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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-11

the great trotting mare who has al
ready made 2:OS1s during the early
part OF this season. Joe ii. has "won
his spurs" on the fastest half mile
tracks in Ohio and Michigan, and Bon
ME Boy likewise has proved his class
on the grand circuit.
The track events will include two
colt tryouts for two and three year old
lrotters with Il purse of $500 each.
These features are rendered doubly in
terestlng from the fact that there is
always Il possibility of developing an
other worlds wonder like Ettawah,
who made his first appearance as
two-year-old ON the Kentucky State
Fair track and who has since proved
to be the fastest trotter In existence
today.
The rules of the National Trotting
Association govern the Kentucky State
Fair track events. X. j. Basset of
Leitchfield is the member in charge of
the Speed Department. and @. X. Van
Meter Of Lebanon is the Superintend-
ent.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-11

4 LTHOUGH the feminist move
~ ment is daily and more and
more universally demonstrate
ing the fact that women are
qualified to engage in any pursuit, call
Ing or occupation heretofore individual
to man, 1t is not to be inferred that
the arts, handicrafts and handiwOrks
heretofore associated solely with the
gentler sex are to be neglected. Rather
are they to be fostered in accordance
with the views Of representative wO-
men OF the state, and in furtherance
Of this design a Woman's shop has
been instituted as feature Of the
plans for the Kentucky State Fair. to
be held in Louisville Sept. 1918.
This shop will be located I'm the Wo.
mans building on the Fair grounds,
but will not be auxiliary to the com
petitive exhibitions of the Women's
Department. Rather, the shop is de-
signed as salesrOOm or clearing
house" for every variety of useful and
beautiful article made by wOmankind,
and such products as embroideries, bed
spreads, rugs, table covers, pottery, Jew
elry, lamp shades. household or garden
furniture, baskets, draperies, etc, may
be entered free of charge in this shop
and ticketed at the owners valuation
for possible sale which will be with
out any commission charge to Fair
management or members in charge
Articles entered for sale in the Wo-
mans Shop are not eligible for compe-
ttion in the catalogued classes. Arti-
Giles must be sent at the owners risk
and will be carefully cared for and re
turned if unsoId at the close OF Fair
week.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-11
Poultry Parasites.

You keep the chicken house clean to
keep the parasites off the chickens.
You spray to kill germs-but what do
you do to get the germs and parasites
inside the chicken. Hens especially
show it at moulting time and during
the winter. How can you expect them
to layP Free them of all Internal para
sites by feeding them B. A. Thomas
Poultry Powder occasionally. II it
doesn't make your hens happy, we will
return your money. For sale at Wed
ding's Drug Store, Cloverport. Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-11

EUOme 10 ndr0|nSDurg!
We have the largest graded school in the county.
We have the County High School, nine months
We have the largest Catholic parochial school in this
section.
We plentifuly supplied with churches.
We have electric lights and will have works in the
near future.
We have up-to-date moving picture house.
We have NO saloons blind tigers.
We have much good health that doctors can
hardly make both ends meet
We have plenty and good homes and bunch of
beautifully located lots which you can also have
good hOmes address real Mr.. c. L. Beard, n
regard to the os)
In fact if there anything that have got that is
needed to make this the delightful place in the
world to live just and help by becoming
of us and we will get it,
good, plain, common community in which to
raise your children spend the afternoon oflfe
COMMERCIAL Club
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-11
lax.a.Man

For constipation, biliousness, indi-
gestion, stomach and liver troubles.
Harmless. II not better than calomel
salts, or any laxative you have eyer
used, we paw the money back quick.
Sold by Weddings Drug Store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-11
KIRK ITEMS.

Save money by buying your coal in
August. Heston-W hitworth & Co,
Hardinsburg
Declaration of war has no effect on
coal Heston-W hitworth & Co.,
Hardinsburg.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-11
NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM GARFIELD
Many People Returning Home
From Vacations Annual
Meeting to be Held at Lost
Run.
Mr.. TONY PENICK DIES.

