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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

COOP ROADS:-Good roads in
this unity is what we need and
what we ought to have and what
we must have, before our county
can take the position of other coun,
ties in the state. which it ought 10
have. By the issuing of bonds is
the only way to build roads in
Rockcastle, and next November,
the people Of the county are going
TO hav e another opportunity to say
whether or not they want bet
ter roads. The good road fight is
now on and will continue until the
people have shown by their vot g
they do not want better roads. The
columns of the Signal are thrown
open to all to express thei. views
upon this subject. Half column
Articles are not necessary to express
your wishes in the matter and fOr
the benefit of the many who favor
it and would like to say a word in
behalf of it but feel incompetent
to write an article, we wish to say
that all that is necessary is line
or two. saying that you are for the
bond issue, will work for it and
vote for it and sign your name.
We hope to have at least twenty.
five snch letters to publish IN our
next issue and before the ides of
next November have come, we hope
to have had expressions from every
good road advocate in the count,
Who will be first.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

w. G. Nicely has purchased the
Joplin property, which was recent
ly sold b, Dr. ] M. Williams ,n
the Citizers Bank, all except the
one room which will be occupied
by the Peoples Bank. We under
stand that Mr. Nicely will remod
ell the building and put in stock
of goods.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

EGGS:-Duston White Wyand-
otte eggs. Americas leading strain
of White Wyando,tes. IS for 75c.
so for 81 IS. 100 for s. so.
D. E. Proctor, Quail. KY.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

READY MADE WAISTS:-We
have just received an elegant line
of ladies' ready made shirt waists.
The ladies are cordially invited to
call and see them.
ROBT. COX.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

A large number of ladies gather
ed last Fri1ay to witness the mil.
linery opening of Mrs. Cleo Brown.
The sly les for this season are very
beautiful and to the writer there is
nothing more beautiful than a pref
ty hat on a lovely womln
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

DR.. Walker Owens. of Pongo,
has purchased the stock of goods
of A. M. Bradley at that place We
understand that the Dr's brother,
Walter will run the business for
him.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

The Fiscal court met this week
and fixed the county levy for 1906
at 4ocss, Of which 27Icts, is for
county purposes and I2Ects. for
roads.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06
G. LEAR.
Hiatt, XIV.

We call attention to the an
nourcement of the Peoples Bank
found in another column. Owing
to the delay in getting the fnrni-
ture, it will be necessary to delay
the opening until Saturday, April
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

w. ]. Sparks is 6gureipg on put
ting up double two-story concrete
building on the lot just back OF the
depot. The entire building will be
48x7o, making eacl room 24x7O.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

w. A. Carson. the sp e n d / d
Brodhead painter and paper hang
er. sjust completed papering the
Jail, which was a much needed i'm
prOvement. He has several nice
contracts here for this season.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

For SALT AbOnt' 5000 feet 2
inch pipe i'll first class condition.
J. T. Adams.
mch- 80 st. Mt. Vernon. KY.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06
LOCAL

EGGs.-Highest class B a K
Minorcas, Plymouth Rocks, at SOC
per setting of IS eggs.
Mrs. A. T. Fish,
INCH 23-6t Wilde, KY.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06
p f Il = ON A l.


