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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Ashland.-A German sympathizer is
believed to have started a blaze in the
leach house of the Ashland Leather
Company. which did damage to the
plant estimated at $4,000. At the
time of the fire Ashland was without
water, due to the ice breaking the in
take pipe TO the pumping station.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

London.-Deputy U. S. Marshal Il.
M. Young and Deputy Sheriff Herman
Scoyille arrested John Thomas and
John Houston. OF Laurel county. upon
warrants charging them with falling
70 register iOs military service.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Paris.-County Superintendent Cay.
wood has been informed by State SUI
perintendent V. o. Gilbert that he can
not pay teacher for lost time on ac
count of Indictment weather or other
similar causes without violating the
law, as the law plainly states that a
teacher shall be paid by the month for
twenty days per month actually taught
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Edmonton.-"Pink" Heron, SO
years old, an INDECENT character who
came to this county from Tennessee,
died from starvation. This is the. first
death in this county from actual star
walton.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Hodgenville.-A jury, after three
hours deliberation, acquitted Richard
Bailey and sentenced Joseph Bailey to
eight years in the penitentiary for kill
ing Bee Carter, of Buffalo, August %
last The killing grew out of a will
contest in which Bee Carter was wit
ness.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Lexington.-John Clark, who is EN-
ployed at the l.. & n. railroad yards,
fell and struck his head on rail. He
was taken to st. Joseph's hospital.
where 1t was found that his injuries
We're serious. it being thought that a
Clight fracture of the skull might have
resulted.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

MISUNDERSTANDING out of the
Louisville G. Nashville wreck at Shep-
herdsville December 20, when forty
nine persons were killed, three suits
aggregating $4,000 were filed in Cir
cult Court here against the railroad
by Jasper w. Muir. administrator, for
the deaths Of Nat w. Muir, banker;
his wife, May Shadburn Muir, and
son, George. Other administrators
and executors are qualifying in court
here
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Paris,-Two girls, four and six years
old, daughters of farmers, were burn
ed to death at almost the same hour
in this county. Nettie. daughter Of
John Willoughby, living on the Win.
chester pike, was so badly burned
when her clothing caught fire from
an open crate that she died in a few
hours. Goldie, daughter of John Elan,
residing near North Middletown, was
standing in front of an open stove
when her dress ignited. Every stitch
of clothing was burned from the little
girls body and she died within an
hour.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Paris.-James G. Metcalfe, master
of trains on the Kentucky division OF
the Louisville & Nashville railroad
with headquarters in Paris, has been
appointed by the United States Gov
eminent as master of trains in France,
with the rank of first lieutenant.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Cynthiana. - Richard Gibson and
Miss Louise Horton were seriously in-
jured while coasting. Young Gibson
was hurt about the head and probably
will lose the sight of one eye. Miss
Horizons leg was injured.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Danville.-W. +. De Long has lost
fifty-three hogs by death the past few
weeks. The swine died as the result
of attacks of pneumonia which was oc.
casioned by the recent severe wealth.
er. Other farmers have lost heavily
also. A good many farmers suffered
losses during the very severe weather
when the hogs piled upon one another
trying to keep warm. In this way
some were smothered to death.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Stanford.-Joseph l.. Pilkenton, Of
Brodhead. has been presented with a
bronze medal and $1,000 by the Carne-
gle Hero Fund. Mr., Pilkenton, who is
a teacher and is As years old, saved
Vivian b. Albrigts, aged 8, from being
killed by train at Brodhead, KY,
April IL, 1916.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Lancaster.-Mrs. Belle Crutchfeld,
6S years old, and | Taylor, 60 years
old, of Nicholasville, were quietly
married here This was Mrs. Taylor's
fifth matrimonial venture and the
fourth for her husband.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Covington. - The special federal
grand jury returned sixty indictments
against coal operators, a majority d
whom reside in Eastern Kentucky
They are accused of charging prices
for coal in excess of those fixed by
Fuel Administrator Garfield.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Bowling Green.-No alien enemies
we're registered in Bowling Green UNI
der the Federal Registration Act.
Chief of Police Potter opened the reg
istration booth in compliance with the
law, but none made appearance.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Mddlesboro.-Two miners were
painfully injured here by an explosion
of carbide. The injured men are Hill
larry Hembree and Harmon Myrick.
They were taken to a local hospital
for treatment. Physicians express
the opinion that the men will be
blinded.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Springfield.-Co Judge W. A..
Waters has named as the members OF
the Board OF Tax Supervisors for
Washington county Messrs. G. l.. Hay
don, +. b. Prather and James Isham.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Paducah.-The retention ordinance,
governing personnel and numbers of
the various city department employees
who will serve under civil service, was
adopted by the city commissioners.
The Office of assistant city solicitor
was abolished, effective March /.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Dixon.-The body of Mrs. Joey
Sparks, "a years old, a pretty young
widow, has been found buried beneath
Ike flooring of an old livery barn on
the outskirts of Clay, Ky. Mrs. Sparks
had been choked and shot to death, in
the opinion of physicians who exam.
ined the body Mrs. Sparks had been
missing from the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Vance, well-to-do
residents of Clay, for two weeks.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13

