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6 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1918. w-omen's rights been or have they been lost? HOW TO KEEP WELL WHERE IT SKIDDED building of modern steamers. All of this, it may be added, will make for prosperity all along the Ohio River Valley. Abolish the Fiscal Court. Tn an address at the Camden bar Published DAILY, SUNDAY AND WEEKLY.

By DR. WILLIAM A. EVANS Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation and prevention of diseases, if matters cf genera) Interest, will be answered in this column. Where space will not permit or the subject Is not suitable letters will be personally answered, subject to proper limitations and whero' a stamped addressed envelope Is Inclosed. Dr.

Evans will not make diagnoses or prescribe for Individual diseases. Requests for such service cannot be answered. for whioh the following officers were elected: President, J. White Guyn; vice president. Rich; Walker; secretary and treasurer.

Gale C. Coleman. A proposed motorcvele and automobile ordinance. Which it is expected that the Board of City Commissioners will soon pass was discussed, and Commissioner W. B.

Hunt, who was present, was assured that any sane ordinance would be satisfactory to the motorcyclists. Ijcxinjrton Xotes. A marriage certificate which was interesting not only because the marriage was that of Miss Evelyn L. Fitsiiugti. of this city, but because of the novel character of the conditions for issuing a certificate required in New Hampshire, where it was made out, has been received by the Department of Vital Statistics here.

Miss Fitzhugn, who Is a daughter of CapL R. H. Fltzhugh, of this city, was married on Saturday to Walter P. Sbapter at Littleton, N. H.

The certificate gives the names of the couple, their residences, ages, color, occupation, birthplace, number of times married, by whom married, official station (clergyman or justice of the' peace), date of marriage, place, parents names, whether they are living or dead, their age; occupation, birthplace and residence. The L. E. Schedules. The claim Is made by L.

N. railroad officials that ths present physical condition of the Lexington Eastern extension docs not permit of such through train arrangements as are desired between Louisville and McRoberts. It is doubtless true that the road is not yet in shape for the operation of fast trains. The construction of tne extension represented a task of no small difficulty. The country is rough and the roadbed is new, and wiil be required to get the track -n suitable condition for the running of trains with safety at-a normal speed rate.

in this connection a suggestion is made by the Hazard Herald as to a possible plan of the present service: "It sec-ins probable that the railroad company might conveniently change the schedulo of the last train leaving Lexington in the evening to make daily connection with our train that is scheduled to reach that city shortly after 5 o'clock, thus enabling passengers from the entire L. E. territory to go on to Frankfort and Louisville the same evening. Also to start the first morning train from Louisville to Lexington about 5 o'clock, put up the departure of the L. E.

until about o'clock, and make connections with ihe Louisville train dally. This would furnish through service dally, as desired, wit It' a change at Lexington, which would be entirely satisfactory until the railroad company is enabled to work jut its own plans and arrange ments to the best possible advantage. It would give us Louisville mail and dally papers v. one day, and everyone wants that." This arrangement appears to be worth considering by the officials of the road. It is of great importance to Louisville that some Improvement on the existing facilities should be made.

It is more important to Louis ville, in fact, than it is to the people of Eastern Kentucky, though a better adjustment of schedules would be of mutual benefit. Corn-Growing In Panama. A special from Panama to the New-York Times says that many of the men now xorking on the canal are going to settle in Panama and take up farming as an occupation when the digging of the waterway is finished." Corn Is one of the 'crops which these farmers expect to raise extensively. Corn has been grown In Panama "since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary," but the methods employed by the native farmers are not good. When they desire to put in a corn crop they burn over a small tract of land.

Then they stick holes in the ground with a sharp stick, drop a few grains of corn and close the aperture. They leave nature to do the rest. The crop receives no cultivation and when harr vest time comes the owner of the patch accepts "whatever the geds send." Usually there are more weeds than anything else, but the soil is rich and the moisture abundant and the corn struggles along to maturit', though the yield, of course, is small and the quality poor. This year the manager of a cocoanut plantation is growing a small crop by way of experiment and is using Amerl can methods in its cultivation. He an ticipates good results, and the outlook is for a corn-growing boom in Panama next year.

