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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-07-08
G. T. FLANDERS, JUDY, KY

mound of ruins, quarter of a mile
long and from fifty to ninety feet
above the plain. This Is the tomb
of ancient Jericho. Fragments of
the PROSTATE walls that fell before
the blast of Joshua's trumpets,
$500 years ago, lie still with the
ashes Of the city and it's people
under this turf. The best woman
in the city was a harlot, whose
superior virtue saved her fathers
house. A prince of Judah made
her his wife and placed her in the
genealogical line of David and
Christ-because her heart of faith
was true to the dim light that
shone on her beRighted path.
Towering above this silent sepul
cher is Quarantania, the tradition
al mountain where the Son of God
encountered the great enemy of
men and won his Messiaship for us.
That snowy ridge toward the
north that seems so near, is illus
trious Hermon, a hundred miles
away. Across the emerald setting
of Jordan, a few miles east of
its mouth, the solemn summit of
Nebo glows in the western sun. In
the glimmer of the purple and gold
that veil its crest, l can almost
descry a memorable form, hoary
and august, over whom bends with
more than paternal tenderness, the
God of Israel, to kiss away his
mortal life and take him to the
skies. On those same SUBMITS the
magic mantle of Elijah dropped as
the flaming chariots of Jehovah
bore him deathless from the earth.
On yonder shining mountain
whence the Jordan has it's birth,
both these natchiess men descend
ed to meet the TRANSPORTED Son of
God Across the plains of Moab.
the camping place of Israel before
the crossing of the Jordan, the
bereaved young prophet came with
the treasured mantle that fell from
heaven, and the conscious Jordan
reverently opened waterless gate
for the sorrowful pilgrim. He
came sc this mound from whose
eastern side a copious, gushing
stream of pure sweet water flows
to irrigate the plain. This is
Elisha's Fountain-sweetened by
the miracle of this servant of
Elijah.
Just in front of us where the
gigantic oleander bloom and the
tamarisks, acacias and thorn trees
dip their branches in the hurrying
stream, the Jordan dried it's bed
for niles to await the crossing of
Joshua's host to the promised land,
and their first camp in Canaan was
at Gilgal, marked by that magnifi-
cent tamarisk, three miles east of
us-just halfway from this mound
to the JoTian.
Seven miles below us the rushing
waters of the tortuous Jordan de-
bouch into the most pailliant sheet
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-07-08


forty-seven by nine miles-glisten-
ing under strangely tinted atmos
phere, whose subdued and quiet
coloring has in it passion, peace
and rest. Through such an atmos-
phere l lift my eyes to the solemn
grandeur of the everlasting hills,
whose variegaied cliffs and noun
talns rise four thousand feet above
it on either side. The surface lies
1892 feet below ocean level, and
the sea at its northern end is l 300
feet deep. A gallon of sea water,
weighing twelve pounds, holds in
solution about half a pound of
saline matter. ANY one who has
received into his mouth or wiped
from his smarting eyes, water of
the Atlantic or Pacific must have
a lively memory of it's mineral
potency; but that ocean water car
ries a sweet and soothing quality
compared with the acrid salinity of
the Dead Sea water, every gallon
of which contains three and half
pounds of saline matters pound
of chloride of sodium (salt), two
pounds of chloride of magnesium
(that accounts for it's bitterness),
and half a pound of chloride of
calcium that imparts to it seduc-
tive oily quality. These and other
elements constitute a liquid whose
buoyancy is unequaled by any body
of water on earth, and whose trans
parency is rivaled only by the
Eleusinian lake. 1t is diaphanous
as the purest glass, and pebbles
twenty feet below its surface are
clearly seen. Its marvellous brilli-
ancy augments the charm of this
unique sea. Its pillows roll like a
sea of oil, and beat upon it's beach
and barriers ponderous as molten
lead. A mountain of rock salt six
miles in length stretches along the
southwestern shore.
Around these poetic waters once
clustered the luxurious and lecher-
Gus settles of the plain that van
ished so suddenly Under the sui
phurous judgment of the Almighty.
Nothing but a storm of flaming
sulphur could safely quarantine
the world against the unspeakable
nastiness and revolving wanton-
ness in which these refined and
cultured cities reveled with insati-
ate greed. In one of the most dis
tressing of Bible stories it is said
of grand old nomad, rude and
che pitched his tent
toward Sodom." Your fancy can
scarce eXaggerate the stately
grandeur of this solitary, righte-
Gus man, as with compressed lips
and frightened grip upon his pill
grim staff, he tries to keep up with
the eager procession, led on straight
to Sodom by his gay and gallant
wife. The spacious black tents,
with luxurious Egyptian equipage,
pitched near the city walls, could
not long satisfy the ambitious
woman, who had "wintered abroad"
in Egypt, and had acquired all the
culture and exquisite refinement of
its society, its colleges and deified
and so the spectacular pro-
cession again moves on, and the
lonely old shiek is led as a lamb to
the slaughter, afraid to open his
mouth in the presence of the strong
and strenuous woman whom he
loved with all the ardor of his
quiescent nature, and was perma-
nently installed in that palatial
residence in the midst of Sodom,
whence he was rescued by two
angels of God. Remember Lots
wife. Luke II: 80.
w. T. TIBBs.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-07-08
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Z The Peoples Organ. 3
3 Largest circulation of anu :
3 Journal in the Tenth Con- :
! 1resslonal District. 2
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-07-08

