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The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

At the rate of $1,000 an hour, we are
showing some speed-but we never "git
no whar."
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21
ATTENTION.!

The stanleyites claim AEaason
county by a 65 per cent vote.
Dry men, to the roads and
bushes. This county is dry in
sentiment. Let's not allow it to
go wet on the vote.
Work, hard work will carry it
dry.
The tax question will take care
of itself.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

The German answer to our note has
been delivered and it is not satisfactory
to England and France.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

Last year the city paid 81, 531 90 for
health department. Wonder where
they kept it?
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

At his home in Cincinnati Monday
morning al $50. Mr. William Ferrill Of
acute Indigestion. He.was for time
an employee of the Indian refining Co i.
of this place His Two sisters, Mrs. Joe
Arnold and Mrs. JAS. Turner. of this
city went TO his bedside,at once, to both
of whom the sympathy of friends is ex-
rended
We ere not advised as to what fun
eral arrangements have been made.-
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

It's dollars to doughnuts that you will
forget to hand us Our Dollar" when
you come TO town. If
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

We are not in the war but our muni-
ton factories think they have about
got us in.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21
Sc If

Walter Q. Park, candidate for tn
Legislature is in favor of Statewide Pro-
,hibition but is in favor of submitting
the question to the people and let them
decide it. That's his kind of democracy.
Let the people rule % If
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

Monday August 2, is court day. Come
in and help Ut with your dollar. If
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21
Good Folks, Be Careful====DOn't
Throw Away Your Vote
Stray Steers.

Two steers got mixed with mine on
court day. One is yellow weighing
about 325 pounds. The other is red
one weighing about 500. Some black
paint marks on the necks. Phone G
four rings.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21
At TEN TON
De N CORA s!

The fight Saturday. August will be here when the
Democrats will their candidate for the LEGISLATURE
Every good Democrat with the pride and welfare of his party and
county heart should do all his by both and influence
help elect the best all round and the who will the
his party in November and in the years.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

Monday August 2. is court day. Come
in and help US with your dollar. If
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21
Marriages.

. William warson and Elizabeth Elan
merry on July Is.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21
MT. PLEAsANr.

DIR. McDongleis holding successful
meeting at Mt. Pleasant and to date has
had six additions. The meeting is char
acterized by IT'S intense earnestness.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21
Walter @. Park is the Man

WE DEMOCRATS CAN NOMINATE HIM. So let's see
that each Of that endthe good people of
the county are behind him.
There is doubt whatever that he is Madisonan
and OF the truest type.
, No special running him, so when
elected he will be obligated whatever, except to
best serve his people
3 He Christian gentleman and without the least en-
barassrnent whatever, can be supported by the best
and Christian people Of the county.
He the only candidate in the running on the
foundation and fundamental doctrine of Democracy
"a government Of for, and by the peope-and
believes that they should and settle the
much discussed liquor issue, they should all
other
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

Keep your money in circulation by
handing US that dollar you owe us. II
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

DR.. Telford preached an Interesting
sermon at The First Presbyterian Church
Sunday and urged the people TO wake up
to the issues Of the day on all moral.
questions.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

Tilden Parrish,
r. d. 1. near Richmond
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far to do much in the way Of food sup
pines. The surplus of the wheat crop
available last year was not large. This
year. however, Canada has big crop
which will be available for export. and
may help the allies keep down the price
OF wheat whether or not the Darda-
nelles are forced.
The human element in Canada's con-
tribution to the war Is of more interest
than her contributions of munitions and
foodstuns. though perhaps of no more
military Importance. 1t has been de-
scribed by Canadian Official as a hun
dred and fifty thousand loyal Canadians
on the battle line in Europe Not that
many actually have been transported
overseas. although the number which
Canada has sent across the water is not
far from one hundred thousand. The
remainder are being recruited, or are
under training.
A few weeks ago the announcement
was made that twelve Canadian battal-
England for final training, and were
to be regarded as reinforcements to be
called for service in France or Elan
ders.( as required. These battalions
minion and contained about fifteen
thousand foot soldiers.
The recruiting and the transportation
of the Canadian troops has been under
the direction of Gen. Sam Hughes as
minister of militia and defense. At the
outbreak of the war he was merely
Col. Sam Hughes, one of the most pic
turesque characters in the Dominion.
Col Hughes was fiery Orangeman OF
Toronto, always up to his neck in poll
tics of the most uncompromislng sort.
He was, of course, tory or conserva-
tive. In his political speeches he used
to say many unkind things of Ameri-
cans. whom he apparently could not
forgive for raising revolution against
a certain King George.
X X
When the Laurier government, after
a long continuance In power. was over
thrown and the conservatives came in.
Col. Hughes was given a place in the
cabinet formed by Sir Richard Borden.
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GEN. SAM HUGHES.
Minister of militia and defense.

