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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
He Was Very Cautious.

The teacher had notified Hiram
Plunkett he would be expected to re-
main after school was dismissed as Il
punishment for misconduct. Hiram
was one of the big boys, and there
was perceptsble tremor in his voice
as he came awkwarGly upto her desk
and said in a low tone:
Miss Jones, l wish you'd keep Ma
ME McGinnis in too. She done Just
as much whisperin as 1 did. 1 saw
her do it,"
"Why do you wish to have Mamie
McGinnis kept I'M asked the teacher.
II don't want her to get jealous
again." said Hiram, scratching the
floor with the toe of his shoe. "The
other time you kept me ia after
school she wouldn't speak to me fur
week. New York Advertiser.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
The ReaI and the Ideai.

The practical wife of the hong
haired poet was watching him wrestle
with fine frenzy.
"How much do you get for what
you are doingI" she asked after
awhile
How much what3" he asked in a
tone of surprise.
"How much money, of course"
"Oh, don't get any money fe4
this. I'm working for glory, my
dear"
"Oh, you are2" She said eurtly.
well, you'll have to eat glory for
supper, l guess" and she went out
and banged the stove seven times
with the rolling pin.-DeRoit Free
Press.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
Sacrifices to the Sea.

To the adventurous globe trotter
who has climbed the rock path to the
sailors Church of Notre Dame de la
Garde, dominating the Phenician
port Of Marseilles the potent infu-
ence of sacrifices and offerings for
perils passed and to come must be no
old story, says Lieutenant j. d. Jer-
rold Kelley, in describing 1.-THE SUI
perstitions Of the Sea" in The Cen
fury. f..
There is a pathos even for the
worldly in the quaint ships and gal
Icons, in the rustling marline spikes
and shattered tiller heads, swinging
to the mistral in reverential offering
before the shrines. These graces after
danger, these assurances against evil
to come, circle the world. No people
have escaped the influence of such
hopes and thanks. Our Indians were
fettered by them, and no ceremoni-
Gus offerings were more common
than those which went to appease
the angry spirits of the waters.
On the upper tributaries of the
Mississippi, the Indians, with occult
rites, gave tribute of tobacco from a
betting cliff to the Great Spirit of
the river and to the winds that
smote the waters with blasts from
the caverns of the jealous gods. AL
genquins in the north, Aztecs, sons
of Atahualpa and Marco Capac, in
the south, all blew incense out of
their pipes and strewed upon the cur
rents and tideways just such offer
ings of tobacco as, in our more sub,
jective days, we give with lost mean
ings to the minor gods who rule the
mans hour in our feasts. ...
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07

The first suspension bridge erected
in America was buff in the year 1901
over a small stream called Jacobs
creek in Westmoreland county, in
the western part of Pennsylvania,
the engineer being the noted James
Finley. Thiss pioneer suspension
bridge had a span of exactly 70 feet
and inches, and-it cost the county
$4,000. 1t was warranted" to last
so years. The English claim that a
suspension bridge was built insthat
country in 1741, but tits known that
Finley's effort was the first bridge of
that character epected on scSSIttifc
principles.-Et Louis Republic.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
A Potent Argument.

A suit was brought a few years
ago by the people of certain quar-
ter in Montreal against a manufac.
turing company. The vile odors of
the chemicals used in the works,
they alleged, had made the neigh
borhood untenantable and lessened
the valHe of their property.
Judge and jury were inclined TO
tu1n deaf ear to the complaint
The company was rish and power
full, and IAN alleged smell, as their
counsel declared twas too intangible
a grievance to grasp"
One of the opposing counsel was
seen to go out and notilong after re-
turned with two glass reteFts.
Here, he said in the course of
his plea for his clients, ''are the Of
Tending subjects of on contention.
He passed them to the judge, and
then to the jury, who smelled them
and smilingly declared them pure
and odorless.
'But, said the counsel, ''the com
pany mixes theml" He suddenly
poured the contents of one of the re-
torts into the other, and the nauseous
fumes of hydro-sulphuric acid or sui
phuretted hydrogen filled the air.
Judge. jury and spectators choked
for breath. 1t was necessary to adj
sjourn court until the next day, when
heavy damages were at Once awarded
to the plaintiffs. Youths Compan-
ion. --
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
Fooled a Policeman.

