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The fool-killer., 1915-06-01
A CAT WEDDING.

Well, i III De ndng Cdhcu IL uocS
simply get wusser and wusser.
For instance, / have just now
landed my lockers on a notable
newspaper yarn which relates In
glowing language the solemn be
throthal of two society cats. Yes,
dearly beloved, I mean real old
four-legged, fuzzy, squalling,.
scratching cats. Don't take my
word for it, ladies and gentle
men, but take good grip on your
nerves and read the following an
nouncement:
MRS. GEORGE b. BRAYTON
requests the honor of your presence
and that of your cat
at the Beetrothal Party of
The Quakeress and Don Dia, at
The Plaza Hotel, New York,
on May the 18th
Grand ballroom. Four o'clock.
The New York American goes
on and gives a long list Of New
York society bon-tons who took
an active part in getting up this
great cat wedding. They are
people who think themselves the
very top Of the pot away yander
too fine and good for common
folks to even look at-and yet
this is fair sample Of the /, sensi-
BILE and useful things they can do
to help the world along.
A cat wedding! Golly! Wonder
where [ could hire too good hands
to puke for me, either by the job
or by the day?
Just close your eyes and mag
inc that scene in the Plaza Hotel.
Here comes great drove Of the
burned artificial she-things, each
with an old cat hugged up to her
cork boosom. / see them in my
minds eye as they crowd up to
the place where two painted
wenches are holding the bride and
groom by their respective tails to
keep them from fighting, and I
can imagine how they took ON
over the surprising loveliness Of
the beautiful bride.
This article would not be COM
'plete without telling what the
bride had on, SO here she goes:
The bride wore a whingle-ty-
what Of real French wigglesnifht
over a de la durnsite Of fine, filmy
fuzzy cumfip; also an imported
ira la boom de aye dangle-ty-bob
set with $4,000 genuine rat-eyes
and held in place by hilojack-
robinson whatyoumacallit.
The wedding presents consist
ed Of seventeen bushels Of dead
rats, dishpan full of chicken
bones and a barrel of boarding.
house biscuits. That ought to be
enough for the darned things to
go to housekeeping on, and if
they live up to the reputation Of
their two-legged society neighbors
they won't more than eat up that
supply till divorce proceedings
will be in order.
Say, honey, don't you imagine
il must be ge-lorious to be a So
ciety cat?
The fool-killer., 1915-06-01
A sERON ON RADICALISM.
By E. j. Wilson.

these-here Excited States who
know and admit that a great many
things are ong-that our coun-
try is plum full Of grafters and
gamblers, sharks and shysters,
crimals and crooks, which being
interpreted, means the Big Busi-
ness element.
You know that with all our So
called laws, both man-made and
divine. these evils still flourish
like the proverbial green bay
tree. You know that neither of
the polical poppycock parties ever
made one single, SOLITARY move,
voluntarily, toward bettering con-
ditions for us poor devils (and
they've been. at it long enough to
accomplish something by this
time.)
You know that every little bit
of Legislation in our favor that hap
pens, by mistake, to get through
the House Of Hypocrits down at
Washington is handed to us on the
small end of long pole, and in
tiny doses so weak it wouldn t
physic newborn microbe.
But when some poor old sinner
comes along that's had his garret
swept and garnished and put in a
new thinkaphone, and suggests a
few simple little changes that
would tend to put a stop to all this
funny business, then you say he's
too darn radical. And you say it
as though it was about as bad
thing as man could be.
Now let's stop and figure out
what this radical" really is, any
way. Have we ever had any of
it before? Lemme see. Oh, well,
I'll just have to send you history
of the world, for that records a
few more instances where radical
measures were adopted by advan-
cling civilization than I've got
space to copy here.
But take for example that little
fracas our fore-daddies got into
over the Boston Tea Party'' af-
fair several years back. Some of
them old-timers were pretty darn
radical, I think, about breaking
away from England's tyranny,
but nevertheless it proved to be
another mighty important move
toward freedom, didn't it?
Take our own civil strife.
Didn't they employ decidedly rad
ical measures to determine wheth-
er we were going to keep up
those barbarous, out-of-date, old
world customs, or drag our hind
foot forward and continue to gain
more freedom for human beings
Such men as Adams, Jefferson,
Clay, Patrick Henry, Lincoln,
Wendell Philips-all were "radi-
icals' in their day, and all were
corner-stones in the foundation
upon which our country has rest
ed in the past. But if we want to
build some more we we got to have
some more good material
| So if you ever expect to enjoy
the highest form Of freedom pos
sible to organized society, for
| Gods s sake don't run around here
like big chunk Of mud and try to
clog up the wheels Of progress by
saying that advanced thinkers are
too radical" II you do you u
get in the way some Of these days
| and crot 1.11aa o1ror lilzo ac not
The fool-killer., 1915-06-01
The Devils Letter
TO THE SOLDIERS
Hades, May 25th, 1915.