There is never any lack of rain there. The precipitation does not ry a great deal from season to sea' son, and the farmer may count on a certain quantity of rain every year and a certain amount of sunshine. Ultimately Panama should become a gTeat agricultural country, and this doubtless will be the case if any con siderable number of energetic Ameri cans shall engage in farming there. "Not White Slavery." The Mann "white slave' law is a well intended act of Congress, but the conviction of Maury I. Diggs, of California, as a "white slaver" shows what travesties upon justice may be accomplished under the law as it stands.

The argument chiefly relied upon by the attorney wno spoke for the defendant was as follows: "Counsel say, his act was shameless and I may feel the same way about it, but It is not white slavery." It must be borne in mind that Diggs was not tried for deserting his wife. The case would have been the same underthe Mann law if he had been unmarried. He was not tried for seduction, or for any crime against the woman in the case. It would have made no difference if she had been a prostitute. It is somewhat difficult to separate; the case against Diggs in the court of public opinion and that against him In a court of law, but he was not tried for the acts which cause him to be condemned by public opinion.

One of the major objections to laws that are tyrannous is that they are not enforced. Who expects to see Diggs serve out a sentence of a number of years in the penitentiary for the crime of having crossed a State line in company with an adventurous girl? Robert G. Ogden, philanthropist, has given the bulk of his estate to his two daughters. They're now convinced that he is a true philanthropist. Down in Venezuela the race is being run behind rather thick bushes and a field glass is unavailing, but it does not "look like Clpriano Castro." "Another advance in the stock market." You cannot keep a crood market down.

The Mexican situation is a delicate one, and President Huerta feels that way. Office, cor. TMrd a. and Greea t- A Consolidation of SHE JWCSSYIiAK BAXLX JOBBKAI-Loulsville, Nov. 24.

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Krock. manager. WICDNKSDAY AUGUST 27. 1913. "Business." Tuesday Evening, August 26.

The first price? this morning showed Irregularity and some weakness, which was natural enough, but It was soon the same old story the Josses were recovered and dull period followed; it was all very pro fessional. there was any. feature as the day wore on it was the strength shown in coalers, with Reading leading the way. An easier feeling exists as re- sards the Mexican situation owing Gen. Huerta's apparent weakening in requesting more time to consider the note of the United States, and this situation as a market factor has resolved itself into a stimuJantLO optimism.

As during the past week, conservatism ruled supreme. There was an active demand for securities listed on the local Stock Exchange, The session was -featured by stronger buying orders than for many days, and the market was much more active. A a small lot of Louisville Traction and subsequent bidding for more of that stock indicated that it is still wanted in the same quarter. The United Light Railways also were in strong demand and "substantially higher. There was also an active demand for bonds.

The grain market shewed no special activity at- any time during the day, and closed with prices hovering at about the same point of yesterday's best time. A feature of the early trading in wheat was the buying of September and selling of jjecemDer at about ilA cents auterence oy big operators. There was enough liquida tion by Septemb. holders, however. more than offset the covering operations of the early month.

A buying flurry in the corn market was prompted by the -forecast of another heat wave over the Southwest where corn has suffered great damage recently. Prices became firmer toward the end of the ses sion and closed steady. Oats likewise remained firm throughout the day. In cotton activity to-day was more pro nounced than for some time past, public participation assuming increased propor tions with the tendency to the constructive, influenced by the unfavor able crop advices emanating from the Southwest. There was an avalanche of buying orders, principalis- from the com mission which were sufficient in volume to carry prices Into new high grounds for this movement.

A higher price level Is expected in this commodity unless immediate relief is secured in the drouth-stricken sections. Receipts were very light at the local otock yards and the attendance of buy ers correspondingly light. Good catti ranged from steady to slow, while there was a good demand for canners and cutters. Hogs ruled 10 cents higher with the choice selling at Calves and she. and lamb.3 ruled steady.

Navigation On the Ohio. The need of an afl-the-year-round navigable stage of water in the Ohio River is made manifest whenever there is a season of low water. The Evansvillei Courier in calling attention to some Ohio River boats that have been compelled to tie up on account of the abundance of sandbars in the waterway says: "The pecuniary loss, to shippers is great and it is greater to the owners of steamboats. The number of men thrown out of work by the low stage of the river is large. Farmers and manufacturers alike are forced to accept the losses because there is no way to ship their goods cheaply enough to sell them at a profit, "There are many towns in Indiana.

