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Individual Discovery.

The knowledge acquired by per
sonal investigation or experience il
far more valuable than the same facts
memorized from books. Professor
Agassiz, most excellent teacher, un.
derstood and constantly acted upon
this truth.
| Many of his lessons consisted OF
mere ''looking;" some specimen was
given to the student to analyze, and
comment upon, but no help was af-
forded until the pupil had elicted all
the information from it which nc
could derive unaided. Agassiz occa-
sionally asked after the pupils
progress, but never gave him leading
questions which might serve TO sug-
gest conclusions to which he must
otherwise come independently.
Professor Hyatt, a prominent nat
uralist, has similar method of teach
ing, the suggestion of which may
have come from the first interview
and study with Louis Agassiz. In
regard to his opening lesson with this
great teacher, Professor Hyatt says:
"He gave me a penlacrinite, or
stone lily, rather complex fossil, and
told me study 1t. This thought easy
work; so took stroll in the after
noon, and thought little of it.
"Stop! stopp he said, in an impa-
tient tone. you don't know any
thing about it. 1t is just what ex-
pected. You haven't told me any
thing that you know. Look at it
again, and tell me something that you
see for YOURSELF
II had some faint book remem-
brancee, and had been relying upon
these. Taken all aback, began to
work. 1 thought about my specimen
all day, and dreamed about it at
night. Next morning began telling
him what had found, but before I
was one-quarter through, he stopped
me, SAYING
"That is good, but you have not
yet told me what 1 want
"With this he pointed to the side of
the room where star-fshes and sea-
urchins were kept, and told me to see
what more he wanted. In this blind
way, and with no further hint, l
worked unsuccessfully for long time,
then 1 found that 1 had omitted to
mention the star-like appearance of
the fossil. Not knowing whether it
was of any Importance, / timidly
mentioned this resemblance to the
star-fshes, and Professor Agassiz was
satisfied.
This experience burned into my
mind the most important lesson of my
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-09

No l-Daily to all points except Rowland Di-
vision, which is daily except Sunday.
No @Runs daily from Lexington to Cincin'ti.
No l-ltuns daily.
No 4-Runs daily from all stations except the
Rowland Division, which Is daily except Sunday.
No 6-Daily except Sunday.
No 5-Daily between Cincinnati and Lexington
No l6-Paris and Lexington Accommodation.
Daily. Leaves Lexington 10 90 am. Arrives
Paris 10 As am.
No Falmouth Accommodation. Leaves Gin
cinnati IS pm. Arrives Falmouth 40 pm.
daily except sunday.
No sleeves Falmouth 90 am. Arrives Gin
clnnati So am, daily except Sunday.
Nos and make connection ut Winchester for
points on the n. n. 4 NJ. V.Ry.
No l-Carries through cars from Cincinnati to
marlborough and Cumberland Gap and all i'm
termediate stations and runs daily
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life; the manner Of gaining real
knowledge by observation, and that
of using it by comparison and infer
ence."
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Isl WORTH SAVING? 1t will
in Louisville hid tobacco supposng the hid $O
Warehouse charges $500 Commission ST. 10 lbs $780, $O
1t will cost yon to sell 10 hhds at the $4,000 1t will
sell at the GROWERS HOUSE. the tobacco hd $O0;
ducton for sample commission 10 hhd $1,000 Showing difference
the GROWERS of $500 If
business and consider this little
ten hhds. of tobacco, ship to the GROWERS HOUSE.
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KENTUCK
Tobacco Growers Association Warehouse.

Rates $I.5o per hid. 80 days free storage. 2sc
per month after 80 days. No deduction for
samples. Mark your tobacco "GROW-
ERS' HOUSE,"
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MAYSVILLE BRANCH.

w. L. MUNSON, Trav Pass'n.gr. Agt,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
S II. KNOTT, CP. ATMORE
Traffic Manager Gen'l Pass Agt.
General Offices, Louisville Ky.
s. +. B. MORSE, Asst. Genl Passg'r Agt
Office, Chamber Of Commerce Bldg. Chit, q
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W. JONES
Capt B. A. Tracy, Solicitor.
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MEDICAL.
for infants and Children.

