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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13

and provide for the employment of a
public health nurse.
That course of hygiene be taught
in every public school and the rules
laid down for the prevention and cure
of tuberculosis be impressed on the
pupils.
That promiscuous splitting be made
a jailable offence.
That every good citizen should get
behind every effort to combat mans
most insatiate enemy.
That teachers. preachers and pub
lie speakers generally aid in the dis
semination of the knowledge that the
cure Of the disease is largely in the
victims own hands. =
That a strong pull, long pull and a
pull altogether will 90 far towards
graduating scourge more to be fear
ed than yellow fever, cholera or
smallpox.
That you secure free Of charge
from DR.. w. L. Heller, Secretary of
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Schedule OF Speakings To Be
Held In All Parts OF
County.
DOZEN DIFFERENT PLACES
Best Of Speakers Will Ad-
dress Crowds. Dinner
on Grounds.

James B. Allensworth, chairman
of the local board of the State Council
OF National Defense, announces
speaking appointments for Patriotic
Week in Christian county.
The board here is composed of Mr..
Allensworth, S. L. Cowherd and A. l..
Burkhoider. Associated with them
are committeemenfrom every precinct
in the country.
Following is the schedule:
TUESDAY, SEPT. 10.
cambridge School House.
Gracey.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26.
Lantrip's School House.
Consolation.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 81
Crofton.
Bluff Springs.
FRIDAY, SEPT. %.
Howell.
Newstead.
Dogwood.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20.
Elmo School House.
Pembroke;
Perry School House.
The defense board desires that in
each community when speakings
take place that picnic dinners be pre-
pared and large crowds assembled.
Able speakers, with instructions from
Washington, will report the latest
phases of the war. Gov. Stanley, it
is understood, will shortly issue a
proclamation setting the week aside
as Patriotic Week all over Kentucky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
LARUE MEN UN-
DER RADFORD
Famous Bunch Of Fighters
From LincOln's Home
County.

The famous contingent Of drafted
men from Larue county, Kentucky,
accepted in the order that their names
| appeared without a single plea for
exemption, has sent Jesse Hubbard,
OF Hodgenwlle, 10 investigate condi-
lions at the camp and report what will
be needed to get off to flying start
The quota from Larue county is sixty
six men and they have been assigned
to Company d, of the 336th Infantry,
commanded by Capt w. 7. Radford.
This countys quota was not includ-
ed i'm the first allotment of 5 per cent,
but Hubbard requested Capt. Rad
ford to let him remain in the camp
until September Is, when he intends
to 90 back home and take charge of
the 40 per cent, who will arrive in
camp September 10. Hubbard agreed
to pay all expenses while in camp and
put himself under military discipline
with the other recruits now in Com
pany D. He was given a place to
sleep in the company barracks and
takes his place at drill with the rest
of the men.
When he goes back to Larue coun-
ty on September Is, Hubbard believes
he will be well qualified to tell the
boys coming just what life at Camp
Taylor is like and what a re-
cruit should bring with him. Hub
bard reports that every man in the
Larue county contingent was anxious
to come with the first 5 per cent.
Capt. Radford and his company Off
GERS are banking on great things from
Company D, for if the spirit displayed
by Hubbard is representative of the
entire quota, it is bound to be an or
ganization that will smash some rec
Ords, and incidentally take a few
German trenches when they get to
France.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
The Formative Years.

In the Womans Home Companion
writer says: Fathers must realize.
as well as mothers, that the first five
years of the chlld's life are the most
important in the childs development.
1t is then that he is most formative.
most impressionable 1t is then that
he needs most serious and careful
thought from both parents. And II
the child is properly handled through
this period, half the battles of the fu-
ture man in the child are Won"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Eloped to ClarksyIle.

GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Sept. i2.-Mr.
q. V. Loran and Miss Bessie VII
liams. from White Plains. Ky. Jere
married yesterday In the parlors of
the Arlington Hotel The Rev. Ry-
land Knight performed the ceremony.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Ruskin's Declaration.

