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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06

vain searched high and low for him.
Once | ran into Hamilton His face
was pale and disturbed and anxious.
What's the trouble, Hamilton" I
asked, with forced gaiety.
He favored me with penetrating
glance.
The very devil is the trouble" he
growled. Several of the ladies' have
begun to miss valuable jewels. Anne
of Austria has lost her necklace and
Queen Elizabeth is without a priceless
comb; altogether, about ten thousand
dollars"
Robbery" I looked at him aghast.
That's the word. Curse the luck!
There is always something of this sort
happening to spoil the fun. But who
ever has the jewels will not get away
with them"
What are you going to do?"
Il have already sent for the village
police. Now | shall lock all the doors
and make every man and woman pro-
duce cards for Identification, ,"-ab-
ruptly leaving me.
Thunderbolts out of heavens! My
knees and collar bothered me again;
the first attack was trifling compared
to this second seizure. How the devil
was l to get out?
Are you searching for me?" in
quired soft voice at my elbow.
/ turned instantly. The Blue Dom
ino had come back to me.
81 have been searching for you
everywhere" l said gallantly.
"Oh! but that is black one. Never
mind; the fib was we'll meant"
led her over to secluded nook,
within few feet of the door which
gave entrance to the club cellars.
This door / had been bearing in mind
for some time. 1t is we'll to know
your topography. The door was at
the left of the band platform. There
was a twin door on the other side.
We sat down.
Have you heard the news?"
asked.
mo. Has some one been discoy-
cred making love to his own wife by
mistaken"
its serious. Anne Of Austria and
Queen Elizabeth have been robbed Of
some jewels"
"A thief among us2"
"a regular Galloping Dick. I'm q
thief, myself, for that matter"
Your she drew away from me a
bit.
Yes. My name is Procrastination."
"Ah, my grave Capuchin, we do not
steal time; we merely waste it. But
is what you tell me trve?"
II am very sorry to say 1t Is. The
jewels were worth something like ten
thousand dollars
"Merciful heavens"
1T is true, Internally true,"-look-
ing around to see If by chance Caesar
had reappeared on the scene. (How
was I to manage my escape? 1t is
true might HE me to the cellars; but
how to get out of the cellarsD Have
you seen Julius Caesar?" l asked.
"Caesar?"
Yes, Miss Hawthorne"
The Blue Domino swung about and
leaned toward me, her hands tense
upon the sides of her chair.
What name did you say?"-a
strained note in her voice.
Hawthorne" I answered, taking
out the slip of pasteboard. "Seel it
says that one blue domino was rented
of Monsieur Friard at fve-thirty this
afternoon"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
HOUSEHOLD
TALKS
Henrietta D. Grauel
Give the Old Home a Name

lowly, that have some thing distinctive
about them seem to charm the most
We know every fox loves his hole,
the owl thinks his ruin most comfortable
and the little birds fly until weary to
find their own cosy nests each season,
1t is something of this instinct in each
of us that home longing and home love
springs from, Knowing this, now, for u
certainty, let US all try to give to our
homes that something that makes it
nearer and dearer than any place else.
Begin by giving your house a name.
Suppose you do live in city between
two high walls, or in a row of ter
races" that is all the more reason you
should keep your homes individuality,
Send stamped addressed envelope to
the writer and ask her for the free list
of names for the home this state has
ready for distribution.
DAILY MENU
Breakfast
Corn Crisps. Cream
Wheat Cakes Preserves
Cod Fish Balls
Coffee
Luncheon
Oyster Soup
Waters Celery
Frizzled Dried Beef
Bread and Butter Folds
Coffee Vanilla Cakes
Dinner
Chicken Soup
Steamed Chicken Cranberry Jelly
Mashed Potatoes, Gravy
Steamed Onions, Cream Sauce
Fruit Salad
Macaroons Coffee
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SHIPS THROUGH THE CANAL
Goethals Can't Guarantee Passage of
War Vessels Because of Slides

