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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
The Hing and His Ambassadors

Ih@ Ming and HIS Ambassadors
By CresweH MacIaughlin
Come, King of the Cradle, Old sweetheart of fancy.
With your merry red face full of wrinklng cheer,
Climb from your castle of candy and crystal
And harness your sled to your dancing reindeerl
Now the babies talking all creation
Of the junketing trip of their jolly old King,
And each little darling is doubling and dreaming
And guessing what the old sweetheart will bring
along there old Frosty drive snow-storm
Steer straight through the night with baggage
sleighul of snare-drums, skates and rnkets-
And ten thousand counterfeit toys of the year.
Don't miss any home in the Empire of Childhood,
Don't make a mistake, don't drive by a door,
You rich; It's a season of plenty
If your load is too light why drive back get more
IT'S hard task, we know for King perform it.
But you have ambassadors about
Each relieve you part of your journey
Start each of us forth separate
You sit in the sky a sofa of snow-bals.
We will scatter your gifts with prohigate SWAY:
While a chorus of sweet little voices will bless vou
And shout the wild gladness of Santa Claus Dav
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for DECEMBER IL, 1905

soTheren be one that,f make that Brentmoor tree
look like p1un-bush.
ssAn gold and silver things all over 1T, an PINK
an, Green candles?" insisted "Hunker" Chauber-
tin, staring.
''Never you mind about that, 'Hunker'. You're
booked to 90 over with the Brentmoor gang
Whereat the Cove wavcred. Was Sinner
b1uffng? If so it would be for the first time Now
that they recalled it, he had a way of fulfilling
the few promises that he made, whether it was
to thresh an offender or reward one who had done
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17

him a service. But TINS proposal
to vie with the KingwoOds in
giving a Christmas party. to Guido
them, in fact, was so BADLY I'M
possible as to call for more crc-
du1ity than the youthful Covers
possessed.
Within an hour the Cove thrilled
with the news. A Christmas party
for Cranberry CoveI Why, the
thing had never even been thought
of before In It's own sliPsh0d,
haphazard manner the Cove had
always observed the holiday but
no one had ever undertaken a
party In one or two of the cot
tages some attempt was occasion
ally made to set up a cedar savins
and to- skinpi1y deck it with
strung popcorn and cheap tinselS
but generally the women " ere too
busy. or the men too tired.
What's this about you gettIu'
up a Christmas party, Sinner Z
asked Mrs. Chambertin, who had
been a HerriCk.
It's a fact" said "Shiner, -
and you're invited. I'm count
ing on you to roast the geese
I've heard said that there wasn't
anyone along the bay could cook
a wild goose like YOU.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17

high school, which no Cove boy had ever done
before; and he borrowed from Squire Truegate
many queer thick books which he read O nights,
when the other Cove youths were gracing the
Cedarton pool-room.
Mainly however, 'Shiner" was distinguished
as a financier. He developed unsupported money
resources in the common things about him. The
big punches of arbutus which the other youngsters
brought in at Easter-time he sold city prices to
the transient guests at the Bay House. He sent
them to gather red teaberries, the first magnolia
buds and the earliest water-lies, all of which he
exchanged for cash. Nor did he hoard his profits.
He expended them for the delicaces of the season,
distributing the same with lavish hand. Fancy
chocolates, early fruits ice-cream, soda-water-the
Cove youngsters tasted these. Was money needed
for a circus, for admission to tent-show Uncle
Toms Cabin, Sinner devised the means for
getting it. Do you wonder then, that he had
following in the Cove?
So when Skinner" spoke his mind concerning
the coming Christmas "revel". at Brentmoor, he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17

