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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-12

Gustaf H. Johnson of IF Arm strong place, died yesterday at St Vincent's hospital after a short ill., ness, with cancer. He is survived oy a widow and five children. He was a member of Lodge No. 53, A. o. U. w., and Sure lodge, V. of O.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
GOING TO THE FULL LIMIT
Leisured and Refined Glasses Put ur
Pathetic Plea for Pro
lection.

A motoring paper makes a temper
ate demand that the onus of avoiding
traffic should lie on the pedestrian In
stead of the driver.
This Is only the barest justice. We
should go further and have an injunc-
ton restraining sick persons in hospi
tails from moaning and disturbing the
neighborhood Also an amendment to
the workmen's compensation act, un.
der which a servant falling downstairs
and hurting herself would pay dam.
ages TO her mistress for interruptine
the household routine
Another badly needed reform
Should not some sane limit be placed
to the annoying habit of starving PEG
pie walking about and disfguring the
streets? The moment a man pre-
sumes to begin 10 starve, should he
not be confined in some penal settle
ment until he perceives the error OF
his ways?
Things have come to such a pass In
this country that some drastic meas
ures should be taken to protect the
leisured and refined classes.-Black
and White, London.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
PERFECTLY TRUE IN THEORY
impossible to Refute Arguments
Made as to the Uprishtness
Of Mankind.

Here is a curious paradox" said
George. IF a thousand soldiers are
drawn up in battle array on plane"
they understand him to mean plain"
only one man will stand upright"
Nobody could see why. But George
explained that, according to Euclid. a
plane can touch sphere only at one
point, and that person only who
stands at that point, with respect to
the center OF the earth, will stand
upright.
I'm the same way" he remarked, "if
a billiard table were quite level--that
is, perfect plane-the balls ought to
roll to the center"
Though he tried to explain this by
placing visiting card on an orange
and expounding the law Of gravita-
ton, Mrs. Allgood declined to accept
The statement. She could not see that
the top Of a true billiard table must.
theoretically, be spherical, just like a
portion OF the orange peel that George
cut out. o. course, the table Is SO
small in proportion to the surface of
the earth that the curvature is not ap-
preciable, but il is nevertheless true
In theory. A surface that we call
level is not the same as our idea Of a
true geometrical plane.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
They Prayed.

When l was little girl about
ten years old | was watching a
Brute trying to break" yoke of
steers. They had been allowed to
grow quite large before the break
ing process was begun, and con-
seqnently, they were very awkard.
The Brute was using a gOad stick.
that old-time instrument of tor
ture to helpless oxen. He was
also using the most: dreadful pro-
family.
All at once the steers dropped
upon their knees, and set up the
most pitifnl believing, a sort of
smotbered roaring. ! can hear it
now.
"I'll make We say yer prayers"
the Brute said, using the instru-
ment of torture still harder, while
the blood was dripping from their
sides.
/ really thought they::were pray
ing. Who shall say they were
not?-OuH Dumb Animals.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
CUSTOMS OF AFRICAN TRIBES
Queer Beliefs and Superstitions That
Are Common in the In
terror.

One OF the queer customs OF the
Baamba race in Africa is cannibalism
of a particularly loathsome form. ac-
cording to a writer in the Geograph-
ical Journal Families exchange their
Young children. who are then eaten
He continues that the Baamba In
many cases file their teeth, but this
practice is not quite general They
are jovial. despite their singular char
acteristics. The Bunyoros, another
tribe. have an unpleasant custom OF
extracting the four lower incisors,
which causes the upper teeth to grow
forward. imparting to their mouths a
most unbecoming rabbit-like appear
ance
The Bahima, he says again, believe
vaguely in an all-powerful deity. who
is associated mainly with rain. thun
der and other weather phenomena
They endeavor to propitiate various
devils, most of whom are connected
with the prevalent disease. by erect
ing joss houses In which food and beer
are placed They Invariably carry
round the neck wooden charms or
small goats horns. which have been
invested with magical power by the
medicine men. and usually wear wire
bracelets and anklets.
Although mosquitoes of several va
rieties abound, the Awatwa appear to
great extent to be immune from ma
laria. When death takes place the
body is disposed of by being placed
on small raft of reeds and covered
over by mat Of the same material;
this strange craft is f1oated away far
into the interior of the swamp and
abandoned Many of the natives find
II hard to traverse any considerable
distance on dry land, a possible ex
PLANTATION being that their feet have
become soft through continual con
tact with the water, as most of the
canoes are by no means water-tight.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
Increase lakes.

