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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16
WI ACCEPT REQUEST
To Cooperate With the Simplified
Spelling Board.
MADISON AVENUE New York,
December rs, 1906.

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December rs, 1906.
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16
Walking on Water.

c. L. Oldreive. walking on the
water, left Madison, Ind, Jan. 4,
eight hours behind time ON his for
ty days trip from Cincinnati to
New Orleans. His wife, who is
champion Oar'Swoman of the world,
keeps near him in IA skifl, and j.
W. Weatherington. of Louisville;
Arthur Jones and L. +. Maiden
accompany him in Il launch. Wealth
erington has wagered Ed Williams
of Boston. $1,000 that Oldreive
will succeed.
His arrival WAS heraldcd by blow
ing of whistles, and thousands of
people saw him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Should lake the Lead in Tenth
Congressional District,
CANTON, KY, Jan. {, 1907.
EDITORS ADVOCATE,
Mt. Sterling, KY.

Mt. Sterling, KY.
Dah srRs:
Ally cause that is worth serving
is worth serving with all the pow
err of our mind and body, That
there is general awakening of
the public conscience in regard to
the sale of intoxicants is demon
strated by the universally of the
success of Local Option wherever
elections are held. Local Option
is good-anything is good that les
sens the sale and use of liquor
but there is something yet still
better. the total prohibition of the
manufacture of the stuff. | have
not vet been on the water wagon
long enough to demand front
seal. but it seems to me that If the
anAs quor people would begin in
time they could in this congress
sional district get matters in shape
so that our next delegate to the
National Democratic Convention
would be pledged to offer Il plank
for the National platform pledg-
ing the party to wipe it out of
existence by dissolving the part
nership between the government
and the whisky trust, and by pro-
hibiting the manufacture or impor-
tation of any intoXicant in the
United States. 1t might not sue
coed in becoming a part of the
platform, but it could not help
bearing good fruit. If the effort
wsss,nlade to get it into the plat
fS!s..is of each of the two dominant
parties there would be such an
agitation for it that it could not
but hasten the day of National
prohibition.
"a little pebble in the ocean thrown,
Will cause wave from zone to zone,
A little word by tongue or pen,
May change the action of all men. I"
There has to be a start toward
the agitation in favor of the Ma
tion's taking the drink evil in hand,
so why not start it from the Tenth
Congressional District of Ken
lucky? BY commencing this agi-
tation early and by getting dele
gate pledged to try to get an anti
liquor q think we ought to dis
card the word temperance" as
that means a moderate use), plank
in National platform we put the
party in the attitude of taking one
side or other of the question, a
thing that both parties have dodg-
ed for years.
The matter is worth the serious
consideration of the moral element
of bur citizens, and there is no
paper in the district more entitled
to the honor of starting the move
ment than the ADVOCATE.
Yours very truly,
l.. T. HovERMALE.
See editorial.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16
OyerwOrked Men.

Goyernor-elect Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, in discussing the railroad
problem at a banquet in Atlanta,
declared that wrecks were largely
the result of employing underpaid
meHIand overworking them.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16
WHAT MAKES FOR SUCCESS.
Retired Business Man Gives His Son Some POnlers--et Good
Men to Work for You and Pay Them NeI--
Character Counts.
BY CHARLES n. CREWDSON.
Author of Tales of the Road" Etc.

man who keeps on making the
sparks ilv.
Never slacken in your integ-
rity. Character counts. You'll
never profit off of one transaction
with man. The one-bill getters
on the road are 10 good to firm:
and these one-bill firms don't last
long. One of our old customers
told me the last time | was at the
store that he liked to buy goods
from our firm because he knew
the stuff we shipped would be up
TO sample,
Another thing, don't want it
all. No man can get ahead by
what he does alone. and he can't
get others to do it for him unless
he pays them well. The most sue
cessful firm | know is Il wholesale
shoe house. Every time the head
of that firm gets hold of IA GOOD
hustler he asks him to take stool,
in that house. They began this
long ago, and if | had had my way
about it | would have begun this
long ago in our house. Don't
think people will work for you
Just because they like you. They
like the Jingle of silver in thCi
/ pockets, better.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16
To Start Dairy.

