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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
Bowling Green fight Ven.

The Issue has referred TO fight
of the liquor interests Of Warren
county TO thwart the will Of the
people Of Bowling Green and run
saloons in the county in spite Of
everything.
They have lost out.
First. they tried 10 work up an
election for the whole county ID
ode. u have the fight IN Bowling
Green over again. This the Anti
Saloon League blocked by show
ing up the true nature Of the con-
temptible trick and getting ,igners
to Withdraw their names from the
petitions which the liquorites bad
circulated and had signed under
basely false pretenses.
Second. the outlawed liquor
Sa~ces thought 70 make local OPP
ton odious IN the city by contiuu-
ing miserable little dive at the
Boat Landing. Just outside the
city limits Of Bowling Green and
at the terminus Of the street car
line. 4 fellow by the name Of
Schneider sought d tavern" IL
cense for that out-of-the-way
place. He runs 10 tavern in any
legal OF real sense, but he persuad-
ed the county court. somehow.
that his alleged tavern was d ne
cessity: and County Judge Drake.
who is thorough temperance
man. felt that be could not lee ally
refuse the license. He granted il.
The case was appealed 70 the Cir
cult Court, Judge Galloway pre-
siding. Photographs Of the "tay-
ern" were shown and Judge Gal
loway pronounced the whole thing
"A mere subterfuge and reversed
the county court. This was done
on March I. Schneider says be
will take bis case TO the Court Of
Appeals. Let him do so. We
have no fear Of the result there.
This is the end Of the last saloon
in Warren county and the courts
decision practically adds another
county TO our dry listin Kentucky.
Kentucky Issue.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
More Marriages In England.

Many interesting details as to the
marriages which took place in Eng
land and Wales during 1906 are given
in the registrar-general's detailed re-
port for that year. There were more
of them than in the previous year,
but the increase was not conspicuous
in the case of wldowers, while there
was no increase at all in that of wild.
ows. AS already recorded, the birth
rate was abnormally low, while the
death rate was higher for the year
The marriage rate shows an in.
crease of O.3 over 1905, but was or be-
low the average for the ten years,
1896-1905.
The birth rate was the lowest ever
recorded, being Oh less than in 1905
and 1.6 lower than the decennial
average.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
Son to Democratic Father.

PA. | heard you say that the
Republican Senators had sold out
the County Unit bill to elect
Bradley"
Yes. my son, that is exactly
what they did"
Pa. are the Democrats for .the
County Unit billT
Yes indeed. my son, and Gov.
Beckham is the greatest champion
Of temperance that Kentucky ever
had"
Pa, how many Senators are
tberel"
"Thirty-eight. my son. Thirty
eight
Pa. how many are Democrats
and how many Republicans"
Twenty two Democrats, my
son. and sixteen Republicans
say, Pa. if the Democrats
have xix majority, why don't they
pass the billi"
See here. Johnnie, you ask too
many questions. Your father is
tired and worried. Don't bother
me-"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
COMMON ORIGIN OF ALL LIRE
Biologists Of To-day Now Are inclined
10 That Belief.

Biologists having failed TO prove
any case Of spontaneous generation,
Prof Svanfe Arrhenius IL attracted by
the idea TINT all life has had com
mon origin and has spread from the
single source 70 many wnrlds- The
discovery OF the pressure of light has
added probability TO panspermy.
which teaches that life germs are
conveyed through interstellar space.
At the railway speed 81 miles an hour,
q body would occupy $50 years in go
ing from the earth TO Mars and sew
eny thousand million years In tray-
ersing the distance TO the nearest
fixed star, but with the pressure of
radiation as motive power the jour
neys might be reduced to 20 days and
nine thousand years respectively.
Even these seem long intervals for
germs and spores TO survive the dry
ness. cold and light. Recent investjga-
lions indicate. however, that some
germs are proof against any cold. that
the action of light is oxidation and is
absent in a vacuum, that the loss Of
vitality in the cold of space would be
one thousand million times less rapid
than al 80 degrees Fahrenheit. and
that desiccation would be no greater
in millions of years than in one day
al 50 degrees. Hence II may be that
interstellar space is traversed at
enormous speed by living germs that
devotion life on reaching favorable
planets.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
DRUG DEADLY TO IT'S USERS
Egyptian Authorities Seek to Preve"'
Importation OF Hashlsh'

