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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
BUT OTHERS KNEW.

The landlady of a well-known board
ing house always made it a point to
ask each departing guest to write
something in her visitors book, She
the people whose names were in the
volume and the nice things they said.
'But there's one thing | can't under
stand" the lady confided to a friend,
"and that is what an American gentler
man wrote In the book after stopping
here. People always smile when they
read IT,"
what was it?" asked the friend.
He only wrote the Words, 'Quoth
the raven
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03

Memphis is about the only city in the country that has a
k1nayor who is q poet-and a good ons.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03

Jefferson's Nino Rules,
Never put off until tomorrow what
o can do today,
Never trouble another for what you
a do yourself.
Never spend you money before YOU
have made 1t.
Never buy what you don't want be-
cause 1t Is cheap.
Pride costs more than hunger, thirst
and cold,
We seldom regret Of having eaten too
little.
Nothing is troublesome that we do
willingly,
How much pain the evils that have
never happened have cost US,
Take things always by the smooth
handle.
0 King of Glory and Lord of Hosts,
who hast assembled in triumph to the
| right hand OF the Father, leave me not
tomfortless, but send upon me the
promise Of the Father. even the Spiri,
OF TRUTH, b. Meyer,
Dayton. Ohio,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03

When the cry "KameradH did not save them, the Germans
raised the cry Of starving women and children in order to gain
time.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. Qulnlus, the
Sunshine Man.
ChrlstianltY.

Christianity.
Our religion is different from other
religions and from notifications OF
Christianity. because 1t is true to its
center, All religions contain truth, but
the true religion contains all the truth,
It gives us the truth in final form, the
FORM OF personality. ~ am the truth,
says the Christ, who also testifies that
Satan was a liar from the beginning,
Rev. Lawrence Keister, D. D.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03

The kaiser and his brutal underlings should be brought to
the bar of Justice for trial and merited punishment.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
The Public Be SerUed
(RRe.u.s.H eEE
By K.C. b.

AND THEN We discovered.
THAT NOBODY knew.
WHERE THE studio a
OR THE name of the man.
WE WERE going to visit.
ALL WE knew.
WAS HE vas a singer.
AND WAS giving a musicale.
AND BESIDES that.
WE COT al mixed up.
WHEN WE got in the cabs,
AND THE. wives we had.
BELONGED TO the gentlemen.
IN THE taxi ahead.
AND WE couldn't go back.
TO WHERE we'd had dinner.
AND WE'D lost the party.
AND ALL we could do.
WAS TAKE the ladies home.
AND GO home ourselves.
AND A little while later.
MY WIFE came home,
FROM THE studio party.
BECAUSE SHE knew we'd been lost
AND SHED told the host,
THAT WHENEVER I got lost.
I HURRIED right home.
THAT I'D got that way.
FROM KEEPING cats.
AND, ANYWAYS
IT WAS an awful mess.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
DATA ON AMERICAN DEATHS
Census Bureau Gathers Statistics in
Many States and Cities;
Also in Hawaii.

Recent inclusion of Hawaii has O.
tended beyond the limits of continental
United States the area for which the
census bureau annually collects and
publishes death statistics. Within this
area now reside about % per cent of
the total population of continental
United States and Hawaii. i com.
prises in all q states, AZ cities in
other states. the District of Columbia
and the territory of Hawaii.
East of the Mississippi the only
states not Included are Alabama, Della
ware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missis'
sippi and West Virginia, while west of
the Mississippi the only states includ-
ed are California, Colorado, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Utah
and Washington.
The annual collection of death sta
tistics from states and cities maintain
ing adequate registration systems was
begun by the census bureau in 1902,
the first report covering the calendar
years 1000 to 1904, inclusive, and for
edCn succeeulnS year SSpui ule iSpoi
has been published.
The original registration area con-
tanned 40 per cent of the total pOpu-
lation of the country. 1t remained I'M
changed until 1906, since which year
it has shown an almost uninterrupted
increase in geographical extent and in
proportion of total population, until at
present it contains nearly three-fourths
Of the country's inhabitants.
In birth registration highly salts
factory progress has been made dur
ing the past two years.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
To Remove Splinter.

