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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

1t Is now time to be thinking ssrt,
ously Of winter protection for snan
fruits. For Strawberries, the usua.
covering of straw is good. In mf1
locations layer Of straw not less
than four inches thick should be ap-
piled. In more severe locations this
would be increased to six inches, and
in the prairie sections 1t is desirable
to use eight inches Of straw, or even
more.
The prevailing fence Of today Is
the woven wire variety. No better
fence was ever devised, provided 1t is
put up well, and no other fence Is so
poor, ugly and inefficient If it is erect
ed In a slipshod manner.
Pick the fruit, empty 1t onto the sorS
ing tables and pack 1t right in the or
chard. II this method Is practised
much labor is saved, for the whole
work is completed as soon as the fruit
is gathered from the trees.
It has been conclusively proven that
hens kept In yard and fed right will
lay more eggs than hens that run al
large all over creation. The feed bill
will not be so large either, fact that
Is worth considering.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19
For County Judge.

We are authorized to announce Clay
ton A. Arnold as a candidate for Coun-
ty Judge of Garrard County subject to
the action Of the democratic party.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19
For Sheriff.

We are authorized to announce c. A.
Robinson as a candidate for Sheriff of
Garrard County, subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19
Teachers Examinations.

The examination for white teachers
will be held May 10 and 20, and for col
ored teachers May 26 and 81.
Miss Jennie Higgins, Supt.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19
For The Legislature.

We are authorized to announce John
M. Farra as a candidate for the Legisla-
ture, subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic party.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19
For The Legislature.

We are authorized to announce j. A.
Doty as a candidate for the Leglsla-
ture, subject to the action Of Il he Dem
ocratic party.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19
For Assessor.

We are authorized to announce Dave
c. Sanders as a candidate for Assessor
of Garrard county subject to the ac-
ton of the democratic party.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

Good music every day at the street
fair in Lancaster, week of May 18th.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

Have a good time for one week at
the street fair, beginning May 18th.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

The small boys mother sighed. ut
is so hard sometimes to reason with
him." she said. But have to keep
my mind on the results and not mind.
Edward, let that leaf alone! Stop
tearing lido you hear? 1t is very
naughty and makes mother feel 5000
bad!" She wept into convenient
handkerchief, while her son regarded
her interestedly He is so tender
hearted" she explained out of the cor
ner of her mouth to the young woman
who was looking o.. Il have to get
at him through n ~octions"
There goes t; I'D leaf" remark
ed the visitor
Edward" : his mother, ARE
you going 10y me? Or do you
want to be : raughty little boy who
doesn't love his mammal"
Edward tore off another shred of
green and proceeded to eat it up. He
looked bland and undisturbed.
1T is wonderful to watch the work
ings of his little mind" said his moth
er. "Of course you can't see it, but
can tell that he is thinking it over and
feeling sorry. When he sees quite
plainly how wrong it is he will stop
That will be of so much more value
than his being forced to stop-Edward,
do you hear your mother? Leave the
plant alone! Mother is very, very
grieved!"
The fifth leaf fell under Edwards
devastating hand and the young
woman looking on spoke up. "Wouldn I
it be better" she suggested, "to make
him quit and reason with him after.
ward? 1t wouldn't be so hard on the
| fern!"
You aren't mother and you can't
understand" said the other young
woman, condescendingly. What is a
mere fern-though it did cost s5-in
comparison with the sane and perfect
development of my child's- Ed.
! ward, how many times shall mother
| speak to you on this subject? Mother
| cannot love you any more If you want
to be a naughty boy!"
| Edward was undisturbed by this
threat and the stripping of the plan;
went on.
Nothing" said his mother to hei
friend, hurts him so much as to think
that l don't love him. He has such
a mind-you can't imagine! He has
to reason things out and it is my
| duty"
The ringing of the telephone called
her away. Edwards two hands re
doubled their interesting labors. Greer
fell about him in showers; one side O
the plant was bare and ruined. TIL,
young woman who was spending thu
afternoon looked around swiftly ant
J then swooped down upon Edward
jerked him away into the middle o
the room, took his chubby hands il
hers and spatted both of them witt
vim.
IF you touch that plant again." sh
told him in a low, distinct voice, at
do it again-and harder! Understand?
Edward, with saucerlike eyes, back
ed away to his little red chair and sa
down to think it over.
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The young woman was busily en-
broidering when Edwards mother re-
turned. Edward, meek as the tradi-
tional lamb and still in the red choir.
greeted the mothers delighted eyes.
''There!" she said triumphantly. 81
knew if l gave him time he'd see that
/ had reason on my sidei It's wonder
full how one can use arguments with
that child"
Provided, of course" sweetly said
the young woman who was spending
the afternoon, provided you hit on
the right argument to use!"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

