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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Southern Pacific Round-House at Port
land Burned.

PORTLAND, Jan. 29-About 7:3O this
evening fire broke out in the Southern
Pacific round-house, completely destroy
ing it. Two engines and three coaches
were also consumed. The total loss will
probably not exceed $50, 900.
The building was an old frame one,
and was constructed by the Oregon and
California Railroad Company. It was
the first round-house erected in Portland.
1t is thought that the fire originated from
sparks from one Of the engines.
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Terrible wfnd-storn, at sonoma

SoNoMA (Ch.j, Jan. 29.-Last night a
terrific wind-storm swept over this va]-
ley, blowing fences DOWN and doing con-
siderable damage. To-day it is cloudy,
with indications of rain.
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Banking Companies Attached.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. Establishments
have been against the Union Investment
Company of this city by the First Ma
tional Bank of Marshall, Mich, and the
First National Bank of Ravenna, Ohio,
for sums aggregating $4,000. The COM
pany has capital stock of 100000. 1t
was controlled by the American Bank,
which recently failed. No statement is
obtainable, but representatives of the
company say the suits are malicious
persecution
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Seriously Iniurar,.

BERLIN, Jan. 90 = Mr.. Windthorst,
leader of tho Center party, fell down a
flight OF stairs to-day ana was seriously
injured.
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Ten Years, sentence.

PORTLAND orr, Jan. 29.-F. M. 0.
Holston, the pension agent convicted yes
terday OF forging pension vouchers, was
to-day sentenced to ten years in the Peni-
tertiary.
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Far1ncrs Or~anizin,-

MARYsvILLE, Jan. 29.-The Farmers
Alliance organized ut Yuba City this even
ing. Considerable interest WAS mani
tested. Several other organizations have
been made throughout the county.
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Terrible storm.

CAIRO, Jan. 29.-Advices from Masso-
wah, on the Red Sea, state that terrible
storm, followed by floods, has caused
enormous damage throughout the island
of Massowah. over 100 persons have lest
their lives.
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senator Jones Re-Electea.

CARSON CITY New, Jan. 29.-The
Legislature to-day reelected Senator
John p. Jones United States Senator for
the fourth time, Jones receiving 81 votes
out of 60.
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A Tramp Killed.

LIMA Ohio, Jan. 29.-Eight tramps
had a fight with the crew of train on the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton to-
night and shooting atfray resulted. One
tramp was killed and two fatally
wounded
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-Jake Kilrain
and George Godfrey met at the California
Athletic Club tonight and signed articles
to fight on March 18th.
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Prescott SAWYER Acouitted,

SAN RAFAEL tCal.j, Jan. 29.-The jury
to-day acquitted sPrescott Sawyer,
charged with stabbing a boatinan named
Herman Franz. Sawyer is the son of
United States Circuit Judge Lorenzo
Sawyer.
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Death of a Bank President.

CHICAGO, Jan. 29.-Chauncey b. Blair,
President of the Merchants National
Bank since its organization in 1865, died
suddenly tonight of heart disease, aged
so wears
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Senator Hearst.

WASHINGTON, Jan 29.-At 2 o'clock
there was no change reported from Sem
ator Hearst's residence.
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RaiIroad Strike CoIlapscd

GLASGOW, Jan. 29.-The great ra.lrond
strike has collapsed, and the leaders arc
treating with the officials of the di:icien:
companies.
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Steamship Rio Janeiro.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-The steam
ship Rio Janeiro, four days overdue from
Hongkong, arrived this afternoon.
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Sudden Death of an Editor.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90. William r.
Calkins, editor of the EUening Star, died
suddenly to-day.
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OIL AND GAS.
a Good Quality Discovered in HUM
boIdt County.

EUREKA, Jan. 29.-Great excitement
prevails in southern Humboldt over the
discovery of oil and gas. The Mattole
Placer Mining District has been formed,
with c. A. Johnson as Recorder Hun
dreds of claims have been located in
every direction, and the greatest conf
dence is expressed that an abundance and
excellent quality of oil and gas is about to
be deYeiOped.
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COAST CHRONICLES.
Lively Shooting ARRAY Between
Chinese Highbinders.
FINAL TRIAL TRIP OF THE CRUISER
SAN FRANCISCO.

