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MISCELLANEOUS.

Amyx Springs, distant about Z
miles, attracts quite a crowd on
Sunday. We saw several couples
passing through town who suggest
ed a sparkling expedition. We
have no objection to sparkling"
1t is essential in every well regu-
lated community; in fact it is an
old time and honored custom that
should be kept up, but we are old
timed enough to discredit the
modern SUNDAY excursion, whether
TO Amyx Springs, or from Mt
Sterling TO Cincinnati, Louisville.
Olympian Springs or other famous
resorts.
We hear that Rev. Jim Tom
Pieratt was brought to Hazel
Green on Thursday from Bushton,
Ill. His condition is hopeless.
We are pleasantly quartered at
the Commercial Inn kept by Henry
Cox.
Miss Carrie A tkinson, who has
been at the Worlds Fair and Miss
Mary Gardner, who has been al
college at Knoxville, Tenn, were
on Saturday returning to their
homes.
E. H. Atkinson and Samuel
Metyger, of SalyersvilIe. spent
Sunday here.
Monday, August s.
We did not finish our business
in time to leave on Monday. AT
night we conducted services at the
Christian Church.
During the day we gathered
some items which may be of inter-
est to our readers.
Mrs. Lizzie Henry. wife of Jacob
Henry, of Flatwoods, died on
Thursday, July 81, '04, after
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-08-17
LANDSLIDE
Predicted Blu Jones
of Arkansas,
FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN
THE NATIONAL CAM
PAIGN.

81 am sure New York will 20
Democratic in the Presidential
election this fall, and l do not
hesitate to predict at this time
that Judge Parker will have
comfortable majority in his own
State when the votes are counted"
This was one of the striking OBJ
servations made by former United
States Senator James K. Jones, of
Arkansas, who retired month ago
as Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee. Mr.. Jones
is taking a keen interest in the con-
test between President Roosevelt
and Judge Parker. Mr.. Jones in
an interview with the Enquirer
correspondent discussed the stu
alton and the outlook as follows:
81 regard Democratic prospects
as unusually promising this year,
and as the campaign progresses l
believe they will improve. 1 feel
that l am conservative in stating
that conditions at this time presage
Judge Parker's election as Presi.
dent. In 1896, and again in 1900,
we were divided on the money
question, but this ysarr fortunately,
the disaffected element is back in
side the party lines, and we are now
able to present a united front to
the opposition"
do you think there will be any
disafection on the part of the
silver element that supported Col.
Bryan so loyally?" Senator Jones
was asked.
Il do not believe there will be
many backsliders to speak of, il
there are any at all" replied the
former Chairman. "Col. Bryan
support of the ticket is an index of
what the men who rallied under
his banner in two campaigns will
do, and in itself is an assurance
that Judge Parker will start of
with six and one quarter million
votes to his credit. This will be
REINFORCED by the so-called Gold
Democrats, who either supported
Mckinley or remained away from
the polls. Thus the Dem ucrats are
able to start off with their normal
strength, and there are certain to be
acce.sions from the Republican
ranks for various reasons"
(which of the doubtful States
do you anticipate Judge Parker
will carry?p
II have refrained thus far from
giving out any table," said Mr..
Jones. but you may form an
idea of the kind of table / would
make when l say that / regard the
conditions this year as quite simi.
lar to those existing in 1902, when
Mr.. Cleveland was elected for his
second term. In that year, you
will recall, the Democratic candi-
date carried New York, New Jer-
sey, Connecticut, Delaware, Mary
land, West Virginia, Illinois, In
diana and Wisconsin. In these
States, or at any rate in most of
them, the Democrats this year pro-
pose making vigorous canvass.
do not wish to appear as predict
ing that we will carry all of these
states in November, but it looks to
me now that Judge Parker will get
the electoral vote of enough Of
them to insure his election"
"Can Parker win without New
York;"
81 regard New YORK as essential
to his success, but New York, in
my Judgment, is certain to give
Judge Parker good majority.
am also quite familiar with con-
ditions in the Central and Western
States, and the situation in those
sections Of the country is exceed
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-08-17
FACTS and OBSERVATIONS
4gO WEST LIBERTY MISSIONARY
AUXILIARY ORGANIZED By
MRS. j. ED. GRUBRS.