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, DiarrhHa Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and pcoinoteo d.
gestion,
without injurious medication.
For several years have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue TO
do 30 as IL has Invariably produced beneficial
results"
EDWIN r. PARDER, n. D.,
"The winthrop" 1c5th Street and eth Ave,
New York City.
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aThe use OF 'Castoria' Is 30 universal and
its merits so well known that It seems n work
OF supererogation to endorse IL. Few are the
Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTIN, ID
New York City.
Lato Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
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"Csstoria Ia 80 wen adapted 10 children that
recommend itas superior to any prescription
known TO me-" II. A. ARcHEn, N. D.,
Iii So. oxford St, Brooklyn, ny.
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Through daily train service between
Cincinnati and Middlesborough
and points on L. IL n. II. II.
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LEXINGTON Il OLIVE hill ACCOM-
DATION, daily except sunday. Connects
Winchester to and from X. q. points, and at IN
ington with L. 5. Il. Il. for Louisville, Ky.
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schodule in Etect May lo, lsel.

South Bound. No. l. Nos No3
Daily Daily Aeon
Express Fast Line Daily
En-. Sun
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LIMITED yESTIBULED EAPRESS runs
daily and has Nestibuled Pullman Sleepers be-
tween Louisville, Lexington, Washington, New
York and Old Point Comfort. This train iss
made part of the celebrated r. r. v. East q
Huntington on tho G. h o. Route.
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FAST MAIL TRAINS run daily except Sun
day between Lexington and Huntington. MAI
direct connections at Huntington with G. = x
At Ashland with S. v. Ry AT Winchester r!{
X Z. X. H., north and south hound, and az XII.
ington with L. n N, LIS. and q. n. o. q -
Railroads. -s--~---~-- <1ts&&
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1t Makes n DiTcroncc

Clara-How do you like my friend?
Fanny--uo is horrid creature. Is
no married.?
mo, he Is not married"
GLOW happy is tho lot Of tho woman
who did not get him for husband
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MEDICAL.
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THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. MAY 4, 1891.

minute life, by 81. V. Worstell; an amusing
dialogue by Oliver HEREFORD, THE Professor
and the White Violet and two slightly
dIdactio pieces, "a Turning-P Point" and
"A Diet of Candy" wherein the young
reader may find food for reflection sugar
sprinkled with fiction. The Century Com
pany, Union Square, New York.
The Century Magazine is one of the few
pleasant reminders of May. 1t is maga-
zine Of good humOr. 1t opens with por-
trait of Nicholas l., car of Russia, one Of
the illustrations TO George Miffiin Dallas
two-part article, THE Court of the Czar."
Charles f. Holder deals merrily, if not
learnedly, with THE Game Fishes of the
Florida Reef" Amelia Gere Mason con-
tinues her interesting series on the old
French salons; and Frank Stockton begins
THE Squirrel Inn," a Stocktonian
novel, whose characters will prove
undoubtedly as interesting as Mrs.
Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, the Dusantes,
or the many heroes or heroines of 1.-The
Merry Chanter.n w. Lewis Frazer intro
duces the Artists Scraps and Sketches"
and Richard Malcolm Johnston contributes
another of his characteristic stories. The
Californian article, for which one looks ex-
pectantly, is by E. G.. Waite, on "Pioneer
Mining" in the Golden State. The Century,
Union Square, New York.
The Forum for May is an excellent num-
Der. 1t contains a number of articles on
timely subjects; on our constitution and the
demand Of Italy, by ex-Seoretary of State
Bayard, who takes the same position taken
by Mr.. Blaine; on the commonwealth of
Australia, by Sir f. w. Cameron, the best
authority 10 the United States; on reci-
procity, by R. Q. Mills, ex-chairman of the
ways aud means committee of the House of
Representatives. and by Senator Frye, who
writes with especial reference to the i'm
provement of our southern harbors; on
changes of orthodox belief In our own
time, by the Rev. DR.. Alfred Momerie of
Kings College, London; and on Free
Silver Coinage-Why Not" by Edward
Atkinson. In this way the Forum tries to
make good its claim to give its readers not
only important information, but important
information just when it is most desired.
The Globe, new quarterly review Of
literature, society and religion, art and
politics, has number of notable articles
in the number just issued. liz North
Twelfth street, Philadelphia.
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FATE OF Taao0os1A BJRR.