We are beginning TO suspect that old
John Ruskin was right when, In a
rage over the soaring price of fish, he
declared that prices are made by ras-
Gals while fools bleat the folly of sup
ply and demand.-Providence Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Ready TO Make Up.

Russell, who had not behaved him
self on the street car, had been told
by his mother that he would get a
good spanking as soon as they got
home. Just before entering the house
Russell said, Mamma. don't you think
we better make up before we go int"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Zone Not ALL"

A cable report that "all' of the six
submarines that attacked a merchai t
fleet Sept 5 was later found to be that
zone" of them was sunk. Two mer-
chant vessels were sunk.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Sugar Next.

The Food Administration announc-
es that the entire American sugar in.
dustry will be placed under Govern
'ment control October l, by the insti-
tuition Of licensing system. which
viii prevent boarding and insure a
stabilized price.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13

the State tuberculosis Commission,
at Frankfort, pamphlets giving the
tested method of treatment and II af-
fected begin at once.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13

o~.ns placed In a change holder In
eendsd for public places complete an
<lsetde circuit and cause picture OF
.axestlssment to be illuminated.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. s. Lander. of Nor
tonville, are spending the week with
relatives In the city.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Colored Schools.

The colored city schools will open
next Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
The Value of Little Things

Most of us are inclined to underestimate
the value of punctuation marks. AS for the
little comma, too many of us think it too
Insignificant to be seriously considered.
How great mistake this is may be seen
from the following inciden: When Congress
some years ago was making tariff bill.
one of the sections enumerated what articles
should be admitted free of duty. Among
the articles were call foreign fruit-plants,
etc." meaning plants imported for trans
plantation, propagation and experiments.
In copying this tariff bill, the recording
clerk accidentally changed the hyphen to a
comma, making it read ''all foreign fruit,
plants etc. AS result of this little error,
for year, or until Congress could remedy
the blunder, all oranges, bananas, grapes
and other foreign fruits were admitted free
of duty. This little mistake cost the
government not less than 100000. A
pretty costly comma, that. And striking
object lesson of the value of little things.
Think it over.-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
The Pleasures of Life
By Mr.. j. B.

There is nothing more certain than that
it was originally intended that young man
should have good time. A wise young
man will so relate himself to the best things
of life that it will be just as natural for him
to have good time as it is for the sun to
rise at the specified time each morning.
Happy indeed is that boy who early in life
learns the real value of his time. 1t is his
greatest asset. Why should he waste it
under any consideration? Each new day
comes fresh from the Creator as one of the
young mans best friends. The new friend
says, young man, am your best friend. l
have some royal secrets to reveal. Can you
keep them? If you can, can assure you
now of glorious and happy future. This
young man whose life is buoyant and hope
full, says, ! have plan for the future but
l had not thought of doing anything with
it now. Here is where you are making
sad mistake. Unless you prize me greater
than that, had better submit my propo-
| sition to another person. Oh no! don't
misunderstood me. fully expect that af
ter keeping this one engagement, shall
settle down to the performance of my duty.
Well indeed might it be with multitudes
t o ~ had they only wasted one night
of their lives; but alas, he who from time to
time promises something for the future is
certainly losing the Joy out of present
experience made joyful by that obedience
which young man should always render.
The>so-called pleasures of life are so fire.
quently misleading that the thing which
purported to be pleasure was in reality a
positive detriment. The pleasures of life
from worldly point Of view are all inno-
cent. There is no harm in them, 1t is
what people make out of them; while at
the same time they have been so completely
misled that boyish innocence has taken its
flight; and coarseness and questionable con-
duct marks the life deeply. Every wise
parent desires his child to have good time,
but not at the expense and sacrifice of funda-
mentals to their wellbeing. The worthy
parent will not encourage those things that
will result in selfishness and self-will being
the chief character of their daily conduct.
The real enjoyment of true pleasures will
depend in no small way in the exemplif-
cation of noble traits of character, the in
culcation of a high sence of honor, or a
supreme love of truth, and above all the
practical application of the Golden Rule.
1t will be we'll for every young man to re-
member that what culture is to the scholar,
or perfume to the flower, courtesy is to a
gentleman. 1t is only too true that stand
ards of judgment differ among individuals.
1t is the office of education, culture and re-
fnement to enable one to Judge wisely, act
prudently, deport himself manly, and yet
at the same time have oceans of clean fun,
do his work manfully, and enjoy life to the
fullest .-The 1. S. Journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
Faces We Pass

