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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-30
A LIMIT TO FREE SPACE

The newspapers of a community
are always willing to do more than
their share in giving full publicity
to worthy matters, especially those
things affecting the community life,
locally. Sometimes the public does
not fully appreciate all that this i'm
plies. Occasionally the editor Of
the paper gets surfeited with free
notices and then he may be inclin-
ed to rebel.
This paper aims to help along all
community enterprises, and is al
ways glad to contribute publicity
without charge. It has a friendly
feeling for all those projects which
church, lodge or musical people un-
dertake, usually for charitable pur-
poses or for the good of the cause
1t simply cannot, however under
take to provide them with unlimited
free publicity. 1t will at any time
print what it thinks is the news
about such affairs without charge,
and it is usually willing to stretch
any rule it makes concerning an
nouncements and write-ups. II
does that because it knows that in
connection with such affairs a lot
of good people are always doing a
great deal of work without hope of
reward.
However, in the general run of
business it is compelled to take in
to consideration at least two ele-
ments the promoters of these under
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-30
sTANLEYs STAND

Governor Stanley is still consid-
ering the matter of an extra SEES
sion of the legislature. 1t is urged
that if he call an extra session, that
it will be a great relief to the pres
ent financial condition of the treas
ury. Why and whcrcforeq A spe-
cial session is not limited by the
constitution to certain number of
days like the regular session. The
governor may call them in special
session but he may not have the
power to disband them. They will
take time to consider the bill for is
it not great deliberative body?
Would they act hastily;
Never.
The Kentucky legislature would
not hurry itself.
1t costs the people about 81, 10000
per day, if we remember correctly.
1t will take time, ample time, to d.
gest the bill and numerous amend
ments offered. 1t will cost the peo-
pie more than FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS. Perhaps one hundred
thousand. What will be the gain?
Is not the proposition one to prac-
tically release property by operation
of law from taxes which property
is not now paying much into the
Golfers of the state? Where then
will come the gain to the state7
1t is argued that people who are
now hiding their property to escape
taxation will have a change of heart.
a complete reformation will occur
in their moral structure and they
will hasten to disclose all the prop
erty which they have heretofore
been concealing and that money will
come rushing into the till until it
will "bust wide open from end to
end"
Maybe and perhaps.
The safest plan, Governor. is to
let the solons stay at home. Rich
mond Climax MadisOnian.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-30
DEATH OF MRS. GoRMAN

Mrs. Eliza 7. German, aged eigh-
ty-four years, the mother of ]. A.
German and ID. c. (Teddy) Cor
man, formerly of this city, died in
Lexington last week. The body was
taken to her old home at Flemings-
burg for interment. j. A. German
now resides in Lexington and Teddy
German in Flemingsburg and their
many old friends here will learn
with sorrow of the death of their
mother. Two daughters and anoth-
or son also survive.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-30
The Advocate for printing.
THE TRUTH

The man who saved Lube Martins
life, by sending him out of town at
the risk of mob violence to himself,
was Judge C. II. Bush. Because he
afterwards resorted to strategy to
pacify a bowling mob, to gain time
for Gov. Stanley to act, it does not
follow that he displayed less cour-
age than the Governor himself.
Single handed he had Quoted a
bowling mob before the Governor
arrived.-Hopkinsville Kentuckian.
Don't roar at the price of eggs.
1t takes a perfectly good hen twGn-
ty-fOur hours to produce one.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-30
SELLS NICE FARM

Henry Gaitskill has sold his
farm of seventy-two acres, located
on the Paris pike, near Sideview,
to AL Anderson, of this county, for
$4,000. The land is among the
best in this section and partially i'm
proved. Possession will be given
March LIST.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-30
The Advocate for printing.
BUYS GOOD FARM

Mr.. NJ. p. Skidmore, of the coun-
tY, has purchased of w. W. Steven
son the nice lis acre farm at How
ards Mill for $4,000 and will get
possession March LIST. The place
has good improvements and is a
splendid farm.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-30

