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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-03
| MRS. anna HAWKS
WRITER OF HYMNS,
DEAD IN VERMONT
Author of u Need Thee Every
Hour Was SO Years Old,

BENNINGTON. VI. Jan. B. Mrs.
Anna Sherwood Hawks, author OF many
iamou, gospel hymns, including. Il
Need Thee Every Hour" died at her
home here today at the age OF 80.
Biographical.
With the death of the celebrated
Fanny Crosby some time ago Mr>.
Anna Sherwood Hawks wa, left a,
perhaps the last Of the noted writer's o'
the gospel hymn, OF the past hall ccp-
tury.
From her fourteenth year. when her
first bit Of verse wa, published in a
newspaper iu Troy n Y. she devoted
a large part OF her long lie to the pro-
duction Of poems and hymns. or her
hymns which came into common use. the
hest known is, 81 Need Thee Every
Hour" which is said to have been
translated into more foreign languages
than any other modern hymn
First Written in 1903
Her first hymns were written in 1893.
at the suggestion OF her pastor Dr.
Robert Lowry who set several Of them
TO music
Not long before her death Mr.,
Hawks thus described the writing OF her
most famous hymns
81 remember well the morning many
years ago when in the mId't,oi the
daily cares Of my home / was So filled
with sense OF ncame,s TO the Master
that, wondering how one could live
without Him either IN joy or pain these
words, I Need Thee Every Hour, were
flashed into my mind Seating myself
by the open window in the balmp air y
the bright June day, caught my pencil,
and the words were soon committed 10
paper almost as they are being sung
now.
Then Became Popular
at was only by accident. as it would
seem, that they were set to music a
few months later and sung for the first
time at Sunday school convention held
in one Of the large western cities From
there they were taken further west and
sung by Thousands OF voice, before the
echo came back to me
Among other hymns Of which she
was the author are "Thc Cross fDr
lcsuS." Good Night" "Why Wccncst
Thou. "Wholl Be the Nest to Follow
Jesus, and "lu the Valley
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-03
By MAJOR Donald M McRae.
CHAPTER \

n the preceding chapter had out
| lnod how a man with a signal lamp
had been stationed on craSNier OBJ
Scr,auon post to help our artillery give
a little surprise party to the Bochc,
who had a sap and listening post lust
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-03

into action expert knOwIsdss and
ability far beyond the demands OF
civil life.
Copyright, 1917. by Major D. ".
McRae)
Go be continued Saturday,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-03

below our tower
With the stage
property set and
darkness settling
down an infantry
officer CTawlcd
out 10 the new
observation post
and gave the wire
a few tugs to sec
# the signal man
was ON the loh
The signal man
tuGrcd back inrc
,pon,c and swung
his light to the
artillery observer.
who I'm turn as
,urcd lnn that
everything was in
working order
We did not
have long to wait
for te,gi,pu,,uts
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-03
TAG YOUR SHOVEL

Schools Reports Indicate That Day
viii Be Marked by Great Pa
triotic FSrvor.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
Football In China.

The Chinese, first as they were In
many things, were first in the field
with that winter pastime we regard
as peculiarly our own-football. They
played football from very early times,
ut first with q ball stuffed with hair,
but from the fifth century with an In
aated bladder covered with leather.
Even in the earliest days the game
had It's own litera ture, giving the tech
meal names and positions Of the play
ers and enumerating at least seventy
different varieties of kicks; but per-
haps the most striking matter so re-
corded was that concerning the re-
ward of the players: "The winners
were rewarded with flowers, fruit and
wine; and even with silver bowls and
brocades; while the captain Of the los
Ing team was fiogged and suffered
other indignities."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
"War Time"

A novel memento of the great war is
a clock, which is made from munitions
-botE enemy and allied-collected on
the Somme battlefield by soldier,
who afterwards used them for this
purpose. The body of the clock is
German shellcase, and German cart
ridges form the legs. Of the three
cartridges on top of the timepiece, the
two outside are German, and the one
grazing the center French, while the
two small ornaments between these
are Belgian bullets. The side orna-
ments are made from Verey-light
cases, pierced to aGmit of a British
cartridge projecting through the top.
The pendulum consists Of five
French bullets, and the figures and
hands are bent to shape from copper
wire taken from German trenches.
To complete the whole, the clock
movement inside Is also Of German
make, and, after necessary repairs, is
found to be entirely adequate.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
Checks Little Used In France.

