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DOWN TO THE LITERAL FACT


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is Il not the opinion Of many
peophsin I'll. llc SSss!!ty a.: a.! the e1cet.
sive overflow Of thess bottom land
Is aps to the Jock and dam systemi
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.tBased on the fact that dams ~.
tard the velocity Of the current and
increase the deposit Of sediment IN
the river bottom. thus gradually els
vatins III bedrs
II fancy that's about t.
you have resided in this vicis-
iy many yearz, hsvs you notr
Ever since 1 VA . boy
May l ak II your theory coin
cides With What I have suaEestedt
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~As to The flooding ef thess bod
tom lands-I dare ny yOu have IN
opinion Conserving the eansas
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To Give Minstrel.

Gate City Camp No. Ala, Wood.
men of the World, recently organ.
lied here by G. F. Nelligan, OF
Louisville, will give minstrel at
the Tabb Opera House, on the
evening of April s. The enter
tainment is in charge of N. d.
Brown, P. X. McKenna and John
M. Gatewood, and the music will
be furnished by the Saxton 6
frost orchestra of Lexington. A
dance will be given after the en-
tertainment at Trimble Hall.
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GriggS-0SbOrne.

Mr.. Clarence L. Osborne, OF
Frenchburg, Menifee county, was
married here last week to Miss
Kate Griggs, of Olympia, Bath
county. The bridegroom gave his
age at 20, and is a prominent
school teacher, while his bride is
% years old and an attractive and
popular young woman.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Rails, OF
Bath county, visited their daugh
ter, Mrs. J. M. HutseIl, last
week.
Misses Joan and Margaret
Mount, of Lancaster. are the at.
tractive visitors of Miss Arabells
Bogie.
Mrs. John Voolfolk, of Lex.
ington, visited her mother, Mrs.
John Taul, in this city, the first OF
the week.
Miss Mary Ray Trimble has re.
turned from an extended visit to
relatives and friends in Tennessee
and Alabama.
Judge II. Clay Mckee has gone
South on a business trip. Judge
Mckee will visit several states be-
fore returning home.
Miss Mary Stout left Saturday
to take position as head trimmer
for Mrs. Ada Kinnard's millinery
store at Lancaster, KY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Knox will
leave in few days for San Fran
cisco, CAL, after an extended visit
to relatives in this county.
Mr.. Younger Osborne and sis
tiers motored over from Winches-
chester Sunday afternoon and
we're guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Moore.
Misses Lydia, Alice and Sail q
Clark have returned from Chicago,
indianapolis and other large cities,
where they purchased a beautiful
line of spring millinery.
Mr.. Clyde Stephenson left Mon
day morning for Louisville, where
he has accepted position as
stenographer and bookkeeper.
Clyde is bright young man and is
sure to succeed.
Mr.. Lester Tharp left Monday
to accept a position with the
Western Union Telegraph Co.
at Nashville, Tenn. Mr.. Tharp is
an expert operator and has many
friends who wish him success in
his new field.
DR.. w. B. Robinson delivered
an address on "Asturia" before
the Kentucky Veterinary Associa-
ton at its session. at Frankfort
last week. DR.. Robinson, who
was appointed assistant State Vet
erinarian, is considered one of the
pest posted veterinarians in the
State.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-03-13

ePERsonAL.s

Miss Lucy Randall has returned
from a trip to Morehead.
Mr.. J. w. Hedden, Jr., spent
Sunday in Lexington.
Miss Vitula Kinsolying visited
friends in Lexington last week.
Mrs. b. Frank Mccormick, 'of
Winchester, spent Monday in this
city.
Miss Nancy Berkeley, of Frank
fort, is visiting relatives in this
city.
Miss Sophia Burgin, of Lexing-
ton. is visiting Mrs. G. K. Old
ham.
Mr.. Richard Curtis spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with friends in
ILexington.
Messrs. L. Beall MADDEN and
T. H. Wilson spent Sunday in
Lexington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John William
left Monday for visit to relatives
at Stanton.
Mrs. B. F. Pollard and little
son, Tom, are visiting relatives in
Morehead.
Judge Lewis Apperson made
hurried trip 70 New York last
week on business.
MIR. B. Frank Chenault, of YER
;sailles, was in the city the first
part of the week.
Miss Daisy Garrett, of Winches-
ter visited relatives and friends in
this CITY last week.
Commonwealth Attorney w.
b. White is in Morehead attend
ing Circuit Court.
Mr.. d. N Young, who has
been in Florida for several weeks.
has returned home.
Mrs. j. L. Williams will arrive ,
this week for a visit to her daugh- !
ter. Mrs. G. B. Senff.
Mr.. Howard Brown was in
Lexington Sunday, looking after
his trotting horse interests.
Miss Sallie Greene is at home
fSpm a visit to the family of
James H. Hazelrigg in Frankfort.
Rev. Nj. A. Hart, of Columbia,
Mo-, attended the funeral of his
sister, Mrs. VIM. Shrout Monday.
Mrs. 1. F. Tabb visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. HI. B.
Cusham, at Flemingsburg, last
week.
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HOME MELODRAMA-

