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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
WHAT EMINENT MEN SAY.

Brand Whitlock, Independent
Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, and ia
nous as an author, is reported by
The News, Of Detroit, as saying to
Mayor Thompson, Of the latter
city; Detroit, Cleveland and
Toledo lead all other American
cities in political freedom. But
until women can vote, it is only
one-haIf the freedom it should be.
DO | believe in woman suffrage?
Most certainly We can only at
tain to limited measure of polit-
icaI freedom when women are
allowed to vote. The next step
will be economic freedom"
in his lecture, WHAT Il City
Can DO For Its Citizens" Hon.
Frederick Q. Howe, municipal ex-
pert, de7ignates the granting of
suffrage to women as the city's
first duty. He argues that city
administration is housekeeping
and Jha, the woman suffers most
and gains most by bad or GOOD
administration. Suffrage would
enlarge womau's seif-respect just
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
A LONG LIFE
How to Conserve Energy and
PTOlOng Life.

The time comes to every one
when the life forces begin to fail.
1t is Il little harder to climb hill
or walk up stairs. Exercise
is taken less vigorously or
abandoned, and we feel that the end
of active service is drawingnear.
1t is more than probable that we
have been oyer-driving the ma
chine Of the body which will give
out like any machine If oyertaNed,
and we should Immediately take
steps to change the gear. build up
the strength and restore the life
forces. Tothis end nothing equals
our delicious cod liver and iron
preparation, Yinol. which is far
superior to all other touics and
cod liver preparations because il
IS made by a scientific, eXtractiye,
concentrating process from fresh
Gods livers, combining wit h
peptonate ofiron all the medicinal,
healing, bodybuilding elements Of
cod liver OIL, but no oil.
As a body builder and strength
creator for old people, delicate
children, weak, rundown persons,
after sickness, and for chrou C
coughs, colds, bronchitis and all
throat and lung troubles, Viuol is
uneXcellcd.
Try it on our offer to return
your money if it fails. w. :.
Lloyd, Druggist, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
FARMERS JUBLANT.

The news Of the first sale was
received with great enthusiasm 10y
the farmers who are in the pool.
Mnny were heard to express the
opinion that the Society of Equity
is about to win its battle.
The sale was made from the
samples held at the headquarters
Of the Society Of Equity in Win
chester, and as soon as the buyers
bought the tobacco they tele-
graphed their factory to get ready
to manufacture all the plug posi-
bic within the next few weeks.
That Il state Of riot" does not
exist in Lexington and there is no
reason for the undue nervous feel
ing in the tobacco warehouse sec
ton was shown when two Of the
largest insurance companies doing
business in Lexington instructed
their agents to issue all the insur-
ance called for.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Only Lost One.

Mrs. Cynthia Duncan, George
town, KY, says: II had occasion
to use Bourbon Poultry Cure with
my turkeys this year and it cured
them. | only lost one, don't think
would have lost it if | had used
this medicine sooner"
Sold and guaranteed by W. ).
Lloyd.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
For Surveyor.

William Henry Jones, of Barren
county, and Henry Howes, of
Paintsville, are candidates for the
Louisville surveyorship, the latter
having the endorsement of Repre-
sentative Langley.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Mail Order Victim.

A man who sent a dollar for a
potato bug killer" received two
blocks of wood with the following
directions: Take the block which
is No. l in the right hand, place
the bug on No. 2 and press to-
gether. Remove the unfortunate
and proceed as before"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Repairs for nigh BridQe.

A civil engineer for the Cincin-
natl Southern railway has given
out the statement that High
Bridge, which spans the Kentucky
river, is to be rebuilt. 1t will cost
in the neighbOrhOod of 100000
and it will take a year to complete
the work.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

In the House Representative
Gaines, of Tennessee, made a plea
for Government support for The
Hermitage" the old home of An
drew Jackson, near Nashville.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

Generally debilitated f o I
years. Had sick headaches, lacked
ambition, was WORKOUT and all
rundown. Burdock Blood Bit
tiers made me well woman. .
Mrs. Chas. .Freitoy, Moosup, Conn.
25-5t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
not always on hand and the dead
were carried through the streets
to the morgues.
MOTHER CLASPS HER CHILD.

