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No Hurry,

Dora-So you have decided to break
on your engagement with him?
Nora-Yes, but / don't think / shall
do 1t until after my birthday--as 1t
comes next week!-The Club Fellow.
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HINTS ABOUT LAUNDRY WORK
Clean Greasy Pieces-Useful
Soap Shredder.

Starching Dark Materials-All black
lawn. percale and calico dresses, dark
tan and dark blue ones should be
dipped In starch in which a cupful of
clear coffee and a lump of white wax
have been boiled. The coffee win ~,-e
10 tbs sterial the u sinal dark a;,-
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EARLY DAYS Out Nest,

Woodman, spare that tree,
Touch not a single bough;
We wish to hang horse thief there
The posses coming now.
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Mr.. Koyne-We're going to the
mountains next month.
Miss Gusher-Ah! the mountains
are sublime-so inspiring, SO won.
derfully high and
Mr.. koyne-The hotel bill is al
ways much higher than the noun
tains.
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Il maintain that Shakespeare really
meant Hamlet for an actor"
How can you prove it,"
Because he was so anxious to see
the ghost walk"
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| UNION LAWN FENCE
Fff24{ AA.=AA{ 4
laY Y z \ z y 3 Y 3 z NJ
Costs very little, proves very satis-
i factory for lawns. door yards, gar
| dcns. We make fencing for lawns,
door yards. field, hog and poultry.
Write for catalog.
UNION FENCE CO.,
| reKalb. III. Kansas City, Mo.

RsS~ McCracken has the largest
stock of dials for timepieces ever
carried in the county, and can fit
anything from the court house clock
to a toy watch.
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Ruark'a 4 Stnrp Nrms
Furniture, holdings, Wall Paper

We carry on our floors and in our ware
rooms the largest variety of Furniture in
Muhlenberg.
If we do not have what you want, we
will get it for you. We have factory con-
nections with makers of the finest goods
in the country, and through "Our Special
Order Department" can supply any exclu-
sive articles at less prices than city stores
or mail order houses.
Our Picture and Room Molding- stocks
are always complete.
Wallpaper is now staple article Of mer-
chandise, being used ell the year round.
And we always have full selections, prices
cents and up per roll.
S@9f0Diag - Ei,gra1ing
Our Engraving Machine is the only
one in this part of Kentucky, and We are
exclusively prepared to supply hidfViduai
Name Plates, which we furnish on all
outfits without extra cost.
Undertaking ano Embalming.
Collins in White Enamel and Stained
varnish finish; Caskets in White Enamel,
Natural Woods, White, Colored and Black
Cloth Covered; all-MetalIic and Copper
lined alright Caskets; all lengths, and
regular, extra and double extra widths.
Steel Grave Vaults of all sizes constant
ock, fOr irmediats delivery.
Burial Robes. wrappers. Suits, Dresses,
Slippers, ETC., IN large variety.
Our two licensed Embalmers respond at
once to calls for such services.
Our general equipment is complete and
of highest grade.
We have Funeral Car in service, sub
ject to call anywhere.
"a Two Private Long-Distance Teie-
phones, Store "a; Residence Ios.
Residence $50 yards from store.
Prompt service any hour day or night.
The ]. [. R0ARK ESTATE.
0RlES |. P0ARK. Msnaser.
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stella-Were YOU shopping today? d.
Bella-Yes, got some things to ex-
change.
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Cold Storaue,

He-Where is the live chicken I
bought for our party?
She-I put 1t in our icebox to keep
1t fresh until 1t is killed tomorrow
-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
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Save your home by having your
ilucs repaired. Barley Bros. do
this work in best manner.
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Willing.

Describe a kiss?
1 cannot do II.
Act one? oh. bliss!
Just lead me to It!
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MuhlenbefS co0nty
is rich in coal, iron, timber, pottcr's clay
etc, and the most inviting field in Ken
!tucly for investment ofcapital and pluck. /
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<hs wax viii prevent the
DEIcking to the irons.

7 " e-o1kfa 2 si'aas ~ a's..b.. I.
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Population of Russia and Its Provinces
Shown by Recent Census to Be
Over 163,ooo,ooo.

