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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
ORIGIN OF PEW RENTS.
The Practice Dates Back Long Way
10 EnYland.


When did the practice Of charging
pew rents begin' The question CAN
not be precisely answered, but some
accounts which date back to 1888
show that the principle Of allotting
sittings to particular people and
charging for the same was then in
force. "In ye church at Whalley"
there was dispute regarding a very
large square pew known as st. An
thongs cage, which belonged to the
Towneley family, lords Of the ma
nor, and other pews near to it. The
dispute was referred to the arbitra-
ment Of Sir John Towneley, the lord
then living, and his award was as fol-
lows: "My man, Shuttleworth, of
Hacking, made this pew, and here will
sit when come to church. And
my cousin, Trowell, shall make one
behind me if he chooses, and my
some, Sherbourne, shall make one
on the other side, and Mr.. Catterall
behind him, and for the resi-
due the use shall be first come
first speed, and that will make
the proud wives of Whalley rise
betimes and come to church." And
such is the fashion at the present day. |
At st. Lawrences church, Reading, |
there is an entry, under date 1547, |
for reforming the mayors pew for
the magistrates wives. In 1916 the
church wardeps deereed that women
occupying seats in certain favored po-
'itions should pay i'd. each. For still
better positions near the pulpit the
charge was Cd. At Dorchester, in |
1926, Robert Polden's wife is noticed
Is paying Is. Cd. for seat in the
'women's square," So there is reason
'or believing that originally pew-rents
we're charges made every time par
ocular seats were occupied. 1t is
'asy to see how such a charge would
become committed to a yearly rent
when persons wished always to have
light to particular pew,-Church
family Newspaper.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26

Commissioner Pryor and Ellis
Of the State Election Commission
having resigned, the manner of Sc
curing their successors is now be-
ing considered--whether Gov.
Taylor has authority to appoint
or the Legislature to elect. If
we mistake not the statutes au-
torize ssthe remaining commission
ers to fill vacancies.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
HOW A DRAGON IS MADE
The Snake That Appears In Ono 81
Wagpsrs Operas

The Snake That Appears in Ono 81
Wagpsrs Operas
Many people, If not all that have
seen and heard Wagner's rhine
gold" have wondered about the inner
workings Of the dragon, 80 feet long,
that plays Q conspicuous part in tina!
beautiful music drama. The secret i.
disclosed BY Gustav Koaes in an ar
ticle in the November Century on
wagner Behind the Scenes"
81 the performance progresses, the
next mechanical property Of interest
Is the Inafe, into which, in the Nibel-
bain scene, Alberich changes himself
by means Of the Tarnhelmet, to prove
to Wotan and Logs the truth Of his
boast that he can assume any guise.
Alberich steps behind rock. Imme-
diately huge snake issues from be-
hind it and crosses the stage with the
Rndulating movements Of = serpent.
This is a famous bit Of theatrical prop
erty, the mechanism Of which is as
simple As it is ingenious. The snake
is mounted on small wheels which are
entirely hidden from view, and it
would be child's play to draw it across
the stage with 4 wire. This would
not, however, give the realistic mo-
tions desired.
A section in the serpent's back
opens on hinges, A man gets inside
the monster, stretches himself out
face downward, and the lid is closed.
The man thrusts a couple Of sharp
pegs through holes in thu snakes
belly, and by digging them into the
stage floor works the beast along,
while, with a string which he holds
between his teeth, he plays the lower
jaw Of the monster so that it shows its
fangs a, it crosses the stage,
line serpentS tail is made IN joints
connected by two wires to which stir
rups are attached. The man puts his
feet in the stirrups, and by moving his
legs as if he were swimming makes the
long tail curve and straighten out
again. This, combined with the for
ward motion, gives the realistic effect
which saves serpent and scene from
being ridiculous.
When in temporary retirement, not
rom lack Of public appreciation, but
because a manager cannot always be
giving operas with snakes and dra-
CONS, the pet monster Of the Metro
politan opera house is hauled up high
n the air beneath one Of the fly gal
cries, and, suspended there, is left to
his own interesting mediations on the
gods and demi-gods, SO plentiful in /
lis day, when human beings appear |
% have been rather scarce.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
U. S. SENATOR-WILL HAR-
DIN BE A CANDIDATE.

