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IIVOL IV A Family Paper BEHEA MADISON COUNTY KENTUCKY THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25 190t Fifty cents a year NO 1III IDEAS

Nothing grunt was ever achievedwithout eiitliiiniumiilCjiKHsON-

Keligion4 t

may bo learned on Sun1day but it its lived ill tilt week dayswork

He wIMeyM there in no ouch thing

Ic UN uu honest nmn you may be sure in

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It in out thing to wish to hays truthon our hide and anot her thing to wishto boon Ibo aide of truth WIUTEIA

FROM THE WIDE WORLD

Lent began yesterdayTurkey will send reenforcements

to SalonicacAplllrl1IIzit dami nuthoritiod at Puerto Cabollo

Dr Haiti Aronsou of BerlinGermany has discovered a serum

I which promises to destroy scarlet feyer germs

Austria dull Russia through theirambassadors presented to tho Turkih government demands for roformtin Macedonia

Wortl haw bvon received by way of

OUIIIII1IltlolIKingshocks

Osaka out of this three imperialcitIra of Japan is the centre of greatactivity preparing for their Filth National Industrial Exhibition Starch I

to July IIIt in authentically stated that the

movement to buy the Holy Laud Itslh eu nearly conioimmated and thatMm return of the Hebrew raco to theirnrigimial1alestina it only a questionuf a short time

IN OUR OWN COUNTRY

Mm Helen C Neagl the oldestwoman in Maine died lant week aged10tJ

All the alooiiN in Xashvillt Tonewire eloM1 Sunday fur the fin + t timein yearn

Washingtons birthday was getierally observed throughout the country

MondayGarden

MHHH havo guns up to fourhum heir former prier nod are high ¬

er now thou for thirty yearsA new department known ax tits

Department of Geography tins loonestablished at the University of Chi ¬

sagoThe Supofinteudeuts Department

N of till National Educational Associatlon ill In soshion at Cincinnati Ohiothis week-

Andrew Carnegie added JUiTiCOO to

till endowment fund of thin CarnegieLaboratory of Engineering at StevensInstitute of Technology in New York

Three now battleships an armoredcruiser amid two steel training shipsare among the provisions include inthe Naval Appropriation Hill passedby the House

Tim KlkiiiH bill prohibiting rebateson traiiNportntion charges has becomen law commiftsonor of cor onttioim in provided for in tho new De ¬

partment of Commerce anti LalwrOn Saturday the cornerstone of the

new Army War College was laid atWashington Thin War College willfurnish to promising ollieers an op ¬

portunity for perfecting their militaryediuution

Flu Whito Star Line steamer Codrite tho largest afloat successfullyi ompleted her first passage across theAtlantic Sho is 700 ft long 70 Itwide anti 41 ftIhltp and can carryl050 passengers

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

The Senate hiss passed a bill appropriating ffOOOuach for publicbuildings In MajHvillo and HeaderBOU

Threo years ago oil wells were unknown in Kontucky now there aro105 producing wells The capital invested exceeds 15000000

Thomas S Orundy of Washing ¬

ton county died Sunday aged 81

years Mr Grundy was for 11 yearsa member of tho Kentucky legislatureand owned the finest and largest herdof shorthorn cattle in the Stale

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THE DEBATEIi The Debate between tho Alpha Zelaand Phi Delta Societies held lust Friday night was an occasion of great inI011thued suited the spice of curiosity at thebeginning

Irof Dodge presided in his ownhappy manner and after prayer byDr Burgess suit a bond number en ¬

joyed as always Prof Dodgo Intro ¬

duced the exercises of the evening ina few remarks announcing the tilestion as follows ItroLi11 That theGovernment of England is superiorIn form and operation to the Govern ¬

Inert of tho United States of whichquestion Phi Delta took the affirma ¬

tireTho Judges wore Prof Hoaik of

State College Lexington anti TutorLewis and Mies Welch of tho HereaCollege faculty

