The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-02-19

533 tons In 1893, or tnc 4 S9z, w
tons Of 1892, but exceea- any hn'pr'
Of any year previous 10 1892
In sixteen mouths the grpt drs u
age canal of the City of Mexic vii IL
opened. The canal ! pver ih'rt,a
miles long. aud the tmnn ihrouR
the mountain six mites. ~" Total
cost will have been $2O00O 600, an'
they have been fooling Win the thing
off end on for 800 years. t{Fs
Near Brighton, E'el,nd. u cahle-
way has recently been constructed for
the conveyance of passengers scioss
the 'Devii's Dyke" When in the
middle the adventures are swung
22O feet above the bottom, but the
small box-like cars have wire netting
sides, so no one can fall out.
Judge Buxton, Of North Carolina.
was, in beginning his career, asked to
take charge Of case for the solicitor,
as is the custom there, and the man
he tried was found guilty. After
ward juror said to him: Buxton,
the jury didn't think he was guilty,
but we didn't like to discourage a
young lawyer"
Judge Holcomb, of Nebraska, the
Fusion Governor, when a candidate
for District Judge, refused to follow
the example of his opponent, who
said that he wouldn't foreclose any
mortgages while hard times lasted.
Holcomb, who said Judge should
always enforce the law. was elected
Judge and Governor.
The Earl and Countess of Devon
have just celebrated their diamond
wedding. The Earl, who is rector OF
Powdenham and prebendary of
Essex Cathedral, is one of the most
popular men in Dovenshire, and the
Countess has been unwearied in good
works. Lord and Lady Devon (who
were known until 1891 as the Hon.
and Rev. Hugh and Lady Anna
Courteney) were married on January
6, 1886.
One of the most amusing things in
New York to man that has served an
apprenticeship to the cheap table
d'hote, j. the enthu-iasm of discovery
with which the man knew to the table
d'hote habit reports the last dinner he
has tried. The veterans with sui
ficient urging may make the expert
ment, but he always knows just what
to expect, and swallows the oil 1 famil-
lar viands with hypocritical gusto UNI
der the eyes of the introducer.
Asan evidence that hard times
have taught lesson of economy to a
frequenter of public dinners notes
that the price of such entertainment
has fallen. Perhaps the dinners at
$40, $l2 and SIS plate still go on, but
associations that used to dine at 20 a
plate in famous banquet halls now eat
81 and So dinners at humber places,
nd there are public dinners at even
lower rates. 1t used to be that Del.
monco's looked with some contempt
upon public dinner at $5a plate.
Some rash black birches, says the
New York Sun, were betrayed into
swelling their buds during the Janua
ry thaw, withthe result was the cold
of the last two weeks destroyed the
embryo leaves. 1t rarely happens
that plants Indigenous to this region
suffers thus. The annual danger tc
the peach trees lies in the fact thai
they grow considerably north of Their
natural habitat, and doubtless the
same il true of the orange in this
country. The fig escapes the frosts OF
many winters as far north as the
southern extremity of Maryland, but
il is nipped now and again, just by
the way OF reminder that it is out OF
its latitude.
An approaching sale of books 10 be
the first of the kind undertaken in
New York. A book auctioneer re.
nicely suggested to some publishers
that they have clearance sale
through him instead of the so-called
trade sales of other years. Ac ord
ingly several publishers have turned
over to the auctioneer large number
of books, their own publications and
those of others, to be auctioned in
large lots. The largest part of the
stock is supplied from few houses,
but many others are represented in