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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-04-16
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-04-16
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
Milwaukee, April II, 1896.
CHICAGO POTATO MARKET.

Cheago-Potatoes- Market is doing much
better. Demand has improved; farmers
market and stocks show a decrease and are
In fairly good shape Prices are quoted
shade higher. Burbanks, 190l21c; Hebrons,
16M1Sc; rose, 15M1Sc; peerless, 16M1Sc;
mixed, 16M19c; early Ohio seed, 1SM23c.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-04-16
ROBBED IN GOTHAM STREETS.
Paying Teller of q New York Bank Held
Un-Thieyes Get $4,000.

New York, April lott was reported
at police headquarters today that the
paying teller of the East River bank
had been knocked down in the street at
Broadway and Great Jones street this
afternoon by thieves, who robbed him Of
$1,000 and made their escape.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
A QUEER EPlTAPH.
In Memory of Two Boys Who Thought
They Ate Mushrooms.


Piscataway is one Of the oldest towns
in New Jersey. 1t was founded in 16Ge
and was intended to be the capital OF
the colony, but it did not grow, while
it's rivals, New Brunswick, Railway and
Elizabeth, became thriving villages. Al
present there is little to interest the cas-
ual visitor to the sleepy village, but that
little is good Of its kind
There is old Mr. Mundy, the village
wheelwright, who at so is still fine
shot with gun or rife. Twenty-fiv
years ago he accompanied Now York
merchant on hunting trip to the iar
west, and since then not year has
passed without their taking hunting
trip to the west or south. Old as these
cronies are, they cannot make up their
minds to forego their hunting. Then
there is the old cider mill whose ram
shaokle appearance bellies the purity and
strength of the applejack resting in it's
dark cellar. Finally, there is the ceme-
terry of the old Episcopal church, the
first house of worship erected in the
place. In response to inquiries the other
utJ lllt stAlOii, WIN iIOlUS dIbO UIlb OlllCtS
of gravedigger and roadmaster said:
"Well, there might be some interest
ing gravestones there, and then again
there mightn't. They don t interest me.
There is one old brown stone which has
fallen down and is out of place. want
ed to throw it away, but the minister
wouldn't let me. That might be inter
esting to you.
us there any inscription on it?''
.'No, there isn't. 1t is just covered
with words from top TO bottom-no
poetry, no nothing-just words. "
The stone was found easily, although
partly overgrOwn with moss and myrtle.
After much cleaning the following in
scription was made out:
Spectators, under
Here in this tomb
Lie boycs.
The elder was full
Ten years old, the yon-
Ger was twice
Told. by eating
Mushrooms for
Food rare, in day
Time they poyseoned
We're. A. X. Hard Hoop
er and Charlie Hooper,
Desesed, 1890
The meaning Of 'the younger was
twice told" is somewhat obscure, but it
is supposed that he was but five years
old.
An inscription upon the tombstone of
James Thompson, who died in 1868,
was once very popular with the country
people in New Jersey. Three others in
the graveyard are similar to it,
Remember, friend, as you pass by,
As you are now SO once was i,
In health and strength, though hore lie.
AS l am now so you must be.
Prepare for death and follow me.
New York Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01

CONSULTING THE CLOCK.
Familiar Faces That Are Seldom Over
looked by New Workers.

