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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-09
Scale books at this office.

'eeio oVohh a. tillh olllCt.
March came in like a lion, al
right.
High Patent Flour Soc a sack.
joe Roper.
The ST. Louis Fur Co. has mo,
eel iS branch store from the
Stair Building.
The congregation of the First
Methodist church is again fig
unng on the purchase OF a pipe
organ.
Considering the very high
price OF leather, my mems $3.50
and 800 Shoes are just little
better Biecs Store.
We do not claim 20 sell meat
cheaper han anyone else in \
mcrlca. We do claim 10 SILL good
meat as cbcaply as il can be sold
and leave lis a small profit. If
you arr looking for good meat,
first class service and reasonable
prices, try uS.-Bondurant Bros.
In last week S issue in making
a note of the sale of j G.. Hamb-
lett 5 interest in the firm Of
IImmblett & Andrews Bros. 10 the
latter, We left the impression that
Mr. llamhlcti was out of business,
Mr. Hmbleti is conducting ms
grocery business AT his old stand,
selling only his interest IN the
furniture business.
Mrs. W +. Edmouds was hes
toss of a delightful meeting Of
the Social Embroidery club on
Monday afternoon During the
afternoon crorhcting was ENJOY
od, also paper read by Mrs.
Hammond At the close Of the
afternoon refreshments of am
hrosia and cake were served. The
club meets with Mrs. Earl Ed
mouds ON March 9Th.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-09
N. G. OFFICIALS HERE.

\ special train was here this
morning with a number of n. G,
railroad officials aboard. Among
the party were ID. b. Carson
Gen. Manager; Mr.. Nelson, asst
Gen. Mgr. Theo. Spedden, Supt.
NJ G. Tcmpleton, Asst. Supt.
Hunter Mcdonald, Engineer; Jno
NJ. Ryan, Div Engineer; r. p
Trabuc, Road Master, and others.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-09
Begins Today!
Don Miss the First Chapters
Courier to any address
Until June st. only Csc
JURY MONEY RECEIVED.

Au Jurors having fees due
.u .or tht January and May
rm. l1lj, aud the January
rm 1916. residing nearer Full
an .au ,,' same by calling ut the
ur National Bank, and those
.-r Hickman, by calling al
u.r l...e, at the Court House, IN
Il.mm n.y.
Yours respectfully,
D. vs. Morris, Ex Trustee jury
Fund,
" J. Hampton, Trustee Jury
Fund.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-09
ST PAUL's CHURCH.

41mquagcSima Sunday, March
s. 1916.
Holy communion 8 a. m.
sunday School 10 a. IN.
Holy communion and sermon II
&c. 100.
Morning prayer and sermon IL
a. 10.
Evening prayer and sermon 7
p. 900.
A'1 Wednesday, March sch.
Morning prayer 9 a. m.
|.any holy communion and Scr
mon q 30 a. m.
Evening prayer and sermon
30 p. m.
Friday, March 10th.
Evening prayer and sermon
Bop. m.
The public is cordially invited
' attend any or all of the above
Services.
Rev. w. +. Rennenberg,
Rector.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-09
MENGEL BOX COMPANY
WILL BUILD NEW OFFICE.

We understand the Mengel
Box Co. is planning to erect a
new Office building at Hickman.
which rs to cost from $4,000 10
$4,000. 1t will probably be 10.
Gated nearer the lower plant than
the present office building.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-09
CARD OF THANKS.

We take this method of thank
ing the good people of Hickman
for their kindness shown us dur
ing the sickness and death OF
our dear wife and mother.
Harris johnson,
Elsie johnson,
Maialine johnson,
Willie b. johnson,
Clifford johnson,
Hayes Johnson.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-09

High Patent Flour S5c a sack
Joe Roper.
Mrs. DR.. w. A. Johns, of Cor
NTH, Miss, is visiting her moth.
er, Mrs. c. A. Outten.
Oyeralls and Jumpers -- the
same price, $l.00-as long as
they last. Rice S Store.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-09
THOROUGHBRED HATS.