The Southern Pacific Railroads Round
House at Portland Destroyed by
Fire = Gas and Oil Discovered in
Humboldt County-Jones Reelected
Senator From STANDARDIZATION for
the Impeachment of Washington
Judge.
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Ahaurrahman knaE Reported pcnd
Rradlangh Worse.

BOMBAY, Jan. 29.-It is reported that
Abdurrahman Khan, Ameer of Afghan
istan. is dead.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Funeral Services Over the Remains
of Prince BaudOuin.
THE CITY OF BRUSSELS DRAPED m
MOURNING.

enormous Damage Done by a Terrible
Storm in Egypt-Over II Hundred
Persons Lose Their Lives-A Body
of Students Raid Il Paris Newspaper
Omce-Sardou's sThermidor.',
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Very Lucid.

LONDON, Jan. 29.-Bradlaughs condi-
ton is worse.
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INDIAN POW WOW.
Delegations Present From the Various
Tribes In Arizona

PREscoTT "a. IT,, Jan. 29.-An Indian
pow-wow, under charge of Chief Sherum
of the Wallapai tribe is being held this
week at Music Mountain, in Mojave
County. Delegations of fifteen of each
from the Apaches at San Carlos, Yumas,
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Another Mine Disaster Reported
in Michigan.
EIGHT PERSONS ENToMBED IN THE
SHAFTS.
The Loss of Life In the Mammoth Hor-
ror Reaches One Hundred and
Thirty-The National Alliance De-
mands Government Loans to the
Farmers-The Montana LEGISLATURE
Ready for Business
Special to the REcoRp-Us1oS.

IRON MOUNTAIN (Alich.). Jan. 29-The
Chaplin mine, the largest and most pro-
ductive in Michigan, caught fire this
evening and at a late hour the fire is still
spreading. Eight miners under ground
cannot be rescued. They have probably
succumbed to the smoke. The tops of all
the shafts have been closed in hopes of
smothering the flames. Almost the en-
tire populace are surrounding the mine,
waiting for some news from the unfortu-
nate victims
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For disordered liver try Beecham's
Pills.
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THE MAMMOTH ACCIDENT.

PITTsBURG, Jan. ga special from
the Mammoth mines says: ''This after
noon it was discovered by the rolls of the
company that there are twenty-three
more men missing in addition to the 10Y
found dead. This increases the total of
the dead to 130. Twenty-seven more
dead miners were buried to-day.
There is nothing to be done at the
Mammoth mines now but to search for
the remaining dead and care for the liv-
ing. A legislative committee from Har-
risburg is now investigating the disaster.
F'ricke d Co., owning the Mammoth
mine, have put aside $4,000 for the i'm
mediate relief of the hundred distressed
families, in addition to paying all the
funeral expenses.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14

In Captain Kings Trial Of Staff
Officer" an amusing story is told of Cen
eral Upton, who was ut one time com
mandant Of cadets at West Point. The
commandments tent was great place for
. fighting battles over again.
One day six or eight of us were gath
cred there, and the floor was held by one
of those blatant gentlemen who, having
graduated before the civil war, and hav-
ing had just as good a chance as the gal
liant band of ambitious young lieuten-
ants who rose to be generals, had pre-
ferred the safety, ease and slow promo
ton of mastering and disbursing duty.
and whose only brevet was for the SER
vice of the ''recruitmentof the armies of
the United States
For some reason or other such men
have often been prone to disparage the
services Of successful men, and to at
tribute the promotion over their heads
of such soldiers as Upton and Custer to
political influence. SO Major - was
on this day holding forth about luck in
the line. ending with this startling state
ment:
"Well, now, Upton's another instance.
OF course, don't mean to say but what
you fought all right, old fellow, when
you got chance, but you won't deny
that there were fellows who went
through the whole war with the regu-
lars, stuck to their regiments or bat
teries, got wounded time and again, and
only got brevet; but here you are a
lieutenant colonel. and never got a
scratch"
Considering the fact that Upton had
been wounded in three different "ngage-
ments. he might have been excused for
making a pointed reply, but he only
smiled quietly. as he sat writing at his
desk. and said:
''Weif, thereare lots Of men who think
Just as you do. I've no doubt"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
Ticket Agents and Gounterfeits.