'The games such men are up to, !"
said the old policeman as he hustled
a Weary Waggles, who was trying
the crying dodge, ''can't be enumer-
ated in half day. And they'll Some
times take in the most incredulous
and suspicious people. I've been
played for sucker myself. Yes, sir !;
it's fact And I've been on the
force for more than 30 years. /
knew the fellow by sight; had once
lived in the same neighborhood. I
knew his wife and children. just
casually, you know. One time about
a year after / had changed met him
on Sixth avenue. He told me very
doleful tale about being out of work
and sickness in his family and his
pride and all that. i gave him dol
lar anyhow.
about two weeks later he found
me on my beat and fell a-weeping as
soon as he saw me. AS soon as I
could get it out of him he told me his
wife had died the night before and
he had not enough money to give her
respectable funeral. 1t was $40 or
potter's field, boo hoo. Seer Well, it
was pretty tough, so pulled out and
gave him a fiver-all / had at the
time-and told him I'd raise the bal
ance for him next day. He came
around next day and got it, leaving
some more tears with me for securi-
ty. About a week later I met his
wife looking as clipper as bird.
Made Well, the next time that fellow
and met one of us got good drub-
bing-and it wasn't me. See3 /
didn't care for the money, but to be
done in that style-me, an old police
man. Well, they catch the best of
US sometimes. New York Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
Man.


'Man" is the title Of human be-
ing, whether the human being is
male or female. The first distinction
between the sexes among our branch
of the human family is of compare
lively recent date, arising with the
Anglo Saxons in the time when our
ancestresses had ceased to make fight
ing part of their business. AS our
foremothers gradually left fighting
chiefly to our forefathers and devoted
themselves almost wholly to arts,
sciences and industries, language re-
corded the fact in the rise of two
hrases-namely, ''waepned man"
and "wifman," or, in other words,
fighting man" and industrious
man" Thus we find good old Anglo
Saxon precedent for calling a female
man of today congressman at large.
Male mans gradual appropriation
of the generic title of a human being
marks retrogression in Anglo Sax.
on society through which the male
came to the blunder Of considering
himself the unit of the race, while
poor female man was contemptuous.
ly relegated to the legal position
of mere cipher-utterly valueless
unless attached to male man. As
we are now again returning to the
native intelligence of the Anglo-Sax-
on race, we may expect to see the
word man" more and more frequent
ly used In referring to the female
man. She has fully as much right
to it as male man.-Boston Tran
ccy.int
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
A Fatal Mexican Superstition.


The poor and ignorant class of
Mexicans have an uncanny religious
superstition about smallpox. On a
recent visit to the interior of Mexico
I saw mothers carrying around in
their arms babies whose little bodies
were almost eaten up by smallpox. I
was of course shocked at the fright
full spectacle, and even offered one de-
luded mother money if shewould take
her terribly afflicted child home and
call in physician to attend it. But
she refused my proffer with scorn
and began to Groom some weird in
cantation as she tenderly caressed
the little half clad sufferer in her
arms.
/ afterward learned that the ig-
norant class of Mexicans consider an
outbreak of the red pest In their mis-
cradle novels a visitation of divine
wrath for some sin they have COM
mitted. So set are they in this be.
lief that they will do nothing what.
ever to check the ravages of the dis.
ease, except, when it attacks their
infants, to take the victims in their
arms, press them closely to their
breasts and pray devoutly and con-
tinuously to God to forgive them for
their wickedness. OF course the
smallpox runs its course after awhile,
though never before claiming sew
eral members of every family as vic.
tins. but not until it does are the
afflicted parents purged of their sins.
New Orleans Picayune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
GETTING USED 10 The ELEVATED.
a nat Of 1orse Training That the specta-
tors Wetohed with Interest.