Early showing Of the Better
New Styles in Young Men 5 Hats.
Prices ~. $3.50 and S3.00.-Rice s
Store.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-09

MISS Lydia Harrison enter
.ln'd about thirty-five of her
\, ,,''''ds at the home of Col. and
~ II's. &. Il. Walker in Southern
''y'sh'S last Friday night at a
,'''. luerade. Lack of space pre-
vents a list Of the guests.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-09
Who FiIlsY0ur
Prosecutions?

doctor finds out your trou- III aA4IlzrS7t9NI n
be 1t is the prescription that W5gCH g4EfL III ~
cures you. H5tT4TYgG CySC/M
If the prescription isn't COM VI slIIhhI[1e 3 ,VsSH
pounded exactly as the doctor V%y&s&&IA FTS Tl II
prescrbes, if the ingredients are VN-TgT 6To IL
not of the right quality, the W.T. elSsAA@Ta ~ l~A|
medicine is not what the doctor Hi III I1MM I'll ~
ordered.
lou are taking something else!
That's why you can't be careful about the matter of
your prescription filing
First the druggist have every ingredient that the
prescription calls for-and just the kind and quality the
prescription calls for. Then he mix them in lust the
quantity and in just the order the prescription demands
there's one faulty step in the filling of prescription
there's liable to be dangerous results
Prescrlptlon-flng is the most important function of
drug store Look to the behind the prescription
not at the front of drug store you to Judge of its
reliability as drug store IA
We emphasize this matter of prescrption-fng because
we take particular pride the service render this respect
Feel safe-bring your prescriptions to us.
THE HICKMAN DRUG co.
he TszaaG 14ro
IIICK MI III, NTUCKx
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
HOW TO LIVE LONGER

FOOD--RuIe s-Most people eat too
much soft food. Hard foods, like
crusts, toast, hard fruits and nuts, that
make us chew, are good for us. They
make us use our teeth.
Hard foods also keep your teeth
from decaying.
The size and weight of the food have
little to do with the work it does in
your body. a little pat of butter,
which weighs half an ounce, holds just
as much food as a pound and a half OF
watermelon.
The work that food does is measured
by the heat it makes in your body. Eat
foods which "fill you up but which
do not make too much heat. Some OF
these filing or bulky foods are lettuce
cucumbers, celery. spinach, asparagus
cabbage, cauliflower beets, onions, car
rots, parsnips, squash, pumpkins and
tomatoes. Starchy foods, like potatoes
should be well cooked
Some raw foods such as fruits and
salads have things in them that are
good for you. These things are in some
cases lost in cooking. For this reason,
you should eat some raw foods each
day.
Some foods, such as potatoes and
fish, should not be eaten raw
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
REFUSES A LEGACY
TOhio State Journal.1

A woman in New York city is living
in little hall room of an old brick
house on $500 a year and refuses to
accept from an uncle a legacy of over
$4,000 because she thinks the money
is tainted; that is, the uncle did not
honestly earn the money. Here is a
little incident she gives herself, which
shows the character of the reason why
she refuses the legacy:
"One of the letters which l received
this morning was from a woman who
wrote me that she lost all she had in
the world through my uncle. She
asked me that l ask the Hamilton
Trust Company to pay back to her
what she lost as the result of my
uncle foreclosing mortgage he held
against her property. She owned a
house in Brooklyn, and all that she
had was in that house. She sold all of
her jewelry and everything that she
could of her personal property in or
der to pay her debt but she says it
did not satisfy my uncle"
So she prefers poverty to accepting
bequest of money that was not
earned on the square. She wouldn't
want to live on the money taken from
that poor woman. We quote her
again:
IF felt that had the moral right
to claim the money, one of the first
things that I would do would be to re-
pay that woman. AS it is, I have a
little inheritance coming to me through
my mother, which 1 am going to give
that woman. 1t is only $500, and out
side of the two mortgages from which
I draw my small income 1t is all the
property which l have"
There is an idea that is quite strange
to this grabbing. selfish, materialistic
world, which never sees events from
their start to their finish. and never
recognizes the wrecks that tainted
wealth scatters along the voyages of
life. But they are there by the
myriads. often hidden, but many
visible.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

The war in Flanders has nothing on
Chamber of Commerce trip for
strenuosity.
After reporting 1856 Americans kill
ed in Mexico, President Wilson says
that the Carranza forces will be able to
maintain order there in the future But
the question comes up, how many of
the 1856 are Carranza forces responsible
for?
Montana men to the number of 100
are advertising for wives. Why not
try want "ad." in the London Times?
"A man really worth looking up to,
never looks down on anybody.
Don't waste time telling a girl
with pretty ankles how dangerous it is
to wear low shoes in winter.
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
eXcursionists tell us that the Williams
port Country Club is a mighty cozy
little place, even on a wet day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
MILITARY INSTRUCTION
philadelphia Inuuirer.1

