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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18
Nine Wives and III Children.

II want You to write something
IN this bible" said Lawson Law :
renee, colored, and a regular sub
seriber of the Mail. He was ac-
companied by an aged "uncle," !"
whose hair was gray when tho gray
hairs of girls were golden in the
sunlight of youth. and it was Tor
him the bible-writing was intended.
Hi is l03 years DID, said Lawson,
and at this the reporter was all
ears, rs nsuol. Inquiry OF Uncle
Nero developed, according to his
statement that he was born IN
Trenton district, North Carolina,
May 7, 1892. and would conse-
quently be l03 years of age on the
9th Of May, 1885. He said be
came to Eufaula during Jackson s
war and when Eufaula was Irwin
tou. The Indians were encamped
about Montgomery, and he bought
q pony of them for S5- His pres
ent wife, Henry Kringle's sister"
is so years old, he having married
her when she wes gal, as he ex-
pressed it. She is his ninth wife,
and, in reply to the question as to
how many children he had, he SAID
he haa been accused Of having III,
and it was not for him to dispute
it. Last year he cultivated twenty
acres OF land and raised an abund-
ance of peas, corn, and potatoes
This year be is cultivating cotton.
He lives within a quarter OF a
mile OF White Pond, this county,
where he has been for the last
eleven years. He labors during
the week and breaches on Sunday,
being pastor of Mount Zion Meth
odist church for eight years. =
Eufaula, Ala Mail.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18
Kansas Wheat Ruined by Ra In.

PAoNA, Kas., July g. Another
heavy rainstorm visited this Sec
ton last night, continneing all
through the day. IT seems to have
been general throughout eastern
Kansas and western Missouri, and
this is the sixth day OF almost con-
tinuous cold rains. The work of
gathering the wheat crop is brought
to a complete standstill. Wheat
in stacks has been ruined ruined,
and estimates place the loss in
Kansas alone at 100000 bushels,
besides the damage to the grain
vet in the fields. Corn will prob
ably sustain little injury, but 1T is
backward twenty days as compared
with the latest senson for twenty
wears. The state boards last es-
innate of 100000 bushels OF
wheat was based on alleged i'm
provements in southeastern Kan
sas, which was expected to partially
offset disasters in the great wheat
belt Of the center. This estimate
took no account of the week S
storm and the immense damage
to stacked wheat.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18
Why Tilden Never Married.


One of his friends tells me that
Mr.. Tilden in past years had semi
occasional differences in his house
hold, sometimes vnlgarly called
rows. After one of these, Smith
NJ. Weed drove up in front OF Mr..
Tilden's Gramercv Park house.
Mr.. Tllden got in with Mr. Weed,
to whom he presently related hls
troubles in des:. lair. He capped
the climax by say as he slapped
his companion on the knee: "By
thunder. Weed, I'd get married II
| wasn't afraid to. my. Tribune.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18
rtsA..im yr.=l4>-4

Castle Haven. in Dorchester. on tbs
Choptank, Is q line old estate anu man
or house, commanding one of tile
most conspicuous sites In all Maryland.
The tall and imposing house aud the
stately I.ombariy poplars on the lawn
can be seen for miles from up aud down
the river and they loom up AS conspicu.
ous objects from tho opposite Ialbot
shore. Castle Haven, as an estate ana
residence. goes away back INTO coiohiai
times, and. like some other old places:
has hanging about 1t some weird and
fascinating stories, Mr.. Phillip Le-
cumpte Is the occupant OF Castle hav-
en-. He is practical man Interested
In farming the estate, and thinking IN
finilely more Of crops and stock than
OF CHESTS and spirits. But the ghost
has again b, en- about II. all the same,
and has given an indubtable manlfes-
taiion Of bis presence. One day last
week Mrs. Lecompte was having dln-
ner prepared in the Kitchen. using
heavy No. 0 cook stove. While the
dinrer was preparing and tho stove
wa covered with boiling pots and kets
ties and other cooking utensils. Mira
. ISftDilftit WtUl ohts itastRF~ 'N NF''Nt -
Tho kitchen. When she went back
few minutes afterward she found that
the stove had been turned over and was
then with its legs in the air, while tho
pots and kettles and other cooking
utensils were in their proper places on
the stove. but were resting on the iioor.
Tie fire in the stove was burning as us
nal. the boiling water In the pots and
kettles staid 10 and kept on boiling.
nothing had fallen from the stove OK
was dlsarranged while 1t was turned
over, and there sat tho stove, complete.
lv reversed, with its feet nppermost.
The stove-pipe remained ia its place on
the stove and In the chimney and was
drawing as usual. but it had to bctasen
Off before the stove could be righteL
This strange occurrence Is the wonder
of Castle Haven and the whole neigh-
borhood around. - Easton { Md. } Ledger.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18