Was She Ca ptured by Pr tes and
Carried 10 a Pirates Den?
In the Sunday edition of your paper,
April IL, there appeared a very well writ
ten article on Aaron Burr and reference is
made therein to his daughter Theodosia,
writes P. d. Haywood in the Philadelphia
Press.
In all the worlds annals of sorrow there
is no sadder record than hers. It was the
devotion and love of his daughter that was
the chief solaca of Burr's desolate life when
the ferocious partisanship Of his enemies
had hunted him out of society, and his hab-
itual stocism inwardIy broke down when
he spoke of her loss.
All conjectures have been exhausted in
divining the secret of her fate. Was she
lost at sea, or did she meet her death at the
hands of some of the savage sea rovers that
infested the Atlantic coast at this time?
On Tuesday, Jan. 80, 1913, she. with her
French maid and 6-year>old son Willie, took
passage on the pilot boat Patriot, bound
from Charleston to New York. These ves-
sells were built for speed, and often over
spared and crank, dangerous sea
Ransom, who commanded, was warned
by an incoming vessel that a
large topsail schooner, full Of men, had
been seen outside the day before; but he
trusted to the speed of his boat and sailed.
Two days after there was a severe storm
along the coast, but Ransom was regarded
as one OF the best sailors south of Now Eng
land. and he knew his course well. Day
after day passed, and no tidings of the
Patriot came to hand. Not spar or splinter
of her was ever found.
Fifteen years after Baltimore skipper
who knew the vessel declared that he had
seen her of the west coast Of Cuba, and
believed that she was Colombian priva-
teer, bat there was no confirmation of the
story.
As recently as 1910 there were men living
in Southern Louisiana who had served under
Latitte, the pirate, and a gentleman named
Legarre made an exhaustive inquiry among
these concerning the cruises OF Lafitte's yea
sells in the year of 1873 The Information
he received was very startling, and, if true
tells terrible story Of Theodosia Burr's
death.
On desoiate spot on the shore of Grande
Isle, in the Mississippi, below New Orleans,
there stood in 1888 an old brick house, sur
rounded by half dozen low huts. Here
lived dark Frenchman named Rigault, one
OF Lafitte's old quartermasters. and the huts
were inhabited by few men who had been
shipmates with him. One of them, an
Englishman named Rigny, told Mr.. Lsgarre
the following:
In December, 1912, sailed from Calves
ton island IN the Revenge. There was 2
crew Of eighty men. co maBded by Cha
yez, Laiitte's first Lieutenant. We cruised
around the gulf and got two small prizes,
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LIST OF VESSELS.
Up, Cleared and Sailed for this Port

Up, Cleared and Sailed for this Port.
BARKs
Belle Flower tBrl. ROusey, Pernambuco, sid Mch
%.
vestfold [Norl Larsen, Havre sid Feb IS.
Normanvik Nor, Mortensen, Hamburg sid April
Don Qixote [Nor1, Hillmer, Liverpool. sid Mch
81.
Liburna [Norl, Thomasser. Havre, sid April 7.
Elise Both [Gerl, Kreger, Rio Janeiro, sid Feb
20
Rimfaxe [NorI, Hansen, Cape Town, sid March
Maury [NorI, Olsen, at Buenos Ayres, sid April
%.
creole [Itall, Girgenti, sid March 81.
Lbertas [Gerl Shuttle. Madeira, sid April 4.
Hans lGerl, Brahe, Niewue Waterweg, sid April
Woye [Norl, Anderson, at Havre April 4.
Cornella Dutch, Sturk, at New York April 90
= Powell, Mccormick, at New York April %.
Riviere lItal !, Olivari Rio Janeiro sid March 30
Brabant [Belgl, Gerdes, Antwerp, sid April g.
Vibilia [Brl, Beverage, at New York April %.
Union NorI, Olsen, Barry, sid Jan 80 via Rio
Janelro.
Varuna LGerl, Dade, Hamburg, sid April IS
BRIGs.
Sullivan, Hastings, Portland, sid April %.
sCHooNERs.
A Shepard, --. Norfolk sid April IS.
Napoleon Boughton, Stiles New Y ork, up April
go.
Fanny Brown, Sharrett, Richmond, sid Nav /.
Thomas Winsmore, Cornwe !, Philadelphia cid
April %.
VIM Frederick Foss, New York, up April 90.
Percy & Lille, Patterson, New York, sid about
April %.
Taylor Dickson, Muller, at PHILADELPHIA April 2
Harriet Kerlin, Shaw. Baltimore, cid April %
Emma Heather. Powell, Philadelphia, sid April
90
Jacob Reed, Barbour, Portland. up April -.
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and by Christmas day were on the east
coast of Florida. sailing north. About the
middle OF the month OF January, according
70 my reckoning. we were at Charleston
About the middle Of the day the lookout re-
ported a sail ahead, aud we soon made her
out. Sne was pilot-boat and was fairly
flying. We set our square fore and topsail.
and IN two hours were near enough to use
our long tsenty-four. The second shot cut
away her topmast and brought her to.
A dozen men, headed by Chavez, boarded
her from boat and las was this murderous
rutfians invariable practicel began to cut
down the crew. None showed fight save
the cook, negro giant, and he killed three
of our men | heard a scream from the
cabin and, going in, saw a beautiful woman
with curling black hair behind the table
with a bottle in her hand, keeping Off
Chavez. There was another woman and a
child. Chavez ordered us to seize the tall
lady and, after some trouble, we secured her
arms. and then with the rest she was handed
into the boat. When half way between the
vessels the servant woman sprang over
board and went down like a stone: but we
held on to the mistress and got her to the
Revenge. She was fastened in the cabin,
and saw her no more,
From this out we had bad luck, and
were chased out of the gulf by mighty fast
sailing yankee corvette, and by February
ended our cruise at Galveston island. There
were 200 men living there, but Chavez had
a house in a lonesome place at the south end
Of the island. and here he took the lady.
She had plenty of servants, and from one
OF them heard that Chavez took the boy
away. and finally one day, in a fit of anger,
he hit the woman, and she died the same
night, and her body was buried close to the
beach, and no one would go near the place,
and Chavez soon left and went up the coast
aud the house was burned down. That is
all | know"
All this may we'll be true. and it comes
like message from the sea-
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CHINfNEYS.

