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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
Why Science Has Blacklisted Pussy

TTHAT cats are the worst of frauds and do
 mankind more harm than good is one
 = of the latest edicts of science. The sprightly kittens and staid old tabby cats which for ages the human race has ranked among its best friends have all been placed on the blacklist along with the horses which the automobile has displaced and the dogs which New York City's Health Commissioner declares unfit for civilized communities
 According to the Biological Survey the bu. reau of the Department of Agriculture. which has been Investigating the claims of all sorts of animals to our consideration, the cat has been tolerated altogether too long. We have been deceived into thinking that it is a very useful creature when, as a matter of fact, 1t is doing all that any animal could, and more than most animals do, to destroy our health wealth and happiness.
 The cats case has been decided only after the most careful deliberation. Arguments for and against the creature have been heard but after weighing them all the court of science gives the cat the most unsparing condemna- tion any animal has yet received.
 One Of the strongest counts against pussy is it's unpardonable cowardice. It masquer- ades as the protector of the household from mice and rats. The truth is that not one cat in a hundred has the courage to attack rat. Where rats are at all numerous they are quite as likely to run the cats out of the house as is the opposite thing to happen
 Mice are so inoffensive that they might be attacked with impunity were it not for the overpowering laziness which makes the cat usually disinclined to give them battle. Dr. A. K. Fisher. one of the governments author ities on cats, recently caught twelve mice under the bed in which he slept despite the fact that there were four cats in the house. hold.
 Cats might possibly be forgiven for not rid. ding our homes of rats and mice. but there is
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nothing to excuse their slaughter of chickens and young birds of whose flesh they are in. ordinately fond. Larks robins and all the other little feathered creatures which add SO much to the beauty of our city parks and country lanes would be far more plentiful if they were not being constantly slaughtered by the treacherous cat. Cats are too cowardly and lazy to attack rats and mice, but they find keen delight in preying on harmless birds which are too small and weak to escape from their claws.
 Many an innocent hawk, skunk. owl or weasel" says the government bureau, "hs7 been shot for the deeds of that sleek higA. wayman, the house cat. It is safe to say that this marauder, which enjoys all the comforts and protection of the home. destroys in the aggregate more wild birds and young poultry than all their natural enemies combined"
 But the governments main reason for de- claring war on our feline pets is that they carry disease to the children and others that handle them. Even the most aristocratic cat enjoys roaming through all sorts of unsani- tary places, and its fur makes an ideal lodging place for the germs of diphtheria, smallpox. tuberculosis and other things which 1t may pick up there. Ringworm is one of the lesser diseases whose prevalence is attributed to our having so many cats
 The fact that you can get hydrophobia from a cats bite and that its scratch often causes blood poisoning gives science an additional reason for placing pussy on the blacklist.
 If we must have cats, science urges that they be kept in outhouses and never allowed to have the run of our homes. Before chill dren and others are allowed to handle cats their germ-laden coats of fur should be care- fully cleansed and treated with some power. ful aDtiseptic. But even when the cats pos. abilities for spreading disease have been re- duced to minimum it is still far less safe and satisfactory household pet than even the despised skunk would be-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

