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rEy ErI1s PAYS TRIBUTE II
MEMORY OF ED. TURNER.

Below is the text of Rev. w. E.
Ellis remarks at the funeral of the
late Mr.. Edward Turner, Wednes-
day afternoon, at his home, near
Paris:
i have been called upon many times
In NV life as a minister to conduct a
service similar to this when it has
been hard to do so, but i think never
before have / found it so difficult as
on this occasion, because of the in
timacy of our relationship and the
warm personal friendship that existed
between us.
The announcement of his depar-
ture has spread an unusual gloom
over his large circle of friends. My
own mind participated in the general
depression and my own heart feels
this personal loss, for he was one OF
nv warmest personal friends and a
man whom / admired for his many
excellent traits of character.
He was a man of unselfish and
generous spirit, and of kindly and
affectionate disposition. He was
singularly modest yet strong In dis
position and in will. He had royal
blood in his veins and sought to keep
his fair name untarniShed but was al
ways ready to sacrifice himself for
others.
It is impossible for me to pay a
fitting tribute to his memory today.
j cannot find the words with which
to portray my conception of his char
acter or to express my esteem, my
appreciation and my friendship for
him. Might / be pardoned today for
mentioning some things, which under
different circumstances, modesty
might forbid.
/ was impressed with the fact that
the quality of his mind was superior,
in that there was nothing coarse or
degrading about it. 1t was always
elevating and refining in its influence
in his home and on those whom he
touched. For it was here that he
silently spread around him that soft,
gentle light, the beauty of which is
never fully known until it is gone.
His calm gentle spirit, his sweet
humility, his loving sympathy and his
clear perception of what is due to
others fitted him prominently for
the place which he filled in the home
as father and friend. He was truly
a spirit of friendship diffusing itself
as a helpful influence through the
circle in which he moved. No one
who ever met him in a friendly way
could easily forget the peculiar warm
heartedness of his manner and con-
versation.
There was a cheerfulness and SUM-
shine of soul born of his love for his
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DR.. JAY WILLIAM HUDSON.

A David in stature, but a Goliath in
intellect. man among men, and con-
sidered one of the best men in Amer
lea at presenting profound subjects
to popular audiences, is DR.. Jaw Will
liam Hudson, head Of the Department
OF Philosophy at the University of
Missouri
Or. Hudson has just returned from
Western Front in Europe. where he
went this spring on a special trip
IN order thet On his Chautauqua tour
this summer his superb talents might
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UNITED STATES HAS NEAR MIL,
LION MEN IN FRANCE.

WEST POINT, N. Y, June IT,
eve have joined a combination in
which France and Britain and Italy
and the United States have assembled
in France the greatest force for
righteousness the world has ever
seen," declared Secretary of War
Baker, in an address to 1877 gradu-
ates of the United States Military
academy. He declared that at is
not unfair to speculate that we will
shortly pass the million mark" of
American fighting men in France.
Americas policy of sending men
across to France as rapidly as ships
will take them will not be affected
either by the submarine menace or
the territorial gains of the enemy,
General Peyton C. March, chief of
staff, told the graduates.
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PEARSON HossoN.
performing that feat, which has been
pronounced one Of the most heroic
deeds of all time. Since the Spanish
American War he has held the ma
tons steady attention to our naval
and military problems, being the orig
inal advocate Of Preparedness; cham
pioned World Peace by Arbitration
served three terms In Congress, and
has become the foremost temperance
advocate of his generation.
He will speak on the night of the
third day.
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be used to serve America by telling
the people about the war and what he
saw "Over there" ~
His address. American Ideals,Y is
masterful presentation of the mean.
ing Of American democracy splen.
did}vision OF Americas destiny-vwhich
has been heard in nearly every State
in the Union. This time it will be
based upon his first-hand observations
and experiences in the actual theater
Of war.
DR.. Hudson speaks on the fifth night
Of the Chautauqua.
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Captain Richmond P. Hobson, the
Hero of the Merrimac," will speak at
the local Chautauqua on America and
the World War;" This address will be
one Of the big outstanding features of
years Of ChautauQuas.
