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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-11
gone are gone forever.

gone are gone forever
OF all the natural resources the
only one which contains within itself
the possibility of infinite renewal Is
land. The nation should therefore be
most vitality concerned with the con-
servation and improvement of this re-
source. Human control over such nat
ural resources as minerals is limited.
The only possible means of conserva-
tion is the avoidance of waste, but
their ultimate exhaustion Is unavoid-
able. With agricultural and forest
land, however. it Is otherwise. Land
can not only be conserved, but con-
stantly improved and its yield in
creased. While in England the iron
ores and the coal are becoming con-
stantly harder to get and their ex-
haustion is threatened, the agricultural
land, after thousand years OF cultiva-
ton, is now more productive than ever.
The wheat fields of England. under in
tensive cultivation. yield 30 bushels to
the acre, while the virgin fields of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-11

United States through
the growth of cities, the
building of railroads and
the general development
OF commerce and nom
agricultural industry. The
possibilities for increas-
Ing the productiveness of
the 300,0O0,0O0 acres of
our public grazing land
are very great.
About two per cent. OF
the total land area will
forever remain desert.
There are but few areas
within the United States
which, on account of the
intense heat, very low
temperatures, alkali or
lack of rainfall, are unfit
for the use of man and
may be truly considered
desert land. Such land Is
found In
sA :: :: 4: : !: ~: e.: J;
- c a lifornia,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-11

Y THE last anal
ysis all material
wealth. all the
comforts and ne
cessities of life.
are the product
OF two elements
mature and la
Dor. 1t may be
truly said that
nature. or the
e arth, Is the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Cuba Now Governed By Natives.

A new era of Cuban indepen-
dence dawned January 2Sth when
the affairs of the Island, which
had been administered by Amer
lean officials for more than two
years as a result of the revolution
against former President Palma
in 1906, were formally transferred
to the newly elected native legisla-
ture.
General Gomez, who plotted
against former President Palma
and who was imprisoned by him
for month and released only
when William II. Taft came to the
Island as the first official under the
American Intervention, took the
oath of office of President of the
Republic at noon and General Gays
as Vice President and within an
hour thereafter Provisional Gov
ernor Magoon and all the army Of
iicers who have served in executive
capacity were bound out of the
harbor for home. Magoon left on
a warship conveyed by the battle
ships Maine and Mississippi, while
the army officers travelled on "A
transport.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Sick at Louisville and ShOuiGe
DlSIOCdted.

Last week DR.. II. V. Nickel, o.
West Liberty, accompanied Blu
ford Pieratt and wife to Louisville.
Our readers may remember tina
Mr. Pieratt is severely afflicted
with a cancer. As no relief could
be given HIM they spent only one
day, returning here on THURSDAY
As they were taking the train H.
Louisville DR.. Nickel fell and dis
located his right shoulder. Med
zeal aid was not called until h.
reached our city. They have beel
with j. NJ. Pieratt and wife sine
their return and will 90 to Yves
Liberty as soon as the sick are abb
to travel and weather permits.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
COUNTRY HAS FEW RICH MEN.
They Are as Scarce In Bulgaria az
Black Swans.

Bulgaria is the nearest approach TO
peasant commonwealth which the
world has known in modern times.
There is not Bulgarian Slav who is
not the owner of plot of land upon
which he lives and out of which he
gets his own livelihood by his own
labor
Large landowners are almost un-
known, says the London Illustrated
News. The few men of wealth in the
country are mostly of foreign birth
or descent; and even they would not
be counted as wealthy according to
the standard of other European coun-
tries.
The small landowners. who form
the vast majority of the population
are peasant born and peasant bred
They are extremely thrifty. They are
content with very plain food; they
wear the same sheepskin garments
from year to year, only turning their
coats inside out with the changes of
the season.
Whole families, even of well to do
peasants, sleep in the same room upon
mats stretched out on the floor. They
live under conditions of dirt and dis
comfort which no British or German
or French laborer would tolerate for
week. Yet Notwithstanding their
disregard of the simplest sanitary ar
rangements they grow up singularly
strong and healthy.
Moreover, they are free from the
irritation caused among other labor
ers, overworked If not underpaid. by
the spectacle OF neighbors living in
afluence and ease without any neces-
sity to curtail their expenditure. Rich
men are black swans in Bulgaria.
was told by a foreign banker in Sofa
who had traded for many years in
the country that he doubted greatly
whether there were 80 men in all the
rural districts who had net incomes OF
$4,000 a year.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Pins Her Faith TO the Goat.