tRmIliar races Ihat Are seldom over
looked by New Workers.
One of the popular habits of the peo-
pie of New York city'is to consult the
clock almost on every occasion when an
opportunity is presented. 1t matters lit
tie whether any special need requires
that consultation or not, the clock will
thus be consulted. Especially is this the
case if a particular clock has the repu-
| tation of being good timekeeper. So
well is this known by many storekeep-
ers that they will place clocks in their
! stores so situated as to be easily seen by
persons who may be passing along the
adjacent sidewalk. If the clock has
good reputation, and the pedestrian is
fortunate enough to carry watch,
comparison is almost sure to be made.
Many times clock with good repu-
tation placed in the back part of store
becomes a protection thereof, especially
at night. if near it is located q light
strong enough to illuminate it's face and
show the time. A policeman told re-
porter the other day that good clock
thus situated is better than private
Waterman for jewelry store, as every
belated passerby is likely to look through
the store to see what time it is, and
would be almost certain to notice any.
thing unusual in the appearance of the
place. 1t therefore becomes Indirectly
silent Waterman guarding the premises
against the depredations of burglars and
makes the pedestrians, as it were, as
sistants in the work
Church clocks have always mad
large number of patrons in the work Of
consultation, and nothing seems to be so
annoying as TO find such clock mac
tive. When an event Of this character
occurs, especially if the church is located
on or near busy thoroughfare, the
fact Of the clock being stopped, or that
some defect appears to exist, is often
made the subject of notice in the daily
papers. Especially was this the case
when the steeple of old st. Paul's was
recently undergoing renovation, and it
was JOY to many on noticing that the
newly gilded hands of the clock were
again travelling along their accustomed
circuit and the deep toned bell was
ready to strike the hour once more. -
New York Mail and Express.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
FIRST MAN TO TAKE ETHER.
1t Was Administered to Him by DIR. Nor
ton In 1916.

ton In 1916.
Some interesting facts regarding the
first patient under ether arc told by DR..
Samuel A. Green in his Groton Histor-
ical Series.
The subject was Ebenezer Hopkins
Frost, native of Groton, now dead,
who is we'll remembered by many per-
sons in Boston. He was son of Solo,
mon and Dorcas (Hopkins) Frost and
was born on Dec. 7, 1924 He became
noted as singer and teacher Of vocal
music, and was a member of the Han
del and Haydn society of Boston.
Dr. Morton first tried ON himself the
experiment. Of inhaling ether, and in
scribing the effect it produced he said:
Delighted with the success of this
experiment., l Immediately announced
the result to the persons employed in
my establishment, and waited impa-
tiently for some one upon whom l could
make fuller trial Toward evening a
man residing in Boston came in suffer
ing great pain and wishing to have
tooth extracted. He was afraid of the
operation, and asked if he could be mes
merized. told him | had something
better, and saturating my handkerchief
gave it 10 him to inhale. 1t was dark
and DR.. Hayden held the lamp while l
extracted q firmly rooted bicuspid tooth.
"There was not much alteration i'll
the pulse and no relaxation Of the mus
cles He recovered in minnie, and
knew nothing of what had been done to
him. He remained for some time talk
ing about the experiment This was on
the 30th Of September, 1916. / Consid-
cred it to be the first demonstration of
this new fact in science. l have heard
Of no one who can prove an earlier dem
onstration. If any one can do so, yield
to him the point of priority of time. "
Immediately after the operation Frost
gave certificate Corroborating the state
ments and signed himself as then living
at AZ Prince street, Boston. Nearly 20
years afterward he died at Fitchburg,
on Sept. Z, 1865.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Grants Indifference to Comfort.

A member of General Thomas
staff quietly called that officers at
tention to the fact that the distin-
guished gnest's clothes were pretty
wet and his boots were thoroughly
soaked with rain after his long ride
through the storm and intimated
that colds were usually no respect
ers of persons. General Thomas
mind had been so intent upon re-
oeiving the commander and arrang-
ing for a conference of officers that
he had entirely overlooked his
guests travel stained condition, but
as soon as his attention was called
to it all of his old time Virginia
hospitality was aroused, and he at
once begged his newly arrived chief
to step into a bedroom and change
his clothes. His urgings, however,
were in vain. The general thanked
him politely, but positively declined
to make any additions to his per
sonal comfort, except to light a
fresh cigar. Afterward, however,
he consented to draw his chair near
or to the wood fire which was burn
ing in the chimney place and to
thrust his feet forward to give his
topboots a chance to dry. The ex-
tent of his indulgence in personal
comfort in tho field did not seem to
be much greater than that of bluff
old Marshal Suvaroff, who, when he
wished to give himself over to an
excess of luxury, used to go so far
as to take off one spur before 60
ing to bed =" Campaigning With
Grant" by General Horace Porter,
in Century.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
A Guidebook Fiend.

