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culed his abortive seamanship. Pretty
she was not, but she soon began to
have certain amount of attraction for
Wilbur. He liked her splendid ropes of
hair, her heavy contralto voice, her
fine animal strength of bone and mus
Gle admittedly greater than his own.
He admired her indomitable courage
and self reliance, while her positive
genius in the matters Of seamanship
and navigation filed him with speech
less wonder. The girls he had been
used to were clever only in their
knowledge of the amenities of an aft
ernoon call or the formalities of a pa
per german.
A girl Of two and twenty who could
calculate longitude from the altitude
of a star was outside his experience
The more he saw of her the more he
knew himself to have been right in his
first estimate. She drank whisky after
her meals, and when angry, which was
often, swore like buccaneer. AS yet
she was almost, as one might say,
without sex savage, unconquered, un-
tanned, glorying in her own independ-
ence, her sullen isolation. Her neck
was thick, strong and very white, her
hands roughened and calloused. In
her mems clothes she looked tall, Wig
orous and unrestrained, and on more
than one occasion as Wilbur passed
close to her he was made aware that
her hair, her neck, her entire personal
tty, exhaled a fine, sweet natural
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26

side, leaping clumsily along the edges
of the kelp. Bewildered land birds
perched on the schooner's rigging, and
in the early morning the whistling of
quail could he heard on shore near
where little fresh water stream ran
down to meet the ocean.
It was Wilbur who caught the first
shark on the second morning of the
Bertha's advent in Magda!ena bay. A
store of bait had been accumulated,
split and halved into chunks for the
shark hooks, and Wilbur, batting one
of the huge lines that had been brought
up on deck the evening before, flung it
overheard and watched the glimmer of
the white fish meat turning to a sill
very green as it sank down among the
kelp. Almost instantly long, moving
shadow, just darker than the blue green
mass of the water, identified itself at
little distance.
Enormous fukes proceeded from Ell
Their side, an erect dOrSal fin, like an
enormous cocks crest, rose from the
back, while Immediately over the head
swan the two pilot fish, following so
closely the movement of the shark as
to give the impression of actually adj
herring to his body. Twice and three
times the great man eater, twelve feet
from snout to tail tip, circled fanlike
through the water. Once he came up,
touched the bait with his nose and
backed easily away. He disappeared,
returned and poised himself motionless
in the schooners shadow, feeling the
water with his flukes.
Moran was looking over Wilbur's
shoulder. Hes as good as caught"
she muttered. "Once let them get sight
Of meat, and Steady, now!' The
shark moved forward. Suddenly, with
long, easy roll, he turned completely
upon his back. His white belly flashed
like silver in the water The bait dis
appeared.
you've got him!'' shouted Moran.
The rope slid through Wilbur's palms,
burning the skin as the huge sea wolf
sounded. Moran laid hold. The heavy,
sullen wrenching from below twitched
and swayed their bodies and threw
them against each other. Her bare,
cool arm was pressed close over his
knuckles.
"Heavev' she cried, laughing with
the excitement of the moment. "Heave
all!' She began the chant of sailors
hauling at the ropes. Together and
bracing their feet against the schoon-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
AN ODD PUZZLE.
The Cryptic Inscription That Orna-
ments a Swiss Church.

The Cryptic Inscription That Orna-
ments a Swiss Church.
A picturesque tower is the Oldest
part of the Swiss church at Champery.
a village which lies in a valley under
the shadow Of the towering Dent du
Midi.
Dedicated to st. Theodule, this church
was built in 1926 on the site of an an
cient chapel. The tower, with its
unique pierced crown, carries a gilt
statuette of the patron saint, a quaint
old clock and the following cryptic in
scription, which has puzzled many
Travellers:
oUOD AN IRIS MULCE PA
GUS III DINE W.T.
Hoo SAN CHRIS DULCE LA
BY taking the syllables above and be-
low with those in the middle it reads:
Quod angus tristi mulcedine pavit.
Hoe sanguis Christi dulcedine Iavit
which may be freely rendered:
That which the serpent with sad charm
in1bued
The blood of Christ with sweetness has
renewed.
London Telegraph.
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playing and breaking on toward the
shore. Then, without the least warn
ing. he felt the schooner begin to lift
under him. He rolled out of his ham,
mock and stood on the deck. There
could be no doubt Of 1.-THE whole
forepart was rising beneath him. He
could see the bowsprit moving upward
from star to star. Still the schooner
lifted; objects on deck began to slide
over; then, as there came q wild
scrambling of the Chinese crew up the
fO'c'stle hatch, she settled again, grad
ually at first, then, with an abrupt
lurch that almost threw him from his
feet, regained her level. Moran met
him in the waist Charlie came run.
ming aft.
"What was that: Are VIC grounding?
Has she struck?'
mo, no. We are still fast to the
kelp. Was it tidal waveT'
Nonsense! 1t wouldn't have han
died us that way
"Well, what was it? Listen! For
heavens sake. keep quiet there for
wardv'
Wilbur looked over the side into the
water. The ripples were still chasing
themselves away from the schooner
There was nothing else. The stiffness
shut down again. There was not a
sound. 1884,.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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CHAPTER Y.

