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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
EVERY PAPER
A FORGERY.
Peralta Claim Judicially
Declared a Stupendous
Fraud,
Decided in Favor of the
Government
And the Persistent Claim
ant Arrested.

SantasFe, N. NJ, June 25.-The
great Peralta grant, situated in Arizo-
ma and New Mexico and covering H.
465,000 acres of land, which has been
on trial for three weeks was decided
to-dayEby the Private Land Claims in
favor of the Government. The claim
ant was in court, appearing cool and
collected. The court held every title
paper to be forged and manufactured
and that the mission records of San
Salvador, CAL, were forged to enable
the wife of the claimant to connect
herself with Peralta family. Chief
Justice Reed announced it was not
necessary to determine who Mrs.
Peralta Reavis was, but it was suffi-
cient to hold that she was not an heir
to the alleged grant nor entitled to
maintain the suit. The written opin-
ion will be filed by the Chief Justice
as soon as it can be prepared.
Upon advisement Reavis was ar
rested by the United States Marshal
for asserting false claims against the
Government, upon complaint made by
United States Attorney Reynolds I'M
der instructions given by Attorney
General OlneY, given before he lett
the Department of Justice. United
States Attorney Reynolds and his as
sociate, Mallet Provost, are being
showered with congratulations from
all over Arizona. This practically
ends the most stupendous fraud ever
attempted in this country and success
fully carried on for a quarter of
century.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
A WOODEN Pillow
Suddenly ExplOdes and Kills
Two Men.

A strange and fatal expression of
the power of high explosives occurred
at the Judson Dynamite Works, near
Berkeley. In the mixing department
was used a wooden plow, which had
become saturated with the materials
which in combination forms nitro
glycerin. This pillow was in need of
repair. 1t was taken 1000 feet from
the building in order that the peril of
explosion might be lessened. L. N t.
Hoffman. the general foreman, stood
near the pillow directing the work,
while John Harbtz, Allen E. Butson
and Frank Roster were making the
repairs.
Mr.. Hoffman told them there would
be danger in using hammer, bat a
wooden plow seemed very harmless
implement and a nail seemed a con-
venient means of fastening a loose
place. Butson picked up a nail, held
itin place, and struck it with a ham
mer.
An xplosion-not very loud-a
puff of white smoke-and Butson lay
dead on the ground, his body horribly
mangled. Harbitz also was cruelty
hurt. His right arm was mangled.and
in an attempt to save his life it was
amputated. The attempt was useless.
He died in two hours after he was
hurt.
Frank Roster. the third man ipjur-
ed, was within few feet of the pillow
at the time the explosiod occurred.
His escape from death shows the &C.
centricities of the force of dynamite
His only injuries were few scratches
Mr.. Hoffman stood within 13 feet
of the two men killed and was not
hurt in any way.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02

The drainage canal which Chicago
is constructing has caused such fears
and jealousies in other lake cities that
the question is to be Investigated by a
commission of engineers whether
the reduction of the water level of the
lakes win be great enough to interfere
with trade. The question is not now
raised for the first time, but recent
events have brought 1t more promi-
nently into public view.
The notion that a canal TO connect
the lakef with the Illinois river, and
so with the Mississippi river and so
with the Mississippi and the Gulf Of
Mexico, would have the effect of
draining the lakes to the extent of in
terfering with travel seems rather
strained and improbable, bat it has
been seriously debated by engineers,
who are not agaeed in their estimates.
The canal will take from the lake 5000
cubic feet of water per second, but ten
years honce the amount win be
doubled. This is considerable vol
ume OF water, but when we compare
it with the 225,000 cubic feet per sec
ond that flow through the Detroit
river, from Lake Huron to Lake Erie,
it does not seem SO alarming, 1t is
even affirmed that the tunnels of the
Chicago and milwaukee water-works,
when running to their iull capacity,
take in more water than the canal will
do.
The waterway which Chicago calls
by the modest name of drainage canal
is in fact meant to be great ship,
canal, which will withdraw water
meant for the st. Lawrence river and
transfer it to the Gulf of Mexico. 1t
is an ambitious project, and is well
calculated to excite jealousy among
the commercial rivals of the Windy
City. But it seems very improbable
that the water so withdrawn will
have any serious effect upon the depth
of the observation-disclosures.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
QUEER LEGACY
Left by a Dying Father to His
Daughter.

