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SOME WHY'S ANSWERED.
Tho Ancient and Curious Origin OF Familiar
Customs.
Fro~ ns C,ne,nrah Euq.ir,r.

Fro~ ne Cincinnati Erq.ir,r
II N not surprising what a number Of little
things We do without knowing the reason
Why, for instance. do widows wear CAPS Per
haps you may say because they make them look
pretty and interesting But the real reason il
that when the Romans were In England they
shaved their heads as a sign II mourning OF
course, woman couldn't let herself BE- seen with
a bald head, so she made herself a pretty cap
And now though the necessity u wearing il has
passed away. the cap remains
Why do We have bows On the left sid. Of our
hats In olden times, when men wcr, much in
the opcn air and hats couldn't be bought for half
dollar, II WAS the habit TO tie a cord around the
crown and let the ends fall the left side 10 hr
grasped on tho arising of squall They fell
on the left SIDE NJ they might h. grasp~d nv The
left hand The right usually bcing more usetully
engaged Later on. the ends got Ia b- tied in n
bow. and later still they hccamc useless yet tho
bow has remained. and will probably remain iii
the next dclugc or something Of tina, sort
what Is the meaning II the crosses or Ms on a
hsrrrl on hceI' They signify degrees 81 quality
by thosr ancient monks az sort q trademark
They were crosses IN llursr days and meant A
sort Of oath on the crss sworn by the manu-
iacturrr that his barrel cuntaine. good liuunr
Why are beils tolcd for the dead, This has
become 81 familiar practice that Il funeral with
IL quite b1rharnus BELLS we're ,ollcd long ,Sn
when pc"rlr wrr" trinG buried in order 10 frighcn
away ,hr",i' spirits who lived in the air
Why do fair adde's break bottle Of wine on III.
ship they nr" chrIs'rung' Merely annthef sur.
NNal "f barharic custom. In the days Of sncrifIc.
To- the gods II was customary TO get some pnor
rlcum when boat WAS bring launched and 10
bapukrd IL
Why are digntarieS dcaicnd by salute
when they vis' foreign ppIt' II SEEMS a curious
sort Of welcome. this firing oI of guns but il seems
the custom hTos~ IN n very reasonable way. Origi.
nhliy, town or vnrship fired of their guns on
,hr npprnnch 81 important and friendly Strangers
to show that they had such faith in the visitors
peaceful Intentions they didn't think il necessary
10 keep their guns loade,l
Why do We sometimes throw = shoe after A
bride The reason is not very complimentary
chas'ise their children with n shoe Hence The
custom aro+c Of the father of n bride making n
present to the bridegroom 81 shoe rs a sign thai
II was To be hisright To keep he in order
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Custom or err GTvING.
The Development Of This Character of Tes.
timonlai In This Country.

