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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
COVERED WITH SNAKE SKIN
Walking Sticks Incased in Cuticle of
Reptiles at Present an Adiron-
dack Fad

The man with the Panama couldn't
help showing that he was proud of his
cane. The walking stick looked rather
odd, and a man in the crowd asked him
about it, relates the New York Press.
That's a snake skin cane, he said.
and I'm right in the vanguard of the
newest fad Wasn't it Aaron who
changed sticks into snakes in the old
Biblical days? Well. there's bunch of
clever countrymen up in the Adiron-
dacks who are reversing the proposition
changing snakes into sticks.
81 spent several days at a friends cot
tage up there last week" he continued.
and I found the fad growing so fast
that the mountains are likely soon to be
as free of reptiles as ireland before the
ca.tagcrs demands are satisfied. |
bought this cane for two dollars and con-
slider it cheap at the price.
THE natives kill and skin the large
snakes of that region--ones with stripes
and vivid cooring. if possible-and fit
the raw skin over an ordinary stick. The
cane is then soaked in a strong solution
of alum, which shrinks the skin per-
fectly around the stick An artificial
snakes head for a handle completes the
outfit"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
WINS SWEETHEART BY RUsE
Parent Raves Behind Bars-Daughter
Sees Nan of Choice--Father
Is Liberated.

81. Paul, NINA story of how
'loye will find a way" has developed in
tie probate court. William l.. Wal
l2ae, of this city, was arraigned to be
e-aminsd as to his sanity. The ply
sicians said he was perfectly sane and
then the story came out.
The old man was arrested on COM
plant Of his daughter. A young man
called on the daughter, Miss Virginia
Wallace, at her home. The father an
swerad the knock and promptly eject
ed the young man. The young swain
ten went to the back door and while
the father was walking up and down
the sidewalk in front of the house the
daughter is alleged to have let the
young gallant into the house through
q rear window
The father discovered this and tried
to get back into the house. He gave
vent to some strong language and
pounded on the door, when the daugh-
ter telephoned to the Margaret street
police station, saying her home was
besieged by crazy man. When the
police arrived they found the irate
parent storming about and PROMPTLY
took him away without knowing who
he was.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
WOMAN KILLS BIG GAME.
Lion, lynx and Two Wild Cats One
Nights Record in the San Der
nordino Mountains.

San Rcrnardino. Cal A big lynx.
a lion and two lid cats arc the
trophies which MIS- "A. r Wright Of
this city displays as the result Of one
nights hunt for big game
Mrs Wright. with her husband and
Mr. and Mrs J. r. Wallace has been
camping at Table Mountain, in an
unfreduented section of the San Rorn-
ardinO range WHOA tho women were
absent on fishing trip. Mrs Wright
decided that she would take a shot
at some wild animals, and with a rife
she took uD position at shutdown
i'm the branches of tree some yards
from the camp. her position COM
handing a view OF part Of a trail to
a nearby spring.
The moon had just passed out of an
eclipse when she caught sight of the
form Of an animal snealSing away.
With Lnerring aim she stretched the
creature out with one shot. Not
caring to leave her safe perch, she
waited. expecting her husband soon
10 pass on the way to the camp. Halt
m hour later she took two shots at
q lion and before assistance came
had fred twice at other creatures.
When daylight came it was found that
she had bagged the animals named
above
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
GIRLS INVADE POLO CANE.
Fair Sex Expands knowledge Of
Sports to This Branch Z equires
Great Nerve and SAL.


London The latest hr nch Of ath-
lctic sports invaded by Gre strenuous
girl is polo. The fair SOS has proved
IT'S ability 10 many branches of sport.
and now f. going in To- polo There
are few games that reqrir more nerve
and skid but toe s1-t I'd soft sex
has already proved ihat . rs equal to
almost any athletic G"n
The rrs, con SER COB which no
men t-r Bauclagh.
Englau4. as tne presence Of the queen
and Princess Victoria. The rival
teams were composed of three mom-
hers each. known as the White and
the Rainbows. The ladies' wore smart
riding habits. and the clever manner
in which they handled their ponies
and mallets aroused the onlookers to
enthusiasm
According 10 reports Of the game the
women started in rather cautiously,
hut once in action they lost sight Of
all danger and PLAYED with surprising
dash There wore many mix-ups. so
great was The desire to get a whacl<
az the bali, hut tho game ended with
ont any of the members hcing hurt.
The example of these strenuous girls
is sure To be followed by othcr society
woron OF England especially in view
OF the fact that the game mot with
Tho approval of tho queen aud
Princess Victoria. Tho latter was so
imprOsgcd with the Camo that she
remarked - like the game very much
rs strenuous pa5timo for women.
They viii mako the game interesting
enough whom they can play a little
faetor
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
CHARACTER IN BUILDINGS.
Good and Bad Qualities of a People
Axe Portrayed in Their
Houses

