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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
Got Mixed On the Vowels.

Many children are so crammed
with everything, says Every
body's, that they really know
nothing. In proof of this read
these veritable specimens of def
initions written by public school
children.
Stability is taking care of a
stable"
"A mosquito is the child of
black and white,parents."
Monastery is the place for
monsters. D."
"Tocsin is something to do
with getting drunk"
"Expostulation is to have the
smallpox
"Cannibal is two brothers who
killed each other in the Bible"
Anatomy is the human body,
which consists of three parts,
the head, the chist and the stun
mick. The head contains the eyes
and brains if any. The chist
contains the lungs and a piece
of the.liver. The stummick is
devoted to the bowels of which
there are fve-a, e, i, o and u,
and sometimes W and y."-0n-
ward.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
Sold ByJ. II. 0rme
Marion, ny.

US to join the angelic throng for the
GLORY World" for which she had so
earnestly prayed. = Oh! how sad to our
natures, yet how cheering to the
Christian hope are scenes like these.
The most applicable paragraph that
English words are adequate to express
is this: LET me die the death Of the
righteous, and let my last end be like
his" Numbers 23I0.)
Dixie Katherine Little.nee Brantley,
was born in Webster Co., Kentucky,
near Oak Grove. January 9Th, 1894.
She professed religion in 1907 when
she was thirteen years of age andunit-
ed with the Cumberland Presbyterian
church i; Oak Grove where she ~.
tanned her membership unit, death
She was educated in the schools Of
Webster county and at Marion Graded
and High School. She was married to
Burtis Clay Little, Of near Piney,
Crttenden county, KY, Dec. 22nd,
1912, and they lived happily together,
at their beautiful home in east Critten-
den Cn the region of the nativity Of
the writer, for about three years
She died az the home of her parents.
where she had been for a number Of
months, RMonday, January 10th, 1916,
about 1890 a. m.
The cause Of her death was tubercu-
losis Of lungs with which she had been
afflicted for some time.
The funeral and burial took place at
Oak Grove on Tuesday, January llth.
Owing to her request the funeral ser
vices were conducted by Rev. John r
King. Cumberland Presbyterian min
lister, and Ed. Abraham Ritch, a gen
eral Baptist minister, thus showing
that she was not sectarian but liberal
in her religions belief.
LET the rose-bush grow and blossom
Where the parting tears were shed;
To mark the place where she sleepeth
Place a monument az her head. "
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.

The Lord gaye-the Lord hath
taken TO himself Brother J. p.
Pierce. On the morning of Jan.
18th, 1916 with loved ones and
friends at his bedside, he calmly
passed to the reward that awaits
the faithful. We mourn because
he has left US, but we bow in
humble submission to the will of
Him who doeth all things well. "
And our hearts reach out in deep
est sympathy TO the bereaved
family and many sorrowing
friends.
Bro. Pierce was one of the
charter members of the First
Baptist church, Of Marion. Ky:
was the first Church Clerk and
the first Deacon. He was the
first Superintendent of the Sun
day School a position which he
held for twenty-eight years. He
always worked tirelessly and
faithfully for the upbuilding Of
the Church and Sunday School.
Up to the last few years he had
never missed a meeting of the
Ohio River Association. He
served as moderator of this Asso-
citation for two years. All through
his services IN the church and
community he worked with a
zeal tempered with kindness; and
while he has gone from us his in
fluence lives and will abide.
Therefore, be il resolved
LIST. That we as a church thus
express our appreciation of his
life and grief at his death.
End. That in his death his
wife has lost a kind and devoted
husband; the children a loving
and indulgent father; the church
a faithful and efficient member;
the community a valued citizen.
Bird. That these resolutions be
spread upon the records of the
church, a copy be given the fam.
lily of the deceased and that q
copy be given the Crittenden
Record-Press for publication.
Done by order of the church
January Goth, 1916.
V. L. Christian
J. F. Dodge Committee.
W. ID. Canaan
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
To Drive a Nail in Plaster
Without Spelling the Wall.

