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 als-Mississippi als- and Interna- |g Exposition, Omaha, Neb. Eist to Nov lst. For this occa-
 ae Cotton Belt route has made aQ S5O-3O for round trip. Pass |s may have choice of route via |'9uls, or Jonesboro and Kansas 2 Tickets on sale June 1st to 1 i0'a 1898. In addition to the N Y Will sell round trip tickets re-
 alalt thirty days from date of
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Mrs. J. NJ. Elliott was reported much improved Saturday evening.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-08-14

Mir. Louis Altschule, of Warner was visitor in the city Saturday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-08-14

Mir P. P. Byrd has returned from the East.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-08-14

Mr. Leo Andrews, of Rot Roy. is in the city.
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Haidarabad, like the rest of the
center and south of India, depends
for its prosperity on the southwest
monsoon. This, setting in in Ceylon
soon after the middle of May, works
its way up the west coast and over
coming as it gains its full strength
the barrier of the western CHATS,
advances steadily across the Deccan.
Its normal date for reaching the
Haidarabad state is June 5. 1t con-
tinues with the wind prevailing
from the southwest till beyond the
middle of September, when the
wind, gradually veering round by
west and north to the northeast,
brings what appears to be a return
monsoon, but what probably is the
current of the southwest monsoon,
which, passing from the commence.
ment of the rains in June up the
east coast and thence to the north
west up the Gangetio valley, has at
tanned greater strength than that
which is then exercised by the wan
ing west coast current and makes it.
self felt in the central provinces and
the south. To this return current Hal
darabad is often indebted for heavy
falls that save the country from the
scarcity that might follow a lack of
strength in the original southwest
current. George Palmer in Engi-
neering Magazine.
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Connection made with b, Il @. g. Railway al
Beattyvllle Junction for Beattyville.
j, X. BARR, CHAs. SCOTT,
Vice Pres. Il Gen. Man. G. PA.
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Mill easy to take, easy 70 buy,
E1OOu FLAlS easy 70 operate. CSC.
The Heavenly Meeting.

Tell, oh! tell me, Book Of visions, bright with
promise, sweet with prayer,
Shall / know the angel faces that are waiting
over there?
Shall l find my children? viii my gentle
mother lay
Her dear hand upon my forehead in that old,
earth loving way?
Father, keep them as l love them!-or, il
changed to other guise,
May the heavenly transformation dawn but
slowly on mine eyes.
Let me take them to my bosom, once. upon that
shining shore,
AS saw them when we parted, in the love-lit
days of yore.
james Buckham in the August Ladies Home
journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-02
Nevada's Congressman

Nevada elects a Congressman this
year, it, solitary member in the
House of Representatives. His dis
trict is a variegated one geographical
ly, politically and otherwise. 1t in
cludes q land erea of 10000 square
miles. The district is 4S5 miles long
and 80 miles wide. 1t has lake 5000
feet above the level of the sea, and
a mountain peak $4,000 feet high.
The whole voting population of the
district is less than 10000, made up,
roughly speaking, of 700 Democrats.
1900 Republicans, 1000 Populists,
and 5000 silver men. Nevada is one
of the States in which a bipartisan
division of election inspectors between
the Democrats and the Republicans
would be representative of not the two
chief, but the two minor parties. Mr..
Newlands, the present representative
of Nevada, is a native of Mississippi,
was educated at Yale College, and adj
mitted to the bar at Washington, en-
tered upon the duties of his profess
sion in San Francisco, CAL, and
moved into Nevada ten years ago.
One distinction which Nevada enjoys
is by no means an enviable one for an
American constituency. There are
twice as many men as women in Ne
vads. Nevada has smaller popula-
tiou than any other State.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-02
Is il a Holy War;

A great majority of our people be-
lieve that the present war with Spain
is holy war; many believe we are
acting, as it were, by divine COM
mand and under divine guidance, and
they sight you to the victories of Dew
ep, Sampson and the hosting of the
flag over Moro, all on the Lords day,
as proof positive of divine direction
of the whole affair. 1t is trne that
but few, If any, wars heretofore have
been declared on the grounds of hui
mainly. Holy writ teaches that love
for humanity prompted the councils
of heaven to send to this world the
Savior of mankind, and now in this
war for suffering humanity we doubt
not but that the God of battle IL
taking an active interest Richmond
Climax.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-02
And They Cured Her Too.

