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Scottish Ambition.

His pushing ambition is another of
the commonplaces of criticism in re-
spect Of the Scot. Apropos of this,
the oft quoted or misquoted remark
OF Johnson at a metropolitan tavern
naturally comes up. "Sir, the noblest
prospect that Scotchman ever sees
is the highroad that leads him to
London And were the great hogs
head of sense" alive and among us
now no cause would he have to with
draw the observation, for the exodus
of successful barristers, doctors, art
lists and business men from the
Land o. Cakes" to the great south
ern metropolis is unceasing, and the
Scots determination to better him.
self has generally gone hand in hand
with his efforts to acquire knowl-
edge. Scottish Review.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06
Artificial Eardruns.

1t appears that very satisfactory
results have been obtained from the
use of the new and improved artif-
cial tympanum some time since
brought to notice. 1t is stated that
In many cases of chronic middle ear
disease marked benefit has followed
the insertion of the device into the
meatus, though the most striking
successes have occurred in patients
laboring under perforation of the
membrane tympani, the artificial
drumhead proving satisfactory, be-
ing also sometimes extremely useful
in cases Of accOmmodative loss from
alterations in the contents of the
tympanum, in which the eustachian
tube was unobstructed and the naso
pharynx fairly healthy.
The immediate improvement in the
hearing power is an important fact
in this case, the intensity of the So
norous vibration being at once in
creased, and sounds are clearly de-
fined which before appeared to be
only confusion. The sensibility, too.
Of the organ is so magnifed and the
sense of hearing so much changed
that the patient does not appear deaf
during conversation. Others, again.
laboring under perforation, but with
out serious deafness, use them as ear
protectors with decided comfort, in
zach cases the artificial drumhead
forming a screen between the middle
ear and external meatus and acting
as an efficient shield during occasions
OF xposure.-Philadelphia Record.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06

We have all, as children. made
mud pies, but the chill lren at a hot
spring az Gaudaloupa. Mexico, cook
them, eat them and. besides that,
make pocket money by selling them
TO tourists as souvenirs. A peculiar
yellow clay is found there. and the
natives say that the mud pies made
sof it by the children are not i'll fla
vored They speak from the recol-
lections of childhood, though, think,
as / never saw an adult eat them.
There is an interesting legend con-
nected with the spring. 1t is said to
have been of miraculous origin. An
aged pilgrim, footsore, weary and
hungry, lay down to rest where the
spring now is. He had not a morsel
TO eat for three days, and there was
no village, or house even, for many
miles.
A rabbit had been caught in
thicket, even as the goat was that
staid Abraham's hand. There was
no means of preparing it for food,
however. The pilgrim had the faith
that moves mountains. Planting his
foot in the yielding soil, he stood up
and prayed for succor. A spring
gushed out, as the water did from
the rock when Moses smote it with
his rod, only this spring was of hot
water. The pilgrim slew and cooked
the rabbit. He bathed his weary
limbs in the water which he caught
In gourd and then allowed to cool,
and then found that the waters had
healing properties, for the bleeding
wounds on his feet, sustained in his
were made well The
pilgrim afterward became a noted |
saint, adored to this day in the MeM- |
can calendar, and the hot spring has
pever ceased to flow. - Cincinnati |
Enquirer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06
A Little Girls Experience in a
Lighthouse.

Mr.. and Mrs. Loren HTrescott are
keepers of the Gov. Lighthouse at
Sand Beach, Mich, and are blessed
with daughter four years old. Last
April she was taken down with
Measles, followed with dreadful
Cough and turning into fever. Doc
tors at home and at Detroit treated
her, but in vain, she grew worse rapid
ly, until she was a mere "haudful of
bones".-Then she tried DIR. Kings
New Discovery and after the use of
two and a half bottles, was completely
cured. They say DR.. Kings New
Discovery is worth its weight in gold,
yet you may get trial free at w. s.
Lloyd's drugstore.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06
FREE COINAGE OF
SILVER.

