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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

Rev. Humphreys, OF Mercer county,
was called to Mt. Olivet, Garrard
county, to preach funeral discourse
The remains OF three people were In
the church a, the same time--Mrs.
Sallie Ison, aged 6S years; Mrs. Mary
Ison, aged forty-four, and the three
months infant of Mr.. Edwards. lie
preached the funeral discourse of all
three.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23
BDERTHS.a

Kellar j. the sweet little thirteen
months old babel of Mr.. < and. Mira.
Lafayette Wade, lSdied '-on Monday
morning, January ii, 1897. His life
was taken away by that destroying
disease, spinal meningitis. Little
Kellar was bright, iprettyiblue-eyed
boy, and was noticed and Logged by
every one. The heart-broken family
have the sympathy ot their friends
and we pray that Gods blessings may
rest upon them, that they may be pre-
pared to meet their little darling in
that world beyond. A FRIEND.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

Joe G. O'Resr has very valuable
SOW. She is about 81 years old and
has had IL litters of pigs which have
averaged Is pigs. or these ii pigs
have been raised from each litter and
have been sold for on an average of
$40 q head. The yield of this SOW has
brought the owner $l2l0. The last
filters were Ia and 16 pigs.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

In the Mercer county primary
Floyd Taylor defeated Frank Thomp-
son for School Commissioners by elev-
en- votes. Charges of fraud were
made and sustained and another
primary has been ordered. There
should also be other candidates, be-
cause any man who will resort to
fraud should be sat down on.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23
Let Us Reason Together.

IDe DemOcrat deems IL It's solemn
duty TO sound note of warning at
this time for the benefit of the party
in Bath county, particularly, and the
party throughout this judicial district
in general.
An injudicious selection of stand
ard-bearer on the sixth day of March,
now rapidly approaching, will precip-
itate disaster, not only in Bath, but
in Montgomery county also.
Our Democracy is pitched on
higher plane than mere individual
or selfish preference.
The time has been when the nomi-
nation of any Democrat in the district
have been ebuivolent to an election.
Unfortunately, that time is not pow,
and the exercise Of individual suf-
TRACE, at this time, calls for an exhibit
ton of the purest patriotism and par
ty loyalty.
Oui parry uaS hOt yCb IOLoNOiOU
from the effects of the dissensions en-
gendered during the last campaign.
We are stating a fact when we say
that the sound money element of our
party have not fully made up their
minds to fraternze with us in the
approaching election. Neither can
we safely count, in any contest of
local nature, on the support of the
very considerable number of Republic
cans who voted for Bryan and Sew
all.
On the very full vote of last No
vember, our majority in the district
was something less than five hundred.
Computing on this basic, a change of
two hundred and fifty votes would
give the district to the Republicans.
Hence it is, that in order to wilma
save our friends on our local county
ticket as well, we must have absolute
harmony. .'."
We all know that Montgomery
county has been torn by bitter fac
tional fight.
The best evidence in the world that
this bitterness of feeling still exists
lies in the fact that three of her citi-
zens are contending for the judicial
nomination. Were it not so, this
confusion would have been avoided.
and the party in that county would
have united on one man and present
ed him to the district as her choice
for the honor.
There have been other warnings
thrown out that it will be the wisest
party policy for us to cast our eyes in
another direction for q nominee who
will not be handicapped by isms,
chisms nor intangling alliances.
For man on whom all factions can
and will unite. For a man who
will, beyond preadventure, carry the
district by safe majority, and lead
the county ticket into the same bless
ed haven.
Bath county presents such a man
and the Democrats of Bath have it in
their power to set him at the head of
their columns for the November fray.
With the nomination of Hon. G. w.
Nesbitt for Circuit Judge, united
party and victory are assured.
1t is for these weighty reasons, and
in. addition that he is our countyman,
our neighbor, our friend and DEM
ocrat without fear aud without re-
proach, that the Democrat earnestly
appeals to the party in Rath county
to vote for Mr.. Nesbitt.-Bath County
| DemOcraI
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

The announcement of Jno. E.
Groves should have read Subject to
the action OF the Democratic party"
The mistake was his as we followed
the copy furnished us. We gladly
make the correction for Mr.. Groves
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23
Jacob Neace, thsslayer Of Depu-
ty q. s. Marshal Byrd, Dead.