- Captain Hobson is son of Southern
Chivalry, naval graduate at nine
teen. Soon thereafter he saved and
repaired the Oregon, foundered in the
Yellow Sea. Hobson suggested bot
Ting up Cervera's fleet by sinking tn
Merrimac and won undying fame II
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-06-18

Can you refuse to loan your saw
ings when other men give their lives?
Buy War Savings Stamps.
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3 War Savings Stamps save lives.
They also serve who buy War Saw
ings Stamps-if they save and buy
to the utmost Of their ability, and
buy in time. .lss, .ifE =:
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The philosophy of the w. s. s. is
save, save. save.
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Cemanys Hopes for the Railway Control Of Central Asia

reaching the borders of Afghanistan u.
some Russian statesmen, but not all
of them. thought the same thing
Engiand's anxiety was greatest when
the Russians pushed a branch line
south from the fertile oasis of Merry
to kush, on the Afghan border. Be
yond kush lay Herat, and Herat was
the gateway through Afghanistan to
India. Vigorous military action by the
British military commanders in India,
including an expedition to Kandahur
by Gen. Roberts. brought Afghanistan,
reluctantly. under the distinct sphere
of British influence. 1t was then made
clear that England proposed to protect
India by her control of Afghanistan.
Russia acQuiesced in this accomplished
fact and better feeling grew up be-
tween the two Ma tons SO that for n
while England paid little attention to
Russia 8 advance in central Asia Lead
iEg incidents of the advance had been
the subjugation of khiva and Bokbara
by the Russian military commanders.
Both were Under Nohammedam rulers.
The Transcaspian or Middle Asia
line was pushed on to Bokhara and
Samarkand by the energy of Gen. An
nenkon. He embodied Il spirit Of en-
ergy SO contrary to The Russian spirit
OF inertia that he seemed out of touch
with the national character Yet, other
Russian commanders had been equally
energetic when it came to military
measures for territorial expansion.
When the railway reached Samar-
kand in 1883 Gen. Annenkoff, in spite
of the objections of the St Petersburg
officials, managed to have celebration
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at which various notabilities and some
obscure persons from Europe were
present
Alexander paused at Samerkand on
his march to India. The tomb of Tam
er!ane is there, and there are a thou
sand memories of Mohammedansm.
Gen. AnHenkoff perhaps, was not
thinking of these memories. But at
least he was willing that Europe
should know what Russia was doing in
this part of middle Asia.
Later the railway was pushed on to
its present terminus. 1t always has
been administered as a military line,
and foreigners usually have found diff
ficulty in securing the privilege of
travelling over it. Yet, while built pri-
marily for military purposes, the Trans
caspian line has served the purpose of
peaceful civilization. Nomad tribes
have ceased to make robbery their
principal occupation. and encourage
raent has been given to agriculture in
the oasis Of the desert and in the val
leys. Cotton, in particular, has been
maze IA permanent agricultural indus
try.
The kaiser. whenever he shall have
The world subdued, therefore could
draw cotton from tie fertile Fershana
valley and the other regions, and he
could make a triumphant entry into
Bokilara and renew the attitude he
took at Jerusalem as protector of
Islam. Yet this route has some incon-
veniences for transportation, since to
reach Bokhara by means of it is is
necessary to transship across the Cas-
plan sea.
A through rail route also exists from
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Berlin TO Bokhara by way of Petro-
grad and Moscow, and this probably is
in the mind of the German war lords
more than the Transcaspian route,
since there is no need of transship-
ping.
The line from Samara via Orenburg
to Tashkend is more an economic than
a military line. 1t has distinctively
commercial purposes. In one sense it
is loop Of the Transsiberian. The
projects of the Russian engineers con-
template extending the line from
Tashkend north through the noun
famous country 10 Omsk, on the Trans
siberian. Whenever this is done the
loop Will he complete. That. however.
is not likely to he done soon. in view
Of the present situation.