Washington, Jan. 6.-Secretary Gar
rison yesterday told President Wilson
and the Cabinet of General Goethal' s
report that he could not guarantee the
passage of battleships through the Pan
anna canal at the formal opening in
March because of slides.
Secretary Garrison said, however.
that, even though the battleships were
unable to pass through the canal, there
need be no interference with the plans
for the opening, so far as they refer
to the trip of President Wilson, men,
bers of Congress and diplomats to Pan,
ANA and the San Francisco Exposition.
He said the party could be taken
around any slides by railway and the
trip continued to San Francisco.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
How to Get Your Hens to Make
Thicker Egg Shells

In the Poultry Raising depart
ment of the current issue of "Farm and
Fireside contributor tells as follows
how to feed hens in order that their
egg shells may be tougher and stronger:
"Most of us know that plenty of
oyster shell is necessary for our hens
if the egg shells are to stand the jolts
of transportation. But lime is not the
only shell-making material needed. The
chemist has found that phosphorus and
magnesia are both necessary for tough,
solid egg shells.
"Ground or granulated kiln-dried
bone supplies phosphorus, and grains
as rule give sufficient magnesia.
Ground bone is also important in furn-
ishing the phosphorus that is found
abundantly in the yolk.
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"How did you come by that ticket?"

'How did you come by that ticket?"
she demanded.
1T was a miracle. | purchased a
mask there, and this ticket was
wrapped up in my bundle by mistake
"It is a curious coincidence, her
voice normal and unagitated.
| was confused Then | am mis-
?"-my chagrin evident (All
this while, mind you, I was wonder
ing If that cellar-door was unlocked,
and how long it would take me to
reach 1t before the denouementD
To Be Continued.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
What City Folks Like From Country

In the current issue of "Farm and
Fireside" contributor tells what won
ders the parcel post has brought about
inc the way of giving the country wom-
an hance to send the city woman
products of the farm. Many sugges-
tions are made in the article, one of
which follows:
"Why not send country sausage to
some city friendi Put it twice through
the grinder season it with salt and
black pepper, sage and cayenne, then
pack it into little crooks or stuff it into
skins and link it, Add to this little
sack of home grown buckwheat -four
so that yeast-raised buckwheat cakes
may accompany the sausage, and there
will be no one late to breakfast in the
family you send it to.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
Got Away From the Odd One

A CURIOUS story comes from the peO-
pie of the Niger. A very rich man
died, leaving the vast fortune (for Nj
geria) of 20,OO1 cowries. 1t feel to the
lot of the king to divide them among
three sons, and he was at his wits ;
end to know what to do with the one
cowrie. A wizard was called in, who
gained boundless credit by dolling out
the cowries one by one until only six
remained. These he divided into three
lots of two each and gave lot to each
son. The king to this day attributes
this very satisfactory outcome to con-
juring.-mdependent.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
Nut Butter in England

According to the current issue of
Farm and Fireside" there has been a
great increase in the consumption of
nut butter in England. Nearly $4,000
tons of peanut and cucoanut butter,
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BUSINESS coLLEaEA
Cumberland Valley Railroad

In Effect May q, 1914.
Trains Leave Harrisburg
For Winchester and Martinsburg, al
sos, 1850 a. M, s3.40 p. m.
For Hagerstown, ChambersburR and
intermediate stations, at 500, s7,50
aJl.53 a. M. "3.40. 5.32. '7.4O, ii 0(
p In.
Mechanicsburg at 9.4S a m, 2Is. S.sT
For Dilisburg at sos, '7.5O and .11s,
f. M, .2.1S. '3.4o, 5.32, $50 =. m
sDaily. All other trains daily exos,t
Sunday. H. TONGE,
H A RlDDLE. q. r. a. Supt
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mostly the former, are produced in En-
gland each year.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06

Some folks are never so lucky as
when they are misjudged..
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06

There seem to be more blockheads
in the world than wooden legs.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
PROSPERITY AT LAST