'"The cards are marked I" said
the man
The woman covered.
"The cards are markell" he rs-
peated.
There was no tragedy, however.
Seems the baby had gotten hold Of q
lead pencil and marked up the eu-
chrc deck.
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Good Old Negro Dead.

Uncle" Hart Sanders, one of
the best known colored men in
this county, died at his home last
Friday, aged 70. He had worked
for many families in the county
and was considered a reliable,
honest man. His type is rapidly
disappearing.
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A MILITANT oEeUTANrE.

"Going to give your daughter q
coming-out ball ?"
"Nol"
"Not going to give her a coming.
out ball 2"
"No; she's militant sutfragettsi
Keeps me busy giving bail"
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Notice is hereby given that will begin
my sittings in the above styled case at
my Office in Mt. Sterling, KY, on the
2Ist day of March, 1912, and will close
the same on the 9th day of April, 1912.
All persons having claims against the
estate of William H. Cord, deceased, are
hereby notified to present the same to
me, properly proven, within said time.
JOHN A. JUDY,
3s-3 Master Commissioner M. c. c.
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HIS LIFE FOR HIS PUPILS.

Devotion to duty caused the
death recently, under distressing
circumstances of brave master in
a boys day school in Seville, Spain.
The school building collapsed quite
suddenly, and the master got as far
as the balcony Of his Office, whence
he could easily have jumped down
into the street. But he went back
to fetch his pupils, and at that mo-
ment the interior Of the house
went down in heap. His body was
found several hours later with those
Of the children, one Of whom still
held a lesson book in his hand.
New spring goods now being
III u
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Fresh caught fish dressed tt
order.
36-2t. E T. HON 6 co.
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Commissioners SittingS
MONTGOMERY CIRCUIT COURT

R. 1. CORD, Admr. of VIM. H. Cord, etc
Plaintiff
VS.. Notice of Commissioners Sittings
EDITH I. CORD, ETC., Defendants
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FOR RENT-Five-room col
tage. phone 455.
36tf. SUE EVANS.
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New spring goods now being
sold at cut prices.
1876. o" The Laughlin Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-03-13

Bargains in saddles, harness and
robes at The Laughlin Co. 35-2t.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-03-13

Ladies' $500, $500 and $500
Sample Shoes, $1.98.
Punch & Graves.
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Jersey Bull.

The fne Jersey Bull. Shake. ("
service fee $500. Cash when
service rendered, with return priv
ilege. Phone 476.
Will send after your cows.
32tf. HARRY HUNT.
VIM Street.
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New spring goods now being
sold at cut prices.
S5-2t. The Laughlin Co.
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Barnes Cash Specials
for Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day.

This week only, March IA, 1.
and 16.
Naomi, Sugar Corn, 90c dozen,
two cans 15c.
New can Tomatoes, 10c can,
large cans.
Large can California Peaches,
25c seller, 18c can.
Fancy new White Navy Beans,
&c pound.
Snider's Catsup, 25c size, 18c
bottle.
Fresh caught Fish, Bass, White
Perch and Brim.
Winter caught No. 1 Yellow
Salmon Fish.
Curley and Head Lettuce. Flor
ida Tomatoes. Radishes, Spring
Onions, Kale and Celery.
Fancy Salt Mackerel, 3 for 25c.
Laudreth's Garden Seed just re-
ceived.
TX. BARNES & SONS.
Car load Seed Potatoes next
week.
Fresh caught fish dressed to
order.
36-2t. E. T HON & co.
Best pork, beef and lamb at
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Fresh caught fish dressed to
order.
36-2t. K. L HON q co.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