Goats milk and no vaccination is
The doctrine of the duchess of Hamil
ton, premier duchess of Scotland but
shyest and most retiring of women in
private life. in bringing up her four
children She is president of the Brit
ish Goat society. and a goat is always
a valued member OF the ducal retinue
The family never goes anywhere with
out one The duchess is always preach
ing the value of goats milk and goats
flesh. averring that the virtues of the
goat have not been appreciated. The
duke, an invalid, passes most of the
time at his Scottish home, Hamilton
palace. great mansion that absorbs
nearly all his income. He inherited
the title from his cousin. the twelfth
duke, but the estates passed to the
late dukes daughter. now the march
ioness of Graham, who is one Of the
wealthiest women in England.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
CUPID MUST FIGHT RED TAPE.
ludicrous Mistake in French Law
Hard to Correct.

Curious difficulties occasionally be-
set young people who wish TO marry
in France. A young Frenchman pro-
posed recently to a Mile. Eugene,
and was accepted. The parents be-
gan collecting the mass of legal pa
pers required for French marriages.
Among the first to be obtained was
Mdlle. Eugenie's birth certificate, and
when they got it they found that she
was registered a boy. She is put
down in the big book as male, and
male she remains legally and admin
istratively.
Her parents pointed out first. that
she was obviously de facto, a girl;
second, that the Christian name Of Eu-
genie entered in the register was fem
mime; and third. that If she had been
a boy she would already have been
called up for the CONSUMPTION, being of
age. The authorities replied that none
of these arguments were legally and
ADMINISTRATIVE valid, and that she
continued to be boy.
Administrative reports, procedure.
and decision of the courts, all at
the parents expense, will be required
before the law acknowledges Mdlle.
Eugene to be Of the feminine sex and
allows her 10 marry.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
YOUNGSTERS TAUGHT TO SMOKE.
Two Centuries Ago English Children
Carried Pipes to School.

The practice of juvenile smoking in
this country in the seventeenth Gen.
fury was practically universal, says
the London Chronicle. Jorevin de
Rochefort, a French traveller of that
period, in an account published in 1871
gives description of an evening he
spent in Worcester. He was catechised
by one of the townsmen as to the hab-
its of the French people. while we
were talking about the town." he
writes. che asked me If 1t was the
custom in France, as in England, that
when the children went to school they
carried in their satchels with their
books pipe of tobacco which their
mother took care to fill early in the
morning, 1t serving them instead Of
breakfast and that at the accustomed
hour every one laid aside his book
to light his pipe, the master smoking
with them and teaching them how to
hold their pipes and draw their to-
bacco. thus accustoming them to it
from their youths, believing it abso-
1utely necessary for mans health"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
a STUDY in Green,

He got off the Pullman, lit per-
fumed cigarette and began 10 walk the
platform. He was tall young man.
and little too thin in the legs for his
height, bat his shoulders were wide
enough; his tailor had seen to that.
AS he swung along the platform
with a studied stride imported from
Pail Mall. he was a picture for cloth
iers artist. His cap was green, not a
vivid green. but "a subdued sort Of au-
tumn green HIS clothes matched his
cap. His green trousers were rolled
up displaying a pair of billiard-table-
green silk socks. There were green
laces in his shoes, and his necktie was
green with a green stickpin in it, and
ON the hand with which he carried his
perfumigator SO gracefully was a
large green set ring.
He was a beauty, all right. The
only thing we would have changed
about him was the self-conscious look
on his proud young face. AS the con
ductor shouted Aboard" we were
sorry to see the young man fall on his
hands and knees in his haste TO get
up the steps and out of our vulgar
midst.-Newark IN. j. News.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
BIG DEAL.
Chesapeake & Ohio RaiIrOa
Sold.

