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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
by MRS, WILSON WOODROW,
The world famous writer on vital subjects.

Dear Mrs. Woodrow: | am 10 years
old ana a photographer. Every Wednes-
day evening several girls whom | have
known ever since j was a child meet
at one another's houses and we all
knit n chat. Last Wednesday, while
at my home, we were all critic!zlng each
others faults, and when r came my
turn one OF the girls said Dorothy
has one great big fault, and that Is
that che sympathizes too much with
herself"
Now, Mrs. Woodrow, this astonished
mo an we'll as most Of tho other girls.
For IA few days | could not help but
think about II, and ! am still thinking
about II most Of the time, and | am
sorry to say that ! found out 1t was
the truth. But l am very Respondent
overcome such u thing.
Please write an article on the cure
for self sympathizers and greatly
ohlIge q girl who Is much worried over
. very serious fault TSrX rSfSYtoIMIlly
Dear Dorothy; ! do not think you
had a very nice party. | know that
when one is 10 one can enjoy almost
anything, but | can easily imagine a
more. entertaining and amusing, not to
mention profitable way Of spending an
evening than attending q sort Of mental
/ tAAth siiN NNlhiNNHAF NteRNNNsi'h hfN PSNt
shrinking, duivering faults OF ones self
and ones friends.
l am sure all OF you girls thought you
were being helpful to each other, AZ
well as showing great personal heroiBm
when each OF you took the criticism
turedly and determined to profit by It,
and then nerved yourself up to the
point Of administering the same treat
ment that you had received. But We
can only judge OF the efficacy of any
thing BY it's results, 30 let us consider
truth Causerie,
Every girl present on that Wedues-
| day evening was probably affected by
this ~searchllght of criticism very much
as YOU WERE and by your own account
you were at first astonished at this
self. and then It filled your mind to
the exclusion Of everything else, You
thought It over, You considered II
from every angle, Then came the
painful realization that It was the truth,
Now. ask you, did this clear up the
merely produced a feeling Of despond-
ency, which was followed by diseour-
G. You are still wor yIng over. 1t, and
making yourself unhappy, You are
paying yourself 40 much for plying
yVuIseH' tnat you are qulte. hiserhule'
The cure, my dear, is simple-so sim.
pie that YOU may treat It with scorn,
You may think | am taking your per.
plexlty lightly, and talking down tc
you in a superior, neutrality-suspicious.
cry way, because you are very young
assure you that ] am doing nothing
Of the kind, ! am giving you the one
real remedy for your bother, 1t Is thit
forget k!
What II you are inclined to regart
yourself ms imposed upon and ill-treat,
u now and them Such imaglnings ar,
not penal o%ffonses, And why should
you expect TO be exempt from faults
when they flourish in such rank ant
untrimmed luXuriance In most OF us?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
News Of Memphis
10 Years Ago.
Twice Told Tales
NOVEMBER 5. 1905.

Frank F~erriner, night rider, under
arrest in Union City, revealed to author
tiles the name OF the murderers of
Capt. Quinton Rankin.
William Howard Taft was elected
president of the United States in yes
terday's voting; Tennessee went for
Bryan by a majority of about IS, 800;
Bryan has wired congratulations to
Taft, h has returned an answer.
Directors of the Memphis Terminal
company will meet in st. Louis tomor-
row to decide on the Union depot
ordinance passed by the Memphis coun-
Gil.
Trouble between France and Germany
has arisen over the protection by the
German embassy Of German soldiers
who enlisted in the French army and
deserted.
The work of Transforming the Cen
trail Baptist church, 40 years old. into a
new edifice, excepting the auditorium,
will cost $4,000 and will be completed
next Sunday.
Mrs. c. b. Bryan is visiting Judge
and Mrs. J. W. Sneed, in Knoxville,
while attending the D. A. r. convention.
The bones of Gen. James McCubbin
Lingan, personal friend Of Gen. George
Washington, who died in 1912, were to-
day removed to Arlington National
cemetery, after reposing nearly q CEN
fury in the private burying ground.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