To remove splinter from the hand.
fill wide-mouthed bottle nearly full
of hot water, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. Thrust the injured part
over the mouth and press 1t slightly.
The flesh will be drawn down and
shortly the splinter will be exposed
under the action Of the steam. This
method Is far better than the common
and dangerous practice of pricklng the
flesh wish Il pin or knife point The
usual antiseptic- solution should be aI-
piled.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20

is capable Of producing So dilf6renr
kinds of cotton weave, says a CORE
spondcnt. The government has re
Gently placed orders for many million
yards, it having been found possible
to substitute cotton for linen IN the
manufacture of wings for aircraft, and
also to substitute cotton weave fol
the rubber gas masks and rubber coats
which airmen wear. Secretary Dan
iels has ordered the purchase of No.
100000 pounds Of cotton for navy
uses and 2OC,OCOO00 yards of cotton
Eauze for surgical purposes. Chemists
making researches believe that within
Il short timc additional uses of cotton
will be found; and yet only few
years ago about the only use of Amer
ican cotton was in the manufacture %
cloth.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
RDFFED GROUSE SMART BIRD
OF His Natural camouflaee and
Is Hard to Shoot.

The ruffpd grouse Is the greatest
game bird in this country and prob
ably is hit less than any bird in the
world with the possible exception of
the snipe.
Nature has endowed the rufred
grouse with the means of protection
and the way the bird uses these means
makes him seem brainy creature.
The color Of the ruffed grouse so
closely resembles the woodland sur
roundings in the fall that one may
almost walk on them without seeing
them. The bird, making use of its
colOring, generally lives in rugged
country, where underbrush and spruce
make his detection difficult.
Once flushed, the rufred grouse flies
so as to put a tree between himself
and the hunter, adding to the difficulty
IF locating him. The bird, unlike quail.
is seldom found in coveys and cOnse-
quently is hard to hit.
The hunter must always be ready
with gun in position to shoot and
shoot quick.
Work well the underbrush and little
spruces along the sides of ravines. Go
in the dense places in the woodland,
for the ruffcd grouse is a recluse.
The grouse, when once under way.
will fly straight, and it is well TO hunt
him with more than one in the party.
The hunter who might be on tile line
Of flight is sure to get shot.
The ruffed grouse rises from cover
with thunderous precision and the sue
ressfdl hunter of this bird must leave
his NERVES" at home. The uninitiated
Is liable to be more frightened than
The bird.
Ruled grouse do not lie well 10 the
aog, running speedily and quietly
ahead or the animal before making
light.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
TRUTH 1RIUMPHS
Hartford Citizens Testify for the
Public Benefit.

"A truthful statement of a Hartford
citizen, gwen in his own words
should convince the most skeptica'
about the merits of Doan's Kidney
Pills. If you suffer from baclIache
nervousness, slecplcssncss, urinary
disorders or any form of kidney ills
use a tested kidney medicine.
a Hartford citizen tells Of Doan'.
Kidney Pills.
Could you demand more convinc-
ing proof Of merit?
Lorenza Acton. Pike ST., Hartford
says: 81 have suffered with back
ache and pains fc~0ss ~ F'''' ~rs
and have found that Doan's hIdne,
Pills regulate NV kidrevs and\ hob
my back whenever | Get ta,s way
consider Doan's Kidney Pills re
liable kidney medicine
Price Coo at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the SAME
that Mr.. Acton had. Foster-Mll-
burn Co.. Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.
Advertisement.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
TO RECLAIM DISABLED MEN
War Is Teaching Great Lesson as to
Possibilities In This lmpor-
tant Field.

The reclamation of the energies of
all this disabled of the nation may be
taught by the exigencies of war, ac-
cording to Maj. Harry e. Mock, NJ. r.
c., who In addressing the National
League of American Pen Women.
said:
"There are in the United States
100000 persons who have been dis
abled In ndustries-probably more
than the total number of soldiers who
will be disabled through this war
vet neither government nor industry
has hitherto made thorough effort to
reclaim their energy. That is a great
lesson this war has taught us, and
when we have won 1t we shall find
that, through deaths, cessation of
immigration. and other causes, we
shall face a great shortage in the la
Dor market. We shall then turn our
attention to the reclamation of all the
disabled and thus our country will
profit by the labor of all her sons and
daughters"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
ASSERTS MUSIC MAY BE SEEN
Notes Can Be Displayed to Eye
as Well as to Ear.

