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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-10-19
Snrinu Cleaninn-

Dad, was simply great in relay
events" boosted the boy from college.
Good enough, son. Wen make
use of them talents. Your ma will
soon be ready to relay the carpets."-
Louisville Courier-Tnur
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THE HAND-OUT

Madame, dis bread is purity stale"
30 is your hard-luck yarn. my
worthy tramp. Courier
Journal.
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Total Still sweIlina.

Foreigner-What was the total loss
OF life caused by your revolutionary
war?
Naive American-Nobody knows.
We keep adding to it every Fourth OF
July.
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A feeling of security and freedom from
anxiety pervades the home in which Ham
Inns Wizard Oil is kept constantly on hand.
Mothers know IT can always be depended
upon in time Of need
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OUR GREATEST NEED

knicker-"What isthe crying need
now?"
Bocker-"An auto that knows its
masters voice. "-Harper's Bazaar.
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The Parisienne ls always as keen
20 follow fashions I'm jewelry as ln
frOcks. and just now she has given her
~d'-idod Erection go the TURQUOISE
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DOLLY nIAIOcurc

DoIly-"What's the matter?"
Teddy - Got somethin' in my
eye"
Dolly-"What is TT"
Teddy-"Don't know; can't see It,"
Chicago News.
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OVERHEARD IN A HOTEL

First Drummer sell things that
brace men up"
Second Drummer-"Medicine or
liquor line?"
First Drummer-''Neither Sus-
penders. From Judge.
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Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethug. softens themms. reduces inhamma-
ton, allay pain, cures wind collie, 25ca bottle
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co W one OF the ruest patriots have known He had the
ms CONVICTIONS
men and affairs hearted and
~ lie oathed hypocrite foreign
A
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of
80
me splendid influence Of noble brother highest
l character
' sisters , VINO were the light and JOY Of happy
m not east enbodying
"o was the companion of life who
IcS us adventures
Of
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(0J"'~''>""~'C" "0N~~''">-~"'~~sI1
, The Greatest
Influence in My Life
Ey General Nelson #. Miles

E influences that affect life may innumerabe The
ghts and shadows along the pathway OF life affect us FOR
the moment and leave their lasting impressions upon the
memory The lights inspire and elevate; the shadows
alarm restrain and protect In the way our pres
ehc and influence affect the lives others either for good
or evil Far superior transcendng all influences
has been the benehcen presence those and
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Chess and Checks,

Chess was originally the game of
kings, the game of shahs. The word
shah became in old French "eschac,"
while the old French "eschecs" was
further corrupted into chess" The
more original form chez has likewise
been preserved, though We little think
of it when we draw cheque, or
when we suffer check, or when we
speak of the chancellor of the eX'
cIiequer. The great object of the chess
player is to protect the king, and
when the king is in danger the OPP
ponent is obliged to say check, s.ise
shah, the king After this the various
meanings of check, cheque, or ex'
chequer become easily Ineligible. Ex-
chequer, or scaccarium, the name OF
the chess board, was afterward used
for the checkered cloth on which &C.
counts were calculated by means of
counters.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
CURRENCY OF FURs AND SKINS
Primitive Mode Of Exchange That Pre-.
vailed in Early Days.

In the early days of the United
States furs and skins were very gen
orally transferred from hand to hand
as money. Thus, in the northern
states, a pound of beaver was regard
ed as the unit of value, and in the
south the same weight of deerskin
performed similar function. In the
far west furs retained a currency val
ne until quite a recent date. But, aft
er all, as a bale of skins was rather a
bulky roll of money to carry about, II
was customary to cut of small strips
as tokens of ownership and pass them
from hand to hand while the skins
were deposited in recognized places of
security. Proof Of rightful ownership
was demonstrated when the strip was
fitted to the part from which it had
been detached. Trickery in substitute
ing another skin was not so easy as
might be imagined, because il seldom
happened that two skins would prove
so exactly similar in shade and length
Of fur where the strip was cut off as
to deceive even the eye of a novice
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
"Naviuates" His Farm.