James b. Haggin will soon es-
tablish great dairy at his Elmen-
dorf stock farm near Lexington.
1t is expected to supply a large
part of the Lexington market.
The dairy plant will cost about
$4,000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16
Ballot Boxes Seized.

Attorney General jackson, of
New York, acting under a Sup
RENE Court order. has seized nearly
all the blot boxes containing the
the ballots cast in the Hearst
FcClelIan mayoralty contest.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16
To which we repIied:

TO which we replied:
We have no objection to Simpli-
fled spelling being adopted. The
difficulty is to unlearn what child
hoods months and years was spent
upon. Much time would be abso-
lutely necessary to attain accuracy
in the new order. In our efforts
to conform we might get mixed,
and produce the impression that
we do not know how to spell, and
that would spoil our prospects for
distinction. Let her go.
Respectfully,
b. w. TRNIBLE.
p. S.-Accept thanks for list of
words. If the scheme fails write
me at once.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16

Young j. G. Witherspoon, son
of the boss, fought his own on the
road for two years actually earn
ing his living by selling goods.
One day while at Portland, Ore,
he received telegram telling him
to come home. that his father was
very sick. He found his father
stricken with paralysis and unable
even to return to his Office work;
vet the old gentleman's mind was
as clear and active as ever.
One evening the father and son
sat together on the front porch of
their home. They were alone.
John. my boy" began the
father, I'm proud of your record.
You have made yourself so far all
that your mother and | have hop
eel for from YOU. Nowadays SO
many sons of well-to-do parents
are no account. Yes, my son, we
are proud of you.
They tell me I'll never be back
at my post again, but | chuckle
every time they tell me this, be-
cause ! know | will be, and for a
good many years to come-in You.
That's why we are SO proud of you.
But let me tell you something:
You'll have to hustle to keep up
the speed your old dad did"
YOUTH LEARNS WISDOM.
When young John was growing
up he had always sought to dodge
a talk from the governor. But
after he had spent a few years of
running the point of his pillow into
live roots as he broke new ground
in business he began to learn that
the old gentleman could teach him
something. In time he hung upon
every chance he had to listen to
the business wisdom of his father
Experience teaches. The bald
head knows more than the one
that still has fuzz clinging to its
temples. SO this evening the son
listened with eager ear to his
father.
Yes. son, work will do more
toward putting you ahead than
anything else. When apples are
ripe a breeze may once in awhile
knock one off, but if you want to
fill your basket you must climb
the tree and shake the limb.
mot only must you work hard,
but you must keep on work
ing hard. Stay-with-it wins. You
can't split sappy hickory log
with a toy Ratchet at one stroke;
but if you keep on swinging big
AK you'll lay her open.
You must have to put in few
wedges, too, aud maui on them.
And you'll find that one light lick
Il
with maui on "A small wedge will
do more splitting than dozen
hard blows with AK Diplomacy
will often do "A thing easy. When
| was a boy | went squirrel hunt
ing one day with a fellow named
Jim Hudson. The dog freed u
squirrel. The squirrel was in Il
hollow. DO you suppose Jim cut
down that tree. No. He got Il
few dry leaves; put them at the
bottom of the hollow; lit them
with a match and smoked the
squirrel out.
INDUSTRY THAT wins.
ITS all right to smoke out
squirrels, but if you must chop
tree, chop her. Jim was lazy
fellow and would have walked
seven miles for a piece of punk
and a flint rather than chop down
that tree in half the time. Some
men depend upon an occasional
brilliant dash to keep them up:
but the man who gets there is the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16

"DOan's Ointment cured me of
eczema that had annoyed me a
long time. The cure was pcrma
nent. Is Hon. :. W. Matthews,
Commissioner Labor Statistics,
Augusta, Me. 25-5t.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-16
sOBRHrY AN ESSENTIAL.