The State Board of Valuations
and Assessments at frankie has
finally passed on the franchise as
sessments OF the l.. & n railroad
and the !. G. railroad. The two
railroads were given substantial
raises and the increase will give
the State about $4,000 a year
more money in taxes than was re-
ceived. last year. The assessment
of the /. G. railroad was raised
from SIC. 103,0 900 to SIG, 544, 900.
The L. sin. was raised from $780,
10000 to $37, 49s, 900. The l..
& Ms tangible property, which
must be deducted from this assess
ment, amounts to $4,000, 900.
With both1railroads the tangible
property is deducted from the
total assessment and the remain
der is 1.-THE franchise value, The
l.. & Ms franchise is valued this
year at 50, 400, 900 and the |. C.'s
franchise at S4,22S, 900. Each
railroad is assessed an increase of
$500 a mile over last year.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
The Well-Bred Girl.

The Girl who is well bred never
finds ii necess airy to announce the
fact to the world. Good breeding
is as natural to her as breathing,
and as necessary. too.
She never gossips or listens to
tales about her friends. This sort
of conversation is not pleasing to
her.
The well-bred girl seldom apollo
gizes-it is not necessary for her
TO do so. because she is always
careful of other peoples feelings.
and she never talks Of her private
affairs.
The well. bred girl never makes
herself conspicuous in public places
and does not permit herself to be
drawn into any arguments in con-
versation which might involve
others.
She is gracious and hospitsble,
giving of what she has with good
will, ard never attempts to enter
tain in a way she can not afford.
Indeed, she is Just a simple, whole
some girl, careful of other pee
pies feelings, and always has a
ready fund of sympathy for those
in trouble. Farm and Fireside.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
Next Year in the Air.

"Aviators like Paulhan, who is re
puted to be receiving $4,000 for his
visit to this country, and Bleriot
whom | know to have made $500, 000
since he few across the English chan.
mel. are lucky to be making it now,
said an Aero club enthusiast.
In another year there will be sc
much competition that you will be
able to hire daring aeronauts like
Paulhan and Bleriot about as cheap
as high divers are now procured by
country fairs. Why, in France alone
there are now actually 300 men known
to be flying in various makes of planes,
and they are getting more plentiful
and proficient every day. Let the
craze once get grip in this country
and life on our streets will be a posi-.
tive peril beside which the menace OF
automobiles will be forgotten"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
Girl Got Even.

The man who keeps q watchful eve
on the federal government bought five
postage stamps. The drug store cash
tsr laid them down, picture side I'D,
whereupon the customer COMPOUNDED
her with his knowledge OF the govern
ment. He unfolded newspaper and
pointed to a headline: Stamps must
be delivered gummy side up"
See that?" said he. by laying
down stamps the way you did you are
loading me up with germs. This win
dow sill may be alive with germs.
They will stick to the gum on the
stamps and | shall carry them home
and maybe be laid up with a spell of
sickness"
The girl gave the stamps another
little push and he showed them back.
What do you want me to do?" she
asked.
Take these stamps back" said he.
land lay out FIVE more, gummy side
up, as the government directs"
She obeyed. He folded the slip. still
gum side out, and put it in his pocket.
He went home, wrote letters till bed
time and prepared to stick on the
stamps. Then he said, Hang that
girl"
She had given him one-cent stamps.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
The Temper Sweetener.

Maybe most people would have
called it impudence," said the woman.
Maybe ! would have called it that
myself If had wits enough left to call
it anything; but she took me so by
surprise, that new maid. Before | was
half dressed she tapped at my door and
offered me glass of steaming brown
liquid.
"'What is this?' | asked
Just temper sweetener,' she
said. Made of ginger and spices and
other good things. It'll put you in a
good humor with the world for the
day
Maybe ought to have got mad be.
cause she mad dared tell me | needed
a temper sweetener. but she looked so
jolly and the dose of good will smelled
so fragrant and so invigorating that
laughed and gulped it down. don't
know what was in IT, the maid won't
tell-says 1t is her special recipe. She
takes a glass, too, and we get along
beautifully together"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27

