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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-14
KIMBRELL BROTHERS

has been established an almost uni
versal determination to reconquer the
lost provinces, particularly upper 81.
lesia and even Alsace-Lorraine. The
old German imperialism is far from
dead.
As against this attitude OF the Ma.
tional PARTY there battle the Demo
cratic Socilists and idealists who
want to purge the country Of revenge
and who dream OF a lasting peace
in which the nations shall lie down
together, the lions becoming lambs.
Plus this is found the Peoples party,
composed of many captains of indus
try. bold and resolute men who have
financed Germany In the war and
since the war, men who are making
huge profits from the revival of in
dustry and who are doing the best
they can to conceal every dollar they
make. White the Nationalists would
be happy with revenge, the Peoples
group would be content with revenue.
Briefly. the public mind is kept in a
responsive condition by wise German
economists, ready to be excited in
whatever direction may be most use
full It must and will be moulded to
suit the emergency of the hour, and
that it will respond there can be no
doubt. The lion and the lamb may
lie down together, but sooner or later
there can be only on answer-more
graves, more suffering. more treach-
cry and more sacrifive, thinks Lich-
tenberger.
Their is no hurry about this thing,
of course. A renewal of physical war
is not probable in some item. The
first phase of a struggle usually is
political and economic.-Edward p.
Howard.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-14
eERmANv-rHe WAR OVER

We have Just passed the eighth an
niversary of the outbreak of the
world war.
And what results? few new na-
tions in place OF older nations. new
nations destined to bloodshed and
suffering to maintain and develop
their entity. old nations embitterde to
battle for their reincarnation.
or Germany review indicates a
bankrupt nation. but one getting back
on It's feet Financial ruin has little
meaning. SO long as the world will
accept German paper money at some
price. so long will the printing press
turn II out.
II is difficult to get a proper per-
spective of Germany. Henri Lichten-
berger a professor of the University
of Paris, in twelve day visit to Ber-
lin a few weeks ago. dug out some
very interesting facts.
Lichtenberger points out that the
German National party has succeed
ed the old Conservative party. This
includes the aristocrats, the proprie-
tors OF large estates and high offici-
ais of the old regime. The officials
who have lost their positions and
who are living from hand to mouth
supply the party with force, are al
ways ready for action, are energetic,
eager for battle and even anxious for
a fight.
The university people, both facul-
ty and students. fed on the tradition
OF a policy of force. feel keenly the
humiliation of defeat, and have rang
ed themselves solidly behind the idea
of arestoration of the German mill
tary power The peasants form the
mass of the party.
The leaders have capitalized GER
tain elemental mental conditions for
the purpose of building strength and
OiEdHihdNlou. lutN tNpiOlt lHt Dll-
terness of the former privileged
classes, they play upon the resent
ment of the disbanded army, they
wave tine fear flag of bolshevism and
excite the anti-Semite passion and
the profound misery caused by the
attitude OF France toward the con
quered. Hence they have linked to a
comon cause the fanatics, the dis
contcrtcd and the lovers of militar-
issm.
The German newspapers, particu-
larly the Deutschee Tageszeitung. aid |
in driving the masses to despair. |
They infuse them with the conviction
that they have nothing more to lose.
no matter what happens.
Even before the blood was coagu-
lated in the German wounds, there
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-14
THE SCHOOL HOUSE LEADS US