On last Sunday Jacob Neace, of
Breathitt county. died of pneumonia
in the jail at Louisville. His trial for
the murder had been set for April IL
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23
Special Notice.

We have decided to close out our
stock of buggies, carts, etc Z, at Mt.
Sterling, on Msysville street two
doors below Smith & Shrout's livery
stable. You will find Mr.. N. III.
Tsbb in charge, who is prepared to
make prices that will astonish you.
- MAYsvrLLE CARRIAGE Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

Straved.from Mt. Sterling on Court
day bay mare with roam on hips and
star in forehead. Report to Jake
Nixon, Sharpsburg, KY.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23
We Do Not Say

That our competitors sell dark,
musty flour, that their canned
goods are sloppy,or 1895 stock car
ried over. What we do say is
that our "Osborn Cream" -four is
the finest in the world and that
our canned goods are guaranteed
the best new packing, and will
be sold as low as some others are
Offering very inferior goods.
CHfLEs, THOMPSON GROCERY Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23
FIFTY
YEARS OLD.
fman's Insurance Agency

fman's Insurance Agency
1ished in the year
"a oola anH Hoffman, with
o. y Insurance. CO.
sss has grown to
y sta yps !, that they now rep
4 81 40 3 the largest Amer
Nin& aIEnglish companies,
i ii, p epa prompt payment Of
spl hd e fpsses, and by careful
~ ision to business they now
Il as much business as any
rlyin the State outside of
= syille, KY. If you want
% Z rce that insures, call at
Mice in Traders Depos-
!. INK Building, or write
tur. and they will cheerfully
brnish you rates.
EFMAN 4 SON, Agts,
SrrRLISa, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

Remember the sale of the Stofer
residence on West Main street on Sat-
|urday afte-uoon, Feb. ~.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

The store room of Denton, Guthrie
& Co. is receiving some valuable i'm
provements. A large plate-glasi
horizontal show window will afford
fine facilities for diaplayiSg theil
goods. 49,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

Baled Miliet Hay and Corn. Leave
orders with j. H. Wood at Express
Office. ag
30-3t Duty & STEPHENS.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

w. A. Sutton win move his stock
Of furniture, carpets, etc !, the last OF
this week or the fret Of next to the
Eixer building. ~
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

A fSs405 acres on the Hinkston
pike, IL miles from town, 100 acres OF
which are to 60 in corn and part in
small grain. Apply to T. X. Barnes
~ -29-tf
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

We sell so cheap that people from
Winchester are coming here to trade
with us. SEwELL 81 Fox.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

On Friday Feb. rs at 10 a. m. G. r,
Holley VII have q sale of live stock
farming implements and produce q
the farm Of M. A. SCOTT On Paris pik|
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23
inst Think OF II!

A standard sugar corn DC q can
Only fifty dozen at this price.
SEwELL g. Fox.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

T. D; Assidy g Co. will sell coal
hereafter only for cash. 3O-3tA
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

Call at J. B. Whites for flower
seeds of all kinds.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23
BIRTHS.

To Finley Fogg aud wife on Sun
day afternoon fine boy.
The anxiously expected has arrived
at indianapolis, and ex-President
Harrison rejoices in the fact that he
has a daughter at his home. He did
not attend religious services on Sun
day morning.
Old Msnse Maple Syrup still goes at
35, quart bottle, our loss is your gain.
Only few cases left.
SEwELL s. Fox.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

shssxk0g- ": :!s
- e, sv get Blackband and
's 81, 8, !. s. q !, rumbo u Barnes.
& to regard 1t as
ForakeF viii agreetRant
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

J.B. White does not make much
noise but he goes ahead and sells his
goods cheaper than any body else all
the time. Here is what he is doing
for Cash. .'
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

32-4t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-02-23

Office.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31
Rabbits That Climb.

