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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
APPOINTED U. S. CHAUFFEUR

Mr.. Gray Russell was notified
last week of his appointment as a
u. S. chauffeur and he viii accom-
pany the trucks TO the Mexican
border. lie is to report at the
Quartemaster's Department not
later than July 9th. The salary
ranges from 800 to 1886 per month,
and Mr.. Russell, who is thorough
ly competent handler of motor cars,
is being warmly congratulated by
his many friends upon securing this
splendid position.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
CAMPAIGN TO OPEN -

The Democratic campaign in
Kentucky will open IN Winchester
some time early in September. The
Winchester people always hustiing
for the good things for their city
will make the meeting a hugh sue
cess as they usually do anything
they attempt. The meeting will be
held at the Clark County Fair
Grounds.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
SPEAKER DUFFY OUT
OF CONGRESS FIGHT

While attending the fair here last
Wednesday, II. c. Duffy, of Gym
thiana, Speaker of the House in the
last General Assembly, announced
his withdrawal from the race for
the congressional nomination in the
Ninth District, giving as his reas-
ons that illness in his family pre-
vented him from further prosecut-
ing his canvass. The withdrawal
of Speaker Duffy was a surprise
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
FINE BOOKLET

We are in receipt of copy of
the Students Bulletin, issued by
the students of the Kentucky Nor
NAL & Industrial Institute4 1t is Il
well edited and printed bulletin
and those in charge of the work
deserve praise for the excellence
of the work.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
THE FAIR DANCE

The annual Fair Dance, given by
the young gentlemen of this city
at Ringo's Hall last Thursday ev-
ening was largely attended and
proved to be most enjoyable af-
fair. A large number Of visitors
were present. Music for the occa-
sion was furnished by Smiths Sax
aphone Trio.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
BUYS BUSINESS

Mr., TAYLOR W. Fitzpatrick, Jr.,
purchased the business of the San
itary Meat Market at the sale held
by w. A. Samuels, Special Receiver,
and win sell out the stock Of goods
and fixtures. The business was
formerly conducted by Messrs. Gay
Wilson and Joe Carter.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25

San Francisco police are cropping
about in the dark m their effort
to run down the person or person,
who planted a suit case bomb
that exploded during a prepared
ness parade Saturday resulting ia
death fer six persons aud injury
for many Others.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25

Shirts, dressy and cool. Fine
variety Of patterns that retail at
other stores at $3.50 at $l.OO. stiff
The Drummer Shoe Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
JAMES wHITcoMB RILEY DIES

He was considered by many as
Americas greatest poet. True poet
of the provinces was James Whit
comb Riley; born of the Middle
West, he sang the joys, sorrows,
fancies and humors of its folk,
largely in its own dialect, and the
world was so touched by his inspi-
ration and the realism of his home
ly symbols that he was one Of the
few devoting their lives to poetry
who have gained a fortune. Mr..
Riley was peculiarly sensitive to
the advance of age, and evaded in
quiries as to the date of his birth,
but the most accurate information
available indicated that he was born
in lS4S. "Should Won ask him his
age" one of his friends said, che
would answer that he was this side
of forty and leave you to guess
which side"
The poet was the son of Reuben
A. Riley, a lawyer and political
speaker of Greenfield, Ind. The
younger Riley could not be brought
to the dull routine of school days,
but he was wise in the lore of
streams and fields. His mother, who
was Elizabeth Marine, before her
marriage was a writer of verse.
Instead of preparing for the prac-
tice of law, as his father wished, the
son apparently prepared for moth
ing, and when he left home, he
turned itinerant sign painter to
make his living. What he carried
from the little schoolhouse was
some sympathetic knowledge of lit
erature impaired by his teacher,
Lee o. Harris, himself a poet. For
ten years, Riley roved the Ohio Val
lev, painting commercial signs on
fences and farm outhouses. He had
the trick of brush and pencil, and
cleverly drew sketches illustrative
of the virtues of merchandise adj
vertised in the signs he and his
fellow artisans made to bloom on
the roadsides. He was naturally
musical, and shone as a fiddler in
the villages at which his party stop
ped lat night. He played for dances
and at concerts in country hotels,
and he wrote rhymes which some
times found their way into the
country newspapers.
He led this cheerful, free and
easy life until late in the 70s, when
he took employment as a writer for
a newspaper at Anderson, Ind. He
had now begun to write verse
steadily, but with little encourage
ment from publishers. In 1877, for
the purpose, as he said, of proving
that he could write poetry of value.
he perpetrated "The Poe Hoax"
which for years was literary
sensation, which he often regretted
and of which, as he often told his
friends, he knew he aever would
hear the last.
Publication of books Of poems
year after year brought Mr.. Riley
wealth and wide recognition of his
literary genius. Many of his poems
are of imaginative fantasy or are
gently philosophic. In 1902, he re-
ceived the degree Of Master of Arts
from Yale University, and in 1904,
The University Of Pennsylvania con
ferred upon him the degree of Doe
Tor Of Letters.
In July, 1911, the poet presented
% the city Of Indianapolis property
valued at $4,000 for a site for
public library and school admins
ration building.
Mr. Riley never married but he
was lover Of children, whose
.pirit he OWNED so intimately, and
# family life.
$500 Pumps and Oxfords cut TO S
n
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
Iins g Sons entry, second.
Wednesdays Races.