care they all as unhappy as they looki
l wonder" whispered friend. Following
his gaze, we studied the faces that passed
US, going to work or shopping. The sun
was yelled by clouds, so there seemed really
no excuse for the almost invariable sharp
line between the eyes. Even very young
faces wore that badge of worry.
'sTo look different from the common
throng," my friend whispered. cit seems,
one just need look pleasant. And indeed,
the calm, unruffled faces that passed were
rare enough to give us "a thrill of pleasant
surprise.
What kind of face do we all wear when
off guardl Is it a gloomy onel Seek the
mirror and find out. if a change would dc
any harm!-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23

Silent watches Of the night are those we
forget to wind.
Blow your own horn loud-if you sue
coed people will forgive your noise; if you
fail. they'll forget it.
In less than another generation there
will be lot of good ragtime piano players
and two-steppers in the poor house.
Some men learn from their experience;
others never recover from them.
The fellow who used to sit in his room
and draw sour tones from fiddle for con-
ISOLATION now goes to a moving picture show.
People are not as big fools as the aver
age newspaper publisher thinks they are.
Our notion of an optimist is one who
believes all the seed catalogues say.
Take on new thoughts throw Oft old
habits, and there is no danger of old age.
1t costs a lot of money, and then some
to be able to call head waiter by his first
name.
Elbow grease is much better Lubricant
than Jaw oil.
PHI, llis-"Do you know mother, Moses
used to have indigestion just like you dol
Mother "Why, dear, whatever make:
you think that?''
Phyllis-"W6y COS in our Bible lessor
today, Miss Smith said, God Gave Moses
Two Tablets
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
OF ny :.
From Our Erchanges.
The ,Attic

/ love to climb the attic stair
And see the things they keep up there,
They are so very old and queer,
And yet think they're very dear;
There is clock that will not tick,
The dust upon its face is thick.
My mother had it long ago
suppose that's why l like it so.
I And there's table with drawer,
The incest thing you ever saw
It's full of letters written fine
Oh, how l wish they all were mine!
And once found picture there,
A little girl with curly hair,
And round her neck little chain
Of pearly beads, like drops of rain;
And when l see the looking glass
That stands close by where must pass,
look just like the picture, too.
l always wonder why l do.
When mother was little girl
And wore the little chain of pearl,
Pm sure she climbed the attic stairs
And sat in all the attic chairs.
Marion Mallette Thornton.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
M IR R 0 R E 7 TIES
By Uncle John

The new potatoes have arrived and they
are all to the good for this time. We hope
there will be big crop this year.
Last Saturday was rather a hot day for
baseball; nevertheless a very big crew of out
side fans were present to witness the usual
errors.
Christian Science Services were held in
the auditorium last Sunday morning with
the usual attendance.
One car of cement and one car of fire.
brick were received in the yard last Friday
and stored away for future use.
The way the raw material is coming in
for the Irvine plant at present. it is safe to
bet that the state will not run short this
winter.
The powerhouse crew was again kept
busy for several days looking for leak in
the main pipe line between the powerhouse
and the west wall. They found it.
Some of the inmates are very careless in
writing numbers on their exchanges. Halt
of the time the librarians are unableto make
out the numbers. Write your numbers
more plainly and you will not have so many
complaints to make.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
Good Bye to I840

