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MIS- .. II. Martlo COntiuues
very sick.
-. E. J. Ford, of Danville, was In
town yesterday.
David G. Craig was down from
Corbin yesterday.
Mrs. Jesse Wren, of Wilde. Is
very low with pneumonia.
Mrs. d L. Bryant who was
very sick last week is better.
L. H. Rucker, of Wilde, has
two boys very low with pneumonia
The children of Lewis Cooper
which were so sick last week, are
better.
Mrs. Fred Baker spent por-
tiiun of the week wisi~hoRas folks
at livingston.
Vernon Blackaby's baby, IS
months old, is very sick at Wilde
with diptheria.
Mrs. Harry N. Jones, of Stan
ford, was here Tuesday to see
her mother, Mrs. S. H. Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mat Cummius
will move to Cincinnati. They
had a sale last Saturday and
sold off everything.
Andrew Owens was at home
this week fcom Reading, Ohio. on
account of the death of his step
mother, Mrs. Bert Owens.
Aubrey Martin who has been
in the army stationed in New
I Yo,t as at home looking fine
and dandy. He Is out on b fut.
Tough. -
A letter received from jamie
Thompson says that he was bad
~ gassed in France, has been in
the hospital, but is getting along
alright.
Misses Margaret and Mary
J,nes, of Oklahoma City, arrived
Wednesday TO. a visit with their
sister. Mrs. W. B. Spivey here
and their father, M. Is. Jones. a I
Level Green.
Fred Hatcher, another Rock
castle soldier, just back from
France, is here on a furlough to
see his mother. who is very sick,
but some better than last reported.
Fred had wound in the shoulder
from a machine gun.
--. John Rowe is back home from
France having been discharged.
He brough. back scars which
bears evidence of his service
He was shot through the ear,
close to the head. 1t has i'm.
paired his hearing in that ear.
Mrs. Sandidge and Mrs. G. b.
Mckenzie arrived this morning
from Lunchburg, Va, to be with
their mother, Mrs. S. H. Martin.
who is very sick. Mrs. Casper
Adams, of Illinois and Private
Aubrey Martin. of Camps Mills
N. j. arrived early in the week.
Sherman Owens, son Of MISC
w. Brown has returned from
France aud is now at home on
a furlough. Sherman was badly
wounded on August nth, when a
piece of shrapnel hit him in the
front shoulder and was cut out
under his shoulder blade. He hal
been in the hospital ever since
He landed in the U. S. A. on De
cember 18th, came to Camp Tay
lor two weeks ago and on las
Monday was changed to conva
lescent department. He is look
ing good and says he is feeling
Ill
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-31
Statesmen WANTED

to solicit orders for lubricatiug
oils, greases and paints. Salary
or Com mission. Address THE
HARVEY OIL CO., Cleveland,
Ohio.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-31

We have several packages OF
pictures we have finished and
lost the name of the owner. II
you have any overdue come in
and look these over.
I. FISH & Son.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-31

Correspondence which comes In
ON the late train on Thursday
arrives too late for publication
Correspondents on the East side
are requested to be governed &C.
cordingly.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-31

Sheriff TlpL.angfnrd- and posse
arrested Willard Arnold at his
fathers old home near the Pulaski
county line at an early hour Tues.
day morning. Arnold deserted
the Army nearly a year ago and
all attempts to arrest him have
been futile. Arnold is considered
a dangerous man and officers
from Pulaski and elsewhere failed
to get him even though the effort
was made. Our, own Tip Lang.
ford. who fears no man while in
the discharge OF his cuty, or in
any other capacity for that part,
went and surrounded the house
and without any demonstration
took Arnold in charge, brought
him to town and the next morn
m esputJ sheriff w, g .nIiNa1ng
a. !sssssas ! him
authorities. 49,
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-31

FARM For SALE: The Will
Dean farm Of 1sS acres lying A
1iles west of Grab Orchard In
collr cUunty.:sT. Coed Guse
and new barn. 40 acres grass, 20
acres timber, balance in cultiva-
ton, good springs and run ming
water thru place. Full line
farming tools, rs barrel corn in
crib, 6 horses, 3 cows and some
hay for sale. If you want a
good place get busy and see or
write L. S. Doan. Corbin, KY.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-31

Reports coming from different
sections of the county indicate
that the people mean to come
out to attend the meeting Mon.
day, which IFS called to discuss
means to stop boot Logging. These
people are not coming out thru
curiosity, but coming to assist in
this great undertaking, and lndi.
cations are that there will be q
larger crowd in town than any
court day for many years.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-31
FOR SALE.

