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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-09-23
Stops.

All of our farmers are rushing
their tobacco in the barn.
1t is very dry in this vicinity
Rain is badly needed.
Everyone here is preparing to
take in" the Street Fair next
week.
Mrs. MIN Byrd, Jr., has about
recovered from her recent illness.
Geo. McClosky has returned
after brief stay at Glenwood, W.
Va.
No doubt "Woman's Club" is
a formidable weapon to hold over
a mans head.
Beckham played ball at Green's
burg and scored several voters as a
result.
John W. Thompson and family,
and Mrs. S. NJ. Warner were the
guests of relatives near Mt. Ster-
ling Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah A. Tanl. who has
been quite sick, has recovered.
Master Hollie Gillaspie has re-
turned from a visit To relatives in
Clark county.
Richard Watts, of Spencer, is i'll
at the home of his son-in-law, c.
S. Thomas.
Mrs. L. f Griggs, of Mt. Ster-
ling, was the guest of her sister,
Mrs. j. II. Gillaspie, last week.
J. T. Lane and family have re-
turned from a visit to relatives in
Mason county.
Its very good for one to forgive
their enemies, especially If they
are the biggest.
Miss Elizabeth Reeves has re-
turned to Cincinnati after a visit
to Miss Matte Clark.
The voters of Kentucky Wilde
eide that Cuisines and Belknap"
will be Business without Belknap."
Forest Waldeck, who went to
Cincinnati few days ogo, has Sc
cured a position and will remain
there.
A. w Byrd and son. Frank,
were in Louisville last week.
While baling hay last week J.
H. Gillaspie severely injured his
foot.
sam Piersall, of Yale, was here
Thursday and Friday.
Chester Carter, Of Morgan
county, visited here last week.
Mrs. Alfred Moore and Coburn
Hamilton visited relatives near
Owingsville Saturday and Sunday.
James Maxey and Miss Nellie
Ryan, Of Reynoldsville, were guests
Of the latter's nncle, Joe Coons,
Saturday and Sunday.
Several person from here attend
ed court at Owingsville Monday.
DR.. j. B. Taulbee, of Maysville,
assisted by DR.. J. B. Taulbee, of
Owingsville, and DR., r. G. May, of
Judy, performed an operation on
Mrs. John II. Taulbee, Thursday.
The patient is very low.
The Stops base ball team de-
feated the High Top team here
Saturday Score TOO big TO get in
the paper.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-09-23
$3.50 ST. Paul and Return.

The Monon Route will from now
until September Both, sell round
trip tickets to st. Paul and Min
neapolis at $3.50 from Louisville.
Low rates also to other points in
the Northwest. Address E. H.
Bacon, d. p. A., Monon Route,
Louisville, KY.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-09-23

Terrible plaques, those itching,
Fostering diseases ofthe skin. Put
an end to. misery. Doan's Oint-
ment cures. At any drug store.
Z st
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-09-23

"Now good digestion waits on ap.
petite, and health on both"
If it doesn't, try Burdock Blood
Ritters. 5t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-09-23

Diphtheria, sore throat, Group.
Instant relief, permanent cure. DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil. At any
drug store. 75t
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
.lContinued Next Week.)
Once Was Enouah.

E&AENEf
ss.Nearly every man who knows Russell
Sage can tell q story about some kind cf
sAnarcfal transaction of his; but the gto-
ries In which M. a outs down d cent
d takes UP anything less are rare. This
story IS one Of disappointment Says Col
iiers Weekly. Ss
Zone day q young maj OF Np. ss5asss
acauaintance-in fact, the grandson Of an
old friend 0f the rSdays-approached him
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I1@@garsku
weeks and-gotit He promised faithsalIy
10 return the money at a stated hour, and
the promise was IS faithfully kept...77.
Sage had yerys3ittle to saysWhen he 8e4sve
s,ip the 40 and quit as little when ne got
it back. ssE$
- week or ten days later the young
man came TO zee him q and tite tire
asked him for 800, making all sorts Of
Representations Of what he would dc with
it, Mr. Sage refused to ante. TheSNyoung
man was surprised, not to say pained.
~ he exclaimed, q know IN
Spay ~ all right. Didn't Isay I,d have
that ten forSyou@on Monday. and WASN'T
4 there to the minute with ttggs
Sage beamed softly on the grand
son OF his old friend.
A NY boy he said; with no t~raceascf
ssnkindness III his0tone you disappointed
ma onc IA Igdon'twaiEsyou 70 DO II
81 your pardon; dd moi, argued
the youth. said IMouldf pay ynu back
and + did
Yes, "a nv boy. purred Adr.sage.
paid RsAck the ten ana az
pected y0uswoIid Now f Ilst Won have
ashundredI should expect yougto ply II
back MISUNDERSTANDING One 5disAppotnt-:
Innent IL my time q LIE isagsnough. my
boy. Good Ennrrink.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

