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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
nr. Aoker,s EngIIsh PINS

Are active, effective and pure re-, ! r 4
sick headache, disordered stoma "
loss of appetite, bad complexion y
biliousness. they have never o9
eanaled. either in America OF apro'
Sold by II. G.. Julian.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24

Nancy Ito her cousin from the city,
Can you climb trees?
Maude (first visit to the country, in
panied surprise-IIaven't you an ele-
vator?
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
5000 PAIRS OF HOSE!

Every pair of them job, and the
incest line ever brought to this city.
If you want pair don't fail to see
them from SC. to 75c. pair.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
STOVES! STOVES!

Our line is complete, and at prices
that will make them go. So when
you want to fit yourselves out for
housekeeping do not forget that we
keep Window Blinds at 38c., all COM
plete, with spring fixtures. Poles at
25c.s each, 4 boves Matches for &C.,
boxes Tacks for &C., etc. Everything
to correspond, and on a bill we viii
save you dollars. Now don't forget
the place, for they all go to
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
WIRE! WIRE! WIRE! WIREl

We will sell you more Wire for less
money than any firm in town. and
don't buy until You have seen us, or
you will lose.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
BARGAINS IN CRoCKERY /

We have the best bargains in this
line we have ever shown. Just think
OF it! Meat Plates 8 and 10c., Plates
&c, nice Bowls 3 for 10c., and every
thing else to correspond.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
1000 PAIRS OF soCKSl

To be sold at 3 pairs for 25c., worth
l5c. a pair anywhere. This is big
job at that money, so don't fail to get
a rair before they are all gone.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
THE COST MARK WINS!

Our entire line of Winter Under
weaT-and Wooden Hose. 1t will save
you money D. SE.= ffosE sIsSt -wfiEtttas<,s-
use, as you can get them at cest prices.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24


sort of funny standing perched on one
of the logs near the shore. l made
up my mind to see what he was about
and hid in clump of bushes. The
crane had bug in his bill and kept
dropping it into the current till it
floated past him, and then grabbed it
again and repeated the same perform
ance. He looked to me as if he were
going to sleep. The old crane kept
the bug floating in front of the log
for half an hour, when, all Of a sud-
den, big pickerel came up to the sur
face and made a dive for the bait.
The pickerel was down that cranes
throat in less than half a second, and
Mr.. Crane tapped his wings and
flew away. He took the bug in his
mouth though. They look sleepy
enough, kut know better than a great
many people how to get their bread
butter" No fisherman angling for
trout with a tempting fly on the hook
could have done better than this crane.
l will tell you now about wasps,
something that we all see and alas |!
feel too often the sting of every sum-
mer. An English gentlemen tells of
observations he made. He took a
small wasps' nest and after Supplying
its inmates, placed them in a large
case inside his house leaving a hole
for them to pass backwards and for
wards through. Here they worked
on it from day to day until it was a
foot in diameter holding thousands of
wasps. He could watch their move
ments and noted one new fact, namely,
their systematic attention TO ventila-
ton. In hot weather four to six
wasps were stationed at the hole of
egress and created steady current of
fresh air by tapping their wings rap
idly. After these "fanners" had been
at their work for some time, they
were relieved from duty by fresh
set of tanners taking their place.
When the weather was cool only two
were necessary to keep up ventila-
ton" You see even the insect world
sees the necessity of fresh air and ven.
tilation. Portland Transcript.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
NEW
Store!

l have added to my other business
complete line of Furniture, and can
afford to sell you more furniture for
less money than any firm in the city,
for there will be no more expense in
conducting this department than the
balance of my store. My furniture
room is on the second floor of the
building | now occupy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
Some Curious Facts About Birds
and Wasps.