Registered Duroc boar, mil
ler's Col. Orion" No. l3A73S'
narrowed April az, 1918.
WALTER II. MILLER.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-31
LOCAL

Send yonr films to Fish's for
developing and finishing.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-31

5. S. PURCELL AND CHILDREN.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-18

proves 10 be the brother of the girl
with whom the detective is in love.
Here, however, the author brings n
That familiar scapegoat. the ubiquitous
German spy. Tfnnant discovers tnat
the two murdered men were in the pay
OF Germany and that band OF leu
tonic agents is working for sinister
purposes in Paris. lie enters into
battle of wits with the spies and finally
conquers them; the Two murders are
forgiven and forgotten on the score o.
patriotic duty, and the novel ends with
happiness for the individual characters.
although the menace of impending war
With Germany remains.
AS detective story the book Is iairly
good. There are u number of threads IN
the mystery, and the identity OF the
criminal Is not disclosed until the story
is nearly finished. The struggle be-
tween Tenant and the German spies
supplies plenty of excitement during
the last few chapters. The author IS
not so successful in his general piet'
ures OF Partisan life. His chevactcrs
talk n rather tiresomc and unnatural
mixture Of French and American slang;
and his description OF the French polit-
icai atmosphere is crude and exagr
gerated.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-18
The Story of a Wastrel

THE SINISTER REvEL. BY Lillian Bar
retf. Alfred A. Kropf.
The biography of a wastrel. Craig
Van Dam is the victim OF unlimited
wealth and over indulgent parents.
His first romantic adventures fail to
mako a man Of him, and he loafs
through three quarters of the book
as nero seekcr' Of sensations. The
authors description Of social life in
America is too namboyant to be con-
vincing. The same Is true Of her por-
traits OF demi-mondaines Of Pari.
and celebrities Of the turf.
This is Miss Barretts first novel.
according to her publisher, she has
lived at different times in Port
Antonio, Jamaica, Cairo and Beirut
She should have interesting material
at her command. Parts of 1.-THE
Sister Rcvol" are 80 we'll written az
to make US regret that Miss Barrett
did not choose a more interesting sub
lect. Az 1t Is. her hrst book is a rather
cheap sensational study OF phase
OF American lifo which in the march
OF events has become negligible.
w
New-York tribune., 1919-10-18
Concerning Book Jackets

The ninety-sixth or seventh thing
that strikes me as odd about the book
publishing business is why they pick
out the people they do to write the
notices on the Jackets. They evidently
prefer persons of a nonliterary turn,
who simply wouldn't read if there
was Il baseball bat or movie within
a mile. Or else they wouldn't for any
thing read that particular company's
books. Being paid salary TO do some
thing about it, they look at the umpty-
umph page and construct the plot
from imagination. For instance. the
person who wrote the cover to "The
Old Madhouse" mentions a romance be-
tween Fred Carterct and Nancy which
De Morgan entirely failed to transcrbe.
There is a very obvious error on the
cover OF "The Little Moment of Hap
piness"; and in my own insignificant
authorial experience once they got the
title wrong anc three times they mis-
stated the plot. The Modern Library
cover notices. however, are excellent.
| usually cnt out their text and paste
it on blank leaf inside. l.. S. II.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-18
German and Russian Music

