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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Have just received fine line OF
Ladies' skirts. Sullivan Merchandise
CO. (Adv.j
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

The first snow OF the season fell
Sunday. Last year the first fall Of
tho stun was on Nov.12.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Ladies' Hats are going fast. come
before al are gone. Sullivan Mer-
cAandlse Co. (Adv,)
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

For Mothers Bread phone Bur
tous Store. adv.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

All kinds OF Ladies' hats at sull'.
van Mdse. Co. CAdv.)
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

500 Latest Fall Hats. Ladies' ani
Chlldrens. Trimmed or Untrimmsi
Half Price at Pieroes.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Beautiful Millinery. Trimmed 10
order. Half Price at Pierces.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

The NEWS 10 out one day sar-
der this week to avoid working on
Thanksgiving Day.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

The price of crude oil in Ken
lucky has gone up to $1.10.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

The N. u. Church viii soon In
stall piano for use at the various
services.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Jake Isralsky was In Cincinnati
no first OF the week buying goods.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

A nice line Il Rugs at Sullivan
hdse. Co. adv
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Mrs. Robert Burchett entertained
the Finch Club on Saturday last.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Wheeler have
gene 10 Pikeville 10 reside.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Remember we handle all kinds Of
Produce. Sullivan Mdse. Co. tAdvb
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

A big line Of Rubbers. Felts. etc.
~ Sullivan Mdse. Co, tAdv.)
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

For Fall and Winter underwea
and shoes. go to Burton's Store.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Shepherd Plaid worth is and 20,
for loo per yard At Burton's Store
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Go to Buttons store for The II
nous Ball Band Rubbers. (ldS
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Trunks. valises. Travelling Bags
At Sullivan Mdse. Co. tAdv }
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

The Louisa schools closed -:
thanksgiving Day,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Ladies' Hats in the latest fash
ions at Sullivan Mdse. Co. (Adv.l
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Mrs. G. R. Mcdaniel and Mrs J..
L. Peters left last Sunday morning
for Colorado City. COL. Mrs McDan-
iel's home. Mrs. Peters viii prob
abb, make that her hrme also,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29
Big Sandy News,

Friday. sormb~ 20. 1912.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-11-29

Mrs. E. X. Langhorn was visiting
her parents. Rev. and Mrs. Req
nolds, this week. She left Wednes-
day for her home in Buckingham
county, Va.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Sold Her Big Bill of Goods.

"' Danny she called after my retreating
figure. Sure an It was a bill OF goods yez
wanted to sell me; now wasn't it, me dariin'?'
81 came back healf heartedly admitting
that It was.
- Sure an Oi know It was a hord time
yeZ had OF 1t, an. Danny. Ol appreciate it
with all me hort an soul
And right then and there I got one Of
the biggest orders I have ever received
After that, she often insisted on my staying
with her young one while she went shopping
or some such thing or other She seemed TO
feel that the kid was in better hands with me
than with any one else. possibly excepting
herself.
And I didn't mind It so much. because
my orders from Mrs. O'Shea grew to double
their normal size. much TO the discontinue
Of my rival fellow statesmen, who were ex-
periencing the more or less disagreeable SEN
sation OF having a kid put it over on them.
And do you know that when changed my
line from cigars to haberdashery she put in a
line Of collars and ties to sell to her cigar
customers. just so that she could continue to
buy from me. That's what l call a real
customer.
Il But Mrs. OShea wasn't the only solid
customer I've had. Soon after went out on
the road picked up a fair customer in a little
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Products of Inventors Genius.