The early Puritans had a dreary pas
time over which they wasted MUCK
time. They called II examining their
hearts for hidden and unsupported
traces of evil. The result was that they
got n horrible conviction Of having
committed something they called the
objectionable sin. and they frequently
saw the devil in visible form, which
appalling apparition sometimes fright
ened them into fits.
If you want to look into your own
heart, look into 1t to discover how full
1t Ia Of laughter and good will, how
great is its JOY of life; and If instead of
these pleasant and greeable things, you
wee nothing but faults, slam the door
Of that heart quickly and run away out
into the sunshine and fresh air,
II you go about with the idea that
you have n great, glazing fault
which everyone Is likely to notice and
condemn and that you must be con
showing" It's hydra head, YOU win be
self conscious, shy and ultimately
Of those repressed, suppressed Beings
who add nothing 70 the gayety of ma
| lions.
II you had not believed Nat my kHowl-
edge OF human nature,f life and the
world Is greater than yours. You being
only rs, | have no hesitation In saying
that i Is, Therefore, relterate what
I said before; Forget that you have
find yourself moaning about the way
someone has treated you, laugh and re-
gard 1t as nonsense, And the next time
| you and your friends meet for goodness
sake take up the interesting topic Of
each others charms and virtues,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
ARKANSAS PATRIOTIC.

To The News Scimitar;
| would like to say a few words in
reply to the Republican accusation
that the South is unpatriotic and that
the farmers are profiteers, Arkansas is
a Southern state. to be sure, But is
she not patriotic? In the third Lib
erty loan she was one of the first
states to go "over the top" Whether
or not she went over in the fourth
is not known, but in the first, second
and third she was among the first
to 90 over. She has bought her share
Of thrift stamps and w. S. s.. also.
The charge that farmers are profiteers
is also altogether false. 1t is not a
mistake. 1t is absolutely a falsehood.
| am a farmer and I know. It is a
huge scheme to hold the price of cot
ton down. Cotton Is selling today for
about 26 cents, and the farmer that
sells for this is selling at a loss. The
South will not stand for this. They
are holding their cotton with the same
determination that the Arkansas boys
are holding the western front. The
fall cotton crop in this section Is a
complete failure. Two-thirds OF the
green bolls are ruined by boil weevils.
Heavy frosts have also fallen the last
three nights, with prospects for a kill
ing one tonight. The farmers are de-
termined to hold for higher prices Re-
spectfully yours, A, A,
Bearden, Ark.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
PAY YOUR BILLS

The retail merchants OF Memphis have inserted an adver-
tisement in the papers in which they make a very reasonable
request, one that should not be necessary, but which they are
Compelled by circumstances to make, and, furthermore, one
(which every person should willingly observe.
They have asked their customers not to purchase more
merchandise than they are able to pay for, They will hence
forth require that all bills be paid promptly.
The person who knows that he cannot pay in December
for the merchandise he purchases in November ought not to
purchase any merchandise in November. If he can reasonably
expect to pay for it and something unexpected transpires so
that he cannot, then he should state the facts TO the merchant
and arrange the account SO that it can be paid as promptly
as possible.
There is nothing drastic in asking a man to pay his bills
1t is only amazing that it should be necessary to call attention
to the need for enforcing such a rule. Every person in
Memphis should realize it without being told.
Stores are being conducted at enormous expense. The cost
OF operation has greatly increased, The articles themselves are
higher than the %proverbial cats back, Everything is added to
the selling price of the commodity, There isn't any other way
a business can be conducted.
The merchants in determining to enforce a policy that has
been in existence for a long time are doing so for the benefit of
their customers-those who pay the bills. A big saving should
result from the prompt payment of bills, and the customer will
get the benefit of it. Under this system the man with the big
line of credit, but slow to pay, will be in the class with those
who shortsightedly buy more than they can pay for. The
arrangement has been worked out in the interest Of the Gus
toner who pays his debts and pays them promptly.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John q. oulnlus, the
Sunshine Man.