From Asia the demand for aid Is almost
chronic-ard the emergency Is not as a
rule one resulting from sudden, unforeseen
calamity, Industrial or natural. Flood.
famine. pestilence! These are the spectres
that stalk through China, Japan, india,
and the Red Cross relief work in the re-
curing, devastating famines and plaques
Of the far East, although less spectacular
than that demanded by the great earth
auakes. is none the less admirable. Year
after year China has been devastated by
foods which destroyed the crops, and then
I'm natural sequence by famine. Year after
wear the Red Cross has helped the afflicted
districts, has done sanitary and relief work
under most discouraging conditions, mas
distributed food and supplies by carload
lots Then, with the horse sense when
proclaims an ounce of prevention worth
Mound of cure, II sent over an American
engineer. c. d. Jameson, OF New York, to
study the rivers and the drainage problem
there. and 10 devise a plan for carrying on
the surplus water Of the spring Hoods and
keep the rivers within bounds while the
harvests are ripening.
With floods thing OF the past, the FAM
ines will be a forgotten chapter in the an
nual Chinese programme. and 1t Will be
much easier to deal with the pestilences
that frequently, though not always, result
from them. Even when, as In the great
pneumonia plague that swept Manchuria
a year ago, these epidemics are not directly
the result of food and famine. at least
a well nourished community has far
greater power OF resistance. II may have
been an Irishman who said "a full stom-
ach puts a wunnerful heart in a man"
None the less II Is true speech.
Recently Miss Helen Taft Joined one Cf
the Red Cross first aid classes to ht herself
better for leadership in the National Camp
fire. the sister organization to that of the
Boy Scouts.
For several years the Red Cross has had
a Pullman car equipped as a travelling FIRST
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

Nine hundred packages OF Christmas giits
did the northern Minnesota Red Cross re-
lief committee distribute TO the youngsters
of that flame swept community
In the mining district catastrophes have
been so many and so terrible in the sacri-
flee of human life that Uncle Sam has
taken hand. Thirty thousand lives have
been lost in this country in mining dsas-
tiers of the last ten years, 5000 men have
been injured-many of them manned for
Iife-11, 900 women have been widowed and
10000 children have been left fatherless
The figures are so appalling that the Bu-
reau of Mines has been seriously investi-
eating, the public Is aroused, and the mine
owners are no longer more concerned over
the killing Of a mule than over the killing
of a man. The Bureau Of Mines, aside
from mere investigating, has equipped eight
mine rescue cars, and the first aid instruc-
ton given on these cars is in the hands
Of the Red Cross.
OF the value of this instruction there can
be no manner of doubt. In the anthracite
region Of Pennsylvania the sums disbursed
by benefit associations have been cut
sduarely in half in mines where hrst ala
is well taught. In one Pennsylvania mining
district the death rate has been reduced
from one death TO $1,000 tons Of coal mined
to one for every 10000. Last October there
was national mine safety demonstrn-
ton at Pittsburgh, in which forty first
aid" teams took part. This was not Red
Cross function In any sense. 1t was given
by the awakened mine owners, and teams
were sent from all parts of the United
States, one coming all the way from
Oregon at the expense Of the mine owners
who were glad to show what they were
doing for the protection of their workers
But the Red Cross, as an interested on
locker. was pleased to note that its meth
ods, It's textbooks, its first aid equipment
were being most successfully exploited
This first aid instruction is only one side
of the Red Cross activity, Of course. is
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
FULLY ASSIMlLATED.

Ray S. Baker. the author, in an argument
on immigration at Lawrence cited the mar
vellous speed wherewith the Immigrant
family. be 1t German or French or what not
becomes assimllated into the national HE.
AN instance of this assimilation occurs
to me-" he said. 81 know a worthy Ne
apolitan. one Paoll Cenci. who came to this
country three years ago. Paoli's little son.
Francesca. an American citizen OF seven,
looked up from his school books, the other
evening to ask:
q" Say. pa. what year was It you Italians
discovered us in?'"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