A correspondent writes to the Lon
don Field that while he was hunting
rabbits with ferrets in January ht
found rabbits on three occasions 10
willow trees which overhung the water
of mill stream. The miller said thai
it was not an unusual circumstance.
Some months ago the Field told ol
other rabbits which had been shot,
like raccoons or opossums, out OF trees
in England. In recent years cases Of
rabbits in trees have been reported
with increasing frequency.
From Australia has come the most
remarkable story of rabbits as climb
ers. The only way IN which rabbits
could be kept out of certain tracts OF
land in Australia was by the building
of wire fences about them. the fences
having meshes SO small that the beasts
could not crawl through, and being so
high that they could not Jump over.
The rabbits have clawed at the wires
until their nails gradually have become
hooked. Some of the rabbits learned
to scale the fences, and then great ad'
ditional expense was necessary, for
the top of the fence had to be bent
over like j upside down, with the
hook out so that the rodents could not
get over the top. Australian rabbits
are said to be learning to climb trees
for the leaves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31
Prison Sold at Auction.

The literature of auctioneering is
full of cleverness and verbal oddities,
but Carlow, England, turns up with
q line of humor which is all the more
effective because it is SO unconscious.
An advertisement recently printed
there stated that "the old Saol' would
be offered in one lot. 1t goes on to
particularize with enthusiasm and di.
late with zeal concerning "female
prison of thirty cells" "debtors' pri-
son." "convict prison, containing
thlrty.four cells" ''house of correc-
tion," "treadmill" and "three-throw
pump" There Is also ''a very fine cut
granite gate entrance" and "all cells
are fitted with double wrought-iron
DOORS" In fact, call modern improve.
ments" would seem to be the only ad.
ditional necessity in the way Of entic.
ing description.
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moment fancied that he was letter per-
feet and with points to spare.

moment fancied that he was letter per-
feet and with points to spare.
The new man comes to the academy
at that time of the year when the hard
work for those who remain is over,
and camp life begins. Hard aid exact
ing work has been the order of the
day; unceasing, tireless application to
the studies which extend over a wide
field has taken the time Of the whole
year, and the student halls the advent
of June with Joy, because it brings the
camp season and comparative rest. 1t
is particularly welcome to the men
who are just completing their first
year, who will emerge from their pleb-
dom into full-dedged cadetship. who
will throw off the Calling yoke of un-
-Aerling, and will have new lot of
plebs with whom to get even for what
they themselves have endured. And
so, with every yearling standing in
wait for him, the cadet enters camp for
a season OF about eleven weeks.
If his heart is lot broken by the
upper class men while in camp, and If
be passes the examination which fol-
lowe few months later, he becomes q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31
A New Bicycle Game.

A new bicycle game, or rather game
which can be played on wheels, has
lately been evolved by cycling
genius.
Ii is called the royal game and re.
quires court or field, divided into
alleys. Two teams of nine riders each
take part and the field is divided into
right and left field, with the courses
chalked out plainly. An alleyway, con-
structed of ropes or cables, extends
from the upper to the lower field on
the division line between the right and
left field. Cables also form two up.
right sides between which the play
wheel rolls and is driven backward or
forward by the riders in passing at
any point between the lower and
upper field. The play wheel is single
bicycle rim, having q four.and.one.
half-inch pneumatic tire.
The idea of the game is to drive this
play wheel from the centre field,
through attack of opponents, to goal
ahead. the riders using sticks especial
ly made for the game. The ends of
the alleyways are the goals for the re-
spective teams.
Players ride in single file and always
circle to the left. Thus the two trains
are constantly meeting and passing
each other in opposite directions on
the upper sides of the alleyway.
Royal is game requiring swift
riding and much skill and novice
would scarcely venture to form one OF
9 team.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31