In the 2:25 trot ON the first day,
Gunfre, owned and driven by Roy
Morris, of this city, showed his
class by winning handily in straight
heats. He was backed heavily on
the books and paid approximately
2 TO 1. Mitchell Lammlein, driven
by Jones, was second. Kirtley Mac,
backed. as favorste for awhile,
was distanced.
In the 2:1S pace, Lucille Brooks,
owned and driven by +. r. Little,
was first in straight heats. Walter
Stone, owned by Stivers and driven
by Utterback, was second. Lady
Slipper, third. Mabel T., distanced.
In "The Montgomery" running
race for two-year- Odds, Do Right
heat out Mart by a nose. Brother
Joe and Little Prince also ran. The
mutuels paid, Do Right, $500 to 50.
No place and show.
In the Government Prize" for g.
year-olds and upward at six fur
longs, Noiseloss beat the favorite
Niagara, and paid $3.50 to So in
the mutuels. Round the Moon also
ran.
thursdays Ring Display Awards.
15-Best Harness Mare or Geld
ing under years-McCray Bros,
first and second.
l0-Best Five Gated Saddle
Stallion under 4 years-McCray
Bros, frst and second.
lg-2!cs,ss Sucking Fii lly, 1915
foal, saddle bred-Wm. Jones &
Sons eSoralla," first.
CONTINUED on last page)
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25

For Sale-Spring wagon, buggy,
set Of harness, all in good condition.
A rare bargain, Phone 6sS. 5l-tf
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
SUCCESSFUL
FAIR CLOSES
The Montgomery County Fair which
Closed Here Saturday, was
a Great Exhibition.

The gates to the 1916 Montgom-
cry County Fair we're closed Sat-
urday evening after four days of
the finest rings, races, ETC., ever
seen in this section. The attendance
the first day was small and on the
second day a heavy downpour of
rain fell, causing the entire pro-
gram in the afternoon to be post
pened with the exception of the
running races. Notwithstanding
these facts, the attendance was
about 1000 more than last year
and it is thought the fair company
will not lose any money. This was
undoubtedly one of the best fairs
ever held by the association and
too much credit cannot be given
Secretary Wood.
Following are the winners day
by day:
Wednesdays Ring Display.
best Running Walk Mare or
Gelding, any ages. S. Rails Oil
ly," first; N. B. Young, Jr., "Dud-
ley" second.
2-Quick Hitching Contest for
Woman or Girl-Mrs. Allen PREV
lit, first; Mrs. J. C. Booth, second.
BEST Mare or Gelding 2-year-
old and under, sired by stallion
owned by U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture = Jim Guiiroile's "Ray-
mount Chief" first.
4-Best Harness Stallion under
A .years-McCray Bros. 'Highland
Chief first, and their 'Mac Mon
roe" second.
5-Best Five-Gaited Saddle Mare
under 4 years-McCray's "Rose of
Killarney" first; j. 7. Collins &
Sons, "Emilee," second.
6--Best Three-G Gated Mare any
age - McCray's Happy Sybell,"
first; McCray's entry, second.
BEST Three GATED Gelding,
any age-J. T. Collins & Sons en-
tries, first and second.
S-Best Five-Gaited Horse, either
sex, over years-McCray Bros.
.AKillie Mcdonald" first; ]. T. Col
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25