n,.;,. a.. , a.. ,.. a.. .,,., -
come widespread Of bcstowing upon friends,
heroes, pstrio,a. and champ,ons Of spor,s drink
inn, ysssols -, r.rnI,., sianioc,n.. .r,a a,,s
INK ''H'S '" P''u''"' "Hh'"'on'e' inv GUS
tom coming 10 us from the past found only
rare following in the first half of the century hut
WIN 'nc winning "' 'he Nmc''a up ny 'he
New York Yacht club at CoNes in 1881 the foun-
da''n was 'a'a 'or cups as awards In the sports
VI H"'''''" ''n'' Wv" '"'s now hsu''u IN
races OF all description yacht foot horse and
ct. iii o.- ,h. ,,,,,,,,, r.. ,., .,,,,,
sports n" o't' 'he country nave rn'''~i 'he gro"
ing list Of competitors for this form Of award
49, -, 49,, 1870. -. =,
are steam and electricity though there awaits
AT wrll'known !rwelr" house n hne challenge
Gun designed and manufactured AT A CHS, nI
sIn oco H.. n. x,rrcrs ~ ,r,s,n,,,or,, 60.
yacht races
Thcs" uo, HES have grown in artistic design
a, ns'"mSi in.r"s, prsc.nd" from Inn T"lStS
which in the fifteenth and sixteenth ccntmrirs
bccnme an Important p"ss.sson Of ,nIp"rn,,
rs b"s thus FAVE s n' FT Inn
frhternai sentiments Of trust and good viii ,h"y
and n nttingly pIpulnr symbol amnng The ncnni.
of America Inyiny Guns have ths,r rrr,,,pn
farther back in Anglo Snxon DAYS 'e when .Si 10
from, one 10 The Other Al tail. each nua dr. ~
lis contents And woe to him who rcIas"d t" or
The eye Of n s%sP S and s'oTn was henceOih
covers Tor loving Guns were adoptrd ntt.r m.
assassination 81 EIwari The Nnrtvr thus riI
the person nnssinr, thr cmp 10 hold the cove, thc
courtesy giving ocrupation To- his r,gnt or dagger
h Enrond sSo "a. , n. n sys Of da Cn v e
vine from a single. HANDED Gun served by an awk
ward attendant Numerous h,rdI.. som,,im,s
as many as eight were added which ai,rrwnrS
became the distinguishing chnractcristir of the
loving cup Thns" Of on,y two handles thence
forth were elias. I'd as parting Guns which are
little heard az and less used 49, "
Thr prototypr Of American snort Guns won nj
Cowrs has long been 0,l,s,rippcd by lie s,cc.ssoIs
IA, MON. ,,anh,. ,.,,n. 81 ,,,.rj,. H..
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RAILROAD MEN TOO BUsY TO THINK.
Routine Duty Prevents the Working stan
from Studying Out Economics.

In the admirable roundu up Of the work Of Pres
Gazette last week, Mr. Deming says stakeholder
complain Of sinecures of improvements too as
thotic, OF two men who do one man S work in a cor
poraton whose growing revenues have never yet
felt the pressure OF close economy" We have
no sermon to preach from the several texts con
tanod in this sentence, but would say one word
about the matter Of two men to do one mans work.
We are not closely acquainted with the admins
tration OF the New York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad. There are, however, several railroads
whose administration We do know about in moro
or less superficial way, and we have yet 10 And a
railroad in tho United States that is not under.
system that comes nearest Ia being sufficiently
manned Is the Pennsylvania, and We venture
10 my That The somewhat ample force provided on
that railroad Is one Of the most important elements
OF its economical and successful administration.
50 lar as we can observe every railroad runs too
short handed for economy. The working staff
IL 50 absorbed in the routine Of daily duty that
u does not nave time TO study and think. Work
~ carried on IN the old costly way because there
Is nobody who can sit down quietly and spend a
mcntS OF any given situation and devising better
way OF handling the work This in not a mere
theoretical statement: II is the statement Of fact
which often comes before us, and II il probable
That nine out Of ten general managers and general
superinendents IN the United States will confirm
what we have said, II Is often remarked that only
the rich can BIZ really economical. and il is a fact
that only the adequately oiiicered railroad can be
worked with efficiency and economy We should
not wonder II il would be good plan Tor the officers
their reports, for the education Of directors and
stockholders.
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BRUJN DROPPED ~


