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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
LURlD FLAMES!
The Fire Fiend Wipes Out Five
Homes.
And Drives the Inhabitants to
Seek Shelter Elsewhere.
$4,000 Worth Of Property De-
stroyed in Fifteen Minutes.
The Losses Fall Heavy on the
Owners, But the Insurance
Companies Must Help
Bear It.

Yesterday, at l 80, p. m, the alarm
of fire was sounded. 1t was soon
discovered that Mr.. Enoch BrutOn's
residence on Harrison Avenue was
burning.
The wind was high, and before the
flames could be checked, five resi-
dences were burned.
The fire caught from defective
flue in Mr.. BrutOn's kitchen, and the
wind soon sent the flames leaping over
the house. Mr.. Jas. Turkeys resi-
dence, Immediately north of MI. Bru-
toms, and Mr.. j. A. Orear's residence
to the south Of it, wer9 soon wrapped
in flames.
The fire communicated to the resi-
dences of Mrs. Parmelia Fisher and
Mr.. w. F. Hibler, both of which were
to the north Of the point at which it
began. 1t was checked at Mr.. S. s..
Cassity's residence, which, while it
was not consumed, was virtually
wrecked, doors, windows, mGntles,
CRATES, ETC., being torn out of it when
it was thought it could not be saved.
Mr.. Jas. Ratlifl's house was also very
much injured by fire and water.
The furniture that was taken from
the residences was badly broken and
much of it is useless from the damage
done to it. The high wind and tn e
nearness Of the houses all helped the
fire tiend to do his work quickly, and
in nearly as short time as it takes to
read this, all the houses burned were
in flames. Burning shingles were
borne by the wind to houses squares
away, and people were kept busy eX.
tinguishing flames kindled by them.
The losses Oh houses are (wc could
not ascertain the losses on furniture
since parties themselves did not know
Mr.. j. A. Orear, $4,000, with $L50C
insurance on house and furniture.
Enoch Bruton, house $500; insur,
ance $4,000 on house aud furniture.
w. f. Hibler, house $4,000, with
$4,000 on house and furniture.
Mrs. James Turley, house $4,000
no insurance.
Mrs. Fisher, house $4,000; no i'll
surance,
S. S. Classify, damage to residence
covered by insurance.
The Fire Company did their best
but the long distance from waer ant
the very high wind were agains
them, and they worked to much dis
advantage.
Mrs s. 5. Classify, who is very i'll, wa
moved by tender hands to Rev. A.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
CLEVELAND At WORK.
The Number of Office Seekers In
Washington Overrated.
Report of the Ways and Means
Committee.
How Matters Look to a Man In
Washington,

President Cleveland has not chang
ed his habits since he was in the
White Hous, before. Every morning
this week he has been at his desk
hard at work by z O'clock, and mid
night has found him still at that desk
nearly every night. 1t is well that he
has been given but little time to work
between the hours of 10 a. IN. and 6 p.
M, owing to his numerous callers.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14


If yoq.have not seen our patriarchal
friend w. NJ Bridgeforth, you must
He has had rest from his labors, and
with his wife and daughter Miss Mary
has been visiting at Ocalla, Florida.
His aches and pains are story of
the past, and but for gray,
hair here and there he would remind
you of youth of seventeen. He and
Miss Mary returned from the land of
flowers last week and Mrs. Bridge
forth will remain with her daughter,
Mrs. McClymon a month or SO long
er. Mrs. M. will probably return with
her,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Scheeler Quillan, who was shot by
James Ewing at Ewings Station, four
miles above Catlettsburg, on the o. &
B. S. Railroad, February 16, is dead.
Both participants in the battle are
now dead Ewing being shot in the
heart and diving instantly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The daughter of James w. Hughes,
of Robertson County, burned to death
Wednesday while alone with her
small sister, her flesh literally baking.
In her effort to extingGsh her cloth
ing she set the house afre, and it
burned down.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Hon. Tom Turner, of Mt. SterV
is hopeful of going abroad. Hee'
his papers originally for the Mex
mission, but did not get them in ~
Just after the President had sent Y
Gray's name to the Senate. Buel
Turner is not disappointed. He =
accept almost any mission ihaiIl
President might offer. AS he saf
day: 81 am not after the honsu
much AS the emoluments. It'eal
emoluments desire, and the II
the salary the better I'll be pleahs
Mr.. Turner has some strong ind
ments, and the old gentleman
poets 10 land his fish, even il lis
perch. Washington correspo'
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

