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Mountain advocate., 1915-08-27
PRESERVE FOREST LANDS
Forest Conservation Concerns Both
City and Farm.

Many dwellers in towns and cities
feel great interest in forestry and
would be glad TO give active aid to
the cause. Some are doing So by the
improvement of forest lands which
they own, but there are greater mum
beers who are not able TO do this but
who greatly desire to enjoy the forests
and to help along any movement tend
lus 10 their Improvement. The preser-
walton OF forests for natural scenery
To check the Minds and hold back the
waters; 10 stop erosion OF valuable
farm lands: to harbor birds and ami.
mails: 10 produce materials for build
ing ana manufacturing are matters
which concern city people as well a.
those who dwell ON farms
The obligation To protect the for
ests rests upon all ana the opportunity
to enjoy them should be- enjoyed by
all. cities should own forest parks
in which the design should be 10 get
away from the conventional and costly
style Of landscape gardening nov So
common in city parks.
such parks, il made as natural ~
possible. would cost far less TO cStab.
lish and maintain than other pa k
and would serve many purposes. They
would help TO arouse an interest IN
forestry and to show its practicabilltN.
They would afford means of recrea.
ton and study, supplementing the
courses in school II the agricultural
experiment stations in the different
states were enabled TO cooperate in
the establishment and maintenance OF
such forest parks, the arrangement
since the work would be started along
forestry rather than ornamental lines
and it's permanenCy would be reason.
ably sure.
Forest conservation to many people
means the saving OF mature trees and
nothing more. Real conservation
takes into account all that is OF value
also that which has potential value.
Correct ideas, regarding values OF for
est products need an entire recon,
struction, as upon proper concep'
ton of what constitutes the most es.
sential part of forest rests the funda-
mental doctrine OF conservation To
save that which is worth but little
ANA to waste that which is tull OF pos
sibilities shows wrong ideas regarding
values. but examples of this kind are
very common Almost every one APP
preciates the worth OF large oak,
walnut or pine tree, but TO most peo-
pie a Seeding OF the same species is
nothing but weed. Il seems hard
for any one, Who has not studied the
rate OF growth Of trees, To realize that
a mature tree makes but little growth
and is worth saving only as long as Il
remains sound. while a thrifty young
tree is growing into value at rapid
rate. But little that is really worth
While will be done in the care OF our
timber trees until We come TO realize
that forest conservation means the
saving OF trees of all ages ana sizes
However, Il is gratifying TO note that
the interest In forestry is growing con.
stantly and that the number OF trees
planted each year is increasing,
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-27
NEW LIFE SHOWN
AT BARBOURV!lLE
Everything Booming and
Much Building in Progress
THE Evening POST

The construction work on the
Cumberland & Manchester rail
road is going forward. The
yards at Barbourville are being
graded, tiess and trestle timber
are being put on the grade.
Many coal and timber men look
ing for locations in the rich coal
and timber fields of Clay and
Leslie counties, which are tapped
by this new road, are passing
through the city.
The work of constructing pixies
to all parts of the county and the
Dixie Highway is under way.
The city is constructing a large
modern brick and concrete school
building and extending its ma
cadam streets. Captain Golden
has just received plans from his
architect for large modern
hotel and garage. which he ex-
poets to construct here.
West Brothers, of Louisville,
have bought fifteen acres of sub
division property near where the
new railroad has located its ma
chine shops and roundhOuse, and
will on Saturday, August %, con-
duct sale of this property.
Many modern residences are I'M
der construction. The brick fac
tory, hardwood factory and
planning mill are running full
time. New business firms are
locating here and everything
looks like new life on every hand.
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-27
A full line of Birth Stone rings

A full line of Birth Stone rings
now on display at ID, c. Payne's
Jewellery store. Our increased
sales have proven that our Gus
toners certainly appreciate good
goods at nominal prices, and the
way our reconstructed stone rings
and cameoes have sold during
the past year proves the correct
ness of our judgement as to the
style of rings which are going to
sell best.
During the coming year mems
rings especially are going to be
in big demand, these will be set
with 'Hellers' reconstructed
rubies, genuine amethysts, gen
uine topaz, and in the ladies'
rings, Pink shell cameoes and
Coral canoes will be wOrne a
great deal. All these are shown
in the birth stone rings at our
store. Don't fail to see them.
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-27

ira, constitute a strong musical
feature with this seasons shows.
The band will play free open air
concerts in front of the tent every
evening at 7:l0 the doors open
Immediately after the concert.
Performance starts ut $40. Adj
mission very cheap.
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-27
NOTICE.