Among the charred corpses was
found one body of a woman with
a child Rugged close to her breast,
the two being burned into one
cinder.
Other bodies were found with
hands clasped and in an attitude
of prayer. In the list of the iden-
titled dead today is the name of
Mrs. Stella Maye. who had coach
ed the young folks in the play be-
ing given. Mrs. Maye was on the
stage and gave her life in an effort
to save the young people under
her charge.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

The picture of VIM. Goebel now
on the checks of the State Treas
urer are to be removed and the
picture of Henry Clay substituted.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

MT. s.
witnesses say the audience rose en-
masse, and the one impulse was to
reach the front door. All attempt
ed it but few got out.
In the scramble to get out many
persons fell over the chairs and
were never able to regain their
feet. and those who reached the
front entrance found it jammed
with people who were fighting and
shrleking to get out.
One of the double doors had
been shut SO as to enable the ticket
taker to take up tickets. Not
more than two persons could pass
this door at one time, and after
the first half dozen got through
the narrow passage it became clog
ged with the struggling mass of
humanity.
FEARFUL CRUSH AT DOOR.
Men, women, boys, girls and
chairs were tangled up in such a
solid mass that no one from the
outside was able to disentangIe.
BY this time some discovered that
there were fire escapes on each
side Of the building, and dozens
made their exit by these and gave
the alarm.
All this time the burning oil
was creeping toward the terrible
mass of people, who were frantic
ally shrieking and fighting to get
out. The noise was terrific and
few heard the cries Of those who
found the fire escapes.
DOZENS PULLED OUT OF MASS.
Some of the bravest who had
gained fire escapes pulled dozens Of
the struggling masses loose and
directed them to the sides of the
buildings. While the frenzied
people were fighting to get down
the front steps the calcium LIGHT
tank exploded and the fire was
spread over the eatire mass Of
people.
This added horror was more
than the rescuers could stand and
in order to save their own lives
they were forced to flee down the
fire escapes. On the front steps,
outside the door, men pulled fran
tically to open a way for the
wedged-in people, but not more
than half dozen were rescued in
this manner.
When the flames were eXtin-
guished and the roscuers entered
the building a terrible sight met
their gaze. Bodies were piled in
one solid mass six feet high on the
second floor. SO solidly were they
wedgel that pick axes and crow
bars had to be used to separate the
victims. AS each victim was ia
ken from the pile a number TAG
was attached and the body placed
on a board.
DEAD CARRIED THROUGH STREETS.
The body was then covered with
a quilt, hundreds of which were
furnished by the stores and citi-
zens, and lowered to the streets by
means of ladders. They were
placed in wagons and taken to four
morgues. So rapidly were the
bodies removed that wagons were
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

Drunkenness is IA SIN and sends
men to hell. Men did not 50 de-
cree.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

The stock brokerage firm of
Dane, Smith & Co., members of
the Boston Stock Exchange, an
nounced it's suspension.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
SOCIETY OF EQUITY
MAKES FIRST SALE.
All Quiet Now and Insurance
Companies Agree to Accept
Risks.

Through a deal consummatcd by
It's leaders the Society of Equity
made its first sale of tobacco since
1t began its vigorous fight on the
tobacco trust, when it sold 3O5, 900
pounds of tobacco to the Lowell &
Burlington Tobacco Company, of
Covington.
The sale was made at the Society
of Equity prices, and although
some of the tobacco sold Tor as
high as $50 a hundred, most of it
was sold at SIS a hundred. This
tobacco is at present located in the
different counties in the hurley
district and will soon be selected
by the buyers, the firm in each in
stance accepting Society Of Equity
ratings.
The firm which bought the to-
bacco intends to manufacture plug
tobacco out Of it, which will be
known as "Equity's First Deal
on account of its being the first
tobacco sold by the Society of
Equity.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

Bilious9 Feel heavy after din
ner? Tongue coated? B t e r
taste? Complexion sallow? Liver
needs waking up? Doan's Reg
ulets cure bilious attocks. %
cents at any drug store. 25-5t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
SIXTY-FIVE IN THE CAST.

