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The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10

II. too, was destined to be a shop
keeper. left school at 13 for that
purpose. I was apprenticed first to a
chemist, and that proving unsatisfac-
tory. to a draper But after year or
so it became evident to me that the
facilities for higher education that
were and still are constantly increas-
ing in England offered me better
chances in life than a shop and COM
parative illiteracy could do. and SO l
struggled for and got various grants
and scholarships that enabled me to
study and to take degree In science
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10

England the middle class. l am not
a bit aristocratic; 1 do not know any
of my ancestors beyond my grandpar-
ents and about them 1 do not know
very much, because l am the youngest
son of my father and mother, and
their parents were all four dead be-
fore I was born.
MY mother was the daughter OF an
innkeeper at place named Midhurst
who supplied post horses to the
coaches before the railways came; my
father was the son of the head gar
dener Of Lord de L'Isle at Pensturst
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
He Didn't Know.

1t was the polite Frenchmans first
visit to party in England. and he
was very eager to do the right thing,
so when the hostess advanced to well
come him he gallantly saluted the as
tonished lady with hearty kiss. I'm
fortunately her husband had been u
witness to the occurrence.
"How dare you, sir take the liberty
OF kissing nv wife? And before me,
tool" was his indignant exclamation.
cone thousand pardons," exclaimed
the polite foreigner. 81 do not know
your English customs. Next time l
KEGS you first"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
The Courtesy Of Mo.e..

There is often something luminous
about a child's definition" said a Sun
day school teacher in Harrisburg.
"'What can you tell me about
Moses?' l once asked of a pupil.
HE was gentleman was the
somewhat startling reply I got from
the youngster.
"A gentleman!' 1 exclaimed, What
do you mean by that?'
"'Well, a'am," explained my young
ster. when the daughters of Jethro
went to the well to draw water, and
when the shepherds came and drove
them away, and Moses helped the
daughters of Jethro. he said to the
shepherds: Ladies first, please. gen.
tlemen.'"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
Her Question.

well, by Heck" calculated honest
Farmer Hornbeak, In the midst of his
perusal Of a newspaper. Here's an
item about feller that took poison
enough 10 kill ten men!"
Good land," returned his wife.
Didn't any of 'em get well?"-Wo-
mans Home Companion
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
Plan Gun. to Destroy Alr.hlp..

The gun to destroy the airship Is
perfecting almost as fast as the air
ship itself. The ordnance bureau of
the U. 8. navy department has re-
Gently tested the latest gun to be de-
vised. 1t shoots a one-pound bomb
$4,000 feet into the air, at an angle
Of SIS degrees. Meanwhile, the ord
nance bureau Of the army has made
gun which has an effective range
Of seven miles, and which shoots a
six-pound bomb. Either gun would
bring down an airship at any height
1t Is likely to attain.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
Jams Favor America.

In Japanese hearts America is by
far the most favored nation on earth.
They regard 1t as their mother coun-
try, even as we are at last coming to
regard England. 1t is in truth the
mother Of their modern life. Commo-
dore Perry today is enrolled among
their national saints. the Fourth Of
July is observed as one Of the chief
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
WELLS WRITES OF HIS LIFE
Parents Of tho Novelist Tried to Make
Him a shopkeeper, but He Had
Other Views.

In accordance with the prevailing
literary fashion of confession II. G.
Wells has written an introduction and
explanation for a contemplated Rus
sian edition of his work
Il am now just AZ years old" says
Mr.. Wells, "and / was born in that
queer Indefinite class that We csll in
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
Gone Back to Yale.

The new Swedish cook. who had
come into the household in the holi-
days. asked of her mistress:
Where bane your son? not seeing
hem round no more"
my son." replied the mistress.
pridefully. "Oh, he has gone back to
Yale. miss him dreadfully. though"
"Yas. know yoost how you feel.
My broder, he baine in yail saiX times
seence THANKSGIVING"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
Not Knocking the Deceased.

A gravestone in Maine, described in,
Everybody's, bears this inscriptions:
Here lies the body OF Enoch Hol-
den, who died suddenly and unexpect-
edly by being kicked to death by a
COW. Well done. good and faithful
servant"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10

festivals of the year, and the name of
George Washington appeals to the
youth of the land as does no other
name in all history.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10

and some mediocre honors in the new
and now great and growing Univer-
sity of London"
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
TWIN BRANCH.