The special half price sale of
DR.. Towards spe ciiic for the cure
of constipation and dyspepsia by
W. >. Lloyd means the saving of
a'few dollars on every family's
yearly bill for medicines.
Each 80 cent bottle (Mr. w 5.
Lloyd sells it for 25c.) contains
sixty doses of a medicine that is
pleasant to take and which can be
depended upon to cure the worst
case of constipation, dyspepsia or
liver trouble. Mr.. w. ). Lloyd
has SO mrch faith in the superior
merit of this medicine that he
says: IF Dr. Towards specific
does not cure you, come back to
my store and / will return your
money"
This remedy is not an ordinary
medicine. 1t is the favorite for
mula of well-known physician,
and has the endorsement OF hun
dreds of physicians Of eminence in
their profession. who prescribe i;
in all cases of constipation, dys-
pepsia or liver trouble, knowing
from experience that it will make
complete and lasting cure.
40&42.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
The Census.

The thirteenth census now being
takenirecalls that the first census
was ordered March /, 1890, and
that Washington himself superin-
tended it. The act made it the
duty of the United States marshals
to take the census. each appoint
Ing as many assistants as neces-
sary. There were only seventeen
marshals in the twelve States of
the Union. The enumerations in
1901 showed a population of B.
92O.2l4 and the total cost of TAX
ing it was S44,377.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
COUNTY COURT DAYS.

Following is list Of days Coun-
ty Courts are held in counties near
Mt. Sterling:
Bath, Owingsville, I'd Monday.
Bourbon, Paris. 1st Monday.
Clark. Winchester. 4th Monday.
Fayette, Lexington, I'd Monday.
Fleming, Flemingsburg - 4th
Monday.
Harrison, Cynthiana-4th Mon
day.
Madison, Richmond, LIST Mon
day.
Montgomery, Mt. Sterling, 3rd
Monday.
Nicholas, Carlisle. End Monday.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
LITTLE TRIBUTE TO DAD
When Ycu Come to Think OF IT,
Hasn't He Really Got Something
Coming to Him9

We happened in a home the other
night. and over the parlor door saw
the legend worked in letters OF red
What Is Home Without a Mothers?
Across the room was another brle1'
God Bless Our Home"
Now. what's the matter with Goo
Bless Our Dad?" lie gets up early
lights the fire. boils an esq and wipes
of the dew of the dawn with his
boots. while many a mother is sleep
ing He makes the weekly handout for
the butcher. the grocer. the milk man
and baker. and his pile is badly worn
before he has been home an hour
If there is a noise during the night
dad is kicked in the back and made TO
go downstairs TO find the burglar and
kill him. Mother darns the socks, but
dad bought the socks in the first place.
and The needles and the yarn after
ward Mother does up the Srnis; WEB
dad bought 1t all. and Jars and sugar
cost like the mischief.
Dad buys the chickens for the Sun
day dinner, carves them himself and
draws the neck from the ruins after
every one else is served. What Is
Home Without a Mother?" Yes. that
is all right; but what is home with
out father? Ten chances in one it's
a boarding house. father is under a
slab and the landlady is the widow.
Dad. here's TO you--you've got your
faults-you may have lots of 'em-but
you're all right. and we will miss you
when you're gone
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
The Late William Everett.

II is said that once. while head mas
ter of Adams academy, he threw a
Latin grammar at a pupil and scared
or injured him. The father of the
boy came and eXpostulated. But.
my dear sir" exclaimed DIR. Everett,
your boy said 'gotten!'"
At the Thursday Evening club a
new member remarked innocently and
pleasantly as the members arose one
evening; That was a good paper.
Prof. Everett"
DR.. Everett turned upon him, white
with sudden passion, and almost
shouted out: Don't call me 'profes-
sor'! Call me Mr. call me Doctor"
call me Billy call me anything you
please-but not professor; if you call
me professor people will think | am
one of Charles Eliot's minions!"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
Declared Legal in Canada.

Bookmaking was on the 18th de-
clared legal in Canada by the
House of Commons. Last week
the Commons defeated the Miller
anti gambling bill. which forbade
bookmaking in Canada. 4 COM
promise was effected.
The bill prohibits all forms of
gambling connected with racing
but declared that the prohibition
does not extend to betting, book
making or poolselling upon the
track of any incorporated racing
ASSOCIATION.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
THE LILLE HELPER.

