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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
AN Earlr prohibitlon Law.

1t seems there was prohibition
law in Maine much earlier than is
generally supposed. In paper read
by Judge Hall before the Kennebec
Natural History and Antiquarian So
ciety attention was called to a law
passed by the government OF Georges
at Kittery in 1886 which provided
that "any man that doth sell his
neighbor strong liquor or wine; shall
suffer his neighbor or servant to con-
tinue drinking in the house, except
men invited or laborers on working
days for an hour at dinner, or stran-
gers or dodgers, shall forfeit 10 shil-
lings."
Fifty years later it was ordered by
the same government, 'Thenceforth
no rum, stray liquor, nor flip shall
be sold to any inhabitant of the town
directly nor indirectly by any ordi-
nary keeper except in cases of great
distress or sickness" Before this a
very brief prohibitory law was passed
by the Duke of Yorks government
embracing the East Kennebec region
at Pemaquid. 1t was in these words:
"Ordered-No rum to be drank on
that side the bank stands. Lewis
ton Journal. .
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Longest words In the Language.

One often runs across some very
long terms in medical literature, the
pronunciation of which would bother
the ablest scholar to articulate, were
he to attempt it offhand. However,
rarely as these terms are used, it is
interesting to note them occasionally.
We had occasion to state recently
that the technical term of the iodide
Of thalline was "tetrohydroparameth'
yloxychinoline," which is short com
pared with some other terms.
There is an old name for chriso'
phanic acid termed 'dioxymethylan.
thraquinone." An instrument used
for breaking ossifed callus in falsely
united fractures bears the name OF
Observation-Disclosures" The
impurity of cocaine called ecgonin is
technically simply ''methoxyethylte'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. acid, u
while the chemical Technology of
the pure article is called by the name
of 'methylbenzomethoxy
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" The last
term is probably the longest word in
the English language and contains So
letters. Medical Times and Register.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
How He Knew.

An old man from the south, who
was crossing Broadway between the
postoffice and the Astor House, be-
came greatly confused by the cars,
the trucks and the cabs and endeav-
ored to turn back. Seeing that the
situation was worse in this direction,
he again turned and managed to
stumble along until he had almost
reached the sidewalk. Here he fell,
and he was within an ace of being
run over when big policeman, seiz-
ing him by the arm, dragged him up
to the sidewalk He was badly
frightened man and was pale and
trembling.
THAT was narrow escape for me,
mister" he said to the policeman.
eyes, it was" answered the other.
strangers should be mighty careful
in crossing Broadway down town"
'How did you know l was a
stranger9" asked the southron.
Because you said mister, answer
ed the policeman dryly.-New York
Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
EnsIish cooHsry

Speaking of old English dishes and
the wonderful mixtures as to season
ing, ETC., which prevailed down to
the sixteenth century, The Quarterly
Review says:
''Buckuade was the name of an
other typical preparation, and this
was made of meat 'hewn in gobbets,
pounded almonds, raisins, sugar, Gin
namon, cloves, ginger, onions, salt
and fried herbs, thickened with rice
flour and colored yellow with SAT-
from.
'Momene or mawmony was a sort
of por1idge to which the cuisine of
our own day affords no parallel. Its
components were plenty Of wine and
sugar, quart of honey, gallon of
oil, a pound of powdered spices, to-
gether with ginger, cinnamon and
galangale' (Cyperus longus), a plant
much used for flavoring. ALI these
were boiled together with the pound
ed flesh of eight capons, and the mess
served in bowls like porridge, with,
according to one recipe, a lighted wax
candle stuck in the middle of each.
"Mortrews, a dish mentioned by
Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales,
was held in great esteem. 1t derived
its name from the mortar in which
the meat used in making it was
pounded. New York Advertiser.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
Ears and Their SIGNIFICANCE.

