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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17
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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17
LOVE OF LORDS AND LUcRE.
Marx Twain Says That It Is well-Nigh
Universal.


We do love a lord-and by that
term / mean any person whose stu
alton is higher than our own, writes
Mark Twain, in the North American
Review. The lord of group, for in
stance; group of peers, a group Of
millionaires, a group of hoodlums, a
group Of sailors, a group of news
boys, group Of saloon politicians, a
group of college girls. Itisn't merely
the American that adores the al
mighty dollar; it is the human race.
The human race has always adored
the hstful of shells, or the bale of
calico, or the half bushel of brass
rings, or the handful of steel fish
hooks, OF the houseful of black wives,
or the zareba full of cattle, or thetwo-
score camels and asses, or the factory,
or the farm, OF the block of buildings,
or the railroad bonds, OF the bank
stock, or the boarded cash, or-any-
thing that stands for wealth and con-
sideration and independence, and can
secure to the possessor that most pre-
cious Of all things, another mans en-
Wy. twas dull person thatinvented
the idea that the Americans devotion
to the dollar is more strenuous than
enothers.
Rich American girls do buy titles,
but they did not invent the idea; it
had been worn threadbare several
hundred centuries before America
was discovered. European girls still
exploit il as briskly as ever, and when
a title is not to be had for the money
in hand they buy the husband with
out it. They must put up the "dot"
or there is no trade. The CONNER
cialization of brides is substantially
universal, except in America. 1t ex-
lists with US to some little extent, but
in no degree approaching a custom.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17
HOw's This2

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
tarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY d Co, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. j. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and fl
nancially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
WEST d TRUAx, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17
Salary of $4,000 Year For Five
Years.

The Board of Trustees of Prince
town University voted to give form
er President Patton $4, 600 year
to continue In the chair of ethics.
In addition, a subscription was
taken up among the members ofthe
board and $4,000 was raised, to be
added to President Patton's salary
to be paid in installments of &c.
600 year, which guarantees him
a salary of $4,000 year for five
years. the same amount he received
as president.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17

Edward Huss, we'll known bus
mess man of Salisbury, Mo-, writes
al wish to say for the benefit of
others, that l was a sufferer from
lumbago and kidney trouble, and
all the remedies took gave me no
relief. l was induced to try Fo.
ley's Kidney Cure, and after the
use of three bottles, am cured. "
P. C. DuersOn, Druggist.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17
ExAGGERArIoNs OF AGES.
Many People Claim to Be centenarians
Who Are Not.

DR.. Roger S. Tracy, formerly reg
istrar of records in the New York
health department, aud who foryears
has made a study of the statistics OF
longevity, contributes to the Century
some Of the results of his inyestiga-
tions under the title of Longevity in
Our Time" A foible of very old peo-
pie is touched upon in this passage.
Dr. Tracy says:
There have been centenarians in
every age, or at least persons who
claimed TO be and were believed to be
such. Those who have been men
toned in an earlier part of this arti-
Gle can almost be called youngin COM
parison with Henry jenkins, aged
lS5, or Thomas Parr, aged 152, who
died more than 200 years ago. Mr..
Thoms has shown how fallacious most
Of such claims are, and how readily
old people deceive themselves and
Others when their minds become en-
feebled. Moreover, there seems to be
a natural and almost irresistible tend
ency. after one has reached an age
when wrinkles and white hair render
it no longer possible TO dissemble, to
overstate ones age, so as to be con-
graduated upon such admirable pres
ervation. Sometimes, indeed, the
very old appear TO guess at their age,
and make il greater or less according
to some inscrutable passing whim n
ludicrous illustration Of this is given
in the report Of the New York state
census Of 1875. Mr. c. W Seaton.
the superintendent, had the records
of three previous censuses searched
for the names of those persons who
were returned in 1875 as being 100
years old or more. Forty-eight such
were found, and few of the records
are given here as samples:
AGES AS RETURNED AT FOUR CEN
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17
A Poets Library.

Glosue Carducci's library and man
uscripts have been bought by Queen
Msrgherita. The poet will retain the
use Of them while he lives, and will
receive an annuity Of 1000 francs. 1t
looks like delicate way of arrang-
ing a pension for Carducci, who is a
radical and would refuse pension
from the state.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17
Trolley Party to Georgetown.

