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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-20
N0N0GENAR|AN
Crosses The Bar-.MTs. Boston
Passes Away in Her
94th Year.

venerable rellct OF Jacob Boston
died at six O'Clock Saturday eve
ming. Dec. 18th, at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Carter
on the Salem road six miles from
this city. She was in her Gath
year, having been born July Is,
1924. She was a native of Pitts.
burg, Pa, and on a visit to hel
sister at hillman's Rolling Mil
in Lyon county when sh, met
her husband to whom che was
married in 1853. Her husband
died there about 1869. and she
had lived a widow almost a half
century. She was he lest Of a
family of twelve children and
was a Dc scendant of Lord Hume
of Ireland and her parents as
well rs har husbands, ali came
from Ireland.
The deceased is survived by
four c"l.dren, two daupht r.,
Mrs. Mary Love. Of CLAY, Ky.
widow OF II. &. Love, of the S.
loan section. being the oldest,
ard Mrs. Maria Bowles Carter.
wife of j. B. Carter; two sons,
being City Marshall George +.
Boston and j. Noble Boston,
owner of the Boston Planning
Mills & Lumber Co of this city.
Mrs. B ston has nineteen grand
children living and sixteen great
grand children.
She had been a life long mem.
b r of the Methodist church and
although totally blind for many
years, vas submissive to her
Masters will and was al says
cheerful and accomplishing.
Mrs. Boston had the distinction
of never having Travelled on a
tram AID never saw an automo.
bile. her blindness coming about
the time they came into use in
this section.
The beloved remains were
brought here Monday. arriving at
noon and were taken to the Meth.
odist church, where the funeral
was conducted by Rev. H.R. Short
the psstor. assisted by Rev. 7.
Carter, after which the burial
took place in the new cemetery.
the official board of the Method.
list church. acting as pall-bearers.
they being DR.. F. W. Num-. 7.
H. Cochran. r. |. Num-. C. W.
Lamb. J. G. Rochester. and e.
w. Haynes.
The floral offerings we're beau.
tiful. The following is
A TRIBUTE To MRS. BoSroN.
10y 7. c. Carter.)
Truly a Princess in Israel has
fallen A true and tried veteran
OF the cross of Jesus Christ has
been called to her great reward.
Mrs. Boston | have known
q I'd esteemed her was truly a
great and good woman. possess
ing all those sterling womanly
and CHRISTIAN characteristics
which conspire to make one, great
and good. She WAS preat and
good in that she was athIli of
God ty His regenerating grace.
and the fore psrtook Of His
divine nature, and character and
so rit, and was an heir to His
rich estate.
She was great and good be.
cause of her loyalty TO Jesus
Christ. her savior and King. JOY
ously doing His good will. She
was great because of her loyalty
to her church, She was a typi-
cal Methodist of the John Yves
ley type. believed the doctrines
of her church. and lived a deep.
ly pious aud consistent const.
Grated life. She loved the
preachers. elders and bish, ps,
and was acquainted with many
of them. She was great and
good because Of her answering
devotion and fidelity and love to
her family and her friends.
guarding we'll their every in'er-
ests. Truly she was rs a shock
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Dsives Out Malaria. Builds Up Syste0
M old Standard se.ersi strssSShssiag tos,c.
naiaria. euStches The blood, and buitds upthesys.
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L Harpending. Notary Public

