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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10
THE CITY OF BARCELONA.
Practically Two Cities; One Elk
tremely Ancient and the
0thOr Very Modern.

MT. II rank Dfl4nI, asslslanI 10 lle
Sergeant-at-Arms OF the Senate, spent
tx months there several years ago as
secretary OF the commission sent by
this Government to represent the
nation at hat groat Barcelona Exposi
ton. He said to Star reporter:
Barcelona is the most peculiar city
| ever saw. One-half of il dates back
to the days of Carthage and is ancient
enough in its characteristics and ar
chiteeture to please the most ardent
archiseologist. The other half is
modern, very much so, and looks
more like Kansas City than a Spanish
metropolis. The peculiarly of the
city is that these two old towns, the
old and the new, are not merged in
the least, but are divided by a line OF
demarcstion as bluntly as though by
a wall The whole city contains about
100000 people, who are active and
enterprising. They are most curl
Gus mixture of races; the Spanish
blood is of course, in the preponder-
ance, but with 1t is mingled in gener-
Gus quantities African, Moorish and
French blood, and of the 450, 900 peo-
pie l doubt if SO, 900 of them can speak
the pure Castilian Spanish.
"The inhabitants are hot-tempered
and passionate, so it is not surprising
that the recent outbreak occurred
The Spauiards place their national
honor far above all other considera-
tons, and it is evident that the treat
ment OF the Cuban matter by the
Senate has fired the Barcelonians to
an unusual depth of feeling.
Il notice the dispatches state that
students formed the principal element
of the mob that attacked the Consulate
There is no great university in the
city, but the Students exc vcry namcr
oIs, there being several establishmel Is
OF learning, as a rule controlled by
the church. The Consulate is in the
new part of the town, in quiet neigh.
borhood, and as such demonstrations
usually originate in the city, which is
the more turbulent, it is probable thai
the mob traversed long distance in
moving against the residence of the
American representative.
"The streets of Barcelona are pecu
liar, being called 'ramblas'. In the
center of each is raised walk, uset
only by pedestrians, and on each sid'
of this is narrow drive way.
''There is but one rambia in the ole
town, all the other passageways be
ing narrow streets, or rather alleys
that are often not wide enough to per
nit the passage of two vehicles
Hence it is frequent to observe deel
ruts in the walls of the houses OF
either side, worn by the hubs 0
wheels of wagons and carts forced t
the sides by narrow limits in passing
Barcelona has no natural harhor
80 great pier has been built out par
allel to one shore, so as to make al
artificial shelter of rectangular shape
The city has practically no defense o.
the water side, and could be easil
captured by strong fleet. The fal
of Barcelona would be severe bloS
to Spain.-Washington Star.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10

There are three women commercial
travellers who go the rounds regularly
tor drapery houses in the city of Lon
don. They put up at the same hotels
as their male competitors, and 1t need
hardly be added receive from them
every courtesy aud assistance. 1t is
said that up to the present they have
done fairly well.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10

Eagles are so plentiful in the noun
tains near Selma, CAL, as to be a ser
fous nuisance to stockmen. They
seem to have strong preference for
sucking pigs, and one stockman says
that in the last season fully 200 young
pigs have been carried from his ranch
by eagles.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10
THE ADVOCATE.

The monument to Gov. Thomas
Chittenden, erected by the state OF
Vermont in the cemetery at Williston.
VT, is now finished, and is said to be
a worthy memorial of Yermonps first
Governor.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10
CONSUMPTION can be Cured.