men thick q three inches wide. Tho
Top Of the tablets tenSfeet long and threa
Ieee Vide. End pieces are rrang 90
t t they nay bs used for handles and
s1e,s s. ssss.Whic are two feet and three
SO viii swing. IN using the sable
swiss sfsssegs to tIss sides and Law the
oL snats7cnto the ground. push ha
ocks2 rs corn over OTTO h table. have 1
man..aHe mold Of either end by the han-
ules and the legs VIII drop down ana TIA
800 Y easily raised and In q positioa
y ws1 800 = may be easily handled. The cost
both time and strength. 81 y
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
Rearded and seardIess Wheat.

Bearded and B~eardless Wheat.
Those who have had the most experience
In combating the Hessian fly are the
strongest believers in the late sowing OF
wheat wherever it can be done Some va
cieties are better for late sowing than
others and the two shown in the illus
tration seem to be especially we'll suited
fer late sowing. The center head of the
Illustration shows a beardless sort known
as the Clawson Longberry. The variety
IS q strong grower and stools proltfically,
The straw being strong and wiry. tn
heads are full and long and wide Tn
chaff, which is brown, is free from boards.
The grain, which is of trua Longberry
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

.Ralkt Ay, ay, quite easily.
Siani, nodding at me a face which
looked all the paIer for the obstinate
patches OF red burnt into the middle of
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

Not go out" said she 4tirJ tha rss-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
Horses With WORMS.

worms are COMMON among horses and
while not particularly dangerous prevent
the m from keeping in good condi-
ton. Any good worm remedy will re-
move the trouble and the horse should
lnen PC given a tonic consisting Of two
night and morning of a
ln5klures composed of four ounces each of
poWaered suiphate of iron and ginger.
snrse ounces of powdered gentian, five
ounces Of powdered inter ana two p,ncas
81 anise seed we'll stirred into
Two pounds Of ground flax seed. Feed
llgnlly Tor awhile until the appetite i'm
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
lone MAIDS HaskinrT.hI.

IT Is not an easy task to handle a shock
ofleoTn and get it into opposition where
the currsrnay be husked readily and WITH
hesleas expense of labor. The illustra-
tion, shows8a table which may be readily
mace q eneap lumber and which viii ma
ser1ailv aghten the labor Of corn husktng
The table may be made Of 1naterisl %,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

rose and approached The so,r
which SIAM opened a little wider. ysS
neid up a hand TO forbid me passing
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
VERY LONG SIGNATURES.
AEsssase Of Ten words Followed b,
Title Nearly Ten Vines
4 - Long.

The Due de veragua, says q
French Journal, while travelling
through America entered one day a
telegraph oface in Chicago and asked
how much it would cost to send q
message containing ten words to Co
lumbus, O.
Twenty-Five cents" replied tn.
clerk.
Does that include the signature?'''
asked the duke.
Eyes," was the answer.
"But suppose the signature Il rath-
er long?" asked the duke.
"That doesn't make the slightest
difference" answered the clerk.
The duke wrote the ten words
which formed the message, and then
signed his mans as follows:
"Cristobal Colon de Toledo y Lar
reatsgui de Ia Carda Ramirez de
Baqusdano y Gante, Almirante =
Adelantado Mayor de las Indias, Mar
.quis de 10 Jamaica, Due de veragua
y de la Vega, Grande de Espana,
Senador del RENO, Caballero de Ia
Insigne Orden del Torson de Orc.
Grande Cruz de Ia Conception de vii
laviciosa, Gentil Hombre de Comara
del Rue de Espana."
The clerk, It Il said, almost tainted
when he saw this signature.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
INVENTOR OF THE scYTHE.
Was Joseph jerks, Of Lynn, Mass.
Who Lived Two and . Hall
Centuries Ago.