a nat 81 HORSE Training That the specta-
tors wAtched with Interest.
A man on q sprightly, good look
ing bay horse rode the other evening
along the short block in Thirtysec-
fond street between Broadway and
Sixth avenue, going west. When he
came to the elevated railroad in
Sixthavenue, the horse stopped. He
wouldn't go under it aThe man sat
there for moment, and then he
wheeled the horse and came back to
about the middle of the block. There
ne wheeled again and faced west to-
ward the elevated and halted and sat
there quietly. Two or three men and
boys stopped and looked on.
Presently he started 4 again, and
again the horse went long all right
until he came to the elevated, and
there once more he halted. The rider
stood there for a moment, as before,
and then he came back to the middle
of the block and turned and faced
west again. This time the horse
waltzed around bit and showed
some inclination to have things his
own way at this end of the line, too,
but the rider quickly had him under
control and standing steady. Fifty
people or SO were now looking on.
They were scattered along the curb
on both sides of the block, and there
was little bunch of spectators on
each of the west corners of Sixth
avenue. The man was in no hurry
he just sat there, and he didn't fret
the horse Hecould ride, and he was
a cool. level headed man. 1t was
odds that he would win, but the spec
tators watched and waited for the
outcome with interest
Pretty soon he started the horse
again, and again he stopped at the
elevated. 1t SO happened that at that
moment a train was approaching.
The rider held the horse squarely in
place until it had fully passed. Then
he wheeled again, and this time he
did not stop in the block, but kept
right on and around into Broadway
and up two or three rods and halted
there. Two minutes later he came
around the corner again briskly.
This time there was something about
the horse that seemed to indicate
that he was going through all right,
and he did. He came along down he
block squarely and smoothly nd
went right along on under the e.
waited and across Sixth avenue W: h.
out skip or a break, and the level
headed man on his back didn't lash
him or do anything whatever to en-
phasize his victory. He just rode
him as though nothing whatever bad
happened. New York Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
Her Sight Was All Right.

There is a youth in this city who
endeavors to run ahead of the calen-
dar and share the practices and man
ners of the older members of his sex.
His dress is marked by a pronounced
prematureness, and his general de-
meanor suggests that he has cheated
Father Time out of two or three
years. Foremost among his assumed
practices is shaving, which he re-
CARDS as absolutely indispensable,
as it lends such a manly air to one
He has the tonsorial operation care
fully performed twice a week. He
called upon Main street optician
the other day, and while there a
young lady came in and said she
didn't know, but thought she needed
eyeglasses. She said she would have
her eyes tested at any rate.
The young man started to leave
and told the optician he was going to
get shaved. This somewhat surprised
the Optician, as he failed to see the
necessity But he was equal to the
occasion and asked the youth to stay
awhile. He then turned to the lady
and told her to look sharply at the
young mans face and describe any
thing peculiar about it. She did SO
and stated that she could see four
hairs on his upper lip. She discov-
cred seven more. Very good" re-
Iaied the optician, lit is evident that
your eyes are in good condition"
Although he lost sale, lac got rid of
the fresh youth, who is now more
particular who he tells he is going to
get shaved. Buffalo Enquirer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
Absence of Mind.

Among the personal anecdotes told
of Peter Burrowes, the celebrated
barrister and one of Ireland's 'wor-
thies," is the following remarkable
instance of absence of mind A friend
called upon him one morning in his
dressing room and found him shaving
with his face to the wall. He asked
him why he chose so strange an atti-
tude. The answer was, ITO look in
the glass"
"Why," said his friend, there is
no glass there"
"Bless mep Burrowes observed, IT
did not notice that before"
Ringing the bell, he called his serv-
ant and questioned him respecting
his looking glass.
"Oh, SIR" said the servant, the
mistress bad it removed six weeks
ago."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
An Infailihle Indication.

There was an intense silence around
Mrs. Hashem's table while the chick
en- was being served. 1t was broken
by the girl with fluffy hair who
whispered to the one with dark
glasses
BILLY Bliven has paid his board
bill at last"
How do you knowT
HE got a piece of white meat in
stead of the wing and neck, as usual"
Washington Star.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
'NIiUNoAaY's SPLENDID HoRsEMINl
Magyar CsIkos Equally Accomplished with
the American Cowboy.