That music may be translated into
color and displayed to the eye as well
as to the ear is the new and highly
interesting theory developed by Isa.
dore Berger, the English viOllnist, &C.
cording to the Pittsburgh Gazette.
Music and color, he declares, express
exactly the same emotions and feel.
ings, and therefore an opera or a
symphony may actually be turned into
color and seen. BY understanding the
INTERPOLATION of color and sound even
the deaf can learn to enjoy music
when expressed in color. Mr.. Berger
says:
"Color is not TO be an accompani.
ment nor mere light effect, but a
clear, logical expression of music. The
synchronism must be perceived emo
tionally rather than scientifically. For
instance, red always expresses passion,
onger, temper or any intense feeling,
Yellow, the color of light, means love
and happiness. Blue is the mystic
color. Modify the yellow of love with
the mystic blue and you have a violet,
a pensive, sad emotion. All the other
grades Of emotion are the result Of
the blending of passion, mystery and
love. or red, blue and yellow. They
are three primary colors and the three
primary emotions"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
The parrot CT Aniens,

Possibly for English readers the
fame of the Jackdaw of ReimS has
eclinscd the fame Of the Parrot of
Amiens. Eut Nert-Vert was q bird
was monastery parrot renowned for
piety until he was sent on n visit. by
canal boat, to nunnery, and acquired
new vocabulary on the way-with
terrible results, as can be imagined.
The author Of his adventures, Jean
Baptiste Gresset, a native of Amiens,
had to leave clerical school in con-
sequence Of the scandal caused by the
poem of which Vert-Vert was the
avian hero.-LOndOn Chronicle.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
Artificial Landscape Targets.

Most young men are city or town
bred. Hence. few of the soldiers Of
our national army have clear idea
of distances in nature. AS many Of
the environments have not been placed
amid scenery like that which marks
men are likely to see somewhere In
France" or ION the way to Berlin"
artificial landscapes are provided on
which they can practice.-Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
ART VS.. BRICKS IN SYDNEY
A Peculiar Controversy In Australia
That Is Aoitating Labor
Circles.

Here Is n curious point of law or
logic presented in the Sydney IN. s.
W. Bulletin. The musicians union
of Sydney charges the Melbourne eight
hours procession with something like
scabbing because II decided that union
lists, even if they don't belong to the
musicians organization. may play in
its own ranks on the annual gala day.
There are arguments on both sides.
1t seems hard that union bricklayer
shouldn't be allowed to blow his own
c0rnet in his own demonstration on a
holiday, yet If he founG a professional
cornet-player laying bricks on Good
Friday he might object. OF course the
man in the procession isn't playing foc
hire, but then it wouldn't improve
things much If the cornet-player laid
bricks gratis.
The bricklayer might argue that
there are a certain number of bricks
that must be laid, so the cornet-
player would be doing another man
out of job, while there isn't any
fixed amount Of music that must be
blown, so an amateur might blow q
sample or two without depriving any
other man of crust. And the brick
layer probably says that the cornet-
player couldn't lay bricks decently il
he tried, to which the cornet-player
possibly replies that the bricllayer
can't make music.
To some extent II is n STRUGGLE be-
tween art and maternlsm. Music
properly played is capable of arousing
the highest and nOblest emotions OF
which the soul is capable; brick,
even If properly laid, isn't. And soul
isn't a thing to be lightly despised.
But here the tangible bumps against
the intangible. Nobody has seen a
soul, while almost everybody has seen
a brick.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
The Extravaaant Girl.

A member of the war trade board
said in a discussion of pre-war extrav-
agance:
IL heard story the other day, a
story about an extrayagant Pittsburgh
girl. She got engaged to young broll-
err, but her father put his foot down
on the match.
"'Whats your objection to Harold,
papa? the Pittsburgh girl asked. bit
ing her lip.
"My objection fumed the old man,
is that the fellow can't support you
"'But papa" said the girl. coldly,
neither can you.'"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
Coffee SUBSTITUTES in Denmark.

For months coffee has been almost
unobtainable IN Denmark. When any
is to be had 1t sells for as much as
So pound. This naturally has stlmu-
lated the production of coffee sllhsti-
tutes. II is now reported that about
$4,000 tons Of various kinds of raw
materials have lately been used for
making these substitutes. One report
says that 6.000 tons Of acorns, 1900
tons OF dandelion, 1000 tons of chicory
and 1890 tons of sugar beets have
been roasted. ground up. and sold for
coffee substitutes. Acorns sell for
about II cents a pound.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
Strange Military Badges.

Having helped many soldier
through weary hours in trench and
hospital, playing cards are now being
pressed into active war service, says
the London Chronicle. You may have
noticed The new and neat little cloth
badges on the sleeve of our men from
the front, but possibly have failed 10
understand the designs. They are
nothing but the familiar club, spade.
heart and diamond of the playing card
Under the. new scheme regiments are
divided into packs, each company
having its symbol in certain color to
serve as an Identification mark. al
?ther badges being removed before 60
Ing over the top.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
The Reckless Girl.