Seeing how some of our country
people oomport themselves abroad,
it is really small wonder that the
English are so unpopular. 1 was at
the Church of st. Roch during high
mass. By my side sat an English
man, and in the seat in front two
ladies accompanying him. After
having amused himself by penciling
a little note and handing it across
the pew to his companions, he delib-
erately produced his Baedeker and
perused it, from time to time
glancing at the different fea-
lures of the church therein de-
scribed. What, | say, would be
thought of Frenchman who should
attend morning service at West
Minister abbey and amuse himself
with his Joannis Guide, and staring
about precisely as if he were in
some public picture gallery? This is
the kind of thing that does more to
give US a bad name than mere po-
litioal offenses. Paris Letter.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
500 Reward $500.

The reader of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able TO cure all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being q
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarri
is taken internally, acting directly on
the blood mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the feunda-
ton of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by the building up OF
the constitution and assisting nature
in doing It's work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that It fails to
cnrp. Send for list of testimonials.
Address
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
S Sold by druggists. 75c.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
THE MAGIC RING.
A Boys First Circus and His Impressions
of Coralie the Peerless.

A Boys First Circus and His Impressions
of Coralie the Peerless.
A thud of unseen hoofs first set us
a-quiver; then crash of cymbals, a
jangle of bells, hoarse, applauding
roar, and Coralie was in the midst of US,
whirling past 'twixt earth and sky,
now erect, flush, radiant, now crouched
to the flowing name, swurg and tossed
and nodded by the maddening dance
music of the band. The mighty whip of
the count in the frock coat marked time
with pistol shots; his warcry, whoopiug
clear above the music, fired the blood
with a passion for splendid deeds, as
Coralie, laughing exultantly, crashed
through the paper hoops We gripped
the red cloth in front of us, and our
souls sped round and round with Co
ralie. leaping with her, prone with her,
swung by name or tail with her. 1t was
not only the ravishment of her delirious
feats, nor her cream colored horse Of
fairy breed, long tailed, roe footed-an
enchanted prince surely, if ever there
was one-it was her more than mortal
D'uu'y -sllopldy GU lOO, uuuSI ItlllI-
tons never vouchsafed to us before
that held us spellbound.
What princess had arms so dazzling
ly white, or went delicately clothed in
such pink and spangles? Hitherto we
had known the outward woman as but
a drab thing, hourglass shaped, nearly
legless, punched here, CONSTRUCTED there,
slow of movement and given to depre-
eating, lusty action of limb. Here was
revelation. From henceforth our i'm
aginations would have to be revised and
corrected up to date. In one Of those
swift rushes the mind makes in high
strung moments saw myself and Co
ralie, close EMBODIED, pacing the world
together, DER hill and plain, through
storied cities, past rows of applauding
relations, in my Sunday knickerbock-
ers, she in her pink and spangles. -
Kenneth Grahame in Scribner's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
JAWS AS WEAPONS.
Chief Means of Defense Among All oil
World Apes.

Chief Means of Defense Among All Old
World Apes.
Among all old world apes the teeth
are the chief weapons for defense
against natural foes and for com bats for
mates or tribal supremacy. The CANNES
are in most cases enormously developed,
insomuch that i'll informed naturalists
have suggested that a near relationship
must exist between the primates and
the carnivora. As a matter of fact, these
formidable teeth have nothing to do
with Authorization, but are as purely
weapons of war as are the bayonet and
the maxim gun. In practically every
emergency demanding unusual energy,
obstinacy and courage they come into
play.
In every conflict with the world the
flesh and the deyil-as such things are
understood i'll pithecoid society-the
temporal and masseter muscles are the
chief arbiters of war. To become a great
and powerful anthropoid it is absolute
ly and brutally necessary 10 have n
large and strong jaw, to give firm at
tachment to the teeth and good leverage
to the muscles. That for an immense
epoch our prehuman ancestors achieved
success in life in like manner is as clear
as the print of "Maga" to those who
have learned to read natures handwrit-
ing.
Since those days Of true Arcadian
simplicity our life has become bewilder-
ingly complex, and our methods for set
Ting social difficulties have changed
generally for the better. But here, as in
SO many other instances, the habits Of a
past age have left an indelible impress
on the nervous system. --Blackwood
Magazine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01