Every race and every age uncon-
sciOusly write their character in the
buildings which they erect in the kind
of furniture they put in them. and the
kind OF streets on which they place
them, writes Lucia Ames Mead, in "A
Little Talk About Architecture" in St
Nicholas. If great American city
were buried 1000 years under a great
mass of ashes, as POmpeii was. and
was then excavated, it would be plain
ly seen what manner of people had
lived in &C.. Our sky scrapers" and
tunnels and mechanical conveniences
would show how ingenious we were
and how our laws permitted every
man to build without regard to shat
Ting Off his neighbours sunshine; they
would show how we did business and
how we cared chiefly for saving time
and making money. Our city would
show that we cared less for beauty
than men did in former times. 1t
would show that few people were as
rich as kings and lived in palaces. put
that there were hundreds of thou
sands who were living in crowded
tenements like ants in an anthill Our
schoCl L. rs would show how we
cared for education and our churches
would Indicate our manner of worship.
All Our b--- md bad qualities would
be revealed by the things we had
made, even if all the books about us
had persisted.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
Tired
Nervous

When you feel languid, tired,
nervous and irritable, your vi
tally is low-your supply of
nerve energy exhausted, and
your system running down for
lack of power,
The organs Of the body are
working poorly, or not at all,
and you are not getting the
nourishment needed. This soon
iinpoverishes the blood and in
stead of throwing off the inn
purities, distributes it all
through the body. This brings
disease and misery.
Feed the nerves with DR..
Miles Nervine, a nerve food, a
nerve medicine, that nourishes
and strengthens the nerves, and
see how quickly you will get
strong and vigorous.
MY wife suffered with nervousness
previous to recent attack of typhoid
FEVER. but after ner recovery from che
fever. she was much worse. and could
hardly control herself being exceed
ingly nervous when the least excited.
She was very restless at night, and
never had a good nights rest. She
also suffered much from nervous head
ache DR.. Miles Nervine was recon-
mended by a friend. After the first
three doses she had a good nights
rest, and at the end OF the first weeks
treatment she was wonderfully Inn
proved. Continued use of Nervine has
completed her entire cure"
OTTO KOLB.
1921 Cherry ST.. Evansville. Ind.
Or. Miles Nervlne Is sold by your
druggist, who will guarantee that the
first bottle will benefit II 1t fails, he
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
WOMEN HAVE NEW FIELD.
Make Valuable Assistants in Engin-
eering and Architectural Draught-
ing Rooms.

1t is rather remarkable that the fem
mine draughting-room assistant has not
been realized sooner, as this is a class
of work for which women are tempera-
mentally fitted The presumption is
thst the usual lack of mechanical con-
ceptions attributed to women has
prejudiced engineers and architects
against them.
II may be recalled, however. that
rrior to the advent of the feminine
bookkeeper and Office assistant women
were supposed to be similarly lacking
in business ability, for which. as a mat
ter of fact. they appear to possess a posi-
tive talent Draughtswomen have
made their appearance i'll some of the
countrys big shops. Those who have
had experience with women in such ca
pacities declare that for certain classes
Ct work they are more accurate than
.len. though they are not. as a rule. as
rapid workers.
Even in the field We rk of the engineer
ing department they are now making an
appearance. the surveying work being
occasionally intrusted to their direction.
The Engineering Record mentions the
case of a woman surveyor who has Just
completed all the field work in connec-
ton with laying out the lines for a
sewerage system and conducting other
field work incidental to the public i'm
proyements just inaugurated in a Wis
consin town.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
GIRL WALKS AFTER YEARS.
Recovery Is Attributed to Prayers Of
Friends-Case Pronounced
Hopeless.