The b. Y. p. u. of the First Bap-
tist church, Lexington, had troll
ley party to Georgetown on We'd
nesday. Round trip tickets 40
cents. Tickets we're used on any
car going or returning during the
day.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17
KENTUCKY FAIR DATES.

Following are the fair dates as
arranged by the association.
Richmond, third week in July.
Georgetown fourth week in July.
Mt. Sterling Street Fair July
2lst-six days.
Hustonville, fifth week in July.
Danville, first week in August.
Lexington, second week in
August.
Maysville and Lawrenceburg,
third week in August.
Shelbyville, Germantown, Lon
don and Florence the fourth week
in August.
Bardstown and Glasgow, first
week in September.
Elizabethtown and Bowling
Green, second week in September.
Interstate Fair, Louisville, fourth
week in September.
Hartford first week in October.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17
NO T ICE.

take this method to inform my friends
and those who may at any time need the
services of an Undertaken. that ! have Sc
cured Mr.. ]. w. Auten, of Cincinnati,
first-class Embalmer and Funeral Direc-
tor, man of many years experience, who
can always be found at my place of busi-
ness ready to attend all calls. 1t is my
purpose to be accommodating in service
and prompt in attention with everything
needed for the accommodation OF those
who may need my services; and in COM
ing at your call, do so with the equipment
of full and complete concern.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-17

The Senate agrees to final vote
on the Nicaragua Canal Bill OF
June 10.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04
STEP BY STEP.
Coffee Gets in Its Fine Work.

Watch coffee drinkers and observe that practically everyone of them has some form of incipient or fixed disease.
 Mrs. F. N. Wright of San Francisco, Cal. tells her experience: "I was 20 years old before I ever knew the taste of coffee and before I commenced drinking it, never was troubled in the least with constipation, but after drinking coffee for one year. I became constipated to such a degree that I had to resort to drugs to overcome 1t.
 After three years drinking coffee. I had cultivated a chronic state of constipa- tion and other annoying symptoms be- cSme manifest. The first thing in the morning. I had a headache come on, a feeling of nausea, and these symptoms would persist until I had drunk a quan- tity of coffee. At first. I did not asso- ciate these symptoms with the habit of coffee drinking. I thought my system must be run down. and l felt glad that coffee. instead of prescribed drugs would relieve the weakness. Like many people, did not reason from cause to Q"
 About this time I had an elderly nurse in my employ. who complained every morning of similar symptoms, and when suggested mineral water. etc. to her for her biliousness. she said Nothing in the world but my coffee will relieve me. when I feel so badly. My husband be- gan to complain. if he did not get his coffee at a certain time. of queer sensa- tions in the stomach and head. I became alarmed at these coincidences. and came to the conclusion that coffee had as strong hold on us as whiskey has with the veriest drunkard. About this time. was taken i'll with inflammatory rheu- matism, and the two doctors who attend ed me, told me would have to stop drink ing coffee or remain a cripple, as they could not treat me if I persisted in using a drug stronger than the drug I needed.
 My husband and I agreed to try m eX pertinent and commenced the use of Postum Food Coffee. The effect was marvellous and taught us some valuable truths, and now we would not touch cup of coffee for anything. His business demands the utmost concentration of brain force continuously. He now looks like a new man: he has had no headaches or bilious attacks for some months, and digests all his food without any distress. feel sure that he would have been wreck If he had kept on with coffee.
 After I began using Postum, I soon recovered from my attack of rheuma- tism and in a few weeks, l could walk with constipation, headaches nausea or rheumatism. I firmly believe that the continued use of coffee becomes in time as hurtful to the human system as alco- holic stimulants. I know my case and my husbands both demonstrated this clearly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04
Where Fight Will Be Made.

The attention of your correspondent was called this morning to the article that appeared in the Selma Department of The Advertiser, about the two saloons in the northern part of the city not com plying with the resolution of the City Council to close their doors of business on October 1. It Is a fact. as stated In these columns, that two of these saloons have refused to close and have employed counsel to fight the matter in the courts. The question upon which the matter will be taken to the courts Is technical one. The two men who have refused to close their places of business do not deny that under the charter the city has the right to revoke their licenses. hut they con- tend that 1t must be done by regular ordinance instead of by resolution. The Council passed a resolution ordering them to close but they will not do so until a regular ordinance is passed to that ef- feet If this is the law they will be able to remain open two months as an ordi- nance cannot be introduced except at a regular meeting and cannot be acted on for thirty days thereafter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04
BONES ARE UNEARTHED
TWO SKELETONS DUG UP NEAR
 SELMA.
Believed to Be Those of Negroes Who Died Many Years Ago Dur ing an Epidemic of
 Smallpox.
Advertiser Bureau,

