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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-01-20
c. T. FLANDERS; JUDY, KY


her midnight vigils waiting for the
return of him who few years ago
stood at the marriage altar and
promised to love, honor and cher
ish her, but who was brought home
to make the early morning hideous
with his inhuman conduct. Then
think of the poverty it causes, of
children, hungry and cold tonight,
growing up to be a menace to the
safety of the State because their
father is a drunkard. A cultured
woman who had been reared to bet
ter things said to nae not many days
age: "My husband aud I nad
saved up enough to buy home,
but it has all gone. When my hus.
band goes away ! fear his home
coming. How can Christian peo-
pie license such a heartless bust
ness?"
Eighty thousand men fill a
drunkard's grave every year, sent
to dFunksrd's neil by an institu-
tion that derives it's sanction from
a Christian State. Think of the
great crowd of broken hearted
mourners, mothers, fathers, wives
and children that gather about
those graves and then hear Ruskin
as he says: "Liquor selling is one
of the most criminal methods of as
sassination for money ever adopted
by the braves of any age. The
proportion OF crimes committed
through strong drink is variously
estimated from go to 90 per cent.
A former chief of police in Licking
ton told me that here it is about rs
per cent.
That the saloon is a fruitful
source of crime, no one can doubt.
Not far from Lexington is a county
seat; about five miles from that
little town on the east is precinct
tnat voted out liquor about twenty
years ago; since then there has
scarcely single case come before
the grand jury from that precinct;
at the same time precinct about
five miles west of the same county
seat voted to sell liquor, and since
then scarcely grand jury has adj
journed without investigating some
case of lawlessness perpetrated
through the influence of the saloons
in that precinct.
Last summer l visited Glasgow,
in Barren county. A few years ago
that county went dry. The sheriff
told that when liquor was sold in
the county, the Jail was crowded.
Now it is frequently without a
prisoner, and two of the leading
lawyers said that under the old or
der it would take three weeks to get
through the criminal docket; now
it takes about three days.
Statistics show that eight thous-
and are murdered every year
through strong drink-all the work
of the saloon. But the same report
shows that four times as many
murders are the result. of quarrels.
That the saloon is the occasion
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-01-20
Capitol Bill is Favored by Com.
mittee.

The House Committee on State
Capitol on Tuesday, IL, virtually
agreed on the Johnson Capitol APP
preparation Bill. 1t provides for
an appropriation of $1,O00OOO and
for a commission to consist of the
State Board of Sinking Fund Com
missioners, which State officials
have just been elected by the peo-
lie.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-01-20
Of lawlessness is confessed even by

of lawlessness is confessed even by
those who are engaged in the bust
ness.
This business costs the nation
81, 3OO.OOO,OO0 year, nearly three
times the bread bill of the people,
four times the meat bill, six times
the bill for cotton goods, more than
seven times that for boots and
shoes. and sixteen times that for
public education.
Did you ever count what our
liquor bill is in lexington We
have l42 saloons. / am told by
those who are in the business that
$40 day would be low average !;
but put their business at.$10a day,
and it would amount to 1878, 900 a
year-enough to build a city hall
as handsome as our court house and
provide ten play grounds for our
poor children; or enough to put all
our streets in good repair and pro-
vide complete sewerage system
or enough to buy $50 homes at 49,
900 a piece for that many families.
Why are we so blind to our best
interests? Because love Licking
ton would smash the saloon, not
with a Ratchet like Mrs. Nations,
but with the Ratchet of Christian
votes.
This curse lie fastened upon us
simply because we have licensed it,
and by licensing it we have made it
respectable. Then, license makes
the city a partner in this evil bus
mess. The license, it is said, helps
to maintain the city and its schools.
But for every dollar that comes in
this way we spend many to keep
the machinery of the law going
that would not be needed if it were
not for the saloon. Does it help
our schoolsp 1t debauches our
school children. the other day 1
watched a grocery with saloon at
tschment and in twenty minutes
there must have been thirty or for
ty children on their way TO school
who entered that grocery to buy
CONNECTIONS, fruit, pencils and tab
let's. What an education for those
children. How such associations
harden these innocent ones to vice.
But what do we need? First, to
think about this question in all of
its bearings; second, to demand
that the laws that govern the sa-
loon shall be enforced; third. to do
all in our power to put it away.
We want Christian people with
prayerful and persistent lips to
make themselves efficient advocates
of "mental suasion for the man who
thinks moral suasion for the man
who drinks; legal suasion for the
drunkard makers, and prison sua-
sion for the statute breakers"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-01-20