A story which almost parallels that
told of Capt. Gray. the sailor-farmer
Of Teddy Pond, who is said 10 carry a
compass on his pillow to run the fur
rows straight, comes from Cranberry
isles. One sea captain, who enjoys
the proud distinction of owning one
Of the very few horses on the island
got alarmed for fear that he would
lose his bearings in the recent smoke,
and on the veracious accounts of sober
citizens took the pinnacle from the
vessel and strapped it alongside the
seat of his wagon, fearing that the
weather might become so thick that
ne would lose his bearings and have
to navigate in what was worse than a
fog. 1t is currently reported that he
shouts at his team to turn TO star
board or port, instead of the more
conventional landlubber terms usual
ly employed. - Kennebec (Me.)
Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
ALASKAN BIRDS IN CALIFORNIA.
Strange Visitors Brought to San Ber-
nardino by Big Storm.

At an early hour this morning sew
eral fiocks of strange birds numbering
thousands came into the city on the
wings of big rain and wind storm,
and this morning the bodies OF many
of the fowl were found lying inert in
the downtown streets and in the
parks, says San Bernardino CORE
spondent OF the San Francisco Chron.
icle. The air was filed last night with
cries OF strange fowl which. attracted
by the electric lights. roasted upon the
buildings or fell exhausted in the
streets. Investigation today showed
that many OF the birds were of Alas
kan variety, and the only accounting
Tor their presence in this latitude is
that they were engaged in a long
hight to the southern zones from their
northern summer haunts and had been
deferred from their route by heavy
winds and rains The most noticeable
birds were the northern phalorpe and
the night herons. The former birds
are rarely seen outside of Alaska or
in the far south.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
MAKES A FLOATING COMPASS.
Peculiarly Of Magnetized Needle
When Placed In Water.

II thoroughly dry and clean sew
Ing needle is very carefully laid on
the surface of the water in basin
the needle will float in spite of the
high density of steel-seven or eight
times that of water.
On close inspection it is found that
the surface OF the water is depressed
under the needle, very much as IL
there were a thin film stretched over
the water, and slightly indented by the
weight of the needle. This property
of liquids, Of offering a certain assist
ance to a force exerted upon their ssr-
face, Is termed surface extension
The magnitude of the force of surface
tension varies from one liquid to an
other. 1t is greatest in the case OF
mercury. -fhe cause of the phenome-
non must probably be looked for In
the attraction of the liquid molecules
10 one another. A sewing needle, thus
floating upon water, may be used as a
compass, IL 1t has previously been
magnetized. 1t will then point north
and south, and will maintain this po-
sition II the containing vessel is
moved about; II the needle is dis
placed by force it will return to it's
position along the magnetic meridian
as soon as the restraint is removed.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Shiftinu the Blame.

According to all accounts the Cam
eron Highlanders militia are fine
body of men physically. Not long ago
four Of them occupied the least crowd
ed seat in full compartment on a
Scotland railway. Just as the train
was moving OFF diminutive little
clergyman jumped into the compart-
ment, and tried to edge himself be-
tween two Of the Highlanders. Not
finding it very comfortable, he turned
to the one on his right, and said: Sit
up, please. You know that according
to act of parliament this seat holds
five" The Highlander looked at him
for a moment, and then replied: That
may be a RIGHT enough for your kind,
sir, but shairly ye Gamma blame me
for no bein' constructed according TO
act OF parliament"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
SHOCKED IN HAUNTED CHAMBER
sleepers' Fright, However, Was Not
Caused by Ghosts.

John Leech and a member OF tho
Millais family once stayed a night at
Cowdray hall, in England. where.
many guests being present. the two
friends had no alternative but to &C.
cept beds in an isolated room sup
posed to be haunted.
In the middle of the night Millais
awoke, believing that some giant was
shaking him violently by the shoulder
This was supposed to be the favorite
device of the ghost. He rushed into
a corridor and found Leech sitting
there trembling and declaring that he
would not for the world go back to
his room.
They spent the remainder OF the
night in the corridor, but in the morn
ing said nothing of their experiences.
In the afternoon there arrived an
evening paper telling of a violent
earthquake in the locality. The earth
quake was what the two visitors be-
lieved to be their ghost.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
To Relieve His Feelings.