Magyar Csikos Equally Accomplished With
the American Cowboy.
Picturesquely arrayed in a white
linen, wide sleeved smock or shirt,
embroidered in vivid colors, in loose
white, zouave pantaloons, tucked into
high boots and with bunch of puz-
tas grass and a peacock's or heron's
feather In the band Of his wide brim-
med hat, the Magyar Csikos presents
the European counterpart of the
North American cowboy, of the
South American, gauoho and of the
African Bedouin. His life is spent
on the vast ''puztas" or praiTies of
Hungary in tending the great herds
of semiwild horses, the breeding of
which constitutes one of the most
profitable and staple features Of
Magyar industry.
While the summer lasts he often
suffers thirst-that thirst which is
one of the terrors of prairie and des-
ert life-while his food, which he
carries about with him in the little
two wheeled, canvas covered cart,
which is his only dwelling place, fire.
quently gives out, and he has to wait
for many days sometimes before the
purveyor of the Csikos comes on his
round to replenish the stock of all
the scattered members of this strange
brotherhood. Courageous, robust, in
different to both extreme cold and
overpowering heat, the Csikos is, as
a rule, of middle height, with well
cut features, dark skin, bright and
intelligent black eyes and the long
pointed mustache known through
out all Europe as ia moustache Hon
groise."
He yields the lasso with Just as
much mastery as does the gaucho,
and, to my mind, surpasses both the
latter and the western cowboy In
horsemanship. A perfect rider, he
breaks in the colts belonging to his
herd without the assistance Of either
curb, saddle, rein, bit or whip. Simply
singing rope halter over the young
animals head, he conquers him by
the iron pressure of his muscular
legs and the magical skill with which
he poises his body on the back of his
fretting, curveting steed. The en-
ployers of the Csikos are the en-
peror and the great mobiles. One of
the favorite pastimes Of the Austrian,
and especially Of the Hungarian,
aristocracy, is horse breeding on q
most extensive scale. About four
fifths of the horses of the imperial
cavalry come from Hungary, and it
is estimated that with the present
breeding stock that country could
export from $4,000 to 10000 horses
annually.
These Hungarian horses are very
strong, with great stamina, and can
stand fatigue combined with short
rations better than most horses bred
elsewhere, while as cavalry mounts
they are unsurpassed. The Oldest
and largest stud farm in Hungary is
Mezzohegy's, which comprises 40, 00O
acres. 1t was founded as a royal
stud in 1875, and here for more than
century various well established
types of horses have been formed by
crossing different breeds, by the eff
feet of climatic conditions, food, etc.
In Hungary alone there are i'll all $50
private stud farms-a very good
proof indeed that the government
horse breeding establishments by no
means interfere with individual en-
terprise. New York Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
A Time Lock.

Pipkin--Positively l must go home
after the next jack pot.
Potts-Wife been scolding you
againl
Pipkin Worse than that. She has
had time lock put on the street
door. New York World.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
Before and after.

known. Ask druggist for Woods Phosphodine:
If he offers some worthless medicine in place OF
this, leave his dishonest store, inclOse price in
letter and we will send by return mail. Price
one package 81; six SIS. One will please, six will
cure. Phamplet in plain sealed envelope, two
stamps. Address
EEr-SOld in Mt. Sterling by Kennedy Bros.
4. c. Lloyd, VS.. Lloyd, TarltOn 6. Julian and
druggist everywhere
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07

Y. NANDEN BEkG C.P. ATNuEk
Traffic Manager, Gc,r' ii,,s =
General Offices. LeuisN iil,.k
JACKSON SMITH, Asst C"l0 ia-s.'r a.
ONCE, Chamber of Commerce rirg. ,ur
ton and Knoxville.
No 7-Falmouth Accommodation. ltr,r, =
cnnati l As pm. Arrives EahruuIh ~, ., .
daily except SUNDAY.
No lS-Leaves Falmouth Is pm. hIrur,n, -
cnnati 5 rs pm, daily.
Nos and make c0nnrrlion NJ Wirrr,tt,.' r
points on the n. y. 4 NJ, N.RN.
No l-Carries through cars from { u','JIi.Yr % -
Middlesbol ough and Cumbcrlint GaI, ar,,I ~. D
emediate stations and runs daily.
Co and No carry through slCepers between
Nmncnnati and Knoxville via Middlesboro.
Nos ard have Pulln q
airs beween Cincinnati and
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
Judicial Item.