Mems 50 Mcintosh Coats
Reduced to 81. 80
l0c Black Sateen
Reduced to. TIC
1Oc Percals, SO in. wide
Reduced to. 800. Tic yard
Mems $500 Suit Clothes
Reduced to. 1915
Mems SOC Gum Sandals
Reduced to 9kc
Childrens' 25c Union Suits
Reduced to. 15c
Ladies' SOC Union Suits
Reduced to. ......,..35 c
Mems SOC Underwear
Reduced to. .374c
Mems 25c Caps
Reduced TO. 19c
Boys 25c Sweaters
Reduced to. 15c
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-01-20

Mems $500 High Top Shoes
Reduced to ......$3 $500
Mems 500 Jeans Pants
Reduced TO. ........ 4Sc
Mems $3.50 Work Coats
Reduced to. .........f. 9Sc
Children's zoe Yarn Hose
Reduced to. ..... lOc
10c Outing Cloth
Reduced to. SIC yard
S3c.Outing Cloth
Reduced to. ....,.. TIC yard
sc Outing Cloth
Reduced to 34c yard
ss5o Piece Jeans
Reduced to ...... lOc
75c Bed Comforts
Reduced to. ......... 4Sc
Toe Bed Blankets
Reduced to. .... 4Sc pair
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-01-20

We are selling $500 and $3.50 Pants at SIPS Pair.
Ask to them.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-01-20

Strictly Democratici cannot
be side tracked; opposes all
class and vicious legislation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-01-20
The Peoples Organ.

LARGEST circulation of amp
10 n in the Tenth Con-
uressional District.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-30
THC ANTIQUITY OF CHESS.
Game Played 70: More Than Five
Thousand Years.

Chess, now being played between
ocean steamers by means OF vii eless
telegraphy, is the Oldest OF games, and
1t is a striking contrast that it offers
Itself for easy operation to the latest
triumph of modern science. Ii was
generally assumed until now tnat the
ancient Indians lad invented chess,
that it was Introduced from India to
Persia in the sixth century by the Al
abs and thai in consequences of the
crusades it spread from East TO West
1t is true the Chinese-who invented
many things in tine long gone, but
which had to be re-inyented in Eu-
rope-assert that they can trace chess
in their own country to about two
hundred years before cur era Now
there can Ger ally be no doubt in the
character of the figures at pres INT
used, and in some of the words con-
nected with the game, an Indian, Per
sian and Arabic influence is trace
able, Excavations on the pyramid
field OF Sakkara some time ago
brought 70 light a wall painting, on
which a Ai@h official is represented as
playing chess ".2ta partner. at the
the of Tic saN@vAment OF King Teta,
who belonged TO the sixth dynasty.
Prof. l.epsjus tcrmerly assigned the
reign OF that monarch to about the
year 27o0 b. G. Psof. Brugsch cor
recting this chronology, puts it back
to still greater antiquity, to the year
5000 b. c., so that chess would haye
been known in the once mysterious
land Of Mizraim something like 5,2oo
years ago.
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pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science mas
been able to cure in all its stages, anu
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh beng
constitutions disease, requires con
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
cure is taken internally, acting direct
Iy upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF the disease, and
af,,ino DIV, the patiept strength by build
ine up the constitution and ASSISTING
nature in doing its work me pro
nriptnrs have SO much faith IN It's cur
atiyo mowers that they offer One Hun
grad dr. Dollars for any case that it fails
70 cure. Send for list Of t@st'monials, mo .1s
Address i. J. CHENEY < co" 10
lcdO @.
sold by all DRUGGISTS, 75c.
TaI.r iJaIFs Family ;, Is for constl-
not
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Ncrthhound.

Leave New Orleans 6:33 p. IN.
Leave Pine Bluff 4.45 =. IL.
Arrive st. Louis :, 81 a. m,
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SERIOUS CHARGE MADE AGAINST
THE ROBIN.
New Jersey Fruit Grower Alleges
That Lcpredations Committed by
the Birds in His State Evolved
Loss OF $40 100000.
The anYz'...... ..,;ats ent is