There is far more in the ear than
is generally supposed. never knew
a. bore who had well shaped, ears.
Persons of the wrong headed and in
fatuated sort have Tugs. Hereditary
madness is betrayed in frightful ears.
This fact was first brought to my at
tention by Dr. Blanche, who founded
the famous private madhouse where
Guy de Maupassant died. The doctor
knew that Guy was doomed to he a
case for treatment in his asylum be-
fore he was aware of his n0ar rela;
tionship to Flaubert, who was born
with a nervous system out of joint.
The well shaped ear denotes high
and healthyevolution; the i'll shaped
devolution. A peasant with Tugs is
not far removed from an animal, but
he is not a degenere, whereas a per-
son of aristocratic blood with Ill
shaped ears IS pretty sure to need the
care of sone disciple of the late Dr.
Charcot. Paris Cor. Londen Truth.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10

The life of a wheel on a cable car is
about 400 days, but on electric rail
ways propelled by the trolley system,
where the electricity is returned to
the power house through the medi-
UNI of the tracks, the expert does not
live who can absolutely determine
how long the wheels will last, They
wear out in the most eccentric man
ner. A comparatively new wheel
will be returned to the shop with it's
rim and edge worn off, while the
wheel on the other side of the car,
which has been in use precisely the
same length of time, will be found to
be absolutely uninjured. No one SO
far has been able to discover the rea-
son for this peculiar condition of af-
fairs. 81
You know there is a motor attach
ed to each axle. If it was discovered
that the motor on one axle-the rear
axle, for instance drove the wheels
attached to it at faster rate than
the motor on the front axle propelled
its wheels, it would not be difficult to
find out the cause of the unusual
wear and tear, because the wheels
that were going at the more rapid
rate would necessarily slide. But
this can hardly be the cause, be-
cause, as / said before, the wheels on
one side of a truck will be perfect
while the others will be worn to the
point of utter uselessness Some of
the best mechanical minds In Ameri-
ca are now engaged upon this prob
lem, and its solution will be hailed
with much satisfaction by every car
wheel manufacturer in America. -
Washington Star.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
A Curiouo Freal, of I.ipbtuine.

The old adage that lightning new
Ell strikes twice in the same place"
has often been disproved. Here is an
instance to point; In the summer
of 1884 the farmhouse Of Henry Ak
tell, in Chemung county, N. Y, was
struck by lightning three times in
one day. First it split the chimney
from top to bottom, ruined stove and
pipe and bored several large holes in
the floor. An hour later "bolt"
struck the same house and tore a
milk bench, upon which several cans
of milk were setting, all to pieces.
The same evening third fash en-
tered the roof and tore the logs from
a bedstead. st. Louis Republic.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
The Fan In Egypt.

In Egypt the fan was not only an
emblem of royalty, but also Of hap
piness and heavenly rest. The Oldest
Egyptian fan now extant is preserved
in the museum of Boulak and is said
to have belonged to the queen Aah-
Hotep and is consequently nearly IS
centuries old. The crown and wooden
handle of this curiosity are all COW
cred with thin plates of gold, and all
around the former, at equal inter
walls, are small holes, in which the
nodding ostrich plumes were once in
serted.
A long handled screen fan is repre-
scented in the triumph of King Horus
(1400 B. c., and the wall paintings
at Medinah Habon show that Rame-
ses was attended by 90 princes, each
bearing an elegant screen fan, and
rejoicing in the sounding title of
"fanbearer on the left hand of the
king Fans were also used in Egypt
for religious ceremonies, for Isl"
priests held long handled fans made
of the wings of a bird and somewhat
resembling the Greek caduceus. From
Egypt and the far east fans soon
found their way into Greece, where
the first specimens assumed the shape
of acacia, plantain or lotus leaves,
but in later years the ladies showed
marked preference for gorgeous
peacock feather fans.-New York
Post.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
rwo. ..L,chtn,ng calouiators.n

The late George Bidder, at the age
of years, could answer almost in.
simultaneously how many farthings
there would be in any sum under
RSOO:OO0, 900. Zerah Coburn was an-
other lightning calculator Of the
same generation. While yet small
schooiboy he was asked to name the
square of 900, 900, which he Instantly
stated to be 900, s9S, OO0,O Q1. To fur
ther illustrate his powers, he multi
piled the above sum by 40 and the
product by the same number. He
once calculated the cube root OF ALB,
993, 348, ST. in exactly five seconds. =,
st. Louis Republic.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10

Mrs. Wiekwire-One black ball is
sufficient to keep man out of your
club, isn't it9
Mr.. Wickwire-Yes
''And nobody knows who cast it,"
mo one but the member himself. +"
"And do you expel man on in
formation given in an anonymouslet-
ter9"
"Of course not"
"Ican'tsee why you say of course
II you can keep man out anony-
meusly, why can't you put him out
N the same wayq
"Oh, you. women don't understand
these things anyway. indianapolis
Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
Cheese.

