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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-11
STANDS BY COOK.
One of Peary's Former Surgeons
Defends Cook.

DR.. Thos. H. Dedrick, OF Washing
ton, N. j., who was surgeon OF the
Peary expedition in 1S9S-l9oZ,
promptly came to the support Oh
DR.. Cook Wednesday. He said:
"The charge (referring to Peary S
statement) may lesson Mr.. Cook s
standing in popular estimation until
his defence can be heard, but the
scientific world will be affected only
bv scientific discrepancies. Dr..
Cook will undoubtedly have scien-
tific records and observations with
out Eskimo proof
'If Eskimo proof is needed there
are enough admirers of fair play IN
the world to send impartial inter-
prefers to the tribe"
Analyzing the Eskimo character,
DR.. Dedrick is inclined think them
unreliable, with temperament
which would lead him to agree for
suavity's sake and because of imme-
diate benefit with a man on the spot,
having a ship loaded with what is
most dear to an Eskimo's heart.
This would be especially true" ar
CUES DR.. Dedrick, "if their former
benefactor had departed homeward
as Cook did on a sled with no halo
of a ships prestige.
In conclusion DR.. Dedrick said:
Suppose Cook next year went
up and distributed presents as ships
do, and asked if his rival had got
ten out of sight Of land and they
said mo- what matter would 1t
make to the public?'
Other important parties may yet
be heard from. The whalers which
arrive at Dundee this fall may also
know what the Eswimos say.
Declare Peary Fakir.
At New York among the friends
of Dr. Cook who rallied to his de-
fense was Capt. B. S. Osborn, sec
retary of the Arctic Club, of Ameri-
ca. who in an interview, said:
"Peary in making these charges
is digging his own grave. He is a
colossal fakir, and his statements are
a fabric of untruths. AS soon as he
sets foot in New York, Mr.. Bradley
and myself will give out aftidavits
in support Of our position.
Il have an affidavit stating that
Peary opened DR.. Cooks trunks and
data and that he opened a letter DR..
Cook had written to Mrs. Cook, read
it and then sealed it up again
Peary also wrote Mrs. Cook telling
her badly that her husband was a
fakir.'
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-11
Another Cook Support.

Prof VIM. H. Brewer. of Yale,
honorary president for life OF the
Arctic Club of America. of which
both Peary and Cook are members,
telegraphed to New York as follows:
Il believe that both Cook and
Peary have reached the pole"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
NATURES WARNING
Mt. Sterling People Must ReCOg-
niIe and Heed 1t,

Kidney ills come quietly-mys-
teriously,
But nature always warns you.
Notice the kidney secretions.
See if the color is unhealthy
If there are settings and sedi-
ment,
Passages frequent, scanty, pain
full.
It's time then to use Doan's
Kidney Pills,
To ward off Bright's disease or
diabetes.
Doan's have done great work in
Mt, Sterling.
P. &, Hall, machinist, Mays,
vile and Locust Sts., Mt. Sterl-
ING, Ky, says: Il injured my
back while doing some heavy lift
ing and after that whenever | per-
form any hard work, | felt the eff
fects of that strain. On one occa-
sion my back became very weak
and there was a dull ache across
my kidneys. While suffering from
one OF these attacks, procured
Doan's Kidney Pills at +. G..
Duerson's drug store and began
their use. 1t was not long before
| felt better and they proved of
such great benefit to me that
have not been bothered since.
am glad to recommend this remedy
to other sufferers"
For sale by all dealers. Price
80 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's -
and take no other. 50-2t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
The Home Raised Doc.

Old Man Crouch says: "The
average Kentucky farmer buys
canned and dried fruits-likewise
canned and dried other goods. He
gets up at the alarm of Connect
cut clock, fastens his Chicago sus-
penders to his Detroit overallS,
washes his face with Cincinnati
soap in Pennsylvania washpan,
sits down to a Grand Rapids table
and eats Indiana hominy made in
St. Joseph lard on "a St. Louis
stove. Then he puts a St. Louis
bride on a Missouri mule and
plows a farm covered by an Ohio
mortgage. When bedtime comes
he reads a chapter from Bible
printed in Chicago, says a prayer
written in Jerusalem and crawls
under a Blanket made in New Jer-
sey only to be kept awake by a
Kentucky dog which is about the
only home raised product on the
place."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30