CHAPTER Y.
"" the morning after the sink
ing of the bark he was sur
prised to find the schooner
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till her nlasts were fat with the water,
and in another second rolled bottom
up. For q moment her keel and red
iron bottom We're visible through the
mist Of driving spoondrift. Suddenly
they sank from sight. She was gone.
And then, like the rolling up of Il
scroll, the squall passed, the sun re-
turned, the sky burned back to blue,
the ruggedness was smoothed from
the ocean, and the warmth Of the trop-
les closed around the Bertha Millner,
once more rolling easily on the swell of
the ocean.
Of the Lady Lefty and the drunken
beachcombing captain not a trace re-
manned. Kitchell had gone down with
his prize. The Bertha N1illners Chi
nese crew huddled forward, talking
wildly, pointing and looking in be-
wildered fashion over the sides.
Wilbur and Moran We're left alone on
the open Pacific.
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Animals and Rain.

Much as animals dislike rain, none
OF them save the squirrel build them
selves shelters to keep it off. Monkeys
set their backs against tree trunks as q
protection from driving rain, but never
make protective roof It is a COM
mon sight to see a drenched herd of
cattle huddled together on some ex-
posed common in a downpour of rain
when they have no choice or chance Of
shelter. But even the orang-outang,
which builds a small sleeping plat
form in the trees, never seems to think
of roof, though the Dyaks say that
when it is raining heavily it sometimes
covers itself with the leaves of large
fern.
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4udl WIS luc Only TALK Ol ulOulCut
they had during the afternoon. All the
rest of their conversation had been of
those things that Immediately occupied
their attention.
They regained the schooner toward
o'clock, to find the Cinnamon perplexed
and mystified. No explanation was
Forthcoming, and Charlie gave them
supper in preoccupied silence. AS they
were eating the abalones, which Mo-
ran had fried in batter, Charlie said:
''Shark all gone! No more catch UNI
him all gone.''
"Gone-why?
mo savvy," said Charlie. mo likee.
no likee. China boy tinkum heap fun
ny; too much heap funny
It was true. During all the next day
not shark was in sight, and though
the crew fished assiduously till dark
they were rewarded by not so much
as bite. No one could offer any ex-
PLANTATION.
"'Tis strange" said Moran. "Never
heard of shark leaving this feed be-
fore. And you can see with half an
eye that the hands don't like the looks
of it. Superstitious beggars! They
need to be dumped in the headr'
That same night Wilbur woke in his
hammock on the fo'c'stle head about
half past 2. The moon was down, the
sky one powder of stars. There was
not breath of wind. 1t was so still
that he could hear some large fish
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
Hanging n Scythe.

AS youth Daniel Webster was
somewhat opposed to physical labor,
but he was quick at repartee. While
moving he complained to his father
that his scythe was not properly hung.
Hang it to suit yourself, DAM re-
Piled the paternal. The boy Immediate
" hung it on a tree near by. ssThere,
father, it's hung to suit me now" -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
A Silent Partner.

Il never thought that Tom would
have become silent partner in any
kind of business"
Neither would To-
"Well, he has"
whats he into nowY'
Hes got married" dallas News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
Merits Loud Voice,

DO not waste minute, not second,
IN trying to demonstrate to others the
merit of your own performance. If
your work does not vindicate itself, you
cannot vindicate it.-Thomas Went
worth Higginson.
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Bare Tracks.

Bing - The railroad companies are
brazen robbers! Bung-Quite so. They
don't even take the trouble to cover
their tracks.-Cleveland Leader
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
TOriC Lenses.

item, here again is where the Reds
come in as an excellent farm breed.
Yet with many poultry keepers
there are other breeds that suit
them better. One feature that is
favorable to the Leghorn for the
farm, and that is they are among
the very best foragers.
l am not one of those poultry
raisers who insist that there is just
one really, good breed, for l know
there are others, but the Rhode Is
land Reds have proven themselves
with me to be a most excellent,
general purpose fowl, and l believe
are the closest rivals that the non
setting breeds have.-V. M. Couch.
in Poultry Advocate.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
The Gossiper.