By the use of Shiloh's Cure. This
great Cough cure is the only known
remedy for that terrible disease. For
sale by Thomas Kennedy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10

Arizona is beginning TO put on the
frills of civilization. The first passen-
ger elevator in the Territory is being
put in new block of buildings at
Phoenix.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10

A brave New York woman, whose
name is not related, remained all
night alone in camp in the Ripoge-
nus region: awav above Mooshead, in
the Maine forest, last week, while her
husband carried the sick guide out to
civilization.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10

w. B. Fasig & Co., shipped on Sat-
urday, by the steamer Prussian, for
Hamburg, Germany, the first consign-
ment of fifty head of horses, which
are intended for artillery service in
the German army. They are all from
five to seven years of age, and stand
from sixteen to sixteen and half
hands high. One of the leading for
eign buyers who was prominent at the
Fasig sale has examined them aud
states that they are the finest all
around lot of horses for the purpose
he ever saw. They have all been OK
amined by DR.. j. E. Ryder, Of New
York, who was selected by the Spirit
of the Times at the request of Mr..
Fasig. If this important sample LOT
prove satisfactory, the balance of the
order will be at on &c filed, as the de.
mand is practically unlimited, az
France. though she will not buy them
direct, will take them from Austrian
German, or Belgian dealers.---New
York Mercury.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10

A mirror could no,
lie If it wanted to.
The glass has moth
ing to gain by fiat.
terry. If the roses of
health and plump
ness of beauty are
leaving your face,
your mirror will tell
you so. You can see
for yourself you are
in danger of losing
t h c a d m / r t o n
which is every wo.
III a ms due. You
may not really real
ize 1t, but health is
the greatest beauti.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10
A Natural Beautifier.

Karps Glover Root Tea purlfies the
blood and gives clear and beautiful
complexion. For sale by Tfos. Ken
needy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10

With broadening outlet for horses
during the calendar year '95 our ex-
ports were more than double those of
the previous II months. Total sent
abroad was 1883 worth $4,000, 402,
against Sill animals in '94 worth ST.
363,5SS. Imports meanwhile showed
a big:gain at 12,lSS compared with
6640 in '94. In addition each year
named brought in nearly 1000 breed
ing horses duty free. A lot of Ameri-
can trotting horses were sold in Lon
don last month. The first was Jim
Risk, five-year-old by 'gelding, by
Success, who has record of 2 IA and
was knocked down at 1888. Miss
Dynes. seven-year-old bay mare by
Superior, the sire of Lady Superior,
with record of 2 :l74, brought 1918,
and st. Simon, a four-year. old, sold
for $675. The catalogue also contain
ed "a American horses, which reali-
zed from $500 downward.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10

Meaagchs and NeMrgigia cured BY, Dr.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10

Y. YANDEN BERG C.P. ATMORE.
Trahc Manager, Genl Pass. Agt.
General Offices, Louisville, Ky.
JACKSON SMITH, Asst. Genl Passg'r Agt
ONCE, Chamber of Commerce Eld'g.. Cintf,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10

South Bound. No. Nos No.
Express Fast Line Daily
Daily Elk. Sun
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-10
Louisville < Nashville
R. r.
KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIY.)

Schedule in effect Jan. 20, 1894,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19
E, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1896.
PlTh AND POINT.

Not SO Warm.-"A cool milllonr
Yes" "Well hope it burns his fin.
gers" Detroit Tribune.
The Doctor-"Youl come around
all right, judge. Any physician would
tell you the same thing" The Judge
"Yes, doctor; but I've heard so much
expert testimony!"-Broollyn Life.
Van Demmit-.So that's what they
call tailormade girl, eh?" sNaly
Wilt--"Yes.r Van Demmit-"Ah, i
don't wonder their fathers want to shift
the responsibility"
Domestic Methods what ia
your busy day?'" "Well, happy ur-
chin, it is when / stay at home to rest,
and your mother gets me to do few
little odd jobs around the house. De
troit Free Press.
-"Did you ever notice that almost
all these misers reported in the papers
are single men?" asked Mr.. Watts.
"Yes," answered Mrs. Watts, married
misers are too common to be worth men,
tioning."-Indianapolis Journal.
-"And you really tell me that you
have no paupers hereP" said the as
tonished traveller. mot durn one"
said the native. SLOW could we, when
the country is too poor to support
em?"-Indianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Spooner-'Charles, do you
think you would ever marry again?'
Mr.. Spooner-"What, after having lived
with you for ten years? Never!" Mrs
Spooner says she would give something
handsome if she only knew just what
he meant by that.-Boston Transcript
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19
VICTOR E. GILBERT.