On Thursday, President Cleveland
seat in the following nominations to
TIE Senate:
Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, to
be Assistant Secretary of State.
Robert A. Maxwell, of New York,
{" no Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General.
Isaac T. Gray, of Indiana, to be
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
plenipotcntiary of the United States
10 Mexico.
Patrick A. Collins, of Massachus-
usetts. to be Consul General of the
United States at London.
James Fl. Oakley, of Illinois, to be
an Assistant Surgeon in the Marine
Hospital Service.
Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Herbert
O. Dunn, to be a Lieutenant; Lieu
tenant, Junior Grade, Arthur w. bod
to be Lieutenant; Ensign Joseph
Bealc, to be Lieutenant, Junior
Grade.
Ensign Edwards E. Leiper. to be a
Lieutenant, Junior Grade; Fred
Brown Bussey, Of Kentucky, and Ed.
ward Mansfield Shlpp, of Virginia, to
be Assistant Surgeons in the navy.
E. p. Gayle, of New Mexico. to be
Receiver of public Moneys at Ross
well, N. M.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The Archbishops OF the country will
hold a special meeting at the earliest
favorable moment to consider and
protest against the recent instructions
of the Propaganda to Bishop O'Far-
rell with regard to married Greek
priests living in his diocese.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Ephraim Young, Director of the
defunct Spring Garden National
Bank, of Chicago, was found guilty in
theUnited States District Court of
conspiracy with President Kennedy
and the cashier, and of embezzling the
funds of the corporation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

A statement published says that
New Yorker has paid $27 900 in a
lump for the use of the curtains at the
different theaters in Chicago during
the Worlds Fair. He proposes to
paint on each curtain space eight
feet square, and put advertisements in
the space.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The semi-official announcement that
President Cleveland would not remove
until the end of their terms, except
for causes other than political, any of
what are known as four-year officials
that is, officials commissioned for a
term of four years-resulted in lessen
ing in a small degree the pressure for
office, but there is still enough, and to
spare, as may be seen and heard on
all sides.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Look out for the novelties in 4
goods, notions, etc. They are conn
Some of them have already arul
AT Mr.. John Samuels' store, on "
Main street, you can see these 20
New dress patterns, fancy umbre.
tine underwear and hosiery, etc. 81
mendous stock in next week.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Fifty Kentucky families passed
through st. Louis Thursday on the
way to Oklahoma to take their chan
ces in stalking claims in the Cherokee
strip. They gave out the exaggerated
statement that 5000 more Kentuck-
ians are prepared to join in the grand
rush.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

TAll the doctors in Washington and
cinity are exceedingly busy night
End day attending patients who be-
came sick on Inauguration day. There
are thousands of victims.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Mr.. John Samuels will return FRI
New York to-day, where he has bA2
buying his spring and summer stf
of dry goods, notions, etc. He wal
Washington, d. c., at the inauguV
ton of President Cleveland, and
the crowd lost his fine gold watch
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The citizens of Henry county, the
home of Judge VIM. S. Pryor. of the
Appellate bench, wish to see him
succeed Judge Howell E. jackson,
and are preparing TO present his name
to President Cleveland.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Nothing will keep a horses fetlocks
in better shape than hand rubbing.
1t is preferable to any other treatment.
Too much bandaging has tendency
to cause wind puffs and weaken the
Joints.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

