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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06
CARRIES MONEY IN BARROW
Employee Of Trsasury Department
Has Carried Millions o. Dollars
During His Long Services.

In the redemption division Of the
United States treasury there is q
wheefbarrow which, though appar-
emily only an ordinary wheelbarrow
OF the ordinary barnyard type, is In
reality probably the most remarkable
wheelbarrOw in the world.
This barrow came to the depart
ment In the administration Of An
drew jackson and during the "a years
which have elapsed since then has
transported many billions of dollars
worth Of paper currency.
For the greater part of that 81 years
1t has been chartered by james D.
Rowe, eighty-year-old veteran en-
ployee of the department, who during
o3 of his "a years of service there has
worked In the redemption division.
That mutilated or badly soiled piece
Of paper money which you, exchange
at the bank for crisp new bill doubt.
less Is some day due for a joyride on
Mr.. Rowe's famous barrow. Such cur
rency, recalled from circulation, Is as
sembled by national Banks and sub.
treasures throughout the country anil
shipped to the redemption division q.
the treasury nj Washington where y
is stored In vaults In the bysemeni @;
the building.
After being counted the usage
scared banknote is perforated WIFE
two holes ut each end TO insure cancel.
lati0n. The bill Is then cut In two. tire
halves going to different offices of the
department. At each a count is madt
as means Of checking with the org
inal figures of the treasury.
The bureau of engraving and print.
ing utilizes the discarded certificates
by reducing the halved bills to pulp,
which is sold to paper manufacturers
and used for making high grade wri'
ing papers. Thus, in these days Of
speedy evolution In domestic relations
1t is not impossible that the $50 bill
with which you paid the installmen,
on that diamond ring In 1910 may rec
turn to you in 1921 in the form of u
nicely typewriter decree of divorce.
Mr.. Rowe will be eighty years old
October II, 1920, and has served under
score of secretaries of the treasury.
IN addition to his skill in manipulating
the remarkable wheelbarrow, Mr.
Rowe In his younger days was re
nowned as the champion rapid-fire ST.
yer dollar counter of the treasury. On
one notable occasion, according to de
partment traditions, he counted nnd
piled within a period of "a hours NJ
tons of silver dollars, consisting of g.
900 bags, each weighing 60 pounds.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06
Dickens and Thackeray.

Gilbert X. Chesterton. who is great
admirer Of Dickens, has this to say Of
him:
Nov. the interesting thing Is this:
That Dickens, whom so many cOnsidr
cred to be a vulgar enthusiast, saw
the coming change in our society much
more sOberly and scientifically than
did his better educated and more pre-
tentious contemporaries. There
Is no trace In Thackeray Of the slight
est consciousness that progress could
ever change its direction. There is In
Dickens. The whole Of Hard Times"
Is the expression of just such a realizaS
ton. II Is not true to say that Dick
ems was Socialist, but 1t is not alb
surd to say so, And II would be simply
absurd to say 1t of any of the great
individualist novelists Of the Victorian
time: He felt the society changing;
and Thackeray never did Now.
for this reason Dickens must definitely
be considered In the light of the
changes which his soul foresaw.
Thsckeray has, become classical; but
Dickens has done more; he has re-
mained modern"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06
Filiai Love.

The family had company for din
ner. and the father of the house was
telling for his guest stories Of his boy
hood. Among them were feats Of his
marvellous eating ability. mo wonder.
when mother was such a wonderful
cook" he smacked his lips In remem-
brance Of her dishes. "She could
make pies that were dreams. and
strawberry shortcake. After ealing
one OF mothers sbortcakes fellow
thought all others very ordinary. In
deed"
Little John looked across at the
glass dish Of strawberries. Then he
piped out In his clear little treble:
'oh. dad. don't you just hope that !
can talk Just that nice about mother
when I grow upy"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06
rrestment for Hip Disease.

HID joint disease in children has
been looked upon as almost always
due to tuberculosis Of the bones Of the
Joint. But Or. Halfdan Sundt. who Is
medical superintendent OF Fredriks-
vern Coast hospital In Norway, has
recently published a pamphlet In
which he asserts that 4S.4 per cent OF
such cases are not tuberculosis at all.
Immobllization for long period has
been the standard treatment. but DR..
Sundt divided his cases into groups,
one OF which be allowed to run about
freely with no treatment, and he
found after three years observation
that the final results were just ~
good in those a. In the other cases.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06
ON HOLY GROUND
Mohammedans venerate Sano.
tuary In Jerusalem.
Traditions Of Ages and Profound Mys-
terry Surrounding the Famous
Dome Of Rock.


