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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
Uncle Allen on Reform,

81 sometimes think" remarked I'm
Gle Allen Sparks, that it's pity the
Lord doesn't know as much as these
people that are trying to make the
world over. He'd have made it SO
much better than it is."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

The Kansas Republican State
Central Committee unanimously
indorsed William II. Taft for
President.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
still Seek Perpetual Motion.

New York man who has spent ~
years In making models for inventors
to send to the patent office says that
there are 81 men In New York whom
he knows of who are working on per-
petual motion machines.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
Prohibition Imnossjble I,

Prohibition impossible in England.
The differences among medical men
have more than personal or profes-
sional interest. They prove that it
would be utterly futile in this country
to attempt to make the sale or con-
sumption of alcohol penal offense.-
Liverpool Daily Post
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN EDUCATED
FOR PROFIT AT SMITHS COL.
LEGE. LEXINGTON.

bookkeeping, Sh ithand, Typewriting and
Telegraphy taught. Refers 10 thousal ds of sue
ces~fnl .raduaies
Great demand for graduates of this College at
! fine "a aries.
Reputation "a cheapest and best College.
Lexington, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
Napoleop's Cynicjsm

What is the difference between a
mirror and a woman" Napoleon asked
Nine. de Stael you give it up, l see.
Learn, then. that a mirror always re.
fleets; a woman, never"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

1t will be many day before
YOU again have chance to buy
clothing at our present prices.
Guthrie Clothing Go.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

In Pittsburg physicians estimate
that thousands of persons are
Frustrated by pneumonia, typhoid
fever, and especially grip.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

LOST. Several weeks ago two
receipt books. Return to Il. f..
Creel. Singer Office, and receive
reward.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Your last chance to buy Grocer
les, China, Glass and Granite
ware at less than jobbers cost at
Roth Bros. Closing Out Sale.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
The Voice Of Mine.

man has always the voice OF his
mind. A mind clear, distinct, arm.
generous, little disdainfuI. displays
all these characteristics in its voice.
Antoine Berger
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
Dynamite.

At Birmingham. Ala, a boy car
ried dynamite in his pocket. He
Jared the explosive. He is dead.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Guthrie fears neither scrutiny
nor comparison as to price and
quality.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Lay in your supply nov. After
we leave you will see a big differ
ence in prices. Roth Bros.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

You'll be glad if You do and
sorry if you don't go to Gu,hrie's
Cut Price Sale.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
FALSE-TAXES ARE NOT RE
DUCED BY LIQUOR TRAF-
FIG.

Some of the liquor dealers of
Philadelphia have given out the
following:
If it were mot for the revenues
that the saloons of this country
are now paying the Government,
heaven only knows what would be-
come of the taxpayer. The mil
lions of dollars we pour annually
into the National and State treas
uries help to lower the tax rates
and virtually support the commu-
mites. To eliminate the saloon
would be to undermine the founda-
tons of the country's revenues.
The testimony of many jurists
and others who have made a study
of the relations of the whiskey
traffic and cost of city and state
government is that the traffic is
largely responsible for the exist
ence and maintenance of criminal
courts, jails, penitentiaries, aims
houses, etc. These have to be
paid for.
1t is true that large revenues are
derived from the traffic, but large
expenses result therefrom, to say
nothing of the moral degradation
and poverty entailed.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Importance ef suez Canal.
One-seysnth OF Great Britains for.
eisn commerce passes through the
Sueg canal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
Irus Proxarh.

II is a true prOverb, that IL you live
with lame man you will learn to
halt.--Plutarch
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

No house goes above Guthrie's
in value, or under him in price.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Fresh Celery and Cranberries &,
Ed Hons.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Guthrie has what you want in
clothing, shoes, hats, etc., for
what you want to pay.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
To Our Customers and Friends:

With best wishes for your pros
perity and success for the coming
year, am pleased to extend to
you the greetings Of the season.
Respectfully.
+. W. Stockton. the Tailor.
Fancy Cleaner aud'Dyer.
Mt. Sterling, Ky.
December 25. 1907.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