Miss Tillie Paul, of Bewleyville, is
expected TO spend the week with Mrs.
frankie Smith.
Quite a crowd from here attended
services at Freedom Sunday. There
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-11
ChilIs, Fever and Malaria

Cured by taking Mendenhall's Chill |
Tonic, the greatest substitute for quiz
nine. Tastes good and children love to
take it. Sold and guaranteed by We'd
ding's Drug Store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-11

bers, and where the question Of sub
stitution arises the board will consider
first the pig club boys in the counties
that have corn clubs organized. Where
there are no corn clubs or pig clubs
organized the board reserves the right
to appoint substitutes from other coun-
ties.
Il. G. Nelson of Hopkinsville. KY, is
state agent for the Boys Corn Clubs,
and Otis kercher of Lexington, KY, is
state agent For the Boys Pig Clubs,
and boys desiring to enter either or
both of these clubs should immediate
ly notify the respective agents at the
above addresses, and upon receipt Of
their names all necessary instructions
and rulings will be forwarded them.
The purpose of the Farm Boys En-
campment at the State Fair is to ex-
tend the educational advantages of the
Fair through the farming districts of
the entire state, and the results grow
ing from the three former encamp-
ments have been highly encouraging.
During the week of their stay here the
boys are guests of the Fair and in
their tented city" on the grounds are
provided with every comfort as well
as entertained by the wonders of the
celebration. The judging contests to
which they are eligible are of meal
culable educational advantage. and the
delegates are also taken on sightseeing
excursions to the manufactures and
show places of the city of Louisville.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-11

Nhb FdIH bOyS I|HCdlhplhVht
one of the most important as
well as picturesque features of
the Kentucky State Fair, an
nually brings to this agricultural and
live stock celebration juvenile repre-
sentative from the 12O counties of the
state.
To the boy standing sponsor for his
home section the trip is an epoch and
the honor much coveted and striven
for. Heretofore the eligible boys were
selected from farm boys between the
ages of fifteen and eighteen years and
through written competitive examina-
tons submitted to a committee COM
posed of q member of the State Board
Of Agriculture and of the faculty Of
the Agricultural College.
This year new ruling requires that
the boy competing for the trip and
consequent honors and pleasures must
be a member of either the Boys Corn
Club or the Boys Pig Club of his
county and must each grow one acre
Of corn or raise one pig as mini
mum effort and must keep a daily
record of the cost and other data.
Boys eligible to this contest must be
between the ages of ten and eighteen
years, and no boy having attended an
encampment in prior years will be con
sidered.
No county will be permitted to enter
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
John H. Eddy Passes
10 His Eternal Home

The death of John H. Eddy, young
est son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Il
Eddy, which occurred last Saturday
morning. cast gloom over the young
er element of the city and aroused
the sympathy Of the entire commun.
ity for the grief-stricken parents. II
was the first loss OF this character
to befafl the family In many years.
The funeral was heldSMonday after.
noon from the Congregational church
Rev. G. u. Christiansonl conducting
the same. under the charge OF the
Loyal Order Of Moose, OF: which the
departed brother was a member. The
remains yer taken to Marengo, ELL.
the old family home, Tor interment
the afflicted parents, together with q
sister Hazel, accompanying them to
the last resting place.
Besides the parents, the surviving
members OF the family are two sis
tiers, Mrs. Claude Tanney and Mrs
Walter S~chliesmann, and a brother
Louis, residing in California.
John n. Eddy was born In Water,
town about tWenty-one years ago.
He received his schooling here. From,
early childhood he had shown .
marked disposition to master what
ever he undertook While still la HE
teens he applied himself assiduously
to work, with the result that he was
never out of d job, to use a. common
expression-Tneyer out of d job be-
cause IL was known that John Eddy
was Industrious, faithful, energetic,
kind and considerate.
While employed by the electric
firm of Pritchard & Sours. a little
before Christmas, he was stricken
with typhoid pneumonia, which grad.
ually absorbed his vitality until the
end came as stated.
That he raj held In high esteem Is
evidenced from the many floral offer.
ings which s~urmonnted the casket as
tributes from boyhood and young
manhood friends.
The loss win be felt BY the com.
munity as well as by the family, fol
the community had learned to value
the character OF such young men who
bid fair to maketheir mark in com
munity affairs. His memory will Ions
be- revered by those who knew him
best, and the members or the grief
stricken family have the heartfelt
sympathy Of 4 large circle Of friends.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