Last week the entire Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad was sold to com
pany of bankers and railroad me
of Richmond, Va, and New York
We have seen no statement O
price. Most of the officials no.
in charge will be retained. RI
port is that the new owners wi
make many changes improving til,
service.
What effect the deal will hav,
on contemplated Improvements j
our city has not been reveale,
We hope that very soon actiy
work will begin on the mucl
needed new passenger depot in Oh
city.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
l4,235,45l CATHOLICS
Official Church Directory Shows
That Number--United States
In the Lead.

There are 14,235,45 Roman
Catholics in the United States, ac-
cording to the advance sheets of
the 1909 Wi THU official Catholic
directory, published in Milwaukee,
Wis. The statistics are furnished
by the archbishops and bishops of
the United States after the taking
of a census in all dioceses. Add
ing to the IA, 235, AL the number
of Roman Catholics in the Philip
pines, Porto Rico and the Hawa-
iian Islands, brings the grand total
of Catholics under the United
States flag to 1924, 440, as com
pared with 12,053,000 Catholic
subjects under the British flag.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
ACCORDING TO ALL PRECEDENT
Listener Kindly Supplied Most Impor
tant Part of Story.

Then" said the teller of the thrilling
war story, 1.-THE intrepid general swung
himself on his trusty steed.'
The listeners leaned forward.
and plunged through fire and
smoke onward where duty called him.
The suspense began to grow breath
less.
About him scores of men dropped
dead or wounded"
The suspense finished growing
breathless.
But still he galloped onward, erect
and fearless. At last he reached the
front ranks. He waved his sword
With a wild cheer the shattered ranks
closed up. Led by that intrepid man
they advanced. Everywhere the enemy
gave way before him. The day was
won. He had snatched victory from
defeat"
Il beg your pardon" remarked one
of the audience.
Flows that"
"You mean from the jaws of de
feat don't your"
81 do. You are quite right. thank
you for the correction
And the stickler for correctness In
metaphor leaned back in his chair
we'll satisfied with himself.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
WITH THE AIR HE BREATHED.
Emigrant from the Green Isle Alb
sorbed Americanism.

How long it requires an Irishman to
become an American is another story.
The federal statutes, of course. have
their own crude opinions on the sub
ject; but those authorities are apt to
be influenced by prosaic fact rather
than by divine instinct.
1t is told of two steerage passengers
whose steamer entered New York on
the morning of the glorious Fourth,
that one of them, an Englishman, lis
tened few minutes to the tremendous
cannonade and cracker firing that
ushered in the dawn of Freedom. At
last he turned to his companion and
wondered what was the meaning of all
the blooming row."
The other smiled scOrnfully "Arrah,
g'wan, you foreigner, This is the day
we bate yees ,'-Sunday Magazine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
HOW BEETHOVEN BECAME DEAF,
Injured in Excess of Anger Caused by
Importunate Tenor.

Beethoven gave the following &C
count OF how he became deaf to
Charles Neate:
81 had to deal with a tiresome and
capricious tenor. l had already writ
len two great arias to the same words,
neither Of which pleased him, and also
a third, which he did not care for the
first time he tried it, but which he
took away with him. I was thanking
heaven that | was rid Of him and had
settled down to something else when
in less than an hour | recognized his
knock at the door.
II sprang up from my table in such
4 rage that as the man came in at the
door | flung myself on the floor as
they do on the stage | fell on my
hands, and when got up found |
was deaf The doctor said | had in
jured the nerves"
Lovers of the great master can oc-
cupy themselves thinking of things
they would like to do to the luckless
tenor.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Rare Gases in the Air.

Samples of pure air from a height
of eight and one-half miles have been
collected by Teisserence de Fort, the
French investigator, in his observa-
tons on the rare gases, especially
argon, neon and helium. The collect
ing apparatus vacuum tube drawn
out TO a fine point at one end-was
carried up by a large sounding bal
loon. At the desired height an cleo
tromagnetic device operated by a
barometer broke off the point admit
ting the air, and a few minutes later
a second contact sent a battery cur
rent through a platinum wire around
the broken end melting the glass and
sealing the tube. All samples thus
obtained show argon and neon, no
helium being found in air from above
six miles.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Why They Quit the Farm.