Questions of musical taste are
scarcely debatable; but l should like
to answer Miss Wright's criticism by
presenting few arguments in behalf
Of my contention that Germany and
Russia so far maintain q clear su.
periority in the musical field"
1t is rather difficult to. frame def
milton Of a great composer; but,
with all due respect for possible dif-
ferences Of opinion, should be in
clined to deny that title both to Vim
cent d'lndy and to Claude Achille De-
busy. DIndy's appeal is limited to
small esoteric circle, while Debussy' 5
music, though clever and specifically
attractive. is lacking both in depth and
IN feeling.
I have always been warm admirer
Of Cesar Franck; his glorious D Minor
Symphony alone entities him to a
place among the musical immortals.
But this splendid work is almost alone
among outstanding French symphonic
achievements, whereas Germany can
claim four great symphonies for
Beethoven, at least two for Brahms
one for Schubert, one for Mozart. etc. !;
and Russia is we'll represented by the
four gorgeous, bizarre symphonies OF
Tschaikowsky.
The Teuton-Slav entente is also su-
perlor IN other fields Of music The
supreme master of the piano is un-
questionably Chopin, Pole. Is there
any Frenchman whose piano compost
tions can reasonably sustain COM
parison with those Of Liszt, Schumann,
beethoven and Rubinstein? The same
Ieutonic preponderance appears
among the great song writer's: Schu-
bert, Schumann, Franz, Wolf. Strauss
Grieg. And, Nietzsche and the Amer
lean Legion to the contrary notwith-
standing, Wagner's operas represent a
far higher level of musical and intel
lectual achievement than Carmen" or
any other French opera
In conclusion | may say that 7 have
only the warmest respect and admra-
ton for M. Saint -Saens's splendid YER
satility and eminent musical scholar
ship; and | tried to express my ap-
probation of his life and work in my
review of his book But | think the
venerable French composer would him
self be the first to admit that his lone
list OF compositions, excellent, varied
and pleasing as they are, does not in.
clude anything that can honestly be
ranked with the highest flights of nu-
slcal genius, with such works as
Bach's & Minor Mass. Beethoven's
Fifth Symphony, and the Prelude and
Llebestod from Wagner's Christian unc
isolde. w. II. c.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-18
About a Column
Dogs, Pigs, Men and Hudson

My enthusiasm for w. II. Hudson il
tended fire on an altar, but con-
fess it was damped -- only little,
however-by his recent attack on
mans most single-hearted friend, the
dog The jolt might have proved Sc
rlous. II had not at once recalled his
account Of the death and burial of the
old dog in that perfect book with the
perfect title, Ear Away and Long Ago"
Besides, great men have their WITNESSES,
and why shouldn't they? And l feel
certain that this particular whimsy was
prompted far more by Mr.. Hudson's de-
sire to do justice to the pig. than by
any wish on his part to decry the dog
His description of the base ancestry
OF the dog is accurate, of course, but
it is surely unjust to hold this against
the dog as we know him. Or if not un-
just it is certainly unwise, for it di-
ancestry of man. Where is there a
tilthier, more lecherous and generally
disreputable brute than your ape? And
while it is easy enough to be cynical
and discern many Of these qualities in
his sublimation, homo sapie,s. still
] think the outcome has been surpris-
ingly good, all things considered. And
so with the dog. At his best he is q man.
nerly, kind hearted gentleman Cor lady,
as the case may be), thoughttu! OF
others and capable of self-sacritice
And if we, his foolish masters, did not
so shamefully spoil him in nine cases
out of ten he would easily rise to
even greater heights. He actually did
so in many cases throughout the war
But even so it is really astounding how
much spelling a good dog will stand
without complete moral degeneration!
Imagine what man would become if
pampered by some higher power as we
pamper our dogs The best dogs, as
the best men, are those who do an hon
est days work for an honest wage. AS
for the idiotic, inbred monsters and
sgrotesques of the "fancy"--!
But | am losing my main point, which
is merely to suggest that in his laud-
able desire to celebrate the possibili-
ties of the pig Mr.. Hudson has gone
very near to slander on mans truest
friend-perhaps his one genuine, how
ever mistaken, admirer. l.. W. D.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-18
South Sea Charm
Lure of Stored Islands
We'll ictured by O'Brien

