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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20
The Commission form.

A commission form of govern
ment. similar in many respects to
that now in use by many of the
leading cities of the country. has
been adopted by the Elks of Port
land for handling the business of
the Grand Lodge Convention to
be held in that city next July.
There are ten commissioners
whose work is divided under the
following heads: General ar
engagements, reception. grand
lodge, decorations, finance, enter
tainment, parades and music, ho-
tells, publicity. treasurer, X. X.
Kubli, Exalted Ruler of the
Lodge, occupies the position of
chairman, corresponding to the
office of Mayor, Harry G. Nc
Allister, former State Fish and
Game Commissioner of Oregon,
has been elected Secretary of the
commission and is general man.
ager of the Convention.
The plan is proving very sue
cessful. In view of the fact that
the city of Portland is now en-
gagged in campaign for the adop-
tioD of the commission plan in the
government of its municipal
affairs, the progress of the Elks is
being watched with special in
tarest.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20
Make This a Silver Christmas.

At the end of nearly two thous-
and years Christmas is Old Christ
mas still. One day out of three
hundred and sixty-fve when we
light the Christmas fire in our
hearts, and realize that the true
business of life after all is not to
make money but to make and keen
friends. And do this, call at j.
". Jones and buy a silver present.
22-3t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20
Phone ). E. Kelly & Co. fol
Fresh and Cured Meats. 12tf

You often hear people talk
about Opportunity knocking at
ones door. In theory it is ali
right, but lots of times when Op.
portunity knocks it is only to
leave a gold brick. More than
one poor devil has jumped up and
rushed to the door on hearing the
knock and grabbed the brick. Op-
portunity has all kinds of packages
to distribute. Some of them you
want to let alone. If you are out
hustling in the vineyard when OPP
portunlty knocks at your humble
door, you won't lose anything
The fellow who lays around all
iav waiting for Opportunity j.
the one who gets stung. Waitin-
for Opportunity is a good deaI
like taking a milk pail and going
out into the pasture and waiting
for the old brindle COW to back VI
to you to be MIXED. Every fell
low who has a gold brick to sell
masquerades under the guise OF
Opportunity. They knock and
knock, and eventually some sucker
comes TO the door. There are as
many counterfeit Opportunities as
there are bogus gold mines. Ii
you are industrious, honest and
fair you won't have to wait for the
knock of Opportunity before you
find guide to show you the way
to Easy Street"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20
EASILY DECIDED.
This Question Should be An
swered Easily by Mt. Ster-
ling People.

Which is wiser-to have confidence in
the opinions of your fellow citizens. of
people you know, or depend on state
ments made by utter strangers residing
in PARKWAY places3 Read the following:
Mrs. j. P. Nelson, 81 Richmond
Avenue, Mt. Sterling. KY, says:
i can give Doan's Kidney Pills
my highest endorsement. They
have proven of great benefit to me
and / believe that if l had not
used them l would be in poor
health today. My back nearly
drove me frantic, as it ached al
most constantly, and / always felt
tired and worn out. The least
thing worried me and / also suff-
cred from nervous headaches.
Since using Doan's Kidney Pills,
procured at F. G. Duerson's drug
store, / feel like a different wom-
an. / take them whenever / have
the least recurrence of kidney
trouble and they never fail to give
me prompt relief"
For sale by all dealers. Price
so cents. Foster-Milburn Co..
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-I
and take no other 24-2t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20

Harsh physics react weaken the
bowels, cause chronic constipation.
Doan's Regulets operate easily,
tone the stomach, cure constipa-
ton. 25c. Ask your druggist
for them. I'm
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20
For Sale.

Fresh milk and cream. | am
also prepared to do all kinds of
heavy hauling as | have good
teams and wagons. Phone IA.
l4tf Roy Morris.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20
0atequdI.

The best feed on the market fol-
all kinds of stock. Give it a trial
and be convinced.
14tf Roy Morris, Agent.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20
Carriage to Meet Trains.

Call Lloyd's stable. phone PSI
for Will Bean for baggage. Also
have a carriage that will meet all
trains, % cents each way. I7tf
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20

Everything in Sterling silver
ware, cut glass and plated silver
at Robinson's jewelry store.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20

A shirtwaist box makes a de-
lightful present for any woman.
See a full line at
22-3t Harris & Johnson's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20
WINCHESTER
l1Onunent Works
WINCHESTER. KY.

