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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25
CANCER.
Doctors Divided on the Bacterial Theory
Of the Disease.


When bacteria we're found to be
the cause of one infectious disease
after another, it was thought that
cancer might be included in the list,
and several enthusiastic scientists
isolated bacterium which they dedi-
Gated to the use Of this disease; but
the food of experiments that followed
proved that it was quite incapable of
causing cancer in animals or man, and
it was relegated to the uninteresting
position of a non-pathogenic germ.
The bacterial theory appearing un-
tenable, they thought themselves a
little nearer when they advanced the
idea of protozoan, which name they
held as being sufficiently wide to in
clude any organism of the animal
world that might be found as an ex-
citing cause The closer study of
parasitic diseases of lower animals,
which has accompanied medical
studies of the past few years, added
a certain FEASIBILITY TO this idea.
The present aspect of the cancer
problem, as presented by Sanfelice,
Roncali, Bra and Pimmer, seems to
have by analogy something more of
truth than what has gone before.
That the germ of infection is vege-
table parasite of the class known as
yeasts, or molds, in a wider sense,
may be possible, for the nature of the
Initiative process following infection
is analogous to certain forms of new
growths that are prevalent through
out the vegetable kingdom. There
is large class of fungoid parasitic
diseases in plants that have humorous
excrescences developed. These are
known to be caused by abnormal de-
yelopment of adjacent tissues, and
slowly affect the life processes of the
plant. The organisms That are the
exciting cause of these diseases are of
the same general class of fungi that
are now being held the cause of car
cinoma, and the gradual impairment
Of nutrition and spread of the growths
are strikingly similar in both classes.
Just what the outcome may be is still
a matter of uncertainty.-N. Y. Med
ical Record.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25
LOSSES FROM LIGHTNING.
About Five Persons in a Million Are
Struck.

/ 0duJks
1t has been playfully said that the
chance of mans being struck by
lightning is only one in thirty mil
lions, and that his chance of recovery
when struck is about the same, yet
there is a general and perennial inter-
est in the subject. The jest is contro-
verted by statistical facts, for the
chief of the weather bureau of the de-
partment of agriculture has certified
from the records Of his office that the
ratio of deaths by lightning to total
population of the United States, as
suming the latter to be 68,000,O00,
! is annually little over five persons
in million. The regions of greatest
danger from lightning stroke appear
to be in Wyoming, Montana, Colo
RADIO and North Dakota, though no
region is exempt. tits some comfort
to those of MS who live in cities to be
officially assured that danger from
lightning stroke is least in closely
built cities and greatest in the open
country"
From the figures compiled last year
it appears that about one-third of all
the cases of fatal lightning stroke on
live stock in the fields occurred in the
immediate vicinity of wire fences; in
deed, there is evidence that in some
cases lightning struck the fence at
some distance from the place where
the stock was killed. The statistics,
incomplete as they doubtless are, show
that the farmers of the country lost
by lightning alone during 1898 live
stock valued at about $50, 1000.
During the same time there were
over 1900 cases of destructive light
ming strokes on buildings, causing a
money loss of about $1,500,000.
Three hundred and sixty-seven lives
were lost and 494 persons were more
or less severely injured by lightning
stroke. The killed were in various
conditions of environment--in dwell
lings, barns, under trees and in the
oper,. More people we're killed under
trees than in the open 1t is not safe
to seek shelter from a thunderstorm
under a tree.
Chief Moore observes that it would
be of manifest advantage to know the
precise character of the ordinary
lightning flash--whether it approx
mates steady flow or partakes of an
oscillatory movement. Better knowl-
edge than we now possess of the kind
of object most frequently struck,
whether tree, or dwelling house or
barn, might be the means of saving
life. If, for example, certain trees
are more apt to be struck by lightning
than others, they should be avoided
as a place Of shelter in a thunder
storm. There are, also, other lines
of inquiry in which greater precision
of methods and devices might yield
valuable returns.-Albany Argus.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25
1T IS NOT THEFT.
Important Decision Regarding Stealing
of Electricity in Germany.