The time has come when we must say good
bye
To memories sweet of noble pioneers
Who paved the way in this northwestern
cline
For those who follow in the wake of years.
No words are coined with which we might
convey
The JOY that tingles in our veins today
That we have known these men of Forty
Who nearly all from sight have passed
away.
With mighty brain and Drawn they sought
the West
To hunt for natures hidden wealth in store,
Whose secrets came in Wits from fragrant
pine
On tireless winds suffuSed with savage lore.
The hardships which for years they under
went,
IT'S left for few their trials to unveil.
They founded we'll that which we now en-
JOY
The progress from the tepee and the trail
This brave and sturdy throng of pioneer:
Who staked our cities and surveyed ouI
farms
Soon felled the trees and cur bed the flowing
tide
Is linked to earth, just resting on their arms.
Mayhap the unseen ones are here today
To Join in converse of the years long past
Whose pemmican and bison was treat
To hungry mortals after days of fast.
If so, we gladly clasp their spirit hands
And with them join in praise of heav My
bliss.
Well clothe them for time in mortal garb
These messengers from realms more .fai
than this.
They'll speak of saw-logs and of standing
pine,
OF prospects from the cut when logs CAM
Great Mississippi river traffic, too,
And what's in prospect for each mapped
out town.
| They'll not forget to mention old tim
game
| That roamed thro' prairie, wood, Ger hill
and vale
And tell Of furs that bought goodly pric
And always found quick and ready sale
Ay, vastly more will pass before their mind
Pertaining to the Chippewa and Sioux.
Of dangerous times and bloody battles Tough
With Snelling's bristling guns ofttimes il
view.
Methinks they'll bring us messages of low
About the wives and mothers of that tim
| Who braved the crude conditions at thei
worst
In this sparse settled dreary northern cline
Who blessings left when time had come I
For brighter scenes than those earth holdet
dear
Beyond the stars, yet not so far away
But what we feel their presence ever neal
As. oceans pass into vap 'rous mist
And planets take their shape at each ne,
birth,
New words supplant those vanished fror
our sight,
New race of people rise to fill the earth,
So you dear friends, now here of Forty Min
We clasp you to our hearts with words {
cheer
We who hold sway, but soon must also pas
For Native Sons-Sons of the Pioneer.
Frank @. O'Briem, IN Progress.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23

in order to bolster up his reputation
for truth an old colored man who had been
brought into court on a charge of drunken
ness remarked to one of the officers of the
court: "Ah always means and intends to
tell de truf. Deed ah does, even If has
to lie little sometimes to do it,"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
Nathan Hale


which bent indeed so near
That while death bode at his right hand its
winds about him blew.
Long since he gave his soul to God-if God
would take it here,
Why care in what mire of shame the final
footstep fell?
Darkness and clouds are round Thy throne,
that was the midnight fear
Today light floods the universe to its last
sentinel!
With only one and twenty years behind
him there he stood,
Straight as forest-stem and tall, with every
muscle tense,
In his unquailing eye the spark struck from
his fiery mood,
And on his shining brow the light of lofty
innocence.
Grave had the hour been with the chief be-
fore the STRIPPING went
On his dark efrand, dire the need to lay the
foes plans bare,
Perplexed with doubt moved Washington,
eyes fevered and brows bent,
And Fortune as she turned her face had
never seemed so fair.
And memory flashed on Nathan Hale of the
young prophet when
The awful Lord of hosts had need of help
in his degree,
And straight he net the chief as if the gall
touched his lips then,
For Here am, the prophet cried, "Lord,
here am. Send me!''
"Tis WE'LL" the chief said, Though you
know misadventureis price
A short shift and long rove about the
nearest tree
Yet your country waits upon your work,
accepts your sacrifice,
God and good angels 60 with-you, how
ever it may bel"
Derided and dishonored, the prize of war, a
spy,
Bareheaded in the sunshine, he looked
about him now,
He stood to pay the price today, his shame
full death to die,
And not a cloud of trouble crossed the
splendor of his brow.
Perhaps he felt again the throb of fierce de-
light he took
When underneath the frigate's guns he Gu,
the sloop away,
Perhaps the leap his heart gave at his mighty
captains look,
Ere that farewell embrace which left nc
room for mere dismay.
| Perhaps he saw his mother while the rose
breath round them blew,
Where she used to sit at twilight on the
doorstone with her boy:
Though beneath the proud endeavor he1
heart should break, he knew
That she gave him to his country with great
and solemn joy.
Around him all the morning side with sum-
mer dew was boar,
He saw the happy earth where it had been
so sweet to live,
And murmured, gazing at the fields he was
to tread no more,
81 grieve that for my country have bu,
one life to give!''
Ay, look your last, young hero, on the
| land you know,
The blue and lovely distances, the great lif
| of the sky.
Here now, and never hear again, the UPLAND
breezes blow,
Our first great martyr to the cause of liberty
you die!
Harriet Prescott Spof0rd.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
SOME GOOD'UNS