Consul Edward !. Nathan OF Patras
Greece, writes about the Greek preph
ration and expectation OF hashish'
-Hashieh. that strange drug whlcn
has given our language Its WORD as
sass!n'-a niaa SO frenz!ed hy lhS
drug that be accomplishes MURDERS
used by the PersiaDs, Turks anu
Egyptians In a manner akin 10 inc
use OF opium by the Chinese. IL Is th'
product of a plant grown IN iars'
quantities in the Peloponnesus (south
ern Greece in the district aDou'
Tripolitza. The plant grows 10 II
height Of about four feet ana lts
branches are thickly covered VIVID
small leaves and studded with uny
seeds.
The entire plant, stalk ana
branches. is cut within few inches
Of the root and laid out in the sun &c
dry. The branches are then ruDDed
TO separate the seeds and these IN
turn are ground into fine powder
which constitutes the drug. The drug
has the power OF inducing sleep ana
producing pleasant and fantastic
dreams Continued use OF hashish
renders it's deyotees wild and reck'
less and results in complete wreck
Of their mental and physical consti'
tuition.
For this reason the Egyptian gov
eminent has prohibited the importa'
ton Of the drug and recently entered
into a convention with Greece 10 pre-
vent its expectation from there to
Egypt, where the consumers oil
hashish are very numerous. The drug
is practically never used In Greece,
but is now exported TO the various
ports in England, Austria, France,
and Italy. and from there much, nc
doubt, ultimately finds its way to
Egypt"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
BEAR TRAP SET FOR OFFICERS.
Surprise for Deputy Msrshsls in the
Tennessee Mountains.

The gaping Jaws Of bear trap is
what confronted Deputy United States
Marshal John Blankenship, Deputy
Marshal George Sharp and others
when they made raid the other
night into the mountains of Blount
county.
In the posse were the two deputies
mentioned and Deputy Revenue Col
lector J. s. Remine. They left this
city and went TO the North Carolina
line. and there located distillery al
legged 10 have been owned and oper-
sted by Uncle Sam" Burchfeld. II
was in the fastness of the mountain.
and as the officers were just on the
point of leaping from the roof into
the little house Messrs. Blankenship
and Sharp spied the bear trap. and
craWled back.
They were both on the point Of
leaping down at the same time, and
had they done so they would have
been instantly caught in the trap. The
trap IS said 10 have been one Of the
largest ever seen in the mountains Of
East Tennessee.
Burchfield had escaped, but IL is
said that he will be arrested; but the
officers in quest of him will look out
in the future for man traps as well as
bear objectionable Sentinel
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
MODEM MAN NOT a WONDER.
shows Little Advancement over Vt"
totype Of Ancient Days

Alfred Russell Wallace, the WI
known English scientist, says ti.a'
modern man Is not superior 10 i"c
man of ancient times. He writes
oThe general idea that our enormous
advances in science and comnahu
over nature serves as demons'ra'''p
OF our mental superiority TO the inc,'
OF earlier ages is totally unlouhu'u
The evidence of history and OF ,hS
earliest monuments alike goes 10 ".
dicate that our intellectual ana moran
nature has not advanced In any per
ceptible degree. In the second piaoe ,
we find that the supposed grea'
mental inferority OF savages Is elua'
ly unfoumded The more they are
sympathetically studied the more lhey
are found to resemble ourselves III
their inherent Intellectual powers
Even the so long despised Aus
,ralian almost the lowest In materla
progress, yet show by their compie'
language. their elaborate social regu
lations. and often by an innate NO
bility OF character, indications OF
very similar inner nature to our own.
If they possess fewer philosophers
and moralists, they are also free from
so large a proportion of unbalanced
minds--idiots and lunatics-as we
possess
ION the other hand, we find In the
higher Pacific types men who, though
savages as regards material progress
are yet generally admitted to be
physically, intellectually and morally
our equals, If not our superiors
Thirdly, we have no proof
whatever that even the men OF the
stone age were mentally or morally
inferior TO ourselves"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
WIND-ENGlNE DRIVES DYNAMO.
Recent Experiment in England Has
Proved Complete Success.