Some day we will open up our
heart and tell the world how much
the people love you. But it will be
after You are dead.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-30

. TOWN IMPROVE
/" MENT SERIES I
' (Contributed.)
4 = = = +
Reclaim Waste Town Lands.

now engaging the attention of the
people of England, as it has already
done those of Germany, and efforts
are being made to conserve this po-
tential source of wealth.
It is estimated that in the city
of London alone there are $4,000
acres of idle land, capable of pro-
ducing annually $500 worth of food
stuffs per acre-an amazing total
of $7,OOO,OOO yearly.
In connection with the present
high cost of living this item Of news
should carry potent lesson for
every town and city in our own
country.
The subject is full of possibilities
for THIS town.
Have you, reader, ever tried to
estimate how many acres of idle
land there are in this town-in OUR
town? Take day off some time
and count the vacant lots that are
now given over to woods, old. tin
cans and rubbish generally. Try
to reduce this combined area 20
acres. Calculate the possibilities Of
these acres, and then you will see
what the people of THIS TOWN are
annually allowing to slip through
their fingers for want of little
energy.
1t is folly to protest against the
high cost of living when we are
neglecting the means lying right at
our doors of largely alternating
those conditions.
Almost any family can cultivate
from quarter to half an acre of
ground, and quarter or half acre
will produce vegetables and small
fruits for most of my family for
the entire year.
Look around you and locate the
men who are loudest against the
prevailing high prices. Are they
the men who have cultivated good
gardens and truck patches? No,
indeed These men have cellars
well stored with sweet and Irish
potatoes; they have probably raised
and fattened pig or two; they
have fruits and vegetables canned
and preserved, and are really LIV-
ING AT HOME. And they don't
have Nightmares near the end of
the month over the grocery bill that
must be paid on the first.
Let us have a revival of garden
ing interest in this town this wear.
Let's every one of us who have a
few square feet or yards of soil see
to it that that soil produces this
summer all of which it is capable.
If we have no surplus ground of ouI
own, then let's rent vacant lot
from some neighbor and turn it in
to food for the family.
Many people in this town buy all
of their groceries and provisions
from the stores and from peddlcrs,
paying out large sums in the run Of
a year, while they have ample land
lying idle from which they could
supply "A majority of their wants
in this line. This is not only poor
economy, but it is rank extrava-
gance.
But that is the way of the aver
age American citizen. He buys
beans and raises cookie burrs. He
buys potatoes and raises dog fennel.
IN short, he buys all he has to eat
and raises hell generally over the
prices he has TO pay.
An important phase of the ques-
ton lies in the splendid possibilities
for health afforded by the congenial
task of gardening.
Every dweller in a city or small
town should, if possible, acquire a
piece of ground to work through
the summer, be it ever so small. An
hour or two of diligent work in the
soil is natures finest tonic. II will
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-30

Maybe and perhaps.
The safest plan, Governor. is to
let the solons stay at home. Rich
mond Climax Madisonian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-11
Kills Women and Children.

