated, the culprit has now
been apprehended; the germ OF rheu'
matte fever has been isolated from be-
tween the teeth, from pus cavities around
teeth, from the unhealthy tOnsils, the
sore threats, the blood, the heart valves
and other tissues Of people who have SUI
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28

neck OF INC NuUlTI' IUTUI dUSOeS9oS H"u
discharges somewhere In the gum In the
form Of an ulcer or gum boil. In this
way the germ Of rheumatism and other
germs find their way into the circulation
Of the blood.
(c) The Same Tooth Thoroughly
Cleaned Out, the Root Canal Filled and
the Cavity Closed with Dental Filling.
The Matter Of Properly and Perfectly
Filling the Root Canal Is One Of Great
Uncertainty, and Dentists Seem to Have
no Way Of knowing Whether they Have
Done a Perfect Job.
The diagrams arc from the tcell-knoton
Ransom q Randolph copyrighted charts,
"Seven Stages Of Decay"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28
Recent Experiments ShoW
That 1t Is a Microbe Which
Causes Rheumatic Aches
and Pains and SWoLLen
Joints and Ultimately Causes
"eath by Complications
of the Heart
~ DR.. ]. B. Huber.

wv HAT community, what hamlet,
w mas not its case of rheumatism a,
" perhaps several such cases? Also,
what community in the land has not its
people who haven't the remotest idea of
mouth cleanliness, are blind to the uses
of tooth brush and a mouth wash.
Ninety per cent Of us, that Is ninety mil
lion Americans, have defective, germ
harboring teeth and jaws; and only eight
per cent of our hundred millions or so
have ever sat in a dentists chair.
II the reverse were true, If ninety per
cent of us were to keep our mouths,
teeth, gums, tonsils and Threats, prop
erly clean. a good ninety per cent of our
rheumatism would disappear. Gone
then, practically all of them, from human
view, would be those cases Of men suf-
fering with gnarled, deformed, creaking
joints, joints as bereft Of their naturally
smooth and we'll fabricated surfaces as
a piece of enameled iron that is rustlng
after the enamel has been removed;
lame men with tortured expressions,
complaining constantly of cricks in their
backs, leaning heavily on their canes,
sometimes on their crutches; gone would
be those chronic rheumatics.
Through how many years since their
first attack have they been swallowing
gallons on gallons of rheumatism sure
cures, have they been rubbing them
selves or have been rubbed with every
conceivable liniment, including those
good for man and beast" Teeth miss
ing, most Of them have, perhaps, with
only here and there a brownish yellow
fang remaining. And the sockets that
have become tiny cesspools, filled with
all manner Of diseaseengendering ma
terial.
All this preamble is by way of empha-
sizing the relation there is between such
unclean mouths and rheumatism. mean
here real rheumatism, such as Is known
to doctors as rheumatic fever"
For rheumatic fever is an infectious,
germ disease. the germ in most cases
getting to the joints and the other parts
of the body affected in rheumatism. from
unhealthy mouths and throats, by way
OF the body's blood and lymph channels.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28
I'd attack ofpericarditis


the of DeveOpe of
First O Nb F
Died
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28
HoVc the "StreptococnS RhennaticnS" the Rheumatism
Germ Gets Into the Blood Through Decayed Teeth

broken through the enamel decay
softo struotur canal
and which travel the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28

exposed TO cold and germ laden dust,
nor have they as yet begun school life,
with its crowded rooms, oftentimes foul
air. some overtaxing journeys 20 and fro
perhaps on empty stomachs, or just as
often on stomachs containing more than
they should of sweets and undigestible
pastry. We noted that in mature life
men are more rheumatic than women;
on the other hand girls suffer more than
boys.
After four years, however. the rheu-
matism incidence rises steadily, and
reaches its maximum at ten, though for
some years after IL is all too frequent.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03
WELSH SIGNS TO
MEET WHITE IN
70 ROUND BOUT
Fight for Lightweight Title
to be Fought Within
Six Weeks of
Dec. 16.

NEW YORK. Dec. s. Freddie
Welsh Thursday agreed TO night
Charley White Of Chicago a bout Of
20 or more rounds for the light
weight championship Of the world.
The hght will be held within six
weeks from Dec. 16. An agreement
was signed Thursday by managers
for the pugiIists and forfeits of $1,000
each posted. The fight viii be held
before the club Offering the best i'm
ducements. Bids viii be opened on
Dec. 16 and the battle viii he staged
within the succeeding six weeks
Welsh and White agree TO make
135 pounds at 2 p. m. on the after
noon OF the fight. or i'm case the
battle takes place I'm the afternoon
TO weigh in at 135 at 10 a. IN 4
further $500 each is &c be placed
in the hands OF stakeholder for
the appearance OF the fighters, max
ing S2,5 each The fight will be
yvagcd under Marquis of Queensbury
rules and both fighters have agreed
not TO take on any other match be-
fore the championship contest. The
men will fight to a referees decision
This referee has not yet been select
ed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03
TO Plan FIGHT CARNIvAL.