H"'N 'VsuIuVu lIbIi
Louisville where the latter ha.
been under a specialist who was
benefited him greatly.
j. o. CliLton who has beer
visiting his sister. Mrs j. r
Barrows. departed this morning
for a visit to his old home a,
Ma ion. Ky, Oklahoma City
Telegram.
Some new coats at special
price. Lottie Terry
A homa t'lent play, The
Sugar Pl,m Tree" will b. pre-
sent4d at the School auditorium
during KIN rs We, k, by third and
fourth grades.
+ l. Harpendine received the
appointment AZ chic clerk of he
local eX mo in board Wednrs-
day morn K and has already
entered on the duties. The
comm s.iol comes from Cover
nor Stanley and il quite an hos
or worthy bestowed.
Special prices on all serge
dresses beginning Thursday
Dec. l3. Lottle Terry
Rswls Hughes highly re-.
spected colored man died Sun
day night at his home on South
Main street Of a second paralytic
stoke. He had a first attack
about a month ago and had bee 4
IN the hospital at Evansville as
well as under the care Of 2
physicians here but had not
rallied perceptsbly. He is sur.
yired by his wife and one daugh.
ter who resides at Champaign.
H.
Mrs. +. +. Charles who was
called TO kuttawa this week en-
account Of the illness and death
Of her uncle has returned home
Miss Nell Clifton returned
Tuesday from Kut,awa where
she went to att, nd the funeral
and burial of her uncle Robt
Clifton.
Mrs. A. J. Driskill has return.
ed from a visit to her sister Mrs.
J. ID. Clopton OF Smithland. She
visited and did some Christmas
shopping in Psducah while
enroute.
W. h. Yates. evangelist, has
returned from I,wa where he
conducted revival meetings for
Elk weeks. He will spent Xmas
at h me and leave son after
Jan. 1t for Walla Walla Wash.
from III re to Partland. Oregon,
and theme, to Atlanta, Ga.
where he will assist in a great
meeting in St. Paul's NJ. F. c. s
Announcement is made IN the
! Oiisville Post Of the engage
m. mt of Mss Liset,e Korfhage
to John Speed Shellcross, Of
Port 'mouth, o. Miss korfhage
Is sister Of Mrs. Robt. Bird
and ha, VISITED at the suburban
home Of her sister and County
Agent Bird. and is pleasantly
rem, mbered b. tho e whom she
met.
Aubrey Beard bought 7. r
Yates car before he left for Fla.
and Mr.. Yates went through on
the train instead OF overland in
the car as first intended. Aub-
rey who has fine position with
the Reed Mining Co." will use
tie car going to and from his
work next summer.
Miss Gussie Burgett was called
to Rosiclare last week during the
most severe weather to see her
father Charles Burgett who was
reported critically III. She took
q carriage at once for Granville
and crossed the Ohio river which
was frozen over on the Ice and
reached the bedside OF her father
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Some new coats at special
price. Lottie Terry

A homa t'leot play. The
Sugar PIim Tree" will b. pre-
sent4d at the School auditorium
during Xmas We k by third and
fourth grades.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
SELECT Av1AToRs' INSIGNIA.
Highest Grade to Wear Double Winged
Shield and Star.

WASHINGTON, Oct. o0.-Insignia
to be worn by American army and
navy ayiators and airplane observers
have been approved 10y the war and
navy departments. Military aviators,
which is the highest grade for air-pilots
in the army will wear a silver device
embroidered on a blue field, showing
a double-winged shield with a fve-point
star above. Junior aviators will wear
the same shield without the star and
observers a shield with a single ex-
tended wing. The insignia will be
worn on the left breast.
The device for the navy ayiators
will be crossed fouled anchors, with
the United States monogram super i'm
posed in the center placed between two
extended wings
Only three regular army officers, in
Guiding Brigadier General Foulois,
chief of the aviation section of the
signal corps, are now entitled to wear
the military aviator's insignia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
SOME TREE FREAKS.
Fire Makes One Grow and Another
Bows Head at Sunset.

One of the most interesting old trees
in the United States is a giant SasSa-
fras near Weswick, Virginia The tree
has a circumference of % ID feet six
inches from the ground, and at five feet
its girth is Is feet four inches Some
wears ago the tree was a hollow trunk,
with it's top broken off, and il seemed
about TO die. Somebody built a fire
in the interior. This fire was stopped
with difficulty and it was thought that
the tree was killed. On the contrary
the fire killed only the insects with
which the trunk was affected and gave
the tree itself a new start, saws the
American Forestry magazine. As re-
suit the old trunk branched out, like
a dressy old woman in new Easter
bonnet and IS now crowned with strong
healthy boughs.
From Simla, India, comes this story
to the American Forestry association
Of Washington: 1.-The educated pub
lie in Bengal is excited over the dis
covcry of palm tree which is exhib-
iting certain remarkable phenomenon.
This tree is on plot of land owned
by an inhabitant Of Faridpur. In the
morning il stands erect, with its leaves
outspread; but after sunset il bows its
head, the leaves touching the ground
as if prostrating. This is witnessed
every day. Ignorant people have come
to regard it as an abode of some god
| Hundreds of men, women and children
visit it daily and offer pujahs near it
| 1t is even stated. that many persons
have been cured by offering pujah.
''Sir Jagadish Nunder Bose, the re-
nowned Botanist, sent some of his as
siStants, with a selfrecording appa
ratus especially constructed for the pur
pose to discover the cause of the phe
nomenon. It has been found by dvna
metric measurements that the interna
forces, whose periodic tluctuatioI
causes this remarkable movement, ar,
very great, the pull necessary to bring
the tree down to its position Of pros
tration exceeding several hundre,
weights. Notwithstanding the thor
oughly scientific explanation that thi
phenomenon Is entirely natural, tn,
owner of the tree is still making
good income from the pujah offering
of pilgrims
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
HOW TO MEASURE HUMIDITY.
Device is Combination of T1ner1nom-
eters and Vessel of Water

