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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
For Your Child's Cough

Hers a pleasant cough syrup
that every child likes to take. DR..
Bel q Pine Tar Honey. l. your
child has a deep hacking cough that
worries you give hi" DR. Bells Pine.
Tar Honey. the soothing pine balsam
relieves tire CO Oh, loosens he phlegm
and heals the irrtated tissues. Get
q bottle to-day at our druggist 3
end start treatment at once. 25c.--
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Could Afford the Newest.

Mrs. Casey with newspaper)-"It
says here that Mrs. Van Aston worp
some lace at the ball last night that
was two hundred years Old" Mrs.
OBrien-"TwO hundred years old
Think Of 1t, now, an thin with all that
money."-Boston Evening Transcript.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Hard to Reach.

their stinginess with their means.
When they give up their meanness
they will be willing to give up more
Of their means. Such men, however.
are pretty hard to convert.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Common.Sense Method.

"What did yo do, sab, when big
Brudder lump called yo' liah?' "Uh-
well, sah," replied small Brother Stink,
"as de gentleman am six feet high and
weighs mighty nigh a ton, what could
I do but move dat we make 1t noonani-
nous T-Judge.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Especially the Girls.

A woman of Melrose, Mass, main
talns that her particular longevity Is
due to eating candy, whence 1t is pos
sible to deduce that the rising genera
ton will be almost immortal.-Mil-
waukee Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Keen Cheerful.

Let US all try to do at least one
good deed each day and keep a cheer
full face, even If things do go awry.
A cheerful face brightens many
weary sould and q kind deed or word
wins many a heart.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
"RIue LAVA

Blue laws is term that was applied
to certain early statutes Of a puritan
zeal nature passed In Connecticut. The
name Is now frequently applied to re-
strictive statutes that prevent Sunday
activity.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Mechanical Auctloneer.

An electrical annunclator device, op-
Grated by push buttons on chairs
throughout a hall, is working success
fully in Holland to auction eggs with
out the usual noise and confusion OF
such sales
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Contraband.

'Have you put down everything that
anybody could use, as. contraband?'
asked the official. "Yes," replied his
assistant. "You haven't omitted any
thingY' I've tried to cover every-
thing. But to make sure Wen put
etc Mt the end of the list"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
"Baby Talk" Rebukeo.

"Jack, look at the nice bow-wow."
said a mother to her three-year-old
son, out for a walk, Jack looked as
directed, then up at his mother, and
said solemnly, II call that a dog"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
That Depends.

''It always gives a man confidence"
remarked the popular candidate proud
ly, "to know that vast body Of people
are behind him." ''Not II they are COM
ing too fast" murmured the horse
thief Observation-Disclosures.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Awkward Ace.

visitor-"And just how old are you.
Willie?" Wlllie-"Mother says I'm
too young to eat the things 1 like, and
too old to cry when don't get them"
Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Heart Affects Handwriting.

According to en- English scientist
there is an individuality in heart
beats affecting the handwriting to
such a degree that It can be identified
when writing is nagnitied.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Just a Word Of Caution.

Don't attempt to preach the mira
cles to empty stomachs, for fear that
your audience may get full of "hot
air."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
No Use!

"Why don't you yawn when he stays
too long?" inquired the mother. "Then
he'll take the hint and CO." 81 did
that very thing" confessed the daugh-
ter, "and he told me what beautiful
teeth I had"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-03
Friendship.

Friendship.
Friendship Is an order OF nobility:
from its revelations we come Elore
worthy into nature.-Enersou-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
The Cascade Tunnel.