We should not show all our faults
at once to the woman who loves us
that is. II We desire to have her keen
on loving US.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

The price thermometer has
struck bottom ut Guthrie's Cut
Price Sale.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

CATTLE SHoATs. 1 have 30 cat.
tie shoats, fine grade, home raised,
for sale.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
First Use OF EnveloAas

Envelopes were first used in 1889.
Before that time one simply folded
ones letter together and nYed il with
sealing wax.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Wanted-Salesman to call on re-
tail merchants in Montgomery and
surrounding counties. Good prop
osition. Good salary. Give ref
erences and experience if any.
Address Merchants Commission
Advertising Co., Room SO, CO.
lumbia Building, Louisville, Ky.
Mr.. o. S. Bigstaff, who has a
lucrative position with B. B. Will
son, of Lexington, is now engaged
in closing out the business, as Mr..
Wilson could not return from the
South.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Call and see the wreck Guthrie
has made in prices.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
Special for SATURDAY.

Dressed Turkeys, Geese, Ducks.
Chickens at Hons.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Read "A Few Definitions, "
Sunday Closing" Tobacco Col
nmn." Goes Dry"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
No Effort REQUIRED

About the only thing man can d
without trying h.ts fsiA ~. z,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Divisions Of the World.
There were but two families In the
world, Have-nuch and ilave-little. -
Cervantes.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

n little money feels bio at
Guthrie's now.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Prices whitfield to the finest
point at Guthrie's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Low pr, Cos and worth combined
at Guthries.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01
FOR SALE!

Roth Bros Spot Cash Gro
Gerry. The best investment In
the State Of Kentucky fer a live,
hustliug Grocery Man.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

Guthrie's Cut Price SHE is "A
remedy for shortness of cash.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-01

24-tf w. r. Swango, K. II. 3.
The Washington times., 1908-06-21
EDUCATIONAL CARDS
USED IN GERMANY
Recent Craze Being Turned to
Use of Learning in Will
> Hams Empire.

United States Consul Hannah. IN q re-
port from Magdeburg tells Of the now
educational use OF pictorial postcards in
Germany. AT the recent meeting OF
the German Geographical Society" saws
Mr.. Hannah. the idea was advanced
for the first time TO employ plctur
postal cards as means of instruction in
the schools. The postcard industry has
made enormous progress in the last few
years, and In the last few months cards
have been brought into the market illus
trative of natural history, political his
tory, and for use in instruction in the
German language, which have met with
the hearty approval of professors and
teachers Of reputation. The school mu-
scum at Breslau has undertaken TO form
a collection Of these cards. and for
this purpose has request ed the various
publishers TO forward them samples of
their output, that it may be determined
to what extent they may be used for
purposes Of instruction. Further, two
teachers ia Leipzig have established a
central bureau for meritorious postcards
of all sorts intended for purposes Of in
collection and travel. They
have also developed and offer for sale
two practical systems for the display
and filing Of the cards. These gentle
men select and arrange the cards mos
carefully according 10 pedagogical prin-
cinles-F
The Washington times., 1908-06-21
THEATERS
LATEST IN PARIS
Amusement to Be Provided
for Weary Travellers on
Long Journeys.

News has arrived OF a company being
formed IN Paris. under the chairman
ship of a well-known theatrical anna
teur. for the purpose of providing
amusements for travellers in trains on
lOng-distance journeys. The idea Is to
add a theater car to every fast eX-
press. so that travellers gcing at night
from Paris to the Riviera, for instance.
instead of sleeping In their berths, book
a stall in the theater car and attend
a performance. The car is TO be so ar
ranged as TO resemble a small theater.
with stalls TO accommodate fifty or
sixty passengers with a stage at one
end. The orchestra" it is proposed.
shall be limited TO a piano. a cornet
and flute. The performance IS TO be
a continuous one. or broken up into soy
eral series.
Musical carriages have already been
adopted on some Of the continental
railways The musical carriage is a
special compartment IN which travellers
my Degulle the tedium of the tourney
DIV listening TO the strains of a band
or TO songs rendered by capable and
eIhclent vocalists. Spain, by the way
was the first country in which musical
carriages We're tried. and IL was the
means Of making a fortune for one
nearly bankrupt railway company.
The Illinois Central opened a railway
.nuseGm a few years ago al its main
terminus. so that travellers waiting for
lhelr trains 20 start could spend pleas
ant hour The museum contains a sUIan-
CID set OF working models which ex-
plain the growth OF railways from the
earliest attempts of utilizing steam for
power TO the latest triu nphs OF modern
railway science and enterprise. Passen-
gers VINO mold tickets ara admitted free,
but fee is charged Cor admission n
the public
To popularize German line the COM
pany recently engaged the services Of
a well-known humorIst TO give lectures
during the journey. The EXPERIMENT
has been considered successful. and has
been adopted permanently. An admfe-
sion fee Is charged to passengers to
enter the lecture car. the lecture be-
ing repeated two or three times dur
ing the journey.
The Washington times., 1908-06-21
Musical Instruments in Congo
Date to the Dark Continent

