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The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
TIME BRINGS CHANGES
GRANDMOTHER MoURNs; GRAND.
 DAUGHTER IS JOYFUL.
Illustration, Not Much Exaggerated, oF the Modern Trend-"Don't Know Where We're Going, but the
 Going Is Good"

When John asked permission to pay his addresses to me, father inves- 1 tigated his character very carefully before consenting," said grandmother.
 'The first time Reginald called looked up his father in Bradstreet's before risking any further damage to the drawing room furniture" laughed Geraldine
 And when John asked me to mar ry him, told him would think 1t over. A girl didn't throw herself at man in my day"
 "She doesn't now, either. When Reginald asked me, said would an- swer him as soon as my father saw his father and ascertained if he would make the right kind of settlement on us"
 For months father and mother were the only ones who knew that John land were engaged. I wouldn't have had anybody know for worlds" said grandmother.
 T sent the notice to the newspapers the next morning after Reginald pro posed" acknowledged Geraldine. 'It requires lot more nerve for a man to break an engagement after it has been announced"
 "As soon as we became engaged ,'' unused the elder lady, q set to work hemming towels and table linen. [ had already pieced quilts and made comforts in anticipation of the day when I should have a home of my own"
 Its up to Reginald to provide the comforts of home, if we have one which hope we shall not I prefer to live in hotel" asserted the young CT woman emphatically.
 'tJohn warned me that his board was seldom more than bacon and corn bread, but I was willing to share it with him."
 T am willing to share Reginald's board as long as he can afford to board where they keep a good chef.'
 Sundays" said grandmother, John saddled old Bess, put the billion on be- hind for me, and we rode 20 miles to church"
 "I have promised Reginald that he may stay at home and read the Sunday supplements if he will provide Hmou- sine for my church-going."
 q wove the cloth and did all the sewing for myself and my six chil- dren," said grandmother.
 Women married, then, to get york; declared Geraldine. Now they marry so they can quit work"
 ''Yes," asserted the old lady. .sthe modern woman tolls not, neither does she spin"
 'I am acquainted with several who have to toll pretty hard and spin many fairy tales in order to work their hus- bands for a new gown. If Reginald turns out like that, I'll renovate his ideas or Reno-vate him.
 At the pace we are travelling now, don't know where we shall land," mourned grandmother.
 Neither do l." admitted Geraldine; ''but the going is good. Why borrow tire until you have a blowout?"- Judge.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
Mississippi Dog a Good Lion Hunter

trip, Dr. M. E. Johnson of Lexington, Ky, taking only a few guns and a pack of ordinary Mississippi hounds to go lion hunting his friends laughed at him.
 Now that Mir Rainey has the pelts of seventy-four full grown lions to wave in their faces they are eating so much humble pie that an epidemic oi mental indigestion is threatened.
 "The only difficulty was to train the dogs to take up the lions scent" he said to little group of apologetic ones who called at his offices at 527 Fifth avenue to apologize for their i'll timed mirth of year ago.
 "I really don't blame you for having laughed at me last year. But knew that the pups would back me up. had been bear hunting with them in this country, and I felt pretty conf dent that dogs that would go to the mat with a savage bear wouldn't tuck their tails and run from lion.
 "They didn't take kindly to the scent at first I didn't blame them much. for lion doesn't feed on clover or vanilla beans. But they got used to il after a while-and at the end of six weeks all you had to do was to show them the spoor of a lion and they would locate for you in half an hour"
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
JUST A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE
SmartIy Dressed Girl. Who Was Most Precious Jewel In the UnIVerse,
 Made Audible Comments.