An Illinois inventors wire netting fly trap
is so constructed that, by pulling a string,
flies which have entered only part OF the
way can be driven into the imprisoning CON-
partment
Extensive tests by German scientists have
shown that the old plan Of Tightening ones
belt to lessen hunger pangs is the correct
and scientific method for accomplishing the
desired result.
Walls that remained after New York
building had partially collapsed defied all ef-
forts at removal until some person thought
Of pulling them down with steel cables at
tached to electric cars.
The famous Gobelin tapestries, still made
in q factory owned by the French govern
ment, are woven from the reverse side,
workman watching the design through the
web as II is reflected in a mirror.
The owner OF some limestone caves in Vir-
ginia has piped the air from them into his
house, obtaining a germless SUPPLY that is
at a uniform temperature that warns the
house in winter and cools II in summer.
In the English city Of Coventry there has
been established plant In which the city's
refuse is burned, the heat generating steam
for an electric light plant, while the ashes
are compressed into paving blocks.
For washing dishes Maryland man has
invented a rack to hold them while boiling
water is sprayed over them from a faucet.
to be caught and carried OF by sink be-
Meath
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Made Him Pick Up Goods.

"'I want you to pick all those things up
pointlng to the Uttered ioor). and just as
quickly as you threw them down. too
a. He turned his bloodshot. angry eyes al
me, and then lowering his head, much like q
bull, made one wild rush towards me. As
the ponderous hulk swept by me, I swung
with all my might on the back Of his neck
He gave one groan, staggered a moment, and
went down in a heap.
when he came to 1 made him pick UP
every last piece Of goods with which he had
strewn the floor; and let me tell you
he picked them up without the least hes
itaton, and with nary a word, too. Jim
never went on a drunk but once again and
then old man Barnes paid all my expenses to
go out there and give that son Of his another
beating: and earned my fare, Ill tell you,
because by the time I arrived. he had slept
on his liquor. and that was an altogether
different sort OF fight from the first en-
counter.
' He steadied down from that time on. and
has successfully taken the business in hand
since his fathers death: and, do you know,
Jim won't buy a red penny's worth from
any one but me-
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Start Paper on $1OO and an Idea
By ROBSON BLACK.

ERE is the story OF two actual men.
IL the ne'er do wells OF their town, who
refused to follow the conventional
idea of emigration. and achieved big
victory in surroundings that few
American boys are called upon to face.
In this English town of ~ were three
weekly newspapers, esta blished for seventy
years When anything gets " established
in a town of England. the tentacles of senti-
ment and custom are such that not even a
Dakota cyclone could uproot them. From the
orderly. somber. conservativeness of the
community highly strung Chicagoan would
have fled in terror. In fact. 1t had become the
rule that unusual ambition was not in the
highest local favor.
One day the son OF the local inkceper and
the nephew of the steward on a neighbor!ng
estate talked matters over" They were
two among dozens Of local " drifters." who
faced a condition OF national congestion in
employment. Absolutely every avenue ap-
peared to be shut tight against them. In such
a frame Of mind the innkeepers boy re-
marked:
What do you say to starting daily news
paper"
"where?'
Right in this sleepy old town
The suggestion was parallel to asking a
Maine farmer TO run as a fourth presiden-
tial candidate.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Makes for Smooth Existence.

There is a good deal said about the loss OF
individuality, a loss when real which we all
deplore, but man is more likely to keep his
individuality. with is life, II he follows in
his motor the formulated lines of traffic
rather than meet another man in his motor
on the wrong side Of the road. If both men
happened to be in a civic parade there would
be no loss of individuality to the man who
kept his place behind, instead of driving out
from his place IN order to get farther ahead
of the man behind him, or IN order to slip
in ahead of the one ahead of him. Keeping
in line means a simple thing often. but it is
one OF the trifies that make for a perfectly
smooth existence.
There are seeming restrictions in life that
hamper. but there are a great many others
that forward. 1t is easy TO understand the
gains when compliance Of a purely mechan-
ical sort-but very necessary-has been made
BY reasoning from their analogy we may
find out to our advantage that there are
many others less tangible. compliance with
which would do wonders in making the world
go round, and in making ourselves the hap
piest and most successful OF people.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Business Began to Wane.