You do not have to invest in a la
rometer, or expend your personal mois-
ture by hurrying to the nearest cob
servatory,' whether at drug store or
at weather bureau, to ascertain the
degree Of humidity. From Power one
gets this hint:
1.-THE instrument in the weathersbu-
reau kiosk marked creative humidity -
is supposed to show the percentage by
weight of water vapor in the air, 100
per cent being when the atmosphere
can hold no more in the form of steam.
The maximum weight of steam that
the atmosphere is capable of holding
is dependent on and increases with an
increase of the temperature. The ac-
ton of this hydrometer depends on
the expansion and contraction in length
i of hair or fiber as it increases or
| decreases in moisture content.
Another device for measuring the
relative humidity is a combination con-
sisting of two ordinary thermometers,
one having the bulb covered with a
wet cloth or wick extending into a
vessel of water. In the use of this in
strument the wet-bulb and the dry
bulb temperatures are taken. If they
are the same, the humidity is Toe per
cent, but when there is difference it
is necessary to consult tables in order
to obtain the relative humidity
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
RUSSIANS SHOOT
ARMY TRAITORS
Troops Caught Fraternizing with the
Enemy Are Fired on by Their
Own Artillery.

PETROGRAD, Oct. 29.-Russian sol
diers who fraternized with Germans
were fired on by Russian artillery yes
terday. SAYS Saturday 5 official com
The announcement fol
lows:
''On all fronts there were fusllades
and accommodating operations.
I'm the region of Illoukst several
scores of our men frateTnized with
the Germans The troops 50 engaged
were dispersed by our artillery fire.
The Germans also attempted to fra
tcrnize in the region of Krevo and near
the village of Larovo, southeast of Bar
anoyichi. -
Gen. Kaledines, holman Of the Don
Cos,acks, has telegraphed to the war
ministry that il is impossible to com.
bat the increasing anarchy in the min.
ing districts owing to diSorganization
of the militia. He states that self
constituted organizations are usurping
authority and asks for funds with
which to rcorganize the militia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29

The Reformer is conducting this col
umn with the cooperation of the Ma
tional Emergency Food Garden Com
mission to inspire the planting of more
food gardens throughout the country.
Charles Lathrop Pack. president of
American Forestry association; Lu-
ther Burbank. Or. Charles w Eliot.
Prof. Irving Fisher, John Hays Ham
mond, Fairfax Harrison, Myron 7.
Herrick Or. John Grier Hibben, En-
'erson McMilln. A. w. Shaw, Carl
Vrooman, assistant secretary of agri-
culture; Capt. j. 3. White, L. S. Ship
ping Board James Wilson, former sec
rotary of agriculture You should watch
this column every day. Any questions
should be written on one side of the
paper and, sent TO Garden Editor OF
The ReformcT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
Religion in Russia.

Christianity was introduced into Russia
in the ninth century The Established
church Of Russia, to which the great
majority of inhabitants belong, is identical
in doctrine with and is branch of the
Greek church. The liturgy used is the
same as that originally used by the church
of Constantinople, when Constantinople
was the capital of the Eastern Roman
empire, before the coming of the Turks
This liturgy of the Russian church is, how
ever, not read in Greek, but in the Sla-
vonic language. The official name of. the
religion in Russia is the Orthodox Catholic
are of this faith, and the census of 1915
faith-the word Catholic being used in its
general sense universal or worldwide
Sixty-six per cent of the Russian people
showed a population of 1872, lS2, 100.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
Paintings and Tapestries.

