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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11
HIGH SCHOOL TO START 1
SPECIAL CAMPAIGN

A special campaign to induce
eighth grade students. of schools in
Bourbon county to continue their ed
ucation and finish High School has
been started and efforts will be made
to have $50 Eighth Graders" to
take the examination for county di-
plomas, which will be held in the
office of County Superintendent ]. B.
Caywood, in the court house, on May
16 and II.
1t is planned to have each school
district organization for the purpose
of getting the maximum number of
children to take the examination.
Those who pass the test will be given
a diploma which will entitle them to
attend any High School in Kentucky
without paying tuition. Students
living in Paris, MilIersburg, and
other High School districts do not
have to pay tuition without a di-
plOma, but if they should move from
one district to another they would
be required to pay the $40 fee. For
this reason they will be given an op-
pOrtunity to take the examination.
A recent educationaI. survey made
in Bourbon county revealed the fact
that this county is far behind many
other counties in the State in the
number of children who finish the
eighth grade and attend High School.
The purpose of the drive is to bring
Bourbon; county alongside the fore
most educational counties of the
State.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11
DATES FIXED FOR FLYING CIR.
CUSES IN 9Th DISTRICT.

One of the great flying circuses of
the great flying program the United
States has ever known, to be Offer
ed in connection with the Victory
Liberty Loan campaign, is to visit
the Eighth Federal Reserve District
and give some wonderful denonstra-
tions of the flying art as developed
over the battlefields of Europe at
four of the leading cities. ill
The flyers who will take part. are
made UP of the most daring heroes
of the war from the air service of
America, Great Britain and France.
especially chosen by their govern
ments for this service in the Victory
Loan campaign. The delegation of
eight French flyers to make up a
part of the great squadron are al
ready on their way to this country
and will probably be on the ground
when this is printed.
One of the French flyers has a rec
ord of 43 victories over German ad-
versaries. Another made 179 bomb
ing trips over German lines. Six
will be in the party of British flyers
and our Government has been assur-
ed by the British government that
they will be the six best flyers de-
veloped during the war. e,
Among the planes to be used by
the flyers are fourteen German FOX
ker planes captured by General
Pershing's men, which have landed
at Newport News and will be ship
ped at once to Washington and turn
cd fn hn ~,
for the period of the loan campaign
These German planes are all in
splendid flying condition and will be
used in all of the flying expeditions.
Also the best types of American
planes developed and constructed
during the war will be- part
of the squadron, to demonstrate
to the American people what has
been achieved as result of their
generous response in former cam
paigns.
The flyers and planes for the trips
will be under the direction of the
Bureau of Publicity Of the Victory
Loan Organization, Frank r. Wilson,
Director. The actual flights will be
under the direction of the Military
Aeronautics Branch of the War De-
partment, with Capt. Leon Richard
son in charge.
Each squadron will be carried in a
special train Of eleven cars, travel
ing at night. Nine end door bag
gage cars will be required to carry
the seventeen air planes in each
squadron. An officer will proceed
each train, meet local Loan Commit
tees and make arrangements for
landing fields and the entertainment
of the flyers.
Photographers of the Signal Corps
will accompany each squadron and
take war pictures of each American
city visited.
The general program to be follow
ed in each city visited will be as fol-
lows: Two American Scout planes
will rise to drop Victory Loan litera-
ture over the city. Four German
planes will then attack these two
Aemrican planes in the air Four
American planes will then drive off
the German planes and the flyers will
give demonstrations of aerial aero
battles. Parades will precede the.
flights. Citizens will be able to see
the planes unloaded and set up in
the morning, and knocked down for.
shipment after the flights.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11

MILLER'S CREEK COAL AT TEN
PLIN LUMBER co. YARDS.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11

The Central Powers spent nearly
10000, 100000 on the war, and see
what they got, !.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11
BARROW UNIT NO. 40 TO LEAVE
NEXT MONDAY.