We gather from the Russian Year
BOOK that on January /, 1910, the
population of Russia amounted to
$50. '4S,400, and together with the Fin.
nisb provinces the total population
amounted to 1853, 77S,So0 people. In
1917 years. from the autumn of 1897
to January, 1911, in spite of war,
cholera and famine the Russian pop
ulation has increased by 33.199. 900
soulh-an annual growth OF 2,732,000
In point of numbers Russia is first OF
all the white races.
The vast population is not entirely
of Russian race; the empire counts
10 per cent. of Tartars. per cent
of Poles and considerable number Of
Lithuanians. Let's, Firms and Jews.
In territorial extent Russia is the
largest country in the world. 1t is
"A times as big as France
Three quarters of the population
are. 1t is said. engaged in agriculture,
10 per cent. in various industries, 46
per cent in private service, 3.S per
cent in trade All other occupations
do not engage more than rs per cent
Although in Russia agriculture is
generally the predominating occupa-
zion the largest proportion OF people
employed In this pursuit Is found In
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important, the amount of grain is Of
equal, If not greater, Importance in de-
termining the economy Of grains. It
has been shown at different stations
that the best forage crops are little
more than maintenance ration.
If gains are to. be made, then, 1t is
necessary to feed some grain in addi-
ton to the forage. Experiments indi-
cate that the greatest economy OF
grain through the use of forage Is OBJ
tanned when one and one-half to two
pounds of grain are fed daily for each
100 pounds Of live weight The best
general rule is to feed enough grain
to cause the hogs to make a daily
grain of three-fourths of pound for
each 100 pounds of live weight
Where alfalfa can be grown success
fully there is probably no crop that
will give better results for swine feed
ing. An acre of alfalfa will pasture.
during the grazing season. from ten
to twenty shoats. The important point
to be observed is not to pasture too
closely. Best results are obtained by
SO pasturing that one or two cuttings
of hay may be taken off the field dur
ing the season in addition to the
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EFFECT OF FLOWING <
ON YIELD OF WHEAT
Results Given of Experiments at
Oklahoma Experiment
Station

An experiment was conducted at
the Oklahoma station for the purpose
of determining the effect of early me.
dunn and late blowing upon the yield
of wheat. As an average for five sea-
sons, July blowing gave return Of
271 bushels per acre; August blowing
yielded 24.2 bushels per acre; while
land which had turned about the mid
die Of September brought only % BUSH
els per acre as an average.
II the wheat fields are plowed in
July and are then worked down with
tillage implements so that they do not
present a rough, open surface, any
rain which may fall throughout the
summer will be absorbed and subse.
quent culture will enable the grower
to save this supply for his crop. The
same plan can be followed in prepar-
ing fields for alfalfa seeding.
Where 1t is intended to prepare the
soil early In September, officials Of
the station recommend that special ef-
fort should be made to pulyerize the
seed bed thoroughly after blowing so
that in the event of autumn rains be-
ing abundant, the crop will come
through In good condition.
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SYNOPSIS.

Lieut. Harry Mallory is ordered to the
Philippines He and Marjorie Newton
decide to elope, but wreck of taxicao pre-
vents their seeing minister on the way 70
the train. Transcontinental train Is tak.
ling on passengers. Porter has a nVsIy
time with an Englishman and Ira Latin
rop, Yankee business man. The elopers
have an exciting time getting 70 tns
train. Little Jimmie" Wellington, bouno
for Reno to get divorce, boards IRAN
I'm maudlin condition. Later Mrs. Jimmie
same object. Likewise Mrs. Sammy WHIT
comb. Latter blames Mrs. Jimmie lot
her marital troubles. Classmates OF MAJ Ma
Tory decorate bridal berth. Rev. ana MIS-.
Temple start on vacation. They decloe
to cut loose and Temple removes evidence
Iof his calling. Marjorie decides TO lel
Mallory proceed alone. but train starts
while they are lost in farewell Passen5
gers join Mallory's classmates In BiViins
couple wedding hazing. Marjorie y ols-
tracted Ira Lathrop, woman da -ha.,rs
Anne Cattle, fellow passenger. Nal
Tory vainly hunts for preacher among
the passengers Mrs. Wellington hears
Little Jirnmies voice. Later she meets
Mrs Whitcomb. Mallory reports to MAI
ljorie his failure to find a preacher. Ihey
decide to pretend quarrel and mallory
finds vacant berth. Mrs. Jimmie olscov-
ers Wellington on the train. Mallory
again makes an unsuccessful hunt TOT a
clan Mrs Temple is induced by MRS;
wellington to smoke a cigar Sight OF
preacher on a station platform raises
Mallory's hopes. but he takes announcer tsr
train. Missing hand baggage compeis tne
couple to borrow from passengers
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Pre-GiaclaI Man.

