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The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
WOMAN DETECTS SPY
Postal Censor Caught First One
in England.
Became Suspicious Of Letter and Hun
Later Was Hun
Down.

London.--How the first German spy
In England after the outbreak Of the
world war was detected through let
ter which fell into the hands Of a
woman postal censor has just been
disclosed.
Il was suspicious Of his letter when
! first saw 1t" she declared. 1.-THE
writing was In lines half an inch apart.
I could discover nothing wrong, how
ever, until I noticed a peculiar little
mark, almost indistinguishabIe, at the
bottom Of a page. l could not explain
IT. Experiment proved that it had
been made by invisible ink. The Wis
ible writing was innocent itself, but
the invisible writing told of move
ments of ships and soldiers, Of fOrti-
fications and docks. The letter wound
up with Tomorrow Dublin. To
Dublin the Hun went and his letter
from Ireland was further evidence Of
his guilt. He was caught on arrival
in London and his execution followed"
According to government officials
women have been far quicker in spot
ting spies than men, many instances
being recorded in which woman's in
tuition has led to experiments which
have produced startling results.
Until recently the postal censor en-
ployed $500 women and 1000 men.
They, were fluent in "a languages.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
FORCED TO DO GOOSE STEP
American Soldiers, Headed by Bands,
Paraded Through Towns by
German Captors.

Winchester, England.-"H Headed by
bands, they paraded bunch of US
Americans, barefooted, through towns,
forcing rs to do the goosestep."
That was the experience of Edward
A. Patenaude of New Haven, Conn,
of the One Hundred and Second in
fantry, who arrived at the American
rest camp here from Danzig, via a
Danish Red Cross ship. He was cap
tured in April with 1872 other Ameri-
cans at Seicheprey.
"The Germans tore my gas-mask off
while we were still in the German
lines and took my shoes from nae. The
Americans went days without a bath.
There were facilities for bathing, but
the Germans simply wanted to be
mean and kept us from being Clean"
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
Make the Minutes Worth While.

Weak characters yield the future to
the passing minute. And you can't tell
them about it. The best way to make
people dislike you is to be constantly
reminding them Of the use of time.
Each man prides himself in being his
own boss, but coming days will give
the lie to that little fiction that we can
use the present in frivolity and reap
glory In the future. The trouble with
most of us is that we have the wrong
idea of pleasure. We find it only in lev
ity and nonsense. This Is bore to
the man of brains. Minutes that do
not contribute something worth while
to life are counted lost. He finds joy
only in what adds to greater fitness
and develops the brOadest character.
Exchange.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
PUT IT OVER ON BARRIERS
TonsoriaI Artists In Cleveland Suburb
Are Victims Of Joke They
Do Not Relish.

Cleveland, O.-Some one played a
joke on the four BARRIERS OF Berea, a
suburb of Cleveland, a joke they do
not relish, recently.
Haircuts went to 40 cents there re
Gently and shaves to 20 cents. Then
posters appeared announcing that a
new shop would open which would
cut these prices to 30 and 10 cents.
The four old stands promptly an
nounced a cut to % and 10 cents, eff
fectiye the day Of the opening Of the
new shop.
The day the new place was to have
opened two clothing dummies appear
ed in its window with sign around
their necks: ave had lots of fun. Did
the other four?'
Prices are still 40 and 20 cents.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
The TANGO.

The tango is dance of Mexican
origin, which Us supposed to initiate
the actions Of the negroes, 1t has
the same rhythm as the Spanish ha-
banera, but is played must faster, and
is worked up faster and faster,
till it ends like the dances Of the
modern ballet dances. Sometimes it
has five notes in the melody to four
In the accompaniment, and vice versa
and its peculiar harmonic progress
sions give 1t weird fascination that
has much to do with its popularity.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
Start a scrau Book.

A good joke never grows old. Like
wine, time serves to improve it; and
so it is with all things worth while.
The scrap book occupied a prominent
place on the reading table in years
gone by a1d it is going 20 come back
again, for it stands in a class by it.
self. No other volume ever gripped
and held its readers as did this keep
sake of almost-fOrgotten days, and no
book of the present, no matter what
its theme or who its author may be,
will delight and really thrill ones own
family and friends as will a scrap
book made up Of the happenings of to-
day.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
Scientific Rose Growing.