Mrs. Mamie Colvin, New Yoyk's re-
cent prohibition candidate for con
gress. said in n stump speech:
"But there's another side to this
question. If liquor on the mans part
causes divorce, recklessness on the
woman's part causes 1t also.
81 once knew Il girl-she's divorced
today, of course-who was warned by
a friend:
aft you marry that man, / warR
you, my dear, that he'll lead double
life.'
"'Well' said the girl, recklessly, ff
/ don't marry him I'll lead a single
one, and that's worse"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
First War Stamp Bank Bum.

The first building in the United
States to be erected as war savings
stamp bank has been built at Oklahoma
City, Okla. Every piece Of lumber and
article of furniture going into the
bank have been donated by business
firms Of the city, and the wOrkmen
erecting the building We're paid in baby
bonds. The building stands on one of
the downtown streets and Is devoted
exclusively to the sale Of war savings
and thrift stamps.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
MARVELs OF SURGERY IN WAR
Surgeons With Allies Fighters Repair
Seemingly Hopeless Cases Of
Shattered Bone.

The marvels of surgery which have
resulted from the stimulus of war
work have confounded the prophets.
News of the bravery of our fighting
men is not more inspiring than the
accounts which come i'm constantly OF
the achievements of the scientists of
the entente in the field of surgery
and medicine, says Portland Oregonian.
There landed in an eastern port the
other day Canadian soldier VINO is
only one of the thousands who can
thank their stars that constructive sci
cnce is keeping pace with destructive
enterprise. IIe had been in the thick
Of the fighting Mt Ypres in 1915, shrap-
mel had shattered the bones of both
ankles and both wrists. For a long
tine he lay in a London hospital, be-
lieving that his case was hopeless and
that he would be cripple for life.
Then came surgeons who undertook
the delicate task Of literally "setting
him on his feet" Eventually he
emerged two inches or so shorter
than when he enlisted, wa,kln1
straight, with agile step, and with g.!
command of his arms and HANDS.
In principle the repair ot this sol
der was not wholly new thing.
bone surgery he'd made material cd.
vances in the decade before the wai
began. An interesting feature of thr
case, however, is that it was part @.
the routine Of military hospital. tia,
the surgeons who performed the high
ly intricate operation and m.GH CON
plete restoration oc a man who :.
years ago would hGve been docme.
to life of hopeless hclplessneSs make
no claim to especial merit. ard tha'
the whole accomplishment was trcatg"
as matter of course, The so!5!eI
is so far recovered that he expect.
presently to return ioyfully to the fir
ing iine-;- the surgeons turn 8ith7Ht-
more ado TO the next case, which m2y
be seemingly quite as hopeless hu'
wholly different in matters of technic
and detail.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
Wall Of a Lost Soul.

This is not camp story, but one
written by lieutenant on his way
"over there" "On our first lap out
we were having boat drill one day.
The bell rang and every one grabbed
up life preservers and started for
their lifeboats. AS came out on the
main deck to boat No. 10 one of the
aft guns let loose with a terrific roar
at target practice. Just then a big
negro came up scrambling out of a
hatchway. yelling, %. Lordy, Lordy,
where am nah life deserter? l done
heah dat submarine a-moanin' for nah
sOulr"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
New Uses of Cotton.

The people as yet little understand
the wonderful variety of uses 10 which
cotton Is now put. One industry has
established at Columbus, Ga, AT cost
of $3,000,000 a mill whose machinery
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20

Although merely following its
natural ben. the corkscrew demon
strates that one good turn deserves
another.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20
OUR BOYS OVERSEAS