IF you wish to drive a nail in
a plastered wall, says the Feb
ruary Woman's Home Compan-
ion, first put it in very hot wat
er until it is thoroughly heated.
You can then drive it in clean
without breaking or chipping any
Of the surrounding plaster
cold nails will make the plaster
fall
Don't try To- drive EN- in.
Just boil your nails..appoach the
wall,
. Aad hammer en- IKE sia. ~-~
The plaster will not bulge a mite
Though swatted like the
dickens
Hot nails are certainly all right.
Like incubator chickens. "
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
MOTHER nature
MAKES HER GIFT
Compounds in Her Laboratory In
gradients for the Master
Medicine, Tanlac.

OF all the ailments that infict
humanity, chronic dyspep S j a
probably is the most common.
Its causes and characterizations
are many. Skilled specialists
have been unable to cope with
this universal malady, but Mother
Nature, who, after all, is an ideal
physician in combination with
skill in chemistry, has compound
ed in her inexhaustible laboratory
a marvellous remedy for this
trouble.
A lecturer would use hours to
describe the sufferings that dys-
pepsia brings. V Dyspptics be-
come listless, Then: morbid, are
melancholy over llittle things.
have whimsical ideas, perhaps
'grouchy is a better word, aside
from the nervous physical suffer-
ing, and with appetite gone,
sleep fitful, dizzy spells and nau-
sea frequent, life hardly seems
worth living.
Tanlac seems to almost instant
ly check this distressing condition
and to restore a healthy. normal
appetite, bring good, restful
sleep, and banisE ;ka; tired,
nervous feeling in short. to re-
store the stomach to the habit Of
doing a full days work and do
ing it well.
Tanlac is now being introduced
in Marion at J. II. Orme's drug
store and in Blackford at A. T..
Browns drugstore, where it is
being explained daily to scores
of men and women. ADV.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
How would you
like to travel lO8
miles by sleigh
in zero weather?

That's what President Terry
Of the Hartford Fire Insurance
Company did after the great
New York fire OF December
10, 1895, in order TO make i'm
mediate payment Of the Hart
ford losses.
In the same s,aunch spirit the
Hartford promptly paid out
Sl,o00,000 after the Chicago
fire, and 100000 900 after the
San Francisco disaster.
Hartford protection costs you
no more than other kinds-and
you can depend upon prompt
settlement IN case Of fire. May
we tell you more about it'
THE HARTFORD
FIRE INSURANCE co.
Write or Tsisrhons
" GEORGE II. NUM-
- Local Agent.
~ MARION. Ky.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
.Who-What-?

In every field of human
endeavor the man or the
product that excels must for
ever live in the white light
of publicity where envy and
emulation are constantly at
work.
Whether in art, literature,
music, science or industry,
excellence brings the same re-
wards and punishment.
Widespread recognition Is
the reward, and the punish
ment fierce denial and detrac-
ton.
When a mans work becomes
q standard for the whole
world, IL also becomes q tar
get for envious competitors.
The leader Is assailed be-
cause he Is a leader, and the
effort to equal him Is the
proof Of his leadership.
Failing to equal him the
follower seeks to depreciate
and to destroy-but only con-
firms once more the superb
ority of that which he wishes
to supplant.
There is nothing new In
this. Ii is as old as the world
as old as human passions
envy, fear, greed, ambition
and coyetousness.
/ And IL avails nothing. Th'
man or the product that ha,
In them the real qualities Of
leadership remains the leader
That which Is good or great
makes itself known no mat,
ter how loud the clamor o.
denial. That which deserve,
to liye-lives.
Who Is
The Isl Prize merchant
In this County,
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03

a child who has intestinal worms -
handicapped In itsgrovth a few doses
Of WHITES CREAM VERMlFUGE
destroys and eNpeIs worms. the child
Immediately improves and thriycs won
derfuly. Price 20 cents per bottle.
Sold by James n. Orme. Marion. Nv.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
National Forests Becoming Pasture,

The National forests are be.
ing opened up for grazing under
pay permits. Thirty.one thous-
and stock owners shared this
privilege last year. Farm and
Fireside.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
COTTAGE GROVE
DELAYED from last week. J

Mrs. Powell Heath, who has
been sick for some time, is son e
better at this writing.
Walter Hughes and 0rlin Hole
man were in Marion Saturday.
Misses Reeta and elena Rank.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
Piles Cured In o 20 DAYS

Your drussis, will refund money u PAzo
OINTMENT fails TO cure any case Of nehing.
Blind bleeding OF pfotrudins Piles In eto tdays.
rhe hfst application gives Ease aud Rest SC.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-03
10 Drive Out Maiarl.
And Build Up The System

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTRLESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula 10
printed on every Label, showing II Is
QuinIne aud Iron IN a tasteiess form.
The Quinine drives ont malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. 50 cents
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-11
SORRY FOR YOUR.
SELF.
From the Visitor by Rev. w. S.
O'Meara.)