good health Dorothy, the elder a.
the two girissis now about "a, while
the younger Mary Is about 10. The
family has been residing atAberdeen
for several years past, having re.
moved thither from ST Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. "A. n. Lynner. former
Nv OF Fargo. N. ID, have come to
Watertown to make their home. They
have a suite of rooms-No. 22-26-
in the Foley block where they are
becoming nicely settled. Mr.. Lynner
Is the state representative of the Ma
tional Casualty Co.. and after he fin
sshes appointing agents and estabi
fishing sub-agencies In this vicinity
he will secure Office quarters in one
of the BUSINESS blocks, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lynner are young married people,
having been united in marriage only
last summer. They will be welcomed
into the social and business circles
of Watertown, and it is hoped that
they will find their residence here
congenial in every way.
Miss Mabel Grinols, the efficient
hookkeeper in the Watertown Print,
Ing and Binding company's Office, Ii
still confined to her home on accounf
of sickness. She hopes to be at her
station again. however, some time
next week, according to the report
of her physician. It has been prac-
tically impossible to- secure the as
~sistarice of any one who has an un.
[derstanding of the Bookkeeping sys.
tenn in the Office, so that the Office
work is away behind the times. Mrs.
&c. b. CoggshalI, however, who was
formerly connected with this estab-
iishment, has kindly consented to
render such assistance as she has
time to devote to it until Miss Grinols
is able to resume her duties,
Louis Ries, who is the pressman ID
the Saturday News office, was called
to Florence last week, after this pa,
per had gone to press, to assist Mrs
Cole in getting out the Forum. Mr.
Cole was away, and when 1t came to
feeding the press Mrs. Cole didn't
feel equal to the occasion. Betwixt
and between EN- they sent the Forum
forth OF its mission only a day late
The numerous friends of Mrs. G. X
Snyder will be glad to learn that she
is improving at the home Of her sis
ter, Mrs. Bookstayer, at st. Paul
Mrs. Snyder was compelled to under
go an operation for appendicitis while
away, and she passed through the or
deal very bravely.
Al pretty wedding took place sun.
day afternoon in Lincoln, Neb., when
Ray Mitchell, a Waterfowl boy, and
Miss Ethel Donnelly OF Lincoln were
united in marriage. Only immediate
friends and relatives of the bride and
a sister of the groom, Miss Jessie
Mifcheyy of this city, were present a,
the ceremony. The bride is one oil
MncoIn's accomplished young womer
and is highly esteemed BY her many
friends. The groom IS the eldest sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. ii E. Mitchell of this
city and lis widely known In this vi
entity. Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell arriy
ed In Watertpwn Tuesday after :
short wedding trip and WILL make
their home near Summit Theil
many friends extend wishes of hap
by and future.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
Crude Petrolaum.

Roumania holds the honor for the
earliest production Of crude petroleum.
having put IT on the market In 1851.
Two years later the United States pro-
duced Its FIRST petroleum, 1000 gallons.
Italy was q producer the following
year, and Canada. within twelve
months, entered the Geld. Russia
quickly followed, and for years these
countries were the sole producers. Rus
sin IS now second only to this country.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
~ n oucks.

Owing to an editorial insthe August
Leader 0f january 26, feet that n
must digress To clear fheway for
future discussion.
The editorial divides the grain ex-
change system into four parts. nam
Ing the fourth (option trading lin
surance c0ntract8s and refsra
sans as follows: III IA the mfsf0rs2
time of this fourth department that
iii Isl 30 little understood. III is the
department that is the center OF at
tack, not by intelligence, but rather
by d restless ignorance cloaked IN
the false gufse OF reform That.
paragraph surprised me. 1t did not
breathe the spirit, or express the
! style Of the genial Charley Dag, who
lis one Of the fairest writer's lii the
state. It lis the sentiment of arro-
giant private monopoly, clothed inthe
familiar style of Mr.. McHugh. the
secretary OF the Minneapolis Cham
Der OF Commerce. It reminded me
|of his address dit the state Grain
Dealers association ut Sioux Fallsss
where He refused to argue, discrsEi
or answer questions.
/ am sure that the editor does not
think that I am much below the av*
srage in intelligence MOI VIII he
assert that the thinks I'M signor-
Int concerning the economic prob
LENS affecting agriculture, and I am
very sure that 1T cannot be said that
] have eyer "cIoaked my views under
ID false guise OF reform, during the
29 years / have been, In reason and
out. pointing out that the grain AZ
changes and their subsidiaries, were
not lii their inception, organization
Tor operation intended I'd aid the
farmer, but instead to exploit him
for their " profits.
On my way to WATERFOWL to file on
my homestead In 1888 ( overheard a
conversation that made strong i'm.
lpression on me. a. young man, an
amploye Of d line elevator company,
was telling q friend his trouble. He
WIS short Hi mis- coal weight and his
employers insisted on his making
good.
He said that he was away ahead
Lon his wheat weights and thought
that should balance his account, but
they insisted that the gain In wheat
was theirs and the loss on coal his,
and to avoid prosecution, his widow
ed mother, to save her boy had to
give mortgage on the homestead.
Later learned that the rule was
q general one. and as a business man
iit seemed to me unfair, and had
tendency to influence the manager
for self protection, to- undersweight
wheat, and oversweigh coal, neither
q which was IN the interest Of the
farmer. M
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
Hawaii,. Crater Laka.