Counterfeit money comes into the
hands of the railroad ticket agent more
frequently than anywhere else. But this
official of the great steel hi -,hway has to
become an expert in detecting it, else his
salary would suffer to the amount of
spurious coin which he took in.
The detection of counterteits seems to
become sort of second nature with the
ticket seller. To discover n bad piece of
silver is comparatively easy matter,
for it has greasy feeling and very sell
dom looks like good money. Even If it
possesses these requisites OF good coin it
very seldom has the weig,.t of the gen.
uine quarter. half dollar of dollar, and
the lack of weight is perccpiible by TAX
ing it in the hand.
But to detect a bad bill is not, to the
layman who is not burlenel with han
ding thousands Of dollars each day, IN
easy task. The expert ticket agent will,
however, when counting u stack of bills
ranging in value from one dollar to fifty
dollars with great rapidity snap them in
both hands one after another and pick
out the counterfeits, seemingly by an
acute sense of touch. Some ticket agents
are marvelously clever in this way. The
method used by the majority in detecting
a bad bill is TO hold it to the light and
see if it contains parallel silk threads
running horizontally through it. All gen.
nine bills contain these.-Albany Argus.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
CariyIe's Opinion of Washington.

1t is worth noting that Carlyle in his
sweeping assertion made no exception in
behalf Of Emerson, who perhaps bored
him more than he dared acknowledge
with his characterization and illusions
Of the ''over soul" But one might have
thought that he would have spared
Washington. Far from that, we find
him pleasantly remarking at some grand
dinner to Mr.. Fields IA gentleman who,
both by his writings and from all ac-
counts by the charm of his personal
presence, must have done much to re-
move the imputed odium from his
countrymen): THAT CRETE mon of yours
George" c'did any one under the sun
ever dream ofealling Washington George
beforer' exclaims Miss Milford, who re-
counts the story)-'your CRETE mon,
George, was a monstrous bore and wants
taking down a few hundred pegsr-Ex-
change
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
The Stownwny.

A very small boy stole a ride on train
running out of Jersey City the other
day. When two men took their seats
they heard slight sniffie beneath them.
and one of them, looking around, found
a boy hardly bigger than pound OF tea
lying on the floor, shielded from sight by
the reversed backs of two seats, which
formed tent over him. OF course, the
men did not inform the trainmen that
they were carrying stowaway.
Indeed, one man was inclined to slip
twenty-five cents down to the little
rogue. Men always seem to like young
scamps. The child was still beneath
the seats when the two men got OF
the train. He was still smiling, too;
perhaps from prickling conscience;
perhaps from fear of the vigorous shak-
ing which he knew would be forthcoin-
ing when he was discovered.-New
York Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
what nrnr BE Patented.

A United States patent will be granted
% any person who has invented or dis
covered any new and useful art, machine,
manufacture or improvement thereof,
not known or used by others in this coun-
try, and not patented or described in any
printed publication in this or any other
country before his discovery or invention
thereof, and not in public use nor on sale
for more than two years prior to his APP
plication, unless the same is proved to
have been abandoned. In this connec-
ton the word 'art" means the process or
method of producing an old or new result.
If a method of doing anything contains
one or more new steps, the process is
new and patentable. The word ina
chine" means any device or thing by
means of which mechanical result may
be produced, such as a pin, churn or a
locomotive. The word manufacture"
means a made up article, such as furni-
ture, clothing, harness and the thousands
of things which are offered for sale.
Composition of matter" means chemi-
cal compound of ingredients, such as
hard rubber, liquid glue, medicine, etc.
Patents may also be obtained for de-
signs for manufactures and works of art,
for three, seven and ten years.
Trade marks may be registered for any
arbitrary sign or symbol which is not
descriptive; the government fee is TWEEN
ty-five dollars. Such marks are the ex-
elusive property of the registrar for
thirty years. and the time may be ex-
tended. A "label" is any descriptive
tag, print or impression to be placed
upon any articla or its case. and it may
be registered for twenty-eight years.
Thu government fee for a label is six
dollars: bnt IL it contains any special
mark or symbol, the ~! ;e decides it to
be trade mar" inst of LABEL
Washington Chronicle.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
How some Seeds Travel.

