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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-03-07
Changes.

Josiah Coons and family have re-
moved to r. D. Ratliff's farm, near
Stoops.
Elijah Coons and family have nov
ed to the Josiah Coons ,arm on Spen-
Ger.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-03-07

j. G. Trimble had pair of gold
rim spectscles stolen from him on
Wednesday last. A liberal reward
will be paid for their return and no
questions asked.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-03-07

Mr.. j. |. Johnson, expert meat cut
ter, has returned and taken his form
er position with Bassett 81 Pitman.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-03-07

w. ID. Henry has bought Of Jack
Martin his 81 acre farm near Aarons
Run, for $4,000 cash. Possession CIV
en- 1t once
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-03-07

Funeral deslgns and decorations
furnished on short notice by the Mt.
Sterling Floral Co. 22-tf
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-03-07

years read Dr. Hartman's book called
+ The Ills of Life took seventeen
dollars worth of his remedies and am
entirely cured"
The Press., 1899-05-25

On the Yukon at distance of from 700 to 800 miles from the sea there are many points where the river is 20 miles wide
The Press., 1899-05-25
THE TINY LITTLE GIRL

Mother says she's awful had, Gets so. cross 1t makes her mad. Wants to know If can't do Somethin. little girl. to you: Thinks better whip you well, Says you're good and bad B spell. ain't home all day to see, So don,t know how bad you be, But couldn't bear to whip her
 When see her sweet lips curl. For she's such very little
 Such tiny. little grill "Wouldn't mind word todayi" 'spect that's what her ma will say; "Just as bad as bad could be, aCept in little spells. you see. Mother tells me that there child Sets heF sometimes almost wild. Won t I punish her bitf Thinks she's better after it. But I couldn't bear to whip her
 when see her sweet lipscur For she's such very little
 Such a tiny, little grill Thinkin of her all day long, With her laughter and her song, But your mother says it's true Bad mans got 8 hold of you. How about it, little miss. With the rosy lips to kissf Couldn't punish her bit, Andtli just clean settles 1t. But couldn't bear to whip her When see her sweet lips curl. For she's such a very little
 Such tiny. little grill
 Bath NewA
The Press., 1899-05-25
Mrs. Bradish. of Detroit, Wrote
Mrs. pinkham and Tells the Result.


 "About two years ago began to run down and soon became almost a wreck. I lost my appetite and began to lose flesh; my blood was impoverished and I had to leave our store.
 "The doctors gave me little tonic, but steadily grew worse and consulted another doctor. He helped me in some ways, but my headaches continued. and I began to have night sweats and my rest was so disturbed that would have hysteria and would cry and worry over business matters and my poor health.
 Finally, husband took me South. but with no benefit. This was a year ago; ; no one can ever know what a winter of misery I spent. Would bloat after eating and was troubled with palpita- tion of heart and whites. Having read by happy chance of your medicine. I bought it and wrote for your advice, and before having finished the first bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, the mysteries nearly stopped and slept soundly.
 II used seven or eight bottles with such benefit that I am as healthy as I can ever remember of being. I shall never cease to sound your praises. D. MRs E. M. BRADIsH, 179 DIX AVE. DETROIT, MICH.
 Mrs. Pinkham's advice is at the free disposal of every ailing woman who wishes help. Her address is Lynn. Mass. Every case is sacredly confidential,
The Press., 1899-05-25
AN EXPENSIVE EXPERIMENT.
The Head BOOkkeePer Finally Bal
 ances His Accounts.

nnces His Accounts.
 A south side man who is a clerk in one of the leading banks on this side of the river was in q communicative mood last night. During a conversation about various things he took on retrospective air and said, "There is nothing like the faithful discharge of ones duties, but it is sometimes an expensive expert ment.
 On being questioned as to the cause of the remark he replied: ''Well, it re- minds me of an experience 1 had while employed i'll a prominent Fourth ave nue bank. 1 don't mind telling it to you The head bookkeeper was a char acter in many ways, Method was his hobby. He had way of doing every thing, and he never varied from the rules he set down. Exactness in his ac- counts was particular fad, and he spared no pains in carrying his ideas into effect. One afternoon in balancing our books it was found he was short cent We searched and searched, but when it came to the usual time for go ing home that cent was still missing
 "Do you think the head bookkeeper would allow us to go? Not much. Sev- eral of us had engagements we wanted to fulfill, but it made no difference Supper time came. and we were no fur ther ahead than when we started. Headed by the bookkeeper We repaired to neighboring restaurant for supper and then returned to work. After sev- eral hours the missing cent was found and the accounts balanced. But in fig uring up it was discovered that ill searching for the discrepancy of 1 cent the bank had incurred bill for suppers to the amount of $7 90. ''-Detroit Free Press
The Press., 1899-05-25
A Man of Resource.