BEST WORK. LOWEST PRICES.
Let ne know your wants and will call on
you and save you money.
F. q. JACKSON. Prop.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-12-20

Bring US your country produce.
We will treat you right. 5. E.
Kelly & Co. 12tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
.RUSE OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS
Naturalist Searching for Eggs Of tho
"Dunlin" in Siberia Is Cleyerly
MisIed by Female.

The game of cheating the sports
man by pretending to be dead is
played by many animals. Akin &c it
is the pretense of the partridge that
her leg or wing has been broken, b!
which device she entices the intruder
to pursue her. and thus secures time
for her young brood to take cover I'M.
der leaves and ferns.
A naturalist had been searching for
the eggs of the little dunlin in 81.
IBERIA, and came upon nest. The
bird quietly slipped off and began to
walk around the man, now and then
pecking on the ground, as if feeding
seldom going more than six feet from
him, and often approaching within
eighteen inches. The tameness OF the
bird was almost ludicrous. She
seemed so extremely tame that the
man almost thought for the moment
that he could catch her, and. getting
on all tours. he crept quietly toward
her. AS soon as he began to move
from the nest the birds manner en-.
tirely changed She shufled along
the ground as if lame. She dropped
her wings. as if unable to fly. and
occasionally rested on her breast with
dropping wings as if dying. Finally
when she eluded him and darted into
the underground, he found that he had
lost the location of the nest.-HarDer'
Weekly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20

s 5 III
\ \ $4,000?
"A ~ 1t isn't that any one
" ~ has a right to ask, pre-
i y supposing the $4,000
:: to be your own, but sup
posing that some beneficent spirit.
seeing your need and extreme worth
mess; We're 10 come like the good
faiEissf of, Off somnolescent dreams
andydeposit sucn sum to your cred
itrin an accommodating bank! What
weuld you do with it?
TQ.tcll this story one must go back.
A:littSs more than five years ago there
lived, on a rented farm north Of the
quaint little town of Rensselaer,. Ind,
a ;p9or sort OF soil tiller we'll past
middle life. What he was able to
CLEAN; eacn year, past rent and depre-
citation, kept him and his flock alive.
That was all He had never saved
nor had anything. The horizon of his
ambition lay close on his shoulders.
no star glinted in the future, no re-
grets staiked the dun past. AS he says
himself:
II was happy and careless then.
Nothing worried me. When got done
with a; hard days work l slept. That
vas ALL 1t was good in a way"
But the poor farm renter had an
enormousl y rich relative-so rich, in
fact, that the world drew deeper and
more envious breath at the symbolical
sound of his name. A hard, cold man
was this relative. sitting disconso-
lately by the great heaps of his heart
less gold. harsh, cynical, retrospective
but never responsive, imbittered Of
success--that. hardest of all drugs TO
drink in sanity. The poor renter had
seen this Midas only once or twice
and his experiences with him had
been anything but encouraging.
BIT one night death turned over
the last shekel, put gold on the eyes
and lips of the rich man, and asked
MIN what he could buy with it of the
worms. The will left $4,000 to the
poor renter.
This is not fairy tale. Everything
about it is fact-hard. callous and,
for that matter, uncompromising fact.
The rich man was Russell Sage and
the poor renter was Elizur Sage,
Rensselaer,, Ind, his nephew. Russell
Sage has been dead five years and
Elizur Sage has been affluent ever
since. Whether he expected anything
of his rich relative one may judge
from this little story:
Some years before, Elizur Sage was
living on a little farm in Illinois.
There fire wiped out his house and
crippled him sorely. In his need, be-
ing TOO poor 10 have any standing
with bankers and lenders of money,
ne appealed by letter to his multi
millionaire relative for aid. The sum
ne Rskrd was Tidlculousiy small.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
Value OF Good Teeth.

The principal Of school in Cleye-
land. Ohio. has reported marked i'm
provement in the children who are un-
DIR observation to prove that there is
a relation between the teeth and the
mind, and that having poor teeth not
oaly makes for sickness Of the body
but affects the mind as we'll. Of
nearly forty children taking the test,
1t was found that only two showed alb.
solutely no Improvement. The teeth
we're filled and the children shown By
4 nurse how 10 keep them cleap and
nasticate the fooi properly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
Easu Me.hcd Of MAKING Salt.