It was at an afternoon concert and m the stalls sat smartly dressed girl and the young man who deemed her lhe most precious jewel of the uni verse.
 Behind them sat a couple of the type of suburban concert-goers who came rather to discuss the audience than listen to the music.
 Look at that girl just in front of us," commented one in very audible whisper. She's a shop assistant at L-'s. I should like to know what business she has at gathering of this sort. And just look at her hatI She served me the other day with the one [ am wearing, and I suppose she per suades herself that there is no difrer- ence between 1t and mine. I never"
 The girl in front turned with 8 crim- son face.
 "Oh, yes, madam, there is a differ ence," she said quietly. Mine is paid sor."-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
Thought He Had Captured GrOundhog

ground hog, about one and a half miles from White Horse, and waited.
 It seemed long time to dawn and the farm hand felt drowsy. He aroused himself and walked about the hole several times to keep awake, but was finally overcome, and before he knew 1t was sound asleep in the snow.
 Williams arose with a start. The sun was brightly shining, and the snow swiftly melting about him. He gave one hurried glance into the hole and then quickly arose. Not ten feet from him he saw an animal walking leisurely in the direction of White Horse. He believed his ground hog was escaping, and immediately start ed in pursuit. He took the animal un- awares, and the capture was easy.
 Holding his prey under one arm he started for the village. When he was espied coming down the road with his captive there was a mighty cheer from a crowd which had gathered. It was the proudest moment of Williams life. As he walked into the crowd he held the ground hog up so all could see it and was amazed to see the crowd suddenly disperse and flee in panic.
 Drop that skunk" the town consta ble shouted, as he dived into a cellar The villagers scattered in all direc tions.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
WELL WORTH THE WHIPPING
Adventurous Small Boys Determined to See Cause of commotIon, and
 Had Their Reward.


 Ed Howe, the great Kansas editor of Atchison Globe fame, tells the fol- lowing story in the American Maga- zine:
 80 little that is really exciting or worth while has happened in my life that 1 am greatly interested in Jim and Dan Ayers, who run a restaurant In the town where live. Something really happened to them once upon a time, and when go to their restau- rant enjoy hearing them tell about It.
 When they were boys. they lived on a farm in Virginia; I have heard them say their post office was Sudley Springs. One Sunday morning their father started them to Sunday school, and after they had loitered along the way a mile or two Jim Ayers re- marked a commotion over be- Sond what they called the Big Woods.
 "' Whats that? Jim asked, stop ping.
 Tt was getting late by this time, and Dan replied:
 "T don't know, but we'd better hurry and get to Sunday school, or we'll get a whipping.
 Then they hurried on, but the com motion over beyond the Big Woods broke out again, faintly, but it was very unusual, and Jim stopped and listened. He had never heard any think like it before, although he was a big boy twelve years old and, listen inc O mhiIa ho cafd.
 "Tm going over there
 Better not Dan said. You know father whips hard.
 But the strange commotion contin- ued, so Jim said he was going, whip ping or no whipping. Dan followed, but kept saying they would catch 1t when they returned home.
 They walked and walked and walked; all the time the commotion over beyond the Big Woods became more pronounced, but they couldn't tell what it was. They forded streams, and were chased by strange dogs, but kept oD from ten o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon. They had nothing to eat, and they didn't know that they could ever find their way back, because they were in a country strange to them. But they kept on, and a little after three o'clock, as a. reward for their perseverance, they walked into the battle of Bull Run. I never before heard of boys going anywhere and finding anything as great as they oz- pected."
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26

was made more and more carelessly until the top part of the 'p" was placed near the center; hence the plus sign was finally reached.
 The sign of subtraction was derived from the word minus" The word was first contracted into mus, with a horizontal line above to indicate the contraction, which was a printers freak that may be found in almost any book bearing a date earlier than the beginning of the eighteenth century After the lapse of a long period of time the letters were omitted alto gether, leaving only the short line so well known to all.
 The multiplication sign was ob- tained by changing the plus sign into a character resembling the letter \. This was done simply because multi plication is but a shorter form of ad. dition.
 Division was formerly indicated by placing the dividend above a horizon. tai line and the divisor below. In or der to save space in printing the divi- dend was placed to the left and the divisor to the right, with simple dot in place of each.
 The radical sign was derived from the initial letter of the word "radix." !"
 The sign of equality is said to have first been used in the year 1857 by sharp mathematician, who adopted it as a substitute for the words "eQual to-"
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26