The Louisville Post Is suggest
ling the name Of Hon. P. Watt
Hardin for u. S. Senator in oppo
sition to Hon. !. c. S. Blackburn.
For these gentleman to measure
strength before a Democratic eau
Gus no harm could come out of it
and every man is free to enter a
contest for the honors Senator
Lindsay's mantle should fail on
our very best representatives., be
he Blackburn, Hardin or another
yet unthought of. but these party
men whoever they are should sub
NIT their claims to the action Of
the Democratic party. Gen'l.
Hardin is Democrat; he has prov
ed himself so and if he is a candi-I
dateshis claims will be submitted
to a Democratic caucusy An in
dependent Democrat could not do
otherwiselthan draw from the party
vote and to so act would be con-
tributing to the success Of exGov-
ernor I,rad ~. Gen'l. Hardin can
10, be c::p ctcd to do this. Brad
ey IS goldbug, he is in sympa-
.hy with combinations. with trusts
md no Democrat who stands out
against class legislation, who is OPP
posed to Republican force theory,
an be expected to contribute to
us election,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
THE.RED cIRc1 e PILL.

II you are suffering rom Bright's
Disease, functional arrangement OF
the heart, of which palpitstion is the
Chief symptom, dyspepsia, Indigestion,
chronic .hesd-sche, billiousnes-, jsun-
dice, veltigo,s diabetis, palpilation,
constipation, or from painful, exces-
sive or insufficient mensturstion, or
other ailments caused by deranged
and torpid liver, 60 to your druggist,
buy 20 cent box of Red Circle Pills
and try them. You will be surprised
how simple thing il is.t be reliev-
ed.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26

Summer Coon" is anxious
that the poor be remembered dur
ing these Christmas holidays.
Read his article, draw a lesson
from it and let those who have give
to those who have not. THE
poor we always have with you"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
Weak Eyes Are Made Strong,

Dim vision made clear, styes removed
and grsnulated lids or sore eyes OF
any kind speedily and effectuslly
cured by the use Of Sutherland's Eagle
Eve Salve. It's put up in tubes, and
sold on a guarantee by all good drug
Jistl.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
THINK |!

The old and the new--death
and birth--Iooo will have been
jushered in before another issue.
The time for quitting your mean
ness, for swearing off and begin
ming afresh is on US, 1899 is behind
us. What will 1000 bel
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs. c. ID. Gruhh' enter.
tanned Delightfully."- AT dinner last Fri.
dsv evening. There were present
besides the host aud hostess M. ard
Mrs. John VIM, Mr.. aud Mr.. Her.
ry Bright, DR.. aud Mr-. IGowsrd Van
Antwerp, and Mi. and Mrs. Thomas
Kennedy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
Battleship Texas.

The Battleship Texas, in command
Of Capt. Sigsbee, arrived at Newport
News on December 25, with the re-
mains of the dead Of the Ba,tleship
Maine. The bodies will be taken To
Washington for iuterment in the Ar
lington cemetery next Thursday.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
. A - IN @ IRA.
Bears tho n The Kind You Have Always Bought
''S1 Il Gxzzlz&x
POr Sale.

The Nicholasville Democrat, weekly
on easy terms. Paperis paying a nice
dividend and has a good circulation
among the best people. Three presses,
Washington hand press, an Univer-
sal (pn which THE DEMOCRAT is now
printed), and = Gordon jobber.
Abundance OF news and j)b type.
imposing stones, 40 news and job
cases. cabinets, racks, chases, galleys,
furniture, and everything needed in o
first class Office. New gasoline engine.
Paper is doing good business. Only
re ION for selling is the fact that the
owner l. going into other business.
Address, y
TomW. R,or nsxrs
J, aoeu. or adl- y -
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26

Mrs. X. Churchill, Der in, VT, say 8
Our baby was discovered with rum
aing sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve cured ser." A specific for piles
and skin diseases. Beware of worth
less commercials.
For sale by y. @. DuEnsos, Drug
gist
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
WHAT w E SAID.