The free and unlimited coinage of
silver, the product of American mines,
at the old ratio of 10 of silver to I of
gold, is the only solution of and
remedy for the disturbed and unsatis-
factory condition of trade, manufac-
ture and general business Of the coun-
try. The surreptitious act of 1873,
divorcing silver and gold in our none
tary system, was crime of untold
magnitude. 1t was the rankest kind
of class legislation in favor of the
wealthy against the producers of
wealth, and hostile to the prosperity
Of the United States. 1t was an act
oftreason because done at the instance
of a European syndicate and for bride
money, giving aid and comfort to
our country's enemies" To shield
the guilty parties, the well authenn-
Gated facts, often published, have been
vigorously denied.
The Enquirer will continue to ex-
pose this objectionable crime until
right and justice are done the people
by the full restoration of silver to its
old companionship with gold. We
need the assistance of the people in
disseminating the truth, to which end
we invite all in your selection of pa
pers for the coming season to include
the Enquirer, that costs only $I.oo a
year. ISSUED twice week.)
Liberal commissions and cash re-
wards given TO club raisers. Sample
copies free. ENQUIRER COMPANY,
Cincinnati, o.
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ThE NEW WOMAN.


Disasters Likely 70 Ensue n She ContiDue
70 Try TO Rival Man.
If the human race is to endure an(
If civilization is TO advance, therela
tions between the sexes must not per
manently be relations of rivalry
Men and women are not made 4
struggle with one another for the al
vantages of life, but mutually to aid
one another in reaping those advan.
tages. That sweet love" of which
the poet speaks is given as the re-
ward of right relations between man
and woman, and, where other guild
ance is lacking, we may profitably
ask whether any given line of con-
duct tends to the gaining or the sac
rificing of that reward. If to the
former, then it may safely be said TO
be right conduct; if to the latter,
wrong.
What it is clear that man has to
do in these later days is to frame to
himself a higher and completer ideal
of manhood than he has hitherto on
the whole entertained and try to live
up to it. The awakened womanhood
of the age-when allowance has been
made for all that is hysterical and
morbid and heartless in contempo-
rary feminine utterances-summons
him most clearly and distinctly to
walk henceforth on higher levels in
the strength of a nobler self control.
Then he has to recognize in the full
est sense, without a particle of reser-
walton, that he has in woman not a
weaker shadow cf himself, not a re-
Election of his glory nor minister to
his pleasures, but a divinely bestow-
ed helpmeet to whom especial pow
ers and faculties have been impaired
for the Interpretation of truth and
the identifying of life.
The ancient Germans, Tacitus tells
us, used to recognize a certain divine
power of intuition in their women,
and if they did it was probably not
without cause The phenomenon is
not an extinct one in our own day,
and we venture to say that its fire.
quency will wax or wane according
to the respect paid not by man only,
but by woman herself, to all in her
nature that is most distinctive of
1t is far from certain
hat woman always recognizes what
ler own best gifts are, and there is,
n our opinion, aspecific danger lest,
n her new born zeal for q masculine
equipment of knowledge, she rele-
yates to an inferior place that native
ruth of perception which is of more
we may almost say,
han all formal knowledge. Popular
science Monthly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06
PURE DEM0CRACYy

The kind that made our country one
OF the greatest powers among nations
is what is now needed TO combat the
crisis prophesied by that true patriot
Abraham Lincoln, who said:
We may all congratulate ourselves
that the cruel war is nearing its close. Il
has indeed been a trying hour for the
Republic: But | see in the near future
"A crisis arising that unnerves me anc
causes me TO tremble for the safet,
Of my country. As a result of tn
war, corporations have been enthrone
and an era Of corruption in high place
will follow. The Money Power of the
country viii endeavor to prolong, It's
reign by working upon the prejudices
of the people until all wealth is ag-
gregated in a few hands, and the
Republic destroyed. ! feel at this
moment more anxiety for the safety
of my country than ever before, even
in the midst of war;"
There is no Disgusting the fact, that
the condition now confronts us which
caused the patriot Lincoln so much
anxiety
a money power controls political
parties and all important elections,
placing its agents in high places of
honor and trust.
The same power controls all legis-
lation and dictates what shall be the
law Of the land, result made possible
and easy by working.apon the preju-
dice Of the people" through the medium,
Of the public press, Of which ninety
nine out Of every hundred are either
owned in full or part, or controlled by
its agency.
The political contest of 1892 will
again test the strength of this money
power, different from previous efforts
only in its greater virulence and ability
TO deceive.
Like an oasis in the desert, the
Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer rises
equal to the emergency, placing before
It's readers unbiased truth and facts
20 harmful to corruptionists plans, and
beneficial to the people. "Truth is
mighty and will prevail is the En-
luirer platform. 1t is always great
comfort to read the Enquirer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06
DUPLICATE STREETS.