Selma, oct. :.
 Two more skeletons were unearthed at the Pavilion yesterday. MT. Fluker, the florist, was having a pit dug in which to put his flowers for protection from the winters cold, and when the two ne- groes who were digging the pit had reach d depth of about three or three and half feet bones were struck. The sand was carefully removed from the skele- tons and the bones, including the skull. were taken out. Several skeletons have been dug up there before.
 The skeletons are lot the bones of Fed eral or Confederate soldiers killed in the battle of Selma, as many suppose. In 1S65-6 there was fearful epidemic of smallpox in Selma. The disease could not be controlled then as now and a great many negroes died of the disease. It is estimated that from hundred and fifty to two hundred negroes died and were buried in trenches, many of them with out being placed in coffins and it is the skeletons of these smallpox negroes that are now occasionally unearthed.
 Some express the fear that handling the bones of these negroes may give the disease to those who touch them, but medical men say that the germ of small pox has long since died and that these bones are no more contagious than rocks dug from the ground
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04
A Card and Reply Thereto.

A card came out in the local press of Selma, over the signatures of the whis- key dealers of this city denouncing as false the statement made by Ernest La mar that they had held a conference be- fore the meeting of the City Executive Committee. Here is MT. Lamar's reply to their card:
 "Citizens of Selma:
 T note a communication in the daily papers from several firms engaged in the sale of whiskey, the apparent purpose of which was to put me in the attitude of making an untrue statement in saying that the "whiskey men met in confer ence." feel confident that the people of Selma, including the whiskey men, do not believe that I would do such thing or stoop to any unfair methods. When the statement is made that the church people had a conference or meeting 1t does not follow that all the church peo- pie met; when 1t is said that the Ma sons had conference, it does not mean that all the Masons were in conference. and when the statement was made, the whiskey men met" it does not mean that all of them met. I am informed that in the past the whiskey men have met for the purpose of conserving their interest, yet doubt if they have ever had all the whiskcy men present at their meetings. There is nothing in my letter which re- fleets upon these gentlemen, nor which assumes that they have not the same right to meet and confer that grocers or lawyers, or doctors or other persons. The statement was made upon what I regard ed as reliable authority and upon infor- nation which I still regard as true. that MT. R. Richards and Mir O'Flinn were in conference concerning 'liquor inter ests" and did apply to Water Street merchant for the use of his office for the purpose of having meeting of the whiskey men," and for the reasons well known to MT. Richards that office was not used. This fact was soon the street talk, and while have no spies upon the movements of these gentlemen. I think I was justified in assuming that confer ence of "whiskey men, not all the %e's- kev men, was had. The attitude of the whiskey men in stating the universal affirmative proposition hardly meets the issue until MT. Richards make some fur ther specific denials. I accord to these gentlemen the same right to oppose the dispensary that have to advocate it. but they are fighting for their business in terests I am fighting for the destruction of the incubators which now create and educate young drunkards, whose ranks are being recruited from the houses of broken hearted wives and mothers.
 Yours truly
 "Ernest Lamar"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04
Democrats at Work.

Major D. NJ. Scott Chairman of the Central Democratic Executive Committee, called the members of the Committee to- gether this morning and organized for a vigorous campaign. Those who met with Major Scott were: J. B. Ellis, Chaifman: and R. E. l.. Neil. Secretary of the Dal- las County Democratic Executive Com mittee, and M. J. Meyer
 Major Scott afterwards said that he was aware of the fact that there was no long CT a Republican party to fight in Dallas County. as there were less than seventy five Republican voters in the County, but" said he, we have an enemy as dangerous; he is General Lethargy. A great many Democrats, feeling that there is no longer a foe to fight may remain away from the polls. We are going to organize to fight that very idea. Dallas County must come up with good per cent of her registered voters and to that end my Committee will raise money to hire hacks to carry the voters to the polls on the day of the election and we will issue circulars and send them to ev- cry voter in the County, urging the ne cessity of going to the polls on election day and voting for the State ticket head ed by Governor Jelks and for Congress- man Syd. Bowie We are determined that Dallas shall not fall behind this year. and 1t will be our aim, as J. B. Ellis remarked before the County Com mttee in calling 1t to order. to get out nearer 100 per cent of the Democratic vot- CTS of Dallas than has been done since the~war. The Democratic registered vot- CTS of Dallas County. must be impressed with the fact that only the votes cast will be counted and that new condition faces the Democracy of Alabama
 'I am and always have been proud Of heinz a black belt Democrat and the fact that live in Dallas has always been matter of pride to me. This year want Dallas to set an example to the balance of the State. I do not consider that we have any fight at all either in the Con- gressional District or in the State. as for that matter, but let's get out the vote so as to show the rest of the State that the Democratic party of Dallas is as live and aggressive after the adoption of the new Constitution as it was before"
 Major Scott is one of those Democrats who does not wait for the storm to burst over him before he takes shelter, but proposes to be ready for any emergency that may arise, though he does not ap- prehend any trouble whatever. Like a wise general he Is preparing for war in times of peace.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04
A Sure Cure for Diarrhoea.