Always, however, it is almost needless to say, the setting is of the platinum, which has now SO completely busted gold from It's original position and prominence.
 Sometimes the pendants will be attached to @ slender. almost invisible chain of platinum, but they look even more strikingly uncommon when they hang from a fine black silk cord. and are further finished off with soft silken tassel their white brlianc and beauty showing up wonderfully we'll between these two telling touches of black.
 Besides all this there is something almost daring as we'll as very distinctive in their unexpected breaking away from what has become an accepted and. it might have been thought, an unalterable tradition, and the real eegante will assuredly be appreciative of this chance to something different and to score triumph by simplicity in stead of by splendor.
 For some other lucky woman, too, there waits a pendant in the form of tassel, the upper curves formed of pearls, while the actual tassel part is formed of countless shimmering, swaying strands of platinum chain. as fine as silk. Pretty, is it not?
 Imagine, too Q corsage ornament in the form of widely looped bow of crystal, so cleverly carved that it takes all the folds and apparently the SUD- pleness of silken ribbon. And while two of it's loops are edged with diamonds, the others are bor dered with pearls so that you get wonderful play of light and delicately different shadings on its shimmering, ever-changing surface.
 By the way the watch bracelet is now more than ever necessity of fashion, as well as convenience and though many are-and will be-stir made with an expanding bracelet of platinum, the real chic of the coming. as well the past season, is the tiny square shaped watch of platinum and dia. monds. which Is set in the centre of narrow band of black moire, stitched and buckled like an ordt nary leather wrist strap favored by the men folks
 Then of two other novelties worth noting by those who want all their possessions to be upto date. one is motor companion" made to open and shut just like the familiar roltop desk there being real convenience in the arrangement, which will make as great an appeal as it's novelty.
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full dress you have very effective type. but one that is, of course suitable only for large women. The combination of an aluminium "coat of mai' with Greek bodice of black and diamonds and an overdress of black velvet, which suggests an old scholastic gown, is quite unusual.
 The headdress is of wings arranged from the back and crossing in the front with two up- standing ends
 It would seem that daintiness rather than dis: play is the note of the seasons jewelry designs, the pioneers of the change of device being certain pendants and brooches fashioned of the finest crys- tai hand-carved with tiny figures of gleefu, danc- ing Cupids. or equally diminutive and graceful, but more pensively posed nymps.
 These pendants are of various shaping-square, oval, octagonal or round-and they are enshrined In little softly shimmering pearls and shining dia- monds. with. perhaps, pale star-sapphire intro duced here and there, though the effect is really lovelest when only the three subtly different de- grees of whiteness are represented and contrasted first the cool clearness of the crystal, then the milky. satiny sheen of the pearls. and finally the fiery flashes of the diamonds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

ing that he or she has the real and only style which is to be for the coming season.
 One hates to speak of an 'ill wind" at such a time as this, but through it's blowing the close of the war may quite possibly see Paris. London and all the rest over here buying their models for Europe. Who knows?
 And now for the photographs which give you glimpses of some things that newest and best to-day.
 First, there is what some are pleased to call Fireworks" headdress The hair as you will no tice, is drawn we'll back. A most unusual Cath. crime wheel" of paradise bursts from the forehead where 1t is held in place by a band of sapphires
 Unfortunately the photograph shows only a wee bit of the magnificent broaade and lace dinner gown with winch this hat IS worn But later on shall hope to picture it for you. because it is a dress every woman will admire and wish she might own. <
 Brocade is also the material used in the dainty tea coat shown on the other side of this page The model is Russian in design and woven in shades of gold tissue, violet and green The transparent front is of blue chiffon bordered with sable and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

tied with blue and vio. let bands. The under. dress Is entirely of lace.
 Another charming tea gown which I think you will like is en- tirely of chenille in the softest t oyster shades. It is faced and piped with very pale green satin, the chiffon inside being of flesh color bound with satin.
 Nothing. could be dearer than the little cap which accompanies this gown. It is of lAce and flowers, with GMin strip.
 Ls. Ae semi-classical
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new and particu- lar note for the coming season any more t h an any Fr @ n c h woman in Paris can do the same thing un- less she has a rep utation behind her for unerring judg- ment in what is good.
 Being young, you must experiment and await the sur yival of the Attest that you wear at
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your theatres, your horse shows and your operas. At such places, az in P Paris, the best comes to the top, and is universally taken up. Just think of the hope less chaos of six leading New York dressmakers, each strenuous1y insist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
Very Surprising Current
 Fashion Nouelties De- scrbed by Their Creator, Lady DuH-Gordon,
 the Famous "Lucile

ADY DUFF-GORDON the famous "Lucile of
 don. and foremost of fashions in the world. writes each week the fashion article for this newspaper. presenting all that newest and best styles for wed 
 Lady Duf-Godon's Pans establishment brings her close touch with that centre of fashion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
By Lady Duff Gordon

it is attached.
 And why not? I'll tell you a secret. know many goods-not necessarily dresses-that for years have been labelled "Imported"-and yet they never saw the sea!
 But one word of warning It does not follow that because America will create the newest fash ions, any American who launches a new idea can take upon herself to say that her creation is the
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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-02-20

