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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24

other when they hear him coming. Per-
haps you can find one; il not you can
easily make one"
Howl" / asked.
"Oh, just scratch little hollow place
in the ground and lay some dry leaves
and grass over it"
Wouldn't that be very cold" / said
shivering.
why, do you mind cold?" said Molly,
laughing again. Il have slept under
the snow. but 1 have some friends who
will change around from one form to
another just to get out Of draught. |
think that's silly"
"Well, in this kind of weather." l said,
my brothers and sisters and I always
sleep under the ground or in our wooden
house."
"A cagew said Molly Cotton-tail. "And
with your brothers and sisters! Why, 1
haven't seen mine since was month
old. 1t must be dreadful not to be
alone"
1T isn't, said; Il wish I was back
home this minute" And / just whined
with loneliness.
well, you must be funny kind of a
hare" said Molly. Il wouldn't change
my form for your wooden cage, not for
whole field Of carrots" And she ran off.
Il thought the best thing l could
do was to run home as fast as l could
leap. l found the door Of the menagerie
shut, and l sat there shivering till the
keeper called in the morning.
"Hullo!" he said; how did little bunny
get out wonder?" But he picked me
up by my ears and carried me home, and
have never run away since that day.
animal Friends.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24
TWO LITTLE TRANsGRESsORs
BY LUCY D. THOMSON.

HE fault was Kitty's
Bobby always said, but
Kitty said it was the
sugar, and well, l will
tell you how it happened,
and you can Judge for
yourselves.
1t was early in the
spring, and hot; one OF
those days when you
have to wear your winter
coat, because your moth
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16
Shouldn't Have Waited.

The dispenser of the finest brands
of Western justice sat on a soap box
with law book spread before him on
an appended whiskey barrel.
"Who arrested this man ?" he asked
as the prisoner stood UP before him.
ave did" responded half a dozen
citizens standing around.
whats the charger"
Gloss stealin'."
"Kin you prove it ?" he asked.
"You betcher life we kin; we ketch-
ed him in the act"
The Judge looked ugly.
"Will you swear to it ?" he asked.
Course we will, Didn't we jist tell
you we ketched him at it?"
All right, gents" said the Judge,
blandly as he laid his gun across the
law book. I'll fine each and every
one of you $40 and costs for contempt
of court in fetchin' him here, and dis
miss the case agin the prisoner. You
oughter strung him up when you
ketched him."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16
P0LITENESS
In One Country. EBut Viewed Very
Differently in Others.

"Give me light, will you please ~
asked one man Of another in theatre
lobby few evenings ago.
with pleasure" said No. 2 knock
ing the the ashts from his cigar before
presenting it to his friend.
"Thanks," said No. l, returning the
cigar after lighting his cigarette. at
was kind of you to knock the ash off
for me, but let me advise you never to
do it if you happen to be in the West
Indies. They look on that as a deadly
insult down there. The Cuban or
jamaican will hand you his cigar
with the ash on, and you must snip it
off for yourself.
"That reminds me of another curious
custom that came across on the west
coast. was in Lima and my friend
took me one night to one of the cafes
where they sit around after the thea
ter and drink light wines. There
were women in the party, and it fell
to ME after time to fill a glass for
one of them.
81 was sitting back comfortably in
my chair smoking, and without NOV
ing my position carelessly tipped the
bottle backward, SO as to pour the
wine backhanded.
Christianity my fair companion flush
ed deeply, and there was a moments
awkward pause in the conversation.
Afterward my Peruvian friend told
me that to pour wine for lady in that
fashion was to distinctly slight her"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

as TO rents and incomes from real es
tate invalidate the whole act;
Second--Whether as to the income
from personal property as such the &C
is unconstitutional as laying direc
taxes:
Third--Whether any part of the tax
if not considered as direct tax, is in.
valid for want of unifornity-the
Justices who heard the arguments are
equally divided, and therefore, no
opinion is expressed. The result is
that the decree of the Circuit Court is
reversed and the case remanded with
directions to enter decree In favor
OF complainant in respect only to the
voluntary payment of the tax on the
rents and income of it's real estate
and that which it holds in trust and
on the income from the municipal
bonds owned or so held by it.
The effect of all the opinions deliv-
cred is to show that the court! was
unanimous in the opinion that the
law is unconstitutional as to munich
pal and State bonds; that Chief JUS
tice Fuller and Justices Field, Gray,
Brewer, Brown and Shiras held it to
be Invalid on incomes derived from
rents, and that Justices Harlan and
White dissented from this opinion as
to rents. 1t is impossible to state the
exact division as to the validity of the
other parts Iof the law futher than
was disclosed by the proceedings. 1t
appears quite clear that Chief Justice
Fuller and Justices Harlan and White
voted to sustain the other parts of the
law, and the best opinion obtainable
Is that Justice Brown stood with them
in this opinion, which would leave
Justices Field, Gray, Brewer and
Shiras as the opponents of the law as
/ whole.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16
A Little Girls Experience in a
Lighthouse.

Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Prescott 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 a 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 "handful of
bones" Then she tried DIR. Kings
New Discovery and after the use OF
two and 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, 1895-04-16
Stamping Outfit Free.

All our readers should send to
the publishers of The HOME, al
Milk ST., Boston, Mass, and get q
set of their beautiful Stamping
Patterns. They can be used for
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All desirable and good size; some
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terms and two alphabets, one
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With this outfit the publishers send
The HOME, a large 16-page paper,
containing Stories, Fashions, Fan
cy Work, etc., for 3 months, and
only ask 10 cents to cover the cost
OF postage on patterns and paper.
Our illustrated Premium List sent
free to any address.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16
BEAUTY
Turned to a Practical Account
BY Two Women.
a whole.

The young men about town have
two new stories which they are re.
peating to each other.
One is about pretty cashier and
the other is about pretty woman
who is frequently seen among the
shoppers on Whitehall street. One
merit of the stories is that they are
strictly true.
its this way" said a young man
yesterday, "the women are so con-
fOundedly pretty that they hypnotic
the men. The pretty cashier always
gives back the right change except
when the customer happens to be the
sort of man who imagines himself a
lady-killer; then she losses it down
about dollar short. She gives him
smile with his short change that is
worth fully 81. Tie man smiles, and
though he discovers that his change
is shy few cents, he never says a
word. If he did, why, of course, the
young lady would be surprised and
would make it up. But she's so
shrewd that she never misjudges a
man. She sizes up the men right
every time, and not once in hundred
times do the men say word. They
are tickled to death at having the
young lady smile on them SO sweet
ly, and had rather give up the whole
amount than make kick.
"The other woman is professional
shopper. and she's sumner in looks.
She goes into store and calls for
something--she never buys a costly
thing. The clerk brings out what she
calls for and displays it on the coun-
ter. She examines it and throws in
bright remarks and makes eyes at the
clerk-in short, she gives the young
fellow to understand that she is dread
fully smashed on him. He feels like
hugging himself. The lady buys the
article, of course, and fingers a few
minutes to talk with the clerk after 1t
is wrapped up. Her smiles and her
eyes completely hypnotic him, and af-
ter a short time she walks out in an alb
sent-minded way, having forgotten to
pay for her purchase. OF course the
clerk never says word. He just
makes out ticket and has it charged
up to himself. This lady never makes
mistakes. If she should happen to
strike clerk some day who was not
susceptible to mashes, why, she'd SIM
ply look embarrassed and say:
GLOW funny! Excuse my mistake
think of me forgetting to pay you.
| am so absent-minded"
But the clerks never give her an
to say that.-Atlanta
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16
Carefulness in Little Thinus.

81 think it's all right for the bank
president with salary of $4,000 q
year to spend half day looking for a
lost penny" said Mr.. Billtops. at
wouldn't do for man in his place to
set the bad example of being careless
about little things, but when Mrs.
Billtops spoils a two-dollar pair OF
gloves trying to pick up a penny it al
ways kinds of irritates me-"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

Fruit is not valued for food as
it should be. The common notion
that it is too watery to be of great
value, except as relish. The
grains, that are nearly free from
water, are depended upon for nu-
triton. The chemists tell us that
most kinds of fruit average SO per
cent. water and only IL per cent.
Of dry matter. How, it may be
asked, can men live on food with so
little substance as thisH But
milk has 81 per cent. of water and
is nearly a complete food. 1t is
much more complete food than
whole dry grain would be. Meth
er -four or meal can be well used
unless cooked. For this water is
added. Then, in eating bread and
buildings, or whatever else is made
from -four and meal, more water is
drank. fit isn't the food consti-
pates and does not digestproperly.
One way or another the human
system requires large percentage
Of water, as, indeed, it is itself
largely composed of water. Fruit
has a considerable proportion Of |
sweet. This is as nutritious as
starch, and more easily digested.
When starchy foods are eaten they
ire changed'to sugar by the gas
,ric juices. SO far, therefore, the
sugar of fruits is already partly
ligested.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16
Was RypnOtized.

