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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

Texas is going into the culture of
rice on an extensive scale. There are
localities near the Gulf of Mexico
which are we'll adapted to this crop.
Large elevators have been built for
storing rice and mills for cleansing it
from impurities. The Government
has decided to issue special monthly
bulletin as to the condition and pros
poets of the crop. 1t is to be hoped
that this bulletin will not be mislead-
ing as have been many of the Govern
ment bulletins regarding wheat and
other crops.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

The production of gold in india has
increased considerably of recent years
and is quite an important source of
supply. Following are figures show
ing the production during the last five
years in ounces. 1889, 76,577 ounces ;
1890, 1O4,932 ounces; 1891, 130,l37
ounces; 1892, 163,l4O ounces; 1898
III MONTHS 1S9,376 ounces. India is
thus turning out gold at the rate of
over 81, 100000 per annum at present,
and this production is likely to be con-
siderably increased in the future.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

A good extemporized apparatus for
removing carbonic acid gas from wells
is simply an opened-out umbrella let
down and rapidly hauled up a num-
Der of times in succession. The
person who made and reports this
experiment states that the effect was to
remove the gas in few minutes from
a we'll so foul as to instantly extinguish
a candle previous to the use of the
umbrella.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

Cease from this antedatimg of your
experience. Sufficient to to-day are
the duties of to-day. Don't waste life
in doubts and fears spend yourself on
the work before you, well assured that
the right performance of this hours
duties will be the best preparation for
the hours or ages that follow it. IT'S
the measure OF man-his apprehen-
sion of a day.-R. w. Emerson.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

In the tanning industry electricity
is beginning to play amimportant part.
The largest tsnnery in Switzerland
will soon be reconstructed and enlarg-
ed for the purpose of adopting the pro-
cess of electric tanning.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

For the Intelligent Voter the Com
ing Year Will Be Fraught with
More Interest Than a Cam
paign. By What is Done This
Winter the Fate of Parties and
the History of Government
Will Be Determined.
The most valuable paper that comes
to this Office is the New York World.
Fearless and independent, working at
all times for the best interests of the
people, and never for the selfish ends
of any ring or individual, supporting
the right and condemning the wrong
wherever found, it becomes great
power for good throughout the land
Its policy is defined by its well.
known motto: Equal rights to all
Special Favors to None" The repu.
tation of the Weekly World as an in
comparable newspaper is fully estab'
lished. 1t reaches tor the very best
aud fullest news of the entire country
and gets it. The celebrated "Tarif
Mule" articles are again running il
their weekly and are creating wide
spread attention. Its miscellaneous
pages are replete with articles of val
liable and interesting information tt
every one. 1t is a large l2-page.
column paper for only 800 year
We have succeeded in making
special arrangements by which we car
furnish The ADVOCATE and thu
Weekly World one year both for only
81 80. Address
The ADVOCATE,
Mt Sterling, KY.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

"Though an inheritance of acres may
be bequeathed, an inheritance of
knowledge cannot. The wealthy man
may pay others for doing his work for
him; but it is impossible to get his
thinking done for him by another, or
to purchase any kind Of self culture"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

The cave animals of North America
according to Prof. A. S. Packard OF
Brown University, comprise l72 spe-
cies of blind creatures, nearly all OF
which are mostly white in color,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

Humbolt describes an oak tree
which he saw in France ninety feet in
circumference at the base, and estima-
ted to be two thousand years old.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

The longest voyage on record In a
balloon was made by John Wise, from
st. Louis to Henderson, N. Y, in July
1864 distance $50 miles, which was
made in nineteen hours, or at the rate
of forty-six miles an hour. -
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

Let man but speak forth with gen.
uine earnestness the thought, the emo
ton, the actual condition of his own
heart, and other men, so strangely are
we knit together by the tie of sympa-
thy, must and will give heed to him.
Carlyle.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17
Mt. Sterling, KY, Nov. 30, 1913

MI. Sterling, NY, NOV 70, 90
As Commissioner appointed by
the Montgomery County Court, to
settle and state the accounts of
John C. Richardson, Sheriff of
Montgomery county, KY, as Col
lector of the county levy of year
1898, this day proceeded to per-
form said duty, and find the same
to be as follows:
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

The average weight of twenty thou
sand men and women weighed at Bos-
ton was men 14lb pounds, women
1244 pounds.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

Endurance is the present preroga-
tive of women, enabling the gentlest
TO suffer what would cause terror to
manhood Wieland,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

Handkerchiefs were first made for
market at Paisley, Scotland, in E43.
Last year it is computed that SOOOO,-
600 dozen were sold in the United
States.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17
THE ADVOCATE.

