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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27

Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart has
declined to accept the position of
superintendent of Education at the
Kentucky Reform School She had
previously decided to devote herself
TO the work of removing the blight
of illiteracy from the adult white
population of Kentucky. Her great
success in this line in her own
county has made her famous. She
IL ambitious to extend the work
Throughout the entire State.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27

The worst blizzard of the year,
and probably the worst in several
years, swept over practically every
section of Kentucky Monday. Tele-
phone and telegraph wires were
FRUSTRATED, and train service in and
out of Louisville and other cities
o. the State was handicapped, At
several points in the State Tuesday
night the mercury dropped to below
zero.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27
THREE FARMS FOR SALE

in Boyd county, KY, seven miles
from Ashland. on Cannonsburg pike.
Sold separate or as who'e. All
join. All improved. One Isl Ia
acres, so acres level; one 1913 ITO
acres. 100 acres level; one 100 $40
acres rolling. Come and look. or
apply to ROBERT sTURGELL, Ash
land. Ky. r. d. No. 1. 2-6-tf
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27

A new postal order has been made
that letter mailed without post
age may be carried to its destina-
ton, but double postage will be
charged at the other end of the
line
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27
G. w. CASTLE FOR
OoMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY.

G., w. Castle, of Lawrence county,
announces his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for Common
wealth's Attorney for the S2nd Judi
cial District, Primary Election in
August 1915, earnestly requesting
the support of all Democrats of the
District
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27

Henry Moore Teller, former Cabi-
net officer, and for more than thirty
years United States Senator from
Colorado died in Denver, Col. Mon
day. Mr.. Teller, who was SO years
old, had been i'll for two years and
his death was not unexpected.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27
.G|GRWOOd Stock Farm
GLENwooD, KENTUCKY
V. Ii. SHoRTRIDGE, Prop.

Pure Herd OF registered shorthorn
Durham Cattle direct from the Blue
Grass section.
Chief OF the Herd is "Perfec-
ton, No. 3537s9. Service offered
at S2.00.
Have for sale a male months
old, Ideal Beau" No. SS4,432, red
with a little white.
VIII have thoroughbreds for sale
right along. Farmers requested to
inspect our herd, III.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We are authorized 10 announce
John M. Waugh as a candidate for
Circuit Judge Of the 32nd Judicial
district. subject to the action of the
DeRe<4 attic party in the primary OF
AGgEsr, 1915.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27

We are authorized to announce
H. C. SULLIVAN, of Lawrence-co
as candidate for the nomination
for Commonwealth Attorney for
the 32nd Judicial district, subject to
the action of the democratic party.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27

The NEWS insists that to make
Villas name spell what he is two
letters should be added. A glance at
one of the bandits pictures will en-
able you to supply the deficiency.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27

Easter Sunday is three weeks lat
er this year than last year, being
April IL instead of March %. The
extreme range of dates upon which
it may fall is 35, from March 22 TO
April 25.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27
AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

On next Sunday night the Rev. L.
M Copley will preach in Christian
church here, the subject of the SER
mon being: '"The Light OF the
world" You are cordially invited
to hear it.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27

1t is lucky for the Confederate
pensioners that there is one man
they May-owe without having to
shave their warrants. Hopkinsville
Kentuckian.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27
$65.O45,S4
Total,
State of Kentucky

State of Kentucky,
County of Pike, Set.
we, Alex H. Looney and w. H.
p. Baker, Vice President and Cash
Ter of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true TO the best of our
knowledge and belief.
ALEX H. LooNEY. Vice Pres.
w. II. P. BAKER. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day OF Feby., 1914.
v. D. PINsoN,
Notary Public. Ex-Pike-co., Ky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27

There was a man who loved his bee'
He always was their friend;
He used to sit upon their hives.
But they stung him in the END
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-02-27
Report OF the condition OF
THE FIRST STATE BANK

doing business in the town of Elk
horn City (P. o. Praise), County
of Pike, State of Kentucky, at the
close OF business on the End day OF
February, 1914:
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22
Usage Indian, One of Foundation
Stones in Oklahoma 8 Prosperity