might otherwise have yawned be-
tween them as the years 90 on.
The man who makes the best
husband is unselfisn. After all,
that covers all the rest. Consid-
Grafton, generosity, good temper,
all are summed up in that one
heading; for the unselhsh man
possesses them all. Marriage is
so much an affair in which if he is
so disposed man gets all the kerr
nels and the woman all the shells,
and it depends entirely upon him
whether she doubles her joys and
halves her sorrows, or does exact
ly the reverse.
The selfish man can make her
miserable with every hour of the
day. He can embitter all the
most innocent pleasures, and add
to the load of cares and disap-
pointments.
The unselish husband can make
her life with him so happy that
no troubles will have power to
ruffle her peace, till the supreme
one comes of losing him. So, girls,
when you choose your husbands,
see that they are unselfsh. 1t is
better than if they could hang you
over with diamonds.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
Poured filth Into Mail Boxes.

A strange woman, heavily yelled,
and dressed in black, who baffied
the detectives and agents of the
Postoffice Department, has at last
been captured and a mystery has
been unraveled at Louisville.
For two or three months the
most offensive character Of filth
and liquids had been poured into
mail boxes, necessitating in many
cases the return of the mail.
The authorities finally determin-
ed to order all the letter carriers
on night duty. They were in
structed to patrol the streets and
street intersections where mail
boxes were located. One Of the
carriers discovered two persons on
their way to a mail box. One of
them was a woman. She appeared
to carry something which was con-
cealed by her long veil. The in
Spector placed her under arrest.
She gave her name as Miss Frances
Konz. She said that she had been
instructed by the spirit of the late
Fire Chief Edward Hughes to de-
face the United States mails.
Although doubtless mentally UNI
balanced, Miss Konz succeeded in
eluding for weeks big army of
sleuths.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
Took His Life.

Standing at bay in his burning
home at Columbus, Ohio, Prof.
w. Il. Puryear, of Ohio State
University, after having slain his
brother-in-law, Fred Il. West, and
fatally wounding his wife, threat
ened death to the police and fire.
men, and ended the tragedy with
a bullet In his own brain.
jealousy was the cause of his
act, having accused his wife of I'M
faithfulness in a letter to his
mother, after he had shot her,
while he waited the arrival of the
police with drawn revolver.
1t is thought that while in the
midst of a family row, Puryear
was attacked by West and then
decided to kill them both.
His letter to his mother included
the following:
Clara has been unfaithfuI to
me and | was correcting her when
her brother heard us talking and
ran in and shot me in the right
shoulder.
II fired at him and Clara joined
in, taking his part. l shot at
both then to save myself and now
| am shut up in the house ready
10 kill myself rather than face the
disgrace.
You and my darling sisters are
the only people in the world who
are true ladies to me-"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
TAX LEVY
FOR, School Purposes Declared
Constitutional.
FISCAL COURTS MUST LEVY.

The constitutionality of the Sui
Ivan school bill passed by the last
Legislature was sustained by the
Court of Appeals in the case of
Prowse, County Judge, VS.. the
County Board of Education of
Christian county. The lower
court, which held the law good,
was sustained. The law which
was involved, established county
school boards, and gave them con-
troll of the schools in the counties
outside the cities.
The Court, in passing up the
case, settled three points of vital
Importance to the success of the
country schools under the new law
when it decided that the law was
constitutional, that county boards
of education had the right to fix
the tax levy for County Schools
and that the Fiscal Courts in the
the various counties are compelled
to levy what the boards of educa-
ton regard as necessary to prop
erly conduct the schools.
EIGHTY COUNTIES OBEYED LAW.
Under the provisions of this law
eighty counties have already made
a levy for school purposes and
on June Is State Superintendent
Crabbe was busy sending tele-
grams and special delivery letters
to the boards in the other thirty
nine counties urging them to man.
damus their Fiscal CO urts if they
continued to refuse to make the
levy requested The levy must be
made by July 1. to be legal.
The decision in this case means
practically the doubling of the
amount spent on the schools out
side the cities of Kentucky last
year.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
Tried to Save Doc.