1t is said that South Africa last year
gave profit of $200OO,O0O from its
gold mines aud $7,750,000 from its
diamonds.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17
Castoria.

"Castoria is so we'll adapted to children thas
recommend it as superior TO any prescription
II. A. ARCHER, N. D.,
III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. r.
"our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that tho
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HosPrrAL AND DIsPxFsARY,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN @. SMITH, Pres,
urray Street, New York City.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

HENRY JONES, Com'r.
State of Kentucky,
Montgomery County Fiscal Court.
Dec. Term, Dec. 10, '93.
l, G. A. Whitney, Clerk of the
Fiscal Court, in and for Mont
gomery County, KY, do certify
that the foregoing settlement of
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17
44LIST K
8OFN
ZAIMSS
sseeessssess
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
esesssssesss

List of claims allowed at Sep
TENDER Term, 1898, and payable by
County Treasurer out of County
Levy of 1894:
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17
Castoria.

."Castoria Is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
DIR. G. O. OseooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria is the best remedy for children OF
which am acquainted. / hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DIR. ]. f. KINCHELoE,
Conway, Ark
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17


John G Richardson, Sheriff of
Montgomery County, Ky, on ac-
count Of County Levy for 1893, as
made by H. Jones, Com'r, was this
day filed in Court, and same was
examined and approved by the
Court and ordered TO be recorded,
and same and this certificate are
duly recorded in my office.
Witness my hand, this Decem-
Der 20, 1898.
G. A. WHITNEY,
Clerk Fiscal Court.
Bv w. B. O'CoNNELL, ID. G..
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

List of claims allowed at April
Term, 1894, of Fiscal Court and
payable by County Treasurer out
of County Levy Of 1894:
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

The Cenaur Company, Murray Street. New York City
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17
DEBTOR.

To amount due the county on
$4,776,O27, OF 50 ID cents on each
800, it being the assessed value of
the property in the county as cor
rected and equalized by the State
Board of Equalization, and the
county levy being as follows:
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17

IL l. ~ Is X IL ~ cenIsr II ID . IL
cents, Court House 81 cents, coun-
ty purposes 20 cents -----$ 25O74 IA
Amount due on 1890 polls, at $3.50 . 2,535 90
y T T at at 5S55 '99ee--...-o. l79 20
To amount due on Bank Franchises:
New Farmers Bank $500. -$27S067 AZ
Traders Deposit Band ----- 2OO,S3l II
Mt. Sterling Natl Bank 1855 30
Exchange Bank Of Ky -; lOOgiS So 1856 Oh
pT S1oS assessed aSe by Clerk. 81 90
To amount due on polls at $l.5O, as
sessed by the Clerk -------------- 80
Total 3l,535.96
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-04-17
BONDED DEBT.

Bundled DEBT.
aary, isss 80, ....,.....s $4,000 90
70 Bonds (refunding) due yau'y, 1908,
with privilege to run until Jan. 1888, $4,000 90
& Cont House bonds ............ 5000 90
slsl,OOoOo
CASH BALANCES on HAND APRIL 8, 1894:
In hands Of
NJ 5 Tyler, TT +, TO pay bonds 1897 : S,431 Al
Mt. Sterling National Bank, Recr,t to
pay refunding bonds. ....... 80. l,290 ~
j L Winn, Treas Court House, 3,24S ~
j q Winn (turnpike) ... -. 200 %
JIG Winn general fund.- ....... 1852 SO
Total. $15,SO9.G6
Attest: G. A. WHITNEY,
Clerk M. G. G..
By w. B. O'CoNNELL. d. C.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-06
JEWELS HIDDEN LONG AGO.
OId-FashIoned yaluables Recently Found
I'm a Well in Mississippi.