Coming a 1t does. in the busiest sea- son, when a man can least afford to lose time, a sure and quick cure for diarrhoea is very desirable. Anyone who has given 1t a trial will tell you that the quickest
 surest and most pleasant remedy in use for this disease is Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. There is no loss of time when it is used, as one or two doses of 1t will cure any ordinary attack. It never fails. not even in the most severe and dangerous cases. For sale by F. G. Fowler. Druggist. adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

been practicing osteopathy in this city. but your correspondent has been unable to learn whether she was indicted. In its report the grand jury says: We fur ther recommend that the laws of the State requiring certificates to practice medicine be so amended as to include the science of osteopathy. The fight that has been made on this lady is not endorsed by the leading people of the city, as she has treated many here and benefited them.''
 The Round Mountain Furnace at Round Mountain in Cherokee County, has been purchased by the w. J. Gordon Chemical Company and 1t will be placed in blast just as soon as the necessary repairs can be made. The furnace makes a high grade of iron and the output has been sold ahead for some time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

friends of the Senator, but who had writ ten the committee that they were earnest, active workers for his reelection, com prises all the Senators except one or two who have not been heard from and prac- tically all of the Democratic nominees for the lower house except five or six With such showing the campaign for the reelection of Senator Pettus is clos ed and 1t Is certain that he will not have opposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04
FALL SUITS DYED. Holt's Dye Works, Telephone 432
pansr as a Rival of Leather.

A German firm has made great prep arations for the manufacture of uppers for boots and shoes from paper They have heen engaged in tests along this line for some time. and report that the material they have now decided to use will lessen the price of shoes consider ably, will increase the present wholesale and retail profits and will give good re- sults to the Wearer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

The foundation for the last of the l.. and N. bridge piers here has been se- cured and the founl latiOn to depth of four feet has been laid, If the water stays low for a couple of weeks longer the pier will be built above low water mark. and as soon as it gets above the water. the work of construction will pro gress very rapidly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

The Cahaba Baptist Association will meet with the Medllne Church. Perry County, Wednesday, October 13.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

Judge HowZe of Birmingham. haS been a constant attendant at the bedside of his mother for the past week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

There are about one hundred and sev- enty-five scholars at Baker School. the new building corner of Selma and Wash ington Streets. Betw zen seventy-fve and a hundred children appl!ed for admit tarce there and had 70 be transferred to Dallas Academy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

Capt w. J. Rountree of Valle Grande is in the city today. He says tha the grass worm is playing havoc with vegetables peas and grass, and that he is now plant ing his garden over for the third time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

Mrs. Charles 1T. Greer and baby Ruth are visiting Mrs. Greer's mother in Bir- mingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

Miss Josie Norwood of Montgomery. one of the Judson's graduates the past ses- sion, has been visiting Marion friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

The four months old child of Mir. Dant- man died at his residence on Franklin Street and the body was carried to Orr vile for interment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

A shade frequently seen in Europe for fine silk and lisle hosiery is dark plum
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04

Circuit Court adjourned yesterday af- -ternoon on account of the special veniEes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-04
LOST, SPRAYED OR STOLEN.

1OST-On Montgomery St. Dexter Ave, or nossihily at the postofficc. letters addressed to John Purfoy, containing several checks pay w. rdeI hv returning them to AZ Commerce St second floor. John Purifoy.
 IOST-Iad-'s purse, containing S25 In bills and few pieces of silver, a visiting card with name of Mrs. C. A. Thlgpen. Reward if re t"rned 10 this office 2t