was listened to with a certain respect.
What do they want to do it for, that's
what I'd like to know?" he asked.
whats their game? They want us to
trot over there and stand around a dinky
Christmas-trec while they hand us out a
bag Of bum candy and an orange and a
fiye-cent horn. l knowl | went last year
to see what it was like. And the King
woods, they get off in one corner and say:
Bless their poor little soulsl Aren't they
having delightful timer Say, did you
kids think that was such a grand racket,
after all? And heard one fat old woman
say: It's the only ray of sunshine in the
whole of their dismal benighted lives!'
Well, that made me sick. Shucksl Don't
We have more fun here at the Cove every
Saturday night than that bunch of stiffs
does in a whole year? Don't we? What
about listening to the Chambertins' graphic
phone, and making peanut-brittle in our
kitchen, and guyin' Shad Herrick when he
cones home loaded up to the neck? Say,
| don't want any more revels in mine, and
If you kids go over there again this Christ
mas you're lot of chumps. That's what"
Somehow all this seemed convincing to
the juveniles of Cranberry Cove. They
quailed under the scornful eyes of Sinner.
But after that glance was withdrawn, when
they came to TALK it over among themselves,
a back draft of opinion set in.
I'D ike to see that tree, anyways Ven
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But "Shiner" was destined to
be unlike all other Liddels the
Cove had ever seen. And now at
fifteen he had become an auda-
cious, snub-nosed, freck1ed-faced,
ginger-haired young rascal, with
no reverence for mortal man,
contempt for most women, and a
faculty for doing the unusual, the
unexpected. ~.
Here enters "Shiner," the vii
lain of the piece. oh, yes-vil-
lain! He smoked paper cigarettes.
He read an evening yellow "
from the CITY, He scoffed at laws.
He professed to have no fear of
the town constable, or even the
county sheriff. He Knocked the.
male Covers because they OBJ
served the game and fish regula-
tions. Il would shoot ducks
from a sink-box if l wanted to,"
he would declare. WHO owns
the, wild ducks, anyway? And |
would seine pike and kill rabbits
whether the snow tracked or
not"
A dangerous character, you see.
Yet the speech of "Shiner" was
free from vulgar profanity, as that
of his companions was not; he
insisted on entering the Cedarton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17

eco long with you, 'Shiner'l Where's your gee
to come from?"
bill Garveys going down to Sea Dog she
tonight to lay for en-
Then they're as good as got" declared Nj
Chambertin. Eyes, 1 s'pose I'll have to CO..
EN-"
That was the way Sinner went about it. '' LO1
Dick" Nelson he levied upon for two bushels
oysters, Zoe App1egard for basket of sweet pot
toes, and old Mary Riley promised to pick measl
or two of wild cranberries from the still unfroz
swamps. Even "Shad" Herrick, who was frs
class carpenter when he chose to be, was induc
to knock together thirty-foot table, with bench
around it, in the old boat-shop. Sinner devot
himself to the task of raising funds for incident
expenses. Borrowing &C Put " Saddler's horse al
wagon, he made several trips down into the swami
where the holly-trees to be found, and Il
full-berried branches were eagerly bought in Ceda
ton for the trimming of store windows, church
and homes.
Still there was no evidence of that pronlis,
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Christmas-tree, and the junior Covers were
undecided. 4,
Over at Brentmoor. the guests were
assisting the Kingwoods to put the finish
ing touches to the ''reve1'S" accessories
Philip SturteVant, who seemed familiar with
such work. was mounted on a stepladde-
fastening gilt candle-holders on the green
boughs of the glittering, overladen Christ
mas-tree. Miss Esther, coldly beautiful as
ever. was his active assistant. From the
background Mrs. Kingwoods eyed them
approvingly.a Peter Kingwoods, looking
every inch the lord of the mansion, yawncd
discreetly- 1t was tremendous bore, this
"revel" nonsense.
Through the windows of the big dining
hall, had anyone cared to look, might
have been seen the wide expanse of the
bay, cleaning duly, like blued steel, under
the darkening afternoon sky. As usual,
Cedarton was having green Christmastide,
with temperature that had only the
slightest tang of freshness in IT,
Yes, it's no end of bother" Mrs.
klngwoods was saying, "but Esther simply
insists upon doing it every year She is SO
interested in those wretched little villagers;
and i suppose it docs tighten somewhat
the sodden gloom of their lives. I'm sure
don't know what Philip Sturtevant viii
think OF us, though. Wait until you see
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01

Men and Beasts Avoid Each Other
Whom They Can, Yet the Ca
mines Are Useful.

