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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26

will go with you through fire and water. But il you
spoil their hearts everything goes wrong"
"Sense Of honor to the Japanese mind is as fuel to
the steam engine. If it IN kiadled with the fire II axnbS-
tion or humiliation his life has no value to him what
ever, on the battlefield or at the office desk. That Is
WHY q japanese soldier will climb into an enenys fort
amid a shower Of shell and will not show his back to
the foe even in the face Of the most Calling fire. In
the school and family il Japan they 90 not use the
rod, A reference to a sense of honor and shame awak-
ems the timid mind and spurs on the brave. 1t is entire
ly different with the Chinese. The Chinese will go to
war or take a dangerous task willingly and stoically.
They are born fatolists and not towards, except as
material gain, c7icial distinction or luxury makes
them so,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26
GIRLS DUTY TO APPEAR ATTRACTIVE.
Rv Pew. PhH;0 Cone Fetch.

- If | were a young woman l would try to
M be winsome. Beauty is a duty. Young women
NJ ought to strive to appear to the very best adj
. vantage, mentally, physically and morally. If
by the use Of the powder puff, the paint brush
Y and the brow pencil you can make yourself
more winsome, you have my consent to use
i them freely. 1t is all right to supplement the
works Of God. To be ugly in an age like this
t little short of a sin against God and self. l take
position that lovers should be sincere and honest
each other. Deceptive courtship means a miserable
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26

20 has n population of 2,OUOUUO aud an ANNUAL IRE lOss
of nearly ~$5,OO0,OOO.
II is well to consider how to conserve our natural re
sources but it is equally important to conserve our
cro,trd resources. School children should be taught the
results of care!essness with fire; railroads should be
compelled to refrain from sending out showers OF sparks
to destroy the property of others safety matches shouio
everywhere replace the more convenient but dangerous
parlor match; the common practice Of placing ashes IN
wooden barrels and boxes, as evidenced by the weekly
display along our curbstones, should be prohibited by
ordinance. If equal care were taken to keep our cellars
md back wards clean and presentable, as Is taken to
polish the shining metal work of our tire engines ana
thrir equipment, it would do far more - prevent fire
losses.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26
pprvENT1NG H ENORMOUS FIRE LOSS.
By G, NJ. Goddard.

The total fire loss in the United States for
the past thirty-three years amounts to tue
sum of 1900 OO, 600. with an average loss
for the last five years of $~252,OUO,OOO eacn
year.
The annual number Of fires IN American
cities averages forty for each le,Vuo or pop
~ulation, as compared with eight Tor each H.
eco of population in European cities. Chica
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26

Most of the things people tell you
are. Of no earthly benefit
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26

Il insist said the Triaer. armly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
W. S. lIOyd'S Success.

w. 5. Lloyd, the enterprising
druggist, rather than await the
ordinary methods of introduction,
urged the DR.. Howard Co. to Sc
cure quick sale for their cele-
brated specific for the cure of con
stipation and dyspepsia by offer
ing the regular soc bottle at half
price
SO much talk, has been caused
by this offer, and 50 many new
friends have been made for the
specific that the Dir. Howard Co.
have authorized druggist, w. S.
Lloyd, to continue this special
half-price sale for limited time
longer.
In addition to selling soc bot
tie of DR.. Towards specific for
25c w. ). Lloyd has so much
faith in the remedy that he will
refund the money to anyone whom
it does not cure.
When your head aches, your
stomach does not digest food east
ly and naturally when there is
constipation, specks before the
eyes, tired feeling, giddiness, bad
taste in the mouth, coated tongue,
heartburn, sour stomach, roaring
or ringing in the ears. melancholy
and liver troubles DR.. Towards
specific will cure you. If it does
not, it will not cost you a cent.
10 4 AZ.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
Vuloaritv Of Cuarreiinq.