The process Of making salt at the
snrings in Salinas, Mexico. IS very
simple. The water. which contains
10 per cent. salt. Is pumped into
tanks: it is then evaporated to % 10
% per cent, beginning TO crystalline
Al IS per cent. The water Is then
drained off and the zait swept out.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
TO DO WITH $4,000.

: Five years ago, Russell Sage !:
!. III: his nephew. Elizur Sage, OF :.
I r. snsselaer, Ind, $4,000 in cash. ::
y What did he do with it? /.
! II. did not squander it. :.
! =. says the schemers didn't i.
. NJ L. !:
F! rhe town says the schemers got :
i 3 part Of it, anyhow. i.
f: Sage put most of it into land. i:
: rn. land increased in value, and i.
!. ;rnba5ly he still is worth $4,000, =:
. = perhaps little more. =:
!. He had no desire to travel or
:. seend. :
|; lie finds shat money-even gift ::
! moneY--is a burden. !
T. He was happier before he had ::
!. ,@-alth. :
/, IL Is not happy, according to :.
/; As own confession. !:
!, Villa. would you do with $780, !.
+ 300? :
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14

enough 10 itNth 10 tue uoiipm bi
hngflshor's nest
You can spot a kngfisher ms far
as you can see him-or hear him
lie has n head about two sizes too
big for his body and voice like a
policeman'a rattle lie wears a blu
ish gray coat and white voai
and he always combs his hair
back. just as the Willie boys are
combing their hair nowadays.
The klngfiaher'a big head helps
him In bis business, In fact =
makes regular arrow out Of his
body. When the kingfisher sees
below In the water fish that
looks nice and appetizing. he mere
~ shuts up his wings and drops.
and bis heavy head takes him down
like living javelin The fish h.
dead before be knows what struck
him
Sometimes when he catches a
fish too big 10 swallow whole. the
kingflsher carries his prey to "a
tree. whore he pounds u 10 pulp
against a limb. Then he swallows
II. making awful faces in 80 doing
A tunnel dug SIX 20 eight feet
into a bank OF earth Is the king
fishers house Al the bottom OF
this tunnel he makes nice nest.
and there. out of reach OF most Of
the enemies OF birds. the king
fishers eggs are laid and hatchcd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14
Cynthia Crey's Letters

--n,Ala Grey WOULD you
.ssress where TO ind the
ala coins. which has not
We Trust en-
wv A STAR READER
,x,ll supply address OF coin
!. y receipt OF sell addressed.
- envelope.
Miss GREY DO YOU know
- for stammering. OF any
N he city who cures ~
= A READER
can suggest no remedy
..oe al my readers helpf
= Miss Grey; First Of all.
~ lo congratulate you up.
!, success Of your columns.
s,.,r sensible. helpful answers.
blt Of information for
Esxso DO not feel they can at
1 new Easter hat II the last
,,-'s one is OF straw and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14

see any kind Of spring come
around
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14
AATS THE MATTER
|WTH LAMB AND
MUTTON?

|zwAC0. April lt-Not In the
"A distant past. Il was the
|, Il happy Fagtimcrs to war.
! II The meat that's good 60
cal
- turkey dova 20 ham,
| - that tickles my palate
The most
|. anA. lamb, lamb"
u ne song Is not popular
Neither Is lamb. nor the
q. meat. mutton. u the prices
I. sid at the Chicago stock
q ~ sheep and lambs are
n1lcaiinn.
Tor ought 10 be the poor
I, meat under present eondt
4 ID, he either does not want
4 a. retail prices are not com
Iwsse with the prices AZ the
~, arc specially fat lambs
a % to $40. Now AZ $3.50
| % A begging. Buyers viii
AZ more than ss.25 for fine
ssep which a year ago they
4 c!zmoring 10 buy at s..
ksssaa: Last year American
|~s,yss wanted best grade
4 ara mutton. this year they
& bcrers say.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14
SUPPER TABLE ART
WILL SURPRISE PA

