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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
FINGER PRINTS 1000 YEARS AGO

According to B. Laufer of the
Field museum, Chicago, the taking
of finger prints as a means of iden.
tifcatiOn was used by the Chinese
and Japanese at least a thousand
years ago. Writing in Science to
controvert Sir William J. HerschePs
claim to the credit for the invention,
he quotes Rashid-eddin, the famous
Persian historian, who described in
1903 the then ancient Chinese GUS
tom; Soleiman, an Arabian mer-
chant, who wrote in A. d. 851 that
in China creditors bills were marked
by the debtor with his fingers; and
three contracts dated A. d. 7s2 and
1856, both finger marked and bearing
a note to the effect that the parties
thereto had affixed the impressions
of their fingers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
UNCEASING MISERY
Some HOpkinSville Kidney Suf-
ferers Get Little Rest
or Comfort.

There is little sleep, little rest, little
peace for many sufferer from kidney
trouble. Life is one continual round
Of pain. You can't rest at night when
there's kidney backache. You suffer
twinges and "stabs" of pain, lameness
and nervousness. You can't be COM
Portable at work with darling pains
and binding dizzy spells. Neglect
these ailments and serious troubles
may follow. Begin using Doan's Kid
ney Pills at the first sign of disorder.
Thousands have testified to their mer.
il.
Proof Of merit in Hopkinsville test
mony:
Mrs. c. c. Lindsey, 300 w. Sew
enteenth ST, Hopkinsville, KY, says:
my kidneys were in a weakened
condition and my back ached and
panied. ] had dizzy headaches and
objects seemed to float before my
eyes. There were other distressing
kidney disorders, too, took Doan's
Kidney Pills, which | bought at the
Anderson-Fowler Drug Co., and they
relieved the trouble. They strength
ened my back and regulated my kid
neys."
Price Coo, at all dealers, Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Lindsey had.
Foster. Milburn Co., Props, Buffa-
10, Ny.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
GETTING CROPS TO MARKET
OF Little Avail to Raise Produce Of
Any Kind II II Cannot Be Moved
to Shipping Point.

While a great deal is being said
about the crying need Of cultivating
every acre of land which can be made
to yield crops at fair profit, there is
a surprising silence about the equal
ly important need of providing facili-
ties or getting those crops to shipping
points. II is of little avail to raise
wheat If 1t cannot be hauled to mar
ket.
At a recent convention of the Ohio
Good Roads association the farmer
delegates spoke with the utmost con-
victiOn of the need of improved roads,
good 365 days In the year, If they werei
TO do their part In the mobilization OF
the resources Of the country In the
cause of humanity. Moreover, these
delegates from the farms did not ask
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
WILD FEARS OF ARMY LIFE
In All Wars Soldier Has About Nine
teen Chances Out Of Twenty Of
Surviving Years Service.

Numerous incidents reported in
the United States since the selective
conscription law was passed have
shown that many persons have a
wildly exaggerated notion of the
dangers and hardships of army serv-
ice. They evidently feel that a call
to the colors is about the same thing
as a death sentence. A few have
killed themselves. Some have shot
off an arm OF cut off several fingers.
Other mutilations have been re-
ported.
This is the madness Of fear. In
all wars, even in the tremendous con-
flict now raging, a soldier has about
nineteen chances out of twenty Of
surviving a years service. In two
years h. does not run as much as a
10 per cent risk Of death. German
and British records indicate that the
ratio of fatalities is not more than
one out of twenty-five men annu-
ally.
AS for hardships, some soldiers
like the change from the conditions
of civil life. Many seek to remain
in military service after wars end.
Nearly all who escape wounds say
they feel unusually well and physi-
cally fit. Disease in modern armies
maintained by advanced nations is
less common than in ordinary occu-
pations.
War is grim and terrible enough
without wild exaggerations of its
perils and its sufferings. Always
its chances leave a good balance on
the side of safety. Any man who
kills OF mains himself to escape mil
itary service is not only a coward but
a fool.-Cleveland Leader.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18