Strictly Democratic; cannot
be side tracked; opposes all
class and vicious legislation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-11

pupils went to Alfred for regulation flower painting, and it needed much per- suasion to get them started in the de- sign class but the effect of a few les sons was surprising. When it began to dawn upon them what it all meant the battle was won. They realized that the study and exercises were developing fac ulties within. which, if continued, would eventually make them independent work CTS. They found that this new work was not what is usually understood as con ventional, nor was it the encouragement of the forms found in historic ornament. They went to nature for their forms, but the Use made of them was purely an expression from within guided by the principles of design and composition.
 ''There were several strong workers in the class, and there were many excellent designs made, simple, servlceable and beautiful designs, which were in harmony with the structure of the articles for which they were made
 "When something of the principles of good decoration was understood. the pu- pills began to lose interest in naturalstic flower painting. They realized the differ ence between painting a piece and decor atng it. For several years ceramic form has been regarded by china decor ators simply as a surface upon which to present natural flowers. etc. With the light, which comes from the study of true principles, they realized that ceramic form is something to be decorated. not painted. and a decoration means the en- hancing of the form-the form is consid- cred first of all, and the ornament should grow out of the structure of the form"
 "The school of clay-worldng was es- tablished by the New York legislature in 1900 and placed at Alfred. MT. Binns, who is at the head of this school and very proficient, is an Englishman and was in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-11
Miss Lucille Douglass.

Miss Lucille Douglass will give an art reception tomorrow afternoon. from to 5 in her studio, in the Watts building. A number of invitations have been is- sued. but the young artist extends cordial invitation to all art lovers
 She will be assisted in receiving by a number of young women. and her studio will be artistically decorated.
 Miss Douglass spent the summer In Chicago. studing with MT. Aulich, Miss Estabrook, Miss Bradley, Anna Barnes Crane and Marguerite Yeoman and her work done in the studios there will be exhibited In addition to her water color work, Miss Douglas has opened classes in china painting.
 There are few young artists who have the same story of success to tell as Miss Douglas. Only a few years ago she be- gan painting the dainty heads and figures of women that soon made her known as the creator of the Douglas girl. and now she fills hundreds of orders every year. The first year alone she painted two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-11
Women of England And France Better
 Workers Than Ours.

Many Birmingham women will remem- Der Mrs. William II. Holman of New York. who, with her husband. visited Bir mingham winter or two ago. Dr. Tol- man is the director of the American h. stitute for Social Service, and Mrs. Tol- man is among the most prominent Ameri- can women who are actively interested in the conditions surrounding women workers in this country. She has recent ly returned from Europe. where she in- vestigated social conditions in England and France.
 Mrs Mary E. Cranston also went to Europe this summer in behalf of the American Institute for Social Service, both Mrs. Holman and Mrs. Cranston in- vestigatlng the subject of cooperation, and their testimony is that the women of England and France are better workers than those of the United States
 The New York Tribune recently print ed interviews with Mrs. Tolman and Mrs. Cranston. both presenting interest ing comparisons.
 "The women of the upper classes in
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| England and France don't talk as much as we do in the United States" said Mrs. Cranston, but when they see something needing to be done they get to work and do it. They do not have so many clubs as we do. I seldom heard of their hold ing meetings, talking. reading papers, serving tea and resoutng, but I did see much practical work that they had done. Their work is not in the air like so much of ours. It rests on the solid earth.'
 The womans daily newspaper, which is such a novelty on this side of the wa ter. Mrs. Cranston found to be quite an old story in Paris, where they have had such a journal for years.
 Not only the editorial but the mechani- cal department of this paper are entirely in the hands of women. The only man who is employed is a messenger, who has to go for Associated Press messages in the small hours of the morning"
 With the homes for working women in Paris Mrs Cranston was as much pleased as Mrs. Tolman and she was much interested also in the development of trade unionism among women in Eng land In Paris she could find no feminine trade unions, although she heard vague rumors of their existence.
 Tn the department of cooperation,  Cranstons mission to Europe. she found women occupying a prominent place.
 "Women do the missionary work, she said. "and in England every cooperative society has its woman education guild. J.
 c. Grey, who is at the head of the CO., operative movement in England, told me that women were the best co-operators and that the men were usually reached through their wives The women begin by going to the cooperative stores. be- cause of the superior quality of the goods there, and when they see the other pa- irons of the store who have paid no more for their purchases than they have them selves getting dividends, they begin to wish for dividends too The consequence is that they keep at their husbands until they join the society
 Manchester continued Mrs. Cranston. lis the fountain head of cooperation in England. It is both productive and dis tributive, and millions of pounds are in- vested in it. Tn Oldham, little way out of Manchester. 80 per cent of the people are co-operators.
 "In Switzerland, I found a great deal of cooperation in agriculture. and l vis- tied a cheese factory near Lucerne. which mers. In Italy, the largest business. like our great department stores. are conduct ed on cooperative principles. The offi- cers of the army have a cooperative as- sociation and have established a factory where their uniforms are manufactured and embroidered"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-11
The Shakespeare Club.

