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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11
THE HUM OF INDUSTRY

You can sing no song of prosper
ity save to the accompaniment of
the hum of industry. When indus
try lags prosperity takes wings.
Factory smoke may mar the
brightness of the skies but it works
wonders with the brightness in the
home.
And it's brightness we are need
ing in the homes of America today.
We've had enough of gloom the
last is months to last for long
time.
Bringing the boys back will help
tremendously. But if the boys
come back to poverty of jobs it
will be another story.
Some of them have come to just
that thing. If you're doubtful scan
the "Situation Wanted" column of
the daily paper.
To make it worse America has ac-
quired the habit of good times dur
ing the last four years. The world
war caused the nations of Europe
simply to lombard us with orders
of all sorts that enforced prosper
ity.
Everything went ballooning, wages
along with the rest. The average
man made more money and more
easily than he ever had in his life.
Not infrequently habits of extrava-
gance developed.
But the fact is that Americans
generally expect these conditions to
continue. There is no reason why
hey,lshould not, why the bottom
should fall out of things at all. We
have a far better opportunity than
our foreign neighbors.
Yet we will have to do our part
to make the most of these oppor-
tunities.
Uncle Sam owes a tremendous
amount of money to American in
dustries. Something like $4,000
100000 it has been stated. And he
wants to pay it. The industries
need it to branch out along indepen-
dent lines.
And the Victory Liberty Loan
will pay these debts. Will help keep
things going at high speed. Stave
off industrial stagnation.
That's exactly what all of us
want to see done. We want things
to boom.
How much our bond purchases
will indicate.
60 helm mako industry hmm
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11
The Advocate for printing.
SOON BACK FROM WAR.

Mrs. d. II. Bush received a letter
a few days ago from DIR. d. II. Bush
who has been in France for several
months, that he was at a port of
embarkation and would shortly sail
for the good old U. S. A. and hoped
to be at home by April LIST. The.
many friends of the genial doctor
will be pleased to know that he will
soon be home again.
New line of Spring Ginghams, the
kind that don't fade.-THE FAIR.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11
LAND SOLD.

Cravens & Turpin, real estate
agents, today sold to w. f. Henry
80 acres of unimproved land lying
at the end of VIM Street just out
side the city limits, belonging to J.
p. Sullivan, for 100000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11
Horse and Mule Sale.

On Monday, March II, at French's
Stock Yards, Mt. Sterling, KY, Joe
F. Patterson, Washington C. H.
Ohio will have load of Ohio mares,
suitable for all purposes. Young
farm mares, nice gentle drivers and
some young mules. Come to see
them Friday.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11
BUYS NICE RESIDENCE.

Mrs. o. S. Bigstaff has bought of
Prof. M. j. Goodwin his wo-story
brick residence located on North
Sycamore street, and now occupied
by Prof. w. o. Hopper, for a report
ed price of $1,000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11
Sale of Powers, Etc.

The Woman's History Club will
have a sale of cut flowers, hardy
plants and Bulbs the day before
Memorial Day. Where sale will be
held and further particulars will be-
announced later.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11
$4,000 FOR AN OHIO FARM

M. H. and c. M. Lewis, Of this
county, have purchased a farm of
about 264 acres near Hamilton, o.,
and will get possession next week.
The price paid was around $50, 900.
c. M. Lewis will move to the prop
erty to live.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11
Specials For Saturday and Courr
Day.

New Garden and Flower Seeds
Paper lie.
Feather Busters, price SOC for
25c.
Lenox Soap, 6 cakes for 25c. Not
over SOC worth to a customer.-The
FAIR.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11
NEW CREAMERY STATION.

c. B. Stephens & Son have open
ed a creamery buying station at
their grocery store on East Main
street and will represent the J. w.
Jean Co., of Worthington, Ind, and
will at all times be in a position to
pay the highest market price. They
invite their friends to give them a
trial.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11

T. H. Drummer, better known as
"Tige," has resigned his position as
express messenger on the Coal Road
and has accepted a position with his
father in his shoe hospital.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11

Live and love life today-it is to-
morrow that makes the mummy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11