"IIe will o suffer thy foot to be
mOved."-Psa. cxXi, 3.
IL the Lord will not suffer II, neither
men nor devils can do It. How greatly
would they rejoice II they could give
us a d~isgraceful fall. drive us from our
position, and bury us out of memory!
They could do this to their hearts
content were Il not for one hindrance,
and only one the Lord will not suffer
II, and II he does not suffer 1t, We shall
not suffer II.
The way OF life is like travelling
among the Alps. Along mountain paths
n Is constantly exposed to the slip
ping of the foot, Where the way Is
high the head Is apt to swim, and then
the feet soon slide; there are spots
which are smooth al glass, and others
that are rough with loose stones, and
In either OF these a fall is hard to
avoid. He who throughout life Is en-
abled to keep himself upright and to
walk without stumbling has the best
of reasons for gratitude. What with
pitfalls and snares, weak knees, weary
feet and subtle enemies, no child OF
God would stand fast for an hour were
1t not for the faithful love which will
not suffer his foot TO be moved.
Amidst Il thousand snares | stand
Upheld n guarded by Thy hand:
That hand unseen shall hold me still,
And lead me TO Thy holy hill"
&C. II. Sturgeon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
News Of Memphis
rs Years Ago.
NOVEMBER S, 1893.

Capt. W. H. Darragh and Miss Bertha
Willett will be married on Tuesday,
Nov! II.
Mrs. Malcolm r. Patterson and two
children have returned from an extern
sive stay at the Worlds fair at Chi
cago.
Republicans in Ohio are stirred over
the reported remarks Of Senator Sher-
man that he would support Mckinley
The big car plant at Binghamton, a
branch of the Litchfield, KY Car
Works company, will be in operation by
Jan. /. employing $50 men; it will cost
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Gage have kind
ly rendered the use OF their home on
Vance avenue for an entertainment by
st. Margaret's guild on Friday, NOV. 10.
Boyd Thomson, Of B.. L~owenstein's
wholesale house, is soon to wed one OF
Idlewild's fairest maidens.
Sugar is quoted today at 5.l5 cents
per pound, flour 1915 per barrel, Irish
potatoes 80 cents bushel, spring chick
ems 22H cents pound, eggs IL cents
dozen, country butter 20 cents pound,
lard I'm cents pound.
Mr.. and Mrs. White r. Dawson yes
terday celebrated the both anniversary
Of their wedding.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

HE HAD influenza,
$50 |
But NOT very bad.
$50
AND THE nurse gave me a cloth.
TO PUT over my face.
AND I went in.
AND TOOK him the papers.
AND MENTIONED something.
ABOUT THE pretty nurse.
AND KIDDED him a little.
AS ONE must do,
IF ONE wouldn't be sad.
AND TELL sad stories.
ABOUT OTHER friends.
WHO WERE just like him.
AND GETTING along well
AND ALL at once -.
AND ANYWAY.
KTDDED him a little.
AND GAVE him one of the papers,
AND TOOK one myself.
AND MOVED over to the window,
WHERE THE sun was shining.
AND READ about the war.
AND Mr.. and Mrs. Jlggs.
AND THE Republicans.
AND THE trouble they're having
TRYING TO make n war
A REPUBLICAN war.
WHEN EVERYBODY knows.
IT'S A war for democracy.
AND THEY want the kaiser.
TO SURRENDER to the senate
INSTEAD OF to the president.
AND Roosevelt,
WANTS TO kin himself.
OR WHATEVER it is.
THAT HE wants to do.
AND THEY want unity Of command
OVER IN France,
| b
BUT NOT at home.
AND THEY'RE fighting mad.
AND IT'LL all be over.
AFTER TODAY.
THANK GOODNESS for that.
AND I'M sitting there.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
PAID IN FULL.

What's your idea of a good hus-
band?' asked the court OF a man
charged with cruel and inhuman treat
ment.
Myself" was the answer,
"Yourself-and your wife complain
ing you gave her a black eve two
days ago7" continued the Judge,
Yes, but what about the si0 gave
her at the same time? Eth, what about
that" came the reply.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
NEW ANSWER.

Now said the professor, "~supposing
that by some CONFUSION OF nature
portions OF the earth now under water
became dry land, what would be the
most prominent characteristic Of the
!andscape?"
And the summer girl who was trying
to suppress a yawn replied: German
submarines"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

According to the veracious Carey, when King Chronon-
visited his army, his general, Bombardineau,
served him a dinner of pork hash. This incensed the king. who
struck the general and called him a traitor. In the fight that
ensued the king lost his life. At the present time no king would
turn up his nose at a good dish Of pork hash. And it was
rnfucky to do it in the years gone by. it seems.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

Again we are hearing about the yellow peril 1t is not
in Japan, but right here at home; it is found in the yellow
streak on the back OF the American who is too eowardly to
fight and too lazy to work.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