swim. Bobbie took header and went
out little way, and we watched lin.
/ thought he was doing all right, and
so did the rest. We saw him splash
ing around good deal, and be looked
very funny with his head under wa
ter half the time.
81 don't remember who 1t was. but
somebody said: He's drowning No
body believed it, and callel out to
him: Keep it up. Bobbie, you are do
ing right He didn't answer and then
saw him throw up his arms AMI go
down. / thought that was funny
way to swim; and then he came up
again. That time / was sura he was
in trouble, he had such funny look
in his face. can't tell just what it was
like, but he looked as II he had seen
something, he was afraid Of
II Jon'tNiIi,eS f-thoeglt much absue
anything Mthe time, except Iremcm-
ber ] felt sorry for his mother, and
wondered how she would feel Il Bobfie
should drown, None of the boys seemed
to understands what the matter was,
so went in and caught him by the
hair. / can swim in all kinds OF ways,
so turned over on my back, holding
Bob with one hand, and swan back 10
shore.
"It was hard pull and I got pretty
tired, but we got in all right. though
he was so full of water that he di'l1't
know anything. We turned him over
and rolled him about, and pretty soon
he was all right. l don't think there
was anything particularly great about
what / did. We didn't say anything
about II, because we were afraid that
IL we did we couldn't 20 swimming
any more. I'm teaching Bobbic how to
swim now, and before long he will be
as good swimmer as any boy af
| Winthrop Beach,"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19
A REMARKABLE BOY.
Has Had More Hard Luck Than ANY other
Youngster Alive.

Has Had More Hard Luck Than ANY other
Youngster Alive.
Victor Bedingfeld, the 12-year-old
son of the editor of the Flatbush Press
and Kings county Gazette, seems des-
tined to reap the rewards promised in
the beatitude which says something
about the long suffering, says the New
York Tribune. He has probably suf-
fered more pain aud experienced more
hard luck than any other Flatbush
youngster alive at the present day. The
father as well as the subject OF this
story was seen the other morning by u
reporter.
"Victor is a bright boy, and reads a
good DEAL" said the father. "He was
not born on Friday and l am not sure
that any of the accidents with which he
has met happened on the 18th day of
the month. When the lad was about
six years old we lived in York street,
Brooklyn. One day Victor, while play
ing with another boy, was asked to
walk down plank which had been
placed on the stairs. Well, he was not
to be dared, and started to perform the
feat. He fell and was picked up uncon-
scious. Our physician said he would
have to undergo an operation as sew
eral of the blood vessels in his head had
burst We took him y the BroettP
hospital, where the physicians said an
operation would kill him. They, how.
yer, bandaged the head tightly and
forced the blood into the system. The
marks of the bandages are still on the
child's forehead. His head at the time
was swollen until 1t was twice the nat
ural size.
Several years ago my wife gave all
the children creosote. Victor swal-
lowed two spoonfuls of the poison
and was once more rescued from
the brink of the grave. My wife
administered the fluid thinking it
was cough mixture. The doctor said
the dose wns sufficient to kill two men.
When lie recovered from this illness
bought him bicycle. This was
smashed one day and Victor was car
ried to the Kings county hospital. A
soda water wagon had run him down
and had almost severed his right leg
from his body. They were going to am
putate the limb when ! arrived at the
hospital, but would not permit it. To-
day as you can see, he is able to walk
as we'll as anybody, Notwithstanding
the fact that he has undergone 10 op-
erations. All! that is the only place,
think in which that number figures in
his life. The doctors wondered at the
vitality of the boy and / think some OF
thu operations performed on him have
been unprecedented. When Victor
came out of the hospital he was forced
TO use crutches. One day while walk
ing in Flatbush avenue he fell ant
again split his head open. Once more
he was laid up. The latest accident hap
pened six weeks ago, when he upset {
kettle Of boiling water. He is now grad
ually recovering from this and the flesl
on his foot, which was burned nearly t.
the bone, is rapidly healing"
Victor was born in the city Of Chris
Church, which is the south island o
New Zealand. He has n pleasant face
and, as his father says, he is bright.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19
A New Power.