A woman can henpeck her husband
and make him stand for it. But she
can't henpeck him and make him
like il,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-11

Everybody is doing the "Tickle-
toe"-See if Katy Did"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-16

we look back now 1t becomes appar-
emit that only convuslion of nature
could have defeated the allied forces
In an open sea battle their surface
navies would have disposed of the
German fleet, but let us suppost for a
moment that an earthquake, or some
other great natural disturbance, had
engulfed the British fleet at Scapa
Flow. The world would then have been
at Germany's mercy and all the de-
stroyers the allies could have put
upon the sea would have availed them
nothing, for the German battleships
and battle cruisers could have sunk
them or driven them into their ports
Then allied commerce would have
been the prey, not only of the sub
marines, which could have operated
with the utmost freedom. but of the
German surface craft as well. In a
few weeks the British food supplies
would have been exhausted. There
would have been an early end to the
soldiers and ammunition which Brit
ain was constantly sending to France.
The United States could have sent no
forces to the western front and the
result would have been the surrender
which the allies themselves. in the
spring of 1917, regarded as not re-
mote possibility. America would then
have been compelled to face the Ger
man power alone, and to face it long
before we had an opportunity to as
semble our resources and equip our
armies. The world was preserved
from all these calamities because the
destroyer and the convoy solved the
problem of the submarine and because
back of these agencies of victory lay
Admiral Beatty's squadrons, holding
at arms length the German surface
ships while these comparatively fra
gile craft were saving the liberties of
the world.
The morning of May 4. 1917. wit
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-16

the allies discovered on May 20, 1917.
that they could defeat the German
campaign even without these rather
uncertain aids.
The submarine danger was by no
means ended when this first convoy
arrived; there were still many anxious
months ahead of us; there were other
means to be devised of experimenting
the convoy; yet the all-important fact
was that the allied chiefs now realiz-
| ed, for the first time, that the prob
lem was not an insolub1e one; that,
with hard work and infinite patience,
they could keep open the commune
cations that were essential to victory.
The arrival of these weather-beaten
ships thus meant that the armies and
the civilian populations could be sup
piled with food and materials, and
that the seas could be kept open for
| the transportation of American troops
J to France. In fine, it meant that the
allies could win the war.
On May 81 the British admiralty,
now entirely convinced, voted to adopt
the convoy system for all merchant
shipping Not long afterward the sec
ond convoy arrived safely from
Hampton Roads. Then other conveys
began to put in from Scandinavian
ports. On July 81 was able definite
| ly to report to Washington that "the
| success of the conveys so far brought
| in shows that the system will defeat
the submarine campaign if applied
generally and in time.'
Yet while we recognize the fact
that the convoy preserved our COM
munication of the war, we must not
overlook a vitality important element
in it's success. In describing the work
| of the destroyer. the protecting arm
| of the convoy. I have said nothing
about the forces that really laid the
whole foundation of it's campaign. All
| the time that these destroyers were
fighting off submarines, the power
that made possible all their operations
was crushing quietly in the North
sea, the world hardly aware of its
existence. For back of all these oper-
atoms lay the mighty force of the
grand fleet Admiral Beatty's dread
naughts and battle cruisers-after-
ward supplemented by fine squad
ron of American ships-kept the Ger
man surface vessels penned in. their
harbors and in this way left the ocean
free for the operations OF allied sur
face craft. I have already said that,
| in 1917, the allied navies. while they
controlled the surface of the water.
did not control the subsurface, which
at that time was practically at the
disposition of the Germans.
Control Of Surface Meant Control of
Sea.
Yet the determining fact, as we
We're now to learn. was that this con-
troll of the surface was to give US the
control of the subsurface also. Only
the fact that the battleships kept the
! German fleet at bay made it possible
| for the destroyers and other surface
craft to do their beneficient work As
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-02
All That Affected Her.