In our issue Of more than four
weeks ago we gave publicity to
this thought: The men who sub
stituted an Individual or a senti-
nent for principle forfeits the
esteem of his own people and is
held in contempt by his adversar-
les,
TIT thought has been verified
recent political contest be-
sen Hon. w. c. Owens, who
posed as an Honest Democrat with
his name on the ballot under the
log cabin device, and Hon. June
Gayle, a Regular Democrat, in
8hich Gayle was victor by more
Baidn 1000 votes. Owens is man
ofrecognized ability. He success
fully and VIGOROUSLY combatted
Kentucky's accredited orator, w.
c, P. Breckenridge, not many
years hence. In this strife for
honors and preference 1t was war
to the death, and Owens lived the
glory Of a proud constituency. He
has the ability and metal of ma
tional representative, he has ex-
perience. What was the matter 2
Owens had lost prestige with his
people.
We refer to this in no gloating
spirit, reprehensible to our erring
brethren, but as an object lesson,
and would hold it as a beacon
warning to the men who would
forget the party with which they
are allied.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
More Troops For Africa.
England will soon send 10000 mors
troops to the Transvaal.

Miss Annie e. Cunning, Tyre, Mich.
says, II suffered long time with dys-
pepsia; lot hesh and become very
weak. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure com
pleiely cured m" II digests what
you eat and cures all forms OF stom-
ach trouble. 1t never fails 10 give
immediaterelief in the worst cases.
Fer sale by +. c. DunRsos. Drug
Sist.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26

I. +. Rog RS, the real estate man,
has three good dwellings Tor rent
$500, $l2 30 and $4,000 per month.
See him early or they will be rented
before you can get them.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26

fyou have any kind OF prbpertv
for sale or rent. place 1t In he snds
Of 7. II. Rogers. e\
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26

ICI
APPENDICITIS, A KNIFE ANDEA er1C)l
-..uz sBy Forever Cutting Nj. d.
A pitifuIItale indeed.s Ii is sgpfsa
and recopied in the daily papers Every
day IN the year. Our friend& and
Sinsmenlssre the victims. DO you
want to become The hero iu like
plots No. Then when you feel
mat well known pain in the right
groin take Red Circle Pill every
night until the pain subsidies. Narurs
will do the rest.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
LET'S HAVE SILVER.

Money is in hiding in onr Eas,
tern markets; not enough to keep
business a-going. Free silver al
this juncture would supply the de.
mand and that without having to
pay dollar OF interest to any man.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26

Secretary Of State Hay is inves-
tigating the cause Of seizure OF
cargoes Of flour by the British.
We have no pix a England now
but she pnpsn't steal or of "a
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
THE RED CIRCLE PILL.
The Best Liver, Kidnep. and Stomach
Remedpsso on Earth.

W. S.sLloud,s. Agent. Mt Sterlluo.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
HEAVY
ADVANCES
PRICES.

In keeping with the general in
crease in values, there has been a
marked advance in the cost of sup
plies used by the printers. In
some if not all cases this results
from trusts and combines, in which
the past year or two has been so
prolific,
What the outcome of all this in
the varied manufactures will be
we can only guess.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26
WILL THEY NEVER HOLD

Rf our Republican friends
Regulars are restless be-
\ wNco not with facts before
ield the November results to
Ee Republican party. Now we
want to repeat what we have Of
ten said: Ifthe Republicans have
won the State election by only
one vote we want them to enjoy
1T and we would gracefully yield
but we with other Democrats
giant to know that the Rcpubli-
rs arc legally elected before we
We w We are not "short leg
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-26

TT. Rogers h,s two good .od
housos for rant. 9s& him in y y.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
Photographs Tell the Story Of the
Utter ROut Of Yellow Journal
ism and Its Faking Methods.

S=SROM time immemorial the wood
- sheds OF the land have rung with
the shrieks Of bad boys to whom
y the strap Of correction was being
applied in the hope that they might leave
off their mischievous ways and become
useful members Of society. Time and
again IN the woodshed of San Francisco
has The Call applied the Christening slip
per TO the most prominent part of the
Examiner bad boy. but he will continue
TO tell lies. Nothing, 1t seems will break
him Of the habit Straps have been worn
out on him. Laths and inch boards and
scantlings have been diligently applied
to that place upon his person where It
was thought they would do the most
good. No use; he continues to lie worse
than ever.
Only last Thursday The Call caught
him at it again. The yellow kid tried a
sleight-of-hand performance with the
people of San Francisco in an attempt to
blind them into the belief that he was
delivering bulletins Of the great inter
national yacht race. He lied to them
Ike pirate. but his work was too coarse
IheY caught him dead to rights and early
next morning The Call took him out into
the woodshed and gave him another lam
oasting. Everybody thought that tanning
would last him for q long time-which
only goes to show that they do not real
lie what an utterly hopeless little beast
the Examiner bad boy is, He was out
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