The "pre-boulder clay man" found
under the sheet OF red crag formation
of Suffolk. near Ipswich. in England.
though tall and well shaped as the
modern Englishman, resembles the
ape-like Neanderthal man of later
age in the very fiat and broad pos
terror part Of the skull He exhibits
one popularity not found in any othar
fossil man of qneerly shaped leg
bones-the tibia and fibula. The re-
port In the London Times says their
significance is as yet inexplicable;
they probably depend on the manner
in which the legs were used in walk.
ing"
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CHAPTER xxi.
In the Smoking Room.


Wellington's divorce breakfast re-
minded Ashton of a story. Ashton was
one of the great Reminds Me
family. Perhaps it was to the credit
OF the Englishman that he missed the
point of this story, even though Jim
nile Wellington saw 1t through his fog,
ard DR.. Temple turned red and buried
his eyes in the eminently respectable
pages of the Scientific American.
Ashton and Wellington and Fosdick
exchanged winks over the Britisher's
stare of incomprehension, and Ashton
explained it to him again in words Of
one syllable. with signboards at all
the different spots.
Finally a CLEAN of understanding
broke over Wedgewoods face and he
tried to justify his delay,
oh. yes, of cawse see 1t now. Yes,
rather fancy | get you. It's awfully
good, isn't 1t? | think l should have
got 1t before but I'm not really N.Y.
sell; for two mawnings / haven't had
my tub"
Wellington shook with laughter: "If
you're like this now. what will you be
when you get to Sin san frasco-I
mean Frinsansisco-well, you know
what / mean"
Ashton reached round for the cleo
trio button as if he were comforting a
favor The drinks are on you,
Wedgewood. I'll ring" And he rang.
"Awf'lly kind of you," said Wedge
wood. but how do you make that
out?"
The man that misses the point,
pays for the drinks" And he rang
again. Wellington protested.
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handkerchief. is that the eyer? she
asked.
mol" he howled, "the other one."
She went into that and came out
with the cinder.
There! It's just tiny speck."
wellington regarded the mote with
/ amazement. rs that all? 1t felt as II
mad Pixies Peak in my eye" Then
he waxed tender. ooh, Lucretia, how
can / ever"
But she drew away with disdain-
'ul: Give me back my hand, please"
VOW, Lucretia," he protested,
don't you think you're carrying this
pretty far?"
Only as far as Reno" she answered
grimly, which stung him to retort:
foud better take the beam out Of
your own eye. now that you've taken
the cinder out Of mine," but she, not
Ing that they were the center of inter-
est, observed: "All the passengers are
enjoying this. my dear. You'd better
q back to the cafe"
Wellington regarded her with re-
vulsion to wrath. He Numbered at
her; i will go back, but allow me to
inform you, my dear madam, that I'll
not drink another drop-just to sur
prise you"
MRS. Wellington shrugged her shout
ders at this ancient threat and Jimmie
stumbled back to his lair. whittier the
men followed him. Feeling sympathy
In the atmosphere, Little Jimmie felt
impelied to pour out his grief:
Jellmen, I'm brok n-heartIess
man. Mrs. Well'n'ton is a queen
among women. but she has temper Of
tarapt-"
Wedgewood broke in: IT say. old
boy, you've carried this ballast for
three days now. wherever did you get
| it?"
Wellington drew himself up proud
ly Tor a moment before he slumped
| back into himself well. you see.
when announced to few friends
that ! was about to leave Mrs. Wei
pnfon forever and that l was going
out to--to-you know
Reno. We know. Well?"
Well, crowd Of my friends got up
farewell sort of divorce breakfast
and some OF EN- felt SO very sad about
my divorce that they drank little too
much, and the rest of my friends felt
SO very glad about my divorce, that
they drank little too much And, OF
course, | had to join both parties"
And that breakfast" said Ashton
LASTED till the train started, chr"
wellington glowered back triumph.
antly. Lasted till the train started?
JeIlmen, that breakfast is going yet!
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HOE is MOST HANDY
OF FARM IMPLEMENTS
Most Useful Tool in Equipment Of
Gardener or Farmer-Should
Be Kept Sharp.
nv R. q. wEATHERsToNE.)