What has been known for half cen
turv as the old Freeland residence. six
miles from Jackson. Miss, was recent
lv torn down after having been ruin
for many years. says a correspondent
of the Philadelphia Times. Beneath
il was discovered what had been an
old curbcd well. and on clearing this
out there was brought up small steel
caslSet containing several articles
old-fashioned jewelry. These num-
bered among them a watch Of the
stvle worn during the last part OF the
last century and a comb such as was
affected by ladies of continental times.
These were set with large pearls
which must have been valuable. but
which are ruined by the action of the
water. A tiara of small diamonds bore
the device of ID" in small German
characters. but beyond this there Is no
clew as to the owner of the jewels.
The family to whom the house be-
longed has long been extinct and the
place for some years until recently mas
been inhabited by negroes. Some oi
the older citizens remember that TINS
mansion replaced another far hand
somer. which was destroyed by fire
and which was one of the oldest places
in the state. At the time OF the war
the house was rented TO poor family
named Lucey. who would hardly have
possessed such jewels, 50 their pres
ence in the well can scarcely be ae-
counted for on the theory that they
were hidden there then for safety
The present value of the articles is not
more than one hundred dollars. but
when new they must have been worth
something over one thousand dollars.
according to the valuation OF local
ieweler. They are now in the posses
sion Of the gentleman who owns the
land on which the old place stood
The watch is curious for its antique
workmanship. though most OF the
works have been eaten away by rusi'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-06
ANCIENT FASHIONS.


GRREK ladies had steel and brass mir
rors. parasols. fans and smelling bot
ties.
LAY figures for fitting on ladies'
dresses were invented in France about
1890.
CoRsErs have been found on the mum
mics of Egyptian princesses OF the roy
al family.
THE women of the middle ages al
ways parted their hair with a small
dagger. When not in use it was car
ried in the girdle.
WIRE hairpins were invented in Eng
land in 1545. Before that time the fe-
male coiffures were held in place by
fine wooden sbewers.
KID and silk gloves came into use in
Europe about the end of the fifteenth
century. At first only princeSSes and
ladies Of high rank were allowed to
wear them.
FROM 1854 to 17SG the style OF hair
dressing in Paris changed seventeen
times. and went from the extreme of
short curls and skull cap to hat
three feet broad.
IY the Roman catacombs have been
found several sets of false teeth, manu-
featured from ivory to repair the raw
ages of time in the mouths OF Roman
beauties.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-06
DOINGs OF PEOPLE.

WILLIAM ANDREW CONANT, known
the country over for his skill as vio-
lin-maker, died recently, aged ninety
wears. He began making violins in
Brattleboro nearly sixty years ago and
is said TO have made over seven hun
dred of them.
HANS voN BULow was exceedingly
vain. When fits of vanity would seize
him on the stage it was his custom to
have the stage hands shift the piano
between the numbers 50 that with
each new piece a different profile Of
his face would be presented.
YoUNG KING ALEXANDER attended
his first ball in Belgrave a few Gays
ago. He was shy, awkward, ungrace-
full. and beyond the honor Of being
chosen as a partner of their king the
young girls present derived little
pleasure from dancing with the
monarch.
JrpGE WuMOT " SMITH. of Long
Island. learning that the county board
intended to increase his salary from
two thousand dollars to twenty-five
hundred dollars per annum. appeared
before the board the other erening
and defeated the proposition by show
ing that the present salary is suf-
ficient.
SENATOR SrANFORD's fayOrite seat. a
large and comfortable willow chair
standing at window in the Stanford
mansion. where the senator used to sit
and watch the scenes of the street and
the bay. is kept by his widow just as
he left it, except that across its ca
pacious arms broad leather strap has
been buckled to prevent occupancy
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-06
SIOUX FAMILY LIFE.
ouarrels and Punisbments Are Very Rare
Among Relatives.