Cali photographers went out yesterday
morning during the progress Of the great
race between the Columbia and the Sham
rock. They had been directed to take
photographs at 1920 o'clock and at 1870
o clock of the crowds in front of the Office
Of this paper and Of the Examiner. They
did as instructed. The photographs they
took are published herewith and speak for
themselves. They show undeHiably where
the crowds were, and it goes without say
ing that, where crowds congregate, there
something is happening.
Look at the photographs. Count the
onlookers at the bulletins Of the shame
less yellow kid. still smarting from con-
tinued applications of the slipper. Try
1t on the photographs of The Call crowds
What? You give it up? You would think
the shameless --Xaminer brat would do
the same, wouldn't you? Well, the
chances are that he will do nothing of the
kind. The little beggar must be wrong in
the head. That would explain it. Moth
ing else can make clear any claims he
may make to excellence for the miserable
showing he made on the third attempt to
sail he great yacnt race.
Thousands and thousands of people in
this city had another opportunity yester
day to compare the bulletin service faxed
and furnished by the yellow kid and that
sent out by Marconi on the wireless tele-
graph to The Can. AS on the two orner
occasions when attempts have been made
to sail the yacht race the great Italian
did all and more than he promised From
start to finish every movement of the
racers was followes in a running story,
lucid, interesting and truthful. There was
no padding. Every word was intended to
count. There was no perhaps about it,
no 'it seems" and '1t appears. or ''it
looks like, as the Examiner yellow kid
was forced to use in a fatuous effort to
deceive.
The Examiner bad boy, it will be noted.
said in his matutinal lie: Watch the
Examiner bulletins on the yacht race!
They will give the news most accurately,
most fully and most rapidly" A few sam
pies taken at random, almost before those
who had been lured on the rocks of dis
appointment by the "dulcet' shrieks of
the Examiners siren had time to recover,
will show how the bad boy fulfilled the
most rapidly" part Of his promise.
At 20 a. M New York time. the vel
low kid posted bulletin that the starting
gun had been fired and the yachts were
off. At 11:35 he posted another that the
wind had shifted and decreased to about
nine miles an hour Ten minutes later.
apparently to show that the Shamrock
wasn't using her sails, he posted this
"11:45 a. m.-Shamrock lowers her spin
maker and hoists it again after shaking it
out"
And-now note the most rapidly'-at
1:55 a. m, New York time, it posted the
following:
"Columbia's spinnaker flaps somewhat
in the Tightening breeze. The smoke of
excursion craft goes straight up out by
the yachts, which are now about FIVE
miles from the starting point"
Rapidly" Most rapidly You just
wager it is. Poor Marconi, q stranger In
a strange land, could not keep UP with
that sort of pace. Figure 1t out for your
self: Yachts started by the Yellow Kid
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

cables are famous, and one OF these cables
carried on one Of its cable steamers will
be paid OUT as the vessel follows the
racing yachts. The cable will connect at the
land end with wires running directly to the
New York Journal office and thence by spe-
cial leased wire to the Examiner office in
San Francisco. In this manner there will
be uninterrupted communication between
the cable steamer and the Examiner. Those
who watch the bulletins will have the news
within few seconds after II Is noted by
the correspondents who are watching the
race. There Will be no need of waiting
for from ten to twenty minutes after the
race is over after it has been declared
off to learn the facts. Just as on Thurs
day, the reading public Will be informed of
what has happened without delay.
Plainly the Examiner bad boy is a per-
sistent brat. Undeniably his conscience
cannot be quickened by punitive appl-
cations to his mendacious understanding
Strap oil is wasted upon him, shingles
sting him in vain. Only one remedy ap-
pears to be left. Make him swallow his
own lies, and, on the principle that like
cures like, or kills 1t, the Examiner yellow
kid may yet become truthful boy or an
excellent fertilizer for the daisies.
The last lie of the Examiner bad boy did
not fool many people. Some few-very
few at that, made up of those who could
not get close enough to The Call board to
read the Marconi bulletins of the great
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

A City Full Of People Testifies to
the Splendid Service Rendered
by SignOr MarcOni.

