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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03
4 Eable rhat Teaches a Moral.

Hers is q fable concerning a certain
island infested by donkeys whose
continuous braying disturbed the
peace:
A valiant knight who heard of
them said to his fellows "Come. Let
us away and slay these pestiferous
braying donkeys so that the island
may have rest" So each brave man
buckled on his trusty sword, and
away they went. When they landed
on the island, they were met by one
of its wise men, who, on learning
the intention of the knight, warned
him that the donkeys were immor-
tai and could not be killed. "WhatT
said the knight. "Do you tell me
that and my brave men cannot 81
lence these donkeysG"
Forthwith the knight and his men
laid about them right and left till
tle ground was covered with defunct
donkeys. Then they wiped their
blades and retired to rest. In the
morning the knight sounded his bu-
gle horn and said, Let us bury those
| carcasses, or thelast plaguemay prove
worse than the first" But when they
reached the field, beholdl every
donkey was on his feet, braying loud
ly as ever. What did l tell your
said the wise man. "If you kill then
today, they will be alive tomorrow.
"But," replied the knight, chow dc
you live in their continual braying2'
"Why, we let them bray and 60
ahead with our business or pleasure
the same as if they were not there.
Illinois Suffragist.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03

Laughter has often dissipated dis
ease and preserved life by a sudden
effort of nature. we are told that
: the great Erasmus laughed so hearth
ly at satirical remark that he broke
a tumor and recovered his health. In
a singular treatise on Laughter"
.Joubert gives two similar instances.
A patient being very low, the physi-
clan, who had ordered dose of rhu-
barb, countermanded the medicine,
which was left on the table.
A monkey in the room jumping up
discovered the goblet, and having
tasted made terrible grimace.
Again putting only his tongue to it,
he perceived some sweetness of the
dissolved mamma, while the rhubarb
had sunk to the bottom. Thus en-
boldened, he swallowed the whole,
but found it such nauseous potion
that after many strange and fantas-
tic grimaces he ground his teeth in
agony, and in a violent fury threw
the goblet on the floor. The whole
tShair was 80 ludicrous that the sick
man burst into repeated peals of
laughter, and the recovery of cheer
fulness led to health.-New York
!, Ledger
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03
Authors of Plays.

An author speaking on the COM
pensations of playwrights said the
other day: II cannot encourage any
one to go into the business Of writ
ing plays. No one can conceive of
the trouble we have in getting a
play produced. It is almost an i'm
possibility to get one read and ac-
cepted You have wondered per-
haps why certain plays that seem to
be drawing crowded houses are sud
denly taken off. The cause is very
simple. Managers cannot afford to
pay authors the royalties they de-
njand. For one or two years pos
Ribly good play is financial sue
cess to the manager, but after that
he begins to lose money on it. The
author refuses to reduce his terms,
and the play is taken off. You viii
ask why author and manager do not
compromise. That is just what we
all want to know. 1t ought to be
done, but the fact remains that they
do not. New York Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03

Snake worshipers are more nu-
merous than river worshipers in the
Punjab. They have always been a
large denomination in heathen coun-
tries, Why they worship snakes is a
problem that has been frequently
discussed to no particular purpose
But people who worship owls, bats,
Holsters, rats and mice will worship
anything, and perhaps snake wor-
shippers are so common merely be-
cause snakes are SO widely distributed
and so far from exclusive in their
habits. If man worships an opos-
sum or an ornithornycus, he must go
to Australia to do so, but serpents are
everywhere. So is the earth (PrithD
and the earth, as Hertha, Demeter
and under many other names, has
never wanted adorers.
Even the untutored Pawnees are
earth worshipers' and bury articles
by way of sacrifice, which is more
economical than burning them, as
they can be dug up again. The an
cestral mound is a good deal adored
in the Punjab. In Scotland it be
came the fairy hill, as at Aberfoyle
and was treated with conspicuous re
spectin times comparatively modern
The church was usually built as neal
it as possible, perhaps to counterac
the influence of the ancestral mound
or to acquire any local sacrednes'
that might be going. London News
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03
Ice Water Early In the Morning.