the VdrlOuS ARMIES OF Europe: !:
My dear Patriots Il am glad
to see that you are still fighting
for your country. That's right.
Your country needs to be fit for,
and you are the fellows to do it.
This letter is addressed to the
patriotic soldiers Of all nations.
He'll, like the Benited States, is a
neutral country, and I'm trying
my devilish best to keep it So.
Woodpile Wilson and myself are
wise enough to see that it pays to
remain neutral. We are reaping
a rich harvest from this war. The
Benited States gets the trade and
I get the victims.
And so, my dear patriotic SOL
diers, it is simply impossible for
me to have any favorite among
the nations now at war. I have
no desire to see any one Of them
win over the others. It is fight
ing, and not victories, that I want
to see.
It don't matter to me which
country you fight for. One is as
good as another-and possibly
better. Just so you fght-that s
all I'm after. Of course you will
naturally fight for the country
you happen to live it. You think
it's better than the others, and
maybe it is. Your bosses have
taught you that, and you have be-
lieved it. Good! Just keep right
on believing it. That's PA
TRIOTISM! That's the stuff
that gets in your blood and makes
you want to kill all the people on
earth except those who live in
your own nation. And the people
of those other nations want to
kill you. That's their PATRIOT
ISM, too. It works both ways,
you see. Patriotism is a great
thing. In it's operations through
out the earth in travels many diff
ferent roads, and every road leads
to hell. .. Ii
The emperors, kings and rul-
ers Of the earth are my obedient
servants, and they are looking
after my interests up there fully as
well as I could do it myself. They
have blindfolded you people and
are leading you like lambs to the
slaughter. And you trot right
along just like you had to-
It never enters your minds that
you outnumber your bosses more
than thousand to one. It never
occurs to you that you could all
agree to quit killing each other
and that the demons who are
pushing you into it couldn't help
themselves. But you amt got
sense enough to realize that fact
And I'm so glad you amt.
wouldn't be telling you all these
things if I had any idea you woulG
catch on. But you won't. NJ
danger of that. You are too
thoroughly blindfolded with tha-
stuff you call PATRIOTISM.
[ have just been going over my
accounts this week, and [ find tina
hell has been doing the rushinges
business since this patriotic wa
started that it ever has done in al
its history. Sometimes I get s.
enthusiastic about it that I jus
have to throw up my old hat ant
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-03-20

JOSEPH
/. G.. ADAMS
STEWART r. McSHEA
C. L. COLE
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LESSONS FROM
SAUL'S FAILURES
1 Samuel 4.1-s0-Mqrch 81.