Lexington.-Butle Ter f. Thompson,
deputy state fire marshal. has been
designated assistant inspector Of
leather equipment at the Govern
ment's Rock Island Arsenal.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
aHouses Rooted With Gold

Houses rooted with gold" of which
Marco Polo wrote from rumOr, were
not mythical. On first arriving in ia
pan / made a journey to OtOkO Yama.
in central Japan. January %, 1871, to
test the story.
For centuries gold had little more
value in Japan than in South America
when Balboa sought the Pacific. Even
until 1859 gold was worth only four
times as much as silver. l found TT
the ShintO temple. erected $50 A. D..
a gilded rain conduit which once en-
circled the whole of the caves of the
roof. but after the long wars only 80
feet or so was left.
Even at the Vienna exposition the
solid gold plates on the dolphin from
the NakOya castle attracted attention.
1t is historically true that in early ia
pan there were roofs of gold.-W. f.,
Griffis in New York Tribune.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
THINK VAMPIRES KILL SHEEP
Macedonian Shepherds Have Firm Be-
lief in the Existence Of Creatures
Of a Lower World.

A Macedonian shepherd, tending his
fiOcks in the high pastures, sets of
on his rounds I'm the morning. and finds
several of his sheep mangled about the
neck, dying or dead. He hastens to
the nearest village and spreads the aw-
full news-Yampires,
Now. q vampire may only be seen
by certain gifted people, and these
make il their life's business to destroy
them. Their usual fee is about sixty
dollars. So the shepherd haStens to
vampire killer. and this man takes
down his long musket. loads it, and
rams down n holy wafer on top OF
the charge. He puts on long sheep
skin coat and sets out for the hills.
Just before dawp he will be heard
10 fire a single shot. AT daybreak he
shows the shepherd pool of blood.
That is the dead vampire, for a vam-
pire is all blood. and. being shot, of
course resolves into a pool of blood.
4 vampire slayer is treated with
great Difference by his neighbOrs. He
is a power In the land. But in all
villages there Is usually one scOffer;
one man who can read, or. perhaps.
has travelled outside his native land.
He laughs when you mention vampires,
and talks Of wolves and dogs that have
run amuck. He even hints that IL is
possible TO hide bladder filled with
blood beneath the long sheepskin coat
the slayer wears. There is bad feeling
between the vampire slayer and this
ScOffer. They pass each other without
Speaking.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
GETTING Full Value of Flowers.

Highly ornamental vases are attrac-
tive In themselves but. as flower hnld-
ers, they may be said to be partial
failures, as they do not serve their
purpose to the fullest extent. They
rather attract attention to themselves,
than set OF the blooms for which they
are designed. A vase Of plain material
or color, or one on which the design Is
obscure. is more to be desired, as 1t
presents the flowers in their full beau
ty, and does not distract ones atten-
ton. In the same way, a vase of fus-
terware, Of a shade that blends with
the flowers IL holds. is far more at
tractive than one of contrasting color.
Vases that are to be used for all kinds
of flowers might better be green, Of
dull shade, as this resembles the plant
coloring and is not noticeable.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
Promising Opening.