There were about siXty-fve per-
sons, all local talent, who were
giving the performance of the
Scottish Reformation" The en-
tertainment was nearly over, the
audience waiting for the curtain
to go up in the last part when
something went wrong with the
calcium light apparatus.
Hearing the kissing sound and
the slight commotion in the audi
ence one of the performers raised
the curtain from the floor. In
front of the curtain and serving as
footlights, was a tin tank. 1t con-
tanned coal oil and about ten lights.
In raising the curtain the per-
former accidentally turned this
tank over and it fell to the floor
within few inches of those per-
sons In the front row.
MINISTER GOES TO RESCUE.
The Rev. Adam Weber, pastor
of St. Johns Lutheran Church,
for the benefit of whose Sunday
School the entertainment was be-
ing given, tried to pick up the
tank with the assistance of others,
but before they could do so the
Oil flooded out and caught fire.
Then came the inevitable cry Of
fire." and what followed has been
impossible to accurately tell. Eye
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Pardon Petitions For Powers,

A committee of seven George
town citizens has been constituted
to take charge of the circulation
of petitions asking Gov. Wilson
to pardon Caleb Powers and have
promulgated an address to the
public.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
ACCEPTS RAILROADS OFFER.

Chief Burgess Kohler was una
BILE to furnish men to help and
Coroner Strasser Immediately
awaited himself of the railroads
offer. Within an hour the com
pany had two carloads Of laborers
and carpenters on the grounds and
the work of recovering the bodies
moved so rapidly that the victims
were being taken from the ruins
at the rate of two every five min
uteS.
Fire escapes were built on both
sides and in the front of the build
ing. So far as can be learned
there were about 425 persons pack
ed in the room, most of whom
were adults. The number of chill
dren present was comparatively
small.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
ORDERS ALREADY COMING IN.

IN the strength Of the sale the
finn which bought the tobacco has
already received orders for nearly
half the product which they can
m nUfacture.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
DEAD CARRIED THROUGH STREETS

The body was then covered with
quilt, hundreds of which were
furnished by the stores and citi-
zens, and lowered to the streets by
means of ladders. They were
placed in wagons and taken to four
morgues. So rapidly were the
bodies removed that wagons were
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
l67 CHARRfD BODIES
Taken From Burned Opera House
and Whole Town Stricken.

Boyertown, Pa, JAN. IA. =
When nightfall put a stop to the
work of recovering the dead from
the ruins of the Rhodes Opera
House, where Tuesday nights
holocaust occurred, h officers
counted 1917 corpses. Wheth +
any more bodies are buried be-
meath the ruins cannot positively be
stated, but it is the belief Of those
who had charge of the gruesome
work that all of the dead have been
removed and that the total list of
victims will not go above 10.
The ratio of women and girls to
men and boys is about nine to one.
In several cases whole families
were wiped out.
1t was almost daylight Wednes-
day morning before the flames
were eXtinguished and rescuers
were able to enter the ruins to re-
move the dead. The morning was
bitter cold and by the time The be-
numbed and exhausted liremen
began entangling the mass of
burned beams ard twisted iron the
entire ruins were coated with ice
and there was danger of the walls
falling.
The bodies were SO badly burned,
however, that there was little to
describe them by, and it is safe to
say that not half the victims will
ever be identified. The second
victim was taken from the ruins
half an hour after the first and
then the work of recovery moved
rapidly. 4
By noon the rescuers became
exhausted from cold and hard
work and for time work came
almost to a standstill.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
HOW MANY WOMEN WORK?