The an2z.. .';&ts :ent is 'sg..c
~ al - co. ~ - &c lest p -.s..--
| that tAe - r3ozg-,ia r3}s'-. .sao,-
lhose big 70 @catr4% 4.1,fa'.'.'-
We. L ot fr.4.t n -taN .}4set5 aafas
/ the las S AsoH.
1his IS ,t.e pIa.,lt OF l.anrz jeroto.
man Of Hilton \. J.. #ao + EH5"h
throushuu lie Cai3aI states KS "isif2
of straw. rs srOWeis. II rT@jlg
rcFeal OF the sta5e as protecting
robins from slaughter Nj JoroIomaE
says:
4 have been fruit eraNer for
more tlan thirts year o"5@ in a
small way. having about eight acres
i'll fruit, one-haIf being in strawR9r-
RES. Each season f.: more than
twenty-five years | Melted between
$4,000 and $4,000 from The four acres
Of strawberries
For the past ten wears. or since the
law was passed p.g tcctiGg the robin,
have received little more than one
half OF that aln8unt. This season
U903), although | had the same
net receive over ST $50 although /
had one OF the best crops for the past
fifteen years. Fully one-third Or more
of my finest and largest fruit was
picked by this bird.
81 have watched a single robin at
work; he would run along row.
picking at the largest fruit only, and
hon tIrn l
known single bird to destroy two
quarts OF my largest fruit.
They never stop to eaJ up a single
berry, only hop along each rOW, max
ing a hole in each large berry that ll5;s'
commenced to turn red on one sic,
thus destroying the fruit for mar1sz
My loss this season. q very 3o.
estimate, was fully $500 oG} s5i'aWij "
ries alone and caused by tn" rc4zl5ss.
This is not the only fruit tie robins
destroy. Their destruction Of earl
cherries and red raSpberries Ms
complete this season.
AS soon as the first cherries sho".
ed a red side the robins Went At [! ID
From ten TO twenty birds eouIti -
seen from daylight untH dark al .':e
time in each tree ana II le.& a
three days they did not le5vl ne ,
single quart of good fret. all yon
could find would be the sl q, oi+ a9d
: the green side OF eae, cherry Still.
hanging to some Of g trees.
q had about th;2a acres OF grapes
this season. | employ a force OF girl
to cover each bunch OF grapes FROM
June 16 to July ,, 10 protect tAs
lunches from mildeW rot and birds
putting on about 50 .000 bags, but the
robins soon found out that thore was
something good in these bass. anC
during fOgs and damp mornings. wher
the paper bags would tear easily. the
robins would tear open the bags anC
Dick each bunch before tAey Wert
ripe enough for market, not leaving
me enough fine punches for the fairs
"The records kent by t}2e state vii
show that there are over 10000 farms
. engaged in horticulture and frni
growing, nearly all much larger
growers than myself Nov, taking
my loss this year CT sraHb berries
alone $500, which is a very low esti
mate). and putting each grower on {
par with myself, 500 loss by each {:
the 10000 growers Will make TIL
total loss S. coo 900. New Yor'
Nnrld
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c. A. TRANSPORTER
Assistant General Passenger Agent

Home Visitors Excursions-To al
points nthe state Of Indiana, to all
POINTS in Oaio and west of an imagin.
airy line drawn thro1gh Sandusky, Co
lumbus, Washinetoe. c. H., Whining
ton. Cincinnati a4A 20 Louisville. Ky.
and intermediate points. Tickets ma,
also be sola = Hawesville Powers
Iewisport and Owensboro, Ky. Rate
one fare pius two {$200 dollars for
the round trip. Date of sale. Septem
ber s, 13, 20, q. and October Il, 1904
Return limit, thirty $50 days from
cate of sale for leaving destination
and for continuous passage in both
directions. s. NJ. DICKEY.
Agent
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patton.
FOUND TRIP TICKETS
viii Se Sold by
T4E SOUTHERN RA!LWAY.

TIE SOUTH GRN Hh'-W J.
Richmond, Va. and return, account
q,,,a Reformers. Rate s22.95. Sell
sa,tember ;. 6 a~d : Good re-
Turning 70 September 10.
chattanooga. Tenn. and return. ac-
comm meeting Fire Engineers. Rate
$50. Sell September II and IL
Good 10 September 20. Deposit VI
Iiei5nt and 10 cents fee secures eAteil-
SON to September 30.
Baltimore, Md, and return, ac-
cG4pt Fra crnal Order If Eagles. iiale
s2a45. Sell September 10. IL and -,
Good 70 leave Baltimore until Septeh-
Der 10. Deposit of ticket and 81 lee
secures extension of limit to leave
baltimore until september %.
These rates open to all purchasers
Through rains and sleepers. DINING
ear service. Further particulars and
reservations on application TO
G. A. DeSAUSSt RE
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SHERiFFS SALE.

Under and by virtue of authority
ciyen me under Sections tia, his,
1ll6. I'LL, 1l1S and 7119 of Sandels
and Hills digest of the laws of the
state Of Arkansas, will Oh the first
day of the next term Of the county
court for this county, which will be
on Monda.. October >, 1904, offer for
sale between the hours for judicial
sale at the front door of the court
house in lots Of forty acres, beginning
AT lot No. | and continue until all of
said lots are offered for sale, being all
of section No. Is, township 5, range
I, of Jefferson county, Ark, a plat
of said land being on file in my OF
flee.
JAS. GOULD,
Sheriff and Collector of Jefferson
county, Ark
Pine Bluff, Ark, Aug. IS. 1904.
$40
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International Association Fire En-
gineers. Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 81
lG.04. Account meeting International
Association of Fire Engineers at Chat
tanooea. Tenn, Sept. 1916 the South
ern Railway will sell tickets from all
points on its line at the very low rate
Of one fare plus twenty five cents for
the round trip. minimum rate fifty
cents. Tickets will be sold Sept. IL
- with final limit Sept 20, 1904.
Original purchasers of tickets may
secure all extension of limit until Sep
tember so, 1901, upon the payment oi
fifty cents deposit fee, provided de
post is made not later than Sept. 20,
aud not earlier than Sept. II. Write
any agent Of the Southern Railway fol
full particulars
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-30
SUICIDES In rruSSIa.