Boldly displayed in black letters on
the white gable of an unpretentious
house on the road to Mount Stuart,
Butte. Scotland, is the following in
scription: The Materials of This Out
rage Are for Sale" According to the
local historians, the announcement, as
it stands, is the last word in "A duel be-
tween neighbors.
1t is said that the house was built to
obstruct the view of gentleman who
had been successful in getting an in
terdict to prevent the owner from en-
closing the foreshore But after the
death OF the builder the house came
into the market and was purchased by
the other gentleman, who now seeks
to express his wounded feelings in
paint.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Senate Likely to Vote on Tariff
Bill This Week,

II is confidently expected by the
Senators that the Senate bill will
reach vote on he passage of the
tariff bill by the end of the
present week.
The Senate will poll its vote on
the proposition for a constitutional
amendment looking to the leying
of the income tax. Senator Brown,
of Nebraska, is the author Of the
reason for which the vote will be
taken. but the pronostion is part
of the general administrations
scheme. There is no doubt that
the resolution will be adopted and
become a law so that before long
the various States of tie Union
will be called upon to say whether
they desire federal income tax.
Twelve States can defeat the pro-
vision.
The House has no business be-
fore it and may again adjourn
until Monday without attempting
to legislate on any subject.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Killed BY Cannon Cracker.

Arthur q. Langham. "A prQmi-
nent real estate man of Louisville.
with some friends went ON Satur-
day to the home of his brother-in-
law near Seymour, Ind, to spend
the Fourth of July. On Sunday
night while using fireworks oil the
lawn a giant cracker tore his fir
gers from right hand. Physicians
placed him under the influence Of
ether and removed the fingers.
He remained unconscious and died
within d hours. Alas, alas, cut
out giant crackers. Some cities by
ordinance prohibits the sale of
such deadly Fourth Of July and
Christmas fireworks.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
The Rioht Sort of Wife.

An Atchison man recently refused
a proposal of marriage. Il like you.
ne said to the girl, but you have too
many friends. There would be too
many at our wedding, for you would
be afraid not to invite them all, and
your MANY friends wouldn't he salts
fed unless they made fools of us by
playing some kind of crazy pranks on
us when we started on our wedding
journey. You have so many friends
that we would get all kinds of wed
ding presents that we don't want, and
would be kept poor in future trying to
pay back when the donors got mar
ried. You are nice, and | like you,
but what | am looking for in wife is
woman who is friendless. "-Atchison
Globe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Fire MdrSRdIl'S Report.

TIE third annual report of State
Fire Marshal Neikirk to Insurance
Commissioner Bell, shows the
strides that have been made both
in securing data about fires, inves-
tigating the cause and the reduc-
ton in the number of incendiaries.
The actual loss by fires in the
State have been heavy, reaching
81, 566, 613, caused by 2,0lS fires.
OF these 491 are Of unknown orr
gin; 400 are attributed to defect
i've hues and fire places.
Suspicious fires have been re-
duced by one-half the past year,
the total being l45. A complete
investigation has followed each
fire reported as incendiary, and it
is believed that this las had big
influence in preventing the firing
of barns and houses. Exposure
lessons crime.
The county in which the great
est number of fires occurred was
jefferson, the total number being
2S4. Fayette county ranks sec
ond with a total of 1913.
The value of property destroyed
by fire from an unknown Origin
amounted to 1855, 4z1.00 with
insurance of 81 ,032, $500; loss
over and above the insurance,
$66S, 9SO.91.
The cause of the second greatest
number of fires was defective
fues and fire places. From this
cause property valued at 81, 125,-
1880 has been destroyed with
insurance amounting to S4S9, y
10000; loss over and above insur-
ance $232,100.1S.
The report just issued is the
most complete in every way that
the State has ever issued.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
FAIR NOTES.