Yesterday.
S w Davis was in Lexington
this week.
Miss Fanny Sparks spent Sun
day with homefolks.
Miss Margaret McClary is now
located in New York city.
Miss Beulah Smith is attending
school at Williamsburg.
Atty. and Mrs. B. Bethurum
went to Somerset Tuesday
Walter Saunders was mingline
with friends here Wednesday.
Misses Smith and Brown, of Yer
sailles, are guests of Mrs. Nj. G.
Miller.
George Livesay, one of our sue
cessful farmers came to Rockcastle
in IS4S.
Dallas Rule srent the week al
Liberty with homefolks and attend
ed court.
Mrs J. A. Mercer. of Wayne
county, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs Z. b. Brown
We are pleased to know that our
good friend VIM. Price is rapid,
improving in health.
Mrs. G.S Livesay, of near Level
Green, is very seriously i'll and has
been for some time.
A. H. Basin was over from Lam
caster Monday to see James Maret
on telephone business.
NJ. F. Smith, of Brodhead, and
Jim Williams and William Hack
ney. of London, were here Sunday
Mrs, Stella Hyden, who has been
sick all winter, is still confined to
her room, but is slowly improving
Scott Miller. after spending
several months with his grand
mother near Versailles, has returned
home.
w. I'll Lyons. of the Lyons Man
utacturing Co., Lyons Station, was
here Wednesday making contracts
for timber.
Mrs. Fanny Adams has returned
from Louisville but will leave in a
short while for a several weeks
visit in Denver
Eugene Mullins writes from
Pennington, N. NJ, that he is not
SO well, due to over work with a
surveying gang.
Miss Matte TAYLOR, daughter of
Uncle Rob Taylor, who has been
an invalid for 80 years, still remains
in a very critical condition.
Supt. G. M. Ballard was in Stan
Tuesday to see Referee Saunders,
concerning the J. J. and E. B.
Drew bankruptcy proceedings.
M. c. Miller, who is operator for
the Santa Fe, at Fountain, Colo.
in RENTING for his paper, says:
"Let the SIGNAL come | cant do
without it,
Charles Golden arrived from
Missouri Tuesday and started on
return trip with his family, who
had been visiting relatives for some
months, Wednesday.
Willis Adams received word
Monday that his son, Lytle, who is
soon to graduate from the St. Louis
Dental College. had just been oper,
ated on for appendicitis and had
passed through the operation first
class. Later information says he is
recovering nicely.
Mr.. J. R. Orndorff, who had a
foot mashed in the Corbin yards
some two moths ago. was able to
pay his many friends here visit
last week. While the member still
pains him he can walk fairly well
on it DIR. T. !. Brown left Friday
for London, England, to attend
lectures and to better equip himself
for his large practice. He will also
likely spend few weeks at Vienna,
Austria Dr. Blown will be gore
three months or ore.-Interior
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

For SALE.-A lot on Main ST.,
IS feet front BY IS feet deep. with
aI2 by rs room building. being a
part of the lot where J. Fish's store
is now located. Possession can be
given about September Ist. For
further Information call upon E. S.
Albright. Secretary Rockcastle
Real Estate Company.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

Charley Wren was fined SIS and
cost in the county court Monday
for carrying concealed weapons.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

For SALE:-About $50 cords of
tan bark, about q miles from the
station. Will sell on the tree or
peeled in the woods.
WOOD & CLARK.
Orlando, KY.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

LOST: One fox hound, a black
bitch with white spot on breast,
little tan on feet. Will give liber-
al reward for any Information as to
her whereabouts.
P. c. LEAR.
Hiatt wv
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

WANTED: by Chicago wholesale
and mail order house, assistant
manager( man or Wam any for this
county and adjoining territory.
Salary $40 and expenses paid
weekly; expense money advanced.
Work pleasant; position permanent.
No investment or experience re-
quired. Spaie time valuable. Write
at once for full particulars and self.
addressed envelope.
SUPERINTENDENT
1872 Lake st. Chicago. III.
GA - - IA "A.
Sears tn. Hlh klat Yes H.a l!..g lssta
A'' e NzAs7s1
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06
w. c. Scott has been appointed
Postmaster at Johnetta.

James Maret needs his pruning
shears -Seud them home.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

The Hansford Telephone Co. i,
was granted frachise by the Fis
cal court Tuesday. Dr. T J. Price
w G. Nicely and others are inter
ested and already have a line run
ming from Level Green to Mt. Vei.
non via Hansford and Sand Spring,
They propose to run a line from
VT, Vernon into the Freedom
neighborhood, Maretburg. an d
eventually on to Quail.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

20 Call up NO. 20" when va
T. y you We ut to Com mt nj 4 u
cate with SIGNAL
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

w T. Young, of Indian Terri,
tory was here this week Investigate
ing some lands, which belonged to
his grandfather, M. A. Watkins,
who lived in Laurel county. M.
Young SAYS there are several hun
dred acres in Garrard, Madison,
Rockcastle and Laurel counties,
which properly belong to him and
the other heirs, and he is confden,
they will be able TO regain it.
The Fiscal Court, with the Coun.
ty Judge. will meet at Orlando next
Tuesday in conjunction with a rep
resentative of the Champion Bridge
Co, and the citizens of Orlando
and vicinity, to look the situat ion
over and take some action toward
building bridge across Round
stone. The Fiscal Court is ready
to do its part and the success of the
effort depends largely on the action
Of those who are to be the most
benefited. We would sugges,
that as many of the citizens of the
Eartern part who would derive un-
told blessings bv the erection of this
bridge, be present at Orlando next
Tuesday and be prepared to guar
antee a few dollars. a few days
work, or whatever is most needed.
1t is up to the people of Orlando
and the Eastern part and if you
want this bridge you must show a
willing hand.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-06