From the Philadelphia Nmss.
Little John Reed, the 'hree year old son Of MIR
and Mrs Samuel Reed. awoke last Sunday even
ing 10 find himself In the embrace Of a big brown
hear Mr and Mrs Reed live in lonely part
OF Montgomery county, about four miles from
Willow Grove Several months ago their house
caught Are and large hole was burned in the
roof Mr., Reed neglected to have i, repaired
and that Ia how this story came about
Sunday evening two mcndcant Italians nassed
the house with performing bear Truin was
Tired out with his days work and felt very savage
ms masters g"aded him with long stick until
IN , dfrspf'n Alto he broke away from them and
galloPcd INTO Reeds yard a large apple tree
with branches extending over the house afforded
him convenient means Of escape from his pur
the limbs he dropped on the roof and then trot,ed
faction all the time over his rw,iound freedom dom
with crash and Bruin fell head over heels int into
the garret below, lie turned dozen invoi,n
IN the door at the bottom When he rscoysIcS
IN ii. cot The child seemed to add e the Sear
started forward is iorun",e ,Sinse o snI nmn
That Bruin was wearing strong leather muxyle
As he gathered The little fellow 10 his n sb eSa
bite him. Nv ''''" NOV
John awoke. lie saw the piercing little black
eyes and the shining white teeth, and he grew
purple In the face from the pressure Of the biz
brown paws. The child would have screamed
4 4, ne could but the breath was gone out of him
While Bruin was still endcovorng 10 bite the bow
ms masters ana VT Reed ran into the room,
OF the Italians; The other fell TO belaboring the
animal with his stick The frightened father
Frcnlied by anger and pain Bruiu dYonn.d
nc child and turned on the men. One Of The
Italians drew revolver and shot the bear in The
ieft side, The wound did not kill the animal
hui u subdued him completely, and he allowed
himself to b. led away into captivity again licking
nus chops In evident enjoyment II the brief sp, G
IN which he forgot the disgrace Of being perform
wild animal. ' "
as hard as the bear did II In truc-but still hard
enough to make him vince. As for John, he
cried himself TO sep again. and never once gave
tell to his children and grandchildren.
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ABOUT HOOKS.
The Largest. the Smallest and the Mos
Valuable Volumes In the World.

Valuable Noiumes In the World.
Queen Victoria possesses the largest bound
book ever made. II weighs siNty.thrce pounds
and is eighteen inches thick
The most valuable book in the world Is the
Hebraic Bible. Al the Vatican, in 1912, the
Jews tried 10 buy II Of Pope Julius H. for it's weight
In gold IL in 40 large and heavy that two men
can hardly lift H. and IL would have brought
500 600 II The pope had conscn 10 part with Il
The smallest book in the world IL not much
larger than a mans thumb nail II was made
in Italy Il Ia four. tenths of an inch long and
obou, a., ou.,,e, nj an inch wide II oon,.ipa
POS p,ecs .,rb having nine lines ard ,tor ninety.
s,o a.. ,,,,, ,,..,,.., ,a,,.,. nj. t.,,.r
n'e 10 one huhdrod e"eIs ne "A' Is a nt"r-
before unpublished written by the famous invcn-
Ia, M IA. ,.,d,,,,,,, .,ocL In Madame rh,,.,,.
", " ,ue ,n,s ' tn W., su .,,s., s h.s, :.
an edition Of Dante's Divine Comedy, and IL is
a little less Than an inch wide with ,vpc so sm,,l
n.,i, mo-, o,' ~. "' ~ oo '"'''
Wht " taxes microscope 10 rehd inc letters.
When IL Ia finished, the official history Of the
War Of The Rebellion vii, he tho cos,liss, b,ok
VI 'ne "eNi'o' wiz w wv coo"'e' oo"A
IN the world. II In bring issued by the Govern
mcnt of the United States and Mt cost I'm 10 date
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march. plans Of forts, and photographs Of inter.
estinp accpea pi,cea and neraopa
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Inc most voiuminous encyclopaedia WORK IN
the world is in the Berlin Authenticated Museum
I, ia 4, , ooo r,,,,uo. ,,d 1. IL, chi,o.. I,
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science and industriee Each volume has from
,oo IN ,so r.u,. o,;,.,,.,,, .,,,, ,co ..,,i,
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-10
4 FIERY MILD WINTER.
Triply Fortified Goose Bone Prophecy Of
Elias Hartz, Aged s4.