OF the 7,217 persons (inchdng 4S9
women) who in 1902 committed sui
eide in Prussia, 4,o52 hanged them.
selves. Drowning. with 1886 eases.
came next in the order of preference,
followed by shooting G,135), poison
ing (322), jumping from a high place
O35), being run over by a train Q33)
cutting the throat (94, opening the
veins f40i etc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-30
NEW SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.

VIA IRON MC-s;s,lN ROUTE
Commencing August Sth, the iron
Nolut2in Route will establish through
daily sleeping car service between
New Orleans and ST. louis, via. Vat
lev Route and T. z. on the following
ScheIult..
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The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-27
STRIKE CONf MI HELD
Packers and Strikers Meet
CITY CounCii LUmm,IIee

Chicago, Aug. 26.-Union leaders and
packers today conferred with the COM
mittee appointed by the city council to
seek terms of settlement for the stock
yards srlke. Separate sessions were ar
ranged. President Donnelly OF the
butchers union, Matthew carr, OF the
Allied Trades conference board. and Or
ganizer John j.. Fitzpatrick, of the chi
cago Federation of Labor, were selected
20 represent the unions. President Don
nelly was hopeful.
The packers gathered at the offices of
Nelson, Morris & Co., where a confer
ence's proposed attempt to settle the
strike by the aldermen, was discussed.
The conference was a private one, but
Alderman Thomas Carey was admitted.
Eight Catholic ~clergymen, led by the
Rev. Edward Kelley, have held a con-
ference with President Donnelly. Sew
eral of the clergymen had come from
other cities. After comforting with the
Rev. Father Kelly they decided to offer
their services toward a settlement of the
strike. 1t was reported that in other cit
les great suffering was resulting from
the strike. No word of the outcome oil
the conference was given out.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-27
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE
Presidents letter Will Be
Ready September 10th.

Oyster Bay, L. l., Aug. 2G.-During the
next three or four days President Roose-
welt will put the finishing touches on his
letter of acceptance. 1t will probably be
placed in the hands of a printer on Sep
TENDER 10. The letter will contain APP
proximately 1900 words.
The date of it's publication will be on
Monday, September IL.
The president has not received the rep.
reservations said to have been forward
ed to him by the attorneys of the West
ern Federation of Miners. urging action
by the national government in the mat
ter of the deportation of citizens from
the disturbed districts in Colorado. The
departments of m and labor
through Carroll D.. Wright. commissions
of labor, and his agent, has made an
exhaustive inquiry into the Colorado
b situation and is keeping in con-
slant touch with it. The president thus
is enabled to have practically first hand
information on the subject. AS the mat
ter stands now it is understood to be en-
tirely improbable that any action will
be taken by the national government.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-27
Big Od tire

Antwerp, Aug. 26.-The oil tanks at Ho-
boken, three miles from here, contain
ing about $500. 900 gallons of petroleum,
are ablaze. together with all the sheds,
wagons and paraphernalia. The fire
started at the Russian company's tanks
through the ignition of escaping gas and
The flames quickly spread to the Stand
ard Oil company's tanks. A high wind
tanned the fire. Troops are assisting the
firemen to l~ocalize the confagration.
The iremen say that nothing can be
done except to allow the fire to burn
itself out.
Seven workmen who were employed at
the tanks persisted in the flames and
only two out of 40 tanks escaped de-
struction.
The Standard Oil Company's nine tanks
contained $4,000 barrels of oil. They are
a total loss but were insured for 1924, 900.
One Russian oil firm lost 12o. 900 barrels.
insured for $3.50. 900.
Although a strong gale was blowing
towards the Scheldt the quays were not
endangered. The total loss on all prop
erty is now estimated at 81 1880 900.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-27
Suicide Preventod

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or dependency invariably precede sui.
ide and something has been found that
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suicide likely. At the first thought OF
self destruction take Electric Bitters. II
being a great tonic AID nervIne will
strengthen the nerves and build up the
system. It's also a great Stomach, Liver
faction guaranteed by Brown Bros,
Druggists.