Waiapele. Or Green lake, on the is.
land OF Hawaii, is 4 body Of fresh wa
ter Ia the pit Of an old crater near
Kapoho. This lake covers an area OF
about ave acres and ID fed BY springs
below the surface. a pumping plant
takes water from this lake for domes-
tic use and for irrigation purposes.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
CARD oF THANKe.

We take this means of extending
our thanks to the numerous friends
whose assistance and friendship were
so manifest during the ordeal which
lcnln1inated in taking from ua our
beloved husband, father and brother.
Mrs. q. j Wensing.
Mrs. Lueb.
Wensing and family
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
Cynical wit,

Less brains are required TO say hrta
liant bitter words about people than to.
say brilliant kind words. The cynic's
wit is easiest and cheapest
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
!JO PAY a LuMHER afLL

mere sis never source nf annoyance.
For n u frst place TIE lumber Ne
have snppIied viii haze proven en-!
tirely satisfactory and II the nexs
place pur prices are never highsf
than those of ordinary 1umber-often
lover a TACT Put us ID the test
next time,
MELHAM BRo8 LBR Cd.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
Aifbi for tba H4rbs

aNorah, your coffee tastes dread-
fully or chicory
Chicory8 Isl it2 Bless ne. iz The
eggs ye taste I settled #
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
WhaIes.

The whale is not a fsh. Ia every
thing which characterizes d true fish
and separates IT from other classes, az
reptiles, birds and mammals, the
whale resembles the last named cine
mammals) and differs radically and
fundamentally from the fsh.-New
York American.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

enough u mAu TO Gig III, was
called d sap, the digger asapper. and
the end of the ditch toward the enemy
was the saphead AZ the leading sap
per dug forward he protected himself
and the saphead In various ways, usra-
ally by pushinga screen ahead Of him.
This screen was OF various forms, d
bag OF sandor a sheet OF metal fns
ciined 70 defiect arrows or gun shots.
When the saphead had reached the
desired point the ditch would be wild
ened. the excayated earth forming n
parapet on each side, and the gun
would be brought 81 close 10 the VAN
that they could not be reached by guns
mounted ON the wall, for tn the times
In which these conditions prevailed
walls were nigh and cannon crude and
they could not be suiiciently depressed
to reach an enemy at the foot of the;
wall.
Sapptng was usually done BY peas
ants impressed or hired for that sery.
ice. because soldiers Iii the armies of
the middle ages were more sktllfni
with weapons than with tools and the
work OF digging trenches was beneath
their dignity. while 1t also savored OF
q Discrimination 10 close with the enc
my, even though that enemy was be-
hind stone walls with cannon-canncn
AT which d armed with modern
weapons would smile. d which il
their day were weapons Of great erect;
vauban. the great military engineer,
refined snppfng ana brought II into 81
system by which d fortified place
could bs approached, reached, mined
and preached.
These saps after awhile were dug tn
d number Of ways. Many forms III the
approach trench were devised. On
covered trenches were cut forward, de-
flected at right angles and then cut
forward to be again DETECTED further
along, each OF these defaecfions from
the straight course of the trench FORM
Ing q transverse for the protection OK
the trench. Some trenches were roof.
ed In with timber and earth as they
were cut forward, thus forming d
bombpro0f covered way. Some saps
we're cut or dug ia the fashion or d
tunnel. the surface Of the earth not
being disturbed at oil. Double saps Of
numerous parallel saps were dug cloae
up to the position to be attacked.
Mining of castle and CITY walls 81
city gates is as old as the use 81 gun.
powder iii war, and .underminingT Of
tryo liz, pxpN x~r nAg~.a ~ARLAA&--l
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