A Birmingham physician has had
an amusing experience. The other
day a somewhat distracted mother
brought her daughter to see him.
The girl was suffering from what is
known among many people as gen
eral lowness. " There was nothing
much the matter with her, but she
was pale and listless and did not
care about eating or doing anything.
The doctor, after due consultation,
prescribed for her a glass of claret
three times day with her meals.
The mother was somewhat deaf; but
apparently heard all he said and
bore off her daughter, determined to
carry out the prescription to the
very letter.
In ten days time they were back
again, and the girl looked quite a
different creature. She was rosy
checked, smiling and the picture of
health. The doctor congratulated
himself upon the keen insight he
had displayed in his diagnosis of the
case. Il am glad to see that your
daughter is so much better, he said.
Eyes" exclaimed the excited and
grateful mother, thanks, to you,
doctorl She has had just what you
ordered. She has eaten carrots
three times a day since we were
here and sometimes oftener-and
once or twice uncooked--aid now
look at her."
The medical man was so overcome
with laughter that for some minutes
he could not explain the mistake
London Answers.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-02
Helped Him Along.

"How strangei'' he said
WHAT" she asked.
"These newspaper stories of fads
of engaged girls" he explained.
They don't interest me" she as
erted.
Realty" he asked.
"Not a Bit" she returned. "Why
should thsyf"
AS she looked up into his eyes in
a wondering sort of way he drew a
good long breath, for he, knew that
he had clear field. and when he left
that evening she had become deeply
interested in some of those tads. -
Chicago Post.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-02
SIGNS in THE SALT.


Omens and superstitions Connected With
the Universal Condinent.
Salt is probably the only article of
food which has been used by every
nation and in every age since the
beginning of civilization. More SUI
perstitions are naturally connected
with it than with any other article
of food.
In ancient times, before trade was
as we'll organized as it is now, salt
was very scarce and costly. From
this gradually grew up the eastern
custom that whoever should eat salt
together--the most precious posses
sion-must be friends for life.
The belief that it is unlucky to
spill salt at table is of similar origin
and equal age, There is an allusion
to it in Leonardo da Vinci's great
painting of 1.-THE Last Supper, ;"
which represents Judas as knocking
over the salt cellar while reaching
out his hand. The Romans had this
superstition and took extreme pre-
cautions to avoid splitting salt,
Many fierce battles have been
waged for the possession of saline
springs by animals as we'll as men.
The Big Bone Lick, Kentucky salt
spring, was in the early days of the
settlement surrounded by many
tons of bones, some of extinct beasts,
that had been killed there fighting
for taste. Most of these were de-
stroyed, but jefferson and others
rescued many specimens. The In
dams got salt from the same spring
and in central New York and traded
it far and wide among the tribes.
Many nations held salt sacred.
The Germans believed that soil
made salt by saline springs was pc
culiarly holy. The Scriptures speak
frequently of 1.-The covenant of
salt" The Mexicans had a goddess
of salt whose more or less musical
name was Huixtocilmatl
There is an eastern tale of a man
who went to rob a.house by night.
Stumbling upon an object in the
dark, he put his tongue to it to as
certain its nature. 1t was bit of
rock salt. The man gave up his
idea of robbing house whose own
er's salt he had eaten. Cogia Hous-
sain. of THE Forty Thieves" was
more willy. He would not eat in
his intended VICTIMS house lest
there might be salt in some of the
dishes.
Some of the "tacky whites" of the
south put salt in their shoes to keep
off witches. The Chinese, in observ-
ing the last festival of the year,
throw salt upon the fresh built fire
in front of the ancestral tablets. In
many remote parts of the world
cakes or blocks of rock salt have
been used as money, and a man who
was not worth his salt" was
pretty poor fellow.-New York
World.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-02
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease requires
a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh is taken internally, acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroYing the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that
it fails to cure. Send for list of testi-
monials. Address.
F. j. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best If
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CormoFants.