IL you find an "X" after
your name, il denotes that
yOua subscription has eX-
PRED, and that your pa
per will be discontinued
with the next issue.
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-27

He'll is too good for some peo-
pie who live in this town, they
will talk about their neighbors,
and say that they are good clti-
zens, still they will build hog
pens on the side of a street that
would out-stink carrion in the
summer time.
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-27
Why Is 1t

Some people can do most any
thing that they wish and there
is nothing done or said. and that
some others who may by chance
do the same thing and all are
ready to condemn them for II.
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-27
Disagrceable Calomcl is Yield
ing to Pleasant Liv-Vcr-Lax.

Physicians generally agree
that the nauseating, unpleasant
effects of calomel are due to the
undesireably violent action it has
on the system. For a long while
various substitutes have been
tried, but it was only recently
that the really wonderful remedy
LlV-VER-LAX was prepared
successfully by l.. X. Grisby.
LiV-vtR-LAX has all the
good, and none of the bad effects
of Calomel. II is a necessity in
every home, always being ready
to cleanse the sluggish liver and
bile clogged system, with no un-
pleasant after effects.
Liv-ver lax is guaranteed To
give satisfaction, or your money
will be Immediately refunded.
Insist on the original bearing the
likeness of l.. X. Grisby, For
sale in 50c and 81 bottles at all
druggists,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-06