The longest railroad tunnel in the world
has been designed in detail by General
Henry NJ. ChIttenden, OF Seattle. AS
described in the Engineering News, If
will be thirty miles long, and will pass
under the Cascade range at an elevation
OF 200 feet. Railway traffic between
the Puget sound district and the interior
now has to be lifted to an elevation OF
from 800 to 1900 feet in crossing the
range. The plans call for the use OF the
tunnel by all railways terminating on
Puget sound, and thus the project is
really OF importance to the whole region,
rather than 10 one railroad in particular.
The technical problem, General Chit
tenden says, is by no means beyond the
skill OF American engineers. Ia length
alone would difficulties be encountered,
for new problems would have 10 be
solved, and there would De no precedent
in the history OF tuuneling 10 follow in
this respect The tunnel would be
almost three times as long as the longest
tunnel yet built, other long tunnels being
as follow: Mont Gents, 8 miles; ST Goth
ard, 90 miles; Aroerg, 8 ) miles; Simp-
ton l2.3 miles; ard Loetschberg. 9 miles.
As designed, the Cascade tunnel would
be as long as the aggegate length OF the
three longest OF the worlds most famous
tunnels. It's cost would be approxi-
mately S5O.O0OOOO. The Engineering
News says that the building OF such tun-
nsls is inevitable. Railroad managers
have held back because th.y believed
thai the traffic was not heavy enough to
Justify the expense, and because the sp-
plicaiion OF electricity to steam railways
was until recently in the experimental
stage. Until even as late as Two years
ago it was thought That the electrical 10
comolive would be either too expensive
or unreliable. Now if is an established
institution. And The traffic TO and from
the Puget Sound district has also Increas-
ed rapidly. II IS SAID mat it this tunnel is
a success it will De duplicated by other
railroads at several points Ia the Rocky
Mountains.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
L,nrcts Another Canal.

As a climax to a meeting celebrating
the twenty fifth anniversary OF the Geo
graphical Society Of Philadelphia. Rear
Admiral Robert + Peary, U. 5. n, re-
tired, walked 90 quietly and stepped on
the platform just as the assembly was
adloumiaf ln bret address he pre-
dicted the OmIJiug OF canal through
Nicaragua 10 supplement the Panama
Canal.
The new canal, he thought would be
built within the next quarter OF acenlury.
Continuing he said
"The earthquakes and lack OF water
supply iu Nicaragua. which were con-
sldered grea, objections al the time oi the
planning OF the Panama Canal, can be
largely obyia,ed By modern engineering
expcds. look, therefore, Tor theibuild-
ing Of gigantic canal through Nicaragua
within . years This will be made an
absolute necessity bv the growth OF cosial
trade.
The Panama Canal will not be atl.
10 support the burden OF the coast conf
merce Besides, there IS another ad-
vantage in this scheme. II will allow
one TO be closed al times for The enlarge
meni and improvement OF the other ca
nal
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
Rules For Long Life.

There is no paHacea that will bring lorg
life 10 every user. "Whal IS one mans
meat is another mans poison" But a
few rules are applicable to every one:
BE moderate in everything. Excess in
eating. drinking. IN anything tends 10
bring old age.
Be faithful in your exercise and be sure
10 choose an exercise that is helpful.
Stand and sit erect and use your lungs
Keep you teeth and gums and throat
clean. The mouth is The principal port
OF entry for undesirable immigrant micro
organisms.
Be careful 10 maintain the bowel iuHc-
tons. The digestive tract is iavorile
abiding place for hordes Of msrsuding
bacteria.
Have your body occasionally examined.
The physician will take notice Of what IS
wrong and will advice you accordingly
And let him DO the worrying. Foflu-
nztely. the exact condition Of The organs
OF the body can usually be seen By ply
sicisns. even when they are bui slightly
off normal
Be happy. Do roi 1ony 90 rot r.
low yourself 10 become a crouch; do not
get mad =" Remember that psychologists
now contend that you co rot ciench your
your hands bec2use you are aBgTY YOg
are angry because yCu cleuch your HANDS.
So do not cleEch them.
Act happy, and you will become so.
Act Young, and you will become so.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
Stealing Elephants.

It would seem 'h7t an elephant would
be about the la,' r1.a. in the world man
would be able to steal. Yet in Siam one
must keep careful watch on such ele-
plants as he may own, no matter what
size, lest they be stolen from him.
Elephant stealing in Sim has always
been more or less prevalent and for some
time past has been a source OF much
anxiety 10 the officials Regulations were
drawn up about fifteen years ago by the
British and Sianese authorities with a
view to the suppression OF this oifense.
Later these were supplemented by ad-
ditional regulations. embodying definite
rules for the purchase and sale Of ele-
plants and imposing penalties on all per-
sons in possession OF elephants who are
not provided with sale papers properly
executed before the local authorities.
Notwithstanding all these precautions,
elephant stealing continues IN Siam, and
in one year alone fifty elephants were
stolen from British foresters, represent
ing a loss Of some S45,0
The Karen tnbesmen are the Chief Of
tenders, but, though their somewhat in
accessible villages are we'll known 10 the
near kNen, or district official. in no single
instance has the assistance rendered by
the Siamese officials led 10 the discovery
OF the elephant stolen or OF the thief. In
short, recovery, when effected, has been
due TO the activity and energy Of the
British foresters and the searching parties
sent out by the British companies who
employ the foresters.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
Last Words.