thought he was making something.
He said he thought the whole
place was worth $4,000. He had
raised family of ten boys and
gisls. all of whom are still living,
and he had twice served in the gen
eral court, and always voted the
democratic ticket. 1t was fair
illustration of the happy-go-lucky
Yankee farmer, who seldom has
any system or inda'ge- III any OF
his busines MS would run a manu-
facturer or O merchant Lowell
Courier.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18
AN ALLEGED RELIC.
4 Fragment ofthe Robe Worn by Our
Savior said 10 Exist.

was present on Whit Monday
al a religious ceremony of a very
remarkable kind, says . Paris cor
respondent of the London News,
which Is celebrated every year III
the par;si, shu,oh of laTgaatcai.. q
small town upon the banks of the
Seine, j list outside Paris. For ten
days every year, from Ascension
day to Whit Monday, casket. con-
4aining cne OF the supposed frag-
ments Of the robe or tunic worn
by our Lord just before his cfuoi-
fixion il carried id procession along
the aisle of the church, and the
congregation are afterward admit
ted to view it in the yestry, Many
OF your readers will doubtless be
aware that what is said to be the
exterior robe worn by our Lord Is
preserved in the church OF Ireves,
in Germany, but that at Argenteull
is alleged to be the inner garment
which the Savior wore, aud Tor
which the Roman soldiers cast
lots. The holy tunic Is inclosed
within d double shrine, and is oily
exhibited in its entirety at rae III
teryals, as 1t is placed under seal
by the bishop Of the diocese YER
sailles) who alone has authority,
under tile pope, to break them.
Thirty years ago the seals were
broken by the then bishop, as the
late pope had expressed a wish to
have fragment OF the sacred gar
ment, and at the same time two
other fragments were cut outof 1t
and placed in two small shrlnes,
which the faithful are allowed to
kiss, kneellng at the altar. Ihe
seals affixed in 1854 began to ,rum
BILE away about three years ago,
and thep were renewed by the
bishop of Versailles just before
the w Mhitsun festival, among those
present being the parish priest OF
of Argenteuil, who tells he that
the holy tunic is made Of camefs
hair, being dark brown III color
and very much like the garment
which the Arabs of the present
day wear next to the skin. lie
adds that it was examined through
a microscope, and that all who
were present unanimously agreed
lthat thas could detect not stains
but traces which they are convlnc-
ed are Of blood. Beyond remark
mo that there Is no inherent I'M
possibility III camels hair gar
ment being preserved for eighteen
centuries, / do not feel called upon
to express any opinion as to the
authenticity of this relic, which,
however, is yenerated as such by
all catholics, and believed by them
to have been the means OF etfectins
many MIRACULOUS cures, among
others those OF the eldest son OF
Lord Clifford, the Marquis d'Har-
court. and the Comte de Damas,
who was for many years com
panion OF the Colnte de Chambord.
| ------s 49, . -------~~~
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18
The First Silver Coin,

The first coin issued in thu
country was the old-fashioned cart
wheel cent. The first issue was /
1893, and there were three die
made With the single exceptlo
of the year 1915 there has bee
no break in the issue OF cents fror
that time to the present. 1t wa
in 1904 that the liberty cap wa
changed to the fllet-head, an.
these were issued regularly f.
thirteen years, when the doddeS
of Liberty appeared on the col,
with thirteen stars surrounding !
A cent of the issue OF 1893, in gos
condition, is worth $40 to S5O,r
Nuemismatist 4
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18
less in a business-like way.