Equipped for a horseback ride
through the mountains the writer
left home on Saturday morning,
a. sss. 6 destined Sc Mc-csn
Magofiin, Floyd and probably
johnson, On the train to Win
chester we approached Mrs j. Ed.
Grubbs, of our city, asking:
where are you going to organize
a Missionary Society,"" She re-
piled; "To West Liberty, KY"
YShe was pleased to know that
was going into that section. This
was her first trip beyond Torrent.
/ was fortunate and to be congrat
ulated in having such companion
ship; and having been along this
way repeatedly could give her a
few Facts and Observations about
matters and things in general.
Another oil well came in near
Csmpton about Wednesday. AT
o, d X. Junction / learned that
Robert NJ. Trimble (whom ! had
known for some years. was in
jackson.
Mr.. Carpenter, of Millersburg,
was en- route to Swango Springs,
where his wife is taking those
healing draughts.
At Camel City left Mrs. G..
and went to Caney. | had ex-
pected at home to 60 direct to
A1yersville, but Information re
ceived on l.. q f.. train, and at
Caney, and the fact that rare
treat was in store for me at West
Liberty from Mrs. G. and thought
of renewal of friendships here,
caused change of plans.
When her conveyance came to
Caney there was "room for one
more passenger In that two-seated
surrey, used for carrying U. S.
Mail and other things.
We have not yet met the County
Judge. We will look him up, and
ask him about those few mud holes.
At Malone w. j. Seitz, going
our way came along in buggy.
HIS invitation to occupy seat
Vas accepted.
Mate in afternoon in West Lib
erty after cleaning the mud from
those mud holes from our garments,
we started to take in the town.
Clay Wade Womack said, if the
bell rings tonight you may know
that you are to preach. The bell
rang. The attendance was forty.
One lady said: Il did not know
Z. " hat was to be, but heard the
Nbell ring and knew | ought to be
there"
If all church members were so
interested in the Lords work, there
would be no vacant pews.
On Sunday morning we thought
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WEST VIRGINIA is SAFE.

WEST VIRGINIA is SAFE.
5 w. Walker, of Grafton, West
Virginia, who is the Democratic
candidate for Representative in
the Second District, came to
Washington and called at the
Democratic Congressional Com
mittee rooms. He stated to the
officers of the committee that the
Republican claims concerning the
result in his State were all moon
shine.
"The Democrats are going to
sweep the State in Novembe r," he
said, with confidence "The Re-
publican majority will be over
turned and the electoral vote will
be given to Judge Parker. / ex-
pect to be elected TO Congress by a
good majority over Representative
Dayton. The popularity of ex-
Senator Davis, our Vice Presiden-
tial candidate; the unpopularity of
President Roosevelt and the in
ternal discussions in the Repuoli
can party are some of the causes
which will contribute to Democratic
success in West Virginia this
year."
Another Democrat who brought
pleasant news to the Democratic
Committee was Representative
Martin Enrich, of Chicago. He
says he anticipates a Democratic
landslide in Illinois this year. 81
expect" he said, ITO see Illinois 60
Democratic by a larger majority
than that given to the Democratic
nominee in 1892. Then we carried
the State by y, OOO.
"What are the influences that
are working in favor of Parker in
Illinois?" he was asked.
Among what may be termed
the middle class of people there is
a feeling that a change in the AID
ministration and in Congress would
be beneficial to the country" he
replied. "The feeling that young
men lack any fair chance in enter
ing business and that small dealers
are at the mercies of the big corpo.
rations is, l think, responsible fol-
much of the desire to have q
change in the administration of
affairs.
sin figuring upon the proba-
bilities of an election in Illinoi:
we also must take into considera
ton the class of people who make
up the army of voters. There il
an enormous population in Illinoi:
of foreign birth. AS rule these
men have been made Republican;
~ being told thai the tariff would
keep up their incomes and that il
the Democrats should get into
power they would get a fifty-cent
dollar. Now they are beginning tC
suspect that the higher protective
tariff is of more service to those
great monopolizing corporations
that are expressing them than &c
any one else. They no longer feal
the fifty-cent dollar. That is a
matter of the past. They are
looking at the political situation
from an entirely different way than
that of the past"
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$1Os,369 IS.