Economic and political motives
caused the Russian government TO en-
courage immigration eastward and
southeastward until the Samara dis
trict was fairly we'll peopled. The
kirshiz had TO be conquered just as
the Turkomans We're conquered in the
south. Then the colonization proceed
ed onward and the thin line stretched
along even toward Mongolia.
Before the building of the railway
from Samara through OrenDurg there
had been a considerable traffic by means
of caravans. Some cotton was raised
but the difficulties of transportation
limited the production. Orenburg,
which was the frontier outpost, had pc
RODS of commercial activity, and then
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rest of the lots. including the southwest
corner of 9Th and F, were owned by
Burnes' heirs, except lot 10, next to the
corner of 9th. which was owned by Dun
lop and Carlton, two of the early real
estate spectators Up to 1902 no house
of any kind had been built along this part
of the street and the lots were indistin-
guishabls from the rest of the farm land,
though it is believed that a public road
had been built along the line Of + street
following the course of the ridge" which
the street occupies. Along the north side.
between 5th and 9Th. the northwest corner
of 9Th and + was owned by Samuel Dav
idson and the rest of the lots by the as
signees OF Morris and Nicholson and the
heirs OF David Burnes. BCrnes heirs and
Morris and Nicholsons assignees held
title to the south side of the street. No
Improvements had been made.
+ street built Zip quite rapidly. Because
OF the high ground it made great progress
as a residence street. and the number of
small shops, big stores and professional
offices which came TO be set up along
this great way before the establishing
of a horse car line was prophetic of the
present greatness of the street.
AS he nears the conclusion Of this
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der the heel of German militarism- a
great section of Middle Asia is fairly
well along toward civilization. and this
is due principally TO its railway sys
TENS. If the kaiser could completely
dominate European Russia there Is
little question of the advantage 1T.
would be in extending his dominion
over middle Asia.
Cotton now goes out principally by way
of the TaShkend line, and this means
that as much Of the crop as can be con-
trolled could he made available for Ger
man textile mills. Heretofore the product
has been utilized principally by the cotton
mills of LODI. in Poland. although the
Moscow mills also have been supplied
The quantity of cotton produced in The
Fergila ma valley and the adjacent regions
has been greatly exaggerated as have
also been exaggerated the prospects of
increasing the production. The year be-
fore the great war broke out an American
consular report stated that in central
Asia u little more than a million acres
We're devoted to cotton production. of
which 500 900 acres were in the Ferghana
valley. This * an oblong valley closed
in on all sides by mountains. which. at the
western end. leave a narrow passageway
connecting it with the rest Of the central
Asia plain From this valley Were ship
ped 307. 600, 600 pounds out of d total ship
neut of $50, 600. 600 pounds for all Of CEN
trail Asia. The other districts included
Samarkand, TaSikend and Bozhara- The
production is reported TO have fallen of
since the war. but there are no definite
details
The extension of the cotton-growing area
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weeks "ramble," the Rambler will give
a list OF the people living on + street
in 1920:
North side, 14th to 15th-Joseph Army,
confectioner; Eliza Clark. John Dumble-
ton, tavern keeper; Christian Ecklof.
tailor; Francis G. Fish. printer; Joseph
Gideon, dwelling Che ran a grocery store
on the north side of the Avenue between
18th and 12th); James Hohan, architect
Of the Capitol John McElwee, grocer.
and the Bank of the Metropolis. Alexan-
der Kerr, cashier, at the corner of 18th.
*
South side, 14th TO 15th-Maj. James
Kearny. typographical engineer United
States Army. southwest corner 14th and
F; y. hearny. surgeon, United States
Navy; j. W. Draper, farrier: Mrs. Will
son, boarding house: Nicholas Callan,
grocery store; Capt. Isaac Chauncey,
commissioner of the Navy, southeast
corner 18th and F.
North side, 18th to 14th-JuIian Hon.
ore, confectioner; Robert Miller, grocer;
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main line of the Penusylvan MIA. railroa d
from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. The
steel works are known as the Burn nam
steel plant. 1t has Il capital of SIC
100000, and 1t pays out in wages
100000 a week. bun it is Il part of the
naces and mills cover 100 acres. and it
has single machine shop which is
three-fourths Of a mile long. This plant
is one of the largest manufacturers of
railway wheels ana tires in the couu-
try. The operations are much the same
rs i'll other OF our great steel plants.