entered at the Mt Vernon, KY. Postoffice
as second-class mail matter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-11
MOBILES SONS is CHEFS
KING EDWARDS SCHEME
New Employment for Impecunious
Aristocrats Suggested by
Britain's Rulers.
Correspondence of The Journal.

London, Nov. liking Edward has
made wise and practical suggestion.
He says it would be a good Ting for
some of the younger sons of the arts
tocracy If they sought positions as
chefs. This idea was the outcome Of
an incident which took place while, the
king was recently visiting Lord and
Lady Colebrooke. His majesty and his
hostess returned from motor drive
one evening about 1880 when Lady
Colebrooke was told in the presence of
the king, bv an indiscreet young foot
man, that there was no dinner in
progress as the chef was drunk in bed.
An almost Identical incident occurred
a year ago when the king was visiting
the SassOons. -. + ... .e% -
King Edward sees nothing deroga-
tory. in any kind of work and in sug-
costing new profession for the
numerous younger sons of impecunious
noblemen he knows of what he. is talk
ing. Good chefs earn anything from
4 $l,oOO to $50, 900, per annum and their
behavior Of late is, as Mark Twain
male chef is the fashion and the king IS
notion is that were hard-up scions of
the aristocracy to take up the calling
. they would earn much more money
i than they could hope to get by going
: in for business, for which their training
i'll fits them. And they would start
with the initial advantage Of knowing
what dishes appeal most to luxuriously
cultivated palates and appetites.
Furthermore. as their duties would
be restricted to the kitchen, matrons
anxious above all things that their
daughters should wed wealth, would see
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-11

Came to His Funeral Expecting
Fortune Each, but Were
Sadly Disappointed.

Paris, Nov. 10.-There has just died
at Belley an old gentleman Of 70, woh
during his lifetime was notorious for
his eccentric and misery habits, tho
he was in possession of an lncome of
$4,000. His funeral was attended by
a large number of relatives, who were
astonished to discover only few cop
pers in the house after the funeral.
The will was then opened, and it read
as follows:
My dear relatives, / am afraid you
are going to be disappointed. know
that none Of you have any. sort Of af-
lection for me, and that if you come to
my funeral it will be in the hope of
dividing up between you whatever I
may leave behind me. now inform
you that / have left no money what
ever. I sank the whole of my fortune
some years ago in a life annuity. All
the money that remained over and
above what spent of the annuity I
have given away or burned, in order
that you should not have it. I hope
this will be little surprise for you.',
A search revealed, however. $500
worth of annuity stock, the coupons of
which appeared to have remained un-
paid; but on going to the bank to have
these coupons cashed, the heirs dis
covered that the coupons had been
paid, but at the special request of the
Old gentleman, who had given a separ,
not been cancelled. This is only
little surprise / am keeping back for
my heirs, he said.
II. appears that on the occasion Of the
annual village festival this year The
old gentleman deliberately burned
$4,000 worth of bank notes, which he
found he had been unable to spend.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-11
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
MAKES LILY FARM PAY
one-Armed Maine Man Turns
Marshy Land Into Veritable
Garden of Eden. @5F

Washington, Nov. 10.-A one-armed
Maine veteran Of the civil war is one
Of the few examples in Washington,
D. c., of man who quits Uncle Sam s
service, voluntarily to branch out for
himself along entirely novel lines.
Walter B. Shaw is the soldier who,
with the handicap Of the loss Of limb,
had the hardil1ood to give up a GER
tainty in salary to embark in a new
Yankee shreWdness, he is, perhaps, the
most succ essful water lily culturist in
the country, has the distinction of hav-
ing introduced those plants in that part
of the country, and supplies the mar
kets for florists from Boston to Mont
gomery, Ala.
A few miles on the outskirts Of
Washington Mr.. Shaw has lily farm
He has converted a worthless marsh
into eight or ten handsome lakes, which
he dug himself, and produces more than
1900 magnificent lily blooms, which he
sells at fancy prices.
Mr.. Shaw was born at Vassalboro. on
the Kennebec, in the land Of water
lilies Of hardy growth. When the civil
war broke out he enlisted in the Nine
teenth Maine infantry and served thrn
out the war, altho he was only 81
[youngster. In the battle Of Spottsyl-
van1a Court House, May IL, 1864, he
lost his right arm and was semitic the
hospital. When he recovered he went
to Washington, and thru the influence
Of friends secured a position as watch
man in the war department. After
wards he was promoted to a clerks ship
in the office Of the auditor Of the war
department..
& When clerk, in 1880, he bought a
small farm near Washing ton, but aftsx-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-11
.5PINELES5 FODDER CACTJS-
TUN1S.NORTH AFRICA.