T he Shakespeare club, which held it's first meeting of the season Friday af- ternoon, with the president, Mrs Charles G. Brown, has issued a handsome calen- dar bound in purple and gold and orna- mented with gilt letters. The club is composed of sixteen members, and is the only club in Birmingham that will con- cern itself solely with a study of Shakes peare. Each member is deeply interested in the subject and great deal of thought has been given to outlining the years work The club proposes to make study of English drama. and entire plays from Shakespeare will be read and char acter sketches given and discussed.
 Henry VIII, a synopsis ana full dis cussion of the play, together with his- tory of the church of England up to the accession of Henry VIII. European poi- tics during his reign, religious and social conditions of England will form the basis of study for several months. and Henry VIII and his queens will be succeeded by Hamlet.
 The club will celebrate Shakespeare's birthday. April %. at the residence of Mrs. A. J. Riddle. who will arrange the pro- gramme. The club intends having club pin, ornamented with a bas-relief of Shakespeare. Mrs. Riddle. the direc- tor having conferred with Tiffany in re- gard to the design.
 The officers are: President. Mrs. Charles Gayle Brown vice e-president. Mrs. Rob- ert Cooper Hemphill; secretary. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson Cole; treasurer Mrs. John Lewis; director. Mrs. A. J. Riddle; onthoepist, Mrs Vassar Allen.
 The membership includes Mrs. Vassar Allen Mrs c. G. Brown, Mrs. s. J. Cole, Mrs. F S. Davant, Mrs. Frederick Full gham. Mrs R. c. Hemphill Mrs A. La tady Mrs. John Lewis, Mrs. Belle Mooar, Miss M. Nolan. Mrs. Potter. Mrs. A. J. Riddle. Mrs. A. l.. Smith, Mrs. Harry Stringfellow Mrs Joseph Full, Mrs. Will liam A. Vaughan
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thousand heads. and was then unable to supply the demand.
 The Douglas girl of today is unlike her former self She has grown older, more mature looking but still given to picture hats covered with flowers and to fichus and pretty ways She is more charming, what the French might say. she has great deal of savoir faire Miss Douglass methods are somthing like Miss Esta- brooks. She does not teach drawing at all and puts in her colors with the ut- most freedom. All of her studies will be exhibited in her studio tomorrow. Miss Douglas was a pupil of Mrs. Carrie Wat son Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-11

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many warm friends. She will return to this city in few days from Carter Rowe Beach, Lake Michigan, where she has spent the summer entertaining a house party at her cottage, "The Van Breaks" Mir. Sanford is a well known and promi- nent lawyer of Waco and Is mayor of that city He is a member of the Sons of United Confederate Veterans
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Mrs. RauISfOn's
 Annual Arr Exhibit.

A brilliant event of the week will be Mrs. Raulstons art exhibit, from 8 to 5, tomorrow afternoon, in her charming studios in the Watts building. There will be a number of women assisting Mrs. Raulston in receiving. and the annual exhibit will be as important this winter as it has been for several years. Much of her pupils work in china painting will be exhibited while many of her own
 rare and beautiful examples of china
 (Continued on 'Iwenty-second Page
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-11
Sanford BOddie.