The metal goes into the furnaces and it
is poured out in golden stream into
the molds where the coStinGS are form
ed. During the process the materials
are assayed and tested. the steel of
each part being formed according to
the work ii has to do and its place in
the engine. The castings are taken
from Burnham to Eddystone where
they are forged and often reshaped for
the engine.
l wish l could show you how they
make locomotives and other war mate
rails at the Eddystone factory. Insid.
it's yards go on some of our principa
industries foI the creatio& of NUM-
tons and gum for the Army and Navy
AT one side of the grounds is a grea,
factory which is making Remington
rifles The shops We're put up by the
Baldwin Locomotive Company and leas-
ed to the makers of guns. They cover
several acres and they are turning out
vast quantities of arms for the SOL
diers.
on the opposite side of the works
nearer the river. there is a plant max
ing shrapnel and shell which covers
about fifteen acres. 1t had furnished a
supply of munitions to the allies be-
fore we entered the war, and il is now
running At it's fulgest capacity maxim
these missiles of death for our Army.
1t is between these two plants which
arc manufacturing supplies for the
Army that the great FORCES and
foundries and ercctin., shops of the
locomotive plant are situated.
The FORCES and foundries are much
like those of other parts of the coun-
try, but the erecting shop is where you
see the locomotives put together. 1t is
where the parts are brought and fitted
to shape. The cylinders are made in
one part of the works. the boilers in
another, and the wheels in another
There are hundreds might almost
say thousands-of parts in a single loco
motive. and each part has to be made
from drawings and cast and forged
and smoothed to the right shape. After
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airy 10. 1890. by Peter Odelin, agent
for the administrator. Catharine Steph-
enson. There is also i nil from Mary
Sweeney. for washing and laying out
corpse. $40" The Sweenys owned a
part of original lot No. IS. on the south
side Of + street between 18th and 18th,
and lived in a small frame house near
the corner of 18th.
Before the Rambler as he writes this
is the following bill, dated January 20
$50: Que John D. Schley. deceased,
for digging a grave in the buryirg
ground of the Presbyterian Church in
Georgetown, $500 The bill was paid
on the neNt day and the receipt was
signed by Henry Schley, evidently a
son of John. There IS also a claim
of I.und Washington for SO loaned
Mr.. Stephenson. The money was re-
turned TO him by Mrs. Stephenson and
receipted for by Mr.. Washington. Will
liam Lambert also put in a claim for
SO loaned to Mr.. Stevenson, and his
receipt shows that Mrs. Stephenson
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that it is brought to the erecting shop
and there assembled into the engine,
This seems an easy process until you
rea lie the enormous size of locomo-
tive. and the way in which the many
parts have to be handled and welded
and fitted to shape. The size Of the
larger locomotives is enormous. and
single parts weigh many tons. II takes
the most powerful machinery to handle
them, including overhead cranes so
powerful that one viii lift up a whole
locomotive as though it were a bag
Of feathers and move it back and forth
through the shop or in and out to the
tracks on each side.
The erecting shop is $50 feet long
and of about the same width and
about as high as an eight or ten story
house. If you would wall 4 seven
acre field of that shape with glass
and steel. and run railroad tracks
through il from one end to the other.
YOU might have some idea of the shell
in which the assembling plant is. You
must fill, however, the tracks with To-
comotives Of various sizes and in all
stages of erection. When I passed
through it yesterday there were 175
being worked on. enough locomotives
if put end to end, to make one solid
train of more than two miles in length
These locomotives were in every stage
of construction. In some the boilers
stood upon trucks. in others on wheels,
and farther down the shop the loco
motives We're completed and ready to
be backed out on the track. Every To-
connective had men working upon it.