The digestibility of cheese is an
ever vexed and disputed question
A clever scientist asserts that it re-
Quires twice. as long to digest as or
dinary food. 1t consists largely of
casein, which is both nourishing and
digestible, but this point is developed,
as it were, in fat, which is not solu-
bic by gastric Juice; hence, if the
gastric juice does not digest the fat,
neither can it readily digestths case
In. Cheese should be eaten insmall
quantities, with a large quantity of
sbread or similar food, and must be
Thoroughly masticated. = Philadel-
Hphia Ledger.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
Business.

''What made you laugh SO at the
play last nightT' asked'his wife "Tm
sure ! don't think it was at all sue
cessfui as humorous attempt"
'Humphs paid for those seats"
II don't. see what thatl has to do
With it,"
"You don'ti INVENT there to laugh,
and / wanted to get my moneys
worth. - Washington Star.
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Wbv IIIv salary was Raised.

Homes What have you raised that
young bookkeeper's salary fora Don't
you know that the young spendthrift
squanders all hrs salary giving pres
ents to some girl hes infatuated With
Bones OF course / do. The girls
my daughter. - London Million.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
&rps,.s should study Law.

Burglar Bill-Theee gypsies don't
know anything One of EN- told
Cory Gus that he'd die ON the gal
lows.
Dynamite Dan---Weil, didn't he2
Burglar Bill-Eaw. He died of old
age while waitin fer q new trial.
New York Weekly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10
Adann Sim.

Mrs. Beacon do act see how Eve
could ever have married Adam.
Mr.. Beacon Why nota
Mrs. Beacon-He was positively
without ancestors. Brooklyn Life.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10

known. Ask druggist for Woods PhosphOdine;
If he offers some worthless medicine in place OF
this, leave his dishonest store, incOse price in
letter and we will send by return mail. Price
one package 81; six IS. One will please, six will
cure. Phamplet in plain sealed envelope, two
stamps. Address
aAF-Sold in Mt. Sterling by Kennedy Bros.
II. c. Lloyd, w. S. Lloyd, Tarlton c. Julian and
druggist everywhere
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Y. VANDEN BERG
q. p. ATMORE,

Y. VANDEN Beng C.P. ATMORE,
Traffic Manager, Geny Pass. Agt.
General Offices, Louisville, Ky.
JACKSON SMITH, Asst. Gen'l Passgr Agt
Ofice, Chamber of Commerce Hid'g, Cinti.
ton and Knoxville.
cnnati 40 pm. Arrives Falmouth 30 pm,
daily except Sunday.
No ls-Leayes Falmouth AZ pm. Arrives Gu
cnnati IS pm. daily.
Nos and make connection at Winchester fer
points on the n. n. ~ NJ. V. Ry.
No l-Carries through cars from Cincinnati 10
ermediate stations and runs daily.
Co 5 and No 4 carry through sleepers between
Ninncinnati and Knoxville via Middlesboro.
Nos. ! and 20 have Pullp an Buffet Paa
airs between Gin cinnat and Harrogate. Zoo
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Woods Phosphodine.
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY.

Promptly and perman
emily cures all forms of
Nervous Weakness, Ennis
sions, and SpermatoII'hea
lmpotency, and all eGGects
of Abuse or Excuses.
Been prescribed over 35
years in thousands of
cases; is the only Relia-
BILE and Honest MedisOn
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-10

SUNDAY TRAINS.
I've. Frankfort 900 a. M; Art. Georgetown
1000 a. m. Live. Georgetown 1927; AIT 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,
G. d. BERCAW, L. b. WEITZEL,
Gen; Pass. Agt. City Ticket Agt.
GEO. b. HARPRE, Gen. Supt.
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A connects with i q n.
B connects with Q n G. and L S.
G connects with X G..
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Schedule in effect Jan. 20, 1894,
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South Bound. Mol. No.5 No
Daily Aeon
Express Fast Line Daily
Daily Elk. sun
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06