In rummaging among old papers
p Lynn gentleman has discovered the
complete pattern Of the American
pcythe, which was invented ~ CEN
turtles ago by Joseph Jencks, an IRON
worker OF Saugus, Mass. The inven-
ton Of the scythe, says the Boston
Record, Is referred to in Lewis and
Newhall's History Of Lynn
2 This scythe took the place of the
English ..bushwhacker" scythe, made
Of piece of thin steel about IS inches
long and three inches wide. Jencks
more than doubled the length Of the
scythe, reduced its width to IN inches
and stiffened II by welding square
bar on the back.
The patent was, by enactment Of the
Massachusetts general court, as fol-
lows:
MAY 90, 1866: TIT is ordered that
Joseph Jencks, senr, and his assigns,
only, shall haue Hberte graunted to
them to make that engine the said
Jencks hath proposed to this Court for
the more speedy cutting Of grasse,
for seven yeares, and that no inhab-
liant or other person within this
jurisdiction during that time shall
make or vse any Of that kind of engine
without license first obtained from the
said Joseph Jencks, on the poenalty
Of Ave pounds for query such engine
so made or vsed, to be recovered at any
Court in this Jurisdiction by the said
Joseph Jencks, senr., or his assignes."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
PoL1TENEss RESULTS IN FINE,
Man Who Gives Up Seat In London
Car to Woman Walks Home ana
Then Answers In Court.

The builders of the London street
cars followed the American example of
providing straps, to which those stand
ing up may hang, but unless the police
and the magistrates also are Ameri-
canized the straps on the cars must re-
main unused or chivalry in the crowd
ed street cars must die.
The following story was told in the
police court this week. A man was
sitting comfortably in full car when
a woman entered and broke the laws by
hanging in pathetic desperation at the
end of a strap. Calamity supervened
and the man rose from the seat and re-
moved from the woman the necessity
of breaking the law by breaking it him
self. Then entered a policeman and all
ISLANDERS were elected. The man was
forced to walk home and was passed
by crammed cars which refused to take
on ISLANDERS. AS he walked he cursed
the position that medieval chivalry
gave. to woman.
But his injuries are not yet over.
He received a summons, was hailed be-
fore the magistrate in police court,
together with the other ISLANDERS, and
the conductor explained his position,
and how it was only poiteness that
made him break the law. But all was
Of no avail. A three shilling fine and
two shillings Of costs was the magis-
trate's sentence, and an embittefed
misogynist left court.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
QUITS GUM HABIT FOR REWARD
waitress In Duluth Restaurant Ac-
cepts O6er Of FSarmer Who De-
tests the Ineessant ChevinK.

George E, Warner. who owns and
operates large wheat farm in the
Red River valley, North Dakota,
hopes he has cured one Duluth
(Minn. girl Of the gum-chewing habit,
even though at cost Of $50. Mary
Margrace is pretty waitress in a
Chinese restaurant, and Warner
dropped in to order meal. Miss
Margrace took his order, and She was
chewing gum vigorously. Warner
looked upon her with manifest dis
approval.
II detest gum chewers," he said,
and she laughed merrily. "I'll buy
a $50 dress it you will throw away
that guild and promise me never to
chew gum again. What do you say ~
Il say it's bargain" said the girl,
and she threw the gum away.
Warner ate his ham in silence, and
when he paid his check he handed
the waitress $50 for the promised
dress and left without another word.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
FREEZING LIVE FISH.
New Method Of Shipment to BE Tried,
and Fish ResuscltateA 1t
End OF Journey.

Alocal company Of Tacoma, Wash,
proposes to freeze live salmon in
blocks of ice, ship them to New York,
and then bring them to life. It is
claimed experiments have demon
strated that freezing Of live fish in
this manner Is possible, providing the
temperature Of the fish, Is not far
below the freezing point and certain
conditions are met IN resuscitation.
Further tests are to be made this
summer on the Alaskan coast, and,
II successful, shipments Of fish in this
manner to eastern cities will be COM
menced next fall.
An expert who has been conducting
experiments in Oregon says that sal
mon can be frozen solid and thawed
back to life II not exposed to the
sun or allowed to get more than il
degrees below the freezing point. It
is well known that Alaska rivers and
lakes which freeze solid from top to
bottom during winter are filled with
fish every summer. The fish they con-
tain are frozen and remain in the ice
during the long winter. This fact
forms the basis Of experiment. now
being conducted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
Floatins Island I'm EneIand.