TTHAT We are to be clad in
tailor made garments during
the next six months seems
& to be a foregone conclu-
sion, and the most practical style
for all around general wear is the coat
and skirt costume. The dark blue and
black serges of which these gowns
were formerly made, have been sup
plemented by a wealth of dainty
charming fabrics in light and dark
mixtures, and in weaves as varied as
the combinations.
A tailor.made gown of some sort is
certainly necessity if you would
make any attempt at fashionable Gress.
ing, and the really up-to.date woman
will hardly confne the number to one.
Between the rich braided gowns and
the most inexpensive suits there Is
variety of styles now exposed in the
catalogues of our best tailors that
cannot fail to crafty every woman's
taste and harmonize with every purse.
An especially smart yet neat Co.'S
tune is the one illustrated in the first
sketch. It is made, of the new green
breadcloth, and is trimmed with black
silk braid.
sew young Mrs. Vanderbilt in just
such d gown last week at one Of the
Stoddard lectures. The skirt, strong
in the Consciousness of it's perfect cut,
has narrow stiffening of hair cloth
at the bottom and is lined throughout
with shaded taffeta silk. The bodice
is neatly stitched and is finished at the
back with strapped seams and inlaid
plaits below the belt linz.
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Then in Eton suits the palm is Ger.
tsinly deserved by the one depicted in
the next sketch.
Exec edingly chic is this neat toi-
Iette with its gracefully hanging plain
skirt and oddly cut Eton, that while
it fits the figure perfectly at the back
and the sides, in the front is quite
loose, turning back in graceful revers.
If color can sound the note of the
new millinery, red bids fair to reign
supreme IN this branch of fashion.
The first display of spring hats and
bonnets is always jumble of startling
colors and shapes altogether discour-
aging to the women who prefer ele.
CANT and not conspicuous headgear,
but as the season advances the popln-
jay style of hat disappears and good
taste and moderation have an inning.
Just at present red straw, red tulle,
and red flowers in more shades than
nature can produce, are combined in
one hat. Poppies and geraniums have
the lead in red blossoms, but there
are green silk poppies in pretty soft
shades, with black centres, which are
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most severe test, and the man who
goes through the ordeal of the peculiar
hazing to which the pleb is subjected,
who can control himself sufficiently
to take it all in the proper spirit, who
can keep up with his studies in the
mean time and acquire sufficient
rudimentary knowledge of military
matters to satisfy his instructors,
shows himself we'll qualified for the
work which will follow and for the
positions of trust and responsibility
to which he may be called later.
1t does not matter who the man is,
whether he is the son of Senator,
General, diplomat, or a black.
smith, whether rich or poor. he is a
pleb with the plebs, and no power can
save him from making love to broom
stick in the presence of lot of upper
class men if they decide that he shall
do so, no influence can gain for him
the privilege of sitting in the presence
of an upper class man unless that man
asks him to do SO, and his ancestry,
station or future prospect would avail
him little if he failed to ''sir" the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31
The Sea Gulls.