READING. Pa. Dec 8,--Elias Hartz, aged "a,
the goosc-bone weather prophet predicts tho mild
est winter on record.
Sur" OF it," he said, never surer Of anything
in my long life, The coming winter will be no
winter at all This year to mako things sure,
used the breastboncs Of three geese, The bones
were all from geese OF last spring. To my great
surprise, all were alike In color. was not 80 much
surprised by that az | was TO sec them nearly Mi
white. Only the slightest bit OF purple could he
seen on the tail ends OF the bones, This purple
indicates cold weather away of in arch proba-
bly, All the rest of the bone WAS white which
shows beyond question that there will be no win
ter at all The fact that the three bones Indicate
exactly the same thing might help To convince
people who take no stock in the goose bone as a
weather sign but one bone il enough for me.
In the last fifty years in which have made an
annual test the bone has never failed once Tho
weather always came to pass as indicated by tho
goose bone. So you need not expect much snow
or Ice or cold weather until next March. The
winter will DO tho mildest on record"
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She CheerfuIIy Endorsed II.

' 'TT"' wv
She handed the check to the paving tel or
she was calm and collected. AS II II was an
everyday matter
o., "Maaam. said the teller gently. you have
Endorse II ~ with little worried smile
Yes you must write your name on The back
here 10 show that you will repay this bank IN
case the issner OF this check should tai TO
answer our call"
m,,0h!" she said, accepting the pen.
When tho teller looked at the check again
this IL what he read:
The = bank has always paid I'M what IL
owes. and you need have no worry. Thero'ors
endorse this check. Very truly yours, Mira !.
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from hr fhHdnefpid Record.
BLooMsBuRG, Pa. Dec 5,-,Loyd Beach. an
employee OF the American Car and Foundry
a can OF explosives with the steam hammer
As result the can exploded and Beach sus.
tained injuries which may result fatally.
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The following pleasant homely story was told
70 friend by John Bright once when fishing on
the Dee. lie said that he rarely had any differ
was usually about tho children. When they
came TO point of absolute disaR reement, no used
TO say. Now tell thee II thou doesn't do VIII at
! wish III go straight to Mr. Gladstone and ask
him 20 make me Knight" Whereupon good
ArsI bright-whe never went 10 town In the sea
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Defined.

FROM BrookIun ~,
IsssensrEI9hnny, you may dsaRe the nrst person.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-03-21
CHURCHES AND PREACHRS.

Mrs. w. Il. Mckinney and Mrs. w.
n. Craig united with the Presbyterian
church Sunday.
The Walnut Hills Christian church
will call Rev. G. p. Taubman, OF Mays
lick, to its pastorate..
d. G.. Combs closed a successful meet
ing at Clay City last Saturday night,
which resulted In - additions. Mes
senger
Calvary Methodist church, New York,
requires women as well as men TO re.
move their head gear on entering the
building.
Rev. Asa Routh, ~. who was pastor
Of 30 churches during his life and bsp-
tized 10000 people. Is dead at Bluff
City, Tenn.
Rev. John L. Robinson. Of Heuder.
son, for u years n leading minister In
the Cumberland Presbyterian church,
has renowned that faith and nominally
allied himself with the Unitarian
church.
A national federation Of churches Is
advocated in a call signed by leading
Baptists, Congregationalists Disciples
OF Christ, Episcopalians, Lutherans.
Methodists, Reformed aud presbyteri-
ans in New York.
A warm specification meeting is
being conducted at Barbourville by
Misses Story and Hartley Scores OF
leading citizens have professed and
even the commercial club meeting
was declared of in order to attend.
Rev. DIR. Rainsford asserted in his
sermon at the St. George church. New
York, Sunday. that religious instruc-
ton should be introduced in the public
schools and that good clean saloons and
dance halls would increase the sum of
human righteousness and pay a big
worldly profit.
In the Bible the word Lord" is
found $50 times; the word Jehovah"
o. $50 and the word reverend" but
once, and that is in the sth verse OF
Psalm III. The word girl" occurs but
once, and that in Joel 80. The 9th
verse Of the sth chapter OF Esther is
the longest. John ll:35 is the shortest.
The Hanover, Va, Herald tells of
the beautiful tabletto Mr.. Vaughan,
just placed In the chapel Of Randolph
Macon College at Ashland by the sun
day school of which he was for years
the faithful superintendent. IL is in.
scribed: Isaac Newton Vaughan, May
%, lSi9-Aug. $, 1898. Our beloved
Sunday school superintendent, our gen.
ial friend. A lover of the house OF God,
u lover OF good men, liberal giver to
the church and College. Rich in good
works, ready to distribute, willing to
communicated
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-03-21
MATRIMONIAL MATTERS.