1t was decided Wednesday by the
government officials in charge of
sending the returned soldiers, to
camps near their homes that Base
Hospital Unit No. 40 would leave
Camp Merritt for Lexington next
Monday. I
The exact hour of their departure
is still unknown, as the officials are
planning to send other units South
the same day by special trains.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11

1t is said by officials that, follow
ing the celebration at Lexington, the
men will be sent to Camp Zachary
Taylor, where they will be demobil-
lied,
1t will probably be given out to-day
or tomorrow just what the itinerary
will be.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11
CLEAN UP DAYS-APRIL 9T1
AND 10TH. 49, 80

The city carts will haul away
trash free, beginning April II. Be
read-carts only make on clean up
canvass of each street; don't miss
them.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11
SEED SWEET POTATOES.

Big stock of seed sweet potatoes,
including Bermuda, Strausburg and
Nancy Hall-yOu can't beat this va
riety. Il; -.
(1t) c. P. COOK & CO. :;
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11
3D. fire
Insure with
W.O. HINTON & SON,Agts
SMALL FIRE WEDNESDAY CALLS
OUT DEPARTMENT.

An alarm from Box 80 Wednesday
afternoon called the fire department
to the residence of Mrs. Hall, in
South Paris, where burning rubbish
in a hen house started a fire which
caused property loss of about $50.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11

We handle the celebrated. Miller's
Creek Coal. There is none better.
Try load.
TEMPLIN LUMBER co.
t4apr-3t)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11
MONEY RIGHT IN YOUR HAM
FOR EGGS. POULTRY
AND JUNK.

Highest cash price for eggs,
poultry, hides and junk.
MUNICH & WIDES CO.,
(11-tf) Eighth Street, Paris, KY.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11
BIRTHS.
S>~x>~>~>~~>>>>~t

To the wife of Mr. Carlos joint
SON, of South Clifton avenue, d
daughter, weight. six pounds, christ
ened Augusta Johnson. The mother
was formerly Miss Ethel Ritchie, of
near Paris. ISIS H<Ji I.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11
FOR SALE.

Splendid parlor organ-a bargain
at Busy Bee Cash Store. (11-2t)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11

Fire, Wind and Lightning
Insurance. 49,.
Thomas, Woodford & Bryan
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-11
CLEAN UP DAY - APRIL 9
AND 10TH.

The city carts will haul away
trash free, beginning April II. Be
ready-carts only make one clean up
canvass of each street: don't miss
them.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08

J. e. NELSON co.
BANK OF OXFORD.
GUARANTY BANK & TRUST co,
H. AND J. FRIEDMAN.
PORTER HARDWARE co.
ROBT. L. TOMLINSON.
SISK-LAWSHEE co.
YATES AUTO CO.
ROWLAND DRUG CD.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08

MILLER CAFE.
CARTER DRUG STORE.
BRAMLETT AND SONS.
R. r. Chiffon AND co.
!. B. BROWN.
FARMERS WAREHOUSE CO.
DAVIS, NIZE AND CO.
B. s. MIzE.
B. ]. MuUx
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
REIGN OF DANDY Is OVER
Present-Day Mode Of Dress Gives No
Scope to Would-be "Giasses
Of Fashion,"

Arthur Symonds says In New Re-
public that 1t is deplorable fact but
the reign of the dandy is over. He
died with Barley d'Aurevilly. who had
other interests and occupations than
his cravats and laces, and was rather
an amateur than practitioner In the
art. Jules Barley dAurevilly. an &C.
centric figure in French literary circles
of the nineteenth century, The cause
of a large part of 1t is the degenera-
ton of costume. A man can be well
dressed, In the afternoon If not In the
evening, when the mode leaves only an
inch of choice here and there between
one curve or another. But variety and
elegance have gone wholly out Of the
bast-cut coat, the more carefully cal
culated trousers. With knee breaches
and silk stockings and buckled shoes
went every Indictment to dress per
sonally and to Guido others In what
was not a fixed fashion.
What form or substance of things
could dandy in these days find to
work upon? The tying of white
linen tie is no longer an art: the stock
with its dignity has given place to the
high, hideous. shining and uncomfort-
able starched collar. And the dizziness
Of the things that men wear-the
shapeless black funnel. with its inch
Of Irrelevant brim which we cram dis
comfortably over our heads What
dandy dare make himself conspicuous
by even the extension of a brim or the
loosening Of those bandages Of cloth
which wrap our body with graceless
rigidityf
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
.EARTH'S RICHEST RUBY MINES
Center Of Worlds Store Of Precious
Stones le Known to Be Located
In Upper Burma.