1t is an error to call bicycling
"craze." 1t is something very different
from that. The simple fact is that the
human race has discovered a new power
for its own use. From the earliest dawn
of civilization man has been expert
menting with the wheel, which he in
vented to increase his powers Of loco
motion. Finally he has hit upon de-
vice which makes his own body the
source of power. He has placed wheels
upon his feet, and, as result, finds his
power Of locomotion multiplied by five
and even ten. Instead of walking five
or ten miles with more or less effort and
fatigue, he finds himself travelling ten,
20, so and even 100 miles, according to
his physical vigor and experience, with
little pcrceptible fatigue and with
most delightful sense of animation. He
has become master of this new power
the most valuable he has acquired since
he learned to wall1-and it is hence
forth a part Of his equipment for his
struggle with life. Is it probable that
having once become possessor of a pow
er like this the human race is going
to abandon it? AS well might VIC expect
1t to abandon railways and gas and
observation-disclosures.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19
THE MISSING HANDKERCHIEFS.
Like Pins They Vanish and No One Knows
WHITTIER They Go.

What becomes of all the handker-
chiefs? That's as burning question
as where do all the pins go, only that
handkerchief can be worn out, but with
pins the mystery deepens and we can
only indulge in vague surmises as to
their fate. Now, with handSerchiefs
it is different. They are large enough
not TO slip away from us, but they do
by hundreds fairly. We are buying
them constantly, and when we con.
slider one has only one nose to buy for
1t seems impossible for us to need SO
many. And the cost! For any sort of
one we pay 80 cents and so cents and
so cents--well, it counts up nightly at
the end of year. To be sure, there
are cheaper ones, but after being
washed once they come out an ugly yel
low or gray, just because they are not
linen, but poor cotton instead. They
are uncomfortable things to carry
about, too; they are so undeniably
shoddy. .t.;.l
Ifyou do not get economical and say to
yourself that you will purchase and
use an inferior quality in this article;
that cheap ones will be plenty good
enough to lose, you will lose them with
out doubt. But, like bread cast upon
the waters, they will return to you
every time to confound and confuse
you. 1t will happen in this way: While
calling ON friend with this miserable
little piece Of cotton kept well out of
sight, as you suppose, you yet manage
TO drop it. A week or so later your
friend will be at your house and, pro-
ducing this hated handkerchief, will
say: I'm sure this must belong to YOU
] found it by your chair the other day
after you left. 1t really must be yours,
for it does not belong to any of my fam
ily." Of course it is yours, and you
shamefacedly acknowledge the owner
ship, but that is the last cheap lot
bought, and instead you buy fresh
supply Of good ones and fondly hope to
lose one where. you did the last. Trust
on, If you will. No such luck will come.
Your pretty, expensive handkerchiefs
will melt away, but you will never have
an opportunity to proudly claim one as
your own. 1t is only the ones to be
ashamed Of that are brought back.
Philadelphia Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19
south Sea Island Nurserv Ru,es.

When South Sea island mother
wishes to chastise her child she seldom
resorts to slapping, and slippers, Of
course, she has none. Instead of using
the forms Of punishment customary
among civilized mothers she pulls the
childs hair or bites some part Of the
body, generally the feshy part of the
arm. In wandering about the village
one sees many children having on their
bodies sores produced by wounds in
flicted by their mothers teeth. When a
mother wishes to caress her child she
dcftly draws her thumb across its eye
brow or cheek or gently seizes its cheek
between her teeth. The rubbing OF
noses is also mark of affection among
the Kingsmill islanders, as 1t is among
the Maors OF New Zealand Detroit
Free Press
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19
Long Time Between Meals.