rience with just such problems. sliding
scale Of pensions was devised to meet the
needs OF the widows and the 43j children
under fourteen until the children should
reach a wage earning age. That was
the first time the Red Cross had gone into
the pension business.
Similar conditions confronted them at The
time Of the terrible Washington Place hrc
az which all New York groaned. Conditions
that were on the surface entirely unlike
were I'm the final analysis very similar The
girls who lost their lives I'm that fire were
found 10 be the chief, frequently the only
dependence of helpless foreigners-foreign-
ers in many cases who had not yet come to
America The community that had allowed
such conditions as had robbed them Of thei'
support and upset all their plans and hopes
owed them something. Again the Red Cross
pension plan came into play.
That was one Of the rare cases where the
Red Cross has taken a hand in big city
Usually the catastrophes which call FOR
their services are those which overwhehn
small towns and rural districts. 1t Is there
that sudden Overwhelming disaster most
frequently paralyzes a community and de-
mands relief far beyond the capacity OF
local resources. In the last seven years,
since the necessary reorganization Of 1903
(from which the American Red Cross
emerged quasi-ofTicial corporation required
to submit a report to Congress each year
and TO have it's accounts audited by the
War Department.. 1t has gone to the rescue
I'm about fifty great calamities, most OF them
in America, but some in Europe and some
in Asia.
As part of the great international organi-
zation the American Red Cross has more
than once heard from over sea. the cry
"Come over and help u.s." Its prompt and
generous response at the time of the Mes
sina earthquake during the last days OF
1908 is a matter OF national pride and in
ternational history,
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

real work is in furnishing first aid as
sistance In an emergency, and that has
Yielded to the larger humanity which rcdl-
ICES the necessity of standing by with per
manent assistance after the first shock Is
over. the first outpouring Of sympathy has
exhausted itself, and the problem Of con-
tinuing to live faces the survivors. Take
such disasters as the Cherry mine catas-
trophe and the Triangle Waist factory nre.
The one cost nearly three hundred ives
the other well over hundred; mems lVes
in the one case, girls in the other. but In
each case the lives OF the family bread
winners.
Cherry, a little Illinois mining town,
where English was scarcely spoken was
prostrated 1t sent forth a wall OF polyglot
grief which the whole country heard and
pitied. In one little street OF thirty cot
tages only four men were left alive. THOSE
that were killed were young men. for the
most part fathers Of young children. After
the first shock Of the catastrophe was over
the question Of caring for the widows and
the fatherless became the really vital one.
Foreigners most Of them were unversed
alike in our ways and in our language, abb
soiutey without DusHless uhuci S'"''"''e'
Yet so far as possible the families must
be kept together. This strange new country
by its contrlbutory negligence, It's failure
TO force employers to safeguard their en-
ployes, had robbed them Of their means ot
support. 1t could not shift the responsi"
bility, it must see that they were taken
care of until they were able to take care
OF themselves. Lump sums to the widows
would merely place them at the mercy OF
sharpers. They must be protected ana
cared for, and the only way to do 1t seemed
70 be 10 evolve pension plan to ft the
case. 1t was the Red Cross that solved tho
problem; or, perhaps, 1t would be more
lust to say It was Ernest Bickneh' ma
tional director of the Red Cross who IN
the years when he was head OF the Asso-
ciated Charities in Chicago had had expe-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
a PARABLE.

frederick w. Taylor, the advocate Of
scientific management said the other day in
Philadelphia;
1.-TWO men stood watching steam shovel
.. work With a ciatter and a roar the
~,,,,el bit into a steep bank, closed on a
onr,oad Of earth and dumped 1t on to a
waiting freight train.
1T drives me Wild said the first on
,oorar 90 see that monster taking the
hread tU out of good mems mouths Look at
81 U'' WIN it's dlling up those fiat cars faster
Ia ~ a hundred men with picks and shovels
could do IT. ~ shooL ,,s h.o1
end answered: ,o,,id ho ho...
,a,, hundred men with picks and
10 .poyels r,s on this job. wouldn't it be better
snUvelS s,%, by W your way of thinking to employ
sun, a,sand - men with forks and table
snoons?"'
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

Medill Mccormick was talking in Wash
In eton about one OF many faeble booms.
"That boom is as feeble" he said-"as
feeble as-well, | can only illustrate its
feebleness by means Of story.
"A drummer was waiting at Nola Chucky
for the southern CannonDall Limited. The
train crawled in at last, nine hours late-a
rar,shackIe, Gathering thing. az ridiculous
as an old fashioned highwheclsd bicycle.
"Tbe drummer got aboard. There seemed
~ no only one other passenger. The loco
o,i,,o hooted, the bell changed the wheels
srun around, and steam Kissed. but the
train failed to move. Then there were
n,ore boots. more puffs and Kisses. and still
tho train didn't bulge. Finally, after a
third vain effort, the engineer got down and
shcnted TO the passengers, whose heads
-, orxiously out of their respective win
dows:
SAY. I'll have to ask yoI two gents to
o,,,,h off till get her started
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