Wilson's note to the kaiser is very much like the slken
rope which the Japanese emperor amiably sends to a subject,
who needs no instructions as to how to use it, .-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
WEe. U.0.P "a. QWl


IN MY friends room.
AND READING about it.
AND I loo. at my friend.
AND HE'S pale.
AND HANDS me HIS paper.
AND POINTS to an al.
AND I look at it.
AND IT'S Of an undertaken,
THANKING THE public.
FOR THEIR stauncn support.
AND COOPERATION.
AND IT'S quite cheerful.
AND THE man who wrote it,
SEEMED TO be slaG,
HE WAS doing so well.
AND JUST then.
THE NURSE came In.
AND SAID to my friend,
HERE'S ARTHUR again"
AND MY friend SAID,
HERES ARTHUR wnatT"
AND THE nurse said.
OUR
AND THEY both laughed.
AND I laughed.
AND INHALED the cloth
THAT WAS over my face.
AND THE nurse took IT off.
AND I left.
WITH THE page Of the paper.
THAT HAD the ad.
FROM THE happy undertaken.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

In three months time the British have taken $4,000 Ger
man prisoners. In the days OF old an army half this size was
considered large.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

Our ancestor Who used drip candles or iightood knots.
never worried abb the current being turned off.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

The American Expeditonary force is doing some exploring
topographers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

The Americans have occupied the Billie Joyeusc farm. The
name sounds good. They should keep Il
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

Norwegian scientists are trying to learn il sounds accom-.
pany the aurora boreaEs. How dull it must be to be neutral
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

When a nation discovers that it can no longer fight. il
should quit. Why take unnecessary punishment?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

The wise man will also put aside a little coal and kindling
for a rainy day.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

Foch is the conductor on the through limited train to Berlin.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
(upOoe Spo RTS

mS,nG TO NIL NC NEW CoOk
IoN tt<R First DAI ~ ~oue
Jo,nT just wHCVE ne
lNtef HCEVS EGtHNhNG-.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-01
REALLY A CENTENARIAN.

Tobias w. Staiar, of Owenton
whose death occurred in Washing
ton seems actually to have been,
by proof of incontestable records,
101 years old. 1t is common thin,
to see reports Of the death of CEN
tenarians, but usually they are
"Uncles," white or colored, who are
locally regarded as very old, but
whose age was known and recorded,
as were other dates, such as his
marriage. His was a singularly sue
cessful and happy life as well as q
long one. No formula for longevity
accompanies the report of his death
but we assume that he lived long
because he lived temperately, inter-
estedly and contentedly, getting a
great deal out of life without violat
ing natures laws and mourning the
natural penalties.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-01
SAVE THE BATTERY.

The following hint for saving
the battery and getting easier start
ing is suggested by w. H. Cole in
the February issue of MOTOR. The
hint is especially valuable during
the cold weather, when the grease
or heavy oil in the transmission has
become thick and stiff.
when the gear shift lever is in
neutral and the engine is running,
gears in the transmission are re-
volving. The same is true when
operating the starter. 1t requires
considerable force to turn these gears
through thickened grease, force
which is an unnecessary drain upon
your battery. Simply holding out
the clutch during the operation of
your starter prevents all motion be-
hind the flywheel, thus taking load
off the battery which during the
winter is overworked at best. To
prove this to yourself, some cold
morning shortly after starting your
motor, place your gear shift lever
in neutral, hold the clutch out, and
throttle down your engine till it Is
just turning over. Then quickly
let your clutch in. In many cases
the engine will stall, due to the in.
creased force required to turn the
gears in the transmission"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-01
ONE DOSE RELIEVES
A COLD-NO QUININE
"Pape's Cold Compound" Ends Bad
Colds or Grippe in a
Few Hours.
Relief comes instantly.