NOTICE is thereby given. TO all. parties In
terested that the State Of New Mexico has
applied for the survey Of
Ell MEX Sec. l. Twp, 24s. r 81 W.
En En. swA MEX, NwA SEA. SEQ. l. Twp.
2S 3. r.. 10 W.
aud the exclusive right of selection by the
state for sixty days, as provided by the Act
of Congress approved August 18th, 1894 ~
Stats, 894l. and after the expiration Of such Q
period of sixty days any land that may re-
main unsolicited by he state and not other
wise appropriated according to law shalIbe
subject to disposal under general laws Of
other public lands. This notice does not az
feet any adverse appropriation by settlement
or otherwise except under rights that may hs
found to exist Of prior inception. ,
Done at Santa Fe this 21si
Day OF Jan. AID. 1914.
WILLIAM @. MCDONALD
Governor of New Mexico
First publication Jan. 30
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-02-20
Valley View News.

Mrs. Douglas Brooks Of Stems Is in
Lordsburg suffering from an attack Of
measles. ,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Guess have
moved to the WIS where they expect
to make their home.
Leven and Thomas Kerr were both
at home a few days while waiting for
repairs on their we'll drills.
Mr.. and Mrs, John DeMoss have
rented a place near Franklin, Ar
iona, and have moved there for a few
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Everett and far
mily of Lordsburg attended the bask-
ct dinner and song practice at Valley
View Sunday.
L. Whorley Of Lordsburg spent
Friday night with Rev. D. f. Sellards
coming for his team which had been
on pasture at the Sellards ranch.
Mrs. John Kerr who has been caring
for the family of Mr.. Fairly Of Lords
burg during a siege of measles, rd.
turned to her home via Stems Mon
day.
The Valley View school closes Fri
day of this week, the public funds
having been exhausted. Invitations
have been issued to the program TO bC
given Friday night Feb. goth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Mead of Be
lott, Wisconsin arrived Friday and
will try the land of sunshine for Mrs
Mead's health. at present they are
at the A. A. Campbell home. ]
When the survey was made last
winter, M. B. Keithly discovered his
house was not located where he
wished. This week he is engaged In
moving 1t to a better place. Varions
neIghbors are assisting him.
A. A. Campbell and family have ar
rived from Beloit. Wisconsin and
taken up their abode In what has
been known as the Mary Swan house,
Mr.. Campbell and his sons put In
their first week unloading a car OF
household effects and farm machin.
cry which he had shipped from Beloit,
X. Y. z.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-02-20
0I3,5OO $1,000

Luna county is high on the pay for
treasurer and assessor, but for sheriff
and clerk the pay Is fair and reson-
able. The Luna county officers draw
o., 500 less than the Grant county Of
ficers, and 1t is a fair proposition that
the Grant commissioners allowed the
Grant county officers at least $500
more than they deserve.
The LIBERAL looks tosee this right
ed when the Grant county voters come
to vote on members Of the legislature
this fall. County salaries are the
real question for the people this fall,
and the man who runs for the legisla
ture has got to declare himself.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars is
enough for any county oficer and too
much for many Of them.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-02-20
SEA FOOD

We have just received from the At
-iahtic Sea Board Bloater Mackerel,
Breakfast Mackerel- Rolled Herring
(spiced)- Split Labrador Herring
Boned Smoked Herring Picked
sardines lin glass jarsE German
Salad Relish Boneless Goldfish
Shredded Goldfish Goldfish Ballsetc.
II you are not a fish lover
One indulgence from this
Splendid assortment Of the
Finny Tribe will make
You one,
The R. & /. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-02-20
A Cold Winter

Heavy underwear warm caps and
mittens Wooden and Flannel goods
Soft warm Blankets and Quilts A
good fire ina coal, wood or coal oil
heater-- Now Is the time TO think OF
this things. We have the goods you
do the thinking and act.
The R. al. Co,
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-02-20
TO TRAPPERS.