In order that his daughter may be-
come enlightened on the beauties of
fflial obedience, Richard L. Edwards,
who died recently at the Pennsylvania
Hospital, devised to her the sum of S.
with which TO purchase a treatise on
the fifth commandment. Edwards
will, disposing of small estate, was
probated yesterday and contains these
clauses:
Whereas, Ny wife, Mary F. Ed.
wards, having left my home now over
four years without any just cause or
provocatiou, and by an instrument in
writing, dated April l, 1890, duly
acknowledged and approved, relieves
me of all claims she may have had at
that time ON any real or personal es-
tate held by me or that l may here
after acquire, all the right of owner
ship or otherwise, and by a paper
signed by her released me from all
claim for her support during her life,
and having received from me the sum
of $500, with other suitable considera-
tons, l do not feel that / am under
any obligations to treat her otherwise
than an utter stranger
"And as ] justly consider that my
daughter, Mary Elizabeth Edwards,
was the main cause of her leaving me,
and to mark my detestation of her
most undutiful conduct I will and
bequeath to her the sum of S. to pur-
chase a treatise on the fifth command
ment."-Philadelphia Record.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
Cheap Railway Fares.

An electric railway is to be con-
stlucted in Montmarte, Paris. 1t was
originally proposed to build cable
road, but wisely abandoned after a
commission examined several conduit
systems, notably those in Buda Pesth
and Washington. The fare ON the
railway will be two cents, except dur
ing the hours when the workingmen
go to and from their work, when ii
will be reduced to one cent. This
road is to be equipped with electrical
apparatus constructed in France,
This will be the cheapest fare On any
electric road, we believe, in Europe. -
Electrical Review.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
Deepest American Mine.

The deepest mining shaft in Ameri-
ca is not on the West Coast among the
celebrated gold and silver lodes, as
one might expect, nor in the coal re-
gions of Pennsylvania, or among the
"mines of theMontezumus" in Mexi-
co. 1t is common everyday copper
mine at Opeechee, Mich, which, at
last accounts, was far below three
quarters of mile in depth. The
mine in question is called the "Tam-
arack," and is reputed by experts to
tap the richest copper lode in the
world"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
HONG KONG PLAGUE,
Again Breaks Out and Causes
Fear In China.

Washington, June 26 The United
States Consul at Foo Chow, China, re-
ports the appearance of the Hong
Kong plague at that place. He says
that it is already established as an cpl
demic, but that, so far, it is confined to
the city proper. He adds:
"rhere is no question or donbt about
the epidemic in the city being identi-
cal with that which last year caused
such mortality in Hong Kong and
Canton and other Chinese ports. The
circumstances attending its APP
pearance and progress unmis-
takably stamp it as the plague
and in the infected districts within
the city the rats are dying in great
numbers, just as has been the invaria-
BILE rule wherever the plague has
shown itself in the past.
In city like Foo Chow it is i'm
possible to institute any sort of sapita-
ny measures to prevent the spread Of
contagious diseases, or even to miti-
gate the sufferlngs of the victims. So
unless the present epidemic dies out
of itself, there every prospect that mis-
cry and death will come to thousan, s
of the 100000 of people living in the
proper and its immediate suburbs )"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
Depredating Dogs and Poultry

Dogs are a nuisance and menace
to poultry-men. There is but one
way to teach owners of dogs that they
must keep them at home, and that is
to compel them to pay damages. Do
not shoot the dog or violate the law
yourself, but endeavor to have wit
nesses of the dogs work, send bill to
the owner covering your loss, and if
he does not pay, sue him for it, but do
not go into the court unless you are
sure you can prove your claim beyond
dispute. Avoid going into law al
ways if possible, bur if farmers will
make the owners of dogs pay for all
damages it will not be long before
there will be fewer dogs.--Mirror aud
Farmer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
A FAMOUS PHRASE.
Origin of the Expression, BLOOD
is Thicker than Water"