1 Samuel H.I-40-Mdrch 81
Obedience Without Its Spirit Caused
SauI's Difficulties = The Kingdom,
Taken From Saul's Family, Given to
David, "a Mar After Gods Own
Heart"--SauI Profited Partially by
His Mistakes and Mas Blessed Ac-
cordingly-Lessons For Everybody.
Let us put on the drnor of tight. Rom. 1919.
80 HE army which accomplished
a the victory of our last Study
~ was d~isbanded; and subse-
quently King Saul had a
standing army of three thousand men.
One thousand of these were under
command of his son Jonathan. The
remainder constituted a royal guard,
Immediately under Saul's directions.
Apparently the land of Israel was COM
pletely dominated by the Philistines,
who here and there had garrisons.
The Israelites were poorly armed;
for the Philistines would not permit
them to have weapons of war, lest
they should rebel. Similarly, the Brit
fish prevent munitions of war from GO
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mans 12:1.
The Bible recognizes no division of
Gods people into clergy and laity.
This was a snare of the Adversary, In
troduced gradually in the third and
fourth centuries. The Bible teaching
is that all spirit-begotten children Of
God are members of the a~ntitypical
Royal Priesthood. all brethren, all III
thorized to preach Gods Word.
Craving a Second Chance.
Daily the Christian has repeated
chances of repentance of sin and of
making a fresh start. through the mer-
1t of Christ. King Saul had no such
experiences; he had only the arrange
ment common to all Jews-the typical
Atonement Day, atoning- for the ma
tion's sins for a whole year. Being
himself partly a type, King Saul was
necessarily dealt with along lines of
strict justice, and the kingdom declar-
ed forfeited by his family because of
his offering a sacrifice not authorized.
Our lesson proceeds to tell the story
Of how Jonathan and his armor-bea-er,
blessed of the Lord, were victorious
over their enemies.
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AioA SooS' DtSUUtUttHCt VI htHy
The PhilfStineS in Saul.
creased their army of occupation; and
the Israelites-unarmed, except with
agricultural implements, etc. = were
terrorized. Saul's army of three thou
sand dwindled to six hundred; yet
word reached him from the Prophet
Samuel to wait seven days for Sam
uel's arrival, apparently with the In
tention that the people should thor
oughly feel their impotence and cry
unto the Lord. King Saul waited
seven days, and then, seeing how his
army was dwindling and that Samuel
had not returned, on the seventh day
offered sacrifices without authority.
Just as he had finished the sacrifices,
the Prophet appeared, %reproved him
sharply, and told him that because of
his failure to obey fully, his family
should not be continued as the Lords
representatives in Israel. The king
~apologized, and explained that he
thought it necessary to do something
and did the only thing he could think
of. Very few kings or generals of to-
day would do any nearer the Lords
will than did King Saul. Very few
would have apologized to the Prophet.
If King Saul had been given further
opportunities, he might gradually have
learned implicit obedience to God; and
yet our next lesson shows that he
again failed along the anne lines. 1t
requires many experiences to teach
ONE of us complete reliance on the
Lord and full obedience to His every
requirement. Perhaps the Lord wish
ed to teach that any king sitting upon
the typical Throne of the Lord must
be implicitly obedient, not merely to
the letter of the Divine command, but
to its spirit: for Israel's kings to a
considerable extent foreshadowed the
Messianic Kingdom. Those who will
be Messiah's joint-heirs must not only
be outwardly obedient, but inwardly
obedient to the spirit of Gods Law.
Only Priests Might Sacrifice.
King Saul's sacrifice of burnt Offer
ings to the Lord was condemned as a
sin, because God had made a specific
law to the effect that only priests
might sacrifice. The priestly tribe
typically represented the Church-fully
consecrated TO God and accepted by
Him. These the Apostle styles the
antiques, not only of Israel's kings,
but also of I~srael's priests. st. Peter
says of the Church in general, and not
of The clergy in particular, Y are a
Royal Priesthood."-1 Peter 90.
Al Cab. aa,e1aratnI nannla M
prospective kings and sacrificing
priests. Unless these sanity Chris
tians sacrifice their present lives, they
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Will not get the
great reward of
joint-heirship with
Christ, the Chief
Priest of their pro-
fession. AS we read.
IF we suffer with
Him, we b a also
reign with Him;
and again, II be-
seech you, breth-
rem, present
your bodies a liv-
ing sacrifice" -
Timothy PIP; Ro-
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ing to India When
therefore Jonathan
wiped out a garri-
son of Philistines,
1t meant war. The
Hebrews trembled
at what might be
the results, just as
the people of India
would tremble at
what the British
might do In a SIM
liar "a co
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-03-20

ISAAC
CHARLES E. SCHROEDER
j. ESTELL A
M III. MASON. Jr.
WALTER J. BUZBY
w. E.
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RICHAR McALLISTER
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ers and directors of the Second National Bank, take pleas
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JOSEPH THOMPSON
M. d. YOUNGMAN
LEWIS A
JAMES T. BEW
E. v. CORSON
SILAS SHOEMAKER
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DIRECTORS

CARLTON
HEULINGS LIPPINCOTT
GEORGE p. ELDREDGE
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-08-27
HOGS ARE REGARDED
As Chief Disseminators of Foo. and
Mouth Disease.

The susceptibility OF swine to the
notand mouth disease. and the fail,
ure on the part of swine owners To
recognize lis symptoms, are giving the
Federal authorities no small amount OF
worry In. their cleaning up campaign.
sore mouth, a common Indication OF
the disease, is an ordinary sequence OF
hog cholera, and commissions on the feet
are frequent in swine which have been
shipped or driven. For these reasons
little attention IL paid by the owners OF
swine to these symptoms, and unless
the herd Is located within suspicious
territory, foot and mouth disease may
continue in q chronic form for con-
siderable length OF time before discov.
cry The danger, of course, lies In the
ability of these animals to riisscminate
the disease,
Since the first case 81 foot and mouth
disease found m a herd OF hogs in
Michigan. which later pcrmeated the
infection OF the Chicago Stock Yards
hogs more than any other animals have
been responsible for the spread OF the
disease a few months ago In the out
skirts OF Philadelphia. in district con.
tanning close TO 10000 swine kept in
small lots. several thousand were found
to be infected
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TAE DEADLY plE MACHINE

inc d"adli"st invention " uUt Tor
N"f hut peace not Tor the battlefield
hut l"r the bakery kitchen IL is .: ma
Ghlnc tnr making pies. Operated by n
foreman ana siN assistants Il viii pro-
nllF" l'Aoe pies per day Which is far
'"n!.hAhN. ,..... ... a."
tar ne u rom us {" deny the lure
o. Wen baked Pic. therein lies It's
snare. Just as It requires steady
."hrs" OF pies TO produce chronic In
digestion. $" It requires n steady
course OF mental moral aud physical
training 10 reform ~" eater. And
never does ne reach the point WHORE
ne can look unthoNeh upon q pie what
~ PIE The spirit may b" willing To
S'eri h'e, bnt nevertheless the palate
u" tiers PAINFULLY such ts habit
q. \ ihtGhln"s cApAhlr ~ producing L.
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TURNING TO OLD REMEDIES.