A gourmet Is one thing, q gormand
another. Yousouf, The Terrible
Turk" eats IS chops at breakfast
and drinks two quarts of beer. Bri-
gnoli ate a dozen mutton chops after
singing at the Academy and drank
three bottles of~champagne. He was
a gastronome. Pouyer Quertier ate
a leg of mutton at meal, with sun
dry vegetables, while the limit of
his capacity for champagne was
never reached. John II. Inman, a
disciple of teetotalism, killed him
self with eating. His appetite was
so ravenous and his capacity for
food 80 illimitable that he was
ashamed to eat in public New York
is full of human cormorants. New
York Press.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-02
A STORY BY MARX TWAIN.



The sootch-Irish Minister and tho Chris
tening Of the Baby.
At an entertainment given for the
benefit of the seamen ON board the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II ON her
voyage from New York to Genoa
Mr.. Clemens mark Twain was
posted for an address. On being in
troduced he rose and in his peculiar
tone of voice and manner said;
My friends, i see that my name is
on the programme for an address.
AS this was done without consulting
me, / shall give you an anecdote in
its place. Now, you know, there are
anecdotes and anecdotes, short meter
and long meter. i shall give you
long meter, one with snapper at
the end. It is about Scotuh-Irish
minister who thought he was called
to preach the gospel, while he knew
that he had the gift of oratory, and
he never missed an opportunity to
display it. An opportunity was
afforded on the occasion of a chris
tening. There was az considerable
audience, made up of the relatives,
friends and neighbors ofthe parents.
The preacher began by saying;
"'We have met together, my
friends, on a very interesting .ocoa
sion, the christening of this little
child, but I see already look of
disappointment on your faces. Is it
because this infant is 30 small7 We
must bear in mind that this globe
upon which we live is made up of
small things, infinitesimal objects,
we might say. Little drops Of wa
ter make the mighty ocean. The
mountains which rear their hoary
heads toward heaven and are often
lost in the clouds are made up OF lit
tie grains of sand. Besides, my
friends, we must take into consider
alton the possibilities in the life of
this little speck of humanity. He
may become great preacher. Null
titudes may be swayed by his elo-
quence and brought to see and be-
lieve in the truths of the gospel. He
may become distinguished ply
stefan, and his fame as healer of
men may reach the uttermost parts
of the earth and his name go down |
to posterity as one of the great bene-
factors of humanity. He may be-
come great astronomer and read |
the heavens as an open book. He
may discover new stars which may |
be coupled with that of Newton and |
other great discoveries. He may be-
come distinguished statesman and |
orator, and by the strength of his
intellect and eloquence he may con-
troll the destinies of nations and his
name be engraved upon monuments
erected to perpetuate his memory by
his admiring and grateful. country
men. He may become an author
and poet, and his name may yet !
appear among those now entombed !
at Westminster. He may become a
great warrior and lead armies to
battle and victory. His prowess and
valor may change the map of Eu-
rope MethiHks hear the plaudits
of the people at, the mention of his
deeds and name. He may become
er-er-he might-er'-
Turning to the mother:
"'What is his namei'
What is the baby's nance
"'Yes, what is his nance
" Its name is Mary Ann. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Innocence Personiasd