There must be satisfaction in tor
turing human beings. for il is done so
often. Nobody blames a wife for up
holding her self-respect and resenting
insult. but there is little sympathy for
one who deliberately drives a man to
deeds of rudeness and violence. Nag
ging and Indulgence in bad temper
leave indelible marks on the face of a
woman, on her voice and on her char
acter. They shrivel up whatever
sweetness nature has put into her dis
position and make her unlovely, even
in the eyes OF those who feel in duty
bound TO give her affection. II is often
hard to maintain silence under provo
cation, but there is always the open
door OF escape, you know. A quarrel
does not thrive when fed from one
side only. and what should be impOr-
tant to every wonan with pretenses
TO refinement is the undisputed Vul-
garity of pickering. Education and
refinement are supposed 10 lift us so
far above vulfarity that even the hens
of our skirts are observation-disclosures
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
FOOD THAT MADE MEN GREAT.
Deserved Tribute to the Worth OF
Coffee and Sinkers."

II Is printed among the distinctions
of the old Putnam house, now van
ished before the advancing skyscraper,
that it made popular what afterward
became nationally known as coffee
and sinkers." This is speaking too
much good of the dead. No landlord
and no hotel made the popularity of
the sinker with its coffee accompani-
ment. Coffee and sinkers are as old
as New York, and presumably enabled
the Dutch to conquer a wilderness.
The Dutch succumbed to the English,
but the sinkers went forward to new
conquests.
On a diet Of coffee and sinkers re-
porters have grown into managing ed
itors, lawyers have developed into SUI
preme court justices. budding poliu-
clans have blossomed into congress
men Even the presidents of the Uni
Ted States knew them on their native
heath
They who have become great have
not forgotten the days OF their youth.
SO the sinkers become the Jewelers.
of ranks, the badge of democracy, the
visible sign of encouragement % GtTug
Cling ambition The Putnam house
obituarian meant well, but was carried
away by his theme. Sinkers compelled
popularity it was not made for them.
New York World
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
EMEasoN's MEMORY AT FAULT.
Had at Times Almost Entire Lack
of Remembrance.

orson was notable sufferer
ro"l the varor'es of memory. His BIZ
rapber relates that he met him one
iy In Rostcn, apparently at loss for
ling, and asked him where he
going. "To dine," said Emerson,
N a very old and dear friend l
row where she lives, but hope she
t ask me her name," and then he
rr rrcded to describe her as the
mother of the wife of the young man
the tall man--who speaks so well"
and SO on, until his interlocutor
guessed to whom he was referring.
Even the names of common objects
often failed him completely. On one
occasion, when he wanted an umbre!-
la, he said: II can't tell it's name, but
| can tell its history. Strangers take
it away"
This failing of Emerson led to a
pathetic scene when he attended
Longfellow's funeral, and remarked as
he gazed at the coffin HE was a
sweet and beautiful soul; but ! have
entirely forgotten his name"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
Hunq Jury.

On Tuesday of last week at San
Francisco the first trial of Joseph
T.. Gardner, of Kentucky, on trial
for murder closed. The jury stood
Z for acquittal, 3 for mansiaught-
er, 2 for murder in first degree.
The second trial began next day
and a close was expected yester-
day. The San Francisco Exami-
ner in telling of the speech of VIM.
A. Young, of Morehead, KY, in
defense of the prisoner said:
William A. Young, eloquent
Kentucky advocate and jury charm
er, brought about a Kentucky re-
1nion in the United States Court
yesterday when he appeared to
make the closing appeal for Joseph
E. Gardner. Kentucky men and
women filled nearly all the chairs.
and when Young arose to address
the Jury the defendant craned his
neck with the crowd to listen to
the argument of the spellbinder
from the homeland.
Young, who has magnetic
manners, disclaimed that he was
either distinguished or an orator
in Kentucky, telling the jury that
he was only country practitioner
with clientele that was almost
confined to the county in which he
lived"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
BOUND THEY SHOULD HEAR II
Minister'S Humorous Rebuke to mat
tentive Congregation.

