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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Natures Cold Storage House.

In the valley of the Plethora river,
which flows from the Ural mountains
into the Arctic ocean near Nova Fem
bla, there is a state of things which is
attracting the attention of naturalists
and is only one more example of how
judioiously nature does her work when
her primitive conditions are observed.
This valley has sturdy growth of
Crowberries, cloudberries, Cranberries,
any plumber of small fruit bearing
plants, with heath moss and lichens,
some of which bear seed and fruit in
great profusion. An eminent ornitholo-
gist, in the course of his researches in
this locality, stopped for little time.
There were millions of acres covered
with these growths. The arctic summer
has perpetual sun, and the indigenous
plants and trees grow and develop with
great rapidity. The summer comes sud-
denly, and with it innumerable birds
of all varieties, but they come to what
seems a barren waste, for there is moth
ing visible but snow and ice. Within "a
hours, however, this frostbound region
changes it's appearance. The snow dis
solves, the ice melts away, and nature
bounty stands revealed. The autumn
SHOWS fall here and cover the plants,
with their loads of fruit, keeping it in
the most perfect condition until the
springtime, when it furnishes food for
the millions of birds that make this
their summer home -NewY ork Ledger.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Carborundum.

-he manufacture of carborundum is
one of the most unique of recently es-
tablished industries, and the plant at
Niagara is one of extreme interest in
connection with the amazing power
now generated at that locality. As is
now well known, carborundum is q
compound of carbon and silicon, in ap-
pearance presenting surface of high
luster, iridescent with many colors, the
valuable property of the substance con-
sisting in its extreme hardness, in
which respect it stands next to the dia-
mond, and consequently is coming into
extensive use as polishing and abra-
sive agent. In the process of manufac-
ture, quartz sand, COKE sawdust and
salt are intimately mixed. This material
is placed in the furnace around large
cylinder of coke and the entire mass
covered up and finally walled in with a
loose framework of bricks At the ends
of this furnace are the poles or cleo
trodes Of powerful electric circuit, and
when the current is turned on an intense
heat is produced, which results in a
chemical combination of the carbon of
the coke and sawdust and the silicon of
the sand. The process is continued for
"a hours, and then, after cooling, the
carborundum is extracted, series OF
operations finally preparing it for the
market. New York Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01

A gentleman who is usually home
keeping man, but who was induced to
enter the race for minor Office early
in the campaign was "giving his ex-
perience" outside of meeting the other
day. He said: "No, | shall never run
for office again, not if l know it. For
three weeks after l took the stump l
did not see my family, and during my
absence at that time a fellow who was
shipping watermelons for me pocketed
the returns for four carloads ana skip
ped the country; tramp rode away on
one of my best horses; my wife invest
ed 5000 in bicycles; my youngest
daughter ran away and married fell
low for me to support, and all of our
mutual relatives came to congratulate
my wife on the honor which had been
conferred upon me and incidentally to
spend the summer. Those three weeks
cost me in round numbers $500, to. say
nothing of the son in-law, who threat.
eued to be permanent, and the office for
which 1 was striving is worth just 5000
year. | won't be elected, however,
and I'm = glad of it. But this has been
campaign of education to me, for in
it l have learned just how much of a
fool [ really was Atlanta Constitu-
tiOu
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
A Unique Repablic.

The republic of Goust is the smallest
in the world. Andorra is an empire in
comparison. Goust is about a mile
square, and it houses 1870 persons. 1t
has been independent these $50 years.
1t stands on top of mountain by the
Spanish border, near the edge Of France,
and it gets along very comfortably with
out ever mixing itself in other peoples
affairs, and without reading the even
ing papers, or, so far as we know, the
morning ones. The delectable 1870 govern
themselves by council, one member OF
which is selected to see that the bust
ness agreed upon is executed. Matters
go along very smoothly, and Goustians
are all the happier because nobody
knows much about them, and therefore
they are unenvied. Kansas City Times.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Santa Fe ROUte-CalifOrnia Lin
tied.