The Mohammedan sanctuary In
Jerusalem on the Mount Of Abraham's
and David's sacrifices echoes the
eplendor Of SOlomon's temple that
once stood in that locality, writes J. r.
.Scheltma In Asia Magazine. With its
latticed screens of eboy, its brocaded
curtains, its stained glass and mosaics
In their somewhat faded glory, the
dome of the rock stands in the soil
tude of the sacred precinct like one
Of those places hewn of a single opal
or turquoise we read of In oriental
fairy tales.
Approaching 1t, the MOslem pilgrim
has to observe q strict ceremonial. AS
he enters he puts his right foot for
ward, begging pardon for his sins and
invoking Gods mercy. Walking round
the rock. he must keep II on his right
hand reversing the process followed
when making the circuit of the Kaaba
at Mecca. Before proceeding to the
cave underneath. he must probe his
heart and strive for humility Of spirit,
uttering the prayer of Solomon "Oh
God, forgive those who have sinned
and relieve the injuredw
He firmly believes that the rock Is
supported by palm tree rooted In
one Of the fair rivers of paradise, the
tree In the shade of which the beau
tiful, martyred Asia, wife of Pharaoh,
and Mirias, the sister of Moses, will
slake the thirst of the Faithful on the
day Of resurrection.
After paying his respects to the
dome Of the rock, TO Its tongue" "a
broken column, slanting to the roof
of the cave), to the marks of the An
gel Gabriel's fingers and to the sword of
All. Mahomet's valiant son-in-law he
visits the other shrines of the Holy
Enclosure. There, in the heart of
Jerusalem, are the dome of the as
cent, where the prophet was lifted up
when starting on his heavenly jour-
ney, and the dome Of the chain. The
chain that used to hang down from
its ceiling was supposed to be pos
sessed of miraculous properties. When
ever judge had to decide in
difficult case between ltigants who
supported their conflicting claims by
contradictory statements, he trans
ferred his tribunal hither and. invited
them to touch the links Of the chain
while repeating their assertions. Then
the truth came to light, for the chain
could easily be seized by the vera
cious, but eluded the grasp of the in
iquitous who tried by falsehOOd to get
the best of his opponent.
One day, however, the oracle was
bafi1ed by man accused of having
borrowed money without paying II
back. Now, he kept this money con-
cealed in hollow staff which he
asked the plaintiff to hold for him
while he, too, gripped the chain swear
ing that the sum he owed had been
returned. The bystanders marveled
greatly at the chains failure to un-
ravel the mystery of such clashing tes-
timony, and soon afterward the won
der-w0rking chain disappeared be-
cause, tradition says, 1t began to
despair Of sustaining its reputation for
perspicacity among population go
full of fraudulent resources.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06
Reflections on a Street Car

A. see tall, handsome man,
broad shouldered and erect, push his
way through the crowd, ] think how
many successful careers depend on
looks. See how the crowd parts to
let him pass. His appearance carries
him triumphantly through life with
little effort on his part. What chance
is there for the little weakened figure
with sallow face and crooked shout
ders? His part Is to step aside and
take the place that's Ieft.--From the
Summer Session kansan.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06
Pumping Air Into the Brain.

The brain, as you know. Is the most
delicate part Of the human body. Ply
sicians hesitate to tamper with II.
Recently doctor at Johns Hopkins
hospital discovered process by which
purified air may be pumped into the
brain. This makes II possible to 10
cate exactly the position Of tumors
and to remove them. A brain tumor
usually causes either idiocy or death.
Popular Science Monthly.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06
ILET our DEMON
People Of Today Would Be Apt to
Consider the Remedy a. Worse
Than the Disease.