to have the roads improved for them I:
they promised their full proportion Of
financial support for their construc-
ton.
An entirely different condition is re-
ported from New England, New York
and New Jersey. There the conces-
ton Of railway traffic makes the high
ways Of great value in delivering man
ufactured materials from one city to
another; the motor truck has sudden
ly become a real necessity in meeting
the urgent requirements for transport
Ing the products of the cities. In
short, the rational Improvement of
roads is an essential element of the
grave economic problems Of the day,
to make the valuable products of theI
farm and shop available to the userI
at the lowest possible cost. This subj
Ject should be studied at once as AMI
economic problem, the same as the
provision of railway and waterway
transportation, the increase in cult
waited acreage and the improvement OF
manufacturing facilities. Crops that
cannot be moved from the farms ex-
cept at enormous expense and manu-
featured products that must lie in
because of congestion of
railways are of little value to a ma
ton which needs such things now.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18

Doan's Regulets are recommended
by many who say they operate easily,
without gripping and without bad after
effects. 3Oc at all drug Istores. Adj
vestiSement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
KENTUCKY FAIRS.

Following are the dates Of Ken.
lucky fairs as far as reported to us.
Secretaries are requested to correct
any errors of omissions: =
Mw ray, sept. 26, 4 days.
Paducah, Oc'ober 2, 4 days.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
A Sion Of Ace.

When a man begins to say that all
he does is to get up in the morning
and go to work and 90 home in the
evening and go to bed, he's getting old,
whether he will admit 1t or nOt.-At-
Gibson Globe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
Achievement.

And, having once decldR to achieve
a certain task, achieve it all costs
of tedium and distance. \ lie gain in
self-conhdence Of having az, pmpI shed
tiresOme labor is immense A lold
Bennett.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
DISCRIMINATING PRAISE.

He-I nevah eat lobstahs, Miss
Gwace.
She-I should think you'd feel
like a cannibal if you did.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
Our Bite Is consid-
cred Dangerous.

Our Bite Is consid. webs webs To, TO be s sure
e dangerous bugs and flies to
call upon them, and then they catch
them and hold them fast. But that
lis not the fault Of the spiders. That
is the fault Of the bugs and flies"
"You are blaming me quite I'M
justly" said the tarantula. "why do
you not say that it is the fault Of the
birds l kill not my fault? If the other
spiders are not to blame because they
catch flies and bugs in their webs,
why, oh, why, should be blamed for
catching birds"
"Of course, when one thinks Of II
that way" said neighbor tarantula, II
suppose l am just the same. do what
you do. Perhaps neither of us are to
blame. That is happy thought"
ut is indeed" said the first taran-
lula, who was spinning all the time he
had been talking and not wasting a
single moment-not even a single
| second.
"Yes, think we are rather fine"
considered very dangerous. But we do
not know many people"
"They don't come where we are
that is, not often. They know better.
And, of course, we wouldn't go to live
where they did, as we like our own
homes best"
Imagine living the way our tame
cousin spiders dol" said neighbor
tarantula.
II couldn't" said the first one. IT
absolutely couldn't. We would not be
happy away from home. We would
become what they call homesick."
"And we are so much finer than they
are" said neighbor tarantula; "ah,
yes, we are much finer than our
cousins"
"We are, and / know why you say
so. 1t is because they can only spin
webs. We can do that. And In addi-
ton to spinning webs we have fine
nests to live In and we make them
ourselves. Our nests are as fine as any
BIRDS"
"When you speak Of BIRDS" said
neighbor tarantula, eft makes my
mouth water"
"YOu haven't got much Of a mouth
to water" said the first tarantula.
However, we can eatl Yes, and we
can kill. We can spin webs and build
nests. We are fine, fine, indeed"
"Of course" said neighbor tarantu-
la, doubtfully, II suppose there are
some creatures who wouldn't think II
so fine to be proud of our bird-killing
adventures"
There are some creatures" said the
first tarantula, who are jealous"
Maybe So" said neighbor. 81 won
der If you have heard the old story
about usr'
"What old storyY'
"Shall / tell your"
"Pray do" said the first tarantula.
my grandfather told 1t to me when
l was a little spider. 1t was when
my claws and legs were beginning to
amount to something, but before they
were very strong. This was his story:
"'Years and years ago. he said.
there was an old saying that the bite
Of the tarantula was so dangerous that
II could only be cured by dancing and
singing. So they named a dance after
us which they called the tarantula.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
Tender Vegetables.