ToddlIng across the street at
Wharton, Pa, on an errand for
her mother, little Amelia Scarga-
sha, a fair-haired three-year-old
child, accompanied by her dog,
"Tootsie,' met death, when in an
effort to save her pets life from
an on rushing trolley car, she fell
beneath the wheels. Her dog es-
capped. When an elder brother
took the news home the mother
became violently insane and her
recovery is doubtful.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30

Lame shoulder is almost invari-
ably caused by rheumatism of the
muscles and yields quickly to the
free application of Chamberlain's
Liniment. This liniment is not
only prompt and etfectual, but in
no way disagreeable to use. Sold
by all dealers. 47-5t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30

Heavy, impure blood makes a
muddy, pimply complexion, head
aches, nausea, indigestion. Thin
blood makes you weak, pale, sick
ly. Burdock Blood Bitters makes
the blood rich, red, pure-restores
perfect health. 47-5t.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
DO NOT PAY DEBTS.
Unworthy Lives of PrOfeSSed
Christians.

Zone of the greatest faults is I'M
reliability. If all church members
in Lexington could be made en-
tirely reliable the kingdom of
heaven would come quickly. There
are church members who break
their promises habitually. There
are members who contract debts
and never pay and do not even take
the matter seriously. There are
persons nominally allied with the
church who are really its enemies.
There are those who have fair
names among their brethren but
are stumbling blocks to men of the
world. Some are crooked, some
constituencies and imbruted. Some
are conscientious in spots and har-
dened in patches. The church,
despite its burden of not a few TN
worthy members, is still a power
for good. But if it were even ap-
proximately Christ-like the i'm
moralities and dishonesties that
pollute the community would soon
disappear. Progress, spiritual,
intellectual, moral, social, CONNER
cial and political would be every
where apparent.
Better church discipline is seri-
ously demanded. The Lord sharp
ly reproved them that tolerated, or
were indifferent to, gross and open
sin in the church and called upon
them to repent and put it away or
He would be at war with them.
If.the elders or spiritual officials
of the churches will take up every
case of immoral, dishonest, mali
cious, disreputable and unchristian
conduct, and will challenge the
world to bring in any evidence of
such conduct on the part of any of
it's members, and will then see that
the principles of discipline, incul-
Gated in the New Testament, are
faithfully applied and enforced,
they will do an exceedingly neces-
sary service, creating a wholesome
respect for law and authority
among all our citizens and restor-
ing the church to its proper Dig
nifty, mission and influence in the
community.
The church is doing an irrepar-
able injury to the cause of Christ,
to its membership, to the commu-
nifty and to the evil doer himself,
within its communion, if it does
not call him faithfully to account
for mis- evil deeds.
Faithful church discipline has
saved multitudes of blind and un-
faithful church members; has won
the reverence and confidence of
men; has glorified God; has inn
pressed the wicked world with the
fear of the Lord and has redeemed
and will redeem communities from
political, commercial and social
corruption"
We take the above from the
mid-week sermon by Rev. |. j.
Spencer, printed in the Lexington
Gazette, June "a.
Thn AnS~~n nnsonA nn~
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30

A duty of Is per cent. ad va
loren on hides was agreed to in
the Senate by vote of 46 to 30.
This is the present duty, being
applicable, however, only to hides
weighing more than twenty-five
pounds.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
SET FIRE TO THE HOUSE.

After watching his brother-in-
law crawl fatally wounded to a
neighbours house, Puryear gath
cred up all infammable material
at hand and set fire to the house
and locked all the doors and win
dows and shot himself.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
NEW QUESTION
Injected Into the Sunday Closing
Law at Lexington.