Mistress Severely, III such a
thing occurs agian, Norah, i shall
have TO get another servant.
Norah---I wish yez wud. There's
easily enough wurruk for two ay
Us, - London Fun. ...-...s j.
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Y. VANDEN BERG CT. ATMoRE
Traffic Manager, Gen1 Pass. Az
General Offices, Louisville Ky.
JACKSON SMITH, Asst GenI Passe'r Agt.
%Of1ce, Chamber OF Commences Rld'g., Cinsi.
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No. carries Free Chair car Louisville to
Lexington, there connecting with Solid VestI-
bule Train carrying through Pullman Sleep
Ing Car TO Birmingham, Meridian and New Or
leans, also makes close connection at Chatta-
nooga for Atlanta, Macon. Jacksonville and
Brunswick
No. carries Pullman Sleeper Louisville TO
Chattanooga and Birmingham also Lexinq-
ton TO Jacksonville via Hot Springs, Asheeilie
and Pullman Union Sleeper Lexington to New
Orleans
'Daily except Sunday.
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Louisville. Ky. Lexington, KY.
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Washington. D. @ Louisville, Ky.
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OOIU " vi "S 5I7IoJ 'VO'
Halls Family Pills are the best If
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28
hoy Kings birthday.

Madrid, May 1s.-The queen regent
suspended all receptions and festivities
arranged for in Madrid and the prov
inces on the occasion of the twelfth
birthday of her son, Tuesday, in view
of the war and the situation in Spain.
She, however, distributed $4,000 pesetas
among the local charities and hospitals.
Numerous kilograms of sympathy were
received from foreign courts, the most
conspicuous being from the pope, En-
peror Francis Joseph, Emperor Nicho-
las, Emperor William and ex-Queen Isa-
bella of Spain.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28
DEATH IN THE STORM.
Wind, Hail and Rain Combine aaa
Cause Destruction In
Many states.

Chicago, May 10. - Storms of wind.
hail and rain ravaged widespread sec
tions of the northwest Wednesday and
Wednesday night. In eastern Iowa cy-
clones brought death and disaster to
scattered communities, and in Illinois.
Wisconsin and in southern Kansas cy-
clones and high winds leveled frame
buildings, killed some stock and dam
aged crops. Almost all the vast ter
ritory mentioned is rain soaked and
wind blown. The cyclones moved in the
usual narrow path Of from 80 rods to 80
feet In width, and swept for n distance
of 20 miles or less.
Lincoln, Neb., May 18.-A violent tor
nado devastated a wide district along
Republican river in south central Ne
braska early Tuesday evening. Short
ly afterwards the funnel form of tor
nado was seen eight miles southeast Of
Franklin. 1t swept rapidly northward,
devastating the farms, groves and cat
tie ranches that lay in its path. The
forest growth along the Republican
river lies PROSTATE and tangled. The
tornado veered eastward from this
place, passing into the thickly settled
country of Thompson's Creek and Buff
falo township, where it is feared there
is loss of life and u further loss of prop
erty.
Chicago, May 20. = Cyclones which
whiried over vast tracts in Iowa, Illi-
nois and Wisconsin early Wednesday
evening killed, ii is now reported, about
20 persons. The names of all of them
could not be ascertained, as in every in
stance the damage was wrought in
farming or village districts, and tele-
phones and telegraph connection in the
afflicted sections has been broken. The
list of those injured will never be COM
plete, only n few of the more serious
cases being reported by name. A care
full estimate fixes the number injured
at about $50.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28
COMMENT AND OPINION.