4 family consisting of warrior, a
squaw and three proposes. this would
be Sf,Sf0 a year. and this is Just rents
and royalties. most OF which would
have gone to John ID. Rockefeller and
his associates II lot OF phiIanthro-
pista had not buttud In and insisted
on extorting money from the Stand
ard oil crowd
The osages need not toll or spin
but they have to work little In or
dor to get through the last five
months Of each semi-annual pay period
The bitterness with which the
white men Of Oklahoma witness so
murh good money paid over to In
dams Is measureably assuaged by
the fact that the Indians let go Of It
on the slightest temptation. Long con-
tact with The whites has never deyel-
oped much OF the commercial In
stinct among them; while they have
money they will let go of II in consid-
Grafton Of almost anything the white
people wish to sell them. Their credit
is good. for everybody knows that
at the next pay day every man. wo-
man and child of them viii get $751;.
and nearly every Usage reaches the
next pay Hay as heavily encountered
with floating debt rs the New Haven
railroad.
The industrious and thrifty Caucas-
ian collects what the Usage owes
him, sells hiEi u few kniek-knacIss
for the rest of his semi-annual col
lectlons from the Standard Oil. and
then trusts him for the rest of the
six months. All the money Is soon in
The hands of It's rightfnl proprietor,
the white man. who has TO wait so
little for the cash that he does not
seriously grudge its passage through
the hands of an Usage.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22

There IL not, and there never was
on this earth. work Of human policy
~ well deserving 81 examination rs
the R~man Catholic church. The his
tory OF that church Joins together the
two great ages OF human civilization.
No other institution Is LEFT standing
which carries the mind back 20 the
times when the smoke OF sacrifice rose
from the Pantheon. and when camel
opards and tigers abounded In the
Flayian amphltheatef The proudest
royal houses are but Of yesterday
when compared with the line of the
supreme Pontiffs. That line we truce
back in an unbroken series. from the
pope WIN crowned Napoleon In the
nineteenth century to the pope who
crowned pepin in the eighth: and far
beyond the time Of Pepin the august
dynasty extends. I'LL II il lost In the
twilight OF fable. The republic Of
Venice came next in antiquity But
the republic Of Venice was mod
ern when compared with the pa
pacy; and the republic OF Ven
Ice liz gone, and the papaey re-
mains. The papaey remains, not In
decay. not mere antique. but full Of
life aud youthful vigor The Catholic
church Is still sending forth to the
farthest ends of the earth missionaries
as jealous as those who landed in
Kent with Augustin. and stlll con-
fronting hostile kings with the same
spirit. with which she confronted
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22
THE DOCTORS AND THE WAR.

Or. Mayo. In London for the elm
ical congress. believes that the death
rate Ia the present war will be far
less than In previous wars because of
the advance of saving science. The
parallel advance OF science and hut
manly has contended with the adj
vance In the deadiness Of weapons to
reduce the mortality from disease
and wounds.
The death from disease has been
far greater than by klllinE in battle.
1t was said by an eminent physician
during the civil war that more deaths
resulted from measles alone than
from bullets. cannon shot, hayunets
and Habers combined. Then there
were the wounded who died from
Iaek Of care before and after battle.
The Red Cross came after the Aus
trian-Irreneh war In Italy and the
sanitation and hygiene Of armies came
In with the JAPANESE Russian war.
lis efficiency IL due largely TO the
science and care for detail developed
by the Japanese medical corps. The
example set by the Japs has spread
to the whole civilized world.
War in Europe Will show If science
has reduced the death rate from disc
ease below that Of the battlefield. Il
was believed te be 10 In the japanese
army, though absolutely definite sta
tisilcs are lacking. The war in Europe
Will be under scientific observation
and the facts VIII lie known.
! Typhoid and dysentery have been
the greatest menaces TO life in the
wars Of all countries. The Japanese
showed how 10 eliminate both by
vaccination and The sterilization Of
food and drink. Our army by follow
ling the jap example has abolished
/ typhoid fever and kept the troops
healthy In Mexico. In this can he
done, as the Japa did Il. In the heat
lnf campaign and battles. the saving
lnl Htt anu thu HlaiHithAhtt " ttlt=
Ieieney may turn the tide Of war In
favor Of the most expert nation
against the one that IL less careful
of The health Of It's troops in the field
land In camp.
The conservation of life and health
IN time Of war spreads quickly 70
people III time Of peace. The lessons
learned hy the highly tralned medi-
zeal corps Of the armies may he the
one good thing to come out OF the
war now raging In nearly all Europe
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22