There is no longer any doubt of
the return of prosperity. Our old
friend is with us again. He is not
here in great hunks, with bags full
of shimmering gold, and automobiles
for everybody, but the old boy has
brought a steady increase in the
volume of business, and relaxa-
ton in the money markets, and a
renewed confidence in business
circles and in the agricultural dis
tricts.
Men Of all classes are loosening
their purse strings, money is on a
hunt for investment, employers are
taking on more men, and the wheels
of industry are humming at more
rapid rate than for many months
past.
Merchants report increased sales
and easier collections, buyers are
selecting better and more expen-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24

Just why should George Bnrkitt
worry over his job as assistant
postmaster of the little village of
Winnetka, Il.q Getting fred by
the post Office department for com
menting adversely upon the engage
ment of the president and Mrs.
Gait, and then being promptly and
emphatically reinstated by the
president himself, has made him a
national figure and is rapidly quail
flying him for stage life or the
lecture platform. And really, now,
if Mr.. Wilson wants to marry Mrs.
Gait and the lady is willing, whose
business is it7 And if Mr.. Burkitt
wants to exercise the American
right of free speech in gentleman
ly language, whose business is
that7 Seems to us the daily press
has been making a whole out Of a
tadpole. But then again, that's
their business, and they are experts
in their line.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24

home" and we want you to help
us in our work by doing your
share, and you can do that by buy
ing at home and keeping all Of
the profits at home.
II is a serious problem that
confronts us in the near future, and
we should grapple with it as be-
comes men Of brains and determi-
nation.
Shall we trade at home and
keep prosperity in this town. On
shall we continue to make city
milIionaires who wouldn't give us a
1--WE cent piece if we we're hungry
FOR breadf
Remember, brother and sister,
this applies not only to your neigh
bors, but to YOU as well, if you
happen to be one who has been
doing your shopping in other places.
Will you join us, "for the future
of our town."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
Bassett Drug Co., Mt. Sterling, KY.

money to send, and when we found
the community pauperized where
would we turn for relief
The profits of local Industries
both farm and town--represent the
money that is kept in circulation
at home. If those profits are sent
away we can not expect long to
have any money in circulation in
our midst, for other people in other
places will have it. and we will be
getting poorer and poorer all Of
the time, and our community will
be getting deader and deader, until
in time no one would care even
to live here.
Certainly no sane person would
want such a condition of affairs
to exist here.
But what is the remedy, you sayH
1t is both sane and simple.
Quit doing your shopping out of
town and buy goods from home
dealers. That is, buy everything
you can here.
Don't be carried away with the
false idea that you can buy cheap
er somewhere else, for you can not.
II you want shoddy and worthless
goods you can find plenty Of city
stores and firms who thrive on
selling country people just such
rotten stuff at a few cents less
than you would pay your home
dealer for good article that he
is willing to guarantee. But you
can not buy reliable article |
elsewhere any cheaper.
We want 10 keep prosperity al
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24

We would not weary our read
ers by being too insistent upon any
one subject, but the welfare Of
our community should be upper
most in the minds Of every loyal
citizen, and that welfare calls for
few very pertinent remarks at
this time of the year.
Between now and the 25th of
December many thousands Of dol
lars viii be spent by the people
in the purchase Of holiday articles.
The manufacturing cost of those
articles must of necessity go to
the factories scattered broadcast
over the country. That can not be
helped.
But there is another cost which
should be seriously considered by
every person who has any regard
whatever for the future welfare of
this town and this community. That
cost is the retailers profits on
the sales.
To make this community pros
porous and keep it so it is neces-
sary that those profits be kept at
home. and that can only be done
by patronizing merchants who live
here and conduct their business
here and spend their own money
here.
No citizen has the right to feel
that it is all right for him to send
his money away from this com
munity because che is only one
person and his money win not be
missed" 1t is just such people
who are building up the great cen
ters of population by strangling
the rural business interests all
over this country. They are the
people who will produce hard times
in the country towns and farm
sections of every State, because
they are millions in number.
Let us bring it right home to you.
Suppose every person in this town
and the farming section around
here should buy all Of their goods
from business houses located in
other sections Of the country or
State. How long would our stores
keep their doors open, and how long
would you be able to buy even a
pin or a nail in this town?
And if everybody kept on send
ing their money all out of the
town and community, how long
would it be before we had no more
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
SUNSHINE iN THE HOUSE