The expression, "Blood is thicker
than water" was first used by Cap
tain Josiah Tattnall, U. S. n. This
gallant officer, in June, 1895, convey
ed United States Minister Ward to
the Peiho River, China, Admiral
Hope, in command of a British and
French feet, was attempting to ascend
the river. A terrific battle took place.
Tattnall, though noncombatant per-
formed many acts of gallantry in re-
scuing British and French soldiers
and sailors. He was greatly praised
for his conduct in the whole affair
1t is true that he had violated neu-
trality in giving aid to the English
while they were at war with nation
friendly to us, and for this he was crit
icised. 1t was then that he made his
famous reply:
81 did my duty. Blood is thicker
than water, and it was not for me TO
stand by and see men of my race mas
sacred by barbarians }"
In his opinion he was upheld not
only by American popular approval,
but by the National Government.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
Look Here, SilVerites.

blackberry, Ariz., June 25.-From
Beach Springs comes the story of the
finding of nugget, or bowlder rather,
of pure silver, such as there has been
NO record of in the history Of mining
in the West. The bowlder weighed
about half ton, and its value is any
where FROM $4,000 to $4,000. 1t
was found by VIM. Tucker and John
Doyle, both prospectors.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
THE ADVOCATE.
How CoIOred Lamps Are Made.

almost everybody supposes thai
these little globes are made of colored
glass, said an electric light wlrer the
other morning, picking up one Of the
colored iucandescent lamps preparato-
ny TO fastening it in a large illuminate
ing sign, " but the color is not in the
glass it is only laid on the outside.
There's where the globe was dipped"
and as he held up the lamp for inspeo-
ton, a tinge of red color could be sect
extending like thin film around the
brass top on the lamp, and showing
plainly that the brilliant red had been
gained by plunging the completed
lamp into liquid To look at the
colored incandescents as they are used
in decorating halls or forming illumi-
mated signs, almost anyone would
take it for granted that their coloring
was in the composition of the glass.
But to color glass in composition re-
quires a preparation of gold and cop
per, and is too expensive to satisfy the
ordinary demands of business. The
companies have therefore been driven
to find some cheap substitute for gen.
uine colored glass, and that substitute
is now obtained by covering the
globes with liquid coloring matter
and allowing them to dry. The effect
is just as good as if the globes were ut
genuine colored glass, but the cOloring
is not 50 lasting. 1t way be washed
off or it may fade, and until the color
ing process is perfected, the color can
not be depended on in any case for long
use without renewal. Although it
might at first be thought that this
method could be used for coloring the
glass used in all kinds of signal lamps
the large colored globes in Druggists
windows, or anything else where COL
ored glass is wanted, it is easy to see
that whenever flame comes in prox-
unity to glass colored by the cheap
method, the color, made up as it is
with alcohol and an intlammable gum,
will be destroyed. This method has
been used for making cheap eye
glasses and spectacles, however; for
piece of mica colored with a film of
aniline is just as good a protection
against the glare of the snow as if the
manufacturer had used the finest COL
ored lenses.-Boston Transcript.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02

The Mirror and Farmer says: The
high prices for beef should encourage
farmers to raise more fowls. 1t re-
quires two or three years to produce
steer for market, but only few
months need elapse before large
number of chicks can be marketed
The farmer has always a home market
for his poultry on his own table, and
he can avoid high prices for beef by
substituting poultry in place of the
more expensive meat. In this section
of the United States there are lai ge
cities, as we'll as smaller towns, that
will take sill the poultry offered, but
the consumption of poultry on the
farms should also reduce the supply
and increase the profits or those that
are shipped away.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
Died in Agony.

Mrs. Kate Wright, aged seventy
four years, whose home was near
Owingsville, died from lockjaw on
Tuesday night, supposed to have bten
the result of having stuck nail in
one of her feet a short time since.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02

The Rev. w. E, Broadhurst, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, at Arkansas City, Kan, has re-
signed his pastorate, confessing that
after resisting temptation for twenty
years, he has fallen. There is a
woman involved.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
1T is NOT PARADISE

~ "'
IT you have some cash to spS
and are willing to work, fnars'
independence cannot be ND
surely secured than by buying
few acres of irrigated land in 81
River Valley.
This valley is in Southern vi
( IONA, and is noted for its q
semi-tropical fruits and supa@l
climate. Horticulturists say ri
greater profits can be reali1
here from oranges and gran
than in Florida or NCalifor5
Physicians assert that The WI
dry, bracing climate exa&l
healing qualities Italy's
airs. The great blizzard y TN
did not blight the rendered. 81
in this protected spot,
To get there, take Santa
Route to Phoenix, A. r., via Pr,
colt and the new line, S. f..
81 P. Ry. Address Geo. 7. Gu
nip G, A., AIT Walnut Street, CT
cinnati, o., for illustrated FOL
ers. They tersely tell the sto
of remarkable country. Acts
results are given-no guesswo
or hearsay.
1T is THE
SALT RIVER VALLEY.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
A Fact Worth Knowing.