In the next five years my business waned
The smaller stores had to follow the DEPART
ment stores in the matter OF delivery. Tho
butcher and the baker now maintained a
couple OF teams. which we're taken care OF
by hired men. The teamlng industry was de-
clining visibly. Every week some one KNEW
as an independent teamster was going 70
work for some large concern as a driver.
And If he was not going himself, his chill
dren were. Men who had two or three teams
sold two Of these and kept only one.
I struggled on for a few years longer.
No new customers were coming in. My trade
was coming mostly from old timers like nv
self The ranks OF these old timers. too. were
getting perceptibly thinner. Those who
knew me would find me even II I were not
in the front part OF the building. So moved
out and rented the first part Of the store to
a shoe repairing man.
My income from my work today? Well.
II is mighty small. But you see. I lave no
one to support but my wife and myself.
With the few dollars rent we get every week
and with the little repairing that the few
remaining old timers in the teaminE business
bring in I manage to exc out an existence"
You have not spoken about the automo-
biles," was suggested to the old harness
maker. They certainly must have cut in on
your business. He replied:
No. The automobile did not affect me.
My trade was killed of long before the au-
tomobiles became common as ira fic vehicles,
The automobiles are, of course, today cut
ting in on the big harness and saddlery FAC
tories who manufacture new goods, But
they do not affect the small harness men be-
cause the automobiles are still too high
for the independent teamster to use.
when 1t will be possible for a man to buy
an automobile for the price he would pay for
a team, then the small harness maker will
be affected by 1t. BY that time. however.
there will be few harness makers left. The
harness business OF the small man will have
died a natural death through the triumph Of
the wholesale teaming concerns"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

One Of the new memorandum paper holders
10 be attached to a telephone carries the
paper in a roll so that all that is written
thereon can be kept in one piece.
An English novelty is a life saving deck
chair for passenger craft, having back
and seat made of a double piece Of waterproof
canvas inclosing granulated cork.
An extremely simple coin in the slot stamp
vending machine that takes up but little
room has been patented by Michigan in
ventor.
Only uttered air is permitted to enter
great German electric power plant. elaborat-
ed cloth screens guarding the machinery
from dust
A wire netting thumbstall, invented by a
Nebraskan, protects a wounded thumb from
sudden blows much better than the usual
rubber affair.
ShelIac, either melted by heat or dissolved
in alcohol to make a thick paste, Is an ex-
cellent filler for cracks in furniture.
BY the addition of small amounts of mo-
lybdenum and chromium German chemist
claims to have produced an acid proof iron
alloy.
A famous chime Of 100 year old bells in
a German church recently was fitted with
electrical ringing apparatus.
A car without a differenial, driving
through tie front aka. and EXCEEDING sixty
miles an hour in speed, though it weighs
less than 600 pounds. is an automobile nov
city.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Moving Vans Hurt Trade.

Z" II was not long before the son Of anoth-
er teamster who used to do all his repairing
at my place went to work for newly formed
express company. The boys father former
ly did moving jobs, delivery work, and team
ing Of all sorts. Now a company had put
out twenty teams to do moving. 1t had the
best vans in town. These teams were in
charge OF a superintendent, who hired drivers
and ran it the same as II it was a shop or
a store OF a factory. People were getting
used to it. They would can on the firm to
move them. The man would take down their
address and say he would be there in the
morning. Instead OF his being there how
ever, couple Of boys would come around
in the morning with a slip OF paper In their
hands. They would ask whether Mr. So and
SO lived there and then would inform the
people that they were sent by the express
company to move them over.
The teamsters son became one Of these
boy drivers Of the express company which
put out twenty teams TO do a sort Of whole
sale business in moving.
THE teamsters that came 10 my shop were
complaining more and more that business
was slow. The large stores had moving and
delivery wagons of their own. The coal
people had delivery wagons Of theft owr.
Express companies with the incest and best
wagons were in the market competing with
them Men who had never hitched horse
themselves now formed companies TO do
expressing in the city and outside Of il
They built stables OF their own and hired
men to take care Of their horses and wagons
Who does their harness repairing? I
once asked a teamster who worked for such
an express company. The thought fitted
through my mind that II could get a few
such large concerns to let me have their
repairing work could make over and above
the loss which I suffered through having
some OF my wOuld-be customers 20 to worL,
for large firms. I was soon disilIusioned.
however. l learned that these large concerns
doing their own teamng had their own har-
ness makers who did the repairing for them.
This harness maker had no shop OF his own
and was not paid by the job. Instead he
worked for the company and was getting
weekly wage from II. In the same manner
the big concerns had their harnesses made
in large factories in the first instance and
were getting them cheaper than ever could
make them
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Started After lin.