Few people realize how important
it is to have sunshine in the house.
We must have fresh air, they say,
and throw open the doors. But
the suns rays must he kept ont.
1t viii fade the carpet. So they
keep the shutters shut and the
curtains down. What must be the
condition of room which is kept
dark7 But it is just as true of
an individual that sunshine is just
as necessary to keep us in health
full state and capable Of scatter
ing smiles, as it is for house to
have both heat and light in order
to make it healthful. Sunlight is
a substance; so is the sunlight Of
the soul. We need not manufacture
either. What the natural sun is
to the earth, the Lord is to the
soul. We need to open the shut
tiers by putting away every selfish
and worldly thought; we need to
let up the curtains that separate
us from the neighbours welfare. We
are created to be diamonds, to re-
feet the light. But if we absorb
it by turning our affections and
thoughts wholly upon self we
become like charcoal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
OHIO W0MAk'S Wish
For Tired, Weak, Nervous Women

Bellefontaine, Ohio.--"I wish every
tired, weak, nervous woman could have
Vinol, for / never spent any money in
my life that did me so much good as
that / spent for Vinol. / was weak,
tired, worn out and nervous, and Vinol
made me strong, well and vigorous after
everything else had failed to help me,
and / can now do my housework with
pleasure. Mrs. j. F. LAMBoRN.
We guarantee Vinol, our delicious cod
liver and iron tonic, for all weak, rum
down. nervous, debilit.te4 condition.
Bassett Drug Co., Mt. Sterling, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24

sive articles, and a spirit Of relief
and confidence is in evidence
everywhere.
There are bright spots ahead for
the future. Let's all steer for
them and keep head and eyes to
the front.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
Watch Your Children

Often children do not let parents know
they are constipated. They fear some
thing distasteful. They win like Rexali
Orderlies-a mild laxative that tastes
like sugar. Sold only by US. 10 cents.
r. n. White & Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24

How much capital have you in
vested in the worrying business 7
Some folks put everything they
have into it and never draw out
a cent. All they get in the end
is crows feet around their eyes,
sour faces and dried up souls. Does
it payf
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
FOR SALE

If not sold at once ] viii rent my
farm of 142 acres, situated six
milest east of Mt. Sterling on the
Towards Mill turnpike. This farm
is well improved and all in grass
except 10 acres, now sowed in
wheat. Plenty of good tobacco
land. A six room dwelling house,
tobacco barn, and all necessary
outbuildings. Everlasting water,
good school and churches in one
mile of farm. For Further infor-
rlation call on or address
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24

Occasionally we hear Of a man
who is never affected by the mod
ern display of feminine hosiery.
Blind, Of course.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24

Senator James denied ever hav-
ing made the statement that the
treatment OF Beckham by the Louis
vile Convention would cost the
ticket $4,000 votes. 1t seems to
have been true, however.-Bluegrass
Clipper.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24

Link and bulk sausage-best in
the city at Greenwade's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
At Homo

DR.. w. B. Triplett, Osteopath, Of
fee in Jordan Building. Residence
phone 23O. Office phone 2s7. 16-tf
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
Holt Avenue Lots
And Small Farm For Sale

on this place, also a splendid web
and cistern at the kitchen door.
School house and church close BY.
Orchard tract is sowed to rye and
wheat. There is about z acres 10
timber and have about 1000 feet Of
lumber sawed and now stacked to
season. Saw mill at present at
corner Of farm and can cut several
thousand feet Of lumber on the
place.
In miscellaneous assortment ]
have the following to offer: About
As, 900 second hand brick, all clean
ed and ready for immediate use; !
good work horse; / light mule;
wagons; buggies, harness and i'm
Elements for farming.
The above properties are the ac-
Of nv labor dnring Aha
past eight years and IL ! dispose of
same / shall have to offer my bust
ness, stock and fixtures. This is an
excellent chance for any young man
with ambition and business integri-
ty desiring to get into paying
business.
For particulars apply to
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
JOB WORK