I am always surprised when I see
a man flll his stomach the first thing
in the morning with glass of ice
water. The ordinary stomach is tired
anyhow, and when, yawning, istless,
it wakes with the rest of the system,
it feels like stretching and resting,
folding its hands for little more
sleep and a little more slumber, just
the same as the rest of us feel. What,
then, must be its surprise to have
thrust into it, through no agency of
it's own, it the unwilling receptacle,
a torrent Of its deadliest enemy, ice
water9 Having swallowed a glass of
ice water, the ordinary idiot thrusts
into the same stomach his oatmeal,
his berries, his beefsteak and his po-
tatoes and his hot roll and then won
ders that he feels heavy.
Why, do you know what the stom-
ach is doing all this timer 1t is
wrestling with that ice water. Di-
gestion cannot begin until the water
is brought to its normal stomach
temperature, and while the overbur'
dened, overworked, strained organ is
doing it's best to warm this horrid
stuff in it float your steak, your ber
ries and your oatmeal, and there they
must float until the gastric juice and
the water are at q common tempera
ture and the work Of assimilation
may properly in.-Howard il
New York Recorder.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03
DANGEROUS LOOKING eoxgs.
ships stores That Frightened the Captain
Of n British Vessel.


ships stores That Frightened the Captain
Of n British Vessel.
AHere is an amusing incident which
happened on her majesty's ship Can
Ida in 1883, when the Duke of York
was on board. 1t occurred when
the vessel was but few days at sea.
Because royalty was aboard un-
nsual precautions were observed to
make the ship thoroughly safe.
When an inventory of the commits
sariat was taken, two suspicious
looking boxes were found among the
stores Of which no account could be
discovered. This was a time when
the alleged activity of Irish dynamit-
ers was giving Englishmen many
troubled dreams. An explosion al
most in midocean had sunk ship
attached to the Pacific squadron
only short time before, and it was
believed by many that the explosion
had been caused by dynamite.
The commissariat officers of the
Canada were sorely dismayed by the
two mysterious boxes. Might not
some fanatical Irish patriot have
sought to gain for himself everlast-
ing glory by smuggling an Internal
~atlachine on board the ship which
Mas to carry the possible future king
of hated nation9 Such a machine
would be timed to do it's deadly
work when least expected.
What could the suspicious boxes
contain if not the doom of a warship
with all on board2 The prince was
the coveted game, to be sure, but 300
insignificant souls must go with him.
Who could blame the officers for
being alarmedl There was some
thing to be alarmed about when nc
account of the boxes could be found
among the ships papers. No time
must be lost, for before another
hour they might all be scattered tc
the elements.
The sedate old captain ordered the
two boxes to be slipped overheard as
damaged goods" and the matter
kept strictly secret from the prince
sind the men in order to avoid 6
panic.
After more than two months OF
the ocean another inventory of tht
ships stores became necessary, fol
tHP captain intended to take in {
new supply at Halifax.
y Now the invoice of two boxes o
German sausages taken on board a
Portsmouth was found among som,
other papers. But the goods wer
not in stock, nor did the account
shaRF that they had been consumer
during the voyage,
What had been a dark secret witt
a few soon furnished amusement fo
the whold ship, for the boxes con
tained-German sausage. = Londol
STit-Bits.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03
Bacilii In the Dust of Cities.

DR.. Manfredi has been announcing
some disquieting facts concerning
the omnipresence of fatal microbes.
In the busy thoroughfare of crowd
ed city he has found 1000, 900, 900
microbes to a gram of dust, and in
the dirtiest streets 5000, 900, 900 per
gram. A large number of disease
producing microbes were found
among these, the number of such
morbific germs being directly proper
tional to the aggregate number of
microbes.
OF 42 cases in which he inoculated
guinea pigs with Neapolitan dSlst, he
detected the tubercle bacillus (the
germ of consumption) in three, the
bacillus of pus in eight, the bacillus
of tetanus i'll two, the bacillus of ma
hgnant oedema in four and other
fatal bacilh. A medical paper sug-
gests that the streets of American
cities should be tested for microbes
and is confident that in many of them
a harvest as rich in variety and dead
liness as was garnered in Naples
could easily be secured. Emphasis
is given to DR.. Manfredi's alarming
statistics by the results of some in
vestigations which haye been carried
on by Professor Uffelman with re
spect to the carrying Of cholera
baciIi by means of letters, postal
cards, etc. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03