"The oldfashioned four-armed wind
mill for the purpose of grinding corn
has now become almost extinct In
this country" (England), says Cham.
bers' Journal, but the circular type of
wind engine is obtaining an extended
use for the operation Of small ma
chimes about a farm and for the pro
vision of private water supplies. A
new use has also been found for this
prime mover in the form of providing
power for private electric-lighting in
stallations, and at least one successful
example of this application of wind
power is in operation. The earliest
attempt to use a windmill for this pur-
pose was made by Mr.. George Cad.
bury some IL years ago. and although
this plant was very badly proportional,
owing to the lack of previous expert
ence, the lighting was on one occa-
sion kept up for six weeks without a
break. Excellent results have been
obtained in a later installation by
means of the knowledge gained from
Mr.. Cadbury's experiments, and a
plant erected three years later for
lighting large mansion in Yorkshire
has given the utmost satisfaction to
the owner. In this instance a circular
wind-engine 30 feet in diameter drives
a suitable dynamo, the electric cur.
rent generated being stored in a bat
terry Of accumulators until required
The plant is looked after by garden
er, who devotes about four hours a
week to this duty, the windmill being
left running for many hours at time
without any attention whatever"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
SHOWS THE WORLDS PROGRESS
Lsbor-SaVing Devices That Would As
tonish Our Forefathers.

When Mccormick built his first hun
dred reapers in 1916 he paid Az cents
for bolts. That was in the mythical
age of hand labor. To-day so bolts
are made for a cent. So with guard
fingers; Mccormick paid "a cents each
when James X. Polk was in the White
House. Now there is a ferocious ma
chine. which, with the least possible
assistance from one man, cuts out
] 800 guard-fngers IN ten hours, at q
labor cost of one cent for six. Also
while exploring one Of the Chicago
factories, ! came upon herd of cud
chewing machines that were crunch
ing ont chain links al the rate of So,
100000 a year. Near by were four
smaller and more irritable automata
which were biting of pieces of wire
and chewing them into linchpins at q
speed Of 10000 bites day.
Take out your watch and time this
man, said Superintendent Brooks OF
the Mccormick plant. See how long
he is in boring five holes in that great
casting"
Exactly six minutes" | answered
Well, that's progress observed
Brooks. Before we bought that ma.
chine it was matter of four hours to
bore those holes"
In one of it's five Irvine mills-s
monstrous bedlam Of noise and a viii
derness of fuzz, which is by far the
largest Of it's sort in the world-there
is enough twine twisted in a single
day to make girdle around the earth
Every body's Magazine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
Wanted Snort.

Some years ago Jude's was noted
concert hall in Dublin, and late In the
evening the fun was generally fast and
furious.
young Englishman, bent on see
ing life, went there one evening, but
expressed himself disappointed with
the slowness Of the place TO Hiber-
nian friend he met there.
Would you really like TO see a
row." said Pat.
Yes" said the Englishman.
Pat filled a tumbler with cold wa.
ter and threw It across the table into
his face, saying: Now hit the man
next to you, and well have some
grand sport"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
The Badge of Honesty