(From the Visitor by e w. 5.
O'Meara.)
CHOW don't you go feelin' sor-
ny for YOURSELF" counseled Mrs.
Wigs, Of Cabbage Patch fame,
to a damsel on the point Of tears.
TO be sure, this young lady was
a recent graduate from an orphan
asylum, had just lost her ".job,"
that perennial menace of the poor,
and, if memory serves true, was
confronted with the apparently
hopeless task of creating a new
|frock out of an old one. Here, at
least, was some cause for grief;
yet the sagacious Mrs. Wigs, in
|nocent Of psychology but rich in
practical wisdom, rightly under
stood that by a reflex act of the
mind, the p%oignancy of ones woes
may be enlarged to any desired
magnitude. "Now don't you go
|feelin' sorry for yourself, honey"
repeated this valiant woman, for
hit don't do no good. Just laugh.
better. Mrs. Wigs would
have applauded the medieval writ
ers who were wont to depict Satan
and his earthly followers as abso-
|lutely devoid Of a sense Of humor.
Happiness and holiness are as near
allied as evil and despair.
The lesson Of Mrs. Wigs is
needed, especially in these days,
when even the education of chill
|dren is designed to move along the
lines of least resistance. Self-pity
lis only another form Of self-in-
|dulgence. The delicately nnrtur-
led are proverbially most given to
nerves, and melancholy finds
Its chosen refuge in the souls of
1.-THE pampered. The world is not
lin ruins because we have broken
Jour toy. Clouds are but ephemerel
Substances. The shadows that
sometimes darken life, are Them
E~selves a proof that the sun is shin
ing Only the servants Of evil
fought to be unhappy, st. Igna-
titus used to say. A deep philos-
:ophy, drawn from the teaching Of
Him who sknoWeth orr frame
is contained in the saying Of this
wise Saint.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-11
OUR PASSION FLOWER

(From the Visitor by Rev. NJ. s.
D'Meara.J
When sorrow cruel twining
Girts d thorn-wreath round thy
brow,
And shades thy gladstone features
Where the sunshine fingers now
Recall sweet Mary's anguish
Her loney Calv hour,
Rejoice that you resemble
Gods lovely Passion Flower.
Her SOU, bright, pure and tain
less, AZ I
With its wealth OF love untold
Was bnrdened with earth sor
row, as
In those sweet, Sad days Of Old.
So now when sorrow s tWining
Casts round thee its dark power
Recall the Queen Aef Soryow
Or mystic Passion Flower
E. r Cu1zS
EEr@45T-IS<1Tf11r
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-11
J LIFE.

"Live as you go along that is,
get out of life things which will
help you to act well your part.
Be good to yourself in behalf of
your work. Get nourishing food,
get warmth, get home life, get the
attitude Of mind which will help
you to enjoy life, and do your
work hopefully. Every year that
passes leaves you one less year to
i've; what you gain in wealth OF
success, you lose in youth. a
year of your life is a big price to
pay. You do not need to carry.
n addition, the burden of strain
and worry and exhaustion.
The Glad Hand.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-11
F HEN STAND STILL
MIGHT STAND WITH HIM

AS Congressman Cooper of Wiscon-
sin said a few days ago, IL the presi-
dent would only stand still, there.
would be plenty, on this question, to
stand beside him.-MinneapoIis Jour
nal.
The above is q closing paragraph
in an editorial in the Journal criticiz-
ing the recent speech of the presi.
dent, in which he grew eloquent in
stating that the nation Is asleep on
the preparedness question now. but
if war should come. would awaken,
and in the great voice OF enthusiasm
that would be raised. all the wcrldl
would stand once more thrilled to-
hear the voice OF the New World as
sorting the standards Of justice and
liberty
The journal thinks this statement
does not harmonic with previous ut-
sterances OF the president. In which he
.insisted upon q large army, at once.
a = equal to any other navy
In the world. or course, the preai.
dent has not stuck Ia his guns on the
.nreparednass -pron0sition. any mole
than he has stuck to them on the
Mexican situation, The tari6. the Sec
lo1d term questionsshi e ssstxict account
ability, ultiriatums and many other
mAtterS That hAN6ssarieend during his
Iadfniuietratiun Xet. 4pets0ns Who
admire the pxesidont in1Iet thet per-
sons WhOScritiol1e his attttdlde toward
anypHbAc queefi0n m traitors, %
Apm0thfNG VERY HE tkn&@Aberdeen
sSSsTg ssSSs4S sS%sS#Sa5SNs sSsf
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-11