Checks are not much used and are
seldom accepted in France. There Is
but little attempt to identify the payer
Of a check and anyone who either
makes out or accepts On order to pay
does so at his peril. The public tax
collector will have none Of tn %, and
the taxpayer has to stand in line with
bis bank bills In the back yard or in the
garrett Of the precepteur, or else ne
must go to jail for nonpayment. He
cannot send q check. There is no clear
ing house In Paris. Banks settle their
accounts with one another by sending
uniformed messengers, who carry cash
through the streets and who stand In
line before the cashiers windows
waiting to get their exact change
John n. Anderson in Century Maya
zine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
WASP MUST HAVE REASONED
Case on Record Where Insect Used
Stone as Hammer to Pound Dirt
More Firmly.

So far as known, Only one small in.
sect-a wasp of the sphex family
among the millions Of creatures belong.
ing to q lower order than man, has
ever employed the aid of tool t. &C.
complish q desired result. The mother
wasp of this family digs tunnel In
the ground, deposits her egg in 1t and
provides a caterpillar stung to death
or to q condition Of paralysis for her
baby to feed on when Matched. The
grub subsists upon the caterpillar IN
I'll it passes through the pupa stage
into the perfect winged insect. Then
1t digs its way out of the tunnel and
begins its life above ground as
wasp.
But after the mother wasp has made
It's tunnel, and deposited the egg, 1t
finishes it's task by ramming down pei
lets Of earth, little stones, etc., into the
mouth of the tunnel. This is the race
habit of these waspS. It is recorded
on undoubtcd authority that one in
ventive mother, when the mouth of the
tunnel was covered to level with the
rest of the ground about it, brought
q quantity of fine grains of dirt to
the spot, and picking up small peb-
bic in her mandibles, used 1t as ham
mer in pounding them down with rapid
strokes, thus making the spot as firm
and as hard as the surrounding sur
face. Then she departed, brought more
dirt, picked up the pebble again and
used it as q hammer, as before.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
Old City of Timgad.

Timgad is an ancient Roman city,
forgotten and buried on the slopes Of
the Aures mountains. The desert
winds heaped the market places and
ruined streets with shifting sand; the
jackals and birds Of prey made the
stately forum, with its crumbling COL
umns, their haunts and hunting
grounds. For centuries Timgad lay de-
serted and forgotten, unvisited except
by occasional wandering caravans.
In recent years, however, the city
has been partially restored and exca-
waited by French architects and arch
eologists. The columns Of the facade
of the capitol have been regretted;
the sand cleared from the mosaic floors
of the ruined baths, whose colOrs are
as fresh and bright as In the old days
Of Roman splendor. The arch CT Ira
ian over one Of the two main streets
stands as it did in the days Of the
great emperor, the founder Of the city.
The amphitheater, typically Roman,
held at least 1000 spectators in the
days when gladiatorial combats were
considered respectable.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS EVIL
Disastrous Results to the Ecrlj Fai.
lowed the Close LnHir.j OF
Diplomacy and TraGc.

Familiar enough throughout Il.
Orient were the disillusioned drum
mers, cursing the heat in Kipling's tic
ton, slipping their brandy-pegs ana
waiting for the local raja to liquidatf
his bills. The last important figure Il
this stage of the relation Of the west.
ern trade to eastern potentates was
that nonentity Abdul Aziz Of Morocco
important, because diplomacy ana
trade at last faced the logical end OF
their evil partnership. Once, II is said,
he met q camel caravan bearing his
most recent consignment OF pianos
THROUGH the desert. The sultan ordered
a grand to be set up in the sands,
struck a few notes and gallCped away
on his caparisoned Barb. The Stein
way remained a landmark for cara
vans until the Arab overcarne his su-
Derstition and broke 1t up for firewood.
All of which was romance Of kind
that inspired musical comedies, rcVolV-
ing around the glorifled drummer as
the power behind the throne, and his
fabulous contracts. But there were re-
wards more epochal than picturesque
rs result of this effort to hustle the
east. In Asia the story became famli-
Jar enough. 1t soon found an ugiler
SEQUEL in Africa. The treasure trove
of Aladdin was exhausted in the
scrambles for concessions; the flag fol
lowing trade soon outstripped 1t; and
the rest is merely the "haut politique'
that eliminated In the world war
w. G. Thickom-Fernandez' in Aisle
Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
ArIstotle's Prescription.