If you will be interested, children,
in reading about some of the curious
and wonderful ways of birds and in
sects, should like TO tell you of some
have just been reading about. l
must confess to the keenest interest
in everything pertaining to natural
history, and l never fail to read any
article 1 may see telling about it. A
sportsman tells of some Give balls"
he calls them, that he saw during
tramp through the woods of Van
Diemen's Land: He observed what
he though to be immense hornets
nests hanging TO the limbs of high
trees. He spoke of them the next day
to his host and the farmer going
with him to the woods said, swatch
that nest while fire at it." AS the
report of the gun burst upon the air,
the hornets nest, as the sportsman
thought, fell apart as if by magic,
while loud chirping came from each
fragment, that, instead of dropping to
the ground rose high above the trees
and flew away. The round gray ball
was a cluster of wood swallows.
These are the only birds known to
have this remarkable habit. AT GER
tain times in the day they will begin
to congregate about tree, and sud-
denly several of them will alight on
dead limb and cling to its under side.
Others will join them hanging with
their heads down until ball is
formed that grows rapidly, the new
ones alighting and clinging with their
claws to each other until the entire
flock is suspended in great ball.
How so few birds can sustain the
weight of so many seems miraculous.
Sometimes they seem to be asleep and
the ball drops as if the birds near the
limb lost their hold. They just fall
apart and fly away just as they did
when shot at.
The sportsman did not know or did
not say why they did in this way, but
something must be accomplished by it
for the animal creation act by instinct
and their instinct never leads them to
act foolishly and without reason.
DIR. j. NJ. Kendall in the American |
and was youngster anu pay ms ga !
the banks of the Kennebec. | shall
never forget in my life, how neatly
saw crane g. 'aiGtJ1;ii' = dinner.
ffTREx5lkmxsyee = e., he
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
BREAKFAST BITES.

When paper-hangers go to the wall
their creditors do not suffer- Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24

ggiist.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24

Mrs. Harriet Brown recovered a
verdict for 5000 damages in the Bos-
ton County (Tenn.) Circuit Court
from John Bostick. Last August,
while at home on visit to her hus-
band, Bostick forciSly kissed her three
times. The kisses were costly, each
being worth 5000 in the opinion of the
Court.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22

Scene-On the steps of small tcnc-
ment on the East Side.
DR.. Potter: How did you come here
Ethel: Why2
DIR. Potter: l beg your pardon, but
it seems an odd place to find a young
lady.
Ethel (hushing): Angelo is my pro.
tege; l have taken him into my mission
class.
DR.. Potter: And so you come and
visit him, see. He is improving great
ly. did not know he was receiving
such instruction.
Ethel l believe you are Jealous OF
any one but yourself teaching Angelo
DR.. Potter (carelessly): Not at all.
He is merely an interesting study to me.
Ethel: l am interested in Angelo,
not in certain type of boy at a certain
stage of development.
Dr.. Potters Perhaps not, but you
Ethel Gnterrupting); 1 am not.
DIR. Potter: Not what2
Ethel; Not what You were going to
call me.
DIR. Potter: Are you sorceress who
divines the thoughts of men?
Ethel: 1t only required the divining
powers of a nineteenth century young
woman to know that you meant some
thing disagreeable.
DIR. Potter: We will waive the ques-
tion. Are you going up town. Shall we
take car?
Ethel: A Madison avenue carr
DIR. Potter; Yes; it will remind us of
our first meeting with Angelo.
Ethel; Angelo has great deal to
answer for.
DIR. Potter; In what way2
Ethnl; l never cared so much for APP
pearances before saw Angelo.
DR.. Potter What enigmas you are
talking. Enlighten my stupidity.
Ethel: What an unusual admission for
a man. Such humility deserves encour-
agement. As for an explanation of my
mysterious words; to begin with, An
gelo brings our newspapers.
DIR, Potter; He brings mine; but is
that so remarkable?
Ethel 1t is remarkable that little
newsboy should have so excited the in
terest of physician who, if his practice
is rather small, has certainly enough to
do without teaching every newsboy he
comes across.
DIR. Potter: You don't understand.
Angelo was especially interesting because
well, because had lust seen some one
care a great deal for.
Ethel And you were feeling so benign
toward the world that you were interested
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
Tame Rats.

Five large rats are the peculiar pets of
Charles Perkins, who lives on Noble
street, says the Philadelphia Press. The
rodents eyince great affection for him,
following him about the house, like
dogs, run up his sleeve aud come out at
the breast, nestle around the rim of his
hat and perform variety of tricks such
as leaping through wire hoop and
drawing a coach, four of them acting as
horses and one as driver.
Asked how he tanned the rats, Perkins
answered
"It is very easy when you know
how"
swell, what is the how2"
"Simply, trap rat in a cage and
then examine him carefully to see if he
is young and not too vicious. Having
selected proper specimen, l take him
to the yard and drop him in a barrel
half filled with water If he tries to
Chamber up the sides, l throw him back
and keep him in the water until he IS
completely exhausted. When he is just
about to go under I take him out, pour
little brandy down his throat with a
syringe and take him to the stove where
l wrap him in piece of blanket, coddle
him and nurse him back to life. So
grateful is he that he remains my slave
forever after, fawns on me and becomes
quite a pet"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
How knights Are Made.