The Kentucky Midland Railway and cOnnec-
tions form the cheapest and shortest route to
all points north, south and west.
For further information apply to their agents,
c. ID. BERCAW, GEO. b. HARPER
Gen. Pass. Agt. Geu. Snpt.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03

Col. Breckenridge is getting little
comfort from the newspapers. There
are very few in Kentucky which
have attempted to defend him. The
most of them openly censure him
while others are non-committal. The
metropolitan papers of the country
without a single exception, so far as
The News has seen, have spoken in the
most scathing terms of the silver ton
gued statesman.-(Paducah News.)
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03
Woods Phosphodine.
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY.

Promptly and perman
emily cures all forms Of
Nervous Weakness, Ennis
sions, and Spermatorrhea
Impotency, and all effects
of Abuse or EXcesses.
Been prescribed over 35
years in thousands of
cases; is the only Relia-
BILE and Honest Medison
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03
He WIN Learn Later ON.

Little Johnny Smart is a habitue
of Pie alley and sells daily papers for
a livelihood. He has learned all the
naughty tricks practiced by his COM
rades except tobacco chewing. His
initial trial at this accomplishment
was made a few days ago, but it
made him i'll, and he retired to his
corner after the first round. The
other boys laughed at him for his
.lGlure, which drew out this com
1hent from the suffering Johnny:
"Git away, you fellowsl 1t would
make you sick, too, if you want
A6nce to it,"
F At least it sounded like that. =
Boston Courier.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03

\ connects with l. Il n.
Is connects with 2 u T.. and l. 5.
e connects with X G.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03
Beat the Experts.

rather agile and uncer-
tain witness. The readiness with
which different experts deduce di-
rectly opposite conclusions from the
same premises proves very perplexing
to Jurors and the public at large in
many trials that attract public atten-
ton. The American Juror, however,
is also a person of some versatility,
and capable upon occasion of compet-
ing with any class of experts upon
equal terms. His ability TO do this
has Just been demonstrated in an in
teresting case in New York.
David j. Solomon, a merchant of
New York city, had an engagement to
marry Miss Clara Perry Thomas on
the evening of the 9Th of August last,
but failed to appear. His reason for
absence was unexceptionable, for at
the hour for the nuptials he was an
Involuntary inmate of the Blooming
dale Insane Asylum. He had been sent
there at the instance of his brother,
Henry, who had obtained certificate
from two physicians that David was
insane, and on that certificate Judge
granted an order for his confinement
in the asylum. His intended bride
was told that he was insane, but the
place where he was confined was
withheld from her.
David Solomon had two-thirds in
terest in a business amounting to
$3.50, 900 year, the other third being
held by his brother Henry. All his
family were against him on the ques-
ton sanity, and fourteen out of seven
teen of Lis employees ranged themsel-
yes on the same side, His intended
bride, however, believed him sane,
and obtained a writ of habeas corpus
upon the return of which the question
of his sanity was submitted to jury
All the experts said David was insane
These included not only the two ply
sicians that had given the certificate
in the first place, but the Superinten
dent of the asylum and other physic
ians connected with the institution
They said he was in the first stage o
paresis. No expert testified on thu
other side, and it is said that non'
GOULD be found who would pronounc'
David sane. Nevertheless, the jur!
were unanimously of the opinion tha
he was sane, and good business maj
and said so in their verdict after
brief period of consultation.
The testimony of the experts in thi
case was wholly disregarded by tn
jury. Two of the experts were con
cerned in sending the patient to tn
asylum, and the other two in keepin
him there, and were in a measur
bound to say he was insane. Th
Jury, which consisted of sevres
bankers and brokers, several mel
chants, an ex-school COMMISSIONS
aud a publisher, heard David testit.
listened to the other evidence in I'll
case, and overruled the experts. I'll
next day David and Miss Thom'
were married.
Whether it turns out in the end th
this man is insane or not, there is s
,, rious objection to system by whic
, one may be secretly incarcerated in g
: asylum at the bare suggestion Of son
f person who has an obvious interest
getting him out of the way. Public
ty in such cases is not always desir
, BILE, but there should be some meal
> provided by which the liberty of Il
5 citizen may be guarded.-New Yol
: World.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-10-03
s Il. KNOTT,
z. ATMORE,