That the Empress Eugene is not
prone to brood sentimentally over the
past is evidenced by an incident that
occurred some years ago. She visited
Windsor castle, a palace in which in
the golden days Of the empire she was
received as an honored guest. Those
who accompanied her on this second
visit lowered near her, fearing that
she would be overcome with the con-
trast between the past and the present.
especially when she viewed the apart
ments fitted up for her use and which
had not been changed. But 1t was
merely her artistic sense that was Of
Tended. The hangings of the huge
bed were of imperial purple with the
green of Napoleon. and the ex-empress
remarked disgustedly, "Toujours ces
affreux rideaux!" always those
frightful curtains"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-02
MAMMOTH CAVE LONG FAMOUS
fas Been Acknowledged One of the
worlds Wonders, Practically
Since the Year 1909.

The most famous cavern in America
rs Mammoth cave, i'm Kentucky. writes
'N1ksah" in the Chicago Daily News.
mammoth cave was an old Indian ref
uge, and the story of redskin adven-
lures is written plain in the skeletons,
tomahawks and reed torches that have
Deen found in the cavern depths.
linen, In 1909, white man, a pioneer
hunter, followed wounded bear into
the mouth of the great cave, and from
that, time on Mammoth cave became
IN American estimation the eighth
wonder Of the world.
Almost as soon as the white man
discovered the cavern he began to
make practical use of it. Long before
the era of Indian possession bats had
inhabited the cavern halls and in the
course of time their skeletons had ac-
cumulated on the floor, especially
near the entrance. These skeletons,
containing nitrate, played an impor-
tant part in the war of 1872, for
nitrate, so needed for making explo-
sives, was scarce in the colonies and
sAiS cave D6Cdlle lll6 Uldlu
source of supply. r-..
When the country settled down to
period of comfortable prosperity,
Mammoth cave became, even more
than it is today, a great show place
of America. The caves history is told
In the names of the various rooms and
galleries. Jenny Lind and other artists
visited the cave and sang or played
the airs that had made them famous
in sole Bulls Concert Hall" or other
cavern corridors. In a room since
named Booths Amphitheater," Edwin
Booth was inspired to declaim some
of the lines of Hamlet before small
and select audience. ~. l.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-02
PETE HAD 0BEYED ORDERS
Literal-Minded Soldier Came Near Get
ting His Commanding Officer
Into Bad Mess.

There is certain young officer who,
according to his own story. is thanking
his stars that General Pershing had q
sense of humor. 3.
"Some of my men were Polish, and
better soldiers never lived, but l guess
in Poland life has been one long, sad
story" said the officer. Anyway, ]
never ran across bunch who took
things so literally. One night the Ger.
mans sent out three-inch shell that
landed square in the trench. In the
morning told one Of my men, Pete.
we called him, to take it away.
"'Where shall / take it?. he asked.
"'Oh, anywhere / answered peev-
ishly, put it to bed in Pershing's
tent
"a little later brother officer came
along and said: The old man wants
you, and there's something doing
81 couldn't imagine what was up un-
til stood before the chief. He eyed
me sternly and then pointed to his
bunk. and would you believe it, there
was that blamed shell. Pete sure had
Obeyed orders. Well, / thought was
in for it, but Pershing suddenly be-
gan to smile. He said: I just want to
caution you not to order Pete to cap
ture Berlin until the rest of us are
ready to go with him. He might go
and do it. you know "-Rehoboth
Sunday Herald.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-02
Copyright Acts.


The first act providing for the copy
right of books and other publications
In the United States was passed 100
years ago. The term of copyright was
then fixed at IA years. with the priv
ilege of renewal for IA years longer.
In 1911 the period was extended to
% years and providing for renewal
for ii years. For nearly hundred
years after the passing of the first
copyright law the protection was ex-
tended only to citizens of the United
States. In England similar injus-
tice was practiced upon Americans, al
though the British government did
permit foreigners to take out copy
right, provided their work was first
published in England and the author
was at the time of publication any
where within the British dOminiOns.
International copyright conventions
now exist between nearly all nations.
The first copyright act in England was
passed in 1909, giving protection for
IA years and for the authors life II
then living. In 1914 the English law
was amended by extending the period
to % years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-02
Germ Of Laughter.