An authority states that a drst-class
rose grower receives about as much
pay as the average college professor,
and that his knowledge, as a rule costs
him about as much. The 1emand for
roses in the large cities mas given rise
to a new specialist-the man who
knows how to raise beautiful buds,
with long, strong stems. Skill is re-
quired to grow them wei, and scien-
tic attainment of nigh order is
needed to produce cut flowers of the
first grade.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
CHANGES IN LIVING COST
SINCE SIGNING ARMISTIcE

Boston, May 6.-The cost Of liv-
ing for American wage earners de-
cline less than per cent, during the
period from the signing of the ar
mistice to the first week Of March,
1919, according to a preliminary
statement issued here by the National
Industrial Conference Board. In
March, 1919, the cost of living was
still approximately go to 65 per cent.
above the pre-war level, as contrasted
with an increase of 65 to 10 per
cent in November, 1918, and of SO
to 55 per cent. in June, 1918, as
brought out by the boards two pre-
vious studies on the subject.
Changes since November, 1918, in
the average cost Of different items
entering into the budget were:
All items, 2.8 per cent decrease.
Food, "A per cent decrease.
Shelter, II per cent increase.
Clothing, 6.2 per cent decrease.
Fuel, heat and light, 1.3 per cent
increase.
Sundries, no change.
For the entire period July, 1914
March, 1919, the increases in the re-
spective items were:
All items, 61.3 per cent.
Food, rs per cent.
Shelter, % per cent.
Clothing, 81 per cent.
Fuel, heat and light, 81 per cent.
Sundries, 55 per cent.
In estimating the change in the
budget as a whole the constituent
items have been given the following
relative Importance: Food, AZ per
per cent of the total; shelter, 10 per
cent; clothing IS per cent; fuel, heat
and light, 6 per cent; sundries, 20
per cent. ....-.-, ID. ..,..,,-.
These percentages are averages of
the actual expenditures of several
thousand families, based on the re-
suits of Investigations by authoritative
agencies. While families differ in
the apportionment of their incomes
among the separate budget items, the
distribution of normal families does
hVI vary WiuSAJ AIOH IucSe averages.
Hence, with any reasonable allo-
cation of items in the budget, chang
es in the total cost of living are fair
ly uniform, and an estimate of 60 to
sixty-fve per cent increase between
July, 1914 and March, 1919, is broad
ly representative. 1t should be en-
phasized, however, that conditions
among different families in different
sections Of the country may at times
necessitate slight revision of these
averages to make the applicable in
specific cases.
This is especially true in the case
of rents. With the data here given,
however, the estimates can easily be
modified to meet local conditions.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
MUST BE ATTICS SOMEWHERE
Possibly They Differ From Those Of
an Earlier Generation, But They
Are Not All Gone.

An eastern newspaper laments the
passing of the attic. The modern
home is without this historical mu-
scum of the family And as for the
flat-why, the attic OF the fat is a
miserable little stOreroOm in the base
ment. Where the attic once flour.
ished in the old-fashioned mansion
with the clock on the stairs, there is
now luxurious suite for the cook, or
for the boys. And the walls have pa
per with pink roses on it, and there is
plumbing and all that sort Of thing.
Where are the trivial fond records Of
the family's long or recent past now
keptl
In this section OF the country we
take heart Of grace. A sale to aid the
cause Of woman suffrage reveals the
outpourlng, If not of the old familiar
attic, yet something that must have
taken its place-possibly the larger
and more frequent closet with win
dow in it."
The attic may go, but the attic
spirit remains. Somebody In the world
somewhere wants these things. They
come out and are snapped up" II
there is no attic in the modern house
there must be something that CORE
spends to It. Is it a big closet some
or is there a room at the top
that still gathers the odds and ends3-,
Minneapolis Journal.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
AniIine In a Piqment.

To detect the presence of aniline in q
pigment little of the color is laid upon
a piece of letter paper, and a drop Of
spirit poured upon it. If the pig
ment contains an anillne dye, the pa
per will be cOlOred right through by
1t while pure pigment win not al.
ter the shade of the paper and will
under no circumstances penetrate it
Popular Science Monthly.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
Figuring Weight Of Ice.