Democracy has defects. Our gov
ernment is not without fault. But
with all our faults we have a better
government than anything any other
country in any cline or time has ever
produced. In time of distress every
people the wide world over hold out
their hands to us for help.
We are people of big ideas, com
pared to the rest of the world, small
faults. Europe is continent encum-
bered with monumental faults and lit
tie ideas.
This is shown quite as much in her
mechanical and inveptive ingenuity
as in her parliamentary practices.
The Swiss will make a very intri-
cate and delicate watch which will
do many things-ring bells, tell the
time of tide, the season of the moon
and still, as the Yankee would say,
have a saucerful of wheels left over.
We make pocket piece that keeps
time. That's the main idea. That is
what watch is for.
The French and the Germans make
more complicated cameras than any
we produce. But we do what they
don't; we put simple little camera
into every home, and collect the
priceless snapshot memories of life
as we live it.
These are but evidences OF our
tendencies. We get a big idea and
use it.
Europe and Asia. live largely in
darkness because their schools have
been for the select and the masses
are illiterate. They seek to cultivate
a few minds to superlative inteli-
gence. We do no less, and we do
vastly more; we cultivate al minds
as far as we can encourage every one
to go.
Behold the little red school house,
the cornerstone Of our greatness. II
has done wonderful things for our
country. Now It is going to do more.
Just about the time that Europe
and Asia are beginning to get the es-
sential idea we arep ushing the little
red school houses together into the
big BRICK, modern. metropolitan con
solidated school. with all its better
teachers. Now we are making the
school work play.
We are beginning TO teach by eye
as well as by ear. The film is going
10 be better story teller OF history
and geography. better revealer OF
biology and botany than any book.
For a long time we graded our pu-
pills by averages, holding the bright
boy back, which diseourages the slow
boy. Hut now comes Dr. A. N. suth
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-14

erland, another pedagogue of dis
tinction, who out in Los Angeles has
demonstrated the value of degrading
our schools so that the slow boy is
encouraged rather than discouraged,
helped rather than handicapped, and
the quick boy is not held back.
We're long way ahead of the
rest of the world, and we're going to
keep long way ahead.-Richard L.
Jones
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-14

Two hundred and sixty thousand
farm families either made their first
home garden or changed their pre-
vious ways of gardening in 1921 as a
result of demonstrations of improved
methods by agricultural extension
workers, according to reports receiv-
ed by the United States Department
of Agriculture.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-14

Once in while you will find a girl
who is so prudish she won't mention
Ewes name because Eve never mar
ried Adam and was not proper per
son to introduce to polite conversa-
tion.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-14

Something to worry about: Vesta
is the only one of the smaller planets
which can be seen with the naked
eye. Its diameter is only 800 miles
and its whole surface but one-ninth
that of Europe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-14

City Boy-What's that, pa?
Father-That's COW, sonny.
"And what's that on his head?"
Those are horns"
They turned around and the COW
mooed.
Boy-Which horn did he blow
then, dad?"
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-14

A man who is never on time often
buys things that way.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-14

The Advocate, twice-a-week.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09

The diplomats wife very unwisely un- fastened the necklace; and amid loud expressions of admiration at its beauti- ful workmanship they passed it round from hand to hand. At the end of the dinner the lady asked for her necklace. but no one knew anything about it. The British minister, who thought that ke understood the people of the country. rose to the occasion. With a smile, he said: we have just witnessed very clever and amusing piece of legerd-:- main. Now we are going to see an other Ntkle qiece of 1Snjurlng." He walked quietly to both doors of the room, locked them and put the keys into his pocket Then, placing a small silver bowl from the s!deboard in the center of the dinner table, he cen tipued. q am now going to switch off all the lights and count ten slowly. Then I shall turn on the lights again. and, hey, presto! Madame de--s necklace will be found lying in tha. silver bowl" The room was plunged in darkness. and the minister counted slowly up to ten. The electric lights blazed on again. There was no nscs- lace, but the silver bowl had vanished.
 An interesting picture is given by Ar thur Warren, in London Days, of Ma dame Patti in her Welsh castle-of her unfailing good hunor and Kindness and thoughttulness and self-giving. She =old MT. Warren how 1t was that her voice
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
Stories That Recall Others
Rusty on Luther.

Rusty on Luther.
 A few years ago when the Lutheran church had a convention in a western city many of the citizens of that city had the picture of Martin Luther hang ing in front window of their home.
 Two men were passing one of these ed the other whose 1t was
 That is Martin Luther" the other replied
 What is he running for?" the first one asked.
 His Successful Plan.
 The last time jury trial was demand ed in city court in southern town a special venire was issued by the mayor under act of the legislature and the court took care that every member should be a man who could be depended on to vote according to the evidence as well at least as the court could judge. The prosecutor threw some light on the reason. Recently, he said a jury was and the talesnen were being interro- gated. One local merchant had been practically accepted when the prosecu- tor asked whether he had any objections to finding man guilty under the pro hibition laws. You could not present evidence that would convince me of his guilt was the answer. T should vote for acquittal if I knew he was guilty" The prospective juror was permitted to stand aside. He seemed to have found a sure way 10 avoid being drawn for jury service
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
Famous Literary Mysteries