Vegetables quickly grown are more
tender and of better quality than
those slowly grown. Good soil and
good cultivation are needed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18

Wen. liitl IL 50,
said n efg h b or
tarantula, "b u {
you have many
bad habits. In
fact, you are a
very diff erent
kind Of spider
than the ones
about Gus e s.
They do not work
all the harm you
do. They build
webs. To be sure
they invite foolish
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
ALWAYS ON HAND,

"Do you claim any permanent cure
at this health resortY
ooh, yes we've got the same man
icure we always had"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
ITS SORT.

''The part she has in the moving
picture play fits the little girl actress
like a glove"
Eyes; so to speak, like a kid
glove"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
FITTED FOR 1T.

Though Emily is not in society,
she is a duck of a girl"
''Then it's a wonder she is not
in the SWIM"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
cInders for surtaeIno.

For surfaeing footpaths, gravel,
mixtures of sand and clay, and cin-l
ders will, in general, give good sHes-
faction.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18

Five tramps were killed while steal
ing rides under a wrecked train in
Michigan.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
DADDY'SEWNIN(
AR TALL az
TARANTULA FRIENDS.
. MARY GRAHAMRQNNER

"No one can say" said the taran-
tula, shat ] cannot make a beautiful
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18

bite SO hard that they have TO dance
and sing to cure our bites"
rs that really trueT asked the first
tarantula.
MY grandfather said that IT was a
superstition, which he explained was
something people believed but which
was not true. 1t is like thinking
witches and COLLINS are bad when they
really aren't at all But, all the same,
II Is fine story, and IL is nice to think
they named a dance and song after
u.s."
But children needn't worry about
the bites Of the tarantula friends, for
they are not AROUND our parts of the
world.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18

Excellent to Know.
~ y better y kIow when % Gay YES
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18

Mr.. Coyne-When l was your age
l didn't have a dollar.
His Son-Well, when Pm your
age 1 probably won't have a dollar.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18
a PROOF TO THE CONTRARY.

ELECTRICITY was not wen known
10 The anoianfs- ;, - =.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-18

III is an Olu-faSn-
Toned dance, and
many folks dance
1t these days.
But still they
named a piece of
music after us,
tOo-music to fit
the dance. For
they said this mu-
sic would heal the
bite we had given.
All, that is famei
Not only can we
bite! Lots of
creatures can do
thatl In fact,
/ don't know OF
any creature who
can't at least get.
his food within
him. But we can
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
Ereaks Under Ban.

Muscatine Journal: The city coun.
Gil at Burlington has adopted a meas
ure prohibiting street window freak
exhibitions. The action is reported to
have been prompted by public senti-
ment
BY the terms OF the ordinance ex-
hibitions of any person ender hyp-
motto influence or any deformed,
MANNED. idiotic or abnormal persons
in any window or place exposed to the
view OF the general public from any
street or public ground are prohibited.
The Burlington council has dis
courased a public nuisance in legis-
iating against the freak exhibit. Just
VIII this means should be utilized for
advertising purposes is difficult to
comprehend. Among reputable adver-
Users such expedients to attract the
public eye have long since fallen into
disrepute. Intelligent folks find moth
ing to interest them and much to of.
fend in such. public exhibitions. An
institution which must capitalize upon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