The folks all say that I'm 50 small
There's nothing ! can do.
They say, lust wait until you're tail
And strong, like Brother Lon"
But mother says, when il comes night,
That I'm her helpful son,
Because Try with all my might
To mind, as if twas fun.
And when she SAYS, Come now, my boy
It's time to 90 TO bed, ="
! try to laugh and jump fox Joy;
I'd rather cry instead.
Frank Chapin Cutler.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
Candidate For Superintendent.

Professor Rice S. Eubanks,
editor of the Southern School
Journal, has formally announced
his candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for Superintendent of
Public Instruction to succeed
Prof. j. q. Crabbe.
Professor Eubanks is one Of the
leaders of education in Kentucky
and has the backing of many in
huential people in his party.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
He Knew the Siqns.

A teacher in slum school was call
ing over the names of his scholars in
order to ascertain which of them were
likely to leave shortly.
please, sir" said one urchin, 81
think | shall leave soon"
why, Tommy" asked the teacher
well, sir" he said, II think we're
going to leave our house, cause
mothers burned the coalhouse door
an sold the cupboard door, and now
farver's a-choppin' down the stairs
We allus leave after we've burned the
stairs"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27

Neal and Jim Bolton, of Whit
ley county, have entered the peni-
Tertiary at Frankfort to serve two
years for manslaughter. They
are brothers and were convicted
for killing a man who had mur-
dered their father.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
A Child's Conme11f-

Even little children are amazed at
the backwardness Of New York. A
bright youngster Of five, crossing over
from New Jersey and seeing the West
street transportation relic for the first
time. jerked her fathers coat-tails
nearly off, exclaiming: ooh, papa,
see the trolley cars being pulled by
horses!"-N. Y. Press.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
Happy Hour.

He-Do you remember the night I
proposed to you?
She-Yes, dear.
He-We sat for an hour and you
never opened your mouth.
She-Yes, | remember, dear.
He-Ah. that was the happiest hour
of my life!
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
Not Like a Hen.

THE female Goldfish" remarked tho
boarder who had been cleaning stats
tics from between the covers of a pat.
ent medicine almanac. lays more than
a million eggs. Now, what do you
think of that?" 81 think" rejoined the
Cheerful Idiot that it's a mighty
lucky thing for the Goldfish that she
doesn't have to cackle over every
egg"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27

Prompt relief in all cases of
throat and lung trouble if you use
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Pleasant to take, soothing and
healing in effect. Sold by all
dealers. I'm
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27

President Taft says he has had
enough and that one term will do
for him. He doubtless sees that
the trend of sentiment is for Mr.
Roosevelt.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
Practical Economy.

II you would succeed in business.
never spend cent more than you
earn. No matter how small your earn
ings, you should master this art. I
use the word art" advisedly, as so
many young men appear to frittsr
away without SO much as thought.
Gil their earnings.-Marshau Field.
r~<Syy>~~pyyryvw
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
Nice Fellow.

Gee, but Jones has a sweet disposi.
toni"
why do you think so?"
HE let's his wife do the theorizing
for the family"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
DISTRICT, COUNTY AND CITY
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.


Congressman
JNO. W. LANGLEY. Piestsnsbuag.
State senator
CLAUDE NJ. THOMAS. Paris.
Representative
W. L. CRAIG. Menefee County
CIRCUIT COURT
Circuit Count Judge
A. w. YOUNG, Morehead
Commonwealth Attorney,
W. y. WHITE. Mt. sterling.
Master Commissioner
JNO a. JUDY. Nj Sterling.
Circuit CLERK
RICH HUNT. Mt. Sterling.
Commissioner Jury Fund
P. b. TURNER. Mt. Sterling
Receiver
q. &c. COONS. Mt. Sterling
Official Printers
ADVOCATE PUB. co.
TERMS
Bird M)nday in January
End Monday in April
st Monday in September
COUNTY COURT.
Bird Monday in each month.
QUARTERLY COURT
Tuesday after Ord Monday.
FISCAL COURT.
lst Tuesdays IN April and October.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-10
OF
H. S. ALUMNI
ARE ELECTED