Kennedy as much as what he had dis
covered. Zone thing is self-evident.
Mr.. Brixton," he said. Some one
inside this house is spying, is in con-
slant communication with a person
or persons outside 1t is still carly
in the afternoon. | shall make a haSty
trip to New York and return after
dinner. should like TO watch with
you in the den this evening
Very WE'LL agreed Brixton. 81
shall arrange to have you met at the
station and brought here as secretly
as | can"
Kennedy was silent during most of
our return trip to New York. As
for myself, | was deeply mired in an
attempt to fathom Wachtmann. He
baffled me.
Very little was said by either of us
on the journey up to the laboratory,
or on the return to Woodrock.
Whether or not we returned without
being observed. | did not know, but
at least we did find that the base
ment and dark storeroom were de-
serted, as we cautiously made our way
again into the corner where Craig had
made his enigmatical discoveries OF
the afternoon.
While | held a pocket fashlight
Craig was busy concealing another in
strument of his own in the little
storeroom. 1t seemed to be a little
black disk about as big as watch,
with a number of perforated holes in
one face. Carelessly he tossed it into
the top drawer of the chest under
some old rubbish. shut the drawer
tight and ran a flexible wire out of
the back OF the chest. 1t was a sim
pie matter to lay the wire through
some bins next the storeroom and
then around to the passageway down
to the subterranean den of Brixton.
There Craig deposited a little black
box about the size of an ordinary
kodak.
For an hour or so we sat with
Brixton. Neither of us said anything,
and Brixton was engaged in reading
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was said either to or by those in the
house
Further examination disclosed that
there were two separate telephone
systems running into Brixton's house.
One, with its many extensions, was
used by the household and by the
housekcepcr; the other was the pr1-
vatc wire which led, ultimately. down
into Brixton's den. No sooner had he
discovered it than Kennedy became
intensely interested. Continued search
rewarded him with the discovery that
both the household line and the pri-
waite line were connected by hastily
improviscd extensions with the two
receivers he had discovered in the
out-of-the-way corner of little dark
storeroom.
Don't disturb a thing" cautioned
Kennedy, picking up even the burned
matches he had dropped in his hasty
search. I'VE must devise some means
OF catching the eavesdropper red
handed. 1t has all the marks OF beng
an inside job"
We completed our investigation of
the basement without attracting any
attention, and Craig was careful to
make it seem that in entering the Ii
brary we came from the den, not from
the cellar.
The door opened. We had expected
John Brixton. Instead, tall, spare
foreigner with a close-cropped mus
tache entered. | knew at once that it
must be Count Wachtmann, although
| had nevar seen him
"Ah, l beg your pardon" he ex-
claimed in English which betrayed
that he had been under good teachers
in London. 81 thought Miss Brixton
was here"
Count Wachtmann'" Intercepted
Kennedy, rising.
The same" he replied easily, with
glance of inquiry at US.
my friend and / are from the
STAR" said Kennedy.
"Ah! Gentlemen of the press" He
raised his eyebrows the fraction of an
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pieces and was gazing intently at the
Osram lamp in the ceiling. Was he,
too, crazy.
Here. Mr.. 'Brixton, take these two
receivers OF the dctectaphone,' said
Kennedy. Tell me whether you can
recognize the voice"
why, it's familiar" he remarked
slowly. Il can't place it, but I've heard
it before. Where is it, What is this
thing, anyhow"
1T is some one hidden in the store
room in the basement" answered
Craig. He is talking into a very SEN
sitive telephone transmitter and
But the voice-hcre" interrupted
Brixton impatiently.
Kennedy pointed to the incandes-
cent lamp in the ceiling. THE mean
descent lamp" he said, "is not always
the mute electrical apparatus it is sup
posed to be- Under the right condi-
tons it can be made to speak exact
" as the famous speaking arc as it
was called by Prof. Duddell. who in
vestigated it. Both the arc light and
the metal fllament lamp can be made
to act as telephone receivers"
He had unscrewed the Osram lamp.
The talking ceased Immediately.
Who was it whose voice Brixton
had recognized as familiar over Ken
nedy's hastily installed detectaphone!
A hasty excursion into the base
ment melted us nothing. The place
was deserted.
We could only wait. With parting
instructions to Brixton in the use of
the detectaphone we said good night.
were met by a Waterman and escort
ed as far as the lodge safely.
Only one remark did Kennedy
make as we settled ourselves for the
long ride in the accommodation train
to the city. THAT warning means
that we have two people to protect
both Brixton and his daughter"
Far after midnight though it had
been when we had at last turned in
at our apartment, Kennedy was up
even earlier than usual in the morn
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what he had unearthed. There, in a
corner concealed by an old chest of
drawers. stood battery OF We stsr-
age cells connected with ostru-
ment that looked very mucn like a
telephone transmittcr, rheostat, and
a small transformer coil.
81 suppose this is a direct-curren,
lighting circuit he remarked,
thoughtfully regarding his find.
What's this"
He had continued to poke about in
the darkness as he was speaking. In
another corner he had. discovered
two ordinary telephone receivers.
Connected up with something, too,
by George" he calculated.
Evidently some one had tapped the
regular telephone wires running into
the house, had run extensions into
the little storeroom, and was pre-
pared to overhear everything that
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railroad report. Suddenly a sort of
muttering, singing noise seemed to
fill the room.
There it isl" cried Brixton, clap
ping the book shut and looking eager
ly at Kennedy.
Gradually the sound increased in
pitch. 1t seemed to come from the
ceiling, not from any particular part
of the room, but merely from some
where overhead.
Kennedy had grasped the black
box the moment the sound began and
was holding two black rubber disks
to his ears.
At last the sound from overhead
became articulate 1t was weird, I'M
canny. Suddenly a voice said dis
tinctly: Let American dollars be-
ware. They will not protect Ameri-
can daughters"
Craig had dropped the two ear
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inch 1t was so politely contemptuous
that l could almost have throttled
him.
There was movement of the por-
there's, and a woman entered. She
stopped moment. | knew it was
Miss Brixton. She had recognized
Kennedy, but her part was evidently
to treat him as a total stranger.
"You are going into town tomor-
row." | heard Wachtmann ask Miss
Brixton. as they walked slowly down
the wide hall to the conservatory a
few moments later.
What do you think of him. |
whispered to Kennedy.
Before he could reply Mr.. Brixton
joined us. -,
Where's another one-just came.
he calculated, throwing a letter down
on the library table.
The note did not appear to interest
Evening star., 1915-12-26
What Causes Typewriters' Cramp?
By EDWIN F. BOWERS, MD.