A 12-year-old boy named John
Petmeyer, formerly of Cincinnati,
robbed Mrs. E. Longfellow, of 1908
Wabash Avenue, Chicago, while the
woman was walking along Wabash
Avenue. The boy was locked up.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Another big fight is likely to come
up over the Sunday opening of the
fair. The local directory will not ac-
cept the $4,000 appropriated by
Congress for paying the JURORS of
awards as loan, and claim that Con-
gress in granting it as loan hassvio-
lated its agreement, and it is therefore
not incumbent upon the local people
to observe the Sunday closing clause
of the contract.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Henry Miller. aged 80, bricklayer,
of Maysville, who lost his mother some
months since, was arrested on a
charge of lunacy. His hallucination
is that his mother is coming on train
and he has for some time past board
cred every G. & o. passenger train,
walking hurriedly through the
coaches, scanning the faces of lady
passengers, looking for his mother.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

President Cleveland and Vice
President Stevenson have accepted
invitations to attend the opening of
the Worlds Fair.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The batch of nominations sent to
the Senate Thursday by President
Cleveland contained the names of sew
eral Democratic wheel-horses, and
Judging by the talk around the capitol
and hotels, the appointments give
general satisfaction and will be
promptly confirmed by the Senate
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The grand jury of the Federal
Court of Louisville OH Friday return
ed two indictments against Collector
Scott of the 9Th District: One for a
violation of the Civil Service laws in
assessing for Campaign purposes and
the second for aiding and abetting in
dcfrauding the Government.
Collector Scott it seems cXacted
from his employees regular monthly
assessment of five per cent Oh their
saleries. He is charged with collect
ing $4,000, only $4,000 OF which was
turned over to the National Committee
the other $4,000 he claims was used
in local contests.
The same grand jury returned in
dictments against two of SCOTS depu-
ties, w. E. Riley and w. p. Shaw, fol
aiding and abetting assessments in
violation of the Civil Service rules.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Mrs. Anna Potter, the wife I
prominent insurance man, has
nOunced herself as a cand dats !
Mayor of Kansas City. 4
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
STERLING. KENTUCKY, TUESDAY MARCH IA, 1898

fi9ent OF being able to meet all de-
mands for gold, but is not yet prepar-
ed to make his plans public. The
prevalent opinion seems to be that an
issue of bonds will have TO be made.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

] William Gardner, said to have been
Re oldest Mason in the United States,
Jed at Portland, Ore, Wednesday,
Ned 81.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Two weeks ago, John Coughlin, of
Paris, while scuffling with a negro
boy, named Babe Williams, playfuIy
kicked him. He was struck at the
base of the spinal cord, and the wound
resulted in his death Wednesday night
Coughlin is under arrest.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The report of the House Ways and
Means committee on the probable
condition of the Treasury at the clos e
of the fiscal year beginning the first
of next July, was not completed until
this week. The Democrats on the
committee reject the figures in ex-
Secretary Fosters report which esti-
matt very small surplus at that
time, and state their belief that there
will be deficiency amounting to from
$30,0O0,000 to $4OO00,000, giving in
detail their reasons therefor. The
Republicans on the committee,-or
rather who were on that committe
for the committee expired with the
Fifty-second Congress, in minority
report-stand by Mr.. Fosters figures.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Mrs. Cleveland is more popular
than ever before, and about the first
question the stranger asks is how he
or she can see the Presidents wife.
She has held no public receptions yet,
but there is no trouble in seeing her.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Speaking of ofiice-seekers, the num-
Der of them now in Washington has
been greatly exaggerated by the
newspapers. l have no means Of
knowing--it is more than doubtful
whether anyone has-whether the
statement repeatedly made that there
are more applications for Office than
ever before is true or not true, but l
do know, as do the Washington hotel
keepers to their sorrow, that the num-
Der of men seeking offices, i'll person is
to-day much smaller than it was
months after the Inauguration of Har-
rison. 1t is probably true that many
of the thousands of Democrats who
came to the Inauguration and remained
until the first of this week were office
seekers, but if so they filed their
papers and went back home after pay
ing their respects to the President and
his cabinet, and our hotels are not
much more crowded at this time than
is usual at this season. And at none
of them can be found the seething,
loud-talking crowds which were their
most prominent features until mid
summer following Harrison's inau-
'guration. 1t is Just as well to tell the
truth about these things. There are
Democrats here after offices which
they believe their work in the cam
paign entities them to-unfortunately
more of them than there are offices to
be filled-but there is no such crowd
ing and wild scrambling as has been
represented.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Senators German, Blackburn, Ran
som, Cockrell, Harris, Brice, and
White, of Louisiana, were appointed
a committee by the Democratic eau
Gus held on Tuesday to arrange the
reorganization of the Senate on a
Democratic basis. Owing to the diff
ficulty attending the allotting of the
various chairmanships of committees
the committee has not yet completed
its work, which will have to be rati-
fled by another caucus before being
brought up in open Senate.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