BEGINNING November 4fh, tie Santa
Fe Ronte will resume its celebrated
California limited train a. a semi
weekly service, leaving Chicago We'd
uesdays and Saturdays az 6p. m q,
reaching Los Angeles in Y hours and
San Diego in 764 hours.
Equipment OF superb vestibuIed
Pullman palace sleepers, buffet smok
ing car and dining car. Most lux
urious service via any line.
Another express train, carrying both
palace and tourist sleepers, leaves
Chicago 1925 p. m. daily for Los
Angles, San Diego and San Francisco
Inquire Of @. r. GUNNIP,
General Agent,
If AIT Walnut ST., Cincinnati, o.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Paid Too Much For the Baby.

Caleb has three children-John, Mary
and Jane. John is the eldest and so the
most inquiring. He had heard that ba'
bies were bought from doctors, and one
day asked his mother about prices.
"Mother, how much did COST" he
inquired.
As some reply had to be made, his
mother said $1,000. John thought il
over for moment, and then asked:
"How much did you pay for Mary?
Fifteen hundred dollars"
"Why, she cost more than me. "
eyes, girls always cost more than
boys"
"What did you pay for Jane?" Jane
is little self willed tyrant.
"Jane cost 50, OOO," said Mrs. Caleb,
and John lapsed into deep thought,
In few moments he said, Mamma,
/ don't think Mary cost too much, but
you got stuck with Jane. New York
Times
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
New York Chinese Quarters.

There is one feature of New York
amusements that is wholly unknown to
the Chinaman, and that il the concert
garden. To eongregate in public place
to drink Intoxicating beverages, listen
to sensuous music and watch vulgar
displays of the human figure, to be
waited upon by young women of more
than questionable character, to take
part in profane and obscene talk, all
this is beneath the dignity Of China
man, and nowhere in the Chinese quar-
ter, from beginning to end, can such a
place be found. But they are found on
the Bowery, and Germans, Irishmen,
Italians and Jews fill the places to the
doors. Helen +. Clark in Century.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01

Street railway men, who are inclined
to ascribe all the ills from which they
suffer to the introduction of electricity
as motive power on the car lines, have
discovered new grounds for complaint
about the hardships of the lives they
lead. A conductor Of the Columbia ave-
nue. line put the case in nutshell the
other night when he said: ''Railroadin
amt the softes' job there is i'll the
world. When l commenced, IL years
ago, l was stronger'n Sandow, an now
it's as much as l can do to carry fist
full of nickels. My sights begjnnin to
fail me now, an it's all on account OF
these here electric lights, for they've
knocked out lots of the boys already.
Every time we cross IA current breaker
the light flashes, an what with the
constant jarrin it makes my head ache
all the time. I'd rather work under a
tallow candle or calcium light--any-
thing, SO longs it's steady. I'll soon
have to be wearin glasses like the most
of 'em. Thirty-two out Of the SO regu-
lars an subs on this division wears
glasses already" - Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
LABRADOR DOGS.
Tow a Number of Them Went on an I'm
promptu Hunt.

Tow n Number of Them Went on an I'm
promptu Hunt.
The dogs of Labrador are not only
most useful as draft animals, but for
hunting as well. A writer in Forest
and Stream, who has spent several sea-
sons in Labrador, relates rather thrill
ing experience with team Of these
dogs, who, he says. trot along content
eddy enough SO long as there is no game
i'm sight, but the moment they scent
game they seem to conclude that drag
ging sled is for them merely side is
sue; that their actual mission in life is
to go after the game whenever it is
within range. He says:
"a thaw had been followed by a
frost, and the snow covering the ice on
the lakes was frozen hard. So four of
our party got on the sleigh to have a
final drive. They started in great glee,
and just as they rounded the first point
they saw fine young caribou buck
about 500 yards ahead. As soon as the
dogs saw it they gave yelp like pack
of wolves and started like an arrow
from a bow after the caribou, which
looked round on hearing the yelp, saw
its pursuers and flew over the ice, keep
ing in the middle Of the lake. When the
dogs started with jerk, one of the party
was throwIfoff violently and slid long
way Oh the hard snow before he could
pull up, feeling redhot from the fric-
ton and gazing wistfully after his fast
disappearing comrades, who chung to
the sleigh like grim death and enjoyed
this novel hunt. OF course, there was
not the slightest chance of their catch.
ing the animal, which, instead of max
ing for the bush on the nearest shore,
held on in the midGle of the lake, right
up to the end, where it took to the
woods The impromptu hunters soon
found themselves i'll difficulty, for it
was impossible to stop the dogs, who
could not realize that they had a sleigh
behind them with passengers The
driver tried in vain to stop them, and
there was every probability of broken
limbs or necks when they would strike
the bush. However, they soon made uE
their minds and dropped off one by one,
rolling over and over in the snow, OF
sliding some distance away, with much
damage to their neither garments and
much abrasion of the cuticle Mean.
while the dogs, relieved of the weight,
rushed after the deer, and, entering the
woods, got tangled up among the trees,
and, as usual on such occasions, wound
up with free fight among themselves.
After extricating them the party re-em'
barked and drove quietly back to the
house, where they repaired damages,
related their adventure and wrote il
down in the clubs logbook."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Persian Tears.