A writer in Outing gives an aihuslHS
account of "Sketching Among the
Sioux" He says that the kindness and
patience of these people in their 40
mestic relations are very noticeable.
The women have certain duties to per-
form. as among other races; but the
men do not disdain to help them on oc-
casions any more than does whiie
man OF good disposition.
We never saw. during our whole resi-
dence IN the Sioux village, a single
family quarrel, and the children were
rarely, il ever, punished.
One example to illustrate this char
acteristic pleased and amused us not
little. One day Flying-by's wife
came TO our tent and asked us 70 lend
her a small hand-mirror which We pos
sessed. We gave it to her, and then
watched her to see what she would do
with IL. About a mile and half or
two miles away horse race was IN
progress, watched by three or four hun
dred mounted Indians.
The squaw took the mirror, stood IN
front of the tent. and reflected beam
of sunlight from the glass along the
ground in line with the group OF In
dians.
II was only two or three minutes be-
fore solitary horseman left the band
and came tearing over the prairie
toward us. 1t was Flyiug-by, who
sprang off his horse at our door and
looked inquiringly around. His wife hao
gone back to her cooking. ard was ap'
parently quite beedless of his coming
To his question whether some one
had not sent for him, we could only re-
ply that we had seen his wife playing
heliostat with our mirror. wherenpcn
he went over and spoke TO her.
In moment he returned, and WI TN
grin told us that, knowing he mad
money. his wife had called him home
for fear he might be tempted TO gam
Bile IL away. He chuckled over hei
prudence, and told us that he migh,
have made lot of money II he had
STAYED; and not cross word wa'
spoken. $50
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-06
THE ANCHOR NURSE.
4 Man Who Twenty Years Ago Had
Down Very Fine Indeed

4 Man Who Twenty Years Ago had II
Down Very Fine Indeed
81 see that Ives made great run at
billiards the other day." said the old
man as he chalked his cue, 'and that
he did it with the anchor nurse. Now
the papers are talking about that an
chor nurse as if it was new thing. l
saw an anchor nurse used way back III
-. and the fellow who used it had
used it before, too"
Pressed for the story by Buffalo EX-
press writer, the old man said; u was
in hard luck that winter and was act
ing as room keeper for a friend OF
mine. One day fellow came into the
room and got into game. lie proved
to be a very good player, and for a
week or two he came up regularly ana
laid out the local experts to the queens 5
taste. Then a match was made be-
tween him and the best player in town
for one hundred dollars. 1t was to be
five hundred points up, straight bill
lizards.
"The night for the match came and
the room was crowded. They began
to play. and dubbed along until each
one of them had fifty or so buttons
Then the stranger got the balls against
the rail and held them in one spot. lie
ran out the game, making, to be exact
four hundred and forty-seven billiards.
The last shot he made was hard drive
f,.o,,, tho lower end of the table and it
broke the balls up. lie was loudly ap'
plauded, and there were many com
ments on his skill in keeping the balls
anchored as he did. He got the money
and went away.
Next day we were talking over the
game. and one man said he didn't be-
lieve any man could make so many
points off two balls without moving
them. He talked so much that we ex'
amined the table. Then we got on 10
the anchor nurse"
Ibid he have a hole punched in the
cloth?" asked listener.
NO" said the old man, "he didn't y
"All on the square, was it?"
"Well, not exactly. You see he car
ried small bottle of liquid glue with
him, and he put COB of 1t on the table
next the cushion when we didn't see
him" The old man picked up his cue
and made a carom. There was q
man." he said, "who had the anchor
nurse down about as fine as any OF
thotn
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-06
ABOUT OUR CITIES.

Bosroy is called the Modern Athens,
the Literary Emporium, the City OF
Nations and the Hub of the Universe.
THE manufactures of st. Paul amount
to more than SG0,OOO,0OO 4 year. The
city was originally known as Pigs Eye.
KANSAS CITY. Kan. is separated from
Kansas City, Mo-, by the state line
which runs through the middle Of a
street
New ORLEANS is the largest cotton
market in the world except Liverpool,
and receives over 100000 bales every
year.
ST. Louis is the Mound City, from a
huge Indian mound which was long
since removed to make way for i'm
prOvements.
PrrrsBURGH has 90 blast furnaces, Ga
iron and steel mills. 80 glass works, 20
natural gas companies and 60 oil re-
fneries.
SAN Francisco is the Golden Gate
City. from the exquisite bay view in
front, hanked on either side by impos'
ing eminences.
AURORA. H., was the first city IN the
world to illuminate its streets with
electricity. The wires were placed in
position in 1851.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-06
LARGE SAILING SHIPS.
Some OF tho Mammoth Freight Vessels OF
Recent Build.