1t is more than probable that Presi-
dent Cleveland and his cabinet are
giving more attention to the critical
financial condition of the country than
they are to making appointments to
office. The offices can wait, but the
continued demand upon the Treas
ury for gold must be met or the
country will be plunged into panic,
the result and end of which no man
can predict, Secretary Carlisle is con-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

There has been lots of tom-fcol talk
because the Populist Senators, PETER,
Kyle and Allen, were not invited to
attend the Democratic caucus, while
Martin, of Kansas, was. There was
nothing strange or unusual about it.
Martin is Democrat, although he
affiliates, to certain extent, with the
Populists, while neither of the other
three make any claim to being Demo-
Gratis.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-28
FerafIe Alaska,

The nature of the whole land in
Alaska can be roughly divided into three
conditions: Snow and ice fields bury the
coast range and choke up every hollow;
to the immediate north the valleys
are rocky and barren, but the vast in
terror beyond is richly clothed in luxuri-
ant vegetation. Scientific authorities
theoretically mapped out giant ice fields
as spreading over the entire land from
the Fairweather and Mount st. Elias
ranges north almost TO the valley of the
Yukon.
Colossal heights mantled in never
melting SHOWS tower thousands of feet
in the air, but within the shadow of
these mighty uplands, in the sheltered
hollows beneath. lie immense valleys
carpeted in richest grasses and gracefully
tinted with wild flowers. Here in the
summer genial cline is found, where
strawberries and other wild fruits ripen
in luxuriance. where there are AZ
months of summer and ~ of winter.
In June and July the sun is lost below
the horizon only for Il few hours, and
the temperature, though chilly at night,
has an average of Go dogs. in the dag
| time.-E. j. Glave in Century.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-28
Giilnore's Baton.

When Gilmore was in Minneapolis
during the exposition in 1888 the music
of his band was transferred to a phono-
graph, and he afterward heard il.
THAT is wonderful, grand!' exclaimed
Gilmore. Its all there but my little
stick and the tap tap of the alto horns
heel"
The little stick was his baton. 1t
was made of wildwood, and he always
carried it when at the head of his band.
Il have dozen or more batons," said
the popular leader one day, but none
of them compares with this little stick.
can tap on the edge of my music stand
with this, and it will not spoil it. My
other batcns would be ruined, so keep
them locked up
During his continental tour he was
presented with magnifciently decorated
batons in every country. Some of them
were diamond tipped, and all were gold
trimmed New York Advertiser.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-28
a JcaIous Elephant.

An amusing instance of elephantiiae
pride is told by Baker. The elephant
which usually led the state procession OF
a rajah being sick. the magnificent trap
pings were placed Oh one which had up
to this time occupied only a subordinate
place The animal, delighted with its
finery, showed its glee by so many little
squesks and kicks of pleasure that gen
eral attention was attracted to it.
Not long after another state process
sion was formed, and the previous
wearer of the gold cloths, being re-
stored 10 health, took his accustomed
place and trappings, when the now de-
graded beast, imagining perhaps that
he was being defrauded of his promo
ton, was with great difficulty restrained
from attacking the leader of the parade.
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-28
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The Msnufaoture of Wire.