aid school It's classes have been so largely
attended and so much in demand that 1t
has recently acquired a second first aid car
These cars, while designed primarily 10
carry first aid instruction 10 every part oil
the country. are so arranged that they can
be readily converted into hospital cars
should occasion arise They work over an
entire railway system, penetrating all sorts
of little branches and spurs, stopping long
est at the small towns and villages, anu
naturally dwelling most on the particular
sort OF first aid that is most likely 10 ne
needed I'm that particular locality. For the
treatment Of the casualties resulting say
from forest fires I'm lumber district is not
likely to he the same as the treatment OF
casualties in a district devastated by hooa.
And the sort OF first aid likely TO be most
useful in mining country will probably
differ from either of these All up ana
down the lines there are the trainmen, VINO
are eager pupils, and to whom the instruc-
ton is likely at any moment TO be OF vital
Importance Most of the railways give
their employees a certain amount or nrst
aid instruction, but that does not always
penetrate the more remote disricts' ana II
is in these localities whlch are oi'e" '"o
scene of the terrible railway wrecks
Uncle Sans conception OF the functions
of the Red Cross in time OF war VIII be
fully explained by Brigadier General
George II. Torney and Rear Admiral
Charles H. Stokes. surgeons general re-
spectively, OF the army and navy each
man speaking OF the relation OF the or
ganization TO his own branch of the SER
vice.
The war relief board has two departments
that of nursing and that OF first aid The
latter is under the direction OF Major
Charles Lynch, United States medical
corps. and it is he who organized the splen-
did first aid educational campaign already
described.
For several years a campaign has been
on for the raising Of a G,WoOOo endowment
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
WHAT THE "REo CROSS" MEANS.

on a June morning In the year OF our
Lord 1889, over a field OF terrible carnage
hoated the Red Cross OF Savoy-and
Switzerland. (For the red cross In the
arms of Switzerland and OF italy Is IN
both cases derived from the arms OF
the Dukes OF Savoy. whose capital was
formerly Geneva and whose descendants
now occupy the throne OF united Italy)
Under II on the previous day solferino. one
of the worlds great battles had oeen
fought one of hlstory's great victories won
at a price Though the phrase had NOT
then been invented TO stagger humanity
Because the price did stagger the human
ity OF Jean Henri Dunant citizen OF Geneva,
physician and phiianthropist. under tnat
same red cross is enrolled to-day no, q
French army nor an Italian army, not Ger
man or English. Russian or Turkish out
great international humanitarian army; ~
whIch men OF many lands march shoulder
% shoulder for the prevention ana alie'is-
t,on of human suffering in times Of psaSs
and war;"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
MOST co.PARTNERsHIP.

Upton Sinclair, at vegetarian oanque'
in wilmington, said of certain charity'
ITS got big income. a sumptuous suite
~ OFFICES and a very highly paid STAFF but
what II actually gives to the poor Is IN
fnitesimal.
"This charity reminds me Of trust that
employs 10000 hands.
"eWe've worked out a grand benefit sys-
ton, for our veteran employees now,' the
trust president said one day gieefulIy'
"'Yes?' said the listener
yes the president resumed Every
man that's been with US over thirty years
is ~ got hereafter a nickel medal; over
forty wears n bronze medal. and over hfty
years a solid silver medal, together with an
embossea certificate suitable for framing. y
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
BORN STRONG, BUT

Luther H. Gulick, head of the depart
mont of child hygiene of the Russell Sage
Foundation, was talking TO New York
renorter about the need for getting at the
chiId young-for giving it, from It's birth,
the benefit Of hygiene.
"children." he said, may be made oP
marred in their first year They are then
40 frail and delicate
He smiled and added
"A good resolution. you know. is the only
thing in the world that IS stronger at birth
,han at any other moment of its existence. y
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
a LAupABLE RESOLVE.

A New York tailor was praising Andrew
Carnegie's extremely we'll cut clothes.
"The moving pictures Of Mr. Carnegie at
French Lick Springs" he said snow now
excellent his clothes are II taxes iet me
tell you, very excellent clothes indeed 10
withstand the ordeal Of set OF moving
pictures
IL once yentured to tell Mr. Carnegie that
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
ON PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

Arnold Bennett the English novelist,
condemned at dinner in New York the
average public speech.
But unconsciously,' said Mr.. Bennett
"the former chairman of a village caucus
condemned the public speech much more
effectively than I could ever do when he
rose in a somewhat disorderly meeting and
Listen, gentlemen. listen. l am not