The largest sailing ship afoat is the
French five-master La France, launched
in 1890 on the Clyde, and owned by
Messrs. Ant Dom Bordes ct Fills, who
possess a large fleet of sailing vessels.
In 1891 she came from Iquique to Dun
kirk in 1O5 days, with 5000 tons Of
nitrate. vet she was stopped on the
TYNE when proceeding to sea with $500
tons of coal and compelled to take out
500 tons on the ground that she was
overladen.
There is not single fve-masted sail
ing ship under the British flag. says
Chambers Journal. The United States
has two 1ve-masters, the Louis, OF $50
tons. and the Gov. Ames, Of LIS tons,
both fore-and-aft schOOners, rig Pc
culiar to the American coast. Ships
having five masts can be counted on
the fingers of one hand, but, strange
to say. the steamship Coptic, of the
Shaw, Savill & Albion company, on
her way to New Zealand, in December
1890. passed the Gov. Ames in IA de-
rrees south 81 degrees west, bound
for California, and two days later, in G
degrees south 81 degrees west, the
French fve-master La France, bound
south.
Passengers and crew Of the Coptic
might travel over manya weary league
of sea and never again see two such
excellent object lessons in the growth
of sailing ships in quick succession
The largest three-masted sailing ship
is the Ditton, of ,, $50 TONS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-06
THREE,

Three cOmra(ei wa ked with me when li!t
was new,
And one was Youth, whose brow from
care was free;
The second one was Joy, who danced and
sung;
The other, Ho[e. These left me company
Until day when Youth farewell" did
say
Aud ltft me at a tuning of the way.
Fair Hope walks with me still, but keeps
her eyes
Lifted to where the hills of heaven shine
Aud Joy (whose other name is Peace,
remains,
Though in her face l see light divine,
But Will know, when past earth'S toll
and pain,
S Syeet Youth, once lost will then he mine
again.
Helen Percy in Good Housekeeping q.
own best. Tue rest of the night l
spent in some necessary carpenter
work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-06
GOOD OLD TUNES.
Songs That Were sung When This Coun-
try Was Young.


1t is very interesting TO trace tn
origin of some of the good old tunes
with which we are familiar. There
have been many controversies as TO
their authorship.
"Old Hundred" has been yariously
ascribed to DR.. Martin Luther, DIR.
John Dowland and William Franck.
DIR. Lowell Macon wrote quite trea-
tise on the old tune. saying emphatic
ally that it was written by Guillaum
(William) Franck Q543.) But later
musical historians say it was COM
posed by Louis Bourgeois, OF France,
in 1851.
The old tune. God Save the King.
or America" 50 universally sung TO
INV Country, 'T.s of Thee" was COM
posed by DIR. John Bull 05G@-lC2s)'
music teacher to Queen Elizabeth
about 1900.
The tune of yankee Doodle" has
had seven or eight treatises written
upon it in the last thirty years, ascrib-
ing it to various dates and origins,
even back 10 the Netherlands and the
davs of Cromwell and the Charleses.
DIR. George Grove, Of London, Eng,
investigated thoroughly the various
musical libraries and the British muse
um in England, finding no trace OF 1t
whatever.
But Yankee Doodle" has an origin
and has a history. II was written by
DR.. Richard Schuchburgh (whose com
mission dates 1870, in the French and
Indian war Of 1775 under Gen. Jeffrey
Amherst. and was intended as a take
off" on the rag, tag and bobtail' re-
cruits of the colonies that came into
the army.
The first words Father and went
down to camp" were in the Boston
Journal. 176s, and the first record Of
the tune is in Arnold's Two 10 One.
1854: so that Yankee Doodle" al
though written by British surgeon,
is really American.
The tune star Spangled Banner
is an adaptation of "Anacreon in
Heaven" composed by DR.. Samuel
Arnold. u7SS-lsO2) of England. 117o.
Hail Columbia" or the presidents
March," was by Prof. Phylas, Of Phil
adelphia. 1889.
Portuguese Hymn" or "Adeste
Fideles." is ascribed by English mu-
sicians TO John Reading. who died in
1864. But Herbert p Main. of Nev'
York. musical antiquarian. says the
tune cannot be found as in existence
previous to 1870. He says it was COM
posed and written by Marcantonlo
Simoe G7G2-lS9O). He wrote under the
assumed name of "POrtogallo.'