The manufacture Of wire as now car
RED out may be briefly and concisely
stated, and consists in alternating or re-
ducticn in section thin rods Of the metal
under manipulation by drawing them
cold through holes in draw plate, usu-
ally made of hard steel. The wire draw
er's bench is furnished with horizontal
cylinder, driven by steam or other power,
on which the wire is wound after leav-
ing the draw plate. The holes in the
draw plate are arranged in decreasing
tiameters, and a fine wire may require
come twenty or thirty drawings ere it is
reduced to the size desired.
Much friction is generated in the pro-
cess, notwithstanding the use of lubri-
cants, and "annealing" is necessary to
counteract the brittleness produced In
the wire. Where great accuracy is re-
quisite the wire is drawn through rubies
or other hard stones in the draw plate.
The speed of the drawing cylinder is in
creased as the diameter of the wire di-
minishes.
Much confusion has existed in regard
to the gauges of wires. no fewer than
fifty-five different gauges being men,
toned by a recent writer, of which forty
FIVE We're for measuring and determining
the size of wire as made and sold within
the United Kingdom. The Whitworth
gauge, introduced in 1857 by Sir Joseph
Whitworth, and the Birmingham wire
gauge B. W. g. have been extensively
employed. In 1884 an imperial standard
wire gauge became a law, and consti-
tutes the legal gauge of this country. 1t
ranges from half an inch to one-thou-
sandth of an inch in diameter.-Cham-
bers' Journal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-28
whe, Music Was /, III Eepr.e

The objection of the nonconformist
conscience to musical instruments did
not stay at organs, but was extended to
fddles and harps. The drum was al
most the sole instrument which was not
Babylonish and anti-C Christian and could
be heard with no uncomfortable scru-
pies Neither did that curious con-
science object simply to the use of the
harp and the fiddle upon the village
green after the common evensong upon
Sunday afternoons, but objected to them
even upon the week days. To be a
harper or fiddler was ipso factO to be a
sinner, Any money earned by playing
a harp or VOL was the wages of in
iquity. london Saturday Review.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-28
F. l.. STANTON.

uted many spicy paragraphs to the local
paper at Smithville, GA. But the tend
ency of increasing years is to turn the
writer from the humorous toward the
sentimental, and it is fact not often
noticed that of the lads who give early
promise of becoming humorists at least
nine out of ten become serious or senti-
mental writers. Such is the transfer
nation Mr.. Stanton seems to be under
going, as shown in this his latest pub
lished production:
If you should leave, kissing me good night,
And I should know that sweet kiss meant
goodby,
would not give the world my tears nor
sigh
My sorrow in its loneliness and light,
But should say, Somewhere the day dawns
bright,
And beautiful Gods morning draweth nigh
Where rarer rainbow5 span the stormless
sky
And rarer smiles have made the darkness.
white!''
And some day. dreaming in your home above,
Where there is never dark or storm or gloom.
Your lips would feel the last kiss that they
knew,
While mine would say: Earth had for me no
love.
1t was so lonely in the light and bloom
That through the gates Of death came to
your
The advance of the nation is paralleled
by that of the individual, but our ma.
ton alone has reached maturity in the
years of an individual, and the new
south has advanced even faster still.
OF all this the changes from year to
year in Mr.. Stanton's productions are q
striking illustration. From The News,
of Smithville, to The Tribune, of Rome,
seemed quite an advance in Georgia;
but it was not till Mr.. Stanton took an
editorial position on the Atlanta Consti
take note of him.
From the new north comes peer for
Mr.. Stanton, curiously like and unlike
him, product of the very highest cul-
trlre and representative of three or
four generations of literary people. This
is John Kendrick Bangs, who was born
at Yonkers, N. Y, in May, 1862, and in
1888 became managing editor of all the
humorous business in Harper's publica-
tons, chief Of which are the Drawer
in the Magazine and the "Facetiae
in the Bazaar.
He has written novel, two dramas
and a volume of satirical social com
ments. The following playful lines ex
hibit his style:
My shaving brush is missing, my shoehorr
can't be found,
My comb and brush cannot see, my cane i:
nowhere round,
My tall silk hat is ruffled up, my pens hav,
gone astray,
But all this woe is naught to me, for baby's had
his way
What though my shoes are minus strings, m!
manuscript awry?
know that this betokeus babes been spared
heartfelt cry.
What though the floor is ever strewn Will
toys by night and day?
Is there not pleasure in the thought tina
baby's had his way?