Prisoner can't go to Jail. 1 have
no time.
Judge-The court provides that, I
give you 10 days. Texas Siftings.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07

SUNDAY TRAINS.
I've. Frankfort 900 a. M; Arr. Georgetown
1000 a. m. I've. Georgetown 1927; Arr Frank
fort II 80 pm.
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. d. BERCAW, L. b. WEITZEL,
Gen. Pass. Agt City Ticket Agt.
GEO. b. HARPRE, Gen. Supt.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
Woods .Phosphodine.
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY.

Promptly and peIman
emily cures all forms of
Nervous Weakness, Ennis
sions, and SpermatOIThea
lmpOtency, and all effect,
of Abuse or Excuses.
Been prescribed over 30
years in thousands of
cases; is the only Relia-
IL. - I'LL Al
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4, connects with L Il n.
B connects with Q n c. and L S.
G connects with X G..
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-07
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AMIPMi MIN
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-02-24
WOMAN suFFRAa1sTs.
Their Work In tho South Discussed by Mis-
Clay and Others.

Their Work In the South Discussed by Miss
Clay and Others.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 1.-THE second
days session of the twenty-sixth an.
nual convention of the National
American Woman's Suffrage associa-
tion began at 10 o'clock Friday morn.
ing. The corresponding secretary
read her report, showing the results
that have been accomplished, both in
this country and abroad. Miss Lama
Clay, of Kentucky, started long dis
cussion on the needs of the south, and
of the progress that had, been made.
A recess was taken until the afternoon,
when services were held in memory OF
Mrs. Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Oakes
Smith, Hon. Leland Stanford, Hon.
Charles O'Neil and George w. Childs,
at which addresses were made by Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe and Others
WASHING TON, Feb 17.-The house
committee on the Judiciary Saturday
directed Mr.. Goodnight, of Kentucky,
to request the house to allow the COM
mittee to withdraw the resolution re.
ported adversely last week, providing
for woman suffrage. This action was
taken at the request Of the woman's
suffrage convention, which is to be
! heard on the subject
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-02-24
"NoT 1NDoRsED."
IL Expected to Be tho Report on Hawai-
Senate Committee May Dlsappoint
Gresham.

Il Expected to Be tho Report on Hawaii
Senate Committee May Dlsappoint
Gresham.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The senate
subcommittee on foreign affairs have
completed the taking of testimony in
the Hawaiian matter, and the great re-
port is about ready to be given to tho
full committee. Contrary to the expecta-
tions Of many, It is learned, from what
seems to be excellent authority, that
the report supports the American ideas
of the Harrison administration, and
has no fault to find with the actions Of
It's representatives at Honolulu, Ex-
Minister John l.. Stevens
The only members of the subcommit-
tee who will not sign this report, it is
said, will be Senators Gray and Daniela
and whether they will make q formal
minority report commencing the
Cleveland policy is not yet known. Sen
ator Morgan, who has been heretofore
counted as leaning toward the present
administration, is. according to this
report, very much opposed to it on this
one point
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-02-24
ANARCHIST CONSPIRACY.
Tho Act OF Emile Henry Believed to b
Part Of One.

Tho Act OF Emile Henry Believed to BE
Part Of One.
PARIS. Feb 18.-It is believed now
that the outrage committed by Emile
Henry, at the cafe Of the Hotel Termi-
nus on Monday night, when twenty
four persons were injured by the exc
plosion of a bomb thrown by him, was
part of o vast anarchistic conspiracy.
1t is thought that the plot was prepared
in London, and that twenty-three men,
among them Henry, were. assigned to
execute the outrages.
Henry has confessed that he held
communication with DR. Paul Reiclus,
for whom the police have been looking
for long time, in consequence of his
alleged connection with Valiant.
1t is stated that Paul Bernard, the
well known anarchist, who was arrest
ed in this city Thursday, will not be ex-
tradited to Spain, where it is known
that he has been connected with vari-
GUS conspiracies, but will be held to
answer for his violation of the law in
France.