80 Now. never mind telling me any more
about terrible Jim, Mr.. Barnes. Leave the
shirts and everything else on the floor l
said firmly. throwing down those that he had
already picked up, and started across the
street in search of the unruIy son.
a. is Jim Barnes here?' called in through
the open door.
80 OATS me. wadja wsnt?' surley voice
answered.
Come here
Well, l wanna know what you want. II
yo' wanna treat, why, I'm viIlin', an II 20
wanna scrap, l jus as EflIin'.' huge fel-
low. who proved to be Jim. said thickly, as
he came lurching towards me.
e Now, come along with me. You gentle
men will excuse Mr.. Barnes. viii you not? l
asked Jim's snickerfng cronies-
- Say. wad6er yo' tryin' Z do? Kid me?'
he srowled-
- No. not exactly. but IL it's all the same
to you, entreat you to come with me-
He scratched his head in such perplexed
manner that 1 could scarcely keep from
laughing.
"' Well. where to?' he said finally.
49, Never mind where. Just come along
and you'u find out soon enough So say
tng, took the tipsy fellow by the coat collar
and marched him over to his fathers store
'''E Now, do you know what 1 want you to
do?
Nav. What
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Started Paper on 800 Capital.

But the two English youths took the idez
home for a week. then met again and
amassed their total capital-S1OO 1t was a
first payment on printing press and paper.
Five weeks after that the first copy of the
Daily Warder was on the streets Of *"
Now, while such an exhibition of progress
sIveness would instantly evoke support in
Illinois or Oregon, the folks in the English
town openly resented 1t. Three weeklies had
served their purposes for generations The
advertisers thought the same. II the week
lies covered the field economically for them,
a daily paper was an intruder. 1t was a
delicate situation. but the wit Of the new
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Progress Wrecks a Business;
Old Time Harness Maker assing.
By ELIAS TOBENKIN.
By ELIAS TOBENKIN.

store. Hitherto had known It as a place
where my wife went occasionally TO get
things cheap. where my daughter went to
get the latest styles IN dresses. also came
TO know the department store as place
where a girl could get job at nice clean
work for pretty fair wages. But this time
the department store came close home to me.
l lost a customer through 1t. The chap
who became a driver for It would have been
a steady customer OF mine had he bought
horse and wagon and gone into the teaming
business like his father
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

letters on the window of a weather
beaten uptown Chea go store building
~ yield up the words: Fritz Meyer.
Harness Maker"
But in the window proper sat not q
Teuton, but Greek And he was not a har-
ness maker. but q shoe repairer. To the
inquiry as to where the harness maker was
the Greek shoe repsirer waved his hand over
his shoulder to the rear Of the room.
1t was dark in the rear. After taking a
few steps, however. the dimness melted away
and the figure OF a man standing near a
bench became visible. On the wall hung
collars, saddles, and other articles used In
harnessing horses for heavy work.
These various articles OF horse apparel
were not new. but they had just been oiled.
One could tell that by the smell. In one cor
ner Of the room there was bundle Of whips
of the kind city drivers seldom use On the
opposite wall shelves were fastened, and on
these were displayed tin boxes OF axle grease,
pads for the collar and the saddle. and about
a dozen little boxes Of gall cure.
Here too, there was an old IA shioned show
case which contained buckles. bits, and other
harness accessories.
Presently there was discerned another fig
ure standing hard by the rear door. 1t was
a woman. The old German was standing
by the bench eating the dinner which his
wife brought him. The old woman was wait
ing for him to finish eating so she could take
away the dishes.
"well?" asked the old harness maker
with a slight irritation in his voice. The
visitor did not look like man who might be
in need Of the services OF a harness maker.
Perhaps the old man took him for some coll
Iector or book agent. Hence the harsh
ness OF the " well?"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Goods Scattered on Floor.