The big sea gulls, such as are seeA
about the harbor through the winter,
come from further north in the fall,
and late in the spring they go north
again, or far out to sea when the
weather is cooler and the fish upon
which the gulls feed are more abun.'
dant. There are many fishes that
seek deeper, cooler waters in the sum-
mer, and the gulls follow them. There
are smaller gulls, however, commonly
called bluefish gulls, that remain out
side the harbor all summer. New
York Sun,
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year past that they do not resemble
the boys of that time, and parents and
friends who come to the Academy
hardly know them. They feel pride
in the fact that they have lived
through their year of plebdom, and
no one greets them more heartily as
they enter the domain of the upper
class men than the yearlings who are
about to shake the dust of their con.
dition from their boots and enter the
more digniied sphere of second.class
men. With the graduation hop the
pleb's time of probation ceases. The
upper class man goes so far as to Sc.
cure partners for him, and between
the smiles of pretty girls, the release
from thraldom. the consciousness of
having won the respect of the cider
men, and his anticipation of his good
time in camp with the new men, the
yearling's cup of happiness is nearly
full.
But the hop lasts only a few hours,
the camp season soon ends, and then
begins the work again-harder than
the year before and more of it. Not
only drill regulations, discipline and
all matters pertaining to the science OF
war must be studied and mastered, but
higher mathematics, French and
Spanish and literature must be grappled
with and they keep every moment of
the cadets time employed. 1t is ab-
solutely impossible for man to keep
up with his class unless ne works
hard, and the class as a whole would
fall behind if the work we're not con-
tinuous.
To be convinced of the prime condi-
tion of the cadets one must see them
at meal in the large mess hall, known
as Grant Hall. The senior cadet cap.
tain is superintendent of the hall. and
sits at table facing the door sur
rounded by his staff. The cadets march
to the hall and are divided when they
reached there into squads correspond
ing to the tables in the mess hall.
Each squad is accompanied by an Off
Ger, who is responsible for the behavior
of the men at the table. 1t is matter
of course that the man who carves, who
does all the work and who is served
last is pleb. The hall is decorated
with the portraits of graduates who
have won fame since they left the in
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CHIC FROCKS FOR MISSES.

colored cloth, artistically stitched and
finished with an inlaid collar of velvet
and small cut pearl buttons. The re.
vers are oddly shaped and the jacket
is rounded at the corners and finished
with a slightly rippled back. The
other girlish frock is fashioned OF nov.
city goods in combination of white,
green and tan, with just the faintest
suggestion of a rose colored thread
running through its warp. The neat,
perfectly hanging skirt is finished at
the bottom with band of wide dark
tan braid headed by tW tan silk cords.
The jacket is similarly garnitured,
besides being tastefully stitched and
lined with Roman striped silk.
The costumes illustrated herewith
we're designed by The National Cloab
Co., of New York.
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ton, and then comes evening parade,
after which the battalion marches to
supper. After supper they have
thirty minutes, and are then called to
quarters for study until 10 o'clock,
when "taps" is sounded, and the sig
nal for "lights out" finds the cadets
tired and ready for sleep.
On Wednesday and Saturday after
moons the cadets have no duties to
perform, and unless they have been
guilty of some slight infraction of the
rules they may take q rest. But a
peep into the courtyard Of the bar
racks on these afternoons will con-
vince the visitor that all cadets are
not angels. While their companions
are at ease, those who have trans
gressed must pace up and down GER
tain part of the yard accoutred and
armed the same as regular infantry.
man on sentry duty, and if the gray
walls were transparent they would dis
Lose to view also some who must suf-
fer for their misconduct by being con-
fined to their rooms. The strictest
discipline, the severe course and the
high standard required are the causes
for depicting the ranks of the cadet
corps, and it is estimated that about
sixty per cent. of those who are fully
accepted as cadets drop out before
the iour years term Is completed.
Those who remain and are gradu
ated receive cash capital oil S192 to
start with. Out OF the S54O year
which is placed to the credit of every
cadet 81 is taken every month and
kept for him, and at the end OF his
term at West Point he receives it in q
lump sum. The purpose of the ar
rangement is to place the young officer
out of need and to enable him to buy
his officers outfit. The $40 q year
which cadet receives from the Gov
ernment never reaches him in the
shape of money. His account is sim
ply credited with the amount, and
against this charges are made for his
clothing, books, board, laundry and
all Incidental expenses, and the great
problem is how to keep out of debt.
10 buy anything with money Of his
own is an impossibility, because q
cadet is kept peuniless, and one of the
regulations prescribes that no cadet
shall apply for or receive money or
any other supplies from his parents or
from any person whomsoVer without
permission of the Superintendent.
The third and fourth years in the