Senator Penrose's letter to President
Edmunds, of the Board of Education,
faVoring military instruction in the
Central high school, contains an un-
common amount of common sense.
Disclaiming the advocacy of mill
tarism, which he is firmly convinced
would be repugnant to the majority
of the American people, he is yet of
the opinion that it is duty to make
provision for adequate and reasonable
preparedness. He suggests that the
matter might be taken up in a ten
tative way at the school and at the
summer camp of the pupils to be held
after the adjournment of the school
term. The senator is persuaded that
proper instruction in discipline and
military training would be of immense
benefit to the students. Why not? 1t
is elsewhere.
AS might be expected, the mere sug-
gestion of military training, or rather
of military drills in the schools, has
brought protests from the peace-at-
any-price advocates, the misnamed
Patriotic Peace, Society among them.
How in the world can a man be patri-
otic and yet refuse to defend his coun-
try in its hour of need? But the
suggestion of military instruction in
the schools is by no means to be taken
as a declaration in favor of war. 1t is
more to the purpose to say that it
aims at the physical. mental and moral
development of generation Of manly
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
CATCHING VS.. SCRATCHING

TNO-DAY, as you view with dismay
your shrinking coal pile and
dream of the Good Old Sum-
mer Time" when steam pipes shall
cease their chugging and billiards. no
longer biz, there is being Matched
right in your own homes n plot to
mar that very summer happiness, on
which you are so fondly doting. We
have it on the authority of the State
Health Department, via the columns
of the Public Ledger, that there are
peacefully and safely hibernating upon
the walls of thousands of houses and
barns, in trees and in tall grass, more
mosquitoes than the mind of man can
conceive. In fact, the only way to
gain a rough estimate of the size of
this insect army is to strike the
figure one" key of a typewriter, and
then, after closing the eyes to prevent
dizziness, hammer at the "nought"
key until the finger becomes nerveless
and stiff. Then change fingers and
repeat.
Furthermore, among quintillions and
then some are many hen mosquitoes
After genial Spring has warmed the
air and gentle April's rains have made
nice stagnant pools in the fields, streets
and backyards, these hen mosquitoes
will awake, yawn and gladly wing
their way to these pools, where they
will endeavor to heed the Rooseveltian
advice against race suicide.
Each hen will have an average life
of one month, which is much shorter
than the mosquitoes life in winter She
will lay thrice in this time, 500 eggs
at each setting. Within 10 days after
Matching each of the lady skeeters of
the new family will in turn lay 800
eggs, which within 10 days will, ETC..
etc, ad infinitum - indeed, lad in
finitum" to such a degree that il the
little insects are not disturbed babies
will be Matching faster than the entire
stenographic force on Capitol Hill
hammering typewriter 'nought" keys
IL hours a day, could keep pace in
the census count.
'Skeeter" statistics broke all rec
ords last summer. Consequently the
| ''left-overs" now asleep on our walls
are more numerous than usual. Thus
the little pests will get a good start
this year unless something is done
early to stop them. Mosquitoes can
be born only in stagnant water and,
therefore, with the coming of warm
weather every citizen should, see that
no ponds nor utensils remain to hold
the March and April rains. Even
buckets in houses, in which water
stands, will be used for the nests of
the hens" Fire buckets in factories
are among the most popular homes of
mosquito colonies. Other desirable
breeding grounds are flower pedestals
and unused fountains on lawns.
Wherever there is a depression in
yard, it should be filled in with
earth. All buckets containing water
should be emptied and reflled at least
once a week. Thus little early catch
ing may prevent much later scratch
ing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18