A physician who has just returned
from visit to Persia says that the Per-
slams still believe that human tears are
remedy for certain chronic diseases
AT every funeral the bottling of mourn
ers' tears is one of the chief features of
the ceremonies. Each of the mourners
is presented with sponge with which
to mop off his face and eyes, and after
the burial they are presented to the
priest, who squeezes the tears into bot
ties, which he keeps. This custom is one
of the Oldest known i'll the east and has
probably been practiced by the Persians
for thousands of years. Mention is made
of it in the Old Testament.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
CRADLE SONG.

To sleep the corn is sinking.
For heavy hangs its head;
The timid flowers are shrinking
From darkness in their bed.
The evening breezes flocking,
Like gentle angels blest,
Come softly, softly rocking
The corn and flowers to rest.
Just as the flowers are shrinking,
So timid, too, art thou,
And as the corn heads sinking,
So mods thy dear head now.
And sounds of evening winging,
Like gentle angels blest,
Come round thy cradle, singing
My darling one to rest.
j. Edmund V. Cooke
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01

are due solely to her own fault seldom
occurs to her, but often it is so. Health,
strength and vigorous vitality are hers if
she will but ask and reach for them.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was
made for ksr. DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery was made for her. The for
mer is for the ills distinctly feminine, the
other for her general system. Together
they supply a scientific and successful
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fills out the hollows in cheeks and neck
with good solid flesh and brings back the
gladstone glow of girlhood. Best of all,
with these remedies there is no need of
detested examinations +" and " local treat
ment" so abhorrent to every modest
woman.
Thousands of grateful women have
written letters like this:
MRS SAMANTHA NJ. CRANsiER, of Boz 81, lie
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the house had been getting weaker and worse
for several years until lost all hope of ever get
ting any better. ! took four bottles OF each oil
your medicines and am now perfectly we'll"
Respectfully yours
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
A Welsh Dinner.

A new terror is in store for epicures
namely, the Welsh menu. The South
Wales Daily News recently printed the
following specimen:
Pysg.
Gleisiaid.
Saws Hufen a Chwcwmerau Gwynbysg
Dant% thion.
Tameidion yr Ymerhodres u Theneuon Den.
Dryllian.
Asenau Ychgig March ruddygl.
Morddwyd Fochgig Efrog Saws Win.
Pys Gleision.
Poten Put. Teisenau Ffrengig.
Glygeuled Mefus
Poten 10. Caws.
Probably after the diner has finished
with ''csws" he begins to feel the effect.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Too Much to Swallow.