Ship your wild animal skins to All.
Hilton Mercantile Co., San Antonio,
New Mexico. Over forty years expert
ence In the business, with European
manufacturers for outlet. Highest
prices guaranteed. 11-22-l2
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-02-20
POsTOFFIOB HOURS.

Daily, 8 a. m to 9 p. m.
Sundays, s to . a, m, and long enough
TO walt pm all applicants after the ar
rival Of Train No. 1, II 1t is on time.
ION Sundays postofices must be
kept open an hour, Postal laws and
regulations, Section 284.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-08-12
Boone, The Great
Pathfinder

Daniel Boone was a great
"pathfndern and when civil.
ization pressed too close upon
his hunting tent in western
North Carolina, he blazed n
trail through to what is now
Bristol, and u little later. about
a century and n half ago, he
located the old Cumberland Gap
or Wilderness trail to Ken
lucky.
Until a few years ago his
successors had not improved
his trail Il great deal, but
realizing that the tourists of
Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, lndi-
ana and the Northwest had no
outlet through the Allegheny
and Cumberland mountains to
the Southeast, the Bristol
Lexington Highway Associa-
tion was organized, and of the
% miles from Cumberland Gap
to Bristol, Lee county has con
structed 30 miles, and Scott and
Washington counties have pro-
vided funds to construct 35
miles, and the other % miles
will be provided for and con.
structed within two or three
years. There is macadam
road from Cumberland Gap to
Middlesboro, but from that
point to Grab Orchard the
Boone Way Band" is making
strenuous efforts to get the rs
miles constructed. AT Crab
Orchard the pike system of
central Kentucky is reached
and it extends to Lexington
Louisville, Cincinnati and other
points.
Back-tracking Boone's old
trail, an organized effort is be-
ing made to construct an i'm
proved road from Baistcl via
Mountain City, Tennessee, to
Boone, n. c., where connection
il made, via Blowing Rock
Lenoir and Hickory, with i'm
proved roads to Charlotte and
Asheville. Sullivan county has
built the - miles of this road
from Bristol to the south fork
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-08-12
Noted SIP eaker Here.

Hon. Michael j Tanning, of
Philadelphia, Pa, now touring
this state in a campaign of edu-
cation against the liquor traffic,
under the auspices of the State
Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union. delivered an ad-
dress in the Amuzu Theatre
here on last Wednesday night.
Mr.. Tanning is one of the
veterans in this reform, and has
delivered over sixteen thousand
addresses against the liquor
traffic. He is known in every
state in the Union. He has
held high position in the coun.
ellis of nearly all the tremper-
ance organizations in this coun-
try, and is known as the friend
of every honest foe of the liquor
traffic Demanding the right
of private judgment for himself
he comedies that right to others
and does not quarrel with
friends of the temperance re.
form who differ with him in
Judgment us To the best method
of warning upon the common
foe.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-08-12
Federal Court

The August term of the
United State court for the West
ern district of Virginia con-
vened here Monday with Judge
Henry n. NJ Smith. of Charles-
ton, 5 e, presiding. Judge
Henry G Mcdowell is i'll at his
home III Lynchburg and could
not he here. His illness is not
Of II serions nature, however.
The docket is very large and
court may continue throughout
the week. Only enc case WAS
disposed of Monday. y man
by the name of Mcneil, of Wise
county, was fined 500 aud
sentenced to thirty days in Jail
for using the mail for fraudulent
purposes. There are several
more postoilice cases on the
docket.
The most important proceed
ing of this court will come up
some time during the week
when Hurt Hall. Riley Hall, Jr. !,
Harlan and Sol Hall, of Dicken
son county, who were implicat-
ed i'll the shooting of revenue
officers in moonsbine raid
some time ago, will be tried.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-08-12

IL man wants to get ac
quainted with human nature
let him edit country news
paper for a short time. He
knows nothing of the ups and
downs of life until he has serv-
ed i'll this capacity. He may
have preached, run Il bank, sold
goods, traded horses, practiced
law, sawed wood or operated a
popcorn factory, but he needs
a few months experience as
editor of u country newspaper
to complete his knowledge of
the eccentricities of human
nature. Lebanon News.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-08-12
Oil Treatment for Stomach
Troubles.