The worlds ruby center is Mogok, in
upper Burma, some 20 miles north of
Mandalay. Here are the great ruby
mines. one of Burma's most valuable
monopolies, says the London Weekly
Telegraph. Indeed, not only does this
country produce the finest of these
coveted gems, but they are recovered
IN such quantities as to enable her to
dominate the market.
Few are aware that. weight for
weight, ruby is more valuable than a
diamond. 1t Is estimated that one the
color of pigeons blood. weighing five
carats. will sell for ten times the value
of diamond Of the same weight. Fur
thermore, the price increases with the
size of the stone.
As the ''byon," or earth containing
the coveted gems, Is taken from the
ground It is placed in great revolving
tub. Here it Is screened and all loose
earth removed by water. The residue
is then tipped on the sorting table. A
white overseer carefully examines the
pile, selecting the true gems from the
worthless debris. If he's lucky he may
at one sorting find gems worth many
thousands of dollars, while on the 9TH
err hand the yield may be but a hun
dred dollars or two. The yearly out
put of rubies from these mines totals
about $4Q00OQ.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
TREE PUZZLE TO FoREsTERs
Peculiar Formation Of Spruce Has
Caused Speculation Among Men
Learned In That Loro.

A cross section of great old spruce
tree from Alaska tells the story of a
tree which executed spin, like a bal
let dancer. This cross section shows
most peculiar spiral structure, which
has caused a great deal of speculation
among the various foresters through
out the country and very interesting
explanation is advanced In American
Forestry.
II is known that tree growing at a
slant forms on the lower side of the
trunk a dense reddish wood known as
"rotholz." This spiral In this case Is
of such sort, and as It is continuous
formation, winding from the center to
within half an inch from the eircum-
ference. 1t Is surmised that II was
growing In an inclined position on the
edge Of glacier. where by some
shifting 1t was caused to rotate, SO
that all sides of the tree were success
sively on the downward side. Thus,
as the tree grew. and its rotation con-
tinued slowly. the ''rotholz" developed
into spiral.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
LABOR DRIVEN TO ITS LIMIT
Hardest Of Hard Work Demanded Of
6oatmen in the Early Days
of the Country.

The high moral courage of the mis-
sionaries who strove to convert the
Indians of the Canadian Northwest is
well illustrated by the life of Father
Laeombe. who dared to rebuke Chief
Factor Rowan of the Hudson Bay
company for heartlessness toward the
company's men. Katherine Hughes
describes the incident In her biography
OF Fatnar Lacombe. The factor and
the priest were journeying to Edmon-
ton In keel boat, towed by a COM
pany of cordeliers.
OF the boatman's toll Father La
cOmbe has written: "Imagine, If you
please. after resting few hours on
the bare earth. to hear at o'clock the
cry. Level Lever Eft puts. hurrah -
to pull and pull on the lines drawing
the heavy boat up against the current,
walking In the mud, the rocks, the
swamp, along cliffs, and sometimes in
water to their armpits-and this under
O burning sun or beating rain from
early morning until darkness fell about
8 o'clock. Without having seen 1t one
can form no idea Of the hardships,
the cruel fatigues. Of these bOatmen."
-YOuth's Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
TURKS "FEAST OF BAIRAM'
Day That Is Observed by MosIem Cor
responds With the Christmas
Of the Christians.