Headaches are bothersome things"
writes Prof Roy L. Noodle Of the
University Of Illinois In the Scientific
Monthly. people have been annoyed
by them for long time, seven thou
sand years at least, and probably
longer. We are all quite willing, when
afflicted with q headache, to agree with
the people Of the Stone age that a
headache Is demon, and we would
be willing to do almost anything to get
rid OF It.
"The pain, whether due to blow
on the head, Indigestion. nervousness
or other cause, certainly reminds one
of q demon, and it is readily understood
how ancient man should have con-
ceived the idea of releasing this demon
which was botbering him. He devised
a remedy which certainly was an eff
fectlve cure for headache, whether the
pain was due to eye-strain, brain
tumor, skull friction or nervousness.
although II must be admitted that his
cure was worse than the pain.
primitive man devised his curative
measures as a phase of his religious
beliefs, hence the cure adopted for
headaches was performed by shaman
or medicine man IN some remote fast
ness Of his region, and here the pa
tent remained until completely recov-
cred. This treatment consisted in open
ing the skull in a variety of ways to
relieve the pain, or. as the Stone age
men thought, TO let out the demon.
This ancient surgical art, which
forms the very beginnings Of prehis-
toric surgery, seems to have been de-
veloped In the region just north of
Paris, near the Seine and Disc rivers.
some seven or eight thousand years
ago. In the dOlmens, or burial mounds.
scientists have found the ancient skulls
trepanned or opened to release the
headache demon. No special class of
individuals seems to have been fav-
Ored. since the operation was per-
formed on man, woman or child, APP
parently without respect for either age
or sex. Its frequency Is attesfed by
the great number of skulls exhibiting
the surgical openings. In one burial
mound in France yielding the bones Of
100 individuals more than forty showed
the effects of trepannation.
ut is not very pleasant to picture
the torture undergone by the ancient
sufferer at the hands of the priest,
who either cut, scraped or bored the
bone Of the skull away with sharp
piece of stone. Some relief from pain
may have been had by the application
of a quid of cocoa, plant yielding
anesthetic substances which grows in
Peru.
But the worst thing about head
aches is that they recur, so the an
cient people, not deferred by one fail
ure, submitted themselves to the OPP
Grafton again and again. A few an
Client skulls reveal five cruel openings,
all Of which had healed. The patient
had survived them all.
'srhe equipment of the primitive sur
ge0n was meager. His knowledge of
cleanliness was not keen. If he pos
sessed q rough flint knife, scraper,
a few leaves of cocoa plant and a
piece of coarse cloth to bind the
wound, he was content. A messy
bank out In the woods served him for
an operating table"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06
orapefruIt H.. RIvaI.

Experimental scientists In the De-
partment Of Agriculture have success
fully produced the tangelo, a cross be-
tween the tangerine and the grape
fruit. II is said TO be more tender
than either. and 10 have all the juicy
excellence Of the grapefruit without
the tendency to fly into the face OF
the spoon manIpulstor noted when the
grapefruit is being eaten.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06
The Nslohbor Found Out.

A young woman was out In the front
yard with an oil can "oiling'' the dan
delions so that they would meet with
an early death. A neighbor came
along and asked her what she was do
ing. She nonchalantly replied that she
was "oillng the grAss sn the lawn
mower would run easier. "-Exchange
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06

sDo you think Gladys was surprised
when ] proposed to herr inquired the
happy youth. III
about a. surprised" answered hirs
Cayenne. ''as candidate who has ~
ceivsd formal notification that he has
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06

How did you like my aim playT
Good comedy" said the profes
sional humorist. ~Good work."
sBst you didn't laugh"
"a br0tber artjsan never laughs at
COED work. - LouisvilIe- Coprier-JouF|
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-07-06

nsu sho" how the problem o freight has nj
oue
pe and @nsnee We
to vementa suces
loss damage
ing provided with
tg shipment
be
mark their packages old
Iod gmdbm
t
the
replied
this interview ed ppied
to
manner winch goods are packed Grated
to received urdaa,
difficult
by eliminating
the
which responsible
it
s % lis n
ic du suggests innd
c.
Contra
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
The Peninsula Spruce Road

Editor The star
!, would be interesting % know
which county official Il was who De.
clarcd ~thc unemployment confer
enes was needless" asserting there
IA plenty of work and saying that
'oniy those pss~ns are unemployed
who prefer 90 BE- idle"
dar. any man 90 come out In the
open with that statement lie would
have the satisfaction OF learning Jus,
how quickly the temperature nigh,
change for him on cold day.
There have been moro burrows %
thought written across the siofnaehz
of men than across their foroheads.
and the 10000 unemployed citizens in
our city thia winter are thinking. and
they would not soon forget.
The American Legion has opened a
hotel. where IL unemployed can have
free b~d and a sandwich. and tho
state commander and thrrs officers
are going 20 tour the state. Visiting
the 100 American Legion posin Many
unemployed men resent charity. and
"a hunsry man DOESN'T want 30 listen
to political speeches. The Legion
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