called Yankees among the Canadian
troops. Some of them are in the Prin-
cess Patricia Regiment. This is the
body of troops named after the Prin-
cess Patricia. the popular daughter of
the Duke of Connaught. who was
named by the liberal government of
England as encouragement of Canada
to succeed Earl Grey.
The ultra-loyal section of Canadians
received the appointment of a member
of the royal family with extreme salts
faction, but very large section OF the
democratic Canadian people were not
naught, however, had done much to dis
arm this feeling before the war broke
out. Since then there has been no
question of his popularity.
Some of the Americans who Joined
the Princess Patricia, or the other
Canadian regiments, left the United
States for that purpose. They were
moved by spirit of adventure, and
doubtless also by sympathy with the
cause of the allies. Most of them had
no intention of FORGETTING their Ameri-
can citizenship by taking the oath of
allegiance to an alien sovereign The
United States statutes may cause them
an unpleasant surprise when they read
the law of 1907, which deprives them
of it,
The majority of the so-called Yam
KEGS in the Canadian regiments, how
ever, are Americans who had actually
settled in Canada and have become
Canadian citizens. Up to the outbreak
of the war it was possible for a for
eigner to become a Canadian citizen
without becoming British subject
outside of the Dominion. This has
been changed, and all Canadian citi-
zens may become British subjects wher-
ever they may be.
Some of the American recruits. while
full of loyalty for Canada. and ready
and anxious to do their full share of
fighting, are said to enlist with a mem
tai reservation that they are not fight
ing for royalty. They still have the
instilled American prejudice against
kings, but mental reservations of this
kind are not likely to affect their fight
ing efficiency. The praise which Gen.
Hughes gave them is deserved. They
form part of the direct contribution of
the United States TO Canada in it's war
measures just as does the financial aid
extended in the form of loans.
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The Dominion government also In
creased various internal revenue or
excise taxes and levied some new ones,
but the bulk of the revenues come
from the tariff duties. The Increased
tariff and excise duties are for the pur-
pose of meeting the current expenses
of the government. and are not specifi-
cauy for war purposes. Funds for
naval and military expenditures are
obtained through Dominion loans, such
as the short-term notes f1oated in the
United States. and through advances
from the imperial government, also in
the form of loans. Canada, therefore.
will be like all the belligerents in hav-
ing added materially to her national
debt when the war is over.
The stimulus given to Canadian in
dustrfes by the distribution Of orders
extends to every part of the Dominion
from Vancouver to Halifax. In this re-
spect, therefore, the Canadian indus
tries are on a level with the industries
in the United Kingdom.
Russia, as one of the allies, is one Of
the means of stimulating the Canadian
Industries. Funds advanced by Eng
land to the Russian government in the
form of a loan are employed partly in
obtaining munitions from Canadian
plants. One Canadian company secured
an order from Russia for shrapnel and
explosive shells which was said to
amount to ss0,ooo,0o0. This was appor-
toned among the various plants in the
Dominion. but they were not able to
meet it fully, and some of the plants
in the United States helped fill the order.
A further order for shrapnel and shells
to the amount of $50,000,O00 is now said
to be under negotiation
The Canadian steel mills are also
sharing in the Russian orders for steel
rails.
While the Dominion is thus contribut-
ing to the supply of war munitions for
the allies, she has not been able thus
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where some of the penniless guests can
work in order to earn nights lodg-
ing. Mr.. Bennett doesn't believe in
charity, except where it is absolutely
necessary in case of incapacitated men,
for he thinks it has a tendency to pau
perize entirely. Another room is
stocked with donated clothing. and
men who desire work. but whose rag
ged apparel will not help to land the
desired job, are fitted out.
And last comes the big chapel, or
meeting room, filled with rows of
chairs, where. through religious songs
and frank testimony of Jealous men
who have an honest desire to help
those who are in the same boat as they
had once been, the work of salvation is
completed.
The thirty-first anniversary of the
Central Union Mission will be cele-
brated the 18th of October One of the
interesting features of the occasion will
be the testimony of the man who was
the missions first convert.
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Gold Bearing Birds.