In Egypt dogs are never permit
ted to enter the dwelling houses
of a Mahometan, and if one is
found in a mosque he is immedi-
ately put to death. In conse-
quence of this accommodation
from the society which the animal
seems so instinctiyely disposed to
cultivate, says the New Orleans
Times Democrat, Egyptian dogs
live, for the most part, in the open
air, feeding upon garbage and any
other filth that chance throws in
their way. Yet they are found to
be faithful protectors of the prop
orty and even persons of the very
men by whom they are thus de-
spitefully treated, although, Sonini
remarks, it is extremely curious to
see the pairs taken by Mussul-
man and a dog when they happen
TO meet to avoid coming in con-
tact with each other Notwith-
standing this state ofpersecution,
dogs are remarkably numerous in
the large towns of Egypt. The
species is a large one. about the
size and make of the greyhound.
AS a proof of the Mahometan
prejudice against this useful ami
NAL, it is sufficient to state that
they regard the terms Christian
and dog as synonymous-both, OF
course in the most opprobri0us
sense. AS a singular contrast for
their dislike for dogs, the Egyp-
tians have ever held cats in the
greatest veneration. and in an
:ient times even worshiped them.
And historians tell us that Bubas-
tbs and Atribes, two towns in
Egypt, the fogmera rotary 1ieahs
ind the latter of mice, contracted
on that account so strong an an
tipathy to each other that the In
habitants were never known to
intermarry, although only few
miles asunder. In some parts Of
India, too, we are told they have
a similar reverence for Grimalkin.
as the only crimes punished CAPT.
tally there are the murder Of .
man and the murder of cat.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
SUPPLIES; DOESN'T KILL.
New Shell on Bursting Releases Gas
Which Brings sleep TO Whole
RaEimenta.

The old-time pugilist Was wont to
brag that a blow from his fist would
put his adversary to sleep. A military
scientist has just announced an inven-
ton which recalls the boast Of the
bruiser, for he claims to be akds to
put whole regiments to sleep In lit
eral sense. The invention consists OF
shell which is charged with an ex-
plosive Just sufficient to burst It, there
by liberating a Supplying gas. II the
soporifc shell proves to be a success,
1t cannot fail to revolutioniss warfare.
and in future we may hear Of fortressei
being captured In virtue OF the fact
that their defenders had all been re-
duced to state Of coma by the shells
thrown amongst them. Battles under
such conditions would need largely
augmented ambulance ataff to carry
on the hundreds OF PROSTATE warriors
II. as il not unlikely, the Red Cross
men were themselves attacked BY the
fumes OF the shells, the battlefield
would present strange spectacle IN
deed, the victorious army carrying 4
whole regiments OF unresisting and IN
conscious prisoners. overcome a
double senss-by sleep.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
FIND GOLD IN NEW ZEALAND
Quartz Bearing RiOh Metal Is Found
on Reef In Mokinini
Locality.

News has been rsceiyed from New
Zealand Of the discovery OF a wonder
fully rich gold reef 10 the Mokinini To-
rality by Yorkshire fssman, which in
formation. is verified By another York
shire man who is now living at West
Port, New Zealand. The discovery was
made, as discoveries often are, in a very
singular manner. Winter, the fireman,
having stopped at the edge of creek to
pick piece Of stone to throw at bird,
noticed that the stone was gold bearing
quartz. He at once returned to town,
took out his miners right, and. with his
mate. pegged on claims on the ground.
subsequently selling out his interest for
e75,O00 This is the biggest gold find
ever made in New Zealand. Winter,
who Is now on his way home. is the son
Of poor billposter at Shields, in York
shire. where his widowed mother IL still
living. The young man left his home
three years ago. and had not been heard
since until month ago, when he
wrote from West Port. At that time he
had evidently not made the discovery.
rs there IL no reference In his letter to
his amazingly good fortune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
ENGLISH GROWING PALMER
British Lady Of Experience Declares
That Her Racial Beauty Ia
on Down Grade.