DR.. Smith Jelliffe, the ahenist was
once talking about campaign oratory.
Blank" he said of a certain sena-
tor, lis such thorough-going pains
taking. and withal tedious, campaign
orator that, whenever ] hear him, |
am reminded of an old-fashioned min
lister of my boyhood
This minister, one Sunday morn
ing. spread before him on the reading
desk very thick packet Of notes,
and launched into a long, dry, heavy
sermon.
THE reading OF the sermon alb
sorbed him. He did not once lift his
eyes. On toward the end, however,
happening to glance up, he perceived
almost the entire congregation TO be
sound asleep.
The minister frowned and paused.
He struck the desk a resCunding blow
that awakened his Pensioners. Then
he said;
MY good friends. this sermon cost
me a great deal of labor, and do not
think YOU have given il the attention
it deserves. ] shall therefore, repeat
il from the beginning.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
ives" and "No."

1t is useful accomplishment to be
able to say no" but il certainly is the
essence of amiability to prefer to say
yes where it is possible. There is
something wrong in the man who does
not hate himself whenever he is con
strained to say no" And there was a
great deal wanting in this born dis
senter. He was almost shockingly de-
void of weaknesses; he had not
enough OF them to be truly polar with
humanity; whether you called him a
demigod or a demi-man, he was at
least not altogether one of us, for he
was not touched with feeling of our
infirmities. The worlds heroes have
room for all positive qualities, even
those which are disreputable in the
capacious theater OF their dispositions.
Such can live many lives; while a
Thoreau can live but one, and that
only with perpetual foresight.-Robert
Louis Stevenson.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
For Prohibition.

NJ. j. Tanning, the noted Irish
temperance orator and worker.
visited our city last week and
spoke at the Christian Church.
For 80 years he has been before
the public in forty States and Ter
ritories. He is forceful speaker,
tender and persuasive: rich in H.
lustration and experience. He
advocates straight ont prohibition
as the only effective remedy for
the ills Of the liquor traffic.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14

The path of progress is clear. There
is no more reason why the woman
in modern civilization should scrub
and cook and darn and dust than there
is why these things should be done
by men. The development Of i'm
proved machinery and the growth Of
labor saving devices OF all kinds will
finally obviate the necessity OF doing
these things each day in each home
through the land. Cooperation, which
we are slowly learning to greet as a
friend. will overcome the drudgery
and make the life OF a woman as en-
jOyable and eventful as that OF the
man.-Nearing and Watson in Eco
Monies"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
For Good Speaking Voice.

Don't contract the throat when
speaking. Try to keep it free, the
cords flexible and easy to manage.
Don't forget that it is worth practicing
in the privavy of ones room to learn
the natural register, the tones in
which the voice works best. BY these
exercises there is not the slightest
danger of becoming declamatory. A
declamatory style of conversation is a
horror, but much will be gained II
one tries the experiment Of making a
tone reach the next room without
raising the pitch of the voice. This
means deep breathing, chest expan-
sion and head held erect. Without
these three IL is impossible to have
good speaking yoice-a fact worth
remembering.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
\How to Find the Blind Spot.

The blind spot" that occurs in every
eye, no matter how perfect may be the
sight, is that precise point where the
optic nerve enters the eye, about one
tenth inch nearer the nose than the
center.
To discover this spot, take, for ex-
ample. two rubber tipped lead pencils
and hold them together at arm S
length, directly in front of you, one in
each hand; close your left eye, and fix
the sight of the right eye on the left
hand pencil; gradually separate them
until about six inches apart, when it
will be found that you have lost sight
of the rubber on the right-hand pencil.
While this is natural condition in all
eyes, still the fact remains doubted by
many till il is tried-Sunday Maya
zine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
To Cut Plate Glass.

To cut piece of plate glass u 10
thougEC diamond cutter is necessary,
thick it can be cut with pair Of scis-
sors, large pair being preferable.
While cutting hold the glass beneath
half a foot or more Of water, and IL
can be cut any shape desired. A
round piece Of glass has been cut out
of a good sized pane in just this man
ner. The scissors do not have to be
extra sharp.-Success
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
THAT SETTLED Mr.. cLEakLIe.
Happening That Decided Him on Seek.
ing Another Restaurant.