A big. uncouth looking stranger, with shoulders like d Hercules, walked into a department store late one afternoon, and, after gazing about a minute, step- ped up to salesman and made known his wish to buy a shirt. A couple of samples were shown him. and he in formed the salesman that either one would do.
 It was an article that sold for $1. 50, and in making payment the stranger pulled from his hip pocket huge roll of bills He apparently skinned them over in search of small bill but he could not find one of less denomination than $500. One of these was handed the surprised salesman, but he arose to the occasion and sent it away with the cashboy. When the change came, it was nearly all in small bills. The stran- ger interrupted the salesman in his work of counting the bills by reaching for the pile and wadding it into his hip pocket.
 ''Oh, guess it's all right, and you give that shirt to porter if you can lind one big enough to wear it. All wanted was the change. You see, it was after banking hours. and am a man of resources. Good day. "-Phila- ielphia Record.
The Press., 1899-05-25
RETIRING OF A MILLIONAIRE.

Andrew Carnegie started for Scotland Tuesday and will remain there through out the summer. In the autumn he in tends to return to America, where he TX
 poets to spend the remainder of his life carrying out various pltns of beneficence ''In the future," he says grimly, "my wor>t enemy will be the man who will tell me how to make any more money" Mir. Carnegie is convinced that many multi-millionaires are only slaves. They have not cultivated any source of pleasure or occupation and felt thoroughly unhappy at the thought of retiring from business. "We Americans" he declared in an in- terview, "do not retire so generally as the Englishmen, because the EngIishman as rule has a hobby apart from his busi- ness. He is not half so strenuous busi- ness man as the American, but he has usually intense pleasure in his country place, in which he spends several days week. He may be an authority upon gardening; if he goes in for roses his roses take the first prize in the flower show. One friend had went in for pigs. He was great manufacturer; he had a speces of pig called after him. When such men make competence and arrive at years of discretion-I mean sixty and | over-and retire, they have sufficient in terest in other things to give them happi- ness. Besides this, there is wide field of usefulness in district or local public life, which have been privileged to see during my visits paid to several we'll known manufacturers in this country. Although this course is less generally pursued by the American than the Briton, still America is not without illustrious ex- amples. Take MT. Marquand. He re- tires from business, and the Metr politan museum is his darling care. MT. Ken nedy, my fellow-Scot, who retired from business but, as Mrs. Kennedy told me not long ago, he is buster than ever. Busy in what? About the Presbyterian Hospi- tai, about the coming public library, the United Charities building and many other such institutions. Take MT. Jesup look \ aC the museum or natural history, OI | which he president, and over which he watches with fatherly care. Take Seth Low, who had large business, which he left to assume the presidency of Columbia university. Take Charles Stewart Smith,
 see how he leads happy and useful life. Now, all these men have not as their life work miserable aims which end with self. They are laboring for the good of others. The question is whether such a graceful ending of life is not higher life than that pursued by men who have far greater fortunes than any of these, but,
 nevertheless, are found still immersed in the struggle for more personal gain, the final summons finding them amid their useless hoards from which they are torn and which, as rule, are used after their death in a way that would rouse their in- dignation if they could look down. Is it not the part of wisdom, then, for million aires to devote their declining years to putting their otherwise useless millions 10 some good use9 Brilliant as many of their investments may have been, surely such investment of their wealth would eclipse them all"
The Press., 1899-05-25
All American Children,