Rates For Political Announcements
For Precinct and City Offices IS 500
For County Offices ............ 1000
For State and District Offices 80. 1900
For Calls, per line. 10
For Cards, per line 5000. go. 10
For all publications in the inter
est of individuals or express
sion of Individual views, per
line ....-'... .lO
Obituaries, per line ...... .O5
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Democratic Ticket.

FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Hon. Charles A. Hardin, of Mercer.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

Clean away the droppings each
morning and lice and disease are not
apt to bother the biddies.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

Paint the outside of the buildings in
the autumn after the hot weather is
LAST, or in the winter. Oil paint, un-
Ter cold, hardens so as to be much
more durable than when it dries IN
Ter heat
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

In the last hundred years wonderful
advancement has been made In the
breeding of live stock.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

The dispositien-the likes and dis
likes of each CONWAY be studied
carefully while the animals are
around their keeper, and one can then
feed and care for them accordingly.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

1t will not do to allow ducks to
share the common lot of poultry in
general; not that they require more
attention, but rather a different man.
ner Of handling and feeding.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

Sheep are extremely sensitive to
a burden to them. They are a cold
country animal under the most nat
ural conditions.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19

Drafts of air cause bad colds, and
that means a cessation CT egg making.
To stop all cracks and crevices with
paper and rags ~ ~-'~'---- on the part
of the pOultryman.
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rfs..
RIFL1Na MACH USED TO RIFLE GIANT GUN @