A simple prescription made
up of a combination of pure
vegetable oils is producing
wonderful results for sufferers
from stomach, liver and intesti-
nal troubles. The remedy
which is said to have originated
in France, where it has been
used for years by the peasanty,
was introduced into this coun-
try by George II. Mayr, n lead.
ing Chicago druggist, who cur
ed himself of severe stomach
liver and intestinal troubles by
its use. Those who have used
il say the frat dose ia sufficient
TO convince any one of its re-
markable merit, and that with
in twenty-four hours the suffer
or feels like q new person. This
medicine, which has become
known as Mayr's Wonderful
Stomach Remedy, is now sold
by first class druggists every
where. 1t is now sold here by
the Mutual Drug Co.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-08-12

of Holston river and is building
a So 200 bridge across the river,
and has appropriated 1000 of
a recent 100000 bond issue to
grade the road toward the
johnson county line.
What Johnson Couuty Will Build
johnson county will build the
81 miles through that county as
soon as the people are allowed
to vote on the question, and
Watauga county, N. c., will
also build the is miles to Boone.
We expect this roa'i to be open
for motor travel by the spring
of 1916. 1t will be used, for the
present at least, as the northern
terminus of the Crest of the
Blue Ridge Highway.
The route from Washington
to Bristol and Memphis is open
to tourist travel aud is in as
good condition as any other
through road in the South The
same may be said of the Bristol
kingsport-Knoxville route, via
Morristown, and of the Bristol
Bluefield route, via Abingdon,
except the i miles from Green
dale to Little Moccasin Gap is
rough.
With the highway from
Washington TO Bristol and be
You'd traversing the Great APP.
paluchian Valley and extending
to the Mississippi river at
Memphis, and with the high
way from Pittsburg to Blue
field traverslng the Allegheny
mountaing and then crossing
the Great Appalachian Valley
via Bristol TO the Blue Ridge
and then following the Cress of
the Blue Ridge to Ashevi!le,
Lake Toxaway aud Tallulah
Falls, and with the highway
from Lexington through Cum
berland Gap via Natural Tun-
mel to Bristol and then on via
Boone to Charlotte and the
Southeast-with all these hugh
ways and the connecting and
branch roads completed, and
they will all be practically com
pieted within two or three year 3
tens of thousands of motor
tourists will annually visit the
Southern Appalachian region.
Southern Appalachian Convention
The southern Appalachian
Good Roads Association, AN
organization "to encourage the
building and Maintenance of
good roads in the Southern APP
palachian States" will hold its
sixth annual convention in
Bristol, October 6, Z, s and 9, at
which time the good road en-
thusiasts of this entire region
will get together TO generate
and stimulate renewed good
roads energy, and another year
will see the goal of good roads
in this section much nearer and
almost reached. The Bristol
board of trade will publish q
highway map allowing the con
dition of all the roads in this
section, as Il souvenir of this
convention.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-08-12

to it's foundations. When
Britain unfnrled the banner of
war and hurled defiance Mt the
"War Lord of Europe, the
scope of the confiagration was
immeasurably widened and the
situation assumes IA seriousness
which the Napolenic wars did
not equal. No one can presume
to foretell the outcome. No one
can venture n prediction az to
how the map of Europe will
appear when the smoke OF bat
tie has cleared away. The
mind, in truth can scarcely
grasp the magnitude of the
conflict Yet close students of
European conditions hnv e
recognized for two decades it's
inevitableness; the very delay
in the hour of fulfillment has
added to the magnitude Of the
situation.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-08-12
Attention HorSemen.

Professional trained horses
are barred at the Tazewcll Fair
this fall. This gives an oppor
tunity To amateurs owning Il
horse tina, can step some to try
them out. For catalogue and
speed program, write the secre
tnry.
w G.. O'BRIEN,
TaZewcll, Va.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-08-12

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