Try a l-pound can of Sincerity
Coffee, soc and 35c per pound,
at Vanarsdells.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25

New tomatoes and eueumbers
at Vanarsdelps.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
Thursdays Ring Display Awards

Continued on last page)
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
Lure of the Oyster. Washington Post.)

Among the things that puzzle stay at-home folks is why other folks want to be moving around all the time. The latter themselves are not always able to explain. Part of the secret is found in the desire to find in new surroundings a surcease from their own diSsatisfactions But with such it is too often as with the worthy ascetic, who, after seeking shelter in his lonely cell, found he had incarcer- ated with him his one worst enemy.
 A brighter touch, however, has been given to the habit of intermin- able globe trotting by the account of a hurry visit of Capt. William F. Pack. U. $. A., to his native shores. Capt. Pack was formerly governor of the Igorrotc head-hunters in the Philip pines. This would seem a calling equal to the banishing of ennui. Was the captain content? Not much. The oysters of his native land called. So he travelled the brief distance of $500 miles to his destination in New York for a half dozen of what are called Luscious bivalves'-hated words to the purists, but understood and re- vered by the captain.
 Upon finishing his plate, or plates, the captain will return. Not to the land of the head-h hunters but to the Isle of Pines Not that the goal mat ters much Either is as good as the other without oysters. By the same token, either is as bad as the other under the same conditions. The trip here is it's own defense, considering the object in view. Perhaps when the captain has entirely shaken off his tropical sloth, conquered for all time the encrvatinC dolce far niente of coral sands, he'll come to the Ches apeake and eat oysters. In that event it'll be no hail and farewell. He'll rest his hat in our midst, and sunlit reefs and airy atolls will know him no more forever.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
Justice Hughes Distinction.
(NeW York Worldly


 Not only is Justice Hughes Gov. Whltman,S first choice for President, but as long as the Justice firmly re- fuses to be a candidate he will not con- tlnue to be the Governors first choice. On these terms the Justice will re- main Col. ROOsevelt's first choice too, ana the first choice of every other Re- publican aspirant for the Presidency. 1t is a rare distinction that Justice Hughes has won, and he cannot help being impressed by the great popular 1ty he has achieved
 Of course, if there should come signs that the Justice was weakening III his refusal to accept a nomina- ton, that might be different Then the Governor, the Colonel and all the rest of the Hghtning-rod holders would be compelled to give patriotic consideration to the question of per- mlttlng the United States Supreme Court to be prostituted to partisan politics.
 The Governor, the Colonel and the rest of them are very sensitive about the honor of the United States Su- preme Court. But while Justice Hughes remains equally sensitive he Is their candidate for President
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

Washington, D. C., Jan. 20.-'The ghostly Dolomites, the wildly splendid ruins of a once mighty Alps, where all the forms the architect ever de- signed, and many more, cut, in chao- tic profusion, into the skies, were, year ago, a cherished playground of the world, while today, among their crags, peaks and rock splinters, their Weather-tOrn crests and weather tretted precipices, an inferno of mOun- tain cannons, machine guns and rifles nave transformed the playground into the most savage war-theater to be found in all war-ridden Europe"
 Thus begins the bulletin issued by the National Geographic society to- day, which deals with the terrifying battle-ground where Austrians and Italians are cOntesting mountain rinacles, sheer walls of barren rock glacier crests, and narrow, twisting valleys. The nucleus of the Dolomites is the southeastern part of Tyrol, a region quite as untamed now as when Roman legionaries threaded it's dan gerous passes with their shields in testudo to guard against rock masses fl Om the heights above
 "The DOlomites are in their nature sinister, cruel, uncanny. Their desOla- ton is weird. The paths among their crags are treacherous. Wind, rain, and frost has scared them with a multi Jude of shapes, with teeth and claws and ugly wrinkles. Yet, despite the fierce aspect of these mountains, they have fascinated all who have visited them, and brought many tourists back summer after summer for tramps in the bracing air that bathes them and for feasts upon the richly varied scen- cry which they offer.
 'The Dolomites are not the same from year to year. The rock of which
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
THE COMPLETE VTTyNTATVJM.