SAY, Kids, can you draw a picture
OF pa
Sure you can. and ma. too, and all
the rest of the family.
It's easy when you know how.
and II you'll practice a little. you
viii be able to go To the supper
table tonight and astonish tho fam.
ily With your pictures. Here's how
The first rude drawings of prlmi-
tive men were little more than
skeleton pictures One line
stood for half a dozen lines. Just
the same lot 81 expression could
be put into them.
Il doesn't take much OF an artist
to make a skeleton picture any
one can do H.
Here are some samples You can
draw one Just as good
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14
NEWS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO
TODAY'S BIRD STORY FOR CHILDREN

The Kngiisher Never Tells Fish Stories. But lie Is
Mighty Good Fisherman.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14
Yes, Stunning is the Woyd!

Broad lace Ia
sertlon b an DIS
are set In this
exquisite gown
OF wolfe, com
bincd with mar
row insertion Of
finer texture
The lines are
straight. I h g
skirt IL narrow,
tho sleeves are
kimono and the
waist il high
all according 30
Dame Fashion =
latest DEGREES.
The cord cir
die and the tiny
ball trimming
almost verify
I h g suspicion
/ IA a I only the
wolfe OF which
the body OF the
frock Is made
was bought az
I h g dryg0ods
store The rest
OF It must have
come from the
curtain "A n q
drapery depart
mcnt OF the fur
niture store
which. after all.
In the way to be
fashionable thla
season.
TIE SPRING
pARASOL
Il b e spring
parasol OF this
year Is varied
enough 10 sui,
all tastes and -
within the reach
o all pocket
books II "
one Of the un'
usual seasons
when one may
choose { h a I
which they real
~ fancy With
out feeling that
they are all OF
out OF style In
so doing Long |
handles. fancy |
and plain, are
all used. some
In natural wood
with the most
marvellous bird
q n q animal
heads carved on
the top. others
have handles ~
solid beads Ina
colorH 10 match
the Allk cover |
Ing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14

soiled. buy 3 cents worth Of OK.
allie acid. at any drug store. dilute
Il with water and brush the straw
This will remove the soil aud
make Il look like new Then some
simple flowers viii be like hay.
ing new hat. Yours truly.
HELPFUL.
Dear Miss Grey: DO YOU know
OF some nice girl that works that
wants a good home. and could pay
little board.
My object Is 20 secure com.
panion. MRS N.
1889 Federal Az.
Dear Miss Grey. Please pub.
ilsh In your paper recipe for
closing the pores OF the skin. Mine
are very large s. ID. W.
A. Constant massage with a
pure and astringent cream Will
help YOU.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14

When you have drawn a few OF
these you will instinctively come 20
grasp the proportion OF hand. neck.
body. legs and arms. divided by
their joints.
After you have made your ''skele-
ton all you have TO do Is 20 dress
IL. and that's another easy matter
simply initiate and follow the
curves OF the skeleton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14

Gently. their uncomfortable fasei.
nation, are still gripping a, the
fancy OF hundreds Of thousands Of
Texans. and the aviation dance
struck the popular fancy. There
are 10 different poses and eight
different steps Ia the dance. which
combine to portray an aeroplane
starting. in full flight and landing
no accidents OF any kind 40 In
the aviation dance. The steps are
propeller. ascension. flight. right
turn. spiral dip, descent. salute,
final dip. Music Is mazourka time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14

N<~ Dsnctr propeller, rug
PAMAs. Tex.. April i4.--If you
p % make the biggest kind OF
~ with the girls whom yon
2 asked 10 accompany you Ia
|hafe. just look her straight In
ace and say aviation" The
b easy. You've made the hit
ll'etime. The big state Of
azs Is one continuous. gigantic
<sn. 20 many are the enthusi-
2 admirers Of this latest
STE IN the terpsiehorean world.
,'as thrills OF aviation meets
Z a al parts Of the state re-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14
|mERris.

|1i children
Fer Is. the
p, who are
B and frown.
4 seem such
pr TO keep
Pr such cir
mistaken.
n's answer
|,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14
SPRING

Ma Is when the air Is filled
snelllness like green things
! 10Th balls. Spring n when pa
! 10 his old fish stories and
! hem over again. Spring Is
y "A gets highly interested In
] nts and such things Sprfng
hhsr % smiles because the coal
= stop. but almost cries u any.
8 rerfions ice bills. Spring y
u 4 fellos doesn't want 20
u Sometimes spring comes BY
y and jumps comes and goes.
J siooIing Us all; but We ike to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14

Is disagree.
kion.
zen fall out.
Sssion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-14

This Wild eyed bird with the styl.
lsh pompadour. Is professional
fisherman. lie catches fish for n
living and as side line he does a
httie suhterranean tnnneilng And
he does this tunneilng with great
skin. No boy has an arm long
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-16
VAUDEVILLE WILL RETURN
TO PROCTOR'S NEXT WEEK.