The question as 10 whether il is pain
ful to die; as 10 whether the parting mo-
meuts OF the soul from the body are at
tended with physical pain, has never been
answered, and the last utterdnces OF the
dying are listened to as in measure fore
casting a view over the borderland OF the
beyond, as well as giving an intimalion OF
the pain or painleSSness OF death. In this
connection may be cited the final express
sions OF a number OF persons who were
prominent in the world and whose names
have been familiar 10 US by history.
In Washington lrving'S Life of Ma
homet," the prophet OF Islam IS credited
with saying "Oh, Allah be il tso-among
the glorious associates in paradise y
Prescott gives the last word OF Pizano
as "Jesuw and says, "At thatmoment he
received a wound in the throat and reel
ing sank on the floor. while the swords
of the conspirators were plunged into his
body. Tracing a cross on the bloody
floor, he bent down his head TO kiss il.
TaSso: "Into thy hands, o Lord T.
John Knox Nov il IS come" Crom-
well at is not my design TO drink or
sleep, but my design is 10 make what
haste can 10 be gone" General Wolfe,
on the heights OF Ibrahan What, DO
they run already? Then die happy"
Madame de Pompadour, l764. To
the cure OF the Madeleine, who had called
to see her, and was taking his leave as
she was about TO expire "One mo-
ment, Monsieur lie Cure, we will 20 away
together" Benjamin Franklin "A dying
man can do nothing easy" This was
said TO his daughter who advised him 10
change his position in bed, that he might
breathe more easily.
Or. William Hunter, the great English
surgeon "lf had strength enough to
hold a pen, could write how easy and
pleas ant a thing it IS TO die
Mirabeau LET me die to the sounds
OF delicious music "
Gainsborough. the painter: I'VE are
all going to heaven and Van Dyke is OF
me company"
George Washington "lt is well.
Thomas Jefferson 81 resign my soul
TO God, my daughter 10 my country"
Napoleon: My God, the French ma
ton, head Of the army" he expired on
the island Of ST Helena on the night Of
the 5th OF May, 1921
Madame de Stae: 81 have loved God, !,
my father, and liberty"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11

One afternoon man rambled into the
grocery, and in about two minutes his
trousers had wiped up large quantity OF
fresh paint He was very indignant and
blamed the grocer.
"It's your own fault" declared the
groceYman. Didn't you see that sign.
Fresh Paint'?"
Eyes, of course, did," was the pevish
response OF the other. but | didn't
believe itP
Didn't believe itp said the grocery
man, with puzzled expression. WAS
there any reason why you shouldn't have
believed it2"
YES" quickly responded the man.
There isn't day that don't come in
this store and see something marked
Fresh that isn't fresh"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
NEW VOL. 52-No. 2.
A Health Item.

Dog faucierS have longnoted that when
a house dog begins TO get fat and ~heezy
It is pretty apt to be attacked BY stub
born skin disease. In such case they
cut down the diet and increase the open
air exercise, thus relieving the oyer-bur-
dened body OF poisonous substances.
The sin OF guttony is common aud
therefore much coudoned, but like every
other violation OF natures laws has
penalty. Fat ineiicisncy. sluggish men-
tality, the redeemed nose, the pimpled
face, certain ofthe chronic skin eupiions,
and much fatigue and nervousness are due
10 the abuse OF the digestive apparatus.
Rich. indlgestiole foods in large quanti-
ties, highly seasoned TO stimulate the
jaded palate, are forced into a body al
ready reoellious from repleton. Exer-
else is largely limited TO walking 10 and
from the table and bodily deterioration
proceeds rapidly, Many an overfed dys-
pephc, suddenly dragged by the stern
hand OF circumstance from life OF phys
ical ease and plenty and forced 10 work
out OF doors, suddenly discovers that his
semi-invahdism has gone, that chronic
skin arrangement Of many years standing
has disappeared aud that new vigor and
zest OF lie has been given han.
Noteveyone can spend his whole tine
in the open air, but a certain amount OF
exercise and plain wholesome food In an
amount not exceeding the body'S needs
can be had by almost everyone. Simple.
moderate diet aud exercise make Tor
health These are not taddish food
theories they are just plain common
sense.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
A straitjacket That Holds Fast.