through an opening at the ankle
almost too small for it and could not
be removed but by main force after a
day of work or walking. With what a
sigh of relief father did approach that
old bootjack in the evening. How ex-
pertly he balanced himself on one end
and with what skill he inserted the
heel of his other foot in the notch left
for it. and with what a degree of
ecstacy did he wiggle his toes and
waggle his ankle when with a noise
like that of Ieaky steam pump at
work his foot finally slipped out of it's
all-day and often all too tight prison.
Those were the days when only
dudes" wore shoes and when a but
tonhook would have been a family
joke for months. Any man who didn't
wear boots was looked upon with sus-
picion and bootjack was as much n
piece of family furniture as a dining
room table; more so, indeed, for some
mighty good people in those times
were not above dining round a big
square table in the kitchen, to and
from which mother made numerous
trips to the big cookstove, and such a
thing as course dinner" was some
thing of which one boasted if he had
sat down to one in lifetime. And so,
though the bootiack may be coming
back, it is to another world. 1t isn't
going to know itself in it's new sur
roundings. The kitchen table is no
more weighted down with the sup
per" that mother used to make and
serve with her own hands. It has had
its corners sawed off and has been
moved into the dining-room and
supper" has been transformed into
dinner. with courses" for everybody
every night, and mother now gives her
orders to a hired girl"-if the want
ads are working we'll that day-and
father buttons his shoes or laces 'em
and is no longer ashamed of it.
Did we say there was nothing new
in the world? Nay. we take it back
and beg the Wilsonian privilege of
changing our mind. We do things to-
day that will give even such an ancient
and honored heirloom as the bootjaclz
pause for consideration during his
second appearance on earth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
THE JEWS IN THE WAR
By BRIGGS
By Frederic J. Haskin

countries. Moreover, the Jews are
particularly unfortunate in being on
both sides of the fence. They are
fighting against their own race and
people. Whoever may or may not
have wanted war; it is pretty certain
that the Jews did not want it. And
to round off the list of their misfor-
tunes, circumstances decreed that one
of the most destructive campaigns of
all-that in East Prussia, Poland and
Galcia-should be fought back and
forth, over the very reign where the
Jews are most numerous and poor
est.
There are about six hundred thou
sand Jews actually fighting in the
ranks of the European armies. Like
the people itself, these soldiers are
to be found under every flag. The
American Jew should logically be the
most perfect neutral, for in every en-
gagement Jews are victorious and
Jews are defeated Even the signin-
canoe of the ultimate outcome of the
struggle, whether the allies or the
central empires finally prevail, is
something of a puzzle from the Jews
point of view. The most liberal and
the most intolerant of nations are
fighting shoulder to shoulder.
One quarter of the European Jews,
and one-siXth of the worlds Jews are
Austro- -Hungarians. There are more
than two million of them, making
about per cent. of the population
of the Dual Monarchy. The Austrian
Jews, in spite of some prejudice
against them, have always been treat
ed with comparative liberality, and
this is increasing rapidly with each
decade. At the University of Vienna
four students in every ten, and 80
per cent. of the professors are Jews.
In the army they can rise to the rank
of commissioned officer, and frequent
LContinued on Page 15.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

The Rev. DIR. Russell II. Conwell,
the Philadelphia lecturer and edU-
Gator, was born in Massachusetts, but
came to this State years ago.
Warren Worth Bailey, the Johns
town congressman, who is going to try
again, owns a newspaper and is in
several business enterprises in addi-
ton.
Captain John p. Green, the rail-
road man, is spending a short vaca-
ton in Virginia.
Federal Judge c. b. Wilmer and
Senator w. G. Mcconnell are spending
a couple of weeks at Palm Beach.
Congressman A. G.. Dewalt, of AL
lentown. has been spending consid-
erable time studying the dye situation,
which is important to his district.
William II. Donner, who cleaned
up millions in steel company deals,
started life in Washington county steel
industries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
THE BooTJACK AGAIN

w JACK comns cn ~s nto nSe' favor ps assin; 1GG'
Truly, one may conclude, there
is nothing new under the sun and
history moves in cycles of constant
repetition. The new footgear for
women, we are told, demands the as
sistance of some mechanical contriv-
ance to assist in their removal, the
Russian boots being especially difficult
to change. And thus the good offices
of the bootjack are again to be intro
duced into polite society.
How many bootjacks are there in
Harrisburg? Not many, one may be-
lieve. Years ago, probably, the last
went into the ash barrel after 1t had
described long rajectoryar arc in search
of safely entrenched tomcat doing
night duty from behind a neighboring
fence. Mayhap, though, there may be
household where one still fingers in
the garret. If so, it is now entitled to
a place on milady's dressing table.
according to this latest mandate of
fashion, along with the powder puff.
juncts to the toilet for which mere
man pays out his hard-earned dollars.
but the nature of which he knows too
little to permit of his calling them by
name.
Perhaps, though, it will have to be
a far different bootjack from the one
that most of us remember if it is to
please modern devotees of style. In
the olden days the bootjack was the
product of the family hatchet, a few
nails, piece of board and a ripsaw.
1t was homely object to look upon,
but it was the households most
popular institution back in the period
when father and the boys wore cow
hide boots that came almost to the
knee and were held in place largely by
the fact that the foot was forced
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
THE NATIONAL BIRD
GJohnstown Tribune.1