York. Pa-Ethel NanderslOot, daugh-
ter Of Edward F. and Mary NJ Wander
sloot CT this Why. and for u years an in
valid unable TO walk. said to her father:
Papa. / want to get up and walk. "
Then she Strengthened up on her couch.
raised her feet and proceeded to walk
across the floor
She fell twice going from her bed TO
the top Of the stairs The greatest part
of the distance to the dining-ro she
walked alone and unaided. She had not
walked before in u years For six years
she has not been out of doors For the
first time in six years the girl ate dinner
with her parents at the table.
Physicians had pronounced her case
hopeless. The father spent thousands
of dollars for specialists but these
AGREED that she could not get well Mr.
Nandersloot says he knews of no other
reason for the sudden recovery than the
prayers of his friends
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
CAN DETECT HUMAN BLOOD
New Method of Distinguishing It
from That of Animals Is
Discovered.

Consul General Guenther of Frank
fort reports that the Prussian military
surgeon, DR.. Uhlenhuth, who has been
transferred to the hygienic institute of
the University of Greifswald, is the dis
coverer of a new method for distin-
gushing human from animal blood. In
1897 DR.. Uhlenhuth was assistant at the
institute for infectious diseases at Ber-
lin. and is member of the commission
for investigating the foot-and mouth
disease.
In the fall of 1900 Dr. Uhlenhuth pub
lished important investigations with
reference to distinguishing between,the
albumen Of eggs of various birds upon
the basis of modern science. which is
mainly the result of the researches of
Bordet of France and Ehrlich of Frank
fort. Uhlenhuth found that these all
bumens can be differentiated biological
ly. His researches resulted in the i'm
method. was soon confirmed on all
NAL blood so that it is now possible to
tell with absolute certainty the origin Of
even the smallest traces of blood either
in dry or also in putrefied form. This
method. was soon confrfmedfi on all
sides. and has become of fundamental
importance for forensic medicine.
BY his method he can tell the pres.
ence of horse meat in sausages and other
smoked meat articles. which is a great
step in advance for the examination Of
fOOdstuffs
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
Peking's Lights.

Emil Bard French writer, tells how
Peklng is lighted, as follows: Eighty
thousand taels ($5O,4O0) are assigned
each year for street lights; the official
in charge takes 10000 as his share and
gives the rest to a subordinate. This
later hands over 10000 to his in
ferior, and so on, until the original sum
is reduced to few copper cash. given
to a coolie to buy oil and a wick; these
are placed on a plate on the ground. A
beggar comes along and drinks the oil
and such is the lighting of Peling"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
Sure Cure for Piles.

Itching Pies produce moisture and cause Itch
ing, this form. as well as Blind, Bleeding or
Protruding Piles are cured by DR.. Bo-san kos
Pile Remedy. stops itching and bleeding. Alb
serbs tumors soc Jar at Druggists, or sent by
mail Treatise free. Write me about your
case DR.. Bosanko, Philadelphia, Pa. For sale
by W. 5. Lloyd. sat
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
Home Made

Have your cake, mullins, and tea bis
cult homemade. They will be fresher,
cleaner, more tasty and wholesome.
Royal Baking Powder helps the house
wife to produce at home, quickly and eco
nomicaIly, fine and tasty cake, the raised
hot-biscuit, buildings, the frosted layer
cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and
mullins, with which the ready-made food
found at the bake-shop or grocery does
not compare.
Royals the greatest Of bake-day helps.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27

No need to fear sudden attacks
of cholera infantum, dysentery, di-
arrhoea, summer complaint of any
sort if you have DR.. Fowler's Ex-
tract of Wild Strawberry in the
medicine chest. sat
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27

Now good digestion waits on
appetite, ond health on BOTH"
If.it doesn't, try Burdock Blood
Bitters. SAT
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
Aluminium PAPER.

Aluminium coated paper for wrap
ping food substances is prepared in
Germany by applying thin coat of an
alcoholic solution of resin to an ar
tifcial parchment then sprinkling
powder over the surface, and finally
submitting to pressure. 1t is claimed
for this paper that it is not attacked
by the air or by fats, is much cheap
or than tin foil and is not poisonous
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27

Resist temptations.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27

l offer my services to the pub
lie in conducting all kinds of pub
lie sales. W. NJ, Cravens. ls-tf
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
Medals Cor old Couples.