One Of the foundation stones IL.
the prosperity of Oklahoma Is the
fact that tho Usage and his money
are soon parted. ooh. why does the
white man follow my track7" sings
the noble red man plantivcIy. but
the answer IL too obvious. 1t is TO get
the long green which the tall red
let's 40 Of almost as soon as he gets IT..
The white man has not often al
lowed the red one TO get ahead Of
him. lie has usually moved him Off
any land that he wanted and appro-
priated IL himself Any land he didn't
think he could use was good enough
for an Indian. and when he discover
cd that II was good enough for a
white man the Indian has generally
been moved to another reservation.
But for once the combination didn't
work The lands of the Osapes
overlay oil and gas which the pio-
neer white man could not discover
In the good old days the Osages
would have been moved to some res-
ervation that offered no attractions
to the Caucasian. but when the min
eral wealth Of the osages was discov-
cred the atmosphere was full Of up
lift. and Washington was fun of
friends of the ahorlgines. and while
tho indian would have traded off his
land rights very much on the basis
on which he parted with Manhattan
island and the tniied States general
Is. n benefieient and paternal govern
ment interviewed to restrain him from
selling and tn make Mr.. Rockefeller
divide profits with the 0sageH.
The ghost has walked through
The Usage country lately. II Is his
semi-annual promenade. and he left
behind him S1S1 for every Usage,
male and female. old and young For
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22
Sacred Lake of Life in Nigeria
Should Prove Boon to NoUeIists

MIR. 7. Amaury Talbot. district
commissioner in southern Nigeria. has
made another remarkable discovery,
says Reuter- Some months ago, when
he returned TO England on visit.
he told how he had found the Lake
of the Dead in the Ohm country.
He now tells how he and his wife
explored the sacred Lake Of Life.
When Mr.. Talbot returned To MI
eeria he found that the news of the
discovery OF the Lake Of the Dead
had brought to light the fact that an
other sheet of water to which mys-
terlans powers were ascribed existed
in the neighhorhood Of ixot-0bo. the
chief town Of the ibbios. and one
afternoon Mr.. Talbot and Mr.. Ealsin.
accompanied by Mrs, Talbot and her
sister. set out To endeavor to locate 1t.
Hitherto the knowledge Of the lake
had been kept a jealousy guarded
secret from all Europeans and not
even the natives with the exception
of the high priests. had been allowed
Ito approach the sacred water-~the
dwelling place Of the greatest deity
of the race.
Access TO the lake was through q
sacred grove SO cunningly eontrived
TINT d stranger might pass within a
few yards Vet never find the holy
pool. Mr. Talbot and his party guild
ed To the spot, found that the water
was full of great fish, on the welfare
of which depended the life of the
IhIhlo rnue
Scene Of Sacrifices.
The fish were 50 tame that They
fed from the hand Of the reigning
high priestthc only native human
being allowed to look ON the water.
Formally many victims were annually
sacrificed here, though At the pres-
lent day human life Ii not permitted
to be taken. 1
Countless legends had grown N
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22
With Scissors and Paste
FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.