So many people have horror OF
using a hoe. 1t is the most comfort
able implement to be found IN the
equipment of gardener or FARMER
and it Is handy to use for SO many
purposes that one cannot get along
without it.
Probably one reason that people DO
not like the hoe is that most hoes ex-
plain at once how dull as a hoe.
came into proverbial use.
dull hoe is certainly not pleas
ant implement with which to work.
The good gardener will keep his Ia
yorite hoe filed to sharp edge all the
time. 1t is impossible to grind hoe
ON a grindstone because the bevel
must be on the upper side of the blade
when it is in use in order to make
the hoe "bite" into the soil.
File your hoe, making the bevel
about twice as wide as the thickness
of the blade. Then keep it bright and
when you go out after weeds the hoe
slips through the soil SO easily that
hoeing is not much like hard work. Z
In hoeing long slow movement
should beN made, If the soil Is In good
condition. Simply "scufiing" half an
inch of the top soil is enough to kill
weeds and one can go over lot OF
ground in one day If the hoe is sharp
and bright and the strokes long and
smooth
With sharp hoe one can jcut
thistles, dock, dandelions and other
noxious weeds with quickness, dis
patch and ease. 1t is light to handle,
easy to use and more effective than
any other implement for many pur-
poses.
In choosing hoe select one the
blade Of which lies not quite fiat on
the floor when you are standing erect
with the hoe handle extending from
your hand when In working position to
the floor. The heel of the hoe should
not quite touch the floor from this
position.
Such a hoe will bite into the soil
easily, when 1t is bright and sharp
and will work smoothly and effectively.
Sharpen the hoe as soon as it gets
noticeably dull. This will be hard on
the hoe, but 1t saves muscle and hoes
are cheap. Carry a small fiat file in
your hip pocket and do not allow a
nick to stay In the hoe a minute
after 1t is made.
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let it reach a height Of 10 to IL
inches before turning onto 1t.
The best results with annual forage
crops at this station have been OBJ
tanned with rape in which have been
sown few oats. The Dwarf Essex Is
the variety of rape used. II it is not
pastured too closely it will come up
again after the first growth, in favor
able seasons. The data in this series
of experiments with rape showed that
an acre of 1t is worth $22.S4 for pork
making. At the Wisconsin station
better results were obtained with It,
SURPRISING even the clover.
Bluegrass requires the feeding OF
more grain than do these other crops,
and it is only available in the early
summer and after the fall rains In a
number Of trials at the Missouri sta
ton the average return was found to
be $15.18 per acre.
In general the mount of grain re-
quired to make pound of pork in
the dry lot was 5.11 pounds, and the
amount required on forage was 3.49
pounds. Thus there was a saving of
about 80 per cent. of grain, which is
replaced by the cheaper forage.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-03
WILLIAMSON HISTORY
PAST AND PRESENT
WATCH THE FUTURE

Thewriter only few years ago town as cultivated
granohic Sidewalks new system o water works cleo
trc lights and all the other which go
MODERN AND FLoURIsHING CITY
q eo. ~ b o ad gos
to-day the promising country
young and vigorous business man Of energy,
Williamson just beginning show the great advantage
its location It's growth mavelorsy rapid
future possibilities are now Just beginning to dawn the thrifty
worth while NH I'd
mate that IS mild hahful and stimulating this particular location
presents great opportunities for investment The country
and has hardly begun the work of development
THE FUTURE
known in this country While prosperous now, billions
wealth around hardly touched New railroads coming
and capital being invested The dawn Of
% 70 Is s M 9
has watched the growth and advance Of this in the
the city that has out Of the former viii
This beautifully situated town. III lovely basin Of magnificent
mountains with and pleasing scenery growing
BY leaps and bounds t right in the midst Of wealth pro-
write Of what know and Of what
Cd this great progress we are still making for and
when the deveopmnt will more rap
IDLY and our town. now in its infancy will prominently
SOUTH WILLIAMSON.
South Williamson the Kentucky portion Of city where
surroundings that will Williamson pendor
years ago every then has come true We ta
now Of the still great possibilities that has
here The wealth producing mineral here Il bound bring
cline passing thoughts not penned to induce you q
come here That is matter entirely with the reader We
given blessings that makes feel like telling all humanity about
This vicinity growing time and our
sn e 65enx e s e and sad out
try earth you should happen to this way to ' hs
West Vgnian office and let tell about Williamson this
and the great that immediate
vicinity Il the land Of prosperity and future promise
ubilan breathing its atmosphere of wonderful develop
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Heaters for Orchard.