Bring your job work to the Ad-
vocate Office.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24

lot 671ax23s feet
! lot 671zx23s feet.
These lots adjoin. Prefer to sell
as a whole.
] lot 50x156 feet.
lot 50x156 feet.
lot 4Ox156 feet. :
(These lots adjoin. Prefer to sell
as a whole)
/ lot 1OOx140 feet, between Holt
avenue and Clay street, with good
stable and other buildings on same.
Also, / have to offer 22-acre
farm completely fenced and cross
fenced with galvanized woven wire
fence AZ feet high, located about
10 miles south east Of Mt. Sterling
on the main road running east and
west through Kentucky. Is acres
under cultivation, five Of which IS
planted in 400 fruit trees, properly
attended to and in thrifty condition
of the following sorts: 125 apple,
125 peach, so cherry, so plum, 80
pear, 20 ounce. Additional to these
fruits is a fine berry patch Of 500
red and black raspberries. There is
a rough frame house and log stable
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24

Mt. Sterling KY. R. R. No. s
(2O-4t)
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
For Sale

Old papers for sale at this Office.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
DOES THE MONEY COZ
Keep Accurate Account Of Expendi.
lures, Then Carefully Study and
Plan to Save More.

There are few farmers but what
make some money. Who gets this
money you eGrn? If you are keeping
cows do you spend the greater parts
of your receipts for hay and other
feeds or do you produce the feed ON
your own farm and market these
crops by the milk and cream route !?
Have you been running an account
during the year at the store and at
harvest time must pay the storekeep-
er a big part of the returns you get
from your crops? Possibly a greater
part of the things you purchased could
have been produced on your own
farm.
Money saved is money earned. You
hay make big money. but il you spend
all OF it in making it, what is the ad.
vantage? We cannot produce every
thing on the farm that we need. We
can. however, produce a great deal
more than what we are doing now.
Plan to save some of the money
that you are now spending. We have
only suggested two ways to do IT,
there are many more. Keep an &C.
count of where your money goes. then
carefully study and plan some
method how you can save more.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
BIG GRAIN CROPS IN SOUTH
Remarkable Record Made in Crop
Oiversification-Large Decrease
in Cotton Is Noted.

Nothing published about the South
recently has attracted so much atten-
ton as the statement based on gov
eminent figures that the volume of
the Souths grain crops this year
would exceed the value of the great.
est cotton crop ever raised" said j.
S. Barton of Chicago to a Birmingham
Age-Herald representative the other
day
Allowing for the fact that several
Of the states grouped as southern are
big corn and wheat producers and
raise little or no cotton, it is never
theless a remarkable record the South
is making in crop diversifica:ion.
Il understand that Alabama will
produce forty to fifty per cent more
corn this year than it did last, and 100
per cent more wheat. That the sec.
ton generally known as the cotton
belt should be able in a single year
to make such gain in food crops as
is being made in 1915 is of vast i'm
portance from an economic point of
view. The low price of cotton last
fall drove the South to Investigation
practice. What was something of
misfortune in 1914 will prove a real
and lasting blessing"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
CHANGES WROUGHT BY WAR
Tommy Atkins" Of Today 10 a Differ.
ent Being From His Prototype Of
Few Years AGO.

The old pouter-pigeon type of Brit
ish soldier, with his ramrod deport.
ment and feet at impossible angles,
Is now as obsolete as his. red coat.
This change is evident. not only in
the training OF the new army, but in
the royal cadet schools at Sandhurst
and Woolwich. Alertness and agility,
mental and physical. are now aimed
for instead Of physical rightly and
mechanical precision as in the old
times.
Swedish exercises have taken the
place of conventional calisthenics.
About the only piece of apparatus left
In the Sandhurst gymnasium il the
padded horse. Parallel bars, rings,
heavy dumb-bells and pulley exercises
have been sent away. Now the ca
diets are taught what 10 known In
their slang as monkey tricks. such
~ walking on top of high and narrow
stone walls and jumping safely to the
ground. shppfng The rope and playing