Some of our boys and girls thi.k that
one forenoon is great deal of time to
wait for dinner after breakfast is over.
But there is big anaconda in the Phil
delphia Zoo which ate its breakfast
almost two years ago-22 months, to be
xact,-and has just got around to Its
dinner. During all that time it didn't
seem to be Il bit hungry, although when
it was really ready for a meal, it ate
the whole bill Of fare, which consisted
of fat rabbit, all at one gu)p. 1t Is
not very unusual for snake TO alb
stain from food for several mouths, at
the end of which time death generally
results; but the anaccnda's case was
distinctly different from any other. Its
fast lasted over twice as long as any
in the history Of the Zoo, and during
the whole of its continuance there was
no evidence Of Ill-health,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19

one or all of these little boomerangs
(see cut), and set them upon book
with one end projecting. Then sharp,
quick blow with stick, or snap with the
thumb and foretinger, will cause them
to fly off in the most unexpected direc-
tons. These boomerangs may also be
made of wood of considerable size,
and thrown in some vacant lot, where
there is plenty of space for them to de-
scribe their erratic curves; the investi-
eating boy can find out how good an
Australian hunter he would make. The
natives in that country hunt their game
with the boomerang. They throw it
with great skill, and the unsuspectirg
game is taken unawares by the strange
direction from which the blow comes.
If they attempt to fly from the ap-
preaching missile, or to dodge it, they
are more than likely to put themselves
exactly in the way Of it,-Chicagc
Times uarsld.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A LITTLE VISITOR.

There's q busy little fellow,
Who came to town last night.
When all the world was fast asleep,
The childrens eyes shut tight.
| cannot tell you how he came,
For well the secrets hid:
But think upon a moonbeam bright
Way down TO earth he slid.
Yft brought the Misses Maple
Each, a lovely party gown
1t was brilliant red and yellow,
With dash or two OF brown.
And he must have had Midas touch,
For, If the truth is told,
The birches all, from top to toe.
He dressed In cloth of gold.
Then he took a glittering icicle
From underneath the caves,
And with 1t. on my window,
Drew such shining silver leaves,
Such fair and stately palaces,
Such towers and temples grand.
Their like I'm sure was never seen
Outside of Fairyland.
Who Is this busy little mGn,
Whose coming brings us Joy?
For I'm very sure he's welcomed
BY every girl and boy;
The little stars all saw him,
Though they will not tell soul;
But I've heard his calling card reads thus
j. Forst, Esq, North Pole.
Helen Standish Perkins, In N. Y. lnde
pendent.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19
An Ancient Castle.

Part Of the Dunvegan castle, Skye, the
ancestral home of the Macleods, dates
from the ninth century and is believed
TO be the oldest inhabited house in the
country--private residence, of course,
we mean. The castle is fine old pile,
built on promontory at the head Of
Loeb Follart, and must have been Il
place ofgreat strength In the days when
the Macleods and McDonalds were at
constant warfare. One of it's cherished
treasures is the fairy flag, the palladium
of the house Of Macleod. Legend in
vests it with marvellous qualities. Three
times only, however, could the virtues
OF the flag lie utilized. Twice, we are
told, it has been unfurlcd with magical
results. It's last reserve of power must
be employed if the clan is "evei on the
verge of utter extinction" and Of such
calamity the contingency seems far
remoycd.-London Society.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-19
One Dollar Per Year.
YOUNGEST LIFE SAVER.
now n Boston BOY Saved a Young Com
panion from Drowning.

panion from Drowning.
The youngest life-saver on record Is
11-year-old Victor L. Gilbert, Of Dos
ton, Mass, who with his parents Is
spending the summer at Winthrop
Beach. Regardless of possible conse-
quences, while older boys than he stood
aghast watching their playmate strug-
Cling in the water, he plunged in and
brought his drowning companion safely
TO land. He himself tells the story In
the following words:
"You see it was this way. We oil
went down to the beach for swim,
and were having great time, when
along came Robbie Turnball, and he
came in with us. Bobbie is nice boy,
but he can't swim much. There's no
place to dive on the Winthrop beach,
and we went back little ways to an
inlet where there is high dock to dive
from.
"The water there is about ten feet
deep, and the inlet is maybe 100 feet
wide at that point. It's a bad place
for beginner, but all right liza boy con