Police Judge-You are charged
with being drunk. What have you
got to say for yourself?"
Prisoner-"Your honor, I was hyp-
noizied by several men. They ca b
asked me to take a drink and \
couldn't refuse"
Police Judge-"I will do a little
hypnotizing myself. Please sojourn
in Jail for twenty days. See if you
can refuse that."-Peck's Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

Frank Joplin was on Monday again
appointed postmaster at Elizabethtown
to succeed Mrs. Helm. The charges
filed against Mrs. Helm are not be-
lieved to have had much to do with
bringing about this result, the Presi-
dent simply standing by his first APP
pointment, which failed of confima-
ton by the Senate.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

An extension of the French divorce
law has just been made by a Paris
court. Hitherto the doctrine ha dshe
that foreigners can obtain no relief
from the French courts, but in the
case of German who had long lived
in France, but was not naturalized,
the court held that bona fde resi-
dent was entitled to the benefit of the
laws. No limit was assigned to the
length of residence required.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

A Lawrence girl who don't skate
and won't learn gave as her reason
that if she was going to be held up
she preferred to be held up in her own
parlor.-Lawrence Gazette.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

A Chicago jury has given verdict
for $4,000 damages against Jacob
Schweinfurth, the Rockford" Messiab, F"
for alternating Mrs. George w. Cou-
drey's affections from her husband.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

In reply TO direct question Presi-
dent Cleveland said that he could not
see that the decision on the income
tax made an extra session of Con-
gress necessary.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

Treasury officials estimate that re-
ceipts from the income tax will be cut
down at least so per cent. in conse-
auenco of the ruling out of incomes
from rents and from Stale, county and
municipal bonds.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

A gold medal of the valuesof 5000
is offered by the Bologna Academy of
Sciences for the memoir describing
the best system or apparatus for put
ting out fires, by chemical, physical,
or mechanical means. The papers
must all be in by the end of May, 1896,
and may be written in Latin, French
or Italian, or in any other language,
If accompanied by an Italian transla-
ton.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

A Kensington youth who had been
told that a certain young lady's father
had plenty of dough, proposed to her
before he discovered that the old man
was a Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

The Central Trust Company of
New York, as trustee of the mortgage
bonds, has prayed an injunction at
Birmingham to prevent the transfer
of the Alabama Great Southern rail-
road to the control of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

Fifty citizens, of Edmonson county,
among them Baptist preacher, were
arrested for tearing down house oc-
cupied by depraved woman. The
Commonwealth failed to make out a
case against the citizens although
they acknowledged what they had
done.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

Another balloon has been seen on
the shores of the Porsanger Fiord,
east of Hammerfest, in Norway. 1t
was red and blue, and, like the one
seen month before, seemed to come
from the arctic regions.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

Twent-one persons were killed by
al explosion of fire-damp in the Blue
Canon Coal Mine, near New What
com, Washington, last Monday.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

Oscar Wilde, the aesthetic and
writer of plays, has been convicted in
infamous crime, aud W i'll probably be
sentenced to long term in the peni-
tertiary.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

The Massachusetts Legislature has
passed a Sunday law that goes a little
ahead of the usual statute on that
subject. 1t provides for Furnishing
any one who attends a Sunday per-
Torrance, as well as those participant
ing in the performance.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

In response to a recommendation
from President Crespo, the Congress
of Venesuely adopted resolutions
thanking the United States for the at
titude of this Government on the con-
troversy between Venesuela and
Great Britain.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16
THE ADVOCATE.
General Clarkson calls ex-Presideni
Harrison ga receptive candidate"

The Governor of Arkansas pleaded
guilty to the charge OF carrying con-
cealed weapons and was fined $50 at
Little Rock last week.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

A Chicago tiltering company is pre-
pairing to put in some of its apparatus
at the Louisville Water Company's
reservoir for test. Louisville will
not secure clean water before she
needs it, even if the experiment shall
Drove a Success.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16

The State Board OF Equalization has
raised the assessment for Montgomery
county, on lands Z per cent, and on
town lots 2 per cent.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-11-07
AN AVENUE OF IDOLS.
A Double Row Of japanese Buddhaa
Which Cannot Be Counted.