Prussia presents medals to
those couples who celebrate either
their diamond or golden wedding.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27

Bitters
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-05-13
Petrol Enoine Works Wonders.

AS result of a recent trial on the
thames of a little petrol boat which
developed a speed considerably in ex-
cess of any other vessel OF equal
length, the means of propulsion OF
sea-going vessels and the lines on
which they are built may undergo
radical changes in the next few years.
It's inventor, working on the theory
that the power eXerted by engines
were better devoted to supporting the
boat on the surface than to pushing
it through the water, after numerous
experiments with differently shaped
full size models, designed petrol
boat with a practically fiat bottom.
The gain in lightness of engine and
fuel by the substitution of the inter
nal combustion petrol engine for
steam enabled forty-foot boat to at
tain speed of twenty-six knots, and
the inventor estimates that 220-fOot
destroyer with petrol engines would
reach a speed of forty-five knots. The
perfection of the internal combustion
engine, enabling larger sizes to be
used successfully at sea, remains to
be accomplished, but the physical and
mechanical difficulties to be overcome
hold out sufficient rewards to awaken
energetic studious effort.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-05-13
Device for Bending Pipe Found.

Great Improvement over the old
method of benCing sand filled pipe by
hand is promised by the invention OF
a new bending machine by means of
which one man can bend piece of
two inch pipe into an sc" in three
minutes. The machine is operated
by hand wheel carrying pinion, the
latter engaging quadrant gear, which
in turn operates the bending quad,
rant The pipe to be bent is held in
position at one end by a ''V" shaped
clip, while pine or roller, placed in
a platen, engages the other end. Plac-
ing the pin in different holes in the
platen governs the curvature obtain
ed. While the machine is portable,
it's chief value will be to those shops
where a large amount of tubing is
bent
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-05-13
Won His Bet.

A hotel proprietor in Baltimore tells
an amusing story, in which the main
figure is an old gentleman well known
to the walters in the hotels OF the
Monumental City for his aversion TO
the tipping" system.
One evening the old gentleman,
having finished his dinner, was pre-,
pairing to leave the hotel when the
darky who had served him bowed and
said: THANK you very much, sab. .
What The deuce are you thanking
me for?" angrily demanded the old
fellow. II haven't given you any
thing"
Oats jest it, boss" responded the
waiter. Il bet No. 10 fifty cents dat
you wouldn't tip me. Harper S
Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-05-13
c%GQ s
INNGNI1ON
Table and Stove.

Both a table and a means Of heating
foods and water are of the nature OF
necessities around the sick room and
nursery, and ii has remained for a
woman to combine these features as
shown in the accompanying cut There
are a number OF novel features about
this arrangement. The heating Is done
by lamp of the ordinary character.
such as is to be found around most
any household. Placed on the floor,
the top of the chimney is allowed to
come just below the table top, and
the table, being supplied with tele-
scoping legs, can be placed at any de-
sired height. Any small utensils
filled with food or water may be
quickly heated by merely placing 1t
on the table over the opening.
The hinged extension leaf may be
made to answer several purposes. In
the first place. it increases the capaci-
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-05-13
The Senate Desks.

Senator Spooner proposes to make
the desks in the senate basis for
hero worship. At present it is said
that none of the senate employees
knows what desk Daniel Webster oc-
cupied. 1t is proposed to find out and
label it.
1t is known what desks Clay and
Calhoun occupied. but few ever notice
them particularly. Senator Hale has
the desk that James G.. Blaine occu-
pied, but seldom refers TO it,
The desk of Jefferson Davis is occu-
pied by Senator Cockrell.
But it will be interesting when all
the desks in the senate bear the
names of all who ever occupied them,
though this will not bring them back.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-05-13
Art and Geography.

Among the visitors at an art eXhi-
btion were two old ladies from the
country. They were examining with
great interest basrelief of young
Greek shepherd. beneath which were
inscribed the words. Executed in
terra Gotta"
Il wonder where Terra Gotta is?"
ventured the elder of the two, turn
ing to her companion.
We'll, now, l ought to know" hest
tated the other, but l can't seem to
place it just now"
"Ah, WE'LL rejoined the first speak
err, as they passed on, lit must be
dreadful place if they execute harm
less young boys like that there. -
Youths Companion.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-05-13
A ske,tIo in the Pew.