What Became of Tom Paane's Body?
 Thomas Paine, the Anglo -AmericCn political writer and free thinker, was one of the most active men in the col onies during the Revolutionary war He was born in England, and iu 1775 was encouraged to emigrate to America by Benjamin Franklin. In 1776 he served as a volunteer in the army and in the same year, at the suggestion of pr. Rush, he wrote and published in Phila- delphia his Common Sense" for which appeared his The American CrfIisl' which no doubt helped materially in keeping alive the patriotic spirit Of the reyolutionists.
 Paine died in New York on June sth. 1909. During the latter part of his life he resided on a farm which Re own ed at New Rochelle. New York, and there he was buried. Some time after wards his remains were removed to En- gland by William Cobbett, the radical, I who had an idea that the republican mo- tions which he favored would be fos- tered by this act What eventually be- | cams of Paine's body no one seems to know
 When Cobbett reached England with the coffin, he left 1t in the hands of a committee which. 1t is said, Intended to pay honors to Paine with public fu- neral. In 1889 q showy monument, with medallion portrait, was erected over Paine's empty grave at New Rochelle by American political admirers.
 There are several conflicting reports as to the disposition of the body in England. One is to the effect that after Cobbett's death. in 1895 at Normandy Farm near Farnham, his oldest son, being sole executor. took possession of the farm. Among the effects were bones in an old trunk which had been seal ed up by Mir lilly in 1893, and for warded to Cobbett's residence by him Cobbett. Jr.. was arrested for debt, and creditor, one Jesse Oldfield, who ob- tained an injunction against the son came into possession of the trunk o1 bones which. when the effects of Cob bett were publicly sold in January 1886, was brought forward to the auc- tioneer to be offered for sale
 This, however. was too much for the gentleman of the hammer, and the lot was accordingly withdrawn and re- talned in ths possession of dhe re- ceiver to await the orders of the Lord l Chancellor, who, on the subject being mentioned to him In court, refused to recognize it as part of the estate or | iiA1N0 any oIueT respecting II.
 Thus the receiver was left to dis pose of the bones as he thought pro5- CT. and though he was releived of fis office in 1899. he continued to hold ] them until 1S44 when, being tincIair3ed by any of the creditors, they were con. veyed to London and were piaced in the possession of MT. lilly. By whom they will be held, in all prohabiI;tv until a public funeral Of them can he arranged" No such funeral was ever | arranged.
 What eventually became of the body no one knows. By some 1t was sun. posed that 1t was taken to France and buried in that country, and by others that it lies in an unmarked grave in England
 In spite of Paine's many shortcon. ings he was a man much to he sS, mared, and it seems a pity that 5i, friends turned out to be his worst enemies, and in trying to do him tor much honor, left his burial place m. honored. 0--
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
CHILD TRAINING
TABLE TALKERs.
By Lydia Lion Roberts

By Lydia Lion Roberts
 Meal time. parents and children, can be an interesting combination. hut vrIII not be unless especially prepared fer by the mother, Why not make 1t ona of the pleasaptest times of the day and teach the children at the same tine to take their part in .convefsaioii with sense and dignity? This can best Be done by making 1t the tinae to teii the pleasant things that each orlk has seAn heard. done, or read Entorce q T,,le that nothing disagreeabie shan bs talked over at meals-this Is not rood for digestion we are told, and no poz- sip. horrible affairs. nor cross yy1orrs, should be allowed.
 Even little children can leae1 to toie about the picture they liked, the funny story the teacher told. the dog that waSged at them on the yvay fop,e and any little detail of cheerr. happy days. Daddy could tell of the people he met, of anything he saw made or iors in an unusual way, and relate stories of when I was boy"
 Mother could talk about the peonie who had telephoned. or been to the door, the books she had read CT heard about the stories of when grandma was girl
 In the morning no bad news from the paper should mar the meal, The oe- eaAtoh would be a merry one, and everyone would feel better and hr.eht- CT If wa al lesrRed to be the right Kind of table takers. t ls heYets tse
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
Books in Bokhara.