Illinois and Kentucky in close proximity to Evansville that have no rail connection and but poor wagon roads, and the inconvenience, not to say suffering, caused by the lack of water in the river Is very considerable. The cost of rail transportation in some cases is prohibitive for the farmers, and they are set back many weeks by a stage such as is prevalent along the Ohio." Such a situation undoubtedly has a depressing effect on the industry of sieamboating jmd on the many towns and villages along the river. No great improvement in river traffic or in steamboat methods can be expected in the absence of a navigable stage "of wa ter from one year's end to another. There is every reason to believe that the canalization of the Ohio, whenever it is accomplished, will bring about a great increase in traffic. Under the uncertain conditions now prevailing it is an exceedingly difficult matter for the packet lines to build up a remunerative patronnge.

The same difficulty Is fvnprinmr! with fair's A tu me jurying of freight for long- distances. Xavigat-las the Ohio is fraught -with so much sncertainty that shippers are prone to patronize the. railroads rather than to take the chances of shipment by river. The river can and will he made useful in largest degree whenever the system of dams between Pittsburgh and Cairo is completed. When" that is the case.

there will be some incentive for the development of 'river business, the tterment of wharf facilities and the becue, Mr. Xewman, the Kentucky- Commissioner of Agriculture, said that it costs more, as a rule, to transport a bushel of wheat from the farm to the nearest railroad station than it does to ship it from the station to Liverpool. That Illustrates, rather strikingly, the utter folly of bad roads. It is only because of the folly of the taxpayers, as reflected in their lack of militant interest in the matter, that bad roads exist where there is money enough to build good ones. In Jefferson county the roads prob lem is simplified by the fact that Louisville pays a very large proportion of the taxes.

The amount of money available annually for road making and mending in Jefferson county is eiiual to the amounts available ii seven or eight of the wealthiest coun ties in the Bluegrass region where the roads are better and have been better continuously since the introduc tion of road-making machinery than those in Jefferson. The only reason why a year does not keep the existing rop-ls in this county ii prime condition and admit of consid erable. new construction of well-made macadam roads every year, is that the taxpayers have allowed gross mis management. Road making In a county as large as Jefferson and having only an eighth or a tenth of Jefferson's wealth presents a problem. But in this coun ty there is no lack of money.

There is merely a lack of system. Bear that in mind when the time comes to cast a vote upon the question of whether the existing Fiscal Court shall be suffered to continue. Vote to abolish it. Be ready also to go to Frankfort person ally if necessary to urge the General Assembly to repeal the specially enacted law making the County Surveyor the County Engineer in counties of more than 200,000 population: -and to amend the State road law so that a county Which spends a year for' roads shall be guaranteed the. services of an engineer to plan roads and bridges and supervise the construction and repair of roads and bridges.

The law now provides that the County Judge shall appoint reputable civil engineer or a man who has had experience as a "practical road builder," whatever that may mean. Under such a system of coun ty government as we have, and under such a road law there can be no rea sonable hope of the county's road making being done in a businesslike manner. The farmer whose bushel of wheat comes to the station at an expense greater- than the cost of transporting ft to a seaport 'by' rail and to Bng land by sea the. farmer whose mules and wagons and machinery ol all kinds pay heavy tribute to bad roads and everyone in Louisville who is a user of the highways for pleasure or for business purposes should vote early, and regret that he cannot vote often, to abolish the Fiscal Court. Woman's Rights Abolished.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, whose heart is cheered by evidences of the progress of woman's suffrage in South eastern Europe, has arrived home with a budget of news for the woman's righters. Here is a part of Mrs. Catt's glad tid ings of what she is pleased to regard as the advancement of woman's rights: "in 1910 South Austria gave all women Che direct vote, and also made voting compulsory for both men and women. 'This strange condition led to an inter esting situation in one town, the seat of large Catholic convent.

Women had the vote, and it was compulsory, and the Mother Superior and the nuns could no longer refuse to exercise their right. In great perplexity they communicated with the Pope and asked how to reconcile their new duty with their religious duty to keep' themselves free from all worldly affairs. The Pope granted them a holy dlspensation In this exigency, and on election day the Mother Superior and the nuns were seen driving to the polls. It was an exciting experience, for they were most conservative order, who seldom left their convent walls, and when some anti-suffrage and Protestant enemies sud denly attacked their carriages in an attempt to keep them forcibly away from the place for voting, the sisters were panic-stricken. "Then it was that the police, hitherto the enemies of the cause, suddenly found themselves, the champions of women who were on their way to vote." This looks more like the abolition of the rights of women than the estab lishment of rights.