DO you not have trouble with so many nationalities3 the spectator asked of the principal of a large school in the crowded tenement part of the city. "Oh, we hang the flag over the school platform. was the answer. land have the regular exercise of salut- ing 1t, and the children become very patriotic indeed They will not own, in most cases, that they are not Ameri cans. "Yes, said the other teacher. Il often ask, Will the German chil- dren in the room stand up9' The Ger mans are more welded to their father land, apparently, than other immi grants, for few though not by any means half of them usually rise to this invitation. Now let the Italian chil dren stand. generally brings no re- sponse at all though the school is crowded with them in my district. But when l end up by saying, Will the American children stand upl' the whole school rises joyfully. Outlook
 Weary Watkins Oh. that had the wings of bird
 Hungry Higgins They's less meat on the wings than they is on any other piece Indianapolis Journal
The Press., 1899-05-25
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the columns of The Press, thirty years ago.l
May as, 1869.


 John Bresr ahan has bought lot on the street leading to Foxville, and is get ting ready t. build dwelling on it. Skeesicks says he saw eleven drum mers get off the train at the station last week, and ''it wasn't a good day for drnmmers, either."
 L. D. Phelps of Holland has received the contract for carrying the mail be- tw en Rockville and Holland for the next foul years.
 The total number of births in Holland county during the year 1868 was 528, of which 264 were males and 264 females The official report of the jaiIs in the state furnish us the following statistics of Holland county jail Number of prison CTS in jail April 1st, 1S6S 6; committed during year, 23; discharged during year, 26; remaining in jail April 10, 1869, 8. Of those committed during the year 2l were males, three of whom were colored and two females.
 Work will he commenced next week on the Palmer and Ware railroad.
 BIRTHS.
 Orcuttville, May 18th, 1869, daughter to Julius Maine.
 Stafford (Street), 23d, son to John P. Stannis of New Haven.
 Staffordville, 14th, daughter to Mat thias Heck.
 Stafford (Street), 24th, son to G"orge Kingsbury. Gilmartin. Union, March 17th. son to Timothy Newell.
The Press., 1899-05-25

MILLIONS GIVEN AwAY.-It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid tn he generous to the needy and suff"ring. The proprietors of Dr. Kings New Dis covery. for Consumption. Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bottles of this great medicine; and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis. Hoarseness, and all diseases of the Thr oat. Chest and Lungs absolutely cured by it. Regular size soc and $1. Every bottle guaran- teed, or price refunded. 3
 Trial bottles free at A. C. Eatou's Drug Store
The Press., 1899-05-25
coasumpt4on E111s Mi111ons

Every month thousands-ever year millions are hurried to untimely graves by insidious, deadly consumption. First the neglected cold, then the persistent cough, then tn rapid decline to the inev- ita ble end. Don't trifle with your cold, your cough, or your lung trouble. Cleve- lands Dung Healer will cure you-quick- ly and surely. It has longer record of perfect cures than any other lung remedy in the world w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs, and G. L. Phillips, South Gov entrs. Druggists, will give you free sample bottle. Large bottles, e5 cts. 3
The Press., 1899-05-25

A WONDERFUL SUcoEss Why not be independent of gas and electric light com panies and use the National Acetylene Gas Machine, which has the full approval of the different boards of underwriters throug bout the United States. Over 800 machines sold In the past ten months. We light country homes. churches, facto- ries, stores and hotels, also put in plants for lighting towns. We want good rep= resentatives. Write for circular to Buf- falo National Acetylsne Gas Co.,, Buffalo. N V
The Press., 1899-05-25
Grain o Brings Relief

To the coffee drinker. Coffee drinking is a habit that is universally indulged in and almost as universally injurious. Have you tried Gra1n-o 2 It is almost like coffee but the effects are just the opposite. Coffee upsets the stomach, ruins the digestion, effects the heart and disturbs the whole nervous system. Grain.O tones up the stomach, aids digestion and strengthens the nerves. IS and 25c. per package.
The Press., 1899-05-25
A Chinaman eats twice as much meat

AChinaman eats twice as much meat as Japanese
 have been sufferer from chronic di- arrhHa ever since the war and have used all kinds of medicine for 1t. At last I found one medicine that has been a suc- cess as cure, and that Is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhma Remedy F. E. Grisham, Gaars Mills, La. For sale by
 For sale by E. K. Taft, Staffsrd Springs 1; H. F. CAdy, Stafford.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23
MERRIE CHRISTMAS.
By Sir Walter scott.)