The travelling Snowman was waxing
eloquent as he described the charac-
teristics of his wild horse from Tar
tary.
Ladies and gents" he said. this
hanimal Is a real terror. If there's
any gent in this cOmp'ny as fancieS
hisself as a rider. I'll give him five
pounds for every minute he sticks on
this boss. I've rid bosses all my life,
but this boss is beyond me. I've tried
i'm every way. but e shakes me Off
in ten seconds"
"Why not get inside him." queried
a humOriSt.
The Snowman waited until the
laughter had died down.
MY lad" he said. witheringly. "Tve
thought Of that. But nature has been
unkind to i'm in the matter Of mouth /:
it amt big enough. Now. II 1t 'ad
been yours"
But the humOrist did not wait to
hear the logical conclusion OF the
hypothesis.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
The Bishop Of Verdun.

st. Yanne, or VitOnius, died Novem-
Der o, 1926. A celebrated cOngrega-
ton OF reformed Benedictines in LOr-
raine, formed in the abbey Of ST.
vanne in Yerdun, in 1904. took him for
patron. and from the famous abbey
and that of MOyen-MOustier, dedicated
in honor of st. Hydulphus. bears the
name of st. Yanne and st. Hydulphus.
Many in France desired to accede to
the reform, but on account of the wars
then existing. union was thought too
difficult. A reform under the same
plan was set on foot In France, under
the name Of the Congregation II st.
Maur, and began in the abbey Of st.
Austin In Limoges in 1913. and con-
firmed by Gregory XIV, I'm 1927, which
now comprises 1S5 abbeys and pri-
cries.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
KEEP COOL AND KEEP WELL
Some Points Of Importance to Be Re-
membered When an Epidemic Is
Threatening Public Health.

AT its worst any epidemic takes but
a relatively small toll of the pOpula-
ton, and as rule the majority of
people are resistant to the assaults of
the worst disease germs, including in
fluenZa. IL they hut take ordinary care
Of themselves. This is important.
Whatever medical science may advise
rs To prevention or as to treatment,
one simple fact that OutweighS every
thing else Is that II every individual
will but follow the normal life he has
led, eat those things that are suited to
his system. things he has always eaten
with resulting good health, rest and
sleep as usual and avoid Overfatigue
while carrying on his work. also as
usual, he will escape the peStilence.
There is no excuse for any panic.
Above all. the individual should re-
member that the first and last rule to
follow i'm this state Of things Is tn keep
cool and keep well. For the man who
will keep cool will keep well. and the
man who keeps well and has all his
faculties about him will keep cool.
This is no time for Official ar individ-
ual or collective hySteria.-Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
RACIAL sLENDINes IN SYRIA
So Many Nations Haye oVerruh the
Country That No One Race Can
Claim Pre-eminenee.

Syria, the region extending from the
Taurus mountains to Egypt and from
the desert 10 the great sea-" Is the
land of the pstriarchs and prophets
and apOstles-"the Holy Land" Its
population numbers about three and
one-half million Of Semitic origin.
speaking the Arabic language. and yet
with so many races inteTmingled
through the centuries of the various
conquests and occupations that the
people cannot claim any one race as
their own. Greek. Roman and Euro
pean crusader. all have blended with
the accent Semitic stock to produce the
Syrians of today.
In Syria was the one green spot
Of Turkey-the Lebanon mountains. In
1850. because OF the massacres, the
European powers insisted that these
mountains be made autonomous. And
since that date this little district has
been a living demonstration of what
the people OF the land are capable Of
becoming.
The steep mountain sides have been
terraced TO a height Of 1000 feet and
planted TO olives, figs and vines. Taxes
have been low. safety 20 person and
property secured. good roads built and
kept in repair. The people have con-
structed more comfortable homes and
have sent their sons to schools and col
leges.
The story OF the achievements Of
the Lebanon and its sons during these
60 years Of autonomy would be thrill
ing narrative in itself
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
PROCURE OIL FROM BIRDS
Inhabitants Of the Island Of ST. KiIda
Are Especially Favored In Re-
spect Of Light.

The price of coal oil is a matter of
no interest to the inhabitants Of the
island of st. NKilda, a favorite haunt
OF that animated oil can, the fulmar.
observes the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune. So rich in oil is this sea
bird that the natives simply pass a
wick through its body and use 1t as a
lamp.
The oil is also one of the principal
articles exported from the island.
1t is found in the birds stomachs, is
amber cOlOred and has a peculiarly
pauseous Odor. The old birds are said
to feed the young with 1t, and when
they are caught or attacked they light
en- themselves by disgorging II.
In St Kilda it Is legal to kill the full
mars only during one week in the
year; but during that week FROM $4,000
TO 10000 birds are destroyed.
The mutton bird of the Antarctic
also carries its oil in the stomach and
can eject this oil through the nOstrils
as a means Of defense against enc
mics.
Quantities of mutton birds are
slaughtered every year for their oil on
the coasts of Tasmania and New Zea-
land. In its composition and proper
ties this oil closely resembles sperm
oil.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
Strike That Failed.