A balsam for every i'll, an ease for
every ache, is translated by Steele
from the "Secretum Secretorum," sup
posed to have been written by the
philosopher Aristotle for his pupil,
Alexander the Great. The concoction
consists of juices Of various fruits
boiled down and seasoned with musk,
ambergris and aloes, various highly
expensive oils sailed literally with
powdered pearls. rubies, sapphires,
amethysts, emeralds, gold, etc., all be-
ing guarded by appropriate magical
precautions.
Alexander, however, died at an early
age from excessive imbibing, not OF
the delectable mixtures prescribed by
his mentor, but Of the juice Of the
grape.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
Great Home Army.

More than 100000 boys and girls
were reached through club work last
year, according TO compilation re-
Gently made by the United. States &c
partment of agriculture, which super
vises this work in cooperation with
state agricultural colleges. OF this
number approximately $4,000 made
complete reports, which show that
they produced and conserved products
amounting to S1O,oo0O00. In the SO
Northern and Western states S4O,6oo
boys and girls were enrolled. Of TINS
number 160.e25 made complete reports
and produced and conserved products
valued at $3,700,000. In the South
there were 1875 boys enrolled IN
the regular work, who produced prod
.ucts valued at S4,500,0O0, and 1856
girls, who produced and conserved
products valued At S1,500,OOO. In the
emergency clro work in the South the
club leaders reached over 100000 boys
and approximately 100000 girls, who
nro.adced and conserved products vel
aed at more than S4,0O0,00O.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
EXERCISE OF WILL NEEDED
No Reason Why Women Should Not
Obtain a Maximum of Physical
Strength and Power.

Women can obtain greater physical
strength and power so soon as they
determine to do so, and adopt diff
ferent mode Of living. There is abso-
lutely nothing in the woman's organi-
cation that forbids 1t, as we are finding
out more and more daily. Many young
women are too lazy to grow strong.
They cannot walk dozen blocks, OF
do anything that calls for the slight
est physical strength. Why? Because
there Is any inherent quality in the
wohan's body forbidding it? Not at
all Because they never have done 1t.
There is no other reason on earth.
: The women who are growing strong
er mentally and physically can smile
at the DIRECTORS who tell them they
cannot do this or that, and answer by
doing what they are accused Of being
incapable of doing. But the more tim
i'd and younger ones, who yet hesitate
to venture into new fields Of activity
in the face of opposition and ridicule,
need the assistance Of professional
opinion and the encouragement Of
those who have gone before-Montreal
Herald.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
NOT WISE TO GO HUNGRY
Writer Criticizes the "No-Breakasr"
Fad Which Still Retains a Hold
on Some People.

A few years ago someone started
boom for the breakfastless day as con-
ducive to longevity. know persons
Who have chung stubDornly to this abb
surdity, Meredith Nicholson writes IN
tie Yale Review. The despicahle habit
contributes to domestic unsociablhty
AMI is, am cc:.vinrrd By my own eI-
periments, detrimental 20 heal;h. me
chief business of the world IS t:ti1S-
acted In the morning hours, end ain
reluctant to believe that it is most
successfully done on empty stomachS.
Fasting as a spiritual discipline is or
oourse, quite another thing, but last
ng by tired business man under med-
cal compulsion can hardly be lifted
20 the plane Of things spiritual. 10
inlete breakfast from the days pro-
ram is sheer coward!ce, n COR
.csslon Of invalidism which Is well
calculated to reduce the powers or
assistance. The man who begins the
day with a prescription that sets him
qpart from his neighbors may VEN
IRE into the open jauntily persuad-
ina himself that his abstinence proves
his superior qualities; but in his heart,
70 say nothing Of his stomach, he
Knows that he has been guilty Of
sneaking evasion. If he were a nor
nal, healthy being he would not be
sl7ulking out of the house breakfast
less. Early rising, a prompt response
20 the breakfast bell joyous break
Ing Of the nights fast, is rite not to
be despised in civilized homes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
URGES STICKING TO BUSINESS
Physician Asserts That Too Early Re-
tirement of Successful! Business
Men Is a Mistaken Policy.