Mrs. Henry Phillips Williams announces the engagement of her daughter, Mrs. Frances Williams Boddie, to MT. Allen D. Sanford of Waco, Texas, the marriage to take place on November Il. at her resi- dence 27O4 Avenue IT.
 Mrs. Boddie has made her home in Bir- mingham only a short time, but she has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-11

ladies hall of the university. The accom- modations there are good, the rooms pleasant and furnished with gas stoves, for many mornings and evenings are so cool as to make fire necessary. The studio building is across the campus from the ladies hall and there the students wended their way every morning at eight to attend their various classes. MT. Fry's design class in which we were so deeply interested beginning at that
 hottr
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-04-24

The man VINO was soliciting for a
charitable institution argued long ard
earnestly lie wanted a contribution
Of $100. Finally the merchant reached
for his check book
THE Lord Ioyeth a cheerful giyer,"
quoted the solicitor, with cheerful sat.
isfaction
Does ue:" asked The merchant, hes.
itating.
You'll find 1t in tho Blble," asserted
the solicitor.
The merchant put back lis check
book.
II was about to give you $780," he
explained. but I couldn't possibly DO
that cnecrfUl,y. Doubtless &c would be
moro pleasing in tie eyes of the Lord
Il KEPT down to q point where I can
be cheerful"
Thereupon ho handed q s. BIZ 10 the
solicitor ana smiled plc1sanuy.-Cll-
caSo Post.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-04-24
Hnh;ts OF southern ounti.

''In the wooded parts Of tho South
the quail in January are found among
the trees and saplings, because they
fiud more food and shelter there, but in
February they return to the fields, and
during this month al OF the quail shot
will be found in the OPEN" said George
G. Johnson, OF New York. who has just
returned from a Southern hunting trip
THE reason for this" continued Mr.
Johnson, is that young grass is sprout-
ing in the fields and the quail are very
fond of the new shoots. Just at this
time all the quail shot have their
crops filed with young grass, which is
both sUcculent and nourishing. There
is not a great deal OF cover in the fields,
and the birds are very wild, running
ahead of the dogs in the field and scat
tering badly when flushed. In n few
weeks though, they begin to mate and
grow very much less cautious. Wash
ington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-04-24

It seems almost certain that London
will so the way of most cities on the
Continent, and that its large private
houses, those castles so dear to the
Englishmen, with all their waste
space and eXtrayagant cost, mustd. g
way to flats. 1t seems probahlegQ b,
that London will improve upon the
Continental practice and combine res
taurants with flats. We may see that
this plan has been already tr.cl with
excellent results in certain fats of the
more luxurious order. But the system
is extending rapidly and there ale now
flats or sets Of rooms, OF an entirely
unpretentious kind, where lunches and
dinners are served in the public dining
room at cost Of from nine pence For
lunch to one shilling or one sEiiiingz Ind
three pence for dinner The fo0A is
simple, but well cooked, and can be
nicely served at a sum Just ever cost
price. We have all heard, too, OF the
wonderful Taiteur who would have
seem to have stepped out Of the Ara
bian nights, and who provides diIF her,
with table linen, flowers. silver, Athe
whole accompanied b. a deft attend
ant, who waits, washes up and dis
appears The whole for a moderate
sum- The system appears to worl:
well. and we are assured that Iit af-
fords infinite relief to the UnGoLSGac
married couple to the bachelor. orA Ito
the woman with a PROFESSIONAL r.
.eenth Century. =
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-04-24

SO low is the level OF st. Petersburg
that the heavy westerly gales from
the gulf, says the pittsburg Dispatch,
as well rs the big foods brought about
by the melting Of the ice and SNOW in
the spring, are apt to inunGs WaEtcn
siye portions Of tho town although SC
grave is the danger TO wi varietiesity
is exposed from these inuis,countryllat
whenever the river begins to-fyse guns
are fired from the Fortress Of St.
Peter and st. Paul to warn the occu-
pants OF the cellars and Easements to
seek refuge upstairs. while the naval
authorities set to work to establish
a system OF boat patrols for the rescue
Of those in danger Of drowning in the
flooded streets There are some who
dec larc that st. Petersburg is destined
some day or another to be completely
enguifed by the waves and to be swaI-
lowed up by the waters Of the Gulf
Of Finland.
OF course, the swGmpy character Of
its site has from the very outset rem
dered st. Petersburg extremely IN
healthy, especially at certain seasons
OF the year. In fact, there is no capital
in Europe where the death rate is so
high 1t has only been by the most
wonderful perseverance that the nate
rial obstacles and difficulties presented
by the marshy nature of the soil have
been overcome, and until quite recent
ly law enacted by Peter the Great
was still in force requiring every yes
sci arriving at St Petersburg to bring
n quantity Of stones commensurate
to her tonnage foc use in paving the
streets and in forming the foundationa
OF buildings and esp.Gnades.