Bokhara has for ages been a center of learning and religious life. Accofd- ing to the late Prince Kropotkin the mysticism which took hold on Persi4 in the Middle Ages spread also to Bok- hara, and later. when the Mongol in vasion of the Thirteenth Century laid waste Samarkand and other Mosl@ni cities Bokhara, remaining independent, continued 10 be a chief seat of Islamitic learning. The madrasa libraries, some of which were very rich, have been scattered and lost. or conhscated by t:is emirs. or have perished in confsgrs- tions. But there are still treasures of literature concealed in private libraries and Afghan. Persian. AmenIan and Turkish bib,iophiles still repair to Rox- hara to buy rare books. Boxhara IS, n fact the principal book market of Gem tral Asia
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
euAEAxrEEs FOB FRANCE.

Measures which Premier Poinczre has announced will be taken to make Germany pay are 10 be regarded not so much as penalties as guarantees, and safeguards to protect the vested inter- ssts of French citizens "In case these measures do not suffice to bring prompt settlement they will be com pleted by other progressive measures" This Is the final sentence in the French eommuniqus. and gives plain warning 10 Germany to abandon It's whining and vaciilat.ng policy of hoping and walt he.
 Two weeks ago Germany sent a cir .uiar note to the allied governments de- handing a reduction of seventy-five per sent- in the monthly payments which 1t agreed last year to make to the allies These were to be two million pounds ieventy per cent of which was to go to he French nationals The reduction would have brought the sum to 800 ,0o0 pounds. which M. Poincare refused to accept and demanded that Germany make a renewed promise to pay. As ione came by the time limit which he lad set. the French premier's applica- AuA or eConDtltC pressure Wds tne re- ult. Payments which were being made .o Germany on account of war losses in Alsacs-Lorraine have been stopped. Pro- .eeds from the liquidation of German property in France have been seques- cred until further notice and indemni- ies and awards to Germany made by hs mixed ar5itral tribunal will be held ip on the prsrnier's order.
 For three years French statesmen
 i've been lenient and patient and for -ie same time Germany has taken ad- 'sntage of their leniency by a tricky policy of delay. excuse and stubborn op- ,osition- Germany is now given notice hat ftshas but one choice and that is to lay its debts-
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
TOO MANY HUSBANDS

"To tell the truth, 1t wasn't so won derfullY restful as you think,r said the woman who had remained in her quiet fiat all summer. You see, I had too many husbands
 Good gracious, Ethelw said the eth CT woman, who had been away
 Well. you know when my sister took the children and went to Wisconsin for the whole long school vacation she begged me, to look after her beloved Arthur. She said she knew he'd just perish from loneliness, so I told her he was to come here to difner any evening when he was particularly hornesick for his family. I think he must have suf- fered severely. for he diried with me on an average Of three nights $ week and never missed a Sunday wien he was in town. He Is dear fellow, and I en- joyed him greatly. His brother Alden's wife went down east to see her parents ana Arthur felt so sorry for Rim that he often brought him Aloiig.''
 well, call that a little too much" said the other woman.
 "Oh, that wasn't much" said the one who remained in town. "Tnat was only part of it, My brother Grant wife went most unexpectedly to Europe for two months and poor old Grant was so desoiate that he used to phone me night after night to ask whether would give him a snack, He simply hates restau- rants don't know when in years I've seen so much of Grant It was delight full"
 well you certainly make the best of things. I should think you'd be worn out"
 "oh, 1t was a pleasure to think that my man relatives felt privileged to come to me for aid and comfort
 You sec, my niece, Merle, who was married in the spring, simply couldn't stick it out. in town during the hay-fev- CT season. Poor child, she hated to leave l Donald. but she had to go north and I she left the bridegroom to my loving | care, It was a sacred trust The dear boy appeared almost every evening in time for dinner and he was so anxious to show his appreciation tha, he often brought something for me tc cook. One time 1t was a lobster, another l time it was prairie chicken. and, oi course, no matter how late he came h. would have been disappointed if VI hadn't had his contribution the same 1 evening, so sometimes 1t delayed dirnel a lot. But I usually washed the dishe. the next morning, so 1t didn't matter st much after all.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
'Today's Anniversaries