The Germans did not know that we
tack really recoiIed upon themselves
They were so sure of victory that they
rushed in carelessly and We're, of
course, badly beaten. One of their Of
ficers was found killed directly in front
Of US In the barbed wire. He had al
ready made out plans for trenches six
miles in our rear. We found the plans
in his pocket
We have now practically overcome
any difficulties which may result from
gases. 1t was difficult at first but our
chemists came and examined the cloth
ing of the dead men to determine the
gas which had been used. We dis
covered the secret and can now make
the same gases ourselves. However,
we never use them against an enemy
only against our own men Sounds
strange, doesn't it, to gas your own
men? But we first mask them com
pletely and then to give them conf
dence in the masks blow gas on them
This has saved thousands OF lives. be
cause 1t has taught the men that they
are safe il they keep to their masks
The only lives which are lost now are
of men who grow impatient and tear
off their masks.
One of the troubles which we have had,
however. is from the gas which sweeps
over the country to the rear. 1t kills
the women and children far behind the
lines and also kills Che animals, such
as dogs pigs and cats. We also have
trouble in our field hospitals, because
when they get a chance the German
aeroplanes drop gas bombs among our
wounded and kill many.
''Of course, il is sometimes possible
TO save men who have been slightly
touched by gas-that is. We can save
them for q few years. Tuberculosis
invariably sets in. we have to get
them quickly, however, else We cannot
even save them for the lingering pc
Rod of Illness.
THE masks which we use and find
most effective are sort of air filter.
The mask is held very tightly about
the head 50 as to prevent the vapor
from entering. 1t has attached TO the
bottom of it d long cylinder filled with
purifying substances. which prevent
noxious vaporS from passing. II is
very uncomfortable in mask, but II
is safe. 1t is sitting. the quantity of
good air being limited"
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Describes First Gas Attack.


MY first experience with gas was
in the first attack of gas ever made by
an army in the field. 1t was before the
Germans had perfected their system,
and though not effective as the later
devices would have been under the cir
cumstances, nevertheless killed 5000
of the 1000 attacked and has given
tuberculosis to 500 of the survivors.
was almost blinded and am now nearly
blind in one eye.
''One attack typical of the rest l VIII
describe. They attacked US with tear
shells first. They are bombs laden with
a gas of formaline and garlick which
blinds the victims, eating at the It's
sues of the eye. We call them tear
shells because they make the eye wa
ter. This attack was of but short du-
ration.
But the poisonous gases We're the
worst. The tear she'll attack was fol-
lowed by a series of three different at
tacks-- The first was of waves of cya-
hide of potassium, an exceedingly dam
gerous gas. II kills in twenty minutes.
IT came upon us in wave three miles
long, vivid and deadly, like a floating
blue cloud with hot squirting tongues.
Nothing could be more terrible than to
see this awful vapor remorselessly en-
vcloping everything in it's path. With
out a mask one is helpless before ii.
1t completely blanketed our trenches
and reached a mile and half in the
rear 1t is dangerous, however, only
as long as it is hot. When it cools of
II does no harm. 1t acts on the tissues
of the flesh. causing foam at the mouth,
coagulating the blood, choking the VIC
tim and gradually eating out his lungs.
Soon foam eXudes from every pore in
the body and the victim looks like a
mass of green filth, rather than man.
The cyanide wave was Immediately
followed by chlorine waves three miles
long and six miles deep. 1t was blown
along on the breeze like mass of
green cottony clouds. For a whole
hour this wave lasted. permeatlng
everything but our masks until it
cooled off and gradually settled into the
ground. 1t was more like an intensely hot
fog than anything else. In the masks it
was sitting during this hour-long attack,
but there was no brea thing space because
the gas no sooner settled than another
wave OF the same gas. bigger than the
first. came UP Immediately. That, too,
passed, and then came the German SOL
Il,
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RUSSIAN OFFICER
TELLSOF HORRORS
Col. KaIpaschnikoff Camac
Describes Gas Attacks by
the Germans.
HELPS RESCUE THE VICTIMS

How &c feels 20 be subjected 20 gas at
tacks, what gases are used by the Ger
mans 20 destroy their enemies and the
method Of their administration were
some OF the matters discussed by Col.
Andrew Kalpaschnikoif- C.iuac at a lee
ture at the residence of William Phelps
Emo, 1771 y street northwest, recently.
For two years Col. kalpaschnlkoft-
Camac has been a student of horrors,
especially gas horrors. He has photo
eraphed every conceivable form of the
effects of German gases, and has
brought his gruesome collection 10
America for exhibition.
Col. Kalp3schnikoff-Ca mac is in the
most hazardous branch of the Russian
military service. being commanding OF
fcer of the 21st Flying Column OF the
Siberian army, the duty of which Is 70
rescue men on the field while the bat
tie is in progress. The flyers, as
they are called. accompany the men
into the first line trenches.
col Kalpaschnikoff has been in four
gas attacks, including the Yer! rrst
which was ever made by the Germans
1T requires y different kind OF cour-
age to meet gas" said the colonel. "one
has no way Of com batting it, but must
sit quietly in a mask. knowing that
the slightest dislocation of the mask
may mean the inhalation of gas
which will eat the tissues of the throat
and lungs, and if not Immediately fatal
will cause tuberculosis which VIII
mean death within few years.
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New Britain herald., 1917-06-01
The Old Continentals. in their ragged regimentals Stood the old continentals.