Men, even the vilest, have always re garded the right of the Inmates of con vents to privacy as being inviolable. Even the basest have made way for them lipon their missions of mercy. No denizen of the underworld would stand idly by and see one of them insulted or annoyed. There is no section- of i city which such women may not tra A-erse at any hour of day or night in perfect safety. Profanity halts upon polluted lips at their approach.

The blusterer lowers his voice and stands aside. If one of these consecrated women should need protection a guard of honor could be formed in an instant from the flotsam of the slums, but there was no need of an escort for the voteress until the votes-for-women fanatics managed to procure the enactment of a law exposing her to indignities. If women who have renounced the world and found sanctuary within the walis of a convent haven't the right to remain away from the polls, but must be dragged through the streets to be made a part of the pageantry of politics and to be hooted and attacked by a drunken and disorderly mob, have A Dental l'rocramme. N' OT infrequently, when it is pro Posed to establish dental clinics in schools, some well-informed per sons will object. The objection is that there are not dentists enough to put the teeth of the people in condition.

If, then, there is no possibility of meeting the demand, why create it? Admitting that bad teeth causei infections with ordinary contagion and some part of the rheumatism as well as the usually recognized aches and pains, why create dissatisfaction with conditions for which there -Is no remedy? There is force In the argument. Any man with a pencil and pad can easily figure the proposition out. There are not enough dentists to fix all the mouths that need it. On the other hand, the most widespread of all conditions is decayed teeth. Furthermore, if the teeth were ai put in condition, and kept in condition, the amount of contagion would be less.

This result would do more to banish rheumatism than would converting mankind to vegetarianism. Recognizing the truth of these various statements, an international movement Is well under way. The International Dental Federation meets at The Hague the latter part of month. The members are especially to discuss the following proposals by Prof. Jessen of Strassburg: 1.

i'iom i-ne ages or 2 years it Is desirable that children's teeth be inspected every six months, and treated when necessary. Thij is desirable to prevent them from reaching the aching-stage, and especially to make It certain that they will enter school with healthy mouths an end mucn to be desired. 2. Every child of over vears should have its tooth brush and should use it twice a day morning and night. 3.

Children whose mouths hnvo hrn neglected must have their teeth protected while in school. Decayed teeth which be filled and which are sources of infection must be extracted. If the babv teeth are decayed bevond repair, but their roots are dry. the crowns must bo cut off, the roots filled, covered and left in position. This is necessary for the proper development of the jaws and the regular arrangement of the (permanent teeth.

In other words, save the crown where possible. When Impossible to save the crown, at least save the roots, if that be possible. I. Save, the six-year molars whenever It can be done. They are permanent teeth, and extra care must be taken to save them.

At least strive to save them until the child Is 12 years of age. The longer they or their roots stay In the better will be the development of the jaw. 5. At each examination the child must be Instructed to chew thoroughly as well as to keep the mouth clean and "the teeth brushed. Don't Take Blue Mass.

Mrs. M. E. K. writes: "Will you kindly give me your opinion as to what causes the following condition? Periodical at- Grins and Groans An Impossible Custom.

We find some varied poses. Odd customs in strange lands. The savages rub noses Instead of shakfc hanSs. But no man herf supposes Our ladies could be led To rub their powdered noses And leave 'em looking red. They Don't "Want Much.

"Afternoons off?" sniffed the prospec tive cook. "Three each week." "Wid the use of the automobile?" -Scant Compliment. "Our guide tells me that In Morocco men buy their wives." "I've seen his. I'll bet he got her at a rummage sale." Her Engnffements. "Did she have a successful summer? Any men up there?" "Well, she came back with seventeen notches on her parasol handle." Farm Ballad.

We've been busy, Since mid-July. The hay's al! In And so am I. An Acceptable Excuse. "I am so embarrassed when among fashionable ladles," declared Mrs. Wombat.

"Why so?" "I don't Hmoke." "That needn't lose you any caste. Tell the other ladies that your doctor forbids Parcel Post. "Something nice in the mail for you today, Sim." "I'm too old for love letters, Peleg. What is if?" "Something better. It's a ripe watermelon." Plain Prose.

The baseball writer w-ho travels with a losing team never invents any new slang. The He-Women of Georgia. (Macon Telegraph.) The "Georgia Woman's Suffrage Asso ciation" has been granted a charter under and by virtue of the laws' of the State of Georgia. The association has for its object the doctrines of "unlimited suffrage for women." The "Georgia Woman Suffrage Asso- tlon" holds its credentials from the Association of Women Suffragists. It is "a part of that national body.