A very close estimate of the weight
of any block of ice may be ascertaine0
by applying the following method:
The volume of the &c in cubic inches
is obtained by multiplying together the
three dimensions. Dividing the prod
uct by 80 gives the weight Of the &c
in pounds. For instance, If che block
is 10 by 10 by IL inches, is volume
is 1900 cubic inches; dividing this
product by 30 gives 10 pounds as the
correct weight of the tce.-Popllar
Science Monthly. ~
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
SEA CAPTAIN GIVEN MEDAL
Capt. William Finch Of the White Star
Line Honored by King George
for Brave Work.

v Boston. Hundreds Of marine friends
in this country OF Capt. William ("Fog-
lgy'') Finch Of the White Star line,
will be interested to learn that he is
the recipient Of the medal of the Brit
Ish empire, presented by the king for
brave work during the war. Captain
Finch weut down with the liner Ara
bic when she was torpedoed, but was
rescued. In command of the Adriatic
and Baltic, he transported thousands
OF American soldiers overseas.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
Carrots for Bad Temper.

A writer sounds the praises of car
'otS, which, ne says, are not only high
y nutritive and cheap and excellent
ioOd, but are also a specific for jeal-
cusy and bao temper! Persistent ear
ing Of boiled carrot he says, will
cure jealousy, melancholy, feelings. Of
wrath ana revenge; and, in short, the
carrot-eater will become In time easy
going, goOd-natured, and placidlg af-
fectiOnate. commend them espe-
ciaIy to the notice of wives who have
Jealous, Dad-tempered husbands. Give
rhem carrots instead of 'beansp"-
London Iit-Bits.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
Makers Of Heroes.

Emerson says, "Times of heroism are
GO rally times of terror" They show
true character. II seems that human
nature needs a test to show the stuff
It's made of. Spirits of heroic mold
often lie dormant until aroused by a
mighty challenge. 1t seems as though
there is some militarism of the soul
that waits the fife call and the meas
ure Of the drum beat. Not fear but
lack Of occasion keeps the latent might
unconscious of itself. But let the need
call and the sleeping giant rouses end
strides frayward to the dismay Of petty
puppets of annoyance.
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The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
~!
seashore and Mountain.

] have lived by the seashore and by
the mountains, No, am not going to
say which is best The one where
your place is Is the best for you. But
this difference there is: You can do
mesticate mountains, but the sea is
"ferae naturae.' You may have hut,
or know the owner of one, on the
mountain side; you see light half
way up its ascent in the evening, and
you know there Is home, and you
might share it. You have noted GER
tain trees, perhaps; you know the par.
ticular zone where the hemlocks look
so black in October, when the naples
and beeches have faded. All its reliefs
and intaglios have electrOtyped them
selves in the medallions that hang
round the walls Of your memory's
chamber. The sea remembers moth
lng.-HOlmes.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
Coolies Come in letters.

Wooster, O.-The tarantula which
escapes from bunch Of bananas and
terroriEes freight handlers or grocery
clerks is going to have rival In the
news columns II a recent incident in
the post Office here Ia any indication.
A large, active and hungry cootie
was discovered on the wrist Of clerk
handling soldiers mail from overseas.
4 apparently had sscepsa fOm one 81
the letters f'7e W.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
o,dtime Refrigeration.

Ice is said to have been first cut
and harvested for storage in 1905,
from a small lake near Cambridge in
Massachusetts. But the millionaires
of ancient Rome made snow serve the
same purpose. They got it from the
mountain SUBMITS and stored it in pits
covered with straw and earth.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
Difficulty of Eaahlon.

Before the clothes refOrmers abolish
mems vests they should consider we'll
the matter Of providing storage room
for watches, matches, eyeglasses, lead
pencils business cards, cigars, cigar
cites and few odds and ends, to say
nothing of the safety deposit pocket in
side the garment where the rural Wis,
itor keeps his currency.-Seattle Post.
In, 90 gencer.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
From Private to Major
in 5 Months Fl Days

Rochda1e, Mass.-Rising from
the ranks to major In the army
in a period of five months and
twenty-one days was the remark
able achievement Of J. H. Rog-
ers, of this town. Previous to
enllsting in the Coast Artillery
Rogers was treasurer Of a knife
manufacturing company here.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
CONCRETE NOSE
ON EAGLE BOATS
New Type Of War Graft Equipped
With Powerful Light
Guns.
CARRY CREW or EIGHTY MEN
Long, caunt Weapon Of War, Of All
Steel Construction, With the Ex-
ceptIon Of the Concrete Base
Vessel Is Compact.