Tn their ragged regimentals Stood the old continentals, Yielding not, When the grenadiers were lunging, And like hail fell the plunging Cannon shot:
 When the files
 Of the isles From the smoky night encampment,
 bore the banner of the
 rampant
 Unicorn, And grummer, grummer rolled the
 roll of the drummer. Through the morn! Then with eyes to the front all. And with guns horizontal, Stood our sires; And the balls whisted deadly, And in streams flashing redly Blazed the fires:
 As the roar On the shore, Swept the strong le-breakers OCT
 the greensodded acres Of the plain; And louder, louder, louder cracked
 the black gunpowder. Cracking amain! Now like smiths at their forges Worked the red St. Georges Cannoneers; And the ''villainous saltpetre" Rung 8 fierce, discondant metre Round their ears; As the swift X Storm-drift, With hot sweeping anger, came the
 horse-guards' clangor On our Hanks. Then higher, higher, higher burned
 the old-fashioned fire Through the ranks! Then the old-fashioned colonel .Galloped through the white internal Powder-cloud; And his, broad-sword was swinging, And his brazen throat was ringing Trumpet loud. Then the blue Bullets flew, And the trooper-jackets redden at the
 touch of the leaden Rifle-breath;, And rounder, rounder, rounder roared
 the iron six-pounder, Hurling death! GUY HUMPHREY McMASTER
New Britain herald., 1917-06-01

polling booths will be dealt with even more severely. Under the terms of the Constitution of the United States of America, persons who hinder Uncle forces up to full strength are giving aid and comfort to the enemy. That is treason. When the United States undertakes to punish treason it exerts it's most drastic power. It will not stop at halfway measures. Treason is punishable by Death. Let those who attempt to block the working of the new Army Bill remember this.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-01

For the first time in the history of this country. the exports of the United States exceeded six billion dol- lars in the twelve months ending with April of this year. Tn 1916 the ex- ports of. America amounted to less previous the exports averaged around two billion dollars. The excess of ex- ports over imports during tthe twelve months ending April, 1917. amounted to. s,5so millions. as against 1,e14 millions in 1916. G
New Britain herald., 1917-06-01

one of the ofilcials of the factory and asked him if this were true. He said yes. they were willing in the present stress of high prices to do anything reasonable to help their employees, and had gone 90 far as to see an agent of the mines in regard to it, and was told that the mine could or would not sell to the factory in that way, as any in- dividual mine so doing would be boy cotted by the dealers. So there you are.
 The word boycott, as applied by some of the labor organizations has a rather harsh meaning. Can you see any difference in this case? Is not the present condition, although not quite along the same lines, almost parallel to the conditions that actuated our forefathers in throwing the tea into Boston harbor?
 What are we going to do about 1t :?
 Some of us unsophisticated consum- CTS might think it a matter for the Chamber of Commerce to take up; but pause! The bell wether of the coal dealers, being one of the captains of the Chamber of Commerce, and that body not being noted in its attitude to e"o consuming puDuc other than tO help each other demand his pound of flesh and keep out competition. so 1t would probably be outside of their realm to do anything in the matter.
 However, with the Herald's help, if this matter can be kept before the public, and the people don't sit down In despair and say I've must submit to 1t" there will come way where at least justice will obtain.
 CONSUMER"
New Britain herald., 1917-06-01
INTRODUCED TO MIR. MARS
Chief Rawlings Sees Munitions Being Made-Goes Aboard Submarine and
 Watches Coast Defense Guns Work.