Men are but boys grown large and nations nothing more than greatly augmented families. Human nature IS at the bottom of the whole works and the same passions that sway the manly breasts rage in the hearts of nations. It would not be surDrisino o, then, if internal strife is continually fomented in the United States by for eign agencies, to see our Uncle Samuel some day go over to Charter Oak and tack up a notice similar to the follow ing which was posted on farm in Collinsville, Alabama:
 'Notice-Tresspas will be per sekuted to the full extent of the law, and I might caushun further & say Bewar of 1 mean mungrel which haint never been overly soshible with strangers, and a double bari shotgun which ain't loaded with sufy pillars. Dam if I ain't tired of all this hel- raisin on my property
 The man who wrote that had some thing to say and said it. It is time our own Uncle Sam dashed off his ulti matum,-once and for all.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
This Is An Enlightened Act.
(Collier's Weekly. )

Missouri finally woke up to discov- CT that a majority of the railroads en- tering St. Louis are in the hands of receivers, so the Public Service Com mission raised fares from ? to 2 F
 and cents per mile and freight rates by some to ' per cent The idea is to get the roads going again. With good regulation this sort of action is safe and it is absolutely necessary.
 But it is not enough for a railroad to be merely solvent. It must be strong enough to be looking and ger industrial conditions that are to come. This country is going to have some 150,O00,000 people within our lifetime. It could hold twice as many. The grouping of this popu- lation is going to depend very largely upon sportation-people will farm, manufacture, trade, and live where they are best served in ease of coming and going both for themselves and for their goods. Except for a few cliff dWellers, it has always been so. The regions that have scrub railroads will remain themselves ba ok ward and undeveloped. It is very significant that while statisticians are predicting 14,000,000 population for New York City by 1850 or so, the Lackawanna Railroad has spent s21,- 000,000 on colossal cut-offs which save
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
Americans in the War.
(NeW York Sum-

In the French Foreign Legion par both sides less conspicuously, a not inconsiderable number of American citizens have been engaged in fighting the battles of Europe. Some of these men are soldiers of fortune, seekers or adventure, eager to fight in any cause. Many have higher motives, 1 put all are voluntarily in surround ; 1ngs sthat most men would prefer to avoid. To some persons their partici- patton in the science of slaughter seems altogether uniustifiabIe.
 But leaving aside those who for | one reason or another are digging trenches, aiming rifles or machine guns and participating in the deadly work of war, there can be no two opinions about the brave Americans who are risking life and limb in the all they can be done to alleviate the suffering in the field
 Their task is not light They enlist for at least three muntns of field duty, and their courage and zeal are sterrly tested. Tn the American Ambulance of Paris every State in this Union is represented. Of more than 400 VOL unteers this city has supplied more than seventy This winter they are doing their duty of mercy on the fir Ing line and have borne their share of the casualties. Some have given their lives in the work of humanity
 Who shall say that these young men take away with them all the courage and skill of our American young man. hood? They are heroes, and there is an army of heroes going quietly about their work at home.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
A Southern Appeal for MT. Taft.