"Inkwell nearly lost his job ON the
paper yesterday"
''How was that?"
"He handed in an account Of the
athletic sports and said one of the win
ners Of the foot races was messenger
boy. n--W Washington Times
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01

When Nero made his artistic tour as
. musician and actor through the cities
of Greece, more than 400 crowns were
bestowed upon him. and when he re-
tnrned to Rome be decreed himself q
triumph and entered the city with these
crowns borne In solemn pT0oeseion.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01

Paris is threatened with renaissance
Of paganisn. Several well known lite
rateurs, poets and artists have banded
themselves into society for the adora-
ton Of heather deities. This romantic
revival has already caught the Partisan
fancy, and converts are announced ev-
cry day.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01

DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, a 1000 page doctor book, profnsely
illustrated, of which $50, 900 have been sold
at 81. so copy, will be sent FREE on re-
ceipt of 81 cents to pay postage and wrap
ping only. WORLDS DIsPENsARY MED
icAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-01
Sometimes il seemo

sometimes II SeeUt0
to weary woman that
she must certainly
give up. The sim
plest and easiest
work becomes an
almost insurmount-
able task. L.assitude
almost overcomes
h err. Nervousness
a n d sleeplessness
and pain harass her
and life seems hardly
worth the living.
That her CT, ffe riuUa
The record-union., 1896-10-02
NEW YORK POPULISTS
lndOrse the Nominations nade bv the
Democrats

SYRACUSE, Oct. 1.-Twenty MEM
bers of the Peoples party responded to-
day 10 the call for convention to finish
the work of the convention held Seotem
Der 10th. AT the former convention
Bryan and SeWall electors We're named
and also full State ticket. These men
were nominated with the understanding
that they would Immediately place their
designations in the hands of the State
Committee to be used if fusion with the
Democrats could be arranged at the
Buffalo convention. The convention sent
TO Buffalo received no recognition. but
according to the Populist leaders who
are present William r. St. John. Treas
urer of the Democratic party. has given
assurances that fusion will be made on
Congressman in several districts in the
State, provided the Democratic electors
and State ticket We're indorsed.
The convention was re-conyened TO
carrv out the above programme. All
who came went into executive session
as a State Committee, and at some time
during the proceedings they resolved
themselves into such committee. The
principles of the party were remodelled
so a S to permit fusion. The action of the
convention of September 10Th was ig-
nored. and that convention declared il
legal
The Bryan and Sewall electors were
indorsed without opposition. When it
came 10 indorsing Porter and Schraub.
the Democratic candidates for Governor
and Ldeutenant-Govern there was
some objection. but the programme went
through and the convention adjourned
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A. leaders have been suspicious of Nc
Glashan and wanted him some time
ago to either resign or agree to stay in
the fight until election night 1t was
understood that he agreed to the latter
proposition Now he steps down and
out and effectually shuts out any
straight A. p A candidate. McGlash-
an has been regarded as the favored
candidate of the order and was count
ing on a heavy vote out of this city
and Sacramento.
Among the assertions made is one
that McGlaShan has been acting all
along under the instructions of the Fu-
sion Committee and the Democratic
Congressional Committee and was to
keep up a show of a fight till too late
for the A. p A. to get together and put
up a candidate. There now remains
but three days in which to hold con-
vention, and any candidate named to
be entitled to place on the ballot
would have to go on by petition, and
in the time left no petition could be
circulated and signed. If the with
drawal had occurred a month, or even
two weeks sooner it is asserted there
would have been another candidate in
the field.
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DISASTROUS FREIGHT WRECK
ON THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO
RAILROAD.
The Engineer, Fireman, Conductor
FIagman, Two Brakemen ana
Two Tramps Killed.

PITTSBUPG Pa), Oct IA disas-
trous freight wreck occurred near FIJI
son Station. on the Baltimore ana
Ohio road, early this morning. The en-
tire train crew, consisting of engineer
fireman. conductor, two brakemen ana
flagman, and two tramps were killed
Thirty-four cars loaded with coal, To-
gether with the engine and caboose,
were piled up on the track and trafhc IS
entirely suspended.
The train left the track on sharp
curve at the foot Of a long, steep grade
The grade on this part of the road Is
the heaviest anywhere on the system
For seventeen miles the track steadily
descends at the rate of 125 feet to the
mile
The train was a heavy one and evil
IDENTIFY got beyond the control OF the
crew. 1t was running at a terrific rate
as it reached the bottom of the grade
and struck the sharp curve at that
place.
Almost as soon as it struck the curve
the engine left the track and the Whole
train followed and piled up in tan
gled mass in the cut through which the
curve ran.
When daylight came, so that the
wreck could be seen, 1t was Iounu 10
present remarkable sight. The en-
CINE, the caboose and the thirty-four
cars were piled together in ineXtrlcable
confusion and smashed almost out Of
resemblance to cars, while over every
thing the coal was scattered.
Wedged between two of the cars and
crushed into a, shaDeless mass were the
bodies of two tramps who had evidently
Y1a 10 of he,
trainmen have not yet been found and
are undoubtedly buried deeply in the
wreck They will not be reached until
the wreckage has been cleared away,
something that will take many hours
of hard work
The record-union., 1896-10-02
STORM IN ARIZONA A.
Three Miles of Railroad Washed Out
and Several People Drowned.