/ There Is floating island in Der
wentwater, England, not far from
Lodore falls. Its travels are re-
stricted to alterations between the
bottom Of the lake and the surface.
When moved to retirement IT sinks
and remains in watery seclusion for
periods which vary from a few months
to as long as seven or eight years.
Its existence above or below water
appears to be determined by the press
ence within, the island Of gases whose,
quantity governs its buoyancy. Esth-
waite lake, In the same neighbor-
hood, boasts q not less pulling but
more amenable island. This has
served as ferryboat to conduct as
many as Is persons at time across
the bosom Of the water upon which
1T rides.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
GOOD MINERAL LANDS
Government Finds Coal and Asphalt
Deposits In Indian Territory.
Geological Survey Selecting the best
/, and Most Promisfnx gsctlons fos
Segregation aAd Future
DnlA.

The selection of the coal and asphalt
lands In the Choctaw and Chickasaw
nations, Indian Territory, for segre-
cation and sale has been completed.
This segregation was made under the
direction Of tbs commission 30 the
FIVE civilized Tribes by order OF the
secretary Of the interior, and Mr.. Jo-
seph A. Taft, Of the United States geo.
logical survey, was assigned to make
the selection.
With three assistants, Mr.. Taft be-
gan work December !, 1902, and dur
ing the progress Of the survey traced
the outcrop Of the coal beds as ac-
curately as possible through several
thousand square miles Of coal-bearing
rocks, which had been surveyed during
the preceding Ave years. Nearly 100
square miles OF new territory were sur
veyed in order to complete the geo.
logical work Of the Choctaw-C hicka-
saw coal fields. Previous surveys In
this coal field made It possible, In the
short time allowed, to determine the
structure Of the coal and the depths
to which the beds can be economically
mined. Otherwise years instead Of
months would have been required to
select the lands for segregation.
Ten GOAL beds were found to be Of
economic value ind were located for
segregation. The coal in the lands
selected ranged IN quality from that
of high-grade bituminous colxing Goals
TO medium-grade bituminous steaming
Goals that do not coke successfully.
The coal In each bed varies slightly
from point to point both in thickness
and In quality, and also differs in
quality from that Of other beds. The
coal beds vary in inclination beneath
the surface, and extend from the OUT
crops to depths beyond the. limit; Of
practicable mining. Thus the value of
the coal in each bed varies according to
| quality, thickness and depth beneath
| the surface. The usual characteristics
| governing the value OF coal can be
| ascertained In the case of these Goals
only by means of detailed geological
surveys and practical tests.
\ The asphalt lands selected contain
asphalt OF two general classes. To
the larger of these classes belong the
bituminous semt-iqnid deposits which
are found permeating porous sand
stones and limeetones. These occur
both In horizontal beds and in beds
dipping at various angles TO the
surface. Deposits Of this nature are
found filing rocks that range in thick
| ness from thin beds to beds several
hundred feet thick. The second class
of asphalt is solid, has the general APP
pearance of highly bituminons coal,
and is usually clear Of earthly or stony
impurities. It is found filling assures
as solid veins pitching steeply into the
earth, and may be mined and shipped
in the same manner, as coal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
ENDURANCE LACKING.
Gen. Baden-Powell, Famous British
Soldier, Criticises Our Cavalry.
Declares That Notvvithstan ding They
Are Active Physically and Mem
rally They Gould Not stand
Hard CampaIgning.

Gen. Baden-Powell, before sailing for
England on the completion of his tour
in this country, speaking Of the United
States cavalry, said:
II rather expected to find men Of fina
physique In your cavalry. and was
surprised to find the reverse. They en-
Joy too many luxuries in their food,
and their system Of exercise is not
thorough. Their food is far too high
~ seasoned. They should be deprived
of coffee altogether, and should have
only an occasional portion of tea. The
British cavalrymen, when in barracks,
haveasalt water bath every day, which
keeps them in perfect physical condi-
tion.
"Plain diet, vigorous exercise, com
bined with the regular drill, are what
have made the British cavalrymen su.
perior to all other cavalrymen in the
world. Your cavalry have not yet hat
hard campaign, like the Boer war, t.
show their staying powers. / am in
clined to think that If the chance evel
comes their mode of life will tell tn,
tale in long sick list.
Your cavalry horses cannot b,
equaled. Probably 80 per cent. of tn
horses in the British cavalry are Amer
can bred, and they are able to wea
out five per cent. of their riders in q
two weeks journey. They are espe
cially good over a rough and dry coun
try.
Your cavalryman is more active
both physically and mentally, than tn
average British horseman, but thin
he lacks the staying powers.
| Il consider your Second cavalry tn
most efficient in rank and file, as we
| as the best oficered.n
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
LONG-LOsT MAN is FOUND.
a mystery Of Thirty Years, STANDING
IL Cleared UP in Baltimore
At Last.