UFour Mexican silver dollars will
still buy a bushel of wheat, but there
is no certainty that the tremendous gap
between wheat and silver will not grow
wider.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
ETThe Mexican silver mine owners
show more sense than those of the
United States. The former do not
bother their heads about international
bimetalism" or the reopening to silver
of the Indian minis. They do not APP
peal to the United States or any other
foreign nation to authorize the free
coinage of silver in the expectation that
the price of that metal would thereupon
advance $50 per cent.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
ryA war for humanity Is being con-
Quoted by the national republican adj
mnistration so skillfully and capably
that the whole world stands almost
transfxed with wonder. Military and
naval experts throughout the world ex-
press their admiration of the manage
ment of the contest, and praise OF
American valor rings round the world.
The republican party may justly turn
to its own record in the confidence that
it will be approved by the people.-Al-
bany Journal.
DThe debasement of the currency
which the free silverites in the senate
are seeking to secure would necessitate
the payment Of the American soldiers
and sailors in rotten money. The free
silverite senator's do not mind that.
The persons who have made contracts
with the government to build 1t ships
or furnish it supplies would be COM
PEELED to throw up those contracts or
execute them at great loss. Those SEN
ators do not mind that. Their goal is
Accent dollar and party advantage.
They see nothing else. The war with
Spain is not for them a means for the
liberation OF Cuba and the punishment
of Spain for the treacherous destruc-
ton Of the Maine. They see in 1t only
an opportunity to carry out their de-
structive, malignant financial policy
Chicago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28
ynst Sum for War Purposes.

Washington, May 81. = Secretary
Alger has sent to the secretary of the
treasury for transmission to congress
supplemental estimates of appropria
tions, aggregating $sS,63s, $40, required
by the war department for the support
of the regular and volunteer armies of
the United States for the first six
months of the fiscal year ending June
80, 1899, in addition to the amounts APP
propriated in the acts of March IS and
May 4, 1898. Up to this time the esti-
mates and appropriations already made
on account of the war aggregate $685.
2lOS1O.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28
Madrid, May 19.-rhe new Spanish
cabinet has been formed as follows:
sympathy from the C.nr.

London, May 21.-Telegrams con-
tinue to arrive in great numbers at
Hawarden castle from all parts of the
world. Mrs. Gladstone is as well as can
be expected. The ear has telegraphed
to the widow in English, saying:
II have just received the painful news Of
the decease. l consider 1t my duty to ex-
press my feelings of sincere sympathy on
the occasion of the cruel and irreparable
bereavement which has befallen you, as
well as the deep regret which the sad event
has given me. The whole civilized world
Will beweep the loss of the great states
man whose political values were so widely
human and peaceful.
"(Slgned) NICOLAS"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28
IsaaAeI AMY

Austin, Tex, May 2O.-Ex-Gov. o. NJ.
Roberts died Thursday night Of
Brights disease at his residence in this
city, in his eighty-third year. He was
governor of Texas from 1879 to 1882 and
was chief justice Of the state for num-
Der of years before that.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28
Say Rebel. Are Against Us.

Madrid, May 21.--The government, it
is said, has received dispatch from
Havana announcing that the rebels
have pronounced in favor of Spain and
are now making common cause with the
Spaniards to defeat the Americans"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28

DAs Mr.. Bryan sees the development
of a war president, several war gov
errors and popular hero or two, his
gloom throws deep, dark shadow
over the full length of the Platte.
Who will care for Bryan now?-san
Francisco Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28
Oregon Il snfe.

Washington, May 10. = Secretary
Long gave out the welcome information
Wednesday that the battleship Oregon.
the second largest craft in the Ameri-
can navy, had successfully completed
her long trip from San Francisco, maxi
ing the entire circuit of South America,
and was now safe
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28
Robberr Secure ~. OOO

Ashtabula. o., May 21.-The Bessemer
railroad station at Girard, Pa, near
Conneaut, o., was entered by three rob-
bers friday After knocking the agent
senseless the men secured $1,000 and
escaped.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28

DThe premium on gold in Spain has
doubled within the past few days, and
a gold dollar is now worth nearly three
silver dollars in that nation. 1t is also
notable fact that gold is at pre-
MUM in all Of the Latin nations, for
even in France gold is now held at
prcmium.-Iowa State Register.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-28

The report is confirmed that the
Bank of Paris has concluded TO loan
10000, 900 francs TO spain.