by utilizing this human attic storage room. He concealed a large skeleton key and saw twelve inches long, coiled like a watch spring, in the cav ty reached through his nostrils. But In the last London Lancet Dr. Rush. son Parker relates a more remarkable case of the carrying of a large foreign body in that space of the head-and that without the victim knowing that his head was so filled up and weighted down.
 A young farmer consulted Dr. Par ker at the Liverpool hospital for a na- sal abscess that had troubled him some time. Probing the nostri1, the surgeon found that a loose mass, ap- parently of metal. coupled a consider able space behind the nose and above the roof of the mouth
 So large was this object that it was removed with difficulty through the side of the face. It proved to be gun breech and an iron bolt. The breech measured 3x11sx1 inches, the bolt was three inches long. The weight of the two was a quarter of pound. This mass of metal had been in the mans head for five years, though he had not suspected it's presence there. A muzzle-loading gun had exploded in his hands and shattered his face. The wound healed without leaving any outward deformity. His only afhiction was symptoms of nasal catarrh. The young farmer made a rapid recovery fo TNorfacf haa1fh with fho ram oval of the iron from his head.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
spIendId Stadium eolna up.


 The Stadium for the Olympic games ,f 1912 is now in course of erection tt Stockholm, Sweden. The building s erected in handmade purple bricks and granite. Inside this permanent building extra rows of temporary 4eats will be arranged for use during thel games. The Stadium will then 1old about 25.000 spectators. It con- lins running track, four laps to the tile, and grass football ground which in the winter time will be, transformed into a skating rink. The gates and arches are vaulted in the Sld Swedish style. On the brick walls here are blocks of granite inlaid in which a series of Swedish heroes will De schlptured, and the gates to the entrance stairs will be decorated by Is heather gods and goddesses.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
Newspaper Extract.

A neat correction by the Garnet (Kan.) Evening Review: "A couple of srrors appeared in the report of the M. B. missionary meeting in yester- lays Review. The report was receiv- sd by telephone, and some words were indistinct. In speaking of re- sponses to roll call, we said each was verse of Scripture, in which ap- peared the word teeth. It became necessary for us to extract the teeth and put in their place the word peace.'"
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
anIIed EruIt caks.

One cupful of water, one cupful of sugar, k cupful of lard q use lit tie butter, tool, teaspoonful of cin- namon, 1 teaspoonful of cloves; 1 cup seeded raisins, cup entrants, h cup citron Cor as much as desireG, !, q teaspoonful of salt. Put all in, gredients on the stove in an enamel pan; let them boil up for two or three minutes, then set aside to coOL When luke-warm add two cups of -four, sifted, with 1 teaspoonful o1 soda; flavor with lemon aRA hakO ia . moderate oven for 1 hoVA
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
aeme PeonIA

The trouble with some people is tA1g they want to draw compound interest for life on the little charitable deeds they do just for the purpose of keep inG the world from Buspecting that eAeX are coId-heartod and Stingy.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
seIf-ProtectIon.

"John," his wife complained, '1 wish you would be more careful. It Seems to me you never go to ban auet without spilling soup on your Bhirt front or your vest"
 1T know it, Mary. I guess I'll have Ao let my whiskers grow"
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
A Deep One.

Gosh all hemlock!" exclaimed the arst farmer, "ain't yer struck water yet? How deep hev ye gone?"
 "'Bout 100 feet" replied the other placidly.
 An ain't ye discouraged?"
 'Oh, dunno. I'can't say I ain't git hn' long well."-Catholic Standard md Times.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
Her ArtIstIc Eve.

T sometimes think" said Mrs. IAN sling, who was looking at collection of family portraits, ''that the pictures they take nowadays aren't half as good as the old vagariotypas they used to take 60 years ago."
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26

subtraction or mi nus a + addition, and so on? The sign of addition is derived from the
 initial letter of the word 'plus. '' In making the capital letter it
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
On the Water Waaon.

MT. Crimsonb beakAHere' an iten which says the swan outlives any other bird. in extreme cases reaching 300 years.
 Mrs. Crimsonbeak-And remember, John, the swans live on water.-Sa, cret Heart Review.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26

Shock or physicaI i'll treatment was the subject of an interesting discus sion among the surgeons in the eye ward of one of the big London hnrnitnIn ronnnf1u
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
TakIno a Mean Advantaoe.

Notice that hollow-cheeked dyspep hc over there having lunch of milk md crackers?'
 'Yes, poor devilI"
 Let's sit down by him and order nince pie, just to see him shudder"
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
Lucky He bid.