TT HERE may be seen at a museum In
Ottawa precious stones and mug
gets of gold found in the crops of Alas
kan birds. 1t appears that some birds.
especially the migrants, pick up occa-
sionally on their travels valuables OF
many kinds. Ducks and geese, particu-
larly are prone to gather gold mug
gets and carry them down out of the
north to spread before the hunters.
The surface gold bearing sands the
world over are constantly yielding =
small toll to birds.
1t is said that long before gold was
found in Alaska the Pacific coast gun
ners knew that there was placer gold in
the north, since every year geese and
ducks were killed in whose crops were
found nuggets of gold. Then. too
even the domestic birds in California
to this day reveal the presence of gold
in their scratching beds. as witness the
case of the geese on the farm near
Santa Barbara. A number of small
nuggets were found in the crops "f
SLAUGHTERED birds and investigation re-
vealed the fact that there was little
gold in the yard where the birds had
been kept.
Occasionally there is gem found in
the crop of a wild bird. Thus the wild
geese that fed on the mussels of the
ate pearls with their mussels, but the
hunters never found a valuable pearl in
their crops. The slugs (baroques) were
common enough to become the gossip
of hunters in the Mississippi basin.
1t is said that an oyster longer
working in the Choptank river. above
Md, brought up a bit OF
oyster rock that contained curious
find. The nucleus of the rock was q
round chunk of calcium precipitate.
When the oysters were shucked on
and the chunk broken there was found
therein a Spanish piece Of eight" The
longer never succeeded. however. in To-
eating the treasure" which he imme.
suspected lay In those waters.
In Florida waters a large crab was
caught by fisherman. The crab seized
what 1t could of the sea bottom, and
thus brought to the surface a corroded
coin. which proved to be a Spanish
doubloon of the mintage of 1903. Search
wreckage on the bottom, but
no treasure was ever found. -
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out and drink again. He is much
like dope f1end. He keeps on want
ing it just as long as it is possible
for him to get it.
Sometimes we are obliged to do in
vestigation work to find out where he
gets the money for drink When we
have learned this we ask that he be
given no more funds with which to
purchase the wherewithal to complete
his downfall. Then we get him inter-
ested in some line of work and show
him how he can spend his money to
better advantage than he had in the
past"
Mr.. Bennett then told of one man
who "bucked up" because of a hand
upon his shoulder" In telling of his
conversion, the man said:
Il found my way down to the mission
one night. and I sat and listended to
the singing and testimonials, but was
unmoved by them. I started to go out,
main. but refused, and was kindly ask
ed to come again. But as I Respondent
ly left the building. l felt hand upon
my shoulder, and mans voice asking
me to tell him all about my difficulty. I
never had any one to really tell things
he were really interested. and so 1
poured out all my troubles to this
stranger. He invited me to his home. I
was made to feel that l was not an
outcast in an unsympathetic world, but
that L had friends who'd stand by me.
1 turned over a new leaf, and it was
all due to that kindly hand upon my
shoulder"
Many are the interesting tales that
Mr.. Bennett tells of men who were once
members of the ragged regiment of the
unwashed, the f1otsam and the jetsam
of the world. and Of their struggles for
self-mastery. They are stories of the
men who rose again through the assist
ance of other men who were at one
time drifting. too.
Then he proudly escorts his visitors
through the mission where this is ac-
complished. Since he arrived the LIST of
June he has rejuvenated the entire
place by having it freshly painted. pa
pered and fumigated. First, there is
the room where the men are fed, for. as
Mr.. Bennett explained. the road to a
mans heart is through his stomach"
After every nights servic they are
given soup, rolls and coffee. Then there
are the Mushrooms where they are told
to apply generous amounts of soap,
for, as the superintendent says. "a
mans self-respect is increased when
he's clean"
There's q great big wood pile. too.
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VOTING man entered the Gen.
IN trail Union Mission on Louisi-
N\ ana avenue the other day and.
q y placing shabby. lmitatlon
leather suit case on the floor, asked to
be put up for the night
John s. Bennett, the new superln-
tendent, who came to washington III
June from the famous old Jerry NC
AuIey Water street mission OF Ne"
York, where for seven years ne was
the sunday night leader. motioned the
stranger to a chair and then sat down
in one directly opposite him
where do you hail FROM he asked
in a direct. kindly fashion
Been working on the dredges. you
know-on the tugboats," mumbled the
young man. "Mawful tired and I'd
kind O. like to sleep" He gave the
cIean-cut young mission worker a
knowing smile. and in response to this
Mr. Bennett shifted, shifted long and
earnestly, like a bloodhound on the
trail.
Been drinking, haven't your" he
asked.
Sure, had little somethin'. Not
much, though" admitted the youth.
Enough to have Hangover
though. eh?' persisted Mr.. Bennett in
the same even tone of voice.
"Uh-huh, / guess So" said the
stranger. glancing down at the floor
in slightly shamefaced fashion.
Hungry" put the superintendent.
No"
Just sleepy-is that it?"
You got me, pal"