Detroit, Mich.--A long, narrow
wedge, with steel-incased nose Of
solid concrete, tapered to a knifelike
edge, forming a considerable part Of
its total length of 204 feet, and de-
clared to be capable of crushing any
submarine is the Eagle, de-
signed originally to help rid the seas
of the menace of the German U-boats.
Contrary to popular belief, the
Eagle is not a mOtorboat, but an oil
burning, steam turbine-driven craft
with cruising radius of 5000 miles.
The Eagle is not thing of beauty !;
beauty was not contemplated in its
construction. 1t is long, gaunt
weapon of war, of all-steel construc-
ton, with the exception of the con-
crete nose.
Another popular impression that has
been shattered is an idea that the
Eagle boat is equipped with torpedo
tubes. The submarine chaser was
not intended to combat the major in
strumenr of German ruthlessness with
Its own weapons. 1t was designed to
depend rather upon it's maneuvering
qualities, its powerful light guns and
a new American invention for direct
ing Its fire at unseen objects.
Has Crew Of Eighty Men.
It's crew, including operating and
R0bffu0 oonanIananf nupnhoro onDrOx.
imately 80 men. To the observer, the
first impression of the Eagle boat is
one of wonder that craft so narrow
can possess buoyancy sufficient to keep
1t upright in heavy seas. Despite its
length Of more than an average city
block, the craft has beam of only 81
feet, and draws when fully equipped
less than ten feet of water.
It's seaworthiness has been demon
strated In the official trials, according
to reports to the navy department.
While it is admitted the Eagle does
not make the speed Of the average
destroyer, it is claimed that it can out
distance most submarines and the
razor-like edge of the bow silently
hut eloQuently tells what would have
happened had it come in contact with
the German undersea pirate.
Vessel Is Compact.
Built with utility as its prime pur-
pose, seemingly not an inch of space
is wasted in the fitting of the vessel,
and not an ounee of superfluOus
weight enters it's construction. When
dropped into the water ready for the
installation of its engines, guns, etc,
less than 200 tons of material have
been riveted together to shape the
Eagle boat.
The plates that form the shell of
the submarine chasers vary in thick
ness from one-fourth to three-efghths
inch, and not single forging or
rolled beam enters their makeup.
is pressed from sheet
metal, cold, by means Of machinery
that cuts every piece to an exact pat
tern, punches rivet holes and bends
the interior part to required shape.
Amidships rises the deekhouse,
topped by the pllot-hOuse, with radio
quarters, and above all the coming
tower, with the crows nest at the
highest point. Except for this super
the deck of the Eagle car
ries always the "stripped'for-actiOn"
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
TENNESSEE CENTRAL R. R.

12 leaves for Nashville at 7:15 a. M
IA leaves for Nashville at 4:15 p. m.
West Bound.
IL arrives from Nashville at 1925
a. m.
lis arrives from Nashville 500 p. m.
C. L. WADLINGTON, Agent.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
MONEY 10 LOAN

The Hopkinsville Building & Loan
Association (incorporated) is prepar-
ing to make loans on reasonable terms
to build, buy or improve homes in the
city. Apply to
GEO. c. LONG, President.
BAILEY RUSSELL, Treas.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
RAILROAD TINE SCHEDULE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL r. r.
North Bound

332 leaves at 5:35 a. m. for Prince
q ton, Paducah, Cairo and Evans
vile,
3O2 leaves at IL a. m. for Princeton,
connects for East and West.
324 leaves at sos for Princeton.
South Bound.
323 arrives at Princeton at 7:lO a.
m.
321 arrives from West at 4:10 p. m.
3O1 arrives from East and West at
6:45 p. m.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
|: FROM Brazil
TO-
lHOPK|NSV|LLE

Hopkinsville Coffee Co., IncOrpor-
ated, receives coffee direct, roasts
every day. Roasted coffee is cooked
food and should be Immediately US
ed to get full value Of aroma, taste
and strength.
Progress Efficiency : Economy
~ Telephone No. 800.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-05
CITY ITEMS

Miss Margaret Meehan. of Wallace
street, is spending few days in New
York City.
Landry De Mars, formerly an en-
p1oye of the water department, has
been discharged from military service
at Camp Devens. He will re-enter the
employ of the water department as
meter reader.
Dance tonight, Grange hall, Berlin.
Gibson String orchestra.-advt.
A delegation of mem bers of Isabella
Circle, n. D. of I attended a whist
and entertainment given in Bristol
last evening. The return trip to this
city was made in a special trolley from
the Bell City.
A supper will be served at o'clock
tomorrow evening at the Shuttle
Meadow club, to be followed by a
dance.
-Four days remain of Longs sale
New Britain herald., 1919-02-05
GERMANS PREPARE
FOR BIG SESSION
Scat Of Government Moves From Der
lin to Weinlar Tomorrow For
National Assembly,