The most curious provision possessed
by seeds for self dissemination is the
Microscopic avn. In. the wild oat (avena
fatua), for example, there is attached to
the glumelia "a small, leafy structure
connected with the seed), q spiral avn
covered with humorous fine hairs, and
this avn has the power Of expanding
when moist and of contracting when dry.
Thus the attached seed is constantly
on the move with the changes in the
weather, the hairs clinging to any object
met with. until termination or destruc-
ton puts an end TO its motion.
The seed of barley, too, is provided
with a similar avn, which is furnished
with minute teeth that point toward its
apex. The seed, when lying on the
ground, naturally expands with the
moisture Of the night and contracts with
the dryness of the day, but, as the teeth
prevent its moving toward the point Of
the avn, all motion must be in the di-
rection' of the base of the seed, which
will thus travel many feet from.the parent
stalk.-Knowledge.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
Thou Diest ON Point Of Fox"

Fox blades were celebrated all through
the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries
for their excellent temper, and mention
of them is frequent in English drama
This is their history; There was GER
tain Julian del Rel, believed to be a
Morisco, who set up forge at Toledo in
the early part Of the Sixteenth century
and became famous for the excellence OF
his sword blades, which were regarded
as the best Of Toledo. That city had
for many ages previous been renowned
for sword making, it being supposed that
the Moors introduced the art, rs they did
so many good things. from the east.
Julian del Refs mark was little dog,
which came to be taken for fox, and
SO the .'fox blade" or simply "fox" fol-
any good sword. See Henry "" act
w., scene 4. "Thou diest on point OF
fox" The brand came to be initiated in
other places, and there are Solingen
blades of comparatively modern manu-,
facture which still bear the little dog OF
Julian del Rel. Notes and Queries
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
Different Kind. Of Gold.

Most people suppose" says an az.
sayer, .'that all gold is alike when re-
fined. but this ia not the case. An ex-
perienced man can tell at glance from
what part Of the world a gold piece
comes, and in some cases from what part
of a particular gold district the metal
was obtained. The Australian gold, for
instance, is distinctly redder than the
California, and this difference IN color is
always perceptible, even when the gold
is 1000 fine. Again, the gold obtained
from the placers is yellower than that
which is taken directly from the quartz,
Why this should be the case is one OF
the mysteries Of metallurgy, for the
placer gold all comes from the veins.
The Ural gold is the reddest found any.
where.
Few people know the real color Of
gold, as it is seldom seen unless heavily
alleged, which renders it redder thar
when pure. The purest coins ever made
were the fifty dollar pieces that used tc
be common in California. Their coin
age was abandoned for two reasons
First. because the loss Of abrasion was
SO great, and, secondly. because the in
terror would be bored out and lead sub
stituted, the difference in weight being
too small to be readily noticed in sc
large a piece. These oetagonal coins
were the most valuable ever struck. -
New York Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
Sick Room vauarIes.

1T is curious to notice the moral effect
of illness upon people" said prominent
physician the other day. For instance
among my patients are preacher who
swears when he is sick and gambler
who prays. A successful and well
known business man will not go to his
bed when illness attacks him because OF
a morbid fear that he will never rise
from it again. A lady OF not the prettiest
character has all her jewelry and fine
dresses laid on the foot Of her bed, sup
pose TO keep her mind from terrifying
thoughts. A hundred other peculiari-
ties are developed, but the most remark
able one to me is that Of professional
man who reads up in current literature
when he is really seriously i'll because he
hasn't time to do it when he's we'll ~,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
He Won't Do It Again.

An amateur beekeeper in Penobscot
county learns a thing or two almost
every day. Among other valuable les
sons was this: While working among his
hot footed charges he clumsily upset a
hive. He was shielded by netting and
loose overalls and could watch with
amusement the frantic jabbing Of the
40, 900 bees that covered his anatomy.
After q moment, however, he thought
fully stopped to pick up the hive. Then
it was that the bees were amused. The
loose overalls were drawn tight by the
STOPPING process, and the beekeeper
didn't sit down and enjoy himself for
two weeks. Lewiston Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
Mig Cables ON tho brooklyn Bridge.