John Yocum, 26. and Miss Eliza Wa
tiers, same age. were married AT High
land sunday.
Rev. ID. 4. Ware, of Clark county,
aud Mics Pattie Wilson, of Madison,
were married.
Mrs susan Smith, sanctihcation
woman preacher, has obtained author
ity TO perform marriage ceremonies.
II all the tunnels Of the world were
placed end TO end they would reach
5li miles. How would you like to have
EN- 50 and 90 through with your best
girly
An Annsville, n. V, man struck his
wife on the head with IA hammer, in
flicting a dangerous wound, after which
he went TO the woods and hanged him.
self.
Eva Stinneth, OF Upton, Ind, holds
the record for divorces. She has been
divorced four times and the other day
married her fifth husband. The Judge
In granting the last divorce warned her
not to appear before him again.
John Grigby, 81, and Mrs. Lycla
Clark, 81, were married at Anderson,
Ind. IL was his 9TH aud her 9Th ven
ture. 90 counting up II was found that
the sccumulations OF their IL marriages
foot, counting all, between 20 and 100
children.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-03-21
March Il, 1899.

DANvILLE.-Mr. w. 5. Rowland and
Miss Mamie Hite left Monday for St.
Louis to visit Mrs. Metcalfe and Mrs.
Ford.-John Buster sold to j. G. John
son so l,200-pound cattle at 4ic En-
gieman * Co. bought OF w. =. Givens,
car load of timothy hay at s. per ton.
The telephone exchange answered L.
2l2 calls in one day. 49, Dave Edwards, OF
Junction City, was tried before Squire
Grubbs, In Danville, for breach OF
the peace aud given 100 days In the
work house. Dave is said to have ter
rorized the whole community with a
big pistol. J. Farris sold to Thorn
as Webster, late of Carlisle, 30 shares
of the capital stock OF the Danville Dry
Goods Company at par. 500 per share,
MIR. Webster and family will move to
Danville at once.
Scalchi and company will give a
grand opera concert here on the night
of the 18th. Mrs. Archie Robertson
class in elocution gave an excellent
comedy performance Friday night
Advocate.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-03-21


The Windsor Hotel, in New York,
was destroyed by fire Friday Z. NJ.
Hundreds of guests and employees were
forced to leap from windows TO the
street. Sixteen dead bodies have been
recovered and 63 more are supposed
to be in the ruins. Among the dead are
Mrs. Warren Leland and Miss Leland,
wife and daughter OF the proprietor of
the hotel; Mrs. Addie Gibson, OF Gin
cinnati, and Mrs. James 5. Kirk, widow
of the wealthy Chicago soap manufac-
turer. The property loss is over a
million.
Gov. Underwood, who was supposed
to have been burned in the Windsor
Hotel fire, telegraphs that he saved
himself, but lost his baggage. IL Ii
said that $1,000, 900 worth of baggage
and jewelry were destroyed and that
the fire may have been the work Of
robbers.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-03-21
NEWS OF the vlClNAGe.