Well, then. I'll give you bed, and
III talk to you In the morning when
you've sobered up and can listen to
reason. and, calling one of his as
sistants. he turned over to him the
young plan. whose eyes were Just COM
fnencing to take on bleary expression
and whose walk was anything but
steady.
There wasn't any use trying to get
in any reform work when he was in
that condition." explained the superin-
tedent, as they departed
believe in the three Ss-xsoup. SOAP
and salvation, and / believe in doing
them out in the order 1 have mentioned
first the soup, for the chances are the
men who wind up here stand in need of
good food then soap, so that they can
scrub themselves thoroughly and look
a little more respectable, and after
those two. salvation Now while that
Soohe CHAP JUDI spoke 10 QOuDIl6SS
needs a whole lot of salvation, he needs
eight or ten hours rest first SO that he
can sleep off the effects of alcohol
In the morning he'll need good break
fast and a bath, and after that hell
be in better shape to stand for the sal
walton feature of this mission. No use
trying to make a man accept religion
on an empty stomach. 1 know what
I'm talking about. because ] used to
be one of them. | tell you l was down
about as low as fellow can get. That's
why i know how to handle the boys
know how to look at things from
their viewpoint, too. / talk to EN- in
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The war. and Canada's share in it, af-
forded the natural field for his abilities.
1t also softened the asperities of Do
minion of politics, and as minister of
militia he has worked heartily with his
old political enemies He also changed
his views of Americans. On his re-
turn from his recent trip to the front.
Gen. Hughes was full of praise for the
Yankees" that is, the Americans who
are serving in the Canadian regiments.
There are a good many of these So
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ployed in that store, and kept on drink
ing until I landed on the Bowery In New
York a helpless drunkard. ! did not go
down in a hurry. 1t took years TO reach
the limit. Finally, in my nome city.
things came to such a crisis that l mad
to leave town in order not to bring any
more disgrace on my family. COM
menced to travel from one city to another'
securing many positions only to lose them
on account Of my habits. would PICK
to get away to cure. but. after being
dismissed from whichever institution l
had been at and. after securing position
and making good with 1t. the demon
rum which is appropriately named, be-
lieve me, would get it's hold on me and
cures on eight different occasions to rid
myself of the accursed habit, but nothing
seemed to help me permanently.
IT was selling fake soap on the
Bowery, when | happened to drift into
the old Jerry McAuley mission in New
York one night because I had no other
place to go. 1t was after l had been
told at Bellevue Hospital that l could
not live more than two or three weeks.
Because 1 dreaded more than anything
else in the world to die charity pa
tient in a hospital. 1 had wandered
back to my 'hang-out in Chatham
Square. and there was told by an old
lady about the McAuley mission. And
in hopeless condition and after 1 had
listened to the testimony of man who
had led just such an existence as /.
that I became convinced that l could
and would buck up too. l did brace
up and reform. and later was offered
the position Of Sunday night leader In
the McAuley mission. where I re-
manned seven years.
That's why I'm keen about this
testimony business. and that's why I
can understand the man who came to
me the other day and said: For years
l had been hearing long sermons on
the subject Of how good we ought to
be. and how simple 1t Is to walk the
straight and narrow but 1t was only
when heard a man who had once been
as foriorn and up against it. as 1 get
up and tell how vicious he had been
and how hard 1t had been for him to
change that I sat up and took notice.
There Is 1t in a nutshell When
man who is half full of rum and
whose brain Is dulled by alcohol hears
a long. dry sermon on sin and the pun
ishment Of sinners that's his cue to go
to sleep. A short. snappy testimony
from . man who has been there hina
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their own language. and / can get
pretty close to EN- when they find out
I really understand"
1t Is difficult. after looking at Mr..
Bennetts clear. bright eyes and his
fresh skin. which plainly denoted ply
steal well being. to believe his remark
In reference to himself
You needn't look SO skepticak" he said.
laughingly. And you needn't be afraid to
quote me- either. about my downfall and
my conversion. like to tell about it be-
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Canada One of England's Chief Reserve T

Share British Imperial DenseF
Star Measures Center Ottawa Where is Not
and lCadas Income Outside
Wa-Amecm Gold the CaphCanaan Mills
Transportation Too-Amecans
'front.'.
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SIR RICHARD BORDEN,
Premier of Canada.

purpose of their visit was to discuss
with the British authorities matters af-
fecting the cooperation of the Domin
ion government with the imperial gov
eminent in carrying on the war. Trans
portation both for troops and for NUM-
lions and food supplies was one of
these matters.
The Dominion has struck it's war gait
as one of the chief reserve resources
of the British empire. Nearly a year
has been required, however. to make
these resources fully effective.
When hostilities opened, Canada was
in the midst of financial and industrial