A famous "magician" is named Hou-
dini. You put handouts upon him; he
frees his wrists.
You fasten him in a straitiacket; soon
he is free.
How he does this, we do not know.
That he really DOES it, we do not assert.
But distinguished clergyman has chos-
en- Houdini's magical performance as the
text for a sermon.
He uses If to emphasize the fact that
vice is straitjacket that hold its victims,
one that even the greatest magician could
not overcome.
We offer TO that and 10 all other clergy
men a picture OF Ia straitiacket that actually
DOES hold fast II is coffin.
When whiskey ties you up, you STAY
tied.
Whiskey's straitiacket is long, strong
and narrow. Men do not get out OF it.
Thousands of straitiackets-like the
one in the picture-whiSkey puts on men
every year.
Thousands of tombstones are raised
with long inscriptions that might be re-
placed by short line:
"WHISKEY-THAT'S ALL"
Whiskey's straitiacket begins with mild
control and ends with the wooden jacket.
Whiskey begins with weak hold on
your will, something that you THINK
you can throw off.
But it is marvellous straitiacket in this,
the victim Does NOT REALLY WANT
TO GET RID OF 1T.
Heavier and heavier it gets. And the
will grows weaker, whiskey's control
greater.
The poor victim begins defending that
which has .made slave OF him. He
praises the poison that holds him tight.
Whiskey itself suggests the poor lies
with which its victims defend" whiskey.
At last comes the straitjacket that no
magician can escape, from which no pow
er can save you.
You know what young man would
answer If a friend said Let me try this
on you," pointing TO coffin.
That is exactly what he OUGHT to
say when somebody hands him a glass OF
whiskey and says, Let me try this on
you"
Luckily, whiskeY's day seems TO be
drawing TO close. The people OF Eu-
rope are setting the example.
England is forbidding the manufacture
and sale OF alcoholic spirits.
Russia has stopped the sale OF the poi
sonous "vodka"-40 per cent pure alco-
hol and 90 per cent water.
France is aboliShing the sale OF aIco-
hoIic spirits entirely and repeating the
harmful law which permitted each family
10 disti five gallons OF spirits annually
without tax.
The nations OF Europe, made TO think
seriously by the war and the necessity OF
utilizing every ounce OF national energy,
have turned against whiskey, the weak
ener, the killer.
This country, too, has begun the fight
in earnest. Temperance wins here and
loses there. But in the end it will win
EVERYWHERE.
Before boys OF today are grown, it will
be as difficult TO get alcoholic spirits any
where in the United States as it is diff
cult now TO get cocaine or morphine.
Men will die, ard worms will eat them,
but whiskey will not have the satisfaction
OF putting this straitiacket of death upon
Chicago American.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
shepedOvn Jefferson County, Virginia Thursday January H. 1917
As the months and years roll by, the

AS the months and years roll by, the
wars frightful toll OF literature becomes
more and more apparent. Ii is the young
men who make the worlds songs, and il
is the young men who 60 TO the wars
many of them never TO come back. Nor
does America escape with undiminished
choir. England has lost Rupert Brooke,
Julian Grenfell, and many anothor singer.
Ireland has lost, most tragically, the poet
patriots Pearse, Plunkett, and Mac
Donagh, and now America has lost Alan
Seeger. Always lover OF France, this
gifted young writer was among the first
OF the Americans who took up arms on
her behalf. From the front he sent back
many spirited poems, some OF which
have been quoted in these colums. he
was killed in battle at Belloy-en- San
terre, and these beautiful and strangely
prophetic lines are perhaps the last Ver-
SeS he ever wrote:
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
Have A Rendezvous With Death.

have rendezvous with Death
At some disrupted baTicade,
When Spring comes round with rustling shade
And apple blossoms fill the air
| have rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair
II may be he shall take my hand
And lead me into this dark land
And close my eyes and quenCh my breath
tmay be shall pass him still,
have a rendezvous with Death
On some scared slope OF battered hill,
When Spring comes round again this year
And the first meadow flowers appear.
God knows twere better to be deep
Pillowed in silk and scented down,
Where love throbs out in blssiul sleep,
Pulse nigh TO pulse, and breath TO breath,
Where hushed awakenings are dear:
But. I've a rendezvous with Death,
At midnight in some flaming town.
When Spring trips north again this year,
And to my pledged word am true
| shall not fail that rendezvous.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
Painful Coughs Relieved.