What a world it is AL
most all of us bent on our
own affairs. 1t pays, though,
to look beyond self.
A maker of lamp CHM
neys thinks of nothing but
selling his chimneys. What
will do that ? Low price.
Very well; he makes them
as mean as he can, and puts
his price down. It's no con-
Germ of his if they break at
first flames touch.
Another maker makes
his chimneys as good as he
can, and "pearl-tops" CD
them. They will not ~
break in use, he says.
There is one such maker;
Macbeth & Co., Pittsburgh.
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DRY GOODS.
KrOuSkOf'S Mammoth Millinery House.
WE ANNOUNCE FOR SPRING And SUMMER 1891.

most elegant Stock displayed by any one house in
the country and rivals with the best establishments north
One hundred thousand dollars is the value and we are
crowded way up to the roof with the finest Millinery Goods
The choicest novelties from Europe have been and
only the hnes and best goods in the market will be offered
Pattern Round Hats and Bonnets imported or exact
copies from Paris and London Real French Flowers in
endless varieties Untrimmed Hats by thousands in all
shapes and grades. Ribbons of all kinds Gold and
Silver Lace, Nelvets etc.
Our trimming department of fifteen frst-cass trmmers is
in charge of one OF the most celebrated designers north We
shall retail on first floor at prices wholesale up
stairs. Mlliners and merchants supplied at New York
prices and terms Our Ribbon Sale continues as here
tofore
8 kROUSKOF'F ISL Broughton Street.
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Nsur york, May ARRIVED, schr Willis S
c,e1ard Swaine, Savannah; Tena A Cotton,
|E-Ls2rlsr. Darien. Ga, is bound to Perth Amboy,
y lizard. schrs Emily F Northam, Penneweu.
v,-ys Ferry, Fla: Meyer & Muller. Patterson
ssachy Head, May Passed, ship Iris [Brl,
xy-gbss Mobile for West Hartlepool.
BIsuen, May Arrived, steamship Torgorm
Fprl Rice Charleston.
1lpii,,snos Ayres, April 23-Sailed, bark Maury
NOR. Olsen, Savannah.
q nungeness April 30-Passed, barks D H Nor
- rVorl, Jacobsen. Pensacola for London; May
q . sagona [Brl, Mckay, Savannah for London.
q Dorirecht May ARRIVED, steamship Straits
4 :. Gibraltar IBrI, McCoull, Pensacola.
4 ,,reenock, May ARRIVED, bark Sir Jno Law
,suce Nor, Hansen, Mobile.
'pavre-The reported arrival on April 20 of
#bark Prince Patrick LNorl, from Pensacola was
Yewport, April 3O-Arrived, bark Teresa Roc
4 "a ItalI, Terrizzano, Pensacola
Psnarth, May Arrived, bark Fortunate NJ
|Utal1, Antola Pensacola.
II Queenstown, May Arrived, bark Premier
|INOrl, Isaacsen, Mobile.
Tarragona, April 17-Arrived, bark Tjomo
[Norl. Torgesen, Pensacola,
Tarifa April 26-Passed, barks Arvie Rusl,
IXatola, Pensacola for Genoa; Beppina B [Itall,
Parodi do for do; Esperance Fri, Diroc, do for
Demerara, April ARRIVED, schr Lanfair,
Woodland, jacksonville.
Kingston, April 1S-Arrived, schr Leon S
Swift Mcleod, Charleston
Nassau, April 27-In port, schr Victory Brl,
Johnson from Jacksonville.
Roston May ARRIVED, schrs L A Burnham
Barton, Satilla River, Ga; Grace f Littlejohn,
Ross Charleston
Baltimore May Arrived schrs Three Sis
tiers Simpson, Savannah; Nina Tilson. Green.
Pensacola.
Below, schr Martin l. Smith. Rose, Charleston.