trembling voice he called his
wares.
Martha leaned for support
against the wall of a building
nearby. She looked over the way
at the little store. Its windows
filled with fruit. Then she
understood. The store had gone
TO pay her hospital expenses. She
turned and hurried away as fast
as her weak limbs would carry
her.
1t will hurt him SO to have me
find it out!'' she thought, and the
tears trickled down her face.
Hes kept it a scret from me,
and now I'll keep it a secret from
him. He shan't ever know that |
know"
That night when Eben came in,
chilled and weary, Martha asked
cheerily the old question:
stHow's business, Eben?"
"Beter'n ever, Marthy,' was
the CHEEKY answer, and Martha
prayed God might bless him for
his sunshiny spirit and love Of her,
Sunshine Department" La
dies Home journal, 1908.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-11

sunk by a Groton firm, which has
ceased to do business in this state,
the firm of which my honorable OPP
ponent is a member having almost
monopolized the well digging con
tracts in South Dakota. The increase
in the cost of castings, considering the
entire cost of a well of this character,
is a mere bagatelle.
Increase of State Expenses.
Now that | am discussing what
.Mr. Norbeck is reported to have said
about artesian wells, | may add that
j observe, by perusing the press, that
he boasts of a great cut made in
state appropriations for the proceed
ing two years. He places this cut
at $50, OOO. 90. This alleged saving,
however, is on paper only, according
to my understanding. 1t results from
the unexpended balances from various
state institutions-sums which revert
ito the treasury in cast some of the
state institutions do not use all the
appropriation made by the legislature
Many thousands of dollars of the hi
ennial appropriations are thus turn
ed back into the treasury.
Let me Cdll dLlCILioh hiioSISi
matter. since ! am considering ap-
preparations, and that is the enor'
nous increase in the expenses OF the
state government and state institu
tons. Owing to the fact that appro'
Ipriations for building purposes vary
somewhat, it might be unjust o make
'comparisons for two-year periods, sc
| have taken four-year periods. Foi
the last two years of Herreid's al
ministration and the two years OF
Elrod's administration ll905-l9oo)
the total state appropriations were
1858, 520.0 Compare those hgures
with the four years of the Wesley al
m~inistration during which the ap
propriations aggregated $5,Sl9.S3l.00
Coming down to the Byrne-Norbecl
administration of the past four years
we find that the total legislative ap
preparations are $7,014,814.42, or al
most treble those Of the Herreid-Elrot
regime for an equal period.
Miscellaneous Receipts.
'In addition to the seven million
dollars received by direct taxation
the Byrne-Norbeck administrator
collected $1,O96, 91S.46 for the year
1914 and 1915. If we assume tina
the income from the same source
for 1913 and 1916 amounts to anothe
million, it would mean that the Byrne
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-11
THE SPIRIT OF
tFrom The Visitor by Rev. w. S
O'Meara.)

"How s business, Ebeng"
The Gfd man was washing al
the sinl after his days work.
"Finc, Marthy, fine
"Does the store look just the
samee and, how I'd like to be
there again, with the sun shining
in so bright! How does it look:
Rbeng'
s.The stores never been the
same since you left it, Marthy.
A faint flush came into Martha's
cheeks. Is a wife ever too old to
be moved by her husband praise
For years Eben and Martha had
kept a tiny notion store, but one
day Martha fell sick and was tax
en- to the hospital. That was
months ago. She was out now,
but she would never be strong
again-never more be partner in
the happy little store.
~ cant help h%ankering for a
sight of the store thought Mar
tha one afternoon. eff | take it
real careful, | think / can get
down there. 'Tisn't so far"
Tt took a long time for her to
drag herself downtown, but at
last she stood at the head of the
little street where the store was.
All Of a sudden she stopped. Not
far from her on the pavement
stood Eben. A tray hung from
his neck. On this tray were ar
ranged a few cards of collar-but-
tons, some papers of pins and sew
eral bundles of shoelaces. In a
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-11
R. @. Richards Discusses Issues OF the State Campaign

