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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
udlWilI 1900 be a Leap Year,

%iTl.at 1873 viii be leap year is an
admitted fact, but that 1900 will not
be aleap year was settled long ago.
By an act passed in 175l it was settled
that the calendar should be reformed
IN number of particulars.
From January 1,1752 civil year was
fixed to commence on that date, and
"a a not on March %, as many had it.
Nh the same year--l752-eleven days
Are to fall out, from the Bird to the
18th inclusive, so that what would
have been the 18th was made the Srd
after which the reckoning proceeded
as < nothing had happened.
The lew style SO introduced went on
regularly after that, but in 1900 no leap
gar was recorded. There will he
aEother like change at the
Oil fin de steele or end OF
I the century, for 1900 is not to be a
leap year, and 1891 is to be "the fifth
after Bissextile, or leap year, and tbs
First year of the twentieth century,
The first leap year of this century
,as In 1904. aud is so described in
almanacs of the time. Moore's al
l anac for 1900 calls the year the
lsSSrth after Bissextie or leap year
andsiy to February twenty-e;sh
days only.In the like manner 1902 il
called the sixth and 1903 the seventh
after leap year.
odd as this seems, we are going tc
do the same thing after next year, SC
that for seven years there will be nc
Ff)ruary 30 for any anniversaries. \
N be rather harden some people whc
fAe been born or married on that &c.
caA,ric day.--London Queen.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02

No. / will arrive at l.. Il n depot and make
connection with S:45 a. M. tram for Frankfort
and Louisville and all points on L. &N,
Nos 2, 8 and arrive and depart srom c. 4 o
depot Lexington, and ana from Freight de-
Dot at Netherland.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02

3 WA Hint TO The Wise.
Maidenss whitening on the stalk,
Ride inlcatriages or walk;
Maidens, ADJOINING fresh and fair,
Go wheeling, wheeling everywhere,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02

is Annie Londonderry, of Bss
TON, who is riding around the world
on a bicycle, to decide wager O
$1,000 to 10000, arrived at Ell Paso
Texas, last week. She has been on
her Journey, few days over year
andiuthat time has declined l50 offer
ofmarriage,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
Hard to Teach.

4 Pr q school had been dismissed from
~ school house in the mountains
N III The children went scurrying away
53just ID time for me to meet the SCHOOL,
\ kNssler as / rode by. He was q ldpg
sank, lazy kind OF mountsineer,
bout az unlike an educator as one
sla imagine, but he answered sle
Murrose. IL
"Howd'y DOR said riding up
alongside.a K
@Howd'y ~ said he.
as your days work done?" said !.
'es, an I'm glad Of it," said he
.sDou't you like it ?" said l.
"Only sorter,v said he.
care they so hard toteach as that?"
saidI
SaSon,e nv 'eh is'fsaid he.
care they small scholars?" said l,
Mostly, except one; she's about
20,a said he. h
II should think she would be easy
to teach" said l.
IE -g9 looked at me witha quick, IN
ltain look but there was no smile
"You know anything about gals
~ mister? ?" said he very earnestly.
D. know they are the loyeliest
pgs on earth" said ] with ardor,
4 .-Efrye heerd that afore," said he lu'
gubriously.
= "Don't you believe n" said l.
al amt sayin'" said he.
,ou don't mean to tell me this CIR
tof 20gives you any trouble?" said !
y sSqhat's what" said he, with mor'
Energy than he had before displayed
@Can't she learn" said [.
w eshe don't seem to" said he.
HkR'ljs time he shook himself ant
with emphasis.
og my cats, eff / know" said he
s'Isye been trying fer the last tire,
months to learn her that | wuz tn
feller she oughter splice on to, but tn
more try the less she learns, Iy
got two more months nv school yit
an / aint goin' to give up a-tryin', bu
81 i don't git her learnt by that time
I'm goin'to throw up my job an hir
CBt.a as farm hand. Ireckon. mebb
1aint cut for an eddicator nohow." &
-aA II began to dawn upon me that pos
sibly be was right, but l did what
4 gould to encourage him until he lei
Sc ~ Ne stthe forks OF the road.-Detroi
81 Hfee Press.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
South Bound.