different State weather services OF cha
United States weather bureau, and re-
ported received by telegraph at Chi
cago are as follows:
Illinois - Temperature and sunshine
about normal; rainfall generally below and
badly distributed; drought In southern
portion broken. Corn improving. but re-
ports conflict as TO extent of damage
Thrashing about completed. Fall plOwtng
progressing and some seeding done
Indiana-Cool nights and rains were
beneficial to growing crops In many local
tiles Corn Is maturing slowly, but caring
better than was expected. Fall plowing
progressing slowly.
sconsin-Practically nc rain has fallen
shine above normal Dense smoke covers
north and east portions Too dry for plow-
ing. Corn being cut and crop light To-
bacco fair
Iowa-Warm and dry, with cold nights
and heavy dews Corn doing as well as
could be expected, and some fields are safe
from frost II none occurs within two weeks
Pastures improving and feeding stock
quite general
Minnesota Warmer than usual, with
deficient rainfall Small grain yields con-
tinue better than expected; corn ripening
fast. Few potatoes In hills, but quality
excellent. Much stock regularly fed.
South Dakota-Temperature and sun
shine considerably above normal and rain
fall below; favorable for thrashing and
haying Wheat, oats and potatoes In the
Black Hills promise very large yield.
Late millet. flax, potatoes and grass need
rain.
North Dakota Harvesting completed
and grain being thrashed. Showers dur
ing the week have improved corn. pota-
toes, pastures and gardens. Corn will soon
be cut of danger from frosts.
Kansas-Warm and smoky, whit abun-
dant rains In the southwestern and south
eastern counties; elsewhere dry. Pastures
and late crops much improved in rain dis
tricts; elsewhere drying up and stock
water low. Haying finished; crop light
Nebraska-Week very dry and with lit
tie change In crop conditions Pastures
short and much stock being fed Ground
so dry that little progress has been made
In plowing.
Missouri-Improved late corn and pas
lures in southern portion, caused by show
ers and cloudy weather, and plowing IA
cilitated. In northern sections drought
continues, aud corn cutting Is In progress
in many counties Apples still falling
badly.
Michigan - Temperature and sunshine
normal. rainfall below; driest week OF the
season thus far; ground powdery and az
fords no nourishment to growing crops
Late corn and potatoes an entire failure
in many localities Forest fires are doing
much damage
Ohio-Local showers have revived vege-
tation somewhat In the central and south
ern portions; in tho northern counties
corn Is beyond help, and has been or Will
be cut for fodder. General frost did no
serious damage. Potatoes small and not
over two thirds crop On low lands corn
promises one half to three fourths crop,
while hill corn is q failure.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06

49, W w. BLACk w ELL
the Supreme Lodge Supreme ChsnceIlor.
and encampment was a singularly ap-
propriate action on the Fart of the last
session, which convened in Kansas
City Washington is the birthplace OF
the Knights of r'ythias. and it Is fitting
that the city in which the infant strug-
gies of the order wero made should
now be the scene of the largest gath
ering of knights ever brought to-
gether. The order was founded Feb.
10, 1864, by Mr.. Justice III. Rathbone and
otDers, and from beginning of five
members has grown to over half mil
lion.
The feature OF the encampment was
the grand parade of the Uniform rank.
Fifteen thousand knights were in line,
marching by State brigades, and the
procession was more than two hours
passing the presidential reviewing
stand. Pennsylvania avenue wa.
crowded with more than one hundred
thousand people, large proportion OF
them visitors from out of the city.
The President reviewed the procession
from small stand erected on the curb
ing just in front OF the White House,
and as the knights swept past he
acKnow edged the salvtations OF the
commanding off cers by bowing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06
)uring all of this plague heather pre-

During all Of this plague heather pre-
cessions have constantly marche
through the streets of Canton through
out the night pounding gongs, explod-
ing hrecrackers, exposing idols, and
other similar doings, supported oy con-
tributions from the sho, and stores,
to propitiate the evil spirits and to dis
pere the adverse elements. Among its
latest victims are Capt. Vesey and two
privates of the Shropshire regiment,
who caught the dread disease while en-
gagged in sanitary duties in the Chinese
quarter. All three were strong men,
but despite the efforts of the doctors
they were carried off in a few hours.
No treatment that has yet been dis
covered has had the slightest effect
upon the disease. The death Of these
men conclusively proves that the plague
is not a curse which falls upon Chi
nese alone, as was at first thought, but
is a contagious disorder, if it is not
highly infectious.
Numerous orders hare been pub
lished in the Government gazette en-
joining sanitary measures, such as
whitewashing and cleaning the drains
of their dwellings, but, as might be
expected, scarcely any notice was taken
by the natives, who herd together ir
Hong Kong under conditions that
would be tolerated in no civilized
country in Europe or America. The
richer Chinese have left the colony
and come to the coast ports, the arriv-
ais at Shanghai alone being often 300
a day. Fully quarter of the native
population has thus fed from the
plague-stricken colony.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06
The Armor-Plate Scandal.