Keep on keeping sober son.
The plans "A man makes when Il
high-ball makes him pipe dream,
he does not often put into the shop
when the high-ball quits work.
You can get drunk on whims, too.
rs easily as YOU can on hi9h-ballS.
DO well the thing you have to do
instead of dreaming of something
else. You can't dig potatoes and
pluck peaches at the same time.
Besides, an Irish potato will look
better to you than a peach if you
have planted and plowed them
well yourself, The successful man
in the shoe business sees beauty in
an old shoe that has worn well. |
once heard man say i got out
the prettlest raft of saw logs this
season | ever did knew he was
IA successful man.
And when YOU get anything.
son, pray keep it. There's no
use of being "A money bee one day
and househy the next. Too
many people make money for
others to devour. A man who
works hard is entitled to first fill
his own combs. If he doesn't he
gin doing this when he is young
he will never have any honey for
others.
You now have a good founda-
ton on which to build fortune
for yourself and to be an inhuen-
tial man in the world. The man
who has wealth can do great deal
of good in the world. Not so
much by dropping dimes into the
cups of professional beggars, but
by making employment for people
who want to work and by making
their condition better. | had, to
start with, nothing but a want to
work. BY practicing what Eve
preached TO you tonight Eve be-
come the managing and financial
head Of our house of which to-
morrow when our stockholders
meet, YOU shall become president.
Watkins, who spent so many years
on the road with us, shall be your
assistant, and when YOU become
capable of doing as much good
work as he does, you shall draw
rs much salary as he does.
Are you not glad now that you
took your post graduate course in
the School of Hustler"
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph b, Bowles.)
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-04-05

sion OF the business that borders on
the remarkable.
The personnel of the sales force is
selected with great care. They must
be ladie sand gentlemen, and being
thus familiar with all those polite lit
tie amenities of social intercourse
make the customers visit to the big
store a most pleasant and agreeable
affair. Courtesy, promptness and a
strict regard for business and fairness
are the rules under which the sales
force work. A child receiving the
same treatment as the parents.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-04-05
RETURNED GOODS.

The stores guarantees Is made sure
and instantly effective in its per
petual promise that II for any reason
the goods purchased are not satisfac-
tory, or cannot be used. they can be
returned for exchange or cash refund
provided they have not been soiled in
handling TO such an extent as to pro-
hibit their further sale In all cases
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-04-05
THE DENVER'S STOCK AND SERv.
ICE.

Having buyers in all the great mar
kets of the world who are constantly
on the alert for the best and most
fashionable goods at the lowest prices,
The Denver is always in a position
TO sell at a better advantage, quality
considered, than is possible for any
store that has less extensive and
thorough organization and smaller vol.
ume OF business.
Its service both in Denver and over
the entire Western country is noted
for promptness and correctness. There
are no delays, no vexatious red tape.
Every need is promptly met and the
customer whether in the store in per.
son, or a thousand miles away. finds
all the conditions incident to his pur-
chase scrupulously complied with.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-04-05
ALL GOODS GUARANTEED.

One of the prime features of The
Denver" is the fact that every pur.
chase made from its stock Is guaran.
teed, no matter from what depart
ment. This is rigid rule. the en-
forcement of which has nA Ale tn pm
pany many staunch and continue00eo ~
toners.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-04-05
DENVER'S BIG
BUILDING

The country at large confirms the
fact that Denver has been particularly
fortunate in the class of men that
dominate her business life, and who
have made this city famous for the
gigantic business enterprises that
have been conceived and carried out.
OF this class of Denver business
men none have attracted more wide
spread attention. nor have done more
TO deserve 1t. than the able generals
at the head of the great department
store ana mail order house-The Den.
yer Dry Goods company.
The Denver Dry Goods company
was established in 1894. 1t is located
Tn Sixteenth street, running back the
entire block on California to Fifteenth
street, and is one of the most beautiful
and palatial business structures in the
West
The officers are: d. Sheedy, pres.
dent; W. r. owen, vice-president and
general manager; II. j. Bagley, secre.
tary and treasurer; T. n Wood, su,
perintendent.
In all the commercial enterprises OF
this great Western country no bust.
ness, great or small, has achieved such
phenomenal success or gone forward
with such laps and bounds as has the
Denver Dry Goods Co In the briei
period of its existence this great de.
rartment store and mail order house
has been brought TO its present com.
manding position In the world of com
merce, a position rarely attained even
through generations Of prodigious ef.
forts.
The Denver has always been es
pecially fortunate In its management.
From it's inception it has had men at
the head OF 1t who have been familiar
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-04-05
where an exchange is not desired the
purchase price will be returned. All
sales are subject to this rule.
ITS KNOWLEDGE OF METHODS
THE REST
THE B EST.