the twenty-inch Rodpan sInoothbore of
1864. both used during the civil war The
Rodman gun was the first one ever con-
structed and is built upon the same lines
as the Rodman smoothbore of lesser
caliber such as the eisht-inch, ten-inch
and the fifteen-inca which class of guns
during and for many years after the
war.
The Rodnan gun is twenty feet long,
about 1l6.GU0 pounds, and is ore of the
largest caSt-iroD guns ever made. 1t was
cast at Pittsburgh in 1864. and no other
there later. It has never been at any
and has been dismounted for ten years
from its = carriage. There is also the
FOUNDER ten-inch PARROT rifle. the
only one of its caliber ever constructed.
This gun is like the other PARROT rides
which We're in general service during the
war
The 3U-pounder PARROT gun was
the most prominent one of the group
of swamp ange.s used in the batteries
before Forts Wagner and Sumter in
the siege of Charleston. 1861 The muZ-
Zle of his gun was carried away by the
premature explosion of shell, and this
irregularity so DETECTED the projectie
that it became necessary to chip it off
even all around. To accomplish this it
was necessary to call for "a mechanic
who would volunteer TO sit aStride the
gun. within easy range OF the enemy s
batteries, and to do the work under
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which is 29,326 feet As The extr eme
height of the trajectory curve of the
shell from the siXteenth-inch gun is 30, hi6
feet, or above five and three-quarter
miles, it will be seen that it would rise
higher than the combined height of these
two mountains by 800 feet.
When this gun was made al the Water
vliet arsenal the workmen had to be
drilled in handling dummy gun of the
same size many weeks before the actual
quire a great fight of the imagination
handling OF a mass of steel weighing
work. especially when it came to lower
ing the great steel jacket into place on
the lube. Finally. even after the many
drills. when the actual work of placing
the tube within the jacket took place,
there were several failures but finally
the work was successfully accomplished
The total length of the gun is fifty
feet. with diameter at the rear or butt
end OF two feet, which gradually di-
minishes to twenty-eight inches at the
muZzle. The length of the main bore is
thirty-seven feet four and one-half inches
and the powder chamber will hold "a
$50 cubic inches The immense breech-
block alone is two and a half feet long.
Its weight is 2S4.5oO pounds. or about
142 tons. The value of the gun is $780,
600. and it required more than three
years to build it.
A good illustration of the great size of
this gun is given by comparing the
300-pounder Parrot rifle of 1868 and
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constellation Sagittarius in the postum
shown in figure J. -,
Mercury and Neptune are now BON
morning stars.
x
This comet. which when discovered was
very faint and which it was believed
would very probably never become visible
to the eve. increased most remarkably
and unexpectedly in brightness durins
the latter part of September. and is now
a most conspicuous and interesting OBJ
iect October ! it may be found in the
northwest in the early evening. almost
exactly midway between the Northern
Crown and the two east stars or the DOW
of the Dipper. To the naked eye IL ap-
pears as bright but hazy star, wflile IN
a pair of opera glasses it is readily seen
to be an immense, luminous cloud. win
a short tail extending in northeastern!
direction. BY photography the tail can
be traced to great distance, ana me
come. is then seen to have almost the
This beautiful object will continue to
grow brighter until October II, When II
will be twice as bright as it was toward
the end of September 1t viii then prob
ably attract the attention OF nearly every
one and it's tail will probably be easiiy
visible 10 the eye. On this date IL WIZ DC
seen immersed in the beautlfui trOup oi
faint stars known as Coma Bereilces,
on. the Maiden's Hair. below the bright
star Arcturus. and just above the ground
in the northwest al ! clock IN the eeen.
ing Its very rapid motion carries II
southwark among the stars, until, on
October 81. it crosses the. equator Jus
above the bright star Spica. FOR aoout
ten DAYS before this date X vi! lfdNe
n,n,,ed co nearly into the daylight sky
that althoueh it may be detected very
low in the northwest iust after sunset.
can only be seen with difficulty After
this month it viii remain IN the sohtiei"
sLv and 50 he entirely invisible 10 us.
The most careful computations SHOW
that this comet is merely a visitor 10 our
system. We have never seen II before,
and after it has swung around our SUI
snd receded into the depths of space it
will never be seen by us again.
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to Sagittarius in the south. there is a
succession of most beautiful and in
terestng star groups.
Those readers who watched the most
interesting conjunction OF Mars and Sat
urn last August III have doubtless
noticed how rapidly these two brillian;
planets have been sep -ating ever
since, and how far apart they are now.
IL they continue 10 watch them they
Will see the red planet turn and begin
to run toward Saturn again. SO that
by the end of the year two bodies
will be hardly one-third so far apart
as at present. Before Mars reaches the
most distant planet. however. 1t viii
again turn and run eastward much
more rapidly than before. and they
will continue to separate so rapidly
that they will soon be found in quite
different regions of the sky. BY next
October. one year from now, thew will
be at almost exactly opposite points of
the celestial sphere.
The apparent paths of the two bodies
are shown in figure >. Mars will
move slowly eastward until October L.
then run westward until December %
and from this time on Will journey
eastward with great ranidity. Mean
while Saturn will move very slowly
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constant fire of artillery and sharpshoot
ers. night ard Gay. but the work was
successfully accomplished. This gun
serves as a reminder of what at that
time-1SS3-was regarded as IAN enor-
nous rifle yet this instance of eXcep-
tional valor is, even in this connection,
worthy of note.
WaterVliet arsenal where the big gun
was made. was established in 1913 at
West Troy n. Y.-then known as Glib
bonsviile-as military establishment
principally for the manufacture, storage
and preservation of field, siege and sea-
coast carriages and ecu pments used Tor
mechanical maneuvers.
During the civil war large substantial
buildings were erected cast of the canal
for additional manufacturing and stor-
AGO u,lrposes to meet the Increased de-
mands of the military service incident TO
tle war During that period the arsenal
ranked as the leading and most important
ore in the country. about 700 men and
hovs being continuously employed in the
laboratories and workshops throughout
the war.
Field carria ges and leather equipment
work, principally. of new design, contln-
ned to be manufactures at the arsenal
nm to the establishment OF the army gun
factory in 1887, when all that class OF
work was transferred TO the Rock Island
arsenal. where its manufacture Is stil
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autumn and which finally left the even
ing sky September Is, is now running
rapidly out from before the sun, and may
be seen shining as a most brilliant star
almost exactly due east for short
while before sunrise. 1t is by far the
most conspicuous object in this part Of
the sky, reaching it's greatest brightness
October 90. In the telescope it has the
form of a very narrow crescent.
At present the most interesting question
in connection with this world, so like our
own, is that of the length OF its day.
AS the planet is ever covered with a
dense blanket of clouds SO that no mark
ings can be seen upon its surface. the
matter must be studied with the spectre
scope. an instrument with which We can
mea sure how rapidly any point on the
turning world is approaching or drawing
away from us. Eleven years ago carefu.
measures were thought to show that this
turning was quite rapid. the day on our
sister world being about as long as the
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Shop AT WATERVLIET
arsenal WHERE
BIG GUN Was MADE