The relative value of paintings and
tapestries at the very time that tapes
tries were being produced in large
fifteenth century. when
weavers of Arras, Lille, Journal, Brus-
sells, Bruges and Paris, to say nothing
of those of Italy and Spain, were turn
ing them out in probationary sur
prise some unacquainted with the his
tory of weaving. Pope Leo \ paid to
Raphael the equivalent of $4,000 for
the ten panels of the Apostles, and
Peter Van Aeist, the Brussels weaver
who converted the design into cloth,
received $l50,000. This suite, as now
preserved in the Vatican, is valued az
million and a half, although much
of its color has faded. But while
Raphael probably executed his paint
lngs in six months, il took Van Aeist
and his assistants four years to finish
them on the loom, while, of course
the intrinsic value of the gold thread
and other loom materials was consider
able.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
SHIFTED FRONTS AS
BATTLE TIDE TURNED
German Troop Movements from West
to East and Back Numerous
Since War Started.

FRENCH FRONT, Oct. IA clear
idea of the ebb and flow Of the tides
of German forces on the eastern and
of the war from the opening of hostili-
ties in 1914, till the beginning of Sep
TENDER, 1917, is obtained from carefully
compiled information which the CORES
pondence of the Associated Press is
enabled to transmit
From this it is gathered that when
the Germans started the war bv in
vading Belgium they launched 1,190 bat
talions of infantry formed into 96H
divisions of four regiments each at
the Franco Belgian front. while on
the Russian front they employed only
322 battalions formed into 26Jl divi-
sions of four regiments each. On Sep
TENDER |, this year, they had on the
Franco Belgian British front 800 bat
tahons formed into lat divisions, some
Of which were of three and others of
| four regiments each, while on the Russo
Rumanian front 900 battalions formed
| into 90 divisions were in line. II will
thus be seen that the German armies OF
the fighting fronts have been increased
/ ' 1 - -
talions to 2,334 battalions
4 review Of the different periods OF
the war will show how these troops hav,
been employed at various times, accord
ing to whether the principal effor
Of the Germans has been directed to
ward the western or the eastern front
In August, 1914, the attention o
the German high command was alb
sorbed by the attack on Belgium an,
France, while the Russian front wa
regarded as a secondary occupation
At that time the infantry effective
on the western front numbered l, 10
battalions in 96I divisions. each div
sion consisting Of four regiments. O
the eastern front, the Germans then ha
322 battaions comprising 26T divisions
When the battle of the User wa
fought in November, 1914, the GEE
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
An Old Apple Tree.

In the Vancouver barracks, state of
Washington, is an apple tree of more
than ordinary interest and Importance.
Its history is so interesting that Ban
croft, the noted historian, says in re
gard to 1t: At lunch party in Lon
don, about 1925, given in honor of
some young gentlemen who were about
to embark for TT. Vancouver III the en-
ploy of the Hudson Bay Company, seeds
of the fruit eaten were slyly slipped by
some young ladies into the waistcoat
pockets of the young men, and, upon
their arrival at their destination, the
young men, in overhauling their ward
robes, discovered the seeds and gave
them to Bruce, the gardener, at the
fort.''
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29

mans intensified their effort in the
West and brought up their electives
to a higher figure and at the same
time increased the number of battalions
on their eastern front so that they then
had 1898 battahons on the western
front and 399 on the eastern front.
Then came the Russian offensive in
Galicia and to check the Russian adj
vance toward the German frontier, Ger
many was compelled to throw more
troops on her eastern front, increasing
the number of battalions there in Sep
TENDER, 1915, to $50. To do this it was
necessary to reduce the number of
German battalions on the western front
from ! ,293 to ,120.
Many divisions were transferred from
the eastern to the western front when
the Germans gathered their forces for
the beginning of the great battle Of
Verdun with the result that in June,
1916, there were 1876 German bat
talions on the western front and those
on the eastern front were reduced from
80 to 574
4 The German drive against Rumania
was made possible by adding more than
800 battaGons to their eastern battle
z
front to S99 This was done without
reducing the number Of battalions on
the western front below 800.
When the French and British began
their great offensive operations in July
1917, the Germans were compelled tt
bring fresh forces to the western front
increasing their battalions there Il
400, but reducing the number on theil
eastern front only to $50. Subsequent
" the German battaliOns along the Rus
sian battleline were increased by tn,
addition Of more than 100 battalions
bringing the total there to 800 on Sep
TENDER l of this year. These We're di
vided into 90 divisions of three regi
ments each. During this movement tn
; battalions on the western front were re
duced to 1863, divided into III divi
, sions and that is believed to have bee
the number on the German wester
front on September ] These figures d
not include any German troops on gal
| rison duty in the interior of the coul
try, nor those maintaining lines of con
munications.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
Corn Meal Mullins.