The Turk takes his pleasures pretty
sadly; about the only time he publicly
relaxes is during the feat of Bafraln
which in the way Of gift giving, feast
ing and good will to man corresponds
to our Christmas. On that day every
good Mcslem. kills a lamb, its fleece
dyed bright orange with gold or sill
yer leaf. says the Christian Science
Monitor.
When the lamb has been sacrificed
on the morning of the festival, its
flesh Is divided into three portions, one
being given to the poor, another to rel
atives, the third being kept for the
household. On that day. the sultan
goes to the mosque which is nearest
the Yildiz Kiosk-the vast assemhlage
of buildings which go to make up the
imperial residence-thousands collect
to watch the bent, frock coated, vel
low faced, blackeyed, red feZzed little
man driven sadly by. in plain black
barouche; followed by regiments of
cavalry, infantry and marines; also-a
quaint cuStom-by half-dozen led
horses-heautiful. graceful Arabians.
The month-long fast of Ramazan
is held by the Moslem to be a divine
Institution. Its observance is strictly
enjoined on all true believers over the
age Of fourteen, invalids and travellers
only excepted. Ramazan is held In the
ninth month Of the Mohammedan year.
The Moslem year being lunar, Rama
zan makes in the course of time the
round of the seasons. But through
the winter days, from sunrise to sun
set, the plous Mohammedan does not
take bit Of food or sup Of drink;
he also abstains entirely from coffee,
tobacco and sweets. But the momeDt
the echoes Of the sunset gun have
died ne is at liberty to break his fast.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
ATHLETES OF INSECT WORLD
Compared With the Ant, Man Cannot
Be Considered az Other Than q
Puny Creature.

Ants are the athletes of the insect
world, easily carrying ten times their
own weight. The edifces they rear
by conjoint labor render the pyramids
ridiculous, for the common wood ant
will build structures as large as q
haycock, ali Of mere fragments, If
others are content with small domiciles
1t Is because their needs are suflieed,
but all alike dwell beneath their under
ground galleries and halls with the or
der and activity of busy, well-gov-
erned city,
No nonsense is taken in ant land
about everybody being as good and
great as Everybody else, They nurse
with infinite devotion the ant babies.
putting them in the warm upper gal
leries by day and at night tucking
them up in the snuggest lower cham
bers. They bring home stores Of food
to the ant city, for those are wrong
who say that the little creatures do
not lay up winter provisions.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
PRAYER ROCK WIDELY KNOWN


On . clif at the foot of brakes hill
In Bristol. VT. 10 the so-called Prayer
rock. which has become widely known
during the past Is years with the in
creased, use Of motor cars. It was In
1891 that DR.. Joseph G. Greene. for
mer citizen Of Lincoln. Vt. bethoughi
himself how he might do something to
stop the excessive use of hard Ian
guage INDUCED In by exasperated farm
ers seeking to urge their horses and
oxen up the steep rise in the main
road between Lincoln and Starksboro
He decided that some ethical or re
iigious reminder should be established
at the foot Of brakes hill. and finally
gave an order to q stonecutter to en-
grave the Lords Prayer upon the face
OF the cliff. As the nature Of the rock
did not bring out the lettering clearly,
Doctor Greene had the text painted
white. Every spring the town author
tiles now repaint the letters. For
many years Doctor Greene lived In
Buffalo. and there sreceived hundreds
Of letters from tourists, expressing ap
prevail Of his prayer rock idea. The
carving had the effect desired, for few
drivers could but be patient with their
beasts Of burden In the face Of the
scrfptural quotation on that great tab
let.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
Marine FireAies.

The bay of Toyama. Japan. is the
scene of a peculiar phenomenon that
occurs each year In April and May.
The cause of it is an almost afimltless
swarm of cuttletish that shine like
glowworns.
The fish are tiny. says a writer In
the Boston Transcript, and when they
meet with anything Objectionable they
emit a wonderful display of phos-
phorescence. Every spring the coasts
of Toyama swarm with these little
creatures, and fishermen go out with
special nets to catch them.
When caught in the meshes the fish
emit their light and cause the nets to
sparkle as If charged with electricity.
The people regard the sight as won
derful, and rush in great excitement
to see 1t. Pleasure boats are In de-
mand on those occasions, and It is n
favOrite courtesy to invite friend
to an evening OF entertainment in
watching the sparkling cuttlefish.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
SAVES WAsTAeE OF LIGHT
peyice That Automatically Turns of
Power Has Been Found to Be
of Real Value.