South Bound. No. /. No.5 Ne.
Daily Aeon
Express Fast Line Daily
Daily Elk. SUN
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
Il Saves Lives Every Day.

thousands of cases Of Consumption
Rnla, Coughs, Colds and CrouI
3Enred every day BY Shiloh's Cure
| bale by TAes. Ken aedy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
HOW HE SETTLED IT.
Babies We're Changed But the
Solution Was an Easy one.

A famous lawyer once had singu-
lar case to settle. A doctor came 10
him in erelt distress. Two sisters,
living in the same house, had babies
of equal age, who SO resembled each
other that their own mothers were
unable to distinguish them when they
were together, and 1t happened that
by the csrelessness of the nurse the
children had become mixed. How
we're the mothers to make sure that
they received back their own infants
"Bnt perhaps" suggested the law
ser. "the children weren't changed at
ALL"
cob, but there's no doubt that they
were changed" said the doctor,
" Are you sure Of II z"
Perfectly"
swell. II that's SO, why don't you
change them back again T? ] don't see
.hny difficulty in that case Tid-Bits
Harry Haywood has demanded .the
$4,000 insurance on the life Of his vic.
Tim, Miss Cling.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-08-07
REMARKABLE SToNE-THROwING.

REMARKABLE STONE E-THROwING.-
The old saying that "practice makes
perfect" must be taken with grain of
allowance. Perfection is q rare COM
modify but one meets here and there,
even in the most unexpected places,
men who have attained to astonishing
proficiency in some one thing to which
they have devoted themselves.
A man died recently in Pennsylva-
MIA who was mentally deficient, but a
giant physically, and who could throw
stones with an aim as unerring as that
of the most skilful handler of the rifle.
He had large leather pouch attached
to one side of his coat, in which he
always carried good supply of care
fully selected missiles. With these he
bagged no small quantity of game
grouse, quail, rabbits and squirrels.
He could kill bird on the wing, or
a rabbit at full speed almost as easily
as at rest. A favorite method of dis
playing his skill was to set up scythe-
blade, edge toward him, and at dis
tance of 100 feet, let him cut apples in
halves by throwing them against the
edge of the blade. He could almost
exactly halve two out of every three
apples he threw.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-08-07
ROBINSON CRuSOE'S ISLAND.

IF YOU leave the beautiful city o.
Valparaiso, on the coast Of Chilli, and
sail almost due west into the broad
Pacific ocean, you will see looming uE
on the horizon, on the second day out
the Jagged outline of a large, noun
famous island. As you approach ii
the mountains seem to rise so abrupt
ly from the sea that landing is impos
sible, while the ragged peaks and
ridges appear utterly barren and desc
late.
There is good shingle beach, upon
which it is easy and safe to land from
a small boat, and as the ships anchor
age is but 500 yards from the shore, ii
takes but a few moments to set foot
upon the island of Juan Fernandez
where Alexander Selkirk, "Robinson
Crusoe," 1875 years ago.
Two valleys winding down from
different directions join a short dis
tance from the shore, and here now
stands a little village of small huts
scattered around a lohg, low, one
storied building, with piazza running
it's whole length. In this house lives
the man who rents the island from the
Chilian government, and the village is
made up of few German and Chllian
families.
The tiny town is called San Juan
Bautista, and the crater-like arm ol
the sea on which it is situated, and
where Alexander Selkirk, the sup.
posed prototype of Robinson Crusoe,
first landed, is now called Cumberland
bay.
This island is let for about 81 900 a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-08-07

severely criticised III the manners Of
this simple company. They took their
pleasure rather more joyously than
Edith had been accustomed to see in
her own weary and we'll bred circle; the
laughter was more frequent, more
hearty, but the toughest cowboy among
them, even if in the exuberance of his
joy he might indulge in an occasional
pigeon wing uncalled for by the prompt
er, yet accorded his partner courtesy
beyond remark, while no lady in all
the land could have frolicked more dis
creetly than did those unpretending
women in their i'll fitting, homemade
frocks.
Hugh made some good natured at
tempts to introduce his sister to some
of the other women present, but as the
fiddle and the parlor organ seemed un-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-08-07

RBr Every man in Russia must be
provided with passport, which must
be annually renewed through the ALL
thorities Of his village. When the
commune refuses to forward the ne
cessary documents, the absentee, who
may be earning a good livelihood away
from his village, is obliged Immediately
to return, to avoid arrest for the GRIM
inal offense of having no legal status.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-08-07
TO BE CONTINUED FRIDA'