Tho bank building is modern,
up. to-date, attractive, with time
lock and safety deposit boxes.
w. NJ. Kendall on Aug. began
connecting Amyx Springs by tele-
phone with the line from West
Liberty to Sandy Hook, thus giving
connection from these places to Mt.
Sterling. At same time he began
line from Caney to Salyersville
thus giving Mt. Sterling another
connection. He then has lines
from West Liberty to Sandy Hook
to Morehead, White Oak, Lee City,
Campton, and over other lines to
Mt. Sterling, Jackson, Sandy Val
ley etc. His hack line connects
daily with train arriving from l..
& f. and 0. Il X. at Caney at
IL: AS, and leaving West Liberty at
s a. m. connects with afternoon
train over same roads to Lexington
and MT. Sterling.
John Phipps and family recently
moved from Lexington to this
place.
The Grand Lodge of the Mutual
Protective Society meets here on
the LIST Thursday in Sept
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G. 7. FLANDERS, Judy, KY

of our Woman's Bible Glass at
home, as we stood before the Bible
Class of men and women. The
Sunday School attendance was 81
and the offering 55c.
We attended the Methodist
Church morning and evening.
Mrs. Grubbs' address was in
structive, interesting, thoughtful,
well delivered. gratefully recog-
nize the privilege of hearing her.
In the afternoon she organized a
Foreign Missionary Auxiliary with
eight members.
OFFICERS.
President-Mrs. j. NJ. Rose.
Vice Presi de n MRS. j. H.
Burns.
Rec. Secretary-Miss Ina Maxey.
Corr. Secretary-Mrs. c. W.
Womack.
Treasurer-Mrs. w. G Henry.
Agent for Missionary Advocate
Mrs. O. w. Bnrns.
At evening service the pastor,
Rev. Jackson, preached an inter-
esting sermon, and Mrs. G. an
nounced the result of her visit and
gave words of encouragement and
counsel.
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Archibald who took the Vice Presi-
dency, giving his entire time to
the banks business The last re-
port June 30, shows:
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NUMBER 5
PREDICTS SUCCESS.
Senator McCreary Says Parker
And Davis W II Be Elected.

United States Senator James B.
McCreary is in high spirits over
the political situation and believes
the Democrats have splendid
chance to elect President this
fall.
"The situation has improved
from the moment Parker and Davis
were nominated" said he. Dem
ocrats in every State in the Union
are enthusiastic and all signs point
to the election of the Democratic
ticket. The people seem to be
more tired of Republican rule now
than ever before and business men
do not have confidence in Roose-
welt. They see great contrast be-
tween an cratic and unsafe Presl-
dent and conservative, safe and
intellectual President, who for
many years as Judge of the
highest court in New York has
shown his love for the Federal
Constitution and his respect for
co ordinate departments of the
Government.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-08-17

The pictures we admire make
our own portraits.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-08-17

1t is always safe to suspect the
suspicious.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-08-17
PREDICTION AS TO RESULT