One Of the considerable sources of
fuel waste Is the unnecessary burning
of electric lights. A large percentage
of lights are used chiefly for limited
periods, as for instance IL cloak
rooms. They are turned op and then
heedlessiy left burning. Thus We are
constantly recommended to shut off
needless lights as a matter of national
saving.
An invention designed to remedy
this condition is the work Of ]. q.
Lewis OF New York. BY pushing
button the light is turned on and CLOVIS
for predetermined period-say FIVE
or ten minutes-and then is auto
matically cut off. The device has been
tested and found practical and seems
useful in the way of checking electric
light waste.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
USE OF PHONETIC SPELLING
Reasons Advanced Why II Would Ne
Well if Its Study Should Be
Made More General.

Phonetics in its broadcast sense H. a
study Of the whole range Of sounds,
articulate musical and otherwise. In
its restricted sense 1t is confined to
articulate sounds of human speech,
Even in this restricted sense 1t Is still
broad enough to include the subject
of the acoustic or mechanical side and
the anthropological or pathological
side. 1t may discuss simply the
speech vibrations that cause any par
ticular sensations on the human ears,
or it may include an investigation of
the manner and causes Of the changes
the articulate sounds of language
undergo as 1t develops. The study
Of phoneties Is widely advocated by
philologists and by many Of the most
thoughtful teachers for three reasons:
~ That persons may speak their
mother tongue correctly through thus
learning to know the proper valuation
Of It's sounds; f2) that they may learn
successfully the pronunciation of 9TH
er languages, to which knowledge Of
their own is the best introduction;
10 that those who wish to study
philoiogy may have a key to that
science. And the sounds of our lam
guage cannot be successfully studied
or explained without some use of pho
netic spelling. Hundreds of phonetic
alphabets have been proposed. but the
only one that has made progress and
bids fair 10 become general (naturally
with some modifications) is that Of
the Association International Phone.
tique This alphabet took form be-
tween 1885 and 1889 in proposals made
by Paul Edouard Passy, a noted
French phonetician,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
Precious salt.

What is known as "radlum" IS
radium salt, usually either radium
bromide OF. radIum chloride, some
times radium splphate. Tiny grains
of these salts are extremely precious
and are usually sealed up in little glass
bulbs.
The radlum in one Of the first bulbs
that were received In London had a
curious history. A physician in Port
land place was applying the bulb to
patient when he accidentally let 1t fall,
and a moment after crushed 1t under
his foot. The value of the radium to
the physician was very great. He re-
moved his boots from his feet and cut
out a square Of his valuable carpet.
He had boots and carpet burned. and
ont of the ashes refined the origipa!
radium salt.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
RANKED WITH GREAT POETS
John GreenIeaf Whittier Has Written
His Name Among the ImmortaIs
of the Earth.

John Greenleaf Whittier, one Of the
best loved and most famous of Amer
lean poets, and. perhaps. the most ar
dent abolitionist known to United
States history. was born December II
near Hayerhill. Mass He was appren-
ticed to journalism and became an ed
ttor at the early age of twenty-tWo.
He held various editorial positions, and
throughout his life devoted himself to
the writing of both prose and poetry,
having no doubt a deep inspiration in
that he belonged to the same age that
gave Emerson and Longfellow to Amer
lea and Tenpyson and the grownings
to England. With such as his contem-
poraries Whittier, being himself bless
ed with natural talents. could do no
iess than what be did 10 literature,
Whittier, however Is better known
to fame because of his poems. His
prose is not so exalted. though true.
He wrote my Psalm" "Barciay Of
Ury." Barbara Frietchie," "At Sun
down" and various other wonderful
poems. He lived to be eighty-f1ve
years old, dying peacefully September
7. 1892.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
Think Of Yourself.

You cannot reach a high degree Of
success In anything without making
enemies.
Perhaps your lack Of success has
been caused by this very feeling that
you desire to make and retain your
friends.
You might have improved your po-
sition many times, but you feared the
Ill feeling engendered In certain cir
cles with your advancement.
There are times In the lives of all
men when they must each choose be-
tween what is for their own best in
terest and their friends, and this does
not mean that 1t is a case Of taking
advantage of friends-merely dis
pleasing them.
Perhaps 1t Is a principle Of busi-
ness involved-perfectly honest and
honorable, and to your financial credit
but what would your friends think
If you took the decisive step?