Diet. pure food. pure air and less
worry constitute the favoritc prescrIp.
ton OF doctors in this progressive day.
says l,eslies. And We are having n
revival Of the old fashioned remedies
OF our mothers and grandmother. who
depend upon natures herbs for most
OF their medicines Never before has
there been such demand for penny.
royal peppermint, wintcrGreen, gold
thread and other simple remedies ~ tho
old days, and all OF these enter into
numerous popular medfcamcnts. Now
comes the discovery that by a careful
refining Of crude oil. tAstelcsa. color
less product can he evolved that viii
act ms an Internal lubricant Tor the hu
man system. This was "a Russian med
ical discovery and the oil received the
name Of Russian oii' Il was obtain.
ing worldwide fame when the war
broke out ana iuterfrrcd with our nor
cisn trade. American ingenuity, met tho
demands ~ the emergency and repInc4
ed Russian oil with ii product from the
laboratories ~ orr own chemirts So
with natures distiIlation. Providence
administers It's heating remedies td sur,
fcring mankind and leaves less for the
doctors to do. ,'..-
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covcry' and four or five boxes OF Lotion
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was well and weighed 1853 pounds, y
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-08-27
NEAR DEATH
BY SMOTHERING
But Husband, With Aid Of Cardui,
Effects Her Deiiverance.

Draper, N C.-Mrs. Helen Dalton, oil
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II did me more good than all the medi-
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SUNDAY.

The American Government will give
Germany an opportunity to explain the
sinking OF the Arabic before determin-
ing the action to be taken, Ambassador
Gerard will be instructed 10 obtain the
Imperial Governments version of. the
AFFAIR In the meantime the United
States is getting together the evidence
as 20 the sinking Of the steamer in
which thirty-nine lost their lives, at
least two Of whom were Americans, It
is claimed that discrepancies appear in
the statements of some of the surviv-
Ors. ..- &c., 49,. ...s r"..'. d.
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uted to form a guard for the villages in
the Brownsville territory. Texas Rang
ers and citizens posses then could pa
troll the Mesquite overgrown sections
about the towns ~
No information has come that Car
rama or villa soldiers are figuring In
the disturbances
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NEWS OF GENERAL
INTEREST FROM THE
WORLD AT LARGE.
THURSDAY.

Additional victories for the Teutonic
Allies on Russian soil have led to the
fear in London that Grand Duke
Nicholas will not be able to make
successful stand on the Brest Litovsk
line and that a retirement of the Rus
sian armies further into the interior of
Russia will be, necessary. Koyno has
fallen before the giant shells of Ger
man seige guns and preparations are
being made for the evacuation of the
fortresses of wilma and Bialystok.
The Allies claim of an advance of
500 yards on the GalIipoli peninsula is
contested by the Turks, who contend
that all the efforts of their antagonists
have been in vain. % r.. s..-.
German submarines have sunk five
more vessels, some of them flying neu-
trail flags, while Zeppelins have made
another raid on Eastern England which
resulted in the death of ten civilians
and the injury of thirty-six others. -..
The Austrian fleet has again bonn.
barded the Island of Pelagosa, in the
Adriatic, Rome says the fire of the
Austrians killed four Italian soldiers
ana wounded three others.
Georgia's Governor will confer with
the Board OF Prison Commissioners of
that State to-day with view to get
ting more light on circumstances sur
rounding the abduction and lynching
of Leo NJ. Frank. He says within a
few days he will offer a reward for the
arrest of the guilty in connection with
the crime. U.s.. IT,.
The American Defense Society has
decided to establish a military exhibit
in every city, town and village in the ]
United States for the purpose OF Great
ing public support for congressional &C
ton for IAN adequate army and navy"
Gen. Villa, in a reply to the Pan
American appeal for a peace confer |
ence, accepts the offer Of the conferees
to aid in restoring the Government OF |
Mexico. Gen. Carranza's reply is in |
course of preparation.
A pessimistic view OF the outlook for
peace in Europe was given President
Wilson by Miss Emily Balch, OF Bos-
ton. who visited European officials as
a representative of the Womens Peace
Conference. .".. .. ." ..