The ceremony of comforting the order
of knighthood at the hands of the Queen
of England is not imposing. 1t is not,
in fact, a public ceremonial, and only
those are permitted to witness it who, by
their official connection with the Queens
household, may attend her. The loval
subject upon whom such distinguished
honor may be conferred may not even in
vite his 'best man" nor the members of
his personal circle of relatives or friends
to be present.
Arrayed in whatever uniform he may
be entitled to wear, or whatever dress
court etiquitte and the time of day make
proper, if he be civilian, the subject
presents himself before his sovereign
and kneels at her royal feet. Seated on
the throne chair, the Queen lays the
shining blade of a sword across the
shoulder of the kneeling but exalted
beneficiary, and says, using the title
which she is about to give, "Arise, Sir
So-and-so."
Plain Mr.. Cheltenham Brown is thus,
by single stroke of Her Majesty's
sword, transformed into Sir Knight, and
he is permitted, perchance, to kiss his
sOvereign's tingertips in grateful acknowl-
edgement of the distinguished honor
In other cases than this of a plain knight
hood, and when the title carries with a
decoration, the gracious Queen, with
her own royal hands, pins the glttering
and much coveted bauble upon the coat
of her elevated subject. This is all the
ceremony connected with the comforting
of knighthood, but it is a great deal to
the recipient. Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
RArEs OF ADVERTISING.
AN OLD sPiNN1No-wHEEL

A spinning-wheel of the olden day,
Forgotten now, in the corner stands
The bunch of fax is dusty gray,
And for years untouched by living hands
From each long spoke have the spiders spun
A filmy web; but they, too, are old,
And the rust of years has long begun
On the hub Of brass once bright as gold.
It is hard to turn the old wheel now;
It slowly spins with sorry creak;
1t seems like a voice-so faint and low
So long unused it can hardly speak.
But it has charming tale to tell,
A tale Of love and of sunny June,
And the wheel breaks from its longtime
spell
And turns again with merry tune.
l cannot remember all it told
One summer eve in the attic gloom,
OF fair young maid, a suitor bold,
A whispered talk in the spinning-room;
OF tender love that lasted long,
And secret that the world soon learned
All this Iheard in the gentle song
The great wheel sang as It slowly turned.
Then the perfume of the lilies rare,
And the hidden birds sweet vesper hymn,
Came on the balmy evening air
As the whisper of the wheel grew dim;
And the veil of years that time had woye
Was riven asunder to reveal
A passing picture of that old love
That was told me by the spinning wheel.
-FlaUeL S. Mines, in Harper's Bazar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
China's one railroad has American en-