Made-Goes Aboard Submarine and
 Watches Coast Defense Guns Work.
 4 visitor in Bridgeport yesterday in connection with 8 meeting of the State Police Association's executive committee, of which he is member. Chief william J. Rawlings had an ex- cellent opportunity to observe how the war has affected the country's intuition centers and the elaborate precautions being taken to prevent disorder and trouble. AS guest or Superintendent of Police John Fl. Redgate with an army officer as pilot, a number of state police heads were taken about the city, visiting the works of the Lake Torpedo Boat com pany, the Remington plant and Sea- side park, now largely used as a mill itary reservation.
 At the Lake plant Chief Rawlings and a number of other visitors went aboard the historic submarine De- fender'' and were informed relative to handling of this type of boat. Although solete pattern, the general and basic principles of construction and hand ling are the same as in vogue with the most modern specimens of this type of craft. At Seaside park the coast de- fense with monster hidden and dis appearing guns was inspected. There was a demonstration of target prac- tice by the gunners, the spectators being agreeably surprised over the ac- curacv shown.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-01
COMMUNICATED.
THE MOON AND THE WEATHER.
Watch a Few Moons and Find Out How It Acts on Old Mother Earth.

To the Editor of the Herald:
 Has it ever occurred to your many readers, those not moonstruck, that the position of the moon (the new moon), has much to do in controlling the temperature and weather during it's synodical reign?
 To illustrate: If the new moon makes its appearance very high and we'll to the north, as was the case with the present and last moons, we are reasonably sure of cold weather during it's stay. and it's reverse is in vafiably the rule with low south moon. A high. north mon will bring cold weather even in July. A low south moon will bring warm weather even in January. M Z If there is any doubt existing in the minds of your readers regarding ,the above, astronomical sign, and they should think am 1aboring under case of luna-cy, all they have to do to confirm this weather sign, is to watch few moons.
 JAS. E. BEALE. :.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-01
LURE OF THE CIRCUS
Ringling Brothers. Exhibiting in Hartford, Attracts Many People to See Parade and Show This After noon and Evening.

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 Big circuses like Ringling Brothers have long since ceased to visit New Britain, due principally to the lack of main line railroad facilities. the proximity of Hartford and a dearth )f centrally located property large enough to accommodate circus. There was a time a number of years ago when all the big circuses in- cluded New Britain, among them be- ing Buffalo Bill, Barnum & Bailey, Pawnee Bill and the great Ringing Brothers circus which is exhibiting in Hartford this afternoon and evening. and Meriden tomorrow.
 The lure of the circus, although it Is ten miles away, has been felt and this morning hundreds of New Britain people went to the capitol city to watch the parade. This afternoon many visited the show. Tonight more will go. The Hartford circus grounds are on Van Block avenue and the evening performance begins at 9 D. m., with the main doors and menagerie open one hour earlier.
 Ringing Brothers has more than 1850 people, forty-one elephants, 735 horses and 10S dens including 1000 wild animals of all kinds, .all transported in. special train of eighty-nine cars. The performance opens with the presentation of Cin- drella, said to be the most gorgeous fairyland spectacle ever created. The cast includes 1000 people. among them 300 dancing girls. and the story tells in detail all of childhood's fairy tales. Other numerous acts include amazing acrobatic stunts, wild animal exhibitions. equestrian novelties and Oriental acts,
New Britain herald., 1917-06-01

Now that the American Govern ment has sanctioned the opeAing of British recruiting stations for citizens or Great Britain here, it may be pre- sumed that the British Government will reciprocate and allow the American government eto catch it's own slackers by opening recruiting stations fn Great Britain.