IIdluC Manager, OSnl IasS. ABts
General Offices, louisville, Ky.
S. f. Il. MORSE, Asst. Genl Passg'r Agt.
Onice, Chamber of Commerce Eid'g. Cinti- D
No l-Daily TO all points except Rowland Di-
vision, which is daily except sunday.
No 6-Runs daily eX. Sunday from Lexington
to Cincin'ti.
Ne l-tms daily.
No i-Runs daily from all stations except the
Rowland Division, which is daily except Sunday.
N06-Daily except Sunday.
No 5--Daiiy ex. Sunday between Cincinnati
and Lexington.
No l0-Paris and Lexington Accommodation.
Daily. Leaves Lexington 10 90 am. Arrives
Paris 10 45 am.
No7-Famouth Accommodation. Leaves Gin
cnnati l As pm. Arrives Falmouth 80 pn-
daily except Sunday.
No lS-Leayes Falmouth 8 as am. Arrives CIn
ciHnati 8 IS am. daily.
Nos and 3 make connection at Winchester fOi
points ON the n. n. * NJ. V. Ry,
| No l-Carries through cars from Cincinnati to-
marlborough and Cumberland Gap and all IN
| ermediate stations and runs daily.
| No and No carry through seepers between
Ci-sinnati and Knoxville via Middlesboro.
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known. Ask druggist for Woods Phosphodine;
If he offers some worthless medicine in place Of
this, leave his dishonest store, mclose price in
one package 81 six 80. One will please, six will
cure. Phampet in plain sealed envelope, two
stamps Address
F@-Sold in Mt Sterling by Kennedy Bros.
r. c. Lloyd w. 5. Lloyd, Tarlton g. Julian and
druggist everywhere.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-08
First Popular Excursion to
Chicago via Buck
eye Route.

On Monday, July 10th, the Col
umbus, Hooking Valley and Toledo
Ry. will run their first popular ex-
cursion to Chicago from all points
south of Columbus at half rates,
tickets good going on all trains of
above date and good returning in
ten days. Extra sleepers have
been provided for this excursion,
space in same can be secured
through your ticket agent. First
class hotel accommodations at ex-
ceedingly low rates, "Guaranteed
first class in every particular" can
be had by addressing g. L. Har-
rington, 40 N. High ST., Columbus,
O., who will accompany this ex-
cursion. For other information
call on your nearest ticket agent
or address w. HI. Fisher, g. P. & T.
A., Columbus, Ohio.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-08

young shade trees contribute so
much to make it the pleasentest
place in town. Their crowd was
small in the forenoon but attentive
and it looked like IL would not be
great success, but Mt their exer-
cises afternoon they had a very
large and Interested crowd Of
listeners. Rev. Geo. Orndorf,
member of the order, had charge
of and opened the exercises in the
forenoon. Rev. Moore delivered
patriotic address and the Declara-
tion of Independence was read in
due form by Paschal Bright. The
ladies and members of the Order
prepared and served sumptious
dinner and Ice Cream in the Col
Inns building. After dinner the
large crowd was addressed from
the speakers stand by Capt. A. r,
Kellar, of Lancaster. He is q good
speaker and made good address
except that he dwelt too long mar
rating events of the war of thirty
years ago, which interests this gen.
Grafton about as much as the Rev
olution or war of 1912. He was
followed by Mr.. Lecrone, a gen.
tleman who has been conducting a
school here in Oratory and some
other things, and who gave very
good discourse. Rev. Martin was
the next and last speaker. He had
no prepared speech, but he spoke
we'll and said many INTEREST," ng
things in pleasant way. He is
a sgood speaker and every body
was pleased with him. The P. o.
s. of A. boys worked hard to make
the celebration success and were
not disappointed. Most of the peO-
pie who came to town that day
were strangers and seemed to have
q good time. The swing on the
market lot run all day and did a
bonanza business. Good order and
good cheer prevailed everywhere.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-08