To old men who are thinking of re-
firing from active business DR.. WIZ
liam J. Robinson, editor of the Medl.
cal Critic and Guide, gives the cele'
brated advice once rendered by
Punch ito young people about to
marry" namely, Don't" The coun-
sci often given to those of advancing
years, even by physicians, to take
things "easier," to give up this and
give up that-in short, to lead a dull
empty, vegetable existence, is unquai-
ifiedly bad, Doctor Robinson thinks,
although, of course, there are exces'-
lions and special cases. He writes:
can old man with very high blood
pressure-i. e., high for his age
should not engage in business which
Is likely to cause him great excite
ment and throw him in fits of anger;
and a man who is showing symptoms
of senile dementia should not be in
trusted with important affairs; but,
generally speaking, there is no rea-
son why a man should give up his
work or narrow the circle Of his in
terests, merely because he has ceie-
hrated the SEVENTEEN Or eightieth an
niyersary of his birthday. sThe gen
eral condition of the man, his fitness,
should be the criterion, AMI not MS
age in wears. We all know that some
people at sixty are actually older
than some are at seventy or eighty.
'The advice to old men to retire
has sometimes, if followed, very als-
ostrous consequences. A man OF sew
enty or eighty is attending TO MS pro-
fession or business in satlSiacIoF!
manner, and he feels well. suddenly
he decides or is advised TO retire ana
take things easy for the rest OF ms
DAYS. He does-and in few weeks
or months that man is q physical or
mental wreck and ruin. AS long as
he kept up his mental interests ne
was all right. \ sudden change, q
sudden vacuum, might say, perhaps
the pernicious subconscious feeling
that now it is all over for him-aii
that contributed TO the disaster And
it is not the physical change so much
as the mental that is the important
factor. l, for one, am sure that men
tai activity, mental interest has a
life-nrolonging influence, because
mental activity stimulates many, j
not all, Of our vital processes. 1t is
not mental work that ever kills; II
is worry that does it, and even It's
baneful influence has been greatly ex-
aggerated. We know Of octogena-
rians whose lives have been one round
of trouble"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
A Super-Word.

The recent vogue of the word "some"
as On adjective, in a sense FOR which
there is absolutely no synonym In the
dictionary, has been the despair OF
many a parent and pedagogue. ''The
language is being pauperized," they
cry. Nonsense. 1t would be nearer
the mark to say it is being vitalized
Watch q healthy schoolboy when ne
tells you he has just come from
some" ball game, and you will per
ceiye that the offending word has
ceased to be mere linguistic sign nnd
has become a kinetic current within
the body, q movement of the spirit.
Some word, 1t A true supcr-word, IL
fact. Philosophize on it-and on the
kindred subject of slang-and you may
discover why, when a mans vocabu'
larry begins to expand, his powers o.
expression are generally on the wene
Harold Goddard in the Atlantic.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
CHARITY WELL WORTH WHILE
How Tennessee Community Built
House and Presented 1t to Poor
but Deserving Widow.

You are all familiar with the story
of "the house that Jack built" But L
wish to tell you of a house that neigh
bors built in a small town in the South,
says a writer in Christian Herald.
II was obvious to this community
that if a certain family only had q
home, they could be self-supporting;
while, as it was, every cent they earned
went for rent.
Two kind. practical men took the
matter up and ev2l';cd a plan whereby
such q home could be made by small
contributions, no burden being placed
on any one. Personal calls were be-
Gun, and help solicited, consisting OF
money, material CT labor. SO hearty
was the response that within month
lot was purchased, then three-r0Om
house with two porcfos was erected,
Cuthouscs for COW and chickens were
built. q garden fenced, and Il well
bored, with windlaS3 sci up. Good ma
tcriai was used concrete foundation,
md brick f'ue and chimney. The lot
had been set III fruit trees when
bought, so there Was a rca1y-made or
chard. An;9 when the painter was
through with the buildings an insur-
ance agent gave thr"c-y"ar policy in
case of fire. Every bit Of the labor
was voluntary work.
The most eager helpers, however,
were the men who went in wagons tc
move the family home. The matter
had been kept secret from them, an"
you can imagine. their surprise and JOY.
They were q little hl&ck-eycd widow
and three children, whom misfortune
had pursued relent!Hssly for many $40
months. In their new home they Wcr' =
very happy, and this made it ali in
mensely worth while.
Now this didn't happen just befor
Thanksgiving or Christmas, but durin"
the blazing hot days of midsummer.
when sunny" Tennessee was burr
ing reality.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
INSCRIPTION ON F!SH'S TAIL
Mystery 20 F.atives of Zanzibar
Though Scientists Say 1t Is Moth
, ina Much OFT Of the Ordinary.