MT. Flubdub-You women are mighty How. During the time it took you to Ielect that hat I went out and made e2O0.
 Mrs. F1ubdub-Pm so glad, dear. You'll need iti-Puck.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
WIsdom ef Mra. Wyoe.

Mrs. Green-You spoke just now oi social tact. Precisely what do you mean?
 Mrs. Wyse-By social tact I mean getting familiar with all sorts of peo- ple without letting them get familiar with you.-Boston Evening Transcript
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
sha Knew.

Jack-When I asked Ethel if she would be mine she fell on my breast and sobbed like child, but finally she put her arms around my neck and
 Maud-Oh, yes. know all about that: I rehearsed 1t with her.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
seekIno soIace.

"Josh is lazy and egotistical." said Farmer Corntossel.
 Well" replied his wife, "mebbe we hn be thankful to have him git indus Hious in showin' his egotism''
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
A Gentle Knock.

Remember, my dear brethren" said he minister, that charity covereth a multitude of sins. hope you'll be un- usually generous in your offering this morning"
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
Tn. Retort Madarn.

You wouldn't take no prize in c beauty show, you know" she sneered.
 well, don't see you writing nc beauty hints for the daily papers." SO Ogted the other.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
sIqnaI for a DemonstratIon.

What did that man mean by saying he would not be a candidate7"
 He meant" replied Senator Sorg. hum, ''that it's time for his friends to get busy and remind the country how much 1t needs him."
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26

s t in g a " a y heavy and bulky foreign articles. One man who had made a speciality of burglary and jail breaking now shows how he was aided in his work
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
Live and Learn.

q have made discovery" declared he bride"
 "So?"
 Yes; find one can cook as well on , stove as on chafing dish. Really, vas surprised"
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
HOW EYES CHANGE COLOR
Surgeons Who Have Made a Speciality of the Subject Explain the
 Possibilities.

The possibilities of a mans eyes changing color as result of mental
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
CHANGES WROUGHT BY TIME
Mathematical sIgns at Present in Use Are Derivatives of Those of Ear.
 Hest Workers In Figures.

Did you ever try to figure out why a short horizontal line should signify
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26
VACANT SPACES IN THE HEAD This Is Not a Joke, but a Scientific Fact That Has Been Abun-
 dantIy Proved.

Every one is not aware that there Is space inside a persons head for
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-26

What are you going to do with it, ny boy?"
 Keep it till nex' summer an kin dt most any price I wants fer it."
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-04-12
HANSFORD.

The farmers have gone to plow-
ing and making preparations for
planting their crops. = M. S.
Kirby and family spent Sunday
with his mother, Mrs. Sarah Kir-
by.--Misses Lena and Roxie Nc
Clure spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Berta and Bertha
Kirby.-Miss Rose Renner spent
Saturday and Sunday with her
sister, Mrs. Pearl Bullock. Miss
Fannie Bullock was the guest of
Martha and Fannie Kirby. Mon
day evening" Mr.. Richard Brad
ley and Miss Fannie Miller were
married at the home of the bride
last Wednesday. Rev. @. K.
Carmical officiating. Their many
friends wish them much happi.
ness.-MaSter Ebert Kirby spent
first of the week with his grand
ma. Mrs. Salah Kirby.-Mrs. Lula
Calhoon, while visiting relatives
at Livingston, death came and
toOk:her little son, aged three
years. Mrs. Calhoun has the
sympathy OF the entire commun
ity in her bereavement. = Mr..
Jonas Pitman, of Level Green,
visited his daughter. Mrs. ]. W.
Cromer, last Monday. - Miss
Ethel Capps, of Pulaski county
has been with her sister, Mrs.
Robert Mckinney for the past
two weeks:
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-04-12
LII YIN TO N.