One farm hand has learned the
cause of so many sons and daughters
and well-meaning. reliable farm hands
leaving the beautiful farm and coun-
try and going to the city. A lack of
order and system on the farm and too
long hours for day are what is driv-
ing the best minds from the farm to
the city and shop, he says. What can
we expect of a hand, or the farmers
wife and her posterity, in the way of
intellectual development when they
get out of their beds at $3.50 in the
morning and work from that time un-
til eight or nine p. m? And no at
tention paid to the sanitary conditions
of the home and necessary conven-
fences on the farm for doing the
farm work with the least labor and
time.-Norwich Comm Record
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Saving the Autoists.

Hey, boss, stop!
From his seat under a tree the
tramp ran out into the hot white road
and hailed the red car, frantically.
We'll, what is it, the owner asked,
in an ill-natured tone, as he halted
Jest look-a-here, boss" said the
tramp.
And he extracted a huge nail from
the tire of the hind wheel and held it
up in horror
Half a mile more, boss, and she'd
a-gone right through. Lucky l no.
ticed her shinin' in the sun. I've
saved ye close on a 100 plunks, boss,
and no mistake"
1T might have ruined the tire, that
nail" said the owner. I'm much
obliged to you" The tramp looked up
at him eXpectantly. A greenback
changed hands.
Then the red car droned on its way
and the tramp palmed the nail again
for blue landaulette that he saw in
the distance.-Minneapolis Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Wanted the PainkiIler

Whenever two-year-old rutland
bumped his inquisitive head or bruised
his adventurous body bottle of some
good old-fashioned lotion was brought
out and some of its soothing contents
applied to the injured part. Recently
Rutland received his first spanking, an
experience which was TO him totally
new, strange and mystifying. About
all he understood of it was that it
hurt and Immediately after being al
lowed TO wriggle off of the maternal
knee he toddled toward the shelf on
which stood his old friend, the bottle,
and with hands appraised cried implor-
ingly:
"Botty, botty, give Wuland botty
twick. kansas City Times.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03

81 know these eggs, at least, are
fresh" said the young housewife. GAS
! took them from the basket, white
bloom, like the down of a peach, came
off my hands"
Her husband, food expert, gave a
sneering laugh.
I'm that case" he said, 81 will fore
go my usual morning omelette. That
bloom. as you so POLITICALLY call It, is
lime dust. 1t shows that the eggs are
picked. Lime dust, which rubs off
like -four, is the surest test we have
for picked eggs-a not unwholesome
article, but not to he compared with
the new-laid sort"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
ICORRESPONDENcE.x
60
PLUM LICK.

Joe Aiker bought a COW from
Yves Pucket for S45.
Claud McClain sold load of
corn to Will Huffaker for 1925 in
the crib.
James Kendall bought a bunch
Of cattle shoats from Luther Will
Jams at 44c.
James Robbins is trading in
Fayette this week.
Ed H. Crouch bought of w. o.
(Polk) Wilson his farm of 20
acres, house and orchard, for
81, 900.
Jesse Morgan sold his farm of
100 acres to Henry Caywood at
500 per acre.
Charles Frazier bought 200 acres
of land from Will Bramblette at
$40 per acre.
James Kendall bought span OF
l5-hand yearling mules court day
for S240.
j. G. Bryan and son bought two
span of mules court day for $3.50.
Davis Patrick bought a span OF
mules court day for S345. Also
ten head of cattle at 4tc.
Patrick and Bryan bought Il
span of mules over in Madison for
$3.50.
William Stages, of Montana, is
due to arrive on a visit providina
the blizzard didn't catch him IL
Kentucky.
We compliment T. j. Bigstaff' (,
letters on different cereals to the
ADVOCATE. May he continue a.
he is very interesting.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
How to Keen Younu,

1t is true that the neophobia of the
old has its cause in mental attitude
rather than in physical decay. 1t is
not that the mental power IS less, but
il is natural for man to rely on the
thinking he did in his twenties and to
refuse to reopen questions he set
tied half lifetime ago.
This atrophy of thought can be
avoided If the danger is foreseen, and
man deliberately forms the habit OF
breaking thought habits. 1t can be
escaped if a man recognizes that he is
borne on a stream of social change
and that, instead OF trusting to the
perspective in which things appeared
in his youth, he must look and look
again-From Social Psychology, by f.
A. Ross.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Lost Appetite.