There will be church here next
Saturday night and Sunday con-
Quoted by Rev. Berry and Hicks.
Death visited the home OF b. =.
Diamond and wife aud took from
them their darling baby, its stay
with us here was a very short one.
and It was hard to give II up.
Miss Gypsy Sparks was visiting
Miss Nella Lyons Sunday evening.
Proctor Diamond and Ruth Ad-
kins have gone to Vivian. w. Va. to
make their future home.
Damer and willard Lyons were
on our creek Sunday.
John Adkins returned home Sun
day after few days visit with
his daughter at Louisa.
Mart Splllman and Fred Sparks
have returned home from Chillico-
the, o., where they have been look
ing out home.
Harvey and jerome Preece at
tended church here Sunday.
Miss Sarah Adkins was visiting
the Clarks at Maple Grove Satur-
day.
Marshal Burchett was visiting
friends here Sunday.
Miss Ida Carter was calling on
Misses Sadie and Lucy Burton re.
Gently
The NEWS is welcomed in ouI
| home. and we like to hear the
news from far and near.
KEITH.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
ORIENT.

Married. on the 2s, OF Feb, vii
lie Wright and Ellen Montgomery.
Kettle Williams and Alafair
Wright were guests OF Ella Ran
ey Sunday.
James Ramey visited ,a,,,.. =,
Blaine this week
nus - FlIliams OF Orient is
sister on Lacy's creek
Mrr<'' M
;, Lula Wheeler. who has had
J pnoid fever, is expected home this
week.
Born. to A M. Franklin and wife,
a fine girl
Rettie Williams of Cisco. is stay
ing with her sister. Mrs Cora
Franklin
Ben Franklin has served his
time out in the army and returned
home 10 stay.
Ella Ramey, Doya Blair Thursa
Blair. Curtis Franklin and Alafair
Wright were the guests OF zettis
Williams Saturday evening.
Jim jenkins and Ben franklin
were visiting at Jasper Jenkins Sun
day.
Johne Franklin visited hunda
Ramey Sunday.
Walter and Albert Ramey visit
ed their brother Sunday.
Bertha Wheeler and Alafair
Wright are going to Salyersyille
| Sunday to enter school,
Flora Williams was guest OF
Ella Ramey last Sunday
THREE FRIENDS, r.. f. A.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
BLAINE.

The party given by Miss Pear
Walter Wednesday night was atten-
ded by large crowd.
DR.. H. II. Gambill and family
have just returned from Texas wher
they have been spending the win
ter.
S, w, Burton has gone home
from Blaine, where he has been
teaching shool
Mary Adams who has been atten-
ding school at this place returned
home Saturday.
II. C. Holbrpok and DR.. NJ. N
Nickel are visiting home folks at
Blaine.
J. J. swetnam and son have gone
to jenkins
Roy Fraley. aud Allen Miles we're
calling on Miss Mary Osborn Sat
urday night,
IL. c, Holbrook. DR.. NJ N. Nickel
f. T. Holton, Miss Chloe Nickel and
Miss Ora Fraley were calling on
Georgia Cyrus Sunday.
Luther Burton has given up his
job of timbering to Kent Akers of
Whites creek W. Va.
Miss Della Smith attended literary
at this place Friday night.
teaching school at this place has
gone to join his wife in Greenup.
Miss Blanche Osborn Miss Pearl
Bates, Earl Berry and Henry Walter
were calling on Addie Cyrus Sun
day.
Preparations are being made Tor
Easter services at Blaine.
Sunday school here every Sun
day and church Sunday night.
STAMBo.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
osDsrus.

Jas. Clark Of Deephole branch WI
calling at Adam Harmon's Monday.
VIM. RKey and j. w. Elkins at
tended church at Green Valley Sun
day.
| w, ". Roberts bought fine
lot otNtimber from j, H. Woods.
Mrs. Nancy Messer is on the
sick list.
1t is reported that May Fost n
has typhoid fever
Mrs. Sarah Young is on the sick
list.
jeff Collinsworth is closing out
his store to quit business and will
give his attention to stock raising
and farming
Millard Fannin has moved to
Jeff CoIlinsworths farm to the
place vacated by ELLA Roupe,
Ben Ramey, Muncy Cassidy and
Mllliard Fannin will work for jeff
Collinsworth this summer.
Adam Harmon was called 10
olioville Tuesday ON official busi-
ness.
Amanda Aldridge was shopping at
Fallsburg Wednesday
Lindsey Browning Doshie Har-
man, Fred Stewart and Clara Har-
man were at church at Green Valley
Sunday
Rev. V. d. Hartman will preach at
Green Valley every Saturday night
and Adam Hartman will preach on
Sunday night
Mrs. Iantha Goings and little
daughter Goldie were visiting home
folks at Cadmus Sunday.
Mrs Mintie Fugate and little
IN were visiting Mrs. Nancy
Harman Wednesday.
Allen Clay and Sophia Fugate pf
Fallsburg attended church at Green
Valley Sunday.
Jolly fowler OF Leon. Carter.
county was calling on Miss Peal
Fugate Saturday and Sunday
John Adams family is on the
sick list
Floyd Neal and Walter Marcum
were at Morgans creek Sunday.
Lille Shortridge daughter of JOY
Shortridge is suffering at this writ
ing with pneumonia.
& J. B. Young is building house
on his farm near Cadmus
Harve Young will raise melous
this season. sPuNK
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
POTTER