A VALUABLE HELP.-Teacher-1n
what year was the battle of Waterloo
fought? Pupil don't know :? "lt'S
simple enough, if you only would learn
how to cultivate artificial memory.
Remember the twelve apostles. Add
half their number to them. That's Is.
Multiply by 100. That's 1900. Take
the l2 apostles again. Add quarter
of their number to them. That's Is.
Add to what you've got. That's 1918.
That's the date. Quite simple, you
see, to remember dates if you will
only adopt my system" :"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-08-07

ssS" The project to build an aerial
tramway at Niagara Falls is likely to
be carried out the coming summer.
The plan is to run Il cage-like car on Il
huge cable, strung across the river
Immediately over the falls. 1t will be
operated by electricity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12

The great Sahara desert of Africa il
regarded as the hottest region in the
world. The vast plain which extends
1000 miles from east to west, and
1000 from north to south, has tenn
perature of $50 degrees Fahrenheit in
the hottest days of summer. This is
nbout the temperature of the hot room
in the Turkish bath. 1t is said that
the caravans which usually consist OF
from 500 to 1000 camels, with their
assistants, experience great suffering
through the intense heat and the de-
privation of water, as the distance be.
tween wells very often exceeds ten
days. There are numerous instances
on record where whole tribes have
perished from thirst, as the wells and
springs to which they had iourneyed
had been dried up by the heat. 1t
would be impossible for anyone but
the acclimatized Moors, Berbers and
Arabs to live, even for day, in the
heart of the rainless Sahara. In spite
of the fact that the days are extremely
hot, the nights are nearly always un-
comfortably cold and the travellers are
obliged to burden themselves with
blankets in order to endure tho
change.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12
a Smart Blacksmith.

"Ordinance experts all over the
world will be very much interested
in the experiments being conducted
by Francois Allard, Quebec black
smith, who appears to have succeeded
in hardening aluminium so as to
permit Of it's use in the manufacture
of cannon" said Col. E. F. Bate.
man, retired English officer, at the
Ebbitt yesterday. "Allard is the
same genius who rediscoyered some
wears ago the lost art of hardening
copper, but it is too expensive pro-
cess to admit of such metal being
practically used. Recently he made
q small cannon of tempered alum.
mum about thirty inches long and
with a bore five inches in diameter.
From this he repeatedly fred charge
of pound of powder without ipjur-
ing the piece. The most remarkable
part of these tests was that the metal
Of shc barrel was only q quarter OF
an inch thick. There is no telling
what revolution will be brought
about in the manufacture OF big guns
il Allard's 8 future experiments IN th!s
line turn out % we'll % those alreaa3
Mgaa"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12

There were other considerations
that led to the preference for small
and crowded city houses to the light,
airy md roomy suburban homes.
There were questions OF artificial light
and heat, water supply and drainage,
schooling, police protection and every
thing that city residence stands for.
But these are problems that have
been met and conquered, and
no longer serve as detriments. What
wonder that those in moderate cir
cumstances now find On irresistible al-
lurement in the city suburb, with its
almost metropolitan comforts, its
healthy air spaces, and it's freedom
from restraint. Near any one of the
largo cities can be found building lots
in attractive suburbs selling at reason
ablc prices. Costs in tho building
trades aro lower than usual at pres
ent, and more advantageous time for
for the erection of suburban home
could not be chosen. The design
which illustrates this article might
prove Of value as o suggestion. Its
size, while convenient, roomy and
comfortable, is still within q cost which
can be afforded by the average.
A brief description is as follows:
General dimensions: Width, in
cluding vetanda, 80 feet 64-inches;.
inches.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12
The Turkey Stopped the Train.

Swarms Of locusts are we'll known
to have stopped railway trains, but up
to this time it was probably never
heard that O. single turkey had power
to accomplish this feat. How it was
done in Oxford, Pa, Is described in
the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The engine was putting hard on an
up grade and passed under an over
hanging limb of q large tree in front
of q farmhouse. On the limb were
several turkeys at roost. The e1-
haust steam was so strong that 1t
knocked hen turkey from her perch
and she came down upon the bell
rope.
The bell rang and the engineer
brought the train to q halt. Then,
OF course, the conductor hastened
forward to know what was the mat
ter and one of the train hands dis
covered the bird still fitting upon the
rope and giving utterance to notes
which, it is fair to presume, were
expressive of surprise.
The mon set up roar, the BIRD
took wing and t engine again began
to puff.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12