Important Decision Regarding Stealing
of Electricity in Germany.
In December last the provincial
court at Elberfeld sentenced three
merchants each to one days imprison-
ment for stealing from an electric
current. The men had secretly at
tached a wire to a cable laid in the
house where they lodged, and thus got
their room lighted by electricity for
nothing.
The court decided that electricity
possessed the essential properties of
movable object, but this was APP
pealed against and the case has final
ly reached the senate of the supreme
court of the empire.
The senate holds that the judgment
Of the provincial court must be
quashcd, for the reason that those
properties are wanting in electricity
which would be necessary to consti-
tute it a movable object in the sense
of the law. In the sentence it is stated
that electricity must be reckoned as
one of the energies of nature, like
sound, light, etc.
As the law provides only against
the theft of movable bodies, it is map
plicable in the case. Damage to
property can also not be pleaded, for
this requires that the substance of the
object must be affected. 1t cannot
again be said that property has been
withdrawn from the wire, for elec-
tricity is not one of the properties
of copper wire.
Thesenate, therefore, as mentioned
above, came to the unanimous con-
clusion that, with the law in its pres
ent state, tapping an electric current
is not theft.-Berlin Cor. of London
Leader.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25

Connection made with Ii. Il @. q. Railway Of
Beattyvllle Junction for BeattYville.
j, II. BARR, CHAs. SCOTT,
Vice Pres. q Gen. Man. @. PA.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25
ART OF LETTER WRITING.
Almost Lost in These Days of Easy
Communication.


Time was when men and women
took letter writing very seriously, and
sat down to the desk as if to an impor-
tant task. The scrawls of the modern
girl; her hasty dashing off of an epistle
to catch post; her dozen notes scrib-
bled in hot haste and illegible pen
manship, sealed with sprawling wax,
and dismissed with a sigh Of relief,
would have filled young woman of
Jane Austin's day with unfeigned
horror, Apart from the stilted style,
affected by persons who had the
courtllness of their period and its
leisure, without the Unborn grace of
the raconteur who is of no period, but
belongs to all time, the epistolary re-
mains OF the last century and of still
earlier centuries, possess an interest
which we shall yainly seek IL the an,
nails of our own day'when we come 10
search for them in letters. Cowper,
Nine, de Sevigne, Mary Milford, the
ladies ofthe Hare family, Mrs. Brown
ing in a yesterday just past, and 9TH
ers, whose memoirs form part Of our
literary wealth, are gopd samples of
the perfect letter. HArper's Bazaar.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25
INJUSTICE OF HISTORY.
"A Great Explorer Forgotten for Over q
Century.

A Great Explorer Forgotten for Over q
Century.
The explorer may be lost not only
in wilderness or in ocean wastes, but
also in the depths Of archives or out
of-the-way corners of libraries, where
his unpublished records are slowed
away, forgotten, buried almost be-
| yond human ken until some delving
antiquarian turns over the musty and
yellow pages and becomes discover
er himself Here is an illustration or
two of this interesting fact.
We know that the smallest of the
continents, Australia, is separated
from the second largest island in the
world, New Guinea, by Torres strait.
The famous Capt. Cook thought he
had made a great discovery in 177G
when he sailed through this strait
and thus proved that New Guinea
was separated from Australia, though
on the maps the island was shown as
part of the continent. The fact is,
however, that more than 100 years
earlier the forgotten Spanish pilot
Torres had made this same discovery;
and the Spaniards had SO long con
cealed it as a state secret in their ar
chives at Manila that they had forgot
ten all about it themselves. One day
late in the last century, when Eng
land was at war with Spain and had
seized Manila, an inquisitive man
named Dalrymple improved the
chance to poke around among the ar
chives, and his most interesting dis
covery was this record of Torres
work. If the English had not been
masters of Manila for awhile the truth
about this important discovery might
have been left for us to reveal. But
the laurels were finally given to the
man who had won them, and this is
how it happened that, generations
after his death, the waters which sepa-
rate the continent from the island
came to be known as Torres strait
Harper's Round Table.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25
Private Letter Carrying