Labor strikes were frequent even
in the earliest recorded days. An
important strike occurred in Egypt
during the reign of CheOps. several
thousand years before the Christian
era. While the great pyramid
erected In honor of that monarch was
In course Of construction il IS stated
that $1,000 wOrkmen refused 20 con-
tinue their labors. They were dis
satisfied with the food furnished TO
them. which was insufficient in guam
tity and poor in quality. Argument
proving useless on the part Of the
contractors. soldiers were ordered to
drive the strikers back to work. and
many thousands Of them were cut to
pieces. while those who could escape
fed. The others were compelled to re-
sumo their labor.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
Primitive Station.

There is in England a.railway sta
ton which has only one train each
way a week-at Blackwell Mill. stu
ated midway between Miller's Dale
and Buxton. Blackwell Mill consists
of eight workmen's cottages on the
banks of the Wye. They are occupied
by railway workmen. and II is for the
convenience of the wives who wish to
Journey to Buxton for marketing that
on Friday mornings the 9:10 train
from Miller's Dale stops at Blackwell
Mil. The two uncovered platforms of
the station" are of the length of a
railway coach. and composed Of rough
stone and gravel. The waiting room"
is a platelayer's hut. where the trav-
elers are glad to shelter from the keen
wind on winter mornings. The train
carries the statiOnmaster, who distrib-
utes the privilege tickets
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
DIRE MENACE TO TRAVELLER
Singing Tree Of Queensland Is Ere
quentiy Fatal to unobservina or
Too Careless Hunter.

Although the tropical shrubs of
Queensland are Iuxuriant ana beauti-
rul' they are not without their dan
gerous drawbacks, for there is one
plant among them that is deadly I'm its
effects. This Is the singing tree. II
a certain portion Of the travellers body
Is burned by the singing tree death
win follow.
Sometimes while shooting turkeys
In the scrubs have entirely forgotten
the stineing tree till warned of its
close proximity by ats smell" said a
visitor to Queensland. 81 was only
once stung, and that very lightly. It's
effects are curious; il leaves no mark.
but the pain is maddening, and for
months afterward the part when
touched is tender. in rainy weather or
when II gets wet in washing.
Il have seen a man who treats ordi-
nary pain lightly roll on the ground In
agony after being stung, and / have
known a horse so completely mad,
after getting into a grove Of these
trees, that he rushed open-mOuthed at
everyone who approached him and had
to be shot. Dogs. when stung. will
rush about whining piteously. biting
pieces from the affected part. The
small singing trees, a few inches high.
are as dangerous as any, being hard
to see and seriously impeding ones
ankles"
The stinging tree emits a peculiar
and disagreeable smell. 1t is best
known, however, by its leaf. which Is
nearly round and has a point at the
top.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO
Secret Of Sir Walter Scott's Marvellous
Literary Achievements Told in
Few Words.

'Never to be doing nothing" was the
simple but effective rule that enabled
Sir Walter Scott TO get done the enOr-
NOUS amount of work for which he Is
noted. A passage in LOckhart's life Of
the poet and novelist reads:
Those who observed him the most
constantly were never able to under
stand how he cOntrived to keep him
self so thoroughly up with the stream
Of contemporary literature Of almost
all sorts, French and German, as well
as English. That a rapid glance might
tell him more than another man could
gather by a weeks porting may easily
be guessed; but the grand secret was
his perpetual practice of his own grand
maxim. never to be doing nothing. He
had no 'uncOnsidered trifleS' of time.
Every moment was turned to account (;
and thus he had leisure for everything
except. indeed. the newspapers,
which consume so many precious hours
nowadays with most men, and of
which. during the period Of my ac-
quaintance with him, he certainly read
less than any other man l ever knew
that had any habit of reading at all.
| should also except, speaking general
~, the reviews and magazines Of the
time. OF these he saw few. and Of the
few he read little"
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
FIRST OF sEEDLEss ORANGES
Fruit That Is Now So Much priz.d
Was srousht to This Country
From Brazil.