It is bound by the official acts of the national body. As a rule the politics of the Woman's Xational Association are at variance with Southern Ideals and sentiments. To illustrate: Miss Addams, of Chicago, Is a controlling spirit in the Woman's Xational Suffrage Association. She stands for things to the South. She has the negro on the brain.

She adores "Nicholas Worth" and also Roosevelt. In Roosevelt's Bull Moose convention she advocated seating the negro delegates from the South instead of the white delegates. Her "voice is for war" on our old Southern habits and customs. She considers us intolerant; and, like the Xew York Post and Prof. H.

E. Jordan, considers it her duty to teach us tolerance. The Xew York Post says "Nicholas Worth" was written to aid In breaking down Southern intolerance on the race question. Xichplas Worth advocated miscegenation. If we are to have in Georgia and the.

Southern States these women leagues forj universal suffrage, it is to be hoped they wlll organize as independent bodies, and be free to combat the loose views of the Western and Xorthern Associations. Apart from the race question, these na- tional suffragists of the North and West -Norjli tacks of indigestion, or stomach trouble, which usually develop into diarrhea which lasts for several days. There will be considerable pain in the pit of the stomach and, in fact, all around the waist line, especially under the lower left rib, close to the spine. This pain is quite sharp and acute, and is more noticeable before tiiese attacks come on than when they are over. I have taken blue mass about once a month, five grains, and a laxative, and this is the only thing that wiil relieve this condition.

After taking the blue mass the passages from the bowels are quite green, and when thus thoroughly cleaned out I feel (pretty well and can eat almost anything without distress. I lead a sedentary life, and am years old. I have had these attacks off and on for the last seven years. I had a nervous breakdown, and this condition developed then. Do you think that there is any diet or mode of life that I could adopt that would help me overcome this Do you think that the blue mass is injurious to.

take as often as I do? It is the only thing that will keep me in condition so that I can attend to my daily duties. Before these attacks come on I am depressed, tired, and almost always have a headache." REPLY. You are working on a system. Your system is wrong. You eat too much for the exercise you take.

You pile up a little poison each day. When your accumulation is so great that something must happen, you have a -spell of diarrhoea or you avert it by taking blue mays. Do not take blue mass. If you take anything take a saline. The diarrhoea spells mean that your digestive system acts as a vicarious sacrince- me proper- sys tem is to adjust your food to your exercise.

Should Reduce AVeight. S. V. R. writes: "I am a woman of 57, and weigh 210 pounds.

I am five feet foir inches in height. Ought I to reduce my weight? I am nervous and 'many times a day I have spells that frighten me. or a moment I feel anguish of mind, then a physical collapse. When the "feel ing of weakness passes away it is followed by rapid hert beats, and the perspi ration win cover mv ood.v so mv eiotnes are wet through. Is this simply nervousness?" REPLY.

1. Yes. 2. The condition described demands investigation. Have a careful physical examination.

Xot Good For Baby. M. C. J. writes: "Will vou kindlv tell me the ill effect? of a baby sucking its thumb? The baby seems quieter when doing so.

but there seems to be a difference of opinion about the matter." REPLY. The baby carries dirt and germs Into his mouth. The dirt and germs washed from the thumb are swallowed. A sucked thumb is a clean member, but the wash water swallowed by the baby is not clean. Sucking continuously arches the roof of the mouth, changing the shape of the face and narrowing the nose space.

A grown person with a narrow nose is permanently disabled. Continuous swallowing of saliva in excess is bad for the baby's digestion. do not sympathize with the South politically. Hence the grave importance of our Southern suffragettes to so organize as to be Independent of the national association. It is opportune to advise this course now, as it is reported some "school marms" In Georgia wiil resign positions In order to canvass the- State and establish subsidiary orders or associations.

