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Section 2 MONO THE MAX. RICHMOND, MADISON COUNTY, KY., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1914 40th YEAR AO. 25 o O a c L, o Ro IBlaimitoim. Wholesale and Retail Coalr Feed, Salt, Sand, Lime, Cement and All Kinds of Plaster Material Hauling of All Kinds ' Corner Main and B Streets : Cole's Original Hot Blast Heaters and Highoven Ranges that r burns anything from corn cobs and slack to hard coal. The fire never goes out from fall to springthe most wonderful : stoves made. Call and see the difference in this sye and all others. D, B; Shackelford & Company Travel -- Expense - Time No bargains Convenience Economy Selection Lane's Jewelry Store 5hop at Home Tobacco Sales On Why not bring your tobacco to the Farmers House Exper ienced men in all departments . to look after your interests' New Buyers in attendance and will prize with us Our Auctioneer has no. equal' ' Visit our sales and be convinced Farmers Tobacco Warehouse COMPANY Incorporated L. & N. DEPOT '" RICHMOND, KY rhe Climax Telephone 85 .e 1 In Richmond Ky pjjj - " - ! year $1 No 'Substitutes RETURN to the grocer all sub stitutes sent you for Royal Bak " ing Powder There is no sub stitute for ROYAL. Royal is a pure, cream of tartar baking powder, and healthful. Powders offered as sub stitutes are made from alum. Double Taxation. The poor man buj-s a little house for $3,000; pays $250 or $300 down on it, thf balance as rent and ihe property is list ed at $3,000. He has to pay on th? full amount, Jet he may never finish paying for It. The Government docs not try to hide it. Sure, it is ot record Then why hide ihe income tax schedule? Cincin nati Post. Aliens to be Excluded. J. Q. Ward, executive agent of the Kentucky Fish and Game Commission, has prepared a measure which will be introduced into the Legislature, and if passed, will prohibit aliens from carry ing firearms and securing hunters' li cense. The law is patterned after the Pennsylvania law, which has just been upheld by the Supreme Court of the United Slates. M. M. Hamilton Says Something, Mack IlamiHon, the East Main street .neat and groceryman, wauls you to try his meat market. lie is an old veteran in the meat business and knows "what is what." To avoid delay phone your orders early. He pays the highest price for produce, esrgs, butter, dressed poul ry, etc. Phone 614 13 tf Short Lent This Year. People need only to consult a church" calendar to see that this winter l ent will be the shortest one on record, due to the fact that it will begin on Feb. 12, the earliest since 1318. The reason for this early arrival of that season is that the ecclesiastical moon adopted by the churches hundreds of years ago, deter mine the date for Easlrr, which will this year fall on March 23, one day later than the earliest possible date npon which Easter may fall, March 22. The custom established by the churches de cree that Easier shall fall on the first Sunday affer the first full moon after March 21. The Wits on Tano. Dancing the Tango causes wrinkles. says a French physician. Ilecken - that is why there is so many wrinkles in the dance St. Joseph News-Post. Maeterlinck says the tango is "rather silly." If that is all, we can stand it. Columbus Evening Dispatch. Instance of the length to which soci ety will go to keep up with the modern dances is seen in taking up of the "ta- tao," which was danced in China 4,300 years ago. Newark Evening News. The tango has its accidents no less than foot ball. A Yale gridiron star broke his arm while tangoing with the .bride at a Chicago wedding St. Paul Dispatch. Many defenders rallying to the tango's support declare it is all right if properly done. But then most things in life are all right jf properly done. The trouble is with the if Cumberland Times. New Hats Trimmed With Vegetables. 'Twas bound to come. We have had hats trimmed with apples and hats trim med with cherries and now, the experts declare, we are to have hats trimmed with vegetables, says a Paris fashion writer. One of the new model hats just seen here, says the Paris scribe, was adorned with a couple of carrots, which nestle in folds of black tulle. On another model are three little-cucumbers, accompanied by a small tuft of real grass. Another curious "trimming" is goldnsh, which is a clever imitation, but looks rather out of its element in its surroundings of black silk plush and feathers to match The coloring of the fish is superb, but that is about all that can be saia for this new form of millin ery decoration. Above a cluster of red plums on black silK toque rises an ostrich feather, toe ironds ot which are tied .closely to the stem to within three inches of the tip, where the fronds all branch out, giving the plume the outline of a palm tree. xne new nats are smaller than ever and are nearly all constructed on the toque principal. They enframe the face of the wearer more closely than ever, and in most cases are tilted considerably sometimes partially covering an eye - . For Rent. The residence on North street of Mrs A. T. Million for rent for the year 1914, Call on or address Dr. It. '. E. Million. Phone 200. 