All those who like corn meal muf-
fms will please stand up UnanImous
Today's bulletin from the National
Food Garden Commission,
cooperating with this newspaper to
the nation s food supply, of
fers the following recipes for corn muf-
fms:
"a cup cooked corn meal mush.
81 cup sifted wheat four.
ID teaspoon salt.
teaspoon baking poder.
tablespoon sugar.
! egg.
tablespoon shortening.
Liquid to make a rather stiff batter
(about IA cup).
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
DECREASE IN WHITE LEAD.
Increased Cost of Lead Results in Cur
tailment Of Pigment.

The United States geological survey,
department of the interior, has complet-
ed the statistics Of white lead produe-
tion in 1916. The output of dry white
lead was 32,93S short tons worth
l,714,3i3 as compared to 1907 tons
worth $3,5l3,s56 in 1918. The produc-
ton of white lead, which was ground
IN OIL, was 96,04l tons worth $l6,560,
l31 as against l22, 1874 tons worth $l5-
S19,S35 IN the previous year. The to-
tai output of white lead thus showed
Il loss of 81, 122 tons or over Il per
cent in quantity, but a gam of 81
SS0,7s9 or nearly 10 Per cent in value.
The annual report of one of the largest
white lead producers says:
1.-The tonnage of white lead sold was
the lowest in many years. due in part
perhaps to the activity if competitors
but chiefly to the checking of consump
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
BILLION A MONTH
WAR COST TO u. S.
Will Soon Be Double This Amount, Ac-
cording to Estimates of Department
Officials.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.--Govern-
mcnt expenditures of one billion dol
lars is the record which the month of
October has established at the treas
ury department. The total, which in
cludes loans to the allies. may exceed
even this huge sum, possibly by 800,
100000.
Thus far it stands at $685., 342. 3s7
with Saturday 5 spending not included
For the % working DAYS thus far
counted, it shows average expenditures
Of approximately $40 100000 daily, or
almost 100000 every minute Of the day
and night. Expenditures for last Fri
day, the latest record published, were
SOS, 975. 94s, but this was an unusual
day, considerably higher than the av-
crage though not by any means a rec
ord. The increase in the daily expend-
lures is greater at the present time
than it was month ago and is steadi-
~ growing. 1t is thought that il will
continue to grow. A two billion dol
lar month, officials assert, is not far off.
1t may be reached with the retirement
Of short time treasury certifcates-to
be met out of Liberty bond receipts
by mid-winter.
Expenditures for the fiscal year thus
far have reached the total OF 1916,
659,164 of which $l,770, 900. more
than half, is represented by loans tc
the allies. These loans and the inter
est upon them are to be sepaid to the
government by the borrowers and
therefore, do not represent actual ex
Ipcnse to the American people.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
Mnrth its Weipht m

worth It's weight in gold to me for | am
not only well but have baby girl, so
when hear of any woman suffering as
1 was tell her Of Lydia f. Pinkham' s
Veg table Compound Mrs. w.
HUGHES, 10 Majestic Apis. Omaha, Neb.
In many other homes, once childless,
there are now children because of the
fact that Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound makes women normal,
healthy and strong.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29

years old. At eight
cen | was married
and my trouble was
no better so | con-
suited a physician
who said that there
W as not much /
could do and | could
not have children.
| read of Lydia f.
Pinkham s Vege-
table Compound and
decided to try it,
and it has proved
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
LONGING
FOR A CHILD
Young Wife Almost in De-
spair. Now has Beautiful
Baby Girl.

There is nothing more charming than
happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health
or beauty. Lydia +. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has brought Joy to
many childless women by restoring them
to normal health. Here is notable case
Omaha, Neb.-'I suffered from fe-
male troubles when | was seventeen