Double Row Of japanese Buddhas
Which Cannot Be Counted.
Close to this interesting pool is the
avenue Of images, representing til,
Amida Buddha. The idols vary in size
but are similar in design. There are sew
eral hundred Of them altogether, and
they sit facing one another in two long
rows. We asked the little jap who
brought Us to the place how many Of
them there were. In an awed whisper
be replied, Nobody knows ;" Then he
told Us how impossible it was to count
them. Each image was made unsightly
by having numbers Of little bits Of paper
stuck on to it and chewed bits Of paper
which had been spat at it. The object Of
this disfguration we failed to discover,
though our friend Hojo informed US they
were put on by the young priests, part
Of whose novitiate it was to attempt to
count the Buddhas.
There is evidently something wrong
with these idols, for no one has ever
been able to reckon them up the same
twice over, in spite Of sticking piece
Of paper to tick each one off. Of course
two interpretations Englishmen were
not to be humbugged by native stories.
so NJ. (my travelling companion) and I,
thinking the whole thing ridiculous, de-
cided to count the mysterious images.
We started on cooperative lines, each
taking side Of the avenue. Our efforts,
however, were fruitless, for we had not
numbered off more than a dozen each,
before N. (whose eyes were not so good
as they had once been) shouted across to
me: II say, saw one Of them on your
side moving. I'm certain Ibid. They're
uncanny. Let's give it up" This inter-
ruption Of course upset all my calcula-
lions, but we soon came on the moving
image, which turned out to be nothing
more than one Of the old Frenchmen,
seated peacefully among the statues and
looking in his white clothes for all the
world like a jolly, fat, old Buddha. -
Gentleman's Magazine
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-11-07

George Francis Train sat in state in
Madison Square park the other day. and
as he lolled ON q bench munching pea
nuts man came along who had been
drinking. There are few persons on
earth who think the sage Of the square
an easy mark for their shafts Of wit.
kin you tell me-" asked the lurch-
ing chap, why you are crazy?"
George Francis looked at him seri.
ously for moment. "Yes," he an
swered; II am pursued by so many
fools who ask questions
Don't sensible folks ever talk to
your" went on the man.
Never" replied the philosopher.
"You have answered your own ques
tion," he went on. IT you need the in,
formation really. you put yourself down
as silly person If you're not bright
enough to see the point, you are con-
victed Of being one Of the class you men
ton In any event your fool Now
go home and reason it out" And the
half dazed individual sapntered away.
New York World.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-11-07
PROMPTLY ANSWERED.
General Ry.n's conundrum Didn't Bother
the IrishmAn For . Moment.

the IrishmAn For . Moment.
One Of General Ryan's pecuIarities
is that he never tells the same story to
the same man q second time. Not long
ago he was talking about his travels in
the United Kingdom. Il had always
thought, said he, that the famous
Irish wit and repartee were only to be
found On the stage or in Levers novels,
but I came away from Ireland with
very different idea
II was stopping at a little country
inn, and game Of cards was in prog.
Sass. was invited to take hand, and
as an Americanized Irishman I thought
I ought TO keep up the reputation Of the
country for sociability. I asked what
they were playing, and they replied
'Forty-five, an old time Irish game. I
told them that barely knew the rules,
but that I could play seven up, euchre
or nearly any other American card game
But they insisted on my taking hand.
and did so. One Of the pages, who was
standing at the back Of my chair,
watched my hand pretty closely, and
the first time made bad play he said,
soto yoce: Holy Moses, I niver see
such a play in me loife. I wonder
phwere the divil the mon cum from.
I paid no attention to him, Of course,
and went On with the game. The next
time made bad play, and it wasn't
very long he again said, talking to him
self, 'Bedad. niver did see mon play
the loikes Of that began to be IN.
uoyed, but still I said nothing, although
o man never likes to hear it said that
be plays game bad y, but the man was
talking to himself id meant no harm.
However, when he broke out the third
time could contain myself no longer.
turned around and said, LOOK here,
my friend, are you playing these cards,
or am r. The Eishman looked at me
for a moment, and then said, 'Nayther
Nv Us, your honor, savin your prisince,
sor.'
II joined the rest Of them in the
laugh, and said, We'll, boys, order up !;
hat puts 'em On me. '"-Cincinnati
9rihnna
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-11-07
ingalls, on His Defeat.

Ex-senator Ingalls,, speaking Of his
defeat at Topeka in 1890 when he was
acandidate for reelection, said: when
tho returns came in and saw how over.
whelming my defeat was and what il
meant to me-the end Of IS years serv.
ice in the American senate, possibly the
end Of my public life-I confess that
agony was in my soul 1t was beauti-
full day. Everybody was watching me
to see how I was going to take it-au
my family. 1t was a tragic hour. I
went over to my pasture and walked
through the withered wood. There in a
little grassy glade, sheltered from the
autumnal breeze, the sun shining cold
~ down, I opened the windows Of my
spirit and let that whole thing in on
me, and commanded my fortitude. I
sat there in that little dell until the
struggle was over, until I was mas,ez
Of myself"