Men of the South are trying to restrict the ballot and be rid of the negro man vote, but it seems the national body of suffragettes resents this policy and wants the suffrage to include all men and women. Oh, the turmoil, demoralization, chaos involved in universal suffrage. Xeeds a (Pittsburgh Dispatch.) Henry VTatterson's assertion that New York is incapable of self-government va3 doubtless Intended as sarcastic humor, but It is a question whether it may not be one of the true words spoken in jest. Suppose tnat halt a dozen years ago an anti-im perialist government had given the rhillp pines complete self-government, arid after the lapse of an administration the spectacle had been presented there of two Presidents disputing possession of the office, eminent counsel declaring that the same constitutional law means diametrically opposite things; the chief magistrate of the leading city in acrimonious dispute with the chief prosecutor, and police protection against defiant orlme in that city a mockery. Ti'ould any Imperialist hare omitted "to say that it proved the incapacity of the Filipinos for self-government? For no more than that we "nave twice intervened in Cuba; and the true shibboleth of Imperialism with regard to that island is that if we have to go there again we go to stay.

Tragedies Tola In Headlines. (Chicago Tribune.) "Fire in the Rev. Mr. Yoakum's Dwelling Loses All His Clothing, But Saves Barrel of Sermons." "Unexpectedly Meets Sweetheart While Taking Bite Out of Plug of Tobacco; Match Believed to Be Broken OfT." "Roguish Little Boy Hides Wad of Chewing Gum in His Big Sister's Hair; She Misses Her Train- for Boston." "Knew How to Start the Motor Car. But Had Forgotten How to Stop It-Hospital Physicians Say All Will Recover." "Tries to Shoot Tallow Candle Through Barn Door; Ruins Clothing of Bystander." 3Xore Proof.

(Washington (D. Tost. The Thaw conspiracy conspicuouslv fortifles Henry Watterson's gibe that the people of Xew York are incapable of self-government. The criticism may be too sweeping In alleging utter in capacity, for sheer ability in public affairs is Inherent In the Knickerbocker stock, as the past teaches. The conditions which have turned the attention of the.

country from the doings of government at Washington to the undoings of government at Albany have been wrought by the power of graft, not the labors of imbecility. Cheaper Alternative. (Washington Post.) Marshall Field's widow objects to paying an English tax of $50,000 0n her American fortune; stili. that will be much cheaper than to marry an English Lord. One At a Time.

(Cleveland Plain Dealer.) Castro cannot expect to hold public attention when his double-distilled double Is doing business nearer home in Mexico. One Certainty. (Kansas City Star.) Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, who has gone to France to take a rest cure, is not the only one who will enjoy her rest. Foreed Conclusion.

(Kansas City Star.) The public is forced to conclude that when Col. Roosevelt went to Southern Arizona he cut the telegraph wires. CONTRACT LET Nashville Firm To Build Lexington Viaduct. L. N.

WILL CONSTRUCT SPUB, TO BYBA1T STATION. FRACTURES BREASTBONE COLLISION WTTH POST. IN BLUEGRASS CAPITAL NOTES Lexington, Aug. 26. -Commissioner of-Publlc Works W.

H. McCorkle to-day received a letter from J. Werness, principal assistant engineer of the L. X. Railroad Company at Louisville, that the Joy-Proctor Company, of Nashville, Tenm, has been awarded the contract for the construction of the West Main street viaduct in this city.

The company's bid was about $50,000. The contract specifies that the work shall begin within ten days and be completed by January 1. The Joy-Proctor Company built the big concrete bridge for the L. Js. at Nashville, and Is one of the largest contracting firms In the South.

Ii. X. To -'Build Spur. The first official announcement that the L. N.

Railroad Company is soon to build a double-track spur from the L. E. line to connect at Bryan's Sta tion with the Cincinnati division of the N. from this city, and will double-track the L. N.

road from this city to Bryan's Station, was made to-day. This is taken to mean that much of the traffic between the L. E. and L. N.

railroads which has heretofore passed through the heart of the city will be directed to the spur and thus pass around the city, relieving the nuisance which results from frequent passage of freight trains through the center of the city. The announcement was brought out by a communication from E. P. Harrison, city passenger agent of the L. to the Board of City Commissioners urging that the trunk sewer constructed through the north end of the city, and on -which work has been discontinued just as it reached the L.

right-of-way, should be completed as promptly as possible. Mr. Harrison says In his letter: "The L. N. Railroad Company have already surveyed a line for its L.