The town scandal monger re-
ceives this reprimand from the
Hartford Herald:
There are, perhaps, in almost ev-
cry community few specimens of
that enemy of peaceful society
known as the pernicious gossiper
or defamer-male and female. The
man habitually speaks slightingly
or slanderously of the female sex
has his prototype in the woman
who delights to gossip about>her
towDspeople-anG sometimes her
kinsfolks-and never finds better
enjoyment than when in a crowd of
females of her own personal pre-
objections. Seemingly lacking those
charitable instincts of character
which accord TO every man and ev-
cry woman the common errors of
life and weaknesses of personal
makeup, they pounce upon the un-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
Cutting Potatoes for Seed.

In cutting seed potatoes take the
potato in the left hand with the
stem end toward you. If it is large,
cut off good-sized piece with two
or three eyes. Revolve the potato
to the right and keep cutting off
about the same size pieces, finish
ing the potato by splitting the seed
end. Cut potatoes as you want to
use them, and after they are cut,
never expose to the sun or air to
dry out.
If you can not use them immedi-
ately, pour out on damp ground in
the shade of trees or building, and
cover with blanket. Seed the least
bit dry comes up slower, blights
easily, and Yields lighter. just in
proportion as it is dried out. To
cut seed, use kitchen knife ground
down narrow and thin, so that the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
The Rhode Island Reds for the
Farm.

have kept poultry for a good
many years, in both large and small
mum bers, and under most all condl-
tions. Until two or three years ago
the Barred Plymouth Rock was nv
ideal fowl, but after giving the
Rhode Island Reds thorough trial,
| find them superior as a general
purpose fowl to anything l have
ever raised. And this breed is he
coming the one poultry coin that
passes current all over this part of
the country, and in many sections
of the New England States there is
scarcely any other breed to be
found; their beautiful color. good
size and quiet disposition, combined
with their great laying qualities
has won for them many admirers.
l find them less inclined to become
over-fat than most of our other
breeds of this class. During the
past four years l have kept Barred
and White Plymouth Rocks and
Leghorns right by the side of the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
FROM BRyAN's PEN.

Many men have achieved repu.
tation for philanthropy because
they gave back the collar button to
the man from whom they stole the
shirt
Classic music is the kind that
most of US encore for the purpose
of hearing the performers render
something We like.
We know men who exhaust their
cheerfulness at the office and turn
on the trouble faucet at home.
True happiness consists largely
in getting what you actually need,
not in getting what you think you
want.
The man whose honor can be
satisfied only with blood usually
has an honor that needs a disin-
fectant.
When man has learned to get
along with what he has he has
learned the first lesson in getting
along.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03

Reds, the latter of the four having
the smallest quarters, yet for the
year they b ave outclassed the others
in every way.
note that great many people
look at the Reds as mongrel breed,
but not so at all, they are in fact
one of our oldest breeds, and are
bound to become popular all over
the country in a few years. How
ever this does not prove that there
are not many other h Id m e
breeds, and / might say breeds that
are better suited for some to keep
than the Reds. The farmer for
instance, who keeps from one to
two hundred hens and allows them
to run all over the premises fowl
that is quick and spry like the Leg
horn or Minorca, so as to keep out
of the way of the hogs and other
stock, l believe is better adapted to
the occasion than one of the mod
crate going kind. The farmer who
allows his poultry to run free, wants
breed that will take exercise
enough to keep them from getting
too fat and here is where the Reds
lay over the rocks, and also, where
the Leghorns are superior to many
other breeds. Then with most far
mers, eggs are the all important
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03

fortuna.e-and always absent-vic-
tim like human vultures. often in
terlarding their talk with spiteful
sarcasm that is as vicious as it is
The fact that their
unkind talk often reverts heaviest
upon their heads does not lessen
the effects of this bad habit. To
these people the word "charity"
seems to have little or no meaning.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
Watch for II.

1t will pay you to watch for the very
first symptom of indigestion or liver
trouble and to prevent the trouble from
gaining Roadway, by quickly taking DIR.
Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin.
Nothing is more weakening to the system
than chronic dyspepsia, and all its com
plications. Nothing will cure it 50 quick
ly, pleasantly and surely as Syrup Pepsin
Sold by w. 5. Lloyd al soc and sI.oo.
Money back If 1t fails. 42-S
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
Let Everybody Work

And the world would be more happy and
contented. Just consider how much pain
and trouble results i'll your body, when
your liveror stomach stop working. Hap
PLY, you can soon set them to work
again, cure your pains, and restore your
self to health and conrentment, with DIR.
Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. Try
it. Sold by w. S. Lloyd at soc and ST.
Money back if it fails. 47-st
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
Hanna's LustrO-Einish

Beautiful and durable. Used or
floors and other woodwork. "Made
to walk on" The only way to
properly finish a floor. See the
finished samples. For sale by
Thos. Kennedy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
THE SALOON.
What the Great Southern Orator
Grady Said About II.