Norbeck administration has collected
about nine million dollars for the
past four years as compared with
about two and a half millions under
the Herreid -Elrod administration for
a similar period.
There is still another item that
deserves the thoughtful attention Of
the people. There has been expended
for 1914 and 1915 the sum of $717,-
736,2S, for which no current appro-
priation was made.
Concerning Primary Expenses.
81 note, also, that Mr.. Norbeck is
reported to be very much opposed to
the Richards primary law, declaring
that its operation is too expensive.
II wish to say that the fact is there
is no difference in the cost of its OPP
Grafton, as compared with the Byrne-
Norbeck primary measure excepting
with reference to mileage for repre-
sentative government. Does Mr.. Nor
beck advocate a return to the old free
railroad pass system or private con-
tribution by candidates to pay for
the mileage for the peoples repre-
sentatives to meet to propose candi-
dates and to consider party plat"
forms? The mileage for all the po-
litical parties in the state for the two
Lyears under the Richards primary law
was about six thousand dollars. AS
suredly the people can we'll afford to
meet such a small expense in order
that we may have representative
party government rather than party
government by political machines.
Rural Credits and Taxation.
Il also take issue with Mr.. Nor
beck concerning the Byrne-Norbeck
proposed amendment for rural credits
and the proposed tax amendment.
The rural credits proposition urged
by Mr.. Norbeck is fundamentally
wrong, while the proposed tax amend
ment destroys all vestige of restric-
ton on taxation, comforting central
lied power upon the Legislature to
deal with the matter Of assessment
and taxation.
perhaps Mr.. Norbeck's failure to
accept my challenge for a series of
joint meetings to discuss some OF
those matters may be based upon his
Discrimination to appear in public as
the champion of boss rule and the
defender of extravaganza, as he
seems to prefer to go before the peo'
pie with ex parte statements"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-11

Hoa. R. O. Richards, of Huron, can
aiSste for the republican nomination
for governor, delivered an address
last Friday evening in the Goss Hall.
Mr.. Richards is making his campaign
mainly upon three issues: the prl-
H,ary proposition. the spoils system
and the rule of the people-that Is TO
saw. he advocates a primary law that
will enable the people themselves
through representatives chosen by
themselves, to propose all party can
siaates for office, and he opposes the
ssoils system because its general
tendency is to disregard merit IN
governmental affairs. The abolition
OF the spoils system, he contends
would at once result in better govern
naent with respect to both state and
party affairs.
Before leaving the city Mr.. Hich-
ards. interviewed by a representative
of this paper regarding the three-cor-
nered contest within the party FOR the
~sovernorship, authorized the follow
ing statement:
Concerning Artesian Wells.
~ ave no disposition" said ME-
Richards, ITO engage in an unseehlls
controversy. | deem the statements
Of my opponent to be entitled TO re-
spect and to fair treatment, bu, con
fess to disappointment in Mr.. NOT
beck's evasions and his lack OF frank
ness in discussing state AFFAIRS, II the
newspapers have CORRECTLY quoted
him.
81 have not authorized Mr.. Egan TO
make public use of any
which gave him regarding arteslan
wells, but | will say that the state
vents which M. Egan is reported &c
have made are true so far as they re
late to my experience. ,
"The firm of Norbeck & Nlchol
son. some years ago, sank tWo SINAI
wells for me, for which | paid, as
remember, about five hundred dollars
each. Tut | had two other wells
sunk. each about six inches In dla
meter' 1T The bottom, equipped witt
castings oQ various sizes. They were
sunk In the days when the o!d-fash
iened mrthod was in vogue, which is
vastly more expensive than the meth
Cd in use today. Thev cost $3.50 {
foot and were about one thousant
feet deep, They are not unlike tht
well which Norbeck & Nicholson sanl
On the capitol grounds and which cos
the state nearly seven dollars a foot
The wells which | contracted for wert