eyxhave been sent IN 10 US. ih''
list As necessarily incomplete, but
We will add to them each week the
names of soldiers as they are sent in
You need not send their company OF
egiment but simply their names
dost Of these boys are in France
tut some are in England, and Other
ections of Europe. Send in your
on's name and tell your neighbor's
O do the same. The names so for
unlimited are as follows:
Arthur H. Hendricks.
Darrell Robertson.
Ulysses C. Young.
Corp Thomas Young.
Jimmie Hershey.
Rooney B. Smith.
Sergt. c. G. Main.
Chester Main.
Hubert E. Wright. J
Robert A. Davis.
Heavren Douglas.
Ras Bennett. ...
Elvis Johnson.
Arthur B. Everly.
Carl M. hurry.
James Earl Plummer.
Arthur p. Tilford.
John w. Allen.
]. Raymond Campbell.
. Alva w. Petty.
Owen Bolton.
Still Mason.
Guy Heifner.
= Leonard Bishop.
Robert E. Lamb.
Richard l.. Dever.
% Arthur EVERY. p ----.-----------
Orville Mckinney.
Raymond Mckinney.
Pirtle Arnold.
John w. Aubrey.
lyman G. Barrett.
. Edwin Fl. Hamlet.
Corbet Lake.
Grover c. Greer.
=, Bud Ambrose.
Ray Bennett.
Corp. Leonard Anderson.
John D. Ham.
Oscar Durall. :
DR.. F. B. Dewitt.
Corp, Halle ]. Taylor.
Roscoe esterfeld.
Douglas Taylor.
Oder Griffith.
VIM. Bryan Holbrook.
Ray Cobb.
Willis Cobb.
First Lieut.. Everett B. Liken-
Barney Baugh.
Layton Ross.
Kirby Park.
Thomas Brown.
Robert Z. Price.
Ernest E. Price.
John r. Phipps.
Coleman Tatum.
Hubert Stevens.
. Capt. Douglas d. Felix.
Walter Maddox.
Clarence Eugene Ward.
n,yan ", yVoIIooo
Ivory Lynch.
Dee Carl Ferguson.
Steve Grigsby.
Nathaniel Hudson.
Corp. Chas. w. Johnson.
J. S. Loyal.
= Layton Ross.
Corbett Rome.
Willard H. Carnahan.
Luther ID. Jackson. - .
A. d. Birch. -
Felix C. Birch.
Mack Foreman. 3
Alvin ,. Porter. -
Everett Dc Bruler.
Ira Mastison.
Clarence Culerey.
= Mbert Hill.
Arthur Daniel.
Leslie Jones. -
Fred Robinson.
Herbert Robinson.
Harrison Robinson.
Gilbert Fraize.
Riley Taylor
Morrison c. Stephen.
Jesse e. Felix.
Hardin Riley.
Seth Riley.
Everette Leach.
Kelly Pierce.
Searcy Stewart.
Ora b. Ward.
Lewis Bozarth.
TOY THE
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-20

Sergt. w. c. May.
Horace Johnson
= Walter A. Williams
Harrison Crumes
Speed Monroe
Dewey Afford.
ira Hazelip.
John B. Hazelip
Bethel Johnston
Elton Wilson
Byron Leach
Chester Keown
Otis Curtis
Frank Tichenor
Herbert d. Roach
Frank James
Byron Leach.
General Hoover.
Henry Arnold.
Edward NJ. Smith.
Carl B. Barnes, -Prentiss.
James A. Barnes, Prentiss.
Arthur Edge.
Robert Hamilton.
George A. Wedding.
Arthur Rhoads.
4 Cecil Rhoads.
Seth Rhoads.
Charlie Lee Tucker.
William Phillips.
Virgil P. Kiper.
Willie Espey.
Arnold Brown.
Walter X. Baker.
Harry Stoy White.
Garland F.. Moore.
Robt. o. Tilford.
Geo. Whobrey.
Willie Espey.
William Phillips.
Clarence Hardin.
Willie English.
Corp. Ellis Brown.
Roscoe Embry.
Jobe N. Leach.
Virgil P. Kiper.
Vernon Orbs.
Clarence Gabbert.
Carlisle P. Williams.
John C. Barnard.
William Robertson.
Albert Robertson.
Corp. Ray Hawkins. =
John Render. s.
Oswald C. Hooker.
Sergt. Elver p. Hunter.
Hiram A. Carter.
Roy Frain.
Boyse Maddox.
Jesse Ashford.
Lieut.. Henry Smith.
William II. Seibert.
Clark o. Wilson.
Arlie Evans.
Blaine Westerfield.
Alfred r. Westerfield.
Avis Farmer.
Price Miller.
Robert Archie Plummsr. a
Lieut.. Gilmore Keown.
Roscoe Embry.
John Eldred Leach. -
= Clifford r. Maddox. - :;
John ID. Aubrey.
Herman Morris.
Rowan H. ,Raley. o..
Corp. Ellis Brown.
Mai. John l.. Lallinger.
Chester Peters. 81
Ira Aaron Payton.
Leslie Wayne Paytop.
Hubert Lynch.
Elijah Daniel.
Percy A. Park.
David L. Hurt.
Simon Smith.
Weslie Daniel. f
Arthur Daniel.
Elijah w. Daniel. M
Robert III. Duke.