(By Sir Walter Scott
Heap. on more wood.-the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it Will,
Well keep our Christmas merry stili.
Each age has deemed the newborn year
The tittest time for festal cheer;
And we'll our Christian sires OF old
Loved when the year its course had
And brought blithe Christmas back again
With all his hospitable train.
Domestic and religious rite
Gave honor to the holy night;
On Christmas Eve the bells We're rung,
on Christmas Eve the mass was sung;
That only night in all the year
Saw the stoled priest the chalce rear.
The damsel dOnned her kirtle sheen;
The hall was dressed with holly green.
Forth to the wood did merry men go
To gather in the mistletoe.
Then opened wide the baron.s hall
TO vassal tenant, serf and all;
Power laid his rod of rule aside
And Ceremony DOTTED his pride
The heir. with roses in his shoes,
That night might village partner choose;
All hailed with uncontrolled delight
And general voice the happy night,
That to the cottage as the crown,
Brought tidings of salvation down.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied.
Went roaring, up the chimney wide;
The huge hall tables Oaken face.
Scrubbed till it shone the day to grace,
Bore then upon its massive board
No mark to part the squire and lord.
Then was brought in the lusty Drawn
BY old blue-coated serving man;
Then the grim boars head frowned on
high.
Crested with bays and rosemary.
Well can the green-barbed ranger tell
How. when and where the monster fell;
What dogs before his death he tore,
And all the batting of the boar.
The wassail round. in good brown bowls.
Garnished with ribbons blithely trowls,
civ Iofr1 Ip1 10 r6
Plum porridge stood and Christmas pie;
Nor failed old Scotland TO produce
At such high tide her savory goose.
Then came the merry maskers in,
And carols roared with blithesome din;
IF unmelodious was the song.
At was a hearty note and strong.
England was merry England when
Old Christmas brought his sports again.
Twas Christmas preached the mightiest
ale;
Twas Christmas told the merriest tale;
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer
The poor mans heart through half the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23

mines out there and is quite chummy
with one of my best customers, who
has some money in his business. The
two were together at my rooms in the
hotel. and ne saw Minis picture on the
bureau; I always carry it around TO
keep me out of temptatiOn-guardian
angel business you know. Min; and
he saw it. You know people say you
two look alike and the likeness comes
out strong in that photo. 1t struck
him all Of heap. Excuse me- he
said, but will you tell me whose pie
ture that is? II looks very much like
some one l knew ten years ago.
Certainly said l. that is my best
girl. She is thought very much like a
lady who lives in the same house. Miss
Ackermann, from New Jersey. Well, it
turned out to be the very same. He
asked lots of questions about you. es-
pecially whether you We're married. L
gave you good character. and 1 guess
you'll be hearing from him before long.
Ross says he's a bachelor
Miss Ackermann controlled heJsalf suf-
ficiently to smile Thank you, We were
friends and neighbors when 1 was
girl" she replied, and in a moment
more they were laughing at a comicaI
anecdote which the drummer was tell
ing in his best style; it was no wonder
he sold goods.
III
When the dinner was over the host
ess excused herself soon. upon plea OF
domestic duties. leaving Hiss Acker-
mann with the young people. so know
ing herself de trop, she fingered but
few minutes Back in her room she
gave way, and took refuge in that
last sOlace of her sex, q good cry; her
overweight nerves demanded relief,
and would not be denied.
She was still huddled. a diScOnsOlate
heap, on the lounge when there came. a
tap at~the door. which she recognized
as that of her little friend. She sat up
'ITBq leu Paue4qS!BIls 6Ip9!IInq PUG
trusting that in the dim light of the
fast falling twilight the child would
notice nothing amiss, sharp as she
was.
Come in she called, as the knock
was repeated.
Here's a gentleman to see you the
child said. with the air of a person
who confers a favor. HE says he is
an old friend, so l brought him right
up" Miss Ackermann remembered that
it being Christmas day, the maid would
be out. and that, consequently. the lit
tie girl would answer the door.
Thank YOU she said you may
60" Then she found herself face to
face with a bronze and bearded man,
whose eyes only were familiar.
'sWell. Annie" he said. in the voice
she knew 50 well, here I am once
more
She held out both hands. with an
eager gesture. "Oh, Jack, Jack, she
cried.
A moment more and she was sob
bing on his shoulder, while his arms
held her as though they would never
let her go. And now when Mr.. Ralston
wishes to tease his wife. he tells his
friends that. after making him wait ten
years, she helped him at last with the
counting.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23
THE ANGELUs.