IL M Racer opened the debate in atwelve minute speech In which hesought to eliminate points not on the

ueUon and to ghlOlln carefuldefinitions as a basis for the discussion Some of hits points were as fol ¬

lows Question is on the governmentof England and on the England oftoday lie stated it to bo the purJWH of government to render this willI f the people operative Then we beliovo that the government of Englandin hotter adapted to attain that end inEngland than the government of theUnited Status is tern Ho contrastedthe constitution of the United Stateswith tho unwritten constitution ofEngland comparing also the execu

tin the legislative and the judicialdepartments of the two governments

This first speaker on tho negativewits A F Hensy of Alpha Xota After n few words ot rebuttal ho URdumention cf the following pointsamong others England has n super ¬

stitious reverence for the past ingovernment as she has for old cit-ies Tho United States haschoseu thebeat from the mother country elimin ¬

ating the weaker features It is wellknown that justice is hard to obtainin England smith is mofct oxufiiHiveTheir executive is a figure IIIatl1Imost expensive luxury Any nationmiint lack strength that will tray000000 per year to Mippott a non ¬

entity Poor boys Guise little chanceto wo in England Education isslow in making progress The Cabinet can force war tiion lime nationagainst the will of the people etc

E M Gentry of Phi Delta nextopoke showing himself strong on re ¬

buttal His manner was convincingmind his language well chosen as heurged upon the judges tie superiority

jof Englands legislative departmentsan operative for tho good of the propip of the Senate as too remote fromthe people Also emphasized the factthat England is more secure from in ¬

tend disturbance and her modes ofoperation morn flexible hero beingtoo much redtape in the I S

W II Humphrey of Alpha Zetanext spoke His manner was a littlespoiled by over intensity but no cueover doubts Mr Humphreys convictuna Ho spoke of Englands govern ¬

ment as too heavy as too cuinberlomo Genius cannot work In liarness1 England offers no encourage ¬

ment to an inventor In UnitedStates the government is a servant oftilt people Our form supplies inmany ways what England lacksEngland has too many powers oventhough you say she does nyt lilttheta they are not safe forshe intyhtuse theta

111L Frye of Phi Delta spoke ofthe various ways in which the evilssupposed to exist in EuglUh govern-ment

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were in fact done away withUu spoke particularly cf the educa-

tional system iu the two countries andof the sad state of schools in theSouth Also of tho corruption of our

tbiukslniburyiattention to tho recent coal biil us uproof that tho United States doesntesjmlite important matters

Arthur Suffern of Alpha Zetasaid the changes in English govern ¬

ment may be sudden anti cause arefairs to be administered by raw menspoke of the tediousness of judicialproceedings in England read u num ¬

ber of quotations from noted menspoke of the rotten burroughs andsaid thero is too much centralizationof power in England A U leadershipis more or less dangerous and is saferwhen more divided

Mr Humphrey of the negative

then had five minutes for rebuttal andMr Gentry of the allirmativo theacme

When the judges retired they wereenvied by no one of the audience whofelt list H decision would be very dif-

ficult¬

when no many gctxl points hadbeen made on ouch side Even thesinging by thu Glee Club and tint two

couldIotwould come outProf Hoark at last in a very plea

sent little speech announced the de ¬

cision as a very dilHcult oue but iufavor of the allirnmtive

FUN AND FACTS

Hunk LearningMr Nowedde These biscuits ore

awfulMrsXewedde Impossible Why

the rfcipo says they are excellentSan Francisco Examiner-

The lntwiitT A Robinson has added the lilt ¬

est improved optical instrument fortesting the eyes He mattes no mill ¬

takesCompeliiiiiin

Why didnt you come around earl-

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The snow is all melted nowJest my luck Even do snow Is in

do conspiracy ter keep me downXew York Evening Journal

KKK end niiir1 H Neff opposite Joes Rich-

mond pays highest CASH prico foreggs unit all kinds of hides

VrllTrnlnrlCan your dolly talk BessieJVrs uncle but Ive told her little

children sir uld ho seen sot heardSiinirtlilnK Nfttt

T A Hobinson Hichmond hasfitted up now optical pirlorf wherehe will test your eyes free