heavy, or fatigued, when there is pain in
using the affected groups, often associated
with tremor of the muscles, it is high
time to ask for vacation. Otherwise
complete paralysis may follow
Often there is sensation of pricking
or numbness in the fingers, and sometimes
great nervousness and mental depression.
The treatment is simple enough-if it
can be carried out. 1t consists in rest,
and then rest-followed by more rest
Massage of the parts is beneficial always
stroking in the direction of the flow
of the venous blood below up
ward. A course of electric treatments
preferably by the faradic battery-is
helpful.
The FitzGerald method has also been
successful in this affliction. This consists
in stimulating normal nerve functioning
by sharply pricking the ends of the af-
fected fingers several minutes at time,
morning and night, with blunt knitting
needle. DR.. FitzGerald frequently uses
a steel hair-comb for this purpose. This
treatment must be persistently carried
out to secure the best results.
Also, a long course of nerve-tonics, un-
der the advice of a competent physician,
is usually necessary. But over and above
all, no matter what the circumstances,
these disorders should never be treated
with contempt. For they are much more
grave and serious than we have hitherto
thought, and their cure is dependent upon
the complete cooperation of the afflicted
one Unless the cause of the condition
which is almost invariably over-exertion
of the affected muscle groups-can be re-
moved, the outlook is decidedly unprom-
ising. There is one worse thing than
having typewriters' cramp, and that is
obstinately to disregard the fact that one
has it.
Evening star., 1915-12-26

NTOW it is Martin Wise and wife on
whom you fix your gaze; they've
lived long and useful life, that had
no futile days. His years count up to
seventy-three, and hers threescore and
ten; and they should live, their friends
agree, as many years again.
Horse-radish is condiment that beats
the chemists best; it has rich, hair
lifting scent, it's loaded down with zest.
The Wises CRATE and bottle it, and sell it
in their town, and it's so pure and strong
and fit, it has wide renown. Five thou
sand bottles of their sauce in season they
have sold, and rivals were total loss
and found the peddling cold.
Two years ago said Martin Wise, dts
time we had home; to which the faith
full wife replies, "No bats are in your
dome.'
He once had learned the mason's trade,
in golden bygone years; and he had acted
Evening star., 1915-12-26

"YPEWRITERS' cramp-as well as
writer's. telegraphers', dancers, or
panists' palsy-is caused by over
stimulation of certain cells in definitely
localized areas of the brain.
The first effect of this stimulation is to
produce a swelling of the nerve or brain
cells, by the absorption of the nutritive
material in which the cells are bathed.
However, as they become more and more
fatigued by long-continued stimulation,
the cells shrink, their centers or nuclei
become displaced, and finally they become
disorganized, and death of the cell ensues.
The chemical results of these changes
have been experimentally studied in ami
mails. These Investigations show that
normal protoplasm--m material of which the
cells are composed-is transformed from
phosphorus-loaded fat into neutral fat
fat devoid of phosphorus.
That is what happens when typist, a
pianist, or clerk persists in over-stimu-
lating those areas in the brain that order
the fingers to write or play. If the will
does not let up on these orders to the
muscles concerned in writing or playing
long enough for them to secure rest and
recuperation from their over-stimulation,
we have a case of palsy on our hands.
with the same degeneration of motor
nerve matter which ultimately results in
a total atrophy (or shrinking) of the
nerves and muscles that they supply
When to Ask for Vacation
WITH these facts in mind, it is needless
to say that Occupation cramps are
most serious disorders. Persistence in
using the muscles concerned, after the
symptoms of nerve-strain are manifest, is
an open invitation to a breakdown.
When the fingers or arms feel stiff,
Evening star., 1915-12-26
A House that Horse-Radish Bui1t
By WALT MASON

Here's a story of pluck and achieve
ment that is Worthy Of Walt Mason's
best. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Wise ,Uere
orer seventy years old betore they began
to build their house. The money to pay
for the materials they earned by rails
ing hOrse-radish: and euery board ,uas
put in place, euery nail driven, BY their
0iUn hands. Send us in some more stories
of Worth-while people and Wall Mason
will make them as famous as Long
fello,u made the late Miss Epangeline.
as an aide to skilful carpenters. "We'll
build this residence ourselves" the daunt-
less couple swore, "from cornice to the
pantry shelves, from porch to kitchen
door,"
They labored in the burning sun, they
toiled there side by side, until their
mighty task was done and they could
point with pride. AS first assistant. Mrs
Wise did stunts that might have strained
husky man of twice her size; but never
she complained. She did the lathing all
alone, and did it mighty well, while Mar
tin, man of Drawn and bone, nailed
shingles for a spell. And when not at
these heavy tasks, horse-radish she would
CRATE, and put it up in handsome TASKS,
and help to pay the freight. Their radish
brought in all the kale that helped make
good their dream; it paid for every lath
and nail, for every joist and beam. 1t
paid for every bed and quilt, the stove
that bakes the pies; it is "The House
that Radish Built" to which you glue
your eyes.
They're watching, from their fig-tree,
now, the years scoot down the track;
let's hope that Martin Wise and Frau
may long enjoy their shack.
Evening star., 1915-12-26
II Dread the End of
the Year,