0oNton Appears 10 lie the Chfcf tiunc
Among Cities In Thin Regard.
There are $3.50 streets and ave
nues in Boston against 1, 060 in New
York. Directory searching in the
other large postofiices of the United
States is a snap compared to what il
is insthe Hub.
i 1t may be interesting to know that
in Boston there are 455 genuine
duplicates of street names, over
twice as many as can be found to-
gether in the directories of the four
great cities of London, Paris, New
York and Chicago, with a total of Ii
times the number of streets in Bos-
ton.
In Paris there are some 90 dupli-
Gates, 1870 in London, 8 in New York
and none in Chicago so far as can be
found in the directory.
Philadelphia comes nearest the
Hub in this matter of duplicate
names of streets, that city being able
to boast of some 200.
The clerks in the federal building
in Boston invent all manner Of
schemes to aid their memory in the
present street nomenclature. Re-
Gently Superintendent Field hit upon
the plan of arranging the streets of
the Back Bay in sort of alphabet
ical jingle, and the clerks sing them
to tune. This is the way they
go: Arlington, Berkeley, Claren-
don, Dartmouth, Exeter, Fairfield,
Gloucester, Hereford, Albermarle,
Blackwood, Cumberland, Durham,
Follen, Gainsboro, Harcourt Irving,
ton.
East Boston is the most noted dis
trict of the city for its streets with
famous names. There are the poets
Addison, Byron, Chaucer, Cowper,
Homer, Milton, Moore and Pope, and
the painters Hogarth, Kneller, Rey-
nolds, Vandyke.
Everett, Sumner, Webster, three
American statesmen, are found
there, and these battles of the Revo-
luton: Lexington, Bennington, Eu-
taws Monmouth, Princeton, Sara
toga, Trenton. Some are named aft.
er great cities of the world: Bremen,
Havre, Liverpool, Lon
don, Orleans, Paris. The Condor,
Eagle and Falcon must be remem-
bered by the post1nen, and these
generals: Brooks, Decatur, Marion,
Porter, Prescott Putnam.
Just before each batch of mis-
letters is turned over to the
searchers they are passed
upon by an expert clerk, one who
has been in the service longest and
1ne who will come nearest to renem-
0ering all the members of firms,
heir changes, transfers and present
whereabouts. Exchange.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06
BICYCLES and Shoe Sales.

In talking with a shoe dealer he
advanced a strange idea during the
following conversation:
II tell you bicycles hurt the shoe
business, and the more bicycles are
sold the less number of shoes will be
disposed Of
How do you make that out?"
why, it is plain enough that peo-
pie don { walk so much since bicycles
came into common use. 1t is the peo-
pie who walked before that ride BIZ
cycles now. Hartford Post
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06
what Is "Bettermentq.

There has been a great deal Of
pother of late about betterment, -
and it has come to be commonly ur-
derstOod that for the word as well as
the principle we are indebted to our
friends across the Atlantic. But, ac-
c0rding to some remarks which re-
Gently appeared in a London evening
paper, commenting ON the evidence
given before the house of lords COM
mittee on betterment, by General
Viele, formerly a member of the
United States congress, such is not
the case.
In replying to one of the questions
put to him by the committee, Gen
eral Viele stated that betterment"
is not an American word; neither Is
"worsement. The word used In
America is benefit" not "better-
ment "We were all under the i'm.
preston that the word was of trans
atlantic origin, " remarked the Mar
quis of Salisbury. "Then you were
all wrong" answered the general.
THE word is not to be found in the
English language current in Amer
lea. " AS this word will most likely
become exceedingly popular in the
course of time and will probably
occupy the attention of some future
it is as well perhaps
to chronicle the above information. |
Notes and Queries.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06
An Error Corrected.

Reporter - Did you say your
daughters wedding dress was trim
med with duchess lace?
Mrs. McFudd-Not by a long shot
1t was trimmed wild the foinest
quality of Irish point. There WASH t
wan Dutch article in her whole
thruesaw New York Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06
Lost Cow.

Red Shorthorn COW, two or three
years old, thin in order. She has a
ring in her ear with Mr.. George
Hamilton's mark on it. Any infor-
nation leading to her recovery will
be appreciated by
CAswELL PREwITT.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-06
Truly Democratio.