A warning note is struck by British
Lady. who has both medical and literary
pkiu. against the recBle-s disregard OF
those laws which make for beauty.
The English are growing palmer. she
aver. simply because they allow sven
their children to be affected by the stress
and strain Of modern life. The smart
ness, the ability to look after themselves
and the athleticism OF the women and
children of the present time spell phys
zeal ruin. Beauty is rarely seen nova
days In its unadorned style. Lovely
women are artificial products, and really
lovely children are as scarce as auks'
eggs. The reason IL that expressions
have grown anxious. eager. cold, limbs
and members are strained OUT OF shape
BY overexercise. compilations and hair
are starved for lack Of nerve foroe. The
exquisite compilations, iuxuriaat iocazs.
delicate features and clear, innocent
looking eyes that one associates with
beauty are so seldom seen as to be quite
remarkable when they are, and the
woman says the English are threatened
with a still further decrease OF these
elements of good looks unless they bring
back girls to the prunes and prisms
style of upbringing. which perhaps after
all is the best for them. The larger life"
has its drawbacks.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
Go One Way--Rtturn Another

Winter Tourist Tickets going via
Ashville, through the Land of the
Sky and Beautiful Sapphire Coun-
try and returning Via Atlanta and
Chattanooga--or vice versa--are
now on sale at Low Rates.
The FLORIDA Limited soiii
train of finest Pullman Drawing
Room Sleepers and vestibuled
coaches with Dinner Car service
enroute, leaves Cincinnati every
morning via Queen & Crescent
Route, running through without
change to Jacksonville, via Chat
tanooga and Southern Railway.
The Chicago and Florida Special
beginning January 9th) consist
ing of elegant Drawing Room
Sleepers, Observation Cars, ETC.,
will leave Cincinnati every evening
except Sunday, through running
solid to ST Augustine via Chatta-
nooga and Southern Ry. with Din
ing Car service enroute.
Through Pullman sleepers to
Jacksonville from Cincinnati every
evening via Knoxville, Ashville and
From Louisville, connection with
all of the above trains is made at
Lexington by trains of Southern
Railway.
For a. and of the Sky" book,
"Winter Homes" folder, Rates,
or other information,
address
G. D. Allen, A. G. P. A. South
ern Ry., st. Louis, Mo.
c.. H. Hungerford, D. P. A.,
Southern Ry., Louisville, KY.
W. C. Rincarson, G. P. A.,
25-tf Q. & C. Route Cincinnati, o.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01

The Korean, who is a poet be.
fore he is a cultivator, speaks OF
his rice as "The Golden Sand. |"
When 1t sprouts II is ''The Bright
Green Field" 1t then becomes
"The Blue Green Plain" When II
begins to ripen it Is "The Notified
Jade Wave" When ripe "Thc
Yellow Gold Wave" When cut
it is 'The Yellow Ice" and when
harvested it Is ''The Home of the
Golden Child"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
Mains,s Great Aquamarins.

The minerals Of Maine are becoming
Of worldwide reputation. The great
aquamarine. found In Stoneham. and
probably the most valuable gem ever
found on the anrriunu continent. mas
recently been purchased ~ a valuable
acquisition to the crown jewels OF Ger
many. The German prince. while in
this country, saw the gem at Chicago
and admired 1t 30 much that the gov
eminent has been negotiating for 1t ever
since. and recently sent man over to
this country, who finally succeeded in
closing the trade. taking the gem back
to Germany with him. At the worlds
fair at Chicago the gem was valued at
$4,000. 1t weighed 1888 carats. BY the
way, one crystal taken at Paris, Me-,
this summer has been sold for $500.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
WHAr .LLoYD'ew REALLY Is