A strange 1::.h was recently caught
at Zanzibar with Arabic characters
upon its tail. The fish was not on
of large haul, but was caught by d
single fisherman, who brought 1t to the
fish market. There it remained for
some time having no purchaser, as i;
was q strange fish and one that haG
never been seen before In those wa
ters. Finally an Indian of the see
called "Memen" purchased it and, on
the strange markings being noticed II
was taken to a widely-knoWn Aral
scholar, who, deciphered the inscrip
ton. It was afterWard taken to the
sultan, who also recognized the word
ing.
That night 1000 rupees was Offered
for the fish and refused, and on tho
following day 5000 rupees was re-
fused, according to Scientific Amer
lean. The original price paid for tho
fish was pice (about 8 cents) and ii
was eventually decided to have 1t pre-
served. For this parpose it was taken
to the government laboratory, where II
was treated with fOrmaline. 1t has
since been placed on public exhibition.
There are two distinct inscriptions
on the tail, one on each side. On the
one side it reads 'Laillaha 1llalah''
("There is no God but Allah'') and on
the other "Shani Allah" GA warning
sent from Allah"). There is no sus.
picion Of anything in the nature Of
fake about the matter and the mystery
Is so complete that no explanation OF
the strange phenomenon is forthcom-
ing. The Arabic lettering is perfectly
plain and the discovery has caused
wonderment throughout the Moham-
mcdan community Of Zanzibar.
It was identified as holacanthus
semicirculatus, GUY. ct VAL, a widely
distributed Indo-Pacifc species OF
chaetontidae. An authority on zoology
considers the markings as falling with
In the limits Of normal variation Of the
species.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
Many People Eat Worms.

The use of insects for food is re
ceiving considerable attention. The
new gospel is being preached widely
but, we fear, into deaf ears. The
American public does not seem to take
kindly to an insect. And yet crat:,
and Holsters, which are eaten joyous,
ly, are classed by geological. science as
near insects" And, If the truth
must be told, little creatures still NOR,
savory than insects are partaken Of
by our disdainful population--worms.
Americans eat worms quite generally.
Sometimes they are conscious Of it ant
sometimes not. All agree, however
that the worms are very fay0ry. They
are, of course, the perfectly authentic
worms that come in Rocquefort anG
other cheeses.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
"Stockinq Room" for Banks.

Has your bank a stocking room?
The Security bank Of Oakland, Cal,
couldn't sell Liberty bonds without
theirs. Here is how 1t works:
Mrs. Oaklander enters. II want to
buy a Liberty bond, please"
"All right; sign here" says the
pleasant bank clerk.
After this the good woman hesitates,
bushes. She makes wavering passes
and then looks around with hunting
and hunted look.
The pleasant bank clerk knows the
symptoms and politely inquiries:
"Woaid you like to use the stocking
room?"
Mrs. Oaklander retires to the little
side room and makes a run on "the
first national bank"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-16
Canadian Emphasis.

BY the bye, don't be shocked by our
damning and swearing. 1t doesn't mean
the same in Canada as it does over
here. It's natural to us. In Canada
everyone swears. My little boyle was
six years Of age at the time-was
swearing one day in the kitchen and
the cook told him If he was not care
full his teeth would drop out. He looks
up at her-only six years Of age, mind
you-and says, "Daddg's teeth haven't
dropped out" What do you think of
that?-Gen. Alec McDougall, Canadian
Forestry Corps, in London Chronicle
Interview.