Last year J. J. Hazelton, large or,
chard owner near Springfield, Mo-.
placed 10.20O crude oil burners in his
apple orchard and as result sold
over 200 barrels of apples, while 9th.
er orchards in his Immediate vicinity
yielded nothing. Early this spring he
Installed 10000 additional heaters and
again saved his apple crop.
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Conserving the Shows.

To conserve the SHOWS of the Blue
Mountains. in the Wenaha Forest Re
serve, the government forestry bureau
Is planning to treat thousands Of
acres with shrubbery and develop dor
mant springs. There will be double
the water supply in the summer. it is
believed. when the treatment of the
mountain forests is completed.
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PORK GROWN MOST CHEAPlY BY FEEDING
SOME GRAIN TOGETHER WITH FORAGE
It Has Been Shown al Different Experiment Stations That the
Best Forage Crops Are Little More Than Maintenance Ra-
tion--Afafa Excels.


Results OF Investigations at the Mis-
souri, experiment station indicate
clearly that pork can be produced
most cheaply by feeding grain in com
bination with forage.
The kind Of grain depends, OF course,
upon the forage crop. In the work
done at this station, in general, when
the forage was legume, such as al
falfa, clover, cowpeas or soy beans,
straight corn was the grain fed With
non-leguminous forages, such as blue
grass, rape and oats, sorghum or rye,
the corn was supplemented with lin
seed oil meal, the ration being made
UP Of six parts corn to one part Of oil
meal.
While the kind of grain to feed is
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F IRST OF THE WHITE RACES

Central Asia, about SO per cent: the
second place is taken by Siberia. over
so per cent: followed by the eau
causus. about 70 per cent. and Po-
land, with only 56.6 per cent On the
other hand. industrial pursuits. min
ing industries. etc, are more devel
oped in Poland. which engage 15.4
per cent. of the population employed;
then comes European Russia. about
10 per cent. the last places being
taken by the Caucasus and Central
Asia
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amount foraged on by hogs. At
this station, with half feed OF grain,
alfalfa was found to carry twelve
head for 1853 days
While 1T took five or six pounds Of
grain to- the pound Of gain. in dry lot
feeding. only a trifie over three
pounds was required when the hogs
ran on alfalfa.
Red clover ranks next to alfalfa as
q forage crop for swine. 1t will not
carry SO many head per acre. nor fur
nish pasture for 80 long a period az
will alfalfa. In two different trials
it was found that the value Of an acre
of clover for hog feed is more than
$34. Care should be taken with clover
not to pasture it too closely, and to
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-03
THE PROGRESSIVE
WEST VIRGINIAN
A KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA NEWSPAPER

identified with and published in the Of the principles
Democracy and Good Government Fearless independent
will be neutral in nothing and stand firmly for rights
the masses Of the people.
It will for the upl of Virginia East
Kentucky.
Subscription $Ioo.
Reasonable advertising rates. which will ap-
plcaton.
We shall endeavor make the Vginian
esenave in its character and circulation.
Those who would like to have such newspaper should give
encouragement and support.
Read this number and will catch the dht what
attempting do
Watch grow and work for better conditions.
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Cause of Spoiled Eaas.

A. B. Lee, a special agent OF the
government, is going to establish an
egg experiment station at Frankfort,
to see why eggs spoil SO quickly. and
to work out plans whereby eggs may
be kept in better condition on the
farms than at present. 1t is estimated
that about 10 per cent. of all the eggs
received by the egg dealers are bad
and the government is doing all pos
sible to find the cause.
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A Valuable Cow.

A Holstein COW, years old. owned
by e. Lamunion of Salville, N. Y. is
reported to have averaged over so
pounds of. milk per day, from which
was made 20 pounds OF butter for
seven days.
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Profit In Geese.

Geese are profitble to raise where
one has pasture to turn them out on.
They will require almost no grain
food and are nearly clear profit when
marketed at Thanksgiving or Christ
mas times.
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Winter Shearinu.

This season marks the extension of
the practice of winter shearing. 1t is
declared that the extra cost of hous-
ing required for winter shearing pays
large returns.
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Teach Calf Early.

The longer the calf is allowed TO
suck the COW the harder 1t WIN be
TO make 1t drink from a bucket
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It's good plan to begin At the bot
tom, unless you happen to be learn
Ing to SWIM