An elaborate program, headed by the
Colonial Septet, will be offered in Proc
tors Park Place Theatre in Newark
upon the resumption of high-class
vaudeville performances there next
week. beginning with the matinee Mon
day afternoon, after a successful sea-
son of ten weeks by the Proctor Stock
Company. Throughout the winter the
very best attractions hat the world af-
fords in vaudeville will be placed be-
fore Newark theatre-goers by Mr.
Proctor, and his aim, as it has always
been, will be to keep the program up
TO the standard of the offerings of his
New York houses. The Colonial Sep
tet is one of the best and biggest must
cal aggregations ever presented on any
stage. The act is called IAN Old
Tyne Halloween Party, and the stage
settings and costumes are elaborate
and beautiful.
In the other Proctor amusement re-
sorts in Newark, the Lyric Theatre in
Market street and the Bijou Park in
Market street, the best shows in the
city for the prices are given. In the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-16
POLLY OF THE FOLLIES"
ATTRACTION AT ARCADE.

i.eadily recognizing the fascination
that anything pertaining to the life
of the inhabitants of stagedom pos
sesses, Manager Mumford has selected
Polly of the Follies,' a romance of
stage folks, for the Lyceun players
offering this next week at the Arcade
Theatre,
Polly of the Follies' is a modernized
version of T. w. Robertson's cele-
brated comedy, Caste and was re-
vived by Miss Marie Tempest and an
a~ll-star east at the Empire Theatre,
Broadway. New York city, las spring.
The author has permitted comedy of
the highest order to predominant in his
work, carefully blending a story of
love and sorrow, which has been done
with such a master hand that the play
as a whole is prevented from topping
over into the farce-comedy class of
stage productions.
The various characters will be cared
for by the Lyceum players in the fol-
lowing amer: Hon. George D'Alroy,
Mr.. Turner: Captain Hawtree. Mr.
Campbell; Papa Eccles, Mr.. Harold;
Polly, Miss E. Turner; Esther, Miss
Taylour; Samuel Gerridge, Mr.. Find
lay; Dixon, Mr.. Lynn; M%arquise de st.
Naur, Mrs. Harold, and Lady Florence,
Miss Meek. It
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-16
NEW YORKER FLIRTS
in PATERSON; COSTS
HIM $3.50 COLD CASH.
Girl of IA Says Clark Followed
and Annoyed Her on
Street.

PATTERSON, Sept. ia we'll
dressed and seemingly penitent Now
Yorker was fined $3.50 yesterday for
having firted with a 14-year-old girl
here.
Such a severe sentence as that was
necessary, Recorder Carroll said, not
only to uphold the good name of Pat
erson, but also to impress the force OF
an example on the prisoner himself,
The prisoner described himself as
Herbert L. Clark, a grocer, at 1888
Broadway, Manhattan, but diligent
search on that block-127th street to
Manhattan avenue-last night indicated
either that Mr.. Clark and his grocery
had no existence in that particular To-
cality or else the Mr.. Clark aforesaid
had accidentally or otherwise neglected
TO register his right name in the Pat
erson records.
The complainant, Miss Alice De
Young, of Warren Point, Bergen coun-
ty, said the New Yorker had per-
sisted in following her and speaking to
her in the Paterson streets.
Clark's tale was hat he got intoxi-
Gated on Thursday and was ordered by
his wife to drop the sugar scoop and
go up stairs and take a nap, but, in
stead, he slipped out of the house and
went to Jersey for a lark. He didn't
even remotely remember speaking to
any girl, he said.
The recorder said $3.50 or 800 days in a
Jersey jail, and the prisoner sent over
to New York and got the money.