DR.. Kings New Discovery is sooth-
ing, healing remedy for coughs and colds
that has stood the test Of nearly fitty years.
For that cough that strain. the throatan
saps the vitality try DR. Kings New Dis
covery. The soothing pine balsams and
Laxative ingredients soon drive the cold
from the system. Have bottle on hand
for winter colds, Group, grippe and brou-
cflial affections. At yonT Druggist, SOC.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
-

A number OF business men at luncheon
were given definitions OF ''optimist" and
"pessimist. One of them offered the
following:
"a pessimist says, Is there any milk
in that jug p whereas an optimist remarks,
Pass the cream, please. ,"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
The Farmers Joke.

For subtle humor Of a rather sly sort,
says Mr.. John Kendrick Bangs in From
Pillar to Post" the best example know
of was little jest perpetrated at the ex-
pense Of one 10 whom shall refer as my
Only Muse, who accompanies me on
most OF my trips. She was with me once
in Iowa, where we were stranded at
little railway crossing for several hours.
We took dinner at the hotel. One or
two coutesles OF the table started an ac-
quaintance with two farmers, and natural
ly enough the asked me what my buSi-
ness was in the State
"Oh, am out here Iecturing," | said.
"Well, we're farmers" said one OF the
men.
Now, the Only Muse takes great iu-
terest in farming. She herself raises
most OF the vegetables that we consume
at home, and as she had taken course
OF lectures on farming al Columbia Uni
versity, she was enthusiastically full OF
the subject at the time. Therefore il
happened that when my neighbor an
nounced that he was farmer, it was the
best kind Of opening for the conversa-
toual powers of the Only Muse, and she
made the most oft. She talked Of apples,
corn, cows and bees. She dilated elo-
quently upon the value Of persistent
cultivation" and as sat listening ad-
to her evidently masterful hand
ling OF her subject, | suddenly became
OF the old mans eye twinkling
across the table at me, and then, as the
Only Muse paused to catch her breath,
he leaned forward and, with seemingly
curiosity, asked:
(Which one OF ye does the lecturiu' ?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11

An old colored uncle was found bY The
preacher prowling in his barnyard late
one night.
"Uucle Calhoun" said the preacher
sternly, at can't be good for your rheu-
mstism to be proving round here in the
rain and cold"
Doctors orders. sab, the old man
answered.
Doctors orders ?" said the preacher.
did he tell you to 60 proving round
all night o.
'No. sab, not exactly, sab, said Uncle
Cal, but he done ordered me chicken
BROTH"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11
Inactivity Causes CONSTIPATION.

Lack Of exercise IN The winter is fre-
quent Cause OF constipation. You feel
heavy, dull and Iistess, your complexion
IS sailow and pimply, ard energy al low
ebb. Clean up this condition al once
with Dr.. Kings New Life Pills. mild
laxative that relieves the congested intes-
tines without gripIng. A dose before re-
firing viii assure you full and and easy
movement in the morning. 25c. a your
DruggIsf
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11

A huge eating competition had been
hell by some brawny sons Of toll in 2
country town iu Yorkshire, and one Of
the competitors had succeeded in dispos-
ing Of leg Of mutton, plentiful supply
OF vegetables and a plum pudding, the
whole washed down with copIous drafts
OF ale
He was unanimously declared the win
ner aHd vas being triump1antly escorted
home. when he turned 70 his admirers
and said
"Ah, say lads, don't thee say noWt Of
this to my old woman. or she won't give
me no dinner :"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-11

Mother docking through magazinel
Daring, see from statistics given here
that every third baby born in the world
is Chinese.
Father Ciondling his first-bou) Then
thank goodness this is our first.