Consumption, LaGrippe, Pneumo-
MIA, and all Throat and Lung diseases
are cured by Shiloh's Cure. For sale
by Thos. Kennedy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02

A new kind of cloth is being made
in Lyons from the down of ducks,
hens and geese. Seven hundred and
fifty grains of feathers make rather
more than a square yard of light and
very warm waterproof cloth.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
For Dyspepsia

And Liver Complaint you have a
printed guarantee on every bottle of
Shiloh's Vitalizer. 1t never fails to
cure. For sale by Thos. Kennedy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02

A member of the italian Chamber
of Deputies will prefer charges in
court against Premier Cripspi.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02

With population of hardly $780,
600 Greece has a debt of 100000
pounds, or about Is pounds per capt.
ia,
The Washington bee., 1895-09-14
Dinner in q Circus.

Dinner is the great event Of the day,
for to this meal all the people employed
in the biggest show on earth sit
down at once. The mess tent is an
oblong affair. There are six rows Of
tables with a broad aisle down the
centre; it will seat 500 people. The
aristocracy sits on the right side and
the masses on the left. The aristoc-
racy has a little better service than
the others, but the food is about the
same There is roast beef, vegetables
and desserts with soup and fish at the
cooks caprice The cooking is done
IN a wagon fitted up with two ranges.
The coffee making and boiling and
broiling is done in the open air. 1t
takes seventy gallons of milk to put in
the tea and coffee of the mess every
lay, and more when the boys are
tired After dinner there is an hour
Of rest at twilight. This is the only
time in the entire day that the per-
formers have wholly to themselves. 1t
5 the social hour. Little family groups
gather in the open air, lying on the
grass, picnic fashion, about chariot
Dr near a tree; the women cluster in
little groups and talk woman wise, and
make a feint of doing fancy work,
sewing or reading.
The Washington bee., 1895-09-14
HILL SPEAKS TO FARMERS.
Twenty Thousand Persons Heard Him in
Chemung County On. W Fair Grounds.

Twenty Thousand Persons Heard Him in
Chemung County On. W Fair Grounds.
Elmira, Sept. 6.-United States Senator
David B. Hill spoke to 10000 persons at
the Chemung county fair yesterday af-
ternoon. He refrained from discussing
politics further than to refer briefly to
the last Legislature in this State. Speak
ing Of it, he said. among other things:
Il may be pardoned for suggesting
that in the matter of law-making it out
did any of it's predecessors since the Or
ganization of the State government. 1t
actually passed 1,045 separate and dis
tinct bills, which became laws. It is not
possible that all of these laws were actu-
ally necessary. On the contrary, there
were hundreds that were unnecessary,
special in their character, mischievous
in their tendencies. unwise or uncalled
for.
I'm the multiplicity of laws there is no
safety; there is confusion, tendency to
corruption, waste Of valuable time. un-
likelihood of their enforcement, and gen.
eral decentralization"
The Washington bee., 1895-09-14
PLATT SHOWED UNDER IN ERIE.
A Solid Anti-Machine Delegation will go to
the State Convention.