SEAS BY Frederick o'Hrien. The
Century Company, New York.
Every lover of Conrad and Stevenson
must have dreamed Of trip to the
alluring South Sea Islands. with their
copra reefs and eternally fair skies,
their luxuriant breadfruit trees and
soft grooming native songs. Mr..
OBrien realized this dream, and his
story Of his sojourn in the Marquesan
Islands, written with keen observation
and rare sense of humor, stands out
as easily one Of the best travel books
of the year.
The islands are owned by France and
inhabited by native tribe which for
! merly enjoyed reputation for canni-
balism. They did not display any
alarming tendency in this direction dur
ing Mr.. O'Brien's visit, however, and
the author found his chief difficulty in
evadng the marriage offers which were
pressed upon him by Marquesan
maidens with embarrassing frequency.
Mr.. O'Brien had thoroughly good
time tramping through the island
mountains, going on picnics with his
native friends. eating breadfruit and
drinking kava, cocoanut brew whose
strength seems to exceed PTS. His
visit was enlivcned by number Of hu-
morous incidents. which he describes
with unfailing vivacity and gusto.
Gambling is strictly forbidden among
the natives, but willy Chinaman Sc
cured permission to initiate the Mar
quesans into the mysteries Of American
poker by promising to confne his
stakes to matches. The Chinaman's
luck and skill were unfailing, and by
the time the gambling orgy was over
1 he had secured a corner on every match
on the island. In this emergency the
natives rcsorted to the old method Of
making fire by rubbing sticks together,
and the Chinaman's scheme of selling
his poker winnings at an exorbitant
profit was miserably thwartcd.
Mr.. O'Bricn has keen sense for
natural beauty, and shows the greatest
enthusiasm over the scenery of the
islands--their craggy coasts, their
mountains with gushing streams and
their rich forests of banana trees and
other tropical vegetation. The book is
illustrated with large number of cx-
cellent photographs, For the rather
large ma jority who will never be able
to make a personal visit to the South
Seas Mr.. O'Brien's book may be recon-
mended as an excellent armchair sub
stitutc. W. II. C.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-18
SIX PAGES OF BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS

promise! Thackeray only once found
is story that it came to him in the
night and that he danced about the
room, repeating it in ecstasy. That as-
founding genius Emily Bronta gave a
name TO her one astounding book that
holds something Of the novels eerie
power in it's two words, "Wuthering
Heights" 1t must be "Wuthering" that
does it, weird word, ancient and mys-
terious; George Borrowe would have
been interested in its sources. Among
the moderns Conan Doyle has done
we'll. The Study in Scarlet" and "The
Sign of the Four" are perfect captions
for stories of mystery. They catch
your eye and you want to find out what
is between the covers. And 1.-THE Old
Wives Tale" is great title, suggesting
something rich and leisurely, big
thick story, intimate and revealing,
such as old women love to tell
There are numbers Of titles from
the Bible, but one does not remember
many good ones. The Way Of All
t!eshS is striking, and so is THE House
OF Mirth," and Hall Gaines "The Wom-
an Thou Gavest Me" has a name too
fine to be wasted on such a sorry tale.
David Graham Phillips called clever,
DID, brilliant title, full of sugges-
ton and fitting the story as lid fits
a box. And could there have been a
more apt and alluring name G'm not
playing fair, for the book was not writ
ten in English) than "The Dangerous
Age" with just hint of mystery and
more than a spice OF malice, potent to
attract apd giving impetus to a spin
ding. wehk-kneed story which without
1t would never have got outside Sweden
]. FLOYD BYNG,
New-York tribune., 1919-10-18