both. as fine. substantial, and handsome
as any that ever came out Of the Ameri-
can forests. The decorations are in
geometrical designs, remarkable for pre-
cision and perfection, and the pottery
vases often OF artistic even classic
shape. Good, substantial grass mat
ting, with COlOred stripes, is there in
rolls and handicraft enthusiasts viii
rejoice at the presence Of two native
looms. The Africans DO not seem to
utilize dyestUffs as much as the In
dams. There are almost none Of the
bright colors which the Indians use
SO plentifJuy
The number and variety OF musical
instruments seems to indicate that the
wel-knOwn negro love and talent for
music dates back TO the Dark Continent.
a dumbbel rattle. with pebbles In the
tsO wickerWork balls, differs from any
other primitive rattle ever found. A
wooden tomtom is something like a
small trough, with one side thicker iT-an
the other, SO that when beaten with a
when many of these are beaten. with
order and precision, the result is a wild
and primitive sort of music
The marinba may be called the Afri-
can piano. It is a wooden sounding
board TO which are attached KEYS oF
iron or bamboo. Each KEY Yields a note
as distinct a. that of the piano. and
they are arranged harmoniOusly. like
scale. The snakeslIip drums. soma of
them flYe feet long; the bell-shaped iron
gongs, with iron clappers; the Pan pipes
OF reeds. the whistles Of many kinds
the horns made of entire elephant ElIsJys
and the many stringed Instruments show
that concert in the African forest
1 ms oe lively. and interesting affair
Ihese stringed Instruments are most
interesting because Of their near re-
Semhlance 10 the banjo, the favorite
negro instrument n America.
The Washington times., 1908-06-21

The collection from the Congo Free
tate which DR.. Lewie is now arrang-
ag in the American Museum of Natural
history viii form, when installed in the
ew wing of the building, the only one
+ its kind in America, and one Of the
nest OF its kind in the world. II was
objected, says the New York Press
" Belgian officials and was secured
" Director II. L. Bumpus when in
Belgium last summer. Its Uniqueness
onsists in the fact that while curios
AVE been coming out of Africa ever
ince Stanley went in, this is the first
objection that ever reached this coun-
" illustrating fully and systematically
very phase of native life along the
'ongo river.
The most remarkable thing about It
s the irOnwork: splendid AIDES. hoes
nd hatchets, intricate and elaborate
hree-bladed throwing knives and all
Ianner of savage weapons and utensils.
The technique displayed n the wood
arriving is surprising 10 the -ayman vi o
ever has thought of the native AfUi-
ans as doing this sort OF thing. There
re great numbers OF carved wooden
rinking cups, some of them shaped like
ice boxes, except for a little bulge in
ae center, oshers with a slender stem
nd broad. shallow. fiaring bowls. like
ertain wine glasses All are richly
oVered with fine ard beautiful carving
! geOmetTlCal design. This iine work
omes from the Bakuba tribe, who are
he best wood CarVers.
II comes as a surprise to those famil-
ar with Indian basketry and pottery
> find the native African tribes making
The Washington times., 1908-06-21