19-tf Fish And Game Commission Meets Tonight. J. Quincy Ward, of the Game and Fish Commission, has issued the following letter and invitation: There will be a joint meeting of the House and Senate com mittees on Game and Fish in the dining-room of the Cap ital Hotel in Frankfort, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 8:30 p. m. This meeting will be addressed by E. Lester Jones, Depu ty Commissioner of U S. Fisheries, and Chas. E. Brewster. U. S. Game Law Expert. - Tnis meeting is open to the members of the llouso and Senate and to the citi zens of the State. Messrs. Brewster and Jones will tell of what has been accom plished by the Government and it will be both interesting and instructive. Those who are interested in the con servation of game and fish in Kentucky we hone, all who can, at least, may be present at this meeting. Their attend ance will be very helpful to the Com mission in securing the enactment of laws which are necessary for us to have We would Jbe. very grateful if you will attend, and extend this inviutiou to all who are interested and urge their at tendance. The Commission earnestly solicits your co-operation and trusts it may have the pleasure of your attendance on the above date. ery truly yours, J. Qcixcy Ward, Ex. Agt. Game and Fish l om'n. O'd fashioned New Orleans ilolasses and Country Sorghum, lG-tf. Lackey & Todd. FACTS AND FIGURHS.. The chances of two fingerprints being alike is less than one in sixty-four bil ious. . The only two animals whose brains are heavier than man's are the whale and the elephant. The oldest royal dynasty in the world is that of Japan, which goes back un broken 2,000 years. The advantage derived from machin ery in the United States is more, than twice as great as that of Europe, j Equality of strength in both arms oc curs almost twice as frequently with women as with men, more men than wo men being stronger in the right arm than in the left. Sugar brought into this country from San Domingo was first cultivated near New Orleans in 1721. The first sugar mill was built in 1753. The first beet sugar was manufactured in 1870. - All our coffee has to be purchased out side of this country, but this does not deier the American public from using s0,uou,ouo pounds or it every year, or over 9 pounds for each man, woman and child in the country. . A French painter and physicist, Louis Jaques Nande Daguerre. discovered the tin-type, a process made .known in IS39 at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences, in France, and called in honor of him the daguerreotype. More than 30,000,000 sticks of gum are the annual output of American facto ries. All this stuff is made of chicle. which comes from a gum tree in trop ics, the importation of chicle into the Unit' d States figuring up $2,000,000 a year. . - Sheep can go without water much lon ger than camels, according to Govern ment bulletins, which say that sheep on the Nebo National forests in Utah go for 4 1-2 months without water, except-for such moisture as the get from the dew and juice from foreign plants. "My child was burned terribly about the face, neck and chest. I applied Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. The pain ceaseuV and the child sank into a restful sleep. Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson, liarmburg, New lork. All druggists. Field Seeds Wholesale prices direct to the consumer. I have a full-line of high grade seeds and will be pleased to submit samples and prices. Terms spot cash. W. BUSH NELSON LEXINGTON - KENTUCKY On the Celebrated ? Come See them in our Windows - We have arranged for a Special Sale On the celebrated Steams & Foster Mattress and are offering this most Comfortable. Durable and Sanitary of all Mattresses, in selected patterns of the best qualities of Satin finish, Dust-proof Tickings WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. Beware of so-called "Special Sales" on "Cotton-felt" or "Felt" Mattresses said to be the "genuine kind" and offered at such ridiculously low prices as are sometimes seen dis played. You do not know WHAT sort of material has been hastily STUFFED into the tickiag. From a Sanitary standpoint, it may be vile; unfit for any person to sleep upon. As for genuine Comfort and Durability, such Mattresses are utterly worthless. It don't pay to buy them. ' Stearns & Foster Mattresses have a laced opening (Pat. applied for) through which you can see and examine the inside of the Mattress you GET. That's the safe way to buy a Mattress. You know what you are getting. "Stearns & Foster Mattresses are made of Clean, Sanitary Cotton; felted into hundreds of little webs forming many Springy, Buoyant layers standing nearly three feet high. These layers are then LAID BY HAND and compressed to ONE-SIXTH their original height and encased in the ticking; then tufted to just the proper tension so as to be Soft, yet Firm, half yielding toyour figure, but supporting it in perfect relaxation. You will say "I never Knew a Mattress could be so Comfortable." That's just what satisfied users of Stearns & Foster Mattresses are saying. You owe it to yourself to get one and enjoy rest that is Refreshing Comfortable Healthful. You don't have to be put to the expense and inconvenience of sending a Stearns & Foster Mattress away to be "Made Over" or "Renovated." They never require it An occasional Sun Bath keeps them fresh and clean. Don't Fail to attend this Sale. Come today. Select the Mattress you want NOW. Don't put up longer with that old uncom fortable Mattress. A Comfortable Night's Rest on a Stearns & Foster, Costs too Little. ' We'll give you a POSITIVE GUARANTEE on every Mattress bearing the Steams & Foster name. Undertaking a Specialty Residence For Rent Four-room cottage on Moberly ave., well improved. Apply to Mrs. Crecia Cotton. Silver Creek, Ky. 20-lm For Rent at Speedwell. House with six rooms, three acres of ground, orchard and necessary outbuild ings. Mrs. Geo. Powell, Richmond. Ky. Phone 739. , 16-tf All Ladies' Suits and Coats and all Misses' and Children's Coats at 12 Price during the month of January Come in and see them, will make special prices on all winter merchandise SI Colds To Be Taken Seriously. Intelligent people realize that common colds should be treated promptly. It there is sneezing and chilliness with hoarseness, tickling throat and coughing begin promptly the use of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, i It is effective, pleasant to take, checks a cold, and stops the cough which causes loss of sleep and lowers the vital resistance. All druggists: Jan.. eJaunnLisiipy Wc Will Offer inm fl H H f o En e Dav Telephone 76 Night Telephone 136 w. s. o. 229 R. O. L. Blue Grass Seed For Sale. Farmers needing Blue Grass Seed to sow, caU up Lewis Neale, Phone 512. 21 -It For Rent Also two elegant office rooms over Yeager's jewelry store. 13 tf Phone 292. Colby Tatlok. Black cake Todd. ingredients. Lackey A. 16-tf. We u di mi ip s