erica was the personnel of public life
so weak and incompetent as it Is to-
day.
The original advocates OF the prt-
mary who were honest. went upon
the theory that every voter is deeply
interested in public affairs, and that,
il given direct responsibility, he would
carefully weigh the qualifications of
all the candidates, and that only tit
men would have a chance Now, dis
agreeable as the truth is, the average
voter is not deeply interested In pub
lie affairs The average voter knows
little and cares less about things pol
iticaI unless some personal or f1nan-
cial interest is directly involved. In
the second place, even the most in
telligent voter Is helpless when 1t
comes to choosing host OF candi-
dates through the medium OF the pri-
mary ballot. It is, for the most part,
a list Of unknown names. Often the
most intelligent voter knows nothing
about ninety-ive per cent OF them,
and as a rule he votes for the nrst
name on the list under the several
headings. When the Iowa primary
law was first enacted, 1t provided
that the names of the candidates for
the several Offices to be nominated
should be arranged on the ballot In
alphabetical order. What was the re-
suit? Why, A beat B, and B beat Q
when there was no A, and so on
throughout the length Of the ballot,
FINALLY they changed the law, and ar
ranged it SO that every candidate has
his name first on the list in proper
tionste number of counties. That
helps the mer whose names begin
with X. y, or z. But what a COM
mentary 1t Is on the worth OF the
law as a measure Of reform, and on
the intelligence Of the average voter!
reptIfes to seek water.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
The Wonderful West.

Leslie's Weekly: Wonderful west.
Bounding but not Boosting. Watch the
rapid settlement along any OF the
transcontinental lines. First you see
the unbroken prairie, looking like a
wilderness. then the pioneer In his
dugout or cabin, then the plowed soil
and the crop of wheat Or corn. Next
comes the barn and last the home, the
hank account and the automobile. For
miles and hundreds of miles watched
the wheat ranches along the st. Paul
and the rapid succession of prosper
Gus towns that have sprung up within
the decade. We had just crossed the
line from North to South Dakota at
Lennon and / spoke to Harry Carter,
the veteran porter OF the Pullman,
about the growth Of this section.
Yes said he, I'VE are going to stop
for a moment at Macintosh. Nine
years ago there were ncne Of these
fine little places along the line. There
wasn't anything at Macintosh but a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

sign board Then the settlers came in.
They planted the prairie. They raised
the wheat. The elevator came and the
houses sprang up and here are all
thes ecitfes."
What transformation in the wild
and woody west!" 1t is now the mild
and winning west You ought to have
the cowboys come riding down to this
train nine years ago" said the Pullman
porter. There was nothing Of these
towns in South Dakota but few tents
and shacks and the bootleggers selling
liquor had the call. The cowboys would
ride down from the ranch and jump
on the diner to get square meal. They
would pull out their revolvers and
shoot to pieces the electric bulbs in the
car. They would leave their horses
at the station where they got on, ride
to the next station and come back aut
get their horses and ride back to their
ranches satisfied with their spree. Now
look around. You don't see no cow.
boys and no saloons. It's all automo-
biles." And SO 1t is. The farmer with
81 wheat is an independent sovereign.
But the richer some men get In money,
the poorer they are in contentment.
Harry Norris, steward on the st. Paul
Olympian, told me of a Dakota farmer
who had two sections OF wheat land.
On which he had averaged a crop Of
'thirty-five bushels to the acre. worth
$1,000. He sold 1t and his banker,
feeling good over his customers pros
perity, asked the farmer. Well, how
are you getting on?'
Fair! r'air!" was the answer.
Fair" queried the surprised bank
er. You are doing handsomely this
year. aren't you? You ought to be
pretty we'll satisfied"
Yes, yes" said the farmer. but
see how it is taking the life out of the
ground"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