withe and teachahle scholars,
ready to learn anything and every
thing, but exceedingly unruly.
Two men "hacking" brick.
A cage with two fellows in it
initiating the gymnastic move
ments of the monkey with hoop,
and four enthusiastic jubilee sing
ers on top of the cage.
A load of masked working men.
, The last vehicle contained man
woman and negro baby. 1t was
u brick truck drawn by span of
mules.
The participants, except the
ladies on horseback, were all dis.
guised with masks and costumes
Of every imaginable variety, form,
shape, shade and color, style and
fashion, and very few of them
knew each other when they ap-
peared in their parade outfits.
There were 61 horses and mules in
the parade and 90 people, nearly
all connected with the Logan Fire
Clay Co. in some capacity. The
whole thing was gotten up by the
brick yard people themselves and
was highly creditable affair and
met the appreciation Of the people
generally. 1t was a more interest
affair than the usual circus parade
and witnessed by as many people.
The boys of the brick yard are
very grateful to the large crowd of
people, who enjoyed the occasion,
for their good korder during the
march and the interest they took
in the matter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-08

When you are buying, don't be rash
Strike for Chas. Rose like a fash
To get those goods that never smash
For the least amount of cash.
You can purchase when you may,
Bottom prices you'll always pay,
Till your face looks bright and gay;
Then you can sing night and day
Ta-ra-ra-boom &c.
Chas. Rose is the man,
Beat his methods if you can;
Honest business sQuarely ran,
On his low system plan.
Customers come from allo'er
Crowding up his famous store;
And sing with Joy when leave his door,
Ta-ra-ra-boom &c. ,s
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-08
The Ind ustria1 Parade.

The parade, on the 4th, of the en-
ployes and attaches Of the Logan
Fire Clay Company was a surprise
to everybody. 1t was generally
known from a line in last weeks
DEMOCRAT that there was to be an
industrial parade of some sort, but
the time of day when IL would take
place had not been stated, and
very few persons thought of the
matter or expected much. But it
was different with the boys at the
brick yard. They had been secret
ly busy for several days planning
and quietly having their costumes
prepar ed, and being their first at
tempt of the kind, they kept the
matter very quiet. They got every
thing ready and started the parade
at nine O'clock, going over the
principal streets Of the town Sec
ond time at the request of many
people whose families were not
aware that they were out so early.
There were 20 wagons in the pro-
cession variously decorated.
In the lead was a Enthusiastically
disguised wheelman on a bicycle
made of the wheel of buggy and
wheelbarrow combined in some
way.
Then came ten ladies and ten
gentlemen and leader, all horse
back. The ladies were all dressed
alike, white waist, dark skirt and
white cap with a small flag at
tached and made a very fine ap-
pearance. The gentlemen were
clad in all sorts of masked cos
tunes and were simply "out of
sight,"
Next was the band wagon load
ed with string band players and
orchestra. No one could tell who
they were. They were lively
set.
The officers wagon came next
containing four persons as officers
of the Company. We do not know
whether they were officers or not.
The next wagon represented the
Office with the fantastic book keep.
er busy at work. He had an i'm.
mense feather quill near his ear
and called it into requisition fre-
quently. He wore big plug hat
with his other oddities of dress and
no one knew who he was except
those who had beed told.
A clay cart loaded with fire clay
the driver not known.
The moulding gang busy at work
in the soft clay moulding brick.
The set gang busily engaged in
their line of the business arranging
the brick.
A miniature brick kill on fire.
/ Lions cage containing two large
handsome dogs as lions and keep
er.
Two girls, or two fellows dressed
as girls, and lively ones.
Clown and woman on brick
truck.
A carpenter at work.
A big dog in a cage.
A load of tools, mostly wheel
barrows.
A street doctor doing business
after the manner Of the fellow who
was on the street at Harrington'l
corner one night during the late
races. He was haranguing the
crowd on his scheme and remedies
and very active in throwing ou1
his bills. He evidently understood
his system.
The olden time school was mex
represented. A school marm O
other days, slab benches, hickory
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-08
Notice..

Gilbert H. Travis, whose place of residence
u unknown, Is notified that Minnie B Travis
her petition in the office Of the Clerk. Of the
Court of Common Pleas within and for the
County of Hooking and State of Ohio, charg-
cruelty and Gross neglect of duty and asking
that she may be divorced from the said Gill
bert II. Travis which petition will stand for
hearing at the next term of said Court.
MINNIE Is, TRAVIS,
By A. j. Shrader her Atty.
Dated this 20th daV of Nav. lS93.