Small Son Us boys is getting up a
dog show, and | bet our Edo will
take the prize.
Father-FidO has no pedigree.
Small Son This isn't any Eu.
ropean aristocracy affair. This is an
American dog show. Good News.
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Notice! Notice!

Our accounts are now in the hands
of Mr.. r. A. Chiles for Collection.
Call on him and settle, thus saving
costs.
ll-3t KENNEDY RRos.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-18
Frank I.eslie's Pop ular Monthly for August

"Roaa Coaching is pre-eminently
the sport of millionaires; and few of
their many sports are better worth en-
couragement," writes Martha McCul-
loch Williams, in q spIendidly illus
trated paper on "Road Coaching in
America" which is the leading article
in America" which is the leading
article in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly for August. Besides. this
sessonable contribution, there are,
amongst the pictorially embellished
features of this number, "Silver," by
Robert W. Sloan; "Closing Scenes of
of the Revolution" by MI. Jordan;
"Jules Cberet and his Partisan Posters"
by Robert H. Sherard; "Isle Of the
Dead" by Edward B. Mcdowell;
Chess and Chess Players" By that
eminent expert G. H. D. Gossip, ac-
companied with portraits Of -Messrs.
Lasker and Steinitz. and Mrs. Show
alter; "Pictures of Wild Orchids" by
Helen NJ. Ingersoll; "Falconry," by
Mary V. Worstell; and continuation
Of Joseph Becker's thrilling reminis-
cences Of a war artist, devoted this
month to Fort Fisher and Whining
ton" There is an excellent variety of
short stories by Charles D. Lanier, }.
H. Walworth, w. de Wagstaffe, Cham
pion Bissell, and Violet Eytinge Mitch
ell; and poems by Ellen Thornycroft
Fowler, Clara Dargan Mclean, Ed
ward A. U. Valentine, Chapman AL
derson, Amy Elizabeth Leigh, aud
others.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-18
A BOY Carried OF BY an Ape.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat says
this incident occurred at Butterville,
Ind., on June 9th: This morning as
the Hall Circus was preparing the
opening of the side show, the big gorilla
made his escape. While bis keeper
was feeding him he sprang against the
cage door, and in an instant was out.
The keeper was overpowered by the
monster, which ran out on the grounds,
and picking up small boy he made
for the woods. A big crowd was soon
in pursuit with guns, clubs, and dogs,
and when the beast was overtakea no
one dared to shoot for fear of killing
the Child. Two bulldogs were set on
the gorilla, one of which he killed al
most instantly. The other <was so
frightened that he could not be induced
to 90 near him. By this time his
keeper succeeded in getting hold of his
chain. Another threw strong rope
over his head, and he was overpowered
and safely lodged in his cage. Aside
from few scratches the boy was not
injured. Koko Mongo, the gorilla,
when the boy was taken near the cage
after be was again in confinement,
made all kinds of faces and antics as if
to explain his fondness for the boy.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-18
One Woman's Experience.

A womanly woman will be womanly
everywhere and under all circumstan-
ces, and her influence is sure t0Lbe felt
beneficialIy. One woman's most unique
expe. ience of life for year in Michi-
gan lumber. camp is most charmingly
told in the exceedingly interesting
article. "In and About a Lumber
Camp" published in the August num-
| Der of Demorest's Family Magazine;
and after reading her vivid descriptions
of the life of the lumbermen and the
nodus operant5i of logging" illustrat-
ed with superb half-tone pictures, one
feels thoroughly posted about this
picturesque though laboriods industry.
But not every lumber camp is blessed
with the m!nistratiens OF trained
nurse. Under the apt title "Golden
Silence" pathetic story OF deaf mute
is told, and incidentally one may learn
the method by which these unfortu-
mates communicate with their fellow
beings. Chauncey Depe W, Marshall
Wilder, Beatrice Harraden, and several
other famous people tell some of the
funniest stories they have heard.
"How to Read and Write in Cipher"
will furnish entertainment for many
summer or winter evening; and "a
Summer Girl" shows up new speci-
mer of the genus. 1.-THE Flower Garden
in August" furnishes many excellent
suggestions for the care of flowers in
mid summer; and an especially timely
paper in "Sanitarian," entitled "Visit-
ing the Sick" should he read by every
one, also the illustrated article on
"Holday Comforts" for now is the
time to enjoy them. In fact, these in
addition to the stories and the bright
matter in Chat" and "Society Fads"
makes this an ideal midsummer num-
Der; and, as usual, the departments
abound with valuable suggestions and
information. This "all around" family
magazine is published for only 81 year
by W. Jennings Demorest, IS E. l4th
St., New York.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-18
Notes from Excelsior.