gracefully brutal in oil of its appoint
ments, and was the scene OF constant
recriminations and quarrels between
the owners of captured pets and the
ruffians who had captured them, or
the officials in charge.
From the wide open door of the Of
fico ct tho entrance to the shelter
everything beams with humanity.
Tho big wagons that go out after
dogs and cats ore no longer grewsome
deathtraps for snatching up and tor,
turing unhappy ours, but cheerful
ambulances, painted in blue and gold,
often sent for to remove suffering AMI
mails. Tho keeper, John Read, Is a
humanitarian, and the assistants han
die tho dogs and cats MS if they loved
them The shelter is divided into
three long runs on one side, and has
kennels for tho moro valuable OF the
dogs and cages for the cats on the
other side of tho open space down the
middle, which enables visitors ane
claimants to walk entirely through It,
viewing everything. 1t wouldn't b
true to say there is 10 noise here
There is lots of it, But the yelps anc
moans of pain and tho long drawn O"
howls of agony arc not heard. In tive
lonr rens are tie dogs broushtin tina
day and in third those condemne'
for the days killing. In the singh
and fnnblp Kennels aro tho moro yalu
alIe Of tlle gpHl0maea eFeatAf6a, whleI
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12
A BIG POUND.
HOW NEW YORK TREATS ITS
STRAY DOGS AND CATS.
Humane Methods Prevail Now in
Doing the Unclaimed Animals
to Death-'rhey Are De-
stroyed by Gas.

TT was one year on May 1 since the
law 'for the better protection of
lost and strayed animals, and for
{ securing the rights of the owners
thereof" went into effect. This gave
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals the emoluments Of
tho dog licenses, with tho obligations
and responsibilities Of the old dog
pound, which was source of abuses
and of disputes too numerous to
count. President John P. Haines
says that in the first eight months
that the society had charge of this
work, that is, up to January 1, %, OPS
dogs and cats were picked up by it's
wagons and taken to the Shelter" at
the foot of East 102d street, where
they wero either destroyed or re-
deemed. OF these animals Sill wero
dogs, OF which G32 were returned to
their owners. President Haines does
not think there will be anything like
such harvest this year, for several
reasons. One is that rs the thinning
out OF stray dogs hes been going Oh for
several years, their number has been
largely diminishcd; another is that
his agents, who are engaged on sal
ary, have no thirty to fifty cents
head stimulus to make them grab
pet dogs from women's arms.
Three dollars, as formerly, is the
price one must pay to redeem his pet
dog or cat from the New York shelter,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12

The extraordinary capacity Of the
Chinese in oil forms of fabrications,
Their great ingenuity and faculty Of
imitation, their ability to labor four
teen and sixteen hours day on q few
handfuls of rice, and their willingness
to work for wages that would not pay
for the tobacco consumed by an
American mechanic, will make them
dangerous competitors 10 all lines of
manufactures, particularly in the
production of silks, cottons and other
fabrics, predicts the Atlanta Constitu-
tion. If they should enter generally
into the -Heszfdfacture of textiles with
cotton of their own cultivation they
would efectually close the mills of
Manchester, which have already been
seriously crippled by the Developments
of the industry in India, where the
increase of spindles during the last
ten years has been greater than in any
other part of the world.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12
ca1nsUa A GROW PENNsYLvANIA5 NGREsSMANATLARGE

Congressman .at-largc. Fatherless at
the age of three. and with mother
and five sisters and brothers to help
take care of, his carly days wore not q
bed of roses. He worked III summer
on tho farm md in winter went TO
school. How many men now in the
front rank of public lifo did the same?
There is very little Of it going on now
Mr.. Grow would notsell his early rem
iniscences for the Presidency OF the
United States. Ho loves to dwell
among the old familiar scenes OF his
youth. And who Goes not =? Ills
life ig almost memory now, and yet
he is still in the ring, rs cafneSS aua
eet,ye aa WHOM ho trNdSe4 mcsTlly 80
sehao| With big dinner pHil Oh BIZ RsiI''
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12
THE MoDIsH CoIFFURE.