Your sermons about the Hereafter
Full of dim, theological lore,
We greet with irreverent laughter
Can't you reach the Sweet Heretofore?
The hymns that drone up to the rafter,
While the deacons contentedly snore.
They pail with the praise of Hereafter
Let us sing of the Sweet Heretofore.
No CLINT of the walls alabaster
Can we catch through the veil at the
door
Portray the prenatal. o Pastor
You have been in the Sweet Heretofore.
The foam of the ship CLEANS abaft her
On a sea with invisible shore
The sunrise of every Hereafter
Is the sunset of some Heretofore.
New York Sun
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-05-13
BrotherIy Advice.

Il wish / knew whether Tom really
loves me or not" said the dear girl
as she toyed with her engagement
ring.
III tell you how you can find out, ,"
said her big brother. Next Thurs
day is his birthday; make him pres
ont of a box of cigars like you gave
me last Christmas"
But how will that prove his love?"
asked the innocent maid.
IF he smokes them himself he
loves you" answered the wise b. b.;
land if he gives them to his friends
he doesn't"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-05-13

DUE TO soUAW's ABsENTMIND.
EDNESS, IT'S SAID.
Indian Chief the First to Enjoy This
One of the Greatest of Natures
DeIicacies-Business Now on Com
merciaI Basis.

AS the legend runs, a big Indian
chief had instructed his squaw to
cook piece of venison for his sole
enjoyment on his return from a long
chase.
After putting the meat In water OBJ
tanned by melting snow. it seems that
the squaw became so absorbed in
making a pair of moccasins that she
let the meat burn, just as many more
civilized housewives have done many
times since.
Also, like the more modern house
wife, she seems to have been ready
to meet the emergency. AS there was
no time to melt snow again, she be-
thought herself of the water running
from the maple tree behind the wig
wan. Securing quantity of this
she poured it in with the meat.
The hunter was delayed in his CON-
ing, so that when he returned there
was nothing but sticky mess in the
bottom of the pot.
Fearing a storm, the squaw hid
when she heard her husband coming
but hearing no outburst, she ventured
forth and found the lusty chief oblivi-
GUS to everything about him except
the pot, which he held between his
knees, eating the contents with the
with great gusto.
This was the first dish of maple
syrup that was ever served, but it
was a most fortunate discovery, for
our forefathers tell us that as far
back as 1870 the first maple syrup
and sugar were made in Vermont,
and for many years thereafter her
output was nearly one-third of all
that was made in the country.
In those olden days maple sugar
making was not only regular picnic,
where many love match began, but
it was a most necessary function, for
maple sugar was the only kind Of
sweet known to the early settlers.
Nearly every well-to-do farmer in
those days owned his own sugar
camp. and every member of the fam
lily was called upon to lend hand
in the labors of sugar-making time.
Primitive sugar making has gone
its way along with the candle dipping
and many of the other home indus
tries Of early days. The ingenuity of
man has brought about most wonder
full changes, among them the evap-
orators, clearing and straining and
boiling down, the syrup passing from
one pan to another, seemingly without
the aid of human hands.
Latest statistics show that the
great maple sugar producing states
are Ohio. Vermont and New York.
But the greatest producing county in
the world, according TO its area is
on the Western reserve, and it is
Geauga county.
There have been tapped in Geauga
county during the last fifteen years
an average of $4,000 trees-469 900
trees were tapped in 1890, and 631 600
in 1904, an increase of 10000. There
has been an average per year OF $780,
600 gallons of maple syrup made.
To produce 100 gallons Of syrup it
has required, on the average, 366
trees, or nearly 1-3 pounds of sugar
per tree. The average contract bulk
price has been 5919 cents per gallon,
making an annual average income at
the contract price of $50 ,250.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-05-13
CAUGHT In a Mis-statement.

Caught In Mis-Statement.
Homely Lecturer = Women, my
friends, are invariably hard please.
Voice in the audience-One mo-
ment, please. Are you married?
Homely lecturer Qrritably) - Yes,
sir, | am.
Voice-Is your wife happy?
Lecturer (proudly and Indignantly
Yes, sir. she is!
Voice-Then, sir, you are liar.