"Of course, every Southern State
will support Parker and Davis.
The Republicans only carried New
York by 5000 majority in the last
election, and 1 feel confident that
the Democrats will carry New
York in November. New Jersey
was Democratic State for many
years until 1896 and Connecticut
often went Democratic. l believe
we will carry both this time. West
Virginia was Democratic for many
years, and believe she will come
back into the Democratic column
at this election. or course, there
is no doubt about Maryland. The
division among the Republicans in
Wisconsin, If it continues, will
give US that State, and the splen-
did organization under Taggart in
Indiana and the great enthusiasm
there make me very hopeful of sue.
cess in Indiana.
Colorado and Montana both have
Democratic Senators, and Nevada
has but recently elected a Demo-
cratic Senator. Our people have
splendid prospects in those States.
Rhode Island elected Democratic
Governors in the last two elections
in that State and the outlook for
Democratic victory in that State
is good.
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news of the coming of the frost is spread
broadcast. In 1903, nearly 10000 vii.
| lagos and farms received daily forecasts
by telephone. and nearly 5000 had ar
engagements for receiving special warn
Hg>' of frost and sudden storm. In that
.ngle year the number of places receiv-
~ forecasts by telephone increased by
aulrly 10000.
The farmer has n choice of several
agencies in protecting his crops from
frost. Should a stranger in a country
district sec AT night the glow of smoky
fires mounted on carts and drawn
around field OF orchard it would be en-
IOnuouS for the visitor To infer that the
farmers were using these pclambulating
boutireS for purposes of Il celebration.
Az Il matter of fact the movable
''smudgc" is one of the devices for re
pelling the advance of the lcgiGnS of
hangs like II cloud Il short distance
above the surface of the earth and i'm
prisons the heat which would otherwise
be radiatrd through the upper air.
"SmudgC>," both of the kind which are
hauled from place to place and those
which are stationary, are used in the
fruit orchards of California and other
Pacific Coast States, in the orange
groves If Florida, and i'll the wheat
fields of the Dakotas.
While the Smudgc is used for the pur-
pose of creating II cloud of smoke above
the surface Of the earth and impriSGn-
ing the heat. whoch would otherwise be
lest by radiation. fires of different
kind are cmlIoyed to actually raiS'2 the
temperature in an orchard. Several
years ago experiments were tried in
California in which oil was used us fuel
II made II ht fire and was neither eX-
pcn>ivc nor difficult to manage. but. as
it covered the trees and fruit with lamp
black. the system WaS NOT regarded as
Of great value. Small coal fires. on the
other hand. give excellent results, and
in the orange groves of California some
times 10 of them are started in Il singh"
acre. This costs about 81 II night, but
aS the oranges maturing on the trees in
that one patch If ground may lie worth
SlOO. the nancy >pcENt for the coal fires
is really pretty cheap insurance.
Another of the methods employed TO
avert the 'Ilngtr from fIo>ts may be
described rs the artificial shower The
SlifiN ~ NOW lllI~ Is U>.Hl ifn i'llt 7 All
fornia ranch is told in United States
government publication. Did it come
from II less reliable source the man who
lives in II city and knows little about
farming and fruit raising might put it
in thee lass with the stories told by the
returning trout fisherman. The owner
of this ranch caused to be erected on it
II number of mastS 30 feet high. At
the top of each mast was fastened II
Sprinkling device through which water
could be forced. On nights when the
temperature Shrinks to the fro>t Joint
the pumps begin to work. the sprinkliEg
commences to work. and the air is
filled with moisture that in nearly every
instance the protection given the ripen-
ing fruit has been sufficient. The OWL
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Mavor Bird, Of Wilmington, and Rev,
| G.. r. WYATT delivered addresses on the
history of the order nt the 18th unni-
vrr>ary of Middlctown Council. No. >.
Jf" w. |. y. W. observer Oh M"h"iE
evening
John THOMPSON, cn!orcd. is locked up
:; he Eastern Police St1tion. Baltimore
=. rgcl with Shooting Brakeman Uarri-
son in the hand on IA car roof ut Middle
River on the r.. Il. X W. II. II. one
night recently.
Mr.. Clarence Milton Howard. of Hay
re- de Grace, and Miss Mary Eta Rose,
formerly Il teacher in II school near New
ark. were married mt the home of the
bride in Odessa. Del. on Wednesday by
Rcv. j. VI. Arters.
f. d. i,'"'''',' ',"S H"'n inc "il"l"-
damages for personal injuries sustained
while crossing Il feet bridge over Jun
iata rrn i'm that city. The ease will 90
over to another t.:.a of court.
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err of a little patch of garden and a gar
den hose, if he will get up just before
sunrise en- Il frosty morning, may save
HIS precious vegetables by sprinkling
them. He is doing in a small way what
the ianchman in California acccmplicshr.s
by the use of the 50-foot mast with the
sprinkler ut the top.
For the protection of large fields and
orchart@S. alpthcr elaborate scheme has
been used with more or less success.
This consists in extending to different
parts Of the area to be protected pipes
which are connected with IL steam boil
er, steam being generated ON frosty
nights and distributed by the pipes to
the places where it will 90 the most
good. Water is extensively employed
i'll fighting frost in the cranberry dis
trict>a Of New Jersey, Wisconsin. Cape
Coo and other portions of New England
and the upper lake districts. When
there is likely to be frost the swamp
or hog lands to which this crop is con-
fined are flooded by means of appliances
by which ncighboring bodies of water
car be drawn upon. The water cover
ing the cranberry patches keeps the low
cr stratum of air comparatively warm
ANA moist. irrigation has been similarly
employed in orange growing districts
and the rice fields of the South.
This Is n great cCuntry. but there is 10
considerable section of it near enough
the equator to be entirely free from
frost. In some parts of the Northern
States frostS are likely to occur during
any of the summer months. In the
northern part of the Florida Peninsula
i'll the region immediately bordering
the coast of the Gulf Of Mexico, and in
the Pacific Coast states froStS may occur
nom the latter Part of October until
the early Part of April. From Decem-
Der until early in March, the frost limit.
ut long intervals, may be extended
SHuthward well over central and even
over Southern FlCrida. Consequently
the farmer and olcharCiSt wherever he
lives i'll the United States must lie ready
It. battle with the frost and. thanks
t" II Weather Bureau. the mails, the
telegraph and the telephone, he is
promptly notified when to light his
Smudgc. turn OH the water or stretch the
protective Screen.-BaltimOre American.
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FARMERS FIGHT
WITH THE FROST