All fills and bridge work in the
track at the fair grounds have
been practically completed. A
vehicle can now make the entire
circuit. The expert track man is
now facing the track, which in
two weeks time will be faced and
ready. Men who know some
thing of fair grounds and tracks,
say that Mt. Sterling will have
one of the best tracks and most
beautiful grounds anywhere to be
found.
The contractors for the amphl,
theatre and other buildings are
making great progress.
Raisers of fine stock are dress,
ing and drilling for the fair.
Premiums of value are being
proposed both local and foreign
and it is hoped that our people
will see the Importance of getting
their horses properly registered.
The Directors are giving their
undivided attention to make this
fair high-class in every particular
The Committees on catalogue,
program, classification of stock,
premiums, etc., have been APP.
pointed. The Board is delighted
with the work thus far done.
On printing or advertising, per
sons desiring to bid will be given
an opportunity. Lowest and best
bid will be accepted.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
A Lost Bet.

An Irish waiter named Kenny was
noted for his wit and ready answers.
A party of gentlemen who were stay
ing at the hotel heard of Kenny's wit,
and one of them made a bet that he
would say something Kenny couldn't
answer at once.
A bottle of champagne was ordered !;
the one who had made the bet took
hold of the bottle and commenced to
open it. The cork came out with a
bang" and flew into Kenny's mouth.
"Ah," he said, that is not the way
to Cork"
Kenny took the cork out OF his
mouth and replied: mo, but it's the
way to Kilkenny. Ideas.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Oil Tank is DESTROYED.

During a fierce storm in the
mountains on Sunday afternoon,
June 81, lightning struck the big
steel oil tank Of the Indian Re-
fnery Company at Ridgewood
Junction on the l.. & +. railroad,
near Torrent, knocking the top off
and setting the oil on fire. The
frame warehouse near the tank,
filled with wooden oil tanks and
barrels caught on fire and burned
to the ground. Both the steel
tank and the warehouse were filled
with oil and the exact loss is not
known.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
A Woman On The Divorce Evil.
BY Mrs. W. II. Taft.

If it were in my power, divorce
would be stopped entirely. OF
course, there are cases where sep-
aration might be legally granted,
but there should be no remarriage
allowed. The laxity Of our di-
vorce laws is menace to the very
mOralshber of our nation.
1t is an appalling evil, and it
seems to be on the increase instead
of diminishing. / remember the
time when one read of persons
one never knew who obtained d.
vorces,Ebut now everyone comes
in contact with divorced people
in every class of society-one's
own pei sonal friends, on every
hand.
1t is countenanced by the So
called highest social circles, and it
is made light of. and woman in
many instances is received with as
much favor after she is divorced
as she was before. Such condi-
tons are shocking and are most
demoralizing. Wherever and
whenever | coald do anything to
influence legislators to take more
stringent action in divorce laws,
should do it.
To begin with, If divorces are
to be granted at all, there should
be uniform divorce law for all
the states-for the natiOn-and
then there would be no opportuni-
ty to evade it as is being done at
the present time.
When a cOuntry's people-even
a small percentage of them-go
into the most sacred relations in
life with such a thought as antici-
pated divorce, then there is grave
danger ahead for the home and
for the nation.
We might build up the greatest
navy in the world, 50 we might
have the goodwill Of every ruler
on earth; we might have a credit
and commerce unparalleled in the
history of nations: but when with
in the homes Of our country there
is moral laxity and family ties can
be broken up in a twinkling
through a process of law that is
looked upon as matter Of course
Just as one would file a will or a
deed-tAen there is greater
danger to the country than could
come from war with foreign ma
tiOns.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
He Said Ii.

Horace" remarked Mrs. Figtree
I'VE are going to have company at din
ner, and do wish you would brighten
up and look less like an honorary pail
bearer. Say something humorous"
The company came, and, with few
preliminary coughs and winks, which
were intended to announce to his wife
that the witticism was about to be
perpetrated, Mr.. Ffgtree said, timidly
Mary"
Yes, dear, what is it?" asked Mrs
Figtree, graciously.
Have you got all of your hair on
this ning?"-Judge.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Small BOYS Adaptation.