installed in the Panama Notifications. to-
gether with several steel towers as high
as the Washington Monument. in which
the officers directing the firing of the
great sixteen-inch gun will be stationed,
they will be able to control the fire of the
gun for a distance of a least sixteen
miles. At this distance even the gigantic
super-dreadnought OF the most powerful
navies in the world can be sunk by a
shell from this gun. This is not the limit
of the great gun. but ii is about far
as hits can be made. even with the aid
of range finders.
The projectile of the gun is one of the
mechanical wonders of the age. 1t is
virtually aerial torpedo. 1t weighs
., 400~ pounds and carries 100 pounds of
high explosives There is not the least
doubt that even at an extreme range OF
fifteen or sixteen miles the projectle will
penetrate the heav est armorplate on the
largest battleship afioat. After the pro-
jectile has passed through the armor-
plate the 100 pounds of explosives it con-
tains will be discharged inside the vessel.
AS illustration of the terrific power
of one of these shells, it is claimed sthe
defamation is similar TO a IN mature earth
quake. and would probably destroy
small city. What would happen to bat
tleship if struck by one of them is left
purely to the imagination. In fact, the
destructive power of the shell is so great
that the highest authorities ordnance
at the War Department refuse to make
even an estimate of their titantic power.
In equipping the Panama Notifications
with the most powerful gun in existence.
the army board on Notifications had
well defined plan in view. All military
authorities claim that with fourteen
inch guns coast defense are more than
equal to battieships with guns of the
same caiber On account of the firm
beds of shore batteries and the higher
angle TO which guns can be elevated
more effective fire can be made from the
same size gun in the. coast defense than
from battleships. What is sought by the
United States is to equip the forts with
such powerful guns that the enemys
fleet can be kept far away from the
canal that it cannot drop shells pro-
jectiles into the waterway. A large pro-
jectile fired over the Notifications ard
dropped into one of the locks or dams
might close up the canal for a year or
more. The forces on the canal VII have
10 not only keep the enemy from reducing
the Notifications. but from doing damage
to the waterway.
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t0o feet This is enormously greater
than the highest range obtained. by any
other gun in the world. The greatest
height reached 10y any gun previous to
the construction of this gun stands to the
credit of Krupp 9.i5-inch gun, which
was fired on the Meppen range, in the
presence OF the Emperor of Germany In
APRIL 1892 The measured range of this
gun was found to be 81. 100 yards or
about twelve and one-half miles. The
greatest height reached by the krupp
shell in its flight was p .4a6 feet, and the
time occupied between the firing of the
gun and the striking of the projectle was
exactly 1o.2 seconds. 1t was pointed out
at the time that had this gun been placed
at Pre- St. Didier, i'll the Alps, elevated to
~ degrees and fired, its shell would have
reached 1851 feet higher than Mont
Blanc and its fall would have been in
the neghborhood of ChamoniX, on the
other side of the range. This perform
ance. great as it was. becomes positively
insignificant compared with the capaDll-
ties of Uncle Sans titan.
To give a graphic illustration of what
this gun can accomplish, II couid DE
set up at the Battery in New York.
Pointed to the north the gun would
throw its shell far beyond New kocheIie
on the sound and Tuckahoe would be
easily within range as would be hast
inss-on- the Hudson. The zone OF hre
would pass through Hampstead ana l1onS
Beach, on Long Island, and its shells
wouid pass far above Staten Island ana
fall half a mile beyond the Atlantic
Highlands. Keyport and Perth Am
boy would be open to attack, as would
Westfield and Milburn in New jersey.
while the residents of Montclair could
hear the huge projectile SCREAMING. hirh
overhead, to fall three miles distant
in the valley beyond. Paterson would
be within reach, with four miles to spare,
and Ridgewood would be an easy mark.
y i
Another interesting illustration is that
of taking the combined height o. Fixes
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DAY with us Other measures. apparent
Iy equally good. made three Years later.
indicated that the planet turned very
sIowiy--so slowly tilat its dag was jist
as long as lis year-so tia; on one-liaif
OF the planet there WAS. perpetual dTtN
and on the other half uneniinG ntsht.
Most recent carefully made observations
Just concluded, however, confirm the
earlier conclusion, leading 10 a time OF
rotation only about ten hours lonser than
our own The latter is of the highest in
terest and Importance in connection with
the question of the possibility or the eX-
istence of any such life as we know upon
our nearest neighbor among the planets.
Unfortunately, the observation is a very
difficult one. and we cannot even yet re-
gard the --latest results as conclusive. AT
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FaI! Suits for Women.