Some of the pacifists have recently
been expressing their dislike of the
eagle, used ds a national American
symbol. To their minds the eagle is a
bird of prey, a robber and thief,
arrogant and overbearing. They re-
gard him as unsuited to represent
peace-loving, industrious America.
The eagle is, of course, militaristio
bird. His great power and dauntless
courage make him a typical fighter.
His picture displayed on the banners
of ancient Rome gave the battling.
legions confidence and courage.
This aspect of the eagles nature
seems inappropriate to our national
habits. But the eagle also stands for
marvelously clear vision. He rises
to vast heights, and his clear seeing
eye overlooks the whole landscape.
That is certainly symbolistic of our
American freedom of thought. Our
prosperity and social advances are due
TO the clearness with which our people
have discerned certain truths which
the Old World has been slow to
recognize.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18

DY proclamation of President Will
n son, to-day has been formally
- designated as national Jewish re-
lief day throughout the United States.
on this date Americans, says the
proclamation, may contribute as they
feel able, to the relief of the suffer-
ing Jews in the war zone. The step
is highly significant at the first occa-
sion when the Jews address an appeal
on any wide scale to public charity.
They are generally able and willing
to take care of their own needy. 1t
is the staggering magnitude and the
pressing immediacy of the present dis
tress which make such a recourse in
eVitable.
Five million dollars is the sum set
as a goal by the American Jews, and
they are expected to be among the
heaviest contributors on this formal
relief day. The Jewish community is
apparently stirred as never before.
The meeting in Carnegie Hall, which
launched the New York campaign was
tense with an emotionalism that
amounted almost to hysteria, but sew
eral 100000 checks bore witness that
the excitement went below the sur
face. An audience that iammed the
big auditorium wept as the speakers
pictured the situation, and pitched
their last nickels on the platform.
Similar scenes marked the Baltimore
meeting, where people donated watch
es and fur collars.
The European situation comes home
to every American Jew because it is
practically inevitable that he has
close relatives either in the war zone,
or fighting in one of the armies. 1t
is a particularly striking state of af-
fairs to the observer of any race or
religion. The war is as much a Jew
ish war as it is German or a French
war. Three quarters of all the Jews
in the world, more than nine million
of them, are natives of the belligerent
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
NOT THIS YEAR

n MAN in Paris who posed as an
n American citizen has been SEN
fenced to five years in prison.
He ought to have been sent to a hos
pital for observation. A man outside
the United States who adopts the
American label under this admins
tratlon is either demented or a men,
Der of suicide club. Made in Amer
lea" may be all right on merchandise,
but don't wear it on your collar un-
less you want to get it in the neck"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
THIS Is NOT ROME. ALAS

TINE erudite Boston Transcript
heads an editorial with the
words "Civis Americanus
Sum- The PROFESSIONAL President in
the White House will readily recog-
nize this transposition of famous
Roman boast-but there are hun
dreds of thousands of his fellow-citi-
zens who will repeat the phrase with
sinking hearts; for in these days of
''watchful waiting" it is no lofty boast
to proclaim ones self to belong to a
nation that is too proud to fight"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The neutralest neutrality yet record
ed is that of BILLY" Sunday, who says
he wants to he colonel like Mr.. Roose-
welt and Mr. Bryan."-New York rer-
aid.
According to Admiral Beatty Eng
land must get religion" to win the
war, but putting the fear of God in the
other fellow sounds more practical
Wall Street Journal
The fact that Colonel Houses visit
has mystified the French is just another
illustration of how strong is the bond
of understanding between the peoples
Of the two great Republics.-New York
Herald.