Miss Gertrude l. Pattee, since the
close Of her school work, has been en-
gaEsd IN some commissions for still life
paintings upon which she IS devoting ali
OF her time in the anticipation OF beinE
able 10 finish this work so as 10 be able
10 leave the city for Montreal, Canada,
for a vacation Of some two months In
the StiN lie studies now in hand Miss
Pattee shows a fOrCeful grasp OF the
technical qualities. a good appreciation
Ct color arrangement, and a liteiainess
which sometimes may be carried 10 an
unnecessary degree, but for. those who
desire the last word to be spoken in
the enumeration of all possible facts,
in this direction. one Of the compost
tons is an Illustration OF a flower song,
Roses in June, IN which a weil-WOrn
sheet Of music a vase OF roses, and a
violin and bow have been combined
with cOmmendable skill.
The title Of the composition 4 sug-
gested by the title seen on the oil Of
music. Another composition is q COM
mission for the wall OF a meeting room
ton includes the grouping Of a silk flag
a bugle. a much battered Canteen, and
a small collection Of wartime letters
with their faded bun envelopes and
nearly iUegible writing. There Is much
OF pathOs IN this collection OF articles
relating to the time Of the civil war
The feeling is conveyed not only Of the
absence Of the ore TO whom all Of these
articles bore a personal relation, but of
the march OF the years. the break in
the ranks of the survivors. and the con-
tinually mastering out OF those so close
~ associated with the times Of peril and
the dark hours Of lie nation.
The Washington times., 1908-06-21
ARIR'ARTISTY
S\ @ a.

/ the city during this week for a short va
cation in his old home, in Boston. The
most ambitious OF these portraits is
commission from an out-of-town pa
iron for a portrait of George Hawkins
Williams, formerly a prominent member
OF the Baltimore bar, and the portrait
when completed is to occupy a place in
the court house OF Baltimore.
The difficulties Of this commission are
that il is necessary to paint the portrait
from photographs. and that the photo
graphs obtainable are not satisfactory
10 the friends Of the subject Mr. VII
Iiams is represented a. a man Of ami
able qualities. with a kindly expression
OF cOuntenance, while the phOtgraphs
seem 20 give him most uncomfortable
expression, and OF seeming annoyance
with the experience Of being photo
graphed.
Ia the work thus far, Mr.. Hinckley
has succeeded IN a vast Improvement
upon the personality OF the subject
The face seems vivacious and alert, the
eyes have lost the look OF apathy and
seem full OF keen interest The por-
trait IS a seated portrait Of life size,
and the counsel table or e. court room
and the usual blank wall Of a court
house have been introduced IN the COM
position. AS in his notable portrait Of
Chief Justice Mott, OF the Court OF
Claims, Mr.. Hinckley Will retain the
simple gray background and as the
picture Is intended 10 be viewed at a
distance the emphasis or the work will
be given in the direction OF the produc-
ton Of a portrait Of the Official type
Of good carrying quality, illustrating
the alert capable lawyer as known 70
his legal associates, rather than an at
tempt 10 convey in one portrait such
qualities might be acceptable II the
portrait was 10 become the property Of
friends whose only acquaintance was
that of d social nature.
The Washington times., 1908-06-21
Etching of Potomac.

One Of the rare etchings in Mr.. Mil
leFs collection is from a subject found
along the Potomac river front. Easbv's
Point, is the location of this subject
and the material found In this small
picture is full OF human interest and
possesses a plentiful amount of popular
WharVes form a strong point OF f1feres4
Which IS continued in the view OF the
Fotomac and the suggestion of familiar
scenes along the river front
During the past two weeks Mr. MI
Ter mas been adding 10 his stock OF
sketches collection OF moonlight
sketches showing the moon SAILING
through banks Of clouds. These sfu57
les have been made fer the purDose az
OF the appearance of the moon ,IS,[5S~
Such conditions, in order that a better
Interpretation of moonlight might he
given ~ the larger comDoslti6ns IN
which moonlight S introSUcsJ ss III
prominent feature,
The Washington times., 1908-06-21
IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT

80 Lord" prayed the Yale chaplain
at the morning exercise, I'VE are poor.
miserable creatures. not fit to address
Thee. confirmed as we are In evil and
upright eous ways
Say, Billie" whispered one freshman
TO another between his fingers. ''what
does the Revvy think we are. anyhoV.-
a bunch Of Harvard T'-Iife.
The Washington times., 1908-06-21
NOT NECESSARY.