should &c, solidiy behind some prof
Get like the saivasinE 81 tho timber
on ~. olympic peninsula.
Seattle showed what abe could do
when she hslp~i 20 build the psscp
hfsdRe--she people all thru that tes-
rltoty have kindly feeling for this
city.
But after this little burp, ~ speed.
our prominent business men went
20 sleep and Portland stole tho
Northwes, wheat Growers aasocla.
ton.
The spruce production hcadasar.
tera are IN Portland. and Oregon
would like 10 have lines Into the
Olympic forest.
Tho Orewonlans are not asleep.
while our Chamber 81 Commerce In
talking and passing resolutions.
while our city IL known and advcr.
tised ms having moro unemployed
than any other city in tho country.
while our American Legion officers
are touring The state. pcsidlinr poiitl.
cal propaganda. oregon will steal our
lumber trade. as she stole our wheat
MAUpE swEETMAS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Seattle Asiatic Quarter

Editor The Starr
II might jar the apathetic citizen
70 learn that Seattle. a city % barely
ta1. 900. not yet 20 years old. has an
Arsaiie quarter Ia whlch-~io quote
tho figures q the Seattle Chamber
% Commerce. 900 japanese reside
We have In King county. fo.sss
Japanese engaged in all lines n bust.
ness from the small truck man 20
the perpetrators of .even.story mod
ern hotels According 70 the r.eorda
u the Rupertnsendcnt 81 schools. We
have i.oss japanese school children
between the aEea u q and ~ years
In the schools q the city. with re-,
maindsr ~ sis in four OF the larger
country districts
I, will DO observed that the above
figures DO not include the children
between the aEc % birth and ak
years, but a trip thru the Asiatlc
quarter dlsciossa the painful fac,
that this latter quantity exceeds tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

former and 20 quote the bureau 81
naturalization. all these children. IL
native born, automatically become
eitizens al the az. of II. with The
right 20 declare Japanese citizenship
II they - desire
Let tho full significance Of the fol.
lowing become fired quantity In
your mind In 40 years the Jap has
sprung from n mere handful of ser.
want. 10 The startling number of
i7.ssf. the present Japanese popuia.
ton Of the state. and has extended
his sphere o. activity from surf.
beaten f1atG~ry 20 IN. rich bottom
lands adjacent 20 Spokane
Regardless % the Aniatic exclusion
act. the denial % citizenship. or the
much taikeB.of gentirman'~ agree.
meni. the Jap In steadily increasing.
and " ha 10 allowed 10 prosper in
the future as he has In the past. the
closing % the century will sec him
occupying a position o. authority.
c. l.. I.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Ten Questions for Poindexter

Editor The Star
Now tina, Senator poindertrr has
returned from Washington 10 mingl.
amongst the voters 90 ascertain his
chances for reelection IN the pr.
maries next fall. !, would b. an ex.
cclicnt tlne for the senator 20 OK.
plain 10 the republicans Of this state
some Of the following questions:
First-Why has Senator Polnder.
ter become 20 silent about tho rights
OF labor tina, he formerly chsmpioned
so devotediyr
seoond-why II Senator poindsS.
tors voice not heard in the senate In
favor ~ equality IN the enforcement
OF so.oaiied prohibition In other
words. why does he stand BY and al.
low tho rich 10 have all the booz.
they desire. while the poorer people
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
.SensibIy
Come Together

From Puyaliup Valley Tribun
Robert Montgomery. Editor
Both Seattle and Tacoma now
intelligently recognize the exist
ence Of certain conditions, and
their Chambers Of Commerce and
Commercial Clubs have very sen
sibly come together 20 promote
mutual harmony, and 10 eIimi
nate all the controversies, feuds
and rivairies Of the past. They
both recognize that their inter.
ests are substantially Identical and
that cooperation IL the true
wateb-word Of the future.
Seattle has advantages peculiar
TO Itself; 50 has Tacoma. II is
fortunate that the men Of vision
In both cities clearly understand
this fact. This understanding
augurs well for both cities and for
all Of Puget Sound.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