hundreds of brawny-armed mechanics
rushed to and fro. Some carried rods
of red hot iron. and others pieces of
cold steel of various shapes They
were working on all parts of the en-
rines some on the top and some un-
derneath and some inside, fitting the
parts Much of the work was done nv
pneumatic machinery, aud the noise
was that OF a great buzzirg rather than
the hammerin@ ard din of the tvpical
boiler shop. Til. immensely of every
thing was astounding. The fire box of
n big locomotive is so large that the
ordinary narrow-s&uge engine of the
old style could he put inside it. The
low pressure cylinders are so big that
a man can sit upright within them,
and the heating surface of the tubes
and fiues measure more than 5000
square feet. The material has to he
made so it will withstand the heaviest
for instance. is 475.O00 pounds. and
that on the truck wheels is 80, 900
pounds. The largest engines now have
twelve wheels on each side. with guild
ing wheels al the front.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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case. SIS; card table. 81; looking glass.
so cents; large looking glass, s1o.25;
curtains and blinds. so cents; five pic
lures, S2.55; six pictures. $3.50: flower
pots. - cents: teapot, 81: two bowls
and contents, S2-50; carpet. s2.99; break
fast table. S2.65; three blankets. 81:
thermometer. So cents; carpet. $3.50;
two chairs. 50 cents; washstard, $50;
map cf the United States, IS cents;
shovel, longs and andirons, So; bellows
and tonss. 80 cents; COW, SI4; wheel
barrow, s1.S-: safe. $3.50; large iron
pot. Sit2. kettle and pot. S1.12; and
irons. ?I.65; crane, grid1le, ETC." 81;
tee -hu.-rd canister. SI.4G; coffee mill
and japle. price not given: six green
chairs. S@.60; five red chairs. $3.25:
dishes, 81: spider, 81 cents. bed, boil
sterS and pillows, S14; bedstead, $5.25,
and several other articles.
III the docSet Of yellow papers is
the bill Of the undertaken, II. V. Hill
The bill probably shows the day of
the funeral, and il IS dated November
-. 1919. and contains these items: Ma
hogany coffin, $50; hearse and horses,
81: three hacks at S3.50-sl0-JU. nine
yards of cambria at ~ cents, 500;
total. $51.5j. The bill was paid Febru-
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of depression, due to the uncertainties
OF the trade which flowed through it
The tarnscaspian Wine. by diverting
trade. nearly ruined it.
Forty years ago, when the railway
was only Il dream, an American who
was established there in business was
always sought by travellers for his adj
vice on travelling farther into Asia. He
usually advised them to go back 10
Moscow. He him SELF stayed.
The construction OF the lire to Tash-
kend opened up \ more fertile region
than that opened up by the transcas-
plan line in the south. and commerce
flowed back to the orenburS route.
There were deserts the same as in the
south, but there were larger areas ca
immigration from European Russia fol-
lowed this route as we'll as the Siberian
route, though not il the same num-
bers. There was much less land to be
taken up than in Siberia, since, while
the nomad tribes became less nomadic,
they did not abandon their lines.
The mass of the population was Mo-
hammedan, and it remained Mohamme-
dan, but the complete domination of
Russia was established, and as a conse-
auence of the Middle Asia lire and of
the Tashkend line and their branches
the neutrality-suspicious. of the various
Mohammedan rulers ceased and the
whole vast region became entirely Rus
sian. Nor was this a bad thing, for,
Notwithstanding Russian methods. they
were much better than Moslem meth
DDS of rule.
Consequently 1t happens that at the
moment when Russia is temporarily I'M
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The Cynical Suitor.

mR. HENRY MOSKONITZ. conmis,s,
~ sioner of public markets. said in an
address in New York the other day: 100.
A cynical and self-seeking spirit prs-s,
vailed in buying and selling when the wzr.
began. but this spirit is being fast sup
planted by a generous spirit OF co-opera.''
ton and fraternity. -
1.-THE cynical spirit. now happily on the.
wane. was like that of the aged BANKER.
who said to a friend: 80.
Yes, l expect to marry one of the
proudest and most beautiful girls in New
York. You see. a young sutton sings to-,
his sweetheart, Love me-and the world
is mine But I've got a better methoAv-
by lingo. l sing. Love me-and th6-
world is thine I'm bound to win oufSs.
don't you think so. George?'"