sunday school is progressing nice
ly at this place. with Mr.. Austin
Supt
Mrs. j. A. Collinsworth who has
been In Riverview hospital at Louisa
is able to be out again
James Evans passed through here
Sunday enroute TO Fallsburg.
Mias Bertha Skeens was visiting
her brother at Fallsburg Sunday
Drew and Frank Adkins were
Visiting friends ut Hoheford Sat
urday evening.
Joe Thompson who has been yisit-
Ing home folks. has returned 10
Ashland.
Lizzie and Kate Thompson Of
Horseford who we're visiting friends
In Ashland. returned home Saturday
accompanied by a number OF thoir
friends.
Ed Gains was calling on Miss
Lula Adkins sunday
Miss Minnie Gains was shopping
at Fullers Saturday
Sarah and sheba wolford viii
leave for their home at Salt Lake
city Utah In few days
Sue and Clara Thompson. Stella
Maynard and verna Walker were
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
MoRGANs CREEK a

improving. Immunity are
Lewis Savage 4 4
cn"ttaror (norsa pack their farm from
,tinNrs, Gesou :
alsht Holley visited her
mother tuesday at Cadmus.
L. o. Hndreth returned to Pike
vile last Sunday after a few days
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Jas Y. Car
ter.
George Adkins of, Fallsburg was
on our creek Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs Harmon Compton
will leave for Lawton Iowa. the
first of next week
NIrs. Z. 0. Kildreth Of Huntington
returned home Thursday after a
weeks visit with her parents and
daughter
Miss Lula Foster spent the day
with yirgle Compton last Friday
Carlos Burchett left last week
for Maben, w, Va
The good citizens of this creek
have taken courage enough to re,
pair the church and have 1t under
good headway and it is beginning
to look decent.
L. E. Bradley is doing a goot
business this season.
Jas Y. Carter was in Louisa this
week on business,
Preaching first Saturday nigh
and Sunday in April.
ROSE BUD.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

Fraley bliAee bliAee in IL q. the h;;Slss recently
vacated by cormlllas Jordan.
Oscar Stanley and Curtis Leslie
OF Boltsfork attended church at
Glenwood Sunday
w. VI. Taylor is very low with
typhoid fever.
Born, on the 9Th to Mr. and
Mrs. Keen Meadors hoy.
George Rogers and wife called on
Mr. and Mrs DR.. j. c. sparkes SUN
day.
Oscar Stanley. OF Boltsfork, 10
talking of farming with l. c.Coburn
this Summer.
Miss Gracie Smith was visiting
Miss Laura Webb Saturday and
Sunday
Mrs. VIM. cooksey had the mis-
fortune OF losing fine colt also
j. F. Triplett fine Blue Grass
mare.
Flem Webb aud Franklin Trlplett
are talking OF taking a medical
course under DR.. ] c. Sparks
Myrtle Coburn was the guest of
Miss Carrie Webb Sunday
Elmer Holbrook was visiting his
home folks on Boltsfork recently.
Theodore coburn purchased a fine
saddle horse OF James Taylor a
few days ago. WINDY BILL
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

visiting Mrs c, No Sunday after
noon
Drew Adkins wilhve for Shelby
in few days
claud Hays was ling, on MIss
Girtrude Adkins Say.
Quite lot OF thlornni boys of
Fallsburg attendSunday school
here Sunday.
Miss shirley MIR was visit
ing home folks suy.
Mrs John sally 4 this place.
was in Fallsburg nday to SEQ
her father
Roht. Thompsorls calling ON
Miss Ida Hattih say
THE NELLY LADS.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
ApMINIsTnAa,s NaTHQR.