Mr.. Nahlen Summers who has a
genuine case of small pox is some
better at this wr.ling.-The little
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Theo Graves
is some better--am Mullins will
move his FAMILY to Mt. Vernon this
week. We dislike to give up this
family. Say. Cam you will still
be in the Eleventh. u. P. E.
DIummonds was in Knoxville a
lew days last week Mrs. w. T.
Nerimee, of Paris. was visiting Mrs.
{ gorge Pope the latter part of last
week.
John Mullins has return ed from
a few weeks visit to relatives at
Level Green John says every
thing LOOKS natural al our old
stamping ground. w. Sans
and L. G. Falin were in London
Saturday.-R. S. Magrner ha- a
position in the dispatchers Office at
Louis vile and he left for tina; city
last Friday.--O. d. Bryant was
with homefolks 'Sunday.--Miss
Annie NJ. Walton who is attending
school at Barboursville is at home
for a few days.-Wades Graves has
purchased the Livingston Exchange
and the line as far as Pine Hill
and he intends to run a lire from
Living ston to Scaggs Creek and
over Gauley Mountain.-Say Mr..
I'D, isn't it funny to stand of and
see political hight going on ip
the ranks of tn, opposite partye.
Blamed me If it don't tickle me to
death and some party leaders will
get the whips and try to drive them
in line but this S one of the times
they don't drive. OF course their
troubles are not ours but it is
amusing to see men that always
stuck SO close together disagree so
sudden. 1t would net surprise
us one bit if one side of the Repubs
did not run an independent cane
date. Well if they do we Qems
will make home run.-George
Nunley is the third smallpox
patient in GU? town. We don I
know whether this will be all OF
nat but we truly hope it will
Farmers have at last got busy
Dat sowing, gardening aud other
werk has begun in earnest an(
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-04-12
LEVEL GREEN.

DR.. Hubert IsaacS, of Plato, has
moved in one of Mrs. Ellen Browns
houses we gladly welcome the DR..
and his family Mrs. G.. b. Law
renee spent from Thursday until
Tuesday with friends and relatives
at Mt. Vernon.-Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene McWilliams, of Bee Lick,
spent Easter with the latters
parents Mr.. and Mrs. w. n.
Brown.
Misses Lottie Denney and Pearl
Hurst were the guests of their
cousin Miss Lizzie Hurst Saturday
and Sunday.-Mr. Mace Brown
remains very sick Miss Maude
Thompson has return-1 rome
after several weeks stay with DIR.
and Mrs. G.. c. Price. Miss
Dahlia Bailey was the charming
guest Of Miss Ora NJ. Brown last
Monday night.--Mr. and Mrs.
Estill Price spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mrs ]. l.. Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover MCMullins
and little daughter, Verla, visited
Mrs. ]. w. Shuts Easter Miss
Viola DeBord was called home on
account of the illness of her
mother-Mrs. g. c. Price is
spending a few days with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Andy
Baker.-Casper Williams Owens
was with home folks Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Leila Mae McQuary who
has been in school at London
returned home last Saturday, DR..
G. c. Price left Wednesday for
Illinois.-There will be services at
Poplar Grove next Sunday con-
Quoted by A. J. Pike, of Brod head.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-04-12
WlTHERS

The death angel visited the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Lewis.
Monday April 9Th. claimed for its
victim their little son German,
aged nine. The burial took place
at Red Hill. Tuesday afternoon at
4 o clock.-There were several at
tended the singing at the scooi house
Thursday night.-Tne school will
close, Friday. There will lie sing
ing almost every night this week.
=. E. Mullins made a flving trip to
Berea and Richmond, last week
Fred Mullins. was at Livingston,
Sunday. Some attractions there,
| guess. Mr.. Bob Mullins, visited
his cousin Emmitt Anderson, Sat
urday night and Sunday.-M1s.
Gladys Anderson. is on the sick
list this week,-G, 7. Johnson of
London, was with the merchants
of this place Friday and was
showing his new line of shoes
]. H. and F. E. Mulliug, have
bought and shipped several car loads
of spokes.-The recent tide has
done lots of damage to farmers, as
TO washing their fencing away
There is lots of cattle dying through
out this part of the country. -
There has been but very little gard
ening done in this part yet.-Mar-
ian Barnett visited relatives on
Rockcastle River Sunday. Ben
Mullins visited relatives of near
Livingston Suuday.-Herbert
Anderson who has been sick with
grippe has about recovered.-Miss
Pearl Anderson, visited her cousins
Misses Sallie and Ada Mullins,
Sunday.-SaIah Mullins visited
Mrs. GLADYS Anderson, Sunday
The railroad going up ROckcastle
River, is all the talk now.