import millions Of dollars worth. of IL
every year.
Thousands Of applications are re-
celyed every week from people in all
sections asking for new plants for every
kind of soil. IF man, for example,.
wants a fodder crop for irrigated land.
ne gets the new alfalfa or berseem.
Many new plants are introduced with
which have selected lists Of reliable
people who are willing to try new
crops OF course such well established
crops as durum wheat, Turkestan alfalfa,
Japanese rice sand even some mangoes
have passed the stage of distribution
and are inathe trade.
Every seed or plant introduced con-
tributes chapter to the history of the
ord is kept Of every detail. Now sup
pose man in Florida writes for some
mangoes. It will at first be ascertained
if he has secured plants before. This is
accessible from the correspondence file.
If he has not, an investigation is made
Of his reliability, for no seeds and
plants are distributed to people who
grow for mere curiosity. If the man
is found to be all right, investigation
is made whether mangoes will grow in
that climate. Assuming that they can
be grown, he is furnished with cuttings.
With the cuttings is sent blank form
to be filled out with the record Of trans
planting. The applicant 3 name is put
on a card, and with it is fled the rec
ord that he returns. Thus there is OBJ
tanned complete record Of the plant,
from the time it is brought over from
some foreign land, until it has been
tried and produces results in an Ameri-
can garden.
Of the work Mr.. Fairchild says ct
feel that there is no government ex-
penditure which more directly affects
the wealth producing power Of the
country than this one. 1t means that
the American farmer is no longer tied
to the few crops that his forefathers
knew. It gives him the material with
which to experiment. He ceases to be
a plodder along old lines and becomes
an intelligent investigation. He is
emancipated from the one-crop idea.
And the whole world is coming to his
aid. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-11

| wards discovered that most Of f. was
| marsh and that the rest wouldn,t GROW
anything He had always been Pond
OF water lilies and tried the experiment
OF importing few from New England.
q pond about twenty feet square was
dug, fed by springs, and well embarked
with gravel to keep out the muddy
planted New England lilies were -four
lshlng Gradually he extended his
ponds, until now he has four acres Of
water, all artificial, which have been
produced at considerable expense. 80
This year Mr.. Shaw will harvest
nearly 10000 lilies, some of which in
the early part of the season. bring him
SO hundred. His profit from the lilies
has placed him in a comfortable nosi-
tlon already, while, in addition. he de.
votes several of his artificial ponds to
the cultivation Of grasses which keen
aquarlums fresh, and which he ships on
a pig scale al over the country. His
ponds have been stocked with black
bass, paradise fish and turtles. and the
old Maine soldier can enjoy as good a
day s sport with rod and reel from his
own doorstep as other people obtain
only by long journeys to natural haunts
81. rms beats being government clerk, -
said Mr.. Shaw the other day, when his
unique lily farm was visited.
= s, When first experimental with New
England lilies came to the conclusion
that they were too expensive for fad,
and not profitable enough for business,
unless L went into the cultivation Of
them on a large scale. After con-
siderable deliberation I decided to give
up the clerkship, and I'm not sorry
that I did. It doesn t pay man to
stay in the service all his life, and Eve
years ago / resigned my job.
4 paid about $4,000 for my little
farm. I wouldn t take many times
that for it now. The marsh suggested
the growing Of lilies. / excavated a,
polnd, made the banks high, and di-
rected the flow of water from the
springs which abound on my place. In
a short time / had to have more ponds.
and I spent $4,000 digging them. Ali
the work had to be done by hand. I
brought a large number of lilies from
the Kennebec and crossed them with
other varieties. Some of the hand.
myself. = g - s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-11