He-You have had a week now to-
think over my proposal of marriage.
She-Yes; and the more I think Of It
the less / think Of it-Boston Tran.
script. 4
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

The void y beautifnl book, but q
lltfse ne I hin who cannot read ik-.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

Our checker players have received
a challenge to play q Pipestone
(Minn.l team either atathat place or
at WatertoWn. Our boys would like
very much to accept the challenge,
but they r saving up their ammuni-
tion for defense against the nearer
enemies.-South Shore Republican.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

The street commissioner has been
operating the street grader on the
main business streets this week, re-
tn accumulated SHOWS from
along the cutters and sidewalks.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

Hubert Deblon, of Hamlin township,
says the C~astlewood Republican, went
up to WatertowR Wednesday for a
visit with relatives and friends and
to look after some business affairs.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-08
DlsAvoWs ARABIC SINKING
Germany 10 Prepared to Pay Indemnity
For Loss of American Lives.
Washington Gratified.

Washington.-Germany has acceded
to the American demands for settle
ment Of the Arabic case. The imperial
government, through It's ambassador,
Count Won Bernstorff. disavows the
sinking Of the vessel, announces that
it has so notified the submarine COM
mander who made the attack, express
es regret for the loss Of American
lives and agrees to pay an indemnit,
to the families Of Americans lost.
Official Washington was both graft
fled and relieved by the diplomatic
victory. The communication delivered
to Secretary Lansing by the ambassa'
dor, pursuant to general instructions
from his government, spread absolute
confidence that there would be no more
submarine controversies between the
United tSates and Germany, for the
document reveals that stringent orders
have been given to submarine com
manders to prevent a recurrence Of
such incidents as the Arabic.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-08
TURK ATROCITIES TERRIBLE
American Commission Reports That
Than Anything for Centuries.

New York.-Documentary evidence
OF atrocities inflicted by the Turks on
the Armentians has been made public
by the committee formed by Charles
r. Crane, Cleveland H. Dodge and
others to investigate the facts of the
Armenian massacres to aid sufferers.
The committee states that the evil
dence was collected from sources that
are unquestioned as to the veracity
and authority of the writer's, but that
for obvious reasons their names can
not be given and in most names
of towns and cities must be concealed.
Quotations are given in the :,m-
mittee's report from "a sources, some
Of which describe in detail instances
where Armenians have been put to
death, women violated and children
slaughtered, of robbery, torture and
death by starvation. and OF terrible
privations endured In long marches -
the desert regions to which the Ar
menians have been exiled-crimes de-
scribed by the committee a1sAn-pass
ing Sin their horror and cruelty any
thing that history has recorded dur
ing the past thousand years."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-08
TURKS. wAeING HOLY WAR
IL the Aim Of Ottoman Subjects.
Missionaries Are Fleeing.

New York.-The Turks and Kurds
are waging q holy war Of extermina-
ton on the Armenians, according to 1e
members of the American board of for
eign missions, who arrived from Van.
Turkey, on the Swedish steamer Hell
Zig Olav.
Ernest Yarrow, one Of the mission
aries, told how the Armenian popula-
ton of Van, numbering 1.500, held out
against 5000 Kurds and a Turkish
company, commanded by q German Of
ficer, from April 20 to May II. when
Russians arrived and relieved the
town.
Mr.. Yarrow said many Armenians
were suffering from typhus and other
diseases and when he left conditions
almost everywhere In Armenia were
terrible. Half Of the missionaries were
taken i'll during the siege and six died.
According to Mr.. Yarrow, many OF
the atrocities practiced by the Kurds
on the Armenians were indescribable.
He confirmed all OF the reports Of out
RACES which have reached the United
States and said only a portion Of thu
real story had been told.