1 NbIldgepOrt Standard.)
 The Augusta (Ga) Chronicle the oldest newspaper in the South has ar article addressed to President Wilson in which it advises and coniures him 1 to appoint MT. Taft to the vacant place on the Supreme court bench It is for MT. Taft first, last and all the time, and it put MT. Taft's quail hcatlons and the character of the act which his appointment would carry, as follows:
 You have the opportunity, MT. President to do one of the most graceful things that ever fell to the lot of a Chief Executive of this na- ton; at the same time. one that will rebound to the Denert of the nation; an act comparable only with that act, itself, which placed Justice Lamar, a Georgia Democrat and citizen of Augusta, on the United States Su- preme bench.
 When the Hon. William H. Taft, then the Republican President of tht United States, rose above party poli- tics and broke all precedents by ap- pointing to the Supreme bench this splendid Southerner and Democrat even tn erby distinguished hmsel for broad mindedness and pure patrio- tism by, also, appointing Judge Lur- ton of Tennessee, to a similar position, and then elevating Justice White an eX-Confederate soldier and Democrat to the chief justiceship-he not only endeared himself to all the people of the South whose opinions are worth anything, but he, also, gave to the
 
 Am ericanism."
 Certainly there could be nothing more complimentary and appreciative of MT. Taft than this and it comes with peculiar force to the President from a newspaper published in the city where you lived as a boy and where you still have so many friends and admirers" The appeal also says:
 May the oldest Democratic news paper in the South, or in all the cOun- try-voicing the sentiments of your fellow SCutherners and Democrats, not hope to see you, at least equal this magnificent act by the appoint ment to the Supreme bench, as the late Justice Lamar's successor, of that superb American who rose above party politics and all sectionalism when he conferred a similar honor upon that great and good Augustan who was laid to rest in this city to- day?"
 One woud think that man at all susceptible to the impressions which such a situation makes on the aver age man who has no official dignity or party fealty to safeguard, would be moved to emulate the action so feel ingly set forth, and we sincerely hope that Mr. Wilson will do it.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
Peasant Ayist0cYafS
 Lipe in Fine Old Land

they are composed is not as durable as that which enters into the compost tion of our Rocky Mountains and the Alps. Each year, it's thousands or fantastic modellings are carved anew The strange DOlOmite needles become m ore pointed and longer, while US knife-like ridges run to sharper cages. It's 'tusks,, 'obelisks,' pyramids, ca thedral spires,' it's serrate teeth and etched walls disintergrate noticeably from year to year. Scattered through out their area are great fields of brok- en stones, and deep streams of eroded matter slope against their higher walls
 "Titian, the great master of colors, was born in this mountain region. His birthplace was Campo di Sotto or Fieve di Cadore. At least, he spent his hoyhood in the latter village, once the capital of sturdy Dolomite republic, the Republic of Cadore, which was founded 500 years before America was discovered and which existed for 500 years, losing it's liberty to no lesser conqueror than Napoleon, who, at the peace of Campio Formio in 1797, re- arranged this part of Europe.
 '"The Isatins and the Germans have fought from times immemorial on the DoIomites' cyclopian battle-ground. A race of warriors grew up in this bor- der land, and, also, one might say, a race of peasant aristocrats. There are humble people here who can trace the family percentage back unbroken through centuries and who treasure ancient family documents signed by pOpes and emperorS, doges and great ncbles. Some of our sturdiest immi- erants. Italian German and Slav come fl om these mountain fastnesses. Few of them remain for their wonderful mountain homeland calls them ire sistibly after they have made their stakes,
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

The old-time mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur for darkening gray. streaked and faded hair is grand mothers treatment, and folks arc again using it to keep their hair a good, even color, which is quite sen- sible, as we are living in an ager when a youthful appearance is of the greatest advantage.
 Nowadays, though, we don't have the troublesome task of gathering the sage and the mussy mixing at home. All drugs stores sell the ready-to-use product called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound" for about 5Oi cents a bottle. It is very popular because nobody can discover it has been applied. Simply moisten your comb or a soft brush with it and draw this through your hair taking one small stand at time; by morning the gray hair disappears, but what delights the ladies With Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur is that, besides beau tifully darkening the hair after a few applications, it nIso produces that soft lustre and appearance of abun- dance which is so attractive; besides prevents dandruff, itching scalp and failing hair.