There are two distinct styles Of hair
dressing in vogue at tho moment and
the modish woman must elect to one
or the other, as she cannot affect
both without an entire change OF nc
cessories. With the little Dutch bon
nets worn far back on the head, the
hair should be parted and drawn
plainly back, in what may be termed
o severe Colonial style. To the woman
which this style suits at all, it is very
becoming, but there are other women
who cannot stand it, and the pity OF
it is that such seem not to discover its
trying qualities.
Another, and the French mode, is
tho loose all.around pompadour. Ties
IL aud ia not n ls Marie Aptoinotfe;
there Is no pad Hsed beneHth The roll.
ths eneIrgllgg puff beias hShs Aha
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12
A small bonnet of chip is trimmed

A small bonnet of chip is trimmed
with side.plaited crepe lisse, with
satin stripes running through the
edge. This lissc is made into loops.
rosettes and fluffy plaitings, and all
through it are sprays of delicate flow
ers, the forget-me-nots. heather,
small violets and spirw being notice
able for their beauty. There are
many pretty bonnets with Jet edges,
also bonnets made entirely of jet with
trimming of ribbon-loops and ietted
aigrets. These bead bonnets are
heavy, which is the only objection to
them, as they ore extremely stylish
and becoming to almost every one.
There are bonnets with large, puffy
crowns with the edges of chip, also
great deal of open-work braid made
into plaitings, -osettes and coronets.
Some of the bonnets arc almost
enough trimmed to wear rs they are
if one pins on bit of flower and foil
age.
Very few Neapolitans are seen this
year, although those that are in the
market are very choice and expensive.
Black Neapolitan will be worn, espe-
ciauy in rather wide brimmed hats,
with ostrich plume trimming and
plated lace ruchings and rosettes, or
o similar trimming made of gauze rib
bon.
A pretty fashion is wide brimmed
Neapolitan, the brim lined with
crimped gauze and caught up ut the
back. The trimming is OF the gauze,
with heavy ostrich plumes.
While there are very many black
hats in market, and black is one OF
the standard colors, hats of every
imaginable tint are much sought Of
ter. The dainty chip that has come
into fashion within the last couple of
years is dyed in every possible shade,
and can be selected to match almost
every cloth in the market.
For travelling wear the dress and
hat match. and trimmings to CORE
spond are selected. 1.-The travelling
suit of coffee-brown cloth is trimmed
with seal-brown and gold color. The hat
is of coffee-brown, and the trimming
is of seal-brown tips, with d brown
and yellow double-facod satin ribbon
in loops and bows, and q roll across
the back.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-12
ABOUT POSTAL CARDS.
There are Eight Thousand Varieties
In the World.


It seems almost incredible that
there should be eight thousand Yarie.
ties Of postal cards, and that is the
extent claimed for q collection.
These, however, include various is-
sues of the same nation and denom-
ination, and also cards issued for
special occasions.
Postal cards have been in circula.
tion a little less than twenty-five
years. The idea originated with DR..
Emanuel Harmann, q professor OF
national economy ut the Imperial
Academy of Wiener, in Neustadt,
Lower Austria.
His ideas, under the head of" New
Means OF Correspondence by Post. +"
were published and attracted the
attention Of the government officials.
The director general of posts took up
the idea and succeeded in hav-.
ing an issue of postal cards put in
circulation in 1869. The original
name given to them was the "corre.
spondenz karte," and this has been
retained ever since. This new move
on the part of Austria quickly excit-s
ed other countries to adopt similar
method of correspondence, and: be-
fore the close of 1870 nearly all the
European countrieswere using cards.
Germany gas really the second
country to employ them, and g spe-
;ciaIS series was issued to the soldiers
TIrOru-uvro-ots-souz-v.-~
spondence cards, and were sold un-
stamped to the soldiers at the rate
of about five for half-penny. The
soldiers had the privilege OF using
them without paying postage.
Another series was issued for civil
ians. These had place left for
stamp, and the writer had to attix
q German postage stamp to the card
before posting. The field post cards
are now rare, the used ones being
scarcer than the unused ones.
Another card of equal rarity. and
also o reminder of the same war, Is
the balloon post card, issued by
France during the siege of Paris.
The cards were sent up from Paris
in balloons, and the mail bags were
thrown of into the surrounding coun-
try, where there was the least posi-
bic opportunity of their capture by
the enemy.
They were smaller than the post
card now in use, and were covered
with war like expressions as paris
defes the enemyP' "Glory and con-
quest signify crimes, defeat signifies
hate and o desire for revenge
Only one war is just and right
that for independence"