! tell you, if were to vote to
recall bar-rooms to this city when !
know it has prospered in their alb
sence, and my boy should fall
through their agency, / could not,
had / voted 20 recall those bar
rooms, find answer for my conscience
or support for my remorse. All,
there is no recompense for the tax
that is levied upon manhood, upon
womanhood, upon the sacred peace
of home, upon childhood, upon ed
ucational possibilities, upon intel
lects until they are so dwarfed and
stunted that the world will never
know the useful invention or the
great thoughts they might have
given it, and upon hearts until the
great philanthropies they might
, have conceived are never born. A
Vnan in ruins Who can measure
the loss in such catastrophe ?
When the Duke Of Alva was sent to
rule the Netherlands he undertook
to raise a revenue by deheadiDg his
wealthy subjects and confscatin9
their property. But he soon found
that killing the producers was stop
ping the production. Are we no
wiser than to follow the Duke of
Alva's example? Have we forgot
ten that the destruction of wealth
producing possibilities of untold
limit and the destruction of intel
lectual, social and moral influences,
for the lack of which all future
ages must suffer- Who pays this
bill? Direct taxation ievies so
many mills on the dollar, and wealth
bears the heavier part of the bur-
den. But crime lays its heaviest
burdens upon the poor women and
children by robbing them of their
protectors and providers Pauper-
ism fastens its sharp fangs in the
tender home-hearts, around the cold
hearthstones in the novels of the
poor Insanity and physical de-
formity show where the whisky de
mon has struck the brains and
bodies of the poor. Burning fever,
wasting consumption and foul
scrofula are the tribute enacted by
the chill and penury and starvation
which the saloon has created in the
homes of the poor. See that wo-
man in faded gown, and with hol-
low cheeks and trembling nerves,
bending from daylight to dark over
the wash tub. She is paying the
tax which the saloon levied upon
her through the shiftlessness and
lncompetency of a drunken hus-
band! Who is it then that pays
these bills? Those who are least
able to pay them. Those over whom
you and l ought to stand as pro-
Isectors; around whom we should
throw the guardianship of our
manhood and whose pathway we
shnnld whiten with ne-!icense bal
lots
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
What is Worth Painting

Is worth painting well. Then be
consistent and use Green Seal Liz
uid Paint. For sale by Thos. Ken
needy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
potato can be cut with very little
force and not tire the hand
Grange Bulletin.
Painting a house

Increases its value out of all pro-
portion to the cost of the job. A
coat or two of Green Seal Paint is
an investment that always pays big
dividends. For sale by Thomas
Kennedy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03

Cortelyou warns the assistant
postmaster a. Louisville that be
will be removed unless he resigns
from the Republican State Central
Committee.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
Always Thin the Green Seal Paints

With pure Linseel Oil for all ont -
side work. This paint is of Eeavy
body and needs thinning. 1t thus
becomes more economical for thu
consumer. For sale by Thomas
Kennedy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03

1t is reported that the Atlantic
Coast Line has leased the L. d n.
on guarantee on seven per cent on
L. d n. stock.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03

Insurance Commissioner Prewitt
invited agents to accompany him to
New York to study the Equitable
muddle.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
Wanted.

To buy farm, good soil and i'm
provements, near churches and
that will cost not exceeding $4,000,
Call or address Advocate office
Mt. Sterling, Ky,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03

Mayor Granger will head Lou
isvills party WIN will come by spe-
cial train 10 the races at Lexin gto m
Wednesday.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03

AS the result of mutiny among
the crew of tie rev cruiser Gal
weston, sixty men are in irons.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03

The Georgetown College baseball
team forfeited its game with X. U.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03

A jealous Texa1 killed widow
and hims elf.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-16
Wednesday Evening.

7:30-Devotional exercises, Rev j.
H. Hard, South Sioux City.
500 Sermon, the Rev VIM.
Gorst, DID,, Omaha.
Reception to the district Epworth
league and visitors by the local chap
ter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-16
Quality VS.. Quantity.

Hard muscles and strong body do
not depend on the quantity of food
you eat, but on it's perfect digestion
and proper assimilation. When you
take Kodol Dyspepsia cure your sys-
TEN gets all the nourishment out Of
all the food you eat. II digests what
you eat regardless of the condition
of the stomach and conveys the nut
ing. sour stomach. etc. Kodol Dys-
rient properties to the blood and It's
sues. This builds up and strengthens
the entire system, overcomes and
cures indigestion, dyspepsia, belch-
pepsia Cure for what is sometimes
called Americas national disease -
dyspepsia-is destined to eventually
work wonderful and lasting benefit
TO sufferers from this distressing and
mind harassing condition. Sold by
Asa X. Leonard. "'