"A new feature III Inc tHlOICc-
ment of the lid" law developed
at Lexington when Tom McGurk,
who was arrested Sunday, June 20,
for violating the law, for which he
was fined $50 in the Police Court,
formally notified Mayor John
Skain that he would hold the
Mayor individually responsible
for damages if he revoked his Ii
cense, as had been the universal
custom where saloonkeepers have
been found guilty of selling liquor
on Sunday.
In his notice to the Mayor Nc
Gurk, who it is understood is act
ing under the advice of his attor-
ney, takes the ground that the
Mayor has no right to assume the
functions of court in hearing his
case, and that the ordinance au-
thorizing the Mayor to revoke his
license upon finding him guilty of
having violated the lid" law is
null and void.
This action of McGurk evident
ly means that the salOonkeepers
will attack the legality of the Or
dinance authorizing the Mayor to
revoke the licenses of saloonkeep-
ers found guilty of selling liquor
on Sunday, and will maintain that
there is no other penalty for the
offense than those prescribed in
the statute which forbds the sale
of liquor on Sunday. If this con-
tention is upheld by the courts it
is generally believed that the en-
forcement of the lid" law will be
practically impossible.
CRUSADE STARTED BY MAYOR COMBS.
Mayor Thomas A Combs, the
predecessor of Mayor Skain, rec
'ognized the necessity for a city
ordinance experimenting the stat
ute with additional penalties, and
made no effort to vigorously en-
force the Sunday closing law until
the City Council had passed an
ordinance giving him the power to
revoke the liquor licenses of those
found guilty. Mayor Combs
maintained that the fines, which
were the only penalty described in
the law, were not sufficient to
deter saloonkeepers from viola
tions, and nothing but the power
TO revoke the licenses would be
effective. He proved the conten-
ton by rigidly enforcing the law
as soon as the ordinance was pass
GU, anu hCAlliSlOu was dooOiuICiJ
dry on Sunday during the remand
er of his administration.
MAYOR REvOKES LICENSE.
Mayor Skain was not bluffed by
McGurk's threat and proceeded to
hear the case, although McGurk
was not represented either in per-
son or by attorney, and finding
McGurk guilty upon the testimo-
ny which had been offered in the
Police Court, ordered McGurk's
license revoked, that the City At
torney take steps to forfeit his
bond, and requested the City
Clerk not to issue a new license to
McGurk unless it was accompa-
MED by a cash bond of 5000 in
stead of the usual bond.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30

Property loss estimated at SIS
900 was caused by fire at Hus-
tonville June %. The fire is sup
posed to have started from the
explosion of a lantern in the liv-
cry stable of A. B. =. Dinwiddie.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30

"Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is
the best remedy for that often
fatal disease-croup. Has been
used with success in our family
for eight years. Mrs l.. White
acre, Buffalo, n. Y. 47-5t.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
Had Lost Hone.

l.. C. Botkins, of Paris, KY, says: 81
had no hope of saving my hogs, as seme
of them could not eat, l drenched them
with Bourbon Hog Cholera Remedy and
did not lose hog" Sold by VIM. S.
Lloyd.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
for Sale.

Short-horn and Polled Durham
bulls, Poland China boars and gifts.
Thos. j. Bigstatf,
Sl-tf Mt. Sterling. Ky,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
SELECTING A HUSBAND.
The Man Who Makes the Best
Husband is The Man Who Is
Not Mean.

the mean man is the most likely
to cause his wife to rue the day
she became his. 1t is not only
stinginess in money matters that
is repulsive-though that is bad
enough.
The mean man stints in the
housekeeping, but is generally
lavish enough about himself. 1t
is the Door wife who has to bear
the jar and fret of all the house,
keeping niggardness. But mean
ness goes beyond that.
1t stoopj to actions that cover
the wife's cheek with bushes and
till her heart with shame and
anguish. No man who is mean
can kee his wife's love, unless he
drags her down to his own level,
and that is the greatest harm he
can do her.
The man who makes the best
husband has Il temper calculated
to bear the wear and tear of every
/ day life. He does not fly into
passion at trihe, or vent his rage
at things that nobody on earth
can help.
He may show his righteous
wrath on occasion, and let fly at
persons and things that deserve it,
but he doesn't talk for hours after
ward, and make everybody about
him miserable.
The man who makes a good
husband is not lazy and idle. He
doesn't prefer to sit with his hands
in his pockets, doing nothing when
his family are in want of their
daily bread. Idle habits are
pretty certain to bring about
harm.
A good proportion of men who
take to drink do it because they
have nothing else to fill their time.
When a man takes to doing moth
ing from choice look out for that
man. He is pretty sure to be
getting into bad ways soon,
The best of husbands is con-
siderate; he takes care of his wife.
If men had any idea how women
love to be taken care of and look
Cd after they would perhaps eAer-
sise their own powers in that di-
rection little oftener. Women's
lives are, for the most part, a
good deal harder than men fancy.
They are not near so strong
physically, and yet they have to
suffer 10 times more pain and
WEAKNESS than the average man
has any idea of. They are sensi-
tive, too, after fashion that
doesn't appeal to a man. A smile
can make them happy and a sharp
word unutterablv miserable.
They long for protection and
help, and the prop of a strong
arm all along their daily path; and
when it is refused them by the
man from whom they have q right
to expect it a pang goes through
their very hearts that would
startle and shame that man could
he only know it.
Consideration smooths wife's
ways for her. When a husband
comes home at night, and she
meets him, tired and worn with
the burden and cares of the day,
of which he knows nothing, kind
word will cheer and comfort her
as nothing else will.
She is better pleased to have
him notice and praise her efforts
to keep the house going we'll than
if he brought her a present of a
new bonnet; and when he tries to
save her from a little worry she
feels gratitude and a devotion
to him that are cheaply bought by
the trouble he has taken,
The considerate husband strength
ems with every act the bond be-
tween his wife and himself, and
he bridges over many a chasm that
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-30
for Rent.