Postmaster General Villas is the
last man ie the cabinet who was
expected to be q civil service re-
former and yet ! was told by a
candidate for Office to- day that he
lectured nearly every one who calls
upon him on this subject 1T Is
extremely difficult to see the Post
master G.neral at all. and when
one does see him it Is only tor
minute, and it is rather mononton-
GUS to have that minute occupied
with lecture on civil service re-
form. Bat that is the way very
often" said this gentleman.
The single rate letter postage
law, which reduced the rate to two
cents an ounce, Iastead of two cts.
for each half ounce, as heretofore,
has made very little change In the
business of the Department. But
the change is in the line of a reduc.
ton Of taxation and will be uni
versally welcomed. The present
limit stops the flow of affection,
description and business often at
the most interesting point. Under
the nav law, some of the favorite
and well-word excuses for cutting
a letter short become unavailable,
but as the act says nothing against
a sputtering pen, or thick ink, or
the mail closing, or the end OF the
sheet, or the baby waking up, cor
respondents still have sufficient
resources for excusing themselves
when they get tired Of writing.
I,
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18
A Happy -Go.Lucky Yankee Farmer.

We ran across an old New Hamp-
shire farmer last week in one of
our ranbles who had lived Us years
on the farm where he was born.
He guessed he had about 500
acres Of land; a large share of
which is mountain pasture. A
small brick cottage and two barns
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18

Take a slip Of paper and place
thereon In figures ycvr age III
years, dropping the months, weeks
and DAYS. Multiply the sum by
two; then add to the result obtain
ed the figures 376S; and then dI-
yide by Two. Subtract from the
result obtained the number of your
years on earth, and see il will not
obtain figures you will not be like
ly to gorget.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18

Among the notable bridges In the
world is the one at Langang. China
II crosses an arm OF the China Sea-
This structure Is some i've miles lcns.
and has not less than 800 arches. Over
the pillar of each arch reoines lion
made out of single block OF marble.
and yet twenty-one feet long. The
roadway ot this bridge 10 seventy tees
iang-
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-07-18

Subscribe for the ADVOCATE.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-05-30
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


-Ulm Cathedral, one of the largest
sacred edifices in Germany, will be-
completed. after having been unfinished
for over four hundred years. 1t WAS
begun in 1877 and finished in 1864, eX-
cept the towers, which arc now being
erected according to the ancient design.
I'm Western New York, says the
Standard of the Cross, there is town
of 5, 900 inhabitants, $500 of whom are
Protestants, having four Protestant
churches, whose entire membership is
only eighty. There are 1,200 children,
OF whom only 200 arc in Sunday
schools
Prof Fay. of Tufts College recently
asked three hundred and fifty college
professors their opinion as to the proper
modern language equivalent for the
Greek required for admission to college.
! Siyty-seyen per cent, as between Ger
man and French, advocated German,
on account of its superior disciplinary
value.
Nassau Hall at Princeton College
was so named at the request of Gov
ernor Belcher, in honor of His Majesty
William Ill, who belonged to the
House of Nassau; hence the origin OF
the Prlncetonians' colors of orange and
black Around this old building clus-
tiers all that is of historic interest with
regard to the growth of Princeton Col
lege. 30
The educational statistics of Rome
show that, whereas in 1876 120, 900 of
the 100000 inhabitants could neither
read nor write, there are now 10000
pupils m the recently established Gov
eminent schools, 10000 in the Catholic,
with a large additional number in those
of Protestant denominations. Rome is
therefore being rapidly deprived, by the
ruthless hand OF education, of one of
her chief attractions to the curious tour
ist-an ignorant and debased lower
class. Current
The old chained Bible was recently
q replaced in the position it originally &C.
cupied on Cranmer's desk in Canterbury
Cathedral. The Bishop of Dover oflici-
ated, and said it gave him great pleas
ure to replace the volume in the position
in which it was chained in the reign OF
Queen Elizabeth, at the time when
Bibles of the same edition were placed
! in cathedrals and Deans houses through
ont the country. The book had been
temporarily removed pending repairs
to the ancient fame.
+ "A colored Baptist Church in New
j Bedford, having advertised for a min
+, ister, received word from one in New
York State that he would be on hanC
Saturday night. A committee was q
the station to meet him, and was aston
ished to find him white man. The
,, stranger, who had not supposed tina
! his future parishioners were colored
: was equally astonished. He preached
= for them on Sunday, however, and wa
sent away with the proceeds of collec
ton. Worcester (MaSS) Spy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-05-30
WIT AND WISDOM.