Prior to a reception of the hlgn
school class of 1910 by the Alumni
Association at the high school, last
night, the latter organization elected
officers for the subsequent year and
furthered arrangements for their
dance and reception. Thomas Han
son was elected president to succeed
John Mulligan; Gertrude Pfeiffer,
vice president, to succeed Thomas
Hanson; Rose Wallace, secretary, to
succeed Alvin Fox; Garret Brodhead,
Jr., treasurer, to succeed George
Woglom. Resolutions of coincidence
were passed on the recent death of
Miss Jennie Peterson, member of
the association.
The successful comedy, Three
Hats" introduced few nights ago
to an audience in the chapel of the
Presbyterian church, was repeated
last night in the high school. Fol-
lowing It's rendition the cast banded
themselves into the Excelsior Drama
tic Society, and elected Russell Rock
nresident; Edgar Mullen, treasurer,
and Archibald Wells, secretary.
The audienc. last night includef
the guests of the Alumni Association
and of the graduating class, and the
members of the high school faculty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-10
CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
ARE APPLIED FOR
Special TO the EVENING NEWS.

New Brunswick, June 10:-Applica-
tions for naturalization papers from all
parts of the county are being heard
here today by Clark E. Wagner, a
federal examiner. Axel Elias Elmquist,
pastor of the Swedish Congregational
church, of Perth Ambov, was the first
to pass and Sidney Riddlestorffer, sec
retary and treasurer of the Perth Am
boy Trust Company, was second.
Hedvig Strymowicz, of Perth Amboy,
was the first woman to ever ask for nat
uralization papers in this county. She
was accompanied by her brother, AT
thur Strymowicz, curate of the Pol
ish Catholic church, Of Perth Amboy,
and her case was the most amusing one
heard here in some time. Examiner
Wagner asked why she wanted to be
naturalized and she replied, because
/ want to live here. T" The examiner
then attempted to ascertain If she was
in sympathy with the suffregette move
ment, but to his dismay, learned that
she knew very little English and very
much less about the laws and constitu-
tion Of the United States.
Her brother was finally appealed to,
but he, too, WAS in ignorance of the laws
Of the country and knew very little
English. When asked where the laws
of America are made, he replied "In
Perth Amboy" Hedvig said she had
lived ten years in this country, three
in South Amboy and seven in Perth
Amboy. The application could not be
granted on the ground that Hedvig
knew insufficient English. Examiner
Wagner was very much interested in
the case. He asked many questions and
learned that she and her brother had
come up in an automobile
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-10
TOMORROW is
TAG DAY OF
HOME FOR AGED


Remember to carry with you
suitable donation for worthy insti-
tuition tomorrow for 1t is the annual
tag day under the auspices of the
Home for the Aged. You will surely
be tagged, for hundreds of eager
workers will be on the lookout for
every person not wearing one of the
benefit tags.
Preparations for the important
event have almost been completed
and according to the progress made
thus far, II will be banner day for
the excellent institution. A number of
young ladies, boys and girls, called
at the tag day headquarters at $50
SmAth street today and registered as
collectors. Most of them were pu-
pills from the fifth, sixth and sew
enth grades of the local public
schools.
The committee in charge is
pleased to learn that so many young
ladies have taken an active part in
the work and will help to solicit to-
morrow. The first name on the reg
lister of collectors today, was Harold
Morrison, of Jefferson street, thir-
teen years old, who received the first
boys prize last year for collecting.
The fourth name on the list is Miss
Goldman, who received the third
girls prize last year The prize was
gold ring, which Miss Goldman
proudly displays today Miss Sue
FRANKIE won the first ladies', prize
last year, MISS Hope, the second, and
Miss Ellis, the third. Valuable
prizes are offered this year. Among
the donors of the prizes are Albert
Leon and r. e. Comegys
Approximately 1000 small tags
have been printed and will be
passed out to givers of less than a
81; 200 larger tags have been made
up, that are intended for donors of
a 81 or more. There are also 200
identification tags for the solicitors
and $50 iron banks have been pro-
vided for the collectors. Donors
should see that the money is placed
in the banks. The banks are as min
iature United States mail boxes
About 1000 post cards will be
passed out to those giving to the
home Those wishing to take part
in the work should call at the head.
quarters, 1S0 Smith street, at Z
o'clock tomorrow morning