A more disgraceful chapter OF con-
tractors dealings with the government
would be hard to find than is supplied
by this investigation Sun.
Both the Carnegie company and the
government ins ectors are handled
without gloves in the report made by
the Investigating committee, OF which
Mr.. Cummings is chairman.-Mercury.
The immense amount of noise about
frauds in armor plates and castings OF
nearly every kind for the navy has re-
suited at last in the arrest OF two con-
tractors, charged with plugging Uncle
Sans plates and plucking his pockets.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The officials of the Carnegie company
will not relish the report of the com
mittee appointed to investigate the
facts egarding the quality OF armor-
plate which has been furnished the
government. Congressman Amos Cum
mings is an adept in writing sharp and
stinging criticism on D; ;casion.-Boston
Globe.
The committee finds that it cannot
speak concerning the Carnegie armor-
plate scandal except in the superlative
degree, and the burden of the Con-
gressmen's complaint against the
Pennsylvania iron-workers is that
the commission of such frauds is
moral crime of the gravest
character. Newark Advertiser.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06
WINDS ARE WROTH.
They Spring Up from the Sea and Wipe
Out Russian Towns.

They Spring Up from the Sea and Wipe
Out Russian Towns.
It was wind of death. No other
name can describe the cyclone that
swept across the Sea of Azov Saturday.
1t will be impossible for days yet, says
a st. Petersburg dispatch, to compute
the damage done, bnt 1t is almost GER
tain that at least 1000 persons have
perished, some by drowning, others by
being crushed under falling hou es and
trees. The excitement is great among
the American colony in this city, for
it is feared that at least two parties OF
American tourists were on the sea Of
deadly work.
The wind was first felt at Nogaisk.
Nogaisk is peopled mostly by fisherman,
who were out on the water. When the
hurricane had swept out to the north a
terrible scene was presented. The
village was raZed, overturned-as If an
immense plow had been pushed
through it. Lying everywhere were
woman and children, dead or in the
last agonies. The shallow waters of
the Sea OF AzOv were lashed to such q
height that it was plain that every
fishing-boat must have been sunk. The
cyclone swept on to the northeast after
wrecking Nogaisk. 1t path seems to
have been unusually wide, for at Mar
inopol 1t devastated the country to q
point eleven miles inland, and had its
outer edge far uron the sea. Marino-
pol was practically blotted out of ex-
istence. Not three houses in hun
sdred are left standing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06
HAD BEEN DEPUTY MARSHALs.
Desperadoes Who Held Up Train Had
Been in Uncle Sans Employ.

Desperadoes Who Held Up n Train Had
Been in Uncle Sans Employ.
Henry f. German and William Lake
are now prisoners in the West Chicago
Avenue Police Station, charged with
holiing up train on the Chicago, Mil
waukes Il st. Paul Road at Deerfield,
numbering Special officer Patrick H.
Owens, attempting to take the life of
VIM. McGrath, q watchman employed
by the Northwestern Road, and rob-
bing Conductor N. A. Sargent. The
men wers only captured after a dss-
perate fight, in which 100 police Off
GERS and they were engaged. Both
prisoners were badly wounded before
they surrendered. Over 200 shots we're
fired during the engagement, and the
man hunt, for such 1t was, lasted over
eight hours. During the desperate
fight a distance of over thirty-two
miles was covered.
At first it was thought that the ban
dts were novices in crime, but after the
exhaustive examinations made by In
spector Setback and Capt. Koch IL Is
the general opinion that the murder
and robbery OF Detective Patrick II.
Owens, the shooting of Detective Nc
Grath and the robbery OF the conduc-
tor and brakeman OF the Milwaukee
fraight train, for which they are now
held, are but the last OF series of
depredations marked by the same dar-
ing recklessness.
OF the two men. German, Griswald,
or Gordon-and the police only con-
lecture how many other aliases no may
have-is the deperado. He Is the one
who did most Of the shooting and all of
the talking. and 1t has become apparent