The four cables of the Brooklyn bridge
are sixteen inches in diameter each and
consist of about 10000 single wires. One
difficulty with which the engineers of
the Brooklyn bridge had to contend was
the fact that the outside or exposed wires
were expanded by the heat of the sun,
while the inner and protected ones were
not so affected. The pressure of the
wind, too, being of varying velocity, re-
quired such adjustment Of the wires as
to prevent displacement, even in hurri-
cane. 1t took fifteen months continual
work to string the wires Of the bridge
New York Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
A Domestic Hero.

THANK heaven, i am safe" shouted
the boy hero as he ran into the woodshed
pursued by his chum disguised as an
Indian.
"You are, indeed, me boy!" said his
father rs he caught him by the slack Of
his trousers and ran him into the house
TO take care OF the baby.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
Legal Enpenses Oyer Ono soxereign.

The Textile Mercury calls attention to
recent bankruptcy case in which the
liabilities exceeded 100000, and there
was an item of e33S for legal expenses.
Asked by the official receiver to explain
how this was incurred, the bankrupt
stated that the costs arose in connection
with dispute over a sovereign. as to
which he denied his Indebtedness. The
myrmidons Of the law were thereupon
set to work, and after the litigants had
had their fill the gentlemen by act Of
parliament" who had been conducting
the contest presented the debtor with a
bill for G33S.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14

A Modern Reason.

Teacher-Why did Alexander weep?
Class-'Cos he couldn't find any more
worlds to conquer.
Teacher-Why could he find no mores
Class-'Cos he didnt adyertise.-New
York Truth.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
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AS assignee of W. Goodpae, and Peter Goodpas
will public W.
Sterling, Montgomery county,
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-05
RUNS AWFUL WORK.

Those who are fond of eXpatiating
upon the merits of lager beer as u
temperance" drink would have had a
. beautiful illustration of their theory
senied to them If they had been
with the writer of this paragraph not
long ago as he stood early one morning
watching the proceedings in the Tombs
P lice Court, in this city. The police
had raided a "stale beer dive" Oh Null
berry street the night before, and had
brought their "catch" into court.
There were between thirty and forty
prisoners in the gang, nearly all mid
dle-age women. And such hideous-
looking crea tures-shoeless, hatless,
ragged, filthy, haggar6 aud woebe-
gone! Some of them had evidently
been fighting. for their faces were
marked with great blotches of dried
blood. AS their names were called
they shuffied up one by one before the
bar in listless, stupid way, appar-
emily caring little what fate was in
store for them. They had no defence
to offer to the charges brought against
them, and were hustled along before
the judge as fast a. he could pronounce
sentence-from thirty days to three
m lnths each 'on the island" And
yet these poor wretches had been sub
sisting upon the dregs of beer, the
"leavings" in the heer-kegs found
along the street. On the theory that
beer is healthful beverage, these
"leavings" ought to be the very elixis
OF life, the quintessence of all that is
healtLfuI, nutritious and wholesome in
the product of the brewery. But what
were the facts in the case?- Christian
at Work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-05
A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION AND FALL

The following incident is full of les
sons for reformed men. 1t comes di-
rect from b leader In Gospel temperance
work:
A guod-hearted man who was under
the power of drink, reformed and re-
manned steadfast for nine years, amass-
ing fifty thousand dollars in money,
becoming a director in an important
temperance institution and being in
strumtntal in saving one hundred and
sixty-three men who had fallen. AT
the end of the niue years he felt alto
gether safe, b came proud of his sue
cess, did not like to have anyone know
he was reformed man. aud ceased to
attend and work in the temperance
meetings. A saloon-keeper got hold OF
him and offered t. wager ten dollars
that tn reformed man of nine years
standing could not walk around the
block with teaspoonful of whiskey in
his mouth. In the weakness of his
pride the poor fellow accepted the
wager, swallowed the whiskey, his APP
petite was fiercely aroused, he began
to drink, and six years after this dia-
bolical temptation he died drunkard.
LET him that standeth take heed lest
he fall" and let him remember that to
work in Christ's name for others is the
suret way of being saved himself
Pioneer.