Now o,4nu> the season of the year
when the farmers fight the frost While
in the hours Of shine, the mercury
registers summer t,mrraturrS. Fight
and early morning may he sharp and
cold. II is in these weeks of early fail
when crops and fruits are riprnng that
the farmer must be on the al, RI H. pre-
vent GAnlg,. Time w.l> wl!,n Il heavy
frost necessarily meant injury to grow
iug crops. hut today when news j. sent
over The, farming districts IL the coming
of frost. there is n mastering Of the
forces and the battle j. ON. P,aplc who
live in large cities knew very little
ab~n, modern methods by which the
farmer wages hiS ncv,r.ruLing battle
with the elements. The woman who ON
chill Srntrmh,l nights tbs an old urw<-
paper over her pet rD.t,blSh i, battling
with the frost in n way lcMg familiar.
bu. rhr l1-te-t,iltc ngriculturist h".,
many other weapons at his command
Everybody knows the aIpcarnrcc of
fIo>t-thr gliStcning white Particles
up"a grass and plants and other oh
ic,tS. AS the scientist uXplninnS il, frc,..t
is the moisture If the air condensed at
freezing temperatures urgn objects near
the surface of the arth. When frost is
formed. the trmpcraturc of the air n
few feet above the earth is commonly
several degrees above freezing, but the
surfaces upon which frost is deposited
must POSSESS freezing tpmperatlrcS.
These are due to several causes. The
radiation Of the heat stored in plants
and in the earth itself during the hours
of sunshine. the evaporation of moisture
ard the tendency of cold air to settle
while the WARMER air ri,yS contribute
to the formation of frost. Low living
c,Uull> which lr,vrnt radiation, am at
moSphrre charged with moisture. wind
which kccrS the air in motion and 50
cuuaIiZeS the tpmnrI1turc. are nat,ual
representatives..
In his battle with the frost the farmer
seeks to produce artificiallv some of
these conditions, but he must have news
Of the coming of TN cfrcyt and MANY
means for giving warning have been
employed. In France. frost bells orc
sounded when frost is expected. and
Crane urow,iS prutrrt thnir cronS nv
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Gould Line AT Tide

The tidcwater extension Of the West
crn Maryland Railroad has practically
been completed and will be formally
opened to- traffic next week. The line,
which is IS miles long. extends from
WalhrcoE Junction to Port Covington,
the South Baltimore terminus of the
read. With the opening of this extern
sion the Western Maryland will be in
position to carry freight to and from the
harhor front in Baltimore over its own
Lire and escape the heavy toll now ex-
acted by tn" Pennsylvania for the use
Of tn" Union terminal.
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ricultural implements, including McCor-
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