The FIRST locomotive was completed
and put into operation just century
ago. in 1914, by George Stephenson
who WAS born In Wylam. England
June 2. 1881. He was engineer at a
|eoiliery when he Invented a travelling
|engine 70 draw wagons along a franz
way Stephenson's first locomotive
attained speed Of six miles an hour.
improvement after improvement WIS
made, not only In the locomotive, but
I'm the rails. and In Is22 Stephenson
apelled the first railway. which was
eight miles in length.
In lSss his locomotive. the Rookie.
reached a speed of thirty live miles IN
'hour. winning the prize If e2.5oe o..
fered BY the Liverpool s Manchester
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22

round the spot 1t was saiu TO be
placed by its first guardian. the thun-
der god. under the care of python
land leopard. who ceaseIessy kept
watch and ward. and destroyed any
Ione rash enough TO seek to penetrate
tits mysteries. It Ii specially sacred
as the dwelling place of the most
powerful deity-thc Great Mother
Isu-Ma 1.-THE Face Of Love- whose
symbol is a holy rock facing the en-
trance.
Nearby the travellers found a Soc
ond pool aneillary 10. the lake itself.
In the center of this Is a palm tree.
near which, in the water are sta
TONED man. Il giri and boy, whq
bear the name Of the goddess, as Tiny
we're granted to their parents In III
rect answer to prayer, Mr.. Talbot is
sending home complete derount Of
the discovery at an early date.
Mr.. Talbot, in describing his pre-
|yions discovery Of the Lake Of the
Dead. said The surface OF the water
WAS absolutely still and round about
were ten-feet high bushes bearing
what looked like great tufts Of creamy
Flowers These however, proved to
be nests OF tree frogs, The place was
Ia sanctuary for all Wild things; for
|no hunter would dare to penetrate
1.-THE bush to this fearsome place.
As Mr. Talbot stood at the edge.
gazing out over the water Its quiet
Twas suddenly broken by broad rip
lple, aAad little fish were seen to spring
|ngitptedly above the surface, great
Ipytton was crossing. and this, II was
FMrned, shared with the croeodilcs
guardianship Of the Sacred Lake.
II Nothing was allowed to trouble the
water, or even 10 touch its outer edge,
[for fear Of famine and pestilence en-
/ suing. Hither. the natives believed,
came by night the ghosts Of long
dead Ekoi, to drift in sad companies,
hopeless and waiting. over the SUR
! face of the water
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22
The St0rytellers
The CORRECT Time.

Professor Turner had been spending
the Christmas vacation in Egypt TO
supervise The erection of d telescope
at Helouan. Captain Lyons, who was
In charge of the instrument, said that
he had found that noon every day n
gun was fired, and was anxious to
know how the system worked. Ac
cordingly he interviewed the gunner
and asked how he knew when to give
the signal.
"Oh. l look at my watch" said the
fflcial.
And how do you correct your
watch, said The captain.
Il take it to the maker in Cairo,
and he tells me the error
Forthwith Captain Lyons inter-
viewed the matchmaker and asked
him how he checked the error of the
watch
Il get the correct time from the
gunner" said the simple craftsman.
And thus time was told in Egypt
Montreal Standard.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22
The Wonderful Continuity Of the
Roman Catholic Hierarchy


""s@f 1u&H.I
Attiia. The number Of her children Is
greater than In any former age Her
acquisitions In the New World have
more than compensated for what she
haf lost In the Old. Her spiritual as
cendaney extends over the vast coun-
tries which lie between the plains of
the Missouri and Cape Horn coun-
tries which, century hence. may not
improbably contain a population as
large as that which now inhabits Eui
ropes The memhers Of her commun-
ion Are certainly not fewer than .
hundred and fifty millions; and II Will
be adffficnh TO show that all other
Christian sects united amount to a
hundred and twenty millions. Nor do
we see any sign which Indicates that
the term OF her long dominion is APP
preaching. IN saw the commence
ment Of all the governments and Of
all the ecclesiastical establishments
that now exist in the world and we
feel no assurance that she is not des-
tined TO see the end Of them all. She
was great and respected before the
Saxon had set foot on Britain, before
the Frank had passed the Rhine.
when GreeIan elcquence still flour
ished at Antioch, when idols were still
worshipped In the temple Of Mecca.
And she may still exist In undlmin-
ished vigor when some traveller from
New Zealand shall, in the midst of Il
vast solitude. take his stand on a
broken arch Of London bridge to
sketch the ruins OF st. Paul's.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22