China's one railroad has American en-
gines.
Platinum has advanced to about $50
per ounce.
1t is now proposed to introduce cleo
trio power in gold, silver and copper
mining.
It is said that bya new discovery the
telephone can be made of use in foretell-
ing storms.
A speed Of twenty-four miles an hour
is attained on the electrical underground
railway of London, England.
There are about 1000 electric meters
in use in London, England, and one
third of them are Of American pattern.
Lake Maggiore, In Switzerland, has
water of different colors. In its north
ern branch the color is green, and in the
southern a deep blue.
The brownish discoloration of ceilings
where gas is used is caused by dust, car
ried against them by by the heated air
currents produced by the gas.
An English company is working
silver mine in Bolivia which yields more
than $50 ounces to the ton, while speci-
mems of almost pure silver are met with.
An enterprising Iowa farmer who
operates a big farm has called in the tele-
phone as q means of direct communica-
tion with the various departments there
of.
Any kind Of cotton covering, when
soaked in a solution of tungstate Of soda,
is rendered absolutely incombustible. 1t
is therefore useful in central station
work.
One of the most exasperating accidents
that happen in connection with the troll
ley system of propelling electric cars, is
the killing of horses by the breaking of
the trolley wire.
The galvanized telephone wires in
London, England, weighing 224 pounds
to the mile, have been replaced with sill
con bronze wires weighing thirty six
pounds to the mile.
On shipboard pumping, ventilating,
lifting or hosting, may all be performed
by the use of electric motors. On the
latest French warships all big guns are
manipulated electrically. Electric mo-
tors are now made which will work with
their armatures in the water.
The first applications of traction by
electricity having a really practical char
acter were made in Europe at the Berlin
Germany Exhibition in 1879. An cleo
trio tramway was there exhibited con-
structed by the firm of Siemens g. Halke,
the action of which left nothing to be de-
sired.
News comes from New Castle, Penn,
that Joseph Martin, glassblower, is en-
gagged in series of experiments to de-
velop formula by which glass may be
hardened so as to endure great shock.
He has devised method by which bit
of glass was treated and made so hard
that strong blacksmith could not break
it on an anvil.
An electrician who has made a spe-
cialty of spectacular electricity says the
day is not so far off when electrical fire.
works will supersede those now used. He
declares that for a comparatively mod
crate outlay he could arrange an electri-
cal display that would last for many
years, and could be repeated as often as
desired. 1t would comprise rockets,
Roman candles, wheels, Niagara Falls
and all the modern pyrotechnical effects.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
GREATER THAN LOVE.

Why do they rave Of love- these poets who
Tempt heavens very airs to hear them
rave?
Is there naught else to praise meath heavens
blue
Nuught else to sing above the sounding
waveg
Brave men lived long ere Agamemnon died;
What braver theme for aye than brave
mems deedsY
Grave women their whole sex have sancti-
fled
By gentle courage meath woman's
weedsl
Faith toward God and man, and woman,
too;
For all who suffer, hope and charityl
These are the heavenliest things beneath the
blue,
The noblest themes above the sounding
The Continent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22

There are, according to recent reports,
135 medical colleges in the United States
whose diplomas are recognized by all
health authorities, emitting their holders
to the right to practice medicine. Chi
cago has eight of these institutions, st.
Louis and Cincinnati seven, Louisville
five, Atlanta four, and these institutions
annually graduate 5000 students. The
United States accordingly have one medi-
cal school to every 400, 900 inhabitants;
Germany, with her numerous universities,
one for every 1000, 600; Great Britain
one for every 5000, 600, and France one
for every 6,S00,0OO "It will be seen
from these presents, comments the St.
Louis Star Sayings, "that American col
leges, on tho quantitative side of their
endeavor, easily distance the institutions
of effete Europe"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22

"It is a significant fact" says the
Congregatioaalist, "that fifteen ministers
are employed on the daily press of New
York City, writing on religious topics.
1t does not indicate missionary zeal on
the part of the newspapers, but it shows
that religion is a matter of growing popu-
lar interest, and that the constituency
which is most valuable to the secular
press demands to know what is gong on
in the world of religious thought and life.
1t is encouraging to note that scandals
concerning ministers and churches no
longer monopolize the columns devoted
to religious matters. Another remarka-
bic fact is that the greatest number of
books published last year in this country,
next to works of fiction, were on religious
subjects, whilsa large proportion of the
novels also were written with religious
aims. No subject occupies so large a
place in current thought as that which
concerns mems relations with God and
their future destinies, aud no other sub
Z is so steadily increasing its hold on
attention"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22

Senator Higgins, of Delaware, says
that the whipping-post and the pillory
are still retained in his State, owing to
the fact that the State lies in the neigh
borhood of three great cities, and that it
has to adopt unusual means to protect it.
self from becoming the asylum of crimi-
nails from these great centres. He is him
self opposed to the preservation of these
forms of punishment, states the New
York Tribune, although he comedies that
their preservation has tendency to make
criminals give the State wide berth.
The whipping of to-day, adds the 7ri-
oune, is merely nominal and in no way
resembles the brutal punishment of the
past when the cat-o'- -nine-tails as a form
of punishment was first established.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
Work Of a Prehistoric Race.