Laughter. we are told by all author
files on the human emotions, springs
from sense Of satisfaction and SUI
periority in the laugher over the
laughee, IL we may coin the word for
the occasion. The Paris Rose Rouge
publishes a hitherto imprinted essay
ON laughter by Stendahl, In. which the
following definition occurs:
"What is laughter? It is success
sion Of pulmonary spasms accompaT;
MED by a peculiar facial expression
which is so familiar that l need not
describe 1t and by pleasurable SEN
sation around the chest.
"This physical state arises from q
sudden inspiration to compare our
own worth with someone else's and
resulting in verdict favorable to our
selves. Laughter thus arises from the
sudden recognition Of our own SUI
periority." a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-02
FIND UPAs TREE VALUABLE
Natives of Java Procure Ready-M
Clothing From Its Branches,
..- With Little Effort.

One of the strangest myths Is that
which concerns the deadly upas tree"
of Java, whose poisonous exhalations
were formerly alleged to kill any man
or animal that ventured into Its neigh
borhood.
Doubtless 1t had its origin in some
travellers tale, for the tree in ques-
tion-rather widely distributed in
southern and southeastern Asia-has
no terrors for the natives of these
countries, who, on the contrary, find
it extremely useful.
1t is the only kind of tree in the
world that produces ready-made cloth
ing. The inner bark is a natural cloth,
only requiring the removal of the soft
cellular stuff in order to render it avail
able for use. A cylindrical section Of
it from small branch will furnish
leg for pair of trousers or an arm
for coat, while from a bigger branch
the body of the garment is obtained.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-02
DIME NOVELS COMING BACK
In Eighteen Months "Nick Carter"
Has Had Sales That Have Been r
T. Record Breaking.

Nick Carter has come into his own
again. The king of the '.paperbacks"
has made record-breaking return to
popularity. About eighteen months
ago his sales began to mount steadily
until the entire supply of Nick Carter
books was exhausted. says the Sun.
His return to fame was unexpected.
1t was not the result of an advertis-
ing campaign. for the publishers of
the paper-bound books do not adver-
. tise. They depend instead for the
sale of their books on the lists printed
in the back pages of each volume.
And Nick Carter was not the only
member of the 'paperback" tribe to
return. All the old favorites-Laura
Jean Libbey, Bertha M. Clay. Mrs. e.
D. e. N. Southworth and Augusta ].
Evans-have "come back" surpris-
ingly.
Five years ago everyone was will
ing to predict that the movies had
killed the production of cheap books.
Thrills could be absorbed more quick
ly from the screen than from the print
ed page-and the price was the same.
Publishers of the paper books are
uncertain whether their old reading
public has tired of the motion picture
or whether a: new class of readers has
arisen. OF one thing they are certain.
though, the demand for the 10 and 10
cent book has increased fourfold. If
it were not for the increased cost of
production these publishers would be
reaping the harvest of their lives.
Stories of American life-as seen by
Bertha nj. Clay and other writers OF
her class-and detective stories are
most in demand. Fortune-telling
books and letter writer's also have a
large steady sale. "Dream" books
were never so popular as they are to-
day, their publishers say. @
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-02
No Woman Passenaer PiIot..

In England women will not be given
permission to serve as pilots on pas
senger airplanes. An official Of the
air ministry gave the reason for this
decision to writer on the London
Sketch as physical disability as well
as nerves." declaring that women's
nerves are much more likely to give
way than mems. 81
II think there are no women In this
country capable Of passing the air
ministry's test. II one does succeed.
however, she will be permitted to fly
her own private machine, but whether
she will be allowed. to take q friend
with her Is point that remains to be
decided. 5 5G go stf
"In any case women will be barred
as pilots Of passenger-carrying ma
chimes"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-02
Keen Mind Free From Rust.

I. A rusty tool Of any sort is poor
recommendation for the owner. 1t is
doubly condemning when that tool is
tbe master key Of life. The weather
end the carelessness of others may
rust tools Of steel. Only the incidence
Of the man himself can allow the MIND
TO get rusty. It's a mark OF seniiity
or premature mental weakness when
tba mind that ought to be vigorous
shows signs of rust. No man OF good
.ansa has right to think he has
reached his limit Of usefulness. Each
.ten upward should become the incen-
t,sa to a higher step. AS higher ground
extends the vision so mental ATTAIN
ment should extend the scope OF q
mans infiuence.-Pennsylyania GRIT
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-02
A senator's Lunch.