Inc service was conducted along
new and untried lines, the old paths
of merchandising were forsaken and
the newer ones worked out upon broad
principles of absolute fairness and
changeless good faith with the people
until in THE Denver" the mere bus1'
ness OF trading" has been elevated
to place among the arts and
sciences.
The Denver Dry Goods company's
building, as 1t stands to-day, is the
largest and most commodious of its
kind in the United States west Of Chi
cago.
The frontage on California street is
400 feet (the entire block from Fiji.
teenth to Sixteenth street, and ex.
tends back into the block distance
Of l25 feet. The cost of the recent ad
dition with fixtures was s750,O00. The
total floor area is 3O5,750 square feet;
show window frontage, ESQ feet; 256
polished plate glass windows, occupy
ing 10000 square feet of space; $4,000
square feet of mahogany paneling for
show windows; width OF main aisle 20
feet and 400 feet long; five new elec-
trio passenger elevators; two large
modern freight elevators: an escu.
lator or moving stairway: twenty new
and handsome delivery wagons cost.
ing 100000 each.
The lighting and power plant Is the
largest in the West and Is a marvel
of engineering excellence. The en-.
Agine room is in marble and art tiling
and is enclosed in plate glass. This
room contaipssll the latest and most
uptodate machinery and is destined
to be one OF the show places OF the
big store. The engines. OF which there
are several are ponderous and power
full. one OF which Is a 300 horse power
Fleming four-valve Corliss-Cross com
pound. direct connected to a 250-k. W
generator This engine, one OF the
most powerful and beautiful ever put
into a building. was built to order es
pecially for this installation. and Is
the highest type OF engine used fo'
this purpose.
The building has complete auto
matte sprinkler system. which in case
of fire will deluge the place with
water. The system works automatic
ally and when the temperature
reaches 1875 degrees will give fir'
alarm and start the sprinklers. Con
nected with this system there Is al
aggregate of 10000 feet OF from TO G
inch iron pipe and 2i,000-gallon tanl
for the water supply.
An artesian well In connection will
the building gives an abundant sup
ply of fresh. sparkling and wholesom,
water
VACUUM HEATING SYSTEM,
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-04-05

with every possible method from
which the best results could be OBJ
tanned
Among those most prominent men,
tion is due Mr. W. X. Owen. vice-pres.
ident and general manager, to whose
genius for accomplishing things. as
much as to any other one thing, the
Denver Dry Goods company owes its
proud and unquestioned pre-eminence
to-day. While tirelessly energetic and
resourceful, Mr. owen also possesses
that remarkable tact, rare in this day
and generation, which impresses his
individuality on the employees of the
company in such manner as to get
The best results, and at the same time
retain the veueration and respect OF
all those under his direction. His
knowledge of men and things has been
great factor in the great work that
he and his associates have accom-
plished in building up this great bust.
ness. His poss biities as an execu-
tive are unlimited, and his devotion to
duty, coupled with strictest integrity
of character, have wrought wonderful
developments in the company he so
ably manages.
But as we must have generals. so
must we have lieutenants and others
whose duties are to see that the com.
mands of the generals are executed
This is true of The Denver" as it Is
of other efforts OF this life where
things are done on such an extensive
scale. The department managers and
buyers. a great army OF earnest and
sincere workers, have their duties and
responsibilities, and II is a generally
known fact that The Denver" has the
best trained and most efficient corps
OF department managers and assist
ants OF any big store in the West
They are experts in their line, and in
their work demonstrate a comprehen.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-04-05
VACUUM HEATING SYSTEM.