China has still the old-fashioned
system Of private letter carrying.
Letter shops are to be found in every
town If he has letter to send, the
Chinaman goes to letter shop and
bargains with the keeper thereof. He
pays two-thirds Of the cost, leaving
the receiver to pay the rest on deliy-
cry.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25

Kee.a the law, be we swift in all obedi-
ence.
Clear the land of evil, drive the road,
the bridge, the ford.
Make We sure TO each his own,
That he reap what he hath sown;
BY the peace among our people, let
men know we serve the God.
--Kipling
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25

Chicago now has trolly funeral
car, with sable cars for the mounerf
10 follow in.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25

There is no authority in the Bible
for measuring a mans religion by the
length OF his face.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25

Becker, the Chicago wife murderer
was sentenced to be hanged Oct. Is.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25

Some men are so eager to get ahead
that they forget to start on the right
road.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25

There is no opium, C,
or other narcotic in
I" Favorite Prescrip-
ton" Neither does
it contain alcoh oil +,
whisky or other iutox-
icant.
II was so weak ] did not
have breath to walk across
nv room" writes Miss
Isibell Miller. Of New
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25

The devil will keep on coming TO u
as long as we let him in when he
knocks.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25
Trains Run by Central Standard Time.

IN EFFECT NOV %. 1896.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
BESSEMER.

Bessemer, March 27. = Especially - The spring session of the Bessemer division of the circuit court opened today, Judge A. A. Coleman presiding. A grand jury was empaneled, with w. s. Winters as fore man.
 The first case the docket, that of Mrs. Margaret J. Rainey against the Louis vile and Nashville Mineral road, for put ting her off at the wrong place, came up today. The suit is for s50OO.
 Considerable surprise was manifested this Winmann had sold his ice plant to the Bessemer Delivery company, otherwise the Peoples Ice company of Birmingham. MT Winmann had announced his intention of again assuming the management of the factory the first of the month, but re- ceived an offer for the plant this afternoon, which he thought best to accept. MT. Winmann's plans for the future are un- decided at present.
 c. c. Sallis, a former Bessemerite, now of Morette, Mo, Is in town, visiting friends.
 s. w. Johns was in town today.
 Mrs. Bragg of Mobile is expected tomor- row on visit to her sister, Mrs. E. r. Lacey.
 The Baptist Young Peoples union will meet tonight
 The Epworth League announces social meeting for tomorrow night at the resi- denee of the Rev. and Mrs. George w. Read
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
THE STEEL WORKERS.
Effort to Get the Convention of 1900 in
 in This City.

A strong effort is being made to get the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers of America to hold its an- nual convention for 1900 in the city of Bir- mingham.
 This years convention will be held in De- troit and the fight will be made before that body to get the next convention held in Birmingham. The branches of the associa- tion in the Birmingham district are push ing the movement, and they thi-.1 that there will be but little trouble in getting the convention, if the railroads of the south will cooperate with them. They ask that the railroads make a one fare for the round trip rate. If this is done it is strictly probable that Birmingham gets the con vention; otherwise it will go to some north- ern city, as 1t has been doing in the past It is said that Birmingham has been in position once or twice before to get the convention, but the best rates the railroads would offer was one and third fare.
 Travelling Passenger Agents Beasley of the Louisville and Nashville, Jackson of the Southern, Ellis of the Alabama Great Southern, and other passenger men of the city, are taking up this matter with their headquarters, and they are confident that the one fare rate will be granted.
 There are usually between 450 and 300 delegates in attendance at these conyen- tions, and they remain in session for two weeks. According to the rules of the asso- citation, all of the expenses of the delegates are paid by the association, each one being allowed ten dollars a day for that pur- pose. From this it will be seen that the city which gets such a convention has be- tween fifty and sixty thousand dollars spent in it's borders by Y ese delegates; a very fortunate thing for city.
 There are many other organizations in the city that will unite with the local branches of the association and the rail- roads in bringing this convention to Bir- mingham t
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