In "The Hutchinson Family" Mr.
John w. Hutchinson tells this story of
the Rev. Humphrey Moore, years ago
minister at Milford, N. H.: "On one
occasion he was asked to officiate at a
Masonic celebration where prayer was
considered germane to the proceedings
All his denomination were. opposed to
the mystic order, and at first he hest
tated, but finally complied, and at the
appointed time and place made his ap-
pearance and offered the following
prayer: % Lord, we pray for we know
not what. If it is good, bless it; if it
is bad, cuss it. World without end
Amenr'
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
NO GRAPE UPON The DOOR.

No Grape upon the door, my friends,
No Grape upon the door,
For when, with flying feet, 90
To meet with friends of other years,
And some good hours Of converse know
Before the last gray guest appears,
Belated cold, before the glow
That friendship kindles there.
'Twere sad to chill our social talk
With thought of those uron my walk
Who pause my half swung gate before,
OF that black cloth become aware
And laugh or Jest no more.
No Grape for me the whirling yoars
That bring their round of toll and change,
That mock the hopes of weaker men
With seeming loss and death, may range
Unheeded by the souls that dare,
And when at times grief's night shuts down
IT'S but dim eyes that fail to see,
IT'S but our doubts that cloud the way,
Nor lost, the orbs of perfect day,
Or radiant love still shining free,
Or friendships stars, though, spite of fears,
Our little world of sense turns round.
No Grape upon my door, good friends,
To still the pulse Of Joy,
Nor yet in hall or silent room
Should cross or crown within the gloom
In woven blossoms mark the place
OF that worn coat use no more,
Nor question sad of silent space,
Or vainly listen at deaths door
To hear voice come back from me.
But let your steady voices blend
In quiet strength, nor doubt that l,
With buoyanespirit, still defy
The touch that earthly forms destroy
And of old weakness makes an end.
%. r. Washburn in Good Housekeeping.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
THEY BOTH GOT MAD.

A Mountaiuccr Visits a PostohRce and His
Il" rricnce There.
He was Il typical mountaineer from
his brOgau shoes TO his wool hat, and he
had walked to "a neighboring town to
visit relatives twas his first visit away
from his home The second day after he
arrived he went to the postoffice to get
letter from his girl. He was sure it
would be there, as she had tearfully told
him she would write him while he was
away.
"Air thar any mail fer me?" he in
quiIed Of the postmaster.
whats your manner" was the in
quiry.
Louder. "
81 say, what's your name?" asked
the postmaster in Il little more positive
manner.
Louder. ="
81 say, what's your name?" yelled
the postmaster, stiCLiug his head through
the window into the face of the young
man.
"Why, dad drat your ugly time, I've
told yer three times my name was Lou
der, - yelled the mOuntaineer, "T. J.
Louder, and if yer didn't belong to Their
gov 'ment I'd crawl over thar and pick
your years. Soon es a man gifts or gov
ment job round here he begins to put
on airs, and I'm not one to put up with
it."
The postmaster fished out letter
from a musty hole and gave it to him,
although he was mad himself Wash
ington Star.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Mountains,

There used to be held, in accordance
with Murchison's we'll known geolog-
ical views, the general theory that
mountains were mainly due to cracks
which took place in the surface of the
earth in remote periods, but this idea is
no longer entertained by scientific men.
AS to the form of mountains, that which
is known as table mountain finds the
best example, curiously enough, at the
cape of Good Hope, mountain, it is
believed, due not to any action or phe-
nomenon OF upheaval, but to the sink
ing Of the surrounding districts or ter
ritory. Why these peculiarly defined
areas did not sink was owing, it is
thought, to the probable fact that the
ground under them cooled before the
rest Of the section, and thus the table
mountain had the earlier foundation
and has long retained its place. There
would always be denudation, however,
though proportionate with its surround
ings, and therefore, owing to this fact
of being higher at the start, it still keeps
to its approximate elevation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Deciding n Fine Point.