The great difference between virtue
and vice is this-for virtue you have a
price to receive; for vice you have a
price to pay.
spa, they amt going to have lamp
posts any longer" why not"'
""Cause they are long enough now
Boston BeGcon
Mr.. Isaacs (whose son has fallen
over the railing into the pitt Jakey,
Jakey, come up so quick vot you can.
Dey sharge a dollar und halef down
dere. = Chicago Rambler.
Though reason is not to be relied
upon as universally sufficient to direct
us what to do, yet it is generally to be
relied upon and obeyed when it tells us
what we ought not to do.-DetroG
Post.
-"Can l make trade with you fol
your daughter?" "Well, l don't know
but you might You'd make pretty
good son-in-law, guess L always like
to get something to boot when l make
trade. "-BOStOn Times.
Yes, sir. desire to buy house in
the country" said the broker. 81 am
sure mine will suit you," answered his
caller. ut has a beautiful situation
right on the margin of the lake, and"
That's enough. l don't want it. /
will not buy anything on margins these
times" emphatically said the broker. -
Chicago Nel0S.
Strive to be happy.
This life is not all sunshine
| Nor is II yet all showers;
But storms and Gains alternate
| As thorns among the flowers.
| And while we seek the roses
The thorns fun oft we scan;
Still let us, though they wound us,
| BE happy rs we can.
If man meets you with pleasant
face. YOU will be apt to show pleasant
face to him; and if he receives you with
a sour face yours will probably be sour
also whenever you see him. In short.
a man is like looking-glass which
shows to the pleasant-faced man a
pleasant face, and sour face to the
sour-faced MANN \. Mail
-Minks-Yes, sir, l have oatmeal on
my table every morning. consider it
the most wholesome, most Jinks-
But see here, Minks. don't you know
that oatmeal is the principal dish in
Scotland, and that country is a nation
of dyspeptics? go. it's not the oatmeal
that causes dyspepsia over there. "
'What is it?" ''The bagpipes. "-Phil-
adelphia CaH
There used to he an old gentleman
who lived up in one of the parishes of
Louisiana who was noted for his ire
mendous department and punctuality.
Arriving in New Orleans for the first
time he accosted a young man-about-
town, VINO was standing on the corner
of the street: II wish, my young
friend" said he, taking out his watch
'to 90 to the St. Charles Hotel "
"Well,n said the gildcd youth, you
may 60, but don't stay but half al
hour
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-05-30
coMRADE, MIND YOUR NOES

There are many little things
One can do 10 help along
Poor stumbling souls who seem to be
Fer fated TO go wrong.
Some simple favor grant I'VE.
That happiness bestOws,
Though granter loses naught thereby;
Then, comrade, mind your noes.
There are many little joys
One can to children give.
To make more like to fairy.iand sa'H1
The world in which they live.
And childhood should be glad, ~ .t
6 For very soon it goes; fl.-.. p.
So when 1t asks boon of you,
Pray, comrade, mind your noes.
Life would be twice as Jolly
If many heads would less
Denial shake and oftener
Nod pleasantly Eyes"
And this plain truth remember:
According as one sows
Shall blessings grow around his path; ca
So, comrade, mind your noes.
-Mdrgdret Eptinge, IN Detroit Free Press.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
The Eagle OF the Mint.

Nearly every one who has visited the
Philadelphia mint during the past twenty
years has noticed a stuffed bald-head
eagle in a glass case on the second floor.
Few, however, know it's history. The
bird, when alive, was presented to the
mint a quarter of a century ago by one
of the assayers, DR.. Peale. Pete" was
the eagles name, and he soon became q
great pet at the institution. He would
fly abou. the city all day long, but in
variably returned to his home toward
evening. Pete" was especially fond Of
one of the employees of the mint. q jolly
Irishman, and would follow him abou,
like a dog. No matter what '.Pete'
might be doing he would always respond
to . call from his friend. One day the
noble bird proudly pearched himself
upon a fly wheel at the mint. 1t sud
denly gave a whirl and Pete was no
more. He was crushed to death. The
employees thought so much of their pc,
that thev had him stuffed and mounted.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
Great Mems Noses