A Solid Anti-Machine Delegation will go to
the State Convention.
Buffalo, Sept 10 The result of last
nights caucuses in Erie county win be
d solid anti-Platt delegation to the
State Convention. The organization
which is opposed to Plat won easily in
the eight Assembly Districts. and not
Plat man will be elected as a delegate
to the convention to-day.
Congressman Rowland B. Mahany.
the leader of the Plat forces, failed by
sixty votes to carry his own ward. The
only ward which went for Plat was the
thirteenth, where John Kraft, Deputy
Superintendent Of Canals, was elected
without opposition, as the organization
was confident Of carrying the Assembly
district.
delegates in the Seventh and Eighth
Assembly Districts, composed of the
towns OF the county, and they were
elected without opposition. In the First
and Second wards, where the district
committeeman were for Platt, the or
ganization won by large majorities. un-
der the leadership Of ex-Alderman
Jack" White. Daniel O'Grady,
brother of Assemblyman James M. E.
O'Grady, led the fight in the Fifth As
sembly District, and was most feared
by the organization, but did not carry
a ward.
The State Convention delegation VIII
oe for Roberts for Comptroller. Ed
ward w. Hatch and Frank G. Laughiln
will have the solid support Of the coun-
ty for Justices of the Supreme Court.
Congressman Mahany charges the Or
ganization with counting his men out,
and announces that he will take con-
testing delegation to the State Conven-
ton, and is confident that they Will De
seated
The Washington bee., 1895-09-14
ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN AT ATLANTA.
Millions OF Gallons Of Water Pouring into
the Grand Basin.

Atlanta, Sept. 10 All the work on
he magnificent electric fountain in the
grand basin at the Cotton States and
International Exposition has been COM
pieted, and for the past few days mil
ions Of gallons of clear water have been
2ourinfg into the lake from the city
mains. 1t is filing rapidly and will soon
De up to the level of the lighthouses
rom which tine electric launches are to
make their trips. The fountain will be
1ne OF the most beautiful sights on the
grounds. and at night, when its jets,
sprays, and fog banks are agloW with
The colored lights that will flash from
below, it will be one of the most gor
ge0us scenic Nominations ever pro-
iuced.
The advance guard OF the foreign
population OF the Midway Heights at
he Cotton States and Inte1na-
.ional Exposition is already beginning
o arrive in Atlanta. Some OF the Jap
anese are already here, and over 200
Chinese boy actors, direct from Hong
Kong. have landed on the Pa life coast,
and are en- route to Atlanta. The Jap
lnese and Chinese villages, with the
theatres and baZaars, will be ready for
he public on opening day, September
eighteenth.
1t is probable that an exhibit will be
made by the Newport News Ship
Building Esta blishment at the Cotton
States and Interna tional Exposition.
The Washington bee., 1895-09-14
LEWIS COUNTY REPUBLICANS.

nominations and Instructions of the Con-
vention HE'D Yesterday.
Lowville, Sept. 10.-The Lewis County
Republican Convention was held in this
yillage yesterday afternoon. Delegates
@ the State Convention were named,
rs follows: G. A. Chickering, c. L.
Knapp. M. w. Van Amber, M. r.
Lefevre and Hugh Hughes. The State
delegates were instructed to support
he nomination of Pardon c. Williams
or Court of Appeals Justice.
Delegates to the Senatorial Conven-
ton were instructed to vote for Joseph
y Mullen. of WATERFOWL, for State
Senator Delegates form the Fifth Dis
.rict Judicial Convention We're in
structed for Irving G. Vann, Of SYRIA
cuse. and Charles S. Mereness, of Low
Vile, for Supreme Court Justices.
Major John S. Roster, of Lyonsdaie. a
,ne-armed soldier, was nominated for
member of Assembly on the fifth ballot,
5eorge Sherwood, CT LowVilie, was NOM
mated fer County Treasurer. The nom
rec for member of Assembly is very po-
lular throughout the county.
The Washington bee., 1895-09-14
POPES INVITATION REJECTED.

Archbishop of Canterbury Protests Against
Reunion With the Catholic Church.
London, Sept. 6.-The Archbishop of
Cant erbury has issued a long pastoral
letter dealing with the Popes recent let
ter to the English people and the appear
ance in the Church of England lately of
certain foreign usages and forms of de-
Totton.
He recognizes the desire for reunion as
characteristic of times and admits
that divisions among Christians are the
chief obstacles to the progress of the Cos
pei. He accepts the many expressions of
anxiety for delivery from these divisions
a sign of Gods purpose, but protests
soman nnoVa tons in the e'1 Ritual and docl
trine."
He contends that 1.-The suggested reunion
only means forgetting our own church,
md exhorts clergymen and churchmen as
heir first duty 'to preserve the purity of
tie faith and practice which character
ized our primitive Catholic spiritual re-
formation.'