j on every wrapper ~ Doctor Ilcrcc's
Golden Medical Discovery because fun
list ~ the ingredients composing IL rs
printed there IN plain English. Forty
years Of experience has prevents superior
worth as a blood purifier and inyigOrat-
ing tonic Tor the cure Of stomach disorders
and all liver ms. II builds up the run
down system as no other tonic can ln
which alcohol II used. The active medic
inal principles Of native roots such az
Golden Seal and Queens root, stone and
Mandrake root, BloOdrOOt and Black
Cherrybafk are extracted and preserved
by the use Of chemically pure, triple
relned giycerinc. Send % DR.. X. Y. Pierce
at Buffalo, y. y, for free booklet which
quotes extracts from wcl-rccognizcd med
zeal authOritiGS such as Drs. Bartholow,
King, Scuddcr, COe, EiiingwOOd and a
host Of OthcD, showing that these roots
can be dGfsnnded upon for their curative
action II all weak states Of the stomach,
accOmpfpied by indigestion or dyspepsia
as well u iIll bilious or liver complaints
and in Il/>wastlng diseases" where there
Is losL/liesh and gradual running down
y The "G0lden Medical Dlsc0yerY = makes
rich, pUre blood and So inyigoIates and
TegIIlatos ThG st0machaIYcr IAlld bowels,
and llrQngh them.-Lue whole System.
Thus all skin affections, blotchcs, pimples
and eruptOns as well as scrOfulous swell
1ings and old open running sores or ulcers
are cured and healed. In treating old
running sores, or ulcers, II is well 10 In
sure their healing 10 apply 10 them Dr.
Plcrcc's All-Ilcaling Salye. lfyour drug
pist don't happen 10 have this Salye In
stock, send fifty-four cents in postage
stamps % DR.. X. V. Pierce, lnyalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo. n. Y, and
a large box OF the "All-H Healing Salve :"
will reach you by return post.
You can't afford 10 accept a secret nos
trum as substitute for this alcoholic,
medicine or KNOWN COMPOSITION, not
even though the urgent dealer may
thereby make a little bigger profit.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and Invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
.Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy " take
as candy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
Their Yell,

A young man stepped into a prom
inent drug store in Philadelphia and
asked for a two-cent stamp. When
this was procured he placed it on the
letter upside down and went out and
mailed II.
The next morning he did the same
thing. So finally the druggist got
curious. The day after when the
young fellow stepped in he asked:
why do you always stamp your
letters upside DOWN."
oh / belong to a correspondence
school up the state and that's our
YELL"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
Lincoln on Temperance.

The real issue in this contro-
versy, the one pressing on every
mind that gives the subject care
iu consideration, is that legaliz-
ln4 inc manufacture, sale and use
of intoxicating liquors as a bever-
age is wrong-as all history and
every development of the traffic
proves it to be-a moral, social
and political wrong. - Abraham
Lincoln.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
Cleaner Streets for Berlin.

ANY improvement in the methods Of
street cleaning is a step In the inter
ests OF public health, and is therefore
of Importance to all who are com
PEELED to spend their days in the big
cities. a hearty welcome is therefore
assured to the new motor cleanser
which has just made its appearance
in the streets OF Berlin. The machine
has powerful water jets In front and
under it's center, while at the back Is
proceeds the street is flushed and
brushed, being left clean and com
paratively dry when 1t has passed
through.-London Graphic.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
Stray Bullet Kills Judge.

Judge o. w. Buchanan died at
Augusta, Ga, March@I7, as the
result Of bullet wound which he
received while sitting in a pass
enger coach of a. Southern railway
train. Judge Buchanan was read
ing by window. when a rifle
bullet came through the glass and
entered his right side.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25

The distiller who had made his for.
tune In the inland town had just
moved to the big city.
1T looks kind o. mean to come here
to SPEND my money" he said; but II
isn't. Here's where they consume
four-fifths OF my product"
Thus rejecting, he began to enter,
tain lavishly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
Men Raised UprOdr.

These men at Philippi raised
an uproar when Paul cast the
spirit Of deyination out of that
maid. When men are getting
gain out Of business you better be
careful how you touch it, for a
mans pocketbook has more nerves
than any other part Of the body. y
Rev. ScOville.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-03-25
No Argument Coming on That.

The American Hebrew has this to
say about one Samuel Findowitz who
brought his S0-year-old father from
Europe in the steerage, while he came
as second cabin passenger on the
same steamer: 1T is hardly to be sup
posed that 80 despicable a person can
be sensitive to public ridicule. yet,
both for his own deserts and hor-
rible example. he should be held up to
the contempt Of the community"
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
ELECTRIC POWER FROM WIND.