A plant was found in India, a spe-
cies of "veratrumi," a small portion of
which was taken incidentally by vic
tim OF dyspepsia. He could neither
eat nor drink without the greatest ag-
ony. yet he had to ride 80 miles a day
in bis avocation. After the second
dose his stomach was renewed and his
appetite returned The plant is called
Indians root" Let us have a bit of
IT, There are 7,000,00 adults in
America who have no stomschs They
approach the breakfast table In fear
and trembling, crying: "Oh. my God
have got TO eat again!"-N. Y. Press
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Aunt Harriet's Omnipotence.

In the Beecher family the name of
Mrs. Stowe was often quoted TO the
rising generation as one having au-
thority. On one occasion grand
niece of Mrs. Stowe became very
angry at a playmate and, stamping her
foot, said: Il hate you. and ! don't
want anything more to do with you,
nor your man servant. nor your maid
servant, nor your OK nor your ass
Her mother sternly reproved her,
asking her If she knew what she was
saying. Little Miss Beecher promptly
replied; Yes, the ten command
mends."
We'll, do you know who wrote
them?"
The child, looking disguised, an
swered: Goodness, yes. Aunt Harriet
did, s'pose. Woman Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
WAS NO PLACE FOR LUCINDA
Unfortunate Reference to "Ha'nts'
Drove CoIored Maid Forth.

When the southern lady left town
and moved to the old manor house of
her ancestors, she was accompanied
by her maid.
and now, Lucinda" remarked the
mistress, as she showed the maid
through the gloomy old mansion, here
are the haunts of my great-grandpar-
ents."
The next day Lucinda packed her
trunk and started for the station.
But what in the world is the mat
ter?" demanded her mistress, in sur
prise. Haven't we treated you
right"
"Oh, yes" assured Lucinda. keep
Ing an eye on the dark, wide hall
ways.
Then why in the world are you
leaving without notice."
"Ah can't help II. missus; All cant
help it, All couldn't think OBJ workn'
any place where dere was ha'nts."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Public Sale of JOnn MCClain Farm

BY an order of the Montgomery
Circuit Court, the Master Com
missioner will on Court Day, Feb.
18th, 1909, at the Court House
door in Mt. Sterling, KY, at one
o'clock p. M, sell at public cutlery
to the highest and best bidder, the
John McClain farm, consisting of
about 1914 acres of land. Fhis
farm lies on the Spencer turnpike
about one and one half miles from
Mt. Sterling and is well watered
and has good improvements, in
Guiding barn room for about II
acres of tobacco. The farm will
be sold on 6, II and Is months
time, or the purchaser may pay
cash, at his option, for said farm,
upon the confirmation of the sale
by the Court. Possession of the
farm will be given on March lst,
1909. 30-2t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
An Experienced Walker.

Champion Hayes Of Marathon fame,
praised at a dinner in New York a
walker.
HE is walker" someone said.
Yes" said Mr.. Hayes, and the next
race he enters, mark me, he will win"
why, ] didn't know he had had
any experience as walker" said the
other In puzzled voice.
Mr.. Hayes laughed.
mo experience as walker. eh?"
said he. And the fellows owned an
$50 second hand motor car for the last
two years."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
Revealing Ancient History.

In Laconia. Greece, where excava-
tons are being carried on vigorously
by English psychologists, the latest
finds confirm many assertions by an
cient authors concerning the Spartans.
1t becomes definitely known that Lace
daemonia was formed by the union
and citizens fallen in battle were
buried; that children were brched in
public, etc. But the most fortunate
discovery is that of the most ancient
Doric temple known. 1t dates from
500 B. c. 1t is built partly of wood
and partly of sun-baked bricks.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-02-03
The Way 10 His Vote.

Lord Beaconsheld's skill in picking
up stray votes was well known An H.
lustration of it is given in recent
book by Mr.. Henry w Lucy.
At the time that the Imperial Titles
Bill was pending there was certain
pompous little lrishman DR.. OLeary
who seemed manageable and was de
sirable. One evening in the lobby
Disraeli laid a hand Familiarity on his
shoulder
Dear Dr. OLeary, the resemblance
Is most striking he said. II really
thought | saw again my old friend
Tom Moore"
The vain little gentleman was cap
tured Youths Companion.