The barbecue given by Messrs Kibler
and Koon here Saturday passed of
quietly. Several candidates were on
hand, and some speaking was done
during the afternoon. Politics has be-
come such common thing now days
till the people have become tired OF
listening to a candidate when he gets
up to tell the people what all he will do
if they will just vote him in office. One
of the candidates who is out for County
Supervisor while speaking Saturday
afternoon told the people if he was
elected he would give them roads to
ride over that would be perfectly smooth
and wouldn'tjar them any. This can
didate is wanting an Office.
Rev. J. A. Sigh was also called on
and be gave the people geod round
sensible talk. DR.. D. H. Werts intro
duced the speakers to the audience.
Mr.. Sigh then introduced DR.. D. h.
Werts. There was large crowd pres
ent and good order prevailed during
the entire day. Very little blind tiger
was on the grounds, and what there
was they kept very quietly.
Mr.. Marion Miller and family, of the
Walton viciuage, have been visiting
relatives in the community.
Mr.. Jas. D. Kinard filled his ap-
pointment in the Lutheran church at
Peak Sunday.
Some few of the boys boarded the
excursion train for Savannah on Thurs
Gay.
We have been blessed with good rains
and crops in this neighborhood are
growing nicely. Another rain would
now be enjoyed by the farmers.
Our school has not opened yet, as the
teacher failed to put in an appearance
the first of July. The trustees held a
meeting Monday evening to elect a
new teacher and school will reopen
Immediately. We have as good aschool
as any in the county and the trustees
mean to keep their school up to that
point in the future as they have in the
past. School will reopen soon.
CIrNa
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-18
Baby Murdered by an Infant
ILaurensville Herald, 5th.

A little negro babe aged about nine
months was knocked in the head aud
instantly killed hy its nurse, a small
boy about four years old, on last Tues,
day. When questioned as to why he
killed the babe the little fellow said be
was tired Of nursing. A small hoe was
the instrument used and after knock.
ing the babe in the bead the little ras'
cal threw it out Of the door. They were
children of tenants living on Senator
Irby's plantation.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-18
A Cows Course Dinner.

The Indianapolis Journals says that
a week ago Col. William Pollock OF
Deer Greek, Ind, while hoeing corn,
hung his vest On the fence, the weathe,
being extremely warm. 4 cow in al
adjoining field came along and deliber.
ateIy chewed up the garment. In the
pocket were two lead pencils, a tooth
brush, two pairs of spectacles, an ounce
of quinine, some silver change, and a
bottle Of blood medicine, all of which
went into the voracious NAV Of the
bovine. The cow is still alive.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-18
State Campaign Days.

Aiken, Wednesday. Jaly IS.
Edgeield c. Fl, Thursday, July 10.
Lexington C. H., Friday, July 90.
Winnsboro, Tuesday, July "a.
Columbia, Wednesday, July 25.
Orangeburs, Thursday, July 26.
Newberry, Friday, July 27.
Laurens, Saturday, Jnly %.
Union, Tuesday, July 81.
Spartanburg, Wednesday, August |.
Greenville, Thursday, August ,.
Pickens G. H., Friday, Augusta.
Oconee, Monday, August 6.
Anderson, Tuesday, Ausust I.
Abbeville, Wednesday, August 8.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-18

endure from contact with such an ele-
nlent. There are some good conservs-
tive people up there. [ know several,
but take it all in ali, it is the finest
missionary field in the world, and |
wish that we had some to spare to send
them. They are our brethren, and il
we can do anything for them we ought
to DO it. BILL ARP.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-18
Faith in the Maidstone.

AUGUSTA, Ga, July j0.-Mr. J. A.
Rodgers of Johnston, s. c., passed
through Augusta to-day on his way
home from Harlem. He pad with him
bis two little SONS, irwin and Rodgers.
The lads had been bitten by mad
dog at their home. Their father i'm
mediately started with them to Rev.
Mr.. Fuller's at Harlem. Mr.. Fuller
has a maidstone. This was applied to
the wounds of one of the lads. The
stone stuck twelve hours and to the
wound of the other it remained seven
hours.
1t is believed that both boys are now
beyond danger of hydrophobia.