According to Consul General Richard Guenther
of Frankfort German papers state that in Ger
many wind motors power generators for use in
agricultural and Industrial pursuits rarely met
with. but that in Denmark their use has Increased
very greatly The consul general continues.
Since 1897 the Danish government has contributed
about S3SND for equipments, and mas even lately
erected an experimental station at ASkoc. tech
nica writer describes these experiments, which
were made the initiative OF the Danish govern
ment and also some of the electric works in Den
mark which generate electricity by means OF wind
motors. According to his statements motors with
four wings have given the best results, d
smaller number OF wings do not fully utilize the
wind power, while larger number acts detrf-
mentally the wind current between the wings.
If medium large wind motor is used with wing
surface Of about As square metres IL square metre
To- 764 square feet, eight horsepower is obtained
at d wind velocity OF metres a second Il metre
3.2S feet. At velocity Of eight metres the horse
power Is more than doubled a wind with velOc
ity of eight metres second is rarity. The
weather reports classify II as No. 3. while the
highest wind velocity Is No. 12 Since 1903 there
has been in existence he DANISH Electricity Com
pany, from whose Jealous agitation thirty larger
and smaller wind power electrical equipments are
in operation throughout Denmark"
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

Chariot has never been known to have q days
Illness, winter and summer he wears the same
kind Of brown Jacket and waistcoat, completed
by muf1er round his neck IN winter: his curly
hair turning little gray. is exposed to
wind and weather. for he has never adopted a
hat Yet he has never been heard TO cough or
sneeze. and appears to be entirely free from
ills Of any kind
Three or four times a year there appears In
the same fashionable quarter. and not far from
the beat OF Chariot" a tiny piece Of a woman,
fastened in like manner to q little board. She
too, propels herself about her arms, which
are long and very thin. with clawlke fingers
a small. bony hand. The painful effort has
given her curvature In her short back and
her head seems to be forced backward and down
by some invisible force. Her long dark hair
nearly sweeps the pavement. and her little
brown efn face with sharp. dark eyes wears
a shrewish expression. partly timid, partly
fierce.
When II rains she has habit of getting upon
a doorstep raised about two inches from the
street. and thus seen at rest she is scarcely
higher than a fox terrier. You Will find her
family in the near neighborhood-her mother,
father and two sisters-and an live by wha. the
Marie-Jeanne. There is nomadic blood in them.
and they follow the up and down the beau
tiful land Of France. spending May and October
IN Paris and the winter months on the Riviera
They have a roulette" covered cart, IN
which they make their Journeys. Marie-Jeanne
Is lifted In at night and set in q corner. where
she sleeps like cat dog. She Is and looks
delicate. but is well fed and cared for by her
relatives. who regard her in the light Of the
breadwinner. They brought her up for the role,
realizing at her birth what a gold mine she
rnllId Aa nd Sin CHI oI5 ha
set upon the streets Of her relatives has
done stroke Of work.
II MarieJeanne be trifie morose and Chariot
q trifie fierce. the one-legged beggars on the
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
A BEGGAR PILGRIMAGE.
Characters of Paris Streets Follou
Wealthy to the Risiera.
Paris, January 2S.


With the end OF January begins the exodus
rnen and women who patronize the daily express
trains that do the Journey from Paris TO Nice
in little over twelve hours and some OF which
offer the luxury OF theatrical entertainments
after the cote d'azur dinner in the restaurant
car form but small contingents OF the annual
winter pilgrimage to the Mediterranean coast
What IN the world are all these beggars doing
here7' was the question put TO the writer by a
prominent New York banker at the Care de
Lyons he about enter the train de
luxe On his way Cannes In fact the army
of beggars in quest OF the harvest OF coins
Of copper, silver and gold TO be reaped at Nice
Cannes and Mentone by assiduous exercise of
professional talent OF no mean order is greater
this season than ever.
The pilgrimage is carefully organized by the
BeggaTs' Syndicate in Paris. which is the head
quarters OF the craft, Of which there are branch
representatives at Lyons. MarSeiIles and Nice
who often lend ready hand and purse in for
warding crippled blind members OF the fra
te-nity TO their destination Beggars in Paris
vino migrate with birdlike regularity to and
from the South are divided into two classes the
ablebodied and the infirm
The ablebodied have so many ruses and tricks
that the benevolent public can never hope to be
I'd all OF them The good looking young
woman with the large child in her arms sta
toned et the door OF church or restaurant in
turn is old-fashtoned beggar. She imposes
upon nobody, and yet 90 per cent OF tn.
Psrisians who pass her will give her few SOUS
Extraordinarily charitable indeed are the Pari-