Nine short bits Of fugitive writings
ono can accept with interest if not
always to advantage. It is difficult,
for instance, to reconcile "Winckel-
Manu." as prose, with "Aesthctic
Poetry" Nor do any or the offerings
effectively match such etchings as "A
Prince Of Court Painters,'' "Notes on
Leonardo Da Vinci." Mr.. Mordel in
his introduction finds 1t mot nece ssary
to state that Pater polished his book
reviews with the same elaborate care
that he did his other essays" Not
only is 1t not necessary-it is not fair.
OF the collection before US "Aes-
thetic Poetry" and "Coleridge as a
Theologian" seem most worthy, though
Moore and Arthur Symons are inter
estlng; Dorian Gray" Modern Paint
ing" and Nights and Days" furnish
ing the respective offsets. In an
aside not wholly irrelevant, though we
have yet to glance through ..The
Erotic Motive in Literature" George
Moore could we'll have furnished the
nucleus, the inspirational consequence
for such treatise. Wilde, Moore and
Symons-here are Erotics!) 1t is of
some significance that while grateful
acknowledgment was accorded the
master" by the three worthless for
ton at that time had still to arrive at
Pater himself. At odds with Jowett
and others Of that category, probably
Gosse only understood, sympathetical!v
assisted
strain of that doctrine "art for
arts sake" so eXquisitely expounded
In tho conclusion to the first edition
OF the "Studies," filters through "Aes-
thctic Poetry" An excerpt: Here
there'ls no delirium or illusion, no ex-
periences of mere soul while the BODY
and the bodily senses sleep, or wake
with convulsed intensity at the
prompting of imaginative love; but
rather the great primary passions
under broad daylight as of the pagan
Veronese." This, referring to William
Morris's defence Of Guencvers I"
Even superficial examination nro-
nounces this ephemeral, fccting sensa-
tions as opposed to enduring feeling.
Always there is tendency to suncr.
tlcinlity in Pater: the eye and not the
mind predominating, as Dowden points
out. The three steps toward the hight
are well defined and ever in evidence
Hedonlsm, Ep'cureanism, Cyrcnaicism.
Well, ono need not read Pater FOR
philosophy, though subscription to anv
OF the theories requires beauty OF soul.
mstheticsI ppreciution--cults have
been formed with more dross.
Again, his dlction does not lend t.
self TO casual reading. The prose.
though curioualy enough. conveys In
us parndoxical impression. = leisure
ly contrast in the quiet beauty Of the
effect to the lsbored effort, not nr-
parent on tho aurface. still present 10
close scrutiny, somewhat intelligent
observation. T'.e charm of White
Nights 30 cxeuisitely caught and
New-York tribune., 1919-10-18
The Sea Bride"
Ben Ames Williams
Spares Us No Details

"The Sea Bride" (Macmillan), despite
Its title, is an unromantic treatment of
the sea. Ben Ames Williams is more
than reaiist; he is photographer.
SO exact, in fact, are certain sections
of the book that they might we'll
serve as a sort of literary manual for
sailors and whalers. The author has
an intimate knowledge Of sea life, and
in descriptions Of the Sally Sims, the
men within the Sally, the waters
around the Sally, and the whales with
IN the waters, he spares us nothing
Often the excitement and sting of the
conflicts are completely lost in this
welter of details.
In his delneation of characters Mr..
Williams proves he has keenness as
we'll as exaggerated powers of obser-
walton. There Is an abundance of un-
necessary analysis and comment. He
handles his rugged sea-dogs as GIN
gerly as George Meredith his daintiest
room, where one individual strives to
be more complex than another, we can
bear this weary system of character
tearing. Not so in the cabin and the
fore and aft!
The central figure and main achieve
ment of the novel is Captain Noll
Wing, once a master OF men and the
elements, now a senile hero studied at
close range. His strength was never
more than terrific physical energy.
There is no moral force in the man,
for as soon as his constitution fails
him there is a simultaneous disinte-
grafton Of character. Harassed by the
effects of old age and alcohol. he is no
longer ruthless, but a moral-loving
brute who calls his former exploits
crimes; who exults in f-abasement
and continual pcrusal of the Bible.
Although his degeneration is portrayed
with powerful realism, he is not, as
one expects, tragic figure. We see
the twilight of Noll Wing, but only
glimpse his lusty manhood; so his
downfall is stirring but hardly
touching event.
Some of the other characters aresun-
Mr.. Williams gives alskilful study Of
the innuendo. Roy, the young hero
worshipper, is also ably done. 1t is
only when he attempts land char
acter that the author falls short of
realism. Brander and Faith are con-
ventional people: they exist to supply
the love motive and to give the balance
of power to the forces that make for
good.
Technically the novel is badly
planned. lacking in balance and pro
portion. Certain espisodes should be
eliminated altogether and others con-
siderably cut down. The diction is
graphic, but colorless. The style is
journalistic; there are too many short,
jerky sentences and unfinished
thoughts. The author obviously
abors and seldom writes with the
gusto that puts favor in a book. He
needs the imagination that tells much
in single situation or a few appro-
pirate words. He is therefore unwilling
assume 1t is EVIDENT that Mr.. viii
Jams has ability and fully as evident
that he lacks inspiration. V. r.