In 1872 United States consul m
Bahia (BraziD, W. F. Judson. was told
oy the natives that 60 miles inland. up
tne Amazon, were native orange trees
bearing fruit without seeds. Accord
ingly he sent natives after tree shoots
and some of the fruit.
The shoots were packed In moss
and clay and sent to Washington.
They were set out by the agricultural
department, but attracted little atten-
don until tht next year, when Horatio
T1bbetts OF Riverside, Cal, took the
surviving four shoots to his home and
planted them One died and another
was eaten up by a COW. At the end Of
five years the two Surviving trees bore
10 handsome seedless oranges. Next
year the oranges were even better. and
the trees bore about a box of the fruit.
From that time on the cultivation Of
the seedless oranges about Riverside
progressed rapidly. As there were no
seeds to raise the trees from II was
found necessary to graft buds OF the
seedless trees into Seeding trees.
Riverside has grown from a small
village to a town. Of 1900 acres de-
voted to the cultivation of navel or
anges. 1t Is the greatest orange pro-
ducing locality in the world. The two
original trees were fenced about and
carefully guarded lest harm should
come to them. and they are now en-
1oying a green old age.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
Made First Cash Register.

A man named Jacob Ritty. a mer-
chant of Dayton. o., took a vacation
trip to Europe. While crossing on the
steamer, he sauntered one day into the
engine room and noticed a device that
mechanically recorded the number of
revolutions-Of the propeller shaft. I'm
mediateIy came the idea to the mind
of Mr.. Ritty: "Why not invent a ma
chine that would record each coin put
into the cash drawerT When. he re-
turned. home he invented the first
"cash register" John II. Patterson
was keeping a grocery store in small
town so miles from Dayton. He heard
of the Ritty continuance, sent an or
der for one. and that was the
inventors first order. The machine
was crude. but il interested Mr.. Pat
tersOn and he saw how IL could be per-
fected. IF it's good for my store" he
argued. "why not for all stOres:"
Forthwith ne went 10 Dayton. bought
the Ritty interest out, and started the
National Cash Register Co, which has
now 100000 machines and every
year turns out more than 10000 cash
registers
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
EXtraNaQance.

II makes no difference who admins
tiers the extravaganza or how high the
purpose is, extravaganza is an evil in
itself. There Is somewhat in the very
fact that invites venality and corrup-
ton. The very sight of great pile
Of money excites desire that too often
finds some way for satisfying itself.
The papers are full Of instances Of
this kind. In fact, we could write a
pretty good history of the country II
we limited our narrative TO graft and
grabbing only. and yet much Of 1t is
overlooked because II Is usual and ex-
pected. Extravaganza has ma,le many
an unearned fortune and 1t is doing as
much these days. especially in govern
ment contracts. This country should
hasten to apply the doctrine that an
0vercharge is crime and that profit
eering is treason. There Is nothing
that so destroys tile democratic level
Of a nation. whether II appears on the
heights or In the depths.-OhiO State
Journal.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
HEADGEAR OF ALL FASHIONS
In the Revolutionary War the Hats
Worn by the Soldiers Were Of
Many Designs.

In our past wars there were no such
things as flying shrapnel, or airplaneS
that dropped darts of steel on the
soldiers below, so American soldiers
wore ordinary army hats. But modern
warfare has made II necessary that
soldiers wear helmets of steel.
In the Revolutionary war our sol
diers' hats were of many designs. One
of the most common was the cooked"
hat. made of black or brown felt and
turned up on the sides To form three
corners. The Virginia rifiemen wore
brown felt hats with one side turned
up, and the Maryland rifiemen brown
fur-trimmed hats.
The hat generally worn by the New
York rangers or rifiemen was of black
felt. cap shaped. turned up In front.
with plume. Sometimes words were
marked on the front. such as "Liber-
~" Death" etc. Soldiers in the
cavalry or light horse" of Phlladel-
phia wore spOrtsmen'S caps, ornament
ed with bucks tails.
Hats worn by the First Governors
foot guards Of Connecticut were close
ly modelled after those of the British
GrenadierS. They were Of black fur.
cap shaped. with piece of yellow felt
in front. On the side they were deco
rated with a red plume. Privates in
the Pennsylvania companies wore
braid-bound hats. The dragons wore
cap-shaped helmets.