friend to us recently; sit makes me realize
Il am growing Old
That suggests questions When is man old?
In Shakespeares time man was old at forty,
and often, because of the gay life, invaided long
before that. ~
Sir Walter Scott at fifty five bemoaned the fact
that he an old man.
Montaigne retired to his castle at thirty eight to
spend his declining years in peace and study.
DIR. Samuel johnson remarked that at
thirty had reached his peak, and after
that his course must be downward
Psychologists tell us that in all mammals except
the period of life is five times the period of
growth. A dog gets it's full growth in two years.
and lives ten; a horse in five years, and lives
twenty-five. On this basis man should live from
one hundred to hundred and fifty years
Why were these three men-Scott, Montaigne,
and Johnson-od while they were still compara-
lively young?
The answer is, because they felt old and acted
old
William James, the great psychologist. said tlrat
most men are "od foges at twenty-fve.
He was right. Most men at twenty-five are salts
fed with their jobs. They have accumulated the
little stock of prejudces that they call their prin-
ciples," and closed their minds to all new ideas:
they have ceased to grow.
The minute man ceases to grow,-no matter
what his years,-that minute he begins to be old.
On the other hand, the really great man never
grows old
Bismarck, who died at eighty three, did his
greatest work after he seventy.
Titan, the celebrated painter, lived to be ninety
nine, painting right up to the end.
Goethe died at eighty-three, and finished his
Faust" only few years earlier; Gladstone took
up new language when he was seventy; Com
modore Vanderbilt increased the mileage of his lines
from 100 to more than 10000 between his seven
tieth birthday and his death at eighty-three.
Laplace, the astronomer, still at work when
death caught up with him at seventy eight He
died crying, What we know is nothing what we
do not know is immense
And there you have the real answer to the ques-
tion When is a man old?
Laplace at seventy-eight died young He was
still unsatisfed, still growing, still that he had
lot to learn.
AS long man can keep himself in that attitude
of mind, as long he can look back every year
and say, 81 grew. he is still young.
The minute he ceases to grow, the day he says
to himself, Il know all that need to know"-that
day youth stops He may be twenty-five or sew
ty-fve, it makes difference. On that day he
begins to be Old
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-20
THE MOB GOVERNOR.

When Governor Slaton of Georgia had before
him the application of Leo. Frank for commute
ton of his sentence death to life Imprisonment
Governor Hunt of those who attempted to
influence his calm judgment by sending him i'm
ploring telegram, asking that Franks sentence be
committed. Hunt may have thought there some
bond sympathy between him and slaton. but there
was not. The relative part that Hunt is playing
has been playing with the state penitentiary
system and the laws of the state is that of the Geor
gia mob which sought to impress it's wishes upon
the that tried Frank by surrounding the court
house and giving voice to its passions. In Arizona
rs in Georgia there have been but two sides of the
question law enforcement, the conscientious Off
cial ard the unrestrained mob-the and the
lawless. 1t can certainly not be claimed that Hunt
has lent his efforts enforcing the law and in this
lack he stands with the Georgia mob.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-20
Hid Gold In Garden

Oakland, Cal.-Arising from a bed
where he was soon to take his last
sleep, Frank Finn, seventy-two, a con-
tractor, walked unsteadi1y into the
yard at the rear of his home a few
days ago, took shovel and dug in the
soft earth. He uncovered three cans,
took them back into the house with
him, covered them over in the bed
and then, himself, climbed back into
bed. Five minutes later he was dead.
In each of the three cans was $500 in
gold and silver. The aged man had
never told of the hidden wealth.