Bucksville. c, May Sailed schr Elite H
Lister, Mason, Philadelphia.
Coosaw S G, May sailed, steamship ROYAL
Pr nee lBrl, United Kingdom.
Fernandlna, May l-Off the bar, schr William
Smith Babbidge, from New York.
Galveston, May SAILED, schr Frederick Roes-
ner Goold. Mobile,
Jacksonville, May Arrived, schr Florence &
Lillian, Smith, New York
Cleared, schr Andrew Nebinger, Hudson,
Philadelphia
Key West, April 2s-Arrived. schrs Ewd Peter
SOL Pensacola; 18th, Julia Z izabeth [Brl, In-
graham. Nassau.
}lo5ln, May ARRIVED, schr Geo Moulton Jr,
Croker, New York via Key West.
April 2,-Sailed. scnr GaZelle [Brk Havana.
New Orleans, April 2S-Cleared, schr VIM j
Lermond, Huppert Pensacola.
Newport News, April 30-Sailed. steamships
EmbleJon lBrJ, Williamson drom Key Vest;
Stettn.
May Arrived, steamers Ipsden [Brl Muller,
Charleston for Bremen (and sailed); Thomas
lurnbull Brl, Sample Charleston.
Delaware Breakwater, April 30-Passed out
steamship Dunmurry [Brl, Philadelphia for
Pensacola.
Richmond. Va. May 1-Sailed, schr Fannie
Brown. Savannah
sata River, Ga, April 27-Arrived. schrs Jno
T DlBignon, Turner, Boston; Dickey Bird,
Scdodeld, Bath, Me.
Sailed 18th, schr Alice Archer, Gibbs, Bath,
Ne.
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MAGAZINES,

In its May issue the Magazine Of Ameri>
cab History admirably maintains its high
reputation. The editors hand appears in
the leading article, "a Great Public Char
acter," in which the interesting career of
William II. Seward is concisely traced.
He was born in 1901, the year marked by
the election of Jefferson to the presidency,
and he lived to witness the wonderful aud
swiftly passing events that have made this
century notable in all history. His express
sive portrait at about the age when he
entered the United States Senate forms the
frontispiece to the number, and the article
is further illustrated with buildings and
scenes of the exciting period when he was
Secretary of State. 1t is graphic story,
told in Mrs. Lambs most vigorous and
felicitous style. The second paper, Gan
Early West Pointer" by Hon. Charles
Aldrich of Iowa, is also illustrated. Then
comes a scholarly treatise, entitled "A Lost
Chapter in American History" by Rev. Dr.
George Patterson, F.R.S.C., Of Glasgow,
in which the early attempts of the Portu-
guese to colonize the northeastern coast of
America are pointed out in the most COM
prenensive manner. The Magazine of
American History, 743 Broadway, New
York.
st. Nicholas for May presents very
tempting table Of contents. beginning with
an imaginative poem, Morning" by the
late Emily Dickinson. j. o. David
son, the marine artist, has written
and fully illustrated a short serial
of adventure entitled, "Chan Ok )" which
describes the capture of a noted Chinese
pirate of the present day; it is based on
fact, and indeed, but few months ago a
steamer was destroyed by these piratical
Chinese outlaws in the very waters wherein
tho action ia supposed 10 take place. Among
other attractions is a clever bit of verse
with pictures by Margaret johnson, In
which children OF different nationalitiss
extol their native foods my Microscope"
au article on some interesting objects ia