Near Cleveland, Tenn, the work of
prehistoric race has been discovered in
the shape Of a wall now underground 1t
is five feet high and has been traced 100
yards. The top stones have on their iu-
side faces inscriptions in hieroglyphic
characters. The rock is of sandstone,
mixed with iron. The mason work is
well done and the wall evidently ante
dates the Mound Builders,-NsW York
Tribune,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
scene-In the Berkeley Lycsum.


Ethel Van Rensselaer, TO her cousin, a
youth who is carefully training nous.
tsche) Do see Kate Schuyler's sweet
little pin-not that one, the enameled
one with the diamond dewdrop. Do
you know, l never have jewelry enough {
People are always sending me candy and
flowers. l do wish they would be more
generous
A pause, during which her cousin as.
sists in removing her wrap
Ethel; I've been wearing nothing but
old duds all winter because l wanted to
save my money to buy gowns in Paris.
We are going over in May. But, do you
know' I've already spent my allowance
up to July.
Harry Last July2
Ethel; Next July And, really. l
have hardly thing to show for it. You
see, papa gave me my Redfern habit, and
mamma gave me my bridesmaid dress
that wore at Mary's wedding. So, ao-
tually, all NY money was spent On my
Josephine gown. But it is perfectly
sweet-you haven't seen it YETI Well,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
Z humanity in general and Angelo in

IL humanity in general and Angelo 10
particular.
DIR. Potter (aside): Angelo in general
and Ethel Van Rensselaer, in particular.
(Aloud.) But you promised to explain
your very obscure words.
Ethel: think better of it, and you
know it is a womans privilege to change
her mind.
DIR. Potter: supposed that nowadays
young women did not choose to exercise
their old prerogatives, they have so many
new ones.
Ethel: They have few enough, taking
old and new together. They have been
walking rapidly meanwhile, very much
absorbed in each other, and are now
nearing Madison avenue.
Ethel (suddenly): There he isl
DR.. Potter looks across the street and
discovers Harry Shipman sauntering
along.
DR.. Potter to himselO That fellow
and how much pleasure in her tone.
Ethel Gmpressivelyl: must speak to
him.
Dr.. Potter: will leave you in his
hands. Good-mornine.
Ethel (surprised); Won't you speak to
him, too2 Have you quarreled2
DR.. Potter (stifly): Never having had
the honor of meeting HIM, l have hardly
had the opportunity of doing so. (Aslde.)
l should cordially like to.
Ethel lin blank amazement): What are
you talking about2 You are dreadfully
mysterious. (Aside.) He must be SO
deeply immersed in his own scientific
thoughts that he hasn't heard a word I've
been saying. (Aloud, sarcastically.)
Evidently Angelo and l are equally un-
worthy of your attention. l am sorry
to have forced you to waste so much
valuable time.
DR.. Potter (bewildered): Angelo and
you! Unworthy Of my attention.
Ethel (sharply): 1t would seem SO,
since you first decline to speak to him,
and then show such desire to leave nv
society.
DR.. Potter: Decline to speak to An
gelo!
Ethel: Why do you repeat my words9
But the poor boy didn't experience your
unkindness, and that is fortunate.
Angelo, who has been hanging around
the corner, now boards car, waving his
cap to the slowly advancing Miss Van
Rensselaer, and DR.. Potter.
DR.. Potter (seeing Angelo for the
first time); Was it Angelo you meant all
this timel
Ethel; OF course meant Angelo. He
was right. on the co ner.
DR.. Potter: Then it wasn't that in
significant little wretch!
Ethel; Little wretch9
DR.. Potter; Now you repeat my
words.
Ethel; There goes car.
DR.. Potter: No; it's green one.
(After pause.) On, Ethel, wish you
liked me little bit.
Ethel: 1 do; but not so much as
DR.. Potter (angrily): You needn't try
tantalize me. Ihate coquettes.
Ethel (demurely): AS Angelo, I was
going to say.
DR.. Potter Qaughing): Angelo is our
gooo genus. 1t was his little venture in
pencils that made our fortune-good for
tune, l mean.
Ethel; l think it was a Madison
avenue car.
DR.. Potter: The two ccmbined-An-
gelo and the horse car. But, Ethel, you
haven't answered my question. [Signals
to approaching car.
Ethel (mischievously, as the car stops,
to get on): didn't know you
had asked any.-Fraak Le8lie's IT,
lustrated.