How mnay newspaper readers who
find daily references in the news dis
patches to "kloyd's" have any clear
idea as to the exact nature OF that
famous British institution? Perhaps
the most Of them have vague inn
preston that II Is a huge marine In
surance concern, having large meas
ure OF eontrol-unofticial. but real
over the shipping regulations Of the
world. The great corporation which
still retains the name Of its founder
of Elizabethan days. and which has
had its headquarters IN the Royal tx
change in London since liza, has
nothing to do as such with marine In
surance or the taking on risks and
paying of losses. but its members
have 1t is, in fact. great maritime
exchange, Incorporated in recent years
by parliament. and it is to the world
of shipping and through it's members
of marine insurance what the house
of Rothschild is to the banking world.
Aside from the fact that LIoyd's af-
fords marine insurance brokers place
of meeting with their clients, its
great function is the collection. publ
cation and diffusion of Information
with respect to shipping II is the
direct outcome OF the enterprise of the
keeper Of a London coffee house Ed
ward Lloyd was brought much in con-
tact with seafaring men and mer-
chants. and his foresight and enter
prise led to the development Of sys-
tenn which has become world famous.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
,rorn as Hl,man ROOD.

G. ]. Murphy, prominent citizen Of
Minneapolis, argues that the high price
of wheat should induce people to get 40
customed to corn products on their bill
Of fare. "If the people would learn to
eat more corn" h says, ut would be
much to their benefit, both from an eco
nomical point Of view and as matter Of
health. have spent IS of the best years
OF my life in teaching the people Of Eu-
rope the value Of our corn as a human
food, and now more corn is used in Bel
GUM and Ireland as human food than
we use in the United States"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
Kentuckian Killed by Explosion
of a Shell.

At GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Oh Jann-
airy "a, Charles Ware, farmer OF
Todd county, KY, was killed by
the explosion of shell, relic Of
the Civil War. Mr.. Ware was in
the office of tobacco warehouse
alone at the time, and it is sup
posed he threw the shell into the
ere, thinking it was a stick OF
wood. 1t weighed eight pounds
and had been kept as a curiosity,
no one thinking it was loaded.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
Costly CUP OF Coffee

When DIR. Richter, the greatest
living conductor, finally adopted
the baton, he burned all his com.
positions, making with them, he
said, "the sweetest cup Of coffee |
ever tasted."-London Truth.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
To California Via Scenic Colorado or
True Southern Route:

Daily through Pullman Standard Sleep
ing Cars, ST. Louis to San Francisco via
tine Missouri Pacific Railway and Sceuic
Colorado. Elegant Tourist Sleerfng Car
Service every Monday and 1Mussday
from st. Louis.
Daily through Pullman Standard
Sleeping Cars, St. Louis to Los Angeles,
CAL, via Iron Mountain Route-The
True Southerd Route.
ror uvr the, iesei vaiions anu issii i,ior-
nation address
A. A. GALLAGHER, ID. P. A.,
Missouri Pacific Railway,
aft 4Io Walnut ST.. Cincinnati, o.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
SNOW Blinda Rritishars

Many Of the British soldiers suffered
greatly from snow blindness in Tibet.
The native Thibetans escape snow
blindness. as do the Inhabitants in
other snowy parts Of the world. by
greasing the face and then blackening
the skin all, around the eyes with q
burned stick.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01

In drunken brawI Charles T..
Erdman, son of G. W. Erdman, a
well-known Louisville citizen, killed
George Bsechler by cutting the
latter's jugular vein with pocket
knife.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
The Rev. Charles E. WoodcocE

The Rev. Charles E. Woodcock
has been consecrated Episcopal
Bishop of Kentucky, the ceremonies
being held in st. Johns church.
Detroit. Bishop Tuttle. Of Mis-
souri,, presided. The Rev. James
G. Minnigerode was one Of the at
tending presbyters.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01
Hard Name to Maatar.

According to Ysaye's manager, tina
celebrated violinist's name should be
pronounced as though It were spelled
Es-sah-es-eh. Here are some Of the
common attempts heard; I-say. Ys-say.
Why-say. Easy. Essay. Essay. la Yay. Ia
Hay, Is-say-ee, Isaiah. Why-say-ee, ana
Numerous other two-syllsbled and sA=ss-
avllabled variationA
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-02-01

Duaing the past week the falling
of mercury to as much as Z degrees
below zero has created quite a
pinch and was cause for much suf-
fering.