Weimar, Feb. 8, (By the Asso ciated
transferring the German seat Of gov
eminent from Berlin to Weimar.
where the national assembly is to
meet Thursday. is expected to be wiz
tually completed tomorrow when
Count Brockdorff- Rantzau, the for
elgn secretary, will reach here. The
five members of the cabinet and the
executive officials under Chancellor
Ebert arrived today and established
quarters in the palace
The physical difficulties accompany
ing the task Of the temporary transfer
of the government here comprise
chiefly All apparent shortage of man
ual la borers willing to haul and car
ry baggage. The city has furnished
an over-supp1y Of candidates for posts
of honor, but the member of the gov
eminent have had to search diligently
for men willing to transfer the official
baggage from the station to the pal
ace.
However. the cabinet minus its of
fetal records and other documents
managed to hold an executive session
in the palace late today
The present government considers
that it's mandate expired with the
convenine Of the constituent assem-
bly, and it's first task will be to move
the immediate appointment of q new
coalition government, in the organiza-
ton of which party interests will be
eliminated.
The majority socialists will hold
their first, party caucus Tuesday
morning. The German democratic
faction will hold it's party meeting at
Erfurt, near here.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-05
KEEP FIT FOR HOME
rs ARMY SLOGAN
Order Designating Y. Nj. G. A. Physi-
cal Directors to Supervise the
Army Athletics Quoted.

Paris, Feb. 5.--GeneraI Pershingx
position regarding the Y. M. c. A.
management Of athletic activities in
the American Expeditionary Forces is
set forth in the following Army
Order:
THE Y. M. c. A. with the approval
of the Commander in Chief has or
ganized Department OF Athletics and
Is prepared to give every assistance
in the developm emit of general athle-
tics and the arrangement and manage
n1ent of competitions between military
units.
TT has q large mum Der of specially
trained physical directors in mass play
and other athletic activities now in
it ranks in France. One of these will
be attached to the staff of each divf-
sion and separate unit, and will be
designated in orders as the Divisional
Tor unit) Athletic Director, and under
supervision of the Division Athletic
Officer, will be charged with the RES
possibility for the arrangement.
management and general conduct OF
athletic activities throughout the
unit
In another section of the order, pro-
vision is made for Mass. Athletics and
Competitions for every possible man,
an all-point Company Athletic Cham
pionship and official A. z. +. cham
pionships in wide variety of sports.
Keep Fit for Home" is now the
slogan. If the period of dem obiIiza-
ton is not to be, as DIR. Mott has put
it, "a period of Generalization" for
many men; attractive constructive
physical activities must immediately
be substituted. To a certain degree.
a continuation of military drill will
meet the situation, but the games and
play, informal and competitive will be
found the best agency to meet the cab
for physical action
New Britain herald., 1919-02-05
OPPOSED TO EMBARGO
Both Republicans and Democrats At
tack Latest British Embargo On
Imports As Injurious to e. S.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Republicans
Joined in an attack on the latest
British mbargo on imports and call
ing attention to the effect it would
have on American industry. During
the discussion that followed, Senator
Reed of Missouri. democrat. attacked
the Carnegie peace foundations ac-
tivities abroad, questioned it's loyalty
and declared it should be dissolved.
Senator's Knox of Pennsylvania, re-
publican, and Ashurst of Arizona,
joined in the attack.
Senator Weeks of Massa chusetts
and Senators Lewis of Illinois, Smith
of Georgia and Reed of MISSOURI led
in protests against the British en-
barge.
Senator Weeks said he did aot
charge that the embargo was aimed
against the United States, but Senator
Lewis remarked that q, majority OF
the articles listed are made in the
American middle west The Illinois
senator said the action might bring
on a trade war.
"Britain does this country a great
violence at this time in pressing this
EN- barge" he said. FTt will awake
sentiment that will make it difficult
for the president to succeed in his eff
forts and awaken hostility. create q
war Of protest and lead to retaliatory
legislation by the United Stat-~* And
before we know it we will have trade
hostility. Instead Of having the calm
peace we wish with our allies, we
will have ennity instead OF the peace
we strive for