Mo matter how great lawyer you
might be-you will never try bigger case
than your own.
The successful man-unlike the poet.
is made, not born.
Mend your speech little lest it may
mar your fortune.
The one single and fundamental rule
for success is "Save Money
The man who cannot and will not save
money cannot do anything worth while.
"A small bank account pays large divi-
dend socially.
If were girl should never believe
anything man told me in the spring.
Work earnestly. save steadfastly, and
turn your face>awY from no man.
You owe loyalty to your employer,
but you owe loyalty to yourself as we'll.
Beware of being satisfied with yourself.
"Hello'' is original as well as right. 1t
advises eff you can't be polite to both, be
rude to the boss and polite to the little
typist.'
I'D rather make mistakes going ahead
than to be error proof and backslide.
NO man is so big that some other man
can't fill his shoes.
We are all greatly misunderstood
especially by ourselves.
If you wish to be miserable you must
think about yourself.
There are 265, $50, 1873, 600, 24O cubic
feet Of salt in the sea, so don't get fresh.
We don't find out about anything we
don't ask about.
The more time you spent wishing the
less you have for climbing.
/ Hungry horses can't 60 far. neither can
starved brain.
Hate yourself and the other fellow will
follow suit.
We can't declare dividends on excuses.
| -Bimdery Talk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
ATE MILO NJ!

Inmates are hereby cautioned not to
use the margins of The MIRROR for adj
dresses of friends or other written
matter. If you wish THE MIRROR sent
to your friends, you are required to
send in their addresses to the Deputy
Warden's Office through your officer.
In this way the matter will be attended
to.
j. j. SULLIVAN,
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
Chapel Hrngrair.
Sunday, August 10


The following is the program rendered
in the Auditorium last Sunday, Reverend
Benson officiating.
March-Dixie Queen ----O Orchestra
Caprice-The Stroliers Orchestra
Holy, Holy, Holy Congregation
Invocation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chaplain
Gloria Congregation
Scripture Reading Chaplain
Hymn-I Will Sing The Wondrous
Story-Congregatio
Prayer ----------C Chaplain
Reverie-Wings Of love- Orchestra
Sermon ----.------------- Chaplain
Hymn-Come, Holy Spirit Congregation
Benediction ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Chaplain
r. ]. Reichkitzer. Musical Director
Population
Up to August 20
Number in First Grade..... ......717
Number in Second Grade... ......172
Number in Third Grade. .....................34
Received During Week...................... s
Discharged ......................... ...........
Last Serial Number ..........,.5 1886
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
Labor Day, September third.

-Oversold manufacturers with an eye to
the future continue to advertise to fortify
themselves against periods of business de-
preston.
-Order-takers are not statesmen. They
are not far in advance of the slot-machines,
except that they move about.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
N 0 7 ! c E

All inmates desiring to write to the
State Board of Control will notify
their officer, who in turn is request
ed to send your notification to the
Deputy Warden's Office Friday
noon in order that special paper for
that purpose may be furnished you.
Letters written on regulation size
>paper will not be permitted to go.
c. S. REED,
Warden
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-23

Don't talk too much-the other fellow
may get wise.