Two dwellings; one store room.
20-tf II. CLAY Mckee.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-26
WIRELESS MESSAGE
RESULTS IN ARREST
Of ALASKAN MINER

When Ambrose Ramp. an Italian
miner, stepped from the steamship
Northwestern. arriving from Val.
dez last night. he was greatly sur.
pdaed to have a deputy United
States marshal tap him on the
shoulder and place him under ar.
rest He is wanted IN the Alnakan
city for larceny by bailee. He
thought after boarding the steam.
ship he was safe from the clutches
Of the law, but he had not reok.
oned on modern methods.
II was a United Wireless message
TO BIZ Harris. purHer on the North
western. that did the trick. When
Information was received here that
Ramp was wanted. an aarogram
was dispatched from the United
Wireless station TO Harris, telling
him TO watch Ramp and be prepared
TO hand him over TO tho marshal
when the vessel arrived at Seattle
Harris spotted his man, and when
the boat landed tho italian was
pointed out to the waiting officer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-26

ed to persuade the trial wife to re.
lindulsh her claims.
The presence II third woman In
the court. who heatedly accused the
cop Of being the worst flirt on the
force, g enliveued the proceedings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-26
STATUS Of TRIAL
MARRIAGES FIXED
IN SAN FRANCISCO
QUESTION DECIDED AND WELL
KNOWN POLICEMAN CALLED
DANGEROUS FLlRT.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 2e.-so
Gar az San Francisco is concerned,
ne status Of trial marriages IL fix
ed for all time. That they are con
trary to public policy. and that no
action for money. based upon the
services rendered by tho woman.
can be maintained by a court, was
the gist Of a decision by Judge Nor
gan In the case OF Margaret Nc
Grath, trial wife Of Policeman
Charles VI. Crush.
A happy period Of trial marriage
between the two was recently
broken off by Gruah's new found
love for another woman Miss Me.
Grath demanded the payment Of
$3.50 which she alleged was due In
view Of an agreement entered into
by the pair when the trial was
agreed upon.
Crush and the new love. who now
Is his wife. ayerred that the claim
had boon settled. II was also stat.
ed that the new Mrs. Crush had
furnished the $3.50 that had suffic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-13
CHESTER LEADS
 IN CRUISER RACE

Newport. R. l., April 12.-The Chester had lead of nearly eight miles at the end of the first half of the 24-hour race of the scout cruisers and apparently was a sure winner of the contest, ac- cording to wireless dispatch received here just before midnight tonight.
 The wireless message received from the cruisers showed that the Chester had led from the start and increased her advantage steadily and consistently throughout the eight hours of the run up to this evening. The Salem, the sec ond boat, also gained steadily on the Birmingham.
 The engines of the Chester are of the English turbine type, although man. ufactured wholly in this country. The Salem has turbines of an American pattern, while the Birmingham Is equipped with the most modern recipro- eating engines.
 night from the scout cruiser squadron stated that the Birmingham's ma chinery had become dlsarranged and that the warship had abandoned the race and was putting into New York.
 A wireless message received at 2 o'clock this morning from the Chester says: Salem reports something wrong with her starboard turbine. causing Der to make Is turns less with it than with the others making about one knot less per hour since the race be- gan,"