Railway Co. The entire system Ct
railway loeomotion, with Stations sig
mails. tenders ana carriages, was com
Ipleted with the Inauguration OF the
Liverpool Il Manchester line in 1899.
Stephenson was largely instrument
tai IN establishing all the English nd
foreign lines during the first period of
raiIroadlng. He died In 1913. The
centenary of steam locomotives finds
those engines improved and ENLARGED
beyond the widest dreams of the ~
ventor, but already threatened with
extinction by the electric Ioeomo i've.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22
Advertising vs.. Praying.

Here is one deserving of notice:
The small daughter of Little Rock
family had been praying each evening
at bedtime for a baby sister. The
other morning liefs mother. reading
the paper, exclaimed II see Mrs.
Smith has little daughter"
How do you know that z" asked the
child.
Il read it in the paper
Read II to me-
The mother read. .'Born--On
March -. to Mr.. and Mrs. Smith a
daughter'
The child thought a moment, then
said; II know what | am going to
do. am going to quit praying and
begin advertising Little Rock Ga
zctte.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22
JEAN JAuREs ON PEACE.

! (The following is an extract from
| Il speech on disarmament by Jean
Jaures, the famous French socialist
and advocate of peace, whose assassi-
nation was reported in recent dis
patches from Paris The speech was
delivered at the Anglo-Freneh parlia-
mentary dinner November rs, 1908.
Concluding his address. NJ. Jaures
said.)
And If you press me 10 risk proph-
eey on my own account, ! can only
answer you by parable which seems
a little strange. still and obscure. \
CLEANED 1t by fragments from the leg
ends of Merlin, the magician, from the
Arabian Nights and from book that
is still unread.
once upon time there was an en-
ehanted forest 1t had been stripped
of all verdure. 1t was wild and for
bidding. The trees, tossed i. the
bitter winter wind that rcskr teased
struck one another witt sound as OF
breaking swords. When at last. after
long series of freezing nights and
sunless days that seemed like nights.
Ian living things trembled with the
fifsi call Of spring: the trees became
afraid of the sap that began to move
within them. And the solitary and
bitter spirit that had its dwelling
within the hard bark of each OF them
said very low. with a shudder that
came up from the deepest roots:
"Have a care II thou art the first
Ito risk yielding to the wooing OF the
season. il thou art the first to turn thy
IIancelke buds into blossoms and
leaves their delicate raiment will be
torn by the rough blows Of the trees
that have been slower to put forth
leaves and flowers"
And the proud and melancholy
spirit that was shut up within the
great Druidical oak spoke to its tree
with peculiar insistence:
"And wilt thou, too, seek to Join
the universal love feast, thou whose
noble branches have been broken by
the Storm
Thus, In the enchanted forest. mu-
Itual distfust drove back the sap and
prolonged the dcathlike winter even
after the call of spring.
What happened at lastg BY what
myaterious influence was the grim
leharm broken? Did some tree find
the courage to act alone. like those
iApril poplars that break into shower
of vcrdlre and give from afar the sig
lnal for the renewal of all life2 or
did warmer and more life giving
beam start the sap moving in all the
trees at once2 For. 10. in single day
the whole forest burst forth into a
magnificent Towering of joy and
Ipeace.
Gentlemen, II YOU will allow me to
fit my toast to this old allegory. and
to give it before YOU and with YOU the
form of an Invocation to nature, |
will drink 10 the sunbeam that charm
led the whole forest into bloom.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22

man one evening and remarked Bit
terly:
Here's PARK line magnatc gives
his wife Riviera villa. Nothing like
that happens to me-
Her husband. buried In the News
Of the World, replied:
Wen, my dear, here's a new cut
man gives his wife a black eye. Moth
ing like that ever happens to you.
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