Things aren't always what they
sound" remarked that very clever
devil, Edwin Stevens, in Henry Saw
ages production as he drew a patent
leather shoe over his cloven hoof "A
teacher of my kid days put this puzzle
to us once:
Nov, boys, the word stan" at the
end of a word means place or" Thus
we have Afghanistsn, the place of AZ
ghans; also Hindoostan, the place OF
the Hindoos. Now, can any one give
me another instance?'
Ives, sir said the smallest boy,
proudly, I can-umbrellastan, the
place for umbrellas
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Rarbarous English Custom.

Boys in the west of England believe
that by squeezing mole to death be-
tween the hands and touching the at
fected parts with the blood that oozes
from the mouth of the dying animal
warts will disappear and will not re-
appear The culprits are convinced
that moles, worms and other subter
ranean jewellers have no feelings, and,
therefore, it is not cruelty TO put
them to death In this way.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07

A sense of duty pursues us ever. 1t
is omnipresent like the Deity. If we
take to ourselves the wings of the
morning, and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea, duty performed or
duty violated is still with us. for our
happiness or our misery. If we say
the darkness shall cover us, in the
darkness as in the light our obliga-
tons are with us yet.-Daniel Web
ster.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
East and West.

There is no longer any doubt, our
Shanghai correspondent tells us, that
the old order of thought which has
guided the lives of countless millions
in the Chinese empire through long
succession of centuries is passing away
forever The movement in favor of
western education has become lire
sistible.--London Times.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Executors Notice.

Allpersons indebted to :. \ Duff.
deceased, are notified to settle with
undersigned. All having claims
against him will please present
same, properly proven, and they
will be paid in due course.
j. 7. Coons W. 6. Reason.
Executors, :. A. Duff, deceased.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07

DR.. j. l.. McClung has opened
an Office Cor the practice of Den
tistry in the Reynolds Building,
Corner Maysville and Court SITS.
He is graduate of University of
Maryland, and guarantees all
work to be first If.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07

Lee Cravens, of Bourbon, last
week qualified as administrator of
the estate of his brother, John W.
Cravens, who recently died at Ha-
eel Green.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
He Talks.

Henry Greenwade's blacksmith
shop has been moved east on Lo-
Gust street to the house formerly
occupied by Mr.. Markoffsky. All
trade will be served promptly. ct.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Ohio MilliOndireyDieS.

Edward NJ. Quimby, of Woos-
ter, Ohio, a millionaire, died Sat
urday in a hospital at Dresden,
Germany, following an operation
for Appendicitis. His wife and
eight children were present when
he died.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Not What Thew Seemed.

"Your goose is cooked" cried one
of two speakers. And your cake is
dough-" retorted the other. But they
were not enemies recriminating with
joy at eacn others misfcrtunes; they
were merely two friendly cooks com.
pairing notes Of progress.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07

Constipation causes headache,
nausea, dizziness, languor, heart
palpjtation. Drastic physics grippe
sicken, weaken the bowels and
don't cure. Doan's Regulets act
gently and care constipation. Csc.
Ask your druggist. 52-4t.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
The Real Thino.

'I guess I'll take a hand in the
poker game" Kissed the gamblers
wife, as she broke up the party with
q flourish of that homely but useful
kitchen article in her muscular hand.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07

Thousands of dollars have we
saved the people of Montgomery
county each year with our low
prices, and we are still here to
keep the ball a rolling. Won't
you give us a pushl
Spot Cash Grocery Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
Not Her Goal.

did you see where a man sued for
divorce from his wife because she was
q baseball player"
Probably he did 1t because she
didn't make enough home runs"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
A little learning.

Earnest Female-Professor, hear
you are a great ornithologist.
Professor am an ornithologist
madam.
Earnest Female-Then could yea
kindly tell me the botanical name fSs
a whale2