At HIS a. m, San Francisco time. he
was at it again, posting a bulletin, Co
lumbia appears to have regained the
lead" The Call a minute before posted:
Columbia goes on port tack. Has not
succeeded in reducing Shamrocks lead"
At 11:17 the Examiner boy put out this
one: '1:52 p. m, Columbia has lead and
is outpointing Shamrock; and at 1l:19
a. m. this one: 90 p. m, Shamrock gains
a trif1e in tacking, but is still behind"
How do these bulletins compare with
this one from Marconi, posted by The
Call at 11:22 a. m, San Francisco time:
Columbia has not been in the lead
since the yachts turned the stake
boat
It's Marconi and the Examiner bad boy
for it. Which will you believe?
The bad boy, few minutes later, evil
IDENTIFY believed Marconi, for at 11:3O, San
Francisco time, he put the Shamrock
ahead on the cornice, in utter disregard
for another of his bulletins that read:
New York, 2:55 p. m, Columbia out
pointing Shamrock and sailing like a
witch in the light breezes"
But what's the use Of going further?
What's the use of catching the yellow
kid in lies out of his own mouth? What's
the use of showing the slips he made like
this ridiculous one, for instance:
IN. Y, 1925 a. m.-Mrs. Iselin comes or.
deck OF Columbia. Wind is ten miles an
hour at the Hook"
If the Mackay-Bennett was near enough
to the race to see Mrs. Iselin come on
the Columbia's deck how in thunder could
even a pig see the wind blowing ten miles
an hour at Sandy Hook?
1t would tire a horse to show the ridicu-
lousness of the yellow kids pretensions
and the hollowness of his performances,
but a brief glance at the conclusion will
do no harm:
At 1:31 p. m, San Francisco time, The
Call posted the announcement, Race
off"
At 1:34 p. m. the Chronicle followed
suit.
At 1:43 p. m. the Examiner bad boy did
likewise and two minutes later he blew
his tin whistle to emphasize the fact that
the race was off.
Shame! shame little yellow boyl to let
your granny on the Chronicle beat you
out that way. Shamel
The superiority of The Calls service
was so marked that comparison is hardly
necessary to convince the people of San
Francisco that wireless telegraphy is an
adjunct to modern journalism that places
II far and away ahead Of the old method.
What Sanarelli did for humanity Marconi.
his distinguished countryman, has done
for the progressive newspaper-made it
immune to the ravages Of the yellow mi
crobe. In San Francisco the people have
seen it tried, and any number Of them
stand ready to testify with The Call that
wireless telegraphy is no experiment
This paper received yesterday two splen-
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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

bright and early yesterday morning will
another. Here it is:
Watch the Examiner bulletins on the
yacht racei They will give the news most
accurately. most fully and most rapidly.
The Examiner is trusting to no experiments
IN teiesraphy. Il is getting news by cable
and telegraph line direct from the scene cs
the race, where every stage can be noted,
where the yachts VIII always be kept in
sight and where they viii be followed as
closely as the regulations of the course Will
permit. from the start to the finish.
The wide world over the Mackay- Bennett
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

yacht race-stopped long enough yester-
day in front Of the yellow kids hastily
scrawled posters to detect the hollOWness
of his pretensions. In front of The Call
building were great crowds from start to
finish of the race: in front of the Exam
iner only what you could count at any
time on your fingers and thumbs. The
Call does not draw attention to this fact
in the way Of a boast, but merely to show
that fake" can be and has been detected
and has been rebuked. The statement is
not offered. either. unsupported. Under
instructions from the management of The
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

at critical times. Mr.. Marconi, stranger
as he is in strange land, sent a bulletin
at 1:40 p. m, New York time, posted here
at 1O:4 a. m. by The Call, to the following
effect: 1:40 p. m.-Shamrock turns. Co.
lumbia turns a few seconds later" On
The Calls mimic ocean, in accordance
with Marconfs bulletin, Shamrock was
ahead of Columbia. In a bulletin some
fifteen or twenty minutes later the Ex-
amner corrected its chart and put the
Shamrock where Marconi said she was.
Quite a concession from the perverse yell
low Examiner kid.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

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