The building will be heated by
what Is known as the vacuum system,
and Is the largest and most extensive
heating plant in this Western country
There are many miles of steam pipe.
ranging in size from one-half inch to
twelve inches In diameter. and radia-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-02

ma@x. = H. IT, pmHwhass pHep~rsE mni
hsgan nfe an~w.
Tai after rexmaamang In New lie.
loB fox . maash she aefsnaams r.
tmrne6 - rem8anea only a few aays.
stating thM he 49, suang dowR sas1
Texas 10 paErhase some cattle tn ssaek
y raneA- That IT, defendant tooA
with him al rAe available property
I'D left plaintiff in &c almost destitute
.conAaetun- THAT plaintiff has not heard
frusn the Defendant since his last d.
pastare nd snat she defendant left
wlthoas notifying the plaintiff H. ~
where he va gaing
The complaint also alleges thai th*
defendant il the ~ae of certain
property in the town NJ DaFwood. an
also the holder of a nose for So
against a party I'm thai city
The prayer of the petition h for d.
vorce and fnr alIsnony. also for III i'm
junction 10 prevent defendant from
IAgsgosing Of the note OF property Al
u plaintiff ma receive the rents
therefrom a. allmony,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-02
Neglected Cold Threatens Life.

from the Chicago TEibane.l
."ront trifle with a cold II good
advice for prudent rnen and women.
1t may be vital I'm the case OF . child,
Proper food. good ventilation. and dry.
warm clothing are the proper safe
guards against colds. Ii they are main
tanned through the ehaaseable weather
of autumn. winter and spring. the
chance. Of a surprise from ordinary
colds will be- slight. hut the ordinary
light cold will become severe if ne,
elected. aud "A well established ripe
cold Ia the germs Of dlphtherla what
honey IL to the bee. The greatest
menace TO child life AT this season oil
the year IL the neglected child"
Whether 1t Ii a child or adult. the
slight cold or severe. the very best
treatment that al be adopted Is Ia
give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
II IL safe and sure. The great poou
larity and immense sale of this prepar
alton has been attained by Its remark.
able lures OF this ailrnent. A cold
never results In pneumonia when II &
given. For sale by all druggists,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-02
Rising From the Grave.

A prominent manufacturer. VIM. A.
Fertwell. of Lucama, n. C.. relates Il
most remarkable experience. He SAYS:
After taking less than three bottles
OF Electric Bitters. I feel like one is.
Ing from the grave. My trouble il
Bright's disease, In the Diabetes stage.
/ fully believe Electric Bitters will
cure me permanently. for 1t has nj,
ready stopped the liver and bladder
complications which have troubled me
for years" Guaranteed by all drug
gists. Price only SOC.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-02
Ehssr In. o. Nam.

Let the seeaaaea - mma cheer
- ssaa ~ Ea Pm@a Esaasoaa ell
CO In a reporter Tor - Ttmea. Tar
- II eunaaE iaao AiH own aw&lm.
Twensy yeara 80 aha railroad maa"
msera banked om their ID empaayes
the CID engansers ama conductors.
MA I'D given thear youth and mid
ale age tn tAs service III the road.
were locked ug&sn ~ Indispensable
Them n few years IAtev there wms
born a I'd tor young men. - The
I'D veterans were retired and hoys
fuok their places. Hut ewaasnaly the
boys have mot made good. Tor IT,
Railroad wnsld has shifted it, exst.
aaase NJ the soealieA old man- II
needs him and In calling fur him,
Tia Pennsylvania railroad. upon
whose great system there In u ya@y
roll n 4 1000 employees. has decided
10 raise the aga limit from thirty.
five 10 forty years, For more than
n decade past II hE~ been the Tmle
TN admit mo- newcomer oveT thirty
five to The service of the roaa, but
hereafter the man of forty will have
hlg ehanee IN enter the services nj
tho Pennsylvania. and this rule Wit
h. followed By other roads"