The names of the subjects of Michael
Angeles most renowned works VIII
hardly be impressed ON the memory as
firmly as his nose, when his portrait has
once been seen. In his youth he had a
quarrel with a companion, INK struck
mis- nose SO violently as TO disfgure him
for life. Tycho Brahe had q similarly
deformed nose. DAnte's nose gave q
unique expression to his face, and makes
it a genius per Sc, known as the Dan
tesque face, found only in one great writ
er-George Eliot.
ciated in our minds with beauty yet we
are spoken of CONTEMPORARY by the
Arabs and Syrians as ''hat-nosed
Franks" Shakespeare, on the other
hand, must have thought a Turks nose
most abomiDable, for he takes care to
have it thrown in the witch's broth IN
Macbeth" The Africans are proud OF
their broad, fat nose, and some tribes
even insert artificial objects to increase
their pet deformity.
A person with a very thin nose is rare
ly thought generous. SO, too, great
| breadth of ~nostrils is often assOcla ed
with coarseness. Horace has frequently
expressed his views about the nose in his
poetry, and he seems to regard a short
nose with q little turn up at the ends as
a mark Of a jeering and iblng person.
! Martial calls this the rhinoceros nose,
and saws that it was fashionable in his
! dav, as il indicated a satirical humor,
which everybody was then affecting.
In Rome there was a whole family
which took its name from the nose-the
Nasones-of which Ovid was the most
celebrated member. Cicero, If Plutarch
be believed, likewise owes his name to
his nose. as ne had an excrescence in the
shape of a vetch-in Latin cicer. PIlnv
denies this, however, and says that the
Cicero. were called 30 from being en-
gagged In extensive vetch raising. Be
this as it may, Cicero's remarkable snub
nose is beyond dispute. Gibbons nose,
which gave his face a most peculiar APP
pearance, has found its mate only in that
of the recently deceased Prince Gortscha-
kof, the chancellor Of Russia; both
these noses were small. Some celebrate
men, though their noses we're not re-
markable far size and shape, were still
often reminded Of this protruding organ.
The nose of Schiller, for instance, was
very capricious. 1t demanded the smell
of rotten apples to keep its owner il
good spirits. Equally .caprlcious was
Kent's nose. Napoleon likewise disliked
the smell of tar, for which he avoided,
when possible, voyages in ships. Philip
H., on the other hand, smelt nothing a
all, and his reign was none the worse fo1
that.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
TWO T
Who Have Won Fortunes and VIVA. The
Say About stage Life.
Fyom Stuoe WhisberA

Who Have We Acct sss'e gss:. z. liz, What The,
From shdge Vhiepera
nBily" Emerson has recently made 4 phe-
nornenal success in Australia, and Is rich
Emerson was born at Belfast In 1886. He
began his career with Joe Sweeney's min
strek In Washington in 1857. Later on he
Jumped Into prominence In connection with
Fewcomb's minstrels, With whom he visited
Germany. He visited Australia in 1874. and
on his return to America Joined Havsrley's
Ministries in San Francisco at $500 q week
and expenses. With this troupe he played be
fore her majesty, the queen, the Prince OF
trip be leased the Standard theatre. San
Francisco. where for three years be did the
largest business ever known to minstrelsy.
In April last he went 70 Australia again,
where be has beaten the record
tsBilly' is a very handsome fellow, an ex-
cellent singer, dances gracefully, and is q
true humorist.
Eyes, sir. I nave travelled all over the
world, lave met all sorts Of people, come in
contact with all sorts Of customs, and bad
Oil sorts of experiences. One must have q
constitution like q locomotive to stand it"
Eyes, / know | seem to bear it like a
ma ior. and / do, but l tell you candidly with
tho perpetual change OF diet. water and eli
mate. i'll had not maintained my vigor with
regular use of Warmers safe cure | should
have gone under long ago"
George a.. Primrose, whose name is known
in every amusement circle in America, is
even more emphatic, if possible, than Billy
Emerson. in commendation OF the same arti-
Gle to sporting and travelling men generally,
among whom it is a great favor1te.
Emerson has grown rich on the boards and
30 has Primrose, because they have not
squandered the public's 'favorsa"