The suns triurnphal chariot wheels have
DER the low portal of the western sky.
Still trails his gorgeous vesture fold ON
Earth's royal lover Ioath to say good
Soft lies the halo on the furrowed land,
Slow skins the swallow to the caves
In reTe gs grace two lonely toi1ers stand.
What sweetest music thrills the ebb Of
Har HSS tbs the Angelus from yon tower
Ave Maria gratia plena
Ave Maria. gratia plena.
Ave Maria Luminous Queen of Heaven!
Dreams Of thy glory gid our rugged
Thou art our Hope. our deathless Star Of
The rose eternal in our desert gray.
Be our good strength till matin chimes.
Our soiace Till the last Imperial call,
When at the ebbing' of life's toil-sDent
Shall III ring the Angelus from the steepie
Ave Maria. gratia pIenai
Ave Maria. gratia plena!
o toilers brown, We stand at heavens
World of sin and pain throbs on be-
meath;
Upon your prayer the lowering seraphs
And blend their hymn in ehaste adoring
breath
Oh We twain, robed in Tyrian purple tne,
Asking and Queen forever and day,
BecrOwned and ieweled at the feast
As in a dream shah rise, when far away
Shall ring the Angelus from the steeple
ave Maria. gratia plena,
Agnes ShalIOe-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23


I shall, perhaps, be told that the
Catholic system is a "hothouse Sys-
tenn and [ accept the smile. Does
the prudent gardner expose his tender
plants, during their early growth, to
the cold east wind and the nipping
frosts? If he wants them to be strong
and sturdy, he watches over them and
shelters them from the fatal influences
that will blight their growth and leave
traces of evil that can never be wholly
removed. In like manner does the
Catholic Church. She, too, guards her
tender plants, and with prudent vigil
ance avails herself of the means with
which Christ has provided her, to
train them up to habits of virtue and
to hatred of sin, fostering their moral
strength and their love of all that is
pure and of good report, that SO she
may send them forth, when their MAN.
hood shall have come, armed in full
panoply, to do battle with all the perils
which they will then have to encounter
and with the evils which will then be-
set their path I do not say that the
Church is always successful in her
endeayors 1t is quite possible that,
even in a Catholic school. evil may for
a time run riot. One sinner may des-
troy much good But the evil never
lasts long, and the Catholic system
brings about speedy recovery. w nat
l do assert is that the moral perils to
which a boy is exposed in a Catholic
school are infinitesimal as compared
with those which will surround him in
any of the Protestant, public schools
and colleges.
In all this the chief engine for the
good work is the confessional. There
are, of course, many others There is
the personal influence, and the keen
sense of responsibility, of those who
are in authority; there is the close and
intimate friendship existing between
the teacher and the taught, which is
something utterly different from the
comparatively. cold relations and Of
fetal reserve which, make the Protest
ant master far more of a stronger to
his boys. But it is the weekly or fort
nightly confession. that is the real safe
guard 1t IS in the confesspr that he
has his trusted friend, to whom he
freely talks ofeall. his dangers and
temptationss it is confession that keeps
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23

the rest of the service. and then hur-
ried home to make a hasty toilet for
dinner
There was only a quiet family gath
ering. The tiance of the oldest daugh-
ter. travelling salesman in the en-
ploy OF the wholesale house. was the
life of the party. He was considered a
very bright young man and a good
talker. He was at his best today and
kept them all amused with stories of
his travels. so that Miss Ackermann
had only to listen with a semblance Of
interest.
BY the way. Miss Ackermann." ne
said presently. II met an Old friend of
yours on this last trip; RoIston was
the name-J. w. RaIston. II was in
Idaho, Boise City. He is doing well in