NEW YORK, Dec. "a pugilistic
caruival-the greatest ever held in
the world - will be arranged next
week. The scene of this fstic epoch
will be Buenos Ayres and the time
spring. The amount Of the purses
S125. OOO-will be posted with a New
York bank within the next 10 days.
About $500 will be spent for adj
vertising and travelling expenses.
1t is planned to hold four cham
piOnship matches in the carnival.
The battles that will be staged. ac-
cording TO the plans. are as follows:
Jess willard, heavyweight cham
pion. with the best man that can be
secured.
Nike Gibbons VS.. Les Darcy. the
Australian. for the middleweight
title.
Freddie Welsh VS.. Charley Whine
for the lightweight title.
Johnny Ertle VS.. Kid Williams fol-
the bantamweight title
The fights will be scheduled for
45 rounds. In the Gibbons Darcy
fight it is the intention to recognize
Gibbons as the middleweight cham
pion. The signing up Of White and
WELSH will force the syndicate TO get
busy Immediately on this battle.
Baron Nicholas Mihanovich. now
in the city, is the representative OF
the South American capitalists who
Will finance the proposition.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03
MINNESOTA TO VOTE
AGAINST SUMMER BALL

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Dec. s.
The University of Minnesota senate
went on record Thursday against
summer baseball when it instructed
its conference representative, James
Paige. TO work at the meeting in
Chicago Saturday for the abolition
Of intercollegiate baseball with the
substitution of intra-mural baseball;
for a conference regulation requir-
ing that open football practice be
held at least once a week and for a
continuation of the present amateur
standards in conference athletics.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03
DEOR0 is IN THE LEAD
Runs stock of Five in Three Cush-
ion Billiards

CHICAGO. Dec. 3.-Alfred Deoro.
the veteran New York billiardist,
took a lead Of % points over August
Kieckhefer OF Chicago. in the first
block Of their match for the worlds
three-cushion championship last
night DeOro won the block SO TO
2S in SO innings. Deoro had q high
run OF five. while Kieckhefer could
only make three. For a champion
ship match II was remarkable i'm that
not single safety shot was played.
DeoTo said he could not recall a
similar happening in any other
championship match.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03
PLAN SWIMMING MEETS
NOtre Dame and Y. VI. c. \. Water
Stars TO Meet.

Swimming at Notre Dame will be
given a fresh impetus after the
Christmas holidays. with the sched-
ulins of a big swimming meet with
Mishawaka for Jan. :, and a pos
sible meet with the Michigan City
Y. VI. c. A. following. The team to
represent Notre Dame this year is
the same, with one exception, as the
team of last year which defeated the
local Y. NJ. c. a. by a score Of AZ TO
10. Art. Bergman. halfback on the
football team ana member of last
seasons swimming aggregation, will
not swim this season owing to Coach
Harper's orders.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03
ABERG GETS DECISION
Cutler Not Allowed To- Continue
After Being Knocked Unconscious.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Alex Aberg
Graeco-R Roman wrestling champion.
was given the decision over Charles
Cutler in their finish match at the
international tournament at the
Manhattan opera house Thursday
night.
Cutters head hit the floor when
the pair rolled of the mat after they
had struggled 81 minutes and As sec
onds and the Chicagoan was rem
dered unconscious.
When revived Cutler was refused
permission 10 proceed with the bout
by the attending physician. Under
the rules Aberg was given the de-
cision.
Later Aberg and Cutler were
matched for another finish contest
for the championship.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03
BOWLS A PERFECT SCORE
Only One OF IL Strikes il of the
Sweeper Variety.

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 3.-Wil-
liam Hopkins. a local bowler. is
very proud today Of the perfect
score he made last night in league
match. He rolled 800, all except
one OF his strikes were perfect. this
one being Of the sweeper variety.
This is the first time in five years a
perfect score has been made here
in a league game.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03
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Schumm. one OF the scratch play
ers in the pocket billiard tourna-
ment in progress at the Golden Mann
billiard rooms, defeated Morrison
C5) in the class a play Thursday
night. the score being los 10 So. In
the class b event Cover 800 beat
Bast GOD, loo TO 100.
Today's play in class A will be be-
tween Shirk 600 and Stanley 600.
at $3.50 O'Clock this afternoon, and
Anderson (scratch) and Newman
$50. AT s o'clock this evening. Fried
man CD and Vhiteman ll5) Will
play at o'clock in the class a
tournament
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03
FIGHTERS MEET TONIGHT
Langford and Willis Are TO Clash al
New York

NEW YORK. Dec. Sam Lang
ford Of Boston, and Harry Willis.
the New orleans heavyweight are i'm
shape for their 1O-round bout at
the Harlem sporting club tonight
Willis dropped Laugford down nine
times In bout in California and
knocked out Fred Fulton in rs sec
onds.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03

NEW ORLEANS. La. Dec. a.
The formal announcement that Jess
willard viii meet Fred Fulton Of
Rochester. Mimi. in a 20-round bout
here March 80 for the heavyweight
Championship OF the word was made
Thursday night by promoters OF the
match.