Among women themselves. nndouot- edly the greatest factor in further eh- franchisement is the working wor'an, says an article in Applcton's Magazine. To her the ballot is bread. Ths aston- ishing statement of the last census that out of 23,4S5,559 women ih the United States over sixteen years or age, 4,S33,S0 are breadwinners, suggests the increasing industrial competition with men, which can never saNor or the square deal' unless s;feS 'ar lea by the ballot. In England, where the suffragettes" have made their demands in most revolutionary spirit, eishty- two per cent. of it's womeB are work CTS and. actually, average only IS. 6d. in wages as against 20s paid tD men Opposed to the cry of the woman who tolls ,s the anti-suffragist. Usually she belongs to the idle rich and has more "rishts' than the Lord ever intended. Willial T. Stead. the English journal ist recently related a story about his visit to the King of Denmark which illustrates the egotistical viewpoint or the anti" The king expressed himself as favoring woman's suffrage. where upoa the queen demurred. Tut, my dear. you have everything the suffrag- ists arc fighting for" replied the king reorOvingly.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
OUR HANDS.
How They Arc Differentiated by the
 Things We Do.

Though the human hand seems to be fairly uniform structure, 1t real ly shows differentiation as wide as that of the feature of the face.
 It is a well-known fact that the character of an individual can in a measure be read in his features, and a similar connection with character can be found in the form of the hand The hand, however, has closer con nection with actual occupation, says the Scientific American
 Whereas the influence of vocation on the traits (apart from natural disposition for certain craft that may lead to it's adoption) is due main- ly to particular turn of mind con- nected with ard produced by that vo- cation. the influence exerted on the shape of the hand is mainly of a phy- sical nature. The continual repetition of the same kind of manual work re- suits in a permanent alteration of the skin and muscles of the hand, as well as a transformation of the bones (atrophy or thicke7ing of certain parts), displacement of the joints. etc, for in repeating a given manipulation over and over again the palm and the balls of the thumb and little finger are called upon continually to perform the same action. leading to permanent strain on and wear and tear of given parts of the hand.
 The most obvious alterations due tc occupation are observed in the case oi heavy manual laborers. who have coarse and clumsy hands, with short thick, and callous fingers. the balls oi the thumb and the little finger being especially developed, and the skin be- | ing horny and covered with tissues While these properties generally are especially striking in the right hand it is sometimes even more interestns to study the left hand of individuals
 as, for instance, in the case of a smith who, by continually using this hand to seize the heavy tcngs, develop. very marked balls and protecting broadened finger tips. The thumb o his left hand. in fact. is used contin. ually in pressing on the tongs, and SC becomes especially strong The righ hand shows the marks of its contin. ual use in handling the heavy ham. mer, while the fingers assume a short ened. clumsy shape Similar facts though to a less degree. are stated ir the case of loCksmiths.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16

are in complete harmony with that place of desolauon and punishment, where the detritus of humanity Is col lected and compelled to life in com munity. What ample facilities for the student of criminality! Here he might write present day essays on so- cial questions and criminal law, for here are gathered all classes of error, misdemeanor and mental suffering the course of which he might observe with prophetic eye.
 How do these 560 unfortunate peo- pie live? A company of infantry, a platoon of police, another of marines, police officer, marshal and two brigadiers are stationed here to pre- vent escape; in other respects the prisoners are left to themselves, to their own instincts and vices.
 | At a. m. sounds the reveille which calls them to rise; then each man makes his own bed under the surveil- lance of an official whose business it is to see that no one carries away his bedclothes. At midday is the dis tribution of the, massetta, that is, the half franc given by the government to each prisoner for his keep. Half a dozen soldiers with fixed bayonets, arrl as many policemen armed with revol- vers are drawn up in little room on the ground floor of an ancient tower Here there are no seats or other fur niture except rough table on which lie the 560 half francs. The brigadler calls the roll. and each In turn passes before the table, and having received his allowance passes out by another little door opposite to that by which he entered. Thus theft, violence and rebellion are impossible. Grave ol smiling, drowning or sarcastic, they gc one after the other, a procession that impresses the spectator as one of the most wretched and repulsive that the human race can offer. A faint spark of feeling is shown at the hour fol the distribution of the letters. Some faces grow earnest and grave; some eyes are dimmed; an eager curiosit, shows itself in some countenances tc hear news from the Continent. A tall fair young man with catlike move. ments goes apart from his compan. ions to read long letter just handed to him. while the rest, disappointed ol irritated, go away laughingly noisily.
 For the rest of the day they arc quite free. Those who wish to worl may do so freely. Many are employed in the pumice quarries and in tho mills near the port, where they car eanr three francs day; but of wha use is it? They have no sense O. economy or order, though there arc rare exceptions who send money tC their families or to the women whom nearly all of them have deserted or the pavements of cities. One alone, { Roman, has succeeded, by means O his savings, in opening goldsmith. shop, and having left the quarrie.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
THE LIPARI'S ISLE The Present Aspect of it's Ancient Norman
 Fortress. CHURCHES AND CATHEDRAL How the Wretched Prison Population Spends its Days and
 Nights.