For years Mr.. Clerklie had eaten his
frugal but nourishing luncheon In a lit
tie restaurant half a block north from
his office. He was an easily satisfied
person, and what he ordered seemed
always to suit him to perfection. The
Mattresses never knew him to com
plain.
But one day things went wrong. The
butter was rancid, and the bread so
moist that Mr.. Clerllie, who had de-
Yielded ideas about hygiene, would not
Nat it. He did his best, and left the
table early.
The next day the same thing &C.
Cured, and the day after there was no
Improvement. He called the waitress
to him.
MAY see the proprietor, please?"
he inquired.
The girl disappeared for a minute
and returned with the news that the
proprietor was out.
The following day as well as the
one after there was no Improvement
in the food, and no sign of the pro
prietor Mr.. Clarklie nearly made up
his mind to seek another restaurant.
He decided, however, to give them a
chance, and on Saturday at luncheon
again asked for the owner of the
place.
Hes gone out" was the reply.
Mr.. Clerklie became bold.
This is ridiculous!" he exclaimed.
Il come here at noontime every day,
and every day he is out. Where is he,
anyway"
I'VE expect him back any minute,
said the girl. He has just stepped
out to get his lunch. Youths Com.
panion.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
The Trouble with II.

An enlisted man at the post at Fort
Leavenworth was not long ago ordered
to the range for the first time for tar.
get drill. Out of Fl chances the new.
conner made never hit.
"Oh. you dub" exclaimed an ON.
target every time! What's the mat.
teri"
We'll, SIR" answered the recruit
nonchalantly, the only reason l can
think Of at present is that the person
who set up my target hasn't placed 1t
In q straight line from ere."-Har.
per's Weekly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
Hs Needed Buttons.

The surgeons were tribe startled
upon finding that they had incidentally
sewed up a sponge in the patient.
TheyTSurriedly reopened him and ex-
tracted 1t. When all was neatly sewed
up once more they came upon the dis
covery that they had forgotten knife.
They opened him up again and found
the knife, sewed him up, and missed
q large wad Of cotton. When they had
again reopened him, found the cotton,
and closed him again, the patient
opened his eyes in weary way.
Doctors" said he, hadn't you bet
ter put buttons on me?"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
DUMMY DISHES FOR sANouETs
Are Used to Give impression of Prod.
igaI Display.

Cardboard cakes and other similar
delicacies are, it seems, no longer con-
fined to the stage, and at many func-
tons requests for a portion from a
particular dish might cause great con-
sternation.
The use OF these dummy dishes is
increasing very much, for at many of
the public banquets for which the tick
cts are almost ridiculously cheap it
to supply the great show of delicacies
and dessert which are exhibited on the
buffets for so little payment, if they
were real.
They provide, therefore, a certain
amount of real food-poultry and
game-and judiciously place dishes OF
dummy food among the real, to give
the impression of a prodigal display.
The walters alone know exactly
what they may safely attempt to
carve, and what to leave alone; and
the most observant guest would have
difficulty in distinguishing the real
from the counterfeit.
Nothing is more deceptive than the
fruit at some functions. What are
those luscious dollhouse peaches with
such a perfect bloom on the dishes ?
A bite into one Of them would bring
cruel disillusion.
Around, perhaps, are arranged real
bananas, apples and cheap grapes, but
the big black dollhouse grapes are also
frauds.
The caterer cannot help himself. His
supporters love show, hence he must
provide it as cheaply as possible.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
GREAT MEN LAY SIDE BY SIDE
Proof of Philosophers Words That
"Fame Is Bubble"

Before engaging our carriage for a
drive in Richmond we especially en-
phasized our desire for a well-informed
driver, as We were strangers in the
city. We soon discovered the utter
ignorance of the one assigned us, but
the climax came at the entrance to
Hollywood cemetery.
You, of course, know where the
graves of the presidents are and will
drive directly to them?" mildly sug.
gested
Presidents" he echoed. What
presidents? I didn't know any were
buried here"
Testify reminded to learn at once.
>he stopped a man driving on a load of
dirt.
THE presidents. he smilingly an
swered. Sure. Monroe lies in that
direction, Tyler to the left. Jefferson
Davis on the right-hand corner, and
II. the president of the cigarette
factory"
But we hastily drove on.-Bohemian
Magazine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
All He Asked.