Direct Primary-"A DEVILS Device"
w. r. Boyd, in North American Re-
view: II ever there was a device of
the devil in politics, it is the direct
primary
How did it come about? There had
been some abuse of the caucus and
convention system. It was charged
that corrupt influences controlled
nominations by means of the packed
caucus. In some instances, they did.
Under the spur Of bitter factional con
tests, many things were done at once
disgusting and disgraceful. But all
the evils incident to the caucus sys-
tenn could have been remedied by a
simple statute legalizing the caucus
and laying down rules for its conduct.
There was no need to abandon the
basic principles of representative gov.
eminent. Even the caucus system as
1t existed could have been rendered
much less harmful by strict atten-
ton to civic duty on the part of the
people. How many precincts could
have been controlled through pack.
ed caucus, II the decent voters Of ev.
cry precinct had made it point to at
tend the caucus? But such a thing
as attempting to remedy political
utleCI ny uSNOtlOu W tue
duties of citizenship does not appeal
to the average American. He wants
a legislative remedy. a new law, a
cure-alI that will enforce itself And
so these negligent citizens who never
went to caucus in their lives, and
who often had to be dragged to the
polls by party workers, began. to
clamor- for primary law, led on by pol
iticians who hoped to profit by such
enactment. They raised the cry Of
"back to the people! Let the people
rule"-those same people who went to
the theatre or to the club on caucu,
nights.
What has been the result? Has the
boss been dethroned? Does the office
seek the man? Have the people great
er power over nominations than they
had under the old system? Has the
personnel Of office-holders improved?
Not one Of these questions can be
answered in the affirmative. The
boss is as powerful as ever. The only
thing left to the people Is to choose
from the list presented on the primary
ballot. Such thing as drafting a
man at an especially important hour
for a mighty task is absolutely i'm
possible. Never in the history Of Am
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
OPPORTUNITY.

OPPORTUNITY.
They do me wrong who say come more,
When once knock and fail to find you in;
For every day stand outside your door,
And bid you wake, and rise to fight and win
Laugh like a boy at splendors that have sped,
To vanished joys be blind and deaf and dumb;
My judgments seal the dead past with its dead.
But never bind moment yet to come.
Wall not for precious chances passed away,
Weep not for golden ages the wane;
Each night burn the records of the day,
At sunrise every soul is born again.
When deep in mire wiring not your hands and weep.
I lend my to all who say II cam
No shame faced outcast ever sank so deep.
But yet might rise and be again man.
Dost thou behold thy dead youth all aShast,
Dost reel from righteous Retrtbution's blow
Then turn from blotted archives Of the past,
And find the futures pages white snow.
Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from thy spell
Art thou sinner? Sins may be forgiven;
Each morning gives thee wings to fly from hell.
Each night star to guide thy feet to heaven.
Florida Grower.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

decent people is probably as great as in most
city areas Of like extent. There are many more
people Of questionable character there because
there are a great many more people in the ag-
gregate. Vice is no more compulsory on Broad
way than on the main streets Of other cities.
But because it center of. what some people
consider frivilous amusements it is presumed
that people who make a serious business Of life
will not spend major portion Of their time
there, and in this rather amusing suit there is
an element of truth of wide application We
are so irrational in our pursuit Of amuse-
ment that it is stigma on rational peo-
pie to be intimately identified with the pursuit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
THE LURE OF BROADWAY.

The plaintiff in libel suit now on trial in
New York City bases his claim for damages on
the statement of the defendant that he-the
plaintiff-was an ''habitual frequenter of
Broadway; this statement is alleged to be a
virtual accusation of lack of moral integrity.
Broadway is great thoroughfare, devoted to
many interests of vast cosmopolitan popu-
lace; from Thirty fourth street to Seventy sec
ond street it has concentration of amusement
enterprises. But it is excellently policed by
men of New York's ten thousand finest and
of the hundreds of thousands who daily and
nightly pass to and fro on it, the proportion of