Being addressed by Sinking head
waiter as Senator" means nothing
to the gay life Of Senator McCumber
Of North Dakota. rf.s ezs5 $50
Instead of dining at the senate res
taurant. where senatorial dignity and
fitting white-apron CARRIED walters
predominant. when night sessions pre-
vent him from going home, the sena-
tor repairs to a nearby cafeteria, col
lects tray, napkin. knife, fork, spoon
and other implements OF table war
fare, nestles his liver and bacon and
other seasonal delicacies on the tray.
walks over to a table and lays out
his spread. ~ g
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1919-03-22
Facsimile Of Last Memorandum Of
Colonel Roosevelt, Penclled Few
Hours Before He Died.

Hours Before He Died.
view the country and the Republican
party are indebted for the publication
Of this interesting document which car
ries a message from him 'who, being
dead, yet speaketh." In the leading
article of the current number of the
North American Review Colonel Har-
vey sets forth the vital import of this
last penciled notation of Mr.. Rouse
welt. He says:
MIR. Roosevelt died the acknowl.
edged leader Of the great party into
which he was born. His last written
Words penciled by his own hand few
hours before his death and addressed
in the form of memorandum for the
brilliant young man for whose Selec'
ton as Chairman of the National or
ganization he was largely responsible.
were these, as reproduced above in
facsimile:
"'Hays
see him. he must go to Washington
for 10 days; see Senate and House,
prevent split on domestic policies
Here is evidenced as clearly as if the
few words filled volume Mr.. ROOse-
velt's realization of both his RESPONSE
bility and his obligation. The simple
memorandum marked the Inauguration
of definite party policy. to be carried
through to no less definite conclusion.
1t was more than Il passing thought or
| a mere suggestion. 1t was Message,
signifying the need Of immediate and
| unremitting vigilance in achieving
complete unity of action In resolving
domestic problems before attacking
those Of wider range soon to be thrust
upon the country-a true soldiers cali
| first to close the ranks.
Nothing could be more characters
tic or more clearly illustrative of the
breadth OF vision, the foresight, the
directness in method and the painstak.
ing attention of the man. Nothing.
too, probably could have served his
purpose better than that these words
should have been his hast. Difficult as
| it is to xecOncile oneself to the decree
| Of Divine Providence that the re
moval Of that great patriot at this cru
cial moment was not untimely. we can
not but realize, as he would have been
the first to acknowledge, that the last
vestige of animOsities which might
have continued to impair his highest
aspirations was buried with him, and
thereby the perfect union which he SO
ardently desired against all things un-
| American was attained.
"Thus we find the Republican party
resuming full legislative authority
thoroughly united and invigorated by
the peculiar confidence which so often
carried 1t to victory in former years
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1919-03-22
GERMANY OWES SOME BILL
Victory Liberty Loan a Trif'e BY
Comparison.

Victory Liberty Loan a Trif'e BY
Comparison.
Germany debtor to the Allied Pow
ers: To one defeat delivered Novem-
her IL, 1879. $780, Coz, OOo,OoO.
please remit"
One hundred and twenty billions
That's the way the bill reads.
People who think victory comes high
at SIX billions-the estimate of the Vic
tory Liberty Loan-wtf do we'll to
study the above bin. 1t is the just
indemnity which the Peace Conference
Committee on RaparatiOns has decid-
ed Germany ought to pay.
And a large part of it is to be col
lected Immediately. France alone in
sists upon an immediate payment OF
$4,000, 100000 on account. The other
nations which suffered from Ger!nany's
method of war making will also pre-
sent sight drafts for collection. Pay
ment of the -, al sum is to be made
in % to 81 yeas.
Paving off dis staggering debt Is a
ioh that makes the ilotation Of six
billion loan seem ;riiling. The German
people will not haze the opportunity
to nav IT through the easy means Of
nopular loans. ihi; is Il me-. bod OF
financing war Il -, reserved for the
victOrs.
And the AT :. Indemnity Is not
based on a tn Of loot. It il an