E. spur via the Johnson farm to its Cincinnati branch at Bryan Station, and is preparing to double-track its roadway from Bryan Station to Lexington, and In doing so it will traverse the right-of-way they granted to the city for the trunk sewer. Therefore, It is Important- that this trunk sewer line be laid before the railroad bed is constructed, as taking a commonsense view and assumption of the fact that the railroad company will not permit a sewer line to oe laiu unaer or on us richt-of-wav after us proposeu double track is laid down and completed; and in consequence if the city had to seek another right-of-way to continue the north course of the trunk sewer It would have to so by way of the asylum grounds or over private property for a new right-of-way at a cost of possibly $20,000. "Therefore, as stated above, it is expedient that this work should be completed at once or at least as far as it traverses the course granted by the railroad company." Fractures His Breast Bone. "Rrnwnell Berrvman, 16.

son of C. H. Berryman, manager of Elmendorf Stock Farm, met with an accident yesterday afternoon which resulted In a painful injury. Jle was swimming In the pool which lias" been recently constructed at the manager's residence when he heard the postman's whistle, and coming out of the water started to run to get the null. While runing at full speed he collided with an Iron hitching post and was knocked breathless.

No serious Injury, however, was suspected until last night, when he suffered so much pain that a physician was called, who found that there had been a ra.cture of the breast bone. Receiver Is Asked. An injunction was filed to-day by Alexander Jjommer against T. B. Lucas, his wife.

Ella Lucas, John J. Hutchison, the Bank of Commerce, the Willis Grocery Company and Mrs. N. F. Penn.

in which is involved-. the settlement of the affairs of the Lexington Produce Company, the plaintiff -alleging that L'ucas, who was his agent in the management of the affairs of the company, is indebted to him in the sum of $14,103.34. The appointment of a receiver is asked by the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleges that he went to Arkansas to live, leaving Lucas in charge of the business, and that Lucas has made in the buslnes which he converted to his own use. The other defendants are alleged to be persons to whom Lucas has made payments.

Lucas made a statement to-night denying that he owed Sommer anything. Motorcyclists Organize. A'onut fifty mo tor cyclist of the cifv and In Kentucky Turkeys Help Trad Crop. (Cadiz Record.) Mr. T- N.

AVadllngton, who lives about six miles east of here, claims the honor of having probably the finest tobacco crop in the county. He has fifty acres of fine tobacco, and is being assisted in the working of this tobacco by a nice flock of ninety-nine turkeys. Couldn't Choose a Soft Spot. (Barbourville Advocate.) A. M.

Hemphill had a narrow escape from being seriously injured while crossing a cattle guard on the railroad near" the depot, the train tossing him over on the weeds and grass of the right-of-way. He received no injuries from the train's handling, but was stove up some in landing. Xotl)le Collection. (Carlisle Mercury.) On a recent visit to the old Blue Lick Springs we had the pleasure of viewing the remarkable exhibition of fossils, relics and the various of prehistoric animals which have been collected by Mr. J.

H. Hunter. As a geological collection the exhibit is of much value to the State, and our next Legislature would be rendering a distinct service by making a small appropriation for their purchase. Xot Without Hope. (Columbia News.) Mr.

J. B. (Doc.) Coffey, who upon all occasions has a ready answer for any question, got this one oil a few days ago. The dry weather and the postponement of the fair -were being discussed. One of the participants in the discussion said: "Doc, if it does not rain the prospects for a fair are very slim." "Well," said Doc, "it always has rained and I guess it will rain again." To Be Hail For the Picking.

(Eddyville Herald.) Senator K. W. Utley presented the editor a fine peach from a tree in his garden that measures nine and one-half inches in circumference. The largest peach from this tree measured twelve inches in circumference. Trees of the same variety grow spontaneously on Mayor Mason's farm and throughout that -section of Lyon from Eddyville to beyond Dtilaney.

and for all we know all over the county. They can be found out in old fields, having sprung up from the seed. A Bad System. (Lexington Tribune.) Our present magisterial system should unquestionably be abolished. So few of our magistrates arc in a position to devote the whole of their time to the duties of the position that the office, especially in counties that have no cities in them, is looked upon as a joke.

On the whole, we nave oecn tor- tunate in Fayette county in getting eood material for our magistrates, but we need a smaller body of men, elected from the county at large to devote their whole energies to the interests of the county. Relief For a Drouth Victim. -(Harrodsburg Herald.) Postmaster Grimes received last week a very pathetic appeal for aid from a brother postmaster down at Roseburg, Ky. We publish below the appeal and his generous response. "Roseburg, August 12, 1913.

Mr. Postmaster Dear Sir: Will ask you to give or -loan me $2. We have a bad drouth in this place. The oflice only pays about S3 or 54 per month. Will thank you for this favor.