The father of the girl looked at his
caller.
You are much older than my daugh-
ter" he said. but you are a million
aire, and she seems to want you-so |
suppose it's all right
Thank YOU" murmured the caller
But there's one thing want you to
promise me-" the sray'haired father
went on.
And what is that?"
The old mans tone grew more Sc
rious
Il want you to promise me that IL
ever run for ONCE you will carefully
refrain from announcing that you in
tend to vote for me-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
The Weather.

The elements during the past
week have been varied and with
temperature ranging from 24' to
10, clear and summer like, clear
and cold, very heavy rain, strong
rain, snow Thursday night with
white hOusetops on Friday morn
ing, many varieties of flowers and
shrubs in yard in bloom and Their
mometer on Friday morning 6 a.
m. at 240.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
In Beautiful Sepulcher.

The last resting place OF the great
Norwegian composer, Edward Grieg,
is one OF the most beautiful in its nat
ural surroundings that could be mag
med. BY the side OF lake, at the ex-
tremity OF ford, close TO the compos-
er's native town of Bergen, there is a
natural grotto formed in the solid
rock, which rises precipitously from
the waters edge. Here the bones of
as the grotto is only accessible from
the lake. the funeral cortege will have
to make the journey by water.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
Fresh Air for Complexion.

Tell young woman that fresh air
is good for her health and she may
not take the trouble to try to have as
much of it as possible but tell her
that II is good for her complexion and
forego the pleasure OF it. And that
is just what 1t is good for as much as
anything else, for the complexion is
the outward sign OF good running or
der OF things within.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
The Dress Of A Good Wife.

Her clothes are comely rather than
costly, and she makes plain cloth to
be velvet by her handsome wearing of
1t. She is none Of our dainty danes,
who love to appear In variety of suits
every. day new-as II a good gown,
like a stratagem in war, were to be
used but once; but our good wife sets
up a sail according to the keel of her
entsge, she does not so remember
what she was by birth, that she for
gets what she is by match.-Thomas
Fuller.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
The Sense Of DUTY.

A sense of duty pursues us ever. lt
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. II 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, 1909-04-14
Friends in Need.

What need We have any friends, IL
we should ne'er have need Of them?
They were the most needless creatures
living, should we ne'er have use for
them, and would most resemble sweet
instruments hung up in cases that
keep their sounds TO themselves
Shakespeare.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14

T. 5. Shrout, at Owingsville,
KY, sells the old reliable Column
bus Buggy Co. buggy for 1928
each in rubber tire and $40 each
in steel tire. All other IA grade
rubber tire just as cheap. Why
not buy from him and save Sl5 to
sos. 40-4t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
Suicide.

On Friday near Sewell's Shop,
Elmer Cook at his home in Clark
county, committed suicide. He
put the muzzle OF a shotgun in his
mouth. He leaves wife and
three children.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
Niohtinoaies Under a Ban.

1t is said that no nishtingales sing
In Havering, England. Legend has
1t that the singing OF the birds dis
turbed the devotions OF Edward he
Confessor when at his Havering PAL
ace, and he therefore placed them
under ban from which they have
never recovered.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
Appropriate Action.

"Old Grabdollar. the eminent and re-
spected trustocrat-' Yes. he is
dead But in his will be showed his
gratitude to the best friend he ever
had. He left large chunk of his plum
der to erect monument in grateful
remembrance of the man who in.
vented technicalities. Puck
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14

Small Daughter-Its most school
time and I've mislaid my geography
Cultured Mother-Well, tell me
what the lesson is about and I'll write
out the answer for you to learn.
Small Daughter lakes Of Africa.
Cultured Mother-Um-er--if you've
mislaid your geography. you careless
child, you can just hunt till you md
it.-New York Weekly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
Passing Away.

The city cistern and pump on
Broadway, conspicuous for many
years is to be no more. The els
tern is being filled with dirt from
the street.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-14
Fatal Lightning.

In Shelby county on Tuesday of
last week lightning killed Thomas
Dunevant and the two horses he
was blowing.