In the absence of the regular golf
editor this following question from
a beginner was referred to the turf
editor for an answer: I'm a game of
golf is it right to fuzzle your put, or
is it better to fetter ON the tee?"
The turf editor set his teeth firmly,
stared hard at the wall in front of
him a few moments and wrote the
following reply: "In case player
snaggles his iron it is permissible
for him to fuzzle his put, but bet
ter plan would be for him to drop
his guppy into the pringle and snoo-
die it out with niblick. Chicago
Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
A Great Brandy Drinker.

81 have seen the statement that no
man could drink half gallon of brandy
day for more than very short time, "
said John l.. Smith of Linden, Va. :,
"but there is man living in the town
/ reside i'll who has never missed drink.
ing that much brandy in day for 20
years. His name is John Hudnall, and
he owns brandy distillery near Linde.
He has used liquor as a beverage since
early youth, and for the past 90 years
has consumed half gallon of brandy a
day. He is not an inebriate by any
MEANS not becoming intoxicated by the
brandy. He is hale and hearty and
stands well in the community where he
lives as "a business man. No explanation
can be given of his remarkable power
OF withstanding the effects of liquor,
but no one who knows him doubts the
statement as to his having taken the
amount have said. 1t has not impaired
his digestion in the slightest degree, as
it is usually claimed it will do. -
Washington Star.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01

Sometimes it seems to weary w3m-
an that she must certainly give up.
The simplest and easiest work be-
comes an almost insurmountable task.
Nervousness, sleeplessness and pain
harrass her and life seems hard
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Louisville Tobacco Market.

Sales on our market for the week
Just closed amount to 2OO4 hhds. with
receipts for the same period 1893 hhds.
Sales on our market since January |,
amount to ISL, $50 hhds. Sales of the
crop of 1895 on our market to this date
mount to l45,742 hhds.
There has been sold on our markel
up this date 800 hhds. new hurley
against 442 hhds. same date last year.
The sales of new hurley thus far have
shown very issF fairly good hhds. and
nothing fi|N-but the condition has
been reX,,. ,,ably good for the time.
SONG have been made at
fro sti to $ll.0O per hundred,
but in ~ ~ main the offerings were
very common. Old burleys were
somewhat irregular and prices a little
easier at times even for the better
grades, while the common funked
sorts were lower.
The follow ~ quotations fairly rep
resent our market ior hurley tobacco
1895 crop.
Trash. Ozark or damaged tobacco
$l.0O to $3.50.
Common Golory trash, $3.50 to 81 90
Medium to good colory trash, $500
to 5000.
Common Tugs, not colory, $3.50 to
$3.50,
Common colory Tugs, "a. so to 800.
Medium to good colory Tugs, $500
to $500.
Common to medium leaf $500 to
$500.
Medium to good leaf, SO 90 to $l4,
Good to fine leaf, $l4 to $40.
Select wrappery leaf, SIG to $26 90
The above quotations are not APP
plicable to green and frosted crops.
GLOVER ~ DURRETT.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
A Ieper Hospital.

Outside the walls Of Jerusalem is a
lepers' hospital tended by deaoonesses
from the German religious houses. Year
after year these heroic women, without
pretentiousness, without any trumpet
ing of their work, almost unknown to
the world, have waited upon lepers.
they themselves literally dying by
inches. Their courage has only come to
light by the chance notice of travellers.