T. CHILDRESS." "Harrodsburg, August 1S13. Mr. H. T.

Childress, P. Roseburg. Kv. Dear Sir: 1 received your letter of the 12th requesting a loan of $2 on account of the drouth. You will find enclosed a $2 bill, whioh you will please return when the drouth is' over or when your salary is raised.

With kindest regards and sympathy, I beg to remain. Yours very truly. "JXO. H. GRIMES.

P. s. Since writing the above it has commenced to rain, so I have taken the bill out. Sincerely, H. One Exemption.

(Detroit Free Press.) "A fool and his mono" are soon parted." "I don't know about that Doesn't Harry Thaw strike you as the exception?" The marriage of Miss Katherine D. Looney to Mr. Frank Ora Updike was celebrated this morning at St. Paul's Catholic Church. The Rev.

Father de Waegaenere officiated. Mrs. Jennie Meeser filed suit in Circuit Court this "morning for divorce from George Messer. She alleges that without fault on her part Messer deserted her in July, 1911. and has failed since that time to contribute anything to her support.

Mrs. Ethel P. Vanaman to-day filed suit for divorce from Charles W. She asks temporary and permanent alimony and the custody of their 2-year-old son. Sherman -B.

Vanaman. The grounds given are alleged cruel and inhuman treatment, outrageous temper on part of the defendant, conduct on his part indicating a settled aversion to plaintiff and threats against her life and attempts to beat her. The candidates nominated for county offices by the FusionlstE are busy securing yignatures to nominating petitions for the November election. A. F.

Wheeler, a furniture has leased the new five-story building constructed by C. II. Berryman at Short and Limestone streets, and will move his business there. In the Police Court to-day the four charges of disorderly conduct against Troy Green, a saloonkeeper, with whom Assistant Chief of Police Dennv Mccarty had a difficulty while trying to arrest Green about two weeks ago, were postponed by Judge pro tern. John Stucky until Mayor J.

E. Cassidy, who Is HI, could hear them. John C. C. Mayo, National Democratic Committeeman from Kentucky, and C.

"Jj Slemp, the only Republican Congressman from Virginia, arrived here to-night rhey have just returned from a trip to Europe. A man erivinir his nc Phriae Velgh, of Louisville, was taken to 'the hospital from a C. 0. train to-night suffering from illness. He Bald he had been working in Vfrcinfa nnrf trvintr to deadhead his way home.

Thomas Corrigan, 83, died to-day. at his home on the State's Creek pike. He is survived by his wire and eight children, the latter being Mrs. T. F.

McArov, Somerset; Mrs. John Fitch. Jessamine county; Mrs. P. W.

Kilcovne, Portsmouth. John, Oklahoma and Mrs. JD. P. Foley.

Patrick, William and Thomas, of this city. MiLK DEALERS FINED IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT F. C. Niemeier and J. W.

Pittlnger, of 1108 West Market street, charged with keeping milk in unsanitary surroundings, were fined $10 each by Magistrate George W. Berry yesterday. Mercke of 2J4't Frankfort avenue, were accused of selling milk in bottles bearing the name of another firm. Magistrate Bern- imposed a fine of $4.50. Hearing In the of Zehnder- Bros, and Charles Kaelln, both of St.

Matthews, charged also wltn using the bottles of another firm, was postponed until next Tuesday. Charged with peddling milk without a license, B. A. Mathews, of Twenty-fourth street and Portland avenue, was arrested yesterday on a warrant obtained by Dr. W.

A. Gary, of the ciy health department. Samples of thfl milk, which he is said to have carrlea in a valise and offered for sale at 5 cens a quart, will be subjected to ft test. LOUISVILLE CARPENTER IS KILLED BY TRAIN St. Louis.

Aug. 26. (Soecial.l Dis patches from Edwardsville, announce that J. B. Stonestreet, 30 years old, a carpenter hailing from Louisville, run down and killed yesterday three miles north of Edwardsville, by a Big Four east-bound passenger train.

Stonestreet, blind in one eye, who arrived in the Edwardsville district only a few davs ago. was workinc with a sane of men Installing a cattle guard when the tram ftrucic iiim. The Xew Classification. (Cleveland Leader.) Probably from now on the life insur ance companies will list lobbying In county held a meeting last night and or- Washington among the hazardoui pro-ganized the Bluegrass Motorcycle Club, fesaions..