Relief comes instantly.
A dose taken every two hours un.
til three doses are taken will end
grippe misery and break up a severe
cold either in the head, chest, body
or limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages in the head,
stops nasty discharge or nose run
ming, relieves sick headache, dull
ness, feverishness, sore throat, sneez-
ing, soreness and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed up! Quit blow
ing and snuff1ing! Ease your throb-
bling head! Nothing else in the
world gives such prompt relief as
"Pape's Cold Compound" which
costs only few cents at any drug
store. 1t acts without assistance
tastes nice, and causes no inconven-
fence. Be sure to get the genuine
(ady)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-01
DESTRUcTOE or RICAN
PROPERTY BY ENEMIES.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81" In
the nine months OF war enemy in
cendiaries have destroyed
$50, 100000 worth of property in
this country. This includes NUM-
tions factories, grain elevators, stock
yards, oil property, marine proper
ties and other industries vital to war
efficiency"
This startling statement was made
by Richard M. Hurd, Chirman of the
Board of Trustees Of the American
Defense Society, who announced that
the society had asked for a hearing
to oppose the application of certain
fire insurance companies in neutral
countries of Europe to do business
in the United States.
The society says it has evidence
that disguised enemy insurance COM
panies are obtaining information of
great value to Germany and trans
hitting it to that country
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
recently deprived several alien COM
panies of the right to do business in
this country at the instance of the So
ciety, but it is said the concerns have
found ways of circumventing the pro-
hibition.
For instance, the society reports
that since the dissolution of the
enemy companies in this country six
new insurance companies, capitalized
at $6,000,000 have been formed in
Norway, with the probability that
their capital is largely German
money" says the society.
These companies are licensed in
the United States and, according to
Hurd, have access through state and
national boards of fire underwriters
to information of great value.
One state board, the society points
out, informs these companies that at
a specified pier of a specified rail-
road 1.-THE name being given in all
cases) there are daily four carloads
of dynamite and each week (the day
being specified) a carload of small
arms ammunition. Another reports
that on railroad Q, station z, at an
open platform about 5000 feet from
Blank avenue bridge, north, there
are seven cars a week of explosives,
Including loaded projectiles.
Hurd's estimate of the damage
done by alien incendiaries was sac
cording to the table prepared by the
National Board of Fire Underwriters.
and so far little progress has been
made in running the enemy in
eendiary to earth. There is not a
single industry in this country es-
sential to war efficiency which has
not suffered"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-01
BAD COLD QUICKLY BROKEN UP

Mrs. Martha Wilcox, Gowanda, N.
Y, writes: II first used Chamber
fain's Cough Remedy about eight
years ago. At that time I had a
hard cold and coughed most of the
time. 1t proved to be just what I
needed. 1t broke up the cold in a
few days. and the cough entirely
disappeared. I have told many of
my friends Of the good I received
through using this medicine, and all
who have used it speak Of it in the
highest terms" Obtainable every
where.
(adv-jan)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-01
BACKACHE IS A WARNING.
Paris People Should Not Neglect
Their Kidneys.

Backache is often natures most
FREQUENT signal of weakened Kid
neys. To cure the pains and aches,
to remove the lameness when it
arises from weakened kidneys, you
must reach the cause.-the kidneys.
If you have pain through the small
of your back, urinary disorders
headaches, dizzy spells, or are nerv-
Gus and depressed, start treating
the kidneys with tested remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills have been
proved good and are especially Tor
weak kidneys. Doan's have been
used in kidney trouble for over 81
years. Read Paris testimony.
Floyd H. Rankin, grocer, Lilies
ton avenue and Lucas street, says:
at have used Doan's Kidney Pliis
off and on for years and have been
greatly benefited. At times l nave
suffered severely with kidney COM
plant. My back often panied me
and was lame most all the time. The
kidney secretions were too frequent
in passage and greatly annoyed me-
Whenever 1 have been this way.
hox of Doan's Kidney Pills mas
never failed to cure me OF the at
tack in short order" =.
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the sam:
that Mr.. Rankin had. Foster-Mi-
burn Co., Mfrs, Buffalo. N. T..
s2sY.s eaus'
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-01

State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County. IS.

State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, IS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of
F. ]. Cheney & Co., doing business
in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of HALLS CATARRH MEDI-
CINE. ,
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscrib-
ed I'm my presence, this 9Th day of
December, A. D., 1886,
A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken
internally and acts through the blood
on the mucous Surfaces of the sys-
tenn. Send for testimonials. free.
r. ]. CHENEY e CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipa,
ton.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-01
E. C.TIME.TARLE

NO. TRAINS ARRIVE FROM
Frankfort KY, Daily Sunday.
Frankfort Daily Elk Sunday.
TRAINS DEPART FOR ---s.s
Frankfort, Ky, Daily Ex Sunday.
Frankfort. KY, Daily Elk sundG