Mrs. Noseigh Jane Won haven't
washed the front windows in over ii
week.
Jane-No'm. I didn't think II neces-
sary since the neighbors across the
street moved away.-Bekemiaa
The Washington times., 1908-06-21
Mr.. TOlman at Work.

The studio OF Ruel P. Tolman. IN II
street, has at present the apDearance
Of the studio OF an illustrator. rather
than that Of painter. MT. ToIman is
now busily engaged in the Illustration
OF a novel treating OF Washington life
Of the year 1907. to be introduced TO
the public under the title Of Martha
Washington" Mr.. TOlman has recent
" been devoting some time TO work in
oils Of an Illustrative character, al
though not intended particularly for
any especial purpose OF illus trating.
Near his home ia Mt. Peasant this
artist mas found novel material at a
dumping ground where the ashes and
other refuse have been hauled during
the winter. IN this Cnpromislng spot
Mr.. TolmaL has found a group OF col
ored men engaged In raking over the
refuse. in search for stray Dieces of
coal and other objects worth saving
The drawing IN this small picture is
vigorous ana full OF the psiTit of motion
mat almost crowds upon the province
Of the photographer. The picture con-
tains an element of sincerely which is
gratifying, without the painstaking
search for unnecessary detail which Is
too apt 10 become feature OF this class
Of work.
In a general study recently, corrnIs+a7
by Mr.. Tolman, there is touch or hu-
man interest which is somewhat ren1sn-
lsCent OF the work Of J. G. Brown but
happily lacking the excessive realism 0f
this older artist. The picture shows a
corner Of q roomy cellar in which a
small boy has builded from a LOT OF
odds and ends OF barrels and hoxas a
small play house, in which he is finding
all OF the comforts of an older life In
the enjoyment Of a cigarette. The moth
eT of the small boy has uneXDpCtedIV
returned from a shopping expedition.
and has qute thy gone to the cellar and
q = u a hn
he is enjoying his stolen pleasure While
IT is one of those pictures which tells
It's own story, and that very plainly. il
nevertheless has escaped the dangerous
ground Of caricature, and the eCuaIIv
great folly of attempting to paint so
accurately that the impression is Great
ed that unimportant matters have treat
ed with the same care given to the
main items of interest
Robert Hinckley, the portrait artist.
is now engaged upon Two portraits Ia
which he is giving serious a,,y,li,ots,.,
The Washington times., 1908-06-21

Lucien w. Powell, the landscape and
marine painter. has closed his studio
in the Lehman building Tor the sum
home IN AirmoHt. Va, where ne will
remain for some TWO weeks, which will
be passed in resting and recuperating
preparatory TO a trip 70 Arizona, which
he contemplates about tne frst OF next
month. In this Arizona trip, Mr. Pow
ell will be accompanied by one OF the
advanced students OF the COTCOTan Art
School. whom Nr. Powell viii Instruct
during this vacation IN szetchinE the
impressive scenery Of the Grand
Canyon.
The Washington times., 1908-06-21

Miss CIoetzner has been diligently
working during the past month upon
Slower and stiH life studies made from
some Of the common wild flowers Of
the woods and fields which she has
been painting IN oils In her own char
acteristic manner. In her studies OF
flowers. Miss GlOetzuer seems to con-
yey a far different impression Of her
perceptive faculties than is observed
IN the flower and still life studies OF
other artists Flowers, to her, appeal
as a mass OF color, and IN her technique
she paints broadly and in masses, but
few Of the flower forms are painted
with detail, and those urOn which this
attention Is directed are but few as
compared with the large mass or group.
In her portrait work Miss Gioerzuer Is
making noticeable progress, and she
has now under way a promising seated
portrait OF her mother. which is being
treated with mucn feeling and sufficient
hteralness 10 hold the interest in the
work TO that OF a personal quality.