A romantic story has been devel-
oped and 3o-yearS mystery made
clear by means of letter received
from Frank j. Martin, member of
the editorial staff of the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger, who wrote maxi
ing inquiries regarding his father,
who, in 1872, was a prosperous farm
er and in February of that year went
to Baltimore with large consign-
ment of stock, which he disposed of,
after which all trace of him was lost
and he was given up as dead.
A few weeks ago Mrs. Martin
learned that John F. Martin had APP
piled for pension from San Jose,
CAL, which led the son to write to
the Mercury to investigate the case.
Martin was found without difficult
ty. He readily admitted his identity
and defended his course in abandon
ing his wife and four little children
by the statement that there was an
insufferable difference of tempera-
ment between himself and his wife.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
TYpRwRlTrrc EXPERTS.
Find New Field for Th.ir Abiiities In
Furnishing Testimony IN
Lawsuits.

1t will come rs q surprise to many
people to know that there Is great
deal OF character in typswriting.
Were halt q dozen operators to use the
same machine paper and actual worda
each printing of dozen sheets, and
were all these to be mixed up indis-
craminately, q practioed eye could dis
tinguish each operators work instant
", says the Chicago Tribune.
In Q recent law case, where .
lengthy typcwritten documents Of
many sheets was In question, II was
alleged that one Of the pages included
had been substituted for another
sheet. Although to . casual eye all
the sheets seemed to be the work Of
one hand, experts showed that the
spacing was quite different, especially
between the end Of one sentence and
the beginning OF another, and on the
substitute sheet the new paragraphs
began in quite different position on
the lines, and the letters were shaky
instead of upright and firm. And the
punctuation-the crucial test was
wholly different.
The experts were unable to trace the
person who had done the bogus type
writing, but they agreed that it was
Q woman, young, and only beginner
ut typewriting; that she was nervous,
, not strong, and that her education
was only moderately good.
The writer Of the other sheets COM
priein0 the document was def ned from
the evenness, correctness and firmness
Of the typewriting to be an expert
enced "typist."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
street COR Amenitie. al WicI,ita,

street Gar Amenities In wichita,
( Some Of the car lines in Wichita
have no conductors and 1t devolves
upon the motorman to collect the
fares. A few days ago man had
left the car without paying and the
motorman hailed him. 'If you want
money. come and get it," he said.
The motorman walked to the corner.
whereupon the man offered him a
half-dollar. The driver took it and
said: IT you want your change
come to the car and get it, The cli-
ent hesitated and asked the motor
man to bring it to him. 81 can't
waste any more time" said the mo-
torman. "You will find your change
at the Office of the company" Then
he turned on his power and moved.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
A cabinet Minister,s duties,

In Abyssinia the duties of cabinet
minister are very peculiar, according
to the report that appears in St.
Petersburg newspaper. Zig, the
Swiss minister of Emperor Menelik,
who holds cabinet rank, and is pre-
sumably what Lord Halsbury would
call "a sort of" agricultural minister,
waters Menelik's flowers, winds up
his clocks, and cuts his corns. Occa-
sionally, by way Of variety, Hg is in
trusted with a diplomatic mission to
Europe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
Reeimental Postal Cnrd..

In italy each regiment has its own
pictorial post cards, on which are the
devices Of the regiment, the list of
battles in which it has taken part, or
one Of the heroic episodes in which
it has figured. These are sold at
moderate prices to officers and SOL
diers, and their use in correspond
ence serves to spread the prestige
of the reOfrnant
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
Liberty wIth . 8 rInx.

Mrs. rand you really allow your
husband to carry q latchkey?
Mrs. B.-Oh, yes; believe in being
reasonable in such things. Besides,
John knows very well that will take
the key away from him if he ever stays
out later than ten o'clock. Chicago
American.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-14
BY Air to Mont Blanc.

A project is on foot in Geneva for.
the establishment aerial excursions
to view the summit Of Mont Blanc
A captive balloon, controlled and
lowered by hydraulic power, is to be
the means Of conveyance. Fares 81
per head including e 1000 Insurance.
policy against accidents.