The Hume distillery at Silver Creek
is MASKING 200 bushels OF grain
day.
"Dr. ~ James Hurley, who's supposed
To have poisoned his vile 10 Madison
county, has fed.
E.V. Tadlock, Of the Philalethean,
won the society oratorical contest at
Central University.
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, a highly
respected lady and the mother OF Mrs'
&c. Lewis, is dead at London.
James Bowden, who stole lumber at
Middlcsboro, was caught by blood
hounds and sentenced an hour alter
wards.
Prof. Clarence Adams, OF Harrods-
burg, had his horse to back of II bridge
In the raging Salt River, but escaped
unhurt, except u severe wetting.
I.ettie Sanford, IL years old, left her
home at Middlesboro, after writing
note saying she was tired OF staying
there. She was captured In Corbin.
Three attempts have been made re-
Gently TO wreck trains on the .. q c.
the last near Walton. when a commu-
ter ran into a rail laid across the track.
Ia a free-ior.al fight In Logantown'
n colored annex of Lancaster, Eliza
Reed crushed Lottie Cauada's skull
with "A stone. The Reed woman Is an
old offender and il now In Jail.
Mrs. John Weber. OF Junction City,
lost her pocketbook containing sis1 on
AMI. An. train. The next day the
conductor brought II TO her, having
found IL on the seat she occupied.
The young lady graduates OF Cald-
well College. Danville. will hold GLASS
Day" 10 June 10 the open air on the
college grounds, provided the weather
PERMITS. There are II In the gradua-
ting class.
James II. Maricle. OF Knox county,
after serving IL years under "A lite sen
tence for murder, has been proved tn-
noceut OF the crime and released from
the Frankfort penitentiary. He Is 10
years OF age
Referring TO MIR. j. NJ. Alverson's
good record In this Office, the Richmond
Paragraph says that "old Printer
Geo. w. White, has been sticking type
since 1919 and never has taken adose OF
medicine or been the least sick.
Freight train No. %, on the l.. X NJ
was ditched near Ewing, Va, by rock
on the track. Fireman Charles Pain
ter. of Jellico. Tenn, was caught under
tae engine aud scalded to death. Chas.
Shlvely, engineer, of Louisville, was
painfully hurt.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-03-21
CRAB ORCHARD.

For SALE.-House and lot In Crab
Orchard, kv., very cheap for cash. Nd
dress J. l.. Steinhuis, Piueville.
A freight train ran over aud killed
four horses and one mule for MIR. j.
Turnbull Sunday night
II was Miss Annie aud not Miss Edna
Goode who received the ring for beau
~ at the entertainment. Messrs. ]. G.
R.nehart, Tom Chappell. George Lee
James, Will Chandler aud John Jones
arrived here safely from Porto Rico,
much To the JOY of their many friends.
Mrs. Joe Peasants Is much better
and able TO resume her teaching. Mrs.
Beazley and Mrs. Ross are on the sick
list. DIR. Redd aud Miss Kate return
cd from Livingston this week. We are
getting quite anxious for our little pet.
Miss "Goodie" Redd, to come home.
She is still In Manchester.
George Baker, eldest son Of MIR.
Smith Baker. died at o'clock Sunday
morning after over n years struggle
with consumption. aged - years. De-
ceased was born March ., 1874 and has
always been highly respected He
joined the Methodist church and for
seven years has lived a consecrated life
TO Jesus. He bore his sickness with
christian fortitude and often 10 his
dear old mother expressed his readi-
ness and willingness to depart and be
at rest. He tried 10 live as II every day
was 10 be his last and without one
struggle folded his hands and went
quietly to sleep In the arms Of the
savior he loved and trusted. What an
example To leave behind Brothers,
father, mother, prepare TO meet your
loved one again. His first Sunday spent
10 Heaven, oh how he would love TO be
able to tell his family here. what Joys
he has entered upon there. His death
came "a To all the righteous In peace.
Precious in the sight OF the Lord is
the death OF his saints"