having been made on the old man inside his office
 The motive could have been none other than robbery, for the pockets of lennon were rifled of their contents. except his watch, which was overlooked. He had been paid off for the past week on gong on duty at 8 o'clock, his salary being S10 per week. This amount he drew in an envelope, the denomination being two $5 bills. according to the bookkeeper, who made up the weekly payroll. Fragments of the envelope were found on the outside of the office. It is said that the old man had other money of small denomination on his person when he resumed his watch.
 John w Perkins, Arthur Hunter and John Parker, of Elmore, applicants for the probate judgeship of that county, were at the capitol, backed by strong and influential friends, who are pushing their claims for appointment before the govern or.
 The chief executives office Is beseiged with applications and endorsements of leading citizens of Elmore county, and the contest promises to be one of the most exciting yet known to the people of that county. The governor will not make the appointment until all the applicants shall have had ample time to present their claims.
 The residence of MT. A l.. Bayne, on Highland avenue, at Highland park, was robbed last night of about s while the family was attending church.
 The money was some which belonged to the church, of which MT. Bayne is a member. He had collected the money for the church and was holding it subject to the demands of the congregation when the sneak thief entered his residence last night and got away with the entire amount.
 KERSH.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinl<hana Helps
 Overcome Them.

Mrs. MARY BoLLINeER, 11o1 Marianna St., Chicago, H., to Mrs. Pinkham:
 "I have been troubled for the past two years with falling of the womb, leucorrhea, pains over my body, sick headaches, baclsache, nervousness and weakness. tried doctors and various remedies without relief. After taking two bottles of your Vegetable Com pound, the relief obtained was truly wonderful. have now taken several more bottles of your famous medicine, and can say that am entirely cured"
 Mrs. HENRY DoRR, No sO6 FindleySt., Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs Pinkham:
 For long time l suffered with chronic inflammation of the womb, pain in abdomen and bearing-down feeling. Was very nervous at times, and so weak was hardly able to do any thing. Was subject to headaches, also troubled with leucorrhna. After doc toring for many months with different physicians, and getting n 70 relief, had given up all hope of being well again when I read of the great good Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com pound was doing. decided immedi- ately to give it trial The result was simply past belief. After taking four bottles of Vegetable Compound and using three packages of Sanative Wash can say feel like a new woman. deem it my duty to announce the fact to my fellow sufferers that Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable remedies have entirely cured me of all my pains and suffering. have her alone to thank for my recovery, for which I am grate- ful. May heaven bless her for the good work she is doing for our sex"
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
Notorious Negro Criminal Jailed .

Huntsville, March N.-(Special) )-Will Donaldson, a notorious negro crook, was arrested yesterday and placed in jail on the charges of burglary and grand lar ceny. The arrest was made by Chief of Police Overton. Donaldson has been known as a bad character for several years. He is just out of the penitentiary. and last week he burglarzed several small stores here, escaping to Decatur. He returned Friday, visited friend and stole nearly all of the friends clothing. The negro was arrested at the Southern depot friday night, and while being taken to prison escaped. The officer in charge fired a bui- let through the fleeing negros hand and amputation will probably become neces- sary. Donaldson is wanted at Cornth, Miss, having recently escaped from the iail at that place,
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
City to Control Library

Huntsville, March 27.-(Special.) .)--At a re- cent meeting of the Public Library asso- citation a resolution was passed offering to turn the library over to the city and make it a public institution in every sense of the word, providing the city council agrees to pay the rent and pay $10 a month into the treasury to defray necessary expenses. The proposition will probably be consid- cred favorably by the city council The books will be free to every citizen and vis- itors who desire to make use of them will be required to pay a small fee, which will be devoted to the purchase of new books.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

WALTHAM WATCHES The best and most reliable timekeepers made in this country. or in any other. 7bs 'Paected Amecan Eatcb an Apstatsd book of d,- eeg Nf0atiou about 0DatceS GC be sent ApoR reqnest
 4NleicaN N/aHbam Watcb Co.,. UaHbam, Mass.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
THE FUNERAL
Of the Late David H. Brown on
 Sunday.