these explorers have invaded Indian
jungles; endured the hardships' of ST.
berian steppes; sweltering in the burn
ing heat Of the Sahara, and risked their
lives in the plague districts Of Bombay.
They have touched at every continent
and penetrated many lands, and the
fruits Of their daring endeavors are on
a thousand American farms.
The First Explorers. -.
There was plenty Of work to be
done. Western farmers wanted an al
falfa that would resist drouth; n e..
Hansen went to Russia and Russian
Turkestan, and brought back the Turk
estan alfalfa which was practically
drouth proof and which yielded a larg-
er. crop thans1,s+the ordinary variety.
Thousands Of western acres are = now
producing this new alfalfa. - q 7
For years the wheat growers of the
northwest complained that rust was eat
ing up and reducing their crop. 'fWe
must import a rust-proof wheat, said
the department officials. NJ A. Garlic
ton went to Russia and obtained the
hardy variety known as durum wheat
which has revolutionized wheat-grow-
ing in se1ni-arid regions 1t -. yields
| four bushels more to the acre than the
softer wheat formerly grown. there;
and is sure. crop, and less liable to
disease. Last year 100000 acres
produced 20,000,000 bushels, yielding
the. farmers $1,500,O00.
The rice growers of Louisiana and
Texas complained that most Of the nu-
tritiye quality of the grain was de-
stroyed in the polishing process in the
mills, and that too many of the grains
! became broken. There was need Of a
new short-kerneled rice; so DR.. S. A.
Knapp went to explore Japan to OBJ
tain variety from a nation that
owed its sustenance to rice. He intro
duced the Kiushu variety. Today half
of the rice grown in our great rice pro-
ducing district is Of this kind. It re-
duces the per cent of breakage in mill
ing from forty to ten; yields two to
three barrels more to the acre than the
ong-kerneled kind, and has a better
straw for fodder.
There was need Of new crops for the
irrigated region of the west. Mr..
Fairchild went to Egypt and found in
the fertile valley of the Nile the great
est Of irrigated forage crops-berseem.
On this the Egyptian peasant has de-
pended for centuries to nourish the soil,
for it imparts nitrogen. 1t is planted
In the late autumn, and the same
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-11

terminate a dozen new plants for near
~ every section; hardy Siberian cher
ries and peaches for the northwest;
hard-shelled almonds, paper-shelled wal
nuts, and pistache nuts for California;
sugar beets for Nebraska; rust-proof
oats for the Dakotas; Bohemian horse
radish for the middle west; the mango
steen for Louisiana. ~ -.
We are getting new crops for our
new lands too-hardY Finnish oats and
turnips to grow in, the short summers
in Alaska sisal plant (for twine), BAN
anas and mangoes for Hawaii. and
m1angoes, rice and cocoa plants for Porr-
to Rico. s Z. *.5 :. S
Propagating the New Crops.
Sending seeds and cuttings is merely
the t1rst step IN the process Of plant
introduction. On the grounds Of the
department Of agriculture at Washing
ton is the propagating house where the
plants, gathered all the way from IN
dian jun1gles to Siberian steppes, are
bred and developed. In the receiving
room you will see bundles Of date palm
shoots that have scorched in the Alge-
rlan sun. In the dollhouse every bed
Of growing plants tells a story Of agri-
cultural adventure. In the center, with
Its vivid red flowers nodding from
graceful stems, IS tie Manchurian seed
less perslmmon, grated en- the ordinary
American stock. Next door is Young
Japanese loquat tree, new fruit des-
tined for American orchards that rep
resents a blending of Japanese and Al.
gerian varieties. A little farther is q
young pistache tree from the Leyant. =
famous dry-land nut that is expected
to grow in california. Near at hand is a
bed OF delicate green sprouts as fragile
as ferns. 1t is the Japanese rush plant
brought over by Mr.. Fairchild, who ex.
poets it to grow in such quantities that
we shall be able to weave our own mat:
ting instead Of importing $4,000 900
worm every year from Japan. An
American has already invented the ma
chine for weaving. Another Japanese
plant being developed is the Mitsumata
paper plant, which is made into paper
mat the Japanese use for the roofs and
walls Of their houses. But no plant is
richer in possibilities than the Mexica y =
slsal from which Irvine is made. We