The undorsignAnrhia boon ap-,
pointed Admlntai1 df Tim sstaes
OF his doeoascd In niAniey e
Warren. rcquesuAnt au persons
indebted 10 sAidthoe unme tor
ward and settle 4 tnhabtndneas
All persons haytndAisn agsinst
said estate are retad to present
same To underais prupsriy prov
On as required law Cur adtust-
mont. at my plno .suanGs. Buch-
anan. Ky.
CHARLES Enzzxy. Adur.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

According to dispatch sent to
Washington special session of the
Kentucky Legislature is to be call
ed Immediately after the November
election. This is said, according 10
information received here, to be
certain. The object of the session
will be to take action on the tax
laws of Kentucky. the condition Of
the treasury making it imperative.
1t is possible that the Public utili-
ties Commission bill also will be in
cluded in the call. Whether any
other matters will be included by
the Governor, is not known.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
GLENwOOD.

Preaching here last Saturday aud
Sunday by Rev. II. II, Rice
Sunday school will be organized
at this place the first Sunday in
April.
Mrs. F. r. Webb and daughter
visited Mrs. Keen White Sunday.
Keen White OF Long Branch has
moved near Glenwood on v. b.
Shortridge place where he intends
to farm this Summer, also G. w.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
has put an embargo on all connect
ing lines at Toledo, Ohio, where
about 5000 cars are tied up jy
the blockade that extends from that
city to Detroit, Mich. The c. & ..
raised the Toledo embargo last Fri
day, as the Northern roads were re-
turning its coal cars with some de-
gree of regularity, but since then
another storm has tied up the traf-
fic, and conditions were as bad last
week.
Owing to the strike in Great Bril-
tain the coal sent to tidewater by
the c. G. o. from the West Vir-
ginia mines is in great demand.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
OF smell and completely. derange the
whole system when entering y through
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them, Haiis
Cheney & Co, Toledo o., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Hairs
c,afarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
Inc. II Is taken internally and made In
Toledo, Ohio. by +. ]. Cheney & Co. res
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 7bc per bottie.
Take HsH's Family Pills for constipation.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

The forty-twe-pound, wolf killed
by Adrew j. Rawlings, near Hills
boro, as mentioned last week, was
not brought 10 town to claim the
$40 bounty offered by the Fiscal
Court. Mr. Rawlings had the wolf
laid out and was preparing to bring
him, when Jasper Faris came along
lns Tor his shepherd dog which
had gone astray, and looking at
the dead wolf, said; Poor old
Shep." -Flemingsburg Gazette.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
FACT.
Local Evidence.

Evidence that can be verified.
Fact is what we want.
Opinion is not enough.
Opinions differ.
Here's a Louisa fact
You can test 1t.
G. e. Pigg. Cross St, Louisa, KY,
says: ~ am glad to confirm the
testimonial | gave in 1908 recon-
mending Doan's Kidney Pills for
they gave me entire relief from kid
ney trouble and backache at that
time. have been free from this
trouble ever since. For several years
| was subject to severe backaches.
suffered greatly from backache ant
had much difficulty in passing the
kidney secretions. Sometime the
secretions were profuse, then again
scant and highly colored. Doan's
Kidney pills we're procured at the
Louisa Drug Store Co. and they
gave me the first relief | had re-
celved. After using this remedy |
enjoyed better health and entire
freedom from kidney trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no ether,
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

According to rumor in Frankfort.
]. NJ. Turner, of Paintsville, a
Republican, may be appointed to
the new Board of Prison Commits
sioners.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

A Judge has recently declared
that man cannot live on his faith
er-in-law There are many living,
consuming monuments to the in
correctness of this declaration.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

In statement issued before leav-
ing Louisville for Washington. SEN
ator-elect Ollie NJ. James announced
that he favors Champ Clark for
the Democratic presidential nom
~h4tiap.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

Virginia win feel safer when the
me'mbers of the Alien gang are
not only run to earth but consigned
flo earth as we'll.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

In Maysville the other day Miss
Mary Hitch was married to jerome
Sartain.
The pert photographers may nov
proceed.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
Friday, March 20, 1912.