TUCSON "a. T), Oct. 1--There was
q terrific rain and wind storm east ana
west Of this place to-day, and three
miles of railroad track, nine miles west
of here. We're washed out. a heavy
hail storm also occurred here this after
noon and a torrential storm occurred in
Santa Catalina and Santa Rita Noun
tains.
Advices from Benson say cloud
burst in the milestone Mountains is
causing a torrential flood many miles
wide down into the San Pedro Valley,
taking in the west end of the town,
demOlishing several buildings.
William Geek, a barber, his wife and
TWO children, and Oscar Ashburn, a
stockman, being drowned. A number
Of others are missing. 1t is feared that
there viii be not less than twelve vic
Tins here. Wells-Fargo's Express
building at the depot was washed out
of place, and two feet of debris de-
posted in the depot.
The storm was about twelve miles in
length. 1t is thought there has been
much loss of life and property down the
San Pedro Valley as no such flood was
ever known in that section before.
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LEADVILLE STRIKE.
The Situation Not Very Encouraging
for the Men Who Went Out.

LEADVILLE (Col), Oct 1.-As al
ready stated in these dispatches, it is
evident that the Miners Union has de-
clded to take the advice of given them
by Edward Boyce, the Federation
President, to stick out the strike" AS
a result, number Of mine managers
VIII gradually start UP properties with
as many men as they can secure until
the strike is declared off. The most
important step in this direction is the
announcement by the managers of the
hex. resurrection, Bison and Mana1a
Mining Companies that they intend r.
resume. None of these properties ae.
ceded to the demands of the union hr,
the managers state that they are sa-
curing enough men here and from ont-
SIDE to run their mines. At all these
properties cleaning UP and preparatory
work has been commenced. This corn.
bination-can furnish employment 70 6OC
men.
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other persons have been killed. OF
those recovered but few have beer
ldentlned SO mutilated were they bY
railing timbers. Many of the corpses
were sunk in the mud in which they
were buried by the mighty tidal wave
tial swept over the town TUESDAY
morning. Of the twenty bodies recov-
ered twelve are white and eight COL
ofeo. VI the whites six belonged to the
Whltson FAMILY, a mother, four chill
dren and young woman visitor. The
other four white victims are men and
nave not yet been identified. OF the
elgnt colored only one, Peter Woodson
has been identified.
Deplorable as the loss Of life in Ce-
Oar Keys proper is, it is as nothing in
comparison to the number OF
spongers and fishermen who were
drowned. The Mary Eliza. the spong-
ing Schooner reached Cedar Keys at
~ O'Clock this morning jury rugged,
haVlng had TO cut her masts away to
prevent capsizing. 1t reports that at
dark Monday nearly 100 vessels were
ahchored on the sponge bar Just be-
low CEDAR Keys, and that nearly every
one OF them was sunk by the hurri-
cane.
"s ~ vi 1 ueSudy morning the
captain Of the Mary Eliza SAYS he
saw only twenty Of the 100 spongine
and fishing vessels afioat. the Others
having gone to the bottom during the
early hours of the storm Twelve of
the twenty vessels that rode out the
hurricane during the hours of dark
ness, the Captain says, went down at
O'Clock on Tuesday morning Be.
yond the bay tops Of scores Of nastS
are visible just above the water and
each top indicates the burial place OF
sponglng schooner and its crew.