z AvORITE fabrics used for strictly
i tailored suits are wide vale serges.
cheviots, reversible cloths fancy mixtures
and other similar goods The dressy suits
are MADE of zibeline. broaheloth, plain
and fancy velvetz. wool velours and
latine. The prominent colors are navy
Is,ie seal brown, gray and coronation
purple
Skirts for The new suits will range in
width from two and a quarter to two
and three-quarter yards, with the average
about two and three-eightils. These
skirts viii fall straight down from the
hips. not being fitted in coward the ankles.
rh4. s.ored skirt. with Panel effects. will
probably be most favored, since fabrics
are to be heavier. Pla.ts have never dis
appeared from skirts entirely, and they
are present in some of the new models,
introduced IN such a manner that room
is provided for walking, but the plaits are
invisible when the wearer is not in mo-
ton.
x <
The skirt with siashes at the side at
the foot is seen among thAhigh novelties.
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The Cost.

A JAPANESE diplomat. during Ad-
L \ mral Togo's American tour said at
a dinner at Narragansett Pier:
Admiral Togo well merits his wealth
and his honors. But a boyhood friend
one day-after the manner of the boy
hood friends-sneered at the admirars
success, whereupon our great warrior re-
torted:
leone now. I'll resign all my money
and titles TO you, but on one condition.
that you pay the same price for them !
did Well just go out into the garden
there and I'll fire a cannon at YOU nine
ty times. All l have shall be yours If you
survive
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than Mars 70 one WHO pessesses only :
small telescope. Although the balls OF
tie two planets now appear 81 al?nos
exactly the same size, the rings of the
former are SO we'll widened out that tiles,
as wei as its brighter moons, can be
very easily seen During this month the
earth is so far below the plane of, the
rings ihat they appear wider to Us THAI
at any other time durnss this year.
Jupiter may still be seer very low ia
the southwest for about an hour after
sunset, but ii is now in far too unfavor-
able position for satisfactory observation.
1t viii finally leave the evening sky and
become morning star; November Is.
Uranus which is fnovin. very slowly
eastward in its eighty.four-year journey
around the Sky. will he found In the