The funeral of the late David H. Brown, for many years the valued special agent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad company, took place from MT. Browns late residence, near the Fair grounds, at 1O:3O o'clock Sunday morning.
 Those friends who participated in the services left the city at 10 o'clock. Special Bessemer line coaches were provided to convey the funeral party from the resi- dence to Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street, from which the procession to Oak Hill cemetery was formed. The pall-bear- CTS were Col. J. M Falkner of Montgom- cry William A. Walker, A. J. Camp, John Ellis, Will Johnson, Tom Parker, W. W. Crawford and John Reed. M
 The Rev. pr. Curry of the First Presby- terisn church performed the religious ser vices.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
ANOTHER TRUST FORMED.
Company Empowered to Compress Az
 mosphert il Capsules.

Trenton, N. J., March H.-Articles of in- corporation of the Compressed Air Traction company, with a capital of $15, ,O0O, 900, were filed today. The company is empowerd to manufacture and deal in compressed alr in capsules. The incorporators are: Henry E. Rowland, 8. Reading Bertrafn, of New York; O. |. Preptiss, Montclair; Charles E, Levy, of New OrleAns.
 Articles were also filed for the Consol- dated Street Railway company, with a capital of SIS, 900.
 The company is empowered to manufac- ture railroad cars and other rolling stock The incorporators are: William B. Chap man, New York; A. e. Ridley, Brooklyn, and Frank B. Pollak, Jersey City.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
To Increase Tobacco Duty

London, March N-Th9 tobacco manu- facturers are evidently convinced that the chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, intends to meet the defioit by increasing 4he duty on tobacco. At Liver- pool, the center of the trade, last weeks delivery of manufactured tobacco from bond totalled 1,391 ,S07 pounds, this transac- tion constituting a record.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
peputy Made Many Raids

Huntsville Ala, March H.-(Special.)- Deputy Collector John Lanier has broken the record on revenue raids in Jackson county during the past week, having de- stroyed five illicit stills in as many days Yesterday Collector Lanier reported that on Friday, with the assistance of a civilian posse, he captured and destroyed two large dstilleries near Larkinsvile. Peter Smith was caught at work at one of the stills and was lodged in the Scottsboro jail on the charge of illicit distilling.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
FUNERAL NOTICE.

The friends and acquaintances of MT. and Mrs. H. H. Mayberry are invited to attend the funeral of their infant daughter, May cite Watson, from their residence. corner Twentieth street and Tenth avenue, this morning at 10 o'clock.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
Major James M. Pollard Dead

Washington, March H.-Major James M. Pollard. who had worldwide fame as an expert long distance rife shot, which he gained at wimbledon and Creedmore, is dead here.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-09-20
EAST END JoTTINCs.

Mir. C. F. Anderson of Boiler Shop, left Friday for two weeks outing at Holly Springs. Mi9s. We do not know the cause of his sudde1 depart ure, but our conjecture may not be amiss; or at least Miss.
 Mrs. John Currie and family re- tarned Saturday after q soiourn at Hot Springs. looking much benefit ed from their stay.
 Miss Bettie Mathews left sunday for Little Rock, to visit friends.
 Miss Alhe' May Calicott returned Saturday from a visit to Missouri. Her many friends welcome her home.
 Mr. Wm. Mathews, Of Duke, Miss. who has been employed at the Cot ton Belt Shops, returned home Sun day.
 Mrs. J. ". Meeks is visiting rela- lives at Holly Springs. Miss.
 Mfr. Fred Bludderick has gone to Kansas City where he has accepted situation.
 Mir. A. A. Harper, the Florist at the shop is again on duty, after q brief illness,
 MT. J $. Evans, of the shops, who has been sick for some time is fast recovering,
 We are glad to say that tho think ing people of the East End. have not teen in the least retarded in progress by the advent of those elee trie cars
 Mir. G. R. Johnson. of the Cotton Belt has gone with his family tC Texas for his health His return is anticipated with much anxiety by his many friends whosexpnet to hea him relate some highly descriptive 1 StOJips