17s7-rhe ship Columbia sailed from Boston on the first voyage in which the American flag was car ried around the world 1S05-An expedition under Lieut. Zeb- ulon M Pike left St. Louis to trace the sources of the Missouri liver.
 is2s-Edward Tif1n, first state govern or of Ohio, died at Chillicothe, o. Born in England, June 1s, 1T6s. fs41--Ashburton treaty settling the boundary line between Canada and Maine, signed at Washington. s44-Imprisonnent for debt was abol- ished in England. 1s30-General Roberts started on his famous march from Kabul to re- lieve Kandahar.
 1ssS-Spain formally accepted Presi- dent McKinley's terms of peace 1920-The Irish crimes bill was passed by the British house of lords.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL co.

was in perfect condirlon aftsr So many years of use: "I have never tired 1t. I never sing when 1 am tired, and that means I am never tired when 1 sing And l have never strained after hig1 notes have heard that the first qres- ton asked of new vocalists nowadaws is. How high can you sing?' But I nave always thought that the least import- ant matter in singing. One should sing only what one can sing with per feet ease"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Cordenio A. Severance. the retiring president of the American Bar associa- tion and who will preside over the an- nial convention of that body when it meets in San Francisco today, is an emi- nent lawyer of St. Paul and long asso- ciated in partnership with Frank B. Kel- logg, United States senator from Mime sota. MT. Severance Is a native of Min nesota, was educated at one of the best of the small colleges-Northfield- began to serve clients in 1883. He soon acquired a clientele of persons and cor porations able to pay nice fees, and with the income from the fortune thus acquired he has been enabled to lend generous aid to many Humanitarian and public welfare movements. During the late war he was chosen by the American
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
MISS ROBERTSON RENoMINATED.

Miss Alice Robertson. only woman member of the congress, has been re- nominated by the republicans of the Second Oklahoma district She win face W. H. Hastings, the democratic candidate she defeated two years ago. Miss Robertson was nominated despite the fact that she is woman. rather than because of it. At no time has she posed as a special representative of her sex She said that she was not in con gress to represent women that she rep resented the Second district of Okla hofna where there are both men and women.
 When Miss Jeannette Rankin was a member of congress-the first woman nember-she was looked upon as the of- fetal spokesman for the wonen's inter ests When war was declared she voted against the declaration. Miss Robert son did not have the opportunity to vote in favor of war but she has said that she would have voted for the declara- ton had she been in congress. At her restaurant in Muskogee eshe fed any hungry soldier wh6 came along and she helped look after the families of sol diers when the latter were away.
 However, Miss Robertson did not take the role of he soldiers special friend when she went to congress. She was outspoken in her opposition to the bonus saying the country could not afford to pay out billions of dollars at this time. Early in her congressional career Miss Robertson found herself out of favor with some of the suffrage leaders. She had opposed suffrage before the consti- tutionaI amendment was ratified and she denied owing any allegiance to those who had worked for equal rights Some Of the women leaders predicted that she would be defeated She went about hr district saying she was Christian, an American and a republican. The voters of her party renominated her, and al- though she lives in a normally demo- cratic district she is confident that she will be reelected this fall.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-09
'Today's Birthdays

Earl of Lytton, governor of Bengal, which is said to be the most turbulent of the provinces of India, born at Sim la, India, 46 years ago today.
 Dr. Edward S. Parsons, president of Marietta College, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 59 years ago today.
 Rt. Rev. William T. Capers, Episco- pal bishop of West Texas. born at Greenville, s. C., 55 years ago today.
 Charles Nagel, secretary of commerce and labor in the Taft cabinet, born in Colorado county. Texas, 7S years ago today
 Louis B. Hanna, former governor of North Dakota, born at New Brighton, Pa, 61 years ago today.