~ organization. both state and coun.
publican club. the strongest and bes,
factor for repubileanism in the North.
wcstT
sixth-Why did Senator Ponder,
Ter totally ignore the women voters
OF this state in the unequal diatribu.
ton OF patronage by refusing 10 ap.
point a single woman 10 federal 20.
nltiong
Scven,h--why is u that business
mrn Of this state have been repeated.
" cautioned by their Eastern friends
that Senator Poinderter Il entirely
satisfactory 10 .'blK business in the
Fas, and that his denomination ana
election are greatly desired
Eirhih--why Is that when tho
proposed section In the revenue bill.
providing for publicity % income re-
turns. was before the senate and Lost
by vote OF ~ 10 20. when Kenyon.
iiorAh. Johnson. kellogg and other
prorressiveM liped up for this 70
form. senator foindester voted with
tho STANDARD on "bloc"--Penro...
Lodge. Smoot. 81 all
Ninth why does Senator Ponder
ter remain slisn, on IN. question Of
the soldiers bonusf
Tenth why does Senator poind~x.
ter remain niien, on the real Japa.
neNe auesiion--'h~ crowding out Of
the white race by the japanese on
tho Pacific coast. and particularly In
our own ntats1
There ar. many progressive rerub.
leans In tho state Of washington
who would like 20 have Senator
Foindexicr DO a 10, % explaining on
several other matters. but the above
list 81 questions probably will tecp
the senator fairly busy during his
brief trip here. Sincerely yours.
WILLIAM A. GILMORE.
800 Central Building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

are raided and arrested for having
home brew In their possession and
denied their wine and bcor7
Third-why was II that Senator
polndexter refused 20 deal with
either Senator Johnson or Cen. Wood
Doth Roosevelt, progressive oandl.
daietl at the Chicago convention. but
catered 10 the Old Guard for favorS
IN the hope thst he would BE- noni.
mated by thrm7
Fourth--why does Senator poln.
dexter want Newberry TO SHOW
him. when every reading voter IN tho
state Of Wellington knows tina,
Newbcrry purchased hla senate seat 7
Why did Senator Polndox.
ter hand pick the federal officials
for this state. appointing personal
friends and totally ignoring the par.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

We DO not know about that meta.
physical abstraction. the German
name Of which4 translated. means
tho thing In Itself" We have never
seen or known any such thing and
we do not know that IL exists any
where.
wherever we have any knowledge
81 existence. u IL Of things modified
by their environment. There In not
much OF which We can say that II is
absolutely" thus or 30. There may
be some things that are absolute but
most things are relative.
And yet. ~ Is well 10 remember
that no; everything Ia In state OF
fur. There are some pole-szars OF
truth and right We have not yet
sailed past the north star. nor con.
scented TO substitute for u one which
changes its place in the sky every
hour.
There IL little iinsie. whose
author il unknown To me. which !
think yfat.s well some things that
are flexible and .osne that are fixed:
!, nigh, have bean that the sky was
], green.
And the grass sereneiy blue:
I, might have been that grapes on
thorns.
And figs on this.ie- grew:
IL might have been that ralnhows
Before the showers came:
II might have been that lambs were
fierce.
And bearx and tigers tame.
IL might have been that cold would
melt.
And summer heat would freeze:
II might have been that ships at sea
Would ssIl aeains, the breeze.
And there may be worlds unknown.
where we might find the change
From All that xvs have .eer or hea ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
WonanCod
Bless Her!

Men are Just little boys grown
up. say tte philosophers.
The boy stubs his toe. runs 10
esther. cries . moment. gets .
pat on the head and q cookie and
then returns to play again.
u would be . much darker
wssid these days for the men who
nre out Of work. II II were not
Tor the wives. mothers and sisters
wbs encourage them. keep the
flame Of hope alive In their
hearts and send them forth anew
on the quest for prosperity.
Woman Is the shining light Of
the world. the source Of all In
SEPARATION. the generator OF cheer.
fulness. the dispeller Of gloom.
That Is her greatest function In
al ages--furnIshing the electric
~ that drives the motors.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

that there really was a pretty bad
condition Of affairs. and there &C.
tnally was quite a little unemploy'
mcnf'
You remember. don't you. Santa.
that IN these normally" days ihere
was 90 be no "wigRie and wobblef''
That also IL coming upon ". ana H.,
too. Is awful. ! cav a living cx'
ample ~ Il the other day. A poor
dub that had not eaten for more
than day. lie was 20 faint he
could barely wigRis. tho I must con.
cede he waH pretty wobbiy. But
YOU -Ket me. I" don't you. Rantar 70
plense take our normally days away
and give rs anything else you hap.
pen 90 have Well take a chance
on you. Thanks. santa Your
friend.
GEO. n. HAwKsffAw.
Manette. wash.