Wlljr fullll web elThe following brief but explicit

telegram was sent from a nearby Stateto Georgia recently

Reason John dud not git home forChristmas wuz ho stopped in a hotelfor till first limn in his life an slowedout the gas Atlanta Constitution

IOIt llcrn >rPeople owning dogs iu the town of I

B rea will please call on the townmarslial or E L Robinson townclerk timid pay their license andrecoin U tag

If license is not paid at puce andtags put on tho dogs will be killed

GREAT

SWEEP OUTSALE-

A chance which you Ret only oncein two or three years Dont miss thechauco

Price on MeuV Ladies Missesand Childrens sliced cut as follows

350 shoes at fit ICi

300 2 firil 215

200 HW1 BO I IX1 ih U-

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SIlt rur counter of 13 1 and f5shots for 1 l5U anti ±

Orivtt reduction on limits amid Uuder ¬

wear Sale closes on Feb JS

RIC J ARNOLDMain St Richmond Ky

Telephone to No 58 or callwhen in Richmond at

JOESSelect Grocer and Caterer

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Livery and Feed StableHACK TO ALL TRAINS

Prop BEREA HOTELMain Street

FRESH MEAT and VEGE¬

TABLES LARD BACONand DRESSED POULTRY

M B RamseyMain Street

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WHElm ARE THE 1ESIthat arc perfect in structureBout

Not ono pair in a thousand art freefrom defects of some kind Some areso slight that tlw wearing of glassesih not necessary In other cases thetemporary use of-

EYEGLASSES OH SIECFACLES

will correct defects A test will de ¬

chic what must be done It is mndchere free of cost

We carry a large assortment of eye ¬

glasses and spectacles anti can lit sim ¬

plo cases immediately

TeA RobinsonOptician and Jeweler

Main Street Richmond Ky

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Coldsaasla-

I had a terrible cold and could

AyersCherrymediate reliefW

Layton Sidell III

coughbetonightably For its first a coldthen a cough then bron ¬

chitis or pneumonia and

consumptionCoughsdownward Stop thisdownward tendency bytaking Ayei s Cherry Pec ¬

toral

Three tliM V enough for an ordinaryroll i sw Ju1 tight fur brunchltli hoarsen lard tic i f I nut economicalfur chronic aerdtokeep on hand

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Urns Headstones Statuary

Granite and Marble

Work of mill kinds done in aworkmanlike manner nt rea ¬

sonable prices and withdispatch AlIwotk guar ¬

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Corner ol Main Mid Colllut Street

DR M E JONEStctc Dentiste

Office Over Printing office

Office Days Wednesday to endof the week-

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Newly Fittedup Meals Beard timid

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1Ours are the newest styles direct from New York and are beauti ¬

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150 TO 250Try one nothing else will so brighten up your wardrobe at such

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Manufacturers Fancy Roller Flour i

CornMeal Ship Stuffs Crushed Corn Etc i

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i PRIDE OF MADISON is another Excellent Flour i

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PhoneNight Phone

Iwill stand my registered

Duroc Jersey Boarat my homo in Berea Ky forthe spring season of 190U at 50cents payablo at time of service

This boar is a very fine hoggave entire satisfaction duringthe past season and is endorsedby some of the best breeders inthe has served inouutTacdthe HerndonIUUAltANlg

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Two New Lines Added-A W Hawkes Eyeglasses and spectacles

Most popular make in the U S

Full line of Fancy and Plain Stationery

EAST END DRUG Cot

If Its From JoplinsIts Good

A full line of FUKNITUKE always on hand

Wo invite our Berea friends to make themselves at homo at JOPLINSwhen in Richmond

CARPETS timid MATTINGS UNDERTAKING A SPECIALTY

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