Roosevelt is expected to make a
short speech in Ashland about noon
next Wednesday.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

What Taft did to Teddy in the
State pri9iaries was a plenty. SO
out of 80 delegates to the National
convention.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29
- Names A. Hughes. OF

Congressman IN. retain his seat
West Virginia, will N.antest case
in the House, the cay Rankin
brought against him bA-n tt
Wiley having been decided in his
favor by the committee.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

Now is the time your Chickens
need tuning up. Pratt's Remedies
will do it. Sullivan hdse. Co. han
dies them.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-03-29

The funeral director" at Hills
vile. Va, has made an assignment.
Couldn't stand prosperity?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24
DASHED 100000 MILES NEARER
HE FIERY BALL IN THE
LAST FEW MONTHS.

astronomers Say We Will Crash Into
sun On Thanksgiving Day, 1927,
We Keep Going at Speed of
0S5 Miles an Hour.
Inc earth dashed 100000 miles
ue"Ter the fiery furnace of the sun
~ the past few months, according
" statements given out and verified
sources. - = - va
L 'nis rate of speed should con-
.,Iue we would crash into the sun
smoke. - anu 0e
mac according to astronomers at the
ina a1'Su states observatory in Wash
to S.on we nave been on the mad fall
INV Jne sun since a. m. last
nor o. zach day since that hot July
wiz Wins ais this terrestrial sphere. in its
Cd gi'u nlsht through space. has dronn-
the sun. lo'Voo miles toward
miles f. now about 100000
nemba rom the sun; July you re-
Wer IlO0I now hot it was then?-we
Az, Ig4oOO,O00 miles distant.
miles , o tremendous speed of $50
bang, al al hour we would go smash!
graf I, FIght into the celestial confla-
then ar'Om IN 1927. But long before
good we would all be roasted to a
dria G u ,k brown; oceans would be
be- W. vo, up a thimbleful of ice would
in t Fo' III more than all the diamonds
won i5 world, and J. Pierpont Morgan
banl- not be able to swap all his
leaf fan. W anu railroads for palm
sa n this old planet keeps up her
PT+ towards the sun
ALREADY o ION worry. Mother Earth
miles auy has decided that $1,000, 900
ready - % near enough for her. AL
from irony 6 Sne has begun steering away
brat rail- oId Sol. While we are ceie-
will sIin me next Fourth of july she
JuIy up INTO the place she occupied
rom the sun. poln' larchest
rema marie Sans astronomers gravelv
ecIinss ynat the earth's orbit is an
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24
SAYS THAT We EAT TOO MUCH
A NOVEL EXPLANATION OF THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
Professor Whitney Says Productivity
Has Not Kept Pace With the
Growth of Appetite.

The secretary of agriculture has
for years been calling attention to
the increase in the amount and value
of our crops" says Prof. Milton
Whitney, chief of the bureau of soils
of the department of agriculture.
Why, then, increased cost, if pro-
ductivity has more than kept pace
with the per capita growth? OBJ
viously because of the increased de-
mand per capita. The amount we
consume is in some sense proportion
al to the variety of our foods and
our ability to purchase. We are
as nation very rich; wages are high,
and we can afford variety, and we all
enjoy for greater variety than we did
90 years ago. The markets in our
cities, large and small, already have
in December spring and summer veg
etables, fruits and meats at prices
within the reach of the masses of
our people.
I'VE have tempting varieties of
breakfast foods and other prepara-
lions made of wheat and corn. This
variety tends to increase consump-
ton. We eat more per capita than
we used to. II the people can afford
it, why not?
THE present conditions of soil
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24

| productivity, the falling off of our
! exports, and the high price of food
stuffs, if taken together with the gem
eral prosperity, do not, to my mind,
indicate danger of starvation even
If we were compelled at some future
time to tone down the high living
we are at present enjoying.
1t does show that our farmers
are engaged in winning and a
growing occupation with a large and
increasing demand for the things
they produce.
Agriculture in this country is in
its infancy, and we have hardly more
than cleared the ground and got the
fences up. When we settle down to
the real BUSINESS of farming and get
thorough knowledge of the soil of
each field, as the people of the longer
settled countries of Europe have
done, we shall have fewer failures
to pull down our average of produc-
tivity.
There never have been greater
opportunities Offered for American
farming. In the east and south es-
pecially are cheap productive soils
awaiting re-settlement and reoccu
patton, with ever increasing variety
of products. We should apply our
selves in earnest and with determine
ton to get the best out of them by
intelligent control of these /
invaluable assets. We should, fur
thermore, do this by force of intel
Iect or foresight rather than by force
Of necessity, as has been the case in
European countries"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24
DR. MUSSER'S BRAIN WILL BE
SENT ON A TOUR OF THE COUNTRY

Wister collection in the University of
pennsylvania. Examination showed
the Musser brain to be exceptional
much below the average in weight of
that OF the normal man of no espe-
cial distinction. Indeed, the Musser
brain is said to be only about as
large and heavy as that of a child of
eight or ten years; and yet he was
one of the country's foremost spe-
cialists The brain is to be sent TO
all of the leading medical colleges
IN the country for the purposes of
investigation.