Even in the days of imperial Rome Lipari was set apart for political crim- inals, and at the present time there are within its castle 560 prisoners from every part of the Italian peninsula. On a precipitous rock, rising abruptly from the sea above cliffs of basalt, stands the ancient Norman fortress, dismantled and partly ruined, but still menacin. in appearance. It is ap- preached by vaulted passage with pointed arches of wonderful architec- ture and imposing effect. Imagine a city shaken by earthquakes or half de- stroyed by time, a second Pompeii, where the ruined walls and arches, the rough roadways and strata of stones and pebbles make walking diff ficult; dead city where watchful arm ed sentries still keep guard, and you have the present aspect of the castle of Lipari Within the ruined cavern ous structure are vast halls now used as dormitories, and on the remains of the ancient glaeis Is a group of miser- able buildings wit habsurd little win dows, doors and staircases where the better conducted prisoners may hire a separate lodging.
 The island contains four churches and the ancient cathedral of Lipari, iaow all closed but we'll preserved within, and rich in paintings, among which are an altar front by Alibrando of Messina; a Madonna Immaculate, by Barbera, of Barcelona, and an As sumption, by Russo. The existence of these churches proves the long sojourn of the Jesuits and Franciscan fa- liners in the island. The cathedral is of considerable importance from an artistic point of view, and its wonder full sacristy is adorned with exquisite Ky carved woodwork. But the steps leading up to the churches are all broken, worn by time, and injured by ravages of men. The doors, with out hinges and burnt, have been mended here and there, and furnished with iron bars to protect their treas ures of silver; the fallen belfries, and walls only half repaired and i'll kept
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
CHINESE FIRE WORSHIP.

Among other ancient customs now disappearing in China is that of wor- shipping the god of fire. The Hong kong correspondent of Shanghai newspaper wrote last summer:
 All these who reside in the south of China know that at this time of the year, during the stifling days of August, the people for long years have been accustomed to worship the god of fire, and at the same time to indulge in certain ceremonies, of which fire forms 8 part, in order to minister to the wandering souls of those who have not found a decent burial, or those whose relatives are too poor or too indifferent to attend to their wants in the neither world. Of course, all this is very expensive and In some cases Is also dangerous to the well-being of the town; for, not in- frequently, fires reward those who are thus devoted to worship, and they get bigger blaze than they have bar gained for
 The officials always issue grand motherly admonltions, which are year. ly couched in the same language, and are often written in doggerel verse When they have done this they assume that their duty has been accomplish ed Until this year no very marked difference has been shown in the way things are done, though for the last two or three years the newspapers have denounced this foolish waste oi energy and money
 This year, however, in Canton, the rulers of the most popular and i'm. portant section of the city have met and have decided that in the future they will discontinue fhe old custom That 1t has been condemned by the most influential section of Canton vii give the whole thing blow from which it will never properly recover and 1t only needs time before it ma, disappear ogether"-Chicago Dali, | News