lone day. on entering the store, found
him at work picking up collars which lay
knee high around him. well as scores Of
shirts and cravats OF all sizes and hues
Actually, the store looked as a hurricane
had passed through il, and at an extra high
rate of speed. too
It's my boy Jim: the loafer's drunk. He
came in a few minutes ago and started to
rough house with my stock. because l
wouldn't give him any more money for
drink he said sadly, in answer to my
queries.
Started to rough house. thought. He
not ony started but he finished, too, TO
judge from appearances. Why didn't you
try to stop himT asked.
"'I did, he answered with a sigh, fitting
his face upward, show me badly swollen
and fast closing optic.
II ciinohed my fist at the sight Of it. 1t
rolled my blood
Where is Jim?' 1 asked. sharply.
Across the street in that saloon, he said,
pointing the place out to me. But for good
ness sake, don't go near him; because Jim S
drunk, I'm telling you, Mr.. MscGregor, and
when Jim's drunk
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

.r~ OLD customers are the only ones
~ that really count"
Dropping his heavy sample case
on the shady side Of the depot. big
Dan MacGregor took on his hat
and coat, lighted a cigar. and turning TO the
young salesman who was making bis first
trip on the road continued:
tive been selling goods as long as you've
been on earth. and tell you it's mighty
comfortable feeling to know there's some one
in every town on your beat that you can
always depend on to give you an order.
"One Of my first solid customers was a
good hearted young Irish woman, widow,
who ran a cigar store-I was selling tobacco
then. She insisted on taking great but
totally unasked for interest in me, and was
continually giving me some motherly advice,
which would have been all well II had been
a puny shrimp. but as was anything but
that it made her parental interest appear
ridiculous. However, took the advice with,
good grace, SO as to get the order which
usually went with 1t.
One day 1 stopped in to perhaps receive
an order. and undoubtedly receive advice.
and found her in a wild state OF frenzy
Danny she shrieked (she insisted on
calling me by my first name), ITS me
Who'll take care Of me dsrlint babe and
tind shop, SOS OF kin sal hImT
4 &
Tended Shop and Baby.
why, that's easily answered, Mrs.
O'Shea,' l said, in an effort TO soothe her
wrought up nerves. 1 will"
I'VE both started, at my rash words: at
least I did.
THE very thing, she said without
moments hesitation. seeming to feel that
was a perfectly competent nurse and shop
before. And so saying. she fairly threw
her child into my arms, snatched up her hat,
and was gone in the twinkling Of an eye.
There l was with shrieking kid on my
hands, besides having to tend to brisk
trade. Let me tell you 1t was no joke.
found that managing customers was one
thing and mana ging an infant with two
pairs of lungs was another. Luckily, / dis
covered that by liberally supplying his royal
highness with peppermint drops l could
keep the rascal tOlerabIy quiet, though 1
knew better than to tell the mother the
method l used to keep back the unlimited
supply Of yeIls and tears that the young
one had in stock.
Towards evening, much TO my relief,
Mrs. O'Shea returned. Her father was out
Of danger and recovering, she informed me.
I handed over my charge without any loss
Of time, and bid her hasty and undignifed
au revoir, totally forgetting my original mis-
sion in my hurry to leave the scene Of my
torture behind